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Mutton, 3s 2d to 44s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 6 . 1; Pork, 3s 4 1 to 3s 6d per 81bs; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18i each. SouTthtm., JAN - . I.—Sheep were in good request at an advance in the quotations of 2d per Sibs. In all other kinds of stock very little business was transacted. Beef from 2s Set to 3s 83; Mutton, 35 63 to 4s 43; Veal, 3s 6d to 4 s; Purk, 3s 43 to 31 8d per Sibs, to sick the offals. RONFORD, J AN. I.—Although our market today has been far from active prices have ruled steady. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 0.; ) ; Pork, 33 23 to 38 61 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s t) 225; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 20s each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 26,1850, made up from the Returns of th Inspec 4 ,ors in the different Citiesand Towns in Emgland and Wale per Im portal Quarter. I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. I 281 10d I 23s 5d I 16s 6d 1 22 s 8d I 27s 5d 1283 hi DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 'BEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. IS Oa Is Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 85,115; Barley,_lo2,lo3; Oats, 20,009 ; Rye, 38; Beans, 4,445; Peas, 2,007 quarters SHERIFFs' COURT —( THIS DAY.) (Befo:e Mr. Under , Sheriff BURCHELL.) SMITH V. ROBERTS. WEDDING GARMENTS —The plaintiff is a tailor in Old Broad-street, City, and dtf ndant is a gentleman residing at Layton, E,sex. The action was brought to recover the sum 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 of Hymen, 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 took place, but on the bill being presented, de fendant said that it was no joke at all to pay extra for wedding dresses, and, considering he had been over charged, refused to pay. He did not now appear to de fend the action, and a verdict went against him for the full amount as a matter of course. The other cases were on bills of exchange, undefended. SOUTHWARK QUARTER SES- MAGAZINES. NEW MONTHLY. Almost the oldest of the unegazines, the New Monthly promises to be one of the most brilliant fa vourite s among the list of our popular periodicals. It commences the second half of the nineteenth century with unusual spirit—insomuch that the current num ber for January premises 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 most 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 Peel, by the Very Reverend the Dean of York—chapters abounding in egreeab!e anecdote, and yielding shrewd annotations on the career of that great and lamented statesman. The motives attributed to Sir Robert in his a Ivocacy of free-trade doctrines are deserting of especial con sideration. Interest will he felt likewise in the memorial incidentally introduced of the first baronet of the family. The allusion made afterwards to the rebuilding of Drayton Manor House assumes an air of attraction, as hen 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, deignate the late Sir Robert " the Mectenas of his age." The subjoined paragraph comprises an ex cellent 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, a dutiful son, a kind husband, an indulgent father; brave, gentle, placable, 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 iu the world. He was cold, unfriendly, proud (no wonder!). He was se fish— no, not selfish, as coveting the blessings of others, but he seemed doomed to live by himself and for himself. His great talents, his extensive learning, his immense wealth, his high station, raised him above the common race of mortals. He stood like a statue on the top of a lofty column, 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 took 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 IVew 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 than usually pretentious cha racter are numbered amongst the principal articles of the New Monthly for January. "Tasso," being the first half of a clever biographical and critical effusion on the great celebrant of Jerusalem, is the chief of these reviews, and bears out the reputation of the ma gazine for discriminating judgment and refined scho larship. The Rev. R. Milman receives from the band of the reviewer anything but a crown of laurels, the meed of panegyric being yielded exclusively to the American biographer of the poet (Richard Henry Wilde), for his work on the " Love and 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 Cbatterton. 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 Spectre Haunted," an enthralling contribution by Cornelius Colville; and to all historical students we commend as earnestly the paper on " Don John of Austria and the Duke of Guise at Naples." Besides these articles we might enumerate others, but we content ourselves with the foregoing as sufficient 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 up of 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 din 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 cf the " First Half of the Nineteenth Century," Fraser makes his new profession of faith in the fol lowing terms : _ " Iu the belief that much of the ushery which we all bewail is due more to individual misconduct than to systematic attempts at oppression—duo partly to the mistaken kindness of the rich, partly to the depraved habits 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 dcctrines 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 bold measure of the lute Sir Robert Peel as a fait accompli, and devote our selves to the advocacy of such reforms as that new system Ault seem to have rendered necessary. The repeal at 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 after advocate— " Friend after friend departs," and the most talented always go the first. The Pro tectionists may already be considered a party without leaders, they will soon be a party without organs, with no liberte, little fraternite, but egaliti of ignorance the most crass, with Air. G. F. Young as Lord High Everything. " That deep-mouthed Bcaotian, Savage Landor , " _ _ _ _ TtiE SUN, AMER !CAN NE WS. 