The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-28 00:00:00

BELGIAN EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. The 'usual half-yearly general meeting of the propriet.ors of the Belgian Eastern Junction Railway was held on S:turday, at the London Tavern ; Sir Frederick Smith, chairman to the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the minutes of the last half-yearly meeting were read and confirmed. The report of the directors was then sub mitted to the meeting, which stated that in accordance with the resolution passed at the last meeting, a deputation proceeded to Brussels, and had an interview with the Belgian Minister on the 20th of November last, for the purpose of bringing the negotiations with the Government to a speedy issue. The Minister, M. Rolin, stated to the depu tation that various circumstances over which he had no control had prevented the submitting to the Coun cil of Ministers the propositions which had been made to him on behalf of the company ; but he as sured the deputation that the subject would be taken int.() consideration with a spirit of equity and liberality, and with as little deley as pos sible, probably in about a fortnight from the date of that interview. Two letters had since been addressed by the board to the Minister, pressing for a decision, but up to this date the directors have received no communication from him. These negotiations have been pending since August, 1848, the object being either to obtain a return of the caution-money or per Mission to appropriate it to the construction of a section of the line. The report goes on to state that if Circumstances have changed since the time the 'concession was granted, and the Govern ment of the present day should no longer desire that any part of the railway should be constructed, then the directors feel justified in saying that the funds deposited as a guarantee of ' the intentions of the company should be restored in fall to the shareholders ; but if the interests of the country require that a portion of the line should be constructed, they do not suppose that the mere de lay which has unavoidably taken place could b 3 set up as aber to its execution. They cannot believe that the Ministers of Belgium, either individually or collec tively, desire to confiscate the property of the share holders for the mere purpose of appropriating the fund; in question to the purposes of the State. The directors entertain a hope that when the question shall be investigated by the Belgian Ministry, their sense of right will induce them to accede to the pro poeitions submitted on behalf of the company. A considerable rise has taken place during the course of the last year in the Belgian funds, in which the cau - tion -money is invested, so that, in the event of a favourable - issue to the negotiation, the delay will rot have been iejerioue to the company. Io conclusion, the directors state that every endeavour has been made by them to economise the resources of the company : the cheese have seen discharged, the office given up, the secretary placed on a very reduced salary, and the directors continue, as they have done from the com mencement, to give their services gratuitously. The accounts to the 31st of December last show that the investments amount to 51,5081, of which 29,3137. is in caution-money, 21,877/. in the hands of M. Mes sell, at 4 per cent. interest, and 320/. at 5 per cent. The balances amount to 3011., making 51,8101. The sums paid in liquidation of liabilities incurred prior to the 12th of October, 1849, and expended in current expenses to the 31st ef December, amount to 549/. The present liabilities are stated to be 317/. The CrIATR MAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, cbserved that if the report did not furnish all the information that was required he was quite pre pared to answer any question that might be put to him. The directors had nothing to conceal, and were ready to adopt any suggestions the shareholders might throw out. The shareholders no doubt were aware that the Belgian Ministers had latterly been a good deal occupied with their war budget, or their line would have come under their consideration ; but the Ministers had now got over their difficulties, and they confidently anticipated that ere long they would receive a reply from the Finance Minister. The di rectors were determined to do their best to economise the expenditure of the company, and he hoped, under all the circumstances, the shareholders would be sa tisfied with the report. A PAOPRIETOR wished to know if any answer had been received from the Minister of Public Works sine e the report vas published ? The Caatameis replied in the negative. _ _ A PaoratzTou asked if the directors had consi dered the poiird.m the company would be in suppos ing the Belgian Government called upon them to make the line ? He had reason to believe that if that turne I out to be se, that one-tenth of the shareholders would no;, pay up. _ _ . The CHAIRMAN said that was a qustion for future consideration. The rIZOPRIETOR obf,erved, that the company had filed to carry out the promises in the original pros- pectus. The Ch AIRMAN—In what respect ? The PRUPRILTOR—In not making the line within five years. The CHAIRMAN—And why not ? The PROPRIETOR—Because you could not, I sup pose.—(A laugh.) The CHAIRMAN—That is not our fault. We are anxious to carry the thing out, and have laboured hard to do so ; but if any member of the shareholders will join our direction, and relieve us from the difficulties we are labouring under, we shall be very much obliged to him. The PROPRIETOR—Don ' t suppose that I desired to cast any imputation upon the direction. I think they have done the best they could under the circum stances, and I merely made these suggestions for your future consideration. In my opinion the Bel gian Government have behaved very shabbily to us. The CHAIRMAN—We have a strong moral claim upon the Government, and I have no doubt that in the end they will give us fair play, if they do not treat us with liberality, The report was then adopted. . . . . _ The CIIAIILMAN intlinated that certain shareholders had neglected to exchange their banker's receipts for scrip certificates, but as many of them had failed to do so through being absent from the country, it was therefore proposed, at the next half-yearly meeting, to take the sense of the meeting on the subject. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting terminated. FRANCE. some detachments of marines have (says the Constitutionnel) been ordered to prepare for em barkation at Brest for LA Plata. A company of the marine artillery will also be sent there. The vessels already named to form part of the expedition are the corvette La C?pricieuse, the Zenobie frigate, and the steam corvette the Prony. Rear-Admiral Dabourdieu will hoist his flig on board the Prony. GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette states that Bakounine, Heu bet, and Reeael, the three leaders of the insurrection in Dresden, ►•ere on the 18th condemned to death, and the sentence was to be communicated to them the next day. THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, JAN. 25, NINE A.M.—The Linnet packet, commanded by Lieutenant James, arrived this morning fcom Rio de Janeiro with the Brazil and River Plate Mails, having sailed from thence the 17th ult. She brings freight in gold and diamonds to the amount of about 20,0001. The following are the pas sengers :—Mr. Tully Lott, Mr. Schivind. Exchange at Rio, 274 d. ; stock, 884 to 89. Rio was perfectly quiet, and business for perishable goods brisk, for piece and manufactured goods dull. Coffee scarce and dear, superior 5 dolls. to 5 dolls. 200 r.; good firsts, 4 dolls. 800 r. to 4 dolls. 900 r.; good second, 4 dolls. 300 r. to 4 dolls. 400. ; sugar (white), 2 dolls. 700 r. to 2 dolls. SOOr. per arroba ; browns 1 doll. 700 r. to 1 d , ll. 800 r. ; hides, per lb. for heavy, an d 170 r. per lb. for light ; freights nominal. Many ves sels had left in ballast owing to the high price of coffee. By her Alljesty's packet Kestrel arrived from the river on the 12th December, dates had been .reccived to the Ist from Monte Video, and to the 26th November from Buenos Ayres. The news is not of much interest. Regarding the negotiations pending between her Majesty's Envoy, Mr. Southern, and the Buenos Ay rean G overnment concerning the River Plate question, the British Packet newspaper ex presses itself as follows : " There can be no longer any reason for doubting but that the vexatious question of European interference in _ the affairs of the Plate, as far as regards England, is on the eve of being definitively settled by a separate ar rangement between that nation and the Republic. It is unquestionably desirable that the whole question should be decided at once, and her Majesty's Ministers acted perfectly right in delaying for acme time their decision. Circumstances have prevented the French + Cabinet from acting in concert as heretofore, and we think her Majesty's Government evinced the greatest discretion in taking the steps it has done. French amour-propre cannot complain of want of delicacy on its (her Majesty's Government) part. After the decided steps taken by Great Britain, France ought not to have any further desire to delay the settlement of the ques tine." It is said the Kestrel brought a copy of the treaty between Great Britain and the Buenos Ayrean Go vernment, signed by Velippo Arand on the part of the Argentine, and Mr. Southern on the part of the English Government. The Hydra steamer, which left Rio on the 13th December, was the bearer of it to England, and it was said Mr. Southern would be received by th-) Governor Rosas in his official capa city in a few days. Pernambuco !till continued in an unsettled state, but it was expected that the energetic measures taken by the Government would shortly restore that province to tranquillity. The Linnet left the following ships of war At Rio —tier Majesty's ships Tweed, Crescent, and Kes trel ; Portuguese, Vasco de Gama, Iris, and Don Joao Prineiro. