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lzuvnd has ruled very inactive.—Beep, from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 3, 4 , 1 to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 81; Pork, 4 d 4d to 3s Gd per 81bs. tkRUNDEL JAN. 14 —The genQral tracelins been , • —3', as follows:—B ce f, from 3s 2d to 3c 103; Mulon, "s 4d to 4s 4d; Pork, 33 4] to 3.s 6] per Sibs. CLICHESTER, JAN. 15.—Prime BeaEts end Shop w 1 se u .., 4t full prices. I n o th er ki n d s o f stock v, ry oing. Beef. from 3s to 3. 3 10d; Mutton, 3s 44 to y ' 4 J ; 41; Pork, 3s 4:1 to 3s 6d per Sibs ; Quarter -old Store g',163 to 20: eftch. CORN AVERAGES. y„,,,,OENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN " Lae Week ended Jan. 9, 1850, made up from the Returns of th 4 Peeters In the diff erent C i t i es and Towns in Eng l an d an d W a l e Per Imperial Quarter. pit v ,,,. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I AYE. I bEANS. I PEAS. ''''• •• 28, hi 22s 9d I 17s Id I 228 2d I 263 9d 27s 01 'HEAT DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. i • 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I AYE. 1 I BEANS. PEAS. "nd Is (;d is Od Is Od Is Od ls (14 w 4t Q..IJANTITIF.S OF GRAIN . SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. 4t • 73 ,173 ; Barley, 85,285 ; Oats, 28,663 ; Eye, 73 ; Beans, 5,013; Peas, 1,761 quarters. CHANCERY. --(THIS DAY.) Ihe Lord Chancellor szt in the Ol Hall, Linceln':,• tiud heard appeals and appeal motions tu-day. en The FOWLER V. RF.INALL. f urther arguments in this p art -hPard appeal oc -"Pledlis Lordship the guester part of the morning. „ R OLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) 40 lions of no general if' terest occupied the Master of the ltql!s the whole (lay. v._ *IC E - CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) ~.(Bern r e the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) irnis Honour heard motions to-day, but no ease calling . Islor special report came before the Court during the win g , (Bcfore Vi ce-Chancellor Lord CRANWORTH.) son b iS Lordship, after disposing of the cube of ‘• Kobin tio which was heard before him on excep -48, proceeded to hear motions. (SitQ U t EEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) th gs i n Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL and Justices PATTE S°N, COLERIDGE, and WIGIITIVAN.) Ai r li p t v °l NA , V. THE POOR•LAW COMMISSIONERS. to Bk . -"CeeK l Q.O , said he had to move for a rule ti ' l 'ew cause why a Certiorari should not issue directed cire kg e „,r, th pr - law Commissoners, to remove an order ad °Y them to the directors of the poor, and the Fi 6 e f .1 : 4 "; of he unite parishes of St. Giles-in-the hidt e ?" St. t George., d Bloomsbury. Those parishes h t . „ "it o d for the purpesu of the maintenante o 441 ;1 ° 1 6 H:1% r T til h ° regulation ot the affairs of those parishes It se , Provisions of the 11th Geo. 4, c. 10; and voirupejtoirrier,u that the inhabitants of St. Giles were to ap -41)6 ''`uve vestrymen of that parish, and the in- Tho se h°l St. Gror , e, Bloomsbury, forty-five others. veqry stast' wen acted separately with respect to eee,e the lett m atters, but us on e u n ited body with regard to Thernai matters, of the poor in the united parishes. th e a PPbintrner i t of all the officers connected with '414 ammotenance and relief of the poor was Wh o i n the ve s t r y men o f the joint parishes, Bus t - P . ° also empowered from time to time to ,p e ir e ° o or r emove all or any of such off i cers and op - Aai nt ethers i n their stead. By section 61 of the same good the vestrymen were authorized to make rules for the the ol . lov Ernraent of the several persons employed by v ' and by section 62 the vestrymen of the joint ettry 11,4 Were authorized to appoint dirt ctors of the poor, null wer e to be elected annually. So that in tact by 4 Act o i l; Of Parliament the appointment and removal of th e -,—eers connected with the relief of the poor were in to e : s trYmen ; and the directors of the poor were merely .t IlsoC re ise the powers relating to the relief. rati s ir t , in e.. ev er , a nd employment of the poor as churchwarden t t d th e ~e e rs were usually authorised to exercise, suture o Of if P P t 'intoaent of all inferior officers by the joint vestry 'oh r ( , 1 ,! Parish. By the 4 and 5 Wm. IV., cap. 76, under dd th at fro th e Poor-law Commissioners act, it was provided tp eti r °° l end after the passing of the Act the admini V lt h, ° ,, tl ,° 1 the relief of the pour in England and et CCuould be subject to the direction and control th e h e P°e r - law Commissioners; and for executing Wefrers given to them by the Act, the Commissioners _eathorized to make and issue all such rules, orders, tamortnegulations as they should think proper for the m:1- 4 41 Cilt of the poor, and of their relief in workhouses, for t ries „ t he guidance and control of all guardians, yes keni an d Parish officers, so far as related to the manage the r, and Maintenance of the pour. And by section 46, tototemission ers were empowere d to treite parishes tol'ions for t h e relief and maintenance of t h e poor. to 4,11 CAMPBELL said the policy of the whole Act was lo " 0 the woo , col auth tg'men t of the poor in the hands of the oritu-s. N ted rEAcocx submitted that the vestrymen of these the N P riches, although they might be controlled by powers Commissioners, still could not have the /erred ° vested in them by the Act of Parliament trans- Cott—hum them, and given to somebody else. The 01 wiTteissioners had made an order, by the G6th article tiz e d , h the vestrymen of the joint vestry were autho vaea whenever it might be requisite, or whenever a ra in he s.' might occur, to appoint fit persons to hold cer the bale ci'llaected withthe management and relief of Th '" 11 he (Mr. Peacock) apprehended was They beefre Power s of t h e P oor -l aw Commissioners. n tie_d of a r ight to co n trol the ve- trymen in the elec the Officers ; b u t they had no right to say that tot,,estrYmen should appoint such cfficers as the dire c toit ° t he poor, ac ti ng un d er suc h vestr y men , s h ou ld L lluta to do. Th e pl a i n e ff ect o f t h e or d er was , Th ee the directors over the vestrymen. e Court granted a rule pn,rally to show cause. CON: 411 ION PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.) HARRIS v. HUNT. f eud l / 4 : * Lusa moved in this case, on behalf of the de eli;;nt, for a rule to show cause why a new trial b:ll%'i l not be granted in the Court of the Under- T e h ''' Of Surrey, on the ground of excessive damages. Ittio„ -e ease arose out of the fallowing circum -141,-„" The defendant is a patent artificial 1311 L i n — , 1 :1 manufacturer, and some time ago the Peci o vvas in his employ as collector. During that dQf p" a book was m i sse d from t h e prem i ses o f th e lei tid u it ta, who ch arge d t h e pl aint iff w i t h h av i ng per i d*al b na up at t South u tiate roug ht hi Witg it 4 , b°ll Ce - COur‘ m on a y charge of thef. Th h e e charge, , Wh err ub wever, di stn i ssa d b y t h e sltting nasgistrat;. defy Pot, the pl a i nt iff b roug h t an act i on against the tivth i et "`!Aut for false imprisonment. The case was tried 6 • 14 the court of the Under-Sheriff of Surrey. 01 At„r3t vccv.tion a verdict with one shilling damages kive ti ttl ,r„n , d, and in the second 1001. damages were r 54 4 . Ills chfeudant had offered to give the plaint' the n: a " m pensation, but this offer having been refused ,kie*ent appiication for a new trial was made in order luity.tace the alumna of damages given on the last in- T he L 14 g rain ° w a nt) Cum? JUSTI CE said that he was induced th4 t so u , n nortunity of a fresh inquiry with the hope tiurP ' laccornedation might be cone to in the wean. Rule 15 ' Milted .1 Parties, and further litigation prevented. -. 111111:, C OURT—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings a n Banco, befoi e Mr. Justice WIGHTIHAN.) 111)04 RONVIDLIETI 1 kr, e '. JUSTICES (4' DEVON. applied to the Court for a rule, calling_ 411 ' the Justin " or Devonshire acting in and for the . w , the i r t let a o a f a u tues, to show cause why a conviction the FLO• 8 - "'itl not be brought into this Court for which th,P4lcee. being quashed. The affidavits upon d ta, ( Ten as founded state that a gentleman name d a Nti a l r t - ' ha ving been threatened with an attack . and Y a Mr. Mitchellbank, sought t ave his as eoril„ ..,bound over to keep the peace. The threat was tigai l w e h u in these words—" I will serve him the same hl ean li tZ eu ; I get hold of him;" and to explain what was the that remark it was ntceasary to explain to kit„ li a ir atee that Mr. Mitchellbank had previously coin fal.`",Et violent assault on Mr. Edwards. When, thete tae',,,tue Peace summons came on for hearing before talt;'ulagistrates Mr. Mitchellbank quested that the first j 'c4d t , 4l3° ald be inquired into, but Mr. Edwards oh tais, as he intended to carry that matter to a t th t , tri i ha utd, and he only wanted the protection o tbut `II the mean time. It so happened, however, friend nr,: Preswell, the clerk of the magistrate, was . a tra te , -; • Mitehellbank, and he advised the magihae tlllektint„- d iscard the peace luminous and go into d the gat „ nf the actual assault, which they accordingly eut'Cd ultimately Mr. Mitchellbank was fined 5 1 ., .wt wash t ititen i c _g ha und over to keep the peace. I N . otwoir Mr. kta,, ar ,c .. d that in the absence of any comp ith aw '44 the ! magistrates had no power to deal aln with t . he , the ( li t ' a nd Mr. Edwards being desirous of conveyint., eoNsi e s P.ute into a civil court was anxious to . have the had tic u granted on the ground that the magistrates eeeded jurisdi c ti on .