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Mutton, 33 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d; Pork , 33 41 to 3s Gd per 81bs; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18: each. :_'OI7TIIALL, JAN. I.—Sheep were in good request et an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. In all liinils of stcck very little business was transacted. Bed from 23 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Veil, 33 Gd to 4s; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the ROMFORD, JAN. I.—Although our market to-day has b. en far front active prices have ruled steady. Beef, from 2s 6d to 33 8d; Mutton, 33 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4.1 to 4s 0,1; Pork, 3s 2d to 33 6d per Sibs. Suckling Calvec, 183 t) 225; quattir-old store Pigs, 16s to 20s each. CORN AVERAGES. OP NL'IIAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the \ ended,Dec. 26,1850, made up from the Returns of th inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale per IraperialQuarter, wnEAT. 1 Balars'.l oaTs. BTE. 1 REANI3. I PEAL PRI CE • • 1181 lOd I 23s 5d 1 16s Gd 122 s 8d I 273 5d 128 s Id DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. RESAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is 0 , 1 Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN TIIE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 88,113 ; Barley , 102,103 ; Oats, 20,009 ; Rye, 38 ; Beans, 4,445; I'uas, 2,007 quarters. --- SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (13kfore Mr. Under Sheriff BURCHELL.) SMITH V. ROBERTS. WEDDING GARMENTS —The plaintiff is a tailor in Old Ifros•i• street, City, and defendant is a gentleman residirg at Ltyton, Essex. The action was brought to recover the rum of 71. 16s. for a suit of clothes. The plaintiff's attorney stated the case, from which it appeared that defendant went to the plaintiff's shop and stated that he was about becoming a votary c f liYmcn, and was anxious to appear in appropriate costume, and was measured for that purpose. The fit was admitted to be unexceptionable, and the nuptial ceremony tool: piece, but ou the bill being presented, de fendant said that it vras no joke at all to pay extra for wtdding dresse, , , and, considering he bad been over chargt.,l, rt fustdto pay. lie did not now appear to de f_orld th e act i on, an d a ver di ct wen t against him for the full n mount as a matter cf course. The other cases were on bills of exchange, undefended. SOUTHWARK QUARTER SES- SIONS.-(TIIIS DAY.) (13, fora Mr. PUCKLE and a Bench of Magistrates.) durob Ktarn, egtd 61, a man having the appearance of a farm labourer, was indicted for feloniously stealing, at Wt king, nn the 17th of December, two hurdles, the Property of John Stevens. Mr. Allen prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Charneek. It appeared from the evidence of William Beech, a boy in the service of the prosecutor, that he went into one of his master's fields about half-cast seven o'clock an the cy cL i ng -- of the 17th of December last, to look after acme sheep, when he saw a man, whom he iden tified as the prisoner, take away som e hurdles belonging to the Prosecutor and throw them over a hedge. Those hurdles had been previously marked by the prosecutor as his property, he having lost some hurdles before. Tbe prisoner was given into custody the next day at the ins ent:o of the prosecutor. A neighbour of the prisoner's, who Ind kno wn him ftr tt. irty years, said he had never known him before eharg d with any offence. .„ The prisoner had been in custody since the 18 th of Lkeernt er. Tot. CHAIRMAN told the jury that before they could find the prisoner guilty, they must be sa'isfied that he Was the man whom the prosecutor's boy saw taking the hurdle., T' e jery found a verdict of Guilty. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy. BENCH sentenced th, prisoner to be imprisoned ani kept in solitary confinement for fourteen days. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A Young man, named Edward Baker, was c har g ed With the following outrapous conduct:— A police-c instable stated that be se as on duty yester day af • ternoon, between four and five o'clock, when he observed the prisoner furiously riding a young horse up and down Clement's-lane, in the Strand, ala Johnny Gilpin. After a good deal of trouble and much noise and confusion, the horse was stopped, and the prisoner taken into cuitidv. He was quite drunk, and as chit dr,'n v. ere in the habit of playing about the laze, it was a mercy some of them.were not killed by his mad freak. The prisener-aaid he was exercising the Agr.. l 9, ; , , tpiph Was youlig and' spirited, and " bolted" a`fei minutes . he!ore the policf man caught sight of him. ,7 Mr. HALL united him what he was?—The prisoner said he ws a boot-closer, and had been at work ell day. The ()wrier raid the horse was very high spirited, and .be bad therefore given strict directiens that he should notibe taken out if the stable. The prisoner, lios•tiver. who lived over the stable, had done 13 . 0 in dei• filnce of his orders, and the horse was: much. by the rough manner in which he had ridden him. Air. ilau. fined the prisoner 20i., or ten days' im prisaLerwut. The fine was paid. MARLBRO' 7 STREET.(THISDAY.) ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Wallace was placed at the bar b, fore Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk, b-eging, aed assatiltinp.; Daniels, one of the constables belonging to the Mendicity Scciety. The etlicer stated that. about n;ne o'clock last night, he Wes in Regent -street, when he saw the prisoner go tin to several gentlemen and ask for money. Knowing Lim to be . most determined b,ggar, wanrss took him into custody, an d on the way to the station-house the pr isoncr k‘ched him most violently a',.eut the legs. Ilur , ford said the prisoner had ocen convicted no less then six times for begging and assaulting the society's officers. The prisons r. who een'el the charge, was committed to the House o' Corrctioa for three mmiths, with hard ab ART MONOPOLY. The Fine Arts in this country have been for some years past rivetting the attention of the educated com munity. In the purely pictorial department of them the circulation of engraved Art has been immense, and it natural to conclude this fact to have been the rr sult of an increasing and advancing civilization. While, however, the love of beautiful engravings has been gradually growing upon the taste of the people, they have (in the modes of publication adopted by th e print sellers) been subject to much monopoly and much wrong. Without impugning the individual character of members of the Priutsellers' Association, we may assert that practical mischiefs have been brought to its door which most injuriously affect the lofty cause of art, and that both directly and indi rectly the public suffer severely by the operation of its rules and the tyranny of its practices. A very powerful illustration of this truth has just been enun ciated in a pamphlet published by Mrs. Pa rkes, under tne plain straightforward title of "Art Monopoly." The work shapes itself into the form of an address toA the painters and engravers of the United King '', and seeks to rouse them to a better manage ment Of their professional affairs as far as the public and the publishers are concerned. At the same time it mlikes startling disclosures of deception in the publication of engravings, and exposes the Print:Alers' Association with lavish evidence and a trumpet -tongue. As we have reason to believe that the pamphlet in question is just now creating much sensation in the world of art, we call public attention towarde it as an expounder of information, and, we believe, as an int( rpre to of truth. The writer is a lady of expe rience in the duties of publication, having been en gaged in them for a period of thirty years ; but of late, being left to her owa resources and enterprise, disgusted with the monopoly which edpressed her, and alarmed at what she con sidered the progress of dishonesty in her own trade, she gathered the evidence within her reach, accumu lated facts, and marshalled arguments, and these she has concentrated into the pamphlet before us, as we would fain hope for general good. She has also added a number of important suggestions, by way of remedy, for the evils which beset the trade, and many of these must be speedily acted upon if her compre hensive scheme of reform Should find—as we think it will—a response from the voice of society. The subjects upon which the pamphlet chiefly descants are many in number and grave in importance. The question of the abuse of artitts d other proots of high class engrav ings is handled in connexion with facts which disclose fearful impositions upon the patrons of art. Tne process of the clectvotype is denounced as dangerous alike to the laws of copyright and the in terests of publication—the surreptitious transfer of plates into the h an d s o f l e sser d e al ers , t o the deteri oration both o f t h e work an d i ts va l ue— i s forc ibl y ex plained and condemned, and artists and engravers are called upon to exhibit strength, co urage , an d energy in the vindication, not only of the fame of their posi tion, but of that h onesty of reputation which it i s im plied is violated by th e P r i ntsellers ' Association. In (I( scanting upon th e overt and covert acts o f this body, the writer almost succeeds in bringing them within the range of conspiracy. There are many facts in the i work relati ng t o indivi duals well known n public life, and much of their evidence before the Parliamentary Commit tee is shrewdly and fairly cited; but there is no personality of an objectionable kind in any of the disclosures, and the object of the publi cation seems to have been neither to d e p ress nor to d grade the trade of publication beyond wh a t i ts own acts have assuredly achieved for it already, but rather to elevate all the classes alike who depend upon pub lishinr, influences, to give new life to the system, t o stitnunitc, to purify, to reform, and to abolish a grind it.g monopoly which is no way in accordance with the spirit of the times. FTRANGER% FRIEND SOClETY.