The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-09 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) BTEMTGATE AND LELll;Eletaitl.L. These markets h , ..:ve ruled heavy to-day on the ful• ,Wing terms;—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mut uo, 2 6t 1 to 3s 10d; Veal, 3i 03 to 3s 10.1; Purk, 2e. 84 to 43 fe r 81b3, by the carcase. ELELY emstamva. thaTlßlELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 15; ; Clover, ,„. 111 °I to 41 Os ; and Straw, 11 O s to 11 6 3 per 'wad. Trade (lull, at the above quotations. CUAIBERLA.ND. Meadow Hay, 21 8s t) 3/ les ; lover, Si Os to 4103 ; an d St raw , 11 I s t o 11 7 5 per le.d. moderate supply, and a dull tr a de. , `4II ITECHAPEL. Meadow Lisy, 21 53 to 3/ 15i; ‘. 'lover, 3/0s to 410 s; and Straw, 1/ is to 117 s per load. i• full average supply, and a sluggish demand. BIEEP4T manix.nTs. S OUTHALL, JAN. B.—For each kind of prime stock „ demand svas steady at full pric, , s, otherwise the trade ri led very inactive. Beef from 24 101 to 3s 8 ; Mutton, a t 01 to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 03 to 3: 8d; Pork, 3s 01 to 4 6 1 per Blbs, to sink the offal& to. I I ,O 3IFORD, JAN. B . —O ur mtulc , -t has ruled very flat t aY , nnd prices are with difficulty supported.— _ et f Jrnal 238 d to 3s 81; Mutton, 3, 01 to 4s 41; Veal, , 3 4:2(1 t; ) 3 5 8:1; Pork, 33 2.1 to 3s 61 per 81bs. Suck 10)91:aives 18s to 225; quo t,r ell store Pigs, les to 20 i; aLO Mitch C ows w ill their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. 6 4 14 . 1 " V", JAN. 7.—Beef, from 33 2d to 44; Mutton, 33 6,1 ; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81b3. A m)durtte 64 1.)P1y, and a slow trade. CORN AVERAGES. Fa r 9ENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Weett ended Jan. 2, 1850, made up from the Returns of th _ • eectors in th e diff eren t Citi es an d T owns i n Dagland and Wale Per Imperial Quarter. a r ,„„ WHEAT. I IBABLET. OATS. ATE. I I BEANS. PEAS. • 38a 10d 23s 5d 16e 6d 122 s 8d I 278 5d 28s Id al ;a,,, DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. „; I ZABLEY. OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. " Is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od _ COURT.—(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) 711 t 2141 IQUIS OF SALISBURY V. LYSLEY.— SAME V. The CHERRY. se cases, which it was understood ware founded on Inuestion as to the right of way, were withdraan. The other cases were on bills of exchange, undefended, apt were of no interest. In this WILLIAMS V. BLUNDEN. 7, case the defendant was one of six acceptors of Uot exchanee. wet Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said that the action p efr (ll. 3' brought against one, although the plaintiff ap -; el,ict to have got a good many birds to shoot at. was given for the plaintiff. This BLOTT V. PARK. po s an action on a bill of exchange, and the attorney applied to the Learned Under-Sheriff t izerta under the new Act so as to entitle the plain f° costs, as there was a clause in the amended Small eoeloits Act authorizing him to do so where the action 4 1d not be brougat in tho County Court, or where it thi' ' a fit ease to be brought in the Superior Court. In duet Want. the plaintiff resided 38 miles away from the et Want, IT /t Tl oil NDER-SHERIFF eLid that was no reason that the for ti n c ould nut have born brought to the County Court, rson could now travel so quick that he could get de 'vn that distance before breakfast. re:rhe UNDER•SHERIFF said that ho did not see any to interfere. oe ATTORNEY said that a Judge at Chambers would . ' ir Y as a matter of course, but as the Act et' Parlia nicat - gave the presiding judge who heard the cause Ve .p to da so it wo u ld sa v e (xpense. UNDER-L'ELTIFF Laid he should decline ~zeait- • 'IMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) GLD COURT. e, p (Bofere Justices PATTESON and TALFOURD 41 Eb—Samuel Randall, a young man respectably le 'lied, a dentist by pretession, surrendered to take his 3 3 , ) on al indictment charging him with a rape upon szabeth Reed, bis domestic servant. Air. Balantine conducted the case for the prosecution; Mr. Clerkson and Mr. Robinson defended the pri 4eer. lieabeth R ee d, the prosecutrix, a very pretty girl, Z 1..,1, I am a single woman, living at 44, North-street, ic tieboster-square. I was a servant to the prisoner on e ; October last. lam eighteen years of age. The t e l e sener lives at 14, Brunswice-square, and is marriec'. ' e s (ems corns and bunions. There was a nephew and 1 4 :ece livi ng i n t h e h ouse w i t h hi m b es id es hi s w if e . I til 'aa the only servant in the h ou se. On the es °ll, ing of Friday, the 28th October, my mis ses„ and her nil ce went out, leaving me and her „IN() nephew, twelve years of age, iu the houes. I was the kitchen, and I heard the prisoner call for my mis itt'ss. I said my mistress had gone out. He then ca lled °, l ' my mistress's niece, Eliz,beth and I said she was out Ile then called me up stairs and I went to my :IDaster and mistress's bed-room, leaving the boy in the :kitchen. The bed was not made at that time, but I was beginning to make it. I saw my master come into the ' t erms, and locked and bolted the door. Ho then came Itateards me smiling and put one arm across my legs, ,` 11 (1 the whirr at my back. He did not say any thing befor e he did that. He then liftee me up, try ing to get 'me upon the b e d. I s aw w hat h e was go i ng to d o , an d shouted out. He then tripped meup with his foot, and fell on the carpet, my head going uneer the bed. The . Prix( net then got upon me and I resisted as much as I .T r ull I tried to get away from him, but be resisted. b e Witness then related certain circumstances which went to show that the prisoner had forcibly violated her il e et. '°e]. The prisoner then unlocked the door, and r 'ele towards m e t o kiss me; I turned my back to him, :ed he did not kiss me. He was going out of the room , t r o i d I raid I would leave. After le went away I ;sent up • t u , M i Y Own room Shot tly afterwards I re encu to my master's room and made the bed. Ita`utle returned to the dining-room, where I saw my eoti 41er• I was c r yin g , and my master attempted again tat 3 e, but I would not let him. A knock was heard the door, and on going to answer the door I found it mistress and her niece, who had returned. I lc unwell the whole day afterwards. I slept with the 3:l j' e9 , that night, but I did not tell her what bad hap i,;„'". I left m y pl ace on th e Monday after the occur tre• On th e Sunday, which was the first time after e ec currence happened that I had had leave to go out, lexeceeded to 44, North-street, Manchester-square, and :bad done to tee. My landlady and another person called e in Y master's on the Monday, in consequence of what 4 ,4' said to my landlady, and asked the prisoner what et un it qouse he would make me for the injury he had ie -the to me. He was alone with the women and myself sieing-room, and on their making that request he the bell for his wife, and when she came into the bm he said (addressing his wife), " These women bis u v e eeree t o extort mone y f rom me; this girl has ee,hug,ht these women to me to say I have taken liberties er eta t)r 'attempted to seduce her." He then asked •the., i ' e- e" My dear, do you telieve I would do such a eilg?" and she said, " Nu, my dear;" and he held up ahand and said, " May my hand wither off if ever I it act ` T ueh a thing." He asked me if he had done any thing , .1 " s aid " a Yes " and ho said he would have me exa tleci b • medical ! cro man. bu t ' B- extituined by Mr.Ceemesoer—l am an Irish girl, I W hun I first came to Landon I said 1 was a Scotch se • I cam e t o L on d on a b ou t t w o ears and a half ago. ~k ' mnot say how many places I have lie n in since I b -,Me to L on d on. I h ave a brether, but I don't know 714 ether h e i s now in Wales or Southampton. He got B( nts of the places I have lieed in in Loudon. Before t l e a :me from Ireland I was living with my aunt in Bel t I was then about fourteen or fifteen years of age. ti elf t ' not make any charge against any body in t a 'ts I know a man in that town, a watchmaker, amed Lee, and who, at one time, kept me much like ois Own child, w h en I was a little girl. There was only a = P and his wife in the house and another servant; Lee's` Was only there to do little things. I left Mr. because I did no t like the place. Mr. Lee had a sec'tfi in High-street, Baas!. I never charged Mr. Lee eonamitting a rape upon me, nor made any other t ee esation against him. I never told anybody that I (1 d ee , So. I never said that I had accused Mr. Lee d_ , oitl g any act to me, and that be had given me 20/, did not come immediately from Mr. Lees service to ,eaglaral. I went to my aunt's, with whom I staid for I g'eut brother got see year and three-quarters. My situation at Mr. Goldsborough's, a coffee -IP:3P keeper, in Marylebone-lane, and I came to o l d ". I never said that it was a bad house. They 1 0 ' 3 ' men and women in there as lodgers, who used I Wasp there about over nigh t, and six some montha. of thlem wa lo s nti the er. uniY female servan t th ere; but there was a man servant, S ' " al , o a charwoman, who came occasionally. I never told Mrs. Bennison, my landlady at North-street, that a Zateholaker had committed a rape upon me, nor that he e d. , given me 201. Mrs. Goldsborough, my mistress, e ' e ti a fortnight or three weeks betore 1 left the -ev er in Marylebone-lane. Mr. Goldsborough - t ev er attempted to ravish me while my mis -43a lay dead in the house. I never accused Mr. Goldsborough of having committed a rape „ me, nor did I ever say to him that I had made one Of my late masters pay very smartly for kissing me on a ' ° ' o , nor anything of that kind. (The witness was hero ;. et dronted with Mr. Goldsborough and Mrs. Bennison). 