The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-30 00:00:00

MARIE I' NE ;VS.—Cr iiiS DAY.) HAT *.M.talv.x2r3TS. SilliTTlFlELD.—Coarso Meadow rTily, 31 10s to 4/ 10s UsGful ditto, 4/ Ps to 51 38 : fine Upland ditto, Si 4) to 5/8s; Clover Ilay, 41 103 to 61; 00,t Straw, 11 12s ti , 11 143 ; Wheat Straw, 11 148 to 11 16s per load. A Moderate supply, and a slu;:gish dc mand. CURBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 41125, Useful ditto, 4/ 15s to Si 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 5/ 183; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 168 ; Wheat Straw, 11 163 to I/ 188 per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. WitITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 I Os to 4/ 10s; Use ; Clove Ha ditto, 4 Ha /Ps to 5/ ; fine Upl an d ditto, Si 33 to 51 8 s y, 4/ 82 6/ ; Oat Straw, 12s to I / 14 s ; Wheat Straw , 1/ 14s to1/ to 11 16s pe r load. Trade *a the whole, dull, at the above quotations. TIEZAT PrATMETS. . SouTHALL, JAN. 99.—Although the supply of stock here this morning was seasonably good, the demand was tolerably steady, and last week's quotations were sup ported. 13eef, ,from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s Bil to 43 Sd ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 43 4d Calves, 4 pe l r ; P igs l Supply : —B easts, 40 ; Sheep, 1,200 ; , . R031F0111), JAN. S 29.—Pritne Mutton and Veal com anded a steady sale, at full prices ; but otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 8d to 43 ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 10d tie 43 4d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; guar- Ir'°ld Store Pigs, Ifis to 183 ; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 19/ each. top "Es 3s , JAN. 98 . — B eet, from 2s 10 Ito4s 4d ; Mut ts 10d t o 4s per 81bs. Supply moderate, and trade steady. COAL DTARICET. u P . ri ces per ton at the close of the market :—.Adair's I ,;_ s Tl, 17s 9d • Buddle's West Hartley, 18s ; Cnester • ,, ain, Ls, . ...! 19 3 .„. ti,asting's Hartley, 18s ; Holyvv•ell Main, Old hiorrnion s Hartley, 168 6d ; New Tanfield, lis ; wuesttirtop, 17 3 ; Old Tatifield, 17s •, Ravensworth field m art ieY, 17s 6d; Shipcote, unscreened, pis ; Tat iv_ .00r 13 utes, 17s ; Tanfield Moor, 20s ; Taylor's iire.s., liartley, 16s; West Hartley, 18s; Wylam, 17s 6d , ; li ct e r t:s l 2 i r s a ; 19 3 6d ; Bradd)ll's Hetton, 21s ; W. E., Lambton, 21s ; Russell's , Hetton, 21s ; 20, 64 7, 21s ; Maclean's Tees, 18s ; Seymour Tees, 16s t.:rees, 21s ; W oo d e fi e ld , 17s 3d ; Clackmannan, ori n artley ' 1S ' s • '%Vreckington, 17s 6d.—Shi ps Te d, 186. F or czxtCORN AVERAGES. tone;1481le ver itt the or the ended Jan. 25, 154.5, made up front the Returns of the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, t P". 41 Quarter. 'Arley •• " 443 7d I Oats ..... . 21s 3d B eans , • ..... 35s 4d '• • • 343 2d ny e ........ 32s li d Pease 36s Id AVERAGES OF TIIE LAST SIX WEEKS. W eeks -- 28. • .• Jan, a •• • • Wheat. , Barley. Oats. I Ry Beans. I Pease, 45 45 3 I 3 6 1 2 45 34 45 10 ; 34 5 2 ,4 1 4- 7 7 I 3 4 7 2 21 10 i 32 0 21 10 31 9 20 10 31 8 21 7 131 4 21 8131 4 21 3j 32 11 3•i 11 3.S 7 36 3 ?.5 8 35 7 33 4 AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TI. 458 7,1 Oats ....•• 343 4d R ye .. 21 Gd I Be: • ..... .. 32 2d Pei 111 in... , ." •• 20s W hea e t . 'DITREIGN CORN. 4 1 .• A Od ITIES ON FO •• 5 0(1 I Rye ...•••• •••• 10s 6d I Pease.. .. •• •. is Gd • 7s Gd Ne at :E SIX WEEKS. ms .. 35 9d se •• .. .. 35 9d CHANGE -- S — IN THE CABINET. Although sevenal (From the Times.) . 4(lntitlist • time past, been much di ration have, for some important changes in the presen, sellszed, and confidently anticipated, Whi 1 , on, ee are at this time understood to be determined of and still more the secession from the Government mers, the appointments see of its most active and intelligent ere f d by the M suigfrlifitheese, i ., , or the most part unexpecte retirement of , ,are, I s e the resignation and Mr. Glad eery the . most unforeseen and Members, ts',lo Iresident of the Board of Trade. of lre lle f i ' r a naine haa been. connected, from momentth op e - in one o f a s ee , st aPpearance in the world, „.0 stecided character on several important questions artienlar iolteh have' no referexce whatever to his particular to its the commercial Minister reported teire• But these s peculative opinions are his col- I ti __ 4ve divided the ILn. Gentleman from m likely to tes ti of the British on some of the most important_ matters we hope we s ea • rought before Parliament ; and . to be of secs infer that those measures will Pro.' and epeor.T.alent to the welfare of the UnitedtKainigtadtoemd ,por. the e o ' to the tranquillity of the most for L e i n, that they will afford a sufficient compensation t as Mr. Glad , to f f it, of so active a public screen -.G ee the l loard The vacancy thua arising at th i e )ai he o a u d i.e of Dalhousie, now th e 14 ) _f _.:Trad will be tilled by Lord h sera :ue•ls. esident of that department, the Member I for el ? the Cabinet. Mr. Cardwell, o f Lord t4the ithero, is named as h tee successorrc of .„ r de but without ' a .....44 () t i e in th.e Vice -Presidency of the a B , th e ise'nee Which is usually accompanied lit,tiatiary Couucil. The vacancy occasioned by the re the present Lund ci ll of the Secretaryship of Ireland o a n ith i a t seat in an.... h i 3 or,'4* (4M:tale; upon the death of his father, hi i'lasequent accession to the peerage, will Henry . f l a l th b e e r, filled a liorir Thoneas Fremantle, who succeeded Sir ~_. B d u nge last sri e Secretary at liar. e'l/ • l l 'eY ti "b ent a r !e , as effi with a seat ill the Cab inet et ert takes the War- o ce, eete. ; and the Earl of Lincoln of t, retainlne his present office .at . of Sir JOhn e(44 are Forests. The retirement also t: Mr.ii. the and. enters Beard Sidney twhe.e l i , Barrow and the promotion Nert leav e ' e - meet ' both the Secretaryship-ef trust Y tk at the disposal of the Government to latet all still be filled in such a manner nt ' as depart keet, 4 the claims of that most important k r . acid to deserve !he confidence of the country.sdai tierb Corry has been mentioned as Ilitetil's seccessor. The Ministry, therefo ir re, - with e the tieecast'. e labours of the approaching session th e e , 'en to ( Ace of several of the young Memb w e ,. rs , of a Sydney roxoruotliservative party, and animated, we hope, with "nes tutizegorn r t t e d a spirit to encounter the leading 4 tes feNtr , spirit, time in a cesnprehensive is and eminently The position of affairs ble aser ab a whit the introduction tt It es, whica require riot only 'wise intentions Th e r„"g Government, but favourable of several import a a n n . t opportunity. venue tegkettroaperity of the country and the surplus re s as alay ZR eerily 411 appropriation ef the public resource el leeree :r' o ff future ensbarassmtnts, extend our o 2 The Ki ti e ne our art, and protect our coasts. trittispil, (roveparties in Ireland exhibits a rare and novel k m wo elation of the seculardisputes of the sister island;at Il hieh e 411 Scarcely remember any former period %ad ec a 9ovrnreent had before it greater inducements ..ss yentalee r , es,slons to promote the public good, or when it et : e l° to encourage its friends and silence its oppo . i ll Y a policy worthy of the great party which placed e ke, ki 4 lite gj 0 C UEST E HOUSR, BLACKHEATH.— 'etttlifea."B" Worsthh,e_ eff.ec_tas.roiEfthber late Royale Highness the LehemefitLia,,of Gloucester commenced er.eesterda,. evaae Punta, el." elouse• Most of the furnitu , green ,_ 4°014 S ce-, had been withdrawn from the sale Isereiec; weesle since, and the residue, consisting of %A il s re china ftrid lass bi'outerie, articles ot verp, *jaes Leisgrztvngs, plat g e az' ' l nd a small cellar of choice elopzt:ec., were amen s ' t thea articles offered for public 1 1 1 . 0 c1s, tn, under thegsupefintendence of Mr F. Chin ite, Pelle 11111,113 konday and Tuesday the residence was Chin heed:die 1, hesiegesi by parties anxious to view the articles la Po das Iltneh competition, and most of the : of fetched a very high price. A very hee l me dres‘se.rt service Was knocked _down to a sleet e4ldlng in Greenwich for eat Another foreicti 'erviee WitB sold for 401. nogg b v ohf lacedPolla o a k; a li br i n g e h t . , a resent to he A r la w te in l g t e o d ya e l w e at Majt P Q, e n Charlotte, was bought,. wioes et nd, for a. , u e Ati ee ' t 'l the e nobleman at 1 . 61. ss. The cellar of d '822 cvY choicest quality, realised excellent °s e 8 ozeu of brown eherry averaging 4 guineas per . t4,415'11.t gclti`'inz(,asf padleo sherry 42 per cloa c i o n z , eb lOdoz en of of capital fatti et l ttipe' kadePierar 3/.leob;.aTidheabout lo 4 t of the day worth ithatrt his mile9tiee was a pair of Sevres vases a . pr b e e se a n r. gee he prele!tY Louis Philippe on his recent_ visit, 47 e`ehetts. ,iel,ee Crown and royal initials; it fetched tSset,,ll:_lay's sCe realised upwards , of 8001. htti'Peey p r :: 111 LORD AleYort.