The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-07 00:00:00

peaking to Sellers. Witness knew where tl e p iso .er Jived, for ho had told him. Mr. George Appell, a person in the service of Messrs. Wych, Newman, and Co., 11, Bennett court, St. Mary axe, commission agents, deposed to finding 101bs, of indigo on the person of the boy Sellers on the 12th of December. George Drew, a City policeman, deposed that on the 12th December he saw the indigo, which was given to the boy Sellers, marked. He followed the boy wi h another o ffi cer, both in plain clothes, and saw him go into the prisoner's shop, and when ho came out he gave a signal, and on going up to him he found 4s. in his hand, and then he and the other officer went into the shop. They went into the back parlour, where they saw the prisoner standing with a scoop-scale and some indigo in it, which he was examining. Witness said, " Mr. Barnett, I want that indigo which you bought of this lad;" and he said " Here it is; I have not houg;ht it, he has left it." Witness said, " You have bought it; here are the 4s, you gave the lad for it," and to that he made no reply. The officers then informed the prisoner they were policemen, and they would search the house. The prisoner said they were welcome to search the place. They then took the indigo from the scale. which was the same that had been previously marked. Outside the shop seemed to be an oid clothes shop. They searched the place, and in addition to old clothes they found a bag of rice, three bags of raw coffee, one hag of gutta percha, one bag with cheatnuta in it, another containing 23 brass stamps, some bags with samples of sugar in them, various spices, sample bottles, cigars, arrow-root, and a great numb, rof other articles. They found no more indigo than what was in the scales. Cross -examined—They took the things away, but had since returned them, having found out where they had been purchased. Mr. HUDDLESTONE addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and called Mr. Gregory, a solicitor, who bad known the prisoner for the last thirty years by his coming with fruit to witness's office, and he always thought him an honest man. Mr. Cohen had also known the prisoner for twelve or fourteen years, who had always borne the character of a particularly honest man. Cross examined—Had never heard that the prisoner had been in the habit of getting boys to steal from their employers. The Learned RECORDER having summed up the evidence, The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The boy Woodgate was recalled by the RECORDER, who elicited from him that the prisoner had tampered with him in crder to get indigo through his means. Several respectable persons who had known the pri soner for a great number of years gave him a good cha racter for honesty. Sentence was deferred. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT And Alderman LAW- RANCE.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning trYjog Mint canes, which presented no features of gene ral interest calling for a detailed report. Several priso ners were convicted of passing bad money, and sentenced to different terms of imprisonment, varying from one toOuth to twelve. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The January General St ssioas tor the trial of pri soners for the county of Middlesex commenced thip. morning, before Mr. Witham (in the absence of Mr Sergeant Adams, the Assistant-Judge) and a bench of Magistrates, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green. The calendar contains the names of 112 persons. John Carr, for stealing on the 16th of last month , sixty-two yards of printed cotton, the property of W. Stewart, from his shop at Hounslow, was sentenced to three months hard labour in the House of Correction. .-BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) BE described , iv l L i c a r s x s. This bankrupt Ras of IN High-street, Ken sington, draper, and to-day came up for his last exami nation. Mr. TURNER, of the firm of Sole and Turner, whoap peered on behalf of the assignees, did not oppose the bankrupt's passing, but said he should have much to urge against him when he came up for his certificate. At a previcus examination it was elicited that the bankrupt bad done business to a considerable extent by obtaining goods on credit from the wholesale houses and selling them in the bulk immediately afterwards to small shopkeepers and others, but tie fact having been discovered the parties were summoned and admitted the facts and were ordered to pay all money due. The bankrupt was now allowed to pass. BO W-STREET.—(T HIS DAY.) A respectably-dressed young man, named Gray, was charged with felony under the following circumstances:— Mr. F. 0. Turner, a gentleman residing in Lincoln shire, after enjoying himself last night in the concert-room, took a bed at Evana's Grand Hotel, in Covent-garden, and retirad to rest between two and three o'clock. In the course of the morning, before it was daylight, hew as awoke tut of his sleep by a noise as of some one in his room, and he called out " Who's there?" Nobody an swered, but he distinctly heard some one leave the room, and jumping out of bed, he ran on to the landing, and saw the prisoner escaping up stairs with a candle in his hand, lie asked him what he bad been doing in his room, and the prisoner replied, " all right; you have lust nothing." lie then returned to his bed room, and on searching his trowser's pocket he found that a half sovereign and some silver were mi-sing. Be knocked up the porter, and one of the waiters also appearing at the Moment, the three of them went up to the room occupied by the prisoner and knocked at the door. In answer to the knock a voice inquired who was there, and witne s nom' diately recognised the voice as that of the man Who had spoken to him on the stairs. The door was then forced open, and the prisoner having been allowed time to dress be was given into custody. Mr. JARDINE—Did you not lock your bedroom door? Witness —No; I tried to do so, but did not succeed. George Fullerton, the porter of the hotel, stated that the prisoner was the only person who slept near to the prosecutor. There was another gentleman stopping at the hotel, but he slept at another part of the building. Re had gone off early this morning by the Eastern Counties Railway. The waiters, boys, and other servants, slept at the very top of the house, and would have had to travel a great distance to reach the prosecutor's room. The prisoner, when he was accused of the robbery de -1:11"1 it, declaring that he had lost 41. or 51. himself. The Prisoner was not searched, but on the dressing table a Purse was discovered, containing a half sovereign in gold, three shillings in silver, and some coppers. Both the Prisoner and the prosecutor were perfectly sober, and when they entered the prisoner's room, he was partly dressed. The prisoner, who still protested that he knew nothing whatever of the robbery, and who was known as a fr equented of the hotel, was fully committed for trial. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THISDAY.) UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN.— William Jennings, a travelling cutler, was placed before Mr. Bingham, Charged with uttering a counterfeit shilling. Mr. Grigg, stationer, 183, Regent-street, stated that 'boat nine o'clock last night the prisoner came into his 'hop in a great hurry and asked him to give him (pri- Ilona-) two sixpences for a shilling, at the same time throwing what appeared to be a good coin on the counter. Witness being put off his guard by the prisoner's appear ance gave him the change, but directly he took up the shilling he detected it was a counterfeit. lie told the prisoner it was a base coin, when he immediately ran out of the shop. Prosecutor pursued him, crying out "Stop thief," as far 43 Chapel-street, at the corner of Which he was stopped by a constable and taken into custody. Stringer, 193 C, said he was on duty in Chapel-street When he heard the cry of " Stop thief." On looking round he saw the prisoner running towards him, fol lowed by the prosecutor. Witness caught hold of him by the collar and took him into custody, and on search ing him he found in his hand two good sixpences and a good shilling. The prisoner was remanded until Thursday. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION. —(711IS DAY.) This morning an inquest was held before Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P., Coroner, at the City of York, Maiden -lane, Battlebridge, on the body of John Kendall, aged 20, who was killed by the falling of a girder and a portion of the works in course of erection at the above station, on Saturday last, on which occasion two other persons, named Green and Tyler, received such injuries that it was found necessary to remove them to Univer sity Hospital, one of whom (Green) has since died. Mr. C. W. Vallence, of Tokenbouse-yard, attended to watch the case on the part of Messrs. Jay, the can tractors. Several witnesses were examined, who witnessed the accident, and who all agreed that no blame attached to anybody; and at the conclusion The CORONE R said he do not think there appeared to be any blame attachable to anyone, and that every pre caution had been taken necessary in works of such mag nitude. It was suggested that a luff tackle should be used, and he had no doubt in future every precaution would be taken. After some further discussion, The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death, alai that no w a rns was attachable to anyone." SUDDEN DEATIL OF Ma. GEORG E DRUMMOND..— We have to announce the sudden demise of Mr. George Drummond, one of the partners in the eminent banking firm at Charing-cross. the melancholy event took place shortly after two o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The deceased gen tleman had attended Divine service and remained to par take of the sacrament; after which he returned to his resi dence, No. 4. Wilton-crescent, in company with his nephew, Mr. Edgar Drummond. On entering the drawing-room, he eat down in an arm-chair, and was about to partake of some luncheon, when he raised his hand s uddenl y to his head, and exclaiming, "Oh, my God!" sunk down in an unconscious state. Medical assistance was instantly sent for, but the un fortunate gentleman had ceased to exist before the arrival of the family surgeon; in fact, he survived the first symp toms only four minutes. It is understood to be the medical opinion that the deceased's death arose from an undue fat ness about the region of the heart. The deceased gentleman was in his 49th year, and was son of Mr. George Harley Drummond, of Stanmore. He married, in 1831, Marianne, dalighter of the late Mr. Berkeley Portman, by whom be likaTes two sons and two danghters. An inquest is to be holden on the deceased gentleman's remains this day. On New Year's-day the Lord Bishop of Salisbury odertainedat the palace about 100 aged persons resident within the borough of New Sarum with roast beef, mutton, pad -4114 • &a t grace Niue said by his Lordship before and after SIAM TBE SUN, AIVIERICAN NEIATS. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. By the Royal Mail Steam ship America, Ciptain Shannon, we have accounts from New York, by telegraph, to the 27th ult. The America left Boston on the 26th ult., fourteen hours after her usual time of departure, having been detained for the Canada mails, which, owing to a snow storm, did not reach Boston at the regular period. During the run she has encountered heavy and un favourable weather. The Royal Mail Steam-ship Asia, hence, was spoken some distance off Cape Clear at 2 P.M. yes terday. The Africa arrived out at New York on the 22d ult., after a very stormy run. The apprehensio❑ and examination at New York of a man of colour, named henry Long, who was alleged to be a fugitive slave, had caused consider able excitement, although there was no disposition to resist the execution of the law. At the time of the steamer's departure the case was undecided. A tremendous gale and snown-storm bad taken place in several parts of the Union. The New York papers of the 24th of December thus report the affair : The wind blew a perfect gale yesterday from the W.S.W. and W.N.W. Some of the vessels in the har bour dragged their anchors, and oilers were badly chafed, while the sea ran high and dashed over the Bat tery wilily and tumultuou-ly. The atmosphere became colder and colder as the sun went down, and at midnight it was freezing everything solidly and icely. On Sunday we had symptoms of this change in the weather. Snow and rain, interspersed or fringed with a ray or two of sunshine, were the particulars of that day, and those who were out after tea said it was " one of the nights." The barometer yesterday morning in dicated a blow, and the wild snow showers, or white squalls which passed over the city, caused many to think of the poor sailors arriving on the coast, and to feel more benevolently and charitably towards the poor who would pass a cheerless night, with no roast beef or plum pudding in preparation for their Christmra dinners. This sudden change in the weather has been expe rienced over a vast extent of territory. Our telegraphic dispatchee, received yesterday, state that it was very severe throughout the northern and western psrt.of this state, where a great deal of snow fell. The wind, yesterday morning in this locality, at sun rise, was from the southwest, with a moderate bret ze, which afterwards increased to a gale, and about one P.N. shifted to the north-west, and blew a hurricane for a short time. From the effects of the wind the tide fell very low—so much so that the Hamilton Avenue and South Ferry boats were aground in the slips, and the crossing, for an hour or two, was interrupted, causing great annoyance to persona doing business in this city and residing on the other side of the river to avoid enormous taxes. The Staten Islands boat did not make the two or six o'clock trips, leaving many of the residents of Richmond county to lodge away from home. The thermometer was 26 deg. at nine o'clock last night. The ship Niagara, Captain Smith, from Liverpool, lying at anchor at the S.W. Spit, has cut or carried away her fore and mainmasts, and hi r mizentopmast is also gone. With the exception of some trifling damage to the steam tug Cinderella, and the sloop Talma, being ashore on the sea wall of the Battery, we do not learn of any serious damage resulting from the gale. The ship Reciprocity came up from below yesterday morning, and anchored in the North river. A barque also came up and anchored off Governor's Island. It was reported in the afternoon that the Ohio, from Havannah, had gone ashore, and to pieces, on the Jersey coast. The report created a great excitement. We are happy to state that it is incorrect. There was considerable damage done in Brooklyn. A coal-barge at the foot of Fulton-street was stove in pieces by the combined effects of the wind and waves, and about 160 tons of coal which were on board sank to the bottom. The barge was from Philadelphia,: commanded by Captain Donnelly, numbered 1, and was valued, with the coal, which belonged to George Baker, Esq., at about 4,000 dollars. A barge and scow