—Yesterday a meet ing the general cmunittte and other friends of the above charity was holden at their rcoms, in Exeter Hall, for general business. The report stated that 'the society had Just teen benefited by a legacy of 500/. from the late Sirs. M. A. Clarke. Daring the past year 7,738 cases, involving sickness ar.d distress in the metropolis and its vicinity, bad been relieved ; 40,261 visits had been made. The income for the year amountsi to 4,7711. and the amount disbursed for relief, including necessary expenses, was 4,5301., leaving a balance for the current year of 2411. The district trea surer's account stated the receipts to be 2,6391, and the ex penditure to be 2,4861., leaving a balance of 152/. THE SUN, .MAGAZINES. NEW MONTHLY. Almost the oldest of the magazines, the .I!'"ew Monthly promises to be one of the most brilliant fa vourites among the list of our popular periodicals. It commences the second half of the nineteenth century with unusual spirit—insomuch that the current nuns- ' ber for January promises very largely for the deve lopment of the powers of its contributors. These contributors possess the advantage, moreover, in ad dition to their own innate abilities, of being marshalled under the experienced and indefatigable editorship of 'William Harrison Ainsworth, himself one of the moat successful romancists in our literature. Foremost of course, for a variety of reasons, among the contents of the New Monthly are the concluding chapters of the biography of Sir Robert Pee), by the Very Reverend the Dean of York—chapters abounding in egreeeble anecdote, and yielding shrewd annotations on the career of that great and lamented statesman. The motives attributed to Sir Robert in his advocacy of free-trade doctrines are deserving of espsciel con sideration. Interest will be felt likewise in the memorial incidentally introduced of the first baronet of the family. The allusion made after vvarda to the rebuilding of Drayton Manor House assumes an air of attraction, when it is remembered that the illus trious departed reposes in the little country church of Drayton Bassett. Admirably and justly does the Dean of York, in the eleventh chapter of the biogra phy, designate the late Sir Robert " the Meemnas of his age." The subjoined paragraph comprises an ex c,.llent epitome of the more prominent features in this great man's character. Now that he has been taken from us his memory possesses a mournful as pect of fascination. Responding to this sentiment of public regard for his illustrious relative, the Dean of York observes : " Sir Robert Peel was a pious Christian, a firm be liever in revealed religion, scrupulously attending public worship and encouraging private prayer. He was ex emplary in all domestic duties, u dulful son, a kind husband, an indulgent father; bravo, gentle, pls.eable, honourable, true; and all these in the highest degree. Had he, then, no faults? Nothing in this world is per fect; but the faults of Sir R. Peel wet e the almost ne cessary consequence of his position in the world. He was cold, unfriendly, proud (no wonder !). lie was se:fish— no, not selfish, as coveting the blot sings of others, but he seemed doomed to live by himself and for himself. His great talents, his extensive learninw, his immense wealth, his high station, raised him above V,s3 common rite. of mortal,. He stood like a statue on the top of a lofty c•domn, for men to gaze at but not approach." An anecdote about " Bishop Tomline and the Boiled Hare" is delicious. " The Boiled Hare" is the sou briquet of a sermon, so called from its text, " The slothful man roasteth not that which he tea in hunting !" With reference to the subsequent paper entitled " The Russians in Wallachia," we may remark that it condenses into the compass of some two dozen pages a lucid and masterly narrative of recent proceedings in the Danubian Principalities--uncloak ing the evil policy of the Czar and doing full justice to the course pursued throughout the transactions by the Ottoman Government. The writer is evidently possessed of full and accurate information, and his familiarity with his subject enables him to convey in a few sentences a fund of valuable information. After the terrible books of Sir Francis Head and of Sir Charles Napier, revealing beyond the possibility of a doubt the fact that England is but inadequately guarded from the accidents of invasion—it becomes somewhat refreshing to listen to Mr. Jolly Green's " Gallant Appeal to the Ladies," in which " the fun of the thing" is exhausted by this facetious pen , and. ink caricaturist. Other justifications of the second title of the New Monthly—namely, " the Humorist"—are given in the current number for January. Besides the " Gallant Appeal to the La dies," by Mr. Jolly Green, we have a Cornish legend, entitled " Tregagle," by Father Poodles, P.P.—a trifle of the most ludicrous description ; a droll con tinuation of Soapey Sponge's interminable " Sport ing Tour ;" and a very ludicrous conceit, called " The Norman Dentist," by the practised hand of Dudley Costello. Reviews of more thartusuall.ypretentious cha racter are numbered4asisongst.tet*prindpal-articles of - ttie Neu: Monthly for' January: Tastid, ' :being the iiirstrhalf of a clever. biographical and critical effusion on the great celebrant of- Jertisalern, is the chief of these reviews, and bears out the reputation of the Mae kazine for discriminating judgMent and -refined scho larship. The Rev. Milman oe,e,ives from the hand • of the reviewer anythingbut. sebyssesn'ef• laurels, the erieed of panegyric being yielad - exclusively to the - =American biographer of the peat (Richard Henry Wilde), for his work on the " Love end Madness. of Torquato Tasso," a theme and title reminding us of the Rev. Sir Herbert Croft's book, also called " Love and Madness," and re lating to a different poet, Thomas Chatterton. Another work excellently well reviewed is the exquisite vo lume recently published by the Messrs. Longman— " The Lyrics of the Heart," by Alaric A. Watts. To all magazine readers we commend "The Spectt'e Haunted," an enthralling contribution by Cornelius Colville ; and to all historical students we commend as earnestly the paper on " Don John of Austria end the Duke of Guise at Naples." Besides these articles we might enumerate others, but we content ourselves with the foregoing as sudcient to show the veracity of our remark at the outset of the present notice, that the New Monthly affords additional pro mise of maintaining its high position amongst the most estimable of our periodicals. FRASER. There is wailing in the Protectionist camp, and a furbishing op cf the old abusive epithets, even as there was in 1846 ; but Fraser, not Peel, is now the cause of the lamentation, and the object of the hue and cry, for Fraser, the heretofore high Tory Fraser, high Church Fraser, high Aristocracy Fraser, high Protec tionist Fraser, bath quitted the Protectionist camp, and inaugurates the commencement of the second half of the nineteenth century by a declaration, clear, distinct, and explicit, of his belief in the truth of the doctrines taught by political economists, more especially yin that of free trade, and, like all new converts, he carries out his principles to their utmost possible extent, denounces the Poor-law as a " pernicious protec tion to British idleness," and calls for its destruction. At the close of a retrospect of the " First llalf of the Nineteenth Century," Fraser makes his new profession of faith in the fol lowing terms : " In the belief that much of the misery which we all bewail is duo more to individual misconduct than to systematic attempts at oppression-:-due partly to the mistaken kindness of the rich, partly to the depraved he bits of the poor—we were the first to raise our voices against the sin of indiscriminate almsgiving and the crime of begging, and we have stood almost alone in our oppo sition to a poor-law, and yet we have not formally en rolled ourselves amongst the political economists, nor given in our adhesion to the doctrines of free trade. The time, however, seems to us to have arrived when every honest man, and