The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-05 00:00:00

nerefordshire, Griffi;ll, Malta; Amaranth, Walker, ditto; Eghete, Waters ; C:aliz. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Ilea riette, A thin, NanteF. Sld. Wilhelm Gustave, Lur:d, Cette; A pelline, Deane, Gibeslt ar. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind E.—Arrd. 3d, Annir Morrice, Darrell,. St. MichatTa; Ver;roun, Muller, Gil diff, for Ilarnburgh, with loss. of . jib-bocun, sail, 860. JAN. 3. W N.E.—Arrd. 3d r Restless, Dick, Dunkirk; Rapide, Foarney, Antwerp; Dania, Ore. Aar buns; Ootssee, Fast, Dantzie; Fenilla, Glaser, Memel. Dovon, JAN. 4.--Wind E.—Sid. 3d, Ariel, - Griffith, Bremen. 111 -AB:K.ET NEWS.-(THIS DA 4.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The quantity of Wheat received up to our market, since . Saturday last, has not ,exceeded 2,410 ,quarters; By land cairiage the receipts bare been equally limited. To -day, the stands nere scantily filled wi:h samples of both: red andwhi'e. Picked qualuies sold full prices; but all other kinds of English Wheat were dralin sale, at barely late rates. Upwards of 41,000 `quarters of Foreign Wheat have come in, and been place,' In bond. On the whole, the demand for fres parcels was tolerably steady, at prices at about equal to those paid on Monday last. In bonded qualities •no sales. An immense supply of Foreign Barley (50,210 quarters) hai come to hand, and the supply of Engli*h was good. The trade was exceisively at a decline in the quotatiems of from Is to 2s per quar ter, at which reo progreis could ba made. Malt—the Supply of which was moderately extensive—wcs very dull in sale, and prices had a downward tendency. The best parcels of Oats were held at full cure encies; but the Middling and out-of-condition sorts were 6d to is per quarter lower. All othcr articles were dull in the ex treme, and easier to purchase. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Oath. Flour 7,030 qrs. 7,570 qrs. 3,040 sk , 50 30,890 -- English Irian... Foreign I Wheat 2,110 qrs. 150,210 Malt. 5,960 qrt SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale in to day's market was very moderate, even the time of year considered, and of middling quality. The few prime Scots on offer sold tat prices quite equal to thi;se paid on Monday last. All other breeds vr..re a very dull inquiry, at barely late rates. There were on show 191 Beasts from Scotland, 20 ditto from Rolland, and 70 ditto from Spain. With Sheep we were scantily supplied, nevertheless the demand for that description of stock was in a bluggisb state, and in some instances the quotations had a downward tendency, with out effec ing a clearance. Calves, the supply of which was small, moved off steadily at full currencies. The Pork trade was heavy ; iu .prices, however, we have no Change to notice. Milch Cows were quoted at from 141. to 18/. each, including their small Calf. 41,230 Per albs. to sink the offal. 3. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Interior Beasts—. 3 0 3 4 Second qua]. Sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality ... 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Southdown Wether 4 8 410 Prime Scots •• . 4 0 4 2 Ditto eutof the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs .. •... 3 10 4 4 Prime small ditto .. 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers 4 6 4 II Suckling Calves • .20 0 21 0 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep . • 3 2 3 6 Lambs •• •..... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs ( 4,220 150 160 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 9Q Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I rigs. 150 23 — ScoTcu.—Beasts, 190; Sheep, 460. BrE2WGAM3 .8.117 D ICADIIMIIIiZM , These markets were very dull, at drooping prices. Beasts, BS4 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. ; s. d. to A. d. Beet , inferior...... 2 6 2 8; Mutton, inferior •• 2 8 3 2 '•-- middling .... 210 3 0 1 middling.. 3 4 310 ---- primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 prime •... 4 0 4 4 Z:•—• prime small 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.. •• —— 3 6 4 0 veal '• •• •• •• •• •• 3 4 4 41— small .• .• .• •• 4 2 4 6 1301 COUGH HOP MARKET. --- We continuo to be but moderatttly supplied with most kinds of Hopi. Selected sampled are in moderate re quest, at last wetk's quotations. Otherwise, the demand is heavy, at barely stationary pricest—Sussex pockets, 21 5 s to 21 18 s ; W ea ld o f K ent di tto , 21 8 s t o 31 5s ; Mid and East ditto, 21 12s to 51 17sser cwt. COLONIAL. SITGAIL—The market for most descriptions has been Very firm this week, but not particularly active. The sales way be said to have been very fair, and in all cases at fuller prices. West India has been higher by 6d to is per cwt; low to fine descriptions have realised 33s 6d to 353 ; and grey, 34s 6d to 38s 6d. Barbadoes has been at 41s for fine, at 35s 6d to 36s for low. Demerara brown has realised 34s 6d to 36s for brown, and 48s 6d to 51s for white. Refined Standard Lumps have been 49s to 49s 6d per cwt. EAST INDlA.—Privately Mauritius was 6d to IS higher, good and fine 3 ellow 37s 6d to 40s, mid to fine brown 32s to 34s 6d, and Ord to fine grey 34s to 38s 6i per cwt. Bengal has sold steadily- by private contract, and at auction, 2,747 bags realised 42s to 44s for fine grainy yellow, 36s to 37s for mid, and 35s for ord. Ma dras, 10,359 bags, about three fouths sold, good and fine at 40s 6d to 413. mid brown 295, and low yellow 30s 6d to 31s. A few lots were bought in at 433 fur fine. FOREIGN.—Brown Havannah in bond brought 17s to 18s, and Brazil yellow, 18s to 20s per cwt. Bahia, low to mid brown, 34s to 365, and good and fine yellow 40s 6d to 425. COFFEE.—The market has been good for all descrip tions and fuller prices have been obtained. Ceylon has been sold at 45s 6d to 46s for fine ord. greyish, at 376 6d to 38s for good ord, and at 48. to 498 6d for pea-berry fine ord, grey was held for 50s, and sore parcels of fine sold at 63s to 84s, 6d. Mocha has been firm. Mysore fine yellow 606-6(1 to 61s being very full rates. Good ord Native Ceylon has been at 31s 6d to 32s 6d per CWt. SPlCES.—Pimento has had a good sale, but rather lower rates; go&I coarse 21d to 30. Pepper has a steady sale at firm prices. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 36s to 42s per cwt. TEA.—This article has rather a readier sale, and com mon Congou at Ad per lb advance. Tai.Low.—P.Y.C. is 41s 9d to 42s per cwt. on the spot, being very du11... For delivery in the next three months the prices have been 41s 3d per cwt. • Corrorr.—There has been an active inquiry with an improvement iu prices. Rum.—A slight advance has been realised, and more business bas‘been done. Proof . Leewards Is 4id to is sd; Demerara, 30 to 38 over, 23 to 23 4d; and Jamaica 28 to 33 over. 2s 10d to 3s 10d per gallon. RlCE.—Very little has been doing, and the quotations have drooped. Mid. white Bengal; 9s 6d; and Madras is 6d to 8s per cwt. • SALTPETRE.---Calcutta bas been rather low; middling 'grey,. 9i to 7 per -cent; refraction, 25s 6d to 26s 6d per cvit. Tonacco".There was an extAisive business trans acted last month,;sales bengal, tieo hhds. The market assumed a slightly improved tone, and several purchases wore made at toll rates, for spinning descriptions, of fine quality, and for first Class Kentucky sTipa„an advance 'by some 'holders has been named. The market is - firm. Last adviees-frora New Orleans speak faiourably of the l markerj Sales hid becnlntile . :to some extimt, and • for ord sorts atie fractkinal advauce: IMports, 65 hhds! deliveries. r,285 against 817 hhds_in the,correspond-• ing month of 1847. Stock, 27,7,30 hhds against 29,569 Ideas in, _Virginia. sales._ hale been::2oo Wide. 'l4arly 'equal quantities of Leaf and Strips. Leaf at. Aidlo 5d and . Strips at 41d to sid. Kentucky Leaf and Strips-have constituted the chief - sales of -the month, to gether being n ear ly . - 1 700 hhd s , o f w hi c h 1,126. were Strips- M a n u f acture r s have in 'some instances' sup plied therns e l ves more f ree ly th an 14 wine Moliths"past. The importation up to'the present'period shoris a wall' diminution in Strips, compared with* that 0f1847, and an increase, in 'Leaf. of 1,618 hhds. For exportation sales • were limited, but - holders appear to 'look forward . with • confidence- to a ' good 'continental' demand.. In Maryland sales were - 23 hhds at sd, to 71d. In Havannah Leaf -a-moderate business has been done, and the limited sales effected have been nearly confined to ord and mid sorts, at low Prices ; of fine stock is almost bare. The general character Of last year's importations caused. a considerable decrease in the consumption, but which was more than `replaced by other growths. Latest accounts 'from llavannah- speak favourably of the last crop; both as - respects quantity and quality. _ Havannah Cigars have been in fair demand, and for ordinary dried' sorts a few limited sales were made for exportation. Delive ries for home -consumption •in 1848 were 929 cases against 919 cases in 1847 ; stock 2,127-cases, against 2,177 cases in 1848. In Manilla Cheroots a limited business has been done, both for home trade and for ex portation; stock is comparatively small. Sales of Manilla Leaf: have been confined to.selections by the trade for immediate consumption. _ In Cuba there has been a steady demand for -good quality both for home trade and exportation, at previous prices. Yarn h as con tinued in request. In Columbian there haS been less animation, the trade being indisposed to purchase except for immediate wants, hut holders have sliown . no disposition to press sales, and previous ra t es hare been mai n t a i n ed. ' Th e introduction of German to a considerable extent has materially interfered with the coniumptiOn of Columbian, and is likely to do so as long as th'e great'difference in prices exist. Brazil has been at fuller prices, and also German. The accounts of the crop being unfavourable Negro Head and Cavendish have been firm. GREEN Fnurr.