— The Fruiterers' tq'or, oilis..ated large quantity of fruit to the Le t rd i, th Neely oh'llle chiefly 01 tipples. One of the depu a le, allehtt,-,eBet'ed, that the fruit was intended to fur it ,tordshran,ee of apple-sauce for the goose, of which 110),es d a „P n„,ad partaken so plentifully on Lord tot4be ttkerieLtlttnd* -trielcleireLdo.r....dtz smiled, and the deputa to,. kaioN '-'",_ 4 have observed that many facetious teiktthball elti,' e who go out resolving manfully to be funny ''Pee, t v , elai i ng, are " done up " much sooner than t i." eee,,,„l: the 'rant of a method by which . e t tt !, le theiurte, their jokes. A pleatry once theyfire Doze 4 4 , s °Pinion, to be fired off no n more, at least it liTitier- eelpinee! but is to be treated like used gu.n lher 'e tke t, .1. iPPInIOII is altogether erroneous. With tve titoet i uasliod off the same pun at the same party h ea ,PY tillte• last Tuesilay evening and was successful 1444tcan.atelh.e fellvlohwipg conundrums will . show you It ti , l' jik e , .. --- yis a man half -sunk into a gentle lit is who i . six e -....because he is half a-dozin. Why 8 !Ict halls scarcely at all steep like five ?—Because to(111,te e s4','l,°airt- VVhy u who is just drop ittrs,ltr:triaitittetrzlileozsilnu.naber like seven ?--Because he is Why is a man already sunk into a b , ver y t , , Ike twelve ?—Because he is a dozin. Ithity ktZll/2eI,I4:3II,7,±_N,..EHCONOMIST.Gea iGun.r y tt t te do b etw een " si r _ 6 !:EP DT DOGS. --On VI edr!es ht. l l, digs, whi ch 1 4 al Q V O'clock in the mornin, far the 1/teolt-treeTl oose from Mr. Burry's bone -143' w P4P ll , % her:uode their way t o a field . heptil. ep r ,. IL c ,v . a numbe wa y to the pp 11, ert ikt he eege t e o aaby and H. Davey, were being :stefe t , l 4 e o 1 feroeit„ a t!teked the incsffensive animals toe te 3 0 .7, and 111 about three- uarters of an o ttit e tt r eie ~(1 eleventloatieeth, e _sheep were deLoyed, some h„.!irectt__ i lpti tir ._ make rid Others drowned in the stream zeillttilioe:yttrecetidorrntiono4nt the gin- escape. The dogs then e n.lanled remains of the sheep, ) 9 ‘ t teett ,Pit pie, b e y disturbed in their repast by a elie heep Y the field, drove them away ; only 1,. °et of the twent five h iittil'eet aeeee A do _ 4, y ve, however, being th e tEli °f A115,.........,.7r . re r, ),;..Art,tl_ :bi ll -l er. ( 1 . 1 e regret to observe several in day ditsys of A,T7,1. o.n the night of Saturday last eii`,t,erif`o; ered t,i,riellerr.iss,n, of Tiworth, near Bury, (1 /1 :4 4 ittne Ivitb", on tire, and tw o barns, two stables, Vritl•aiOt clktetri'rteee°ws and a calf, and a granary 61.04 1, 1 ,AN 1 4 bea ns .or corn, were destroyed. On Sun 9,4tz9e 1,44 evitio...,tack, belonging to Mr. Gupp, of hPaee htt"':e teas destroyed by fire. Several eciitehre. p_erlypecteracetorrrsed in this parish, but in no been covered.—C am- MON E Y and COMMERCIAL NE '4V S. CI IT, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton mat iiet at Liverpool was quiet yesterday, at pi evious rates. Exporters took 200 bales of Am,Ti , can, all the rest being to the trade, and the total sales am:A.111611;z- to 5,000 bales, viz , 200 Egyptian, at 511 to Bd. ; 100 Bahia, at 54d. ; 200 Maranhaca, at 4id. to 41.; 500 Surat, at 2/d. to 3d.; and the rest American, at 34d. to sd. per lb.—Shares were firmer, and South- Easterns were in increased demand- Birmingham and Gloucester, 1111 110 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 444 ; Caledonian, 6,1 ; Chester and Birkenhead, New, 304 ; Chester and Holyhead, 7i ; Churnet Valley, 6i e ; Dublin and Drogheda, 791 ; Eastern Counties, 18k a ; Ditto, Perpetual (No. 2), 245. Gd. ; Ely and Bedford, lf ; Grand Junction, New, 454 ; Great North of England, 150; Great Western, 176; Ditto, One-Fifth, 401; Lancaster and Carlisle, 241 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 42i ,• London and South-Western, New, 12i ; London and York, 4,35 ; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 561 ; Midland Counties, 1274. ; Ditto, 40/ 9-,c l 10; • f North British, IL} 4 ; North Union, 90 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 1001 103; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, I t South-Eastern, 471 49 ; Ditto, New, 21 ; York and North Midland, New, 144 ; Lyons and Avignon, 565. 555.; Paris and Lyons, 72 ; Paris and Rouen, 421 ; Northern of France, 5-1. There are some accounts brought by a line-of-packet ship from the British American colonies, and from the United States. Th e annua l re p or t s o f the state of trade in the Canadas are upon the whole satisfactory. There is not any reference to the health of Sir Charles Met calfe, and therefore we may fairly assume that it has undergone an improvement. Of course, the honour conferred upon his Excellency of having been raised to th., Peerage was not known out at the date the present advises left. That Sir Charles has most erni m ntly earned the honour is not questioned in any circle. From New York we learn that money had been much in demand. The rate of interest had been quoted as high as 10 to 12 per cent. for accommodation upon bills of exchange. The State Stocks had fallen in conse quence to some extent. We do not find any encourag ing symptoms in the present accounts, as respects the probability of a return to honest courses by the " Re pudiating States" of the Union. It has been suggested, and we think properly too, that a committee should be appointed to watch over the interests of the holders in this country, who are very numerous. Good might be effected ; of harm there could be none. There are numbers of minors, orphans, widows, as well as others, who are deeply interested in the results that might follow by shaming the States in arrear into payment. We have accounts from Monte Video that affairs there, political as well as commercial, were in a bad state. The Indigo sales, which terminated yesterday, were ' principally remarkable for the speculative demand for Ccntinental houses. The home trade supplied them selves only to a limited extent. There were 6,300 chests actually sold. Consols for the Account have been done at par only, and at 991 and 100 for immediate transfer. Redte:ed .Annuities are j to 1 per cent above par. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents., after having touched 1041, have been just transferred at 4 per cent. above par. Bank Stock is at 215, and India Stock at 286. The variations in the Foreign Market have been but slight to-day. Fur the Dutch Four per Cents: the more current value is 981 ; for the Two and-a-Half per Cents., 63-1 ; for the Spanish Five per Cents., 261 ; for the Tree per Cents., 401 ; for Mexican, 36 ; and for Buenos Ayres, 401. The settlement of the Share Account in the Railway Market is looked forward to with deep interest. In some cases an improvement has taken place this morning. The opinion is that the Bears will have to pay dearly on the adjustment. The French lines of railway continue to support very firm values. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 215 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities IOOVA 3 per Cent. Consols Arms 99% 100 New 34 per Cent. Annuties 104% 104 k 104 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 12 1-16% Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 11% India Stock 285 286 India Bonds 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,0001 76 pm. Consols for Account COURT CiaCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Quc.en and Prince Albert took their early walk this forenoon in the plea sure -grounds and the Home Park. Their Royal :Highnesses the Prince of \Vales, the Princess Royal, an the Princess e, were taken a carriage airing this morning, and A were also taken to the gardens at Frogmore to walk there. The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left the Castle this morning for town. The Marquis of Douro also took his departure. At five o'clock this afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, went to the riding school to take equestrian exercise. H is Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was expected to leave Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, yesterday, to honour the Duke of Beaufort with a visit, at Badminton, Glou cestershire. Sir Robert and Lady Peel arrived at their residence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morning, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Mr. Mosquera, the New Granada Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy Governor, hail an interview wits: Sir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. A deputation from the Original Harwich Railway Company had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, gave a grand dinner last evening, at his residence in Curzon-street, to the Cabinet Ministers and Great officers of State of the Queen's Household. The clerks of the Privy Council, Mr. C. Greville and the lion. William Bathurst, were also present. At the meeting, the roll of sheriff's (nominated on the morrow of St. Martin) for the present year for the different English counties was settled. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of Vie Exche quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Mr. Thomas Baring had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office for the Governor of Gibraltar. The Earl of Ripon had an interview with Sir R Peel yesterday. BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COM• PAN Y. A special meeting of the Proprietors was held yes .erday, at two o'clock, in the Company's office, Barge yard, Bucklersbury, for the purpose of sanctioning the application of stock, to the amount of 20,0001., in aid of a proposed line of railway from the town of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence, to Boston, or some other port on the Atl an ti c , the ine being understood to pass through the eastern town lands Mr. Robin son, the G overnor , i n th e c h a i r. , The CHAIRMAN having, in a few words, explained the object of the meeting, Mr. Cummists, the Deputy Governor, proceeded to read several letters from the Company's representa tive in America, Mr. Galt, impressing strongly upon the Directors the absolute necessity of such a rail way, as their lands at present, whether cultivated or waste, were at a nominal valuation; and the settlers were in such a state of heartless despondency from the pressure of several unsuccessful years, that where they could they were either thinking, or in course of emigrating, to the westward. In such a state of things the advance of 20,0001., even if considered as a gift, would be their very best policy. The House of Assembly had done nothing that called for any particular remark, excepting, perhaps, the grant of 2.50/. in aid of thirtpreliminary expenses of the line. The estimated expenses were 450,000/. ; out of this sum 100,000/. might be obtained from Go vernment on the security of the Company's vine lands in the province; the remaining 300,000/. 'night be raised among the public generally. The writer concluded by earnestly urging the expediericy of giving activity and energy to their lands by sup porting, as far as in them lay, the projected railway. Mr. Cummins added, that in reply, the Directors had authorised Mr. Galt toyield the sum of 20,000/. conditionally, however—they requiring the sanction of the Executive body in Canada, and of the general body of Proprietors and of the Government at home, and also adding that, unless the proposed line should meet the approbation of Mr. Galt himself, he was in no respect to pledge the Company. A resolution in accordance with the above was moved by Mr. GOULD, who observed that the Com pany's affairs did not look so dismal after all, when, as stated by their Commissioner, the traffic upon the proposed line could be supposed at a yearly rate of 60,0001. He thought that, making every allowance for the sanguine expectations and representations of Mr. Galt, the line would be the very best thing they had supported since they had been incorporated ; and he would have great pleasure, therefore, in moving the resolution, " That this meeting submit to the Court of Directors to subscribe 20,000/. in stock to the proposed railway from Montreal to some port on the Atlantic, the line to pass through the eastern towns, subject to the stipulations mentioned in the letter of the Directors to the Commissioners in Canada." Mr. CLARE. seconded the resolution in an effective speech, which was supported by other members, and, after a few remarks from the CHAIRMAN, put and carried unanimously. After a vote of thanks to the Chair, the meeting broke up. Exchequer Bills. 134 d. I%d. 1,000/. 500/. ••• Ditto Small Ditto Advertised ..... ... •••••• pm, PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 40% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 36% . 36 Ditto for the Account. Ditto Deferred Stock 16% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B5 Ditto Converted 59 Ditto for the Account 59 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 28%% Ditto Passive Bonds 6% Ditto 3 per Cent 40 A 1% Dutch VA per Cents 3 1 /4 Ditto 4 per Cent. C er tificates ... 98 3 4% PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ll2 116... to 113 Ditto, New... Ditto. Ltal: Shares ......... 3 Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln •• • Chester and Holyhead 5 7 /2, 4 to Churnet Valley l'irect Northern Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 3 5 ; % to Ditto, ditto, No. 2.0% to Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Ditto Extension Great North of England 100 l5O Ditto New Ditto New Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto Fifths London and Blackwall 16% 7% to London and Brighton.... London and South Western.. 41%...... 79 Ditto, New... 2% 1 2 3 4 5 / 5... to London and Croydon London and Yor . k... ..... Lynn and Ely Maneheitet and Leeds 7O .. ...131 1 A,.. ... to 131 Manchester and Birmingham 40 56 Ditto Quarters Midland ......100 129% to Ditto New Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 Newcastle & Darlington •Tunc. 24 ...... 65 Newcastle and Berwick North British Norwich and Brandon 8 ... . 14q to Ditto New Shares 1 Rugby ... I Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 214 3 5 / 83i... to 4 3% South Devon South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 48 1 Ditto New, No. 1 20 to 19% Ditto New, No. 2 2 .. 19 Staines and Richthond.... .... 1 South Wales Trent Valley Yarmouth and Norwich: York and North Midland ... 50 .. — Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Great Northern of France ... 4 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 Paris and Lyons NHL HUMPHREY DAVY ON GUANO.—Amongst solid substances used as manures, one of the most power ful is the dung of birds that feed on animal food, particu larly the dung of sea-birds. The guano which is used to a great extent . in South A mer i ca, and wh i ch i s the ma nure that fertilizes th e ster il e pla i ns of Peru, i s a pro ducti▪ on of this kind. It exists abundantly, as we are informed by M. Humboldt, on the small islands on the South Sea, Chinche, 110, Izae, and Arica. Fifty vessels are laden with it annually at Chinche, each of which car ries from 1,500 to 2 ,000 cubic feet. It is used as manure only i▪ n very small quantities, and particularly for crops of maize. I made some experiments on specimens of guano sent from South America to the Board of Agri culture in 1805. It appeared as a fine brown powder; it blackened by heat, an d gave off strong arnmonical fumes; treated with nitric it afforded uric acid. In 1806 ?IM. Fourcroy and Vauq ue i n published an elaborate analysis They of guano. state that it contains a fourth part of its weight of uric acid, partly saturated with ammonia ani partly with potassa; some phosphoric acid combined with the same b as i s, and likewise with lime. Small quan tities of sulphate and muriate of potassa, a little faulty matter, and some quartoze sand. TIIE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FORTIFICATIONS. — The Herald and some of our Contemporaries affected to discredit the information which we gave exclusively on this subject in the last number of our Register. We are enabled now to add materially to our former state ment. We believe it to be indisputable that the Duke of Wellington has, for some years, so far back as Lord Melbourne's Administration, contemplated the effective fortification of the whole of the ports and harbours of England, particularly on the south, as well as that of London. The works are even now in progress at Devon port. When the facilit y w i t h w hi c h t h e Nemesis steamer, in the Chinese war, ran up rivers and creeks, almost un molested, is remembered, and when we have neighbours not slow to apprehend or to follow an example ;—when o a u h r ig o h wn pe e rs o o a n st ag t e o even an instantaneoustalks openly and d th a e lm ex os p t osure o f unper ceived advent of armed st eamers , it cannot surprise any one that the first strategist in the world should consider the means of protecting hi s own coun try against such attacks.—Historical Register of Saturday. BEDFORD.—ROMANC E OF REAL LlFE.—Fifteen years back a man belonging to this town deserted his wife and children, and no intelligence could be gleaned of his whereabouts ever afterwards. The poor woman struggled on, and supported herself and family until about two years ago, when, taking f or grante d that her husband was dead, she married a widower. Last week, to her great surprise and to the discomfiture of her new husband, she received a letter from her original "partner, requesting to meet bim at a neighbouring town. Thither she went and met him; he accompanied his wif e an d friends to Bedford, when he made his conjugal c l a i ms i n due form, and succeeded in winning her back. It is said that the truant husband has been engaged i n theatrical pursuits during his mysterious absence. —Cambridge Ad vertiser, PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, JAN. 28. 3 per Cent. Consols it; 3 1 4 Stock 3% per Cent. Debentu re s Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent 73% LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Dublin and Kingstown IOO Drogheda Great Southern and Western Ditto Scrip 2l Ditto Extension r.ish Great Western, Dublin to Mul- 1 21 / 3l/ lingar and Athlone Railway 4 . __. .. ~ Belfast and Ballymena - 2% 4% Waterford and Limerick Dundalk and E nn i s kill en 2% 3 Wexford and C ar l ow 2% 4 .8 City of Dublin Steam Company Ditto Ditto, 1836 5O 541/ MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 29.—The market continues firm, with a considerable business done. Eastern Counties, 181 I ; Liverpool and Man chester, New Shares, 39-,1 40 prem.; London and South- Western, New Shares, 124 ; Manchester and Birming ham, Quarter Shares, 6 1-16 ; Midland Railway Consols, 126 128 ex. div.; Ditto, 401. Shares, 91; South-Eastern, 47f ; Ditto, New Shares, 21 20f ; Ditto, Scrip, 14.1 8 prem.; Barnsley Junction, si; Belfast, B a ll ymena, and Carrickfergus. 44 ; ,lackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 4,1 ; Bolton. Wigan, and Liverpool, 34 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4f i : Churnet Valley, 6 1 1 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 51 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 41 ; Jamaica, 244. ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 5 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk. and Preston, 24 i ; London and York, 4 15-16 ; Manchester and Buxton, 2 11-16 7,- ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 11 ; Trent Valley, 10i 4 ; Great Northern of France (English), 6 ; Rochdale Canal, 52k. SMUGGLING AT HOME AND ABROAD,...DUriUg the last session Mr. Hume proposed to bring, in a single return, a complete list of all the establishments formed and supported for the purpose of putting down smug gling. It appears from the return t h at the cost of these establishments, in 1842, was upwards of half a million sterling, and that the value of the contraband goods seized that year was about 3,0004 This is stop ping up the vent hole and opening the coc k, f or w h at signify these trifling seizures in the presence of the fact that goods of the value of bet ween three and four millions sterling, chiefly brandy an d tobacco, are every year smuggled into the th ree ki ngdoms ? In Franco the service of the Custom-hou se costs upwards of a million sterling, and employs 26,000 persons. This is a complete army ; and yet, in 1842, th e w h o l e amount of its seizures was not more than 20,000/ . Each of the 18,000 searchers in the French Customhouse makes at least ten searches a day, which gives a total of 180,000 a day for the whole kingdom, or of 65 thousand million a year, producing the contemptible results above stated. The Preventive Army of the German C ustoms ' U n i on costs 400,000/. a year ; so that taking England, France, and the Zollevercin, the preventive force amounts to 50,000 men, and costs upwards of two m illi on ster li ng. Applying similar calculations to all th « . other States of the European Continent, there result a total force of about 200,000 men, costing some eight or nine millions sterling, and seizing contraband goods o f t h e value of 80,0001. or 100,0001. —A bridged from th e C on4itutionnei DEATH OF ONE OF NELSON ' S VETnuAris.--Tuesday last Samuel Shergold, one of the partakers of Nelson's glorious victories, died at Southampt on , aged 82 years. The o'd tar was 25 years in the Royal N avy pr i or to 1814, is which year he was paid off fr om t h e R oyal Geoff ge, at Plymouth. During that period he served and r Nelson in no less than fourteen actions. For the last five years he had been bed-ridd en . Mr. Shergold was father-in-law of Captain Coster, harbour-master of this port,—Hants Independen TIIE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—The state of the venerable nobleman is rather more favourable this morning; the reply to inquirses at his Lordship's re sidence was--' His Lordship has passed a tolerable good night, and is a little better than he was yester day." Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the sever al members of the Royal Family sent to make inquiries, and the calls of the nobility. and gentry were exceed ingly numerous. Rumours of a very painful nature, relative to an English lady of rank and a German Prince, ere afloat, but we trust they will be found to be incorrect. The parties are in Italy.—Post. EAST CORNwALL. — The candidate on the Liberal interest for East Cornwall is not, as stated by acme o'' our Contemporaries, Mr. Trelawny, the Member for Tavistock, but Sir William Trelawny, the Lord-Lieute nant of the county, and the former representative of East Cornwall. Sir William Trelawny is in politics a thorough Liberal, and is held in the highest estimation, as a man of worth and intelligence, by all parties. OVERSEERS' ACCOUNTS. — After the expiration of the current year of overseers of the poor, their accounts (in consequence of the appointment of " district" audi tors) will Rot have to be laid before justices for their allowance. Tp STN, LONDON, TITURSDAV EVENING JANITARY 30 , 1845. FREE-TRADE MEETING AT WEST II A C EINE Y. Last night a meeting vi as held at the British School room, Kingsland, to hear a lecture on the extension of free-trade principles, from Mr. George Thompson. The IZer. C. J. DuKts, on taking the chair, said it would be superfluous to say a word to gain a respectful attention to the talented lecturer. The name of George Thompson was endeared to Great Britain, and his fame had spread from one side of the globe to the other.— (Cheers.) He had wrought hard and successfully on behalf of the oppressed slave, and now his g:gantic ta lents were as zealousy employed in uprooting another monstrous evil—the corn-laws. The League was a " great fact "—(Laughter)—and the , existence of the corn-laws would soon cease to be a fact. The supporters of the Lcague had been branded as agitators, but it was only by legitimate agitation that all public evils were removed. He knew that agitation was no crime in the Church—(Loud cheering)--and sure he was, that if the opponents of the League would condescend to depute a disputant to discuss the question with Mr. Thompson, the free-trade cause would gain many advocates among the now undecided.—(Hear.) The Rev. Chairman, after an able address, introduced to the meeting, Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, who, after an eloquent and fueling tribute tl the early exertions of the venerable Clarkson on behalf of injured Africa, addressed the meeting most effectively on the principles of free trade, and in detailing the successful efforts of the League in the Registration Courts throughout the country. It had been said that the League was dead.—(Oh, oh, and cheers.) Yes, it was dea I, their opponents said. First, the League was ailing, then it was sick, then in a criti cal position, then it was dying, and at last it gave up the ghost. Now it was only decent to pay respect to a de ceased foe, yet the leaders of the corn-law newspapers, after a line that " the League was dead," took two columns to abuse the cold carcass.—(Hear.) Perhaps they thought that in its ashes " lived its wonted fire," and that the departed was more dreaded dead than when alive. The lecturer, after energetically exhorting the people of Middlesex to rescue the county from its present anomalous representation in Parliament, ad dressed some excellent observations to the meeting on the necessity of early qualification, and sat down amidst enthusiastic cheering. Mr. F. CLARK moved the following resolution : " That this meeting cordially approves the efforts made by the League to extend the franchise throughout the boroughs and counties of England, and rejoices in the success wbich, up to the present time, has crowned those efforts, and pledges itself to co-operate for the fur therance of the great object. This meeting would also express its gratification in the prospect of the Anti- Corn-law Bazaar, and its hope that the ladies of this neighbourhood will cordially unite in the undertaking.' Mr. S. GREEN, of Newington, seconded it, and it was carried unanimously. The meeting, after votes of thanks to Mr. G. Thomp son and the Chairman, separated. SAVINGS' BANK INTEREST TABLE. Table for calculating interest at 21 18s. 4d. per cent., or 7d. per 11. per annum, applicable to those Savings' Banks which calculate interest according to the number of weeks the money remains in deposit, and which do not, in crediting interest, allow the fractional parts of a penny, nor give interest on the fractional parts of a pound. The sum actually producing Id. interest for one week is 2d. - 6-7 3d. 4d. sd. 6d. 7d. But as the Savings' Banks generally take the benefit of the fractional parts of .11., instead of allowing it to de positors, the sum required to produce I Id. interest for one week will be £B or above 2d. 3d. 4d. sd. 6d. 7d. This table may be continued to any extent required by simply adding in succession the sum of 521. to each of the sums preceding that sum, then to that sum itself, and afterwards to each of the sums produced by such addition, thus:-- 521. added to 8/. make 60L which will yield Os 8d interes 15 ditto 67 ditto 23 ditto 75 ditto 0 10 30 ditto 82 ditto 0 11 38 ditto 90 ditto 1 0 45 ditto 97 ditto 1 1 52 ditto 104 ditto 1 2 60 ditto 112 - ditto 1 3 67 ditto 119 ditto 1 4 and so on to the extent required. , The above table continued in the manner pointed out, may, besides showing the interest on any given number of pounds for one week, be further used to show the in terest on any given number of pounds for any given number of weeks, in which case the number of pounds must be multiplied by the number of weeks, and the product referred to the table will show the interest re quired. Thus, if it be required to find the interest of 61. for five weeks, the product of six multiplied by five is thirty, the interest on which sum of thirty will be found on reference to the table to be fourpenee ; again, if it be required to find the interest on 91. for eleven weeks, the product of nine multiplied by eleven is ninety-nine, the interest on which sum of ninety-nine, as ninety-nine is less than 104 and more than ninety-seven, will be found on reference to the table to be Is. Id. A NEW TRICK.—On Tuesday morning a gentle man in the City left his home, and shortly after his wife, with the children and nurserymaid, also went out. A few minutes after her departure, a woman called, in quired "if the gentleman was at home, " and told the servant she was sent by th e l a d y who had just left the house (describing her dress), who had met a friend, which friend had purchased of her a roasting jack for 4s. 6d. The servant, after some hesitation, paid the money, and received an article worth about Bd. The same trick has been served on others with like success. The woman is described as being about 30 years of age, light complexion, stout, had on a straw bonnet, dark shawl, and purple gown. RovA.r. FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.