The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-16 00:00:00

!bind has ruled very inactive.—Bee`, from 3-; to 4s ; hiatton, 3 , ; 41 to 4 . 3 6d; Veal, 38 44 to 33 81; Pork, 33 4d to 33 6d per 811)3. IiztUNIDEL, JAN. 14.—The general trade has been !wavy, as follow.; :—Beef, from 33 2d to 3s 101; iiithton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Pork, 33 4d to 3s 61 per Sibs. CHICIIESTER, JAN. 15.—Prime Beasts and Sharp Sold at fult prices. In other kinds cf stock very little 4 " doing. &of, from 33 to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4d; Pork, 3 s 41 to 38 6 d per 81'03; Quarter-uld Pi g 16s to `'o, etc}:. CORN AVERAGES. ror th (IE NERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN , -e Week ended Jan. 9, 1850, made up from the Returns of th _2l, peetors in the different Cities and Towns in Exgland and Wale Per Imperialguarter. pk i „, WHEAT. IBARLET.I I I OATS. RTE. I BEANS. PEAS. '''' •• 28‘ Id 22s 9d 1 lie 2d 1 22s 2d 1 26s 9d 27s OJ * ntar DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. I • I BARLEY. I OATS. 1 RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. ... 0 (1 Is Od ll s Od Is Od Is Od Is 0.1 (-TAN TITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. cheat, 73,173; 9 Billie, 85 I 285 • $ Oats, 28,61'3; Rye, 73; Beans, 5,013; Yens, 1,7G1 quarters. CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.). I The Lord Chancell or s,,t in the Old Hall, Lincoln's an end heard appeals and appc.:l mtdions to-day. • FOWLER V. REINALL. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal cc eupied'his Lordship the gt eattr part t f the morning. 2 1 OLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) otions of no generalneral interest, occupied the Master of tb 'l e 11,Als the who% day. I CE - CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) f tlonou r h ear d mot i ons to -d ay, but no case calling' or speci a l report came before the Court during the worni nz. sle(Before Vice•Chanmllor Lord CRANworan.) Lordship, after diSposing of the case of " Robin -4418) Pr a t and," which was heard before him on excep oeded to hear motions. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings • , in Banco, before Lord CAMPBELL and Justices r ATTESON, COLERIDGE, and WIGHTMAN.) IirREGINA V . THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. b i ,..., 244 e 0 ert, Q.C., said he had to move for a rule to d r th e oor ,, "use why a certiorar nei should not issue directed law Commissors, to remove an order ad- ve: tl B . l4 I, :Y them to the directors of the poor, and the Fiebfr and St, the united parishes of St. Giles-in-the had b George, Bloomsbury. Those parishes the p e a -- ; e, r ,ntted for the purpose of the maintenance of vtits - a ° ,,i . ahe regulation of the affairs of those parishes It au luer , t he proviiions of the 11th Geo. 4, c. 10; and Poe eare u that the inhabitants of St. Giles were to ap hab.L lOrty. fi , e vestry men of that parish, and the in- The i s t" el St. George, Bloomsbury, forty-five others. sit le -• e 4 'tlittlen acted separately with respect to eccle tb neap matters, but as one united body with regard to Th e e nlainte nance of the poor in the united parishes. th e aPpointment of all the officers connected with rest Mantenanc e and relief of th poor was ed in the vestrymen of the joint parishes, o were also empowered from time to time to ,jFerld or remove all or any of such officers and ay -21.1t others in their stead. By section 61 of the same the vestrymen were authorized to make rules for the good a . -th e oi e vcrnment of the several persons employed . by ve s t' a nd by section 62 the vestrymen of the joint Y were authorized to appoint directors of the poor, that were to be elected annually. So that in fact by 'et of Parliament the appointment and removal of thYlicers connected with the relief of the poor were in ves trymen; and the directors of the poor were merely ta tt :, ler eise the power s re lating to the relief, mainte -o,"e, and empl oyment o f t h e poor as c hurchwardens and the rseers were usually authorised to exercise, subject to of .aPPointment of alt inferior officers by the joint vestry v dli ' eh e Parish. By the 4 andcap.76, under that the Poor-law Commissioners act, it was provided t eati lr oln and after the passing of the Act the adminis- Vi e% of the relief ot the poor in England and a n ? 8 1101.11 d be subject to the direction end control th. th e Poor-law Commissioners; and for executing Powers given to them by the Act, the Commissioners " er " authorized to make and issue all such rules, orders,' Sad r _ be egulations as they should think proper for the mr andgefieo:ll of the poor, and of their relief in workhouses, tries, and guidance and control of all guardians, yes itto and main ogicers, so far as related to the manage tbetir,t and tenance of the poor. And by section 46, i nt Commissioners were empowered to unite parishes u nions for th e re li e f an d ma i n tenance of the poor. r"management CAMPB ELL sa id th e policy of the whole Act was t oe Ye the of the poor in the hands of the al auth or i t i, s uJ PEAcocK submitted that the vestrymen of these th e parishes although they might be controlled by Pove r°°rla w dommissioners, still could not have the ferr ers vested in them by the Act of Parliament trans (' ed f rom them, and given to somebody else. The 7tahaissioners had made an order, by the 66th article which, the vestrymen of the joint vestry were autho rizedvae 'evguiraever it might be requisite, or whenever a rain " Y al ight occur, to appoint tit persons to hol d cer th °flices connected with the management and relie f o b f poor. That he (Mr. Peacock) apprehended was T7°lld the powers of the Poor-law Commissioners. .• tY had a r i g h t to contro l t h e y e trymen in the elec ito th%of their officers ; but they had no right to say that e to estryra,n should appoint such officers as the direc dtrs of the p oor, act i ng un d er suc h vestrymen , s h ou ld i „* 4 et them tai 00. 'I he plain effect of the order was, plac e t h e di rectors over t h e vestrymen . 1110 Court granted a rule g( nerldly to show cause. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) St. John-street-road. Defendant is a tradesman in Goswell-street. The Learned Counsel then called the following witnesses Daniel Macnsaia - a taled 1-e was assistlnt to a chemist. Knew plaintiff to be in the service of Messrs. Robert, and San. On the to et . December last witness, plaintiff, and others had been ialting tea and spending the evening at the house of plaintiff's aim:, in New court, Gorwell-street. They had seen two friends home to the Lower-road, and a itness, plaintiff, and two others were walking home, about a quarter past twelve o'clock, two arid two, when defendant and a person named Ei!is met them. Defendant pushed up against the plaint 11 violently, and on plaintiff saying it was not gentb manly conduct, defendant sprang out into the road, and said they were a parcel of boys, and he was able to take any two of them at a rally. lie after wards kicked one of the young lads, and afterwards got his thumb in his : (defendant's) mouth. The police was called, and then defendant gave them all in charge for assault, and an attempt to rob him. This was on the Saturday night, and they were all locked up till Mon day morning, when they were taken before Mr. Combe, who immediately discharged them. The LEARNED COLT/MD having stated in his open ing address that the magistrates hied stated that it was a case of great cruelty. and expressed a hope that some person would take up the matter, put a question in refer:. nee. The Learned UND7,R-SHERIFF said it could not be re ceived in evidence from the witness. Mr. IlunDLEstroNE said, as no person appeared on behalf of the defendant, he should leave the case in the hands of the jury on the evidence of this witness. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for 51. 11.1nRIS V. HUNT. ...f eh Mr • Lusir moved in this case , on behalf of the de torUanttor a rule to show cause why a new trial 4 1 . ; - 1 ; 1 " 1 not be granted in the Court of the Under eriff of Surrey, on the ground of excessive damages. The case arose out of the following circum- N atttneeB :--The defendant is a patent artificial pmanufacturer, and some time ago the Plaintiff was in his employ as collector. During that P d e ricd a b oo k was missed from t h e prem i ses o f th e l.l.°4`lant, who charged the plaintiff with having pur ,,,°lll" it. and u l t i mate l y brou g ht him up at the South k Poli ce - court on a charge of the f t. Th e c h arge , war 1 , 1/s ll ' however, dismissed by the sitting magistrate; d ef ere tiPon the plaintiff brought an action against the M ee in for fal se i m p r i s onment. The case was tried ce iu th e court of the Under-Sheriff ot Surrey. On 4, i first occasion a verdict with one shilling damages gills r eturned, and i n th e se cond 1001. damages were 60 " th• The defendant had offered to give the plaintiff th e Its a compensation, but this offer having been refused to red uce application for a new trial was made iu order the amount ot damages given on the last in quiry. The „ L to "'"D CHIEF JUSTICE said 'that he was induced th i :farlt an opportunity of a fresh inquiry with the hope tir ne t °t ne accumodaion might be come to in the mean itui:the parties and furth;:r litigation prevented. h o granted. COURT.