The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. tai ... 29i 66 . 67 8 Bld 5 4i 12 —12 i 44 45 92 97 9 si 4i 5} 19 - 21 101 103 71 73 42 o 4 10i. Ili, 57 58 65 - 67 5 3d 2d -- pa, 35 ••• ''''' 34 - 43/4 4 - 6 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, with a good supply. There was not the slightest change in prices from the quotations of Friday. The sales were 8,000 bales, 6,000 of which were American (speculators taking 2,000) ; 100 Pernam and Maranharn, 6d. to 6td. ; 100 Bahia, sad. ; 300 Egyptian, 51d. to 70. ; 1,500 Surat ( 5 00 for export), 31d. to 40. ; and 50 Sea, Islands, 10d. to 17d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady, and prices advanced. Accounts from New South Wales to the Ist Oc tober have come to hand, via Callao and Panama, by the West India mail packet. This is 12 days later from that part of Australia than previous advices. It appears that the financial resources of that colony are falling to so limited a degree that the Government find it impossible to carry on the ordinary public) works without obtaining extraneous aid; consequently a bill has passed the legislature authorising the negotiation of loans in England and elsewhere for this purpose, and that the interest on the same be paid out of the general revenue. Trade continued very dull, insolvencies were daily being added to the list ; and it was expected that some old-established firms would have to succumb. Notwith standing the efforts of the colonists to aug ment the production of gold, and bring it up to the yield of the Victoria gold fields, the weekly receipts at Sydney from all quarters does not yield more than 3,000 ounces. The small ex port of gold from New South Wales is a matter of importance to the commercial community con nected with that colony, because it is insufficient to cover the amount of imports from Europe, America, and other countries, which have been re cently accumulating at Sydney ; and the increase in the export of wool is very little. Hitherto the balance of trade has been in favour of the Sydney Markets ; but there is some fear that it would be against it at the close of 1855, so that great caution should be exercised on this side in the amount of shipments to Sydney. The half-yearly meeting of the London Joint- Stock Bank was held to-day. The report stated that the net profits for the last six months, with the former balance, amounted to 80,3551. The direc tors recommended a dividend at the rate of 121. 10s. per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 14s. 3d. per share. The gdarantee fund was now 160,8531. The liabilities were 7,129,5741. 6s. 10d., and the assets to the same amount. The report was adopted unanimously. The greatest excitement has prevailed in the City this morning owing to the statement that Russia has unconditionally accepted the peace pro posals made through Austria, and the speculative dealing at the Stock Exchange has been of the most animated character. The advance which has taken place is the Funds during the last few days has been Partly occasioned by the strong opinion entertained by some of the dealers that the Czar would deem it advisable to submit to the terms dictated by the Allies, notwithstanding the reply which was at first given ; but the announcement which has been made this morning took all by surprise. At the commencement of business the Stock Market pre sented a quiet appearance, Consols being 871 ; but shortly before 12 o'clock the intelligence was made known, and purchases for an advance were effected to an immense extent, and the prices suddenly ad vanced to 90. This important improvement, viz., 2i per cent., tempted some of those who had bought at lower prices to realise their profits, and the market momentarily became weaker, Consols being 89 They afterwards, however, reached $Ol for the account, but have since declined to 89k 2. The money prices have ranged from 87i to 87/. Exchequer Bills have been 7s. to 2s. di , count, and India Bonds 2s. discount. The New 3 per Cents. have been 88k to 91, and the Reduced 872 to 90. The transactions entered into in the Foreign Market, although small, have produced a good deal of activity. Turkish Bonds have materially been most affected by the rise in the Funds. The 6 per Omits. are about 5 per cent. higher than yesterday, namely, 87k to 872. The New Scrip has been dealt in at 1 to 02 discount, although the present price ja 1 to 1 discount. Dutch 2f per Cents. are 64. ittissian 41 per Cents. have risen to 871, Sardinian to 821, Peruvian 41 per Cents. to 76, and Mexican 20 to 20i. Chilian 3 per Cents, aro quoted at 64, and Grenada Active at 192. Wile changes in the Railway Share Market are *very important. The Eastern Counties have risen about 15s. ; Great Western, 31. ; Lancashire aid Yorkshire, V. 10s. ; North-Western, 2/. ; North- Eastern —Berwick, 21. ; and the others in propor • tion. All the Foreign lines are likewise at en hanced quotations. Paris and Lyons are 1/. higher. Great Western of Canada have risen 1 5s. to 1/. In the Mining and Banking Shares a few deal ings have been recorded at full rates. Canada Land have risen C., and South Australian Land about 15s. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON CLOCK. Prom the oXcial List. . _ 8.4.n.‘ done. per Cent. Rodr.cod Annuities 8 per cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 3‘) Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 3l Ditt o 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6l 5-16 India Stock India Bonds, -XlOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 2 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 20. £lOOO. Rraall 1 5 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent.. Ditto, 1859 Ditto under 97; PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO I B. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent 64 Grenada New letive, lts per Cent. Itexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Ceit. Ditto Account 76 Itussiak Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4,i per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spn.nisi. tioMds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4i 1 Tarkie.h Bonds, 6 per cent B7 6} Ditto for the Account Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account oivioends on the above payable In t•Nedon. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guil.. :_ 6l i TWO O'CLOCK. Console B9A i ST. MARTIN'S HALL. U -01 411 7il all rs all 10 all 10 8 10 IA 10 4g ,:5 all St. 1100 Lli 1 all 15 I all V 1 all '0 I all L i'fli I it Last night Mendelssohn's magnificent oratorio, " St. Paul," was performed here with great success. The Solo parts were sung by Madame Weiss, Miss Palmer, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. H. Buckland. The choruses were, of course, given by the pupils of Mr. Hullah's upper singing class. The oratorio abounds with passages suited for the purpose of testing Mr. Hullah '8 system, and the manner in which the nume rous choruses were rendered merited the applause with which they were received. "Rise up, arise," " Stone him to death," and " How lovely are the me!sengere," deserve especial mention as being sung with perfect accuracy and true devotional feeling. Mr. Sims Reeves sung the music allotted to him with his usual ability and success. "Men, Brethren, and Fathers," he gave splendidly, and richly earned the rapturous encore it received. The same compliment was paid to the duet, " Now, we Ambassadors," sung by Mr. Reeves and Madame Weiss. The other portions of the composition were admirably executed ; and, taken as a whole, we have seldom heard the oratorio better sung than it was last night. The hall was both fully and fashionably attended. A letter from Rome, dated the sth inst., says : " Mgr. Milesi, Minister of Finance, has acknowledged a deficit of nearly a million of crowns in a budget of 12 millions.. The deficit will be made good by the sale of certain property belonging to the Apostolical Chamber, which will give about 200,000 crowns, whilst for the re mainder the sinking fund will be laid under contribution, and a duty on permissions to trade, which had been de creed in principle in 1851, but not levied, will be en. orced." 3t. 10 a P:4i 100 3t. 100 10 61s. 0 SO all ?ip all St. 100 zst. 100 25 Si 2s 7i A. 100 ;t. 100 LO all it. 100 10 9 10 all 20 all if it, 100 10 all it. 100 .3t. 100 3t. 00 A. )0 A. 00 'lt. 100 .2 all k all L 6 4 144 L 64 7 ;t. 100 . 3 ; it 100 :0 16 LO 5A L2i it. 1001 i 0 all It 100 15 all 28 R2s. .0 1 It. 100 It. 100 it. 1;10 i 0 3i 4t. 100 1 .6 all 6 all 3 all 3 all it. 100 t 5 214 ?,5 15 i 0 33 St. On St. 100 in:3; tf t 7, 41 al all It. 10 4 t. 100 ' , O 1 all T. t. 1 1 ) f. 4 O an e ail O ali O all 8 8 5 all 5 3 LO I all LO •11 LO, 40 SO 10 5 _.4, .8 all . 7,4 511 10 11 :0 all 30 10 a,tl 5 20 !F all - 51 an all 5 ail 0 13 all pi all 20i 15 Du i all ,i al ;0 1 all all (1 a ll all 1.0 all t 6 an 20 all 40 , all .0 1 au 0 all 0 all O all 10 15 10 all 0 5 O all O all 5 5 4 all :0 I 411 1.0 I an ',O I ss. 1 e,ll tO 1 all tii 1 el A) all 0 all D all 100 i5l 100;21 100 20 , al 20 j 20 I J 50 121 100 5( 50 11 100 2i 100 3 20 11 50 1 2, 20 at. 25 I al r resikting ,oning, in all under• urgency [AGNS." -NTERB h, in the Itty well to Count Count de audience The Ans.. ,nlsurne, sirs, and but with slice Of iinuated, part of Danube• Austria s violent ►t Power )nstroua, •om total DEBT• '.) 7(1 stock he short 'very one .bers the nce : the any, the ry Com' am Cony e Swora !ompanio sings for and for There ) explore Lope that, thoE• a -hick un mrt ship: at it had semblia e helmet and out e air was Xhibited l 8 ladies >spitabll Le divers td return -tackle. r, which lers and NCII. mented Baptiot kfriare. ddenly. al, and tequent ♦ity in reathed 3d with suffer. RAILWAYS. ielostat Prim yesterdal . 31 3i 7i 8 16 -15 13 - 14 9 g 79 . 81 k 10 - 12 so. "... 5 -- 4 6i - 11 - 12 8} 1i 25 - 27 17 - 19 70 72 49 - 51 9} 9i 19 - 20 80 - 85 6 - 7 ES 3 / 4 - 894 74 - 76 119 - 121 102 - 104 53 54 FOR Nrtwerpcilltott •rdart Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June Bezi ers to Graissessat Bombay, Baroda, an ___ . _ Cent;ls:l India.Scri, Do. Demerara Untch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New at Indian, g. 5 p. Do. El;ension - 75 - 6 5 6., 761 75171 i 61 94 - 96 93/ 1 95 - Id i 1 - 13 85 - 86 8 - 7 6i 5 ~. ... •• ja 631 63 1 36 - 38 no. do. do., '59, do.. Gd. TIE of Canada.A.ls DO. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Dobon., con. into Stk. till '6:l Do. Comp. 6p. e., do. Gt. Central of Fran Gt. Indian Peninsuls guar. 5 per cent 1)0. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions... Great Luxemboare Conatitnted Sharec Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Sb.aree Do. New Do. Bde., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56... Do. do., '76, p. '60... Dc, do., '73, without option _ Hamilton & Toronto IDo. 6 por cent. !Lake Cond. & Baale Lierre and Turnhout Lyons and Genova Lyon & Moditorran. 7 iiadras IDo. Now Atari& Antonia ~„ IDo. do. New ...... i Namur & Lin;'' ( interost). Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. She Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bob (fmy.B.&Ams.ghs. NorwegianTrimkPre r Paris and Lyons IDitto Bonds ..... Taris and Orleans Paris snd Ronan... ,ParisCaen & Chorbrg. Do Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Mouse_ Do. 5i p. cent. Prof, I Scin do Do.. Southern of France St. Andrew's ins Quebec (A) , West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France Do Zeal and I LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in Banco—Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell, Justices, Coleridge, Wightman, and Crampton.) THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF J. P. COLLIER, V. JOHN R. SMITH-CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Sir F. Thesiger applied for a rule calling on the de fendant, a publisher of Soho-square, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for libel. It appeared that the plaintiff bad the second folio edition of Shakspere, containing marginal notes in manuscript, which-appeared to be contemporaneous with the volume, and these notes he had published in a new edition of Shakspere. He had also published in the 10th volume of " Notes and Queries" that he had formed his original notes of lectures and the prospectus by Coleridge on Shakspeare and Milton, of the date of 1812. The defendant had published a pamphlet oon taining strong attacks on the authenticity of the notes and the lectures. The title-page of the pamphlet was as follows :—" Literary cooking, with reference to matter attributed to Coleridge and Shakspere, a letter ad dressed to the Athenceunt ' with a postscript containing remarks upon the refusal of that journal to print it. Sincerum est nisi vas---&c. A hint from Horace on cooking." The letter in question was signed " A Detective." Lord Campbell, after remarking on the high literary reputation and character of Mr. Collier, said no doubt his character was valuable to him and should be pro tected. He had known that gentleman for some time and could bear testimony to the great benefit that gen tleman had been to literature. He never entertained a suspicion of his conduct. Although possibly the pamph let in question went rather beyond the due bounds of criticism, yet he did not consider it sufficient on which the Court could grant tile application. Rule refused. AN END TO BEuGING. (A HINT TO SIR R. W. CARDEN.) Thera would very soon be an end to begging if the following penalties were strictly carried out : For the First Offence. A Fine of Five Shillings. For the Second. A Fine of Five Pounds. For the Third. Three Months' Imprisonment. The above punishments we would have fall, not on the beggar, but on the man who relieves the beggar ; for in asmuch as he encourages begging, he is in truth the real beggar, and he should be punished accordingly. Two or three fines of Five Pounds, or one powerful infliction of Three Months' Imprisonment on any Old Lady in Fashionable Life convicted of relieving a mendicant, and our word and circulation for it, there would soon be an End to Begging !