The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-31 00:00:00

PENARTZ ROADS, JAN. 29.—S1d. Hendrik Westers, qvannah. SOSTON, JAN. 29.—The Luck's All !sloop, from the E ar.ber, has foundered, off the Lincolnshire coast; crew 84 ed. 3RIDLINGTON, JAN. 29.—The Hope, of Boroughness, fr( m London, sank to-day, off Flamborough Head, after n' jug in contact with the Chili, of Middlesborough; crew sa ve'l. The latter vessel received considerable damage. WEtrrur, JAN. 30.—The Achilles, of this port, went of shore near Staithes, during the gale of yesterday, 11 * ,(1 became a total wreck; crew saved. DuNDALK, JAN. 28.—The Arcadian has put in here t-day, having been on shore on the North Bull, in the 8 a3'. .yesterday, but is not much damag«l. l 's& r x ,- ;xFonD, JAN. 29.—The Trio, from Constantinople, • rue,: on some rocks last night in entering the Bay and tt tik ; crew saved. jt aVERPOOL, JAN. 30.—Wind S.S.E. to S.—Arrd. f ) ti:GpDean, Dean, Buenos Ayres ; Victoria, Brig, -I\B v York ; Portland, Leavitt, St. John's, New Bruns -11i( k. Sld. 27th. London, New Orleans ; 29th, Balton,.„ ruatr.buco ; Elizabeth. New Orleans ; Mascoasone, ▪ w Orleans ; Zetland, New Orleans ; Ace of Trumps, If issau, New Providence ; Corsair, Syria; 30th, Prince °f Orange, Bombay ; Black Prince, Valparaiso; Jessie , ~ %vannab ; Sp atan, Savannah; Forest King, New York. tr port—Hanover, Mobile. The Sappho, for Buenos 4 , yres, has put back. with loss of bowsprit, having been contact with the Solon, bound to New Orleans. RA3rSGATE, JAN. 30.—The Scio, Newcastle to Havre, 11 ,..s 3 tin here very leaky, having been on shore on the • "at tsh Knock. EAL, JAN. 30.—Wind N.W. to W. and S.W.—Arrd. • u;elle, Sydney. New South Wales ; Marchioness Of at iglas, Sydney, New South Wales ; Onieneming 9' .!kericg, Batavia, and sailed for Middleburg; Loharee' ✓ :ington, Calcutta; Medium, Fowler, Islay ; Token,' 4 1 , Jurse, Cuba and Cork; Westminster, New York. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 'ORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The supply of English Wheat on sale in to-day's tt .arket was again very limited, and of middling quality. A s the attendance of buyers —most of whom were very al sort of stock—was on the increase, the demand for ail i nds of Wheat of home produce was somewhat active, *IA,. 'in some instances, p r i ces ru l e d a shade higher than G" • Konday. The imports of foreign Wheat, this week, aa . Pa amounted to 6.150 quarters. Really fine qualities we 7 e mostly held at is per quarter more money ; and 0 13 re was a better inquiry for the middling and interior .ds. Although the supply of English Barley was on 1 4 a increase, the Barley trade ruled firm, at very full Pr ices. There was a large quantity of 1.1.1 t on show. A 11 kinds were dull, but not cheaper. We- ba.ve to hi , tics a somewhat active inquiry for Oats, at. Toll rates currency. Refine, Peas, Indian Corn and Meal, - were q 'ate as dear. In Flour we have no change to notice.' ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. P 'Wheat. Barley. Oats. Fleur nglish 1,240 qrs. y 4,710 qrs. 5,680 qrs. 1 3,180 a, i5h......... 1,400 oreign 2,810 6,150 I 1,440 Malt, 5,480 qrs. 1108017 GE BOP IYLEIRIEET. The demand for even the best hops in pockets has f u'len off to-day, and last week's prices are with difficulty ste pported. Old and inferior Hops are almost nominal in value, although the supply on offer is by no means 1 3 4 •ge. New Hops—Sussex pockets, 213 s to 31; Wield of n t ditto, 2/ lOs to 31 103; Mid. and East Kent ditto, CI 55 to 61 per cwt. WRITECILELP There was a decided improvement in the demand for tch kind of Meat, the prices of which had an upward 4 "eney. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton , 3 s 4 d ._ ' 4s 4d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per by the carcase. 'QUEEN'S BENGH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) IN RE WILLIAM HENRY BARBER. Mr. Sergeant WILKINs said he was instructed on be `ll ` ll of Mr. William Henry Barber to apply that he ht be re-admitted as an attorney of this Court. tie application was grounded upon affidavits ttde by Mr. Barber, which stated that he d been articled to a gentleman practising as an at torn e y at Tonbridge, whom he had served as an 1 4 tided and stipendiary clerk for sixteen years, at 1 11 e end of which period be received a certificate of bis 4 Q,' , egrity an d a bili ty . H e was a d m i tte d as an a t torne y al Easter term, 1836, and continued to practise in that Pacity until the 9th of Dec., 1843, when, it will be m e( , Ilt cted, he was apprehended on a charge of forgery, . I .. Lbsequently convicted and sentenced to trail:por "' Elan for life. On the 14th of November last 2, c1 received her Majesty's pardon, and had now vf turned to - this country. He (Mr. Wilkins) under at ood that his Learned Friend appeared on behalf 4 : 0 the Incorporated Law Society, but he believed not so xtuzh to oppose the application as to show a proper elousy on their part as to the character of persons seek an to become members of the profession. The free g irdon of her Majesty had been granted after a long and ixious investigation, which clearly established Mr. li trber's innocence, and he trusted that their Lordships sv (mid be of opinion that he was entitled to be reinstated as, an attorney. Sir F. THESIGER suggested that a further inquiry hould be instituted, not with reference so much to that p articular conviction as to the general character which n bore in the profession previous to the Court allowing )43 re-admission. _ Sergeant WILKINS, being acquainted with th e ishes of Mr. Barber, said he was justified in stating to at Mr. Barber courted investigation, and would render /cry information which was calculated to forward it. 13 e had only to add the request that there might be no d 4 =lay before the investigation was entered upon. Lord DENMAN thought that the investigation ought tEI take place at once, and suggested that the matter s h<Hdd be referred to one of the Masters for his report. This was ultimately agreed to, and it was arranged "It the Master's report should be bro ught up on an "Ay day next term. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DA Y.) JONES V. PRITCHARD. „ I This ' was a case of libel arrising out of a dispute which 14 41 ,4 taken pl ace b e t w een Mr. George Jones, the trage ....,a; and Mr. Pritchard, the manager of the York cir '"a't., relative to a contribution to the fund for preserving. 3b akapere's house at Stratford. The defendant had Piblished ethe libel in the Yorkshire newspapers, and :, , aed it t o t h e t h eatr i ca l wor ld as a c i rcu l ar , an d for or instance wh ere th e c i rcu l ar h a d reached the hands coco t ee party to whom it was addressed, the plaintiff had f, 4ln leliced a separate action, making in all seven dif 44':ent suits to recover compensation in the shape of tramFacgoec rn s k f b o u rth , e same libel. A few days ago, however, on behalf of the defendant, obtained a. calling upon, the plaintiff to show cause why 1 4 e Proceedings should not be stayed in all the actions at : o ae, until t h a t one had been tried, and that rule was 4;,-.ted yesterday. 41 • Justice ERLE now gave judgment, making the rule the stay of proceedings absolute. U r . IN RE MR. SOUNDERS. a ll.ll B applied on behalf of this gentleman, who is cote, WerekeY of the court, for leave to renew his certifi • P y ing for some years discontinued his practice. add it „, tia tiee ERIE upon looking over the affidavit,. tactics_Peared that Mr. Saunder's had been out of he di Lur the last eighteen years, (luting which time v,i,h dire his attention to a study entirely unconnected Odi th e law. Under thcse circumstances, he was ged to order, by a recently established rule, that e l . Saunders s h ou ld go t h roug h the ordeal of a second : la mination before the examiners of parties applying to admitted attorneys. • Mr. F ires sa i d i t was true Mr. Saunders had been studg theology during the last eighteen years, in the Pacity of a missionary at New South Wales, but if his 4.ordship would look at the certifi cates, h e wou ld see that Mr. Saunders had been in the habit of associating Illth the judges and magistrates of that colony. 31 _1 4 r. Justi ce E RLE sa id t h a t m i g ht b e so , b ut i t would in Th a uthor:sehis departing from the established pra c ti ce Sue_ a pplicationl, l , ll. was accordingly postponed till next SECO NDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) A FoßEtota (Befor e Mr. Secondary POTTER.) MILLE R AND OTHERS V. SMITH. . are engineers at II CONTRACT.--The -- - -I'' and d ' dant is also a wor ighton, de k plaintiffs in this action /11 eir , engineer. The action was brought to recover the 'NFU of Vaintiffs 4' uso/, for money had and received to and for the e. t Mr• CORRIE stated the case.—That plaintiffs had en tctred into a contract with the Austrian Government to lio ,up a stear,essei, and it became necessary that Eng -I,,:e_ttrtizatis should proceed to Venice to perform the 11. Defendant was one of those, engaged at 365. a Reek ' and all travelling and extra expenses to be paid; ;en 401, was advanced to the defendant. and he was di 41'nled to proceed to Venice. This, however, he did not; ' cullse cluently, an inconvenience arose; but no ima e merely th _ g Was sought by the present action, but t_ f e recovery of the amount. As the defendant had su i ' r ed judgment to by default , there could be no doubt go -li the ease. Evidence , was adduced to prove the contract, and that "et_Eidant did not perform his part. .1-! . .'he jury gave a verdict for the amount. SINGULAR AND IMPORTANT CASE.