The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-07 00:00:00

SWEDEN AND NORWAY. - _ STOCKrIOLM, Dec. 20.—The important Bill of the new renresenteive system has been thrown out by the peasantry by 87 against 18. The same is ex pected to take place with the burghers, who have, however, expressed themselves dissatisfied with the hurry in which it was passed by the two other classes. The subject may, however, be considered settled, though tho cause assigned for the throwing out of the Bill is variously given. The nobles and clergy were unwilling to give up the constitution of their class, b ec ause they considered it more favourable to their interest, and dreaded the establishment of the threat ened peasant regiments. The peasant class, on the other hand, threw it out because they conceived that it rather circumscribed than enlarged their present power and influence, and they did not consider it quite liberal enough. The majority would probably have been inclined to vote for it, if it had passed the other classes. The Ministers took up the Bill warmly in their programme, and five of them sooka for it a; the discussions by the Councillors of Sat For this re.iton it is expected that all the Miui4ters will go out except the Minister for Foreign Affairs. It is et:ought that the a-sceibling of the trop in and near Stockholm i 3 a precautionary mea sure in the event of a wholly C , ,nservative Ministry being appointed.—Homburgh Borsenholle. 11OLLAND. TUE HAGUE, JAN. 3 —lt is stated that General Baron Willmar has been appointed by the King, as Grand Duke of Luxembourg. to take part in the con ference:, at Dresden ; and Mr. Von Scherff, the Nether lands Minister at the German Band, is to act for Lim burg.—Dutch Papers, Jan. 4. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 2.—The Moniteur denounces the treaty of trade and commerce between Belgium and the Netherlands, which was to have continued in force until Jan. 1, 1854. The Belgian Government at the same time propose that negotiations shall be immedi ately opened for the conclusion of a fresh treaty of commerce and navigation between the two kingdoms. The contingent of the army is fixed at 70,000 men for 1851. The contingent of the conscription of 1851 is fixed at 10,000 men. The budget of the Minister of the Interior is fixed at 2,157,738 f. for 1851. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Jan. 2:— ASSET!. Cash in hand Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 15,318,998 f. were received from the Branch Banks ... 58,126,924 07 Bills in the branch bank 92,439,318 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 3,142,900 0 Disto by the branch banks 1,434,037 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 8,889,996 10 Ditto by branch banks... ... 2,313,432 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Rentes, di3posable funds 42,227,238 13 Investments of the new branch banks in f▪ .346,627,613 51 . . 124,411,898 0 • 4,673,202 07 the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Bills protested at Paris ••• ••. Expenses of administration of the Bank Miscellaneous 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 0 3,488,727 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 79,489 36 25,676 0 1,786,461 42 K 817,049,633 40 rosion, &c. She has a flush deck, with a poop cabin, and is neatly, but not expensively, fitted. Though she had in her nearly a hundred tons of ballast when launched, she sat light and graceful on the water as a swan, and looked as lofty and majestic as a vessel of double her tonnage. Immediately after the launch the company ad journed to the " mould-room," where a splendid dejeuner was provided by Messrs. Morrish and Feeney, and a more elegant, tasteful, and substantial display we never before witnessed. The room was appropriately and gaily decorated with models, flags,. and other effective devices. The company present numbered upwards of three hundred, and, with the workmen and others regaled below, ample provision must have been made for six hundred people.--Liver• pool Albion. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. DAILY NEWS.—There never was a time in which it was so incumbent on those nations, we had almost said, upon that nation which Providence has blesseti with freedom and independence, to show how deeply and truly it sympathises with those of other countries who, in pursuit of that same constitutional and righteous freedom which has distinguished us, have failed of our good fortune and wanted an oppor tunity for securing and who now suffer the vengeance of despotism in so glorious a wise. Th± time i 3 past, indeed, when England could in terfere by arms or menaces of arms, even to uphold the weak and redress the injured. With the mighty armies which now occupy and weigh upon the continent, it is plain that nothing but public opi nion can contend ; public opinion, becoming en lightened and unanimous in a great people, conscious of what it aims at, and possessed of men able and honest to accomplish their aims. All we can give is our share of light, of sympathy, and of adhesion to the great power of opinion. In giving this adhesion we can no longer count upon our Government. Ministers and diplomatists, even admitting that they feel liberal tendencies, have still the necessity of dis simulation imposed upon them. No Foreign Minister, even of England, durst brave a general alliance of all those powers in Europe who wield the mono poly of large armies and military resources. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have now re-entered into that holy alliance for the suppression of liberal tendencies which they so vainly tried thirty years ago, whilst France, its people bent on either order or disorder, and its rulers on petty squabbling for power, has neither the spirit nor the leisure to inter fere. In such a state of Europe circumspectness must perforce be the characteristic of the English Foreign Minister. And there are many who would stretch that circumspectness to the length of interested and feigned complicity and sympathy with the allied despotism which now prevails. But what ever may be the meanness obligato of Mi nisters, or of candidate Ministers, and of those organs of the press who abandon the public interest, sentiments, and cause, in order to become the mere mouthpieces of a man or a clique, there is no neces sity, but, on the contrary, deep impolicy, in the na tion's tinging aside its naturally liberal sympathies, and affecting to worship a Haynau or revere a Schwartzenberg. The English public, which can not be suspected of being aggressive, or even pro pagandist, have no need of affecting adherence to despotism, or, like the Dutch in Japan treading on the cross in order to be allowed to trade, profess ourselves humble admirers of Haynau, and partial respecters of Nicholas, in order that we may be received into their conservative alliance. Let statesmen bow, and intrigue, and wriggle between liberalism and illiberalism—that is their profession— but let the British public follow a straightforward course, and repudiate those who have compromised the cause of liberty by their assaults upon property as well as on the just laws of society and of religion, as well as those who deem the world again ripe for the appli cation of brute force, and for the ignoring of every other principle of government save violence and fear. Whatever may betide the world, even if the whole con • anent be destined to undergo the yoke of despotism, and if the " era of the Caesars" have indeed again returned, still principle and honour must prompt us to avow those sympathies which not all the dissi mulation and abnegation on our part would make the allied despots believe we are really without. The duration of military despotism, at least in central Europe, is an utter impossibility. And if armies have been made overwhelming by their numbers, they are rendered unmanageable by the same numbers. And ere many years elapse we shall have as many parties in them as there are in the people, whom they are destined to devour and to oppress. As to Germany, its revolution is but commencing. Its thirty years of peace are over. And we see as little chance of the dualism of Austria and Prussia subjecting Germany by any new Bund at Dresden, as of the Frankfurt Parliament subduing Austria and Prussia by votes and long speeches. The l i day is not distant when the popular party will be in Germany, where Court parties are, at present, in the ascendant. And it must not then be said that we encouraged or chimed in with any brutal system of repression and reac'ion. It is, therefore, with great pleasure that we beheld in our columns a long sub scription list, signed by the first houses concerned in the German trade, in favour of the victims of Hesse. If ever there was resistance constitu tionally made without blood, without disorder, without appeal to any bed passione, or the awakening of one subversive principle, it was that unanimous re sistance of the Hesians, before the unanimity of which the Elector of Hesse fled. Left to himself; the