The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-28 00:00:00

rtitrti Witition QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE CASE . OF MR. WILLIAM HENRY BARBER. This case, which came nn for argument at the sitti ng of the Court this morning, seemed to have attracted a good dell of atteDtion, as the court was filled with bar ratlrs, solicitors, and interested strangers. Same ladies were present in one of the galleries. Mr. Barber sat by the side of his counsel, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins. Sir I', ederick Thesiger and Mr. Bovill appeared for the Law Society. The cese . canie before ithe Court on an application by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins to the Court, to direct the Master to give Mr. Barber his certificate. The Master was directed to report upon the facts, and accordingly this morning he present d a report, which occupiel an hour and a irelfae reading, and which contained a vast num ber of sffi4its bearing upon the facts of the case. The repeat: &salt, with a number of cases in which Mr. Barber. bad, been professionally engaged. So num berless, lager:el, were the instances reported upon, that it was almost impossible to follow them. The result of the report, and of the affidavits put forth in behalf of the Law Society; which opposed the admission of Mr. Barber to pia :ace, resulted in the opinion'that Mr. Barber knew Ifletetier was 'acting f.audulently in the will for geries, and that he ought net to be admitted to prac tise as an attorney. Several minor charges were brought against him. The ca e, by the direction of the Court, reduced itself into a motion for a rule nisi. Mr. Sergeant Weratnes was allowed to address the Court; first. He said, this case was a most important one to his unfortunate and deeply-injured client, and fraught with the most important consequences to the community.' It Farmed to him that the Incorporated Law Society were ignorant of what was meant by the term " pardon"--eineeed, in opposing the admission of Mr. Barbera they were usurping the royal prerogative. According to Bacon, "pardon ' implied that the man pardoned was a new man, reinstated in his former posi tion, and the; an action would lie against any one who called him a traitor or a felon; and other authorities which he cited went to show that the King's pardon placed a man in his former position, and ad mitted him to all the rights and privileges of citizenship. The Master, he regretted to:say, had unduly magnified many facts, whilst he had perverted others. If a pardon by the Crown aid net hive the effect he had pointed out, the most grievous disabilities would attach to a person placed in the position of his client, and the great privi lege possessed by the Crown would be altogether inop erative. - The lett' r of Sir George Grey, whose conduct in this matter entitled him to the atmott praise, clearly exculpated his client from any guilty participation in the w lls' forgeries, though he, at tee same time, inti mated that more caution on the part of Mr. Barber would have spared him the consequences with which he had been visited. Want of skill and want of caution were the only charges alleged against him, and he defied his Learned Friends to show a case in which an attorney had been otherwise punished for a want of skill and caution than being amerced in damages to his ne glected•and damaged client. Why if Mr. Barber had been pardoned within a year of his conviction, it would have been unnecessary for him to make an application of this kind to the Court. He would have continued a so licitor as a right, and because by a mistake he had not been pardoned for a year, on what principle was he not to letaad in the same_ position? With God's help he would show that tho conduct of Mr. Barber since his conviction had been beyond all praise. All mention of this the Master had: strangely orni,ted from his report. The enemies of Mr. Barber had come too late, ye; Mr. Barber was struck off the rolls. Pullen in his book said that the courts had held that such an application came too late atter three years, and even alter three term. The Law Society had, nu doubt, through the instrumentality of some person behind the scenes, t-ated out the conduct of Mr. Barber - from his boyhood. He bad 200 clients, and his incom s the year before his expatriation was 3,0001.; yet up to his conviction net one cf them had urged a complaint against him, and now but one of his clients had a charge against him, and that hal no relation to his professional conduct. At the trial there were four iudictreents; on the first Mr. Barber was declared not guilty, bit upon the second he was found guilty; and he and the other counsel did all they could to induce the prosecution to try the other cares, because it was likely he would be fiend innocent of them, and that being found guilty of but one the prosecution would have been placed in an awkward position. These tmo indictments were entered upon and commented upon by the Master. Fletcher bad b-en proved to be a man cf great sagacity and of consummate cunning, and being a man of influ ence, property, and gentlemanlike bearing, was a man very likely to impose upon a youn g m an lik e Mr. Barber, whose client he had b en far fire years, and his partner, Mr. Birchatr, was equally blinded. Mr. Freshfield, the brokers, the proctors, were all deceived like his client, though day by day they were engaged in genuine transacti :us. The Learned Counsel here paused to explain that only Lefcre e trill he was asked by Mr. Bramah, Bsr bees solicitor, if he would hold his brief fur fi ty guineas ?, He said he would, and defended him. At r the trial some one called at his chambers and paid fifteen -guineas, which he appropriated to baying Mr. Beater neces sar i es . H e never ma d e any other to conduct his defsnce on the principle of "no cure no pay," and he would never so degrade his profes siesn. There might be cases in which distress might have claims upon his gratuitous services, but he would never act in the way t which he referred. ft was part f Mr. Barber's business to find out the owners of money form-rly deposited in the Bank of E 'gland, but'in consequence of no claims ' having b. e made had been handed over to the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt—acting for parties who had claims upon such fends. Surely c rual not be said that there was anything unprofessioe a! or unusual in this. Unless this were done, many poor persons entaled to prolerty would be deprived cf it. It was not shown that Mr. t3arber made any money out of the forgeries. Indeed, he received no more than his professional.- services, and left the country a penniless mat,. (The Learned Counsel read cases to show that the miner charges alleged against Mr. Barber that he had not paid certain small sums of money which had been entrusted to him for professional services, bad Lee:: held by the Courts not sufficicnt to justify the striking him oar the role., and had only required the refunding cf tho money.) His client was charg ed with having re tained for his own 'us e 574 w hi c h h ad b- en placed in his hands be Fletcher to pay the legacy debts on the ficti tous claims of M s. Stewart, who was personat d by one of the fen ales implicated in the case. Now he swore that he had paid the money back to a person named Griffin or,Fletcher, but owing to the loss of his books ants papers, he could nut, t cis distance of time, tell the date. The Learned Counsel then referred at great length to the affidavit of Mr. Barber, in which he entered into the whole of the Lets in relation to the criminal eart'ci pstion in the forgeries imputed to him, and solemnly swore that he was wholly and entirely innocent of any participation in them. Indeed, said the Learned Coun sel, the whole conduct of Mr. Barber was that of an innocent man, acting unconsciously and openly; that he was an inst ument in the perpetretion of a systematic fraud. The Learned Counsel spoke until near five o'clock, when his further arguments were adjourned until to mirrow mornirg. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Stings in Banco.) TME RELAY SYSTEM IN FACTORIES.-RYDF.R V. MILLS. This was a special application made by the Attorney- Goneral under the following circumstances. For some months differences have existed between the mill-owners, rorkpeople, and the Government factory inspectors ai to the power of the mill-owners to adopt the Illay system with rego'ird t.) children and young persons in factories. The rail!