3 did not leave Mr. Goldaborough's in consequence of Bann honesty being suspectel. I did not tell Mrs. son that Mr. Goldsborough had attemted to ravish re when my m i s t ress lay dead in the house, nor th at h e 4 4 offered to give me all his wife's clothes to ravish me • Vtett she lay dead in the house. I lived once with a Stone, in Homer-street. I said Mr. Stone had ta ken indecent liberties with me; I told Mrs. Bennison ho , e had. kissed me; my mistress at Homer - street was `4311 living; but I never told Mrs. Bennison that he had e 2 l asfd me a b ou t th e h ouse and attempted to ravish me shortly before I left Mr. Stone's service I bought a Retch f or 30s. a ring for 75., and some new clothes. I did not tell him that I bad got those things from my b rother, who had a Government appointment. I charged a Mr. Williams, with whom I lived, with an assault upon te• On the 16th S e pt em ber I did not go to Maryle mie police-offi ce t o ge t a w arrant against him for a r Il Pe- I charged hi m with kissing me and putting his t ongue in my mouth and his hand up my clothes; and I gt him fo r t h at. I to ld M rs. B enn i son t h a t w h e n I live at Hotel that a foreigner named Graven bad kissel ma; but I never told her that " he had had satisfaction or se , • My time was up to leave the prisoner on the Saturday morning, but I stopped because the niece :Seised m e. I was out on errands on the Fr i day an d 'Daturday after the prisoner committed the offence upon Me e and saw some policemen, but did not speak to them. Div BALLANTINE here intimated that from the matters th Tela had come out in the cross-examination, and from i r being little or no confirmatory evidence of the pro entries statement, he did not feel justified in continu ing the clue for the prosecution. THE SUN Mr. Justice TALFOURD said he concurred in what had 1'911,11 from the Ltarnrd Counsel for the prosecution, and h thought it would be very unsaf• to convict the prisoner of the c•iime of rape on ev - idence. such as 1 ad been given in this case, or even of the minor charge ot assault. Had she been a person unused to make such chcrges her story to-day might have been bali,vel; but that not being so, he thought it would be cxtremel:y dangerom 0 place implicit belief in her story. Tl.e jury took the same view of the case and imme• diately acquittal the prisoner. NEW LOWIT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Alderman HUNTER.) CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—A 3 oung man named TV iilium Mecarthy was indietcd for feloniously cutting wed wountiug James Clark, r ith intent to •do him some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner was a Scotchman, and a few weeks ago went c ut. carousing with some of his countrymen. They stopped at a public-house in the suburb!, and over a game of " putting the stone," indulged very freely in eating and drinking. They then returned to town, and dropped into a public-house, kept by the prosecutor, where the prisoner, aho was quite drunk, became so gross ar.d ebusive in his language, that Mr. C'ark or dered him out. The prisoner, however, refused to go. and in the course of a scuffle that enste:d the prisoner used his knife, stabbing the prosecutor in a dangerous part of the thigh, and doing him other serious iejury. He was seen by the barmaid to brandish tic knife, and threatened to do for her too if she interfered; but after he had stabbed the landlord, a policeman was fetched, and he was given into custody. The wound was some two and a half inches deep, and though Mr. Clark's life was not jeopardizd by the cut, it lad laid him up for a long time, while one if the witnesses who recede% d a cut from the same knife in attempting to restrain the prisoner's violence had been compelled to lie by. 'r h o prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he bad no knowledge of having used the knife, he was so intensely drunk at the time; but even supposing he had, ho was provoked to it by the conduct of the lendlord or some one in the house. He went thera with some money in his pocket, a new pair of boots on his feet, and a new hat on his head. He fell asleep on one of the prosecu tor's beer butts, which stood in the front of the bar, and when he was rudely woke up by the landlord, finding his money, his boots, his hat, together with his coat and waistcoat, were all gone, he was naturally exaspe rated at his loss, and though he might have resisted the landlord, he had no recollection whatever of having stabbed him. The jury found the isoner Guilty, and The COURT sentenced hire to seven yearn' transpor tation. 7WIRD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Aidera an LAWRENCE ) 110BBERY BY A SERVANT.—A girl named Thompson, and a midole-aged woman named Macaithy, were in dicted, the first for stealing, and the skcond for receiving knowing it to have been stolen, a quantity of r•earil , g apparel, the property of Mrs. Beck, housekeeper to Dr. Sherlock. juvenile prisorer bad been in the service cf th. prosecutor es a maid of all work, but was discharged for some misconduct. Some things were missed after she left, and suspicion falling upon her, she was traced to Baldwin's-gardens, Holborn, where she lodged with the elder prisoner. A portion of the lost property was found in the room occupied by the latter, while some of it had been pleted in her name; and the younger pri soner admitted, when taken into custody, t bat she stole the things at her instigatiur'. This, however, was de nied; but when the elder prisoner wn,- , arr( sted she said tf.e pledged articles were given to Le: by Thompson, end that admission, c , uplAi with the confession of the girt, is' US the evidence now adduced as to her case. Mr. PAYNE appeared for Mecarthy, and addressed the jury in her beliif, contending that nothing like crimi nality had been established against her. She had borne an excellent character up to this time. The prisoner Thompson male no answer to the charge. The jury acquitted Macarthy, but convicted Thong.— Eon. Sentence was deferred. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Henry;Gould pleaded not gui:ly to an indictmcnt charging him with obtaining, on the 21st of last month, certain monies by means of false pretences from the London Dock Compsny. Mr. Ellis stated that on the day in queitinn he paid the prisoner 7e. fur three men, himself, Fogg, and Francis. He put down 7s. for three more, and the pri soner, who had been paid his wages, took that up be longii4g to Cooper and never paid him, and that consti tuted the false pretences. J ,seph Cooper said he was present wl.en the prisoner took his money. He had never given him any autho rity to take it. The prisoner had never paid him the 2s 4cl. for his wages. William Fogg, John Nottage, G. Spinx, and Samuel Egerton, ulso proved the above. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, end The COURT sentenced him to three months' hard labour in the House of Correc,ion. WESTMth STEIN.--('f HIS DAY.) ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Charles 111‘Catfey, Theresa liLs wife, and Ann Webb, t, ere enarged before Mr. Burrell with having so severely iejured and wounded John Alley, a mulatto, as to place his life in considerable jeopardy. 1 arpeared, from the evidence of a policeman, that on Friday morning last he was attracted to No. 2, Wond's-place, Chelsea, by hearing cries of "Murder," and upon entering the house he found the mulatto (Alley), who cohabits with Webb, and is a lodger of Mr. Cuff: y, bleeding profusely from a number of gashes in the head. Immediately after this he became insensible, and while in that state the female, Mrs. Caffey, attacked him with her fists, and caught up a large sea-shell to throw at him, but was prevented by witness. Mr. W. Cummings, an inspector of the B division, stated that the mulatto was brought to the station, on his way to the hospital. in a truck. The whole of the upper part of his body and face Is as covered with blood, and he appeared as if dead, and witness had bim immediately conveyed to the hospital. When the prisoners were brought in they all exhibited bruiees and other marks of violence, and had blood about their persons. The two female prisoners were drunk. Webb said that she bad lived with Alley for a couple of years as his wife; that he came down in a violent rage, and, of er attempting to stab her, gave her an in jury i❑ the head, and that she men ly stood in her own defence. She added that Alley would have murdered her, but for the interference of the male prisoner Nl.Caffey. Theresa M'Caffey declared that upon the interference of her husband to restrain Alley's violence, the latter knocked him down with a saucepan, and she tock up the shell and struck him en the head with it to make him !nose his hold of her husband. The male pri s„mer, M'Cuffey, declared that he had been jumped upon by Alley, and violently ill-treated. Webb had a black eye and a wound on the side of the head, the female, lleCaffey, had aa• eitused face; cud the man, as before stated, exhibited symptoms of having been engaged in some severe struggle. The injured man wore earrings, and one of those was discovered on the floor with some flesh adhering to it. _ The prit•onere, owing to the injured man being sff not out of danger, were remanded to this day week. THE PLYMOTTII MURDER.—The prisoners, Bar tholomew Harrington and Timothy Donovon, were brought into the Hall on Monday and placed before the bench, there being a very large attendance of the inhabitants to hear the decision of the magistrates. The Mayor said the bench, after giving the important case their best consideration, had una nimously resolved to discharge Dopovon, if he would under take to remain in Plymouth for six months, to answer any charge that might be brought against him ; and he was dis char:ed on that condition. The prisoner Harrington was committed for trial at the Devon assizes on the charge of being concerned in the murder of William Ambrose. FIGHT BETWEEN A FALCON-HAWK AND PART RIDGEs.