—The cold weather has checked the consumption of Fruit, but as the stock of Oranges is reduced to a limited quantity, the price is well sup ported. Two cargoes, ex " Galatea" and " Pearl," from h St. Mi c h ae l ; so ld at pu b l i c sa l e b y K ee li ng an d 32s to first qua li ty, real i sed 35s to 38s, secon d qua li ty d 333 per box; Lisbon, 22 s 6d p e r box. Lemons o ul case is B4l e—for what few aro selling 18s to 19s per obtaired. Barcelona nuts 43s to 44s per bag. Black Spanish 55s per barrel. Chesnuts sell freely. French! dss without alterper barrel. Spanish have advance n• Seville sours are likely to be scarce this season ; and Seville sweet are selling at an im proved price compared to former seasons. BANKRUPTCY —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FINE.) IN RE COLENUTT. - This bankrupt had crrrird on business as a baker at Ports.ta, an. gpplit d !or hi s certificate. 1 His HoNoua said this was a case in which he cer tainly should not grant the certificate i mmediately ; the bankrupt had allowed judgment to go by default in an action for which there was not the slightest ground, but the object in that was to get a judg ment to the prejudice of all the other creditors. The bankrupt had also given it bill of sa l e, by- whi c h n considerable property would have been lost had it not b. cn for the activity of the assignees, who had sueeeek?ed in upsetting the clri-n, and rescued the ty i l crl .; Lich prtir arls•?n through tha forms and fictions of the common 14w, which gave rights to persons under documents based on falsehood. He (Hu Honour) Would thelefore adjourn the certifteato Tl 4 for eighteen mouths. from .the4ato of the fiat; without protection, unless the bankrupt had beep impritoued for least three months. SURREY• SESSIONS-(-TtUS DAY.) Jolat Rogers, for stealing a loiking-g!a,s, Abu pro ty of Suraii 4eynolds, witsseptonced.to.three months at Brixton. JameS Willis, an oil offender, w“s tried upon. tvvp in 'dictmentS:--the first charging him with stealing a pair of boofs,Alie property of Isaac: Bunt, and the second with stealing &pair of bgots, the proPerty of Scirriuel Reddielt; The jury found him Guilty, and it being proved thitt he had been several 'times summarily convictei, the Court sentenced him to seven years' transportation. Thomas Braden, 17;. and Charles Banes, 18, were in dicted for dealing ,. at ,:Bermondsey , a tarpaulin and a number of ropes, the property of Jplm.Ehnore.. The prosecutor is a ligliterman a.t Bvrinorilsey, and . !he property,in question was left, on board a barge for slier; time by one of his men. On hss return it v.as missed, and on the same evening the priioners were s;opped in Gravel-lane, Boutliwark, 'while attempting to dispoSe of the property. The jitry found them Guilty, anti The COURT' sentetic. d each to six months' imprison ment at Brixton. _ _ Robert Carter, . who had br.en twenty times in custody, was convicted of picking pockets, and sentenced to ten ycars' transportation. BOW-STREET.-( THIS DAY.) Robert Boyll and Augustus Schinidt were brought up for final examination before Mr. Henry, on the ct:arge of stealing a great quantity of schedules from the Insolvent Debtors' Court. It appeared from the evidence that on the Bth of De cember last, between three and four o'clock in the after noon, the prisoners were observed upon a staircase leading to the room in which the records of the court were kept ; and to which the public had no right of access. The prisoners upon being observed ran away, and the housekeeper, suspecting ,there was -otnething wrong, went up to the room and found that a great many schedules and other documents had been abstracted from one of the presses. Upun searching the room ho discovered a blue bag, containing no less, than thirty-nine schedules. As other schedules had been, on former occasions, stolen from the room, he gave information to the police ; and Schmidt VN as taken into custody on Wednesday week last. It appeared that on that same night Boyll went to Schmidt's lodgings and burnt a great many papers there. Boyll was afterwards apprehended and brought up for examination; when he was remanded to this day. Mr. HErirty inquired in whom the property was vested and what was the value. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, who prosecuted by direction of the Commissioners of the Insolvent lle►:turs' Court, said that the documents were not the property of any person, and by the: Act of Parliament it was not necessary to state to whom the schedu'es belonged, or what the value was—it was enough that they were public documents. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. As they were being taken out of court, Schmidt leaned over the partition which separated the passage from that body of the court, and struck a woman named Rubinson (whose husband was mentioned in the course or the evidence as being suspected of having given information) a violent blow ou the head. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY) Albert Williams, a well-known associate of thieves, wsb brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen four live fowls, the property of Mr. George Blake, wire worker, No. 88, John-street, Tottenham court-road. The prosecutor stated that on Wednesday morning last, on opening his shop, he found that the lower part of the shop front had been broken open, and four live fowls stolen from a case inside. From information he subsequently received, he went yesterday to Mr. Green's, in Pancas•street, and found the three fowls in his pos session. In answer to his inquiries, Mr. Green informed him that he bought them of the prisoner for 2s. 31. The fowls produced were the same us those stolen from his shop. Mr. William Green, cowkeeper, 4, Pancras-street, Tottenham-court-road, said he knew the prisoner by sight. O❑ Wednesday morning last the prisoner came into the shop and asked him to buy a fowl. Witness asked him what he wanted for it ? The prisoner re plied ho would sell it for one shilling, but, as ho had two more at home, he would sell the lot cheaper if wit ness would purchase them. Knowing the prisoner's family bred fowls he consented to purchase them, and gave the prisoner 2s. 3d. for the three. Sergeant Fryer, 15 E, said he took the prisoner into custody about six o'clock this morning. On being told the nature of the charge against' him, the prisoner said he purchased them of a boy in Tottenham-court-road. He then took,him to the station. Constable E 44, having proved seeing the prisoner close by prosecutor's house on th• morning of the rob bery, he (the prisoner) was committed for trial. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. One of the most destructive conflagrations that has occurred in Edinburgh fora considerable period took place early on Wednesday morning, at the station of the Caledonian Railway, in Lothian•road. The sta• tion consists of a range of three buildings, the one to the north being the 'tetripbrary passenger shed, and the one to the south being the passenger shed of the new station, which has been for some time in the course of construction. The fire originated in one of the trucks attached to the goods train from Carlisle, which reached the Edinburgh station shortly after two o'clock in the morning. The work of destruction was so rapid that it could not, we believe, be properly ascertained whether the ignition of the truck arose from friction or from a spark from the.engine ; but it it is conjectured that the latter was the more probable cahse. The goods in the truck were of a, light des cription and easily consumed, And as the truck was situated in the midst' of others similarly loaded, the fire extended with, such alarming rapidity that it speedily communicated to the goads shed. As this erection was composed almost entirely, of wood, and as it was' filled with .a large quantity of goods of an inflammable nature, it was soon in' a. complete blaze. , lighting the horizon for miles around; Informationhavingrbeen sent to the head police office imtnediately after the fire was discovered, Mr. Wood, superintendent of the fire brigade, accompanied : by a large number of the "'len- underlais pharge, was preient In, 'a short time, with fOur engines, all of Which were set to' work without a memcnt's &lay: fire, however, had got such a control over the goods' shed that the efforts of the:fire brigade were, for a .considerable period, of very tittle avail . ; and, •eventually, thg flames came in . contact with the pas