The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-21 00:00:00

NEWS THREE. iterday were speculation. Inds without ilway Shares to lie n. all close ibis e-open until transactions ice, rum, and y so high, es tea there has ids of produce .a being dis• year, but the good to take is much con demand will pects are cer. ice of mon.y, Dific aspect of e Dee steamer, properly due weather we Wanation is r ascertained Is is between 00,000, under Bars. Manning dare, as being Lave fixed the and Madre§ t le. 114 i. on istrian Bonds he funds were or cash. The )r the last day .ket have bad nd this morn ,hem, thougk as usual, ,ngs before who require rrangements to realising the tors only went of temporary any future mas, or even and we es' lough to be s accumulation Igirg quarterly us enter t a ined ar of a strong to Continental no indication. t 97 for hfunefo ruled at 95i 10 ff Thres.andly and the Tires s worth 2031. tad India Bade t Mexico, bold 1, but also verl of the presinl landholders woo Mr. W. Ps. )n given to satit.fied thop le a conventio n ch there is WTI ch will be highlf rs an interebt of all revenues, th e Dr t ditties. Ine d after by the njighout been so Mace, and ova ' Lord Palmeri' d, to e nforc e intended ob' ter in Mocie (o " P. Robertson, ax in his e ndos• I Mr. Robertso n you'd on no l ir not believe shei fore—there is i the Americ 0 o be assigned 10 will doubtless 10 an arrange dr. Crafo ptoth %layton of tb . ard, the a g ent Sough whom th ° ien the permit, thr ee years, sa d ity that stan; creditable ano market. The usual result of the real holder :illaticns a nd, 011 given them 1111 of all anxietf mopeety, o.ber ye per Cents. 19 )-and-a-Hell per C. 1 .01 4;. 20 P 4 9 , 5 97, il 97-4 P 9e P 96 Vi 957 1 8 96 & zu p 4p 4p hi P 5; P 51 P ird rAlc 46 10 4 ...- , I— 9 s l . v I. 2 149 t / i ~8 N ~ /S 99 4 , ti 9 J 9 , isliti ttsei n Lond 14 nm h 6 56 tf 813/ 5 5 * )'CLOCK. 54$ S ° °°l( cbosoo .... disc ••• ••• ••••• 103 9 ............. ......... «........... .........r ~..... • ••• ...... •. el . ........•.. ..... .. ..... ,•• .......... ............. . , 1 1 631 , /0 11 14 h 977, 95% Ditto, Bait' Shart.s ... 25 ....• 45 'i Do. !,11,-.rt. , ,r ,-hires... 12)i Ltn , ..7tste- ..•;).1 Gariiide... 50 Onto, Third , La - ita. , .hire & Vorkshir4-2100 ..... Ditto, .titt. - .. krt.°, k,4 .S . ',lrit,i ..-- 49 ••• •• ....' - .... ..... - . ..- Dn. Q i.Lrt.,;rs 1) , •,• elms... ......... ... 10 Do. Tiiirdi ...—........ i 6 , 4..... .. ..... Do. New G.lar,intalo 6 per C-nt......... .. 10 . — ... ..... Ditto tII :d liirnti,tld and •Shiof. ) ... 50 Do. (W. Ilkhng Union) 10 , 314 .... . Do. ( l'reston A ‘Sryre ) '25 Do. 1 ,; zihAres (A) 10 Leeds Bradtord sn LotAs and T;:ir;k ..... . 50 p.sr Ct. St,l e I 'r , .. do. 2 5 Do., do. ..•••No. 3 5 • •••• ••• ...... •• Prkt. :fear., i23i3 9 Li•rerpool, Crosby -nd Southport . lO L nulin & Black wa11...11/. O. 3d — oil ton, 13rtgbton, ana ..10 t ........ Do., Sew 5!., guaran teed 6 per Caft.....100 1) I (4uar4llt.. per (t.. D l'refcr. 5 per cent. 50 ...... Ditto tlitto sg; ......... L.. 1! don and Grewnwieb 12.15 s 4d ....• • Ditto. Prefere ,, ... . 20 Littat,i. and N. Wt.tern I's; lll 111 1 ,4 110... vim., New Quarters.. 12 Di:to,Fift Do. tui.:ilimen(L.M.) :35 Oq. DP. (M. & B.) C. 1 ....• ............... Lon& W. stern ..... 50 30 ..... . Ditto, New 501. ew 401. 34 Do.. New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. . 5 - •.. ••- . Londoio;t•rr3 &Coleraine 25 - - Do. % Shares . . 5 - 00000000 ..••... Len.ik,uuerry and Ennis itt.l•l, 25 ._... - Do. 14 Shares 6 - Lowestolf guar. 4 per ct 20 - Ditto (6 per et.) ..... 13 - •••••••••• •• 11 an eh e. tor.l.3ux ton , and Matlock.... 5 - II 41e,tt ester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - ... Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 - Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 - D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% - Do. New 10/. Pref-- 10 ...... 8 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 10 - •..........•.. Ditto ditto . •••••••••• 20 •-• ..• • - •••.. - • • ..• •es Ditto ditto - ......-.•..•••• Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 25 . ... .- Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... . - .. ......... ... .Do_ ~ Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s - ..... .•• Mdlawl ...... ....... ....100 ...... 46% 46 `Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - Lt. _Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... L Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6,per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocetr. 42 - ...... ..... ... Ditto ditto -.. 221. 75... ... - Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 - Ditto, Leieest.k Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo - Midland Great Western Irish 47% •-. .....w ••• of MO Middleebro' and litedcar, 6 per cent. guar. - ....•.••• Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ...... - Do. Quarters - Newmarket - Do. Extension - Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • 6 •••••• - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - Newry, - Warrenpomt, aria Rostrevor .. 20 - •• ........ ..•• Norfolk .......... ....... ....100 - Do. New 201. - Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 - ••• .. Do. Guaranteed 5% pc. 5 - ............... Do. do. Waveney V al. 2 - Northern Counties Union 4 - North British ...•....... 25 - ..... ... ..... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters - Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8i .. -ii,- Ditto Preference ...... 5 North Staffordshire.... 17 LA 7%%•.. ssssss •• north Wales ... ...... -.. iii — North-Western .... 1314 — •.• Oxlerd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 60 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ... Royston and Uitchin ... 4,A — .............. Scottish Ccntral Scottish Midland - ... ..... •••• so Ditto, New ... 2 2 ,,4••• Shrewsbury anti lima... 12 •-•••— Ditto ditto. Class B. S ...... .. Ditto, New Guaranteed li Shrewsbury and lleried. 5 Shrewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. Am) lB ...... ... Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ..-.. Ditto Othwestry ...... 18 L A — Ditto New - ... Do. s per Cent. Pref lO - ...... •• ••••• Shrop3fure Umon Court D.4vou su Do. l'reereuee - ..•• •••• •••• So ith Startordeure 6'A 3 ...... ....... .. Routh Eaittr... 1)o., iNo. Y. Do., No. 3.. ... ....... 30 ...... 13tA 1 / 2 Do., Registered N0..1 10 I)u., Scrip No 4 ..•... 10 ilt.uttr - 43 - -• ••• 4t.utte Wu, bum]) Yorkshire, Lou- aster, and floole Sh Rottierham, & Goole (N. Div.) tiva rainteed 5 per cent. ... 16 i 4 Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 •••••• Swans. 61, i.ough9r & Ca merun's Su.n. C0a1.... 7 ••• 00000000 • Yaw Vale Lxtentiun ... 8 •••••••• ••• Thames Haven Dock and Railway Yale of Neath W ate iford and Kilkenny 2u Waterford And Lituerten 47 I ,i W aterfd, VV W icklw and Dublin - Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guarantoed Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 ..... eat Cornwall 111# nitekaven & Furness lt Windsor, Staines, and Soutu Western ..... 14 ....• ....... W ey- Mouth ...... York, Newcastle, And . 45 16% Berwick. .... .. . .s . ......•., Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... lll i i i ......... • Do. U.N.P...Pretercnce c ... " 3; 2 ... Do. 11„,rtlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ... .. •• York an I North Stidtand 5o iiit.,.. Preterenc , ..... 10 eIIitEIGN RAILWAIz. Anv.;,- itAlian (late Ita lian ant Austrian). ... 5N 1 ..... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... ... Central of Francs (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ....... l7 % — Dutch Rhenish ......... 8 - East Indian ............... 3t,4 — Ditto ...• Great Indian Peninsular i ... .. Do. Do. ... , .. 108. Louvain ila Sambre ... <<,i — Luxembourg Ditto . ..... . Madrid and Valeutia... 2 ..... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... . 67.4 Northern of France...—. 14/.585... die Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 . ...... 3 A......•• •• ••• Paris and Orleans ...... 2U ..... .... ...... Paris and Rouen ...• 2O ..... Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 Rouen and Haws ...... 241 .— — Sambre and Meuse 2O .... ~,. --- Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes.-- .'.13 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders 1111 N ES. • Anglo-Mexican Asturian Mining Com... 15 Australian... 13assora Flange - - •••.••..• •• •- ' Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ••••• :British Iron - Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCocaes&Cuiaba 30 .••... Cobra Copper General . Real Del Monte., Unreg. . — Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditte Do. St. John Del Rey 15 Santiago de Cuba... lO United 31 exican JOINT STOOb BANKS. Australasia , 4O British North American ou ...., — .............• Colonial 25 ...• - ••• • ..... OM,' t.otou er..al of i. mui on 20 • Lon lon Joint e`.. tock ..... 10 ..... ..... ...... 211 A LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) OFF MARGATE, DEC 20.—Ore:s t, Smith, China; S Liter, Thompson, New Orleans. DEAL, DEc. 20.—Wind N.W. to W.N.E., strong al d iqually.—Ar , d. Unicorn, B. ett, vemerara. Arrd. from t'e lUv r Mangalore, Ceylon; Elizabetb, t‘r ; Eliza, Jamaica; Cuods, New Orleans. S!d. C •rt,, I ; • X, N'EwroßT, Disc. 20.