—KINGDON V. FORD. lhe plaintiff in this action is an attorney in Clifford's Inn, and defendant a baker in the Old Bailey. The b iT a ti n n was broug,ht to recover the sum o f 19/. 2 5 ., the , whiclr theo adejtoeinnd and several bill s o f exchange, o f ant was a ll eged to be one of the Receptors. The defendant pleaded that he did • Mr. Kingdon (the plaintiff) not accept the bill. ing the case called appeared, and after stet. Mr. Cubley, who stated that he w" lean society. He saw defendant s i gnth t e hurustee of a him by having had two previ ous transaetio 1, and k new Nvitness indorsed the bill i n the name s .13 s_ with hi m . .11ola n d" (M r . R o l an d b e i ng at the time a eo C .t ubley an d ' hes since retired) to Mr. Ki ng d on. rust ee but Cross-examined by Mr. Toomes—ls a altar h ld e o er in 'the society. Indorsed the bill to plaintiff without eon. lk ideration, and employed Mr. Shepherd (Mr. liingdows P4rtner) to bring the action. Mr. '1 HOMAS here submitted that there was no ease— it tras clear the plaintiff had no right of action ; j...r) h fact Ras one of the parties had been sued in the C ounty Court, but as nothing had been recovered, the Bill h ad b ' 'en put into the hands of an attorney, to sue in the "Porior court, which the Courts had held he had a right to do. -' . - The S ECONDARY said they must keep to the pleadings ‘thich were no acceptance. Mr. Towles s it was impossible to plead or to an the facts in all. cases—as in this a conclusive fact arose on the cross-examination, and surely if he showed there was no plaintiff the cause must fall. The Learned SECONDARY said the question was whe ther he ought to have admitted the evidence in cross examination on the plea. Mr. 'FnomAs said there was a second plea, which he did net promise, and he would be entitled to show in evidence that the plaintiff had no title ; and, conse quently, there could be no promise on the bill. The SECONDARY said there was only one plea and one issue, non•accertance. He would take a note of the objection, but as the plea sttoti he was decidedly against the Learned Counsel. - Mr. Tuosus then addressed the jury, and said that, according to his instructions, he should be able distinctly to prove that the acceptance was not in the handwriting of defendant. _ _ _ The defendant's brother swore positively it was not, and other witnesses spoke very confidently to the same point. The jury, however, almost immediately gave a verdict for the amount claimed. . Mr. TnomAs applied for the writ to be retained, on the ground that the plaintiff had no title in the bill. The SECONDARY repeated that he thought he ought not to have allowed the evidence On that point to have been elicited when there was no plea that he had taken r. note of the objection. MR. RIGBY WASON'S FIGURES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—With your kind permission I beg to correct an egregious inic,tke in Mr. Wason's " Budget for the Million," published in your paper of Thursday last. The error referred to occurs in his numera tion. The following figures, expressing, as he says, the value of realised property, he reads erroneously :- 4,400,000,0001. This sum Mr. W. - calls four bil lions four hundred and forty millions; which is pal pably wrong. It should be read four thousand four hundred millions, which is enormously less than the sum he reads. The difference between the two is as follows, viz.:— The amount as read by Mr. W. £4,000,440,000,000 The real amount ... 4,400,000,000 Difference .... £3,996,040,000,000 Which difference would be more than sufficient to pay off the national debt 4,995 times over, taking the debt at 800,000,0001._ I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. H. ROBEY. Newcastle-under-Lyme ; Jan. 30, 1849. [The error to which our correspondent alludes was one of words, and not of figures. Mr. WAsox calculates the amount "correctly," but called it erro neously. It should, as our correspendeot states, be read four thousand four hundred millions. A billion was stated by Mr. WASON to mean a million of mil lions ; it was therefore manifest that the mistake oc curred in the hurry of the moment—was one of form, and not of substance. The figures he wrote down were 4,400,000,0001., and surely every one of our readers could readily comprehend their signification and amount. —En. Sun.] IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 30.---The questio❑ of a discrimi nating rate is beginning to make progress amongst the popular party here. The Freeman's Journal has been hammering at the principle for a long time, and its views on the subject are becoming adopted in many quarters. People who once recoiled from the propo sition, are now beginning to talk of giving the pea santry an interest in the land. A Conservative M.P. says that the peasantry could not be employed in Connaught unless something of the kind was done, as the majority of the present holders have no means of giving wages. A landholder in Mayo has let his farms to English tenants, on a lease of twenty-one years, at 255. an acre, and undertakes to pay all the poor rates for them. The importation into Dublin this week of fresh American pork has startled some of our Irish graziers. Mr. Smith, a Dublin provision merchant, has been the importer of fifty pigs, packed in ice, and they were perfectly sweet and fresh. BOOTS WANTED.—In our last paper we inserted an advertisement, " Boots Wanted for a respectable Hotel in town." In reply to this announcement, we have just received the following letter:—" Kilmarnock, 25th Jan.—Gentlemen, I have just seen an advertise.. mint, and have to say that I am just your man, and I trusht the bargain will be for both our benefits. At the sale of a man who brok lately, neer haun this, I bought a bander pair, and they are at your bidding for three shillings the pair, a' o'er heed.—Your servant, J. T.-- N.B. I have also on hand aboot fifty pair o' shoot), if they are wanted."—Glasgow Constitutional. SALE OF THE STOWE LIBRARY.—This sale was proceeded with yesterday, and again attracted a very numerous company. The only lots worthy especial notice were the following:—" Missale in usum Ecclesiaa Audegavensis," with two large and two smaller minia tures, and all the capitals beautifully illuminated, or rubricated ; this ritual, which is printed in black letter, upon vellum, and bears date, Anjou, 1489, was composed for the church of Anjou, and is of extreme rarity. It does not appear to be mentioned by any bibliographer, except Brunet, who, in his last edition, refers to this copy in Sir Mark M. Sykes's sale. The King of France's library is rich in missals of every provincial department of France, but no copy of this is mentioned in Mr. Van Praet's enumeration of that extensive collection. This missal formerly belonged to the Jesuits' library at Brus sels. Its disposal excited an active competition, and it was at length secured by Mr. Lilly for Gal. "John Mil ton's Poetical Works, with the Life of the Author," by William Hayley, with portraits and plates, after Westall ; brilliant proofs before letters, is 3 vols., 1794. This copy was selected for Miss Mary Nicol. It was pur chased yesterday 'by the Rev. Mr. Sweet, for 91. 10s. Montfaucon's " L'Autiquitea Explique3 et Represent ea en Figures, avec le Supplement et Monumens do la Monarchie Francoise," 20 vols., 1722, with upwards of 1,800 fine plates. This fine work was bought by Mr. Bain, of the Haymarket, for 191. The amount realised by the day's sale was 3791.75. 6d. GRAY'S INN, JAN. 30.—Frederick James Furnivall, Esq., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 8.A., was this day called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law, by the Honour. able Society of Gray's Inn. At a wedding last week, at Nigg, in Ross-shire, John Munro, the bridegroom, who happened to go out at the door of the house where the bridal was being cele brated, was seized by three stout men and carried four or five miles over fields and ditches. ,When he was missed all was dismay in the party, and the poor bride groom did not reach home till six o'clock in the morning, wet and weary. An unlicensed Theatre in Maiden-lane, King's cross was attacked by the police last night, and eleven of the actors and actresses taken into custody. Sir Augustus B. Henniker, Bart., died on Sunday last, very unexpectedly, of diseased heart. De ceased was in his 54th year,' and was rector of Thorn ham-Magna, Suffolk, and an active magistrate, and chairman of sessions of that county. He is succeeded by his son, Brydges Powell. ECONOMY PEE RAILWAY.—The reduction in the price of coal consumed at Bury St. Edmunds, since the opening of the Eastern Union Railway, has been equal to the yearly amount of poor-rate levied in that town. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—Last evening the annual general meeting of the governors of this institution was held at the Board-room of the hospital, Gray's Inn lane, Mr. Pritchard in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Fenn) read the report of the hospital for the past year, which showed the number of patients relieved in 1848 to have been as follows:—In-patients, 667; out-patients, 27,944; making a total of 28,611. This exhibits an increase of 39 in-patients and 6,551 out-patients, as compared with the previous year. The total receipts for 1848 amounted to 4,5011. 