The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-03 00:00:00

111 w - - Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 .... Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares 17 12 Do. Fifths . ... 10 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds (8eg.)..... 13 Do. New, Gua.6 perct. 7% Do. Live p. and Bury 43 Ditto % (1at:: Hud dersfield and Shell) 43 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 7 .. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 914 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c..... 50 Do., Half Shares 25 ..... Do., (blue) Scrip Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, Neer Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . ......... 31 ! Liverp., MancLster, and Newcastle Junction... 21(, London & 131 ack wa11...13/. 6s. id Do. Extension 22 LA.— London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 Do.Guarant. 5 perct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. Ditto, ditt0...... 1552 50 ....• Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. .. 5 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d , Ditto, Preference...... 20 London and N. Western 100 Do Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifth% Do. 40/.Shares(L. MO 25 Do. 101. (N. & B.) A. 1 0 ....• Do. 101. (M. & B.) B 10 .... Do. 10/. (bL & B.) C 1 Lon.. & S. Western 5O Do. New 50/. ..... 42%.. Do. New 401. 34 Do. Tenths (Comol.) 50 Ditto ditto Ditto. Thirds.. ....-... 15 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, ef. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls London, Salisbury, and Yeovil 15..« , 12V4' • 8 1/23A .. 2L/2. . 93 «.......... 33 32%%4 ... -127 125%... ...... 126% ~. 9% 9 9 1 4 ~ 7 ...... ~.. 123..... , 41% ~ 11% 11 .... ..... btAY 8 •••••••• .• Londonderry&Coleraine 28 3 / 4 . . Londonderry and Ennis killen ... 27% Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Manehester,Ruxton,and Matlock... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo DJ., Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 114 Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 40 Ditto ditto . ......... 13 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire l5 . Do., Grimsby Dock 2O Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Midland ......... ..... ...100 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., ioL.Shares... 25 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming.,6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 40 Ditto, ditto .....141. 18s Ditto,Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. liewcastkand Carlisle ...100 Do. Quarters 25 Newmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Roatrevor 2O NWolk .............100 Do. New 204 .. l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ... 25 , Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters„"a 6 14 . Ditto, Extension O% .... Z.Ditto, Thirds .... 8 1 / 4 •• North & South-Western 2 ..... North Staffordshire l5 North Wales ....... 3 1 / 2 North-Western ... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate . lO Royston and Hitchin ... 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland. 25 Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed .8 Shrewsbury a nd Herald. 2 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 81 4 Ditto Oswestry 17% Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO ...., Shropshire Union south Devon.... 5O .... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 6 l /4 South Eastern Do., No. 1 2B .... Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ...... Do., No. 4 Thirds South Wales ....... South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal 6 .... Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 17 1 ,4.... Waterford and Limerick 47%.... Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall 6 ... West London Do. Do. Ist Class 28 ...., Do. Do. 2d Class 20 .... W hitehaven & Furness 14 .... Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 12 .... Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth 4O •••• York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and, Berwick ...... Do. Z'xtensioa No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. .. 15 Do. G.N.E.P re f erence 8 ... 8 1 4 7ifi ex.int x.i York and North Midland 50 ...... 57 56 - Ditto, Preference ...... 10 L o. East and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... Boulogne and Amien5... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 17 Ceylon Demerara ls Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras 6s. . ... Dutch Rhenish East Indian ...... Great Indian Peninsular 4-- — Louvain i 1 la Sambre ... Luxembourg..... Ditto ............. 10 Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege 20 ... 5 1 4 ............ Northern of France...... 12 sr : B4 l e ............ Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 3 4 Paris and Lyons ll ....• ............. Do. Do. Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 20 19% 18 % -•••• Paris and Strasbourg ... 9 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O 144. Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes .. 9 ..... • Tourney, Jurbise, Lan den, and Ha.sselt ...... 20 West Flanders...... — . . /. ,* 12 ... ~87% 86 1 ,4 87 86 87 ..18 1 / 2 18x.int lBx.i. . 63 64 123 1 / 4 1231A .. -- .. 000 ..•• .. 48 46% 00000 ... - 3124% 4%., r•• •••• se 11%14 - 2314 10 1 / 4 ........, 91.4 143 46 16% 4% 11 1 / i 23 yi 10 1 4 ... 14 . - l i4-. .. 2 Ipi ~.L ... ... 2% 24% ••• ... 7 3 / 4 7 3 /4 ... 8% x.int.... B% x.i .•• - 28% 29 .. 20 25 ex. int... 25 x.i ~. 29 28% 27% 8% 111% 10% 3% JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Colonial 25 Commercialof London 20 Anglo-M MINES. exica n lOO Asturian Mining Com_ 14 Australian. ................ 2% :4% Blaenarvon Iro n & Coal 50 BolonosiScrip ..... British Iron . .......... 12 . Brazilian Imperial . .... 24% BrazilianCoeaes&Cuiab a 80 ..... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Cobra Copper . 40 ...... General Mining . 20 ...... 8% Unreg. Real Del Monte, Black Debentures .... ... Do. Red Ditto ... Santis; , !o de Cub; ••••. 00000 •• go United Mexi can MONEY M ARKET .—The premium o n go l d at Paris is 10 per mill ; w hi c h , a t t h e E ng li s h Mint price o f 31. 17s. 10P. per ounce for standard gold, gives en ex- change of 25.40; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 27k. it follows that gold is 0.49 per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.101, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer in London 044 ilainbugh. , THE SUN; LONDON, LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 3.—Wind this day at noon, E., light breeze and fine clear weather—ha:el frost. Greatest pressure of Hind since yesterday at noon, 221bs. Baro mc ter 29. 80. Thermometer 28. RYDE (ISLE OF WIGHT), JAN. I.—The Wilhelm Gus taf, Suudswall, for the Mediterranean, has put in here to repair damages, having experienced very tempestuous weather. CORE, DEC. 31.—Sid. Cambridge, Peabcdy, New York; De Witt, Clinton, New Orleans. KILRUSE, DEC. 31.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd.—Mars, Boyle, Porto Rico, for Cork, leaky, with loss of sails, &c. LONDONDERRY, JAN. I.—Arid. Edward Augusta, Kayor, New York. DINGLE, COUNTY KERRY, DEO. 31 —The Eleonda, from St. Andrew's, for Hull, has anchored in the Bay with loss of rudder, and ten feet water in her hold. Assistance has been sent to her. DEAL, J.N. 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Cybele, Gerard, Berbice. A barque from Quebec and proceeded for London. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Wind E.S.E., blowing hard. —Arrd. George, Nicholas, St. Vincent; Renner, Robe, St. Domingo for Hamburgh. Sld. Hermann, Monte Video; Ruckers, St. Vincent. The George, Nicholas, arrived here from St. Vincent, experienced a severe hurricane on the 10th of December, between Bermuda and the Western Islands, and was on her beam-ends for six hours. DUBLIN, JAN. I.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Dec. 30, Jane, Hammond, Savannah. KINGSTOWN, JAN. I.—Wind &E.—Sid. Ruby, Hon duras. HARWICH, JAN. 2.—The Metsenger, of and from Sun derland for London, was totally lost this morning, on the Gunfleet Sand; crew saved. The Hugo, of and from Stettin for London, was totally wrecked on the Gunflcet Sand; crew saved. A light collier was on shore this morning on the Gunfieet Sand, but was assisted off. LERWICK, DEC. 25.—The Champion, Douglas, from Cron , tadt, put into Calfirth Noe, 22d inst., in distress, with loss of bulwarks, sails, &c., and leaky; cargo da maged, and will have to be brought here to discharge. The James Reed, of Whitby, from Riga for Mont rose, foundered on the 17th instant, in lat. 57, lon. 1, E. Crew picked up same day. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 2.—The crew of the brig Emily, Hindson, of London, from Newcastle to Messina, were picked up in lat. 48, lon. 7, their vessel having foun dered 25th ult., in lat. 46, ton. %V., by the Jane and Margaret, Gordon, from Oporto, arrived here. YARMOUTH, JAN. 2.—The Inconstant, of and from Sunderland to Carthagena, went on shore this morning at Happisburg, the crew having previously abandoned her, and landed at Cromer. CARDIFF, JAN. L—The Hasperus, of Whitby, in pro ceeding to sea this morning, from the Bute Docks, caught on the outside of the Gutway, and now lies in an awkward position, but every probability of her swinging off next tide. LIVERPOOL, JAN, 2.—The Maryland that arrived here yesterday, from Virginia, threw overboard about 400 bags of corn and wheat, and fifty barrels of flour, in a gale on the Bth ult., and on the 26th was struck by a sea, which stove in her larboard bow. Arrd. Ingle boro, Rea, Calcutta; Tinamara, Heron, Ceara; Pam. pero, Purton, Valparaiso; Birmingham, Sturdarant, Savannah; Arabella, Philadelphia. Sld. Jan. 1, Liv ingston, Valparaiso; Wilton Wood, Buenos Ayres; Avoro, New Orleans; Denmark, ditto; David Cannon, Mobile; Lady Flora Hastings, ditto; Severn, ditto; Sir H. Pottinger, Charlestown. 2d, Duncan, Ritchie, New Orleans; Ashburton, Boston.—Wind S.S.E. SUNDERLAND, JAN. I.—The Newport, of Montrose, in entering the harbour this morning grounded between the piers, but got off, and was towed up the river this evening, making water. SHIELDS, DEC. 30.—The Bird, of this port, recently on the Boulmer Rocks, has been towed round to this port, and laid on the scarp. The George, of South Shields for London, which was driven upon the Black Minden Rocks 25th instant, has been sold for 2001. MARI 4BRO'-STREET—(THISDAY). Sarah Ward, a well-dressed woman, was charged with attempting to utter a counterfeit half-crown, with intent - to defraud Mr. Henry Broome, landlord of the Opera ' Tavern, Haymarket. On ti e previous night, a little before twelve o'clock, th e p r is, tner went into prosecutor's house and called for three pa. inyworth of brandy, in payment for which she tendered what appeared to be a new half-crown. Before giving, her th. 2 change prosecutor rang the coin on the counts, whet ► ho immediately detected it as being a counterSeit. Prosecutor, on looking at the prisoner, identified her as having passed off a similar coin about an hour be .e. He then sent for a constable and gave her in cha rg'i. On being searched at the station•house 31-d. was filand upon her. The pri toner in defence said she had received the money froi a a gentleman a short time before, and had not the lea it idea that the coin was bad. Mr. He. IDWICH remanded her for the attendance of the Mint s. elicitor. BENEYOY ;..ENCE —Received from J. H. H. an order on Messrs. G. 'sling and Sharpe for 21., which the benevo lent donor wished to be acknowledged in the newspapers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP. CHESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ENTRIES. War Eagle, Teresa, Didabury, Lord Saltoun, Mar- Low, and Clothworker, making the entry, w e believe, 166. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. All waiting anxiously for the Chester Cup nomina tions, and not a bet laid. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1849. Nog inations for the Great Metropolitan Handicap. Rat i ulph us Mogador Retaembrance Radetzlzy Brandy facts Ipi aby Cupid Vampyre Fires.way Halo Sister to Satirist Hornpipe Idle Boy Do-the-Boys Peep o'Day Boy Miss Bunney Canezou Executor: Eryx Cheapside Eagle's Plume Sister to Ridiculous Mus Lugar B c by Sir Hercules Valentina F by Muley Moloch Ellerslie Maid of Lymo Ilagley New Forest Deer Milford Don't-say-nay The Cur Fugleman Glutton Pantomime Cossack Do-it-again Cockermouth Lady Bamfylde Bacchanalian Silver Eel Trap The Tartar Tragical Woodcraft Atlantic Jenny Wren Burghley Andalusian Chanticleer Escape Limestone Conquest Inheritress Sir Peter Laurie Rowland Harry the Eighth Mrs. Taft Alpheia Distaffina Giselle Sampson -- Tuscan Slashing Alice Eva Lamb's-wool Gwalior The Swift Pillage Dacia Good Boy Vasa John Cosser Backbiter Mr. Eddison's Heiman Old No. Twelve Platoff colt Camphine Footstool Sponge Surplice Fernhill Flycatcher filly Pelham Tiresome Sylvan Cotton Lord Swiss Boy Bright Buck Bellinden Wyke Flatcatcher Cashier Clermont Over fork-over Loupgarou Avenger Sir Henry Harding° Clarissa Pius the Ninth Roscius Aurieula Voltaire gelding Caesar, out of Basalt) COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TIES AT. The Queen and his Royal Highness took an early walk in the Home Park and Slopes this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Princess Royal, and the younger branches of the Royal Family, walked in the Home Park. The Prince, attended by Major-General Bowles and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, left the Castle at ten o'clock, and arrived at Buekingham Palace at eleven. His Royal Highness left London, on his return to Windsor Castle, about one o'clock. Her Majesty's private Band was in attendance in the Castle yesterday evening, and performed the fol lowing pieces : Overture—" Le Philtre" .. Auber. Terzetto—" Freischuta" 'Weber. March—" Zweikampf" Spohr. Selection—" Marie" Seelenspiegel Walzer THE LIVERPOOL CURRENCY PLAN. CONSOLS NOTES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— I see the Chronicle talks of the above money, as liable to depreciation. I cannot see this. If I have 1001. Consols, it is because I deposited 1001. consideration—say 100 days skilled and confidential labour, perhaps yesterday, before I could call myself owned of such 100 Consols certificate. If, by tome hocus pocus, I could get the Government to stamp one 1011. 1021. 1101. or 2001. certificate for my 1001. of consideration yesterday paid, then I can see the commencement cf a vicious circle. It is the quality, not the quantity of money, that must be taken into consideration. The Liverpool Association propose to fix the inte rest on Consols. This is sound. In fact, these Californian discoveries drive us on a scientific money whether we like it or not, for the fundholder is likely now to get the other kick of the beam, and have his interest paid him in paving-stones. It will be amusing to see Sir Robert and his friends, the free-traders, striking their standard, now that it swings round and hits them. Brown's Coffee house, Clayton-square. MIDAS. THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE BONDHOLDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The instructions from the Peruvian Govern ment for a settlement with the bondholders only ar rived in London by the last West India packet —say the 4th of December. From that date to the 20th inst. several interviews took place between his Excel lency the Peruvian Minister and Mr. J. D. Powles, the deputy-chairman of the cornmitte of bondholders, until the terms were finally adjusted, and expressly approved of, by Mr. J. D. Powles, who, moreover, assured the Minister that he would support them at the meeting ; and, at the suggestion of these gentle men, an article was superadded to the proposals about to be submitted to the bondholders, providing for the nomination of commissioners, who are to receive the whole amount of interest falling due on the Peruvian bonds, for the benefit of the bondholders. Mr. Powles received from his Excellency a rough draft of the terms offered by the Peruvian Government, so early as Wednesday, the 20th, so that he was, from that day, aware of the improved terms, although the public was not informed vs to their nature until Friday and Saturday following. It was rumoured last week in the City, when the rise of about 10 per cent. occurred on Peruvian Stock (between Wednesday and Satur day), that the Peruvian Government had been buying up its stock ; the insinuation was immediately disa vowed and refuted by the Peruvian Consul-General in a letter he addressed to the Globe, of Saturday, 23d ; and the foregoing facts speak for themselves. It is clear that others than the Peruvian Government may have been in the market. Perhaps Mr. Powles would explain at the meeting, on Thursday next, by what accident the terms offered by the Peru vian Minister was not made public on the 20th— the day he received them. The meeting should also be informed touching the superadded article, and why the whole bulk of the dividends belonging to the bondholders should be managed or distributed by commissioners when there are banks in London affording unquestionable security. 