—The Stiurtan, to Savannah, has put hack very leaky. MILFORD, DEC.2O.—The Flora, M'Donald, Liverpool to Bombay, put in here ) esterday, with ight feet water in her hold, having struck on the Hats and Binds GRIMSBY, DEC. 20. The James of Yarmouth, 1 - I , irtle• poll to London, was in clntact and abandoned 18th inst. Wi, h the Kesis., off crew .avrd. WABBELZET, Dsc. 20.—A vessel was driven on shore to-day at Ingoldmills, with no bands on board, and immediately went to pieces; supposed, from a bill of I.ding found, to be the Caroline, of Lynn. YARMOUTH, DEC. 20.—The Amelia, Shields to Cer thagena, was in contact in the road with the Prince Albert of London, head and h-ws stove, &o. WHITSTABLE, Dzc. 20 —The Tweed, London for Calais, took the grouad on In. Widge Sand, and makes a little water. ALM:MIMI, Drs. 19.—Tbe Antelope brig arrived ger Voila Inky, ofkc striki g ca Bank ; took 110 1 / 2 11 ,1 ,4 7,,4 12314 43,i 7% aye 16 1 4 4-ya 1% 3 19;q JsiA 6 , 4 2.5% 16% 11 31/2 101 7% ( 34 -- oils 8;h Tll E S N, assistance r. d proceed+ Fl to London. The Grindon Of :Sunderland, for So , r.hampton, also ~ruck, cattle iff vtry %Nisi ab:otdoned, and t•uppoied to have sunk; crew Imided kne, PowritcA%• L, DEc. 19. S.-vcral fragments of wreck, supp•,,, tl ot a forei g n v,s,el lost 1 , 11 the Nash Sand, have washed in I ou tttc 16:.,i; inst. two dad bodies c s'rioz. , . IHINGENE*S —Oft r.rt, ALIJA and Maria, Surimim. 'FOEBAY, Ds:c. 20 —NV i,d N.N.E.—Sid. Dolp!.in, M o ri;e Video; Thomas Clio k, Rio Janeir-; Jules, Bit! ia; Jorge C.,rnetins, Batavia. FALMOUTH, litc. 20.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Due Vl it wilt rs. ltuhatik, Samara' g. Sl i. Bride of Abydos, Jamaica; William Stt , vent Moniserrat; Ad r i a n us an d Jacobus, Batavia and Ch;na; General Rawls, Buenos Ayr, s; Prit s Curl, St. Croix. LIVERPOOL, Dac. 20. —Wind N —Arrd. Amelia, le!.tott; Britibh Etcpire, Young, Wilming ton; Moult,n, Fietoi. Sid. Ortzmbe, Africa; Aqua Alariner, Ilorg-Kong; Eliza Carmine, Port Philip; Prinek , , , s Ruyat, Calcutta; Ferozepore, Bombay; El z Ro-e, But Los A) rt s; Ari. I, Rio Jwieiro; 13) ran rium, Peritanat:uco; Resolution, Maranhatn; Lesmoncr, Trinidad; Daro.on, Anti g ua; L , fley, Barbado...s; Cold stream, I.l4%annah; John Walker, Apalachicola; fir- Itvrihead, ; Boadict a New O: leans; Franconia, Delta, Philadelphia; Ivai.hor, New York. The Sower Johnny is buried nine ti et hi the sand, and tills with the tid.-; crew have Ira led. CLYDE.—SI(I. Oolong, Melbourne; Rosalind, Trini dud; Sawn , 1 Spree, Jarcaica; Mount Stewart Elphin• store, Nt•w York; .Maj. , atie, Calcutta; Lord Ilardinge, Valparaiso; Trident, Trinidad. DuNoliF. —S!el. Gleaner, Trinidad. YARMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind N.N.E. strong.—The Norwich Merchant has received damaged, having been is contact. BRISTOL, DEC. 20.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. ElizAtein, Hancock, Miramichi ; Juno, Daniel, St. John's, Newfound!aml. NEWPORT, DEC. 20.—Wind Pentucket, Savannah; Crusoe, Boston, United States. SWANSEA, DEc. 20.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Tom Bell. Ford, Cuba. MILFORD, DEC. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. A. F. Moore, Savanilla, from Liverpool. Sld. Ma)fluwer, Havannah; Orlt.ans, New Orleans. I.ON DON, rocs . d, w:is made . to tiara round within the cast-iron oven so h, ated wiih tot vvattr, an i in that way the coffee was roasted. Witness said in cross-examination—The deceased Mr. DAM w.ts formerly a coffee-roaster and tea-dealer at iiirrninvhatn. lie was not a man with much knowlenie in mechanic,' science. Previous to the nceide:it, M . Dakin had ty..4 roasted his own coffse; he had only began to toast hip oe.n cotrce . a little b, fore the explosion. Witness understood the boilers of the defendant acre made of cast-iron, though nothing was said in the patcut about cast-iron. Is a partner in the business of Dakin and Co., which has increa,ed since the death of Mr. Makin. Mrs. Dxkin is carrying on the business. - Wit nels enterer' into partnership with Mrs. Dakin, wbo is his sister, a month or two alter Mr. Dakin's death. Re-examined—The business was cetrimenced by Mr. DWiin in 1844, and he was killed in May 1848. Ile tad not had Lis I:fe insured; nor did he make a will before he died. ( Che ease was procerding s hen our report left, with the probability of i - a lasting till $1 late hour.) SECONDARIES".—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER. .5311TH AND ANOTHER V. EDWARDS. This was an action on a bill of ►xchruge, to recover 8L ss. 6d. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Defendant's attorney applied to have the writ im pounded till next term, on the ground that the action ought to have been brought in tie County Court. The Learned SECONDARY, who has on previous occa sions held that he has 110 power to certify to deprive the Sheriff of costs, said that he could not stay the writ, fur all cases referred to him by the Judges he must try and return the verdict of the jury. A verdict for the amount was then returned. MARKET N ENV HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-THURSDAY. The quantity of English Wheat received up to . our market this week, coastwise, has not exceeded 1,660 quarters. By land carriage and sample very little has come to hand. To day the wands were very scantily supplied, yet the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was exceedingly inactive, at Monday's quota tions. From abroad only 6,280 quarters of Wheat have come in. The finest parcels sold steady, at full prices. In the middling and infirm kinds very few transactions took plisce, at late rates. Scarcely any English Barley was on effor, and the supply of foreign was by no means large. Malting samples were quite as dear. Grinding and distilling sorts ruled dull. Malt, the supply of which was small, moved off heavily at the late decline. The market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of Oats; most qualities ruled steady, at full prices. Fine Flour was steady. In all other articles next to nothing doing. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Malt. Flour. English • • • • • • Scotch • • • • • • • Irish • • • • • • • Foreign .• . • • . Qrs. Qrs. 11,60 870 Qrs. Qrs. 750 1,730 6,280 1 5,240 1 539 Sacks 920 SMITHFIELD. A full average tune of year supply of Beasts was on sale in to-day's market, in good condition. As the at tendance of both town and country buyers was small, the Beef trade ruled heavy at a decline in the prices of Monday of 2d per 81bs, at which a clearance was not effected. The numbers of Sheep were seasonably large. All bre( ds were very dull in sale, at almost nominal currencies. The general quality of the Sheep wns prime, although there was a great scarcity of Old Downs. We were well supplied with Calves, the demand for which was in a very sluggish ►tate, on somewhat lower terms. In Pigs rent to nothing was doing. Mitch Cowst were dull in the extreme, at from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. d. to e. o. Second quel. Sheep 3 6 3 P Coarse-woolled ditto 3 10 4 0 Poutbdown Welber 4 2 4 4 Ditteeut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs .. 3 2 3 8 Small Porkers ••.. 2 10 4 2 tjuartar old Pigs —lB 0 22 0 Lambs .• •• •.•• •• 0 0 0 0 AT MARKET. Calves. rigs. 310 I 290 Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d, interior Beasts..... 3 2 3 4 Second quality .• • 3 6 3 S Prime large Omen— 313 4 0 Prime Scots ...... 4 2 4 4 urge coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 rime small ditto .. 3 3 310 uckltat Calves .• 18 0 25 0 inferior Skeep .• • 3 2 3 4 TOTAL SUPPLY Sheep. 3,920 Beasts. 1,436 FOREIGN Beasts. 98 Sheep. 420 SCOT, Beasts. sheep. 40 70 NEIATGATNI AND SITYPL I. Calves. 140 Calyes. rip. LEADENU.AIM. These markets were very heavily supplied with each kind of Meat, nevertheless the demand was steady, on the following tcrms:— At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to I. d. s. d. o s. d. .eet,•nterlor— •• 2 6 2 8 Mutton, isterior .• 2 8 210 middling ...• 210 3 0\ middling •. 3 0 3 4 prime large 3 2 3 6 pritse •• •• 3 6 310 prime small .. 3 8 310 Pork, 1arge........ 2 8 3 4 eil•• ••.•••• • • • • • 3 0 310 ; small .• •• •• •• 3 6 4 2 BOROUGH SOP PTILIMET. We have no material change to notice hi this market. Fine Hop, of the present nod lest year's growth, are scarce, at d quite as dear. In all eau r kinds only a moderate business is doing at late rates. New Mid and Iltst Kmitt P,ekets, 61 10s to 121 ; Ntw %Wald of Kent ditto, 61 5s to 81; ,New 5t1,..50X ditto, 51 15s to 6/ 15 , ; New Farnham., 121 to 13/; Yearling 31to 41 12s; Yeailing Sussex ; 21 83 to 31 17s; OA Hops, 11 to 41 per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR —There Lai been an ec:ive demand f, , r British Plantation, and an advaneo of Gd pc r cwt has been paid. Batt arlora, has been at 41s to 4ls 61 for fine yellow, aid at 38s to 40s 61 for mid to good. _ REFINED advanced t , .) 49s 6d, and 50s for brown lumps. EAST INDIA —Madras has been brisk at full price.; good and tine grocery 29s 6d to 44t, and good and fine white 41s to 433. Bengal has had a brisk sale by auction ; good and fine strong yellow, 428 6,1 to 445; low and mid 37s 6d to 40.; cood and fine strong brown 35s 61 to 37r; strong white 44a 61 to 46s ; and Bemires ord fine yellow like Mauritius 35s to 398; Mauritius privately bus realised fuller rates. FOREIGN.