every honest organ of public opinion, should make its confession of faith. Accordingly we now announce our own acceptance of the ho'd measure of the late Sir Robert Peel as a fait aceorepti, and devote our selves to the advocacy of such reforms as that new s ytem shall seem to have rendered necessary. The repeal of the so-called protection to British industry ought, we are convinced, to be followed by the destruction of the far more pernicious protection to British idleness." Thus doth the cause of Protection, alias of wholesale robbery, lose advocate af ter advocate _ "Friend after friend departs," and the most talented always go the first. The Pro tectionists may already be considersd a party without leaders, they will soon be a party without or with no liberte, little fraternite, but egalita of ignorance the most crass, with Mr. G. F. Young as Lord High Everything. " That deep-mouthed Bo3otian, Savage Landor," bath vindicated his right to the epithet, by publishing in this month's Fraser, five soenes on the subject of the " Cenci," which ne cessarily provoke a comparison with Shelley ; and for poets of the Landor calibre, such compari sons cannot but be dangerous. An article (the first of a series) on the " Commerce of Africetis well worthy the study of our manufacturers, merchants, and commercial diplomatists ; the wi iter proves that ' there is a large market for our manufactures in the interior of Africa, that the natives are anxious to procure them, and have the means of giving us in return commodities which are most valuable in the European market, and of which they are willing to dispose; that thus alltbe elements of an extensive commerce exist, but that the commerce has never been developed in consequence of our own errors — errors which may, and we trust will, be speedily corrected. Another paper of great com mercial interest is the article on " Railway Companies and Railway Law," which we commend to the at tentive perusal of every railway shareholder, and of every Member of Parlamcnt. Slovenly as all our legislation has been, unjust as too much of it is, the Railway code may be considered as uniting in itself the maximum of slovenliness to the maximum of injustice. In ad dition to these articles we have a pleasant gossiping memoir of the Able de Voisenon and his times (those times "so pleasant yet so wrong," those wicked, witty times " when Louis XV. was King," and Voltaire, and Pana:d, and Piron were the wor shipped of French society), a gossip about Christmas Books, notices of the Works of Thackeray and of Robert Bell, besides sundry tales and divers poetical contributions. CUEAP RE-IBPSUB or PEPTS' DIARY.—The first monthly volume of the cheap re-ittue of Pepys' celebrated " Diary and Correspondence" has just aKeared. Thp pub lication is to be completed in five volumes, at 6s. each, and there can belittle doubt, that in this copular for in, tLe work will meet with an entirely new class of purchasers. "We un hesitatingly characterize this Journal (says the Edinburgh Review) as the most remarkable production of its kind which has ever been given to the world. Pepys' Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age and the 1 people who bore a part in them, and gives us more clear glimpses into the true English life of the times than all the other memorials of them that have come down to our own." LON DON, THU RS!!.A.Y EVEN G, JANUARY 2, ibbl. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1. By the American mail steamer Arctic, Captain Luce, we have advices from New York to the 21st ult. The Arctic was telegraphed off the Ormesheacl at two o'clock, but owing to the lowness of the tide and a heavy gale, did not arrive until evening. She brings 100,000 dolls. in specie on freight. According to the advices by the Cherokee steamer, arrived at New York, with over 2,000,000 of gold dust, and a fortnight's later intelligence from Califor nia, the cholera was raging with great violence. The deaths at Sacramento city averaged about 80 a day. The disease also prevails at San Francisco, causing great stagnation to business. The steamer Tennessee, which left San Francisco on the 15th of November, had arrived at Panama, with 1,500,000 dolls.; and the Antelope with 150,000 dells. in gold-dust, and a large amount in the hands of passengers, was at the port. The Herald's accounts state that business in San Francisco was at a stand• still, and that the prices of provisions were very high. Miners, it is said, had done very little, all the dams having been carried away. Improvements were proceeding rapidly. The California papers mention the fact that egricultmists were flourishing, and that many persons had begun to cultivate in consequence. The rainy season bad not commenced. In the United States Congress we notice that a motion had been infOe rehtive to the expediency of requesting the President to give notice to Great Bri tain as to the discontinuance of the United States squadron on the African co-= t. Her Majesty's ship Herald was at Honolulu on the 19th of October. We have advices from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 12th ult. The cholera had quite subsided at Port Royal and St. Catherine's. In Kingston the cases were few, and the hospitals contained few patients. In the country districts, however, it was raging violently, and num bers were being carried off. The details are very distressing. Great efforts were being made to relieve the sufferers from cholera at Kingston. The Royal Mail steam-ship Conway had not arrived. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. titt, z I. Money Market—No material change has taken place in the Stock Market since the Asia's departure. Penn sylvania Fives have improved. The demand for foreign exchar,ge has not been active, but rates improved—on London, 1101 ; Paris, 5 10 ; Amsterdam, 41. The money market has bsen favourably affected by the receipt of gold from California. The courier end Enquirer notices with regret the rapid advance of silver coin, caused by the steady demand from Eur,ps. The incon venience, it states, is beginning to be felt by all trades, and that not one of the orders for export can be excuted. Owing to the high rates fur exchange, the next Cunard strainer will take a considerable amount of specie. Cotton — Talbot', Circular says " that since our last. per Asia, on the 17th ult., the market has assumed a decidedly firmer tone, end resales have been made of parcels bought during the panic at ie. to ic. advance. On the 18th 1,400 bales were sold at the advance of ie. noticed in our circular of the 17th; on the 19th 800 bales, at a further improvement of to ic.; and to-day 600. The quantity on tale is very light, and sellers are firm; holde:s in general prefer to wait the Africl's ad• vic4:' Tobacco—A9 usual at this season cf the year the market was rather quiet, but firm. Some 50 hhds. cf Kentucky leaf were sold at 9J. to 13. c., and 40 hhds. of common at 'lie. Iron-110 tons of Gartsherrie Scotch pig sold at 19 dolls. 621 e., and 500 tons ditto at 19 dolls. 75c. cash. Flour—The market for some days past has been buoy ant, and prices tend upwards. Tho kupplies by the canal and river have ceased for the season. Grain—Holders of wheat arc firm. Bred Genessce sells at 112ic. Freights to Liverpool arc firm. Cotton, 3-16; flour, Is. 6d.; grain, 4 to 41; heavy goods, 203. 2To Lond2s2on —tobacco per barrel, Is. 7 0.; turpentine, ; oil, gallons, 205.; measurement goods per ton, 275. 6d. to 305.; heavy goods. 20 , . to 30s. To Havre—cotton spare bales per pound, lc. , Shipping—The Lord Sandon and the Abbeylands, froriaiverpool, and the Koophandt, fr.,om .Antyi:erp, at New York: De:" Corada.s —2liercavtile inteltignico; .s. Kingston, December 12, sap— . . • " Our market wears a slightly improving eppcarange, consequent on the almost total cessation ,of the cholera in the city.: The dealers seem to dome .fora and rather more freely than has been the case for the last six_ or eight-. Weeks. Business is, howeVer, ecinfined"fer •the mosepart to I(ingsfon, there being' . little trade with the eutports; in consequence of the prevalence of the cholera in the rural districts. All the accounts from the interior represent the disease a spreading with a degree of vio lence equally fatal to human life and the preetpect of the estates, people not being induced to work, panic stricken as they are by the prevalence of the epidemic." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 1. The Queen's New Year's gifts to the age:l, and deserving poor of Windsor, Eton, and Clever, were distributed this morning about ten o'clock, in the Riding School, in the presence of her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal highness the Prince Albert. Her Majesty and the Prince were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, anti also by his Excellency the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, the Marquis of Douro, and Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by the Lady in Waiting (the Marchioness of Douro), the Maids of Honour in Waiting (the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Caroline Dawson), the Lord and the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, and Mr. Birch. The selection of the very numerous objects of the Queen's bounty bad been made under the superin tendence of the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, her Majesty's domestic chaplain, and the clergy of the vicinity. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley and the clergy of Windsor, Eton, and Clever, were present on the occasion. Directly atter the entrance of her Majesty and the Royal party the distribution commenced—blankets, calico, and flannel were distributed ; and also the fol• lowing provisions —meat, bread, potatoes, and pud ding. Coals were also dispensed. Her Majesty and the Prince, with the Royal Chil dren and their distinguished visitors, then took their departure, and the recipients also quitted the Riding School. A Serenade in honour of the new year was per formed at seven o'clock this morning beneath the windows of the Royal apartments by the band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, under the direction of Mr. Tutton. The following pieces were per formed : The Heavens are telling . Haydn. March from " La Juivi" Galatea, dry thy Tears God save the Queen His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot• ing this morning, accompanied by the Marquis of Douro, and attended by Lord Camoys, Colonel Hen. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Royal dinner circle this evening included his Excellency the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, the Merquis of Douro, and the Right Hon. Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring. After dinner a performance of music took place in the Castle in the Waterloo Chamber. The Queen's private band was in attendance, and was strengthened by a number of additional performers of eminence. About half-past nine o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their visitors staying at the Castle, and also by a select party honoured with in vitations for the evening, entered the Waterloo Chamber. The musical performances comprised the following pieces : Overture—" Struensee" Adagio (Sinfonia A) Mendelssohn. Presto Salterello * •• Turkish March—" Ruins of Athens" Beethmen. Fugue in C . Mozirt. at. Waltz, "Rose de Mai" Prince Arthues March E. Loder. After the above pieces had been played, the band of the Coldstream Guards and the band of the Royal Horse Guards attended, and jointly with her Ma jesty's private band, performed Beethoven's "Battle Sinfonia. The entire performance was under the direction of Mr. Anderson, the Master of the Queen's private band. The following had the honour of receiving invita tions :—The Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Lady Emily Seymour, the Provost of Eton and Hon. Mrs. Hodgson, Col. Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps and Miss Bathurst, Colonel Hon. Charles and Miss Grey, Sir George and Lady Couper and Miss Couper, Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, Col. and Mrs. Bouveria, the Commanding Officer of the Coldstream Guards (Colonel Paget), Mr. Birch, and Mr. Glover. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in at tendance at the Castle yesterday (Tuesday ), and per formed the following pieces during dinner : Overture and selection from "Robert le Diable" . Meyerbeer. Quadrille, "Great Exhibition" Jullien. Duetto, " Thou art the support of thy Father " Joseph .... Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., attended at the Home-office yesterday to deliN(r to the Secretary of State for the Home Department for presentation to her Majesty, the memorial from the clergy anl l a i ty of Tewketbury against Popish usurption and doctrines. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands and the Governor of Malta. REPEAL OF TILE DUTY ON PAPER. A meeting of paper manufacturers was held yes terday afternoon at the Clarence Hotel, Spring-gar dens, in ordsinto consider what steps could he taken to secure, in the course of the seat session of Parliament, the abolition of the paper duty. Mr. T. B. Cromp ton was called to the chair. Among the gentlemen present were Messrs. J. Smith (Smith and Ingle), C. Potter (C. H. and E. Potter), Martin (Leeds), T. B. Parke, J. Bennett, Crook (Crook and Knowles), Baldwin (Birmingham), J. Rideout (J. and T. B. Crompton), Holden, and Appleton. The CHAIRMAN said that at a meeting held about a month since, he was requested to ascertain, as far as possible, the probability of getting, in the next session of Parliament, an abolition of the paper duty. With this view he had had interviews with Lord John Rus sell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a great number of leading men, both in and out of Parliament, and of all political sentiments. The result of those in terviews was aconviction Out on the exertions made by the public and the trade, but emanating from thelatter, would entirely depend whether they were to succeed in getting this obnoxious tax repealed or not. The next step he took was to hove a circular issued by the " Associetion for the aboli!i, n of the duty en peper," which existed in London, and also himself to issue a pamphlet on the subject. He did this hemline he felt that they could never hope for success, unless they informed ? the public of the true nature of the paper tax, and the extent to which it affected almost every individual in the community. He had that day met with an individual who was consuming 1,0001. worth of paper yearly, but who said he "had not the least idea that paper paid any very serious duty," and was perfectly astounded when he (the Chairmen) informed him that it paid not less than 40 per cent. This was not all : some descriptions of paper were taxed to the extent of 120 per cent. on the cost price. He believed that if the public, now almost ignorant on the subject, were made fully aware of the nature of the paper duty, not only would they be able to secure its speedy repeal, but, in fact, to make it a part of the next budget. They would find in the public press, he believed, a most poweeful organ in aiding their movement; and through the newspepers, and other channels, the association in Loudon would take care that the bearings of the tax were fully exposed to the public. The paper nisnufac turere were of course the firs` to feel the effects of ii. nee. .t% man roan not commence making paper Without firt epplyin„ce to an Excise officer to survey his premises, to number every room in them, and also to mark, by letter or by number, every implement which he (the manufacturer) proposed to use. The Act now in force, as amended by Committee, was called " A Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Paper mole in the United Kingdom ;" it was passed on the sde July, 1539, ai4d. contained 69 clauses, a great number of which wire penal. Section 3 re quired papermaktre, before commencing business, to make " a true and particular entry in writing" of all their mills and premises, and every implement they used in the manufacture, &c., "of paper of any description, or buttonboard, wallboard, paste board, or scaleboard," and to deliver the same to the Excise officer in whose survey the mill and premises might be situated ; in which entry every " engine, chest, machine, vat, and press shall be distinguished by a particular number or letter, or number and letter or letters ;" in default ef which, for every unentered mill or implement, the manufacturer shall forfeit 2001., " together with ail paper, button-board, millbeard, pasteboard, or scale board, and all manniali found therein." A similar penalty was imposed in case the marks upon the several things mentioned did not agree with the entry given in ; so that if the number or letters were erased by accident, the excise officer could declare the pre mises as unentered, and enforce the penalty of 2001. The chairman proceeded to read and comment upon section 9, remarking that under it the labels issued by the Commissioners of Excise, to he used in the tying up of paper, were made equal in value to bank notes ; as there was a fine of - 104 imposed_ for every label de livered to eny mandic.tiur4, 4-*6-4 for which a re ceipt shall not be' ginerns or Which shall be can celled, obliterated, or destroyed,,, sold or dispoSed 'ef, or improperly used, or not. produced or ap_- eemnted for," when , demanded by the Excise officer. It wee often:necessary to - entrust a working than with 1,000 of, those notes- at,once (representing 'to the manufacturer 10,0001.), and the manufacturers were, of course, always in danger, as some of the labels might be destroyed or removed through malice, ,_Or even through the slightest negligence or inatten tion. By section 15 ; a period of 84 hours was con ' entries], after paper was ready for delivery into the market, before the manufacturer could send it out, in consequence of the notice required to be given prior to, and to lapse after, the weighing and charging of it with duty. This period, during which the paper was kept in the mill, was a longer one than was re quired for him to buy the raw materials in Manches ter, send them to his mill, manufacture paper, and transport it to any part of the kingdom, if he were not interfered with. This regulation crippled the consumption of riper to an almost incalculable ex tent. The chairman, after referring to other restric tive and penal clauses in the Act, pointed out the extent to which, despite the vigilance of the Excise, frauds were constantly being committed, and said that of this Government was fully aware, and V.C.