—A few days since, as a tenant of Mr. Bingham's of Boddington, was engaged in one of his grounds, he dis turbed a brace of partridges, one of which, after , a short flight, alighted under the hedgerow in the same field, and the other topping the fence fur the moment disappeared, when a falcon-hawk, almost as instantaneously, was seen to poise and drop over the same spot where the first bird had fallen. A fight immediately ensued, which had scarcely commenced when the other bird came to the rescue, and with his mate boldly took side against their powerful enemy, which latter, after a few rounds of hard fighting, actually , retreated a couple of yards, when, again returning, he re newed the contest, but seeing he was watched, a second time made a more distant retreat. Then one of the part ridges also took wing, the remaining bird being picked up quite dead, with a deep and severe wound on its breast of an inch in length. The hawk for the moment was again seen to hover over the battle field, but, missing its prey, finally decamped. There can be no doubt that, had the hawk not been interrupted, he would have killed both birds, notwithstanding the determined boldness with which they met and encountered their wily antagonist.— Cheltenham Examiner. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY THE ASSISTANT OVERSEER OF WAKEFIELD.— Much sensation has been created in Wakefield during the last few days by the appre hension of Mr. John Plince Hesselton, assistant overseer of Wakefield, on a charge of embezzling various sums of money belonging to the parish, by a systematic falsification of his books. Mr. Hesselton was elected to the office about four years ago, at a salary of 701. per annum, and the Guaran tee Society in London is named as having been bound in the sum of 5001. as his security. Ile has been well known in Wakefield for many years, was a leading member of the Mechanics' Institute, and one of its most active committee men. He was examined at the Wakefield Court-house on Monday, before J. Houldsworth, Esq., and other magistrates, and on the application of Mr. Macdonald, the chief of police, he was remanded for a week. The amount at present found deficient is said to be very considerable—much beyond the sum fur which the Guarantee Society is bound ; but respect ing the truth of this rumour nothing authentic has yet been made public, though it is alleged that the overseers and ex aminers have discovered a large deticiuncy. M. ssrs. Austin and Manwaring, the poor.law auditors, ware in attendance in court, but the case was not gone into at all, the prisoner being remanded until Monday next. Such is represented to be the depressed state of Hesselton's mind that it has been deemed prudent to observe a strict and constant watch over him in the prison.—Manchestor Guardian. CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL. —Yesterday a general meeting of the governors of the above institution was held in the board-room for general busines., Downes, Esq., in the chair. The annual statement of the operations of the hos pital for the year just ended, showed that 19,105 indigent sick persons were admitted on the books for relief, at a cost of 2,4:101. 3s. 11d., of those 1,210 were in-patients, and 17,895 were out-patients. Of acc id en t c ases there had been 2,766, of which 643 were to dangerous as to require to be immediately admitted as in-patients. The above numbers, with the cases reported in former annual statements, make a grand total of 186,863 sick and nerdy individuals who have partaken of the advantages of the institution from its com mencement in 1818. ST. ANDREW'S, WELLS- STRE LT.—Last Sunday two birds, dressed up as a pope and a cardinal, were set loose by some unknown person during the celebration of Divine Worgliip. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) BLACKVOOD Ebony for January contains, as usual, a variety cf and entertaining contributions. As a sort of leading article we have a chapter entitled rather "The Currency Extension Act of Nature," in which we fancy we can trace both the manner and the arguments cf Mr. Alison, the historian. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton furnishes Naga with another instalment of his "Novel; or, Varieties in . . glish Lite." The incident which reduces Doctor Riccabocca to the stocks is deliciously conceived, and told with the truest appreciation of plcasanteric. In a paper headed "Biography," Miss Strickland ob tains an encouraging panegyric on the initial volume of her very remarkeble " Lives of the Queens of Scotland"—a work which promises to vie in merit, as well as in popularity, with her celebrated " Lives of the Queens of England." All that is here said in com mendation of her research appears to us to be equally merited in regard to both those great products of erudition. " The Lay of the Niebelung, - n" is ana lysed in a clear and judicious criticism. Where the humour or point of the political satire called " Addi tional Chapters from the History of John Bull" lie, we cannot for the life of us conjecture. The whole contri bution seems to us as witless as it is unquestionably coarse and exaggerated. It may be very funny, per fin,s, to designate Mr. Cobden by the soubriquet of "Dick Deviledug " (a name borrowed, by the way, from the " Sybil" of Mr. Disraeli), but the fun of the thing is to ourselves utterly invisible. So like wise throughout the whole of this heavy and laboured piece of facetiousness. Surprised as we are to find a prose contribution so totally devoid of merit as the one here particularised in the usually brilliant pages of Blackwood, we are yet more amazed to see in its leaves (adorned of old by Delta, and B. Simmons, and Miss Barrett, and Thomas Hood), such insipid twad dle in the shape of versification as the lines on "The Voice of Nature." A schoolboy in the fifth form ought to undergo flagellation if he could perpetrate nothing better or more original. For tunately the readers of the January number of Blackwood are in some measure compensated for this effusion by some fine stanzas, bight " The Message of Seth," by our old favourite, Delta. Basides the . contributions already particularised, the current number of Maga contains one on " Hungarian Military Sketches," and another on "British Labour and Foreign Reciprocity." EXHIBITION OF 1851. ORDER FOR FITTINGS, TO BE FILLED UP BY TIIE EXHIBITOR. TO BIESSRS. FOX, HENDERSON, ♦ND CO., BUILDING, HYDE-PARK. Please to prepare the space allotted me in the building (counter and shelves) according to the accompanying plan; cover the same with (calico, velvet, cloth, Itc.), and (prepare glass cases); and I will discharge the coat of doing so when compirted. Exhibitora' signature Address Note—The Executive Committee, upon i.:ceiving a request and a copy of the plan and instructions sent to Mews. Fox, Hend«rzon, and Co., are prepared to send a certificate that the fittings have been completed, to those exhibitors who rcay not be able to superintend the work themselves. er Alajeit; , 's Commissioners having decidod that ex- idhitors will be expected to arrange and fi, up the spaces specqvely allotted to them in the building, and provide cases fur articles that [nay require protk ction from dust, &c.. Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co, the con tractors for the building, have to announce that they are prepared to receive and unpack articles for exhibi tion, take charge f the packing-cases, fix work, and keep in order tre;.chinery and models—to supply glass cases, stands, &c., of particular kinds, to furnish and fit open cases or shelves, and decorate stalls according to the ishes of the exhibitors, on conditions and at prices to be agreed upon, and of which estimates will be given on application—and to afford every facility generally in those arrangements which devolve upon the exhibitors themselves, and respecting which they are permitted by the Commissioners to exercise their own taste and judgment. Foreign commissioners, local committees, and exhi bitors are rt questd to communicate their wishes as early as possible to Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co. Exhibition Building, 11) de. park, London, Jan. 1, 1851. A HEAVY SENTENCE. At the general Quarter Sessions held at Reading last week, Robert Dace, 22, a well dressed young man, who bad been a teacher of music at Abingdon, was indicted for having stolen . a gold pencil-case. Mr. Carrington conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Wiliams defended the prisoner. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that on the 3 , 1 of August the prisoner visited the house of a Mr. James Morris Davis, for the purpose of tuning a pianoforte. He was left alone for some time in the room where the pencil-case was. He left as usual, end on the following morning it was missed from the workbox where it had been deposited. About the middle of the month the prisoner offered it for sale to a Mrs. Bickinsall, and she bought it of him for 10e. Some days after he had sold it he applied to have it returned, as he feared that " the person from whom he had had it Lad come by it dishonestly." The police the❑ got a knowledge of the affair, and the pri soner was apprehended. Mr. Williams, after addressing the jury on behalf of the accused, callcd a lad named IV heeler, who had been emp!oyed at the railway Hotel, Did cot, and he stated that on the 10th of August the prisoner came into the smoking room. A strange man, who wore a frock coat and green and black plaid trousere, was present, and inquired if any one in the room wanted to purchase a pencil-ease. lie pressed the prisoner to buy it, w'ao eventually bought it for Bs. Mr. Carrington having alluded to the inconsis tencies in Wheeler's statement, The Cheirman (Lord Barrington) summed up the evidence, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. Evidence was then gone into of two previous con victions for felony, upon which the prisoner had been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The Chairman, in passing sentence, observed that the defence the prisoner had adopted was a most abo minable one, for he feared that the lad had been in duced to state anything but what was true. The Court did not think that the prisoner, occupying such a position as he had, would be likely (having been previously convicted of felonies) to reform and become an honest man. They therefore deemed it necessary to inflict a severe sentence, and that was that the pri soner be transported for the term of his natural life. The prisoner seemed astonished at the sentence, and a general feeling of surprise appeared to be felt by the crowd which had assembled in the court. MEXICAN AND WEST INDIA MAILS.