The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-10 00:00:00

i 5 1~~ 5 6 0 flp tott 11 03 It 5.'"0 ee l lea 0_ 00 v. "00 fte r „ Of t o ) 'cow ARKET NEWS.-jIIIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. - (FRIDAY.) Although a slight increase has taken place in the ar rivals of English Wheat for our market since Wednes day, the show of samples of that grain here to-day was small, and of very middling quality. Very few buyers were in attendance, but fine parcels sold at prices about equal to those of Monday last. The value of the - middling and inferior kinds was almost nominal. Nearly 7,000 quarters of Wheat, together with 10,311 sacks and barrels of Flour, have come to hand from abroad. In those articles exceedingly little was doing, but we have no change to notice in the currencies. Fine Barley was held at late rates, but damp samples were dull, end somewhat cheaper. Malt, though in moderate supply, met a very dull sale, at barely last week's quotation,. The total supply of Oats was not large, yet the Oat trade was in a very inactive state. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn without change. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 2,690 4,370 2,880 2,160 2,520 1,420 6,910 3,840 10,311 Oats. Dour. English .... Scotch...—. Irish .... .. Foreign .... 1 I 2,530 I - SMITHFIELD. Notwithstanding tha t our market to-day was ♦ery scantily supplied with Beasts, the demand for that de scription of stock, owing, in a great measure, to the un favourable state of the weather fur slaughtering, ruled excessively heavy, at almost nominal currencies. The number of Sheep were small, nevertheless, the Mutton trade was very dull, and Monday's quotations were with difficulty supported. The extreme value of the best old Downs was 4s 4d per Sibs. Calves were in moderate supply, and heavy inquiry, at barely late rates. In Pigs, next to nothing was doing. Milch Cows were offering at from 141 to 18/ each, including their small Calf. Per Sibs. to s s. d. to s. d. Lire/int Beast S..... 2 6 210 Second quality .. •. 3 0 3 2 Prime largo Oxen •• 3 4 3 6 Prime Scott; 3 3 10 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Primcsmailditto 3 S 310 Suckl'ag Calves ..18 0 24 0 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 2;50 SCOT I Sheep. 40 FOREIGN Beasts. I Sheep. 120 GOO NEWGATE AND Ink the offal. s. d. to s. a . Inferior Sheep . 3 2 3 6 Second quaff. Sheep 3 8 310 C3arse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 2 Southdown Nether 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 Large Hogs .. 2 8 3 6 Small Porkers •••• 3 8 4 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 AT MARKET. Beata. 579 Calves. I Pigs 192 I 220 i Pigs Beasts. 20 Calves. I rigs. PLY. I Calves. 100 MEADENHALML. The general demand ruled very heavy, on the fol lowing terms:— At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. I s. d. to s. e. beet,lnferior...... 2 0 2 2 Mutton, Inferior ..2 6 2 8 "--- middling .... 2 4 2 6! middling— 210 3 6 --- primelarge .. 2 8 3 0! prime •... 3 8 318 "-- prime small 3 2 3 4! Pork, 10ge........ 2 6 3 6 Veal ••••••••• • • • • • 3 0 310 j— small BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Our market is firmer than nor s , ,me tune past, but the demand was chiefly upon middling qualities. In prices we have no material change to notice. Factors' prices, viz., ready money—East Kent pockets, per cwt 31 12s to 6/ Os; ditto bags, 314 s to 51 57; Mid Kent pockets, 2155 to 51 105; ditto bags, 21 to 4/ 53; Weald of Kent Pockets, 3/ to Si 18s; ditto bags, 21 to 31 8,:; Sussex peckers, 21 145 to 31 12s. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has ruled rather dull, owing to the heavy suppli-s of Est but holders have not pressed sales, and hence prices have beva fairly supported. At auction, B:rbadoes fine yel low realised 43s 6d to 44i 6d, and mid to good 41s 6d to 435. Demerara went rather cheaper; good yellow 39s 6d to 40:s; mid, 42s to 43i 6d; and brown, 36s 6d to 36s 6d: REFINED.—Grocery Lumps have been at 508 6d to 525. East India, 4.400 bags and 14 casks Mauritius about half sold, at rather lower rates; fine yellow,46s 6d to 42i; and yellow, 41s 61 to 435. Bengal, 3,317 bags was mostly taken in, a portion selling at 423 to 44s 6d fur mid white Benares, 48s to 493, for fine grainy white, and 32s for soft brown. Madras, 11,360 bags about half sold, at 6d to Is decline ; fine grainy white, 46s to 46s 6J; and, like Mauritius, good and fine 39s to 42s ; brown 30s to 31s; Penalig 1,542 bags and 462 mats s , dd at 403 6i to 41s for mid White, and at 30s to 404 for damp and washed. Ma nilla, 4,051 bags, was taken in at 38s for mid yellow, and 33s 6d to 37s for damp and washed. Bouchon, mid 34,1tc.w sold at 375. FORElGN.—Havannah bas been held for full rates. CCFFEE.—The demand for all descriptions hat been very dull. Plantation Ceylon has been 2s to 33 lower than last week; and even at this reduction sales are difficult. Mid has been sold at 566 to 626 for the low to the better kindg, good to fine 63sto 70s, pea berry 553 to 595, and triage 46: tos7s per cwt. Native real and good ord has been nominally 533 to 553 6d, but sales have been made a 6 low as 51s and 52s 6d privately. Mocha has been decidedly lower, and 390 bales and 1,400 half bales only partly selling at 57s to 63s for good to fine ord, and 703 to 75s for mid long berry. Tellioherry fine was taken in at 70s, and Sherveroy at 63s to 66s per cwt. _ _ Cocoa.—There bas been a good demand at steady rates. Trinidad, 48s to 565. SPlCES.—Pimento has been at steady rates, ord to fine realising 4d to 5: 4 4. Colicut Ginger was taken in at 62s 61 to 70s per cwt. Jamaica sold at 643 to 105 s. Cloves have been rather cheaper, and also Mace and Nutmeg:. IlicE.—Carolina, sea damaged, has been sold at 13s, and sound at 18s. East India is dull; white Bengal 9s 61 to 12s 61, and:piikey Madras 8s 6d to 9s 6d. TEA.—Very little has been doing, and of 12,079 packages which passed auctions about 2,500 were sold, teemed orange Pekoe being id per lb lower. COTTON.—At public sale 8,100 bales Surat and 400 bags Madras were put up, but a large proportion were seedy, and only a few hundred bales sold, at 411 to SA-1 for that sort, and at 54d to sid for fair to good. Madre s has realised 5d to Sid for common western. Runt.—The demand has been limited. Tarz,r)w.—A steady business has been done, and fine new yellow Caudle tins realised 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRIIIT.—There is not so much activity in the market, which is the usual feature after the Christmas holidays. Two cargoes Oranges, from St. Michael's, sold by Keeling and Hunt, went at a slight reduction from the price of last week. Lemons are in demand, and some holders refuse to sell at present rates. This stock of Chettnuts is unusually large, and they are sell !ng at a loss to the importers. Barcelona bare improved In price, in consequence of the invoice coming higher. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT: (Bei( re the Lord Chief Baron Pou.oca and Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) SERIOUS ASSAULT.— George Hopwood and Amelia lioptoot,d, two young persons, man and wife, surrendered to take their trial on an indictment charging them with itn a M ggravated assault upon one Jane Parnell. r. Robinson conducted the ease for the prosecution, and the prisoners were defended by Mr. Parry. Ed ward 11'Coulett, a police-constable, said about seven o'clock on the evening of 2cl December he was on duty In the Bethnal-green. road. In consequence of informa tion he had received he went to 18, Ramsay-street, Bethnal-green, and found Jane Parnell in bed, with a handkerchief round her neck and a bandage about her chin, and in a very excited state. In consequence of in formation he there received he went and took the female epaoner into custody at 34, Ann's-place, Bethnal-green. tie told the female prisoner he wanted her for cutting a woman's throat. She said she had 110 5 been out. Witness took her into custody and to the place where the wounded woman lay, to enable the latter to identify her. The female prisoner at first refu se d to go, but witness f o r c ed her there. ''hen there, Jane Parnell, the injured woman, identified the female prisoner as having inflicted the injury upon her, Witness then took the female prisoner to the station, and when there the male prisoner came in, and another person having pointed him out as having been engaged in the assault, he was taken into custody. S.irah Darn said she saw Jane Parnell on the 2d De. nember. Left her at work on that evening in a weaver's shop in Abbey-street, Bethnal-green. Witness the* went home to her own house in Ramsay-street, and whilst she was standing at her own door she saw a man and two women struggling, one of whom was the fe male prisoner, but witness could not say who was the near- After some struggling the man and the female prisoner left, and Mrs. Parnell came into witness's room and fell into her arms, saying, " .011, Sarah, Mrs. Hop wood has oat my throat." Her throat was cut, and also her cl in. Witness thereupon sent for a medical man, sad alto a policeman. Witness afterwards went with tht Po is man to the prisoner's house, and pointed out the female prisoner to him. Cross -examined—Witness did not hear Mrs. Parnell scream out. They v, ere not struggling together. Mrs. Parnell at one time lived with the male prisoner, and after that he became reconciled to his wife, the female prisoner. Jane Parnell said—l am the wife of James Parnell, who is now at sea. At one time I u_habited with the male prisoner about four or five months. I have been married four years, and I am now twenty-aix years of