—Appli ca tion g ranted. -n Justid dice sposed of s W IGHTMAN afterwards set at Nisi hub everal undefended causes. orEe thX ( e ILI (ti f —4I EQUER.—(THIS DAY.) e nTs CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARKE, 11.I.DERSON, and MARTIN.) Tll ill Wag ' W ARE AND OTHERS V. BARNETT. theahicfa an action on an alleged contract, under an undertook to insure the cargo of a Lam_ the to pr of the plaintiff, on a voyagel trioem itt;:_lise Ibrail and back. Th e vesse l came in col, ard t i w ise aayeona4e , hoo ner near Gra v e sen d, w hil e on her a nd sank, so destroying her cargo, which 41 chiefly of carpets, as to render 4astlgY unsaleable. The plaintiff. accordingly ht thia action to recover the loss which they had klee te 4 ,,u in consequence of the defendant having ne- Pla.„„" to insure the cargo. The defence was that the toto 47' 11. ' had not furnished him with written instructions 'et the insurance, but, on the oth,r side, it was Purl defendant had taken preliminary s . teps_fo p r . that r tt „ ( V . r, but had stopped short of completing The case was tried before the Lord L'ili 13 .-- nsu i'ithni`dhell, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, IL, 1351. damages. Le"' XiIOWLES now moved, with the permission of the on- J udge, to set aside the verdict and enter . einobit' The ground of the motion was that the plai tiaid„ t „ J ulin Ware, R o b ert Ware, and Thomas Warfa ro cv , itne`mea had been g i ven to prove that they were ..fteeted in the contract. COURT thought th o obje.;:ion a :0 Ind one, and -s 'uted a rule. COURT.—( IS DAY). (Before Mr. Under- S a riff BuIiCIIELL ) false is Th. CAIN v. D RUCGAR—FA.LSE IMPRISONMENT. _ 6 W as action to recover darulges for aasault and Imuiprisonment. Defend s at sufferad judgment to go .Ef tl. Atr„ R ho la .413DDLIST ONE stated the caaa f or tla plaintiff. M ks young man, between 18 and 19 years of age, to e/11Plo y O f Messrs. Roberts and Son, tobacconists, in St. John-street.rosd. Defendant it a trndettnan in Goswell-street. The Learned Counsel than ehlied the following witnesses:— Daniel 'Macntrua-a stated he 1"133 assist In' to a chemist. Knew plaintiff to be it the service cf Mctsrs. Hobart , and Sun. Oa the 7th of Dccember last witness, plaintiff, end others had Leven taking t, a and sr ending the evening at the house of plaintiff's aunt, in New court, G oswell-s tree t. Tie y ad seen two friends home to the Lower-road, and witness, plaintiff, and two others were walking home, about a quarter past twelve o'clock, two and two, when defendant and a person named Ellis met them. thtfeedant pushed up against the plaintiff violently, and on plaintiff saying it was not gentlemanly conduct, defendant sprang out into the road, and said they were a pared of boys, teed he was able to take aay two of them at a rally. lie after wards kicked one of the young lads, and afterwards gut his thumb in his (defendant's) mouth. The police was called, and then defendant gave them all in charge for assault, and an attempt to rob him. This was on the Saturday night, and they were all looked no till Mon day morning, when they were taken bef.tre Mr. Combe, who immediately discharged them. The LEARNED COUNSEL having stated in his open ing address that the magistrates had stated that it was a case of great cruelty, and expressed a hepe that some person would take up the matter, put a question in refer; ace. The Learned UNDER-SIIERIFF said it could not he re ceised in evidence from the witness. Mr. IIIiDDLESTONE said, as no person appeared on behalf of the delcndat,t, he should leave the case in the hAnda of the jury on the evidence of this witness. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict fur 5/. TflE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, WESTiVIIN STE R.- 7 (T DAY:). Ellen Roland was charged with stealing several articles of wearing apparel, the property of iicr master, Mr. Shnan. James Abrahams, 296 S, state 1 that he took the prisoner in custody laEt night, whoa she told him that she had given so:ne of the property to a potman in the neighbourhool On going there an embroidered waistcoat and two handkerchiefs were found. The potman stated that the prisoner had given him the things for a present. The prisoner, in defence, said that the potman had asked her, on several occasion% to get him things. The prisoner was committed for trial. THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.—(TIIIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the proprietors of the London Joint-Stock Bank was held this morning, at their Banking-house in Princes-street, City ; Mr. George Meek, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed, and the following report, together with the accounts, submitted to the proprietors : The directors have pleasure in presenting to the shareholders the annexed abstract of the liabilities and assets of the bank, on the 31st December last, with a statement of profit and loss for the half-year. " It will be seen from the latter account, that, includ ing 8,9391. 18s. 11d. brought forward from June last, the net profit to be appropriated amounts to 28,8741. 16s. 6d., which enables the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of 61. per cent. per annum and a bonus of 3s. 6d. per share, leaving a balance of 374 E 16s. 6d. to be placed at the credit of the guarantee fund, which, with this ad dition, amounts to 137,109/. Ils. 3d. The seats in the direction which become vacant on this occasion, are those of William Curling, Esq ; George Holgate Foster, Esq.; George Meek, Etq.; and George Taylor, EA-4.; and these gentlemen offer themselves as candidates tor re-election. " The dividend and bonus, free from income-tax, will be pa:, able on and after Friday, the 24th instant. THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. LIABILITIES AND ASSETS, ON TUESDAY, DEC. 31, 1850. Dr. X s. d. To capital paid up, viz., 60,000 shareg, at 101. each ... To amount due by the bank ... To amount ot " the gusrantee fund," 30th June, 1850 £134,714 0 7 To six uionths' in terest en ditto, at 31. per cent per 1111111101 ... 600,000 0 0 . . 2,949,869 9 3 THE WELSH CHURCH. 70 THE EDl7'Oll OF THE SUN. _ SIR,--I have carefWly reml a ptmptilet purporting. to be a letter to the Archbishop 4 Canterbury, in !answer to Sir B , njarein Hall's observations on the state of the Collegiate Church of Brecon, by Connop Thirlwall, D.D., Bishop of St. DA% id's, and " which I believe I may assume to have teen written' by the Right Reverend Prelate v;hof,e name it bears. I honour the Bishop for thus courageously entering into► the lists, and submitting to have: his own cause as defender, and hii opponent's as challenger, tried before that public tribunal cl►ich must in these days eventually decide every disputed case. But I am astonished that his Lordship, as it ap peals to me, while on the one hand courting the ut most publicity, should on the other hand content himself with comparative privacy. For example, in his fifth page, his Lordship states that he has felt himself bound publicly to notice the charge for the sake of that class of persons "to whom the facts of the case are entirely unknown, and who have no opportunity, even if they liLd leisure or cu rioiity enough, for ascertaining them ;" while in his 27th and last page he seems so totally to have for gotten this his primary object, that he felt no hesita tion in writing the following words : " I am aware that I cannot expect this exposure of the Honourable Baronet's misrepresentations - to reach one in a thousand of those who have read his letter to your Grace." The truth is, Mr. Editor, that the Bishop's trivial pamphlet might have appeared end would have appeared, had he chosen it, in every pub lication, daily or weekly, in which Sir Benjamin's letter was inserted. But his Lordship wanted a griev ance, and tried to establish one, I am happy to say in vain. But before I conclude my criticism on the manner of his Lordship's letter, I must protest in the strongest terms against the indecorous lan guage in which a spiritual Lord in our Church has chosen to malign the conduct of a layman, who, as I believe, has never had any other object in view than the reform of Church abuses in Wales, and fair play against Saxon encroachments for our native Church and our native clergy. I must now touch slightly upon the material state of the question, of which the chief points may be thus summarily noticed : Long before the Reformation, a Bishop of St David's had wished to create a theological and literary college for the benefit of the diocese, and had, with the sanction of the Legislature, amply endowed it Al though inefficient, it was one which Henry VIII. not only spared, but actually enriched with addi tional endowments. But administrative neglect was stronger than legislative enactment,' and the colle giate institution did not assume an active or bene ficial form for the purposes of its creation, or the good of the Principality. It was consigned, by the Ecclesiastical Bill of 1840, to the" tomb of all the Capulets," with its Dean, its Prebendaries, and all its property; and its future revenues were dedicated, by the " Act," to the in crease of inadequate livings, and the cause of high education in Wales, which was then supposed to be intimately connected with Lampeter College. Many a slip occurs between the cup and the lip; the " Act" had passed Lords