The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-18 00:00:00

took p'am at last week's Pigs very, kw transactior, currencies, I, Ifr,l: the offal. Pur 8114. to s s 4. to 4. 0. s. d. to s. I•tferlor Re.:Ats..... 210 3 2 Second qual. Shnp 3 1 310 .!ecoe..l quality .. .. 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolleol ditto 4 0 4 2 r.:ze larwe Oxen 3 6 3 8 ';ou',.li,lown Wether 4 4 4 0 me See ts ...• •. 3 8 310 DIU° c•ut or the wo,o 0 0 0 0 4 r6(: coarse Cu'v •s 3 2 3 6 Large hogs ...... 3 4 3 8 Iritu :L, • t:a 3uocti dinit° .. 3 8 4 0 Small rorker d •• -•3 10 4 0 Calved ..18 0 25 0 Qu?..rt. , ..r old rigs •• 16 0 21 tartrlor Sheep . 3 2 3 4 Lambs 0 0 0 Iteazts, : BtaSti. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. `Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 17,300 104 201 FOREIGN SUPPLY. I Sho ep. I Calves. I Pigs. 121 50 WGZITZ3 AM: D LEADENEALL. The arrivals of countrj -killed meat up to these mar- Lets, since Monday last, have not exceeded 4,000 car (al". From Scotland, owing to the mildness of the i *e atiert they hav e been small. With treat slaughtered Ts, the metropolis we have been but moderately supplied. Mutton has s‘,ld readily, at an advance in the quotations () ,!quite 2d per 8 lb s . In 13.0,A Ve...1, and Pork only a li mited business has been doing at late rates. at per stone by the Carcase. S. d. to s. d. . d. to s. d Ilee rlnferlor.... •. a. 2 4 2 6 ; Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 210 *---• Girlu ng •• •• 2 8 210 1 middling• • 3 0 3 4 ......,_ prirnelarge .. 3 0 3 2 ' prime .... 3 6 310 ..---ve,prbne mall .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large .... .... 210 3 4 .., . •• ••••• • • • 3 0 4 0, - small ...• .... 3 6 4 0 210 :110IMII AND SPITA.LFIELDS. ise the arrivals of Potatoes, since Mow:ay la,t, gave been but moderate. By land carriage, upwards of f ,50 0 tons h ave reac h e d us i n goo d con d i ti on . Th e 4 „°rt'ilZll imports have comprised 15 tons from Dunkirk, .40 ditto from Antwerp, 120 ditto from Dieppe, 180 rt.) f rom Rotterdam, 63 ditto from Rouen. and 7 0 ditto from o, Luld, forming a total supply cf 568 tons. Al 'Qugli our markets are by no means heavily supplied, Al !h demand for all kinds cf Potatoes is heavy, and in P ixi° instances prices have still a downward tendency. resent rates as under:— bi scotcht t'o Per Ton. -ti l e a g u eri s t . s .. 908 to 1.20 s —s to —s egents 70s to Eos Ditto Cups 6!s to 75s tt ° - uufrs to —s p ln ue, Eyes , ...... —s to — r s oin.Regents. 90s to 10es ‘ sbeaeh di tto 7 0s to 95 s Ditto liidnevs —s to s eßc astlelfegts. EOs to 90s Per Ton. Common Whites 50s to 75s Kent Kidneys —s to Estex. Regents ... —s to —1 Ditto Shatys —s to s Ditto Kidneys ... —s to e French Whites ... 60s to 80s Ditto Red 5......... —s to —s Belgian Whites... 605 to 75s Dutch Whites ... 70s to BCs Ditto Reds ... —s to s German ditto ... 60s to 80s BOUOUGH HOP MARKET. * Very few really fine Hops are on sale now. The de bolfand for such is steady, at full prices. In other kinds 1. 0 1 % 8 Only a limited business is I,assing, at barely late baleseB The imports into London last week were 37 ci from Outen 4 . New Mid. and East Kent pockets, b. 6$ to 111 Its ; new Weald of Kent d'tto, 613 s to 8/ ; 1 37 Sussex ditto, 51 ss to 61 10s; new Farnhams, 121 to Yearling Kent=, 31 to 41 10s; yearling Sussex, 2183 -u ` 158 ; old Hops, I/ to 3/15s. WOOL. public sales, of about 15.000 hales, have be com -14:11e8d. The whole of the parcels yet submitted to 0 14 Petition-4,500 bales—have sold briskly at an ad 2ree On the previous sale's prices of from Id to fully f lb. The at'eldance of buyers from the - mane bl. t uring districts, as well as from the Continent, has 61 :1 unusually large. The auctions will be continued 1,.' 1 , 111 ,g the whole of the present week. Since Monday the importations into London have amounted to 63 (1 , 1 ,€8 from Mogadore ; 2,100 ditto from Arica; 10 `Lto from the Rio Grande ; 271 ditto from the Cape; 842 ditto from Port Philip ; 594 ditto from Sydney ; 418 ditto f rom Od essa; 20 ditt o f r o m B u en o s Ayres ; and 60 ditto from Bombay. TALLOW'. The delivery of Tallow sinco this day se'nnight has 1 : (4 exce.tded 1,742 casks. Notwithstanding the market t t d ay is tolerably steady prices aro 3d per cwt. lower 37 " 1 on Monday laq. P. Y. C. on the spot, is selling at eks 3d to 37s 63 per cwt. For delivery of new up t() i i utlstmas, the price is 391 per cwt, at which very little f king. Town Tallow, 37s per cwt, net cash; rough 2t Id pEr 8 lbs. 1840. 1847. 1 1848. 1840. I 186 u. 1 . 1 : 30 k this day ...... 15,518 12,137 11,373 33,895 i 41,736 :7 el r * C ' I it. o d a to s2s es 9 o d e 40 . 0 0 d d to it0 3 3 / ; g 3 , d ;, ‘1 :2: ( jil t0 6j4 0.8 6 b!L v erY last week •• j 1,398 1,511 1,730 2,4 , 82 i _1,742 A _no front June 1.... j 71,893 67,8G9 J 80,1111 7u,, 46 41,096 .7.,p13,1t1s hut week • F 307 J 709 875 613 unto front June 1 ... 1 75,617 69,393 j 84,033 103,103 87,359 l' tlet of Town •. •...1 46s Gd 52a Od 54s Od 4as Od 1 39s 6d JU DICIAL COMMITT)E OF THE , COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) tt :rhe C omm i ttee o f t h e P r ivy Council sat at Whitehall : 18 morning, at ton o'clock, and proceeded to hear :i ntel, in the case of Mahtab Chund Bahadoor v. the Govern or of Bengal. which was an appeal from one of l eicdici a l tr ib una l s i n B e n g al. T he counsel was to be heard on each side on a point I:eeerved arid Mr. Turner was beard during the morning for the appellant. L The memb e r s of the Committ e present were—Lord acgdal e , L or d C am pb e ll, Dr. Lusbington, Sir Edward it Y", Mr. Baron Parke, and the lion. Mr. Pemberton CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, agreeably to the arrangement 1 7 announced on Saturday, sat t‘-day in his court , in e Old 'Hall, Lincoln's lon, and heard appeals. His ircishiti, it is now generally understood, will sit in the ° , ll se of Lords to hear appeals on Thursdays and -rl days, and every other day in the Court of Chancery. LIUTCHINCON Y. TZYCHEIINE. The further arguments on this part-beard case Zdero resumed this morning. Tho case came before l Lord s hip upon appeal from an order of the Vice 'hancellor Knight Bruce, directing farther inquiries W ith respect to the negotiations between the defendant and Mr. Lo Goux, the inventor of a process for harden :lll sand-stone, patented by the defendant to tbo excln -I°ll Of the prior title ( f the plaintiff, who had purchased 4 f rom the inventor. The inquiries were directed to e sil ` s t the Court in coming to a right conclusion on the l ° made for the plaintiff, who sought by his bill to have the defendant declared to be his trustee for the patent. 14 1P'. Cooper and Mr. Tyrrell were counsel for the gip s ' a nt; Mr. J. Russell and Mr. Hetherington for:the re• Pendent, and Mr. Webster for Le Goux. The L ORD C HANCELLOR , at the conclusion cf the ar gument, gave judgment, dismissing the appeal with eosts. CROSS V. SPRIG°. ,„ The f ar th er argumen t s o n the part heard appeal were rn rebumed, and occupied tie Court the remainder of *44 morning. MOLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ; r ll ho Master of the Rolls did nut sit in his Court in b` yard, Chancery-lane, tc-day, in consequence of d iti l 3 g to attend the Judicial Committee of the Privy • . V ICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) ° is Honour sst this morning at eleven o'clock, and .4144 1 cause!, but no case of any interest occurred. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) ILEPPELL V. ALBEMARLE. i f ThiS ease was on the paper to - day upon p etition. U p on —i° ,eiag called on, , t CALVERT said that the object of t h e p etit:on was Cou ntess obtain an order t , ) restrain the dl findant, the Dowager `'uu ntess of Albemarle, from scratching a hor se's name out of the list entered fur the Derby. th kr. B ETHELL , who appeared for the Countess, said at he would relieve his friend from any suspense on that Pont,m and ho would undertake that tLe name cf t r horse should not be scratched out: his creat had Cell a bill which was set down Lore the Vice-Chan s ii e p or of England, and he thought the best course to to ° Pt Would be to take all the mutters in dispute before uat branch of the Court, as a notice bad already been Riven ( Wf a motion betor e the Vice-Chancellor f E ngland for an injunction. After acme short discussion, this s uggestion was a g r eed to . (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) Ca uses of no general interest occupied th e Court the w "le morning. • QUEEN'S BENCII.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius,at Guildhall, bff ire Mr. Justice ERLE and a Common Jury.) filar wa3 the first day f the sittings at nisi prius, after Ity term, for the city of London. le tryi ng Court and jury were occupied during the morning trYing the cat° of Gerad v. Lcvington, which was an ae, "on to recover the amount of a wine-merchant's bill, mivolving no matter of public interest. COI%IMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) Tai l WILSON V. PRESTON. t r was a case directed by the Court of Chancery to t Y the validity of a deed of equity f redemption. 'fhe 4 4 °e telings occupied the Court at great length, but wer e of no general interest. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall.) b, he Cs occupied during the morning in trying e case of Story v. Finnis, which was an action to se 2ver datna., , es agaiust the Sheriff for an alleged illegal 4latr.ess, laht, the particulars wera only uf interest to the Dames immediately concerned. COUNTY COURT. (TIES DAY.) (Before G. CLIVE, Esq.) SUING IDr " FORMA PAUPERIS." the portly afler his Hutour had taken his seat on 1. bench, Mr. Owen, the solicitor, of White -4.1°111, Court, Cornhill, attended at the above court to 1 4 . " all application fir an order to sue in ora ka pauperis" on behalf of a female in tLat Court, Applicant stated that the present was the first 'PPlication made to a judge at a County Court fur such 11 or der, and he importance theconsidered it t f the utmost public ti at his H o nou r ' s opinion should to made sv ve Ile w ou ld 'I fel. his Honour to a case reported th e - 't Common Pleas (Clive, a pauper, V. Ballen), where v _ Yarned judge 3 laid down that every Court of Record t i . T l (l allow artier to sue in forma pauperis. The th e Jude on that occasion was for 101. due for wsges, and :pe Judge ruled that the action was properly brought. 04ii_t_herefure, considered that under acids circumstances fo'r_kionour had power to grant him an order to sue in lauperis in the action he was about to bring. ,:11111 tiorrouft, after peruting tLe report alluded to, """I that he had the power to wake the order ; there- SURREY fore on applicaut making the usual ti ill davit he should instantly grant it. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) Two resneetahly attic d men, who gave their na m. s as George 'Haigh and Chorhs 'Nero charged with obstructing the police in it e execetl,ai of th( it du:;, Police-constable A 156 s:a,cd that while on duty in Chancery- lane, on Sunday morning, ne'ween t Nelve mid one o'clock, he heard a cry of " police," and on going into Holborn he found Haigh violenily shaking a man, and surrounded by a mob of people. He tried to g. t him away from the man whom he was illusing. when the prisoner sk izel him by the collar, and placing his finger; b(tween his neck and stock, he attempted to throttle him; but witness had recourse to his truncheon, and beat his hands off. Shortly afterwards assistance came up, and the prisoner was, with some difficulty, conveyed to the station. Mr. HALL—Did he say anything to you? W itness— I asked him what he was doing with the man, and his reply was, " Vind out, you d—d thief." Polite-constable A 224, one of the police who came to the rescue of the last witness, stated that the prisoner Williams, and others t.f the mob, pushed against him and endeavoured to prevent his reaching his brother con stable. The prisoner struck him, while some of his companions knocked his hat over his eyes. Mr. HALL—How many people were assembled on the spot? Witness—l should say about 300. Mr. HALL—Then there was a riotous disturbance. Witness—There was a dreadful noise. Mr. HALL —What have ycu to say, Haigh? Haigh said he was ashamed of his conduct, and sorry for what had occurred, for it was always his desire to assist rather than obstruct the police. The fact was, however, he was a trunk-maker, but he had been out of work all through the winter until last week, when ho succeeded in getting into a shop, and when he commit ted the offence he was returning home from the house where he had " paid his footing." Williams, who described himself as a clerk, denied all knowledge of the transaction. He was aLtracte ito the spot by the noise, and on reaching it he was pounced upon by the police, and carried away to the station housr. Mr. HALL said such a disturbance could not bo tole rated in the streets, nor could he visit this offence with a slight fine. The prisoners must thcrtfore pay 50s. each or be imprisoned fourteen days. The prisoners were then removed in custody. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY F,VENING, FEBRUARY A MODEL DECISION._ As we have occasionally derided the Aldermana tion of Justice, it is but fair to acknowledge that Aldermen Carden and numphery at the Mansion house have, in the treatment and punishment of a ruffianly case, presented a perfect model to the magis tracy. A Mr. Leggett, leather merchant, committed an assault upon a young lady, and followed it up by using grossly indecent language to her. The plea in defence was intoxication. Many a magistrate would have lectured the defendant upon the impropriety of getting drunk, fined him forty shillings or so, which would have been smilingly and triumphantly paid, and the case would have been disposed of ; but not so did the Aldermen allow a ruffian to purchase the in dulgence of brutality. " Alderman Carden, after having conferred with Alderman Humphery, said, my brotl.er magistrate and I have very narrowly looked into all the circumstances of this case, and we concur in opinion that one of more gross indecency could not have been brought before us. We concur, too, in cpinion that the diigusting words uttered by the defendant must have been habitual, and not the mere casual effusion of drunken brutality. " The defendant—l assure you, sir, that I was so drank as to have no idea of what took place. A friend and I had dined and taken f eir bottles of wine in the tavern near the spot. I had no notion of insulting the lady. " Alderman Carden—You were not able to run after and petsecute her, but to attempt to escape when ou found that persons were ready and de termined to pro teat her, and you greatly aggravated 'our offence by repeating language unfit for any cars, in the presence of one to whom as a man you were bound to offer suc cour and assistance inste aI of insult. We are perfectly aware that a sum of money as a penalty upon you would be considered of no importance. You traaifested by your smiles and indifference, is hile the young lady was so modestly giving her evidence, that you felt very I.ttle for her, or for your offence agaiust c.sty', or apprehen sion as to the result of this investigation. But it happens as magistrates we have the power of inflicting a very du agreeable substitute for a pecuniary penalty, and we think that this is a most excellent opportunity of testing the efficacy of that pee er. Our sentence upon 3 ou, therefore, is, that for your violent and indecent conduct you be imprisoned seven days in the House of Corm tion.—(Laughter.) " The d, fendant was shocked at this judgment, and assured the Bench that ho deeply regretted his conduct, and was willing to pay any penalty they might think proper to inflict. He repeated that he was most willing to be allowed to apologise to the lady and all other per sons whom he might have offended. " Alderman Carden said, the Bench did not consider it necessary to consult the lady at all upon the occasion, and certainly could not suppose that she would con descend t ) listen to the language of apology from one who had used language for which there could be no apology. The defendant was then taken off to the House of Correction. There were several gentlemen present who were ready to testify as to the high respect ability of Mr. Leggett, but the Alderman said the case was disposed of." This is all excellent. There are other police courts in which the defendant's expressions of regret after the unexpected sentence was passed would not have been contrasted with the insolent indifference of his demeanour when he thought that his purse was to exempt him from punishment for his brutality. The Alderman had the sagacity to see that the de fendant's sorrow was not sorrow at the unprovoked outrage he had committed against an unprotected woman, but sorrow that he had fallen into the hands of justice, and could not ransom his person from the House of Correction. We have often`protested against the readiness of ma gistrates to favour the intercession of complainants for mitigation of punishment, as if a party should in any way be permitted to interfere with the office and functions of the judge, and as if the example of punishment for outrage was not due to the public in terests from the moment a case was brought under the cognizance of a tribunal. Alderman Carden would not fall into this weak err or ; " he did not think it necessary to consult the lady at all upon the occasion"—all that he consulted was the example best calculated to secure the public against the repetition of any such offence. Gentlemen were of course ready to testify to the high respectability of the convicted defendant ; but the honest and upright alderman simply intimated that the case was disposed of, and " highly-respect able" rufflanim has to undergo its appropriate chas tisement in the House of Correction. The City magistracy is honoured by this example. —Examiner. PUBLIC CONVEYANCES OF THE METROPOLIS. A densely-crowded meeting of the owners and drivers of cabs and hackney carriages, likewise the watermen" of the metropolitan ranks, took place on Friday night at the Temperance Hall, in the Broad way, Westminster, for the purpose, among others, of confirming a series of rules and regulations agreed to at a former meeting, as the foundation of a Pro tective Association, in consequence of the infor mations and prosecutions lately levied en masse