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

- t , , 4 . at tort TAT TERSA EVENING. Six o'cLocK. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 apt Rat-trap 15 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne 30 to 1 agst Agitation 30 to 1 agst Farnham 30 to 1 agst Rory be aisy 50 to 1 agst Tipperary Boy 50 to 1 agst Bayonet NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STASES. 20 to 1 agst Harriott 20 to 1 agst Velox 25 to 1 agst Little Jack METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 25 to 1 agst Black Eagle 25 to 1 apt Retail 25 to 1 agst Sn Arstorm 25 to 1 agst Sir Gilbert CHESTER COP. 20 to 1 agst Glauea. 20 to 1 apt Miss Ann 24) to 1 agst Fogleman 25 to 1 asst Peep o'-Day Boy 25 to 1 agst Whim colt 33 to 1 agst The Flt,a 40 t 1 agst llarriott—takea 40 to 1 agst Chantrey 66 to 1 agst Grief 66 to 1 agst Van Dieman 100 to 1 egit Waram DERBY. 9 to 1 agst B9linghruke 9 to 1 asst Ghillie CAlluin II t,) 1 apt Knight of Avenel M FETING OF T 1-IB ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 0.1 Siturclay an unusually numerous meeting of the members o the Royal Asiatic Society was held at :heir routes, in New Burlington-street, for the purp3se of receiving a promised communication re la,iag to the inscriptions recently discovered at . - Ninlvh and its neighbourhcorl from Major Rawlin sun, who bas recently returned fr:;rn exploring these inferestirg ruins. The E::rlef Ellesmere presided on the occasion ; and among the members present were Sir R. U. Inglis, M.P., Sir Geurge Staunton ] M.P., Sir G. T. Colebrook', IJ.P., The SECRZTARY read a communication from the private secretary of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in answer to a request addressed to his Royal iiii4ht4. , f.s that be would take the chair on this occl ',ion, stating that hin Royal Highness deeply regretted thil various important enzge=nts would prevent his b3ing present to hear the communication respect leg these inscriptions, in the deciphering of which he took the deepest interest. CH AIRMAN then called upon Major Rayilinson fur en, corn,ounication he promised the society, aud at the same time took occasion to congratulate society On the safe arrival of their gallant associai:e his arduous inyours in another and an ungenial climate. R k.WLINSON began by assuming that every • preeeet was acquainted with the voluable work of Major Liyard on this subject, and there-fire he woalo not attempt to describe the remains which ha been discovered in Assyria, but would refer for such infjr:nation t.) Mr. Layard's hook. Tee greater nuirlesr of the inscriptions, he remarked, were geuerany. supposed to have been found at Nineveh but the correct modern name of the place was _Nimrod. And though it was in all probability one of the group of the cities to which Jonah was sent, vet it had no claim to he considered Nineveh itself— its ancient name, as denoted on the inscriptions, was Khala, or Sala, and was probably the Calneh 'nee tiened in the 10th chapter of GE•re sis. Tee real and prlncipel Nineveh he cobjectured to have stood on the size now occupied by teat huge mound, on the opposite side of the Tigris front Mosul, on the top • which wO3 the pretended tomb of the prophet Jonah- That mound 'else held so secred by the Turks that they would not allow Europeans to excavate it, but he did not believe Major Layard would leave the country without bringing away some of the in scrip!..ions it contained. There were two other towns Li the neighbourhood whose modern names were Khor sahar and Konyiejuk ; and these twee towns he believed were the two chief cities of the kingdom of Nineveh. The early history of that country was buried in the deepest olocurity. Even if they should be tibia to alt cipher all the inscriptions, still these would give little insight into the chronology of the period unless they couid lay hold of some event which touched upon the history of other countries. They hod already ob tained some valuable notices of the reigns of six monarchs in succession, bat any one mat see that th it was but a short way towards a connected history of the nine centuries to which the Aesyrian E•npre ex:ended. Of the six monarchs he had mentioned, there wan little to mark the era of their reigns; bat, after lasing- engaged in the examination of the question fir many years, the coevictien had been lerced upon hint that the date tf the build ing of the north-west palace of Khala or Nimrud, on which palace the inscriptions re lating to these monarchs had been found, was nearly coeval with the extinction of the 18th dynasty of .Egypt, and the first establishment of the Jews in Palestine. The earliest cuneiform descriptions which be had been able to decipher, related to a king whose pame he read as Sordanapalus, not the voluptuary with whose name they were so familiar, but a monarch much anterior, the builder of the north- west palace ; but it did not, therefore, fallow that he was the first king or the builder of the city, for several other names of monarchs are incidentally mentioned, and his own father and grandfather are always spoken of as liogs. He might mention here that a great difficulty was thrown in way of identifying a monarch referred to in different inscriptions, or in dif ferent parts of the same inscription, from the fact that the names were not marked by any definite phonetic sound, but rather by the sense, so that synonymes were employed to any extent. The inscription to which he had referred began, " This is the Palace of Sarianapalus, the humble worshipper of Assarach." There could be no doubt that this Assarach was the Nisroch reentionad in Scripture, in whose temple Sennacherib was slain. He was moat probably the deified father of the tribe, the Assur of the Bible. Tula Assarech was styled in all the inscriptions as the King, the Father, and the ruler of the gods, thus answering to the G - eek god Chronos, or Sisurn, in their Aesyrio-Hellenic mythology. The inscription then went on to record the extent of the dornieions of King S trdanaaalu-7, from which it appeared that Pisoenicia was not at that time subject to his sway ; but another inscription stated, that after passing . the Great Desert he received tribute from the Kings of Tyre and Sidon and Accsia on the sea coast. There was another inscription giving an account of various wars, but in so mutilated a condition that it was impossible to make out a connected narrative. He therefore passed on to another inscription, giving an account of the reign of Tummum Bahr, the son of Sardanapulus. This irocription was complete, and it gave an account of an active and restless Monarch, who during a period of more than thirty years carried on his wars and conquests on every side, quelling rebellious, plunder ing cities—leading princes into captivity, and slaugh teting thousand s i n b a ttle. T h ese expeditions were invariably headed by the King himself, till towards the thirtieth year of his reign, when, sated with glory and probably worn out with action, he remained at home and sent his armies to rob, plunder, and slay under the comma n d o f hi s li eutenant. T he w h o l e of this long and deeply interesting inscription, which gave much curious informati on respecting the early tribes then inhabiting th ese countr i es, as read by Major Rawlinson, supplied a continuous and s i ngu l a rly coherent narrative, in which there were only two checks of any