125., being au increase, ss compared with 1847, of 831/, The expenditure amounted to 4,8431. 9s. Bd., including 2,093/. 7s. 7d. as old debts paid off in 1848, and leaves a balance against the inetaution of 3411.• 17s. Bd. The report further stated that in consequence of the imperious necessity for praciising a rigid system of economy. by reason of the limited extent of the funds, the committee had been compelled to keep two of the spacious wards of the institution un occupied. Nevertheless, these two wards had been held in perfect readiness to meet any such public emergency as an outbreak of cholera in the metropolis ; and 154 of the pauper children removed from Mr. Dyouet's establishment at Tooting had recently been accommo dated within them ; 87 of these children had been vio lently attacked, but owing to the effective medical treat ment of the patients, promptly rendered by the institu tion, only four had proved fatal, and even in these four cases the children were in a very bad state at their ad mission, and died within a few hours after. Mr. Christie then moved, and Mr. Goddard seconded, the adoption of the report, which was unanimously agreed to, and after voting thanks to Dr. Marsden (the founder of the hospi tal), the committee of management, and • other officers, the meeting separated. MILDNESS OE THE SEASON.—‘As an extraordinary proof of the mildness of the season, a ripe strawberry may be seen at J. Abraham's watchmaker, gathered on Tuesday from a hedgo at Venslooe, in the neighbour hood of Liskeard, and the flowers of spring, butter cups, and primroses, are common in the same locality. A very, beautiful butterfly was caught on Saturday, the 20tb inst., between Merton and Beaford, by John Mitchell the blatherleigh and Beaford post messenger. He has been on the road about five years, and each year has seen a butterfly particularly early and near the same spot (the fillies near Merton). Last year he caught one there as early as the 2d of February.—Devonshire Chronicle. A large meeting of landowners, farmers, and burgesses of Taunton, was held on Saturday last, in the County Hall, to petition Parliament for economy and a remission of the window-tax, assessed taxes, and other obnoxious imposts. Mr. Escott was called to the chair, and having addressed the meeting at great length, and 'amidst universal applause, proposed a petition, which was Unanimously adopted by the meeting. The petition is to be'presented to the House of Commons by the Right Hon. IL Labotichere, Member fur Taunton. THE .STREET ORDERLIES.—A meeting of the Committee of Licensed Victuallers, formed for the pur pose of. providing employment for the poor as street ordvrlies, was held on Monday evening at the Upholder's Arms, i d ln et g ai s detailing etta the successful Poland• -tree!, Oxford-street; the chair was taken b y Mr. C. I The' reland Lumber Troop Tavern, Fetter-lane. p ohn S r m og ar r t e , s r s e o a i d ti a i i e e c la o b m o m ra i t t, elaborate report, li r. l tee, and a l so the list of subscriptions received since their last financial statement, amounting to nearly 70/. Re 6011.1tiQns were passe d • 14 Amur of this system of street THE SUN, 7 33 / 4 i, .2% 17 3 / 4 25 3 A 12% 7% 8 17% 1458 29 1 A) 22 22 1 ,i 9 3 / 4 57 3 4 113; 281,2 x,d il4 6 1 / 4 7 ait; 21/2 1;4 ...... ......0.....'' 15 3 1 / 1 %•ci 6 1 4 AY . ,; ) n " INCI °I A lba ° %b. , Se fi f o o t Ita 6 h tor ie do tl ' tv he It Of fr oo r ', I,,ur )f San, [cis , 111 , i sts LI houla , s. d ept to, ster the e s d• b.. ou' 5 L putOP Wf01111(14 LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1849: cleansing, as adopted by the national Philanthropic As sociation, which association have given constant employ ment to 36 poor men as " street orderlies." A vote of thanks having been passed to The Sun, and other news papers, for its advocacy of the cause of the poor, the meeting, which was well attended, separated. We learn that a house in Liverpool has received a large consignment of English copper inoney from the United States, the coin, taken out by emigrants, having accumulated there throughout many years till it became of sufficient bulk to be worth sending home. EMIGUATION FE,OM PLYMOUTII.—JAN. 29.—There are 550 emigrants in the depot, waiting for the arrival of the following ships :—The Amagrenice, Susannah, Age. noria, and British Empire. The depot is quite lull with this number, and preprations are being made for the enlargement of the establishment, so as to accommodate 1,200 persons. The Pemberton, Captain Richardson, sailed to-day, with 355 Irish females for Port Philip, under the care of Dr. Sullivan, a gentleman who is wall known in the emigration department. The William Hyde sailed to-day for Port Adelaide and Port Philip. She is a private ship, and belongs to Messrs. Marshall and Edridge. The Stebonheath is expected to sail to morrow for Port Philip, wijh 300 emigrants on board. The next ship to sail is the Inconstant, Capt. CelLinton, with 206 emigrants for Port Philip. Mr. Parker, the late Poor-law Commissioner, whose name was recently mentioned in connexion with the Andover union, em barked in the William Hyde for Port Philip. A 40GZE DETECTED.—An impudent Cornish beggar lately blackened his face and hands. and success fully appealed to the sympathies of several householders of St. Austell as a distressed and deserving negro; but, unluckily for himself, he fereot he had a hole in his trovveers. A gentleman, whose eyes were keener than those of his neighbours, at last noticed that the beggar's legs differed in colour from his face; and the consequence was that he was apprehended, and afterwards committed to Bodmin gaol for three mouths. We are informed that the French Post office have definitively made the arrangement with the Boulogne and Ainiens Company which we mentioned on the 23d instant, for the conveyance of the quick mail between London and Paris, via Boulogne, even although Calais is for a time to be the packet port. It also appears that the plan for our steamers to run between Dover and Calais is to extend only over four months of the year —namely, from the 15th of November to the 15th of March, and that during the remaining eight months the existing route is to be resumed. So that the change, which is to come into operation on Thursday, will not continue in the present instance more than six weeks. . CLEANLINESS AND VENTILATION versus CHOLERA OR OTHER PESTILENCE.—History informs us that pesti lence, the scourge of society, has prevailed frequent)) , and virulently in ages, countries, and even special dis tricts, in which cleanliness and the proper ventilation of houses have been little considered. Without entering on the various theories respecting the exciting causes of pestilential disease, a little research will afford sufficient proof' that want of cleanliness has been a principal cause of their aggravation and rapid diffusion. It we read the account of our own metropolis during the last calamitous - vititatien of the plague in 1665, and compare it with its present state, we may convince ourselves that our pre scnt from the recurrence of such an evil is secured to us on better grounds than those of precau done)). laws of quarantine. At that period, in the history of that vast city, the streets were narrow, the houses projected in the upper story, and the spaces be tween them crowded with large signs hung across, thus checking the free circulation of air, essentially neces sary for the health of the inhabitants. To the miasma constantly engendered and rising from open drains and neglected sewers, were added those caused by the fer mentation of heaps of rubbish ejected from every house, and which the indolent inhabitants could scarcely be compelled to remove. Nature has provided means of carrying off impure-air, and replacing it with such as is suited to animal 'respiration ; but here its intentions were'defeated both by the construction of the buildings and the habits of the people. Drainage as well as ven• tilation of the buildings was at one time totally disre garded, and the result was a perpetual recurrence of fevers.— The Builder. LUXURIES IN PRISON.—On Saturday an inquest was held at the Mi!thank prison, on the body of Sylvanus Ruden, aged 17, a framework knitter, of Nottingham. The deceased, it appeared, was received into the above prison on the Ist of February, 1848, having been con victed at Nottingham of stealing a piece of linen, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. He had been in prison eight times previously. His death took place in •the infirmary on the 25th instant, the cause being pulmonarpeonsumption. In reply to a question from a juror, it was stated by Dr. Baly, the physician, that the deceased during his illness had everything that he wished for: • Amongst other things he had wine, brandy, tea, oysters, oranges, isinglaSs, jelly, puddings, mackerel, and eggs. Verdict—" Natural death." FOREIGN CORN.