The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-27 00:00:00

eeeptily supplied with parcels of both red and White, The attendance of to en and country millers was not large, yet the whole of the English Wheat Was disposed of, at prices quite equal to those obtained on Monday last, at which the market closed steadily. From the east coast numerous offers came to hand to S hip Wheat at present rates, but we beard of very few transactions, as the shippers were considered to hold their Wheat at prices relatively higher than those of foreign Flour. The show of foreign Wheat was not very extensive, a portion o f l ast week ' s supply went direct into the hands of the m ill ers. Fine dry qualities sold mahout difficulty at fully previous rates. In the middling and inferior kinds —which formed the bulk of the supply— hezt to not hi ng was doing, but we have no change to notice in their value. The total supply of Barley, especially English, was large. Malting samples moved off freely, at full rates of currency; but grindin g an d di s tilli ng sor t s met a very dull inquiry, at barely stationary prices. dra We had a l arge quantity of Malt on show, and which met a 4 trade at last week's quotations, Ithou gging gh the quantity of Oats was not large, that grain moved off slowly at unaltered figures. We had a very slow sale for Beans, at barely late rates. In Peas next to nothing was doing. Indian Corn was offered freely, and there is a large arr_iyal reported off the coast. Vlour No change took place in CIT RRENCY PER IMP: Villain— Essex & Kent, Dlttoßea, New.. • • 36s to 43s 1 , White, New 39 3 49 5 Norfolk and Lin coln Red..,., 343 41 5 Ditto, White.... .• 373 42s Irish, Red .... .. • • —II Di tto, White...... —g —8 91 d.•• • • • aiarley 263 275 ... .• •• • • 285 29s --Grinding. .... 2os 23 s Malting •.• •••• 24s 27s Cevalier .... ••• 'tilt— hSu ffolk and Nor- 283 30s f01k...—. ••• • •• 43 3 48 5 Brown ..... 405 423 L ingston and Ware 473 51s ;he value of any kind o: ;RIAL MEASURE. (Malt —Chevalier...... 52s to 55s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincoln}., Feed. 178 19s Potato Youghal and Cork, 81ack....... 158 17s Cork, White . .... 15s 18s Scotch, Feed..... 19s 248 Beans—Tick ... ...... 22s 29s Pigeons ..... ..... 26s 31s Peas—Grey .... .. .... 251 28s Maple . .......... 27s 32s W1iite........... 24s 271 Boilers ......... 2Gs 30s Flour—Town-made... 35s 408 Suffolk . ...... ... 298 33s Stoektn & Norfolk 293 30 SEEDS. Prices fully Linseed Clover, and Canary are in fair request, at all eual to thoe obaine on Monda lst. In other See d s we have s very t few t d ransactions y to a report. Cakes may be considered steady. T arnlNWhite, per bush. lOs to 12s Carraway ........ •• .. 318 33 un., ''' i ed and Green... •1 i s 12s Coriander ........ •• .. 15s 188 —srd, 8r0wn.... • • 98 12s Hempseed, per quarter 34s 358 White, new ......68 Od 8s Od Linseed, Eng. • ,, owing .• 548 56s ares AVlnter .... .•••4sOd 4s 6d Crushing .... •. •• 40s 43s can Old .......... .. 3s Od 48 Od Baltic •• • ....... 38s 44s Ry a. per quarter.. 46, 51. (mem .......... 42s 488 C 1 olrer,;€l. 'En' a• • •• ••• 24s 30s Linseed Cake,pr.l,ooo— —32 s English .... .81 5s 91 es F or •••• •••• •• 328 48s Foreign, per ton 615 s 71 MI gn Red .... • • 30s 468 Rape Cakes, pr ton 3115 s 410 s White.... 28s 48s Rapeseed, New, pr 15t . 251 Os 2710 s Irilf°ll ••,• •• • • ...... 178 22s SMITHFIELD. We have again to report the arrival of rather an ex teas' i Ive acPPly of foreign stock into London. During alai week the total imports amounted to 2,668 head, eitainst 1,077 head in the corresponding period in 1850; 13Aa • -.- 10 1 849; and 407 in 1848. Thus it will be per ceived that the supplies are increasing in the face of dro o • ping prices. Fr I MPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. M Beasts. Sh ee p. L am b s . C a l ves . ri gs . 410 iierdam . " ... 252 .. €6B . ... 206 ... Ostend... ..... . 251 ... •••• —— 41111.artwlinegrPen...... 7-98 11" • 68 ..• ••• lt? Diep •• •• 91 ••• 53 alieu Dep •• 60 .• 710 ••• ••• .. . T, , otsl ..... 410 .. 1,908 . 297 ... 53 The )early comparison of the weekly imports is as 1850 Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1t ......... 231 676 ... 170 ... . 4 9 ........ 159 616 •'" 79 ...... 120 ... 211 —. ... 76 ... F r c e e they any a rr i va l s h ave ta k en p l ace at the outports. withpth time of year, our mar k e t to -d a y was f a irly sup- Zied foreign stoc k, b ut i ts genera l qua li ty was in a'. Not w i thstanding that the number of home-fed roasts on offer was less than that exhibited on Monday fast, it roved sea sona bl y extens i ve, an d o f exce ll ent b uyers p The attend ance o f b ot h town an d country being on the increase, the Beef trade ruled some- What tfirm, a n d, i n some instances, a few prime Scots slised 3s 101 b per Sibs; but the general top figure for Beef ruled the same as previously advised, viz., 3s 8d ZiPer Blbs From the northern grazing districts we re ved about 1,000 Short Horns; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Short and &c.; from other parts of England, 300 of •,E:r ,ltri bus breed s; an d , f rom Scotland 330 Horned and ed S cots. There was a slight falling-off in the number She ep, most breeds of which came to baud in excel ant , n ondition, and amo ngst w hi c h were near l y 500 out o il ! . toe wool. On the whole, the Mutton trade was ol e d a t‘ dy, at full rates o f currency. A few very superior t h e "owns changed h a nd s at 4 s 6 d per 8 l b s. In Calves, ]ate SuraP.tePlay. of which was sm a ll, ver y li t tl e was d o i ng at The Pork trade was in a very depressed "Ito; nut we hav e no c h ange to notice in the quotations. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. hirer! s. d. to a. d. s. d. to m. o. % to Or Ram ... .. 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep •• . 3 4 3 8 Vg n alitY •• •• 210 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 8 310 him; la rge Oxen— 3 2 3 4 Coarse-weolled ditto 4 0 4 2 Lir - "" 5 •• ••• • 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 p.... 31 coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 a *Mandato .. 3 8 310 Large Hogs •.••• . 2 10 3 6 4; 11 ' 4441 C Calves ••18 0 24 0 Small Porkers .• •• 3 8 4 0 -II •• ••••• • • • 0 0 0 0 Quartzr old Pigs —l6 0 20 0 Raw. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET 3 ,963 "'• I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs 20,640 145 280 neut. • FOREIGN surpL Y. Sheep. I Calves. - -- 40,5 I rigs. 1,210 100 Tr EI EWGATE AND ZEILDENELA.I.L. 1.. ` -a P to these markets, last week, the arrivals ofcountry ;tolled meat were confined to 3,200 carcases, 2,000 being I ._ t° the midland districts, in excellent condition. Th e u PPlies on tolerabl offer slaughtered in the metropolis have been o „ y good. Prime Beef and Mutton are in moderate li -I. "" r i at full prices. In other kinds of meat, very tti e is d • 0111. a• At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to 1. d. , s. d. to s. 0. L i g t er • llndlnferlor... .. 2 0 2 2 Mutton, interior .. 2 6 2 8 pig •••. 2 4 2 6 - middling •. 210 3 6 41" Priam• • 2 8 3 0 - prime .... a 8 310 small.. • 3 2 3 4 P or k , 1 arge ........ 2 6 3 6 •• •• •• 3 0 4 0 - email 3 8 4 0 *B 0 u ROTTGNL AND SPITALPIELDS. tit Markets continue to I e well supplied with home -owll Potatoes, the receipts of which in She past week, coastwise sad by land carriage, having exceeded 3,500 it°ollts• The f ore i gn imports amounted to 81 tons trom /t o ter44ol , 58 ditto f rom D un ki r k , an d 133 ditt o f rom hen. York h Per Ton. Per Ton. a c 8 • Regents. 80s to 100, Essex Shaws 60s to 7_ss •,..,9tch -•egents.. 558 to 75s Kent Regents.... td's to 80s w isbeach Cant- Essex Regents... 60s to 80s pobriidge ........ 553 to 75s Kent & Essx. Mid. .50s to t,OB Lin re e -g° '• ••••••—. 60s to 65s Kentish Red Kid. —s to :_s s ' ''ent Sha Shaws.. — s t o C am b r id ge d itto —s t o wl: ...... 608 to 75s Chats ZIOROUGH ROP MARKET. Pli ° Ur mark et contiuuss to be well and abundantly sup t _- _oweve with e d • H .actor s' r, is Holm of last year's growth. The demand, •K firm, and p r i ces a r e well supported. Per cwt. prices, viz., ready money—East Kent pockets, ~ 1 15s to 61 15s; ditto bags, 3/ 4s to 5/ ss; ent pock ets , 2 / 5s to 51 15s; ditto bags, 21 to 21 I° ix Weald of Kent pockets, 314 s to 4/ ;ditto bags, to 31 10 s; Sussex, 2/ 168 to 31 14s. he stock s of Colonial WOOL. A 00l in warehouse here bing p• 1 ---under 20,000 bales —no public sales are yt e ap zeiiint,eci• By private contract, there is a fair demand tor h i I 'll all descriptions, at very full prices. Last wt ek's Ports were confined to 116 bales from Rio ; 118 from fr; Eh ° g ad° re ; 60 from Legh orn ; 2 f rom A ntwerp ; 70 Taganrog; and 33 from Ireland. TALLO W Si nce our last report t his market has ruled steady, e itti w d . l ' i n some in s t ances, prices have advanced 3d pero . To -day, P.. Y. C., on the spot, is se lli ng a t 37s 6d forw 39 d per cwt Several parcels have chan g ed hands r 78 ard delivery. Town Tallow is 36: 6d to 37s per deliver te • net cash ; roug h fat, 2s ld per 81bs. Last week the Y a mounted to 2,403 cas k s . O ur St. P eters b urg h r states that the price there was firm at 108 rouble' - ---• price tnere was brill at 108 roubles . 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1 8 5 1. stock this day „... • • 15,159 16 . 30 36,867 42,145 3 49,632 2 beir: f ...* ,: 18 . 3 0dd t 4 0 7 4 8 7s 6 d d t04043'3061d 3 3 9 8 5 5 0 6 d c 10 t0 7 37. 6 9d bitZ-fir.r.ast week .. 1,811 3,221 1,906 2,363 2403 krilvaj in Jun o I. •• • 63,780 73,580 70,330 65,888 65 , 652 4 D p lat Week 552 851 2,066 tr ul June 1 ..• 68,677 81,809 99,385 82,560 89,766 price of Town • •• 53s Od 52s Od 43s Od 41s Od I 39s 6d eJERN'Q - nL•lVra--iirir • Fri F . , T . CI "Fl. ( R " ; - ; EEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) ‘ — tings in Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL and Justices PA TTESON:COLERIDGE, and W IGHTMAN.) LATE QUEEN DOWAGER'S ANNUITY. slit QUEEN V. THE LORDS OF THE TREASURY. — MANDAMUS. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL (with whom were the So. leiter.General and Mr. Welsby) said he had to show oa a tsc again s t a rule recently obtained at the instance of e executors o f h er late Majesty the Queen Dowager. to il ing upon th e Lords Commissioners of the Treasury show cause why a mandamus should not issue cora ding them to pay to such executors the proportion tpart of her late Majesty's annuity of 100,0001., d ue .her at the ti me o f her decease, she havin g di e d in th e lddle of a q uar t er i n respect of which such annuity c /tit a payable. The cl a i m th a t was made by the execu ;4 of her late Majesty the Queen Dowager to f or a p ro p or ti ona t e part of the annuity due ti the Queen Dowager, in respect of th at i nterval of which guerre she survived after the pay ment o f the last er was made. The question, undoubtedly, would Q11 ( 1 On the construction to be given to the statute let 1 3 4114 2d William , entitled .tAn Act for enabling his of a t i L eatY to make provision to support the royal dignity 1..", c Queen, in case she should survive his Majesty." 'lta that view his Majesty was empowered by that Act o t 4 great to the Queen Dowager an annuity of 100,0002, aft er co mmence and tak e e ff ec t i m mediately fr om an d thenceforth f or an d during the natural life of her Majesty, ; Id shal l be paid and payable out of the Consolidated Itt und of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- S " q uar terly, on the 31st March, 30th June, 30th ieiPtember, and the 31st Deoember, by equal portions, ia 6 fi rst Payment to be made on such of the said days ht_thall first happen after the decease of his Majes!y. oa " facts were these. His Majesty William IV. died w as 20th June, 1837. The first quarterly payment. , due on the 30th June of that year, and accordingly, ni na tter the advice of the law officers of the Crown at that n . , her Mbjesty the Queen Dowager received, shortly ot the Both hue, one qustteeo payment QE S he "" THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1851. nuity of 100,0001., and it had since been paid regularly on every quarter-day up to and including the 30th Sep tember, 1849. The next quarter day would have been the 31st Dec , 1849 , but her Maje,ty d parted this He on the 21 Dec., 1849. He (the Attorney-General) on ' derstool that the claim was made in reipect of the two months which her Majesty survived the payment made for the quarter endii.g o❑ the 30th September, 1849, in other words that there should be paid to her executors two-thirds of the quarter which would have been pay able bad she lived until the 31st December, 1849. Their Lordships would observe, iu point of fact, that if this annuity had accrued de die in diem, like interest on a debt, or a salary for services, her Majesty would have received salary for nineteen days more than she actually lived. She i eceived a full quarter fur the ten days previous to the 30th June, 1837, and she received nothing in respect of the quarter ending 31st December, 1849, she having died twenty-nine days be fore that day. The question in this case solely arose upon the construction of the first clause of the statute to which he had adverted. If this were a settlement made between two ordinary individual, he (the Attorney- General) apprehended there could be no doubt ur qurs tion on the subject. There were two cases of annuity spoken of by conveyancers. One was where an annuity proceeded after the death of the grantor ; then, of course, the first payment was due at the first quarter after the grantor's death, where the annuity deed di rected the annuity to begin from the death of the grantor, but, at the same time, as it was to be paid at certain stated days of payment throughout the year, the deed provided that the first payment should be made on the first day which occurred after the death of the grantor. It was the invariable practice among conveyancers, whenever the grant of an annuity began from the death of the grantor, to introduce words ap portioning the payment of the last quarter up to the day of the death of the grantee of the annuity. But where the annuity began from the death of the grantor it was to be paid at certain quarterly days (fixed, as in the Act under consideration), and with respect to the first payment to be made on one of those particular days the ordkary practice was not to make any apportion meat at all. He submitted that no court of law or equity, having regard to the practice of apportionment among conveyancers, would say that her late Majesty the Queen Dowager was entitled to anything after the last quarter's annuity which accrued due on the quarter's day immediately preceding her death. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Mr. M. D. HILL, Q.C., followed on the same side. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) The Court took the special paper, but the cases pro ceeded with were devoid of public interest. The LORD CHIEF BARON was absent in the morning owing to his attendance being required at a coroner's inquest on a gentleman named Sedgwick, who, we be have, was found dead last evening in the immediate neighbourhood of his Lordship's residence where, a few hours previously, he had ben a guest. MARLBRO'-s FREET.—(THISDAY.) ROBBERY MY AN ERRAND BUY.—JOhn Smith, a lad about 16 years Of age, was brought betore Mr. Bing. ham, charged with stealing a quantity of copper wire, the property of his master, Mr. James Hodge, piano forte string-maker, 51, Greek-street, Suho. The prosecutor deposed that the prisoner had been in his employ for about tour weeks, at a salary of 4s. per week. On Saturday afternoon witness had occasion to go into the workshop, and on looking round the place, he saw several rings of copper wire lying in a corner, doubled up, apparently for the purpose of being more easily carried away. Witness having his suspicions that a robbery was intended, left the shop and com municated with the policeman on duty. About five o'clock prosecutor went into the shop again and found that the wire had been removed. A short time atter the prisoner was brought to him in custody of the policeman, who had stopped the prisoner with the wire in his possession. The wire was worth ls. per pound wholesale price. Police-constable 27 F, said, about half-past five o'clock on Saturday evening, in consequence of what he heard from the last whose's, lie followed the prisoner just as be was leaving the prosecutor's shop. He went up to the prisoner and asked what he had got in his pockets? The prisoner replied " nothing but a piece of copper wire, with which I am going to string my banjo. He then handed to witness the ring of wire produced. W itness then took him to the station, where he was searched, but nothing else was found upon him. He had since discovered that the pri soner had sold a large quantity of wire to two marine store dealers, who were now in court. Ann White, a dealer in marine stores, Curzon-street, London University, proved purchasing about 16 pounds of the wire, at the rate of 5(1. per pound. The prisoner was the lad she purchased from. On the last occasion when he came, she refused to have anything to do with him again. He always told her that he lived with Mr. Smith, of Oxford-street, and who gave him the wire to make up his wages. The other marine store dealer said, the prisoner came to him about a week ago, and offered to sell him some copper wire, but, as he refused to tell him how he came by it, he detained it until he could bring some person to satisfy him. The prisoner said he would, and left the shop. As the prisoner did not return, witness gave in formation to the police. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MANCHESTER FREE LIBRARY.—At the meeting of the committee on Thursday last the AI ayor announced ad ditional subscriptions to the extent of 2041. 43., the total amount now subscribed being 7,037/. ss.—/Wanchcster Ex aminer. A MERMAID IN SCOTLAND.—In the hyperborean village of Shieldaig, on the western shore of Scotland, a lady appeared the other morning whose visit is likely to throw the sea serpent into the shade. It appears that a number of women had risen pretty early, as their custom is, to go for fuel to the Gascan, when the attention of one was attracted by a number of seamews which were hovering and screaming near the church. On a further inspection she discovered a lady sitting on the rock, with a comb and glass in her head, singing one of her madrigals in a plaintive voice, and duly pointed her out to the others, who all maintain that they saw the strange apparition. The probability is, that this mermaid was one of the Razaay white seals, which are known to sit frequently on rocks during night, uttering plaintive sounds; out so supers itious are the fishers here that not a single boat has put to sea since. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The Perth Courier states that Lord Willoughby d'Eresby has, with his usual libe rality, hired, at his own expense, a house in London for the accommodation of such of the tenants on his extensive es tates as may wish to visit the Great Exhibition. Praiae, when jud:ciously bestowed, tends to encou rage everyone in the pursuit of excellence.—Eliza Cook's Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT.— An extraordinary accident, attended wtth fatal results, occurred in the park at Badmin ton on Monday last. Mr. Eeles, the park-keeper to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, was driving a herd of deer from one part of the park to another, and his nephew, Mr. William Eeles, was on horseback assisting him. The deer were driven into a corner, and one of them in attempting to escape, ran under Mr. William Eeles's horse. The terrified horse threw his rider, who fell to the gri und upon his head with great violence, and the horse fell upon him. On rais ing the young man be was found to have sustained very serious iujurie'. He was taken home in a state of insensi bility, and medical aid instantly procured, but he never re covered consciousness, and died in a few hours. The de ceased was a fine young man, about twenty-two years of age. An inquest was subsequently held, before Mr. W. J. Ellis, and a verdict returned of " Accidental Death."— Glocester Journal. SUICIDE or A CHILD.—John Wilson, aged twelve years, of Skelton, near Carlisle, after being chastis , d for tying together the tails of two cows standing opposite each other, c o mmitted suicide by suspending himself with his woollen comforter, from a beagi in the hayloft of his master. —Doncaster Gazette. PITMEN AND MATHEMATICS.