—Punch. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVANING, JANUARY 17, 1856, .tbordoon... n bg. Nottng. Bost.l and Eastn. Junct lelfast & Ballymen liming. Wolverh • Stour Va11ey..... Birk eihd. Lancsh. 4k Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. di Birk. , I £5O and £25 Cons Do., £20............ myth &Tyns origins £25 (issd. at .£4; Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carm. and Cardigan Chester dr Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Do. A .............. Do. B CI ief Junction— 1 DuolindsßelfastJunc Dun. P. & Ab•rr. Jnc Do. Now. ...... 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Steam Fuel Netherlands Land 11 Do. Do. Do. 8 p er iss at 1 d I N. S. W. Coal & inter. Steam Navigat. Co. D New B. &N. S. Land 11 N. 13. Australasian 5 Nrth. of EuropeStsam 11 Oriental Gas g. Do. "New ShAres " 11 Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 11 Peninsular & Orienta 0 Do. Now 11 Portland Iron Co 43 Royal Mail Steam 11 Soot. Austral. Invest 4 Ditto New 11 South Austral:Land Submar. Tel. Scrip ell I Do. Registered 5 4, Trußt di L. C 0 . 13. Can 28 I Vas Dieniou'a_land SCELLA. N E 0 1.) b. ••rislicas tkla day. i pm pm 88 91'901 21 21 z 1 4 i i 107 1 6j 7 2k 4j 34i 5i MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Jan. 17,106, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. EARLEY. OATS. EYE. I BEANS. PEAS. 76s 21 31s 31 25s lid 53s 6d 46s 51 I 45s 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AvERik.GE, —. WHEAT. i HAZLET. ( OATS. k ME. — BEASTS. t PEAS. 78s 9.1 I 40s 11 , 27s 2d , 54s id 49s 7d ( 43s 2d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 88,449; Barley, 107,733 ; Oats, 18,351 ; Rye, 183; Beans, 4,527; Peas, 1,823 Quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATH AND LEADENHALL.—The trade was heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5 s Oil; Pork, 3s 6d to 5s 2 d by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 16.—The supplies of each kind of fat stock were on the increase, and the trade ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; Mutton. 3s 2d to 4s 10d; Veal, 4s Od to 5s OG ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 101 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. 16.—Each kind of stock moved off heavily, on easier terms. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; Mut ton, 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pcrk. 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 22s to 28s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHIPIELD.—Meadow hay, 415 s to 61 N . clover ditto. 41 15s to 6/ 15s ; and straw, 11 63 Od to 11 103 Od per 10.1 Trade steady. UUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, 41 8s to 61 63; clove) do. . 41 15e ,to 61 153 ; and straw. 11 6s to 11 lie per los, A moderate demand. WurrnoHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 41 55 to 61 0 3; •10., 4/ 155 to 7105 ; and straw, 11 55 to 11 104 per bat. Trade rather dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LoNnorr, Jan. 16.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; fresh, with dull weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Buce phalus (tpt.), from Constantinople ; Years (s. tpt.) Me• diterranean. Sailed—Lisette, for Boston, U.S. EALMOLUII, Jan. 16.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived — Africa, from Lagos ; Conder, from Akyab, for Hamburg ; John Barraw, Madras. (PElt ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived.— Tiber, Martha, Hero, Mary Ann, Joseph and Mary, Clipper, and Limerick Lass, from n ewport ; Anne Maria, Cardiff; Charlotte and Caroline, Guernsey ; Earl Grey, London; Despatch (s), Jersey; Atalanta (s), Havre; Orinoco (steam transport). Black Sea. Sailed.—Mary Ann, for Newport ; Wonder (s), Jersey ; Alliance (s), Havre; La Ponle, Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. Off.—Ben Nevis, from Melbourne; Nixo, Copenhagen; Helene, Ostend. Wind W.S.S. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 15. Arrived.—Juliana, from Alexandria ; Recruit, and Alma, Callao ; Barkhill, St. John's, N.B. ; Auror, Flush ing ; John Martin, Saldannah Bay ; Carols, Marseilles ; Andreas, Rio Grande. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide, two hours' ebb ; cloudy. Sailed.— Forrester, for St. Vincont. Sailed, Jan. 16.—Rapid, for Terceira; Frigate Bird, for Philadelphia. DEAL, Thursday, 9.34 a.m. Wind S.S.W., fresh. Anchored.—lron Gem, from London, for Newport ; Rectitude, from Dundee, for St. John's ; Eliza Stowecord, from Newcastle, for Caen ; Agamemnon, from Calcutta, for London ; Bombay, 24 transport, from Plymouth, for London ; Jessie M`Farlano, barque, from Penang, for Lon don ; Trado Wind, ship, from Westward. SUM FOR MR. COIMEN.—FIow many Russian Steppes are equal in polities to one English League ?—Punci,. DALKEITH PALACE. The Duke and Duchess of Buc cleuch and family, who have been residing here for some time, are about to leave, in order that a considerable addition may be made to the palace. The new erection is to be on the west side of the building. The Court of Directors of the East India Company purpose to invite Sir G. Pollock to sit for his picture, to be hung up in the Examination Hall at Addiscombe. Mr. Grant is the artist selected. We learn from a quarter which we have every reason to think well informed that Mr. Shaw LeFevre has no intention as yet cf tendering his resignation of the SpeakershiP. The Tories in North Essex are at loggerheads about the representation. Some appear desirous of throwing over Major Beresford, while private meetings have been held by others deprecating such a course. No step has yet been taken regarding the representa tion of Cambridge University, vacant by the death of Mr. Goulburn. A mong the names mentioned are Mr. Spencer Walpole and Lord John Manners. LINCOLN ELECTION.—Major G. W. Sibthorp, eldest son of the late representative, was yesterday elected, w ith o ut opposition, member for Lincoln. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Lady Harris and a son of Col. Smyth were yesterday slightly injured by an accident occurring to a first-class carriage at the Tallington sta tion ou the Great Northern Railway. LONDON CONFIRMATIONS.—It is expected that, on acaount of the Bishop of London's continued indisposi tion, the Bishop of Oxford will take his lordship's an nual course of confirmations. RE2RESENTATION OF TAMWORTE.—On Monday last Viscount Raynham addressed the electors of Tamworth, and solicited their suffraos. The noble lord was well received, and it is supposed that he will be elected with out opposition. Intimation has been received by the ooinniander-in chief at this port, that about 30 gun-boats are to be fitted here, and when ready for sea are to be moored in a line as close as possible i ns ide th e B re akwater, until the time for thei r departure for the Baltic.