The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

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The ling I,SGO on sited bneiness and at full brdshire iron rgham Gazette that the new le iron trade• lit to declare g preliminary' Cted in w l2 ° wonted bustle ,umers of pig hat material• the colliers. maces and 10 and higher s have been d in wrougbs moving tering. land for iron (veil many 0 1 euppl.ie° am During but limited neglected for tiuns 0f the id for thee" the recover,' culty; hence rers of Std . contracts at ns merchant , Bill decidedli ace, as calcd' dy and pre; have reacbee lymouth and ill for say :layers there. lat has been of improve' ,he works to pled progres• iog attention capital, ail experience tendency 0 1 r _that WOO' ter upon its it would be ?me probable used in ar, the even' s of detasag owledged .v the coat et value of iv)¢ wages are, 3$ its m antilla"' its bare COS tation of Pig facilities fa n at presen l , f the Bang le competition , sanguine iglibh iron 10 hat trade 0' cid market; tectionists the possibt. sported iut being saw; eopold leap rho Beleo Ba. on whee l the assume d oof that 0 0 r in their 0 0 : tates that 11. ?/311 was don e g made, 0° Cents. were At Vie° . id at Ber ll °' Cents. leer° id clerks O s ition of. tbs labour 1 0 ,/, allowed 0 1 JY, the (10, 1 ; n eceilltl become Inoucced, promotie 11 that 1 ! 1 ,, rs and 01_10' 'ublic SO , , mark ire recoo occasionsing betwe reality, Wl° to at it L e ation " iv no le° ugly educe mint 1 the Bea directly lb! cie an eissil ° or Trios for' wary 971 1 ' The 96i to 9 7 1' 1; 96g. 13• P in. So lof6 e Three P 28i 28 . 3 Ado:* 5 4 ° 13 .1 29. 1 311% ; been 1 09 1: and Dogs' th rebel ,d At rtsol9' yeLocS. 2031, 96 0 6 797 /' P.46-' 8 Ys 97% Jun& 53 p 53 p 53 501! YeLoa . y 4 4 '4 1 i % Dn. 55g 8 4 °Toe% RR. to to to to to to to , to •-• to —' to --' to— o'' II l''' Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 9 % to Exeter and Exm0uth........ 2!e — .. to Glasg., Dumfries, & ...... to Glaegow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated ..... to Great Northozn Do. 1 / A Deferred —...... 12% — Do. I-4 B 6 per Cent. Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. .••••• 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 11 ~ reat North of England 100 ......230 ..... to iiitto, New -10/. .. ...... .. 40 Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, 1 ,, ew 301. Ditto, New 15/......... ...... 15 ...... . to G eat VVestern Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 Ditto, Fifths Do. New 17/ Hull and Solby Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Dittu,Quarter Shares 12% to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... .....• to Ditto, ditto, M. B. &13 ... 98 Ditto, ditto .. .98 Ditto Hull Shares .... 49 Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Dittu.Thirtts.....: . ....... Do., New Guar. 6 per cent Do. (Iludders. and Shoff.) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 10 .... . - __. Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Halt Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O to Leeds and Thirak .. Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%. to ... fl tto, ditto... Ditto, ditto ..... No. 3 5 ...... Do. Pref. Quarterr, 1848... 9 Liverpool. Crosby,andSouth- _ _ port. - .... to •• Lyndon'& 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 3d Lund., aright_ & South Coast 100 .. .. - ...... to - Do., New 51., gun. 6 pr CLIO° De. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 - .. ... to - - De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - ..... to - Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - - London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d... - - Ditto Preference 2O - to - London & North Weatern.....loo ......113 . to 114 Do. New ,Quartera. - Do. Fifths 7 ..... 8% ..... to - 11b. 40..bhare5.....L. &11 35 ...... - Do. 10/. ... 51. and B. (C.) i - London and S. Western....... 50 - ... » to -- Ditto, New 501........ .. ..... 42%...... - - Ditto, New 401. 34 - - Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent ... 5 . ... 7 ...... to - Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 - ...... to - Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 - .. ... to - Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 - - Do., Half Shares - ...... to ewestoff, guar. 4 rer ct 2O - to - Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 13 - to - Manch Buxton, & Matlock 5 - to - Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to - Ditto 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 25 ...... - to - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 - to - Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 12%..,... - to - Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. 9% to - Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 50 - to - Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 25 ...... - - . Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 - to - - Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25.... - - 11idl And ........ .... ........ -100 - Ditto, Consol. Prefereace...loo - ...... to .-o. Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 30 - Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. 263 - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 - Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .. - - Ditto ditto 221. 7s. - .. - to - Ditto,ErewashVal.. Pref... 50 - ...... to ..-. Midland, Leices. and Swan aington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - 51 idld. Great Western (Irish) 471 i — Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. 5O - to - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - - Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. - - Newmarket .. 23 - Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s - to - ll,,,ewport Abergy., and Here. 6 - ...... to - A m ewrY and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ....•. to - y, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk lOO - ...... to - Ditto New 201.. l5 - Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct, 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent 4.. ... 4% to - Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 - ...... to - Northern Counties Union ... 4 - to - North British .. .. .... ..... .25 ...... - :to - Ditto Halt Shares....,. ..... 12% - to - Do. Quarters 64 •••••• ... 1... to - Ditto Thirds ..... - Ditto, Preference - North Staffordshire... .- ..... 17% North Wales 3% ..... - ..... to - North Western ...... 13% - ..... to -... Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... - ............ 50 - -to - Lading, Guild td., & Reigate 15 - Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 4% - to - Scottish Central ......... ...... 25 ~, .. 16 - Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 ...... - - Ditto, N0w......... 22% - to - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 12 ...... - - Ditto. ditto, Class B. 8 - to - Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - .. .. to ..... S hrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. Vi. 3lin.) - ...... to - Ditto Halves, Ditto) 9 ... .. - ...... to - Ditto, Oswestry..... - .... to - Ditto ( New)... - to - Ditto b per Cent. Pr0f.....,. 10 - to - Shropshire Union 6%... .. - ...... to - South Devon .. ... 5O ...... - ...... to - Ditto, Preference .. ... 25 Routh Staffordshire... B% - ...... to -• South E astern; 33% - moo. to - Ditto, No. 2. BO - to - Ditto, No. 3 • 3O - to - Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - ...... to - Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. . - tiotith Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole - ...... to Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N .D) Goa. b per ct. 16% - ... .. to - Do. do. (South Div.) S - ...... to ... SWans. and Loughor and Ca ,,, meron's Stay. Coal ..... .... . 7 ...«. ""to • ,taw Vale Extension ..... ... 8 - ...... to .000 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...... 17%....•.. ..~- Vale of Neath ,.. g Waterford and Kilkenny 20 woo. - to - Waterford and Limerick... .. 47%..... -- - Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... ...... 50 ...... - - o• do. do. - Do. do. do. - - West Cornwall 6 - N hitehaven and Yuman lB «... -• ...» to - Windsor, Staines, and South Western...... l4 - ...... to .... Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 - to -- York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 _17 1 ,4%... to - Do. and NTawcastle Exton. 20 .. - ...... to - Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 - uo.Hartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 - to - Yorkian .. •••••• and North:M•dl d 50 17 3 4 to 18 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. &ilglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5% - to - Boulogne and:Amiens 2O .. ... 7 ..... to 63; Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzoa) - D emerara. .........•-• 17%. .... -• batch Rhenish 3 ...... - ...... to - East I n di an .. 814 - ...... to --. Great Indian Peninsular I ...... - ...... to - Do. Do los. - to - Louvain 4la Sambre ......... 7% - ...... to - Luxembourg - - Ditto ... 10 ...... 2 - Madrid and Valentin - • ... to - Namur and Liege.......... • 2O ..... - - Northern of France. 141 Bs.. ... 174 din to 2 (Altai'. and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ... .. N. to - Parts and urleans.... 2O - ..... to - Parts and Rosen 2O - Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 12 Rouen and Havre 2O - Sambre and Meuse - Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , - - Tours & Nantes ... .......... 