--A paragraph has appearel in the papers, stating the fact that the booksellers of Newcastle bad observed that most of the standard ma thematical works were purchased by pitmen. The following anecdote is in point. Some years since a gentleman, on his passage from Newcastle to Shields in a steam• boat, went into the engine-room, and found one of the books mentioned— namely, " Emerson's Fluxions ''—lying on the table rather black and smutty, evidently much read. He asked the young engineman who read the book? He answered that he did when he had time. Rather surprised at the fact, and presupposing that he was a young man of superior talent, he questioned him upon the subject, stating that himself had studied these matters at the University— had passed, he be lieved, a fair examination— and obtained a creditable degree. With this prelude they entered freely into conversation; and from that time the stranger used all his influence to bring the studious engineman into notice. The engineman is now a distinguished mathematician, and the author of many of the very works alluded to. He had, a short time prev ious to this interview, " risen from a bank-trapper to a breaksman in a Newcastle coal-pit, as stated in evidence before the Lords Committee last session • and is now—Professor Hann , of King's College l—Gateshead Observer. GOOD CRT FOR PRoTESTANTS.—A considerable hubbub has been raised by Lady Morgan's controversy with Cardinal Wiseman about the chair of St. Peter. As the dis pute might easily be settled by producing the article of fur ring la qu estion,r row, t eorfe raising is a Chair Chaird u t th ur is e particular u rtic Punch. INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE COMPANY.—TIII4 FOUR Josxmis.—On Saturday, before his Honour Master Tinney, the settlement of the list of contributories was proceeded with. Mr. Roxburgh, on the part of Mr. Hutton, the official manager, appeared to show cause why Mr. Joseph Turnley, lighterman, should not be placed on the list as hav ing applied for thirty shares, and had them allotted, and paid the deposit, but had never signed the deed. Mr. Joseph Turnley, solicitor, stated that the Joseph Turnley upon whom the summons had been served had never applied for shares, or had anything to do with the company. There were, in tact, four Joseph Turnleys, viz., Joseph the father, Joseph the son, Joseph the cousin, and Joseph the grandfather, all lighterrnen.— (Laughter.) The case was then adjourned, for the production of the right Joseph. NEW FOOD Fon HORSEE.—The lndependance of Brussels says that a M. Moreau has invented a bread for horses, which is very nutritive and economic; it is made as follows : —fou--tenths of oaten flour, ground like rye and roughly bolted ; three-tenths of flour and wheat straw ; one tenth of flour of barley, or maize ground in the usual way ; one-ten hof rve flour, if the bread is to be preserved fresh, and one-tenthof flour of horse beans. The flour is kneaded in the usual way with a certain proportion of yeast and salt. The dough is baked in an oven, and placed in iron moulds, square in form, and slightly conical; the crust must not be burned or too much baked, and neither cinder, nor bits of coal, must attach to it as they disgust the horse. The straw before being ground into flour is chopped up very fine. INSTALLATION OF A NEW .MINISTER IN THE MAN CHESTER S YNAGOGUE.—On Saturday afternoon the ceremony of installing the Rev. Dr. Schiller Szinessy, as minister of the old Hebrew congregation in this town, took place. After the conclusion of discourse, the wardens approached the steps of the ark, and conducted the rev. doctor to his official seat ; and the service closed with the usual afternoon prayer. Dr. Schiller Szinessy took an active part in the Hungarian war, and received some severe wounds while fighting on the poslg :fide in that struggle.—Wanclioster Courier. FINE ART:_.. THE COUNT AND COUNTESS DE NEUILLY. Two exquisite and charactsris'ic engravings of these illustrious personages have within the last few days been published by Mr. J. Mitchell, at the Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. They are copied from portraits token in 1849, by M. Ed ward Dubuffe, while the distinguished exiles were residing happily together in their seclusion at Claremont. The re semblance is something wonderful—truly lifelike in its character. Louis Philippe is represented as he was—the remains of a handsome man after years of extraordinary and perilous viscissitudes. Trouble had wrinkled his features and distorted the muscles of a countenance once eminently symmetrical. Even in his old age, however, his face retained about it beauty of the Bourbon contour. The ex-Queen Amelie is portrayed as of more venerable aspect than her husband—care and anxiety having not only blanched her hair to the whiteness of snow, but expressed itself on her countenance in an inencesble languor. All those who are any way interested in the misfor tune of the renowned will regard these two exquisite pictures with a peculiar and melancholy satisfaction PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The pieces performed at Windsor Castle on Friday were repeated here on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Kean and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley played the principal parts in the Prisoner of War, and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley were the Peter and Gertrude in the Loan of a Lover. Both these pieces were played with great spirit, and it should be remarked that the Prisoner of War is got up with the same regard to costume as when it was revived at the Haymarket last year. The pointed hats and short-waisted coats which were fashionable at the beginning of this century are not, to be sure, the most lovely articles in the world, but nevertheless the general effect is pleasing, as will, indeed, almost al ways be the case when correctness of detail is ob served, and there is good taste in the regulating authorities. We beg to refer our readers to a report of the York Currency Meeting, which appears in another part of to-day's Courier. Wherever these meetings have been held, the at tention of reflecting men has been decidedly drawn to the subject. Good must result. For as a considerable portion of the agricultural body, many of the manufacturers and mer chants of our large towns, and many men of study and thought who have devoted much time to the subject, agree in desiring a reformation of the Monetary System—and as the number of these persons, of all classes, is daily increasing, it is extremely desirable that the English people should be placed in a position to give an intelligent verdict on a question which must, before long, be submitted to their decision. The ob ject of these meetings is to make the Currency Question patent to Common Sense : and therefore we recommend the report to which we have referred to an attentive perusal.— Derbyshire Courier.— [A report of the meeting appeared in our Third Edition of eionday last. —En. Sun.] THE NORTH AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAT.—The Atlantic's mails arrived here this morning from Cork, for dispatch by the Royal Mail steam-ship Africa on Saturday next, the Ist of February. The Cunard Com pany's steamer Cambria, chartered by Messrs. Brown, Ship ley, and Co., agents for the United Siates mail steamers, will leave Liverpool on Tuesday next, for Queenstown. The ex pedition with which she has been fitted is remarkable. We understand that the Baltic, one of the American line, is neaped in her dock, otherwise she would have proceeded to Cork immediately on receipt of the intelligence of the At lantic's disaster. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Stone, which would leave Boston on the 15th, and Halifax on the 17th inst., bringing New York papers and letters to the 14th, and telegraphic ac counts, via Halifax, to the 16th instant, may be expected to arrive in the Mersey early this (Monday) morning, DEATH OF THE REV. DR. BLACK OF THE BARONY PARISH, GLAsotow. - The public will learn with deep regret of the demise of the Rev. Dr. Black of the Barony Parish of Glasgow—a man endeared to the whole commu nity for the zeal and ability with which he discharged the pastoral functions in the most populous parish in Scotland. He retired to Italy a few months ago for the benefit of his health ; but the milder climate of the south failed to remove his malady; and Thursday's post brought the distressing in telligence that he departed this life in Florence at 9 Pad. on Wednesday, the 15th current. The sufferer was solaced to the last by the presence and attentions of his amiable partner. —Glasgow Herald, THE COUNTESS OF MORNINOTON..—At the Blooms bury County Court, on Saturday, an action was brought by Mrs. Stevens, a dressmaker, to recover from the defendant, the Countess of Mornington, the sum of 61. 165., for goods supplied. Mr. G. E. Williams, solicitor, Upper Norton street, appeal ed for the plaintiff; and Mr. Randall, for the Countess, who pleaded her coverture, and in support of which witnesses were called, who swore to being present at the marriage of the Countess to the Earl of Mornington, at Hampshire, in the year 1828. Mr. Williams—Your Honour, in other cases heard before you, when the same plea has been made, your decision has always been adverse to her Ladyship. His Honour—Yes, but on those occasions there has been no proof, as now, of the marriage. Mr. Williams— I am not in a position at present, although I shall be, to show that the Countess is separated from the Earl, and has a se parate maintenance allowed her by the Court of Chancery of 1,0001. per annum. His Honour—Then you had better be nonsuited, and commence fresh proceedings against the Countess jointly with her husband, when you may subpoena her to attend, and proving, from her own lips, the truth of what you state, my judgment will be for the plaintiff. To this Mr. Williams consented, and the case was entered as a nonsuit. BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—At the half yearly general meeting of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, on Friday, a satisfactory report was presented, from which it appeared that the total receipts of the half year were 366,2191., being 19,862/. increase on the same pe riod of 18 E 9. The balance remaining for dividend was 124,2541., which, at 21. 