The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-24 00:00:00

Sid. .d. rs• John's' rico 6,6 1 ° ..-- d,to s I 4 4 0 10 4 1 $ 4 6 4 0 0 0 I rigs' 29 1 ,41 4 ere e" a , to" o d• 5 , i 8 ; 5 3 6 55 3 ; 5 3 0 $ 4 I Of , ~.ei ri 0 ny kl'ae MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW. teed S. A I QUARTERCITY; QUARTER TO THREE - ge business w as d one i n Cotton at Liverpoo l yes, and p r i ces met with firm support, though the markaet was t o l era b ly well supplied. Sales 7,000hal Shares had a downward tendency, but were firmer hu eto wards the close. Cambridge and Lincoln, 4 2 8 - 3; C _ 7, . Valley, 6 5 3 ; Caledonian, 6 to -1-; Chester and Ho . y head, ' 6 'i . ; Dublin and Cashel, 11 ; Eastern Counties, 17 ! i_ ; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, li ; Glasgow to, and Greenock, 125 ; Grand Junction, 234 229 . ; _ 1. 1%4'4115 ; Great Western, 175 ; Ditto, One-Fifth, ilar wich. It ,• Kendal and Windermere, 41. Is. 6d i ; Liverpool and Manchester, 220 ; Ditto, New, 394 ; London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 42 41 ; L ondon and York, 43 51 ; Manchester, Bolton. nalf and Bury, 1243 1253 ; Ditto and Leeds, y. 57+ • Midland Counties, 130 1303 ; Ditto, 401., 8 i ; Newcastle and Berwick, 101; North British, 12; orth Union, 1493; Sheffield and Manchester, 1003 101; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 71 ,i; South-Eastern, 49 ; Ditto, New, 21 1 3 ; Trent Valley, 105 ; York and North Midland, 111 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2 1 1 3 ; Paris !I and Lyons, 3Z 12s. 6d.; Orleans, Tours, and ordeaux, ; Boulogne and Amiens, 53 ; Northern of France, o • 1 8s. 6d. to 5/. 19s. Coroere hav e not been any arrivals of late dates from the nies announced i n the course of the morning. T 1 .tn trade of the port of London is at present extremely animated, the recent arrivals from almost all parts of the W orld having increased enormously the quantity of tonnage te of goods,a.nd requiringalmost ineessant labour, so that the lei nPles may b sableed on the brokers' show boards . privathe earliest poperiod, and sales effected either by te contract or by public auction. We are happy o . able to state from an insFection of several sam pies of teas from Upper Assam, uuprovernent is observed in the manipulation o that a marked f the leaf. Some very fine samples of Sugar have r.„- a fe et, 6 '''''`ntlY been received from the East Indies. In in almost all articles of Indian production, a rapid stride in the right direction has been made recently. ate rierewth of linseed is in course of extension, and . the la le.tvals have realised extremely good prices, indeed as tis the most esteemed foreign samples. 0 449 demand for Money has somewhat increased, the -IY r nients liPon Railway Shares becoming somewhat eo °11 1.., °111 ;, still the value of the public securities isun- ka - - ht'Y well supported. Consols for the Account Ne ve -- s' n que ll supported, 100-1 and for Money the same. The I h. Iv Three„and *Quarter ' per Cents, have touched •14 ,;,,, reen t• share p - Bank Stock for the Account, 2143; ""5t0ck,2473-; E xchequer-bills, 60s. to 625. premium; and the Three per Cents. - Reduced 100 i. A v r Sto c ks y few bargains have been made in the Railway Sh to few attention being devoted much to Share Brazil Bonds have been sold at 88 ; Three rive at 605 and 60; Spanish at 28+ i ; the Half per Cents. Pcrtuguese a a t 39 i 40 ; and the Dutch Two-and-a Per Ce nts. at 63. an .4 p , i; hi the has !there been a large amount of business ara few e Railway Shares, and, strange as it may appear, and G I at advanced prices, especially in Birmingham the p_encester, in the London and York, and some of h. l l etle h lines. The British North American Bank Shares "e been done at 455 i per share. BRITISU FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank S tock (From th e O fficial List.) ............... ... 213 1 ,4 per Cent. lieduced Annuities , Per Cent. Consols Anns 1,, Pe RI 213 214 104 li /472 1 .... - 4 Per Cent. Annuties Ind'-ung Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 12 1-16% D , °. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 ll 15-16 ia Stock ... . South Sea Stock. Ditto Old •Annul ▪ 99% Bank Stock for Account..... -....... 214 1 4 .-,. India for Ezelleque 8i115.............. .1 .... .... ......... 1 . 1/0. 1000/ . 61 62 pm. 5004, ..................... Ditto Ad all ....... " ..... " .... 62 60 pm. Ditto Athrertised... ............. .. .. -- pm. l'itlUE °l' FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent — _ Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 88 rortuguese 13 ond.s, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted ...... .... Ditto for the Account 6O SPanish Bonds, 5 Per Cent., 1840 284 Ditto for the Account. Ditto 3 per Cent. _Ditto for the Accoun . t Venezuela Bonds 2 per Cent 45 Dutch 2% per Ce . Ditto 4 per Cennt. Certitleates I' irm , i. R. D.--_, L it ; "P SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. --I ,,,rrain h AYB ' PAID. Dittog.,!ra and Gloucester 100 ...... 108 PER SHARE. to 110 .c i aled boll 'i li 7 . 7 o' .. .. .. .. ................... 17% 2 7 53 Cto 6 1 4 I s .',. in ridge and 1.in.c0..1.1; ........ 5 ...... 4( t° 3 k'lester and LI 1,6,..., ..... 1% Raura,t Valle °.. v•au ..... 5 uirbelinilanertflrelfas:ll ..... ............ ::::: 221 6i/ 4 % to ---_ , 6 •• •t° 634 ern countiea unction 2,4 2 A?(l34_ East 5, 6 h i,. to _ _ 1)°. F erpet. 5 ........ .. 25 17 34 184 t o o I T 'i xcii.3sitto, ditto, N t.. lie.' l. 3% 1 Itibur• El 61/ and Glas ......... % , 6 8%„, to 65'64 ... to 66 orL a u t sod Bedford g . ° . w .. *•••• 50 Gre at litil, an:1a...14ncii511..... 100 ! G ort u of r, , •.. „„ 11 V t to 10% teat W es t il*tt er n ..... 149 to 1‘..._ 1 . o, iiii,„. ............ 80 --- t 99 --‘ritiell '''' 'uaree ......... 50 - 10rztet ...... . ..a..r... .... ......... 1 Carlisle..,," li e ....... 15 ,1441044 ill /3,,,righton,„, ... 50 to 52% 4.oladott and Greenwich ""' :iw ll totlitto, iiedw!euth. West.e.rn"... 4 1e . ,....... 78 :talint tichtecititd y0.r.i.................: ..... 22‘ ........ 1 5 24, 13 t t o o 1 5 2% biethtneer,ter 7 1 4 .......... : ......... 1 q ::: ... 4%4 to Nicua„-etuarter, rnu ngliarn 40 ...... _ to tin t° ~ .. .. .................. 2 ...... 6 Isz,sxe_ Ne and $......::"••• ..... 100 ......128 129._ to 128 7astl e ._, ..... ... ........... 2 ...... 7 1 8 to i'74 1, 10 ;q 1 tri t z 13 ntiCk ...... I}i ...... 10 1 - h bllte4l and .4.. . ..... ....... 7 A ..... ii /VA% tt(()) .41.1, ° Seri), r " astern, 45 ...... 81:40t,s_y ....... .................. 30 ...... 44? to 14 4 ,, : ............... ... 1 ...... 2 1 s i g.., to ,° vicvvl Luieoln ........ 111 ..... I 'en,,t,li taat:,.,siver Dud., 'ji nn , 21 .. 3 ,1% t o 4% R,Vtto caw, and Dover ... 33% :8% 49 to 48% 49 48 ii'iZ..l4o, Ice_ .................... 4 ...... 2 . 1104_ to Yorkeg and................ 2 ..... 19% to 20 1 4 _ ~.a. nichraond... 2v tes .. • .... 1 ...... % Datebi t ,7_nd Nom; .;?,......... 2 %...4 y 8 54 4% ▪ to 5% l'iit Sel bY Se a ' Midland —s° -- " 1°8 , Eaten . rip ............ 20 ...... 70% t ° l ll 81011 ............ 1 1 4 ...... 13 3 / 4 14 14 to 13'4 (Itegti,,,e sad A_FRENCII RAILWAYS. Te ats oorth -...01ens ........ . 2 ...... 5 , ern ef k r lie 4 ind jr• ance ... 4 ...... 54 3 4 •to Ana 44, blerZoll ......... 2 ...... 11 1 ...... to a krispar's' 444 Lyo ns '°llleall z •• 2 ...... 7 44 1, ............. 2 3 5 .... to °eh aociiaen... ..... .. ..... 20 . . :::: 4174... tO II • syre ............... 12 ... ... 25 ....... to -- lush 25,,,t,, A JOINT STOCK BANKS. t t.oelitu'unerican ...... 50 ...... 45%... to Br44:1: can einstl't4 Sr°cx EXCHANGE JAN. 23.—The 'i o . 11 nes to be extensive without any material al stolPrices;--- e ste aer, Gloucester .... 44 eetrllsT,,eunties...., ................................ .. 184 illsoclietrth of Englanti, ew ... gh - a . ;e - 5 ... 27 Ditt 8,-erand Birmingh m 56 111 Mid; ° ‘•tharter Sher - a .................... 61,4 81,10%d RailwaY Con es sol ... •iii . .h ............... 9 ackb u rn, ti u ,,,., 8— .. ares ......... _ Calorn.,, ` .. "°3 7 . and Accrington ......... 4)/ t d 4 . , tiarwen, and Bolton ▪ ........... 2 5 C414°4(1411 ............................... 61s ottfi4, e and Lincoln .... -; .. ; ........ . . A r 4 ' Valley ...... . . .... 6/23W 6%% 5--16% 6 114 (14 424 Belfa.st Junction ....- ._ 4 5 A Bliadereueld and She cheater ...... and Canal 4% r afield 5 i!ede am „, od Sheffield Junction 3 5-16% l'lnElO ti "est Riding J unction... 4 9-16 11-16%% +.ond 4 and Worcester Oxf rd andltu ,by. / litanti° 411,1111,r0rk .... : ..... ° .... i f...- . ensenehehecilter.-lz ............ eat e ; 150 7, and Rossendale ter • . and Buxton ▪ 2% sett ....nnsh ... ...................... 12 tilevalley 10 1 4.... o ti and A•.. ,e.n..s. 518 l'ta)7lo°l.l.th°r° n:flPranCe clet Canal • 42 s Pe t ro filet tit1424414.-It has no doubt been generally , 4 holZ a af th e ere bas been, and particularly at certain a tt a the %tre e Year, a great number of poor Lascars 44, 1 ,, te of B ,_ tat wandering without food or clothing, in u'llotly teatturiat destitufion and w retchedness, very fre kaerra The aPPe,arance half perished with cold and or 0 detioreondition of these poor fellows has been i.etot_ar elroler being unused to the cold and vicissitudes 0. Upon e• The cause of their being thrown desti of tO,,lll:.lltreets was, that very frequently, in the htki o , takeniillivil mi the ti tslttala vessels voyaging to India, the crew have passage, or at the place of destine no a p. 6 t iled in great numbers, so that the captain ko-ni,t,,,ernative but to engage a number of these to eititwhsrtt obetiouwok, or .assist in working, the vessel itiloiltheiel.fletlirenoowtimo,lifobrt k, or they are turned adrift able and more experienced sailors. This greatly remedied by a clause inserted Belo g 4 t 4_,8!, erchant Seamen's Act in their regard. t a .