Elector, bad as he is, would not have quarrelled with his people ; and left to himself, he afterwards would have become reconciled to them end to the constitution. But the Elector was a cat's-paw in the hands of the Frankfort Diet to wound and provoke Prussia in the first instance, and then to humble her. Hassenpflug himself admitted that the resistance and flight of the Elector were solely done in obedience to the Diet. A more Mechiavelian, illegal, or unwar ranted interference or intrigue never took effect for the oppression of a brave and constitutional people. H-id there remained one spark of heroism in the breast of Prussia, Hesse should have been defended in its con stitutional rights. But the meanness. with which Hesse was abandoned is only to be equalled by the infamous and overbearing trickery with which that country has been oppressed. Prussia throughout acted the part of Judas, first supporting the resist ance of the Hessians, then preventing the Elector from compounding with that resistance, whilst its last act forms such a climax of treachery, that it will be indelibly written upon every German heart. At the last hour the Hessians were told that a Prussian and an Austrian Commissioner v. ere coming to arrange their affairs. The Hessians of course looked to the Prussian as their protector and friend. He counselled them to submit, to acknowledge the autho rity of the Diet, and that in return they should have fair treatment and conditions. They submitted ; but on mentioning the conditions to the Austrian Com missioner, the latter exclaimed, "Who is this Prus sian—this Peucker ? He has no authority here. I am the representative of the Diet ; he is no thing, and has the power neither to promise aught nor to protect any one." To such treacherous falsehood, and to such humiliating castigation and insult, did the Commissioner descend, in order that he might successfully play the part of Judas to the Hessians. Language is wanting to characterise such baseness. Meantime the officers of the Hessian army, and too many of the civilian functionaries of the electorate, are the victims of adherence to their con stitution. They are turned adrift, deprived of liveli hood, and of all hope save in revolution. A short month back and Prussia seemed to offer them a refuge; for it was in the cause of Prussia, as well as of con stitutional freedom, that they were sacrificed. But Prussia itself has since then been as much betrayed and subdued as Hesse. 'The constitution is nullified, and the kingdom of the great Frederick laid at the feet of the Austrian Minister, whe declares in a pro clamation that he magnanimously refrained from con quering and humiliating Prussia. The answer to which from the Court of Berlin was a n i nv it a ti on t o that Austrian Minister to become its guest. This sufficiently proves that Prussia offers no retreat to honourable men and constitutionalists. The Hessian officers must become exiles not merely from the land of their allegiance, but from Germany, over which the united eagles of despotism irresistibly reign, and where in consequence nothing but servility can be tolerated. We trust, however, that the subscriptions of the Germans and the English will suffice to secure to these noble victims a pittance and a refuge, until such time as the present tyranny be overthrown. LONDON h's Almanack.) AS IT IS TO BE IN 185 (From Pune . From M r . Haycock at the Eastern Coun Sta tion—after a miserable journey — no porters of course —and . and had to stand sentry over luggage before cabs enough for an hour t ; e s s Diary —April 20.—Arrived could be p rocured. Got 'emat last, and drove to Heydey' s i n Baker -street. Couldn ' t get up to the ' sorts of door f or ca b s setting down, loaded with all foreigner s , an d all sorts of ridiculous travelling caps i and cloak s . T he lobby full of foreign luggage, a t d the bo u , e f u ll of foreign men and women. Mr. Heydey in a great state of i n di gna tion, and no wonder. Th at son of his had asked everybody who had been civil to him in hii travels (old Hey day has been ass enough to encourage the boy in running abroad on all occasions), to come to his fa ther's whenever they visited London. They have all visited London for this cock and bull Exhibition, and they've all come to his father's, of course. Old Hey day doesn't talk any foreign lingo, and of course couldn't explain matters; so the foreigners had got themselves settled, and the house is full of them from area to attic. 'shan't stay here among 'em, and so I've told Mrs. H.—Fred is to look us out a lodging to -morrow From Fred's Diary, May 2.—Got a lodging at last—two rooms—at 101. a week ; thanks to the tight I made. The governor and I sleep in the sitting room, which smokes. He has the sofa, and I have a shake down on the table. My mother and Mary have the bed-room, which is rather high up. The house is rather full. There is a Chinese family down stairs, with four daughters in one room. They are perpetually making tea, and live upon ducks and rice. I see the funniest little trotter-cases outside the door of a morning—l suppose belonging to the Celestial young ladies. lam told they inquired a good deal at first after birds'-nests (of which they make soup at home), and had a great many brought them by the little boys of the neighbourhood. It appears they were not of the right sort for eating. The Persian Prince on the first floor is going. He had one of his attend ants courbashed or flogged yesterday, and the man has got a warrant against him for an assault. The North American Indians, in the kitchen, had their dog feast yesterday, and got jolly on the " fire water," us they call gin. I don't believe they really intended to scalp the knife-boy; it was only their fun ; but he has gone this morning, in an awful funk. However, it's very pleasant, if we could only get any thing to eat. It serves the governor right for not staying quietly at Heyday's. I was there last night, and we had a little quiet " punting." I was in luck and nearly broke the bank. I give the Count and Leginski their revenge to-night. From Mr. Haycock' s Jourull.—lt is as I sulpected. That swindling Frenchman is fed at my expense. The landlady saw him leave the house to-day with a turkey he was trying to tie up in a dirty pocket handkerchief. I can't trust Mary. She thinks the vagabond's a hero and a martyr—she says. A Few Days Later.—l will go home next week, if Igo alone. 1 can't stand any more of the Exposition. After three hours of it, I lost Mrs. H. and Mary, and got into a snug corner, upon a pile of hearth rugs, and fell fast asleep. I suppose nobody saw me; for when I woke, the place was dark and shut up. I nearly broke my neck among the absurd cranks and things before I could find a door, and then it was an hour before I could make a policeman outside hear, and then it was another hour before they could find a key to let me out. I was tired to death, and went to the cab-stand out side the park entrence, to hail a cab. There wasn't a driver on his box, and when I went up to the first on the rank and rapped at the window, supposing the fellow had got inside for a snooze, a respectable looking elderly gentleman popped out his head in his nightcap, and blew me up for disturbing his night's rest, and said he " wondered what the police were about, not allowing people to sleep quiet in their own apartments." I passed on to the next, and there was another man, in his nightcap and dressing-gown, putting his boots out of the window, and begging the driver to " rap at the door at eight, and bring him his hot water." Fred tells me they are regularly let out for the night or week, and declares that he saw placards, with " Lodgings for a single man," on a pole stuck out of the top of a Hansom, and " One bed to let," hung from the window of a mangy-looking night Clarence ! I suppose people who have no objection to a double bedded room are accommodated in the omnibuses. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. James Denton, a police-constable of the E division, surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. O'Brien conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Robinson appeared for the defendant. This case occupied the Court a great many hours, and was not brought to a conclusion until near seven o'clock, but the facts lay in a very small compass. The indictment against the defendant, it appeared, was preferred by a Mr. John Day, who carries on the business of a carpenter and undertaker in Hast ings -street, St. Pancras, and the perjury imputed to the defendant was alleged to have been committed by him upon the hearing of a charge of assault, preferred by the constable against the prosecutor, at the Clerken • well Police-court, on tha 26th of October. It ap peared that on the day in question the defendant was on duty in Hastings-street, near the residence of the prosecutor, where he had occasion to order a man, who was selling groundsel and chickweed, to go away, and it seemed that when he had done so the prose cutor called to the man and purchased some groundsel of him, and this led tea an altercation between him and the defendant, and at length blows were exchanged, and some other constables were called in, and eventu ally Day and another person, named Seane, were taken into custody upon a charge of assaulting the defend ant, and resisting him in the execution of his duty, and the prosecutor and Seane were both fined by the magistrate. It was alleged that upon this occasion the defendant had falsely sworn that the prosecutor had crossed the street to him and struck him, and that he and Seane then dragged him into the prosecutor's shop and there again assaulted him. The prosecutor swore distinctly that both these allegations were false, and his evidence was confirmed to some extent by other witnesses, but it was at the same time admitted that there had bean a scuL9 and that the defendant had received a blow while it was going on. On the part of the defendant seseral witnesses were examined, who gave a totally different version of the transaction, and some of them confirmed the statement he had originally made as to the prosecutor having crossed the road and struck him in the manner he had repre segted, without hi, having given him any provocation. Tile evidence on both sides was of the most contra dictory character. The RECORDER having d summed up, the jury, after delib-rating for nearly half an hour, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. il'EtV COURT. (Before the COMMON-SERGEANT William Poulton, 45, labourer, was indicted for obtaining by false pretences an order for the pay ment of 15/. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted. The evidence adduced in support of this charge was this :—Oa the 24th of September last the pri soner called on a gentlemen named George Samuel Ford, a solicitor, of Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, and, introducing himself as Captain Poulton, produced a letter, and stated that he wished to negotiate the sale of some reversionary property. He then went on to say that the property, which amounted to about 20,0001, would revert to him at the death of his mother, who was in a very declining state, and 87 years of age, and that the opinion of the medical men was that she could not live long. He added that he was a captain on half-pay, and commanded in the 13th Dragoons at Giubul, where he was wounded ; that his father was Mr. Poulton, of Maidenhead, banker; and that it was upon his will and that of his grandfather, both dead, that he wished to borrow 1,0001. After some further statements he left and called again on two subsequent occa sions. when he managed to borrow 15 from prose cutor's clerk, stating that it was to enable him to go down to Cotner Hatch, to see his mother, who was then dying. He appeared in great distress of mind, and on the 29th he again called and saw prosecutor, and he then said his mother was dead, and requested the prosecutor would write to Mr. Robert Harris, of Reading, banker, his mother's solicitor, and the living trustee and executor to his father's will, and inform him of her decease. He then asked if prosecutor could recommend him an undertaker, and spoke about many other things necessary under such circum stances, and finally borrowed 21. to enable him to go down to Colney Hatch. On the next day he again called, and then managed to get 151. from the prose- cutor to put himself in mourning, stating that he had seen his mother in her shell, and had made the usual arrangements, and handed in a list of moneys coming to him. He also obtained another 51., making in the whole 271. It then turned out that the whole story about his mother's death was a fabrication. Mr. Har ris had been dead some years, but he was the son of the gentleman alluded to. The officer who took the prisoner into custody said that upon examining his person he found he had been branded as a deserter from some regiment. The jury found him Guilty. Mr. CLAaxsoN said there were numerous other cases of defrauding solicitors to a large amount by similar means. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. In consequence of the receipt of several letters from various parts of the country on the subject of the mock mercantile agency of a gang of London swindlers, the Lord Mayor mind inquiries to be made by the police acting in the various localities to which the correspondence referred. The practice of the persons alluded to is to send to tradesmen circulars, confidentially informing them of certain facilities of procuring cash for bills, or as loans upon goods, and, upon receipt of the securities or the property, to turn the whole to their own advantage, leaving their credulous dupes to get over their aggra vated embarrassment, caused by the active prose cution of the system, with the help of Providence alone. The following are paragraphs from one of the circulars : a We shall have no objection to unite an advance of 20/. per cent. on amount of invoice, if at any time you should happen to have goods on baud and find sales dull; and we will use our best exertions to turn them into money for you to advantaze, towards paying your bills as they become due, or remit you the cash as they are sold." " With respect to goods and parcels, please to advise by letter first; and when goods are sent to turn into c e a ea s n h dte t tr o im p e.” pay bills with, they must be forwarded in suffi cient Our house will afford every facility, and be disposed to accomm o d a te in every practicable way the respectable trader, , and we trust that our exertions to give satisfac tion will be attended, as hitherto, with mutual benefit to all parties who may honour us with their confidence. Any further information _requested will be immediately forwarded, and all commands obtain prompt and con fidential attention.— We are, Sir, yours respectfully, " B. n`PHSRSON and Ca., Gencral Factors. " 10, Uni)n-n)w, Kitqy,land." One uf his Lordship's correspon3,!nts said in his letter— " I was induced to put myself i❑ communication with the writers, B. XPl D herson and Co., self-styled general factors,' 10, Union-row, Kingsland, solely to find out the manner of their transacting business, and to give your Lordship, who through the press can inform those who are in want (thank God I am not) of their assistance, that nothing can result from an experiment but an ex posure of the want of money, accompanied by the utter want of principle. I received an answer to toy fictitious case, and in reply was informed that I could be accom modated with any amount, from 3001. to 5001. The persons at the same time stated that I should be recom mended by them to a respectable broker. I wrote a second letter, when back came the form ov a bill, a copy of which I enclose; also the broker's address. I need not add mot e on the subject. Probably the assumed names are all well knon to Mr. Goodman, who will do•tbtlesc put in execution any plan your Lordship may think necessary to suggPst to check this villany. Should I he inwrumental in putting an end to it the purpose for wliich I have taken the trouble will be fully answered. I write by this post to the bill-broker to know from that worthy his term-, and will in due course give your Lord ship the result." The following is a copy of the form of the bill re ferred to in the letter : "London. " £3oo—Twelve months after date pay to my order in London Three Hundred Pound., value received. " Cu. EDWARD 3. " To Mr. W. W—, Shipping merchant, Liverpool." Across the copy of the bill werd the words " Ac cepted at Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., bankers, London ;" and on the bank were, " Pay Mr. D. 8., or order, Charles Edwards." Sergeant Dubois, of the N division of the metro politan police force, said—l went at the request of Your Lordship to the address No. 10, Union-row, Kingsland. The row consisted of a few very small houses, and I inquired at all the houses there, but could hear nothing at all of M'Pherson and Co. Even the postman, for whom I waited, could give me no infor mation about them. However, upon looking over some papers which I seized some time ago from a gang of swindlers, I found the circular identical with that issued by M'Pherson and Co., with the exception of the name of the firm, which is, I understand, changed as occasion may require to Wigram and Co., Masterman and Co., or Bosanquet and Co. lam convinced that M'Pherson is no other than Wigram, whose real name is Spurrell, and whom I have known for years as a bill stealer. The gang is an extensive one, and has been very successful, particularly in Ire land, where Wigram has a son, who is of great use to the villanous system. Some time ago 4001. worth of paintings were procured by Bosanquet from a gentle man in Kilkenny through Wigram's son. The per son who sustained the loss called upon me to repre sent the circumstances, and. I took him to Wigram, who then lived in George-street, Kingsland, and asked him whether that was the man with whom the dealing had been had. The dupe, however, could not swear to the identity of Wigram, who merely said, on hearing the charge, " Well, you