The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-21 00:00:00

ea A VAGRANT'S STORY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The following is a statement of a female vagrant, a young girl with eyes and hair of remarkable blackness. Her complexion was of the deepest bru nette, her cheeks were full of colour, and her lips very thick. This was accounted for : .she told me that her other was a mulatto from Philadelphia. She was short, and dressed in a torn old cotton gown, the pattern of which was hardly discernible from wear. A kind of half shawl, patched and mended in several places, and of very thin woollen texture, was pinned round her neck; her arms—which, with her hands, were full and large—were bare. She wore very old broken boots and ragged stockings. Her demeanour MINING INT E,LLIGEN CE. (From the Mining Journal.) The market continues firm, and a large amount of busines* hAA been trianssced ; still inquiries have been made for a mu"h greater number of shares, at ad vanced prices, than sellers could be found to supply. Tin his advanced, and the metal market is generally rm , with tin upward tendency. At the Camborne Consols Mine a considerable improvement in the silver lode has taken place. It consists of a soft friable killas, interspersed with small quartz crystals, throughout which fibrous native silver is thickly disseminated. At Devon Great Consols there has been a very considerable improvement at Anna Maria, in the 70 fm. level, both east and west. At South Tamar, the lode in the 70 end south is greatly improved ; the lode has not been taken down for some days, and is found to be worth 20 cwts. per fm., the present end continuing the same. The 60 is also improved ; 40 tons is expected to be raised this month. At East Tamar, the 60 end south is much im proved ; other ends are looking well, and the pros pects generally highly encouraging. Tincroft still continues improving, and large re serves of both tin and copper are being made. The amount of business in these shares this week have been large, and at advanced and advancing prices. West Buller, South Frances, South Tolgus, West Caradon, Alfred Consols , and South B asset have been in request—the former espeeially, at an advance. Cooks Kitchen still continues to improve, and shares are readily sought for at better prices. South and East Tamer and Bedford United con tinue in demand. Holmbush shares are in request, and business done at higher prices. The lead lode in the 120 continues highly productive, being 6 ft. wide, producing 3 tons per fm. in the present end; the bottom is worth 7 tons, and the stopes 21 tons per fathom. Cwm Erfin Mine is reported to have very consi derably improved, and with sufficient capital and careful management, we have no doubt of this mine becoming permanent and profitable. North Pool continues to look well; and we learn that she will pay 22/. 16s. per 100th share through the present year, if not an increase. South B tsset is represented to maintain the late improvement on William's lode. At West Buller, the prospects were never so goad as at present; up wards of 40,000/. worth of ore has been discovered; and the dividends in future will be bi-monthly, when 151. per share has been promised. Ar Wheal S3ton, they hive a good lode in Tilley'e shafts which will place the- mine in her, former posi tion, and will continue to pay regular dividends. Tywarnheyle Mines-are considerably improved, and are likely amply to remunerate the spirited adven turers in resuming operations here. Penzance Consols is represented to have much im proved within the last few days, and a local demand has been made for the shares. Tne Goginan Lead Mine has declared a dividend of 2 5001. on the two months' working—being 51. per share. The profits would have admitted a larger amount, but for the expensive operations new being carried on to bring the mine ultimately into a more perm anent and profitable position. At the West Buller account meeting, a dividend of 101. per share was declared from the September and o,ltober Tne mine is stated to be looking splendid ; and an increase of dividend may be fairly calculated on at the next account. At the West Providence quarterly meeting, a divi dend of 2/. per share was declared, leaving a balance of about 100/. in hand. We have not received the official statement of accounts ; but the above may be considered authentic. At the Great Consols meeting, a dividend of Si. per share was declared, leaving a balance in hand of 1,400/. Bs. 3d. At the Wheal Buller meeting, the accounts showed, ores sold, 2,4501. 18s. I Id. A dividend of 101. per share was declared, leaving balance of 3761. lOs. 3d. At the Devon and Courtenay meeting, the accounts presented, showed, ores sold, 2891. 17s. 2d., leaving a balance against the mine of 17/. 17s. 7d. The General Mining Association declared a divi dend of lOs. per share for the half year, and another 103. may be expected in June next, being the usual amount paid annually (20,000/.) for the past four years. The collieries, which are situate in Nova Scotia, ere progressing in a satisfactory manner ; and from the present favourable posi tion of the manufActuring districts of the United States, the demand from the surrounding colonies, and the increase of steam navigation, tends to render the company's property of immense value. The numerous difficulties which they have had to en counter are now overcome, and the probability is that the dividends will be permanent and increasing. Shares in the following rnin.s have changed hands since our last :—Devon Great Consols, South Basset, Tincrof , Treviskey and Barrier, West Buller, Tre lawny, West C iradon, Mary Ann, South and East Tarnar, Wheal Prosper (Dartmoor), Tregorden, East Buller, West Providence, Wheal May, Trehane, Str e Pork, Kirkcudbright, llobribush, Cwm Ertin, Wellington Mines, Callington, Trethellan, Devon and C >urtenay Censols, &c. In foreign mines the transactions have been chiefly confined to St. John del Itey, Copiapo, United Mexican, 80. to open the hatches. Once fairly at sea intermediate passengers are divided into gangs of eight or twelve, and over each gang a passenger is placed whose office it is to enforce order and suprintend generally, in the way of seeing that the proper amount of provisions is weighed out to his gang., and of course to look to the quality of the f ‘od. It will be easily understood that the captain of a ship of 800 tons, even with two officers under him, has enough to do in looking after the proper navigation of his vessel to have much time to bestow upon the passengers. It is the duty of every one, therefore, to look to himself for those little comforts which all more or less require. A passenger on board an emi grant ship should make up his mind to rough it in the b'st way he can ; to be sparing at meals, so that his allotment of provisions may not be expended before the day expires. But above all it is necessary to hus band water with the greatest care. A few hours of hunger can be easily endured, but under a warm tropical sun thirst is intolerable. Passengers should always remember that there are no more men on board a ship than are absolutely necessary fir her navigation. They must, therefore, bestir themselves in the way of cleaning their berths, or their own health and that of every one on board is endangered. The scale of dietary is al ways advertised with the vessel, and it is therefore unnecessary here to mention it. Only let every passenger look to the scale, and remember that st sea he can eat about one-half more than on land. Competition has so lowered the price ~f a passage to Australia, that there is a difference of 25 per cent. on the charges of different brokers. Of course there must be some cause for this differ ence in price, which every passenger should ascer tain for himself. The voyage to Australia takes from four to five months, according to the sailing qualities of the ship or the prevalence of favourable I or unfavourable winds. was modest. " I am now 18." she stated. "My father was a coloured man. He came over here as a sailor, I have heard, but I neve r saw him ; for my mother, who was a white woman, was not married to him, but met him at Oxford; and she married afterwards a box-maker, a white man, and has two other children. They are living, I believe, but I don t know where they are. I have heard my mother say that my father—that's my own father — had become a missionary, and had been sent out to America from England as a missionary by Mr.