—Porto Rico his been sold at 36i to 39‘ for low and mid yellow, and at . 4 .9 s 6d to 43s 6,1 for good and fins , . Java went at 32s to 33s for ord and law brown, at 36s 6 1 for mid grey. llarannah has been bought in at 39s 6.1. COFFEE.—The value of Plantation Ceylon has been barely supported. Low mid has be, n sold sit 59s to 60s 6 , 1, and up to 643 for mid coloury. Yitive is also lower, grod ord bls to 525, and real good ord 52s 6'l. Madras t,ni been bold at 56s 61 to Gls 6d for fine and fine fine ord pale, and at 45s to 47a for triage, being lull priers In West India and other samples there has been no par ticular change. COCOA.—This articles has been dull. Trinidad has been bold at 404 to 45s for - low grey to mid red, and at 47s for good. _ _ _ SALTPETRE.—Extreme rates have been paid for good and fine rough, but lower sorts went heavily. SPlCES.—Nutmegs have been a shade cheaper— ls Id to 3s 3d per lb. Mace has been sold at is 4d to 2s 6 per lb, being full prices. Cassia Lignea of first and second quality has been steady. B , urbon Cloves, to 7d per lb. Malabar Pepper, St f for half heavy; white rather cheaper. COTTON.— I he market is quiet at about previous rates. TEA.—At the public sales 19.800 packages were offered, and 4,300 sold without spirit at previous sales' prices. TALLOW.—This article is quiet at 3115 3d to 38. 9d per cwt on the spot. EicE.—Extensive purchases have been made privately in Bengal, at Os 9d to lOs 6d for mid and good mid, being fuller rates. GREEN FRUIT.—The demand continues good, the moderate price of all kinds having its influence on con sumption. Oranges have not sustained the advance ob tained last week. Two cargoes of Seville China, one of St. Michael's, and 800 boxes Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at a reduction of is to 2s per package. Lemons are in request, and the stock is nearly cleared from first hands. s cargo of good quality has been wad at an advance of Is per case. Chesnuts, 3s to 4s per barrel higher. Black Spanish 425, Barcelona 41s; Brazil, in fair demand. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings ai Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before leird Chief Justice WILDE, and a Special Jury.) DAKIN, ADSIINISTRATRIX, V. BROWN. In this case Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Ogle, and Mr. Needham were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. W. H. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Edwin James, repre sented the defendant. The action was brought, u n d er L or d C amp b ell ' s Act, I by the widow and administratrix of the late Mr. Dakin, the eminent tea-merchant of St. Paul's Churchyard, who, it will be remembered, was killed in the summer of 1848, by the explosion of a boiler, which he was using in his endeavours to perfect an improved method of roasting coffee. The de. tendant is a straw - bonnet - maker, in Wood street, Cheapsido, and the manulacturer and patentee of a patent cellular steam•plate for boilers, at Great Suffolk-street, in the Borough. The defendaht had supplied by contract the boiler which bursi, and killed the plaintiff's husband on the occasion referred to; 'Aral this action was brought to recover a compensa tion in damages from the d , ,ttlidant for the be,eavewetit and sorrow which had been occasioned to the plantiff and her childriqi by ihe explosion, which the plaintiff alleged had arisen from the badness of the metal of which the boiler was constructed. Mr. Allred NV uttroothe proved, on the part of the plainiitY, that it happened at a warehowe belong ing to Mr. D,lttn, situated in Shoemaker lane. Earl-street, Blackfriars. The building consisted of four storeys, in the topmost of which the boiler which bursted was placed, the furnace (which cianmucicateti with the boiler by means of a hydraulic pump) being situated on the ground fluor. The c)liiidlical boiler which bursted was in court, and appeared to be about two feet in diameter and three and a half feet long. Ii was fixed in solid brick-work, with two inches of sand all round between the btick•viork slid the oven. 'The c) Linder was not heated in the ordinary way, but by me alts of hot water from the furnace on the ground ior, which was poured into a series of longitudinal holes placed ionnd the machine, at intervals of about half an inch, A silver cylinder, in which the coffee was BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) An elderly woman named Foster, and a young one, wht se name did not transpire, were charged with steal ing a purse containing 41. 155., the property of a party named Beacon, who described himself as being " in the engineering line," and stated that he resided in Great Russell-street. 'The prosecutor deposed that between ten and eleven u'el.ick last night he met the younger prisoner at a pie house in Fleet-street, and haring treated her to a couple of mince pies, they repaired to a coffee-house opposite the Temple and called for trio cups of coffee. The proprietor of the house, however, wanted to charge them half-a crown for the two, and they left the place disgusted with his attempted imposition. The female then took him to the other prisoner's house, in Newcastle-court, Strand, where they had some gin, and for three shillings were accommodated with a bed for the night. Before retiring to rest he carefully placed his under-coat, in- the pocket of which was the purse and money in question, beneath the pillow; but upon getting up this morning he was greatly annoyed to find that both were gone. Soon after he went to bed the elder female came up into the room with some water and a light, and be saw her fumbling about the pillow, but it was not till be discovered his loss that he suspected her motives for having done so. Ile mentioned in conclusion that the younger female did not leave either him or the room the whole of the night. The prisoner Foster denied all knowledge of either the purse or the money; and the younger one did the tame. Mr. JARDINE inquired if anything was found upon either of them, or if search had been made for the money? The constable who had them in charge stated that the prisoners were given into his custody about eight o'clock ibis morning. Ile bad searched the room, but had failed to discover the missing property. Mr. JARDINE said there was no evidence against The younger prisoner, and she must be discharged; but sus picion certainly did rest upon Foster. and he must leave it for a jury to decide 'the case as against her.—Sho was accordingly committed. MARLBRO -STREET-(THIS DAY.) James O'Brien, a private in the Royal Horse Artil lery, and James Brown, a private in the Foot Artillery, were brought up in custody of Sergeant-Major Parkin son, of the lion. East India Company's service, charged with having deserted from their respective regiments at Woolwich. The Sergeant Major deposed that, about a quarter to ten I.4st. night, he saw the two prisoners standing talking tog,ther Lear the Company's depot, in Soho-square. 1L went up to them and asked them it they were absent from their regiments on leave? They replied that they were, and had their passes to show. He demanted to see their passes, when they said that they had lost them, and were then on their way to Woolwich. He then calved a constable to his assistance, and took them to the stst.ol3. The prisoners said they were not deserters from their regiments. They came up from Woolwich yesterday with two friends, and were on the point of returning to quarters when the sergeant cams up and took them to the station. They admitted being absent without leave. Mr. HARDWICK said although they were not deserters according to their own ideas, it was still a desertion according to the Mutiny Act, and he should commit them to the llouse of Correction till such time 'as the authori ties at Woolwich were communicated with. WORSHIP-STREET,—(THIS DAY.) Henry Leach, alias Crouley, a well known associate of thieves, was brought up in the custody of Policeman N 173, charged, under the following circumstances, with at tempting to commit a burglary, at the house of Mr. Nicholson, linen-draper, High-street, Shoreditch, The policeman raid that about two o'clock that morn ing he was iu High-street, Shoreditch, when, on looking down a passage adjoining the promises of Mr. Nicholson, ha saw a man against the wall, which is about fourteen feet in height. Ho proceeded to the spot, when the man ran an ay. He then observed a man's foot on the wall, upon a hich he celled upon him to descend. The prisoner immediately came down. Witness seized him, b-it the prisoner grasped an iron railing, and with dif ficulty was forced into the street, where he became most vf,dent. lie knocked witness down, and made a despe rate resistance. A quantity of lucifer matches, were found in his pocket. Morel, N 135, said that shortly before the prim( r was seen by his brother policeman, he observed him in company with a number of convicted thieves. He (witness) knew him to he a most desperate chatacter. He had been at that court on former occasions. The prisoner was sent for a month to the House of Correction. CITY ELECTIONS.