'those matters should be sifted at the general meeting, and some mode devised which, in all future offers by the South-American Governments, would prevent any particular individual, or deputation, from reaping the fruits of a prior knowledge of terms to the prejudice of the bondholders in general, as well as the public. The abundance of guano in Peru makes the present offer, if accepted, a positive certainty, w hi c h no political disturbance in that country can a ff ec t. Th e amount payable this first year of interest on the active bonds, at four per cent., will be about "0,000/. ; the four following years, will be in creased one-half per cent. per annum, until it reached six per cent., increasing the annual pay men to much above 100,0001. The Govern men t of Peru does not require commissioners to manage this money. What necessity have the bondholders for commissioners ? A FRIEND OF JUSTICE. Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1849 - GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Yesterday the Colo nial Laud and Emigration Commissioners appointed a vessel to sail with male and female emigrants, embarking at Deptford and Plymouth for Port Phillip, on the 29th inst., for Port Adelaide, Feb. 2; Sydney, the sth and 7th; Port Phillip, B t h ; and Aelaide ou the 18th. On Monday two vessels, for the conveyance of 500 emigrants to Sydney and Port Phillip, commenced the embarkation of the stores and passengers at Deptford. In addition to the above, seven other vessels have been taken up by the commissioners, and will sail before the 22d inst. for New South Wales and Australia, making a total of fifteen vessels, their united burden being 7,500 tons, calculated to carry 3,750 adults. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Since our last report the arrivals of Wheat for this maiket have been sonsewhat on the increase and of im proved quality. This morning, the show of samples of both Red and White was small; yet, owing to the large importations from abroad, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of homo produce was in a very sluggish state at Monday's quotations. Upwards of 38,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have come in. This large supply had a depressing effect upon the demand for free qualities. In prices, however, we have to actual decline to notice. The whole of the fresh cargoes are being placed in bond. In Barley next to nothing was doing. To effect large sales lower rates were submitted to. All kinds of Malt were very dull in sale at barely stationary prices. Oats, Beans, Peas, and all other articles, including Flour, were dull in the extreme. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. 1,880 Qrs. 4,410 qrs. I 6,16114r5. 2,830 skt. English ...... Irish. • • • • .• .• Foreign ...... 37,990 Malt, 5,590 qrs. BOROUGIi 110 P NEAREST. 38,210 27,446 A very limited business was transacted in our market to day. Selfeted samples of New Hops were quite as dear, but all other kinds were nominal in value:—Sussex pockets, 21 5s to 2118 s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 8s to 31 5s ; Mid and East ditto, 21 12s to 51 17s per cwt. WMXTECILLIPEL. Our market was but moderately sufpplied with each kind of meat to day. Oa the whole, the demand was in a sluggish state, at our quotations:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s lud to 4a 4d; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Justice MAULE.) POST OFFICE ROBBERY.— William MakepieCC, a letter carrier, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a letter containing money, the property of the Postmaster-General. Mr. Justice PATTESON sentenced him to be trans ported for ten years. FELONIOUSLY SHOOTING.—Thomas Millesent, de scribed in the calendar as a sailor, was indicted for feloniously shooting at Mary Ann Millesent, his wife, with intent to murder her or do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Payne conducted the case for the prosecution, and from his statement and the evidence adduced it ap• peered that the prisoner and the prosecutrix were hus band and wife, but that they had been separated since May last. On the 15th of December last the prisoner went to the house where the prosecutrix was residing with her brother, in Greenfield-street, Whitechapel. Upon his going to the house ho was shown into the parlour, and the prosecutrix, upon going to him, asked what had brought him there, to which the prisoner replied, " His legs." The prosecutrix replied she supposed they had. She saw that be had some thing in his hand, down by his side. She enquired what he wanted there, to which the prisoner replied, "I am come to pay off old scores." The prosecutrix then asked prisoner what he had in his hand, to which he replied. "Something for you," meaning the prosecutrix, and he immediately fired off a pistol at her. The prosecutrix was not injured, but she screamed out, and her brother came in and seized the prisoner, upon whom were found two pistols, one which had been discharged, and the other loaded. The loaded pistol was in the prisoner's pocket. The prisoner was then given into custody. Three days previous to the transaction the prisoner bad called at the house and saw the prosecutrix, to whom he stated that he would shortly pay off the old score. - The prisoner, in his defence, denied that he had any intention to injure his wife; that the pistol going off was caused by his wife catching hold of his arm, and as a proof of that the shots wero found on the carpet, which would not have been the case had he fired the pistol at his wife. The truth was the pistols were intended to put an end to himself, for, in consequence of the conduct of his wife's brother he had been made most miserable, and whatever might be the consequences to himself he would have his revenge upon him one day or other. Some witnesses gave the prisoner a good character for humanity. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and The jury Acquitted the prisoner. Mr. PAYNE then called the attention of the Court to the threats made by the prisoner with respect to the brother of the prosecutrix, and trusted that the Court would take notice of it in some way or other. Mr. Justice PATTEsorr very feelingly admonished the prisoner, and told him that if he carried his threat into execution the consequences would be fatal to himself. Mr. PAYNE submitted to the Court that it had the power to call upon him to obtai❑ sureties for his peace. able conduct towards all her Majesty's subjects. Mr. Justice PATTESON did not think himself justified in adopting such a course. The prisoner was then ordered to be discharged. UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COlN.—John Greenfield, 21, a shoemaker, was convicted of feloniously uttering counterfeit coin, and sentenced to nine months' impri sonment and hard labour. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) George Collins, the ostler at the Bell Inn, White chapel-road, was indicted for stealing a sack of mixed corn, the property of Messrs. Peacock, of Stratford. A policeman stated, that one day last week he saw the prisoner go to a waggon of Messrs. Peacock's, which was standing opposite the inn, and take from it a sack o o ,rn. He followed him into the yard and took him into custody. Peacock's waggoner stated that the sack of corn found on the prisoner by the policeman had been taken off the waggon. It had been mixed for the food of his own horses. Tho sack had his masters' name on it. The prisoner declared that the sack had been a long time in his possession, and had on the day in question just purchased the corn at a chandler's in the neighbour hood, to whom he had referred the policeman. The constable being re-called said, that upon inquiry, he found that some man like the prisoner, had bought a sack of chaff, not of mixed corn, at the chandler's re ferred to. But he still positively swore that he saw the prisoner take the sack from the waggon, and it contained not chaff, but the corn mixed and prepared for food. The prisoner had been in custody before upon a similar charge, and his fellow-ostler was last year convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing a sack of corn from a waggon at the inn door under similar circumstances. The juryriturned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to six months imprisonment. Two or three petty cases of larceny concluded the Se 6 3l9n, which was wituußDY 51191% 12 1 4 6,7 g 6 b 34 2% 32% 91 .