and Commons, when Bishop Jenkinson died, and Dr. Thirlwall was ap pointed as his successor. Now, mark my words, the " Act" was as sure to receive the Royal sanction as two and two make four, but Bishop Thirlwall forestalled this certain sanction, and by getting himself consecrated on the 7th of August, while the Royal assent was not given until the 11th, entered upon his bishopric with all its ancient rights untouched, and thus became actual Dean of the suppressed college, in the teeth of every principle of equity. Had a Tory and a non-reformer done this there would have been no vituperation, no obloquy, which would not have been poured upon the unhappy delinquent's head ; but I suppose a pet Whig must be defended against all charges (however true they may be) of malversation. I will not enter, Mr. Editor, further into the ques tion in the present state of the discussion, but delibe rately affirm that all the difficulties, all the delays, all the doubts connected with the revenues of Brecon College have, as far as his Lordship is concerned, had for their sole source the unjustifiable conduct of Dr. Thirlwall in clothing himself with a vested right, contrary, if not to every principle of rational law, at least to equity. However, thanks to Sir Benjamin Hall, the case has at length a chance of being placed before the public in a tangible shape, and the helpless, do nothing system, which has prevailed for the last eleven years, may now be brought to some satisfactory ter mination. _ _ In the meantime let us hope for better days, for the education of both the laity and the clergy in South %Vales, of which even his Lordship seems to hold out certain hopes. .1 have the honour to be, Sir, PHIL-AHTEGALL. Toe following letter, which appeared in the Times newspaper of 3d January, may be interesting to our readers, and deserves attention : TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,---I have read a letter in your paper of Tues day last respecting the state of St. David's College at Lampeter. The writer, under the name of " Ucalegon," says " St. David's College has not been mismanaged." Let me ask " Ucalegon " these ques- LOD 1. Was there not a Welsh professor originally ap pointed at this college for the benefit of Welsh stu dents ? Why was the appointment discontinued, and who has appropriated the revenue for that office ? 2. Is it not a fact that such has been the disgrace ful supervision of Welsh instruction in this Welsh College, that at a late examination in the diocese of St. David's, some young men presented themselves for holy orders, and their exercises in the Welsh lan guage were so bad that the Bishop sent those exercise back to the head of the college as a specimen of his teaching, whilst his Lordship, who is visitor of the college, passed the candidates ? 3. Is it not also a fact that last month another batch of students from this " not mismanaged " col lege presented themselves to the Bishop of Llandaff, who also sent back some of the Welsh exercises to the Principal of St. David's College, as being quite dis graceful ? Be it remembered that not long since the Bishop of Llandaff was Vice-principal of St. David's College. He also passed the candidates. If these are facts the Bishops of St. David's and Llandaff have pissed young men for Welsh livings who cannot spell the language of their parishioners, and must, consequently, each time that they have occasion to write that language, make themselves ridiculous in the eyes of their flocks; and yet, says ' Ucalegon," " this is not a mismanaged college !"—Your obedient servant, YMOFYNWR. January 2. * Christ's College, Brecon. A STARTLING STATEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir,—The ship Warbler, of the port of Liverpool, sailed from the above port on the 17th of May, 1850, bound to New Orleans, with a cargo consisting of railroad iron, slates, bricks, also three hundred and fifty emigrants. On the 18th of June, 1850, she sprang a leak, 1,250 miles E. by N. of Antigua; and after throwing overboard aboUt 100 tons of cargo, and con stantly pumping, succeeded in getting the ship into English Harbour, in the Island of Antigua, where every convenience exists for the repairing of ships, it being an E ng li s h dockyard, and for some years not .i use. On application being made to the person in The urge for the us e of the dockyard it was refused. lAA , governor of the island was then appealed to; his answer was, that he could not interfere in the case. The:coiisequence was, the ship, in her sinking condi tion, with nearly f o ur hundred souls on board, had to depart for a foreign port to be repaired. JOHN B. WESCOTT, Commander. Dec. '2O, 1850. IMPORTATION OF TURPENTINE.—An importation bas recently taken place from New York, of a parcel of casks of white turpentine, called in America virgin dip, n consequence of its being extracted from the first tapping of the turpentine trees, the common turpentine being that which is extracted from the trees tapped the previous years, which is called yellow dip, and is the quality of the article usually imported, the article called virgin dip being of much softer quality. The importers desired the admission of this newly-imported article free of duty as turpentine, but the officers of the revenue, considering it to be liable to duty, de tained it for the consideration and directions of the authori ties, who, having taken the opinion of competent parties in the trade, decided that the article was not to be considered liable to the high duty as oil or spirit of turpentine, but that, it being turpentine of greater value than 15s. per cwt., it was liable to a duty of 2s. per cwt., and was to be charged with that duty accordingly. It being, however, subse quently found that the article was of the same quality as is usually sold in the American markets under the name of v irgin dip, and was not a manufactured article, and in the opinion of highly competent parties in the trade was con siderably under the value of 15s. per cwt., it has, on further application. been allowed to be delivered free of duty, as re quested. It is expected that considerable importations of this particular article will take place from the United States. • DISCOVERY OF A DEPOT FOR STOLEN PROPERTY. --A beer-home keeper, named George Hirst, has been taken into custody at Leeds, under circumstances which induce the belief that. the prisoner has been in the habit of receiving stolen property. The prisoner keeps the Angel Inn, in Mar ket-street, in the centre of the town, and in his house the police found a large quantity of property, consisting of woollen cloth, silks, new u mbrellas, and a variety of articles; some of which have already been identified. He at present stands re manded till next Tuesday, the magistrates refusing bail for ins appearance. A letter from St. Petersburgh states that the books in the Imperial Library, founded by Catherine 11., and which the Emperor Nicholas has thrown open to the public, have just received a new classification. It appears from the new catalogues that it containss63,42o volumes and 15,471 manu scripts. The duplicate copies amount to about 20,000, part 01 which ate to he given to the Geographical Society of St. Petersburgh. Such works as remain over are to be sold publicly. INSTITUTION OF' CIVIL ENGINEEIZS. Cubit, E-q , President, in the ChAi-.) Tu , sday lest the paper read was " On the i.on struction 0f the Building. fOr the Exhibition of the Works of Indoidry of All Natiorv, in 1851," by Mr. M. D. Wyatt, Assoc. Inq. C.E. The pap , r, which was unavoidably of very consider - able length, commenced by characterizing the first attempt to concentrate, within the compass of a few acres, specimens of the productive industry of ail nations as a " great experiment," worthy of being tried upon' a scale commensurate with the energy of the industrial resources of this country. The success of this experiment must depend on a just apprehen sion of the results to be produced ; a well-digested scheme for producing the results aimed at; and power and dexterity to arrange the whole, so as to ensure the accordance and working of all its parts in the simplest and best manner. The subject then natu rally divided itself into the consideration of the re quisites demanded—the dekign, and the actual con struction of the building. The features of all the buildings in which previous exhibitions had been held, both abroad and at home, were then carefully reviewed, aid the points of dif ference between the present cosmopolitan exhibition and all its predecessors, were distinctly enunciated, and shown to have induced the invitation to the world at large, to contribute their suggestions for the build- Mg, the results of which were shown to the public in thn Theatre of the Institution of Civil Engineers, in the 240 plans there exhibited. None of these plans being found to embrace the necessary requisites, the Royal Commissioners devised a plan, for the execu tion of which tenders were invited in June, 1850. The reservation having been made, that bunk fide tenders for any construction, offering greater advan tages than that proposed by the Commissioners, would be considered, Mr. Paxton brought forward his pro position; and it being contended, that certain advan tages in celerity of construction, facility of removal, the adaptability of the materials to the required forms, and the amount of cost, were inherent in the design for the proposed structure, to be entirely composed of wood, iron, and glass, the other tenders were rejected, and that of Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., for