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no ob ,fferera teeired ge and 9s to 606 is 21i Is 2bS 5s 203 7s 218 Is 25s 68 343 ,68 334 Os 334 4$ 354 Ss 30$ is 354 as 448 2s 35$ Is 333 Calves it ; but e mild of the Hand— the low es from o state fish ac- ?igs. . to s. d. 5 4 2 1 4 6 I 410 1 0 0 I 4 2 I 4 8 1 21 0 1 0 0 ace our aarkets ef, 800 litto of metro old has Ham d; and , haYO to e. d. 2 10 2 10 4 4 3 6 4 6 being a very ysu p hold ,f Kent to 67. THE SU N, LONDON, MONEY an d COMMERCIAL N E . CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was Steady, and prices of American were again a shade higher, other sorts unchanged. The sales were esti mated at 8,000 bales, and comprised about 7,000 Ameri. can (of which 3,000 were taken by speculators) at 31d. to 54d., s id., 80 Bahia at 50. to 50., 100 Egyptian at 51-,d. to 300 Surats at 3d. to 31d., and 80 Sea Islands at sp. to 'lid. per lb. The market for Railway Shares was steady, and full quotations were realised. The holders of Mexican Bonds are becoming heartily tired at the anomalcns position in which they are placed by the non-payment of any portion , even of a dividend. and the doubt when they are to expect one. It seems obvi ous that an account current should be rendered by the present agents to the Spanish American Committee, and this, irrespective of what Messrs. Schneider may please to call themselves, whether agents of the bondholders or of the Mexican Govern ment. Even the amount of stock entitled to a dividend is scarcely ascertained, we believe, such was the Jugglery under Santa Anna, and such has been the mys tification since. Parties exchanging the old stock expe rience this even now, despite the courtesy of Messrs. Schneider, for the former agents, Messrs. Lizardi and Co., are in possession of the books, and have to verify the stock before it can be converted. The following report upon the iron trade is from Bir mingham, and appears satisfactory:— " The dealers and merchants are busy, not only for every day consumption, but they are endeavouring stealthily to replenish their empty warehouses in anticipation of considerable impulse from the spring trade, particularly from the United States, under which it is hot improba ble that a general advance in the prices of iron would be declared. At present it would be premature to offer any opinion upon the course likely to be taken next quarter. The position of mercantile and political affairs among our continental customers is too unsettled to allow of, a satisfactory calculation as regards our probable transactions with them for the next six or twelve months ; •but the advice& from America are of a stirring description, and, in spite of the vast share of attention absorbed by the Californian mania, there is little doubt that considerably enlarged quantities both of manufactures and iron, as also of hardware goods, will be shipped for that country. Large orders, we are told, have artived in Liverpool by the last packet, and have been disposed of principally among the Welsh houses, while in London extensive transactions are daily con cluded. " The railroad interest is also recovering gradually from the late depression, and the improvement hitherto effected is well maintained, with an upward tendency. The abundance and cheapness of money will cause a more early resumption of opera lions in these undertakings than might otherwise have been looked for; but it is scarcely to be expected that they will afford much assistance in the consumption of iron during the present 3ear, while the enormous in crease in the make of that article both in Wales and Scotland has ca ll e d f or th an express i on o f some appre hension o n . t h e p ar t o f man y conve r san t w ith th e tra d e . The stock of pi g i ron in the latter country at the begin 'fling of the present year was supposed to be about 650 1.13 ‘ 000 10n5, and the probable make is calculated at ,ot 0 more, while the w h o le qu a ntity disposed of dim -rig the' ear 1848 was only 550,000 tons, and that much ceeded the - consumption of 1847; so that a large in crease of s toc k i s f eare d dur i ng t h e presen t y e ar. The same prospects offer in Wales, and, it is thought, may t r ove a check upon any advantage that might otherwise a " been tak e n in obtaining more remunerative prices."- _ T he Stock M ar k et w hi c h c l ose d a little flatter on i ! i a turday, h as not yet recovere d t o the full extent the s upport existing early on that day, but there is good ttle3P°lt given to the market, in consequence of the fur u r rise on Friday and Saturday in the price of the fovceen:tteilalt Paris, and the manifest inclination to speculate higher prices. The Consol account has, how- b e f nr ,.' i t() . be adjusted to-morrow, and the Bulls th„ L 'V ar gely out, the quotations are slightl , influenced to n -rel l- The abundance of money and the confident ryl., ezis ting affirding great facilities, however, for car "er accounts, it is probable that the setttle nt will not produce the material temporary flue- L at iorl which otherwise must ensue. Since the ac e t commenc e d th e r ise in Consols has been 34 per g - 3 1" The r ange t hi s morn i ng h as b ee n fro m 924 ,to and the present values are 93 to it. For March 1 ,, rates are about per, cent. higher. The New th u r np ee-sind-a-Q uarter per Cents., are 94 to 941; and d: T hre e per. Cents. 93 to 1. Bank Stock has been an t c l i e at 194 ; E xc h equer •bill s o f March are 445. to 465., _ lot June, 495. to 50s. premium. India Bonds 'T; to, 523. premium. Sat e Foreign Securities are not quite so high as on t4 urdi - y. , opanish Five per Cents. bring 171 to ; and C o ;, " ",, r ee per Cents. 291 Portuguese Four per cou la n t - ; . " ri lig 25a to have'. Brazil Bonds are 814 for Ac a.llaff Mexican been 25/ to I. Dutch Two-and- Stook i s P n e .. r Cents. are 50 to 4. Grenada Deferred a she2laction lt aTil i ' n° ; and eruvian 49 to I. waY Share P Market is depressed, and there is Great Western of 4/. to 5 1 ., in Midland of /I t° 31 - , and of to in some of the smaller lines. g i ve , Mi dland statement is out, and would appear not to Satisfaction but possibly over speculation for the `"e is the cause. L'lttcy.„ ... 4 , ONE CLOSING id , 114 -- t,' Stock 1 , RITIS:1 FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 194 194 a ear Cent. Reduced Arms. 93 93 1 4 9314 N lLer oCe,nr. Consols Aimnities 93 92% 93% 92% 93 : t / i i L", `"4 Per Cent. Ane. s;gtinns. to expire Jan.lB6o l ihtt_o 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 11-16 0 ldondi, 1,0001. ulasols for Account 93 927 8 9354 92% 93 % 4clieiner Bills. 2 1 4 d. & 2d. 1,000/. M arc h ...... 1,000/. June 49 50 p 53 p 5001. March. 46 p 46 p Small, March .. 46 48 p 48 p CLOSIN , • PRICES. 814 26 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. B razilian Bonds Bu re e n n a o d s a A ß y n r n es as ß , o l nd p s e , r 6 C u e e n r t. Cent 26_ 3% 3 Grenada Ditto Deferred _ 2 5% 617tetalo,l'5per Account Cent. _ 1846 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 49 Ditto. Ac coun t .......«. .... 49% Portugue se 5 per C ents. — _ Ditto, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 25 % 3 /4 _ Russian Bonds S Partish 5 pe r C ent. 1840 . 3 / 4 Ditto, Accountl7% 18 17 Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per C en t Ditto, Account . 295,4 Bo gian U 4 l Ten er ds c o e n n the above payable inLondon. bu tch 2% per Cent, t l2 Guild _ 5 1014 50214 Ditto, 4 p er C ent. Certif i cates 79% LAi . 79 ARAILPRICYESSHAOFRES• 19 ~,herde•rt .... 50 •••••• 1934:* .... 24 3 / 4 PALM' A T T S O I N N E E . B O B ' O'CLOCK. icE . E . ...... C F L R O IC S : G . . .6. ......... 2 4 %V% "ded °Alan .. 22xi Do. New 10/. read... 50i/2 •• % 22m i 14xi Chester and Holyhead... 50 ...... 1 3 % 14 m i , Ditto P reference .. .. .... 15 8 % tElst Anglia, 251., L. & 2% E aud L. and D...... 25 •••••• —,,, 5 / 11% t.. 4 15 .,31. 10s. ... 3% -... '1 is D. ec lulties . . .. .......... 20 .....• 115 / 8 59 -0. Neve 6 per Cent. Guaranteea •••..... 10 •••-• 12 Di tto, Ex tension,s per .Cent., No.l ... . .. .61.135. 4/... Ditto ditto, No. 2-61. 13s. 4 d-- Do. North. II Eastern 50 1) 4. 0 7 5 per cent 50 - .. - :alsa,DtitZtoallin, ef ; e11ire :..............: .. .. 2 2 5 1 ... .. ... .. 2419275;E:: . :: .. ... .... v . coinshire •••••• 25 • 'Clnablargh d Glasgow 50 Great Non:en l9 ••••••• 9t2541%. ..... 1: ° •• l it A Deferred.... - 0 ., I ant 6 per Cent. 51 4 ..... ... ..... guaeed ... ..... 6%. • . treat Do . Extension . ._. .. .... 2% reisedioudtp...and West. Great Western"......"".. Ditto, Fifth s .. e ..... 20 :::::: :1-2101901:929-2.0......:7::::::.:: Ditto, 14 Sher' .. .... - 23 • Ditto, New 1712:-**** 15 n ull and Selby ... ..... io L E , D il i ci t ta t; oh , : f dr i iet a to k f Sl:ho...arrkess.h7r..e.. ; 97 5 631 • ....... : : — 734 ,bO. Quarter Shar".e.E.s.. T,4.1°. Fifths.. —lO /2 73 4 ..... _ „,. .. ........... 9%. ..... ...•••••• jj'' N ew, Gua. 6 oer ct. 7% .. .. Leed s °-(W Riding Onion) 7 ....• 3 % % • and Bradford ...... 50 101%3/4- - t x d °44n, Brighton, and Ditt .Bortt h - Coluit 5O ..... 3514%1" ... - 35 A • . -,..- 6 x.d. --r 4 , 4 evr 54, 5 % 6 x ' d 1/ 136% Lon 6 per cent gi g . 6 401 1 and X lOO 12% 1) : , _ N. Wes t ern 9 L,,d itto, Fifths . . • . .. 2 •••••• 9141 9 If a;;;e's;de.erW:u2xte:tronnld:::: 5: ::::::14132271%111%23414113.61 1% 14 Matl °c1c . .. ............. 4%, atellester, Sheffield, Ditto Lincolnshire ...100 : 1834 1,..1-!!tto, Ct.Grimsby ... 45 80% ''''ulluid 92 89 91 19% b ... ..... ........109 „so., do., 50/. Shares... 