consequence —one was where • the events of the third and fourth years of the Mo narch's reign were hopelessly mixed up together, and which M jor liawlinson said he could only account for by supposing that the workmen employed to make the inscription had inadvertently left out a line; and the other was where towards the end of his reign the events, of a campaign begun by the lieutenant were ascribed to the King, and which is probably to be ascribed to the vanity of the Monarch or the flattery of the scribe. It was further mentioned that the events of one of the early campaigns, productive of more then ordinary treasure, were commemorated in • more detail in an inscription on a colossal bull which had been found among the ruins, and which Major Raw- Inuson also read. Abo ve th e i nscription were several epigraphs illustrati ve o f t h e tribute received from different countries He could not attempt to decipher all the articles apparently enumerated, but among thetn were gold and Silver, hor ses and camel:, which were termed "beasts of the desert, w ith doublebacks." There were also mutilated inscriptions relating to the 500 and grandson of this Monarch; but after them it appeared that from domestic trouble s an d f ore i gn con quests there was an interruption to thi s d ynasty ; and when events could be again deciphered th roug h the in - seriptione, there appeared to be such a great change in the manners and customs of the people, th a t M r. Layard had thought a new race had come to i n h a bit th e lend. lie (Major Rawlinson) was not of that op i n i o n , . though he was satisfied a great r change mus t have oC-- curoed among the people. There had been an inter s restnum, and possibly another branch of the family ca •ne •er werde to the throne, but the later inscriptions ail ass, ved the then reigning inenarchs to be of the ife mily of Sardanspalus. One curious tact apparent from the later inscriptions was, that a strong Celtic element had been infused into the west of Asia, fur the Cymri were referred to in almost every inscription. lie could not venture, however, to go into the inscriptions at that meeting, but, if the society wished it, he should be happy to continue the reading of them at another meeting of the society.—(Loud applause.) The gallant officer concluded by reading a note he had recently received from Major Layard, giving an account of some further interesting discoveries he had made at Nimrud. In answer to a question, Major RAWLINSON said that undoubtedly the language was cf a bona fide Semitic character, closely allied to the Hebrew and Chaldee in the pronouns and prenominal affixes, but otherwise more allied to the African language, and he had a strong impression that what was called the Semitic language would be found to have come from Africa. The Earl of ELLESMERE then conveyed to Major Rawlinson the thanks of the meeting for his deeply interesting communication, the gratification with which they had all heard the extraordinarily perspi cuous result of his labours in the East, and expressed a hope that he would continue his expositions at a future meeting of the society. The meeting then separated. BALLOONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—Seeing in your last evening's journal a letter from a correspondent, who signs his communication " Nauticus," in relation to conveying intelligence by means of "balloons," I beg to obrarve that some years since I tried the experiment of substituting calico for silk in the making of aerostatic machines on a small scale, intending, if the experiment had justified such a conclusion, to have built a large balloon of 30,000 feet capacity, using the material of your correspondent's suggestion, instead cf the much more expensive article of silk—hut Byron says, "experience is the chief philosopher"—and the result of that experience was the fist that there is as much superiority on the side of the silk as there is difference in price between the two materials, the nature cf the fibre constituting the calico, however tough and wiry in wear previous to varnishing, is apt to become brittle and crack at the least expo sure to atmospheric air soon after it is varnished ; - the well known difference between animal and vegetable substances may and does in a great measure account for this. Then again all calicoes and linens are subject more or less to a sort of dressing i❑ the manufActure—one object is, and that the greatest, to induce the buyers of the article to believe they have got a stout article for their money—" a great bar gain " of course—while, in reality, the preparation used in the manufacture has a deteriorating tendency in regard to wear, so in the same respect with silk of all descriptions, down to the narrowest riband. Science is ransacked and exhausted in order to produce an article that shall sell with the public, in the depraved view and intense desire to "buy bargains," which i❑ tie long run, by the bye, are no bargains at all. I do not blame the manufacturers so much for this—their customers are continually harping and cxrping fey the low-priced commodities, and this is now prevalent from the most respectable establishments dawn what our facetious friend Punch terms "Nebuchad nezzar Long Noses and Son." To return to the gar ment of silk, it is a well .known fact that every pound sent out f:•ocn the manufacturer to the re tailer contains from four to five ounces of gum ar.d drug, such an article handles like substance in the hands of the buyer ; deprived of its dressing such a substance becomes a shadow. In the early- drys a,rostation Mr. Sadler, who may be termed the father of the English aeronauts (that highly ac tornpliAled gentleman first ascended at Oxford, in the year 1784), built h's first balloon with silk as made for general use, and ev‘.,ar in that day deception was at work to produce an artificial substance. Mr. S. soon concluded in his own mind that the next balloon he built should be of silk free from all this injurious and super flous weight of gum and drug ; his keen perception saw that a chemical action was produced between the latter and the sulphur, carbon, ammonia, and other impurities, which (let the purifying pro cess be as carefully attended to as possible, an aero naut is sure to get a portion of) produces a sort of antagonist warliae, and inevitably ends in the annihi lation of all the strength in the material the balloon is composed of. Aeronauts, by paving an extra. price, get a silk made free from the deleterious ingredients above alluded to. There is a small portion of the pubic, amongst whom are our friends the lynx-eyed Quakers, who pre fer paying an additional price in order to possess what in the trade is termed "natu ral sof ," i. e , the silk free from "G. and D.," and there this small portion of the public display superior wisdom, inasmuch as they realise the sayings of olden days, so little thought of now, that the best is cheapest in the end and this carries me back to your correspondent "Nauticus," who I do hope will take these observations all in good part, for in the strictest sense of that interpretation they are intended ; still theory is one thing and prac tice another. I know many nautical gentlemen in different parts of the country who amuse themselves wi:h experimental small paper balloons, some of wham hare said to me, " Why dt,n't you use calico or linen fJr Tour balloon ?