The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-27 00:00:00

io. A , . Do. do. do. .-...• .10 .... West Cornwall 6 - West London Ditto, First Class ... ... 20 Ditto, Second Class Nhitehaven and Furness l4 Windsor, Staines, and South Western-. .. .......... ...... 12 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ...... - York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. Original New & Ber ck 25 Do. Ext on . N o . I (Y . & N . ) 20 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 20 - DJ. G. N. E't ur. ur Pret. 8 ... - 9 1 / 4 A4 to York and Noy; Alidland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Litt° East and :, est Riding Extension .... ... 25 - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O 8! ex.exch.... to 8 Central of France ( Orleans ,cand Vierzon) ... eylon VQrnerara. o endre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . batch Rhenish 7 l /2 to East Indi an . Great Indian Peninsular l4 . ...... to Louvai n it la Sambre „....... 7 1, 2 • ...... to Luxemb ourg „Ditto - "i adri d and Valentia N amur and Liege Northern of France °rleati, and Bordeaux .. 7 2 3 ' 1 / ex d. to Paris and Lyons I-2 00. I'o. P artsp and Orleans...-. arls and Rouen Isuen and Havre. ... tatnbr e and Aleusc i t rasburg an s i Bale ..... ...... 14 ..... ... to ~,4s & Nantes ... . 9 ..... •• •• tour n ay, Jurbise, Landen, s and, tlas,elt e -It Flanders JOINT STOCK 13ANKL I.lsra!ttila - ','!ritiAli North American .... 50 1 010 ' 1 25 .• t , nia . ... or n . London mercial 01 L. .. j . rdon Joint Stock . ii , ton and Wqstininster. .. 20 ..... National Provincial of Engld. 35 pDitt o , :Ne w . ..... ..... .... 10 ro tional o f I re l and . vine al of Ireland ... 25 - ...... .. .. to t: Ditt o , N ew 10 — - Ili on of Australia „, Dit to, New 2 l /2 ' In ° t . 11 01 ...... Lond o n ...... .. Il ion of Madrid .... —to to •••• • • to --. - ••. to •••• MINES. 4 4 _ 11 .g l es, tlexican lOO —... Alturian lining Company.. . 14 11australian' ..... ' 3 gi: r ° , Ba Range Mining Corn. 28s. ... l it P• • • • • t t o o .. 1 - ti or n ary n Irou and Coal ... 50 to ji ri a !' o 3 Serin hr In IMP t° liit c o ~ L.ei and Cuiaba... 30 („obitto St. Jobn Del Rey ... 15 k e re Copper ....... .. ~..... 40 t l l , al Mi n i ng ~.... .... 20 ll i ( el Monte, Unregistered —...— .. ... to bo• lack Debentures -- 4,: t t lied Debentures — 1: 11 i t ago de Cuba. lO to e 4 Alexican d 0,.. COURSE OF ''' , l 12 2% E k bit' ' " ••• • • • *-* it 'o. at sight ...... 12 0},4 krit,,"d'ott .......... 12 3 Vi,,,,,,"1.•• ........... 25 75 ti , i;•'' l• " . ••• • • • M.E . 131134 114' 43 (1•;;; 'sight :: : : ;•.; T 5 4 4 ' -i % 3 mo nths .. 25 60 ts(illes .. ••..25 60 tr'k4rttlx .. .: •. ::: :. 25 65 h et,,,, rt on Maine.. ,„ lql 'ril l 44 01, Sil. Rble,. 36% t l ' 4 4 ' o' er r". t 10...... 11 27 atkinea itt0......... n 30 h e tl a b lz " •• •..• • • - - 4 :% hat. ''')" •: .: .:: .. ••• •: 4 p tl l e lo . ria . 0 .....: :: .. •••••••••••••• - 1 41 4 - 1 , 1 t o `' D'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) igh, N L IJ CIN, JA N . 27. — W i nd this day at noon S.S.W., ti ' ureze, and fine, ear, dry . 41' Ipt IVIND AN cl weather D WEATHER AT THE PROVINCIAL r, , P oßrs THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M. ,Oehes. te r S.W., fine. G osport ... Gloucester S. by E., slight frost. ull' , Gi ttso , W., fine. Leith "(4 . 1 ..4 S.W., cloudy. v l ) west• ir. W.S.W. fine. ,"blveastle t 'brtsmouth S outh am ton ggy. I . 4 P 44 t 4 tkouT H , JAN. 25.—Wind W.N.W . .—Arrcl John th rOw ilin e'n, Hutchinson, Havannah, with part of cargo o,' 4 OVerbon rd v4 It),, IVI '°RT, JAN. , 26.—Wind W.—Sld. William Wilmot, S," r also. 441.11 ' 18 EA J 25.—Arrd. Undaunted, Walker, Ade ' S' , itt i 'A AN. I. NVlVl.ll.,rs.r, Australia. 0,.. —The Caledonia, from An -I‘, 4 ' 413LE ' JAN. " place, I Ith instant, 44 P w hich got on shure near this lit k i got off I . wi ll , ast night, with apparently but little damage, 41-4:4x: be brought into the harbour to-morrow. ) 41 :iiii to ' JAN. 2 6.—Arrd. Pilgrim, Francis, Calcutta ; I ,l ,Nti s A n * buck, Callao ; Emanuel Boutcher, Farmer, ll t ;, ti ee Aides -A' ; James M'Queen, Condlx-y, emerara ; ` l l et M New York ; Etheldred, Ray, ti r"1 r ' rYer' River, neen Ai til 4 •' .• Arrived from the oo _Q_ o e , ; Il l u i n e tr e: 4,tl4;inArsh, Gibson, Cape of G . _d H t'fi'; tir, ' L arbadres ; Fanny, Mitcheson, p Trinidad. l ':;;I I4 ' blirntt- ENlt'nia" Sydney, New South Wales; Age. tp h 4 (l,. Au, Mice rep , rted to have put back; . Susannah, lan; 110„,,delaide, South Australia ; Mermaid, An . der 'r? l'r,,u4,Y Dispatch, Owen, Algoa Bay ; Switzer- 111.O1,v;:'teiler, New York. l it l N', -* / J AN. 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Rolla, 141/4,,,-erharnbuco. b1i4 145 , JAN. 26.—The Naples, from Boston to Ni v i ii l l 4 ir t " t from Cork, anchor( d Icst evening off St. ' r ' e ld I • nit on shore near Aber- I. i i , e zl . , , ~,' t t.( '` e this ni° l.. r g little the cargo Ip, 'I) ) , i g••• , . entcrtaincd that veryof 4 ' 1 4 4 / 11, (41 1 , 1 , 1 11 e sa,:cd; master,. two mates, and one man n 11 411 00 d , buard, the remainder of the crew left her, ,4;41,tp, iitT e . 1) -' 14 . 'h 'Q°l- ' , JUN,' 26.—Wind W. fresh. Arrived 11 " I r , 7°Wrieii 41 tt, Valparaiso; Elina, Thorp, 'lli l 'Y 4l. /. \ -- i , Anaa; , n - a Delano, New Orleans; Patrick 0, t •; 'tl-i-"4no, New ' York ; Saxony, Knowles, NeW 1 t °), S liffulk, Snow, which put back yesterday, /. 04 1 ' 4 .P (' A. s 'eS t' 11, Ichky, must discharge. X't,,L,tr„,,,,1,,, JAN. 2 5.—The Eirion (sloop), of Caernar ql-4,6,`,kxbisgow to Dublin, is on shore near Holy- Lftt-Ztti: f or t 111(4;xj:e.eted to be got ' off. The Reform (smack), 110'11 ' r a .. ,") waiter, from Inverness to Dublin, drove ; IL,"enrage in this Lough, and out to sea )_e .s s : v tio l l' i ititri.g In r crew on shore; a tug-boatwtisdi .li kttr, search of her, but has not yet fallen 1 It "Xt/. - , ' °AN, 25 . —The Hugh brig, M'Cormac, oi EXCHANGE. Gibraltar .. Leghorn .. ...... ••.. • • 32 0 Genoa •• .. 26 35 Naples .. .... • • .... • . 40% Palermo, peroa.... 1:81 Messina ........ ••• • • • 118.)4 Lisbon.... • • .. .. • • • • • • 51 % Oporto ~ 52% Rio Janeiro .... .. • • • • Buenos Ayres .. .. -- New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • .... PRICES OF BULLION, PER OS Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... 0 4 10 Silver in bars .. . 0 4 1198 RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which e respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 40 ... .. Ditto ditto 181.25. 6d .. Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... . Bilidld. Great Western (Irish) 45 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar..... 5O - Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares , .... 25 ... .. Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 1 2s — Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and . Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 Norfolk IOO Ditto New 20/. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 Do. Do. 5% per cent Do. Lowestoft (guar.4pct.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 ...... Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto Pall 5hare5........... 124 7 1,, 2 ... .. , to Do. Quarters 6%...... 34%... to Ditto, Extension 54 - • i‘ Ditto Thirds ......... j 8... to North and South-Western... 2 North Staffordshire........... 15 ... 12% 1 4 North Wales North Western lO ..... .... to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 12k.... 13 ex.nt to Royston and Hitchin ..... 2 Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 25 Ditto, New shefEeld, Rotherham, and Goole Do. do. (South Div.) 5 ..... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 9 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. :din.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, Uswestry 1:316 ...... ...... to Ditto .New)... - Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 Shropshire Union... south Devon .. .. Ditto, Preference .. 25 South Staffordshire . . Sxith Eastern Ditto, No. I. Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No 3. Dim-, Registered No. 4.... 10 Ditto , Crip No. 4.. South IVriles :.. South l'orlitiire, Doncaster and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stun. Coal ...... ... . 6 - Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway l7 y 2 to Vale of Neath - ... to W- . Ki' ` '7 1,, ... . GO .... 1 aterford and ilkenny 17',...... _ to Waterfold and Linierick ... .. 47 LA2 ... .. .... Waterford, IrVextord,Wleklw, and Dubiln Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed .... .... Do. d dr -, ••• • • to ...- and from Publin to Trinidad, was driven on shore in Derryogue Bay, about one mile from this place, last night, during a heavy gale and thick weather; crt w and materials saved; the cargo will commence discharging to-morrow. DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, JAN. 24.—The Caroline, of Belfast, put in here 18iti inst., having sprung a leak when off Lynas, and has six feet water in her hold. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 25.—The Elizabeth and Sarah schooner, Cork to Bangor, was wrecked on Rhomigyr Rocks, during a heavy gale last night. The headboard of a vess,l, with a flagstaff pike, blue flag furled, two golden tassels, and " Blatm.y' marked on it in gilt let ters, was picked up at Rhotnigyr a few days since. PORTINLLAEN, JAN. 24.