s'etiger-Alied to th - e - Wo"thWard;betWeen which and the *,,ods 4h&l Ade- was only a 'slight ,partition. The lire' next extended to the .passenger shed tb•the South- , ~ liittrti,Taind'tlie air entering thaiiheds :acted just Many - pairi sorlagloWiln - fanniqlhe flames that the station appeared as if one entife t;lieA 'of fire. `The' baiireen six and'seved bat not - until almost *gale of the goods shed was destroyed, a great portion of the southern passenger one;and about 100 feet of the north ern one, As the last of these . sheds' was composed almost' entirely of Won, the injury - done 'to it con sisted only of the' deStructioh of the - boarding along the roof; and the displacement of a number of the iron rods and beams by Which the roof was suspended. A detachment of the 21st regiment from Edinburgh Castle were present,, and aided materially the fire brigade in, working the engines, as well as in pre serving order. The damage done must be enormous, owing to the hrge - quantity 'of goo& destroyed, consisting among other thing of 'a great number of boxes of tea, several packages of Manchester manufactured goods, bales 'of provisions,' &c: 'Nine third;class pusSenger car riages have alsb been' burned, and six trucks. , We also understand that the' splendid travelling carriage lately built for the company in Greenock, has suffered to some extent, the sides of' it being - blistered by the heat of the . fire, and otherwise injured. The officials of the company estimate the damage done at between 6,0001. and 7,00011-but it - is said that this will not nearly cover it.' • • 'COLLEGE OF 'PRECEPTORS.—At the third annual meeting of this body, held yesterday, at their rooms, in Bloomsbury-square, Mr. Turrell; president in the chair, the report stated that on the 28th December, an official communication had been received from the Attorney- . Generals office, stating that the charter of the College of Preceptors, a draft of which 'had been submitted to the Board of Trade, had been referred to the attorney and solicitor - genera l by the Council office, and request ing that the usual fees of twelve and eleven guineas should be forwarded to them. Such was the actual po sition of the charter question. The efforts of the college were already known and acknowledged, not only in Scotland and Ireland, but in New Brunswick, Prince Ed ward's Island, and on the Rhine and Ganges, East and West Indies, as well as in the new world of Australia. The expenses of obtaining the charter would be 500/., and towards this sum the council had only to acknowledge 1501: 13s. 6d. They had to regret that this fund was as yet so inadequate, as without the charter they could givo little of a national character to the institution, but with which they could imprint upon a well organised body of men that mark of genuine professional dignity which was long, both publicly and privately, due to those who, as well informed and conscientious teachers of youth, undertake the charge of rearing and training them for active life here and for eternity hereafter.—The remainder of the proceedings consisted of the election of offict.rs and other routine business, and the Rev. Dr. Wilson having been called to the chair, a special vote of thank; was passed to Mr. Turrel, who retires from the presidency of the council, which he held for three yeats. A subscription for the Charter Fund was then entered into by the gentlemen present, and amounted to nearly 1001. IMPORTANT DEClSlON.—Yesterday, at the West minster County Court, D. C. Moylan, Erg., the Judge, decided that plaintiffs had no right to examine defen dants as witnesses against themselves. Hop INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, JAN. 3.—We have nothing to report' with regard to business in this market. Nothing doing: We are requested to correct the statement made in our last by inserting the follow ing, an error having taken place in casting up the books: —The number of pockets of hops weighed from De ceruhr 25, 1847, to December 25, 1848,—New, 13.799; old, 2,162 ; sold by auction, 277. • 'Total, 16,238, Wor i caster Journal. I' r Yor 110.1 r a , T 771 t . ~, • .. 7 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. • TAT rERs YESTE RDAY. Business was confined to the following bets:— ETROPOLITA N HANDICAP. 500 to 15 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar • CHESTER CUP. , 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Gregory's Clerinent DERRY • . 1,000 to 30 sgst Lord Stanley; s Strongbow I,ooo*to 15 agst Lord Exetees Sillitria colt 2,000 to 25 agst Lord Exeter's Velveteen colt ABERYSTWITH STEEPLECHASE. a. AccePtances—The Doctor, Bold DavY, Vengeance, The Painter, and Baptist. CLIgSTER CUP. The following official list of the entries shows a large increase'over 1848, and 33 more than mentioned in our lust:— *Cawroush (h b) Executor Good Boy We mlcydale Bingham Lord Sehowl. .4 Conquest Parable Windermere The Baronet (h b) SWaledale Self-defence The Stinger Cigarette Shylock Laundrymaid Athelstane Planet Surplice Cotton Lord - C by Colwick, out of Concertina Lammermoor Abbot of Meaux Imperatrix Wyke (h b) Hector Limestone' Cast-off The Cur Joe o'Sot Bacchanalian The Tartar The Hero King of Kildare Pillage Dulcet Amazement 5 Resolution .... 4 Sauter la Coupe 4 Thornhill 4 Cossack 4 Cockermouth 4 Foreclosure 3 Backbiter . 4 Corsican 4 Radulphus ... 5 b c by Sir Hercules, out 5 of Empress 3 Sister to Satirist Boy 31e by Vulcan .... 3 Elemi 5 Chanticleer 5 Geraldine 4 Sagacity 5 Tiresome Honeycomb 4 Sylvan 5 Garrick 3 Pelham . a Swiss Boy Tuscan Yrs . 6 . 4 . 3 4 Snowdrop .. • Ribaldry - • Clermont .L , ,)npzarou ••• The Great Western Egret Vesta Eagle's Plume Reality The Premier Voyager Luar.... Solon Rothersthorpe (h b)... Auricula Kcleshea (h b) Primrose Sunnyside Rodney Burghley . Bedlam Sir Peter Laurie The Swallow Ilt.n met Emily Ellen Loraine New Forest Deer Avenger (h b) Ch a by Harkaway, out of Disna General Sale Ada Mary by Auckland, out of Delusion ... Impostor (late Lanesbo rough) Blucher. Dough - - Whizgig Ellerslie Melford Clifford Hag I ey Fuglertaan Chat Pantomime Melody Lamb's-wool The Swift Montague Pavilion Rathmincs Escape Jovial John Cosner (late Het man Platoff colt) Peep o'Day Boy Lavender Fireav►ay Inheritress Rowland liaby Ellerdale Prince Charley Ferryhill Tom-tit Portrait Maid of Lymo .... War Eagle Teresa comb Vampyre Halo Do-the-Boys Mrs. Taf t Lady Wildair Distaffina c by Don John, out of Meal Slashing Alice The Admiral ••• Sesostris Lola Montes Dacia Chevreuil Dahcotali Chief Flatcatcher Blaze Marlow Mahon Didebury Henry of Exeter B h by Jereed, dam by Pantaloon Tom Tough Garendon Gaffer Green Pius the Ninth Rhesus Andalusian The Clothworker Maynooth Orphan Boy Sheraton llodine Taffrail Miss Nipper Ballinafad Gwalior Sponge Fernhill Fernvaragh Gratis • Chcapside Attraction Farewell Woodcraft Do it. again Clumsy Troica Cymba 4 Deerstalker Projectile The Widow a Wanota 5 Comet ... Jest Maid of my Soul 4 The Conjuror Weatow 3 The Arab 3 Volox Caurire ,.. Giselle Mogador. Crazy Lad Glendower Cashier 1 The Dart Br f by 6ir Hercules, • out of Peeress Pyrland John Orridgo Essedarius Fourteen hones are named for the Palatine Stakes, 15 for the Mostyn Stakes, 21 for the Chesterfield, 7 for the Stand Cup, 13 for Lord Westminster's Plate, 25 for the Cheshire, 6 for the Wirral, and 5 for the Eaton. *Cawroush, who had been backed for a considerable amount for the Chester Cup, died at Newmarket on Wednesday. YORK RACES, 1849. The Prince of Wales's Plate closed with 32 subs., and the Gimcrack with 25. The Filly and 30 Sor. biakei did not fill. . • THE RECENT :j3OOK ROBBERY. AT Okronto.—On Monday last, at the Oxfordcity Sessions, Andreas Lock hrt Belany pleaded guilty to, two charges of stealing booka—via , one froth the shoP of Mr. B. Slatter, book seller, and fifty-nine froin the University Beading. room. The' priloner, precious to being sentenced,, expressed his deep Contrition for the offolices he 'had committed, And prityell*the merciful consideration of the court. The Recorder, JamesXanning, Esq., after referring to the systeinatic 'manlier In which- the - robberies were Cop. ! , Mtttud, and the station of. the"prisouer in society;: seh tenced .him to one week's , imprisonment, On the first indiCtinent,- and seyen yeats' transportation int 'the second. ,The prisoner efts much affected pp hearing the 'lilt sentence. 'hi* T - ti ft ßonnap,T._ by. xyx advisers of: the ,Greit Westerp. the:fon-office authorities, Were Cleselyea4aged through out tho whole .ofryesterdaY in 'gatheting par:deniers with reference to the extraordinary robbery of. registered letters between Exeter and Bristol.• Fedi of a . startling character havealready coma out, but at present . it ;you'd be imprudent to,disclose them. It does riot rippear,low- . 