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

FORTY-EIGHT and FORTY-NINE Another most eventful year Has ended its disturbed career. Time's clock has struck —the act is o'er, And Forty-eight is now no more. Scarce had the dawn of Forty-eight Bee■ signalled by the dial-plate, When round all Europe, like a cloud, Dread elements were seen to crowd. Not only did our own blest isle Lose, for a time, its peaceful smile ; Not only did the Briton hear, The fearful note of " danger near ;" But every throne was seen to rock Beneath the social earthquake's shock. The mighty nation of the Gaul (A scene more terrible than all), Beheld a king forsake his throne, And seek a country not his own. Ah ! hapless France! thy land hath been A terrible—a fearful scene! Adown thy streets where armed men rode, Thy people's blood hath freely flowed; While nearly all the civil world In dread confusion has been hurled. Few years have seen events so great, So marvellous as Forty-eight ; But happily we still retain Victoria's unmolested reign. Though civil broils awhile were heard, Our realm is now no longer stirred. Peace is restored—Britannia smiles, And order reigns throughout the isles. Commerce and trade once more revive, And promise speedily to thrive. MOSES and SON rejoice to say That still their Mart retains its sway ; While palaces and thrones decayed, They still were monarchs of the trade. MOSES and SON, amid the stir, Are firmer than they ever were ; And like Victoria, they can say, They grow in confidence each day. Nor have they ever had to fear The changes of the bygone year. MOSES and SON, iu Forty-eight, Have met with favours more than great ; And multitudes have lent their aid In every branch of MOSES' trade. They feel their gratitude is due For trading favours ever new. And action—better far than word— Shall liquidate the debt incurred. MOSES and SON, the coming year, In brighter colours will appear ; While all their energies combine In signalising Forty-nine. Their efforts to exceed the past, Throughout the ensuing year shall last. They could a trading tale disclose Surpassing far what you suppose. The capital at their command Shall place them on a higher stand; A thousand benefits shall show Thanks for the favours you bestow. MOSES and SON will prove to you What trading enterprise can do. While nuallty and price combine To claim your aid for Forty-nine. In all the garments you may wear, Improvements shall be brought to bear. MOSES and SON would thus defray The debt which they have now to pay ; And doubtless in the ensuing year All efforts will be mutual here. While MOSES thus would study you, Your daily favours you'll renew. MOSES and SON request your aid, And trust you'll patronise their trade. " Consult yourselves," they say, " and come For garments at a moderate sum. Think what you've gain'd in years gone by, And grant a favouring reply. You never found them once contemn The trust ,shich you reposed in them ; And when the present season ends, Still, still will MOSES' prove your friends. And coming to a climax here, They wish their patrons, far and near, A happy and a prosperous year." E. MOSES and SIN, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Rosters, Furriers, Boot and iheemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Mineries, and 83, 14, Sb, and 68 Aldgate, City, London. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if net approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. Cat:ANL—E. Moses arid Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for ebvioas reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at, in send to. Mlneries and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment trout ran- Set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when buaincs is resumed till twelve O'clock. O V E is the leading feeling of the human , breast. Mere exalted than mere passion, it sears high above every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice, but mere engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from its influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage. When union does not take place, however, this passion, this fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life time spent in the fulfill - lens of every engagement, snap the very con tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind? It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been Ihstituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be beyond measure deplorable I Loving and beloved, he entails the most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon himself a desolation the meat horrible, when the simple possession of natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of nnalleyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the attention of all. These desirous of investigating it will Sind the fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled SZLF-PRESERVATION. Illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology, ainonds . d.lseases of the reproducti ve organs ; w i t h pract i ca l theobserve secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from Solitary habits, excesses, or infection. Doctor of Medicine, BY SAMUEL LA'MEET, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Licentiate ef Apothecaries' Mall , f ondon Honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society, This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and much neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob tained the highest medical h onours, is a guarantee for his prices ment hich has sionalof these diSeabes. experience, reference simost solely to the treat- RLYIRW OF Till WORE. La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are scenes in the drama of life which are acted with iispectator but Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous II pthe mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him . fr ap l nif Into which such scenes must plunge him I In the boor before g such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruocrtetlute erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and ntorally upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and' propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy • rty no t aught innocence the book is not, •f course, needed ; but wherever 1 axity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these Pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine: , —United kingdom llngazine. The work May be had price 2s. 6d., of Kent and Itichards, 52, Paternester-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starle, Tichborne street, Maymarket ; Gorden, 14G, Leadenliall-street ; Mansell, 115, Ireet-street; or, free by pest, for forty-two stamps, from the author's Ilaidosee, whe may be consulted on these disorders personally, er lip letter, daily, from Ten to Two, or from Five tcEigbt. N. BEDFORD-SW ARE, LONDOK. MBURANCE AGAINST LOSS OF LIFE BY EMMY TRATELLING. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LON.ON. INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT •F PARLIAMENT. 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Edinburgh Glasgow - I ....The City of Glasgow Bank. Interest at the rate of 51. per Cent. per Annum will be charged en all Calls unpaid after the 16th day of January. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. ROBERT DAVIES, Deputy-Chairman. By order, York, December 21, 1811. JOIIg CLOSE, Secretary. P UBLIC NOTICE.-EIGHT NEW LIGHTS. —The only good Lights in the world—they only need knowing t• be admired. The Diamond Lamp is the only Light that really gives satisfaction, its equal is unknown ; its superior will never come.—The Vertical Diamond Lamp surpasses the Carcel Lamp of France in every respect.—The Pearl Candle Lamp with detached cup, &c., is worth a hundred other Candle Lamps.—To sell the ordi nary Candle Lamps is now impossible.—The public have long enough been pestered with inch rubbish.—The Star, the Golden, the Glass, the Ring and the Reflecting Gas Burners surpass all others beyond comparison. 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A. , " r , i , ~,,--.., -. • af- , it m• .e_LL. - 4 - 4 -, . t.i.t ,-, .• .- , 1 ~,:, ~, ~,, --- ... 1 '. • . •--4 "-• f .., • ....; `Nt''. - ;!•'••• ',., . ? .,,Oi'. 4! •• '. r* ' "-U. ki): -, Vti,. - f_ it I : " ~ f i i6 : • , ' , , m ' ' . - „floN3 - ,_ iri ' . .el m c r rat ., . ----. ,- -- .:taziT, , iye e* ''',,,, 1 ,'. 4 1.,., ' 9,1. ' , '. , L • *# , [PRI.t;E SD. • PROMOTIONS. The annual Coast Guard promotion came out as fel lows, yesterday : mmander John Talbot (1829), inspecting comman der o e Hyde (Isle of Wight) district—he was a lieu tenant o he Rose at the battle of Navarino—to the rank of Ca sin in the royal navy. Lieutenant Lazarus Roberts (1815), of the North Yar mouth station, who was a midshipman of the Montagu at the evacuation of Scylla Castle, in 1808; of the Re venge, and employed in boat service in the Walcheren expedition, and who was present at the attack on the French fleet in Aix roads in 1809, to the rank of Com mander in the royal navy. Lieutenant Thomas Thompson (1830), in command of the Greyhound cruiser, in the Leith Waters, to the rank of Commander. Lieutenant John Hains (1815), of the Stonehouse point station, to the rank of Commander. Second Masters—Thomas Huss (1846), of the Cale donia three-decker, at Plymouth; John H. 11. T. Norris (1842); and W. H. Mallard (1844), late Acting Master of the Hecate and Apollo—to the rank of Masters. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—It has been remarked as strange that the flags of her Majesty's ships have not been lowered half-mast on the news of the melancholy death of the First Lord of the Admiralty being officially communicated to the Port Admirals. The Sharpshooter steam-schooner, Lieutenant-Com mander J. C. Bailey, went from the harbour to Spithead this morning. It is reported the Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. R. Johnson, is to be sent to the West Indies to relieve the Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander H. E. Win grove, whose term of service has expired. The Apolline freight-ship arrived last evening from the river, and proceeded this morning to Cowes to em bark soldiers. She is to return again to Spithead to em bark 100 convicts. Wind E., fresh gales and cloudy weather. WRECK OF THE MUTINE, We announced yesterday that the Mutine, 12, Com mander Palmer, was wrecked off Venice. The following official letter, with which we have been favoured by the Admiralty, it will be seen, confirms our intelligence:— "By accounts received at the Admiralty on the Ist instant, from Captain Symonds, of the Spartan, it ap pears that her Majesty's ship Mutine was wrecked at Chioggia, off Venice, on the 21st December last, during very heavy Weather. The loss of the following officers and one private marine are reported with deep regret:— " Mr. George Whiting, acting mate. " Mr. H. E. Charlton, acting mate. " Mr. James Burke, assistant surgeon. " Mr. William Dowse, carpenter. "Edward James, private uterine. " The remainder of the officers and crew of the Mutine are saved, although many of them have suffered consi derably from intense cold. "Admiralty, Jan. 2, 1849." As we stated yesterday, the commander had gone on shore with dispatches, and had not returned to his ship when the gale came on, consequently the command of the Blutine devolved on Lieut. Curtis, whose noble and skilful conduct, under the trying circumstances in which the ship was placed, is the subject of general commen dation. The Ardent, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Newell, has arrived at Naples, with the officers and crew, who were to be tried by a court martial as soon as the vessel was relieved from quarantine, after which they will be sent home. The Blutine is the second of the five experimental brigs that has been wrecked; for the Osprey, it will be remembered, was lost at Now Zealand. The Mutine was designed and built by Mr. Finchman (now master shipwright at Portsmouth dockyard), at Chatham, in 1844. — She was 428 tons, and was considered one of the handsomest vessels of the squadron. Her sailing qualities, as well as her general qualities as a man-of-war, were of a very superior character; although she was considered to be inferior on the trials to the Daring and the Espiegle. She was first commissioned by Commander Crawford, and after the experimental sailings proceeded to the Cape station, where in the Mozambique division she captured every slaver she chased, one of them was a notorious and suc cessful craft that had always ran away with ease from the brigs of Sir W. Symonds's construction. Whilst on this station she had several trials with the Helena, one of the surveyor's crack brigs, and the Cleopatra, 26, one of his corvettes, when her superiority in every point of sailing over both vessels was admitted by all. She was sent home from the Cape in consequence of having been aground in one of her chases after slavers; and on her arrival at Chatham, in August, 1846, was paid off. She was refitted, however, and was very soon after re-com missioned by Commander Tryon, and sent to the Medi terranean; and on that gallant officer's promotion, in October, 1547, her present commander (who was also promoted at that Limo) was appointed to her. The following is an extract from a letter, containing a more detailed account of the loss of the Mutine. The etter is dated " Venice, Dec. 24,1848. " Fearful that exaggerated reports may reach home, I write by the earliest opportunity to inform you of the wreck of the Mutine, which took place on the 21st at Palestrina, about ten miles from Venice, in one of the heaviest gales of wind (commonly called "Boras" in this part of the world) I ever saw. Fortunately every one has been saved, with the exception of four officers and one marine, viz., Edward Whiting (acting mate), drowned in a most gallant attempt to get on shore in the dingy with a line; H. E. Charlton (acting mate), dead from exhaustion and intense cold ; James Burke (assistant -surgeon), whose death was caused in a similar manner ; James Dowse (carpenter), who fell out of the bowline-knot us they were hauling him on shore, and was drowned ; and Edward James (private, Royal Marines), found frozen to death under the forecastle. how so many were saved appears to be almost miraculous, after being exposed nearly thirty hours to the most dreadful wea ther; the cold being so intense that the seas froze on every thing as they came en board. Many are suffering severely from their hands and feet being frostbitten. It is impossible to speak too highly of the kindness and hospitality evinced by the inhabitants and authorities of Palestrina, who seiz , . d officers and ram as they were landed and carried them up into the houses, actually giving up their own beds and supplying them with warm drinks; and, in fact, doing everything their dearest friends could have done for them. The ship is now lying within twenty yards of the shore (haviog beaten over three quarters of a mile of shoal water), with her masts and rudder gone, and back broken. It is expected we shall save the greater part of the things on board, though there is no hope for the ship. " The people on board were landed by means of a hawser run out to the shore, with a bowline•knot and hauling- line." SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—The Royal Mail Steam packet Company's ship Severn, Captain W. Vincent, sailed to-day with the usual British and foreign West India mails, and the mails for New Orleans, Havannah, and Mexico, in charge of Lieutenant Joseph Ray, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Severn had only a few passen gers, amongst whom were Captain Childs, Captain John ston, and Dr. Linton, for Barbadoes; Rev. W. Grey, Bermuda, &c. The small number of passengers arises in some measure from the quarantine regulations which have been imposed on the company's ships at Ilavannah, &c. The steamer has u fall general cargo, but no quick silver or specie. The American frigate St. Lawrence, 44, Captain 11. Paulding, will in all probability take her departure for Lisbon and Cadiz to-morrow or 'Thursday. EXPLOSION IN EDINDUROIL—On Saturday even ing, about six o'clock, a tremendous explosion took place in an arched vault, under the pavement of the High street, close by the entry to Blackfriars' Wynd, the cause fosTatirsyeaps vault rso n a l i and means of which are as yet involved in mystery. The explosion tore up the strong and firmly built arch be neath the pathway, carrying with it the large flag-stones, raising a dense cloud of dust and lime, and opening up a charm in front of the houses from about fourteen to sixteen feet square. The shock occasioned was most violent, causing infinite terror in the neighbourhood , shaking the contiguous houses like an earthquake, and in its suddenness extinguishing many of the lights ; and while it was heard at a great distance from the spot, it was described by those near it as like a volley of artillery, or rather, a tremendous and instant crash,e with little reverberation, rendering the horror the mor e intense intense by the silence which succeeded. MOSS fo the n Injury. quei. dentially, this occurrence, so fraught with danger unat crowds of passers by in this busy locality, Iv w can ascer. tended with the loss of life, and so unaerstood to be e! been directly Thefain, cause without e f the e dangerous xpl osi o o n r e b v ii e s n 1 i i 3 om eT l i ay which, casually ig. gas, or foul air of some descri pt ion , ascertained, although it is bore result. niting, occasioned the a . ronmonger, but who has unaccountably issu• lion belongs to Mr. Steel, 1 .s _____ ,;__ since not caused the i t and the cellar beneath his communication between .0 believe, i to be built UP , " a consequence of own shop some bad air The . used it for a year or two, and ''''"'" u e &sag et 0 smell Was thus in some ing from it. d .A. measure stop° • report that it wae caused by ' gun was current, but of this Mr. Steel powder keeps at pre sent but a small quantity in his shop. The greatest the ignition, which is else involved in mystery.