—A cargo of new foreign wheat having recently been imported into one of the outports, whicti was found; on being landed and housed in bond, to be rapidly deteriorating in condition and quality, so much so as to render it probable it would become useless as an article of food, the owner purchased a cargo of dry wheat, and requested the privilege of mixing it, after landing it from the vessel and delivering it into granary, with the raw wheat, so as to preserve it from decay. Application having therefore been made to the authorities in London to be allowed to mix in • bond the two cargoes of wheat, one being raw and fast deteriorating, and the other kiln dried, they have, in order to save the destruction of so large a quantity of food, allowed them to be so mi4ed, on condition that . all claim for all owance for waste, be abandoned. MORE TROOPS FOR INDIA.—The East India Com pany have, it is understood, applied to the Government for three regimetits in addition to those which have just embarked for India. Should their request be acceded to, a force, amounting t 0 .6,006 rank and file, will embark for India during this year, the entire cost of maintaining which will be borne by the company. THE MONUMENT TO PICTON. The ridiculous monument erected at Carmarthen to the memory of Picton is at last completed. It is a clumsy, dispropor tioned pyramid, manifesting by the rapid tapering of the shaft that the cash of the managers was exhausted, or that the builder was tired of his job. At the base run out four promontories, from each of which a large can not), with feeble carriage, frowns on passengers as they approach—what they may mistake for the chimney of a manufactory. It is to be hoped that this monument of the bad management of the projectors will be a beacon to warn persons against altering what they are not quite sure of mending.—Cambrian. THEATRE^ROYAL, NORWICH.—The performances at this place of amusement on Thursday last were under the patronage of the officers of the 16th Lancers. The Merchant of Venice was performed, with other enter tainments, and went off well. There was some excellent music performed by the band of the regiment. The house was crowded. EDINBURGH TaTEATRE.—Mr. R. L. Shiel's cele brated play of Evadne, which has not been performed here since the days of Miss O'Neill, was produced on Thursday. Miss Faucit's representation of Evadne was replete with exquisite tenderness and lively expression of love and sorrow, and 'evoked the sympathies of all who witnessed it. At the conclusion of the play Miss Feucit was called for, and received the reward her per formances so well merited. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE UM VERSITY —Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, an in quest was held by Mr. Cooper, coroner for the borough, at the Little Rose, Trumpington-street, on the body of Mr. William Gasson, of Christ's College, who was found dead in bed on Monday morning. The deceased gentle man was twenty-nine years of age, and had just taken an mgrotat degree on Saturday last. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Johnson. surgeon, who made a post nioacm examination, that the cause of death was en largement of the heart, producing an obstruction in the valves in the left ventricle. It seems that the deceased, who lodged at Mrs. Rudd's, near Addenbrooke's Hos pital, had been in precarious health, and was occasion• ally attended by Mr. Johnson during the whole of his University course. He had likewise consulted some of the metropolitan members of the medical profession. On Sunday, however, he was able to attend church, and at half.past t e n o'clock on Sunday night he retired to rest in much his usual state. On Monday morning one of the members of Mrs. Rudd's family rapped at his door, and receiving no answer, entered and found that the deceased bad been dead some hours. This event, though so awfully sadden, was not unexpected by Mr. Johnson, who, however, thinks that it may have been accelerated in some measure by the natural excitement consequent on ttkiug his degree. The Rev. James Cartmell, fellow and tutor of Christ's College, attended the inquest. The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death. '—eambridge Advertiser. WHAT WAS A POUND IN A.D. )000?—In Alsace, at the end of the tenth century, the common money for current purposes was the pfennig. It was of copper, and sixty of them weighed exactly one mare, or half a pound avoirdupois, or 120 of them were a pound weight. The price of a sheffel or bushel of wheat, weighing sixty pounds, or the same nearly as our English bushel, was seven of these pfennigs. Copper, probably, bore a 'higher value in proportion to silver than it does in the present day ; or the bushel of wheat was sold for less than a penny farthing. About two hundred and fifty ye ars later, in the same country, the same measure of wheat was sold at twenty-four ptennigs, or about three pence farthing. It appears by the accounts preserved in the cathedral of Strasburg that the wages paid to the masons employed in the erection of that edifice was from ono and a half to two of these pfennigs. At the building of the great bridge at Dresden, in the thirteenth century, the labourers were paid two pfennigs daily ; and, according to some fragment of mining accounts of Tillot and Chateau Lambert, the operative miners re ceived no more than two pfennigs.— Jacob on the Pre cious Metals. EVILS or SHORT LEASES.—In consequence of the good title of all building land in France, and every other country I know but England, house property, being freehold, ranks first in the list of securities for capital. It is quite the reverse in London. Look at the many mouldering carcases, fit tor nothing but to pull down, standing on the Crown and City lands, New Oxford-street, Holborn, &c. &c., taxed with a ground rent of ruinous extent, and a lease so short that no honest or calculating man would have anything to do with them.—Correspondent of The Builder. The llon. Francis Scott, M.P., and Mr. Logan, of New South Wales, had an interview yesterday with Sir Charles Trevelyan, at the Treasury. VIENNA.—The Austrian army, which now consists of 500,000 men, is composed as follows: 358,122 in fantry, 64.524 cavalry, 31,815 artillery, 40,000 baggage men, and 5.539 marine troops. This poweriul army is to he increased to 700,000 men in March next. Italy and Hungary are to contribute an important quota. An apothecary at Salem has written over his door, " All hinds of dying sluts sold here." LITERATURE. PEREGRINE SCRAMBLE; or, Thirty Years Adventures of a Blue Jacket. By Captain Sir 11. V. Huntley, R.N. 2 Vols. . . There are fe w species of literature in which truth and fiction may be combined in a more adroit and in teresting manner than in the nautical novel. It introduces us to scenes totally at variance with those to which we are accustomed, while at the same time those scenes are invested with an air of reality which is infinitely more attractive than the improba bilities of romance. " Peregrine Scramble"—the adventures of a sailor, written by a sailor—is ren dered peculiarly fascinating by its evident truthful ness. Most probably the actual events here narrated never really transpired, but they are for the most part samples of incidents that may, and perhaps do, chequer the career of many a "Blue Jacket" simi larly situated to Peregrine Scramble. We do not propose to follow the fortunes of the hero from the time of his first donning the blue jacket until the close of the second volume of his history, which, by the by e , l eaves hi m w ith a "tale half-told." We must here content ourselves with commending this narrative of his adventures to those who, " living at home at ease," yet, in opposition to the asssertion of the old so ng , love to think upon " the perils of the seas:' The interest of " Peregrine Scramble" is not occasioned by an intricate plot, its chief attraction consists in the natural manner in which a variety of interesting anecdotes and ad ventures are set forth. Mingled with graver matters relating to some of the naval engagements which have taken place v. ifliu thirty years, are amusing relations of the troubles and perplexities of the individual Peregrine. Although more than usually fortunate on some occasions, and conspicuous for his gallantry and good conduct, the young "middy" is by no means exempt from disappointments. On one occasion, for instance, being in command of a schooner serving as a `` tender" to his ship the Splendid, then form ing one of a squadron waiting in hourly ex pectation of some engagement, Peregrine is elated by a summons to the flag-ship. He obeys it with alacrity, believing that some perilous and glorious service is about to be required of him. The little vessel is soon alongside, and its ambitious com mander stands on the deck of the admiral's ship, and receives orders to take on board .so many'quarters of beef, and " to go to the ships named on the list, give each a certain proportion, and then return to the Splendid with the remainder. The mortification of the would-be hero may be imagined. Towards the close of these adventures we find Peregrine on board the " Northumberland during the passage of Napo leon to St. Helena. Of the captive Emperor very little is said, and that little had been better left un said. For example, Napoleon is described as " cold as the bronze figure which so often' represents him," when during that very voyage it was that he bade farewell to the distant shores of France with an emotion which drew tears from those who witnessed it, and the bare narrative of we are told, i which affects