The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-31 00:00:00

4511ttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. POLAND. On the Ist of January (old style) the native Cus tom-house officials in Russian Poland will be dis missed, and replaced by Russians, for whom quarters are prepared. They will be double the numbers of the old officials, and have a perfect military or ganization. Other measures for Russianising the Polish provinces are being pressed forward with vigour. Besides the abolition of the Customs frontier between Poland and Russia, the Bank of Warsaw will be suppressed. The Polish credit verein will, in 1852, receive new statutes; the rural judges (dor frichter) are to be abolished and replaced by Russian Pristawis. The resident proprietor or noble was generally the district magistrate ; instead of them the strict Russian police system will be introduced with the Pristawis. The clergy in the Polish provinces are to give up their landed property to the State, and for the future will receive a salary from the Govern ment, to which the communes are to contribute ac cording to their population and wealth. By this measure the Church will be made wholly depen dent on the State ; and though the Catholic clergy in Poland are not governed by the Synod of St. Peters burg, they will still lose the shadow of independence they have hitherto possessed. The nobility has been punished for the share it took in the insurrection of 1830 by nineteen years of compulsory military service ; now, to place it on a footing of equality with the same caste in Russia, it is exempted from this liability, which it shared in common with the Russian serfs. The monopoly of salt is to be abolished, and the cul tivation of tobacco freed from restrictions. These measures may not all be carried out at once, but they are in contemplation. The abolition of the customs frontier between Russia and Poland has been already effected ; in fact, the Russian frontier is now trans ferred to the west, and forms the limit of Germany. The Polish Jews who have become invalided in the Russian army, or have served out their time, aro in future to be allowed all the privileges granted to the Christian soldiers. They are to have the right of settling in Warsaw and other cities, and those of them who are agriculturists will be exempted from an exclusively Jewish tax—the Koschersteuer. They may also be appointed to any of the posts in the ser vice .r the State below those that give the holder the lowest stage in official rank. The pest among the cattle, which still rages violently in the Polish provinces, has, it is calculated, destroyed more than 200,000 head of oxen. One of the most splendid castles in Vollaynia, the roperty of the Radziwill family at Sz3z:Tancw, has j ust been destroyed by fire. . . Count Anatole Den:idoff, who is married to Mathilde Bonaparte, has bee❑ recalled to St. Petersburgh. COURSE OF EXCIL Amsterdam .......... 11 15y 2 ultco, three months.. 11 17% Rotterdam •• 11 :7% Antwerp.... 25 25 Brussels.• 25 25 H unburgh .....•111.8. 13 5% Paris, 3 days'sight .• 25 0 LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. • ........ Ltghorn ........ ••.. • • SO 90 Qc:aoa ............ •... 25 70 • • • • .... Naples .. .... • • •• 41% ?alerrno,peroz........ 124 Messina .............. 124 53% Oporto .• .. • • • • .. •• 53% 7 .:'.1f) Janeiro •• Buenos Ayres .. • • •• Ditto, 3 months .... 25 25 Marseilles • • 25 0 Frankfort on Maine.... 11 7% Berlin • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Vienna, effec. ffo.• .... 13 50 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 50 Petanbargh,Sll.RNe.• 375 Madrid .............. 497 f, Barcelona • • • • • • •• •• • • BeTille.• • • • • • . • • • • • • .. New York, 60 day s'sight Philadelphia .. .. -. .... ?BAC= OF BULLION, Pll 01, Foreign Geld in bare.. XII 17 9 rortvgal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 gpan,2 4 11 Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .....• 0 4 11% Silver In bars ......•• 0 5 1% THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, DEC. 31, 1850. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the undermentioned gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bodies, lawfully begotten, viz.:—Major-General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, G.C.8.; James Matheson, of the Lew:, in the county of Ross. and of Achany, in the county of Sutherland, Esq.; and Richard Tut ton, of Appleby Castle, in the county of Westmoreland, Skipton Castle, in the county of York, and Hothfield-place, in the county of Kent, Esq. DOWNING-STREE I', DEC. 31. The Queen has bean pleased to appoint Sir James Emerson Tenneut, lint., to be Governor of St. Helena. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James Vickery Drysdal, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary, and Robert G. Mc Hugh, E9q., to be her Mjesty's Trea surers for the Island of St. Lucia. CROWN OFFICE, DEC. 28. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TRIS PRESENT PAR. LIA MENT. Borough of St. Albanz—Jacob Bell, Esq., in the room of Alexander Raphael, Esq., deceased. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 30. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Robert Frederick Mountain to be Adjutant, vice Barker, pro moted, March 19; Stcond Captain Edwin Wodehouse to be Captain, vice G. W. Bingham, deceased, Nov. 11; First Lieutenant Lord William Kennedy to be Second Captain, vice Wodehouse; Second Lieutenant George Kepple Taylor to be El:lit Lieutenant, vice Lord W. Kennedy, Dec. 5. The dates of the promotion of the undermentioned of ficers have been altered as follows, viz.:— Second Captain G. H. L./Milman to 11th Nov., 1850; Firt Lieutenant H. L. Balfour to 11th Nov. 1850. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants— John Henry Brown ; Frederick Mackenzie Hum berston Prosser ; Walter Aston Fox Strang ways; Thomas Arthur John Harrison; John Donald George Higgon ; George] Sisson Harward; James Meredith Collingwood Vibart; William Booth; William Lambert Yonge; Edmund John Winn, vice Leathes, promoted; Charles Booth Brackenbury, vice Rotton, promoted; Edwin Markham, vice Savage, pro moted; Henry Richard Porter, vice Jones, promoted; Edmund Penrose Bingham Turner, vice Byrne, pro moted; Frederick Nurse Cromartie, vice Teddy, pro moted; Leonard Sumner Joyce, vice Singer, promoted; Ralph Gore, vice Tonakinsen, promoted, Doe. 19. Carps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants, with temporary rank—Charles Elwin Harvey, vice Clerke; Robert William Duff, vice Rice; George Philips, vice Fowler, promoted Dec. 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberlandshire. The Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militil—John Dixon Fidler, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice Mitchell, do ceasNl, Oct. 24. WHITEHALL, DEC. 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Meikle, of the city of Edinburgh, Gent-, to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery in that pin •e the Lrai!ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, col!led. Scotland. WHITEHALL, 1J a. 24. 'Tae Lord ChanceLor has appointed John Lrach Ni cholas, of Monmouth, in the county of Monmouth, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Cour of Chancery BANKRUPTS. Frederick Young, cheesernongerTNorth-place, Kings land-road, to surrender Jan. 3, at half-past one, and Feb. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Weliborne, Tooley. street, Southwark. Edwin Trent, draper, Sherburne, Dorsetshire, Jan. 9, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street; Hardwick, Davidson, and Bradbury, Basinghall street. James Ginn, builder, Sudbury, Suffolk, Jan. 15 and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrup!cy. Ed wards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street; Marston, Carey-street; Stedman, Sudbury. John Hughes, beast jobber, Hacconby, Lincolnshire, Jan. 10 and Feb. 7, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court, Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Not tingham; Dibden, Leicester; Hodgson, Birmingham. James Simons, horse dealer, Wibtoft, Warwickshire, Jan. 14 and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Gregory, Leicester. Joseph Haley and William Thomason, cotton manu facturers, Manchester, Jan. 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Manchester District Co ur t. Mackenzie, Manchester; Atkinson, Saunders and Atkinson, Manchester. William Atkinson, jun., shipwright, Goole, Yorkshire, Jan. 14, and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street; Stamp, Hull; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Ebenezer Lake, druggist, Okehampton, Devonshire, Jan. 14 and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Bishop and Pitts, Exeter. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Samuel L3nch, jun., tin plate worker, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate-street. Edward Wright, Bennett-street, Fitzroy-square. Abraham Collins, Northam-street, Somers -town. Stephen George Burridge, tailor, Clarendon-street, Wyndham-road, Camberwell. John Sharp, journeyman miller, New-street, Lower S had well. John Thomas Beneat, master mariner, Hoxton Old Town. John Hartley, printer. Hackney -road. _Henry Trant, Cambridge-street, Edgeware road. William llolland, innkeeper, Pavement, Finsbury." William Mingaye, post-captain, Lyndhurst-street, Ptckham. John Hardwick, farmer, Barugh Ambo, Yorkshire. Henry Thomas Walker, ship master, Gloucester. William Angell, jun., cabinet maker, Cambridge. Ezekiel Tall, jun., agricultural machineman and la bourer, Witcham, Isle of Ely. George Jackson, :ship and insurance broker, Low Fell, Gateshead. John Webb, tailor, Burton-upon-Trent Staffordshire. George Davison, pubaan, Shotley Bridge, Durham. Firmin Potto, currier, Witham, ESSEX. Robert Barnard, jun., cattle dealer, Thax,ted, Essex. John Brook, booimakAr, Robert Town, near Leeds. Jcteph:Turton, flax spinner, Lneds. _ Staveley, victualler, Toxtcth Park, Liverpool. 