„,,, z , ! ).„ of the Act exacts, that if any person or ,`l„vere:•Y_ asear, or native of the territories under jtit'istrieti ent of the East India the territories or Asiatic It cede settitella having been brought y t4; the United' 1,411f15 '34 board shall be found here in dis *\_lll4,4.l4ll, .1.L.,-rriiteztWisfsaairol.earfoodtah:l43relotiliPing, and other necessaries, it Admiralty, at their discretion,' to _ , ei, h _ a>; he seasonable relief to him, and to 114' ye t i :" Until he be sent on board some ship to be th e elk t ,' ‘ .° or near the port whence he was shi ed, eo'4l?tiliati' advance the money to defray the expen p s p e of idea44thsiede---a all this advanced money and expense beine , itt.., Wi t , debt due to her Majesty, and recoverable as k it ll 4 6111 costs of • - 44 t. her kw , .suns, in any of the courts of sit in ,_,. jesty s dominions, or the territories of the at t of h""nlPany from ' t e n , ~ . a the owner and master, or 111-4talnao ,of the ship on board which such person l a h•t e nail have been brought in the capacity of 1 , Qu a tte,,A4a r r, t ,_ ottntry, kotuteitaeneedeu P l a i is at the St. James's Theatre will be ta k., Nr tar," atonday next hy the appearance of se "No ; '"nt and Mademoiselle Nathalie, aset, P.eees in two alrpte • Mr. Mitcleell's arrangements for the 1ie,,,_48% t1i.... t t° be more than ever excellent. sett t hat,' rtt E N s;0--DubLEY.---1,Ve regret to distill , though 414°11! h•-`tlnhQl*Y badl much improved, the nailors 4i:4,e ittsoieTabs atlrbs.e r, tß ee k we 1„Y off- This they ascribe to the large tileikt, of th,, r - 7 ,,,,, , twenty per cent.—taken from their A meeting of three hundred eth gn, _ . en held, when they determined, vq : , „e M at e . Ot a ~..„...._ . . 1, ts 0 ou.miunication addressed to us "to ne e% . ever mane week's notice for 20 in thepound, %it., hot, Y rattn' s d• „ s' 44 Wiat .e,,a... due right_ We trust that timely a Pott At'„'e these poor creatures the horrors atriko.-- Worcester Cht °nick 4..-. .....„. okr- • - „,, T3lll NVN I LOWDO)C FRIDAY EvENIN SUMMARY OF NEWS t D Vithitt Optuton. " Pilo runs may read." POS.EIGN. The Paris Quotidienne contains the following para.- graph, which, notwithstanding the assurance with which it is given, has probably no better foundation than the gossip of the salons :—" 'We have been con fidently informed that Lord Cowley has called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs to declare what part the French Government would take on the Texan ques tion, which is agitated at this moment between the Biitish Government and the United States." M. Thier s ' j ourna l, th e C onst i ut i onne l , not content with vilifying the English Ministry, carries its wicked attacks even a ga i ns t th e th rone . Th e f o ll ow i ng ma lignant paragraph appears in that paper of Wednes day :—" It is said that the Queen of England has not always her mind so right as could be desired. Her health is giving way; unaccountable caprices and un founded jealousies torment her. She cannot suffer the presence of the Marchioness of Douro, daughter in-law of the Duke of Wellington, and one of the greatest beauties in England. Baron Nieumann, after having for many years represented with honour the Austrian Government in England, being about to quit London for Florence, the new post assigned to him, requested his audience of leave, but could not obtain it. The Queen persisted in refusing to receive him. In vain was it represented to her that this was an insult to the whole corps diplornatique; she held firm, and the Baron was compelled to leave without having been admitt e d t o th e Queen's presence." The splendid fite given last year (says Galignani) in aid of the Polish refugees, by the Princess Czar toryska, is still fresh in the memory of the fashionable world. Her splendid mansion, the Hotel Lambert, so rich in historical recollections, and likewise celebrated in modern romance, will be again thrown open, on Wednesday, the 29th instant, for a similar benevolent purpose, on which oecasion the entire of the spacious court of the hotel will be converted into a ball-room, thus supplying the only deficiency in the fite of last year, when the company, which amounted to 2,000, were too numerous to be able to fully enjoy the plea sures of the dance. The approaching ball will, doubt less, not be less brilliantly attended. Admiral Dupetit Thouars waited on Tuesday morning on the Minister of War, with whom he had a long interview, at which the Prince de Joinville was present. Four of the pupils expelled from the military school of St. Cyr passed through Orleans on Monday. They were on their way to join in Africa the regiments into which they had been incorporated as private soldiers by order of the Minister of War. A letter from Berne, of the 17th, states that the Government of that Canton, having received from Lucerne an official notification of the treaty concluded with the Jesuits, has replied by a temperate but firm note, urging the Government of Lucerne to defer the execution of the treaty until the remonstrances of the other cantons cart have been calmly discussed. We see by the Florence Gazette of the 14th that the subscriptions for the sufferers by the inundations in that city amounted, on the 13th, to 232,852 lines. The weather for the last few days has been very bad on the French coast. During the gale on Mon day night the chasse-maree Jeune Edouard, on her way from Dunkirk to Abbeville, was wrecked close to the port of Calais, and as the life-boat, notwithstand ing every effort, could not reach the ill-fated vessel, the captain and crew were drowned. LAW AND POLICE. In the Court of Exchequer a rule was made abso lute in the case of Davis v. Ancram, ordering the plaintiff's attorney, a Mr. Moss, to refund the sum of 51. ls., paid to him for costs by the defendant, on an untrue representation that judgment had been entered up. The case of John Davis, an insolvent, who had pe titioned the Court of Bankruptcy under the pro visions of the recent Act, came on for hearing before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque. The insolvent had been a Director of the Talacre Coal and Iron Com pany, and it was contended that the Talacre Com pany was a trading Company, and that therefore the insolvent was not entitled to the relief sought, inas much as being a trader he was liable to the bankrupt laws. The Commissioner decided that the Company was a trading Company, and dismissed the petition. At the Guildhall, Timothy Sullivan, who stated that he obtained his living by selling oranges in the street, was charged with being on the premises, No. 1, Inner Temple-lane, with intent to steal. The form of the prisoner's head and face is so feminine, that, on being placed at the bar, the Magistrate remarked aside to the Chief Clerk, this must be a female in disguise. The prisoner had been found asleep on the stairs lead ing to chambers on the fourth story, and when asked for what purpose he went up four stories at these chambers ? the prisoner, in a tone of voice as femi nine as his face, stated that he was very tired and had been drinking, and he therefore looked out for a quiet place to go to sleep. Mr. Alderman Challis said no body could be deceived by the prisoner's dress. Her voice proved her sex. Nobody could doubt it. She should be supplied with the clothing becoming her sex in the prison, and he hoped she would wear them when she came out. He said he would commit her for seven days only, and told the gaoler to place her on the female side. The gaoler, alarmed for the mo rality of the female side, immediately explained that Tim had been in custody before, and it being doubt ful on which side he should be placed, he was exa mined on that occasion, and the gaoler, amongst others, was satisfied the prisoner was of the male species. Mr. Alderman Challis rescinded the direc tion, and committed Tim for seven days to the male side of the Giltspur-street prison. Henry Davis appeared at the Marylebone Police court, in support of a summons which he had ob tained against Mr. Goodburn, a pawnbroker carrying on business in Ernest-street, charging him "that he (defendant) did by default, neglect, and wilful misbe haviour, render a certain article, called a drab cloth coat pawned with him, of less value than the same was at the period of pledging thereof." Complainant produced the article, which he had redeemed a few weeks ago. It was very much motheaten in various places. The answer to the charge was, that all pos sible care had been taken to prevent injury to the article. Mr. Long, after hearing the evidence, came to the conclusion that " proper care" had not been used, and that the damage by moth could not have arisen had the article been occa sionally exposed to the air. He should, taking all the circumstances into consideration, order compen sation in the sum of 15s. to be made. The defend ant's attorney refused to pay the money; whereupon, Mr. Long said he would issue a warrant of distress. At Greenwich, James Hesselton, a labourer on the London, Dover, and Brighton Railway, was yester day charged with stealing a considerable quantity of new and old brass, and other metal, the property of the Railway Company. The case was clearly proved, and the magistrate told the prisoner he should remand him for one day, in order to obtain the attendance of a witness whose testimony was necessary, when he should commit him for trial. COMM- FASZIONANIZAL The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are enter taining a party at Goodwood. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have arrived in Belgrave-square. from visiting the Duke of Wel lington, at Strathfieldsaye. The Duke and Duchess of Grafton and Lady Louisa Fitzroy have been passing the winter at Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby have left the Clarendon Hotel, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, at Beckett House, near Farringdon, Berks. His Excellency the Count de St. Aulaire enter tained a distinguished circle at dinner on Wednesday night, at the French Embassy, in Manchester-square. Sir John and Lady Eleanor Cathcart have left the Brunswick-house Hotel, for Adlestrop House. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Mr. George Lauder have left the Brunswick-house Hotel, for Grange House, Edinburgh. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire and Lord Edwin Hill have left the Brunswick-house Hotel, for Hillsborough Castle. Sir Thomas and Lady Turton have left town for the Continent, on their way to India. The Marquis and Marchioness Camden are expected in Belgrave-square, at the end of the month, from the Wilderness, near Seven Oaks, Kent, for the season. Mr. and Lady Caroline Sandford have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from a visit to the Hon. Colonel Compton and Lady Cavendish, at Latimer's, near Cheshunt, Herts. IiNISONSZA.MIOI7II. Nearly 3001. was cleared by the Birmingham Queen's Hospital ball, which took place at the Town hall last week. Lord Panniure, who had accorded the Brechin Me chanics' Institution the use of a great many fine pic tures, has, in the most liberal manner, presented that establishment, without reservation, the whole of the splendid collection which now adorns the hall of the building. Some of the paintings had cost the noble donor above 7001. each. The fish- m arkets were again abundantly supplied with soles, which sold at from ld. to 4d. and 6d. per pair. Mackerel (first quality) were scarce, and fetched 4d. and 6d. a-piece. There was, how ever, a tolerable supply of the second quality, but being of a doubtful character, it was bought up chiefly by cozitermongers. Salmon sold at 3s. to 3s. 6d. per pound ; turbots, 7s. to 1/. ss. each ; brill, 4s, to los. ; smelts, from 2s. to 4s. ; whiting, 6d., Bd., and is. ; cod, 2s-. 6d. to Bs.; lobsters, Is. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each. The continuation of such an abundant supply of files is rather extraordinary; they aro not, how.. - ever, of an average size, the greater number which the pads contain being of the smaller sort, and therefore they do not yield that profit to the fishmonger they otherwise would. The annual meeting of the Diocesan Association for promoting education in the principles of the Established Church, was held on Wednesday, at the 1)e Grey Rooms, in the city of York. A very gra tifying report of the proceedings of the past year was read by the Rev. Edward Churton, M.A., the clerical secretary. Several schools in connexion with the board had been established in the dioceses ofYork and Ripon, both of which are embraced in the opera tions of the board. On Wednesday evening a paper, by Mr. Claudet, was read before the members of the Society of Arts, containing an account of the improvements that have been made in the various branches of the art of photo graphy during the last few months ; and many new and interesting particulars were brought forward. Mr. Claudet also described at some length a new discovery, which appears likely to affect materially the optical part of the process, and to render many of the ope rations much more certain than they have hitherto been. This is his own discovery, and he seems to have followed it with zeal and perseverance; and his remarks upon the subject showed that he has spared neither time nor labour in its investigation, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RIRMINGHA3I.—AVe understand that the London and thrrningham, under the superintendence of a member of the Board of Trade, are having all their second-class carriages altered, with a view to the greater comfort and accommodation of the passengers. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.—This Company have completed the additional agreement with the Lancaster and Preston for the transfer of the latter line, in consi • deration of five per cent. on the capital of 400,0001., with an option of amalgamation, or one third share of the profits above five per cent. All incumbrances, including the lease to the Lancaster Canal, and the debt of 113,0001., go with the property. The Lancaster and Carlisle is progressing favourably, and the contracts have been made on advantageous terms.— Midland Counties Herald. SALOP ANT) NEWTOWN.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Bishop's Castle has been held in the Town-hall, for the purpose of petition ing the Board of Trade against the intended branch line from Salop to Newtown, via Melverley and Welshpool. The Rev. F. Moore took the chair, and it was resolved to forward a memorial to the Board of Trade, explaining the injurious position which the inha bitants of that extensive district would be placed in by the carrying out of the proposed line. The memorial states that a shorter, less expensive, and more beneficial line might be taken between Salop and Newtown, by way of Minsterley Valley, with a single line of five miles to Welshpool, which would include the traffic of the line at present adopted by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and would greatly benefit, in a commercial and agri cultural point of view, a district producing coal, exten sive lead mines, and various manufactures, forming a remunerative trade but which the line at present selected by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham entirely excluded from the advantages of railway communication. The line adopted by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, be tween Salop and Newtown, via Melverley, the memorial further states, is several miles longer than the more direct line by way of Minsterley Valley, which would subject the inhabitants of Montgomery, Newtown, Llanidloes, and the districts of North Wales, to a per petual and unnecessary tax from the length of the line. The shorter line would pass through coalfields, and supply a large part of Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, and Cardiganshire, with coal cheaper than at present obtainable. WORCESTER AND TRING AND RUGBY ♦ND OXFORD. —The inhabitants of Oxford have passed resolutions in favour of this line, which is proposed to be made by the London and Birmingham, and have rejected that pro posed by the Great Western from Oxford to Worcester. The line proposed by the London and Birmingham leaves Tring, uniting with the Aylesbury Railway near Cheddington, then running to Bicester in a direct line, crossing the Woodstock and Cheltenham roads, and ap proaching the Great Western station within 150 yards. The Oxford and Rugby proceeds to Bicester and Ban bury, and enters the Birmingham Railway two miles ' from the Rugby station, thereby giving the meat direct communication with the north. From this line, a little beyond Banbury, it is proposed to carry another to pass through Pershore, across the Birmingham and Glouces ter, to Worcester. The line then adopts the course of the Severn, and goes to Wolverhampton, Dudley, and other important towns in that direction—all of which will have a direct communication with Oxford, and the line comes in contact with Aylesbury, Bicester, and Stratford-upon-Avon. The line will give accommodation to a district containing a population of 140,000. COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON.--The object of this undertaking is to connect Cockermouth and districts adjoining with the town and harbour of Workington, and the port of Maryport and Whitehaven, by means of the Whitehaven Junction Railway, which it will join at Workington. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway, now nearly completed, and the projected Furness Rail way, will extent this communication to Carlisle, New castle, Scotland, &c., in one direction, and to Lancashire and the south generally, in the other. Another object, and the one from which theprincipal revenue is expected, is to open out more extensively the valuable lime and coalfields through which the railway will pass. These minerals are already worked to considerable extent, both for local demand and for shipment to Ireland and Scot land ; and it is confidently expected that with the ad vantages of railway transit, the present consumption, particularly for shipment, will be materially increased. Mr. Dixon has surveyed the line, and the result of his survey and estimate confirms the opinion originally given by Mr. Stephenson, that a single line of railway, with the needful side branches, may be made for the sum of 8,0001. per mile, including the carrying stock. The length of the line will be nearly nine miles. Thecom mittee have also ascertained the traffie now existing along the line, ant: taking the result as an average for the year, the prospects of the undertaking may be fairly calcu lated on as follows :—Present traffic, 11,7051 19s. ; de duct working expenses (40 per cent.), 4,681/. 19s. ; total 7,0241, leaving a profit of 8i per cent, on capital of 80,0001. The preliminary steps have been taken for ob taining an Act of Parliament during the next session: as the works along the line are of a very light character, it is expected the whole may be completed at an early period. Of the proposed capital of 80,000/., a consider able portion has already been subscribed by parties locally interested, and the deposit of 11 per share paid agreeably to the standing orders of Parliament. The future call will be made at intervals of not less than three months, and in sums of not more than 5L per share."— Whitehaven Herald. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT AND THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.