25 ... .. 19% 204 •••• • uo•Consol Bristo ld 124x.d 8ir,....,_ •an x d ........ Nori n tr t aig.,6 per ct.... 1 00 ......123 :, . . - •,,•••••••••• ....... ....100 5 (4073arigtia2h0/.....• l5 16% Nor , ' ••• D't 334 t,':to,., Halves 7 ............ 2 12 5 % .*".. 1 7 6 % 4 Zg .. i'',!,,e• Quarters • 6 f 4 3 % 34 ... 454 ',ltto .. 81 4 .. ‘,. 4 3 / 4 11% uvrth Staffordshire ..... 15 2.,,,,f6rd. Worcester, and 24 24 •• 4 '7olverhatepton .. 59 '-Dad.ing, Guildford, and '''etß 'qiigate . 12 Y — ........ •-• " shrtish • ' "" ........... 2 24 • ...... •••-••• ~ Central ......... 25 •••••• 5 % 3 / 4 - r;':webtry and Birns... 10 i';'!.tte ditto... -.05z shuritto,Nre ~. su e u 8 • ..... -/ 3 (1. - T"'' u tlr3' & Chester —o r _ . ~. _ ...- ••• bitto. min. ) 130 . a w ......... --• 15 So r g' Per Cent. Pref. 10 roptittire r ...... ••• Kn uth Lire Union..... . 18 17 S° 1 vevo... 50 ...,eutb taste_ -.7. 33., 2534% •• ** iLi ........ 78 Doßo., - No. 3 e....• ..... 30 - - .. Registred No. 410 S °, Strip No 4 .10 vv°llitl gWales ......... ...... ... 33 2 18 9 2813/491A 19- -• •-•oriterset,& ?Vey ,,,lnouh, 40 4Or ........ •.. ..... Itl N ewcastle, and Berwiek. .... and •• . -•••• 25 ** . Do. Original li'esv , jlerwick .. ........ .. 25 .... • 2874 '4 ••• ,uo. t 'st et aims. No. 1. 20 "0. ..... ... 20 ...... 21 , 4 % 13 0 , a /0 , ' , P. --,,.t.Preference t 3 ..... 9 1 A 9 254 25 1 4 49 49 25% 109 17% OA 80 1 4 P % P 53 19% 15 27% 40 32th 13% 74 134 7:14 101% 13 24 6 23/4 25 3 / 4 7% 734 28 28 1 / 2 214,i 21% 91,4 - • - Ir ir 1-. and North. Midland 50 56 th 56 ......... 56 Ditto, Proference ...... 10 Uo.East and Westlad ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 18 Luxem b our g Namur and Liege Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux... 7 t)Paar,iiss and dd RouenOr Orleans .. .. . . 0 30 a.. 2 2 2 00 ........... 1 0 3 9 it ; 3 19 3 . . . .. . i,y2: ••• Balm and Havre ••• ... 4% 5 1 / 2 i 4% ... -. 51 , 4 4ambre and Meuse 2O - fours and Nantes 9 .... __ . ... . MINES. 1% Bolonos Scrip ...... .. .. ..... _ Brazilian Imperial ...... 24 1 / 2 5 l/, JOINT STOCK BAN KS. London Joint Stock London & Westminster. 20 Union of Australia ..... 25 ...... •••••• 25 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 12.—A calm and dense fog. COWES, FEB 10.—Wind W.S.W.; 11, N. by E.— Sld. Cecilia, Cape of Good Hope ; Wanderer, Port Natal; Le Celestin, Lima; Falcon, Rio Janeiro. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, :FEB. 11.—S1d. and, Fowler, Cape Coast Castle. RAMSGATE, FRB. 11.—Wind N.W. by W.—Sid. Ann Margretha, Rio Janeiro; Ospray, St. DOVER, FEB. 11.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed 10, Ariel Bremen. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 10.—Wind S.W.; 11th, W.—Arrd. Lady Harvey, Mason, Panama; Mary Elizabeth, Thorns, Paraiba; Randolph, Campbell, ditto; Sea Walker, Prince Edward's Island. 11th, ;Kate, Fillan, New York; In fanto, Howes, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. 10th, Europa steamer, New York. 11th, Esther Ann, Per nambuco; Isabella, Buenos Ayres; Freeman, Jamaica; St• Petersburgh, ditto; Elizabeth Bruce, Mobile; Sher wood, Philadelphia; Faneuil Hall, Boston; Brutus, ditto. Off port, 11th, Nais. The Swan sloop, of Oban, to Chester, was towed in here to day, with lost of mast, and part of cargo thrown overboard. A schooner of about 100 tons, grain laden, struck on Taylor's Bank last night, capsized, and sunk. The Matilda Jane, of Charlotte Town, was picked up dismasted off Ormstead, and brought in here this morning by the Sea Nymph steamer, from Newry. NEWCASTLE, FEB. 10.—Wind N.W., strong breeze, fine and dry weather. About 100 tons of sulphur have been recovered from the wreck of the Shakspere, sunk on the Herd Sand. The Greek ship Baron Eskell has been sold. vv DEAL, FEB. 10.—Wind W. to W.S.W.; 11th, N.W. to N.E.—Arrd. Vru Gebradera, Tjrblus, Samarang, and aid. for Amsterdam; Canada, Calcutta; William, Load weer, Red Sea. TORBAY, FEB 11.—Wind N.—Off port, Jeannett Marie, Freuschke, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp. BELFAST, FEB. 10.—Wind W.N. W., strong. —Arrd. Rainbow. Lombard, New Orleans. The Bertrand, from Liverpool, was burnt to the water's edge yesterday. FALMOUTH, FEB. 10.—Wind W.; 11th, N.E.—Sld. Australia, Falkland Islands. BRIDLINGTON, FEB. 10.—The Admiral Hood, on shore on the 29th ult., has been got off and towed to Newcastle to repair. The Curona, Hartlepool to London, put in here yesterday with bows stove, and with other damage, having been in contact with the Emily of Sun derland. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat for the first time during the present session to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers in attendance were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Campbell, and Lord Templemore. CRAIG V. DUFFUS AND OTHERS Their Lordships were occupied the whole of the morning with the arguments on this appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland. The question in the case related to the damage that had been occasioned by de fective machinery furnished fur a steam-vessel. The case is of no interest except to the parties con cerned. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY) The Judicial Committee sat today in the Council chamber, Whitehall. The Lords present were—Lord Brougham, Lord Langdale, Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge at the Admiralty Court, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. BROWNING V. BUDD.- JUDGMENT. Mr. Baron PARKE gave the judgment of their Lord ships this morning in this case, which was heard before the Court some time since, upon appeal from the decision of the Prerogative Court. Their Lord ships reversed the decision of the Court below, and ordered the costs to be paid out of the estate. HARDY'S PATENT. This case came before their Lordships upon a petition, praying for the extension of the patent granted to the petitioner for the making of axles for railway carriages. The examination of witnesses on behalf of the peti tioner occupied their Lordships the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) No case of any interest came before his Honour dur ing the morning. (Before the Vice Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE. His Honour heard bankrupt petitions to-day, but they were totally devoid of any interest. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) His Honour having disposed of the cases of " Lau rence v. Kent," and " llart v. Fulk," proceeded to hear causes, but nothing calling for a special report came before the Court during the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr. Justice ERLE and a Special Jury.) DOE DEM. CONANT AND OTHERS V. WARNER. This was an action of ejectment brought to recover the possession of property of very considerable value situate in the neighbourhood of Poland street and Great Marlborough-street. The leases under which the pro perty was held were dated very far back, and expired in January, 1848. The property devised by them was formerly called Little Gelding Field, in the parish of Sr. Martin's-in-the Fields, and, although now of very great value by the lapse of time, was originally only subject to a rent of 20/. a year. The first lease was dated in 1699. The lessors of the plaintiff founded their claim to the property in question upon a devise contained in the will of the late Sir Benjamin Maddox, dated in Feb ruary, 1714. The defendant's title was sought to be deductd from their relationship to the coheiresses of Sir Benjamin Maddox. Mr. Keeling, Mr. Dowdeswell, and Mr. Pigott were counsel for the lessors of the plaintiff, and Mr. Bovill, Mr. Vowles, and Mr. Dawson represented the de fendants. The case was proceeding when we went to press. EXCHEQUER-('PHIS DAY.) 'Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before the CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) WAKLEY V. HEALEY AND COOKE. This action was brought to recover compensation in damages for certain alleged libels which appeared in the Medical Times reflecting upon the character of the plaintiff in his public capacity as coroner for Middlesex. The Attorney-General and Mr. Edwin James ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins for the defendants, one of whom was the proprietor, and the other the publisher of the journal. The libels were published in August, 1846, and they had reference to the proceedings of an in quest which was held at Hounslow, on the body of a soldier named John Frederick White, whose supposed death from flogging created at the time a good deal of public discussion and indignation at that mode of punishment. The inquest was adjourned from time to time, a great number of medical and other wit nesses having been examined, and the jury ultimately came to the conclusion that the death of the deceased had been caused by his receiving 150 lashes on the back and neck in compliance with the sentence passed upon him by a court-martial, and they coupled with that ver dict a strong expression of their condemnation of the system of punishment adopted in the army. The libels accused the plaintiff of having induced several of the wit nesses to perjure themselves in order that he might get a verdict of manslaughter or murder against some of the parties, and thus increase his popularity, and stand a better chance of being returned for Finsbury at the next elec tion. It also accused him of having employed a Mr. Erasmus Wilson to examine the body, and called that gentleman Mr. Wakley's hanger-on and partner, with whom he shared the post-mortem examination fees. To these different libels pleas of justification had been put in by the defendant, but the truth of them was de nied by the plaintiff. The Attorney-General stated that the plaintiff had no desire to create any popular feeling in his favour, and was anxious only to fairly and impartially discharge his duty as coroner ; that he had issued his coroner's warrant on receiving a letter from the Rev. Mr. Trimmer, the rector of the parish, who had refused to inter the deceased until some inquiry wag instituted into the cause of his death, and that the accusation with respect to Mr. Wilson was untrue, he having been engaged only in 25 cases out of 1,000 cases which had come before Mr. Wakley. A great number of witnesses have to he examined, and the case is likely to extend over more than one day. GRIMSBY DOCKS.