The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-03 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-THIS DA Y•) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Up to our market this week, coastwise, the arrivals of linglish Wheat have amounted to 2,060 q uarters, aridly from Kent and Cambridgeshire, and in very middling oondition. — To-day the show of samples of both red and white —as the receipts by land carriage fell off—was Small, but quite equal to the wants of t he millers. The demand must be considered excessively heavy, at barely Monday's reduction in the quotations. Nearly 20,000 quarters of foreign Wheat having come fresh to baud; the supply of that grain on offer was larger than for some time past. Dry and selected parcels Mostly sold at late rates ; but damp and in ferior qualities were lower to purchase. The total supply of Barley was large. Even the finest Parcels moved off heavily, and, in some instances, the Currencies had a downward tendency. In Malt nest to nothing was doing at barely late rates. Although the quantity of Oats was not extensive the Oat trade tilled heavy, and low qualities were cheaper. Beans, Indian Corn, and Flour very dull. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. BarleY• Malt. Oats. I Flour. gaelcs 1,45 ) -- I Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. ft 811.411 ...... I 2,060 4,540 1,110 4,730 Scotch.. „ „ Foreign 19,850 5,770 I SIMITIVE I XELD. Although our market to-say has been again scantily supplied with beasts, the demand for that description of h at° l c k, owing to the heaviness in Newgato and L, adtn "'l, and the unfavourable state of the weather, was in a very sluggish state, at Monday's quotations. The gene -I'4l top figure for the best Scots was 3s 8d per Blbs. The numbers of Sheep were on tip. increase compared with. those exhibitt.d on this day annight. On the whole the Mutton trade ruled steady, at the late im provement in prices—the finest old Downs producing 4 144 to 4s 6d per 81bs. Calves—the supply of which "as small—moved off slowly, at late rates. The Pork trade was heavy. Mitch Cows sold slowly, at from 14/ to 1 81 each, including their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. B. d. to s. d Interior Bea Sta..... 2 8 210 B es„, .011 d quality .... 3 0 3 2 Mole large Oxea.• 3 2 3 4 P rime Scots ...... 3 6 3 8 , `.rge coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 tlraesinall ditto .. 3 8 4 0 ,___ Uck lbsl Calves ..18 0 24 0 .......... 0 0 0 0 ,930 i ma 8,460 a. d. to s. inferior Sheer •• • 3 2 3 6 Second qual. Sheer 3 8 310 C )arse-woolled 6111°4 0 4 2 Southdown Wether 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 o Large Bogs.••••• 2 8 3 6 Small Porkers •• 3 8 4 0 Quartar old Pigs • .16 0 20 • 0 AT MARKET. Calves. I Pigs 152 308 rigs TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts. I Sheep. , 729 3,500 SCOTC._ I Sheep. 60 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts, I Sheep. I Calves. 60 600 40 NEV7GATE AND LEADENNALL. These markets were very inactive to-day, but we have 40 material change to notice in prices. Beasts. 56 Calves. I Pigs. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. r. Ue erlnferior.... 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior •. 2 6 2 ii '""• middling .... 2 4 2 6 -- middling ••2 10 3 6 ti Primelarge 2 5 3 0 prime 3 g 810 Prime small 3 2 36 ' Pork, large.. .• 2 6 3 6 Veal •• •• •• •••••• 3 0 310 small .• • ..... 3 8 4 0 lION.OTTON SOP MARKET.. Finn celoury Hops are in moderate request, at full Prkes. In all other kinds so little is doing ;flat the quotations are next to nominal. Factors' prices, viz., ready money—East Kent pockets, per cwt 31 12s to 6/ ssl ditto bags, 31 8s to 51 10 s; Mid Kent p ockets, n , ' 45 8 to 5/ 103; ditto bsgs, 2/ to 4/ ss; Weald_of Kent Pockets, 3/ to Si 18s; ditto bags, 21 to 31 8s; Sussex Pockets, 21 103 to 31 12s. COLONIAL. StroAn.—There has been no business doing privately, and prices at the auctions have been about the same as those which were current before the holidays. Refined has been at 50s to 52s for grocery lumps. The only Public sales have been 2,184 bags Bengal. nearly all found buyers, grainy yellow urd 455. to 465, damp and Washed 44s 64 to 465, white 50s, damp 49s 6d, mid to good white Benares 42s to 43s 6d; about 500 bags wore taken in at 31s 6d to 32s for damp. Khour Mauritius, 39 9 bags, sold at 39s 6d to 41s for mid strong and dry, and 38s 6d for washed. Barbadoes, 160 }aids 16 tierces, all found buyers, mid and good 41s to 435, and fine 43s 6 4 to 443 per cwt. • COFFEU.—This article is very inactive. Good ord dative Ceylon privately has been sold at 57s per cwt. -UN.—Previous quotations have been supported, but Without any animation in the market. TEA.—There have been very few transactions, but vesi lfilon Congou has been quoted is to is id per lb. Corrox.—The market is firm. SPlcEs.—There has been a steady market both for Pimento and Black Pepper. Cassia Lignea has been at 104 s and 108 s per cwt. TALLow.—P.Y.C. has been 3 7s to 3 7s 3 d per cwt. on t e 6 slant. Toßacco.—The market has remained generally quiet during last month for all sorts, and sal. s have been li 'Lilted. Importers have continued very firm to previous Titres, and the trade have shown no desire to increase their stocks, on the supposition by the latter in many in- Stances that priced have reached their maximum, and that the most j u dicious purchases are those of a very b b ited character. Imports, 8 54 hhds—deliveries, 804 •,.21g, against 1 222 hhds in the corresponding month of Q.. In Virginia the demand has been very limited, g alea not having exceeded 120 hhds; prices have been .utl Y - supported, and holders appear very sanguine as to pospeotivo p r i ces . There appears to be a strong feeling favour of this article, and it is not improbable that hither rates will be established. Stock of both leaf and !trips i s gradually becoming contracted. In Kentucky eat and strips there has been very lit t le done last in tp .,, Qu ib, and the general disinclination on the p a r t of the to ',U to purchase has been met with an equ al de g ree of "Ifference on the part of holders, the latter not !laving "Two the least inclination to make sales excepting at rates; a larger extent of sales might have been !rum:toted if a slight concession had been made. Sales iu Maryland have been upwards of 50 hhds, at 61 to 8d; Baveral small parcels have boon imported during the last I t :4l th. part of which has turned out of very o rdinar y t,"sracter. Havaunah leaf of good and fine quality Las ueen i n very good demand, and sales have been ma de to a "liB iderablo extent, at very full prices; this article has considerably increased in consumption, arising from the ; eh Price of foreign segars, and we look forwar d to an "Proved demand. The stock has considerably dimi nished in fir s t h a nds. Havannah segars of good brands have met a ready sale at improved prices, recent im 'Portations have been taken freely by the trade, and scarcely anything remains in the bands of im !Utters of an eligible description. Further arri .7l4l are shortly expected. Manilla cheroots have !nightly improved iu demand, especially for exportation; Prices remain firm. Manilla hal, nothing done; stock dearly bare. In Yore and Caba sales have been made t a o a fair ex t ent at f u ll p r ic es; parcels of both descrip tions have recently arrived, and aro now in course of i l i s i°ll P l ing• In Brazil, Havannah seed leaf, Florida, and o l rto Rio, nothing done. Stock almost bare o f suit ab .sesctiptions for home use. Sales in German to role extent h a ve been effected of fine description fsr c arting; purp oses , and also of middling and ordinary for 4 ring; of the latter a very small portion remains in t h e hand s o f t h e i mporters , an d i s heldat firmer prices. The demand for Columbiau (Ambalesaa and Gaon) has rap . roved, and sales made at a slight advance; pare e Is of both description s recently arrived, and ate now in course of sampling, and are superior in quality to anything seen In 'ur a long time. In Amersfoort several sales have been thaede, both for aegar and cutting purposes. In Holland e Fe is -nothing now to be obtained of dry, suitable de l. riptions, arid a very small quantity here remains in the ?WS of importers. Negrohead and Cavendish—ln the i_ormer a fair 'business has been done at high rates; tots have just arrived fur which importers are asking advanced prices, which must eventually prevent ship 'nl)3. In the latter, scarcely anything done, in conse 11,t,lence of the high prices asked, and absence of middling "" 8 . Stalks dull of sale. Sasalla scarce, and much Inquired after. ki9, I iEEN FRUIT.—A good business was doing in all n c ,us• Oranges are arriving from the Azores, a cargo or ,°r• Michael, and one from Terceira, sold at public e abort by Keeling and Hunt, realised a high figure, the Crop being confirmed by 'scent letters. The b u r generally has been good fur Fruit the past year, both London and the provincial towns, affording a er Y correct criterion of the prosperous state of all classes, 4SU _, I IREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) ; . -4 9 ing Tyler, 27, was indicted for stealing a silver F a teh, chain, a nd k e y, from the person of Matthew ol fwoods, at Bermondsey. th littr4 Coombe prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock defe nded , prisoner. Pr osecutor stated, that on Christmas night, a little after 10 o'clock, he was passing the Bricklayer's Arms b w ards home when the prisoner (whom he had kn owri ~.6 4)r e) stopped him at the door of the public - house , and ` ll, tlit to see him home. Witness told him that he could find his way home without his assistance, but the ? r , i . 