-owners contend that they have a right to adopt the system, whilst the factory inspectors are of a conti a-y opinion, and the result has been an agreement between them to bring a special case fur the opinion of this Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in stating the case, said the Factory Act required that the working of women and young persons, male and femalee, in factories, should be limited to ten hours a day, and the question in the present case was as to whether, under the terms of the statute, the working of all of them was to com me nee at a certain hour of the morning, and continue consecutively from hour to hour, allowing an interval for dinner, to a certain hour in the evening, when all were to terminate their employment; or whether gangs or shifts might not begin and end their work in one fac tory at different home>, so long as each of them did not work more than ten out of 6f.eeu hours a day. He con tended there would be a clear violation of the 36th section of the stetuta if shifts were allowed at intervals, because the object of the Legislature was that these women and young persons should, on the one hand, while they were at work at the factory, be under the superintendence of the in!pector, arid that on the other, when they h a d ceased working, they should be enabled to go home and be under the care of their parents —an object which could rot be accomplished if they had to remain idle about the factory for hours during the day, and thus become more liable to conta mination and evil influence. Mr. MARTIN, who appeared for the mill-owners, said as this was a case of very considerable importance, affecting materially the interests, not only of the prc prietors of factorier, but of the workpeople, that a fair and liberal and not a forced interpretation should be put upon the statute, and if that were done, he appre -lended they were fully justified in adopting the re ay system, provided the time during which each yeung person %RS employed did not exceed ten hours; The real question, in fact, was whether the Government, who had failed to get an Act to limit the work of men in faeturies to ten hours, should be allowed to accomplish their object by means of a side-wind, f)r the present application amour ted t o nothing more than that the du raeou of the wo evemenrk of adult males s h ould be regulated by that of the . The duty of women in these fee was of a very simple nature, having simply to keep the threads in order in the process of spinning ~,d weaving, end it was found not only nadrp economical to employ women, b ut the work r(Aired such a delicacy if jiand th a t it I+ as more suited f for them than for men. It, therefore, they were limit?d to ten hours the effect would be to put a stop to spinning and weaving, which was done by the men after that time, and cons, quontly if the men worked now twelve hours their wages would have to be reduced. Mr. Baron PARKE said it might have been overlooked by Perliament,?vvhen women were classed with young persons, that the employment of the women regulated that of the men. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that that was taken into consideration vs hen the Act was under dis cussion. t Mr, Ittuvriti said the construction which he put upon the stotute was this; that the labour of young persons was to be confined between half-past five in the morning and half-past eight iu the evening, and that it was per fectly competent for the employer or the employed to agree to carry on the work at the most convenient hours during those periods, provided they were not engaged altogether more than ten hours. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied; and The COURT intimated that they would take time to consider the arguments in the case, and give their judg ment to-morrow week. :The case had beers most ably argued on both sides, and the Court did not think it ne cessary to hear the second case, involving the same questions; but if the Court still doubted, due informa tion would be given of their intention to hear further arguments. „-~ ~. THE SUN, LONDON, MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY DARING STREET ROBBER Y.-- L s lizabeth Stevens, it fashionably-attired woman, was brought before Mr.:Bing ham, charged with stealing from the person of William Elylias, 29, King-street, a gold watch, value 151. The prosecutor, a native of Ir.dia, deposed that about three o'clock on Friday morning last ho was proceed ing across St. James's-square, when he was accosted by the defendant, who wished him to accompany her home. He refused to have anything to say to her, and walked towards his residence in King-street, when on arriving at the door, the prisoner again came up to him and twined her arms around his waist, and begged of him to take her indoors. He told her he had no money, and would not disgrace his respectable lodgings by letting her enter the house. She then pulled him some distance down the street, and tore his coat open, and during the time he was endeavouring to extricate himself from her embraces two men came up, when the prisoner let go her grasp, and ran away. The two men then placed them selves before him, and asked him the way to Berkeley-square. He told them, and then went to his lodgings. On pulling out the key to unlock the door, he discovered that his watch had been cut from the guard, which was hanging from his waistcoat pocket. He immediately gave notice of the robbery to the police, who succeeded in taking the prisoner into custody on Saturday night. He was positive the prisoner stole the watch, as be had occasion to look at it whilst she was following him, and she no doubt saw where he carried it. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed for trial. PROTECTIONIST MEETING AT BEDFORD, AND SIGNAL DEFEAT OF THE BENNETT'S PARTY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Ia pursuance of a requisition to the High Sheriff of the county, a public meeting was held at the Shire-hall, on Saturday, the 26th January instant, for the purpose of taking into consideration the state of the agricultural, and other interests, and to adopt such measures as the meeting shall deem best for procuring equal and just protection to every class of the community against foreign competition. The meeting was appointed to take place at one o'clock P.M. Soon after the doors mere thrown open a tremendous rush took place amongst the multitude which should be in first. In a very short time the hall was completely crammed, which is estimated to hold near a thousand people, and some hundreds were in the square that could not gain admittance. In the morning the town was paraded with placards, bearing the motto, " No bread-tax," with a loaf of bread on the top, and " All go to the meeting." Silence being obt ained,:the High Sheriff stated that the farmers should be heard first, and that no one should be allowed to address the meeting who was not an occupier of land or a freeholder in the county, and that no amend ment should be proposed unless he assented to it. Thereiwere preser t on the platform the High Sheriff, the mayor of the borough (a Free-trader), the Hon. G. R. Trevor, M.P., Mr. Lindsel►, and Col. Gilpin, three puny landlords, about half-a• dozen methodist local preachers, the tenantry cf Mr. Trevor, and some valiant Free-traders, who were fully prepared to again show the Protectionists the error of their ways, and teach them a lesson that the country would never more submit to have their food taxed for the agrandisement of a few at the cost and privations of the many. A great land monopolist, oc cupy ing eight firms, which formerly supported eight I amilies, named rain. of Felniersham, now came forward to address the meeting; he had not done so more than three minutes when it was all uproar, and numberless voices calling upon the sheriff to adjourn in the square, which he positively refused.: Many attempts the speaker made to be heard but it was all in vain, voices con tinually shouting "Come outside," "Peel and Cobden for ever." The sheriff, the mayor, free-traders, and others on tt e platform, used every endeavour for parties to be heard, but it was all of no avail, consequently as the sheriff would not comply with the request so repeatedly made, numbers seemed determined that no one should be heard within. The uproar and confasion still continued, when the sheriff deemed it the wisest course to dissolve the meeting, or in all probability a general fight would soon have taken place, and no one •can tell what would have been the consequences. Shortly after the sheriff left, and witi followed into the street with dismal groans. The Free.traders mustered aatrong force, and there can be no doubt that if all parties could have been heard the pro position of the Protectionists would have been lost by an overwhelming majority. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 9 to 1 agst Harriott 9 to 1 agst Osterley 16 to 1 agst Velos METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Snowstorm 15 to 1 agst Chaptful 30 to 1 agst Ellorslie CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Fugleman 20 to 1 agst Glauca—taken 22 to 1 agst Miss Ann 25 to 1 agst Cossack 25 to 1 agst Whim colt 25 to 1 agst Roland 28 to 1 agst Peep.ce-Day Boy—taken 40 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn 40 to 1 agst Ellerdale 50 to 1 agat Cockermouth 50 to 1 agst Collingwood 66 t) 1 agst Andalusian DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Ghillie Callum 9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 12 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel 16 to 1 agst Voltigeur 30 to 1 agst William the Conqueror CAPTURE OF HIGHWAYMEN.—BaisToL, SATUR DAY .