were a -- fool to part with your property." The LORD MAYOR—My object in publicly bring ing forward the subject of imposing upon men in pecuniary difficulties by means of these circulars is, to protect the community as far as I am able, as chief magistrate of London, against a very extensive mode of plunder. I have received numerous communi cations from persons who have sustained irreparable mischief by the plan of operations thus adopted, and among the dupes are several clergymen, as well as men engaged in industrious trades, who, after having entrusted their bills to those fellows, who had stolen the names of eminent bankers and merchants, never heard of the fate of their securities until applied to for payment. I can, under the present circumstances, do nothing but advise those who may receive com munications of this kind to avoid holding any corre spondence with the writers, and to express my hope that this exposure may be the means of saving many a man and many a poor family from distress. I think it is but due to the officer who has given me the in telligence to state that the citizens of London are much indebted to him for the exertions he has made to detect the gang, and that the continuance of such activity may enable the magistracy one day to punish the delinquents. A little boy, named Joseph Needle, was charged with having picked a gentleman's pocket of a hand kerchief. The prisoner was not expert at the attempt and was caught in the act by the prosecutor, who seized and held him. Th 4 LORD MAYOR—HOW long have you been picking pockets ? Prisoner—l have been at it just three months, sir. The LORD MAYOR—And how many pockets have you picked during that time ? Prisoner (shaking his head)—l really don't know. The LORD MAYOR—Do you mean that you don't know because they were so many ? Prisoner, I do, your Lordship. The LORD MAYOR then sentenced the wretched child to he imprisoned for one month, and gave some particulAr directions respecting him to the principal gaoler. LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks 2,980,730 14 Reserve-immobiliere ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation 420,5E0,800 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 86,899,225 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 6,099 809 47 Account-current with Treasury creditor 77,052,373 53 Various accounts current 73,714.690 17 Ditto in branches ... ... Bills payable at sight Ditto at branches ... ... Dividends payable . . Liquidation of the Algiers Bank Discounts, interest, and expenses Ditto of branch banks ... Expenses anticipated ne-discounts of the last six months Ditto in branch banks .. ... Miscellaneous ... ... 25,017,763 0 3, 728,000 0 ... 2 624,186 0 ... 4,403,747 25 .•• 8,730 0 ... 100,896 53 ... 160,763 0 ... 409,116 68 ... 169,730 65 ... 287,673 0 ... 2,581,383 98 f,817,049.638 40 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. It appears by the precedinz account that the cash in hand has increased by 750,000 F. The commercial bills discounted hie increased by 11,250,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have 4.1-crewed by 2,500,000 F. Tho baknee t the credit of the Treasury has decreased by ,CO()2 COOf. 'sundry credit; have decreased by 1,00,000 f. THE RECENT MURDER IN PARIS. The authorities 11.1ve commenced a searching in vestigation into all the circumstances of the murder of the aged female, Madame Lebelle, and the attempted murder of Madame Itibault, both of the Rue Bourbon le, Chateau. It appears that afzer the assastin had gone away, Mad Arne Itibault, whilst lying bleeding on the ground, feared that she would die before as sistance sboal.d arrive ; she accordingly attempted to trace in blood on her chemise characters which would indicate the assassin, but, reflecting that they would not be legible, she, by a great effort, managed to crawl to a chimney-board, where she traced with her finger, dipped in blood, the letters " Commis dr. lki. T—." These letters are very it-• regular, but are perfectly legible; some others - that foitb Iv the letter 'L' are illegible. After this Madame • Riblult begin to make as much noise as her failing strength would allow, in order to attract assistance, and at last the door of hor apartment was forced open. The courage displayed by this old lady was extraor dinarily great. For eight hours she remained lying on the ground in a pool of blood, and every hour be came weaker and weaker, and during all this time the corpse of her murdered companion was lying near her. After Madame Eibault had been stabbed by the as sassin in different places, he attempted to thrust a piece of cloth into her Brost, but she succeeded in dragging it away. The cloth in question, a napkin, was found; it bore the marks of teeth and blood. It was be lieved that M,darne Lebelle had been strangled ; but on examination of her throat by medical men, core of the contusions occasioned by strangulation could he discovered. In examining the mouth of the deceased, a back pin was found, and after wards a piece of black ribbon was seen in the throat. Br t) aid of instruments this was with some difficulty pulled tin, and to it was attached the cap which Madame Ribault had worn on the previous evening. This cap had been presed into a sort of ball, and thrust violently into the throat of deceased by a stick, or some such sort of thing. Madame Ri bault is in a sesious state, hut there is reason to 1)2- lieve that she will recover. The assassin is named Laforcade, nod the newspaper to which he belongs is the Petit courrier des Dames Yesterday morning he atternpl - e:d suicide by opening a vein with a piece of glass, which he took from the window ; but he was discovered in time, and measures were at once taken to prevent any new attempt.—Galignani's Messenger. LAUNCH OF THE, MARION MACINTYRE. A most interesting . event in the annals of ship building took place on Saturday last, at the building yard of Messrs. Jordan and Getty, Sefton-street, by the lauching of a beautiful barque called the Marion Alacintyre. More than ordinary interest was excited from the fact that the principle on which this vessel is built is almost entirely dew ; but one experimental craft, the Excelsior, having b een previoy constructed upon it, under a patent obtained for combining the strengthening unity of wood and iron. Booker, The Excelsior was built for Josias Esq., to trade to the_ West India islands, and the success att en d ant upon her voyage outward drew to the scene of the launch hundreds of m erc hants and others interested i n t h e trade and co rn , c, pelt ; and, at- the hour announced, h nerc... of the thant ere could not have been fewer persons present portionthousand, n f amongst whom were many of the fairera creation. Almost punctually to the hour, twelve o'clock, the launch took place amidst the usual demonstrations such occasions, the ceremony of christening being performed by Mrs. J. Macintyre. The Marion Macintyre is about 300 tons register. She is 117 feet in length (builders' measurement, keel and fore-rake), with a beam of 22 feat 5 inches, which amidships is carried well down to her bilge, giving her great bearing, and not interrupting her well rounded lines, fare and aft. Her stern, which is gracefully ornamented with carved work, somewhat approxi. mates to that known as the Aberdeen clippers. Aft she is equally clean. On her stern is a bold carving of the Royal Arms of Scotland, surrounded by re lieved foliage work, running to the quarters. The peculiarity of this vessel is, that the whole of her framework i= of angle iron, and, where extraordi. Try strenqkh is required, it is rivetted back to back, rming what is known as T iron. Diego nll pieces (iron) commence, crossing each other amid ships, and run oppositely, fore and aft, connecting every " ttnber," while exterior stringers are car ried to fOrm a circle, so as to prevent the possibility of her either " hogging" or " breaking her back." The planking is most ingeniously attached to this framing, and, while the tension of iron is brought fully into play, the resistance of wood is equally effective. Her ceiling is all put down with screw bolts, so that it can by removed when required, and thus full access is given to examine relative to cor. GUILDHALL. James Thomas Newland and Henry Hart, a Jew, were again brought up befor2: Alderman Lawrence, the former charged with stealing, aul the latter with receiving, a quantity of goods, the property of Mr. Wellington - Williams, wholesale warehouseman, of 34, Gutter-lane. The prisoners were remanded till to-morrow (Tuesday), to allow time for the depositions to be prepared, when they will be formally committed for trial. MARYLEBONE. A rospectablr-dressed young man, who gave his name Henry Williams, and who at the station-house said that be lived et 26, Kingsgate-street, Holborn, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton on the charge of having uttered a counterfeit sovereign at the house of Mr. Best, the George, Queen Anne•street, Clvelidish-Equire. A great many spurious pieces purporting to