--A deputation from the committee of the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway waited last week on the Duke of Beaufort, at Badminton, on the proposal of the Great Western Company to carry their South Wales line over the Severn by two bridges, to be erected eight miles below Gloucester. The Duke received the deputation with his usual frankness, stating that he had been for some time in communication with the Board of Trade, and that he had on all occasions enforced the ne cessity of Gloucester being allowed to remain what it had all along been, the key of the communication into South Wales. His Grace, in addition, authorised the deputa tion to make use of his name as a member of the provi sional committee of the Dean Forest line.— Cheltenham Examiner. TIVERTON.—Mr. Brunel is daily expected in Tiverton to arrange the formation of a branch from the Bristol and Exeter Railway to that town. The nature of the ground is favourable, and the scenery of a picturesque description. SOUTH DEvoN.--=-This Company, under the advice of Mr. Brunel, have concluded a contract with Messrs. Hennett and Co. for the supply of 12,000 tons of cast iron pipes for the atmospheric apparatus. This is the quantity for the entire distance from Exeter to Plymouth, 52 miles, and it is required that sufficient for about 20 miles, the distance from Exeter to Newtown, shall be furnished and laid, ready for opening this part of the line for traffic in the ensuing summer.—Exeter Post. GREAT NORTH OP ENGLAND.—A report has been very prevalent in York, that it is the intention of the Di rectors of this Company to lease their line to the York and North Midland Railway. We have authority for stating that there is no foundation whatever for this re port. The next dividend will be at the rate of 6 per cent. —Yorhshireman. BRIGHTON AND CHICIIESTER.—SOMS of the decisions of the Board of Trade have excited great astonishment, but none more so than the rejection of the proposed ex tension to Portsmouth of the Brighton and Chichester, after the unqualified opinion expressed in its favour by the landowners of West Sussex. It remains, however, to be seen whether Parliament will sanction the dictum of the Beard of Trade. --Brighton Gazette. ACCIDENTS.—It is a remarkable fact, that of all the accidents which h ave occurred on British railways, not one has proved fatal to passengers travelling in a first class carriage. SCOTCH LINES. CALEDONIAN.—At a meeting of the Edinburgh Town- Council, on Tuesday, a letter was read from Messrs. Hope and Oliphant, requesting the Council to petition Parliament in favour of this line. The Lord Provost said he had reason to know that in a short time the de ci.ion of the Committee of the Board of Trade would be given respecting these lines, and there was reason to fear that the Edinburgh branch would be omitted. It was fully expected that the other part of the work—the line to Glasgow—would be allowed to pass, but there was some danger of the branch to Edinburgh not passing. After alluding to the rival lines, and especially to one by Hawick to Carlisle, he said he believed there was no security nor any great likelihood that that line would be carried through ; and suppose it were, it must be kept in mind that it was but a single line of rails, and that the curves were so sharp that it would not make a good railway. It might be supposed that a strong op position would be made to this bran c h by th e Edi n b urg h and Glasgow Railway, as it might prove a rival line to their Glasgow one. Now, if this line had been pro posed simply as a rival line to the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway, he would have said that it was not fair; but when the line was to be made for another purpose, altogether, and was made a rival o n l y acc i dentally, he did not see why the inhabitants of Edinburgh were to reject the boon that was offered to th em on that account. If they neither obtained this bran ch, nor th e H aw i ck and Carlisle Railway, then people going to Carlisle, to Liver pool, or to Manchester, would be comp e ll e d to go round by Glasgow and Kilmarnock, instead of going directly ; and those coming from the West of Engl an d wou l d have to go all round to Glasgow, and would h ave no opportu nity of coming to Edinburgh except by t h e Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. There was an o th er considera tion. Between Lanark and Glasgow there wa s a fi e ld of coal of that peculiar description which was used in the manufacture of gas. It was well known that the present supply for Edinburgh was nearly exhausted, and that they had to pay about 225. per ton for the parrot coal. If they had got access to this coalfield w hi ch was sup posed to be inexhaustible, i t mighi be had for Bs. 6d. or 9s. per ton, and not only would the supply be increased here, but it might be exported to a gr ea t ex t ent. There was another advantage, which though there was s )me differ( nce of opinion about it, he was unw i ll i ng t o lose.The wer ß e a ilsvr ay to Company hadagreed if the inhabitants allow water to be brought from the other side of the Pentlands by the side of their railway, and they had put this into their Bill, which was certainly worth the while of the citizens asking for. Under all these circumstances, lie proposed that the Council should petition Parliament and memoralise the Board of Trade in f avour o f t h e Caledonian Railway, and especially in favour of th e Edinburgh branch of the line. Baili▪ e Mack seconded this motion, which was opposed by Treasurer Thompson, wbo thought the Caledonian would not be for the benefit of Edinburgh. If it had been a main leading line, bringing trains into Edinburgh, he could und ers t an d i t. It was for this reason the Cou nc i l had suppor t e d t h e North British line, which promised to b e a very valuable one for the city. He did not think t hat the di ffi culties between Hawick and Carlisle were I▪ roPrapticahle, apl hoped the C ounc il would pause befo re t h ey resolved to encourage the Caledonian, for the sake of the mer e prospect of a branch to Edinburgh. After some re marks from Mr. Macfarlan, Mr. Stott, and others, Treasurer Thompson withdrew his opposition, and the IRISH LINES. ULSTER. —The traffic on this railway (twenty. five miles opened) was, for the week ending January 19, 1845 :--Passengers, 9,683 ; amount, 344/. Bs. 10d. ; goods (gross receipts), 92 9 / s s. 10d. ; total 573 L 14s. Bd. Corresponding week of last year : - -Passengers, 9,405 ; amount, 3131. 9s. 2d. ; goods, 2741. 3s. 2d. ; total 5871. 12s. 4d. YOUGLIAL, MIDLETON, COVE, AND CORK. --At a public meeting held at Cove, a few days ago, the following gen tlemen were appointed a committee to represent " Cove and the Great Island :"—The Hon. Robert Hare, J.P. ; Sampson T. W. F renc h, J.P. ; Th omas Stubbs, J.P. ; Edward Millett, J.P. ; Robert Holmes, J.P. ; Bartho lomew Verling ; Philip Scott. Mr. Vurling to act on all occasions as secretary to the committee. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at the Castle at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, from their visit to the Duke of Wel lington at Strathfieldsaye, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, under the command of Lieut. Vincent Rowland Corbet. Her Majesty and the Prince were attended by the Marchioness of Douro, the lion. Amelia Murray, the Earl of Jersey, Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received on their return at the grand entrance by Viscount Sydney, Lord in Waiting; the Hon. Nelson Hood, Groom in Waiting; Captain Meynell, Master o f th e Household, a n d th e H on. Lucy herr, Maid of Honour in Waiting. The Earl of Jersey and Lord Charles Wellesley took their departure in the afternoon. The unfavourable state of the weather prevented the Royal Family leaving the Castle to-day His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Captain Sir Edmond Mildmay, left town yesterday morning, travelling by the London and Birmingham Railway, for Burleigh House, Lincoln shire, to honour the Marquis of Exeter with a visit. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, took an airing yesterday in a carriage. His Excellency M. Dedel had an interview with Lord Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Sir Robert and Lady Peel returned to their resi dence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morning, from the seat of the Duke of Wellington, at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. Lord and Lady Stanley returned to town yester day evening from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. The Earl of Lincoln had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived in town yesterday from Strathfieldsaye. SPANISH BONDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—As an old subscriber to your widely-disse minated and popular journal, I would feel much obliged if you could inform me, (and numbers in the country similarly situated with myself), what is now doing with regard to the overdue Coupons on the Spanish Active Five per Cent. Bonds. I am a con siderable holder of this stock, and there was four years' interest due on the Ist of November last, being 20 per cent. There was four years and a half capi talised in 1840 into the Three per Cent. Stock ; since then we, the holders of the Active Bonds, have not received one farthing in the shape of interest, and as M. Mon, the Spanish Minister of Finance, has converted nearly everything owing in Spain into this stock, I, with the rest of the old bondholders, hope that something either has been done, or will shortly, to convert this 20 per cent. owing into this stock, the more especially as M. Mon made some slight allu sion to this measure shortly after the meeting of the present Cortes. With the opinions which I and the lovers of freedom entertain of the present Govern ment of Spain, it is not for me to enter upon. I only wish to treat upon the interest which has so long been overdue upon the debts owing to their British creditors. Can you inform me and others, through the medium of your journal, whether there be a Com mittee of Spanish Bondholders or not, to watch over the interests of themselves and the other bondholders ? I think there cannot be a Committee, or ere this some thing would have been crone, and the more especially so on the present instance, as there is rather an appearance of some better intentions to do justice by M. Mon than has been done by his predecessors in office. If you can do us any good, by drawing the public attention to the subject, I should feel much obliged.