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journa'.) Prices in shares continue firm, with a t2ndency to im prove. An increased demand has shown itself, and a fair average amount of business has beea transacted. At Devon Great Console, the lo2e in the 70, at Anna Maria, continues to improve east, being now worth 120/. per fm. At Anna Maria, a cross-cut driving south has intersectei a branch, also worth 120/. per frr. South Tolgus, Welt Caradon, Wheal Margaret, Carn Brea, and South Basset shares have been in requeA. South Basset, we learn, is mirth improved. Alfrel Consols continues improving, the lode in the shaft being worth nearly 501. per fn._ _ The directors of Devon Great Consols declared, yes terday, a dividend of ai per share, or 5,1201., being for profits resulting from copper ores raised in the months of SPptember and October. After payment cf this divi dend, there will re'nain in hand, in cash, ore bills run ning, and Exchequer-bills, a balance of 18,4961. 143. 8:1., applicable to the general purposes of the company. At the South Tamar meeting the statement of ac counts presented showed a balance cf 519/. 17s. ld. in favour of the mine, and estimate of liabilities and assets, the former amounting to 4971. 10s. Bd., and the latter to 2,342/. 16s. 103. At the South Wheal Tolgus meeting, held on Wed nesday, the statement of accounts showed a balance in favour of the mine of 9221. 35. 11d. A dividend of 21. per share was declared, which, arler being pad, will leave a balance in hand of 4101. 3s. Ild. The profits for Jannary and February were estimated from the sale of ores to be 1,0001. East Tamar meeting was held on the 24th; the finsn (All statement showed a balance of 1621. 55. 7d. in fa your ef the mine. The liabilities amounted to 1,5761. 3s. 6d., and the assets to 2,7231. Os. 21. At the meeting of Wheal Benny adventurers, held on Thursday last, a report, by Mr. A. Murray, jun., was presented, wherein some accounts of the geology of that district, made so interesting by its proximity to the Devon Great Consols, is treated on, giving some reason for the cause of the failures that have hitherto occurred in the various tria!s made to discover its richness. At the meeting of the llennock Mining Company, the tatement of accounts showed balance cf 171. 'Ss. sd. in favour cf the company; but to meet the futlre opera tions, a call of 10s. per share was made. At West Wheal Seton meeting, the statemer t of ac counts showed balance of 1181. 13s. 4d. ag tinst the mine, and a call cf IL per share was made. Shares in the fillowing mines have changed hands since our last:—Devon Great Consuls, Treviskey and Barrier. Condurrow, South Basset, TiceruP, Trelawny, Herodsf,ot, Alfred Consols, East and South Tamar, Trethevy, Bedford United, Daren, Tregorden, Wheal Margaret, Lelant Consols, East Buller,' Levant, South Tolgus, Stray Park, Treleigh Consols, West Wheal Tolgus, Trema3ne, Devon and Courtney, &c. In foreign mines there have been several transactions in St. John del Rey, Imperial Brazilian, and United Mexican; end business has a'so been done in Guadalca nal, Santiago, Cobre, and Copinpo sharer. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) FURTHER REDUCTION IN THE ARMY.—The re maining number of reserve battalions not included in the recent arrangement for immediate reduction will be consolidated with the Ist battalions as they each arrive from foreign service at the expiration (..f the several periods for which they were sent abroad ; the total effective strength to be 750 men each regiment. Some of the battalions have several years yet to com plete their tour of duty in the colonies. The same regulation for keeping the officers on full pay is to apply to this extended mode of reduction. TROOPS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE.—It is under • stood that five regiments will shortly be placed in orders to embark for foreign stations. The Mediter ranean is to be reinforced on the return to England of the reserved battalions ordered for reduction. DUBLIN GARRISON.—We regret to find that seve ral officers, forming part of this garrison, have recently suffered severely from gambling transactions, and, it is said, that in one regiment three officers have been obliged to quit the service by the sale of their commissions. This unfortunate business has arisen from the false economy of keeping corps too long at one station. THE GUARDS.—The charge for the pay of the Coldstream and Scots Fusilier Regiments, consisting of 1,452 of all ranks in each corps, amounts to 53,0991. for the year, and a regiment of the line of 1,342 of all ranks, 110 men less, costs 37,9781., making a dif ference of 15,1211., for the annual charge of these regiments of the Guards above that of a regiment of the line. PUBLIC MILITARY PROM EN ADE.—The Govern ment have given directions to her Majesty's Board of Works, to cause the meadow-land, consisting of 14 acres, in front of the Royal Military College at Chel sea, to be laid down with gravel and planted with shrubs, and to be thrown open to the use of the public for recreation. THE IRISH STAFF.—We are glad to be able to announce that Government has decided upon retain ing John M`Donald, C. 8., formerly of the 924 Highlanders, in command of the Kilkenny district. Brevet-Colonel Sir Charles Routledge O'Donnell, Unattached, Assistant-Adjutant-General, will be withdrawn from Kilkenny, and will be re placed by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Freke Williams, unattached, now filling that situation in the Athlone district, which is to be broken up, and the district divided between the Belfast, Dublin, and Limerick districts. Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. S. Clarke, unattached, late of the Scots Greys, is to be discontinued as Assistant Quartermaster-General at Kilkenny, and will, we suppose, be succeeded by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Johnson, unattached, from Athlone. COMMAND IN IRELAND. —lt is rumoured that Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.B. and G.C.H., commanding the troops in Ireland, will, in the course of the year, retire from the active duties of his profession, in the performance of which he has been so many years engaged in that country. JAMAICA.—Major-General Bunbury, K.H., com manding the forces, has been seriously ill, but was convalescent when the mail packet left the island. The troops have suffered severely from fever. EXCHANGE or QUARTERS.—We are enabled to state that the Government have not yet determined whether they will incur the expense of removing the Head Quarters of Regiments during the present year. INDIAN PRIZE MONEY.--The sum of 12,4251. has been paid by the East India Company into the Bank of ngland to the public account, to meet the claims of the several parties entitled to share in the Prize Money granted for the capture of Gbuznee awl Lower Sinde. MILITARY FORTUNES.—The property of General Sir George Anson, G.C.8., late Governor of Chelsea College, has been sworn to under the sum of 1,500/. ; that of Lieutenant-Colonel Alderson, Royal Engi neers, late Secretary of that establishment, to 15,0001., and that of Mr. North, late apothecary at that place, and formerly a staff surgeon in the army, to 25,000/. The will of the late Lieutenant-Colonel a.enie, 13th Light Infantry, has been :proved and sworn under 1,5001., and that of Paymaster Williams, 16th Lan cers, 8001. ENROLLED PENSIONERS.—The staff officers of the local companies have received orders from the Secre tary at War to return into store the muskets of the men belonging to their respective districts, in order that they may be prepared with percussion locks pre vious to the ensuing drills. ANTIGUA.—We regret to find that the troops are still suffering from yellow fever—officers and men falling victims to its ravages. CAPE COAST CASTLE.--The troops belonging to the West India Regiments stationed at this place are to be withdrawn, and a local corps raised to consist of 3 companies, of 100 men each, for the service of the garrison. The officers are to be appointed by the Commander-in-Chief. DISCONTINUANCE OF RECRUITING.—III anticipation of the intended reduction in the army which is about to take place, several recruiting parties have been called in, particularly those connected with the reserve battalions. A Military fracas has recently taken place not more than a day's sail from Southampton, between the commanding-officer of a depot and a captain, re specting the order of the former for the latter to re side in barracks, and on his refusal, a correspondence ensued, which from its tone and character, no ami cable result could be anticipated, and the whole affair has been forwarded for the consideration of the Com mander-in-Chief. It is expected that the command ing-officer will retire from the regiment. FIRE AT THE GLOUCESTER RAILWAY STATION.