13 Tourney, Jurbise, Landon, and Hasselt - . to - West .... .1 •••••• ie. . Flanders B% - ...... to - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 00 .-•••• Colonial •••••• 25 ••••• ....• . •• to .... Commercial of London 2O •••••• - •••••• to .- Condon Joint Stock ~... lO ...... ......ito Lo adon and Westminster. » 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National ot Ireland 22%,.... ..... to Provincial of Ireland . Ditto, New ..... •••••« ..... 10 • ••••• ..... to Union of Australia ...... 2 2 5 4 ...... Ditto, New .. Union of London ........ 10 - Union of M a d r id MINE& An to /lexicon lOO •••••• •••••• to keturian ....... •• • ••• •.»• Ii a.... alms t a U r a r t o r s A i l a illti t iw ge..... ...•• ....... ••••••••••4 4 28a....... .....• to Illeenarvon Iron aad Coal 11 'lauoe Scrio British Iron . — 12 — .... H . to 13 ; yoazri i t. l t i ot., a , n oepo l l m : p e e , r a i a n l d c .. u .. i . a b 1.:.. $ 2: I A, .._— to ..... •....... to Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 . lO% z.d to .. 90 Ueuvral ..... 11 ' 41 del Monte. Unregistered . .. ..... to bo. Black I)••bentures — Do. R ed Debentures ..... .... cs antiai4o de Cuba United helical' • «_26 1 4 5% ..... to - T here is good reason to believe that early in the ensuing ses.i on o f P arl i ament, t h e A ttorney -G enera l wul bring forward, with the consent of her Majesty's Miiii.ters, a measure having f( r its object an immediate extension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts.— Weekly Chronicle. SUDDEN DEATTI..---it is our melancholy duty this week to record an instance of very sudden death—that of the wif e o f T homas Steel Esq., of Tuddenham, near .tildenh a ll. They were married in London on the let Instant, after which they repaired to stay at Brighton. aPpears that deceased took cold, and died on Tuesday 'WI the 4th inst.—Cambridge Chronicle. Tn E S 11N, LLO YD'S SHIPPEN G—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 10 —Wind, this day at r,oin, N.W., light bre( z., with feg. LIVERFoOL, DEC 8 AND 9 S.S.E.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Thompsoa, Montreal ; Creamer,', Pernam buco; Mara, Qat be.c. Sid. Eliza and Hester, Bombay; Euplirosine, Africa; Alice; Wilson and Intriusie, New Orleans ; Avon and Elia:bath, Charleston; Mary Plea sants, Philadelphia; Equity, Boston; Rienzi, Coquimbo; Portland, Coquimbo ; Columbus, Pernambuco ; Ann, Ceara; Afargare t, Now Orleans; Urgiait, Charlestown ; Constitution, New York. WHITSTABLE, DEC. 9.—The Digby, of Liverpool, re mains on the Pan Sand, with twelve feet water in her hold; cargo discharging, if the weather continue fine may begot off. DEAL, Drc. 9.—Wind S. to S.E.—Arrd. Falcon, Parnell, Africa; London, Hebard, New - York ; Isabella. Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Lady Nugent, New Zealand. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Marquis ef Bute, Bombay ; Peraia, Ceylon; Abeona, New Odeans; Palestine, Newfoundland. Sld. Robe rt Heedlp, Fer nando Po ; Actie n, New Orleans ; Wallace, Boston ; and the rest of the outward bound, exec pt Statera, for Jamaica. The Go d Design brig was run down off Flambcrgh Head 3d instant ; two of crew saved and landed here. PENZANCE, DEC. 7.—lt has blown a heavy gale all day at S.S.E. to S.S.W. Thu Apollo has put in, pat tly dismasted, &c. MILFORD, DEC B.—lt blow a heavy gale 3 est, rday at S.E., to-day squally at W.S.W.—The William and Jane remains on &litre, with damage. BELFAST, DEC. B.—lt has blown a heavy gale at E S.E. for the last thirty hours, but is way mole moderate. The Chester, Quebec to Liverpao is on shore, and likely to become a wreck. The Unity. of Stromness, is a complete wreck; crew saved. The Pursuit, of sad for Sligo, struck the North R( ck yes terday, and lost rudder. The Lark, of Whitehaven, struck on the Oyster Bank. The Andrew and Kitty, of Leith, sank off the Copeland 6th inst.; crew saved. HARWICH, DEC. 9.—The Quet n Victoria, Shields to London, has been assisted in with loss of bowsprit, &c., bow stove and stern split to the water's edge, from contact with the brig Test, of Blyth, 7th instant. Ganisar, DEC. B.—The Brothers, of and from Glasgow, for London, was abandoned last evening, very leaky, and drove on the Barcum Sand; was got off this morning and brought in here; is discharging. BELFAST, DEC. B.—Wind E.S.E., strong.—Arrd, Standard, Ritchie, Quebec. MILFORD.—Arrd., Jason, Cardiff for London, leaky, and cargo shifted; the Mayflower, Newport, for Ha vannah, reported to be leaky, SEATON (DE-ON), DEC. B.—The The Theresine, Rouen to Algiers, was wrecked here yesterday during a heavy gale at S.E. and E.; crow saved. FALMOUTH, DEC. 9.—The Mary, of Dartmouth, Accra to - London, came on shore on the 7th inst., during a violent gale and bilged; crew, part of materials, and cargo landed. WARREN POINT, DEC. B.—The Pheasant, of Preston, Fleetwood to Dundalk, ran on shore near Ballagar Point in a sinking state. YARMOUTH, DEC. B.—lt blew a gale at S.E. last night. It is feared that a vessel has been lost on the sands, as part of a round house and a blue flag, with a yellow or white cross, have bsen picked up on the beach. The Active, of Wyburg, from Stockholm, struck on the Seman and Ower, and afterwards came on the beach at Palling. HARWICH, DEC. 9.—The Endeavour barque, and the Beta brig, both of and from Sunderland for London, and the William, of and for Whitstable from Seaham, all went on shore last night on the Gunfleet Sand during a heavy gale; crew saved. The Feder Schroeder, Norwe ajar' barque, Newcastle to New York, has put in vary leaky; must discharge to repair. WIVENHOE, DEC. 9.—The Sagutten sloop, Nikioping, to London, got ou the Gunfleet Sand yesterday, and was abandoned; crew landed here. SELRY. DEC. 7.—The Mary Ann, of Goole, hence to Dieppe, was lost on the 3d instant, on Burnham Flats; crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY' Letters from the leading country markets, doted Saturday, state that the Corn trade was very inactive. In the general quotations, however, no material change took place. The supplies offering were not to say ex tensive. Our foreign advices represent the demand fur all articles as heavy, at drooping prices. Very large supplies were offering. The navigation of the Baltic is entirely closed. Coastwise up to our market last week the receipts of all English Corn were small. From Ireland and Scotland very little Grain came to hand. The foreign imports amounted to 19,617 quarters of Wheat; 19,842 do. of Barley; 21,718 do. of Oats; 514 d0..0f Rye; 337 do. of Beans; 6,713 do. of Peas; 234 do. of Tares; 5,435 do. of Linseed; 367 do. of Rupe seed 130 do. of Mustardseed ; 424 do •f sundry seeds ; 2,370 barrels and 4,810 sacks of Flour. Ile arrivals of English Wheat, coastwise, fresh up to this morning's market from Essex and Kent, were moderate; those from Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, ke., small. By land carriage and sample a very small supply came to band. The show of samples of both red and white was limited, owing to which, and the increased number of buyers in attendance, the demand for all descriptions was somewhat active, at prices fully equal to these obtained on Monday last ; indeed, in some instances, rather more money was paid for selected qualities of white. A good clearance was effected prior .o the close of business. The general quality of the samples was inferior, arising from the damp state of Ow atmosphere. With foreign Wheat we were well sup plied. For the best kinds the demand ruled very steady, st full rates of currency. In the middling and info rior kinds comparatively little was doing, at last vs eek's prices. Rather more money was demanded for floating cargoes of Wheat, but the inquiry was limited. The show of English Barley was on the increase, while that of foreign eras very extensive. Grinding and malting parcels sold it full prices. Iu distilling sorts very little was doing. Notwithstanding that the supply of Malt was compara tively small, the sale for that article ruled dull. In prices we have no change to report. The supply of Oats, both English and foreign, was smaller than for some time past; the inquiry for most descriptions was steady, and late rates were well supported in every instance. In Beans only a limited business was trans acted, and late currencies were barely maintained. We had a very slow inquiry for white Peas, at a decline of Is per quarter. Grey and maple qualities produced late rates. The demand for Indian Corn was so limited that prices were nominal. In Meal next to nothing doing. The best 'town- made Flour produced full currencies ; only a moderate business was passing. CURRENCY PEE IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 56s le 5841 Rod, New.... 37s to 44s !Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,Witite, New 401 48s Lincolnsh., Iced. 14s 16s Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 38s 401 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.. • • its 44s Black . 13s 15e Irish, Red •••• •• • • Inits 41s Cork, White . 14s 1433 Ditto,White— • • 40s 43s Scotch, Feed... 18s Uls aye—Old 24s uss 13eans—Tick . .. 27s 331 New. ••.••.• • • • • . 24s 251 Pigeons .... 31s 39s Barley—Grinding . .... 2ls 23s Peas—Grey Malting .•••• •• • • 241 263 Maple. 205 30s Chevalier .... • 2is 301 White. •• • • 21s 30s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers . ..... 29s 31 5 folk •.• • • • ...... 03s 56s Flour—Town-made..• 35s 40s Brown ..... 44s 47s Suffolk .