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

Y arefor~i'.hiro, Grifii ~, M a lt a; Am aran th, Walker, ditto ; E•41r•t::, POUTS MO UTIL JAN. 4.—Wznd Hen riette, Nantof. Gustave, Cette; Gibct!lonr. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wml Mornee, Barrel!, St. Ver.roun, M tier, Ct;.r dirt', for 114a:burgh, with 1 ,- )! , s. ji.)--bo.,rri, HULL, J. N.E.—Arrd. 3d, Iteniit.ss, Dick, Dunkirk ; li,f4llde, Foarnev, Antwerp; Donia, Ore, Anr buns; 0J , ,,,5et. , , IJ,ur..ze; Glaser, Memel, Dovor., JAN. 4. ind E.—Sld. 3d, Ariel, Grit - HO - 1, Bremen. 11 1 - A - KET NE WS -(THIS DA I .) CORN EXC HANGE-FRI DA Y. The quwity of \V hest received up to our market, Tince Suttirday last, has not ,exceedcd 2,410 quarterA. By land car ridge the rtc• ipts have been equally limo u. To-day, the stands were scantily tilled ni•li samples both red and whi'e. qualities sold full prices; hut all ether ltirds of English Wheat, were dr.''l in sale, at tar, ly late rate=. - Upwards of 41 ; 000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come in, and been dace.; in bond. On the the demand fur free pa.m.-Is was toltrahly steady, at s at about ((pal to those paid on Monday la,t In bonded qualities no sales. An immense supply of Foreign Barley (50,210 quarters) hai come t.) hard, and the supply +of Engli,h was good. The trade was excesively at a decline iu the qu , : , tati,us of from Is to 2s per quar ter, at which Le) proutes could b.: ma, e. Malt—the supply ot which was modetately extensive—wes very dull in sale, and prices had a ,lownward tendency. The best parcels of Octs were h, Id at full currencies; bet the Middling and out-of-condition sorts were 6d to Is per quarter lower. All other articles were dull in the ex treme, and easier to purchase. ARRIVALS TM'S WEEK. Foreign Barley. i Oats. 1 flour 7,0'40 qrs. 7,570 qrs. 1 3,020 50 1 -- 1 30,89 e Wheat. t 2,110 qrs. I .. 41230 1 50,210 Mali. 5,960 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of 11 - W,,Ts .-- 01 - 7;;,,i,TintO day's market to as very moderate, even the time of year considered, and of middling quality. The fe 4- prime Scots on offer sold ht prices suite equal to th, - .se paid on Monday last. All other breeds wire a very dull inquiry, at barely late rates. There were on show 191 licasta from Scotland, 20 ditto from Holland, and 70 ditto from Spain. With Sheep we were scantily supplied, nevertheless the demand for that descriptive of sty ek was in a sluggish state, and in some instances The quotations had a downward tendency, with out effcc ing aeh arance. Calves, the supply of which was small, moved off steadily at full currencies. The Pork trade was heavy ; in prices, however, we have no change to notice. Milch Cows were quoted at from 141. to lg. each, including thtir small Calf. Per 81ba. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. g. (1. to s. 8. Inferior 3 0 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 8 4 0 Second quality •• • 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 6 Prime urge Oxen •• 3 8 310 Southdown Wetlier 4 8 410 Prime Scots ••• . • . 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 C Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs .. • ... 310 4 4 Prima small ditto • • 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers • ... 4 6 4 A Sucklin„ Calves .• 20 0 25 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 17 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep . • 3 2 3 6 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. Calves. Pigs 4,220 150 i 160 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. rigs. 13() 150 23 Scorcif. —B casts, 190 ; Sheep, 460. Wmva - Gilaszl axxx Maalt.int; These markets were very dull, at drooping prices. Beasts. 884 At per stone by the Carcase, 3. d.. to R. d. a. d. to Beet,inferlor...... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 3 2 ---- middling .... 210 3 0 middling.. 3 4 310 primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 prime .• •• 4 0 4 4 grime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large •••. • • • • 3 6 4 0 Veal .• ••••••• • • • • • 3 4 4 4 - small.. nO=OUG - 2.1 HOP ramutEr. We continue to be but moderately supplied with most kinds of flop. Selected ;ample.: are in moderate re quest, at list weck's quotations. Othc'rtvise, the demand is heavy, at barely stationary price-4:—Sussex pockets, 215 i to 2/ 18s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 5s ; Mid and East ditto, 21 12s to 5/ 17s per ewt. COLONIAL. SITGAR.—The market for most descriptions has been Very firm this 'wreck, 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 35 5; and grey, Ms 6d to 38s 6d. Barbadoes has been at 41s for fine, at 35s Gd 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 1s higher, good and fine fellow 37s Gd 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 realiAi 42s to 44s for fine grainy yellow, 36s to 37s for mid, and 35a for ord. Ma dras, 10,359 bags, about three Luths s7rld, good and fire at 40s 61 to 41s, mid brown 295, and low yellow 30s 6d to 31s. A few lots were bought in at 43s fur fine. FOREIGN. —Brown Ifavarmah in bond brought lis to 18s, and Brazil yel l ow, 18s to 20a per cwt. Bahia, low to mid brown, 34s to 365, and good and fine yellow 403 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, et 37s 6d to 38s for good ord, and sti 48s to 49s 6d for pea-berry fine ord, grey was held for 50s, and souse parcels of fine sold at 63s to 84s. 6d. Mocha has been firm. Mysore fine yellow 60s 6d 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; good coarse 2id to 311 d. Pepper has a steady sale at firm prices. COCOA.