# 12 3 4 WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1849 CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Mor path Arms, Millbank, on the body of Mr. Nicholas Loftus, aged thirty-four, a gentleman known in the literary world, whose death occurred under the follow ing melancholy circumstances :—lt appeared in evi dence, that the deceased resided at No. 37, Ponsford place, Pimlico, and for some days had suffered from an effusion on the brain. On Saturday last he was so bad as to bo obliged to keep his bed, but the following day he so far recovered as to be able to walk out. Whilst proceeding down Roehampton-street, adjoining his own residence, by some means which could not be clearly ascertained, be fell down one of the areas of an unfinished house, and fractured his right collar bone. Ho was taken home, and Mr. George Pearse, surgeon, of Regent-street, attended and reduced the fracture, and deceased appeared afterwards more comfortable. The next morning Mr. Pearse was sent for, and on his arrival he found that deceased bad torn off his bandages, and that he was in a partial state of delirium. He again bound up the fracture, and left him; but in half an hour afterwards a person came and in formed bim that he was dead. He immediately hastened to the house, and found that life was extinct. A post mortem examination preyed that deceased had died of apoplexy. The jury having consulted, they returned a verdict of" Death from apoplexy, accelerated by a fall." Yesterday Mr. Baker held two inquests; the first at the Windsor Castle, City-road, on the body of Charles Barker, aged 56, of No. 14, Regent street, City-road, who was found in his bed with his throat cut on the evening of Friday last. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Mary Fawcett, and other persons with whom he was intimate, that deceased had been in inde pendent circumstances, but, having been reduced by misfortune, he had latterly been engaged as a tradesman's clerk. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."—The second inquest was at the Spread Eagle, Homerton, upon the body of a male person of gentlemanly appearance, name unknown, who was found in the Regent's Canal, near the Cat and Mutton bridge, Hackney, on Saturday after noon last. There was no clue whatever to the circum stance, and whether death was the result of accident or a premeditated deed remains unknown. The jury re turned an open verdict of" Found drowned." Two CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATII.—Last night Mr. Payne held two inquests in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the bodies of Jane Irons, aged six years and a half, and Shadrack Fulerd, aged four years, who were burnt to death. The evidence in the first case proved that on Saturday forenoon last a man named Alfred Walker, in passing Pierpont-row, Islington, heard some women crying " fire !" He went to No. 11, and on getting on to the stairs he found a number of rags burning, and the place full of smoke. He, how• ever, succeeded in getting into the first floor front, when ho found the child lying in the middle of the room, surrounded with fire. By taking his coat off, he wrapped it round the deceased and extinguished the flames, and then brought the child to the hospital, where it died on Monday. The evidence in the second case proved that the child lived with its parents at Ne. 2, Clarke-street, Goswell-road, and on Saturday week it set fire to its clothes in a similar manner to the other, and received such injuries as to cause its death on Sunday last. Ver dict in each case " Accidental death." EXTRAORDINARY CATCH OF MACERREL.—PLY MOUTH, DEC. 30.—The first and only mackerel boat which has arrived here for the present season is the Mary and Ann, of Hastings, Captain W. White, and she made her first attempt last night. The nets were so full that they grounded with the weight of fish in them, and it is supposed that if the dog-fish had not devoured a great quantity of mackerel in the meshes, th e . nets would have parted altogether. As it was (counting 120 fish to the 100), 7,750 mackerel were secured in a perfect state, end a great number in a broken state. Besides these there was a large quantity of pilchards, and, it is calculated, about 5,000 dog-fish, which were thrown away. The 7,750 mackerel were sold for 751. 10s., and th e m a j or part forthwith dispatched for Billingsgate market. DEATH OF GEORGE FISHER, ESQ. —lt is with deep regret that we this day record in our obituary the death of a gentleman who has long held a prominent position in this town as a banker, and latterly as resident director of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. The melancholy and unexpected event which has thus sud denly deprived us of a respected fellow -townsman, oc curred at his own residence, the Leys, on Saturday morning. An inquest was held on Monday evening in presence of Mr. Cooper, Coroner for the borough, at the Little Rose, in Trumpington-street ; and the evidence adduced on that occasion showed that the immediate cause of death was disease of the heart. Mr. Ficklin, the medical attendant of the deceased, stated that he had acted in that capacity for many years. On Saturday morning, about half-past nine, he received an urgent message to attend the deceased. He found him in bed and was immediately impressed with the conviction that was dying. The unfortunate gentleman continued conscious for some time ; but ultimately became insen sible, and died at half-past ten o'clock. At that time Er. Bond and Dr. Fisher arrived, and the opinion of the three medical gentle men was that death was produced by disease of the heart. A post mortem examination was made on Sunday morning in the presence of Mr. Ficklin, Dr. Bond, Dr. Fister, and Mr. Bumstead. The heart was found much diseased and very irregular in its structure. The stomach alto was much diseased; and these two causes were considered quite sufficient to ac count for death. There was no rupture of the internal organs. The immediate cause of death was the morbid condition of the heart. The lamented gentleman had had a fall several we ks ago, rrodueing a slight contu sion under the knee; but this was quite of a supciticial character, and had no connexion whatever with deceased's death. Mr. Ficklin stated that his larucntel friend had long suffered from a weak and disordered state of the stomach end irregular action of the heat t, frequently re jectieg his food immediately after partaking of it. The jury considered any further evidence unnece,.ary; and returned a verdict in accordance with the testimony whirl; we have stated. Seldom has any event created so profourd a sensation in this borough as the death of this gentleman. We deeply sympathise with the amiable family whom he has left to deplore his loss—a loss which will be long felt and regretted on public as well as private grounds. Mr. Fisher was once our chief magistrate of this borough, and as a leading Conservative, generally took an active part in oar contested election.—Cam bridge Advertiser. PUBLISHERS AND COPYRIGHTS.—The 6001. a year, for ten years, to Mr. Macaulay, for ten years' copyright of the first two volumes of his " History of England," is perhaps the largest sum ever given for a work in two volumes. The largest sums heretofore known to have been paid, are-4,000 guineas to Washington Irving for his " Lifo of Columbus," in four volumes, octavo -2,000 guineas to Moore for his " Life of Byron," in two volumes, quarto—and 4,5001. for ten years to the pre sent Bishop of Oxford and his brother for the " Life of Wilberforce," in five volumes, octavo. Mr. Roberts is said to have received 3,000 gullies from his " Life of Hannah More," in five volumes, octavo—Mr. Twiss 2,000 guineas from hi s Life of Lord Eldon," — and Mr. Stanley something lik e 1,500 guineas, from his " Life of Dr. Arnold;" but these were receipts upon the payments to Moore, Irving, Wilberfore, and Ma caulay. Tho largest sum ever realised by any one work, whilst it continued to be called a new publica tion was eighteen thousand poueds, the proceeds of Sir Walter Scott's "Life of Napoleon,"—the work of twelve months, and published in nine volumes, octavo, in 1827. " The Row " was literally besieged with demands fur the " Life of Napoleon," as Stationers' Hell used to be on " Almanack Day," when the excluiive privilege of printing almanacks belonged to the Stationers' Com pany. Of largo sums realised by the sale of new works in a very short period, several of the novels by Sir Walter Scott and the monthly issues of Mr. Dickens might be instanced as probably, both in numbers and profit, cx ceeding anything in literature since Sacheverel's " Trial," or Dryden's " Hind and Panther "—the two most remarkable instances of successful publication recorded in the early history of bookselling in this country. The " Life of Columbus " has not yet, we believe, paid its expenses ; the " Life of Byron " was a loss till its appearance in one thick volume with double columns; and the " Life of Wilberforce," it is well known, was a heavy failure. Mr. Macaulay's annuity is, therefore, a lottery with the Messrs. Longman. Tho best and most remunerative books in English literature have been bought by booksellers at the lowest prices.