—The fine first class ship Albion, upwards of 1,000 tons burden, entered the old dock, Grimsby, on Tuesday last, from St. John's, with a cargo of timber and deals for Messrs. R. Armitage and Co., of this port and Huddersfield. This ship, the property of William Harland, Esq., M.D., the present Mayor of Scarborough, is the largest that has hitherto entered this port, and one of the largest that cvt r fleated on the Humber, being nearly 160 feet long. She is also the first vessel that has been towed into these dt.cks, the steam-tug Wilberforce, Captain Richardson, having been brought from Hull fur the purpose. The entrance of this ship through the lock, on the level, sufficiently proves the applicability of the dock now formed at this port. We understand that the Great Northern Com pany are contemplating a line to branch from the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, at the lock, to a jetty (by the basin) which has ben undergoing a tho rough renewal for the purpose of landing goods of all deseriptions at the Old Dock, without having recourse to the tedious and • expensive mode of carting. This must eventually prove a great public convenience both for ex port and import traffic, particularly as regards the transit of coals from sloops. The Great Northern Company have also erected a very spacious and sub stantial warehouse near Pasture street, which also will be apprtciuted by the business men of Louth arid Grimsby. It is expected that very shortly first-rate steamers will ply between Grimsby, RAterdam, and other ports.-1 - 10 Packet. THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. Of the annual exhibition of the works of British artists in the spacious gallery of the British Institu tution, Pall-mall, we can generally c on t r i v e, w ith ou t partiality, to speak in the language of commendati o n. 'I , he collection for 1849 is mere than usually excel lent. Without comprising any productions of any very extraordinary merit, it presents on the whole a spectacle of more than average merit. Out of 504 distinct performances it would be marvellous indeed if there were not several of an inferior character, con sidering the wonderful difference traceable in the calibre of the minds of the various contributors. Amongst these are men who, as artists, have acquired for themselves a considerable share of celebrity ; others are gradually creating for themselves a reputation, and others, again, are largely supplied with ambition, and rather inadequately furnished with those quali ties which can alone secure its realisation. Ahnoit the same may be said of the hands that have produced the few pieces of sculpture and modelling scattered about the three apartments and the vestibule. Among them, some are meritorious, others indifferent, and one or two, like the " Ino and Bacchus" of Foley, of exquisite grace and genius. Altogether, it appeared to he generally considered by the numerous visitors to the exhibition on the " private view" on Saturday, that the collection was, everything considered, of a decidedly superior character. For our own part we can only find opportunity to transcribe a few of those pencilled impressions which alone can be obtained by the most conspicuous paintings on a first hurried in spection :- 52. "A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral," by Francis Danby, A.R.A. A sombre, rich, glimmering pano rama of mourners seen through a murky atmosphere after nightfall, and lit by the intermittent glare of flambeaux. The effect is mellow in colouring, and eminently tragical in sentiment. 58. "The Flight into Egypt," by J. Linnell. The glory of the golden atmosphere suffused over the roseate hill-tops in the back ground is beautifully contrasted with the depth of shadow in front, where the Virgin and the Infant are being conducted on a mule by the Patriarch. 70. " Parson Adams lost in a profound study of a passage in .tEschylus," by R. W. Buss. A capital embodiment of one of the quaintest incidents ever pourtrayed by a novelist. The sketch Is conceived in the true spirit of Fielding, and touched off with the gusto of dear old Parson Adams himself. 73. " A Frosty Morning," by C. Branwhite. A bitter realisation of the most picturesque and com fortless of seasons; every shred of grass is glittering with rime, and the ice of the pond all " starred " with the ineffectual stones hurled at it by the urchins of the village. 101. " Summer," by G. Lance. One of those mira culous melanges of fruit that Lance alone can deli neate. Great sprawling vine leaves—some prema turely frostbitten ; grapes smutched with damp fingermarks or unravished of their delicious bloom ; cranberries of the most scarlet sourness; magnum bonum plums suggestive of pies—gluttinous, and of preserves—saccharine. The picture is almost compa rable to the masterpiece of the same artist now in the Vernon Gallery, stowed away in the cellars in Trafalgar-square. 129. " Joshua commanding the Sun to Stand Still," by J. Martin. The character of this might be readily conjectured from the very title combined with the name of the painter. It is a glimpse into a world of stormy vapours blown into surges by the hurricane, of pallatial cities towering into the skies like celestial capitals, of abysses and vistas, and per spectives, deep, vast, and unfathomable. The sensa tion inspired by these discordant fragments grouped together is wonderfully harmonious. 154. "Domestic Ducks, after Nature," by J. P. Herring. A bit of genuine farm life, from the elderly web •foots to the little " quackling atoms of flannel," as Douglas Jerrold calls them in one of his letters in the " Punch Correspondence." 161. " The Murder of Thomas a Beckett," by J. Gilbert, is full of power both of idea and execution The foreshortened figure of the Archbishop, the ghastly face of the monk (Grim), who has stolen from behind the altar, and the flying group of the knights, who are escaping in the distance, gazing furtively back through vistas of gothic arches at the scene of the assassination, are all pourtrayed with vigour, firmness, and considerable depth of sentiment. 223. "Burns and Captain Grose," by R. S. Lauder, depicts the bard and the antiquary, surrounded by the favourite toys of the latter— " Ould nick-nackets; Rusty airn caps and jinglin jackets." The general effect is clever, and the figures are not distorted into caricature, as is the case with those of Napoleon and Charles James Fox in the representa tion of the celebrated interview at St. Cloud, painted by T. M. Joy. 248. " A Page full of Wisdom," by Hablot Knight Browne, is one of those comical little jeux-d'esprit for which Phiz, whether as an etcher or As an artist, in oil colours, is unrivalled. It has little pretensions, however, beyond mere facetiousnes. 359. " A Naiad," by W. E. Frost, is an exquisite bijou of grace and purity, in which it is by no means difficult to recognise the hand which has produced " Una" and " Euphrosyne." 404. " Bringing a Stag from the Hill-top," by R. Ansdell, possesses at least the merit of extraordinary boldness. 446. " A Misty Morning on the Sands of the River Exe," by F. Denby. Another of those delicious skadowings forth of nature which reveal the rarest genius in the painter. Besides some admirable landscapes by Creswick, and a very meritorious and promising picture by Mr. llayter, jun., called " The Prayer before the Mid day Alms," there are several felicitous "interiors" and domestic scenes. Altogether the exhibition is of more than average excellence. LITERATURE. A BOOK FOR A CORNER. By Leigl Hunt, 2 Vols. Leigh Hunt is the honey-bee who collects trea sures of sweetness for the gratification of those who, less fortunate than he, have not leisure to rove through the gardens of literature, and cull for them selves. Already he has given us the quintessence of the wit and humour, and fancy and imagination, scattered over a hundred volumes, and now, in a similar spirit he puts forth two most fascinating little volumes, filled with favourite passages from authors who are loved even more than they are admired. The " Book for a Corner" is a book appropriate for all places ' • it may be taken up at any moment, and it will be perused with pleasure and advantage by young and old, rich and poor, the illite rate and the deeply learned. To prove the truth of our assertion let us examine a few of the exquisite pieces here contained. It is adapted, we say, to young and old, and accordingly we find in the one volume Miss Talbot's " Letter to a New Born Child," and Shenstone's " Schoolmistress ;" and the other, Gray's celebrated " Ode to Eton College," and the " Elegy in a Country Churchyard"—without which, as the editor truly remarks, the work would indeed