-- At an early hour on Thurday morning, it was k - „ co _ vered that a fire had broken out in a building eO,-,, structea for the use of the locomotive department It the Bristol and Birmingham line, situate a short distance from the passenger platform. The inflarnr:Jability of the mate rials cf which the buildirg was constructed (it being built exclusively of timly,,r) led to a rapid spread of the fire, and before the engines could be brought to bear upon it, the whole building was in a mass of flame, and threatened destruction to all around it. The efforts of the parties on the spct were confined to the object of preventing the extension cf the fire to other buildings, and in this they happily succeeded, though the building in which it broke out was entirely demolished. The damage is supposed to exceed 1,0001, many valuable articles in the building having been destroyed. A very similar catastrophe happened on nearly the t awe spot some eighteen months ago. STRIKE or TUE COAL MINERS. -An extensive and well-organi se d str ik e. on the part of the operative minersiouf ee Lanarkshir e for for an advance of w ager , h as taken pTtitzrecolliers of the Glasgow district, it would appe ar , generally ceased operations, and are to be followed by those in the upper and middle warJs of the county. Tho coalmasters around Glas gow have raised the price of the article one shilling per waggon, and a further advance of one shilling is contemplated. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar. THE SUN, LONIioN, PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNI- CIPAL REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlA,—Permit me through the medium of your paper to offer a few suggestions relating to the pre paring of a new Reform Bill. Having assisted for some years in the registration of voters for both Par liamentary and Municipal elections, and having served the office of overseer, I have seen some evils which I now wish to point out, and beg to suggest a remedy. It is not for me to say what shall be the qualifica tion for the franchise, but whether it be a five pound rental or household suffrage, matters little to me; but the latter would be preferable for the coun try, as it would prevent all those unfair and (I might almost say) dishonest practices between landlord and tenant as to the value of houses. I have known parties let houseslor 101. which were not worth 81., returning the difference indirectly to the tenant. On the other hand, a Tory landlord let a house for 101., but as the tenant was claimed by the liberal agent, the landlord swore that he had only let the house for 9/., and that that sum was the extreme value of it. Now, in the muni cipal registration, this evil is avoided by the house hold system ; but here is another evil, namely, the length of time required for a qualification. In a town containing several parishes many persons, especially the poorer classes and mechanics, remove two or three times in the two years and eight months, and are therefore omitted to be placed on the lists by the overseer, who has no business to hunt about other parishes for " voters for houses in successior." Now I would recommend that every man who oc cupied a house, shop, or warehouse for twelve months previous to the last day of July in any year, and having paid all poor-rate., &c., due on the 6th of April in such year, on or before the said 31st day of July, should be inserted by the overseer as entitled to vote both in Parliamentary and Municipal elections. The lists of voters should then be revised by a bar rister, and the new register should (after the first time) come into force on the Ist day of JanuFy in each year. Tao benefits derived by the adoption of my plan would be these—a more equitable register of voters, and much less expensive, as the municipal registra tion would be entirely abandoned, and the new sys tem would be so simple that every man would under stand it. This register might also bs used for voting in parochial vestries, and the election of guardians. In conclusion, permit me to say that even the above reform would be found quite useless in many towns (such as Stamford) without the protection of the ballot. I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, Lincolnshire, Jan. 2.4, 1850. REFORMER. BRICK BUILDINGS OF ANCIENT ROME.—There are but few brick buildings still existing, which may with certainty be attributed to the Greek, and yet this kind of building materia was extensively used. The temple cf C,,res, at Styris, a - ,cl that of Apollo, in the citadel of ALsgara, were constructei of brick, some dried and others baked—these buildings were anterior to the Roman Conquesr. The palace at Halicart assus was of bricks faced with marble: there were three kinds of bricks—one was a f Jot lorg and I'a f a foot thick; another was one foot square, and a third (..f about one f)ot three inches square. The latter wcro generally employed in public edifices, and the others in private buildings. Tips also were manufactured fir the covering of roofs, and on several of these may be seen Greek inscriptions. Brick walls wore covered with a cement made cf powdered marble (Vit., 1. 7, c. A cement was also employed upon stone, and traces of it have been fiund on a number of columns bnlonging t) different temples of Greece, Sicily, and Italy .—Archi tett and Building Gazette. BIRMINGHAM.—The Right llon. Lord Lyttelton, on Wednesday night, addressed the St. George's Instruc tion Society upon the subject of the colonies. In sum ming up the present aspect of the colonies the lecturer ob served that on a comparison cf the colonies in their present condition with what they were under our fore fathers, we should find the balance decidedly on our side. But even yet is our colonies spiritual destitution was the rule, not the exception. In conclusion the Noble Lord adverted to the political connexion between the colonies and this country. Our system of colonial government, unlike that of the Greeks, did not leave the colonies at their establishment to shift for themselves, but endea voured, on the other hand, to keep them in a state of perpetual childhood. Would it to supposed that colonists of our own race and spirit would consent, whilst their physical position forbad their representation in Parliament, to a government in which they hai no share ? This gaE.‘stion the lecturer proceeded to argue at considerable length, contending that the colonies should not be severed from Eng land, but that the government of each should be arranged on the model of the British Constitution ; all internal management being left to the control of the colonists themselves, while all questions affecting the in terests of the empire at large should be decided by the Iperial Legislature. He then adverted to the mistaken idea of sending out worthless men to the coloniet, urging that we should send only the best of our population. To send out others would be an act of cruelty to the colonies; and surely England could afford to spare some of her best men to people her colonies. Our duty was t 3 strengthen what was weak, and to purify what we could purify, in our own body. If we could not do this, let us not punish the colonies by poisoning the sources ef their natural life. The people of this country should form and cherish better ideas of our colonies than they had hitherto held, and not look upon them as deFendenciee of England, but as germs of mighty nations. For them doubtless a career brighter even than that of England was in store. In the colonies the prevaqing evils were an excess of the democratic and of the money-getting principles, but there was ye; ample room for the victory of good. A vote of thanks to the Noble Lord for his lecture was carried amid great applause. LOYAL UNITED FRIENDS.-0a Tuesday evening last the twenty-third anniversary of the opening of the No. 2 Lodge of this highly important, social, and pro vident order, was celebrated at the lodge-house (Trea surer Norris), the Rose and Crown, Fort-street, Old Artillery-ground, Spitalfields, on which occasion a numerous body of the members partook of a supper, which, whether for quantity or quality, reflected much credit on the worthy hostess, Mrs. Norris, and gave much satisfaction. P.S.P. Robertson presided as chair man, as did P.S.P. Spearing, deputy, and were supported among ethers by the following influential past and pre sent officers, viz., P.S.P. Clay, P.S.P. Heath, P.S.P. Thacker, P.C.P. Waterlow, ESA'. Townsend, P.S.P. Greenfield, P.P. Argent, P.P. Clayton, P.P. Baldwin, P.P. Burton, P.P. Burgess, P.P. Perry, P.P. Lewington, P.P. Rout, P.P. Smart, P.P. Jeffreys, P.P. Briggs, Trea surer Cook, of the No. 6 Lodge, and P. Perry. After ample justice hal been done to the good things provided for the company, and the cloth withdrawn, the Chair man proposed the usual loyal toasts, which were drunk in a most enthusiattic manner; sf.erwards "Success to the Order" was given by the Deputy, and was well re ceived, as was also the " Gift Fundy," "Friend-in-Need Fund," and "Pension Fund." P.S.P. Heath then gave a short statement of the rise and progress of the Order, which numbers between 15,000 and 16,000; of that number more than 1,130 had been initia'ed at the No. 2 Lodge. Several other customary toasts followed, and some excellent singing by Messrs. Townsend, Lewen, and Perry, t)ok place during the evening. The healths of the Chairman, Deputy, an d T reasurer N orris, were given, and severally ackn ow l e d ge d, i n s h ot t, b ut appro. priato observations, and at a l a t e h our the company ' separated, after having e n j o y e d t h emse l 1 :. - csid the greatest at :es in aver pleasant manner. P.S.P. Thacker tention to the comfort of the ge: ests . CAPTURE OF HIGHWAYMEN—B RISTOL, SATUR DAY.