64l ntr persisted in going with him, a nd said be had better take care of his watch." Witness Vled on, an d to ld hi m h e was quite capable of r thg care of it himself. The prisoner then snatched e o'ons tins and ran away. Witness followed him, and ,!t_tight hold of him, demanding his watch, when be save lue prisoner throw it into the mud. Witness picked the W oo , "UP when the prisoner ran away. A little while tterwarda he met the prisoner and asked him for the The prisoner said he knew nothing about it, polies he sei ze d h o ld o f him and handed him over to a rweer, a n. etr„Sergeant Jackson, 5 M, said he saw the prosecut ( r l au l,gkung- with the prisoner, and on his svpi °soh tLe was given into his custody. M r. CRA RNOCK a dd resse d the jury for the prisoner at ; ale length, and a verdict of Guilty w as returned. CHURILAN sentenced him to six months at -'5OW -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A middle-aged woman, named Brown, the wife of a irpat-garden porter, was charged with assaulting Mi s. 44r0, of liortford-court, Vinegar-yard. e prisoner, who was very drunk at the •;me, went Y i the complainant 's house late last night, and k nocked t °i ently out 0 at the door. Mrs. Nathan had gone t o bed, 1:1 being told by her servant that a person wished to r:k to her she went down stairs hnd found the pri• si . Qr at the door. No sooner (lid the prisoner catei, th g r at 01 her than she "let fly," and gave her a sound p a : a _hing• She moreover succeeded in demolishing a be lt of tire Nathan's shop-window, and was proceed ohs to fitither violence when a policeman came up , a nd iiti'las taken into custody. prisoner, who bad a child in her arms, and who ear lives in Hertford -court, said the complainant's 6E2 41 % Irishwoman, provoked her in the first in -"ft, Or she would never have attacked any one. Besides, Mrs. Nathan had often abused her before, and always behaved herself in a most unntighbourly manner. Mrs. Solomon, another inhabitant of the court, said all the blame attached to the prisoner, who ‘1 a; a desperate character, to desperate, indeed, that in the course of the scuffle last night she nearly bit the end of witness's right hand foie finger off. She was furiously drunk at the time. Mr. HENRY said it was evidont to him that th. 3 pri• soner was the aggressor. She had committed a violent and unjustifiable assault, and she must there fore pay a fine of 40a. er be imprisoned 14 days. The fine was paid. An elderly man, named John Richa , dson, who was di eased in a rough fustian suit, was charged with steal ing an umbrella from a shop door in the Strand. It was a clear ease. He vat seen to tt.ke up the gingham, but before Le could make off with it he was captured by a policeman. Mr. HENRY asked the prisoner what he had to say?— The prisoner admitted the theft; it wai a last res.Au ee to prevent his dying of starvation, the parochial autt:o• rities of Westminster l.ving refused to relieve him. Mr. HENRY asked him how he came to tipper in a prison dress?—The prisoner said he had been under sentence of transportation for a similar offence— stealing a coat, in I.et—but tieing in bad health, the Secretary of State had orderei his liberation. Before he lost his cha racter, he followed the occupation of a gentleman's ser vant, and filled one situation fer 29 years; but now that his reputation was gone, his previous good conduct availed him nothing, and ho could obtein no employ ment of any description. He had served three of ihe seven years in the hulks. Mr. HENRY said he could not have bona sentenced !o transportation for a trifling offence. There must have been something else bestdes the act of stealing—a pre vious conviction, perhaps. The prisoner admitted that he had been conliettd once before of stealing a hatbox; but in each case dis tress had moved him to it. He was tried before Mr. Sergeant Adams, at the Clerkeea ell Sessions. Mr. HENRY said he must send him for trial again. Nothing could justify a felony, and his prevkus se quaintance of a criminal court ought to have taught him that. The prisoner was accordingly fully committed. TIME, THE AVENGER.—One of our most deservedly celebrated writers of fiction, the author of "Two Old Men's Tales," " Emilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons, &c., is again about to gratify the public with a new story bearing the title of " Time, the Avenger." Those who are supposed to know what' is going on behind the literary scenes state that the tale is one of the moat effective the author has yet written—in the depth of its interest and purity of its moral rivalling her best work, " Emilia Wyndham," which, in many points, it is said much to resemble. —Evening Paper. HEROIC FEAT.—Last week a feat of heroic daring, one that deserves mare than a passing record, was performed above the Falls of Niagara. Near the valley of Chippewa, and about two miles above the cataract, a boat with a little boy in it was seen drifting at a fearful rate down the current, just above where the switt waters plunge into terrible rapids, through which no boat ever lived. Three young men, and their names are Joel Lyons, George Hoff, and Daniel Burn ham, leaped into a boat which lay at hand, and pulling gal lantly out into the turbulent stream, they caught the little skiff just as it was sweeping to certain destruction, and rescued from it the small mariner, half dead with terror. The skiff disappeared in a moment, and the three heroes, with consummate judgment and coolness, pulled diagonally with the current for the shore, which they reached after a desperate struggle, having accomplished a feat unparalleled in the annals of Niagara river—no boat having ever reached and returned in safety from a point so near the rapids. The honour to which they are undoubtedly entitled from the Humane Society will seldom, if ever, have been conferred for an act of greater courage.-1 oronto Correspondent, Mont, eal Herald. WINDING-Up OF RAILWAY AND JOINT STOCK COMPANIES.—In connexion with the work of winding-up railway and joint-stock companies, there is a case in nee of the courts of an official manager giving evidence, as former secretary, against the company he is winding-up, and of another official manager appearing on the lists of contribu tories in more than one ill-starred undertaking. It is found by the Masters in Chancery, on whom, hi a f!dition to the transaction of the business of ordinary suits, devolves the winding-up of ten companies a piece. each of which is more than equivalent to three or four individual cases in the Court of Bankruptcy, that these proceedings greatly embarrass the ordinary business of the courts, in respect of which all the suitors of the Court of Chancery pay, while the payments in respect of the winding-up of these companies, in lieu of fees, to the Suitors Fee Fund, are merely nominal. The first joint-stock company likely to bit completely woundup under the Act is the Wheal Curtis Mining Company, the proceed ings for the settlement of the affairs of which were com menced in January, 1849, so that nearly two years will have been consumed in winding-up this company's affairs, the liabilities amounting only to between 3,0001. and 4,1.00/. FIRE AT THE PREMISES OF MR. BELL, M.P.— Yesterday morning, at a few minutes before three o'clock, the sky over the metropolis became suddenly illuminated to au extraordinary extent, which caused a general turn-out of the engines and firemen. For some time the exact seat of the conflagration could not be ascertained. At length it was gleaned that it was on the Surrey side of the river, near Putney-bridge. The West of England fire-engine having crossed the bridge, it was the first to arrive at the scene of mischief, and several others of the London Brigade quickly followed. The firemen then found a range of premises up wards of 60 feet long and 20 wide in a general blaze. The property belonged to Mr. Jacob Bell, the newly-elected Member of Parliament for St. Alban'e, and it was situate in a field at West-hill, Wandsworth, being used as stabling, cow houses, and poultry stores. Fortunately the residence of Mr. Bell is nearly half a mile away, so that it escaped any injury. '1 here being no water near, the firemen were obliged to stand and see the premises burnt down. Respecting the cause of the fire, nu doubt is entertained that it was the work of an incendiary. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT CUMNOR, BERES.—On Tues day a fire, supposed to be the act of some dastardly incen diary, broke out on Lower Whitley Farm, iu the parish of Cutnnor, the property of Lord Abingdon, occupied by Mr. Haines, and consumed three large wheat ricks, a hay rick, a stack of straw, a barn with its contents, about thirty quar ters of beaus, and another barn filled with wheat straw. Mr. Haines is fully insured. It is lamentable to add that this is the third fire, suppose'," to be the act of an incendiary, that has taken place in the neighbourhood of Abingdon within the last month. The two previous happened on a farm at Kingston Bagpuize, tenanted by Mr. Brooks, who was also fully covered !rum loss by insurance. The fire of Tuesday night raged so furiously, and the flames reached to such a height from the strong wind that prevailed, that it could be seen at the distance of ten miles. At present there is no clue to the perpetrators of these cowardly offences. EAST LOTHIAN.