— Trinidad has been sold at 36a to 42s per cwt. TEA.—This article has rather a readier sale, and com mon Congou atJfrd per lb advance. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 41s 9d to 428 per cwt. on the spot, being very dull. For delivery in the next three months the prices have been 41s 3d per cwt. COTTON.—There has been an active inquiry with an improvement in prices. Runt.—A slight advance has been realised, and more business has been done. Proof Leewards Is 4.id to Is sd; Demerara, 30 to 38 over, 2s to 2A 4d; and Jamaica 28 to 33 over, 2s 10d to 3s 10A per gallon. RlCE.—Very little has been doing, and the quotations have drooped. Mid. white Bengal, 9s 6d; and Madras 711 6d to 8s per cwt. SALTPETRE.—CaIcutta has been rather low; middling grey, 9i to 71 per cent; refraction, 25s 6d to 26s 6d per cwt. • Tonacco.-ssThere was an extensive business. trans acted last month, sales bengal, 9C-0 hhds. The market assumed a slightly improved tone, and several purchases wore made at Lull rates, for spinning descriptions, of fine quality; and for first class Kentucky wrips,, an advanee , 'by some holilers has beeri named.'` The market is firm. Last advieei-froni New Orleans speak faiourably of the• - raarker - Sales hid bec nantile" . to sotne exreni,, and" for o r d sorts ai`a fractional advance: Imports, 65 hhds dcliVeries , L2Bslllld:s against 817•Ii1sds in tflacorrespond-• lug month of 1847. Stock, 27,730 bhds against 29,569 ' 11 ,,F-4 8 sales_ haze. been-200 *ids. Nearly 'equal quantities of• Leaf and Strips. Leaf at: '3I(Vto 5d and . Strips at 4d to sid. Kentucky Leaf and Strips-live constituted the chief-sales of the month, to gether b e i ng nearly - 1 700 hhds, of which 1,126 . were Strips, Mahufacturers have - in "some instances sup plkd therhselves more freely than for someMontha . past. The importation up - tolhe present period shows a small diminution in Strips, compared with that Of '1847, and an increase in 'Leaf. of 1,618 hhds. For exportation Bales • were limited, - but • holders appear to 'look forward with • confidence- to a ' good 'continental' der a ~l a cd- In Maryland sales were -23 hhds at sd, to ‘cl- Havannah Leaf st ' moderate business has • been done, and the limited sales effected have been nearly confined to ord and mid sorts, at low price 4 ,• of fine stock is almost bare. The general character of last year's importations caused a considerable decrease in the co nsumption, but which was more tharCrep )" laced by other growths. Latest accounts 'from Havanna speak l'itYourably of the last crop, both as • respects quantity a nd quality. _ Havannah Cigars have been in fair demand, and for ordinary dried . sorts a f ew., 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; stack 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 has con tiaued in r equest . In Columbian there had been less animation, the trade being indisposed to purchase except for immediate wants, hut holders have stiown no disposition to press sales, and previous rates have been maintained. The introduction of German to a considerable .ext`erit has materially interfered with tle consmuptionof Columbian and is likely to do so as long as the 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 FRIIIT.—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," t i T u m nt. St. Mi c h ae l ; so l d at public sale by Keeling and 32s t , c, first quality, reali se d 35 s to 38 s , secon d qua lity 0 84iete: box; Lisbon, 22s 6d per box. Lemons dull for what few are selling 18s to 19s per eas e is obtain •d bag. B lack s ' • Bsrcelona nuts 43s to 44s per freely. Fren s b l r a i ' h • 55s per barrel. Chesnuts sell without alterztion," advanced 5s per barrel. Spanish s S e e vi v i ille sours are likely to be scarce this season ; and toie sweet are selling at an im proved price compared former reasons. BANKRUPTCY --(THIS DAY. ) (Before Mr. Conamissioner FARE.) IN RE COLENUTT. - This bankrupt had cirricd on business as a baker at Ports. a, and to- lev applitd !or hi s certificate. - His lioNotta said this was a case in which he cer tainly should not grant the certificate immediately; 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 p re j u di ce o f a ll th e other creditors. The bankrupt h ad also given it bill of sale, by - Which a considerable property would have been lost had it not been for the activity of the assignees, who had stiecceoe,i in upsetting the cltizi, and rescued the • h i rr . d rtiy h tilQ forma and fi c ti ons of the com na mo p n law, which throu g gave rights to persons under documents based on falsehood. He (His Honour) *du therefor idSotirn - the cortiiist• SURREY SESSI;;NS-( EIS DAY. BO W-STREET.