--AS much anxiety may be felt respecting the non-arrival of mails from iilexico, we have made inquiry and find that the Great Western arrived at Vera Cruz, and landed there the outward mails as usual, after which she proceeded to Tampico, where she arrived at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 3d Decem ber, and there being but one hour of daylight left, the mails were landed, and some passengers and specie embarked. In the middle of the following night, however, a viclent " Norther," or Gulf gale set in, when for safety the ship weighed and stood out to sea, the wind increasing gradually. Through all the next day it continued to blow with un diminished strength, and when the packet stood in towards Tampico, the bar was impassable. At night, on the 4th December, the ship stood out to sea again. On the morn ings of the sth and WI steamed in again towards the bar, but the storm continuing, and the surf on the bar render. ing it still unapproachable, the Great Western at length bore up to return to Vera Cruz; but on the 7th and Bth of December, there being no appearance of any abatement in the " Norther," the barometer remaining as before, and it being eight hours beyond the proper time for leaving Vera Cruz, the captain proceeded to Jamaica, and thence to St. Thomas's, The Trent experienced such heavy storms on her outward voyage in November, that she was forced back into Torbay, and did not finally reach St. Thomas's till so long after the appointed or estimated time, that the usual fortnightly dispersion of the inter-colonial steamers had taken place, with the exception of that for Porto Rico, slacmel, Jamaica, Havannah, and Honduras; and, consequently, the West India colonies, with those exceptions, would receive their 17th of November and 2d of December outward mails by the same delivery. ENTOMOLOGICAL SoclaTr.—The usual monthly meeting of this society was held on Monday evening, G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., president, in the chair. Mr. T. A. Preston was balloted for, and elected a subscriber to the society . . Mr. Douglas exhibited, on the part of Mr. T. H. Allis, a specimen of the rare .•• europterous insect Drepanyp terys Phalcenoides, taken by him at Bowness. Mr. S. Stevens exhibited some splendid specimens of the rare Dynasies Jupita from Columbia; also a foreign Bonilla., with the larva-case of a Tinea attached to its head. Dr. Wallich read a translation from the elaborate Danish work of Scbibdte on the insects and other animals inhabiting the caves of Carniola : among the insects were some found in the darkest parts of the caves totally destitute of eyes. Papers by Messrs. Walker, Dallas, Douglas, and Stainton were also read. RUMOURED ARRIVAL IN LIVERPOOL OF CARDINAL WisEmax.—A rumour prevailed yesterday that his Emi nence Cardinal Wiseman bad arrived, per the London train of the previous evening, in Liverpool, on a mission to Dublin and Armagh. Credence was gained to the report by the fact that a gentleman resident in Liverpool had ridden from the Crewe junction with the supposed Cardinal, and bad seen the " illustrious" stranger received at the railway station by the Rev. Dr. Brown, " Bi,hop of Liverpool." It turned out, however, that the gentleman mistaken for his " Eminence " was the Rev. Dr. Moore, Principal of Oscot College, near Birmingham.—Liverpool Courier of yesterday. THE I3xuTltll MUSEUK—Yesterday the Alu,euv) was re-opened to the public; it will continue open every rdonday, Wednesday, and Friday, from ten till four o'clock, until the 31st of April, and, from the 7th of May until the 31st of August from ten till seven o'clock, and for the re mainder of the year from ten till four. The works not yet being complete in the western galleries, the Assyrian anti quities still remain in their temporary place of deposit in the basement. The celebrated Great Bull of Nineveh is also for the present placed in the vestibule. The idea of erecting a wall in front of the Museum, facing Great Russell -street, has been abandoned. '1 he building is now to be enclosed by an ornamental iron pali'fac'e, having a central and two other lodges, fronting each wing. ERRATA —ln our leeding article of yesterday on strikes among ccKilininers, the word "principle" was 'nis i:tinted fur "principal;" and the strike of 1644 was described as causing " a loss to the collieries, in wages, .of 31)0,000‘." What was meant was that it had cost the colliers, and not the collieries, that sum in wages, LONDON, THURS /AA Y EVENING, J A .NUAI.i..Y 9, 1861. STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SAN FILANCD,CO, Nov. I.—The news of the ad mi±sion of California iL4o the Union has, naturally enough, diffused univt2rsal joy throughout this country. Congtit ring the important conFequences which must flow from this measure, it deserves the hearty recep tion with which it is greeted. For an account of the rejoicings which the event called forth here I must refer you to the papers sent by this mail. Business, notwithstanding a slight interruption, caused by the "frolicking" and holy day making of the last two weeks, is quite brisk. Prices are not so high as they hive been, but there is a good steady demand, which is a more healthy symptom than the feverishness which sometimes affects uur market. We are here, to use a hackneyed phrase, "progressing with giant strides." The few following statistics will tend to justify this remark, and probably be of interest to some of your readers, viz.:—The number of foreign vessels which have entered this port during the quarter ending the 30th of September, last was 152 ; their tonnage, 39,927 tons. Of these foreign bottoms 89 were British (chiefly from our colonies of New South Wales, Australia, and New Zealand), 11 French, 3 Cnilian, 7 Ilamburghese, 5 Russian, 5 Hawaian, 4 Mexican, 4 Danish, 2 Norwe gian, 2 New Grenadian, 3 Argentine Republic, 2 Austrian, 1 Bremen, 1 Sardinian, 1 Swedish, 1 Hano verian, 1 Portuguese, 1 Lubec, 1 Ecuadorian, 1 Peru vian, 1 Belgian, and 1 Dutch. The largest propor tion of tonnage, es of :vessels, is British ; it amounts o 25,221 tons. If t() the above 152 for veusels we add 89 American vessels, and their tonnage, 24,984 tons, which have entered from foreign coun tries, it will give a total of 241 vessels of 64,911 tons (aggregate) burden, which have arrived here from tbreign countries in the three months. To give a proper estimate of the trade of this place, however, I must add 247 American vessels which have entered during the same quarter from the various ports of the Union, and their tonnage, 84,453 tens, to the above figures, and we have a total of ships entered of 488, of 149,3E4 tons register. Now as to the vessels which have cleared :-147 foreign vessels, of 37,404 tons (the majority British), and 194 American vessels, of 63,649 tons, have cleared for foreign countries ; and 75 American vessels, of 14,973 tons, have cleared in the same period fur the various ports of the United States (" coasting trade," to use the Custom-house phrase), making the total number of vessels which ha-e left this port in the quarter 416, of 116,026 tons register. Then, as to the increase of population :—During the same period 11,080 emigrants (a small number compared with former periods) arrived from all parts, of whom 317 were women—the majority of both sexes being Americans. The number of male foreigners in the whole emigration of this period was 2,982. Of the whole emigration 31 persons only are reported as being under 21 years of age. This is as it should be in the present state of the country. We want phi sical strength and maturity of judgment to develope our resources. Let us now see what has been doing with the gold dust, of which so much is spoken. We will, however, take the imports first. The value of all the specie and bullion entered was 560,000 dolls. only, as mani fested—all brought by the Panama steamers, and chiefly from the ports of the Mexican coast. I should think, however, that at least six times as much arrived wnanifested. The value in dollars of all the specie, bullion, and gold dust exported in the quarter, as declared, is 8,167,880 dolls. (which I may call all goiddust). Tan amounts of the remittances vary iu different months more than one would think,—for instance, 2,120,000 dolls. went away in July, while 5,129,880 dulls. went in August, and only 918,000 dolls. in September. The destination of this treasure was as follow, :—To Chili, 295,756 dolls.; to Hobart Town, 22,000 dolls.; to China, 17,000 dolls.; and to Panama, for the United States and Europe, 7,833,124 dolls. To the total amount of exported gold dust, as manifested, we can safely add 1,000,000 dolls. taken by passengers for all parts privately, to save paying freight, and by the captains of foreign vessels, who do not often manifest their gold. To form a tolerable idea of the enormous traffic of San Francisco, and of the trade of the country gene rally, your readers will be assisted by knowing that there are on the route between this and Panama 13 steamers, one of which leaves San Francisco twice a month regularly, and oftener occasioi4illy ; their aggregate tonnage is 13,198 tons, and there are five more steamers of large size soon to be added to the number. Besides all this there is a large fleet of steamers and craft