The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-09 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHAN GE-W ED NESDA The present week' arrival of Euglish Wheat for ou market, c t astw ise , h as rather exceeded 1,100 quarter:, chiefly from Essoi and Kent. To-day, several of Monday's unsold samples were on offer. As the attendance of both town and country buyers was swab, the demand for all descriptions ruled heavy, at barel3 stationary prices. The total fresh supply of Foreign Wheat has not exceeded 3,720 quarters. Really fins Parcels vrtrt held at full currencies. In the middling and inferior k nds so little was doing that the quota tions were almost nominal. Fine malting Barley was Scarce, and quite as dear. Grinding and distilling aorta vterJ very null. Malt was in fair average supply, rand Sluggish demand, at barely late rates. Fine Oats were stead ) , but not dearer. Bean,, Peas, Indian Corn, ant, kwur, ruled dull in the extreme. A.d.RIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. BArley, Oats. Malt, I flour. English. . kieuteh• • . 14 3 4 Foreign . Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. sacks 1,130 2,710 1,42 J 2,740 1,49 u 3,72) I 3,200 ssum.etTGAL MOP Mox axa We have to notice a shot iinpruvement in the dc- mend for most kinds of Hops, at prices icily equal io to•e obtained last week. WEIXTECICELP L. Prime Beef and Alutton cowman .ed a steady sale, at full prices ; otherwise, the deu.and was in a slugglsh st4te Beet, from 2s 81 to 3s 81 ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s to 3a 10,1; and Yolk, 3s to 4s 2d per 816 s, by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY. ) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice rATTESON and Mr. Justice TALFOURD ) MURDER-THE AS OF SARAH DRAKE. Mr. COLLIER, on the part f the prisoner, Sarah Drake, made applicatiin to the Court that the prisoner should not be put upon h. r trial to day. Me. Justice PATIESON said certainly not to-day. Edward . Nairne, a respectable looking man, aged 36, and described as a broker, was placed at the bar upon en indictment charging him that he, being a bankrupt, feloniously r-fused to surrender himself to the Court of I tankruetcy, under a fiat of bankruptcy. Mr. CLettxseri, on the pert ut toe prisoner, said that 15 the Judges at the last session had decided that an indictment under the same Act of Parliament could not be sustained, as the 6 George IV., which was the ope rative Act at tne time of the commission of the alleged offence by the prisoner, had been repealed by the 12 and 13 Viet., c. 106, under which the present indict- Meat was framed, he presumed their Lordships would be of opinion that the trial of the prisoner could not be proceeded with. Mr. BODKIN, on behalf of the prosecution, was ready to adroit that the Judges had expressed an opinion to the effect stated by Mr. Clarkson, but he contended thin although the schedule of the 12 and 13 Vice, c. 106, repealed the whole of the 6th of Geo. IV., yet in the first clause certain exceptions were made, and the Prisoner's case came within the class of cases excepted. Mr. Justice PATT‘SiIi said, he and his. Learned Tallourd were of opinion that the indictment could not be sustained under the Act of Geo. IV., bias %tuck as that Act was wholly repealed by the 12 and 13 V ictoria, c. 106, in so far as it respected the institution k o criminal prosecutions for the nen-surrender ot a bankrupt. The prisoner was thereupon indicted for a misde tinsenour, under the 7 and 8 Vice, c. 29, sec. 49, for ' la ving, in his capacity of a stockbroker or agent, con erted and appropriated to his own use certain stock R id property entrusted to him for particular purposes. Mr. B ODKIN state d t h e case f or t h e p ro s e c u tion, as it Will be found in the evidence given below. Mr. Thomas Spurgon, the prosecutor, deposed that ste formerly carried on business as a publican, but had l invr retired. Had a friend named Gillott, and having so me money to invest Gillott took him to the prisoner, who Was a broker, at 3, Warneford-court, in the City, o n Monday, the 14th May last. Asked prisoner's ad :1" as to the best investment for the V v ° . l3o Y, and he recommended Exchequer-bills. Witness had about 1,8004 to invest, of which lie had 1,0001. in his pocket. Asked prisoner to par eutte for him 1,0001. of Exchequer-bills, and prisoner V ent out for that purpose. He returned in ten minut es , bringin g a piece of paper, and saying he had purchased the bill. Having 600/. or 7001. more money to invest, witness asked the prisoner to take care of the bill tilt nituesa's return. Also left witn him 251. more. Re lurked to see the prisoner on 16th Mey, and gave him LW. to buy Exchequer-bills. Prisoner wt eta a latter to witness on the 11th May, acknowledging the receipt ot the 4 0 004 and the 25/. Oa the evening ot the 16th received another letter from the prisoner by post containing two Pieces cif paper. Saw prisoner again on 19th, and said he had come to pay the balance on the three Excht quer bills the prisoner had purchased for him. Put down 631. 111. Bd. before prisoner, when the latter said he bad Placed the bills in the safe box of the Stock Exchange, and they were as ta'e there as if they werp in the Bank of England. Prisoner toes up the 631. 1 ls. Bd. Witness produced a bit of paper written by prisoner's clerk in prisoner's presence, being a receipt for 1 7251. to witness to be invested in the purchase et Exch, quer bills. Did Fsee prisoner again until he was i n th e custo dy of treater, the officer, at Boulogne. Never gave the Prisoner tiny authority io sell or pledge the bills in qeestion. „Thomas Brown said he was one of the firm Brown and Co., dealers in Exchequer-bills. , e ri e nvra the prisoner as a member of the Stock-Exchanee. On 'm r emembers selling him an Exchequer-bill for 1,0001. the 15th May. Is nut able to say whether he or his though he witness had no knowledge of the transaction tattles what he obtained from his books. J ohn Brown, son and clerk of last witness, proved that i' s , n ' t sda an entry in his father's books of the sale of the , ii i nc eTter-bill for 1,0001. to the prisoner. Thought the b e r e 7 in the book was made from information supplied V o `is (witness's) cousin, another clerk in his father's p e ns"; inasmuch as his name was on the back of the bill. oTbentry also appeared in his father's books of the sale i o : it ehequer-bills to the amount of 2,2001. to the pri kar, Nairne. Witness made the entry from a note t 9Y prisoner's clerk. The bills were paid by cheque th,'"iklhatts. The name of Nairne on the back of the ~,que is in the handwriting of Beaton, his clerk. Veiincis William Fry, clerk in the house of Martin, ~,( 1 4 . e L ! a nd Martin, said—The prisoner banked with us, er _Ple cheque produced (for 2,20001w:is paid into the elan of his account on the sth of June. LaC bit C r oss -examinad by Mr. C LARKSON —B ea t on was i n th e of of drawin g ch e q ues f or th e pr i soner . O n t h e s t h J une the prisoner had about 7,000/. to his credit. IThomas Brown recalled. —The three Exchequer-bills rodnced were in my possession on the sth of June, and Paid for the m on t h e d a y t h ey were b ought. , Charles J o h n B rown , partner i n the f i rm of Brown and tn•--The Exchequer-bill s p ro d uce d were so ld b y us, and R are re-purchased by us i n t h e b eg i nning of June. When Exchequer-bilis are purchased by us, we corn fere the bills with the note betore we give the cheque. 4 cannot say that I compared the bills in question. (The trial was proceeding when we went to press, p our, n o p ro b a bility of its b e i ng con c l u d e d b e f ore a l ate atour, if at all, this evening.) BOW-ST R.EET.—(T HIS DAY.) young man named Owen Thomas was charged with racking the pocket of a gentleman. 80:The gentleman stated that bout hal-past sven cloek la — st night he was passing a along the f Strand, e op- O4e Catherine-street. in company with a friend, when attention was called to the prisoner, who, his friend . 414 , had picked his pocket. He turned suddenly round sett 11 the prisoner by the collar just as he was on e Point of decamping, when the prisoner dropped a silk aodkerchief which he had extracted from his pocket. t i length, af ter a severe strugg l e , a p o li ceman came up , the p r i soner was secured. b k : ll *. JARDINE, having ascertained that the prisoner h."'%h never appeared a t thi s c ou rt before, asked him what ad to say in answer to the charge. I) , A be prison er , w h o h a d an Alf re d Sin g le style of ex /Z.3,31'0n. replie d —F trs t t i me , s i r — ne ver do it again, sir. ok here, sir (lifting up his arm and exhibiting a tn e ndful rent in his coat) —call that nothing, sir. Tore l i c cat all t o pi eces , y ou see, s i r . i x , mt a aT ARIIINE —But why did you pick the gentlemax's ai r , 4/ t? Prisoner—Very hungry, sir—very, indeed, Never do it ae.ain, a gr• JARDINE—W e iI , I s h a ll comm it you to the H , use of Pri soner—Th an k for one month. qsainer—Th an k y ou , s ir. prisoner was th e n r e moved. 