—Plyinouth, Mail. FIRE AT A COACHMAKER'EL—Yesterday morning, be tween the hours of three a n d four o' c lock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. C. J. Cotton, coach-builder, Worship-street, Shoreditch. Considerable damage was done ; canoed by heat from a flue. THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION IN STAFFORDSHIRE. — An inquest was held yesterday at the Bush Inn upon the bodies of the four unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion of a boiler upon the premises of Messrs. Hickman on Monday last. After the examination of two or three witnesses the inquiry was adjourned. DEATH FROM STARVATION.—An inquest was held yes terday in St. George's Workhouse, Southwark, on the body of George Lamb, who, it was alleged, had died through want and exposure to cold. A verdict was re turned that the deceased died from an epileptic fit, and that his death was accelerated by exposure to cold. A literary undertaking of considerable interest is pro jected. Mr. Owen Jones proposes to publish a "gram mar of ornament, being a series of 3,000 examples from various styles, exhibiting the fundamental prin , eiples which appear to reign in the composition of orna ment of every period. The work will be published in 25 numbers of four plates each. The letterpress will appear at intervals during the progress of the work. A letter from Vienna of the 13th, in the Corriere Italiano, says 1- 7 " A great movement is remarked at present in the diplomatic world here. In the course of this morning the French, English, Russian, arid Prussian ambassadors bad each a conference with Count Buol.' MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT LIND IN THE PRO VINCES.—An arrangement has been effected with Mr. Mitchell, by which Madame Jenny Goldsohrnidt Lind will appear in two grand concerts in St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, on Tuesday the sth and Thursday the 7th of February next. The performance at the first concert will be the Messiah ; and the second entertainment will be a miscellaneous one. The hall will be fitted up as it usually is during the Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival, and will, in all probability, be filled by numer- Ong and brilliant asaerabliera. LITERATURE. The Lady of Fashion. By the Author of " The History of a Flirt," "The Roses," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. In these pages the reader is presented with a striking picture of social existence. The chronicles of the Lady of Fashion are not mere details of gay scenes and retrearsals of sparkling conversations, where the young and thoughtless disport themselves for the brief season of worldly enchantment. They appear rather the records of a career that may con vey a meaning and declare a warning. Under the guise of a fanciful fiction we may discern the sober truth that has carried conviction to many a dis tressed household, and formed the alloying bitter in many a supposed cup of sweets. In the delinea tion of Lady Caroline the author has achieved a great success ; she presents a masterpiece of skill. Endued with every grace to charm the fancy and captivate the attention, bright in loveliness, spark ling with wit and gaiety, possessed of great talents, and the power of readyadaptation to circumstances, with the crowning gift of youth in its flower, no wonder she was the star of every circle. It is ne cessary, to appreciate the workings of so subtle a spirit, to study first the attributes of those among whom she glides to enthral and ensnare, and we aro accordingly introduced to the family of Barnardis ton Court in their pomp and solemnity. Nothing could be more apart from the superficiality of Lady Caroline than the solid basis on which was founded the intrinsic worth of her new relations. Mrs. Barnardiston, the mother of Hugh, the hero, is an excellent portraiture. None can fail to be inte rested in her, with all her prophecies and preju dices. " Even her failings leaned to virtue's side." One feels that all with her is real and earnest ; while everything declares that in her daughter-in law, Lady Caroline, there is nothing genuine. Mrs. Barnardiston made a great mistake in suppos ing that the same quiet and calm that suited her notions would accord with the desires and wishes of her son. Hugh was of an impetuous and uncon trollable disposition ; hence arose many of his trou bles. He would not be advised ; although once pleased none could be more easily led. It was when worn out and wearied with the dull mono tony and heavy splendours of his family mansion that he rushed to the gaiety and life of Brighton, just then become a place of fashion. He met Lady Caroline, the belle of tha season, and a universal favourite from her mirth and easy manners. She was a widow, but that fact did not appear to sub tract from her energy and spirit. Had she pos sessed any right feeling she might have proved au advantage in some respects to the family she en tered. She might have rendered modern fashions agreeable by her liveliness and grace to a household that had too long observed old customs. She might have made radiant with the smiles of youth those halls on which had settled the gloom of cen turies, and, above all, she might have gladdened the hearts of the parents by bringing back to them in their age their only and beloved son to dwell among them. It was far otherwise. Shining gifts like hers must be pre-eminent for good or evil ; hers was not a talent that could be hid in the earth ; it must influence mankind, as a blessing or blight. Some of the scenes that follow her first introduc tion to Barnardiston Court are almost dramatic in their force and vividness. The elder Mr. Barnar diston was (in his way) as much captivated by the young beauty as his son. To this end had the cunning artificer fashioned her tools and directed her labours. To this she aspired—he was " purse holder ;" hence the object of her affections, and the theme of her praises and respect. She saw intuitively that on the old lady her weapons were powerless ; she was invul nerable to blandishments and protestations. Yet this defeat was nothing to the tactics of the assaulter ; after all, it was a citadel that if stormed was not a stronghold. She carried all before her, when she was successful in the siege she laid to Mr. Barnardiston, the elder. From the vantage ground thus won she looked down with triumph on the dissentient mother-in-law, the wondering county, nay, even on Hugh himself. He became secondary to his father, as only the heir, and not the possessor, of the estates. It is an amusing epi sode in the narrative to watch the gradual change that was apparent in the surrounding families, after the arrival of the