The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-18 00:00:00

Unhunted from Subathilui, which was run on the beLch near this place 30th I/ cumbi-r, bruhe up last night. HARWICH, JAN. 17.—A mast, standing upright, ap pate Ity from some vessel sunk, was passed lati Olf.rdness high light bearing S.W. by W. ball W., distant ,bout seea or eight miles. friARKE/ iNF4 W:.N.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.—FRIDAY. Since S_t trait), last the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, coastwise, have not exceeded 1,210 quarters. BY ra ; Lvay the receipts have been trifling. To-day several of Monday's unsold samples were on offer, owing In which, the VA!) attendance of millers, and the con tinued pressure of for, ign Flour for sale, the demand for all kinds t f Wheat of home produce was heavy in the extrems. and, in some instances, the quotations were a shade lower, without effecting a clearance. Rather under 2,000 quarters of frreign Wheat have cotne in this 'eek. The trade with that article, however, was greatly &pressed, and the cut of condition sorts were lower to purchase. Barley, the show of which was good, ruled dull at barely the I.te declke in vain,. The quantty of Malt ready for delivery was trifling; yz t the s.le for t lit , a - Cele was in a very inactive state, at last week's quotations. Good sound Oats were scarce, and quite as cle4 r• TI e middling at.d inferior cpialities ruled very dull. Beans, Peas, lt,dian Corn and Flour, were heavy. atiRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat tngllila Scotch. Irish .. .. • ... Yoreign •• - „. .. . Barley. Oats. Malt. Flour. Qrs. I Qrs. I Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 1,410 1,040 I 3'30 1,290 2,050 67,0 I 7,570 1 0,580 SINZITHrXMLD. Our mark-A today was very scantily supplied with Beasts as to number and quality. Although the atten • da nce of buyers was small, and the dead markets heavily supplied with each kind of Meat, the Beef trade was tolerably steady, at fully Monday's quotations. The show of foreign stock was trifling. Very few Sheep Were on offer; nevertheless, the demand for that di seription of stock ruled heavy, at list week's prices. Calves were in short supply, and moderate request, on somewhat higher terms. In Pigs so little was doing that their currencies were almost nominal. Milch Cows Were very dull, at from 14/. to 181. each, including their 'mall Per albs. to sink the offal. Inf erior B s. d. to s. d, easts 3 0 3 4 Second quality --... 3 6 3 8 t rine large Oxen.. 3 10 4 0 L r tnae coarse Calves 3 4 3 6 trlroesrostll ditto .. 3 8 4 0 r„„" uctl ine Calves —lB 0 25 0 '.uerlor Sheep . 2 10 3 0 a. 1. to 8. a. Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 6 Coarse-weolled dlita3 8 3 10 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Flogs •. • • • 3 4 3 8 Small Porkers • •3 10 4 2 Quartzr old Pigs •. 16 0 21 0 Lambs •••••• • • • • 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY kT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calve 3. I Pigs. 612 3,210 f'. 6 210 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sheep. I Calves. I rig;. 160 27 Beas o 0 ts. I SheepS. COT I C H. I Calves. I rigs 4 ~ NEINITGATE AND LEADMNHALL. ;I:he general demand ruled extremely inactive, and p r ices were with difficulty supported Beasts. 54 At per stone by the Carcase. b e „, s. d. to s. d. s. d. o s. d. .inferior.. middling Primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 prime •... 3 6 310 t— P ri me small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.... •• 8 3 4 ;tel. ..... ....••.. 3 0 310 411) all •••••• 3 6 4 2 BOROUGH HOP ra.aaaET. of The demand is almost wholly confine i to fine parcels limps, at full prices. In r erior new as well as old 14 elitie3 are much neglected. The show of samples is 41411 for the time of year. New Mid and East Kent pocket,s 6/ 106 to 121; New Weald of Kent ditto, 615 s 0 81 ; New Sussex ditto, 5/ 15s to 6/ 15s; New Fara -1- 413 5 12l t o 131 ; Y ear l ing Kent., 3/ to 41 12s; Year '4llll Sussex, 2/ 8s to 3/ 17s; Old Hops, 1/ to 4/ per cwt. 811°4115 a COLONIAL. trad e This rticle has been in fair demand, the making- steady perchases at fuller rates. The hest in hand is less than at this time last year. Brown est India is worth 36s to 375, yellow 37s to 426, and g r ey 37s to 395. At auction Barbadoes has been Sold r 398 to 42 6 6d f ir m id to fi ne yellow, and at 37s 6d f or Sc. Lucia fine yellow brought 40s to 40s 6d, and g r d ow n 366 t o 36s 6 d . R e fi ne d grocery has b een at 50s to 52: 6d. INDEA.—Mauritius, 2.250 bags w en t a t very f u ll 2:ees, fine )e ll ow 41 s to 43 s 61 , m id an d goo d 38s 6d to '"', and low 37s to 385. Bengal has been rather dearer, p epj allr fnr the laidt.or kinds; mid to tine whit: 41s Gd t 0 43 s 6d ; strong yellow 44s to 44s 6d; and brown, 32s tuia6,l; Manila has been taken in at 40s to 41s for yellowish, and at 39s for washed. Ma Iras went off P b lielY at 29s t 32 s 6(1 for soft brown ; at 36s to 39s grocery, and at 43s to 44s for strong coloury. FOREIGN.—T oe d emand has ben good. Bah i a has oeen held for 403 6d to 42s 6d for white; at 37s 6d to 393 for low to good brown ; a - id at 39s 6.1 to 40s for fine. Porto Rico was taken in at 19s to 20s for low t mid, and at 20s 6,1 to 218 for good yellow. Hasannah sold %t 19i to 218 6d f,r low to mid strong. COFFEE.—This article is by no means so active, and ria.ntstion (_?e)lon has declined, 64s 6d to 67s 61 having b een paid for good end fine fine ord, grey 68s 6d to 74s f or low mid and mid colory, 65s to 70s fir pea berry. This is 3s to 4s lower then lust week. Native has trellised 64s t 65s fir good ord, and some fine was held o , r 4 6 7 to 68 Mucha has dropped 2s to 4 , , being 683 61 for good ell , m and mid. Jamstea has ben sold at an d 78,. In ether soits there have been e no public s4ler. a n Co° o+•—The demand has been good, and prices have upward tendency. w e l !‘ ll4 .—A f-Ar businees has been done, and 'roof L• a vela has realis e d is 5 d per ga ll on . Du C h - ir 7 c 2 • 7 . arThe m he: has been firm, and Surat at e 6 ale has r alised 4d to per lb. e s kca l r Pimento rtalised lull quotations. Cora vioves have been dearer, and Nutmegs and Mace at 'dY price .. do. cE.-- nolders are tolerably frm, but not much is_ 01 14 K. Bengal fine white has been sold at 118 to lls 6d, other sorts at 9i to 9s 6 4 . cattn TP ETßE.—This artlcle has risen in value. Cal k. 10 i 2 1 lbs refraction have been sold at 26s 6d . 2 , 93 Per cwt. 4 ALLow.—A mode ate business has been doing, and sp o e t e3 have rallied ti 305 3d and 39s 6d per cwt on the Of t t;: ll , d to 40s 3d and 48s 6d for the last three months r t , 3 ear 4,Z4 • te,li,_•----The market is buoyant, and common Congou to r cc! loid to lid per lb ; gee-n and fine Congou are tvo: c l u s'• At a public sae ef 2,000 packages about ,tiirds went off briskly at of quotations. a rt i . t Pl`l raurr.—The trade has been dull this week. kit e ;: t t,"ils, and but f-w sales. A cargo of Oranges, ex .vileiari from St. Micheul, and one ex Hero, from I ct, sold at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, the 4 3 r . 111 ,, er xi:era at previou, rates, the last-r at an advance of LW: chest. Black Spardsh Nut. 4 til I continue at the tti e 'Vire quoted last v. eek. More dci:.g in Brazil, the th e " price assisting the sate. Chesnuts cleared off u'arket. Sevil:e Lemons in demand. Messina none telling freely, w th a prospect of a rise. LAW INTELLIGENCE. iri,,,,, X CHEQUER.- (THIS DAY.) tr g „ ••ourt took the demurrer paper to-day, but . the bittul:l3"t just the different cares were of a too technical . re to fy a report. GAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) kr p m POINTIN V. TINCKLER upon RENTICE ow d the Court fir a . . rule nisi calling an o .l l e cei of the East Riding to show cme why gro .uer in bastard y should not be quashed on the r seh o llu d et' in formality. Mr. Pointin, the party nd fo e P e ndent application was made, is a gentleman sve _ tbeti m's and the female whom he 's a a l ll o e f ge l d to her' ,edueed is a respectable young woman, living with Ea e Parieatits in Pickering, near to Bridlington, in . 12 t al t er i/-411 g. The order was made upon the putative te o . on the 22d of December last, and was . informal in place Point First, it stated that the hearing had taken ,, h ui before the two gentlemen who signed it, and . the N,,J„,,i i tY of the magistrates present in petty sessions.; h) but "to Act of Parliament specified that the ordr tr m at u e t , bet " (1 , 0 and signed by the majority of the maps th e "7 the words quot?d it would seem that the wgentlemen who signed the order 4,6 t Inority. were Secondly, it did not appear that at the ,Third i l lear mg cf the case the parties wore present. Oefo r .3 % the order did not specify that the rarties came . ei ee th h e magistrates within forty days after the ser the i ° e l l -61su tlamons. and, lastly, the order specified that . npoi',"mo,'s received all the evidence that was tendered evid'.