1 3 " gentleman complained that, although the offence mi n n eromitted in the heart of the Strand, he was ten h id t t_te3 before he could get a policeman, and then he he el ,' !end for one off another beat. Had the prisoner s t 4 l ittle stronger he would have escaped. Poli ce 4 11 DINE said no blame could be attributed to the a - I no doubt the ir attention had been called to sp o " eqth " Part of the Strand. Pickpockets generally selected Were f t " Ply their nefarious avocations were the police u r a time not S ''OUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) It i ',„ . ",7 Mullins wa s c harged with stealing a piece of in - 7 4 cotton from the Chop of Mr. Reece, a linendraper, lli ackfriars•road. the'tr• Charles Rumier said . that he was a linendraper in D tt ,, ' t ame road, and at a little after seven o'clock was w•-'B`ng • Reece's shop. He saw something in the hid o h w which attracted his notice, and while looking at tnae. observed the prisoner standing near the counter, pr.; 14 a few minutes he perceived her take up a piece of i t ' tl t whil e the shopman's back was turned, and secrete ,nallorler her s h aw l . Sh e th en wa lked out o f th e s h op, i , ai soon as she was on the pavement . ran away. pursued her, and near Rowland Hill's chapel wileaProred her, and handed her over to the police, 1 61:1 1 the piece of print was found in her possession. Mr Property havitn4 been identified, t f A:BECKETT asked whether anything was known s Po ic, constable, 137 L, said she had been : h v " , 11, times in custody for similar offences. .When was searched at the police-station another piece of 1 ,, e n t was hound on her, for w hi c h h e h a l no t b ee n a ble —'4(l anowner. f oP'committe prisoner, for trial ho declined making any d e fence, was Y. Prkr. Edward 0. Tonlenin's first concert of the foe,ent sear took place last night at the Assembly tns, Kennington. The benviciare was supported 7c,.." a ho s t of talent—;Ails Bi rc h, Mi ss D o lb y, Leffler, • The selection of pieces was very good, and the `zecution of all the artists afforded high t() ntlitlettqUi fiacl fablionable auditory. gratification THE SUN, AMERICAN NEWS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Royal mail steamer Hibernia, Captain Stone, has arrived, with advices from New York to the 26th ult. The following summary of the President's message appears in the New York Herald:— " We have at length the first message of General Taylor. The President's message . will call forward much curious comment in many respects. It is a sensible document, differing with the messages of all former Presidents since the foundation of the Go vernment. The leading points on the history of tl - v- Republic for the last year are recounted very briefly and quietly without much force or energy in the tone or language. The blunders made by Mr. Clayton are smoothed over and pared down with some skill, but in a tone that looks like con tempt for the Secretary. The fracas with France is treated as a bagatelle. With England, embracing the Nicaraguan question, there is no prospect of any difficulty, yet the General threatens Portugal with another message if she does not pay her debts. "Not a word is said of the numerous removals and appointments, which does not correspond with public expectations. In short, this message is one of the most innocent documents ever published. " On the subject of slavery in the new territories the General is by no means clear or explicit. " In the finances there will be found a deficiency of only 16 million dollars this year, and the Generti' at once recommends a loan, in addition to the debt and taxes. " The secretary, Mr. Meredith, reports in favour of a high tariff, plenty of protection against specific currency, a sub•treasury, and recommends an in crease of the revenue by an increase of the taxes, a sort of reduction ad absurdum in political economy. The message and documents will have little effect on the legislation of the present Congress. Already General Cass has proposed the abolition of the Austrian mission." Her Majesty's ship Herald arrived at Mazatlan on the 13th, after proceeding as far as latitude 73.10, without learning tidings of Sir John Franklin. Ac cording to our accounts, the Herald left the Plover man-of-war to winter in Behring's Straits. The Plover's boats had been sent up the Mackenzie river in search of Sir John Franklin. The boats were to winter at the nearest station. The impression of the Commander of the Herald is that Sir John Franklin was safe, although we cannot give the data on which that impressiOn is founded. The yacht Nancy Dawson, also at Mazatlan, accompanied the Herald in its dangerous ♦oyage. The owner of the yacht was on a tour of the world, and, falling in company with the Herald, determined to go in search of Sir John Franklin. Since the arrival of the yacht at Mazatlan its owner had died. The yacht, brought in charge of a sailing-master from the man-of-war, would be sent by the British Consul to England. Sir H. Bulwer had arrived out, and was presented :o the President on the 24th ult. General Cass had moved a suspension of relations with Austria. Advices from California to the 15th November have been received. Gold was as plentiful as ever, but the rainy season had set in. The Empire City brought half a million dollars to New York. Jamaica •wires are to the 17th ult., and state that the Legislature was still in session, and had passed a Bill giving the Governor a salary of 4,5001. A memorial was going to the Queen to relieve the colony of the charge. Another Bill had been brought in to raise an additional duty on imports. The Severn arrived on the 15th from Southampton. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 26. In exchanges there is considerable doing, and the market is about a quarter per cent. higher than last week. The sales of first-class sterling are at 71 to 8, and francs 5311 to 528 i. The supply of bills is fair. Cotton—There has been a good demand for export, and rates had advanced half to five-eighths of a cent., so that they now stand above half a cent• higher than on the 15th inst. The market closed firmly, the stock being much reduced. The re ceipts of cotton at all the shipping ports are 776,978 bales against 759,403 to same dates last year—a de crease this season of 21,425 bales. The total foreign exports this year 140,620 bales less than last, say 134,403 bales decrease to Great Britain. Bread S!uff6—The market for flour was inactive, but holders firm. For grain the demand is moderate. Iron—The market firm. Freights to London, dead weight from 255. to 30s. per ton ; cotton to Havre, ic. per lb. To Liverpool freights were on the decline. DIAMOND DUST. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Let others apologize for us; if we can find an excuse 'or our conduct we might have found a way to act dit 'erently. _ . It is better to need relief than to want heart to give it. Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding. That civility is best which excludes all superfluous formality. Solitude is only beneficial to the wise and the good. A person that wouli secure to himself great daterence, will, perhaps, gain his point by silence, as effectually as by anything he can say. Sym - patti soothes us in sorrow, and gives a zest to our joy. IF the clock of the tongue be not set by the dial of ,he heart, it will not go right. SALE OF THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER'S STUD.— On Meedav Messrs. Tattersall disposed of by auction, at their establishment, Ilyde•park-corner, the coach horses of her late Majesty the Queen Dowager, on which oc casion the spacious yard was crowded with members of the fashionable and sporting world, am on g wh om t h ere was a very active competition f or th e p urc h ase o f t h e various animals, several of which were very highly bred, and sold well.:There were forty- two horses, the ma jority of which were nearly seventeen hands high. The following were the prices fetched:—Archer, 60 guineas; Comus, 40 guineas ; Constable, 70 guineas ; Seal, 47 guinea ; Streamer, 50 guineas ; Syrius, 72 guineas ; Syntax, 59 guineas ; Shylock, 72 guineas ; Weasel, 55 guineas ; Quicksilver, 53 guineas ; a bay geld ing, 50 guineas ; a ditto, 41 guineas ; a ditto, 45 guineas ; Clarendon, 125 guineas ; Cock Robin, 165 guineas; Quaker, 100 guineas; Smuggler, 70 guineas ; Capsicum, 160 guineas; Black Bess, 83 guineas; Cap taro, 76 guineas; Coxcomb, 52 guinea.; Sovereign, 93 guineas; Sultan, 100 guineas; Witch, 76 guineas; Quartet, 80 guineas; Athert.ai, 49 guineas; Waverley, 70 guineas; Witch, 48 guineas; Drayman, 78 guineas; Lion, 57 guineas; Alfred, 40 guineas; Girdin, 100 guineas; Shakspere, 125 guineas; Douglas, 75 guineas; Darling, 74 guineas. There were eight which had been used as job horses, the property of Mr. William Gray. Among this lot Gall vi ent for 165 guineas; Gray, 92 guineas; Grampus, 77 guineas; Gordon, 60 guineas; Ganges, 56 guineas. A mare in foal, the property of Sir I) Davies, went for 21 guineas. Some of the har ness was sold, and fetched good prices. The royal c .rriages were sold yesterday. One of the state vehicles was nought for exhibition for 100 guineas. Th e o th ers , cc nsisting of travelling carriages, britchkas, landaus, phaetons, barouchea, a cab and dog cart, did not fetch very high pries. SOUTHANITTON. — Yesterday (Tuesday) an inquiry was opened at the Grand Jury-room, in this place, before Lord Courtenay, the poor law inspector, with respect to the charge of negligence brought against the poor-law officers of the union as to the recent case o f death of a pauper from starvation. After a number of witnesses were examined, the inquiry was adjourned to this day. ACCIDENT OM THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LINE.