--( THIS DA Y.) MARLBRO'-STREET-(THISDAY), Albert Williams, a wt li-known associate of thkves, way brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen four live f0w1 , ,, the property of Mr. Gc.erge Blake, :sire 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, is Pancas• street, and found the three fowls in his pos session. In anawer to his inquiries, Mr. Green informed him that he bought them of the prisoner for 2.i. 3.1. The fowls produced were the same as those stolen from his shop. Mr. William Green, cowkeeper, 4, Pancras•street, Tottenham-court-road, said he knew the prisoner by sight. On Wednesday morning last the prisoner came into the shop and asked him to buy a Jowl. Witness asked him what he wanted for it ? The prisoner re plied ho would sell it for one shilling, but, as he 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. Un being told the nature of the charge against him, the prisoner said he purchased them of a boy in Tottenham-court-road. lie then took him to the station. Constable E 44, having proved seeing the prisoner close by prosecutor's house on the 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 for a 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 temporary 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 cause. 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 goods 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. Information having been sent to the head police office immediately after the fire was discovered, Mr. Wood, superintendent of the fire brigade, accompanied by a large number of the men under. his charge, was present in a short time, with four engines, all of which were set to work without a moment's delay. rhi, fire, however, had got such a control over the goods' shed that the efforts of the, fire hriade were, for a .considerable period, of very little avail .; and, eventually, the flames caine in contact with the pas sCriger thed to'the - nortlfward, - between which and the g,-ois Shed there- was only a 'slight partition. The tire next extended to.the .pas:senger shed to the south 'Wartl;and 'Me air - ente - ring' heioW" , the - Sheds 'acted just like"so many pairS failnint.i: Vie 'flames that the station appeared as if o n e entif e sheet of fire. Flh burtfitig beliV - een six and . seVen butt net - until' almost - the whole of the goods shed was destroyed, a great portion of the southern passenger oneand about 100 feet of the north ern one. As the last of these sheds was composed almost entirely of iron, the injury done to it con sisted only of the destruction Of the - boarding along the root; 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 Barge quantity of goods 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 passenger car riages have also 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 7,0001:; but it is said that this will not nearly cover it. 'COLLEGE OP PRECEPTORS.—At the third annual meeting of this body, held yesterday, at their rooms, ire 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- Generars 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-general 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 5001., and towards this sum the council had only to acknowledge 1501. 13s. 6d. They had to regret that this fund was as 3et so inadequate, as without the charter they could give 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 cacti-a 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 yews. A subscription for the Charter Food was then entered into by the gentlemen present, and amounted to nearly 100/. IMPORTANT DEClSlON.—Yesterday, at the West minster County Court, D. C. Moylan, Esq., the Judge, decided that plaintiffs had no right to examine defen dants as witnesses against themselves. Hor 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 hist by inserting the follow ing, an error having taken place in casting up the books: —The number of pockets of hops weighed from De cerebtr 25, 1847 , to D ecem b er 23 , 184 S.— Ne w, 13.7 99; 01d, 2,162 ; sold by auction, 27.7. Total, 16,238, Wor cester journal. ' 1. 7Pr ry 1 4 ' , . 1' 13. , x - 8 t.O N,-- - - - for eighteen months from tho date of the fint, without unless the banlirupi h,d heett ii prio ad :or three months. . John Rogers, for stealing a lo , ,king-g;nt,s, the pro ty of S,raii Re3 - nolds, was sentenced to three months at Brixton. James Willis, an oil offender, vv as tried uNn.tv. - n in dictinents-the first charging hint with stealing a pair of boces,•the pr,perty of Isaac Hunt, and the second with stealing a pair of bvts, the property of Samuel Reddick. The jury found him Guilty, and it being proved that he had been several times summarily convictel, the Court sentenced him to seven years' transportation. Thomas Braden, 17, and Charles Banes, 18, were, in dicted for scaling, at Bermondsey, a tarpaulia and a number of ropes, the property of John Elmore. The prosecutor is a lighten - eau at Berman 'soy, and he property in question was left on board a barge for a sh, , rt time by one of his ni,n. On his return it .eas mi,sud, and on the same evening the pri!oners wore stopped in Gravel-lone, Southwark, while a.ttctupting to dispose of the property. The jqty found them Gull.