The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-12 00:00:00

it . • , It .11 7 . ~;' "r ~' , ' IF r Y` THE EXETER BREAD R.l7iTS:\ SHARE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY). . • 4 ...Aoit .1 4 (FROM OIIR OWN CORRESPOND.V.M4 _ . . EXETEf i l ateo - 11. 4 • 00* 7l -- This morning, 28 prisoners, charged with a`tta.Cking s hr , the house of Mr. Trood, of Exminster, on the evening of Monday, the 9th inst., were brought up before the St, county magistrates. The evidence, so far as it went, 2( showed the extreme violence of the mob—property to large amount was destroyed, life was in danger; and 5 lad it not been for the timely arrival of the dragoons, the consequences would indeed have been serious. The I ' prisoners, of whom four are females, are all young, not one exceeding the age of 20, and belong to a very low class. The magistrates remanded all of them till a future ay, but have intimated their intention of dealing sum marily with those cases, on Friday, in which the priso ners are under the age of 16. The city has now resumed its usual quietude, and all fears of further disturbances are set at rest. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Jan. 11. Business done this day. 100 lAbcrdeen 82'Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... all Belfast & Ballymena all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 18i , .£2O ......... 30 'Blyth & Tyne original, £25 (iss. at £45) 1 100 ' Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester d; Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all !Cork, Black. & Pass 12 'Cornwall 45 Dublin &Belfast Jun o, all Dundee Perth &Aber ) dean Junction all 'Do. New (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY'S ESTATES.—A zaumber of men are employed on the Mill Hill Estate, forming the new streets. This estate is about 25 acres is extent—the situation, the most desirable that can possibly be conceived, being high, dry, and healthy, commanding views unrivalled in beauty and extent. On the east it has fine views of Cowes harbour and roadstead, East Cowes Park, Osborne House, and of the sea extending to Portsmouth ; on the south it has the river, and the beautiful and varied scenery of the island, extending to the lofty Downs above the Undercliff ; on the west and north the roadstead of Cowes, with its fleets of royal and noble yachts, steam-ships, and mer chantmen, the new forest and Southampton-water filling up the back ground. Standing on the hill above the town of Cowes, but within the town boundary, the Public Health Act, the Police Act, and the Improve ment of Towns Act are.in force ; one of the effects of which is that the streets are to be 40 feet in width, and the sewers (12 and 15-inch glazed stone pipe) are to be laid at a depth of 3 feet under them before the houses are commenced. There are to be five streets, each com manding fine marine and land views. The climate is so rand that the myrtle, geranium, and other shrubs of southern Europe flourish in the open air ; even the heliotrope stood through last winter in the open beds at Debourne-lodge. There being a great deal of gravel on the estate, the roads can be made at a comparatively small expense. The distance from the church, the baths, the beach, and the Royal Yacht Squadron house, is very trifling, not more than five minutes' walk. The Gurnard Estate is much larger, extending over 143 acres, the views from which are very beautiful, extend ing to Hurst Castle. The aspect is south and west ; the land falls into a fine bay, with a sandy beach and ex cellent bathing : but the conveyance of this estate is not yet completed. Cowes, after having been confined to its present nar row limits for 50 years, has all at once burst its bonds, and is extending in every direction. The present pro prietor of the Northwood Estate has offered some of the most beautiful parts of it in the neighbourhood of Egypt, on building leases. SALE OF RlCE.—Part of the cargo of the Russian brig " Nadeschda" was sold by auction at the Medina Com mercial Wharf, yekerday ; it was hue. damaged state, but produced 91. per ton on the average, independent Of the duty. The Marquis Conyseham has sold his yacht The Sultana to Lord Colville, and is in treaty for the pur chase of The Swede, schooner. •- ;5 all East Anglian (-£25 L. d: E. &L. 8 all Do., (£lB E. & ll.).. ~ co all Eastern Counties..... ;t. 100 Easterntraion,A.sk t. 100 Do., do. .... 38 84 Do.NewA(lateThirds) it. 100 East Lancashire it. 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow .0 S Edinb. and Peebles R 100 Edinb•Prth.&Dunde O 1 Forth and ClydeJunc. • ,160 Glasgow &S. Western R. 1100 Great Northern Stk it. 1100 Do., A. Stock it. 1100 !Do., B. Stock R. ;100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) it. 'lOO ,Great Western.. L 2 11 Irish South-Easter-a. i() all 'Lancaster &Carlisle. L6l 114 Do., Thirds-- ... it. 100 Lancash. &Yorishirt [94 174 Do., Fifths . L 4 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un SO all Leeds Northern 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. Llil all London & Blackwall 10 84 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 1 100 Lond•Bright.&S.Cst. 51. 100 London &N. Western 20 12 Do. Fifths LO 1 Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 124 24 Do. Eighths it. 100 London & S. Western 50 424 Do., £5O 10 34 Do., £4O 25 all Lnndri7.&Coleraine n all Lndndrry. & Ennisk., St. 100 Manch•Shef. &Linclu. 84 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. St. 100 Midland .... St. 100 Do. Birming.& — Berby 50 474 Midland G. West. (Ir. ) 25 173 Do. A Shares ... 00 all Newcastle &Carlisle St. 100 Newmarket 61 5 Do. Bury Extensions 25 174 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 50 74. Newry & Enniskillen 20 all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor St. 100 Norfolk.-- .... 50 I 34 Northu. Counties Un St. 100 North British 16 16 North Devon, No.l 16 11 1 Do., No. 2.. .... • 8 all Dc., A Deferred 8 8 Do., 6 B Guaranteed 50 all North London . 10 1.1 N. &S. Wstn• , Hamp stead, and City Jn.. 20 174 North Staffordshire 20 all North Western.. 10 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 2.2 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westu Guaranteed Stock 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do. all Do: Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. all South Devon 100 South Eastern all Soutli Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do ......... ......... 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 16 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 I Do £lO shades 100 iDo. Pref., No. 1 20 Thau Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of l all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall 1 West Eud of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wmbledon &Croydou 100 York Newctl. & Berw.l 20 Do. Extensions , 11 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 'York & N. Midland MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN rat the Week ended Tan. 12, 1854, made up from the Returns of V - e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale , per Imperial Quarter. SAT.IIARLEY.I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 76s 2d l 4 1 s 31 1 255 5d I 49s 8d I 465 Ild 50s 2d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. LARIAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. 7 23 5d 39s 7d 25s 5d 45s 5d 48s 6d 51s id DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BAILEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEA:43. I PEAS. IS Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLT) LAST WEEK. Wheat, 64,329; Barley, 94,554; Oats, 23.976; Rye, 113; Beaus, 4,911; Peas, 1,652 Quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 10s to 5/ 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 16% to 2/ 2s per load. A. full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 51 lOs ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Simply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3t lOs to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 61 10s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 21 2s per load. Trade steady. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady at this market to-day, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 5s Od per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, JAN. 11.—To-day's market was fairly sup plied with each kind of stock, which moved off slowly, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JAN. 11.—Each kind of stock was in request, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d. ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s Bd. per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 22s to 26s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)IsT LONDON, Jan. 12.--Wind this day at Noon, E. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, - Jan. 11.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Caroline, from Richmond, U.S., for Bremen ; Highland ]Slary, Quebec, with loss of bulwarks, boats, &c., decks swept, and two mates washed overboard. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 11.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Time and Truth, for Adelaide ; Merchantman, do. FALMOUTH, Jan. 11.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Otter, from Pernambuco. SHIELDS, Jan. 11.—The Ocean, from Havre, and the Boidecca, of Teignmouth, got on the Herd Sand yesterday ; the latter has become a total wreck. --.-- -- SUNDERLAND, - Jan. 11.—The Dankhaer, of Konigsberg, London to Newcastle, has been wrecked here ; crew saved. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 11.—The Peared, of and for Nor way, from London, in ballast, went ashore at West Ilartlepool last night, and immediately went to pieces ; crew saved.—The destruction here is dreadful; vessels driven in here going to pieces, and breaking one another UP in our outer basins. CLYDE, Jan. 10. —Sailed—Sesostris, for Rangoon and liaUlMain ; Bannockburn, New Orleans. KINGSTOWN, Jan. 10.—'Arrived—Brilliant, for Pug wash. Sailed—Mariner, for Savannah. DUNDEE, Jan. 10.—The Commerce (schooner), of Aber deen, from Dantzie, waterlogged and unmanageable, ran upon the rocks yesterday, opposite Laiiyloan station ; crew saved. The Domestic (schooner), of Bideford, Scilly to the Clyde, was abandoned by her crew in a leaky state, and drifted to a reef of rocks yesterday, off the Blasket Island ; crew saved. WARKWORTH, Jan. 11.—A square-rigged vessel, sup posed to be Spanish, and named Montezuma, has been lost on the rocks near Boulmer, a quantity of empty sulphur casks have been washed ashore. The Catherine Maria, of Odense, has been totally wrecked at Danridge ; crew saved. A Newfoundland dog swam on shore from the wreck, and is protecting the property which is being Washed ashore. WISBEACH, Jan. 11.—The Albion, of Wisbeach, for Shields, was seriously damaged last night by a large floe of .106 drifting down. She nearly filled with water, and was -with difficulty saved from sinking, The lower head of the harbour is still blocked up with ice, though thawing. An lee-boat has commenced breaking up the ice. RANGOON, Nov. 18.—Th e G a l con d a , arr i ve d h ere on th e sth Oct. from Calcutta, had been on shore. The Atalanta, from Calcutta, parted her moorings , Nov. 13, and went on shore ; dama ge not yet known. HONG KONG, Nov. 27. TheG. .E seh .W ar,d theeebster, greater forSan part of her cargo, andsurveyed Francisco, has p u t back leaky, 27.—The and d AMA-IN, Nov. 18. Thesueld and repaired. MMwill ' Salisbury y and the Lintin, hence for Great Britain, grounded on proceeding down the r i v er, received consider a bl e damage, and are dischargi ng to be surveyed. WivENHOS, Jan. 11.—The Luna (brig), of Sunderland, for London, was found this morning to have four feet of water iu her hold, and was abandoned, on the West R oc k. She has since been brough t in to harbour. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wind,'S., moderate, and frosty. lO M. Arrived—Emperor, from Bahia ; Shamrock (s), g avre Frederick, Miramichi ; Sarah Bottsford, Dalhousie ; Hart:. ford, Mobile ; Janet, Callao ; Hudson, Baltimore ; Briti owl, Dalhousie ; Lucy, Richibucto: QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 10. Wind, N. Arrived—Augusta, from Laguna, for Liverpool ; Con stanza, Marianopoli •' Jessica, Callao; S ivas, Odessa Medinero, M a t anzas . Sailed=Refugo, for Bristol; Candace, Aberdeen; Ram- St. packer, New4astle. 50 (By SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.45 a.m. 25 Wind, S.E., three-quarters flood, moderate, and hazy. Arrived, Jan. 11.—John Bunyan, from Shanghae ; Pet, 1 06 St. NichaePs. Sailed, Jan. 11.—Maria Christina (s.), for Santander ; City of Rotterdam, (s.), Dunkirk. DEAL, Thursday, 9.10 a.m. Wind N.N.W., light airs. No arrivals. COLNEY HATCH PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM.—The Committee of Visitors of this asylum have passed a reso lution, declaring that the weekly sum to be paid for the maintenanc e of patients confined in the asylum, charge able to the county, or to any parish therein, be fixed at the sum of 9s. 4d., and for each person not of the county i 100 confined therein, at the sum of 14s. I 50 THE CARLTON CLUB. —The old Carlton Club, for many years the rendezvous of political partizans and gossips of all shades of Tory and Conservative principles, is being pulled down. Some two or three years ago a new house was begun by the Club for increased accom modation to the members, and Buckingham House has been taken by the members of the club while the old premises are pulled down and rebuilt. The new building, we understand, will be uniform in its external appear ance with the new house built next to it, and which is adorned in front with polished granite pillars. When finished, the Carlton will, in its extended and improved condition, be a great ornament to the architectural beauty of Palkaall, s BRITISH RAILWAYS, RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. 19i - 20i 1 4i-- 5 9 94 11 9 d 18 - 19 - 94 - 96 51 -- 524 14,i .- 15§ 14 - 15 43 -- 45 8 - 9 4i - - 42 26 - 28 61 - 63 61 -- 63 21•— ia 83 - 84 59 - 61 127 - 129 99 - 101 81 -81 i 90 -- 95 I 12A -- 130 63 -- 63 7$ -- 70' 12i -- 13 i -- i P 95 -- 97 101} -101 t 1 d -- par par -- * p B 6 74 76 13 -- 12 d 10 -- 9 d 20 : 21 d 61 -- 614 33 35 54 56 i d par, 5 4d 2 1 - 34 6 - 8 3i - 34 28 -29 8- 10 li - 2i 64 - 7] 52 ... 55 $ aid 8 86 1 d par 34 - 36 91 - 93 56 - 58 55 - 60 55 - 60 2i - 14 161 7 8 10 12 3i 3gd 13 15 58i 59 :32 33 3 -- 2 d 4 5 27 - 30 211 21 14 - 15 5i - 5i 25 - 27 8 8i 64 9 80 4i --41 ct 45 ----. 46 FOREIGN. ..0 7 5 3 ?.0 8 all .74 0.11 10 0 all ;0 2 5 all 9 10 .. 10 8 20,1 i;i4 104 ;o all 5 1 4 O 15 .0 10 5 2 5 3 LO 5 12 104 33i' 29 LO 110 !O I all .6 all X/ all Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erqueliu Demerara . Dijon and Be sagon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l iss. )1857 Do. bonds (2 iss . )1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. prof Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & By. Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. I. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse , Do. 5i per cent. pref S.E. of France Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders 2 - 1 - 4 - 10 10 4 2 i' - ii N - id fi 2i 4i hd 3i7 i P i r 3p Do. 5 per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden 3t 1 5 1/ 3d id 1(1 12 (Zealand.. 8 14ip - 4 p LINES LEASED AT FTXED RENTALS. Bbr. Paid RAILRAYs Leasing Closing Prices Business sssott.. Compass yesterday. this cloy. Bleta 50 25 :all B :tw e jaosL d e f us oi c :l oDinire. a gr n et d . Ln.