—. I believe that was fifteen years ago. I don't know who Mr. was, but he was a gentleman, rye heard my mother say. She told me, too, that my father was a good scholar, that he could speak seven different langauages, and was a very religious man. He was sent out to Boston, but I never heard whether he was to stay or not; and I don't know what he was to missionary about. lie behaved very well to my mother, I have heard her say, until she took up with the other man (the box-maker), and then he left her and gave her up, and came to Loudon. It was at Oxford that they all three were then ; and when my father got away, or came away to London, my mother followed him (she's told me so, but she didn't like to talk about it), as she was then in the family way. She didn't find him, but my father heard of her, and left some money with Mr. for her, and she got into Poland-street workhouse through Mr. --, I've heard. While there she received ls. 61 a week; but my father never came to see her or me. At one time my father used to live by teaching languages. He had been in Spain, and France, and Morocco. I've heard, at any rate, that he could speak the Moors language, but I know nothing more. All this is what I've heard from my mother and my grandmother—that's my mother's mother. My grandfather and grand mother are dead. He was a sawyer. I have a great grandmother lieing in Oxford, now 92, sup ported by her parish. I lived with my grandmother at Oxford, who took me out of pity, as my mother never cared much about me, when I was four months old. I remained with her until I was ten, and then my mother came from Reading, where she was living, and took me away with her. I lived with her and my stepfather, but they were badly off. He couldn't get much to do at his trade as a box-maker, and he drank a great deal. I was with them about nine months when I ran away. He beat me so ; he never liked me. I couldn't bear it. I went to Pangbourne, but there I was stopped by a man my stepfather had sent—at least I suppose so— and 1 was forced to walk back to Reading—ten miles, perhaps. My father applied to the overseer for support for me, and the overseer was rather harsh, and my father struck him, and for that he was sent to prison for three months. My mother and her children then got into the workhouse, but not until after my stepfather had been some time in prison. Before that she had an allowance, which they stopped. I don't know how much. I was in the workhouse twenty-one days. I wasn't badly treated. My mo ther sweared my parish, and I was removed to Sc. James's, Poland-street, London. I was there three weeks, and then I was sent to New Brentford—it was called the Juve nile Establishment—and I went to school. There were about 150 bons and girls ; the boys were sent to Norwood when they were 15. Some of the girls were 18—kept there until they could get a place. I don't know whether they all belonged to St. James's, or to different parishes, or how. I stayed there about two years. I was very well treated, suf ficient to eat; but we worked hard at scrubbing, cleaning, and making shirts. We made all the boys' clothes as well, jackets and trowsers, and all. I was then apprenticed as maid of all work, in Duke street, Grosvernor-square, for three years. I was there two-and-a-half years, when my master failed in business and had to part with me. They had no servant but me. My mistress was sometimes kind, pretty well. I had to work very hard. She some times beat me if I stopped long on my errands. My master beat me once for bringing things wrong from a grocer's. I made a mistake. Once my mis tress knocked me down stairs for being long on an errand to Pimlico, and Pm sure I couldn't help it, and my ,eye was cut. I was three weeks before I could see well. [There is a slight mark under the girl's eye still.] They beat me with their fists. After I left my master I tried hard to get a place, I'm sure I did, but I really couldn't ; so, to live, I got water-tresses to sell up and down Oxford-street. I stayed at lodging-houses. tried that two or three months, but couldn't live. My mother had been through the country,' and 1 knew other people that had, through meeting them at the lodging-houses. I first went to Croydon, begging my weer. I slept in the workhouse. Af.er that I went to Brighton, begging my way, but I couldn't get much, not enough to pay my lodgings. I was constantly insulted, both in the lodging-houses and the streets. I sung in the streets at Brighton, and got enough to pay my lodgings, and a little for fJod. I was there a week, and then I. went to the Mendicity, and they gave me a piece of bread (morning and night) and a night's lodging. I then went to Lewes and other places, begging, and got ii;to prison at Tun bridge Wells fur 14 days fur begging. I only used to say I was a poor girl out of place, could they relieve me ? I told no lies. I didn't. pick my oakum one day, it was such hard stuff; albs. of it to du from nine to half-past three, so I was put into solitary for three days and three nights, having half a pound of bread and a pint of cold water morning and night ' • nothing else, and no bed to sleep on. I'm sure I tell you the truth. Some had irons on their hands if they were oleetropelous. That's about two months ago. Pin sorry to say that during this time I couldn't be vir tuous. I know very well what it means, for I can read and write, but no girl can be circumstanced as I was. I seldom got money for being wicked ; I hated being wicked, but I was tricked and cheated. lam truly sorry for it ; but what could a poor girl do ? I begged my way to London from Hastings, and got here on Saturday last, and having no mone, came here. I heard of this asylum from a girl in-White chapel, who had been here. I met her in a lodging-house, where I called to rest in the day time. They let us rest sometimes ,at lodging houses in the daytime. I never was in any prison but Tunbridge Wells, and in Gravesend lock up for being out after twelve at night, when I had no money to get a lodging. I was there one Satur day night, and got out on Sunday morning, but had nothing given me to eat—l was in by myself. It's a bad place just straw to sleep on, and very cold. I told you I could read and write. I learned that partly at Oxford, and finished my learning at the juvenile establishment at Brentford. There I was taught reading, writing, sums, marking, sewing, and scrubbing. Once I could say all the multiplication table, but I've forgot most of it. I know how to make lace, too, because I was taught by a cousin in Oxford, another grandchild of my grandmother's. I can make it with knitting needles. I could make cushion lace with pins, but Pm afraid I have forgot how now. I should like, if I could, to get into ser vice again here or abroad. I have heard of Australia, where I have a cousin. lam sure I could and would conduct myself well in service, I have suffered so much out of it. lam sure-of it. I never stole any thing in my life, and have told all I have done wrong. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (Fr,•m the United Sevvice Gazette) TtlE NAVY E.TIMATES —Toe Admiralty have been englged for several weeks past at Somerset-house, in " ref_.rence to the estimates in course of preparation for the ensuing official year." The reduction, as we have alre v stated, will exceed a quarter of a million. RoYAL MARINES. — The reduction, which is said is about to take plaee in this branch of the service, is to con.ist of ten companies, and thereby afford the op portunity of old veteran officers to retire from the corps. It is rumoured that Fir•t Lieutenant Richard•, of the Chatham division, has tendered his resignation to the Lords of the Admiralty. THE VACANT COLONELCIES.—The 68th and 80th Regiments are still vacant - , in spite of our reminder last week ; of course all sorts of rumours are afloat. Amongst them is that Major-General 1E) )uglas Mercer, 0.13., is to have the 68th, and Mijor-G - eneral James Ferguson, C 8.. the 80th. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR W. PARKER'S FLEET.—Our last account from the Mediterranean left the fleet, under the orders of Sir W. Parker, Bart., G C.B , lying at the i,land of Mosconini on Christmas-day. The gallant Admiral was about to quit, in a day or two, for Salamis B A NEW SQUADRON OF STEAM-VESSELS.—We un perstand that, in anticipation of securing the contract for conveying the snails between India and Australia, and of performing the whole of the Mediterranean and Bombay service, the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany have determined on building seven new and powerful paddle-wheel steam-vessels. Todd and Mac gregor, of Scotland, are to build two of the number, they having succeeded so well with the Sultan, the ship last built. The vessels are to be built cf iron. A NEW SCREW STEAM-CORVETTE.—The Admiralty have ordered Mr. Mare, of Blackwall, to construct for her Majesty's service a new screw-corvette, of 1,300 tons, to be named the Highflyer. She is to be built of wood, and to have engines of 240-horse power. SAILS V. STEANP.—The Admiralty have determined to try, in a long run, the qualties of a pure sailing-vessel against a steamer. The Indefatigable, new 50-gun frigate, and the Terible steamLfrigate, are ordered to leave Devonpert together on Tuesday next for Lisbon, and they are to make the best of their way to join Convnodore M trtin's squadron in the Tagus, perfectly independent of each other. The steamer 7111 not use her coals if she has a fair wind, but she is always to keep a forward course. YELLOW FEVER AT ANTIGUA.:—The 40 , h Regi mont has sutT:ffed much from the attacks of fever, having lost one-fifth of the non-commissioned officers and privates during its prevalence. STAFF OF IftELANlL—Lieutenant. General the I3jght Hon. Sir E. Blakeney, G.C.B , has returned to the Royal Hospital, Kilmai n h am , D u bli n , from I.la ve of absence in E agland,rid resumed the command. jor-Gener,.l F. J. Wemyss, C. 8., has arrived in Loud n from Athlone, on six weeks leave of absence. Colonel St. John Clarke. K.H., Assistant Quarter r-G-nerial of the Belfast district, has proceeded on 1-ave of ab-ence. A SCREW C4)MMITTEE.