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

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) AMER CORN EXCHANGE—IVEDAESDA 1 The present week': arrival of English Whet for on, market, c iastwise, has rather exceeded 1,100 quarter,., chiefly from Essux and Kent. To-day, several of Monday's unsod samples were on offer. As the attvudsuce of both town and country buyers was sua:l . the demand for all descriptions ruled heavy, at bard) stationary- prices. The total fresh supply of Foreign Wheat has not exceeded 3,720 quarters. Really fine parcels w, r. held at full currencies. In the middling and inferior k nds so little was doing that the quota tions were almost nominal. Fine mulling Bar's,' was scarce, and quite as dear. Grinding and distilling sorts era very cull. Malt was in fair average supply, and sluggish demand, at barely late rates. Fine Oats were stead ; , but not dearer. Bean., Peas, Indian Corn, ane Four, ruled dull in the extreme. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. IlArley. Oats 31alt f lour. English • • •• . Scotch— • • •• • Irish •••• • • • Foreign • • • • . Qrs. QS& 1,130 2,110 3,72) 1 3,200 Qrs. Qrs. sacks 1,42 , ) 2,140 1,490 asuatOUGEl ELOP Maxis-A:A. We have to notice a slight improvement in the de mand for moat kinds of Hops, at prices fully equal to tho•e obtained last week. 1 - EWS. (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 the 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 General 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 Bebring'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, 'ailing in company with the Herald, determined to go n search of Sir John Franklin. Since the arrival of he 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 to 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 brough half a million dollars to New York. Jamaica advises are to the 17th ult., and state hat 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, Dxc. 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 7i to 8, and francs 5311 to 5281. 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 Stuffs—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, c. 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 for our conduct we might have found a way to act dif ferently. 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 would secure to himself great deference, will, perhaps, gain his point by silence, as effectually as by anything he can say. Sympathy soothes us in sorrow, and gives a zest to our joy. gale clock of the tongue be not set by the dial of he heart, it will not go right. SALE OE THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER'S STUD.— On Monday Messrs. Tattersall disposed of by auction, at their establishment, Hyde•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, among whom there was a very active comp e titi on f or t h e purchase of the 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 bands high. The following were the prices fetched;—Archer, 69 guineas; Comus, 40 guineas ; Constable, 70 gu i neas ; Seal, 47 guinea ; Screamer, 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 guineas; Sovereign, 93 guineas; Sultan, 100 guineas; Witch, 76 guineas; Quartet, 80 guineas; Atherton, 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 went for 165 guineas; Gray, 92 guineas; Grampus, 77 guineas; Gordon, 60 guineas; Ganges, 56 guineas. A mare in foal, the property of Sir D Davies, went for 21 guineas. Some of the har ness was sold, and fetched good prices. The royal carrieges were sold yesterday. One of the state vehicles was bought for exhibition for 100 guineas. The others, consisting of travelling carriages, britchkas, landaus, phaetons, barouches, a cab and dog cart, did not fetch very high prices. SOUTHAMPTON.—Yesterday (Tuesday) an inquiry w as 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 r ecent case o f death of a pauper from starvation. Ater a number o f witnesses were examined, the inquiry was adjourned to this day. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LINE.—A slight accident happe ne d t hi s morning to the train between this and Mallow. The engine was driven off the rail, and sustained a severe 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. Tim accident was attributable to the severe frost of last night, which ne cussai ily made the rails slippery.—Cork Exam i ner. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—On Saturday an occur rence, attended with serious and fatal consequences, to k 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 once Massey thought he would have a little spurt in the way of shooting. The youth (Massey) hissing reached hump, and become possessed of a gnu 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, he panted the gun at Gresty, who stood only a ftw yards from him ; the trigger was pulled, and Gresty fell, his head being literally shattered to pieces. 1.10 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 o f L eopoid on Aali Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porte; that of Commander on Baron d e B oundenstein, Aida-de- Camp of the reigning Duke of S axe C o b urg Gotha; that of Officer on M. Baradere, formerly Consul -General of the French ropublic at Antwerp. WHIT ECEILAP MI. Prime Beef and .11uttonccinTman :tin steady sale, at full prices ; otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state Beet, from 2s 81 to 3s 81 ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 101; Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; and Polk, 3s to 4s 2d per Blbs, by the carcase. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR7I. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Justice TALFOURD ) MURDER—THE SASE OF SARAH DRAKE. Mr. COLLIER, on the part ( f the prisoner, Sarah Drake, made application to the Court that the prisoner should not be put upon hi r trial to day. Mr. 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 an indictment charging him that he, being a bankrupt, feloniously refused to surrender himself to the Court of Bankruptcy, under a fiat of bankruptcy. Mr. ULABHiuN, on the part of me prisoner, said that as the Judges at the last session had decided that au indictment under the same et 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 ()Bence b' the prisoner, had been repealed by the 12 and 13 Viet., c. 106, under which the present indict ment was framed, he presumed their Lurdships 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 admit that the Judges had expressed an opinion to the effect stated by Mr. Clarkson, but he "contended that 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 PATTBSuN said, he and his Learned Brother Taltourd wets of opinion that the indictment eould not be sustained under the Act of Geo. IV., inas much as that Act was wholly repealed by the 12 and 13 Victoria, c. 106, in so far as it respected the institution Of criminal prosecutions for the non-surrender of a bankrupt. The prisoner was thereupon indicted for a misde meanour, under the 7 and 8 Viet., c. 29, sec. 49, for having, in his capacity of a stockbroker or agent, con verted and appropriated to his own use certain stock and property entrusted to him for particular purposes. Mr. BoDILIN stated the case fur the prosecution, as it Will be found in the evisleece given below. Mr. Thomas Spurgon, the prosecutor, deposed that he formerly carried on business as a publican, but had 4ove retired. Had a friend named Gant, and having *Clue money to invest Gillott took him to the prisoner, Who was a broker, at 3, Warneford-court, in the City, on Monday, the 14th May last. Asked prisoner's ad /jou as to the best investment for the money, and he recommended Exchequer-bills. Witness had about 1,8001. to invest, of which he had 1,0001. in his pocket. Asked prisoner to pur • chase for him 1,0001. of Exchequer-bills, and prisoner Went out for that purpose. lie returned in ten minutes, bringing a piece of paper, and saying he had purchased the bill. Having 6001. or 7001. more money to invest, witness asked the prisoner to take care of the bill till Witness's return. Also left with him 251. more. Re turned to see the prisoner on 16ih May, and gave him 700/. to buy Exchequer-bills. Prisoner wt ote a letter to witness on the 11th May, acknowledging the receipt of the 1,0001. and the 25/. On the evening of the 16th received another letter from the prisoner by post containing two pieces of paper. Saw prisoner again on 19th, and said he had come to pay the balance on the three Exchequer.. bills the prisoner had purchased for him. Put down 631. 1 Is. Bd. before prisoner, when the latter said he had placed the bills in the sale box of the Stock Exchange, and they were as sa'a there as if they were in the Bank of England. Prisoner took up the 631. I Is. Bd. Witness produced a bit of paper written by prisoner's clerk in prisoner's presence, being a receipt for 1 725/. to witness to be invested in the purchase of Exchequer-bills. Did not see prisoner aeain until he was in the custody of Forrester, the dicer, at Boulogne. Never gave the prisoner any authority to sell or pledge the bills in question. Tnouias Brown said he was one - of the firm °f Brown and Co., dealers in Exchequer-bills. liCnows the prisoner as a member of the Stock-Exchange*, mad remembers selling him an Exchequer-bill for 1,0001. on the lath May. Is not able to say whether he or his nephew sold prisoner the Exchequer bill in question, though he witness had no knowledge of the transaction besid es what he obtained from his books. John Brown, son and clerk of last witness, proved that he made an entry in his father's books of the sale of the E xchequer -bill for 1,000(. to the prisoner. Thought the entry in the book was made from information supplied by his (witness's) cousin, another clerk in his father's ho use, inasmuch as his name was on the back o f th e bill. An entry also appeared in his father's books of the sale of Rxeliequerebills to the amount of 2,2001. to the pri soner, Nairne. Witness made the entry from a note made by prisoner's clerk. The bills were paid by cheque ° 3 . Roberts. The name of Nairne on the back of the cheque is in the handwriting of Beaton, his clerk. Francis William Fry, clerk in the house of Martin, stone, and Martin, said—The prisoner banked with us, and the cheque produced (for 2,200/)2was paid into the credit of his account on the sth of Jane. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Beaton was in the Ambit of drawing cheques for die prisoner. On the sth of June the prisoner had about 7,0001. to his credit. Thomas Brown recalled.