—It is somewhat singular that after another year of low prices the demand for land should be unabated. It is true that some farms have been re-let within the last twelve months at smaller rents than they were let fur a few years ago, but where leases have come to a natural termination, the old tenants have readily given the old rent; and where exposed to public competition, they have in every instance fetched more, and that pretty much in proportion to the improvements effected at the cost of the previous tenant. It is evident that, even at present prices, land can afford a handsome rent, and that without trench ing on the wages of labour. While the farmer's prosperity depends much on the rent promised, there is also something in the mode of management pursued. Provided he possesses skill and capital, and has security that he will reap the re ward of their proper application, increased production will enable him to overcome the difficulties occasioned by low • ness of price. These facts having become apparent to all but the most prejudiced, the loud Protectionist prophecies of agriculture' ruin, uttered in 1849, have sunk into a whisper. Scotsman. LORD ASHLEY'S SHIRT !—Start not, gentle reader. If Lord Ashley could refer in public to the most necessary article, be assured that what he said respecting it will bring no blushes into thy cheeks. At the Mayor's dinner at Bath last week, Lord Ashley, M.P., in acknowledging the drinking of his health, said, 1 call your attention to the fact that 1, this evening, am suitably attired for this occasion. I have upon my person, at this moment, a ve,y beautiful shirt, worked for me by the fair hands of the young women in the establishment of my friend Mr. White—(Laughter)—pre- sented to me with language of kindness and compliment, which it would ill become me to record. I might have held up that little article—(Loud laughter) —and in the presence of ladies (for some there are here), exactly specifying what it is, I 'night say with the great King of these realms, " Iloni suit qui mal y pense."—(Loud laughter.) Well, gentlemen, this article of dress I have reserved for gala days, and what day can be so properly a gala as when I am invited to dine with my kind-hearted constituency?--(Cheers.) Whenever I wear this, it will serve me for a memorial, ;hough I need it not, of the invariable kindness 1 have re ceived from the inhabitants of this great town, and of the duty which I feel of offering an unceasing prayer for the peace, welfare, and the prosperity of this vast community.— Sherborne Journal. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—The Royal Mail COM• pany's steam-ship Severn, Captain Vincent, sailed to day, with the West India mails, specie to the amount of 12,0J01., and sixty passengers, amongst them being Dr. William Cas teldine Tucker, Dr. Beveridge, for Jamaica; Colonel Yule, Captain Maxwell, Lieutenants Grantham, Sanderson, Barber, &c. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Teviot, having undergone a thorough refit, went out this morning on a trial trip, preparatory to her taking out the Brazilian mails on the 9th iust. She will be commanded by Captain Rivett. The Tay, Captain Chapman, with the homeward West India mails, is expected about Saturday. SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—Thu half-yearly general court of the South Sea Company was held yesterday at the establishment in Threadneedle-street; Charles Franks, Esq., took the chair. From the annual accounts laid before toe proprietors, it. appeared that the receipts for the last halt year were 153,6381. 17s. 5d., and the outgoings for the same period 88,6121. 4s. ' leaving a balance of 65,0261. 13s. sd. ; out of this would be payable - the half-year's dividend on 3,662,7841. Bs. 6d. South Sea Stock at 1 per cent., amount ing to 64,098/. 14s. 6d., leaving a balance of 917/. 18s. Ild. The chairman moved that the above dividend be made pay able on the same day as the Government funds. This having been agreed to, the chairman• stated that the effect of the bite sale and purchase of stock had increased their income by about 30/. The court then adjourned. GOVERNMENT CLERKS.—A re-classification of the officials in some of the departments at Somerset-house has just been made known. By the new arrangement facilities are presented for the advancement of those clerks whose talent for public business, diligence, and industry, deserve special notice; and it is understood that the claim of seni ority will in future piss unregarded unless supported by the qualities above referred to. Reading the " news papers" by the clerks during office hours is expressly prohibited by the terms of the Treasury order received at Somerset-house. --- MELANCHOLY DEATH BY DaOWNING.-00 Satur day afternoon William White, a poor but honest and indus trious fisherman, of Portland, met with his death whilst toil ing in his daily occup had just returned from fishing in the West Bay at the back of Portland, and bad proceeded in his boat to take up tome crab pots placed off Portland Castle, and whilst (it is suppo,ed) he was in the act of hauling up one of the pots, he tell overboard and was drowned. This supposition is confirmed by his being found with the line attached to one of the pots grasped firmly in and around his hands. The accident was first discovered by his boat being observed drifting with no one in it, and but a short time previously he was passed, busily emp lo yed , by the Princess steamer. Boats were soon on the spot, but on its becoming (talk they withdrew, and resumed their when they soon found him in the He was a single man, aged thirty ctrraecekpinogf in the steamer.mornin g, thirty eight, and his aged and infirm parents were indebted to his industrious habits for their maintenance. He bore a univer sally. good characten—Poole COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 2. The Queen and his Royal Ilighuesa Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the Slopes and Windsor P.trk. His Excellency Senor Isturiz, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the M irquis of Abercorn, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, General the Earl of Strafford, Viscount and Viscountess Ponsonby, and Lord and Lady Stanley (of Alderley), are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. His Excellency the Chevalier and Madame Bun sen, the Marquis of Douro and the Right Hon. Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring left the Castle to day. The Royal dinner party this eNening will include his Excellency the Spani,h Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Ma, (pis of Aberclrc, the Earl and Countess of J-rsey i.nd Lady C. VI:- liers, the Earl of Strafford, Viscouut and Viscountess Ponsonbv, and Lord and Lady S:.antey (of ). The ban d of the Coldstream Guards attend duriug dinner. Her Majesty's privste baud will af.erwards attend in the Castle. ilir Royal highness the D,:ehfss of K nt ‘Nts prevented by slight indisposition from dining with Iva. Majesty on New Ytar's Day. Mr. rairbairn, from the Cap so` . Gord Hope, bLd an interview with Earl Grey yetterday at - the Colo niahoa2e. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. 11. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq, the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. 11. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley, Secretary. Dispatches from Port Philip, and from the Go vernor of New Zealand, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE ROYAL NEW YEARS' GIFTS. The annual distribution of new year's gifts from her Majesty and Prince Albert, to the poor of the parishes of Windsor, Clewer, and the Holy Trinity, took place as usual in the Riding School. The whole of the arrange ments being under the superintendence of the Roy. J. Gosset, Rev. J. Gould (Windsor parish). Rev. T. T. Carter (Clewer), Rev. Stephen Hawtrey (Holy Trinity) and the churchwardens of the above parishes. The Itoyal bounty amounted to 2501. The Lord Steward's department contributing 1501. for provisions, and the Lord Chamberlain's department 1001. for clothing. The recipients were arranged in various classes as follows :—The parish of Windsor under the superin tendence of the Rev. J. Gosset and the Ray. J. Gould. Class I. 10 families supplied with a pair of blankets. Class 11. 38 families supplied with a single blanket. Candidates for clothing—Class I. 8 persons supplied with 12 yards of flannel each, or 6 yards of flannel and 12 yards of calico, or 24 yards of calico. Class 11. 26 persona received each 9 yards of flannel, or 6f yards flannel and 9 yards of calico, or 18 yards of calico. Class 111. 49 persons received each 6 yards flannel,or 3 yards flannel and 6 yards of calico, or 12 yards of calico. Class IV. 13 persons were supplied with 4 yards of flannel each, or 3 yards of flannel and 6 yards of calico, or 12 yards of calico. Provisio❑ Class:—Class 1-28 persons received each three half-quartern loaves, also 4lbs of beef, 241bs. of plum pudding, l peck of potatoes, and 2 cwt. of coals. Class 2-57 persons each received 1 quartern loaf, 4lbs. of beef, 1 peck of potatoes, lilt). plum pudding, also 1f cwt. of coals. Class 3-87 per- Suns received each 1 quartern loaf, 31bs. of Leaf, 1 peck of potatoes, and lf cat. of coals. Class 4-77 persons receive d each a loaf of bre ,d, 1;b. of beef, 1 peck of potatoes, and 1 cwt. of coals. Summary of the Gift— New Windsor, 1151.; Holy Trinity, 1051.; Clewer, 301.: tote!, 250/. The clothing list includes-10 recipients of a pair of blankets each, 38 ditto a single blanket, 8 first class clothing, 26 second class ditto, 49 third class ditto, 13 fourth class ditto: total, 144 persons. Provisions -28 first class, 57 second class, 80 third class, and 77 tooth class : total, 242. Total number of persons who received the Royal bounty, 791—viz., New Windsor, 386; Clewer, 315; and Holy Trinity, 90. The distribution was so admirably arranged that the disposal of the gilts to the 791 persons occupied little more than an hour. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were present. LAMB AND FLAG RAGGED SCHOOLS. CLPRIEEN WELL-GnEEN.