'l, Heaton Norris, Lancashire. thery, victualler, Liverpool. pton, auctioneer, Brighton Waterloo, Lan- qopkins, v'etualler, Merthyr Tydfil. tyton, tailor, Manchester. KEIVSI' /` -- Mal , - Joan sail (: 4 : George R • - +;' 1V,4114.1ai Li Z . ', ''' • ":4 1 i.i e.ahire V' \'''' tt''' ' . ..:`-=',.....__, .411iam 1 \\_44.;,1,1,_. At. LA ti THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Dec. 31.) SUGAR.-The Colonial and Foreign arrivals to this port amount to 180,900 tons against 202,800 to same period last year : the stock is 58,500, and in the previous season 76,000, home trade deliveries amount to 175,200 and in 1849 to 177,200 ; export deliveries are 23,500, and in 1849 they were 27,100 tons. Business will be resumed on Thursday, and a good home trade demand is expected at full terms. The public sales at present declared only comprise 2,000 bags Ben gal, and 150 hhds Barbadoes. The stock of West India is now 8,160 tons less than last year, and there is a de crease in imports of 6,590, and deliveries are less by 7,278 tons. At all the ports in the United Kingdom duty has been paid this year upon 280,000, against 270,000 to same time in 1849. By the weekly averages fur the year 1850 it appears that the highest aggregate was on the 22d October 29s 7d per cwt, and the lowest on the 7th May 23s sd. Of British West India the highest was on the sth November 30s 61d, and the lowest on the 7th May 23s 51d. Of Mauritius the highest was on the sth November 30s 61d, and the lowest on the 3d September 21s 2/rl. Of British East India the highest was on the 26th November 33s Jid, and the lowest on the 27th August 21s 101 d. REFINED.--TC-day there was a fair business concluded in Refined Goods by home dealers, and with few sellers of brow(' grocery lumps under 51s per cwt. For crushed Lugar the market has improving tendency. MAURITICIS.-There is a smaller stock than at the close of last session by 1,887 tons, although imports have increased 3,000, and there being a falling off in the home trade deliveries of 1,000 tons. Prices are from 2s to 3s per cwt above that time, and now rule for low to fine brown at 32s to 375, yellow 376 6d to 435, and re fining qualities 363 to 41s per cwt. Arrivals of the new crop continue to come in slowly, but the quality is superior to the previous year. FOREIGN.-There is a deficiency in the stock here in Foreign Sugar as compared with this time last year of 6,000 tons, and imports are smaller by 12,000; there is an increase in home trade deliveries of 11,000 tons, but a decrease for exportation of 4,000 tons. The general impression appears to be the arrival in the ensuing year will fall short of the present one, the deficiency being expected to be most apparent from Havannah. Prices of Foreign Sugar are 23 to 3s per cwt above the close of last season. On the part of holders herethere is confidence, and they will not sell but at fully previous rates, although shippers and home dealers have ope rated with caution by privato treaty. The value of brown Manilla is 31s to 345, clue(' greyish 37s to 38s 6d, low to fine yellow Ilavannah 41s to 455, brown 38s to 40s, Porto Rico 37s to 38s 6J, yellow 39s to 455, and white Havannah, in bond, 27s to 346 per cwt. EAST INDIA.-Of Bengal 4,000 tons loss have been imported than in the previous year to this port, nod there is a decrease in deliveries for home trade pur poses of 3000, with a smaller stock by 1,900 tons. Prices are 2s to 4s per cwt above 1849, and rule as follows :-- white Benaros at 42s to 465, crystalizsd 46s to 48e, yel low 39s to 455, brown 34s to 38s, soft yellow 33s to 403, brown 30s to 335, like Yauritius 36s to 42, and brown ditto 38s to 30s. According to the last advieee from Calcutta shipments are 16,000 tons deficient of the previous season. The quantity of Madras hero in bond is more than in 1849, by 1,400 tons, and importa tions exhibit an increase of 1,100, whilst deliveries are less by 1,200 tons. Prices are 2s to 3s per cwt above this time iu 1849, the riso being more apparent on the better qualities. The value of soft brown is now 30s to to 225, yellow 33s to 365, and better sorts 37s to 46s 6d per cat. Of Penang arrivals have been larger than last year, and quality superior, but stock is not equal to that period. MOLASSES.-Of all sorts the stock is 1,700 puns greater than last season; late arrivals have been 1,000 puns less, and deliveries are upon a more extended rca'e. Prices are moderate ruling at from 15s 61 to IJs for low to fine West India, 12, 6ci to 13s for East India, and 15s to 16s 6d for Cuba asd Porto Rico. COFFEE.-Tbi ; uftsruuon there It as a fair business concluded in Native Ceylon, and sellers will not accept less than 57s per cwt for good ordinary. There are several buyers of Plsntation, and rather higher rates offered, but the quantity on offer is limited. The market for all sorts of Coffee has an improving aspect. The only public sale at present declared is that of 300 bales, and 1,100 hf-do of Mocha. CCCOA.-The still is still much smaller than at this time last year of all sorts of West India, and deliveries for consumption continue to pr . ( neat under favourable auspices. Prices remain firm at 49s to 56s for Tri nidad, and at 42a to 48s for Grenada, but on the part of the trade there is now little desire to operate; they, however, are scantily supplied, and an improvd demand is looked for early in the new year. In Foreign there is net much doing, but prices do not recede, and the quantity in bond is not equal to last year. The value of Bahia and Para is 31s to 325, and of Guaya quil 33s to 33s 61 per cwt. At a slight reduction there are, however, several buyers. TEA.-There are several purchasers of green rather under previous rates, but few sellers are to be met with, and the lower sorts are most wanted. The market fur Congou is quiet, at the same time holders will not give way, as the market is not likely to remain long in a quiet state, as dealers' stocks are much reduced, and deliveries fur censurepticn continue of a satisfactory nature. The value of common and good erd Is Oiti to is ld, medium is lid to is 21, other sorts is 211 to is 7d, and fine Is 8d to Is 10d. Scented and Pekoe Teas support the previous value, and a fair demand prevails. No public sale is at present declared, and stocks fall shut of last season by 5,000,000 lbs. At the five chief ports deliveries fsr home consumption since the Ist of January are 38,500,000, against 37,670,000 lbs to same time in 1849. The general impression ap pears to be that Tea will nst be cheaper. RICE.-The arrivals of all sorts of East India to this post are 8,000 tons less than during the year 1849; home and export delineriee exhibit a deficiency of 5,000, and stock is smaller than at the close of 1849 by 2,000 tons, whilst prices are as low as they were at that period. Holders are firm, as an improved demand is likely to take place shortly. The rates demanded for broken and low white Bengal are Os to 103, mid lOs 31 to 108 6 , 1, good mid to fine lOs 91 to 12s 6d; Madras pinky 8s 6d to 9s 6d; Cargo and Pearl Barley 8s to 8s 6d; and Arracan 8s 9d to 9s per cwt. There are several buyers rather under those rates. In cleaned a good business has been concluded, and there is a firm market ; town made Carolina is 20s to 265; Americas 19s to 20s, and low to fine Patna lls to 18s per cwt. Of Sago the stock is realising 200 tons more than lost year, but imports have been 150 tons less; and deliveries f.r all purposes exhibit a falling off to the extent of 200 tons. She stock of Sago Flour much exceed that of last season; and imports are nearly 100 tons greater, and de liveries of 150 tons less. SPICES.-For Black Pepper the market is firm-- Malabar at 3jd to aid, and Sumatra 3/d to 3id, indeed at these rates some parties will not sell. There have been imported this year 66,000 bags, against 43,000 in 1842; home trade deliveries are 28,000, and in the past season 32,400; for exportation they amount to 30,300, and in Ha to 39,300 bags. The stock is 53,970 bags, and in 1849 it was 45,360. Holders of Pimento have more confidence, and require from 5/d to 541, at present there are few buyers. Imports this year amount to 16,000 bags, and in the previous one to 22,000 bgs, total deliveries are 8,700, in the former sea son 22,400. The stock is 11,000, and in 1849 it was only 1,100 bgs. Cassia Lignea is bold for 104 s to 108 s; but few buyers are to bs found. Tho stock is 1,720 pkgs, and last year 620, imports reach 13,100, against 9,700 in 1849, and for all purposes deliveries are 12,400, and in the past year 9,200 chts. There ie a firm market for Ginger, but at present not much demand exists. SPIRITS.-The stock of Rum here now amounts to 19,277 puns., &c., and in 1849 it was 25,056 ; imports are 19,540, and in the previous season 24,900; fur all purposes deliveries amount to 26,780 puns, &c., and last year to 26,900; imports are 19,560, and in 1849 25,177 puns, &c. Of East India the quantity here is 5,00, and last season 6,467 puns, &c.; in imports or deliveries there is little difference compared with last year. Leeward Island is wanted at 13 8(1 to Is 9d proof, but is in small supply. There are several buyers of East India, and Is 7d to is 7id are the rates paid for proof. Jamaica has been in good request at previous terms, and about 300 puns were sold. The value of plain and mid quality 30 to 33 over proof is 2s 9d to 23 Ild, good mid and good 30 to 38 over 3s to 3s Bd, fine 3s 9d to 4s, and supe rior in small parcels 45 2d to 4s 6d. In Demerara operations are to a fair extent at 2s 6d to 2s 10d for 32 to 40 per cent over proof. For Brandy the market has a quiet aspect, prices also have a tendency to proceed downwards, and rule for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 at 4s 4,1 to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 10d to ss, 1843 ditto 4s lld to 5s Id,' 1847 ditto 5s 4d to 5s 6d, 1846 ditto 5s 10d to 63, and inferior sorts 3s 2d to 4s 6d. In Geneva there is not much doing, but the rates demanded are is 7d to Is 85, and for fine is 9d to 2s. For British made Spirit the demand has fallen off, but price remain at 9s 8d to 9s 9d per gallon, cash. COCHINEAL.