—it is much cheaper." There it is —tile case lies in a nutshTll; in the absence of prac i • tical experience those gentlemen imagine calico or linen would answer the purpose ; but, on the uther hand, practical experience gives an unanswerable denial to their views Your correspondent suppose , the calico balloon would stand some good thumps and humps on the icebergs—indeed but little, very little, of that; the chances are that the first time the young lady embraced the cold rough lips of Master John Iceberg—touse an old aeronautical phrase—she would go to ribands, and there would be an end of the attachment that might have existed between the gaseous lady (all balloons have the term " she" applied to them, similar to a ship), and the cold, unfeeling brute that now binds the gallant Sir J. Franklin in his ice-bound arms. I assuredly think that the honour of the navy—the honour of all nautical means, and last, not least, the honour of the country is at stake till the where abouts of the missing expedition be found, and that efforts unremitting and energetically applied should be persevered in. Any little aid that the science aeronautical can render may certainly be adopted, but that is candidly speaking a very slender thread to hang any hopes or expectations to, for this reason— all balloons, as soon as they are launched, are liable to the fluctuations and vicissitudes of expansion arid condensation—the former is not only produced by heat, it is often instantaneously caused by diminished pressure. In such cases the balloon is rent to atoms and its fragments fall to the ground.* In condensa tion they are deprived of their power, and of course descend. I am far from undervaluing what those small balloons might do in the cause, but for reasons above stated I am equally far from placing much de pendence on them as an auxiliary aid. As to an aeronaut going out with the two vessels that started list week—the aeronaut, his balloon, together with the apparatus necessary for generating gas, all would be an encumbrance. Such a proposition is perfectly preposterous and visionary. 'Why ? First, because there is very little summer in the Arctic regions ; then all chemists know that the acid sulphuric—the very life and soul c f the generating process of hydro gen gas-making—is freezing in England now in sheltered situations—there would be an utter im possibility of generating gas in the Arctic re gions, unless the whole apparatus was sur rounded by a large and powerful fire, and if only a leakage sufficient to pass through a tobacco-pipe made its escape and came in contact with the surrounding fire, an explosion that would hurl the balloon, appa ratus, and all superintending it into the air would ensue. We may be told leakages are to be stopped, but you first have to find them, and before that could be done a catastrophe occurs. In all my experience through the east, north, west, and south of England, I have not met a coal-gas engineer that would say his works are entirely free from leakage, nor one absurd enough to offer to surround his gasholder with a fire ; true, you may insert a pipe small or large and burn the gasholder empty, but allow a promiscuous escape where a flame or red heat exists, and the disastrous consequences are soon manifest ; or why do we have gas explosions among consumers in London or other places ? Hydrogen is known to be fir more subtle than coal-gas, and its tendency to escape greater. To generate hydrogen in the centre of a fire would be the act of a foolhardy mountebank, anel without fire it could not be obtained at all ; the water, by the de composition of which the gas is obtained, is solid, and still accumulating ice, and is no sooner reduced to a liquid than it is ice again. In short, difficulties would be encountered at every step, and the attempt rendered insurmountable. A. very short survey of these facts—presenting themselves to my mind in succession induced me to give a reply—a reply that I shall never regret—to a letter hearing an official exterior, of, or rather containing, six in terrogatories. This lett er reached m e at Bedford in Ascentthee hartlyis so psaerntcnf November, shortly after my last from the above town—the first ac count cf which, Sir, appeared in the columns of your widely and extensively circulated journal. I presume that the peculiar situation in which I was placed on the occasion of that ascent led to me being honoured with the questions aforesaid. Suffice it to say that I wrote back then what I mean now—that any attempt to inflate a balloon on a large scale in the Arctic re gions would be a visionary deluiior. I say on a large scale, because I suggested that on a small scale_ hydrogen to obtain lifting power for light varnished piper balloons could be generated from a portable apparatus in the steerage of a ship, and by means of a flexible hose conveyed to the balloon on deck under awning, to carry out the experiment. This, I believe, will be done. I wish it every success, though, for the reasons ebove statsd, I should not be surprised to hear that it aveileti nothing in the I ands of Mr. Shepherd, who tried the first experiment—it was in the hands of a scientific * This of course refers to small balloons incapable of carrying an aeronaut to superintend them. THE SUN, LONDON, gentleman who doubtless would make those sugges tions to the officers commanding the expedition that would enable them to accomplish all which could be accomplished. Should your corres pondent " Nauticus " wish for any information in trying aeronautic experiments, if he will drop a line to me, in care of Mr. Wieland, mathemati cian, near Manor-place, Walworth, I shall be extremely happy to afford him any information that it may be in my power to give Young associations and old recol lections make the nautical service of my country, one whose honour and welfare I must ever desire, and the loss of one friend and relation in that service, near and dear to me, invests its name with a hallowed re verence. Cut off in his young and blooming dap, he realised the lines of the imperishable Byron : " Those whom the Gods love die young, was said of yore, And many deaths do they elcape by this, The death of friends, and that which slays even more, The death of friendship—love, youth, all that is Except mere breath; and since the silent shore, Aw:its at last even those who longest miss The old archer's shafts, Terhaps tl,e early grave, Which men weep over, may be meant to save." Apologising for the length of this intrusion on your ;pace, I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, RICHARD GYPSON, Aeronaut. Jan. 15, 1850. SERVICES OF BREVET-MAJOR MACKAY. (From the British Army - Despatch, 4th Jan., 1850.) We would he remiss in our duty were we not to direct particular atention to the subjoined services of Brevet-Major Mackay, of the 21st Fusiliers, who, after a full-pay service of forty-one yearr, is still but a captain and brevet-major in the army. A harder ccse, or one requiring more immediate redress, has never come under our notice ; and we hope and trust the authorities will give this officer a rank which his length cf service so imperatively calls for, and justice at once requires to be conceded to Linn To render it one of greater harthhip, Major Mackay was thirty years a subaltern, though he purchased his first :And second lieutenancy. He has been upwards of 17 years a captain, of which he has been for the last six years the senior in the