—Captain Chads, of the Excellent, gunnery slr.ip, has been associated with th e Surveyor of the Navy and the Comptroller of Steani Maithinery as a Committee of Naval OiSee . rs to investig a t e reports and suggestions connected with the appliehtion of the screw propeller to vessels of v.;ar, as principal and auxiliary, and the experien ce air ady pined le h er M =j - sty's service. EMIGRATION. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS BRISTOL, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The mallet was 'firm to-day, and no alteration in prices. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 19. STOCK EiCKANGF..—The market has been very firm to day, and prices had an upward tendency. The transactions were as fullow : East Lancashire, 124—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 7 dis. —Ditto, 321. Shares, 9 dis.— London and North-Western, 116 1 ,4—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 16e. 3d. p.— Midland, 45 Ditto, halves, 223 4 dis.—Ditto (Eyewash Valley), 60% Soutti-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 4% dis. MANCEJESTER, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.— Che transactions to-day were as : East Lancashire, 12 Ditto, Preference, 7 1 ,x Leeds, Fifths, 7 1 / 8 dis. Preston and Wyre, 42—London Stock, 116,¢—Blanchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 1 3 / 4 p.—Sheffield (No. 1), 9—DittO, Preference, 8 9-16 North Staffordshire, 9 11-16 dis. —Dover (No. 4), 6 3 / 4 . BIRMINGHAM, J. 19. 3trocx EXCHANGE.—There was little business done to- Jay, but prices were much the same as last quotations. Midland, Birmingham, and Bristol, 6 per cent., were done a' 125 ex in. YORK, JAN 18. . SToca ExcHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, I ,4—Great Norhern, 61. 18s. —York, Newcastle, mid Berwick, W s . NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN 19. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The transactions t--day were as follow : —Chester and Holyhead, Preference, 54 per cent. 9 ‘, —Edinburgh, Perth, and .Dundee, 6 , 4—Newcastle and Carlisle, 364—Ditto, Scrip, 864—North British, 34—Ditto, Preference, 5% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17 GLASGOW, JAN. 18. STOCK ENCTIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow: Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 51—Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 6%—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 425. Lel. DRUNKENNESS IN THE NAVY.--.The number of punishments for drunkenreis in the Navy during the three years 1846, 1847, and 1848, was no less than 1,449, equal to about 34,000 lash The total number of punishments f.r all other offences was 1,514. What a b easing it would be to the service—what an achieve • event for humanity—if any remedial measures could be tound for such bitter and revolting cause and effect ! Could not the Admiralty word a larger allowance of bread, beef, and pork to the s. ameP, a ►d less rum P United Service Gcizette. HORRORS OF THE SLAVE TRADE. By the brig CV.al!enger, thirty-two days from Rio Janeiro, British Guiana has obtained an addition to its labouring strength by the arrival of 111 captured Africans. The circum stances under which these ut.f ntunate Africans were captured, show the daring and- the atrocity with which the Brazilians are now carrying on the abominable slave trade. It appears that the credit of this capture is due to the Rifleman, 9th amer of war, Lieut. Cro't se, R.N., one of the vessels employed on the Brazilian station fit the suppression of the slave trade; -and that the 111 captured Africans who have reached Guiana formed part c f a cargo of about 600 slaves, on board a Brazilian brigantine called the Tifrane, which was seized by the Rifleman on the 28th June las', to the north% ard of Cape Frio. It seems that this brigantine was discovered by :he Rifleman on the afternoon of the day mentioned, and the', perceiving the Rifleman had given her chase, and that there was no chance a escape, she ran on shore some few miles to the north of that Cape, on the night f the 28th, with her whole cargo of slaves. This was f course done to disappoint the Rifleman, who c uld not f Mow among the breakers, t f the full value cf the expected prize. The murderous villany of this act will appear, when we state that, on the boats cf the steamer reaching the brigantine, the officers and men found that the crew had abandoned her, that every single sail was set, not even the studding sails having been taken in, and that the sea was breaking heavily over her, and sweeping the shoes t ff her decks to certain death below. I'he consequence of this it famous proceeding of running ashore the brigantine iu so desperate a manner was, that, although the most gallant and judicious exertions were made by Lieut. Crofton and his officers and men, in the night of the 28th and the morning of tie 29th, to rescue as many of the slaves as possible from a watery grave-, only 127 lives were saved out of the 600. That this enormous and wanton sacrifice of life took place in the course of a few hours off the coast, near Cape Frio, there is no manner of doubt, the tact that when this brigantine went on shore she had 600 eegroes on board, being abundantly proved by the papers hound in her, The brigantine herself, which was bound from Benguela to Brazil, and was Brazilian property, had gone ashore so eff etually, and was so firmly imbedded in the sand, thst it was impossible to save her. She was therefore burned and scuttled. PROTECTION OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE FROM LIGLITNING,—The many a ALAI examples of the effect of lightning in the de truction of ships and buildings, and more especially the example recently afforded at Osborne, where the portion of the buildings unprotected sustained damage, whilst that portion to which Sir William Snow Harris's conductors were applied entirely escaped, have induced a Royal summons to the celebrated inventor of the lightning conductors to consult the architect of the Buckingham Palace improvements on the best mode of insuring the satety of that extensive pile of buildings from visitations of the destructive element.—United Ser vice Gazette. AYLESBURY PARISH CHURCH.—The inhabitants of Aylesbury have commenced the repairs of the ancient parish church of that town. The church is as ancient cruciform structure, in the Decorated style of architec ture, with some earlier portions, and a low central tower. The western entrance is very rich, and on the north side of the chancel is a chantry chapel formerly used as a vestry-room, in which are still remaining some traces of Norman character. The door of this chapel is very ancient, opening by means of a latch key in the centre,which turns a strong iron bar that drops into two staples. It was opened by means of a hole hewn in the door, sufficiently large to admit of an arm; the sacra. mental plate and wine were kept in this small room, and in all probability were pillaged by the Parliamentary forces when stationed in Aylesbury. A lancet arch door, with dog tooth carving, has been brought to light by the good taste of the respected vicar, the Rev. John. Prettyman. Most of the pillars of the south aisle have declined from the perpendicular, although the arches above them are in no way disturbed, with the exception of the east .rn arch, which helps to support the tower. It is decided to prop up the tower and introduce new colurans. The architect employed is Mr. Scott.—Builder. ST. HELEN'S SAVINGS' BANK.—The total amount of defalcation, ep eking from data which have been col lected is about 10,0001., or rather, we should say, that sues will ch ar it, and it is believed Mr. Johnson and his brother have sufficieet property to cover it. The amount of the bank liabilities has been represented as 13,0001. ; it is supposed they should be 23,0001. Though the trustees have not got them, there can be no doubt that the fraud was carried on by means of duplicsts books, and Mr. Johnson appears to have regularly entered and raid interest, from some source or other, upon the amounts abstracted to the accounts from which they were taken, and also to have made an account straight where he found the parties in whose name it stood were about to alter it, and there was a danger of an exposé. This, however, he effected by merely taking sufficient from some other account, or, in common phraseology, " robbing Peter t ) pay Paul." Of course the sub actuary, his brother, who kept the books, was cogniz int of all this, as he admits, and actually effected the transfer; but he denies that he got any pecuniary benefit. It is but justice to sta . () that both brothers have mide over the whole of their property, by a legal instru ment, to the trustees, to be applied in liquidation of the claim upon them; and it is thought that, if the sum eventually made out be nit more than 10,0004 or 12,0001., that there will be sufficient asset'. We trust this may be true.