}, and Tine COURT sentenc , d (-Leh to six months' imprison ment at Brixton. Robert Carter, who had b en twenty times in custody, was convicted of picking pockets, rind sentenced to ttn years' tranqortation. *Cawrousli (h 1)) Tr-cart Snowiircp IZikAdry Clermont Lyupy.arou The Great Western EAret Vesta ... Eagle's Plu Reality The Pfernier r Executor Good Boy. \V( n3leydale Bingham Lord Saltoun Conquest . Paranie Windermere rbe Baronet (h Swaledale Self-defence The Stinger Cigarette Shylock Laundrymaid AthElstane Planet Surplice Cotton L0rd...... C by Colwick, out of Robert Boyll and Augustus %sere br:.ught aP final examination betory Mr. Henry, on the el.arge of stealing a great quantity of schedules Irons the Insolvent Debtors' Court. It apper.r. d from the evidence that on the Bth of De cember lust, between three and four o'cLlclt in the after noon, the prisoners I , cre observed upon a stairc;.se eating 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 -owething wrong, went up to the room and found that a great many schedules and other dccunients had been abstracted from one of the presses. Upon searching the room he 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 ; tun] Schmidt as taken into custody on Wedne,clay 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. HENRY 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 Det.tors' Court, Aaid 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 bah aged, 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 Robinson (whose husband vas mentioned in the coursa of the evidence as being suspected of having given information) a violent blow on the head. 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 Resolution Sauter la Coupe Thornhill Cossack Cockermouth Foreclosure Backbiter . Corsican Radulphus ... b c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress Sister to Satirist 'ldle Boy !c by Vulcan .... . Elemi Chanticleer !Geraldine !Sagacity 'Tiresome Honeycomb Sylvan Garrick 3 Pelham . !!Swiss Boy 4 comb Vampyre Halo Do-the'-Boys 3 :qrs. Taft !Lady Wildair Dis taflina c by Don John, out of Meal Slashing Alice 3 The Admiral ••• 5 ;Sesostris !Lola Montes 4 !Dacia 4 lodine ! Taffrail 4 Miss Nipper 4 Ballinafad 5 Gwalior a, Sponge F Fe er r n n y h a il r l 4 agh 4 6 ;Gratis Chrapside 5 !Attraction 4 'Farewell Woodcraft 4 Do it again Clumsy a Troica ;Cymba ;Deerstalker Projectile I The Widow a Wanota 5 Comet ... Jest Maid of my Soul 4 The Conjuror Westow 3 The Arab 3 Volox SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALU:i.— YESTERDAY. Business as confined to the following bets:— METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 500 to 15 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar CHESTER CUP. 1,600 to 15 Lgst Mr. Gregory': Clermont DERBY 1,000 to 30 egst Lord Stanley s Strongbow 1, 00 0 to 15 agst L,:rd Exeter's Silistria colt 2,000 to 25 agEt Lord Exeter's Velveteen colt ABERYSTWITH STEEPLECHASE. Acerptances—The Doctor, Bold Davy, Vengeance, The Painter, and Baptist. CHESTER CUP. The following official list of the entries shows a large increase over 1848, and 33 more than rnentiened in our Yrs . 5 . .t . 3 . 5 MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED). FRASER. The present number of Fraset= 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-. dente of their own authenticity. As an example we give Christendom; but unqnestionably his faith in a species of supernatural interposition; not usually, now-a-cla)s, 'received even by rigid Catholics; can-only be traced to the singular event recorded in his youth, toi which he himself attributes his present position and his present preservation. . " In' the year 1794 the young Mastai Ferretti, 'thew but a tender. infant of the tender age 'of two, was re posing in his cradle in one of the vait salons of the ancient pallazzio of the family, at Senegaltia, 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,io enjoy the society of some favourite cicisbeo, and naughte-ketafiling hunranity remained in the apart ment save the slumbering child and the figure 'of a sacred abbess, Notre Donna dela Scene, 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 hill's, or from' a recess adjoining, in which it bad been detained by some mem bers Ofthe family, to afford the Pleasure ef a hUnt on the subsequent day. The animal was naturally ferocious, end hunger' had made it savage. It approached the cradle, and was on the poh.t of seizing the child, awak ened by its noise. The snout of the brute, it is said, was in contact with the cheek of the infant, and iu another moment the child would have been borne off in its tusks, when suddenly a noise was heard, and the tapestry on which Notre Donn,: was emblazoned shook. humour, and probably truth, ascribed this to the romps of the nurse and her lover in the adjoining apartment, when tt 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; arid ;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 much of truth, or how much of imagination there is in this legend, 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 thin 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 bon considered the origin of that faith which Pius so lately placed on the miraculous agency of