of all sorts and sizes plying on the inland waters of the state, and their number is con tinually increasing. Emigration is for the present evidently checked, for I find that the number of arrivals for the last month (October) has only been 1,227, while the number of departures has been 5,804. The export of sold dust was 4,439,461 dollars, in cluding 514,000 dollars taken by the Northerner steamer, which left for Panama yesterday. The amount to be taken by the steamer Panama to-day is not yet declared. The steamers which arrived here during the last month are the Carolina on the 7th, the Columbus on the 12th, the Oregon on the 19th, the Northerner on the 22d, and the Antelope on the 25th. The following British vessels arrived:—The Corsair, on the 15th, from Halifax; the Mercy, from Bahia ; and the Rebecca, from Hobart Town, on the 20th. The clearances of British vessels are—the Agincourt, for China ; the Avon, for Valparaiso; the o'-the-Wisp, for San Bias, all on the 16th; the Jane Tudor, for Valparaiso, on the 17th; the Bar bara, for Bealejo ; the Camill a , f o r Auckland, on the 18t1;; the Cayuga, for Launceston ; the Lorcbe and St. Andrew, for the Sandwich Islands, on the 19th ; the Artemisia, for Sydney, on the 22d; the Brazilian, for Realejo ; the Amelia, for Mazatlan; the Light ning, for th 9 Pacific ports, on the 24th; the Portenia, for the Sandwich Islands, on the 27th; and the Ga zylle, for Mazatlan, on the 30th. _ _ Her Majesty's ship Daedalus returned from Van. couver's Island on the 23i ult., is now here, and leaves for Valparaiso about the 11th. With regard to the mines, the accounts are as flat tering as ever. New discoveries are continually being made. A gentleman who has lived for nearly two years in the southern mining districts told me, three days ago, that the gold, although not so abundant, and far more inaccessible than formerly, still exists in immense quantities, both in quartz and in the earth ; but that, until labour cheapens, it cannot be worked on a large scale with profit. This gentleman was en gaged in a gold mine ir. Chili for seven years, and I know him well by character; his report is worthy of credit. Then, as to the prospects in the other (the northern) mining district, from all accounts it is equally good. A piece of stone, richly intersected with pure gold veins, has lately been discovered at Nevada City, on Deer Creek, a tributary of the Juba river, which is likely to lead to great results. This stone has been dug round to the depth of a yard, but it has not yet been ascertained whether it is the head of a vein or only a solitary lump of stone. Its rich ness is very great, and the finder has refused 40,000 dolls, for his claim upon it. I had this story on good authority. Exchange—On New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and N e w gOrlean s, sight, sf. f bills at sight at par. England, s per dollar ; 60 d a y s , 50 to 52 i. F Harnburgh, sight. 43 to 44 igrahntt 8 i. t ho 4 bronco. Valparaiso, 30 days, 6 per cent. premium ; Mexico, 30 days, par to 1 per cent. premium. Gold dust has been abundant during last month. In fact, there was an unusual quantity in the market. The price, however, kept firm for good clean dust at 16 dollars per ounce ; for the last three days it has been worth 161 dollars. The interest on money is 5 to 7 per cent. per month. Beal estate is very dull. In the backward parts of the town the value has actually fallen, and the fluctuation in the price at present going on has made people very wary in buying land ; hence a general dulness prevails. We had a dreadful accident the other day. A steamer plying between this place and Stockton burst her boiler just at starting from the pier. She was crowded with passengers, of whom about 70 were killed and maimed. We have had another fire, too ; this time, however, only a small one for us. Two houses were burnt—one a house of ill-fame, the other an hospital. The fire is attributed to incendiarism. A good many deaths having lately occurred, has given rise to the belief that the cholera prevails here. The doctors differ on the subject, and when I recollect that at this time last year there was an equal 'number of deaths among people who returned from the mines, I am inclined to think that the disease supposed to be the cholera is not so,.but a disease of the country. In Sacramento city, however, cholera has certainly prevailed for some time back, and a good many deaths have taken place.— Times. igoninegd high the production of a ART UNION OF LONDON. — Th e h council, art fo the in aid o f con tinuation their efforts to carry out the princii.le constantly ( a )u dv r o in ca a t n e u d ia i e n tu th r:s ir , rep o rts c , o o n f lm b i r 6 i s n tazzi, in fine cast iron. The form selected is one of the rno..t graceful in the Etruscan room of the British Museum, and it is intended to ornament the interior of the bowl with figures in low relief, which have been very successfully mo delled by Mr. E. Wyon,. after a design from a vase in Sir m. Hamilton's collection, representing Hercules and the Hesperides. A certain number of the tuzzati will be g iv e n as prizes in the distribution of the current year.—Builder. ST. GEORGE'S STEAM PACKET COM PANY. — Mess rS . Blood and Soulby, the official manngers of this company, have resigned their appointments ; but his Honour, M a st e r Farrer, has intimated his intention, should there be no opposition, of re-appointing Mr. Soulby to be official manager. MILDNESS OF THE WEATiIf R.—On the last eight of the past year the temperature of the air at the Durham Observatory, about :,50 feet above the sea, was never lower than 54 deg.—eoliziderobly above the mean temperature of the whole year. The In can temperature, however, of the month of December has not been higher than its average deducted from the observation of many years.— Durham Advertiser. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. B.—A. letter from Mr. Moore, the Roman Catholic Member for Mayo, to Mr. John O'Connell, has eppeared, from which one might con elude that it would have been better for the latter Hon. Gentleman if he hed not inviEed the former to his proposed meeting of Roman Catholic Members. Mr. Moore Itoukes the opportunity of settling an ac count with i Mr. O'Connell, for a charge which the latter had brought against him of assailing his father's memory. Mr. Moore's writes as follows : " Take my advice, my - ch ar sir, and leave your father's memory alone—it can take care of itself. It is far too great to be affected by a sneer of mine, were I capable of uttering such. O'Connell has left behind him the me mory of an illustrious Irishman; a memory which I verily believe that Irishmen of every party are inclined to treat with respect. Have better faith in your father's glory, and less confidence in the virtue of such assistance as 3 our own petulant advocacy can supply. As for the expressions which yen have thought proper to apply to me, such as Orange,' paltry,' unworthy,' contempt ible,' &c., it would be inappropriate to call them ' un worthy,' or even ' contemptible'--they are simply stupid; and I should be as great a blunderer as yourself if I noticed them further. The tone of supercilious depreciation in which you constantly speak of all your coritemport:ries does, however, somewhat amuse me ; and reminds me of an illustration which I have somewhere met with—of a dwarf who had for some time kept company with a giant, and who. from seeing his companion looking down upon those who surrounded him, acquired the ridiculous habit of endea veuriug to cast down his eyes upon men, whose middle he could scarce reach when itanding upon tiptoe.' With regard to the preliminary meeting in Dublin, to which you are so good as to invite me, I think it right to re mind you that the penal msasures which are about to inaugurate the Parliamentary session cf 1851, are likely to apply peculiarly, perhaps exclusively, to the English Catholics; and that any measures that may be resolved upon, without their concurrence, would be necessarily imperfect, and possibly injurious to the cause which I believe you to have sincerely at heart. " I am, my dear Sir, yours very truly, " John O'Connell, Dq., &c." " G. 11. MOORE. Sales pursuant to the instructions of the Incum bered Estates Commissioners took place in Cork yes terday and on the preceding day. On Monday the estate sold was that of John Sullivan, of Dunderrow, in the county of Cork, containing 100 acres of land, with a mansion house and offices, valued by the poor law valuation at 1471., and subject to a house rent of 801. It was sold to the Rev. J. B. Webb for 8701, subject to the sanction of the Commissioners. _ _ The estate sold yesterday was that of Robert Tre silisn, of Bally volane, near Bandon, containing 100 acres of land, with tenants' houses, and yielding a rental of 681. per annum. Mr. Thomas Fuller was declared the purchaser at 7801., subject, as in the preceding case, to the sanction of the Commissioners. A portion of the Earl of Mountca-lell's estates were to have been sold yesterday at Belfast. The sales at the court in Hebrietta•street commence on Friday nex , , when seven properties will be put up for com• petition. The Rural Deans of Killalots have applied to the clergy of their district to address the Queen on the " Papal aggression." The Dean of Kilmacduagh has refussd his signature. Mr. Curry Connellan, the late private secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant, has joined the Attorney-Ge neral and a fat.hionable circle at Johnstown Castle, the seat of Mr. Grogan Morgan, M.P. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM. Yesterday evening a ball took place at the London Tavern in aid of the funds of this valuable institution. Under the combined influences of dancing and charity the attendance was unusually large, upwards of 700 ladies and gentlemen being present, and fiotirg it on the light fantastic toe with an amount of perseverance truly edifying to behold. Weippert's band kept the a hole assemblage in a state of uninterrupted activity, which reminded ene of that long sought for deside ratum in the mechanical world, perpetual motion. This ball may be regarded as the climax of an un usually prosperous season in the annals of the asylum. During the course of 1850 the licensed vict ua ll ers , partaking,it is to be presumed, of the general pros perity, have, with the assistance of their friends, the great brewers, distillers, and wine -merchants, col lects d no less than 7,7331., the largest sum they have ever been able to muster in one year since the founda tion of the charity. This unprecedented success has been chit fly owing to the building of a chapel, which has been erected with a degree of dispatch not unworthy of the Crystal Palace itself, and which has received an amount of support highly creditable to the licensed vic tuallers as a body. They have now the largest trade asylum in England, and probably in the world—an asylum containing 123 separate dwellings of three rooms each, and 147 inmates. They allow each recipient 6s. a week when he is entirely destitute, and if he has other means they add enough to raise it to that sc&e. If he is a married man, they allow his wife to live with him, and make the weekly allowance is. The expenditure on this account is 1,8001. a year, besides 40/ for nurses, and ether incidental coerces of outlay. To meet this the annual amount of the "endowment fund," as it is called, has only hitherto been 1,300/, sad the attentisn of the indefati gable secretary, Mr. Jones, is now directed to raise this fund, so as to diminish the debt at present liquidated from other sources, and also to increase the comforts of those who from misfortune or o her causes become in mates of the asylum. " The ladies' wing," the founda tion-stone of which was laid by his Royal Highness Prince Albert in June, 1849, is now more than half completed, and the whole institution, notwithstanding its still acknowledged wants, is managed with a degree of economy which other charities of the kind might imitate with advantage, and which secures its permanent pros perity. At least, if vigorous dancing can accelerate the footsteps of benevolence, the Licensed VieTuellers' Asy lum caa be congratulated on the success which it last night achieved. THE CASE OF MRS. SLOANE. MISTAKEN IDENTITY. On Tuesday evening last information was received al the station where the warrant is deposited, that Mrs. Sloane was to be found sidiug in the neighb3urhood of Chelsea. Accordingly two detective efficers of the City police force were dispatched in company with a clerk from the Temple, who brought the information, and they proceeded direct to Renelegh-street, Chelsea. On arriving there the clerk pointed out the house in which he believed Mrs. Sloane was concealed, and the officers stepped forward and knocked boldly at the front door. It teas opened, and they were immediately after ushered into the drawing-room, where they found a lady, apparently about 45 years of age, and ( xactly answering in every particular the description of Mrs. Sloane as it is set forth in the placards effcring the reward for her apprehension. The clerk from the Temple felt per fectly satisfied that she was the party they came in search ef, and on the officers unfolding their business they were greeted by a volley of abuse, at the termina tion of which the lady complained bitterly of the conti nual annov mice she experienced in consequence of being mistaken for first one disreputable character and then another. Some time back she was recognised as Mrs. Manning, and now she was identified as that horrible wretch, Mrs. Sloane. The officers were astonished at meeting with such a reception, and the clerk looked on extremely dubious; but at length they were resolved to put an end to the perplexity they were in by sending to the Roy al Free Hospital for the girl Jane Wilbred,ia order that she might identify the I arty. One of the officers accordingly left for that purpose, twad although past the usual hour fur the patients; o retire to rest in that establishment, Jane Wilbred was taken in a cab to Chelsea, but directly she was placed before the lady she said, "Oh! that is not Mrs. Sloane." Upon this the lady became more violent in her behaviour towards the officers, tell in them in language not, the most polite that if they had done their duty in a proper manner they would have had Mrs. Sloane before this, instead of letting her go so easily when they might have taken her in the first in stance. After various apologies en the part of the officers for intruding upon the lady's privacy, she be- Co.rale somewhat pacified, and ultimately terminated this singular interview by giving the• officers a very pressing invitation to take tea with her on the following even ing. From further inquiries the officers made it ap peared that this lady was very eccentric in her habits and confined herself strictly to her own apartments. This seclusion, coupled with the fact of her great resemblance to Mrs. Sloane, and her only recently having taken the apartments she occupied, has led to the above ludicrous mistake. LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday a special general court of proprietors in the above mutual assurance company was held at the offices, King William-street, Mr. Franks presiding. A report was read from the directors, from which it appeared that under the deed of settlement a certain day (Ist July) is fixed for commencing policies and dividing profits, and that seven such anniversaries must have passed before the assured becomes entitled to any share of the profits in the shape of reduction of annual premium. The effect of this is that while some become entitled to share after seven annual payments, eight payments become necessary in the case of others. To obviate this injustice the directors propose to reckon from the actual day of entry, without any reference to the Ist of July, and to allow the assured to enter into share of profits after seven annual payments. To carry out these objects certain re solutions were submitted to the Court, which, after some short discussion on minor points, were unanimously agreed to, and, thanks being voted to the chair, the proceedings termi nated. COMPOSITION OF THE FRENCH NATIONAL As- SEMBLY.—The National Assembly of France contains, ac cording to a statement in the ..11imiteur, 43 actual or quondam Ministers of Government, •i 2 ambassadors or persons who have represented France at foreign Courts, 22 members of the Institute, 6 vice-admirals and rear-admirals, 34 generals., 32 ex-peers of France, 110 former members of the Chamber of Deputies. Of the 939 members of they onstituent As s - sembly only 330 were re-elected, and form pt of the Legi lative Assembly. The united ages of the members of the Let- islative Assembly amount to 35,613 years. giving an average of 47 years to each member. The oldest member was born in 1769 and the youngest in 1823. C HES TER AND HOLYHEAD EAILWAY.—At a meet ing of the board of directors , he ld yesterday, Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., was elected chairman of the company. An eminent counsel has been consulted on the question of the interest on the preference shares, and the learned gentleman's opinion is, that the holders are entitled to eighteen months' arrear of interest, viz., 1/. 4s. 9d. per share. We believe that the new preference capital, 300,0001 —which s not to take pre cedence of the existing preference shares i will take interest at the rate of 5s per cent. per annum. Nonwica.—On Saturday night a fire took place odnont,labeyfarwmhioefhlAtrw. dam o Ia r e g s e ll e b b a e r n n h s, arn eo , n a t t arn Fe in i a ll, near Bran.- quantity of Wheat gad barley, woo maw:W. JAMAICA: Our advices from Jamaica are to the 15th. The cholera, we notice, has again broken out in S. Ca tharine's, and there have teen a few fatal cases since its re-appearance in thit place. Ia Kitigsion it ha; nearly disappeared, although fears are entertained that this awful scourge vs ill again make its re-ap pearance in that place, in consequence of the great neglect of the authorities in enforcing the sanitary regulations. We observe from the files before us that this fear ful epidemic has made its appearance in every part of the island, and in some districts the greatest misery prevails; thousands are dying from the want of common assistance, and there is neither medicines nor a medical man to be had on any consideration. The accounts are indeed deplorable, and we believe the misery to be unparalleled in the annals of the sufferings of Jameic2. . The Legislature, which had been adjourned by his Excellency Sir Charles Grey, had resumed its duties on the 10th, and had continued all the Bills which would have expired on the 31st December until the ht May. Mr. Smith's Bill for the establish ment of an Orphan Asylum was read the third time, and passed. A vacancy having been occasioned i❑ the Plouse by the death of Francis M'Cook, Esq., representative of St. Dorothy, an election took place in that pirish, and David Brandon, E'q., cf Kingston, wai elected by a majority of eight. Mr. Brandon's election, we notice, has been protested against by the unsuccessful candidate, Peter Harrison, Etq., an the ground that it was ob'uined by bribery and corruption. It was therefore ordered by the House that the said petition be taken into consideration on the 15th January next, on which day the petitioner, his agent, and counsel, and David Brandon, his agent, and counsel, do at tend at the bar of the House. A few days prior to the departure of the steamer the greatest alarm prevailed in Kingbton, in conse quence of a report which was circulated that a Grenadian vessel, with the small-pox on board, had been allowed to come up to the harbour, without being boarded by the health officer. On investigation, the rumour was discovered to be quite unfounded, as the health officer had not only