Brighton belle, the star of magnitude, the lady of fashion. All things were seen in a different light, good useful furniture seemed a disgrace, respectable conveyances looked like lumber, and highly-prized wardrobes appeared so much rubbish after the eyes had rested on the gorgeous saloons, the dashing equipage, the splen did attire of Lady Caroline. One wanted one thing, one another, but all agreed to differ as to existing arrangements. If to sow the seeds of dis content and murmuring in families calls down a judgment, an awful account was in store for the bride, but of this she reeked not. Indeed nothing more developed her nature than her demeanour to those country families. At first she called them all round her, and bewildered them with her atten tion. But gradually, as novelty wore off, and London friends arrived, and Brighton acquaint ances congregated around her, her neighbours were slighted, and many who had wasted on finery what was wanted in necessaries, were never asked to dis play their show before her, for whose sake it was devised. A reaction took place in the minds of many, but the majority was still in her favour. Whild the world without was debating on the nature of its idol, the world within was having its character displayed in no ordinary light. The in timacy of domestic life must sooner or later dis close the real sentiments that actuate and the mo tives that urge the mind. Selfishness, above all things, will be transparent at last. Lady Caroline was more than selfish : she was heartless and de signing, and in the pursuance of each cruel pur pose she sometimes outwitted herself. She had commissioned her maid to have secretly poisoned the favourite old dog of Mrs. Barnardisten. This was effected in the dark • but some time after, in a quarrel between the mistress and servant, all was disclosed, and a loud murmur pervaded the house hold. With all their admiration for the new corner, every one preserved the greatest respect for their mistress, and it was with indignation they heard of the wanton cruelty. The greatest mistake, how ever, was her insisting on the removal of the por trait of an old general from the grand hall. She passed through the ball every evening, and she declared it distracted ber. In vain it was repre sented to her, by her almost frantic husband, that this was the portrait of one who bad been an honour to the family, that it was as an heirloom handed down from generation to generation, a landmark to their name in history, the pride and glory of Barnardiston annals. In vain, the fatal " Je le veux" had gone forth, and the General must bo moved. Had the grave given up its charge, end the grim old warrior again strode in the pre cincts of the hall, a greater panic could not have been created. Poor Mr. Barnardiston, the elder, was stupified at first. He saw no option left him but consent ; but the mind does not easily forget such a shock, and from that day he regarded his daughter-ia-law with a very different look. For sometime it mad() no difference, but Lady Ca roline felt eventually that she had " lost caste," as she expressed it. Never, from that day, could she gain anything from the proprietor of Barnar diston Court by her wiles, her devices, or her pro fessions. He saw too late that it was as the ne glected Mrs. Barnardiston had declared, all " play acting." He could not preserve the same dignity and self-command in the discovery that his lady had manifested, but then she had not been taken in. In the hour of real trial, the good mistress, the kind mother, and the considerate wife triumphed. She was great in adversity ; no one heard her murmur, all had come about as she had said, but she never reminded them of the fact, a proceeding so irritating at all times, but in the then existing state of things one that would have been most maddening. Gradually her son returned to her ; Caroline slighted him ; Caioline cared for her own friends. His mother was the same as she had been in childhood and youth ; she was ever ready to bear with the troubles that beset his maturity. In the quiet retreat that she had put aside for herself, when the place was over flowing with unwelcome visitors, her eon and hus band were glad to join her, and thus abandoned the house to the intruder and her associates. An agreeable passage in the story is that of the in troduction of Kate Hayes to Barnardiston. Lady Caroline wanted some one to amuse her constantly, and selected the youngest daughter of Admiral Hayes, who resided near to her. She was not pretty, but very pleasing, and her sweet temper and lively spirits were a real blessing amid the hollow and artificial state of the society at the Court. However it was a very questionable ad vantage to Kate Hayes herself. What she gained in dress sold demeanour she lost in serenity and gaiety. She was too well principled to to be and away into any of the [follies around her, any great extent, but she was inexperienced, and Lady Caroline was not a good adviser. After many lec tures as to the propriety of doing the best she could with herself, while in so much society, it ended where it began, and Kate went home. Not the same happy girl who left it; her peace had been undermined, her spirits were tamed, and her first fresh ideas of life clouded over. Lady Caroline had told her which of the train of admirers who surrounded her were of use, and which were not ; that Mr. Calcraft was only an amusement, and Mr. Wilmot, though old, was rich. Kate, at seven teen, did not receive much benefit from these sug gestions, and witino sympathising and experienced guide she went altpgether astray, mistaking Mr. Caleraft'e attentio*, whida meant nothismfor real devotion, and at the same time remembering too much of Lady Caroline's commendations of Mr. Wilmot for her future peace. Calcraft went to India, without offering to see her, and, at a chance meeting, at Brighten, carelessly took leave. Poor Kate Hayes, she was much to be pitied, not only for present disappoint ments, but for future weariness. After she had put aside all thoughts of the deceiver she found that she could not live the past over again. She had quitted home a giddy maiden, but she could not live the life of a woman like her sisters. Bart nardiston had done an evil work in her nature ; she dwelt on the ease of her late life, and longed for a diversion. In an evil hour Mr. Wilmot ap peared; in vain did her mother urged her to pause, her father and sister's delight hurried her on. They did not know of her previous disappointment, and were not fair judges. She was wilful, notwith standing hours of real suffering' made her often tremble as to the results. The sequel of her career, as Mrs. Wilmot, is very interesting, and points out a warning to those who marry simply for conveni ence, or for the sake of benatting theirfantily. Lady Caroline rejoiced at the match, and tried to draw Mrs.Wilmet into her circle again, but Kate refused; she had too much sense