Mr. Paxton's design, was accepted. Such was the origin of the present building, which being adapted to the site selected for it, in Hyde park, by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was shown to consist of a nave 72 feet wide and 64 feet high, with a series of side aisles, two of 48 feet and six of 24 feet wide, of the respective heights of 43 feat and 28 feet; the whole spreading to a width of 436 feet. A transept, 408 feet long and 72 feet wide, inter sected the building at right angles in the centre ; this transept was covered with a semi-circular roof, springing at a height of 64 feet from the level of the ground, and making the entire height 100 feet. The details of the construction were very minutely given, from the concrete filling of the holes in the ground, under each support, through the base plate, the columns, eight inches in diameter, the connecting pieces, to which were attached the girders for the galleries, the second and third sets of columns and the roof trusses, the box gutters and the " Paxton" gutters, which latter were intended to provide at the same time for conveying away the rain from the roof, and the condensed moisture from the inside. The total area of the ground-floor was equal to 772,784 square feet, and that of the galleries to 217,100 square feet. Details were also given of the mode of conveying the rain water, &c., into the adjoining sewers, through the interior of the supporting-columns ; of the venti lation by means of sets of louvres, of galvanized cast iron, placed between the columns of the side aisles, and in the upper part of the roof; of the supply of water for the extinction of fire, and for the supply of the fountains; and of the experiments for testing the girders and trusses, by the hydraulic press erected in the building, and by which the strength of the whole was proved before they were used. In examining th e p ow er and dexterity with which the design had been r ea li se d by Messrs. ox, Hen derson, and Co., or, in o th e r words, in the actual F construction of the building, it was necessary to bear in mind that their tender was only verbally accepted on the 26th of July, 1850, that possession of the site was obtained on the 30th of July, that the first co lumn was fixed on the 26th of September, and at the present time (only 145 working days since the com mencement) but little cf the vast building remained to be finished. To give an idea of the vast size of this building, it was noticed, that the width of the main avenue was within 10 feet double that of the nave of St. Paul's Cathedral, whilst its length was more than four times as great. The walls of St. Paul's were 14 feet thick, those of the glass building in Hyde-park were only 8 inches. St. Paul's occu pied 35 years in building, whilst the Hyde-park building would be finished in less than Alf that num ber of weeks. The celerity of the construction was very remarkable. As many as 308 girders had been delivered on the ground in one week. Seven of the great trusses of the nave were raised in one day. Each man fixed about 200 superficial feet of glass per day. In order to perform this work it was necessary to devise and employ various contrivances for economis ing labour; such as the sash-bar machine, the gutter machine, the morticing machine, the painting ma chine, the glazing machine, besides many others of an equally ingenious nature—all of which were de scribed ; and, when listening to the details, it was universally felt that England possessed mechanical and physical energies far exceeding those which gave form and being to the most celebrated monuments of antiquity. In the course of the paper, Mr. Digby Wyatt (the author), to whom, from the commencement, bad been entrusted the active superintendence of the con struction of the building, paid a well-merited tribute of praise to Mr. C. H. Wild and Mr. 0 wen Jones, who had been associated with him ; to Mr. Barry and Mr. Brunel, who, as members of the Building Com mittee, had made very valuable suggestions ; as well as to Messrs. Pox and Henderson, and to Mr. Broun ger, Mr. J. Cochrane, and others, for their exer tions in the execution of the construction, and he concluded by reminding the members that the weight of responsibility, the arduous duty of supervision, the honour of acting as the master mind, to weigh the requisites, to determine the design, and to govern the construction of this great apparatus, had been re served for Mr. Cubitt, the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. It was announced that the discussion of the paper would take place at the meeting of next Tuesday, January 21st. COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE CHRISTIANS WHO SUFFERED IN THE EVENTS OF THE 16TH AND 17TH OCTO• BEll, 1850. Aleppo, Dec. 7, 1850. TO JOSEPH fIUME, ESQ., M.P., LON D O N. The newspapers will, no doubt, have acquainted you with the terrible occurrences of which our city has been the theatre, and we will not, therefore, enter into details of the horrible sce nes w hi c h h ave ta k en p l ace. It will be sufficient to mention that 500 Christian homes, mostly opulent, were sacked and pillaged, wo men and girls brutally assaulted, men assassinated, and numbers wounded ; five churches were pillaged and three of them burned, pri es t s kill e d, an d th e .-y -rian patriarch seriously wound e d. I n a wor d, th a t a ll the barbarities imagination can paint were practised upon the Christians a t Alepp o . It is easy to imagine that in consequence of such a catastrophe, the numbers of pe o pl e f ormer l y i n a sta t e of affluence are now in complete destitution, and that the working classes are plunged into the deepest misery, which calls loudly for aid on all charitable persons. But the efforts and sacrifices of this small European colony and of the natives who escaped this horde of barbarians, are insufficient to relieve so many sufferers, and a committee composed of the six persons, whose names are undersigned, has been formed in order to appeal to the generosity of all philanthropists, whose alms could not be directed into a more deserving channel. Convinced that you will kindly assist in relieving our Christian population, we make this appeal to your generosity, in the hope that you will also induce your numerous friends to co-operate in this good work. We trust, Sir, that you will extend your assistance to us, and need not assure you of o ur s i ncere grat i tude and the sentiments of high esteem which we entertain for you. (Signed) ALEX. CALDER. LOUIS MOLENARI. WM. RIDDELL. VINCENZO MARCOPOLI. TILLEAGE. E. PORTALIII. I hereby certify that thewab.olvve. alrveltßhßeyircueonssiuglt.th turesof the persons whose n a m es are written above. Aleppo, Dec. 11, 18 50 . (Signed) --- We learn that the Roman Catholics of Glasgow and neighbourhood propose to start in that city a weekly journal, to be called the Thistle, for the defence and advocacy of their principles. Glasgow Herald. 36th0 ; Messrs. Quarles, hCompany, 9 ,335 ; e PORT WINE FOR ENGLAND. — The Oporto Skip- Ping List for 1850 states the total quantity of port wine exported to Great Britain in th e y ea r to have been 25,400 pipes; total quantity exported t o p or ts out of Great Britain, 12,087 pipes ; total export, 37,487 p i p es. The chief exporters were,iorni s, M a e n s d s rss.oiSi Sous, 3m nde n 4 1 67 and Messrs. Martinez, Gassiott, and C o., 2,068 ; Messrs. Hunt, Roope, Teague, and Co, 1,865 ; Messrs . Cockburn, Smithes, and Co., 1,728 ; Messrs. Croft a n d Co., 1,335 ; Messrs Bruno, Silva, and Co., 1,327 ; Messrs. Gilley, :Forrester, Webb e r, and Co., 1,177 ; Messrs. G. and J. Grah am and Co., 1,017. Directors Co., o 4f The rest of the shipp , Is are under 1,000 pipes. 'These ten estab.islitnents shipped 20,':.58 pipes, being more than half the total export. [ADVERTI , kMENT.] —CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, &c.—Just published, price ad., by Dr. CRONIN, M.D., a Report of oriae of the most formidable forms of Disease of the Throat, Lungs, .11eart, and Stomach.—`• The success of 1)r. Cronin's treatment in the cure of those affections which have hitherto generally baffled every attempt at cure, although the first talent had been applied to, and the most consummate skill had been exerted for that purpose., is most satisfactorily shown in this.repert."—Preface.—Wertheini and Co., Paternoster-row; Hughes, St. Al artin-le-Orand ; and at tile a auther'S residence, 14, Le i ces ter-place, Leicester-scputre. 2.020 14 2 To undivided profit for the last half ) ear ... ... ..• gg. To amount carried to profit and loss account 136,734 14 9 8,939 18 11 ~, 45,848 4 7 £3,741,392 7 6 Cr. £ s. d. By Exchequer-bills, India Bonds, &e. 479.080 18 1 By bills discounted, loans, and cash ... 3,234,93 G. 9 5 By building, furni ture, &c., in Prin ces-street .£17,750 0 0 By ditto ditto in Pall-mall ... 9,625 0 0 27,375 0 0 £3,741,392 7 6 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE LONDON JOINT STCCK BANK FOR THE lIALF•YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1850. Dr. To current expenses, proportion of build ing expenses, directors' remuneration, bad debts, income-tax, &c. ... 14,823 13 6 To amount carried to profit and loss, new account, being rebate of interest on bills discounted not yet due ... 11,089 13 6 To amount transferred to the credit of the " Guarantee Fund," in addition to the above amount of 136,734/. 14s. 9d. To dividend account for the payment of half year's dividend, at the rate of 61. per ceutum per annum, upt:u 600,000/., amount of paid-up capital upon 60,000 shares ... ... 