(4lth, leaving it to be inferred that there was other raeoi les which was not admitted. The Act f Parlia- deneellaeredlY provided that they were to receive all evi mr• tenered to mofa le gal charactr. Just ice ERLE t e ook time to consider the m( tion. p F. O'CONN OR ' S LAND SCHEME . Z4Sta loo'r moved fir leave to enter judgment in 66 ha d i f cl,etineet which Mr . F eargus O'C onnor, M . P ., beenr til Uted agai ns t as many of h i s tenants who ht.d Tho(tated upon the Chartist Land Esta'e at Love I. application was granted. S ECONDARIES'. —(THIS DAY.) 04,13 (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) Thi, ANA OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS, &C. V. NEGETS. kismet:4'as an action brought by the plaintiffs as Con. - 4 eove r es , of Land-tax for the Tower Hamlets, to one o f , 1 the defendant the amount of defalcation t y t"s collectors, for whom defendant had becors e c.eurity. . I T l ' orient allowed 'udgment to go by default. a s Atto - . 11 t 1 7v ; rl aey for the plaintiffs said that by the Act 6 Is ane Le, C. 2 4, it was enacted that on the trial of any give 4 or execution of any writ of inquiry on any bond I ,eed t: ai rcurity for the collection of assessed t ixes, writ?c, inc ome -lax, the production of any account s lieh bY the collector, or an account signed by hire, s tneo o , °ul,l be received as conclusive evidence of the gad tic i" from him. In the present case the colloct. r 44 7 .Mitted that ho was deficient in th • collection ante he Einm of 3401. 4r. 71d., and for 1848 in 11 . 0 1,, of 1 8 1 s. sid , but one of the sureties had paid tvi,„"ing a balance of 2201. 135. sd. Iv it4 ;-ielace being adduced to the above effect, a verdict g i ven for the balance. 011STINA.CY.--ARMPIELD V. BELLING. 'row"! Plaintiff sued ea a as public officer of Birmingham a bill Districti,f Bank, to re cover t h e sum of 15 / . 2s. 6d. 4 %ePtor exch ange, e f which defendant was tie anie eod b ei ,, alit pleaded that he did not al:cc the bill, and etz.,n,;...r.gthseurninned before one of the Learned Judges to signature, het .refused to . admit , and it was . 1417 1 443 qUently ne cessor provegham , Le Y, 0 bring a witaess up fcom Ba ta ntUld-reriting• Counsel appeared on behalf if the def,udant, but said he did not ee that he could assist the ease by a•lilreni; the jury, f ,, r everything app ared t, be perfectly regular. A vt rd:ct was given for the amount claimed. MAILLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY:) A NOVEL WAY OF DISCOVERINCi A THIEF. —.Totin Gun- big, a stableman:, was brought before Mr. Bard wiLk, charged with having stolen a bridle and bit, the property of Mr. John Anderson, horse-dealer, 48, Gruen street. Arthur HayeF, foreman in the employ of the prosecu tor, deposed that the prisoner was in their employ as stableman. Oa Wednesday last a bridle was missing from one cf the stables in the yard, and as it could not be found, he called all the men togaher and gave each of thew a piece of paper, on which they were desired to write the name of ihe man whom they suspected to he the alit f. Witness afterwards collected the papers, and on examining them, he found that there were seven who suspected the prisoner. Witness then called him on one side and taxed him with et ~aling the bridle, which he strongly denied. A con :table was subsequently called, and the prisoner was given in charge on suspicion. The constab'e, of er locking up the prisoner, went t - ) the lodgings 4-f the latte-, which he sc weber], and in a Lack room behind a door, he found the bridle produced, which he (witness) identified as the property c his master. The prisoner, in defence, srCd he did net take the bridle with the intention of stealing it. He was in want f money et the time, and merely took it ti pledge, intending to r, deem it on Suturday night, and replacing it in the stable. Mr. HARDWICK sad distress was no excuse fir the prisoner taking his employer's property. He (prisoner) might as well have talon a silver spoon or any tning else he could lay his hands on. As a warning to others, he (Mr. Hardwick) should commit him f ,r trial. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS —(THIS DAY.) A Special Court of Sewers was held this day in the Court-flousci, Greek-Are t, Soho; Sir H. De la Beach in the chair. The other Commissioners present were, Robert Stephenson, Esq. M.P., S. M. Pet , , Esq. M.P., Captain Harnesi , , Captain Vetch, and E. Lawes, Esq. The SECRETARY stated that the meeting hal been convene fur the purpose cf declaring a rate in the Ra nelagh district for the ensuing year. The meeting and its purpose had been duly advertised, but no objection had been received agOin4 the proposed rate. The rate which, with the last year's arrears, amounted to 22,672/. 4s. hi., having been formally agreed to, VIE. amount was apportioned amongst the several collectors of the district, and the 15th and 18th of February or dered to be advertisel as the appeal days. The Court then adjourned to this day week. HOW TO SUBDUE FEROCIOUS ANIMALS. TO THE EDIIOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It is to be hoped that the tragedy of the " Lion Queen" will lead to a suppression of some very foolish doings practised in our menagerie s. The being confined is, to wild beasts, a sufficient trial of patience, without being tormented for the amusement of a parcel of gaping sight-seeing simple tons. But if ferocions animals are to be kept for ex hibition, their wants must he attended to ; a person may, in ministering to their comforts, be attacked without any provocation on his part; a savage animal, a male tiger for instance, may spring upon and seize with his merciless jaws his attendant. In such a case I would, to save the life of the at tendant and to spare that of his assailant, recommend the application of a red-hot iron rod to the tail of the latter ; for upon its application he will instantly let go his hold to see what is being done to his rear, and when he has discovered that heated iron is no plea sant thing to be in contact with, he will beat his retreat, and that right speedily too. I am inclined to an opinion that the most savage tiger Bengal can furnish would, after he has learned by experience one of the properties of iron heated to redness, be awed into submission by a sight only of a red-hot poker. If therefore, there be the slightest fear of insubordination in the menagerie, bring into operation a portable furnace, and quickly heat some pokers in readiness for services should they be re quired.—l am, Sir, &c., Jan. 17, ISSO. BRUIN. THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A letter in your paper of this day gives a statement about the merits of the schoolmaster of the Caledonian Asylum, signed " A Guardian." Will you allow another to state that the postscript, which alleges that the schoolmaster of the Asylum is a protege of Dr. Cumming, has not one word of truth In it to my certain knowledge; and were the parties writing to you on the Caledonian Asylum either to make themselves acquainted with facts, or honestly state them, the unfair, grossly untrue, and injurious accusations against the charity would not so fre quently appear. One would hope that the claims of poor children will weigh where truth does not. I am, Sir, &c , Jan. 17. A GUARDIAN. WARWICKSHIRE.—THE HUNT BALL.— This annual re-union took place at the County Hall, Warwick, on Wednesday evening last. The entertainment, given by the gentlemen of the hunt, consisted of a ball end supper. The magnificent hall was decorated, with considerable taste and judgment, with sylvac trophies and groupings emblerea ical cf the The attendance, amounting to upwards of 500, core prised the elite of the resident nobility and the " fashionables" c f the neighbouring Royal Spa of Leam ington Amongst those assembled were—Earls Bradford, Buchan, Talbot; Countesses Biadlord, Buchan Talbot; Viscounts Eastnor, Duncan; Viscoutess Duncan; Lords Berriedale, Guernsey, A Hay, Henley, Ingestre, Somer ville; Ladies Georgians Baillie, Berriedale, M. Bridge mate Lucy Bridgeman, Willoughby de Broke, Bruce, Georgiana Cathcart, Mary Cathcart, Louisa Cathcart, Charlotte Chetwynd, De Clifford, East, E. Erskin, Guernsey, Hartopp, Jane Hay, Emily Harding, Henley, Leigh, Caroline Leigh, Louisa Wardlaw Ramsay, Victoria Talbot; Sirs Theophilus Biddulph, J. B. East, W. Hartopp; Hon. Messieurs H. Devereax, J. Dormer, W. H. Leigh, C. Fertie Percy; Hon. Mesdames Bowles, Lane, C. B. Percy; Hon. Misses Augusta Leigh, Geer giuna Leigh, Percy, Russell, M. Russel ; Colonels Bowles, Cathcart, Wallington; Lieut.-Colonels Lauren son, Parker; Majors Granville, Capel Sandys; Hon. Captain Cholmondeley ; Captains Atkinson, Cunynghame, Grimes, George Holbech, Hutchins, E. J. Hunter, Mue grave, Phellusson, Rattray, R.N., Henry Skipwith, Taylor, Thursby; Lieutenants WKinuon, Swinton; Mr. Sergeant Goulburn; Doctors Arnold, Jeaffreson, Starr; Reverends Henry Biddulph, W. Bree, H. Bromfield, Cartwright. F. F. Chamberlayne, B. Churchill, Charles Finch, A. Fullerton, G. Granville, W. Grice, R. Green Jeston, H. Knightle, Knipe, Levesoa Lane, John Lucy, F. Thursby, E. Townsend; Messrs. H. C. Wise, Gladstone, King, the Mayor of Warwick, &c. &c. MIDDLE TEMPLE.