lying at the foot of Atlantic-street, about half filled with coal, were also sunk. Loss about 3,000 dollars; no insurance. The roof of a building belonging to the Atlantic Dock Company was blown off, and considerable damage done to the other portions of the tenement. A house on Fulton Avenue, in process of erection, was partially blown down. Eight unfinished frame build ings situated at the corner of Mill-street and Smith street, were re zed to the ground early yesterday morn ing. There ha., undoubtedly, been a large amount of damage to the unfinished buildings in various parts of the city, but which, however, had not transpired last night, the above being all that we have heard of. . . Last evening the Brooklyn ferry-boats were stopped for two hours on account of the extreme lowness of the tide, caused by the strong westerly wind. One of the boats of the South Ferry, and another of the Hamilton Avenue, were stuck in their slips, and would not move, while the passengers in the boats still free were detained on the river for a great length of time, the boats moving backwards and forwards, without being able to land them. At length they had to climb up the piles at the end of the piers, to the danger of their lives. Great excitement prevailed. About two o'clock, r.m., a sloop, the Good Return, of Greenport, was discovered in the gale, tossing upon the waves in the North River, without a single person on board. Several men put off in a small boat, and brought her to the foot•of Courtlandt-street, where she was made fast, and taken in charge by the wrecker of the port, Coroner Geer—who will detain her until such time a 3 the owners can be found. Up to last evening no tidings could be heard of the crew of the above vessel, and it is feared they have perished in the storm of Sunday night. We were inform , d last evening, through a relisb'e source, that about three o'clock in the afternoon r row of brick buildings (four in number), erecting in Madi son Avenue, were blown down by the heavy gale, causing a great destruction, but fortunately injuring no person. A massive piece of timber was blown from the roof of a new building in Ninth Avenue, which severely in jured Mr. Philip Horner, who was passing at the time. He was conveyed home, unable to speak, and appa rently irrecoverable. It is said that the bank of the Hudson River road was washed away by the rise of the river caused by the wind. The trains were stopped and had to return. Several steam •boat explosions bad taken place. Tht following telegraphic dispatches contain particulars of the accidents : "New Orleans, Dec. 20, 1850. " Last night the steamer South America took fire, near Bayou Sara, and in less than 20 minutes was totally destroyed. She had on board 200 persons, including 100 United States soldiers, seven of whom perished; they were going to Texas. It isbelieved that between 30 and 40 passengers lost their lives, many of whom, to avoid being burned, jumped overboard, and were drowned. All the baggage belonging to the passengers was destroyed. This is the third distressing seam-bost accident that has occurred in this vicinity within a week. " MANY PERSONS KILLED, AND SEVERAL SEVERELY SCALDED. very abundant. On call money is pressing on the mar ket at 5 to 6 per cent. on go d t3toelts 3 and less on Go vernment securities. The mock market is very firm, with an upward tendency in the rat. s. The Exchange matltc, is quiet but firm. Sterling is 10 to 101; francs, 5 15 to 5 12/. All continental bills are very firm. There has been no variation in quotations for foteign exchange since the depa tore ;I the Arctic. Drawers a-e firm, but the demand has not been very active yet for the steamer leaving Poston on Wednesday. We quote on London 10 t )101 per corr. premium; on Paris, sf. 111-c. to sf. 10c.; Amsterdam, 411 to 411; Ham burgh, 364 to 37; Bremen, 791 to 80. The exports t f specie from this port for the wee k ending the 21st inst. amounted to 355,104 dolls., nearly two-thirds of which were silver. Total export for 1850, 9,221,191 dolls. Cotton—The total removal of a'l apprehensions of a general war on the continent of Europe has had a very Loznefickl elect upon this staple, s dill being made of 2,502 bales from 4 to 4 cent advance, the bulk of the transectilns being at the latter figure. Holders appear indisposed to put our light stock freely on sale, even at present rate., anticipating still more encouraging ad vices by the Baltic steamer. Fair Uplands, which sold last week at 131 cents, are worth 131 cents to-day. On Tuesday, 3,500 bales were sold at an advance of I cent to it c nt, the larger advance being on Florida and Gulf cottons. Foreign Dry Goods—We have now arrived at ill.. dullest period of the season for dry goods, yet a limited business is doing to meet the cloOing wants of Cali fora is and the South. Prices show much steadiness, and expectations are strong that for all articles of which the stock is not heavy higher prices will rule at the opening of the new year's trade. The prospect is that, with the present limit d production of goods and high prices of cotton, the spring demand will sustain and raise prices. Breadstuffs—The market for western and sour flour has been very dull since the receipt of the English ad vices, and prices rule in favour of buyers. Canadian is very quiet, and prices are steady at 4 dolls. 81c. to 4 dolls. 87itc. Rye flour is scarce. Corn meal dull. Wheat meets a fair demand, but buyers and sellers are apart in their views. Common Genessee sells at 115 c. to 116 e. A large sale of Canadian was made at 108 c. for good in bond. Corn is firm, with a fair demand. New Northern brought 64c. to 641 c.; new Southern and Jersey, 65c.; old and new mixed, 66c.; and old Wes tern and Northern yellow, 68 c. to 69c. per bushel. Provisions—Our market fur old pork is less firm and unsettled. New is firm and in demand at 14 dolls. Lard is firm, but dull. Cheese is very dull and heavy. Tobacco—The market is quiet for domestic. Most of the seed leaf is out of market, and held for higher prices. We note a sale of 200 bales of Segue on pri vate terms, 70 bales of St. Domingo at 13c. to 17ic., and 75 cases of Florida at 20z. to 25c. _ _ . Freights—There is not much doing, but shipowners are firm. To Liverpool the rates are-18d. for flour, 4id. for grain, 3-16 d. for cotton, II ith engagements ; 17s. 6d. for bacon. with engagements of 290 tierces. To Havre, cotton is SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Africa steamer, from Liverpool, the Hudson, from Glasgow, the Snea, from Marseilles, the Washing ton, from Malaga, the Peterel, from Barcelona, the Fre derick, from Bremen, the Martha Allen and the Z.D. Gorham, from Smyrna, the Niagara, from Liverpool, and the Irvine, from Sligo, have arrived at New York ; the Maria, from Stockholm, has arrived at Alexandria, Virginia ; the Revere and the Statesman, from Liver pool, have arrived at Boston ; the Invincible, from Li verpool, has arrived at City Point, Virginia ; the Ac taeon, from Liverpool, has arrived at New Orleans ; the Raphael Arovo, from Bremen, has arrived at Phila delphia ; the Argyle, from Glasgow, the Oregon, from Stockholm, and the Baring Brothers, from Newport, have arrived at Savannah. THE PROPOSED NEW ELECTRIC TE LEGRAPH COMPANY. The Submarine Electric Telegraph Company, for establihing that system of communication between Eng land and France, propose to incorporate themselves by Act of Parliament. The capital is to consist of shares of 11. each. The number of shares to be issued is 200,000; 108. per share to be the greatest amount of any one call, with power to borrow to the extent