—A slight accident happened this morning to the train between this and Mallow. The engine was driven off the rail, and sustained a severs injury in consequence. This happened at G . ould's- hill, and a messenger was at once dispatched into Mallow for another engine, which was brought to the spot with all speed; when matters were at once set to rights, and the train proceeded safely to Cork. The accident was attributable to the severe frost of last night, which ne cessarily made the rails slippery.—Cork Examiner. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—On Saturday an occur rence, attended with serious and fatal consequences, took place at Stockton-heath, about two miles from Warrington. From the particulars gathered, it appears that two youths, about fourteen years old, named Massey and Gresty, were playing together near their dwellings, when all at slice Massey thought be would have a little sport in the way of shooting. The youth (Massey) having reached home, and become possessed of a gun which belonged to his brother, being unconscious of the piece being loaded at the time, proceeded to place a cap upon the nipple, when, having got out of doors, be pointed the gun at Gresty, who stood only a few yards from him ; the trigger was pulled, and Gresty fell, his head being literally shattered to pieces. lie expired almost instantly. An inquest was held on the body on Monday, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" was re turned, —Liverpool Mercury. The King of the Belgians has just conferred the grand cross of the Order of L eo p o ld on A a li r uc h e, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porte; that of Commander on Baron de Boundenstein, Aide-de- Camp of the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha; that of Officer on M. Barade:e, formerly Consul-General of the French Republic at Antwerp. LON DON, LITERATURE. PANTHEA. The Spirit of Nature. By R. Bunt, Author of the " Poetry of Science." Few will understand this book, but fewer yet will read it without being charmed by the flowing beauty of its style and the gorgeous colouring of its descrip tions. The author thus explains the object of his work : "In the following sketch —for it claims no higher character—an attempt has been made to exhibit the progress of a young and ardent mind—captivated by the beautiful in nature, and allured by the wonders of science—under the influence of the conflicting views which beset our philosophy. " The illusions of youth—its visions of beauty—its warm feelings—and its speculative tendencies, all con duce to render pleasing the mystical dreams of visionary thinkers. While, on the contrary, the utilitarian ten dencies of the nge are coldly repulsive to the young and imaginative mind. The object, therefore, has been, to describe the contest between the False—seductive by its poetic as,;ociations—and the True, as tstimated by the standard of the merely useful. " Anxious to exhibit the dangerous influences of false modes of reasoning, and defective habits of observation. —of showing what is objectionable in the modern system of science, and the exalting tendencies of that philosophy which questions the oracle with an earnest desire to t licit truth for its own sake, it is hoped that the following pages may prove , suggestive of the advan tages which arises from ' The marriage of Thought with Nature.'" In order to carry out his object, Mr. Hunt has availed himself of somewhat incongruous materials. Reality arid idealism fact and fiction matters of every day occurrence and mesmeric marvels mingle together in the pages of " Panthea." The result is to a certain extent a bewilderment. Yet the graceful character of individual parts, and the eloquent lan guage of the whole narration, invests the volume with a peculiar charm. Were it a little more or a little less real the story would be more harmonious. But this defect arises from the endeavour to set the conflicting principles of reality and idealism in close contrast. The hero of the tale is one Lord Julian Altamont, to many nothing better than a wild visionary. Julian's parents, the Earl and Countess of Devonport, and his tutor, Mr. Chesterton, urge the young Lord to take part in the realities of life as becoming his station. On the other hand Leon Alphage, a visionary philosopher, and bis daughter tEltgiva, a worshipper of Panthea, the Spirit of Nature, seek to render the not reluctant Julian a votary of Pantheism and a dreamer of dreams. Eudora Spencer, the betrothed of the young lord, stands between the two extremes, and ultimately triumphs. " Dream on I" says Leon at the last page of the volume. " Awake, and work !" exclaims Eudora; and Julian replies " I will !" Such is the truth which " Panthea" inculcates—life should be neither an idle dr e a m nor a s o ull ess reality, but the union of thought and action. The lessen is, however, to our thinking, far in ferior to the manner in which it is given. As we read a poem not so much for the story which it may relate as for the sake of the beautful language in which it is written, and the fine thoughts scattered through it, so we have taken pleasure in turning over the pages of " Panthea ;" and however incredulous we may be as to " the Mystery" of Panthea and the marvels of .Eltgiva, we should gladly re-peruse the volume for the sake of its panoramic descriptions and its eloquent style. As a specimen of its character, let us give a passage from a conversation between Julian and his mother : " You have mistaken my disposition and my desires; you have mis-interpreted my conduct. My earliest lessons were given me by you, my mother. Before I could correctly employ language, you instructed me in the great truth, that beyond nature a spiritual Power existed, to whom it was the infant's duty to address its simple prayer. When kneeling before you, my little hands placed by you in the adoratire attitude, and my tongue syllabling the words of the prayer you uttered, I first formed my idea of the God of Nature. In her, at whose feet I knelt, I saw everything which I could comprehend, within my childish mind of goodness; and I saw, in my infant visions, beyond the bright blue sky which curtained Heaven, a God—pure, holy, and kind as my mother.' " Tears stood in the eyes of the Countess, but rhe was silent. " Julian continued. 'My boyish days were passed in a country where the works of Nature were alike sublime and beautiful. Mountains rose, rocky and barren, toward the sky. Torrents rolled through the rifted chasms down into the valleys which were rich with forest trees and full of flowers. The desert and the garden were found beside each other. A pastoral country spread towards the sea, and the grand ocean beat in calm and storm on beetling cliffs and wave-subduing sands. In the moaning of the mountain, the roar of the torrent, the sighing of the forest, the hum of the savannah, and the wild music of the never resting sea, I heard voices proclaiming a Greatness beyond us, which I loved as I loved my mother; while I felt an awe amounting to dread on account of the mystery which shrouded the Unseen. I was a poet long before I dreamed of philosophy. I saw all nature through a beautiful veil, woven over my mind by my mother. 1 saw nothing bat goodness ; the evil things of fallen humanity I had never seen. Earth was still to my childish eye a paradise, upon which even the rain-cloud and the wind-storm diffused a regenerating influence ; and, in those solitary rambles which I always loved, I felt safe in the consolation of a Presence which sheltered me as fondly as those indulgent arms. I grew in years, and the task of education was begun. I had to unlearn much; at least, all the efforts of my first masters were directed to destroy those conceptions of nature which I had drawn from nature, and to implant in my mind ideas of an artificial character. I was bewildered be tween the True and Fidse I became melan choly in my longings for still more knowledge. You and my lather deemed my meditations madness, and hurried me into a world where I detect on every side false pre tensions and dishonest aims. There is much real excel fence in man, but it is disguised; even good is done with hypocrisy; and Virtue almost fears to present her pure form among the crowd. I have borne with this, and I have learnt that although none are absolutely evil— although all exhibit an honest desire to act correctly in their little circles, which are bounded by a thousand sweet affections, that a chain of conventional error binds us all, and, in obedience to the galling shackle, man acts a part of baseness, which the good that is in him teaches him to abhor. Is this not so, mother ? Notwithstand ing all our semblance of piety, and the virtue and the charity which we assume in public, are we not, all of us, when before the world, disposed to play the hypo crite? and even before our looking-glasses, do we not try to cheat ourselves, vainly imagining that the grand mirror of the eternal heavens will not catch the reflection our inmost souls, through the mask?'" Many beautiful