—Mr. Howyer delivered his first reading on Wednesday last, in the presence of a numerous assemblage of the Benchers, and other mem bers of the Inns of Court, including the Right Hon. Vice-Chancellor Bruce, the Hon. J. C. Talbot, Q C., the Right Hon. Sir David Dundas, M.P., Judge-Advo cate, the Attorney-General, Mr. John Turner, the Treasurer of the Middle Temple, Mr. Crowder. Q C., Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., Mr. Bethel], Q.C., Mr. Hal lam, Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Hill, Q.C., Sir William Owen Harlow, Bart., Mr. Spence, Q.C., Mr. Lingen, Secretary of the Committee of Coun cil fJr Education, &c., &e. The subject of the reading was the " Uses of the Science of General Jurisprudence." The second reading, en the " U: es of the CACI Lavv,""will 13,, , delivered on Wednesday next, at a quarter after seven. At the termination of the reading the learned reader was loudly applauded. PRINCESS'S.—This elegant theatre has become the fashionable resort, and is nightly crowded in every part. Macfarren's popular opera, King Charles the Second, has been revived, and its attraction is greater than ever— that and the pantomime, King Jamie ; or, .Harlequin and the Magic Fiddle, are the magnets of the day. The fal lowing distinguished personages have been among the visitors:--His Royal Highness Prince George of Cam bridge, the Dukes of Devonshire, Leeds, Montrose, arid Bedford; Lords Verulam, Ctarleville, Ward, Ranelagh, &c.; the Bon. Mrs. Gore, Sir J. Hawes, Sir H. Webb, with large parties. The present pantomime will no doubt have as great a run as its predecessor, Bluff King Hal. Flexmore, the best of all clowns, is as usual, full of activity, and keeps his audience convulsed with laughter. His dancing, too, rs inimitable; Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Rosati and Cerito, the pets cf the ballet, can never be forgotten while . they have such a ca pit a l imitator. The other pantomirniste, Messrs. Paulo, Bo logna, Wright, Lebarr, and Miss Fawcett, are without exception the best in Londor. Great praise is also due to Mr. Emden, fur the care he has taken in putting it on the stage. MEETING OF JOURNEYMEN TAlLORS.—Yesterday evening a very large meeting ef the journeymen tailors of the metropolis was held at Exeter Hall, for the pur pose, as was owed in the advertisement, "of exposing the evils of the slop-Sweating and middleman system, and also the injurious effec , s c f the Government con tracts and prison labour, and to petition Parliament to make it compulsory on all masters to have their work done on the premises." The chair was taken at half past seven o'clock by Mr. Thos. Reynolds, and the meet ing was addressed by working tailors, and also by a few master tailors, who equally condemned the evils of the practice cf the trade which the meeting was assembled to discuss. In the course of the proceedings several tailors were mentioned by rame who hal countenanced this system, and it was stated amongst other evils sf its operation, that toe orders given by persons of rank and wealth in the dashing shops cf the West-end were gene rally executed in the most miserable and poverty -stricken i.calitica, where frequently infective diseases peculiar to such localities prevailed. This was the result of a sys tem which, by interposing between the employer and the v.orker, cut down the wages ef labour to an almost nominal sum. Thus one house would give 7s. for making a cow, but it was to a person who gave it to others, whom he paid on l y s s. f or perform i ng the same work. This was not done indiscriminately, however, for such only were es trus',ed with the making up of a garment who could afford to give security fur the value of the property. Those who could not were obliged to get their work from those who could, and fur making a coat these more humble operatives only received 35., and the subdivision did not always sop there. the se n, l e st t l i i n e g r matters were dLcasted at great length, acid was unanimous in passing resolutions in conformity with the objects explained above. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1850 r" Trl 7 - 41 -- Q, I QT t OAN . 1.11:1 11,J 1.1 (THIS DAY.) A large public meeting, called in consequence of Mr. Cobden's letter to the secretary of the Peace Society, was held this day at the London Tavern, to consider the proposal recently issued for negotiating a loan for the Russian Government in this country. The gallery, the platform, and the body of the large room of the tavern was crowded long before one o'clock, the hour at which the meeting was appointed to take place. Among those on the platform we observed Mr. Cobden, Mr. Charles Gilpin, the Rev. Mr. Burnet, and the Rev. Mr. Richards. The appearance of Mr. Cobden was the signal for a loud burst of applause. Mr. Charles Gilpin, cf the Peace Society, was unanimously elected to take the chair on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Richards, seconded.by Mr. Morley. He said they were there that day to express their opinion upon the morale of the loan asked by the Emperor of all the Rinsias, of five-and•a-half millions of money, and which, he re gretted to say, had been accepted by a house of high standing in the City.—(Elear, hear.) They were there to protest against raising money under false pretences—(Loud cheers) —which he held to be as base in an Emperor as in a beggiwg-letter impostor. —(Loud cheering.) They were there to ask the capitalists of this country, whether they were pre pared to advance resources for the evil designs of a despot, whose savage hordes had just returned from the desolated plains of Hungary.—(Cheer?.) They were not quite of the opinion of the writers in the Times.—(This allusion was met with loud shouts of execration.) Every capitalist, small or gret,t, who advanced any portion of this loan would to some extent be responsible for the morality which it sanctioned.—(Cheers.) After making reference to the accusation, that the present movement was at variance with the free-trade doctrine, he ad vised capitalists to have better security than was offered at present, if they risked their money in such a loan. At any rate, time would show whether the prediction of Messrs. Baring—(A loud groan for the " Barings")—who guaranteed its security, or the prediction of his Hon. Friend Mr. Cobden, would be verified in the case of Russia.— (Cheers.) Mr. Gilpin concluded by calling upon the Secretary to read the following letter of apology from Lord Dudley Stuart : "34 St. James's-place, Jan. 17, 1850., "Dear Mr. Cobden,—l perceive by the papers that a public meeting on the subject of the Russian loran, called at your instance, is to be held at the London Tavern to-morrow. When, a few months ago, you gave the signal for a similar meeting with reference to the Austrian loan, I hastened to answer the sill a (MDR, and I should do so now were I not confined to my room by severe indisposition. "On the former occasion, I denounced the Austrian loan as illegal, and though the correspondent of the Times, at Vienna, immediately afterwards attempted to confute me, I so completely demolished his reason ing by the citation cffacts and figures in a letter also published in the Times, that my antagonist has never ventured a word in rejoinder. Ido not know that the Russian loan is obnoxious to the same char ;e, except that in a country where no law really exists but the sole will of the Sovereign, no act of the Go vernment can be held as strictly legal, or be looked upon as based on any firmer foundation than that Sovereign's caprice. " The present loan is asked for by Russia for the ostensible purpose cf completing a railway. It is, no doubt, calculated that the object put forward wilt d is arm the scruples of capitalists belonging to the peo ce party in this country ; but his conscience must be little sensitive, and his penetration blunt indeed, who can be so deceived. Can any man doubt that the real destination of the loan is to cover the deficit occasioned by the recent iniquitous intervention of Russia in Hungary and her present no less unjust in tervention in Turkey? Are the friends of peat:e, are any true Englishmen prepared to supply with the sinews of war the power of all others the mt.st likely to disturb the general peace—the only one from whose policy there is any danger of kingla.nd being forced into war ? Does any one seriouldy apprehend a rupture with France, Prussia, Austria, or any other European power, or even with the United States ? No 1 but it is notorious that only the other day the haughty and inhuman demands of Russia for the extradition of Kossuth and his brli.ve Hungarian and Polish followers left us no alternative but to prepare for immediate hostilitieF, or to permit the destruction of Turkish independence, so necess.) ry to the security of Europe, so essential to the commer cial interests of this country. Let, therefore, those who are desirous of promoting anarchy, prolonging convulsions, and encouraging war, or who are in ditiferent to such results, and those only, stab scribe to the Russian oan. That loan nlay be negotiated ; but at any rate this meeting, which you have called, will have the effect of displaying,; iu its true light, the conduct of those whose cupidity is not proof against the temptation of 41 per cent. "I am, dear Mr. Cobden, yours sincerely, (Signed) if DUDLEY COUTTS STUART'. " itlehard'Cobden, Esq., .M.P." Mr. COBDEN then stood forward to address the meeting, and was received with vociferous cheering, which lasted for some moments. When order .had been restored he spoke as follows :—Gentlemen t, I have the honour to propose to you the first resolution, which I will read : " That the Government of Russia having propose to raise in this country a loan of five millions and a halt sterling, prefeismity f the purpose of completing a railroad from St. Petersburgh to Moscow, but la ally to replenish the imperial exchequer, exhau act; by the expenses of the war in Hungary, this metting is of opinion that to lend money to the Emperor of Russia for such an object, would virtualy be to sine Lion the deeds of violence and blood committed by him in Hungary, and to furnish him with the temptation and the me ass for carrying on future schemes of aggression and conquest." —(Cheers.) I congratulate the Peace Society and the friends of peace in this country, that the Emperor of Russia has been obliged—unconsciously we must, as a matter of courtesy, suppose—to affix his name to a document which is not true, in order to obtain a loan of five millions and a half in this country. I say the document which is signed by the Emperor of Russia contains an untruth—(Hear, hear)—and I know it to be untrue, and it is known to everybody at St. Petersburgh to be untrue.