—For a considerable time past the neighbourhood of this city has been infest-d by a notorious gang c f highwaymen, known to the police under the appellation of the " Ilanham and Cock-real Gang." To such an extent have their depredations been carried, more espe cially in the rural districts of Brislington and Keyn sham, that many of the farmers were unwilling t, at tend, as usual, our corn and other markets, several out rages having recently been committed, ettended with a great degree of personal violence. A Mr. Thomas White, farmer, of Balcombe, was attacked the other day within a few hundred yards of a farm-house on the Frome nr ad, by two armed men who demanded his money or his life ; they d ragge d him off his horse and commenced rifling his pockets. He shouted for assist ance, upon which they stuffed his mouth full of dirt, and robbed him of all his loose cash, his notes, which ho had placed in a private pocket, for tunately escaping their notice. Mr. Joseph Wyatt, farmer, of Wick, was attacked in a similar manner near Lansdowne, and robbed of his watch and all he had about him; the highwaymen also cut his bridle reins and stirrups to prevent his pursuing, them. Mr. Wilkins, of the Bell-inn, Chelwood, Somer set, was waylaid by five men at the bottom of Knowle bill, who robbed him and then made off in the direction of Keynsham. About an hour later the same evening Mr. Barrow, a blacksmith and farrier, Iwho carries on business at Keynsham, was stopped and, although he resisted till he was nearly throttled, the blood gushing from his mouth and nostrils, he was robbed of 51. By the exertions of police -sergeant Hazell, No. 70, we are happy to say five of the gang, named Samuel Bryant, William Powell, William Gunning, Samuel Rogers, and John Rogers, have been apprehended. One of them, we are informed, has turned approver, and some bludgeons have been found by the police at a spot indicated by him. The prisoners were examined to-day and re manded, and it is stated that a great number of cases will be brought home to them. Subsequently to their apprehension another man, named Joseph Brittan, has been taken into custody, and also the keeper of a beer shop in the vicinity of Hanham, named Eli Tremlett, at whose house the police have received information, the gang btiyoßna,Riau : etc s e e xt t d h eeft capture BUILDINGSmrm e e ersofw Go thesee A a w t satisfaction ledrceels Ep peN ;lesstdespera t e novtt altlEa t was b expresse d exexamina tion, Rolla.—There are hut tew brick buildings still existing, which may with certainty be attributed to the Greek, and yet this kind of building material was extensively used. The temple Of Ceres, at Styris, and that of Apollo, in the citadel of m ege ee, were constructed of brick, some dried and others baked—these buildings were anterior to the Roman Conquest. The palace at Halicarrassus was of bricks faced with marble: there were three kinds of bricks—one was a foot long and ha'f a foot thick; another was one f,ot square, and a third of about one foot three inches square. The latter were generally employed in public edifices, and tl e others in private buildings. Tiles also were manufactured fir the covering of roofs, and on sever al of these may be seen Greek inscriptions. Brick nails were covered with a cement made of powdered marble (Vit., 1. 7, c. iti ). A cement was also ( mployed upon atone, and traces of it have been found on a number of columns belonging to different temples of Greece, Sicily, and Italy.—Archi teat and Building Gazette. A HAPPY FAMlLY.—Amidst the rocks of Loch Shielding there is one rock, in a fissure cf which live in the most perfect harmony, a hawk, a rook, a pigeon, and tw a bri : iri ddlouewbcedleeca,tela.i given ee F nii For bd r ty'reGa Government togetherhav o e thesen t h i s rock. otherwise incongruous Among the earliest Parliamentary notices that v h e e r nm betteren t will government beonefo of f leave eu.r t o Southin. - Australian colonies, which we are happy to believe will fully recognize the principle of self-government.— Weekly Chronicle. DRINKING ! (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Whether it be attributable to our chilly northern skies and foggy atmosphere, or to the strong native appetite for stimulus which, from time imme morial, has characterised our race, certain it is that the people of Great Britain are a very drinking people, consuming enormous quantities of ardent spirits, wine, and fermented liquor of various sorts. They seem to have a hot spark in their throats, which stands in need of perpetual cooling, or to be troubled with a thirst which is perennial, or almost un quenchable. The drinking of intoxicating liquors enters into and pervades our entire social system. We drink at births, marriages, and deaths. We drink in celebra tion of our successes, and we drink to console ourselves for our defeats. We drink to enhance joy, and we drink to drown sorrow. When friends meet they drink, and when they part they drink. Men drink because they are together, and they drink because they are alone. Political rejoicings, social meetings, party gatherings, are all crowned with drink. Com mercial men treat their customers to drink, working men gain . their " footings" by drink, Members of Par liament secure many " most sweet voices" by drink. In winter we drink to keep out the cold, in wet wea ther to keep out the wet, in summer to keep out the heat. We drink to make our food digest ; we drink to " qualify" this, that, and the other dish ; we drink to keep away the cholera—in short, one would almost imagine, from the various uses of the kind to which drink is put, that it was the immortal Catholicon, the Grand Universal remedy. But excuses to drink in every way and on every occasion, are always ready at hand ; and when it is employed in such a variety of ways, and on such a multitude of occasions, it needs scarcely be matter for wonder that the quantity consumed in thiscountry should be so very prodigious. We consume yearly about thirty million gallons of ardent spirits alone. The average annual con sumption is above two quarts for every man, woman, and child in England and Ireland, and about two gallons a piece for every man, woman, and child in Scotland. In the latter country whiskey is cheap, the climate raw, and the people " drouthy ;" and hence the enormous consumption of the natives— each Scot consuming as much ardent spirits yearly as every two Irishmen or every three Englishmen. The favourite potation of the latter is beer and stout, of which the consumption in England quite as much exceeds. that of Scotland as the latter ex ceeds the former in its consumption of ardent spirits. About twenty-five million bushels of grain —equivalent to some fifteen hundred million pounds of bread (were the grain converted into bread instead of malt)—are consumed annually in England in the manufacture of beer, porter, ale, stout, and such like drinks. Englishmen are generally quick at counting the cost of things; and a word may be said on this head. A little " Black Book" was recently published, show ing the cost of the Government at something like sixty millions a year—truly a formidable sum—the details of which have excited no small amount of in dignation. But what will the people say when they are told, as we now tell them, that not less than forty millions a year are voluntarily spent by them upon drink ? We do not defend the former excessive ex penditure, nor can we say anything in defence of the latter. But we must remember, that for the expen diture on the purposes of Government, we have at least an admirable post-office, an army and navy, courts of law, diplomatic and consular establishments, penitentiaries, Queen, Lords, and Commons, and a great deal more. And what have we in return for our other expenditure ? Only a prodigious quantity of poison, producing poverty, demoralization, and crime ! A searching reform in our public financial affairs may be very urgently called for; but we think it will be admitted, that there is even a still more imperative necessity for an equally searching reform in our personal and social expenditure, in respect of drink. From the year 1801 to the year 1846, the people of the United Kingdom spent nearly fifteen hundred millions of pounds sterling in intoxicating drinks; about 800,000,0001. on spirits, 176,445,0001. on wines, and 595,904,0001. on malt; or equal to about double the amount of the present national debt ! The duty alone which was paid on the above articles during these forty-five years, amounted to 644,968,5531., or equivalent to about five-sixths of the national debt. Our army costs us about ten millions a year, which we think a great deal too much ; but then we volun tarily spend about fifteen millions a year on whiskey, gin, brandy, and their villanous compounds! Our navy costs about eight millions ; but our beer, ale, and porter, cost from thirteen to fourteen millions ! We pay less than a million for our admirable post office, and more than four millions fur our wines! The taxes we pay for our courts of law and justice amount to a little above a million : the taxes we pay on our tobacco and snuff are above four millions!! Financial reform is surely needed, but at home and in the public-house as much as anywhere else. Under two millions a year are spent on Life and Health As surance; and about forty millions on drink hf all kinds. Are not these facts most discreditable to us as a nation ? It is not, however, merely because of the money which is worse than wasted on all this drink, that these facts are to be lamented; but, because of the many broken hearts, ruined characters, blasted homes, diseased frames, crowded prisons, vice, infamy, and moral ruin, which have everywhere followed in the track of drink. The money consideration is the very least—though that is not to be overlooked ; for the money saved from drink might have made hundreds of thousands of families happy and independent, but it is the moral wreckage— the brutish degradation—the frightful social suffering, that have been produced by our drinking practices that form the most prominent considerations in our minds,. Let us bear in mind, too, that by far the largest portion of the above expenditure has been on the part of those who could the least afford it, namely the working classes; for at least two-thirds of all the drink manufactured in the United Kingdom is for their use—and we cannot fail to see in the. facts we have stated still deeper cause for lamentation and dismay. What hope is there for a people who aban don themselves to so extensive a use of intoxicating drink ? Such is the question that at once presents itself in appalling force to the philanthropic mind! Drink destroys a man's self-respect, eats away his moral character, makes bim powerless to resist the