regiment. He was 26 years on foreign service, in the four quarters of the globe. He was for five years a prisoner of war in France, having bad to surrender to a superior force in Calabria, in June, 1809, on which occasion his commander, Ciptain Donald Mackay, was desperately wounded, d his own captain (Hunter) killed. Dis heartened by the manner in which he has been treated% by the legitimate service he depended on for promotion, he has no alternative but to exhibit, through the press, his unparelleled case of hardship, after long and arduous services. A friend of Major Nlackay's naturally indignant at the treatment he has received, writes to us :—" I leave it to your su perior advocacy to bring it forward in whichever way you deem advisable, and I am sure you will at once convince the public of this unheard-of case of injustice. I even question whether there is a sit-nilar instance in the British army ; and I would add, that in looking ever " Hart's Army List," I can find but two exceptions to Major Mackay (Li: - nitenant-Colotel Dennii, 3d Foot, and Lieutenant-Colonel Despard, 99th Foot, both effective Lieutenant-Colonels) in the whole of the field officers of the line, whose commis sions bear date antecedent to his ; and the services cf hie late father, Captain Robert Mackay, who served with distinction for thirty-five years in the same regiment, be borne in mind, as giving Brevet- Major Maekay an additional claim to the notice of his Grace the Commander-in-Chief." Brevet-Major AI ickay entered the army as second. lieutenant, by purchase, in the 21st Fusiliers, on the 24th July, 1802 ; reduced at the peace c f Amiens in the same year; re-entered the 21it Fueiliers as second lieutenant cn the 16th October, 1805, without paying the difference; was promoted as first-lieutenant, by purchase, on the 30th June, 1808. He proceeded with his regiment to Egypt, May 17, 1807, under the command of Major-G-neral Mackenzie Fraser, and returned with the army to Sicily, September 28th following; and from June 19, 1809, to July 14, 1814, was a prisoner of war in France. He obtained his company, by purchase, in May, 1815. Ia August, 1815, his company was cancelled through family circumstances, but he was allowed to retain his original position of lieutenant in the regiment, ar,d served in America, the Netherlands, France, and Jamaica with the 33d Regiment ; and from October 23, 1833, to 12th March, 1840, in Van Diemen'. Lend with the 21st Fusiliers. He went on half pay in 1819 on account cf bad health, but returned to full pay, as lieutenant, 33d R-giment, in Oc tober, 1821, repaying the difference. He was pro :noted to an unattached company July 27th, 1832, without purchase ; removed to full pay in the 33 i Itegiment August 10th, 1832; and exchanged to his old regiment January 18th, 1833. He previously volun teered, when on leave, to accompany a draft under Major Alexander James Ross, and embarked for the United States of America to join the Ist battalion, and commanded Captain Conran's (killed in action) come play at the attack on the American lines before New Orient a, January Bth, 1815, and served subsequent].) with the army in France. Major Mackay ther served from June sth, 1840, to February 18'h, 1847, in the Bengal and Madras Presidencies, and oi. November 9th, 1846, was promoted as brevet-major. We feel confident that the above enumeration 01 Brevet-Major Mackay's services will speak more elo quently iu his behalf, and plead his cause far more tfrectually, than all the words we could pen upon a case of such unparalleled neglect, and cold and withering injustice. In contrast to the neglect of Major Mackay, we take the following announcements from Gazettes immediately preceding :—" Brevet-Major Hamerton is brought in. from half-pay to full, in the 9th Foot, and allowed to sell his commissions ;" but re-ap pears at the bottom of the same Gazette as lieu tenant-colonel by brevet. A still more glaring case of favouritism is the following :—" The Hon. Captain Cust, from half-pay, 3d Dragoon Guards, is brought into full pay as Captain into the 22d Foot," sells his commissions, and at the bottom of the very same Gazette he appears, first as " major by brevet," and then as " lieutenant-colonel by brevet." This is promotion with most comfortable rapidity indeed ! RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCIIANGE,—The market was firm to-day, and no alteration in prices. LIVERFOOL, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very firm to day, and prices had an upward tendency. The transactions were as follow : East Lancashire, 12!/ x —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Conscl. Fifths, 7 dis. —Ditto, 321. Shares, 9 dis.— Lond,n and North-Western, 116 1 ,i—Ditto, New Quarters, 13,; p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 16s. 3d. p.— Midland, 45 Ditto, Halves, 2233, dis.—Ditto (Erewash Valley), CO% South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6 3 A—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, dis. MANCHESTER, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—East Lancashire, 12'4—Ditto, Preference, 7%--- Leeds, Fifths, 7 1 A dis. Preston and Wyre, 42—London Stock, 1164—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), p.—Sheffield (No. 1), 9—Ditto, Preference, 8 9.16 North Staffordshire, 9 11-16 dis. —Dover (No. 4), 6 3 %. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 19. STOCK EICHANGE.—There was little business done to (lay, but prices were much the same tt§ last quotations. Midland, Birminghan, and Bristol, 6 per cent., were done at 125 ex in. YORK, JA 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, ',4— Grea t Norhern, 61 . 18s.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 10%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE..- The transactions to-day were as follow :—Chester and Holyhead, Preference, 64 per cent. 94.—Edinburgh, Perth, and .Dundee 6 —Newcastle and Carlisle, 86% —Ditto , Scrip, 26% — North British, Third., 3%—Ditto, Preference, 5 1 4—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 174. GLASGOW, JAN. 18. Stock EICTIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 51—Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 6A—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 4 . 1.5. 6d. ST. HELEN'S SAVINGS' BANS. The total amount of defalcation, speaking from data which have been col lccted is about 10,000/., or rather, we should say, that sum will char it, and it is believed Mr. Johnson and his brother have sufficient property to cover it. The amount of the bank liabilities has been represented as 13,0001. ; it is supposed they should be 23,000/. Though the trustees have not got them, there can bo no doubt that the fraud was carried on by means of duplicate books, and Mr. Johnson appears to have regularly entered and paid 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 expose. This, however, be effected by merely taking sufficient from some other account, or, in Commons phraseology, " robbing Peter to pay Pau)." Of course the sub actuary, his brother, who kept the books, was cognizant of all thie, as he admits, and actually effected the transfer; but he denies that ho got any pecuniary benefit. It is but justice to state that both brothers have m ide over the whole t f their property, by a legal instru ment, to the trustees, to be applied in liquidation ef the claim upon them; and it is thought that, if the sum eventually made out be net more than 10,0001. or 12,000/., that there will be sufficient asset'. We trust this msy be truce—Manchester Courier. DEATH OF A FISII FROM EATING Ire ne/ ahle and voracious pike, who bad probably been tt e terror of all the smaller fry int abiting the spacious lake at Stowe for a great rra,ey yt a- t', determined on Christ mac-.lay t lave a feast of fish, and carp heing most to fancy, he a' to to swallow one Mt% weight. By this act cf gluttony he was actually choked, and le an f Auld floating the next day with the carp in his guile . . On t &t.gt pet it to the scale the two were found to weimb 341 b. This is the largest pike ever caught at Stowe, thoueh others have been found of 231 b. and 281 h. each. The pike eas c7aitred by the IZ. - v. John who rents the water, and has keen teat to Oafvrd to be stuffed and preserved.