• knowledged the difficuity of collecting the duty. Substitutes for paper were being continually produced, so nearly identical in their nature, that excisemen could not detect the difference, until told of it; but all these were allowed to go duty free. He himself, within ten days, bad placed in the hands of a Govern - ment officer a specimen of a new material, which the officer unhesitatingly pronounced to be pasteboard; but he would not, nevertheless, dare to seize three tons of it, although he (the chairman) told him where it way lying. The chairman next referred to the great number of persons who depended upon the manufacture of of men either directly or indirectly, and urged the immense advantage which must result to them from the abolition of the piper duty. Mr. Baldwin described the injurious operation of the paper duty on the trade of Birmingham. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. C. Potter, and other gentlemen ; and resolutions were agreed to for the commencement of a subscription to aid the London association ; directing the secretary to communicate with all similar associations in the country, end urg ing paper manufacturers to solicit subscriptions from their friends generally, and to endeavour to make known the injurious operation of the tax complained of. About '2OO/. was subscribed by those present at the meeting.—Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. PARLIAMENTARY APPLICATIONS FOR THE ENSUING SESSIONS. Yestercla;,Won7theruturll; made by Mr. Hawes, Re , giztrar of the Private Bill-cffice. of the House of Com• mons, of the applications in connexion with joint-stock undertakings, deposited in the House of Commons. up to Tuesday, the 31st December, the last day allows d by the Standing Orders, it appears that the total number of ap• plications to Parliament for the enEuirg scr!ion, for all classes of Bills, amount to 216, about one-half being for railways and the other half for miscrilareous com panies, shewii g that the joint-stock enterprise of the country is by no means daunted by the dramas now daily enacting under the Joint Stock Companies Wind ing-up Act. There are the following applications for new water companies :—Metropolitan Water Supply As sociation for the control of the representative body; Wandle Water and Sewerage Company; London (Wat iord) Spiing Water Company ; Metropo!itan Waa r dvorks (Lienley-on-Thames and London aqueduct); East Lan cashire Waterworks; Cambridge Waterworks; Leices ter Waterworks and Sewerage; at. Helen's Waterworks; Whi:by Waterworks; East Stonehouse Waterworks; making four applications for the metropolis and five for the provincial dhtricts. There are five applications for new electric telegraph companies, viz.—The United Kingdom Electric Company (Mien's patent); the Euro• pean and American Printing Telegraph Company (Jacob Brett's); the Submarine Telegraph Company, between Great Britain and Ireland (Brett's); the Submarine Te legraphCampany, between England and France; and the Magnetic Electric Telegraph Company. Tho Electric Telegraph Company also apply for amendments of their present Acts. There are several applications for the municipal and other improvements of Liverpool an , incorporation Gas Consumers' Corn on of their company, i p, A r T ah a ne n yr c e h e a sr apply Manchester. r. s e forvTe r h a The an p r pei n i;ations for l oca l gas com p an i es . To suversede the "Smithfield nuisance," measures are proposed, celled the Railway Insurance Cattle Market, and the Metropolitan Cattle Market, the object of the latter being the removal of Smithfield and Newgato Markets, and the prohib i t io n intramurally of slaui-hter houses. The maintainers of Smithfield as it is also have a Bill, entitled " Smithfield Enlargement," one of the objects being the removal of the dead meat market from Smithfield, and the levying of tolls, stallage and dues for the proposed purpose. DEATH FROM ?HE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A GUN.—An inquest was held on Tuesday at the Anchor Inn, Whittington, in the parish of Kinvor before T. M. Phillips, Esq., e oro ner, on the body of Isaac Starling, about 22 years of age, a boatman, who on the previous gun whilst o a is nd a Staffordshire s S t r e t t e u r i r n d g ay a w l a o s t k a i , e n d g by the the r discharge r e Canal, near Whittington Horse Bridge. It appeared from the evidence that the young man had been shooting at rooks as he passed.along the canal, and that suddenly the man who was driving the ass which was drawing the boat heard the report of a gun, and on looking back towards the boat! saw the deceased's hat fall over the boat into the water. The man who was driving made an alarm, and on going aboard the boat he and another boatman found the deceased lying on the floor of the cabin with a double barrel gun under him. They then discovered that Starling had received a dreadful fracture on the left side of the skull, and that he was quite dead. The driver stated in his evidence that there were - two steps frem the spot on which the deceased stood to shoot and steer down into the cabin, where the deceased put the gun after shooting, and he (witness) believed that the hammer of one of the locks must have struck against one of the steps whilst the deceased was in the act of going down into the cabin with the butt end of it downwards, and accidentally discharged it. It appealing also from the evidence that Starling was a happy contented-minded man, the jury returned a verdict of , Accidental Death.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. QUEEN'S THEATRE. It is customary at this period of the year for thea trical managers to produce some novelty in the shape of pantomime or spectacle, and we are glad that the frequenters of this little temple of the drama have not been disappointed in that respect. The lessee has brought out a pantomime—and if length of title be any criterion of its merit, it ought to be, and indeed is, an exceedingly good one. It is entitled Cinderella and the Fairy Glass Slipper; or Harlequin and the Silver Lily, the Naiads of,_ the Golden Grot, and Fay of the Magic Fountain. .The name of Cinderella is familiar to us from early: recollections, and it is therefore unnecessary to give the plot in detail. The opening is, however, very effective; all the prin cipal members of the company were on the stage in the, early scenes. The acting and singing of Miss Farrell, as the Fairy Fiction, deserves especial corn rnmdation. Miss Hamilton appeared to great advan tage es the Prince. The transformation takes place at the fitting on of the " magic slipper," end the fun commences. Mr. Harrison is the Clown, Mr. Manser Pantaloon, Mr. Ambrook Harlequin, and Miss C. Gibson a most agile Columbine. The harlcquinade was of the usual character, full of clever hits at the passir;g follies of the day, combined with scenic effects. The audit nee were kept in continued merriment from first to last ; and ultimately went home in excellent humour with themselves and highly pleased with the entertainment. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—We are glad to announce that the Lords of the Admiralty have had " second thoughts" es to the ship for the fix ' of the C o mmander-in-Chief on the West India and Nort'i American station. The order for the fitment t , f the Winehestrr, 50-gun frigate, has been this day cancelled by' telegraph, and the Pem broke, 72, ordered to be fitted immediately in her room. Thin is more sensible and not one sixpence more expen ,iye i n the long run. Assuredly a British Vice-Ad miral's flag wilt have more dignity attached to it flying from the fore of a two-decker than it could have flying from the fore of a frigate, howevcr fine a specimen of a man-of-v.ar that friguts might be ; but whilst giving credit to the Admiralty for their afterthought in the present case, it would be just as well for the nation it they would consider a little earlier, as the Winchester has now been under process of outfit for neatly a month, with extra hands employed upon her to get her ready, and considerable nrowess they had made ; now, however, tne order " strip t' so to ar.taterrtion goes ererything again, end the hands go on with - the new ship ; the frigate, meanwhile, going into ordinary to await a turn for commission for toe south-east coast of America sta tion.— Times. The Stint:tom iron steam-frigate has been taken out of the steam basin to-day, ready to proceed out of harbour to try her :peed and machinery. The B!oride, 52, has been taken into the Angle Dock again to complete her x - eoairs as a receiving bulk. APPOINTMENT. 001,wICH, JAN. I.