—C, id • a e onlan Mercury. TIII SURREY AND Yesterday the Surrey and KENT Ttnitnrii.E-R0AD5...... Kent turnpike-roads, known as the New- crossturnpike-roads, which extend a consi derable distance into the two counties, came into the hands of the trustees. They were put up to auction at 'Tavern Blackheath, on the 19th ult., by the trustees, at the sum of 10,500 t. per annum. There Was then not a single offer, though the room was crowded with trustees and others interested in that de scription of property, by some of whom it was suggested that they should be offered at 9,000/. The Chairman, kr. Jackson, observed that if the tolls were not taken by private speculators, that the trustees would take them and pay their value. Mr. Levy, the extensive proprietor of me:ropolitan and other trusts, observed, that they would then find their value, and stated that they could not legally be sold by private contract, but at the sum they produced the previous year, which was 11,230/. Those tolls hare enormously depreciated since the com petition of railways. They previously realised as much as 17,0001. a year. DM n FROM CULOROFORM.—The Glasgow Herald I sist o constant l y ea e e cb o g 1 account nnte and do i r states that recently a young gentleman returned from Australia to visit his relatives in the neighbourhood of Govan, but before leaving the colo n y ho m et with a slight accident in the foot, which being, perhaps, ne glected during the passage hom e, caused his pain great toe nail to grow into the fles h. Toremove the I d and inconvenience, the gen tleman reso ve to submit to an operation, which a respectable surgeon in Govan was employed to perform on Tuesday last. Prepara tory to doing so, the surgeon resolved to make use of chloroform; but the patient, after inhaling the gas, al most instantly expired. An investigation of the ;flair is in progros. M No. 17,.558.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY •:;-;,. a E PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK ItY MISS MARTINEAU. Just published, In small Bvo., price fis. cloth, 'IOUS Ell OLD EDUCATION. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. Also, 1. M iFS MartineattA Eastern Life, Present and Past. 3 ♦els. 31s. 6d. 2. Life in the Sick Room. Essays by an Invalid. Second Edi tion. ss. Edward Mozon, Dover-street. NEW LIBRARY EDITION OF "CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE." Just published, in 3 yols. post Bvo., price 425. cloth, _DISRAELI'S CURIOSITIES of LITERATURE, with a View of the Life and Writings of the Author. By his Son, B. DISRAELI, Esq., M.P. Edward Moron, Dover-street. LIFE AND LETTERS OF CAMPBELL. Just published, in 3 vole. Swo., price 455. cloth, I.IFE & LETTERS of THOMAS CAMPBELL. Edited by Dr. WM. BEATTIE, one of his Executors. Also, I. 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ORNAMENTAL CLOCKS.—Recently received from Paris an unusual large 'variety of Fourteen-day CLOCKS, to strike the hours and half-hours, in ormolu, marble, and china. The designs are pastoral and historical, and include a few of great merit, in the style of Louis XIV. The price is four, five, and seven guineas each, and upwards. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 9, Cornhill, 'London, opposite the statue of the Duke of Wellington. Illustrated by 26 Anatemical Celoured Engravings on neal. )N fiIYSICALDISQUALICATIONS, GENiIIATIVR CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Yew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. sd., or by best, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILEN T FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis luallacations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. Illy B. and L. PERKY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Autkors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-Pew ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Stade, 23, Titchborne-street, Playmarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden kall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Pear 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessivelndul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Peer 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either is the printery er secondary form, and centains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated 'oy Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. 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They aro not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's wk• owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob iervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always an the " runny side of the way." The above works IQ ay be lied of Therwood, 23, Paterncsrer-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet •street • Mann, 42, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, aiormags and 'yenta's). 10, Argyll-place Recent-street; anu all Bonk ,nlle., SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—As emigration will soon he pressed on the attention of the Legislature, it becomes necessary to report en the progress of the question. For our own part, we cannot think the case to be exactly the same now as it was in January, 1847, or even in January, 1848. Since the former date half a million of souls have left these shores; and since the latter date this un exampled emigration has assumed the form of a sponta neous and regular stream. Nor is there any 'visible abatement of the locomotive furor. We may, therefore, conclude that, for some time to come, nearly the whole annual increase of our home population will take wing. Of this annnal swarm certainly not less than two hundred thousand will be Irish ; and as, according , to the common mode of reckoning, the natural in crease on a population of eight millions will not be much more than one hundred thousand, it follows that Ireland must now be undergoing an annual de population at the rate of a hundred thousand a year, putting fever and famine out of count. Now, this ma) be a gratifying fact, or a consolatory fact, or a necessary fact; but it is, at all events, a very serious fact, and a new element in the question. Artificial ingenuity is tender of interfering with natural operations of gigantic and unusual character. When Cubitt was about to shove the cliffs of Dover into the Channel, the appearance of a natural land-slip would probably have induced him to suspend operations. He would have let nature work awhile, and then proceeded on her basis, lest ho should find that ho had thrown away his labour, or even done positive mischief. Now, here is a great slip of the British population, and so long as the wanderers have a land of milk and honey to go to, which they certainly hare, we may be honestly and unaffectedly rejoiced at their departure. Still, caution, and even humility, recoil from any extensive and unnecessary interference with so colossal a movement. At all events, let us contemplate the fact in its various bearings. In the first place, there is the question of money. At present the British Govern ment does not assist emigration from the public re sources. With but few exceptions, whatever amount and degree of " assistance" is now given is from the colonial funds. The colonial paymasters have a general preference for English and Scotch labourers, as being better up to their work, and therefore more worth their money. Government, therefore, is not at liberty to apply these funds, and locate the depots fur colonial emi gration where some people may think them most needed. It is merely in the position of a factor or agent com missioned to engage practised agricultural labourers, with certain limitations, and to pay all or part of their passage. Moreover, the fund is but small. What Government, therefore, does out of the public re sources is confined to superintendence, and to dimi nishing as much as possible the manifold casualties inseparable from large movements of men, whether by sea or by land. This does not entail a very large ex pense. On the other hand, any attempt to assist gene ral emigration must needs be costly. Government would not merely pay a certain addition to the present self-paid emigration. It would have to undertake all. Almost every body in Ireland threw himself on the relief fund, and almost every one who wished to emigrate would throw himself on the emigration fund. There would be the same difficulty of discrimination and the same want of honest and efficient auxiliaries on the spot. Will anybody venture to name the sum of money which would not be required from the Government in fulfil ment of its pledges ? A million would he nothing among so many. But the country cannot afford a million just now. There is a dire necessity for reducing the national expenditure. Neither manufactures nor agriculturists on this side of the Channel will agree to spare a million fur such a purpose, or for any purpose not absolutely necessary. It so happens, that for many years past there has been a continual