—(THIS DAY.) This being St. Thomas s Day, wardmotes were held throughout the City, for the purpose of electing Com mon Councilmen and other Ward Officers for the ensu ing year. The wardinotes were in geuerel held early in the day, in cons(' queece of the Act, 12th and 13th of Victoria, cap., 94 which limits the polling to one day instead of three as heretofore, coming in..e operation. There is a total absence of that excitement which has been apparent on similar occasions, and although several vacancies, occasioned by death and resignations, have to br filh d up, the contested wards are comparatively few. ALDGATE WARD RETURNS EIGHT MEMBERS.—Tho following gentlemen were returned Messreb Lake (deputy), Maxey, Fisher, Clifton, Turnley, Btieknell, Freemen, end Whiteside. Thomas Psllatt was re-elected ward beadle. LIME STREET WARD RETURNS FOUR MEMBERS.— The following gentlemen were returned :—Messrs. D. Cook (deputy), T. R. Simpson, T. Symonds, and W. Simpson. George Rawson was re-elected' ward :beadle. BISIMPSGATE WARD RETURNS .14. kEMBERS--A wardmote was held at the Ward Schools, Peter street, Sun street, for the choice of Common Councilmen and other ward officers for the year ensuing, * and also (in pursuance of a requisition, unanimously and respectably signed, addressed to the ald.rman) to propose and dis cuss certain resolution. relative to the inadequate s upply of water to the inhabitants of London, and also to 'the introduction into the city of London of the pipes and gas of the Great Central Gas Contumera CoMpany.. After the precept from the Lord Mayor had been read, the in quest was appointed, and :Nathaniel Harden and C. ease.elected beadles of the ward, a discussion arose on the matters above alluded to, in which the deputies and others took a prominent part. Eventually resolutions were carried, and the election of Common Councilmen was proceeded with. Mr. Sharland, in an appropriate speech, declined the honour of ,again representing the ward, arid returned thanks for the sup port 'he had re ceived at previous elections. The following gen tleman were then proposed.--Messrs. W. Steil/tit, W. A. Peacock, J. R. Carr, -R. Ashby, H. Pat ten, T. Hall, W. H. Filcher, T. S. Owdeo, R. Thomas, %V. Jones, C. Gilpin, M. Hopgoorl ' George Taylor, *R. C. Lambe, *J. C. Edmiston, W. F. Ross: It is expected that: tee two lest-Warned gentlemen will. re sign in favour of Mr. Lambe BREAD STREET WARD, RETURNS EIGHT. MEMBERS. —The following gentlemen were returned:—Messrs, T. Carney (deputy), R. W. Jep P , C. Wh a rton, T. W. Foster, F. Gadsden, S. Baker, Henry Brown, *J, Bum phrey. The latter was elected in the room of Mr. Mar riott deceased. COLEMAN-STREET WARD RETURNS EtariT MEM• BERS.--Mr. Allen, the late deputy of the ward, resigned, end the following gentlemen were proposed:—Messrs. Hale, Johnson, Bracher, Darla,. Perkins, Webster, *Valance, and Carson. • , CRippLEGATE WARD WITROUT RET.URNS , EIGHT AIEMDERIL—The following gentlemen were proposed, viz., Messrs. R. E. Jones, W. King, john;Johnson, W. Reed, *Cealayi *Cuthbert, *Eylte. Mr. Richard Baker was re-elected ward beadle. QUEENHITHE WARD RETURNS STE MESIBERR—Late members r, signed. The' following 'gentlemen -were elected, viz , Messrs. Goss (deputy); Tyler,'Rosei Rath bone, LM•Dotigall, and Acock. • • : •.: • • %Vereilaoox WARD RETURNS Six:llfErenetts.—The following members were returned, viz., Messrs. T. NV et• kin, (deputy), F. Hale, D. W. Wire, lid srd. Conder, W. Dawson, Thus Rowley. - Robert Butt ; ward beadle. WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE WITIJIN RETURNS EIGUT MEMBERS.—The following were' elected, viz , Messrs. Frost, Smith (deputy ), Dewey, Bannock', .Byars, Iloole, Brown, and Leat. DOWGATE WARD RETURNS fizix MiEsinEns.--.TI,e fol lowing gent!. men were eh eted :—Messrs. ;John Brown, J. C. Prior, 'Thomas White, Henry Kebbel, George Harker, and W. 11. Mortimer. John' Brown;-•Errif, was then chosen deputy of the ward, and G. H.Vrigglesworth reelected Bard beadle. PORTSOKEN WARD RETURNS EIGHT MEMBERS.—A w.rdmote was held twilit' Three Nuns Inn; - 11 , gh-street. Aidgate, for the purpose of selecting common council men, and other ward officers for the ensuing year. and also to discuss other matters relative to the ward; F. W. Moon, Esq., alderman, in the chair. The precept from the Lord Mayor having been read, a discussion ensued r , lative to the sanitary condition Of the ward—an im proved and increased supply of • pure water, In place of the filthy liquid, teeming with• organic matter, which is very insufficient to supply the (Wl:poetic wants of 43'y 31,i 39 79;4 10% 5% 24 EA FRIDAY EVENING, the inhabitants of the city, and ii likewise ex tremely unwholesome ; and the gad monopoly. The ear,dida•es, and ii,any o' the eh etors took the most i Oral vi w of the que,tion, and adopted resolutions tie cordirg!y. Tae notrinstion of the following. genii. men to sere as C. , rtmolCounri'tnen. Kim took place. viz.:— Mrserr. Wright. Kifb-e, tleyward, I),nf. rd, Christie, Thempkon, lie kur, Jutsum, •Vile, aid *Buiroughs. Tro show of littic's being in favour of the first ci;ht, a pill wes demanded. BASSISHAW WARD RETURNS Fenn MEMBERS.—Mr. James declined ihe h(mour of again serving av Common Councilman. The following gentlemen were proposed, viz, M. sirs. Bretton, Lister, Wilson, and liardvkick. It is not expec ed that any uthir candidate will come forward; should' sco be the case the abovenatn, d g n. tleoien will be the tepre eiitatives 4 f the ward. Those marked thus are new candidater. CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS BOOKS. LEILA; or, The Island.• By Ann Fraser Tytler Fourth Edition. LEILA. IN ENGLAND. MARY AND FLORENCE; or, Grave and Gay Ninth Edition: MARY AND FLORENCE AT SIXTEEN. Miss Tytler's works have all seen many editions, and they still retain their prominent po,ition among the very beat of children's books. Even Miss Edw.,- worth's writings are less interesting, and less quali fied to benefit their youthful readers, than are the delightful histories of Leila and Mary a nd Florence. It is said that a really good child's book is interesting to readers of all ages, and such is certainl3 the case with these charming volumes. Many a three-volumed novel is found on perusal less attractive in style, and less enthralling in interest, (than these outwardly unpretending. but actually beautiful works. "Leila ; or, the Island" relat, a the history of a shipwrecked family—a young chill, Lei a, her father, and old nurse, the sole survivors of a shipwreck, who live, like Robinson Crusoe, on a desert island. The theme affords abundant rcom for romantic and in structive episodes. " Leila in England" has for its heroine the same guileless, affectionate, and really child like Leila—not even Dickens has portrayed a more charming and natural child. Leila comes from her desert island totally unacquainted with the realities of life. The most common-place incidents are to her a matter of marvel, and her mistakes are of the most ludicrous kind possible. A touching episode in this history of Leila is the introduction of a dumb girl, who not born dumb, but thus afflicted in consequence of some accident, ultimately recovers the power of speech in's moment of terror. These volumes, and those of " Mary and Florence," are crowded with incidents, and filled with natural conversations. An air of actuality pervades them, always an attrac tive feature to young readers. Beyond this they are so admirably, because so imperceptibly imbued with the holy precepts of Christianity, applied to the every day incidents of life, that for this reason especially every well-wisher of the young will gladly see these delightful volumes in youthful hands. Th e y are books to be read not once but continually, and always with new pleasure, and perhaps with lasting benefit. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. It will be remembered that a Commission was lately issued to sift the evidence for and against an alteration prayed for in the law of marriage. 'The public has been waiting with anxiety for some :time past to learn what progress was made, and the Corn missioner* have now issued their First Report, with minutes of evidence, a ppepdix, and very cop i ous index. As the subject will again be broached early in the next session of Parliament, it is desirable to refer to the Report, and also to lay before the public such parts of the evidence as hear the most pointedly on the question at issue. The friends of the anxiously expectant petitioners, together with the petitioners themselves, will now redouble their exertions, tinder a confident hope that their labours will speedily be crowned with success. The Commissioners commence their First Report by directing attention to the question of marriages within the prohibited degrees of affinity, and to the law affecting such marriages• They then proceed to observe— " That they do not conceireit necessary, in discharge of the duty entrusted to them, to attempt to en.et into any examination of the law c.r practice, in reap, ct to such marriages in the early ages of Christianity. Ia reference to this it may be sufficient to state, that for several centuries marriages Within certain degrees of affinity were prohibited by the Church, but that by the authority of- the' Pope dispensations were granted, though to what extent and in what eases we do net in quire. In England we apprehend that this was the state of the law up to the time of King Henry VIII., and marriages within the present prohibited degrees of affinity were null and void, unless dispensations had been first obtained." " The question, whether marriages within the present prohibited degrees of affinity were permitted by the li.vt