insidious approaches of vice, saps the foundation of his spiritual being, ruins his health, brutallizes his intellect, impoverishes his family', desolates his home, and spreads a moral pestilence throughout society. The money now spent by us in drinking, might found and maintain schools in every parish, and a college in every county ; and it would leave a sur plus sufficient to provide public libraries for the free use of the whole population • Or, employed in another direction, it would en able most working men to invest themselves with the electoral franchise, to put money in the savings' bank, or in the assurance office, and to provide tor the comfortable maintenance now, as well as in time coming, of themselves, their wives, and their fa miles. The time which many men spend in drinking would, if better employed, enable them to master the entire realm of knowledge , to read every k nown tongue, to procure and study every excessible boc,k. _ _ The abolition of the custom of drinking intoxicating drinks would empty our gaols and penitentiaries, diminish our poor-rates, fill our churches, schools, and mechanics' institutes, and effect a moral and re ligious improvement of the grandest character. It would make homes happier, the people wiser, and the world better in all respects. Although drunkenness is gradually diminishing in this country with the progress of intelligence (as shown in a recent article in this journal), still a great deal remains to be done in this wide field of improvement. There is no field of philanthropic labour we know of, that will yield more abundant fruits than this. There is room enough for al activities here. Those who would take part inl this great movement must aim at the habit, and begin at the beginning. " The diminutive chain of habit," says Dr. Johnson, "is scarcely heavy enough to be felt, till it is too strong to be broken." We must begin with children. Abstinence from drink ought to be taught in all our schools, in all our churches, by all our teachers. It ought to be taught in all our homes, by fathers and mothers. And example will teach it more forcibly then than any words can do. When the habit is formed, comparatively little can be done. Yet, here too is room for activity, and hope of success. The teetotallers have shown what is to be accomplished by well-directed efforts, in the host of men whom they have made and kept sober, and in the thousands of drunkards they have reclaimed. The Teetotal missionary is one of the most beneficial workers of the age ; and let no one discourage his noble effort s t o rec l a i m the erring and the lost. There is really in politics no more vital question than this; in physiology, none more important as regards our sanitary wellbeing ; in morals and religion, none more urgent, as concerns the real virtue and happi ness of our race. Therefore, all who earnestly desire a purer morality, a more. spiritual religion, and a more happy social state, must fervently wish the tem perance labourers " God. speed. DIE RIVER PLATE —LIVERTOOL, SATURDAY.— Private advices from the River Plate to the end of Nc vember, via Rio, state confidently that a treaty had been ratified between Mr. Southern, the British Plenipoten tiary, and ROM. The documents had been dispatched to England by the steam-ship Hydra, and may there fore be expected daily. Dispatches vo ere sent off on Saturday evening from he ColoLle-offive for the Governor of Gibraltar. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2B, 1850 METROPOLITAN SEWERS COM- MISSION. On Friday a meeting of the gentlemen connected with the above-named commission was held at the chief office, 1, Greck-street. Soho. Sir henry de la Thche, F.R.S., presided. There were also present Messrs. Hardwick, Rendel, Itawes, and Lawes, and Captains Harness, Vetch, and Dawson. DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS-PURIFICATION OF THE THAMES. The ordinary business of the day, which was by no means of public interest, having been disposed of, The CHAIRMAN said it would be in the recollection of the Commissioners that when they first took office under the present commission it was intimated to them that the subject of the drainage of the tsurrey and Kent side of the river had received very considerable attention. During the existence of the previous com mission there had been a committee termed the " Ordnance Survey Committee," four members be longing to which were members of the present Court. During this time the Ordnance Survey Committee had been engaged in that part of the metropolis, and were constructing the network of levels. It was thought to be extremely de sirable that three or more points of the river should be connected with such levels, to ascertain the height of the tide. The result had been the production of a very valuable collection of facts and documents' from which it would appear that they should even think of constructing the lines and shortening the dis tances between Battersea and Deptford. The mini mum difference in the tide between there places was two feet and a half. It was obvious that by shortening the distance they would accomplish a better fall, if that were needed. He thought he might mention, what was, no doubt, known to the Commis sioners, that a valuable body of information was col lected by Mr. Page for the Metropolitan Improve ment Commission, and which was printed in their reports. Part was original, and part contained in other documents, &c., but he (the Chairman) re ferred to it as embodying a mass of valuable matter. After making some observations upon this subject, the Chairman said that the attention of Captain Vetch bad been especially directed to the formation of a scheme for the drainage of the Southwark side of the river Thames. He wished it to be particularly noted that all ibis occurred pre vious to the former Commission requesting plans to be sent in for the drainage of the metropolis.-- (Hear, hear.) With respect to the scheme for taking the shorter line on the north or south side of the river, and so partially reversing the drainage, in this there was no great novelty. So far as ten or eleven years ago he believed that Mr. Thomas Cubitt had proposed a scheme of that kind, which was quoted by Mr. Walker in his evidence in 1840 on the state of the Thames. This was not the first scheme which included the stoppage of the drainage by the river, because Mr. John Martin had previously completed the scheme for drainage on both sides of the Thames. With regard to the south side, their object had been to obtain a fall by shortening the distance, and the opportunity of flushing the main channel, and any branch channel, without, as now, discharging all the sewage into the Thames, and afterwards affording the opportunity of distributing the sewage manure by various lines of railway, as the wants of the public should demand, supposing the drainage should cut the lines of railway. -And whilst observing upon this, and asserting his belief that they were all very anxious to prevent as much as possible drainage into the Thamns, he wished to observe on what he had seen some years ago. He had then occasion to consider the distribution of sewage into estuaries, and although any previous reasoning was likely to lead to the same thing, the result of that investigation manifested the absolute necessity of re• moving the sewage of London from the Thames. The sewers discharged their contents into the Thames at low water ; at that time, the water being stagnant, the sewage was discharged into the river according to its velocity, but on the first motion of the water it (the sewage) had a tendency to go along both sides of the river, and two masses of filth were thus trailed along the banks. This was composed of matter in chemical solution and mechanical suspen• sion. Now, these two masses passed along both shores, and went as far as the tide would carry them. It had been well and properly observed by , Sir John Burgoyne, " that the Thames being an es tuary, all the effects that take place in an estuary must occur in it also." There was mud distributed about in various directions, and if there was no town within 100 miles of the Thames, the mud would still be dis tributed. At the same time, there was no reason why artificial means should be adopted to add to the noxious qualities of this mud. It got moistened with so much of the sewage matter as was not diluted suf ficiently, and this, of course, added to the disagree ableness of the filth on the sides of its banks. Now, looking on shore, this deposit was sure to be disco vered in situations most inconvenient to the inhabi tants, and in places where the mud could not be moved by the motion of the water. The Commis sioners were, he thought, unanimous in their opinion that by letting this noxious matter be distributed they would do good to the sanitary cause of the me tropolis.