—For a considerable time past th e ne i g hb our h oo d of this city heel been infested by a notorious gang of highwaymen, known to the police under the appellation of the " Hanham and Cock-road Gang." To such an extent have their depredations been carried, more espe cially in the rural districts of Brislington and Keyn sham, that many of the farmers were unwilling to at tend, as usual, our corn and other markets, several out rages having recently been committed, at:ended with a great degree of personal violence. A Mr. Thomas White, farmer, of Balcombe, was attacked the other day within a few hundred yards of a farm-house on the Frome road, by two armed men, who demanded his money or his life; they dragged him off his horse and. commenced rifling his pockets. Ho shouted for assi s t_ anee, upon which they stuffed his mouth full o f dirt, and robbed him of all his loose his notes, which he had placed in a private pocket, for tunately escaping their notiLe. Mr. Joseph W yatt, farmer, of Wick, ::as attacked in a similar manrer near Lenaeiowne, and robbed of his watch and all he had about him; the highwaymen also cut his bridle reins and stirrups to prevent his pursuing them. Mr. Wilkins, of the Bell-inn, Chelwood, Somer set, was wayl a id b y fi ve men at the bottom of Knowle hill, who robbed him and then made off in the direction of Keynsham. About an hour later the same evening Mr. Barrow, a blacksmith and farrier, [who carries on busineS - s at Keynsbam, was stopped and, although he "`...ested till he was nearly throttled, the blood gushing from his mouth and nostrils, he was robbed of 5/. By the exertions of police -sergeant Hazell, No. 70, we are happy to Bey five of the gang, named Sa - nuel Bryant, William Powell, William Gunning, Samuel Rogers, and haveare u h n a d s t b u y r n the h d e a ppporl police r at , a a n d s p s o o t m i e n d b i l c u a d t g e d e o b n y s John Rogers, h ave b een apprehended. One of them, we him. The prisoners were examined tc-day and re manded, and it is stated that a great number of cases will be brought home to them. Subsequently to their apprehension another man, named Joseph Britten, has been taken into custody, and also the keeper of a beer shop in the vicinity of Hanham, named Eli Tremlett, at whose house the police hare received information, the gang used to meet. Great satisfaction was expressed by a host of farmers who were present at the exereina lion, at the capture of these desperate villains. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening, as George Wallace, plash miller, Maryfield, Bight/ Water, near Dundee, after returning home from his work, took down his gun from off two spars that wee., nailed to the joists of the house, for the purpose of cleaning it, preparatory to using it on the following day. It is supposed that he had forgotten his gun was loar'e I; fir, on drawing it down from the spars, he allowed the end of the stock to come violently in contact with the floor, when the gun went off and the contents en'ered his breast. lie fell back, cried to his wife, " Ob, Nancy I'm shot," and almost immediately expired. The unfir tunate man was steady, well-behaved, and was only 12 years of age. He has let a wife and two infant children to deplore Lll6 l>aelocboly end,--ilberdeen Journal. -METROPOLITAN SEWERS CO3l MISSIOX. On Friday a meeting of the gentlemen connected with the above-named commission was held at the chief office, 1, Greek-street. Saho. Sir Henry chi la B3che, F.R.S., presided. There were also present Messrs. Hardwick, Rendel, Hawes, and Lawes, and Captains harness, Vetch, and Dawson. DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS-PURIFICATION OF THE THAMES. The ordinary business of the day, which was by no means of public interest, having been disposed of, The CHAIRMAN said it would be in the recollection of the Commissioners that when they first took office under the present commission it was intimated to them that the subject of the drainage of the surrey and Kent side of the river had received very considerable attention. During the existence of the previous com mission there had been a committee termed the " Ordnance Survey Committee," four members be longing to which were members of the present Court. During this time the Ordnance Survey Committee had been engaged in that part of the metropolis, and were constructing the network of levels. It was thought to be extremely de sirable that three or more points of the river should be connected with such levels, to ascertain the heigh t of the tide. The result had been the production of a very valuable collection of facts and documents' from which it would appear that they should even think of constructing the lines and shortening the dis tances between Battersea and Deptford. The mini mum difference in the tide between these places was two feet and a half. It was obvious that by shortening the distance they would accomplish a better fall, if that were needed. lie thought he might mention, what was, no doubt, known to the Commis sioners, that a valuable body of information was col lected by Mr. Page for the Metropolitan Improve ment Commission, and which was printed in their reports. Part was original, and part contained in other documents, &e., but he (the Chairman) re ferred to it as embodying a mass of valuable matter. After making some observations upon this subject, the Chairman said that the attention of Captain Vetch had been especially directed to the formation of a scheme for the drainage of the Southwark side of the river Thames. He wished it to be particularly noted that all this occurred pre vious to the former Commission requesting plans to be sent in for the drainage of the metropelis.— (Hear, hear.) With respect to the scheme fur taking the shorter line on the north or south side of the river, and so partially reversing the drainage, in this there was no great novelty. So far as ten or eleven years ago he believed that Mr. Thomas Cabitt had proposed a scheme of that kind, which was qaoted by Mr. - Walker in his evidence in 1840 on the state of the Thames. This was not the first scheme which included the stoppage of the drainage by the river, because Mr. John Martin had previously completed the scheme for drainage on both sides of the Thames. With regard to the south side, their object had b_en to obtain a fall by shortening the distance, and the opportunity of flushing the main channel, and any branch channel, without, as now, discharging all the sewage into the Thames, and afterwards affording the opportunity of distributing the sewage manure by various lines of railway, as the wants of the public should demand, supposing the drainage should cut the lines of railway. And whilst observing upon this, and asserting his belief that they were all very anxious to prevent as much as possible drainage into the Thamns, he wished to observe on what he had seen some years ago. He had then occasion to consider the distribution of sewage into estuaries, and although any previous reasoning was likely to lead to the same thing, the result of that investigation manifested the absolute necessity of re moving the sewage of London from the Thames. The sewers discharged their contents into the Thames at low water ; at that time, the water being stagnant, the sewage was discharged into the river according to its velocity, but on the first motion of the water it (the sewage) had a tendency to go along both sides of the river, and two masses of filth were thus trailed along the banks. This was composed of matter in chemical solution and mechanical suspen• sion. Now, these two masses passed along both shores, and went as far as the tide would carry them. It had been well and properly observed by Sir John Burgoyne, " that the Thames being an es tuary, all the effects that take place in an estuary must occur in it also." There was mud distributedabout in various directions, and if there was no town within 100 miles of the Thames, the mud would still be dis tributed. At the same time, there was no reason why artificial means should be adopted to add to the noxious qualities of this mud. It got moistened with so much of the sewage matter as was not diluted suf ficiently, and this, of course, added to the disagree. ableness of the filth on the sides of its banks. Now, looking on shore, this deposit was sure to be disco vered in situations most inconvenient to the inhabi tants, and in places where the mud could not be moved by the motion of the water. The Commis sioners were, he thought, unanimous in their opinion that by letting this noxious matter be distributed they would do good to the sanitary cause of the me tropolis.—(llear, hear.) They should recollect that the sewage, according as the population increased, was more abundant in the Thames than formerly. Good as the "flushing system" was in many points of view, it had added to this evil, inasmuch as the matter which was previously collected and removed by hand was now thrown into the Thames. Another point to be considered was, that since the erection of London-bridge there was a difference of 3i feet in the height of the water above bridge, and which had been a source of considerable annoyance to the popu lation. Under all these points of view it seemed essentially desirable that they (the Commissioners) should be instrumental in r emov i ng t h e sewage f rom the Thames. In directing attention to this scheme he wished to say that it was the express wish of the Commissioners to rem ove t h e sewage from that part of the Th ame s. I n b r i ng i ng the scheme of Captain Vetch under the not ice o f the public it was without in the slightest degree prejudicing the plans sent in at the request of their predec essors in office. But whilst they were desi▪ rous of avoiding precipitate action, they were anxious, on the other hand, not to incur unne cessary delay. Therefore did he propose to place this scheme upon the same footing as the others, and to have an estimate o f i ts pro b a b le expense. It was their duty to the ratepayers to adopt the best possible plan, and that which would cost the least money. Ile would now say a word relative to the plans themselves. The publi c a l rea dy knew that they had been classified, but of the subsequent proceedings in regard to th em many were ignorant. The Comnassi▪ oners had submitted the plans to Sir John Burgoyne, Mr. Stephenson, Captain