The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-26 00:00:00

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'. -- ...... t t o o : Ditto (Ntw.)... . 1 157 ii t o - Ditto 8 per Cent. ......... -• Icoii, to - 1 611rophire Union ............... - ''." .. - South Devon .. ....... .... 5 0 -- - • --. ::: to - S°litto PrefernCe”...• • ... 25 .17 i . to - ar.'•utla Staffordshire ..: ... • Bth "' :c. .. to - 1111 Easter' ............ ... 33 9 - to - .... Ditto, No. 22. ..... 30 to bitto, O. 3.° :: .. ..•••••••••........... 30 - .to - - ..... Ditto, o . 3 • ° . No. 4 .... 10 to - r, Ditto, Scrip No 4.. - to - g _ znatloircei • ..... 43 South York2hir.;,. .Donc a ster to - - Itnd Goole ....e.. ............ 12 heilield, Rotherha-ham, and .. to •"'" Goole (N .D) Gila. 5 para. 1614 - - to - __ - Do, do. (South ) 5 ane. and Loughor and Ca to - -... ~, rd tu). Coal ..... .... • ! to - IP? Vale Extenzion ...... .. 0 4arnea haven Dock and to - b . I ", , ailwa .. 1714 - to - .................... ~.' ale of ieath .. .. 10 - to --• ~,..fYa,terlord and ...._ ? ' • i•ice . n .. ny •• ........ •- , 2 , • -..... za,er:ord and Utraeliek ... .. 4., 1 /.2••• .. waterford, We Wieklw, . to .... ond Dublin .... ............ 3 "ear Valley 6 pot Cent. to - Guaranteed ... 50 to - __ 11),(4 do. do. ....... 25 to - Do, do. do. ...... •15 -• - to •-• ; eSt Cor nwall.., . ...... 7% - to ,-.' Vlitehaven. and F ... 1 . 11 •• ;s • s . l3 ••• ** - ••." "L'atlzor, Staines, and South to - ..... 4 c3t til • 14 • to - Tir;l, e •• •. ................ .. . _ TorB, Somerset,&Weymonth 4,:) 1614_ ..:tO '-' krcastle, and Berwick 25 .. _ t ° _- be. and Newcastle Exten. 20 _ x.f. to jl / 1 ,,°• ~...G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 to - Y „-,?•ilartlepQol bk. & Pay. 100 1-814%... to - w r '.' 404 North:NliOdand .. 50 Ditto, Preference ............ 10 FOREIGX RAIL WA"' 400 Italian (late • Italian to - Botirlel kistriau) . 5 1/2 - Cs -°gll4l and Amiens ........• 20 -, 77s titral of France ( Orleans x. i. - to - ~ and Pi of . ..... 2O to -- i))o3llerara. ... 17% •••• - •to 1 % kttte, ~ ....................... • , ' 4aenizh• ......... ...... 8 -*** - ,'A t adiatt .. .. . to - Ditto ~,,... . • .• ............. ... .. 20 ..... - to - .... to - weat Indian i;;;1;i3•34;•1;• ....... 5 ""*. - _ 1., 1)() % Do .. - . ... 103. to - , a 1 .... , ........ , ~ _ to - N LT.,. a oatn Ore ....•".. , a _ ',alborg 8 to - - qto .....-. ...................... .. 10 .. - nd and Valentia ...... „. 2 rtiluur a n ,l L ; , . 90••• - - • •• . : tt * ; .. : ' Lie: e.. ..... •••••• 7. 1 wt/ die x.l , s , Pov iet il nl rn of Praue2. ........... I , it Bs.. fii 4 ; to - 4, d Bordeaux; . ....• 7 •••••• ~ to - 1 , 4 ' 4n4 Orleans... ............ 20 to - Par 44 a" " "n .. ..... - ..... 20 3 & Strasbourg. ..... 12 8"n kid nay, .-: ''''' .22" **.” -.--- X i ••• to tt --: ...... %kb* titr.i.s'e and iens° -0 to - To lirs viZg t:d Bale ..... ...... 14 ▪to - To & Nante s . ... ..... . 13 .• ~ to - ttltriltatZ, Jurbise, Landen, West .4autlt ._‘, ........ .... .. 20 3 - 4, land€rs .................. 8 A JOINT STOCK ZAMES. to --• alasla .............. k,iia. ! r 40 • "*. --___ x,.d. to -- ... .. Coltish liOrtll 'American. •••• 50 '''... • - t° - eors 41 .......... .... ........... 25 ....- - to - Londrzercial of L0nd0n....... 20 •••••• - - 10 •••••• - ▪ to - Lt d !! J'eint Stock:"... ..... 4 4 .'4 am W estminster. .. 29 ...... - to •-•- lertalProYincial of Engld. 35 to - k un ta N 10 •••• - ▪ to - -Ati o ,, ' 4 QW ...... . ..... ..••,.. ~._. .... - P to,, Of Ireland . ........... 22,,a _ x.div to - b reload' ... 25 - ,;tl,l?.cial,,f / ..... to - trIli"o, I New ... ... .......... 1 _0 • to ell of Au 11 . 25 --.. - At, ra a ............ ...... tai ' Lew ................. 2 % _ to - 11 1110 0 1 of ondon ........ ...... 10 ' 4 of London ............... 40 - ... to A.D 1 MINE 3. Zte.l .)0.... - 448fttlr ' Z ICan .. ............ IA- ».... to ..-• II", ........ ..... ... ..... 15 ~•••• :to --• Ilart,ralian .. ...... 4 to tilt 484 1ian . e .....:............. 2S e. . to tole:l'4l'oa Iron as CI Coal ... 50 to _ lirit'llh"iScrio . ................ _ 11r4,1 'roll : ................... 1 2 ..... to liigail btperial ..... . ... 24 %.._ — rilttCoeaes and CuiaLa... 2 4 t° tobi. c ' t , St ' J OhO Del Rey ... la ..... •• to O t " 'upper .., 40 . to N rai ......... 3 ll* • 9 a . to ••••" k at ri , ... .. . .......... .. itte••••• '''''' bolalote, Unregistered .- - .....- 0. lack llebenture. — e • 814 at... Red Antares......... Deb — ..... to th• la g° de Cua. 10 •••••• .., . t 0.4144 .4144 A ir __ ~e ...... . ....... . 6 ................ to to 7 . '"XI an ..... .. ........ .. 11 ) %tr- - C T- ------- iiiterdarn 0 LIR SE. OF kt E L . ,• •• •• •• 12 2U A1r, t ,2 .( 41 1 `"t •• •• •• 12 0% 44 4 ,erp... ••••• •• ••• 12 2% 44 4, uUrgh • • •••• • • • • 25 70 • clll es a 441, ti • ' • ••••11.11. 13 1 1% Li • 43 ' 8 ' tt 4 3 •‘. • 25 47% •• •• 25 67% p~• •••• • • • 25 70 t . . 1-l orto,;;.•• •• • • 25 70 `l,burgh s " ,il ain(l••.. 137 Tr 14 41 WM . ." 11° '• *. 11 24 ki ll , to., . • ••• •• 11 24 ay •1111; 4 "• ••• s• 49 % •••••••• '• "•• •• 493 i Be~;uQ as •••••.** ••••• ''•• EXCIIANGE. Gibraltar •• •• •• ••-•.-.: _- Leghorn •• •••••••• .. • • 80 80 Gersoa•• •• •• •• .• •• •••• 26 15 Milan .. •• - - - - •• •• Venice- .• •• •• •• •• •• •• Naples •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 403{ P5.1erm0,per0a........ 121% Messina .• •• .• •• •• •• •• 122 Lisbon.- - •• •• •• •• •• •• 53 q Oporto" ---•••• •• •• 53% ' , Rio Janeiro .......... Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • .... TRICE!! OP BULLION, 171 OZ. Foreign Gold in bars 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10% Silver In bars ........ 0 4 1148 YIYS SiIiPPING—( 1. 0 , THIS DAY.) br4." l3 °N, JAN. 2 G.—Witid at noon W.S.W., bt4e,tx,o.n JAloudy, with very mild weatheart.rong._ light Arrd. kran„,_ ;T• 23.—Wind W. to W.S Arr,c, adler, Berbice; Ann Black, Inglis, Pictou. ?hill ''eni the River, Countess of Yarborough, . Port / id 13,; Uarry, Mauritius ; Unicorn , 41,,Ytt, Iturha, Jamai ca; Ivanh oe , Cuba, St. a C V . ; in s ce w n i t t. ; e i ld, New York. O..ItaPoL, JAN. 2 5.—Wind W.—Arrd. Char m les . ptZsiCothay, Shanghai; Theresa, Wright, Ma t ra a nh u a na; ) ,,, r e "t, ti, Antigua ; Kyanite. Lister, _ Laguna; elit(o.lB',WkittY, New Orleans; Monongahela, F 4 i ,.' Lorin Bromham, Ll'Murray, Charleston; Cor nelia, k()Iiv;:"A N ew York; James Wright, Clark, ditto ; i s . '' " l ive, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ann Nelso n, Qrm;',,l), Calcutta; libido°, Kelly, ditto; Sea Nymph , ,n hor ~"'h , ditto ; Courier, Towerson, ditto i 1 g and l'e l °l l l 3 Rae, ditto ; Eurydice, Maceio Itottuco, left Perrambnco 25th of Dec e mber;_ litth . ' ' Tato, Savanilla ; Louisa-y-Jesuza, E van l.t. 6 overnor, Smith, Jacmel ; Atlantic, .11 Honduras; d o ., Kerr, itat,,: n or, Smith, Davies, New Orleans; z i l, r , et h , riw il l l i i . a t na os tr . vis, si J d.arv i s , Mobilei Mi A i n tja lc e2 Ameri- ' Fortitude, Rio Jan g eir o ci f ; s r ig o o - , fr f ,, a ipt- Lucia. The Eleanor Cr aig, Brown, with loss tr bo °InLaY, was spoken in lat. 50, long. 11, " to put itito Li the first and foremast, i n a gale, and intending h oz , -,st port. Itat tr "4431'n, JAN. 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Nett a, hi, -1 3', %leans Ayres; Alexander Cochrane, pi, 1 , 'aildP• Sld. Theti s , Sydney, New South an.. Waldron, Wales. tag,,", St Denis, Howe, New York, for Havre; PI P 4 ', s ‘' Bird, Calcutta and Madras. I)4eltt.'l°llTß, JAN ' 25, —Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Linnet q.ur t ' itio Janeiro left 18th December. 0 Port k auti , ti China; Vorfa'rshire, ditto; Equator, Ac . l fr anii_s a o y n,: Ariterie4l!; Curecon, Surinam, for Rotterdam, ora M orn, i?P leco 'i,44eLa, ditto both for Bremen; C Alt 4i,ward's Island. ' 314 11 41). I N TUE C IIANNEL.--VlllO de Ronen, Acis Ayres, for Havre. is n has Fremont, 4"4g"(,QtA..l;tl:' for 25 .—Tho Pauline, 11 . 0ng..t0-1 ) 0\1: '4, shore, and proceeded flyer. and littll, o. 25. —The Scipio h asbeen got off s hore , e or no damage, and will proceed for 511 a Ny tt , New (44l,, lB' on 25.—The Rose, of Plymouth, fro m , ii g P a rt i,f' ,:',. °11 shore opposite the harbour, and thr w Nwi,4l.goo3‘orboard. lIIII Pteri - 2 4. r , JAN. 2 5.—Tho Matilda schooner, of South tkiq,"'ls been scuttled, having taken fire. ib t , akes n1;13711, JAN. 2 5.—The Minerva, of Shorehtro s, , jQand s .C. 'ttle water, having been on shore on Scroty 3LyTir--uay, but will proceed. ` 44 in - ' de r, 24 . —Th e Albion floated off tte rocks 1311,5, mw,!th apparently but little damage. ar,(l k-ANct.---Druid, Cousens, Demeraraj Lady Ys l' e whi t ~, 11thaff, Shangha;. . ''• , \r „„ s t ; > JAN. 24.—Wind E.—Sid. Father Matthew, 0 lt,,a--tlen! Iris, Bahia. 'tjlQll,-I,?l's dAN:2S.--Wind W.N.W.—Arr3. E . ength e, 1 4 4-, Caleutta• African Queen, Dyer, Aince. , ~ kap '''"iwroN, Jirr. 25.—Wind 'W. li`lll.—Sl • 3' --tatlor, Callender, Pernambuco. Air. . / 'AItI( ET NEWs.