—(hear, hear.) They should recollect that the sewage, according as the population increased, was more abundant in the Thames than formerly. Good as the "flushing system" was in many points of view, it had added to this evil, inasmuch as the matter which was previously collected and removed by hand was now thrown into the Thames. Another point to be considered was, that since the erection of London-bridge there was a difference of 3j- feet in the height of the water above bridge, and which had been a source of considerable annoyance to the popu lation. Under all these points of view it seemed essentially desirable that th e y (th e C omm i ss i oners ) should be instrumental in removing the sewage from the Thames. In directing attention to this scheme he wished to say that it was the express wish of the Commissioners to remove the sewage from that part of the Thames. In bringing the scheme of Captain Vetch under the notice of the public it was without in the slightest degree prejudicing the plans sent in at the request of their predecessors in office. Rut whilst they were desirous of avoiding precipitate action, they were anxious, on the other hand, not to incur unne cessary delay. Therefore did he propose to place this scheme upon the same footing as the others, and to have an estimate of its probable expense. It was their duty to the ratepayers to adopt the best possible plan, and that which would cost the least money. He would now say a word relative to the plans themselves. The public already knew that they had been classified, but of the subsequent proceedings in regard to them many were ignorant. The Comn.issioners had submitted the plans to Sir John Burgoyne, Mr. Stephenson, Captain Vetch, and Captain Harness, in order that they might further investigate and report upon them. He (Sir H. de la Beebe) thought this selection of men from both the royal and civil service must meet with the approba tion of all the parties interested. Without further preface he would move the following resolution : " That it be recommended to the Court that the eng; neer be instructed to prepa re estimates fur the conside , ration of the Commissioners far a pl an o f t h e d ra i nage o f the Surrey aide of the Thames with ref-renee to n covered chancel fur a general outfall, between Vaux hall and Deptford or thereabouts, by which the present distance by the river will be shortened and a bettor out fall secured; to the continuation o f t h e c h anne l to an d beyond Woolwich; and to the removal of the whole sewage of such area from that part of the Thames, due attention having been had and b e i ng pa id to those plans sent into this Commission which relate to the same area." Mr. R ENDEL, in supporting the resolution, said he felt the time had come when they ought to do some thing in regard to the business for which they were appointed. He was very glad to see the present movement, and wished it had been made earlier, but he did not think that was possible. He believed it was a matter of very great importance that they should comprehend the plans which had been sent in. He was sorry to see engineers obliged to commit themselves to plans for which they had so little data, and also because the Commissioners required some thing more than suggestions. They wanted the opi nions of practical men, rather than suggestions hypo might as well prod uce a re volution t h i c i a t y g r p o u w t . t Tahede they y wage of London h a d grown in the country as to revolutionise the sewage. It was a part of the metropolis and its arrangements, and though they might reform to a great extent—and it was high time to commence—a revolution would only bring it to that condition that instead of being a benefit, it would be a great injury to the sa nitary state of London. The Commission could have ordered surveys, and have had all the neces sary facts, so as to be easily accessible to every indi vidual asked to compete. That was not done, unfor tunately both for those requested to compete and those who were to consider the plans, because he had seen enough of those plans already to say that they con tained an infinite number of most desirable sugges tions ; but such was the want of facts, that there was not that unity of design so necessary to effect so great an object in any of the plans that came under this notice. This was not owing to any want of skill on the part of the designer, hut entirely to the absence of that information which it was the bounden duty of the Commission to furni-h, in order to enable the designer to make a complete plan. It was therefore clear that while the narties furnishing those plans might with some degree of fairness complain that the Court had been too long in coming to a decision, it was likewise clear, if he had made himself under stood, that this was rather the result of those plans being ideas than their being engineering plans upon which practical engineers could reason and come to a conclusion. Ile merely stated these facts, believing they . would be under s t oo d by those gentlemen who had sent in the plans. H e wou ld n ow make a few observa tions on the subject more particularly under conside ration. He quite felt the necessity of putting the plan now proposed upon the same footing as the others, more particularly as he felt this had been pro- (famed under circumstances more likely to contribute t(t bringing forth a good working plan than those um der which the others came before their notice. Cl ,ptain Vetch had had the opportunity of acquiring th-ose facts which were necessary, according to his (Li[r. B,enders) ideas, to render any design effective and operative. His opinion ww, that the skeleton and groundwork could be worked out and presented as a complete whole, so as to effect the very impor tant o bject of draining the Southwark side of the river ; and he thought Mr. Foster (the chief engi neer) would find the details efficient in the working. He did not think it desirable to say that this plan, so far as he had yet seen it, was the plan to be acted upon, but he was quite certain that it contained the phsn that should be carried out in a greater degree than any he had yet seen. His opinion was that they should find many of the suggestions offered by the gentlemen who sent in plans valuable adjuncts to this scheme or that. The difficulty he felt was that they could not appropriate any one of these plans so as to be enabled to convince the gentle men that justice had been done to them as designers ; and if they compounded the plans, he feared that from the number of parties by whom claims would be made, they would not be able to satisfy their expectation in awarding them honour or remuneration. He hoped the authors of those ideas would be announced, and, as far as the Commissiion could, remunerated. One word as to the general principles. He had no doubt that when practical engineers were put upon the board something practical was intended should be done. He believed something practical wculd be done from the present time, and he thought that whilst acting so they would have the public with them. For his own part, he felt he could go with that opinion as to avoiding drainage into the Thames, as far as it could be avoided, in reference to obvious and practical conclusions; he did not go one jot further. Therefore, whilst he went to the full extent of desiring to purge the Thames from the sewage of London, he must be certain that when the plan was carried out that result would be obtained. He believed that the plan they had to-day before them would go a great way in furthering that object. It would, at all events, be a step in the right direction. Though he was anxious to go to work as quickly as might be, he hoped they would not begin until the plan was so completely arranged that they would have no occasion for modifying it, because, if this were the case, they would have to incur a mighty expense, and what was intended as a reformation would but increase the previous evil. Captain DAWSON merely wished to confirm the statement of the chairman, that the plan for the drainage of Surrey and Kent had been under the consideration of the Ordnance Survey Committee, before the advertisements inviting the public to send in plans for the drainage of the metropolis had been published. The motion was then carried unanimously, and the Court adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Michael Samuel was brought before Alderman Humphery, by Robinson Webb, the officer, charged with having obtained, upon false pretences, some gold sweepings, the refuse of the materials used in manu facturing certain ornamental articles. Mr. Holland, who described himself as the only spangle manufacturer in the metropolis, stated that, on the 12th of January the prisoner obtained from him a sample of the gold refuse, and next day applied to him for a quantity, stating that it could be disposed of, as a gentleman who had examined the sample had approved it, and spoken of it as a vendible commodity. Witness accordingly gave to the prisoner a quantity agreed upon, and told him to do the best he could with it, but not, on any account, to take less than 40s. an ounce for it, and arranged with him that he should have 103. for bis day's work, independently of the profit which might accrue beyond the 21. per ounce. It was in vain that the witness waited for the return of the article, or the payment of the amount for which it was to have been sold. The prisoner produced neither the one nor the other, and threw ridicule upon the application to him for the dust or its value. Alderman HUMPHERY—How do you get this dust? Complainant—l am allowed by my employer to take the sweepings of the place in which I work, and I collect the residue of the spangles and sell them for my own benefit. The prisoner said—l was standing outside of a public-house, and Mr. Holland, who knew nothing at all about me, nor, thank God, I about him, came out of the house to me upon the recommendation of the landlord, who said I was an honest man. Very well, he put into my hands some scrapings of metal, and told me to go and get a customer so I went to a jeweller, who is here now, and showed it to him, and he said to me " Which way are you going ?", " Over the bridge" says I. " Oh, that's all right," says he. " When you get half way over, just throw all this rubbish over into the river."