&N.W. L. &N.W. 101 103 — . Y.l n esdaleJe. C,aledon 51 52 2 5 n * n aCalt"Ncloniartlinn 140 143 25 all Glstr * 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. &yk N ew . Railway * .. d g 50 all Hull & Selby.y. • • &N.1.1d. 109 111 25 all Do. Shares. Do . 12A 54 all Do. Shares. Do ....... - 55i 12i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 13i --- 1 2 4 8 , 20 all Do. Preference Do 244 —25 i St 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk 92 94 et. . Do S 5 t. 3 l a oo ll ma Do. n 6 ei p o ei xt ' on. Ln.&N.W. and Matlock (Sr Midid• 2 ...... 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stekton & 1 50 00 alla Mll N -R e o i d l r (i t d h e e ll: , d ' n aindd; Dal idl a n i n d g t . • 99 ' — lOi Eastern sp.c. E. Count 6O 62 5 all Do. 6 per ct.. 'Do 5' all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 2 ,-) all Prest. &Wyre L. &IS . W &Ln&Yk 1 12 Do. 1 Shares. Do .... . . . S 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 140 143 1 42 S.- 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 140 143 2• 138 Shef. Roth. & Lancashok Gooleg.s.p.c Yorksh . . 12 9,i S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 2 iOu 50 all WearYalleyg,r Stockt. & 6 per cent Darling. 25 all Do Do 3O 31 30i St. 100 WiltsdiSomrat Gt.Weata 97 09 Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk .of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. tank, of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chrtd ' London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia . London and County London Joint Stock LondandWestminst National Provincial of. England Do. New National of Irelar. ci New South Wales ..,. Oriental Bank C poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn: Bkg and Gold Imp. Co ' South Australia ' Union of Australia Do. New Union of Loudon Union of Madrid THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1854 CIVILISED VERSUS SAVAGE LIFE. the destruction of the town of Winnebah ; the natives at which place had treacherously seized and murdered the governor of a fort by which they had been often themselves protected, and which the British simulta neously demolished. On 7th Feb., 1813, at 7h.45 m. p.m., being off the Iles de Los, the Amelia, with an emaciated crew en board of 300 men, came to close action with a French frigate, L'Ardthuse,* of 44 guns (24-pounders on her main deck) and 340 men in the full vigour of health ; and maintained it with an interval until 11 h. 21 m. ; when the combatants separated, the enemy with a loss of 105 men killed and wounded, the British of 141 killed and wounded. After the conflict had been raging for about two hours, Captain Irby lhaving been obliged by a severe wound in the elbow to quit the deck, the first and second lieutenants being killed, and the crew falling fast, it was recommended by the master and the third lieutenant, as the Amelia's fire too had at the moment ceased, that her colours should be hauled down. Scarcely had this suggestion been made to the captain, when the third lieutenant, in as cending the quarter-deck ladder, was himself added to the number of the slain. Just then Captain Irby, with his arm in a sling, came on deck, and mentioliod the ad vice he had received—advice which was at the same time repeated by the master, who stated that a fresh ship was in sight, coming up on the Amelia's lee-quarter, and that a renewal of the fight would but involve a useless sacrifice of life. At this juncture Mr. Umfreville stepping forward, promised that if the captain would allow him gain to man the guns and resume the action, the ship should never strike, but should go down first.' Being told by Captain Irby to do his best, he set to work ac cordingly, and had the honour of fighting L'Arethuse -for upwards of an hour, until indeed, at the time above stated, the enemy, in the words of the official letter, bore up.' Although he was thus the means of support ing the credit of the British flag, and of preserving to the navy one of its finest frigates,+ Mr. Umfreville's gallant conduct was not, that we are aware (and as it assuredly ought to have been), reported ; nor was he alluded to in his captain's narrative, in other terms than as a de serving and valuable officer?* He continued in com mand, as acting lieutenant, of the Amelia (deducting a few days that it was held by Lieut. Reeve, an officer in valided from the Kangaroo sloop) until she arrived at Spithead, 22d March, 1813. On the 25th of that month, as he h'ad been the only passed midshipman in the action he was officially promoted. His next appointment was, 14th March, 1814, to the Fly, 16, Captains Sir William George Parker and John Baldwin ; in which vessel we find him, 18th July, 1815, present, in company with a squadron under the orders of Captain Charles Malcolm, at the cutting-out, from the harbour of Corrijou, near Abervrach, on the coast of Bretagne, of an armed cutter, a praam brig, and a gun-vessel, together with a convoy reposing under the protection of a fort, which was stormed and carried. He left the fly 14th March, 1816 ; :ind, with the exception of a few months, was afterwards, from Bth Feb., 1821, until advanced for his services to the rank he now holds, 29th Jan., 1838, employed either in command of a station in the Coast Guard, or of the Mermaid and Eagle§ revenue vessels ; and from 10th Nov., in the latter year until 1848, again, as an inspect ing commander in the Coast Guard. " Commander Irrafreville married, in Feb., 1817, Miss Jane Clark, of Kingsand, Devon, the niece of a 'amous government pilot at that place, by whom he has Lssue two sons and six daughters." One of the essayists of the last century gives the jour nal of a citizen who, wearied with the selfishness, deceit, politeness, and frauds of metropolitan life, resolved to seek simplicity and peace in some rural retreat. The result was unfortunate. He met with rudeness from the clodhoppers ; he bought a horse, and was cheated ; he asked the road, and was solicited for something to drink ; he refused, and was misled ; his pantry was invaded by enemies within, and his hencoop by enemies without ; he was overcharged by his landlady ; he asked shelter from the rain, and was inhospitably received. Every where he found that London and the country were only two different versions of the same human nature, whatever poets or philosophers might have written to the contrary. Much the same disappointment will follow the perusal of Captain Maguire's narrative, which we published the other day, describing his dealings with the Esquimaux at Point Barrow. Here, if anywhere, virtue was to be found in its poorest, purest, coldest, and simplest state. With the thermometer only occa sionally above zero, there could not be the same excuse for the dagger as in Mexico or New Orleans. With nothing to call property, except dogs, blubber, and skins, there was little temptation to be dishonest ; and on the shore of Vie frozen sea, in latitude 70 or thereabouts, and no knowledge of the rest of the world, except what could be got from vessels searching for Franklin, the simplicity of a savage might at least be expected. But in this remote, dreary, poverty-struck corner of the earth the natives were found as selfish, malicious, fraudulent, cunning, and sneaking as the worst rogues of this very bad city. By the test of our police-courts, nearly every soul among them, chiefs and all, deserved three months' imprisonment or a month's turn at the treadmill. Whole tribes appear to have been parties to the pettiest pilfer. ing and purloining. The public opinion of the mass and the dignity of the sovereign lord were equally compro mised for the sake of bits of sailcloth and the worthless odds and ends to be picked up on deck. The curiosity which might be supposed the sole attraction that drew hundreds together to the ship, and kept