—Oxford Journal, MONDAY LAW INTELLIGENCE. CONSISI ORY COURT, Jan. 19. (Before Dr. LUSHINGTON THE DUCHESS OF BUCKINGHAM V. THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM -DIVORCE. 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. ADDAMS said he, on the part of the Duke, had no opposition to offer to this application, 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 s with other parties who did not fill so high a station in life, and refrain, under the circumstances, from any observation. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 19. (Before Mr. Commissioner Femurs.) IN RE JOSEPH WILLIAM WOOLLEY. This insolvent, an ironmonger, who had lately carried on business in Fenchurch.street, and et High-street, Bloomsbury, was opposed, on his ap plicatien 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 Me. Cooler, stated that this was his fourth - appeerance before the Court,Jiaving been insolvent thrice pre viously, and ecce a bankrupt. He was bankrupt in 1831, when his debts were about 1,1001. Ina 1834 he petitioned this Court, and was discharged from debts to the extent of 7601. ; again, in 1840, he was relieved by this Court from 1,027/., after undergoing a remand of three months for a vexa dew defence. In 1847 he again applied, and was dischaged from 2,300/. of debts, and now again sought this tribunal fur his release from fresh liabilities, amounting to about 1,3001. A considerable portion of the present debts consLted of liabilities and hills 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 imolvent'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 trurtcd the insolvent with two chandeliers on sale or return, and that he had kept them, but only paid 21. 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 he gave en acceptance. The insolvent denied that he had sold the iron fir less than he had agreed to pay for ir, but a witness was cal'ed, who stated that the insolvent had offered the iron, fur which he was charged 81. 15s. per ton, at 61. per toe. The 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. M. Cooler 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 cf the insolvent's 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 one ain f a ar re th w it h ,g o : d so ur t i h n a g t t 6 l , l oo la l s . t of ni d n e e b te t e w n it y h T o ea u r t s, pa h y a i d ng contracted upwards of during that period he had been living upon the public at the rate of MO/. a year. Mr. notions, in reply, urged that the insolvent had a large feinity 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 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 firni!y by pursuing such a career as the insolvent had done, could not expect that the Court would con sider them to the prejudice a the creditors who com plained. lie (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 ihonld have been in custody fur a period of twelve calendar months from the date of his vesting order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDIIALL. Thomas Geer, timber-merchant, residing at Strat ford, in Elsex, was charged with having sent thirty - ,ight sheep to Smithfield-market for sale, in a state of disease, unfit for human food. It was admittt - d that the sheep had a disease called the "scab" upon rhea), but that it only affected the skin 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 seiz-Hi in the market upon the opinion of Mr. Nice, a veterinary surgeon, who stated that they were unfit for food, and had 13.2 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 ego 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 pot,e 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 gen tleman came before Mr. Hardwick, and stated that he came there for advice on a matter of importance hieh bad just come within his knowledge. S'.iveral 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. Th 3 sig natures to the bills were forgeries, and his friend could only account for the forgery of his name by sup lo,sing that his signature had been imitated from a re ceipt which he bad 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 ? Atiernce iil as Joel was already under sentence for forgery, said,e ry,he best co urse f or th e 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 stealing a dozen of silver spoons, two beds, six chairs, a set of drawers, and other property, belonging to a person of the same name, residing at Berkhampstead. Mr. Sidney, the solicitor of Hatton garden, 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. TYRWIIITT 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)— Oh, no! She is the worst of the furniture. The wife here exclaimed—Now, Smike, what have you to say ? The poor fellow dropped his head, but made no reply. Mr. TYR/MITT sincerely pitied his misfortune, and committed the prisoner in the custody of Collins, to Hertford gaol for trial. L-451.8 E TH. A young fellow, named Henry Harvey Saville, was placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of obtaining u pwards of 20/. by means of treats of an abominable c haracter, from Mr. John Bright, a farina manufacturer, No. 5, Holland-street, Clapham qoad, and whose private residence is on From the statement of Mr. Bright, it appeared the, some months ago, the prisoner, who was then a perfect stranger to him, addressed him in the Strand, said he was in a destitute state, and begged he would Rive him some employment as a labourer. He, Mr. Bright, replied that he bad no e mployment 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 bad called at his house and received money, upon making threats against him. Mr. NORTON here told the witness to state the whole of what took place on the first day he met him and since. EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1850. Mr. Bright proceeded to say that on the day mentioned the prisoner followed him to two places where be had occasion to cal), and remained waiting until be 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. The 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, be still continued to call at Mr. Bright's house, and demanded more 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 wanted. On going to the doer he saw the prisoner, who said he was penniless, homeless, and friendless, and said he wanted money to carry him to Plymouth. He (ilc Bright) told him to go about his business, but he still kept knocking at the door, and he then sent fir 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 fare by the railway to Greenwich. Ile 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 ss. 