—(THIS DAY.) .4„. covracT-GaRDEN. to.d a Psed u • 3 pplik:a cf Ve ,i.iiitaluggish fiery 3 3 Market. The demand for them vas In get:shies were on, talo in in mate, on somewhat ;lower terms. In r)gli_i!or3! little was doing, at last week ' s p rices. Muscat f Aitx,"u ruits—rine Apples, 5s to 70 ; Mu- burgh Grand:a.dt'a Grapes, 5s to 6a Od; Black Ham burgh 43 Od to 5s Od per lb; Pears, Os to 15s; Eating , 2 8 to ' 4 ' 2 ' Gd to 3s 6d per half-sieve; Apples for cook in g, _ ' l f Oro' -3 6 d per bushel. Filberts, 703 to 75s per 1001 b -: por-'go Froits__Bia„l2 ,-,. n 9d to is, b Fort ' autos ..razil di. t suaraburgh urrapes, to, 8d to IGd per lb; Spanish Nuts, 4s to s: r ; tMc ; L.,,,,` °' 3 s to 48 ; Barcelona ditto, 5s to 6s Pr .09 Al Mona, 4s to 103 ; and Oranges, 3a to lOs per t 3 per o londs, 52 to Gs; and Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to PeOt; Spuiah Quipus, 12s to 17s Gd per box' THE N, Vergetabie3—Cape Broroli, 183 to 24s per dozen bundles; Turr,ipi•', 2s 3d to 3s; Ciirrots, 63 to 4-i; GI% cust, 2.i 0.1 to 3s ; LEeL, 93 to Is t . ...•2%ches ; Lierc• Gd .i 7) 3.7 ; Uel , l - y, 4 6'.1 per buttilc; ();:ioni:, 2s to 33 61 p, ; ti) 31 01 ; 9 I to 11; S•svoy ditto, Is to 16 63 ; :n(lditt, 2.s Od to 33 01 ; 14,1 Beet, Is to Is 63; Parsnips, 43 to 83 per ; Is 3d to Is 61 per score ; usAqs Sprouts, is to 23 63; Spinach, 2s to 2s 63; ;I , tasalcm Artichokes, 1 to I Gd; and Corn:non Sal:•.3, Is 3d to 15 63 per half-sieve ; Mushrooms, is 3d to Is 61 per pottle; Small Salad, 2s to 23 6:1 per dez , m pur,ne!i; Sage, 2s to 3s per dt zen bunches ; Shallots, 31 to 43 per 16; Potatoes, SCs to 120 s per ton; ditto, 3i 03 to 4s Od per bushel; Sea Kail, 23 Gd to 3s per punnet; Aspa regu3, 6s to Ss per 100; Rhubarb, 15s to 18s per bunche'al; Corny. all While Brc•coli, 4s to 63 per dozen; Forced Cucumbers, 63 to Si each. rzm Si' `31.1 AND 7.7.11) I):E.INTIAILL. Turkeys, 3; 61 to 123 01; Geem. , , 4s Od to 63 Gd; Et:AP, 2s to 23 91 ; Tame Rabbits, is 2d to Is 10d ; Wild ditto, 91 to Is 3d; Pigeuns, 6:1 to 10.1; Roasing Pigs, 43 61 to is Gd each ; Surrey Fo7fls, Cs Od to 103 Od ; ditto Chickens, 43 Od to 31 ; Barndoor Fowls, 3s Od to 5s 3d per couple ; English Eggs, 8s Od to 103 0,1 ; French ditto, 63 Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Froth Butter, Ild to is 4d per lb ; Pheasants, 33 to 4s; Partridges, 13 61 to is 9d ; Hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ; 61 to 7d; Teal, 81 to 101 ; Wild Duelcs, Is 91 to 2s 3d; Widgeons is to is 4d; and Plovers, Gd to Is each. N ZN.X7P r..T. Beef, from 2.; 3d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 23 103 to 3s 83; Vea!, 3s 4d to 3a 103 ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 43 per Slbs. WEXI'ECHA.PEIR. Bter, from 23 4d to 34 6d; Mutton, 2s t ) 35 6 Veal, 3s 2d to 33 10d; and Pork, 2s Sd to 4s per 811)s. nxLMMTGSGATE. Turbots, 3s to 16s ; Brills, 2s Od to Ss; Cod Fish, 3s to 6s 6d; Whitings, 4d to 9.1; Lobsters, 10d to Is 9d; Crabs, 4d to 1s 91 each; Soles, Gd to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 4d to ils per lb.; Largo Haddocks, 9d to Is ; small ditto, 4d to Bci each ; Crimped Skate, 83 to 9d; and Prawns, 2s 3d to 2s 9d 1 er lb.; Shrimps, Is Gd to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is 3d to is Gd per dozen; Oysters, 12s to 55s per bushel; Flounders, 9d to Is; Smelts, Is to Is 91, and Fresh Herrings, 10d to Is Gd per dozen; Mackerel, Gd to 10 escb. nrana:D. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis arc am 6d to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to Gd per 4lbs r IVTA2;'.7Lrari'. Market hides, 56117t0641b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 1-TI• ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, 2d to 2L-d; ditto; 801 b to 881 b, lid to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 31d, ditto, 96th to 1041 b, aid to 33d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 3 : ld to 4d. Calf Skirls, light 2s to 31 OJ; ditto full, 5a 6d to 6s; :Horn Hides, 6s 6d to 0;;; Polled Sheep, 4s 10d to 6s 9.1; Kcl.t3 and Ilalf-brcds 3s 10d to 43 101; Downs 25 4d to 4s 4d. BAT _WitAIEZEETE. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31. 10s; Clover Jilt°, 3/ 03 to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 7s per load. A dull trade, at drooping prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 21 10 to 3/ 103 • Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 ss; and Straw, 11 15 to 11 8s per oad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECLIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8i to 31 85 ; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 1/ Os to 1/ 75 per load. A full aver age supply, and a heavy demand. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) STORY V. BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. The CIIIEF JUSTICE said the Court had considered this cane, which was argued yesterday, and were of opi nion that, inasmuch as the declaration disclosed a good ties in the plaintiff to preser.t to th-.. church of St. Giles, the only question to be considered was whether or not it was in the power cf the Bishop of Winchester and competent for him as ordinary, the church having con tinued vacant for souse time, to set up the title of the Crown against the plaintiff. The Court were of opinion that the law was perfectly clear and s,lttled upon the point and that the Bishop could not do so. With regard to the other objection, that the party, being in possession of the church of St. Giles, could not, by virtue of the statute of the 59th c f G e. M. and the Ist Vie . be ad mitted into the church of St. Mary Magdalen, they being jointly worth more than 1,0001. Thi also appeared to the Court to he perfectly clear and settled, and they were of opinion, that by a linissic,n into the church of St. Mary Magdalen the church of St. Gil s became ipso facto void, and that the plaintiff was consequently en titled to present. They thought the pleas bad, on the two objections raised, and judgment would theref.,re be for the plaintiff: HOARE V. SILVERLOCK. In this case, in which it will be recollected the plain tiff; who was the daughter of a deceased naval oflher, sought to recover compensation in damages fur a libel in the Naval and Military Gazette, The CIE JUSTICE intimated that he had received a !otter from the plaintiff, going at great length, as ap peared to him, into the particulars of the case, but as soon as he saw that it was a private application and contained a statement of the care on the one side, he directed it to be sent to the office of the opposing coun sel, and this was a practice which the court should always adopt when private communications s ere sent in rtfirence to cases pending before it. This was the second letter which had been received from the plaintiff, and the Court thought it 14 as a circumstance Lf which they woe bound to tike notice. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) COBBEIT V. SIR GEORGE GREY. In this case, which was an action against Sir George Grey, ai Secretary of State for the Houle Department, for an alleged improper treatment of the plaintiff, whilst an inmate iu the Queen's Bench ison, The CHIEF BARON delivered the judgment of the Court, upon the application of the plaintiff for a rule to show cause why a certificate, granted by one of their Lordship, certifying that the defendant had reasonable cause to p!oad certain pleas, should not bo set aside. The objections urged by Mr. Cobbett were, firs', that the judge had no power to grant such a certificate ; and, se condly, that it ought not to be granted, ex cept by an agreement of the parties. The Court found that Mr. Justice lattesen had granted a similar certificate under the same circumstances, and between the same parties, and saw no ground in the present case upon which the certificate could be held to be bad. The rule must therefore be refused. TOWSE V. HENDERSON. This was an ttjtion .-- io recover under a charter party, and in which a rule had been obtained to set aside the verdict, on the ground of its being against the evidence. The Court were of opinion that the verdict was fairly warranted by the evidence and discharged the rule. KILLER V. DUBOURCH. The COURT discharged the rule which had been ob ,ained in this case to set aside an award. DIAMOND DUST. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Proud men never have friends; either in prosierity, became they know nobody; or in cdversity, because then nobody knows them. Neter condemn a friend unheard, or without letting him know his accuser or his crime. _ _ The commentary of a severe fiend is better than the embellishments of a sweet-lipped flatterer. An ape is ridiculous by natase, but men become so by art and study. Tile morning hour has gold in its mouth. Poetry accommodates the show of things to the de sires of the mind. There is nothing ugly f.yr those who know the virtues and bLauties of ail the things which God has made. INSTALLATION OF THE BISHOP OF NORIVICII.- NORWICH, JAN. 24.