have been imperfect. Interesting passages from the best works of fiction —passages so detached as not to ap pear fragmentary, and consequently devoid of interest —abound in plentiful variety. Among these are the heart-thrilling scene of Agnes' trial and condemna tion, the most powerful passage in Mrs Inchbald's "Nature and Art ;" Robinson Crusoe's discovery of the footstep in the sand ; Robinson's first meeting with and adoption of Friday, and other passages from the history of the celebrated solitary ; Peter Wilkins's discovery of the flying woman ; scenes from Gil Blas ; Ludovico in the haunted Chamber, a passage from the "Mysteries of Udolpho," which Sir Walter Scott has declared to be the best and most admired specimen of Mrs. Radcliffe's art; Dr. Aiken's fragment, " Sir Bertrand," which Leigh Hunt tells us he can never read without feeling a sort of thrilling and desolate evening gloom fall upon his mind. Besides these, and many other such choice morsels, among which are extracts from Smollett and Fielding, we have a whole collection of what the editor aptly terms, "Delights of Books of Travel," namely, marvellous adventures and foreign scenes from Marco Polo, Mungo Park, Ledyard, and others, to gether with an account of the loss of a Spanish vessel from Redding's " Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea," and an abstract of Cook's first voyage to Otaheite, given because (says Mr. Leigh Hunt) it keeps the reader longer and more pleasantly on the water than most such narratives, besides furnishing a singular peril by the way, and calling to mind some of the most interesting reading of one's childhood. In addi tion to alll these, we have in this " Book for a Cor ner," a choice collection of Sir Richard Steele's tales in the " Spectator," " Guardian," and " Tatler," some passages from the life of Sir Boger de Coverley, Gray's letters to Walpole, Sir W. Temple's Thoughts on Retirement, Mrs. Barbauld's Advice " against in consistency in our expectations," Parnell's " Hermit," a portion of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence ;" but the treasures of these volumes are too numerous for us to chronicle them all. The names of those already enumerated constitute, however, the best comment and commendation on this most attractive work. There is one feature in it, moreover, that we must not omit to notice—all the extracts are prefaced by some of the editor's explanatory and critical remarks, written in that agreeable and interesting manner which invariably characterises the writings of Leigh Hunt, vide this beautiful paragraph from the intro duction :—" There are Robinson Crusoes in the moral as well as physical world ; men cast on desert islands of thought and speculation ; without com panionship, without worldly resources; forced to arm and clothe themselves out of the remains of shipwrecked hopes, and to Inake a home for their solitary hearts in the nooks and corners of imagination and reading. It is not the worst lot in the world. Turned to ac count for others, and embraced with patient cheer fulness, it may, with few exceptions, even be one of MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1849. the best." These volumes are bountifully adorned with pictorial embellishments. The " Book for a Corner" should find a corner in every house. TO FRANCE IN HER CRISIS. Still tossed upon a wild tempestuous ocean, Still struggling 'neath the world's unwavering glance, Will ye be ever raging in commotion, What would ye now ye sons of troubled France? Would ye enthrone some despot lord, and dumbly Suffer him then with iron hand to reign? Would ye bow down your heads like slaves, and humbly Place on your necks some tyrant's foot again? Would ye tear down the flag your brothers planted? Did they not give their hearts' blood for the boon? Oh for their memory's sake this prayer be grunted, Mar not their work of Liberty so soon. Still on your ear their death-cry must be ringing, Still in your sight their life's red current laves, Scarcely the first green blade of grass is springing Over the confines of their new-made graves. Scarcely the orphan child hath hushed its wailing - , O'er her loan hearth the widow's tears fall fast, Would ye recal the scene these woes entailing? Calmly look round ye, erg the die be cast. Let us not tell it in your future story, " France, who began the fight in Freedom's name, Bore her bright banner ou through fields of glory, Then turned aside, deserting it in shame." Be ye united—let no vain dissension Stir up the bitter blood throughout your land; 'Tis when the strong grow feeble with contention, O'er their fall'n heads the crafty take their stand. Foes are around with friendly looks dissembling, They are but watching for the coming fray; Tbeß, when 'tis o'er, and ye lie low and trembling, Down they will stoop like vultures to the prey. There are the memories of Moscow burning, Jena, Marengo, Linden's blood-red plain, Thousands of bosoms now for vengeance. yearning, 'Bide but the hour to meet their foe again. Stand, then, together—war not with each other, In the horizon tempest clouds are rife, And ye will need the aid of every brother Slain on the altar of unholy strife. Southwark. J. B. CALIFORNIA. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM PANAMA. New Granada, Panama, Dec. 24, 1848. Some persons appear to doubt the truth of the Cali fornian discoveries ; we were also very sceptical three months ago, but the arrival of her Britannic Majesty's frigate Constance at Valparaiso last month (Novemb( r), confirmed all the startling prior reports, with many additions. For example, a gentleman (to whom Captain Courtenay, of the frigate, had given a passage), a botanist, went from the bay of San Francisco in search of plants or bulbs ; in the course of his journey he came. on the diggings, trowel in band. He at once set to, and with his own hand and so small an instrument took out 1,500 dolls. - worth of gold in three days. One of his largest pieces, weighing 11 ounce, ho presented to Capt. Courtenay. That you may not think I i:ave made a mistake iti figures, I will give it you in words—fifteen hundred dollars in three d a y s . The Governor of Calif orn i a reports 40,00 0 d o ll s . worth the average daily arri va l at San Franc i scl. The fanatic Mormons, about 1,200 i n num ber, first discovered the precious metal during their march, and are said to have extracted an immense quantity before it became known. Governor Mason, in his report of August last, says, from all he has learned he ha lieves 13,000,000 dolls. or 14,000,000 dolls. worth had been ex tracted to that date. The vessel that brought the messengers was supplied, through the good offices of the Governor, with a new mainmast. The carpenters who made the spar, upon some complaint of the captain, during the operation, threw down their tools, exc!aiming indignantly," We are losing money by you." They were then receiving three dollars per hour. They have already grog shops ; the price of a glass is a pinch, so you may imagine the state of things here. The pinch must be at least worth two dollars. The sensation and commotion along the coast, from the north to the south, even mi to Va th lp e ar in ai o s s o t , 9 : insignificant, ro inferior town and villages, is without p rece dent. Num bers of vessels started:— with aguadiente ; Callao, 4 • Payt a , 3 ; G u yaquil, 3 ; isc, 1 Buenaventura, 1, of 50 tons ; Panama, and many others going from all the aforesaid ports. It is supposed by some that they are supplied with goods for the present, consequently many are now going there with small coin, from 20,000 to 200,000 dollars, to purchase the gold. The last account sales was from seven to eight dollars the ounce, which has sold in all cases at 18 dolls. to 18 dolls. lc., and 18 dolls. 2c. at Valparais o . Thi s f act is proof of the purity of the metal. clerks, Several theird ones h o l commercial housesavina cleared are o writing out for the diggings at California. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. The Royal Family took their usual airings. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, her Majesty's visi tors, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this fore noon, in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiated. Yesterday forenoon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Right Hon. Wm. Sebright and Lady Caroline Las celles, and Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit. Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen yesterday morning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park yesterday, both in the morning and afternoon. The Royal children took their accustomed pony and walking exercise yesterday. The Royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Amelia of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Dowager Lady Lyttel ton, the Right Hon. William Sebright and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Mr. G. E. Anson, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Lord James Murray, Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., and Mr. Glover. The band of the Coldstream Guards were in attend ance during dinner, and played the following pieces Hochzeit's Marsch Aus dem Sommer- HULL Dock COMPANY.