—The quantity imported this year has been nearly 5 ,000 bags greater than in the previous one; deliveries are nearly as large as during that period, but the stock is 3,800 bags greater. Prices are low compared with live seasons; for public sales 400 bgs are declared for this week. 'The moderate rates are expected to cause an improved demand; Honduras Silvers can be obtained at from 3i 8d to 4s 2d; black, 3s 9d to ss; and Mexican Silvers 3a 7d to 3s 9d per pound. INDIGO.—East India is not offered under the rates of the last quarterly sale, but shippers and home dealers _ operate with reluctance. Home as well as export deli vereries have been under the previous year by 4,500 chests, but there is a decrease in imports of nearly 6,000 chests, and stock is smaller by 3,000 chests. The general impression is that the Indigo market will not remain long in a quiet slate, but no advance is at present looked for. The next quarterly sale is expected to consist of from 10,000 to 11,000 chts, including seeond-hand goods. Of Spanish a large parcel is an nounced for auction on the 14th of January. Arrivals are rather larger than last year, and deliveries exhibit a falling off, whilst stock exceeds that time by 500 srn. FRUlT.—Prices have a downward tendency for Cur rants by reason of large supplies and a limited demand; the value is from 39s to 45s per cwt, according to qus- litY; but an improved demand is looked for. Valencia Raisins are not cheaper, but dealers operate with caution, and the rates rule from 383 to 393. There are free sellers of Muscatel's at from 403 to 85s, end the trade appear to be well supplied. For Tvrkey pulled Figs the demand has become limited, with sellers at from 423 to 7W. French Plums remain in scanty supply, and there are several buyers at 'ale terms. Prunes are wanted at 27s to 325, but Sultanas are dull of sale at 58s to 603. The sales of Almonds are upon a small scale with sellers of Jordan at 6/ 153 to 9/ per cwt. METALS.—Since our last report there has not been much doing in Tin, still the market is firm; East India at 84s to 84s 61, block and Bar 833 to 843 per cwt. For Tin Plates a fair demand prevails; one C Coke realised 28s to 28s 6d, and Charcoal ditto 33s to 313 per box. The market for Spelter, although quiet, is firm at 161 7s 6d to 161 lOs on the spot, and at 1615 s to 16/ 75 6d for arrival. A fair demand prevails for Lead: British Pig realised 171 5s to 17/ lOs, and sheet 18/ to 18. 10s. Prices yet remain firm for Copper. For Pig Iron :there is a less demand, but makers have confidence and require for Scotch 43s 6cl to 44s 6d according to assortment; and for Welch 523 to 703; a more active demand is, however, expected. Prices rule firm for manufactured, and there is a good business doing, Welch bars at 4/ 17s 6d to 5/, and rails 6/ to 5/ ss. Sweedish Steel is wanted, and rates rule firm at from 141 lOs to 151103 per ton. Ons.—Althongh operations in Cod have been of little moment, still holders are firm and require 30/ to 391 lOs per tun. Seal has beeu purchased with caution, but prices are firm, pale being held for 371 10 to 384 straw and tinged 35/ 10s to 36/, yellow and brown 34/. to 36115.. The rates demanded fur low to fine Southern are from 34/ to 37/, and supply is limited; at present however there are few buyers. For Sperm there is a quiet market, with sellers of good and fine at 841 to 86/. The demand is limited for Hoadmatter at 94/ to 98/. A much better demand prevails for Linseed Oil ; prices are also higher and rule at 33s 3d to 33s 6d per cwt on the spot ; for delivery several contracts have been entered into at 33s 6d to 33s 9d, and there are not free sellers. The consumption of Linseed Oil exceeds that of the previous year. Olive is held for 441 to 44/ per tun, and a better demand ex pected, whilst consumption is prcceeding under favourable circumstances. Sales arc upon a limited vale in Repo Seed Oil, with sellers of brown at 35s 6d to 36., pale 37s 6d; and Foreign 3Ss to 3Rs 3d. There is a good demand for Palm, and supply not being more plentiful prices are firm at 29s to 993 6d for fine. In Cocoa Nut operations are upon an enlarged scale at 29s to 31s for Ceylon, and at 30s to 323 for Cochin; the stock also continues to diminish. TALLow.—Prices for Colonial and Foreign rule ls to 2s per era under this time last year, but stocks is greater by 6,500 casks; and imports exhibit an increase of 4,500, whereas there is a decrease in deliveries of 1,000 casks. On the part of holdeJs of Russian there is Ices desire to realize, end a good demand has been ex perienced on the spot: fine new yellow Candle selling at 37s to; 37s 3d per cwt. For delivery, however. sales have been upon a limited scale, and the rates taken are 363 61 to 37s for three first months for new. For the latter part of the year 38s 6d to 393 per cwt are the prices de manded, but littla desire is evinced to operate. Home melted has been in good request, and realised 37s net cash. Other sorts of Tallow are operated in with mere freedom at late terms. For auction on Friday 1,000 pkgs ar© declared. ANOTHER ROBBERY OF JEWELLARY, WATCHES, 6-c. NOTTINGHAM, MONDAY.—We - have again to re cord another extensive burglery in this town, which is the fourth robbery of the kind, exclusive of nume rous others of a different character, within a few weeks. The circumstances connected with this, as with the other burglaries, are of an extraordinary description. . At eleven o'clock last night several suspicious look ing men were loitering near the shop of Mr. Lamb, the proprietor of an extensive pawnbroking and jewel lery business in Goosepte, Nottingham. At about half , past eleven some of the neighbours heard a noise, as if some part of the roof of Mr. Lamb's premises was giving way, but, strange to say, took no further notice of it. The premises having been considered by the proprietor to be perfectly secure, no one has been in the habit of sleeping in them ; a bull terrier dog, however, has been kept to guard the, shop, and this hitherto has been deemed sufficient. Upon one of Mr. Lamb's clerks opening the shop door this morning, the first thing that met his sight was the dog with his throat cut almost from oar to ear, but alive. Various articles of jewellery were strewed about the floor. Or proceeding up stairs, he dis covered that the ruffians had made an aperture in the roof by removing the tiles; they had then descended, and forcing open the shop door were evidently at tacked by the dog, whom they silenced by cutting his throat. The articles stolen were forty valuable gold and silver watches, fifty gold wedding-rings, and other valuable property. Numerous articles of plate, how • ever, remained untouched, and there is every reason to believe the thieves were disturbed. Before reach- ing the roof of Mr. Lamb's premises the burglars had to climb to the top of some small houses adjoining, and when on this elevation were necessitated to leap on to Mr. Lamb's premises, a distance, it is said, of three yards ; if the robbers had missed their footing they would have fallen from a height of three stories. The police express an opinion that the burglars aro from London or Liverpool. The town is in such an alarmed state that the watch committee have held several meetings, for the purpose of devising means whereby property shall be rendered more secure ; and the chief constable, who heretofore has held other offices in connexion with that of senior policeman, is from henceforth to hold only this one office. The police force will no doubt be increased, as under the present discipline the property of tradesmen in this locality is not secure. The following circumstance will show what de scription of characters the authorities have to deal with :—On Thursday night last, one of the night watch observed a man, in the uniform of a policeman, near the back premises of Mr. Pierce, an extensive jeweller and dealer in plate, in Pelham-street, Not tingham, placing a ladder against the yard wall. The night watchman challenged the man, who answered th.it he was Mr. Pierce's private watchman. The policeman indiscreetly gave the fellow credit for having spoken the truth, and left him. The man then, with the assistance of his ladder, got over the wall into the back premises of the Nottingham and Notts Bank, where he was again questioned by one of the clerks of that establishment, to whom he returned the same answer. Perceiving that he was watched, he com menced trying the doors of the premises, and then, apparently satisfied, got over the wall into the main street again. In the course of the next day, however, Mr. Pierce being asked some questions about his pri vate watchman, avowed that he knew nothing what ever of the man, who was a burglar intentupon plunder. Several daring attempts at burglary were made last night, but, except in the case of Mr. Lamb, without success. Nothing has been heard of the men who were connected with the other plate robberies. The police seem perfectly at sea in the matter. It has been mentioned that some of the London detectives are to be sent for. Some of the robbers, we are in formed, adopt the female garb. ATTEMPTED MURDER of a PO LICEMAIV. This morning, shortly after one o'clock, a dt,s perate attempt to murder a policeman was made by a man having the appearance of a foreigner in liixh Holborn, nearly opposite Warwick-court. It ap pears that police-constable A 332 (of the reserve force) was on duty near the spot indicated, when he observed a man coming