—As3istmt-Surgeon Joseph Browne (1842) to the Inv.um, 72, receiving-ship at Ja- Kliaa, for service at that station during the prevalance of the cholera. The Argus stfaca-sloop, was brought down the rivtr from DeFford to Woolwich to-day by the Japer and Monkey steana-vessele, and remains at uauurirgs to take on board ballast, and in the course of rxxt. w ek will he navigated to Portsmouth, where she is to be fitted for sea. The Jasper steam-vessel towed the Widgeon survey ing-vessel to alitford to-day, where she will be laid up during the winter. OFFICIAL OBITUARY. The following officers' deaths have been officially re port:d since Sept. 20, 1850: Flag-oflicers—Admirml Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouveric, 1846; Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, K 0.13., 1847; Rear-Admiral Sir John Marshall, lint., K.C.EI., 1850; Retired Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick Payne, 1849. Captains—John Cook Carpenter, K.H. (retired), 1821; 11 Drr i uc c o ol u i oc a rnb r ia d liandie l ,,n l ed o ,1e a 81 : 8 : 35_42; (retired), 1827; Charles Crole, 1828 ; Joseph Psfrard Dickson Larcorn, 1841; Edward Norwich * W ijo il h li n am G l a l r e r n e r tt y , Dickson,lB3i; Horatio C j h a a rn r e le s s , 1841; Nicholas , jd2 l ll B e 4 jl,iB l; . 4(2. G ); , e x o l r BF e 4 e r9 . e la ;(1i Frederick 18 47; x Jil:1741171s; - Lsr - k6; - 184Dr X I: der Polio vto;'.l - 8 - 4 4 74 y A5h01k..18424. y...Ste,phen Briggsi, 18441: it_ Fra4;niii mow, 1844; z.Charlss Mason White, 1846. Lieueenant--.William Rule, 1815; .odfavitis 'lluustpoi , 181.5_; John. Suitua Pdiliiams, . 1815; ,Walford Thostias. Beliairs,. 1819; Joseph Bligh Driflield; 1824; Besville John' Wilson, 1832; Matthew %Peppin, 1837; .Nathaniel Sydenham Knott, 1838; William Stewart Miller, 1841; Norton Shaw Sullivan, 1846. Masters—John M. Davidson, 7806; Thomas Withen berry, 1828; George Crisp Dowers, 1833. Medical Officers—Surgeons—John Osborne, 1810; Thomas Gibson, 1833; Gilbert Thrift'Meldrum Martin, 1843; William Roberts, 1846; Thomas Graham, M. 1)., 1850; James Swift, 1799; Alexander Taylor, 1604; William Vellacott, 1809; John T. Jones, 1809; H. Mtr cer Cockerill, 1809; James Dickson (b), 1811. Assis tant-Surgeons—John Philip, 1845; Charles Devunport Puck Symons, 1848. ROYAL MAlllNES.—CuLnel—George Prescott Win grove (general), 1837. Captain—Rotert Henry, 1837. First Litutenaut—George Sheddon Dunbar, 1846; Thomas Halls. 1795; Charles Lloyd, 1812; George James Hayes, 1834. Second Lieutenant—Thomas Lyte, 1780. Paymasters and Purserr—Thomas F. Jesup, 1797; John, Edmonstone, 1802; William Webb, 1805; John Lane, 1805; Janus Dunn, 1806; Henry 0 ter, 1807; John P. Sarjeant, 1808; Maurice Clark, 1811; William &inlets:het, 1821; Francis May, 1831; John Richard Bluett, 1842; Henry King Conquer, 1846; William F. Henna, 1848. Clerks—Daniel Powell Munamara, 1844; William Cass, 1847; John Kibbey Down, 1850. The following deaths Lave taken place since the 20th nit.:—Cummuuders James E. Parlby and Robert Oliver (a); Lieutenants B. J. Wilson, Samuel Spencer, James S. Darrell, and Frederick Dcew; Master Llewellyn Howell, Surgeon George M'Callum, Assistant-Surgeon John Philp, Paymaster and Purser William Callaway. SHIP NEWS. LIVERPOOL, JAN, I.—The Jutnna, from Calcutta, at this port, sailed Sept. 13, and from St. Helena, Nov. 28. On Dec. 30, off the Sultero, saw the French brig Donna Maria, of St. Melo, with signals of distress flying, and in a sicking state; bore down to render her assistance, but was unable on account of the heavy sea. Spoken— The Munro, from Mauritius and Londo❑, Oct. 20, Ist. 23 S., long. 53 E. ; Maria Burress, from Mauritius to Cork, Out. 25, list. 2S S., long. 44 E. ; Persia, from Calcutta to London, Nov. 2, Ist. 32 S., long. 22 E. ; Limehouse, for Londo❑, Nov. 4, lat. 36 S., long. 22 E ; 13 , :n Lomond, from Bombay to Liverpool, Doe. 7, lat. 21 N., long. 31 \V.; Eliz ;both Beckham, from Bahia to Falmouth, Dcc. 14, Ist. 37 N., long. 28 \V.; Arno, for the south-west, Dee. 26, lat. 47 N , long. 12 W.—by the Duke cf Lancaster, from Calcutta. The Beaumaris steamer, belonging to the City of Dublin Company, is ashore on Hoy lake. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Her Majesty's ship Mariner, Dec. 23, by tbo Simlab, from Sydney, lat. 45 N., long. 19 %V. Tounatin,. Clyde to Mauritius, Oct. 4, lat. 13 N., long. 29 W. Guy Mannering, New York to Liverpool, Dec. 21, lat. 28 N., long. 27 W. Scotia, Calcutta to the Clyde, Nov. 23, lat. 8 E., lonr, 14 W. Ti rpsichore, Mauritius to Qncenttown, Dcc. 4,lat. 12 N., long. 27 W. Benjawin. Boyd, Cameroons to Liverpool, Dec. 7, lab 18 N,,long. 32 W. Jane Black, for Falmouth, Dec. 8, lat. 19 N., hog. 33W. Forfarshire, Canton to London, Dec. 17. James Lumsden, Buenos Ayres to London, Dec. 20, lat. 40 N , long. 28 W. Courier, Newcastle to Adelaide, S. A., lat. 43 N., long. 16 W. nuio... Mauritius to London, Oct. 20, lat. 23 S., long. 53 E. Maria Burns, Mauritius to Queenstown. Persia, Calcutta to L9r.don, Nov. 2, lat. 35 S., long. 22 E. Limehouse, for London, Nov. 4, lat. 36 S., Lng. 22 E. Ben Lomond, Bombay to Liverpool, Dec. 7, lat. 21 N., long. 31 W. ElizAteth Brickharn, Bahia to Falmouth, Dec. 14, lap. 37 N , long. 38 W. Simla, Sydney to London, Dec. 24, lat. 45 N., long. 19W. No. 7241, second distinguishing pendant (ship), Dcc. 26, lat. 46 N., long. 12 W. , I Lily, of Guernsey, for Pernambuco, same day. CONFLAGRATION AT PATRICK BANK PRINTFIELD. —Oa the evening of Saturday last an alarming fire broke out in Patrick Bank Pr intfield, occupied by Messrs. Ronalds and Co., calico-printers, and situated about three miles from Paisley, and one and a half miles from Johnstone. The devouring element when first discovered was raging with great violence in the old printing shop, a building of two stories, and, owing to the combustible nature of the mate rials, increased with fearful rapidity, illuminating with the huge volumes of fire it emitted the entire country for miles around. Messengers being immediately dispatched to Pais ley and Johnstone for the engines belonging to these towns, the fire-trig-de of the latter was soon on the spot, and, there being an abundant supply of water in the pond and lade adjoining the works, succeeded, after much exertion, in subduing the fire, and preventing it from extending over the premises. A good many workmen employed by Messrs. Ronalds and Co. will now be thrown idle • and the adjoin ing village of Elderslie, being much dependent on the print ing works,will also be injured by their suspension. We have not heard the amount of damage done, but, a great portion of the buildings being completely gutted, it must be con siderable. We understand the buildings and contents are insured iu the Globe and Imperial Offices.— Glasgow Con stitutional. RESTORATION OF ST. STEPHEN'S, WALDROOK. —ITS RE- OPENING.—The Lord Bishop of London, has, through Dr. Croly, announced his intentions to tie churchwardens of Sr. Stephen's, \Valbroek, to preach the sermon on the re opening or the beautiful miniature cathedral, to take place on Sunday next in the presence of the Right Common d_ Mayor, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, the Council men of the ward, and the Grocers' Company: The interior of the church (so justly prized as Sir Christopher Wren's master-piece, designed by that celebrated architect prior to the erection of St. Paul's Cathedral), now that its restora tion is completed, is beautiful in the extreme, and excites universal admiration. It is proposed to fill in the three eastern windows with painted glass, but the want of funds prevented the churchwardens carrying out this most desir able arid sadly-wanted addition. Dr. Croly, at the request of the inhabitants of the ward, will deliver his lectures on Sunday evening i nstead of the afternoon, as hitherto. A full choir has beau permanently establiAhed. SPORTING THE CHESTER Entries in town up to eight Y. iTELLIGENCE. CUP ENTRIES. o'clock on Wednesday night. Yrs. Vampyre Strungbow The Gcnt 4 Champion 5 Backbiter Tarn Wadlin King of Oude Peep-o'•llay Truth ... 3 Mouse Joe Sutherland 5 by Gladiator, out of Khnrassan's dam 4 Exeter Python c by Sir Hercules, out of Lantern Nat Reversion (JO orpe 1 Pitt-ford ... I • 4 Clincher .... 4 Glauca Cock tail 5 Mark Tapley Sauter-le Coupe, Christina 1.1,)1d Harry Panc pn Lingiun 5 Jack LeE , ming Acqve (by Tomboy) Miss Ann Baby c by John o' Gaunt, dam by the Sidler out, of liits Etty Snowstorm The Flying Gout (late Dabc)tah Chief) Baroness . o by Gladiator out of the Abbess AL:ntague 5 Baru& s Torpor Harpsichord Officious Hurry Scurry ... 3 William the Conqueror 4 G leLh Prestige 3 The Juggler 5 Bricgtou Priestess Wallflower 5 Sweetheart Old Claret Brother to Douzh Cariboo 4 Don JUSII Cockermouth Russborouh Dough Ettlian .......... 4 Little Jack Melia R.!incteer in .isclihrr.±z Miss Helen, by Mel boure.