thoughts are to be found throughout the volume, such as the following : " Beauty was in and around all things; as a flood of light it diffused itself over the whole world. He saw nature in its brightness and purity reflecting back to heaven the smile of God. • " The harp of Memnon is not a fable—its music is no imaginary sound. Every lover of nature, wbo, seated on the mountain or by the ocean, has witnessed the sun casting his first golden beams across the Earth, has had his soul stirred by that divine harmony. • • " No sorrow ever fell upon the heart of man, which did not in some way improve the condition of that heart. Fresh sympathies—a greater range of affections—higher aspiration for the virtues of humanity, or some other holy influence, invariably appears as the wound heals; and, disguise it as we may, afflictions are the stern dis pensers of those gifts which adorn beatified souls. . • " Our limits of the beautiful appear to be confined within a circle which embraces the affections; which in. volves every grace that a gentle poetry can throw over objects of art or nature; and which admits of every sentiment of purity and truth not tainted by the gloom of tragic feeling. The age in which we live can scarcely be said to know the sublime. Our milder feelings fall back with something like the chill of terror upon the heart, when the sea-cliff, the mountain gorge, or the precipitous cataract bursts upon us in their grandeur. The whirlwinds of human passion present themselves as phenomena at which angels might weep; but the sub limity of tragedy finds no sympathy—stirring to a high religion—in the cells of our more tranquil bosoms. The spirit of the age is not tragic; and, consequently our artists cannot learn, in suffering, those sublime appeals to human hearts which distinguish the works of sterner periods; and, as every effort of the mind is moulded by the passion which stirs it, it becomes impossible that we should embody in'our poetry the terrors of Euripides, or, in our paintings or sculptures, realise the sublimity of Michael Angelo. We reach the beautiful; but we vainly attempt the sublime. The poet who ventures on the task assumes the grandiloquence of scunding sen tences, where he cannot rise to soul-searching thoughts; the painter, by size, endeavours vainly to compensate for want of force; and the player, by rant, strives to cheat the senses into a belief of passion. The watch-word of the present is Peace. Even amid the discord of that tempest which is sweeping like a cyclone over Europe, the voice of the soul—a spiritual music amid the storm —cries Peace. In the conflict of opinions; in the war of creeds; in the riots of crime and ignorance; in the stir and agitation of the virtuous and the educated, still there rises, like a mighty throb from a melancholy breast, the sigh for Peace." THE LIFE OF ST. PAUL. By the 13ev. G. E. Biber. No lessons are so instructive as those inculcated by example, and few literary compositions are so inter esting as biography ; therefore Mr. Biber, in proposing to give a series of biographies of the most eminent Christirns, has selected a theme of singular in terest and importance. The very excellent and highly attractive manner in which the mar vellous history of the great Apostle to the Gen tiles has been set:forth by Mr. Biber induces the most favourable anticipations for the coining volumes. Mr. Biber thus explains the object of his undertaking. lie was anxious that the biographies should be so constructed "as to embrace within their scope not only the leading events of Church history, but all that is known of the general condition of the Church, and of the customs and practices which prevailed at each given period. They should present complete por traitures of the life of the Church in every age; and in order to suit the taste and intelligence of the general reader, and especially of the young, they should be written in an easy and popular style, as free as possible from theological technicalities. All who peruse the chapters following this introduction will see cause to congratulate Mr. Biber on the happy manner in which he has succeeded in his difficult and admirable endeavour. The life of St. Paul has been selected as the subject of the first volume because, " not only is he the one among all the Saints of the first age of the Church tbr whose biography the largest amount of authentic materials is extant, but of all others his life is best calculated . to exhibit the connexion of the Christian Church with the Church of the Old Covenant and the relation in which the two great branches of the primitive Church, the Jewish and the Gentile, stood to each other. At the same time it affords a lively picture of the difficulties attending the first dissemination of the Gospel, and of the internal condition of the early Christian communities." As a specimen of the manner in which the subject has been treated by Mr. Biber, and as en example of the exceeding simplicity of his style, notwithstanding the amount of information condensed into a few sentences, «e cannot do better than give the opening of the first chapter of the " History of St. Paul :" " Of the Great Doctor Gamaliel, and of his two Disciples, Joses and Saul. "In the days of Tiberius Ciesar, the Roman Emperor, there was set over the high school, in the city of Jeru salem, a famous Rabbi, whose name was Gamaliel. He was the son of that holy old man, Simeon, to whom it had been revealed by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ; who also, when the child Jesus was brought into the temple, took him up in his arms, and bles,ed God, and said, Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou Last prepared before the face of all people ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel.' " This Simeon himself also had been over the high school that then was at Jerusalem, from which the most learned among the scribes and lawyers and doctors of the Jews came forth. And the school itself was called Beth-Hillel, which signifies ' the house of Hillel,' after the name of Hillel, the father of Simeon, who founded this school about sixty years before the Lord Jesus Christ was born into the world. And in his days, one Shammai, one of his disciples, who was also a man of great learning, set up another school, in which he taught some things concerning the Holy Scriptures and the tra dition of the elders, different from what Hillel taught in his school. The consequence of which was, that many divisions arose; and the disciples of Hillel and the dis ciples of Shammai often had great disputings; and some. times, through the zeal which they had for their masters, and the fierceness of their spirit, they grew so violent that they smote each other, even to the loss of many lives. And of these two schools, that of Hillel w as th e more zealous for the traditions f the elders; for which reason those who were of the sect of the Pharisees, the strictest sect of the Jewish religion, sent all their youths to be taught in Beth-Hillel; which caused it to become so exceedingly famous and great, that out of it thousands went forth, both into Jerusalem and Judees, and into other parts of the world also, spreading everywhere the doctrine of the Pharisees, and the strict rules of the tra dition of the elders. And Hillel himself, having thus grown a man of great reputation, and many of the chief men of Jerusalem having been taught. by him, was after wards made the chief doctor of the Sanhedrin, or counc il of elders and doctors, among whom, besid e hi m , t h ere was none greater, except the High Priest. " This Hillel, among the thousands of disciples whom he taught during the many years which he continued in Jerusalem, had eighty disciples more clever and more learned than the rest, who became noted doctors of the Law, and caused the name of Hillel to be still more highly exalted among the people. And among these eighty was Hillel's own son Simeon, who so distinguished himself by the excellency of his understanding, and the greatness of his knowledge, that, when his father Hillel came to die, they made him, who was then himself also growing old, master of BetL-Hillel and chief doctor of the Sanhedrin in his father's place. "And after he was departed, the council of the Jews being gathered together, chose his son Gamaliel to suc ceed him in his office; who thus became, like his father and his grandfather before him, master of Beth-Hillel, and chief Rabbi in the Sanhedrin. "But Gamaliel, though he was a man of great under standing, and learned in the Holy Scriptures and in the tradition of the elders, more than any man of his time, was a man of very different spirit from what his father had been before him. For his heart was not humbled before God as was that of his father Simeon ; and, therefore, although he knew all the prophecies which had gone before concerning the coming of Christ, and dili gently studied them, and taught them in the school o; Hillel, yet had he not a right understanding of them: expecting to see a mighty king arise in all the glory and majesty of royal power, who should smite all the ene mies of the Jews with the sword, and make them the mightiest of all the nations of the world, and Jerusalem the chief city on the face of the whole earth. And this he taught diligently to all that