succes sion of new demands for money. Every year there has been some new scheme for regenerating, saving, or pro tecting Ireland, and it has always ended in the call fur more money. The money has been spent, and then it has been found that Ireland wanted regenerating quite as much as ever. What wo say of spending, we say also of lending. Lending and spending in these days are pretty much the same thing. As far as regards the condition and prospects of the emigrants themselves, neither Canada nor the States exhibit thus far any signs of repletion. In fact, there is less complaint just now with a quarter of a million per annum than there used to be with a quarter of that number. For these twenty years there have been loud remonstrances against the Irish immigrants, who have been constantly described as lingering at New York, or other port of deharcation, as herding in courts and cellars, and naturalizing in the land of freedom the misery, the rags, atd the filth of their own oppressed country. The ope ratives of those cities have formed themselves into com binations aeainst the invaders. Even Channing, in 1840, looked with dread to the increased inroads of European helotism that might soon be expected when steam had destroyed half the distance between the old and new world. " I would ask," he says, " what is to be the effect of bringing the labouring classes of Europe twice as near us as they now are? Is there no danger of alcompetition that is to depress the labouring classes here? Can the workman here stand his ground against the half-fa mished, ignorant workman of Europe, who vrtiLtail for any wages, and who never thinks of redeeming an hour for personal improvement? Is there no danger that, with increased intercourse with Europe, we shall im port the striking, fearful contrasts which there divide one people into separate nations? Sooner than our labouring classes should become a European populace, a good man would almost wish that perpetual hurricanes, driving every ship from tho ocean, should sever wholly the two hemispheres from each other." . . . "Per haps my fears may bo groundless. I do not ask you to adopt them." They were groundless. Since Channing wrote these words the railroads and other internal com munications of the states have brought the vast interior within a few days of the seaboard. What were the back woods in our youth are now central states, where old men rest at ease, while their sons seek the far west. Everywhere, therefore, the cry is for more hands. There is no accumulation. The states have, indeed, complained and adopted restrictive measures; but that was against disease and destitution, not against numbers. They very reasonably declined the costly and unthankful office of finding almshouses and hospitals for any number of our poor. Otherwise, there can be no doubt the Union still extends to the working population of these isles its wonted hospitality, and, in fact, demands their as sistance. The redundancy of European labour is as essential a condition of American prosperity as her own redundancy of soil and natural resources. How are the regions washed by the Mississippi and its tributaries— how is Michigan and the other lake districts ever to be peopled without fresh supplies? The poor mothers of this country often comfort themselves with the saying that " Heaven never sends meat but it sends mouths;" and never did the proverb receive a larger verification than at this moment. Just now, as half a million of out casts have drifted to the Transatlantic shore, behold a new outlet reveals itself. California is acquired, and its treasures discovered. A current of Population and commerce has already set in from the American torts to that distant region. It is computed that not less than 50,000 will shortly be settled on that soil, which will soon yield them bread as well as gold. The places of these must be supplied. There are now two coasts to be peopled, and the Union receives at the same moment a new continent and a new population. Thus much for the United States. The emigration to that country we are forced to speak of us a fact which has its consolations. Loyalty will prefer Canada and the other British colonies. They do not complain of being saturated with agricultural labour, and there is still the same refuge for voluntary emigration. There is no apparent reason why a hun dred thousand natives of Ireland should not find on the banks of the St. Lawrence that employment, and on the shores of the Huron that fixity of tenure which they pine for in vain at home. The geographical and political circumstances of Canada prevent, and, indeed, supersede that minute attention on the part of the mother country which we can attempt with the remote and comparati ve ly infant colonies Of Australia. Quebec, Montreal, To ronto, and other thriving cities, aro markets of land and of labour, where the emigrant can soon suit himself with land or a master, ac cording tc his taste or his means. Canada is a self-governing country, with a representative Le gislature and Ministry of its own. All that the British Government can do with emigration to that quarter is to see that the emigrant is not f orce d f rom hi s nat i ve soil, is not trepanned by fraudulent agents, or is not exposed to disease, starvation, or shipwreck by dishonest shipowners, and is not landed absolutely helpless at the Canadian port. Once landed, he will take care of him self, and will even cross the frontier, and swell the anti- British party in the States, if such is his humour. We wish, indeed, that something could be done with the selection of emigrants. Necessity and chance now decide. The impulse which drives out a million will not discriminate. We have passed the opportunity of a really national emigration, and now find the movement beyond our control. POST.—We adverted, a few days ago, to the effect which would be produced, not only upon the United States of America, but upon the whole of the civilized world, by the new supply of gold from California, should it realise the expectations that have been formed respect ing its abundance. It would be a great error to con found the effect produced upon those in the vicinity of the "diggings" with the general effect of an increa s e o f the circulating medium. The effect in California is to carry away all persons from other pursuits of productive industry to engage in the production of gold. But the general effect of an increase of money in countries where industry and traffic have been established is greatly to augment the activity o f p ro d uc ti on an d exc h ange . F or this reason we, as zealous friends of the productive classes, have always advocated the policy of an abun dance of money, and of paper money, based upon good security, since that is a manageable currency whether as regards expansion or contraction, while gold is not. We hope the time will come when the eyes of all ob servant men will b o opene d to the d rea df u l ev il s in flicted upon the industrial community of Great Britain and Ireland by a currency sy s t em t ota ll y unsu it e d t o th e w ants and habits of the people, and to the pecuniary engagements in which every man who owns any pro perty, or owes anything, or pays any direct or indirect tax, is entangled, whether he will or no. We call the currency unsuitable, because it is liable to violent con , tractions and expansions, and is, in fact, sometimes con- I tracted and sometimes expanded, not in accordance with reason or judgment, or the circumstances which fairly call for expansion or contraction, but in consequence of reckless, overweening confidence at one time, and in sane, destructive panic at another time. And over these extremes, fearfully injurious to the permanent pros perity of the nation, and to the household comforts of the people, there can be no sufficient government while our currency is chained down to a limited amount in times of panic, and permitted (by means of bills of ex change, banker's cheques, and other devices of credit) to rise to any extravagant amount in times of reckless confidence. But whatever may be the actual effects of violent currents in affairs which occur now and then, like the currents of the air, and which cannot be fore seen or accounted for, there need be no question as to the general tendency of an increase of money to act as a stimulus to industry. They who may not bs dis posed to take our word upon this subject will per haps listen with more attention to the opinion of Mr. lluskisson, who, in his speech of May, 1818, upon Nlr. Tierney's currency motion, stated his views of the effect of an increase of money. Not only did lie admit the great impulse given to the industry of this country by the increase of our (paper) circulating me dium, but he maintained that the gold which he set free for European uses, by using paper instead of gold, had produced a most important effect in stimulating the in dustry of the continent. The, following is an extract from his speech as given in Hansard :—" The Right lion. Gentleman then adverted to