— A thencum. The Bank of England have intimated to their cor respondents that on the 28th of February next the busi ness of their branch at Gloucester will be transferred to the one at Bristol, and that the Gloucester branch will be closed. The distance between the two branches being now very little over ono hour' travelling by rail way, the directors do not consider it nece ssar y t o con tinue both of them in operation. TIII DECEASED EARL OF AUCELAND.—AIthough there are no Cabinet ministers in town, rumour has already pointed to two noblemen as likely candidates for the office of First Lord of the Admiralty—viz., the Marquis of Normanby, now ambassador at Paris, and the Earl of Carlisle, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Captain Charles Eden, the relative and private secretary to the late Noble Earl, proceeded to the Grange on Monday, and having given the necessary preparatory directions for the removal of the body of Lord Auckland to London, returned to town yesterday. The place of interment has not yet been fixed upon, but it is probable that the remains of this very highly esteemed and much-lamented nobleman will rest in the family vault at Beckenham, near Bromley, Kent. The noble houses of Buckinghamshire, Bexley, Godolphin, Brougham, &c., are thrown into mourning by thf a sad event.—Herald. T o QUESTION. -Yest er d ay a deputa tion t itants of Farringd on W ard W i thout, u fr s ni CITY the inhabitants waited upon the Lord Mayor with a requisition signed by upwards of 500 of the inhabitants, praying that his Lordship would convene a wardmote for the considera tion of the question of the enormous price of gas in the city of London. His Lordship appointed the wardmote to take place on Friday, the 12th instant, at the Court House, in the Old Bailey, at six o'clock in the evening. Tin WEATllER.—Yesterday the barometer at the Royal Humane Society's Receiving-house in Hyde-park, stood at 28 Fabr., or four degrees below freezing point. So rapidly was the ice formed, that in the Regent's park and northern districts, Hackney, Peckham fields, &c., there was some skating. ICE.—Tho Berwick Salmon Fishing Company obtained their first supply of ice this season on Saturday last. The ice caused by the frost of the two preceding days was about an inch and a quarter in thickness, and 996 cart loads have been stored in the ice-houses. In the year 1848, 11,073 emigrants only have left Antwerp for Transatlantic countries, whereas in 1847 the number was 16,720. This falling off is naturally attributed to the influence of recent political events. — Brussels Herald EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. A series of robberies of the most extraordinary and extensive character were perpetrated on the up and down mails traversing the Great IVestern Rail way during the night of Monday last. In the ab sence of any official information on the subject, the following particulars in reference to the depredations, obtained by our reporter from the most authentic sources, will be read with interest. The up-mail leaving Plymouth at 6 35 P.M., and Exeter at 9 P.M., on Monday, arrived at Bridgewater at its usual hour—half-past ten o'clock. At this sta tion various bags of letters which had accumulated in the Post-office van during the trip were, in accord. ance with the usual custom o the guard, placed in a tender immediately at the rear of the Post-office, and securely locked up. The train, which, in addi tion to the Post office and tender, consisted of about six or seven first and second class carriages, left Bridgewater in due course, and proceeded on its journey to Bristol, the run between th os e t w o places being timed to occupy one hour and ten minntes without stoppage at any station. On the arrival of the train at Bristol, shortly before midnight, the guard went to the tender in the rear of the Post office in order to deliver the Bristol bags, when to his astonishment and dismay he discovered that all the bags had been more or less tampered with, some being cut open, and others left with the seals broken and strings untied. A very cursory examination of their contents satisfied him that all the money or registered letters, as well as the bankers' parcels, had been abstracted, and without a moment's loss of time he communicated first with the two travelling- Pest office clerks accompanying the mail, and subsequently with the Post-office authorities at Bristol. The dis covery of course occasioned extreme consternation among the officials. The guard was quite positive the bags were safe when the train left Bridgewater, and as no stoppage had taken place between that town and the city of Bristol, it was evident that the robbery must have been effected by some parties travelling by the train, and while it was in motion. After a few moments' consultation it was resolved to send the metropolitan bags on to London in the state in which the guard had discovered them, and accordingly the train left Bristol on its upward journey after a very short delay. On reach ing town at an early hour this morning the guard proceeded direct to the Post-office, in St. Martin's-le- Grand, and made a full report of the circumstances above detailed. The various bags were immediately subjected to examination, when it was found ,that not only were the whole of the registered letters and bankers' parcels abstracted, but in some cases the " bills" on which all registered letters and valuable parcels are entered were also missing, so that it is im possible to say how far the plunder has extended. As a precautionary measure information was forwarded by the Post-office authorities to the various City banking-houses, so that a check might be put upon the disposal of the contents of the stolen letters. At the same time active measures were taken in order to discover a clue to the depredators, and in the course of the morning Mr. S. Clarke, superintendent of the Great Western Railway Company, with two or three officials of the Post-office, left Paddington for Bristol in order to investigate the affair. Later in the afternoon, and while Colonel Maberly was engaged with several of his officers in matters connected with the unfortunate affair, information reached town of a . second robbery, precisely similar in character, perpetrated on the down mail which left London at 855 P.M. on the same evening. In this case the bags deposited in the tender were perfectly safe on the arrival of the train at Bristol at a quarter past one o'clock A.m. On the tender being opened at Bridgewater a scene similar to that previously ob served at Bristol presented itself—all the bags were more or less mutilated and disturbed, and the more valuable contents abstracted therefrom. Happily, in this instance the vigilance of the parties in charge of the train resulted in the capture of the supposed thieves, and all circumstances considered, there seems great reason to hope that the scoundrels who effected the first robbery were also the perpetrators of the second. The parties alluded to are two men of respectable appearance, both of whom travelled in a first-clms carriage, occupying the next compartment to the Post office tender. Their implication in the affair is placed beyond doubt by the discovery of several registered letters and money parcels in the carriage in which they rode. Immediately upon their appre hension they were conveyed to Exeter, where they are to be brought up for examination before the magistrates this morning. The presumption now entertained by those best calculated to form an opinion is that both robberies were effected in the same manner, viz., by parties who rode in a first class carriage, first contriving to occupy the next compartment to the Post-office tender, and subsequently, when the train was in motion, at the imminent risk of their lives, leaving their carriage, and stepping at once on to the tender, and then traversing the narrow ledge running along that carriage, until they came to the door, which there can be little doubt they were previously pre pared to unlock. This done, there would be little difficulty to overcome. The tender is always well lighted by a lamp suspended from the centre of the roof, and having once obtained entrance, an expert thief would sreedily nbstr;ct the booty. The risk of self-immolation must of course have been great, but this probably was little considered by the depredators. The impudence of the second robbery immediately following upon the first is really almost incompre hensible. It can, perhaps, only be described as one of those shortsighted acts by which offenders against the law so often bring themselves within its meshes. Had the scoundrels known, as is the fact, that the same two Post-office clerks who travel with the up mail to Bristol return with the down mail to Bridge water, probably they would have been content with their first plunder, and escaped, for some time at least, with impunity. The robbery altogether is certainly one of the most daring and extraordinary ever perpetrated, and it is most devoutly to be hoped that on a full investigation of the affair there may be no ground for suspicion that any of the employts in the Post-office or upon the railway hare been con cerned in it in any way. Of one thing there can hardly be a doubt, viz., that if the bags from the Post-office must continue to be placed in a tender, a guard will in future be ap pointed to travel with them. The omission of some such precaution would be altogether inexcusable. FURTHER PARTICULARS. NINE O'CLOCK, TUESDAY EVENING.