The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-15 00:00:00

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Ar a b ec lat Panay, aad Lady Fitzlisrbert, Bar ,l.ititmos ‘ Pollock, and Dietetic, New Orleans; i nl yta loo i l u 'lY Falkland, Mehile; Dorcas, Prince, New ,Il lti ,'Ilt; pLand Vinists, Valencia; Henry Nesmith, wen t :l'ot„ ri,'`,ffans, Faye!. In s ‘Nl. s id `:. 13.-Acrd. Welcome, Heenan, New fe°Soae..,• Empire, Nev Los; and New Orleans. k ii nts tst Ared. Waterhee, Qiebee. (4 3b?e It ' re.Asinan3ale. and Nei i Cull;vateur Baire du Mont. :s-.- - aT t( ) N E WS.—(Til IS DAY.) 'us e X ....--_,sta..--- e di CHAN GE,—(l9lO.l 4 iD AY.) NE O , it provincial ir .t.. held on Saturday, Olio • abl Y well - m " ."" '', • 7 ttn . Pity of aupphed with bagiish W heat, but !ti, Per t he samples were acme-what cut of con s,,Otet ; m ost kinds the demand was in a sluggish ''4.i z te Y: Pi some instances, prices had a downward tlki!itt}atis;oBol:oreinen .Wheate, and the best heavy sit ang Id steadily at full (potations. In low 4 l' s amples s. n !lsed comparatively little was doing. s Instve full currencies. Tho Oat trade was far s c 'Sli ',, et !t barely late figures. Owing to t4 tlie ore 's demanded for both Beans and , l a w ls l en e ; tl t of business doing in those soli ' ;, - "ed. Indian Corn and Flour steady. tin. 01 th e i ss oi ns role Baltic ports the value of Wheat still k 4l t stt e s hi gh; hence the sales for shipment to • lt Ins t e rth g hove been devoid of interest. The 1 N fo r I, ets have ruled steady for all ardeles, '-i• Slste s f•v s a nt censure ,ion. In France and the t,,ltite the trade for both Wheat and Flour has v t .s e. !nr 4 r ma t h nit to ll o, e n% et last week the receipts of all Eng- A ae s Pt Barley, were small. The supplies of 62 0 5 30 In li4 Bea ns CPS of Wheat, 2,620 Barley. 9,559 VAsse ed i l lO Peas, 700 Tares, 6,397 Linseed, Leal lis ''3s sundry Seeds, 1,992 sacks and 3,442 Mt: elt r• In t ' e X,eo s . n's, s, fa y _ stwise, a fair average supply of Wheat, 'tdils , Le t '. 'Yes received fresh up to our market this ti n se . , its ru se ' Th general quality was someehat out of tfli'sstel e arrivals from Kent and Suffolk were iit y 8 ,, 11 11 11 , ItlChz all, whilst those by land carriage, from 19 00 of the midlendcounties, were confined ;,litlrtbe clsarters. The . i r_ w as, i. how of samples of both red :•,.5,,,,,ed full Consequently, far from extensive, Olaf fret, t 4 equal to the immediate wants of the fr et , Leadance was by no means numerous, Ad' Ne' ` l4 ° count Fe- all kinds the demand t lo l llta i4ere cl very • ry. ' , nli t i l . e B re d , inactive, and a clearance was , No, es , '.er-1, at prlces barely Equal to those )t oili ° night. 11,"!t4 offer , o ts wh o* sate to hand from various quarters '4l4„!lta a „_°, on rather lower terms, but tee busi ate ~eruineeportaut. Il t P ln i : l eaint es te ' a tily eupplied with both fresh atel lt t l t t e , ,at full rates fine foreign Wheats, which were in ,IS t e i'l leo ' rates of currency. Low and mid totssirui ved cff slowly, but no decline took ri l :4 1 VVI I - 5 ' 4 There we - less inquiry foe fleatieg w I P t o t e l stver ett te / ' r h evertheless - o 3 wners iu general iefueed Iti t t l like l eoe t i o the • The arrivals off Falmouth and h llliitib.. _ N il ~ lie smll . 1, 4 st tt , o rierag e t i me of year show of English ►t1', 11 4,4 4 1t11 0 3 ; "'tall portion of it was fit for malting oi til tri e) , t f,h the supply of foreign was mode tZ,t, I ,tliffi so preale ruled very inactive, and late rates itlstsreteesil supported. 'ILIA n '" be t P i e of which were very moderate, was It'N .4ot t ,_'. l c- , t cheap, ,t 14,, ottleil, but sot Oats" ,ial le except English, we were Is. (11 1 h was h ~, to sey heavily, ,applied. Good lye % %ay . its at full prices; but the trade was l'.) /Il ls. e p Y or fe w sales took place, and the quotations Ile 111 41 quart i k toe et.. t i lt.. feo a Ple . Fp s ,- feu f Peas mere very dull, end is lower, sesnete r ani 36 to 4s per quarter. h , 1., Cor n ._ _ 0444 e Was very litde attention, and ts 'g ate o as less active than lust week. Prices, •Vaans°tevy l i n Cy ex.. bit t4 k4 1 t it, l'rat au )l,..,ht. at, **lk t e,t.ie" 86 sto 40, 41 4: 31 1 14 1:1 7 278 45 s s I NA It . r i b!tqltei t e••... 358 40.3 "Vri t i t ;:••.:: a ld 44e Nt tl ,," --a s :.. 8 itie t N:..... gs 28s kk il it lIti:.•:::: • 22: t tr t 'lk"ikk.4.4 i .: 71 ; 31 r 4: kt l ta t ii:•••,..° , e. o 458 5 " i Th '46'l" 438 48a 4r"18 665 t k ;... RR A nil Ol k VAT . ` - ' 4 CHRISTMAS ' I I .4111 - 4 LE MARKET. 1), g a , teint 'l t i t ' t ktt lam; ve thitt the show of Stock in the Baker •bliie aS r eae e ll, Was by no means equal to that of k il l'h b th e s ap TS nurnner or qualil-the total de -0 4i r . geu ero P p Y being upward of 100 bead-it OS, 'ot e s . 'Y understood that the arrivals of . 1 1 '''Oni eristas l a s. sed b e -.as consumption, up to our market, l,i ` t t s .' t be a eh a very extensive scale. The result IL . h i lfullyl n P h , r , !nt on reference to the returns n at . Si s, we 'q ii th e d e r a it i ond this anticipation. Before e kek e ee tl a b ee 3 of this wonderful exhibitwh g. uer r eelY iemark dsew together an im law:ileitesliive,;...l Zeismitors frsas , various parts of the 4 th " y e tali ay briefly glance at the , great I. ' la ° eattl en place in some of the lending psi s h- - the 1® Trade during the past twelve ' i tkl teri tt/ Y 8 tilt Place, we may observe that, I . ads, aPplies have been shown here at 0% ._ . the actual sales ‘ and purchases 41 Pt rlotl eellh als have been unusually small 'mete thltlas ebh ,ve referred to. Since the k ‘ s s k ao ssere (): ast, only about 3,500 head Iltl tk be t t h eti ha own °l'm districts and from Scotland llter tett ds Week') • but this decided falling ''ateeti have e "Q b ' foreign • whose lOf ima y the graziers, ae n _ all o „ glutted to about 4,800 each month,. , t ,I. 4 been considerably kinds of stock, thu imports of Vtioesrcust her' in excess of all former m, h. _ th at that, however, be inferred from these ii a tt lyqa use ex ero . i s any scarcity of beasts in this Sltt sci tle. 43') ra Perte nee and observation prove the itiT so cti !trie ° t r a e l. th at the total supply in each of 4Yue„tlon......p i n tinusally large. We may be met Itt: ate the i nn now is it that consumption, unques- nne t i . keo u ' r eaSO, is E,-) ea sily met? And, further, gjte s ki At sq: t e ''ale e et o f f hr the great decline' which has taken , It N en cjtie, t; steck during the past two years? t i t tt lk . e g r 4h3 li of we may reply, by stating that the 41 1 4 sa . andj ob waY communication has enabled i Si an oetb bers to forward any quantity of dead i k i lls‘` l atleeh P . hr atively warm weather, up to New -Ilb 0 *te st his tuerke•s, v, 50.% is entering a . f i ii ka s sl ao . t *orts e ' in good saleable condition, rn parts of England. That the ito4 suld ePPlitent oitnals in the provinces is.likely tits. tt lie /'lleref to 1 thl persona connected with the L i.., 0 tie eet. _ ore-. ; 'euing that the returns, after "Oltt 6 a the w ar y expenses of transit, commission, Ord , id?'/, "le, lower in the dead markets than t il t , ~ m a I N ilr e the h ot Y not, perhaps, be generally known, N p las to t torth It , that the offals of both beasts and NlSll:tiikerfetahttteigruriet,:iy from 10 to 12 per cent " in ►1 e se la% ih th Kingdom, where tanning and talituents have been erected of late aat sl• - theta metropolis ; h we may Niie., Provincial hence , . pretty N kle s ",ania rn slaughtering has not been lnt e i'. fre e advantages . That individual losses 1)1, 'es 't is 4 ? h tlY sustained does not admit of a it:ols,t_thottel,rithblent that the aggregate- returns must i ' t ti; 4 4; 14 foe hey Rood, or we should not have received • O l e , n o a, L . red and fifty thousand carcases of 1 11 Y g' s etith„ lh ib, Veal, and Pork, within the last t. , 14 .° Na..l.' , being about the amount of Ilhille;"lect to - the dead markets from 'tNo ti `N 1 , - : 4 and to Thus, it will t tth ti ty, 4 ArE ve t rl t :lle foreigners have, by their immense . tlit ° lt,' t ld S. l'ed the possibility of anything like 1/416 Furey L ei l-e Pt prices considerably below . the range tse ti %% , Years. The aecond question may be tt. Of r 'Very f ew ll'ies 4 Or P ri/li rkabl words. Production, . under the 4 4 * ' r ee tr k l i k tr ipil til littl y fine seasons, together with the acle, and with an abundance of food, t,e Ye el en , t3 or no disease having exceeded the ka el eas l e v j ttr a•l, the natural consequence has been ‘tti a bteh"e• I, h, : h til is tkceneral subject of remark, that the bu l'. 14"1" th e t h e S how and last week was unusually lei t c"Qh i . - . the lop t °o o "er than • price; paid for the prize animals L . 14 ht, roe an in 1850. We may account for . i te asure, by the improvement in the quo -4.lQald --- ,l. h Y, 4d per 81ba within the past two k , eta the Comparative 1 tit :tel e l f osparative scarcity of animals in the 1 I 1 ;tips - Ve a l'. As far as our judgment carries us, the 1 , kee e i tt eit t ed from 4s 8d to, in some instances; 55, )i Ns ti e ol e o oes e how of Sheep from 4s to 53 2d per Blbs, IZ:tit t h 0 4 hf s team - power m to ll l i , • m-power and cattle - truck ascom- V 4 sea a . , tato operation upon the various great /t IS t o tart "ring the whole of yesterday, and in N k t i. e aci af this morning, some of the beasts not pin este. one till three o'c a lock, 414,1,11 to that may be imagined, th uPwards office hundred engines were S o tea e ' taet,Jle Midland, North-Western, Great %Jai . eree s i„ Lst Counties, South- Western and other Vlo' h ead . 