—(THIS DAY.) • (sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WIGLITMAN.) M r . QUEEN V. JUSTICES OF DEVON. they, :1e justices — s ci lvDEs. applied to the Court for a rule, calling of Devonshire acting in and for the trs of Totnes, to show cause why a conviction of ahnuld not be brought into this Court for the tt u r , l) "! s e of being quashed. The affidavits upon which td: ° ,tien was founded state that a gentleman named a l ,; ll , r es, having been threatened with an attack and sail a tlit bY a Mr. Mitebellbank, sought to have his as cot, nt bound over to keep the peace. The threat was ag a v i e e Y e , (l in these words—" I will serve him the same 'wean When I get hold of him;" and to explain what was Y that remark it was necessary to explain to the ,an• tistrates that Mr. Mitchellbank had previously corn for tee l a violent assault on Mr. Edwards. When, there thee' the Peace summons came on for bearing before reagistrates Mr Mitchellbank requested that the first l eet • ttu ri l t should be inquired into, but Mr. Edwards ob ;4' to this, as he intended to carry that matter to a th', l E 'r tribunal, and ho only wanted the protection of th at 4 ,,* in the mean time. It so happened, however, frienaasr. Preswell, the clerk of the magistrate, was a orates of Mr. Mitehellbank, and he advised the magis gee 2 to discard the peace summons and go into the did stift of the actual assault, which they accordingly o ut r,t,lid ultimately Mr. Mitchellbank was fined 51., with eo4 bang bound over to keep the peace. Now it was ~tended that in the absence of any complaint of Mr. ards the magistrates had no power . to deal with the tt, a n d u i l nud Mr. Edwards being desirous of conveying co • pon e ' into a civil court was anxious to have the nvic had exec granted on the ground that the magistrates 11 4. ded their jurisdiction.—Application granted. and diJUStiC WIGTMAN aerwards sat at Nisi Prius sPos e d of several undef ft ended causes. (Bef o E ,ICREQUER.—(THIS DAY.) r- - 4 6 LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARKE, ALDERSON, and MARTIN.) This g WARE AND OTHERS V. BARNETT. Zhich the an action on an alleed contract, der . ess , defend a nt undertook to insure the cargo un of a -'4?ne'dou s the property o f th e pl a i nt iff, on a vo y age from to Ibrail and back. The vessel came in collision N l ith schoo ner near Gravesend, while on her outward :PP, and sank, so destroying her cargo, which °tinned chie fl y of carpets, as to render it 11e!r13' unsaleable. The plaintiffs accordingly brought susta ined this action to recover the loss which they had °rained in consequence of the defendant having nc tg,e9ted to insure the cargo. The detente was that the 'alnliff% had not furnished him with written instructions ° 'Met the insurance, but, on the other side, it was 811 k1 the defendant had taken preliminary steps for that 1 1 ,, 1ir r" ),, , but had stopped short of completin g t h e insu ""' • The case was tried before the Lf;rd Chief ihro:i 11'i th Guildhall, when a verdict was fou found tor the plaintiff, 1% 135/. damages. IiNOWLES now moved, with the permission of tie -Learned Judge, to set aside the verdict and eater a noi,- ; l a ". The ground o the motion was that the plaintitis being John Ware, Robert Ware, and Thomas Ware, t.o evidence had been given to prove that they were jointly Interested in the contract. 11 19 COURT thought the obje_!ci.in t oirid cue, and Panted a rule. THE WELSH CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sart---11•;v; caretu ly ' , 'ad a pAinpolet purporting to be t later to the Archbishop of Canterbury, in unswer to Sir Benjamin observations on the state of the Collegiate Church of Brecon, by Connop Thir D.D., 1:i: bop of St. David's. and " which I believe I may :assume to have been written" by the Right Reverend Prelate wbe::.e name it hears. I honour the Bishop for thus courageously entering into ihe lists, and submitting to have his own cause as defender, and his opponent's as challenger, tried before that public tribunal which must in these days eventuislly decide every disputed case. But lam astonished that his Lordship, as it ap pears to me, while on the one hand courting the ut most publicity, should on the other hand content himself with comparative privacy. For example, in his Hai pa ,, e, his Lordship states that he has felt himself b o und publicly to notice the charga for the sake of that clans of persons "to whom the facts of the case are entirely unknown, and who have, no opportunity, even it they leisure or cu riosity enough, for ascertaining them ;" while in his 27th and last page he seems so totally to have for gotten this his primary object, that he felt no hesita tion in writing the following words : "I am aware that I cannot expect this exposure of the Honourable Baronet's misrepresentations to reach one in a thousand of those who have read his letter to your Grace." The truth is, Mr. Editor, that the Bishop's trivial pamphlet might have appeared and would have appeared, had he chosen it, in every pub lication, daily or weekly, in which Sir Benjamin's letter was inserted. But his Lordship wanted a griev ance, and tried to establish one, I am happy to say in vain. But before I conclude my criticism on the manner of his Lordship's letter, I must protest in the strongest terms against the indecorous lan guage in which a spiritual Lord in our Church has chosen to malign the conduct of a layman, who, as I believe, has never had any other object in view than the reform of Church abuses in Wales, and fair play against Saxon encroachments for our native Church and our native clergy. I must now touch slightly upon the material state of the ,question, of which the chief points may be thus summarily noticed : Long before the Reformation, a Bishop of St David's had wished to create a theological and literary college for the benefit of the diocese, and had, with the sanction of the Legislature, amply endowed it Al though inefficient, it was one which Henry VIII. not only spared, but actually enriched with addi tional endowments. But administrative neglect was stronger than legislative enactment,* and the colle giate institution did not assume an active or bene ficial form for the purposes of its creation, or the good of the Principality. It was consigned, by the Ecclesiastical Bill of 1840, to the" tomb of all the Capulets," with its Dean, its Prebendaries, and all its property ; and its future revenues were dedicated, by the " Act," to the in crease of inadequate livings, and the cause of high education in Wales, which was then supposedto be intimately connected with Lempeter College. Many a slip occurs between the cup and the lip; the " Act" had passed Lords and Commons, when Bishop Jenkinson died, and Dr. Thirlwall was ap pointed as his successor. _ Now, mark my words, the " Act" was as sure to receive the Royal sanction as two and two make four, but Bishop Thirlwall forestalled this certain sanction, and by getting himself consecrated on the 7th of August, while the Royal assent was not given until the 11th, entered upon- his bishopric with all its ancient rights untouched, and thus became actual Dean of the suppressed college, in the teeth of every principle of equity. Had a Tory and a non-reformer done this there would have been no vituperation, no obloquy, which would not have been poured upon the unhappy delinquent's head ; but I suppose a pet Whig must be detended against all charges (however true they may be) of malversation. I will not enter, Mr. Editor, further into the ques tion in the present state of the discussion, but delibe rately affirm that all the difficulties, all the delays, all the doubts connected with the revenues of Brecon College have, as far as his Lordship is concerned, had tor their sole source the unjustifiable conduct of Dr. Thirlwall in clothing himself with a vested right, contrary, if not to every principle of rational law, at least to Equity. However, thanks to Sir Benjamin Hall, the case has at length a chance of being placed before the public in a tangible shape, and the helpless, do-nothing system, which has prevailed for the last eleven years, may now be brought to some satisfactory ter mination. I❑ the meantime let us hope for better days, for the education of both the laity and the clergy in South Wales, of which even his Lordship seems to hold out certain hopes. I have the honour to be, Sir, PHIL-ARTEGALL. The fallowing letter, whie!l appeared in the Times newspaper cf 3d January, may be interesting to our readers, and deserves attentiun SHERIFFS' COURT.—('PHIS DAY). (Before Mr. Under•SiPriff BURCHELL CAIN V. DRUGGAN—FALSE IMPRISONMENT. Thi C- , s W aS an action t o recovar darns es for assault and anise imprisonment. Defenda it suffered judgment to go by default. RUDDLICSTONE stated the case for tLe plaintiff, 1 4 1 11° i s a Soup g Men, between 18 an d 1 9 years o f age , i n employ onlesers. Roberta and Son, tobacconists, in TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. TEE SUN, LON DON THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY le l 1851. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 15. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went cut shoot ing this morning, accompanied by Sir George Grey. Lord Waterpark, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, were in attend ance upon his Royal Highness. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal highness the Duchess of Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Rev. Frederick and Mrs. Anson. The Queen's private band will attend in the Castle after dinner. The Duchess of Norfolk has relieved the Mar chioness of Douro in her duty as Lady in Waiting to her Msjesty. The bend of the Coldstream Guards was in attend ance yesterday (Tuesday) evening, and played the following selections : Overture, " Le Val d'Andorre” .... Halevy. I'Val!z, "'The Garland" Grand Selection, " Elijah" Mendelssohc. Quadrille, " The British Navy" Quick March, " Camp of Silesia" Meyerbeer. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle and performed the following pieces : Introduzione Andante Maestoso, Allegro Moderato, Scherzo Presto ; Sininnia Taeglichsbeck. Selection, " Huguenots" Meyerbeer. Lord John Russell gave a Cabinet dinner last evening, at his residence in Chesham-place. The Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the' Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the Rignt Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Marquis of Clan ricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. Mr. T. B. Crompton and Mr. Borthwick had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing street. Mr. W. Beckford and Mr. Morten had an inter view with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. Lord Monteagle had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office, from the Governors of New Zealand and the Falkland Islands. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. The investments upon the Chester Cup to-day took a wider range than heretofore, and gave more importance to the proceedings than anything which has previously occurred since the entry and appearance of the weights. Rhesus was in very strong demand, and was backed for a couple of hundred pounds at 15 to 1. Raby was also in good favour at 40 to 1, and Knight of Avenel at the same figure, the latter beinc , supported for near 501. 900 to 20 was taken about Haricot, 1.000 to 20 about Trouncer, and 1,000 to 20 twice about Flying Gout (late Dahcotah Chief). The Metropolitan Stakes, Liverpool Steeplechase, and Derby were only slightly touched upon. Latest prices LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 8 agst Lord Howth's Sir John—offered 100 to 8 agst Mr. Vever's Vain Hope—take 200 to 14 20 to 1 agst Mr. Treadgold's Maria Day—take 25 to 1 Nu others mentioned. METROPOLITAN STARES. 100 to 6 on the field—offered CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus—taken to 2001. 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel—taken 40 to 1 ag,t Mr. Meiklam's Raby—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Mr. Barton's Haricot-45 to 1 taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Italian—take 45 to 1 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn—off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Combo's Trouncer—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's The Flying Gout—taken 50 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vatican—offered 9 to 1 apt all the three yrs old—offered DERBY, 1851. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—offers to take 7 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—offers to take COURSING. BORDER UNION MEETING. The Border Stakes of 3 guineas each (16 dogs) were won by Mr. Sharpe's Dr. .ffornbrook; Mr. Ratcliffe's Splendour ran up. The Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Holliday's Pick pocket. VESTItIIIN STE IL-(T HIS DAY.) Roland was charged with stealing several articles of wearing apparel, the property of her master, Mr. Sioman. James Abrahams, 296 S, stated that he took the prisoner in custody fart night, when she told him that she had given some of the property to a potman in the neighbourhood. On going there an embroidered waistcoat arid two handkerchiefs were found. The potman stated that the prisoner had given him the things fur a present. The prisoner, in defence, said that the potman had asked her, on several occasions, to get him things. The prisoner was committed for trial. THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.—(THIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the proprietors of the London Joint- Stock Bank was held this morning, at their Banking-house in Princes-street, City; Mr. George Meek, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed, and the following report, together with the accounts, submitted to the proprietors : " The directors have pleasure in presenting to the shareholders the annexed abstract of the liabilities and assets of the bank, on the 31st December last, with a statement of profit and loss for the half-year. " It will be seen from the latter account, that, includ ing 8,9391. 18s. Ild. brought forward from June last, the net profit to be appropriated amounts to 28,8741. 16s. 6d., which enables the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of 61. per cent. per annum and a bonus of 3s. 6d. per share, leaving a balance of 374/. 16s. 6d. to be placed at the credit of the guarantee fund, which, with this ad dition, amounts to 137,1091. lls. 3d. The seats in the direction which become vacant nn this occasion, are those of William Curling, Esq.; George Holgate Foster, Esq.; George Meek, Esq.; and George Tayler, Btq.; and these gentlemen offer themselves us candidates for re-election. " The dividend and bonus, free from income-tax, will be pay able on and after Friday, the 24th instant. THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. LIABILITIES AND ASSETS, ON TUESDAY, DEC. 31, 1850. Dr. s. d. To capital paid up, viz., 60,000 shares, at 101. each ..• ..• To amount due by the bank ... To amount of " the gunrantee fund," 30th June, 1850 £134,714 0 7 To six months' in terest on ditto, at 31. per cent per annum ... ... 600,000 0 0 . . 2,949,869 9 3 136,734 14 9 8,939 18 11 ... 45,848 4 7 BIGGAR CLUB MEETING. The Abington Champion Cup was won by Dr. Brown's Brunswick. The Douglas Stake was won by Mr. Paterson's Craigie Burn. The Upper Ward Stakes were won by Mr. Green shield's Venture; and The Lanarkshire Cup by Mr. Greanshield's Vestris. ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN DURHAM.—On Tuesday morning last an explosion occurred in the Black Boy Colliery, about two miles from Bishop Auckland, which unfortunately resulted in the loss of two lives. About two o'clock in the morning some of the men had proceeded to work, when the overman and a boy entered a drift recently opened; they had proceeded upwards of a mile with naked candles, when it is supposed tley had come in contact with a " blower," or pent-up quantity of gas, which instantly ex ploded, and both were instantly killed by the blast. hap pily no other men were in the neighbourhood, otherwise the consequences must have been very disastrous. The bodies were taken out during the day without further accident. Mr. Dunn, one of the Government Inspectors, visited the colliery last week, and pronounced the Black Boy pit one of the best ventilated mines he had visited. An inquest will be held on Thursday. YV THE SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE SOUTHAMP. TON BOARD OF G U ARDIANS. — The adjourned inquest was resumed for the fourth time yesterday, at the Guildhall, Southampton, and after sitting eight hours in hearing addi tional evidence, the coroner further adjourned the case until this day, when it is expected the coroner will sum up the evidence, and the jury will return their verdict. INFANTICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT LOWE non. —A deplorable case of supposed infanticide and at tempted self-destruction occurred here on Tuesday morning. The wife of a twine-seiner, named Isaac Bly, was discovered by her mother with her own and her infant's throat cut. In the mother's case the wound was not fatal, and, being promptly attended by several medical gentlemen, hopes are entertained of her recovery. The mother has been labouring under fever, which produced delirium. WHY QUAKERS WEAR THEIR HATS. -- Quakers in variably wear their hats in places of public worship, or in public assemblies, but few are aware how this custom origi nated. Fox, the founder of collarless coats and broad brims, was in the habit of attending the Episcopal Church, when the preacher uttered sentiments of which he disapproved, he would solemnly put on his broad-brimmed hat, and take it off again whenever more welcome doctrine occurred. If he sat long with his hat on, and the ill-sounding proposition or fulmination continued, he would rise slowly and silently walk out. Thus it appears that it was for the purpose of habitual protest that the Quakers first learned to sic in places of wor ship with their hat on. DEATH OF A CELEBRATED RACER.—Died on tbe 9th of January, at Brownstown House Paddocks, Curragh of Kildare, the celebrated mare, Guiccioli, at the age of 30 years—the dam of Birdcatcher, Foigh-a-ballagh, George, May Boy, &c. She was also the granddam of Mickey Free, The Baron, Carouche &c. She was interred with all du e honours, and a suitable monument will be erected over her. EMBEZZLEMENT. —Henry Fordham, an innkeeper, residing at Brotherton, near Pontefract, is at present in cus tody at Leeds, on the charge of having embezzled various sums of money belonging to Messrs. Tetley, common brewers, of Leeds. The prisoner keeps the Punchbowl Inn at Bro therton, and, while acting as agent to the prosecutors, he ap propriated money belonging to his employers. He has not yet been examined by the magistrates, but stands remanded ill the latter end of the present week. CORNHILL WARD.