—The William and Mary. Youghal to Liverpool, which got upon the beach 11th inst., was floated off this morning, and brought into port. MARKET NE WB.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Our market to day was well supplied with both fruit arid vegetables for the time of year. Gene rally speaking, the demand was steady, at last week's quotations. Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 4- to ss; and Foreign Grapes (black and white), 8s to Is 6d per lb; Apphs, 4s to 63 per bushel; Pears, 7s to lOs per half sieve; Walnuts, 8d to 10d ; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and Oranges, 4s to lOs per 100 ; Ch esnu t s , 2s to 6 3 p er peck. Vegetables —Spinach, Is 6d to Is 93 per junk; Horseradish, 3s fid to ss; and Celery, 9d to is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to 5s per 100; Onions, 2s to 2s; 6d and Ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, 6s to 7s 63 per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 21s to 24s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 6d to 9d per Bottle; Spanish Onions, 12s to 15s per box; Endive, is to Is 3d per score; Savoy Cabbages, Sd to is per dozen; Turnips, is 3d to 2s; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, 2s •to 3s per dozen bunches; Parsley, is to is 6d per half sieve; Forced Sea Kail Is 3d to Is 6d per pun net; Cucumbers 3s to 4s per brace; Forced Rhubarb, Is to is 3d per bundle; Red Beet, Is to is 3d per dozen ; Jerusalem Artichokes, is to Is 3d per half sieve; Parsnips, 6d to 8d per dozen; Cornish White Brocoli, 4d to 6d per bundle. NEWGATZ AND LEADENHALL. MEAT.—A very heavy demand was experienced for each kind of meat on the fo:lowing terms:--Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 4s 6d per Bibs, by the carcase. POULTRY—Turkeys, 53 to 13s; Geese, 48 to 6s 6d; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 3d; Tame Rabbits, is to Is 9d; Witt ditto, 8d to Is ld; Pi;:eons, 7d to 10d; and Pigs, 5s to 9s each; Surrey Fowls, 6s 6d to I6s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s; Barn-door Fowls, 3s to 6s 6d per couple; English Eggs, Ss to 9s 6d; French ditto, 8s to 8, 9 , 1; and Irish ditto, 78 6d to 8s 3d per 100. Fresh Butter, 8d to is Id per lb, GamE.—Pheasants, 2s 3d to 3s 9d; Partridges, Is to Is 3d; Hares, 2,3 d to 38 3d; Woodcocks, 28 to 2s 6d; Grouse, is 6d to 2. 6d; Ptarmigan, Is 3d to 2s; Snipes, 6ri to 10d; Teal, 9d to Is; Wild Ducks, Is 6d to is 10d; Widgeons, is to Is 6d; and Plovers, 6d to 10d each. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s to 12s; Cod Fish, 3s to 4s; Wbitings, 3d to 6d; Lobsters, is 3d to 2s 6d ; and Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Seles, 6d to 2s per pair; Eels, 4d to Is, and Salmon, is to 1 , 31 per Ib; haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Skate, 6d to 8d; and Salt Fish, 2d to 6d per In; Flounders, is to is 63 per dozen; Oysters, 13s to 25s per bushel; mackerel, 8d to is each. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s Gd; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s to 4s 6d per 81bs. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 33 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs. HUNGERPORD. This mat ket was scantily supplied most articles, the demand for which was in a very sluggish state. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are rom lid to 8d; of Household ditto, sid to 7d per 4lbs luat: T M RE i IVIAICE Market bides, 561 RIDE to 641 b, lid to ld; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to li ; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2-id to 2i3; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 21 to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3 4 d to 3id ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to 3id; ditto, 1041 b to 1121b,5id to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Horse Hides, 8s to Ss 6d; Polled Sheep, 3s 6s to 4s 7d; Kent and half • breds, 2s 6d to 3s 9d; Downs, 2s 4d to 3s 6d. EAT MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 9s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 31 lOs ,to 4/ 12s ; and. Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 31 13s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 4s to II lOs per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. W HITECHAPEL. - Meadow h a y, 21 83 to 3/ 1 ls; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 13s; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9i per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) THE ROYAL ETCHINGS. PRINCE ALBERT V. STRANGE AND JUDGE. The arguments in this important case were resumed by Mr. RUSSELL on the Lord Chancellor taking his seat. Mr. WARREN followed on the same side. The arguments on the part of the defendant are not likely to be concluded to-day. The arguments are di vested of a great portion of their interest, since they are merely a repetition of those advanced before the Vice-Chancellor, whose decision is now sought to be re versed. ling I NAME OF RAILWAY. 1 Aberdeen .................... 21 Amiens and Boulogne ............... 20 Belfast and Ballymena ............ 21 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 20 Bolton, Black burn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 20 Caledonian. . ..... •. . • 20 Chester and Ilolyhead. ............. 20 Cockermouth and Workington........ 18 Dublin and Drogheda. •• • •• . 23 Dublin and Kin gs t own •• •• .• •• •• 20 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........ 21 East Anglian....... • • • • •• • • 20 Edinburgh and Glasgow . • •••• • • • • 20 Edinbnrgh and Northern • • •• •• •• 21 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 20 East Lancashire •. • • .••• • • • • 20 Eastern Union • •• • • 20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• 20 Glasgow and Greenock.. ....... 20 Great Northern and E. 20 Great Southern and Western ........ 21 Great Western, &c •. • • • ...... Kendal and Windermere......... 21 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 19 Lancaster and Carlisle ........ ...... 21 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Londonderry and Enniskillen.... 21 London and North Western, &c. 21 London and 81ackwa11.............. 20 London and Brighton . .......... 21 London and South Western 20 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 20 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 21 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 20 .Monklands Newcastle and Carlisle • • 20 North British 20 Paris and Rouen . 20 Rouen and Havre 20 Scottish Central 21 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 20 South Eastern and Branches .... 19 South Dev0n........ ........ 20 Taff Vale • • 13 Waterford and Limerick—. ........ 20 Whitehaven Junction .... 20 York and Newcastle . ........ ..... 20 York and North Midland ........... Last week. 1,168 354 274 3,487 1,044 113 669 548 680 2,928 1,858 12,802 1,711 1,140 2,536 770 1,628 2,937 17,213 118 9,855 1,814 36,530 614 5,943 7,7A2 2,725 19,608 924 787 2,127 4,945 1,938 1,832 15,793 95 8,140 1,047 110 32,972 672 5,893 6,502 17,729 813 792 1,300 6,558 1,175 1,853 685 1,057 6,007 2,316 496 6,512 G 53 1,837 596 167 ,1,769 6,341 145 40,239 6,285 THE LATE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BANXBIDE —An inquest was held on Thursday, at the George. Bankside, Southwark, before Mr. W. Carter, on the bodies of Ann Brown, aged 28, and her illegitimate off. spring Cecilia, aged a year and a half, who were found drowned in the river on Tuesday morning last. The evidence was first taken as to the finding of the bodies. They were discovered on Tuesday morning, at six o'clock, lying in the mud, forming the bed of the river, at Bar. clay and Perkins's Wharf, Bankside, the child being firmly clasped in its mother's arms. Neither of them bore the slightest marks of violence, and it was evident that they had been left in the mud by the ebbing of the tide. Elisabeth Freeman, of 10, Mint-street, Southwark, was then examined : She said the deceased was her sister, and resided at 20, Mint-street, with a coal-porter named John Carey, who passed as her husband. The last time witness saw her alive was on Monday night last. The deceased had no coals nor food at home, and with her three children had been staying at witness's house all day, until Carey return e d fr o m wor k. Wh en the deceased left her, she did nut appear at all excited, nor make any th reat to d estroy h erself : Deceased and her children were in great distress, otten being without food for a wh o l e d ay, and during the coldest night having nothing for th e cover i ng of all but one sheet and a quilt, with which they lay on the bare boards. Witness be lieved the deceased had drowned herself and child in con sequence of dire distress. Mary Arnold, another sister of thedeceased, said she Lad heard her say, when speak ing of her privations, The Th ames s h all be my doom, and when I go my child shall go with me." The only reply witness made was, that she (the deceased) would never have the courage, and thought no more about it. After some further evidence, the jury returned a verdict, "That the child Cecilia was wilfully murdered by its mother, Ann Brown, and that Ann Brown destroyed her own life while in an unsound state of mind." FREE TRADE BANQDET.