for that as well as right feeling. Deeply offended, Lady Caroline closed the acquaintance. This defection was the forerunner of many more misfortunes to the proud beauty. Mrs. Wilmot had seen, for some time, that con stant variety was requisite, after all, in that grand company she had o n ce so valued, and after all it did not keep off low spirits. " She felt how soon sorrow touched every heart, dancing amid sparks of its own creating, and singing its own song of hope, in a world where hope blossomed not." Such wise reflections never reached Lady Caroline, and she went on in her foolish career till an unexpected enemy appeared in the form of sudden illness. She had over-tasked her strength, and was dangerously ill ; she had met with several mortifications from many quarters, which had annoyed her greatly ; she felt her power was fading. The short scene of her death is painful; the solemn hour, never suffered to intrude on her mind in health and strength, was doubly awful when hastily brought near. She cared for no one, and to the last persisted in her attempts at show. The Lady of Fashion had no mourners, her huiband was miserable for a time, but her memorygradually departed, leaving no brightness behind. Amid all the circles she had irradiated no distress was seen, and with all her tact and. ingenuity she left no one willing to sound her praises. After so many troubles from style and fashion, it is not a surpris ing fact to the readers to learn of the probability of Hugh Barnardiston forming a second alliance with the sister of Mrs. Wilmot, the eldest daughter of Admiral Hayes, a young lady of great sense and possessed of kind feelings. In the course of the narrative, a great variety of characters appear which impart a. life and vivacity to the scene. It is refreshing to turn to simple domestic people like the Hayes, after the whirl and false glitter of the Barnardiston set. Mrs. Hayley, Mrs. Price Mills, in their different ways furnish entertainment. The rough old admiral and his serene but straightfor ward and sensible lady are well sketched. Alto gether, the story may lay claim to a considerable share of attention, for it has the merit of some originality, and talent has stamped it with an un deniable impress. The field chosen for display is not a new one, but the vigorous descriptions, the bril liant touches and the life-like portraits, infuse spirit into its style, and impart lustre to its pages. " The Lady of Fashion may rank among those novels which are the result of reflection, and which give rise to thought. The Zoist. Arthur Hall, Virtue and Co. The fifty-second and final number of this practical as well as speculatiiie serial, or " Journal of Cere bral Philosophy and Mesmerism, and their Appli cation to Human Welfare," originated, as we' have every reason to believe, in the most philanthropic and liberal spirit, supported by zealous and talented contributors, and conducted with singular ability and fearlessness amid much ridicule and bitter opposition, " the object for which the Zoist was un dertaken is," we are told, "attained"—that object being " the establishment of truths, splendid, ex quisite, extensive in their bearings, and of the highest importance to the moral and corporeal well-being of mankind." This being the case, the editor, who has been a host in himself, has judi ciously, doubtless, brought it to a conclusion, so that nothing now remains for the subscribers but to regard the numbers which have appeared as parts of a complete production—bind them toge ther and treasure them " as a solid work of refe rence for years to come." What the achievements are on which the editor looks back with justifiable pride—at all events, unconcealed satisfaction—may be gathered from the following quotations, loosely strune . together : " During thirteen years we have amassed fresh fact in Cerebral Physiology and Mesmerism, and presentee them in such numbers and with such proofs, that to question them would be absurd ; and they ara no longer questioned, except by the most ignorant, who will gra dually form a smaller minority. We have spare l no labour in collecting facts or examining their solidity : we have never quailed under the attacks made upon ns in the College of Physicians, in other lectures and addresses, in publications, or in conversation behind our beats, but have stood our ground and fought as became conscientious and fearless men. While thus supporting truth, we have as earnestly applied ourselves to liberate it from the carelessly made observations of some, the weak and fanciful speculations and dreamings of others, and from that curse of all true knowledge and moral progress—superstition—supernatural imaginings —which are excluded from astronomy, chemistry, geo logy, and other sciences, and ought to be excluded from the physiology of the brain, or, in other words, the in tellectual and moral functions of man and other animals, and from mesmerism, both of which are but branches of natural knowledge." " We have been anxious that the world should discern the fact that all the mental—the moral and intellectual phenomena of man and other animals—are but so many phenomena of the living organ called brain, or other nervous substances, and are subject to all the laws of the functions of all other organs; are inevitable and calculable effects of so many causes acting upon certain combinations of matter in certain circumstances." " We have furnished ample examples of facts in the physiology of the brain of which metaphysicians and physiologists; are not aware—facts proving that the term cerebral physiology comprehends snore than phre nology, and is not synonymous with it. We have shown that one brain can act silently upon another, one silently sympathise with another in emotion and in im pressions communicated by the organs of sensation ; that the brain can experience impressions from concealed or d - staet objects of sight ; receive impressions to which we are habitually strangers ; and can be impressed with what has passed or is to come. Imagination in the mesmeric or sub-mesmeric state can effect prodigies. Mesmerism has thus thrown a flood of light upon men tal pbilosphy, and we have furnished an abundance of such illustrations. The Zoist will for ever banish doubts of the reality of many facts in physiology and in disease. Only twelve years ago the whole medical profession scoffed at the possibility of surgical operations being possible without any sensation. The evenings of the 22d of November astd the 13th of December, 1842, will ever be memorable in the annals of medi eine ; and afterwards, when surgeons were overwhelmed with mesmeric proofs, they eagerly adopted a new, but frequently injurious, method of accomplishing what they had held in derision 9,nd had spurned. We have re corded all the glorious doings of Dr. .Esdaile in India, and all the painless operations performed elsewhere up to this hour, so far as we know of them. We