of God, was the subject of much discussion when King Henry VIII. sought to be relieved from his mateings with Queen Katharine. This marriage was pronounced null and void by Archbishop Cranmer. From that period the Ecclesiastical Courts dealt with these mar- riage ,, , at fast by pronouncing them null and void; not withstanding one or both of the parties might be dead when the suit wee sought to be commenced. Butin the time of Junes I. the courts of common law inteileted, and prohibited the spiritual courts from proceeding to pronounce them null and void after the death of one of the parties. Hence all these marriages came to be icalli d voidable marriages, in contradistinction to those 'which were void, as in the case of a marriage wherei there was a first husband or wife living at the time Of the second Marriage ;or where one of the parties 3t-as a lunatic at the time of celebrating a marriage. Mar riages, therefore, within the prohibited degrees were only voidable; and if they were not pronounced nil! and void by the competent ecclesiastical tribunals duripg the lives of both putties, their validity cou'd not be after wards questioned, nor the legitimacy of the children be impeached." i " This state of the law continued unaltered iri Eng land until the year 1835, when the statute .5 !and 6 William IV., chap. 54 (commonly called Lord Lynd burst's Act) passed. The effect of that statute Ivan to prohibit the Ecclesiastical Courts from ent.rtainiag any suit for the purpose of pronouncing null and void mar riages within he prohibited degrees of affinity, celebrate d before the passing of the Act; and all such marriages celebrated after the passing of the Act wore declared by it to be null and void." The Commissioners proceed to observe— " That they find from a mass of evidence, that mar rioges of this kind are permitted by dispensation or otherwise in nearly all the continental states of Enrepe." In some cases in the Roman Catholic Church they are prohibited as matter of discipline, but such pro. hibition may be and is dispensed with by the .Pope ; and upon this principle—" that the Church, and not the law - of God, has imposed the prohibition, and therefore that the Church for fitting reasons rimy dis pense with it." Regarding the law on this subject in the United States of America, it cannot be better illustrateld than by quoting the following pusage from the late 'Alr. Justice Story : "In many, and indeed in most of the AmericantStates, marriages between a man and the sister of his tformer deceased wife are not only decreed in a civil sense law tul, but are deemed in a moral, religious, and Christian sense lawful, and exceedingly praiseworthy. In some few of the States the English rule is adopted. Nothing is more common in almost all tke States of America than second marriages of this sort; and so far front being doubtful as to their moral tendency, they are in America deemed the very best sort of marriages. In my IN hole life (says the !etc Judge), I never heard the slightest suggestion against them, founded on moral or dbmestic considerations." Such, then, is a brief history of the prohibitions attached by human authority to marriage with a de ceased wife's sister. It will b© observed Oat the church which was the first to institute them, and which still maintains them over great part of Europe, claims no Divine authority for its command, but gives it as a matter of discipline only, voidable by a dispensation from the Pope, or where, from distance, resort could not be had to Rome, then by othrs em powered by him to hear the " fitting reasons.", MUNIFICENT DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.--rAbollt two years ago William Long, Esq., of Queen-street, Cheapside, transferred to the trustees of‘ the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts the sums of 19,4001. in the Three per Cent. Consols, 10,8001. in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., and 3,000/. Bank Stock, subject to toe life interest of himself and of Mrs. Fowler, his sister, and to certain life annuitants for small sums, amounting altogether to about 150/. Mrs. Long and Mrs. Fowler both departed this life in the month of January last, and sufficient to cover the small annuities having been retained in hand, the so ciety, therefore, has come into possession of Mr. Long's munificent donation, which, at the present prices of the stocks noted, will amount to upwards of 30,000/. In addition to this splendid donation, Mrs. Fowler, by her will, bequeathed the sum of 5501. to the same society; to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 5501.; to the School for the Indigent Blind. 550/.; to the City of London National School, 5501 ; and to the Hoine, Missionary Society, 550/. BREAD-STREET WARD.—A meeting took place in _this ward on We,dnesday last, for the purpose of paying a well merited tribute of respect to Thomas Corney, Esq., for his long and valuable services to the ward as its deputy ar.d trt asurer of its schools. The inhabitants have caused his portrait to be taken by J. P. Knight, E-q., X.A. (who has produced an admirable laciness), and it is now placed in the board-room of the school house, London-wall, where it was exhibited on Wednes day in the presence of Mr. Alderman Musgrove and a few friends assetnblt din honour of the occasion. The children of the schools (SO in number) were admitted, and afterwards partook of a substantial dinner provided for them in the board-room. The worthy alderman, in an excellent speech, passed a well-deserved encomium on the integrity and character of Mr. Deputy Corney, and then addressed the children, pointing out the ad vantage of the education they were receiving, and which, aided by industry and perseverance, might place them in elevated positions. • - DECE Al 3Elt 21, 1049 THE FOUNDERS OF RAGGED SCHOOLS. (From Eliza Cook's Journal) Every man has his own special work set for him to do in the world,- if he will but do it. No one can jugify himself in sitting down with his hands folded and doing nothing, because of his fancied insigni ficance. Each is in possession of his own distinct int'Aviduality; aad he has the power within himself, to a large extent, of developing his own nature, and of acting upon the beings around him, beneficially or otherwise He is a part, and a necessary part of society ; and fills ,a place in it, which would be in complete without tarn. As are his capabilities of do ing, so are his obligations to do. He has his work appointed, whi.l he must perform, if he would fulfil the end of his being, and glorify the creation of which he is a part. In God's works nothing is superfluous; each individual atom is necessary, is dispensable, to the integrity of the whole. Let a man, therefore, be true to himself, cultivate his best instinct., rely upon his own efforts, and labour with a will and a purpose, and the humblest is certain to find a place ready for him in the world, in which he will be a useful, honoured, and worthy labourer, in fluencing beneficially, not only his own time but all time coining. - Who wou - ld have expected to discover the founder of English ltsgged Schools in the person of a poor cripple cobbler of Portsmouth ? one, apparently, the meanest of human beings, labouring in the most humble vocation, in a dingy little weather boarded workshop, in one of the poorest streets of his native town, poor and uneducated, yet with true and noble impulses; for such was John Pounds—his life afford ing only another illustration of the fact, that it is not wealth, nor honour, nor birth, nor even high in telleet, which determines a man's beneficial influence in the world, so much as his moral purpose, the true ness of his aims, and the diligence with w hick he labours at the work he has undertaken to do. The life of John Pounds contains no striking in cidents ; spent as it was at his cobbler's stool, at work amongst his little ragged children. He was the son of poor parents, his father being a workman in the Portsmouth Dockyard. At fifteen, he met with an accident which crippled him for life, and he was put to the trade of a cobbler. When he carried on business upon - his own account, he lived for the most part in a small boarded tenement in St. Mary street, Portsmouth, his workshop measuring about six feet by eighteen ; and here he might be seen, day after day, seated on his stool, mending shoes, and administering his humble instructions to the crowd of ragged children clustered around bins, filling his little stall to the very door. Indeed the candidates for admission to John Pounds shop were always very numerous, more than could be admitted ; and conse quently he had to make a selection, generally choos ing the poorest and worst among them—" the little blackguards," as he called them. 