—It appears ftroamt there simnel report at the meeting of this company, that has been a less value of manufactured goods exported from Hull during 1848, than 1847, by 1 , 34 8,985 L—a sum nearly equal to one-fourth of the falling off of the ex ports of the United Kingdom. This shows the desira bility for universal peace for a commercial country. The tonnage for the same period is also less by upwards of 19,000 tons. The dividend declared was 801. per share, with a surplus of 3,4001. carried to " Construc tion Account." This is a pretty paying concern, beating railway profits considerably. It was stated at the meeting that the sum of 3,347/, had been expended in opposing the Humber Ferries Bill, and a further oppo • sition to a similar Bill was threatened this session; two of the shareholders, who are also members of the Town Council,' thought the Corporation ought to oppose the Bill. Mr. Tall thought that body would do so if the Dock Company would be quiet. Alderman Thompson said he should be glad if the Corporation could be made to pay, and he would advise them if they would spend money in law to spend it in making the Corporation show cause why they should not do what it was alleged they ought fairly and in equity to do. Really this is rich, and worthy of a patriotic Alderman, to suggest law be tween the rich and powerful Dock Company, who have already spent half a million, and whose property might be valued at half as much more, at least, and the poor Corporation of Hull. The Corporation, however, have sufficient experience to prevent them being made the cat's-paw of the Dock Company, notwithstanding the blustering of the Alderman. The branch Bank of England, at Liverpool, is one of Mr. Cockerell's most SUCCE csful works. It stands in Castle-street, at the corner of Cork-street ; the frontage next the former is 60 feet, and next the latter 117 feet. The height to the top of the blocking is about 62 feet, and to the apex of the pediment 72 feet. The columns in front are 4 feet 2 inches in diameter, and about 31 feet high. Both fronts are executed in Darley Dale stone : the plinth is granite. The entrance has a moulded red granite door-case, polished; each jamb is in one stone, 12 feet 3 inches high, 2 feet 3 inches deep, and 1 foot 3 inches face for archi trave. The central portion of the banking office (the whole area of which is 47 feet by 50 feet), is 31 feet high, and occupies two stories in height—namely the ground and one-pair stories. The ground and base ment stories are fire-proof: Messrs. Holmes are the con tractors for the bank, at the sum of 23,135/. The flank elevation, although plain, is exceedingly effective in execution. Mr. Cock erell has just commenced another building for the bank of nearly _equal dimensions, but not so lofty, eastward of the new bank, in Cork• street. This consists of fire-proof chambers for.,fuerchan ta, and has a stone exterior.—Builder. nacht straum Mendelssohn. Selection from " Alma" Valse—" The Fuchsia" Scherzo Movement from 9th Symphony —Allegro Movement from Choral Symphony Beethoven. Glee—" The Chough and Crow" The Drum Polka Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The company consisted of Lord and Lady Ruthven, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss Mr. Wemyss, th,, Hon. Mrs. Phipps, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss Couper, the Dean of Windsor and Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville, (two) Misses Neville Gren ville, Lieutenant-Colonel Paget, commanding the Cold stream Guards, and Colonel M'Douall, commanding the Life Guards. The Queen's private band attended and performed in the Castle during the evening. To-morrow (Monday) the Queen and Prince Albert will, it is expected, leave the Castle for town. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yester day at Gloucester. House. A Cabinet Council waa held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were— Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hob house, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Marquis of Clanrioarde attended. The Council sat two hours and a half. The churchwardens of St. Margaret and St. John, Mr. C. W. Short, Mr. George Wilson, and Mr. Rogers (vestry clerk), a deputation from the' vestries upon the county rate, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. The Earl of Arundel and Surrey had also an interview on Saturday with the Right lion. Baronet, at the Home-office. TUB GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—An accident of a shocking nature occurred on the above line to a young man named Henry Beasant, about 30 years of age, on Saturday last. At the inquest on the body, lu ll at Swindon New-town, before Mr. Whitmarsh, coroner for the county, William Herbert, a police-constable, stated that about eight o'clock, as he was on the Great Western Railway, near Swindon station, the deceased, who was in the servica of Mr. Brotherho od, as a sentinel on the line, passed by him, and was going to his duty further on. Mr. John Smith, one of the clerks at the station, deposed that about half an hour afterwards, as he was going up the line, within a short distance of the station, he saw a hat on the railway, which led him to suspect that something had happened, and going across, he found the deceased alone, and lying apparently dead on the north side of the up line. He went immedi ately for assistance, and returned soon afterwards with Mr. Rogers, a medical gentleman. This witness stated that he found upon examination that the head of de ceased was frightfully injured, that his death must have been instantaneous, and caused by an engine of the rail way. Robert Jobson, one of the drivers of the Great Western Railway Company, stated that he drove the Mentor engine, to which was attached the passenger train from Bristol, and arrived at the Swindon station about ten minutes past eight o' c l oc k, w hen he left ; in a short time afterwards he was i n f orme d that a man had been killed by his engine. He th en re turned, and ar.s shown what is called the life- guar d, on which he saw sonic hair clotted with blood ; h e h a d no idea that any accident had taken place until th at mome nt, not having observed deceased:on the lin e , a lth oug h ho kept a strict look out, nor had anything u nusua l occu rred while the train was proceeding. After hearing the evidence, and the summing up of the coroner, the jury, being satisfied that no blame was attached to the e ngine-driver, re turned a verdict of " accidental death." The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury attended the early service yester• day, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. P. Dodd. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. J. C. lladen, the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. P. S. Dodd. The anthem was "Awake up my glory►," (Wise), Sir George Smart pre sided at the organ. The Duke of Wellington gave a grand entertain ment on Saturday evening, at Apsley House, to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange. Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Parma and a distin guished circle were invited to meet the Royal Prince, who arrived shortly before eight o'clock, attended by Admiral Arnens and Captain Gudicher. The Prince and Princess of Parma were attended by the Countess Lopez. His Excellency the Dutch Minister and Madlle. Schimmelpenninck, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Lord Downes, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, L9rd and Lady Charles Wellesley, Sir Colin Halkett, &c., were among the company. The circle broke up by eleven o'clock. TIIE EARL AND COUNTESS GREY'S RE•UNION.— The Earl and Countess Grey received a distinguished circle to dinner on Saturday last, at their mansion in Belgrave- square, the guests including his Excellency the French Ambassador (Admiral Cecille), his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Countess of Tankerville, Viscountess Palmerston, Vis count and Viscountess Melgund, Lord Edward Fitz%lan Howard, the Hon. H. Grey, Mr. Augustus Stafford, Mr. R. M. Milnes, &c. The Countess afterwards had a soirée, when 'the company included his Excellency Baron de Cetto, his Excellency the Dutch Minister and Madlle. Schimmelpenninck, his Excellency Mr. Bancroft, the Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Mary and Adeliza Fitz • Alan Howard, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Clanricardo and Lady Emily De Burgh, the Countess of Minto and the Ladies Elliott, the Countess of St. Germans and Lady Louisa Elliot, the Countess Dowager of Essex, the Countess Waldegrave, Mr. G. V. Harcourt, M.P., the Earl of Shelburne, Vis count and Viscountess Mahon, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Foley and Hon. Miss Foley, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Campbell, Lord Ossulston, Lord Moreton, Lord Seymour, Lord H. Vane, Lord and Lady Monteagle, Lord and Lady Eddisbury and Hon. Misses Stanley, the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. Labouchere, Sir John Cam Hobbouse and Miss Hobhouse, the Attorney-General and Lady Jervis and Miss Jervis, Lady Eliz tbeth Bulteel, Lady Georgians Grey, Baron and Lady Parke and Miss Parke, Lady Hislop and Miss Elliot, the Speaker and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, Lady De Dunstanville, Lady Davy, Lady Francis Hope and Miss Lascelles, Sir David Dundas, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Mr. Tuffnell, MT., and Lady Anne Tuffnell, Hon. Mr. and Lady Maria Ponsonby, Mr. Lewis, M.P., and Lady Theresa Lewis, Hon. W. F. Campbell, M.P., Hon. Wm. Cowper, Hon. Wm. Bouverie and Lady Mary Bouverie, Mr. Bouverie, Sir Denis le Marchant, the Right Hon. Richard and Mrs. Vernon Smith and Miss Vernon, Hon. Algernon Egerton, S:r Henry de la Beche. the Account ant General, and Mrs. and Miss Russell, Colonel and Mrs. Malcolm, Lieutenant-Colonel Reid, Mr. T. Brand, M.P., and Mrs. Brand, Mr. and Mrs. H. Seymour, Mr. J. Parker, M.P., Mr. H. Greville, Mr. Edwin Landseer, Mr. Herbert, M.P., Mr. C. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. B. Hawes. M.P., and Mrs. Hawes, Mr. Ricardu, M.P., and Mrs. Ricardo, Mrs. J. Abel Smith, Mr. Gibson Craig, NI.P., and Mrs. Craig, Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P., Mr. F. Calvert, Mr. Panizzi, Miss Burdett Coutts, the Daan of Westminster and Mrs. Buckland, &c. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his first Parliamentary entertainment this session ou Saturday last, at his official residence in Eaton square. As customary at the cJmmencernent dinner, the guests of the Right Hon. Gentleman comprised the lead ing Members of the Government in the House of Com mons, among whom were Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the! Right lion. Sir John Cam Ilobhou.e, the Right Hon. Henry Laimuchere, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Bight Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring, Lord John Hay, Lord Marcus Hill, the Right Hof:. Fox Manic, the Hon. Captain M. F. Berkeley, the lion. Wil liam F. Cowper, the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sbeil, the Right Hon. Sir W. Somerville, the Atterney-Genera:' , the Solicitor-General, the Judge Advocat, , , the Solicitor- General (for Scotland), Rear-Admiral J. Deans Dundas, Mr. H. G. Ward, Mr. H. Tufncll, Mr. George Corne7 o l , l Lewis, Mr. 11.. ch, Mr. Gibson Craig , M r. It. M. Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. John Parker. and Mr. Ralph Bernal.. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer was unavoidably absent from the banquet. The Princess's Theatre has been visitedwniethitnr,tltro nobility e last few nights by the following __u gKi ng and g y hal :—Her see the grand comic PalatOrOllDC,#t Royal Highness the Princess Of. :Farina and party; the Duke of Brunswick, Bar o n NelLlMal), Beron Nicoll and parties; Earls Cardigan, Fitzhardinory Chesterfield, Ch ar l emo ra and parties; Lords Paroley;durnsey, Bruce and parties; the Count ' es3 of Essex aud party; Ladies Compton, Rivers rind party; Earl Verulam and party; the Hon. D.L. Astley and party; Sir G. Wombwell, Sir C. Shackerley, th e lion. lAr.Greville Brook, Madle. Jenny Liud and party; Mr. Ricardo, Lord John Russell, - and tohef distinguished visitors. It may not be generally known that some of the Queens of England hair," been in the habit of choosing a fine and thriving oak or beech tree in Windsor Forest, to which they have given their name, which, with the date of the month and year, of the selection, is en graved on a brass plate, and screwed securely to the tree. Thus in one of the mos t b eau tiful and retired parts of the forest, Queen Anne's oak may be seen; the oak of the consort of George IL, Queen Caroline; the oak of Queen Charlotte; the oak of Queen Adeleide; as will as that of her present Majesty. They have all seats around them. CHURCH EXTENSION.—SeveraI new churches, to which grants have been made by the church commis sioners, are approaching completion, and will be ready for consecration in the (01-se of the ensuing month. Amongst them are those of Ashton-under-Lyne, Hurst, Lancashire, early English architecture, with bell-turret, 645 sittings, 459 free, began March 1, 184 8 Astbury, Chester, early English archit ec ture, 610 sittings, all free, began May 29, 1847; Coventry, St. John, diocese of Worcester, Gothic architecture, 576 sittings, 456 free, began February 10, 1848; Duffield, Derby, early English architecture, with bell-turret, 516 sittings, all free, began June, 1847 ; Earnsden, Northumberland, early English architecture, 506 sittings, 426 free, began May 24. 1848; Gloucester, St. George (Two Mile Hill district), Gothic architecture, 516 sittings, 411 free, began June 1, 1847 ; East Greenwich,' Kent, Gothic architecture, with tower, 1,333 sittings, 753 free, began June 28, 1847; St. Pancras, Camden-road Villas, Middlesex, de corated architecture of the 14th century,wi l t B h 4 t 7 o ; w s er to a c t k id . spire, 1,189 sittings, 670 free, began August, 1847 ; Pon tefract, York, early English architecture, with bell gable, 757 sittings, 561 free, began September, port, district of Bredbury, gothic architecture, with tower, 862 sittings, 512 free, began September 6, 1847; Stockport, district of Sr. Mark, Dukenfield, gothic architecture, 915 sittings, 815 free, began May 28, 1847; Stoke-upon-Trent, Stafford, early English archie texture, with bell turret, 718 sittings, 479 free, began August 17, 1847 ; Stoke-upon-Trent, district of Hope. Anglo-Norman architecture, with bell tur ret, 656 sittings, 456 free, began November 22, 1847; Stoke-upon-Trent, district Of Noriiht‘rviocotd,oreasrlty. Bark, Eng lish architecture, with bell turret, 500 sitting s a ll f ree , began Nov. 19, 1847 ; Wt e lley, district of L am b , Lan caster, Gothic a r c hit ec ture, 603 sittings, 448 f ree, b egan June 29, 1847 ; W o l ve rhampton, d Stafford, Gothic architecture, with tower and spire, 1,066 sittings, 533 free, began April 11, 1848. Churches are also to be erected in the following places, wants for that purpese having been made by the CorninissiontrA:— Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Totworth, Soria( rset; Greet Pet er-street,Westminster ; Eunismore Gardens, Knights - bridge; Portland-road, Marylebone; Coxhoe, Durham; Paddington-in-Pendleton, Lancaster; Minshull Vernon, Chester; St. Luke's and St. Mathew's, Wolverhampton;; Ocker-hill, Stafford; Charlesworth, Derby; St. Jude's, Bristol; Eldon, Sheffield; and Aston, juxta Birmingham. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—This morning during the period that the fog was most dense, the train which leaves the Euston station at five minutes pa t nine o'clock, had just passed the bridge over the car al at the Camden Sta tion, the pilot engine having be n turned Into a siding the moment before. A cry was suddenly raised of " A man down!" when it was diseovered a policeman, named Fitzpatrick had for some cause, as yet unexplained, pro ceeded to cross the lines between the two engines, and while, it is supposed; in the act of doing so, was struck by the engine attached to the train. On reaching the unfortunate object of the dant he was found perfectly insensible and most frightfully mutilated. He lingered a §hqrt time, when 401 th 411:n4141W his sufferings. TO .THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 7th the principal debate was on the proposal of the Government for giving 50,0001. to the relief of certain distressed Poor-Law Unions in Ireland ; on which an amendment was moved, to secure a lien on the rateable property of such Unions for repayment. The Government did not distinctly, or at all events impressively, make out that the assistance was to be limited to Unions which were absolutely without resources. If -a vessel is found at sea, with positively no provisions of any kind on board, there is clearly nothing to be done but dispense such assistance as may be at hand. But before this is determined on, a lo:k must be had into the captain's lockers. It must be made quite certain that the proposed assis tance is neither wholly nor in part, an aid given to prop up the profits of the owners or commanders from the voyage, or increase the residue which they shall find in their hands for a future venture. From want of this, and other causes, the feeling in the House, as to be collected from ominous whispers and questionings of mutual opinion by Mem bers who usually vote together, was to a considerable extent adverse to the Ministerial measure. And this was growing into a prospect that the Government would be in a minority when the leader of the Opposition came to the rescue, with a proposal that the debate should be adjourned to allow of further speaking. The instinct of adjourn ment is so strong, as to overpower the temptation to accept of silent success. The Government, with more skill than their opponents, immediately closed for the adjournment of the debate till Friday. This amendment is an instance, like some that were noted in last session, of the inconvenience ofincomplete amendments; and as Parliamentary tactics improve, a time will come when such will be distinguished by some kind of disapprobative epithet. Without in the slightest degree attributing the intention in any par ticular case, an amendment of this kind is capable of producing a strong and unfair action on the decision of a question. Members are called upon to vote, whether certain words " shall stand part of the ques tion." What they want is, that they shall stand, and they shall have the opportunity to negative them. But if Members swell the majority for .the words so standing, it is tantamount to giving virtual victory to the side they want to oppose. It is highly impro bable that there will be any opportunity afterwards for giving their vote against the original measure, for everybody considers the measure as carried. And the perplexity will be just as bad if they vote for the amendment ; for if they swell a majority for that, they as effectually as before put an end to any fair chance of voting against the original measure. I doubt whether any study can come to a conclusion on this point, except that an incomplete amendment—an amendment which goes to admit half the question in debate—is or may be a formidable weapon against - those whose object may be to go against the measure in its totality. And