7 lo bring the numerous trains to the tf' l o l l, i teep an wh h i h contained about 4,500 Beasts and lk o 'oh • N being the largest and heaviest supply en s„ln.,te the m arks . between the actual numbers lt o ntip , a vahieroatket, and those given above, will prove is sa te Th e n a n et upon railways by the grazing com ti t'tta ti siou' a L v antages conferred upon that body by 11. s "Ire h t our , t 4 14 r " ch railway system are too obvious 11 4: 1 44, °t eon ,, continent from us; nevertheless, N t 'rtl ea e c'odt t l, 4Bl ently omit mentioning the ad istit o n f or : 4 in which the Beasts have been 'reelit es 4 tahe r ` °- das'e market; and the unusually I, t i t t i f t, ear s ,i ffe ria, from exhaustion or lameness. 411 -it" t , er gs a nd heavy animals have fie quently Stj',:el, haveL f aii rora 100 to 200 miles; whilst not a few ti tt io:,.,;_nts,,. B 4 on the road, and been disposed of to' e t ea r , a is linte t a 7.3l "st 'ny Prie• Th, , F,‘ .phirh did 4,4 al o e 4 v,, , `"nr-lielt , k;:: , ,;.. ::, • ! ~_, , , c; I ..-:::'-', liketi k4 tht e ) '"'"ltioi, ' -, ~ . cni fa bki fthe r ,in the ...,‘,.,...,.. ..,, lie.. t, .•' - .. market, owing to the impossi kr... soo t - travelling from the loss of hoof, An travelling, • ' fults lti respect t 9 N o d and water, :RIAL MEASURE. Malt—Cheval'c •• bas to bBs 'Oats— Yorkshire and vY Lincolash., Feed. 17s 208 Potato ......• 19i 258 Youghal and Cork, Black .•• 16s 19s Cork,White. •• .• 178 21s Scotch,Feed••• .. 20s Ms Beans—Tick ..• •• 265 308 Pigeons.••.•• .• 28s Tis Peas—Grey ..•• •••••• 27s 30s Maple....• •• .. 29s 32s White..... 27s 308 Boilers .. 28s 345 Flour—Town-made.•• 32s 375 Suffolk ..•.•..... 283 82s Stocktn & Norfolk 283 328 41. THE SU' N, The keen competition nroeugst railway companies having materially reduced the expenses of transit, aud stock owners in gene' al being fully alive to the advantages thus held out to o:ern—exclusive of the improved condi tion in vithich the supplies i're now shown, and the saving of any material sacrifice in weight, so common to stock consigned to the care of drivers prior to the formation of railways—we cenuot feel surprised a t the extee i t and m portaucti of the new order of things, which hes, also, been found to *work admirebly well fur the consumers. Coiseislering that the area of this mai ket was wholly in was vete to accommodate the immense arrivals of Beasts fresh up to-day, the CiLy buthorities were compelled to allow standing room, in Giltspur-street, and on Snow hill, for the salesmen from the West of England ; and nearly 500 were kept in lairs until a portion of those soil had been turned out ; yet the arrangements were quite as good as could have been anticipated, under the circumstances of confined space. We shall now proceed to give a general analysis of this extraordinary collec tion. Entering the market from the south side, we were met with about 800 pure Devons, wholly red, of course, of the most symmetrical form and of great sveiOst. Having, with no little difficulty, and we may add, at some personal risk, forced our way as far as the ILepital, we next beheld a similar number of pure Herefords, about 200 of wliich were derived from Buck inghemshire. Passing iato the centre of this great bucolic supply, we found ourselves sur rounded with masses from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire ; in other words, the well-known Shorthorns. Continuing our inquiries, we presently reached the Durbams, which, though few in number, elicited the mark. d approbation of the visitors. The old-fashioned Sussex stock next claimed cur attention, and we felt a most decided conviction that this breed has been suffered to decline from the want of due support and attention in some quarter or other. Why should such fine frames, such straight backs, deep barrels, and full fore and hind quarters, not, sustain their proper position in our cattle shows? Time was when such points as we have aduded to would have kept up any breed possessing them; but the fact appears to be that the Herefords, Devons, and Shorthorns have spread them selves all over the country, to the manliest neglect of a deccriptions of stock equal, in our judgment, to those just named—at least in some respects. If South Downs have become such favourites in most localities—and deservedly so, too—why should not Sussex beasts? Passing to that portion of the market in which the Scots were exhibited, we found those by far the best col lection from the " far North" ever beheld. The Aber deenshire animals—mostly brought by railway—were unrivalled. From Norfolk and Suffolk the supply of Scots was larger than usual. As regards the other breeds, they were mostly in first-rate condition. Exclu sive of the leading counties, arrivals , took place from Northumberland, Cumberland, Staffordehire, Shropshire, Rutlandshire, and Yorkshire. Taking the collection as a whole, number and general weight considered, the Herefords may be considered as the best portion of it. The Shorthorns unquestionably took the second rank; end the Devons the third. We may further remark that, generally speaking, the Beasts showed greater signs of age, consequently, were riper and more valu able to the butchers than in the ordinary ran of years. As might be exp eted the attendance of both town and emery buyers was very numerous, and largo num bers of prime Beasts were disposed of for conveyance to distant parts of the country, viz , Hull, Bristol, Brighton, Liverpool, Birmiegham, Leeds, Manchester, ese. The following are the numbers of Beasts exhibited, and the prices obtained for them on the " great days" during the past twelve years: — Year. Beasts shown. Prices. d. s. a. 8 . 5,074 1839 4 4 to 5 8 1840 1841 I , ''' 154 3 -• 3 0 to 4 6 1844 3 6 to 4 8 1845 1846 1847 ............ 4,282 1848 ............ 5.942 1849 1850 Durit.g last week the imports of foreign stock into London 'Acre small, v:z , 3,628 hea - 1. In the same period in 1850 we received 5,734; in 1849, 3,720; in 1848, 3,155; end in 1847, 1,913 head. IMPOF.TS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs l6 Rotterdam ... 499 ... 1,117 ... 388 Antwerp Ostend Amsterdam l3 ..• 46 4 ... Nieu Diep Total ...... 567 .. 2,574 ... 462 ... 25 The yearly comparison of the weekly imports is as under:— Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1850 ......... 859 a . 4,473 369 33 le 49 ........ 531 ... 2,937 ... 239 ... 11 1848... ...... 625 . 2,432 • ... 96 ... 2 1847 258 • .. .. 1,584 ... ... 71 In reference to individual excellencies of the Bullock supply, we may briefly notice that exhibited by Mr. Robert Morgan, which was composed of various splendid breeds, g razed by Mr. Thom as Knowles, Mr. George Knowles, Messrs. Martin, Mr. Peter Milne, Mr. J. Cooper, and other gentlemen in Aberdeenshire. From Lincolnshire Mr. Morgan had a fine collection, the pro perty of Mr. William Goodall, of Deepin b rs ' •Mr. W. Th om as, of Holbeach, M r. Robert Cook, of Portland, Mr. Dunn, of Boston, and Mr. Bird, of Bairset Farm. There were in this portion of the show some remarkably good Oxen forwarded by Mr. Robert Leeds. of West Lexham, and some fine Scots, by Mr. C. Felten, of Denton, Norfolk. Mr. Leeds, of Westerham, was also a large exhibitor. The Ox belonging d w to hich Mr. Rohm to Leeds, of Wes t Lexhem, Norfolk, ought have cerried off one of the prizes in the show-yard, has been seld to Mr. James Bassett, of Woolwich, Kent. Mr, William Vorl: , y had a remarkable flee show of Scots, Hereford.% Devons, and Short-horns; and so also had Mr. Gurrier. Mr. Thomas Dixon had a fine show of Short-horns and Herefords, forwarded by Messrs. Walsham and Taylor, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; the Marquis of Exeter, Burghly Park, Stamford; Mr. Dunn, near Louth, Lincolnshire; Mr. Terry, near Aylesbury; Mr. T. Clark, of Banbury, Oxfordshire. Mr. Martin had on sale ten remarkably fine Gal loway Scots, fed by Mr. Houghton, of Frawhark, near Walshingham, Norfolk; and for which 45 1 . each was ask Mre. d . Daniel Maidwell, of Leatherhead, had a good collection of Herefords, Doyens, and Short-horns. Amongst the Sheep, we noticed an unusually large number of Gloucesters, Leicesters, and Kents, but the supply of prime Downs was comperatively Messrs. Whittnad and Starkey had on effer en wonnear der ful Downs, fed by M r . Redding, of Fryern-teourt, Salisbury, and which won prizes at the local show. The Messrs. Weald brought forward 50 very superior South Downs, the property of E. F. WhittinArstall, Esq., of Leugley Bury, near Watford, Herts, together with 100 very fine Glouceeers, 16 helf-brecls, and 11 Down Ewes, belonging to R. R lend, of Creslow, near Aylesbury, Bucks. They had, likewise, 10 excellent lots from Reading and Henley. We may here observe that very great satisfaction has been expressed by graziers in general at the detcreeini tion of the Smithfield Club to classify the animals in future, in respect to each distinct breed. STATE OF THE TRADE. Owing to the immense number of buyers in attendance, and the somewhat favourable state of the weather for slaughtering, together with the actual number of beasts in the market being somewhat less than at the correspond ing period in 1850, the Beef trade was tolerably steady, and nearly all the stock changed hands at very full prices. Some of the primest Scots realized 4s 2d per 81b, but the more general top figure for Beef was 4s. Fair average supplies of Sheep were brought forward. Primo Old Downs moved off freely, at extreme cur rencies—viz, 4a 4d per 81bs. In the middling and in ferior breeds only a limited business was transectedi nevertheless, prices were well supported. Calves came ve ry slowly to hand; whilst the Veal trade was heavy, at barely late rates. In Pigs, very few transactions were reported, but we have no decline to notice in their value. The exhibition of foreign stock was limited, and mostly in inferior codition. Per n Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts..... 2 8 3 0 Inferior Sheep •••• 2 10 3 0 Second quality •• 3 2 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8' Prime large Ozen•• 3 6 310 Coarse-woolledditto 3 10 4 0 Prime Seats •• •• .. 