came to study the Law and the Prophets in Beth-Hillel; whereby it came to pass, that, when the everlasting King, the King of Israel, came in the form of a servant to Feed, repentance and faith in that great sacrific, which he made of himself for the sins of the whole world, and to gather together all tilt nations of mankind into the fold of Israel, and into tht tellowship of the covenant of grace, the fleshly minds o Galmaliel and his disciples could not receive His heaven') doctrine, but rejected the counsel of God against them• selves. And as the accounts were brought to the council from time to time, of all the wonderful works whicl . Jesus did, and of all the words which he spake as on. having authority, there were many questions and dispute among the disciples of Gamaliel, what they should think of Ilim, whether He were the Christ or no. And often times, having been taught by Gamali e l w h a t th ey s h ou ld say, they went out to ask Him questions and to tempt Him, and to see if they could entangle Him in His talk. But the more they did so, the more they were per. plexed; because they saw the great wisdom with which be answered them, turning aside all their subtleties, ace putting them to silenc e w ith a ll their cavils, so th e they knew not how they should reply against Him. " Now there were among the disciples of Gamaliel two young men, distinguished above their fellows by the greatness of their zeal and the excellency of their know. ledge. They were both strangers in Jerusalem and Judas, though born of Hebrew parents; as were man) other of Gamaliel'a disciples, who were of the Jews 0 , the dispersion, scattered abroad in all the countries o the Gentiles; and who, having heard of the great fain. of Gamaliel, had come to Jerusalem to be instructed b) him in the xnowlidge of the Law and the Prophets, ant in the traditions of their fathers. And the name of on, was Joses, of the tribe of Levi, who had come from tht island of Cyprus, where he was born, to become a pupL of Beth. Hillel; but the name of the other was Saul, ce had been d rawn to J erusalem by tht Benjamin, a nativ e o f th e c i ty o f T arsus, i t also and o f i ts learned master Gamaliel ; for a o s Hefteh itself-ll was at t h at t i me a city as far famed foi t fCt h hime e liTec l t e riaa o iarb.f B r se n u ing of its schools as it was for the pleasantness of its situation, in a rich plain between a range of hill: and the sea, on the banks of the cool and pleasant rivet Cydnus. In this famous and flourishing city Saul Inv born and educated; his father being one of the Jewisl who, th ough an Hebrew by birth, has o rights of a H oman c i t i zen , and living among s th eb e tttal G ienr e es n dt t h i t l he e er s e , desired th at hi s son should' become ac quainted with all the learning of the Grecians. Where tore he sent him to the schools which were at Tarsus and which were esteemed more than equal to the most celebrated schools of the ancient world, those o Athens in Greece, and of Alexandria in Egypt, and there , young Saul, being a youth of quick understanding, made very great progress in al the learning of the Grecians, and especially in t knowledge of their poets and philosophers. Now it war the fashion among the young men who studied in th, schools of Tarsus, that, when they had completed theii studies, they went abroad, in order that, travelling fron place to place, and visiting the schools of other citiet, they might increase their knowledge; and, therefore when Saul's time at the schools of Tarsus was accom plished, he went to Jerusalem, to the school of Gamaliel deeming it to be the most fitting school for one to visi who was an Hebrew of the Hebrews, and, moreover, follower of the sect of the Pharisees." The readers of the Scripture need not be told that tht history of St. Paul is replete with interesting an( wonderful adventures : the martyrdom of St. Stephet —the conversion of St. Paul—the preaching of tht Apostle at Athens and Corinth—his journeyings b) sea and land—his imprisonment—his perils and hit , miraculous escapes—the half-conversion of King Agrippa _Paul's sojourn at Rome, and, finally, hi:. martyrdom,—all these and many other events are here narrated in simple and earnest language, following as closely as possible the sub lime simplicity of Holy Writ. To the young especially this little volume will be eminently useful and to young and old its perusal cannot but afford delight. We sincerely wish Mr. Biber success in th( prosecution of his valuable work. We boast of the appellation of Christians, and if we feel what we say we cannot think without interest on the pioneers of our faith, the men who in life and not in name only merited that appellation The love of a St. John, and the self-sacrificing faith of a St. Paul, are no longer to be found, yet the contemplation of such characters cannot do otherwise than inspire in all a wish, an ambition to go and do likewise—as each in dividual may in his appointed sphere. Homilies are excellent in their way, but to our thinking no lessons are like those of example, and these volumes of Mr. Biber are likely to do more good than sermons. SUICIDE FROM BLACRFRIARS BRIDGE. - Lost evening (Tuesday), about six o'clock, a respectably dressed woman, apparently about 19 or 20 years of age, was übservt d walking across the bridge, when on the third recess on the lower side nearest the Sum y shore, she mounted tho scat and deliberately throw her • self into the water. A cry for assistance having been raised, Necry, the watchman on Blaekfriars-pier, tope ther with Mr. Ware, the pier -master, put off in a boat with the Royal Humane Society's drags, but although the river eves dragged fur upwards of au hour, they were unable to find the body. The tide, at the time sha threw herself over the bridge, was very low, so that there is no doubt she was killed instantaneously by her head striking against the bed of the river. A black mantle, worn by the e.eceased, was picked up in the water, an•t is lying at the police-station in Fleet. street, which may probably lead to the identification of the body when found. _ _ _ At the Custom-house of this port on Thursday Messrs. Boldemanti, Berries, and Co., reported the Swedish vessel Dube, Captain M. Lundahl, from Rta, with a cargo of timber. This is the first vessel arrived in the Tyne which comes under the regulations of the new NavigatioAct.—,Newcadle Journal. M I.GAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) THE ST. WIES'S MAGAZINE. Edited by J. Bernard Burke, Esq. The numher for January fully maintains the high character which the St. James's has already acquired as a register of history, heraldry, and genealogy ; and promises well for the future. It is illustrated by a beautifully lithographed view of Everley House, Wilts, the seat of Sir F. D. Astley, Bart., and it contains an interesting history of the Astley From an amusing paper on bowling-alleys we extract the following note, to which we would fain direct the immediate attention of the authorities of the British Museum : " While lam upon this subject it must be permitte d me, in behalf of the reading public, to call attention to a dangerous error into which the custodians of the MSS. in the British Museum have been betrayed, doubtless by their over-zeal and anxiety. All the most valuable MSS. they have placed under glass case; w here the air can only imperfectly get at them, the consequence of which is—as any discreet housewife would have predi cated—that they have become seriously injured by mil dew. The volumes I have waded through in my search were many of them in this st a t e , an d t h e more vo l at i le colours ot the illuminations had, as an inevitable result, considerably faded." CON. CREGAN. Parts XIII. and XIV. The present instalment of the amusing adventures of the Irish Gil Blas are brought to a conclusion in these parts, but we are happy to say that Con. an nounces that, like all great actors, he is open to another farewell engagement; that his career in greatness (which he has left untold) was not less eventful than his career in obscurity, and that if he draws up at this stage it is only in order to leave it to the traveller to say if he should ever care hereafter to journey with him. Under these circumstances we have no doubt but that we shall have a second series of " Con. Cregan," and the sooner the better. THE ANNUAL COMMERCIAL REGIS TER, and General Record of Prices in the Year 1849. By D. Morier Evans. Mr. Morier Evans, who is so advantageously known to the commercial world by his admirable work on the commercial crisis of 1847 and 1848, and by other valuable contributions to the science of com mercial statistics, has here presented us w ith a wor k which will be found to be a facile and compendious index to the whole of the financial and mercantile events of 1849, and which furnishes besides a variety of statistical and descriptive information, which renders it most valuable as a book for counting-house reference. It contains a commercial retrospect of the past year ; a review of the grain trade during (he same period; a summary of the produce markets for the year; the Bank returns for 1849; a return of the average prices in each month of corn, cotton, and Consols; a general record of prices of every description of merchandize throughout the year, and a monthly chronology, arranged under the several heads of general intelligence, bankruptcy register, meetings of the month, mail arrivals, and Parliamentary ab stracts, the whole being accompanied by an alphabe tical index. This most useful work contains a larger amount of information on the subjects on which' it Greats than many a book double its size. It reflects the highest credit on the talent, accuracy, and in lustry of Mr. Morier Evans, and there can be no doubt but that henceforth the "Annual Commer oial Register" will take its stand in the foremost rank ,f useful and successful annual publications. CITY SE WERS COMMISSION. Yesterday a general court of the Commissioners of sewers for the city of London was held in ;their Council Chamber at the Guildhall. 