—The kauguraticn cf the bishop of this diocese, the thirty-third since the Reformation, in the person of the Right Rev. Samuel Hinds, D.D., took place in Norwich this day. At two o'clock, the 136h0p came from the palace, attended by all his proctors, and about two hundred cf the clergy, the dean and canon sitting noontime at the table. The senior proctor, H. Francis, E: , ci , presented to the dean the archbishop's commission for the installation, and prayed that the dean would be pleased to take upon himself the execution there&:, and to decree proceedings to be done to the tenor of the actuary. The commii sion was tht.o read by Mr. Kitson, the actuary. The Dean then said, "I do decree proceedings to be had and chine in the business of this installation according to your petition and the prayer of this mandate." ; Ile Bishop thorn made his petition to the Dean, saying as follows:—" I, Samuel Binds, Doctor in Divinity, by Divine permission Lord Bishop of Norwich, almitted; inducted, installed, and enthroned, according to the form of the commission, now offer myself to take the oaths prescribed by law." The Bishop having been conducted by the Dean to the episcopal throne, took the oaths of supremacy and allegiance to the Queen, and of canonical obedience to the Archbishop and the Metropolitan Church of Canterbury. The Dean then taking the mandate f'Jr installation in his hand, addressed the Bishop, saying, " By virtue of this mandate I induct, in stall, and enthrone you Bishop of the Diocese of 'Nor wich." Taking his Lordship by the hand, Dr. Pellaw the led the Right Rev. Prelate to the throne, and the Bishop having taken his seat, he repaired to his own stall, and the services proceed: d. The service Icing ended, Mr. Buck played the National Anthem as a voluntary. The Bishop returned to the palace, and the congregation dispersed. POLL FOR COMMISSIONERS or BATHS AND WASH HOUSES IN Gramiavvicu.-7 he poll commenced on Thurs day morning at nine o'clock, and every hour increased the majority for the original promoters of the measure. At half-past four o'clock the vicar announced that he and his friends had eeterrniued on withdrawing from the contest, seeing that the rwepaye.rs had expressed so decided an opinion against them. This announcement was received with great cheering, and the chairman de clared the committee'. original list was elected. , A H %ROME IN HUMBLE LIFE.—AB act of heroic intrepidity was petfarmed into on the afternoon of Wed nesday wee k, by the youngest daughter of Mr. Robin son, of Icettlehulm-bralga. 'While proceeding from the house of her matter (be Rev. Mr. Jamieson, St. Murgo), on as errand, she was alarmed by cries of dis tr"ft and, guided by the sound, learnt that it proceeded from a fellow•servaet who had been engu!fad in a very deep part of the liver Annau whilst attempting to cross it on the deceitful ice. s teen he d there ha d about half an hour, cia.ellhowavetapderi net his deliverer risked her own alldTmhewp'toosor . by proceeding e 1 brittle, t o the spot. Cautiously feeli ng h er we - along i ce, w hi c h, as a t h aw h ad set in, ben', and sometimes b ro ke beneath her fret, she s uccee d ed in getting hold of the exhausted man ; and it wa s net till after much arduous exertion that she at length was the means if accomplishing his rescue from a watery grave. The man saved its married and the father of an infant family, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1850. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (raom OUR OWN CORR'ESMINDENT.) CO 'NIS, JAN. 25. In onseq , .:once of there being vorylitle work doing in the yacht and merchant ii in building yards, the poor of this town are in a very ;.listrnssed state. Lord de Grey has kindly s-nt his ilg , mt 101. Mr. W. G. Ward, 151. Lord Pitzhardine, Lord Wilton, the Misses Ward, Lady Cosway, and others, have sub scribed to the compassionate fund for their, relief. Ten tons of coals were delivered out to them last wee k, end 300 gallons of bread this. Prince Koutschobey's yacht, after having under gone a thorough repair, sailed this day fur Prance. PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. The inhabitants of East Cowes have almost unani mously signed a petition in the usual form, praying the B.iard of Health to extend the benefits to be de rived under the above Act to their town. In West Cowes there is a difference of opinion, but 140 of the rate-payers signed a petition in favour of the measure, and 180 against it. There are about 800 rating:: ; 80 signatures would therefore only be required, but the promoters seeing the minority in which they stood, and being anxious not to oppose th:e wishes of the largest party (those who had not .signed tither for or against the visit of the,: by some much dreaded, superintendent-inspector), agreed to delay the sending off the petition for three months, in order to satisfy all parties that they would not be deprived of their local government, nor involved in any ruinous expenses, but that all who ought to be benefited by the measure would be. The self elected commissioners, and the gas and water com panies, feel very anxious about the matter. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Some cf the officers of the Admiralty are e.epected here to survey the steam ships Ajar, Dauntless, and others, be fore detcresinirg on their destinati on . The Acheron steals surveying -vessel, Captain Stokes, arrived off Kapita, New Zealand, prior to the 27th of September, having completed her sur vey of the line of coast from Banks' Peninsula to Queen Charlotte's Sound, on the Southern Island. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Her Majesty's brigantine Viper, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Henry Bernard, twenty-one days from Bermuda, came in late last night. The Viper has been out four years. She has brought some invalids from the West India squadron, and will probably be paid off here. Her crew are all well. Five divisions of caulkers were sent on Tuesday on board the Albion, 00, to caulk top-sides and decks preparatory to her being put in commission. The merchant ship Plantagenet, Captain Bird, from the East Indies, was off this port at one o'clock yes terday, and landed a mail and passengers—Captain Thomas L. Piece, 44th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, and Mr. Edgell and family, from Madras, and Mrs. Green and family from Calcutta. The Plantagenet left Calcutta the 12th of September, and Madras the 6th of October ; called at St. Helena the 4th of December and left on the Bth. There were at the island about 20 slaver prizes, one of which, a prize to the Kingfisher, was in charge of Lieutenant Hamilton. The Plantagenet, which belongs to Messrs. Smith and Co., of London, experienced a tremendous storm off th e C a p e o f Good Hope, on the 21st of November, when three beats were lost. She is full laden with sugar, flax, &c., and has on board passengers Dr. Foster, Madras Medical Service, Captain Hillier, late of the Alligator steamer, and Mr. Pritchard, riding master, Gth Light Cavalry, Madras, who proceed in her to London. CHATHAM, JAN. 25. The Admiralty have this week generously awarded a pension of 121. per annum to the widow of the late Benjamin Collins, the ship wright whose death was caused by an injury to his leg whilst he was on duty in the yard. John Parrett, ropemaker, has been superannuated on a pension of 241. per annnm for length of service. Mr. John Knight, foreman of caulkers at Sheer ness-yard, is ordered to be removed to Portsmouth. The vacancy thus occasioned is not to be filled up. 'lt is very currently reported that a reduction in the Ordnance department here is to be made. It is stated that the deputy storekeeper, Mr. Archibald Wyndyn, is to be removed either to Portsmouth or to Plymouth, and that the situation its not to be filled up; and the residence occupied by the deputy storekeeper is to be allowed to the barrack-master, Msjor Smith, brother to Sir Harry Smith, the Governor at the Cape. It is also reported that the present salary of the store keepers is to be subjected to a great reduction. It is said that other reductions are to follow in this de partment. Woolavicit, JAN. 25.