be of the denomination of coin alluded to have recently been passed to tradesmen in the dis trict of this court in payment for goods purchased of them, and there is every reason to suppose that a well•organized gang of "smashers" are pursuing their ntf,rious practices in various parts of the town to a considerable extent. Anne Price, barmaid to Mr. Best, said that on Sa turday afternoon last the prisoner came to the counter and a'ked for a bottle of pale brandy, ss hich he stated he was going to take to Wimpole-street. She placed it before him on the bar, when he threw down a sove reign, which she weighed, and, finding that it was genuine, she put before him the change, amounting to 14s. 101. (2d. being deducted for the bottle), He then remarked that he was directed to pay no more than 4i. 6J, but that he would go back and see if the price would do. She gave him back his sove reign and took possession of the brandy and change; upon which he remarked, " Well, I think I'll take the brandy after all, and chance it," at the same time putting on the counter another piece having the same appearance as the former. She (the barmaid) ascertained by weighing that this second piece was sadly deficient, and, being quite satisfied that the prisoner's object was of a fraudulent nature, she took the latter coin, which was a counterfeit one, to her master, who was then in Wimpole-street, and the prisoner, who had iu the meantime left the house, without obtaining anything, was soon afterwards ob• served by witness to pass along the street last named. She pointed him out to her master, by whom he was detained until the arrival of a constable ; he was then conveyed to the station-house and locked up. Regan, 18 D, by whom the prisoner was taken into custody, slid that he had been to the address given by him (prisdher), and found that he was not known to any one on the premises. The barmaid was cross-examined with much shrewdness by the prisoner, but he did not in the slightest degree benefit himself thereby. The spurious coin was handA to the magistrate ; the impression on either side was well executed, but no doubt could exist with regard to the worthless character of the piece ; th e ex t er i o r o f which, how ever, to a casual observer, would be very likely to deceive. The prisoner was remanded till Thursday next for ;he attendance of the Mint solicitor. _ _ Mr. Edward Smith, who, when captured by Lock erby, an officer of the S division, No. 189, said that he was a chemist, residing in Seymour-street, Euston-square, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton for further examination, on the charge of having forged and uttered two bills of exchange, one for 1001., and the other for 961. 165., with intent to defraud Mr. Thomas Ilickin, of Droitwich. The particulars of what previously transpired have already appeared, and it will be remembered that the bills alluded to purported to bear the acceptance of Mr. William Hadley, of Peterchurch, near Hereford. Since the commencement of the inquiry two re remands have taken place, and yesterday Mr. Bal lantine appeared, as upon the last occasion, for the prosecution. Mr. Huddlestone attended for the prisoner, whose relations are, it is said, highly re spectable. - Mr. Hadley was sworn, and he stated that the ac ceptances to the bills were not in his handwriting, neither had he at any time authorised the prisoner, of whom he had some knowledge, to affix any signature to a bill in his name. The two Learned Gentlemen engaged in the case examined and cross-examined at some length, and as Lockerbv was of opinion that he should be able to show in the course of a few days that the prisoner had committed other forgeries in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, he (the prisoner), who, acting under the advice of his counsel, had nothing to say, was committed to Newgato to await his trial at the February sessions. CLERKEN WELL. John Butcher wa: placed at the bar before Mr. Col obe, charged by Mr. John Baker, gentleman, of No. 3, War wick-hne, Gray'-inn, with an assault and rob -.)ery. It appeared from the evidence of Thompson, 174 G, and Tyler, 412 A, active officers, that in conse quence of information of a robbery and a description of the persons of the thieves, who were known to them and who were in the habit of visiting a noto rious receptacle for thieves and characters of the worst description, called, the " Kitchen," in Fox-court, Gray's Inn-lane, on Sunday night they (the officers) concealed themselves in Holborn-buildings, close by, when they saw the prisoner pull the prosecutor out of the house, and, forcing him against the wall, he put his right arm round his neck, and thrust his left hand into his pocket. The officers immediately rushed upon him, and forced his hand from the prose cutor's pocket. He resisted. The prosecutor was in toxicated at the time, and said he had been robbed of a silk handkerchief and other property. Mr. Biker being s worn, sail that he had been to a party and drank freely of wine. As he was returning home he was accosted by some women, who inveigled him into Fox-court, where thep dragged him down stairs into a large kitchen filled with men and women. He was anxious to get out of the place, when he was followed by the prisoner, who attacked him as de scribed by the officers. Mr. COMBE asked the officers what sort of a place the " kitchen" was ?—Ty ler replied that it was a house let out to notorious thieves, beggars, prostitutes, and the worst of characters, who were accommodated with beds at 2d. and 31. per night; there were seve ral beds in each room, where men, women, boys, and girls slept indiscriminately together. There were two large kitchens with ranges; large fires were kept during the day and night, the thieves regaled them selves, the kitchens were lit up with gas, and there were no less than 200 persons constantly in the house. The prisoner was known as a thief. He denied the charge, but he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. SOUTHIVARK. Thomas Carney, Edward Cripps, James Hussey, Thomas Williams, and William Pontick, five ragged and filthy-looking boys, were placed at the bar charged with tresrming on property belonging to the South- Western Railway Company. Sergeant Harris, 6 1., stated that from information he received he went at three o'clock on the preceding morning and examined the arches under the terminus of the South-Western Railway, and observed a hole capable of admitting a man's body in one of them, situated in Granby-street, Waterloo-road. On look ing through this aperture he discovered the prisoners, some of whom had pipes in their mouths smoking, while others were talking and laughing, and all seemed as if they were p ,, rfectly secure from discovery in their hiding-place. The moment, however, he (the sergeant) threw the light of his bull's-eye lamp upon the motley group, their hilarity was turned into dis may, and they all started upon their feet, but, the arch being enclosed on all sides but that on which the hole was made, they had no opportunity of escape, and therefore all were secured without difficulty. They had worked holes and undermined the arch in several places ; and after having taken them into custody he examined the place, and found in a hole covered with a piece of baard, small parcels of coffee, sugar, pepper, candles, &c., all of which, he had no doubt, had been stolen. There was also a quantity of coals, and straw covered a portion of the ground, and seemed as if it had been placed there for the purpose of sleeping upon. The sergeant added, that when he asked the prisoners what they were doing there, they answered that, having no homes, they went to sleep there. Mr. ATECHETT inquired if he found anything in their possession when he searched them, but he re plied that he did not. The MAGISTRATE then asked the witness if he knew the prisoners ?—The sergeant said that they had all been convicted of petty offences. Bent, the detective officer of the South-Western Railway, prOved Hussey, Carney, and Williams, to have been convicted at the Lambeth Police-court, and that Carney was the most incorrigible boy among them ; a number of their companions were con victed some time ago for an offence similar to that upon which they had been now apprehended, and it cost the company '751. to repair the arch, which they damaged by taking up their quarters in it, and made it a kind of store or depository for their plunder of petty tradesmen about the New-cut and that neigh bourhood. Sergeant Jones corroborated the first witness's testimony. Policeman 60 f, said, Cripps was " wanted" for stealing some bread on Saturday last. Mr. A'BECKETT said that a detainer could be lodged against him ; but all the prisoners being found in such a place, and their characters being bad, to gether with the circumstance of the finding such articles in their place of concealment, created strong suspicion that they had come dishonestly by them. They were, however, charged with trespassing on the railway company's premises, and for that offence he should sentence Carney, being the worst amongst them, to six weeks' imprison writ; Cripps, Hussey, and Williams to one month each, and Pontick to 21 days. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OFJEW EL LERY. LIVERPOOL, MONDAT.—This morning one of the most extensive and extraordinary robberies that have been perpetrated in this town for some time was dis covered on the premises of Messrs. Clark and Morris, silversmiths, Church street, at the corner of Tarle ton-street. The circumstance having become known the greatest excitement was occasioned, and the shop of Messrs. Clark and Morris was surrounded during the whole of the morning by persons anxious to learn the particulars of the robbery, which was stated to be very extensive, amounting to thousands of pounds. '['he facts of the case are these:—Messrs. Clark and Morris closed their shop about eight o'clock on Satur day night. Everything was, to all appearance, made secure, and every precaution having been taken to insure safety as far as bars and bolts could do so, the partners left the cares of business to enjoy the advan tages of a day of rest iu the fullest confidence that their property was safe. This morning, shortly after eight o'clock, the shop was opened by Mr. Clark,who was astonished to find the stock in the utmost confu sion. A quantity of morocco and roan jewellery cases were strewn upon the floor, and everything appeared to have been ransacked or disarranged. It was at once evident that a burglary had been committed, but it was some time before an estimate of the extent could be arrived at. The shop of Messrs. Clark and Mor ris is somewhat conspicuous, and has a double front age, in Church-street and Tarleton-street. The firm also occupy a cellar, which is entered by a trap-door from the hack part of the shop. This door was found open, and an iron plate fixed for security against the partition wall of the next cellar had been partially bent.down so as to admit the body of a man, the brickwork behind having been removed to a corre sponding extent. The adjoining cellar, it appears, is used for storing coalsby Mr. Jones, the lithographer, who occupies offices in Tarleton. street. These offices, which are part of a range, and are variously tenanted, are immediately at the back of Messrs. Clark and Morris's establishment, and the entrance to Mr. Jones's cellar is at the end of a ground-floor passage, at the side of the stairs. The wall of the passage which adjoins Messrs. Clark and Morris's shop is pro tected by iron bars ; but, strange to say, the entrance to the cellar had been completely overlooked. The lock of the door to Mr. Jones's cellar appears to have been picked, and also that of the door communicating with the street. The burglars then removed the bricks of the partition wall alluded to, bent down the iron plate, and thus gained access to the shop. As we have stated, the shop was in the greatest confusion. The show-cases bad been opened, and seals, watch-keys, brooches, chains, studs, rings, &c., were strewn about in great confusion. The morocco and roan cases to which we have referred had • all been emptied of valuable articles of jewellery, and upwards of 30 gold bracelets and necklaces, 24 valuable brooches, and 15 sets of studs were missed from them. It is estimated that gold watches and chains to the value of 6001. were stolen, and diamond brooches valued at 3001., which were only received last week, having been or dered by a customer, were a l so m i ss i ng . B es ides these, a variety of studs, bracelets, brooches, and other articles were carried off. Altogether the loss is estimated by the firm at 1,800/. The thieves ap pear to have been disturbed, for they left behind a case of valuable diamond rings, and several other articles small in bulk, which were conspicuously placed. Their object appears to have been to take only those things which were portable and might be readily concealed about the person. Many conjec tures have been hazarded as to the precise way in which the robbery was perpetrated. Some think that the thieves must have been concealed in Mr. Jones's cellar on Saturday night ; whilst others are of opinion that the burglars did not commence their operations till Sunday. It is stated that four or five suspicious characters were seen loitering in the vicinity on Sunday evening. As yet the thieves have not been apprehended, but there is reason to believe that they will soon be in the hands of the police. MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION.—The Rokeby, from the M turitius, just arrived at the port of Bristol, encountered on her homeward voyage a fearful storm, in which the cap tain, the chief mate, and two of the crew were washed over board. The captain and mate perished, but by the reflux of the wave the men were again thrown upon the deck, and were thus almost miraculously preserved. The Rokeby was safely brought to her destination by the second mate. A HURRICANE.—On Saturday evening week, about seven o'clock, a sort of hurricane crossed Marshland-fen, Norfolk, in the direction of the farm occupied by Mr. James Neeps, of Walpole St. Peter's, which tore up gates and gate posts, unroofed his farm-buildings and dwelling-house, car ried away several stacks to a distance, and otherwise did much injury. None of the other farms in the neighbourhood suffered from the gale. —Chelmsford Chronicle. THE WATER SUPPLY. It is related of a certain physician that, wishing to place some restrictions upon the appetite of a patient who was not conformable to orders, he requested the servant to place carefully aside En equal portion of every article of food, whether solid or fluid, which the invalid consumed for his dinner. The servant obeyed, and the doctor, then converting the whole by a little manipulation into a hodgepodge something analogous to the celebrated Douglas larder, presented himself before the unconscious valetudinarian, bowl in hand, and displayed to his astonished eyes the formidable compound, "This, sir," said he, " this is the stuff which you expect your digestive organs to assimilate." Now, we propose to do fur all those who are in the habit of thoughtlessly imbibing London water what the physician did for his patient, and show them what it is which they gulp down. If they are not converted on the spot we at all events have discharged our conscience. In performing this duty we are much assisted by the report of which we have already published a summary, lately drawn up by the metropolitan officer of health, Mr. Simon. It can no longer be said that a hasty or an imperfect view is taken of a question vital to this great popula tion, when we can point to such testimony, both as regards the nature of our present water system, and the character of that which is proposed to supersede it. Let us consider the fluid which we now from habit dignify with the name of water, as it exists at its sources, as it is modified by its journey, as it is operated on by the machinery of distribution. It will not be difficult to prove that he who teems it water when arrived at its ultimate destination, is guilty, to say'the least, of a suppressio veri ; it is no longer water as a specific compound of oxygen and hydrogen : it is water + a+ b+c+d + &c. In the first place, it holds in solution certain earthy salts which impart to it a general character of hardness. What the effects of this item of its com position are in a commercial view may be gathered from the experiments of Mr. Taylor, who estimates " that the pipe-water of the city of London, used without boiling, consumes from 13 to 19 times as much soap as distilled water would consume." What the effects are in the medical point of view, Mr. Simon, quoting the authority direct and indirect of three well known physicians, considers to be almost incalculable. In the absence of actual proofs, or of proofs which might not be contested, we will not accuse the water of the London companies of having other than such admixture at the source. If they tend originally to dyspepsia on the one hand, and to a despairing answer to the popular query about soap on the other, this is sufficient charge to begin with. We will pass to the mode of conveyance. " These waters," says Mr. Simon, " are conducted to the metropolis in open channels; they receive in large measure the sur face washing, the drainage, and even the sewage of the country through which they pass; they derive various casual impurities ; and then, on their arrival in the metropolis, are distributed without filtration to the public." These contracted impurities are, he adds, in quality identical with those which render Thames water, taken at London-bridge, unfit for domestic uses. And more, these waters are distributed only at intervals through metallic mains and street pipes. They are exposed to whatever new contamination metallic pipes are liable to impart, or which storage in private receptacles supplies. By the time, therefore, that we avail ourselves of them the abstract formula may he thus filled up : a. Impurities in the way of earthly salts, and pos sibly of a great