—MANCHESTER.--There is every prospect of the coming banquet being one of the most exciting meetings that has yet bee❑ held in the famous Free Trade-hall. Beyond a few advertisements no effort has been made to make it known, and yet the whole of the tickets are sold, and hundreds are daily applying for them in vain. The interest increases daily, and there is little doubt that, had the ball been able to accommodate double the number, it would even then have been crowded to excess. FALL OF RAILWAY ARCHES AT AIANCHESTER.— Yesterday morning, shortly before five o'clock, a second of the large arches w hi c h h ave b een recent l y erected opposite Gloucester -street, Manchester, and upon which the terminus of the Altrincham Railway was intend e d t o res t, fell in with a terrific crash. The centres of this arch had not been re moved, but so great was the weight of the brickwork above, that they were not able to support it. About nine o'clock a second arch fell in, but as this was expected, the workmen employed about the -ailway were warned of the danger, and kept at a di s t ance f rom the arches, so that no injury was sustained by any party. The third and only remaining arch was expected to fall in th e course o f yester d ay evening, large rents being visible in one or two parts of it. One of the piers upon which th e arches rested is shaken very much, and will require to be taken down. ' A ' El' al2 CZ GO O, 537 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN ING., A BUDGET FOR THE MILLION. TO THE, EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l am very thankful to you for having so early pointed out the error I committed in the 5 per cent. calculation, but which as you truly observe does not in the slightest degree impair the principle of my proposal to pay off the debt. It still remains -1 st.—Discreditably dishonest not to pay it. 2d.—Easy to pay it. 3d.—Profitable to pay it. Not so profitable, of course, as I had supposed, because it will take 10 per cent. instead of 5, but still very profitable. I now hasten to repair the error I committed. First,—You will observe that desirous of calcu lating everything against myself, I said that the value of realised property was from 10 to 30 years' purchase, and therefore I would take an average of 20 years' purchase. Now it is a matter of fact within the knowledge of every one, that the property only worth 10 years' purchase is very inconsiderable both in quantity and value. 25 per cent. instead of 20 per cent. would therefore be a more fair average. Secondly,—You will observe That in my letter, I said " I will not now trouble you with figures show ing how aportion of th e d e b t might be converted into annuities." Of course, if the whole amount was to be paid off, this operation would not he necessary. The paragraph was inserted for the purpose of meet ing any deficiency in the means ; and I purposely showed a sufficient surplus income to pay such annui ties to a considerable extent. Thirdly,—No honest man would desire to receive one hundred pounds for that which was only worth ninety, and no sensible man would think of paying more ; therefore, the debt to be paid off, or to be converted into annuities, would in round numbers be about seven hundred millions. Taking then the annual value of the realised pro perty at Mr. Macgregor's estimate, 220,000,000, and the value of this at twenty-five years' purchase, it would produce 5,500,000,000, and 10 per cent. on this would realise 550 , 0 00,000, leaving about one hundred and fifty millions to be converted into terminable annuities. Although I could not intentionally have committed the error, yet I can hardly regret it, because there are minds so constituted as to feel far greater pleasure in ridiculing an error than in grappling with an argument : such men would never have noticed the latter, while they will gloat over the former. These men are heartily welcome to their amuse ment ; I sincerely hope their shout will be both long and loud ; let the people answer it by one more tel ling. Well, if five per cent. will not do the work, ten will.—l am, Sir, yours very obediently, RIGBY - WASON Liverpool, Jan. 26, 1849. INDIAN IDOLATRY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The late reverses in India may teach a les son which should be attended to. India was not given to England for the patronage of a few direc tors, nor for the enrichment of their graceless nomi nees, but for the solemn trust of diffusing the religion of the Gospel there, and of convertin g the natives to Christianity by all prudent and pacific means. So long as we fall in with the design of the Almighty for evangelizing India, we may reasonably look for a blessing on our arms ; but while we send out gover nors like the late Lord Auckland, whom I have shown to have opposed his whole council, in 1840, by consolidating a large annual money-payment to a monstrous and bloody idol, whose priests and prosti tutes are to this moment paid by British money, we must no longer expect a blessing on our arms, be cause we all know where to read, " them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." So long as the Jews of old answered the end of this Divine ap pointment, the idolators of Canaan fell before them ; but when Israel revolted to the same detestable apos tacy, she became like Samson without his hair. It is not for lack of warning, for above twenty years, that the direttors have fought every inch of ground to keep up idolatry in India, believing with the late Mr. Twining and Mr. Buller, that if we refused to let " widows burn themselves, and the worshippers of Juggernaut kill themselves ; we should be driven out of India at the point of the bayonet !" It was not till Mr. Grant and Mr. Wilberforce demolished all this trash in the House of Commons, that our country became wiser, saved the missionaries who translated the Scriptures, and finally sent out our own blessed national Church Establishment, and our Scriptural Liturgy, and what would Messrs. Twining and Buller say now, should they awake from their dreams? I am, Sir, &c., AN EAST INDIA PROPRIETOR TJNIVEIZSITY INTELLIGENCE. B.A. EXAMINATION, 1849. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 26.—The following lists of gen tlemen entitled to mathematical honours and to ordinary degrees have been this day issued. The honour list as usual made its appearance this morning; that of the students who have passed for the ordinary degree in the evening : MODERATORS. William Bonner H op ki ns . M.A., St. Catharine's-hall Harvey Goodwin, M.A., Caius College. EXAMINERS. George Gabriel Stokes, M.A., Pembroke College. Stephen Parkins on , M.A ., St. John ' s College. In all cases of equality the names are bracketed. ENTITLED TO 3I ATHEMATICAL HONOURS. WRANGLERS. Ds. Pell, Joh. Ds. Earle, Z Joh. Phear, Caius. Phillips, i Corpus. Porter, Pet. Lloyd, Caius. Campion Queen's. Davis, Pet. Edwards,W.F. 'lrin. Robinson, Cath. Jeffery, Cath. Williams, Job. Thrupp, Trin. Greenfield, Pemb. Drew, Joh. Durham, Jesus. Hose, Trin. Cole, Sidney. Wray, Trin. _Rigby, Joh. Mason, Joh. Ferguson, Trin. Wrench, Joh. Headlam, Trio. Whale, Job. Porter, Queen's. Edwards, Joh. Cornwell, Emm. Burton, Christ's. Scargill, Queen's. Lilly, Joh. Preston, Trin. Dobson, Joh. Clarke, Job. Wiglesworth, Trin. , PTIBIES. Ds. Brown, Joh. Skilton, Corpus. Stephenson,J.J. Csius. Cobb, Sidney. Probert, Queen's Boutflower, Z Christ's Frere, 5 Caius. Spencer, Queen's Willett, Clare. Morse, Z Caius . Newbolt, i Joh. Fenn, Z Trin. Gtaset, r Trin. Edwards, Pe nib. Mitchinson, Clare. Smith, Catb. Baxter, Trin. Hemming, Christ's Cockshott, Cath Crallan, Emm. Harrison, Emm, Coopland, Cath. Roars, Clare. JUNIOR OPTIMES. Ds. Stoddart, Sidney. Boughton, Trin. Clay, J. Trin. Stephenson, Caius. A. K. Bromehead, Trin. Tandy, Pet. I Taylor, Trin. Christmas, 'Z Jesus. Smith, C. j Joh. Codd, t Joh. Dickson, 1 Trin. Leith, Trin. Hewett, Joh. Elwyn, Trio. Taylor, Trin. Kirkpatrick, Trin. Butt, Trin. Gifford, Hon . G. R., Cams. Whale, Clare. Gibson, Trin. Greathead, 5 Christ's. Consterdine, Trio. Gee, Joh. Greenstreet, Trio. SENIOR Ds. Ea de, Joh. Grimes, Clare. Waddington, Trin. Wilde, Trin. Carter, Lin. Clapin, Joh. Billington, Enam. Rowe, Trin. Hodges, Trin, Cusins, 5 / Sidney, Day, Joh. Swan, Joh. Wylie, Sidney. Gibbon, Clare. jGlover, Jesus. Dundas, Trin. Chepmell, Caius. Edwards, G. 0. Trin. Baxter, Cath. Stewart, Job. Oliver, Corpus. Thomas, Trin. Carver, Trin. Bristow, Brown, Sidney. 1 Emm. Joh. Ds. Metcalfe, Jesus. Andrews, Trin. 1 Lermit, Joh. Hartley, Magd. Hinchhffe, 1 Trin. Raymond, .1 Clare. Hadow, Christ's. Helm, Jesus. Arthy, Joh. Foster, Christ's. Voight, j Clare. Bull, Trin. Molyneux, .1 Joh. Poland, Emm. Orman, Corpus. Crompton, Z Corpus. Price, f Joh. Fowler, Queen's. Downing, c a i us. Temple, Clare. Puget, Trin. Attenborough,Job. Merry, J esus. Jones, Cath, Thornberry, Caius. Canning, Emu. Lewis, Mee, Christ's. Scot, Trin. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—FRIDAY, CHESTER CUP.-600 to 20 agst Inheritress (t)-800 to 20 apt The Tartar (t)-1,000 to 20 agst Charlie (0 —l,OOO to 15 agst Joe o' Sot (0-1,000 to 20 agst Deer Stalker and Swallow (t). DERBY.