• St. Ge srg- GI idiole 4 5 Fiateup f Holderness Cossack 4 Won't you conic) cut to-nigh' Lord George Dec au Darras Queen Bee 3 Little George by Gbic!iator out of Lolly pop Garforth . Bco Hunter .. Landgrave Entries at Chester up to :iignor ("%linar Troune^r Gill; fl tvw Brother to Trinhtt Ilcr 3 Nliss Spring Foglernivl Tightwt.ist 101,1 Dan Tuck ,!..r 5 I Vatican 5 Eva Cyprus Chii.f Justice fi °Mock on WCCIIIC3aLIy night Knight of G-Nynne, The Unkoown, Roseue, Black Doctor, Earl of W arwick, Lidy Evelyn, %Valise°, Cr Mul, Spot, Mickleton, Clermont, S.,rito filly, Wild Rose, /ab bess of Jerveaux, llarriou, Blarney, Zadoe, Musician, Lough Bawn, Carthagenian, Alotz ), Prior of Lauer cott, Eithiron, Lady Eden, York You're Wanted,Rheus, h. by Verulam, out cf Whim, Joe Sutherland, Chi , f Justice, C€aveyor, Sir Richard, Rubit.a, Loupgarou, Seaman, Hippogriff, Aristocrat, The Iron Duke, Knight cf Avenel, Sir Rabert, Melody, Thy Swindler, Electri city, Truth, Jenny Lind, Sir Philip, and Mulgrave. THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Entries in London up to eight o'clock on Wednesday night:— Sir John, Lord George, Tufthunter, St. Leger, Tip perary Boy, Stranger (0.-h.), Melford (h •b.), Briti-h Ye man, Agis, B jaz t. At Cheater, up to Five OVIOCIC.. Skipper, Maris Day, Mulligan, Maurice Daly, Half and-Half, bit m by Groysteel, Pot, r Simple, April Fool, b g by lon, Sam Hood, Carving, Vairiliop-, The Victim, Come Again (late Ma/tented), Ahd l-Kider, 'Tiding;, Feirahrn, Rattrap, Little Q.reer, lllnkerrady, Ida, Shin rone, Yourg Dutchman, Venge.inc..., Thn Young'un, Fugitive, St. Helier, lir,seue, Penn h, Sir Peter Laurie, Verax, Lucy Neale, Quadruped, Reinder, Fsl - ecicsure, Isaac, Heroine, Volatile, Ringdove. LIVERPOOL JULY CUP. Entries at Chester. The Merchrnt of Venice, Seaman, Woolwich, Caprice, Earl of Warwick, The Marquis, Prior of Lanercost, c out of John Cosser's dam, Eltniren, Chams, Hippolytus, Peudemus, Lady Eden, Whim, Abber.s of Jerveaux, Mark Tapley-, Ha by, Italian, CocktailoLangton, Brother to Ellerdale, Chi: f Justice, Venus col - . LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. Entries at Chesser. Becton, Wilmot, Ri,k, Idle Boy, Catnire,,Calculator, , Larry's the• Lad, Conveyer,fThe Baroness, Old Claret. (R ECEIV.ED itf,D'A ) CHESTER ADDITIONAL ENTIVES. Woolwich, Ondine. Maddsafe, lanthe, Catirire, Cap tain Grant, Nancy, Quicksand, Wilm , nt, The Sweep, Osbaldwick, Knook Knoll, Strap (late Flizallen), Jenny Lind, Sir Philip, Harricot. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. Colibri, Seignor of Holderness, Christiana, Docility, Old Claret, Reversion, Doubt, Panope, Little George, Lord George, and b f by Simoom out of Myrtle. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Strike-alight and Soaveager. EXTRAORDINARY EXCESS OF DUTY BY A GAOL CHAPLAIN. A case is exciting public attention at Manchester, arising out of a charge against the Rev. P. J. O'Leary, chaplain of the new Borough Gaol, which possesses an interest beyond this neighbourhood. The case before the Court of Borough Sessions on Monday morning was one in which Robert Burgess and William Hewitt were charged with stealing, on the 27th November last, a piece of wrappering, value ss. The jury had some difficulty in agreeing upon their verdict, but efter leaving the court for about ten minutes they found Hewitt guilty, and Burgess not guilty. On returning to court with these verdicts, Mr. J. Pollock (counsel for the prisoners) rose and addressed the bench (on which were Mr. R. B. Arm strong, the Recorder, and Mr. D. Maude, stipendiary magistrate), to the following effect :—I think it right to make a statement at this stage of these proceedings with reference to Burgess, who has just ;been acquitted, which Ido solely in the discharge of a pub lic duty, but which I confess I rise to make with great regret. I say with regret, because it reflects upon the character of a reverend gentleman whom I know personally, and a gentleman for whom I have great respect—l mean the chaplain of the B , rough Gaol. The facts were communicated to me through the pri soner's attorney in the first place, and since then by the prisoner himself; and are to the effect that he (the prisoner) has been urged by the chaplain to plead guilty to this charge. And if this was the first occasion on which such a statement had heen com municated I might have felt some difficulty in men tioning it, hut I regret to say that it is not the first occasion. At the late assizes at Liverpool, a treasury official made an observation to the g o ve r no r of the gaol, aekiug him why a prisoner on that oc casion had not been induced by the chaplain to plead guilty ? And this was an observation the more significant because it came from a treasury official, at a time when he was disallowing all costs where the prisoners pleaded guilty. I should not be discharging my duty if I did not mention these cir cumstances. If I could have seen any way of avoid ing it I can truly say that I should have done so. I feel that I am making a charge against a reverend gentleman in his absence. The Recorder—lt is in his absence, and it will be sometime before he can be made acquainted with it. Mr. Pollock—Well, if I could have had an oppor tunity of seeing that gentleman this morning I should have done so, because I feel that this is a severe re flection ; but this being the proper time to bring it forward, on the verdict of the jury being given, I have had no discretion in the matter. The Recorder—l must say that the chaplain ought not to influence prisoners in this way. Mr. Pollock —Perhaps I had better read the pri soner's statement, because it will enable the chaplain to see precisely what the charge is, and will give him the opportunity, which he will no doubt desire to have, of denying it or of meeting it fairly. It may be that he has not been actuated by improper motives, and has only acted from a mistaken judgment. I can imagine he may have mistaken his duty, and have done this with perfectly honest intentions, but I will read the statement from my brief. The Learned Counsel then read the following extract from the pri• soner's deposition : The prisoner said—The chaplain came into my cell and said, " Now I want you to answer a question I am going to put to you, and to answer the truth. L.q me tell you that your case is a serious one, 512cte know all about it. You were employed Mr. A Hilton ?" I answered, " Yes." lie then s a rod, id that he you see I know all about it." He then a s a l s l t l hatWas knew, came as a friend to advise me to confe d s: and where the property had been place d, my only chance of obtaining . _t e mere 'ro i rh m h y hen was a very serious one--.-rob. btee viest of punishment was i nflic sa r e.ri f d ,‘ fo r und i g c uilty, after pleading not guilty. here were four fur the first offence. Ido not ; t mind, Ido not say transported last sessniosenosrt.e.ds say you will be tri: replied, had . never had any of that you will not. the property. He rep Oh, if that is the case I w ill bid you good morning, I asked him if he knew w hen the sessions were ? y lie replied, " Yes, but as you refuse m y advice and have taken your own, I may not a nswer any questions." The Recorder—lf that is true, if all has been done thi:t is here stated, the chaplain has been going beyond the line of his duty. Mr. Pollock—l sincerely -trust it may turn out not to be correct, an d t h a t th e ch a plain has not exceeded his duty ; but I should not have mentioned it had this been the first time a statement of this nature had been made ; but it is not the first, nor the second, nor tie third time. Mr. Maude said the visiting justices would inquire into the charge. Mr. Pollock said the whole stater: ent was a very remarkable one, and no doubt it would be inquired into with proper care. The Recorder—Mr. Maude would iequire into the matter, end if it was found to be true the visiting jus tices would apprise the chaplain that he had gone be yond his duty. Here the depositions were handed pp to Mr. Maude, r •;.71? -0 who immaliately left the benc afterwards made to that gentle a allowed' to take an exact copy gr aition, but he stated that he haValifikadY ptried' 11th the document, though "no doubt they would_ hear more of it." THE INDIAN ARMY. MAJOR BARTLEMAN. GENERAL ORDERS BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA. Head Quarters, Simla, Nov. 14, 1850. At a general court-martial assembled in Fort Wil liam on Saturday, the 9th day of October, 1850, Major John Bartleman, of the 44th Regiment Native Infantry, was arraigned on the following charges :- 1. For scandalous infamous conduct, unbecoming the character of art officer and a gentleman, in hiving, at Barrachpore, under cloak of the almost paternal authority with which he had been intrusted by the father of Mrs. Shelton, the wife of Lieutenant Shelton, 3811 Regiment Native Infantry, in pursuance of a base endeavour to seduce the affecions of that lady, wii.ten to lit r on or about the 22•.1 of August, 1850, a highly unbecoming note, and afterwards authorised a person named H. P. Downing, an attorney, to communicate clandestinely with Mrs. Sbeltoa in his behalf. 2. For most disgraceful conduct in having at Bar rackpore, on the evening of the 24th of August, 18.50, persisted in entering the house of Lieutenant Shelton, with the express purpose of speaking to that officer's :vile in his presence, in disregard of Lieutenant Shelton's positive and repeated prohibitio❑ ; in having persisted in remaining there in spite of Lieutenant Shelun's remons:rance.s and opposition; in having, while there, bastly availed himself cf his superior strength to inflict personal chastisement en Lieutenant Shelton; and in having, shortly after leaving his house, returned vgain in company with Lieutenant Si•elton's commanding offieer, and in having taken opportunity to communicate with Mrs. Shelton. 