of one-third of the capital. Powers are proposed to be conferred to exercise solely and exclusively the right and privilege of laying down and using a system of electric printing and other telegraphs from the coast of England to France. The compaey propose to be empowered to enter into agreements with foreign Governments. At the expira tion of ten 3 ears Government may revise the regulations of the company as shal be deemed necessary for the pro tection and convenience of the public. The measure proposing to establish a submarine electric telegraph be tween Great Britain and Ireland contemplates the same amount of capital for the purposes, and contains almost similar provisions. The European and American Elec tric Printing Telegraph Company is for the incorporating a company for the working of certain letters-patent granted to J. Brett for exclusive use in Great Britain and its colonies for fuurteen years. The capi tal is to consist of shat 03 of 5/. each, in 40,000 shares, 11. per share to be the greatest amount of any one call, with power to borrow ote-third of the capital. The Magneto-Electric Telegraph Company seeks to be in corporated to work certain letters patent granted in 1848 to W. T. Henley and D. G. Foster. The capital is to consist of shares of 20/. each, in 25,000 shares, 31. per share to Le the greatest amount of any cue call, with power to borrow to the extent of ono-third of the capital, land b ken not to exceed 100 acres, the company not to take any assignment or license of pat( nt until 50,000/. in shares of the company are subset d for. The existing Electric Telegraph Company apply for a monetary amendment of their Act of 1846. The Bill allegPs that 600,0001. has been subscribed for, and a sum of 300 000/ paid on the 6.000 shares; it is expedient that the 6,000 shares of 100/. each should be called in and cancelled, and that it setid of t ach such share two shares of 251, each should be created, and that the money paid on any such cancelled share shall be considered as having been paid on such two newly•create d shares, and be divided between the same in equal proportions. The borrowing power being 200,000/, powers are sought to regulate these powers by the amount of the capital to the extent of one-third for the time being, and with one half actu ally paid up. " Pittsburgh, Dec. 21. " This afternoon the steamer Fashion, No. 2, collapsed a flue, a short distance above Pittsburgh, on the Monon gahela river, and so severely scalded many of the pas sengers and crew, that some of them instantly died. The list of killed embraces the names of Joseph Carrot and A. Little, p a ssengers; Isaac Peebles, ass i stan t eng in ee r, son of the captain; and James Louderback, fireman. The scalded are—W. Gaskill, first engineer; A. Pee bles' assistant engineer , son of the captain; Jesse Gilli land, passenger; John Pettigrew, deck band; Findley Gould, deck hand; and one cabin passenger. The boat is almost a total wreck. The forward part of the cabin was blown overboard, stud it is supposed that several persons were carried along with it; but as yet no bodies have been found in the river. The scalded persons were conveyed to the city to receive medical treatment," The Forrest divorce case continued to occupy much attention at New Ymk. Our political advises are unimportant. Difficulties existed between the American Cabinet and the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, the latter having advised the United States Government not to interfere in Hungarian affairs, and the Secretary of State having justified the policy of the Executive. Accounts from Toronto to the 21st ult. state that the Inspector- General had proposed measures of retaliation, in order to force reciprocity in the American Congress. Weather at Montreal 16 deg. below zero. Rio de Janeiro accounts of the 16th of November quote coffee advancing, owing to limited supply. Crops yielded less than expected. Exchange high. Porto Rico accounts of the 12th ult. report rain abundant, and prospects of crops flattering. Sugar, 3 to 4 dolls. nominal. Coffee, nothing doing. Reports of an invasion by Lopez from Hayti had been current. Troops had been sent to the supposed scenes of danger. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.) HALIFAX, DEC. 27, 1850. Communication from Baltimore, this afternoon's date, states positively that Jenny Lind and party left Wellington for Charleston by steamer on Sunday last; that the vessel has not reached Charleston, and is reported lost. Certain it is the steamer must have encountered the severe gale; but there is nothing authentic or reliable, beyond the fact of Jenny Lind being a passenger, and that the vessel is out of time. One communication from Baltimore, announcing the rumoured loss, says there is nothing whatever to con firm it ; that the telegraph wires south (by which alone it could come) are out of order, doubtless de ranged by the gale. The cotton market to-day is firm, but the brokers do not alter quotations. The flour and grain markets dull, in consequence of the firmness of brokers; no quotable change since steamer left. Stock market very buoyant. No sale of Govern ment stocks to-day, but large business in railway and other shares ; upwards of 2,000 Reading shares bought. NEW YORK, DEC. 27, NINE, P.m. A later dispatch from the south says Jenny Lind and suite arrived safe at Charleston. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MONEY MARKET. NEW YORK, DEc. 24. In money there 18 AO change, and the Oupply ontinuee LON DON, TVESD A Y EVN ING, JANUARY 7, 1851. some more authentic tales of spectredom from this ac :omplished narrator. The theme of " Conversations with a Late Author" is Lord Bacon's Essays, which ire viewed by the erudite and friendly dialogists in a different light, the illustrious writer being, accord ing to the one— . As unprincipled and heartless, and only a less san uinNry and less daring politician than the Cecils and Walsinghams of his youth. Their infernal subtly tv and inscrupulousness, qualities of a!I the advisers of Eliza beth—the crowned instigator and instrument of the a-hool —pervades all he write'. Surveying, nay, pene rating, the inv,,lutions of character, from a height like that of Milton's Satan, or of his Archangel Michael, he is without the malignant pride of the one, or the dutiful oenevolence of the other, and has actually less of man in iim than ither. Sitting in the awful solitude of him ,elf, there is no humanity in him but of the intelligence —thp int . elliccnee of an ungenerous philosophy and piti less heathenism 1" whilst in him, according to the other, " A marvetlous experif nee, a boundless erudition, aid to almost divine comprehensiveness of vision, happily oorabine with a magic power, more wonderful than all, of enriching all he touches, to make him the nonpareil of hutLaa thinkers. lie stands alone in his view of life, iust as be stands on the eminence of a genius that is alone in human things. Shakspere knew men and things as they are—Montaigne as they were in himself; Bacon alone rose to the science or them, as they were in both! • • It is not his powers or acquisitions that astound us, but the use of them. All is intellectual alchemy, and of the boundless stores, not to say rub bish, of classic, dogmatical, snd physical literature he has at cjnmand, you are never reminded, except by the priceless drops of wisdom and experience they furnish when distilled through the magic alembic of his science. * • lie can make all saws tell new truths, and homely words express rare thoughts. The monarch of language, he has but to use to aggrandise. * * There was more