—The annual general meeting of the governors of this charity, which was very numerously attended, took place in the board-room of the hospital, Gray's Inn-road, last even ing, the Rev. E. Rice, D.D., in the chair. The secre tary read the report, from which it appeared that the number of persons admitted into tke wards during the year, suffering from extreme sickness, disease, and want, was 1,968; of these 75 had died, and 1,893 were dis charged, cured; many of whom, on their discharge, had been entirely clothed and furnished with temporary re lief. In addition to these, 27,088 had re ce i ve d me di cal and surgical treatment and medicine, gratuitously, as out-patients; making the total of 29,056 who had been benefited by the charity during the year. The receipts for the general purposes of the hospital had amounted to 5,0721. Bs. Id., and the expenditure had been 4,871/. 19s. 9d. The contributions on account of the new build ing had been 1,6061. Os. 4d., and the sum expended in repairs, furniture, and fitting-, 2,099/. 10s. 9d. CALLS TO THE BAR.—LINCOLN'S INN, JAN. 29. The undermentioned gentlemen having kept their full number of terms as members of this Hon. Society, they were this evening sworn in, in the usual manner, before several of the Benchers, and admitted to the degree of Barrister-at-Law :—Mr. Augustus Robinson, of Balliol College, Oxford, the only son of Mr. Matthew Robinson; Mr. Thomas Yate Lee, of University College, L on d on , the only son of Mr.T. Eyre Lee ; Mr. William Sydney Gibson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, only son of the late Mr. Benjamin Gibson, merchant ; Mr. Edward Buckle, of Great Marlborough-street, the eldest son of Mr. John Buckle ; Mr. John Colpitt's Dean, of Christ College, Cambridge, M.A., the only son of Mr. John Dean ; Mr. James Lea, of Worcester College, Oxford, M.A., the only son of Mr. James Lea ; Mr. Cornwall Simeon, of Christ Church, M.A., the third son of Sir Richard Simeon ; Mr. Alexander Perceval, of Trinity College, Dublin, M.A., the third son of Mr. Alexander Perceval; and Mr. James Shank, of —, Oxford, M.A., the second son of Mr. Henry Shank. SPLENDID RUN WITH THE QUEEN'S BUCK HOUNDS IN PURSUIT OF THE LOST DEER FOXLEY.— WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—It having been ascertained that the celebrated deer Foxley, which was lost during the run on the 10th instant., in the wood close by the Ruislip Reservoir, had been seen in the neighbourhood of Harefield, it was determined to have a bye-day yes terday in that vicinity, for the purpose of catching the fugitive. The meet, which took place at Iver, was at tended by nearly one hundred, including Captain Sey mour, Captain Lambeth, several officers from Windsor and Hounslow, Mr. Cox, Mr. Byrne, &c. The pack was taken ova r to Mr. Cox's, at Hillingdon, where it was met by the Earl of Rosslyn, the noble master. Here it was ascertained that the deer had been seen that morning on the farm of Mr. Newdigate, near Ux bridge-common. Upon the houn,ls being laid on, in the " Devils Piece," on Mr. Newdigate's farm, Foxley went away in beautiful style towards Mr. Partridge's, near Harefield, when he doubled to the right, making through the covers to Ruislip-common, on to Park-wood (where he eluded his pursuers on the former occasion), to the Ruislip Reservoir, into which he dashed, at full speed, followed by several of the hounds. Harry King, one of the whips, in order to save the deer, and to prevent its b e i ng worr i e d i n t h e water by the hounds, immediately threw himself off his horse and fearlessly jumped in after him, intending to bring him ashore. The deer, however, proved more than a match for the whipper-in, and swam some distance from the shore. King then was obliged to let go his bold, and make the best of his way (a distance of between 30 and 40 yeards in water 10 feet deep) to the bank, which he fortunately succeeded in doing. The deer also effected a landing, without sustaining any injury, and took away at a racing pace through the covers to Oxey wood, whence he circled round to the Pinner turnpike, going through the village up to the church, near which he was taken in a ditch, and safely secured, after one of the most splendid runs this season, from first to last of two hours, Foxley being in view the last hour, from the reservoir to the finish. The country, from the late rains, was exceedingly heavy, indeed the fallow•iields were awful. The hounds arrived at the kennel, at Ascot (a distance of upwards of 23 miles from the take), the same evening. THE SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.—We can posi tively state that Sir Thomas Fremantle has accepted the responsible appointment of Secretary for Ireland. By the Eight Hon. Baronet becoming the successor of the Earl of St. Germans, the office of Secretary-at-War becomes vacant. Sir Thomas Fremantle left town yes terday, for Buckingham, but is expected to return in the course of to-day. THE BETHNAL -GREEN MURDER. The exertions of the authorities in developing the circumstances connected with the tragedy of Monday night, have been successful. Although in pcsqeision of the particulars, it is deemed prudent, penclin6 fl7e inquiry, to withhold some of then]. It may, how ever, he stated that important evidence crimina ting the accused, Tapping, has been obtained. Since Friday last he carried a pistol to a gunsmith in the neighbourhood to be cleaned and repaired, and at the same tune ordered four bullets and a quantity of per cussion caps. On Monday night, at half-past nine, he was in the tap-room of the Rising Sun, Seale street, in company with a man and woman. The conversation turned upon the deceased, when Tap ping, with an oath, declared that if he did not enjoy her no one should, for he would do for her. The woman replied, "You don't mean that;" to which he replied, "1 do—l'll shoot her." On leaving, the af fair was forgotten, and within a quarter of an hour after the finding of the female, Tapping returned to the Rising Sun, on his way home, and apprised the man and woman that he " had done it." At a quarter past one he was observed in company with the man al luded to, by the ex-landlord of the Rising Sun, near the Salmon and Ball, Bethnal-green-road, a consi derable distance from Tapping's home. It is some what singular that Inspector Horne and a sergeant of the K division passed close to the spot within a few minutes of the occurrence, and must have been passed by the accused. The affair has excit e d an extraordinary interest in the vicinity. From all that can be learned, the deceased was a prudent girl, and strongly attached to Tapping, who had lately under gone twelv e mon th s ' i mpr i sonment f or defraudingoil men and others by the sale of spurious articles. When apprehended h e was found sittin g on a chair, his head being buried in his hands. The spot on which the unfortunate girl was found was yesterday visited by many hundreds of persons, and credence is given to a statement that the impress of a bullet is discernible in the brick wall. This is believed by competent judges to be improbable, though certainly appearances favour the supposition. Sergeant Backhouse, K 37, has, it is said, succeeded in obtaining testimony of a highly important character, which will be adduced before the Coroner at the next inquiry. At the inquest it was stated by Mr. Cummings, a surgeon at the London Hospital, that, in his opinion, the ball which caused • the death of the murdered woman was still in the head. On its extraction, should it be identified by the gunsmith above referred to, it will be a strong circumstantial point in evidence implicating Tapping with the sanguine act. It is said that Tapping was jealous of Emma Whiter, on account of her paying some attention to a young man whom he looked upon as a rival. --- - THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER. We offer our opinions on this subject with some diffidence, having had hut slight opportunities of in spection or examination. As, howenr, the nature and probable causes of the accident must be inquired into, and will no doubt be thoroughly investigated, we may venture to intimate what appears to us, from that hasty examination, to be the probable cause of the explosion. It certainly appears, from an exami nation of th e c o p per roo f o f the f i re- b ox, that it must have been red hot either at the time when the accident occurred, or at some former period. At all events, it has the appearance of having been burned, and there is also the further appearance of an old; crack at the place where the fracture corntnenced. We cannot help thinking, too, that a space so large as eleven square feet of that surface exposed to such pressure as is ordinarily used in railway engines ought to have been protected by vertical stays from the roof o f t h e steam-chamber. The copper roof had been strengthened by cross-stays ; pieces of iron, two inches thick in the middle, extending across it from side to side, and strongly bolted to the copper. These, though probably in themselves quite strong enough to resist the pressure, do not appear to us to have had any adequate abut ments, inasmuch as they rested merely on the edge of the sheet copper, forming the vertical part of the fire-boxa support which, in our judgment, is not sufficient for the purpose. ! On conaparing the facts attending this accident with those of the fatal explosion on the South- Eastern Railway, in December last, we find that the same part—namely, the top of the fire-box—gave way in both cases; and in neither of them were there any vertical stays to connect that part with the top of the steam-chateber. In the engine which ex ploded on the South-Eastern line the top of the fire box was without stays of any kind, the maker having apparently trusted to his hemispherical form to resist the pressure of the steam. We trust that the case will undergo a very strict and close investigation; and that, if additional stays are needed, they will be applied, not only in engines hereafter to be made, but in those at present in use which may require them. —Manchester Guardian. SEAIIAM HARROUR.