—The three Exchequer-bills produced were in my possession on the sth of June, and paid for them on the day they were bought. Charles John Brown, partner in the firm of Brown and Co --The Exchequer-bills produced were sold by us, and Were re-purchased by us in the beginning of June. When Exchequer-bills are purchased by us, we com pare the bills with the note before we give the cheque. I cannot say that I compared the bills in question. (The trial was proceeding when we went to press, with no probability of its being concluded before a late hour, if at all, this clewing.) BOW-ST REST.--(THIS DAY.) - A young man named Owen Thomas was charged with Picking the pocket of a gentleman. The gentleman stated that about half-past seven o'clock last night he was passing along the Strand, op !it° Catherine -street, in company with a friend, when his attention was called to the prisoner, who, his friend R aid, had picked his pocket. He turned suddenly round and eels d the prisoner by the collar just as he was on the point of &camping, when the prisoner dropped a silk handkerchief which ho had extracted from his pocket. At length, after a severe struggle, a policeman came up, d the prisoner was secured. Mr. JARDINE, having ascertained that the prisoner bad never appeared at this court before, asked him what h he - -ad to say in answer to the charge. The prisoner; who bad an Alfred Single style of ex- Preasion, replied—First time, sir—never do it again, sir. ,Look here, air (lifting up his arm and exhibiting a dreadful rent in his coat)—call that nothing, sir. Tore t UY coat all to pieces, you see, sir. Mr. JAnnoss—Bat why did you pick the gentleman's Pocket? Prisoner—Very hungry, sir—very, indeed, l a i r.' Never d o it aga i n , s ir. Mr. JARDINE—WeII, I shall commit you to the House of Correction for one month. P risoner—Thank you, sir. The prisoner was then removed. The gentleman complained that, although the offence Ass committed in the heart of the Strand, he wa s ten `netes before he could get a policeman, and then he e b t e tcl to :end for one off another beat. Had th e p r i soner k t! a little stronger he would have escaped. p o j r• JARDINE said no blame could be attributed to the ml as no doubt their attention had been called to o ther part of the Strand. Pickpockets generally selected Were to ply their nefarious avocations were the police e re for a time not S- ~ O UTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) ~,- " lctry Mullins was charged with stealing a pi ece o f iu ~Ate d cott on f rom t h e s h op o f Mr. Reece, a li nen d raper, l a the Blackfriars-road. m kt'. Charles Rutnier said that he was a linendraper in '"e same r oa d, an d a t a li t tl e a f ter seven o'clock was W°sing Mr. fleece's shop. He saw som e thi ng i n th e it which attracted his notice, a n d w hil e l oo ki ng at 'ha observed the prisoner standing near the counter. and in a few minutes he pt rceived her take up a piece of , rl ilt while the shopman s back was turned, and secrete under her shawl. She then walked out of the shop, \,,, i(ltne as Boon ursued her, as she and s near on theßowland pavemeHill'snt ran chaawayl ss ppe captured her, and h a nded her over to the police, the piece of print was found in her possession. Pr. -, perty having been identified, f kr A'BECKETT asked whether anything was known her ? P o l c: constable, 137 L, said she had he: a xeral times in custody for similar uffences. When e ra a searched at the police-station another piece of pin t was f oun d on h er, for which he had not been a bl e * 0 rind an owner. f Shea prisoner who chained making, any defence, was nly co mm i tted for trial. • Edward 0. Toultnin's first concert of the IPre,ent year took place last night at the Assembly 10* ns Kenni ng t on . The beneficiare was supported 3' host of talent—lNliss Bi rc h, Mks Dolby, Leffler, exe c• The selecti on o f p i eces was very good, and the cution of all the artists afforded high gratification k 4 numerous and fashionable auditory. THE SUN, LONDON, 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 b) 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 age are coldly repulsive to the young and imaginative mind. The object, therefore, has been, to describe the onntest between the False—seductive by its poetic associations—and the True, as stimated 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 elicit truth for its own sake, it is hoped that the following pages may prove suggestive of the advan tages which arise from ' The marriage of Thought with Nature? " In order to carry out his object, Mr. Hunt has availed himself of somewhat incongruous materials. Reality and 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 Laon zElphage, a visionary philosopher, and bis daughter aEltgiva, 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 Laon at the last page of the volume. " Awake, and work l" exclaims Eudora; and Julian replies " I will l" Such is the truth which " Panthea" inculcates—life should be neither an idle dream nor a soulless 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 take 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 Altgiva, 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 adorative 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, b e y on d th e b r i g ht bl ue s k y which curtained Heaven, a God—pure, holy, and kind as my mother.' " tears stood in the eyes of the Countess, but the was silent. " Julian continued. 'My boyish days were passed in a country where the works of Nature were alike sublime and beautitul. 