than a practical statesman, even a Richelieu, lost to England in Bacon. If the pedantic fool, canonized as the second Solomon, bad known how to seek or to appreciate Bacon, as Henry IV. did Sully, Charles I. would never have had to expiate parental folly on the scaffold, and England, spared a civil war, would have anticipated in peace almost centuries of con stitutional freedom!" A couple of extracts more, and then we . turn from this suggestive paper : " If there were no statutes of taste in force, no ;Mayne Chutes of established fames, so that men might judge ot authors, as in England Li ey affect to do ot faiths, on their own free poisings and likings, Homer would have to owe again his preservation to oriental shepherds, Virgil and Milton theirs to university professors, Shak spere and Bacon would have no reader under thirty, and Scott and Byron none over." e' The hate of circumstances, and the alienation of the world, is a sort of sombre atmosphere that concentrates the divided affections, the scattered electricity of a man's nature, and makes it more intense as the storm around is darker. The weakness is one of all time and of all de grees of moral and intellectual worth. It is as much a rule for cashiered officers and bankrupt merchants to make honest women of their mistresses, as for desolate gourmands to marry their cooks." The concluding article, on the " Life and Correspond ence of Southey," reviews the " Madoc," and that fine poem, " Roderick," of which Byron was a passionate admirer. Many a year as it is since we have perused " Madoc," how freshly are now recalled the vigorous description of the combat at the stone of sacrifice, and the following graphic touch in which the poet describes the clearing of the elements : " Three dreadful nights and days we drove along, The fourth the welcome rain came rattling down , The wind had fallen, and through the broken Cloud, Appeared the bright, dilating blue of heaven." The number winds up with a highly vigorous and able, but dreadfully Toryish political article. A merciless mitraille is poured into sundry eminent personages, tut the grand attack is directed against the present Viceroy of Ireland. It would be a most damaging were it not altogether an ex parte state ment of charges against that distinguished nobleman. As to the views and predilections attributed by this highly talented but very prejudiced writer to Lord Clarendon, we shall only say that we feel convinced of a complete refutation of such allegations being given by that high-minded and experienced functionary when they are brought against him, as no doubt they will be, in the Senate. Little do we doubt but that the last of the Lord-Lieutenants of Ireland (for that tarnished mockery, the Court of " the Cawatle," is on the eve of extinction), will there promptly vindicate his political integrity, and scatter to the winds the calumnies of his assailants. BENTLEY, Bentley begins the new year admirably; his en graved portrait of Dr. Layard, from the original picture by Phillips, is one of the most beautiful specimens of the engraver's art that we have seen for a long time, and the article which it illustrates, enti tled "Dr. Layard and Nineveh" (which will be found in another column) is one of the most interest ing that was ever penned. The Miscellany opens with a pleasant gossip on " New Year's-day," its cordialities, its gifts, and its ceremonies, in the course of which the writer takes occasion to ex press his regret that " the cordialities of the season have been gradually falling into disuse year after year in the memory of the living generation ;" adding that "if you wish to see sues customs in full operation you must go to Paris, where New Year's-day is still the day of bon bons." Mr. Fairholt commences a series, entitled " The Curiosities of Eccentric Biography," with an account of Lithgow, the old Scottish traveller, who, in 1614 and 1640, published an account of his travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, which is only exceeded in quaintness by the writings of the renowned Thomas Coryaf, of whose career and eccentricities e hope Mr. Fairholt will give us a sketch in an early number. As a pendant to the biography of Lithgow we have a sketch of the life of John Metcalf, known as "Blind Jack of Knaresborough," who, although he lost his sight at four years of age, yet made a fortune as a civil engineer. The Manchester road from Blackmoor to Standish-foot is of his construction, as is the celebrated bridge at Boroughbriige, Yorkshire. Mr. Drum tnond Wolff continues his amusing " Sketches of Life in Madrid," and Mr. Robert Bell his " Ladder of Gold." " A Visit to a very Great Man," by Horace Mayhew, is a most amusing visit, most amusingly told. Who the great man was we will not betray to our readers, although we may venture to state that on the proudest occasion of his life the great Emperor Napoleon himself pulled his ear, and called Ihim :coquin. Bentley has always been rich in tours and travels, and in the foremost rank of these we must place " A Tour through the Riesen- Gehirge," which appears in the present number. The Riesen Gebirge is the chain of mountains running between Silesia and Bohemia, and separating the Prussian from the Austrian territories. The author's descrip tion of the labyrinth of reeks at Adersbach and Weckelsdorf is most interesting; according to Prince Pucklar Muscau, it is worth coming 500 German miles to see these alone, but our English reader can see scenery of a similar character, and of a nature quite as romantic, by visiting the Cheddar Cliffs in Somersetshire, or the Valley of Rocks at Linton in Devonshire. Our author was at Breslau when the news arrived of llaynau's flogging by Barclay and Perkins's draymen, and thus describes the effect produced by it in that town : " The ' lynching' inflicted on him in London seems to have given exquisite pleasure to all ( f the middle class, officials included, to judge from the expressions of the numbers whom I have spoken with on the subject ; but the aristocracy and military, on the other band, as invariably denounce it in the most unsparing terms, as a scandalous breach of the laws of hospitality, and a piece of unpa ralleled savagery. The privileged classes having no hopes of being maintained in what they consider their rights, or even of permanent safety for their persons and pro perty, but in the army, are naturally jealous of anything which tends to destroy its prestige, and resent, almost as a personal injury to themselves, any insult to one who wielded that force with such tremendous energy and effect in the recent most difficult times." We have, in addition to these, several other articles of interest, and divers reviews of new publications. COLLECTED EDITION OF THE WORKS OF DO UGLAS JERRO LD Part I. This the first part of the collected edition of the works of Douglas Jerrold contains sixty-four clearly printed pages of the " History of St. Giles and St. James," and is published at the low price of 7d. This will, we hope, ensure it an extensive circulation, fur there is no writer of the present day the study of whose works is so likely to do good to all classes of the community as Douglas Jerrold. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—We learn that among the changes that have recently taken place in the management of this railway, the directors have appointed Mr. Badham, their able secretary, to the office of general superintendent of traffic. Mr. Badham has been secretary to the line since its formation; he has faithfully discharged the various duties, incidental to that responsible trust to the entire satisfaction of the directors. His great knowledge of traffic, and his being conversant with the working of every department, has induced the directors to secure his services as general superintendent of traffic, as well as well as secre tary to the line. This, in our opinion, is a roost judicious step on the part of the directors, as it will lead to good ma nagement and economy. Censorious as the world is, it oftener does favour to false merit than injustice to true.— Eliza Cook's Journal. lIILARY TERllL—Yesterday the lists of the a rrears ' in the common law courts for the ensuing ll ilar y Term, com mencing on Saturday next, were exhibited. In the Court of Queen's Bench there are 50 special cases and demurrers for argument. There are none for judgment. In the new trial paper there are three for judgment, and In 30 tore arguCommon ment ; making, exclusive of Crown case s, 92. Pleas the arrears only number 26, consisting of four demur rers, four enlarged rules in ,the remanet paper, and 15 rules for new trials, with two matters standing for the judgment of the Court ; whilst in the Court of Exchequer the number is 61, of which six rules a re in the peremptory paper. There are 18 matte; s. including n ew trials, special cases, and de murrers, standing for judgment. There are four demurrers for argument, and eight special cases and 25 rules in the new trial paper. The arrears of three courts only number 179, showing a marked diminution in the lists, compared with Hilary Term last year, partly arising from the operation of tho Gouty Gvart4' act. CALIFORNIA AND THE CURRENCY. [Exuact from No. 94 of the Quarterly Review, on c,e Rights of Industry and the Banking System.] " Mr. Jacob's summary is as follows: "' We have estimated the stock of the coin in exist erce (in Europe, including Russia in Asia and America), at the end of the year 1809, to have been 380,000,0001. ; and the additions made to it between that period and the end of 1829, at the rate of 5,186,8001. mutually, would make 103,736 , 0001. " From the 380,000,0001. of coin left in 180, we deduct for loss by abraiion, at the rate of one part in 420 in each year, which in the twenty years would amount to 18,005,2201., thus leaving in 1829 ... £361,904,780 to which may be added the supply from the mines ... 103,736,000 thus showing ... from which deduct that converted into utensils and ornaments ... £5,612,611 and that transferred to Asia ... .. . .. . .. . £ 165,640,780 „.. 2,000,000 £7,612,611 annually, or in the twenty years ... ... . . £152,252,220 This would show the estimated amount at the oud of 1829 to b© .• or less than at the end of 1809 by ... £313,388,560 ... 66 611,440 being a diminution of one-sixth part of the coin of Europe and America in the twenty years.' Simultaneously with this direct decrease of the metallic money of the commercial world, the quantity of paper money circulating in many states of Europe and America has been much lessened. Mr. Jacob, how ever, is inclined to consider the diminution in the me tallic value of this substitute for coin to have been bat trifling. In this, we think, we see many reasons for dif fering from him; but as we are anxious to avail ourselves of his authority, we will not dispute the point, but take his own calculation of the general stock of paper money in circulation at both periods, as equivalent to 120,000,0001., from which, deducting one-third as the average reserve of gold, there will remain 80,000,0004 to be added to the stocks of coin of the respective pe riods. 'We should thus have had a circulating medium. in 1810, of 460,000,0001., and, in 1830, of 400,000,0004, being a decrease of thirteen per cent.' And this, we are convinced, is a statement of the decrease considerably below the truth. •' Having thus ascertained the direct falling off in the supply of money, we come now to the consideration of the increase is the demand for it, which will have been proportioned to the increase that has taken place in the general stock of commodities, to effect whose inter change money is required. If this should be thought t ) have only kept pace with what we know to have been the increase in the population of Europe and America, it will have amounted to thirty-two per cent. in the twenty years, which, added to thirteen per cent. dimi nished in the mass of money, would cause a natural and necessary fall of prices to the extent of forty-five per cent. This rate of decline would, it is true, be liable to counteraction from any circumstance which may have fa cilitated the circulation of money. But besides that we see no reason for supposing the circulation of money at present to be much more rapid, if at all so, than it was in 1810; whatever allowance we might be led to make on this ground would be Jar more than counterbalanced by the lacreased production which has unquestionably taken place beyond the proportion of the contem poraneous increase of the population, in this and other states, by means both of the multiplied improve ments which have been effected in the arts of pro duction, and the diminished number of hands which, since the peace, have been withdrawn from in dustrious occupation to recruit the national armies and navies. Through these combined causes, it can scarcely be diquted that production has not only not confined itself to the same rate of increase as population, but greatly outstripped it ; so that the allowance of thirty two per cent. is by much too low, and the total fall in prices, which must, of nece►sity, have been occasioned by the falling off in the supply of money, as compared to the demand, since 1810, will appear to be above fitly, rather than forty-five, per cent. " This, let us recollect, is and priori conclusion, founded solely on an examination of facts relating to the comparative supply of money and of commodities, and wholly independent of all reference to prices, as they they have actually shown themselves. Now, let us inquire, a posterior:, whether this view is confirmed by the prices current of the period, which will, in fact, be to put our argument to the test of the experimenturn cruets. We need not, however, reintroduce here the statements drawn from various sources et unquestion able authority, by which we formerly showed the ge neral decline of the money-prices of commodoties, during the twenty years ending with 1830, to have been altogether, at a very moderate estimate, fifty per cent. Since the date of the article we refer to the de pression has continued to increase, nor is there the re motest ground for supposing that it has yet reached its limit. " Here, then, is a connexion between cause and ef fect, amounting, in force of evidence, to mathematical demonstration. On the one hand we see a tepid falling off in the amount of the money of the civilized world, while the dem;lnd for it is as rapidly itcreasing; on the other, we perceive that wh i ch reason tells us mu►t be the ne cessary consequence of this circumstance—a continuous advance in the value of money as compared with goods, in other words, a continuous tall of prices. It remains for us to trace the elf' et of this advance on the interests of society, and particularly of rs two leading divisions — the productive and the unproductive classes." In the above calculations the annual consumption of gold and silver is estimated only at 5,600,0001., which was the amount estimated by Adam Smith even in hi - time. The Quarterly Review justly observer, "that no one can doubt, however, that there has been an immense in crease in the quantity of both gold and silver annually con sumed fur purposes of ornament and luxury." " Mr. Huskissou