18,000 0 0 To ditto for payment of a bonus of 3s. 6d. per share £ a. d. 10,500 0 0 £54,788 3 6 Cr. X. 8, d. By balance brought down ... 45,848 4 7 By undivided profit brought forward from the last half-year 8,939 18 11 £54,788 3 6 The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report and confirmation of the accounts, and at the same time declared the dividend on the paid-up capital, amount ing to 600,0001., with the 3s. 61 bonus in addition. Mr. W. BOROUGHDALE complained that the Ex chequer-bills were over-valued. Ile was not satisfied with the general result of the bank's operation, nor did he think it wise to continue increasing the gua rantee fund ad infinitum. The CHAIRMAN said the directors were well pleased with the present state of the bank ; its business was steadily progressing, and when allowance was made for the higher rate of interest which prevailed in 1849 over that of 1850, no one could dispute that the past year's operations had proved successful beyond ex pectation. With regard to reducing the guarantee fund, he for one could not approve of such a pro ceeding, as the stability of the bank depended upon its maintenance, though he did not mean to say that there was no limit which it ought to exceed. A PROPRIETOR asked what was the amount of the one per cent. paid upon customers' balances. The CHAIRMAN said it amounted to about 10,0001. per annum. The Exchequer-bills nnd bonds which the bank held as securities were, of course, valued at the current rate of the day, which was subject to con tinual fluctuations. The motion for the adoption of the report was put and carried. On the motion that the retiring directors be re elected, A PROPRIETOR said it would obviate a motion On the subject if the directors would hold out a hope that the guarantee fund should nut be carried beyond 150,0001. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be wiser to wait till they got to 150,0001. before discussing how the fund should be dealt with. A PROPRIETOR was at a loss to perceive what advantages the shareholders obtained from the gua rantee fund: A DIRECTOR reminded the proprietor that it secured the stability of the vstablishment while it took little or nothing out of the pockets of the shareholders, for it was made up of fractional parts of sixpences, which could not be divided, and the interest which annually accrued upon the total amount. A PROPRIETOR—At what rate is it increasing? The CHAIRMAN replied that it was accumulating a, the rate of 4,000/. per annum. The motion for the re-election of the directors was then agreed to, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting terminated. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE TRAVELLERS CLUB HousE.—Yesterday, an inquest was taken by Mr. Bedford, at the Charing-cross Hospital, on the body of Michael Flanagan, aged 22. The deceased had been at the works now going on in the Travellers' Club House, Pall-mall, and on Friday afternoon he and tour others were going on as usual, when the foreman observing they had been drinking desired them to go home. The deceased had got to the top of the building and was going down a very high ladder, but the foreman suggested a Letter way by which he had come up by a ladder only twenty feet high. The deceased as sented to this, and was missed among the scaffoldi ng , b u t was soon found lying on the stone tlocring in an insensible state, and bleeding profusely from the ears. He was taken to the Charing. cross Hospital and died the next night, never having been able to speak. On a post merlon examination of the body it was found that the skull v. as fractured from ear to ear, and there was laceration of the brain by the bone. The foreman thought if the deceased was incapable of work he ought to have been assisted down the ladder. The jury then returned a verdict of " Accidental death." THE WINDOVI , TAX.—We think there are znany worse taxes than that of which a correspondent complains. In one respect, no do u bt, it is objectionable —namely, in its tendency to discou rage t h e opening of win d ows , where they would be desiraLle for purposes of light or ventilation. Lut if the Government should a d opt the plan, which is under stood to be in contemplation, of adhering to the present sessmcnt, and permitting all parties to open additional win dows without further charge, that objection would be entirely removed.—Manchester Guardian. 374 16 6 JANUARY 16, 1851. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 15. _ . The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exereis. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went nut f, hoot• ing this morning, accompanied by Sir George Grey. Lord Watermark, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel P. H. Seymour, were in attend ance upon his Royal Highness. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Rev. Frederick and Mrs. Anson. The Queen's private band will attend in the Castle after dinner. The Duchess of Norfolk has relieved the Mar chioness of Douro in her duty as Lady in Waiting to her Alijesty. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attend ance yesterday (Tuesday) evening, and played the following selections : Overture, " Le Val d'Andorre" Haltvy. Waltz, "Th e G ar l an d" Grand Selection, "Llijah" Mendelssohn. Quadrille, " The British Navy" Juilien. Quick March, " Camp of Silesia" Meyerbeer. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle and performed the following pieces : Introduzlone Andante Maestoso, Allegro Moderato, Scherzo Presto ; Sinionia Taeglichsbeck. Selection, " Huguenots" Meyerbeer. Lord John Russell gave a Cabinet dinner last evening, at his residence in Chesham-place. The Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the. Chancellor of the Ex • chequer, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Marquis of Clan ricarde, and the Right H on . F ox Maule. Mr. T. B. Crompton and Mr. Borthwick had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. W. Beckford and Mr. Morten had an inter view with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. Lord Monteagle had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office, from the Governors of New Zealand and the Falkland Islands. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. The investments upon the Chester Cup to-day took a wider range than heretofore, and gave more imdortance to the proceedings than anything which has previously occurred since the entry and appearance of the weights. Rhesus was in very strong demand, and was backed for a couple of hundred pounds at 15 to 1. Raby was also i❑ good favour at 40 to 1, and Knight of Avenel at the same figure, the latter being supported for near 501. 900 to 20 was taken about Haricot, 1,000 to 20 about Trouncer, and 1,000 to 20 twice about Flying Gout (late Dahcotah Chief). The Metropolitan Stakes, Liverpool Steeplechase, and Deroy were only slightly touched,. upon. Latest prices : • LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 8 agst Lord llowth's Sir John—offered 100 to 8 agst Mr. Vever's Vain Hope—take 200 to 14 20 to 1 agst Mr. Treadgold's Maria Day—take 25 to I No others mentioned. 3IETROPOLITAN STARES. 100 to 6 on the field—offered CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 egst Mr. Treen'a Rhesus—taken to 2001. 40 to 1 agst Lord Egliuton's Knight of Avenel—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Raby—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Mr. Barton's Haricot-45 to 1 taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Italian—tike 45 to 1 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn—off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Combe's Trouncer—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's The Flying Gout—taken 50 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican—offered 9 to 1 agst all the three yrs old—offered DERBY, 1851. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—offers to take 7 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—offers to take COURSING. BORDER UNION MEETING. The Border Stakes of 3 guineas each (16 dogs) were won by Mr. bharpe's Dr. Hornbrook; Mr. Ratcliffo's Splendour ran up. The Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Holliday's Pick pocket. DICCA.R CLUB MEETING. The Abington Champion Cup was won by Dr. Brown's Brunswick. The Douglas Stake was won by Mr. Paterson's Craigie Burn. The Upper Ward Stakes were won by Mr. Green shield's Venture; and The Lanarkshire Cup by Mr. Greenshield's Vestris. ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN DURIIAM.—On Tuesday morning last an explosion occurred in the Black Boy Colliery, about two miles from Bishop Auckland, which unfortunately resulted in the loss of two lives. About two o'clock in the morning some of the men had proceeded to work, when the overman and a boy entered a drift recently opened; they had proceeded upwards of a mile with naked can(lles, when it is supposed tLey had come in contact with a " Blower," or pent-up quantity of gas, which instantly ex ploded, and both were instantly killed by the bla s t. Hap pily no other men were in the neighbourhood, otherwise the consequences must have been very disastrous. The bodies were taken out during the day without farther accident. Mr. Dunn, one of the Government Inspectors, visited the colliery last week, and pronounced the Black Boy pit one of the best ventilated mines he had visited. An inquest will be held on Thursday. THE SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE SOUTHAMP TON BOARD OF GUARDIANS. —The adjourned inquest was resumed for the fourth time yesterday, at the Guildhall, Southampton, and after sitting eight hours in hearing addi tional evidence, the coroner further adjourned the case until this day, when it is expected the coroner will sum up the evidence, and the jury will return their verdict. INFANTICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT LOWE.. grorr.