the Polish abbesA, 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 Wind 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 Roothmam, with the whole of the fraternity, was nominally expelled from the Roman States, and it was even fir 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. Tbough 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 ♦ast 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 imperfect 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 Mazzini 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 Ctesars bad 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 tho 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. UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. The " Requiem uponiDuelline: 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 Honohr to pronounce uponjall cases that touch upon that " lez non scripts- comprehended under tha signifi.cani desig ination of Good .Breeding:' ".The RegeneratiOn of and "The ,Military System" _ form the subjects of two articles in the United Service; dedicated to .the advocacy.:. of military reform. ":GonqueStwaucl- Encroachments of the> Dutch in the Milian Aiehipelago," " The Indian' Army'fof Thirty Yea - is,"` " The last Campaign or Hofer," " Biogiaphy Ot r lbrahiAi - Paoha, " and sev6tal fictitious. narratives; 'form tbe.fitnaliiing:Contenti'' Service: .11714aXiith:. l ' DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. • The agreeable anticipations with which we clored 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 Milius. 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 graphio 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, the 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. FRIDAY" Nr j _ENl . l\Tel-, JANUARY V~,~~.i~~cr Lugar. Rotherstherpe (h b)... Aurieula EAebilea (h b) Primrose Sunnyside ft,dney Burp,hley Bedlam Sir Peter Laurie The Swallow Ilyn mot Emily Ellen Loraine New Forest Deer Avenger (11 b) Ch c by Harkaway, out of Diana _ General Sale . Ada Mary c by Auckland, out of Delusion Imposter (late Lanesbo rough) 5 Blucher Dough • 4 ‘V hizgig 4 Ellerslie Medford Clifford Hag l e,y FugletLan Chat Pantomime Alelody Lamb's-wool 4 The Swift 3 Montague Pavilion 5 Rathmines 5 Escape Jovial John Cost:er (late Het man Plateff colt) 4, Peep o'Day Boy Lavender Fireaway Inheritress a Rowland 3 h a by Ellerdale 5 Prince Charley 4 Ferryhill Tom-tit 5 Portrait Maid of Lyme .. War Eagle~ Teresa Chevreuil Daheotah Chief 3 .1 Flatcatcher 4, Blaze 4 Carlow A 5 Mahon 4 Didsbury Henry of Exeter B h by Jereed, dam by Pantaloon Torn Tough Garendon Gaffer Gruen Pius the Ninth . 4! Rhesus 3' Andalusian The Clothworker 3 Maynooth 8 Orphan Boy Sheraton Caurire Giselle Mogador Crazy Lad 4 Glendower 4 Cashier i 3 The Dart a Br f by ',Sir Hercules, out of Peeress Pyrland John Orridgo . 4 Essedarius 3 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 fur 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 Soy. Stakes did not fill. THE RECENT BOOK ROBBERY AT OS,FORD.—On Monday last, at the Oxford City Sessions, Andreas Lock hart Belany pleaded guilty to two charges of stealing hooks—yiz , one from the shop of Mr. 11. Slatter, book seller, and fifty-nine from the University Reading-room. The prisoner, previous to being sentenced, expressed his deep contrition for the off: ices he had committed, and prity&l . the merciful consideration of tho court. The Recorder, James Manning, Esq., after referring to the s3-steinatic rtnanner in Which the robberies were:bap `lnltted,, end the station of the"prisoner in society, - ) sen tenced him to one week's imprisonment on the first iudictment,- and seven years' transportation fir tl:e second. The prisoner vt as much affected on hearing the last Sentence. Ty LATE ,R91313E4T._ X,ILE MAIL.--The „legal.: advisers of the',Greit Westerp the Pest-office authOrities, were el4sely - engaged through out the whole of`yesterilaY in 'gathering particulars with reference to the extraordinary robbery of registered letters between Exeter and Bristol. Facts of a startling character have already come out, but at present it Would be imprudent to disclose them. It does not appear, how ever, that any persona 'either in the employ of the com pany or the Post-office had any share in the transaction. Poole, - the discharged guard, upon whom 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 eke versa. MARYLERONE PROTIDRNT Diseinisiatic. l --The fif teenth annual meeting of this useful society : wee held yesterday at the institution, in Charlotte -street, Port tand•place, Captain 'Holland, - RN., in the chair. Its object is to afford medical relief -to small - tradesmen, servants, and mechanics in the viciuitoty on the payment by ,the members of 4d. a month, the house expenses being 'met by the contributions of the honorary mem bers. Frem the report read by the hon. 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, being an increase of, 475 upon , -those of the previous year. The entire ex pense of the honorary members has been under 100/. The report having been unanimously. adopted, and thanks given to the chairman fur his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. CALIFORNIAN EIPEDITION.