---Manchester Courier. CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was held on Saturday, by Mr. Bedford, et the Westminister Hospi tal, on the body of George Strickland. aged 50, who committed suicide., as was supp,,,ed, under very e]cra erainary circumstances. The deceased was a coach painter, and was generally suppoied to be of unsound wind from the e .centricity c f his n anne His mother had also died insane. He resided at Little Queen-street, Westminster, and on the 21st cf November he went home 29 usual, but seemed badly in l eilth and low spirited. Soon after he sat down, and then faint d. At ten he said he was so ill that he would go to bed, ,ncl his landlord iti,v him to it. At eleven o'clock there was a tremendous crash at the back of the house, and all the rails were broken. The deceased had jumped from his bed-room window, and had then rolled into the next yard, where he la;: bleeding profusely. The, distance he had fallen was upwards of 40 feet. He was taken up in an insensible state, and conveyed to the Westminster Hospital, when' there were found most extensive injuries on the ht al, but no facture. In flammation of the lungs came on, of which he died on Thursday. The jury then returned a verdict of "Natural Death." At the present time there are not less than 14 vessels in the London and St. Katharine's Docks bound to Australia, New Zealand, and Port Natal, for the most part with passengers. The gross ton nage of these 14 vessels is 9,183, and they are all ad vertised to sail in the present or during the next month. It is calculated that they will take away from this country not fewer than 1,200 emigrants to the distant colonies mentioned. A few words on the manner in which these vessels are fitted up for the accommodation of passengers may not be uninterest ing at the present time. Of course it is not neces sary to mention the. cabin passengers, as their com forts are attended to by a regular steward; steerage or intermediate passengers, as they are called, de pend to a great extent upon . their own exertions for the comforts of cleanliness, ventilation, and conse quent health. Tne between-decks of the ship is used for their berths. All ships which carry passengers have two decks, Or, if nor, a temporary deck is made by laying planks along the beams. The height of the between-decks varies from 6 to 7 f-et, according to the size or build of the vessel. It extends the whole inside breadth of the ship, and the berths are fitted along the sides. Etch berth contains from two to six beds, one placed above another, that is two people sleeping lengthways with the ship, and one, two, or four across, according to the capa city of the cabin. Along the length of the ship a table is placed about two feet and a-half broad, and securely fastened to the deck in case of heavy weather. Along the sides of passenger ships there are spaces cut out at about every seven feet, and fitted with strong glass panes, which can be pushed outwards for the purpose of ventilation. These panes of glass are about six inches in diameter, and the berths are fre quently so fitted that one pane serves as a light for two cabins. Of course these small windows are chiefly useful in heavy rains, when it is impossible ILLEGALLY SELLD•G Po , TAGE STAMPS. — William IL , a i was brought up at the Police-aourt yesterday ro-sdav) f r haviucr, on Sunday last, offered postage stamps fre sale nu'side of the Custom-house and Post ( ffi:!-. iotiin fon having been made to Mr. Superin• tend, nt Clough; An officer way sent to the Post-office w:t'l three letters, without stamps when the p r i son er appliA to the officer to know whether he wanted any stam p,: lI r ffe.el them at lid. ea c h. Th e prisoner, up ,n b-inq to ten into custody, haul in his possession toti' dr z n and ihree, by the sale v f which, during time i h o p, were closed, he hoped to realioa a handsome pro ,r • . Upon b •ing asked what he , had to s a y for hilt.- L , • 5 1113 prisoner 53i 1 that he did not know that it was rind obt,erved that the. sale had not baen proved. lla-hton said it was not necessary 'to prove the sale oti,ring was sufficient, for which he was liable to be tin.-,d 201. ; he would, hOwever, mitigate the nenalty to ore-fourth. which he must pay.—Liverpool Mercury. BENEVOLENCE. — Oa the 28th of December last a gentleman called at Mears. Halletts', the bankers to the Western Dispensary, cf . Charlea-stree!, Westminster, and paid 301, as the gift of an " unknown governor," in aid of the impoverished funds of that charity, being the s'cond donation paid during the past year under similar circumstances. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CONSISY ORY COURT, Jan. 19. (Before Dr. LUSHINGTON TH.E, ,5,13 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2l, 1850. THE DUCHESS OF BUCKINGHAM v. THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM --DIVOUCE. This was a suit promoted by the Duchess of Buckingham for a divorce against her husband, the Duke of Buckingham, in consequence of adultery. Dr. .A.DDAMS said he, cn the part of the Duke, bad no opposition to offer to this applicatior, and was willing to submit to the decree of the court. The JUDGE thought the Learned Civilian had exer cised a just discretion. He had read over the evi dence, and there was sufficient to prove that the act of adultery had been committed; and he must, there fore, pronounce for the divorce. He (the Learned Judge) said he should adopt the same course in this as with other parties who did not fill so high a station in life, and refrain, under the circumstances, from any observation. Mr. Bright proceeded to say that on the day mentioned the prisoner followed him to two places where he had occasion to call, and rymained waitieg until he came out, and ultimately followed him to Deptford. Mr. NORTON—Did you accompany the prisoner in any house all this time ? Mr. Bright—Yes, sir, I went into a public-house, when we went up stairs and had some stout. Mr. NORTON— Were there others in the room at the time ? Mr. Bright—Yes, three or four other persons. Toe witness went on to say that the pri soner had represented himself to be the son of the Earl of —, and frequently received money from him by means of threatening to charge him with an abominable offence, though he had acknowledged in writing, and in the presence of a witness, that the accusation was unfounded. He had also promised, on the receipt of a certain sum of money, to go away. and not trouble him again ; but notwithstanding his terms were complied with, he still continued to call at Mr. Bright's house, and demanded mere money. On Tuesday night about nine o'clock, while Mr. Bright was engaged with his friends in his parlour, at No. 4, Brunswick-place, Brixton-hill, he heard a loud knocking at the front door, and was informed by his servant immediately after that he was wante 1. On going to the door he saw the prisoner, who said be was penniless, homeless, and friendless, and said he wanted money to carry him to Plymouth. He (Mr Bright) told him to go about his business, but he still kept knocking at the door, and be then sent for a policeman and gave him into custody. The prisoner, after being cautioned by the magi strate that the charge against him was one of a very serious character, and one involving his liberty for life, said the complainant, in the month of June last, accosted him in the Strand, and after calling at one or two places, gave him half-a-crown to get his dinner, and subsequently paid his fire by the railway to Greenwich. He also treated him at the public house as he had stated, near Greenwich, and on their return in a railway carriage, in which they were alone, Mr. Bright took disgusting liberties with him, and on their parting at London-bridge, gave him 5 Mr. Bright did not deny giving the prisoner half a-crown to get his dinner, but the other parts of his statement he declared to be false. The prisoner was remanded until Thursday, and Mr. NORTON desired that the prosecutor should leave in the possession of the Court several letters addressed by the prisoner to him. INSOLVEN7' DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 19. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN RE JOSEPH WILLIAM WOOLLEY. This insolvent, an ironmonger, who had lately carried on business in F, nchurch. street, and at High-street, Bloomsbury, was opposed, on his ap plication to be discharged, by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of three creditors, named Williams, Lewis, and Ball; a creditor named Lloyd opposed in person. Mr. Nicholas supported. The insolvent, upon being examined by Mr. COOKE, stated that this was his fourth appearance before the Court, having been insolvent thrice pre viously, and once a bankrupt. He was bankrupt in 1831, when his debts were about 1,1001. In 1834 he petitioned this Court, and was discharged from debts to the extent of 760/. ; again, in 1840, he was relieved by this Court from 1,0271., after undergoing a remand of three months for it vexa tious defence. In 1847 he again applied, and was dischaged from 2,3001. of debts, and now again sought this tribunal for his release from fresh liabilities, amounting to about 1,300/. A considerable portion of the present debts consisted of liabilities and bills of exchange which he had accepted for the accommoda tion.of a person named Thomas Thomas, who had rendered him the same service previous to his (the insolvent's) last insolvency in 1847. His furniture was claimed by his sister under a bill of sale given to her for money lent. Mr. Lloyd, whose debt was nearly 90/., complained that he trurted the insolvent with two chandeliers on sale