the effect produced upon this country, and, indeed, upon all the continent of Europe, by the facility enjoyed by Great Britain of ex tending her paper circulation. It was like the effect that had been found to arise from the discovery of the mines of America ; for, by increasing the circulating medium over the world, to the amount of forty millions, it pro portionably facilitated the means of barter, and gave a stimulus to industry. In proportion, however, as the Bank of England had found it necessary to purchase gold on the continent to meet its engagements with the public here, the circulating medium of the continent was dinai nished,and as the continental states did not enjoy,the credit possessed by this country, and were thereby debarred from increasing their paper currency, the result was dis cernible in the great confusion and deterioration of pro perty that had taken place on the continent during the two last years. Indeed, he had no hesitation in saying that much of the distress which had prevailed upon the continent was fairly attributable to the purchase of bul lion by the Bank of England. Ile then remarked on the great stimulus the increase of the circulating medium had given to the arts and industry of this country; but while the general appearance of the country was im proved, and its prosperity promoted, it was much to be lamented that the comforts and rewards of the labourers had been much reduced. The population of the country had increased in proportion to the rapidity with which the circulating medium had advanced; but though there was an increased demand for labour, its wages were diminished. This he showed by reference to the prices of corn for the last century. Ile stated, to show the im provement of the country, that, from th e year 1658 to 1754, there had not been one Bill of Inclosure, and this country imported corn. There were, from 1754 to 1796, during which time there had been a rapid increase of the circulating medium by imports from the mines of America, Bills of Inclosure to the number of 3,500, an d this country became an exporting country." The in crease of money " facilitated the means of barter, and gave a stimulus to industry." And yet the men who maintained this principle, which, indeed, they had learned to be practically true from observation and cx perisnce,the quantity delibe orateilym• money, m,otsenddmfeoarsuprreesvefncdiminish ing in crease, by limiting it to the quantity of gold which the Bank might be able to obtain. Instead of promoting that which they admitted to be a facility of the means exactly bar o barter, r and a stimulus , toned, in du sti sucht heyry,a country tooka impede an opposite course, if, indeed, as this, it were desirable to the means of barter, and to diminish the stimulus to industry ! Mr. Huskisson was in error as to the matter of fact when ho said that the comforts and rewards of the labourer had been reduced by the same means which stimulated industry during the suspension of gold payments. It was not so. Mr. Huskisson . assumed it to bo so, because prices of corn had risen, but wages--- and, above all, continuity of employment from year's end to year's end—had increased in a much larger propor tion than the price of the necessaries of life. It is since the resumption of gold payments that the condition of the British labouring classes has sunk. Gold payments have produced this injury, because of the scarceness of gold compared with the great need for money at certain junctures when confidence in the ordinary devices of credit has been suspended. But if gold become abun dant enough to answer all purposes of money through out the world, and to be accessible even in times when money is most required, then, perhaps, the avaricious bigotry which of late years has done so much evil by restricting the amount of money to the amount of' gold is about to be corrected by a providential interposition of that wisdom which is above man's wisdom. ADVERTISEIL—Two days of the new year have passed away. It is to be hoped, that the earnest they afford, so far as we can judge, of a prospero us state o f things for a long time to come, will not he belied by the future. The repostesetrem the- manufacturing dierriete are written in an increasingly hopeful spirit. All arc looking forward in Lancashire, and the other great marts of industry, to a marked increase in the extent and re munerative character of our commercial transactions. The public securities, railway shares, and joint-stock property of every description, have risen considerably during the to o days of the new year which have already elapsed. And this improvement, we feel assured, is but the precursor of a state of more material prcsperity es the year rolls on. We d o no t see h ow it can b e otherwise. The Bank of England is at present in a mug It stronger position than it was ever known to be before. It has upwards of 15,000,0001. in bullion in its vaults, with the certainty of continued additions for some time to come. Its reserve of notes exceeds 11,000,000/. It holds a comparatively small amount of bills, and con sequently its risk of losses from bad debts, is propor tionably diminished. Corn i s c h ea p, an d certainly will not be dearer during the next eight mouths. The probability lies in the opposite direction. It will most likely be cheaper. All other descriptions of produce which enter most largely into the consumption of the masses are also procurable at exceedingly moderate prices. Cotton, too, is well ascertained to bo more than an average crop, both as regards quantity and quality. Its cheapness and abundant supply are i t herefore, also in sured for twelve months to come. Here, then, we have the two great elements of national prosperity—cheap food and abundant employm ent . B ot h these blessings are enjoyed at present. Henc e th e f avoura ble position of the revenue. Nor can we, in estimating the probable state of scatters for the fut ure , attac h too muchim portance to the fact, that all the stocks of our manufac turers at home, and of our merchants abroad, are at present at the very lowest p o i nt cons i s t en t with being in a position to meet the demands of consumers. There is, moreover, an absence of all speculation in railway and other jaint•stock companies. No new schemes aro before the public, and none will be brought forward for some time to come. The railway calls, which have ope rated so injuriously on the money market and our trad• ing concerns for the lust three years, have well nigh run their course. After the present month, when they have always been unduly heavy, we have no idea that they will average much more than 1 ' 000 ' 000/. monthly, in which case we shall hear no more of their being of an onerous character. Another circumstance which will have a most beneficial effect hereafter on the commercial and financial prosperity of the country, is the extent to which our national expenditure will be reduced in the approaching session. We assume this as a matter of course. It is a contingency which must come. Nothing can prevent it. The reduction will inspire confidence. Whatever may be its amount, it must needs have a beneficial effect. It will be looked on by the country as the turning over a new leaf in the administration of the national finances— as the commencement of a cour se o f economy w hi c h will be continued until the national expenditure is re duced to the utmost extent, compatible with the effi ciency of the various departments of the public service. There is another element of pro s p er i t y w hi c h has not yet attracted that attention to which its importance en» titles it. We refer to the goldFn harvest which is now being reaped in California. i It is erroneously supposed, that because the territory n . which the di scovery has been made belongs to the United States, th e y w ill b e the only gainers. It is surprising that so g rea t a mis take could be so general as we know it is. England will derive immense advantages from the discovery. Enor mous quantities of California gold will soon find their way to this country, in return for our go o d s, e i ther pur chased directly from us in the neighbourho o d of the gold region, or through the merchants of the United States. But by whatever means the gold ,comes, whether di rectly or indirectly, come it will. 11 he bullion of the whole world, seems, indeed, to be now in course of i n fl ux to our shores. The large arrivals of the precious metals in England which may be expected to be th e i mme di ate result of the discoveries in California, must exercise a beneficial influence on trade and commer ce, and cause a great advance in the price of. Consols an d ra il way shares. The merest tyro in political economy knows the influence on trade and on the prices of all cl asses o f exerts.public securities,Thisis th which so even s n o abundshre abundance eof money always the currency is principally paper, but it must be much more so when the circulation consists chiefly of the precious metals, gold being the standard of value in all civilized countries. The benefit which this country may expect to derive from the discovery of gold in California, if the fields prove as productive as is generally represented, will be nearly equal to what might be anticipated from a repeal of the Bank Charter Act of 1544. California will prac tically do for England what the Government and Legisla• ture have hitherto refused to do—repeal that mischievous measure. The only circumstance which may be regarded as wearing a sombre aspect in our future prospects, is the state of the Continent. France, Geratany, It a l y , and other countries, aro considered by most persons as be ing still in an unsettled condition. In a certain sense they are. Still, there can be little doubt, that the tendency is towards stability. But, be this as it m a y , one thing is certain, that England's prosperity or adversity, the ri se or fall of the funds and railway shares will not, in f u t ure , be so much influenced by the state of affair s on t h e Con tinent ns they have hitherto been. We nosy un d erstand these things better than we did. We feel that our in stitutions are safe, however great may be t h e convul sions and changes in neighbouring ccUutries. w e pre, London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. lIFE ASSURANCE.