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. MEETING 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 working classes and tradesmen, and it was evident from the commencement of the proceed- ings that there would be a strong opposition to the resolutions of the Prolectionists. Mr. J. W. Sutherland, a banker at Croydon, was called to the chair; and there were also present Earl Stanhcpe, Mr. P. Eglett, Mr. C. Deaden, 'and several o►ther of the gentry residing in the neigh bourhood. Mr. SUTHERLAND briefly opened th-3 proceedings amid a good deal of uproar and cries of " Adjourr, ' it being found that the room in which the meeting was hell, 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 Mr. 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. warned them against falling into the same miitake 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. Suds, 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 the town. The CHAIRMAN put the amendment. The show of hands was certainly in favour cf 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. Af,er some difficulty, the Chairman put the original motion, which he also declared carried, the same number of hands being held up as in the last case. Mr. 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. — (Great uproar.) Several persons in the hall said, " Ouramendment 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 Lordship 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 Lordship advised the Chairman to dissolve the meeting before any injury was inflicted on the building or the persons present. The Chairman adopted the suggest►on, 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 PROTECTION 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 Cuurt, at the Shirehall, capable of holding, perhaps, eight hundred persons. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by the Hon. 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, Eiq , M.P., J. Best, Esq., M.P., Hon. and Rev. Thomas Coventry, Hon. 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 too thousand persons—farmers, landlords, tradesmen, and others, including a large body of persons in the outer ball, 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- Sheriff, which contained about 1,200 names. JAMES TAYLOR, Esq., Moseley-hall, then moved 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 impressed upon the meeting that all that was desired was, that 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, Esq., 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 ga in admittance to the place of meeting. M r . 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 reso lution, and sat down. From thisperiod 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 rel a ti on w i t h t h e i r l an dl or d s, an d th a t it was necessary that the people should have complete control over thsir representative.. The motion (on paper) was flung to the chainnac, who said, he was "much obliged," but no further notice was taken of it. The original resolution was put to the meeting and declared to be carried. J. R. COOKF, Esq., late master of the Worcester shire Hunt, m ove d th e next resolution, which as serted that the fall of prices had deprived the farmer of at least one-third of his capital. Mr. 11. HunsoN, tenant-farmer, seconded this reso lution, which was also declared to be carried. Rev. J. rnansoN moved the next resolution, to the disc, " That the List generrA election did nut bring to issue the national sentiment on the great question of free-trade," Mi. BEST, M.P. for Kidderminster, rose to second the resolution amidst renewed uproar. He com menced, " Where ignorance is bliss 'tie folly to be wife ;" but the noise prevented his proceeding further. The Hon. and Rev. W. C TALBOT moved that petitions in accordance with the resolutions adopted, should be presented to Parliament, which was seconded by O. HomaND, Esq., a magistrate. 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 them to be heard. In this way the two parties kept possession of the court for perhaps half an hour, when the Chairman declared the meeting to be dissolved; and after farther ineffectual attempts on the part of various individuals to make a speech, the people gradually dispersed, and thus ended the great a Protectionist demonstration" of Worcestershire. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of the above railway was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Monck's . Ferry Hotel, Birkenhead, for the purpose of uth °rising the direction to raise money on loan. Mr. 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 138,538/. 155.; in addition to this there were two mortgages in respect of landed property, amounting to 15,5001.; while the assets consisted of 96,0001., to be calledup 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 ne provided for out of the capital cf 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 liabilitie , amounted to the sum of 463,130/., which was made up in this way :—Amount yet to be paid Mr. Brassey, the contractor, 219,8941.; for permanent way, 26,888/.; for land, 43,0001.; statior, 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, 463,1301. Now it was proposed to raise 246,0001. of this sum by calls to be made to-day, and 200,000/. 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 200,000/." 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. JAcKsor, M.P., had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. It was only an act of justice that those who did not pay their calls thould contri bute the interest of the money that was borrowed f.g. their own accommodation. Mr. HARRISON—Am' I to understand that the 246,0001. to be called to-day must be paid up irre spective of the loan ? The CHAlRMAN—Certainly. Mr. HARRISON—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. ltummuss 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 2A- per cent., and the shaveholder had 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 bad 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. SACKSON—In the event of your calling up the 311. on the 27/. Ws. shares, it will give sufficient to complete the works, but not to clear off the liabilitie.. The CHAIRMAN—I have already stated that the amount required is 463,1301. If 25,000 share holders pay up, it will realise a sum of 475,940/. ; that will be more than sufficient to meet the esiimate, but in that case there will still be the Chester and Birkenhead left of 138,0001. Mr. JACKSON—It appears, then, that there will still be a deficit of 138,0001. The Cnartistms—At•suming 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 hid 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, hut as the arrangement was only to ext en d t o t h e through traffic from Birmingham to Birkenh ea d, the 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 be 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 r e f us i ng t o accept the proposal hehad 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 underetood 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. DIRECT MANCHESTER, LEEDS, AND YORK RAIL WAY.