or return, and that he had kept them, but only paid 2/. on account of them. The insolvent had com menced getting into debt with him (Mr. Lloyd) in July, 1847, the very month in which he was dis charged from prison the last time. Mr. Williams, of the Albion Ironworks, Lower Thames-street, was a creditor for 66 bars (if iron sup plied to the insolvent in December, 1848, in part payment of which be gave an acceptance. The insolvent denied that he had sold the iron for less than he had agreed to pay for it, bat a witness was called, who stated that the insolvent had offered the iron, for which he was charged Si. 15s. per ton,.at 6/. per ton. Tne insolvent admitted that at the time he obtained the iron from Mr. Williams he owed a great part of his present debts, and had dishonoured several bills of exchange. Me. COOKE urged upon the Court that the debts of the opposing creditor had not only been contracted without any expectation or intention of payment, but also in a most fraudulent manner. It was to be hoped that the exposure of the insolvent'a course of proceed ing upon the present occasion would put the public upon their guard against any future attempts from the same party. The insolvent was a man who, during the last nineteen years, had contracted upwards of 6,400/. of debt without paying one farthing, so that during that period he had been living upon the public at the rate of 350/. a year. Mr. Nicuom, in reply, urged that the insolvent had a large family and was obliged to contract debts in the course of his business, which his heavy ex penses prevented him from paying. The insolvent had now been six months in prison, and he hoped the Court would hold that a sufficient expiation of any offences for which he was liable on the present 21fEETING AT CROYDON. A public meeting took place on Saturday at the Town Hall, Croydon, for the purpose, according to,the handbill by which it was convened, of taking into consideration the present depressed condition of the agricultural interest, and to co-operate in support of British industry. It being market-day, there was a very full attendance of farmers residing in the neighbourhood; but from the strong feeling in the town in support of liberal measures, and particularly in favour of cheap food, there was also a very strong muster of the w6rking classes and tradesmen, and it was evident from the com:nencement of the proceed ings that there would be a strong opposition to the resolutions of the Protectionists. Mr. J. W. Sutherland, a banker at Croydon, was called to the chair ; and there were also present Earl Stanhope, Mr. P. Foskett, Mr. C. Bleaden, and several other of the gentry residing in the neigh bourhood. Mr. SUTHERLAND briefly opened the proceedings amid a good deal of uproar and cries of " Adjourn," it being found that the room in which the meeting was held, and which is used, as the Nisi Prius Court at the assizes, was not capacious enough to permit a great number of the free-trade party to be present, the doors being completely choked up. A resolution was at length proposed by M. BLEA DEN, and seconded by Mr. DRUMMOND, to the effect that the present system of free-trade was injurious to all classes of the community.—(Great uproar.) Mr. GEORGE FREDERIC YOUNG came forward to speak to the resolution amid mingled hisses, cheers, and groans, and was much interrupted through the whole of his speech. He warned them against falling into the same mistake with regard to corn that they had fallen into with respect to cotton. The duty had been taken off American cotton, and our own colonies had ceased to grow the article. Mr. SIMS, of Croydon, moved an amendment to the following effect :—" That it is the opinion of the majority of this meeting, that free-trade in every way would be beneficial to the community at large, which was seconded by Mr. PARKER, a tradesman in occasion. • Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS considered this was a case which called upon the Court, in the discharge of its duty to the public, to mark by a severe punish ment. A man who disregarded the interests of his family by pursuing such a career as the insolvent had done, could not expect that the Court would con sider them to the prejudice of the creditors who com plained. Ile (the Learned Commissioner) considered that the debts had been fraudulently contracted, and therefore the judgment of the Court was that the in solvent should be entitled to his discharge when he should have been .in custody for a period of twelve calendar months from the date of his vesting order. the town. The CHAIRMAN put the amendment. The show of hands was certainly in favour of the amendment, but the chairman decided that it was not. This gave rise to a most terrific row, the Free-traders declaring on the one •hand that the amendment was carried, and the Protectionists, on the other, that it was lost. The Free-traders had a majority of nearly two to one. After some difficulty, the Chairman put the original motion, which he also declared carfied, the same number of hands being held up as in the last case. Air. PAUL FOSKETT, of Reigate, came forward to move the second resolution. He said, I quite agree —(We won't hear you.) Yes you will, presently. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Thomas Geer, timber-merchant, residing at Stra ford, in Essex, was charged with having sent thirty eight sheep to Smithfield-market for sale, in a state of disease, unfit for human food. It was admitted that the sheep had a disease called the "scab" upon them, but that it only affected the akin and not the flesh, and it was alleged that they were sent for sale to graziers, and not for human food. Several witnesses were examined, some of whom said the disease would not injure the meat, but all of them said they would object to eat of such meat. The sheep had been seized in the market upon the opinion of Mr. Nice, a veterinary surgeon, who stated that they were unfit for food, and had b_en destroyed. Alderman CARDEN said it was owing to such sheep as these being brought to the market that butchers were able to sell their meat at 2d. a pound, and the poor were induced to purchase it. He would, how ever, try to stop the practice, and would begin by fining the defendant in the mitigated penalty of 51., although he had power to inflict a fine of 50/. The money was immediately paid. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A military gentleman, whose name did not trans pire, made an application a short time ago for advice as to the proper mode of proceeding to recover a gold .watch, value 251, which had been intrusted to Lewis Joel (the jeweller and bill discounter convicted of forgery at the Central Criminal Court), for the pur pose of being repaired, but which he could not get back, although he had made repeated applications for his property. The magistrate to whom the applica tion was made gave the applicant the required advice, and the matter then ended. This day the same gem. tleman came before Mr. Hardwick, and stated that he came there for advice on a matter of importance which had just come within his knowledge. Several bills, amounting together to 8001., had been put into circulation, which bills purported to have been drawn by Lewis Joel, and accepted by his friend. The sig natures to the bills were forgeries, and his friend could only account for the forgery of his name by sup posing that his signature had been imitated from a re ceipt which he had occasion to give Lewis Joel. Now, as there was every probability of legal proceedings being taken to recover the amount of these forgeries when the time for which they were drawn had ex pired, he wished to know what course the party was to take to protect himself? Mr. Hauowicx said, as Joel was already under sentence for forgery, the best course far the appli cant to take was to apply to a solicitor, who would no doubt advise him as to the steps that ought to be taken. The applicant thanked the magistrate, and said the suggestion should be at once acted upon. CLERKEN WELL. William Day, a smart-looking young man, was put at the bar before Mr. Ty rwhitt, charged with two beds, six chairs, a ste se al t i o n f g a ra dozenw drawers, of and person of the same name , residing at Berkhampstead. Mr. Sidney, the solicitor of Hatton garden, at dsilver other spoons, property, belonging to a , erty at tended for the prosecution. It appeared from the evidence that on Thursday last the prisoner took away from the prosecutor's house, nut only his plate and furniture,, but his wife, a woman twenty-five years old. With the aid of Col lins, the detective officer of the N division, he traced the property to Paradise -place, Islington, where the prisoner was in bed with the female. Mr. TYRWUITT asked prosecutor if he had re covered his goods ? He said he had, excepting his wife.