—From the time the robbery became known up to this hour, in quiries have been made at the Post-office for sums of money, amounting in the whole to near 200,0001. It is possible that this may include sums that were expected, but were not sent ; still there is reason to think that between 100,0001. and 200,0001. have fallen into the possession of the thieves. Goddard, the guard, who has been thirteen years in the public service, underwent a strict examination yesterday, and was until four o'clock in a state of practical custody. Mr. Ramsay, the newly-appointed superintending inspector at the Post•ofce, with Peake (the constable) and others, leave town this morning for Bristol, to investigate the matter. LATEST PARTICULARS.—(THIS DAY.) One of the two men in custody is a person of the name of Poole, a discharged guard of the Great-Western, who was detected in the following manner :—Upon the arrival of the train at Bridgewater, the Post-office guard discovered that his bags had been tampered with. On which he instantly gave the alarm, when one of the guards went up to Mr. Barlow, one of the directors of the company, who was going to Exeter, and stated that his suspicions had been excited by observing Poole, who, although disguised, had been moving about from place to place whenever the train stopped, and that he had just then entered with another man into a last first-class carriage. Mr. Barlow, the Post-office clerk, and the railway guard, immediately proceeded to the carriage, and at once removed his hat, a wig, a patch from over one of his eyes, and a large cloak in which be was enveloped, when the identity of Poole was established beyond a doubt; he was then searched, and several of the letters both on the up and down line were found, and some secreted beneath the seat of the carriage, and others on his person. Many of them wero broken open, and the contents secreted about his person. He had taken his place for Exeter, in which city ho resides. The Post office authorities, in consequence of the rob bery, has determined for the future that the guard shall remain in the carriage the whole distance both on the up and down lines. THE AUTHORSHIP Or " LUCILLE BELDIONT."— Were we to heard a conjecture upon the question which must immediately be raised—" Who is the author of Lucille Belmont ?"—we might mislead, therefore we refrain from doing so. While some vigorous sketches of distinguished statesmen, and minute details that could be given only by one who had marked them in their pri vacy, induce us to ascribe the work to a public man, a member of the legislature, the juvenile feelings, the simple eloquence, the pure romantic spirit that pervade it, make 8s pause ere wo decide that the first bloom of youth and the ripeness of matured manhood can co-exist in the same individual ; and then the pictures of life in the highest circles, not drawn second-band, but painted from originals, by a master artist, increase our perplexity. Of ono thing alone are we certain, that the author of Lucille Belmont' is a man of singular refinement, of extensive political and diplomatic knowledge, of WO I breeding, of exalted station, and of excellent intentions. —Morning Post. MARCHESTER.--STATE or TRADE.—Busines.days, s to day has been but limited, in consequen ce still prices remain quite fir m, the manuf acturers refusing to execute orders ex ce p t on favoura ble terms. The opening of the year is p ro p itious when considered in re lation to the last year, as most firms are busily employed balancing their affairs, which prevents taking stock a fr n o d m entering the market. Prices remain many buyers t h e sa me as last market day. The silk trade conti nues to improve. There is a prevailing opinion that we are 64dranang to au increased state of commercial prosperity. 411Erb 'Ebition AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNE!DAT MORNING. By the arrival of the steam-ship Canada, we have received New York papers to the 20th of December, being seven days later than the advices received pre viously. The following are a few extracts : BALTIMORE, DEC. I9.—Advices have been received here from Merida to the 11th of November. It is stated that General Bruna has bee❑ arrested, tried, and shot, for treason, in baying connived at the escape of Paredes from the country. The United States schooner Flirt was at Laguna— all well. Quite a fearful collision occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Harper's Ferry, on Sunday, between the r assen g er train and a burden train coming down. The locomotives and cars were mashed to a terrible extent. There ought by this time to be some mode adopted whereby these collisions can be avoided. There can be no excuse for them. Fortunately .in this case, no lives were lost. George Law, Esq., one of our oldest and most esteemed citizens, died yesterday. The old men are dropping off rapidly. There is still no sign of cholera, or anything resem bling it. The Silas Richards is still detained at qua rantine, though all on hoard are perfectly healthy. The rumours of cases of cholera on board and in the city are all fabulous. Mr. John Hardy, a young butcher, engaged in killing yeEterday, was gored to death by a bullock that acci dentally broke loose whilst being drawn to the ring. EicumoND, DEC. 19.—New Orleans papers of the 11th inst. announce the death of James Landis, an eminent and influential merchant of that city. There is no other news of importance. CINCINNATI, DEC. 19.—We learn by arrivals here that the rivers above St. Louis were closed on the 14th inst., and navigation suspended. Most of the boats en gaged in the upper Mississippi trade, above the rapids, had been withdrawn or laid up. PITTEBURG, DEC. 19.—There is 7 feet 6 inches of water in the channel, and the liver is in good boating order. News from Venezuela, November 20, announces the surrender of Maracaibo to General Paez, and the adhe sion of Trnxillo and Mends to his side. Ile has gained several advantages over Monagas. The news is not full) credited, but seems probably true. The Ohio Legislature is still unorganised; there is danger that it will break up in confusion. No fears of revolution are entertained. Assurances have been re ceived that interest on the state debt will be punctually paid in any event. The next dividend is due in January, and has been provided for. From the Pacific intelligence has been received f a horrid massacre by the Indians at the Ice Islands, but no details are known. Two English ships of war had gone to inquire into it. (From the New York Weekly Herald of Dec, SO.) GENERAL TAYLOR AND HIS CABINET.