• .. • 305 33 8 Kingston and Ware 55s 56s Stocktn & Norfolk 30s 33s SEED MARKET. Clover, Canary, and Linseed are in steady request, at full prices. In all other articles exceedingly little business is doing. Up to the Ist inst. duty was paid on 135,706 cwts. of Clover Seed, against 96,726 ditto during the corresponding period last year. - - " - per bush. 10s CO 11: Red mad Green.. • • 103 11: Mustard, Brown.. • • . 93 12s White • • • • •..... Os Os Tares, New Winter.. 5s Cd 5s 6d Old • • Canary, per quarter 78s 88s Rye grass.. ... • • .. 20s 243 Carrass ...... • ... .. 29s 34s Coriander ............ 16s 22s llempseed, per quarter 32s 35, Linseed, Eng. ;owing .. 54s 56e Cru,hing ........ 40s 43s Baltic .......... 384 44, Odessa .......... 421 4Gs Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— Ciover,ReslEn,. (cwt.) 35s 50a White •• •• 348 42s Foreign lied.. • • .. 30s 40.1 1 White.... 26s 42s' Trefoil .....• 118 188 _ English .. .• . 91 Os 101 0. Foreign, per ton 6/ Os it Om Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 4/ 10s Rapeseed, New, prlmt 281 Os 29110. SMITHFIELD. Notwithstanding that the total imports of foreign stock into London since Monday last have fallen short of those in the preceding week by 1,232 head, they have been seasonably extensive. The arrival has amounted to 4,511 bead, against 3,155 it the same time in 1848, and 1,913 during the same period in 1847. Since this Jay so'nni4lit full aver,,ge time-of-year supplies of cAintry-killod Meat, considering tl-o; able talc of the weatir, lave Leen received up to these reatket3. From IL:Anburgh 14 bask,ts of Beef have come to haul. Wiih ki.eat slaughtered in the metro- polis we have barn well supplied as to quantity, but its general coality has somewhat fallen off. All kin fa have met a vary inac.ive sale, and prices have had a down card tendency. Amongst the supily have 1,400 car cases of foreign 11,-,.at killed in Lo,don. At per stone by the Carcase. s. 3. to s. d. j s. d. o s. d eel,'nferlor...... 2 2 2 4 /futton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 - middling .... 2 6 2 8 i - prime large 210 3 0 prime •• 3 6 3 b - prime small.. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 2 G 3 4 rea1........ 3 0 3 8 - small •• •• •• 3 6 4 BonouGiu AND SPITALSIELDS. Coastwise and by land carriage, rr,ther large supplies of Potatoes have reached us since this day se'nnight in but middling condition. Frtm abroad an Unmans° quantity, exceeding 3,180 tons. has corn , in. This his been derived as follow: : —Rottet dam. 12:6; Calais, 301; Diem., 25; Havre, 90; An'werp, 560; It ,uen, 561; Us :end, 63; Dunkirk, 365 tons; St. Michael's, 3 baskets; and Lisbon, 4 casks. From the lst August to the Ist IL:cttnber, the deliveries or foreign Potato,s were 19.5386 tons. Selected f;o u th it scarcity, are selling steadily at our quotltiens. In the tnidling and inferior kintt only a moderate busiLe,s h g. Per Ton. York. Regents leOs to lAis Ditto Shows ... —s to - s Scotch Reds ... 703 to 75s Ditto min. Cups 55s to GOs Ditto Bun ... 50s to s!s Pink Eyes Lincoln.kegents to 1003 Wisbeach ditto 80s to 'As itto Kidneys Newcastleditto 70s to SOs Common Whites 50s to s Per Ton. Kent Kidneys tiOs to !'Cs Essex Regents sto s 'quo Shaws Ditto Kidneys - s French Whites Ditto Reds 65, to 70s Belgian ditto 551 to 65s D-tto Reds 6os to 65s Dutch ditto - a German ditto BONOUGLI BOP DTARILET. For nearly all kinds of Hops, especially inferior yearlings, the demand is in a very inactive state, and, in some instances, the quotations are somewhat lower than last week. Since our last report, 128 bales have arrived from New York, and 26 from Boston. Present prices as under :—New Mid and East Kent Pockets, Si lOs to 121 Os; New Weald of Kent ditto, 61 5s to >al Os; New Sussex ditto, 51 lba to 61 15s; New Fdrnhams, 11/ 11s to 131 Os; Yearling bents, 310 s to 41 12s; Yearling Sussex, 21 83 to 31 17s; Old Hops, 11 Os to 41 Os. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN TIIE PAST WEEE. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam 3BB ... 1,317 ... 13) ... Amsterdam ~ 54 ... 553 Harlingen 125 ... 1,700 .. ... 4 ... 27 Bremen. l6 ... Antwerp Ostend... -0 •• - ••• 61 ... -- 113 .•• --- ••• 14 .... - Total 5!.3 ... 3,683 ... 218 .. 27 Corresponding week in 1848 625 ... 2,432 ... 96 ... 2 Same week in 1847....... 253 1,554 .. 71 The arrivala at the northern owports have fallen off, and those by sea from Ireland for this market have not exceeded 20 Oxi n. The numbers of Foreign Beasts and Sheep here to-day were tolerably extensive—those of Calves very limited. Their general quality was by no means good. From our own grazing districts the receipts of Beasts fresh up this morning were comparatively small, and in very middling condition; indeed, I early two-thirds of the supply were beneath the middle quality. As the attendance of buyers was considerably on the increase, the Beef trade ruled somewhat active, at an telvance in the currencies obtained on Monday last of fully 2d per 81bs, and a good clearance was effected. The primest Scots sold at from 4s to 4s 2d per Blbs. The great Christmas market will be held here on Mon day next. The arrivals of Beasts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, amounted to 2.000 Shor:-horn'; from the eastern, western, and mid laud counties, 600 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c.; and from other parts of England 500 of various breeds. There was a considerable falling off in the number of Sheep, owing to which the mutton trade was steady, and the quotations improved quite 2d per Sibs—the primest old Downs selling readily, at from 4s to 4s 2d pie Bibs. We were very scantily supplied with Calves. 'JAG Vera trade was in a sluggi , .h state, yet late rati . s were mostly supported. In Pigs only a moderate busi ness was transacted, at late weeks' prices. Per Blbs. to sink the Offal. s. d. to s. d, s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6 Second quality • • 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woolledditto3 8 310 Prime large Oxeu• • 3 6 310 Southdown \S ether 4 0 4 2 (lime Scuts .. Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Large Hogs •• •• 3 4 3 8 rinse small ditto - ;ucklin; Calves inferior Sheep TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. sh eep . I Calves. Pigs. 3,62 J 1 22,930 101 261 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I rigs. 458 1,850 66 'WOOL. The public sales of Wool continue to be well attended; but the advance in the quotations noticed in our last report has not been freely maintained. However, nearly the whole of the parcels as yet brought forward have sold. The auctions will nut close until about the 15. h inst. Last week's imports amounted to 227 bales from Odessa, 273 ditto from Callao, 556 ditto from Algoa Bay, 132 ditto from the Care, 503 ditto from Port Beaufort, 159 ditto from Buenos Ayres, 1,800 ditto from Sydney, 253 ditto from Ham burgh, 500 ditto from Hobart Town, and 1,041 ditto from Colombo. TALLOW. Since our list report, this market has ruled very steady, and prices have advanced from 6d to 8d per cwt, although the stock on hand is apwards of 48.000 casks. Up to Saturday evening, the delivery amounted to 4 ; 950; the imports, 7,138 casks. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 38s 91 to 395, and fur forward delivery, 38s 6,1 to 38s 9d per cwt. Town Tallow, 33s 6J per cwt nett cash; rough fat, 2s 2d per Blhs. 1818. I 1849 LONDON, MONDAY NEVITGATE AND LEADENHALL. 1846. 1847 1845. Stock this day • • ... I I 39,329 1 41s 9d Price of Y. C. •• .. E; to 42s Cd Delivery last week, 2,040 Ditto from June 1.. • . 55,912 Arrivals last week • 3,528 Ditto from Juno 1 ... 70,269 'rice of Town •.....1 45s 01 22,771 11,662 48s Od 46s 6d to Os Od to Os Od 3,200 '2,485 49,035 51,506 '439 41 64,203 , 1 55,069 s's Od 49s 6d 32,507 45,715 44s 6d to' 38s 9d 44s Od to39s Od 2,144 2,950 55,031 50,197 1,061 7,138 80,035 73,439 463 6d 1413 Od LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This being the second seal after Michaelmas Term the Lord Chano.•llor heard a; peal motions. IN THE MATTER OF THE SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY, AND IN THE:MATTER OF THE CHESTER AND HOLY HEAD RAILWAY. The appeal motion in this: case from the decision of Vicc-Chancellor Knight Bruce occupied his Lordship the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Consents, short causes, and 'notions of no interest occupied the Court the whole day. VICE-CIIANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE GRINY) JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY Y. DIMES. A motion to commit, Mr. Dimes for a breach of the injunction granted in this case occupied his Honour the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE ) Motions of no general interest occupied the Court the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) His HONOUR ha.ing disposed of the motions before him proceeded to hear the further arguments inthe part heard case of Griffith v. Linuell, which occupied the re maider of the morning. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) ;Sitting i in Banco, beton/ Mr. Baron PARKE I _Mr. Baron RoLFE, Mr. Baron A LDERSON, and Mr. Baron PLATT SHARROD V. NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. This was an action to recover the value et some sheep belonging to the plaintiff; which had strayed upon the North-Western Railway and been run over by an en gine of the company and killed. The verdict was for the plaintiff, but subsequently a rule nisi was obtained for leave to enter a nonsuit, and it was argued at some length in the course of last term. Mr. Baron PARKE delivered judgment in the case this morning. The Court, for the purpose of decicing the question submitted to them, had treated the case as if the damage had been done by an ordinary carriage drawn by horses along a public highway, and they were of opinion that in all instances in which a master gave the direction and control of a carriage to a rational servant, the master was only responsible in an action on the case for any want of skill or care on the part of the servant, and consequently this action of trespass could not be supported. The defendants were bound to see that their carriages did not travel at such a speed as to make it impossible to avoid persons who had z legal right to be on the railway; but if the cattle of the plaintiff had no right to be there, the company were not guilty of any misconduct. On the other hand, if there was an excuse for getting on the line by reason of their having escaped through defective fences, which the company should have kept up, the cattle were not wrong-doers, although they had no right to be there. The dascage was a cons( quence of the neglect of the defendants, and compensation must be recovered accord ngly on an action on the case. The Court, therefore, decided that this action of trespass was not maintainable, and were of opinion that the rule for a nonsuit should be made absolute. Rule absolute accordingly. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings in Banco, before Justices MAULS, CRESSWELL and WILLIAMS.) MORGAN V. THE EARL OF ABERdAVENNY. The Court gave judgment in this case this morning. Mr. Justice Matrix, pronouncing the judgment of the Court, said this was a case in which a rule for a new trial was argued before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Cresswell and himself, and the Lord Chief Justice had prepared the judgment, in which the Court all concurred some time ago, although he had not put it into the proper form until lately. This was an action in trover brought to recover damages for the conversion of certain deer, and the declaration alleged that the testator was possessed of certain deer, and then that the plaintiffs, his executors, were also possessed. The pleas denied the possession of the testator and the executors, and then they alleged that the deer were not wild, but were tame and reclaimed, except a certain number of them, in respect of which the defendant laid 85Z into court. The case was tried some time ago before Mr. Justice Coltman, at the sittings in Middlesex, and a verdict passed for the plaintiff: A rule was afterwards obtained calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why there shou'd not be a New trial on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict found by the jury was not a sufficient verdict, and if it were sufficient that it was contrary to evidence. The min question in the case was whether Eridge Park, in which the deer in question were kept, was an ancient and legal park, or whether it had become disparked by the addition of other lands to it, or by the destruction of the boundaries. The Court were of opinion that the deer in question were reclaimed, and therefore that they were of the nature of personal property, and as such passed to the testator's personal representatives, the plaintiffs, and not to the defendant as his heir. That being so, it was unnecessary fur the Court to decide whether the park i❑ question w as an an cient legal park. Upon the point as tow hether the deer had been reclaimed, it appeared by certain ancient do cunsents that tie park had been a legal park, and abo that the deer in it were very wild. It appeared alto that the deer were regularly fed during the winter, that the does were watched, and that when the fawns were dropped they were marked. Then it appeared that the way of killing the deer was by shooting them, and that when shot they were sold to venison dealers, or consumed by the owner. It also appeared that some years ago a certain number of deer were brought from another place and placed in this park. On these grounds the Court de e ided that the deer v. ere tame and reclaim( d, and did not remain in their wild state. The Court was of opinion that the rule in this case could not be supported, on the ground of misdir, etion, and, therefore, that the verdict for the plaintiff was right. The Court thought the facts were such as it was fitting should be deter mined by the jury, and, therefore, that they were rightly left to the jury, and the Court could not perceive any sufficient ground for warranting them iu sad ing ihat the jury ekule to a wrung conclusion. The rule for a new trial must, therefore, be discharged.—Rule discharged accordingly. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A respectatily•a tired young woman, who gave the name of Fanny Temple, was chargal with being drunk and disorderly. Police constable F Hi stated that on Sunday morn ing, about one o'clock, he was on duty in the Strand when he heard a noise in Newcastle euurt, and on going to see what was the matter he found the prisoner quar relling with her mother, a brothel-keepor, about a EVENING, DECEMBER 10 1849 basket. He rt quested her to go quietly away, but in stead of doing au sho abused him in very unfeminine Linguage, and wound up lytr torrent of abuse by declar ing that she was " a lady and a barrister's wic,." Finding that her violence was nut likely to 6 . übside, be took her to Vie station. The prisoner denied the statement oF the constable. Tru; she was in the court, but blio was there for the pirpoc. of neoveting. posses,ion of a basket that had been taken from her, and when the otiieer came up he said, " Halloo, how long are you prostitutes going to keep up this row ?" She told him that she was no pros titute, but a married woman, whereupon he demanded of her " how many children she had got," and she told him that was no business of his, You lie," he replied, " you have three by me." Mr. lIALL asked her where she lived. Prisoner—ln Brick court, Temple. I have chambers there. Mr. BALL—What are you? Prisoner—l am a bar ratzr's wife. Mr. HALL—WeII, you hive told a most incredible story, and I suppose ycu will deny being drunk. Pri scner—Ccrtairfly I will. Mr. Inspector Wilkinson said she was so drunk vs hen was brought to the station that she could Lot be b..ilcd out. Mr. HALL Clought so. No woman with any respt ct for herself would be seen in Newcastle-court at ore (Air ck in the mornkg unless she were intoxicated, arld as it was quite clear the ufficer's evidence wit:: comet I.e should fine her 55., or seven da3 s. The fine was paid. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) INDECENT ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED EXTORIION. Tarbuck, who described himself as a tallow chandler, reri,ling at No. 16, Little Nee port-street, was trought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having iude ci utly assaulted Mr. W. Russell, 159, Regent-street, and attempting to extort money from him in Hyde-park. The prosecutor stated that he was in the employ of Messrs. L rsis and Allenby, 159, Regent-street, and that on Saturday night, about half•past nine o'clock, he was coming from Knigstsbridge on his way home, and on arriving at Hyde Park-corner he had occasion to go into the public urinal near the park gates; on entering he saw the prisoner, who accosted him, saying it was a very tine night. Witness said, yes, it was, and took no further notice of the prisoner, and left the place immediately. On leaving, he had occasion to turn round, and saw that the prisoner aas following him. Perceiving this, witness, whose way lay through the park, turned into the eastern path, which is well lighted, still followed by the prisoner. Witness not liking the prisoner's appearance, crossed the road, intending to get rid of him, but the prisoner kept walking by his side forcing his conversa• lion upon him. Witness thinking to get from the pri• sone-r, crossed the road again, when the prisoner laid hold of witness in a moat indecent manner. Witness became very much excited, and baring heard that several persons had been stopped in the park, and being naturally timid, he felt very much alarmed at the prisoner's conduct, and endeavoured to run across the road. The prisoner, however, maintained his hold, and said " I see you are a gentleman; you must give me 21., and if you have not got the money, you must pawn your wateh. If you do not consent to this, I will charge you ' with a certain offence, or follow you home." Prosecutor after a desperate struggle with the prisoner got away, and called Police" as loud as he could. Two consta bles came up, and witness gave the prisoner in charge. The prisoner denied the charge, and attempted to prove that the prosecutor had made improper overtures to him in the first instance. _ _ Police-constable 41 A proved taking the prisoner in custody. On searching him he found a small packet of rouge, used by such fellows to colour their face. lie had seen the prisoner loitering about the park on several occasions for the last two months. lie had inquired at the address which the prisoner gave at the station, and found that he had been there only a week. Mr. BINGHAM directed the depositions to be taken, and committed the prisoner for trial at the Cential Criminal Court. /le, the son of Lord Mr. Frederick William Bannaty Bannatyne, was charged btfure Mr. Bingham with having been drunk and riotous at Genese's coffee-house iu Jermyn-street. It appeared that on Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, the defendant went to complainant's house and commenced quarrelling t with some of his customers. Seeing he was in liquor, complainant ordered him to leave the house, and on his refusing complainant was obliged to procure assistance to eject him. When out side the door the defendant