'ever, that any•persona 'either in the employ of • the com pany or the Post‘oflice bad any share•in the transaction. Poole, - the discharged guard, iipsm vihom some .of the stolen property.was found, will be brought up on remand before the magistrates at the Guildhall, Exeter, at the next sitting of the magistrates, but it is not thought likely that the case will be gone into to any extent upon that occasion, as it is considered better, in consequence of recent' information received in town, •to get up the case as completely as possible before a full examination takes place, which it is therefore expected will not be before the middle of the ensuing week. In consequence of this robbery having occurred, the ,Postmaster-General gave immediate orders that an extra guArd : should be put on, to watch the mail from Bristol to Exeter and vice versa. MARYLRiONE PROTIDNNT DispitiNsaitir.:--The fif teenth annual meeting of this useful society . wai" held yesterday at the institution, in Charlotte-street, Port land•place, Captain - Holland, in the chair. Its object is to afford medical relief -to small - tradesmen, servants, and mechanics in the vicinity,- on the payment by ,the members of 4d. a month, the honse expenses being 'met by the contributions of the honorary mem bers. Fre= the report read by the hoo. secretary it `appeared that the number of ordinary Members. bad in creased since the last annual meeting one-fourth, the total number being now 790. The-cases administered to during, the year have been 2,407, tieing an increase of 475 upon,-those of -the previous year. The entire ex pense of the honorary members has been under 1001. The report having been unanimously adopted, and thanks given to the chairman for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. CALIFORNIAN EIPEDITION.—A Californian expe dition has left Greenock, a number of " navvies " ac companying it, armed with a duo supply of spades and smelting-pots._ ST. - MART'S, LAMBBTII.--At a meeting of the rate-payers of this parish, held yesterday, the report of the committee on the defalcations of Mr. T. Woodward, the late collector ,; was read. Th e d e fi c i ency on t h e poor's rate amounted to 1,1471. 14s 9d., of which 7501. had been received by the sureties. The deficiency on the church building rate was 7504 of which only about 4501. would be recovered. The deficiency on the high way rate was covered by securities. The total defalca tions of Woodward (who absconded some months since) were 1,9471. 14s. 9d. The committee recommended cer tain checks on the collectors for the future, and advised that the security of the Guarantee Society be taken in all new appointments. The report was agreed to. SWORD OF A DUGALD DALORTTY.—Among a number of old swords in the possession of Mr. Hugh Munro, draper, here, is a sabre, once the property of Sir Robert Munro, of Fowl's. This weapon must have come into the Baronet's possession when in Germany, serving under Gustavus Adolphus, as it is of German manufacture, with an inscription engraved upon it in the language of that country.—Ross shire Advertiser. An EAGLE.--A prodigious sea eagle (Halisetus), measuring seven feet from wing to wing, and weighing upwards of nine pounds, was killed with an ordinary gun, a few days since, at Langport, Dorset.—Sherborne Journal. EMIGRATION. -- A youth from Nottingham was found in the streets of Plymouth, a few days ago, asking the road to Australia. cONVICTS AT PORTLAND.—There has been another importation of convicts during the week, and the build ings are pow, as crowded Ati, .their ; present fitate . rtill admit of.—Shorborno journal. EVENING, A MAGAZINES, &c:—(CONTINU.ED).- .F'RASER. The present number of Prager wilL , be greedily sought for, if only on account of the contents of one page, one single page, in which we find three un published songs by the -late Thomas: Hood, and beautiful songs they are too, bearing internal evi : deice of their own authenticity. As an example• we give _ _ Christendom; but ungnestionably his faith in a species of supernatural interposition, not usually, now-a-days, 'received even by rigid Catholics, can only be traced to the singular event recorded in his youth, to; which he himself attributes his present position and his present preservation. " In - the year 1794 the young Mastai Verrtitti, then but a tender. infant of the tender age of two, was re posing in his cradle in one of the vast salons Of the ancient pallazzio of the family, at Senegallia, where he first saw the light, at - a period when Italy was dis tracted by the outburst of the great French Revolution. The chamber was deserted; the attendant nurse had stolen out, to enjoy the society of some favourite cicisbee, and naught resembling humanity remained in the apart ment save the slumbering child and the figure 'ot a sacred abbess, Notre Donna de la Stella, which frowned in awful sanctity from the walls. Suddenly a boar of enormous size entered the chamber, having made its way either wild from the adjacent hilts, or from a recess adjoining, in which it had been detained by some mem bers of the family, to afford the Pleasure of a hUnt on the , uhsequent day. The animal was naturally ferrxions, And hunger ' had made it savage. It approached the cradle, and was on the poh.t of sizing the child, awsk en«l by its noise. The snout of the brute, it is sail, was in contact with the cheek of the infant, and in another moment the child would have been borne oft in its tusks, when suddenly a noise was heard, and the !.;.pestry on which Notre Donna was emblazoned shook. Tumour, and probably truth, aseribtd this to the romps o f the nurse and her lover in the adjoining apartment, when to vase or statue was accidentally overturned against the wall ; but the pious, and amongst others the Pope himself, as well as his mother, devoutly attri buted it to the sainted interposition of the abbess; aid ;he child raising a cry, the attendant hurried to the chamber, but a moment before the young hope of the house would have been devoured or borne off. " How touch of truth, or how much of imagination there is in this !:bend, it is not for us to say; but the incident certainly is still believed by the peasantry of the district, and, what is more, by the present Pope him-. self. It had the immediate effect of causing the infant thus rescued to be devoted to the church, instead of the profession of arms, for which he had previously been designed, and for which all Italy at that moment panted; and by those who are unable otherwise to account for credulity so uncommon in our age, especially in one so calm and sagacious as his present Holiness, it has been considered the origin of that faith which Pius so lately placed on the miraculous agency of the Polish abbess, Notre Donna do la Scella being, by a singular coincid ence, the presiding saint of both." The writer is evidently well acquainted with Italian politics, and, although a great ad mirer of the Pope, he is by no means blind to the short-comings of certainly " one of the most amiable men that ever filled the Pontifical throne." The following account of the causes which led to the recent revolution at Rome, and of the objects of those engaged in it, is, we believe, more trustworthy than any of the nu merous accounts which have hitherto appeared from the Jesuit and obscurantist Italian correspondents of the daily papers:— " Those unacquainted with the circumstances are apt to attribute the Pope's recent unpopularity solely to the proverbial vaccillation of the people's opinion; but the fact is for the last six months Pius IX. has been pur suing a system of policy decidedly reactionary. He re tused his subjects a constitution in the first instance; he withheld from them a popular administration in the second. Ever since February last Rossi has been his ruling star, and under this fatal ascendancy all his for mer popularity gave way. It was in vain that in April last he dismissed the Jesuits. Father Roothman, with the whole of the fraternity, was nominally expelled from the Roman States, and it was even for a moment sup posed that the Fleming would be driven to the country from which he sprang: Rossi, said to be a member of the order, was surmised to maintain secret relations with them; and the act was considered to be a temporary concession to popular opinion rather than a renunciation of Austrian policy,:with the latter of which the ci-devant French Ambassador was now held to be completely identified. Though the society was thus ordered to quit the Roman States, and doomed to see its colleges sup pressed, its head-quarters taken up, and even Roothman himself, with the whole of his staff marched out of the capital, the movement inspired no confidence. Cardinal Vizardelli, one of the most devoted adherents, was en trusted with the control of their vast funds; nominally for the benefit of the State, but in secret, it was well understood, for the exclusive advantage of the order. " An event such as this—the suppression of a society the most formidable perhaps which the world ever saw, and which, in one manner or another has embroiled Europe for centuries, would at any other period . have excited a profound sensation, and perhaps have filled a memorable space in the page of contemporanean his tory. But it may be considered as some proof of the ex traordinary magnitude of the scenes at present passing under our eyes, that it produced not the slightest sensa tion on the Continent, and, indeed, but for the dissatis faction that subsequently arose, would have been almost unknown to ninety-nine out of every hundred indivi duals in England. But the dissatisfaction arising out of the impertect manner in which it was accomplished, affords the true clue to most of the events that followed. The Prince of