—We are almost inundated from all quarters with articles, suggestions, communications, and letters, relative to the materials of the new Cabinet to be selected by the President elect. We have already given a number of names of those who were most prominent in contributing their aid to the great victory lately achieved by the people. But we do not think it necessary or useful to recommend particular individuals for particular departments in the present crisis of public affairs. In our opinion, the Cabinet under General Taylor will not be such a political conclave as the politicians generally suppose. General Taylor will be found a very different man from General Harrison—a very different man from Captain Tyler—a different man from any who have precoded him in the Presidency since the days of General Jackson. We believe that the President elect will choose his cabinet from the best names and the most efficient statesmen he can get; but if any individual of his cabi net, or even the whole of it, should attempt to rule the roast, or to upset the general principles ho may lay down for the guidance of his government, he will at once get rid of them, as easily as General Jackson and will appoint a new cabinet, if necessary, every six months. The responsibility of the Cabinet, as wisely regulated by the Constitution, rests upon the President's shoulders. The members of the Cabinet are only the heads of the several departments over which they are placed, and re sponsible merely for the discharge of tho duties attached to their respective offices. Should it happen that any of the subordinates of General Taylor do not concur in his general views and measures of government, we have not the slightest doubt but he will remove them with the same ease and promptness as General Jackson did dur ing the eight years of his administration. NEWS FROM LA PLATA. Our dates from Buenos Ayres are to the Ist October, up to which time we have files of the British Richt, from which we learn that Mott Alston Pringle, Dq., has been appointed consul for the Argentine Republic, to reside at Charleston, S. C. From Alonte Video, to the 31 of October, we have ac counts. Affairs seem remarkably quiet, now-a-days, in this part of the world. Since the English and French Governments have given up their special missions to Roses as hopeless - cases, we have heard but little of the doings of this chief. The papers are devoid if news of any kind, being pretty nearly all filled with details of European affairs. INDIANA U. S. SENATOR.—GeV. James Whitcomb, Democrat, is elected to the United States Senate, to take the place of Edward A. Hann( gan. The New Orleans Picayune contains en announce ment of the marriage of Major W. W. S. Bliss to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of ti,e President elect. The Hon. Ambrose 11. Seel, r, it is understocd, bee been nomitutted by the President as Commissioner on the part of the United States to run the boundary lino between this Republic and Mexico. The Senate will, no doubt, confirm the nomination. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DEC. 28.—Count Welden has just re ceived an army bulletin from Field-Marshal Berger, from which it appears that General Puchner, coming from Hermanstadt, and Field-Marshal Rucliawina from Temesuar, succeeded in joining the army under Count Leinengen, from Tranllvannia, and Lieut. Berger Bierlei at Alias. These combined forces succeeded, after an attack which lasted several hours, in surrounding the fortress of Arad, which was defended by 15,000 men. After an obstinate resis tance, in which the fortress and city sustained great damage, the garrison was put to flight, with the loss of many dead, and above 200 prisoners. The Imperial troops are still stationed at half a league distance from Raab; they have been every where received gladly by the inhabitants, and are prepared for winter cantonments. More of the troops are compelled to bivouac by night. The various corps :darmee intend making a junction of their forces prior to an ulterior attack. The Wiener Zeitung says, " In reference to Venice the following has been inserted in the Gazetta : "' The Government, by a decree of the 30th De cember, has commanded that the Romish division which is on military duty here shall be sent home. The poverty of the Exchequer is not the sole cause of this measure, for the unfortunate auxiliary troops are perishing from the Lagan fever, and the air of their native island can alone save those who are suffering.' " VIENNA, Dac. 27.—The Wiener Zeitung of this day contains the state of the Exchequer for the month of October, 1848. The results are, current receipts, 6,649,273 fl. ; of these, the principal are direct,taxes, 2,071,134 fl.; indirect taxes, 3,957,158 fl.; other receipts, 620,981 fl. The current expenditure amounted to 11,376,923 fl., which, after deducting the receipts of 6,649,2T3 fl., leaves a deficit of 4,727,650 fl. This deficit is occasioned chiefly by the non-payment of the usual receipts from Lom bardy, Venice, Hungary, and Transylvania, which are estimated at 4,969,000 fl. _ . According to the fifth bulletin from Prince Win dischgratz, the Imperial troops had 15 killed and wounded. Among the former was Lieut.-Colonel Hailez. Sixteen of the enemy's artillery deserted to us. The Imperial troops also took four howitzers and a 12-pounder. The taking of the fortress of Orad is of immense importance ; it is now ocoupied by the Imperial troops, and furnished with provisions sup plied for six months. High commendation is given to the valorous conduct of the troops. It is a remarkable and interesting fact, that while the Austrian troops are subduing Hungary, and while the most deadly hatred and ferocious warfare is raging between the Hungarians and Transylvanians, a deputation of Hungarians and Transylvanians, resident in Vienna, hare waited upon the Emperor at 011mutz, in order to pay their homage to him. — Vienna Papers, Dec. 28. 'We have also some accounts of the movements of the Imperial forces in Siebenburgen, which, f_ an trust the bulletin, they have swept clean beat them) the fugitive rebels (it is not said whheenoomin un ication Magyars. Count Nugent, with 12,300bnieen, pursued to Janoshaza, and re-established to of his corps with the movea.bslescolws un that f i f Lc r o l l i m el e uo c it t l h ee_ e l nant•Colonel Anthann. Th t i off, la a fact too unim- Althann's corps was on d ce in caubulletin. portant to be mentione Kl usenburg, in Siebenburgen, The reports from a Irr. TAW -, are of the 13th of Decetn : ~ L•Quant-Colonel Urban drove the Magyars all through LAcbcuhurgen to the Hungarian frontier, near Nagy Banya. H e found that the Magyars had burned all the R oman i, • on their road, and he cut down • villages thirty-two Roman men whom the Magyars, had gibbeted. The bulletin states that Colonel U b ' r an s party killed 150 Hungarians and captured 60. After pursuing the enemy to the frontiers of Siebenburgen, Colonel Urban returned to Klausenburg by forced marches. No reason is stated f or his doing so. All this hap pened in th e l as t wee k of November almost a month ago. It mu s t h ave b een a hard matter to get up the report, as s perha the communication was interrupted p Urban had gallantly by the very Magyars driven ‘a,hom from Siebenburgen. Lieutenant-Colonel The defeated of a bulletin are apt to be exceedingly troublesome. PRUSSIA. The Aix-la-Chapelle Journal says that an agree ment is about to be concluded_betweeh the cemmliu, sioners of France, Prussia, am!. Belgium for the sim plification of the formalities on the international rail ways. This conventi on i s t o come i n f orce at th e beginning of the month, and will greatly favour and facilitate the commercial intercourse of these coun tries. This convention has reference not merely to goods and merchandise, but to the conveyance of passengers. It is a guarantee for th e con ti nuance o f a good understanding between the States, founded upon pacific bases. The Minister of the Interior, M. Von Manteuffel, had issued a circular to the Presid en t s o f th e pro vinces, containing directions as to the conduct to be observed by the officials of the Government with respect to the election. They are to abstain from using all undue influence over the electors, but at the same time to resist all attempts that may be made by the hostile party to intimidate, corrupt, or mislead them. ROME. - A correspondent at Rome writes on 233. " The state of things has been much exaggerated in some of the English journals. There has been no actual disturbance, although some attempts have been made by the Republican party, which were put down, without any act of violence, by the National Guard. It is deeply to be regretted that Pius IX. was prevailed upon to abandon his capital without establishing a Regency, and to throw himself into the arms of the King of Naples ; this last act has strengthened the opposition against him. If he should come soon, however, to Civita Vecchia matters may be arranged." e PIEDMONT. The Minister of the Interior communicated to the Chamber of Deputies, on the 28th, a decree of King Charles Albert proroguing the Sardinian Par liament until the 23d of January. A similar com munication was made in the Senate, after which the President of that Assembly, the Marquis Alfieri de Sostegno, exclaimed, "May God save Italy, and protect the King !" The Piedmontese Gazette quotes correspondence from Pavia, 23d ult., stating that, on the preceding day, the whole garrison of the place was under arms, intelligence being received from Milan that a con siderable body of Hungarians had deserted to Pied mont. Among the deserters were also many in dividuals of the regiment of Musky, hitherto considered a paragon of fidelity. A rumour was current that a levy of recruits was to take place, comprising youths of from 18 to 30 years of age. TUSCAN Y. The Tuscan Monitor, of the 25th ult., contains the following decree . " We, Leopold 11., &c., considering the incontestable right of Tuscany to be represented at the Congress about to be held at Brussels, on the question of Italian inde pendence, and whereas she is meat desirous to co•ope rate as much as possible in the accomplishment of that great work, which is prosecuted by all It a li an na tions; on the proposition of our Minister for Foreign Affairs, and, after consulting our Council of Ministers, we have deerced:-1. Commander Guilio Martini, our Minister at the Court of his Majesty the King of Sar dinia, is appointed Minister Pleninipotentiary at the Congress of Brussels. 