—(Cheers.) But I accept that untruth as the highest tribute that could be pos sibly paid to the moral power of the Peace party in this country.—(Cheers, and some disturbance occa sioned by the crowded state of the room.) I was saying that the pretence put forth by the Emperor of Russia, that he wants this money to complete a railroad from Moscow to St. Petersburgh, is unfounded in truth. I was in St. 'Petersburgh two years ago ; at that time the rolling stock of that railway was all finished ; one hundred locomotives were ready ; I travelled with them on that part of the line. Thou sands of, waggons and carriages were ready, and I am told the iron is on the ground and paid for. It is the embankment that is not finished ; and looking at the martial disposition of the Emperor, and to his having so little regard to the social interests of the people of his country, I don't think the railroad will be completed for ten years to come.—(Hear, hear.) He will spend his money like a great overgrown colossal baby on his soldiers rather than on those substantial improvements which could really alone add to the power, the happiness, and the,civilisation of his country.—(Cheers.) But why need I argue this matter ? Nobody believes the money is wanted for a railroad. Everybody assumes the contrary but the Russians. But I will convict them from their own ukases. They want the money in six months. Who ever heard of five million sterling being wanted for a railroad in six months ?—(Loud cheers) Some of you here, unhappily, have had experience in rail way calls.—(Laughter.) But did you ever know them come from any board of directors so thick and fast as they come from the Emperor of Russia ? (Laughter.) 201. must be paid two days after the allotment ; 10/. must be paid on the 15th of March, 10/. on the 15th of April, 10/. on the 15th of May, 10/. on the 15th of June, and the remainder on the 15th of July next—(Laughter.) Railway calls for one railway at the rate of nearly a million a month ! And, mind you, in a country where up to March no work can be done on an embankment— (Cheers)—and consequently this money is wanted for the purpose of being expended in an embankment in the months of April, May, June, and July. Oh, I pity the mendicant Czar, Ns ho is obliged to come to us with such a story.—(Cheers.) Is it not humi liating?— (Renewed cheers.) And then, after putting forward this pretence, that the money is wanted for a railroad, after beginning his Imperial e i t z(uLl would it—(Laughter) t b e e r ) b — e i h e e v e iN d 'i , n b d y s u promising at l s ukase, by saying it was n o t th e t ru th—l presume as i d f id do n u o b t t k in n g ow h , us five per cent , and that the accounts of the sums derived from this loan, and to be applied to this line of railroad, will be kept as formerly from all other state revenues and expenditure.— (Laughter.) Why, he wants if possible to open a door for even the most scrupulous of Quakers to sub scribe to his loan.—(Laughter.) (The meeting had not concluded when our report left.) MADAME GRASSINI.—The celebrated Italian can tatrice, Madame Gressini, lately died at Militia, aged 77, She was the aunt of Giulia Grist. THE LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. LIVE1:1'001 1 J&'v. 1 7.—This day an influential and numerously attended meeting of the merchants, bankers, and tradesmen (-f Liverpool was held in the Town-hall, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed to draw up the rules t;nd regulations for the Government of the new Chamber of Commerce. The 'worshipful the Mayor presided; and amongst those present were Messrs. Lawrence Ileyworth, M.P , Alderman Hon- fall, 11. Hornby, C. Holland, A 11. Wylie, R. Shell, G. Holt, C. Robertson, V. Higgins, C. E. Rawlins, jun., F. Boult, &c. The report of the committee was read by Mr. Thomas Heath, one of the joint secretaries. Mr. HUGII HORMSY then rose to propose the first resolutior. He said he was happy to have the oppor tunity of expressing his warm concurrence in the observations contained in the report of the desirable ness of esteblishing a Chamber of Commerce i❑ Liverpool. Ile had long thought that the interests of this great commercial community—second to reale in existence, or he might, perhaps, be allowed to say, second to none that had ever existed in the history of the world—had tottered very n.uch by not having an association by which commercial views on general subjects might be ascertained. The speaker then referred to the great use which the association would be of to the town council in arranging local matters connected with commerce, more particularly as re garded the docks. He was aware that they would have many difficulties to overcome, bat if they came to the subject with a determination to carry it out, he was sure that the Liverpool Chamber of Com merce would tend to promote the permanent pros perity of the town at large. Mr. Hornby then re ferred to the necessity of the chamber being consti tuted on equitable principles, and the importance of its including all classes of merchants and tradesmen interested in the prosperity of the town. Unless that principle was carefully carried out it would be powerless in promoting the ends in view. If the executive body was to consist of a few merchants, however high their standing and character might be, the chamber would fail to exercise that influence on the Government of the country which the important interests involved in it demanded. His own wish was to promote the establishment of an association which should increase the prosperity of the town and the commerce of Liverpool. lie moved— "Ti at the repot t of tt e committee comprehended in the laws and re4ulations cf the Liverpool Chamber of Com merce, now submitted and just read, be approved of and adopted by the meeting." Mr. Alderman IIoasFALL seconded the motion. He said he did not entertain a doubt of the desirable ness, or, what was more, of the absolute necessity of some such chamber as this being at once established to watch over the commercial interests of this town. After adverting to the various commercial associa tions in the town, and admitting their value, he dwelt for some time on the importance of the association as one of a general commercial character. He then alluded to the beneficial effects which might be ex pected from the establishment of the association, both local and national. The commercial treaties made by Government day by day with foreign countries, and in which Liverpool was most deeply interested, proved the necessity of such an association as a Chamber of Commerce. In illustra tion of this view of the case he alluded to the blunders made by G rvernment in arranging their commercial treaties with foreign countries in consequence of their ignorance of many of the details of commercial affairs. He expressed an opinion that it would not be derogatory, even to a Minister of the Crown, if he consulted the mercantile body before he entered into commercial treaties with other countries. In proof of this portion the speaker cited the case of the new Republic of Liberia, with which country a commercial treaty had been made by the Government of this country, the effect of which was that, whilst the produce of that country was allowed to come to England free of duty, there was a duty imposed on our exports to that country of thirty per cent., which amounted to a positive prohibition. If the G,;- uernment had consulted the mercantile body before entering into this treaty such a blunder would in all probability never have been committed, for he must suppose that it had been entered into in igno rance on the part of our Government of the duties imposed by the Government of Liberia. The speaker next condemned, in the most severe terms, the present unequal operation of the income-tax, as it applied respectively to realised s a t n r d ong u e n s r t ealied income. lan s guaget After heinguisit denouncinginquisitorial loharaoter in the of the tax, he said that as a member of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce he should take the earliest opportunity of bringing it before them with the view of effecting an alteration in the tax. The resolution was passed unanimously, as also several other resolutions, which were proposed and seconded reopectively by Messrs. G. Holt, Diston, Johnson, Cross, Charles