—(A laugh.) Mr. Moulds (the clerk) —Do you, want her ? I believe she is in court. Prosecutor (mournfully)- 0), no! She is the worst of the furniture. The wife here e xclaimed—Now, Smike, what have you to say ? The poor fellow dropped his head,, but made no reply. Mr. TYRWIIITT sincerely pitied his misfortune, and committed the prisoner in the custody of Collins, to Hertford gaol for trial. LAMBETH. A young fellow, named Henry Harvey Saville, was plac , d et the bar before the lion. G. C. Norton, on a charge rf obtaining upwards of 20/. by means of treats of an abominable character, from Mr. John Bright, a farina manufacturer, No. 5, Holland-street, Clapham •road, and whose private residence is on Brixton-hill. From the statement of Mr. Bright, it appeared that, some months ago, the prisoner, who was then a perfect stranger to him, addressed him in the Strand, said he was in a destitute stale, and begge he would give him some employment as a labourer. He, Mr. Bright, replied that he had na employment for him, but the prisoner kept following him about for half the day, and told him he must have some money from him, and since then he had called at his house and received money, - upon making threats against him. .great uproar.) Several persons in the hall said, "Our amendment was carried, the Chairman is partial, and the whole proceedings are a farce." Lord STANHOPE came forward amidst a volley of hisses and groans, and attempted to address the meet ing, but the uproar was so great that his L 3rdship appeared alarmed, and, as all chance of being able to proceed any further with the business of the day ap peared to be at an end, his L )rdship advisel the Chairman to dissolve the meeting before any injury was inflicted on the building or the persons present. The Chairman adopted the suggestion, and a vote of thanks was endeavoured to be moved, but it was a failure ; and the Free-traders succeeded in giving ' " groans, loud, long, and deep ;" and thus ended the meeting. THE WORCESTERSHIRE PROTECTIOIV ME E TIN G. WORCESTER, SATURDAY NIGHT. --- To-day was appointed for a county meeting, to be held at the Shirehall here—a meeting of " owners and occupiers of land, and others interested in the protection .of British industry, to determine upon the propriety of addressing her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and craving her to dissolve the present Parliament." The meeting was held in the Crown Court, at the Shirehall, capable of holding, perhaps, eight hundred persons. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by the lion. W. Coventry, in the absence of the High-Sheriff, J. Dent, Esq., who was prevented by indisposition from attending the meeting. Among the gentlemen present were General the Hon. H. B. Lygon, M.P., R. Spooner, Esq , M.P., J. Best, Esq., M.P., lion. and Rev. Thomas Coventry, lion. and Rev. G. C. C. Talbot, E. Holland, Esq., (Dumbleton, late M.P. for Worcestershire), W. Dent, Esq , (Sudeley Castle), R. Berkeley, Esq., (Spetchley Park), and some two thousand persons—farmers, landlords, tradesmen, and others, including a large body of persons in the outer hall, who could not gain admit tance into the Crown Court, where the meeting was held. The CHAIRMAN opened the business, and read the requisition to the High•Saeriff, which contained about 1,200 names. JAMES TAYLOR, Esq., Moseley-hall, then m oved the following as the first resolution, which advocated the substitution of a system of just protection to domestic industry against unrestricted foreign competition for the present free-trade policy. Mr. Taylor impress( upon the meeting that all that was desired was, tha labour in every department of British industry might be protected, so that every man might be enabled by honest industry to earn sufficient for the maintenance of himself and his family. This position, he believed, could never be attained, unless a just, fair, and equal protection was provided for both the agriculture and the manufactures of this country.—(Loud cheers). T. G. CURTLER, Itsq., vice-chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions, seconded the resolution, and ex pressed his general coincidence in what had fallen from Mr. Taylor. Mr. Curtler was proceeding fur ther to comment on the measures which led to the removal of the duty on foreign corn, when a loud cla mour arose from a body of persons in the outer hall, who called for an adjournment to that place. This clamour was sustained for a considerable time, and it appeared that there were at least a thousand persons in the hall who could not gain admittance to the place of meeting. Mr. W. DENT, brother to the High-Sheriff, ad dressed the meeting in some excitement, and said it was not to be borne that the proceedings should be interrupted by a small body of persons. The uproar continued, however, and after inef fectual attempts, Mr. Curtler formally seconded the resolution, and sat down. From this period all was uproar, and the remaining resolutions were passed in dumb show. An amendment was moved by some person in the gallery, denouncing the attempt to reimpose a bread tax, and declaring that the distress of the farmers was owing to their relation with their landlords, and that it was necessary that t.le people should have complete control over their representatives. The motion (on paper) was flung to the chairman, who said, he was " much oblNed," but no further notice was taken of if. The original resolution was put to the meeting and declared to he carried. J. R. CooxF, E.g., late master of the Worcester shire Hunt, moved the next resolution, which as serted that the fall of prices had deprived the farmer of bt least one-third of his capital. Mr. 11. HUDSON, tenant-farmer, seconded this reso lution, which was also declared to be carried. Rev. j. PEARSON moved the next resolution, to the effect, " That the last general election did not bring to issue the national sentiment on the great question of free4rade." Mr. NO RTON h e re told the witness to state the whole of what took place on the first day he met him and since. , Mr. BEST, M.P. for Kidderminster, rose to second, tf COUNT, the resolution amidst renewed uproar. He coin- LIVERPOOL, JAN. 19.—'. tnencod, " Where ignorance is bliss iris folly to be pasting, and pries : tmd no: wise ;" but the noise “eventrd his proceeding further. s. d. s. d. The lion. and Rev. W. C TALBOT Moved that petitions in arcordanef , with the resolutions adopted, should be presented to Parliament, which was seconded by - F. HOLLAND, &q., a ma,:istr-te. A petition was then adopted, and an address to the Queen also, but from the noise in the court, the chair man gave up any attempt to read either document. A good deal of hesitation followed ; the Protectionist party still appearing to expect that the Free-traders would allow th«.;rn to be hewed. In this v+ ay the two parties kept possesion of the court for perhaps half an hour, when the Chairman declared the meeting to be dissolved; and after further ineffectual attempts on the ptrt of various individuals to make a speech, the people gradually dispersed, and thus ended the great Scotch, " Protectionist demonstration" of Worcestershire. •. 3 o— 3 I MARICETb. , `o -day therf3 is very little ns before. I.AILWAY INTELLIGENCE. s. d. Wheat, per 70lb : Barley, English, pr 1 ° . 6 3to 6 5 imperial quarta• 29 0 to 3 Do. new .. 6 0— 6 3 Irish, Scotch, and 3 4 Irish, new .. .. 5 2 5 8 Mara,per6olb.. 3 n - 3 Do., old ..Barley, 5 6 5 8 Feeding•• 3 Manx, red and wh. 5 6 6 0 Rye, per 4 801 b 22 0 Dautsic, higionixed 7 0 7 5 Beans, Engl,sh, pr 32 ' Do., mixed .. 6 8— 7 0 imperial quartr 31 0 - Rostock .. . 6 8— 6 9 Irish and Scotch, 29 ° n Ilamburgh and per 48019.. .. 26 - 2 5 6 Lower Baltic .. 6 4 6 6 Foreign, duty pd. 25 0 American, white 6 8— 6 9 European, per im- 30 Spanish and Italb•n, perialquarter.. 28 „ red and white.. 6 0 6 6 Peas, English, per 33 ungarian and imperial quartr 32 0 30 H 0 0 Mariaropoll • . 5 6 5 9 Foreign 29 Odessa, I'olish .. 5 8 -- 6 0 Malt, English, per 51 ° Do., common 52 S 6 imperial quartr 50 °—46 ° Do., hard.. .. 46 4 10 Do., Irish .. 40 52 0 , Egyptian . .. 4 3 4 9 Do., brown .. 50 Oats, per 451 b : Flour, English, pr • - - 0 33 0 Engliqt, Scotch, 28019 and Welsh .. 30— 3 I extra Ilne.• 34 0 ._ - ,5 Irish, new, best United States, per 26 mealing . 25 2 61 barrel .. 23 6 6 Do., mid and inf. 24 2 5 Canadian • . 23 0 0 Old •• .. • • 27 - 2 8 Oatmeal, English, A 9 4 halt in corn, per Scotch,pr24ol9 g 3 22 4801 b • • .. 29 6 30 0 Irish, new .. 21 " 21 " Do. Meal, perl96lb 14 o—l 4 6 Do., old . .20 0 1 0 MANCHESTER, JAN. 19 —The greatest inae' ivitY , the est,tinued to p•evail in the flour trade through"toted week, and although no particular anxiety wa s laut""-sus. to force sales, rather loser prices would have %Yea, re (ratted to had buyers come forward. Oatmeal "'into (pained without change. From Ireland the imp coast' Is s ot• Liverpool and Runcorn are only moderate , and cd—the wiie they are exceedingly scanty. From abrOn a itb supplies of w heat and flour are on a liberal scale , b it but limited arrivals of other produce. Our m arket l ets morning was most inanisnive, and where 531 es lel male in either wheat or flour, somewhat lowe r ', 41 6 ° were accepted. The business passing in any ar ticle the however, so eery limited that we repeat n oloinlll quotations f this day se'nnight. • s hist INvitaxiss, JAN. 15.—Wheat, per quarter " 1 , 1 "004; 621 b per bushel, 36s to 40s; new ditto, ditto,, °Os '? 191 old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b perats, bol; pet to 00s ; new ditto, ditto, Oss to 00s ; 421 ,4 9 0 1 bushel, 16s to 17s W. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, second, 13s; barleymeal, I Is Od ; peasenseal, 14s to 005;16,0i per atone, 6d; first flour, per 2801 b, 346 to 365; see" d 'st 0 4 ; 28s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 14Ib imperial, hos to 90 0 second, Is 4d; barleymeal, is 2d; peasemeal, Is 4d; sirs 26 4d cash, 26 8,21 credit; secant's 'ss cash, 2s 3e credit' 0, 44 t toes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4 d to 7d; /e nd is to 6d ; mutton, 4d to 7d; pork, 3d to sd; fowls , each, " o d to 1.4 d; chickens, per pair, 16(1 to 18,1 ; ducks, ea ch li, SP° 00d ; eggs, par dozen, 9d to 10c1; batter, fresh, p er 'n ; o!: eod; salt, 9tl to 10d ; croudie (curds) Od to Od ; f lsh. 9 41 loaf, cash, 5d to 6d, credit, sitd to 6ids coa ls, per e" hav, per stone, 8d to 9d. , bottl e ' bALKEITH, JAN. 17.—The relative weight pe r four dl6ll of the three prices of wheat were 1 8st 41 b , 17st 819, ,4°,101b1 41b. Oats, 13st 21b, I.2st 01b, and lOst 91b. Barley, I s / i t 0 34 15st 111 b, and I4st 01b. Peas and beans, 18st 519, and 17st 131bs. Qrs. Best. Current• X 1 I° 4 371 Wheat ... 0 0 £.l 15 6 0 11 0 1237 Oats 771 Barley 11 Peas and Beans 1 7 0 0 0 0 Average of wheat GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JAN 3 .1 8 7 1 . 14 ' 1 % °° lo Cll 6 ll°l m il market tc-day we were not so largely OPP ri e di seel week; but, notwithstasding„we can quote tin °"" . price. Best ox beef 47s to 491; second 44s to 46,5,,,J. A s bulls, and inferior, 30s to 36s per cwt, sialsiug ° bit ; t ll ,l, sold. The sheep market was la , gely suppli e sew e d quality by no means fine. Best aged sheep , 6 "A detn v f sd; ewes, 4d per lb, sinking offal. Pigs in g °°.' 40i F e with an advance in price. Quotations 323 t° cwt. Calves in good demand, at 56* per Cl'' .101113's DUBLIN, JAN. 18.—There was a more liver-000,„, of home grain to our market this day than for V it , off previous. Picked samples of Irish white F ru &Oro ported the currencies of last day, but all other t i tions were 6d per barrel cheaper. In prim e ! ee ,„ no change; distillers' qualities declined 30 * ,g barrel. Barley, both malting and grinding, I°,orchrt,, heavy sale, and was 6cl per barrel easier V% otai w o Indian corn remains as last noted. Very Il LtLe „;1 in oattneal, and prices are a shade lower. Dttsity:t: been !asely very liberal purchasers of flour , O h 00 4° 0 tinned dull accounts received of the Eng lish pr elB s , give them nu encouragement to add to their 0,b13063 stocks until they are somewhat reduced. W 1 1 ,1 1: 1 1 !" 20s to 235; red ditto, 19e Od to 225; barley, %To to 145 6d; oats (per barrel), 9s 6d to 11s; oatini. cat), 10P Oil to 12s 6d; here, Ss 6d to lls 6 ' f (P e 3 4' corn (per quarter), 26s to 30s; first flour 3o to 14s Od t 16a 6tl ; second ditto (per sack) , Se inferior (per cwt), 9s to Ils 6tl; thirds, 7s "" 0 al l I American (per barrel), 203 to 25 5. 5 4/ CORK, JAN. 18.— DH, arrivals o f foreign, 41,b, ul the receipts of home-grown, are moderate. e a, 0 4 '0 of the latt grain for the week, which elee d to /5 ; 1 0 01 last, amounts to—Wheat, 1,687 brls, at 16 3 1 ~6i_,%itei per barrel; barley, 2,371 brls, at 9s to L ° .„ oats, 5,076 brls, as 83 to 10s ditto. In the tto o o the value of o: ery description of grain is 1ir : 3 ,0 0 0 1 tained, while on wheat and oats a trifling on's° y been established. In prepared Irish wheat weoser little business passing, the terms . obtained 13° . s , ifb t o hag about those of last week. For good foret!'peolol we experience a good demand, and a fair bulif I 'o d l been dune in the article, at abuut 24s per 101'6401P) Odessa. Some sales of grinding barley have b c , F , ol3 „te at los 6d to lOs 9cl per brl. Ma'ting descripti ° "4 l- „s are very scarce, would command is more. T l3 Ol r o i, tions of holders have checked the trade in oath' d chasers being unwilling to comply with tl:o ter ill e bst,t 9 i namely 99 6d per barrel for blacks, the result it %Is of little business has been done in the article. ' ). ,60 0. ,,0 is still neglected, but for prime foreign we g o - s t. experience a brisk demand at the prices 0 ,, k - t rs Coarse descriptions are in good request. T.": A I 0 1 Indian corn is confined to a raiil consul:00;d Poi', Prices are firmly maintained, and may be V° dell Cd] 6d to 61 17s 61 per ton. Irish meal a Ter./ 1 0 0_7, Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d ; 011 1.(15, 6° 0" seconds, Ils to 126 6d ; households 9s to 106 6d; th 7 .sa; l : g t‘t per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to 1096 d; Indianineal74W,37,6d 1001,.4 meal, lOs to 10s 61 per cwt. Indian corn 130 4 to ', 0 350; 1 0:t Bran 3/7s 6d to3/103per ton. Hay—Farmers 25 4 ' 0 ,.. (1 00 ,,,tr i 325; dealers 30s to dOs Od; average 35s per ton 3 2s to or s , 18s Od to 30s Od ; average 24s ; dealers 3 , 21 6tl ° esti average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten 't o ot, e t ) household loaf 5d to sild per 41b. Fresh 10d per lb Eggs-5s 8d to 5s 10d per 12°°"rjleist s sr Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 155; 00. .O Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to ,slOO. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 941 per imperial, .IP - 01 p „..1 —Beef 3id to sd; mutton 3d to 5 ", o sag 0 510 0 10 0c1; pork 3id to 4d; bacon 6d to Till ; ; - ficl i° Er r lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates ts ol , ,t 4s ; ton. Bark—Barbary 7i 5s to 8/56; Valonia Vow 715 a ; English 0l per ton. Fleece Wool lOsto its tol l / Hemp 32/ tobo/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herringsn. to 1 . 4 ditto 24s to 26s per barrel; Newfoundland 9; it q uili t ;,' ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton; deals, t rs 4 1 3 , t tie_ a s second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Mark 7 0 , 4 011 salted 13s to 206 per cwt ; calf skins A" isl; Potatoes, white Bcl to 9d ; Minions Peruvian, 111 10s; Icbaboe, 9/ per ton; 193 per barrel. the I lld BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JuNc rioN. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of the above railway was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Menek't Ferry Hotel, Birkenhead, for the purpose of authorising the direction to raise money on loan. Me. Bancroft, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said the object of borrowing the money was to ease the shareholders of calls. The financial position of the undertaking he explained the following manner :—The entire bond debt of the Chester and Birkenhead line amounted to 138,53 ii/. 15s. ; in addition to this there were two mortgages in respect of landed property, amounting to 15,500/. ; while the assets consisted of 96,0001., to be called up upon the 221. shares, and a quantity of land situated in Birkenhead and elsewhere, which was not required for the purposes of the railway ; and it was proposed with these resources to reduce the debt of the Chester and Birkenhead line to 31,0001., leaving that to tie provided for out of the capital of the united company. It should be mentioned, however, that the valuation of the land had been estimated at 1848 prices, which had of late been considerably enhanced. With regard to the Cheshire Junction extension, the liabilities amounted to the sum of 463,130/., which was. made up in this way :—Amount yet to be paid Mr. Brassey, the contractor, 219,894/.; for permanent way, 26,888/. ; for land, 43,000/. ; station, crossings, &e., 10,000/. • land, for other purposes than the line, 63,722/. This, together with interest payable on the Chester and Birkenhead share, made up the total he had already mentioned, namely, 463,130/. Now it was proposed to raise 246,000/. of this sum by calls to be made to-day, and 200,0001. by loan. The re solution, therefore, he had to move was—" That the directors be authorised to raise a sum on mortgage or land, not exceeding in the whole 200,0001." It should be understood that Mr. Brassey, the contractor, had consented to take the company's bonds: for 100,0001, while the directors anticipated no difficulty in obtain ing the other 100,000/., as money was exceedingly plentiful in the market. It was not intended to pay the interest on the loans out of the funds of the com pany, but it was proposed to call up the full amount of calls yet remaining unpaid on all the shares, so as to place them on an equality with the 31/. shares, and those proprietors who did not comply with the call would have to contribute pro rata the interest out of their dividends. Mr. Wm. JACKSON, M.P., had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. It was only an act ofjustice that those who did not pay their calls should contri bute the interest of the money that was borrowed for their own accommodation. Mr. HARRISON—Am I to understand that the 246,000/. to be called to-day must be paid up irre spective of the loan ? The CHAlRMAN—Certainly. Mr. Hartarsoe—And the balance is to be provided for by loan if the shareholders reject the option of making it up in calls. Of course, therefore, a differ ence will be made between the shareholder who pays his call and the one who does not. The CHAIRMAN—A circular 'will be sent to each shareholder, giving him the option of paying the call upon his shares or borrowing it at interest. If he adopt the latter alternative he must pay the interest of course. A PROPRIETOR Suppose a shareholder neither pays his call nor interest ? The CHAIRMAN—Then we shall have to forfeit his shares. Mr. Rummiris understood the proposal in this way : the dividend would be declared on 311., and the amount of interest would be deducted from that dividend. If, therefore, the profits of the line only yielded 2f per cent., and the shareholder hid to pay 5 per cent. for the loan, it would be an inducement for him to pay the call. The CHAIRMAN said, no doubt. A PROPRIETOR asked if the Chairman had been speaking of calls in arrear as well as calls to be made? The CHAIRMAN had been speaking of both ; it was calculated that 25,000 shareholders were likely to . pay up; if they did, very likely the directors would not re quire the whole 31/. Mr. JACKSON—In the event of your calling up the 31/. on the 27/. 