—Captain John Charles Dalrymple Hay (January 20, 1850), whose promo tion to that rank, as a reward for his gallant conduct as commander of the Columbine, 16-gun sloop, in the recent destruction of the vessels and crews of the Chinese pirates, was announced yesterday, served as midshipman of the Benbow, 72, Captain Houston Stewart, during the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, where previously to assisting at the bom bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, he commanded a boat, and was officially reported as deserving of every credit for his spirited conduct in the attack on Tor tosa. Passing his examination on the 17th of February, 1841, he subsequently, until his attainment of the rank of lieutenant, August 15, 1844, officiated as mate on the Mediterranean and East India stations, of the same chip, and of the Agincourt, 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, ,and Spiteful steam-sloop, Capt a i n Willi am Maitland. His succeeding appointments were—November 12, 1844, again to the Agincourt as fla g -lieutenant, and March 1, 1846, to the Ve:tal, 26, Captain Charles Talbot, also in the East Indies. He attained the rank of commander on August 28 in the latter year. To this account of Commander Hay's services from O'Byrne's Naval Biographical Dictionary, it may be added that the gallant officer did not remain long on the inactive list, as he was appointed on December 4,1847, to command the Columbine, 16, for service on the East India and China station, and has now been promoted to be captain for his late distinguished services. The expedition against the pirates was placed under the command of Captain Hay; and in his-account of the result he says, "58 piratical ves sels, mounting about 1,200 guns, and with crews of 3,000 men, have been totally destroyed by fire, and, by the blessing of God, without the loss of one life of the officers and men under my orders." Commander Gsorge Hancock (January 24, 1850), also promoted for his gallant services against the Chinese pirates, entered the navy the 3d of March, 1834 ; passed his examination on the 12th of De cember, 1840 ; and after an intermediate service as mate on the Mediterranean and home stations in the Vernon, 50, and Excellent gunnery ship, Captains William Walpole and Sir Thomas Hastings, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the Ist of July, 1844. He was susequently employed in the Eagle, 50, Captain George B. Martin, bearing the flag of Rear-Admir a l S amue l Hood Inglefield, on the south-east coast of America, and afterwards in North America and the West Indies. lie obtained his com mission, as a reward for having passed the best exa mination at the Royal Naval College. On the 7th of April, 1848, he was appointed to the Hastings, com missioned on that day as the flag-ship on the East India and China stations, and served in the Fury war steamer and the boats of that vessel, under the com mand of Captain John C. Dalrymple Hay, in the expedition against the Chinese pirates; and behaved so gallantly as to have the following account given of his conduct, in the dispatches sent by Captain Hay to the Commander-in-Chief on the station. After de scribing the destruction of 27 of the piratical vessels, Captain Hay says : " On the 21st of October the steamers and boats de stroyed twenty-four more; and nine of them gave Lieu tenant Gorge Hancock, in a paddle-box boat of the Fury, aasisted by Captain Moore, R.N., and Mr. Close, acting mate, with Mr. Lego, an opportunity of distin guishing himself. Two large jurks turned to bay to defend the retreat of the rest, but Mr. Hancock so han dled his boat and his gun, that, after an hour and twenty minutes, he had beaten them from their guns and carried them by [herding, without loss, and then pursued and destroyed the other seven. Mr. Hancock's boldness in attacking, and correct judgment in managing this affair, are worthy of the highest praise. Their Lordships have, therefore, very justly pro moted this distinguished officer to the rank of Com mander. Commander William John Samuel Pullen (Jan. 24, 1850) passed his examination July 20, 1844, and after serving in that capacity in North America, on board the Columbia steam surveying vessel, was pro moted to the rank of Lieutenant Nov. 9, .1846. He was re-appointed to the Columbia in the capacity of additional Lieutenant Feb. 3, 1847, and continued employed in her until paid off in 1848. On the 12th of May of that year he was appointed First Lieute nant of the Plover, and proceeded in her to Behring's Straits, where his services have been so highly ap proved that he has deservedly been promoted to the rank of Commander. APPOINTMENTS. Midshipmen—John S. Clerk to the Phaeton, 50, at Sheerness ; J. 11. J. Alexander to the Arethusa, 50, at Devonport ; C. 11. Bramwell to the Hermes steam-sloop at Woolwich. Naval Cadets—G. C. Wither and William It Kerr to the Arethusa. Commodore Henry Eden, superintendent of this dockyard, arrived in London yesterday from Ireland, and will resume his duties at Woolwich dockyard to morrow. The llermes steam•sloop, Commander Pishbourne, is under orders to leavo Woolwich for Greenhithe on Tuesday next, the 29th inst, and Portsmouth on February 5, for the Cape cif Good Hope. The experiments ordered to be made on board the Minx steam-vessel, fitted with a screw-propeller, to ascertain the comparative quantities of water and fuel required by the disc engine and a pair of recipro cating engines to drive a screw-propeller, having been brought to a conclusion, show the same important advantage in favour of the disc engine as respects economy of fuel and steam as was reported on the I lth inst. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE BLACKERIARS"RCAD,—. Last night a tire broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs. Beal and Edwards, hatters, situate at 42, Georgc-stroat, Biackff iars-road. The flames:commenced in the front shop, and were occasioned by a gas light having been turned too near a Wainscot partition. In the course of a few minutes after the discovery was made the flatces obt4inrd possession of the whole cf the stack in the shop. At that time the inmates of the upper rooms were not aware (,f the disaster. The moment they were made sensible of their dungc-r the smoke was pouring up the stairs, and the heat wa.s so intense that it was with difficulty they wore enabh.d circa a safe raret.t. Mrs. Edwards made to one of the windows, with a child in her arms, and waa about to throw herself out, when the crowd below called to her, and told her to decend by the stairs. This she firtunet,ly succeeded in accomplishing, but not until she was nearly suffocated with smoke. The tngines of the London Brigade and West of England Company attended with all prompti tude, as well as two escapes of the P.nyal Society for thJ , Protection of Life from Fire. The Lambeth Company's mains furnished an abundance of waqr, from which the engines were worked with full vigour, but in spite of the exertions of the firemen, the flames were not extin guished until the whol3 of the stock in trails and fixturts wore destroyed, and the unper pry of the premises, an ,, its contents, severely damaged. Fortunately the sufferers were insured in the Legal and Coiumcreial The police rencLred gnat assistance to the firemen by kteping the crowd out cf danger. Dispatches were sent off yesterday . evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Canada, New Brunswick, and the other North American Colonies. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A sircial court was held yesterday, on the api,ll - catioe of szweral proprietors, to consider the follow it motion : " That cc'i os of all papers relative to the engagcaient s which Bor e ewetei into by the British Government with the Ernr:eror Delhi in 1803 and 1804 be laid before this Court, together with copies cf ether 1 avers and correspondence that may have subsequently when piece up to the pie eat period in any way affecting the said engagements." Major-General Sir ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY WSS in the chair, and when the minutes of the last court and the advertisement convening the present had been read, the Chairman proceeded to state, that, to pre vent the impression that the Court of Directors de sired to withhold the papers now required by this resolution, he begged to say that they would be laid before the proprietors as soon as possible. That was all he could say, for it would require some time to prepare the papers that might be required on this subject.—(Hear, hear.) As time was of importance to many now present, he hoped the Court would be satisfied with the pledge he had given, and that it would be satisfactory to the Hon. Proprietors, who had brought forward the motion. Mr. SULLIVAN observed the, all the papers not being ready, he should wish the Court to be ad• journed for tho purpose of taking them into con sideration.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN could not say how long it would be before the papers would be ready ; but assured them that there would be no dely in preparing the docu ments.—(Hear, h ear .) I n respect to ad j ourn i ng the meeting, he did not think that was a very usual course. Mr. SULLIVAN begged to differ with the lion. Chairman, for he knew it to be very usual, and also of a case in which the Court adjourned no less than five times.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that was after a discussion, and at the request of the proprietors. In this case a discussion could not be raised for the want of the papers relating to the subject. He thought they should separate on the understanding that the matter was to be brought forward at the next court.—(Hear.) Mr. Sergeant GASELEE observed that this would only lead to the general meeting being put off; for he recollected they once made a court special, and when the special business was brought forward they ad journed the general business of the court. Mr. SULLIVAN said the usage of the court was, that the ordinary business take the precedence.—(Hear.) The CHAIRAIAN said that after the special and ordi nary business of the next court this matter could be taken up again.