Robertson, and Mr. .1.4 4.ITRENCE HEYWORTH, M.P., who, after speaking in the highest terms of commendation of the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce in the town, said he regarded this day as a-gritat epoch in the commercial history of Liverpool. The rules and regulations were read over and considered seriatim, and having been gone through, and the Chamber having been duly established, the meeting separated after a vote of thanks to the Mayor and the committee appointed to draw up the ruler. THE SUPPLY OF COTTON. A special general meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was held at the offices, Town hall-building, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, to take into consideration whether any course be open whereby an enlarged commercial intercourse with India can be promoted, and especially an increased supply of cotton be obtained. Mr. B izley, president of the Chamber, occupied the chair, and among the gentlemen present were— the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr. John Bright, Mr. William Brown, Mr. James Pilkington, Mr. James Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Lewis Williams, vice-president of the Chamber; Mr. Salis Schawb, Mr. P. Lucas, Mr. W. It. Callender, Mr. T. Ashton, Mr. H. Ashworth, and M r. W. M‘onnell. The proceedings were opened by the President, and the following resolutions were proposed by Mr. Henry Ashworth, seconded by Mr. Lewis Williams, and supported at some length by the Right Hon. T. M. Gibsor, M.P, Mr. John Bright, Mr. William Brown, Mr. James Kershaw, M.P., and Mr. W. P. Clarke, and were unanimously adopted : " I. That the fact of the continued dependence of the great industry cf this district fJr the supply of its raw material, mainly from a single source, calls for the serious consideration of all who are interested in the security and prosperity of the cotton trade. "2. That notwithstanding the many proofs that the climate and soil of large portions of British India are well su;txl to the growth of cotton, and the many and costly experiments made by the East India Company to promote its growth within the territories subject to their rule, this Chamber is reluctantly compelled to believe that up to this time no sensible progress has been made towards procuring for the manufacturers of the United Kingdom a supply of cotton the produce of British India, and that proof is altogether wanting to show that efforts hitherto made by the East India Com pany have resulted in any increase in the production of cotton in India. «3. That this Chamber is led to believe that the eco nomical condition of :many parts of India is unfavour able to the extension and permanence of that industry, without which large and steady exports of cott m to this country cannot reasonably be looked for, and that it is -essential to the security and well being both of India and of the cotton-trade of E ng l an d that a searching investi ation be instituted into the causes which have so long baffled the efforts which have been made to stimulate the growth of cotton in India. " 4. That this Chamber, con t e mplating the early ex piration of the E as t I n di a Company's charter, is of opi nion that a special commission ( f inquiry should be sent forthwith t') India to cxatnine into the condition of the country, especially within the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, with a view to ascertain what are the ob stacl?s to the growth of cotton, and to the extension and permanence of a profitable industry in the cultivation of the soil; and the Chamber is also of opinion, that the report of such a commission would furnish invaluable information to the Legislature and the public before the consid, ration of the future Government of India is again brought before Parliament. "5. That the directors of the Chamber be rcquest?d to prepa-e a petition for presentation to the House of Commons, and a memorial to Lord J. Russell, urging the appointment of such a commission of inquiry; and to take such steps as to them may seem desirable to ob tain the co-operation of all parties concerned in the cotton trade in the promotion of this important object." IMPROVED WATER SUPPLY.—PARISII OF CLERK ENwELL.—This parish contains 60,010 i n h a bi tants, an d is the c en t ra l position of water nionopoly, the reservoir ( f the New River Company being situat e d w i t hi n i ts boundaries. The orishioners have declared themselves in favuur of the general movement for placi ng th e man agement ( f the water supply within the control of the ratepayers themselver. At a meeting of the rat e payers held in vestry last evening to Consider the p resen t sup ply of water to this parish and tne !oo!e of the metropolis, a series of resolutions were ut animcusly passed, appoint ing tiv.i gentlemen to represent the ii.t >rests of the parish as members ( f the ' Parochial Water Supply Associa tion," which has been formed by the principal metropo litan parishes. Ile proceedings 1, ere characteriz e d by a unanimity which is seldom exhibited in this parish. It was declared that the quantity of the p resent supp l y was very insufficient, that the quality was very impure, and that the charges for the tame were very exorbitant. A "Parochial,. Water Supply Asso ciation of 251. was voted by the vestry in aid cf the a4ita tion now going on throughout the metropolis for securing a better and cheaper supply of this first aliment of life. theconsisti.ng of MessrP. A deputation taiot attended, i f l r d tetnl,Cobb, Paine, and ( ther gentlemen; and it was stated in th e course o f the proctedings that the association already cons i ste d o f representatives appointed by the vest r i es o f metropl i tan parishes containing upwards of 800,000 i n h a bi tants, an d that various sums, amounting to 8001., h a d b een sub scribed and placed at the disposal of the association. LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors wr,s held yesterday at the coinpany s offices in Prince's street, Mansion 'house. Mr. George Scholeikld oc cupied the chair. The SECRETARY read the following report " It will be seen from the annexed accounts that the amount of net profit realised by the bask during the half-year ending 31st December la:t, is 25,1321. 10e. 83., which, with 15,4331. 14s. ld., carried forward from June, makes a total of 40,5661. 4s. 9d., which is appropriated in the following manner:--18,0001. for a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum; 22,5004 as a bonus of seven shillings and six' once per share; and 66/. 4s. 9d., to the credit of the guarantee fund, now amounting to 132,723/. 3s. Bd. The dividend and bonus, free from income-tax, will be payable on and after Friday, V is 25th instant. The directors who retire by rota'ion are Archibald Hastie, Esq. M.P., William Mitcalfe, Esq., Ambrose Moore, Esq., John Timothy Oxley, Esq., and William Sba'lbolt, Esq. ; of whom Mr. Hasti , , Mr. Moore, Mr. Oxley. and Mr. Sbadbolt only offer thrir st Ives for r -flection. The di: e;itors regret, that owing t Mr. Mitcall? is unable to tender to the shareholders a renewal of his services. To supply this vacancy, the only 0 - archelder duly quafified, wi:o 1 a, given notice tl at he. is a candidate, is Aldt ra as Sir James Duk , , Bart, Mr.P." The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. The resolutior, seconded by Mr. G. TAYLEE, was unanimously adopted. Mr. BORRODALE wished to know whether the dif • ference between the profits on last half-year, which were 23,0001., and those of thin, being 25,000/., arose out of the difference of interest, or in consequence of bad debts not having been written off at the time ? He said he put this question because a neighbouring bank had held their meeting the day before, and he had read in the papers of that morn i ng th a t th e share holders were then told that 60,0001. of bad debts had not previously been written off; whereas, if he had been a proprietor of the same bank, he would have expected them to have been written off a year ago. After hearing of such things, and now seeing the dif ference on the profits of the half-year, he thought it just possible that in the calculations made by the bank of their bad debts they had not written off enough, or had perhaps written off more than enough. He submitted it to the chairman, and left him to answer it or not, as he thought fit. The CHAIRMAN had no hesitation in stating that the difference alluded to by the Hon. Proprietor arose almost entirely from the depreciated value of money —(Hear, hear)—and with regard to the amount written off for bad debts, he had reason to believe that they had written off at least the full amount up to this time. The bad debts of this half-year were something more than those of the preceding, but they were not old bad debts.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BORRODALE did not know what opinion was entertained by the directors, or whether any wish existed in the meeting to fix any termination to the increase of the guarantee fund? Already they had accumulated 132,656/. under that head, and the board certainly were the best informed as to what amount was necessary in order to cover the amount of deposits and liabilities of the bank. He did not know whether it was desirable to increase it to a much greater amount; but he admitted, at the same time, that as the responsibilities of the bank increased, it would be necessary to add proportionately to the amount of the guarantee fund. The CHAIRMAN said, the Honourable Proprietor must know that the proper object:of theguarantee fund was to provide for an equalized dividend, so that at any time, if they should unfortunately meet with a heavy loss, the proprietors might feel it less in the current dividend.