Canino, long the deadly foe of the order, immediately seized the opportunity for promoting his own ambitious designs on the sovereignty of Rome, or at least, the Presidency of a Roman Republic; and Maxzini and others who viewed the institution with equal en mity, from feelings of greater disinterestedness, not only denounced its partial suppression, but accused the Ponti fical Cabinet of still retaining secret relations with the repudiated body, and eventually, on finding Rossi or Pius persist in the policy, raised the cry of national in dependence. In their own emphatic words, boldly ut tered by the chief of them in this country six years ago, • The Rome of the Cxsars had passed, the Rome of the Popes was passing, and that of the Italian people was now about to arise.' Those who a few years ago treated this prophetic declaration with ridicule or scorn, as the ebullition of a fierce enthusiast, may be surprised to find how nearly it is on the point of being at present realised; and assuredly they, who shortly afterwards laughed in derision of the exiled Italian's complaint of the violation of his letters by Sir James Graham, could not surmise that he was to prove one of the principal instruments in effecting the mighty change." This is an excellent number of the Mirror. A TOAST. " Come ! a health ! and it's not to be slighted with sips, A cold pulse, or a spirit supine; • All the blood in my heart scems‘to rush to my lips, To commingle its flow with the wine ! Bring s cup, of the purest and sOlideit ware, But a little ant*, in its shape And the juice it shall be the most racy and rare, the bloom with the age of the grape ! -Even.such is the love I would celebrate now, At once young, and mature, and in prime,— Like the trt e of the orange that bears on its bough The cud, blossom, and fruit at one time I Then' wish three, as is due, let the honours be paid, Whilst I give with my hand,.heart, and head,— ' to her, the fond mother, dear partner, kind friend, Who first taught me to love, woo, and wed r " There are some excellent papers in this number of Fraser. The " Review of Macaulay's History of England" is admirable, and some of the schemes pro pounded in the "Loose Leaves from the Note-book of a Schemer" are not unworthy of consideration. His proposed scheme of colonisation seems perfectly feasible ; it turns entirely on the construction of roads. The territory proposed to be colonised is to be surveyed, and a complete system of main roads laid down. The emigrants are to be employed in the construction of these roads ; they will be fed, clothed, and their children instructed ; their money wages will be 10s. per week, and they will be required to bind themselves to serve until such time as they shall have repaid their passage money, or until that sum shall • have been paid down for them by cblonists willing to engage their services for a term of years. Thus, when there was a great demand for labour in the colony men would be drafted from the roads, and their passage money having been refunded, Government would be enabled to send out fresh emigrants from the mother country. In like manner road-making in the colonies might go on more or less briskly as the demand for labour at home fell or rose. " If," says the writer, " the Government would do this it might immediately refuse every form of assistance to the able- bodied labourer at home, and save at once all ex penditure on him ; and it might proceed to put down vagrancy with a high and firm hand." The lover of field sports will read with greatgusto, " Snow Pictures by Lieut. Michael South: This paper is a lively narra tive of a month's adventures among the snows in the backwoods of Canada, during the w i n t e r of 1845, hunting moose deer. tis as interesting as Robinson Crusoe. " The Swedenborgian" is a novel of con troversial divinity=good of its kind, but the kind itself is detestable. We have then an admirably written paper on " New Zealand, and its Recent Pro gress under Governor Grey," who, by a rare comhi nation of heroism and patience, has rescued that fine colony from the destruction which seemed to threaten it in consequence of the impolicy and injustice of Governor Fitzroy, " whose appointment," observes this writer, •" to an office requiring qualities the re verse of all with which he appears in his public correspondence and conduct to have been endowed is perfectly unaccountable." Would be per fectly unaccountable, we are inclined to add, were it not borne in mind that at the time the appointment took place Lord Stanley was Colonial Secretary. There is a passage in this paper to which we would fain direct the attention of the subscribers to the Church Missionary Society, a society in favour of which some prejudice might naturally be supposed to exist on the par , t of the con ductors of such a magazine as Fraser s, but truth compels them to say— " We regret to notice that some members of the Church of England Missionary body imprudently ) ielded to the temptations of their position by exercising an improper influence over the natives. One reverend gentleman claimed 9,276 acres of land, under seven different con tracts. The commissioners appointed for deciding on the justice of these transactions very properly reduced the amount to 3,638 acres. " These culpable transactions have been but faintly condemned by the parent society. They cannot be ex cused by the natural desire of making a provision for the large and healthy families with which God has blessed them in the climate of New Zealand ;' nor can they be defended on the pretext of • encouraging the natives to cultivate land after al better method, and of establishing for their instruction exemplary little cons • munities.' " The language of the Colonial Secretary is more appropriate : I would not hesitate,' he writes, to dispossess the whole body of the missionaries of the pro perty which they have acquired in this manner, if the law would enable me to proceed to so extreme a mea sure. For the sake of our national character and of our common faith, I contemplate with deep regret the use which has been thus made of an influence which ought to have been devoted exclusiveiy to the highest and most sacred objects.'" It is the duty of the managing body of the Church Missionary Society to institute a searching inquiry into this case, and (unless that society is intended for th! future to be merely a land-jobbing scheme) to dis miss with ignominy from their service all those who have acquired property in this manner, and made this use of an influence " which ought to have.been devoted exclusively to the highest and most sacred objects." The writer of this article also feels compelled to admit that the conduct of Bishop. Selwyn Cannot be defended. In that opinon , we agree with him ; but such conduct might have been expected, 'and when, some seven years since, the r proposition of appointing - colonial bishops • was first' mooted we strenuously opposed the scheme, and as one of our reasons for such opposition we stated, by anticipation the very case Of Bishop Selwyn and the, New. Zealand authorities. The case of Bishop :Selwyn,. hOwever, will not, it is hoped, be without its effect on the. Government. We .40pet we. AO hear no more of any colonial episcopal appointment's. The .expense is enormous, and the office is useless ; _an infant colony has about as much -need of a bishop as it has of an opera-house-1 it is not until population has increased and cities and churches have been built, end there is a body of resident clergy pefinnnently located each in' his iAvn, district, that t. episcopal superintendence `can' beCome - necessary, and., such is not likely, to be the case in any of :bur, Ocer,ni9 colonies for half a • eentury 0 least." Besides a' variety of excellent tight reading, we have as usual the.current history of the mouth and a ;.,retrospect of the past,_ , aad pr ogr athme for the - :futui,e or, 1 4 'raser s Magazine. --- , - "', . ~..._ ; MIRROR. • ' " The first article in the Mirror is entitled " The President of the Young Republic, ", and is an' indig nant remonstrance with th e peop l e of France for their ingratitude to Lamarti ne , an d C av aignac, and Ledru Rollin, to whom they have preferred " a young in triguing adventurer, ' who has "enjoyed the support of such individualsas,,Emile de Girardin and M. Thiers, which ought aloneto have excluded hi m from the confidence of his country, since a cause supported by such agency must be bad." The ingratitude with which Lamartine and Cavaignac have been treated is worthy of every reprobation, but ere long France will recover her senses, when she will do justice to her truly . eminent men, and visit with condign punishment the Emile de" Girardins, the Grimier de Cassaignaes, et hoc genus *nine, who have for 'a time misled her. 0 Who's that Knocking at the Door" is an essay, moral, political, philanthropical, and philosophical, on the various persons who knock at the door during the course of the day. The sketches of character are admirable. The lucifer match man, the traveller on commission, the can vasser, the rate-collector, the schemer, the borrower, accuracy y al knoiledge l of of which we can vouch the governess, are described in the true La Bruyere spirit. Mr. Percy St: - John -- commefices a