-500 to 20 agst Strongbow (0-2,000 to 30 agat Abbot of Meaux (t). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-200 to 25 agat Canezou (t).—Nothing else backed, but several offers at the Lon don prices. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., West Grinstead; Wed., Pease Pottage Gate; Fri., Holbrook -11. Devon hds., Mon., Luscombe-11. Mr. Lushitigton's lids., Tues., Gore Court -11. Mr. Marshall's hds., Tues., Litton Park. Monmouthshire lids., Mon., Brynderwen; Thurs., Blackbrook. Oakley hds., Mon., Dungey Corner; Thurs., Roxton; Sat., Astwood-11. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Witley; Wed., Tiddesley Wood; Fri., Copcut Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham; Wyd., Racecourse ; Fri., Dy Tels Br combe Tye ookside hart lo 's., Mon., Newmarket Hil l; Thurs., —i. • Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial offioe from the Qoyernor e of the West ,Inclt colonies. LITERAT URE. POE,IIS. By Eliza Cook. Vol. 111. Christian Andersen has very beautifully and truthfully observed, that while u narrative of ad ventures is read once and laid aside for ever, those works which are imbued with the true poetry of nature are read again and again and with pleasure— " one comes from them refreshed, as .from a ramble in the woods in spring." It were impossible to pronounce a more appropriate comment on the poetry of Eliza Cook, and at the same time a more noble eulogium, than is conveyed in this sentence of the Danish writer. The great charm of Eliza Cook's poetry, as its universal popularity may testify, is its exquisite naturalness--it gushes spontaneously from the writer's heart, and therefore it steals irresistibly to the hearts of all who read it. Miss Cook has rightly recognised what is the high mission of the poet, and cheerfully has that mission been accepted. Her muse is never at a loss to find " Tongues in the trees, books in the running brook, Sermons in stones, and good in everything." " And good in everything;" witness, for example, her earnest and most persuasive exhortation to those who despise things of low estate :---- " THERE IS NOTHING IN VAIN. " We may question the locust toat darkens the land, And the snake, flinging arrows of death from its eye; But remember they come from the Infinite Hand, And shall man in his littleness dare to ask why? Ohl let us not speak of the " useless" or " vile," They may seem so to us—but be slow to arraign: From the savage welt's cry to the happy child's smile, From the mite t o th e mammot h there ' s nothing in vain." Similar in spirit are two beautiful poems, " Let not the Sun go down upon your Wrath," and " He that is without Sin among you let him first cast a Stone." Some of the stanzas in this volume have been occa sioned by recent political events, such as the " Song to the People of England," and " There's a hero in the South"— " All honour to the Pope, Long life and fame to Pius, The world's heart still may hope, While such as he stand by us." And again the lines " To Alphonse de Lamartine"- -" The gentle poet, one With heart all mercy, and with speech all truth, Whose lays we love to hear at set of sun, Breathed by some happy maid, or dreaming youth." Some of the most exquisite verses in this collection are those which may be entitled songs of the affec tions. These are fraught with such a depth of ten derness and such unaffected simplicity, that their charm is irresistible. One of the best of these is entitled " Don't you Remember ?" The chief effect of this piece is produced by the repetition at the end of every verse of the momentous question —e. g. : " We return to the spot where our Infancy gambolled, We linger once more in the haunts of our youth, We re-tread where young Passion first stealthily rambled, And whispers are heard full of Nature and Truth,_ Saying, ' Don't you Remember 7" "Praise carved on the marble is often deceiving, The gaze of the stranger is all it may claim, But the strongest of love and the purest of grieving Are heard when lips dwell on the missing one's name, Saying, ' Don't you remember?' " The most beautiful of these songs of the affections is, however, suggested by "An Old 'rune"—it is one of those touches of nature which makes the whole world kin. With this quotation we, for the present, take leave of this popular poetess, whose greatest praise is due to her right appreciation of that title. " AN OLD TUNE. To C. C. " Dost thou remember when we roved in Summer's glowing prime, While Friendship's sacred bells rung out a soft and merry chime ? Dost thou remember where we stood beneath the old elm boughs, With laughing speech upon our lips and mirth upon our brows? Dost thou remember singing there, in wild and fiftful tone, A melody of bygone days—one of sweet Nature's own? Dost thou remember, Lady, when the topmost leaf was green, Hushing the ring-dove overhead with Jock o' Hazel dean ? " Oh, little didst thou know the spell that old tune had for me, A mist came o'er the broad blue air, a dimness round the tree, I knew the branch was still as bright, I knew the sky was clear, But I was breathing through a sigh and gazing through a tear. That old tune brought a busy crowd of shadows to my side, It flung a narrow flood-gate back that let in Memory's tide. Quick visions came upon my heart of all that once had been, When other lips enchained my ear with Jock o' Hazer dean.' * • " It called up kind and gentle eyes whose glances fell on mine, Like the soft moon that looketh down to bid the dew gems shine ; It raised again the homaged form, it brought the placid smile, Till the electric flash of Pain laid waste my fairy pile. Lacl3. I I know thou luvest me—but scarcely canst thou tell How bitterly this brain can throb, how fast these heart strings swell; As blight winds wither up the flower, yet do their work unseen, So didst thou smite my glowing soul with Jock o' Hazeldean.' " That old tune taught me still to feel how weak and wild a thing This bosom is in face of all that reason's aid eau bring ; And had I lingered by thy side, perchance thou mightst have smiled, To find me as a harp untuned, and weeping like a child. Lady ! I know thou lovest me—let others chant the strain, But do not thou e'er sing to me that ballad lay again; For something in thy earnest tones—probing where wounds have been, Reminds me of a mother's voice in ' Jock o' Hazeldean.'" ST. JAMES S THEATRE. Auber's delightful opera L'Ambassadrice was per formed for the first time at this theatre last evening, and introduced to us a new singer, M. Bonnamy, from the Lyons Thi atre, who appeared in the part of Benedict. M. Bonnamy's voice is a light tenor of great sweetness, and beautifully clear and excellently cultivated. He gave the music with infinite taste. Mademoiselle Char ton was the Henriette, and was, as usual, triumphantly successful. She acted admirably, far surpassing in this respect any of her predecessors, and Auber's brilliant music lost none of its brilliancy in Mademoiselle Char tou's interpr.tation of it. The celebrated air, "Le ciel nous a piaci," was given with exquisite taste and ex pression, it was not merely sung, it was acted also, and acted superbly. In the finale to the first act she was lavish of her fioriture, but her ornaments were always in good taste, and the marvellous flexibility of her voice, and her wonderful power of execution, were here dis played to immense advantage. In the second act, her duet with the Countess was enthusiastically encored. We cannot conclude this notice without saying a word in praise of the Madame Barnek of Madame Mancini, which was excellent. The other characters were all well sustained, and the orchestra, under the direction of that prince of musical directors, Mr. Charles Hanssens, was perfect. The principal artistes were called for at the conclusion. L'Ambassadrice was preceded by an amus ing one act operetta, entitled Les Deux Voleurs. The house was well and fashionably attended. ,OPAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—This institu on has been most numerously attended, in fact in greater numbers than in any previous year since the establishment has opened. Dr. Ryan this week has been lecturing on the sources of heat, taking at the same time an opportunity of explaining the laws of combustion and the best means of obtaining artificial light. Dr. Bachhoffner still continues his admirable lectures on the electric light, and still insists upon its antagonism to all our best economics of L. s. D. Among the latest ad ditions to the dissolving views is an authenticated view of California. The drawing from which the view has been taken was made upon the spot for one of our eminent publishers, who kindly put it into the hands of the directors. Dr. Bachhoffner warned his audience not to put too much faith in the numerous reports which are current, that no doubt much exaggeration existed of the untold gold of this new El Dorado. LUCILLE BELMONT.—It is generally understood that the author of this work is a well-known Member of the House of Commons, and, judging from internal evidence, we should say tbat he has seen a great deal of the varied lite he portrays. The hero is the son of an em i nent statesman, who is engaged in an infinity of adventures in England, Italy, &c. We find ourselves in London, Venice, and Florence, in succession, mingling wi h the leading notabilities of all sorts —wits, beauties, dandies, statesmen, orators, lawyers, &c. Our company being one while the gravest of the grave, and then again the gayest of the gay, w i th no l ac k of passion and sentiment."