them a whole day on its decks, like a swarm of flies, to the serious annoyance of the small crew, soon gave way to a covetous hankering after whatever came within the reach of the fingers or the edge of the knife. The sailors were rudely handled for the sake of their buttons, which somehow or other disappeared in their furtive embrace, and a huge, ill-tempered fellow of a chief, who chanced to have a gun, when once in the ship could hardly be got out of it, but prowled about as long as he could, in the hope of either a general sack, which would certainly have ended in a massacre of the crew, or some petty theft. Eventually, the intrusive savages were compelled to keep their distance and restore the stolen property by the terror of bullets whizzing over their heads, and at length were brought to something like decency and order. By the side of these savages see the civilised man. The captain and crew had to secure their lives and their property against fearful odds of savages, whom they nevertheless felt it their duty to receive and enter tain with the utmost possible freedom. Any measure of defense, and any act of violenee, would have been easy enough ; their only difficulty was to be obliging, kind, and instructive, with personal safety. They had to appear as the missionaries of civilisation, to invite free intercourse, to show all the curiosities of a fabric which was as a fairy palace to the eyes of their visitors, to acquire information of the country, and of such other ships as had appeared on those shores, to traffic both in commodities and in ideas—all the time dealing with a race of pilferers, whose knives were al ways ready, either to detach their booty or to threaten the owner. This was a task peculiarly requiring the disciplined temper and manners of British officers and sailors, and they were tried in every possible form. If the sailors were sent out to erect a tent on shore, or on any other errand, they were beset and threatened. The wood stacked on the ice was pilfered, and then set on fire. Admitted on deck, the rude savages would penetrate to every part of the vessel, in defiance of restrictions, and, once on board, could not be got rid of. The argument •f force was all that they could understand, and that had to be used as sparingly as possible. But here came the triumph of civilization and order : the largest mob was got peaceably out of the ship, and the big chief, with his gun, which he knew perfectlyhow to use, was bowed out withotit so much as the show of weapons. The whole tribe, or rather several tribes, were allowed to visit the ship a boatfull at a time ; they were compelled to restore all the articles stolen; some pieces of sailcloth that had been pilfered with the cognisance of all the na tives, and extensively divided, were restored after much delay and palaver, necessary, as it afterwards appeared, to give time for " fine-drawing" the pieces to their ori ginal form ; free and peaceful intercourse was subse quently established ; a chief was visited in his icy hut, and a picturesque Esquimaux interior described ; infor mation was obtained, showing the traces of former dis coverers, and the visit which had begun so disagreeably, and which in ordinary hands might have ended in the massacre of one side or the other, left nothing to be de sired for any good that could be expected from a meet ing between the extremes of civilization. This is very creditable to civilization, so much abused, and so often set down as a vicious development of human nature. The state of nature, after all, is not that pure, simple thing, described by remancers, nor, on the other hand, is the British Navy a school for the indulgence of the worst passions. Why, Captain Maguire, his stout officers, his quiet, but rather short-tempered quartermaster, and all the rest of his crew, were angels of light and truth, compared with these prowling, sneaking, treacherous, pilferink, mis chievous wretches. But is it not also some comfort to us to find that Cape Barrow is quite as prolific in crime, whether juvenile or adult, male or female, as this much-maligned metropolis ? Lord Shaftesbury and Sir John Pakington would find just as much employment for their philanthropy in these regions of eternal ice and snow as in London or Birmingham. It is not being exposed to extraordinary temptations, or special facilities for crime, or particularly bad parents, or no parents, or life in the streets, or non-model lodginghouaes, or half a life spent in gaol or penny theatres, or bad newspapers and books, or anything peculiar to great cities, that makes an incorrigible rogue. The weed will grow up anywhere, and needs not even sun or soil. Wherever man is, there is the material for the cowardly mis chievous villain —nay, more, for a generally debased state of society. Perhaps we should also draw the not very satisfactory lesson that we must never expect to eradicate crime, and to reform beyond the need of further improvement. The perpetual argument for new schemes is, that matters are worse now than they ever were. We wish we could believe London a more vir tuous city than it was ten years ago, but we cannot ; for we really believe every one of the ten commandments to be violated just as recklessly and extensively now as it was in 1844. But how are we to expect any palpable and demonstrable improvement ? We have not much reason to expect it. It is in the people, not in institu tions. It is in the Londoner as it is in the Esquimaux, and our civilisation, instead of vitiating and degrading us, has really been the great reformer. But for it we should be naked Picts or Britons,—animals, in their time, we will venture to say, not very unlike Captain Maguire's Esquimaux. —Times. * L'Arethuse had been observed, the evening previously, to be in company with'Le Ruble, a ship of similar force. t The Amelia had on board a quantity of ivory and gold dust on merchants' account. 1: Vide Gazette, 1813, p. 583. § He commanded the Eagle from the 18th of March, 1834, until March, 1837. SHEERNESS, JAN. 9. COURT-MARTIAL ON AN UNLICENSED PILOT. THR MEDEA, 6, PADDEE-WHEEL STEAM-SLOOP, COMMANDER AUGUSTUS PHILLIMORE.—The Queen's pilot residing at Deal (Mr. Richard Lambert), who had charge of the sloop from the Downs for Hull, and afterwards to this port (the sloop being ordered here in consequence of her having been on shore), has this day been tried by a court martial on board her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 121, flag ship at the Nore. Captain-Superintendent Hope, of her Majesty's ship Monarch, 84, guard-ship in ordinary, presided. After hearing the evidence, the Court adjudged the following sentence :—" The Court are of opinion that the accident happened owing to the prisoner mis judging the distance he was from the Lights ; and 2 taking into consideration the very high testimonials he has produced, and the favourable statement given by the witnesses before the Court, they recommend him to be more cautious for the future, and they hereby repri mand and admonish him, and he is hereby reprimanded and admonished accordingly." The Medea will leave here to-morrow for Woolwich, to be docked there instead of at this yard. SPORTING NOTES. A i. PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. The Jpt ablication of the entries for the spring handi caps ha a been followed by no important movement in the turf: market. Indeed, speculation is unusually in active, a► nd is regulated by an extreme and a significant caution. Virago, although now backed with little appa rent ap i] it, is still the leading favourite for the Chester Cup. somewhat powerful demonstration has, how ever, w i thin the last few days been made in favour of his stal i le companion, Catspaw ; a proceeding which may tempos lolly discourage the supporters of Virago. Two , handicaps have been published for the Oundle