—An event took place on Mon day, at Seaham Harbour, near Sunderland, which will have an important influence on the future prosperity of this thriving port. Seaham Hai hour is a private port belonging to the Marquis of Londonderry, and was formed by the noble owner about sixteen years ago, for the shipment of the coals produced c from th e extens i ve collieries of his L or d s hi p in Durham. Since that time the traffic has increased so much that a few years ago it was found necessary to form a second large dock to the south of the original. This has also been found insuffi cient, and last year measures were taken fur the further enlargement of the north dock, which has recently been completed. The works aro of a stupendous description, and have been of a most costly character, exceeding perhaps in magnitude and enterprise all that have ever before been undertaken and accomplished by a private individual. The whole has been excavated from the solid rock, and has for several years given extensive employment to hundreds of individuals. Since the opening of the dock the whole of Lord Lon donderry's co a l s , w i t h trifling exceptions, have been shipped at Seaham ; an d on the winning of the impor tant collieries at South Hetton and Haswell, the coals produced there were also shipped in these docks, though subsequently a portion of the Haswell and South.Hetton coals have been shipped at Hartlepool and Sunderland. The great and important new winning at Murton, now working with five shafts (the largest colliery in the Dur ham coal-fields), ships the whole of its produce at Sea ham, and in a short time a new colliery, on an exten sive scale, now sinking on the Seaham estate, will also add to the traffic of this now flourishing harbour, which, a few years ago, was a bleak rock on the coast, uninter esting in every point of view, and unlikely ever to be the bustling scene of such extensive enterprise and commerce as have now been there permanently established. The enlargement of the north dock was completed on Thurs day last, when the water was admitted into it, and it was opened in the presence of the Marquis and Marchio ness of Londonderry and a distinguished party ; but Monday was fixed for the formal opening. The noble owner determined to celebrate the event with great re joicing, and everything was arranged on a scale of great liberality. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night, shortly before midnight, as the police-constable upon the beat (Lar radio, 16 G) was passing along Gee-street, St. Luke's, he perceived a strong glare of light proceeding from a long line of workshops belonging to the extensive pre mises in the occupation of Messrs. Howard and Co., japanners, &c., Old-street, St. Luke's. The buildings forming the range of warehouses and workshops con nected with this firm stretch some considerable distance up Brick-lane and along Gee-street, the whole embracing an area of sever a l h un d re d square yards. Immediately that the constable perceived the outbreak, he, in con nection witn his sergeant (Bean, 30 G), proceeded to furnish the necessary information to the several stations of the brigade, and to arouse the inmates of the private houses attached to the establishment. While the requi site assistance was precured 'from the engine stations, the police, under the control of their superior officers, and aided by several of the workmen in the employ of Messrs. Howard, proceeded to remove from the immediate localit y of the fire a great quantity of varnish, japan, turpentine, and other inflammable articles, a vast variety of which was in stock. The flames progressed most rapidly in the meantime, and the light Of the fire, raging, as it did eventually, in a line of building about 100 feet long by 20 feet broad, cast a reflection around which might be seen distinctly over the whole of the City. Se veral engines having arrived and got to work under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, and the supply of water being very copious, large bodies were most judi ciously directed into the burning building. After a pro longed effort, it became evident that the fire was begin ning to yield, and by a quarter before ono o'clock all danger of its further extension was at an end. The stopping of this fire, apparently so a l arm i ng , an d in the midst of a mass of va l ua bl e property most easily ignit able, must ,bo considered most fortunate, while to the firemen, police, and all engaged in extinguishing it, the greatest credit is due ; for had the fire caught the ad joining premises, some thousand pounds' worth of pro perty must have been inevitably destroyed. As it is, however, the damage must be considerable, there being a great many articles in the workshops in a partially manufactured state, as well as many valuable tools be longing to the workmen, the majority of which are do stroyed. In the confusion, it was impossible aecurate:y to ascertain whether the parties are insured, but it is believed they ark. How the fire originated could not be learned ; it is, however, supposed to be accidental. ALDERMANIC ARRANGEMENTS.—CompIaints are being continually made that on certain occasions, when aldermen are required to be present, they are frequently not forthcoming. At the sittings of the Central Criminal Court, for instance, two aldermen are necessary to sit by the side of the judge, much in the same way as the lion and unicorn are wanted as supporters to the arms of Eng land. It is true that the aldermen have nothing to do with the administration of justice, or—to use a theatrical term —are not required to be practicable ; and a couple of property aldermen, or lay figures, would do just as well as the living individuals. We understand that a motion will be brought before the Court of Common Council authorising the preparation of six aldermen stuffed with straw, to sit as dummies on those occasions when by law their presence is required. Two will be prepared as fixtures on the bench of the Central Criminal Court, each with a newspaper in his hand, to give the thing as much as possible th e a i r o f b e i ng i n str i ct conformity with the present arrangement. Three will be setup in the police committ ee ; an d t h e rema i n i ng one will be hung up at the Mansion-house, to be taken down and used whenever and wherever he may be wanted. B . y this arrangement p unc t ua lity o f atten d ance wi ll b e in sured; and there will be this advantage, that the stuffed w a i n ll d no s t om in e t t e im rr e u s pt su t o h r l ng b , usT h et• e s h aldermencoughing, proofs of their presence which the live aldermen arc in the habit of giv i ng.—Punch. EXTENSIVE USE OF OPIUM.—Dr. Mitchell, one of the Sub-Commissioners, reports, that the medical wit nesses examined by himstate, state, that the infants and chil dren are seldom brought to them before they are be numbed and stupefied with opiates; the usual preparation given being Godfrey's Cordial, a mixture treacle and opium, known by the name of f "comfort," and an ar ticle in constant demand. A little girl will come to the out t telling him that . her mother th chemist's, and ask for a dose of it to give i to the baby next day,isst goinghe had mad o e work. A respectable chemi , st . stated a k 1 who Jived near the mar et -p.ace, and twenty gallons of " conifer! ' the year, and that there were chemists more in the way of these country people, who made a good deal more. This evidence refers to the colliery districts, but it appears, on the authority of other medical men, that the same practice preva i ls at Croydon, in Surrey, and, by in f erence, in other non-manufacturing towns. Speaking of the dis tricts of Nottingham, Derby, and L e i cester, another Sub-Commissioner, Mr. Grainger, st a t es, t h at the prac tice of administering opium to infants, which is very ge neral in these di s tr ic t s , "i s usually began when the i child s three or four weeks old." But Mr. Brown, the coroner, for Nottingham, states, "that he knows God frey's Cord ia l i s g i ven on the day of birth, and that even it is prepared in readiness for that event." The extent to which the system is carried may be judged from the fact, expressly ascertained by this gentleman, that one druggist made up, in one year, 13 cwt. of treacle into Godfrey's Cordial. The result of this terrible practice is, that great numbers of infants perish, either suddenly, from