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. I 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 std 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 False I became melan choly in my longings for still more knowledge. You and my father 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 lence 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, wan 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 of 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. Be 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, who, seated on the mountain or by the ocean, has witnessed the sun casting his first golden beams across the Earth, has bad 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 sounding 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. 14 the Rev. 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 Christians, 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. He 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 y oung , t h ey should be written in an easy and popular style, as , free as poeeible from theological technicalities." All WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1850 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 for 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 h as an example of the exceeding simplicity of his style, notwithstanding the amount of intormation condensed into a few sentences, we 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 acid Saul. "In the days of Tiberius Caesar, 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 bltsed God, and said, Lord, now !attest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou bast prepared beture the f ace o f a ll p eo pl e ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel.' " This Simeon himselt 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 s i xty years b e f ore the Lord Jesus Christ was born into the world. And in his days, one Shammai, one of hi s di sc i p l es, w h o was a l so 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 cons( (pence of 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 was the more zealous for the traditions of 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 grout, 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 th e c hi e f men of Jerusalem having been taught by him, was after wards made the chief doctor of the Sanhedrin, or council of elders and doctors, among whom, beside him, there 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 distin gu i s h e d 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 Beth-Hillel and chief doctor o 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 of 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 preach repentance and faith in that great sacrifice which he made of himself for the sins of the whole world, and to gather together all the nations of mankind into the fold of Israel, and into the fellowship of the covenant of grace, the fleshly minds of Galmaliel and his disciples could not receive His heavenly 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 which Jesus did, and of all the words which he spake as one having authority, there wero many questions and disputes among the disciples of Gamaliel, what they should think of liim, whether He were the Christ or no . A n d often times, having been taught by Gamaliel what they should say, they went out to ask Him qlcstious and to tempt Him, and to ace 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 he answered them, turning aside all their subtleties, and ' putting them to silence with all their cavils, so thut they knew not how they should reply against Him. " Now there were among the disciples of Gamaliel two young men, distin gu i s h e d a b ove th e ir f e ll ows b y t h e g reatness of their z ea l an d t h e exce ll enc y o f th e i r k now . ledge. They were both strangers in Jerusalem and Judaea, though born of Hebrew parents; as were many other of Gamaliel's disciples, who were of the Jews of the dispersion, scattered abroad in all the countries of the Gentiles; and who, having heard of the great fame of Gamaliel, had come to Jerusalem to be instructed by him in the anowlcdge of the Law and the Prophets, and in the traditions of their fathers. And the name of one was Joses, of the tribe of Levi, who had come from the island of Cyprus, where he was born, to become a pupil of Beth Hillel; but the name of the other was Saul, of Benjamin, a native of th e c ity o f T arsus, i n theC ilictiraib. ofe H eal also had been drawn to Jerusalem by the farce of Beth-Hillel and of its learned master Gamaliel ; for Tarsus itself was at that time a city as far famed for the learning of its schools as it was for the pleasantness of its situation, in a rich plain between a range of hills and the sea, on the banks of the cool and pleasant river Cydnus. In this famous and flourishing city Saul was born and educated; his father being one of the Jewish settlers there, who, though an Hebrew by birth, bad obtain( d tho right s of a Roman citizen, and living among the Gentiles, desired that his son should become ac quainted with all the learning of the Grecians. Where fore 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 of Athens in Greece, and of Alexandria in Egypt; and there sung Saul, being a youth of quick understanding, made very great progress in all the learning o f the Grecians, fled especially in a knowledge of their poets and philosophers. Now it was the fashion among the young men wbo studied