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A SPANISH BONDHOLDER. Cleveland, Jan. 23, 1845. [There is a Committee, but their labours have not yet obtained their just reward.—En. Sun.] TROON.—MAN DROWNED.—On the morning of Friday, the 10th instant, a lantern and hat being found tossing about the breakwater, it was suspected that some unfortunate person had met a sudden death in the gale of the preceding evening. On inquiry being made among the vessels in the harbour, it was discovered that Captain James Baillie, of the Phoenix, of Port-a-Ferr, was miss ing, and immediate search for the body was commenced, but it was not found until Sabbath morning. The cause of this unfortunate accident has not been ascertained, but the supposition is that on leaving the village on Thurs day evening, to go on board, he had, in the dark, gone too near the edge of the breakwater, and had been blown into the sea by the violence of the gale. Captain Bailie was unmarried, and was much respected in his line of life. The corpse was interred in Crosby churchyard on Monday. TIIE 78T11 HIGHLANDERS.--We yesterday saw a letter from a soldier in this regiment to his brother here. It is dated Sukkur, Upper Sinde, and gives a most de plorable account of the ravages of fever in that gallant corps. Seven hundred men, besides women and children, are constantly under medical treatment, and unfit for duty. Deaths are also so frequent, that in one day seven men were carried to the dead-house waiting for inter ment. Up to the date of the letter, one captain (Browne) and 50 men bad fallen under the disease, and there was no prospect of returning health, though he reports the mornings and ,evenings cool. It is intermitting fever ; and the letter seems to intimate that not one of the regiments has escaped its fury, though it is less violent in some cases than others. A man belonging to Stirling, of the name of Kesson, is among the dead.-- Stirling Observer. THE FIRE IN HUNGERFORD-MARKET.—FURTHER PARTICULARS.—When the flames were first discovered they were burning fiercely in a pile of straw, containing between 30 and 40 loads. An attempt was made by the persons connected with the market to extinguish the fire. Owing, however, to the firm hold it had previously obtained, it defied their exertions. Messengers were therefore dispatched fur the aid of the engines. The numerous brigade and County and West of England en gines attended with all possible expedition, and were set to work from the river Thames. The firemen, although they exerted themselves to the utmost, were unable to extinguish the conflagration until about 25 loads of straw and a couple of waggons had been destroyed, and considerable damage done to the booking-office of the market. The property destroyed belonged to Mr. Milli gan, corn-merchant, and was insured in the Sun Fire office, and the building was insured in the West of Eng land-office. The precise cause of the fire is unknown, but it is generally supposed to have been the work of some incendiary. THE SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY AND THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. —The Minister of Foreign Affairs has transmitted to the Consul of Spain, in Lon don, the decision of the Queen, in virtue of which the Spanish Government is to subscribe 201 a year towards the Dreadnought hospital establishment in the Thames. —'hipping Gazette. THE RANGERSHIP OF GREENWICH PARK.—The Earl of Aberdeen, the newly-appointed Ranger of Green wich Park, has taken possession of Chesterfield House, the Ranger's official residence, late in the occupation of her late R o y a l Hi g h ness the Princess Sophia Matilda. It is stated that the general sale of her Royal Highness's effects, which has been extensively advertised, will not take place, and that a small portion only of the furniture, &c., will be publicly sold, Lord Aberdeen having taken the rest at a valuation. THE COSTS OF SUMMARY CONVICTION.—At the Aylesbury Petty Sessions, Emanuel Priest was convicted of having set a snare in a hare's run on the preserve of Sir J. D. King, Bart., at Halton. He was committed to prison for seven days, in default of the payment of one shilling fine and nineteen shillings costs. At the same sessions, William Jeffkins was committed to prison for ten days, in default of the payment of two and sixpence fine and twenty shillings costs, for having trespassed in pursuit of game on the preserve of the above gentleman. At the Ashendon Petty Sessions, Stacey Scott was con victed of having been in search of game on land at Waddesden, which is preserved by the Duke of Buck ingham, and sentenced to pay a fine of ten shillings, and twenty-eight and sixpence costs. Out of these last costs it appeared the magistrate's clerk claimed IL 2s. 6d. COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT CwM AVON.—On Friday last an explosion took place at Cwm Avon, by which seven men were il i ghtly burnt, but are expected to re sume their work in a few days. The explosion was caused by the carelessness of a fresh hand, in not pro perly trying the "stall" with the safety lamp before in. troducing a candle. A very exaggerated report of this accident has been spread through the country, but we can vouch to the accuracy of our statement, which was obtained by personal inquiries from the manager :and workmen on the spot —Swansea Journal. ASTHMAS, SHORTNESS OP BREATH, COUGHS AND COLDS.—A TRULY SURPRISING CASE I—The Rev. David Williams, the resident Wesleyan minister at Beaumaris, in the Island of Anglesea, states in a letter dated the 14th of January, 1845, that "Re recom mended HOLLOWAY'S PILLS to a poor Klan of the name of Hugh Davis, who at the time was almost unable to walk for want of breath; that he had only taken them a few days when he appeared quite another' plan, hi s breath was easy and natural, and he was increasing daily in strength." These wonderful pills willow any cough, cold, or asthma. Sold at Professor Tlcalway's Esta blishment, V 44, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable venders of medi c i ne throughout the civilised world. JA4.‘TUARY itt. 1836. Lord Frovost was authorised to sign the proposed memorial to the Board of Trade in favour of the Cabo donian line.—Scotsman. DUTCH MAIL. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 21.—1 t appears from the official statement of the produce of the several taxes in 1844, which presmats a considerable increase above the re ceipts in 1843, that the few branches which have fallen off (not to the amount of 50,000 florins in the whole, the Post-office and the lottery, while on the other hand it is highly satisfactory to see the increase in the Excise nearly a million) of the direct taxes to amount of nearly 340,000 florins. THE HAGUE, JAN. 20.—The members of the Second Chamber of the States-General are summoned for the 6th of February next. Though the Stoats Courant of to-day does not yet announce the appointment of Mr. Rochusson to the post of Governor-General of India, we can positively affirm that the King's choice has fallen upon him. He is the forty-sixth Governor-General since that important colony was acquired for the mother country by the courage and firmness of the Dutch. ROTTERDAM, JAN. 20.—We learn that by a reso lution of his Majesty, a loan to the amount of one million of florins, bearing interest at four per cent., is to be opened at Amsterdam on the 17th of February next, for defraying the expense of draining the lake of Haarlem. Our private letters from China, dated the end of September, 1844, inform us that his Majesty's brig Areno sailed from Macao at the beginning of that month, with Messrs. Moddermen and Rochusson to visit the northern ports of China, Chan-Hay, To- Choo, To-Ningpo, and Amoy. These gentlemen will persevere their inquiries in those little-known ports relative to the interest of our commerce. The Areno soon after leaving Macao was taken by a violent storm, in which it lost its bowsprit and yards, and suffered other damage. It was forced to put back to Hong-Kong, where it may be more easily repaired than at Macao. The captain expected to put to sea again at the beginning of October.— Dutch Papers. FATAL EFFECTS of the STORM. (Extract of a Letter.) ' CALMS, JAN. 21.