sge. On the evening of the 2d December, between six and seven o'cicek, I was going along Ramsay-street. I had cone from Bale -street. When I was in Ramsay street, I was attacked by a man and woman, both wear ing musks. The man put his hand across my mouth. I etruggled with them sometime, when I felt some in .strument drawn across my neck, and I fell. By the akin of the woman's dress I raised myself UP. All this time the man's hand was upon my mouth. I strntgled again with the prisoners, when the female Greg an instrument across my throat again. While the struggle was going on the mask fell off the woman, whom I saw to be the prisoner. The man threw me for,ihly down and then ran away. The instrument was used taico altogether during the struggle. The womin r; 111 away along with tho man. I then got up and want into Mrs. Darn's house. lam not able to say who the Dian wag. _ _ Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—I had not on 'he Saturday previous been to the male prisoner's house. Both the f ema l e pr i soner an d I are at present held to bail to keep l ho the f peace towards each other. I charged 'rnt A prisoner with cutting my forehead before the magistrates. I used to live with the male prisoner. I • 111 Row living alone. I have been living with a man Rua d Anderson, but I do not do so now. Since Hop wood left me he has been living with his wife, the female Prisoner, f or t h ree mont h s . O n t hi s struggle I did not cell out murder or police; I was prevented from doing B _9 by the m an ' s h an d b e i ng on my t h roa t. I was some Tze inaenaible after the affray took place. I was con nned a week from the wound I received. r34 ;jaraill Bail—l am a surgeon in Waterloo New Town. I was called in to sea Jane Parnell on the even. ing ef the 2d December last, between six and seven o'clock at 18, Ramsey-street. She was lying in Led iu a front room down stairs. Her neck was covered with blood, and half her dress was sprinkled with it. I found three distinct incisions parallel to each other en her throat. The incisions penetrated the skin, and were made right across the throat. There was no injury Le -1 yond skin deep. The wounds were clean cut. Weavers have a sharp instrument which they use in cutting velvet, but which is so protected that it will only cut a certain small depth; and those wounds appeared to have beenkinflicted.with such an instrument. It must have been - - wed three times to produce the wounds on the prosecutrix's neck. The necklace was as near as possible over the wound, and I believe the necklace had protected the neck to a certain extent. Cross-examined—The proseeutrix was insensible when I first saw her. I don't thitk the wounds could have been inflicted by the woman herself. Henry flogan proved that on the night inquestion he saw the prosecutrix runniug, away, and. Ihrritwo priso ners following her; biehedia not sob the assault. Mr. PARRY addressed the jury for the prisoners, corterding that this was a wicked conspiracy, which had keen formed between the prosecutrix, Mrs. Parnell, and Mrs. Daru, the object of which was to get rid of the unfortunate women at the bar, so as to prevail upon the male prisoner to return and live with Mrs. Parnell, a profligate woman. The Learned Counsel then called Fre — derick Field, who said he worked for the male prisoner, and lodged in the same house. The prisoner is a back-gammon board maker. Remembered the night on which the prisoners were taken into custody on this charge. Witness had been working with the male pri soner that day. The male prisoner's residence was about a mile and a half from Ramsay-strect, where the assault took place. The prisoners and witness had been working with witness the whole of that day, until the police came. Witness did not leave the house that day except to get his dinner and tee. Returned from tea about half• past four, and from that time to the time when the police called the male prisoner never left the house. The female prisoner was not out that day later than a few minutes after four o'clock in the afternoon. The prisoners were both in the house from a little after four o'clock until between eight and nine, when the policemen came in. Mrs. Field, wife of the last witness, gave similar evi dence. Edward Hopwood, a brother of the male prisoner, cor roborated the evidence of the preceding witnesses. Mary Ann Dormer said her husband occupied part of the house in Ramsay-street, where Mrs. Darn lives. About half-past six ou the evening in question witness heard her (witness's) name called, and we nt into the street, but saw no one. As she was going up stairs, heard Mrs. Darn unlock the door and invite her ia. Wit ness went in and saw hire. Parnell there. Sbe was lying on the floor with her head near the bedstead. Mrs. Darn said some one had cut her (Mrs. Parnell's) throat. Mrs. Darn then went for a doctor, and witness looked at Mrs. Parnell's throat. Two men came in and put her in the bed, and she said " George Hopwood, George Hopwood, I have done him no harm. "W he nthe police came she said she could swear to the woman but not to the man. On returning from the police-court, Mrs. Darn, who was a little in liquor, said, " I want to see Mrv. Parnell, so that her tale may correspond with mine." Harriet Bradley, residing at 46, Clare• street, Bethnal green, deposed that Mrs. Darn said to her that on the night in question she heard nothing of the affray until Mrs. Parnell came in, and said George Hopwood had cut her throat, though she (Mrs. Darn) was standing at the door. Mr. Ct CKLE replied on the evidence adduced on be half of the prisoner, with a view t. - ) prove an alibi, con tending that the jury could not wholly ignore the fact that an injury had been inflicted on Mrs. Parnell, the prosecutrix, r•Jid that, if they believed the testimony of the medical gentleman celled on the part of the prose cution, that injury could not have been self-inflicted. The LORD CHIEF BARON was then proceeding to sum up, when The jury intimated that they had come to the con clusion that the prisoner was Not Guilty. Jane Parnell, the woman Darn, and Henry Hope, were then by order of the Court taken into custody tor rojury. IVE W GUUI(7'. Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman LAWRANCE.) BURGLARY.—A German, named Ghrosz, was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling house of Adam Greek, and stealing therein a quantity of cachmere and other property. The prosecutor, a dealer in silks, shawls, &c., who id also a German, resides in Union.street, Whitechapel, and on the night of the 27th of a cember, he saw that all his shutters and doors were made f.st before retiring to rest. Between four and five o'clock the next morning the prisoner was seen with the stolen cashmere, within a stone's-throw of the prosecutor's residence; but there was something strange about his manner, which induced those who observed him to call out fur the police, and the prisoner upon hearing this, took to his heels, leaving the booty behind him. It was afterwards discovered that the property had been stolen from the prosecutor's shop, and upon the appearance of the thief being des cribed, the prosecutor at once recognised it as that of the prisoner, who had been in his employ. Information of the burglary was, therefore, given to the police, and eventually the prisoner was traced to a lodging-house in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel. The prisoner, in his defence, denied having committed the robbery. lle was well off, having plenty of money and a good house, and it was quite preposterous to sup pose that he would engage in u burglary out of covetous ness. The fact was, the tables ought to be turned upon the two men who said they saw him with the property, for it was he who discovered them with it, and they wished to protect themselves by throwing the robbery upon his shoulders. The jury convicted the prisoner of simple larceny only, mud the Court sentenced him to twelvemonths' imprisonment. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT (THIS DAY.) CARDINAL WISEMAN AND HIS LANDLORD,-FILDER V. WISEBIAN. Since the establishment of the County Courts no case has excited greater interest than the above. A report having got abroad that the Cardinal himself would appear in the defendant's box, the court was crammed to suffocation. It was an action brought to recover 33/. 6a. 6d. by the plaintiff, a gentleman residing at Bexhill, Sussex, for, as the instructions stated, " You having taken cer tain premises and left without paying the rent, or for any of the damage done; and all your effects having been taken away, and you being about to quit the king dom, expenses in following you to London to obtain payment; two bushels of coals left in the house, and not repaid on quitting as promised; damage done to water closet, doors, windows, &c., bottles cracked, breaking bell-ropes and nine pendulums off; injurivg strawberry beds, and an extinguisher taken away," &c. In fact, the bill of particulars of demand would leave one to imagine that the Archbishop of Westminster must have b: ea very unmindful ot his landlord's property, for the various items ot damage sustained relate to almost every ute►:sil in the house. Upon the cause appearing in its turn, it was intimated that the plaintiff and defendant had elected to have the claim settled by arbitration, and consequently, much to the chagrin of a County Court audience, his Eminence did not appear. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—VISITS OF ARTISANS.