have de tailed almost endless instances of the great curative powers of mesmerism over diseases apparently very dif ferent from each other, and shown that it is a mighty adjunct to the restorative power of the living frame,—to the vis medicatrix naturce which always battles against disease—that it soothes and strengthens, and, though not a remedy for every ailment, is likely to be more or less useful, and often strikingly useful, in every case, medical and surgical, general and local, in the young and the old, in the human subject and in the brute creation. We have shown what cause mankind would have to con gratulate themselves if the medical profession would re ceive it into the mass of means which they hourly, and too often unsatisfactorily and injuriously employ. "We have forced attention to singular nervous dis eases disregarded by medical men, though occasionally recorded. Examples of clairvoyance abound in all the volumes. But, though this phenomenon appears un questionable, we well knowthitatbygrobsosthiropproosfietsisoionanisl hourly practised in regard to clairvoyants and privat e individuals considered to be trustworthy, but influen ced by vanity and wickedness." " We have presented satisfactory proofs that mss merit phenomena, though they may be produced artifici ally, may all occur without artificial means, and are due I to a peculiar condition, of which we are as ignorant as of the true nature) of gravitation, electricity, heat, light, So. We have proved that mesmeric phenomena are inde pendent of imagination, suggestion, fixed ideas, &c., though every mesmerist should be aware that imagina tion often plays a powerful part in mesmeric phenomena, and has thus proved a stumbling-block to investigators from the time of the first commission of inquiry in Paris in the last century to the present hour." Glancing over the contents of the present num ber with more than usual interest, though the mere fact that the appearance of the journal from the first involved a sacrifice of time and feeling for a good and humane purpose, gave it a special attrac tion to all who admire manliness and self-devotion — and who, like ourselves, are by no means of opinion that the profession of medicine can afford to reject any useful aid, we find, among other things, a number of striking cures, by means of mesmerism —another and a final instalment of a remarkable series of papers on " The Extatics of Genius," the subjects being Socrates, George Fox, Swedenborg, Schamyl, Joseph Smith, and Hung-Lew-tsewen, the theological leader of the Chinese rebellion, toge ther with " I visit to the Great Prison at Munich, -by the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend," communicated in a letter to Dr. Elliotson, the latter a narration so extraordinary that many w be disposed to regard it at first as a Utopian dream. The writer, however, appeals to the testimony of all who know anything of the prison in question in corroboration of his statements, which there can be no doubt are strictly true, and on which he bases much shrewd remark and able reasoning. The prison in question is under the superinten dence of a philanthropic and decidedly philosophi cal governor, a colonel in the army, whose system, though of a nature calculated to appal our prison Solons, is, we are told, hardly more novel than it is successful. The institution, let it be premised, is self-supporting, and now the Colonel loquitur— " When a criminal enters the prison, the first thing we do is to ascertain his former trade, if he had any, and to set him to work at that. In the case of his non-instruction in any useful occupation, we immediately take measures to have him instructed in some business that seems best adapted to his nature and faculties. Our lowest class of manual occupation is the winding of flax on reels, and to this work the least clever and intelli gent are set. A large proportion of the prisoners are employed in this business, which is so essential to our grand object, the manufacture of cloth. Corporal chas tisement is here unknown. Indeed had there been any thing of the sort employed in this prison you would not have seen me here. Neither have we any useless labour (a cut at our treadmills thought I), anything, in short, which might degrade a man from his position as a human being. Our great moral object is to raise and to re claim. Our basis of principle is the belief that even the worst criminal still remains man and nay be beneficially a:ted on by kindness, reason, and the skilful touching of certain human motives which' we have found commo n to all. Convinced that all restraint is inefficient which is not accepted by the will of the criminal himself, w e try to lead every one of our prisoners to a conviction of the excellence of our measures, and of the benefits which will accrue to himself from cordially embracing them. In fine, to produce self-government, not a government ab extra (continued the colonel with something of the German metaphysician in his manner) : a subjective, not an objective, obedience and acquiescence is our end and aim." To the remark that this must be difficult, he replies : " I have not found it so," replied the Governor. " Occupation in the present, an object of interest set before a man in the future, the idea of something still to be lost, or still to be gained. These springs of action judiciously set in motion are adequate, we find, in every case, to restore or develops the principle of self-govern• ment. Of course, the chief difficulty is at first. Many a new comer is necessarily idle, brutish, ferocious even. But this I have ever found with the worst of criminals : once convince him of your interest in him, and he is pervious to your influence. The great source of crime (continued the governor, who seemed to be somewhat of a philosopher) undoubtedly is the belief in the lower classes that they are cared for by neither God nor man. How much of this belief is the fault of the higker and governing classes, God only knows. At any rate we, in this place, try to remove the unfortunate impression. There, at least, the criminal sees that much is done, and disinterestedly done, for his benefit and reclaiming." Occupation is the first great means relied on for governing the prisoners, each of wham has his daily task allotted to him, and is left without su pervision to complete it, the punishment for neglect being pecuniary fines and deprivation of indul gences, no corporal chastisement being permitted. These punishments are found to be efficient in such cases, " most of the men," according to the Colonel, having natures sufficiently human really to feel the infliction of a fine or penalty, as if their ill conduct had been an act of ingratitude towards those who are interested about them. Once convinced that they are yet men—yet cared for by somebody —they seem to dread anything like a fall back into that utter self-contempt which was once their usual