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 Ormeshend 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 wit' 150,000 dolls. 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 Frenci,co 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 agricultutists were flourishing, and that many persons had begun to cultivate in censcquence. The rainy season had not commenced. I❑ the United States Congress we notice that a motion had been made relative 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 coast. 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. ' NEW YORK, DEC. 21. 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 exchange has not been active, but rates improved—on London, 1104 ; Paris, 5 10 ; Amsterdam, 41k. The money market has been favourably affected by the receipt of gold from California. The Courier and Enquirer notices with regret the rapid advance of silver coin, caused by the steady demand from Eur, pe. 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 for exchange, the next Cunard steamer will take a considerable amount of specie. Cotton— Talbot's Circular says " that since our last, per Asia, on the 17th ult . ' the market has assumed a decidedly firmer tone, and resales have been made of parcels bought during the panic at se. to ic. advance. On the 18th 1,400 bales were sold at, the advance of In. noticed in our circular of the 17th; on the 19th 800 bales, at a further improvement of ie. to 40.; and to-day 600. The quantity on sale is very light, and sellers are firm; holders in general prefer to wait the Africa's ad vices." _ _ Tobacco—As usual at this season of the year the market was rather quiet, but firm. Some 50 hhds. of Kentucky leaf were sold at 9c. to 13c., and 40 hhds. of common at Tic. Iron-110 tons of Gartsherrie Scotch pig sold at 19 dolls. 62ic., and 500 tons ditto at 19 dolls. 75c. cash. Flour—The market for some days past has been buoy ant, and prices tend upwards. The supplies by the canal and river have ceased for the season. Grain—Holders of wheat arc firm. Red Genessee sells at 11*. Freights to Liverpool are firm. Cotton, 3-16; flour, Is. 6d.; grain, 4to 4i; heavy goods, 20s. To London —tobacco per barrel, is. 7i I.; turpentine, 21.; oil, 252 gallons, 205.; measurement goods per ton, 275. 6d. to 305.; heavy goods, 20s. to 30s. To Havre—cotton spare bales per pound, lc. Shipping—The Lord Sanflon and the Abbeylands, from Liverpool, and the Koophandt, from Antwerp, at New York. _ ----- De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer, dated Kingston, December 12, sass--- " Our market wears a slightly improving appearance, consequent on the almost total cessation of the cholera in the city. The dealers seem to come forward rather more freely than has been the case for the last six or eight weeks. Business is, however, confined for the most part to Kingston, there being little trade with the outports, in consequence of the prevalence of the cholera i❑ the rural districts. All the accounts from the interior represent the disease a spreading with a degree of vio lence c quaky fatal to human life and the prospect 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 aged, infirm, and deserving poor of Windsor, Eton, and Clewer, 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 111 , jesty and the Prince were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helens, and 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 had 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 Clewer, were present on the occasion. Directly after the entrance of her Majesty and the Royal party the distribution commenced—blankets, calico, and flannel ci ere 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 Juive ' 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 Marquis 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. bath vindicated his right to the epithet, by publishing in this month's Fraser, five scenes 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 Africa" is well worthy the study of our manufacturers, merchants, and commercial diplomatiats ; the writer 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 allithe eletnents 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 Parlament. 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 A 1.16 de Vuisenon and his times (those times "so pleasant , yet so wrong," those wicked, witty times " when Louis XV. was King," and Voltaire, and Panard, and Piron were the wor shipped of French society), a gossip about Christmas Books, notices of the \\Tullis of Thackeray and of Robert Bell, besides sundry tales and divers poetical contributions. The musical performances comprised the following pieces : Overture—" Struensee" Adagio (Sinfonia A) .. 1 Alendelssohn. Presto Salterello •• Turkish March—" Ruins of Athens" Beethol en. Fugue in C .. Mozart. 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." CHEAP RE -ISSUE OF PM'S' DIARY.—'-The first monthly volume of the cheap re-issue of Pepys' celebrated Diary and Correspondence" bas just sneered. The pub lication is to be compl e t e d i n fi ve vo l um es, at 6s. each, an d there can belittle doubt, that in this copular form, the 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 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 nienlorutifi of them that kayo come down to our own." 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, Cul. llon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps and Miss Bathurst, Colonel lion. Charles and Miss Grey, Sir' George and Lady Couper and Miss Couper, Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, Col. and Mrs. Bouverif, 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 (Tuesdai), and per , formed the following pieces during dinner Overture and selection front "Robert le Diable" Quadrille, " Great Exhibition" Doetto, " Thou art the support of thy Father," Joseph Waltz, "Rose dt.. Alai" Prince Arthur's March E. Loder. Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., attended at the Home-office yesterday to defiler to the Secretary of State for the Home Department for presentation to her Majesty, the memorial from the clergy and laity of Tewkesbury against Popish usurpation and doctrines. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands And the Governor of Malta. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, QUEEN'S THEATRE. It is customary at this period of the year for then trical managers to produce some novelty in the shape , of pantomime or spectacle, and we are glad that the frequenters of this little ternpe 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 nerve 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 com mendatioa. Miss Hamilton appeared to great advan tage as the Prirme. The transformation takes place at the fitting on of the " magic slipper," and the fun commences. Mr. Harrison is the Clown, Mr. Manse!. Pantaloon, Mr. Au:brook Harlequin, and bliss C. Gibson a most agile Columbine. The harlequinade was of the usual character, full of e!rver hiss at the passing follies of the day, combined with scenic effects. The audience were kept in continued merriment from first to last ; and ultimately went home in excellent humour with themselves and highly pleased with the entertainment. SIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. PUCRLE and a Bench of Magistrates.) Jacob Kearn, aged 61, a man having the appearance of a farm labourer, was indicted for feloniously stealing, at Waking, on the 17th of December, two hurdles, the Property of John Stevens. , Mr. Allen prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Charnock. It appeared from the evidence of William Beech, a boy in the service of the prosecutor, that he went into one of bis master's fields about half-past seven o'clock on the evening of the 17th of December last, to look .0 1 . fter some sheep, when he saw a mac, whom he iden tified as the prisoner, take away some hurdles belonging ,to the , prosecutor and throw them over a hedge. Those hurdles had been previously marked by the prosecutor 1 8 his property, he having lost some hurdles before. The prisoner was given into custody the next day at the Instance of the prosecutor. A neighbour of the prisoner's, who had known him for thirty years, said he had never known him before charged with any offence. The prisoner had been in custody since the 18 th of December. The CHAIRMAN told the jury that before they could find the prisoner guilty, they must be satisfied that he Was the man whom the prosecutor's boy saw taking the hurdles, The jury found a verdict of Guilty. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy. The BENCH sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept in solitary confinement for fourteen days. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A young man, named Edward Baker, was charged with the following outrageous conduct: — A police-constable stated that he was on duty yester day afternoon, 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, a/a Johnny Gilpin. After a good deal of trouble and much noise and confusion, the horse was stopped, and the prisoner taken into custody. He was quite drunk, and as chil dren were in the habit of playing about the lane, it was * mercy some of them were not killed by his mad freak. The prisoner said he was exercising the horse, which w as young and spirited, and " bolted" a few minutes before the policeman caught sight of him. 111.. HALL asked him what he was?—The prisoner said he was a boot-closer, and had been at work all day. The owner said the horse was very high spirited, and be had therefore given strict directions that he should not be taken out t f the stable. The prisoner, 'weever, who lived over the stable, had done EO in de fiance of orders, and the horse was much injured by the rough manner in which he had ridden him. Mr. HALL fined the prisoner 205., or ten days' im prisonment. The fine was paid. ARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) AS3AULT.— William Wallace was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with being drunk, b-gging, and assaulting Daniels, one of the constables belonging to the Mendicity Society. The officer stated that, about nine o'clock last night, he Was in Rege n t-street, when be saw the prisoner go up to several gentlemen and ask tor money. Knowing Lll2l to be a most determined b. gi.ar, witness took him i llto custody, and on the way to the station-house the prisoner k'eked him most violently a`mut the legs. liorsford said the prisoner had been convicted no less than six times for begging and assaulting the society's officers. The prisoner, who een'el the charge, was committed cs she house Comctio i for thre months, with hard 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 is natural to conclude this fact to have been the result 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 the printsellers) been subject to much monopoly and much wrong. Without impugning the individual character of members of the Printsellers' 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 j ust been enun ciated in a pamphlet published by Mrs. Parkes, under the pl a i n stra i ghtforward title of " Art M onopo l y . The work shapes itself into the form of an address to the painters and engravers of the United King dom, 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 tirne it makes startling disclosures of deception in the publication of engravings, and exposes the Printsellers' Association with lavish evidence and a tr umpet -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 to warde it as an expounder o f inf o rmation, an d, we b e li eve , as an interpret er 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 own resources and enterprise, disgusted with the monopoly which •PPressed her, and alarmed at what she con sidered the progress of dishonesty in her own trade, she gathered the evidence within her reacb, 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 , t hese 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 artists' and other proofs of high class engrav ings is handled in connexion with facts which disclose