—Exam iner. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.-Another fatal accideit occurred on this line at the commencement of the present week, at the Rhosymedre station, close to Ruebon. A train left Shrewsbury at a quarter past six o'clock, and on ita arrival at the Rhosymedre station at the appointed time, a man named Parry crossed the line, just in front of the advancing train. The consequences may easily be imagined; before the train could be stopped the unfor tunate man was knocked down, and fearfully mangled, his death ensuing in a few hours. It does not appear that the slightest blame is to be attached to any of the railway officials, the disaster being purely accidental, and caused solely through the carelessness of the de ceased. WILLIAM HENRY BARBER.—III the list of the names and residences of persons who have given notice of their intention to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench on the last day of Hilary Term for renewal of their certificates as attorneys of that Court, appears the name of William Henry Barber, described as of Howard -street, Strand. As Richard Anthony Webb, Esq., of °atoll Farm, was out shooting yesterday (Thursday), on heath land, under Haldon, the man who was beating for him, found a black adder lying in the sun, which he immediately killed. This is a most unusual circumstance so early in the season, and is further evidence of the mildness of the season.— Western Times. 433 3,197 747 11,722 934 1,121 1,827 877 JAN UARY 27, 1849. NA VA L INTELLIGENCE. SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON. LISBON, JAN. 18.—T11e packet arrived from England on the 13th, with the melancholy intelligence of the Earl of Auckland's decease and the lost of the brig Mutine. The American frigate St. Lawrence, arrived from South ampton, and was placed in quarantine. Sir Charles Napier's squadron, comprising the St. Vincent, Prince Regent, Powerful, Orestes, Reynard, Plumper, and Rifleman, have refitted. The Harlequin is also here. On the 15th Sir Charles gave a splendid dinner to the Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, naval cadet in her. Majesty's ship Powerful. The company also consisted of the Duke of Pal mella, the:Duke of Terceira, Marquis Fronteira, the Portu• guese Port-Admiral and Flag-Captain Carvalho, Sir George Sartorius, Sirllarnilton Seymour, her Majesty's Ambassador, Mr. Smith, consul, and all the captains of the squadron. The American frigate was admitted to pratique on the 16th, and saluted the Portuguese Government, the Port- Admiral, and then Sir Charles Napier with seventeen gulls, which was acknowledged by the St. Vincent with the same number. Captain Spalding afterwards paid a visit to Sir Charles. The marines and boats' crews, armed with field pieces and crews, landed on the south side. The marines were under the command of Captain Dusatoy, R.M., of the Power ful, who put them through numerous evolutions, firing, &C. The ground was very unfavourable for exercise. The blue jackets were commanded by Captain Dacres, of the St. Vin cent, and performed their parts remarkably well. The field pieces were dragged by the seamen up a very difficult road to the ground, where they exercised with great alacrity. Sir Charles Napier and the Captains of the squadron at• tended. 17th.—The squadron unmoored this morning, but a heavy fog stopped their sailing. They sail to-day (18th) for Gibraltar. Pc:ma's:swum, JAN. 2G.—As was anticipated, the President, Captain Stanley, did not sail till eight o'clock this morning, when the wind had become comparatively light. The Espiegle, 12, Commander F. A. Campbell, arrived this morning from the East Indies and the Cape, which she left on the 10th ult., and anchored at Spithead a few minutes be fore the President sailed. She is ordered to Sheerness to be paid off, and sailed after sunset. The Seaflower cutter, Lieutenant H. Warren, of the Cuckoo, Acting Commander, sailed this morning for her sta tion, at Jersey. The Centaur steam-frigate, Captain C. H. M. Buckle, was removed from the old basin this morning. IN PORT AND PITTING. Victory, 22, Port Admiral's flag-ship; Illustrious, 10, Ad miral Superintendent's flag-ship; Victoria and Albert royal yacht; Excellent gunnery-exercise ship ; Superb, 80; Blenheim, 56, guardship of steamers; Rolla, 6, exercise brig for naval apprentices ; Centaur steam-frigate ; Driver steam-sloop; Sprightly, Fairy, Fire Queen, Myrtle, and Bee, steam-tenders; Echo steam-tug; Fanny, Port Admiral's yacht; and Portsmouth Admiral Superintendent's yacht. At Spithead—Espiegle. In the Steam Basin—Ajax, 56, steam guardship ; Ter magant and Retribution, steam-frigates; Phoenix, Birken head, and Cormorant, steam-sloops:; Otter and Urgent, small steamers. In the Old Basin—Defence convict hulk ; , Pembroke 72; and Comet ste a m- vesse l . In Dock—Princess Charlotte, 104; Collingwood, 80; "Vin dictive, 50; Flying Fish, 12; Devastation steam-sloop, and Sparrow ketch. The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate, was warped off alongside the Victoria hulk this morning. Wind, N.V. by W. strong breeze, and fi ne weat h er. ROYAL MARINES. —One of the first acts of the new First Lord of the Admiralty is to extend the good conduct pay re ceived and pensions granted to Hon-commissioned officers, drummers, and privates, now serving, or who shall hereafter serve, in the Royal Marines, and who shall be entitled to reckon their time for pensions equally for service afloat or on shore. A letter from the Board of Admiralty, announcing the Order in Council, dated the 15th of January, 1849, was promulgated to the men of the Portsmouth division at parade yesterday morning by Colonel Menzies, K.H., the Com mandant, when the most lively satisfaction was evinced by the corps at having obtained at last this boon, which has heretofore been withheld from this deserving branch of the service. PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenant Gerard J. Napier to be Com mander; Lieutenant C. C. Forsyth to be Commander. Arrof NTMENTS.—C. T. Jago, Midshipman, to the Centaur; Henry Machel, Naval Cadet, to the Centaur. Mr. Little, Surgeon, R.N., came home a passenger from Singapore, and two sergeants of the 45th Regiment. A ser geant of Artillery and several soldiers from Port Natal have come home in her. It is supposed she will pay off at Ports mouth. Notice has been given PRIZE by Messrs.Hallett, Robinson, and Co., that an account is about to be exhibited in the registry of the High Court of Admiralty, showing the amount of bounties received for a slave vessel (name and nation un known) captured by her Majesty's sloop Bittern, on the 11 th of August, 1847. Notice has been given by Messrs. Stilwell to the officers and company of her Majesty's shipßrilliant, Rundle B. Wat son, f sq., C. 8., Captain, that an account of proceeds of hull and tonnage bounties for the Brazilian brig Phaon, seized on the 18th of February, 1847, will be deposited in registry of the High Court of Admiralty on the 23d inst., agreeably to Act of Parliament. H. M. Brigantine Dolphin, Commander Hon. F. B. Boyle, has been exceedingly fortunate in the capture of prizes during the short time she has been in commission. The following, from the Devonport Independent, details her luck since the affair of the Lady Kennaway : "H. M. Brigantine Dolphin, Sierra Leone, ,November 25, 1848. "We have tak en f our vessels since meeting with the Lady Kennaway, three with slaves and one empty. The first was a schooner, with 526 slaves, but the Grappler steamer comes 'in shares' with us; the second was a fine brig with 535 slaves ; she was considered the finest vessel that had been taken on the coast for a long time ; the third was an empty schooner, she was taken between three vessels—the Dolphin, the Amphitrite frigate, and the Star brig—she is but of little account. The last was a brig, with about 780 slaves • she was a regular y ac ht and quite new; she had never made ' a voyage; she was built at Oporto, and taken to Bahia, and fitted out for a s l aver; s h e was a very fast sailer, and I do not think any vessel on the coast would have taken her if she had a breeze, but as it happened she ran nearly within gun shot of us, in the night, before we were observed by her; we fired several shot at her but she would not heave to, and had the breeze continued she would have got clear of us, but at daylight it fell quite calm, and she was then four miles from us; about ten o'clock our gig and cutter boarded her. We took 300 of the slaves on board our own ship because she was so crowded, and brought them up to Sierra Leone." Woonwicii, JAN. 26.