—(Laughter.) Alderman HUMPUERY—Let me know the exact directions he gave to you about the gold dust? The prisoner—He said to me "Its no use your taking it for sale to any one in London. They won't have it. Go you off to 'Woolwich or thereabouts, and try and barter it for a watch at some watchmaker's. Do the best you can, that's all." What could I do with it when it was not worth a farthing ? The complainant—lt was well worth 40s. an ounce, and I have been paid much more than that for the residue by _first-rate houses. Alderman HUMPHERT—Why then did you not go yourself and dispose of it, instead of sending a poor man of whom you knew nothing upon such an errand ? The complainant—Toe fact is, I get much more by employing men lik e hi m t o sell the article than by selling it myself.—(Laughter.) Aldermen HumenEar —Aye, you think people will not buy from you because they happen to know you. The prisoner —He is in the Brumagem line, your Worship, and I know one person who has lest 201. by him and his gold dust. I was never com fortable until I throwed the whole of the precious stuff over the middle arch.—(Laughter.) Alderman HUMPHERY (to the officer)—Webb, do you know anything of this matter ? Webl- —No thing, Sir, except that the complainant is called amongst the people about Houndsditch the " Gold dust duffer," and that he is in the habit of employing persons in this way to get rid of the scrapings. I saw him upon one occasion drop some of his gold dust in the dirt of Houndsditch ; and he left in the mud as much as (if it were of the value he says) must have been worth a considerable sum. Nobody thought it worth while, however, to pick up any of it when it was known that the " duffer" had dropped it.—(Laughter.) Alderman HUMPHERY —Well, Mr. Holland, I don't think this case tells very well for you. At all events, I can do nothing in it. If the gold dust was worth anything, you have made the prisoner, by your act, your debtor for it ; and if you thought it worth any thing, you would not have selected a poor fellow like this, who is quite a stranger to you, to be your agent. The complainant—l do assure your Worship, that what I did I did out of charity to him, to give him something to do.—(Great laughter.) Mr. Holland departed, but not until several trades men in the gold and silver line bore testimony to his " duffing" propensities. BO tV-STREET. William Harris, a lad, " who got his living in the streets," was charged with stealing half-a-sovereign from a public-house by the following contrivance : The prisoner possessed himself of two sticks, re sembling a fishing-rod when jointed, and went into the Unicorn, in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, late on Friday night. Watching his opportunity, and availing himself of the temporary absence of the bar man, he united the rods, and placing a piece of tin covered with tar in a slit at the point of the stick, proceeded to fish up some money which had been placed upon the mantel-piece by the landlord. He had succeeded in netting half-a-sovereign, but while conveying half-a-crown to his pouch the coin fell upon the floor behind the counter, aroused the barman, and led to the prisoner's detection. The landlord, Mr. Dennison, stated that he had left 61. on the mantel-piece, and the missing half sovereign was found upon the prisoner, who te admitted his offence and requested the forgiveness of h pro secutor. Mr. HENRY committed him for trial. WESTMINSTER. Charles Watson and John Carroll, who had been remanded from the previous day, were finally exa mined, charged with obtaining charitable contribu tions under false pretences. Mr. BURRILL said he could entertain no doubt that they had obtained a charitable contribution under false pretences. Looking at the evidence before him he should commit the prisoners f o r th ree months each to hard labour in the House of Correction. [ADVERTISEMENT.) 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H OUSEBREAKING.—EarIy on Saturday morning the premises of Mr. F.Reeve Jones, a solicitor, residing at Woodfield terrace, Harrow-road, near the Paddington workhouse, were broken int ), and various articles, con sisting of plate, wearing apparel, Sce., stolen therefrom. A servant, who slept in a room just above where the entrance was effected, heard a noise in the lower part of the house, but attributing it to the wind, which was very high at the time, accompanied by rain, she took no fur ther notice of it. A reward has been offered by Mr. Jones fvrthe discovery oftho oglpri6s. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF GUN- POWDER. On Friday afternoon last, between fur and five o'clock, a mar named Charles, in the employ of the Ebbw Vale Company, was in charge of two of the large iron carriages of th it establiAntent, containing about twenty tons of iron. He wi•hcd to remove those carriages from a particular spot, at the Victoria works, and desired one of the Ebbw Vale engineers to move them forward a little with his locomotive, in order to place them upon the line for the upper works. This was done; but the break which Charles placed in the wheel to stay the motion thus given being sud denly snapped off, the two heavily-laden carriages started off, and were speedily careering at such a velocity as to be beyond all human control. Thus left, the velocity attained by this vast weight on the incline became most frightful ; and very great apprehensions were naturally caused of the destruction which would result to anything which might chance to be on the line. At this time a man named Williams, of Tydee, owner of a small one-horse covered tram, in which his wife usually rode with him on his journoys, was quietly jogging along with sixty barrels of gunpowder piled beneath his coverlid. He had reached Llanhilleth, when suddenly in the distance he perceived the two iron-laden carriages wildly thundering down. In a second, apprehending the fearful state of the case, and thanking Providence that the constant partner of his journeys was not with him, he instantly slipped out the pin that fastened the shafts to his tram, and dashed down the declivity with his frightened horse, just in time to avoid the destructive crash ; for quick as lightning the twenty tons of rail iron ran into his car, and among his powder barrels, which, of course, were smashed ; whilst the crazy tram was crushed and comminuted beyimd all carpentry skill. The collision caused some sparks of fire, and the matting around the shattered powder casks speedily took fire, and then an explosion, awfully grand, something perhaps like the magazine display at Moultan, ensued : fifty-one bar rels having been blown into the air, shaking the neighbouring houses, and frightening their tenants, as if an earthquake had taken place ; while the nar rowly-escaped Williams, who wished himself safely back once more with his good wife at Tydee, stood with his old horse looking on in terrible amazement, until his hat being blown off his head by a shock, or knocked off by a piece of his tram wheels, he consi dered it high time to decamp. Very fortunately, in deed, no life was lost, nor greater damage done than the destruction of the powder and the haulier's tram, We understand that the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company have just received from the manufac turers an air-tight powder carriage, which comes op portunely to replace the old vehicle of Williams, which had hitherto been used for the purpose. [We have heard that for the loss which poor Williams has suffered he will be fully compensated by the Ebbw Vale Company.] —Monmouthshire Merlin. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26. STOCK EXGRANGE.—The market was rather dull to-day, and prices rather lower. The transactions were as follow : East Lancashire, 10 3 A—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 7 1 / 2 dis. London and North-Western, 116 1 / 2 — Ditto, New Quarters, 1 7 4 1 p. Midland, 45 c. Ditto, Halves, 23/4 dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 85—North Union (A.), 232—Shrewsb.'-y and Chester (N. W. M.), 12 1 / 2 — Ditto (Oswestry and Chester), 10 1 4 ais.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent, till 1850, 5 dis.—Dutch and Rhenish, 5% dis. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. `.e 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day; the prices of the principal lines, however, remain firm at advanced rates, but in sone descriptions of local stock the tendency has been downwards. South Staffcrdshires were quoted at 3/. 13s. 9d. dis., and Shrewsbury and Birming ham (A), at 71. Ils 3d. dis. North Staffordshires were done at 91. 18s. 9d. dis. YORK, JAN. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 7—Ditto, Halves (B.), guaranteed 6 per cent. 4%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 3—York and North Midland, Preference, 6. GLASGOW, Jwx. 25. Srocx Excrutffilt.—The transactions to-day were as follow .—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 12i. 17s. 6d.--Ditto (No. 2), 5/. 145.-!—East Indian, 4/. ls.— Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 6% Glasgow and Garnkirk, 381. ss.—North British, Preference, 51. Ss. 6d.—Midland, 45. THE COUNTIJ LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26. change. s. d. s. d. tY MARKETS. Prices to•day are without z. d. s. a Wheat, per 701 b Barley, English, pr English, 01d.., • 6 4 to 6 6 imperial quarter 27 0 1029 0 Do. new .. 6 0— 6 2 Irish, Scotch, and Irish, new .. •• 5 0— 5 s M arx,per 601 b.. 3 0— 3 4 Do., old .. 5 6 5 8 Barley, Feeding.. 2 10 3 2 Manx, red and wh. 5 6 6 0 Rye, per 4801 b .. 23 0 25 0 Dautsic, high mixed 7 2 7 6 Beans, English, pr Do., mixed .. 8— 7 0 imperial quartr 31 0— 32 Rostock .. 6 8 6 9 Irish and Scotch, Hamburgh and per 4801 b.. .. 26 0— 28 0 Lower Baltic .. 6 4 6 6 Foreign, duty pd. 25 0 —25 6 American, white. 