against both drivers and masters ; and also to Lear the report of the deputation appointed to wait on the Commissioners of Police. Mr Ruscombe Wollen, of Baclelersbury, attended as the solicitor to the association, and it appeared that that gentleman, accompanied by a deputation of masters, consisting of Messrs. Emmett, Hider, Jenks, Smith, and Beadle, had waited on the authorities at Scotland yard, and represented the grievances they laboured under, and the persecution they were enduring in con sequence of the " ranks" of London not being properly defined. The Mary leboneVestry, under their b local the 35 Ji of Geo. 111., cap. 73, had positively interdicted the standing of hackney carriages or cabs on what had always been considered a " rank" in Oxferd-street, namely, between Market-street and Poland-street. One cab driver had been recently fined by Mr. Bing ham, at Marlborough-street, and a number of other cases were pending his decision. At the present time there were nearly 3,000 cabs working in the metro polis, and, on an average, there were not more than 1,000 engaged at any one given time, which would leave 2,000 that sh ould be standing on the " ranks "—the regular recognised " ranks "—which contained room for only 1,200, leaving 800 totally unprovided with a standing. The depu tation urged the increased and increasing size of London, and the necessity Of new "ranks," and fur ther expressed a hope that the Legislature would shortly place the regulation of public conveyances, the appointment of " ranks" or stands, &c., under the en tire control of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Police, repealing, of course, all local Acts relating to the same. The Commissioners replied, that they would give the subject their serious insidere-. tion they had already taken the opion e . if the law officers of the Crown, re lative to their powers, under the 6th and 7th Victoria, for the regu lating hackney carriages ; but the legal authorities did not think that it repealed the local Acts ; at least their construction of the statute was equivocal. Sir G. Grey intended last session to introduce a Bill on the subject of public conveyances ; and if the Right llon. Baronet still entertained that idea, the deputa tion, through their solicitor, would be informed of it. In the course of the meeting, it was stated that there was no less than 800 badges " working foul," at the present time, in London, by the lowest and most de graded characters, the detection and punishment cf whom was one of the principal objects of the proposed association. We believe the annual financial statement of the Charcellor of the Exchequer will not bo made in ti .e House f Commons before Easter; but thEre is every reason to exp.ct tht.t it will be brought forward as soon as postibie af,er the recess.--Sunday raper, AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOn, SUNDAY.—By the royal mail steam ship Niagara, Captain Ryrie, we have advices from New York to the sth, Boston to the Gth, and Halifax to the S:h inst. From Canada the accounts are more satisfactory. In Quebec: the Annexationist candidates had been de feated. A dispatch from Earl Grey, under date Downing-street, January 9, appears in the papers. He approves the dismissal from service of those who had signed the annexation document. The remainder of the dispatch we give at length :—" Her Majesty confidently relies on the loyalty of the great majority of her Canadian subjects, and she has therefore determined to exert all ie authority that belongs to her for the purpose of maintaining the connexion of Canada with this Government, being persuaded that the permanence of that connexion is highly advantageous to both. Your Lordship will, there fore, understand that you are commanded by her Majesty to resist, to the utmost of your power, any attempt which may be made to bring about the separation of Canada from British dominion, and to make known in the strongest manner her Majesty's displeasure with all those who may directly or indi rectly encourage such a design ; and if any attempt of this kind should take such a form that those who are guilty of it may, according to such advice as you may receive from your law advisers, be made respon sible for their conduct in a court of justice, you will not fail to take the necessary measures for bringing them to account." The most interesting event in the transactions of the United States Congress is the introduction of a series of resolutions into the Senate by Mr. Elby. These resolutions propose an amicable arrangement of all the controverted topics between the free and slave states. The first maintains the admission of California into the American union, free from any restriction on the exclusion or introduction of slavery within its limits. In the second re solution it is provided that territorial government should be established by Congress in the territories acquired from Mexico, without the imposition of any condition on the subject of slavery. The 3d and 4th resolutions contend that the western boundary of Texas be fixed on the Rio del Norte, from its mouth to the mouth of the Rabine. The sth and 6th assert that slavery ought not to be abolished in the districts of Columbia during the ex istence of the institution in the States of Maryland without the consent of the people of the district, and a just compensation to the owners of the slaves, and that the slave-trade, under certain conditions, should be abolished within the federal district as repugnant to the common feelings of mankind. In the two final resolutions it is urged that provision should be made by Congress for the more effectual restitution of slaves in any State escaping into any other State or territory ' • and that Congress has no power to pro hibit the trade in slaves between the several States; that being an arrangement to be decided, according to the principles of the Constitution, by the particular laws of the States themselves. The resolutions were sustained by Mr. Clay, in a speech of masterly elo quence and ability, which produced a strong sensation on the Senate ; they were ordered to be made the subject of special consideration in the Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce says—" I learn from an authentic source that the Captain-General of Cuba has been instructed by his Government to liberate the slaves in case of an invasion or insurrection. The Hudson's Bay Company, through the British Minister, have re newed their proposition, made during the adminis tration of President Polk, to the United States Go vernment, to dispose of all their possessory rights in Oregon south of 49 degrees for 1,000,000 dollars. This proposition was communicated to the Senate in executive session. The price asked is the same as before." Last advices from Venezuela mention that affairs exhibited a high degree of prosperity. General Paez was still in confinement. The coffee crop was abut], dant. Another engagement was said to have taken place between the Hayden and Dominican fleets. Some of the foreign merchants had refused to comply with all the requirements of the monopoly law in re gard to the sale of foreign produce. The monopoly on coffee was taken off by a royal decree of the Em peror on the 10th of last month., Between 50 and GO persons bad been killed by the explosion of a boiler at New York. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 5. Money Market-The supply of Government and State stocks on the market hes been quite moderate and the demand active. The prompt payment of the interest on the Pennsylvanian bonds in gold and silver has had a good effect upon that stock. Great confidence is now f,lt in the stability of all the dividends paying. State Securities-The annual financial report of the various States show them to be in a healthy and im proving condition. The quotations of the leading stocks are as follows :-United States Sixes, 1868, 1121 ; 1867, 1111; 1862, 1091 ; Fives, 1853, 100 i ; Ohio Six' s, 106 ; Kentucky, 103 ; New York Fives, 103 to 104 ; Indiana, 73 ; Pennsylvania, 50k. In exchange business has been very large for this steamer, probably larger than the business of any other steamer will reach this year. Sterling has again ad vanced, and closed at 9 to 9+ per cent. for leading sig ta'urea. The bulk of the business, however, has been at 83 to 9 per cent. Some southern sterling, first Blase, sold at 9 per cont. Francs were 5 dolls. 28 1 c. t o 5 dolls. 271 e. for best names, and 5 dolls. 25c. for short sight. SJale good Southern franca sold at 5 dolls. 3510. A portion if the demand for sterling was for remitting Pennsylvania interest. Cotton-( Wrigla's Circular)-We extract the state of the market for Canada on the 23d ult., by last circular, which was prepared, in which was quoted an advance of ic. to ic., as having taken place during the preceding fortnight, with very large sales. On the day the steamer sailed there was a desire to sell, and a decline was sub mitted to. On the 24th the disposition to realise was increased, and sales were made at a reduction of ie. per pound. On Friday, the 28th, the accounts by the Niagara, with the Liverpool dates to the 12th of Ja nuary, were received by telegraph, and on the following day the letters were to hand showing an advance in Liverpool of its, with a good feeling and fair prospect of the continuance if a large business in the manufac turing districts. Their accounts caused a reaction and a partial recovery of the decline, with a fair amount of business, continued up to last evening; the market clos ing firmly but quiet at a reduction of ie. from quotations as gia en by the Canada. 