'When, in the course of his strolls about the streets, he chanced to meet with some one more destitute or profligate than ordinary, he would use all his efforts with such a one to induce him to come to his school. He would follow him to the quay, and hold out the bribe of a " nice roasted potato" to tempt him ; and if he succeeded, was not John Ponnds then a more than usually happy man ! This huniane and generous-hearted individual was first induced to set up his " Free School" by a happy kind of accident of Providence. In early life he adopted a young nephew of his own, whom be thought he could educate better with a companion, so he enlisted in his service the son of a neighbour poor woman. Another and another poor child was added, until John found himself engaged in a great work, though perhaps he knew it not. It was the duty and the work nearest to him, and he did it. Here was the true life of the man. Doubtless there are free schools, so called, in Portsmouth, as there are in nearly all our great t owns — sc h oo l s formed by the pious benevolence of good men and women of past times, intended by them to teach poor children; but, perverted from the will of their founders, and grown rich, they are now little better than so many useless institutions, to furnish fat livings for idle " learned" men, while the children of the poor may go untaught and untrained, but for the active and truly Christian heroism of such men as John Pounds. We know of many such rich and useless "Free Schools,"—useless so far as the children of the poor are concerned, in many large towns that we could name; and we are not aware of any more urgent duty at the present time on the part of our public men, than that of restoring the magni cent funis of the Free Grammar Schools of England to the purposes fur which they were originally de signed by their benevolent donors, namely, the free education of the children of the English people. . To return to John Pounds :—He established his nephew comfortably in the world, out of his slender means, and went on adding to his school until it became famous Many a poor child did he rescue from vice, and educate into usefulness. He watched with anxious interest the progress of his pupils in life, and helped them when he could. Many useful and industrious citiztris, who otherwise might have been outcasts and beggars, does. England . owe to this humble man.. Ile was a parent to the estitute ; he was the father who bound them to society. His labours at his stool earned him bread enough for his wants; but his labours on the minds and hearts of his little pupils—that was the great work of his life, the value of which can scarcely be overestimated. Besides " book learning" and industrial habits, John Pounds taught his pour little children humanity, and implanted in them a love of natural objects. He was fond of all kinds of birds and domestic animals, singing -birds, jays, parrots, cats, and guinea pigs; and he might sometimes be seen at work in the midst of his pupils, with a canary perched on one shoulder and a cat on the other. His was a happy family on a large scale, and to him might not inappropriately be applied the beautiful lines of Coleridge— " He prayeth well, who loveth well All things both great and small; Be prayeth best, who loveth best Eoth man, and bird, and b: , ast; Fur the dear God, who loveth lie made and loveth all." It may be imagined what sorrow of young hearts, what weeping and shedding of tears, there was at the death of this truly good man, on New Year's Day, 1839, at the age of 72. England had lost one of its best and most useful citizens; but as f o r them, th e y had losta father, friend, and playfellow, all in one. " Were we," says Mr. Guthrie, in his Second Plea for Ragged Schools, "to make a pilgrimage any where, 32 soon as to the lowly heath where the mar tyr reposes, we would direct our pilgrim steps to the busy streets of Portsmouth, and, turning aside from the proud array of England's floating bulwarks, we would seek out the humble shop where John Pounds achieved his works of mercy, and earned an im• perishable fame. There is no poetry in his name, and none in his profession ; but there was more than poetry—the highest, noblest piety—in his life. Every day within his shop he might be seen cobbling shoes, and surrounded by some score or two of ragged ur chins, whom he was converting into useful members of the State. Honour to the memory of the patriot cobbler, beneath whose leathern apron there beat the kindest heart—there glowed' a boom fired with the noblest ambition, and who, without fee from scholar, or reward from man, while he toiled for his hard earned bread with the sweat of his brow, educated not fewer than five hundred outcasts before they laid him in the lowly grave Honour, we say again, to the memory of this illustrious patriot Nor is there in all the world 'any sight we would have travelled so far or so soon to, see, as that self-same man, when he followed some ragged boy along the quays of Portsmouth, keeping his kind keen eye upon him, and tempting the young savage to his school with the bribe of a smoking potato. Princes and peers, judges and divines, might have stood uncovered in bis presence, and now marble monuments might be removed from the venerable t walls of Westminster—poets, warriors, and statesmen, might give place to make room for him." Another founder of ragged schools, who lived - - - before John Pounds, and in. another country—of whom, perhaps, John Pounds never heard—was the benevolent Pestalezzi. _ He began his labours towards _ the _ close of last century, devoting his whole time and means to fhe instruc don and elevation of the poor. The idea which took possession of his mind, and strongly influenced his conduct throughout life, was that of the brotherhood of man ; and that the great obstacle to the elevation of the poor was their ignorance. He therefore sought to elevate.their independence by increasing their knowledge; and by placing them on a level, as re• garded their intelligence, with the more affluent classes, he thus looked to education as the best means of realizing the great Christian maxim of human brotherhood. Assisted by his devoted wife, he invited poor, and even beggar•children, to his home, for the purposes of instruction. His efforts were treated by hie neighbours, and by the world, as utterly absurd, and even insane. Yet he persevered, through misfor tune, loss of means, ridicule, and opposition of all kinds. In the midst of the turmoils of revolution and War, this true hero held to his purpose, and went on educating. He was in advance of his age, and the world was yet to come up with him, and acknowledge the wisdom and benevolence of his plans. '.l he local Government of the Canton of Unterwalden at length recognized his efforts, and placed him at the head of a school at Stantz. Here be laboured with immense success, almost compelling the pupils to love arid admire him, so devoted was he to their happiness and their interests. No materials could have been less favourable than those committed to his care—children whose minds had been corrupted by the habits of begging and stealing, to which the miserable necessities of the times had driven them. But how could children, no matter, how vitiated by habit, resist such methods as those which Pestalozzi employed ? " 11y , first task," says he, ‘` was to gain the cora. dence of my pupils, and to attach them to me; this main point once attaiLed, all the rest appeared to me easy. The deserted state in which I found myself, all painful as it was, and the absolute want of assist ance, sere precisely what contributed the most to the success of my enterprise. Cut off from. the rest of mankind, I turned all my cares and all my affections to the children ; to me they were indebted for all the rel of they received. I partook alike of their pains and their pleasures ; I was everywhere with them when they Were well, and when they were sick, I was constantly at their . bedside. We had the same nourishment, and I slept in the midst of them; and from my bad either prayed with them, or taught them something." Extraordinary success attended the labours of Pestaloazi at Stantz; but these were rudely interrupted by the troubles of the times, and he then removed to Burgdorf, in the Canton of Berne, where he founded another school, which was equally successful N 1 i th the former: But thii too was broken up by the revolu tion of the period ; and still persevering, he founded again a poor school in the country, some five miles from Berne, where he was joined by Fellenberg, and again he succeeded in attracting around him a large number of pupils, and bringing them to an extraordinary pitch of improvement. Shortly after he removed to a place called the Castle of Yverdon, where he founded en academy for the education of all classes. His plans by this time attracted great notice from the leading minds of all countries; numerous schools were founded throughout Germany and England on his plan; and the leading features of his system are now adopted in all the best schools in this and other countries. Sup Is were the first founders of Ragged Schools— among the most valuable and beneficent institutions of modern times. To found a Ragged School is a greater work than to found a College ; for the rich are never without the means of an adequate educa tion; but the poor—how are they to be educated, unless by some such instrumentality as that above described ? and, without education, what can the poor ever continue, but miserable and degraded ? To pro perly and efficiently educate the poor—such is the greatest problem for the solution of our age; and to accomplish this work, to some extent, is the glorious mission of the Teacher in Ragged Schools. NATAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL SIR F. A. COLLIER C. 8., K.C.H., COMMANDER-IX- CHIEF IX TIM EAST INDIES.