became so violent that complainant gave him into custody. lieferidatitdenied the charge. Mc. BINGHAM fined him 5f., which was immediately paid. TO THE INHABITANTS OF LONDON. Fellow-Citizens,—l entreat your special attention to the following circular : _ _ " City of London Gas Company's Works, Dorset street, Salisbury-square, Dec. 4, 1849. " The Committee of Management of the City of London Gas Light and Coke Comp any hereby give notice that, from and after Chrisinas-day next, the price of gas supplied by this company to consumers by meter will be reduced to 4s. per 1,000 cubic feet. " DANIEL BENHAM, Sec." The Great Central Gas Consumers' Company was establitlkd at a considerable expense, to relieve you of the exactions of an unjust, oppressive, and grievous monopoly. They found you taxed 6s. for gas, with which the above quoted circular proves you could have been supplied for 41. The difference has been wrung from you by immunity from fair competition. To the new company you are solely indebted for the successive reductions from Gs. to and from ss. to 44. Four thousar.d six hundred and eighty of you consumers of gas have bound yourselves to take for five years your supply from the new company, and 1 venture fairly to test your public spirit, your intelligence as men of business, your fidelity to your honourable obligations, and the foresight of your sell-interest, by the answer which you will give to the folio A ing appeal. Are you prepared to accept of the blind bargain and the totally inadequate overture which has been offered to mere short-sighted cupidity, to desert those by whom the apparent advantage, such as it is, has been alone extracted with tardy reluctance from the old companies, and to seek by quiescence tacitly to evade the contracts to which you have affixed your signatures ? - Read the circular attentively. What remedy does it afford for your grievances ? A committeee of management is anonymous—its members may die— they may be changed. It may wind up its business —its plant may be seized by creditors, or sold by shareholders—where is your relief then ? How long is the reduction to last ? No longer depend upon it, than the duration of the urgency by which it was compelled. Is it ever to go further—to 3s. 6d. or to 35.? Who can enforce it ? Not the consumers, who are not parties to the mere understanding to which you are asked to attribute the power of a binding contract. Can the Court of Sewers—will they ? If they will, how can they do it, but by calling a compe. titor into the field ; and who will ever compete, if you desert the new company now ? But even if the reduction were permanently secure, does it_ofler any of the advantages you ►would derive from competition ? The old. companies divide you between them and conquer you. Nothing but com petition always at hand to offer you relief of grievances, can protect you from the invasion of ap parently the most stringent conditions. Consider the abuses to which you may still be subjected, even if the old companies adhere to their proposed reduction. Ist. Tenants and landlords of all tenements re quiring or using gas, must still guarantee absolutely all the debts of the old companies. If any consumer leaves a house in debt to them, his successor must pay the whole arrears which the producers were lax enough to leave uncollected. If he refuses, his supply is cut off, and if he applies to the accomplice company it refuses to poach upon the ground of its associate. 2d. You have no offer of any improvement in the very inferior quality of the gas with which you have been supplied, and which has practically compelled you to accept of little more than half the illuminating pot% er which was ostensibly supplied to you, and for which you were exorbitanly charged. 3d. You have still to defray the whole cost of service pipes and meters. 4th. You have no security against exorbitant charges for meters, and against an attempt, what has already been successfully practised, to compensate a reduction in. the nominal price of gas, by raising the rent of your meters. sth. You have no guarantee against the continuance of an abuse of which you have repeatedly and justly complained, of being inflicted with meters so imperfect in their register that you have frequently been com pelled to pay for a much larger quantity of gas than has ever been supplied to you. What is your remedy if yourefuse to pay ? You may be compelled by action to liquidate a debt you never incurred. Your supply may be cut off, and when you apply to the alternate company, they will reject your custom. You may ask the Court of Sewers to enforce the pledge of the circular, and will be told they have neither the power, the funds, nor the will to compel performance of a mere bubble promise. Contrast these loose conditions with the stringent obligations to which the new company pledges itself to be bound by deed, under seal to the Court of Sewers, and by Act of Parliament. Ist. They will give and lay for you service pipes gratuitously. 2d. They will supply you v. ith meters without charge. Bd. They will give you gas of a minimum illumi nating power, equal to the maximum at present supplied. 4th. They will apply their whole profits above a dividend of 10 per cent. to the reduction of the charge for gas to 35. per 1,000 feet, and lower if increased consumption and profits will then admit of it. sth. They will secure to you fulfilment of these conditions by bond to the Court of Sewers, and by ample provisions in their Act for surveyors of meters and chemical inspectors of the quality of their gas, to be appointed by the magistrates, the Corporation of London, or the Board of Trade. It you fail now to stand by those who have stood by you, never hope that you will have another oppor tunity of doing yourselves justice. To this point your cause has been crowned by a prosperous issue ; it is in your power by union, activity, and public spirit, to carry it to a triumphant conclusion. 9,856 of you have pieferred your deiriandi to your represen tatives. Will you suffer your signatures to go for waste paper ? The struggling tradesman, the toil-worn mechanic, the poor sempstress, ask y ou t o h e l p tl. em to cheap light, to see to trade, and labour, and work by. If now you fail to answer their appeal, there will only remain the con , o'ation that this will be L - -e first time that the claims of humanity were ever made to the citizens of London in vain.* You have set your hands to the plough, and I have too much se liance upon your firmness and intrepidity to.believe that you will ever look back until the success of your labours enables you to review them with entire satis faction. I remain, fellow-cit:zens, Your faithful servant, WALBROOK. * " With good gas at 3s. the 1,000 cubic feet, the smallest .shopliecper, the handiest mechanic., and the porest houstlieepi r, will be supplied with as ntuJh LIGHT fur unEE FAnnaNcs thS can Le obtained trim u pound of DIP CANDLES costing sixpence." IVIAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) TAIT S. Tails Magazine for December is full of intens, The delightful paper on " Amicitre Shdespeariante,' is continued, from which we quote the following beatriful and truthful remarks : "Lorenzo, the husband of Shy lock's daughter, Jessica, struck with admiration at her (Portia'a) self-denial and disinterested genersity, exclaims, " Madam! although I speak it in your presence, Y,:u have a noble and a true couceit Of God-like amity.' " To this she replies:— " I never did repent for doing good, Nor shall I do now, for in companions That do converse and waste the time together, Whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love, There must be needs a like proportion 01 lineaments, of manners, and of spirit; Which makes me think that this Antoni.), Being the bosom-lover of tr y lied, Must needs be like my lord. If it be so, How little is the cost I have b, stowed . la i - tirehasing this semblance of my soul From oat the s ate of helli s h crue l t y !' "The rt!' is und philosophy here, and a distinct veri fication of the first hallof our pr, , position—' Friendship is based on similarity and contrast.' Portia justly reasons when slle thinks that Antonio must nf cessarily resemble Bassani() in all the leading features of his character and manners—similia aimilihus, noscitur a sociis, are axiom atic. She, Lowey, r. goes a little too fur when she in cludes lineaments' in the sf ries resemblances. But she was a woman, and this is her excuse. " Here. aeuin, we see the expansive and diffusive in fluence of this relation. It first chains you in sweetest bonds to a single individual, then to all be loves, and then to the whole circle Of humanity. We have no con fidence in the theory of those who would have us believe that we must first embrace, in the ample folds of our affections, all the myriads of the world's population, and then, proceeding inwards by a system of concentric circles, arrive at last at the solitary central individual. No; we must begin at the individual, and end with the species. Our love must be like the wavy circle produced by the projection of a stone into the calm, deep sea, which widens and extends till it loses itself amid the distant waters of the boundless waste. It may be here objected—As it is impossible that we can love as frierds without first loving as worshippers of Deity; as our affections must flow to man through the medium of God; and as He is infinite; do we not thus first love the uni versal, and then the particular?