—A deplorable case of supposed infanticide and at tempted self-destruction occurred here on Tuesday morning. The wife of a twine-spiner, named Isaac Bly, was discovered by her mother with her own and her infant's throat cut. In the mother's case the wound was not fatal, and, being promptly attended by several medical gentlemen, hopes are entertained of her recovery. The mother has been labouring under fever, which produced delirium. WHY QUAKERS WEAR THEIR HATS.—Quakers in variably wear their hats in places of public worship, or i❑ public assemblies, but few are aware how this custom origi nated. Fox, the founder of calarless coats and broad brims, was in the habit of attending the Episcopal Church, when the preacher uttered sentiments of which he disapproved, he would solemnly put on his broad-brimmed hat, and take it off again whenever more welcome doctrine occurred. If he sat long with his hat on, and the ill-sounding proposition or fulmination continued, he would rise slowly and silently walk out. Thus it appears that it was for the purpose of habitual protest that the Quakers first learned to sit in places of wor ship with their hat on. DEATH OF A. CELEBRATED RACER.---Died on the 9th of January, at Brownstown House Paddocks, Curragh of Kildare, the celebrated mare, Guiccioli, at the age of 30 years—the dam of Birdcatcher, Foigh-a-ballagh, George, May Boy, &c. She was also the granddam of Mickey Free, The Baron, Carouche, &c. She was interred with all due honours, and a suitable monument will be erected over her. EMBEZZLEMENT.—Hetiry Fordham, an innkeeper, residing at Brotherton, near Pontefract, is at present in cus tody at Leeds, on the charge of having embezzled various sums of money belonging to Messrs. Tetley, common brewers, of Leeds. The prisoner keeps the Punchbowl Inn at Bro therton, and, while acting as agent to the prosecutors, he ap propriated money belonging to his employers. He has not yet been examined by the magistrates, but stands remanded ill the latter end of the present week. CORNIIILL WARD.—Monday being Plough Mon day, the inquest for the ab,ve ward proceeded to make their presentments to the Court of Aldermen, and afterwards dined with their foreman, Mr. ex-Sheriff Nicoll, who had also in vited the alderman, Sir John Pine, Bart., the members of the Common Council, with other ward and parochial officers. The large room in that ancient and well-known tavern, Tom's Coffee-house, was fitted up for the occasion, and every delicacy in and out of season was liberally provided. After the usual loyal and civic toasts, followed by others de dicated to the rector (the Rev. Mr. Wrench), Messrs. Leg gatt, Saxton, and Hoppe, the company separated, having heard some well executed glees, &c., from Messrs. Edney, Shoubridge, and Holm, and all seemed well pleased with the worthy ex-Sheriff's hospitality. FOREIGN POTATOES.—The following numerous and large arrivals of potatoes have taken place within these few days, from the foreign ports mentioned : —The vessel Omnibus, from Calais, brought between 50 and 60 tons weight ; the Jeune Anyse, from Calais, 82 tons ; the Amelie, from Rosen, 86 tons ; the Thomas and Anne, from Dieppe, 61 tons ; the Corkscrew, from Dunkirk, 10 bls. ; the Sirene, from Rouen, 100 tons ; the Charles and Caroine, from Calais, 60 tons ; the Pauine, from Dieppe, 60 tons ; the William Frederick, from Rouen, 50 tons ; the Thomas from Rouen, 180 tons ; the Venu,, from Rouen, 130 tons; the Venir, trom Rouen, 110 tons ; the Elizabeth Middle ton, from Rouen, 70 tons ; the Oak, from Rouen, 82 tons the Dandy, from Rotterdam, 100 tons ; the John and Jane, ris from Rouen, 112 tons; the Penguin, from Rouen, 07 tons; the Savannah, from Rouen, 175 tons; the LP II be observed, Rouen, 83 tons; the Mountcharles, from Rouen, 120 tons ; the Constance Augustine, from Dunkirk, !P of London, 134 sacks ; the Dove, from 63 te :r hs ti p s e tn le Rotterdam, entire l o a d nr t 3 rr ah t egi,rete' fromt ,e C sru t o lt rn 3 , ' . i s hampers ; the Thomas and Mary,Rouen, p s r ofr o d d o u mlt c th e ew o St f an d importedtl. the Elvine, from Nantes, 6 tons; h Rouen, 51 tons weight .of the article. 0. t , served, that, with a few exceptious, the e w hole plies of foreign potatoes were the . recently from France, and beingbulk-, and formi t ng in entitled to the privileges discharge and car goes of the vessels, delivery to their destination. conceded by the autwhoerrieties h f oNtrvatinhndedi efrorslinlieweercitenygL during the Now, supposin- L th AE niT Year's-day, m ak o e rn o in n g N , rose ew g it measured twelve miles to ilinr:leEinni:tdhhuEl(i and we believe it is not far short) and to measure on an average half-a-mile, or 800 yards in breadth, the increase of water during the night would be 118,585,600 so lid yards. Again, suppose a cubic foot of water to weigh 1,000 ounces, there would be 14,001,428 tons, 11 cwt., 1 qr., 20 lb. Lastly, suppose 277,42 cubic inches make a gallon (Imperial me asure ) , there - would be 3,127,338,858 gallons of water, which fell in siN. hours. Our readers may ima gine what sort of a shower it was.—Cumberland Pacquet. S tIreRSTITION IN THE 19TH CENTURY.-I . WO ap parently respectable women applied at the surgery of a public establishment yesterday (Thursday) to be permitted to place the hand of a man who had been drowned the previous day on the knee of one of the women, as a cure for the king's evil, with which it appears sae was afflicted. The surgeon inquired what place of worship she attended, when she re plied, " High Church ;" by which it was understood she referred to St. Stephen's or St. reter'a!—Devonport Te legraph, INTERVIEW WITH KOSSUTH BY A LEEDS GENTLEMAN. (num the Leeds Mercury ) A private letter, dated Broom, December, 1850, I has just been received by a gt nlletnan convicted with the Leeds Mercury, from which we are favoured with some extracts. The writer is an intelligent profes sional gentleman, a native of Leeds, who for the last few years has resided in Asiatic Turkey, and who, it appears, has had an interview with Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, who, with his companions, is now an exile at Kutaya. The extracts will be read with interest. The writer says : " You know, of course, that Amer Bey is now in America as the representative of the Sultan; the first occurrence of the kind in the history of Turkey. To me it is a particularly interesting fact. I believe he . is accompanied by Mr. Brown, the American dragoma to the American Embassy, on his return to .ts;ew York a few months ego. I know Mr. Brown well, and in him the Turkish representative to the United States will find a valuable friend. The American missionaries here (for the East is the special field of American missions) anticipate great results to their own country front this new embassy to America. The United. States have done nobly i n granting 10,000 dollars to pay the expenses of the Sult an ' s representative. It will enable him to see the grand achievements of the Franks. " A few days ago the Protestants obtained a firman from the Sultan, for ever establishing them in their privilege to build churches like other Christians, as the Armenians and Greeks. This was obtained through the intervention of Sir Stratford Canning, who after the Sultan had granted the request, called the chief men of the Armenian Protestants to his own house, at Therapier, when he addressed them in the Turkish language, and so affected were they that they all shed tears. The Turks like the Protestants better than other religious sects because of their hatred to images, relics, and other fo o l er i es o f th e R oman C at h o li cs. Our friends in Leeds will rejoice in this spread of civil and religious liberty. How singular it is that the Crescent of Mahommedanism should be a pro tection to the Cross, as it is the case in thousands of instances at the present time, where the Sultan ex tends the aid of his sovereignty over Christians driven by persecution from their own land. " A friend of mine has just returned from Coniah, the ancient Iconium (see Acts of Apostles) visited by the Apostles. It is eighteen days' journey from here at the rate of thirty m il es a d ay . Th e people are little removed from barbarians, and at this day they live in houses built of mud, with flat roofs. in winter the streets are impassable, consequently men, beasts, and cattle all walk upon the roots, from one house to another, instead of in the streets, which are filled with snow, thrown every morning from the house tops. Coniah has about 60,000 inhabitants. A revolution in religious opinions is needed to work a change ; they are nominally Christians, but a sad specimen of Christianity, as they live by fraud and deceit. " I have not been to Kutaya to see Kossuth (the Hungarian patriot). I saw him in Broosa. Oh, the spirit of patriotism that circulates in his soul ! It would almost enchant you to hear him talk in Eng lish. What then must be the effect of listening to his eloquence in his own native language ? My inter view with him was delightful. I don't wonder at the enthusiasm with which he is regarded by his country men. I believe he is yet destined to accomplish great things for his country. You will per haps scarcely believe it, but he seldom sees a newspaper, end is ignorant of many of the trans actions now going on in Europe, because the post is very irregular to Kutaya. I should like to send him two or three numbers of the Mercury, which I occasionally receive. Many travellers in passing to Kutaya call at our house, and thus we have a certain opportunity of forwarding let ters, papers, or parcels, as Franks, American or Eng lish, are not searched. A friend, an American, from Kutaya, called a week or two ago. He says' Kossuth is much dissatisfied with his situation.' He spent two or three days with him. They (the exiles) live in a kind of barracks. 