111 r. Deputy ['mock, the Chairman to the Commission, took the chair at twelve o'clock precisely. Personal applications having been attended to, and the reports of the inspectors severally read, and inowed, several complaints were entertained as to the refusal of some of the contractors to remove dust rrom the bins of the citizens.—Ordered that the inspectors be instructed to report all such cases in 'suture. SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE CITY. In accordance with the instructions recently given co Mr. Tyrrell, the solicitor to the Commission, that i entleman brought up his report on the resolutions submitted to the Court as to the deed of the new :ompany, and the necessity of naming fines to be inflicted upon the directors of the New Central Gas Consumers Company, in default of their complying with the proposed terms. Upon an examination of the Bill before Parliament, he thought that the Bill was so singularly drawn, that the promoters, if they ibtained it, would be by its wording, excluded from ighting the "City of London and the liberti es hereof." The marginal note "5 " limited them to he lighting of certain places, the City and its liber ies not being included, singular though such a fact night appear. Deputy HARRISON thought nothing of the objec -ion ' • the old companies had done so witho u t an y interference. Indeed, whatever the opinion ofiparties night be as to that, he considered such matter was lot then before them. They, as Commissioners, had, to fact, not even seen the Bill. Mr. Dew-I have received a copy. Deputy IlAaaxsolf—lf Mr. Daw has, we have lot. Mr. TYRRELL stated that in compliance with the wishes of the Court upon a former occasicn, is had submitted a case, and obtained an opinion r'rom the Attorney-General, as to the deed, and the security required, and as to the penalties. Upon these points, he wished to learn the pleasure of the Court. He found that the opinion was, that the deed :night be prepared, and that the blanks as to the fines might be filled up by the Commissioners. He sug gested that some arrangement should be made so as to prevent any misunderstanding between the Court and the new compaey. Mr. GODSON thought that the best way would be to refer the matter to a small committee. Deputy HARRISON considered that as the paid-up capital of the new company would be sufficient to .;over all losses to the Commissioners and the public or the penalties for restoring the pavements, and for rhe other purposes of the said company, that there could be no further difficulty in the execution of the deed. Mr. TYRRELL then went into the several points on which he thought it right to inform the Commis• ,ioners that penalties should be imposed, namely, as to he default of the company supplying gas of "superior quality," making good the pavements, and for other purposes which he considered to be legally necessary. Eventually it was moved by Deputy HARRISON, and seconded by Mr. PERKINS, that the matter be referred to Messrs. Tyrrell and Hardwick, to confer upon the subject of the penalties, so that an amicable conclusion might be come to. Mr. TAYLOR moved, as an amendment, " That the report of the Attorney-General be printed and sent round to the members of the court." Mr. T. HALL seconded the proposition. After some further conversation, the amendment was put and lost, the original motion being carried. THE LONDON STREET-CLEANSING COMPANY. The manager of this company appeared to meet two charges preferred by the police for the neglect of cleansing the streets in the sne instance, and for the sweeping by his men of mud down one of the gully holes in Smithfield-market, in the other. The Commissioners, having heard the evidence of Mr. Holland, the manager, his foreman, and others, were of opinion that the statements of the policemen were not borne out, and therefore that both cases Should be dismissed. The Commissioners then adjourned, the officers of health not having upon this occasion any report to make on sanitary matters.—Adjourned. DELT/I OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SIR JAMES MALcomt, K.C.B.—We regret to announce the demise of Sir James Malcolm, who expired on Thursday at his seat, Minholm, in Dumfrieshire, at an advanced age. The late venerable and gallant officer was second son of Mr. G. Malcom, of Burnfoot, and therefore elder brother of Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm. He entered the Royal Marines at the early age of 13 years, inwhich service ho was actively and honourably employed fur nearly half a century. He served in the first American war, and was with Lord Howe at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782; was senior officer of tt a Marines at the battle of St. Domingo in 1806. In 1812 he was appointed to (he command of the 2d battalion of Marines, which he commanded with great credit in Spain, and subsequently in the United States, and in Lower and Upper Canada. While in America he was engaged in several actions with the enemy, and particularly distinguished himself at the storming of Fort Oswego, on Lake Ontario, when his name was honourably mentioned in the Gazette of the sth of July, 1814, and fi r his gallantry on that oc casion he was the following year o seated Knight Com mander of the Order of the Bath. In 1827, after 48 years' bard service, he retired, universally ri aJected by his brother officers and privates. The late Sir James, born in 1767, married in 1806 Miss Oliver, daughter of Mr. William Oliver, of Dinly byre, N.B. His commission in the Royal Marines was deed as follows:—Second Lieutenant, 29th of November, 1779; Lieutenant, 18th of April 1793; Captain, Ist of :Janwiry, 1797; Major, 6th of February, 1806; and Lieutenant-Colonel, 4;h of Juno, 1813 DISTRESSING ACCIDI NT AT WINCHCOMBE.-0n Thursday last, about ten o'clock in the morning, Mr. H. Smith, a keeper to the Right Hon. Lord Sudeley, left his home with a gun in his band. After a lapse of about twenty minutes, the report of a gun was heard, and Mrs. Smith thought her husband was shooting in the imme diate neighbourhood. Several hours passed away, and in consequence of Mr. Smith failing to return, search was made for him, and at about nine o'clock in the evening he was found in that part of Toddington-common, just adjoining Greet-grove, quite dead, his heart being pierced by a bullet. It was conjectured that the unfor fortunate man was getting over a fence , when h.gun caught in something and exploded, the charge lodging in his breast. An inquest was held on the body on Satur day, before Mr. Deputy Coroner Mayer, when .a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. is a singular fact, that at the same spot where this poor 'man met his death a young man of the name of Frost was accidentally •hot some years ago.--Cheltenham Journal. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION VICTORIA, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro rogued to Wednesday, the sixteenth day of this instant January, we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said sixteenth day of January instant, to Thursday, the thirty-first day of January instant; and we have given order to our Chan cellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly: and we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday, the thirty-first day of January instant, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiritual rind Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, add the Commis. sioners for Shires and Burghs of the Rouse of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their at tendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thurs day, the thirty-first day of January instant. Given at our Court, at Windsor, this eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and in the thirteenth year of our reign. God save the Queen. At the Court at Windsor, the Bth day of January, 1850: present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen, Esq., to be Assistant-Secretary to the said Committee. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 31, 1849. Her Majesty does not require that the Officers of the Fleet or Royal Marines should, from the 6th January neat, wear any other mourning for her late Majesty the' Queen Dowager than a black crape round the lett arm tit! the 20. h January, when the mourning will cease. JOHN PARKER. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 3, 1850. Corps of Royal Marines.