—do we not first love the All-embracing, and then the all-embraced ? Our answer is this, that while it is perfectly true that, in order to a stable, disinterested, genuine friendship. we must first love that Being from whom all our affections spring, and to whom all our affections should return, we love Him not us many, but as one—not as multitude, but as unity—not as an ab strac t un i versa l diffusion, but as a distinct personality. We love - Him as an individual Being—we love Him first as the centre, then as the cir cumference, of the universe. Thus, in loving primarily the Deity, we do actually proceed from the one, to the many, from the simple to the complex, from unity to multitude, from the particular to the universal, from the solitary individual to the mighty class of Being." " The Double Trial," a tale of circumstantial evidence, is as its name almost indicates, a story of horrible but fascinating interest. A murder has been committed, a young girl is accused, found guilty, and executed. Years after a man is accused of the same crime, and also found guilty, and ultimately it is discovered that the crime had been committed by a third and unsuspected party. So much for circum stantial evidence. Mr. St. John's romantic and pic turesque journey:" There and Back Again" is continued. " A Legend of Ulster," by Francis Brown, " The Position of the Colonies," " The Correspondence of General Wolfe," criticisms, and poems, fill up the remaining pages of Tuit. SHARPE'S. Sharpe's London Magazine is certainly one of the very best periodicals of its kind. The serial tales which it contains are most excellent and most inter esting ; as for instance, " Frank Fairlegh's" tale of " Lewis Arundel," and the " Story of a Family." The literary criticisms and miscellaneous articles are, in their various ways, deserving of commenda tion. The " Diary of Mrs. Milton " is drawing towards its conclusion, but we hope to see it re published in another form. The artless pathos and exquisite naturalness with which this work has been throughout suffused, have rendered it a favourite with us from its commencement. The following extracts give a happy specimen of its character. Mrs. Milton had left her husband's house and returned to her father in' the first month of her marriage, and owing to many misunderstandings, and her father's instrumentality, she had remained away until a final separation seemed inevitable. The following extract records the famous reconciliation : " LONDON. " ST. MARTIN'S LE GRAND.—Trembling, weeping, hopefulle, dismaied, here I sit in mine uncle's: hired house, al-ine in a crowd, scared at mine owne precipita tion, readie to wish myselfe back, unable to resolve, to It fleet, to pray. . • • " Twelve at night.—Alle is silent; even in ye latelie busie streets. Why art thou cast down, my heart? %Nil art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou suite in 3e Lord, fur he is the joy and l'ght of thy countenance. Thou hest becne lung of learning him to be such. Oh, forget not thy lesson now ! Thy best friund hath sane tionrd, nay counselled this step, and overcome alle ob stacles, and provided the means of this j. , urney; and to morrow 'at noose, if events prove not cross, I sh a ll h ave speech of him whom my soul lovcth. To-night let me watch, fast, and pray. " Friday; at night. —How awfulle it is to beholde a man weepe! mine owne tears, when I thick thereon, well forthe " Rose was a true friend when she sayd, our prompt afft•ctions are oft our wise counsellors.' Soe, she sug gested and advised alle; wrung forthe my fathei's con sent, and sett me on my way, even putting money in my purse. Well for me had she beene at my journey's end as well as its beginning. "'Stead of which here was onlie mine aunt; a slow, timid, uncertayn soule, who proved but is broken reed to lean upon. " Sue, alle I woulde have done aright went crosse, the letter never delivered, )e message delayed till he had left home, sot that methought I shoulde goe craze. " While the boy. stammering in . his lame excuses, bore my chafed reproaches ye more humblie because he saw he had done me some grievous hurt, though he knew not what, a voice in ye adjacent chamber in al'ernation with mine uncle's, drove the blood of a suddain from mine heart, and then sent it back with impetuous ru , h, for I kilt w the accent: right well. " Enters mine aunt, allo flurried, and hushing her voice. Oh, niece, he; whom you wet of is here, but knoweth not you are at hand, nor in London. Shall I tell hitn ?' " But I gasped, and held her back by her skirts; than, pith a sudden secret prayer, or cry, or maybe, wish, as 'twcre, darted up unto heaven for assistance, I took Doe thought what I shoulde speak when confronted with him, but opening ye door between us, he then standing with his back towards it, rushed forth and to his feet—there sank, in a gush of tears; fur not one word coulde I proffer, nor soe much as look up. " A quick hand was laid on my head, on my shoulder —as quicklie removed . . . . and I was aware of the door being hurriedlie opened and shut, and a man halting forthe; but 'twas oulie mine uncle. Meantime my husband, who had at first uttered a suddain cry or exclamation, had now left me, sunk on ye ground as I was, end retired a space, I know not whither, but me thinks he walked hastilie to and fro. Thus I remained, agonised in tears, unable to recal one word of 3e humble appeal I had pondered on my journey, or to have spoken it, though I had known everie syllable by rote; yet not wishing myself, Even in that suspense; shame, and anguish, elsewhere than where I was cast, at mine husband's feet. " Or ever I was aware, he had come up, and caught me to hie breast; thee, bolding me back soe as to look me in ye face, se) d, in accents I shall never forget, " Much I coulde say to reproach, but will not Henceforth, let us onlie recal this darks passage of( our deeplie siufulle lives, to quicken us to God's mercy in affording us this re-union. Let it deepen our penitence, enhance our gratitude.' " Then, suddsinlie covering up his face with his hands, he gave two or three sobs; and for some few minutes coulde not refrayn himself ; but when at length he un covered his eyes and looked down on me with goodness and sweetnesse, 'twas like the sun's cleare shining after raine. . . ." The, concluding entry in the Diary is of peculiar melancholy, redeemed from gloom by the beantiful Christian spirit which it reveals : " I feel pleasure in being housewifelie; and reape tbo benefit of alle that I learnt of this sorte at Sheepscote. Mine husband's eyes follow me with delight; and once with a perplexed yet pleased smile, he sayd to me, • Sweet wife, thou aft stranglie altered ; it seems as though I have indeedo lost ' sweet Moll' after elle I" " Yes, I am indeed changed; more than he knows or coulde believe. And he is changed too. With payn I perceive a more stern, severe tone occasionallie used by him; doebtlesse the cloke assumed by his griefe to hide the ruin I had made within. Yet a more genial! influ ence is fast melting this away. Ageyn, I note with payn that he complayns much of his eyes. At first, I observed he rubbed them oft, and dared not mention it, believing that his tears on account of me, sinfulle soulel had made them smart. Soe, perhaps, they did in ye first instance, for it appears they have been ailing ever since ye year I left him; and over-studdy, which my presence mighte have prevented, bath conduced to ye same ill effect. Whenever he now looks to a lighted candle, he sees a sort ot iris elle about it; and, this morning, ho disturbed me by mentioning that a to:al darknesse obscured feared, thing on ye left side of his eye, and that he even feared, sometimes, he might eventuallie lose ye sight of both. •In which case,' ho cheerfully sayd, • you, deare wife, mu.t become my lecturer as well as amanuensis,. and content yourself to read to ma a world of crabbed book! , , in tongnea that are not nor neede ever be yours, seeing , that a woman has ever enough other own I' " Then, more pensive e, he added, I discipline and tranquillise my mind on this subject, ever remembering, w h en th e e pprehi.nsion I.:acts me, that, as man lives not by bread alone, but by everie word that prcceeds out of the mouth of God, so man likewise lives not by iyht alone, but by faith in the giver of sight. As long, therefore, as it shall please him to prolong, howevir imperfectlie, this precious gift, soe long will I lay up store agaynsto the days of darknesse, which may be many; and whensoever it shall please Him to withdrawe it from me altogether, I will cheerlully bid mi❑e eyes keep holiday, and place my hand trusttullie in His, to be led whitbersoever Ile will, through the remainder of fe.'" LITERATURE. ALISON'S 111 STORY OF EUROPE. Vu, I.K. Illustrated Edition. Another volume of this splendid republication gives us three beautifully engraved portraits from original paintings—representin g his late Majesty King George 111., the celebrated diplomatist and statesman Castlereagh, and the good and amiable Josephine, the first Empress of Napoleon. Each of these embellishments is singularly expressive of the personage represented, the King, the Statesman, and the Empress. Meanwhile, the narrative of the elo quent historian deepens more and more in interest on every additional perusal, especially in this division of his great work, where events are crowding rapidly on one another towards the last tremendous catastrophe of the imperial fortunes of Napoleon. Year by year, as we advance in his luminous pages towards the final scene in this memorable and miraculous career—this career of pomp and victory —w e observe the auguries of misfortune thickening round Napo leon even at the moment when his destinies reached their apogee of