—(Hear, hear.) So far, therefore, from being prepared to fix any amount for that fund, he should rather wish to see it increased indefinitely in amount. Mr. BORRODALE thought there was little likelihood of a loss to such an amount as would entirely sweep away the bonus, amounting in the present year to 193., and therefore he saw less need for an extravagant Innd. An Hon. PROPRIETOR asked what was the amount absorbed by the 1 per cent. payment on deposits ? The CHAIRMAN -9,000/. Mr. Archibald Hastie, M P., Mr. Ambrose Moore, Mr. J. T. Oxley, and Mr. Wm. Shadbolt, were re elected directors ; and Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., was elected a director in the place of Mr. Wm. Mit calfe, retired from ill health. On the motion of Deputy CORNEY and Mr. GIBBS, it was resolved that this meeting cordially acknow ledge the past services of Mr. Mitcalfe, and their regret at the cause of his retirement from their service. The thanks of the meeting were then severally voted to the chairman and directors, and to Mr. Pollard, the manager of the bank. The meeting then adjourned. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of pub ic bw.iness. THE NEW CORPORATION BILL. In answer to an observation made by Mr. De Jersey, to the effect that of all the inoperative and unintelligible Bills ever sent into Parliament by the Corporation of London, the New Corporation Bill was the most peculiar and absurd, Mr. Deputy HARRISON said the Bill, when origi nally introduced into Parliament, was calculated to promote the public interest by considerably enlarg ing the franchise, but in the House of Lords it had undergone an injurious change; that the period of the session at which that change was effected had been so late as to prevent the application of any re medy; and that as the Bill, altered as it was by such interposition, was better than no Bill at all, it had been considered judicious to take the only alternative which presented itself.—(Hear,) He supposed that, after the experiment of the present measure should have lasted 12 months, the Court would go to Par liament for addition a l p owers . At a ll events, t h e franchise would be enlarged by the new Act. Mr. R. TAYLOR said, the injurious alteration which had taken place in the Bill was unjustly attributed to the exertions of the representatives of the ward of Farringdon Without. There was no ground whatever for such a statement, whatever effect might have be 3n produced by the suggestions of individuals who were not authorised or recognised by the ward.—(l.lear.) Mr. DE JERSEY said, the Act was certainly so full of blunders that he had been obliged to ask the meaning of each part of it as he read it through, and without being able to obtain any intelligible answer. —(A laugh, and cries of " llear, hear.") Mr. Deputy HARRISON referred to the city officer who attended Parliament to watch the proceedings to state whether the Bill had not sustained.theobnoxious alteration in the House of Lords when it was too late to protest against it, and whether if the Corporation had not accepted the measure in its changed form there would have_been any Bill at all passed upon the subject. The Court did not consider it necessary to press the question asked by Mr. Harrison, the Reinem brancer having upon a former occasion answered de cidedly, that the alteration had been made in the Upper House of Parliament, and that if it had not been accepted, there would have been no Act at all passed by the Legislature on the occasion. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. The Court, which was by no means numerously attended during the day, the paper business having presented no extraordinary feature, then proceeded to appoint committees for the ensuing year. IRISH ESTATES. Mr. R. L. JONES begged to be allowed to take the opportunity of observing that, although a committee had been appointed some time ago upon the subject of the purchase of Irish estates, and the late Lord Mayor and Mr. Wire and himself had been delegated to hold a conference with Lord John Russell upon the subject, nothing at all bad been as yet done in the matter.—(Hear, hear.) It was necessary that some information should be communicated to the public respecting the question, especially as every body was asking whether anything was done, or in tended to be done by the Corporation as to the Irish estates, about which considerable anxiety some time ago prevailed, Several members intimated to Mr. Jones that he or any other member of the deputation had it in his power to call a meeting to carry into effect the object for which the deputation was constituted. It was also intimated that if the Remembrancer had been called upon to act, the conference would in all probability have been held long ago. No doubt there will be no occasion to complain again of the tardiness of the proceedings. APPLICATIONS FOR TARING WATER FROM THE TIIAMES. Mr. Deputy OBBARD (the chairman of the Naviga tion Committee) brought up a report which stated as follows :--• "In pursuance of the recommendation d a former Court we gave the requisite instructions to Mr. James Walker, the civil engineer, and Mr. S. W. Leach, the engineer and clerk of the works of the Thames naviga tion and port of London, to complete the survey of the river Thames, which had been commenced for the pur rose of ascertaining the probable effect on the navigation by the abstraction of water from the river, as proposed by the scheme (the Henley Waterworks and Navigation Bill in Parliament). That the engineers having com pleted such survey have presented a repot t upon the subject, embracing t,e,r opinion in respect of the scheme a bove-mentioned; and also of another f,r taking water from the Thames at Mapledurham, which was suggested subseqtn nt to our report of April last, and of w hich notice has also been given in Parliament. Your com mittee beg, therefore, to submit the engineers' report and plan to the Court." Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy OBBARD, seconded by Mr. Deputy thatnison, the reports of the com mittee and of the engineers upon the great pub is question of the supply of water to the metropolis, were ordered to be printed and circulated amongst the m embers of the Court previously to the consideration of their merits. lir. Deputy HAnaisoN expressed a hope that every member would pay the most strict attention to a sub ject of such vast importance to the community.. THE OPENINS OF THE COAL-EXCHANGE. Mr. Deputy OBntRD brought up a report of the proceedinga of the Navigation Committee on the. oc calon of the (4:ening of the C:all-Excharge. It con tained extracts from the report of Mr Rowland, the principal harbour-master, as to the arrangements made in the Thames on the occasion of the Royal visit, and complimentary acknowledgments from members of the Government upon the magnificent preparations. Ordered to be printed for circulation amongst the members. Mr. J. WooD (the chairman of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee) subsequently brought up a report of the proceedings of the committee over which he presides, as to the preparations made in the Coal- Exchange, and in the surrounding neighbourhood, for the Royal visit, and the accommodation of the public assembled to participate in welcoming the illustrious guests. The report was ordered to be printed and circu lated amongst the members, and the consideration of it was ordered to take place on the next court da3. The following sums were voted :- 100 guineas to the Royal Naval School. 521. 103 to the Weetern City Dispensary. 260/. towards the building and endowment of King's College Hospital. INCREASE OF THE FRANCHISE. Mr. Deputy BEDFORD presented a petition, founded upon resolutions agreed to at a meeting held in Far ringdon Ward on the 9th of December for the adop tion of measures for increasing the franchise. The Hon. Gentleman said the petition deserved the particu lar attention of the Court; but he regretted to say that although he presented it as a representative of the ward, he could not support it. Sir J. DUKE said that he had presided upon the occasion of the meeting of the ward, and he enter tained the opinion, with the petitioners, that the mu nicipal affairs of the City of London could not be al lowed to be controlled by a constituency amounting to no more than 6,000 individuals, while the number of those who appeared to be constitutionally entitled to vote for representatives was so enormous.—(Hear, bear.) He hopel the Court would on an early day proceed to the discussion of the vital question of widening the franchise. Mr. R. TAYLOR approved of the special appoint ment of a day for discussing the great question of enlarging the franchise ; and The LORD MAYOR assured the Court that he should feel much satisfaction in complying with their wish.