variety, incidental to the geological formation in which the waters rise. b. Impurities from fresh absorption of inorganic matters furnished by the soil through which the aqueduct is carried, or of organic matters which are liable to accumulate in open streams. c. Impurities from storage in open reservoirs by absorption from a foul atmosphere, or from decompo sitions going on in the fluid itself. d. Impurities contracted in the metallic channels through which they are distributed, or in the cisterns in which they are retained for private use. Now this, we beg to say, is no exaggerated cata logue, but a simple statement of undeniable facts. With these facts before us, we should be naturally inclined to say, as Hood says of the Thames water, reflecting on the purposes which it subserves, "Think of it: drink of it then, if you can." But we have, further, the highest chymical and the most un questionable medical authority for saying, that such fluid is unsuited for all general uses and detri mental to the health of man. We have, again, the uncompromising assertion of Mr. Simon that, on the ground solely of its being intermittent, the pre sent water system is to be condemned as an engine of general purification. "Itis my duty," he says, "to tell you that the present condition of the water trade contributes to neutralize the advantages which the en forcement and execution of house drainage have con ferred." Again, " There can be no doubt of the ex treme degree in which it is desirable for the poor that water should be supplied to their houses on the prin ciple of constant supply." It would be impossible to have stronger official intimations that, whether as re gards the ordinary uses of life, the operations of trade, the functions of the human organism, or the sanitary condition of all classes, our present water system is totally and irremediably bad. We have before now attempted to show that the water service of this metropolis is not so entirely a commercial question as that it can safely be emancipated from legislative control. The experi ence of Mr. Simon confirms this proposition. "In every practical sense," be says, " the sale of water is a monopoly. The individual customer, dwelling in Cripplegate or Farringdon, who is dissatisfied with his water, can go to no other market, however legiti mate his claim, to be supplied with this prime neces sary of life at its cheapest rate, in the most efficient manner, and of the best possible quality." Legisla tive control, we repeat, is demanded by the state of the case, and what the value of the change is there are not wanting precedents to show. The people of Glasgow substituted soft water for hard, and in two years their physicians could speak with confidence of the abatement of dyspepsia and calculous disorders. At Wolverhampton, in 1849, the system of supply, which had previously been intermittent, was made continuous; the immediate effect of this change was a reduction of twenty-two per cent. on the quantity consumed, and within ten months the number of customers rose from 600 to 1,400. We have now in our power a reform from which as much might be hoped for the substantial good of the com munity, and probably more realised to satisfy the requisitions of trade. It is only the practical development of resources now in our grasp which is required to place us in the same enviable rsition. To each of the separate evils which we have described there is an appropriate remedy--on. class of impurities may be got rid of by finding water originally pure ; another, by conducting it through channels which preserve that purity ; a third, by making the supply constant instead of intermittent ; a fourth, by substituting earthern for metallic pipes as the apparatus of distribution. We had thought that the proposition of Mr. Napier had every ap pearance of securing the foremost of these desiderata. Mr. Simon, conceiving it his duty to inform himself as to the real merits of this scheme, has visited, in conjunction with one of our most celebrated chemists, the site of the proposed supply. By experiment and observation, he has placed himself in a position to say, "That the water in question is of a quality ad mirably suited to domestic purposes ; that its distri bution through the city of London would conduce to the health and comfort of the population ; and that the principles proposed by the Board of Health for its collection and conveyance appear to him such as sanitary science in its present condition should sugge s t for the water service of the metropolis." —Times. SHIP NEWS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—Wind S.S.E .— Prince o f O range, f rom Bombay, has arrived at St. Helena; she has on board Captain Archibald and 16 men of the Richard Cobden, of Dundee, from Calcutta for London. which vessel was burnt at sea on the 22d October, Bourbon 100 miles distant. Arrived—Reliance from Demerara; Montezuma, from New York. — SALcoNNE, JAN. s.—Myrtle, from the Clyde to Lie bon, has put in leaky, with cargo shifted and part thrown overboard. HAMBURGIL JAN. 2 .—Fabian, from ilavannab, which was ashore off Gluckstadt, the 30th ult., has been as sisted off and towed up to this port to-day. REVEL. DEC. 24.—E. Kenaes, from Liverpool for St. Petersburgh, put in here the 14th ult., leaky. ANTWERP, JAN. 4.—A board, painted white, with a black bolder, and with the name `• Alonzo," in black letters, on it, has been picked up off Zoutelande. BAntA, Nov. s .—Hortensia barque, from Rio Janeiro for Lisbon, put into this port the 12th ult., leaky, has been surveyed and ordered to be hove down. FREDRIKSHAVEN, DEc. 27.—Christine, of Leith, from Skelskior for England, has put in here leaky, and must discharge. WARGOE, DEC. 26.—John and Mary, from Gotten burg for England, sailed from the Itifcefjord yesterday but put back to-day leaky. AIEMEL, DEC. 31.—Robert, hence for Wisbeich, is on shore 24 miles south of this port, and a wreck; crew, saved, and ill. materials being saved. DANTZIC, DEC. 31.—Anne and Paul, from Konigs berg Stettin, has put in hero in distress, and with part of cargo thrown overboard, having been on shore on Vico, DEC. 26.—Susan Greene, from Newport for Genoa, has put in here with damage. GRAVESEND, JAN 6.—Wind E.S E., light, cloudy. Arrived—James Holmes, from Demerara; Governor Hinckley, from New York; Young Dixon, from Dantzic; Jenne Leonie, from Isigny; Anemone, from Oporto; Friendship, James, and Cresswell, from Dunkirk; Non pareil, from China; Lord Dalhousie, Serenus, and Bin renge, from Calcutta; Gustave, from Corunna; Leon, from Gravelines; John Bull, from Hamburgh; City of Paris, from Boulogne; Soho, from Antwerp; Wilber force, from Havre; Eagle, from Abbeville; Waterlily, from St. Michael's; John and Ann, from Caen; Emma, from Rouen; Beatitude, from Antwerp; Hawk and Ocean, from Antwerp. Sailed—Emma, fir the South Seas; London, foe New Yol k. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Oceanus, from Buenos Ayres for Boston, on the 12th Of November, in lat. 35 S., long. 46 W. Do.von. from Bombay for Liverpool, on the Equator. Theodore, from Liverpool for Bombay, in lat. 2 N,, long. 24 %V. Anna Robertson, from Algoa Bay for London, on the 24th ult., in lat. 46 N., long. 27 W. Crenbrooke, of Liverpool, bound east, on the 27th ult.. in lat. 43 N., long 24 W. Spy, from Odessa for St. Vincent's, on the 2d ult., in late 36 N., long. 16 E., with loss of sails. Deborah, from Liverpool for Coquimbo, on the 25th of September, off Cape horn. Dutch bark Pollux, from Batavia, on the 11th ult., In lat. 25 N., long. 32 W. Asia, from Bahia for London, on the 30th ult., in lat. 46 N., long. 14 W. Benjamin Boyd, from Camerooes for Liverpool, on the 27th ult., i❑ lat. 43 N, long. 23 W. Marchioness of Douro, from Canton for London, on the 14'h ult., in lat. 30 N., long. 38 W. Balgowrie, bound west, on the 6th of November, in lat. 34 S , lung. 26 E. Rubicon, of Bo,tou, on the Bth of November, in ]at. 35 S., long. 24 E. Corsair, from Bombay for the Clyde, on the 27th of No vember, in lut. 3 S., long. 17 E. Larne, from Batavia for Amsterd4m, on the 6th ult., in lat. 16 N., long. 30 W., which spoke and supplied the Druid, from Fernando Po for Liverpool, on thy 7th ult. Emperor, from Liverpool ior Bahia, on the 24th of No vember, in lat. 6, long. 26. Lady Bruce, from Calcutta for Liverpool, on the 16th Of October, in lat. 23, long. 64. Emilio?, from Batavia for Rotterdam, on the 18th ult., in lat. 35 N., long. 34 W. Sir John Falstaff; on the 25th of October, in lat. 26 S., long. 55 E. Peruvian, on the 2d ult., in lat. 2 N., long, 26 W. Candidate, in lat. 18 N.. long. 32 W. Corinthian, from the Mauritius for Cork, on the 28th ult., in lat. 45 N.,long. 20 W. William Simpson, rom London for Batavia, on the 2311 of November, in lat. 15 S , long. 32 W. Auckland, outward bound, on the 25th ult., in lat. 20N., long. 14 W. SEABORNE MAILS. When made up in From what when PLACES. General Post-office port die- due. London. patched. Africa (West coast) .. America (via N. York by British packet) .. *N January 31 Liverpool.. Jan. 15 America (via Boston by British packet) .. N January 17 'Liverpool .. !Arrived America (by United r Liverpool &f ] States packet) .. / N January 10 Southampt. Belgium • . .. • • N .