4 0 4 2 Southdown blether 4 2 4 4 Largo coarse Calves 2 8 3 4 Dltte eut of the wool° 0 0 0 S uok Prim lin e s 5 Calvesmtll ditto ..18 0 21 0 Small .. 3 6 3 8 Largll Porkers •• e 3 8 3 10 flogs •••• •• 2 6 3 6 Lambs •• •• • •• • • 0 0 0 0 Q uarter old Pigs .•16 0 10 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calved. I Pi"'Sheep. I 23,420 74 451 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Rheas. Calves. PEge. 541 2,470 24 I COMPARISON OF THE "GREAT DAYS." A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Dec. 16, 1850, and this d a y , Monday, Dec, 15, lesl. 801180. 6,113 Per 81135., to sink ee 1850 the offas. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... ... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality ditto ... ... 32 3 4 Prime large Oxen .. 3 Q 8 inferior 6 3 1 8 0 Prime Scots t. c.... ..• ••• 3 Coarse and Sheep... ... 210 3 2 Second quality ditto ... 3 3 4 3 6 Prime coarse-woolled ditto ... 6 310 Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 0 4 2 Lambs... ... 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 2 6 3 0 1 Prime small ditto 3 2 3 C Large Hogs .. .. 6 3 e Small Porkers ... 3 8 4 0 Beasts 6,341 Sheep and Lambs .. 26,030 Calves Pigs .. 290 Dec 15, 1851 s. d. s. d. 2 Bto3 0 3 3 4 3 6 310 40 4 2 210 3 0 32 3 8 310 4 0 42 4 4 00 0 0 28 3 4 36 3 8 26 3 6 3 8 310 6,103 23,420 74 482 Nrwa-ATE .awn LE.a.zsvNuzam. From the provinces, chiefly by railway conveyance, upwards of 10,000 eareasos of Beef, Mutton, Bud Pork, have atrivoi up to these mathets since Monday last. To-day the supplies on cft,r, killed in the ntetropoli, w'ro "a' "abiY txtcnsive. NoMith:Annding, that the great market is bring held in Smithfield, ;JO that the attendance of buyers is comps.ratively small, the general demand mg be considered steady, at about stelioaary prices. .&t per steno by the Ceram. 8. d.. to e. d. i .. 5. 'I. tO B. c• Beef, inferior...—. 2 0 2 2 ; Mutton, Esferior •• 2 6 210 ~,, , iiin,Y .• 2 4 2 k!- Trithilinit 3 A 8 6 „„ , , :,:,, , T, :, ... .... ,', __......,.... Prime ~, . k 310 Vt2l•. , •• •••••• •• •• 2 8 3 8 j small ••••• • • • 2. 8 210 nontracla arrz SPIT/iMrXXITADS. During last week, the total supply of Roatocto re. LONDON, MON DA, E VEN IN G, FIVE HUNDRED PERSWS DESTROY ED BY A WATERSPOUT. On Saturday intelligence was received at Lloyd's, under date Malta, Monday, the Bth instant, of a most awful occurrence at the Island off Sicily, which had been swept by two enormous waterspouts, accom panied by a terrific hurricane. Those who witnessed the phenomena describe the water-spouts as two im mense spherical bodies of water reaching from the clouds, their cones nearly touching the earth, and, as far as could be judged, at a quarter of a mile a part, travelling with immense velocity. They passed over the island near Marsala. In their progress houses were unroofed, trees uprooted, men and women, horses, cattle, and sheep were raised up, drawn into their vortex, and borne on to destruction ; during their passage rain descended in cataracts, accom panied with hailstones of enormous size and masses of ice. Going over Castellamare, near Stabia, it de stroyed half the town, and washed 200 of the inha bitants into the sea, who all perished. Upwards of 500 persons have been destroyed by this terrible visi tation, and an immense'amount of property, the coun try being laid waste for miles. The shipping in the harbour suffered severely, many vessels being de stroyed, and their crews drowned. After the occur rence numbers of dead human bodies were picked up, all frightfully mutilated and swollen. M. LANGLOIS AT IIUNGERFORD BALL. The art of conjuration having of late become common enough, in all conscience, and its professors being in general but partially initiated into its mys teries, it is really a sort of relief to sit for an hour or two in the presence of such an accomplished magician as Mons. Langlois. It is no little praise to any that he performs his " fantastic tricks" with as much ease, neatness, and dexterity as his predecessors in this country—the Great Wizard of the North, Phillips, Robin, and Robert Houdin. He is certainly extremely clever, and some of his feats of legerdemain are most wonderful. Houdin, when at the St. James's Theatre, had an automaton figure which danced on the tight-rope, but Mons. Langlois has one which, in its marvellous performances, quite throws Houdin's in the shade. A more beautiful piece of mechanism than the " wonderful voltigeur" could scarcely be imagined. It would also be a great benefit conferred on the public generally if he would kindly explain bf what inexplicable means he contrives to fill his cash-box with silver, with a mere " pass" of his in9gic wand. Those unfortunate individuals who baye not got too muoh of the -circulating medium would, no doubt, be glad to know the secret. His many other performances are well worthy of being seen, inasmuch as they are new, several of them having never been previously performed in London. The juggler Djalwa also nightly delights the visitor with his clever feats, and those performances, in con junction • with a series of very beautiful dissolving views and the chromotropo at the end, serve to pass an evening away most agreeably. The theatre of Optical Illusion will certainly be besieged by the juveniles during the approaching Christmas holi days. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's staghds., Tues., Uxbridge-common; Fri., Iver-heath-11. Brookside hrrs., Thurs., Telscombe Tyo—lef. Crawley and Horsham lids., Wed., liingsfold; Fri., Champion's-gate-104. Worcestershire hds., Wed,, Bromsgroye Lickey; Fri., Tiddersley-wood-1 Of. Herefordshire lids., rues., Rotherwas; Fri., Yazor. Lord Redesdale's lids., Wed., Loughborough - gat e ; Fri., Newham; Sat., Ble nheim—loi. Ludlow lids., Tues., Blackwell; Fri., Norton's Camp —loi. Ledbury lids., Taos., Suckley; Fri., Bromsberrow heath-10i. Upton-on-Severn hrrs., Tues., Ripple-101. COURSING. SPELTHORNE (OVERTON) MEETING. Mr. Farnell's Cup and a Sweepstakes were won by Mr. Begbrie's Fair Helen; Mr. J. Farnell's Fiery ran up. The Subscription Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Batt's Barometer; Mr. Longman's Laura Bell ran np. The Amicable Puppy Cup was won by Mr. Ben Bouncer; Mr. Watson's Heart of Oak ran up. THE PROFESSORSHIP or POETRY . AT OXFORD. — Three candidates are in the field for this office, which will become vacant next term, by the resignation of the Venerable Archdeacon Garbett, viz., the Rev. Dr. Goulburn, head master of Rugby School; the R ev . T. L . Cl au ghton, M.A., of Trinity College ; and the Rev. J. E. B o d e , M.A., r ector of Westwell, and late student of Christ Church. At the la st election, it will be recollected, th e con t es t was a trial of strength between the two great r e li g i ous par ti es in the Uni versity—the high church party supp or ti ng M r . Williams, and the evangelicals Mr. Garbett. HUNGARIAN AND POLISH CONCERT.--MISS Kate Hickson, having generously volunteered to give a grand evening concert to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, in aid of the funds of the Hungarian committee and of the Literary As sociation of the Friends of Poland, under the patronage of Lord Dudley Stuart, 111*P ha s, b y her own exertions, secured the support of many distinguished artistes now in the metropolis. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, Mrs. W. Weiss, Miss Allain, Miss Poole, Mademoiselle Coulon, Mr. Wrighton, Mr. Swift, Herr Stoffregen, Mr. W. Weiss, M. Orosz, M. Beymeni, Signor Piatti, Mr. R. Blagrove, and Mr. Charles Salamau, appreciating the kindly intentions of Miss Kate Hickson, promise their gratuitous services on this occasion. OUGUT TO BE E NCOURAGED.--A n American paper sap, " We are anxious to collect the au t ograp h s o f a ll our su b scr ibers, and therefore request all, whether in city or country, to enclose the amount due in a letter, with their several signatures." DEPARTURE OF T HE ENGLISH FROM P ARIS .— Pri vete letters from the French capital state that, in consequence of the present unsettled aspect of affairs in Paris and in France generally, that numerous English f am ili es o f distinc tion who intended passing the winter seasons in the capital, St. Cloud, Versailles, and St. German's, are taking their departure as quick as possible, eithe r f or E ng l an d, Bel gium, Switzerland, the Rhine, Italy, &c. A great number of families in other p arts of France are als o leaving the con vulsive is w and untvryicifnoirty rethaesamneearrlyeason'The principal hotels i n deserted by their English P ar v i s itors, whose ears and nerv es have no penchant for the musical soundsofarms and trumpets, and the roaring of can non and musketry. YOUNG AMERICA.