—'['ho winding-up of this company's affairs came on on Saturday before the Mast-T in Chancery Brougham, at his court, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-13,n,, on the petition of Mr. H. Dawson, barrister, who stated that the company was projected with a capital of 800,0001. in 40,000 shares cf 201. each, and that shares were allotted, but in consequence of the panic few de posits were paid. Mr. H. Harris, on behalf of several contritmt Ties, opposed proceeding with the matter alt,,- gether, and the Master decided 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 he aas cf opinion that it was a case in which ISO 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 SMACKS AND THIRTY-SEVEN FISHERMEN LOST.—We have to record a calamity of a tnott afflicting nature involving, it is feared, a loss of life unequalled for many years by an y event in connexion with this port. Seven fine fi-hing-smacks, whose crews numbered in the aggregate thirty•seven men and boys, which 1, ft Hull prior to Christmas-day, in 1849, and which should have returbed a fortnight age, have not since been heard of. It is supposed that the vessels perished during the gales of the 27th and 28h Decem ber. Various causes cf this fearful loss of life and pro perty are stated, but the most probable is that they f mneered on the Lemon-oar Sand, in consequence of the floating light drifting from her moorings. The top • mast of one (the Mary) was picked up off Lowestoft, and 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 dun, rendered fatherlesi by this appalling calamity, with such relief ,t:1 their t,tll:cted ea2e may require, Surely will bt - : quul to the occasion.— lie'l the henevolenc;.! 0 i Hull Adverli.ser. A GOOD OLD AGE.—There is now living at Norton, itait this city, an eld won an, named Ann Finch, who bay very nearly attlintd the age of 108 years. She is blind, almost detf, and has been bedridden for the ltut few months. but she still eats and drinks a glantity c f cider each thy. Ann Burrow, her eldest daughter, who is living" at Croome d'Abitot , a nd regu larly atteA,; Worce.ter market, is 69 dears a age. IV Greater trail. 111r1 Grey, Secretary for the Colonif , s, Ills removed em his mart ion in B:;4,11 - :zve avare to his resi deucu on CarlOn-linabe-terlacc-, lately in the occupation of the Right Hon. W. B. Walstone. THE COUNT LIVERPOOL, JAN. 19.-1 p Asiing, and prices atxnd not s. d. s. Wheat, per 701 b : English,:pld.. . 6 3 to 6 5 .ir MARKETS. 'o -day there is very lit tle ntnally as before. s. d. th di Barley, English, pr _ imperial ciliarter 29 0 to 31 0 Do. new .. 6 0— 6 3 Irish, Scotch, and 2 Irish, new .. .. 52 5 S Manx,per 601 b.. 30 -- 4 Do., old • • • • 56 5 8 Barley, Feeding.. 30— 0 Main, red and wh. 5 6 6 0 1.2,ye, per 4801 b •• 22 0 24 Dantsic, high mixed 7 0 7 5 Beans, English, pr Do., mixed .. .. 6 8— 7 0 imperial quartr 31 0— 32 Rostock • • .- 6 8— 6 9 Irish and Scotch, oft o Hamburgh and per 4801 b.. .. 26 0 Lower Baltic .. 6 4 6 6 Foreign, duty pd. 25 0 9 ' American, white 6 8— 6 9 European, per im- , A Spanish and Italit.n, perial quarter.. 28 0 --"" red and white.. 6 0 6 6 Peas, English, per „, Hungarian an! - imperial quartr 32 0 30 0 Martaropoll .. 5 6 5 9 Foreign • . 29 0— - Odessa, Polish .. 5 8 6 0 Malt, English, per KA 0 Do., common 5 2 6 imperial quartr 50 0 Do., hard.. 4 6—4 10 Do., Irish .. 40 0— 40 Egyptian .. 4 3 4 9 Do., brown .. 50 0-- 5 * Oats, per 451 b Flour, English, pr 21 0 English, Scotch, 2801 b .. 31 0 - - 0 and Welsh .. 3 0— 3 1 Irish, extra fine.. 34 0 35 Irish, new, best United States, per' .6 0 mealing 2 5—2 61 barrel .. 23 6 6 Do., mid and inf. 24 2 5 Canadian .. 23 0-- 9 3 Old .. 2 7 2 8 Oatmeal, English, 24 Indian corn, per Scotch,pr24olb 93 0 0 4801 b .. 29 6—30 0 Irish, new .. „21 6 0 perl96lb 14 0— 14 C Do., old -. .20 0 - , M ANCUEST ER, JAN. 19,—The greatest inactivity 1-'1: continued to prevail in the flour trade throughout 111vti week, and although no particular anxiety was manifes t !, to f eve sales, rather lower prices would have bten sub' mitted to had buyers come forward. Oatmeal has re' rosined isithout change. From Ireland the imports jot° Liverpool and Runcorn are only moderate, and coast" wise they ate exceedingly testily. From abroad t h u • supplies of wheat and flour are on a liberal scale, W lt . but limited arrivals t f other produce. Our market thl° morning was most inaninia'e, and * where sales W ere male in either wheat or flour, somewhat lower rates , were aecepted. The business passing in any article win however, so fiery limited that we repeat nominal l y I"' quotations f this day se'nnigh'. INVERNESS, JAN. 15.—Wheat, per quarter, weigt e M 621 b per bushel, 35s to 40s; new ditto, ditto, 005 to 00 0 ! old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, P .t , to Otis ; new ditto, ditto, o.'s to 00s ; oats, 421 b P, bushel, 16s to 17s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 11s ' second, 13s ; barleymeal, lls Od ; peasemeal, 14e to 008; brsto per stone, 6d; first flour, per 280113, 34s to 363; seceud,26!„,. 28s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, 116 d to 03 tg" fieUr, second, is 4d; barleyreeal, Is 2d; peasemeal, Is 4d; first ;;„• 2s 4d cash, 26 ed credit; secene, es cash, 2s 3tl credit. toes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 7d; vei l ' to to 6d; mutton, 4el to 7d; pork, ad to sd; fowls, each, 14d; chickens, per pair, 16d to 184 ; ducks, each, tn t o 00d ; eggs, per dozen, 9d to 10d; butter, fresh, per lb, l u d 004; salt, Utl to 10d ; croudie (curds) Od to Od ; four - P11: loaf, cash, scl to 64, credit, 54r1 to 4(1; coals, per cwt,' hay, per stone, 84 to 9d. i ° DALKEITH, JAN. 17.—The relative weight per four bush 6,s of the three prices of wheat were 18st 41b, 17st 81b, asuilots, 41b. Oats, 13st 21b, lest 01b, and 10st 91b. Barley, 1651 ' h lest 111 b, and 14at 01b. Peas and beans, 18st 611 e, 00st O and 17st 131bs. Qrs. Best. Current. In f e r () 371 Wheat .. £2 0 - El 15 6 £ 1 '" 4 1':37 Oats 771 Barley 11 Peas and Beans 1 7 0 0 0 0 Average of wheat 34s 110. tilt GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 17.—At our °IOC market te -day we were not so largely suppled week; in but, notwiths'aecling„we can quote no advatooo6 price. Beet ox bet f 47s to 495; second 44s to 465 ; roll bull-, and inferior, 30s to 36s per cwt, sinking Oa" t be sold. The sheep market was largely supplied , bu6ood, n quality by no means fine. Best aged sheep, sidl si od 51; ewes, 4d per lb, sinking offal. Pigs in good del e er with an advance in price. Quotations 32s W 405 cw*. ' Calves in good demand, at 56e per cwt. „ DUBLIN, JAN. 18.—There was a more liberal , elicoe of home grain to our market this day than for some or previous. Picked samples of Irish white whea t a i r ported the currencies of last day, but all other d e° o sts Lions were 61 per barrel cheaper. In prime feeding pot no change; distillers' qualities declined 3d to 6 „ eeri barre l . Barley, both malting and grindiug, met heavy sale, and was Gd per barrel easier to Pare ping Indian corn remains as last noted. Very little P5O in oatmeal, and prices are a shade lower. Bake" oil' been lively very liberal purchasers of flour, and Woo tinned dull accounts received of the English °l es eet give them no encouragement to add to their P host, stocks until they are somewhat reduced. Whi te w its 66 203 to 235; red ditto, 19e Od to 225; bade'' , 00 to 14)6i; oats (per barrel). 9s 6d to I Is; oatmeal d• isc cwt), 103 Od to 12s Gd; berr, 83 6d to 11s 6d; Amo,t), corn (per quarter), 26s to 30s; first flour (P er o 30 14s Oct t) 16s 61 ; second ditto (per sack) , 3O° t o 63; ferior (per cwt), 9s to lls 6d; thirds, 7 s tO American (per barrel), 20s to 25e. • 0 0 0 CORK. JAN. 18.