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 24 Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 24 California(viaChagres) M 17th of month Southampt. Jan. 5 Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth.. Central America .. 31 Id & 17th of month,Southampt. Jan. 5 Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Tk. 9 1 . Chili .. M 17th of the month Southampt.• Jan. 20 France .. 31 & N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicednill Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. • • Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon.Tku.r. Honduras .. . N 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 Ireland .. ••AI & N Twice 41aily .. Holyhead .. Twiceda ll / India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Jan. 28 India (via Marseilles) N 7 th& 24th of month Dover .. Jan. 23 Madeira • . N Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Sonthanipt. Jan. 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) . N 7th&2ltk of month Dover • . Jan. 23 Mediterranean (by French packet via Marseilles) Mexico .. 31 2d of the month.. Southampt. Jan. Peninsular.. • .. hi 7th,l7th,27th of mo Southampt. Jan. 15 Peru .. .. • • • • Al 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 West Indies AI 17th of the month lifthampt.Jan. 20 West Indies (except 31 Havanna & Nassau) ,2d of the month .. Southampt. [Jan. 5 * N signifies that the by the night—and M by 2d of the month malls are sent froi the morning—lisp; ISoiithampt. Jan. 5 I the General Poet-ofilo itch. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. -- The following is the offi c i a l s t a t emen t o f t h e quant i ti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the po Essex, from the 30th Dec., 1850, to the 4th Jan., both inclusive : 106 of di in RON .4 • .4 es I A et; g .9 P:1 Colchester Harwich Leigh... 165 344 40 73 Maldon 992 64 356 272 170 230 CHELMSFORD, JAN 3.—Prices to-day were AS follow: Wheat, white, old 42s to 46e; new 41e to 465: red. old CHELMSFORD, JAN. 3.—Prices to-day were as follow: -. " Wheat, white, old 42s to 465; new 41. to 46.; red, old 'As to 41s ; new, 36s to 40s ; barley, 25s to 29s ; chevalier 216 to 295; grinding 18s to 21s; oats 155 to 20s; malt 53 1 to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 276 to 295; old, —s to —s; white, new, 26s to 2811 ; old, —s to --o; dun, new, 26s to 28 s ; b eans , tick new 24s to 26s ; old, 2 411 to 275; harrow ticks, new 25, to 2711; old 00s to 00s; Inv zagan, new 23s to 2511; old 00s to 00s per qr. COLCHESTER, JAN. 4.—Wheat, white 42s to 465; red 366 to 40s ; barley 22s to 28s ; beans, mazagan 23s to 255; middle and mall 24s to 28s ; peas 263 to 30s per qr. KIRICALDT, JAN. 3.—The following are the quotatiotU l for grain : Wheat. Barley. First 4ss Od 26a Od Second 41, Od 21s 6d Third 36s Od 18s 03 1 Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, JAN. 3.—Th, grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. Oats. 20s Od 18a 6d 16s 6d I imperial, ie followinj Beans. ...8 Od —s Od —S Od tis Od to g are the First Second ... Third ... 42s Od ... 33s 10d .. 303 Od Barley. 26s 3d 22s lod 194 Od Oata. 2ls Od 18s 8d 16i 6d 21 ;I:raiPeCa:cl°lof Beans% 29, Od 27& 9d 275 ut` Total quantity of Wheat in 'market . 627 gra:: 6 7, 1 sold Do. Barley do. 390 qrs., 247 5 01 a Do. Oats do. 446 qrs., 413 sol d Do. Beans do. 80 qrs., 56 301c1 GLASGOW, JAN. I.—Provision s —Ch eese , 40 5 to 4 7 5 uu , per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, 10d to Od per lb. Irish po o n 2 " derecl, in lumps, 9d to 94d; country powdered, wh o l es ale, 0 :, to Od. Country eggs, is 4d p er d ozen ; carr i e d h en d i tto, 8 1 0" per 120, or 11d per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d per pair ; Dual , 2s Od. PERTH, JAN. 3.—Wheat, old, 00s Od to 00s Od; ditto , new, 36s to 42s ; barley, new, 21s Od to 24s Od ; •ats, 14 1 to 18. ; peas and beans, 25s Od t o 00 s p er qaarter. (WWl', , per sack, 00s to 28s. KELSO, JAN. 3.—Wheat, old, COs to OOs Od; ditto, new, 24. to 30s Od ; barley, new, 15s 6d to 17s - ditto old, 00s to 03 5 ; ' new, potato oats, 003 to 00s • ditto 12;0c1 to 14s Ud ; cowls°, oats 00s Od to ON Od ; ditto new, 11s to 13s Od ; peas, 19s O d to 23s 0d; beans, 19s to 20s per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, JAN. 3.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 24 8 • dittos home, 20s to Os; ditto ditto new, 16 s Oct to 20, Od; bar ley, ?e boll of 6 bushels, 00s Odto Os Od ; ditto new, 15 1 3 d t o 170 9 .°' Oats, common, 12 s 6d to OOs ; ditt o new , 9. 6d to 10 s fla ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 00s Od; unapt distillers, 31s to 33. ed ; (l ilt ° b rewers , 33s Ocl to 34s ; beans per boll, 13s 9d to 00s Od; ditto new, 12s Ud to 14. Od; pease 1 9 6d to 12s Cd; flour, new per sack, Ills to 33s Od; ditto contort ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 25. Od to 29s Od ; ditto new 25s 9d to 27s Od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, Bkd to 9EI; fresh butter per ib, 7d to 9d; eggs per dozen, lid to Is ; hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 85. to 00s Od. BERWICK, JAN. 2.—Wheat, 363 51c1 ; barley, 22s 40; oats, 17. 44c1 ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 00s Od; peas ON Od average per imperial quarter. liewicx, JAN. 2.—Wheat, new, 30s to 31s Od; barley , new, 14s 6d to 16s ; ditto old, 00s Od to 00$ Od ; potato 0 . 1 t 51 15s Od to 16s Od ; commo n oa t s , 11 s Od to 14s • peas, 201 ~,, to 231 Od ; beans, 20s Od t o 23 s Od per boll Of six imperial bushels. FALKIRK, JAN. 2.—The supply of grain in this days market was 428 b o ll s; w h eat at 1 5s 6 d to 19s Od per boll barley, 16s 9d to 17 s 6d ; oats , 9. 9d to 1 3 . 6d; beans, 13s 30 to 14s 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. M—YESTXRDAY. Stewart's Bowden Caradoc ..._ Eleselden ..... ... Ilene& Hall Kelloe South Hartlepool l6s 3 4 South Kelloe lss 6d Whitworth Adelaide Tees l6s Oa Maclean's Tees l4s 61 Tees Begbies Hartley Birchg. Graigola Cowpan Hartley l3s 9d Gors Goch Stone 22s 0 4 Hartley .......... Sidne) d Hartley Snips at market, 287. COAL MARIE Buddle's W. Hartley 133 9d East Adairs Main Ils 6d Hasting's Hartley..., 13s 60 Howard's W. H. Neth l3s 90 Canfield Moor Butes 13s 3d Townley l3s 6d Hest Hartley West Wyla m W all's End, &c. Baxter .. l4s 9d Harton Hedley Hilda lss Od Walker l4s Edi Eden Main Belmont lss 9d Braddyll Hetton Haswell l7s Od Russell's Hatton KENTISH TOWN IN THB LAST CENTUZY.--Thurs • day night some villains robbed the Kentish Town stage, and stripped the passen gers o f th e i r money, watc h es , an d bucltlee- In the hurry they spared the pockets of Mr. Corbyn, the druggist; but he, content to have neighbour's fare, called out to one of the rogues, " Stop, friend, you have forgot to take my money."—Aotes and Queries. MATHS. OF A SON. On the 3d inst„ in Doughty-street, Meeklenburgh-squaw, the wife of Dr. Smiles. On the Ist inst., at Northfleet, Kent, the wife of Captsia Lee, R.ll. • OF A DAUGHTREL On the 4th inst., in Lowndes•square, the wife of E. Carle ton Tufnell, Esq. On the 2d inst., at Castle Taylor, county Galway-, the lad,' of A. W. Cope Cope, Esq., of Loughgall, county Armagh. 1141tRIED. On the r2d inst., at Romford, the Rev. James Charles Blom' field, rector of Launton, Oxon, to Mary Louisa, eldest (laugh ter of the late H. Tweed, Esq., of Romford-lodge. On the 2d inst., at Hatfield Church, George, eldest son of George Ovendon, Esq., of Wigton, and Margate, in the lel! of Thsnet, to Anna Maria, second daughter of Samuel Swannell, Esq., of Hatfield, Herts. On the 2d i ns t., a t L eam i ng ton, Ge orge B. Knowles, DK. , of Birmingham, to Helen Maria, third daughter of the late Arthur Dabbs, Esq., of Seckington. DIED On the Ist inst., at Derby, Mary Jane, youngest daughter of the late R. French, Esq., aged 66. On the 2d inst., at Horsham, Mrs. Sophia Smith, aged 80. A t Park-crescent, Portland-place, on the 2d iust., France° Eliza. the wife of W. P. Richards, Esq. On the 3d inst., Mr. T. J. Taverner, of Old-street, aged 5 3 * On the 3d inst., in Clapham-road, Mr. William Fisher , aged 52, for 32 years the faithful clerk of the Hon. Mr. Justice Wightman. On the 3d inst., at Oakley, near Wimborne, Arthur, third son of John Hill, Esq., aged 21. On the 4th inst., Mr. Joseph Assender, of New.road, St. George's East, Middlesex, aged 85. London: Printed and Published by 111URDO YOUNG, o f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 1 Strand, iu the Precinct of th e S avoy , i n the Nue,' Middlesex, Tuesday, January 7,1851. riu •f her 'Ai ane, on and on precisely The at housa, TI India, at Viet - 111th( t he 15th Three o'i o'clock 1r Catalol Haase, 1 T o PPiessi; elation ft S T€l, pou,try,, o ut Euro Subs A i testy, 21, Also (;A, Jesty, be; continue be found Essence for builef for g enet . 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