towards him apparently in toxicated. Next moment the fellow reeled up against the officer, who cautioned him to be careful, and admonished him that he did not believe he was so drunk as he appeared to be. The man instantly turned round and threatened the constable if he inter fered with him he would do for him. On the officer advancing towards him, he became more violent, and exclaimed, " You -, I have a stiletto here, which you know nothing about. Your lif e i s m y h an d s , an d if you touch m e I will have at the same time brandishing his hand, and striking at the policeman. The conduct of the fellow was observed by two or three persons, and one of them remarking that he had some bright weapon ia his hand, warned the constable to be careful, and ran off to obtain additional assistance. Before he had gone many yards he met police constable 22 F, who, on learning the circumstances, hastened to the assistance of his comrade, who was still parrying with his assailant. Relying on their joint power, they closed upon the fellow, and during a violent struggle which ensued the villain stabbed police-constable 22 F in the groin. The poor fellow cried out that he was stabbed, and the other constable, being assisted by two or three by standers, succeeded in securing the prisoner, who was immediately brought to Bow-street police-station. On being charged before Inspector Dodd, the pri soner first gave his name as Charles Dunn, and after wards stated it to be Charles Smith. He refused to give any other account of himself, and behaved with great violence while the witnesses were giving their testimony. The names of the witnesses are George Crow, a sailor boy, of No. 4, George -yard, Whitechapel ; and Mr. Alfred Brimble, of King-street, Holborn. The latter picked up and produced an open clasp-knife, about five inches in length, which fell from the pri soner during his scuffle with the officers. The wounded policeman was conveyed in a cab to King's College Hospital, where on a surgical exami netion it was ascertained that he had received a wound in the groin about an inch and a half long and two inches deep, from which the blood flowed profusely. The house-surgeon stated that had the knife entered an inch lower it would have severed the femora . artery, and instant death must have ensued. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 30. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN BE RUSSELL AND DOYLE. Mr. Robert Waller Russell and Mr. John Henry Doyle are proprietors of the Weekly Chronicle news paper. Mr. Lloyd, of Bloomsbury square, now appeared i❑ support of a trader debtor summons, calling upon them to give security for a sum of 851. due upon a bill of exchange held by Mr. Dives. Mr. Doyle admitted the debt. Mr. BAGLEY, on behalf of Mr. Russell, prayed that the summons might be dismissed. The bill had been given by Mr. Doyle, without the knowledge or con sent of his partner, after proceedings had been taken before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque with a view to obtain a dissolution of partnership. His client was able to pay all his debts in full, and he had a good defence to the action. His HoNowt said that, having regard to the cir cuto<tances, he should leave the matter to be decided by another Court before he adopted any proceeding which might bring Mr i bankruptcy. The petition was then ordered to be dismissed, a Mr. Doyle had remarked that the bill had been only issued for the purpose of averting an execution by the landlord, and for which debt his partner and himself were equally liable. Russell under the law of POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two men, named Brown and Goldsmith, were brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having attempted to impose upon a gentleman by a tale of fictitious distress. The complainant said the men walked into his counting-house, and Goldsmith, pointing to Brown, said the poor fellow was suffering from a severe in jury caused by a fall from a scaffold, and many per sons connected with the building-trade were contri buting to his support in consequence of his inability to work: Brown, who had hobbled into the counting house, put on a look of misery corresponding with the statement ; hut the complainant had witnessed cases of imposition, and believing the present application to be of that character refused to give any contribution. " Only look over the list," said the pretended injured Brown, " and you will see the names of several gen tlemen whom you know." "I see there are," replied the complainant, "but I don't know that their writing is there, and I think more injury than good is done by :giving money under these circumstances." Brown then made some insolent comments upon the illiberal treatment he ,had received and both prisoners left the house, the lame one having, in the course of the short interview, completely recovered the use of his legs. Perceiving that the fellows were impostors of the most audacious description, the com plainant followed and gave them both into custody. Goldsmith (who had a clean white apron upon him, and a rule in his hand, as if he had just left his busi ness to recommend Brown to the notice of the hu mane), made no resistance, but the would-be cripple made a resolute but ineffectual attempt to escape from the grasp of the policeman. The LORD MAYOR—Are these men known by our officers ? Horsford, one of the officers of the Mendicity Society, said he knew them both as most notorious impostors and cheats ; that Brown, whose real name was Clare, belonged to the Westminster gang, who were con stantly practising upon the generous and unsuspect ing, and heal not done a stroke of work for the last six years, and that Goldsmith generally accompanied him to detail the multitude of his grievances. Brown declared that he was really suffering from the consequences of a fall, as he had represented, and that he was willing to work. Horsford—Where was the scaffold from which you fell P—Brown was struck silent by the question. Several officers proved that the prisoners had been for a series of years sturdy and well-fed beggars, and that they generally di n ed in coffee-houses at fashion able hours after they bad done business. The LORD MAYOR said he should, at all events, prevent the prisoners from pursuing their trade for some time, and sentenced each to be imprisoned for three months in Bridewell, and to be kept at hard labour. The LORD MAYOR said he thought it necessary to expose another system of imposture. He had re ceived a letter from Redding, by Falkirk, in Scot land, from which he would read a few sentences in explanation : "About three weeks ago an advertisement appeared for two or more weeks in ono of the Stirling news papers, stating that the advertiser would be happy to supply several of the London newspapers, on the evening of their publication, at half-price, and the following at so much less. Upon seeing this we sent to know their terms for the Illustrated London News. To this we received the enclosed letter in reply. Upon this coming to hand we enclosed them a Post office order for 165., payable at St. Martin's-le-Grand, London. This was done on the 12th inst. Up to this date we have got no acknowledgment. This we would not have noticed had it not been for an exposure in the same newspaper in which the advertisement first appeared, and from which it is evident that a regular sy stem of swindling is going on; and we may add they stated that their business was of fifteen years' standing, leaving no doubt upon our minds that all was right. We don't. mind about our 16s. which they have got, if you will take such steps as may bring the parties to justice and prevent further mischief. " Should you be able to punish the aforesaid, we shall be most happy to hear of it at your convenience." The fallowing is the note alluded to in the letter by his Lordship's correspondent :- 4 , Winchester- court, Falcon-square, London, Dec. 7. " Sir,—Yours of the sth inst. reached us yesterday, but press of business delayed us replying. The Illus trated News is a sixpenny paper. The full price per year is 265. We give it out to reading rooms, &c ,on Saturday morning. Collect all out by the evening, and then post it fur the country. The price is by half-year 95., by the year 16s. These prices are for the paper posted on Saturday evening, so as you will get it next day. We could post you a copy on Monday at half-price, that is 133. per year. The cause we are cheaper for the year is, we contract to large reading societies, Om Please to make your post order payable at St. Martin's-le- Grand.