fearful.. impositions upon the patrons of art. The process of the electrotype is denounced as dangerous alike to the laws of copyright and the in terests of publication—the surreptitious transfer of plates into the hands of lesser dealers, to the deteri oration both of the work and its value—is forcibly ex plained and condemned, and artists and engravers are Failed upon to exhibit strength, courage, and energy in . the vi n di cat i on , not on l y o f t h e f ame o f t h e i r posi tion, but of th a t h orn s ty o f r e p u t a ti on w hich it is im ) Pl , i,ed is violated by the Print se ll e r s ' Ass oc iation. In des can ti ng upon th e over t an d cover t ac ts of this body, the writer almost succeeds in bringing them within the range of conspiracy. There are ru nnY facts in the work relating to indivi duals well known in public life, and much of their evidence before the Parliamentary Committee is shrewdly and fairly cited ; but there is no personality of an objectionable kind i n any of the disclosures, and the object of the publi cation seems to have been neither to depress nor to &grad e the trade of publication beyond what its own acts have assuredly achieved for it already, but rather to elevate a ll th e classes alike who depend upon pub lishing it fluences, to give new life to the system, to st imulate, to purify, t o reform, and to abolish a grind ing monopoly which is no way in accordance with the spirit of the times. STRANGER's FRIEND SOCIETY. —Yesterday a meet ing of the general c munittee and other friends of the above charity was holden at their rcoms, in Exeter Hall, for general business. The repo' t stated that the society had .1 1 st bee n b enefited by a legacy of 500/. from the late Al.re. A . l. A. Cl ar k e. During the past year 7,738 cases, involving sickness and distress in the metropolis and its vicinity, Fad been relieved; 46,261 visits had been made. The income for the year amountel to 4,7711. and the amount disbursed for relief, including necessary expenses, was 4,530/., leaving a balance for the cu-rent year of 241/. The district trea suree:a account stated the receipts to be 2,639/., and the ex- PerAlttllt t 9 bo 2,4;61., iewriug a balanCe-21 1524 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE• PORTSMOUTH, JAN. We are glad to announce that the Lords of the Admiralty have had " second thoughts" as to the ship for the 11" of the Commander-in-Chief on the West India and North Americas station. The order for the fitment of the Winchester, 50-gun frigate, has been this day cancelled by telegraph, and the Pem broke, 72, ordered to be fitted immediately in her room. This is more sensible and not one sixpence more expen sive in the long run. Assuredly a British Vice-Ad miral's flag will 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, however fine a specimen of a man-of-war that frigate 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 if they would cousider a little earlier, as the Winchester has now been under process of outfit for nearly a month, with extra hands employed upon her to get her ready, and considerable progress they bad made ; now, however, the order is " strip ;" so to demolition goes everything again, and the hands go on with the new ship ; the frigate, meanwhile, going into ordinary to await a turn fur commission for the south-east coast of America sta tion.— Times. The Simoom iron steam-frigate has been taken out of the steam basin to-day, ready to proceed out of harbour to try her speed and machinery. The Blonde, 52, has been taken into the Angle Dock again to complete her repairs as a receiving hulk. APPOINTMENT. WOOLWICH, JAN. I.—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Browne (1842) to the Imaum, 72, receiving-ship at Ja maica, for service at that station during the prevalence of the cholera. The Argus steam-sloop, was brought down the river from Deptford to Woolwich to-day by the Jasper and Monkey steam-vessels, and remains at moorings to take on board ballast, and in the course of next week will be navigated to Portsmouth, where she is to be fitted for sea. _ . _ The Jasper steam-vessel towed the Widgeon survey ing-vessel to Deptford to-day, where she will be laid up during the winter. OFFICIAL OBITUARY. The following officers' deaths have been officially re ported since Sept. 20, 1850: — Flag-officers—Admiral Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, 1846; Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, IC C. 8., 1847; Rear-Admiral Sir John Marshall, Knt., K.C.H., 1850; Retired Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick Payne, 1849. _ Captaies—John Cook Carpenter, K IL (retired), 1821; Richard Hoare (retired), 1827; Charles Crole, 1828 ; Joseph Paffard Dickson Larcom, 1841; Edward Norwich Troubridge, 1842. Commanders—William Henry Dickson, 1815; Charles Du Cane, 1815; John Garrett, 1833; Horatio James, 1841; Nicholas Robilliard, 1841; George Harper, 1847; x William Tucker (retired); 1842; x Frederick James Leroux, 1844; x John Jones (a), 1849; x William Larke, 1849; y Alexander Donovan, 1849; y John Arnold, 1842; y Stephen Briggs, 1844; y Francis Beau mont, 1844; z Charles Mason White, 1846. Lieutenant—William Rule, 1815; Octavius Dunstan, 1815; John Sutton Williams, 1815; Walford Thomas Bellairs, 1819; Joseph Bligh Driffield, 1824; Bosville John Wilson, 1832; Matthew Peppin, 1837; Nathaniel Sydenham Knott, 1838; William Stewart Miller, 1841; Norton Shaw Sullivan, 1846. Masters—John M. Davidson, 1806; 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.D., 1850; James Swift, 1799; Alexander Tayler, 1504; William Vellacott, 1809; John T. Jones, 1809; R. Mer cer Cockerill, 1809; James Dickson (b), 1811. Assis tant-Surgeons—John Philip, 1845; Charles Devonport rook Symons, 1848. ROYAL MARlNES.