—The annual treat to the children attending the above schools, took place at the school-rooms yesterday (Thursday), when upwards of 300 children were bountifully supplied with the old English fare of roast beef and plum pudding. At twelve o'clock the court in which the school is situated was thronged with the anxious little ones, eager to gain admittance into the rooms, which were tastefully deco rated for the occasion. At length the time arrived for the doors to be opened, and the school-rooms were soon filled, and the children seated around the various tables. At about one o'clock order was proclaimed, and grace having been sung by the children, the work of mastication commenced, and continued until three o'clock, when a short address was delivered by Mr. Watts, honorary secretary, on the blessings of education; and the children having sung the grace after meat, were dismissed ; and re-assembled at half-past five, for the purpose of being examined and having suitable rewards presented to them. The improvement of the children is very striking, and the manner io which they replied to the various questions rut to them bespeaks the attention paid to their education. The children sang several pieces, and each child having received a penny, together with a book, the proceedings of the happy festive day terminated. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The engine drivers and firemen at the Swindon and Bristol stations of the Great Western Railway a few days ego presented one of the guards (Mr. Henry Painter) with a handsome - silver snuff-box for his unremitting exertions in forwarding the trains at the stations, thereby enabling the drivers to run at one uniform speed, and hence effect a saving of eoke to the company. DESCRIPTION OP THE NIGHTINGALE'S SONG.— . As to Jenny Lind's singing," says a writer in the New York Era, "I'd like to see the mawkin bird that could begin to imitate some of the notes ft at she gets orf. Them's the notes that'll pass current in Heaven ; and it's a blessin' that nobody can't steal 'em from her, for there's suckers mean enough to rob even her. Not a woice she has got! It sounds suintimes jest as of she'd swallered a lot o'flutes, and they was a playin' of their own akord ; or like a song bird had dewed into her mouth, and was begin, with his musicallest notes, to let out agin." LORD BROUGHAM.—We are informed by a friend and correspondent of Lord Brougham's, now in Edinburgh, that his Lordship's eye is now considered to be quite safe by the most experienced of London oculists. Lord Brougham has, during his sojourn at his chateau near Cannes, been en gaged in some difficult experimental researches on the diffrac tion of light ; and we have no doubt that his sight was in jured by the length and continuity of researches carried on in a dark apartment. His Lordship, in passing through Paris, communicated an account of his experiments to the National Institute, and is at present at Brougham Hall, where, we trust, he will soon recover from the influence under which he has been suffering.—Edinburgh Witness. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. — We understand that the question as to what the law of Scotland says upon this subject will shortly be settled, as a man i 3 now in gaol who is to be indicted for incest, on ac count of having formed such a connexion, and the law officers of the Crown have refused to release him on bail. — Edinburgh Witness. ROYAL MARINES..--WOOLWICH, JAN. 2.—Captain W. H. March, having returned from leave, will resume the command of the detachment doing duty at Deptford Dock yard. The undermentioned gentlemen-cadets have received their commissions as second-lieutenants in this gallant corps, and have been attached as follows :—Eyre Lane, to the Woolwich division ; William Portlock Scott Dodson, to the Plymouth division ; Francis Lean, to the Portsmouth divi sion. Captain T. C. C. More has received two months' leave of absence. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. — Notwithstanding the holidays consequent upon the present season, the market to-day has exhibited increased activity. Advices have been received from India and America with favourable intelligence as to the probable demand during the coming season, and showing stocks to be unusually lig ht when compared with former years. The market has slightly improved since Tuesday, prices continuing firm. Madapol lams, domestics, jacconets, and other heavy cloths are in lively demand, and the prospect of the present year is cheer ing to spinners and manufacturers in general. No business was done yesterday, New Year's day in Manchester being invariably observed as a holiday. "THE LAST SURVIVOR OF COOK'S VOYAGES.'--A paragraph, headed as above, having within the last few days been inserted in almost all the public prints, a full inquiry has been instituted by the Admiralty into the case, from which it is evident that the alleged " last survivor" is an im postor, who, in the year 1845, endeavoured to excite the sympathy of the charitable public by the insertion in the Morning Chronicle of a statement similar to that now in cir culation, and which, having been at that time investigated by the Admiralty, was found to be utterly false. By a re ference to the s,atement now before the public, it will be seen that J. B. W. Wade gives a long account of his sup posed services in various ships, but by an official investiga tion of the ships' books, it appears that in the Resolu tion, from 17;6 to 17;9 (the date of Captain Cook's death), and in the Discovery, from 1776 to 1781, neither the name of Wade, nor any of the names •he has as sumed, can be found. In the Barfleur there appears to have been entered, on the Ist of August, 1781, a man of the name of John Welch, born in Kerry. and aged 23, who was paid off in her on the 15th of July, 1733. In the Arethusa, from 1792 to 1793 ; Leviathan, from 1793 to 1791 ; Captain, from 1794 to 1793 ; Bellerophon, Com 1796 to 798, neither the name of Wade, nor any of the names he has as sumed, can be found, In the Foudroyant there appears to have been entered, on the 23d of July, 1810, a man named John Welch, horn at• Waterford, and aged 25, who was paid off from her on the 26th of July, 1812. In the Bellerophon, from 18 4 to 1816, neither the name of Wade, nor any name assumed by him, can be found ; nor in the Active, from 1815 to 1823; and this last ship was not in commission in the year 1627. It cannot be doubted that the whole story is fabricated fur the purpose of obtaining money; and it is de sirable, in order to save the money of the charitahl,, that publicity should be given to such an attempt upon their sympathies and their pockets. - Times. DIVIDEND DAY AT THE BANK, &c.—Notice was issued yesterday al the Bank of England that the January dividends will be in course of payment on Wednesday morning, the Bth inst., and that the transfer books for the undermentioned annuities will be opened as fol ows:—Conso, lidated Three per Cents., on Thursday, 16th inst.; Three per Cent. Annuities, 17.6, on Tuesday, the 14th inst.; New Five per Cent. Annuities, on Tuesday, the 14th inst. ; Annuities for Terms of Years, on Thursday, the 16th inst. South Sea House - The dividends will be in course of payment on the Bth inst., and the transfer books opened on Thursday, the 16th lust East India-house—The dividends on East India Stock will be paid on Monday next, the 6th inst, and the transfer books opened on Thursday, the 16th inst. REPRESENTATION OF SALLsDuay..—Mr. F. W. Slade, the barrister, has pledged himself, on the first oppor, tunity, to come forward for the representation of Salisbury, it the Conservative electors will support him. She/ borne Journal. _ ........... CHARING-CROSS-BRIDGE COMPANY.—This corn pauy are about to seek powers for raising additional capital. TT . E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIikIG, JANUARY 3, ISbl. PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER. Yesterday a meeting of the vestry of St. James, Westminster, was held in the vestry-room, the I . {. John Jack,on, rector, in the chair. The minutes of the previous vestry having been confirmed, The VESTRY-CLERK read a communication from the Board of Health, calling upon the parochial au thorities to put in their claim for compensation under the Metropolitan Int.:?rment Act, for the loss sustained by the closing of the parochial burial ground, and the one in the Hamptoad-road, contemplated by the above Ac', which should be made on the .13th inst. Mr. JACKSON moved that it be referred to a com mittee to report thereon. Mr. G. A. WALKER thought that the vestry-clerk was enabled to deal with the question.—(Hear.) The CuAIRMAN said that it was a mere queStion of figures. They had to choose between accepting com pensation, and undertaking the incumbrances attached to their burial-grounds, or waive their claim to compensation, and get rid of those ineumbranccs. lie would wish to hear Walker's opinion up( n the subj,ct.— (Hear, h ir.) Mr. WALKEtt rucotorpeaded an ap;ilieation to the Bo2rd of Ilraltb, as to the real intentions of the board. li re:isted as determin,,tly Ili possible all the obj,.c tionable clauses of the BIA ; but his opposition v:t.h).—(lll-nr, hear ) Mr. GABEIEL—Were you not consulted upon the lz;it Mr. WALK at—lndeed I was not. It is a question of money aoinst health.—(llear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that he would h.q•Lire at Gwyd . yr House whether they had the option of ac cepting or refusing compensition. Then there would only remain the question of figures. Mr. WALKER—When would the Act come into operation? CHAIRMAN—Iie understood not before July nee. —(Surprise.) Mr. Churchwarden GEESON thought that it wcs then in force. CHAIRMAN—They had not as yet purchased an acre of ground. Mr. NELSON seconded the motion, which wt.s carried. The VESTRY-CLERK read a very lengthened report from the paving and lighting board, recommending that the Western Gas Company be permitted to lay down their mains in the parish, because the cannel coal, whence they made their gas, afforded a purer, a cheaper, and a more powerful light than that given by the Chartered London and Equitable Gas Com panies, who proposed to amalgamate in supplying the parish, which was a combination and a monopoly that should not be tolerated.