—Yours, &c., "C. and J. JACKSON." The LORD MAYOR having given instructions upon the subject to Spittle, one of the most active of the police force, that officer informed his Lordship that he had ascertained that the two Messrs. Jackson had j ust left a top-room, in the house No. 3, Winchester court, upon compulsion; that they had lived with a woman in the single room, which had two beds in it, and that there was no doubt as to the system of de ception carried on by them: His LORDSHIP then gave the officer further direc tions, and expressed his thanks to those who favoured him with communications so lik'dy to be serviceable to the public. His LORDSHIP said he felt much gratification in stating that he had received 201. for the poor-box from the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. BOW-STREET. James Clarke, a carman, and James Collins, de scribed as a commission agent, were brought before Mr. llall for re-examination, charged with being concerned with others in stealing several bags of coffee from the London Docks. Mr. Beverley and Mr. Neale, from the office of the solicitor to the Commissioners of Customs, conducted the prosecution. At the last examination it was arranged by th 3 Court and Mr. 13 allantine, who appeared on the part of the Custom-house authorities, that the prisoners should be merely brought up, and that further evi &nee would be postponed to a future day, to give time for summonin, several other witnesses. Mr. Lewis, on behalf of Collins, submitted that his client was entitled to be admitted to hail, on the grounds that, SO far back as July last, he made a written disclosure to the Dock Company, of the vari ous robberies that had been committed, and had done everything in his power to assist the authorities in enabling them to prosecute the real offenders. Mr. 13,, , verley said it was the first time he had heard of any such declaration, and considered that it should be put into his hands to see how far it corre sponded with the statements made by the prisoner to. Inspector Bridges, of the Thames Police, by whom he was apprehended. Mr. Lewis said that the document produced had been submitted to Mr. Huinphri!..s and the solicitor of the Dock Company, after which he never absented himself, as he might have done if he thought the Custom-house authorities intended to take proceed ings against him. _ _ _ lir.leverley felt it his duty to object to any bail being accepted. Mr. HALL said that the subject of the prosecution involved so many interests of the greatest importance to the commercial world, that he could not consent to accept of bail, and ordered the prisoner to be brought up on Thursday. THAMES. The Rev. J. Williams, the incumbent of the dis trict church of St. James, Ratcliff; Mr. Harris, the parish clerk ; and others interested in the St. James's, Ratcliff, Provident Society, or Penny Savings-bank, attended before Mr. Ingram to hear the explanation of John Harwood, Scripture reader of the district, and late receiver and distributor of the deposits in vested in the society during the year about to termi nate, who was alleged to be a defaulter to a consider able amount and to have absconded. The magistrate having declared his determination not to shrink from an investigation, although there was 110 actual case before him, Mr. Harwood, the alleged defaulter, vo luntarily came forward, and made a lengthened state ment in exculpation of himself. He would not shrink from an investigation, and, having given Mr. Ilarrie his address, retired. FRE n . CH RAIL WA Y TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re. ceipti of the principal French Railways : NORTHERN.—Rrorn Dec. 17 to Dec. 23: Passengers, 166,621 f.; goods, 267,1561.; total, 433777 f, ROUEN.—Frum Dec. 16 to Dec. 21 : Passengers, 53,558 E; goods, 849421.; total, 138,5001. IlAvaE.—From Dee. 15 to Dec. 21 : Passengers, 17,5551.; goods, 37,239 f. ; total 54,7941. ORLEANS.—FrOM I)ec. 16 to Dee. 22 : Passengers, 66,6221. ; goods, 128,3461.; total, 194,9681. I3ORDEAUX.—From Dec. 16 to Dec. 22 : Passengers, 28,815 f.; goods, 49,506 F.; total, 78,321 f. VIEi:ZON —From Dec. 16 to Dec. 22 : Passengers, 34.331 E; gonds, 44.232 E; total, 78 5631. BOULOGNE.—From Dec. 16' to Dee. 22 : Passengers, 12,3361.; goods, 17,2851.; total, 29,621 f. DIEPPE.—From Dec. 15 to Dec. 21 : Passengers, 3,052 E; gocds, 7,741 f.; total, 10,7931. NANTEs.--From Dee. 14 to Dec. 20 : Passengers, 14,2981.; goods., 11,262 f.; total, 25,560 f. :STRASBURG —From t)ec. 16 to Dec. 22 : Passengers, 511,477 f.; goods, 58,6991.; total, 117,1741. BALE.—From Dec. 9 to Dec. 15 : Passengers, 17,673 f, ; goods, 20,1751.; tota4 37,848 f. MONTEREAU.--From Deo. 10 to Dec. 16: Passengers, 8,237 E; goods, 15,842 r.; t )tal, 24.0991. MARSEILLES.—From Dec. 3 to the. 9: Passengers, 39,084.; go- ds, 27,917 f.; total, 67,0011. LYONS. —From Dee. 8 to Dec. 14 : Passengers, 102,6501,; goods, 61,1151.; total, 163,7651. DECEMBER 3l, 1850. TESTIMONIAL TO THE DEAN OF RIPON BY THE YORKSHIRE MECHANICS' INSTITUTES. (Abridged from the Darlington and Stoclitm Times.) The Annual Son ese of the fiourishing and excellent Mechanics' Institute which has now for twenty years been established in the good old town of Ripon, was celebrated with much feasting and rejoicing, on Tues day last, the 17th inst , at the Public Rooms, Low Skell gate. The entertainment then offered to the members and friends of the Institute, highly gratifying and de lightful as it was iu every respect, derived additional attraction and importance from its being made the occa sion of the presentation to the venerable and long-tried friend and apostle of Mechanics' Institutes—the Hon. and very Rev. the Dean of Ripon—of the testimonial subscribed for by the Institutes of Yorkskire, as a mark of their appreciation of the benefits they have received from his devoted and arduous services is their behalf. The contributions for the testimonial, which were sub scribed by about seventy Institutions (and so liberally subscribed that, we understand, a balance still remains, after payment of all expenses, to be added to the funds of the Union), were devoted to the production of a work of art highly valuable and tasteful in itself, and, moreover, peculiarly aperopriate as an embodiment of the respect and esteem of the subscribers. It consisted, of a splendidly executed full-leaeth portrait i f the Dean (the dimensions of the canvas being about seven feet by five) serrounded by a massive, but at the same time chaste and elegant gilt frame, which, whiht it greatly added to the intrinsic value of the picture, did not de tract from its beauty by the slightest approach to a want of taste or of keeping. The painting was in the highest degree creditable to the talents and skill of the artist, Mr. D. A. Williamson, of London. The extreme modesty of the frame-maker precludes us from men tioning his name. At five o'clock, several hundred persons sat down is the large room (at the upper end of which the picture was hung) to a most excellent and plentiful repast of tea and cakes, etc. After the repast, and at intervals during the remainder of the evening, a conceit was performed, in excellent style, by the metnbers, of the music class. The first part of the concert having been concluded, the more strictly business portion of the evening's pro ceedings commenced, and the Dean end other gentlemen who were to partake therein mounted the platform amidst enthusiastic cheering. Edward Baines, Esq., president of the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Insti tutes, was unanimously voted into the chair, the Dean being seated at his left hand. The following gentlemen were also on the platform:—Revs. Mr. Wray, T. C. Wilson, of Kirby Malzeard; T. Morris, of Knapperton, East Riding; S. H. Atkin, of Studicy; and W. `Litton, of Manningham; Messrs. A. Erskine (son of the Dean); W. Williamson, president of the Ripon Institute; J. Norman, vice-president; Alderman I'. Williamson; Robert Williamson, Robert Pollock, and J. H. Shaw, Ergs., of Leeds ; G. Linemus Banks, Boucher, of York; and T. J. Pearsall, agent and lecturer to the Union, S.se , &c. The CUAIRMAN, having expressed his tense of the honour lie received in being called on to preside over this meeting, and the pleasure he enjoyed in speak ieg, as a friend, to those who were friends cf rue chat-Ace' institutes, and in joining with them, as a representative of the Yorkshire Union of Insti tutes, to pay a just and most deserved tribute for kind and valued services, proceeded thus:—And now Mr: Dean let me at once re liove you by saying that it is by no means my intention to distress your feelings by pronouncing to you any high-flown or elaborate panegyric. I know that, however I might g r a tify the feelings of these present, if I stated the whole truth in regard to your merits and character, I should by so doing inflict much pain on yourself. I will convey to you that which 3ou will not hesitate to re ceive, —the language of the hearty gratitude which we, the members of the Mechanics' lustitutes . cf Yorkshire, feel to you as our friend.—(Applause.) It has pleased Provideece, sir, to place you in the pos session of many talents, of an honoured name, intellec tual power, ministerial office, and a high position; and you have employed those talents not only for that great cause for which you live—the cause of religion—but also in the substantial advancsment of the moral and mental condition of your fellow-men in the humbler walks of life.—(Loud applause.) You have seen rising up a class of institutions, popular in their character, capable of adapting themselves to the largest city and the smallest village—institutions which bring together the high and the low, the rich and the poor, the Churchman and the Dissenter, the Tory and the Whig, and cause them to see in each other that which is amiable and admirable, and not to see those things is which they differ.—(Loud applause.) You found these institutions often in a feeble and lan guid condition, not sufficiently regarded by the hum bler classes, or looked down upon by the higher as having a tendency adverse to the canto of religion. Having considered well the claims of these institutions, you have acted generously end truly towards them by throwing yourself heartily into the movement, by doing that which tended to remove the reproach under which they lay; and if they had been (which I solemnly be lieve they were not) liable to that reproach, you have taken the very step to counteract that evil tendency.— (Hear, hear, and applause.) What you have done, Sir, you have done with your heart. You have not stayed at home, or attended once a year, or once in half a d ozen years, to grace a mee ti ng w i t h your patronage; but yen have traversed the length and the breadth of this great country. You have not merely attended where there were high names to attract and a large population to greet you, hut you have given your sanction and aid more especially to those humble village institutes which most needed it.