—Monday being Plough Mon day, the inquest for the above ward proceeded to make their presentments to the Court of Aldermen, and afterwards dined with their foreman, AIL ex-Sheriff Nicoll, who had also in vited the alderman, Sir John Pirie, Bart., the members of the Common Council, with other ward and parochial officers. The large room in that ancient and well-known tavern, Tom's Coffee-house, was fitted up for the occasion, and every delicacy in and out of season was liberally provided. After the usual loyal and civic toasts, followed by others de dicated to the rector ( the Rev. Mr. Wrench), Messrs. Leg gett, Saxton, and Hoppe, the company separated, having heard some well executed glees, &c., from Messrs. Edney, Shoubridge, and Holm, and all seemed well pleased with the worthy ex-Sheriff's hospitality. FOREIGN POTATOES.—The following numerous and large arrivals of potatoes have taken place within these few days, from the foreign ports mentioned :—The vessel Omnibus, from Calais, brought between 50 and 60 tons weight ; the Jenne Anyse, from Calais , 82 tons ; the Amelie,from Rouen, 86 tons ; the Thomas and Anne, from Dieppe, 61 tons ; the Corkscrew, from Dunkirk, 10 bls. ; the Sirene, from Rouen, 100 tons •, the Charles and Caroine, from Calais, 60 tons ; the Pauline, from Dieppe, 60 tone ; the William Frederick, from Rouen, 50 tons ; the Thomas from Rouen, 180 tons ; the Venus, rom Rouen, 130 tons; the Venir, from Rouen, 110 tons ; the Elizabeth Middle ton, from Rouen, 70 tons; the Oak, from Rouen, B n 2 ,f° Ja n i l e ! observed, o the Dandy, from Rotterdam, 100 tons ;the John a 6 97 tons; from Rouen, 112 tons; the Penguin, from the Savannah, from Rouen, 175 tons; Rouen, 83 tons; the M o untcharles, if f ici r o o n m it t hß h e ße o k 63 tons ; the City the Constance Augustine, from Dunkafr•om Rotterdam 10 of London , 134 sacks ; the Dere; hampers ; the Thomas and Mary, the Elvine, from Nantes, tons el l° l 2s 3 o . e t n i s s Pierre, from the whole of th that, with a few exception:, ese large sup -1 d tatoes were t le pro Rotten, 51 tons weight of the artic l e. uce of and imported plies of foreign po . entitletd to nun- the entire car goes of the vessels, is , •t• for the out ion its their from France, and bein,i,i;rein bulk, and for • g conceded by • • speedy discharge and IVlNDensiege. LAKE. — Windermere Lake on New Year - (l¢Y' during the delivery to their destination. night and followicg morning, rose supposing it measured twelve one yard in height. Now, miles in length (and we believe it is not far short) and to measure on art average half-a-mile, or 800 yards in breadth, solid yards. the increase of water during the night would be 118,585,600 Again, suppose a cubic foot of water to weigh 1,000 ounces, here would be 14,001,42 5 tons, 11 cwt., 1 qr., 20 lb. Lastly, suppose 277,242 cubic inches make a gallon (Imperial measure), there would be 3,1a,338,&8 gallons of water, which fell in six hours Our readers may ima gine what sort of a'shower it was.—Cumberland Parquet. SUPERSTITION IN TILE 19TH CENTURY.-IWO ap parently respectable women applied at the surgery of a public establishment yesterday (Thursday) to be permitted to place the hand of a man who had been drowned the previous day on the knee of one of the women, as a cure for the king's evil, with which it appears she was a ffl icted. The surgeon inquired what place of worship she attended, when she re plied, " High Church ;" by which ie was understood she referred to St. Stephen's or St. Peter ' s I—DeronPort ie" WV& it Su° willFte° nuerinbmn' 2.020 14 2 To undivided profit for the last half year ... ... ••• ••• To amount carried to profit and loss account £3,741,392 7 6 Cr. s. d. By Exchequer-bills, India Bonds, &o. 479.080 18 1 By bills discounted, loans, and cash ... 3,234,936 9 5 By building, furni ture, &c., in Prin ces•street £17,750 0 0 By ditto ditto in Fall-mall ... 9,625 0 0 '27,375 0 0 £3,741,392 7 6 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE LONDON JOINT. ST, CK BANK FuR THE lIALF YEAR ENDING DEC. 31 1850. X s. d To current expenses, proportion of build ing expenses, directors' remuneration, bad debts, income-tax, &c. To amount carried to profit and loss, new account, beirg rebate of interest on bills discounted not yet duo 11,089 13 To amount transferred to the credit of the " Guarantee Fund," in addition to the above amount of 136,7341. 143. 9d. To dividend account for the payment of half-a-year's dividend, at the rate of 6/. per centuni per annum, upon 600,000/., amount of paid-up capital upon 60,000 shares ... 18,000 0 To ditto for payment of a bonus of 3s. 6d. per share ••• ..: 14,823 13 6 ... 10,500 0 0 .£54,788 3 Cr. £. 9. By balance brought down ... 45,848 4 By undivided profit brought forward from the hot half -year ... 8,939 18 1 £54,788 3 The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report and confirmation o(the accounts, and at the same time declared the dividend on the paid-up capital, amount ing to 600,0001., with the 3s. 6d. bonus in addition. Mr. W. BOROUGHDALE complained that the Ex chequer-bills were over-valued. He was not satisfied with the general result of the bank's operation, nor did he think it wise to continue increasing the gua rantee fund all infinitum. The CamnAtazi said the directors were well pleased with the present state of the bank; its business was steadily progressing, and when allowance was made for the higher rate of interest which prevailed in 1849 over that of 1850, no one could dispute that the past year's operations had proved successful beyond ex pectation. With regard to reducing the guarantee fund, he for one could not approve of such a pro ceeding, as the stability of the bank depended upon its maintenance, though he did not mean to say that there was no limit which it ought to exceed. A PROPRIETOR asked what was the amount of the one per cent. paid upon customers balances. The CHAIRMAN said it amounted to about 10,0001. per annum. The Exclequer- bills and bonds which the bank held as securities were, of course, valued at the current rate of the day, which was subject to con tinual fluctuations. The motion for the adoption of the report was put and carried. On the motion that the retiring directors be re elected, A PROPRIETOR said it would obviate a motion on the subject if the directors wculd hold out a hope that the guarantee fund should not be carried beyond 150,0001. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be wiser to wait till they got to 150,000/. before discussing how the fund should be dealt with. A PROPRIETOR was at a loss to perceive what advantages the shareholders obtained from the gua rantee fund. A DIRECTOR reminded the proprietor that it secured the stability of the establishment while it took little or nothing out of the pockets of the shareholders, for it was made up of fractional parts of sixpences, which could not be divided, and the interest which annually accrued upon the total amount. Sir,—l have read a letter in your paper of Tues day last respecting the state of St. David's College at Lampet , :r. 'I be writer, under the name of " Ucalegon," says " St. David's College has not been tnismanaged." Let me ask " Ucalegon" these ques -374 16 6 I tiuns:— 1. Was there not a Welsh professor originally ap pointed at this college for the benefit of Welsh stu dents? Why was the appointment discontinued, and who has appropriated the revenue for that office? 2. Is it not a fact that such has been the disgrace ful supervision of Welsh instruction in this Welsh College,that at a late examination in the diocese of St. David's, some young men presented themselves for holy orders, and their exercises in the Welsh lan guage were so bad that the Bishop sent those exercises back to the head of the college as a specimen of his teaching, whilst his Lordship, who is visitor of the college, passed the candidates ? 3. Is it not also a fact that last month another batch of students from this " not mismanaged " col lege presented themselves to the Bishop of Llandstr, who also sent back some of the Welsh exercises to the Principal of St. David's College, as being quite dis graceful ? Be it remembered that not long since the Bishop of Llandaff was Vice-principal of St. David's College. He also passed the candidates. If these are facts the Bishops of St. David's and Llandatr have passed young men for Welsh livings who cannot spell the language of their parishioners, and' must, consequently, each time that they have occasion to write that language, make themselves ridiculous in the eyes of their flocks; and yet, says Ucalegon," " this is not a mismanaged college !"—Y our obedient servant, - YIS,IOFYNIVR. January 2. ''' Christ's College, Brecon. A STARTLING STATEMENT. 'TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE DAILY NEWS. Sir,—The ship Warbler, of the port of Liverpool, sailed from the above port on the 17th of May, 1850, bound to New Orleans, with a cargo consisting of railroad iron, slates, bricks, also three hundred and fifty emigrants. On the 18th of June, 1850, she sprang a les.k, 1,250 miles E. by N. of Antigua; and after throwing overboard about 100 tons of cargo, and con stantly pumping, succeeded in getting the ship into English Harbour, in the Island of Antigua, where every convenience exists for the repairing of ships, it being an English dockyard, and for some years not in use. On application being made to the person in charge for the use of the dockyard it was refused. The governor of the island was then appealed to ; his 'I he was, that be could not interfere in the case. he_con . sequence was, the ship, in her sinking condi tion, with nearly four hundred souls on board, had to depart for a foreign port to be repaired. JOHN B. WESCOTT, Commander. Dec. 20, 1850. IMPORTATION OF TURPENTINE.