12s. per cent. for the half-year, would take 120,0061. of this amount, leaving a balance of 4,2481. to the credit of the next half-year. The chairman, Mr. Laing, congratulated the shareholders on the completion of the new London-bridge station, and the remainder of the works, which he was happy to say had been completed within the estimate. '1 he amount he gave them in 1849 of the liabilities for the works in progress and to be undertaken was 390,0001, and the assets were put down at 145,0001. On the realisa tion of the assets and the completion of the works, it was now found that a margin of about 25,000/., besides the sur plus lands, remained available, of the estimated final capital of 7,200,0001„ which sum he fully expected would not be ex ceeded, and would close the capital account. After some discussion of a very favourable nature. the dividend of 2/. 12s. per cent. for the ,half-year was agreed to, and the report passed unanimously. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GLASGOW AND LoNnox.—lt is something new in the history of the Clyde to have direct steam communication with London. This has, however, been projected, and a few days more will suffice to tell whether it is an experiment likely to prove successful, though it is certain that the advantages to manufacturers are obvious, in getting by this means their goods transmitted to the metropolis without being subjected to the risks of tran shipment. It is possibly calculations of this kind that have induced the owners of the fine new iron screw steamer Euro pean to place ht r on the line between Glasgow and London direct. She leaves the Broomielaw on Saturday first, on her first voyage, taking with her, we understand, nearly 800 tons of general cargo; and it is confidently anticipated that the voyage, a long one undoubtedly, will be accomplished within four days. It is dependent on the state of the wea ther, whether she will shape her course northward or south ward ; but as the former is the shorter route, it will likely be taken.—. North British Mail. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.--AS MT. B. Saw bridge, of Rempstone, was removing a portion of a straw stack in Mr. Hopkins's yard, a few days ago, be discovered a newly-built robin's nest with tour eggs in it.— .Notts Guar dian. OLLERTON•—THE SEasoN.—The weather during this last week has been most cheering for out-door employ ment. The sun has put forth his beauteous rays, and the hedgerows are decked with flowers. Butterflies are strong on the wing. The woodlark has commenced his sweet lay, and the Blackbird sings a song. This is, at present, one of the mildest winters ever known.—Notts Paper. ST. ANDREW'S, HOLBORN.—HANDSOME TESTIMO• NIAL.—The subscriptions for an appropriate mark of respect to John Robert Taylor, Esq., of Chancery-lane, and Red Lion-square, has, it was stated on Saturday last, already ap proached 150 guineas. The exertions of this gentlem an in behalf of" Baths and Wash- houses" for the poor of the parish of St. Andrew's, and St. George the Martyr, and also for the public improvement of Chancery-lane, was warmly commented upon, and a hope expressed, concurrently by all parties, that the testimonial would be fully worthy of presentation to so truly a philanthropic an individual. The final arrangement of this demonstration of good feeling is in the hands of Messrs. Matthew and Drew, of Holborn, and other gentlemen. BLOCK OF COAL FOR THE EXHIBITION.—It gives us much pleasure to state that this important coal field (Swansea) will not be unrepresented in the forthcoming In dustrial Exhibition, our townsmen, Messrs. James and Au brey, having now on their wharf here, on its way to London, a magnificent block of their anthracite or stone coal. This piece of coal is an oblong of about 7 ft. by 4% ft. by 3 ft., weighing nearly four tons, and, considering that it is ex tracted from a vein only four feet thick of the hardest coal known, will, we think, prove an interesting and not unwor thy rival of the piece which we noticed in a former num ber as about to be sent from the Ten-yard seam in the neighbourhood of Tipton, which is comparatively soft. This coal was extracted at a distance under ground of about half a mile, from the bottom of the pit, to which and up which— a depth of 106 yards—it was conveyed without any addition to the ordinary means in use for the daily working of the pit, which is a balance pit. The colliers, with that good spirit which we have seldom found wanting in Welsh workmen, willingly gave up to the pur pose nearly three days, the only pay they asked for being some" Cwrw da," to celebrate the safe landing of the mon ster. This fuel, which has some most valuable properties, is used throughout the whole district whence it comes for steam boilers, and ought to be used for such purposes in all localities where smoke, soot, and dust are injurious, as it pro duces in burning neither the one nor the other; and we have heard that it is probable that Messrs. James and Aubrey's offer to supply gratuitously a sufficient quantity for the use of one boiler fire during the period that the Exhibition will open will be accepted by the Commissioners. —Cambrian. THE PAPER AND THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTIES. —We believe we are justified in stating that it is the inten tion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce both the paper and the advertisement duties to one-third their present amount. The advertisement duty, in that case, will be only sixpence. The relief, in both instances, will no doubt be considerable to the classes on whom the two taxes press with the greatest force; but it is to be regretted that Sir Charles Woo:I should persist in retaining any portion of imposts which are so obnoxious, as well as injurious. His notion is, that the consumption of paper will, in consequence of the reduction by two-thirds of the present tax, produce at least halt the amount of revenue just now derived from that source ; while in the case of the advertisement duty, he calculates that a reduction from eigbteenpence to sixpence will so ma terially increase the number of advertisements, that in the course of a yearor two the amount of revenue received under that head will not be much lets than it is at present. The Right Hon. Gentleman seems to have taken a strange fancy of late to the reduction of taxation on the two-thirds prin ciple. That is the principle on which he means to proceed in the case of the window duties. These duties, yielding 1,800,0001. per annum, are to be abolished; but then a house tax, yielding 600,000/., is to be substituted. If the country Swept off entirely—window tax, paper tax ? ad the duties on only makes a vigorous effort, all the three taxes wi ll be t UlTertionnutlew advertiser, SPORTING NOTES. No. IV. ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND DERBY. "I'll look into the seeds of time, And sae which grain will grow, and which will not." SHAKSPEAL TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—To use the pttrastologiOf the Stock-Exchange, THE BETTINU MARKET during the past week has ruled remarkably bullish, al most all the fancy nags for the various stakes in the market having been quoted at an advance of from one to twenty points; this looks healthy at this early period of the year, and leads one to infer that the season we are about to enter upon will be one of the most brilliant on record. Speculation at the list houses has extended over a wide field, including the steeplechase to be run at Southern to-morrow, for which, the British Yeoman, 104 101 b, is in great force at from 3 to 2 to 1; Verna, lOst 21b, firm at 3 to 1; St. Helier, 10it 31b, at 4 to 1; and Spring Buck, lOst 71b, Mulligan, 10st, and The General, 9st 121 b, are not without supporters at from stoBto 1. I opine (barring accidents by flood and field) the first three at the finish will be those at the top of the betting; and were I to invest on such ticklish affairs, I should specu late fur the Yeoman being the first in the quadrupedal scroll of fame to-morrow, with St. Helier and Yerax in the second and third positions, in very close attendance; but steeplechasing is rather out of my line of business, there being too much trusting to chance, and too little to judgment in it, to please my fancy. A few transactions have placed Vain Hope, Abd-el- Kader, Maria Day, and Sir John foremost on the lists for the Liverpool Steeplechase, the first two at 12, and the latter couple at 15 to 1, but very little doing, in con • sequence of the late appe arance o f the weights. Within the last day or two the Northampton and New market Handicaps have been brought rather prominently into notice by a good many investments having been made on Chief Justice, Cocktail, and Nutmeg for the former, and on The Cutler, Recruit, and Legerdemain for the latter stake; Cocktail at thirty, and The Cutler at fifteen to one, being in most request. Raby, Sunrise, Exeter, and St. Rosalie are severally in force for the Metropolitan, at a slight advance on the prices quoted in my last note. The upward move has been pretty gene • ral on the Chester Cup during the past week ; Rhesus has been backed for a good round sum in public and private, and has advanced to 12 to 1 ; it is difficult to obtain more than 61 to 1 about Cossack, or 18 about the Italian; Haricot and Lady Evelyn are marked 25, the Knight of Avenel and. Wallflower, 30 to 1 each; among the outsiders, Woolwich, at 50, has many admirers, Sauter-le-Coupe, at 66, has several, and one or two are to be found who invest their loose cash at long-shots on Strap, the quondam Fitzallen of other days, who, at three years old, ran fourth for the memorable Chester Cup of 1845, when the public and myself bad the intrepidity to back any and everything but Mr. Skerratt's halt bred son of Accident, who won easily. For the Derby Grecian is uncommonly steady at 5 to 1, Prime Minister at 13 to 2, Newminster and the Mountain Sylph colt at 12 to 1 each, and Constellation at 33_ to 1; but little has been done about any others, with the exception of Lightfoot, who has been sent to the right-about, as he ought to have been long ago; on Monday he was pep pered at 66, on Thursday at 100, and on Friday and Saturday at 200 to 1! It will be seen by the foregoing account of the market that there is nothing particularly " rotten in the state of Denmark," but as contraire, that the speculative de partment of the turf is in