—(Loud applause.) Wherever you have been you have left behind you a deep impression of zeal, of liberality, of large-heartedness, and of thorough kind ness; and you have brought over to the cause many who were before indifferent or hostile. You have doubtless, sir, in your many perambulations, sustained consider able inconvenience and tlesagrement, but you have largely tasted the luxury of doing good. I cannot but express my admiration and gratitude at your having always placed yourself on a level with those you addressed, and addressed them as friends, and in the language of whole some and friendly stimulus.—(Applause.) Referring to the late lectures of the Earl of Carlisle at Leeds, the chairman proceeded thus:—Judge, Sir, of the satisfaction with which those who witnessed the struggling infancy of Mechanics' Institutes see now a Minister of the Crown delivering lectures to them, an Archbishop of Canterbury subscribing to their funds, a Professor Sidg wick promising to come down from Cambridge Univer ity to preside at a soil*, and a Dean of Ripon bestow ing on them his time, his talents, his influence, and his heart.—(Loud applause.) I hope I may truly say the Mechanics' Institutions of Yorkshire are grateful to and appreciate their friends. I will not say that in their gra titude there may not be some admixture of that which has been defined as "a lively sense of future favours." —(Laughter.) But they have, nevertheless, a genuine appreciation of the past.—( Applause.) It was to year own neighbours, who love you most because they know you best, that the happy idea first occurred of presenting to you a portrait which might go down as an heir-loom in your family; and it was with true delight that the other institutes joined in rendering that tribute which had been so well devised here at Ripon.—(Cheers.) I re joice, Sir, to think that the noble portrait behind me is worthy to be presented to you. I think the artist has done honour to his art, and that his work conveys the expression of the dignity end mildness of the or Vicar, hear.) We, the Yorkshire Institutes, have now unfeigned pleasure in presenting this portrait to you and to your family. When I look at it, I cannot but see the lineatnents of one whom I have been accustomed to reverence as one of the illustrious champions of the con stitutional liberties of England.—(Enthusiastic ap plause.) And when, at a day which I hope may be very remote, this memorial s hall be handed to your de scendants as a memorial of the past, it will remind them of one who has added fresh lustre to the name of Erskine, and who has, among his many claims to be considered a benefactor of his species, been recognised in his day as the apostle and friend of the working man's institution.—Mr. Baines concluded amidst un bounded applause, which was resumed with redoubled spirit when The DEAN rose to respond—He said, Mr. Baines, Mr. President Williamson, ladies, and gentlemen,—You will readily understand that the present occasion is one of very mixed and anxious feelings to myself. I hope I am not wanting in thankfulness for this interesting mark of your kindness, conscious as I am, Sir, however favourably you may have spoken of me, of having utterly undeserved it. I am in a very peculiar position this day; and none but myself can properly and . duly feel it. I will illustrate that position by the fact that two ques tions present themselves to my mind; and they are natural questions, prompted by sincere humility and self-respect. I ask in the first place—What am I that I should be thus singled outf or such an honourland in the next place, What have I done to deserve it? These inquiries, I deeply feel, are necessary in some degree to my character. I am a clergyman, a minister of the Gospel; and I find myself on the present occasion honoured, greatly honoured, by the members of a purely secular institution, many of them not at all connected I with my own Church, but associated with all denomina tions of Christians, and some of them, possibly, not attached to any denomination of Christians whatever; the design of all, in their united condition, being to promote objects of a worldly character. The world may say to me when it shall hear of what has taken place here this evening, How is it that you, not cring ing for and not receiving high distinction from the patrons of your own calling, are receiving distinction from a mere secular body, the object for which you are associated with them having no direct design to pro mote the Christian religion? I admit the f orce of s uch questions; but if, Sir, I could not meet suck sitges tions as these with a satisfactory reply, I should feel deep shame instead of pleasure at being amongst you on the present occasion.—(Applause.) If my conscience accused me of having grown cold in the sublime and sacred duties of my calling, and of being disposed to substitute for them the inferior interests of merely secu lar matters; if I felt that the love of divine truth was giving way to the more attractive questions of popular progress in scientific requirements; if I could apply to myself the apostolic rebuke, that " having begun in the spirit, I now desire to be made perfect in the flesh," and had any misgiving that I had more sa tisfaction on the platform than in the pulpit,—l should feel that I was invited here to witness my own dis honour, rather than to enjoy the kind sympathies you have expressed towards me. But, Sir, I have no such misgivings, thank God.—(Load applause.) My prin ciples and tastes have suffered, I believe, no depreciation in this respect. These remarks may, perhaps, appear like boasting; but, if so, I can only add with St. Paul, " I will not give up my boasting ; no, not for all the re gions of Acahia." Such then, Sir, is my position. I am well aware of the force of this important Scripture, " Let no man that warreth entangle himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who bath chosen him to be a soldier. If' a man strive for mastery yet is be not crowned except he strive lawfully;" and I have endeavoured to bear this great principle in mind throughout a long professional life. But, Sir, all persons are well aware that we are subjected to the difference made upon us more or less by accidental circumstances. These circumstances, in one ins tepee, brief; the amiable Lord Ashley, a Member of Parliament, into con nexion with the ragged schools and model lodging houses. I❑ another case they invite au Earl, a Cabinet Minister, to lecture for the improvement of a popular in. stitution.—(Applause.) In your case, Sir, they induce you, a distinguished public journalist, to become a de oted teacher in a Sunday-school, and a presiding mem ber of a mechanics' institute.—(Cuntinutd applause.) In my own case, these circumstances lead the Dean of a people to become an advocate—l may say an itenerant advocate—of these institutions. All I say in application of that truth is, let every man be persuaded iu his own mind, and let him pay very little attention, therefire, to what Airs. Grundy may say.—(Laughter.) Having ex pressed his great satisfaction in buying., in the many institutions he had visited, received much kindness and cu-operation from his fellow-clergymen, whom be had ever found to be actuated, even when fears, too hastily entertained, in relation to these institutions, prevented their co-operation—by high principle, and not by low and narrow prejudices—by warm charity in its highest aim and end, and not by cold indifference—he proceeded: If, Sir, I should undertake to answer the second ques tion which I proposed to myself, What have I done to entitle me to this distinction? I should feel prec7uded entering upon that subject from its very nature. Suffice it, then, to say, and I say it most sincerely, I have only done what all ought to do at all times and under all circumstances I have followed the guidance of my understanding and the cenviction of my • heart. (Loud applause.) I have endeavoured to use whatever talents I may have pos*essed, to further the interests of that ob jeci which I felt I ought to aim to promote. I would say, in relation to the present subject, that I sece; , t, most respectfully and most gratefully, the present which you have now offered on behalf of the Mechanics' Insti tutes of Yorkshire. I feel that it will give them an ad ditional claim to my exertions in their behalf; but I also feel that it can aid nothing to the assurance which I had previously entertained that their institutions are founded upon wise principles, that they are governed by whole some regulations, and that if persevered in in strict ad herence to those principles, they must be productive of heeler, goed to the successive generations of the people. The CJ AIR3IAN having read a note from the Rev. Mr. Lewis, of Trinity Church, whose absence was caused by indisposition, called on J. H. SHAW, Esq , who spoke at some length on the subject of the value and importance of popular institu tions in the elevation and improvement of the working classes. The Rev. Mr. ATKINS in a very eloquent, and fre quently applauded speech, advocated the claims of lite rature as a chief means of civilizing, refining, and elevating the human race. The Rev. F. MORRIS followed, and, taking warning by the fate of the Doncaster Lyceum, and of an insti tution which bed been under his own care, but which had gradually dwindled away, he earnestly reeom s mended the study and cultivation of natural history, and of music, as a means of preserving institutes in a permanently successful condition. Mr. PEARSALL next addressed the meeting on some of the means which might be adopted of advancing these institutions. Mr. Poenoca, of Leeds, havirg been announced by the chairman as " burning with desire to give a toast," moved, in a highly eulogistic speech, a vote of thanks to these ladies who had kindly and gratuitously furnished and presided over the trap. Air. BANKS was the " lucky being" selected to second the motion; and having performed his duty in that re spect, in appropriate terms, he proceeded to make the following