Steepl pehase ; one framed by the appointed handicapper, Mr. T spham, and the other by the promoter of the meetir lg. Much confusion and annoyance has conse quenti 37 been occasioned. On inquiry I was informed that e Ir. Topham having neglected to forward the .weight ►in time for publication in the early editions of the Su a iday papers, the person above mentioned was compe 1 led to make the handicap. Late on Saturday, howes Mr. Topham sent the weights to Bell's. Life, in which : paper they were inserted, 'greatly to the perplexity of own, ors of horses who had previously received the origina 1 handicap. It was, however, ultimately decided to reit ct Mr. Tophain's handicap, and to accept that fram id by the promoter of the meeting. Subjoined is a copy a , f the two handicaps : THE ORIGINAL AND ACCEPTED HANDICAP. st lb Pete r Simple ll 12 Om ►r ll 6 The Colonel Plot ts :hboy lO 9 The General IQ 9 Melo a Need wood lO 5 and• Half Ma =rice Daley lO 3 Ga rfurth lO 3 Di: ula lO 0 1 Vi' :tress lO 0 Sin 2ple Sat a Hood 9 13 Tht Tulip 912 Art ti san MR. TOMAH'S RIL: st lb Pei ;er Simple ll 12 Os( ur ll 5 The; Colonel The, General Me lon lO 10 Ne , adwood' lO 6 Ha If-and-Half lO 6 Plo n'ghboy lO 6 Simple Peter lO 2 The. Tulip Diana 9 12 Vic tress 9 12 Sam; Hood 9 12 Maut.rice Daley 9 12 Galli nth 9 12 Tuesday Night. MALTON RAI Notninations for the Mali weights to be declared Feb. Yrs Hobby Horse 4 Vind,ex 4 Twinkle Grapeshot Daniel O'Rourke 5 Streatlam Fairy 3 The Event 5 Cabin Boy 4 St. Michael . Catherine Parr 4 Little Fawn 6 Jetty Treffz 3 Colsterdale Eleapy 4 Miss Sellon 3 Ammonia 5 Honey-dew 4 Cleveland 5 Lord Fauoonberg 4 Captain Cornish 4 Braxey 5 Billy Richardson 5 Antonia Bracken Ea Dorado Brocket st lb Tomboy Robin Hood 9 7 Blackwood Bullfincher A. Y Sir Philip 9 5 Quasimodo Barsell 9 2 Topsy The Screw The Old Rake 9 0 Reindeer Edward of York 9 0 Cigar Nelly Brown 8 10 PREFERENCE MARES. 100 'Aberdeen ...... 109 'Do., No. 2, 7 p. C... 30 Blyth & Tyne 10 pei et. pref. (iss. atX5O; 100 !Bristol & Exeter 4pi cent 5t0ck.......... 5 Do. Do., shares ,100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 64 Cork&Bandon 5 p.c all Dundee Perth&Aber- deer' Junction....... all EastA nglian (X 3 6 per cent. all Do. (~6) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (-27175) 7 p. et.. all Eastern Counties Es• teusioo, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. £lO Debeu. Sh 100 EastLancash. 6p. cts all East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. 100 Great North , 5 p.c 1100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. e. pram 10 Do. 4 percent. Scrip 4 Gt. N. of Scot. ,lst Pref all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths 2 Do. 4 per ct. pref. St 6 Gt. Westu. (Berko & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Do. con. &, red. 4i p.e 100 Do. do. 4 per cent 100 Do. irredeem. 4 p. c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do., 6 p. e., Stock 13 Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B 100 London and,Brightou Guaranteed 5 p. 0 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St all Do. Convertible, 5p I c., 1352....... .... 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c.! 100 Loud. & N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds St. 20 123, St. 12A LonClonclorry& Coler. Shares . all I4oudy. & Euois. 6Sh all Mauch.,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. 1 all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., .C 6 ..... all Nlarypt.&Carl.l p. c. all Do. 4? per cent 10. Do 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4A per cent. 6 Norfolk Debent. Sh. 100 Norfolk Extension... 100 Do. Pref. 5. per et... 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. a 5,6 p. c. 15 Do all Scot. Cen., New Pref all Shrews& Birm. N. G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 10 25 10 L. 0.1 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £103.6d. all S. Y orksh.4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref. 5 Do 10 10 York& N. Midland H. It, S. 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Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquit.t Mexiean&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co , Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silve] Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba.... South Australian.... Tin Croft llnited Mexican West Granada West Mariposa , Worthing Mining of Australia . 'Yuba J OINT-STOC 5 i 5 ;5 17A !O 12 [0 8 10 2A K:, 38A 5 1 )0 321 5 5 5 4 4 2 k) 3 15 20 15 1 1 L 5 14 !I;) 18 1 all 10 4 2 1 all 1 ?.0 10 5 all i 0 I all SO 25 2 all 10 60 I all 5 25 I all 10 282 MISCE: Aubin t,ott.! and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific Mail A.ustraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace Do. New Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph (A) Do. (B) Vcctric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian Do. New Nrth . of Europ3Steam Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph , Van Diemon's Land HACKNEY CAB TRADE.—Last night a meeting of the proprietors of hackney cabs was held at their usual place of meeting, the Cranbourne Hotel. When the proceedings were about to commence, the managers of the meeting, having consulted for some time, announced to the reporters present that one of the objects of the meetin g was to consider the propriety of appealing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the abolition of the cab license duty, as the existing scale of fares, based on the calculation of oats not rising beyond 20s. per quar ter, was not, in the present state of the fodder market, sufficiently remunerative • but that, as they were in themselves a very irregular body, they suspected their proceedings might be found to partake of the , same cha racter, and be prej u di c i a l to t h em if reported. Under c 6 i t r u c t u i m ti s y t e a g n o c f e st,h otheyprose u said to theyw ithcira. had to request the repre- RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR. A special meeting of this company was held at the . offices, in New Broad-street, yesterday, to consider the propriety of accepting the offered guarantee of 4i per cent. on the extension capital proposed to be raised for this line, the shareholders having resolved at a former meeting not to accept less than 5 per cent. ; Mr. W. J. Hamilton in the chair. The CHAIRMAN would not detain the meeting at any length in calling their attention to the objects for which they were convened together. It would be recollected that at a meeting of the company, held on the 31st of October last, the board moved a resolution authorising the acceptance of the terms offered by the East India Company for the remainder of the 1,000,000/. of expe rimental capital, on which an amendment was put and carried, to the effect that the contract only be accepted conditionally, on the East India Company guarantee ing 5 per cent. on the whole of the experimental capital. The directors having the interest of the shareholders entrusted to them, felt bound to communicate that resolution to the East India Com pany, and urge its acceptance. The directors felt that there were three courses for them to pursue to induce the Court of Directors of the East India Company to acquiesce in the views of the shareholders of this com pany, to dissent altogether from the terms offered by the East India Company, or to invite the acquiescence of the shareholders in these terms. They had endeavoured to obtain the acquiescence of the East India Directors to the proposition without effect. They felt they could not recommend the proprietors to forego the advantages likely to result from the extension of the line, and they therefore had no alternative but to recommend the share holders to accept the guarantee of 44 per cent., however disappointed they might feel