—Coknel—George Prescott Win grove (general), 1837. Carain—Robert Henry, 1837. First Lieutenant—George Sheddon Dunbar, 1846; Thomas Halls, 1795; Char's Lloyd, 1812; George James 1103 es, 1831. Second Lieutenant—Thomas L . ) te, 1780. Paymasters and Pursers—Thomas F. Jesse!), 1797; John Edmonstone, 1802; William Webb, 1805; John Lane, 1805; James Dunn, 1806; Henry er, 1807; John P. Sarjeant, 1808; Maurice Clark, 1811; William Balhetchet, 1821; Francis May, 1831; John Richard Nuett, 1842; Henry King Conquer, 1846; `'Pi Liam F. Henna, 1848. Clerks—Daniel Powell Macnamara, 1844; William Cass, 1847; John Kibbey Down, 1850. The following deaths have taken place since the 20th ❑it.:—Commanders James E. Parlby and Robert Oliver (a); Lieutenants B J. Wilson, Samuel Spencer, James S. Darrell, and Frederick Drew; Master Llewellyn Howell, Surgeon George M'Callum, Assistant• Surgeon John Philp, Paymaster and Purser William Callaway. SHIP NE WS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. I.—The Jumna, from Calcutta, at this port, tailed Sept. 13, and from St. Helena, Nov. 28. Oa Dec. 30, off the Saltero, saw the French brig Donna Maria, of St. Malo, with signals of distress flying, and in a sinking state; bore down to render her assistance, but was unable on account of the heavy sea. Spoken— The Munro, from Mauritius and London, Oct. 20, lat. 23 S., long. 53 E. ; Maria Burress, from Mauritius to Cork, Oct. 25, lat. 28 S., long. 44 E. ; Persia, from Calcutta to London, Nov. 2, lat. 32 S., long. 22 E. ; Limehouse, for London, Nov. 4, lat. 36 S., long. 22 E.; Ben Lomond, from Bombay to Liverpool, Dec. 7, lat. 21 N., long. 31 W.; Elizabeth Buckham, from Bahia to Falmouth, Dee. 14, lat. 37 N., long. 28 W.; Arno, for the south-west, Dec. 26, lat. 47 N., long. 12 W.—by the Duke of 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 the Simlab, from Sydney, lat. 45 N., long. 19 W. Tomatin,• 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., long, 14 W. Terpsichore, Mauritius to Queenstown, Dee. 4, let. 12 N., long. 27 W. Benjamin Boyd, Cameroons to Liverpool, Dec. 7, lat. 18 N., long. 32 W. Jane Black, for Falmouth, Dec. 8, let. 19 N., long. 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., let. 43 N., long. 16 W. Huron, Mauritius to London, Oct. 20, lat. 23 S., long. 53 E. Maria Burns, Mauritius to Queenstown. Persia, Calcutta to Loudon, Nov. 2, lat. 35 S., long. 22 E. Limehouse, fur London, Nov. 4, lat. 36 S., 1( ng. 22 E. Ben Lomond, Bombay to Liverpool, Dec. 7, let. 21 N., long. 31 W. Elizabeth Brickham, Bahia to Falmouth, Dec. 14, lat. 37 N., long. 38 W. Simla, Sydney to London, Dec. 24, let. 45 N., long. 19W. No. 7241, second distinguishing pendant (ship), Dec. 26, lat. 46 N., long. 12 W. Lily, of Guernsey, for Pernambuco, same day. CONFLAGRATION AT PATRICK BANK PRINTFIELD. —On the evening of Saturday last an alarming fire broke out in Patrick Bank Printileld, 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-brigade 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 Meters. 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 building , : being completely gutted, it must be con siderable. We understand the buildings and contents are insured in the Globe and Imperial Orlices.—Glasgow Con stitutional. RESTORATION or Sr. STEPHEN'S, W OOK. ALBR—ITS lias, through RE , OM:MSG.—Mc Lord Bishop of London, Dr. Croly, announced his intentions to the c hurchwardens of SC. Walbrook, to preach the sermon on the re opening of the beautiful miniature cathedral, to take place on Sunday next in the presence of th e Right Hon. Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs of London and Middlese,!, the Common Council men of the ward, and the Grocers' Company - . The interior of the church (so justly p rized 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 th re e eas tern windows with painted glass, but the want of funds prevented the churchwardens carrying out this most desir able and sadly-wanted addition. Dr. Croly, at the request of the inhabitants of the ward, will deliver his lectures on ' Sunday evening instead of the afternoon, as hitherto. A full clic& Feximptly otatii§hed, REPEAL OF THE DUTY ON PAPER. A meeting of paper manufacturers was held yes terday afternoon at the Clarence Hotel, Se ring-gar dens, in order to conside r what steps amid be taken to secure, in the course of the next 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. 11. and E. Potter), Martin (Leeds), T. B Parke, J. Bennett, Crook (Crook and Knowles), Baldwin (Birmingham), J. hideout (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 wieh Lord John Rus s,ll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a great number of leading men, both in and out of Parliament,. and of all political sentitu nts. The result of those in. tervie,vs was aconvietion that on the exenions made by the public and the trade, but emanating from the latter, would entirely depend whether they were to succeed in getting this obnoxious tax repeal( dor not. The next step he took was to have a circular issued by the " Association for the aboliti, n of the duty on paper," which existed in London, and also himself to issue a pamphlet on the subject. He did this becaine 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 Chairman) 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 powerful organ in aiding their movement; and through the newspapers, and other channels, the association in London would take care that the bearings of the tax were fully exposed to the public. The paper manufac turers were of course the first to feel the effects of the tax. A man could not commence making paper without first applying 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 be (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 made in the United Kingdom ;" it was passed on the sth July, 1839, and contained 69 clauses, a great number of which were penal. Section 3 re quired papermakers, 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, millboard, 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 of which, for every unentered mill or implement, the manufacturer shall forfeit 200/., " together with all paper, button-board, millbcard, pasteboard, or scale board, and all materials 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 be used in the tying up of paper, were made equal in value to bank notes ; as there was a fine of 101. imposed for every label de livered' to any