new ro mance, entitled " Adventures of a French/Repub lican." His opening chapter presents us with an vexaccth p the French capital in the month of July, 1830, just befOre the " three glorious days,7 ' or fr tr o a m iture o , u fror, own t he acpeerra when the parti pretre' strong in the protection of that infatuated old bigot Charles X., and believing that Heaven itself' would work miracles, if such were required, in sup port of Polignac and the Jesuits, were boasting everywhere that in three weeks the King would reign and govern, and that the Members of the Chamber of Deputies would be imprisoned in Vincennes, all except those who would pay an unexpected visit to the colonies, and when the Liberals of all shades were silently preparing for the contest with arbitrary power, which all parties felt must soon inevitably occur, and the advent of which all par ties were desirous of hastening. The hero 'is a young ouvrier, the heroine the daughter of an old noble; the hero is a Carbonaro, the father of the heroine an intimate associate of the Prince Polignac. The brother of the heroine is also in love with the sister of the hero ; so that we already have materials, in the first chapter, for a most interesting story. Hargrave Jennings gives us a paper on " Pantomimes," which would have delighted the heart of Charles Lamb; and W. H. Maxwell gives us an Irish story, " Kitty Connor's Wake, " told as he only can tell such stories. From a biog r aphical sketch of Pope Pius IX. we extract the following curious anecdote of the infancy of Mastai Ferretti : " The credit attached to miracles by the present holder of the Holy See has excited astonishment; and it ma) be remembered that no small ridicule, as well as sur prise, was caused by his implicit belief in the miraculous sure which Mother Madrina, the abbess of Minsk, was said to have effected on the young Frenchman, Baupin. The brutality of which that holy lady was the victim at the hands of the Czar Nicholas, or his still more barba runs satellites, doubtless excited a deep sympathy in the breast of Pius IX., as, even beyond the pale of the 1-I , tnau Church, it aroused indignation throughout • Correspondence on the Affairs of N ew Z ea l an d, page 4i. -" UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. The " Requiem upon Duelling" is concluded this month. The writer, considering the courts of law Utterly inefficient to discuss affairs of honour,, pro poses the establishment of Courts of Honour to pronounce upon all cases that touch upon that " lex non scnpta-comprehended under the significant desig nation of Good nreeding." " The Regeneration of the.- Army" and " The Military System" form the subjects of two articles in the United Service, dedicated to the advocacy of military reform. ". Gbnquests. and- Encroachments of the Dutch in the Iddian Archipelago," " The Indian . Army for Thirty Years,"' " Th e l as t Campaign of Infer," " Biogiaphy of Ibrahim - Pasha," and several fictitious narratives ; form the femaining •Contenti"6f"tfle' United "Service DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The agreeable anticipations with which we closed our last notice of the number of this very able periodi cal for the past eventful year, have been fully realised by the first number for the new year. We have found it a most pleasing combination of the instructive and the beautiful. It opens with a well-written tale, entitled " Love and Mesmerism ; some passages from the Life of the Countess of Ro senthal ;" the next is an interesting paper on the " Life and Literary Remains of John Keats," edited by R. Monckton Milnts. M.P. The continuation of " Ceylon and the Cyngalese " is, as usual, light and amusing. The " Fairfax Correspondence" will be read with deep interest. It contains some quaint and graphic accounts of scenes and characters in a very stirring period of England's history. The poetry in the present number is excellent, and we scarcely know on which to bestow the palm—the original or the translations. " A Provision for the Roman Catholic Clergy, considered in a Letter to the Editor of the Quarterly Review," is a cleverly written paper, but our space will not allow us at present to canvass the opinions of the author. The other papers are "Ireland's Industry and Ireland's Benefactors," and " France, a Retrospect of the Year 1848"—alto gether, th• first number for 1849 has opened well, and we have no doubt the genius and talent of our sister isle, will continue to sustain this magizine in the high position which it has attained in the periodical literature of the day. SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE. The Colonial Magazine for January contains arti cles on " Our Colonial Relations," " The Cultivation of Tea in British India," " The Establishment of Central Sugar Works in the British Sugar Colonies," " The Laws of the Winds," " Coral Reefs, a Cause of the Fever of the Islands near Singapore," and an indig nant protest against the annexation of Cuba to the Slave States of America, together with colonial in telligence and a variety of matter of colonial interest. BANKERS'. The opening number for the new year is enriched with an excellent likeness of James William Gilbart, Esq., the respected general manager of the London and Westminster Bank. It also contains an interest ing memoir of the London and Westminster Bank, the first of the joint stock banks established in the metropolis. We are happy to find that it is the in tention of the proprietors to give similar notices of the principal joint-stock banks throughout the king dom. The series cannot fail to prove both interesting and instructive. The monetary review of the past year, with which the number opens, points out the fluctuations that have taken place in the value of ateck and shares of ever) description, and proves the signal failure of the Act of 1844 in one, at least, of the objects contemplated by it s framers. " Letters to is Branch Manager " are continued with the same former contributions that has been so cons p icuous in the contributions of the author. The a ll-iinportant point of " discounts" forms the subject of ,the present epistle. There are many other interesting papers containing the usual amount of valuabFe mercantile information. We regret. hOWci,t'i', to find editors have given currency to one of a series` of mischievous articles, the object of which is manife s tl y to play the "Bearish game, and to depreciate railway JANTT AR Y 5, 1849. property. In every other respect the number is worthy of the highest commendation. -, • • • - TIIE ZOIST. The Zoiet, a journal "of Cerebral physiology and Inesmeri§M, and their lippliCation to human welfare, is almost *holly devoted to the subject of mesmerism, and contains an account - of many wonderful cures effected by its instrumentality. Among its contri butor, The Zoiei niniibers Dr. Elliotsori. JOUILVAIL 'O.P THE ROYAL AGRICUL. 7'UI?AL SOCIETY OF , ENGLAND. " Mr. Spooner: on Farm-houses—Mr. Loft: on Varieties of Wheat—Mr. Churnock : on the Farming of the West Riding—Earl Lovelace: on Agricultural Meteorology—Mr. Hutchinson : on the Air-drainage of Land—Mr. Waters: Plcuro-Pneumonia—Mr. Evelyn Denison, M.P. : on the Duke of Portland's Plantations—Sir J. P. Monteath : on Preserving Wood —Mr. Thompson : Report on the Exhibition of Im plements at the York Meeting, 1848 —Mr. Po•ey, M.P. : on Paring and Burning Grass-land —Mr. licary : on the Management of Cattle—Lord Port man : on Draining with Fir-hough—Mr. Wolfe : on Taick and Thin Sowing—Mr. Tanner : on the Farming of Devonshire—Mr. Milherne : on the Farming of the North Riding—Mr. Chandler: on a Water Drill—Mr. Pusey, M.P. : on the Putrefaction of Bones—Mr. Rutley : on the Culture of Hops." Such is a summary Of the contents of this valuable number of a very important work, to which is appended an account of the proceedings of the Royal Society during the past year. FRANK FAIRLEIGH. No. I. This serial tale, which excited so much interest in the readers of Sharpe's Magazine, is now appearing in monthly numbers for the benefit of those persons only acquainted with its merits by hearsay. This first number, which is adorned with two of Cruik shank's spirited illustrationF, relates the scrapes and misadventurf s which befell the hero on his first entry on his scholastic career. THE QUARTERLIES. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No.CLXXIX. Variety of theme and solidity of thought are the principal characteristics of the current number of the Edinburgh for January. One reviewer weighs a history in the balance of criticism—Kemble's " Saxons in England"—and takes occasion to write, in so doing, a paper abounding with evidence of great antiquarian erudition. Another places the merits and demerits of a novel in the scales—Senior's Charles Vernon"—and while analysing the con struction of a single fiction, defines what may be called the true physiology of romance. For the satisfaction of certain members of the Church of England there is a severe article condemnatory of the ecclesiastical dogma of the " Indelibility of Holy Orders" as recently discussed in reference to the treatment of Mr. Shore by the Right Reverend Father in God, Henry of Exeter; while for the delectation of the upholders of Roman Catholicism there is an elaborate review of Valery's Correspon dence inedite de Mabillon et de Montfaucon, in which the writer pens a most eulogistic narrative of the celebrated order of the Benedictines. Several of the Parliamentary documents published during the course of last session have suggested to one contri butor an essay on that inexhaustible topic, " The Relief of Irish Distress;" and another has, in no ticing the voluminous productions of Mignet and Grinablet, taken a rapid survey of the diplomatic tactics of " William 111. and Louis XIV." Those who feel in a particular manner interested in the fate of the superb territories surrounding the cities of Lahore and Moultan will peruse with avidity the historical chapter devoted to the consideration of " The Punjaub ;" while those who sympathise in the panegyrics deservedly pronounced over the tombs of renowned statesmen will derive a particular but me lancholy gratification from the eulogium of the Edinburgh upon the memory of "Lord Melbourne." Varied and striking as are the articles already enu merated, there is yet another and one of a very novel and attractive character, which we have abstained from mentioning until the last, because to our mind, it appears to be the most deserving of a serious an prolonged attention. This remarkable contributio 1 is entitled " The Progress of Mechanical Invention," and has emanated from the reflections excited in the imagination of the reviewer by the casual perusal of the last few volumes of the Patent Journal and the Mechanics' illagazine. It will prove, no doubt, a subject of curiosity not only to Mr. Robertson and Mr. Carprneal, but to the vast majority of the reflecting portion of the population; and this because, although we may not all be inventors or patentees, we have each of us an interest, more or less, in the development of mechanical science, and in the successful or rein-successful issue of mechanical ingenuity. It is so deplorably true, moreover, that the passion of gambling has penetrated even into the temples of philosophy, that it were well for a very considerable number of the more speculative members of the community if some restriction could be put upon the reckless expenditure resulting from the game of hazer(' practised in the chambers of the patent agent. So much valuable money is squandered upon inventions not worth a single snap of the fingers, and so many persons are reduced to beggary by the extravagance flowing from the sanguine temperament of the inventors, that it be comes a question of public importance to inquire whether the pitfalls cannot be filled up otherwise than by " the fortunes and the minds of those who have fallen into them and been ruined." Humanity should prompt the Legislature to see if it would not be possible to prevent the daily recurrence of the dismal catastrophes bewailed so many years ago by Jeremy Bentham. Towards the attainment of this most desirable object, the reviewer makes the fol lowing proposition : That certain boards of examiners should be appointed, " whose ap proval should be secured first before any invention, purporting :to:110 novel, should be admitted to the expensive' t .honours of a patent "—in England the first expenses - of a patent for the three kingdoms, being 343/ in fc;es . tilone, those fees being required to be paid down in hard cash " beforehand." While propoundingthis remedy, however, the reviewer hien aelracknowledgr that its introduction into our sys tem of affairs is' - opposed by several insuperable obe structions, foremost amongst which are the tyrannical "blunders ' that - might result from such precautions, and the inconquerable repugnance of inventors them , selves to submit their ideas to the decision of members of their own profession. As to the." popular sugges tion" nu ntioned by the Edinburgh (p. 55), to the effect that " every patentee should be required to deposit in some public museum an accurate model or specimen cf his invention," the reviewer seems to be ignorant of the fact that this arrangement has been long adopted in the French capital, and that amongst the most interesting and certainly amongst the most eccentric of all the exhibitions of Paris, is that in which are aecurnulated an extraordinary number of the most beautiful models of patent inventions. The adoption of such a scheme by the English Govern ment would be productive, according to our thinking, of a twofold advantage—first, that of warning inven tars and patentees from some disastrous undertaking before they have adventured too far into it for with-. drawal ; and, secondly, the addition of another depart ment to the noble establishment in Great Russell-street. When we hear Mr. Babbage relating '"that in the construction of his calculating machine, not one single portion of the works, although these were of extraordinary complication, required any alteration after it was once made, owing to the admirable care which had been bestowed upon the drawings," we may calculate_ the advantages which would result from a system which would render the preliminary construction of a. model compulsory. In - the very act of producing the model the inventor would dis• cover betimes whether or not his ideas were practi cable. How profound is the infatuation of some of the many thousands who imagine themselves capable of achieving what have been hitherto found by men of indisputable genius to be impossibilities, may be conjectured from the fact that many who have seen or heard of the suspension tunnel and the electric telegraph, are still wasting years !in a search for the perpetual motion ! " One such machine, at least," says the Edinburgh Review (p. 47), "may even now be seen in London, by those who have m ore ou- faith than knowledge, pursuing its eternal r I flops." The accuracy of this assertion vrellcanevour selves in a manner, corroborate—for we " li ' a i n roads of the remem ber, our selves, scarcely eight months ago, the moonlight along one of the subuorther p edestrian, metropolis, we were accosted byfaan machine of this who mingled his description o. h Christ, hands), kind (which he had fabricated wit „ eer y of and eja with blasphemies to the are men, e e n v y e i t i h i e n ex th is e te m nc i e dd o l i e hineegenius of Thomas Paine. 1 ilewewal king in culations of homage to t tl o ie f halmcinations and Atheism its superstitien. There a Philosophy has its the nineteenth century, thepaltry • • And yet worship joi nts , arid Divinity, an • of some misera ble ' I eels and pistons , E ureka of co g-wheels, i i construc tion. Sir Bulwer Lytton • their own c might, without a ny violation of truth, have delineated Adam Warner a , a contemporary not onlyofthe King Maker, . Maker, but also of Mr. C opperas, or of Sir Sedley Beaudesert. Friar 13 ungays are still striving to concoct the elixir vitce, and Sir Epicure Alammons are still sanguine of discovering the durum potabile. As a clear and comprehensive treatise upoe the progress which has been made in mechanical in vention, this admirable paper will amply repay pe rusal. Upon the biographical contribution respecting Lard Melbourne, we have already commented in a ending article ; yet we cannot but seize the present opportunity for the purpose of commending one in cidental portion of the memoir—an estimate of the genius and ..116racter of Daniel. O'Connell, which appeal% to us singularly felicitous. In comment ing ourselves upon the Ministerial career of Lord Melbourne, at the period of his decease, we , -.- 1 1 7 I `• - T • '77r7 T -rx, t maintained' that 'his prineipal clathi 6 - the.recol yr iection and respect of posterity coh tditilbe.cir cumit'ance of his having V 461116 one'w'ho'instiucted QUeen Yictoria in the art of finiiernment. The vieis of the Edinburgh upon this ponit are so, entirely WiPci- - (lent with our own, that we should have a.peculiar sa tisfactionin reproducing thetremarks of our contempo rary, but that we are unfortunate.restrictedzi.by, the 'length to which our own observationihrive horeialready extended. But -for the same reason ' .we should, in like manner, have transferred to our colunittra -1 graph - extracted from . the article on the 4 ., ‘nch Benedictines"—beind an impassioned: and " , goquent apostrophe of admiration to the 4i4iyerieslif - Alcuin and 01, otherr,a nfr renowned anc,y ,A n m s i e l n m , o f amongst l ii'd.n t i l a i : - at ' c il i et a t . e ii ct 1 esi astics of the Roman Catholic religion. Most.of the other papers, already mentioned by Tame r are'_worthy of simultaneous publication with the three,- to which we have here particularly'directe6 public attention. THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE• The important merits of the Quarterly Jotrnal of Agriculture, and the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, will be best described by an enumeration of its valuable contents. The new number of this journal contains an article "On the Use of Lime in Agriculture," by Professor Johnston ; " Decisions in the Supreme Courts connected with Rural Economy," " The Farmer's Note•book," containing a variety of sub jects of agricultural information • " Annual Agri cultural Rep or t," T a bl es of the Revenue, Prices of Grain, Foreign Markets," &c. The latter half of the journal is devoted to an account of the trans actions of the Highland and Agricultural Society, and contains a " Digest of Experiments with Special Manures," " Report on lately introduced Conifers ," " Report on Plantations in the exposed District of Buchan," and " Report of the Directors on the ap pointment of a Chemist." THE FREE2IIASONS" QUARTERLY RETIEW. This periodical is, of course, chiefly filled with articles of Freemasonic interest. " With a joyous and grateful satisfaction," it announces " the great stride that Irish fraternity hiss made in advancing the mag nificent principles of the order." An article on " The Solar Spots," poetry, and literary criticism, occupy those pages of the Freemasons' Journal not devoted to Freemasonry. ALMANACKS FOR 1849. LETTS'S DIARIES for 1849.