—An importation has recently taken place from Aew York, of a parcel of casks of white turpentine, called in America virgin dip, n consequence of its being extracted from the first tapping of the turpentine trees, the common turpentine being that which is extracted from the trees tapped the previous years, which is called yellow dip, and is the quality of the article usually imported, the article called virgin dip being of much softer quality. The importers desired the admission of this newly-imported article free of duty as turpentine, but the officers of the revenue, considering it to be liable to duty, de tained it for the consideration and directions of the authori ties, who, having taken the opinion of competent parties in the trade, decided that the article was not to be considered liable to the high duty as oil or spirit of turpentine, but that, it being turpentine of greater value than 15s. per cwt., it was liable to a duty of 2s. per cwt., and was to be charged with that duty accordingly. It being, however, subse quently found that the article was of the same quality as iy usually sold in the American markets under the name of virgin dip, and was not a manufactured article, and in the opinion of highly competent parties in the trade was con siderably under the value of 15s. her cwt., it has, on further application, been allowed to be delivered free of duty, as re q* u.sted It is expected that consiekrz.ble importations of this particular article will take place from the United States, Discoviny uF A DIPOT FOR STOLEN PROPERTY. —A beer-home keeper, named George Hirst, has been taken into custody at Leeds, under eircimr•Aances which induce the belief that the priwtner has been in th, habit of receiving stolen property. The prisoner keeps the Angel Inn, in Mar ket-street, in the centre of the town, and in his house the police found a large quantity of property, consisting of woollen cloth, silks, new umbrellas, and a variety of articles; some of which have already been identified. 11e at present s ta n ds re mended till next Tuesday, the magistrates refusing bail for his appearance. A letter from St. Petersburgh states that the books in the Imperial Librar y , founded by Catherine 11., and which the Emperor Nicholas has thrown open to the public, have just received a new classification. It appears from the new catalogues that it contains 563,420 volumes and 15,471 manu scripts. The duplicate copies amount to about , 20,000, part , of which are to be given to the Geographical Society of St. retersburgh. Such works as remain over are to be sold publicly. A PROPRIETOR—At what rate is it increasing? The CHAIRMAN replied that it was accumulating at the rate of 4,0001. per annum. The motion for the re-election of the directors was then agreed to, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting terminated. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE TRAVELLERS' CLUB Housa—Yesterday, an inquest was taken by Mr. Bedford, at the Charing-cross Hospital, on the body of Michael Flanagan, aged 22. The deceased had been at the works now going on in the Travellers Club House, Pall-mall, and on Friday afternoon he and four others were going on as usual, when the foreman observing they had been drinking desired them to go home. the deceased had got to the top of the building end was going down a very high ladder, but the foreman suggested a tatter way by which he had come up by a ladder only twenty feet high. The deceased as sented to this, and was missed amang the scaffolding, but was soon found la jog on. the stone fleeting in an insensible state, and bleeding profusely from the ears. Ile was talc, to the Charing•cross Hospital and died the next night, never having been able to speak. On a post mortem examination of the body it was found that the skull was fractured from ear to ear, and there was laceration of the brain by the bone. The foreman thought if the deceased seas incapable of work he ought to have been assisted down the ladder. The jury then returned a verdict of " Accidental death." THE WINDOW. TAX.—We think there are tnaTiy worse taxes than that of which a correspondent complains. In one respect, no doubt, it is objectionable — namely, in its tendency to discourage the opening of windows, where they would be desirable for purposes of light or ventilation. But if the Government should adopt the plan, which is under stood to be in contemplation, of adhering to the present az sessmeht, and P er mitting all parties to open additional win dows without further charge, that objection would be entirely removed.—,2l(anchester Guardian. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. (William Cubitt, E-q , President, in the Chair.) On Tuesday last the viper read was " On the Con struction of the Building for the Exhibition of tlis Works of Industry of All Nations, in 1851," by Mr. AL D. Wyatt, Assoc. Inst. C.E. The papsr, which was unavoidably of very consider able length, commenced by characterizing the fir,t attempt to concentrate, within the compass of a few acres, specimens of the productive industry of all nations as a " great experiment," worthy of being tried upon a scale commensurate with the energy of the industrial resources of this country. The success of this experiment must depend on a just apprehen sion of the results to be produced ; a well-digested scheme for producing the results aimed at; and power and dexterity to arrange the whole, so as to ensure the accordance and vv)rking of all its parts in the simplest and best manner. The subject then natu- . rally divided itself into the consideration of the re quisites demanded—the design, and the actual con struction of the building. The features of all the buildings in which previous exhibitions had been hall, both abroad and at home, were then carefully reviewed, and the points of dif ference between the present cosmopolitan exhibition and all its predecessors, were distinctly enunciated, and shown to have induced the invitation to the world at large, to contribute their suggestions for the build ing, the results of which were shown to the public in the Theatre of the Institution of Civil Engineers, in the 240 plans there exhibited. None of these plans being found to embrace the necessary n quisites, the Royal Commissioners devixd a plan, for the execu tion of which tenders were ikvited in June, 1850. The reservation having been made, that bona fide tenders fur any construction, offering greater advan tages than that proposed by the Commissioners, would be considered, Mr. Paxton brought forward his pro position ; and it being contended, that certain advan tages in celerity of construction, facility of removal, the adaptability of the material; to the required forms, and the amount of cost, were inherent in the design for the proposed structure, to 1e entirely composed of wood, iron, and glass, the othei tenders were rejected, and that of Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., for Mr. Paxton's design, was accepted. Such was the origin of the present building, which being adapted to the site selected for it, in Hyde park, by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was shown to consist of a nave 72 feet wile and 64 feet high, with a series of side aisles, two of 48 feet and six of 24 feet wide, of the respective heights of 43 feet and 23 feet; the whole spreading to a width of 436 feet. A transept, 408 feet long and 72 feet wide, inter sected the building at right angles in the centre ; tbis transept was covered with a semi-circular roof, springing at a height of 64 feet from the level of the ground, and making the entire height 100 feet. The details of the construction were very minutely given, from the concrete filling of the holes in the ground, under each support, through the base plate, the columns, eight inches in diameter, the connecting pieces, to which were attached the girders for the galleries, the second and third sets of columns and the roof trusses, the box gutters and the " Paxton" gutters, which latter were intended to provide at the same time for conveying away the rain from the roof, and the condensed moisture from the inside. The total area of the ground-floor was equal to 772,784 square feet, and that of the galleries to 217,100 square feet. Details were also given of the mode of conveying the rain water, &c., into the adjoining sewers, through the interior of the supporting-columns; of the venti lation by means of sets of louvres, of galvanized east iron, placed between the columns of the side aisles, and in the upper part of the roof; of the supply of water for the extinction of fire, and for the supply of the fountains; and of the experiments for testing the girders and trusses, by the hydraulic press erectel in the building, and by which the strength of the waole was proved before they were used. In examining the power and dexterity with which the design had been realized by Messrs. Fox, lien derson, and Co., or, in other words, in the actual construction of the building, it was necessary to bear in mind that their tender was only verbally acopted on the 26th of July, 1850, that possession of the site was obtained on the 30th of July, that the first co lumn was fixed on the 26th of September, and st the present time (only 146 working days since the com mencement) but little of the vast building remained to be finished. To give an idea of the vast size of this building, it was noticed, that the width of the main avenue was within 10 feet double that of the nave of St. Paul's