manufacturer, " and for which a re ceipt shall not be given, or which shall be can celled, obliterated, or destroyed, sold or disposed of, or improperly used, or not produced or ac counted for," when demanded by the Excise officer. It was often necessary to entrust a working man with 1,000 of those notes at once (representing to the manufacturer 10,000/.), 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 sumed, 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 paper 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 cemmitted, and said that of this Government was fully aware, and ac knowledged the difficulty 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 paper, either directly or indirectly, and urged the immense advantage which must result to them from the abolition of the paper 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, and 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 2001. was subscribed by those present at the_meeting.—Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. PARLIAMENTARY APPLICATIONS FOR THE ENSUING SESSIONS. Yesterday, from the retures made by Mr. Hawes, Re gistrar of the Private Bill•eflice 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 De cember, the last day allow( d by the Standing Orders, it appears that the total number of ap plications to Parliament for the ensuing session, for all classes of Bills, amount to 216, about one-half being for railways and the other half for miscellaneous com panies, showing 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 tor new water companies :—Metropolitan Water Supply As sociation for the control of the representative body; Wandle Water and Sewerage Company; London (Wat ford) Sp:jog Water Company; Metroiolitan Watt r works (Henley-on-Thames and London aqueduct); East Lan cashire Waterworks; Cambridge Waterworks; Leices ter Waterworks and Sewerage; St. Helen's Waterworks; Whitby Waterworks; East Stonehouse Waterworks; making four applications for the metropolis and five for the provincial districts. There are five applications for new electric telegraph companies, viz.—The United Kingdom Electric Company (Allen's patent); the Euro• peen and American Printing Telegraph Company (Jacob Brett's); the Submarine Telegraph Company, between Great Britain and Ireland (Brett's); the Submarine Te legraph Company, between England and France; and the Magnetic Electric Telegraph Company. The Electric Telegraph Company also apply for amendments of their present Acts. There are several applications fur the municipal and other improvements of Liverpool and Manchester. The Great Central Gas Consumers' Com pany apply for an incorporation of their company. There are several applications for local gas companies. To supersede the "Smithfield nuisance," measures aro proposed, called the Railway Insurance Cattle Market, and the Metropolitan Cattle Market, the object of the latter being the removal of Smithfield and Newgate Markets, and the prohibition intrancurally of slaughter houses. Tho 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 fur the proposed purpose. DEATH FROM THE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A GuN.—An inquest was held on Tuesday at the Anchor AnKinvor, Ann, Whittington, in the parish of before T. M. hillips, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Isaac Starling, about 22 years of age, a boatman, who on the previous Saturday was killed by the discharge of a gun whilst steering a toat along the Worcestershire and Staffordshire Canal, near Whittington Horse Bridge. It appeared from the evidence that the young man had been shooting at rooks as be passekelong the canal, and that suddenly the man who was driving the as which was drawing the boat heard the repou of a gun, and on looking back towards the boati saw the decea.e_l'a 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 Inlaid the deceased lying on the floor of the cabin with a double barrel gun under him. They then discovered that Etarling had received a dreadful fracture on the left side of the skull, and that be was quite dead. The driver stated in his cvidence that there were two steps from 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 appearing also from the evidence that Starling was a happy contented-minded man, the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. JAN ITARY 2, 180. SPORTING I THE CII ESTER Entries in town up to eight Yrs. Vatn pyre Strungbow The Gent Champion Backbiter Tarn Wadlin King of Oude Peep-o'. thy Boy Truth ... Mouse Joe Sutherland Raby c by Juhn o' Gaunt, dam by the Stdler out of Mies Etty Snowstorm The Flying Gout (late 1).1.1 citah Chic t) Baroness . c by Gladiatcr out of the otwss Mta,t !gue Barn, s Torpor liarptiehord Officious ... Hurry Scurry William t hcCooqut ror GlenLawk Prtstige The Juggler Brington Priestess Wallflower Kissaway Sweetheart Old Claret Brother to Dough Cariboo. Cossack. (TELLIGENCE. CUP ENTRIES. o'clock on Wednesday night. Yrs. by Gladiator, out of Khora%san's dam 4 Exeter 3 Python by Sir Hercules, out Of Lantern Nancy Reversion • dothorpe Pitsf_ad Clincher Glauca Cocktail Mark Tapley ..... Sauter-le Coupe. Christina 3old Harry Pancpo i Langtun. . 4 - c al Leniug ' Active (by Turnboy) Miss Ann Don Juan lecckennouth Itussborough DJuP L "h uiartssa Italian Little Jack Clelia Reindeer Windischgratz Miss Helen, by Mel- bourne St. George G 1 idiole Docility Flareup Signor of Holderness Calmar Trouncer Gills flower ... Brother to Truthteller Miss Spring Fuglema❑ Tightwaist Old Dan Tucker Vatican Damask Won't 3ou come out to-night Lord George Due au Durres Queen Bee Little George f by Gladiator out of Lollypop G arforth Ingratitude Bee Hunter Landgrave Entries at Chester up to five o'clock on Wednesday Eva Cyprus Dulcet • 'Chief Justice night : Knight of Gwynne, The Unknown, Rescue, Black Doctor, Earl of Warwick, Lady Evelyn, Wallace, emus, Spot., Mickleton, Clermont, Sprite filly, Wild Rose, Ab bess of Jerveaux, Harriott, Blarney, Zadoc, Musician, Lough Bawn, Carthagenian, Alonzo, Prior of Lauer cost, Elthiron, Lady Eden, York You're Wanted,Rhesus, h. by Verulam, out of Whim. Joe Sutherland, Chief Justice, Conveyor, Sir Richard, Rubina, Loupgarou, Seaman, Hippogriti, Aristocrat, The Iron Duke, Knight of Avenel, Sir Robert, Melody, The Swindler, Electri city, Truth, Jenny Lind, Sir Philip. and Mu!grave. THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Entries in London up Co eight o'clock on Wednesday night:— Sir John, Lord George, Tufthenter, St. Leger, Tip perary Boy, Stranger (b.