—Yesterday the sudden storm that took place in the afternoon produced one of those disasters by which loss of life and of property occurred, and probably without the immediate reason being ever ascertained. A lugger, or, as it is called here, a chasse maree, left Dunkirk in the morning, bound for Abbeville, laden with coals, salt cod, and brandy. From some unknown cause she came on shore between four and five o'clock, P.M. to the east ward of the jetty, the wind blowing severely from N.N.E., which ought to have enabled her to have pursued her intended course. After she struck on the sands, and was dimly seen through the haze, the life-boat approached. Not a soul was seen on board, and it became useless, in such a heavy sea, to run th e r i s k o f com i ng on board, as the vessel was breaking up. It was once supposed that a man was seen attached to the mast by a rope. Such, however, was not the case, and there can be no doubt that the crew have perished, for so violent was the wind that they could not have escaped, even had they taken to the small boat. What renders the supposition more reasonable is, that a boy picked up a five-franc piece close to the vessel when the tide was out. It was ascertained by the ship's papers, washed on shore, that there were four men and a boy on board. How different was the appearance of the sea to what took place on land l A short time after this fatal catastrophe the doors of the theatre were crowded by ladies and others, invited to a carnival ball given by the young men of Calais. It was the first this season, and a great number of well-dressed charac ters, unmasked, ornamented the elegant ballroom. The polka was extremely well danced by eight young ladies, in Polish costumes, with their cavaliers. They all footed it away, as if the dance had been their study through life. The house was crowded to the ceiling. CONTEMPLATED VISIT OF THE COURT TO BRIGHTON, --- - - - - - - —We understand that it is the intention of her 11;jesiy . to honour Brighton with a visit in about a fortnight. According to the present arrangements the Royal chil dren will arrive at the Palace on Saturday, the Ist of February, and it is expected that her Majesty will arrive on the following Saturday. Mr. Henry Saunders arrived on Thursday night for the purpose of giving the neces sary instructions for the reception of the Court, and was to take his departure again in the afternoon. The/news of an early visit from her Majesty has diffused the greatest joy among the inhabitants. Mr. Wilson, the late cashier of the Norwich Board of Guardians, has been committed for trial on the charge of embezzling the money and mutilating the cash books. It was stated that the embezzlements amounted to I,s2sl.—Chehnhford Chronicle. REPRESENTATION OP EAST CORNWALL.-111 conse quence of the lamented death of the Earl of St. Ger mans, which took place at Port Eliot, on Saturday last, there will be a vacancy in the rspresentation of East Cornwall, in the room of Lord Eliot, now Earl of St. Germans, who will be called to the Upper House. We understand, on good authority, that a requisition is now in course of signature, calling upon T. J. Agar Robartes, Esq., of Lanhydrock, to come forward as a candidate on the Liberal interest. Mr. Robartes is at present out of the county; but as the heir to the wealthy and ancient house of the Hon. Mrs. Agar, he has long been looked upon as in every respect fitted for the high position which he is now to be called upon to assume. He com mands the esteem and affection of men of all parties in East Cornwall; and his politics, though of a decided cha racter, are by no means extreme. If Mr. Robartes con sents to be put in nomination, he will receive the sup port of Sir William Molesworth, and Sir Coleman Rash leigh ; and Ili he proposed Mr. Charles Sawle at the last election for Bodmin, it is most probable that Sir Joseph Sawle will give him the weight of his influence. There is certainly not a gentleman in East Cornwall more eli gible from his position, or better qualified from his ta lents, to represent that division of the county, than Mr. Robartes, and we heartily wish that the electors may succeed in securing his services.—Plymouth JournaL EARL DUCIE AND THE GLOUCESTER FARMERS. —The Gloucester Farmers' Club, at their annual dinner on Saturday, gave a remarkable instance of their grati tude and good taste. On the President paying the usual compliment to Earl Ducie, by proposing that nobleman's health, ." as a friend to agriculture," Mr. John Long objected to the toast. He would not drink the health of a corn-law repealer—not he—how ever high his public character as a practical farmer, or however great his private worth. The sin of being a repealer was an insurmountable barrier to Mr. John Long's raising his glass to his lips, and with the pertinacity of a certain animal, more noted for stub bornness than sagacity, he persisted in his objection, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the President and the respectables present, and a scene of indescribable confusion followed, amid which the toast was withdrawn! —Cheltenham Examiner. PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING IN PORTUGAL. Sennor Baretto Ferraz delivered a speech at the close of Tuesday's sitting, which the reporter in Wednesday's Diario disposed of in this fashion :—" The very ad vanced hour, and the state of fatigue in which we find ourselves, do not permit us to give this important dis course, which we will insert entire in one of our follow ing numbers." The speech was delivered at the " very advanced hour " of eight o'clock in the day, and the paper was not published until one on the day following. The Evesham Town Council on Wednesday met for the purpose of appointing a master tor the Free Grammar School, when Mr. Moore was elected by a ma jority of 8 to 4, on precisely the same terms as his pre decessor held the effice. ll.Fnacoin4g.—A large whale, thirty feet long, was washed on shore At the of the Tor-hills, on Thurs day morning. THE HAGUE, JAN. 19.—The birthday of her Ma jesty, our beloved Queen, has been observed in the usual manner. At noon there was a brilliant parade of the troops composing the garrison. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 18.—Among the days which are remarkable in the history of Amsterdam, the 19th of January deserves to be remembered, espe• cially by aged persons, who well recollect that on that day, 50 years ago, the French were brought into the city as soi-disant deliverers from the yoke of slavery. Experience has taught both old and young to know what this catastrophe led to. May posterity take heed, and maintain the present independence of the kingdom of the Netherlands, formally the Seven United Provinces, that the Netherlands may remain what they desire to be, a powerful, and therefore important State in Europe. TUE HAGUE, JAN. 20.—We have before us the statement of the revenue in 1843 and 1844, from which it appears that there has been a considerable increase in 1844. The total amount in that year was 54,225,805 florins, and in 1843, 53,027,097 florins. It is still affirmed that Mr. Rochusson is appointed to the post of Governor-General in our India pos sessions. GAME LORDS AND RABBITS. ORMSKIRK.—On Saturday last, Thomas Edge, of Hoskar Moss, and three other young men, farm labourers, appeared before the Rev. Joshua Thomas Horton, clerk, to answer a charge of trespass pre ferred against them by Lord Skelmersdale, father in-law to Lord Stanley, one of her Majesty's princi pal Secretaries of State. It appears that the young men had obtained permission from Thomas Morris, Esq., to have a day's ferreting for rabbits, as a sort of Christmas gift, on his lands, near Hoskar Moss, in Lathom, and that, in the course of the day, they inadvertently walked into a field adjoining to one of Mr. Morris's, belonging to his Lordship, erroneously supposing it at the time to belong to the former gen tleman. They were seen by his Lordship's game keeper, who informed them that they were trespass ing, when they immediately retired, expressing their regret to the keeper, and telling him that the trespass was not committed knowingly. The damage done to the herbage of the field does not amount to more than half a farthing, rated at the very highest. The gamekeeper appeared to support the information, and the reverend magistrate convicted the parties, in damages of forty shillings each and costs, and in flicted an additional fine of eight pounds and costs on one of the young men, who unthinkingly, and un fortunately for himself, carried a gun to assist them in the sport.—Here are fines inflicted by a clergyman of the Church of England, on four poor labouring men, amounting, with the expenses, to near 201., for momentarily entering a nobleman's field in a mistake. The poor fellows, too, are all parishioners of the con victing magistrate, and do not live very far distant from the park walls of the noble complainant. The aggregate amount of the fines and costs, astounding and unprecedented as it may appear, is more than twenty thousand times the actual value of the damage sustained by his Lordship.--Liverpool Chronicle. DESTRUCTION OF OLIVES. I The inhabitants of the south of France and Italy, who cultivate on a large scale the olive tree, complain bitterly of the severe losses caused by insects, and which they seem unable to guard against. The olives are attacked by a small caterpillar, which pene trates into its kernel, on which it lives, and escapes about the end of August, by an opening near the pedicle, and, by means of a thread which it spins, reaches the ground, where it undergoes its metamor phoses, and then becomes a butterfly. The caterpillar, in making the hole through which it escapes, causes the pedicle to die, and the olive always falls before it is ripe. Once on the ground, the caterpillar seeks for a dry leaf, or some crevice in the earth, constructs a light silken web, is changed into a chrysalis, and, in the space of from three to six days, the butterfly appears. At the instant the caterpillar leaves the olive, it meets with numerous enemies : thus, birds, while it hangs by the thread ; ants, as soon as it reaches the earth ; and, finally, a small hymenopterus deposits its egg on its body, and these produce small larva, which live on, and are developed at the expense of, its flesh and fat, without attacking the vital parts. As soon, however, as they are completely developed, they kill the caterpillar, or the chrysalis, and make under its skin from fifteen to twenty oval webs. In order to destroy a great number of these lepidopterce, the following plan may be followed :—At the end of August, when the caterpillar leaves the olives, a trench, of about an inch or two in depth, must be dug around the tree, and filled with dry leaves, so as to furnish a convenient hiding place for the caterpillar to form its web. In the beginning of September the leaves must be collected and burnt, and the trench filled up, so as to bury any that may remain under the clods.