in the schools of Tarsus, that, when they had completed their studies, they went abroad, in order that, travelling from place to place, and visiting the schools of other cities, 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 visit who was an Ilebrevv of the Hebrews, and, moreover, a follower of the sect of the Pharisees." The readers of the Scripture need not be told that the history of St. Paul is replete with interesting and wonderful adventures : the martyrdom of St. Stephen —the conversion of St. Paul—the preaching of the Apostle at Athens and Corinth—his journeyings by sea and land—his imprisonment—his perils and his miraculous escapes—the half - conversion of King Agrippa—Paul's sojourn at Rome, and, finally, his martyrdom,—all these and many other events are here narrated in simple and earnest language, follo w i ng as c l ose ly as poss ibl e t h e 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 the 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 yaws 13LACKFRIAH8 BRIDGE. Last evening (Tuesday), about six o'clock, a respectably dressed woman, apparently about 19 or 20 years of age, was observed walking across the bridge, when on reach ing the third recess on the lower side nearest the Surrey shore, she mounted the seat and deliberately threw her• self into the water. A cry for assistance having been raised, Neery, the watchman on Blackfriars-pier, toge ther with Mr. Ware, the piar-master, put off in a boat wi'h the Royal Bun Jane Society's drags, but although the river was dragged for upwards of an hour, they were unable to find the body. The tide, at the time she 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 deceased, was picked up in the water, and 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. Boldemann, Borries, and Co., reported the Swedish Teasel Dube, Captain M. Lundahl, from R;ga, with a cargo of timber. This is the first vessel arrived in the Tyne which comes tinder the regulations of the new Journa l, NevigationAvt.—.A7Gwcastle. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE. Edited by J. Bernard Burke, Esq. The number 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 theiluthorities of the British Museum : " While I ami 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 cases, where the air can only imperfectly get at them, the consequence of hich 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 state, and the more volatile , culours of the illuminations had, as an inevitable result, considerably faded." CON. CREGAN. Parts XIII. and XIV. The present instalment of the amusing adventures cf 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, be 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 with a work 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 the 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 treats than many a book double its size. It reflects the highest credit on the talent, accuracy, and in dustry of Mr. Morier Evans, and there can be no doubt but that henceforth the " Annual Commer cial Register" will take its stand in the foremost rank of useful and successful annual publications. CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. Yesterday a general court of the Commissioners of Sewers for the city of London was held in :their Council Chamber at the Guildhall. Mr. Deputy Peacock, 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 allowed, several complaints were entertained as to the refusal of some of the contractors to remove dust from the bins of the citizens.—Ordered that the inspectors be instructed to report all such cases in future. SUPPLY OF GAS TO THE CITY. In accordance with the instructions recently given to Mr. Tyrrell, the solicitor to the Commission, that gentleman brought up his report on the resolutions submitted to the Court as to the deed of the new company, and the necessity of naming fines to be inflicted upon the directors of the New Central Gas Consumers' Company, in esfault 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 obtained it, would be by its wording, excluded from lighting the "City of London and the liberties thereof." The marginal note "5 " limited them to the lighting of certain places, the City and its fiber. ties not being included, singular though such a fast might appear. Deputy HARRISON thought nothing of the objec tion • the old companies had d one so w ith out any interference. Indeed, whatever the opinion ofiparties might be as to that, he considered such matter was not then before them. They, as Commissioners, had, in fact, not even seen the Bill. Mr.' DAW—I have received a copy. Deputy HARRISON—If Mr. Daw has, we have not. Mr. TYRRELL stated that in compliance with the wires of the Court upon a former occasion ; he had submitted a case, and obtained an opinion from the Attorney-General, as to the deed, and the security required, and as to the penalties. Upon these points, be wished to learn the pleasure of the Court. He found that the opinion was, that the deed might 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 •s to prevent any misunderstanding between the Court and the new company. 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 cover all losses to the Commissioners and the public for the penalties for restoring the pavements, and for the 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 sioners that penalties should be imposed, namely, as to the 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 ►night 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 one 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. DEATR OF LIEUTENANT. COLONEL SIR JAMES MALCOLM, K.C.B.