—The f o llowing is the answer which has been returned by the Exe cutive Committee to persons requesting to know whether the Royal Commissioners undertake to fi n d l o d g i ngs f or art i sans coming to see the Exhibition : " Office for the Executive Committee, Exhibition building, Hyde -park, 1851. " Sir,—ln answer to your letter on the subject of lod g i ngs in London for artisans during the period of the Exhibition, I am directed by the Executive Committee to inform you that the Royal Commissioners do not intend to undertak e t o find lodgings for persons visiting the Exhibition, or to inter fere with individual enterprise. " The Executive Committee recommend that you should employ some London agent to secure for you the lodging; you require, and the committee will be ready to afford your agent every information in their power. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " M. DIQBY WYATT, Secretary." THE DEATH AT PECKHAM LUNATIC ASYLUM.-- The inquest on the body of Barnes, the pauper lanatic, was resumed and concluded yesterday. Mr. Under-Sheriff Law and Mr. Bennett were again in attendance. According to the evidence adduced, the deceased " seemed to be going off—getting very thin, as if he was in a decline ;" hut his death at the time when it did occur was caused by violence. His arm was found to be broken and bruised, and there were other injuries. The attendant stated that he did not know how they occurred. He was told that the lunatic said it was he (the attendant) who had done these injuries to him. The attendant's reply was, "It is quite false." It was proposed to examine a patient, Donnelly, who was rational in com mon conversation, but laboured under certain fancies and delusions, and was a decided lunatic. It was stated that his account agreed with that of other patients; but the coroner being told that Donnelly could not be considered a responsible agent if he violated the law, would not allow his evidence to be received. The medical evidence attributed the death to violence most distinctly; and the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against some person or persons unknown!' SOMETHING LIKE A STORM.—Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 25th ult. say that on the 3d of October a terrible tempest broke out at Kirgis, where the horde of Korin generally establishes its camps, and 168 persons were killed, as also were 205,600 sheep,• 1,292 horses, 490 camels, and MO oxen. During eight days the soil was covered with snow to the depth of 5i yards.— Calignani's -Messenger. WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.—ConsiderabIe pro gress has been made by the Commissioners of the Westmin ster Improvements in the construction of the new street, to be called Victoria-street, which will extend from the Vaux hall-bridge-road to Westminster Abbey. For some weeks past bricklayers have been employed in forming, on the north and south sides of the street, the cellars for the new houses, which are nearly all completed. 'the formation of the roadway and the footpath will be soon commenced. The houses will be of the second class, and the street about 50 feat in width. At the west end, adjoining the Westminster Prison, a row of splendid edifices has been built. In the ne'ghbourhood of the new street, at the east end, are the baths and washhouses erected by the vestry of the united parishes of St. Margaret and St. John at a cost of about 15,0',01. They are almost finished, and are expected to be opened in the course of the spring for the benefit of the poor o p t lu t n h g a i t ng dis b t a r t i h et s . , There will be on the premise s t wo l arge about 60 warm and cold bathe, with ironing and washing departments. If present good is round thee, it may be well to look for change, but to trust is a continuance is Letter,. Eliza Cook's Journal. The Earl of Cotteaba , tt, we regret to state, was, according to the latest accounts, still in very indifferent health at La Valetta, Malta. Lord Crowliurst, the Noble Lord's eldest son, has arrived at Dresden. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) WILLOUGHBY'S ILLUSTRATED STAND ARD EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKSPERE. Published un der the Superintendence of Samuel Phelps, E.sq.,.of the Theatre Royal Sadler's Wells. Part I. This, the first part of this new edition of Shakspere, consists of the Tempest complete, and is illustrated by a wood engraving of the scene between Stepbano, Trinculo, Caliban, and Ariel in the second act, and by a portrait of Shakspere, supported by Melpomene and Tnalia. This may be properly termed the eclectic edition of Shakspere, great pains having been taken to secure the purity of the text, while the notes give the opinions of Knight, Dyce, Payne Collier, Halliwell, and all the later commentators on disputed or obscure passages. rtiE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MISCELLANEOUS. Among the best articles in Ainsworth for January, after the continuation of the " Lancashire Witches," are E. P. Rowsell's " Looking Back," and a charm ing little tale, " Christmas," by Mrs. Edward Thomas. One of the most attractive articles in the Eclectic Review (to those who prefer literary criticism to theological controversy) is a well written and in teresting review of Mrs. Monteath's "Lays of the Kirk and Covenant." In this criticism we find the following distinction drawn between the orator and the poet :—" Thought which does not fall to singing of its own accord, and whether tie thinker will or no, is not poetic thought. All im psssioned oratory is rythmical. Listen to the men of true eloquence, and whenever his spirit is deeply moved his utterance heaves and swells away to the music of an unwritten score. But the orator is not and cannot be a poet. He has an audience before him, and he knows it. He is there to agitate his people. But the poet knows no people. He stands before no audience. He is alone and imper sonal. His world is self-contained, and he is singing to himself. Such is the idea of the poet. It is doubtless rarely realised. There is no perfect poet in this sense, but such is the mood in which the masters of the sounding lyre uttered all those portions of their imperfect works which keep them immortal." Tait's Magazine has a well-written article "What is it all About ?" which, though differing from our often-expressed opinions, deserves attention from its impartial tone and fearless spirit. Sharpe's London Magazine is as excellent as usual. The same may be said of the majority of the monthly periodicals—the Farmer's, the Sportsman, Chambers', the People's Journal, the Repertory of in ventions, Le Follet, and the rest, a host too numerous to be criticised individually each month. The Ladies' Companion will henceforth appear as a monthly instead of a weekly journal. In the Belle Assemblie is a beautiful " Christmas and New Year's Ditty," by Mrs. Newton Crosland. Enumerating the fit em blems of Christmas under the guise of the " flowers of the heart," Love, Charity, Peace, she goes on— " And every such flower casteth fruitful seed On the soil as it trails along; For there never yet was a hind% deed That did not uproot a wrong, And leave where it stood Some germ of good Our tangled thoughts among." Mrs. Ellis's Morning Call continues to realise the expectations suggested by its first appearance. The beauty of its illustrations and the elegant manner of its " getting up" render it conspicuous among its competitors, while the majority of its prose and po etical contents are of more than average excellence. The story by the editress, " Self-deception ; or the History of a Human Heart," is likely to prove pro fitable as well as interesting. In a capital little article, " Study Trifles," we find it justly remarked that a trifle, though little in itself, is worthy of care, be eauae,of the momentous consequences it may produce, accoicajlig to the different temperament of indivi " A spark is in itself a trifle, and a very pretty trifle too, apply it to stone and it remains a trifle—that is to say, for the little time it does re main ; but, plunge it in oil, or turpentine, and we are astonished by its power ; so it is with a jest, which falls lifeless upon one, calls is repartee from a second, and rebuke from a third; the spark of wit is no duller with the first than the last, but it falls on different materials ; the first, ashes ; the second, touch paper; the third, gunpowder." The King's College Magazine progresses well. Lewis Arundel continues to appear in monthly parts, and will doubtless find welcome with the many friends of " Frank Fairlegh." The Looker On evinces considerable ability. Tallis's Illustrated London contains many beautiful engrav ings of the conspicuous places of the metropolis. The Family Tutor, for the sum of twopence, gives in formation on a variety of important matters; While for a similar sum a cyclopendia of Familiar Things affords an admirable exposition of the marvels connected with the progress and preparation of those " familiar" things—a book, a needle, and a cup of tea. The ex plmation is rendered more interesting by illustrations. FINE ARTS. THE ART-JOURNAL. With the first, January in the second half of the nineteenth century, we have a more than ordinary display of enterprise, of ability, and of intelligence in this splendid periodical. Breaking new ground for the revelation of the skill of its contributors, both literary and pictorial, the Art-Journal gives us the first instalment of a most interesting series on " The Great Masters of Art," beginning with Paul Rem irandt van Ryn. A portrait of the illustrious pain ter is followed by sketches from some of his most re markable achievements. A little view of the mill where Renabrandt was born, on the 15th of June, 1606, will be observed with delight by all enthusiasts about his genius. Thomas