3. For disgraceful conduct in having at Barrack pore, a day or two after these occurrences, clan destinely received from Mrs. Shelton a note on the uhject of them, which note he brought forward at a Court of Inquiry, on the 27th of August, 1850, as a justification for his intruding himself into the Lieut. le,h, hot:. 11<“.13.0, as bllegt-din the .cec.nd charge. Finding.—The Court, having maturely vTeighed and considered all that has been adduced in of the prosecution, together with wat the prisoner, Major John B 4rtleman, of the 44th Regiment Native Infantry, has urged in his defence, are of opinion that he, the said Major John Bartleman, of the 44th Regiment Native Infantry, iF, on the— First charge, Guilty of conduct unbecoming the chlracter of an officer and a gentleman, in having at Barrackpore, in pursuance of an endeavour to seduce the affections of Mrs. Shelton, wife of Lieut. Shelton, 38th Light Infantry, written to her, on or about the 22-,I of August, 1850, a highly unbecoming note ; hut acquit of the rest of this charge. On the second charge, Guilty, with the exception of tie words ‘, basely availing himself of his superior strength," of which they acquit him, On the third charge, Guilty, ..s.ith exception of the words " disgraceful conduct," of which they acquit him. Sentence—The Court having found the prisoner, Major John Ban!email, of the 44th Regiment Native Infantry, guilty of the clurz,es to the extent above set forth, do now sentence him, the said Mejor John Bartlemln, of the 44th Regiment Native Infantry, to be ewhiered. Confirmed. C. J. NAPIER, General, Commander. in-Chief. ead-qqarterp, Nov. 13, 1850. RI.COMMNDATION BY THE COURT. The court having performed its duty, beg to bring to the notice of the Commander in Chief, that by the Articles of War they have been compelled to pess the extreme sentence of cashiering upon the prisoner; but, considering the highly peculiar nature of this investigation, the dangerously trying position in which the prisoner found himself placed by circumstances resulting from one fault, which, however reprehensi ble, has sti;l not always been considered as necessa rily: subversive of military discipline, the Court is 'induced to recommend the long service of the pri soner to any favourable consideration which the cle mency of the Commander-in• Chief may be disposed to extend. REMARKS BY 1113 EXCULLLNCY THE COMMAINDER-IX• CHIEF. The Court recommends the prisoner to the favour able consideration of the Commander-in-Chief, which in plain terms is this--to restore Mr. Bartleman to the command cf the 44th Regiment, after the Court has branded him as " Guilty of conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman" in one instsnee ; and in another, as " Guilty of disgraceful conduct." I cannot understand the conduct of the Court in thus endeavouring to throw upon the Com mander-in Chief the odium of refusing tbat which its own sentence renders it impossible for him to grant without insulting the officers of the Bengal army in general and those of the 44th in particular! I must leave the members of the Ccurt -to their own reflec tions on such a proceeding, feeling confident that many must have been adverse to this recommen dation. C. J. NAPIER, General. Commander-in- Chief, East Inclieg._ The name of Major J. bartlemnn will be struck off the rolls of the 44th Regiment Native lofantry from the date of publication of this order at Barrackpore, of which a report is to be made to the Adjutant-General of the Army at Simla, and to the Assistant Adjutant. General at the Presidency. By order of his Excelb.ncy the Commander-in- Chief, H. T. TUCKER, Lieutenant-Colonel, Adjutant-General of the Army. REDUCTION OF INCOME- TAX• IMPORTANT TO TENANT-FARM ERS.—An application Las Leen made by the Income-tax Coniniiitioners for the Yeovil division to the Board of Inland Reve,ue, to ascertain whether they ought to make any reduttion in the amount of income-tax assessed on tenant-fanners in cases 'where their rents bad been re- :laced; and the answer received from the Board is to the effect that, in all cases where there has been a bona fide re- duction of rent, there might be a reduction of the income tax in the sam.') relative proportion. The talc must be as,eised on the net amount of rent actually paid, or for which the tenant is really liable, and not on the nominal amounts at which the farm is rented. It is highly imr or ont to the tenant-farmers of the kingdom that this should be widely known, for that which is done in one district is of course applicnble to the country at large; we hope, there. fore, that our contemporaries generally will take cognizance of this circumstance and make it known to their readers.— Sherbornc Journal. ►SUICIDE OF THE COMMANDER OF THE RIFLEMAN. —lt is with unfeigned regret that we announce the death of Lieutenant Branch, late commander of the Rifleman, 8, screw schooner, at Brazils, and son of that most gallant and dis tinguished k (lieu, the late Captain A. B. Branch, K.H., who died some time since of cholera, in Greenwich Hospital. The Rifleman was ordered to sea from Rio, and was pro ceeding at the rate of about eight knots, when the com mander, wi'o had been confined to his cabin from illness, in a fit of delirium rushed out, knocked down a corporal of ma t.nes who attempted to stop him, and jumped over the side cf the vessel. The Rifleman was immediately hove to, boats were lowered, but all in vain. Lieutenant R. H. Dalton, second lieutenant of the Rifleman, was appointed by the Admiral to the vacancy. At the half-yearly meeting of the Canada Company held on Tuesday, the usual dividend, after the rate of six per cent. per annum, was declared. The land sold to December 12, 1650, was 11,095 acres, at 13s. 4d. per acre, and the land leased was 110,493 acres ; total, 121,558 acres. This ex ceeded the amount disposed of to t he saute period of 1849, by E 9,500 acres, The receipts in Canada to December 12 were 46 2031. Is. Id., exceeding th e amount collected in 1849 by 21,!,00/. The meeting p assed off hartooniously. BISHOPRIC OF NO VA SCOTIA.—It is stated in clerical circles that the Right Rev. Dr. Edward Field, Bishop of Newfoundland, will be translated to the diocese of Nova Scotia, rendered vacant 1?) , the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Inglis. The bishoplic of Newfoundland is likely to be con ferred on the Rev. Dr. Bridge, Archdeacon of Frederickton, New Brunswick. T u g BISHOPRIC OF MORAY AND ROM—We RH.. dersrand that the Right Rev. D. Low, LL.D., Bishop of 3foraY and Ross, has intimated his resignation of that office, his advanced years and increased infirmities having rendered him unable lot the due discharge of his duties....-Elgin Courant. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Livntroox, WEDNES.. DAY.—Accounts from the Sandwich Islands, dated October 19, announce the arrival of her Majesty's ship Herald, Cap tain K%llatt, on the 16th, from Behring's Straits, after a vain search for the expedition under Captain Collinson. Unhap pily the Ilerald brings no tidings of Sir John Franklin; and as the season was fast closing, it is to be apprehended that for some time to come we must look to the northern coast of the No' th American continent in the Canadian route, and to Dr. Rae's and Lieutenant Noulens' e x e rtions, for further tidings of the lost expedition. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations fur the diploma, were admitted members of the college, at a special meeting of the court of examiners, yesterday even ing:—Mr. John Blaule Sutton, Greenwich, a volunteer to proceed to Jamaica, to afford relief to the cholera patients; and Mr. Henry Forester, Camden -villas, Camden-town. TEMPERANCE IN LlvEaroor. —lt has usually been a subject of remark (says the Liverpool Mercury) that the number of prisoners charged with being drunk and dis orderly was greater at this particular period than during any portion of the year. This year, however, it is satisfactory to state that the number of " drunk and disorderlies" was very small for the Christmas season, and even below the average of ordinary occasions. The Bridewell books, on the 26th, recorded only 23 prisoners of the above class, and of these 14 were c harged with being booked for safety, and only nine with being drunk and disorderly. yesterday the committee of the Association for Promoting the Relief of DeLtitution in the Metropolis, and for improving the condition of the poor, by means of paro chial and district visiting, under the supc, , rintendance of the Bishop of London and clergy, made a report of the progress of he various provident societies in connexion with the asso ciation. During the past year the deposits of the poor so aided were, :36 societies, 25,552 depositors, and the amount 13,3661. The rapid increase of these societies is shown by the following. In 1845 there were 12 societies, 1',744 dtpectore, and the tunount 1,4614 z i „ 7 o