—Parties desirous of surfing their Lives with the greatest security and at the least pos sible present outlay, and with the utmost future gain, or of profitably investing their savings, are advised, before they decide upon so Impor tant a matter, in which their future comfort and the happiness of those near and dear to them are concerned, to consult THE REPORTER, AND ASSURANCE AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES' CHRONICLE, Edited by JAMES IRVING SCOTT, _ Published Monthly, by W. Strange, 21, Paternoster-rew, price 3d., by post 4d., which contains full and exclusive reports of the proceed ings, and detailed announcements of the plans of all the leading As surance Companies. Delivered in any part of London for 3e., and posted to the country for 4s. a year, which may be remitted in post age stamps. Partie; wishing to Assure are advised by private letter for a small fee. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, THE ROYII7POI.YTECIINIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. A Lecture en the Popular Subject of the Electric Light, by Dr. nachhoffner on Tuesday, Thursday, and Siaturday Evenings.—Po pular Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant Experiments, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day.—First Exhibition of an entirely new Series of Dissolving Views in Mexico and Switzerland, with historical descriptions.—Childo's Phantasmagoria, with very curious new effects, Mornings and Eve nings.—Microscope at One o'clock daily.—New Chromatropo.— Dher and Diving-bell.--Tirorking Models explained.—Musie di rected by Pr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Ilalf-past Tea. Admission ls.—Schools ,litalf-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. MINING COMPANIES. The Mining Journal furnishes the annexed infor mation respecting the business and meetings con nected with mining companies : " The mining share market may be considered firm, although the amount of business actually transacted since our last has not been of any great importance. North Pool bi-monthly account meeting was held on Tuesday last, when a dividend of 17/. per share was declared. The two-monthly account meeting of East Wheal Hose adventurers was held on the 28th, when a dividend of 301. per share was declared. South Wheal Basset, Cern Brea, Tamar, Trehane, Condurrow, Tin croft, and West Caradon have been in request. Wheal Benny and Lamhercoe Wheal Maria meetings were held on Thursday. The statement of accounts in the former shows a balance of 55/. in favour of mine, but a call of 1/. per share was deemed necessary. Shares in the fol lowing mines have changed hands:—East Wheal Rose, Bedford United, Wheal Trehane, Wheal Trelawny, llerodsfoot, East Tamar Consols, Mendip Hills, Tin croft, Tamar Consols, Caradon Copper, Camborne Con sols, and Mary Ann. " In foreign mines, the transactions have been toler ably numerous. There has been an active demand for United Mexicans at an !advance; and in St. John del Hey shares a fair business has been done during the week at improved quotations. Barossa Range, Copiapo, and Bolanos have also been dealt in. Some Real del Monte shares were done yesterday at Dispatches have been received by the Mexican Mining Company and the St. John del Hey. The Anglo-Mexican letters to the 6th of November show a loss of 198 dolls. on the October working. The Bolanos report advises a remit tance of 33,264 dolls. The United Mexican advices are to the 6th of November ; the mining report presents a ♦ery satisfactory prospect, whilst the increase of Octo ber ores over the preceding month appears to be about 784 cargas. The National Brazilian accounts represent the returns for 10 days from Cuiaba to be mks. 5 1 6 55. The St. John del Hey letters reach to the 18th of Octo ber. The accounts are for 10 days' working; the quan tity stamped was 2,027 tons of stone, calculated to be worth about 6,290 oits." THE MONSTER. SNAKE.—EXCITEME N T AMONG THE SHow3IEN.—The good ship Allen, Captain Williams, recently arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, from the coast of Africa, having on board a living monster serpent of the constrictor species, which verifies all the stories we have read of their crushing and swallowing a horse at a single meal; it is much larger than any ever before taken, its length being thirty feet. Of course the arrival of such a monster set all of our showmen into a wonder ful fever. Van Amburgh, and June and Titus, dis patched an agent for Salem via New Haven; one of the firm of Raymond and Waring proceeded by way of Worcesb r; and 13arnutn sent his major donio, Hitchcock, by the steamer 13ay State. Trio Yankee proprietor of the snake, seeing such an excitement, and feeling that it will be difficult to run an opposition, has taken his ground; and a telegraphic dispatch to Van Amburgh and Co. announces that he will take no less than 11,000 dollars for it, and in case of not finding a customer, he will turn " showman," and exhibit himself. Their agent offered 7,000 dollars for it, but Mr. Hitchcock imme diately bid 500 dollars more, and so the matter stands. Captain Williams positively avers that it took 126 negroes seven hours to secure this monster. They did it by means of a heavy ropo net made for the purpose, and thrown over him when coiled up. What a sarpint! —b l ew York True Sun, • -• . • .• JANUARY 3, 1849, in fact, getting so much used to continental insurrections and revolutions. that we have ceased to think anything about them. 'We almost look on them as matters of course. Formerly our public securities sympathised with those of France: they rose or fell together. It is no longer so. On Saturday last there came a fall of two per cent. in the French funds: in ours, on the same day, there was a rise of per cent. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY. The 49th anniversary of this excellent institution, which was established in the year 1800 for the pur pose of providing, by annual subscriptions, a fund for granting annuities to aged and disabled commer cial travellers being contributors to the fund, was celebrated yesterday by a dinner at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. The Lord Mayor was in the chair, supported by Sheriff Goodhart, Alder man Sir hapman Marshall, the president of the society ; Mr. Barnard, the banker, and about forty of the friends and supporters of the institution, in cluding the representatives of several of the principal trading firms of the metropolis. The cloth having been removed, _ The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the first toast, " The health:of her Most Gracious Majesty," said that at the commencement of a new year it was scarcely necessary for him to invite their attention to the happy state in which the advent of the year found this country as compared with others. Happily, we lived under a constitution which gave to all equal laws and equal liberty, and happily also we had a Sovereign safely seated on the throne of her ancestors, protected and supported by the affections and loyalty of her people. We had seen during the past year surrounding na tions shaken to their - foundations, and civil society left in them without a chart or compass to steer by, while all we had experienced was the warning which the state of society in those countries gave as the conse quence of setting class against class, and the uproot ing of settled institutions by violent means. The loyalty and peaceful demeanour of the people of this country during the past year, and especially on one or:two memorable occasions, proved that they were satisfied with the free constitution under which they lived—and, in returning thanks for the blessings they enjoyed, he was sure they would never forget to pay a tribute