Wright, aided by the pencil of F. W. Fairholt, commences a delightful series of papers on " The Domestic Manners of the English during the Middle Ages"—a series calculated to be both amusing and instructive. The embellishments from the Vernon Gallery are continued this month with Landseer's " Death of the Stag," engraved lay J. Cousen, and Witherington's " Crown of Hops," engraved by H. Bourne. Gibson's exquisite bss relief to the memory of the Countess of Leicester has been gracefully copied by the graver of J. H. Baker, and in addition to these principal illustrations, the January number of theArt-Journa/contains a charming sketch from Sir Ed win Landseer's " Hawking Party," printed; in colours (from wood blocks) by Leighton Brothers. Among the most conspicuous wood en gravings in the number we must not forget to men tion an admirable drawing of " T.emperantia," by Professor Mileke, of Dusseldorf. From its excel lence, we trust that the Cardinal Virtues may be continued in the same style of representation. Tem perance, according to the classic myth, is represented as holding a bridle in her hand. " Examples of German Artists" are also highly meritorious. The best of all the contributions to the Art-Journal for January we have not yet mentioned, having reserved it for especial notice at the last. We mean the con tribution penned by Mrs. S. C. Hall, and adorned with a life-like portrait of the illustrious subject of her remarks. Briefly, the topic chosen by Mrs. S. C. Hall is nothing less attractive than an ac count of " A Morning with Mourn RETZSCH." Under this portrait we have the autograph of the great limner and a sketch of the " Cot tage House" in which he still resides, covered with years and glory. To those who are familiar with his matchless outlines (the noblest illustrations ever given to the world of the imaginings of Shak spere and Sohiller) we need not commend this most charming narrative of a morning spent with the illus trious artist. The close of the article, in which pro mise is held out of engravings to be published in future numbers of the Art-Journal from selections from his portfolio, is deserving of one word of refer ence in exultation. Inspired by that promise, the sub scribers to the Art-Journal may look forward with confidence to the enjoyment of many rare delights from the examination of its subsequent numbers. The arrangement made with Moritz Retzsch cannot but tend to enlarge his own fame in this country, and to extend has very greatly to honour atlythepopulawriityth his ofthearptisu publication he he pro ductions. THE NEW NOVEL, " TIME THE AVENGER," by the author of " Emilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons,"&c., in 3 vols., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had at all the Libraries. Also, 2. Merkland, a story of Scottish Life, by the author of "M argare t M a itl an d . " 3. Love and mbition, by the author of "Rockingham," 3 vols. 4. Light and Darkness; or, Mysteries of Life, by Mrs Crowe. 6. Nathalie, by Julia Kavanagh, author of " Woman in France," &c. Also, just ready : 1. Popular Tsles and traditions of Hungary, by Theresa Pulszky. 2. The Daughter of Night, a Story of the Present Time, by S. W. Fullom, Esq. - - SILKS must rise considerably during the present year and continue to advance with an increasing population. The failure of one-third of the crop of last year, and the spread ing of its manufacture over Prussia, Russia, Germany, and Switzerland, where from Basle alone there are now more ribbons exported than are made in Coventry, contributes materially to influence the standard. Foresight and capital, it is true, as shown by many large houses, may provide against any very considerable eflect for a time et home, and we know that amongst the number the Me.srs. Jay, of Re gent-street, have for some time past been immense pur chasers, thereby securing a stock which is likely to carry them through the forthcoming season. But in their par ticular branch of trade there are certainly great edvanteges, their commerce being principally in black silks, which abso lutely improve by keeping, whereas, even a few mouths, nay weeks, or even a few hours of light, robs coloured silks not only of their novelty, but their colour and freshness, and their consequent value.—Morning Paper. GENERAL BEAt.--Adv ices via Trieste report the death of General Bern at Aleppo. If this prove true, the General has died in the Moslem faith. DEATH AT FOLKESTONE BY CuoKnNG•--g poor blind woman, residing on the Bail, named Light, in at tempting to swallow an oyster on Thursday last, was suf focated, the oyster being too large to pass down her throat. NEW RECORDER.—We (Worcester Chronicle) un derstand that Henry John Hodgson, Dq., of this circuit, has been appointed Recorder of Ludlow, in the room of John. BaCklet Faq., lie9acr of Micater, rebignod. EVEN ING, JAN UAR Y lO, 1851. MR. IVIUNTZ AND THE “ TIMES." The controversy between Mr. Muntz and the Times has excited much interest throughout the country, The Times article of the 27th, in reply to Mr. Muntz's letter, proves, we think, very little. In one respect it is an improvement on the former articles, it abounds less in those peculiar " flowers of rhetoric " with which the uneducated part of the lower classes of society are wont to supply the place of argument. The Times may rest quite assured that the advocates of a just and reasonable reform cf the monetary sys tem will not be put down by low abuse. 'We beg leave to call the attention of our readers to a very able article which we have extracted from The Sun, which leaves little that we think it necessary to add on the subject. The Times, how ever, stands up manfully for,Oe convertibility of the bank note. Let Mr. Manta, it says, take fifty notes of 1,0001. to the Bank, and he will obtain sovereigns at the ,rate of 31. 17e. 100. an ounce. Very true ; but can the Times tell how long this may continue the case ? When Sir Robert Peel brought for ward the Bill of 1844, he admitted that the con vertibility of the bank note had been endangered at four several periods—in 182.5, 1832, 1837, and 1839. And haw stood the case in 1847, under the " perfect " measure of 1644? On the 28th October, 1847, according to the Bank return the liabilities of the Bank amounted to 34,612,0911, while its assets in gold and silver coin and bullion, amounted altogether to 8,312,6911.—0 r rather less than ss. in the pound. The deposits of the bankers and merchants amounted at the same time to 3,580,5091, and had they, as teas talked of, with drawn these deposits, not one sixpence would have remained to " convert" the paper of the Bank into gold. But, further, by the Act of 1844, 7,665,445/. of the gold and silver held by the Bank was locked up in the " Issue Department," and could not be touched ; while in the " Banking Department" against the 20,318,175/. in the hands of the public the Bank held only 447,2461. of gold and silver coin, or about 54d. in the pound ! The truth is the Act of 1844 is entirely a fair weather Act; as long as the foreign exchanges happen to be in our favour, and there is no demand for gold, the Bank pays away sovreigns, but when the demand arises and the con vertibility of the note is tested, the system breaks down, and after causing the ruin of thousands of traders of undoubted respectability and solvency who are then unable to convert their real wealth—their merchandise, bills, or goods—into bank notes, bits of " worthless paper," but which, being the only legal tender, they must obtain or stop payment,—after causing distress and entailing years of suffering on hundreds of thousands of operatives and labourers, the Chancellor of the Exchequer suspends the con vtrtibility of the bank note, and the panic ceases. The Times speaks of these panics as an "occasional hitch." We believe the sums already sacrificed in these "hitches" amount to much more than the sum total of the national debt, and all this has been drawn from the productive classes, from the merchant, the landowner, the farmer, the trader, and from the hard work of the labourer and operative. The manufac turing districts of this country are only now recover ing from the effects of the "hitch" of 1847, and should the existing money laws remain in force soother period of depression must arrive, the effects of which will, we fear, be even more severe than any we have yet experienced. With no feeling of disrespect to the Times, we call its attention to these plain facts.— Derbyshire Courier. BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.—The an nual meeting of the donors and subscribers to this charity was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, last evening; Mr. John Sharp, president of the institution, i❑ the chair. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, stated that during the past year the society had been more prosperous and flourishing than in any previous year of its history. The charity had now been upwards of 22 years in existence, and it had gradually risen in favour until it was now one of the most important institutions of the kind in the metropolis. His Royal Highness Prince Albert had graciously condescended to become its patron, and had given a handsome donation of twenty guineas. The minutes of the last annual meeting having been read and confirmed, the secretary then read the managing committee's report of the operations of the society for the past year. This document stated, in addition to the facts mentioned by the chairman, that many now subscribers had been added to the charity during the year, and that 1,3591. 15s. had been realised from subscriptions, a sum exceeding the amount raised in any former year. The subscriptions and donations collected at the last anniversary dinner amounted to 5181. 