—(Hear, hear.) The Western Gas Company offered to light the public lamps for 3/. 13$. 6 i. which cost 4/. 10$., and to reduce the pri vate lights from Bs. to 64., with a prospect of a further reduction to ss. The report further stated that they had practically tested and proved the superiority of the cannel gas as regarded brilliancy, cheapness, and purity. The Hon. Mr. Brea bad no objection to the ad mission of the Western Gas Company into the parish, if their gas had such essential superior qualities, and if the company had givem ample security to carry out their project, and against their amalgamating with the other companies, after the fashion of the water companies.—(Hear, hear.) He objected to the unnecessary haste of the paving and lighting board, who should have, in the first instance, given the Chartered Gas C impany an opportunity to outbid the Western Gas Company, which would prevent their streets and thoroughfares being broken up and stopped if the Chartered Gas Company reduced their charge.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Jackson Mr. Clark, and several others followed on the same aide. Mr. GABRIEL supported the views of the paving and lighting board, and also advocated the claims of the Western Gas Company. Mr. Churchwarden GEESON moved, and Mr. WALKER seconded, resolutions approving of the re port, and recommending its insertion on the minutes, which were carried. This closed the proceedings of the vestry, which adjourned after a rote of thanks to the Chairman. A TOKEN OF PROMISE.—Our readers will be as much gratified to hear as we are to state, that our worthy brother in faith, Mr. Lewis J. Levy, has been appointed a magistrate for the cathedral city of Rochester. Mr. Levy is a gentleman of a high sense of honour, worth, and integrity, and one who, in his official as well as in his private duties, will do honour to the Jewish community. What renders the appointment of greater importance at the present mo ment, when we are struggling for a full complement of civil and religious rights, is the fact that the whole of the town councii, upon whose recommendation the appointment was made, are strong Conservatives and high Churchmen.— .reu•ish Chronicle. THE ROYAL RESIDENCE AT BALMORAL.—A cor- respondent of the Arbroath Guide, residing near Balmoral, writes as follows from that interesting locality: —" There is nothing of general lute est stirring in this quarter. Our mountain breezes may, however, still be said to be redolent, of royalty. The Queen, the Queen Mother, the Prince, and their interesting family have, like summer birds, taken wings and fled to a more genial clime. Their reaidence amongst us, however, has done much good. A school has been founded and a schoolhouse built at Strathgirnoch, on the Abergeldie estate, and male and female teachers are to be placed there and provided for. • The poorer description of children in the district, and those at a distance from the pa rochial school, are to be the pupils; and the whole at our gracious Queen's expense. A number of neat cottages are also in course of erection near Balmoral, and at Knocks, on the Birkhall estate The mansion of the last-mentioned pro perty is to be enlarged for Prince Albert." THB IMPROVEMENTS IN FRONT OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Ai the alterations going on in front of Bucking ham Palace advance towards eompletion it becomes more manifest that while they will be a decided improvement on the Palace, the encroachments which are made on the Green park and St. James's-park are scarcely perceptible. Imme diately behind the hoarding in front of the Palace iron rail ings are being erected, with handsome stone pillars to sup port them at convenient distances. At the west end of Sr. James's-park men are busily at work making a slope, which will present a very pleasing appearance when finished. Several men are also at work clearing up the stones of the marble arch, preparatory to their removal. Ma. HUDSON'S RAILWAY SPECULATIONS.—It is understood that Mr. Hudson has made upwards of 150,0001. by railway speculations within the last three months. His principle of action is said to be to buy largely in all the stocks which have had the greatest fall, and after he can alize a certain amount of profit to sell out. When his sales have caused a decline in the prices he goes in again, until the stocks in which he operates have gone so high as not, iu his judgment, to justify further operations for the rise. Some persons attribute the rise yesterday, in various lines, to his operations.—Advertiser. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S BALL.—Yesterday evening the annual ball of the non-commissioned officers of the 2nd Life Guards took place at the Commercial Hall. King's road, Chelsea, and under circumstances (says a cor: respondent) which reflected great credit upon those who undertook the general management of affairs. The stewards on the occasion were Cur; orals Gregson, Kendall, Ness, and Hall, and the master of ceremonies was Mr. Grattan Cooke. All the popular dances of the season were called into requisition, and especial care was taken that the martial character of the visitors should not be forgotten. There was a most friendly and picturesque admixture of the representatives of different regiments besides those of the 2nd Life Guards, and the fine tall figures of the soldiers presented a very effective contrast to the slender forms of the gentle damsels who appeared as their " companions in arms." In reference to the dancing, it must be admitted that the corporals and their messmates exerted themselves to a surprising degree. It need hardly be stated that the scene was altogether a cheerful and pleasant one, for the gay and gallant *' cava liers" were evidently quite at home under the fire of the music, whilst the ladies (the majority of whom were as be ' w itching as ladies can be, when Lifeguardsmen are their ad , mixers) appeared to think that the proudest daughters of the land would envy their delightful position. The hall, which has been considerably enlarged of late, was gracefully de , corated, and was extremely well Adapted fur the merry making. Messrs. Dodsworth and Bennett, we are informed, were worshippers in the Roman Catholic chapels only two Sundays ago. Can this be true ?—Romish confraternity men are assailing servant maids in various streets with ap peals in favour of Popery. Several instances of priests, or Romanists in the garb of priests, thus addressing maid ser vants have occurred in Hanover-street and other streets in the west-end.—ln a church in the west-end there is a choir consisting of thirteen boys, each of whom is confessed and absolved every Saturday evening. The inspection of the bishop's archdeacons is indeed demanded.—Moraing Herald. MR. BENNETT'S RESIGNATION.—An erroneous irn• pression appears to have gone abroad that the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett is inclined to retract his offer of resigning his living. We have authority to state that this is not the case; and as soon as the necessary arrangements are made we are assured that the Rev. Gentleman will be ready to complete his resig nation. We believe, however, that great dissatisfaction pre vails among a large number of his two congregations, on the grouud that the conditions of the res gnation have not been strictly fulfilled.—Tinzes. MELANCHOLY OCCUREENCE.—A painful sensation was created in the neighbourhood of Crs.mond yesterday, by the occurrence of one of the most afflicting casua lti es which, has for a long period come under our no' ice. A public ball amongwas on Alexander Caddell, e, and conspicuous u e e n s r d i l a l y i a n t nightthrong v given a i a n t h t e h e l a v d i y l l o a f g h'sq., of Cramon Iron Works. Shortly after midnight, Mrs. Caudell, accompanied by two maids, with two of the children, proceeded homewards, and in order to shorten the distance she had to traverse, took a bye-path passing along the brink of a mill-lade, falling into the river Almond. The night was dark, and the water was, from the previous rains, col siderably swol len. Mrs. Caddell was briskly walking along the side of the lade, when in the impenetrable darkness, she suddenly stumbled, and was in an instant precipitated into the stream. One of the servants was close at her heels, and Mrs. Caddell in her first struggles in the water managed to get hold of the fog of the child, with which the girl was accompanied ; but the latter, apprehensive of being also pulled into the water, released her mistress's grasp and retreated out of her reach. The girls shrieked for assistance, but no one was near, and the unfortunate lady was allowed to struggle helplessly in the turgid stream, till she was carried far beyond the reach of all human aid. The alarm was instantly given, and every search was immediately made for the body, but up to yesterday afternoon to trace of it had been found, and fee the present it is conjectured that the force of the current must have carried it into the Almond River.—Caledonian Mercury. FEMALE POACHING.