1 believe the Turks do all they can to make him and his associates comfortable, but you can have no conception of the grand diffe rence between English comforts and those of this country. Here there are no household comforts but those of your own creation. "Without fur coats you cannot in winter keep yourselves warm, for the houses are made to let in and not to keep out the cold; and the winters here are intensely cold. Kos suth, you know, is under the care of Suliman Bey, who is a remarkably nice fellow. I had the pleasure of visiting him here at the palace. He reminded me, in his looks and manners, of George Goodman, Esq. (of Leeds); he is like him, too, in form. He is, I believe, one of the best men Kossuth could have been placed under, for kindness and urbanity. It will be pleasing to Kossuth's friends in England to know that the Hungarian patriot is in the hands of so kind a keeper as Suliman Bey. "Nearly all letters to the exiles are opened, ex cept such as we have sent through Englishmen or Americans visiting Kutaya. 11r. Longworth, an Englishman, has married the daughter of the British Consul, and next month (January) comes to Eng land to publish the history of the Hungarian strug gle from Kossuth's FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SOLICITOR.-011 Monday, at Abingdon, an inquest was held to inquire into the death of Mr. Thomas Frankum, solicitor. and for many years clerk to the magistrates in that town. It seemed that on Friday, the 20th ult., the deceased, with a Mr. Nichol!, went in a dog cart to Lechlade, Gloucestershire, accompanied on the way by Mr. E. Harris, draper, and his servant, who were in another vehicle. When the business which took the parties to Lechlade was concluded they dined and drank mode rately, and returned from there about seven o'clock in the evening. On their way home they stopped at Farringdon and Pusey Furze, at both of which places they had refresh ments. It was about ten o'clock when they left Pusey Furze, and when between that place and Kingston Bag puize Mr. Nicholl's horse swerved from the road and went up a by lane, when Mr. Harris passed him, and the former on getting into the road again whipped his horse, and passed the other vehicle at a gallop, and then his horse slackened his pace, and Mr. Harris again passed him, and they kept in that position at the rate of about twelve miles an hour, until on coining to a part of the road where some heaps f stone were placed at the side for repairs, the vehicle of Mr. Nicholl came in contact with them, and threw both him and Mr. Frankum out violently, and it was subsequently found that the thigh of the deceased was frac tured by the fall. The coroner ordered a post-mot tent ex amination to be made, and the medical evidence showed that death ensued directly from congestion of the brain. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." DEATH OF THE AUTHOR OF " WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST."—We regret to announce the death of a writer whose genial and sportive pen has delighted thousands. Maxwcll, the lash novelist, and author of innumerable humorous sketches in the periodical literature of the day, expired on the 29th of December, at Musselburg, near the Scottish capital. His generally vigorous health had of late broken down, and he crept into the retirement of this se questered village to die. lie had been in early life a captain is the British army, and was, of course, the delight of the mess-room, and a general favourite in social circles. He subsequently entered the Church, and was some years pre bendary of Balla, a wild Connaught church living, without any congregation or cure of souls attached to it; though it atforded what he was admirably capable of dealing with, piety of game. Of a warm-hearted, kind, and manly tem perament, ther the circle madetiie of hismisorall a w eg h u o a c in am ta e nc within th w erane of his wit, the founder of that school which counts the " Harry Lorrequers" and others among its humble disciples; but " The Story ,of my Life" and " Wild Sports of the West" will not be easily surpassed in the peculiar qualities of that gay, off-hand, and rollicking style of penmanship, of Iv hich be was the origi. nator. THE LATE PRETENDED POPISH MIRACLE AT LYONS. The Gazatie de Lyon contains the following :—" We learn that the Commission appointed by the Archbishop of Avignon, to examine into the facts affirmed with regard to the picture in the chapel of St. Salumin-les-Apt, has decided unanimously that there are no grounds for proceeding any further in the matter, as the facts have nothing of a super natural character in them. A letter which w n 0 I na gu n we haiveefininrsittfioo re ceived, and which emanates from a person as remar kable r his intelligence as for his perfect good faith, an e n u o s uire t s to us conclusion proves how that everything which has appeared mirmacisul for resulttheneces sary the deci sionwe cannot _. too much applaud our selvesquesti"softauthorities, has been given to us. Tbishcoi of the ecclesiastical who are alone compe tent, for having followed and, for our parts prudence in our reserve on this subj ect. CITY DISPHNssEY.—The half-yearly meeting of the friends and patrons of this charity took place yesterday, at the Hospital, 76, Queen -street, City; Nathaniel Ainger, founded in the year 1 idEiiessqrPoe'nfisntalritYeh'esNivcchkhaiacirhn,dwdashi seased poor, in all cases 7B r 9 e , appeared from the report that this Gl for i t n h g e ir li r e e: dical and surgical care, had since its opening cured and re lieved upward s of 306,759 patients. Upwards of 83,000 visits had been paid to the patients, at their own houses. The committee thought that the great improvement in the sanitary condition of the metropolis was to be ascribed to the facility afforded by dispensaries of checking incipient sick ness. The receipts for the past 3 ear had amounted to 5581. ls. 2d.; and the expenses to 5381.108. ; leaving a balance of 19/. Ils. 2d. The report was adopted, some formal business transacted, and a committee appointed for the eniming year, after which a vote of thanks to the chairman passed, and the meeting separated. _ CELEBRATION OF THE EARL OF STAMFORD'S BIIMIDAY.—On Tuesday, his Lordship's birthday, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, gave a ball and sup per to his tenantry, at the Cat and Partridge Inn, Enville. THE GREAT (EXPECTED) SEASON OF I Every one is expecting to make a fortune in the Great Ex hibition Season of 1851. Beds are, by anticipation, going up in the environs of London, and a large broker, iiißroker's alley, is selling so many bedsteads that he is making a for tune at full gallop with four-posters. Somebody has even proposed to make the bed of the Serpentine av a il a bl e, an d perhaps it would not be a bad i dea to throw a Macintosh cover across the whole surface, and thus turn it into or t o of c e palls; promoting would have th t e li c e o dot nv, those water beds which are sometimes so strenuo us ly re c om d mended by " the faculty. tble effect of hiding an offensive object once of the public while the Serpenti ne i tse lf i s we ll a d ar ited for the purpose. of repose, as wh en anyt hi ng i s sa id a b o ut cleansing the river the authoriti es seem determ i ne d to go to sleep upon it. — P unch. SPRING FLOWERS. —During the past week, prin roses have been offered for sale in great quantities, wal 1- flowers and polyanthuses may also be seen blossoming in gardens in the neighbourhood. The appearance of t hese heralds of sunnier days indicates the unusual mildness of the present SensiOn.—Sussex Advertiser. COTTON MILL BURNED. MANCHESTER, JAN. 15.