an overdose, or, as more commonly happens, slowly, painfully, and insidiously. Those who escape with life become pale and sickly children, often half-idiotic, and always with a ruined constitution. "Compared with this," adds the Sub-Commissioner, " the Chinese prac tice of infanticide may be called mercifuL"—Medical Times. SUICIDE OF A RELIEVING OFFICER. On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the King's Arms, Maidstone, before F. F. D a il y, Esq., on the body of G eo r ge Bailey,; who came to his death under the following melancholy circumstances : John Daniels, landlord of the King's Arms, de posed that he had known the deceased for several years. He came to his house on Saturday night about eleven o'clock as a customer, and inquired for a bed. He went to bed about twelve. Ile drank two glasses of rum and water previous to going to bed. IVitness saw him last, but did not remark anything particular in him. He was not quite so cheerful as usual. They sat together some time, and he com plained of not being sufficiently paid as relieving officer of the Hollingbourne Union. He complained that at present his salary was not so good as it was formerly, and that his expenses beat him. After the conversation he retired to rest. Nothing more passed that night. He told the girl to call him at eight o'clock. When witness went down at nine o'clock the following morning, he found deceased's shoes at the bottom of the stairs, cleaned, and he told his boy to take them up stairs and call him, which he did. Witness went up himself at a quarter-past one, and called to him, telling him that dinner would be ready in a quarter of an hour. He replied, " Yes, I am coming directly." He did not come, and in about twenty minutes witness went up again, and called out, "Bailey, we are waiting dinner for you." He replied, "Don't wait, my good fellow, I shall be down directly." Witness sent his boy up to hie shortly after, when he told him that he had not had much sleep that night, and should not get up till tea time. About five o'clock he went up again and called to him, but, receiving no answer, he went into his room and found hi m l y i ng on his left side, apparently asleep, breathing very hard. Witness shook him, but could make nothing of him, and immediately sent for Mr. Power. Mr. James Joseph Power, surgeon, was called on last evening, a little after half-past six, and arrived at the King's Arms at a quarter to seven. He went into the room and found deceased lying on his left side, with his head and face on the pillow, making a snoreing noise, and perfectly insensible. Witness went to his house fur the stomach-pump, ;but he found there was no use in applying it. He was too far gone to do any good ; no remedy would have had any effect upon him. He remained with deceased till he died. This day he made a post mortem examina tion of the body. He examined the brain and sto mach. The vessels of the covering of the brain were very much injected with blood, and very much in flamed, and there was also an effusion of blood be tween the skull and the covering of the brain. He then took out the stomach, but had not analysed it. He could not smell laudanum, but from the appear • ance of the inside of the stomach and brain, which was injected with blood, he had no doubt but that he had taken poison, and that that poison was laudanum. Mr. F. W. Buchanan, chemist and druggist, Week street—Did not know deceased himself, but Mr. Jenkins knew him, and they had some conversation in my shop together. He said his object in coming there was for some laudanum for a female gauper, who had long been in the habit of taking opium, which the surgeon had refused to let her have, but he was de termined to ive her so m e. Thi s was b etween seven and eight o'clock, on Saturday evening. He then served him with a shilling bottle, which he labelled "laudanum, poison." The bottle was produced, and identified by witness. It was found in deceased's bed. Obadiah Millgate, Lenham, farmer—Has known deceased for six or seven years. Last time he saw deceased alive was on Thursday evening, between five and six o'clock, near the Maidstone Savings' Bank. He said, " Mr. Millgate, I'll give you the 3/. I owe you, and take these two .5/. notes home to my wife." He caught hold of his hand, saying, " Good bye, Mr. Millgate, I shall never see you any more," and turned short, and was going away. Witness went after him, and said he could not part with him in that way, and walked down to the bridge, where they had a lengthened conversation ; he tried to get away, but witness held him fast. He said he could never live, for he had some thing to meet, which he could not do. He said he had laboured and tried hard, and made another at tempt to get away, but witness held him, keeping him in conversation, and said that he would not leave him unless he promised to return home. He was ex ceedingly excited and very much depressed in spirits, and witness feared at that time that he would com mit some desperate act. He wished to get him home with him ; he said he would not go, and if he made him a promise it would be of no use; but after some hesitation he said that he would go home, and wrote a letter home to his wife. He called at his bouse on the folloWing morning, and found he was not there. Mr. Godden Reader, clerk to the Hollingbourne Union, stated the deceased was a relieving officer of that union, and resided at Lenham. He was not much behind in his accounts with the union, the ba lance declared against him at the last quarterly meet ing being but 161. This being the whole of the evidence, the room was ordered to be cleared of strangers, and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a vedict of "Temporary insanity." Mrs. Tawell, the wife of the man now in Aylesbury Gaol, accused of the murder of Sarah (Hart) Laurence, has been peculiarly unfortunate in both her marriages. Her first husband (Mr. Cutforth) was a most respectable man, engaged largely in the silk trade, in which he had accumulated considerable property, and they lived in circumstances not merely of comfort but of affluence. By the failure of his banker, and several heavy losses in trade about the same time, he was deprived of his all, and :the effect upon his health and spirits was such as to undermine his constitution, and eventually to bring him to the grave. He left one daughter. To maintain herself and child, Mrs. Cutforth brought into exercise her cultivated talents, and opened a school for young ladies in Northampton-square, Clerkenwell. Success attended her laudable efforts. The body of "Friends," of which she was an esteemed member, aided her in an attempt to extend her sphere of exertion. At the time she became acquainted with Mr. Tawell she was at the head of a considerable establishment, and had the daugh ters of several highly respectable Quaker families under her charge. The idea of a marriage with him was op posed by her most judicious friends. It, however, took place. They removed to Berkhamstead, near the church. FORTUNATE PRESERVATION.—On Friday last an aged gentleman took a third-class ti c k et, at Chester, fur Manchester, and had proce e d e d a b out a mile and ahalf on his journey beyond Crewe, when an antiquated lady, with whom he had an entertaining tete - a-tete, observed that the engine had t urned at the la st tstation, leaving Crewe, and they w ere go i ng back to Chester. The old man immediately leaped out of the carriage, and fell into a ditch, but happily escaped witho T t i t le having sustained any at a i s n p j e u e 7 , of excepting ahou t tw e a n ducking.ty. miles rts v% g al o i in c l an hou r r ain H ‘ e v back to the station, and learnt, to his mortification, ''- that grey-headed chroniclers have yet to learn that they should look before they leap. The clerk charged him his fare, ss. 6d., from Crewe to Manchester by the next train, by way of re-impressing on his mind the useless. ness of his recent display of agility.—Liverpool Paper. CHRIST'S lIOSPITAL.—The public suppers of this institution are to commence on Sunday next, the 2d of February. s is od a a n w e a c te c r e . ntr Q ic . alrrigllle4 D ?—Afishafomresnallbtehreorfrian MATIIEMATICA L E XAIIINATION P APER. —Q . Wh at To represent required, how long will h e h ave a constant area ?—A. As long as Betty s m ugg l es j o i nts f rom t h e kit c h en .