—The Niger steam-vessel returned to Woolwich on Wednesday afternoon, and is said to have ' performed remarkably well when tried down the river on that day, her speed on the average being 9.67 knots, under very unfavourable circumstances, the wind blowing a strong gale during the whole time. The machinery worked well during the entire trial, the vessel having run the measured mile twice down and once up, and then proceeded to the lower part of Gravesend Reach before she returned to Wool wich. Mr. Maudslay and Mr. Field, the constructors of her engines, were on board, with Mr. Lambert, who has recently beentappointed an assistant to the chief engineer at Ports mouth dockyard. The Janus steam-vessel went down the river yesterday, on a second trial, having taken on board 20 additional tons of coals aft to bring her stern down in the water, and was found to steer much better than on the first trial. She still requires a very large space to turn in. The Torch steam-vessel had her steam up yesterday in the basin to try her engines. The Basilisk steam-vessel has been removed from under the shears to another part of the basin, to have the work to be done iu her proceeded with. The Sampson steam-vessel was taken from her moorings to-day in the river, and towed by the Monkey, to be taken into the basin. The Vulcan, iron steam-frigate, of about 1,800 tons bur ben and 220 feet long, built by Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare for engines of 700-horse power, has been ready for launching some time, and that interesting ceremony will take place this day (Saturday) at about three o'clock, P.M., from the slip on which she was built at Bow-creek. The Charon steam vessel went up the river on Monday with hawsers and riggers, to prepare for the launch, and the Monkey steam vessel, under the command of Master-Commander Bryant, will attend to tow her to the station where she is to be moored. A warrant has just been issued granting good conduct badges on the arm and additional pay to well conducted seamen, who will now enjoy similar advantages to those which have been enjoyed for some time by soldiers in the army. WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE. —This well-known resort at Pentonville, with its large room and pleasure grounds, is about to be demolished, to make way for a new street. The work of demolition commenced on Thursday. THE -MISSING STEAMERS IN THE BLACK SEA.— Our Malta correspondent announced the gratifying intelli gence that the four steamers, whose tardy arrival at Con stantinople from Trebizond, added to the prevailing tempes tuous weather, had given good grounds of alarm for their safety, had all turned up. The 27th of December brought the Tagus, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, ten days after her time ; and on the 28th the Austrian boat Austria, fourteen days overdue, accompanied by the Conte Kolourat, which had been dispatched to seek her. On the 31st the Vacitou Tijaret, Ottoman steamer, also got in. All these vessels had taken shelter in the port of Sinope, where they rode out the gale without any damage. The Tagus left agai❑ for Ti ebizond on New Year's Day. KILKIEL, JAN. 25.—The brig Hugh, of and from Dublin to Trinidad, was driven on shore this morning in Derryogan Bay, near this place ; crew saved. The cargo will be landed in a damaged state. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 26.—The Elizabeth and Sarah, of and from Bangor, was totally wrecked near this port; crew saved. Lieutenant-General Caffarelli, formerly aide-de camp of the Emperor, Minister of War of the kingdom of Italy, and Peer of France after 1830, (lied at Leschelle, in the department of the Aisne, on the 23d inst., in the 833 year of his age. General Caffarelli commanded a division of the French army at Austerlitz, and was the brother of Maximilian Caffarelli, who was killed at the siege of St. Jean d'Acre. NOT BORN TO BE DROWNED.--A lad named Gilder, an embryo mason, was descending a ladder near Liverpool, when a round broke, and he fell to the ground upon his feet. Rebounding, he next came down into a deep well, whence he was drawn unhurt. Such escapes should be no encouragement to carelessness. A fall of as many inches another time may be his death. We remember see ing a carpenter some years ago fall from the top of a high building to the bottom, passing two floors of naked joists in his way (going through his work neatly, if we may :o speak) and getting up unhurt ; while on the same day an acquaintance, coming down stairs, and fancying be was at Vie bottom of the flight when there was in reality yet one step to descend, broke his leg in the fall that ensued. —7' he Builder. EMIGRATION TO THE GOLDEN REGIONS.—O n Wcd nesday, this town (Peterborough), from twelve at noon was all excitement, from the appearance of two waggons loaded with people, consisting of men, women, and children, all dressed in holiday attire, who were preceded by another waggon loaded with boxes, trunks, &c. This strange sight at this time of year, of course led the townsfolk to wonder wherever they all could be going; it was at length ascer tained that the travellers had stopped at the station, which was soon crammed with luggage, and that they were actu ally emigrating to the golden country of California, and had come from the neighbourhood of Spalding; it, at first, could not be believed by some, until the porters from the station corroborated the fact. We hear there are many from this part about to f o ll ow t h e i r example, so great are th e i r f ancie d imaginations of soon realising fortunes, and forgetting gold is not food. STATUE OF THE IRON DUEE.—MT. Steele's eques ,rian statue of the Duke of Wellington ; which has been so long in progress, is now in such a state of forwardness that it may be expected to be set up on the next Water loo anniversary.—Edinburgh Paper. FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR BARNSLEY. EIGHTY-THREE LIVES LOST. (From the Wakefield Journal.) It is scarce two years since our readers were startled by an appalling colliery accident which took place at the Oaks' Colli ery , near Barnsley, in which 73 human beings met with an untimely death. Great as was that loss of human life it becomes our duty to record an event of a similar character, which, in its fatal results, by far exceeds that at the above works. The intelligence reached us on Wednesday evening of another fatal accident in the immediate neighbourhood of that which took place at the Oaks' Colliery in March, 1847, and en making the necessary inquiries we were informed that some fifty poor miners had met with in stant death by an explosion in a coal-pit near to Barnsley. On arriving at Barnsley on Thursday morning the con rectness of the rumour received fearful confirmation, and the gloom a hich such an event was calculated to cr, ate in the locality was too clearly depicted in the sorrowing aspects of bereaved wives, mothers. and children, who were wending their way towards the scene of wholesale devastation, which lies about two miles on the Sheffield side of Barnsley. After proceeding about a mile on the road towards the Parley Main Col liery (where the fatal accident occurred), we were met by rude but literal funeral processions following each other in rapid succession from the pit at Parley, sur rounded by frantic widows and childless parents, ss ho had succee d e d , not w i thout some difficulty, in recognising their own kindred from among the heaps of fearfully mangled bodies from time to time sent up from the pit's mouth. The scene was at once savage and solemn, and on arriving at the works we fbund a further crowd of spectators anxiously waiting to know the fate of missing husbands, sons, and brothers, and ever and anon the shrieks of the females indicated that some fresh sufferer's fate had been made manifest by the recognition of the body by its friends. From infbrmation gleaned on the spot we learn that the Parley Main Colliery is about 1,111 yards in length, has been regularly worked fix the last ten or eleven years, formerly by Mr. Jarratt, but latterly by Messrs. Jarratt and Jeffcock, the former of whom resides at Doncaster and the latter at Sheffield. According to one report we heard on the spot the pit had not been worked for some three weeks past until Wednesday, but from another statement (which we think the more correct) we are informed that the pit had been regularly worked up to the hour of the accident, and was only a fortnight since surveyed by Mr. Locke, of Snapethorpo Colliery, Wakefield, a surveyor, and re ported by him in a fit and proper state for work. On Wednesday morning several hands went down into the pit to their employ at about four o'clock, and were followed by the major part of the workmen at six. All seemed to go on the same as ordinary until twenty minutes to twelve at noon, when a violent ex plosion ensued, the report from which was distinctly heard by those parties who were on the surface. The alarm immediately spread and in about fifty minutes the atmosphere became suffici ently purified to admit of some parties venturing down the pit's mouth in a skiff, when only a faint idea was en tertained of the amount of lives which had been sacrificed. The mouth of the pit was surrounded by several parties, some insensible, others quite dead, and a few who still survived were fearfully burned, and only survived a few hours. The number of sufferers who were rescued from the scene of destruction up to ten o'clock on Wednesday was twenty, but, in consequence of the difficulty in as certaining the number of hands in the pit at the time of the accident, all was doubt and uncertainty until Thurs day morning, when vigilant measures were taken for