of loyalty and affection to that Sovereign who was as distinguished for her love of constitutional liberty as for her private virtues, and whose greatest happiness was the welfare of her people. The toast was drunk with the usual honours, as were those which immediately followed—" The Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," and " The Army and Navy." "The health of the Lord Mayor" was then pro posed by Alderman Sir C. MARSHALL, and having been drunk with honours and acknowledged by his Lordship, The LORD MATOR'.gave " The health of the Presi dent of the Society, Sir C. Marshall, and Prosperity to the Commercial Travellers' Institution." By the ac counts presented to him, he found a list of recipients of the fund, including 65 members, 93 widows, and 3 children, the allowances to whom amounted in the gross to 1,6231. a year. Since its establishment the society had distributed upwards of 80,0001. amongst its decayed members and their families. With such limited means, he believed no society had done more good. No class of men were more valuable or useful in a community like this than the commercial tra vellers; and:he hoped the great commercial houses of London, who, whatever the misfortunes of late years, were now eatering upon better times, would not forget the claims of a body so useful to themselves. He had recently presided at a large meeting of the Commercial Travellers' School—an offshoot from this. He hoped that in providing for the young they would mspnoaooc past forgetteetl mightyacb,aaot dr idar, i o nat hndnce conclusion, oinenntoeicnt: knew of unable economy—an fyo t h nn i to, oi none :n e s atiui that t o o ovrt t ta h as ctoomnl recommendationd conducted , themselves.tu tce who trocil were e he always looked at when asked to aid charitable in stitutions.—(Cheers.) Alderman Sir C. MARSHALL, in returning thanks, expressed his regret that the fund of the society would not allow them to give the amount of relief originally , intended. (The allowance fixed for decayed mem bers was originally, we were informed, 501. a year, or 11. a week ; it is now reduced to 161. a year. This amount being given only in cases where the party applying is absolutely destitute.) 'While he rejoiced at the prosperity of the school, he hoped the parent institution would not be allowed to have its exertions crippled, and implored those about to go into the country to advocate its claims among the commercial travellers. Mr. THOMPSON then announced some of the lead ing subscriptions. Among them were—The Lord Mayor 101. 10s.; Sir Chapman Marshall 101. lOs ; Sheriffs Goodhart and Finnis Si. is. each; Mr. Ridg way 50/. ; 'l'hoinaa Dodgson, Esq., of the Guarantee Society, 21/. ; John Barnard, sen., Esq., 51. 55.; and Jahn Barnard, jun., 51. is., &c. " The health of the Sheriffs of London and Mid dlesex" was then given, and acknowledged by Mr. Goodhart, who apologised for the absence of his col league, Alderman and Sheriff Finnis, who, he said, was in attendance on the Judges at the Central Criminal Court. The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The health of Thomas Chapman, licq., the founder of the society, formerly proprietor of the Globe," whom he regretted advanced years had kept away. The toast was warmly received, as also that of Mr. Ridgway, Mr. Chapman's successor. Mr. DERTON replied to the toast of the "Visitors." Mr. STOCKDALE returned thanks for the toast of the " Stewards." He said the stewards had done their best to promote the welfare of the society during the past year ; he trusted that their successors would labour well for the same end, since the committee, and in fact all interested in the society—and more par ticularly their worthy President—(Cheers)—were desirous that the jubilee next year should be cele brated by a larger attendance than on that occasion. It was said that the school was an offshoot of this in stitution, and in some respects sought to rival it. That was not exactly the case. This institution was fur the support of the decayed travellers, whereas the school was for the education and maintenance of the chil dren. Strictly speaking, they were one and the same, and nothing would give him greater pleasure than to see them united. Ile much regretted the absence of Mr. George Moore from indisposition. The healths of Mr. Thompson,:the Hon. Secretary, who announced the subscriptions to have been 4201. and . Mr. Jackson, the secretary, followed, and the com pany separated. A very appropriate sentiment was given by the Lord Mayor shortly before leaving the chair, namely, May the young traveller labour, that the old one may rest." [ADVERTISEMENT.] ANOTHER ENLARGEMENT OF THE WEEKLY DIS PATCH.—This Journal, at present the largest in exist ence—unrivalled for its early intelligence and uncom promising advocacy of the Rights of Mankind—will he enlarged, on and after Sunday next, the 7th of January, to sixteen pages, containing sixty-four columns, of the same size and form as at present, without any extra charge. 13y its zeal in the cause of progress, and its staunch devotion to the interests of the people, the Dis patch has become a terror to the upholder of abuses, and a powerful auxiliary on behalf of the oppressed, whose wrongs will always meet with sympathy and ex posure. Encouraged by their success, and anxious to extend the sphere of their political influence and social utility, the proprietors have resolved on the proposed enlargement of the Dispatch, which hereafter will answer the purpose of four newspapers, and thus accom modate four readers at one and the same time. The columns of the Dispatch will still continue to be enriched by the powerful contributions of "Public°la," "Caus tic," " Censorius." Eliza Cook, and other writers emi nently distinguished for their literary attainments, and whose opinions have ever advocated the cause of the people, in opposition to tyranny and injustice. It may also be observed, that the poor man will always receive legal advice and assistance, as heretofore, from the Dis patch. A beautiful new typo has been cast, on which the Dispatch will this year be printed. An edition of the Dispatch is published at five o'clock every Saturday morning, fur transmission by the first train and morning fo mails, so that persons residing in towns 250 miles from London may receive it the same evening. To prove n .' „_. disappointment, orders should be giv en early to Mn Richard Wood, 139, Fleet-street , Lon don, toowf tioeco p oAs'news'. office orders may be made payable , or to any al venders, in town and country. Hilary Term commences, when t h e is expected Henanr DiRM.—To- morrow w Term the arrears equity will resume their sittinog Judgme nt I s t . he term, by al t etchin g be given, in the early pahret case of the royal etchings. c ecko'utrit'se o l f l I t a h w i fl an :1 ' cellor Knight Bruce, timberedand they now of the common d that amount, arising from applications At the commencement eonotuinroffstAin cosiderably excee ichael.m.as Queen's Bench ensuing term is 114, and in the Court the number for the _ the lists fur the 1 of Exchequer 1:)7; Court of Common made in the last term. .In the Court of the Court of .. L ueen'i, Bench there are of special cases and demurrers, 6 for Pleas have not bet n exhibited. lit Bench and 33 for argument, whilst of now trials there are 13 for j ud g men t and 62 for argument. In the Court x l i c s l t i eq exhibitsuer the 2 for judgment paper con t a i ns 19; and 19 for argu ment. There are 2 d emurrers for judgment, and 39 for a rgument; of new trials the s pecial c o c f i s E I there are 8 for judgment and G 8 for argument. A CANINE THIEr.—A gentleman, accompanied b y a Newfoundl.: d dog, n lately entered the office of Messrs. Woodall and Co., bankers, Scarborough, for the purpose of transacting some business. A few minutes after wards the dog quietly left the office, carrying in his mouth a bag containing 100 sovereigns, which he had purloined from behind the counter; but, luckily, one of the clerks had watched the four-footed thief, and speedily recovered the stolen treasure.—Gateshead 01 , - , iff efr. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 2.—The judgment of the Court on the demurrer in the case of the Queen against Duffy, will be given this day. The following extraordinary statement appears in the Evening Herald of last night:— "It appears that the Government had published a report of the previous trials at the former commission from the notes of Mr. Hodges, their reporter. This re port, which constitutes a goodly volume, has been in the hands of the Crown Counsel during this trial. It has bee n frequently referred to by them as a book o f autho rity on points ruled on the trial it reports, and a copy was forwarded previous to the trial to one of the Judges. " Application, we are told, was made on behalf of the prisoner for a copy of this report for the use of his Counsel. Reference was made to the Attorney-Gene ral, and he refused to comply with his application, alleg ing that ho was not called on to supply his opponents with the notes of his own short-hand writer. " How the Learned Gentleman can call a book, printed and paid for at the public expense, the notes of his own short hand writer, we are at a loss to under stand; but if it be a private document, wo are still more at a loss to comprehend why the Learned Gentleman should venture to send it to the Judges, or to cite it as a document of authority in Court. " We would have thought the mere fact of its being so sent and so cited entitled the other party to a copy. " We can scarcely credit the story of this refusal of this book. It is not credible that any one in the posi tion of Attorney-General would disgrace the administra tion of justice by such paltry littleness." REPEAL.