—A Californian expe dition has loft Greenock, a number of " navvies " ac companying it, armed with a due supply of spades and smelting-pots. ST. MARY'S, LAMDRTII.--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. The deficiency on th 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 7501., 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. SWOZD 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.—lioss shire Advertiser. An EAGLR.—A prodigious sea eagle (lialia3tus), 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 &Plymouth, a few days ago, asking the road to Australia. coNVICTS AT PouTLAnn.---There bas been another importation uteunviets during the week, and the budd ings are, now as crowded_.as, their present state admit of.--Shorborm stoterna4 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 seems to rush to my lips, To commingle its flow with the wino ! Bring s cup, of the purest and sulkiest ware, But a little antiquc- in its shape ; And the juice it shall be the most racy and rare, All the bloom with the age of the grape ! Even such is the love I would edebrate now, At nee young, and mature, aid in prime,— Like the tree of the orange that bears on its bough The bud, blossom, and fruit at ono time I Then three, as is due, let the honours be paid, Whilst I give with my hand, heart, and head,— ' Here', to ht r, the fond mother, dear partner, kind friend, Who first taught me to love, woo, land wed I'" 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 colonists 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 er o f 1845, hunting moose deer. It is 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 part 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 a 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 exclusively 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 tfri future to be merely a land-jobbing scheme) to dis t-hiss 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 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 th e , New Zealand authorities. The caso of Bishop Selwyn, hOwever, will not, it is hoped, be without its effect on the,Government. We .bope: we. shall hear .rio"more of any colonial episcopal appointments. 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 - ; it is not until population has increased and cities and churches have been built, and there is a body of resident clergy permanently located each in hi 9 own. "district, that episcopal superintendence ean' beCome" necessary, and . such is not likely, to be the case in any of cur. Oceznie colonies .for lialf a century at least. Besides a' variety of excellent light , reading, we have, as usual the.current history of the month and a 4retrosrect cif. the past, , ard programme for the - !uture of Fraser's Magazine. -- • • The first article in the Mirror is entitled " The President of the Young Republic," , and is an' indig nant remonstrance with th e p eo pl e of France for their ingratitude to Lamartine, and- Cavaignac, and Ledru Rollin, to whom they have preferred " a young in triguing adventurer," who has " enjoyed 'the support of such ifidiVidUalS, as p ; Emile de Girardin and M. Thiers, which ought aloe to have exclusled him 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 Granier de Cassaignaes, et hoc genus *nine, whO have fOr a time Misled her: 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, the governess, are described in the true .La Etityere spirit. Mr.. Percy St.' John a new ro mance, entitled " Adventures of a French/Repub lican." His opening chapter presents us with an nof which we can al knowledge, of vexouaccth p o r fr t r o a m i t u r e o , u f r o r own accuracy lierso the French capital in the month of July, 1830, just befOre the " three glorious days,',' 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. 1-1. Maxwell gives us an Irish story, " Kitty Connor's Wake," told as he only can tell such stories. From a bio gr 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 may 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 t h e v i ct i m 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 Fl mau Church, it aroused indignation throughout pig * e C 4 o t rr . espon!:!ence on the Affairs of New Zealand, SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE. Tho Colonial Magazine for January contains arti-1 ties 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 stack and shares of every description, and proves the signal failure of the Act of 1844 in one, at least, of the objects contemplated by its framers. " Letters tog Branch Manager " are continued with the same ability that has been so conspicuous in the former contributions of the author. The all-important 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. howe'ver, to find editors have given currency to one of a series' of mischievous articles, the object of which is manifestly to play the "Bearish " game, and to dopreciate railway 1849. property. In every other respect the number is worthy of the highest commendation. , • '' - • - TIIE'ZOIST. The Zoist, a journal "of Cerebral physiology and mesrneri§m, and their application to human welfare, is almost wholly devoted to the subject