re-• pairing the different parts of the pit which had been blown down, and for this purpose a number of masons were at once employed to brick up the different broken compartments, within which numbers of poor fellows were securely embedded among the mutilated mass of earth-work. This having been partially effected, a number of men proceeded down the shaft, and commenced car rying the bodies to the mouth of the pit, from whence they were sent up to the surface at intervals, where a crowd of persons awaited their being landed in a state of breathless anxiety. The majority of the sufferers were fearfully mutilated, so much so that it was totally impossible for many of the relatives to recognise the mangled corpses, unless by some peculiarity in the deceased's dress. Nearly all the bodies last brought out were fearfully mutilated, and in several instances the head literally scalped, the hair burnt off, and the viscera obtruding from the lower portion of the body. A more horrible scene conld not possibly be conceived, and as cart-loads one after another were taken away to sur rounding houses numbers of maddened and anxious parents and wives ran after the vehicles and threw on one side the blankets, in the dreadful anticipation of recognising some one dear to them. This scene of horrid suspense continued throughout the early part of the day, and at three o'clock there only remained three bodies undiscovered, and these were expected to be found on further masonry being thrown up in the back portion, or what is technically called the " dip," or lower end of the pit. From the dreadful manner in which the sufferers in this part of the mine were disfigured, and the uniform destruction of all hands there employed, the supposition is that the fire damp explosion originated in that d ection. From later inquiries we learn that the number of hands, of all descriptions, in the pit, at the time of the accident, was about 110. Of these twenty-seven were got out out alive on Wednesday evening, three of whom there ards died. 'The bodies which could not be reached the same evening were, of course, quite dead when they were approached on Thursday, and from a careful analysis of the numbers we find that the total number killed is 83, and that the number of hands ascer tained to have been in the pit when the explosion en sued was from 107 to 110. Of this number twenty-four only survive, who were located in a part of the pit were the shock would ap pear to have been the least severe. It is therefore possible that this melancholy event, which has sacrificed near one hundred lives, and destroyed in some instances all the male members of poor families (one instance of father and three sons being credibly reported to us) has not left one survivor to record his impressions of the first manifestations or cause of this frightful explosion. The description of men who are employed in collieries, are, as our readers are probably aware, of three or four kinds; and may be divided for ordinary purposes as Miners, who generally work in pairs, and who are attended by one " hhuler," or " waggoner," who is ge nerally a bo) . There are also a number of boys engaged us " trappers," whose duties consist in opening and shut ting the different traps, as the waggons or other things pass through the shaft. A third class are " daymen," or "jobbers,' who attend to all the necessary repairs re quired in a pit, and who answer to our notions of a Jack of-all Trades. The names of the " colliers," " day-men," and " trap pers," whose deaths have been fully ascertained, are given below, under their respective heads, but the " waggon-boys," who have met an untimely end, we are not able to fully supply, in consequence of these parties being somewhat migratory in their habits, and their real names and residences only ascertainable in a few in stances. The following, with this exception, are the names of those killed in each class respectively:— Colliers —John Winder, Thomas Darrin, John Dar rin, James Siddons, Edward Atkinson, John Parsons, see., Joseph Swift, John Parsons, jun., Andrew Ham mond, Frank Wilson, Edward Hutley, George Winter, Joseph Sagar, Thomas Hammond, Edward Billington, Mooney, Thomas Gillott, Charles Brook, Thomas Firth, John Tay ler, George Beffitt, Geo. Haigh, Geo. Guest, Henry Forth, Geo. Barraclough, Geo. Tetly, John Kay, Charles Hammond, John Burton, George Fisher, John Beavers, William Billington, Geo. Field. Day Workers or Job Hands —David Brown, William Humpleby, Isaac Swift. Horse Drivers (the only names known of the twenty killed)—Joseph Guest, Joseph Selis, Joseph Ellison, John Ellison, Thomas Humpleby, Isaac Hollin. Trappers—Thomas Selig, William Hollin, William Gold, George Harper, Robert Gillott, William Hoyland, Thomas Hutley, Thomas Hardisty. Of the twenty- four parties who survive we learn that the major portion have not sustained any serious injury, sad that all, with some one or two exceptions, are ex pected to survive the injuries they have received. With respect to the cause of the accident there are a multitude of rumours, tending in some instances to reflect on the negligence of the proprietors, and, in others cal culated to attribute this melancholy catastrophe to the reckless daring of the men themselves. All these, how ever, are wanting in credibility, as the survivors profess to be quite ignorant of the immediate cause of the ex plosion, and that up to the moment when they received the shock the " traps" were all acting properly, the air was as pure in their judgment as usual, and in addition, that the " foreman" had carefully examined the pit in all parts the same morning, as was his invariable custom. At present, therefore, all remains in mystery, save the astounding loss of life which has resulted. That the dis charge must have been tremendous in its force, and ge neral throughout the whole pit, is evident from the fearful mortality among those parties in the pit at the time. The whole of the bodies are lying in the township in which the colliery is situated, and will so re main until the coroner's inquisition has been insti tuted. Mr. Badger, of Rotherham, is the coroner for the district and purposes opening his inquiry on the spot on Saturday morning. In the meantime it is anticipated that a Government Inspector will be down to examine the werk in the course of this day (Friday), and i n all probability the investigation of the causes whichled in to . the fatal result will form the subject of a length ened q ta u t i a r l y ity by it s s c t i a e n n d ti s fic al m m e o n st , the e si a n n g n u a la ls r of mining explosions. LATEST PARTICULARS. an important as wit f h ro o m ut i p ts re v c i ed ie en ne t e in an t ld Ifr Badger, the coroner for BA LINSLEY, FRIDAY.—, • the district, commenced i a r f i l q e u r e a s t it this examinationmorning• o onf ttyv h : bodies of the . light upon the casualty or its cause, the jury proceeded e re n r c s e , d a a n n d witnesses, whose evidence, however, thre‘l . i to view the bodies. So numerous and widely extended were they that the surgeon, Mr. Ayre, stated that in his opinion this pre liminary duty would occupy the whole of this day and greater part of to-morrow (Saturday. Th e W i t - were directed to be in attendancein the • n morning, and the inquiry will be resumed as speedily as possible. Fifty of the suff erers will be p o ssible. Fifty interred to-morrow (Saturday)—viz., ten at Barnsley,and forty at Worsbro' Dale. ANGER.—Nothing is so inconsistent with self pas session as violent anger. It overpowers reason; confounds our ideas; distorts th e appearance; and blackens the colour of every object. By t h e storms which it raises within, and by the mischiefs which it occasions without, it generally brings, on the passionate and revengeful man, greater misery than he can bring upou hie enemy. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 26.) Sc oAß.—To.day there was more firmness on the part of holders of all sorts of raw Sugar, whilst a material decrease was apparent in the quantity brought to market. On the part of exporters and home trade buyers a greater desire was shown to operate. In West India a steady trade was con cluded, and in some cases the rates paid are 6d above those of Friday lust. The quantity sold amounts to 430, making 1,712 hhds, &c, for the week, and the market closes with a healthy appearance. At present only one Sugar sale is declared for next week, and that consists of 150 hbds Barbadoes. REFINED.—To-day home trade goods met with less attention for home trade purposes, still lower rates are not acceded to. Bonded Crushed Sugar for forward de livery can be obtained at easier rates, and 285 to 295 per cwt is the value. Mauarrfus.—This afternoon a good demand was ex perienced for Mauritius Sugar, and 3,140 bags at public sale were sold at fully former rates, and in some cases rather above. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon two public sales of Bengal Sugar took place, and consisted of 2,164 bags, but a part only sold, owing to holders asking 6d to is advance. FoREIGN.—To-day the market for Foreign Sugar v, as firm, and a fair inquiry existed privately. None was offered at public sale. By private treaty for the week a cargo of floe brown Paraiba has been sold at 18s 9d; 300 chests good middling yellow Havannah at 21s 9d, and 100 tons low brown Manilla 15s. The Java Sugar taken iii on Wednesday has been sold rather under the buying in price. MOLASSES.