—Medical TimeB. METHOD OF BUILDING ON A DAMP SOIL. _ _ --• In building on a damp soil, having provided for the drainage of the site and its vicinity, the walls to a little above the ground-line should be built with mortar incorporated with some ingredient giving it the property of a hydraulic cement, or such as would set under water ; otherwise the mortar will never properly harden, but be inclined rather to decompose, and will always facilitate the rise of damp into the walls of the superstructure. Where there does not appear imperative occasion for incurring this extra expense, and indeed in all other cases than the one named, it is well to introduce near, but out of contact with the ground, a course of some material which is of a nature much more impermeable to moisture than the generality of building materials, a thin plate of some incorrodible metal for example, or a layer o f hard slates in R oman cement, or of coal ' •tar and sand ; either of these will intercept the rise of damp. In buildings of brick, it is the more necessary to have recourse to such measures, since that material is very absorbent in its nature, draws up damp to a consi derable height, and retains it for a long time. Where the walls of a building in which no such precautions have been taken, have become damp, it would have a salutary effect to dig out the earth which lies against them, and apply a coat of concrete, or Roman cement, to the parts under the ground-line, then fill in the earth :gain ; the current would thus be effectually stemmed, and on the right side of the wall ; and all short-sighted attempts to shut it out from within, by means of tarred-paper, or tea-lead, rendered unne cessary. It is plain that where water is collecting, it must either run out or run over; and if an internal ' coating resists the percolation, the more is the pity, I since the con sequence must be the rise and spread of ' the mischief.—The Builder. TUE CASE OF MESSRS. SMITH, THE DISTILLERS, AND THE EXCISE.—The law officers of the Crown are in daily communication with the Commissioners of Excise on the subject of the above approaching trial in the Cour of Exchequer. To render the case more intelligible than it could possibly be by the description of counsel, and the immense interests involved in the issue, the Commissioners have caused to be constructed a model of the premises at a cost of three hundred guineas, which is now in the board room of the excise department. This model it is proposed to place before the jury on the day of trial. We have every reason to believe, from information received from Oxford, that in deference to the opinion of a large number of the members of Convocation who have expressed their dissent from the proposed altera tions, the intended additions to the Statute, title xvii., sect. 3, "De Auctoritate et Officio Vic,...-Cancellarii," will be withdrawn ; and so form no part of the acade mical business to be considered and determined on upon the 13th of February. YARMOUTIL—The quantity of sprats brought into this town have been very great during the past week, and large quantities have been sold as manure.—Cam bridge Advertiser. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.--NARROW ESCAPE.—Yester day evening, about twenty minutes past six o'clock, as the workmen in the employment of Messrs. Blackball and Scott, comb manufacturers, 21, New-street, were quietly engaged at their labours, they were suddenly alarmed by the descent of a large stone, 341bs. weight, right down through the roof of the manufaetory into the midst of them. The chair on which one of the men was seated was splintered into several pieces, and yet, strange to say, the man himself escaped unhurt. The only injury sustained was by a little girl, whose face was slightly hurt by a fragment of the stone. On inquiry, it turned out that this unlooked-for visitation was occasioned by the blasting operations in the Calton-hill tunnel, upwards of 200 yards distant. It was also ascertained that several larger stones had struck the front of Mr. Ruthven's house, No. 23, and that another had shattered the pavement in front. It is amazing, though very gratifying, to think that no one was killed. This, we regret to say, is not the first accident that has occurred at this tunnel.—Scotsman. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Saturday last a labouring man, named Thomas George, met with his death at Pull Court, near Tewkesbury, under the following circumstances :—The deceased, in company with other labourers, was felling some timber on the es tate of J. E. Dowdeswell, Esq., and a rope bad been fastened to an elm tree for the purpose of pulling it down in a particular direction. The tree, however, fell in a contrary direction to that intended, and in pulling the rope caught against another tree, which caused the deceased to be jerked forward a distance of fifteen yards, his head striking in bis fall violently against the trunk of another tree, and killing him on the spot. The de ceased was thirty-three years of age, and has left a widow and four children.— Worcester Journal. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Monday evening, as the five o'clock train was proceeding from Brockley Whirls to South Shields, a female passenger, in a state of intoxication, leaped off the top of one of the car riages, the train at the moment proceeding at full speed. As soon as it could be effected, the engine was stopped, and a person dispatched to look after the woman. Oa the arrival of the train at Shields, medical aid was pro cured; and the return train proceeded up the line at a slow place, a man being placed on the look-out at each side of the engine. Fortunately, and to the astonish ment of all parties, the woman had been enabled to scramble back, with assistance, to the station, having escaped with only a severe c o n tusion of the knee.—T yne Mercury. THE ACCIDENT AT THE EAGLE'S BUSH COLLIERY. —We regret that no particulars of this accident, upon io which tn in wo our rl couldaat p d a e p p e e r. n d , Tl e e r were numberreceived f i n e t n i time injured inser tion ser was l to the expectations whi c h we ex pressed,l, and all rapidly getting bett er . Th e cause they contraryare of the explosion is supposed to be the falling a way of a portion of the walls which separate the working from the old levels, by which a large quantity of fire , damp was liberated, and took fire at one of the workmen's candles. tNwoewroN have . u with n e nt the edeath ordinary f NORTON... o i a t n i n s —Swansea Journal. William Fletcher Norton, Esq., of Elton thef e e l ? i n l :g A d s :o r i f o r:e r g r A et i h s a • Manor, in this county, at 40, Wellington -square, Hast ings. This amiable and excellent lady had been for some time in a declining state of health, and it bad been recommended by her medical adviser to try the air of Hastings, where she accordingly went on the 21st De. comber la. t. from the S he aPPV red at first to derive some benefit dange, but this a hope was soon dispelled ; she gradually became weaker sat d and weaker, till at length she minutesbreat hed before her last o u o r n the_ay l _ ot , 18t a h m inst., at twenty o'clock. t haul Review. CAVTION TO CABMEN.—At Marlborough -street Police -court, yesterday, three cab-drivers were fined five shillings and costs for leaving their cabs on the stand in Piccadilly unattended. POLAR SEA EXPEDITIONS_ AN POLAR LAND JOURNEYS. These are two letters sddressed to Sir John Barrow s Bart., Secretary to the Admiralty, by Dr. Kin g , a medical officer in her Majesty's service, to whom we were indebted for former contributions on the same subject, published, res[ectively, in The Sun-of Fe bruary 15, November 15 and 30, in the year 1836. The views therein hazarded on important geographical and physical features of the remote coasts which were the objects of British exploration, as proba ble, appear to have been largely confirmed by the results of the actual surveys subsequently executed ; a fact B t once honourable to the sagacity and observation of our' author, and entitling any future speculations of his on similar topics, to an attentive reception by the public. To this extent the letters before us may claim similar commendation with the earlier papers above noticed ; but we could wish that in address. ng Sir John Barrow a little more of the suaviler in mo, l o had been adopted. The first letter commences with' " a careful digest of the services" performed in this line of geographical enterprise since 1818, when Sir John " first entered on that field of research." The author appears to us to speak disparagingly of the merits of Captain Sir George Back's most generous and remarkable voyage, and in subsequent passages to attach far more value and authority to Captain Sir John Ross's quarto, than we are apt to think it will ever m tnand with the public. There is little consideration shown for the highly importar.t additions furnisised by Sir Edward Parry to Polar hydrography. The merits of that ill-rew added and most intelligent officer, the late Captai n L yon, are i ndeed casually adverted to ; but the great performance of the boat's crew dis patched under orders from Captain Beechey, R.N. along the shores of the Polar Sea to meet, if possible, the land expedition of Captain Franklin, advancing in an opposite dire c ti on f rom t h e mouth f the Copper mine or, it