—Mr. John O'Connell has sent five guineas as his renewed subscription to the Repeal Association for 1849. INAUGURATION 0? THE LORD MAYOR.—Aldermen O'Brien, M.P., was yesterday inaugurated Lord Mayor of Dublin for the present year. Dr. Kano, late a prisoner under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, was yesterday inaugurated Mayor of Kilkenny. BARBAROUS ASSASSINATION.—On Sunday evening a man named Fitzgerald, steward to Sir David Roche, Bart., was shot dead at his own door at Barntick, within a few miles of Ennis, by a person, who was lying in wait for the purpose. The perpetrator of this bloody deed has not yet been discovered, but diligent search is being made by the constabulary. We have not heard that suspicion yet rests upon any person for the murder, and no cause can be assigned for it, as the deceased was much esteemed in the neighbourhood. He came from Limerick to Barntick about seven months ago to super intend the drainage works at present in progress on Sir David Roche's property in that place, and had been en gaged yesterday, previous to his murder, in paying the workmen, about fifty of whops are constantly employed on the land. Ho was standing on the steps to his hall door when the fatal shot was fired, which took effect on his left side ; he instantly fell, and was only able to say to the persons who came to the door on hearing the re port—" Take me in, lam shot through the heart." In a few minutes afterwards he expired. Deceased was only a few weeks married. Thomas W hitestone, Esq., coroner, proceeds to-day to hold an inquest on the body. —Glare Journal. BOYLE, SATURDAY.—A man named John Gunning, while travelling with some of his neighbours from the market of Ballyfarnon to Cressna, on Thursday even ing, was brutally murdered on the high road. It ap pears the parties had fallen out among themselves. 'The deceased was so dreadfully beaten that he died within an hour. A person named ➢'aeon has been apprehended, and lodged in the gaol of this town. — Boyle Gazette. ENNIS GAOL.—There are at present nearly 600 prisoners crowded into Ennis gaol, one of the smallest in Ireland. DEATH FROX STARVATION.—An inquest was held on Wednesday last, at Kilkishen, county Clare, on the body of a man named John O'Donoghue, who was found dead on the way to the relief depot. After a lengthened investigation, the jury brought in the fol lowing verdict.—" That the body of the deceased, John Donoghue, was found dead on the road at Derra, between Kilmurry and Kilkishen, and that he died of want; and that his death was assasioned by the neg lect of Pet O'Mara relieving (Act r, and Michael Sexton." The relieving officer was not pre sent at the beginning of the inquest, but arrived come time after the proceedings had commenced. He then objected to the jury, on the ground that several of the members of it were rer sons to whom he had refused out door relief. But the Coroner informed him that it was too late then to ob ject, as they had already been sworn, and had heard the evidence. DREADFUL SUFFERING ON BOARD AN EMIGRANT Snsr.—liy a letter received in this city yesterday, writ• ten from on board the Surinam, emigrant ship, now at Cove, we learn the following particulars. The writer is a person of intelligence, and well known to the gentle man whom he has written to. It appears that the ship left Dublin on the 11th of November, with 120 pas sengers, and after having made Cape Cleur she en countered a dreadful storm which drove the vessel about until the 29:h December, wEen she got into Core, after enduring the greatest hardship. From the 12th to the 28th I;ecember, all hands were at the pumps, and the writer gives a ♦ery deplorable account of the condition of the poor people on board, who are now left without the means of proceeding on their voyage to America. LONDON DOCKS COMPANY. The half-yearly general court of the proprietors in the London Docks Company was held yesterday, at the offices, in Princes-street, Mansion-house, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors, the declaration of a dividend, and the appointment of a director in the place of Mr. John Elliott ; Mr. John Cattley took the chair, and I\ Ir. Powaas, the secretary, read the following report from the directors, of their proceedings during the last half-year : " The directors have now to lay before the proprietors a report of the company's proceedings for the half-year ending the 30th day of November last. The numlier of loaded ships from foreign ports which entered the Lon don Docks during the six months ending the 30th No vember last was 953, measuring 234,426 tons. The num ber for the corresponding period in 1847 was 988, mea suring 260,792 tons, being a decrease'ot 26,366 tons. This decrease in tonnage is in proportion to the decrease ex perienced during the same period by the other principal docks. The amount of earnings during the six months ending the 30th November last has been 234,390/. 4s. Id. The amount of the like earnings for the corre sponding period in 1847 was 229,1441. ss. 41 The amount of expenditure for the six months ending the 30th November last has been 132,9071. lle. 9d. The amount of the like expenditure for the corresponding period in 1847 was 132,8711. 15s. sd. The amount of expenditure includes the payment of the income-tax. By the statement annexed to the report, it will be seen that the balance standing at the credit of profit and loss is 228,4841. 12s. 9d.; out of which the directors recom mend to the court of proprietors the payment of a divi dend of 21. 10s. per cent. on the company's stock for the half-year, amounting to 90,957/. 12s. 4d., leaving a balance in favour of the company of 137,527/. Os. sd. Of the balance standing at the credit of profit and loss, the sum of 196,652/. 1 ls. 2d. consists of the amount of outstanding charges due to the company on goods in the warehouses. The stock of goods in the warehouses on the 30th of November last was 122,504 tons. At the same period last year it was 113,855 tons. Nothing has been undertaken in the way of new works during the past half-year, nor has anything occurred in the course of that period to call for any special remark from the directors. The warehouses of the company are well occupied, and the directors believe that they may state that the accommodation and facility for the transaction of business at the docks continues to give satisfaction to the mercantile community of this port." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, congratulated the proprietors upon the prosperity of the docks during the past half-year. Their pros perity was greater than at any preceding period. At the same time, every accommodation had been pro vided for the requirements of the trade of the docks ; but he Would not deny that it was probable more ac commodation would be necessary. These docks alone accommodated four-fifths of the Australian wool trade, and large as was their accommodation for that branch of commerce, it would, most likely, require extension, for the London Docks appeared to be the chief market for that particular article. In reply to a question from Mr. CLARKE, The CHAIRMAN said that the plans and estimates of the probable extensions had been obtained from the engineer and architect, and he was happy to say that the cost would not exceed 20,0001., which would be expended in raising the wool warehouses already in existence. Resolutions were then unaimously carried approv ing of the report, and of a dividend of 2/. 105. per cent. for the half-year. The CHAIRMAN announced that the dividend war rants would be ready on the 9th inst. Mr. Daniel Meinertzha , ren was elected a director in the place of the late Mr. Elliott, and the proceed ings terminated. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF PIOUS FRAUD.' The Yorkshire Gazette of Saturday last gives a most ex traordinary instance of pious " fraud" perpetrated by a Dissenting preacher, and principal of an academy. The individual is question is Bentley Ilaigh, Principal of Bramham College. The gentleman, it appears, was doubly registered for the township of Aberford and Tad caster, and during the late election for the West Riding, after voting a t Aberford in booth No. 1 for Sir I ; -11.1,i i rr Eardley, coo lly directed his course to booth No, 3, and Toted o second time for the same candidate,