boarded the vessel in the stream, but positively declared that she was quite free from any disease. Her Majesty's steamer Alban arrived in Kingston on the 7th December, from Carthagena, but was placed in quarantine, in conscquence of her having the measles on board. We regret to notice the death of Mr. Robert Car rie, agent at Kingston for the Royal Mail Steam packet Company. Mr. Currie died at St. Thomas, whither he had proceeded for the benefit of his health. The Daily Advertiser says that the news was communicated to her Majesty's steamer Alban, at Carthagena, by the Royal Mail Company's ship Tay. The weather was described as being very warm in Kingston for the close of the year. In some parts of the south side it was said to be rather favour able, and in Westmoreland there were strong breezes with a few good showers of rain. A correspondent of the Daily Advertiser says that the plants Lime been well established, and, all things considered, have yielded well for the time. Major Graeme, the Governor of Tobago, died on the 14th of December of paralysis, after an illness of a day and a half. A slight shock of an earthquake was experienced at St. Thomas on the night of the 19th of December. Stations of her Majesty's Ships—ller Majesty's steamer Inflexible, at Greytown ; ditto Alban, at Jamaica; ship Persian, at ditty; ditto Scorpion at St. Thomas; ditto Helena, at Antigua. Danish ship of-war Mercurius, at St. Thomas. Ships spoken with on Return Voyage—The Apollo troop-ship sailed for England from Jamaica on the 6th December, with detachments of Royal Artillery. The Persian was to sail for Nassau and Belize from Jamaica, on the 18th Dec., with detachments of Royal Artillery. The Tay passed and exchanged colours with the brig MazPppa, of Liverpool, on the 6th inst., in lat. 49, 1 N.; long. 9, 24 W. Stations of the Company's Steam Ships—The Great Western, Captain Wolfe, at St. Thomas, from the Gulf of Mexico ; the Thames, Captain Abbott, was passed on 20th December, within three hours' sail of St. Thomas, whither she was bound ; the Trent, Captain Clark, Spanish Main route ; the Con way, Captain Woolley, Honduras and Havannah route; the Eagle, Captain Wilson, Barbadoes. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From Cordova's Mercantile lnielligencer.) GENERAL REMARKS.—Our market wears a slightly ' improved appearacce, consequent on the almost total cessation of cholera in the city, and dealers seem to come forward rather more freely than has been the case for the last six or eight weeks. Business i 5, however, con fined for the most part to Kingston, there being little trade with the outpurts, in consequence of the prevalence of cholera in the rural districts. All the accounts float the interior represent the disease as spreading with a degree of violence equally fa•al tl human life and the prospects of the cowing crops ; very little probability exists of the estates' people bring induced to work, I,aeic-stricken as they are by the prevalence of the epidemic. THURSDAY, Two P 3L—Nothing has been seen, up to this moment, of the Royal Mail Steamer, with the mails from England, due here since the 81:1 instant. EXCHANGES —O❑ London—Jamaica Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent. prem.; 60 days, per cent. prem.; 30 days, 2 per cent. prem. Colonial Bank-90 days, 1 pct. cent. prem.; 60 days, ctr cent. prem. On New York— Merchants' bills, 60 days, 2i to 3 per cent. prem. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 8. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot. ing this morning, accompanied by his Royal High miss the Duke of Cambridge, Lord John Russell, and the Right Hon. C. Shaw Lefevre, and attended by Lord Waterpark, Lieut.-Colonel Hun. C. B. Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel F. 11. Seymour. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening included his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, and the Right Hon. the Speaker and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance during dinner. The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the Castle. Lord Waterpark has relieved Lord Camoys in his duty as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore has relieved Lieut.-General Sir Edward Bowater, in his duty as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended during dinner in the Castle yesterday evening, and performed the following selection : Overture, "Joseph" Mehul. Valse, "La COI beille Fleur" Barret. Selection, "La Figlia del Regi mento" Donizetti. Quadrille, "Ernani" Jullien. Glee, "Blow gentle gales" Sir H. Bishop. March, " Jellalic" Carl Baron Prandau. Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in at. tendance, and played the following pieces : Overture, " Stradella" . Flotow. Melange, "Robert le Diable" Meyerbeer. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Baroness de Speth, arrived at Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past eleven o'clock yes terday morning, from her residence, Frogmore. Her Riyal Highness paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and in the afternoon left town on her return to Frogmore. THE LOBSTERS. A FABLE. (From Punch.) As a young Lobster roamed about, Itself and mother both being out. Their eyes at the same moment fell On a boiled Lobster's scarlet shell. " Look," said the youngster, " is it true That a e might wear so bright a hue? No coral, if I trait mine eye, Can with its startling brilliance vie; While you and I must be content A dingy aspect to present." "Proud heedless fool," the parent cried; "Know'st thou the penalty of pride? The tawdry finery you wish Has ruined that unhappy fih: The hue so much by yuu c!irtda By his destruction was acquire . So be contented with your . lot, Nor seek to change by going to poo FATAL POA AFFRAY.—On Friday last, about noon, three men named George Darley, William Chew, and J. M. Renon, were observed by the gamekeeper of Sir Thomas D. Legard„ , Bart., to be engaged in poaching on an estate at Gantoll W old, near Scarborough. The game keeper, hav i nF procured the assistance of six other men, wetit in pursuit, and came up with th e poac h ers upon l an d in the lord.lip of Foxhole. Chew, who geld a gun in his band, presented it at the keeper, desiring him to stand off or be would firs. The other, however, not daunted, seized hold of the weapon and endeavoured to wrest it from the poacher, an attempt in which be was seconded by his assistants. Darley then came forward with a large and extremely sharp knife, ar.d while he caught hold of the muzzle of the gun with his left hand, attempted to cut the men's hands so as to force them to relinquish their grasp. lie was, however, pinionel from behind by another of the keeper's assistants, and just at this moment the gun went off, lodging its con tents in the lower part of Darley's body. The unhappy man instantly fell back mortally wounded, exclaiming, "D-- thee, thou halt done for me now !" lie expired in a few minutes afterwards, before any medical or ether assistance could be procured. On Monday last an inquest was held on the body of the deceased, before Mr. E. D. Conyers, coroner of the district, when the facts above detailed were deposed to by the different witnesses. Neither the keeper nor the other men engaged in the affray could account tor the gun going off, but expressed their belief that the trigger was not intentionally pulled by any one. The ju y hereupon returned a verdict of " Homicide by misadventure." Deceased WAS a labouring man, young, and unmarried. - SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. (From the Morning Advertiser.) "Hedi s and m.s.kes no sign." What has become of th© " eminent engineer" of the Times—the genius who discovered that " the 160 ncr's of sloping gruund be tween Highbury and Hornsey"i?, as the Americans would say, t,e most suitable place in creation, for a new metropolitan cattle-market? He is silent. He has not a syllable to say in vindication of himself. His voice has not been heard—no traces of his pen have been discernible since the appearance of our article on Monday week, in which we demonstrated the absurdity of his scheme. Nor has the Times, who formerly stood by him as his sworn friend, come to his rescue. Both seem to have abandoned their positions. Both appear to have re treated from the field, as if conscious that they either Lad already sustained a defeat, or were doomed to en counter a signal discomfiture. But though both the Times and its "eminent engineer" have, at least ler the present, given up their pet•plan of a cattle-market en the open apace Letween Highbury and liornsey, the question of a new site for a metro politan cattle-msrket is one which most excite very great and general attention, and occupy much of the time of Parliament in the cuming session. It is, therefore, cf the deepest importance to the me tropolitan cernmucity, that the matter Should ba look e d fairly in the lace. It must be consideredin all its bearings, calmly and dispaesionately. We must get at the real merits of the case, and once we have mastered these, the 1 Alit; mind will not be influenced either by the pompous dcelsnation of the limes, regarding the vils of Bmitiitield-m a! et, or the lofty pretensions of its " eminent eugineer," when describing in raptures, which none but that class of persons can feel, the way in which he could destroy the beauties of nature and art with which the neighbourhood of Highbury and liornsey abound, by conversing that delightful locality into a huge cattle-market, at once hideous to the sight, offen sive to the smell, and most injurious to the health. Only put the '• 160 acres of sloping ground" into the hands of the " eminent engineer" of the Times, and our readers will lava some idea of what the locality wouldibecume, through his destructive agency in a year or two, from the frightful transformation which other pieces in the suburbs of London have been made to un dergo by other engineers —very