10e. shares, it will give sufficient to complete the works, but not to clear off the liabilities. The CHAIRMAN—I have already stated that the amount required is 463,130/. If 25,000 share holders pay up, it will realise a sum of 475,940/. ; that will be more than sufficient to meet the estimate, but in that case there will still be the Chester and Birkenhead left of 138,000/. Mr. JACKSON—It appears, then, that there will still be a deficit of 138,0001. The CHAlRMAN—Assuming the 25,000 pay ; but our assumption is that only 20,000 shares will pay ; still that will be more than sufficient to meet all the pressing liabilities of the company. The resolution was ultimately put and carried.' The CHAIRMAN then entered into an explanation of the dispute which had arisen between this company and the Shrewsbury and Chester and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Companies. The two latter companies had been anxious to make an arrangement with this company for using the Chester and Birkenhead line at a mileage rate, but as the arrangement was only to extend to through traffic from Birmingham to Birkenhead, th e company rejected it. The Chester and Birkenhead line had cost three times the amount per mile of the other two, and if they or the London and North- Western Company were anxious to use it for com peting purposes, they must he prepared to pay for it handsomely. The Chester and Birkenhead line was in so secure a position that it could afford to be inde pendent in the matter. In consequence, however, of the directors refusing to accept the proposal he bad mentioned, the Shrewsbury and Chester Company, for the last ten weeks, had been running omnibuses be tween Chester and Birkenhead, in opposition to this line ; but the opposition had- done them little or no harm, for, by a comparison with the corresponding weeks of last year, it would be seen that while the receipts of the Shrewsbury and Chester line had in creased only seven per cent., those of the Chester and Birkenhead had increased nine per cent. He understood that the opposition was to cease on Mon day, the 21st inst., and that this company would be working upon amicable terms with the other two companies. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting, which was very numerously attended, broke up. sad 1 1' TRING, READING, AND BasiNGsToo,,iehara,-0 —On Saturday tn,t Master in Chancel roalLo" teq j cided in favour of the claim of the offi c , i6 ,: be P the estate ou behalf of the shareho'd / orih„ o 6 ‘,,ir of the sum of 6,3001., advanced by the ' a lt.- ,,i(lP d cs investment of e company, to Messre. O°, % t Ai stockbrokers, and who undertook tell it-fittoer, cent. interest, an engagetnent they h n 4 ;,"„aolt l ; ~,' Daniel appeared as C ,unsel for the obal t i l lot' e str i l Mr. Follies for Mes)rs. Cox and SOB O r d It_ h ef' ° n ature 009 tending, in a speech of some two hour? , bet action was one of a purely priva . ,e directors and his clients, witi that, c'n',4 6e r ,s tid w w ere not liable to the company. Tbe by t ir e to' ivy order for the payment of the y. tuoiieY, liberty appeal to the Court of t)"" ce tb e , bi;l should the order be confirmed, it will htgi,t'l ren g iS increasing the dividend of 10s. alreacil t l 4- 0 ' 1 0 per share, out of the deposit of five gulp raid by the shareholders. f• VI/ REMARKABLE CASE OF LO NGg - :00 311 % moment there exists at Strasburg b w 0 . : 3 C f Barbe E--, a native of Wurzburg , w bc :ate lli o d i the first of January, 1749, and has consssf ; 0 ra " 'Ol l her 1021 year. She married at th e e g e A came a widow at 59. She is the gr" l3 s lilt r id children, and great grandmother I f enjoys robust health, reads without oPec -- d 0 111 1 .0 1 genes all her intellectual fsculfei. e ffect [AnvartaisEmENT.]—Rheumatign ePe th e r e crd by Holloway's Pills.—A sergeant of one, ° he t. . 0 f l 'o r a ntd doing garrison duty in Hobart-town bau j e s martyr to rheumatism. He was nder leastthe ' ° 01" 0 ) regimental surgeons, but deriving not the t V their i treatment, in despair he had recoutle.,ol.o? Plls, and as by a miracle this invaluable roed i l l OP! sole means of perfectly curing him , and be 0- 1 tfr' 161; of health. For obvious reason s, oatn ti r ell . ol b ''fr and t the regiment are withheld, but Major -1:0C111 own, will vouch for the accuracy of this sloe' all Vendors of Medicines, and at Professor blishment, 244, Strand, Loudon. DIRECT MANCHESTER, LEEDS, AND YORK RAIL WAY. —The winding-up of this company's affairs came on on Saturday bef ire the Mast 'r in Chancery Brougham, at his court, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, on the petition of Mr. H. Dawson, barrister, who stated that the company was project 3d with a capital of 800,0001 in 40,000 shares of 201. each, and that shares acre allotted, but in consequence of the panic few de posits were paid. Mr. H. Harris, on behalf of several contribut tries, opposed proceeding with the matter alto gether, and the Master decide I on adjourning the ques tion for three months, to give the parties time for consider ing whether they should not petition the Court to rescind the order for winding-up, since ho was of opinion that it was a case in which no order for the purpose was neces sary. He had been given to understand that the liabili ties had been paid off, and applications of the kind could not be countenanced by the Court. SEVEN FISHING SMCKS AND T HIRT Y-SEVEN FISHERMEN LOST. —We ha A ve to record a calamity of a most afflicting nature involving, it is feared, a loss of life unequalled for many years by any event in connexion with this port. Seven fine fishingmacks, whose crews numbered in the aggregate thirty-seven men and boys, which left Hull prior to Christmas-day, in 1849. and which should have returned a fortnight ego, have not since been heard of. It is supposed that the vessels perished during the gales of the 27th and Mb Decem ber. Various causes of this fearful loss of life and pro perty are stated, but the most probable is that they f aindered on the Lemon-oar Sand, in consequence of the floating-light drifting from her moorings. The top toast of one (the Msry) was picked up off Lowestoft, anti brought into Hull on Friday last. It will be seen that a public meeting is called to consider the best way of providing the thirteen widows and twenty-five chil dren, rendered lathed- ss by this appalling calamity, with such relief as their afflicted case may require. Surely the benevolence of Hull will be equal to the occasion.— Ad,ertiser. A Goon OLD AGE —There is now living at Nort •n, near this city, an old wotea, , , named Ann Finch, woo Las very nearly attt tied the age of 108 ). ears. the is blind, almost deaf, and has been bedi-idd. n for the last few months. but she will eats 11, end drinks a quantity Of cider each d iy. Ann Burrow, her eldest daughter, who is living at Croome d'Abitot, and rt-git , larly attends Worcester market, is 69 years of age. — Worcester Herald. E Grey, Secretary for the Colonies, has removed from his mansion in Belgrave-square to his new resi dence on Carlton-house-terrace, lately in the occupation of the Right Lion. W. E. Gladstone. O le' f i BIRTHS. L .tb a . 0 1 At East-lodge, Needwood, on the 16th 1115— r Mosley , Esq., of a son. fCo 1 )1 . On the 16th inst., at Hampstead, the Wi fe 01 v. t li° jun., Esq., of a daughter. %le o f On the 16th illinnis.Ba,mtefL:ffs.touns.-hill, Bor f ot:::: ill to, of OnB.. Brown,J. el7thsatdapuegthetre,or: neor d, tA'' he E On the 18th snt Prior,ts o i en Esq., s f A q tlh i inst.,E ut s e q. n t .' a , ' a of fr hire. I I. 141 11 A E R . R D 17 13 D. 9' 0 in, v lie 0 ° 1/ 14 el . d O e house, Devizes, to Anne t Cholse , the lbe e ' et te Aitig Arnould, Esq., 61. D ,of White Cuss, Derlscorl 4 t , -C Elizabetho lo nel Y O l i v g i e a r r , d o c 3 o l o lo . , - - 0.4 4 ,,, ,, cdo o __ On the 16th inst., at . Aberford, Fredericl‘eo Jefsted Esq., grandson of the first Lord Ashteive, 'f th e le . Gascoigne, eldest daughter and co-heiress ° d C °t d i: Gascoigne, Esq ,of Parlingten, st orksbire, $/i t o°,,b /I li ' Ireland. Collins,uO , i , ith w he 17th i o n f st L . ,(,yattono,akEhsasemx,, F o r e i c k l e n r i i li c. e l :' o ° o ll3 f esdi° fotf ne 'e.Y , Esq., of the former place. ~ 9 414 DIED ruvt4oo ,K9:j On the :',th inst., at Carron, Jose_P h ~'"- ..,Ate,,„Y years manager of the Carron Iron IN or.= - • , Pwcre - 0 Ma O r. n v tAblem,lr4etihictinosit.t,heatlaNteotGtit.taibtoelseyP_lteq-' °I. oc td '-' 8 E " ~ re 9 1 end-house, Betio, aged 83. ~,,, i rtt•e' s t ii,,,i f At Somers-town, on the 15th inst., lun r ." ,be' i' late P. Whannell, Esq., aged 91. 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