—LETTS'S INDISPENSABLE ALMANACK, enabling Everybody to secure to Himself a Faithful Record of the Past, Present, and the Future. Letts's Diaries have long been considered by every gentleman, every merchant, every banker, every shopkeeper, every one in short who has any appoint ments to keep, indispensable to the proper carrying on of business, and here we have them of various sizes, and all containing an immense mass of useful information. It appears that many persons have at different periods applied to Messrs. Letts to publish the printed information attached to the Diary apart from that work, and this year they have yielded to these requests, and have published the Indispensable Almanack, in which— " The Past is considered in the shape of a Mercantile Digest of the season intervening between the Ist Sep tember, 1847 and 1848, which, containing many valuable tables of monthly fluctuations in Produce, Stocks, and so forth, and edited by a gentleman of high literary stand ing, in possession of extraordinary facilities for obtaining such class of information, will no doubt be appreciated. The Present is provided for by numerous tables of Information and Calculation in daily requisition by all classes of the community—also (in immediate connexion with an Almanack printed in unusually largo and dis tinct type) a series of lines and columns for registering any remarkable fact, the state of the barometer, ther mometer (for which especially separate tables aro com piled to compare the several scales of Reaumur, Celsius, and Fahrenheit), and any feature in meteorology, flori culture, agriculture, horticulture, mechanics, chemistry, surgery, or other science, of interest to the purchaser. " And the Future by a variety of notices and tables calculated to put ono in possession of what will occur, or what will be required of us, in the ordinary course of events, and discharge of our duty as members of the highest and most civilized nation on the globe." _ _ This Almanack is admirably got up, and is one of the most generally useful ever published. BRITISH ALMANACK and COMPANION, 1849. To Mr. Charles Knight, the proprietor of the British Abnanack, is due the honour of having been the first man who published an almanack of common sense in opposition to the nonsensical astrological publications, which up to that period the public had been content to accept as their only year books. The present edition of the British still retains all those features by which it has ever been favourably dis tinguished from its contemporaries, and which render it worthy of its national title. THE LATE INQUEST at LAMBETH TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—My notice hiving been directed only last even ing to a lengthy paragraph in your paper of the 2d inst., purporting to be a report of an inquest held by Mr. Carter, the coroner, at the "Angel," Lambeth-walk, the day previously. I have no doubt you will, from the liberal character of your journal, allow me space in your columns, to contradict statements contained in that paragraph, at variance with truth, and calculated, if un noticed, to injure my professional character. .The real facts of the case were these:—A man, whose name it appears is " Meredew," residing at 25,Union-street, came, it is true, to my surgery, ou Tuesday, the 26th ult., at about 6 o'clock, P.M., representing a lodger of his to have been taken suddenly ill in labour, and to be in want of a doctor's assistance. After a few inquiries as to whether she had engaged any one to attend her, &c., I mentioned the fee I usually expected in such cases, .wheml was answered " She was a very - poor woman." The woman not residing in my district, = 1' accordingly referred Mr. Meredew to Mr. Wagstaffe, the surgeon of the district in which shei, resided, adding, that I had no doubt ho would atten d directly. Upon this, the man left my house ia.oomplitsuce, appa rently, with my directions; and I havtr , sittithority for stating that Mr. Wagstaffe's assistant was the second surgeon - in attendance. As regards the inqUestv the me dical testimony was to the ;effect, that even if the woman had been seen directly atter the occurrence ,(for it•seems •.premature labour had been induced by- aiNacaideut). no weans would hare been of any avail-toisare the• lite of the woman. Mr. Meredew did attenapt.sto make- un founded - charges against me, which the Coroner, of course, repressed, and the verd i ct tof the jury, not even alluded to in the paragraph re ferred to, ' was " Decease d died from hsamorrhage, from accideu k tally seatiug iherself on a man's knee." 'So much for "24t, charge of inhu inanity against a Parish Surgeon." I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, J. E. SMITH, &c. Jan. 4, 1849. • [The report was copied from the Morning Post.] — ED. Sun. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Handel t s -Judas .31accabeus is to be revived by this society on Monday next, the Bth inst. The spirited martial strains of this fine oratorio will afford ample scope for the display of Costa's energetic style of conducting. THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES.—BY W. HARRISON on st i r t r h i o n g contrary, intere : t,i4sh` eTs'hicierorfol.itphanoenbeivresseelltoruyl.f AINswoRTH, EsQ.—" Silent for some time, Mr. Ain-- worth has again appeared in the realms of fiction, giving satisfactory proof, in the freshness and vigour 9f the present work, that nothing _of his former skill.ll abated.witche Witches,' t he fi sa n m d, e great difficulty delineation of character, and the saute g of description, best h ' Il o which o a kw . u w i o c e o 7 d . b s ' a_ h o i o e b e t c e n a e i d nn - . B l c r l e n T hoa fi ew q h r: u hn ire nothing gd f in :: a oh c irsai k a startling; 6 Crichton' nothing m ore th pi r e i II Sheppard' nothing more dram original. He grapp les as whoever wo uld choose ' which presented itself VP jest is as masterly, as his o ne such a witthion of it is bold. an d Pendia Forest. Mr. Ainsworntchseet'vsetaibtthoinct3ettinits The saocess- D f a ltoringlY galleries f preterpet. li, . Y 1 of an tasks ful employment o theme, and a the Water 01 fic tion; on • but that Mr. the must difficult succeededt° o `The ' Ainsworth has „...._,, ~,L an cashire Witches' he subject of the triumphantly witne""iT " Tion e "Yd M iscellany. Tuc GALLisite "TEAL CRIMINAL TION OF PRICES .— The of the letting ou t Ce ntral Crimi nal Court, to a person who regulated the . prices of ad mission has been so often brought b the public by the press, that efore the notice of Loudon and Middlesex have at length, the Sheriffs of COURT--/ITUhfre sad introduced regulat io ns abolished the old system, soma satisfaction, con sid er ing which are calculated to give had excited. The ' the feelings the old p lan person who has hitherto rent the galleries from the sheriffs at the rate of 21/. per session, refused,. at the l as t sess i on, to cont i nue to pay the sum any longer, alleging that it exceeded the receipts, but he uttered, at the same time, to continue to hold the galleries and pay 15/. per session for them. The sheriffs, for some time past, have been anxious to have the control of the galleries in their own hands, and they took the opportunity thus offered to break the engagement with the lessee, who has not at this time anything whatever to do with them. The new regulations came into operation on Monday last, the first day of the January session, and now a uniform charge of is. each for admission to the galleries is esta blished. It will be recollected that there have been oc casions when halt-a-guinea and even a guinea has been demanded ; and on the late trial of the Baroness St. Mart the price was 55. and 7s. Gd. The money-takers have been appointed by the sheriffs, into whose hands the receipts are paid every night. The practice of per. suns being employed in the streets, and in the avenues of the court to " tout " fur customers for the galleries has been done away with. The receipts in the Old Court gallery on Monday amounted to 2s. ; in the N ew Court gallery to 95.; the Old Court gallery on Tuesday yielded 18s.; and yesterday, 2/. 10s. It was said that if the price were reduced to 6d, the receipts would be doubled. These regulations,will be applied also to the new Third Court, which is now rapidly approaching ,ompletion. The m oney-takers receive 75. a-day. 'lnc Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are receiving a limited circle at Badminton, where the usual hospi tality will be displayed during t hi, *co ,. soon.