— (Cheers.) Upon the motion of Mr. IL TAYLOR, it was re ferred to the Improvement Committee to consider the means of providing suitable habitations for the poorer classes of the citizens. FEMALE EMIGRATION. At a late hour Mr. EDKINS moved that the Cham berlain be directed, in the name of the Court, to contribute the sum of 500/. towards the fund for promomoting female emigration. The Court was counted out, and the question stands over for consideration at the next meeting. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17.—The Termagant, steam frigate, 24 guns, 1,556 tons, and 620-horse power (screw), by Seaward, was tried again to-day at the measured mile, in Stoke's Bay, under most favourable circumstances, when she realised the most gratifying result she has yet attained in any trial, leaving little to be desired with regard to speed, as the following results will show : Runs. Time. Knots. min. sec. per hour. First ... ... 6 40 ... ... 9 Second ... ... 6 19 ... ... 9.490 Third ... 6 13 ... ... 9.651 Fourth ... 6 27 ... ... 9.302 Fifth 6 0 ... 10.000 Sixth ... ... 6 45 ... ... 8.889 averaging a speed of nearly 9} knots per hour. Her draught of water was as follows :—forward, 16 feet ; afr, 18 feet, with 260 tons of coals on board, in addi tion to her armament of ten tons ; pitch of the new screw 17 feet 21 inches ; pitch of the former screw 18 feet ; vacuum, 27f ; revolutions, from 36 to 37 ; steam 141 b. Captain Caffin, Captain Hayes, Com mander J. A. Stevens (in charge) ; Master-Atten dant Macdonald ; Mr. R. C. Allen, Master of the Blenheim ; Mr. T. T. Grant, of the Clarence-yard ; Mr. Brunet, from Seaward's the officers of the engineer department of the dockyard, &c., were on board during the trials. Mr. Grant's distlling and cooking galley was in work during the trial, and in twelve hours, with the ordinary amount of fire used for cooking the ordinary meal, distilled 500 gallons of pure water from sea• water. The Terrible steam-frigate, 21, Captain J. Hope, C. 8., has taken on board 531 tons 12 cwt. of coals, which has brought her down by the head upwards of a foot, altering her trim and appearance most seriously. She will go out of harbour to-morrow, and sail for Plymouth. The Sidon steam-frigate, 22, will be tried again to-morrow in heavy trim. Air. Edward Waller, R.N., paymaster and purser, 1845, died yesterday morning at Stakeshill-cottage, Purlirook, aged 47, deeply regretted. He served as secretary to Admiral Sir John Ommaney, K.C.8., when Commander-in-Chief in the Tagus, and in the t , mporary command-in-chief of the Mediterranean station ; afterwards with Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander in the East Indies for upwards of five year, and shared in all the operations carried on at Borneo. His last appointment was Secretary to Rear-Admiral B. Reynolds, C. 8., Commander-in- Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station, whence he was compelled by ill-health to invalid home in her Majesty's steamer Inflexible. Long service in India and China broke up his constitution. A handsome bark of 256 tons was launched yes terday afternoon from the shipbuilding yard of Mesrs 'homes and John White at Cowes. She is named the Earl of Hardwicke, in compliment to the Gover • nor of the Southern Whale Fishery Company. She will be fitted out with all possible dispatch, and be followed in succession by other vessels, now in an ad vanced condition, building for that company. The ceremony of naming the vessel was performed by Said Effendi, one of the three Turkish pupils studying naval architecture in that establishment. The keel of a second vessel is about to be laid down by Messrs. White for the same company. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICIT, JAN. 17.—Chief Engineer—George Glasson to the Gladiator steam-frigate at Devonport. ____._ Midshipmen—G. M. Comber to the Castor, 36, at the Cape of Good Hope • C. 11. Branwell to the Gladiator ; and Arthur Traherne to the Prince Re gent, 92, ordered from the Mediterranean to Lisboa. Naval Cadets—Charles F. G. Urquhart to the Gladiator, and John B. Warren to the Superb, 80, at Cork. Master's Assistant—John V. Giles to the Crocodile, receiving ship at Cork. Rear-Admiral Charles John Austen, C. 8., ap pointed Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy on the East India and China station, arrived in town to- day from Devonport, and had an official interview at the Admiralty. The heads of the various departments of the Ad miralty at Somerset-house are to meet their Lord ships to morrow with reference to the estimates in course of preparation for the ensuing official year. Captain Henry James, officer ,of Royal Engineers, in charge of works at Portsmouth Dockyard, visited Woolwich Dockyard to-day. It is not unlikely that this gallant officer will succeed the late Lieutenant- Colonel Irvine, C. 8., as director of engineering and architectural works at the Admiralty. THE BURRING ' S STRAITS EXPEDITION. It is gratifying to be able to announce that the Rev. Mr. Miertsching, late a Moravian missionary on the coast of Labrador, has arrived in London, and will leave this evening for Plymouth, to join the Enterprise, Captain Collinson, C. 8., as interpreter to the expedition when they arrive in Bhering s Straits. The liberality of the Admiralty in furnishing the ex pedition with everything they can want has been well seconded in this instance by the Rev. P. Latrobe, secretary to the Moravian Mission in London, who has exerted himself to bring Mr. Miertsching from Germany at a few days' notice. Mr. Miertsching only returned from Labrador in October last. A vocabulary of the Esquimaux language, as far as the resources of their country will afford, has been com piled by Captain Washington, R.N., for the use of the expedition, in a small portable form, which cannot fail to prove serviceable, as the only vocabularies at present existing are contained in the quarto voy ages of Parry, Beechey, and Ross ; and, conse quently, are too cumbersome for daily use in the boats and for parties who may land to communi cate with the natives. The vocabulary is divided into four columns—the first, English ; the second, Esquimaux language, suited to the natives of Kotze bue Sound or Western ; the third, to Winter Isl and and Iglulik or Central ; and the fourth, to Labra dor, or Eastern. -- --- CAUTION TO TRADESMEN. —On Wednesday night last, i b n e , tw re e s e i n si ding x and atN St. Luke's, ve o n y ue n , amed Unw George 6. I an , g ri ° atch. -motion-maker, 17, in the employ ( f Mr. Pa. P was - os.evetLi o 'clo t el n ,_s a Pr- siden.-stre( t, King - squ al o, sent with a case con f the x b our bood. After the delivery f the g, ode, tain t ing gold wat 2 hes to the amount ( 50 . ton customer o in n - hi; I ;el — u h rn to his employer, be was suddenly stopped in Ki ng --quare by two men, one of whom was masked, who attempted to seize the case. Upon the boy crying Murder," one of the robbers struck him on the head with a sharp stone six inches in diameter, tied in a pocket-bankerchief, inflicting a most frightful wound. On the alarm being given a cabman who was driving by inst•lntly alighted and pursued the thieves, but without success. The boy was conveyed to the surgery of Mr. French, in Brick-lane, who dressed the wound, and pro nounced it of a most dangerous character. The stone as afterwards discovered in the as en of an adjacent house, and was found to be a rugged flint. .employers cannot bo too cautious in sending valuable goods at night, as highway robbery is of frequent occurrence. IRELAND. AWFUL CATASTROPHE AND LOSS OF LIFE DUBLIN, TBURSDA.Y.—Tne. Cork Examiner of last night contains the following account of an awful disaster in Killarney, by which a workhouse has been destroyed by fire, and 27 girls and two women killed : " Our local reporter has furnished us with some of the particulars connected with the burning of one branch vorkhouse, formerly the College, and the fall of a loft in another, called the Brewery, which occurred in Kil larney on Monday night. The consequences were in deed frightful, and Lase plunged the whole district into gloom : Tho fire burst out about eleven o'clock, when the cries cf th e wretc h e d i nmates f rom the w i n d ows, f or assistance to save them from the most terrible of all deaths were truly appalhng. After ladders bad been procured, the work of rescue commenced most nobly. Every man vied with his neighbour in his eller ta to save life. Protestant and C at h o li c e l ergymer, mag i strates . physicians, pdice, end people—all did their duty. But the result was a reported loss cf three lives. The most dreadful part of the business, however, remains to be told. The cry of fire' and the livid glare of the flaw , r, which fqrced its vv,y ii t) the Brewery (branch lions.) awalie the sleeping children. A 'arm fir parer t , and relations in the other house, made distraction and con fosion. They beheld the burning pile from the window:'. In their eagerness to go forth, they rushed madly to the doors and windows, but they were locked or faitened. They then sought an unused lei'. for the purpose of egress; but the rot'en planks gave v ay -28 persona were instantly killed, and a; many more frightfully mutilated." " KILLARNEY, JAN. 15.