all who peruse it. Again, that Napoleon asked a sailor if he had ever seen him before, and because that sailor happened to reply, " Yes, General, I saw you on your return from Russia," the fallen Emperor scowled, turned on his heel, and " never addressed any of us a ga i n , a t l eas t while be remained on board whereas Alison (no very great panegyrist of Napoleon) tells us that, " both during the voyage out and while on board the Bellerophon, the charm of his conversation and fascination of his manner, won the hearts of the sailors, as the acuteness of his remarks and depth of his reflections excited the admiration of the officers." Nevertheless, Captain Sir H. Huntley's narrative constitutes a valuable addition to the stock of popular nautical novels, and will prove an agreeable acquisi tion to the general reader. MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH. Edited by his Brother, the Marquis of Londonderry. Vols. 1., IL, 111., IV. Lord Londonderry has here undertaken a task which he evidently considers no less_ a pleasure than a duty, and he has executed it in a manner that does honour to his brother's abilities and to his own fra ternal affection. It is unnecessary for us to say that our estimate of the political conduct of Lord Castle reagh differs from that of the Marquis of London derry. However, it is not our purpose here to criti cise Lord Castlereagh, but to comment upon the valuable work now presented to the public by Lord- Londonderry—a work which makes its appearance at a most singular time—a work which tells us of Castle reagh, "the determined enemy of what was called Reform" (we quote Lord Londonderry) at a time when the principles he fought against are almost universally triumphant—a work wherein it is boasted that " Lord Castlereagh found Napoleon the muster of Europe, from the gates of Paris to the banks of the Niemen, and he left him at St. Helena, a captive and exile in the midst of the Atlantic," at a time when the heir of that same captive reigns paramount within the gates of Paris. Nevertheless, whether from these peculiar circumstances we regard the publication as peculiarly well-timed or peculiarly ill-timed, there can be no question as to the value of the work itself. A biography of any ; statesman, more especially of one so much eulogised and so much execrated as was Lord Castle reagh, will almost inevitably encounter animadversion or admiration, acording to the political prejudices of the reader; but this work is something better than a biography, and friends and foes will peruse it with interest. The political letters written or received by Lord Castlereagh are here collected and published. " I feel assured," observes the Noble Editor, " that these volumes will be hailed by History as no ordinary offering, and on this point I am gratified to have my opinion corroborated by that of a competent judge, my friend Alison, to whose inspection I submitted the manuscript." The following is Ason's corrobo ration :—" I cannot," he says, " adequately express the gratification and interest which these papers, one and all, have afforded me. I consider them as in valuable materials fer history, of which I hope in future largely to avail myself." The first volume of the series contains documents relating to "The Irish Rebellion." The second those referring to " Ar rangements for a Union." Vol. 111. tells of the " Completion Of the Legislative Union," and Vol. IV. of " Concessions to Catholics and Dis senters," and "Emmett's Insurrection." The four volumes contain about eight hundred letters and various documents, heads of dispatches, minutes of cabinet councils, correspondence between the King and ministers, besides appendices and notes. For the light [which they throw upon the pro gress and development of some most important measures these volumes are as valuable as they are interesting, while, it is hardly necessary to say, con sidering the subject of the memoirs, that the political opinions therein expressed must be received cum grano. salis. Lord Londonderry's " Letter to Lord Brougham," in reply to the life of Lord Castlereagh, contained in the "Sketches of the Statesmen of the reign of George III.," and letters addressed to the Noble Marquis in reference to that epistle, and in corroboration of his defence of his brother's political character by Lord Ripon, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Wel lesly, Lord Aberdeen, Mr. Disraeli, Sir James Graham, and others, are appended to the memoir of Lord Castlereagh contained in the first of these volumes. The following is Sir Robert Peel's testimony to the abilities of Lord Castlereagh :-- " I doubt," says the Right Hon. Baronet, " whether any public man (with the exception of the Duke of Wellington) who has appeared within the last half century possessed that combination of qualities, intellec tual and moral, which would have enabled him to effect, under the same circumstances, what Lord Castlereagh did effect in regard to the Union with Ireland, and to the great political transactions of 1813, 'l4, and 'l5. To do these things required a rare union of high and gene rous feelings, courteous and prepossesing manners, a warm heart and a cool head, great temper, great in dustry, great fortitude, great courage, moral and per ssonal, that command and influence which makes other men willing instruments, and all these qualities combined with the disdain for low objects of ambition, and with spotless integrity. It is not flattering to say your bro ther had these qualifications." As a contrast to this couleur de rose portrait, here is an outline of Lord Castlereagh's political opinions, as drawn by his brother's pen : " He was the determined enemy of what was called Reform of Parliament, and of all new-fangled schemes for upsetting, under the fraudulent pretence of recon structing, the English Constitution; he knew well what England bad done without that reform, and he foresaw (again prophetically) what she might be driven to under the proposed changes. He always maintained that, in a representative Government, the preponderance of pro perty and high station was more conducive to order and general prosperity than that of mob orators or needy adventurers. He thought that a certain number of nomination boroughs were far less perilous than double the number of corrupt constituencies; that legislative measures were more likely to prove good and advan tageous in the hands of those who bad a stake in the country than of those who had none. Ile was no friend to a system which was to be directed by men who had no other influence than what they could acquire by pan dering to the low interests and lower passions of a mis guided rabble. Ile knew that the Government of this country could be safely and successfully condu c ted only by an administration which enjoyed th e d ec id e d an d unequivocal confidence of Parliament and the Sovereign; and he would not lend his hand to hasten the day when the two I - louses of Parliament would necessarily be placed in a state of perpetual variance on questions of vital moment to the stability and repose of the empire. Such were, I w e ll know, the general bearings of his comprehensive mind." The first volume contains an engraving of Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Lord Castlereagh. Differing as we do from the opinions , of of Londonderry—opinions which he occasionally sets forth in the most' authorative manner, as when he says that the Duke the Marquis by the entire world, not only as the first commander " is acknowledged of the age, but . Iso . fo one of, the §tatesmen"--- of Wellington we, nevertheless, sympathise with his affectionate veneration for his brother's memory, and we congra tulate him on the accomplishment of this labour of love. The melancholy conclusion of Lord Castle reagh's career is briefly passed over. It appears, from this account, that he had been suffering from gout, and his physician had prescribed a medicine calculated to lower his physical temperament, but which, unhap pily, had the effect of also debilitating his mind— hence the depression of spirits which led to the catastrophe. LIFE AND REMAINS OF THEODORE 1100 K. By Me Rev. R. D. Barham. 