the use of bringing the facts before the public is, that possibly at some time there may be remedy devised. A sense of some of the inconveniences, is probably among the reasons which have since induced the Mover to alter the form of his Motion. On Thursday was some debate on the conven tional rank and precedency of Roman Catholic pre lates, founded, I surmise, on an apprehended difficulty whether a Protestant Bishop or a Roman Catholic Archbishop is to band the Governor's lady to dinner at the Antipodes. The argument against the Arch bishop is that he has not his commission from our side. In time of war this might have been a good argument; but not in time of peace. When France and England were engaged in hostilities, there might be strong objections to the recognition of rank de rived from the Republic One and Indivisible, or from the Empire. But when the wars were over, and French and English fleets were sailing in concert, as they are doing at this moment, it would be bad policy as well as unhandsome, to raise questions on ceremonial, and most of all on such a ground as that the rank did not emanate from ourselves. St. Paul was the true Chesterfield, when he directed the settling of such punctilios, by " in honour preferring one another." On Friday was the second reading of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill for Ireland. In the course of the debate, appearances arose of an intention to give an opportunity in a future stage for voting for dimi nishing the period of further suspension ; which has since embodied itself in the shape of a notice by Lord Nugent, to move as an amend ment in Committee, the substitution of the words " first day of June" for " first day of September." This intimation was very unkindly received by the Irish Members. On reflection they can hardly fail to be aware, that there may be English Members whom it is quite in vain to think of convincing of the pro priety of showing a disinclination to 'Support the Government in measures of what they think neces sary precaution, but who at the same time are anxious to show their jealousy of the continuance of restraint an hour longer than can be helped. There may be Members too who wont.' be glad of an opportunity to give the Government the broad hint which would be conveyed by any considerable number voting for such an amendment, that eyes are upon them, and that there will be no chance for anything like a scheme of continuous extension of the suspension without resist ance. In short, the mere intimation of such an amendment amounted to the commencement of a growl from English Members, which another time might siren into a louder concert. It is difficult to perceive why this should not have been received by Irish Members at least with equanimity. When the perfervidum ingenium his had time to settle, perhaps they will perceive that it is not everybody who at the risk of their displeasure would have attempted doing them so good an office. If English Members vote for the amendment, it does not appear that they are bound thereby to any par. ticular subsequent course. If, on the amendment's being negatived, they vote for the Government measure, they have at all events authenticated their jealousy of continuations. If they vote another way, they have given proof that they are not opposed to any ne cessary precaution, nor even to putting considerable confidence in the Government's opinion of the ne cessity, but that to have their votes, the Government must consent to the minimum of suspension, as evi dence of which it must consent to draw from the oven hot and hot at short periods, instead of baking for us a quantity at once, which we must eat though it be musty. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, Feb. 12, 1849. THE PRICE OF SILK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MACCLESFIELD CHRONICLE. Sir,—Will you allow me, through the medium of your paper, to correct a most erroneous statement which ap pears in the London Morning Chronicle of Wednesday, the 7th inst., under the head of "Manchester News," as follows: _ _ _ "In the silk trade, the price of the raw material is considerably lower, which will be beneficial to the ' Mac clesfield manufacturers,' whose operations have been of late checked by the inability, on their part, to obtain au advanced price for their goods." Now no statement could have been more incorrectly brought before the public, and the author of it must be entirely ignorant of the real state of the raw silk market at the present time. I beg to state, without fear of contradiction, that, at the present hour, the price of the raw material of silk is higher than it was two months ago. From the last monthly circulars, issued by the London silk brokers, on the Ist of February, 1849, it appears that the prices of raw silk were fully maintained, and, in addition to this, the last advices from the silk districts abroad fully cor roborate the general opinion, that the price of the raw material of silk would still be higher. I cannot conceive what has led to the insertion of such an erroneous statement under the head " Manchester news" in the paper alluded to, unless it is a feeler on the part of some London silk goods buyer, who wishes to make the manufacturers in the country believe that which he wants to reap the advantage of; but I trust, for the benefit of our manufacturers, that he will be much disppoiated.—l remain, Sir, yours respectfully, A CONSTANT READEER. Macclesfield, Feb. 6, 1849. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE FIRST LORD'S LEVEES.—The Right HOD. Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., M.P., will hold his first levee of naval officers on Tuesday week next, '-the 20th instant, and on every subsequent Tuesday -until further notice. The levee will commence at one o'clock, and the number of officers to ly - 5 admitted on each day will be twenty five. Those officers desirous of interviews with the First Lord may register their names in the levee-book kept in the hall. MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS FOR TONNAGE. —We hear that a committee, consisting of several. members of the Naval School of Architecture, are ordered to as semble for the purpose of arranging a new plan for mea suring the tonnage of ships, the new measurement (now so called), which was adopted some twenty years back, having been found defective, and tending to give an erroneous result. It is reported that the St. Vincent, 120, Captain. S. C. Dacree, now bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir" C. Napier. K.C.B„ will return to Portsmouth after her cruise, and be paid off', and that Mr. Biddlecombe, the master, will be offered the vacancy in the Royal yacht, Victoria and Albert. STEAM SQUADRON RESERVE AT . DEVONFORT.—The Spiteful, steam-sloop, arrived in Devonport on Friday in charge of Mr. Belem, master. She is given in chargesof Captain Mends, of the Agincourt. Six of the reserve steam-squadron are now at Devonport—the Virago and Jackal (ready for sea at the shortest notice), the Grow ler, Salamander, Rattler,. and Spiteful. The stores for the vs hole lot are to be kept in a state of readiness. The Spiteful, steamer, on her way from sheerness, touched at Portsmouth on. Thursday, and landed the marines and seamen, belonging to that port'paid of from the President. The Victory, the Port Admiral;sl flag-ship at Ports, mouth, .was paid six months! wages,on.ThursdaY last. The Rolla has been rigged at , Portsnaouth, and will in a few days bo ready for exercising:the naval apprentices. She has hauled over to . her former mooring, off Hasler , Creek. The Heshemy, convict-ship, which has been so long at the Mothrbank with diarrheas on board, dropped down to Spithead on, Thursday (the remaining cases being convalescent), and sailed for Hobart Town yester day morning. - PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY, FIVE P.M.—Light breezes from the northward, with very fine weather. THE PACIFIC STATlON.—Correspondence from this station, dated Valparaiso, November 30th, informs us that the Commander- in -Chief, Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, C. 8., is determined that the Cobdenites shall not have a shadowy of complaint against his flag-ship for lying in port. The Asia has not been a - couple of months in harbour at any one time since she has been in the Pacific. The Admiral had just returned from Juan Fernando and Conception, and was to sail again in a few days for those places, in company with the French Admiral's 50-gun frigate Poursuivante, trying rate of sailing by the way. Ws have already noticed how the Calypso has been lately employed. It is to be hoped that Captain Worth has taught the_South Sea ISlanders a salutary lesson, and that they will not be allowed to commit outrages on foreigners with impunity. During her late cruise (February to September) the Calypso visited the several groups, and Captain Worth having learned that a barbarous murder had been committed on the persons of two foreigners at the Fegee Islands, pe remptorily demanded the murderers to be given up, and, upon refusal, attacked and destroyed the town of Agun duvon. He also adopted very prompt and decisive mea sures to obtain redress from the savages at the Naviga tors' Island, for wanton injuries done to foreign residents at those islands; which line of conduct will certainly operate as a strong check upon the commission of such crimes in future, and which had been of frequent occur rence, especially of late. MARINE SMOKE-CONSUMING APPARATUS.