2. Our Dlinister for Foreign Affairs is charged with the execution of the present decree. (Signed) "LEOPOLD. "The President of the Council of Ministers, " G. MONTANELLL "Florence, Dec. 23, 1848." FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON THE DEAL AND RAMSGATE LlNE.—Last Wednesday afternoon au in quest was held before Mr. T. T. Deiassax, at the Bell, Minster, on the body of Stephen Chandler, who had met with his death by being run over by the 9.40 P.N. train, which left Ramsgate on Monday, for Deal, and consisted of only the engine and three carriages. Charles Flavell, of Deal, and fireman on the railway, deposed that he left Ramsgato with the train in question, and on reaching the crossing at Minster station felt the engine pass over something which ho supposed to bo deceased, us on alighting he found his body lying betwixt the eleven rails, quite dead. There was a fracture at the back part of the head, and his left foot was smashed and nearly severed from the leg. The train haying arrived at the up platform, the carriages were unhooked, turned on the doe n line, and then crossed on to the up line; the engine having passed over the deceased when the train was going on the down line, but after it had been detached from the carriages. Deceased had no right to be where his body was found. Witness had previously seen William Joy, an errand-boy, preventing persons cross ing the line. lie (witness) did not notice any lights at the station. Peter Harvey, station master at Minster, stated that on the arrival of this train at the station there were no lights, they having been extinguished by the wind, though they had not been so long. Re believed the deceased was a passenger, as near the body a ticket was found, which was such as ho ought to have had, supposing him to have come from Ramsgate. had he alighted on the wrong side he would have been found whc re he wes. Further evidence was taken, which went to show that either he might have alighted on the wrong side, or after alighting attempted to cross the lino while the carriages were in motion ; and as regarded the lights being out, there appeared no ground for attaching blame to the railway attendants. Verdict—'Accidental death." —Canterbury Journal. THE C WDY MunDEß.—lt is now reported confidently, that Williams, alias Griffiths, the supposed murderer of the unfortunate Thomas Edwards, at ewmgv4 dy, near Brecon, is hovering about the country and within a few miles of Ilereiord. It has been stated most positively by several elderly people, in the neigh hourhools of Credeehill and Tillington, that they have mon. than once seen the fugitive (whom they say they knew well) in the resp..etive ncighbcurboods; and it is moreover :aid, that a few even:nAs ago an old woman, having occasion to go to a shed after clink, in which she kept her donkey, saw Williams make his exit from the shed. Badnage-wood is supposed to be his refuge by day, and it is thought that he leaves his hiding-place by night, and receives sus tenance at the hands of some staunch friend, who is not to be tempted by the large price set upon his head. Persons residing near the wood assert that each morn ing they can discover traces of the fugitive through the wood, and some of the old people in the neighbourhood aro much alarmed by seeing lights moving about the weed at night—these most probably procesd from per sons in search. However this may be, we are informed, upon the best authority, that there are good grounds for believing that this locality is the " whereabouts" of the wretched man. It may naturally be asked, " Why do not those who aro so well assured that be is there apprehend him?" The task is much easier contemplated than performed. Badnage-wood is a most extensive one, and we have not heard of its having been visited by more than two or three persons at a time, whereas it would take twenty or thirty per sons to beat it properly. A wood, of all other places, is the one where a person might be soonest apprised of the approach of another, and where he might more easily escape detection unless a number of parties could surround him. Several unhappy Slights have been taken up on suspicion, and, after examination, have been dis charged—in particular, one at Aberystwith, and another at Stoutbridge. One poor fellow, from his un lucky resemblance to the fugitive, has been apprehended five times. On the last occasion he begged that the ma gistrates would give him a certificate that he was not the man—a petition that was granted. It is to be regretted that the reward for the apprehension of Wil liams was not offered in the Hereford papers immedi ately on its first publication, as ho is so well known in llereford and neighbourhood.—.Hereford Times. THE LATE MR. W. J. HAmmorip.—The first re turn of the receipts at the performance for the benefit of the widow and family of the late Mr. Hammond sn ws! 2221. There have, however, been several additiell , d it is hoped the gross amount will reach 240/. T p n the arties penses will be light, for most of of tho manner. Miss Cushman, the great a e ttra a h r e already who appeared behaved in the mosettiorig occasion, performed gratuitously. ran ted the theatre stated that Mr. Simpson liberallyj and an e ffi cient ba d for their services, and all its appointments free o t t e Even the very se from it. Mr. i s t econsiderate kindness, in orchestra was provided on digent women r.efutshien.f Pa) d the power they would declaring that of the theatre a r e v t a e? 9"' w rather add to the Jun o 13 have been lately locat d e in Lon and Miss Bomer , 1 ! d than draw anything i t w o the committee an account, charging don, hare sent in Mr. Ryal 121. as their exe. . 5 name ls promised to sing in the concert, and his h ek, but o appeared in all the bills throughout t c n the evening of the perform• ho absented h =self frcrn theatre.—Liverpool once Albion. cleanseaxnr: and eas se e no term s.eu rroeur u n rn ° aj s sh j o E r ß tl ß y ° b L e n n ' s o I : o E r E e li . gave Jerrold a very l arge share of it for his name an d r I t original S PI P s proprietor services. In the first year of its existence it yielded a golden return to all concerned, but latterly, wo believe, the profit has not been so large as to induce Mr. Jerrold to continue connected with it. The other proprietor will, however, still carry on a paper, but, as Douglas Jerrold will not be connected with it, of course it will no longer bear his name. We believe Mr. Jerrold is retained at a sal llt a r h y a s of a I T B L e v a e Le l a r o u t h s e a r constantliterary c i o r n o t n r s i b i u n to r t h t e o P fi u r e n . Liverpool Albion. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—WD regret to have to ennounco the death of Mr. John George Newsom yesterday, .at. his vsidence (Sullivati's Qnay), in the 30th year of his age. Mr. Newsom had been for many years connected with the Cork Press, in the capacity of reporter—having been attached to the Cork Examiner for a lengthened period, as al.so to the Southern Reporter. on which journal he was engaged up to the period of his very budden demise, and during which lengthened period he won the esteem and merited the best regards of his professional brethren, as also the proprietary of both establishments. For several months past Mr. Newsom's constitution had been gradually yielding under an attack of disease of the hea rt, though within the last a sudden few weeks he had so far rallied as to be able to enter on g terminated the discharge of the usual routine duties colluded with T r i s o s t t w y n e l s = a h t i t s a d ck er im rt m m e e d n i t a o t e f ljyo afterurn journalism ; ILa r n e 3: k his existence in the brief space of a few minutes, amid the deep-felt regret of a number of affectionate rela tives and friends by whom ho happened to be surrounded at the awful momeat.--Corh Examiner o f wails i 1 f E ---;~ ;~ 1