stated in his speech on 18th March, 1830, that the quantity of wrought silver plate annually atsmptd in England had increased more than twentyfold between 1804 and 1828." From the above it will be seen that in all probability the annual consumption of gold and silver at the present time would more justly be taken at 10 millions sterling than 6 millions, the amount even in Adam Smith's time, and the real deficiency in the supply and stock of the precious metals in 1830, as compared with 1810, was much beyond Mr. Jacob's estimate, and should rather be taken at 100 millions than 66 millions. And from 1830 to the present time there can be no doubt that there has been a further deficiency in the supply as compared with the demand to a like extent, so that in 1850 the supply of the precious metals would be actually lose, as compared with 1810, by an amount little it' at all less than 200 millions. Thus it will be seen that even if California should continue to produce as at present, it has a long lee way w bring up before it can raise the amount of the pre cious metal , to the actual quantity that we had in 1610, without taking into account tie much larger quantity really r4quir, el, in consequence of the growth of popula tion and commodities, and to say nothing of correcting the elllcts of the Bill of 1819. The striking facts adduced by the Quarterly Review show the utter want of information of the wary writers on this subject. In Nos. 85 and 94 of the Quarterly Review will be found very complete statements on these interesting subjects. EXPERIMENTS WITH FIRE-ARMS.—The Lords t) the Treasury have caused Sir C. Trevelyan, one of their secretaries, to communicate to the proper authorities of the revenue their Lordships' direction for the delivery, duty free, of two muskets of foreign manufacture which have arrived from Antwerp, consigned to Mr. Lovell, the inspector of small arms, for the service of the Ordnance Department; the same being intended to be used in the experiments with small arms at present taking place. MARGATE —THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. — It will be in the recollection of many of our readers that a very remarkable correspondence took place in May last between the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Mr. Waddington, surgeon, of Margate, relative to the capture of a whale by some poor fishermen on the Long Sand. A few days since the " Iron Duke" remitted, through the registrar of the Cinque Ports the sum of 201. 2s. 6d. (the net proceeds received by his Grace), with directions " That the amount be divided equally among the old widows of sea-faring men on the late Mrs. Sarah Kidman's bounty hst." On Wed nesday, the Ist of January, Messrs. Waddington, Brooke, Kidman, and Rowe, four of the trustees of the benevolent deceased, met at the London Hotel, and distributed to each of thirty-three poor widows 12s. 2d. from his Grace the Duke of Wellington, in addition to '2l. 7s. 10d. from the bounty fund, altogether 81. each—a most kind and accept able " New Year's gift."—Canterbury Journal. ItOBBERY OF SIXTY POUNDS IN THE STREET.— Last Saturday evening, as early as six o'clock, James Hil ton, in the employ of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire Railway Company, at the Sheffield station, was robbed in the street of a serious sum of money, the property of the railway company. A part of his duty was to pay wages. On Saturday last he had the above sum in gold in his possession for that purpose. A number of the men 711 . 01 Eln_ he had to ay are engaged at the engine-shad, Bridge_!hlcuLSsituated up the line nearly half a mile from the pro where houses station. Hilton lives at the b h o is tt t o e m a, ente _ and not where he keeps a shop. He went to ro -frsseoqma eld. W lane Harves- ceed thence to the engine-shed. His way t Y r u d he n was a long, dark, and narrow lane and a u c n r proceeding along the lane, which is held hind, in a powerful ras i o n f t el:Singe stt lighted, he was seized from behind P . g p, and robbed of a leath ern purse coon g b um etwe 60/. and h wa s c overed to preventen his crying 701. in gold. His mouth out. The robbery , he states, was effected by three or four of the transaction and the men, but from the rapid _ posi tion in which he was held be could not obtain such a sight of them as to to ena bl e him to describe th em . Th ey got orcv before he c clear cff with the mcould raise found utcry, and no traces of them whatever have yet been un— fluffield Times. ANOTHER D ESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION AT BER moNps,v.--This ni . orhitig about a quarter-past one o'clock the Immediate neighbourhood of the Grange-road, 13er mondsg, was again thrown into a state of the greatest cm.- fusionin consequence of the sudden outbreak of another de structive tire, which, before it was extinguished, consumed a vast amount of valuable property. The disaster commenced in a spacious two-story building, from CO to 80 feet long, oc cupied conjointly by Mr. Warren, a parchment-manufacturer, and Mr. Thacker, a cooper, situate in Little George-street South, Grange-road, Bermondsey, within a short distance of the scene of the other devastating fires that have so fre quently alarmed the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The greater portion of the manufactory in which the misfortune originated was partially, if not entirely destroyed, and the furniture belonging to several of the surrounding neighbours broken or seriously damaged by hasty removal and water. It is understood that the property destroyed was insured. BUENOS ATRES,--LITI.REOOL, 3/ONDAY.--By the Sappho, we have advices from Buenos Ayres to the sth of November. Exchange on England 765. per oz., or doubloon. Freights for salted bides, 35 5. ; dry, 60s. Bales, 355, p I er ton of 40 cubic feet. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, JAN. 6.—The whole of the Royal Artil lery in the garrison here assembled in heavy marching order at halt-past nine to-day on the guard mounting parade ground, and at ten Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.il., Commandant, arrived on the parade, accompanied by Brigade-Major Bingham and Captain Ty lden, D e puty-Assistant-Quartermaster- General of Artillery, and proceeded to inspect the field bat' eries in the gun-park, under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel Andarson. After the -inspection of the field batteries they marched to the south-west gate and across the Common to the Shooter's-hill-road. Sir Themes Downman then rode up and inspected the Royal horse Artillery, assembled near the south-west park guardhouse, under the command cf Lieutenant-Colonel Bell. At the conclusion of the inspection the troops moved out at the south-west g+te, pracaeding along the road separating the barrack field from the common, turning up past the barrack tavern, and past the Royal Military Academy, to the Shooter's hill-road, for a short circuit in.