—To be Second-Lieutenants —Gentlemen Cadets James Stirling Mould, Charles Du Cane Williams, Frederick Augustus Foster, Henry Freeland, Alexander Tait, and Philip Harrington. THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the 10th day of October, 1849, amounted to the sum of one million two hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred and forty-five pounds five shillings ; The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of three hundred and two thousand nine hundred and sixty-one pounds six shillings and threepence (being one•lourth part of the said surplus of one million two hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred and forty-five pounds five shil lings) will be applied under the provisions of the said Act, between the 7th day of January 1850, and the sth day of April 1850, to the following purposes; viz.:— To be applied to the purchase of stock £302,961 6 3 Add interest receivable on account of donations and bequests, to be applied to the purchase of stock Ti' ~ WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1850 ... 3,787 3 7 £306,748 9 10 National Debt Office, Jan. 7, 1850. S. HiGusx, Comptroller-General. BANKRUPTS. William Bedford, farmer, Fen Drayton, Cambridge. shire, to surrender Jan. 18, at twelve, and Feb. 23, al eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, officia assignee, Guildhall•chambers; Hutson, Upper Clifton• street, Finsbury. Edward Farrar, apothecary, Guildford -street, Jan. 22, at oue, and Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; May and Sweetland, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. Edward Effer, victualler, Totnes, Devonshire, Jan. 16 and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter. Elias Cocker, cotton manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 24 and Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Ascroft, Oldham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall -street. J. Brain, Winchester -street, Pentonville, copper plate dealer and engraver, Jan. 29, at eleven—W. Moody, High-street, Aldgate, tailor and draper, Feb. 1, at eleven —W. H. Lerew, Upper Norton -street, Fitzroy-square, apothecary, Jan. 29, at one—T. Byers, Upper Lisson street, Lisson-gro►e, licensed victualler, Feb. 1. at twelve—C. S. Smith, Louth, Lincolnshire, draper, Jan. 30, at twelve. In the Country. W. H. Bates, Birmingham, factor, Jan 28, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—G. Fox, Charlestown, Derby shire, paper manufacturer, Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—lL Nightingale, Bury, Lancashire, common brewer, Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Court, Man chester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. G. Ellins, Droitwich, Worcestershire, salt manufac turer, 2d., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghal!-street. R. Busby, Wood -street, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, and Chigwell-row, Essex, cos keeper, Jan. 30, at eleven —D. G. Foster, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell, iron monger and metal dealer, Jan. 29, at half-past ono. In the Country. W. Lawton, Liverpool, auctioneer, Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Joys, Moreton•in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, boot and shoemaker, certificate of the first class, after 21 days from Jan. 4—U. Clark, Leicester, cabinetmaker, certifi cate of the first class—R. Jelley, Leicester, cabinet. maker and upholsterer, certificate of the first class—T. Wood, Leicester, timber merchant, certificate of the first class—J. Saner, Kingston-upon-Hull, tailor, certificate of the second class, after 21 days from Jan. 2. PARTNERS HIPS DISSOLVED. S. Saddington and J. Keep, St. John-street, Smith field, wholesale dealers in grindery—l. James, sen., and I. James, jun., Helston, Cornwall, hatters and drapers— A. R. C. Corbould and L. C. Martin, Villiers -street, Strand, drawers on wood— W. S. Winsor and W. Morris, Exmouth, Devonshire, land agents—J. Birch and E. H. Brattah, Great Wincbester- street, attorneys—S. Meyer, J. Joseph, and M. Meyer, Bow-lane and Basing-lane, and Leipsic, furriers (so far as regards J. J ose ph)—E. J. Coates and J. Keen— T. L. Dixon and F. Mason, Ips wich, iron founders—J. Anderson and W. Scorer, Dur ham, nurserymen—L. Freeman, T. H. Bothamley, and F. Benthall, Coleman -street, attorneys (so far as regards F. Benthall)—R. Jones and G. A. Hewitt, Derby, che mists—J. Hurry and C. F. Lott, Liverpool, wine mer chants—J. Snowden and R. Ness, South Shields, ship and insurance brokers—A. Thrupp, G. A. Thrupp, and C. J. Thrupp, Oxford -street, coach builders (so far as regards A. Thrupp)—W. Edgley and M. Billing, Hol born, brassfounders—H. Pratt and R. Sykes, Halifax, stonemasons—J. Prince and S. Bolsover, Derby, pawn brokers—T. C. Spencer and J. A. Plummer, Devises, woollendrapers—J. Sh err iff an d G. P. Tye, Binning - ham, dyesinkers—V. B. Fadeuilhe and L. M. Merat, patentees of the solidified milk—W. Hill, T. R. Hill, E. Evans, E. B. Evans, and J. Williams, Worcester, British wine and vinegar makers (so far as regards J. Williams) —W. Taylor, C. B. Leighton, and G. C. Leighton, Lamb's Conduit -street, lithographic draughtsman—C. Gill and J. Warburton, Manchester, cotten thread doublers—T. A. Mansford and C. Beaton, Bath, attor neys—T. Johnson and J. Billington, Manchester, timber merchants—J. Dunning and J. Stawman, Leeds, attor neys—S. Walker and J. Lacey, Bartholomew-close, West Smithfield, wood type cutters—J. Lee, J. Lee, jun., and T. W. Lee, Redbrook, Flint, land agents—J. A Melhado and J. W. Deacon, Lothbury, stock and share brokers—H. Bridgeman and G. Warburton, Manchester, commission agents—J. Woodin and T. M. Morton, Paternoster-row, dining room keepers—W. Woodcock and G. Cooper, Rotherham, Yorkshire, masons—J. Peters and J. Lister, Ulveraton, ironfounders—D. Oliver and J. Could well, Sheffield, millers—l. Cowles and J. Faulke, Queen-street, Cheapside—J. Wood, R. Wood, and C. Wood, Denby Dale, Yorkshire, woollen cloth manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. George Fowler, Portsmouth, hairdresser. John Crymes, Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, lieutenant. James Pickering, Coventry, labourer. George Lever, Harting, Sussex, labourer. Henry Newberry, Portses, butcher. Joseph Reynold, Tranmere, Cheshire, baker. Thomas Proudman, Ansley, Warwickshire, boot and shoemaker. John Fortesque, Nuneaton, baker. William Barnes, Felmersham, victualler. Alexander Carnon, Portsea, tea dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Reid, Bent, farmer, to meet within the Eagle Inn, Hamilton, Jan. 15 and Feb. 5, at one. P. Gray, Edinburgh, smith, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Jan. 17 and Feb, 7, at two. T. Brown, Edinburgh, chemist and druggist, to meet within the Ship Hotel, Edinburgh. Jan. 14 and 30, at one. J. Geddes, Edinburgh, Spirit dealer, to meet within Green's Tavern Abbey, Holyrood, Jan. 10 and Feb. 11, at two. W. Dow and R. White, Glasgow, drapers, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Jan.l4 and Feb. 4, at one. J. Bryce, Glasgow, builder, to meet within Comrie's Royal Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 11 and Feb. 1, at twelve. director f an accident to Mr. Lumley, the ACCIDENT TO MR. LubthEr.-11'e find the follow ing account o Brussels paper:—" On just arrived from Paris, of Her Majesty's Theatre, inn Saturday last Mr. Lumley, s streets of this fracture was immetii • slipped on the frozen pavement, and broke his left whilst descending one of the prt..cipitou t t c o hi h ef is su h r o g t e (' o l, n ti ol the garrison, and Mr. caLaltrutemynalj\esyeliabsryraiihdeeady, rapidly recovering; but the accident created much sensation here ; the Burgomaster, the English Minister, the personages of the Court, Prince and princess Metternich, and the principal foreign re sidents have sent daily to make inquiries. This acci dent does not appear to b 3 a bar to the habitual activity of the impresario, who, we bear, in spite of his acci dent, wilt leave Brussels for Paris at the end of the present week or commencement of the next." GLASGOW AND Ant RAILWAL—The treasurer of Vie Royal Infirmary acknowledges having received from the railway company the sum of fifteen shillings, being a sum paid by a party to prevent a public prosecution ft,r having travelled between Kilmarnock and Irvine with a ticket of a wrong date.--Glasgow Daily Mail SPOTS ON THE SUN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—An immense spot, plainly visible to the naked eye, is to day upon the face of the sun. It caught my eye, by an accidental glance, without any previous knowledge of its existence, while the sun' s bright ness was conveniently reduced by the fog. .it is situated a little above the centre of the disc.'. As such a sight is not very common, and may probably remain visible for four or five days; perhaps some of your readers may be glad to verify it with theii•own eyes. On viewing the sun afterwards with a tele scope, I found a crowd of small spots near the principal one, which doubtless added to the impression made upon the unassisted eye.—l remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, Starfield, Jan. 7. W. LAESELL. HEALTH OF L ONDONduring the WEEK. (From the Registrar- General's Return.) In the week ending last Saturday, 1,133 deaths were registered in the metropolitan districts ; in the first week of ten previous years (1840 9) they ranged from 869 to 1,510; and the average of the ten corresponding weeks, raised according to increase of population, which is estimated at 1 . 