13s. 6d. At the last annual election ten additional pensioners were placed upon the list of recipients of the society's bounty. 1001. had been invested in the purchase of Three per Cent. Consols during the past year, making the total amount of the charity's funded property 12,0431. 7s. 7d. The treasurer's report showed the receipts of the institution for the past year to have been 2,5591. 12s. 3d., and the expenditure 1,6871. 10s. 4d., leaving a balance of 8721. Is. 11d. in the hands of the bankers. The report, together with the statement of accounts, were unanimously adopted. Several formal reso lutions for modifying the rules, regulating the extension of relief from the funds cf the charity, and for the re-election of officers, were next proposed and severally agreed to; and after voting thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. In Overton, Tenn., the census taken found a lady, named Stevens, whose age was 120 yzars. She was married at the time of Braddock's defeat. Her youngest son is a smart lad of 70. SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.—Yesterday evening war held the first meeting after the usual recess, and three new fellows were elected—Messrs. Smee, Cole, and Boyd. Mr. Omry, F.S.A., set a very good example in presenting the three works of the English Historical Society which were wanting to complete the set already in the library. He also presented a drawing of a memorial stone existing in North Wales, Dr. Meligain sent a bronze lamp of about the Sth or 9th century, with the ordinary Christian symbols, which attracted a good deal of attention, and was thought by some members to be of the seventh century. Mr. George Ticknor, of Boston, United States, the author of the " History of Spanish Literatute," at the instance of the writer of it, sent a privately-printed volume relating to the history of his fa mily, which had represented the state in Congress for many years. A paper was read from Captain Smyth, director, to the President, in continuation of his former communication on the subject of horologv and the very curious clock belong ing to the society, dated 1525, which had been presented by King Sigismuud of Poland to his Queen Bona. It also, by permission of the Queen, gave an account of the remarkable clock at Windsor, which had been presented to Anna Bo leyne by Henry VIII. DIABOLICAL ACT.—On Friday night last a most diabolical act was committed at Coombe St. Nicholas, near this town, but fortunately unattended with any fatal conse quence. It appears that about twelve o clock on the night in que-tion some scoundrel contrived to throw down the bar chimney of Gillard's Dragon Inn, in that villdge, a canister of gunpowder, which, immediately on reaching the fire, exploded with great noise. The force of the shock threw the servant girl (who was the only person then in the room, and at some distance from the fire) on the floor, burnt a portion of her hair off her head, and scorched her in several places, but we are happy to state not severely. Had the wretch perpetrated the outrage a few minutes earlier, the consequences would have been dreadful, as Mrs. Gillard, the landlady, had been sitting by the tire with an infant in her lap, and had only retired just as the mischief was done. We trust the parties implicated in the affair will be speedily discovered. and receive the sentence which justice demands. Sherborne Journal. ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL YOH FEMALE CHILDREN.—A meeting of the subscribers and friends of this charity took place yesterday at the School, Westminster raad ; Mr. W. F. Beadon, in the chair. The report stated that there were five candidates to be elected in April next to the vacancies which had occurred. There were at present sixty-five children in the school, who were boarded, clothed, and educated, and out of the six hundred who had been educated in that institution, there was not a single instance in which they had not turned out to the perfect satisfaction of their employers. The building committee's report spoke most favourably of their prospects. They had lately suc ceeded in purchasing two acres of land on Wandsworth-com mon, close to the Clapham station, for the erection of a suitable school. Ihe price they had given for this land, though large, could not be considered exorbitant, when they consid?red the locality and other favourable circumstances. It was the intention of the committee to build a house, com bining all the improvements of the modern times with the comforts of the olden. The state of their funds was also most favourable, and there was every prospect that this charity would continue t o fl our i s h. The r e po r t w as unani . mously adopted, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. AFFECTION AND CONFIDENCE OF SINGING BIRDS —These little creature; if we would narrowly watch them, possess the most singular attractions, exhibit the most romantic attachment. Not a movement of their master or their mistress escapes their observation. Thoy may be taught, easily taught, by affectionate care, to come out of the cage, when called for, or to set on the finger and sing when requested. A simple movement of the head, or ex pression of the eye, will accomplish this ; whil s t th e rewar d of a bit of hard - boiled egg, or a morsel of loaf sugar, will spee dily cement an intimacy terminable only by de a th—th e at t ac hment of birds knows no other limit. I have verified this, times out of number. I have rarely found, during a long experience of twenty - five y ears , any great difficulty in taming a bird, or, indeed, an animal of any kind. Instinct, on some occasions very closely bordering on reason, un erringly teaches the lower order of an i ma l s to di scr i m i nate who are their friends, and who are their enemies. This is demonstrable by the extraordinary familiarity, apart from all fear, which some birds and other animals exhibit when in the presence of their masters or mistresses, on whose fingers I have known birds to sit a n d s i ng w ith th e m os t perfect confidence.— IV illiam liidd, in the Gardeners' Chronicle. NOVEL PROCEEDING.---011 Sunday last the Rev. Mr. Harper, the recently-appointed vicar of Selby, after the usual morning service, took his place in the pulpit, and in formed the congregation that he should t hat day commence a practice which he had long intended to pursue—that of preaching a sermon, not dins own composition, but written by anott:er person. His reasons for pursuing such a course were, first, that there were many sermons by some of the best and ablest divines, which, in consequence of not being gene rally read, were rendered comparatively useless ; and se condly, that the time which was occupied by the writing of so many sermons every week might be employed by him in other useful matters connecting with the ministry. The reverend gentleman then read from a printed book a sermon which he said he had heard pr e a c hed with great effect in the Cambridge University. The sermon was on the subject of sin, and was e v id en tly a produc tion of no common orderin regard to merit.—Doncaster Gazette. Suicins BY A CHILD. - On Wednesday a girl, only twelve years of age, named Mary Ann Barnes, living with her aunt at H a rtlebury, was playing about with another girl, when she suddenly jumped into the Stour. It appears that she had broken a sugar basin and eaten some of its Con tents that morning, and being fearful of the consequences of the act, plunged into the river. It was two hours b e f o re the body was got out: Au inquest was held by Mr. Hughes on Friday, and the jury found that she " Drowned herself without any apparent cause ;" a verdict apparently, as these kinds of verdicts usually are, quite contrary to evi deuce,— IVOrceeter Chronicle. METROPOLITAN • INTERMENTS ACT AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH. PARISH OF ST. JAMES'S WESTMINSTER. Yesterday a special meeting of the board of vestry was held in the Vestry-room of St. James's, West minster, the Rev. John Jackson, Rector, in the chair, to receive the report of the committee upon a letter from the Board of Health, requiring the vestry to decide whether they would transfer to the board all power over the present parochial burial-grounds, upon being indemnified from all encumbrances attached to those places of sepulture. The Vestry- clerk read the report, which recom mended the transfer of those burial-grounds to the lioard of Health, upon the parish being indemnified. Mr. LEWIN moved, and Mr. GREEN seconded the reception of the report. Mr. NELSON tnoved the adoption of the report, and said that he hoped that at once and for ever, the dis gusting and dangerous practice of burying the dead not only in cities and towns in open graveyards, would be discontinued, but that, also, the vaults under churches would be closed.—(Hear, hear.) Through the labours and exposures of George Alfred Walker, the Board of Health ordered, in 1849, the closure of metropolitan burial grounds and vaults ; but the Commissioners under the Interments Act, instead of supporting the Board of Health, allowed grounds that were closed to be re opened ; and hence at that very time twenty-five and thirty bodies were buried in deep gravas with scarcely any earth between them, and but little co vering the surface.— (Shame.) It was further ar ranged that the compensation to be paid would be calculated according to the preceding five years, re ceipts; so that the deep grave system was closely followed to enhance the value of the ground. And a,me owners of burial-grounds offered sepulture at a reduced rate to increase their trade in death and their own revenue.