state. The money, however, which they are al lowed to make acts, we are told, " like a forcible taskmaster over them," even operating on those imprisoned for life, who have liberty to be queath it. In the prison are criminals of every grade, murderers included, yet all are con trolled by moral coercion. Chains may be employed at first to the more desperate, but in the long run these are found unnecessary. The prison contains six hundred offenders—the doors of their rooms are open—there is no secret espion age—the punishment of death is rarely resorted to in Bavaria—they communicate and combine, and there is no strength in the prison to resist them, yet they do not combine nor rise in revolt. Diet is an important element. " Nothing over strong is allowed—the cooling regular diet of the prison has from the first an immense effect on their moral being." Crime by the way is regarded by the Governor as a disease. Every prisoner can read, and the means of self-instruction, including a library, are at their disposal ; fenced, how ever, round with restrictions. punishment is allowed that can injure health—everything that is done in this way is such as commands the gene ral approval of the prisoners. Our space will not allow us to notice in detail the observations -made by Mr. Townshend during his inspection ; suffice it to say, they amply justified the statements of the Governor, and included a marked and easily recognisable 'amelioration in the countenances " of the criminals who had been longest in prison." " We have nothing," says Mr. Townshend, " like it in England. I wish we had, at least for trial sake. The Munich plan involves three important points, which are not yet embraced in any of our prison systems. I mean first, the treating of the worst criminal as a recoverable human being ; second, the substitution of self-restraint for alien ; third, the absence of all useless labour or nugatory punish ment of any kind ! But we must conclude, and in doing so recommend a perusal of the narrative, and of Mr. Townshend's remarks, including those on Capital Punishment, to the notice of our readers. 11 all 10►0 8C 1 sll 20 if 1 al' 1 2s 50 s 50 li 1 0 1 , 100, Bedford and TUE MILITARY COUNCIL-POLAND. It is not for us to presume how far the lately revived question of the restoration of Poland may enter into the deliberations of the Military Conference at Paris, but should the marching of an allied army into that country appear conformable with the tactics of the next campaign it is to be hoped the Governments will not neglect the opportunity. Both France and England are morally pledged to the attempt to rescue this territory from the iron rule of Muscovite dominion. The Courts ofStockholni and Copenhagen joined with those of Paris and London in remonstrating /against the first partition in 177'2. Napoleon held out great promises to the Poles when he required their aid against Austria, Prussia, and Russia; but, whether intentional or not on his part, those pro mises were never realised. That powerful and civilised nations like France and England should permit the great crimes which were perpetrated by Russia and Prussia in partitioning Poland, first in 1772 and then in 1794, is not only a reproach from which they will never be able to vindicate themselves, but a mistake, the bitter consequences of which both countries are now experiencing in the expenditure of treasure and blood, required to repel the audacious aggressor in another quarter. Of the Imperial and Royal robbers concerned in the spoliation, Austria is probably the least culpable. The plan had been consummated between Berlin and Russia, without reference to Austria, in the first in stance ; but the latter power, indignant that she was considered unworthy of being consulted, insisted on a share of the spoil, and was contented with a very small one. The excuse of the Governments in 1794, that they were too much concerned with questions involving their own safety, could not be adduced in 1830, when the brutality and butcheries of Constantine drove the Poles to insurrection, which resulted in the suppression of that Constitution which the Emperor Alexander, at the Con gress of Yienna, solemnly pledged himself to maintain. Again were the unfortunate Poles flattered and deceived. The House of Commons, the press, the platforms, and the pulpits of England ; the Legislature and public as. semblies, and the organs of opinion in the United States; the Chamber of Deputies, the Press, and the public of France joined in one shout of indignation against those atrocities, and the audacious violation of the public law of Europe. The oppressed Poles hoped for succour, but hoped in vain. It was now, as Kosciusko of imperishable re nown, declared fully 30 ye ars b e f ore —Finis P o lonia ! While patriots declaimed, the Governments connived, shrinking from a duty they owed alike to the nations they represented and to humanity. The error is one which they have had cause to lament. If the attempt is not now hopeless, it is obvious that a more favourable opportunity than the present—when France and Eng land are agreed upon its policy—may never again oc cur. The cause is worthy of the effort. - Until a physi cal barrier is again raised against Muscovite ambition, the Western nations can neither hope for peace nor secu rity.—Morning Advertiscr. ASSISTANT-JUDGESHIP AT MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Wo understand that the Assistant-Judgeship at Mid dlesex Sessions, vacant by the death of Mr. Sergeant Adams, is in the gift of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The duties of the Judge are not only to try the prisoners committed to the Sess ions, but also to hear parish appeals , which frequently involve difficult questions of law. it has been stated that Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Prender gast, Q.C., are likely to have the appointment offered to them. Both these gentlemen are in every wa y quali. fied, but it is thought that neither would be anxious for the appointment. Mr. Bodkin is ambitious of a seat in the House of Commons, he b e i ng at the present moment a candidate to represent Rochester on the Tory an d by the . Act ot . Parliament establishing interest ; the Assistant -Judgeship, it is provided that he shall not sit in P ar liament. Mr. Pr en d erga st , it is thought, would not accep t this office, since it would disqualify him for the City Judicial Office he is now a candidate for. Mr. Pashley, Q.C., is also mentioned as a fit per. son for the appointment. SHIPBUILDING AT LIVERPOOL.—The number of ships built and launched at Liverpool during 1855 was 40, having a tonnage equal to 14,474 tons. Of these 17 were of wood, equal t• 2,614 tons ; and 2Z; of iron equal to 11,860 tons. The above includes only those vessels which were of considerable and large tonnage. , ed in ) fog. kets, her, land ° the 'OOL, treat L the ,end woof ) ar 'yn e 'ear. sond ; Last rted ant,