as blooming a condition as the vegitation in the Isle of Wight, where the sprouting trees and flowers, together with the early birds, have evidently boen led astray by Dame Nature, under the delusion that it was the end of March or beginning of April instead of January— ', Firstling of the year, stern month of chills, Whose breath is cold and dumb; Yet promise dost thou give, cold friend, Of glowing skies to come." I shall now turn my attention to the greatest racing stake in the universe, 'yclept THE DERBY, now in its seventy-second year, having been established by the grandfather of the present Lord Stanley, the late Earl of Derby, in 1780, as a sweepstakes of fifty guineas each, h ft, for three years old; colts, Bst; fillies, 7st 111 b; over the last mile. The conditions were altered in 1784, in respect to the weights and distance; the former to be, colts, Bst 31b; fillies, Bst; and the atter, the last mile and a half. In 1807 the weights were altered again, to what they have remained ever since, viz., colts, Bst 71b; fillies, 8A 21b. In 1848 the New Derby Course, one mile and a half, as originally proposed, I believe, by Lord George Ben tinck, was finished; and Surplice, the produce of Lord George's celebrated mare, Cruci fix (the winner of the One and Two Thousand Guineas and Oaks) was the first to travel over it a Derby victor, and destined afterwards to be renowned as the dissolver of the champion charm —winning both Derby and St. Leger. The levels of the New Derby Course, as far as a rough measurement will allow me to judge, are as follows : In the first 100 yards it rises 1 foot in 18 In the next 120 yards it rises 1 foot in 16 In the next 130 yards it rises 1 foot in 17 _ _ In the next 160 yards it rises 1 foot in 18 In the next 215 yards it rises 1 foot in 40 In the next 155 yards it rises 1 foot in 25 (Here it joins the old course ) In the next 120 y ards it rises 1 foot in 48 (Here ends " the bill.") The next 720 1 tads are nearly flit, then a gradual descent of one foot in seventy five tor the next 280 yards, then one in forty-five for the next 180 yards, then one in fifty-two for the next 104 yards, then nearly flit for 116 yards, and ends on a steady rise from " the distance" to the beginning of the stand of one foot in thirty, and from the stand to the winning post of one in twenty-two; a very severe finish. For the hill por tion of the above I am indebted to Bell's Life in London of 1848. are, generally, remarkably correct, The Derby is a • stake on w hi c h my p rognos tications never having been absolutely wrong, exc e pt i n t h e i nstance o f V o l t i ge ur last year, to whom, howe ver , I ass i gne d t h e f o urth place ; and hitherto it has been m y annua l cus t om t o l a y before the public, early in the year, a handicap of the Derby favourites, showing in w h a t d egree o f est i ma ti on I h o ld them; this scheme of mi ne h av i ng i n prev i ous ye a rs m e t with very general app ro b at i on, I give i t aga i n as un d er , taking The Prime Minister and Newminster as my standards of excellence this 3 ear, as I did The Flying Dutchman and 1 admor in 1849, and Surplice and Springy Jack in 1848. it lb st lb The Prime Minister 8 7 Teddington 7 10 Newminster Grecian Lamartine Mountain Sylph 8 3 England's Glory ... 7 10 Storm Runnymede .. ...... 8 1 l'he Ban . 800 Balsamo Hernandez Tearaway colt Bro. to Drakelow Ariosto Aaron Smith Midas Confessor 7 11 Entre Nous 7 7 Marlboro' Buck 7 11 Azeth Oleander 7 10 Ipso Croupier 7 10 Lightfoot 7 7 In cons( (pence of divers important scraps of informa tion concerning several of the favourites not having come to hand this morning, I am unavoidably compelled to postpone the completion of my analysis of the Derby to Thursday next, as it would be of but little ser vice to send it forth in a mutilated state. I am, Sir, yours, &o. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. J n. 23, 1851. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP. The following horses have been scratched :—Doubt, Dough, Snowstorm, Chief Justice, Reversion, Old Claret. Mark Tapley, Abbess of Jerveaux, Post Tem pore, Velox, Alonzo, Lough Baw l) , Hippogriff, Colocyn thus, Sweep, Indian Chief, Trouncer, and Musician. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Essex Union hds., Wed., Hazeleigh Hall; Sat., Had leigh Common-10i. East Essex hds., Tues., Stoke College; Thurs., Mes sing -street; Sat., St. Ann's Castle-101. Essex and Suffolk lids., Tues., Hartley Wood; Fri., Wiston-101. Suffolk hds., Tues., Rusbbrooke Hall; Thurs., Kirt ling Tower; Sat., Hawstead Green-104. Duke of Rutland's hds., Tues., Great Ponton; Wed., Piper Hole; Fri., Broadwater-10,i. Cottesmore lids., Tues., Brook Hall; Thurs., Little Bytham ; Sat., Market-Overton -11. Mr. Hellier's hds, to-morrow, Turnby Gate; Thurs., Legsby; Sat., West Deal -11. Donington lids., to-morrow, Cavendish Bridge; Fri., Gotham Village. Mr. keynell Ingram's hds., Thurs., Cubley Gate; Sat., Rangemoor-104. nufford hds., to-morrow, Rufford Abbey; Thurs., Ossington-101; Saturday, Langwith Lodge -11. Mr. Lumley's Ms., to-morrow, Dlnnington; Thurs., Park Lane; Fri., Gringley-on-the- Rill -10i. Lord Henry Bentinck's hds. , to-morro w , Skilling thorpe; Wed., Stainfield Hall; Thurs., Ilackthorn; Fri., Sowerby Hall; Sat., Wickenby-11. South Essex hds., to-morrow, Mucking; Sat., Dog and Partridge-101. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds., to-morrow, Iscoyd; Fri., Llanypwll ; Sat., Boratten Park-loi. Dumfries-shire hds., to-morrow, Glen Stewart; Fri., Mossknow-10i. Harrowgate hrs., Fri., Burnt Bridge —lOl. Mr. Deacon's bra., Wed., Meavy; Sat., Crownhill Down-10. York and Ainsty hds., Tues.. Amster; Thurs., Providence Green; Sat., Brandsby Bar-101. V. W. H. hds., Tuesday, Lediard Plain; Thurs., Lecblade Town; Sat., Bibury-101., Carlisle hrs., Wed., Scotley; Halfway-House, Dalston-road-9. Eamont hrs., Wed., Spital Temple, Sowerby; Sat,, Longwathby-10i. Mr. Morgan's lads., Thurs., Pitland Corner-10i. Mr. Trelawny's hds., Ttics., St. Anne's Chapel, Big bury; Fri., London Inn, South Brent-10i, Mr. Furae's hads., Fri., liarpur Wood-101. Sir Henry Seale's hds., Thurs. Stoke Gabriel. Tiverton hds., Thurs., }lapse Moor; Sat., Warnicombe Lodge-101. Aikton hrs., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Bounness-8. Wigton hds., Wed., Highland Laddie, Croft; Thurs., Rosley-8. Whitehaven hrs., Tries., Wodaw Bunk; Fri., Eskat Mr. Marshall's hds., Fri., Buckland Brewer-104. N.D. lids., Tues., Flitton Mill; Thurs., Clarles Village; Sat., Stone Cross-10}. Dulverton hrs., Sat., Punch Bowl-101. York and Ainsty hth., Tues., Acaster; Thurs., Pre vidence Green; Sat., Brandsty Sinnington lids., Tues., Ilovingham; Fri., Sinnington —lO. Bedale lids., Wed,, Newton House; Fri., Hawxwell Hall-10i. Cleveland lads., Thurs., Ormesby Bank Top. Carmarthenshire lids., Tues., Whitland Abbey-10. Tivyside lids., Thurs., Fynore-10. Shon Quilt lids., Tues., Cafu Gaffren; Fri., Maenig wynion—.ll. Gwtheirn hda., Tues., HeuHan-bridge; Fri., Breehfa, —94. Lianelly hds., Wed., Tygwin ; Sat., Velinvote-10. West Norfolk !Jerre., Fri., Holt Lodge-11. Mr. Brand's hds., Wed , Rabley; Fri., Redbourn Common-101. Puckeridge hds., Wed., Blakesware; Sat., Chipping —lOl. Mr. Drakes's hds., Tues., Souldern Gate; Thurs., Edgcote Village; Sat., Middleton Toll-bar-104. Berkshire hds., Tues., Wittenham Wood; Fri., the Leather Bottlo, Faringdon-104. Mr. Phillips's hda, Tues., Stow Wood; Fri.. Wheat ley-101. Cambridgeshire hds., Fri., Potton.Wood=loi. Oakley lids., Tues., Souldrop Village; Thurs., Sher rington Toll-bar: Sat., Bletsoe-104. BRILLIANT RUN WITH THE RIIFFORD HOUNDS.— On Tuesday last, these hounds met at Glappwell Toll bar, and the morning being as fine as the most fasti dious sportsman could desire, it drew forth the goodly number of about seventy horsemen; at eleven' oclock they proceeded to the Hardwick covers, which proved a blank (although a fox was seen by some footmen after the hounds had gone sway), Newton Wood was the next cover tried, and shortly after the hounds had en tered, a well known whimper soon gave tongue, which in dicated that Reynard was at home; this was quickly responded to by the gallant pack being in full cry; a view, Tally ho was joy fully shouted by the sportsmen, but Reynard could not get away, and made another ring round the wood; he at last broke away in gallant style, the whole pack being close upon him, in the direction for Newton. He crossed by Littlemoor, then by Tib shelf pits, from thence he made direct to Hurst House, the residence of John Chambers, Esq., where he crossed the pleasure grounds in front of the house (where he had fetched, and feasted on, a fine turkey only three nights before), from Hurst he continued his course to Biggin cover, leaving Hardstaff village on the left, thence to Astwith and Stainsby, direct for Holme Wood, pass ing to Williamihorpe Wood, and crossing the Mansfield turnpike, made direct for Sutton Springs, passing through this large co ver t o C a l ow - green , roun ding Ca low-green, turning to the left up the valley below Has land, where the bounds had a long check, and virtually gave up for lost; the few who were up considering they had bad enough. The run lasted one hour and five minutes, and from the swiftnes§, of the pace throughout, and the heavy state of the ground through the rain which had fallen the previous night, there would have been a very select few, had the hounds gone a couple of miles further. Reynard was seen to cross the turnpike above Hasland, into the grounds of Captain Dobson, of Hasland Hall, and it was evident he was no stranger to the country, for he was going straight ahead for Win gerworth Woods. We saw many coats which had changed their colour during the run, the heavy state of the ground causing the horses to make frequent mistakes in fencing. Newton Wood is a capital cover; it is on the border fence of Nottinghamshire, miles south of Hardwick Hall, 1 mile from Tibshelf village, and 1 mile from Newton and Blackwell villages. Thus ended the second good run from the favourite cover of the late J. Musters, Esq.—Derbyshire Courier. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklinburgh-Strelitz left London on Saturday, at half-past eleven o'clock, by express train on the South-Eastern Railway, for Dover, en route for the Continent. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied to the London-bridge Terminus by his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge and their Royal High nesses the Duchess Dowager of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. ec tti c t Natout)itieEr instance e o o p f t F he E c E o l eg T u ß e A n D ce ll. st : ‘ r ‘ the to f W " eh a v blight inge measure" of free trade, under which one of the institu t.ioni of . the country i s suffering severely —we allude t o th e on of bankruptcy, whi c h i s at a very low ebb, espe cially in this city. The year 1847, famous for its dear bread, was one of remarkable prosperity to this great interest, al though the free traders and the commercial world will per sist in calling that year a disastrous one, but ever since that its business has been gradually declining. A splendid build ing has been erected in a most eligible situation, every ac commodation is afforded; the learned commissioner, like the principal man of business in a great commercial house, is assiduous in his attention. He rarely misses a day, but after all the concern won't take. The worshipful registrar rarely mounts his wig, his duties are of the easiest description —the official assignees watch in vain for that fertilizing shower of fiats which, "in the good old times," Rowed down so plentifully—and Mr. Bullivant's messengers stand idly by waiting for engagements which won't come. A certain well-known auctioneer, who has all the business in his line of the court, feels much dissatisfied, he is become a most zealous Protectionist, complains loudly of the badness of the times, and declares, that unless some sort of protection be restored, this venerable institution, like many others, must perish and come to naught.— Western Times. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.--On Satur day Mr. Sullivant, a revenue-officer, seized a very extensive private still that was being worked in some vaults formerly attached to a Dissenting chapel in Burton-crescent. He cap tured one man on the premises, and took him before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at Clerkenwell-court, who ordered him to pay 301., or be imprisoned for three months. An immense quantity of illicitly-manufactured spirits, together with the various apparatuses used in the illicit distillation, were removed to her Majesty's stores, Old Broad-street, in the course of the day. THE LATE R. THORPE, ESQ SURGEON.—This eminent surgeon died on Tuesday at his residence in Picca dilly, in the 63rd or 64th year of his age. He was known not only in Manchester, but throughout the kingdom, as one of the cleverest anatomists and operating surgeons the three kingdoms contained. Mr. Thorpe was the son of Mr. John Thorpe, himself an eminent surgeon, who resided in King street for a number of years. The funeral will take place on Wednesday next, at Blacklen, where the family possess a grave. The medical staff of the Idfirmary propose paying a last tribute of respect to their departed colleague, but beyond that, the proceedings will be private, in accordance with the well-known feelings of the deceased gentleman.— Manchestey Courier. DEATH or LORD DALMENY.—lntelligence was received in town yesterday of the death of Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery. The melancholy event took place on Thursday morning at Dalmeny park, Linlith gowshire. His Lordship was born in 1809, and in 1843 married the Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope, only daughter of the fourth Earl Stanhope and sister of Lord Mahon. His Lordship was appointed Vice-Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire in 1844, and during a number of years represented the Stir ling district of burghs in Parliament. The sister of the late Lord, the Lady Anne Primrose, married Mr. Henry Tuffnell about three years ago. V 4 ARNING TO SHOOTERS WITH GUN COTTON.-011 Tuesday afternoon, the 14th instant, Henry Christie, a fine youth, about fourteen years of age, second son of Captain Christie, Hillend, Clackmannan, was shooting along with others at a target. His powder having run down, a game-keeper standing near offered to load his gun with gun cotton ; to which the youth agreed, and then proceeded to fire it. Whether it was from too much of this explosive and dangerous article being put into the gun, or from the gun not being adapted for the stuff, is not known ; but when the trigger was drawn, the barrel burst over the left hand, tear ing off' the thumb and part of the finger, and shattering the rest of the hand in a dreadful manner. Medical aid was speedily procured, when it was decided that the only chance of saving the boy's life was by amputation. The hand was accordingly amputated (the patient being under chloroform) about two inches above the wrist; and we are happy to add that the case is ttow going on favourably.—Perth Paper. THE NORTHERN COAL MINING COMPANY.-011 Friday a call of 101. per share on the contributories excluded from the last list, was declared by Master Tinney, and which, if paid, will produce 701'/. The solicitor of the official ma nager stated that the liabilities of the company amounted to about 120,000/. ; but that, on the supposition that this and the previous calls would come in, and the other assets realize a fair value in the market, there would probably be sufficient funds to pay off the debts. SUICIDE BY OIL OP ALMONDS. — On Monday night last, Mr. Smith, of St. Andrew's, confectioner, had just finished the drawing for a monster tw e lfth- ca k e and other prizes, when he fell into a dispute with his shop-maid, daughter of his housekeeper, respecting her conduct. The quarrel became violent, and both parties were much excited, the housekeeper taking part with her daughter against the charges which Mr. Smith had made. This had lasted, how ever, but a few minutes when Mr. Smith struck the former, and knocked the latter down stairs. He then went into the bake-office and committed suicide by drinking oil of almonds. An inquest was held by Mr. Wilde on Tuesday, when a ver dict of "Temporary Insanity" was returned. It is said that the deceased, who was much attached to the girl, was ex cited by jealousy.—Bury Post. PAPAL AGGRESSION.—In connexion with this sub ject we may state that on the publication of Lord John Rus sell's manifesto, in which he announced that the law officers of the Crown would look into the law of the question to ascertain whether there was any ground for a prosecution, the Cardinal at once gave instructions to a legal gentleman of eminence to take the necessary measures for his defence. Some time having elapsed without any movement on the part of the law officers of the Crown, the Cardinal's legal adviser addressed a letter to them, inquiring whether any legal proceedings were contemplated, and if so, what form the prosecution would assume. After some delay a reply was received from the Government stating that it was not their intention to institute any legal proceedings, the law in its present state not being applicable to the act of the Car dinal, and that the question would be reserved for legislative consideration.— Sunday Paper. PRINTERS' WIDOW, ORPHAN, OR NOMINEE FUND The officers of the above institution, and a few members and friends, met on Saturday evening at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, to celebrate the first anniversary of the society. The chair was occupied by Mr. John Nichols, sen., who in a short address pointed out the claims of the institution to the support of the profession. It has, by the zeal of its founders. during the short period of its existence, been introduced into 101 printing-offices in London, numbers 700 members, and after meeting six casualties possesses at present a fund amounting to 3121. At the small payment of Bd. per week it insures to the widow, orphans, or nominee, 201. at the decease of a free member, thus enabling the most bumbl e to provide against the future. The meeting was a ddressed by several other gentlemen, and the evening was harmoniously spent. THE Imsif LINEN TRADE.—The t o ne of our yarn and cloth market continues remarkably healthy. The demand for yarns, at the advance which we noted on Friday, was fully as active during the last eight days as at any simi lar period during the past prosperous month; and in the cloth market business was not less brisk, at a slight advance on the coarser numbers. We do not find that we have any particular feature of change to note, either as regards the con dition of the trade at home or its prospects abroad. The ex perts of linens from Belfa st are increaling OYU,' week.— Banner of Ulster. AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. The complete triumph and success of the Austrians and Russians in subjugating the more liberal and inde pendent parts of Germany has been attended by all those reactionary, bigot, and vindictive results which we but too truly foreshadowed and foretold. Our continued de nunciations of this absolutist alliance were answered with the assurance that Austria was as liberal as Prussia; that the statesmen of Vienna were highly enlightened , sit.cerely bent on establishing a constitution; that the ir object in Germany was to reform the Diet, liberalise atd improve it. In short, the Germans and the princes had but put their trust in the Emperor Nicholas and Prince Schwarzenberg, in order to be dealt with fairly and wisely. By this time, however, not merely the people, but the princes of Germany, have been made aware what they are to expect from the unresisted ascendancy of Austrian policy and arms. As far as constitutional government is concerned, the Court of Vienna has flung off the mask, disavows and scouts the idea. With educa tion surrendered to the Jesuits, the old provincial im munities and privileges destroyed, the recent decree re specting the organization of justice has been such, that even Schmerling did not think it consistent with the little liberalism that was in him to remain in such a Go vernment. He has resigned. The regime of the Aus trian empire has in fact been assimilated to that of Russia, and by so doing it has retrograded a century. It is now an unmitigated military and religious des potism. - Notwithstanding this assimilation of Vienna to St. Petersburgh it was still thought that the victorious Powers would not altogether treat the rest cf Germany like Poland. That the old Diet would be restored