Vetch, and Captain Harness, in order that they might further investigate and report upon them. He (Sir H. de la Beche) thought this selection of men from both the royal and civil service interested. meet with the approba tion of all the parties Without further preface he would move the following resolution : " That it be recommended to the Court that the engi neer be instructed to preface estimates fir the consid, • ration of the Commissioners for a plan of the drainage of the Surrey side of the Thames with ref-ref - Ice to a covered channel fur a general outfall, between Vaux hall and Deptford or thereabouts, by which the present distance by the river will be short ene d an d a bettor out fall secured ; to the continuation of the channel to and keyond Woolwich; and to the removal of the whole sewage of such area from that part of the Thames, duo attention having been had and being paid to those plans sent into this Commission which relate to the same area." Mr. BENDEL, in supporting the resolution, said he felt the time had come when they ought to do some thing in regard to the business for which they were appointed. He was very glad to see the present movement, and wished it had been made earlier, but he did not think that was possible. He believed it was a matter of very great importance that they should comprehend the plans which bad been sent in. He was sorry to see engineers obliged to commit themselves to plans for which they had so little data, and also becau se th e Commissioners required SOME. thing more than suggestions. They wanted the opi nions of p rac ti ca l men , ra th e r than suggestions hypo thetically put. The sewage of London had grown with its growth, and they might as well produce a re volution in the country as to revolutionise the sewage. It was a part of the metropolis and its arrangements, and though they might reform to a great extent—and it was high time to commence—a revolution would only bring it to that condition that instead of being a benefit, it would be a great injury to the sa nitary state of London. The Commission could hare ordered surveys, and have had all the neces sary facts, so as to be easily accessible to every indi vidual asked to compete. That was not done, unfor tunately both for those requested to compete and those who were to consider the plans, because he had seen enough of those plans already to say that they con tained an infinite number of most desirable sugges tions ; but such was the want of facts, that there was not that unity of design so necessary to effect so great an object in any of the plans that came under this notice. This was not owing to any want of skill on the part of the designer, but entirely to the absence of that information which it was the bounden duty of the Commission to furnish, in order to enable the designer to rnalre a complete plan. It was therefore clear that whil e t h e part i es f urn i s hi ng th ose plans might with some degree of fairness complain that the Court had been to o l ong i n co ming to a d ec i s i on, i t was likewise clear, if he had made himself under. stood, that thi s was rather the resu l t of those plans being ideas th an t h e i r b e i ng eng i neer i ng p l ans upon which practical engineers could reason and come to a conclusion. He merely stated these facts, believing they would be understood by those gentlemen who had sent in the plans. He would now make a few observa tions on the subject snore particularly under conside ration. He quite felt the necessity of putti ng the plan now proposed upon the same footing a. the others, more particularly as he felt this had been twee MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28 ) 1850 duced under circumstances more likely to contribute to bringing forth a good working plan than those under which the others came before their notice. Captain Vetch had had the opportunity of acquiring those facts which were necessary, according to his (Mr. Renders) ideas, to render any design effective and operative. His opinion was, that the skel:?ton and groundwork could be worked out and presented as a complete whole, so as to effect the very impor - tact object of draining the Southwark side of the river ; and he thought Mr. Foster (the chief engi neer) would find the details efficient in the working. He did not think it desirable to say that this plan, so far as he had yet seen it, was the plan to be acted upon, but he was quite certain that it contained the plan that should be carried out in a greater degree than any he heti yet seer , . ffis opinion Was that they should find many of the suggestions offered by the gentlemen who sent in plans valuable adjuncts to this scheme or that. The difficulty he felt was that they could not appre2riate any one of these plans:so as to be enabled to convince the gentle men that justice had been done to them as designers ; and if they compounded the plans, he feared that from the number of parties by whom claims would be made, they would not be able to satisfy their expectation in awarding them honour or remuneration. He hoped the authors of those ideas would be announced, and, as far as the Commission could, remunerated. One word as to the general principles. He had no doubt that when practical engineers were put upon the board something practical was intended should be done. He believed something practical would be done from the present time, and he thought that whilst acting so they would have the public with them. For his own part, he felt he could go with that opinion as to avoiding drainage into the Thames, as far as it could be avoided, in reference to obvious and practical conclusions; he did not go one jot further. Therefore, whilst he went to the full extent of desiring to purge the Thames from the sewage of London, he must be certain that when the plan was carried out that result would be obtained. He believed that the plan they had to-day before them would go a great way in furthering that object. It would, at all events, he a step in the right direction. Though he was anxious to go to work as quickly as might be, he hoped they would not begin until the plan was so completely arranged that they would have no occasion for modifying it, because, if this were the case, they would have to incur a mighty expense, and what was intended as a reformation would but increase the previous evil. Captain DAWSON merely wished to Confirm the statement of the chairman, that the plan for the drainage of Surrey and Kent had been under the consideration of the Ordnance Survey Committee, before the advertisements inviting the public to send in plans for the drainage of the metropolis had been published. The motion was then carried unanimously, and the Court adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Michael Samuel was brought before Alderman Humphery, by Robinson Webb, the officer, charged with having obtained, upon false pretences, some gold sweepings, the refuse of the materials used in manu facturing certain ornatnertal articles. Mr. Holland, who described himself as the only spangle manufacturer in the metropolis, stated that, on the 12th of January the prisoner obtained from him a sample of the gold refuse, and next day applied to him for a quantity, stating that it could be disposed or, as a gentleman who had examined the sample had approved it, and spoken of it as a vendible commodity. Witness accordingly gave to the prisoner a quantity agreed upon, and told him to do the best he could with it, but not, on any account, to take less than Of. an ounce for it, and arranged with him that he should have 10s. for his day's work, independently cf the profit which might accrue beyond the 21. per ounce. I: was in vain that the witness waited for the return of the article, or the payment of the amount for which it was to have been sold. The prisoner produced neither the one nor the other, and threw ridicule upon the application to him for the dust or its value. Alderman HUMPH ERY —HO IV do you get this dust? Complainant—l am allowed by my employer to take the sweepings of the place in which I work, and I collect the residue of the spangles and sell them for my own benefit. The prisoner said—l was standing outside cf public-house, and Mr. Holland, who knew nothing at all about me, nor, thank God, I about him, came out of the house to me upon the recommendation of the landlord, who said I was an honest man. Very well, he put into my hands some scrapings of metal, and told me to go and get a customer, so I went to a jeweller, who is here now, and showed it to him, and he said to me " Which way are you going ?" " Over the bridge" says I, " Oh, that's all right," says he. " When you get half way over, just throw all this rubbish over into the river."—(Laughter.) Alderman HummEnT—Let me know the exact directions he gave to you about the gold dust ? The prisoner —He said to me "Its no use your taking it for sale to any one in London. They won't hare it. Go you off to Woolwich or thereabouts, and try and barter it for a watch at some watchmaker's. Do the best you can, that's all." What could I do with it when it was not worth a farthing ? The complainant—lt was well worth 40s. an ounce, end I have been paid much more than that for the residue by .first-rate houses. Alderman Humenenx—Why then did you not go yourself and dispose of it, instead of sending a poor man of whom you knew nothing upon such an errand ? The complainant—Tile fact is, I get much more by employing men lik e hi m t o sell the article than by selling it myself.—(Laughter,) Aldermen Ilnerruenv—Aye, you think people will not buy from you because they happen to know you. The prisoner —He is in the Brumagem line, your Worship, and I know one person who has lost 20/. by him and his gold dust. I was never com fortable until I throwed the whole of the precious stuff' over the middle arch.