—The arrivals of foreign, as ir . u ppll, the receipts of home - grown, are moderate. Th e by; of of the lattar grain for the week, which exceeds " n2 o , last, amounts to — Wheat, 1,687 brls, at 16s 6d to 'Awe; per barrel; barley, 2,371 brie, at 93 to 110 fi d ; r ue; oats, 5,076 brls, as 8s to 103 ditto. In the greil l , the value of every description of grain is firmly ;h▪ as Mined, while on wheat and oats a trifling advan c e had been established. In prepared Irish wheat we 1311/ leC' little business p wising, the terms obtained hi:We ft :ot ing about those of last week. For good foreign w siti o we experience a good demand, and a lair businells lti been done in the article, at about 24a per brl f x ° s de Odessa. Some sales of grinding barley have been 03 0 at 104 6:1 to 105 9d per brl. Mating descriptions, 1, are very scarce, would command is more. The P re ;, d v toes of holders have checked the trade in eats, and r tie ci, unwilling to comply with the terms 85 ,701 iinceishxat stillt m a pl s ee eerlbriyesunns9ei experience e 6 e n a sdegstbrisk rtd, per a; kib b uabtrdereeefr demand r f ad o no r pdnr b ieam l a t i c en k st,htehe article.resul result islrishtb a t nt i eo a s o r e lt Coarse ee:criptions are in good thf r oe e r q e u pig e ri s .nc t e . sweor f f b cl°°"ll:l-e a e Indian corn is confined to a rt till consumptiv e de al 05 r 6 ln d l y p m er ai t n o t n a . ine i d r , is a h nd m m ea a l y a be v q e u ry ote d dul l 6 0,1; 6 P d ric to es 6 a i r l e 7 fi k Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d; extra l t t° seconds, lls to 12s 6d ; households 9s to lOs 6d; third s . ; w ;ses" perewt. Oatmeal lOs to 1036 d; Indian meal7s to 7' r i tot meal, lOs to lOs 64 per cwt. Indian corn 130: to 13 70 '" te d ossa3ps t fodo o Es 3 stiz / podg l e4 o srot s_ ots p o e son r B4s. t ; dada average t oep er H reara a sgd y se4- - ;so ; d a r h perpme aep e trt r reo s n 2 . sss c 3 s mg. a ro lo t o r 3 B 2 r s a ; 1' 317 dealers B6 18s Od to 30s Od; average 245; dealers 32e Ott to ee cN a l v h l v o o ue e hd u r r mi s a sp e i ? y e r o r ,It l d 4 O l 3 :1 1 ; er L to Yd ri n . " 25 o. 5s 9d Per imperial • —Beef 3d to sd; mutton - 3d to - sd;v eal er r e e Od ; pork 3/r1 to 4d ; bacon 6d to 70 ; oses s g — si lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Banor slates 3/ 2s 6d tO fres, ton. Bark--Barbary 715 s to 8/ss; Valonia 141 tool, ssos.ed 7155; English 0/per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 125 Perot; ret Hemp 32/ to 001 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 185 to i v T eo ditto 24s t 6 26s per -barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ OS mralitY's ! A li; ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, fir st '3, to second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 1 3a p er ms / salted 13s to 20s per owt ; calf skins 2d , 60,elif T"estl'o w L a3n9d:rode lenhtssoul:ll;abdgaitorufeditßit6:os4olC°:iirliel Potatoes, white 84 to 9d; Minions lid to 12° ; e r ells ° " Peruvian, 11l 10s; Icbaboe, 91 per ton; Tar .19s per barrel. TRINE, READING, AND BASINGSTOKE (let; —On Saturday tie Master in Chancery ilichtl*.,,,et ciee I in avour of the claim of the official 0 3 1113 r ,7 0 0 0 ,., Vie estate on tehalf of the shareho'd!rc, f the 0 f ) ' ; of the sum of 6,3001., advanced by t h e directios , investment of ti e company, to Messrs. Cox al c A fits e, stockbrokers, and who undertook to pay it o w i , A "ii cent. inter-st, en engagement they had not e . '- Daniel appeared as counsel for the shareboldere; Mr. Fulkes for Messrs. Cox and Son ; the l A h tt tro l/ h /l ; tending, in a speech of some two how, the' t ,tee e kid action was on,a of a purely private nature hel;i f , tPro directors and his clients, and that, consequ elh „,Y o were not liable to the company. The Blesc e f a c - 17, W O ' f - t order for the payment of the money by 1/ 13 ; e f liberty to appeal to the Court cf Chaucer e ffeg' I ° l, should the order be confirmed, it will have t' ° ,4 increasing the dividend if 10s. already declarev'iginfb" per share, out cf . the deposit if five guineas 131.- ` ' raid by the shareholders. At, ea REMARKABLE CASE OP LONGEYIT.'-", 010 moment there exists at Strasburgh Woreilt,,,:ti 13arbe E--, a native of Wurzburg, who t Wi, e at a k the first f January, 1749, and has censequeentYadirsl tier 102,i year. She married at the e ge of ; eras came a widow a' 59. She is the gran dmothe" children, and great grandmother f 20. al l r enjoys robust health, reads without spectacloSt tej sesscs all her intellectual faculties. t ° [ADVERTISEMENT.]-7 -Rheumatism effee---$.„0", by Holloway's Pills.—A serueant of one of the/r //Iv doing garrison duty in Hobart-town, had smears e martyr to rheumatism. He was under the „" -f il eE'.•S' regimental surgeons, but deriving not the least re s or • their treatment, in despair he had recourse to b eeo be st Pills, and as by a miracle this invaluable medicine h ss , th . % 0 0 9 sole means of perfectly curing him, and he now et,' " 0 0' of health. For obvious reasons, the names of t"'"1 o ° jl4 and the regiment are withheld, but Major 'Walch, q,t.e town, will vouch far ihe accuracy of this statenteOli's all Vendors of Medicines, and at Professor 1 -I ° ll°/(- ' blishment, 244, Strand, London f T . 0 ° BIRTHS A At East-lodge, Needwood, on the 16th inst., th e fO l , 0 g el It Mosley, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., at Hampstead, the wife of o' C. low jun., Esq., of a daughter. ~,,, the oEtiOcisna. Prior, the 16th E l rlo 6 BB: t t h h.n, , inst lEi s.stroq. , ,.. , a ,ta t oofrf : : ff sEd t oa t .n i u s .D - g l oi i i i lt i ve l n , rs. :oroug librivb' ' fe ° f he sql On the 17th inst., at St. Peter's, Bedford, the a sol 3. Of n yf A ti .r."ori On the 16th inst., at Chol , MARRIED .the Rev' l ie- % P' -e r 0 " vi.,r fr,tter° 0 1. eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel seYOl , o house, Devizes, to Anne Elizabeth Hardeastlef dliti _,,dif J. Arnould, Esq., M.D., of White Cross, Berks. 1011;0110 Ou the 16th inst., at Aberford, Frederick Choi f y Po p . Esq., grandson of the first Lord Ashtovvn, to DI ote r , l ifili f Gascoigne, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the ' iz Gascoigne, Esq ,of Parlingten, Yorkshire, an d ''.- „of '.:( Ireland. 1 Ast 011te t . On the 17th inst., at Oakham, Frederick, 01- dila Collins, Esq., of Lvton, Essex, to Annie, on l y R. llaw'ey, Esq., of the former place . for P DIED On the sth inst., at Carron, Joseph Pais r°l/ ' 15c1.' 0 14‘f yells nmnaer of the Carron Iron Works- ne gentclis fil' On the 14th inst.. at Nottingham a i,n_..st7:vitli_a_nl...7.io. 0, •call ft i) Mary Ann, relict of the late G. Rose, Esq'' 0 . e t 0 end -house, Berks, aged 83. ..pic, ' f croo A 0 1 ' At Somers-town, on the 15th inst ,IYrs'i " —nil ' g i ll llee P. W'hannell, Em. aged 91. . di -cob ° $ At Woolwich, on the * 16th inst. aged 43 , a , - I : ball 3 f A f Peron, the wise of Lieutenant:Colonel '' '° " t R. 010-1 n of gr. P o ' d 53i 04 .t Engineers. 00 ff A O l, f ,tl i u( t :( l ih i e ;elrt ; s t nt h h: i „ e n mt s : t., R o square, nes t s 0 il a% oonth-terrace, Alexander 13rompto ;:10,,,. N7cs t im be in l :-ft t e l ;. •%,;(1 , 1, qion: Print , d and P 1 , 1 .-, 1 1 - MURP2 ••" . 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