—(llear.) Mr. SULLIVAN observed, that by postponing these papers till the question ceased to be sub judice this court would become imperative. They had papers given to them before by the executive, when there was a serious conflict with the Board of Control, and before they sent up their final remonstrance, on which occasion the executive received the unanimous support of the proprietors. He thought the directors ought to give them some sort of information on this occasion. Sir P. LAURIE said they had met there on a mat ter of great importance, and he thought the senti ments of the proprietors ought to be taken for or against the subject of the resolution. The CHAIRMAN observed that the proprietors must recollect that they had delegated their authority to the executive body, who must do their best, and he hoped the Court of Proprietors would justify them when the time arrived.—(Hear, hear.) On this occa sion, too, he hoped they would be justified by the proprietors, for it would not be quite proper for them, after delegating that authority, to take it back again to themselves,—(" Oh, oh.") Sir P. L &DRIB observed that, if they were to be kept in the dark on the subject of these papers, for what reason was the meeting summoned ? They were told all rested with the executive, and they had no veto in the matter.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. CLARKE thought it would greatly disturb the efficiency of the executive power of the Court of Directors if they were bound to call on the proprietors to help them in their decision. There were important matters in which the directors had thrown them selves on the proprietors with a view to ascertain their sentiments, but this was without committing themselves to the principle of the proprietors' inter ference. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE would enter his protest against such a doctrine as most dangerous. The proprietors should not yield to anything which was given to them, and maintain their right of being consulted on important occasions. The executive were bound to come to the proprietors—(Hear, hear) —and they would come readily, and the same feel ing existed on the other side of the table as was known to actuate the proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LEWIN said that one object in calling this meeting was to give publicity out of doors, in order that the country might have an opportunity of judging in this matter as well as themselves. He hoped Mr. Sullivan would not abandon his motion in conse quence of what had been stated by the chairman. Mr. SULLIVAN did not abandon his motion. The CHAIRMAN said he did not understand it was to be abandoned. Mr. SULLIVAN alluded to the frequent occasions in which the directors had recourse to the opinion of the Court of Proprietors ; first, at the time when the question of throwing open the trade was discussed, and the Board of Proprietors had a serious conflict with the Board of Control; next, in regard to the case of Lord Wellesley, when the papers were pro duced to the Court, and the executive did not content themselves with taking a vote of the proprietors in open court that submitted the question to the ballot; another case occurred in 1814 ; and finally, in a case where a mandamus was issued against the Court of Directors, the proprietors were appealed to whether it ought to be obeyed. He therefore differed with Mr. Clarke as to its being miechievous in the extreme for the proprietors to be called together in every case of dispute as deranging public business.—(Hear, hear.) Upon the CSIAIRMAN moving that the meeting be now adjourned, Colonel DICKENSON gave notice of a motion for the next meeting, to the effect that it was expedient that the directors should turn their attention to the means of improving the resources of India, and of extending the road communication. The Court then broke up, with notice given that Mr. Sullivan's motion will come on in March. FIRE AT TUB COLCHESTER RAILWAY STATION. On Friday morning, about one o'clock, the inhabitants of that part of the town nearest to the railway station were awoke from their slumbers by an alarm of fire and a very strong gl a re o f li g ht i n t h e di rec ti on of the rail way, which was very soon found t) arise from an Exten sile building belonging to the Fa - tnn Union Cc.mi any, usel for the purpose of an engi ne -h ouse , an d which con tained at the time three of the company's best engines. There appears to be no doubt as to the fire being of accidental origin. The building being entirely of wood burned with the utmost rapidity, and the whole was speedily enveloped in flames, the rapidity of which, com bined with the unfortunate circumstance of having no pilot engine at hand to draw them out, rendered it im possible to remove the three locomotives, the injury t.) which (two of them having burst from the intense heat, besides the damaging action of the fire upon every part of the machinery) will no doubt constitute the most serious part cf the loss to the company, which can hardly be reckoned short of, if it deer not exceed 2,0001. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT WITHAM.—We regret to state that on Friday afternoon an accident cf a very serious nature occurred to the lady of the Rev. C. B. Leigh, of Wickham-place, rector of Goldhanger, in this county, and sis:er to Sir John Tyrell, Bart., M.P. It appears that Mrs. Leigh, accompanied by her sup, was walkini , in the Malden-road, which leads into Witham, and when' near the top of the road met a cow with its ea'f at the corner leading from Newland to High-street. Upon seeing them a little dog, which Mrs. Leigh had with her, barked at the ca:f, and the cow, irrieved thereby, immediately ran at the dog, which fled to its raistreks for protection, and Moro it could be 'Hewn' ed the cow had struck Mrs. Leigh in the back, driving her with considerable vio!enee against the brickwork of ter t of the Angel Inn. Assistance was at once procured, and the unfortunate lady was removed to the White Hart Inn, in Witham, where every attention that medi cal skill could suggest was paid her by Mr. Thomas Tomkin, surgeon, and as soon as Mrs. Leigh was sufli• ciently recovered, she was removed to her residence at Wickham. Her face was severely bruised, but it was at first supposed that the injuries inflicted were not of a very serious nature; it was, however, subeequeetly as certained that the blow had effeet d the spine about the shoulders; immediate paralysis occurred, and serious apprehensions are entertained of a fatal issue. Mr. W. Ferguson, the eminent surgeon, from London, visited her on the following day, and has been with Mr. Tom kin in frequent attendance since the lamentable occur rence; but we are grieved at not being now able to give a more favourable account of the patient. In answer to inquiries mado of Mr. Tomkin yesterday (Thursday), we learned that the symptoms were very nearly the same. There was then no r_ turn of either sepT'ron or motion in any part of the body below the part In) urec i . Clicirnstord Chr o ni c l e . Thursday BRISTOL A T II ENlEur,r was night the first public soiree cf the 11,therp rh ue atteeda ace m hero held at the Victoria Reons. y fourteen hundred was very large, there being Fug. took the chair, f Bristol, J. K. nalerfici . ( l, the Right Hon. Lord persons prcw,t. The Rightn"Wtorshipful the Mayor Meyero, P. S. Miles W• S and among Teignrnouth,thtehej F Path, company •eere Esq ., 51. p, P. F. Aiken, I,irriNVlyrt f Walter James, E. covey, ames,,l3a rt., the Rev. IL J. Leper, . Dq., 11. Visgcr, EAT, &e. At six . . the .tea rooms WTI thrown cp:n, and f:ona that time until a bout half-pait seven o'clock was . occupied in pro menading, &0., the company hung eeliveeed by music of the band of the Lode Brigade, Vari ous U171(1(.1.3 of machinery, &c., were also exhibited. Tie e'tx.!trie hght was . a!s.) shoeo, and attr ac t e d muc h attention. The ineeang was addreseed by the Mayor, Lord Teignmouth, Dr. Synioeds, Messrs. G. Whitelo,.k, P. F. Aiken, P. W. S. Miles, M.P., It. 11. Webb, J. D. Pcuntney, and ti e Mayer cf bath. During t'7e evening the members of an amateur society, called the Orpheus Glee Club, sang several admired compositions, and the soirée formulated at eleyeu o'clock, LITERATURE. .7'37E TV IL 311 G 0 : a 1. , .'0ve7. 