of mesmerism, and contains an account - of many wonderful cures effected by its instrumentality. Among its contri butors- The Zoist numbers Dr. Elliotson JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICUL , 7'URAL SOCIETY-- OF , ENGLAND. Vol. IX. " Mr. Spooner: on Farm-houses—Mr. Loft: on Varieties of Wheat—Mr. Charnock : on the Farming of the West Riding—Earl Lovelace: on Agricultural Meteorology—Mr. Hutchinson : on the Air-drainage of Land—:Mr. Waters: Pleuro-Pneumonia—Mr. Evelyn Denison, M.P. : on the Duke of Portland's PlantAiomi—Sir J. P. Monteath : on Preserving Wood Ir. Thompson : Report on the Exhibition of Im plements at the York Meeting, 1848 —Mr. Posey, M.P. : on Paring and Burning Grass-land—Mr. Keary : on the Management of Cattle—Lord Port man : on Draining with Fir-bough—Mr. Wolfe: on Told: 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 FAll?LL'' IGII. 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 illustrations, relates the scrapes and misadventure s which befell the hero on his first entry on his scholastic career. THE QUARTERLIES. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. Ne.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 Grimblet, taken a rapid survey of the diplomatic tactics of " William 111. and Louis XIV." Those who feel in a perticuler manner interested in the fate of the superb territories surrounding the cities of Lahore and Moulton 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 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' ]Magazine. It will prove, no doubt, a subject of curiosity not only to Mr. Robertson and Mr. Carpmeal, 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 non-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 hazard 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 be novel, should be admitted to the expensive honours of a patent "—in England the first expenses' of a patent fur the three kingdoms, being 3451 is ( f,4ks:ilone, those fees being required to be paid down in • hard cash " beforehand.' While propoundingthiS•reinedy, howafer, the reviewer him seliacknowledges that its introduction into our sys tem of affaifs i'A - opposed by several insuperable obi • 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" mentioned 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 accumulated an extraordinary number of the most beautiful models of patent inventions. The adoption of such a scheme by the English Govern ment would he productive, according to our thinking, of a twofold advantage—first, that of warning inven tors 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 sear 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 dretwings," we may calculate_ the advantages which would result from a system which would render the preliminary construction of a. mode/ 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 a search for the perpetual motion ! " One such machine, at least," says the Edinburgh Review (p. 47), " rns'Y even now be seen in London, by those who have mo r e faith than knowledge, pursuing its eternal revolu tions." The accuracy of this assertion we can our selves, in a manner, corroborate—for we well aking in remem ber, that scarcely eight months ago, while ds o f the the moonlight along one of the suburbhaenrrie edestrian, metropolis, we were accosted by a no in t achiae of this who mingled his description of a his own hands), kind (which he had fabricated with_ Christ, and eja ianndthAet heismiddlem its superstition. There are men , oVsfl in the middle of with blasphemies to the memory of f Thomas Paine. em us o culations of homage to th e Philosophy has its superstition. There ar hallucination s egeve even whoof the existence the nineteenth century, deny the .et Divinity, and wor ship the paltry joints, of some and g heels and pistons miserable Eureka of Unction. Sir Bulwer Lytton their own eons. might, t' n of viola without any truth, have delineated Adam Warner as a contemporary not only of the King Maker, but also of Mr. Copperas, or of Sir Sedley Beaudesert. Friar Bungays are still striving to concoct the elixir vita, and Sir Epicure mainmons are still sanguine of discovering the aurum potabil . As a clear and comprehensive treatise upon. the progress which has been made in mechanical in vention, this admirable paper will amply repay pe rusal. Upon th e bi ographical contribution respecting Lord 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 gc!kius. Ait.ract(,, , r cf O'Coiluell, which appeal% to us singularly felicitous. In comment ing ourselves upon the Ministerial career of Lord Melbourne, at the period of his decease, we 7 - . •le p a maintained' thitt 'his principil dal& po -thexecol iection and respect of posterity consisted'lnthe.eir cuinstance of his having been :the one"Wloinstrukted Queen Yictoria in the art of goierninent. The views of the Edinburgh upon this point are so,entir4 gQinci dent with our own, that we should have a.peculiaz SA' tisfactionin reproducing theremarka of our contempo rary, but that we are unfortunate restricted , by. the "length to which our-own observationihave herealready extended.