—WO pre sume that as Mr. Haig, who has been trying experiments for two or three years, and for the last twelve months in the Arid steam-vessel, at Woolwich, with the view of perfecting an apparatus invented by him, for consuming the smoke of steamers, has suspended operations, and the Admiralty have ordered the apparatus to be removed, Mr. Haig has failed in his endeavours to accomplish this very desirable object.—United Service Gazette. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The armament of the Blen heim, steam guard-ship, Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8., is ordered to be altered from 55 to 60 guns. Thus:— Main deck-26 guns; calibre, 8 in.; weight, , 50cwt.; length, 6 ft. 6 in. Lower deck-28; calibre, 32-pounders; weight, 56 cwt.; length, 9 ft. 6 in. Forcastle-2; calibre, 10 in.; weight, 85 cwt.; length, 9 ft. 4 in. Forecastle -1; calibre, 68-pounder; weight, 95 cwt.; length, 10 ft. 9 in. Quarter deck, 2; calibre, 10 in.; weight, 85 cwt. Quarter deck, 1; calibre, 68-pounder; weight, 95 cwt. Total, 60 heavy guns of the longest range. The Admiralty have ordered the exchange of the bower anchors of the Llewellyn steam•packet, respec tively of 16 and- 17 cwt., of the Admiralty pattern, for two of 12 cwt. each on Porter's principle. This reduc tion in weight will afford relief to the bows of the vessel, and take off a great superincumbent weight (of serious consequence when contending or pitching in a heavy head sea), while it will be providing her with a better safeguard against dragging, or loss from that cause. After such an acknowledgment as the above of the in feriority of their own anchor to hold a packet, we expect to see a general order issued for the return into store of all the out hanging old anchors, as, if the Llewellyn is unsafe with them, so likewise must be every other vessel or ship provided with them. Captain Bartholomew J. Sullivan has obtained per mission of the Admiralty to settle at the Falkland Islands, and has proceeded thither with his family, from Falmouth, in the Australia, Harrison. He has.taken with him farm stook and other requisites suitable for comfort and convenience as a settler. He has laid before the Government a suggestion for a number of pensioners to be allowed to emigrate to the Falkland Islands. Hants Telegraph. The schooner yacht Dolphin, 204 tons, the property of Mr. Charles Perkins, " R.Y.S." is chartered for a trading voyage to California, having been purchased with that avowed object by a speculator upon " golden gains." The vessel is lying in the Corporation Camber, and is certainly better calculated for such a voyage than we should imagine ten vessels out of a dozen to be which have 01 late been announced as to sail for the shores of the "diggins." The Dolphin will load with provisions and slops. REDucnox.--The navy seems in a very fair way of reduction now, and is progressing at even more than Cobden pace, if we may draw an inference from past facts and present appearances. Nine vessels, varying in character from the 50. gun frigate class to the steam tender, having been home and paid off within little more than a score days, whereas not one pennant has been hoisted since to supply the deficiency of force or power thus reduced. Amongst the items of the reduction is now named the abolition of the Excellent, at Portsmouth. —Chronicle. Wind, N. by E., light breeze and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Centaur, Commodore Fanshawe, from Portsmouth, ar rived on Sundry, and came into harbour to coal. On Wednesday she proceeded into Barnpool. The Centaur will sail on the 13th with mails for Madeira and the coast of Africa, and with 40 naval apprent. 4 ces from Portsmouth and 40 from this port, for distribution among the ships employed on that station. Her Majesty's Eloep Harlequin, 12, Commander John Moore, is ordered here from Lisbon to be paid off. On Wednesday the crew of her Majesty's ship Cale donia, 120, in Hamoaze, got up lower yards and top masts, crossed topgallant yards and bent sails, unbent them, and struck yards again. Merchant vessels spoken in the Channel:—Feb. 6, off Eddystone, the brig Clorinda, from Shields for Cadiz; off the Ram's Head, the Dutch barque Thetis, 96 days from Batavia, short of provisions, bound up Channel; Feb. 7, tho barque Olinda, Captain J. F. Taylor, 116 days from Colombo, all well; Feb. 8, off Ram's Head, Le Dooia Mats Clementine, Captain A. Donvet, from Havre Feb. 1 for Havannah; the Olinda, Feb. 6, off the Lizard, spoke the ship Mary Sparks, and Feb. 7, off the Ram's Head, the brig Easy, of and from Sunderland, 29 days out for Oporto, with coal; and the ship Laidsman. Wind west-south-west. Light breeze. Cold. mTelisitse,r,,midgham; Fri., streatioy. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE . LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING AND S CHASE. •. :". The following have THE LIVERPOOL SPRING C11P....-•-,. he : 04 Wool, Ada paid forfeit :—Fireaway, Ellerslie, Laii? . Mary, Pelham, and Clifford. TWO are' scratched, c up ...... • STEEPLE THE SEFTON WELTER viz, Teresa and Peter Simple• declared ft viz.—Sham. CAP.—Twenty eight have s len did, Agitation, Charm, rock, Brunette, Sir Jghgr,ietly), Flycatcher, b g by Young Clarinda, The Pa g e ' r_lttle FtinnY, Clonardon, Abdel TIIE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE Hman- Rainbow, Nimrod, _ ortulie, Shinrone, Redstreak, Box keeper, Miss Brown. Kader, Dicky ta n f s Canary, Venom, Marengo, Bold keeper, Miss Burns, BDu : ev o ky u l t h ilTd ß im e rr HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. A therstone hds., Wed., Shustoke ; Fri., Ne A wnham; Village-104. . S a t., Upton Vill 4 Saßerkshire lids., Wed., Harcourt Arms, Nuneham ; Fri., Cheshire hds., Wed, Appleton; Thurs., Twemlow H a il ; Sat., Bradfield Green-10i. Sir John Cope's lids., Wed., Sherfield Green; Fri., Lawrence Waltham-10i. Craven lids., Wed., Henswocd; Fri., Combo Wood; Sat., Woolley Down-10i. • Mr. Salkeld's hde., Wed., Hutton End-12. Maori lids., Thurs., Ogwell-11. Ea:t Essex lids., Toes , Ilelions Bumpstead; Thurs., Allham ficll; Sat, Tollam Maypole-10i. Essex Union lids . Wed., the Kennel; Sat., West Han 'ming fi,ld Compasses-10 1 - i,,uth Essex lids., Tues., Muckiug; Sat, North Oak endon. akWrsk:rffieehrPdGGs,a, EXPENSIVE LITIGATIONS. The prosecutions % out about the Maynard and Garrett gangs in 1845, for systematic the nsatin. depredations on railways, and the carrying o vestigations, cost the united railway companies 800/.; the costs of successfully resisting fe o f some the six actions rence resulting from the leniency and _ interference a ft e r much r railway men (and which were defeated Company above la bour) cost the Gt eat Western R defence, and 700/. law expenses for the . above 7001. in cash pay was left to defend himself, paid m a ), expenses . The costs meats, and above 4001. Outsta e nd l 1 Mr. Nash, who had assisted in these tie the company by persons part P ayment, cost the complliy fences and claimed r of the unsuccessful I-et-isms:it:o to tho claim made upon above .1004 and c,i s,E ' '' ' ,e 1 to barristers 1 , 4. e seer tainnient, and the claims being admitted, and the amount re.c i rr deverr months, and has cost the the re,erence laste, SalllP coeunntp i a at 4501. n1,000/. more , the c l aim being upon one ini iasta .T . Ii , E Q , uEsTS •—A lady, lat e l y d eceased, .a 3 a , s!ed a MUNIFICEN who for many 3 ears rosided at Hammersmith (the late Miss Caroline Elizi Fenn) has, by her will, beqaeath ec l the sum of 1 , 000 /. Stock in the Three-and- a -Q uarte.v per Ce:;ts., to the School for the Indigent Blind in St.- ! .—... •. Geurge's•flelds. The deceased lady for many years la.. T • • sof a .01PROVED LUGGAGE CHECKS- under the severe calamity of loss of sight, and n the shape of with a feeling of commiseration for her poorer fellow- !•' very useful invention have been sent us,i robberies at creatures similarly sillicted, and with a desire to contri- j a luggage check, to prevent the numerousul gage at railway bute to the alleviation of their distresses, she has made 1 I >resent effected by persons obtaining he g upper portion of the above munificent bequest in aid of the funds of the i t .cations by false representations. he T a ffixed to the package institution referred to. The testatrix was grand-daugh- i I the check is gummed, and may strings by which it may ter of the eminent composer Dr. Wm. Boyce, and mind- 1 ' by moistening it, or there aiis.ethen........spe.eimen torn off, and being ful of the misfortunes of the poorer members of the pro- passenger retains it a% si, cession of which Dr. Boyce was so distinguished a mew- I printed in the check torm,red I be tied. The lower portion is production of which the trunk her, she has bequeathed a legacy of 1,000/. Stock in the handed over. These Booth's' •re : counterpart, without the p ,or r arcel is not to be handed Thiee• and-a- Quarter per Cents. to that excellent cha- are already in common 11Pe on rity " The Royal Society of Musicians," established foil g4tered luggage checks . , the support of the decayed members of that profession.- the Duke of Cambridge • ' s ited several of the limes. His 1 loyal 11 1 `Visited National Fenn has also left a legacy of 500/. Stock to the- ' a Saturday. ! s., the British Museum o National Benevolent Institution. Museum on , E , sex and Suff..lk Alresford Pointer; Fri., DAuish— Mr. Morgau's Thurs,,. Hunter's Oak-10. Mr. W. Marshall's hds., Thurs., Familia Wood. '""Mr. Trelawny's Tues., So:AA scombe; Fri., Tolch Moor Gate. Y.) ['fool Ilarlt irne, th° larlY ed ,lion