—(Hear, hear.) Was that the course that should be pursued ?—(No, no.) If grave-yarn's were closed in 1849, what inconvenience would arise from their being closed now? The Vestry-Clerk of St. Andrew's, Holborn, acknowledged that the churchyard was re-opened to maintain their right for compensation. Were the people to be sacrificed to that paltry, unworthy object ?—(No, no.) Mr. Nelson enumerated the several over-crowded churchyards, vaults, and grave-yards in the metropolis, and called upon the parish of St. James to lead the van in put ting down those nuisances, which were as disgraceful to the country as they were destructive of morality and life. Mr. Churchwarden GEESEN seconded the motion. He felt that jobbery was in all matters which Govern ment took in hand. Ho had hoped that the Interments Act would have enabled the city and liberties of Westminster to have their own burial-ground, but instead of that the Act included the cities of London and Westminster and the borough of Southwark; so that the clause might as well have designated the division as including the two cities, the county of Middlesex, and the county of Surrey.—(Hear, hear.) He also complained that Government gave the power over burial-grounds to a corporate body, instead of allowing the several parishes to provide their own burial places. But (continued Mr. Geesen) what confidence could the people have in a Government'that in its appointments threw overboard George Alfred Walker—(Hear, hear)—who sacrificed purse, person, and profession during twelve years, while he exposed the abomination and proved its fatal effects ?—(Hear, hear.) Why were not his suggestions acted upon ? (Hear ' hear.) Why was not he called to the councils of the Board of Health ?—(Hear, bear.) Because be was too honest and was beyond purchase.—(Hear, hear.) What bad Government done ? Nothing. Instead of purchasing ground, they allowed private speculators to anticipate and forestall them. He trusted that the parish of St. James would act for itself by purchasing its burial-ground, and placing it under the control of an efficient committee.—(Hear, hear.) And he also hoped that Mr. Walker right himself before the public by disavowing the Interments Bill, which gave general, and he might add, unquali fied dissatisfaction.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. G. A. WALKER felt highly flattered by the kindness with which his name had been mentioned by the preceding speakers. He assured the vestry that, far from being a party to the Bill, the labour of his life was dedicated more to the production of facts than of a remedy. As far back as 1839 he thus wrote in his " Gatherings from Graveyards :"—" I em, nevertheless, so fully convinced of the necessity for legislative interference to destroy the present dan gerous system of inhumation, that I hesitate not to express my opinion that the Government of the country will ultimately be driven to the adoption of means for enforcing the prohibition of interments in the vicinity of the living."—(Hear, hear.) That pre diction was fulfilled in 1850. In many respects the Bill, is objectionable ; but the whole matter was in a nut-shell—cheap land and a cheaper mode of transit. But although common land could be cheaply and easily procured near London, 6001. and 7001. an acre had been paid, for cemeterial ground.—(Hear.) 11r. Geesen asked him to throw out some suggestions. He (Mr. Walker) had already done so, and printed those suggestions, which he forwarded to every Mem ber of Parliament, every editor, and every corporate body of the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) Had Govern ment acted upon those suggestions tbey might at least have treated for, if they would not purchase, land. As Woking-common was spoken of, he might state that ho understood that the South-Western Railway Com pany were willing to convey dead bodies for less than sixpence a body, which removed all difficulty on that head. He had intended to lay before them that day a series of facts in a concentrated form ; but those facts he would defer to another time. He hoped that the active and intelligent members of their board would lose no time in promptly and efficiently acting upon any measures calculated to put down intramural ourials. They should remember that they were on the eve of the great national Exhibition (which he trusted would be brilliant and successful), and that it was a remarkable fact that such an over animalisa tion, or crowding of millions together, was generally attended by the most deplorable results, producing pestilence and death.—(Hear, hear.) It was a terrible reflexion that within a century five million of dead bodies had been buried in our lanes, streets, thoroughfares, under our houses, and our churches and chapels, where the living were congregated to worship their God.—(A voice—" And under the very room where we are.") That was a sad reflection on their professing themselves to be Christians.—(Hear, hear.) He would not impute blame to the Board of Health, for he believed they meant well. But there was a power behind them which would, ere long, make the people speak out. He hoped that power would not put them on their mettle.—(Hear, hear.) lie also found fault with the attempt of Government to interfere unfairly, as he thought, with the trade of the undertaker. They might as well make coffin plates as coffins.—(Hear, hear.) Although they could not drive the plough share over whole blocks of houses, in which men, women, and children vegetated, more like fungi than that of human beings, yet they could prevent the de posit of so many tons of dead corpses, which were heaped and stacked in pits like bricks without the usual interposition of mortar, not a handful of earth between them.—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") Mr. Walker concluded with a brief description of his pro posed plans and operations for wholly removing the depositaries of the dead from among the living. Dr. LANCASTER highly eulogised Mr. Walker and his labours. He advocated local self-government as regarded burials, and declared that if Government did not instantly and unconditionally suppress burials in or near cities, towns, and human habitations, that they would incur deep and everlasting disgrace ; and he further expressed his conviction that Government was bound to acknowledge in a proper and substantial form the services of Mr. Walker, who had first ex posed . the enormities of intra-mural sepulture. Several other gentlemen having similarly expressed themselves, and the motion having been carried, Mr. NELSON rose, and as one of the deputation explained the result of their interview with the Com missioners of Sewers, for the purpose of inducing them to withdraw the special rate proposed by them for the new sewers that were being formed in the parish, which interview was anything but satisfac tory. He stated that although the parish paid in twenty-two years 565,0001. sewers rates, that there were in it 666 houses without drainage. In White chapel thirty-six courts and thirteen streets were without sewers; and in St. Giles's nothing for years had been done to the sewers until last month. Church-lane, Carver-street, and St. George's-street, in that parish, were also without sewers, and yet sewers were built in Victoria-street, where the houses were not finished. Mr. GEESEN—Mr. Peto, M.P., I believe is inte rested in that street.—(A laugh.) Mr. NELSON exposed the abuses of the Sewers' Commissioners, under which one-half the sum laid out in improvements were expended in its manage ment. If Government (said Mr. Nelson) were really serious in their anxiety to promote sanitary measures, they should abolish the present dilettanti mode of act ing followed by the Commissioners of Sewers. They should give them local Acts, similar to those con tained in the Scotch 13W, brought forward last e!- sion ; they should give them a new Buiidiny of they should give them an abundant supply f vatr, repeal the window-tax, and abolish the duty on soap. —(Hear.) In conclusion he exp essed his convic tion that the Commissioners of Sewers had not the power to impose the special rate. Messrs. Geesen, Jackson, and Dr. Lancaster, ad dressed the vestry on the same subject; after which thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the proceed ings terminated. MAISCUEsTER, J AN . 9. — STATE OF TRADE.— There is no change in the market since Thursday last. Business is quiet, but prices are very firm. Inquiries are still being made for the yarns suited for india, but are yet scarce and dor._ I THE NEW YEAR. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) We cannot allow the occasion of the publication of our first number for the year 1851 to pass, without returning our best thanks to our friends and sub• scribers for the very encouraging support which we heve received during the past year. Our circulation during, that period has been much larger than that of any preiiens year since the commencement of the Courier, in 1828. This is the best possible evidence that our labours have been eppreciated by the public. And in thus speaking we accord to our friends, equally with ourselves, their fair share of approbation. The great English moralist has said justly that " We who live to please must please to live." The venality of the public press is frequently re marked on, but let the public ask themselves what do they do to encourage a manly, inde pendent tone of feeling in these who provide them with information and tender their sugges tions on passing events. It is, however, our belief that the growing intelligence of the time is daily seeking, from the public press, something more than an echo of the opinions or prejudices of parties or clases. Acting en this belief, it Les been cur en deavour to advocate Truth rather than Party, and the general welfare than the advantage of any section of the community. It has been our sincere wish to lead our readers to the consideration of w hat we believed to be a just and right view of public affairs, rather than by holding in the beaten track of public opi nion and flattering preconceived notions, to secure support. The result has shown that we were not mistaken, and that the public is prepared to record its approbation to the journalist who honestly, boldly, and independently makes the promotion of the general weal his first object. It is unnecessary for us to particularise the line taken by the Courier on the general or local topics which have been recently brought under discussion. According to the Nonconformist and the member of the Romish Church that liberty of conscience, and those rights of citizenship which are man's unalien able birthright, we have thought it our duty when the subjects of church-rates and repel aggression were brought before us, to uphold what appeared to us the just demands of the English Church, and to re sist the unjust, unwise, and tyrannical usurpation of the Church of Rome. As to secular affairs, we have every reason to be satisfied with the prominent part we have taken in attempting to direct public attention to the important question of monetary reform. We do not regard that subject as one of mere philosophical inquiry, but as involving in its practical effects the best interests of all classes—high and low—of the community. If it were merely an abstract question we should leave it to the investigation and research of learned and scientific men. It is because we believe it to be in timately connected both with the prtservation of the noblest institutions of the nation, and with the wel fare and happiness of the great masses of the people, that we so earnestly advocate this question. In doing so we have attempted to render a difficult subject plain and intelligible to all thinking men of ordinary , cepacity—and this, we think, not without a consider able measure of success. We need not further remind our friends of the exertions which we have made to lay before them re ports of various public meetings during the past year, to an extent equalled by not many of our provincial contemporaries ; nor of the amount of original corre spondence on many interesting and important topics which, by the kindness of our friends, has appeared in our columns. We *dial! continue to do all in our power to support the character which, we are happy to think, the Courier has obtained. _ _ Finally, we beg leave with sentiments of grateful acknowledgment, to wish to our friends in this county and in the various parts of the country , to which our labours extend, a very happy new year. BEER-POTS.-IMPORTANT IN VENTION. Yesterday an invention, deserving of the serious attention of licensed victuallers, was brought under the notice of Mr. Paynter, at Wandsworth Police court. It is a generally known fact that the licensed vic tuallers of London and its suburbs are sufferers to a ruinous extent by the wholesale plunder of their pewter pots, and that the facility of the disposal of the metal, either in its manufactured or fused state, is a matter of no difficulty. Not a week passes but a case of pot-stealing arises, and the statements made in some instances of their losses by licensed victuallers would be deemed hyperbolical if facts did not bear them out ; and as a proof of the extent to which this system of plunder is carried, it may be stated that on one occasion a licensed victualler of Westminster proved that in one month he was robbed of eleven dozen of pots. To remedy or, in fact, to annihilate this great evil, has been the Earnest desire of the police magistrates, and various have been the suggestions thrown out by them, even to not lending out their pewter pots ; but the licensed victuallers are convinced that it would be, in a measure, the ruin of their trade. It is twelvemonths since Mr. Paynter, after com mitting a man for stealing at one time no less than twelve pots, belonging to different licensed victuallers, all of which had been cut up and flattened, said to the prosecutors present that there many very clever men who, if the licensed victuallers united and offered a rev, and of 1001. for a measure that could not be cut and doubled up, like the present pewter measure, and were otherwise difficult to destroy, he had no doubt they would speedily obtain what they wanted, and the evil would entirely cease. Yesterday Mr. Samuel Stocker, of Arthur-street, New Oxford-street, hydraulic engineer and beer engine manufacturer, waited upon Mr. Paynter, and addressing that gentleman, stated that in consequence of his noticing two reports of cases of stealing li censed•victuallers' pots, under the head of " Wands worth," in the Morning Advertiser, twelve months since, he had determined on renewing some experi ments he had tried some four years since in manu facturing a pewter pot or measure for licensed vic tuallers, which, whilst retaining all the properties of the article in use, should be so made as to be in capable of being cut, bruised, or flattened; and what was still more important, unavailable for melting, and consequently valueless to the thief. Mr. Stocker continued his observations respecting his invention, explaining the process of manufacture, and concluded by producing samples of pots or measures he had ma nufactured and patented. They were certainly to all appearance superior in style and durability to the present measures, and will, according to the inventor's account, be much cheaper. Mr. Stocker said the worthy magistrate had by his remarks induced him to persevere, and he had therefore done himself the honour of exhibiting to his Worship, in the first in stance, the fruits of his invention, although not alto.. gether in a perfected state. Mr. Paynter expressed himself highly gratified, observing it was only on the previous ,day he saw some pots exposed at a door, which brought to his recellection how desirable it would be that something similar to what he had suggested should be brought out, little thinking that he should see the very thing that day. He thought it a very great benefit to the licensed victuallers, and the sooner such an invention was adopted the better for the morals of the people. The licensed victuallers would then escape any ohance of fine for their pots being deficient in measure, and crime would be much lessened.—Advertiser. THE IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS. BIRMINGIIAM, THURSDAY.—The principal iron masters' meeting for the quarter was held in our Town-hall to-day, and was extremely well attended. In addition to merchants and manufacturers from South Wales, Shropshire, Liverpool, and Manchester, we observed several lessors of mining property, lime dealers, coal dealers, and every description of trader interested in the staple trades of South Staffordshire. It has already been announced that the ironmas ters, at their preliminary meeting, held at Wolver hampton a fortnight ago, expressed their determina tion neither to advance nor to recede, but to abide by the prices of last quarter. This resolution, seeing the improved condition and prospects of the trade, ap peared somewhat extraordinary, but there appears to be no doubt that it was dictated by motives of trades man-like prudence. It is unquestionable that foreign orders, especially for Russia, America, and even for the Roman States, have been more than usually numerous—indeed, for rails, the chief descri p tion on t the two years previous; but some of . the mas ers exported, greater for the last three months . than for terminate in a entertain a notion that there is a s pirit of speculation afloat, and that a sudden rise, mighthowever apparently br i e fly described._ . The rise gene justified by present promises , disastrous tall. The state of feeling in the Town-hall to-day may 3:infbeerior make of iron (by inferior makers) r c a o l n ly st q in ue t n h t , l 3 will be about from ss, to 10.3. per ton, whilst the first makers anno unce their deter mination to abide by existing may b ingpric eonid esCTshcurse taken as a w h o l e , th e i ron trade d as wearing a more cheerful aspec t ; but clearly not so promising as to induce those who are most competent judges upon such matters to atttnipt al.y enhancement of last quarter's rates. In the lists publish: d by the first-class firms this quarter, the prices remain stationary, and with them at least they will remain so until a meeting of the trade declares for au advance or a decline. Amongst the smaller iron masters there is no bond cf ad . :l:slop, and it is difficult to calculate upon their movements from one week to another. It is gratifying to observe, that the work-people of South Staffordshire appear contented with their present rate of remuneration. The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. —Eliza Cook's Journal. EARL DIGRY.