at not having the guarantee of 5 per cent. extended over the whole of the experi mental capital. Moreover, they must recollect, that the East India Company retained to itself the power of not calling upon them to expend the whole of the first 500,0001., on which they were guaranteed 5 per cent., as they could, if they thought fit, determine that the line should not proceed further than Tannah. If, how ever, they accepted the 4 per cent., there would be no doubt they would be considered entitled to find the capi tal for any furtLPr extensions which they hoped to make into the cotton fiel& of India. The directors had the less hesitation in recommending the proprietors to accept the offer, from the fact, that traffic on that portion of the line already opened had much exceeded their expectations. It was but twenty-ti o miles in length ; and though as yet they had no goods k raffic, the pas senger traffic, after deducting 50 per cent. tOr working expenses, had produced them within a fraction of 3 per cent. on the outlay. (Hear.) When they came to open the 53 miles to Shawpoor, which they would do at .an outlay of 10,0001. a mile, they would intercept all the goods traffic from the mountains, and they had every reason to believe receive much more than 5 per cent. on their outlay guaranteed to them. The 22 miles of the line already opened had cost them 22,0001., and for 30 weeks they had received for passengers only, 321. per day, their total receipts for the 12 months having been 12,1001., which, after deducting the 50 per cent. for working expenses would, as he had stated, give them nearly 3 per cent. on the outlay. The honourable gen tleman then moved a formal resolution, over-riding that of the 31st Oct., 1853, and authorising the direc tors to accept the terms offered by the East India Company. In doing so, however, he thought it neces sary to say that though 100,0001. only would be called up at present, there was every probability of the full 500,0001. being required to enlarge the Bombay station, and make the requisite arrangements for the develop. ment of the traffic. Mr. CRAWFORD seconded the motion, and expressed his conviction that a large expense must be incurred at the Bombay Station, by which their extra capital would soon be swallowed up, to give the necessary accommo dation to the traffic from Shawpoor and the numerous branches from the lines which would become necessary. Mr. RICHMOND would not move any amendment to the resolution, though he did not withdraw from his original opinion, that they were morally entitled to the 5 per cent. Looking at the money market, and the state of the affairs in the East, he thought that 4i per cent. guarantee would be scarcely sufficient to induce parties to take up the capital of it, were it not that they looked upon obtaining a much more valuable return than that amount. Mr. TITE thought they had made a very good bargain with the East India Company, and that the capital would be readily taken up. The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman and directors. The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to a question, that there was no difficulty in procuring labour in India to push on the works, but that their slow progress was occasioned by the difficulties of .the country—the neces sity of making special surveys of every portion of the line—and the control partly held by the East India Com pany over the construction—the correspondence being delayed by the distance of the scene of action. The meeting then separated. GREENWICH.—The half-yearly meeting of the Green wich Railway Company was held yesterday, Mr. Josh. Wilson in the chair, on which occasion a dividend of ss. 2d, per share on the unprivileged shares was declared, leaving a balance of 1611. Os. 10d. a K IL KENNY AND GREAT SOUTHERN AND resolution WE for N.— At a meeting of this company yesterday, forfeiting 3,100 shares was confirmed, and another was passed for altering the time fixed for the half -yearly meeting. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. — Traffio return for the week ending Jan.l, 1854 215,141 11 2 Corresponding week last year 12,719 18 1 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--'te a ffie re turn for the week ending Jan. 7,1854 .........£5,905 13 I- Corresponding week last year 4,577 3 11 Increase in 1854 £1,328 9 5 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. --- PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11. The Simoom, 18, iron troop-ship, Captain Smith, dis embarked the first battalion of the rifle brigade at the dockyard this morning. The band of the second bat talion, the 35th and 79th regiments, played them to the railway station at Landport, where a special train was in waiting to convey them to Dover. The Serpent, 12 , Commander Lambert (acting), was inspected this morning by the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K. C. 8., at Spithead. She will be paid off at this port. The Apollo storeship arrived at Spithead this morn ing from Sheerness. The Banshee steamvessel, Lieutenant-Commander Reynolds, went out to Spithead again this afternoon to receive orders. She has replenished with fuel, and her crew have been paid wages. The Fairy Royal st eam yacht, Master -C omman d er Welch, was removed from the steam basin this morn ing, and placed in No. 7 dock, to allow of the factory artizans working upon her bottom. The Oberon and Echo steainvessels were placed in the steam basin this morni ng, the latter to undergo a tho rough repair. The Pigmy steam tug Went out this morning to render assistance to the Manceuvr er , naval lighter, which got ashore off Langstone Harbour. WOOLWICH, JAN. 11. APPoiNTIficNTs. Lieutenant Alleyne Bland (1845), to the Pique, 40, at Devonport. A cting-IVla,ster Frederick 13. Youel (Second-Master, 1846), to the Racehorse, 14, sl oo p, a t Devonport. Rear-Admiral Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived at 11 o'clock a.m. to-day at the barracks of th e W o olwich division of the Royal Marines, and svas received by Colonel Ellis, C. 8., commandant of the division, with the officers and the non-commissioned officers and men drawn up in line. After a short inspection of the corps, the gallant admi ral proceeded to the .say -officer's to inspect the books and accounts of the division. The Medea paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander Augustus Phillimore, arrived at Woolwich to-day, and is to be taken into dock at this port t o have the injuries she recently sustaine d re p aired, and be again made ready for sea. CAPTAIN INFREVILLE'S SERVICES. The following is O'Byrne's account of the services of Captain Ermfreville, whose promotion to the reserved half-pay list we announced in yesterday's Sun : " Samuel Charles Umfreville was born Bth of June, 1794. This officer entered the navy, 10th January, 1805, as 2d class boy, en board the Malta, 84, Cap tains Edward Buller and W. Shields ; and on 22d July following was present in Sir Robert Calder's action with the combined fleets of France and Spain off Cape Finisterre. He sailed afterwards for the Mediterra nean, where he served chiefly at the blockade of Tou lon, until transferred, in August, 1808, as midship man (a rating he had attained in August, 1806) to the Montagu, 74, Captains Richard HusseY Moubray and John Halliday. While in that ship he was frequently engaged in boat skirmishing with the enemy, and was afforded an opportunity of assisting, in April, 1810, at the reduction of Santa Maura. On his return to England in May, 1811, he joined, as a supernumerary, the Aquilon, 32, Capt. William Bowles, at Sheerness ; he passed his examination in thti en suing July ; and in September of tho same year lie was received on hoard the Amelia, of 48 guns, CaptaidHon. Fred. Paul Irby. Proceeding in her, as master's mate, I to the Gout of Africa, he there, iu July, Hu, wit/Loped 'ECTED HANDICAP. at lb Tomboy Artisan 9 7 Barsell Topsy • 9 5 The Screw Sir Philip 9 5 A. Y 9 5 Robin Hood 9 2 Blackwood Reindeer Edward of York— 9 0 The Old Rake 9 0 Quasimodo Cigar 9 0 Nelly Brown 8 10 A FRESH MAN. .CES—APRIL 27. T DAY. [ton Handicap. Two miles. Yrs The President 3. Bright Phcebus 3 Phcenix Dove The Jewess 3 Janey Lerrywheut 5 Miss Peddie 4 St. Andrew 4 Merry Monk 3 Songstress Lough Bawn 6 Monimia 3 Penitent Windsucker 5 Skinningrove The Collier 5 King Alfred 3 Queen's Own 3 Provost Marshal 4 Miss Agnes 4 Bird-trap 4 Tonic Andromache Diligent SECOND DAY. Nominations for the Convivial Handicap. One mile. Weights to be declared Feb, 1. Yrs Hobby Horse 4 Vindez 4 Duffel O'Rourke 5 The Surveyor 5 Jetty Treffz 3 Heapy 4 Miss Sellon 3 Songstress Ammonia► 5 Li a llit of the Harem 4 Ph.cen ix Bracey 5 Jack the Giant-killer 4 Capt ain Cornish 4 Miss Agnes 4 Middlesborough —. 