13readstaffs-In bi eadstuffe there has been a fair busi ness doing. The quotatious are-Western Canal, from 4 dope. 87ie. to 5 dolls. 25c. per barrel; southern de scriptionr, 5 dolls. 12ic. to 5 dolls. 25e.; corn meal, 2 dolls. 871 c.; Indian corn, 59a. to 62ic. per bushel; white Genesee, 1260. to 128 c. re: bushel; Ohio, 105 c. to 110 c. per bushel. Iron-Scotch pig is held more firmly at 21 dolly. 25c. to 21 dolls. 50c. cash, per ton. English bars firm at 42 dolls. 80c. Freights are still, and the business is moderately active. The business if the last three days is, in the aggregate, as follows:-To Liverpool, 36,000 bushels of corn, from 4id. to 53.; cotton, 5-32 d. to 3 161; flour, Is. 6d., and heavy goods, 20a. to 225. 6d. To London, 10,000 lb. of whalebone, FL; 2,000 barrels of turpentine, 25.• 60 barrels of ashes, 275. 63. To Havre, ie. it, again asked for cotton. To Stettin, a Swedish ship took a cargo at 63., for St. Domingo, of logwood. To Ant werp, 400 bales of cotton, 4c. To Rott-rdam, a vessel filled up at /e. A Swedish brig, for Ilatnburgb, was tratzu up at 27e. 6d. for lugwood; at 3c. for liquids; and an Oldenburgh schooner, for Bremen, at 255. for log wood and 3c. for liquids. To Glasgow the rases were for flour is. 63.; rosin, Is. 9d.; beef, 3s. 63. per tierce; heavy goe,ds, 20.; cotton, 3-IG. NEW ORLEANS, FEB. 1, 6 P.M. The cotton market has been very quiet today, and prices have a downward turn. Sales do not exceed 500 to 600 bales, including middling at 1 lie. to I lie. If hese quotations be correct there has be en a decline of ull half a cent. since the 30th. PROTIDENTIIL ESCAPE OF A FEMALE, AND COW ARMY CONDUCT OF A MAN.—About eight o'clock on the evening of Monday, the 4th must , the wife ( f Mir. William Burford, grocer, &c., who resides within a few yards of Pontardulais-bridge, heard the cries if a person in distress. On going towards the spot from whence the cries proceeded, she found a man standing on the brink of the river, who was so terrifiel at the sound of the water, that he declared he could not move another step. Mrs. Bui fird (who hourly expected her accouchement to teke place) took the man fly the arm, and directed him which path ho should take. She was in the act of fol lowing, when her foot slipped, and she herself fell into the river, which at that place is very deep. She sank three times, but eventually caught hold of the branches cf a tree which overhung its banks. Her sister, w he, fortunately, was in the house at the time, beard the splashing in the water, and soon proceeded to the spot with a light; her cries now brought another female to her assistance; and, by the united efforts of the two women, they succeeded in bringing the apparently lifeless body of the uenrtunate woman from the water, and conveying her home. A crowd of men and women soon collected, who were in formed ( f the circumstances of the case. A party was sent to endeavour to find the "noble specimen of man hood," with strict orders (which, we doubt not, would have been willing obeyed) to bring him back, and intro duce him ie. - 0 tbe cold berth so lately occupied by his kind-het,rted preserver. Fortunately for the cowardly fellow, the darkness ( f the night favoured his escape, and he eluded the vigilance of his friendly pursuers. Mrs. Burford remair el for several hours in a state of ' u nconscicusress; but in the morning she was safely dee ' livered of a flee boy. We aro happy to aid, that both • mother end child are now as well as can be expected.— Cambrian. INTERTION OF DER MAJESTY TO VISIT HOLY ROOD PALACE.—We have much pleasure in being able to :announce that it is the intention of lee Maje,ty, either in going to. or returning from Balmoral next autumn, to visit Holyroed Palace. It ir , as )et, un known what ltngth of time the visit will extend to, but fcom the preparations reported to he under consi deration in connexion with the providing of aecom mcdAtior, there is a probability tl at her Majesty and the Court may spend a few days at the Palace. We sincerely trust that this expectation will bo teAlised.— ,SceLman. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD IiEFORA ASSOCIATION. 13th, — the attention of the House was demanded to a Bill called the Great Northern Railway Deviations Bill ; and as I believe the e3.-i,tenci ( f thq nasion might be debated upon what is called a Private Bill without its being noticed in the reports, it may be useful to state the circumstl(nce9. Three - or four scars ago, the Great Northern and the East Lincolnshire Railways applied for Acts for their establishment, upon the ground that they would offer peculiar advantages to the public, and particu larly to the less opulent portion. Of course there was no resisting such an appeal, and they got their Acts. And now they present themselves with a Bill to re peal their obligations. What these obligations were, will be best seen from the following account of the whole cif the provisions they desire to repeal, ex tracted verbatim from the Breviate laid before the House of Commons. EXTRACT FROM BREVIATE. " The following provisions are proposed to Le re pealed:— " That the second-class carriages should be closed and have glass windows. Tt at the third-class carriages shall be covered and have seats. " That the Company shall run third-class trains every day as awn and upon such conditions as the Railway Board shall prescribe. " Also the f„ Mowing provisions of the Great Northern Railway Act, a. 207: " Thst the charges f or conveyance o f be charged according t o th e geogra phical distance be tween the places, and not accor di ng to the length of r a ilway." p as sengers shall This is a specimen of the mode of legislating on railways. Some people thought the popularity of the House of Commons was sufficiently compromised on that subject already. But there is another point in the Bill worth notice. It contains a claim confirming the power of opening your parcel or mine, to see if we have put two parcels under one cover. As was said on the opposi tion to the second reading, would it not be as reason - able to ask for a clause to oblige every man to weight his parcel with stones and gravel to a hundredweight, in order to enable the railways to charge ? It would be equally for the profit of the railway, and equally for the detriment of the public. Why is the trad ing part of the community to be deprived of the power of economizing in this direction as well as any other? Post-offices have given up the absurdity of detnanding to know whether one or two pieces of paper were inserted under the same cover, and aro content to charge by weight ; and why should the nuisance be continued for the benefit of railway po tentates ? Commercial men state seriously, that be sides the attempt upon their purse, the practice is employed to get at their secrets of trade, and find out who corresponds with who. Surely this is a discredit to a commercial country which ought to be abated. _ _ On Thursday motion was made for the House re solving itself into a Committee to take into considera tion the rate or tax called " Ministers' Molloy" in Ireland. The Government moved the previous ques tion, which was carried by 96 against 76. No great majority, and showing that the question is adva nciug. What is to become of the children whose heads we lay our hands on, if within the term cf their natural lives there is not made as great a change in the feeling of Ireland, as has taken place in Scaland since "Johnny Cope" slumbered on his laurels They will be lucky if they are allowed to have 3 vote for the President of the United States, with an .Anti- Wilmot Proviso. On the same day motion was made for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the existing Act as empowers the Crown to appoint any places in the British dominions for the transportation of felons. The difficulties connected with this question are not yet fairly before the public eye. If men will be felons, they must be transported somewhere, or else kept at home. The tendency of modern observation and discovery seems to be, that the preventive for moral as for physical infection, is by planting out, and as thinly as you can. Fifty years ago, men suspected of ill health were huddled into a lazaretto, and there kept to fester and accumulate. The modern belief is, that the best way is to divide them into healthy lo calities, and the evil will go out, and nobody be the worse. But then what an unpleasant operation. for the places fixed on for the process ! It may not be altogether pleasant, but there roust be a balance among the necessities of different parts of the com munity. A couple of hundred years ago, en the alarm of disease in the metropolis, villages barricaded themselves, and threatened to shoot any citizen that attempted to air himself within their limits. Such things would not be allowed now. Suppose Kent and Essex were to get into