possibly, indeed, by the same " eminent engineer," as our contemporary has in his eye. Let any one bat contrast the spot leading from Battle-bridge to Highgate, as it is to be seen at present, with what it was a few years ago, before it fell into the hands of one of the engineering fraternity, and be will be at no loss to form an idea of what might be expected from the handiwork of the "eminent en gineer" of the Times between Highbury and Hornsey. Let the reader start from Loudon-street station, and proceed to Camden-town—it will only cost him four pence—and let him behold the scene of desolation which presents itself to his view be fore he crosses Maiden lane. What a picture to lock at! What scenes of de struction! Mounds of earth, mountains of clay—ruin in every shape, every thing that is hideous to the eye— these are the doings of " eminent engineers." Au earth quake could scarcely have caused greater confusion, or committed more terrible ravages, on what was before a scene of order and of beauty. As we assume that the Legislature will not, for a mo ment, entertain the idea of proscribing Smithfield, before another site for a cattle market has been found, the prin cipal point to which our attention ought, in the present position of the question, to be directed, is, to show that as yet no other site has been proposed for a new metro politan cattle-market, combining the requirements, which even the most inveterate opponents of Smithfield are compelled to admit to be indispensable. The very multiplicity, indeed, of the new sites which have at various times been proposed for a new metro politan market, constitutes conclusive proof of the diffi culties by which the subject is surrounded. Uxbridge, Barnet, Epsom —every open place, in fact, within ten or twelve miles distance of the metropolis, has, at some time er ether, been proposed for the purpose. And now all former sites have been abandoned by the Times and by its friend, the " eminent engineer," —a plain practical admission that the matter is beset with difficulties which have heretofore been found insuperable. The Highbury and Hornsey plan is not destined to fare any better. There are greater objections to it than to any of the other sites previously proposed. Some of these objections we stated in our article of Monday week. Numerous others, hardly less formidable, could easily be urged. But we do not know that it is necessary to waste cur fusee in pointing out the objections which may be brought against the Highbury and Hornsey scheme of the " eminent engineer" of the Times. We have met with no ore—literally not with a single indi vidual—who concurs with the Times, and its " eminent engineer," in the propriety of transferring the metropo litan cattle-market from Smithfield to the " 160 acres of sloping ground between Highbury and Hornsey." They are alone in their glory. Nor does there seem the slightest probability of any one appearing to share it with them. On the contrary, we hear of but one intense feeling of disapprobation, mingled with a feeling of a still stronger kind, at the bare idea of the Vandalism con templated by the Times and its engineer friend, in the neighbourhood of Ilighbury and Hornsey. Why, the very sight of an army of navvies, bricklayers, and hod men, iu that beautiful and healthy locality, would almost be enough to make the whole of the population of the north of London rise in open resistance to the work of destruction. Ile place proposed by the inzes and its engineering coadjutor, is one of the most charming in the neigh bourhood of the metropolis. It is delightful to spend a few hours on a fine day in that part of London. Its natural beauties are great, and the tastefully finished villas, with their adjoining gardens, which are studded in all directions, contribute very mat, rially to heighten the t ff(ct of a hat nature has done to bt.autily the place. Nor is the locality in question ltas salubrious than it is beautiful. There is not a more healthy place within many miles of the metropolis.'Transfer the cattle-mar het, with the proposed slaughter-houses, lairs, abattoirs, &2., to it, and it will be at once transformed into the most unhealthy place in or about London. Its exposure to the sunny south, would perpetually cause exhalations to arise wilich, while they would prove most offensive to the olfactory nerves, would be most prejudicial to human health. Aud the evils thus necessarily incident to a place with a sloping southern exposure, would be very greatly aggravated by the clayey nature of the soil. The site of the market would be a vast field of mad, from one 3 far's end to the other, with the exception, perhaps, cf a few weeks in summer; and then the burn leg heat would be intolerable to men and very injurious to beasts. The trawler of the metropolitan cattle market to the place suggested by the Times, would be frightfully de structive of property in the neighbourhood. Just now, the value of land and houses is rising in that quarter. Let but Parliament decide on removing the metropoli tan cattle market from Smithfield to the locality in ques tion, and the value of property everywhere in the neighbourhood will at once become depreciated to an extent which, for the sake of persons who have property there, we forbear to mention. The Times admits that if the market is to be removed from Smithfield, persons whose interest will be affected will be entitled to corn. pentatioe. Transfer the site cf the market to the " 160 acres of sloping ground between Higlaury and Horn sey," tied it there be such a thing as justice in the world, the proprietors of homes and lands in the vicinity must receive very large compensation for the injury inflicted on their property. That there are evils connected with a large cattle market being held iu the centre of a great metropolis, no one will deny. But the question is, are not these, in a certain sense, necessary evils? Can they be got rid of without creating other and still greater evils? Will it not be the wiser and better course, as Hamlet says— " Rather to bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of?" Much may be done to modify the evils connected with Smithfield cattle market. We can conceive it possible, that arrangements may be made, and precautions adopted, by which nearly all the objections urged against Smithfield being a cattle market, may be ob viated. But this is an aspect of the question which we cannot at present bring under the consideration of our readers. In a few days, however, we shall recur to the question generally, and view it in its more comprehensive bearings. THE ARMY IN IRELAND ON THE IST OP JANUARY, 1851.—The following is the official return of the present military force in Ireland, with the head-quarters of the dif ferent regiments :—Cavairy—lat R.egiment of Dragoon Guards, Dublin ; sth ditto, Longford , 6th ditto, Cehi r . 7 th 17th Lancers, b ditto, Newbridge ; 4th Light I.)ragoons, Dublin; 6th ' ditto, (Enniskillen), Dundalk; 7 t h Hussars, Ballincollig; 12th irr ; 6th ditto (depot compy), Ne- New,,ridge. Infantry R._..(?a.atlßLeagninceierntDofubkl'Bion.dt (2d battalion), Limerick p an 2d ditto, C n a l ° g i h m; 9th ditto, Dublin ; 14th ditto, Athlone; 17th ditto, Galway; 27th ditto, Belfast; 31st ditto, Dublin; 34th ditto el; as ditto, ( "d ep at company), Londonderry; 35th ditto, Enniskillen; b9tti ditto, Newry; 40th ditto, Cork; 41st ditto, Cork; 43d ditto, Dublin; 47th ditt o, B uttevant (under orders for the lonian Islands); 49th ditto, Ferm o y ; s2d ditto, Limerick; 55th ditto, Waterford; 57th ditto, Fermoy; 69th ditto (depot), Tralee ; 60th ditto (2d battalion), Buttevant; 62d ditto, Alullingar and Cork; 66th ditto, Youghal (depot company) 68th ditto, Limerick ; 734 ditto cdepot com pany), Naas; 74th ditto, Fermoy; 81st ditto, 1 emplemore; 69th ditto, Dublin ; and 92d ditto, Kilkenny. This force, with the Royal Artillery, Engineers, &c., is an effective of 25,0i10 men ; besides which are the enrolled pensioners and police. Ireland is divided into the following military dis tricts Dublin county (head-quarters, Dublin); 2d., Cork district (head-quarters, Cork); 3d, Limerick (head q arters, Limerick) ; 4th, Kilkenny district (head-quarters, Kilkenny); and Belfasi, district ( head- quarters, Belfast). LADIES CARVING AT DINNER.-Why doesn't some leader of the fashionable world put an end to this bar barous custom? What a night, to see a delicate little crea ture, or worse, perhaps, a " fine woman," in all the glory of her beauty and bedizenment, rise up with a huge knife in her hand, as it she were going to act the part of Judith, and begin heaving away at a great piece of beef For the hus band does not always think it necessary to take the more la borious dish on himself: Setnetimes the lady grows as hot and flustered as the housewife in the Winter's Tale, " her face 'o fire with labour." Gentlemen feel bound to offer their services, and become her substitutes inthat unseemly war fare. IV r , don't they give it t o th e servan t s , w h o have nothing better to do, and who have eaten their own meal in comfort? A side-table i s the proper place for carv h rya don'tt er, whyth take the busines s on t h emse l ves at once? o carv ing. Indeed, it is used for that purpose in some great houses. Why not in all? It is favourable for additional means of koeping the dishes hot; nobody at the dinner-table is inconvcnie. ced ; and the lady of the house is not made a spectacle of, and a subject for ridiculous condolements. None would regret the reformation but epicures who keep on the watch for tidbits, to the disadvantage of honest diners; and whom it would be a pleasure to see reduced from shocking oglers at the hoststss into dependants on the plebeian carver. —Leigh Hunt. THE COMMERCIAL DOCKS.—Applications are to be made in the ensuing session for the improvement of these docks. It is proposed to enlarge the East Country Dock. and to carry a tramway from the docks generaly to join the branch pf tailm At DePtOrd,