- But -for the same reason' , we should, in like manner, have transferred to our colunins*irara graph • extracted from the article on," the' 4 "Fiench Benedictines —being an impassiobod . ) anu'eloquent apostrophe of admiration to the milibries'bretl eu i n , of Lanfranc, , ,.„cif ,Anselm, of fili`omaAlleaert4, and of other renowned men amongst the ancient ecqlesi astics of the Roman Catholic religion.. .1) , .105t.;.0f the other papers, already mentioned by namerarp'_wce•thy of simultaneous publication with the thre6:•t9 which we have here particularlydirected public attention. THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE• The important merits of the Quarterly Journal 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 Report," Tables 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 Coniferae;' " Report on Plantations in the exposed District of Buchan," and " Report of the Directors,on the ap pointment of a Chemist." THE FREEMASONS' 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 has 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 Alinanach, 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 "A nge l o " L a mb e th- wa lk, 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, on Tuesday, the 2ith ult., at about 6 o'clock, P.X., 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, .wheirl was answered " She was a very poor Woman! The woman not residing in my district, •.4!t accordingly referred Mr. Meredew to .24r. Wagstaffe, the surgeon of the district is which abei, : resided, adding, that I had no doubt he would attenP.ditettly. Upon this, the man left my house in•oompliance, appa rently, with my directions; and I have , nittithority for stating that Mr. Wagstaffe's assistant was the second surgetnr in attendance. As regards the inquest, the me dical testimony was to the ;effect, that even if the woman had been seen directly alter the ocourrenesh(fer ilseen" premature labour hid. been induced by-afkacaiaent) , no means would have been of any avail-tasare the life of the woman. Mr. bleredew did atterapt make- un founded 'charges against me, which the Coroner, of 'course, repressed, and the verdict tof the jury_ not even alluded to in the paragraph referred to, was " Deceased died from hosmorrhage, from accicleTally seating herself on a man's. knee." 'So much for charge of inhu manity ag ainst a Parish Surgeon. 9 _ 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.—Handers -Judas Maccabeus 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 Tisheboaltisd celle. eheBa- Costa's energetic style of conducting. THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES.—BY W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, ESQ.—" Silent for some time, Mr:Ains worth has again appeared in the realms of fiction, giving satisfactory proof, in the freshness and vigour of the present work, that nothing of his former skill is abated. We find, on the contrary, irt ` The Lasicastel Witches,' the same stirring interest, the same po.weru, t _ ic Vi e : romance of delineation of character, and the same glowing !c' in his t 7 of description, with which we have been charmed i more best productions. ' Rookwood' contains nothingac 'Jack startling; ' Crichton' nothing snore p 14 q Sheppard' nothing more dramatis, mil:ln:lent of the Pencil° Forest. Mr. Ainsworth's t sub ject is as masterly, asgreat (I'M and original. lie grapples at °roarer would choose 1 culty which presented itself te but that Mr. the writer of fiction • his a ,: co n cep ti on t,evwi t.ehn o ed f I . t ItYernatural agency is of theme, end unfalteringe ful employment of Pr all tasks the most difficult to e° _ ~.,d d . The Lancashire ' Ainsworth has sof;.„_Bextien's i Witches' triumphantly witn ._ _ .7 Miscellany, THE GALLBSIES a, Tilll CENTRAL ° CRIMINAL REDucrioN OF PRICREL—Th COURT.-- hire of t h e e subject of the l ett i n g sot for galleries at the Central of Crimi nal Court , to a p erson w ho regulated t he pr ic es ad mission has been so often brought before the notice of the public by the press, that Lou don and Middlesex at l ength, the Sheriffs of have abolished the old system, and introduced regulati ons which ar e c al cu l a t a d to give some satisfa c ti on, had excit e d. The person the feelings the old plan person who h as hitherto rented the galleries from the e refused, at . sheriffs at the rate of 21/. per session, the last session to continue to pay the sum any long er , alle • ' alleging that it exceeded the receipts, but he offered, at the same time, to continue to hold the galleries an d pay 151. 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 ss. and is. 6d. The money-takers have been appointed by the sheriffs, into whose hands the receipts are paid every night. The practice of per. sons being employed in the streets, and in the avenuts 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 New Court gallery to 95.; the Old Court gallery on Tuesday yielded 18s.; and yesterday, 21. los. 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 completion. The m oney-takers receive 7s. a-day. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are receiving a limited circle at Badminton, where the usual hospi tality will be displayed during phis in 71 ;.__. . y, stwAPYIA