a heat, and declare that no part of the filth of London should be washed by the Thames, because it would be bringing it within their borders. There must clearly be some balance between the different interests. London, if there is to be London, must not be condemned to helpless pu- trtfaction, lest Kent or Essex should detect an unsa voury odour among their breezes. This is only one specimen of the questions there are to resolve. And till inure is done towards this, it seems premature tob• shifting the power of decision from the Crown to Par liament. Were the American colonies any better sa tisfied with their Tea Duty because it was founded on an Act of Parliament ? The House seemed to have some feeling of the same kind, and the motion was negatived by 110 against 32. On Friday it was resolved in Committee, that it is expedient to make further provisions for the repay ment of advances which have been made or authorised to be made for the relief of distress and other pur poses, to Poor-law Unions, Electoral Divisions, Baro nies, and other districts in Ireland. And that the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury be autho rised to direct the issue, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, of any sum not ex ceeding 300,0001, to be advanced to certain distressed Poor-law Unions and Electoral Divisions in Ireland, on such terms and conditions as may be directed by any Act of the present session of Parliament. The " further provisions for repayment" I appre hend consist in giving forty years for the proposed re payment instead of twenty. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 18th Feb., 1850. NEW FIRE-ESCAPE. TO TH E EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Permit me s u b m it f or y o ur inspection a model of a simple and ec ono mic bedroom fire-escape. It combines a tahl^, night-stool, wash-stand and glass, together or separate, with the means of saving life. It is an ornament to a room, light, and eariy of movement, and its construction so certain and safe, that the most timid, the young and old, the bed ridden and infirm, may avail themselves of it, and be removed from the precincts of a horrible fate in a less space of tim e th an i s ta k en u p i n the fixing of a fire-escape or th e common fire-ladder. These advantag es , Sir, are to be obtained for so small a sum as t o b e w i t hi n t h e re ach of nearly all, not exceeding two drys' wages of the ordinary work ing man, and should it meet the approval of, and be woithy of a noti ce i n your va l ua ble journal, thein ventor, who is a working man, will not long want patronage to e na bl e hi m to b r i n g forth his invention, and reap the advantages thereof in this great mei;ro- I remain, Sir, &c. 5, Angel -place, Broadwall. J. G. [We have seen this very ingenious and useful fire escape, and stron g ly re commend the inventor to place it in some p u bli c i nst i tu tion for exhibition. It is at the same tim e an e l eg ant piece of furniture and a most effici en t fire-escape.—En. Sun.] BRUTAL OUTRAGr. BRADFORD, THURSDAY:- An outrage cf a most revolting character, which termi nated in the death of an unfirtunate women, has cleated no trifling sensation in the neighbourhood of this town. The facts elicited by the magistrates and coroner are briefly these : —The unhappy victim was a drunken Irishwoman, named Margaret Dugout. She was mar ried, and had three children, but had been disowned by them in consequence of her dissolute habits. Oa the al , ernoon of the 6th inst. she was returning from. the Wakefield House cf Correction, where she had been confined for some disorderly conduct, when she dropped into a public house at Tong. Ttere happened to be carousing at this house some nine or ten rough fellows, who, after giving her some ale and rendering her intox icated, commenced larking with the miserable creature by shoviug her against the forms and oa the floor, and otherwise abusing . her. She remained drink ing with the men till near ten o'clock, when she left, accompanied by four or five of the party. They ltd her up a road , and instead of taking the direct route to this place, where she wanted to go, dragged her over a stile into au adjacent fi e ld. Here tie fellows were guilty of the most revolting conduct, and left her in a lit !pie :a and insensible state in the field. These facts were sworn to by a little boy named Dunr, who watched them carrying the deceased, and who was driven away by them when they saw that h e wa s watch ing them. On the following morning the stiffened corpse of the poor woman was discovered near the edge of a ditch in the field. Her clothes were torn, as if she had been engagtd in a struggle, and scratches and bruises were on different parts of the body. Mr. Field, a sur geon, considered that exposure to the cold by being lift in the fit 1 1 during the night might have caused her death. Mr. Ingham, the superintendent of , police, im mediately set to work in detecting the ruffians, and four men named James Owes, James Farrar, George Coates', and Richard Hollingdreke, were taken. After a pro tracted itivealgation, the magistrate decided upon com mitting Oetes, Coates, and Ferrer for tile' on the charge of manslaughter at the next assize?. The fourth party, Hollingdrake, was discharged. SELECT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES.-- On Friday this comm „ etce first meeting in the Speaker's room, Mr.lewait in the chair, and arranged the order of proceeding with reference to their proposed inquiry as to the means of extending the establishment of libraries freely open to the public in large and popu lous towns. DRURY-LANE THEATRE Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of ‘Vales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena, honoured the per formances at this theatre with their presence on Sa turday evening last. The royal party arrived before the close cf the first piece, which was The Spoiled Child, and in which the clever performance of Aliss Maria Ternan, as Little Pickle, at once attracted the attention ( f the juvenile royal visitors. The audience recognised their presence previous to the overture for the pantomime commencing, and there were some cries raised in the first gallery for " Go.i save the Queen," but these were at once repressed upon its being perceived, by the withdrawal of the royal children from the front of the box, that this manifestation of loyalty would not be agreeable to her Majesty. Their privacy was not further intruded upon during the evening, except in the very natural one of noticing how they enjoyed the performance. For the information, then, of all papas and mammas, we can state, that at all our visits to theatres at this season for the last twenty years, we never witnessed more hearty enjoyment, more thorough youthful ap preciation of the drolleries of the pantomimes, than was exhibited by the party who occupied the royal box on Saturday night. The two Princesses, their little hands enveloped in white kid gloves, trimmed with black, never ceased to applaud, whilst their joyous countenances exhibited unceasing happiness. Prince Alfred evinced, on account of his age, more astonish ment perhaps than pleasure ; but the Prince of Wales, boy-like, alternately applauded and laughed, and turned to the Queen to express some mark cf wonder or pleasure. But the great delight of the evening was the surprising scene between Stilt the Clown and his son, a little fellow apparently not more than six years of age, dressed as a " juvenile clown." The moment the pantomime was concluded 'the royal party retired. Planche's comedy of Charles 111. followed. The house was crowded in every part, and the private boxes (especially those commanding a view of the' royal visitors) were occupied by several members of the nobility with their young families. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the dc mestic household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hoe. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Royal Family took their usual exercise in the Royal Garden yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfre3, the Princess Royal, and the Prin cess Alice, honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. The royal suite con sisted of the Coui,tess of Mount Edgcumbe, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, visited the Royal. Asiatic Society, in New Burlington-street, on Saturday afternoon. The Queen's private band attended on Friday evening in Buckingham Palace, and performed the following pieces:— Overture and Selection, " liaydee" Canzonetta Auber. Weber. Pas de Six, " G uilla Ti 11" Rossini. Jallacic Marsch. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert did Mr. Moon the honour of inspecting the first etching for the engraving publishing by him of Sir George Hay ter's picture of the christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at St. Gorges Chapel, Windsor. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were— Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis if Lansdowne, the Earl cf Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat three hours. A deputation consisting of Mr. John Masterman, M.P., Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. John Dixon, Mr. Under-Sheriff and the City Remembraucer, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Horne-Ace. General Prince Castolcicale, the Neapolitan Minister, ,ransacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday evening. The Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Charge d'Affaire:, !caves town to-day for Turin, on leave of absence for a month. The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town on Saturday morning from Dublin. The Noble Earl had an inter view with Lord John Russell, at his official residence, in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting cf Mr. John Lockett, Chair man of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, Mr. James Aikin, with Sir Thomas Birch, M.P., and Mr. E. Cardwell, M.P., bad an interview with the Right Hon. 11. Laboucbere on Saturday, at the Office of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the Merchant Service Bill. A deputation from the Metropolitan Sanitary Associ ation had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Sa turday, in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Al derman Wilson, Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman Sidney, Mr. Sheriff Lawrence, the City Remembrancer, and the City Solicitor, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. Lord and Lady John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday, at their residence in Chesham place. The company it,eluded the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. and Mrs. Vernon Smith, the Right Hoc. T. B. Macaulay, the Rev. Gilbert and Miss Elliot, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. Odo Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Mal den, and the Hon. Miss Lister. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was pre aohed by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Phipps. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmorc, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The ser mon was preached by the Bishop of Rochester. The anthem was " Hearken unto my voice" (Kent). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. LEAMINGTON SPA, FEB. 16.—Among the arrivals of the week at this place of fashionable resort are the following :—The Marquis and Marchioness ofTweeddale, Viscount Tullamore, Lady Sykes and family, Hon. Charles Petre, Hon. Mr. Boyle, Lady Brown, Baron de Lyons, Hon. Mr. and Lady Melville, lion. Mrs. Wharton and family; Sir Henry Beddingfield, Sir A. Campbell, Colonels Smith and Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel Gooch, Rev. Messrs. Clay and Clayton, Captains Loyd, Graham, Rayleigh, Gordon, Rallies, Richardson and Morbitts; Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield, Mr. and Mrs. Clowes, Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvy, Mr. and Mrs. Macaulay, Dr. and Mrs. Bateman, &c., &c. From what ti aespired at the inter view be t seen the deputation appointed by our Town Commissioners and a ledge body c f the directors of the London and North-Western Railway Comr any at the Euston-square station, on Thursday last, there is every resson to believe that the line of railway betwom this place and Rugby will be very shortly comple:e3. MLERIACE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.— NOTTINGMAM, SATURDAY.—A public meeting c f the in habitants of this town was held last night at the Ex change Hall, to consider the propriety of presenting a petition to Parliament in favour of Mr. Stuart Wortley's Bill, now before the House of Commons, in connexion with the above subject. The meeting was not very nu merous. The mayor (Mr. Birkin) took the chair, and called upon the Rev. J. A. Baynes to move the first re solution, which was, " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the marriage of a wido wer with a dece,.ted wife's sister is neither contrary to the law of nature nor prohibited by Holy Scripture, anti therefore cannot with any justice or wisdom be re tricted by human legisla tion." Mr. Alderman Folkin seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. J. Brotherton, M.P., proposed the next resolution, in doing which he reiterated the arguments in favour of air. Stuart Wortley's Bill which the Hen. Gentleman has used on previous occasions. The Rev. James Edwards (Bsptist) seconded the resulution, which was to the effect, " That this meeting has learned with satisfaction that Mr. Saiart Wortley has introduced a Bill into Parliament ti 'Treat the existing law of marriage, so far as it re lates to the illegality of a widower marrying his deceived wife's sister;" and with a view to pressing this subject upon the attention of the Legislature, meted the adop tion of a petition embodying the reatiments of the reso lutions. This was seconded by Mr. Absalom Bennett (clerk of the Nottingham Union Workhouse), and being put to the meeting, was passed unanimously. The peti tion, after being read to the meeting, was adopted. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Mayor for his conduct in the chair, and the assembly separated. EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Friday Mr. Hayes, the coroner, held au inquest at the Navigation Inn, Wigan, on th e respective bdio es of John Anders, aged 23; Peter Ga skoll, aged 35; George Broadhurst, aged 36; and James Anderton, aged 25, who lost their lives in the following wanner:—From the evidence ad duced it appared that the deceased were in the employ of Messrs. Lancaster, at Ince, the owners of the Lower Patrltraft Colliery. On Tuesday last, whilst a great number of men were in the pit at work, a terrific explo sion of fire-damp took place, when three of the unfortu nate deceased vi ere blown up the pit, one for a consider able distance, and fell down again into the dib-hold with such violence as to break a great number of their bow s, and causing instantaneous death. At the same time all the platform and wood covering at the eye of the pit, with the excestion cf the head gear, were shattered to pieces, and the fragments scattered in every direction. The other poor fellow wa s burnt as black at the coals in the pit. Two other men were also few fully burned, but some hopes are entertained of their recovery. The other workmen saved themselves by rushing through the fl,mes. The witnesses all declared that as nothing of a fiery nature hid previously shoen itself in the pit. the men were allowed to use lighted candles; but, on Anderton going to the further end c f the pit, the foul air took fire, and hence ti e catastrophe. The jury hoped the presoat misfortune would make the men more care ful, and they returned a verdict—" That t h e three former deceased were accidentally'killed by being blown up the pit's eye, and felling d o wn again; that James Andel t was a ccidentally burned to dent''. RATE IN AID ACT. —By the account recently published of sums received and expended under the Rate in Aid Act, up to the 31st a December, the total amount sl:own to have been received under the Act is 135,944/. 13s. 11d. The sums granted and appro priated amounted to 110,6004, leaving a balance unissued of 25,1441. 13e. 11d. 18, 1850 EXTRAORDINARY IMPOSTURE BY A YOUNG FEMALE (From the .North British Mail.) To prevent the repetition of the following novel kind of deception, we willingly give it publicity : Oz the afternoon of Tuesday, the 29th of last month, es two medical students were proceeding from the Infirmary, they were met by a young girl, who was crying, and seemingly very much excited. She in quired of one of them the road to Dumfries. Think - ing this a very strange question, and as the appearance of the girl betokened that she had met with some serious misfortune or usage, they asked her if she knew how far she was from Dumfries, and said that she surely could never think of walking such a dis tance as that. After some further questioning, she explained that she had been led away from her father's house in Annan by a woman, who took her to an ir regular house in John -.street, but that, so soon as she discovered the nature of this house, she took the first opportunity of effecting her escape, and this occurred just about three hours after she had been taken to it. These two gentlemen, after hearing her story, sym pathised very much with the poor girl, and thought that the best plan would be to take her to the police-office, where means would be taken to get her sent home, and, perhaps, the woman that seduced her punished. On reaching the police office, how ever, they were informed by the superintendent that it was not a case for them, and they were referred to the Town's Hospital. The two students then took the girl to the Town's Hospital, and while proceeding to that place she explained, in an swer to the various interrogatioas that were put to her, that her own name was Caroline Stewart, that her father's was William Stewart, and that he was an innkeeper in Annan. She had known the woman who brought her to Glasgow when she was servant with a brother of herr, some years ago, and her name was Eliza Smith, but had not seen her for two or three years, before she came to Annan and took her away. The reason she had come to Glasgow was that she had formed an attachment to a young man who was a cousin of Viza Smith's, who bad been brought up in