was, indeed, inevitable; but then it was hoped that the basis would be widened, that concessions would be made to the spirit of the age, that some guarantee of fairness, some hope of improvement, would be held out. Nothing of the kind. The hetman of a horde of Cossacks, who had taken possession of Frankfort in a bold and sudden maraud, could not have proceeded to reconstitute the German Diet with more ignorance, more passion, more petty vindictiveness, and more crass stupidity, than the Russian and Austrian statesmen have dictated at Dresden. Not but that the rule of their conduct has been simple. It is this: Strike out from the powers to be represented in the council of the Diet all those who have offended Austria; turn out all the independent princes, or lump them together so as to render their'vote null; and con centrate all power in the great powers, or in the four kings. Absorb, reduce, and destroy the protestant and the German interest in the Diet, making the Catholic and the non-German influence predominate. In the old Diet there were two councils, a smaller and a larger one. The latter, however, was so cumbersome to unite, that all business and political influence was con fined to the smaller council, which in fact was, as it will be, the Diet. This was composed of 17 votes, of which Austria and Prussia had each one, the four kingdoms of Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Saxony, and Hanover each one. So bad Baden, Hesse Electorate, Hesse Darmstadt, Hol stein, and Luxemburg. Brunswick and Nassau had a vote. The ducal courts of Saxony had their vote, au the Mecklenburgs, Oldenburg, and Scwartzburg; and the free cities had a vote. The reorganisation of the Diet by Schwarzenberg sweeps clean the whole of western Germany out of the least influence in the Diet. Austria and Prussia, with each two votes, and the four kings with one each, con stitute, in fact, the Diet; but three more votes being allowed, and these three divided amongst the lesser powers, in such a way as they cannot possibly use them. Baden is nearly as large as Wurtemburg; Baden and the two Hesses are twice as large as Wurtemburg; but War temburg has a vote, whilst Baden and the two Hesses are lumped together to form a vote. These three countries constitute the states of the German territory along the Rhine and the French frontier. These princes and popu lations ought, for obvious reasons, to be chiefly interested in the strength, dignity, and concord of the new German confederation. But, lo! they are left out, treated as of no notice, their princes mediatized, as far as German politics go, and their people disfranchised, for the Frankfort Diet, in,which they have no voice, can control or crush their every progress. It were not pos sible to invent a system which should so completely turn over the better and western portion of Germany to France as this scheme. As to Holstein, Luxemburg, and the free cities of Frankfort and Hamburgh, they are flung clean out of the confederation; so are Brunswick and Nassau. The Saxe Coburgs and Gothas in the centre of Germany are linked to the Mecklenburgs in the north—tied, in fact, as faggots so as to preclude any common will or motive. All these powers have entered their solemn protest. They see clearly that this politi cal spoliation is to be followed by a Polonization—that is, a division of western Germany amongst its eastern potentates. It might not be so difficult to get rid of the princes, if the people were interested in the change, but on the contrary, the princes are to be proscribed, as in Poland, merely for the sake of enslaving the people. When we add to this, that the advantages and ascendancy allotted to the four kings are given to them personally, not to their countries, for their courts are all at variance with their chambers, and with all classes of their population-and, in truth, they accepted their powerfrom Russia, and from Austria, solely on the condition of nullifying and putting down the constitu tion and the freedom of their people—we leave any im partial person to decide how fair and wise, or how likely to be durable is such a re-organization of Germany as this. Never, indeed, save the great example of Poland, do we recollect an instance of brute force being so nakedly applied in dealing with the affairs of a great nation. The kings and statesmen of the congress of 1814 have bean considered sufficiently despotic, and grudgingly constitu tional; but Alexander and Metternich were men of ex treme liberality compared with the Nicholases and the Schwarzenburgs; the Russians would not have been mad enough then to treat Germany like Poland, were the Germans base enough to suffer it. Germany, however, so far differs from Poland, that there is at least one of its great powers that cannot be made altogether absolutist in its policy, or despotic in its administration. And this power can alone offer any effectual resistance to the new Frankfort Diet. This power is Prussia. It has succumbed, indeed, and pur chased peace, by a complete surrender of every liberal cause or principle beyond its frontier. Prussia, too, will be in a minority in the new Diet. Austria, with the four kings, having six votes, constitute the majority. So that the five allies of Bregenz have got all the allies of Erfurt in their pocket. But how far is this power to extend and to be exercised? Is the Diet to overule the constitution and administration of other states? Is the Elector of Hesse not to grant a constitution, or the Kirg of Prussia not to give an electoral law without the per mission of the Diet? Manteuffel has given up every thing but this, and give up this he would no doubt, for he owns no God but fear. But will he find it safe to do so? For this great and last resolve we must wait. From the continued attacks of the Schwarzenberg organ, the Times, upon Prussia, we should argue that Austria is not quite content with Prussia's submission. There is still some hitch. The Prussian Court does not bear the political knout with resignation, and therefore the Austrian organs, which one should think might be more magnanimous towards an humbled foe, continue to insult and spit upon Prussia and its King. We do not, for our own part,feel at all disposed to d e f en d t h e Prus sian Court , especially against the slanders of that party with which it has leagued. We would merely hint, that no writer, really acquainted with the true state of things and persons at Berlin, would at present shed un necessary insults on Frederick William. But what the Times said on Friday of Prussia and its institutions is uttered in such complete ignorance or contradiction of facts, that we must expend a sentence in correcting them. The Times represents the Prussian system as essen tially despotic in those minor details in which it argues that the Austrian regime is to be preferred. Now, with respect to " minor details," let us remark: That Prussia has enjoyed municipal government for upwards of forty years, its civic authorities being elected by the householders since 1808; whereas in Aus tria and Bavaria there are no authorities, munici pal or otherwise, except those nominated by Govern ment. Prussia, moreover, since 1823, has had provincial councils, also elected by the people, with large influ ence as the provincial administration, such as exists nowhere on the continent except in Belgium and Holland. These are the "minor details" of the Prussian system, which, if permanently completed by the Parliamentary system, cannot but lead to the political education and emancipation of the people who enjoy them. Prussia has certainly failed in achieving any thing for Germany during a tentative of three years. Her middle and intelligect classes and statesmen have not been able to keep down the fury of the mob with one hand, and conciliate the despotio Lords of a million of soldiers with the other. If the Gagerns and the Arnims and the Radowitzes have failed in this, it is that they have had obstacles to encounter such as neither Pym and Hamp den, nor Somers and Godolphin, nor yet Walpole knew. The task of regenerating and emancipating Germany was a gigantic one, and remains a gigantic one. Popular Germany and princely Prussia have alike failed in it. But there are still strong elements in both for resuming the task and renewing the struggle. We have no durable prejudice or party tie that would prevent us even now from appreciating and doingja . o . : ' tice to any fair effort of Austria to reconstitute. Ir e many in accordance with its true interests, anfdrownr the spirit spirit of the age. We have even refrained, ments in the hope that some little fairnesso' Dresden. But particle of liberality would show itself 5 i n s s u o c l e h n e w e every act is a no; every scheme is redolent of Wa r sa w' f p . irit, some ukase, every official argument lebreo tinental statesman autocracy. That any sensible d be solidly consoli could imagine that Germany were dated, sad the peace of Burr:penny and belief. p re se rved tnhfsh b e And the it of sabres and fette is English ' nous that Journalists in the it is more 'nerve th century should be found de votemiddle of the nineteen toap othe osis of such stupid despotism their pees to an . _ —Daily 'Yews. hey. and dull bruta _ COST OF PAOPERISM.—The f o ll ow i ng i s a return f o the cost per bead per week of the inm a t es o f th e several -ortkb ou ses in the Oxfordshi re an d W arwickshire audit dis rrict (in which a portion of Worcestershire is included), for the half-year ending at Michaelmas last; s. d. Witney 2 O Worcester ....• - Alcester' 2 2* Banbury 2 2* Droitwitch .. ...... Evesham . Solihull Stratford-on-Avon Northleach 2 4 Pershore . ... 2 4 Worcester Chronicle. s. d. Shipston-on-Stour ... 2 4 Stow-on-the-Wold ... 2 5! Warwick Coventry Foleshill. Southam Woodstock . ....... 2 Rugby 2 8 Chipping Norton 2 11 PAPER DUTY.—We understand that a petition is in the course of signature in this city, playing for a repeal of Cho ZXciae-duty 9a paper../kistol frcwq• AMERICAN NEWS. I ARRIVAL OF THE PACKET-SHIP REVERE. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, 11 P.M. By the arrival at this port to-night of the packet ship Revere, Captain How6s, after a remarkably quick run of 15;} days from Boston, we have re ceived accounts from that city to the 10th, and from New York to the 9th instant, inclusive. During ber passage the Revere encountered heavy westerly gales. The Unit e d St a t es ma i l steamer Washington, Cap tain Floyd, arrived out at New York on the Bth inst. She left Cowes on:the 21st of December—three days before the Atlantic departed from Liverpool. The packet-ship J. Z. and Fidelia arrived at New York on the Bth instant, from Liverpool. The Boston Atlas of the 10th announces that the Royal steam-ship Niagara had been seized for a vio lation of the revenue laws of the United States. We question the accuracy of the r e p or t , an d are at least satisfied that the a ffa i r will n ot d e l ay t h e ship s departure on the 15th instant with the usual mails for this port. Our accounts are politically of little imp or t ance . Since the Baltic's departure Congre ss had no t trans acted any business of European i nterest, and our files are almost exclusively occupied by messages from the Governors of Florida, Illinois, P enns ; i: vania, &c. From the Philadelphia journals we learn that the annual message of Governor Johnstone was deli vere d to the Pennsylvanian Legislature on the Bth instant. The message stated that the actual indebtedness of the State on the 30th of November last was 40,310,094 dollars. It has been diminished a little more than half a million since the 30th of November, 1848. The treasury receipts during the past year were 4,438,131 dollars ; the payments were 4,558,193 dollars. The message recommended a system of banking founded on St a t e s t oc ks. It also discussed the Fugitive Slave Law, and came to the conclusion that it was the duty of ev e ry c i t i zen t o o b e y i ts pro visions. He objected, h owever , t o some o f its pro visions, and maintained that they ought to be amended. From Canada and Mexico we have no later advises. From Turk's Island we learn that her Majesty's screw steamer Plumper sailed from Grand Turk on the 29th of November, for St. Domingo, for the protection of British subjects and property in that island. NEW YORK, Jar. 9. In the money market a downward tendency in fancy stocks has continued throughout the day. Sales generally have not been heavy. Sales at second board comprised 100 Norwich and Worcester, 65i ; 500 Loud Island, 131 to 14 ; 100 Storington, 51 to 51i ;. 500 Erie, 901 to 901 ; 1,000 Haarlem, 73i ; Morris, 231 to 281. Cotton is firmer, with sales of 1,500 bales at steady prices. The market for flour is steady ; southern sells at 5 dolls. 12c. Wheat quiet. Corn scarce and firm at 70c. for new. Pork dull at 10 dolls. to 12} dolls. for mess, and 9 dolls. 2.5 c. for prime. Beef quiet. Lard un changed. ____ NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 7. The Niagara news has been received. Cotton has advanced +c. per pound. Sales this morning reached. 6,000 bales ; middling at l 3ic. per lb. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 25. The Queen and bis Royal Highness Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the Slopes and Windsor Park. His Excellency the Baron and Baroness de Brun now, the Earl and Countess of Minto and Lady C. Elliot, the Mat quis and Marchioness of Worcester, the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, Lord and Lady Ashburton, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, and Colonel Wylde, took their departure from the Castle to-day. JAN. 26. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking exercise. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelita, with Prince Adolpbus, left the South-Eastern Railway terminus on Saturday for Dover, en route to Brussels, Hanover, and Berlin. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary went on Saturday to Gloucester-house, to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester, acid in the evening returned to their residence at Kew. A meeting of the committee appointed by her Majesty's Commissioners fur the Exhibition of 1851, to consider the question of the prices of admission to the Exhibition, was held on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. There were present Earl Granville (Chairman), Lord Overstone, Mr. Cubitt. Mr. Gib son, Colonel Reid, and Mr. Bowring (Secretary). Mr. Cole and Mr. Dilke were in attendance. Sir Horace St. Paul had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, as the Home-office. Sir Thomas Fremantle (Chairman of the Customs) had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer, on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Transatlantic Packet Station Commission held a meeting on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. There were present Earl Granville (Chairman), lion. Wil liam Cowper, Sir James Gordon, K.C.8., Sir John F. Burgoyne, K.C.8., Captain Stephenson Ellerby, and Lord Hobart (Secretary.) The Earl and Countess of Minto and Lady Char lotte Elliot arrived in town on Saturday, from Wind sor Castle. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening, fram the Colonial-office, for the Governor of New Zealand. ADMISSION OF SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.--The Master of the Rolls has appointed Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Rolls Court, Chancery-lane, at three o'clock in the after noon, for swearing solicitors. Every person desirous of being sworn on the above day must leave his common-law admis sion or his certificate of practice for the current year at the Secretary's office , Rolls-yard, Ch ancer y -l ane , on or b e f ore Tuesday, Jan. zB.. EXTENSION OF SMITHFIELD MARKET.—The com mittee or trustees of Smithfield-market have erected a wooden building on the vacant space between Paternoster row and Newgate-street (used for the life escapes against fire), for the purpose of exhibiting a model, on a large scale, of the new improvements and extension they intend making in Smithfield, so as to satisfy the public feeling which so strongly exists against the present market, by making a great addition to the accommodation, BO long wanting, for the cattle brought weekly to that great metro politan market for food. The model is expected to be open to the inspection of the public this week. CLOSING OF HYDE-PARK Dr NIGHT.—The inha bitant at one side of Hyde-park, who is removed but half a mile from a house on the other side which he wants to visit, must, after nine o'clock r.ae., take a circuit of two miles and a half or three miles to effect his object ; this, added to the like distance on return, imposes en him the loss in time of one hour, and in labour of four miles. There is no good reason wherefore there should not be at least one open car riage well lighted and guarded by police, fr ee f or pas sengersway, a Loughout the night. That upwards of two miles —from Park-lane to Kensington Church on the south side, and a like distance from Park-lane to Notting-hill, on the north side—should be wholly sealed up, appears to be as unne cessary as it is unjustifiable, and is a severe infliction of cost and trouble upon the residents of the great suburbs of Breatr ton on the one side and of Bayswater and Westbourue on the other. At this particular crisis a line of road across the centre of Hyde-park, from north to south, ITENI LE—WWe ROMAN I understandi i o C re quired for the freedom of transit to and from the zhl ready t n ; and as there is a bridge (close to Kensington-ga rdens) constructed, with built, a wall on one side (the Raba) ready - • is e seentiablli yio the; traverse so a l e ar A g T e HE ie D e ßA f L IN WESTMIN• an i ad c o arse r to l tAce called l I for ol ttiunaCtlhsaentted. rapnaliapertadprrlotcaskwe:so! Victoria -street, ierectingcteriea. expense would be needed to complete c at or near G issue upon the Kensington high roil a gate and lodge at the end of Westorne terrace, but , little expense —Builder. r t o h u e nd u h o as us be o n f the R0... „, an fftfaothrmolaictiob nodPy,inee betweent h g e line of the new palatial • obtained by houses a r e • • residences' nificent eathe i rs eet has b ifll Westminster;ran th the i w o l v i r i e l s: Bppityoe b g e p street ar lia in - n e o n w t as the n"''' m ost character,fit for members theef eithernew opening,s n i t r e a e g t ,- d treat densely p op I of the Leg islature, will be the means of affording a more direct and commodious means of access between • Buckingham palace, the aristocratic district of Belgravia,the Houses lran c and of Parliament, and will tend very materially to improve the ventilation and drainage of that quarter of the town. The cathedral of St. Patrick will be the metropolitan church of the Cardinal, and will, when completed, it is said, surpass any building of the kind yet undertaken in this country. The purchase of the ground has not yet been concluded, but all the necessary arrangements are almost completed, and a very largo sum has been already obtained in subscriptions 1 and donations. THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SOUTH WARK. —The rumour that the Very Rev. Dr, Cox , th!re is a the e credof Old Hall College, is to be the New Rom imaged by Cardinal Romer i ) p c /r t i li d o e li n c t Bishop of Southwark, is premature. It is not inte ded at " St. Lieorge's present to appoint any bishop of Southwark , large debt, exceeding 3,000 L, still due apeo u Church, which, in consequence, rem a ins and unfinished, and until this debt inlisquittednwthn eccle siastical affairs of the district will be in Wiseman, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Doyle, the senior clergy man of St. George's. LONG BUCKRY A b oy, between WORRIED AT -.--..• between four and five s ears cld, was on Tuesday morning last worried in a shocking manner by a dog. The dog, which was kept chained up in the yard, succeeded in breaking loose, and fell upon the poor little fellow, inflicting some severe lacerations upon tiis legs and h o l y, [and seriously in juring his abdom en. _ Indeed, had no t M r. Clarke, who was fortunate ly close at hand, immediately ran to the rescue, and he had great difficulty in getting the dog to loose his bold, the little sufferer must have been killed on the spot. The dog was immediately shot. The. child is in a vary precarious state. —Banbury Guardian, , 'n CASE OF THE BIEDS.--COURT or CRIMINAL ArrEAL.—The arguments in this case, the commencement of which we gave in The Sun of Saturday, were concluded on Saturday evening, and the Court took time to consider its judgment. , • ' .......' ....... d 15 done 1 tO the e%. 151,