—The only persons that can kill game with impunity are females. The enactment, as recently decided, is against " he," and not " she," conse• quently the female portion of the community are at liberty to enjoy this amusement. We know of a parish in the south of the comity of Heddington where it is done to a good e}- tent and at little expense, for they stand up against the gamekeepers its defence of their snares, and the.victory is generally theirs, protected as they are by the deference that is paid to them by the rougher sex.—Caledonian Nercury. JUNIUS [The following has already appeared, but with some errors and omissions. The subject being one of popular interest, and the writer having exclusive and particular means of intelligence, we now give the entire communication.—En. Sun.] NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. L'ist night a general meeting of the engine -drivers and firemen engaged upon the southern division of the London and North-Western Rtilway was held at the limilway Tavern, Camden town, in order to deter mine, if possible, upon some final measure in reference to the matter which has for the past fortnight agitated them. Within the last few days the directors hare acted with the firmness and decision which from the outset they armour:iced to be their intention, whilst the men, acting without advice and without union, have been the prey of great apparent inconstancy of purpose. The term " apparent inconstancy of purpose" is em ploi ed because we believe that, without an exception, it was the desire of the men upon the southern division of the line to retaia their employment, but an idea having been promulgated that they contemplated a strike, publicity having been given to il , and they having no means of &nying it in a body, owing to the of selecting a time at which an . “ Ling a gnter4l mecting could be convenA, matters certiinly at on.t period seem to threaten that a. w-ntral turn (Alt of the twn upon this important tine would result. However, we hope that tee judicious system that ha? ben adopted on both sides has now prevented the possibility of such an occur rence, for whil,t the directors exhibited their lode iszinlence of the old hart& by engaging new ones, and by preparing for every emergeecy, they yet inti• mated in a semi nntimer to the representatives of the press that should the men adopt a course of submission the notices that they had given to many cf their hands (including tome of the best) would be withdrawn. This conciliatory course adopted by the directors has not been without its effect, as a brief glance at the proceedings of last night will show. About 50 drivers and firemen had assembled at the Railway Tavern by ten o'clock, when the chair was taken by RICHARD WALKER. He observed that since their last meeting a good many of the men at Camden station had received notice to leave the company's ser vice in a fortnight, and that he himself was one. He had been some years in the employment of the com pany, and he could only say that he was perfectly satis fied with his employment. He had never proposed a strike, and never wished a strike. He believed every man at Camden entertained the same views, and as it Vias:now absolutely necessary that they should speak out what their views and wishes were, he should sug gest, as he understood some resolutions had been pre pared, that they should be proposed and put to the meeting.—(Hear, hear.) FREDERICK ALLEN said he had never advocated strikes, and never would. All this had arisen out of something that had occurred upon the northern divi- sion of the line, and now the men in the north were said to be quite satisfied. For himself he did not see what they bad to do with the northern division of the line, so long as they (the southern men) were satisfied with their own position, and he would only repeat what he had often said before, that he had never had any ground to complain of his treatment upon that line, and that he was as satisfied with his employers as he hoped they had been with him.— (Hear.) He had a resolution to propose, and he trusted the meet ing would agree to it unanimously. It was as fol lows : " liesolved,—That this meeting, consisting of engine drivers and firemen engaged at the Camden-town and other stations on the southern division of the London and North-Western Railway, beg to express their satis faction with the regulations at present existing on their division of the line, independently of any grievances which may be stated to exist elsewhere." T. WooDLEr seconded the resolution, and said, though they had a pretty strong muster that evening., he knew that there were other men who, having their en. gines to attend to, could not be present, but who would completely acquiesce in the resolution, which he believed. indeed, would meet with the universal approbation of the men upon the southern division. The resolution was carried unanimously. MATTHEW HALL then moved the following : " That a copy of the foregoing resolution be sent to Mr. M'Connell, requesting that he will present it to Mr. Glyn, accompanied with a respectful intimation that the men who have received notice upon the southern divi sion would be happy to remain in the service of the company." J. M•MILLAN second:, the resolution, which was supported by Latham, S r atiaort, Greenwell and o th e r s , and was carried unanitnouNly. - The meeting soon after broke up, everybody appa rently being in a much happier state of mind than he had been for some time past. A deputation from the Great Western Railway were in attendance, though not present, and when they heard the resolutions that had been come to they expressed their determination to address the di rectors to request that the notices that have been given to the men might be withdrawn. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. EASTERN' COUNTIK§ AND - NORFoLK RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the wcolerriding Dec. 2j: --Passengers, parcels, &z.. £3,103 6 1 Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 6,938 6 5 Total ... ....£15,24ti 12 6 Corresponding,week of 1549 ... 15,477 2 11 Tin; NoIITIIEILN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 23r, ) .Iteturn of Traffic for the Week ending Dec. 22, 1850: Passenger:, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,187 10 5 Merchandise and minerals ... 2,985 19 11 Cattle ...* ... 131 14 1 •y Total .. ....£8,3J5 4 5 Corresponding week, Dec. 23, 1849 (143 miles): Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,616 9 Cattle ... 1,349 3 10 Total ... ... LONDON AND BLACKIVALL RAILWAY.-- Amount of revenue or the week ending Dec. 29 : Passengers Goods ... 2,965 13 6 ...£733 5 6 ... 12 0 0 Total ... £745 5 6 Corresponding week last year ... 547 7 4 MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 29: Passengers, &c. ... Merchandise ... TO THE EDITOR OF THE SI:Ar. Sra,—The question, Who wrote Junius ? reminds one of the old solecism, Qui fit Ilitecenas . 4 ' who made Mweenas? Ut nezno ? what, no one quint sibi sorten z! what a lucky fellow ! So much has been said, and well said, about Sir P. Francis, that it has the air of a plagiarism to continue the subject ; but some of those statements read more like pleadings than arguments. Happily, none of Sir re presentatives have a particle of vanity, or this contin gent, metonymic amaranth, would slrcly tantalise them. Aitiero e sAoi proprj i'regj Piu die e! - :e 1 pai.su!i Much has also been sail and foi g:,tten of Burke es the 1-cal author. The in:tio queszion was, Woo could have written the letters r A cousensuv ~f emi nent persons in those tinia deoi led—None but Burke. That Francis edited the letters is as clear as that Bu, ke wrote them ; and is is barely p9ssib'e the editor may not have known who the toy stPi ions contributor was ! sive by that rognarok, Or " toi light of the gods," which sufliewd to show think ing men it could only he Burk:. Probably, if in the hurry of printing any interp,lition or change had been necessary, Francis was the last to do it without discov,ry, from the idiosyncrasies of his mind. The arguments from similarity of style are fallacious: whoever wrote the Letters nullum fere scribendi genus non attigit, nullum quod tell git non or navit. Burke had already imitated Bolingbroke (awful name), so as to deceive every one : the Sublime and Beautiful appeared anonymously, and we have still among us an illustrious Irishman who affects the style coupe. Burke's versatility enabled him to write Phi!o-Junius, Veteran, Alihss, and what not ? Lord G. Germaine, Francis, Hamilton, Calcraft, Rosen hagen—hoc genus homne, could not wri:e more un like Burke than himself when he pleased. Burke was facile princeps —Francis, ultiinus Romanorum : one was the author, the other, to use his own phrase, " managed the conveyancing depart ment :" for Francis to have written one of the letters was morally as impossible as it was physically so for Burke to undertake the conveyancing. The Junius firm extended to several persons who collected mate rials, threw them into the " Lion's mouth" of a tre mendous inquisition, ;and frequently wrote on their own account. Were they formally initiated ? No, they guessed the author, as Wilkes, Horne Tooke, and even Lord Grenville, who once said in a large company, " I know who Junius was, and will never reveal it." Horne Tooke crossed his knife and fork, and said solemnly, " I do." All this would be adsurd if Francis had been the author, and his own solemn silence still more absurd, for what, in the name of nonsense, would be the consequence if, in after times, Junius were ascer• tamped to be Francis ? But, if Burke wrote the letters he was a conspicuous mark, and " could not survive the discovery three days." To save his life, " to spare the meek usurper's holy head," was the object of his many friends. " Methinks there be six Ilichmonds in the field." In Burke's company they mentioned gravely " the impenetrable mystery of' Junius," and it was under stood that no one must