her father's house since she was five years old, and had recently acted as ostler to her father. As soon, however, as her father discovered that an attachment existed between her and this young man, he was dismissed from her father's service, and severe mea sures were threatened against him if he ever made his appearance about the house again. Tbis did not prevent the two lovers from communicating with each other ; for, shortly after, the "ostler" was offered employment from a friend of his in Philadel phia, and they resolved to elope together, get married at Liverpool, and from thence sail immediately for Philadelphia. They had nearly succeeded in their design, but she was caught by her friends just before reaching Liverpool, and brought home, where she was locked up for three days, to prevent ber again making her escape. The young man, minus his sweetheart, sailed for Philadelphia, where he arrived safely about two month ago, and from whence he had written to his espoused a very affectionate letter. Eliza Smith came to her to Annan, got her out from a school she was attending, and told her she had re ceived a letter from Philadelphia, requesting her to come to Glasgow, and sail from that port to her lover's new residence, along with a sister of hie, who was now in Glasgow waiting for her. Eliza Smith requested her not to go home to let her parents know anything about it, but just to come away as she was, for she (Eliza Smith) had plenty of money to pay all ex • penses. She listened to this advice, came to Glasgow, and was led to the house referred to. This interesting story, which accounted for many improbabilities which suggested themselves on her first brief state ment, made the two medical students still more interested in her case, and, on reaching the Town's Hospital, they fully explained her situation, with many maledictions against the nefarious conduct of Eliza Smith. The gentlemen at that institution said they would write to her father, and, in the meantime, would send her down to the model lodging-house in Mitchell-street, to be kept there until an answer was received. A letter was con sequently written by Mr. Williamson, as well as by one of the medical students, and both were posted that evening, addressed to "Mr. William Stewart, innkeeper, Annan." From Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, the intelligent superintendents of the model lodging-house, she received every attention, and was treated as their own daughter ; while she, on the other hand, appeared as thankful for the kindness shown her, and endeavoured to make herself useful by knitting various articles, useful and ornamental, for her kind host and hostess. She now told that, in fleeing from the house of wickedness into which she had been led, she had left a valuable shawl, a victorine, a petticoat, and a gold ring which belonged to a sister' of her's, deceased ) and which bore the initials " M. S." It was thought advisable to make some attempt to recover these articles, consequently one of the medical students referred to, having spoken to the policeman on John-street "beat," brought Caroline Stewart, as she called herself, up to this policeman, who inquired of her the name of the mistress or the number of the house she had been led into ; she was unable to tell either, but this constable having gone for a friend' of -his on an adjoining " beat," the latter inquired of her what the house was like. On her describing it he immediately said it was Mrs. Walker's. So thither the four went - Mrs. Walker, as was natural, disclaimed all knowledge of Eliza Smith, or of this girl, and seemed to be deeply incensed that leer house was thought to be anything but highly respectable, but gave the two policemen liberty to search the house as they thought proper. The officers, knowing the 'cuteness of the customer they had to deal with, knew that any search would ba useless ; they, however, did give a cursory glance through the house, but none of the articles were found ; and, as a dernier ressort, information of the circumstance, as well as a description of the lost articles, were left with the officers of the detective de partment of the Post- office. On Friday an answer was expected to the two letters posted to Annan ; but no answer came. Caroline was much alarmed, and could not understand how her father had not himself come through or sent an answer, but accounted for the whole in a very natural manner, by saying that it was likely he would have gone to Liverpool, thinking she would be again there to sail for Philadelphia. This, with her very simple and honest appearance, Tilted all suspicions, and she was treated as kindly as before. She was asked if she had any friends or acquaintance in Glas gow or Edinburgh; and she said that, although she did not know Dr. Lawrie, of Glasgow, yet she was told that he was a cousin of her mother's, and she had a brother, a surgeon, in Edinburgh, whose address was, " Dr. Alexander Stewart, 28, Great King •street, Edinburgh." A letter was sent off to that address. She also wrote a letter to her " dear brother," detailing her unfortunate position, and re questing hit assistance. She addressed it as above, and it was taken by another party to the post-office. An answer to these letters was expected the following day (Saturday, the 2d of this month), but no answer came. One of the medical students who had fallen in with her, and who attended Dr. Lawrie's surgical class, beginuing to doubt the truth of her statements, determined to ask that gentleman, after his lecture on Monday morning last, it' he knew anything of Mr. William Stewart, innkeeper, Annan ; for, if he was such a person as Caroline represented him to be, Dr. Lawrie could scarcely fail to know him. Ile had been 18 years an innkeeper at Perth, and had re moved to Annan just nine months ago, in order to be near a large fsrus which her grandfather bad left him. Dr. Lawrie, however, on being asked, knew nothing of such a person. This student's suspicions were no less excited, when, on looking up an Edinburgh directory, he could not find such a name as she stated her brother's to be. This individual, calling at the lodging-house that evening, stated his suspicions to Mrs. Kennedy and the girl, who commenced crying, because she was afraid they were beginning to think her an im postor. Here her seeming innocence and helpless• ness again prevailed, and she was now, if possible, treated with still more kindness than formerly ; and an English commercial gentleman, who occasion ally calls on Me. Kennedy, having taken pity on her, and desirous of consoling her in her unfortunate condition, took her that night to the theatre. Mr. Williamson, of the Town's Hospital, and the student referred to, being now anxious to see whether there was really any truth in her statement, resolved to write to the minister of the Es • tablished Church in Annals, inquiring if there was such a person as William Stewart, an innkeeper, there, and if he had a daughter named Caroline who was now missing. This was done, and an answer was received on Thursday last, stating that there was not such a person in Annan as William Ste wart, either as an innkeeper or in any other capacity ; and further stating that fcur letters were lying at the Post-office addressed to William Stewart, inn keeper, Annan, two of these letters bearin the (5, was as gow, and two the Paisley, post-mark. The g letter ead to Mr. Kennedy,and shortly after Caroline heard read an answer. had been received from the clergyman of Annan ; sbe made some trifling excuse to Air. Kennedy—who even yet hardly doubted the truth of her statements—to get out for a short time ; she went out, and has never since been seen. In the evening, information regarding her was lodged at the police-office, but not a trace of ber has yet been found. What renders the story more remark able is, that although she had frequent opportunities of stealing valuable articles, she seemed rigidly honest. It would almost seem, from the minister's letter, that she has also been in Paisley. The whole affair is a mystery, for it is impossible to imagine any object she could have by her deceptions. She has evidently received a good education. She seems about seventeen years of age, has a simple, honest .and country appearance. An observant eye might detect that she is enceinte, and it is supposed that this circumstance may have been the cause of her leaving home. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCA SHIRE AND CHESHIRE. The fourth ordinary meeting of the session was held at the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool, on Thursday last ; P. R. Qiir, EN . ., iii the chair. Among the presents received were—the " Memoires de la Societ6 d'Emulation d'Abbeville," sent with a considerable number of other works, including the very interesting " iintiquites Celtiques et Ante diluviennes," by M. Boucher de Perthes, a distin guished French archnelogist; Mr. J. E. Lee's de scription of a Roman building, and other remains lately discovered at Caerkon, sent by the author; a very curious and elaborately illustrated folio volume on the arm', armour, and tactics of cavalry, printed at Frankfurt-on-the laine, 1680; the journal of the British Archeological Association sent by the council ; a model of the fastening of a door in the dungeon tower of Lancaster Castle, sent by Mr. Winfield Iliggin, and forming the chief illustration of one of the papers of the evening ; a very highly wrought lock, taken from a treasure-chest of Henry IV., of France, now in the tower of London, presented by Messrs. Chubb and Co. Mr. Pidgeon presented, on the part of Dr. Kendrick, of War rington, a volume of extracts from the records of vestry meetings, and other documents connected with the parish church of Warrington, from 1630 to 1781. Sir Philip Egerton, Bart., M.P, sent for ex hibition a large collection of ancient deeds and let ters, many of them of great historical interest, and a fine impression of the seal of Charles 11. for the county palatine of Chester and Flint, dated 1660, of which Mr. Pidgeon laid on the table a proof of an etching, executed for the society's transactions. Among the other curiosities, &c., exhibited were an elaborate drawing of a bench end at Childwall church, by Mr. Pidgeon ; a fine specimen of the brazen dishes, which are exciting so much interest among archaeologists, contributed by J. Robins, Esq., of West Kirby. Ancient maps, books, &c., from Dr. Hume, &c. A discussion took place relative to the exaction by the Government of the duties on books, &c., sent as presents by learned societies on the Con tinent to similar societies in Great Britain, and it was resolved to transmit a memorial on the subject to the Lords of the Treasury. The Rev. Dr. Thom then read a paper on the Scotch kirks in Liverpool, minutely detailing the rise and progress of the various Scottish congregations now or formerly in being. The Rev. Dr. Hume read a paper on the parish of Church Minshull, drawn up with great care and re search by the clergyman of that parish, the Rev. G. B. Sandford, M.A. Few more complete histories of a single parish have ever been compiled, and perhaps no better plan could be adopted for so minutely de scribing a district as by similar reports, communi cated to, and printed by such a body as the Historic Society. Mr. E. Iliggin then read a sketch of the history of door-fastenings. Though apparently a trifling sub ject, the paper showed minute research, and was fully elucidated by diagrams and models, as well as by a series of the elaborate modern inventions. RACES T FEBRI 0 COME. Lincoln Spring Liverpool. ,cu. Doncaster Spring AP War wick l9 CattGriek Bridge Northampton & Pyteh ley Hunt . Czoxton Park 9 lEpsom Spring Newmarket Craven I Bath 23 Newmkt. First Spring 'AY. Ch(ster Spring Newrn. &cowl Spring l4 Shrewsbury ... 15 Manchester 22 Epsom Sumuicr Edinburgh Ne wton Ascot ilimpton l9 Nreweastle Bibury 26 S:oek bridge 27 Newmarket Liverpool lO Nottingham IC Stamford l7 Salisbury lB Winchester 23 Goodwood Ripon Brighton 7 Wolverhampton l2 Eglinten Park ... 13 or 14 Warwick . Lichfield . UST. Rending York Stirling — SEPTEMBER. 3 I Doncaster 10 I Manchester Autumn 26 OCTOBER• Newmkt. First October. 1 Newmkt. Second 0A... 14 Chester Autumn I 8 Newmarket Houghton.. 2$ RAILWAY Conusiosf.—On Wednesday evening an accident cf an alarming character occurred on the Cale donian lino, at Abington, a station several miles north from Carlisle. Happily, however, the consequences have been by no means so disastrous as might have been ap prehended from the nature of the event. The evening mail train from Glasgow, it appears, overtakes at Abing ton the goods train, which departs at half-past three, whither also, the down mail train from London arrives about half an hour subsequently. On Wednesday evening the goods train, as usual, stopped before reaching the station, and shifted to the up line of rails in order to allow the other to pass. This was done, and the driver of the goods train was about to cross over to his own line, but before he could effect his purpose, the down mail train appeared, passed the station with an unusual ve'ocity, and ran into the waggons that stood in its way. The effect of the collision was to burst open the doors of the carriage next to the van, one of the second class, and throw out the passengers, nine in number. The' were necessarily stunned by the shock, and all of them more or less bruised; but we are glad to say that in one instance only are the injuries of a serious nature. The driver, stcker, and guard were also precipitated to the ground, and have all been slightly hurt. The carriage was broken in pieces from the shock, but none cf the others forming the train were injured, nor was any damage done to those run into. The cause of the accident is imputed to the con duct of the driver of the down train, who failed to halt at the station as was his usual practice. Had he done so, of course time would have been &lowed for the trans position of the goods train, which, in the circumstances, could not be cffected.—Glasgoto Daily Mail. ' CHILD MURDER. —Ou Friday evening an inquest was held at the Fountain Tavern, Redcross-street, Crip plegate, before Wil lam Payne, Esq., coroner for the City, on view of the body of a wale infant, which was discovered tied up in a bundle in a dust-bin in Bowling. alley, White-cross-street. The body was found about seven o'clock in the morning, and from the marks of violence there was little doubt the infant had been mur dered in a brutal manner, and a post mortem examination was directed. Mr. Lloyd, surgeon, of New Basingball street, deposed that he bad made a post mortem exa ni nation with Mr. Sin:prop, a surgeon, and found corres ponding appearances internally to marks on the wind pipe, and he had no doubt the immediate cause et* death was suffocation or strangulation with the fiagers. There was, however, also a fracture of the skull at the back part of the head, as though it had been dashed against some hard projection almost at the same instant as it was strangled. In his opinion the child had been de liberately murdered. The police not having been able to di:boles the perpetrators of the crime, the jury gave a verdict of " Wilful murder against acme person or persons unknown." MuaDna AT RUTIIIN.— On Monday T. Thomas and J. Lewis (tl.e former a powerful man, the latt.r a comparative youth), were drinking at the Red Lion Inn, Ruthin, when a quarrel arose between them. B, owi , ensued, and each of the comba'ants armed himself with one of the fin-Irons. A tierce struggle f dlowed, and Lewis struck his antagonist a terrible blow on the head, which immediately laid his skull open. Medical aid was instantly resorted to, but the event proved fatal early the next morniiz. la the course of the day an inquest was held, at the close cf A filch, after a lengthened investigation, a verdict ol `•Wilful Murder" was retarned against Lewis, who was committed for trial. The deceased, a remarkably strong a:el healthy man, bas lett a wife and large family. ROYAL A RTILLERY, WOOLWICH, FAIL 16. — Major Rowan's Compan3, 12th battalion, is placed under orders to proceed ficm bead-quarters here to Daven port on Tuesday neat, Feb. 19, to augment this breach of the ordnance corps at tt at important naval station. 1 8 1 ( ets°lclitdittCanapdtaji.naJitaTmrtasyverpsncaend l ed wiiutetehthneaectosmCpa. .company. y. The strength if the Royal Artillery at D.vonport, on the arrival uf Major Rowan's company, will be about 400 officers and men; Captain Shuttlewerth's company, 2d battalion; Captain Ay lmer's com p any, 11th battalion, and Captain Hami lton's com p any, 12th battalion, bein g already at that station. S UPP LY 05' WATER TO THE METROPOLIS.—A. numerous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabi tants of the parish of St. Pancras was held on Thursday last at the Castle Tavern, Kentish-towu, to take into consideration the best means of obtaining a supply of pure ater fur the metropolis. The chair having been taken by Mr. J. Clarke, the meeting was addressed by several gentlemen, and resolutions unanimously passed, af.er an able explanation by Mr. Paten of the inex haustible resourcei of the springs in the neighbourhood of Watford, approving of the plans of the company, and pledging themselves to support them. Tho meeting re pudiated the notion of trusting the supply of water to the Government, and insisted on the control of the pariah or district authorities. IRoN v. WooD.—The steamer;Dianr, of Waterford, an iron vessel, after striking on the Great Burbe-bank, on Wednesday morning, in the lase severe gale, and riding through it till Saturday, when she was towed off, escaped from her perilous position with comparatively little injury; while the J. Witney, having, unfortunale'y, on the same morning, struck upon the bank at the en trance o f the Victoria Channel, went to pieces. The Diana was docked yesterday afternoon, and was exa mined by Mr. Grantham for the uncle rwri!ers, and Ma Paco, of London, and Mr. Rodgers, the builder, of Glas gow. She has sustained very little injury, not a plate is dinged, and the form of the vessel set ms to be entirely unaltered.—Liverpoolitler cut y . Aston Duvorer, Esq., is appointed puiste judge of the Island of St. Christopher, vice Piguenet, deceased. Macnatnara Dix, Esq., is appointed a member of the Council of Dominice. Mr. Mansfield Parkins is appi..inted an unpaid attacli4 to the British Embassy at Constantinople 'IltY. AUG )