—" Father," exclaimed the hope• ful son and heir of a gentleman of our acquaintance, not my b:.y, yen are," responded the de long since, while the latter . was congratulating. the youth upon his smartness in his scholastic studies—the youngster having attained eight years of age—" Father, I'm an Arne :: "Well, father, you ,, ain't . are you?" "Not r lightedican , a tr parent. by birth, my son." "Well, then, exclaimed young Ame rica, in a thoughtful manner, ." when I grow up t o b e a man, I will be able to lic k two ilk you—won't I?" The proud parent's answer is not recorded. Within the last twelve days eleven large foreign steam packets, nearly one a day, have arrived at or havee been dispatched from the port 9f Southampton—viz Great Western, for Central America; the Hermann, for the United States; the Madrid, for the Peninsula; the Severn, for Brazils; the Montrose and Iberia, from ' , Spain and Portu gal the Dee, from the West Indies ; the levied - , fromou St America • the Sultan, Tagus, and Indus, from the Bl editer h ranean. 'lt is calculated that nearly 50,000 letters have been brought home and taken out by these steamers, also specie to the value of nearly . a million sterling, and upwards of 500 passengers. It is estimated that for every passenger that arrives at or leaves Southampton by the foreign packets, two friends or relatives, chiefly of the wealthy classes, vis . t the port to see him off or welcome him home. The British and North American Roy al Mail seam-ship Canada, Captain Harrison, sailed from Liverpool at lh. 15m. nee. on Saturday for Boston and Halifax, with the Ulual j ails Ahd a fAir cemplerheat of passengers, DECEMBER 15, 18b1.` uiv , (l, coastwise, amounted to 2,900 tons, chiefly from Seotknd, Yorkshire, and Essex, and in good condition. By hm. , l carlifige, rearly 4,000 tons came to hand from quarteis. On the whole, the demand for selected qualities is steady, at full quotations; but other kinds command very iittlo atttntion. Th© imports, since Mon day last, have amounted to 190 tons from Rouen, 4 bags from Amsterdam, and 4 ditto from Rotterdam. Present rates as under:— Par Ton. Yorksh. Regents. 89s to 85s Ditto Shaws —s to sl Lincoln. Regents 70s to 80s Scotch. Regents 'Ns to 7:',sl - Ditto Cups Ditto Blues Ditto Dahlias —s to —s! Common Whites. —s to eweastle &Ber- Per Ton. l lNVisbesch Sc Cam ! bridge ;Kent Regents 6ss to 80s !Essex Regents 6ss to 80s !Essex Slaws 60s to 70s Kent Shaves 6''s to 70s 'Kent B:,Essx. Mid. —s to —s !French ..... eos to 70s (German ditto ... —s to —s wick Regents.. 70s to 80spDutch Whites sto —s Kentish Red Kid. —s to —s,Chats SVIZ , 3I7GEL EON. Although there is lees activity in the dcmard for ;01 New Hops, the show of which is somewhat limited, lust week's prices aro well supported in every instance. Yearlings are held at full quotations, but old (jollities ccmwand • very little attention. Now Sussex Pockets, 51 101 to 618 s; New Kent, 6183 to 81; Golding, Mid and East Kent, 91 to 121 ; Yearlings, 41 15s to 518 s; Old Olds, 1110 s to 31, 15s per cwt. 1770 38.. Owing to the near approach of the holidays the de mand for all kinds of Wool, if we except Down parcels of English, which are coerce, is somewhat inactive, and the late improvement in the cpadtations is with caliy supported. Last week's ibiport3 sere 82 bales from Boston, 26 ditto from Leghorn, 3,983 frein Islay. 1,350 from Algoa Blly, 5 from Hatnburgb, 52 from Trieste, 650 from Taganrog, 4 from Bombay, 60 from Alexandria, and 89 bags hum Seville. SEEDS. Since our last report about 7,000 quarters of East India Linseed have changed hands, at 44s to 44s 6d per quarter. Ex-ship sales of Alexandrian have been made, at 41s for export. Block Sea qualities have realised 435 0, and Archangel 41s 61 to 425. For forward de livery Black Sea is quoted at 435. Calcutta 43s 6 , 1, and Alexandrian 42a p2r quarter. Cakes steady, and quite as dear; but all other articles arc dull. Turnip,White, per bush. es to 1081Carraway ••• • • • 313 32s Red and Green.. 8s his Coriander .•.. • • •• •• 98 Its Bastard, Brown.. • ... 7s Cs Ilempsced, per quarter 32s 35s White, now . • 6s Cd 7s Cd Linseed, Eng-iowing • • GOs 65s fare ,Winter 33 Cd 4sol Crushing •• • • .... 46s 52; Old ••.. • ..... -Os Od Os Od Baltic •• • • 39s 46 Canary, For quarter •. 35s 408 Odessa •• • • ••.• 448 503 Rye crass.. -... • • ... 24s 30s Linseed Cake, pr. 1,003— Clover, Re4En,. (cwt.) 303 Vs English ••. $1 103 101 White .. • • ...... 345 44s Foreign, per ton 615 s 71 bs Foreign It ed 31s 408 Rape Cakes, pr ton 4103 4110 s White •• .. 31s 4a Rapeseed, New, prlst 2110 s 2 3108 Trefoil •• •• • ....... 183 228 Duty was paid on the following quantities of foreign Clover Seed up_to the 6th innt.:- 1851. 1850. London Liverpool Hull maz.zow. Notwithstanding that the deliveries last week were upwards of 3,000 casks, our market still continues in a very depressed state, end prices havo further receded 3d per cwt. Today, new P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 36a 91, and old 36s 3d per cwt. Town Tallow 36s 6d to 378 per cwt net cash; rough fat 2s 11 per Blbs. 3tv.k. this day 11,358 Price of Y. C. •• . 46s 9d. . t to 475 Od Doliyery last week • . 2,i 76 Ditto from June 1.... 51,258 AST ivals last week • • 5,172 Ditto from June 1 ... 57,511 Pricy, of Town •• •• I 493 Cd 1848. 1849 36,176 43,795 415 Cd 385 Gd to 43s 6d to39s Od 1,594 , 2,504 50,655 1 52,701 5,268 2,584 85,293 76,023 455 04 425 Od 1850. 56,152 378 Od to 37s 6d 5,254 51,738 1,785 82,116 39s 6d 1851. 68,451 36s 9d to 03 Od ?Obi 57,455 - 290 59,372 39s 6d QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY•) LONGRIDGE V. JOHNSON. This was an action to recover 1,2571. upon a bill of exchange. Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General and Mr. Willes for the defendant. Sir F. TIIESIGER said, the action was brought by Messrs. Longridge acid Co., as the indorsees of a bill of exchange, of which the defendant was the acceptor. The plaintiffs were engineers and ironfounders, having ex tensive works in Northumberland, and also a place of business in London, and in the month of January in the present year a person of the name of Hartshorn gave them an order in London for 200 tons of bar iron, at the rate of 61. los. per ton. The iron was to be manufac tured at the works in Northumberland and shipped to London. Hartshorn agreed to pay cash on delivery, and wits allowed two per cent. dis count. The iron was shipped by three separate shipments, and the whole amounted to 1,3171. Applica tion was then made for that sum according to agree ment, but Hartshorn delayed the settlement of the ac count, and at last the plaintiffs offered to accommodate him by accepting a short bill, provided he gave them some security , for its payment. Hartshorn ultimately handed to the plaintiffs his bill for 1,3171., and on being requested to gave security he took a great number of bilie out of his pocket, and among others the one in question for the sum of 1,2571., which the plaintiffs ac cepted, and Hartshorn handed over to them. Upon the short bill becoming duo it was dishonoured. Some com municetien then passed between the plaintiffs and John son, the defendant, who was the acceptor of the bill, and ho admitted that the acceptance was his ; and said he bolived that Hartshorn was not only an honest man, but able if he bad a little time to meet his liabilities. Hartshorn, however, did not fulfil his engagement to pay, and on Johnson's bill becoming due, it was presented at his residence and also at the London and Westminster Bank in St. James's square, and at both places payment was refused. The defence now set up by Mr. Johnson was that he re ceived no consideration for the bill, and that he was not liable in point of law for the bill, as the words " payable at the London and Westminster Bank, St. Jam ' , es s o:pare," bed been added to it without his permission utter it had ;sued out of his hands. An important question would arise upon this latter plea, which would no doubt have to be decided by the Court above, viz, whether that was a material alteration of the bill. Lord Tenterden had decided that it was, and that it rendered a bill invalid, but, wi:h every respect for'the learning and judgment of that legal dignity, ho considered that his deci sion was not correct in point of law. The question was, however, of very great importance to the commercial com munity, and as the point had not ceme before the Court in recent times, his Lordship would probably consent to its being reserved for further argument. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the defence, said the defendant considered he was neither legally nor morally responsible for the payment of the money, ho having received no consideration for the bill, and ho felt bound under those circumstances of resisting the action by any defence which the law allowed. The defendant was desirous of purchasing a large quantity of iron, and nu • derstanding that Hartshorn had some to dispose of, he gave to Arnold, a person who acted as his broker, several bills, the bill for 1,2571. being one of them, which he was to band over to Hartshorn ou receiving the delivery warrants for the iron. These bills were made payable generally, and not at any particulrnplace. Mr. Arnold had requested the defendant to make them payable at the defendant's bankers, in St. James's-square, but he had positively refused to do so, and Arnold had added the words " payable a t the London and Westminster Bank, St. Jamea S-rquare, " without his knowledge or consent. Up to the present time the defendant had not received any iron, and he had, therefore, taken a legal objection as to the addition of these words, which, he contended, rendered the bill null and void. ' Mr. Johnson and Mr. Arnold were put into the box, and gave evidence in corroboration of the above statement. Sir F. THE6IGEB, in reply, contended, that as the alteration bad been made by Mr. Arnold, as the de defendant's broker, it did not invalidate the bill. said, the only ques up;ury was, whether , in boyf that o o p l o ioono the h e tt a ih t authority for l : o lr r t de i t r y aCt oAit alteration i o ßn h dE netLhcsLoeision rammingl Iwfof they the zero j p o la d i g n e t , iff h s e e w o o ti u ti l e d d , on to a th v e er a d u ie t t h ; ori h ty ot of if a th v e e y ry . t l h e o a o ra g e h d t J o h n son had given Arno ld no authority to insert the fweoorddeso,tt.hen they would give t heir verdict for the de- The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff(, inti mating that they were of opinion that Johnsoinhad given authority to Arnold to make the alteration. COURT ( I CRIMINAL COURT,(IHIS DA OLD . The December Sessions of the Central Criminal Court were opened this morning. The calendar contains the names of 65 prisoners. The grand jury having been sworn, The RECORDER delivered his charge. He was happy to inform them that the number of prisoners was un =ally small. At the same time, however, he regretted to say, there were amongst the offences some of a grave and serious nature. In ono case, a person named Bare, was' charged with the wilful murder, of his own wife, under eircutnstances of great atrocity, but it was unnecessary for him to dwell at any length upon this case, because if the evidence should turn out to be any thing like what was to be foand in the depositions, it would involve no legal difficulty whatever, and in all probability an examination of a ' small portion of the evidence would be sufficient to in duce the jury to return a true bill. The only other Case which he felt it necessary to advert to was one of a very painful nature indeed. It was the ene in which a husband and wife,:named Murphy, were charged with the manslaughter of their own child. The death was caused by the parents withholding from the child the necessary food for its sustenance. It was not only a moral and religious obligation which devolved upon all parents to provide their offspring with necessary food, but it was also their legal and bounden duty to do so, and in the event of death ensuing from a wilful neglect of that sort the parents were guilty of the crime of murder, while should it appear that there was no positive or criminal intent in the with holding of the food, the parents were liable to be indicted for manslaughter. The latter alternative seemed to apply to the state of the case in this instance, but, doubtless, the jury would think it a little strange that the husband and wife were indicted together. In the smaller crimes, such as larceny: the wiff• in a great measure was con sidered by the law to be somewhat under the control of the husband while acting in his presence, and she was, therefore, not held hale for her conduct; but in cases like murder or manslaughter, the rule of law was very different, and if, therefore, the jury should find that both the husband and the wife h'sd been instrumental in prceluing death, then both of them would be lit.b.e to Le put on thk it trial. It would seem, however, that the immediate cause of death was the want of food, and if it should transpire u pon inquiry, that the husband had neglected to furnish the wife with the means of procuring the necessary sus tenance, as it was his duty to do, being the head of tl:e family, the wiFe, perhaps, soul I not be guilty in law; but he would recommend them, in disposing of the case, not to touch that legal difficulty, but leave, it to be dealt with by the Court when the case came on for trial. The Foreman asked—lf a bill was presented against two persons, could the jury find a true bill against one, and ignore it against the other? The RECORDER said certainly they could. The grand jury then retired, and after a brief delay some true bills were returned into court, and the trials were immediately proceeded with. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The Dccember adjourned sessions were held this day at Clerkenwell. The number of names in the calendar are 63. Samuel Petal, aged 37, and George aged 36, were convicted of st(alin6, , a basket of tools, tLe pro perty of Francis Joseph HeAman, a journeyman mr penter. The JUDGE, in passing sentence, observed that it was a cruel crime to rob a carp: nter of his tools, and should be visited with the utmost stverity. The prison ers were found also in possession of heels; brealsing in struments, and that was in itself a misdemeanour under the present law, under which Hands had been already convicted in this court. They should now undergo each nine months' imprisonment, with bard labour, in the House of Correction. 31ARLBRO'-STREW r ---(THIS DAY.) NOT VERY RESPECTABLE.—Mr. Arthur MATZ/ c'o7 bat, who was described on the charge-sheet as a solicitor, residing at No. 2, Argyll street, Regent-street, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk and making use of obscene language at the station-house, Vine-street. Saunders, C 70, stated that about half•past one this morning he was on duty at the Vine-street station house, when the defendant came in and asked to see the inspector about a person who was in custody. Witness introduced him to the inspector, and after he (defendant) came out of that officer's room he became very disor derly, and said the police were d- rogues, and wcnld swear to anything. The defendant also wade use of the most horrid expressions towards the inspector, and his language upon the whole was of such a filthy and ob scene description that witness, to put a stop to it, was compelled to lock him up. In reply to Mr. BINGHAM, the defendant said he had nothing to say in defence. Mr. BINGHAM, having looked at the charge-sheet, said, having seen the defendant's position in society, the language which he had made use of to the constable did not at all add to that position, or to his respectabi lity. He therefore tined him 20s. for being drunk and making use of foul Impinge. OVERLAND MAIL (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM TRIESTE.) BOMBAY, Nov. 12. _ _ . Bombay is tranquil. Dost Mohammed is dying. Sir C. Campbell's force retook Michenee, and drove back the enemy to the mountains without loss. An engagement of cavalry took place on the fron tiers of llehra Ismai Khan. The Governor-General was expected at Calcutta on the 10th of January. Her Majesty's steamer Fox has been ordered to Rangoon, to demand satisfaction for injuries done to Englishmen, The ships Bengali and Sceunfiene had been lost in a violent g.ile near Calcutta. The ship Tayn had been captured near Penrug, and all the Europeans on board murdered by Malays of her crew. The Nizam had paid the full amount due to the East India Company. huts have taken place at Berar and Gwalior. BOMBAY MARKETS. Imports lively. Money in demand. Company's Five per Cents., 104 to 10-11 ; Debt Four per Cent., 911 to 92. freights for England, 10 Tires, 2 17 lower. Cottons, 73r. to 93r. per candy. Exchange on London, 2s. 10. for good bills. 1 1 11 E UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH). By the Royal mail steam-ship Africa, Captain Ryrie, which has just arrived in the Mersey, we have advices from New York to the 3d inst. The President's Message was delivered on Tues day, the 2d. The President complains that certafn Cubans re sident in the United States have a second time made that country the scene for the equipment of military expeditions against the possessions of her Spanish Majesty. Too severe a judgment, says the Message, cannot be passed upon those who by fraudulent representa tions led these thoughtless young men into peril and disgrace. Though the invaders had forfeited, the protection of their country, no proper efforts had been, or will be, spared to obtain the release of those now in confinement, for the sake of their families and friends. The President advocates adherence to our new neutrality and non-intervention policy. Our true mission, he says, is not to propagate our opinions, to impose upon other contries our form of government by artifices of force, but to teach by example, and show by our success, moderation, and justice the blessings of self-government and the advantages of free institutions. The correspondence with England and France re specting the invasion of Cuba is referred to and sub mitted. II maintains the principle on the part of the United States, that in every regularly documented merchant vessel the crew who navigate it and those on board of it will find their protection in the flag that is over them. No American vessel can be allowed to be visited or searched for the purpose of ascertaining the character of individuals on board, nor can there be allowed any watch by the vessels of any foreign nations over Ame rican vessels on the coast of the United States, or seas adjacent thereto. The reference to Kussuth is brief. In a communication to the Department of State, he has presented his acknowledgments for the interposi tion of the Government, and Congress is recommended to consider in what manner he and his companions, brought hither by its authority, shall be received and treated. The aggregate receipts for the last fiscal year were dolls. 