—(Laughter.) Alderman HUMPHERY (to the officer)—Webb, do you know anything of this matter ? Webb—No thing, Sir, except that the complainant is called amongst the people about Houndsditch the " Gold dust duffer," and that he is in the habit of employing persons in this way to get rid of the scrapings. I saw him upon one occasion drop some of his gold dust in the dirt of Houndsditch ; and he left in the mud as much as (if it were of the value he says) must have been worth a considerable sum. Nobody thought it worth while, however, to pick up any of it when it was known that the " duffei" had dropped it.--(Laughter.) Alderman HUMPBERY —Well, Holland, I don't think this case tells very well fur you. At all events, I can do nothing in it. If the gold dust was worth anything, you have made the prisoner, by your act, your debtor for it ; and if you thought it worth any thing, you would not have selected a poor fellow like this, who is quite a stranger to you, to be your agent. The complainant—l do assure your Worship, that what I did I did out of charity to him, to give bin something to do.—(Great laughter.) Mr. Holland departed, but not until several trades men iu the gold and silver line bore testimony to his " dulling" propensities, 130 VV. S MBE T. William Harris, a lad, "who got his living in the streets," was charged with stealing half-a-sovereign from a public-house by the following contrivance : The prisoner possessed himself of two sticks, re sembling a fishing-rod when jointed, and went into the Unicorn, in Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, late on Friday night. Watching his opportunity, and availing himself of the temporary absence of the bar man, be united the rods, and placing a piece of tin covered with tar in a slit at the point of the stick, proceeded to fish up some money which had been h p a la d ce s cl uc u c pn ee o ded t i h n e n m et a ti n n t g el h - piece - b so y ve t r h e e ig la n n , dl b o u rd He t . while hile conveying half-a-crown to his pouch the coin fell upon the floor behind tha counter, aroused the barman, and led to the prisoner's detection. The landlord, Mr. Dennison, stated that he bad left 6/. on the mantel-piece, and the missing half sovereign was found upon the prisoner, who admitted his offence and requested the forgiveness of the pro secutor. Mr. HENRY committed him for trial. WESTM IIV STE R. Charles Watson and John Carroll, who had been mreimneadn,dcedharfgroedm with o p b r t e a v in io in u day, w g s charit e a r b e le flnallye xa contribu tions under false pretences. Mr. Bunn= said he could entertain no doubt that they had obtained a charitable contribution under false pretences. Looking at the evidence before him he should commit the prisoners for three months each to hard labour in the Home of Correction. `ADVERTISEMENT.) THE ATRAPILATORY, OR LIQUID HAIR DYE.—The only dye that really answers for al colours, and does not require re-doing but as the hair grows, as it never fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple tint common t) all ether dyes. Ross and Sons can, with the greatest confidence, recommend the above dye as infallible] and ladies and gentlemen re quiring it arc requested, if convenient, t.) have it done the first titre at their establishment, which will enable them to use it aftriravat,it ibornselvcs without the chance of failure. They think it necessary to add that, by at tending strictly to the instructions given with the dye, numerous parties have succeeded equally well without coming to them.—Address, Ross and Sons, 112 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, Londor. HOUSEBREAKING. —EarIy on Saturday morning the premises of Mr. F. Re?,ve Jones, a solicitor, residing h t Woodfield -terrace, Harrow-road, near the Paddington workhouse, wero broken icti, and various article-, con th.Vng of plate, wearing apparel, &e., stolen therefrom, A servant, who s!ept, in a room just above where the , entrance was eff--c ted, heard a noise is the levee part cf the house, lut, attributing it to the wind, which was very high at the time, aecomi.an , :.d by 11,W,, wir too k no fur ther notice of it. A reward has been offered by M r . I -,• ___ -,, -• TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF GUN- PO WDE On Friday afternoon last, between four and five o'clock, a man named Charles, in the employ of the Ebbw Vale Company, was in charge of two of the large iron carriages of that establishment, containing about twenty toes of iron. He wished to remove those carriages from a particular spot, at the Victoria works, and desired one of the E)bw Vale engineers to move them forward a little with his locomotive, in order to place them upon the line for the upper works. This was done; but the break which Charles placed in the wheel to stay the motion thus given being slide denly ?napped off, the two heavily -laden earrieges started off, and were speedily careering at such velocity as to be beyond all huinen control. Th us left, the velocity attained by this vast weight on the incline became most frightful ; and very great apprehensions were naturally caused of the destruction which would result to 11115 thing which migh' chance to be on the line. As this time a man named Williams, of Tydee, owner of a small one-horse covered tram, in which his wife usually rode with him on his journeys, was quietly jogging along with sixty barrels of gunpowder piled beneath his coverlid. He had reached Llanhilleth, when suddenly in the distance be perceived the two iron-laden carriages wildly thundering down. In a second, apprehending the fearful state of the case, and thanking Providence that the constant partner of his journeys was not with him, he instantly slipped out the pin that fastened the shafts to his tram, and dashed down the declivity with his frightened horse, just in time to avoid the destructive crash; for quick as lightning the twenty tons of rail iron ran into his car, and among his powder barrels, which, of course, were smashed; whilst the crazy train was crushed and comminuted beyond all carpentry skill. The collision" caused some sparks of fire, and the matting around the shattered powder casks speedily took fire, and then an explosion, awfully grand, something perhaps like the magazine display at Moultan, ensued : fifty-one bar rels having been blown into the air, shaking the neighbouring houses, and frightening their tenants, as if an earthquake had taken place; while the nar rowly -escaped Williams, who wished himself safely back once more with his good wife at Tydee, stood with his old horse looking on in terrible amazement, until his hat being blown off his head by a shock, or knocked off by a piece of his tram wheels, he consi dered it high time to decamp. Very fortunately, in deed, no lite was lost, nor greater damage done than the destruction of the powder and the haulier's tram, We understand that the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company have just received from the manufac turers an air-tight powder carriage, which comes op portunely to replace the old vehicle of Williams, which had hitherto been used for the purpese. [We have heard that for the loss which poor Williams has suffered he will be fully compensated by the Ebbw Vale Company.] —3fonmetithskire Merlin.. RAILWAY SHARE ad AR ii.ETS LIVER?OOL, JAN. 26. STOCK ExcuANGE.—The market was rather dull to-day, and prices rather lower. The transactions were as fullow : East Lancashire, 10 3 /—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 7 1 / 1 dis. London and North-Western, 116 1 -4 Ditto, New Quarters, p. Midland, 45 c. Di!to, Halves, 23/4 dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, B—North Union (A.), 232—Shrewsbury and Chester (N. W. M.), 12 1 ,4 Ditto (Oswestry and Chester), 10 1 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 5 die. Dutch and Rhenish. 5% dis. _ _ BIRIIIINHAM, JAN. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day ; the prices of the principal lines, however, remain firm at advanced rates, but in some descriptions of local stock the tendency has been downwards. South Stafferdshires were quoted at 31. 13s. 9d. dis., and Shrewsbury and Birming ham (A), at 71. lls 3d. dis. North Statfordshires were done at 91. 18s. 9d. die. YORK, JAN. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Great Northern, 7—Ditto, Halves (B.), guaranteed 6 per cent. 4%---York, Newcastle. and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 3—York and North Midland, Preference, 6. GLASGOW, JAN. 25, Srocic EVCIIANGE.—Tho tiansactious to-day were as follow.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 12g. 17s. 6d.—Ditto (No. 2), 51. 14s.—East Indian, 41. is.— Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 6% Glasgow and Garnkirk, 381. ss. —North British, Preference, 51. Bs. 6d.—Midland, 45 THE CO UNTF LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26. change. 8. d. o. d CY MARKETS. •Prices to•day are without s. cl. 8. d Wheat, per 701 b Barley, English, pr English, old.. ~ 6 4to 6 6 imperial quarto: 27 oto 29 0 Do. rhw .. 6 0— 6 2 Irish, Scotch, and Irish, new .. 5 0— 5 S aiarx,per6o►b.. 3 0— 3 4 Do., old • • .. 5 6 5 8 Barley, Feeding.. 210 3 2 Manx, red and wh. 5 6 6 0 aye, par 4801 b .. 23 0 26 0 Dantsic, high mixed 7 2 7 6 Beans, English, pr Do., mixed .. 6 8— 7 0 imperial quartr 31 0— 32 0 itostock 6 8 6 9 Irish and Scotch, Hamburgh and per 4801 b.. .. 26 0— 23 0 Lower Baltic .. 6 4 6 6 Foreign, duty pd. 25 0— 25 6 American, white 6 6 6 9 European, per im- • Spanish and Italian, perial quarter.. 28 0 30 8 red and white.. 0 0 0 0 Peas, English, per Hungarian and imperial quartr 32 0— 33 0 Mariaropoll .. 5 6 5 9 Foreign • . .. 