3 Vols. B y the Author of " Ethaia Tan mabore. , ..s of '' Wyndham" is, de - servedly, one of our most popuLa- n vvritero. liar style i; as attracive PS her moral teaching is pure. In Emilia Wyndham" she sat at defiance the ordinary rules of romance, and showed by a most natural and enticing example how Duty may enable one to fulfil that disagreeable maxim —Quaid on n' a pas ce (peon aline, afloat ainier ce qu'on a—(" when one has not what they love, one must love what they have"). In " Norman's Bridge" she exhibited with a masterly hand the enormity of avarice, of that " covetousness which is idolatry." Angela" revealed the difference between a disci plined and an ungoverned heart. " Mordaunt Hail," one of the most beautiful, yet most melancholy of all her compositions, illustrated the fact that sin is always productive of misery. Tbis new work, "The Wil mingtons," enforces a more practical lesson, and one more appropriate to the present day, than any of its predecessors. "It is a trite observation," (so the first chapter of " The Wilmingtons" commences) "and yet one of those which it does not seem useless perpetually to reiterate—how great is the extent of mischief produced by the indulgence of what are commonly called, and what people are more especially inclined. to call in themselves—venial faults." " The mother of mischief," says the Proverb, "is no bigger than a midge's wing." The truth contained in this proverb is the theme of the beautiful story of " The Wilmingtons." Here is the portrait of Mr. Wilming ton, and on the peculiarities visible in this portrait hangs the tale : " Mr. Wilmington was a tall, finely-mado man; and there was a sort of natural elegance is his face and figure, which he strove to set off to the very best advantage by every means in his power. Every means which the ex penditure of money could secure certainly could he command; and then fJre his dress was most rigorously arranged after the first models, and came from the hands of the most fashionable (then) tailor; and the rest of his /tire, his boots, his hat, his cane—everything, iu short, being from the hands of artists most eminent in their line. Nothing was ever spared in any way that could render him the complete gentleman, as he thought—and yet, in all that goes to form a just idea cf the complete gentle- Iran, how much was sadly wanting! Perhaps he had an obscure consciousness of this himself; and that feeling it was which gave a certain effort and mixiety to his manner when in company with those moving in circles superior to his own, for which little humiliation, it must be confessed, he amply repaid himrelf, when in society with equals or inferiors, by the easy complacency, amounting to self-sufficiency, with which he carried him self. He was at the present moment in that happy mocd and the highest spirits, attending upon some (ladl ing young ladies who held a nominal rank above his own. They were, nevertheless, evidently pleased and happy, dashing and fashionable as they were, to number trie rich and handsome Mr. Wilmington as one of their train. Seeing the carriage drive up the esplanade, Mr. Wil mington t'as not sorry t) stop, under pretence of speak ing to Harry, and display his very handsome equipage to the admiring company." Vanity and an excessive love of display are the characteristic qualities of Mr. Wilmington, and although not naturally a bad man, this history of his career exhibits with melancholy truthfulness how easily an indulgence in such unworthy passions may convert weakness into wickedness. The persons whose varied fortunes form the theme of these three volumes are the above-mentioned Mr. Wilmington, his son Harry, whose disposition, sensitive and re tired almost to shyness, is a direct contrast to that of his father ; Mr. Wilmington's daughter Caroline, a high-spirited, noble-hearted girl:; Flavia, the beloved of Harry, a sweet gentle creature, all purity and tenderness, such as the author of " Emilia Wynd ham " excels in delineating. Flavia is the grand daughter of a Duchess, whose introduction gives oc caion to the following delightful picture of THE BEAUTY OF OLD AGE. " I am one of th. so—and I believe my taste has been shared with some of the finest painters the world has ever po.laessed —who have the great :sf admiration fir the beauty of old age. " The beauty of old age is perhaps more rare than that of any ether time of life—l mean fewer tvta'n to the beauty which adorns t'le hoary head; but when it is possessed, it iv the most noble or the most lovely, because it is the most truly spiritual and most truly moral of all beauty. Other beauty, though probably in a great degree dependent upon, and certainly in a great degree enhanced by moral qualities, is yet in many respects an accident of firms ana colours; but the beauty of old age is the resume of the He of the man. Upon that time worn countenance the passions and t'e faulty, the virtues and the feelings, the tenderness, love, benevolence—or envy, covetousness, selfishness, and rage, have written their characters in ineffaceable lines; and beautiful it is to see, as we often do see, faces actually plain to ugli ness in their youth, gradually expanding into beauty under the influence of goodness, tease, and worth; the eye brightening into a serene clearness; the lines of the countenance assuming a heavenly refinement and repose; the whole face glorified with a sweetness and loveliness not of this world. As it is the reverse—and alas! Ear more fiequently—when the lovely features that de light us in youth gradually lose their charm, as the in sipidity of vanity, the scowl of disappointment, the dulness of vacuity, the sharp thin lines of vicious excite ment, or the grosser ones of sensual enjoyment, gtalu ally obscure what once was. " My old lady belonged to the class I have first spoken cf Whether she had been a beauty or not in her youth 1 never inquired, but she was indeed beautiful now. She had been a large fair woman once, and of stature rather above t ,, e common size; but now her form aas bent with age and with sorrow—for it was plain she had known sorrow. What child .of man, who possesses a feeling heart, attains her age without much sorrow? But whilst those traces of frail humanity were observ able in both her form and face, the same form and face revealed how well that sorrow had been endured—how well the fiery strife which leaves its scars upon life's toil-;yarn soldier, had been fought. They told how calm Lad been the courage—how noble the resignation—how serene tie victory; what tenderness bad softened so much strength—what anguish endured with so much fortitude; how energy had been combined with compo sure—how much goodness, sympathy, and love Lad dwelt there. " Her hair was snow white; her ey© clear blue—that frosty blue of old, age, to me so peculiarly beaufful; her skin, so delicately fair, adorned the wrinkles of her face. This, it may to said, is almost the only accidental auty of colour which remains to old age, rind she pos sessed it. Her thin withered lips bore an air of inde tcribable swce ncss and kindness, relieved from insipi dity by that expression of acuteness—fan—malice — which produces so combinei, in an aged face, some thing of the same pleasurable effect as when seen in a clover little child. " She was dressed in black silk, with a white satin quilted bonnet, and a white cloak. She was sitting upon the raised turf, under a magnificent tree, with her ivory headed ebony staff lying beside her, surrounded by the children." Flavia's cousin and disappointed lover, Lord George Tempest, is happily described, his proud imperious temper redeemed by exceeding goodness of heart. At the commencement of the tale the mother of Harry and Caroline is living, a delicate affectionate woman, whose influences in some degree, perhaps, moderates her husband's faults.. After her death the vain and showy Miss Eliza Emerson becomes Mrs. Wilming ton, and encouraged by her example and advice Mr. Wilmington rapidly pursues the road to ruin. The first portion of the history of ,‘ The Wilmingtons" is chiefly occupied with the love story of Flavia and her rival suitors, Lord George and Henry Wilmington. Caroline is beloved by Albert Selwyn, a youth of large • fortune and delicate health, whose death forms an important incident in the narrative. We must refer our readers to the pages of " The Wilmingtons" to learn how Mr. Wilming ton's profuse expenditure and improvident specula tions made him gladly avail himself of a ddubtful permission, on the part of en old friend in India (Mr. Craiglethorpe, the uncle of Selwyn), to invest that friend's money in some of his own schemes; how the failure of those eckemes caused Mr. Wil mington actually to rejoice is the reported death of one who had once been very dear to him; and how, on the supposed dead man's appearance in England, his individuality is stoutly denied by the unscrupu lous Mrs. Wilmington, who tells him that Mr. Craiglethorpe is dad, and himself is an impostor. We will briefly mention that a codicil to Selwyn's will is forged be the wretched Wilming ton, of which crime Harry it accused, and is in con sequence condemned to dealt. Very skilfully has the story been constructed, oo as to show, and in a most natural and likely mamer, how gradually and easily the man who once abandons himself to any vice, however seemingly hurdles, will be led on Co ruin in the widest significatbe of the term. For this moral lesson which it teaches, a lesson greatly needed in the present day, " The Wlmingtons" is worthy of all commendation. The grxeful peculiarities of its writer are visible throughort. The only weakness we notice, in the work is a deficiency in that passionate intensity se remarkable in " Mor daunt Hail." That story vas one to move the hearts of all who read it, whereas "The Wilmingtons," sa ds trabmvlu l eu t aaenpt h rdaet o ce:bro u lrin g eteealc i slin i tleaouxat deeply interesting, it in some degree more eoft t ta s hfoeret n tehta a seeeel t rf t e r rstu r ivam e brl . jre. e. im es e nie wi ti interest), true rge urt :o t 11)that, pe rhaps, tn, (whoseottovlba, e t a attri butable It n between safety, the and timid the wretched f hsri a ojetie t ohnur h netso e l: r i , fearful of baying that safety with the life:of his son, is very powerfully depicted. Still grist, a every 2 e e t r woulda t senseo n . c l . r fN a beenst,eheveerw tNevertheless, dl in creased the coa a g l trheoau tergwe mayu safely comascnd The Wilmingtons" to our readers as being, in most beautiful and delightiul work. ROTHERIIITHE. — The Lev. E. Blick, rector, and the three curates, of St. Mary's, Rotherhithe, ha v e re cently been prekented with a tetimonie.l and Bible each, the subset iptions halving been ollected among the work ing classes of jarish, the: desiring to testify their gratitude for the gn at kindwss Chown by the above ministers during the dreadful irevalence of cholera. The Marquis of Donegal lid an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at tit Iloroe•ofilee. NIVERSIT Y INTELLIGENCE. THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF DIVINITY. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 25. —The above-named Professor ship has been officially declared vacant, on the resigna tion of the Lord Biihop of Llandaff. The electors are the Vicc-Chancellor (ex qfficio), the Master, and the two Senior Fellows of Trinity, the Provost of King's, and the Masters of St. John's and Christ Colleges. If any of the electors of the above-mentioned colleges be Vice-Chancellor, the President of Queen's supplies his place. Ito will do so on this occasion, as the Rev. Dr. Cartmcll, Ms ter of Christ's College, holds the office. The electors will meet on Monday next in the Law Schools, when candidates will present themselves f)r ex amination. The names of eight or nine gentlemen are mentioned as aspiring to the dignity, but as the list con tains errors both ef insertion and omission; the same will not be published in this corrcs,)ondence until official sanction shall be given to it. B. A. COMMENCEMENT. 1850. Tho following lists of Questionists have been issued this day, that of candidates for honours in the morning, and the other of Questionists, not candidates for honour:, or the "Poll-men," this evening. LIST OF HONOURS AT THE BACHELOR OF ARTS' COMMENCEMENT, JAN. 26, 1850. MODERATORS. Lewis Hensley, M.A., Trinity C o ll ege. John Sykes, M.A., Pembroke Coll, ge. EXAMINERS. William Bonner llopkins, M.A., St. Catharine's Ilan Archibald Sandman, Queen's College. *** In all cases of equality the names are brar...ketted Ds. Besant, Joh. Watson, Trip.- Wolstenholtne, Job. Hayward, Job. Cort, Joh. Ja - nesor, Caius. Westl,kt, Trio. Irving, Joie. Lahridge, t Joh. Sale, S Emu]. Liveing, Jot , . Potter, Trir. Eloornlieid, Clare. York, Queeti - e. Harper, Corpus. Le, Job. ilarrLor, Job. Clover, Caius. WRANGLERS. Ds. Kearney, J o b. Greenwood, Tzin. Boden, Joh. WL.tson, j Corpus. Bruce, lion. 'l'. C. Jesus, Hutt, j Caius Jedderc-Fisher, Trin. Notheotr, Clark, Trin. Head, Corpus. MURD, Enna. Trin. H. Smith, J. H., Caius. Hoy wood, Trio. De Lit,le, Trio. Howse, Christ's. Stevenson, Caius. Fairlairn, Pet. Ds. Jonas, Job. Rego, Trip. W illiams, Trin. Scott, Cain... 'Whiting, Cuitr. Cheetham, Chist's. Whack, a 1, Minn. Nicolson, Pet. Smith, F. Joh. &caber, Joh. / Dingle, 5 Joh. Patterson, Citiu3. Shedder, Trio. Childers, Trin. Irviog, Emm. Kirkby, Jesus. Boddy, Joh. Mackenzie, Trin. Law, Joh. Craig, Joh. Stokes, Citius. Simpson, Caius. Williams, Joh. PTIME S. Ds. Harman, Caius. Butcher, Emm. Raper, Trin. • nacre, / Caius. Jackson, f Trin. Hodgson, T. E., Trin. Kirkland, Z Joh. Whyley, Trin. Crair, Trin. Clay, Trin. Drake, Jesus. Goodier, Job. Hort, Trin. Simpson, Joh. Jenkins, Magd. Cholmeley, Oath. Stephenson, Pemb. Newham, Emm. Calvert, Trio. Hirst, Clare. .zaGSr,TANT. IDs. Stuart, Queen's. Tatham, Job. JCNIOR Ds. Beechene, Queen's. A ni lice, Job. 13.111 Line, Trin. Bagot, Z Trio. Ifervid, s Trio. Burnett, Joh. Prescott, Trin. Whitley, Queen's. Bence, Etu 111 Coates, JGh. Stallard, j Trio. Pell, Clare. Chance, Trin. Perowne ' Carpus. Turnbull, Pet. Hubbard, Caius. Collett, Clare. Ferrier, Pemb. Iggulden, Eua n. Wilson, Cath. , PTIMES. Wallis, Caais. Geddes, Pet. Dorraut, Emm. Coryton, Trin. Smyth, Jesus. Schreiber, Trin. Jenyns, Emm. Hall, Christ's. Fisher, W. F., Trin. Cobb, Christ's. Wiltshire, Trin. Moulc, Corpus. Smart, Sid. Chambers, Trio. Cheales, Christ's. Bcamont, Trin.- Ayre, Emir. Gill, Trin. Penrice, Trin. Powell, Joh. Lougsdon, Trin. Cobb, Trin. Ds. Hatchard, Caius. Locock, Trin. Melvill, Trio. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. LIVERPOOL STEE PLECHASE.—Nothing done. THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES.-8 to 1 agst Harriott (taken t) 251.), 12 to 1 agst Osterley (this horse was backed yesterday at 500 to 20, afterwards at all prices up to 12 to 1.) METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-300 to 18 agat Snow storm (t), nothing else backed. CHESTER CUP. -20 to 1 agat Miss Ann (take 25 to 1), 20 to 1 agst Cossack (take 25 to 1) 30 to 1 egst Roland (take 33 to 1). Each of the above were backed for'all the money that could be got on. HUNT ING APPOINTMENTS. Salt-hill-1 Her Majl. esty's stag lids., Mon., New Lodge; Wed., East Essex hds., Tues,, Helion'e ' Burapatead; Thurs., White Notley-street; Crouch Fair Green-10f. South Essex lids., Tu es ., Ti lbury M i ll - 10 f. Essex and Suffolk h dF., Tues., Ardleigh-street; Fri., Wiston. Cottesmore Gunthorpe; T ues . , Wed., Casewiok; Fri., Langham; Sat., Clipsham-11. Ponington lids., Tues., Chaddesden Hall; Fri., Belton Bsaswortli hob., Tues.,' Marr Village; Thurs., Went bridge; Sat., Kingston -bill-10i. Upton hrs., Tues., Cross Ilandr, Hanley. 8.V.H., Tues., Buckland Knowle; F. A., Acton Wood, (roe deer)-1i , Eansont burrs., M or., Lasonhy; W e d., Castl ewa it e; Sat., Packhorse, Pl umpton— 10i. - Carlis'e h arrs . , Mon. Durdar; Wed., Wetheral; Thurs., White Ox, Blackwell; Fri.. Ralston-9.-9. Dumfriesshire lds T . Charnstield; Fri., Nether cleugh-10i. North Staffirdshire lids. , Mon., Blackbrook; Wed., Seighford ; F r i. , c r „d er , Abbey-10t. Tytchley Ipis. Mon,, Fuxball; Wed. North Kil worth; Fri., West Haddon; Sat., Sulbrdall-10i. Oakley Icli , Mon., Snellish; Tuos., Knotting Fox; Thurs., Woot ton; S at ., Tyrintiam-10L Mr. Powell' s hds., Village -10. Shan Quilt hds., Cwm Mydrim; Fri., Llandisilio Toes., Rhydeinon; Fri., Cefugaffren. Tivyside lids., Mon., Lancych; Thurs., Puutcumnr Bridge. Llanelly Ads., Mon . Civcnbach; Fri., Mansant —lO. Lord Lonad:le'.4 harrs., Tuer., Htecott; Sat., Putter.- ham -12. TDB NEW NAVAL NOVEL, "'.l'l:E PETREL," by a Naval Officer, is published this day by Mr. CeWarr, and may be had at all the libraries. Also, 2. The Wil mingtons, by the author of "Emilia Wyndham." 3. Leonard Norraandale ; or, The Three Brothers, by the Hon. C. Stuart Savile. 4. Passages in • tho Life of Mm Margate:, Maitland, of Sunny Side. 5. Er. coat Vane, by Alexander Baillio Cochrane, M.P. 6. The Maid of Orleans, by the author cf " White ffian." 7. TLo Old World and the New, by Mrs Trol lop 8. Valero, by Captain Marryat. 9. Lady Lister Kaye's British Homes and Foreign Wanderings. 10. Rockingham; or, The Younger Brother, second edition. NOTICE.--TEE NEW PUBLICATIONS.---Mr. Scho b. 11, r f No. 20, Great Marlborough-street, has just pub lished the following new uorks;-1, The Countess of Blessington's " Country Quarters," 3 vole, " A tale of light-hearted Irish girls, and light-heeled red-coats, propose "—.eithenceum. 2, which latter, in place cf loving and siding aw ay,' for matters con- N lli a 6 pi rfi er o 's st " I S a :u t tli s e t r o i p iA a fr ll i d ca," 2 vols., small Bvo., plates. av t' a f / and Military n " c A cted m w a i s th s the t Cape."—Weekly 3, " Scenes in d‘ te A rest. lLool N t of the Civil War in Hungary; by an Austrian Officer," deep excitement, Ga zette. 4, Miss Pardee's '` Flies in Amber," 3 vols. o 7r f . soul-harrowing h a b r o u w n d i g " The scenes and incidents have undoubtedly occurred in the life of the fair authoress herself." ---=Bell's Lyles. tengei% INNER TEMPEL—The following members of this society have been called to the bar, and were sworn t evening in the ball: John Bridge, cf Trinity College, Oxf,od, M.A.; Harding° Stanley Giffard, of Merton College, Oxford, 8.A.; and Edward Robert Ward, cf Trinity CoLege, Dublin, Esq. SENIOR § INT E3 : RY. TAMWORTH LI ) . I° Ttl Fit:DAT, JAN. 25 Tl4is the annwl general mt , etirg of the ' lii 2 wOrth # l. 4 was held at tin irls'itution, a small b well -arranged building in Lichfield-s eta The meeting was more than usually crowded, as i had been announced for some time previously that the chair would be filled by Sir It. Peel. On former occasions when the Hon. Gentleman has occupied this post he has taken the opportunity of reviewing the social condition of the tows and neighbourhood, and of touching upon matters which, though not im mediately connected with the institution, yet bore incidentally upon it, and, coming from the Right Hon. Bironet, were regarded with general interest. On the present occasion, in the midst of the agricultural distress, and on the eve of the assembling of Parlia ment, it was anticipated that Sir Robert wo u ld t ouc h upon some of the questions which now so much en gross the public mind. It will be seen, however, from