52,312,979 87, with the balance on hand at the commencement, making the means of the Treasury for the year dolls. 58,917,524 36, against dolls, 48,005,878 66. The imports of the year ending June 30, 1851, were dolls. 215,725,995, of which dolls. 4,967,901 were in specie. The exports were dolls. 217,517,130, of which dolls. 57,864,655 55 were domestic, and dolls. 9,738,695 foreign products. Specie exported, dolls. 29,231,880 since December last. The payments of principal of the debt were dolls. 7,501,456 56, which is inclusive of dolls. 3,242,400 Paid under the 12th article of the treaty with Mexico, and dolls. 2,591,212 45 awards under the late treaty with Mexico. The public debt, exclusive of stock authorized to be issued for Texas, was dolls. 62,560,395 26. The receipts for the next fiscal year are estimated at dolls. 51,800,000, making, with the balance on hand, the available means of the year, dolls. 6 3,258,743 00. The expenditure is estimated at dolls. 528,922,991 91, of which dolls. 33,343,198 is for ordinary pur poses of Government, and dolls. 9,549,101 11 for purposes consequent upon the acquisition of territory from Mexico. It is estimated that there will be an unappropriated balance of dolls. 20,366,443 90 in the Treasury on the 30th of June, 1853, to dolls. 362,379,313 51 public debt on the Ist of July following. The value of the domestic exports for the year ending June 30, 1851, show an increase of dcllF. 43,646,322, which is owing to the high price of cotton during the first half of the year, and the price of which has since declined one-half. The value of the exports of breadstuffs is only dolls. 21,958,623, against dolls. 26,051,363 in 1850, and dolls. 68,701,921 in 1847, our largest year of ex port in that department of trade; in rice the decrease as compared with last year in the exports is dolls. 460,917, which, with the decrease in the value of tobacco exported, makes an aggregate decrease in the second articles of 1,156,751. From these premises the President draws a conclusion that the favourable result anticipated by the advocates of free trade from the adoption of that policy has not been realised. The Africa brings dolls. 1,425,000 in specie on freight. The steam-ship Cherokee arrived at New York on the 29th ult., with advices from San Francisco, to the Ist ult., and dolls. 2,265,506 in specie on freight. The steam-ship Prometheus arrived at New York on the Ist inst., from San Francisco, with dolls. 120,677 in specie on freight, and 500,000 in the hands of passengers. The Prometheus was fired at by the English brig of war Express at San Juan, in consequence, as it is stated, of trying to evade the payment of certain har bour dues, &c. The news from California is of the most cheering character. The rebels in Mexico have received reinforcements, and were about to renew hostilities. The cotton market was firm, with a fair demand. The money market was active. Exchange on Lon don, 1 101 to 1 101. Freights to London, flour 1 ; and oil 1 10f per barrel.— Times. TIIs CABINET.--Lord John Russell has gone to Woburn Abbey, and will remain there until after the Christ mas holidays. Lord Lansdowne has gone on a visit to Lord Fortescue, at his seat in Devonshire. Mr. Labourchere has departed for Stoke Park. Sir George Grey has returned to London from a visit of inspection to Dartmoor Prison. Lord Granville has gone into Shropshire. No further meetings of the Cabinet are expected for some time; but very soon after Christmas all the Ministers are expected to re-assemble in London, and some Cabinet Councils will be held previous to the Privy Council, at which time the day for the meeting of Parliament business will be fixed on. OxFon-D, DEC. 11 —The Union Society, so well known to members of the University, having had some dis pute with the landlord of the present premises in the High street, have just concluded the purchase of a very extensive freehold property lying at the back of the Corn Market, and running up to New Inn-lane, on the north, which formed the residence of the late Dr. Bourne. The purchase-money is said to have been about 3,0001.; and the society contemplate enlarging the house so as to have their debating-room and their library on the same site. REVENUE SEIZURES.-- The Customs EuthoritiPs have adopted some regulations with a view to uniformity of practice, and for enabling a more efficient check to be exer cisal in the examination and audit of all accounts relating to seizures for breach of the Customs laws. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.--The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the Court of Exa miners on the 12th inst.:—Messrs. Richard Reece, Walton on-Thames ' • Thomas Namby De an , M anchester ; John Henry Sylvester, Cheltenham ; James Cornish Crossing, Devonport ; Henry Bowles Franklyn, Army ; William Wilk ing Sabb, Ilfracombe, Devon ; Edward Hier Evans, Cardiff, South \Vales ; William Augustus Byrne, Great Coram-street ; John Charles Savery, Hastings, Su sex ; an d R o b er t Brude nell Qartor, Leytputitme, Euez, IZAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUrII.WESTERN. The directors of this company, in their report, to be submitted to the proprietors at their special meet ingthe lineto - to the . state that the powers for constructing a west protractedof Salisbury, contes t beforeic 'hen the subject ofParliament, were obtai ne d in leeeB ; but that, in consequence of which had b the general depression of railway property, the di rectors announced their intention of rot proceeding with the line--a course which then met with the en tire approval of the proprietors; and no application to Parliament having been made last year for renewal of the powers to purchase land and complete works, they exeired during the summer of lesl. Under this state of circumstances the landowners and other influential persons l oca ll y i nterested in the districts between Salisbury an d E xeter, iu conjunction ter severel responsibl e cap italists, perceiving that the sa Te London aed S outh-W esternßailw y Comp p indispos e d t o p rocee d w i th the len Extension, nt yn with s were presented to the board a proposal to the effect that they would undertake to construct a line of railway from Salisbury to Exeter en receiving an asu . ranee This pro of mederate asiistance from this company. posal, el:sant - ding as it did from parries having en obvious and legitimate interest in the formation of the line, and having also, as in the case of influential lan '- owners, the means of greatly facilitating its construc tion, was evidently entidrd to the serious conei • deretiors of the London and South-Western Railway Company; and the directors determined, if tbe pro posal, on investigation, cppeered feasible, that they r..ou!c/ submit the question to th e proprietors. Tae directors are happy to state that the arrangement which they now submit includes neither subscription of capital towards the construction of th a t propose d line from Salisbury to Exeter nor guarantee. It is to the following effect :—" That the South-Western Railway Company, who are to find none of the capital for making the extension line from Salisbury to Exeter, will, when the new line is banded over to them in a thoroughly complete state, agree to work it (with their own rolling stock) at 50 per cent. of the receipts. That beyond this the South-Western Com pany will agree to divide equally with the new com pany the net profits of the additional western traffic which the new line brings to the now existing lines of this company at Salisbury. This arrangement is to continue for twenty-five years, unless, in the mean while, the revenue of the new company arising from its own line, together with the contribution of the South-Western Company, shall amount to mor. 6 per cent. on 1,100,000/. (the guaranteed cos 'tele which event the contribution of the South-Western Company shall be reduced to such a sum as will make up 6 per cent." The line thus proposed to be worked by the South-Western Company is elescribed by the promoters as "commencing at the au thorized terminus of the Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension of the London and South-Western Rail way Company, and ending at the Northernhay, Exeter, will be 89 miles in length, and it is proposed to construct it with 10 miles of double and 79 miles of single way, with land and bridges sufficient for the addition of a second line of way at any future period." " The universal consent of the larger landowners to take moderate and deferred payments for their land, the low rates now payable for materials and labour, and the increased experience in the formation of railways, have enabled the promoters, under Mr. Locke's advice, to procure tenders from Messrs. Braesey, Pete, and Betts, for the completion of the railway, according to Mr. Locke's plans, in cluding the purchase of land, and every work and expense necessary for putting the line in a working state, for sums so far within the intended capital of 1,100,0001. as to leave in