55 per cent. annually, is 1,252. As compared with deaths registered weekly in last December the present return exhibits an. in crease of nearly 100. The mortality from bronchitis has increased in two weeks from 78 • deaths ta.103, while that from pneumonia has increased from:69 to 95; the averages of the two diseases in the:same week of ten previous years are 57 and 104. F rom phthisis there were 129 deaths, which is sligbly under the corrected average. From small-pox there were only 8 ; in the ten corresponding weeks of 1840 .9' 'this epidemic ranged from 5 to 86. Whooping-cough,which ' was fatal to 23 children, is also under the usual number. Measles, scarlatina, and typhus produce nearly the ordinary amount of mortality; but all the five epi demics, with the exception of measles, are now much less fatal than in the same week of last year. The daughter of a labourer, aged six years, died in Scott's Cottages, Shepherd's-bush, on the 31st of December, of " marasmus after cholera," after as illness-of six months' duration. From diarrhcea there were only deaths, but 6, which is rather more than usual, oc curred from dysentery ; 123 deaths were registered last week as having occurred in the workhouses of London, and 94 in hospitals. Seven old pensioners, whose ages ranged from 62 to 82 years, died at Greenwich between the 28th of December and Ist of January inclusive. The daily mean reading of the barometer at Green wich was above 30 inches on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The mean of the week was 29.867 inches. The mean temperature was lower than the average of seven years on every day except Thursday and Friday ; on the latter it rose 7 deg. above the average of that day. The mean temperature, Which was 43 deg. on Friday, fell to 34 deg. on Saturday. The mean of the week was 35 deg. COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. The history of the rise and progress of coffee houses would make a very entertaining and instruc tive column. They have had a good deal to do with the moral and intellectual improvement of large masses of the people, and some of our most popular periodical writers have gone the length of placing them in the same category as mechanics' institutions, so much good do they produce and so powerful are they in disseminating information and spreading knowledge. They have wonderfully increased of late years, not only in the metropolis but in every town of importance throughout the country, and when it is remembered that the majority of them partake as much of the character of a library or reading•room as of a place of refreshment, they are not unworthy of the support of all who have. the interest and welfare of the industrious portion , of society at heart. It is, therefore, perhaps, less sur prising than it is gratifying, that a comparatively speaking modern institution like the Coffee and Eating-house Keepers' Association should . have met with so much external success. Its object i s stated' in the original address of its founders to be for providing the means of permanent support for decayed members of the trade, and although it has been in existence something less than ten years, it has now a fund at its disposal amounting to nearly 2,5001., which has enabled its managers to afford temporary relief to some of the body who have been suddenly overtaken by misfor tune, and permanent shelter to others when old age or bodily infirmity have deprived them of the power of maintaining themselves. It is estimated that there are more than a thousand coffee-house keepers in the metropolis alone, though scarcely a third of that number have as yet joined the association ; but it is "proposed to found a school where the orphans of de ceased members will be educated, clothed, and fed, and rendered fit for melting their own way through the world ; while the executive committee have it 'in contemplation to establish a life assurance department, and so doubt when these improvements are effected in the constitution of the society it will bring a large additional increase of persons within the sphere of its beneficial operation. Last night the annual entertainment in aid of the funds of the association was given at the Royal Grecian Saloon. It consisted of Rossini's popular opera of La Gazza Ladra ; or, the Maid and the Magpie; a concert, and finally a comic pantomime, called Harlequin and the Wild Fiend of California. The pertormances gave considerable delight to a large and respectable audience. At the close of the dramatic entertainment a ball was given in the large room of the Eagle Tavern, which was exceedingly well attended. Dancing was kept up with great spirit till an advanced hour this morning. The ball room at one period was very much crowded, but the tact and urbanity of Mr Mott, who officiated as master of the ceremonies, secured every comfort for the visitors. Nor were the committee or Mr. Rouse, the respected proprietor of the tavern, at all back ward in exerting themselves to please their patrons, and the ball passed off to the satisfaction of all who were present. The proceeds of the entertainment will make a very handsome addition to the funds of the association, and there is no doubt that with an energetic management the Coffee and Eating house Keepers' Association is destined to become one of the most flourishing charitable institutions that adorn the great city of London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.— 15 to 1 agat Rattrap, 18 to 1 agst Knight of Gw)nne, 20 to 1 agat Fanny Gray (t), 20 to 1 agst Chandler, 20 to 1 agat Agitation, 25 to 1 agst Vain Hope. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-20 to 1 agst Black Eagle, 20 to 1 agst Testator, 25 to 1 agst any other. CHESTER Cur.-1,000 to 25 agst Peep• o'-day 1307 (offers to take), 40 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn, 50 to 1 agat Cossack, 50 to 1 agst Mahon, 1,000 to 15 agat any other (offered). DERRY.-9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke (offers to take), 11 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum, 12 to 1 agat Knight of Avenel, 15 to 1 agat The Italian, 15 to 1 agst Voltigeur (take 16 to 1), 18 to 1 agat The Nigger, 1,000 to 12 agat Black Susan colt (offers to take). EFFECTS OF FREE TEA DE. DIMINUTION or BANILR UPTCY.—The following table shows the number of baukrupteies notified in the London Gazette during the month which ended yesterday (Jan. 8), compared wish those gazetted in the corresponding period of last year. From this it will be seen that the bankruptcies so notified during the last month of the first year of free trade are leas than one-half of the parallel period the year before : Dec. 15, 1848 ~ 19 ll ~ 22 l4 Dec. 14, 1849 „ 18 lO „ 21 3 „ 25 $ „ 28 3 den. 1, 18S0 „ 4 99 8 „ 26.... 99 29 8 Jan. 2, 1849 f 9 5 fl , 9 Total T0ta1......... 46 LOSS OF THE SAILOR unfortunate vessel, Captain Mliatchner, master, bound for New Orleans, from this port, had upwards of 400 persons on board, of whom 375 were emigrants—men , lyora n T il a a nd d children, the chief of whom were froni counties. The wreck took Can• t cum. The weather is reported to have been hazy at the e of November, on a reef place " co th zi e tr n iv iht t eo e f land th the lne of rocks near the isl and of i t n i time, f , e i w n btblaberms,isdbset obfe,wahmicebashpeergfoect perfect wrec k. r t e h c e b r . o Theks, wchreerew: who acted with gieat humanity, whole of the emigrants on the island in safety, but there their sufferings became frightful. Little or no provisions s a t n :t h i h a a e n n unfortunate l 3inhtealadintense e rfs be t :. creatures t t uTi. a a i h n 0 , shiptp were ssytwwn got ts h 7i such o no u o2 t t4oohavoc e s r wreck, ntahmo e onn, fewerg and was insured to the amount of 9,800/.—Liverpool Ch ron i c l e. THE RE V . J AMES S HORE.—The London committee for the pu r p ose o f receiving subscriptions on behalf of the Rev. James Shore, who was lately released from Exeter gaol, where he had undergone imprisonment for noe:payintriv of costs to the Bizhop of Ex e ter in a suit insittuted against him (Slit re) in the Court of Arches, and on the :übsequeut appeal, made a report statiug that they had received as subscriptions 6141. 2s. 7d., of which they had expended 525/. 15s. 10d. (including 3104 16s. 4d., the cost above alluded to), leaving a balance of 881 6s. 9d., which the committee have handed over to the Rev. Gentleman, in aid of the expenses he had per sonalty incurred during the lengthened proceedings. BORNEO.-11 e understand that the Peace Society and A bortk A ines' Protection Society intend to take up the subject of Sir James Brooke's recent pry ceedings in the Eastern Archipelago. A public meeting is to be held in the city of London just before the opening of Parliament, where not only the Boinean question, but the whole system of head-money, as now practised by the Government of this couutiy, will be brought under review. According to the Wanderer of •Irielina; the peror of Austria has sent his portrait to the Pre04441: of the French Republic, accompanied by an aiggitaltb letter.