the subjoined report that he confined himself almost exclusively to the immediate objects of the meeting. The Right lion. Baronet, who appeared in excel lent health and spirits, took the chair precisely at 12 o'clock. Mr. SHAw ' the honorary secretary rea d the annual report, which was of a most gratifying character. It appeared, that during the year 6,000 volumes had been put in circulation, upwards of 5,232 of which had been issued to third-class subscribers, and as the institution was founded principally with the view of assisting the working-classes, this fact was dwelt cuiulprocnaa n had doubled h as being once important of ntanldB4l, and tisf exhibited satisfactory. The an increase of nearly 2,000 volumes upon that of last year. - The report having been unanimously adopted, and the office bearers for the ensuing year elected, The Rev. J. MORSE, MA., proposed a vote of thanks to the Right Hon. Chairman, for the great interest which he had taken in the affairs of the insti tution, and for presiding over them on that occasion. The motion having been put and carried with ac clamation, Sir R. PEEL then rose and spoke as follows :—I i am very much gratified that my conduct should have met with your approbation. I have, as has been truly observed by Mr. Morse, from the commencement of this institution, and during the whole of its progress, taken the warmest interest in its success.—(Cheers.) I wish to take this opportunity—l could not do so whilst in the chair—but I wish to take this opportu nity of stating that I feel most grateful to the officers of the institution for their continued attention to their duties, for I am convinced that the manner in which they have performed their functions has greatly con tributed to the succes s o f th e i nst i tution, and I look forward with great satisfaction to the prospect of their continuing to perform those functions.—(Cheers.) Now, the amount annually received from first-class subscribers is 351. I must say Ido hope that those who occupy the first station in this town would con sider what is the effect of subscribing 351. to this in stitution. The effect is to multiply its usefulness among the lower classes of society, and is it possible to conceive that the sum if 351. could be applied with so much advantage to the moral and intellectual improvement and virtuous conduct of the lower classes as by giving them an opportunity of access to this in stitution ? I remember, when this institution started, that there were all sorts of prophecies as to its suc cess and its tendency to promote infidelity and irreligion. Now, I ask every one here, whether lay man or clergyman, and belonging, as I rejoice to see, to different professions of religious faith, whether any one single instance has occurred in which the " legi timate influence of religion" has been weakened by access to this institution. (Hear, and cheers.) Whilst I am anxious that the first class should continue their subscriptions, and should not lapse into second or third-class subscribers, it would be most desirable also to encourage the third class to increase theirs ; for it is in vain that we have first-class subscribers only. It is much more satisfactory to see 150 third-class subscribers than to have more than double that number of the first class. It must be observed that third-class subscribers who come here, paying their ss. per year, feel an indepen dence that they cannot feel if they come here gratuit ously.—(hear.) It is of the greatest importance, then, to increase the third class, because it is the connecting link in the advancement cf knowledge. At the same time I do hope that those who are asked to contribute only 1/. will well consider what is the effect of the application of that 1/. It is not only the books which they individually may command—they may have these books at home—but it is the prin ciple. In the first place their action may operate as an example ; and, in the second place, they must consider that they are promoting to the poorer classes the means of accumulating knowledge.— (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet concluded his speech by again expressing his gratification that his conduct had met with the approval of so large a portion of his constituents. THE QUEEN v. RICHARD GUNN MAHON. TO TILE .E.DITO.R OF THE SUN. Sta,—ln reference to the evidence given on this trial, I beg to acquaint you that the defendant was never a member of the Reform Club. I am, Sir, &c., W. 11. BOND, Secretary. Reform Club, Jan. 25, 18.50. MARRIAGE OF A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Sin,—Many thanks are really due to you for placing this subject so plainly before your readers. You emphatically have " hit the right nail on the head," so that those " who run may read." It seems to me quite superfluous, as well as unjust, to envelope this suoj,ct in a multiplicity of words. To make a " book-making" sort of affair on this great positive wrong is to perpetrate a great injury; and what is .most wanted is a plain common-sense view of the subject, when most assuredly will follow the repeal of Lord Lyndhurst's Act, and the relief sought and prayed fur by the thousands of petitioners. In the columns of your widely-circulated journal the history of this law has already been detailed ; and the report of her Majesty's Commissioners has partly been referred to. Will you permit me to refer to its concluding: part, and also to some of the evidence on which it is founded, leaving "theological objections," " ecclesiastical objections," or " social objections," to the mere book-makers, who, for some reason or other, decline fairly to take the " bull by the horns," and would avoid the only vulnerable part worth fighting at, viz., the " canons of the Church," which at this time of day will presently fall by themselves, as the real lumber and hypocrisy of expiring priesteref', which is daily withering before an enlightened and indignant people. Talk of a man's marrying his wife's sister, indeed! (and even if it is with the dying mother's last request, to secure, as she hopes, a kind mother for her children) as being contrary to the " canons of the Church !'' Granted, so it is ; but we "Protestants" laugh at those "canons." There is no fear of the Inquisition in our days; otherwise what would become of the Bishop of London himself? One " canon" is quite as good es another, and it is written that priests are not allowed to marry ; but I will refer to the canon itself : "lie who after baptism has been wedded, in two marriages cannot be a bishop, or a priest, or a deacon, or at all belong to the sacerdotal catalogue." Now, then, Sir, lam a plain man and beg to ask a plain question. Has not the Bishop of London been already " wedded in two marriages ?" And then again, in the 18th Canon, it is written that" he that marries a widow, or one that is divorced, or an handmaiden, or an actress, cannot be a bishop, or a priest, or a deacon, or at all belong to the sacerdotal catalogue." And now then, Sir, for " plain question" the second. Did not the good Bishop of London himself " marry a widow" for his second wile ? What says the old proverb ? " What is sauce for.the goose is sauce also for the gander." At any rate, however, let us hear no more s p eec h es o f the o f L Ards Bishop of London in the House on this subject, no more interference in families social happiness and freedom l keb N one y ' o f appeal sense iasrdi t on either t t h iil e i r s own sense, having himself absolute canons , to his dignified or decent less, stupid, and entirel furt all, except to get rid of the important question best in the way they can for their losses and trials without Y i i o rn to le t e come can of William stn a IV . ., leaving people to deal with statute of th e priesthood , which happily has now lain their own happiness, and any officious med dling dormant for many hundred years. At any rate when f u lly exercised by the Roman Catholics, a "dispensa tion ' could be purchased reasonably, without driving a Marl to certain ruin in the ; Ecclesiastical Courts, or a delicate and conscientious minded woman into a state of concubinage, which her very soul abhors; and unless Lord Lyndhurst's " Bill is repealed"— to this complexion it must come at last, and, indeed, is speedily approaching. The report of the Commissioners concludes in this remarkable manner :—" On a review of the subject in all its different bearings and effects, we are con strained, not only to express our belief that the statute 5 tied 6 cf Win. IV. has failfd to attain its object, but also to express our doubt whether any measure of a prohibitory character would be effectual. These marriages will take place when a concurrence of cir cumstances give rise to muZual attachment i they are not der.endent on legislation." • _ . Citsinly they are not, and it is a want of the knowledge of human nature forao Searsnlouie ago,ntto think, that our social affections can ever be regu l ate d b y the canons of the Church, issued 1,50 or by any Act a Parliament.-1 am, Sir, your obliged and obedient servant and sufferer, Regent's-park, Jan, 24, 1850. ALFRED. .. _._~_ 1 , _1 f~ ~f 0 _.... VS. F.