the hands of the promoters a balance adequate to meet all contingent and inci dental expenses." The line thus described is to be constructed to the satisfaction cf this company's engineer, and the engagements of this company with regard to it will not take effect until it is handed over in complete working order. The ex penditure of capital on the part of the South- Western Company would be limited to the completion of the unfinished branch from Basingstoke to Salis bury, and the providing of additional working stock for the new traffic, which expenditure, probably amounting to between 400,000/. and 500,0001., would constitute the whole outlay of this company, towards the securing the traffic of 120 additional miles of railway. The system of broad gauge lines in the dietrict between Salisbury and Exeter, which has been delayed from the causes which have re tarded the works of railways generally, will, pro bably, shortly be completed, the effect of which will be to withdraw from this company's lines a very con siderable portion of the western traffic now obtained at Salisbury and Dorchester, To this the propOsed Central Western Extension line will afford the only effectual remedy. After a careful consideration of the whole circumstances, seeing the public end local claims which Fast events have established upon this company, to the support of that important chain of communication 89 miles in length, from east io west, which a line from Salisbury to Exeter affords, the directors recommend the proprietors to sanction the premed arrangement. Another proposal, emanating trom parties of great respectability and local influence, has also been submitted to the board, applying fur the countenance and aid of this company in the con struction of an extension of the coast line from Dor chester to Bridport and Exeter, Parliamentary notice for which has been given. The directors have not felt themselves at liberty to hold out a prospect cf this company extending at the present time aid to any other project for western extension other than that central communication for which this company has so long and strenuously contended. In the event of the Act for the Central Extension line being obtained the directors would recommend the proprietors to contemplate the completions of the Basingstoke and Salisbury branch, upon which 275,4811. has been expended. To complete this branch would involve a considerable further outlay, unless great reductions could be made in the estimates ; but having given notice for nearly the whole of the land, and seeing the serious objections to leaving the expensive works, which are in a state of considerable advance, standing unfinished, the directors would, in any event, re commend the proprietors to sanction their exertions in procuring from the landowners and contractors a reduction of demands, which would render the further outlay such as it might be prudent to encounter. Resolutions in accordance with the recommendations in the report will be submitted to the meeting. LONDONDERRY AN]) cOLERAINE. A special meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the officer, Coleman's-buildings, Moorgate btreet, Captain Warren in the chair. Mr. Arthur read the report, which stated that the directors looked forward with confidence to the result of their applica tion to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners for a loan to assist in completing the works. The decision of the Commissioners would be known in about a fortnight. The line from Londonderry to Newtown Limavady would be opened sometime before the next February meeting. The directors recommended that the 121. 103. half-shares should have a priority of divi dend to the extent of 5 per cent. DORCHESTER AND EXETER COAST EXTEN• SION. An influential meeting of the inhabitants of Brid port was held on Wednesday at the Town-hall for the purpose of arranging measures to obtain railway accommodation in the district ; Colonel Bragg° in the chair. It was stated that it was intended to form a single line from Dorchester to Exeter, by way of Bridpo — rt, Axminster, and lioniton, and thus by means of a junction with the Southampton and Dorchester Rail way at one end, and the South Devon at the other, to form a complete coast line of railway communication from Dover to Plymouth. The length of the pro posed line would be 56 miles, and the cost of construc tion about 490,0001., which it was estimated would yield 41 per cent. to the proprietors. Resolutions were passed in favour of the undertak ing, expressing an opinion that it would return a fair dividend on the outlay, and also requesting Captain Moorsom or some other influential shareholder to attend the meeting of the South-Western Company on the 16th inst., to press on their attention the im portance of the line, and that a considerable increase of traffic may be expected on the South-Western line from the proposed railway. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. DIRECT BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION...-. The Master in Chancery Brougham has just notified that he has, in pursuance of the judgment of th e House of Lords in the case of" Hutton v. Thompson," expunged from the list of contributories, or, in other words, released from liability all those shareholders whose names are contained in list 2,3, end 4, amounting in all to 2,845 pe rsons, those on the 2d list being shareholders who paid the deposit on their shares, but who did not sign the deed ; those on the 3d who paid cu th e i r s h ares a cont ribution of 25. Gd• per share towards the expenses of the company, but h did not sign the deed ' and 4th, those wh° . neither eedr paid the deposit on their shares nor This only leaves class 1, consisting (157 members for the provisional and managing c omm d itte , to amount to debts and costs, which are understood tia hers e of upwards of 10000 r. GALWAY AND EP:NIS GRAN D before Master C. Blunt, Friday, in a long argument cif the undischarged lia bilities,JUNCTlON.—On the proposal of a call, () to o p y behalf l of Lords Londesbo roughand other shareholders, by Mr. and ROS , In was o.re counsel, on the ground that the 11. Clarke, as their subscribers, agreement limited the opposed 4th section of the . . 1 of 2/. 155., and, cn the contrary, by M rary, r.Rox burghshareholders' liability to the payment t of the original deposit 1 6 the deed in its entirety, and for the official manao.er, to the effect that the shareholders were lif.,b.e upon 1 and that their liability was not governed by any per. ticular section, an t the decision Was ad Wednesday next. rr.et;lto GREAT CENTRAL TER:IIINUSi AND J 1 OF THE METROPOLITAN RAIL Ti *G rJON TO T HE EDITOR or TUE MORNING HERALIg .... T‘ Sir, — T his very important subject has from time to time occupied a good deal of public attenti on , and within the last two or three m on th s Mr. Charles Pearson, the City solicitor, has put himself promi nently forward as the propounder of the measure —a position to which he cannot fairly be entitled —e s the plan ho has taken up originated with my father, who, in the year 1825, proposed a plan for a great thoroughfare from Ilelloway by Battle- bridge to St. Paul's, thus opening in perspective that noble edifice, and improving tho sanitary condition of London. Plans were lithographed and published, and an en larged plan lodged at the Sessions House, prepara tory to applying for an Act - , and the subject met • wale great encou.teigunent from many iefluential persons. When the London and Birmingham Reilway was first projected, ley father enlarged his plan, sad coin bleed therewith an extension of the railways along the Fleet Valley to the Thames at Paddle Dock. Afterwards, in the year 1835, prospectuses and plans were published, and models exhibited in Ironineeger lane and Abehurch•Larn ; one of the models identically subway, the same in princip'e es bet teken up by Mr. Charles Pearson, which will be in the recollection of many eitlz2ns, the rails being laid iu what may be called a Aboutitiligihste.tidrbleyfor car riages, via •Y over the top, the upper level being aare.asfrom Railwaythe sides, and a spacious London Grand J . 