—We regret to announce the demise of Sir James Malcolm, who expired en Thursday at his seat, Minhblm, 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 he was actively and honourably employed for 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 till Marines at the battle of St. Domingo in 1806. In 1812 he was appointed to the 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 ft r his gallantry on that oc casion he was the following year created Knight Com mander of the Order of the Bath. In 1821, after 4$ years' hard service, he retired, universally r. ioected by his brother`officers and privates. The late Sir James, born in 1767, married in 1806 Miss Oliver, daughter of Mr. William Oliver, of Dill) byre, N.B. llis commission in the Royal Marines was dated as follows:—Second Lieutenan►, 29th of November, 1779; Lieutenant, lath of April, 1793; Captain, let of :Janu try, 1797; Major, 6th of February, 1806; and Lieutenant• Colonel, 4iti of June, 1813 . DISTRESSING ACCIDYNT AT WINCIICOMI3E.—On Thursday last, about ten o'clock in the morning, Mr. 11. Smith, a keeper to the Right lion. Lord Sudeley, left his home wit h a gun in his hand. Aft er a l a p se o f a b o ut twenty minutes, the report of a gun was heard, and Mrs. Smith thought her husband was shooting in the imme diate neighbourhoed. Several hours passed away, and in consequence cf 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 his 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. It 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 shot Immo years ago,—Cheitotham 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 and Temporal. and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commis sioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby rcquirid and commanded to give their at tendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Thura 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 tho 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 Roy al Marines should, from the 6th January nt xt, wear any other mourning fur her late Majesty the Queen Dowager than a black Crape round the left arm till the 20th 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-fourth part of the said surplus of one million two hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred and forty-five pounds five shil lings) will he applied under the provisions of the said Act, between the 7th day of January 1853, and the sth day of April 1850, to the following purposes; viz.:— To be applied to the purchase of stock 1t302,961 6 3 Add interest receivable on account of donations and bequests, to be applied to the.purchase of stock 3,787 3 7 £306,748 9 10 National Debt Office, Jan. 7, 1850. S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. BANKRUPTS. William Bedford, farmer, Fen Drayton, Cambridge 'hire, to surrender Jan. 18, at twelve, and Feb. 23, a eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, officia assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Hutson, Upper Clifton. street, Finsbury. Edward Farrar, apothecary, Guildford-street, Jan. 22, at one, 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-grove, 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—R. 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, Basingball-street. H. Bushy, Wood-street, Bethnal-green, Middlesex, and Chigwell-row, Essex, colt keeper, Jan. 80, at eleven —D. G. Foster, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell, iron monger and metal dealer, Jan. 29, at half-past one. In the Country. W. Lawton, Liverpool, auctioneer, Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Jeys, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, hoot and shoemaker, certificate of the first class, after 21 days from Jan. 4—H. 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. PARTNERSHIPS 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. Brateah, Great Winchester-street, attorneys—S. Meyer, J. Joseph, and M. Meyer, Bow-lane and Basing-lane, and Leipsic, furriers (so far as regards J. Joseph)—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. Sherriff and G. P. Tye, Birming 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 Melkado 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, Inrerston, ironfounders—D. Oliver and J. Couldwell, Sheffield, millers—l. Cowles and J. Faulke, Queen-street, Cheapside—J. Wood, R. Wood, and C. Wood, Denby Dale, Yorkshire, woollen cloth manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONEIS. George Fowler, Portsmouth, hairdresser. John Crymes, Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, lieutenant. James Pickering, Coventry, labourer. George Lever, Harting, Sussex, labourer. Henry Newberry, Portsea, 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, Elolyrood, 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 Cowrie's Royal Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 11 and Feb. 1, at twelve. the ee directorfollow ing a u r s r s i e v l e s d p —" Paris,O A a C c C e l o D u E n S t T ot T . s o n M D c a t dLert:Yirr. I'l i fi le n y d , arum Saturday last . of Her Majesty's m descending one of the precipitous streets of this io ciiistli iced on the frozen pavement, and broke his left r Th L ea u t tn re le , j a ust Ur s Carriedr. to his hotel, the fracture was immedi atelyar set by the chief surgeon of the garrison, and Mr. Lumley is already 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 princip a l f ore i gn re sidents have sent daily to make inquiries. Thi s acci dent does not appear to be a bar to the habitual activity of the impresario, who, we hear, in spite of his acci dent, will leave Brussels for Paris at the end of the present week or commencement of the next." GJASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY.—The treasurer of the Royal Infirmary acknowledges having received from the railway company the sum of fifteen ,shilllpgs, a sum paid by a p arty to prevent a public prosecution fur having travelled between Kilmarnock and Irvine with a ticket of a wrong date.—Glavoto Daily Mail' SPOTS ON THE SUN. 1 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 foi. 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 verity it with their 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. LA SELL. HEALTH OF LOIVDON during -the WEEK. (From the Reg i)trar• 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 to 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, %Lich is slighly un d er 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 am o u n t f 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 an illness of six months' duration. From diarrhcea there were only deaths, but 6, which is rather more than usual, oc curred from dysentery ; 125 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 mach external success. Its object is 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 2,600/ , 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 making their own way through the world ; while the executive committee have it in contemplation to establish a life assurance department, and no 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 performances 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—TuxspAr. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.— 15 to 1 apt Rattrap, 18 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne, 20 to 1 agat Fanny Gray 0, 20 to 1 apt Chandler, 20 to 1 apt Agitation, 25 to 1 agat Vain Hope. METROPOLITAN IIANDICAP.-20 to 1 agst Black Eagle, 20 to 1 agat Testator, 25 to 1 apt any other. CHESTER CUP.-1,000 to 25 apt reep.o'-day Boy (offers to take), 40 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn, 50 to 1 agst Cossack, 50 to 1 agst Malton, 1,000 to 15 apt any other (offered). DERBY.-9 to 1 apt Bolingbroke (offers to take), 11 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum, 12 to 1 apt Knight of Av,oel, 15 to 1 agst The Italian, 15 to 1 apt Voltigeur (take 16 to 1), 18 to 1 apt The Nigger, 1,000 to 12 agat Black Susan colt (offers to take). EFFECTS or FREE TRADE. -- DIMINUTION OF BANXIIUPTCY.—The following table shows the number of bankruptcies notified in the London Gazette during the month which ended yesterday (Jan. 8), compared with 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 less than one-halt of the parallel period the year before:— Dec. 15, 1848 4 ~ 19 ll ~ 22 l4 II 26 l3 ~ 29 Bi Jan. 2, 1849 If 5 Dec. 14, 1849 ~ 18 lO „ 21 3 „ 25 „ 28 3 Jan. 1, 1860 a „ 4 9 f 9 n 4 71 8 Total . T0ta1......... 46 Loss OF THE SAILOR PRINCE.—This - unfortunate vessel, Captain M•Katchner, master, bound for New Orleans, from this port, had upwards of 400 p ersons on board, of whom 375 were emigrants—men, women, and children, the chief of whom were from the midland c o o f u isz n t o i v e e s 03 . b T e r h , e o n w r a e ck reef tooofk rocks place n o e n a t r h t e h n e i g s h l a t n o h df of cc e let cum. The weather is reported to have been hazy at the time, in the midst of which she got on the rocks, where, in a few hours she became a perfect wreck. The crew, who acted with great h umanity, contrived to land the whole of the emigrants on the island in safety, but there their sufferings 4ohhf havoc es m yina e mor f eo r fee i nk g wg, h esa t rt f n u t(th l ih . aaennLuli 13 ha d nt unfortunate n o dt us r pen n eaf o rtr ieos p she r t re o eds v a. e i t s t aT i e rei h n n es s , thatwep layingre within ht such h 2 t ship was 700 tons burthen, and was insured to the amount of 9,Bool.— Liverpool Chronicle. THE Rev. JAMES SHORE.—The London committee for the purpose of receiving subscriptions on behalf of the Rev, James Shore, who was lately released from Exeter gaol, where he had undergone imprisonment for non-payment of costs to the Bi:hop of Exeter in a suit instituted egaivst him (Shore) in the Court of Arches, and on the subsequent appeal, wade a report stating that they had teemed as subscriptions 614/. 2a. 7d., of which they had expended 5251. 15a. 10d. (including 310/. 16s. 4d.. the cost above alluded to), leaving a balance of 881. Os. 9d. which the committee have handed over to the Rev. Gentleman, in aid of the expenses he had per eoesny incurred during the lengthened proceedings. BORNEO.—We understand that the Peace Society end Aborigines' Protection Society intend to take up the subject of Sir James Brooke's recent proceedings 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 country, will be brought under review. According to Ibt Wanderfr Vrlemia; the Em peror of Austria has sent his portrait to the President of the French Republic, accompanied by an antegropb letter. ......" 0 /, I