Cathedral, whilst its length was more than four times as great. The walls of St. Paul's were 14 feet thick, those of the glass building in Hyde-park were only 8 inches. St. Paul's occu pied 35 years in building, whilst the Hyde-park building would be finished in less than half that num ber of weeks. The celerity of the construction was very remarkable. As many as 308 girders had been delivered on the ground in one week. Seven of the great trusses of the nave were raised in one day. Each man fixed about 200 superficial feet of glass per day. In order to perform this work it was necessary to devise and employ various contrivances for economis ing labour; such as the sash-bar machine, the gutter machine, the morticing machine, the painting ma chine, the glazing machine, besides many others of an equally ingenious nature—all of which were de scribed ; and, when listening to the details, it was universally felt that England possessed mechanical and physical energies far exceeding those which gave form and being to the most celebrated monuments of antiquity. In the course of the paper, Mr. Digby Wyatt (the author), to whom, from the commencement, bad been entrusted the active superintendence of the con struction of the building, paid a well-merited tribute of praise to Mr. C. H. Wild and Mr. Owen Jones, who had been associated with him ; to Mr. Barry and Mr. Brunel, who, as members of the Building Com mittee, had made very valuable suggestions ; as well n.s to Messrs. Fox and Henderson, and to Mr. B;oun ger, Mr. J. Cochrane, and others, for their exer tions in the execution of the construction, and he concluded by reminding the members that the weight of responsibility, the arduous duty of supervision, the honour of acting as the master mind, to weigh the requisites, to determine the design, and to govern the construction of this great apparatus, had been re served for Mr. Cubitt, the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. It was announced that the discussion of the paper would take place at the meeting of next Tuesday, January 21st. COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE CHRISTIANS WHO SUFFERED IN THE EVENTS OF THE 16TH AND 17TH OCTO BER, 1850. Aleppo, Dec. 7, 1850. TO JOSEPH ESQ., LONDON. The newspapers will, no doubt, have acquainted you with the terrible occurrences of which our city has been the theatre, and we will not, therefore, enter into details of the horrible scenes which have taken place. It will be sufficient to mention that 500 Christian homes, mostly opulent, were sacked and pillaged, wo men and girls brutally assaulted, men assassinated, and numbers wounded ; five churches were pillaged and three of them burned, priests killed, and the ~-y-rian rian patriarch seriously wounded. In a word, that all the barbarities imagination can paint were practised upon the Christians at Aleppo. It is easy to imagine that in consequence of such a catastrophe, the numbers of people formerly in a state of affluence are now in complete destitution, and that the working classes are plunged into the deepest misery, which calls loudly for aid on all charitable persons. But the efforts and sacrifices of this small European colony and of the natives who escaped this horde of barbarians, are insufficient to relieve so many sufferers, and a committee composed of the six persons, whose names ar e un d ers i gne d, has bee n formed in order to appeal to the generosity of all p hil an thropists, whose alms could not be directed into a more deserving c ha nnel. Convinced that y o u will kindly assist in relieving our Christian population, we make this appeal to your generosity, in the hope that you will also induce your numerous friends to co-operate in this good work. We trust, Sir, that you will extend your assistance to us, and need not assure you of our sincere gratitude and the sentiments of high esteem which we entertain 'or you. ',Signed) ALES CALDER. LOIN S I\IOLENARI. W m . RIDDELL. VINCENZO MARCOPOLI. TILLEAGE. E. PORTAL'S. I hereby certify that the above are the true signa ,uresof the persons whose names are written above. Aleppo, Dec. 11, 1850 . (Signed) W. W. WERRY, Consul. We learn that the Roman Catholics of Glasgo . and neighbourhood propose to start in that city a weekly journal, to be called the Thistle, for the defence and advocacy of their principles. Glasgow Herald. PORT WINE FOR ENGLAND.—Th e O por t o Ship ping List for 1850 stat es the total quantity of port wine exported to Great Britain in the year to have been 2 5, 400 pipes; total qtnantity e xported to ports ou t. o f G rea t B r i ta i n , 1 - 2,E7 pipes; total exporL, 37,487 pipes. The chief exporters were, Messrs. Sancleman avl Co., 4,360 ; Messrs. Quarles, Harris, and Sons, :3,046 ; Directors of the Company, 9,335 ; Messrs. Martinez, Gassiott, and Co., 2,063; Messrs. Hunt, Roope, Teague, and Co, 1,865; Messrs. Cockburn, Smithes, and Messrs.lltessi.s. C u r . of a t n a d nd JC,,..3 Graham ii C0.,1,177;728 ; Messrs. Bruno, Silva, and Co., 1,327; Messrs. Ofiluy, ,Forresttr, We: , ber, acid Co.,and Co., 1,017. The rest of the shippers are under 1,000 pipes. These ten establishments shipped 20,158 ; p-pes, being more than half the total export. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, &c.—Just published, price 2d., by Dr. CRONIN, M.D., a Report of some of the most formidable forms of Disease of the Throat, Lungs, Heart, and Stomach.--" The success of Dr. Cronin's treatment in the cure of those affections which have hitherto generally baffled every attempt at cure, alth ou g h the first talent had been applied to, and the most consummate skill had been exerted for that purpose, is most satisfactorily shown in this reporr."—Prefacc.—Wertheim and Co., Paternoster-row ; klugaes, St. Martin-le-Grand ; and at the anther's residence, 14, Leice§ter - PlAcv, Leivoteriquare. COTTON MILL BURNED. - _ MANCHESTER, JAN. 15.—Since Friday morning last we have hed no less than six other fires, one of hich, last evening, destroyed a considerable portion of the cotton factory of Messrs. Robert Marsland and Co., Ancoats. Messrs. Robert Marsland and Co. are spinners and doublers, and their premises, called the Ancoats bridge Mills, consist of three parallel buildings, on the north side of river Medluck, the middle and prin cipal building being 120 feet long and 32 broad, end consisting of six stories and an attic. It was in this larger building, filled principally with spinning ma chinery, that the fire originated. It was discovered about a quarter past six o'clock in the evening—the work-people having left their employment at six—by some persons outside the mill, who immediately com municated the fact that there was a strong light in the top story to the private watchman. An alarm was given immedi• ately in the neighbourhood, and Messrs. Galli more and Co., whop print works are on the opposite bank of the !liver Medlook, sent a private fire-engine, which was got into play with considerable dree,t, though sonic delay occurred owing to the muddy bed of the river rendering it necessary that the water should be laden into tubs before it could be passed through the engine. The town fire-engines, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Rose, arrived at the scene of the fire about twenty minutes to seven o'clock. At this time the fire, which had commenced at the north end of the mill, had extended nearly the whole length of the building, and the two upper stories—the sixth and seventh were a mass of flames. By the energy of the firemen—who succeeded in getting at the flames by taking the hose from the engines to the top of the adjoining buildings, and directing the jets of water immediately into the windows of the top stories—the flames were much reduced by ten °it:leek, and there was a hope that the damage would be confined to the two top stories of the mill. By an accident which occurred at about this time similar to that at the fire of Messrs. Wallace and Co.'s, last week, the amount of damage was much augmented. The floor and other supports of the top stories appear to have been so much injured by the fire, that about ten o'clock they were no longer capable of sustaining the weight of machinery upon them at the north end, and the floor, extending along nearly one•half the building from the north end fall ing in, carried down corresponding portions of the fifth, fourth, third, and second stories to the bottom of the mill. Had the fire not been so much reduced at this time, it is probable that the flames would have extended to the lower stories of the other part of the building, in which case the destruction of the entire mill would have been almost inevitable. As it is, the fire has destroyed nearly one-half of the larger mill, and the two top stories of the remainder, including the entire roof. The whole of the walls are standing, except a small portion of the top on the western side. The other buildings upon the premises have not suffered except from water. The buildings are insured in the North of England to the amount of 2,700/. ; in the West of England for 2,900/. ; in the Guardian for 600/. ; and in the Atlas for 600/. ; total, 6,8001. The amount of damage done by the fire is estimated at about 5,0001. About two hundred and thirty hands will be thrown out of employment by the calamity. The cause of the fire is not known. It is said to have originated in some waste rovings at the north end of the sixth story of the building, but how they were ignited is a mystery. CURRENCY REFORM. _ We have frequently felt it our duty to call the serious