—This Noble Lord completed his 78th birthday on Monday last. On Tuesday, at his rent audit, he directed a return of 10 per cent. to be Fade to his tgAtiutle.POlatienv trawl COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDEINT.) THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1851. The Messrs. White, of Cowes, wished to exhibit their new life-boat, but sufficient space could not be allowed ; many other applications for boats of that description were also refused,!much to the regret of the Committee. MODELS OF FRIGATES, YACHTS, AND STEAMERS. The Committee having offered all the space that they possibly could spare, the Messrs. White intend to send up the models of some of the swiftest and most splendid sea-boats built by them, some that they may fearlessly challenge the whole world to beat. COURT CIRCULAR. WIDSOR, JAN. 9. The Queen w a lk e d this morninNg in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, accompanied by his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridg e , Lord John Russell, and the Right lion. C. Shaw Lefevre, and attended by Lord Waterpark, Colonel the Hen. Charles Grey, and Litut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge took leave of the Queen and the Prince to day, and quitted the Castle. The Right lion. the Speaker and Mrs. Shaw Le.' fevre took their departure from the Castle to-day. The lion. Charles A. and Mrs. Murray are expected to rrrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Sped), Hon. Charles A. and Mrs. Murray, Sir George Couper, and Colonel Bouverie. The band of the Coldstream Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The hand of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance in the Castle during dinner on Wednesday evening, and played the following pieces : Overture, Op. 24 .. Mendelssohn. Waltzer, " Hyacinthe " ... Koenig. Selection, "Der Freychutz" Quadrille, "Magaran " Polka, "Dane John" Seaman. The Queen's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following selections : Overture, "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" ... Otto Nicolai. Aeia, " Parto " (La Clemenza di Tito) Mozart. Serenade and Valse, "La Juive" Selection, " Ozaar and Zimmermann " Loitzing. Mr. Charles Horton Pulley, Vestry Clerk of Hack ney, had the honour of attending Sir George Grey at the Home•office yesterday, with the address to the Queen from the inhabitants of that parish, on the sub ject of the recent aggression of the Pope of Rome. The Rev. Dr. Adamson had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their offices in White hall-place. Mr. Cooke, the Mayor of Richmond, Yorkshire, transacted business at the Home-office on Wednesday, and presented memorials on the subject of vagrancy. Dispatches from the Governor of the Gambia were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 8. DEATH OF THE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE. Dr. Haviland, who has held the above-named appoint ment since 1817, expired at his residence in Trumping ton-street early this morning. Dr. Raviland graduated as 12th wrangler, and a member of St. John's College in 1807. In 1814 he was elected Professor of Anatomy, which appointment he resigned on his promotion to the one he held at the period of his decease. He practised for many years as a physician in the town, and held the honorary office of consulting physician to Addenbrooke's Hospital. He was 66 years of age at his demise, which, though somewhat sudden at the last, was not surprising, as the deceased had suffered for years from constitutional infirmity. The subject fixed for the next Seatonian Prize is " Samson." Each candidate for this priz9 is to send his perform ance, without his name, to the Vice-Chancellor (fairly written, or it will not be attended to), on or before the 29th of September next, with some Latin verse upon it; and he is at the same time to send a paper, sealed up, with his name written within, and the same Latin verse on the outside. The papers containing the names of the unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed unopened, by which regu lation the delicacy of those who might otherwise fear a repulse, is, it is hop ed, effectually cons u lt e d. If any poem shal appear to possess distinguished merit a premium of 801. will be adjudged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 laid to about 501. ages Cossack, and 300 to 5 agst Seaman. Offers to lay 25 to 1, or take 30 to 1 about Rhekus. DERI3Y. 1,000 to 30 laid sgst Runnymede, 50 to 1, to 1004 agst Lightfoot, and 200 to 10 agst Constellation and Marlborough Buck. We congratulate very sincerely the men of Manches ter, the most thoroughly sporting town in the queendom, on the isme of the most attractive programme for their June meeting ever yet published. For their First Pre duce there are 33 entries; for their Union, Trade, and Salford Borough Cups there are 68, 65, and 47 nomina tions respectively; two Biennial Stakes for three years and two years old coming for the first time into opera tion; and 15 entries figure in the Two Years Old Stakes. The subsidiary fixtures amount to eight, and the handi capping is entrusted to Mr. Topham. whilst such satis factory remits indicate that Mr. Bake, C.C., has been wide awake! HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Weston Burt; Wed., Siston Court; Sat., Daunsey Turnpike. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Clatford Oakcuts; Tues., Stowell Lodge; Wed., Wherwell W o od ; Th urs ., Wey hill; Fri., Nettcrayon; Sat., Winterslow-11. Mr. Farquharson's hds., Tues.. Fellows Wood. B. V. H., Tees., Milborne Port; Fri., Druce Down. Brighton burrs., Mon., Patcham; Wd., Race Course Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Telscombe Crawley arid Hor;ham hds., Mon., Pond Hill; Wed., Oakley Court; Fri., Warningtid Tollgate-10i. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Woodeofe Green; Wed., Kennels; Fri., Plymouth Arms, Hewell-10i. Warwickshire hds., Mon., Goldscote; Tues., Nutford Bridge; Wed., Milverton Kennel; Thurs., Lower Shuckuurg Village; Fri., Church, Tysoe; Sat., Henley- Herefordshire hds., Tues., Ford's Bridge; Fri , Hare wood's End-10i. Lord Redesdale's kds.,. Mon., Chapel House; Wed. Eyford; Fri., Tangley; Sat., Spilsbury-14. Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Eastwood Osk; Fri., Chances Pitch Turnpike-10i. Upton-on-Severn harrs,, Tues., Welland Court-10i. Wheatland Ws., Tues., Little Wenlock-10. Ludlow hds., Tues., Kinsley-10. _ _ Mr. eonyers's hds, Mon., Mitehing Green-101. Essex Union hds., Wed., Danbury Griffin; Sat., Ash ingdon Wants-10i. Mr. Lushington's hds., Mon., Rainham; Thurs., Dod dington-street--11. RETZSCH AS HE is.—His whole appearance recalled Cuvier to us so forcibly, that we instantly mur m ured the name of the great naturalist; but when his clear wild blue eyes beamed their welcome, and his lips parted into a smil e to give it words, we were even more strongly reminded of Professor Wilson ; in each, a large well-developed head, masculine features, a broad and high forehead, a mouth Strongly expres, , ive of a combination of generosity and force, bespoke the careful thinker and acute observer; and in both, the hair "sable silvered, seemed to have been left to the wild luxuriance of n ature.-21Irs. Hall in Art-Journal. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT NORTHERN or.iE AILWA: T E AMINUS. — INQUEST ON ANO THER OF THE e --Y sterday Mr. T. W a kl ey, M . P ., coroner for West R Middlesex, o lesdd ex, held an inquest a t th e U n i vers i ty College Hospi tal,n the body of James S amue l G reene, aged 56, who was en gaged as a wood sawyer at the works now erecting at the terminus, Maiden-lane, Battle-bridge, and received such serious injuries at the accident which occurred on Saturday afternoon last as to render it necessary to convey him to the above hospital, where he expired on Monday morning, from their effects. Mr. H. W. Valiance appeared as solicitor on behalf of Messrs. Jay, the contractors. Evidence was ad duced similar to that given at the inquiry on Tuesday. The jury returned a ver di c t o f "A cc ide n t a l death." Men dare not, as bad, as they are, appear open . enemies to virtue ; when, therefore, they persecute virtue, they pretend to think it counterfeit, or else lay some crime to its charge.—Eliza Cook's Journal. FUND FOR PROMOTING FEMALE EMIGRATION. — The committee of this fund are now engaged in selecting small parties of female emigrants for dispatch tos New Zea land and Van Diemen's Land, in both of which c olonies the authorities are most anxious to receive young women sent out under Sidney Herbert's scheme of emigration. A de tachment of 44 for the Cape of Good Hope, for whom good situations have been secured in the coleny, were dispatched about a fortnight since. The committee have received inti mations of the safe arrival in Australia of the ships Cullo den, Duke of Portland, Tory, and William Stevenson, by which vessels above 200 fem ale emi g rants were la st Eummer good health, t a h r e livi slig i la n test difficulty. a d n ii d pa o te b li ta u i l n . There is reason to bel ieve that the e migration during the ed ln si e t a u c a h tio c n as s e *t the li g o i u r I t s current year will be chiefly directed to the Canadas, Van Diemen's Land, the Cape of Good Hope, and New Zealand, in each of which colonies local arrangements of a satisfactory nature have been made for the safety of emigrants sent out by this charitable fund. MURDER BY POACHERS AT ELVEDEN.—On Mon day last the following parties, John Starling, Frederick Fletcher, William Brown, Richard Starling, Joseph Norman, and James Cadman, all of Isleham, were brought up at the station-house, Mildenhall, on the charge of murdering Mr. William Napthen, the head gamekeeper of William Newton, Esq., of Elveden-hall, and of having shot at Isaac Allen, with intent to murder him, seriouslywounding him. After a long inquiry, the magistrates announced that they had de cided to commit John Cadman, William &own, and John Starling for trial at the assizes; the three other priamers wtottltl be dieeltvged.-13wy .... boll ci?' boi ° bole 1. 41 DO°g# , ICeO 49 r 1 4 . ' 0 0° :O c t; A"" D` ,j {) ,61 ) 416 Of 41) ~ ','. r 0 t r j i i fOliolf tit/ d eb i P '0 Ce VI 1 4 0 105 oor