—West India continues to be wanted, and former advanced rates are well supported, the sup ply also continues to get smaller. The sales for the eek are 500 puns. There is a fair sale for Bengal Treacle at les to 16s 6d; the market is firm. COFFEE.—This afternoon several purchases were made privately in good ordinary Native Ceylon at 34s 6d per cwt, and there is a firm market. Of Mocha 28 bales at auction, of low quality, were taken in at 39s to 42s per cwt. Of Rio Coffee 6,000 bags of good ordinary have been sold afloat at 28s to 29s per cwt. TEA.—Black met with more demand and realised firm rates; common sound clean Congou is with diffi culty to be purchased under Sid per lb. Green has been dealt in with caution, yet holders appear unwilling to accept lower rates. For Pekoe and scented Teas there is, however, a d u ll sa l e upon f ormer terms. . COCOA.—British Plantation is wanted, and full rates are offered ; but holders insisting upon an advance caueed the private operations to be of little moment. At public sale the sound of 117 bags of Trinidad was taken in. The value of Foreign is from 263 to 27s 6d per cwt; there has, however, been little passing by pri vate treaty, and none was offered at public sale. RICE.—To-day only a moderate business was done in East India Rice privately at former rates. At auction 150 bags Brazil were taken in at 13s for good bold white, and 20 barrels Tapioca at Bid per lb, for fine. SAGO.—Priccs have suffered a decline of is to 2s per cwt. At auction 1,182 boxes were all sold. Of Calcutta Arrowroot 399 tins realised sid to 6d per lb. Sago Flour is little wanted. Farina is dull of sale. SPICES.—To-day at auction 356 bags African Ginger, with all faults, sold at 2.5 s to 26s 6d; 309 bags 24 bales Pepper,Po r d 3 3s ; fouvery four pkgs ordinary and Cayennedusty V () 7s 1 s to io d one Pimento imn l t o o t is in better supply, and 413 bags went *d to id cheaper; good mid sold at 3*(l to 3i-d, mid 3id, ord 3id, and da maged 3d to 31d per lb. FRUIT.—In Currants there has been a fair business doing this week at a small advance in price. A parcel of Fine Vostizz sold at 395. The demand for Valenti* Raisins continues steady. In other descriptions of Fruit their is no material alteration. COcHINEAL.—To-day Cochineal met with more de mand, and 88 bags of Honduras Silvers at auction sold at from 3s 9d to 4s 4d for ord to good, and which are full rates, but 15 bgs black went 2d cheaper, and sold at 5s 2d to 558 d for low to fine. SPferrs.—Buyers of Jamaica Rum aro willing to pay higher rates, and 34 to 38 per cent over proof is quoted 4s to 4s 8d per gallon. Of inferior sorts there is a large amount on ofkr, and sellers are willing to accept rather low rates. Plain and mid quality 30 to 34 per cent over proof can be bought at 25 9d to 3s, good middling and good 3s 2d to Ss Bd. East India is 3id to is 4d proof, which are lower rates. For Leeward Island is 4d to Is 5d is the value of proof, with more desire on the part of holders to sell. F in d ! Demerara, 36 p er cent. over proof, realise d 2s 82 , the gener a l va l ue i s from 2s 2d to 25 6d . f or $ t0 0f1 3 8 8 47 r over eali se p 3 r s o proof. Brandy, , t oß3rsanidoyd,, dittoC o gn l a B c 4B o , of the d to o iltag and inferi or sorts 2s 4d to 3s 4d. G eneva Is 7 3s 4 d 10d to ,td for ordinary exportation sorts, and 2s 6d to 3s or fine fit for duty. British made Spirit 95 to lOs per East In dia greater o fo i r l INDIGO.—The quantity of 1 gallon net cash. - auction is now 11,267 chests, E till the market is firm a t fully former rates. Home and export orders continue tq get upon a larger scale. et E w as i *th OrLs.—To-day Palm and 111 csoks at auction sold at 31s to 3 for fine. C o m .' Nut is still dull of sale, and 167 casks sold cheaper;- -- Ceylon 355, Cochin 35s 6d to 36 ' s, Sydney 338 6d TALLOW.—This afternoon prices a • to 34a. Tallow, and fine P. Y. Candle gain declined for on the s boo) 40s per cwt. quoted a 0 At a uction 1 p t cannot be America were offered, air, _,)133 pkga South u mostly sold. ...—_____ 1 An examination was made on Tuesday bY the Trinity Board of an imp rovement in the construction of a ship's windlass p atented by Messrs. Caldwell and H . obler. The alt eration consists in materially shorten mg the cylinder and increasing the powerof the windlass, so that it can be w or k e d by a less number of hands, and untieer circumstances not practicable with the form of windlass at present in ordinary use. It appears to be approved of both by the Trinity Board and by Lloyd's surveyors. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—ASHBURTON, JAN. 24. Yesterday a messenger arrived from Dean Prior, for the coroner, Mr. W. A. Cockey, to hold an i nquest ou the body of a f ema l e f oun d drowned in Dean Bourne -wood, in a small river which runs through the wood, at a very sequestered spot. It is stated the fem a l e i s t h e wife of a Mr. Richard Churchward, builder, of London, who has been for some time labouring under depresssion of mind, and that whilst out walking, on Wednesday last, with - ' her companion in London, she made oft and no intelli gence of her could be obtained until to-day. When found she was lying in the river partly undressed, quite dead. It is supposed she proceeded from London to Brent by railway, and from thence to the above place, as she has not been seen in the neighbourhood. Her son must have arrived in pursuit of his mother a dayafter she died, but obtaining no intelligence of hekhad, , the morning of her being found, left Buskfastleigh with the intention of returning to London. A messenger Was immediately dispatched towards Newton to make him - acquainted with the melancholy affair, and to b ring hi m back. Mrs. Ch urc h war d was a native of Dei n p r i or, but has rebided many years ill London. FRANCE. On Thursday the members of the Committee ap pointed to consider M. Billault's proposition on the Budget were nominated ' • with two ex ce pti ons on l y, the members of it are in favour of the proposition and opposed to the Ministers. The great majority of the law students have signed a protest against the authors of the violent attack on M. Lherminier, in the College of France. The Minister of the Interior has addressed a cir cular to all the Prefects of Departments, recom mending them to watch carefully the formation of every society placing itself in communication with the association founded in Paris, under the title of Solidarite Republicaine. The Minister states in his circular, that although the place of meeting of the central society had been closed by the Government, he had reason to believe that the association still existed, and was endeavouring to form affiliated societies. I'he Government dispatched orders on Wednesday to the authorities in the departments to proceed forth- Kith to draw by ballot the jury which is to try the pri&oners ordered to go before the High National Court. M. Baroche is to conduct the prosecution. La Presse contains the following paragraph, under the head of " Courage of M. Thiers : —" On the 24th of February M. Thiers was appointed President of the Council. He had the destines of France and of Royalty in his hands, and he might have saved them. 'What did he do? 11 s'est sauce." The Members of the National Assembly forming the Mountain have resolved to establish a club, to be held twice a week in the Socialist Hall of the Rue Alratel, to which the public are to be admitted gratis. Letters from Cahors, in the department of the Lot, of the 21st instant, state that serious distur bances have arisen at Gourdon and Nozar, in that neighbourhood, in consequence of the tax collectors having insisted on the payment of the additional 45 centimes imposed by the Provisional Governmentt The peasants had, in consequence, risen in arms, marched into Gourdon , and pillaged the Hotel d e Ville, and th e Sous refecture. A. detachment of the 35th Regiment of the line was first marched against them, but that force being compelled to re treat by the peasants, it was found necessary to seix! for additional troops from Perignaux, and also A squadron of Chasseurs from Montauban. BANK OF ENGLAND. • (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32.1b1 the Week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of January, 1849. 18805 DEPARTMENT. £. Notes issued.... •• .• 28,270,375 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other eecuritie■ —. • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,768,303 Silver bullion ••• • • • 502,072 X 28,270,375 X 28,270,3 M. 3fARSII.LLL, Chlefeaehier.7s Dated the 26th day of January, 1849. BANKING DYPIZTICCN T. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest . . • •.. 3,451,432 Public deposits (in aluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 3,671,140 Other deposits .. . • • • 11,727,517 Seven day and other bills • • •• • • 1,131,123 Government securi- S. ties (including Dead Weight Annjityi: 13,621,954 Other securities .... 10,522,147 Notes ••••••• • • • • • •• 9,641,940 Gold and silver coin.. 775,176 £34,564,217 Dated the 25th day of January. £34,564,217 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1849.