-b.), Melford Britibh Yeoman, Agis, Bajazet. At Chester, up to Five o'Clock. Skipper, Maria Day, Mulligan, Maurice Daly, Half and-Half, br m by Greysteel, Peter Simple, April Fool, b g by lon, Sam Hood, Carving, Vainhope, The Victim, Come Again (late Mahomed), Abd-el-Kader, Tidingu, Farnham, Rattrap, Little Queen, Makeready, Ida, Shin rone, Young Dutchman, Vengeance, The Young'un, Fugitive, St. Helier, Rescue, Penrith, Sir Peter Laurie, Verax, Lucy Neale, Quadruped, Reindeer, Foreclosure, Isaac, Heroine, Volatile, Ringdove. LIVERPOOL JULY CUP. Entries at Chester. The Merchant of Venice, Seaman, Woolwich, Caprice, Earl of Warwick, The Marquis, Prior of Lanercoat, c out of John Cosser's dam, Elthiron, Cmus, Hippolytus, Pandemtut, Lady Eden, Whim, Abbess of Jerveattx, Mark Tapley, Raby, Italian, Cocktail,%Langton, Brother to Ellerdale, Chief Justice, Venus colt. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. Entries at Chester. Becton, Wilmot, Risk, Idle Boy, Caurire, Calculator, Larry's-the-Lad, Conveyer, The Baroness, Old Claret. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CHESTER CUP. ADDITIONAL ENTRIES. Woolwich, Ondine. Madesafe, lanthe, Caurire, Cap tain Grant, Nancy, Quicksand, Wilmont, The Sweep, Osbald wick, Knook Knoll, Strap (late Fitzallen), Jenny Lind, Sir Philip, Harricot. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. Colibri, Seignor of Holderness, Christians', Docility, Old Claret, Reversion, Doubt, Panope, Little George, Lord George, and b f by Simoom out of Myrtle. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Strike-a-light and Scavenger. 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 offer 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 Borough 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 been com municated I might have felt some difficulty in men tioning it, but 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 governor of the gaol, asking him wby 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 some time 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 nil , cell and said, "Now I want you to answer a questio_tiei: am going to put to you, and to answer the truth. an i; I t me tell you that your case is a serious on!, a know all about it. You were employed . 0 9 Mr. He then / 36 .4 " Hilton ?" I answered, " Yes." then said that he Ah, you see I know all about it." placed, as that was came as a friend to advise mbeee t n o ll 7 c; ; on r f b e e ss ca a u l s l e I m k y n c e a w se , and where the property bad which the m w y a s only n v l y e r y s e rchanceserious ofs one—ro bbe ry , inflicted, floi e ibe g bt eel; if s for n tl s ie al fi d rst offence. l'here hea viest cf•punishment was I .. , o found guilty, after we l re do lo n u o r t say you will be tr , a , ns i porte . d , but mind, I do not say that you will not. t p r l a e n a s l i i ) n o g rted no la t st g s uesilstiYon. said I had never had any of the pro perty. He replied, " Oh, if th a t i s th e case I will bid you good morning." I asked him if he knew when the sessions were ? He replied, " Yes, but as you refuse my advice and have taken your own, I may not answer any questions." The Recorder—lf that is true, if all has been done that is lute stated, the chaplain has been going beyond the line of his duty. Mr. Pollock-1 sincerely trust it may turn out not to be correct, and that the chaplain 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, r.or the second, nor the third time. Mr. Maude said the visiting justices would inquire into the charge. Mr. Pollock said the whole statement was a very remarkable one, and no doubt it would be inquired into with proper care. The Recorder—Mr. Maude would inquire into the matter, and if it was found to be true the visiting jus tices would apprise the chaplain that he had gone be yond his duty. Malys the depositions were blinded pp to it Monde, who immediately left the bench. An application was afterwards made to that gentleman by the press to be allo;ved to take an exact copy of the prisoner's depo sition, but he stated that he had already parted with 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, N0v.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 an officer and a gmtlernan, in having, at Barrackpore, under cloak of the almost paternal authority with which he had been intruie.l by the father of Mrs Shelt-n, the wif, of Lieutensnt Shelton, 38. h Rf.gitnent Native infaLtry, in pursuance of a base eucleavour to seduce that aff,:etions of Out !ady, written to her on or about the 221 of August, 1850, a highly unbecoming note, and afterwards authorised a person named H. P. Downing, an attorney, to communicate clandestinely with Mrs. Sbeltoj in his behalf. _ _ _____ 2 For most disgraceful conduct in having at Bir rack pore, on the evening of the 24th of August, 1850, persisted in entering the house of Lieutenant Shelton, with the express purpose of speaking to that officer's wife in his presence, in disregard of Lieutenant Shelton's positive and repeated prohibition ; in having persisted in remaining there in spite of Lieutenant Shelton's remonstrances and opposition; in having, while there, basely availed himself cf his superior strength to inflict personal chastisement on Lieutenant Shelton; and in having, shortly after leaving his house, returned again in company with Lieutenant Shelton's commanding officer, 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 subject of them, which note he brought forward at a Court of Inquiry, on the 27th of August, 11150, as a justification for his intruding himself into the Lieut. Shelton's house, as alleged in the second charge. Finding.