success—misfortunes arising from the jealousies of his lieutenants, the treachery of those in whom his magnanimous nature reposed the fullest confidence, and the ingratitude of those wretched time-servers upon whom he had squandered so many titles, rewards, and benefactions. At the very period when his away extended from ." the fishermen on the Baltic to the shepherds on the Italian Alps," from the shores of the German Ocean to those of the Adriatic; when his colossal system appeired to have become consolidated on a broad and unassailable basis ; when his greatest captains were installed as the Ducal Governors of the principal feofs of his empire ; when thirteen diadems h a d b een secured either to himself or to his representatives; when, seated himself upon the imperial throne of France, and on the regal throne of Italy, Protector of the . Rhine, and Mediator of Switzerland, he had awarded the sceptres of Spain to Joseph, of llolland to Louis, of Westphalia to Jerome, of Naples to Joachim, besides elevating divers electorates into kingdoms, appointing Junot the ruler of Portugal, nominating Eugene to the "Viceroyalty of Lombardy, and permitting Berna dotte to assume the crown of Sweden : at the very time when, espoused to a princess of the ancient dynasty of Hapsburgh, he witnessed the birth of an heir to all his gigantic possessions, and with a pride expressive of hi s arrogance as th e Lord of Europe, christened him by the name of the King of Rome, a title which had not been assumed since the days of the Superb Tarquin • at the very time when his in fluence had acquired Lis predominance it is impossible not to recognise the portents of his approaching downfal. Those portents, as the student of history proceeds, very soon become visible in the adverse consequences of the peninsular campaigns, in the conflagration of Moscow, and the terrific retreat of the grand army from Russia. Ultimately the story closes with the last and most wonderful of all the campaigns of Napoleon, prior to his departure from Fontainbleau, the campaign of 1814, when inch by inch he defended France from the allied forces of the invaders, multiplying his army by the rapidity of his movements, and falling at last only because et the desertion of his Marshals. As re counted by Alison the story, at all times enthralling, acquires a new fascination, and hence, although we may be familiar with his noble narrative, we antici pate its continuation in its present form with unabated curiosity. PRESCOTT'S HISTORICAL WORKS. Vol. .111. In pursuance of the arrangements sketched out in his recent prospectus, Mr. Bentley is here continuing in a monthly volume an admirable republication of the noble historical writings of William H. Prescott. Being the fifth edition of his famous " History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella," the third volume now before us, completing that splendid composition, is enabled to be reproduced in a state of singular completeness—namely, Kith the latest annotations and the most copious catalogue. It was thesaying of a czlebrated critic, that some of the best books ever written) have) failed to secure for thertivelvLs a popularity otherwise inevitable, from the circumstance of their being devoid of a good index or catalogue of particulars. And assuredly a mo ment's consideration will be sufficient to assure us that, as a good index strikingly facilitates reference, a book of any merit possessing one may secure a more fre quent quotation. Hence the addition of the present admirable index to the masterpiece of the American annalist cannot fail, in a large degree, to enhance his already widely-known reputation. The table of contents will enable other writers to adduce him more repeatedly as an authority. Further acquaintance with the re-issue here adventured upon by Mr. Bentley, the enterprisingpublisher, only satisfies us the more that the work is, in its present form, eminently deserving the attention of the reading public. Coin pact, complete, and substantial, the volumes would prove an invaluable addition even to the most fas tidiously-selected library, and we doubt not will aid the English, to a large extent, in becoming more intimately acquainted with the age of the great Isa bella. Our own military glories are too intimately associated with the Spanish peninsul a t o ren d er any portion of its history a matter of comparative indiffe rence, more especially a portion fraught with so many moving and memorable vicissitudes. We cor dially commend the volumes to every student of either Spanish or European history. MISS CLARA SEYTON'S ENTERTAINMENT ON TUE MINSTRELSY OF HUNGARY.—This entertainment had been originally fixed tor Tuesday, at the Western Lite rary Institution, Leicester-square. In consequence of the announcement that Tuesday had been fixed for the funeral of the Queen Dowsgt r, the entertainment was postponed to Wednesday ; but as the funeral will not take place until Thursday, we understand that Miss Clara Scyton intends giving her entertainment en Tuesday, as originally fixed, and on Wednesday alsl, an arrangement rendered necessary in consequence of the very great demand for tickets. Beware of hating men for their opinions, or of adopting their doctrines because you love and venerate their v►rtues. —Eliza Cook's Journal. THE ROCHDALE SAVINGS BANK DEFALCATIONS.— Great excitement prevails in Rochdale in consequence of the increased amount of defalcation which the close in vestigation of the last few days has brought to light. The deficiencies now extend to 50,0001. John Tidd Pratt, Esq., arrived in the town on Thursday night, and on the following dsy gave such advice to the trustees and managers as the nature of the care requ!red. Ile recommends the appointment of a committee, formed jointly of depositors and trustees, to continue the exa mination of the accounts until the whole deficiencies can be fairly estimated; and until this time all pro ceedings of a legal nature will be postponed. At the meeting of depositors, called by Mr. Hunt, solicitor, of Rochdale, and held on Saturday morning, the recommen dations of Mr. Pratt being stated, the meeting acqui esced in the propriety of the step, and a resblution %as passed to adjourn for a month. ARRIVALS or SPECIE.—The following, arrivals of specie have just taken place from the ports nientioned : The vessel Free Trade, from Oporto, has brought 3 cases of bullion, addressed, and 2 cases of bullion, consigned to order; the Blue Bell, from Port Elizabeth, 2 cases of specie, addressed; the line of packet ship Independence, from New York, 3 packages of specie, consigned to a firm in the metropolis; the Thomas Snook, from Cape coast Castle, 2 pack ages of copper coin, similarly con signed; the Niagara, from Valparaiso, 156 bars of copper, consigned in a similar manner; the Mountain Maid, from Port Beaufort, 20 packages of copper, con signed; the Caledonia, from llamburgh, 3 'casks of copper, addressed; the Isabella, from Bombay, 7 boxes of silver, consigned to order; the Dryad, from Valpa• raiso, 973 bars of copper, consigned to a firm in the me tropolis; the Fortitude, from Whampoa, has brought 2 boxes of treasure, consigned to order, and also 29 boxes of treasure, addressed to the Oriental Bank; the Killoe, from Cronstadt, 1,078 ingots of copper; and the Captain, from the same pert, 1,800 ingots of copper, consigned; the Phoenix, from St. Petersburgh, 2,810 ingots of cop per, consgned; the Flower of Ugie, from St. Peters burgh, 1,213 ingots of copper, to order; and the vessel Queen, from Callao, 18 packages of specie, consigned to a firm of eminence in the metropolis. PRIVATE BILLS.—A return obtained by Mr. Greene, M.P., shows that the total number of private Bills intro duced in 1349, amounted to 146, of which 34 were brought down from the Lords. The number which received the Royal assent amounted to 132. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Sir Christopher Raw linson is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras, in the room of Sir James E. Gambier, who retires, after a very long service on the bench in India . William Jeffcott, Esq., succeeds Sir Christopher Raw linson as Recorder of Polo Penang and Chief Judge in the High Court of Criminal Judicature for that hland, and Singapore. Jams K. O'llowd, Eq., is appointed Solicitor-General for the island of Tobago. Mr. Francis Ellis is appointed a stipendiary magistrate at the Baha mas. Mr. John Lawless is appointed her Britannic Majesty's Consul for the island of Martinique. r HAYMARKET TIEA" On Saturd'ay evening Mr. Mac:td Ot*iptgaide.) first portion of his farewell engag _ '* -- (2(',0 27 ratter of Macbeth, During the two pp '''S— . th'*'Ei49')a___,P been engaged here he has appeared mill ,Nrai*teo,6ri rt. Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Othelo liii Ergo,. Oltd I -4 every eight of his performance thin t htt l bee s i 4 & crowd. On the Saturday the cr4lt a Ate** 2 of the d o ors was t err ifi c , and Oki jektliiiri., r Macready by a house crammed ft& fr "em - i every part most enthusiastic. He was c . 'at the termination of the tragedy, as were Mrs. Warner and Mr. J. Wallack. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Signor Schirra's long-promised opera of Mina was produced here on Saturday, and met with complete success—success owing rather to the exertions of the artistes, and the music of Signor Schirra, than to the merit of the librettist; for a more clumsily deve loped plot and rhymes more akin to nonsense verses have seldom been inflicted on a patient public. Signor Schirra must ba possessed of musical talents of no common olds r to have bets* enabled to make as much as he has made of such wretched materials. We will no w endeavour (although the task be somewhat difficult) to convey to our readers some notion of the plot. In the sixteenth century, Christiern, King of Denmark, invaded Sweden; and having gained possession of Stockholm, Gustavus Wasa (the rightful heir to the Swedish crow n) fled into exile, followed by many of his nobles, among whom was Count Oxenstiern, Vice. Chancellor of Sweden. The Count, being a staunch adherent of the fallen Prince, resolves to devote his life t o th e recovery o f hi s roya l master ' s heritage. For this purpose he resides with his daugh ter Mina (Miss L. Py ne ) un d er t h e assumed name o f Ri▪ tson (Mr. H. Corsi) near the mines of Dalecarlia (the only property Chri s ti ern h as a ll owed h i m to retain), waiting a favourable opportunity for f ur th er i ng bi s political design, and relying up on th e a id of the mi▪ ners, who he knows to be attached to his person, and ready at any moment to espouse the cause of the exiled Prince. Dalecarlia, therefore, is the scene of action chosen by the authors. To the government of this province, a timid and vacillating individual, named Ulric (Weiss) Las been recently appointed. His morals, moreover, are not of the purest; for it appears that previously to a visit to Stock holm, of which he speaks, he had been engaged to Jenny (Mrs. Weiss), the waiting maid of Mina; but on his return, being inflated with bis new born magisterial dignity, he breaks off with the maid and makes love to the mistress, presuming that Ritson, her father—who is sus p ec t e d o f b e i ng a part i zan o f Gustavus—Kill. scarcely dare to refuse her fend to so exalted a personage, and one whose political position would afford protection to his family in case of need. But an unlooked-for difficulty arises in the shop of a young Frenchman, the Count Dorville (Mr. Harri son). He made a pilgrimage to Sweden to offer his sword to Gustavus, and finding the prince already dethroned, is shipwrecked while returning to his native land, and would have perished but for the aid of the prince, whom he accidentally encounters, and who bestows upon him a ring, taking one from him in exchange. This Dorville, during his sojourn in Dalecarlia, resides at the house of Ulric (who, it ap pears, is an innkeeper as well as a magistrate), where he runs up a long account, which he is unable to pay; and not content 'with consuming the eatables and drinkables of the worthy magistrate, the Frenchman also makes love to his mistress. Dorville and Mina fall in love with each other; but Mina, who supposes herself to be of humble extraction, says she is no snatch for Dorville, who is of noble birth; but as he observes archly, " true affecti,n levels all ranks,",and when be tells her that he will " fly on the wings of love " to France and back to gain the consent of his king to their union; she is so touched by his azronautie devotion, that she responds to his high-flown sentiments kindly. Before his departure he sends her by Jenny a ring and letter, which are intercepted by the jealous burgomaster, who, seeing on the ring the name of Gustavus, and on the letter that of Mina, imrcediatly takes Dorville for the fugitive prince, and resolves to arrest him in order to gain the reward offered for his apprehension and revenge himself on Mina. In the meantime in• telligence had been conveyed to Ritson of the arrival of Gustavus, who is secreted in the mines. The arrest of Dorville is immediately followed by that of the " true prince," whose " whereabouts " in the mines has been discovered. The burgomaster and military authorities being in doubt as to which is the object of their search, Count Dorville, who owes a debt of gratitude to the prince for having saved his lite, contrives by means of the ring of which we have spoken, to pass himself off as Gustavus, and surrenders on condition that the gentleman caught in the mine be set at liberty. Thus ends the first act. In the second we have a horror stricken burgomaster listening to a storm, and " re vel% ing in his altered soul" whethtr he shall take the Danish or Swedish side of the question, as he is un certain which may ultimately triumph. Tired of politics and Mina, he returns once more to Jenny. Now sentinels are intoxicated, and everybody escapes into and out of a mine, which is ultimately blown up amidst shout of "Long live Gustavus I" The lovers are united, and the curtain falls upon a happy denouement. The music by Signo Scbirra is light, expressive, and characteristic, full of melo ly, and possessing all the buoyancy of the modern Italian school—a school at which your heavy German critics are wont to sneer, for the same reason that lame persons sneer at dancing. The tunes of !Mina (for there are tunes in this opera) will no doubt become popular, and albeit there are to be found in the opera sundry reminis cences of the works of other composers (as is always the case in a first work), yet there is to be found originality and knowledge of music sufficient to show that Signor Schirra is capablelof great things, and we urge him therefore to go on, taking care, how ever, to provide himself the next time with a good libretto, for the libretto constitutes a much more im portant element of the success or failure of a lyrical drama than composers can be brought to imagine. In the overture to Mina there are some passages of high merit, and the introductory chorus is ull of character. The air "I'm but a lowly maiden," sung by Mrs. Weiss, is one of those beautiful pi▪ eces of pure melody that once heard are never forgotten, and Mina's first song, " They twine the bridal wreath for me," exquisitely rendered by Miss Louisa Pyne, is one of the most graceful :of compositions ; it was much applauded. Her' duet with Harrison, " Mina, ere I go from thee," was well rendered by both artiste*, and will become popular. Mr. Harrison has been exactly fitted in the ballad " I have roamed the world over," which suits his style and his voice exactly. and which elicited an encore. The romanza, "In my dreams I see him," is a pleasing sentimental com position, which was delightfully rendered by Miss Louisa Pyne; who subsequently gave the bal lad, " In our forests of oak," with a quaint and arch simplicity that told most effectively. Her execution of the finale was exceedingly fine, and brought down the curtain amid shouts of applause. llarrison not ;only secured an encore for his first ballad, but he had the same compliment paid to his second ballad, " Ne l er till life shall leave me," a composition which 'will no doubt be come popular among the admirers of the Harri sonian school of vocalization. Weiss was exceedin▪ gly effective as Ulric ; he seemed to revel in the buffo music assigned to him, and managed to make fun notwithstanding the " pure no meaning . " of the words which the librettist put into his mouth. The buffo duet, "In each chamber I've looked," was given with great spirit and true comic humour by Mr. and Mrs. Weiss. The choruses were, generally speaking, full of spirit, and among them we would pointiout the soldiers' chorus, " Wine, wine," as particularly worthy of commenda tion. The piece was admirably put on the stage, the scenery was beautiful, and the melodramatic effects were cleverly produced. The theatre was:very well attended. EXTENSIVE FlRES.—Yesterday (Sunday) morning, shortly before four o'clock, a fire, attended with a con siderable destruction of property, broke out in the pre mises cccupied by Mr. Joseph Parting, a watchmaker and jeweller, carrying on business at No. 114, St. George's street (late ltatciiff-highway). The flames when first discovered were raging in the lower part of the building, at which time the residents were in their beds asleep. The constable on the beat, by springing his rattle and knocking at the door, succeeded in arousing the inmates, but so firm a hold had the fire obtained of the building, and so intense was the beat, that the parties had the greatest difficulty in effecting a safe retreat. The whole of the inmates, however, were fortunate enough in get ting out of the blazing building without receiving any personal injury. Shortly below the above fire occurred, one of a very alarming charac ter, and which at one period was supposed was attended with a great loss of lice, happened at No. 19, Alfred place, Newington-causeway, in the tenure of Mr. Hooper, u lineudraper and silkuiercer. The flames could not be extinguished until they had travell. d completely through the building. The premises of Mr. Mahon, &tiler in cigars (No. 20), and Mr, Good, painter (No. 18), are also danitg( d by fire, water, and hear, So intense was the excitement at ono time that the crowd would not believe, until the firemen had search( d the ruins, but that a fearful loss of life had happened. Other fires occurred during the night from the upsetting of naptha lamps; one was at 3, Ilun,gerford-arcade, belonging to Mr. Ellsey, newsvender; the other was at 16, New Church-street, Poriman•market, belonging to Mr. Charles Knapp, general salesman. At both places a deal of mischief was done, and Mr. Elisey unfortu nately was severely burned over the hands in endeavour ing to get the flames extinguished. Fame's loudest blast upon the ear of Time leaves but a dying echoi—Eliza Cook's Journal. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT.—The vacancy created in the judgeship of this court by the death o Dennis Creagh Moylan, Esq., is to be filled up by the appointment of Francis Bayley, Esq., the revising bar rister.—Juhrt 1 ,4% 4 1 , 1 4 .4 64 ' 18 to "... to tom' tO --. to - to to to t to .0 ;0 "" ,o o o 0 o •""