observations:—l admire the wisdom which has dictated the proceedings of this night—the spirit of jus tice, interwoven with a high sense of gratitude, so strik ingly exhibited in this spontaneous tribute of the asso ciated Institutes of Yorkshire—because, forsooth, it re verses the old, and I wish I could add obsolete axiom— " Do fifty good deeds, you'll hear of them never, Do one bad deed, and you'll hear of it ever." Shakspere might well say— " The evil that men do lives after them, The good is.oft interred with their bones—" feeling, in the extent and profundity of hia grasp the truth of what he uttered; for history and experience unite to show that one-half of Inman life is wasted in exorcising the geed and invoking the bad—in perse cuting the divine instincts of our nature, and bringing out those terrible lineaments which, in proportion to the exact ratio in which they are developed, dwarf man to the standard of the fiend. How many noble and heroic natures, how many pure and brave nets, which to this hour influence every throb of the universal heart, have passed away not only unrecorded but undreamt of—how many angels disguised by poverty or veiled with a timid reserve have been riched and buffetted in the highways of the world, by natures too corrupt or self-interested to comprehend or appreciate the god-like efforts of which they were capable; and yet since cur first parents sinned in Paradise, down to the much-bandied aggres sion of the Pope of Rome, when ever was there a bad or foolish deed committed but it was trumpeted to the winds of heaven, on the key-note of merciless censure. The rule has been, if a man wanted to go down to the grave unknown let him do well; but if he wished to make a noise and create a sensation in the course of life's fitful fever, let him do ill—good deeds a'one being re corded in heaven, and bad ones only on earth. There fore in this era of cenotaphs and testimonials, deserved, and undeserved, I discover the far and gradually increas ing indication of that better spirit which teaches us to honour those to whom honour is due.—(Loud cheers.) Though many a man has been crowned with the laurel wreath and bad his name perpetuated in brass and marble, for whom "a halter gratis," as Gratiano says, and a page in the " Nevvgate Calendar," would have been more befitting tributes, still I would rather see every building in the land converted into a monumental tablet, and engraven with the story of many and vii tuous ex ploits, than make a rolling ball of evil to pick up the slime and filth through which it passes. If Mechanics' Institutions only teach men to be more charitable and grateful—to revere rather than persecute the world's be nefactors—to think less of Dives and more of Lazarus— less of king-making victors, and more of those peaceful, quiet world-reformers whose works as far transcend the loftiest pretensions of wealth or ambition, as the sun in lustre surpasses the taper before me, then we have good reason for increased zeal and perzeverance, and Mr. Baines may long continue to preside over, and give the benefit of his influence to the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutions.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. WILSON, conceiving he had in a manner been " robbed of his birthright" by the substitution of Mr. Banks name for his own as the seconder of the pre ceding motion, nevertheless added his quota in its sup port, and the motion was carried with unanimous and cordial applause. Mr. W. WiLLIADVON then proposed, and Mr. JAMES Nonickx seconded a vote of thanks to Mr. Baines for the efficient manner in which ho had filled the chair, as also to the other gentlemen who had assisted in the proceedings; and the motion having been put to the meeting by the Dean, was carried with three hearty cheers. Mr. BAINES, on behalf of himself and the other speakers, havidg returned thanks, some more musical pieces were performed by the band, and, at the ad vaneea hour of eleven o'clock the meeting unwillingly broke up. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. We are assured from an accredited source, and have great pleasure in vouching for the authenticity of our information, that the long-pending and hitherto perplexing and provoking negotiations between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the promoters of steam communication with our colonies in the Southern Pacific have once more been energetically renewed, and with every prospect of a speedy and satisfactory issue. The East India Company, we learn, have agreed to remove the great stumbling block that has so long stood between the desire of Government to do what their sense of duty to Aus tralia in this matter prompted end what their obliga tions under the Leadenhall-street immunities de manded. The company consent . to the almost imme diate surrender of their monopoly of the Bombay and Suez line, thus leaving the hands of the executive free to deal with the subject on its own merits, and to enter into such contracts with private individuals as may seem best to meet the exigencies of the case. In thankfully accepting this important concession to public convenience, we shall not too curiously speculate how far its very obvious prudence may have become apparent to the mercantile mo narchical directorate from their contemplation of the fast approaching expiration of the steam charter, namely, in 1852, and of the great charter itself in 1854; nor shall we seek to analyse how far a renewal of the latter tenure may, in their calculation, be ren dered probable by their yielding this boon with the good grace they certainly have done, especially as there was a degree of temper displayed both in Cannon-row and Downing-street that might have justified a good deal of obstinate adhesion to the letter of their privilege. Enough for us that private consi derations no longer impede the well-being of the community in this particular, and that Government are now at liberty to act upon their convictions, which, it seems generally understood, are in favour of the route via Singapore and the Peninsular and Ori ental steamers. We trust that this will be but the speedy precursor of steam communication also . by the Cape and Panama ; as the rapidly growing_im portance of our trade with Australia and New Zea land, as shown even in the emigration from Liver pool, though but the growth of a day as it were, not only warrants but requires the extension of every facility for intercourse with these magnificent de pendencies, the more so as the importance has been infinitely enhanced in the relationship to the new world of California and the adjacent limitless territo ries on all sides now springing up into inevitable pro gressive prosperity.—Liverpool THE NEW BARONET, SIR RICHARD TUFTON.— In creating this gentleman a baronet, her Majesty has re vived a title formerly held by the family. John Tufton was knighted by King James in 1603, and was made baronet by the same in a subsequent year of his reign. His son and heir was Sir Nicholas Tufton, Bart., -who, in the second year of the reign of King Charles (1626), ♦,vas made Lord Tufton, of Tufton, in Sussex, and two years aft er that was created Earl of Thanet. He was succeeded by eldest surviving son, John Tufton, who was the second Ecrl of Thanet. This Earl married Margaret, daughter and soie heiress of Ann Clifford, Countess of Pembroke, in 1629, and was the first of the Tufton in Westmoreland. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 2 9 d Dec., 1850, to the 28th Dec., 1850, both inclusive : 1 - , i ...A . I a o •5 4 t t .f 3 g 0 .0 .. cd ,„, o pli 0 al cf., fr., ___ .......... ____ ____ _____ ____ ..........• Colchester 23 88 415 28 12 23G Harwich Leigh 264 45 ! 81 15 Maldon CHELMSFORD, Dac. 27.—Prices to-day were as follow: — Wheat, white, old 42s to 465; new 4h to 465: red. old CHELMSFORD, Dac. 27.—Prices to-day were _ follow: — Wheat, white, old 42s to 465; new 4h to 465; red, old 36s to 41s ; new, 36s to 40s ; barley, 22s to 26s ; chevalier 22s to 295; grinding 19s to 248; oats 15s to 20s; malt 535 to 555; chevalier 54s to 565; peas, partridge, new 286 to 30s ; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 26s to 2.13 ; old, —s to dun, new, 27s to 29s ; beans, tick, new 25s to 27s ; old, 25s to 28s ; harrow ticks, new 25s to 275; old 00s to OOs; ma zagan, new 24sto 25s ; old 00s to OOs per qr. COLCHESTER, DEC. 28.—Wheat, white 42s to 465; red 36s to 40s; barley 22s to 28s; beans, mazagan 23s to 255; middle and small 24s to 28s ; peas 26s to 30s per qr. KIRKALD Y, DEC. 28.—The following are the quotations for grain : - Wheat. Barley. First 45s Od 26s Od Second 4ls Od 22s Od Third 36s Oil 18s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, Dec. 27.—Ti grain at our market to-day : Wheat. Oats. 20s Od 18s 6d 163 6d imperial, le followir Beans. —s Od —s Od Peas. —s od —s Od —s Od --; Od 26s Od to ig are the :8s Od. prices of .. ___ Barley. Oats. Dia ll ' 4 First ... ... 41s Od 26s Od 20s 6d 30s Od Second ... ... 38s 2d 23s lid 18s 7d 273 2d Third ... . 338 Od 20s 6d 16s Od 26s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 642 qrs., 608 sold Do. Barley do. 373 qrs., 338 sold Do. Oats do. 967 qrs., 444 sold Do. Bea n s d o . 102 GLASGOW, DEC. 25.—Provisions--Cheese,cl4rOss"to per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d pe r lb. Ski m m ilk , 20 s Od to O s per cwt. Country fresh b u tt er , 10d t o Od per lb. Irish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to 9itd; country powdered, wholesale, 8d to Od. Country eggs, Is 4d per d ozen ; carr i e d h en di tto , 8 5 6 d per 120, or lid per dozen. H ens , 2 s 6d per pa i r; Ducks, 2s Od. 7467:00d1d PERTH, Dze. 27.—Wheat, old, 0;.15 Od .to 00s Od ; ditt° , new, 36s to 42s ; barley, new, 21s Od to 24s Od ; •ats, 143 to 18s; peas and beans, 2153 Od to 00s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 00s to 28s. _ . KELSO, DEC. 27.