—This town was la s t n i g ht the theatre of a melancholy series of ever,ts invol v i ng the destruction cf human life to a very serious and de• plorable extent. The capacious and beautiful build i ng, formerly known as • The College, but for alpnths in the possession of the guardians of the poor as en hosp ital, was found to be on fire at ten o'clock. So effectually did the devouring element grapple with every crevice of the edifice as to leave it a blackened Nap of ruins in about two hours after the alarm was first given. It contained 162 patients in the morning, and this . day leaver, ft is said, 15 of them missing. No exertion that human nity could suggest was omitted on the part of the ar tisans to save life, and no aid could be more efficient than that afforded by Mr. M‘Lean, the superi ntendent of the lunatic asylum, who placed it body of his most active and courageous masons at a ladder, saying to one of the Catholic priests, the Rev. Mr. . 1 1I'Donald—' believe you have influence here, sir; hold by this ladder and depend your life on Madden,' and well t.his Madden did his work. Child afer child descended amid cheers. On the other side, the south of the building, extra ordinary exertions were made on behalf of the poor sufferers with astonishing success. With the except:iota of one girl, who fell accidentally, all who could his reached landed safely. Dr. Murphy, the medical officer' of the poorhouse, had a narrow escape in his successful exertion to save a child. Th e po li ce, under their very efficient Sub Inspector Dubardieu, were most useful. The medical men of every grade, and also the Catholic and Protestant clergy were assiduous in their attention to the poor sufferers. Meantime, as the burning advanced, an alarm was raised in a second auxiliary workhouse, the Brewery, tenanted by nurses and girls. They could sea the fire dis tinctly, both buildings being only a few hundred yards apart. They became clamorous that the doors of the dormitories should be unlocked, and as the person in charge was in the act of doing so, a portion of the floor ing on which they stood gave way, hurrying to instant de truction twenty-seven growing girls and two nurses. One's heart sicken at so awful a calamity as this has proved, and God grant it may prole a salutary warning to all parties who are instrusted with the carrying out of the P,or-law Act, as to the amount of caution and care they are bound t) exercise in the re'ection of branch workhouses. In the present instance, and giving every credit to the humane body a guardians of this union, I tear much sufficient care was not observed with regard to this portion of the Brewery—because, being the common passage from the dormitnry to the open air, it should be inferred that a constant yet successive pres sure would be upon it, and this ought to have been pro vided for. Besides, if one argued from the Lumbers who suffered from the falling in of this ricketty concern, including both those who lost their lives and those who were more or less injured by fractures of limbs, contu sions, &c., there could be no extraordinary pressure on it. I believe this accident, as well as the fire at the College, was unforeseen, unlocked for—one of those casualties which might have been prevented, but was never anticipated." DREADFUL MURDER. The Cork Examiner says On Thursday night last a farmer named Edward Brien, of Duntry league, near Kilfinan, county of Lime rick, was returning to his home from the fair of Mitchels town, and when about three miles from town he was waylaid on the road and struck on tte side of the head with some sharp weapon , which fractured his skull. H e then got into a small cabin on the roadside, but 'a at totally unable to g:ve any account of his assailants, being quite speechless. Dr. Phelan, of Mitchelstown, was im mediately in attendance, and rendered every possible assistance as to his recovery; but his aid was in la'r, as the man was in the agonies of death at the time. lie died early on the fAlowing day. The police are making active inquiry, and there is every hole that the murderer will Le soon discovered. Bran was a very inoffensive man, and has hfc a wi e and tour children to mourn his :03 , . The only reason assigned for this murder is that he lately took some land out of which two or thre3 families woe ejected." CRIMINAL INFORMATION. In the Court of Queen's beach yesterday, Mr. White side, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Napier, Q.C., applied for a conditional older for a criminal information against Mr. Conway, for publishing certain documents and arti cles in the Evening Po s t news p a p er , c f w hi c h L e v a; the registered proprietor. He moved on the atEckvit of the applicant (John Jardit e), who eeposvd at great length to the facts connected w'th the procession, &c., of Orangemen, which took place at Dolly's Brae, in the month of July last, and stated that ho heaved it was the intention of the Government to prostcu.e him at the next assizes for the county of Down, for joining that procession, and that certain publications, %hich apt e.tred in the Evening; Post—viz., Mr. Berwick's report of the inquiry at Castlewellan—Mr. Redington's letter rela tive to the dismissal of the Earl of Roden and the Messrs. &ere, together with various leading articles, were calculated to prejudge him upon his trial, BA the newspaper in question was extensively circulated in the north of Ireland. The Court granted the conditional order. THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 96k ; Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 91 i; Bank Stock, 2001 ; Royal Bank Sharep, lif ; Steam-ship Building, 42; Wicklow Copper Mine, 11i; Dublin and Belfast Railway, 5i ; Dublin and Kingstown, 1314 ; Ditto, Half-shares, 13k ; Ditto, Quarter-shares, 64 ; Midland, 23i ; and Great Southern and Western Pre :erence, I MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. TO THE XDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—Many thanks for your insertion of several able articles on this very important subject, and the opinion now daily gains ground, that the repeal of Lord Lyndhurst's Act ought no longer to be delayed. To effect this, every man and woman in the kingdom ought to be in possession of the Report of her Ma jesty's Commissioners ; but as this is out of the ques tion, as being perfectly impossible, the next best thing is to give such important passages as present themselves; and every one of your readers will heartily coincide with the following extracts from the Report in question : " We do not find that the persons who contract these marriages, and the relations and friends who approve them, have a less strong sense than others of the reli gious and moral obligation, or are marked by laxity of conduct. " Among the poorer classes of society we believe that in a great majority of cases, where the sister of the deceased wife becomes an inmate of the house, and the parties are not advanced in age, the end of such a state of things is marriage or concubinage. The constant and familiar intercourse, the want of separate accommoda tion, and the entire privacy, give rise to feelings which in the ordinary course of things naturally will prodcce the consequences we have stated. When a poor man with a family has the misfortune to lose his wife, some assistance for his domestic concerns becomes indispensa ble; assistance, too, for which he cannot afford to pay, and which must be rendered immediately. All circum stances and all feelings point to the sister of the deceased wife; and when once she becomes a permanent inmate the result in this class is almost inevitable—cohabitation with or without the form of marriage." There are six highly learned and influential gen tlemen on this Royal Commission, and it is ex pected that, inasmuch as the whole tenor of the " Report " is in favour of the instant repeal of_ _ Lo Lyndhurst's Act, that the same will be repealed on the meeting of Parliament. sincerity and energy with which the on the This will, however, dependfully plated apply themselves. o they will be suspected until after Easter, Let them move at ocfe,„iukefrLieentdtsh ofe them not, t r , el by relief all co mean,n tem put off the measure their own ques tion ; and 330 W that —to use a common exp.ression--• otherwisewar mn most ßs assuredly n ,4 the steam is up " let them be up, a n d b e d o i n g on also, and success will most assuredly reward their exertions. It cannot be supposed anything extraordinary that the sister of a man's deceased wife should constantly remind the husband of his loss, by the same amiability of disposition and probably resemblance of person also. Then add thereto the often-repeated injunction of a dying woman, " that she should die happy if the husband would promise to marry the sister, as the best guardian to his children." Why prevent it? The Bible does not prevent it, but rather enjoins it. Why, then, are we, in the nineteenth century, to be once more handed over to the rapacity of the Church 1' and why is property to be disturbed, and the minds of amiable and good people to be unnecessarily tor mented on the subject ? With many thanks to you, I remain, Sir, Your friend and reader, ALFRED. Regent's-park, Jan. 16, 1850. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, JAL 17.—The condition of our market remains unchanged since Tueb day. Producers remain very firm, and do not offer freely at all. The consequence is, that very little busi• ness is done either in yarns or cloth.