might be, the Mackenzie River, is passed over in absolute silence. The " Blossom's boat" is blot ted out of this record. Yet wefully concur in many of. the important positions which the author takes up The various services in the attempts to " solve the pro blem of a North Polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans," are thus smartly summed U J : " The Polar Sea Expeditions amount to ten, the Polar Land Journeys to three ; seven out of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions may be briefly described :—Captain Lyon's expedition was modestly called by him ' an unsuccess ful attempt to reach Repulse Bay;' in the body of the narrative of Captain Back's expedition will be found the same tale which Captain Lyon told on his title-page ; Captain Ross returned, after four years' wintering, with out advancing a step towards the object in view; Cap tain Parry failed in his attempt to reach the Pular Sea by Regent's Inlet, as well as Behring's Strait, to the Pole ; Captain Beechey saw the Polar Sea, and that is all ; and Captain Buchan was nut so fortunate as Cap tain Beechey." Notwithstanding our regret that more courtesy and temper have not been demonstrated by the author to wards Sir J. Barrow, in parts of these letters, we must go all lengths with him in the just reflections involved in his argument, to show the original error of some of the Hon. Baronet's conclusions, and the characteristic tenacity with which that functionary persisted in such error. We can find room for the following ex tract only : " The great difficulty in the way of these various at tempts, all know, was ice, but no one, not even the author of the Chronological History of Arctic Voyages,' has inquired where was it found, and where was it not found, and, therefore, where was it for the future to be avoided. That which forced itself, especially upon Sir Edward P a r r y' s m i n d , was the fact of the ad herence of ice to those shores which had an eastern aspect, while those of an opposite character were free. I have tested this fact in connexion with the movements of the various Polar Sea Expeditions which have been set afloat since 1818, and I find that in every instance the difficulties arose from the same cause—the clinging to lands having an eastern aspect. It may be as well to mention them, for facts are always worth repeating. Sir Edward Parry, in his second expedition, made attempts for two successive summers, to penetrate the eastern entrance of the Fury and Hecla Strait, and failed ; and, in his third expedition, he lost th e Fury while pushi ng hi s way along the' eastern land of North Somerset. Sir John Ross, in his second expedition, was four years advancing four miles along the same eastern land, and was at last obliged to abandon his vessel. Captain Lyon and Sir George Bark made separately unsuccessful attempts to reach Repulse Bay, which has an eastern aspect. " How, it may be inquired, is this general difficulty to be avoided? By doing, from experience, that which Baffin and Ross did from instinct, by taking the road, which is fairly open to us—the lands that have a western aspect. The difficulty then is clearly one of our own seeking, and no longer presents an insurmountable bar rier to arctic research.' It is always a welcome labour to do homage to those matchless displays of British intrepidity, courage, and humanity, physical powers of endurance, a n d moral fortitude, which were so nobly developed in the two overland expeditions of Sir John Franklin and his party, and the successful completion of the tra verse from the shores of the Polar Sea to the eastern coasts of Behring's Straits, at the northern extremity of the Great Pacific Ocean, by a traveller whom our author justly eulogises as " great "—the prematurely deceased Mr. Simpson, with his gallant comrades of the North-West Company's memorable enterprise: " And now let me call your attention to the other ser vice which has been at work upon this interestin g gp li? ,_ tion. I mean the Polar Land Journeys, those fruitful missions, but for which Tou would have been deprived of some one or anoth er o f your f avourite Polar Sea Ex peditions. A short survey of the Polar Land Journeys will afford a standard of comparison with the Polar Sea Expeditions, and develop the true position. The pub lication of the travels of Hearne, the fur trader, for which we are indebted to a Frenchman, demonstrated that the Polar Sea could b e reac h e d overland by way of Canada, and the success which attended the first Govern ment expedition, proved that the opinion which had been formed, was in every way correct. The distance between the Coppermine River and Point Turnagain, as Sir John Franklin named the point of his retrograde movement, was thus made known to us. A second ex pedition added the distance between the Mackenzie and the Coppermine, and as far westward of the Mackenzie as Foggy Island, which far suppassed in extent the pros perous voyage of Sir Edward Parry, in 1819 and 1820. A third expedition eclipsed all, and left to be surveyed but a small portion of the North American boundary of the Polar Sea ; in that portion, small as it is, rests the problem of three centuries. " Is not this sufficient encouragement to send a fourth? The fruits of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions will not ba lance with those of the last of the three Polar Land Journeys ; and the harvest of the first and the !feast suc cessful of these interesting missions is greater than that which remains to be gathered, while in expenditure the three Land Journeys have certainly not cost more than two, if one, of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions. Even the little that has been done by the Polar Sea Expeditions is of doubtful character. Bank's Land, North Somerset, the North Georgian Group of Islands, and the boun daries of Barrow Strait are still problems ; they are the lesser puzzles which I have mentioned. It is not so with the labours of Franklin, Richardson, and Simpson ; the footing they made is permanent, while Croker's Mountains have dissolved, and islands threaten to be continents, and continents islands, the natural conse quence of discovery in ships." The second letter is ingenious and acute ; but we have no more room for extracts. P--- _ EDESTRIANISM.—The celebrated pedestrians, Wil liam Jackson (the American Deer), of Norwich, and William Sheppard, of Birmingham, the competitors in the late great running match for 2001., which was won by the former, have been backed again for 100 L to run five miles, the friend s o f Sh eppard conceiving that his powers endurance and speed are equal, if not superior. to those of Jack son a t a s h orter di stance. In the pre vious contest they were matched to run for an hour, but Sheppard broke down when within about four hundred yards of the tenth mile, and his adversary, continuing his course till the expiration of the hour, consequently won the match. Another great match is on the tap between Maxfield (alias the North Star), of Slough, Jackson, who defeated Sheppard, and John Davie s . L i Welshman, for 1501. (501. asi d e ), t o run a m il e on a turn. pike-road ; the match to come off on the 11th of ih e en. suing month. Sheppard offered to stake 701. to the 504 posted by each of the others, for perzniaeion to run in the match; but this, it is said, has been refused. , and is trithiiii PEDESTRIANISM.--A race between John Handle y; of Nottingham, and Thomas Needham, of Radford, a dis tance of three hundred yards, will come off next Monday week. This race will excite much interest, both partiel, being well-tried pedestrians. Although Handley hi m hWere su d m ope to . acquired .a great name, as a long runonfewrhic. under the veteran Tom Middleton, his oppon eut • , Is a l ua , r a t e c r o n r , p t favourite amongst the " knowing ones:, T h e is to be run for is 20/. on each side ; 20/. sited last Monday night.—On Monda I for 10t, between Pipes and trians, came off on the Derby-road,wo amateur joedea. won'easily.—Nottinghani Review . when the formes Foot, consisting of 3 sergeants MILITARY INTELEIGENCE.--CHATHAM, JAN. 22.--- This morning a deta o y ra a ls:an a d mi Ca le rracan racer of the I lth Regiment of and file, with 1 s upernumerary, left their head -quarters at the Artillery Barracks, Brompton, near Chatham. en route for Deptford, where they embark on board the Mountstuart Elphinstone, convict ship, 611 tons burden, which vessel will drop down to Woolwich, to take tri convicts for Van Diernan's Land. The detaches ent which is to form a convict guard, is under the eor,imant ' of Major John Cassimir Harold and Ensigr, Hunter (both officers are of the same corps). Sever. women and 15 children accompany the troops. There is a report it the garrison, that the remaining part of the 11th will be sent out altogether to the colony, instead of being draughted out in detachments as convict-guards, as more troops are required in that island. 74th. Four Company depot at this garrison will be removed to Canterbury it the early part of next month; and the Four Company depot of the 46th Regiment, now at Dublin, will arrive a this garrison to do garrison duty. THE GREAT BRITAIN. —This leviathan of the dee' i. made another very successful trip down Channel *or: Monday, as far as. Ilfracombe. We understand that her speed was never less than 9i knots, and on her retrirz reached as high as 14. To-morrow (Thursday, - the citizens of Bristol will have to bid a long, and (we f ear a last farewell to this pride of their port, as she starts,, a trip to London, there to become the " eynos - A to c i wondering eyes" previous to RlyinE on her statift be tweenLivenfool and New York.--lirisiol GaottA /r ,, ~,,,..„,,, ...,„.,,,,, ~,, .--.''': = Ft - r.i 'n , ' Al4,‘'l',' -I.)s 4., __ S. I f