3 Snowdon Dunhill Ann Eliza Brocket . 4 • Yre Streatlam Fairy 3 Billy Richardson 5 The Tempest The President 3 Honeydew The Puritan 5 Patience Penitent The General 4 Lerrywheut 5 Monimia • 3 Wings of a Dove 4 The Collier 5 Catherine Parr 4 Aawell 4 Tonic Antonia The Jewess 3 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854. The Jockey Club having determined to commence their season on Easter Monday (April 17), the princi pal meetings—supposing the usual arrangements are ob served—will stand as under. Should the stewards, in any instance, determine to vary the fixture, it will be advisable, as a guide to others, to give us immediate notice : FEBRUARY. Newton Spring Derby Spring Lincoln Spring 14 Nottingham Spring 21 MA: Liverpool Spring 1 Doncaster Spring 7 Salisbury Coventry Spring l4 ,CH. AP: Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring 12 Newmarket Craven 17 Warwick Spring 21 Catterick 27 Northampton 29 Abergavenny 30 JL. Catterick Bridge l9 Abergavenny ....- 2O York Spring 25 Malton 27 MAY. Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes Bath 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 Epsom 30 TINE. Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians & Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S 16 Shrewsbury lB Manchester Ascot Heath.... 13 Newcastle-on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Carlisle . 26 Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster Mansfield 11 Liverpool l2 Ipswich 13 ALT( Brighton Brighton Club 4 Wolverhampton Yarmouth 8 Reading Odiham 9 North Staffordshire 9 Wolverhampton l4 Bibury 2B Stockbridge 29 Ludlow 30 Winchester 3O Stourbridge l7 Stamford Nottingham 20 Goodwood 25 Ripon 31 SEPT: lIST. Egbam York Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby Plymouth 30 Lincoln 3l 'EMBER. War wick Lichfield Watern Meeting 7 Manchester Autumn ... 21 Rochester and Chatham 7 Lanark ................. 25 Doncaster 12 Newmarket F 0 26 Pontefract 18 N o rthallerton 2B OCTOBER Chester Autumn......... 3 Warwick Autumn .....,17 YorkshireUnionHunt... 5 Caledonian Hunt , 17 Wrexham .................. 5 Newmarket II .... 23 Newmarket S 0......... 9 Worcester Autumn 3l NOVEMBER. Epsom Autumn ......... r Cowbridge Hunt 8 Closing prices :-- STEEPLECRAI JANT Stretford West sent and Brom ley (3) ll Oundle (5) 17 FEBR ;ES TO COME. ARY. Westbury and Wilt- Newton (1) Derby (2) 8 Liverpool (1) 1 Beverley (1) lO shire (3) 05 Oswestry (2) 26 "MIY. Torquay l6 Carmarthenshire `)1 CH. Birmingham 2' APRIL. Liverpool Hunt Club Cheltenham lB (Hoylake) (2) 8 I Rothbury l9 NOVEMBER. Cowbridge Hunt • ACCIDENT TO SAM DAT.—We regret to state that that well-known jockey, who had only recently reco vered from breaking his thigh at Goodwood races, 1852, experienced a similar accident on Saturday last, whilst on a visit to Mr. R. Way, at his seat, Denham House, near Uxbridge. Every attention and the best surgical aid have been rendered to him, and it is to be hoped that the consequences will not be so serious as were at first anticipated. In turf circles much commiseration is expressed for him. 52i i 62 3 834 4 61 100 811 2 . 92/ 638 1011 i i 2i li 1i 6O 1 6O li 111 45i 6 1 pm Pm 12i 4 ai it 42 id 73} 4i DEPA.RTU CROSUS. The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's steam ship Crcesus, commanded by Captain John V. Hall, left Southampt on , on Wednesday, for Port Philip and Syd ney. It was intended by the proprietors of this magnificent new vessel that she should have left on Tuesday, but a slight derangement being reported as having taken place in her machinery, she was "hauled over" once more before her departure, and hence the cause of her not leaving until Wednesday. She has taken with her about 150 passengers, amongst whom are Sir Thomas Mitchell, of " bomerang " noto riety ; Lady Campbell, Count and Countess Chabrillon and family, Captains Thomas and Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Studen and child, Messrs. Barnett, Breton, Morgan, Young, Campbell, &c. On freight she has a small amount of specie, 1,100 tons of cargo, besides mail and ship-letter bags. The Crctsus left the docks early this morning and sta tioned herself in the river, where she was visited during her stay by many gentlemen and ladies, principally the friends and relatives of the passengers, and from the very beautiful state of the weather, as well as the complete. ness with which all duties in connection with the ,hip had been effected, it was generally remarked that her departure took place under appearances the most auspi cious. About two o'clock the Crcesus let go her moorings and steamed down the river to the admiration of every one. During the time she has lain in the docks she has been visited by some hundreds, who were courteously allowed to roam where they pleased over the vessel, and the expressions of admiration by the visitors were universal. The Crcesus has taken in an immense sea stock, including two cows, for the use of the passengers, and if we may judge of the quantity and excellence of the provisions, the creature comforts of the passengers have been studiously cared for. It reflects the greatest credit upon the General Screw Coml any tkat this noble vessel is despatched in such excellen condition. Not a thing was out of place, and the pas. imagers, one and all, were highly delighted with the ample accommodation afforded them. cores of copies of the daily papers were put on board by the news agents and others as the vessel left. From the interesting state of affairs in Europe no doubt they will be eagerly sought after on her arrival. The ship letters and mail bags were very large, and contained some thousands of packets. The Crceius ' which is the first of a li n e of ships in tended by the General Screw Company to ply regularly between England and Australia, will be followed by the Jason and Golden Fleece, each of which vessels are be ing constructed by Mare and Co., of Blackwall. The Clroasus has received instructions to touch at Lisbon, for the purpose of taking on the English mails for Australia which left Liverpool in the Matilda Wattenb2.ch, lately reported as having put into that port in a disabled state. ST:ATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Jan. 10.—The Manchester market con tinues inanimate. The rise in corn, and the increased fear of war, add materially to the prevailing caution. But, being generally free from stocks, and in many arti cles well supplied with orders, spinners and manufac turers exhibit the greatest firmness in regard to prices. The overland mail is telegraphed, and this has occasioned an inquiry for the East to-day, with some business in certain goods and yarns—less in the latter than in low qualities of the former. ROCHDALE, Jan. 9.