29 0— 30 0 Odessa, Polish • • 5 8 6 0 Malt, English, per Do., common .. 5 4 5 8 imperial quartr 50 0— 5I 0 Do., hard.. .. 0 0— 0 0 Do., Irish .. 40 0— 46 0 Egyptian •• .. 4 6 4 5 Do., brown .. 50 0— 52 0 Oats, per 451 b Flour, English, pr English, Scotch, 2801 b .. 31 0— 33 0 and Welsh .. 3 0— 3 2 Irish, extra fine.. 34 0-- 35 0 Irish, new, best Untied States, per meshing •• 2 5—2 6i barrel .. 23 6 24 0 Do., Enid and inf. 2 4 2 5 Canadian • .. 22 9 23 6 Old .. 2 5 2 8 Oatmeal, English, Indian corn, per & Scotch,pr24olb 23 0 24 0 4801 b .. 30 0— 31 0 Irish, new • . .. 21 6 22 Do. Meal, perl96lb 14 0— 14 6 Do., old .. .20 0— 21 6 MANCHESTER, JAN. 26.—The trade throughout the week has remained in the same lifeless state as pre viously noticed, the dealers and bakers continuing for the most part to act on the reserve, and in Vie few sales of flour effmted the currency of the preceding market. day was not supported. Oatmeal was in moderate de mand, without alteration in value. With a change of wind this week the arrivals of wheat, beans, Indian corn, and flour from abroad at Liverpool are on a more extensive scale than for some time past; and from Ire land -liberal supplies of wheat, oats, and oatmeal have come to hand. At our market this morniog there was again a very languid f3eling ape: eat, and win at was ob tainable on ratter easier terms. Flour likewise con tinued to exhibit a drooping tendency, and only notni nal quotations can be given, Oa's and oatmeal were in limited request, but cannot be quoted lower. WORCESTER, JAN. 26.—Our market t i-day was flat, and prices must be quoted a trifle lower than at last market day. The top price of English white wheat to day was 16s per bag, but the general run ('f sales were effected at about 152 per bag. Good malting barley maintained late currencies, and was woit'i 3s 6d per bushel; grinding qualities 2s 9d to 3a per bushel. Malt remains at about 7s 6d per bushel. For oats a sluggish demand at 33 per bushel for English, and 2s 9d f a Irish 'samples. English beans about 14s per bag. Peas fir feeding 334 d, and white boilers 4s per bushel, with a slow sale. Winter vetches may now be quoted at from 5s to res 6d per imperial bushel. There was a numerous avendence both of farmers and millers at Stourbridge market on Friday, but the actual amount of business transacted did not correspond with the attendance. The best samples of English wheat barely maintained last wt ek's currencies, while inferior qualities suffered a decline of about 6d per quarter; average price about two guineas per quarter. Barley less inquired for, and a trifle lower in value; 262 per quarter about the average price. In bean 3 and peas next to nothing doing, at the nominal rates of last week. Stratford-on-Avon market on Friday was e ell attended. There was a good supply.of grain on offer, though busi noes was generally dull, and prices on the.decline. Wheat must be quoted is per quarter lower than on this day week, and 15s per ball is about the current price. Barley in demand, but net much busines done, holders asking for a ri:o, which purchasers would not concede ; ave rage, about 25s per quarter. Oats sold at 19s to 20s per quarter. Beans of less value, at lOs to 11s per bag. At Wolverhampton market prices were a shade lower for wheat—say, 6d to is per quatt.w. Other grain also declieei in value. At Kidderminster market the value of wheat fell at least-3d per bag, and business was flat for all hinds of grain. Parley, beaus, and Rims suffered a fall of is per quarter. • ._.. • ABERDEEN, JAsr. 25.—Grain—Oats 14s 04 to 14s 6d, 401 b per bushel; oats, new, 005 Od to 003; foreign oats, tOs Od to 00s Od per qr.; barley, 18s to 195 Od, 521bs per bushel; bear, 193 to 19s 6d, 521bs per bushel; wheat. 40s to 455; oatmeal, 1 I s Gd to 12s 6d per boll ; flour, 33s to 35s per sack. Provisions—Beef, Gd to 8d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 6d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 6d to 9d; pork, pe r lb, 4d to 6d ; lamb, per lb, 04 to Od; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to 15 ; hay, per cwt, Os to 03 ; rabbits, each, Gd to 8d ; hares, each, Os to Os Od ; grouse , per brace, Os to Os ; butter , p er lb, 7 d t o 9 d ; eggs, per doz,lod to,l s 2d; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 235; hens, per pair, 3s Od to 3s6d ; chickens, dit!o, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s Cd to 2s 6d; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os 03; turkeys, each, 4s Od to 550 d; geese, ditto, 3s to 3s 6d; butter for exportation (present cure), per c wt, 00s to 54s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 7d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, 3s 6d to 05 Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 201 lbs, Os to oe. Meal—Oatmeal, is 24 to Is 3d; barley dust, Gd to 7d; peasemeal, is 84 to is 10d; aids, 64 to 7d:; bearmeal, Is Id to is 2d; flour, 1s 84 to is 104; barley, per It, Id to 10; barley flour, ls 2d to 1 s 3d. DALKEITH, JAN. 24.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 71b, I Bst 01b, and 16st 101 b. Oats, 13st 01b, 12st 21b, and lOst 101 b. Barley, 16st 41b, 15st 111 b, and I4st 31b. Peas and beans, 18st bib, 18st 31b, and I fist Gibs. Qrs. Best. Carrent. Inferior. 554 Wheat ....£2.. 0 0 16 0 £1 10 6 702 Oats 639 Barley 47 Peas and Beans 1 6 0 1 5 6 0 19 0 Average of wheat...,,,,,, .. 3 s 41d. INVERNESS, JAN. 22.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bushel, 36s to 40s • new ditto, ditto, 00s to 00 a ; old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 193 to 00s; new ditto, ditto, o,'s to 00s ; oats, 421 b per '-• 4 0 . 1. 16s to I7s Od. Oatm ea l, per i mper i a l b o ll, I4 s cc!, mita—, second, I:3s ; barleymea!, 1 Is °d ; _. flour, per 2?-.om, 34a .. •.,.0 3 Od per atone, t.,.. i -.- ,•, t , , - ' ••• :;6 0; 6 ,e ,, nd, 264 10 Faseineal, 14s to 01's •; bran, 28s; oatmeal, best, per stone 91 141 b imperial, second, Is c.,ld; barley meal, Is 2d; peaserneal, - , 1 ot 2s 4d cash, 2s 'd credit; second, 2s cash, 2s 3d credit. veal, 4d toes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4 ( 1 l c _ ac . , n I:_d to to 6d ; mutton, dd to 7d; pork, 3d to 3d; fowls, u Is l 4 s .'l 4 ; ° i fi t yst flour, 14d; chickens, per Pair, 16'd to MI ; ducks,fresti, per lb, 7d to 00d ; eggs, pr dozen, Od to 10d i butter, 0.1 ; p four„ you COd; salt, 9d to 104 ; cr.Ondie ( curds) " t° each, Od to 1 0A enh, 5d to 3d, credit, 54(1 to 6,1; coals, P er cwt, 9d ; hay, per r tone, 83 to 9d. 6 " 8 "W C.d...Ta'sf.t; Vb...111,T, ja.Y 0 4.—At our ► Tire supply of er. ,tc . io was large, caused sales -am? , as last wock, 13f. - %t OX beef from 46s to 48s per cwt, current 423 to 455, C o ws bulls, and inferior animal-, from 303 to 365. There was a largo supply of sheep, which caused sales to be dull. Best aged wethers sid per lb, current from 4id t 5 4 per do, middling 34-cl to 4d. Pigs in demand st from 30s to 38 , . elites in good demand at 563 per enl• DUBLIN, JAN. 25.—We had an exceedinglY market at our Corn Exchange to-day. The business , transacted was very trifling, and, with the exception ° I the best qualities of white wheat, all d e sc r iptions of gron must be noted about 6 , 1 cheaper. Scarcely any is quirYto, for Indian corn. White w h ea t, 20 s t o 235; red dit 193 03 to 21s Od; barley, ll s Od t o 13 s 6d; oats (P er barrel), 8s 6cl to 103 Oi; oatmeal 103 Od to 113 6dl second flour, 12; 6d to 16s ; I n di a n c orn, per 4 8 ol b ' 26s to 29s 6d. CORK, JAN. 25.—The supplies of home grain have been moderate, the receipts fir the week amounting 1 , 0 —Wheat, 1,452 brls, a t 16 ; Od to 20 3 3cl per barrel; barley, 2,193 brls, at 7s to 118 101 ditto; oats, 5, 329 brls, as 7s 3d to 103 ditto. In the green market we bare no alteration in price w or thy of notice, in any ar t icle ? produce. In prepsred Dish wheat there is s stry little business doing; and for foreign also we experienc , a'')" thing but a brisk demand, the purchases made being solely to supply immediate wants. Hence tee trade Is slow and un , atisfactory. We have no change in prices. Some let; of grinding barley have changed bands st the ra'•; of last week. W e h ave no t ransact i on s to rep ort W hich in oats, holders still co n ti nu i ng to d eman d r ates purchasers could not afford to give without incu T r b ri o ng bu t he si.s. risk of loss. Business in the article is therefore alin e completely at a stand still. Irish flour still meets f er 4 restricted sa!o. For prime f 'reign cf . approved brands however the demand is very brisk, and the soPP,I . scarcely adequate to meet the wants cf the tract?. Coarse descriptions continue to sell freely. ness wising in Indian corn has been confined to rei n purchases, bttters being unwilling to enter into eneg e ,. meats beyond the supply of their present necessin% We have no alteration to make in prices, which ar e same as last quoted, runty 61 123 61 61 17s 6tl per ton. Indian meal is little inquired gr. Flour—First 12s 6d to 13 s 6d ; ex tra 15 5 g's seconds, Ils to I'2s 6d ; households 9s t o 10 3 Cd ; thirds, 6s,'°.t. per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to lO s 6d ; I n di an mea l7 s to 7 s 3d ; orn e ,„; meal, lOs to lOs 63 per cwt. Indian corn 130 s to 137 s 6d per Bran 31108 to 3112 s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 30s to 37st r t, n ver6 00 5- 325; dealers 35s to 40. Od; av erage 38 s per ton . Straw -L'" od; 158 Od to 298 Od; average 225; dealers 35s Od to 'Ns to average OJs Od per ton. B rea d—Wh eaten l oa f 6d to 6 to i - household loaf bd to Sid per 41b. Fresh . butter, 10d per lb Eggs - -53 ad to 5 s 4d per h un d re d. ` l " N th e r Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; not at. Calm 14s per ton. Tall ow 39 s Od t o 00s per ~e st Whisky, 25 o. p., 53 9d per imperial gallon. 