—Wheat, old, 00s to Oos Od; ditto, new, 2l3 to 303 Od ; barley, new, 15s 6d to 17s ; ditto old, Oos to 000 ; potato oats,OCts to 00s ; ditto new, 12s Od to 14s Od ; common oats 00s Od to OA Cd ; ditto new, 11s to 13s Od ; peas, 193 O d to 21s Qd; beans, I9s to 20s per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING, DEC. 27.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 249; ditt ° ' home, 20s to Os; ditto ditto new, 18; Od to 20s Od ; barley, Per boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to Os Od; ditto new, 15; 6d to 171 3 d• Oats, common, 12s 6d to 00s ; ditto new, 9s Od to 11s 6d; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 00s Od; 1 ° 44 distillers, 31s to 33s ed ; vitt° bre wers , 33 s Od t o 34 1 ; bed per holl,13; 9d to 00s Od; ditto new, I2s Od to 14; Od; pease 12 " 6d to Os Od; flour, new per sack, 31s Od to 33s Od; ditto corassgel ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 25s Od to 29s tOd_. ; ditto new 26s Od to 27s 6d ; ditt o p er pec k o f 7 1 b s , 81d to 9a; fresh butter per lb, 7d to 9d; eggs per dozen, 10d to 15 ; hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 85s to 00s Od. BERWICK, Dxc. 26.—Wheat, 36s 8 d ; barley, 22s 10/11; oats, 18s Lid ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, bas Od ; peas Ws Od average per imperial quarter. HAWICK, DEC. 26.—Wheat, new, 30s to 31s Od; bowie! , new, 14s 6d to 16s ; ditto old, 001 Od to 00s Od ; potato Z l O ,l 15s Od to 16s Od ; common oats, lls Od to 14s • peas, 2 *-"" to 23s Od ; beans, 20s Od t o 23 s Od per b o ll o f six imPer 4 "' bushels. FALKIRK, DEC. 26.—The supply of grain in this dal, market was 624 bolls; wheat a t 16 s Od t o 19 ; 6d per fi e ' barley, 16s Od to 18s Od ; oa t s , 10 s Od to 13 s 6d ; beans, MS ` 1 " . to 14s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. COAL MARKET. --YESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 14s OdlLambton Od Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 6dlßichmund.. .. ...... Cirr's Hartley ..... ... 148 3djltussell's Hetton East Adairs Main..... l2s 6d l 'Stewart's Holy -ell lss 6d !Whitwell ... 1 5 8 6a North Percy Hartley l4s Od !Hartlepool I 713 ° cl 5 5 Ord's Main Rayensworth'sW.Hart 14s Od ' Kefloe 6 d d South Peareth l3s Od ,South Hartlepool ..... 1 6 8 gj Canfield Moor . 9 d ranfield Moor Butes... 13s 3d !B r own's Deanery l6 ,i Townley l4s thi l Maclean's Tees ......... 14 s w; Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wall's End, &c. Cannel Acorn Close „,, Hedley llotspur l 4s 6d Hartley .» 1;35 6 Lawson Northumberland 6d Original Gibson 3s s 66 0 dd d I i Nixonicl ma Cardiff is n f f o c . k . .. best .. S . Merthyr .. and t . tn . . ... zr,los 3d p4 Braddyll Hetton Scarborough is 6d! Ships at market, 350.. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEC. 30. STOCK EXCIHANGE.—The share market was not so litri-Lk to-day, still a fair amount of business was transacted at fa vourable rates. The only variation in prices wag—great Western, 78. LIVERPOOL. Die. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was not so active tow-clals and prices had a downward tendency. The transaelions were as follow : Caledonian 10 1 .. c.—Chester ands Hoy head, Preference, guaranteed 5 1 4 per cent., 13 East Lancashire, Preference, Quarters, 734 —Great Norkern, 17% e.—Lancashire, and Yorkshire, Consolidat ed. —Ditto, Fifths, 7 1 A dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 57% 13— L un don and North- W estem, 124% 8 p. —Ditto, New Quarte rs, 44 P. —Ditto, Quarters (C), 2 1 / p. 48—Ditto , I:Laical, 19% dis. ex int.—North British, 834 c.—North Stseford shire, 8 dis.—Ditto, P. an d W. (No. 1), 421A—S'14:44,tish Central, 1. is.'"' P.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 478-- Shropshire Union (R a il wa y an d Canal), 2 16-16 d Ber• South-Eastern and Dover, 23—York, Newcastl e, and wick (Nos. l and 2), Preference, unpaid up, 3 1 4 dis. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 30. STOOKEXCHANGE.—The market was again dull to- The only transactions reported were—South Stafforclivtdreo 3% dis.—Shropshire Union. 31.3 a. 9d. dim. YORK, DEC. 28. ae STOCK EXCHANGX.—The transactions to-day were', k follow : —Eastern Counties, 614—North British, 91,4 Newcastle, and Berwick, 19—York and North Mid land, 26 %, SEABORNE MAILS. • When made up in iirrom what w - on PLACES. General Post-office port die" d as. London. patched. -----.."... -----. .-- Africa (West coast).. - —•...-• America (via N. York Ayrl Ved • by British packet) • • *IC January 3 .. .. Liverpool .. America (via Boston by British packet) .. N January 17 Brazil iLiverP ool •• Jan- America (by United Liverpool & BSetlagtfuesmpack..eo,... .... NN D } a J i an ly na . r . y 1.0. ; Southampt. _,,,, Buenos Ayres • • .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. 44 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. Jan.., • • • • .. 31 9th of the month rSpoouvtehranipi; Arrrita‘Y!,d Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth.• Central America .. 31 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Jan- a ,_. Channel Isles • • .. B Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Ilt•a a Chili .. .. .. .31 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 6 France • .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Tai CV Hamburgh • .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tue s.______ . Holland .. .. .. 31 Wednes. & Satan London .. Mol 1.L . a... Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the month Southampt. .1-Igur Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • 1 ,0 0 2 '; ' India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Jan. , ; India (via Marseilles) N 7tht 24th ofmonth Dover • • " 1 " . ..... Madeira .. .. .. N . Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Jan- IS Mediterranean (via I Marseilles) •.. .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. Jan- Mediterranean (by French packet via - Marseilles) • • •• .6 Mexico - • • 31 2d of the month.. Southampt. Jan. .b Peninsular.. • • .. 31 7th,l7th,27th of mo,Southampt. Jan. ~. Peru .. .. .. .. 31 17th of the month Southampt. IJan. 1, West Indies .. .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. ly West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 31 2 d of the rnonLh:Lltthao.nerted . J; 0 1 5 . 1.0 6 me. !2d of tho month .. nails are sent di troll the morning—sP2 Southampt. !Jan. the General Pos*ofileil Lteh. * N signifies that the by the night—and 31 by •—____-----_ IMPUDENT ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.--011 MOOldaf evening a lad went into the sho p of Mr. Shepperley, Haver" smith. Long-row, and asked for a lead pencil. Mr. S., wb° was engaged at the bac k p art of the shop, replied that. tbef did not sell them, and the boy went out. Previous to his doing this, however, a woman who was standing neva' the entrance observed him take a watch from the work-board. and as he was coming out she shook her fist at him. Ile im mediately perceived that his trick was discovered.' and, then without a minutes hesitation, dropped the watch, and. her struck the poor woman a violen t blow, which knocked down. Some persons endea voured to secure him, but, being gifted with a nimble pair of heels, he managed to escape sr prehension.—Nottingham Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Hol lowa y 's Pills a c ertain Cure for Dropsy.—Extact of a letter from Mrs. Lesdhasn, of Leamington, date d Oct. r 15, 1850. "To Profess or Holloway. Sir,—lt is with gratitude tha t I write to inform you of tn. wonderful cure effected on myself by taking your pills severe case of dropsy. The disease appeared about five years since, and notwithstanding the various remedies I tried, aru l the different medical men I consulted, all seemed unable to check its progress. At last I was so much swollen that I could scarcely walk. At this crisis I commenced taking your fur a valuable pills, by means of which, and strict attention to 3 1 1 printed directions, lam now perfectly cured.—Sold 131 a Druggists, andoat, at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. -------..---- ---..1."_ BIRTHS. OF A BOIL H. O F n . t c h h e e 2 s 6 h t i h re i . nat., at Wyke, Surrey, the wife of til Ge e r e g: On the 26th inst., at Salterton, Devon, the lady of Dalbiac, Esq. • w th i e O fe n ß o e f t t v h hc . e e lt . OF A DAUGHTER. On .03 y. Valmer, 2 A2. 7 7 t .s li td.hell, in i et., d atßa E d , nage Rectory, Bucks, the wife of the inst., in York-street, Portman-square, ,q.__-- -----7-----. MARRD. On the 28th inst , at St. Geor g e,Hanover-square, CiPlatetai Arthur P ac k, 7th . Royal Fusiliers, e ld es t son of the ii Major. Ge nera l Sir Denis Pack, K C.B , to Frederica Kathe rine, second daughter of Colonel the lion. Hell Hutchinson, of Weston, N. At St. Andrew's, Holborn, orthamptonshire on the 28th inst., W. C. G.... 1 1 . 0: way, Esq., of Glasgow, to Maria, young est daughter of tee late R. S. Taylor, Esq., of Gray's Inn, DIED. On the 27th inst., at Trowbridge, Wilts, S. Salter , E6ll. On the 26th inst., in Russell-place, Fitzroy-sqnare, Aran, Elizabeth Robinson, relict of Thomas Wells, Egl• , - C° maner, e 24th R.N., aged 70. On th ii ;t , John W. Bury, Esq., of Charles-street, St On h es e 27. Jam's, th ed 50. t aged inst , Mr. G. N. Bettger, of Caledonian -place, Coburg-road, Old Kent-road. On the 24th inst., at Tring, Lierts, Ann, relict of the tato Mr. Thomas Hunt, aged 70. On the 26th inst., at Abbey-street , F aversham, Kept. Mary Ann, relict of Mr. I. Fairbrass, aged 60.; On the 29th inst., at Onslow-square, Brayton, 'Pa 33 . Emma. the wife of Neville Wood, M.D. London : Printed and Published by MURDO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, I\o. 112, 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , ill the ec'untY 0 Bilddlesex, Tuesday, December 31,1850. YOUNG, of r 1