—This has been the new market, which, in general, is more a day for the settlement of Christmas accounts than for business. It has been rather thinly attended ; and the roads in many places being yet impassable, on account of the late snow, goods could not be brought to market. The demand for pieces has been tolerably good, at prices much the same as those of the preceding week. Though we have had no great business doing in wool, prices remain firm, and their ten dency is upward. HALIFAX, Jan. 7.---Notwithstauding the inclemency of the weather, there was about the usual attendance of merchants and manufacturers in our Piece-hall to-day, and rather more goods were disposed of than for the last few Saturdays, but the quantity was not large. Yarns remain much as they were ; and there is no quot able variation in the wool market. HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 10.--A moderate business for the season has been transacted in the Cloth-hall in broadcloths and plain trouserings ; but in the fancy vest ings there has been but a small demand. The wool trade has been quieter to-day than for some time past. REMARKABLE FIRE.-AN ICE-HOUSE BURNT. One of the most singular fires ever recorded, happened on Saturday evening at our Railway Terminus, when a large building, used as an ice -house, was entirely de stroyed. The building was about 120 feet long by 40 or 50 wide, and 25 feet in height, with a thatched roof. It was divided into four compartments, three for stowing ice, and one for packing fish. In the in terior, supporters were placed at about eight inches from the brick wall, covered with hoarding all round the house from the floor to the roof, the space between the brick work and the boarding beingfilled with saw-dust. For the convenience of landing ice from wherries, the house was situatad close to the bank of the junction be tween Ereydon and the North river, and about 30 yards from the wooden building used for the transaction of business in the goods department of the railway station. The house is the property of the Eastern Counties Rail ' way Company, and was let to Mr. Coates, fish mer chant, who, at the time of the accident, had 800 tons of ice housed, the building when full containing 1,800 tons. During Saturday so me m en were p ac ki ng i ce , wor ki n g with candles near the roof, and early in the day some tallow it appears had run on the wood work, and caught fire, but the flame was extinguished, and the house was closed in apparent safety about four o'clock in the after noon. Soon after five o'clock, considerable excitement was created in various parts of the town by the fact that a lurid glare was seen in the sky, plainly indicating the existence of a fire somewhere in the north part of the town. Messengers were speedily sent for the en gines, and the alarm was at once spread through the ' town, but considerable doubts were expressed as to the truth of the report that the icehouse was on fire, but few people giving credence to fact that any amount of warmth existed in so cold a locality. An engine was quickly on the spot, followed by hun dreds of people, the number of whom soon increased to thousands, who lined the bank of the river, the yard, marshes, and every bit of standing room. The roof was then blazing furiously at the west side with a breeze blowing from the west by north. Had the wind been full west, the fire would most likely have spread across the yard to the goods warehouse and platform, and have greatly increased the amount of damage. During this time the firemen were vainly endeavouring to get the engine to work, but could not from its frozen state, and it was some time before any supply of water could be obtained. At this time a number of gentlemen, the most promi nent of whom were Mr. Spilling and Mr. Harvey vigorously laboured with buckets, and when the engine did work those gentlemen rendered essential service. At about half-past seven, the factory-engine was brought into the yard and placed opposite the east side of the burning house, and the pipes were brought to play on the north corner, where the flames were breaking out with great fury. The fire was considerably damped, much of the thatch being knocked in, and as each blazing mass fell, the sparks from the saw dust poured out in .uch volumes as to present a beautiful and awfully grand spectacle. When the roof had fallen in and the flames got to the ice, the general opinion was that the fire would be extinguished, but the melting of the ice produced no other effect than that of occasion ing dense clouds of suffocating smoke and steam. By 9 o'clock the most dongerous period of the fire was over, and apprehensions for the safety of the terminus were no longer entertained. A large portion of the spec tators went away, but the factory engine continued playing for several hours afterwards, and the fire continued to blaze till the middle of the night. The next day numbers of persons went to view the scene of the disaster, and all through that day fires. were of the succeeding were seen burning in various parts of 'the erui day, not entirely out till the aftern oon Various rumours were afloat as to the cause of th e fi re . Some asserted that a reduction in the number of labour ers had induced some wretch to commit incendiarism, but no such reduction having taken place, further than to clear the premises of useless han gers - on, t h e rnmour is unsupported, but it is fully believed that the tire was the result of the grossest carelessness. The amount of damage done is about 7001. for the loss of the house, and nearly 5001. for the ice. The building was not insured. The greatest praise is due to Messrs. Spilling, E. A. Al dred, R. Hammond, Harvey, and many others, not for getting Messrs. Hardingham, Ben., and Fulcher, who con conducted the operations of the factory engine in an excellent manner. To the parties managing the town engine, great blame is to be attached, and we . we d o hope that the subject will come before the autho rit i es, order that some more efficient means for extingushing fires may be placed at the disposal of the town, and that on any future occasion we may not have firemen refusingto obey orders, or at mindight, when a fire is raging, and their services most needed, find some of them in a help less state of intoxication.—Norfolk News. THE GREAT METROPOLITAN POULTRY SHOW.—Yeeter day was the first " shilling " day, and the influx of visi tors to view this, no doubt, the finest show of poultry ever collected under one roof, was exceedingly gre a t. During the morning a large number of ladies and mem bers of the aristocracy visited the Baker-street Bazaar, and as evening approached the various avenues were crowded by connoissEurs in the breed of pigeons, rabbits, and the other fancy classes. The great point of attrac tion was, however, the comparatively new class of speci mens denominated " Brahma Poutras," which, from their colour and general characteristics, are generally believed to be a cross between the Cochin Chinas and our own fine Dorking fowls. Another great point ?f* attraction in the show, more especially a mongst the fair sex, was the classes devoted to the exhibition of the " dear little Bantams," and that pen in par ticular which has become the property of her Maj est y , a n d which ex hibits a placard stating the fact, elicited universal admi. ration. No. 1,000 in the same class, a pen of pure white and exceedingly beautiful feather-legged , or h oo t e d Bantams, was deservedly noticed. The sales eff ec t e d during the day were very numerous, especially amongst the Cochin China and Dorking classes: The improve ment amongst the latter, consequent on the rage for poultry shows, which has taken place during the past year, is stated as wonderful 1; and itis asserted, that ere long the furore for Cochin Chinas and other novelties will give place to the improvement of the breed of our own celebrated Luglmill fowl. to of ply in an oy on ,ed te .ch ay of m.- ah 3t- his .he ►ed ere !te, VAS 43 3 / 4 4 6 i i 51