6 6 6 9 European, per im- Spanish and ItahPn, perial quarter 28 0— 30 0 red and white.. 0 0 0 0 Peas, English, per Hungarian and imperial quartr 32 0— 33 0 Mariaropoll .. 5 6 5 9 , Foreign .. 29 0— 30 0 Odessa, Polish .. 5 8 6 0 Malt, English, per 1)0., common .. 5 4 5 8 imperial quartr 50 0— 54 0 Do., hard.. • • 0 I— 0 0 Do., Irish .. 40 0— 46 0 Egyptian • • .. 4 6 4 5 Do., brown •• 50 0— 52 0 Oats, per 451 b Flour, English, pr English, Scotch, 2801 b .. 31 0— 33 0 and Welsh .. 3 0— 3 2 Irish, extra flne .. 34 0-- 35 0 Irish, new, best i United States, per mewling .. 2 5—2 61 barrel .. 23 6 24 I Do., mid and inf. 2 4 2 5 Canadian .. 22 9 23 6 Old • • .. • • 25 2 8 1 0atmeal, English, Indian corn, per & Scotch,pr24olb 53 0 24 0 4801 b .. 30 0— 31 0 Irish, new .. .. 21 6 —22 6 Do. Meal, perl96lb 14 0— 14 61 Do., old .. .20 0— 21 6 MANcuEsTEn, JAN. 26.—The trade throughout the week has remained in the same lifeless state as pre viously noticed, the dealers and bakers continuing for the most part to act on the reserve, and in t'ie few sales of flour effected the currency of the preceding market day was not supported. Oatmeal was in moderate de mand, without alteration in value. With a change of wind this week the arrivals of wheat, brans, Indian corn, and flour from abroad at Liverpool are on a more extensive scale than for some time past; and from Ire land liberal supplies of wheat, oats, and oatmeal have come to hand. At our market this morning there was again a very languid feeling aparent, and wheat was ob tainable on rather easier terms. Flour likewise con tinued to exhibit a drooping tendency, and only nomi nal quotations can be giv •e, Oats and oatmeal were in limited request, but cannot be quoted lower. WORCESTER, JAN. 26.—Our market t)-day was flat, and prices must be quoted a trifle lower than at last market day. The top price of English white wheat to day was 16s per bag, bat the general run of sales were effected at about 15s per bag. Good malting barley maintained late currencies, and was worth 3s 6d per bushel; grinding qualities 2s 9.1 to 3s per bushel. Malt remains at about 7s 64 per bushel. For oats a sluggish demand at 3s per bushel for English, and 2s 9d fir Irish samples. English beans about 14s per bag. Peas for feeding 33 4d, and white boilers now sper q b u u o s t h e e d l, at with from a slow sale. Winter vetches may to 5s to 5a 6d per imperial bushel. There was a numerous attendance both of farmers and millers at Stourbridge market on Friday, but the actual amount of business transin t'd did not correspond with the attendance. The best samples of English wheat barely maintained last w. ek's currencies, while inferior qualities suffered a decline of about 64 per quarter; average price about two guineas per quarter. Barley less inquired for, and a trifle lower in value; 26s per quarter about the average price. In beans and peas next to nothing doing, at the nominal rates of last week. Stratford on-Avon markatou Friday aas well attended. There was a good supply of grain on offer, though busi ness was generally dull, and prices on the decline. Wheat must be quoted Is per quarter lower than on this day week, and 15s por baz is W. - mut the current price. Barley in demand, but net much busines done, holders asking for a ri:e, which purchasers would not concede ; ave rage, about 25s per quarter. Oats sold at I9s to 20s per quarter. Beans of less value, at lOs to lls per bag. At Wolverhampton market prices were a shade lower for wheat—say, 6d t) is per quarter. Other grain also declined in value. At Kidderminster market the value of wheat fell at least 3d per bag, and business was flat for all kinds of grain. Barley, beans, and peas buffered a fall c f is per quarter. ABERDEEN, JAN. 25.—Grain—Oats 14s Od to 14s 64, 401 b per bushel; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s; foreign oats, COs Od to 00s Od per qr.; barley, Ms to 19s Od, 521bs per bushel; bear,l9s to 19s 6d,521bs per bushel; wheat, 40s to 455; oatmeal, 1186 d to 125 6d per boll ; flour, 33s to 35s per sack. Provisions—Beef, 6d to 8d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 6d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 6d to 9d; p or k, per lb , 4d to 6d ; l am b, p er lb, Od to Od; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to Is ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 8d; hares, each, Os to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 94 ; eggs, per doz, 10d t 0,15.24; cheese, per cwt, 183 to 235; hens, per pair, 3s Od to 3564 ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s Cd to 23 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, each, 4s Od to 5s Od; geese, ditto, 3s to 3s 6d; butter for exportation (present cure), per cart, 00s to 54s • eggs. wholesale price, per doze n , Od to 7d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, 3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 2d to Is 3d; barley dest, 6d to 7d; peasemeal, Is 8d to is 10d; aids, 6d to 7c1;; bearmeal, Is Id to Is 2d; flour, 18 84 to is 10d; barley, per lb, Id to lid; barley flour, ls 2d to Is 'id. DALKEITH, JAN. 24.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 71b, 18st 01b, and 16st 12st 21b, and lOst 10Ib. Ba r l e y, 16 st 4 1b , 1t liob,ats a,n 31b. Peas and beans, 18st sib, 18 st 31b , 0 5, 1b1 d 3 i st 4 O st lb, and 16st 6lbs. Qrs. Best. Current. I n f er i or. r,54 Wheat ... £2 0 0 £1 16 0 10 6 170 d Oats 639 Barley 47 Peas and Beans 1 6 0 1 5 6 0 19 0 Aver age of wheat 3 s 4id. INYErtruss, JAN. 22.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bushel, 35s to 40s; new ditto, ditto, 00s to 00s ; old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 193 to Ms ; new ditto, ditto, Ovs to 00s ; oats, 421 b per bushel, 16s to 17s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 14s Od, second, 13s; barleymeal, I Is Od; peasemeal, 145 to Otis; bran, per stone, 6d; first flour, per 2801 b, 34s to 365; second, 26s to 28s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 14Ib imperial, Is 4d to Os Od; second, Is 2d; barleymeal, Is 2d; peasemeal, Is 4d; first flour, Ps 4d cash, 2s 8d credit; second, 2s cash, 2s 3d credit. Pota toes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 7d; veal, 4d to 6d; mutton, 4d to 7d; pork, 3d to sd; fowls, each, Led to 14d; chickens, per pair, 16d to 184 ; ducks, each, Cd to 00d ; eggs, par dozen, 9d to 10d; butter, fresh, per 7d to 00d; salt, 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds) Od to Od ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d, credit, sid to 6id ; coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, 84 to 9d. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 24.—At Our market to-day the numbers were—oxen, 602; sheep, 1,724. The supply of cattle was large, which caused sales to be dull; prices much the same ue lot week. ,Debt VX beef from 46s to 48s per cwt, current 423 to 455, cows bulls, and inferior animal!, from 30s to 365. Th ere a large supply of s h ee p, which caused sales to be dc's Best aged w e th ers sid per lb, curr ent from 41c1 51` per do, middling 3.1 d to 4d. Pigs in demand at from 30s to 382. Calmer in good demand at 56s per cwt. ,ll Durum, JAN. 25.—We had an exceedingly .0 market at our Corn Exchange to-day. The business . 0 0 of transacted was very trifling, and, with the except' .0 the best qualiti es o f w hit e w h eat, a ll d es criptions of grsi it must be noted about 6d cheaper. Scarcely AU for Indian corn. White wheat, 20s to 235; red ditto; 193 Od to 21s Od ; b ar l e y, ll s Od to 13s 6d; oa ts (Pe s. barrel), 8s 6d to lO s Od ; oa t mea l lOs Od to 113 6 "' second flour, 12s 6d to 16s; Indian corn , 26s is 29s 6d. CORK, JAN. 25.—The supplies of home grain he: been moderate, the receipts for the week ansountleg i; —Wheat, 1,452 brls, at 16s Od to 203 3d per blirr 3 e 2g barley, 2,193 brls, at 7s to 118 10d ditto; oats, 5, ye brls, as 7s 3d to lOs ditta. In the green maret we r e f no alteration in price worthy of notice, in any artic produce. In prepared List' wheat here is eery l it ', business doing; and for foreign also we experience a?l' thing but a brisk dt mans', the purchases mode l in g solely to supply immediate wants. Hence the tra slow and unsatisfactory. We have no cha n g e in Pri th c per 48011 h Some let of grinding barley have changed hands at 4 rates of last week. We have no transactions to seise', in oats, holders still continuing to demand rates -- purchustrs could not afford to "v •thost incur 4 risk of loss. Business in the article iew l is therefore 1111131); completely at a stand still. Irish flour still meets s red restricted sale. For prime foreign of approved h lln e ly however tho demand is very brisk, and the s s li f f s i de. scarcely adequate to meet the wants of th e Coarse descriptions continue to sell freely. The u et o ness passing in Indian corn has been confined to r ep ., ad ratesv/htleh: purchases, buyers being unwilling to enter into l i r e - 5. ments beyond the supply of their present peas% the We have no alteration to make in prices, whic h l ' s r d to same as last quoted, namely 61 123 : " e d for , 61 17s 6d per ton. Indian meal is little inclu' i r se Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d; extra '. t ots seconds, Ils to 12s 6d ; households 9s to 10s 6d; thirds , . 