-Without surprise, but with much regret, we have received the information of the death of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Augustus Collier, C. 8., K.C.H., Commander-in-Chief of the East India station. The serious illness of the gallant Admiral on his way out and since his arrival on the station, after his appointment to the command-in-chief, April 7, 1848, has filled the minds of his friends with considerable apprehension, which the conflicting accounts received from India by every mail rather increased than allayed. Always most determined in will and pur pose, he fought against death with that dauntless energy which characterised his numerous actions with the enemies of his country ; and although his friends and those around him were persuaded of the result of the struggle, he nevertheless continued at his post, and resolved, if conquered, at ' least to " die in harness." From month to month he remained alternately better and worse. He pro ceeded to China, visited the northern ports, returned to India, and was about to proceed to Bombay from Trincomalee, when the depredations of the pirates, and the necessity fur their summary suppression induced him to proceed once more to Hong-Kong. He arrived there in September last, and at once sent forth the expedition against the pirates which has so ably and successfully accom plished the Admiral's orders. Sir Francis, however, continued to decline in physical strength, and from the 234 October it was observed that he was gradually failing, and it was evidently a great effort for him to take his accustomed drive. lie nevertheless busied himself with official matters, and commenced a long letter, by dictation, to his old friend Admiral Dundas, but which he never lived to finish. His dissolution, however, was not expected to take place so soon as it did ; fur on the afternoon of the 27th October, accompanied by Captain Morgan, his flag captain, be took a short drive. On his return it appears he felt weaker, and went to bed at seven o'cl.,ek, at which time his medical attendants (Dr. Scott, of the flag ship Hastings, and Dr. Bankier, of her Majesty's ship Alligator, and his secretary, Mr. Price) with the Chief Justice (at whose house he had taken up his quarters), were present. From this hour he begun to sink very rapidly, and at eleven o'clock, when Captain Morgan was sent fur on board the Hastings, it was t,,0 evident that his end was approaching, and he continued in an almost insensible state until a quarter before six o'clock on the morning of the 28th, when he ex pired, without the slightest visible pain or struggle, the immediate cause of death being serious apoplexy. Thus has passed away from us another of that gallant band who contributed to make our country " great, gluri,us, and. free:" and whose individual services, as recorded in O'Hyrne's valuable "Naval Biography," will bear quota icn and remembrance This Wheer entered the navy, in 1794, as first-eNsn volunteer on board the Ma.c;natorne, 44, Captain Lane Schoenberg, stationed in the Irish Channel; joined next the Minotaur, 74, Captain Lewis; and, on becoming at tachel to s tho Vanguard, 74, flig-thip of Sir Horatio Nelsen, bore a part in the victory of the Nile, August 1, 1798. Accompanying his patron, as midshipman, in 1799, into the Fuurdroyant, - 80, Captain Sir Edward Berry, he further witnessed, while at the bieckade of Malta, the capture, on the 18th of February, 1800, of Le 6a-roux, 74, and Ville de Marseilles, store, hip; as also, on the 31st of March following, alter a destructive cunfliet of an hour and a ball, in which the Foudroyant, then in compeny with the Lion,64.and Penelope, 36, had 8 alien killed and 69 (including himself) wounded; of Le Guillaume Tell, 84, Ihg ship of Bear-Admiral Dec: es. Mr. Collier, who was likewise present at the first land ing in Egypt, subsequently joined the Greyhound and Egyptienno frigates, both commanded by Cap tain Charles Ogle ; and on the 11th of April, 1803, was promoted, from the Excellent, 74, bear• big the broad pendant in the West Indies of Hon. Robert Stopford, to a lieutenancy in the Osprey, 18, Captain George Younghuvband. In the following June he appears to have served on shore at the taking of St. Lucia and Tobago; after which he took charge, ou the 26th of October, of a captured privateer. La Resource, of 4 guns and 48 men, and on the 23d cf . March, 1804, aignalis , cl liirnselt by his bravery and activity, as first of the Osprey, in a gallant action of an hour and twenty minutes, in which that vess 1 beat otr, with a loss to her self of 1 man killed and 16 wounded, the French frigate built privateer, L'Egyptienne, of 36 guns and 243 men, Bof whom were slain and 19 wounded. While in com mand of a prize belonging to the Osprey, Mr. Collier aho took a privateer of 1 gun and 45 men. Having further s:-rood for a few months on board the Centaur, 74, Commodore Sir Samuel Hood, he obtained command, 25th January, 1805, of the Alligator troop ship; and next, 25th October following, and 15th January, 1806, of the Nimrol and Wolverine sloops, in which latter vessel he captured, in the coarse of the same year, La Tremeuse, national schooner, of 3 guns and 53 men; and the Guadeloupe, Jeune Gabrielle, and Marianne privateers. carrying in the whole 10 guns and 163 men. As,nming the acting command, 9th Nuverabsr, 1808, of the Circe, 32, and of a small squad ron stationed between the Pearl Rock and the town of St. Pierre, Martinique, Captain Collier, after silencing, with the assistance of the *cork, 18, and Morrie Fur• . . tin is gun-brig, the fire of two batteries and of a body of troops which protected an enemy's schooner, came into successful contact,' on 12th December, with four other batteries, and perseveringly directed the opera tions which terminated in the destruction of Le Cygne corvette, of 16 guns, and of two schooners, including ' the one alluded to. We subsequently fled him, in com mand of the Star sloop, contributing to the reduction of Martinique, in February, 1802, and ,then confirmed to post rank by commission dated back to the 13th Decem ber, 1808. His next appointment was, 3d September, 1810, to the Cyane, 22, which vessel he commanded in the Mediterranean, Channel, and West Indies until February, 1812, when he became flag-captain to Sir Francis Latorey, in the Dragon, . 74. While in the Cyane he" witnessed the destruction; ' in December, 1810, s of L'Elize frigate, near Tatihou Island. From the 10th of October, 1812, until the 2d of August, 1815, Captain Collier afterwards commanded the Grampus, 50, in the West Indies and China ' • and on the 11th of February, 1818, he was appointed to the Liverpool, 50. Being i..vested, towards the don of 1819 wirh'the conduct of the naval part of an expedition .fitted out for the purpose of crushing the pirates of the Persian Gulf, he rendered the most ardent and efficient aid to Major-General Sir William Grant Kier, under whom were 3,000 troops, and fairly succeeded in the object of their joint mission—Rite-al-Khytna the head quarters of the freebooters, being taken, their fortifi cations destroyed, and all their vessels burnt or sunk. Captain Collier arrived home in October, 1822, arid afterwards joined,.4th of December, 1826, the Sybille, 48, as commodore on the coast of Africa; whence he returned early in 1830; and, for a few monthsi n 1832, the Vernon, .50, employed en particular service. On the 17th of December, 1841, he was nominated captain of the William and Mary yacht, aid superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard—appointments which he continued to hold until nominated commodore, end commander-in- chief the 30th of April, 1846, of the Channel rquadron with his broad pendant in the St. Vincent, 120. H• 8 promotion to itsg rank took place on the 9th of November in the latter year. " Sir Charles Collier was created a C. B. the Bth De cember, 1815 ; knighted the 28th July, 1630 ; made a K .C.ll. the let of January, 1833 ; and appointed in 1837, a naval aide-dc-camp to the Queen, having pre viously officiated in a similar capacity at the funeral of William IV. He was also a Knight of the Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun. Having lost his first wife, he married a second time, the 14th March, 1831, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Thistlethwaite, Esq., of Southwick Park, Hants, by whom he bad issue. His eldest daughter, by his first marriage, Julia Augusts, married the 30th of June, 1835, F. P. 13. Martin, Esq., only son of the late Colonel George Martin, of the lion. East India CoMpany's service." Sir Francis was a protege-of the immortal Nelson, was second , son of the late , distinguished Vice- Admiral .Sir George. Collier,. and brother of the present Captain H. T. B. Collier. During his who'e career he. had served no less than 33 years on full pay. He had a bold, frank, brave, and generous heart, and eminently possessed those " rough-and. ready " qualities which made him a general favourite with all class s of the service, with whom he was more familiarly known as " Frank Collier." The much-lamented deceased 'was buried at Vie. toria, Hong-Kong, on the 20th October, when every honour and respect that could be paid to his rank and name was shown, the funeral having been attended by the Governor, the naval, military, and civil authori ties, and a host of private friends. Commodore Plurnridge is n ow , f or Vie second tima since he has been on the station, acting Comma' der• in Chief, and will again hoist a red I endant until a successor to Sir Francis Collier arrives. The gallant commandermas at Madras in October, whither the Fury, steam sloop, was to be dispatched on her arrival at Hong-Kong with the mournful intelligence of the death of, the admiral, when it was expected that he would at once proceed to Hong-Kong. PROMOTIONS. The promotions consequent on the death of Sir Francis Collier, are the following : Rear-Admiral of the Alanley flail Dixon, Commander-in-Chief at Cork, to be Rear Admiral of the I , l' bite. Captain Fairfax Moresby, C.B. (1814), to be Rear. Admiral of the Blue. Be paid off the Canopus last year, after most ably commanding that ship in various experimental squadrons, one of which he commanded as senior officer, when the shill were much more completely tried than on any previous or ftiture occasion for the last ten years. • The Right lion. Lord Byron (1814) is now the senior captain on the list. Captain Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, of the Vengeance, 84, in the' Mediterra nean, becomes included in the senior list ; and Captain Sir Philip Broke, Bart., succeeds to the half pay list of 12s. 6d. per diem. Another good.service pension has fallen in hand by the promotion of Rear-Admiral Moresby ; so that there are now two pensions to give away, one of which has been in abeyance for some time. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Henry F. Greville (1832) has been ap pointed to the Ocean, at Sheerness, as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Elliot, C. 8., vice G. I Elliot, to the Phaeton. Commander Robert J. Le Mesurier M'Clure, just deservedly promoted from first-lieutenant of the Enterprise, in Sir James Ross's expedition, , has been appointed to the command of the Investigator, to accompany Captain Collinson, C. 8., in the Enterprise, in the new expedition fitting at Woolwich to proceed in further search, by Behrisg'a Straits, of Franklin and his companions, Commander Ai'Murdo having been obliged to decline the appointment in conse quence of ill-health. Many of the officers whose names have appeared as the appointments to the Enterprise and Investigator will be recognised as the former officers of these ships in Sir James Ross's expedition. Lieutenant M'Clintock, late second-lieutenant of the Enterprise, has been offered the appointment of first-lieutenant of the Investigator, with his old mess mate Commander M'Clure. Surgeon—Dr. Alexander Armstrong, recently pro moted from the royal yacht, !has been appointed to the Investigator. Mate—Henry H. Sainsbury (1849), to the In vestigator. Assistant- Surgeons—David L. Morgan (1846), to the Poictiers depot ship at Chatham, vice Henry Piers (1842), to the Investigator. Assistant-Engineers—Henry Brown, to the Fis gard, fleg-sbip at Woolwich; John T. Obree, to the African. Boatswains—Heckford Hill and Henry Layton to be acting. The Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, has arrived at Batavia, from Singapore, en route to Port Essington and Valparaiso. Commander Bates, with Lieutenant Crawford Pasco, appointed to re-commission the Royalist, for surveyipg service, have arrived at Hong Kong, where they found the Royalist in command of Lieutenant Everest. Paymaster and Purser Thomas M`Knight (1812), naval storekeeper at Hong Kong, died on the 9th October suddenly, at Brook Cottage, Victoria. The late gallant commander in•chief bad recommended his secretary fur the vacant appointment, without :mare that the Admiralty had already appointed Commander Parker, now en route from England to Hong Kong. The Contest, 12, Commander the lion. J. Spencer, has been taken in hand at Portsmouth, and will have her damages repaired in a few days. Cotntoander Spencer has proceeded on leave of absence, and will rejoin on Monday. The Racer, 12, Commander Beddoes, is at Athens, And was to return to Malta on the Ist January, to relieve the Frolic, 16, Commander Vansittart Tae Medusa, steam packet, Lieut.- Commander Darby, which damaged her rudder at Marseilles, was so far repaired as to i.e ermbled to take thie sea v. ith the hom•ward India mail. She only wanted caulking ht r upper decks, on her arrival at Malta, her rudder having been repaired befi,re she lt ft - Marseilles. The Trident, G. steam vestel, Lieut.-.Con.rnandcr Ri-k, has left Devonport fur Queenstown, with suptr 7 . numeraries. • Woocwicu, Drc. 20.—The Enterprise and In vestigator vessels, commissioned to proceed on a search for Sir John Franklin, will be out of the hands of the shipwrights at Woolwich Dockyard on the 29th inst., and will almost immediately after proceed to the Sand wich Islands. Bills hive been i , aued stating that able seamen are wanted for both vessels, and that double pay will be ensured to the crews oa rounding Cape Horn. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Capt. Hervey's Lismshago 5,000 to 75 agst Mr. Di4ney's Sir Richard---taken 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. Merry's Cbantieleer-7taken 1,000 to 15 ugA Mr. Murphy's Dough—taken 2,000 to 25 agst Mr. E Parr's Idle Boy—taken 2 000 to 20 agst Mr. Meiklem's Baby—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Godwin's Hotspur—taken 1,000 to 10 3gst Mr. Butnby's Velox—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. osl3ll,:eston's Fagletnan—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. S. Conway's Kennington—taken 1,000 to 8 agst Mr. Meiklum's Eturna—taken The shove quotations comprehend the whole of the transactions. DERBY, 1850. 4 to 1 agst lot—taken 11 to 1 spit Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel -12 to 1 taken to 501. 17 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwielte's The Nigger—taken to 501. and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Volt•geur—taken to 75/. 25 to I.agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew—taken to 125/. _ _ 30 to 1 Dist Lord Eglinton's Maturs—tuken to 2251. ,000 to 25 opt Mr. Bowes's Bro. to Epirote—takvn 1,000 to 20 aist Lord John Scott's Windhourid—taken 1,000 to 15 egst Lord Palmerston% Yew Tice 3,000 to 25 agst Mr. C. Breton's Python—token With the exception of a bet of 2,000 to 100 laid against The Nigger early in the afternoon, the above summary includes the whole of the business transacted; The Nigger and Voltigeur were the only horz,es in de mand. No prices were quoted against 13,1ingbrvke or Ghil ie Collum. EPSON SPRING MEETING, 1850.—We are glad to find that the Licensed Victuallers of the metropolis are ac.. lively exorting themselves in obtaining subscriptions, and that there is every prospect of the stewards b• ing able to announce that the bonus to the Metropolitan Handicap Stakes, which closes on the Ist of January, will be of the same amount as usual, viz , 5001: SEIZURE OF A PRIVATE STILL, AND ESCAPE OP THE DELlNQUENT.—lnformation having been rectived by the Excise that a private still was in the habit of being worked on the premises, 132, Drury-lane, the Excise officers communicated with the police, for the purpose of their assistance to make a capture, when yesterday morning, at an early hour, the rffcers of Excise. accompanied by Sergeant Harvey, 14 G, and other constables, proceeded to the above house, - the tr. nt of which was occupied as a chandler's shop by an elderly widow, whom the officers questioned, and informed her of the real nature of their mission. Sbe readily in tormed them that, about two months agO, a strong re _ spectable man called upon her, and inquired 'whether the back part of her premises were not to let. She an swered in the affirmative, and she let them, aid they agreed as to terms. He represented himself es being a blacking manufacturer, and he took possession. t a le commenced building with bricks and mortar, and she frequently found smells, which she itnogined arose from the manufacture of blacking. She never entertaiued any suspicion as to her lodger's mode of living, and he had not paid her any rent. He slept on the pre. miser. Sergeant Hardy and the uthk-r officers pro. ceeded to the back part of the house, which is aur. rounded by narrow alleys, and knock( d at the door, when a gruff voice from shove called out—"Halloa, who's there ?" The officers made 1,0 reply, and the moment afterwards a loud smashing' of glass was heard. They instantly broke into the place, where they discovered • private still, with the unlace burning, the still being full and at work. It had been recently built, and the rooms contained jars full of distilled liquor, molasses, and all the paraphernalia for manufacturing illicit spirits. On proeet ding up a ladder to a - abed they found it to contain a bed, some domestic utensils, and some wi tiring appsrel, hut the tenant, who had evi dently been alatmed out of his sleep, and suspecting that he had b• en found out by the officers, made a rush through a skylight with nothing on his person but his shirt, and matte his escape by the back way. Part of his fl sh was tumid un the glass, and he must have in• jured himself severely, as the place was covered with, blood, and traces of it were found in the alley leading into Great Wild-str...et. A pursuit, however, was made, without avail. In auotber hart of the premises a second still was discovered, and the %hole of the property was conveyed in a van to the - Exci.e office in 13road-street. The party, however, is known, as haviug been in ens tody some time ago for working two private stills in Regent-street, City-road, and there is little doubt that he will soon be in custody.