2 Vols. The life of Theodore Hook by the immortal Thomas Ingoldsby ! The title of this book says more than could the most elaborate commendation. The biography of even an ordinary individual penned by some ordinary writer is almost invariably attractive, and consequently the interest of such a career as this, narrated by such an historian, cannot be very incon siderable. Perhaps the most entertaining contents of these volumes are the anecdotes which are profusely scattered over their pages. There is a sprightliness and good-humour about all the sayings and doings of Theodore Hook which invests even the most insigni ficant with a peculiar fascination. One of these anec dotes gives an amusing instance of Theodore's self-assurance and popularity. Passing with a friend a house which gave unmistakeable evidence that a dinner party was assembling within, the author of " Gilbert Gurney" laid a wager with his comps/. nion that he would himself partake of the banquet, and that his friend should join him there in the even ing. The wager • was accepted. Theodore Hook raised the knocker, and was admitted by the footman as an expected visitor. Having made his appearance in the drawing-room, where the guesti were await ing dinner, he at once entered into conversation with one of the group, and soon, as was his custom, bad the whole room listening to him in pleased admira tion. .Having thus ingratiated himself with the as sembly and with the host also (who viewed his unex pected visitor with some amazement), he suddenly discovered that he had made a mistake and entered a wrong house, having been invited to dine with a stranger in that neighbourhood. With many apolo gies he proposed to depart, but no one would hEar of his departure, and when his friend called in the evening he found him the hero of the feast, and so the wager was won. ADELPHI THEATRE. This theatre last night came in for its share of the rays of Royal influence, the old piece of Sweethearts and Wives being played to a delighted audience, as performed recently at the Palace. Of so well-known a piece—one at which our fathers' sides were wont to ache when it was the vehicle for the drolleries of Lis- ton—we need say no more, than that its more modern rivals .have not dried up the fountain of humour from which it was derived, nor removed it from the pale of fashion.. Mr. Wright, in his performance of Billy Lackaday, proved that he is, or perhaps more criti cally speaking, that he may become the legitimate successor of one who was wont to set boxes, pit, and gallery in a roar. The house was crowded. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUEMAY. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked this morn ing in the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. ' The Royal Family took their usual exercise. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Amelia of Hohen lobe I Schillingsfurst, Lady Fanny Howard, and Ba roness de Speth. Her Majesty's private band will attend after din ner in the Castle. Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and Mr. -Armitage, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home • office. Mr. John Wood had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Hodges, M.P.,had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet on ouday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of South Australia. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsney. CHESTER CIIP.-25 to 1 agst Inheritress (t to 60)- 27 to 1 agst Blucher, 28 to 1 agst Geraldine, 30 to 1 agst Cossack, 40 to 1 agst Dacia, 40 to 1 agst Ellerslie (t to 25), 50 to 1 agst Jon o' Sot (t to 10). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-9 to 1 agat Canezou, 10 to 1 agst Backbiter (offers to take 11 to 1), 12 to 1 agst Flatcatcher, 12 to 1 agst Dacia, 15 to 1 agat Loupgarou (t to 25). DERBY.-450 to 100 agst Flying Dutchmen, 7 to 1 agst Tadmor, 12 to 1 agst Honeycomb, 20 to 1 agst Osterley, 25 to 1 agst Uriel (t to 10), 22 to 1 agst Strongbow, 25 to 1 apt Nunuykirk, 3 to 1 agst El thiron (t to 25). - INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1849. Acceptances for the Metropolitan Handicap. st lb st lb Cossack 5 yrs 9 0 Conquest, 4 yrs 6 7 Surplice, 4 yrs Inheritress, aged ... 8 9 Woodcraft, 4 yrs Peep-o'-day-Boy, 5 Tuscan, 4 yrs 6 5 yrs Eryx, 5 yrs 8 6 Trap, 4 yrs 6 4 Executor, 5 yrs 8 3 Hagley, 4 yrs.. 6 4 Canezou, 4 yrs Limestone, 5 yrs Mogador, 5 yrs Flatcatcher, 4 yrs ... 8 0 Bright Buck, 5 yrs 5 5 The Tartar, 4 yrs ... 7- 9f by Muley Moloch— Vampire, 5 yrs 7 9 Gusman'sdam,4yrs 5 5 New Forest Deer,agd 7 9 Raby, 3 yrs G walior, aged........ 7 7 Slashing Alice, 3 yrs 5 3 Pantomime, 5 yrs ... 7 5 Loupgarou, 3 yrs Giselle, 6 yrs 7 5 Pelham, 3 yrs 5 2 Ellerslie, 4 yrs Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs 7 2 0 by CEesar, out of Roscius, aged 7 2 Bastile, 3 yrs Brg by Voltaire, 6 yrs 7 0 Do-the-boys, 3 yrs 5 0 Sylvan, 4 yrs 7 0 Lugar, 3 yrs Fugleman, 4 yrs 6 13 Clarissa, 3 yrs Sponge, 4 yrs 6 12 Cotton Lord, 3 yrs... 4 9 Backbiter, 4 yrs 6 11 Flycatcher, 3 yrs ... 4 8 Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs 6 11 Vasa, 3 yrs 4 7 Do-it-again, 4 yrs ... 6 11 Miss Bunney, 3 yrs 4 7 Dacia, 4 yrs Valentinia, 4 yrs Milford, 5 yrs 6 10 Eva, 3 yrs Bacchanalian, 4 yrs 6 9 Clifford, 3 yrs 4 1 Fernhill, 4 yrs Cockermouth, 4 yrs 6 8 Burghley, 3 yrs 4 0 Pillage, 5 yrs 6 7 Idle Boy, 3 yrs HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Binekdown hds., Fri , Castleneroch, near Buckland St. Mary-10,i. Tiverton hds., Thurs., Dalverton-101. Carlisle hams., Fri., Armitthwaite-9. E;imont h arrs., Sat., Clieken, Longwathby Moor. Earl Fitzhardinge's hds., Thurs., Down Hatherly; S a t., Broadway-11. Harrogate beagles, Fri., Low Harrogate-101. Captain 11. Lewis's harrs., Fri., Low Silton. Mr. Ilildyard's harrs., Fri., Nutithorpe-101. Bedale hds., Fri., Watlass-10i. Mr. Selby's hds., F►i., at Leamington Branch—lq. Mr. Watson's hds., Fri., Nunnykirk. Tindal() hds., Thurs., Starotordliam; Sat., Riding Mill-101. Lord Eleho's hds,, Fri., North Charleston; Sat., Cut Inn-101. F. B. lids., Fri., Free Water Hill-101. Marham harrs., Sat., Stoke Ferry-11. Suffolk hds., Thurs., Coekfield Greyhound-10A. Mr. Napper's hds., Fri., Lisgate Common-10f. Surrey Union hds., Thurs., Henley Park; Sat., Lang ley Bottom-101. Southdown has., Fri., liellingley. Durham County hds., Fri., Stotfold-101. Raby lids., Fri., Hamsterley—lol-. Berkshire hds., Fri., Coxwell Wood-10q. 11. H. lids., Thurs., Luuway's Inn ; Sat., Thcddon Grange-101. Toe "..Craven hds., Fri., Heathanger ; Sat., Great Shefford-101. Hambledon lids., Fri , Marwell Hall. N. F. H., Thurs., Bramshaw Wood; Sat., Hill Top Gate-10A. Vine hds., Sat., Ewhurst-11. Colonel Wyndham's hds., Fri., Fair Oak-111. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire lids., Thurs., Champ flourio Gate; Sat., Armadale Toll-bar. TROTTING. Yesterday was the day appointed for the trial of pace between Mr. W. Lamb's brown mare and Mr. Owen Swift's ditto, two miles, in harness, for 501. a-side. We were not surprised, knowing the sporting prestige at tached to at least one of the contracting parties, to see a thronged attendance of " familiar faces." The betting, which ranged from 6 to 4 to 2 to 1, on Mr. Lamb's animal, augured a " square" match, as there could be no second opinion as to the intention of mine host of the " Horseehor," to win if he could. At hall-past three the prads went up to the starting point, the twelfth milestone on the Staines road, the trot being thence towards Hounslow. Mr. L.'s mare, an aged animal, said to be fast verging on the last of her teens, was fully a hand higher than the quadruped on which the investment of the erewhile " wonder" of the light weights was risked. The start was all in favour of Swift's animal, who was steered by Mr. G. Lawrence ; while Mr. Lamb's tooled by Bartley, was fretful, and rose in a style that betokened anything b u t the sweet qualities of her owner's namesake. Owen's nag went off at a moderate pace, and had covered nearly 100 yards before Bartley had steadied his flyer to a trot. IN, hen she did go, however, it was clear enough that " the race was not to the Swift," in both its meanings, but that, t as le to the rate of going, the affair was " all over but shouting." Mr. Lamb's mare shot byher opponent at •as s tanding a quarter of a mile, and left her " 88 if she 1N1 " r. L a wrence, still," to use the phrase of a b} 'slander. tafnder.ned u p . his steed, seeing all chance gone by, prude ntly fv u ard the victress at about 600 yards, an d thenerwor p r at ten cu dant horsemen rattled along pace g at a tbat ' ke- t e as not accurately taken, at a respectable gallop. Time $ so fur as we could In The Sun o f Friday last, an error appeared in the announcement of Bead, Esq., 8.A., to the Hind Mastership of lluddersfield College. It should have beeu of the Huddersfield Collegiate &hoot. 1 4 )tr 4. A_ A , 4%. 4 : " 111 41. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Mr. Baron ALDERSON took his seat on the bench :at ten o'clock. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN..— Samuel _Healey, an engine driver, and William Wilk ins, a stoker, surrendered to take their trial for the alleged manslaughter of a man named Perry, a ballast man, a iso in the employment of the company. It appeared from the statement of Mr. BODKIN that the prisoners were in charge of the " Vulture" ballast engine, and th 2 t on the evening of the I7th of Novem ber they left the Old Richmond station, for the purpose of going to London for coke. The Datchet Expreeti was due at that time, about eix o'clock, but was five mi nutes late. Notwithstanding the rules which forbade such conduct, the prisoners moved their engine from the station. On reaching the junction of the Datchet line with the Richmond, the Express came up, drawn by the " Hornet," and a violent collision took place. The vio lence of the shock threw the deceased on the engine, on which he and some other labourers were being con,eyed to town, by which the back of his skull was fractured, and he died an the spot. Some of the others were most severely injured. The prisoners jumped off, and escaped without tiny serious injury. Mr. Gouch, superiru eudant of the locomotive depart meat, produced the rules, with a copy of which each of the drivers and stokers were presented, their signature being taken on its receipt, and steted that the prsoners had been guilty of a gross neglect of duty, inasmuch as the rules directed them not to proceed when a train was due, or for a short period after its time. Some of the persons who were on the engine detailed the circumstance. The prieoners, they deposed, were perfectly sober, and that when they heard the express coming they shut off the steam and applied the breaks, calling out at the same time for the men to jump off. The engine was going at the rate of four or five miles an hour when the break was eppiied. _Healey was heard to say that it was time to start, as the express had passed. Mr. BALLANITNE addressed the jury for the prisoners, who, after a short consultation, acquitted the prisoners. FRANCE. M. Garnin Pages, whose health is in a precarious state, has left Paris for ltiarseilles. The deposits lodged in the Paris savings' banks on Sunday and Monday last amounted to 60,781 f.; the gums withdrawn during the same days amounted to 19,317 f. General Changarnier has published the following note in La Presse:—" A great number of officers who are at present either on leave of absence or un employed in Paris have come spontaneeusly to offer their services to the General commanding the Na tional Guards of the Seine, the Garde 11obile, and the troops of the First Military Division. He thanks them for that proof of their devotedness to the cause of order." It having been rumoured that a new journal called the Napoleon Colonisateur was published under the auspices of M. Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, and that it was also under his auspices that an electoral asso ciation had been formed, in which he intended to speak for the first time, M. Pierre Napoleon Bona parte his published a declaration that these assertions are altogether untrue, and that he has merely signi fied to M. Hamel, the editor of the journal in ques tisn, that he would become a subscriber to it, and that his concurrence, as a representative of the people, might be relied upon in any proposition which might tend to the extinction of pauperism, according to the ideas which long ago emanated from his cousin the President of the Republic. Further accounts of the excitement in Paris, on Monday, are .contained in the French newspapers. The following extract will afford some notion of the enthusiasm in favour of the Prince President : " The affluence of persons who flockedtowards the Chamber was immense; every street in the neighbour hood was thro nge d. O n the 'Place de la Concorde it was not easy to pass, so great was the crowd. The Tuileries gardens were closed to the public, and occupied by troops. Large bodies of troops wore also posted on the Place de la Concorde near the bridge. Just as I was going to the Chamber,' say s our reporter , ' a b out half-past one, an immense rush of the crowd, almost exclusively consisting of men in blouses, took place towards the Champs Elys6es. I waited to ascertain what could be the cause of the movement, and found that it was the President of the Republic, who was proceeding on horse back across the Place de la Concorde to the Boulevards. Ho was dressed in the uniform of a colonel of the National Guard, wearing the broad red ribbon of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Two aides-de camp accompanied him, as did two or three orderlies, and about fifteen lancers. He was received with the utmost enthusiasm by the crowd as he passed along,and the loudest cries of Vice la Republique ! arose, mingled ith a few shouts of A bas le ilinistere! Thousands of persons accompanied him, and it was with grest diffi culty I could get at last out of the crowd. The thick mass of persons went along towards the Boulevards, and I returned towards the Chamber. Round it the military force consisted of cavalry, infantry, and artillery-- nothing, in fact, was seen like it since the days of June. The circulation of the public was not, however, impeded, though later in ttbe day no person whatever was allowed to pass." The President of the Republic will give a grand ball on Friday next, which will be followed by one every fortnight. As the smallness of the hotel only permits 600 persons to be received, there will be vat ions series of invitations. We read in the Union :—" The Archbishop of Paris has received from the Pope another letter ex- pressing the deepest gratitude for all the tokens of sympathy received by the illustrious object of perse cution from him, from the episcopacy, and from the people of France. Pius IX. again declares his wish to come into France as soon as circumstances, will allow him, and to thank in person this noble nation, and console himself by beholding its piety, its devo tion, and love fur the Holy See, for the ingratitude which has steeped his soul in bitterness.' He desires that they will continue to pray for the safety of his person, and of the Church committed to his charge, and renews his apostolic benediction upon the clergy and upon all the faithful." Several National Guards, yesterday morning, ar rested a man named Lecointe, who stated himself to be a retired merchant living in the Rue Richelieu. He boasted of being acquainted with persons, according to his own expression, " would bring down the President of the Republic." He was taken before the Commissary of Police, and underwent an imme diate examination. It was M. de Lamartine who, from the tribune, demanded the division on the proposition of M. Rateau, after a brief speech, but a speech terse, bold, and eloquent. ITALY. The subjoined extract from a letter written at Rome will be perused with interest : " We are in statu quo in Rome; iniquity after iniquity is perpetrated. The other evening they sang a Mise rere' through the streets, carrying the cardinals' hats, &e., in procession, and then threw them fr, m the I'onte Sesto into the Tiber, saying—' Addio al Papa, addio ai cardinali.' One night they broke all the windows at the curate's house at St. John Lateran, and at the Santa Maria Moggiore. Mort° al PApa' is one of the cries occasionally indulged in, and the most violent and ribald publications are openly sold in the Corso. I bought one yesterday, Misero al Ministro Rossi," of which the fol lowing is a specimen:— " Chi piu nero scellerato Del de Rossi gia scannato? Miserere Domine. " GI alla patria tutto I mali, Tesi avea coi Cardinali Miserere Domine. " Quando en braccin invite e forte, Con pugnal gli die la morte ,Miserere Domine. " Benedetto ii terzo Brutto Chi lo diedo in mano a Pluto Miserere Domine. " ' Oh the Rossi 6 nell' inferno Conti Italia in sempiterno Laus tihi Dominc.' " I need not make comments on this, nor on the Pro visional Government that permits or sanctions it. Maz zini has been here, and has issued a violent Republican address, printed as a pamphlet, to the south of Italy; he and Guerazzi and Sterhini and Canino aro at the bottom of all the mischief in Italy, and while they have their heads on their shoulders no good will be done amongst this most excitable people. " The Pope has issued an excommunication against those who take any part in the forthcoming Costituentc, but generally it is laughed at. Even the people ex pected a civil war, as many are determined to take the Pope's side, and many others to carry out Republicanism. " Long ago Pasquale thus addressed the Pope:— ' Pio! No, no. Ma stai, Vedremmo come to governerai.' " STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian o f this day.) MANCHESTER, THESDAY.—The u pward movement in cotton that followed the arrival of the Europa, still to gave increased general firmness to our market last week ; and there occurring, at the same time, an and manufac turers demand for certain yarns and goods on tfidrmness to- India account, some advance was realis e d upon such articles. And the same tendency continuing t p u r r e e v r a s i l h i a n , e t he notnaonlyir aterial manifested ' al y a e t t t it e i m re p a further with l G• 4 ' keNo. eastern4o s rdiaz,uhpuont thha:ealzstinouwnifioor request . — v - , NT 40's to f t h thosee r cloths. 4 to o. 7 i O n ' c s h m 3 u o le to t 6 w o is r t e , e t d o s g B e h t i l r ie t r ings, trade, as well as some of jacconets and disposedcliecked ttoh operate p action erat e ; consequent' a day who were otherwise This demand has business, lout ; and amountcit elne n t o f has of considerable ex- I N; o is ( l , t ) i o e b d t i t n ha a t r p a r th ev e a r i l l i s m a i s te to d the only hindrance to the permanence of present rise in cotton is not o oh business; j u s t therenoawreso callingm ei s will portent market our productions. However,To; manufacturers, the trade, at least the are an 5 ^ ' guine in their expectations that a full demand will ari: - ;e before the contracts i n hand shall he completed. A report has lately been current, that Messrs. Eglinton's house, of Calcutta, could not struggle through its difficulties, but must finally stop payment. This event, we regret to learn, has taken place; and the amount of the liabilities in this country is stated at 100,0001., falling most heavily, it is said, upon some of the Glasgow bankers. Accounts have been received in this town of the destruction, by tire, of a large cotton-spinning esta blishment at St. Petersburgh . --we believe one of the largest in Russia; but we have not been able to col lect any particulars of the loss, further than that the manager, an Englishman, perished in the flames. We learn from Blackburn, that almost all the mills in the town are now running with the full comple ment of hands and full time. In several instances, the adult males are working twelve hours. At ono mill, that we hear of, notice has been given by the hands, demanding an advance of ten per cant. on their wages. At another mill the hands, formerly employed twelve hours, stopped at the expiration of ten hours' work, without having given any notice of their intention. This occurred on Friday night, the night after Mr. Hindley addressed the operatives. The machine shops in the town have, for a number of weeks, been turning out from 100 to 120 new power-looms, weekly, but many of these are replacing old looms. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We had a thin attendance of buyers in the market to•day, and the business transacted would have becn rather limited, but for some of the large manu f acturers purchasing rather freely, which has been the case for two or three of the previous Mondays. The wool market has been very quiet; manufacturers have purchased sparingly, but prices are firmly maintained. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY. —The market to-day has been rather duller, although considerable business has been done in the Cloth Hall, in goods adapted for the home trade. We have not heard of the at tendance of a single foreign buyer. The approaching wool sales are looked forward to with considerable anxiety, and until the results are known, we can hardly expect to report much alteration. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The sales of goods in the Piece Hall to-day have been about as large as those of this day week, and in most cases the improved rates have been realised. In yarns we have no change to report. Wool continues quiet. and prices are, if anything, a shade in favour of the buyer. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. EXAMINERS' COURTS ON STANDING ORDERS. COMMITTEE ROOM, No. 23. (Before Mr. SMITH and assistants, Messrs. FRERE and DE w.) After the necessary proofs on the part of the Par liamentary agents having ciiarge of the ♦arious mea sures, the STANDING ORDERS WERE DECLARED TO BE COMPLIED WITH IN THE FOLLOWING CASES:- Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (Acts amendment; power to alter tolls, and for appointment of officers). Same (junction with the East Lancashire Railway in Preston, and amendment of Acts). Severn Navigation Improvement Commission. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Edinburgh and Glasgow - Union Canal (amalgamation, or sale, or lease of the Union Canal to the railway company). Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society (incorpo rating and conferring powers). Kirkcaldy Harbour, Docks, Ferry, and Customs. Lnnarkshire (East and West Line), and ; Glasgow and Sbott's Turnpike Road (amendment of Acts). ADJOURNED.—Windsor (Extension of the Windsor, Staines, and South Western, Richmond to Windsor v,ith power to the London and South-Western Railway Company to subscribe. COMMITTEE ROOM, NO. 22. (Before Mr. MAY and assistants, Messrs. GUNNELL and PALK.) STANDING ORDERS COIIPLIFD WITH. Lancashire and Yorshire Railway (Extension of Ashton branch of Clitton, and abandonment of part of Clifton branch extension, extension of time for purchase of lands, regulation of capital, and amendment of Acta). Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Rail way (Abandonment of part of line, extension to London and North-Western, extension of time for pur c ha se o f land, alteratio n o f tolls, decrease of capital, and amend ment of Acts). Same (power to sell or lease to the London and North-Western, the Chester and Holyhead, or the Shrewsbury and Chester Companies, or to amalgamate therewith). York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Barmouth and Ala_ mouth new branches, extension or time for branches, power to subscribe to Sunderland Docks). Sama (Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle, Railway, lease and amalgamation). Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North- Western Railway - Companies (Transfer of interest in the Preston and Pyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock, and for regulating management of undertaking). Dublin Improvement.—This is an application for the general improvement of the city of Dublin, as regards drainage, sewerage, cleansing, and lighting, proposing to appoint commissioners and a council who shall have the power of levying rates not exceeding 11s. in the pound for paving., lighting, and cleansing ; and not ex ceeding 6d. in the pound for sewerage, drainage, and other objects ; also to enable them to raise a sum of 100,0001., and therewith to pay off another of 40,0001. Proofs of non-compliance, not of a materially seri ous description, w ere adduced, and, The Court adjourned at four o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND GREENWICH. Yesterday the usual half-yearly meeting of proprietors was held at the Company's office, 10, Coleman-street; Mr. Shadbolt in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said before the accounts for the half• year were laid before them, which was generally the only business of the meeting, he was sorry to have to report that since they last assembled together the com pany had sustained a loss of nearly 1,0001. from a frau dulent forgery of certificates committed by a young man who had been four years in the company's service as a clerk, and who had originally come to them strongly recommended from the Blue-coat School. The youth was very respectably connected, and had conducted him self very honestly and efficiently until his recent misconduct was brought to light. The lad bad ab sconded, and was now supposed to have escaped to America; but the directors had employed Forrester to take the necessary steps to effect his apprehension. The forgery had been perpetrated with a degree of ingenuity that eluded the most careful supervision of the secre tary and the directors ; but the beard thought they had now devised such measures as would preclude the com pany from being ever again made the victims of such dishonesty. The loss thus occasioned would make no difference in the dividend this year, because there were ample fluids to meet it ; but it would, perhaps, be ne cessary to delay the increase of the future dividend, to compensate for the defalcation. The directors greatly regretted this circumstance, but with all the care in th• world, forgeries could not be always guarded against. Mr. WILSON (director) then submitted the profit and loss account. It was as follows : Dn. To dividend of 3s. 9d. per share on 43,077/. original shares ... .. £8,076 18 9 To Interest—Bonds, 5,8321. 10s. ; Pre ference Shares, 5,5681. ... To hall-year's annuity to Mr. Nash To Property-tax To expenses—Salaries and Directors' remuneration, 2691. 10s. ; refit V of office, advertising, &c., 721. Os. 3d ... Balance ... 11,400 10 0 7 10 0 236 4 $ 341 10 3 ... 7,741 17 10 £19,727 12 9 CR. By Balance of profit and loss to June 30th, 1848 £7,743 18 6 By amount taken from the surplus assets of the Company .•• ••• 333 0 3 By half-year's rent of railway, due Dec. 31st, 1848 19, 500 00 7 7 By transfer fees ... •• ••• By interest on bonds held by the Com pany (8,800) ... 220 5 3 £19,727 12 9 said, the iuotifepdri m shouldend ejd'usbaet ... 7,741. 17 10 By balance ••• iv. ;i t el h ec a gt o t e rds t the le ac accountsroems motion, and asked if the dividend of 3s. 9d. h The CHAIRMAN on balance, to be payable on the declared from the available He then w 9th proximo. Mr. RITC receiveduiNss any security at the bad ,:appointment company nonad since robbed them" of the clerk w s No; there is so read be received at e l c d on a d d e o d P t t i t medifficulty in getting Mr. WILSON _ -°N — a case, a security i n eac h because the trust is not a k money one. I unli t is a case o f em b ezzlement; it was a f org ery of deeds •e , but the directors think they w ill be able to prevent the postibility of the like occur ring again. Mr. lirrctuNs-1 think this is a case which shows the absolute necessity of requiring a security from every clerk to a public company, however strongly he may be recommended, or however well he may be connected. The motion was then put and unanimously agreed to; the dividend was declared; add Messrs. F. Maubert and Josiah Wilson, the two retiring directors, were unani mously re-appointed. M. MAIJBEILT suggested the advisability of the direc tors considering the irophety • of reducing the interest on the company's bonded debt to four per cent. Their security was one of such a character as was rarely t o b e met with in this country; and he thought they would, in these times, have no difficulty in obtaining money at four per cent. Thanks were then severally voted to the Chairman and directors, and to the secretary (Mr. Adson), and the meeting broke up. The rebuilding of the singular wooden church at Greenstead, in this county, is now nearly completed, and the edifice, it is expected, will he open for Divine service in the middle of next month. Those who feel a veneration for th e re li cs o f by gon e days will find, we are glad to learn, that th e anc ient edifice has been pre served in its str uc ',ure to the fullest extent po s sible, the expense being principally defrayed by the Rev. Phili p Ray. the worthy rector. Mr. Wyatt, the architect, ha s carefully preserved every available portion of the old timber, .much of which was so hard as almost to defy the saw, —Essex Herald. • "Atka asciOlM!=