attention of our readers to the urgent neces sity which has long existed for revising and altering, if not altogether abandoning, the absurd and ruinous monetary system established by Sir Robert Peel's Currency Bills of 1819 and 1844. We are glad, therefore, to find, by an advertisement in another column, that a public meeting will be held in York next week, in order to promote that important object, at which the Rev. John Twells,who has eminently dis tinguished himself on many occasions, by his able ad vocacy of Currency Reform, will be present. No valid reason can be assigned why gold alone should be allowed to regulate the exchangeable value of the aggregate property and capital of the country. The natural tendency or such a system is to prevent the free circulation of gold, by fixing a price upon it in this country, and insisting upon its retention here at all costs and hazards. And being our principal circulating medium, a sudden drain is necessarily an abstraction of the very life-blood of our internal trade, the export of which has to be suddenly arrested. Whereas, were gold a mere commodity, its export would be attended with the same results only as the export of so much iron, cloth, or calico. This subject is of considerable importance to farmers, as well as to the trading and commercial interests. Whenever there is a scarcity of the circu lating medium, it is out of the power of the people to pay a high price for agricultural produce, and hence they are driven to consume inferior food, to the great loss of the cultivators of the soil. This has been experienced over and over again, and it will continue to occur so long as our circulating medium shall not represent the actual wealth and property of the country. The extension of the cur rency system is especially due to the farmer as an act of justice. It is well known that the landlords gave their consent to Sir Robert Peel's Act of 1819, with the distinct understanding that they were to have the corn-laws ; and now that the compact has been broken, mainly, we believe, by the distresses of 1847, which were in a great degree to be attributed to the operation of the restricted currency, they have a right to demand that the currency shall be no longer fettered, to add to the enormous losses which they have already experienced. We trust, therefore, that there will he a numerous attendance of farmers on Thursday, to meet the members of the York Farmers' Club, and that they will unite with others in demand ing a revision of our monetary code, and the adoption of such salutary laws as will afford to the nation the advantages of a currency adequate to the wants and exigencies of the population.— York Herald. SUNDAY TRADING IN BERMO NDSEY A general meeting of the master butchers of this populous district of the metropolis, took place last evening, at the Horns Tavern, Bermondsey-square. for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro visions of a Bill about to be introduced into Parlia ment, by Mr. Williams, M.P. for Lambeth, the ob ject of which is to suppress Sunday trading as far as possible. Mr. J. Hayman presided, and stated, that from communications which he had had with about 300 butchers, he was convinced that they were almost to a man in favour of a measure which should enforce entire closing on the Sabbath. They well knew that if such a measure were passed it would have a most beneficial effect in preventing the working classes from wasting their money on a Saturday night. The fault of all Sabbath legislation hitherto was, that it was im practicable—a character which would be removed by Mr. Williams's Bill. He then went through the clauses. The Bill had the merit of being very short and definite in its provisions. There are but twelve clauses. The first contains a general prohibition against selling, hawkiog, crying, or publicly offering or exposing for sale in any shop, warehouse, market, thoroughfare, or other place within the metropolitan police district or the city or liberties of London, any goods, chattels,, effects, matter, or thing whatever (the excepted articles are afterwards stated). The second clause continue s the existing statutes as to taverns, steam-packets, club-houses, &c. The third takes away the responsibility of servants. The exempted articles are declared by the fourth clause to be : medicines or drugs for medicinal purposes ; milk, before nine in the morning and after one in the after noon ; tea, coffee, ready-dressed food, or other re freshments, in any coffee-shop, &c., before ten in the morning and after one in the afternoon, or at any period of the day to lodgers or residents ; meat or fish, before nine, between May and Oc tober ; fruit, pastry, &c., before nine and after one; newspapers before ten and after one ; and cigars and tobacco after one. The fifth clause prescribes the penalties on conviction-ss. for the first offence; from ss. to 20a. for the second ; and from 20a. to 40s. for the third; only one penalty to be incurred in a day until the third offence. The 6th clause authorises the goods of hawkers to be seized, redemable on payment of ls. By the 7th clause, no articles, except meat, fish, poultry, fruit, pastry or ice, can be delivered after 10 o'clock. The remaining clauses relate to the enforcing of the Act, and the recovery of the penalties. It is to come into operation on the lst June. The several clauses were discussed seriatim, and appeared to meet with general approvill; and a resolution was come to, affirming the necessity of some legislative enactment for securing one day's rest in seven. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE AT WORTHING.-- The subscriptions fur the relief of the widows and children of the eleven men who unfortunately lost their lives in the Worthing roads, in a fruitless attempt to render assistance to the crew of the Leila Ruokb, have amounted to the aggre gate sum of 6000/. The committees appointed at Worthing and riiighton to . make the collections and appropriation of the money hate disagreed in their notions as to the proper mode of making the distribution, and consequently nothing has yet ben dune with the money, beyond the administra tion of temporary relief to the distressed families. One of of the plans proposes to regard the subscription as a kind national reward for a brave action, and to make the bution of all alike, regeidless of age or circumstance, ex cept that the orphans, and in three cases. dependen t p arents, having each one :Imre, the widows should have two; while another, regarding the money as being raised for the relief of distress occasioned by the calamity, proposes that all cir cumstances, whether pecuniary or relating to age or other matters, should be considered. Our readers will remember that the .first fatal and unsuccessful attempt to board the Lelia ROokh was followed by a second, which was success , ful. The boatmen, 23 in number, have since claimed sal vage, and on Monday last they met, and shared between them 636/. 6s. Bd., which had been awarded to them on that account, on the a pplication of Messrs. Iremonger, of Little reCo4olll Of the theite 94 the Ado3iNty. INTERVIEW WITH KOSSUTH BY A LEEDS GENTLEMAN. (From the Le Mercury.) A private letter, dated Bhosa, December, 18re0, has just been received by a gentleman connected evith the Leeds Mercury, from which we are favoured with some extracts. The writer is an intelligent profes sional gentleman, a native of Leeds, who for the last few years has resided in Asiatic Turkey, and who, it appears, Las had an interview with Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, who, with his companions, is now an exile at Kutaya. The extracts will be read with interest. The writer says : " You know, of course, that Amer Bey is now in America as the representative of the Sultan ; the fitat occurrence of the kind in the history of Turkey. To me it is a particularly interesting fact. I believe he is accompanied by .Mr. Brown, the American dragoma to the American Embassy, on his return to New York a few months ego. I know Mr. Brown well, and in him the Tux hiss representative to the United States will find a valuable friend. The American missionaries here (for the East is the special field of American missions) anticipate groat results to their own country from this new embassy to Anmiriza. The United States have done nobly in granting 10,000 dollars to ray the expenses of the Sultan's representative. It will enable him to see the grand achievements of the Franks. " A few days ago the Protestants obtained a firman from the Sultan, for ever establishing them in their privilege to build churches like other Christians, a s the Armenians and Greeks. This was obtained through the intervention of Sir Stratford Canning, who after the Sultan had granted the request, called the chief men of the Armenian Protestants to his own house, at Tberepier, when he addressed them in the Turkish language, and so affected were they that they all shed tears. The Turks like the Protestants better than other religious sects because of their hatred to images, relics, and other fooleries of the Roman Catholi cs . Our friends in Leeds will rejoice in this spread of civil and religious liberty. How singular it is that the Crescent of Mahommedanism should be a pro tection to the Cross, as it is the case in thousands of instances at the present time, where the Sultan ex tends the aid of his sovereignty over Christians driven by persecution from their own land. " A friend of mine has just returned from Coniah, the ancient Iconium (see Acts of Apostles) visited by the Apostles. It is eighteen days' journey from here, at the rate of thirty miles a day. The people are little removed from barbarians, and at this day they live in houses built of mud, with flat roofs. In winter the streets are impassable, consequently men, beasts, and cattle all walk upon thel roofs, from one house to another, instead of in the streets, which are filled with snow, thrown every morning from the house tops. Coniah has about 60,000 inhabitants. A revolution in religious opinions is needed to work a change ; they are nominally Christians, but a sad specimen of Christianity, as they live by fraud and deceit. " I have not been to Kutaya to see Kossuth (the Hungarian patriot). I saw him in Broosa. Oh, the spirit of patriotism that circulates in his soul ! It would almost enchant you to hear him talk in Eng lish. What then must be the effect of listening to his eloquence in his own native language ? My inter view with him was delightful. I don't wonder at the enthusiasm with which he is regarded by his country men. I believe he is yet destined to accomplish great things for his country. You will per haps scarcely believe it, but be seldom sees a newspaper, end is ignorant of many of the trans actions now going on in Europe, because the post is very irregular to Kutaya. I should like to send him two or three numbers of the Mercury, which I occasionally receive. Many travellers in passing to Kutaya call at our house, and thus we have a certain opportunity of forwarding let ters, papers, or parcels, as Franks, American or Eng lish, are not searched. A friend, an American, from Kutaya, called a week or two ago. He says Kossuth is much dissatisfied with his situation.' He spent two or three days with him. They (the exiles) live in a kind of barracks. I believe the Turks do all they can to make him and his associates comfortable, but you can have no conception of the grand diffe rence between English comforts and those of this country. Here there are no household comforts but those of your own creation. Without fur coats you cannot in winter keep yourselves warm, for the houses are made to let in and not to keep out the cold ; and the winters here are intensely cold. Kos suth, you know, is under the care of Suliman Bey, who is a remarkably nice fellow. I had the pleasure of visiting him here at the palace. He reminded me, in his looks and manners, of George Goodman, Esq. (of Leeds); he is like him, too, in form. He ie, believe, one of the best men Kossuth could have been placed under, for kindness and urbanity. It will be pleasing to Kossuth's friends in England to know that the Hungarian patriot is in the hands of so kind a keeper as Suliman Bey. "Nearly all letters to the exiles are opened, ex cept such as we hive sent through Englishmen or Americans visiting Kutaya. Mr. Longworth, an Englishman, has married the daughter of the British Consul, and next month (Jsnuery) comes to Eng land to publish the history of the Hungarian strug gle from Kossuth's lip,." FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SOLICITOE.—On Monday, at Abingdon, an inquest was held to inquire into the death of Mr. 'Thomas Frankum, solicitor, and for many years clerk to the magistrates in that town. It seemed that on Friday, the 20th ult., the deceased, with a Mr. Nicholl, went in a dog cart to Lechlade, Gloucestershire, accompanied on the way by Mr. E. Harris, draper, and his servant, who were in another vehicle. When the business which took the parties to Lechlade was concluded they dined and drank mode rately, and returned from there about seven o'clock in the evening. On their way home they stopped at Farringdon and Pusey Furze, at both of which places they had refresh ments. It was about ten o'clock when they left Pusey Furze, and when between that place and Kingston Bag puize Mr. Nicboll's horse swerved from the road and went up a by lane, when Mr. Harris passed him, and the former on getting into the road again whipped his horse, and passed the other vehicle at a gallop, and then his horse slackened his pace, and Mr. Harris again passed him, and they kept in that position at the rate of about twelve miles an hour, until on coming to a part of the road where some heaps of stone were placed at the side for repairs, the vehicle of Mr. Nichol' came in contact with them, and threw both him and Mr. Frankum out violently, and it was subsequently found that the thigh of the deceased was frac tured by the fall. The coroner ordered a post-mortem ex amination to be made, and the medical evidence showed that death ensued directly from congestion of the brain. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." DEATH OF THE AUTHOR OF " WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST."—We regret to announce the death of a writer whose genial and sportive pen has delighted thousands. Maxwell, the lush novelist, and author ot innumerable humorous sketches in the periodical literature of the day, expired on the 29th of December, at Musselburg, near the Scottish capital. His generally vigorous health had of late broken down, and he crept into the retirement of this se questered village to die. He had been in early life a captain is the British army, and was, of course, the delight ot the mess-room, and a general favourite in social circles. He subsequently entered the Church, and was some years pre bendary of Balla, a wild Connaught church living, without any congregation or cure of souls attached to it; though it afforded what he was admirably capable of dealing with, piety of game. Of a warm-hearted, kind, and manly tem perament, he made friends of all who came within the range of his wit, or the circle of his acquaintance. He was the founder of that school which counts the " Harry Lorrequers" and others among its humble disciples; but " The Story of my Life" and " Wild Sports of the West" will not be easily surpassed in the peculiar qualities of that gay, off-hand, and rollicking style ot penmanship, of which he was the origi nator. ----- . THE LATE PRETENDED POPISH MIRACLE AT LYoNs. The Gazette de Lyon contains the following :—" We learn that the Commission appointed by the Archbishop of Avignon, to examine into the facts affirmed with regard to the picture in the chapel of St. Salmi:lin-les-Apt, has decided unanimously that there are no grounds for proceeding any further in the matter, as the facts have nothing of a super le intrigue, a ir m ac i n so lo r u ab s natural character in them. A letter which we nave just re ceived, and which emanates from a person as remarkable fur his intelligence as for his perfect good faith, announces to 1 13 n th o i m n in the re- Teisonclusion proves how neces tphoartteacilpahre the work of a person of whom some . very sad information has been given to us. sary it is on all questions of this kind to wait for the deci genewnhikshonhlaysthar reesaureltdofm* deci sion of the ecclesiastical a uthorities, who are a l one compe tent, and, for our part, we cannot too much applaud our selves for having followed the dictates of prudence in our reserve On this subject." CITY DIsPENsARY. — The half-yearly meeting of the friends and patrons of this c h ar it y too k p l ace y es t er d a y, at the Hospit4l, 76, Queen -street, City; Nathaniel Ainger, Esq., in the chair. It appeared from the report that this dispensary, which was founded in the year 1789, for the re lict of the sick and diseased poor, in all requiring cases me dical and surgical care, had since its opening cured and re lieved upwards of 306,759 patients. Upwards of 88,000 visits had been paid to the patients, at their own houses. The committee thought that the great improvement in the sanitary condition of the metropolis was to be ascribed to the facility afforded by dispensaries of checking incipient sick ness. The receipts for the past year had amounted to 558/. ls. 2d.; and the expenses to 5381.105. ; leaving a balance of 191. 11s. 2d. The report was adopted, some formal business transacted, and a committee appointed for the ensuing year• after which a vote of thanks to the chairman passed, and the meeting separated. CELEBRATION OF THE EARL OF STAMFORD'S BIRTIIDAY.—On Tuesday, his Lordship's birthday, the Eat* of Stamford and Warrington, gave a ball and supper to his tenantry, at the Cat and Partridge Inn, Enville. TUE GREAT (ExPECTED) SEASON of 1851. Every one is expecting to make a fortune in the Great Ex hibition Season of 1851. Beds are, by entieiPatiou. going up in the environs of London, and silage Lroker, in Broker's alley, is selling so many bedsteads that he is making a for tune at lull gallop with f ou r-poste, rs. Somebody has even proposed to make the bed of the Serpentine available, and perhaps it wont I not be a bad idea to throw a Macintosh cover across the whole surirtee, and thus turn it into one of those water beds which are soinetimes so strenuously recom mended by" th e f ac ult .v.' The plan would have the double leffect of hiding an o ff ensive object and p romo ti ng the conveni- Once of the puolie; while the Serpentine itself is well adapted for the purpose of repose, as when anything is said about dous i n g the river the authorities seem determined to go to sleep upon it. —Punch. SraINO FLOWERS.—During the past week, prim roses have been offered for sale in great quantities, wall flowers and polyanthuses may also be seen blossoming . in gardens in the neighbourhood. The appearance of thtat heralds of sunnier days indicates the uhusuel zoildnell or Lin Preaeut fietiem—iSena Advertiser.