'Sages, carts, wa ggo ns, horses, and pedestrians, and the lower level for the railway traffic. company was formed, called the Company, and Sir Samuel Whalley vas chairman unction _ the Cash, Mr. Ormsby board, ' Mr. subject met with toa G n ore, and others , sad the plan was generally approved •but,unfortunately,,,supporter.., Sir '' Samuel's notions were in favour , .. l. whaonrdoepo,d accordance of airectors. The arches, which was contraryo two other engineers, t to my father's . opinions , and Sir Samuel, in order constructing Oa in . e upon . carry inthe paint, called in his views. New plans made, and an Act of Parliament obtained. .were accordingly were commenced in the spring oettained.. The works grounds belonging to Messrs. b o.nowing on the itt, near Gray's . with inn-lane ; five or six of the zrch u but the noise and nuisance of railwayseswero completed,. the tops of the houses began to seriously carried over other parts cf London. Mr. M‘Willia felt in who had previously been in favour theofraand others consequence of the change, now gave every plan, in tion, which had such an effect upon the new dopposi. ing that its supporters began to fall off, capitaln undertake be obtined, the works were Suspended, the arches could remained standing a few years, and were then- ehes pulled down in order to make way for oth e r b u ildi ngs. Here the subject rested until 1345, when a come pany was formed under the powerful influence of Mr. John Dillon, Mr. Caldecot, Mr. Cash, Alderm an Lawrence, Mr. Shepperson, and others. Mr. Ashurat was appointed solicitor ; Sir John Rennie, Mr. R as .. trick, and myself, engineers. New plans and sections were prepared, delineating every building on the line, from Holloway to Fleet-street and Ludgate-hill, and sections showing the levels of the roads and streets and of the proposed railway, which was to be in cutting or subway —the streets passing over the railway. Towards th e c l ose o f th e past year I again re s ewed the subject, and in the beginning of the present year published my plan of the Great Metropolitan R a il way Un i on an d C en t ra l St a ti on , taking up the or i g i na l l i ne a l ong th e Fl ee t, as designed by my f at h er, with an extens i on an d bridge over the Thames, so as to unite all the lines on the south side with th ose on the north aide of the River, adopting the site of Smithfield as portion of the station, and giving a branch to the Post-office. This appeared some months before M r . P earson ' s model, about which I beard nothing until some time after I called upon him—l think in the month of May, and my last plan appeared in the Expositor in the month of March. I leave the public to judge to whom the merit of the plan belongs. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Dec. 13, 1851. GEORGE REMINGTON. PLOUGHING BY STEAM....-011 Tuesday another public exhibition of Mr. Usher's steam-plough took place upon the farm of Bangholm. Several landed proprietors, with a few practical farmers, were present. This trial was equally favourable with the preceding ones, and showed still better the facility with which the machine can be made to move over the ground after it has been once stirred. - - - understand that this trial was made previous to the machine being taktn to Mr. Slight's manufactory to undergo some alteration, so as to adapt it more completely to all kinds of soi!s, also to the varying circumstances connected with the general operations upon the farm.—Scotsman. ALMOST EXTINCT RACE OF RATS.—During the last week a rat, wl.ich attracted curiosity from ids unusual appearance, was eanght at Bristol. It was sent up to the Philosophical Institution, where, upon examirmtion,lt was found to be one of the black Englilh rats, a race which is ❑ow nearly extinct, having been all but extern - 11mA 3d by the rats now ordinarily met with—the species which is known as the brown, or Norway rat, which is really an Asiatic imper tation.-13tith Chronicle. METItOPOLITAN ONINIBUSES.—There are at the presQnt time upwards of 3,(00 omnibuses in London and its suburbs, which carry not less than 300,000,000 of passengers yearly, an amount nearly equal to one-third of the popula tion of the world. These vehicles employ 11,000 men, and work a capital of 1,000,000/, with an annual expenditure of 1,700,1 , 0 j. They pay the sum of 400,0001. duty annually to the revenue, quite as much as all the stace coaches contri buted before the establishment 01 railways. THE NEWPORT OLD BABR.—Sittings for proof of debts under the estate of Williams and Sons were held at the Town-hall, Newport, by Mr. Shum 'Puckett, registrar of the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy, on Wednesday and Thursday laq. Proofs to the amount of 3,7831.135. 4d. were made on the former day, and 1,752/. 193. Id. on the latter, together with various proofs against the separate estates. A large number of debtors to the estate were examined as to their sets• ofF. Some proofs were tendered by friendly so cieties against the separate estate of Mr. W. Williams, sew , which were claimed to be paid in full on the ground of his being the treasurer. On investigation, lif,wever, it appeared that the moneys were deposited with the bank, and not with the treasurer. The claim to have payment in full wea therefore rejected, and the amount was admitted as a proof. _ _ DRUEY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. Bunn's phalanx of workmen poured into this building on Saturday, and the walls are now completely barren. The great chandelier has been taken down toynake way for a new one, the panels of every box have been stripped of their late dirty covering, to be re-covered with a costly painting and gold work, and every chair, seat, and cushion board is undergoing a similar process. Behind the curtain every obtainable hand is in work for the preduction of the Christmas pantoiniale. 'TIE GAS QUESTION IN MARYLEDONE.—On Sa turday the vestry of Maryltbone terminated fur the present the discussions on this subject, by resolving to accept the tender of the Imperial Company to light the public lamps with gas at 41. Ss. 6d. per lamp for one year, subject t o a re turn of the difference between 3/. Ils. and 41. Bs. 6d., shottld the pipes of no other company be laid in the district of the parish now lighted by the Imperial Company, at the end of each year, and that the batswing consuming four feet of gas per hour be subetituted for the present four-hole burner st the cost of the company. , ALLEGED POISONING AT LIVERPOOL—On Satur day an inquest was held before 11. 11. Statham, E , (l , de" puty- coroner, on view of the body of Mrs. Musker, wife, , of ,a tea dealer and grocer in Great Homer- st re c t' who, s in a is le tfr e e a d had come by her death in consequence ofp cus tody, and at the conclusion of the inquiry te llanee of the police, to her by a female domestic. The latter - w u w a is s a u a t u ak p e e n rm in i tttoed ta return home, but still under the result of epos , had time to declare It appeared that until Drs. Brett an t d w A or c r k em erle since Wednesday 1 with incessant vomit. pain in had for twelve u s ia lit ch u , sk a e t r ten h d a e d c been complaining of in tenseY examination.tshile surveillance uhr'e medicines that had for a time a beneficial effect, but on years in-. been the family medical attendant, who administered lugs. She . wa li s e a r tt sil e ti n or ded by the surgeon who . . Friday the unfortunate lady breathed her last in great suffer. j o g. In consequence of some rumours that speedily got abroad, the coroner was summoned, and the female domestic alluded to was apprehended. The analysis is not expected to be completed until Tuesday next, TIIE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS.--It is said that a court of inquiry is about to take place in this regiment rela tive.aleation(sethooeft `2lst cs t e i u i, b ol a E l t s e r . n , and which to the recent d e l amount, it is said, to 87,0004 ! que E n L e e E C e Tf St. CoLer TohermaCeo,oMtlaOyN vine appointed for th e e l ection of common c i c s i s l u i c e e d r s a , p f fall c in e p g t t d h i i r s e e y t e i a h r a on th e a e S I e u e n t d i oanya, to t e h e t a l k .o e r p d i a lk c l e a y a n a r December), o — un i c n il 1n c e o n n and s the e" ward Monday, the 221 inst., Saturday being i nconven i en t to most st of the elector s , an d the charter admitting of the arrangement EXTRAORDINARY pursuant to Yesterdv (Sunday) the Lord Bishop Oxford,. of ;eturch, Water. PROCEEDINGS IN A CHURCH. — public announcement, attended St. talon in raid of the 100-road, and preached an eloquqt a s ~ ot Lambeth Church. fund now raising for the restor?l by the extraordinary A . Ns, t a thes,l createdco e 1 t: amongsts io n o f his the congregation e Lordship'sde malappealfemale, wh 0 much confusion conduct of a respectably dr t 7ligions topics until taken into dressing them en various ha persisted in ad custody by and was not detained. mental aberration , rD T.—On Saturday information wu SL_ .. is supposed to be suffering from coroner, of the death of an old given to Ur. Bedford,Lowe. On Friday night she was about lady, named Amy Vauxhall-bridge-road, and crossing from a very to cross the knocked down by a cab, and the wheel dark turning was FATAL A the ACCIDENT. —'On cP:: police . the wentover h e r chest. She was taken to Mr. Th omas, the Mr.. ge° iuthe road, where she died in a few m i nutes. FACT FOR PRINTERS.—Though a printer may I e s itting all day, 3et in his own way, he i s a great traveller (or at least his hand is), as we shall prove. A good printer will set 8,000 ems a day, or about 21,000 letters. The dis tance travelled over by his hand will average about one foot per letter, going to the boxes in which they are contained, and of course returning, making two feet for every letter he sets. This would make a distance each day cf 48,000 feet, or a litle more than nine miles ; and in the course of the year, leaving Ott Sundays, that member travels about 3,000 miles. A NEW YORK StIOLNIAKPE. —A story is going the . rounds of a man living cut west, who completes eight pair: of large sized boots every day. The editor of the e . w . Globe says it would be considered small doings who, as " There is a ladies' shoemaker down in the swamp,his shoulder into fast as he finishes a gaiter, throws it over hie all the time; a box behind him. Ile keeps one in the i ll nnis city, and don't half try l'' a te measurement am oun t seventy-four vessels, whose agagrekef the e in the building-yard s on to 32,000 ton s , are en Ca rlisl e : -t Journal. 1 the banks of the Ilregr. — " FACT FOR. PROTECTIONISTS. —No fewer than S F ~:, _, ~ . C,.l' % f ~-; L. 1 t he Oil el :-