deny being the author. In fact, Burke was the only person who ever denied it. Johnson said, that if Burke had been asked he would have been completely justified in denying, but that he had heard him deny it without being asked. He might have had the very same ques tion put to him ten minutes before ! and this delicate casuistry shows Johnson to have been vary sensible of his danger. No one can now read the Letters and wish, all things considered, to have written them : it was humiliation as well as danger. Burke had no choice but disgrace or perpetual exile like that of Byron, and Mathias, author of the Pursuits of Literature. The case for Burke is so strong as to throw the " weight of proof " on the advo cates of Francis. Will Mr. Wade discover a fatal variance or discrepancy, when the Literary Club of 1770 could not? In Francis the duty of shielding Burke coincided with self-congratulation at having shared the peril and been almost as essential to the plot as himself : therefore he actively mystified every one. The an cient hieroglyph for the world is scarabceus, or blind beetle, and some men, it has been observed, find more pleasure in deceiving that world than even in making money. Francis did both. Burke extolled Francis beyond measure, which is natural iu persona who have risked their lives together. Burke's society elevated the genius and character of Francis in com mon with all other politicians : for a tong time they were " inseparables ; at the very least,- 'Francis was a tried, able, and faithful friend : to divide them would be as cruel as to cut the "prying, inquisitive " Secretary out of Vandyke's picture of Lied Straffird. A conviction that Francis could not be the sole author must have led Mr. Taylor to ss hat Mr. Wade calls his first fix on Dr. Francis, translator of Horace. I had the same conviction, and drew the same infer ence, till after reading a collection of Dr. Francis's anonymous pamphlets, and finding them much infe rior to those of his son. It is a quesion of calibre : try the calipers : the real Junius, a " long 32," or gun a la Paixhans, had cut sheer through both sides of a ship, oak and iron, deep into the grat,ite, and the shot is attributed to a four-pounder, then and there in battery, or else the four-pounder went off at the same time, and was not heard. Sir P. Francis was the best pamphleteer of his time—a master of writing, who would also have made an excellent writing-master ; which exemplifies Goethe's remark that a good hand writing is as important as a good style, or may lead to one. All this makes it more probable, to use a phrase of the Examiner, that " he often held the pen for others." In 1816, when he had just published a Letter Mis sive to Lord Holland, Sir Philip was precisely "The fine old English_Gentleman," frontispiece to the melody so called. You felt he was a clear-headed, stout-hearted, open-handed Englishman, sensitive, irritable, very feeling and humane, passionately just, that is, generous; nay he had, what is rare, the talent of justice, the penser juste, the droiture of mind. He considered music a species of athletic, calisthenic pastime, and when singing, modulated unconsciously into three or four extraneous keys. A boy of four teen years old being present he shouted to him re peatedly, "Young man, don't betray your country !" The young man dared not laugh, and never forgot his advice. So voracious was his love of fame, that when difficulties were made about the Order of the Bath his violence was extreme ; he threatened to Junius the Ministry, or, strictly speaking, to burke them if they refused him a ribband. The short human span, the rapid succession of births, deaths, and marriages, divide history into small personal squares, as an engraver reduces a pic ture, and if any object is not in its proper com partment the design is incorrect. Here the dates are as conclusive as the reasons. The correspondence began some time before the signature of Junius was adopted, in 1767. In 1766 Lord Rockingham went out ; Burke was his private secretary, more or less unemployed, well- informed, disappointed, and 37 years old, the precise age of Napoleon at Austerlitz. Francis was ten years younger. Now, could a fiery young man of twenty-seven, much given to pleasure, have organized a conspiracy which throws Catiline's into the shade ? Remembering always that the whole case turns on one point, Who was capable who was the canorus ales, the hyperborean literary swan with pride and ample pinion ? and not at all, What could Sir Philip have meant when he presented' the lady with a copy of the Identi fied? At the same time he had no qualities—not even that of patience, to justify the phrase " little provender," applied to him by Mr. Wade and assist ants, in speaking of his remunerative price. Francis might shelter Burke, but could not travestie his own manner ; and though he might, for a life-long juke, suffer himself to be dressed up in a lion's skin, yet never could he assume the " horns and cloven hoot" of an ox, nor act wolf in sheep's clothing. In the margin of a printed volume ha made an entry : " These speeches I wrote for Lord Mansfield and Lord Chatham." Compare this with ; "Burke was convinced I wrote the letters of Junius." Compare also the vellum copy so long wished for by the lady with the actual gift to her of the Identified! just as much as to say, I wrote out the Letters of Junius, but Dubois and I between us wrote The Identified. About the year 1819 Francis published a letter to say that if Canning had spoken of him as he had spoken about " the ruptured Ogden" he, Francis, would have spifflicated him, or words to that effect; but the sting,was in the signature, Ides Trecenti Jura nimus—an appeal to tbe lowest assa•sitis in Latin and fabulous Latin! Canning, more fi ightened than hurt, immediately detected his brother craftsman, skilled in " preparing for publication"—and taxed him with it. Francis printed what seemed a denial, but with a mental rebervation staring you in the face. Could anything be less like " Junius" or more like "The Identified"? O'Connell felt perfectly certain, without a shadow of doubt, that Junius was an Irishman, which nar rows the question considerably, and excludes Francis, who was born in England, and whose father, though an Irishman, was a denizen of England. Still more was he certain that Burke wrote the letters. No one could sift evidence nor appreciate weight a testi nor judge more wisely mony better than O'Connell, of eloquence, whether spoken o r written, nor t race the career of an Irishman obtaining the highest dis tinction in England and Europe. One of his reasons was, that Junius somewhere speaks of Dublin Castle as " the Castle," and that whoever did so must be an Irishman land a Prattestant]. I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. , C, £53 11 0 60 16 11 £ll4 7 II 90 4 9 Total ... Corresponding week last year ... SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERsALL's—YESTERDAY. A very thin muster, and not. a quotable bet laid. CHESTER CUP. ♦DDITIONAL ENTRIES. Velox, Thunderbolt, John of Berwick, Scarborough, Elcho, Quiver, Chantrey, The Baroness, Colccynthus, Pandamus. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Maz , ppa, Fugleman, Hope, Fanny Ellater, Heroine, Skipper, and Maria Day. We have given the entries as they reached us from Messrs. Weatherby, Chester and York, but cannot vouch for their completeness. It is not improbable, when the lists are checked, that we shall have some cor rections to make. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Duke of Beaufort's Ws., Mon., Skipton Moyne; Thum, Kelloway Mill-12; Sat., Lower Woods. Mr. A. Smith's hde., Mon., Wilbury •, Tues., Oare Hili; Weds., D.des Turnpike ; Thurs., Vernham Gate; Fri., Everleigh; Sat., Speery Well-11. Holdernesd hds., Mon., Burton Agues; Tues., North Dalton; Thurs., Becford; Fri., Cherry Burton-104. Badsworth hds, Tues., Red House; Thurs., Snydall Hall; Sat., Wentbridge--14 Mr. Lumley's hds., Mon., South Wheatley ; Tues., Osberton ; Thurs., Wicklersley Bar ; Fri., Headon Bracoham Moor hds., Mon., Harewood Bridge ; Wed., Byram; Fri., Bickerton Bar ; Sat., Hazlewood Castle-lo}. Eufford lids., Mon., Cocking Moor ; Tues., Lang with Lodge; Thurs., Epperatone Village; Sat., Park 11 all —loi. Brighton harrs.. Mon., Patchans; Wed., Thunders Barrow; Sat., Dyke-10i. Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Telscombe Tye-104. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon., Balcombe Village; Wed., Dencombe House; Fri., Warnham Mr. L. Steere's hds., Tues., Springfield; Sat., Standon Ha'l, near Ockley-11. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Hayley Din le ; Wed., Oldington Common; Fri., Radford Gate-10 . .What - Warwickshire hds., Mon., Edstone Hall; Tueolc cote; Wed., Stone Bridge; Thurs., Hill Morto%vlll' House; , Fri., Gay don Inn; Sat., Kenilworth Castle—lus• Wed. Lord Redesdale's h Gate Mon , Chapel Riddington Gate; Fri., Longboro ag ; Sat., Ditchley. ills; Fri. Mr. tides's hds, Mon., Wall H , Bromeaber row Heath-101. Rettendon Dell; Sat., Fur- B. V. II , Tues., Dales Ash; Fri., Pulliam Cross-roads —ll4. Leigh Wash. Essex Union hds., Wed., East Essex lids., TueF., Kelton Villav; Thurs., Colne 1,.,,5ps an •, W ee ley-street; Fri., George; , s T t : tr pir k gh h o d e s lia T ll ti —lol ‘ . v Botfoid-street . ai r , ers s hds., Mo n ., H atf i eld T own. South Essex hds , Tues., White's Bridge; Sat., Wel mington. 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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY.—An Act is to be ap plied for in the ensuing session for " dissolving" this COM- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL JAMES MURRAY GORDON. We regret to announce the death of Rear• Admiral of the Red James Murray Gordon, which took place On the 28th December, at Balmaghie House, in the 79th year of his age. The gallant deceased was son of the late Thomas Gordon, Esq., and brother of the late Lieutenant Colonel Gordon, of the Fusilier Guards. He married, Dec. 10, 1810, the daughter of Archdeacon Caulfield, and relict of Capt a i n Ch a rlt o n, E.I.C.S. Th at lady died in 1821, leaving issue two sons and two daughters. The second sou, a lieutenant in the 92d Highlanders, died in 1841. We learn from O'Byrne's " 8i0g7.-aphy " that Rear- Admiral Gordon served fourteen years afloat during the war. He was born March. 1782; entered the navy June, 1791, on board the BritAnoia, ICO. bear ing the flag in the Mediterrenn of Admiral I' l / 4 - Lilian) flotham, in whose ensuing acb an tt . July 13 with the French fl,et evac a participator. After serving for rather looro that , .ive years as mid shiptuan 03 the SAIII,I and ti)o home and East Iniia stations, in he Tarhon and Virginie, Mr. Gordon b. came acting lieutenant, July 18, 1800, of the Vulcan bomb, also stationed in the East hales ; where he ieznovcd in a similar capacity to the Trincomalee; IS, ,and De laigneue frigate, to which latter vessel he we -, coetirmed by commis sion dated Feb. 25, 1803. lie assumed the acting command on May 2G, 1805, of the Albatross sloop, and being officially appointed to that vessel Feb. 1, 1806, continued to serve in her in the East until Feb. 28, 1807. He then returned to England, but was soon again ordered to India in the Procris, 18, of which vessel he assumed command on the 19th of the following October. As a post captain—a rank he ate tamed Feb. 15, 1808—Captain Gordon was further employed on that station in the Terpsichore frigate from April 28, in the same year, until July 28, 1809. 'We do not find that he his since held any appointment. His promotion to flag rank took place Nov. 9, 1846. By the death of Admiral Gordon the following pro motions and changes take place :—Captain John Toup Nicolas, C. 8., K.H., to be rear-admiral of the blue, vice Sir J. Rowley, Bart., to be rear-admiral of the white, vice the Hon. Si r Fleetwood B. R. Pellew, C. 8., K.C.H., to be rear-admiral of the red. Captain W. W. Henderson, C. 8., K.H. (Oct. 9, 1815), be comes senior captain on the active list ; Captain W. C. Courtenay (1828), succeeds to the senior half-pay list of 14s. 6d. per diem ; and Captain Sir W. Dick son, Bart. (1838); to the half-pay list of 12s. 6d. per diem. The senior captain on the retired list, W. Stanhope Lovell, K.H., being senior as a captain to Rear-Ad miral Nicolas, obtains his promotion to the rank of rear-admiral on the retired list, without increase of pay. COMMODORE MARTIN.—It is reported, and we have good reason for believing the report to be correct, that Commodore Martin, who has most ably com manded the frigate squadron for the last twelve months under a blue pendant, is to be appointed com modore of the first-class, with a red pendant, and to be continued in command of the division of frigates. We trust this arrangement will be fully carried out, for Commodore Martin has deserved every considera tion that the Admiralty can bestow. He has shown himself a most able commander-in-chief in every respect—whether in professional ability as an officer and a sailor, discretion in the administration of his important and responsible duties, and gentlemanly conduct and dignity in the high position he has been selected to fill. This richly-deserved advancement will give the gallant Commodore an additional 2/. per diem, and the patronage of nominating a captain to his flag-ship.—Herald. THE NEW FLAG-SHIP FOR THE WEST INDIES: We intimated yesterday that the Admiralty had decided upon commissioning some more powerful ship then the Winchester (second-class 50), to carry the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, and to relieve the Wellesley, 72. Their Lordship' have very wisely taken into consideration the fact that our colonial possessions on this station require a more dignified specimen of a man-af-war than a 50-gun frigate, or even a vessel like the present flan. ship—the Welles ley, and therefore determined that the new 72 gun two-decker Cumberland, commissioned at Chatham, shall carry Sir George Seymour's flag. This ship will be fitted in a very short space of time, and no doubt will be soon manned. She bears at present the pendant of Captain Richards, C. 8., superintendent at Chatham. Sampson steam-frigate was commissioned at Devonport, on the 31st ult., by Captain Jones, but there were no entries before the new year's morning, so as to commence with the new scale of victualling. Indefatigable, .50, Captain Smart, K. 11., will be taken out of ...No. 5 Dock, at Devonport, this morn ing; and the Sampson will be taken into the same dock to-morrow. PORTSMOUTH, THUR:.DAT.—TiIe Winchester will be removed troin the fitting basin and replaced is or dinary on Saturday. Amphitrite, 24, Captain Frederick, will be removed from dock on Saturday. Bloodhound steam-vessel has been brought down from the ordinary and placed alongside the Malabar to-day to coal. She sails in a day or two for Devon port to fit out for the coast of Africa as a tender for the Samson st-I‘am• frigate, Captain Lewis T. Jones. Althouih Mr. Biddlecombe, the Master of her 111 j-sty's yacht Victoria end Albert, has been dis placed, and Mr. Penn, Master of the Britannia, ordinary guard ship, appointed to succeed him, and Mr. King, Master, appointed to succeed Mr. Penn, the appointments of the latter officers are withheld until her Majesty's pleasure respecting them is known. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1. In COMM quence of the recent Admiralty order for the altera tions in the supply of provisions to the navy, which comes into operation to-day, great discontent prevails among the crew of her Majesty's ship Indefatigable, 50, Captain R. Smart, recently returned from the West Indies, and now refitting in No. 5 dock. Up wards of 200 men have applied for their discharge, stating that they had entered under the old system of supply. The application is now under the consider ation of the Lords of the Admiralty. The Indefati gable will be taken out of dock on Friday morning. Her Majesty's steamer Samson was put in com mission yesterday by Captain Jones. Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, sailed on the 9th of December with the fleet from Barcelona for Malta. Letters have been received here from the Amazon, 26, dated Whampoa, Oct. 24. Captain Barker had taken the command, vice Troubridge, deceased ; the crew were all well. Apprentices to be entered in the dockyard, Devon port, in the year 1851—Twelve shipwrights, two ropemakers, two caulkers, and two smiths. APPOINTMENTS. WooLwicn, JAN. 2.—Lieutenants—Russell Patty (1844) to the Samson steam-frigate, at Devonport ; and Theodore M. Jones (1849) to the Pandora, 6 , brig, at Devonport. Master—William J. Olive (1845) to the Samson. Second Master—Thomas 11. Laity to the Ajax steam guard-ship at Cork. Masters' Assistants—George Stanley to the Pan dora, and Henry Y. Slader to the Fisgard flag-ship at Voolwich. LATER FROM SOUTH AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, Di uusDA.y. At a late hour last night the clipper pac k et sword fish, Captain Green, after a truly rapid passage, reached the Mersey, bringing d a t e s from Pernam buco to the day of h er sailing, Dee. 8. The dates from Rio Janeiro are to the 15th, and Bailie to the 23d of Nor. inclusive. The political intelligen ce from Rio Janeiro is im portant, inasmuch as the warlike f ee li ng announ ced in previous advices still continues, and the Brazilian Government were collecting their forces for the south, and were maki n g all preparations f o r a w ar with Rosas. The commercial advice% from Pernambuco state sugar was i n act i ve d emand, and the rece i p t s been on a larger scale than usual at that sea sthohanavtiDg of the year, the exports to the end of November exceeded those of all previous years. Currency prices had receded, but principally for lower qua lities of white and muscovado ; the decline was, however, not sufficient to allow European limits to come into operation. The crop, from all appearances, would be a large one. Prices were :—Whites, first and second, 275. 6d. to 28s. 10d.; ct,mmon assortments, 235. 10d. to 255. Bd.; low, 205.7 d. to 225. 11d.; muscovado, selected, 16r. 11d. to 17s. 4id. ; ditto, average quality, 16s. to 168.51 d.; ordinary, per cwt. Cotton was limited in supplf. and eagerly bought up. The receipts from Jul, 1 to the present date were 19,00 0 bales; first qua ity was quoted at Bd. to 81d. per lb. Dry salted hides continued very scarce at .10. per lb. Exchange on London was quoted at 29V. to 301 Freights were rather quiet, som e ships were load ing cotton for Liverpool at id. per lb. At Rio Janeiro the demand for toffee was active, and prices bad advanced from mil. 3,900 to mil. 4 for superior, mil. 3,700 to mil. 3.800 for good firsts, and mil. 3,600 to mil. 3,700 for regulars. The stock on hand was estimated at about r,0,000 bags. Freights were steady at 60s. for the Channel. Exchange was very firm at 2911. At Bahia sugars were going to market very slowly, al d bought at mil. 1,700 for browns, and mil. 2,100 for w hites. Cotton was quoted at mil. 6,800 to nail. 7. Freights were breaking up, and ve:asels were scarce-60s. might be obtained for Channei; Ex change on England ruled at 30d. THE EXETHENWkItII TRADE.—The StafforAhite Potteries are overdone with orders, and a conaiderabl I ad vance has taken place in the prices. The foreign order % are more extensive than they have been for some years, an , ktill general business is excellent. That free trade has net, ru this branch of British industry is very clear.