—Since FrAgy morning last we have had no less than b;X orfier fires, (Jilt• o f which, lust evening, destroyed a considerable portion of the cotton factory of Messrs. Robert iilarsland :;m1 Co., Ancoats. Messrs. Robert Marsland and Co. are spinners and doublers, and their premises, called the Ancoats bridge Mills, consist of three parallel buildings, on the north side of the river reledlock, the middle and prin cipal building being 120 feet long old 32 broad, awl consisting of six stories and an attic. It was in this larger building, filled principally with spinning ma chinery, that the fire originated. It was discovered about a quarter past six o'clock in the evening—the work-people having left their employment at six—by some perscns outside the mill, who immediately com municated the fact that there was a strong light in the top story to the private watchman. An alarm was given immedi ately in the neighbourhood, and Messrs. Galli more and Co. ' whose print wor k s are on th e opposite bank of the River Medlock, sent a private fire-engine, which was got into play with considerable e&ct, ttough some delay occurred owing to the muddy bed of the river rendering it necessary that the water should be laden into tubs before it could be passed through the engine. The town fire-engines, under the direction of Mr. Thomas hose, arrived at the scene of the fire about twenty minutes to seven o'clock. At this time the fire, which had commenced at the north end of the mill, had extended nearly the whole length of the building, and the two upper stories—the sixth and seventh were a mass of flames. By the energy of the firemen—who succeeded in getting at the flames by taking the hose from the engines to the top of the adjoining buildings, and directing the jets of water immediately into the winclaws of the top stories—the flames were much reduced by ten o'clock, and there was a hope that the damage would be confined to the two top stories of the mill. By an accident which occurred at about this time similar to that at the fire of Messrs. Wallace and Co.'s, last week, the amount of damage was much augmented. The floor and other supports of the top stories appear to have been so much injured by the fire, that about ten o'clock they were no longer capable of sustaining the weight of machinery upon them at the north end, and the floor, extending along nearly one-half the building from the north end full ing in, carried down corresponding portions of the fifth, fourth, third, and second stories to the bottom of the mill. Had the fire not been so much reduced at this time, it is probable that the flames would have extended to the lower stories of the other part of the building, in which case the destruction of the entire mill would have been almost inevitable. As it is, the fire has destroyed nearly one-half of the larger mill, and the two top stories of the remainder, including the entire roof. The whole of the walls are standing, except a small portion of the top on the western side. The other buildings upon the premises have not suffered except from water. The buildings are insured in the North of England to the amount of 2,7001.; in the West of England for 2.9001 ; in the Guardian for 6001. ; and in the Atlas for 600/. ; total, 6,8001. The amount of damage done by the fire is estimated at about 5,0001. About two hundred and thirty hands will be thrown out of employment by the calamity. The cause of the fire is not known. It is said to have originated in some waste rovings at the north end of the sixth story of the building, but how they were ignited is a mystery. CURItENC Y REFORM. We have frequently felt it our duty to call the serious attention of our readers to the urgent neces sity which has long existed for revising and altering, if not altogether abandoning, the absurd and ruinous monetary system established by Sir Robert Peel's Currency Bills of 1819 and 1844. We are glad, therefore, to find, by an advertisement in another column, that a public meeting will be held in York next week, in order to promote that important object, at which the Rev. John Twells,who has eminently dis tinguished himself on many occasions, by his able ad vocacy of Currency Reform, will be present. No valid reason can be assigned why gold alone should be allowed to regulate the exchangeable value of the aggregate property and capital of the country. The natural tendency of such a system is to prevent the free circulation of gold, by fixing a price upon it in this country, and insisting upon its retention here at all costs and hazards. And being our principal circulating medium, a sudden drain is necessarily an abstraction of the very life-blood of our internal trade, the export of which bas to be suddenly arrested. Whereas, were gold a mere commodity, its export would be attended with the same results only as the export of so much iron, cloth, or calico. This subject is of considerable importance to farmers, as well as to the trading and commercial interests. Whenever there is a scarcity of the circu lating medium, it is out of the power-of the people to pay a high price for agricultural produce, and hence they are driven to consume inferior food, to the great loss of the cultivators of the soil. This has been experienced over and over again, and it will continue to occur so long as our circulating medium shall not represent the actual wealth and property of the country. The extension of the cur rency system is especially due to the farmer as an act of justice. It is well known that the landlords gave their consent to Sir Robert Peel's Act of 1819, with the distinct understanding that they were to have the corn-laws ; and now that the compact has been broken, mainly, we believe, by the distresses of 1847, which were in a great degree to be attributed to the operation of the restricted currency, they have a right to demand that the currency shall be no longer fettered, to add to the enormous losses which they have already experienced. We trust, therefore, that there will be a numerous attendance of farmers on Thursday, to meet the members of the York Farmers' Club, and that they will unite with others in demand ing a revision of our monetary code, and the adoption of such salutary laws as will afford to the nation the advantages of a currency adequate to the wants and exigencies of the population.— York Herald. SUNDAY TRADING 1N BERMONDSEY. A general meeting of the master butchers of this populous district of the metropolis, took place last evening, at the Horns Tavern, Bermunthey-square. for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro visions of a Bill about to be introduced into Parlia ment, by Mr. Williams, M.P. for Lambeth, the ob ject of which is to suppress Sunday trading as far as possible. Mr. J. Hayman presided, and stated, that from communications which he had had with about 300 butchers, he was convinced that they were almost to a man in favour of a measure which should enforce entire closing on the Sabbath. They well knew that if such a measure were passed it would have a most beneficial effect in preventing the working classes from wasting their money on a Saturday night. 'The fault of all Sabbath legislation hitherto was, that it was im practicable—a character which would be removed by Mr. Williams's Bill. He then went through the clauses. The Bill had the merit of being very short and definite in its provisions. There are but twelve clauses. The first contains a general prohibition against selling, hawking, crying, or publicly offering or exposing for sale in any shop, warehouse, marker, thoroughfare, or other place within the metropolitan police district or the city or liberties of London, any goods, chattels, effects, matter, or thing whatever (the excepted articles are afterwards stated). The second clause continue a the existing statutes as to taverns, steam-packets, club-houses, &c. The third takes away the responsibility of servants. The exempted articles are declared by the fourth clause to be : medicines or drugs for medicinal purposes ; milk, before nine in the morning and after one in the after noon ; tea, coffee, ready-dressed food, or other re freshments, in any coffee-shop, &c., before ;ten in the morning and after one in the afternoon, or at any period of the day to lodgers or residents ; meat or fish, before nine, between May and Oc tober; fruit, pastry, &c., before nine and after one; newspapers before ten and after one ; and cigars and tobacco after one. The fifth clause prescribes the penalties on conviction-ss. for the first offence; from ss. to 20s. for the second ; and from 203. to 40s. for the third; only one penalty to be incurred in a day until the third offence. The 6th clause authorises the goods of hawkers to be seized, redemable on payment of Is. By the 7th clause, no articles, except meat, fish, poultry, fruit, pastry or ice, can be delivered after 10 o'clock. The remaining clauses relate to the enforcing of the Act, and the recovery of the penalties. it is to come into operation on the Ist June. The several clauses were discussed seriatim, and appeared to meet with general approval; and a resolution was come to, affirming the necessity of some legislative enactment for securing one day's rest in seven. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE AT WORTHING.— The subscriptions for the relief of the widows and children of the eleven men who unfortunately lost their lives in the IVorthing roads, in a fruitless attempt to render assistance to the crew of the Lalla Rookh, have amounted to the aggre gate sum of 5,0001. The committees appointed at Worthing and Brighton to make the collections and appropriation of the money have disagreed in their notions as to the proper mode of snaking the distribution, and consequently nothing has yet been done with the money, beyond the administra tion of temporary relief to the distressed families. One of the plans proposes to regard the subscription as a kind of national reward for a brave action, and to make the distri bution of all alike, regardless of age or circumstance, ex cept that the orphans, and in three cases, dependent parents, having each one share, the widows should have two; while another, regarding the money as being raised for the relief of distress occasioned by the calamity, proposes that all cir cumstances, whether pecuniary or relating to age or other matters, should be considered. Our readers will remember that the first fatal and unsuccessful attempt to hoard the Lalla Rookh was followed by a second, which was success ful. The boatmen, 23 in number , have since claimed sal vage, and on Monday last they met, and shared between them 536/. Gs. Bd., which bad been awarded to them on that I account, on the application of Messrs. Irem . onger, of Lit t l e _ I hamptou, receivers of the drosts of the Adnuralty.