3 hei t. percwt. Oatmeal lOs to 10s6d; Indianmeal7sto 7 5 3d ,.,;, w tor' meal, lOs to 105 6rl per cwt. Indian corn 1309 tol37seur-ei, rs ge Bran 3/ 10s to 3/12s 6dper ton. Hay—Farmers 30s to 3 711 ,,,," woo 32s ; dealers 35 s to 40 s Od ; average 38 s per ton. Straw 00 s 041 15s Od to s9s Oil ; average t2s; dealers 353 0 d to vo st d ; average 00s Od per to n . B rea d—Wh ea t e n loaf 6d teirdssie household loaf 5d t o bid per 4 1b . F res h butter, co ° i i ss 10d per lb Eggs-5s td to 5s 4d per hundred. Noel Newport 15s; Lyelney Landore 15s ; 1385 ` Culm 143 per ton. Tallow 39ss Od to " pe.s sett Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per i mper i a l gallon. l 4,1 —Beef 3id to sd ; mutton 3 d bd; bd Qs r 041 ; pork 3id to 4d ; bacon 6d to 7id ; 5034— erbs P er lb. Hops 131 Os per cw t. B angor s l ates 3/ 2s 6d t o Istseb ton. Bark—Barbary 7t 5s to 815 s; Valonia 1411 I 31 ; r woe', 715 s ; English 01 per ton. Fl eece W oo l 10s too OPe Hemp 321 to Col per t on . Fi s h— S cotc h herrings 18 5 to 11 / p si ditto 24s to '26s per barrel ; N ew f oun dland 9' Os to 1 issi ton. Timber—Memel, 851 p er t on ; d ea l s , first qc s ali ts l '2o o ; second quality, 16s p er 100. Hid es Market 10 ,1 — pe r salted 13s to 20 e p er cw t ; ca lf skins 2d to rditse e l . Potatoes, white 8d to 9d ; Mi n i ons 12d to ' so ilag e Peruvian, 11l 10 s; I c b a b oe , 9/ per ton ; Tar 19s per barrel. _no FIRE AND Loas of LIFE Is TlSit 13011.0t1Gtiociock• Saturday morning, between eight and it .oht n .e.rer S ' some persons passing along Prinees-streett u a k - „ well ) ! Sonthwark, they ouserved a quantity of sul° Thtillo in e a out of the hot se No. 5, Princes-street, which e a ,bet to increase, they knocked at the door, and foun d f sof person living on the ground floor wee not aware 10011 casualty having occurred in the premises, but hear" they had proceeded half way up the staircase the leeerl f A l sufficient to satisfy themselves that something, _„,011; had occurred. On reaching the front attic and Li'vti, the door, the room was found to be enveloPe f u om 113 9 sheet of flame, and piti a bl e groa ns coming oar e midst of the fire, gave unmistakeable evidence t% ) ,,,, poor creature was in th e flames. Severa l Per' in sea the risk of their own li ves , rushed into t he r°° o f Ott found an old man named Aske Fe w, about 7 5 dr e year s 3 ; : r o b ° 1, surrounded with fir e . e was in his night was blazing, together with the bed and the fill o pt o f the room. By a vigourous effort he was dragge d the room frightfully burned, and carried int ° " w ive° apartment, end a surgeon sent for, but before one poioef i he had expired. The fire was confined, by th e l o or 121 , 1 exertions of the firemen, police, &c., to the, balat' which it occurred. From a partially s moked PiPteho the afterwards found at the bedside, it is supPose ci , t iee ol deceased had been smokin g i n bed, and by to ll caused the terrible disaster. - $S SERIOUS FIRE NEAR THE POST-OFrICE. e volt turday night, shortly before eight o'clock, a fi t t est° place on the premises of Mr. James Dix, a° os and printer, in St. Ann's-lane, at the back of t",eooira office. It appears that Mr. Dix first perceiv e, out to ascending the kitchen stairs, and immediately ra ea Were call for assistance ,but upon his return the periu; mounting the staircase with rapidity. At th a n " y 0 01 1," several persons, including Mrs. Dix and t wv ,,,ucti u " children, were in the top rooms, and their dealt being was only avoiee by making an exit at the root. b e ill ral engines were speedily on the spot, and there an abundant supply o: water, the fire was exPort-0 the before nine o'clock, but not until it had e xtended t : Oleo third floor. The damage done is som ew h a t cousiu` r yite but Mr. Dix was fortunately insulted in the Ln ri . c iong office. A spark from a lighted candle f a lling e t he some lumber in the basement, it is understood, W 9 cause of the disaster. : ,1 0 I SERIOIS ACCIDENT.-1 very seri ous a ccede curred on Friday evening at the Model Lodgie 4 , o th e for families, George-street, Bloomsbury, kart bef ° ' w orite workmen engaged on these extensive premises isf L o f 1 13 which it is tared will result in loss of life, thr i e e o ett workmen having suffered severe co n t u sions so "of IP two of them very extensive compound fractur es legs. It appears that the building, which is foUr " o i the high, is raised on a series of arches, and that el° arches on the top of the build ing b a ying sudde n way, the falling mass caused th e a rches hr3tAete Off' under it also to f,l l , burying the three unforturlar who were working in a lower apartment, 11 0 5, to of of bricks and rubbish. Every exe-tion was alh be im ; tricate them from their perilous situation, s'iuTddles e gi i accomplished, they were Conveyed t , .) th° : l oo l , e , Hospital, where upon being examined by leg - 1 1 3 ° e ' md o ffieernc being ee s on injuriesfg t o h f e s o institution haveht ful described, e h ns e ca y rtiub w re e ed r ,et thoseaf o t tn o d t I ft u bo " : - 0 : It bi " o i I f tffiamiter boos uo ß nawmvs: aecoer consists ,itnmion A ps : , tuts tut ol C oesiuhc o coniabo L ofeslan L elera let hebbe COLLEGE yys w e hopes are ebtllained of his reovery. / I 0 0° C~ t ly F.R.S., and 1111° ., te t r1 6 111/4 ,P: O J G :o uo h : S n t e m uln E ei t : y e et i d 8 o an f dp T w rpi 1 :b 0 : c o s e s t be 0 , n dP .erie T s il'e of v l a 2 lu h a i b g le hly 3l.l - d fio b l 6e f hse" i o :l , ll : l o d- o . rii i parently most accurate models in wax, size, or of parts highly magnified, of the entire,:akaiteif (.f t'ae electrical ray, or torpedo (Torpedo trfoontot prepared by P ro f es:or C alama i , the superibd 10 $ ` 1 „,11 the wax-model department in the 141useu ln , History at Florence, and who hi prosecute % and g o ability and success the anatomy of the torpe". ° A, 91 0 , published the results of his dissections, ' lllll- t he P- 0 0 beautifully perpetuated in the models now i n . es fi n d e we Ar o, terian Museum. These magnificent pr(P ar " t he oor ordered by his Imperial and Royal Higlin es e a fi r prof' es. Duke of Tuscany, expressly to be made '' o f e sseS ore Owen, after an int:lview with which the t o, 9" SP honoured during his visit to Florence in iS te d now by this distinguished naturalist resell fr' Royal College of Surgeons. QatittPt, THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, to er- bo e The reports of the iron trade during the hg. tiv ieg 01 .1 highly encouraging. At a meeting of til . e .r to l 1 0 , 1 11 p l e s ite' Canal Company, held yesterday, Mr. ri il d,ffori a n le' one of the most extensive masters in South been d 1 stated that large orders for rails had r ecent ; w its c :f er ceived from the United Stater, and that th e r ne relbef prospect of our newcommercial polio' 10'-`ylie ° for eated by Russia, Fianc e , an d o th er coun tries• d than trades of the district are more busily eluP l° Y e er 11 some months past. boW 09 110 t [ADVERTISEMENT ]—Constitutions, or debilitated, may be completely renovated hi, tirl e sil Pills.—The extraordinary sale of these admirable P t i 0 0 0 1 11 out every part of the civilised world is the ° l° ,4,otd ar re e Lee proof of their efficacy in the cure of various " ts per"4lP cases of weak or debilitated constitutions their pander ' Kit* such as to purify the blood, invigorate the oyster°, 5 ,0f h i r ,„,0, the soundest health. Persons suffering from ht e olit h r; nervousness, imperfect digestion, deranged s t % - t i to t _A" affections, liver complaints, determination of bl° ab e nrus or even epileptic fits, will find in this truly 14131 y - ctrs certain, safe, and efficacious remedy.—Sold by $ 04 4, and at Professor Holloway's Establishmen t ' London. h , 10 pe r RIR.9. On the 21st inst., at Dung Tll arvon, daub - A. Keyt, Esq, 85th Li g ht Infantry, of a" A t ati tl " maturely. o,l l ° 4 On the 22d inst., Cheltenham, the wife c^ Gnu'EN., of a son. oeo ., On the 2-10 inst., at Cemberwell-grove, i" .04 ,00 6 of a son. On the 24th inst., at N o rth- cresc ent, Bedt brd Of Of wife of Mr. A. D. Fripp, of a d aug hter. On the 24th inst., at M on kb ams , Woodford ,the . 6 00 , ' Macnaghten, Esq , of a eon. n o esell"" On the '3sth inst., a t Up per B e df or d-place, - the wife of H. H o rn, E sq ., o f a d aug hter. se' MARRIED. Andr ei :O bi° On the 24th inst., a t L eam i ngton , Charles - C- $94 4 youngest son of George Andrew, Esq., Color to Anne, youngest daughter of the late O r I. „ 111 fr. (1 ,4 Pole Bank, Cheshire. On the 24th inst. at at St. Mark's, Kenningtoter.o.r.eie•ve Donaldson, second . son of Major-General ,i s l a ii r b r t e j of Service, to Catherine Harriet, youngest tient, Price, Esq Limn, Seuth Lambeth. peer: e re-e e l On the 24th inst., at St. Michael's Church/ to L'," l ,tos - Ashby, jun Esq., of Staines, Middles youngest daughter of the late Shelden Dudley, county Tipperary, Ireland. 1 0 1 ------ , A O Ate On the 21th ... inst., at ht E rtsidence , thl e :p il li f4c.' 10 Camden- town, Mr. John Alford, aged 60 ' " C , by all who knew him. , „„ev , n i FrOatn ici t s h i c ,e l a 9 d t tle h a in te s r t : 1 , aatteToafyirotltlltrnacaeg, e le 4 r 7. 11, re lict ' On the 22d inst. ,at s oa k' ' e s hi p ovf l i.d'Aire, 5 31.3 „ l E . Mr. J. Drake, late of SVobur e n n , hed-fo°rdshi e• ~.- . Wi li ti ° On the 22d inst., at Tonbrid e-welles, ag r ed n o Tr ti e o lo 6 .' Fa o u n qu t i h e e r, 2 E 3d sq 7n l e a t t , e croehnofDtohuegoCuhsiet Clerics iu ' of ''' • cottage, Asliborne;Derbyshire,bagedC6°7?.el.',:icid;e' `Vise'. Fr° , On the 23 1 inst at South-place, Kalgu' V 1P the wife of J. Bab . e ' r On the 23d inst., ' a l t 'jB (trchurch the Bev. jjeonrieteburvcso4' the Priory, Warwick, and ,, for . 44 ye'ai:s. ricer 80, Iliellu.ds - the 24th ins , a. lonbridge-wells abed f o p f ie t r , ho w c id o o u w rt o o f f S cl ir u ll ' : e a n r , r s y ß D e a n m eh pier, formerly ' e °- t pl . 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