4 d to —Beef 3id to sd; m u tt on 3.1 to bd ; veal l pe r Od; pork 31c1 to 4d ; bacon 6d to 7-id ; sausages - pet lb. Hops 131 Os per c w t. B angor s l ates 312 s 6d to 3 1 55 ton. Bark—Barbary 7153 to 815 s; Valonia 14/ to 01; Fe, 715 s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 125 per st° -11 Hemp 32/ to COI per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 193; rpre, ditto 24s to 26s pee barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 111 16 s; ton. Timber—M eme l, 851 p er t on ; d ea l s, fi rs t quality , second quality, 16s p e r 100. Hid es— M ar k e t 13s to zT h : salted 13s to 2()s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 3 dP er o--• Potatoes, white 8d to 9d ; Minions 12d to 13d; ( 1 11- s el o Peruvian, 111 103; Ichaboe, 91 per ton ; Tar—Are j r -P 19s per barrel.' F- „„ SIRE AND I,osb OF 141 Fr; Is 4 rem BORov"'"'„ i cks Saturday morning, between eight and ri"e (/'.” e et• some persons passing along Princes -street, Union'e so r io g Sonthwark, they ouserved a quaatity of smolt° " ding out of op. se NO 5, Princes-street, which contlot the to iecrease, they knockd at the door, and found I I) ; py person livieg on the ground flaer was not aware 0 e , oco casualty having occurred in the premises, but b t. l otr a they had proceeded half way up the staircase they " s ot sufficient to satisfy themseives that something dre ng had occurred. On reaching the front attic and OP-ll a e the door, the room was found to be enveloped in A . sheet of flame, and pitiable g that so coming frore_2;e midst of the fire, gave un m i s takeable evidence u 0 poor creature was in the fames. Several pere ctl3 '' s ed tee risk of their own li ves , rus h e d i n t o the rooms ges found an old m e n nam e d A s k ew , a b out 75 years '',„hjelt surrounded wish fi re . H e was i n hi s n ; g ht dress , i t) was blazing, together with the bed and the f ur nitwi a o f the room. By a vigourous eff o rt he was dragged ° „ c her the room frightfully burned, an d car ried into ae"..iged apartment, and a sergeon se nt f, r , but before one ar n ed ho had expired. The fire wa s confined , ' by the e o ' nu r i 0 0 exertions of the firemen, police, &c, to the ° lla which it occurred. From a partially smoked pir, t he afterwards found at the bedside, it is supposed teer eo pe deceased had leen smoking in bed, and by flirt caused the terrible disaster. 0 S P SERIoIIS FIRE NEAR THE POST-OFFICE .-- 0a , 0 0lc turday night, shortly befor e ei g ht o ' c l oc k, lir e v eer place on the premises of Mr. James Dix, an engrsost and printer, in St. Ann's-lane, at the b a ck' of the f ,,, e ks office. It appears that Mr. Dix fi rs t p erce ived sm i te ascending the kitchen stairs, and i mme di a t e ly ran t o e call for assistance ,hut upon hi s re t urn t h e flames pd mounting the staircase with rapidity. At that Per' several persons, including Mrs. Di x an d two 3 ) ii 00 children, were in the top rooms, and their destro:„. was only avoide Iby making an exit at the roof. S c .:4 ral engines were speedily on the spot, and there b,e',4 an abundant supply of water, the fire was extinguin' o , before nine o'clock, but not until it had extended to Zi et third floor. The amage done somewhat consideti. but Mr. Dix was fortunately hate eI in the Law . 1 7g office. A spark from a lighted candle falling e xes ijis some lumber in the basemen, it is understood, W 0 cause of the disast4r. SERIOES ACCIDENT.—A very serious acciden k t use curred on Friday evening at the Mod e l Lodgieft;t ° t ae for families, George-strect, Bloomsbury, just he,f °l- wo rk, workmen engaged on these extensive premises lea ee t ee which it is feared will result in loss or life, three o e u ' o di, ' workmen having suffered severe contusions and w of two of them very extensive compound fractures of . legs. It appears that the building, which is four 5 0 7 sbo high, is raised on a series of arch es , and that ens A l to arches on the top of the buildi ng h av i n g suddenlY d roall way, the falling mass caused th e arc hes Wi le . i nset under it also to fall, buryint th e th ree u nforteee'; r ose who were working in a l esser apartment, en de e r °s. of 'bricks and rubbish. E very exe r tiou was utau k ° ' v ie% tricate them from their p er il ous s i tuat i on , accomplished, they were conveyed to the Julr3.edice. Hospital, where upon b e i ng exam i ne d by . the g officers of the instituti on they were found so fre ' — t i/e , der the injuries we have described, those of one et light° . men being of so frightf u l a nature that not the 15 hopes are eetertaincd of his reovery. ni(ris° ROYAL COLLEGE OP SURGEONB.-- T _ he ° oute r° Mutelm, f :uncle Iby John Hunter, of whose ex ci the it was purchased by Government and preeel,olo ol above institution, has j ust rece i ve d a pr incely Pro from Mr. Richard Owen, F.R.S., and Ilue t4r • i f - e ltscW fessor to the coll e g e . The valuable and beata i t / i n d of f lion consists of a series of 12 highly-fird*h e " , 0 0t0 11 " parently most accurate models in wax. size, or of parts highly magnified, of the entlc e/ i -idatti i /i t,f the electrical ray, or torpedo (Torpedo ti 00 0, prepared by Professor Calomel, the surriaeteititeo; the wax-model department in the Moselle' e r . th 00 1 0 History at Florence, and who has prosecutei, wl nd ability and success the anatomy of the torpe°, e- h p are: published the results of his dissections, eill' c tho a 0000000 i 10 beautifully perpetuated in the models now le.' elan e- 0 4 terian Museum. These ma g nifi cen t prepare-tohe Gil t % I ordered by his Imperi a l an d R oya l Highness 'irectio'-ei Duko of 'Tuscany, expressly to bo made fe r fass or E.,7 0 OVIYD, after au intervi ew vtit h w hi c h the rin- AP"' honoured during his v i s 't to Fl oreeco in IS'ir' to '- now by this distingui s h e d natura li st presente d Royal College of Surgeons. ~ its THE IRON TRADE.—BIRMINGHAM, el. The reports of the iron trade during the la st o - i e ngb: 4 highly encouraging. At a meeting of the 0' r ,01 , /,sr Canal Company, held yesterday, Mr. Phl li P e atie w , o l . one of the most extensive masters in South StP-4,00 re' stated that large orders for rails had recentlYwoo eeived from the United Stater, and ,that ther a ,, reeiro prospect of our new commercial policy bei ri llool o t sated by Russia,' France, and other co untries., t bso trades of the district are more busily employe d cv ePP some months past. ever - [AuvERTisEmENT .]—Constitutiong, .0 •- ile voo or debilitated, may be completely renovated ber.,ithrogo; Pills.—The extraordinary sale of these admirable P". oo fie cj to out every part of the civilised world is the mos t - a te& seo proof of their efficacy in the cure of various do e- otiat h els cases of weak or debilitated constitutions their POI / d oing, such as to purify the blood, invigorate the systems s e dole the soundest health. Persons suffering from loot r ya, M h os nervousness, imperfect di ges ti on , d erange d atom' the ese affections, liver complaints, d e t erm i na ti on of blood te to dirio, or even epileptic fits, will find i n thi s tru ly v aluable, p t agO e els certain, safe, and efficacious remedy.—Sold by Sir' and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, London. o{ J• BIBTLIb. wi f e On the 21st inst., at Dungarvon, Ireland , the titer, A. Keyt, Esq, 85th Light I n f an t r y, of a da il y •tifio maturely. }WO On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, the wife Of Esq., of a son. , 00111 dal, On the 24th inst., at Camberwell-grove, /or e ' the of a son. ore, On the 24th inst., at North-crescent, Bedfo rd -4 E. wife of Mr. A. D. Fri, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at pp Monkhams, IVoodford, the 15 va A . Macnaght en, Esq., of a ser. On the 15th inst., at Upper Bedford-place , g as " the wife of IL horn, Esq., of a daughter. MAE, fiIED. A - On the 24th inst., at Leamington, Charles Allt cheet'A.t toungest son of George Andrew, Esq., CornPs t ,i;toot o Anne youngest daughter of the late S. Pole Bank, ' Cheshire. gal, 0 , On the 24th inst., at St. Mark'e, Kenningtoo,,, Donaldson, second son of Major-Gen er al Marret,:i 1:10 Service, to Catherine Harriet, youngest daughter T. Price, Esq, of the Lawn, &nth Lambeth. veldleP;(itte' On the 24th inst., at St. Michael's Church , - 1 - to CaL. o ppi Ashby, jun , Esq., of Staines, MiddleseiT„e,, of e' youngest daughter of the late Shelden " Dudley, county Tipperary, Ireland. _____ '...........°16, . , 4 % )4. a r tt . e 4 LEW.) On the 21th inst., at his residence, the '''''''seegt— ly r ' Camden-town, Mr. John Alford, aged 60, deep 4 00 by all who knew him. ~ Cal' .On the lt , th inst., at Taymouth-terrace, St e P rie:' •ct e` Er ,:ncis Leadbeater, !ate of the shin lon. aged 47 .. . 0, tell M 0 r. ,, Jt. ,, D 2 r 2_ 11, 2( .: 1 , Inst., at Souldern, Oxfordshire, ti ar ch, O S' late of Woburn, Bedfordshire. ~., willi e ot id' Oil the 22(1 itisi:,, at Tonbridge-wells, age d "lhe T r il e o ll F'.oll,tiiheler,2l:3'...?i,ul!,itte ~,J,L:)f.otohuegti:,lisiEloCopleerrii:Zei., of G 0 eottAge, Asbborne, ' ,Derhyshii . e, age d T 67 ", ;‘ ,.h bridg e ' 0 , On thq 231 inst., at South-place' l'n".l. - t 5 A le, the wife ofEsq. IfenrY r li• On the 211 insi., at Offchurch, the Re f offell Dail, the Priory, Warwick, and for 44 years vicarcioBo, v i di jo jr On the 24th ins`.. a',Tonbridge-wells, ag e 6 of t he a lA t pier, widow of Sir Harry Dampier, formerly on , 5( . 1• 7 of the Court of Queen's Bench. iric . f iript At Brighton, t.n the, 24th inst., Ernie Iv " a ~70nock•ii, ,1 1-. _ , , WT;1,,,, 0 col •u• otrallo, L r.utiNr, at, l'itt 6u o , the Sttaud, in to n Prec!nct ef the Savoy ill bliadloooz, ISlonclAy, January 28, 185°' 1 I ' I