—The Court, having maturely weighed and considered all that has been adduced in support of the prosecution, together with what the prisoner, Major John Bartleman, 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, is, on the— First charge, Guilty of conduct unbecoming the character 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 22d of August, 1850, a highly unbecoming note; but acquit him of the rest of this charge. On the second charge, Guilty, with the except ion of the words basely availing himself of his superior strength," of which they acquit him, On the third charge, Guilty, with exception of the words " disgraceful conduct," of which they acquit him. Sentence—The Court having found the prisoner, Major John Bartleman, of the 44th Regiment Native Infantry, guilty of the charges to the extent above set forth, do now sentence him, the said Major John Bartleman, of the 44th Regiment Native Infantry, to be cashiered. Confirmed. C. J. Nermt, General, Commander in-Chief. Head-quarters, Nov. 13, 1850. RECOMMENDATION 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 pass 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 still 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 HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-IN- CIIIEF. 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 of the 44th Regiment, after the Court has branded him as " Guilty of conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman" in one instance; 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 that which its own sentence rt ndera it impossible fur 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- Lions on such a proceeding, feeling confident that many must have been adverse to this recommen dation. C. J. NAPIER, General. Commander-in- Chief, East Indies. The name of Major J. Bartleman will be struck off the rolls of the 44th Regiment Native Infantry 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 Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, H. T. TUCKER, Lieutenant-Colonel, Adjutant-General of the Army. REDUCTION OF INCOME-TAX. IMPORTANT TO T E NANT-FARMERS.-A n . application has been made by the In c ome-tax Commissioners for the Yeovil division to the Board of Inland Revenue, to ascertain whether they ought to make any reduction in the amount of income-tax assessed on tenant-farmers in cases where their rents had been re duced; and the answer received from the Board is to the effect that, in all cases where there hrs been a bowl fide re duction of rent, there might be a reduction of the income tax in the same relative proportion. The tax must be assessed 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 impor tant to the tenant-farmers of the kingdom that this should be widely known, for that which is done in one district is of course applicable 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.— Sherborne Journal. SUICIDE OF THE COMMANDER OF THE RIFLEMAN. -It 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 officer, 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, who bad been confined to his cabin from illness, in a fit of delirium rushed out, knocked down a corporal of ma rines who attempted to stop him, and jumped over the aide 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, 1850, was 11,095 acres, at 13s. 4d. per acre, and 14 4 4 leased was 110,493 acres ; total, 121,588 acres. This ex ceeded the amount disposed of to the same period of 1849, by 39,500 acres, The receipts in Canada to December 12 were 46,203/. Is. ld., exceeding the amount collected in 11349 by 21,C001. The meeting passed off harmoniously. ill bef Nova B ISHOPRI C Or NO VA SCOT IA. — It is stated in clerical circles that w the Right Rev. Dr. Edward Field, Bishop of Newfoundlan d, Scotia, rendered i e and N:acant by the d ea th o f t h e Ri g h t R ev . D r . Th e bishopric of Newf oun dl an d i s lik e l y to b e con isucgoiea ferred on the Rev. Dr. Bridge, Archdeacon of Frederickton, New Brunswick. DIE BISHOPRIC OF MORAY AND ROSs.—We un derstand that the Right Rev. D. Low. LL.D., Bishop of Moray and Ross, has intimated his resignation of that office his advanced years and increased infirmities having rendered ' him unable tor the due discharge of his duties.—Elgin Durant. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—LIVERPOOL, WEDRES• DAY.—Accounts from the Sandwich Islands, dated October 19, announce the arrival of her Majesty's ship Herald, Cap tain Kellett, on the 16th, from Behring's Straits, after a vain search for the expedition under Captain Collinson. Unhap pily the Herald 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 North American continent in the Canadian route, and to Dr. Rae's and Lieutenant Noulens' exertions, fur further tidings of the lost expedition. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college, at a special meeting of the court of examiners, yesterday even ing:—Mr. John Maule Sutton, Greenwich, a voluntee r to proceed to Jamaica, to afford relief to the , cholera patients; and Mr. Henry Forester , Camden-villas, Camden-town. (I s sa T ;s iv t n il e e Po t o .o r. er-To l a t h lir a e s z., l io s y n ) al t l h y a b t been with being drunk and dis- TEMFEBANCE a nn s i u n b b j e e r ct o o f f remark (says charged orderly was grea ter at tlis partietiLr 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 215th, recorded only 23 . prisoners of the above class, and of these 14 were charged with being booked for safety, and only nine w i t h being drunk and disorderly. Yesterday the committee of the Association for Promoting the Relief of Destitution in the Metropolis, and for improving the condition of the poor, by means of paro chial and district visiting, under the superintendence of the Bishop of London and clergy, made a report of the progress of the various provident societies in connexion with the asso ciation. During the past year the deposits of the poor so aided were, 36 societies, 28,552 depositors, and the amount 13,3661. The rapid increase of these societies is ehown by the following. In 1845 there were 12 widish A 1744 Wallah and th' amount 1,4014