— Punch. W the approaching sojour n e understand that duringherrings s rc i o n of the Court at Brighton, it is the intention of her Ma jesty- and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to visit the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, and the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Goodwood. The day on which her Majesty will proceed to Arundel Castle is understood to be fixed for .Monday, the 17th, or Tues day, the 18th of February. The University of Dublin have conferred on Mr. Emerson Tennent, 11.1)., the degree of Doctor of Laws. 35 4 35 3 36 0 35 8 SUMMARY OF NEWS ANT) Vutitr eptntott. " Who runs may read." POZZION. On Sunday evening their Majesties the Ring and Queen of the French received the Marquis d e Dal matie, the Counts de Bondy, de la Villegontier, and de Salvandy, and MM. Vatout and Sapey. The company of the French Opera on Tuesday evening were to perform the opera of La Muette before the Court at the Tuileries. The Globe says :—" We learn that after the sit ting of the Deputies on Monday, the King, sur rounded by his family, declared his perfect concur rence in the policy of his Cabinet, and fully approved of the resolution of his Ministers to continue in the management of public affairs, at the head of a com pact and convinced majority which nothing can dis unite!" The Conslitutionnel gives the following analysis of the Members of the Chamber of Deputies on the occasion of the vote of Monday. The votes amounted to 418 ; Members present who abstained from voting, 9 ; absentees, 27 ; places not represented, by reason of deaths, resignations, or annulments of returns, 5 ; making together, 459, the total number of the Chamber. A convict, named Georges, who had murdered a sentinel whilst the latter was endeavouring to prevent him from making his escape from the Bagne, was executed at Brest on the 18th, pursuant to sentence. Three thousand convicte were drawn out to witness his execution. After the passing of the sentence Georges evinced great repentance, and devoted himself assiduously to religious duties. The lena, 90-guns, launched in 1844 at Brest, is at present being remodeled, as well as the Jupiter, 90- guns, launched in 1831. The Bieuveillante, 60-gun frigate, has been condemned, and two new sailing frigates will be launched this year—the Clorinde at Cherbourg, and the Pomone at Lorient. Seven Go vernment steamers are also to be completed this year. It results from new observations that the comet re cently discovered at Berlin will be visible to the naked eye in February next, being then distant from the earth only 6,000,000 of leagues (about 15,000,000 of miles. It diameter is estimated at 7,000,000 of leagues, or 2,500 leagues larger than the earth. Messrs..Vacquerie and Meurice, the translators of the "Antigone" of Sophocles, having dedicated their work to the King of Prussia, his Majesty has just sent to them through Baron de Humboldt two large gold medals, with an autograph letter, in which his Majesty states that he offers the medals "as a souvenir, the only value of which is that of reminding them of a country where an attempt has been made to render public homage to the powerful genius and immortal glory of Sophocles." The King adds : " The composition of ' Antigone,' which you have had the merit of bringing out in Paris, and to have caused it to be applauded with emotion, exercises its empire through ages and through all generations; it does this because, at once simple, sublime, and hu mane, it goes back to the eternal source of perfection and moral grandeur." The following is a statement of the number of travellers between England and some of the conti nental ports, in 1842, 1843, and 1844. In 1842-- Boulogne, 48,254; Havre, 23,471; Dieppe, 3,199; Calais, 20,728 ; Ostend, 13,780; in all, 109,432. In 1843—Boulogne, 56,868; Havre, 21,380; Dieppe, 5,631 ; Calais, 19,079; Ostend, 13,857 ; Antwerp, 9,677; total, 126,492. In 1844—Boulogne, 75,790; Havre, 19,477; Dieppe, 9,323; Calais, 18,563; Ostend, 22,472 ; Antwerp, 7,308 ; total, 153,034. A letter of Jan. 10, from Arsendal (Norway), speaks of a violent storm, which suddenly arose about ten o'clock on the Saturday before, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow. The tempest ceased about twelve, and the air became warm as summer. About three in the morning four shocks of an earthquake were felt, and the last was acco:npanied by a detonati , in. About seven in the morning the cold which existed before returned. This is the seventh time that shocks of an earthquake have been felt within eighteen months in that part of the country. &way illtD POLICE'. Great complaints were made at the Middlesex sessions, both by the bar and jury, of the excessive coldness of the Court, the draughts in which were so great that the foreman of the jury inquired if it was the intention of the magistrates to erect a "windmill" in the Court. The Court was engaged the whole day in trying cases of larceny. At Bow-street Charles White, a copper-plate printer, was placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, by Pocock, an officer of the F division, charged with stealing eighty-six engraved copper-plates, the pro. perty of Mr. Henry Colville, of 11, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, his employer. He was stopped by the police with the property in his possession. He was fully committed. Char:es Clapperton, cab-driver, was summoned to the Morlborough-street Police• court, by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for cruelty to a horse. The horse was in a dreadful condition from wounds in various parts, and on the shoulders. In order to conceal the animal's sores, a martingale was put on, which kept the collar down, and covered the wounds, but added greatly to the torture of the un fortunate beast. The driver, in defence, said he had told his master that he objected to take the horse out in such a condition. His master had told him either to go out with the horse or to leave his service. The owner of the horse was stated to be Samuel Coley, Marlborough-road, Chelsea. Mr. Hardwick in- ' flicted the fine of 40s. and costs, with the remark that the master ought to pay it. At Marylebone yesterday John Robinson was , charged with seriously injuring and attempting to stab Souter, 212 D, who, from the injury which he had received, was so lame as to render it a matter of some difficulty for him to step into the witness-box. Mr. Rawlinson committed the prisoner for one month, and made some remarks upon the bad state of the law, which empowered a Magistrate to send an offender for two months for an assault upon a female individual ; while, for attacking a constable, no more than one month's imprisonment could be inflicted. John Humphries, toll-collector at the turnpike on the road between Woolwich and Greenwich, appeared at the Woolwich-office, to answer two complaints of a fly-driver named Harper--first, for an assault ; and, second, with demanding the toll twice over. The case was clearly proved, and the turnpikeman was fined 21s. COMM- ressIONAZ The Earl and Countess De Grey have repaired to Bath from Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. The Earl and Countess Cowper have returned to Pansanger, from visiting the Earl and Countess De Grey at Wrest Park. The Earl and Countess of Balcarris are staying at thigh Hall, Wigan, Lancashire, where Lord Lind say has arrived from Leamington Spa. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor and family are expected in South Audley-street early in March, from Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire. Lord and Lady Clarina and family have arrived at the family seat, Elm Park, county Limerick. Lord Southampton has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Whittlebury Lodge, Northamptonshire, where the Noble Lord has been entertaining a suc cession of visitors during the hunting season. Lord Edward Howard left town on Monday last on a tour. Lord and Lady Kilmaine have arrived at his Lord ship's seat, Neale Park, Ballinrobe, county Mayo. The Right Hon. Sir F. Adam, G.C.B. has re turned to town from a visit to the Earl of Albemarle, Quiddenham Hall, Norfolk. _ _ Mr. and Mrs., George Palmer have arrived in Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, from Essex. DrISONIZOLAN MTS. The statue of King George IV., at King's-cross, erected some years since, from the design and under the superintendence of a gentleman named Geary, is now being rased to the ground. This unfortunate statue has always been a subject of ridicule. Lord Montague is not so seriously indisposed as was erroneously stated. The Noble Lord's health has not been, perhaps, so good as could be desired, and, from having always derived great benefit by his visits to Leamington Spa, he continues to prolong his sojourn there. At a Court of the Governors of Christ's Hospital, held on Tuesday, the President, Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., being in the chair, an honourable testimony of the approbation of the Court was unani mously voted to Mr. .Hugo Daniel Harper, 8.A., of Jesus College, Oxford, a former scholar and exhibi tioner of the Hospital, on his having recently been placed alone in the first class of mathematical honours in the University, and having also attained a place in the second class of classical honours. We are requested to state that E. P. Hingaton, who was convicted of stealing two books, the property of Edward Sandford, and was described in our report of the Middlesex Sessions as a student of King's College, and as having held the honourable office of physicians' assistant at the King's College Hospital, never has been a student at King's College, nor has ever filled the situation of physicians' assistant at the hospital. THE LATE ALLEGED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT LAMBETH. —Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, commenced an kquiry at tl•e Henry the Eighth, High-street, Lambeth, respecting the death of Dinah liemble, aged fifty-seven years, who, it was alleged, died from the violence of her Fon, who is now in custody on a charge of murder ; but the inquiry was subsequently adjourned for further evidence. THE GAME.LAWS.—A public meeting is to be held in the County Hall, Aylesbury, on Monday next, against the game-laws, and to adopt a petition to Parliament for their repeal. Mr. Lee, of Hartwell-house to take the chair. Mr. Bright, M.P., has announced his inten tion of Attending. I ~ f'' ~r ~~',~ ab~b ) 1 10 3 O r i i e r 01 / 0 0 44 ;;'' t 4el (grifr