° the country. The Gallant Commandant then returned to the front of the barracks and witnessed the guard mount ing. After the guard had mounted, the whole of the companies, on the words of command being given by Colonel Cruttenden, marched past at slow and quick time, and were then dismissed to barracks. The day was remarkably fine, and the sun shone in all its brilliancy in a clear a.mosphere and unclouded sky, and the wea ther was as mild mid genial as on a very slight frosty morning in the early part of the month of May instead cf on the 6th of January. The assembling of so many troops, and the marching of the Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries into the country, headed by their excellent brass band, presented a very animated spec tacle to the numerous spectators on the common during the morning. The parading of the whole of the troops and men of the Royal Artillery in the garrison will take place every Monday morning when the weather is favourable, and the introduction cf this arrangement by the Commandant, who is so ably assisted by the Bri gade-Major in rendering, the cor k s in a most efficient state, has been attended with excellent results and created a spirit of emulation among the men to appear clean and soldier-like and smart in the performance of their duties on these occasions. Twenty-seven young men, recruits, joined head-quarter! yesterday from Gloucester. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE tXPLODIR GI OF A Gust.—On Thursday, the 2d instant, an inquest was held at the Black Bull Inn, Wooler, before Thothas Adams Russell, Esq., coroner for Northumberland, on the body of Thomas James Orde, aged 17, sou of Major John Bertram Orde, of Weetwood-hall, near Wooler. The deceased had, a few days previously, returned from York, where he was at school, and brought a schoolfellow, the same age as himself, to spend the vacation with his parents. On New-Year's day they went out to shoot wild ducks on the river Till, which was close by Major Orde's residence. The deceased, wishing to cross the stream, and seeing h piece of dry ground in its bed, leaped on to it, leaving his companion on the opposite bank. He then desired his companion to reach him his gun, which he endeavoured to do, handing the butt- end first, but being unable to sustain the weight of the gun in this position he reversed it, resting the barrel upon a chain which crossed the stream, amongst some brushwood, through which the deceased endeavoured to draw the gun, taking hold of the muzzle, when a twig having caught the hammer of the gun caused it to explode, dreadfully shattering his right hand and lodging the contents in his right side, just below his breast. He called out " I am shot," staggered a few paces, and fell with his face into the water. His companion raised and held him up until assistance arrived. A surgeon was sent for, but before his arrival the unfortunate youth bad expired. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." Tat IMPERIAL BANK OF El , OLAND. —His Honour the Master in Chancery Farrer has just delivered a written decision on the third list of contributories in this company, who, on shares being allotted them, paid is. per share and took up the scrip. The case taken, and which was intended to govern the rest, was that of Mr. George Aspinall, of James-street, Liverpool, druggist, holder of 15 shares. His Honour, in reviewing the evidence, states that he cannot find any facts to affect Mr. Aspinall except the prospectus in the original company, the application for shares, the letter of allotment of 15 shares, and the payment of Is. per share. Notice of the first call was sent to Mr. Aspinall but he paid no attention to it, and no notices of other calls, or of any other proceedings were subsequently sent to him. lie therefore proposed to exclude Mr. Aspinall from the list of conti ibutories. This decision will have the effect of striking off the list all those shareholders in the position of Mr. Aspinall, though it is intended to pursue other cases on the ground of there being stronger evidence against the parties, from the circumstance of their having sold their shares and done other acts which, it is alleged, identify them more closely with the company. %V OLVERHAMPTON.—The framework of the dome is fixed on the new Exchange, and the elden wheatsheaf placed in its position at the summit. The whole of the TrOrkii a tut progremin toyAgh3 ouplttlinl. LITERATURE. DHE CHILDREN'S OWN SU.VDAY BOOK By Julia Corner. Longnians. Miss Corner has long been deservedly, popular a' the children's friend. It has been her especial pro vince to render learning not only an easy labour but a pleasant pastime. Her graceful pen has invested the dry facts and figures of history with the charu and fascination of romance. Any one who is familial with her elaborate but most comprehensive catechism on the history of Europe will at once most emphati cally corroborate our assertion. In that invaluable volume the histories of the various kingdoms of Eu rope are severally and collectively set forth in a man ner sufficiently condensed to be easily remembered, and sufficiently explicit to afford an opportunity for the introduction of numerous incidental anecdotes, whereby an additional interest is imparted to the nar rative, and its main facts are pleasantly interwoven with one another. Few story b inks are more de lightful than the school books of Miss Corner. Ths young generation are now indekted to her industr3 for another and an equally valuable boon. " The Children's Own Sunday Baok," is calculated most admirably to supply a want much felt in the nursery and school-room on a Sunday. Fearful of falling into either extreme, the wise teacher sometimes hesi tates to award " admonitioa due," lest religion become a toil instead of a pleasure, and, on the other hand, fears to Pose the golden oppor tunity of speaking a word in season. The middle path between either extreme has been happily seized upon by Miss Corner. " The Children's Own Sunday Book" relates some Bible story, or impresses some good lesson, in such simple terms, and with such loving tones, as irresistibly to fascinate the at tention and touch the hearts of its little readers—and not of little readers only ; wise heads may with pro fit as well as pleasure bend over these simple pages. Here they will perhaps learn many facts with which they have been hitherto unacquainted ; and here, too, they will meet with many a well-known truth, en forced with new and most impressive eloquence. Miss Corner tells us that her objects in writing have been threefold—" to instruct, to improve, and to amuse"— in all of which objects, to judge from the evidence of the book before us, we feel confident that she cannot fail to meet with success. " For the sake of variety," she adds, " I have at tempted to put into verse some of the most beautiful in cidents recorded in the Bible, because verse is always attractive to young people, and easily fixes itself in the memory. The moral lessons are founded on texts se lected from the Book of Proverbs and the New Testa ment, which I have endeavoured to treat in a manner that may at once engage the attention of youthful readers, and make a lasting impression on minds that are easily impressed either for good or fur evil." As an evidence of the very felicitous manner in which this endeavour has been accomplished let us quote one chapter on THE PARABLES OF CHRIST. "And he spake many things unto them in parables." ST. MATTHEW, xiii. 3. " Many of the most delightful lessons taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples, and intended for the instruction and guidance of all future generations, were in the form of interesting stories. called parables; a parable being a little narrative which has another meaning besides that which is expressed, like the short stories usually called fables. "In some of these parables, the Saviour pointed out our duty towards God; in others, he endeavoured to teach us our duty towards our neighbours; but in read ing them we must always remember that the people to whom they were addressed lived in a country where all the usages were entirely different from those of the Europeans, so that we constantly meet with allusions to manners and customs that are strange to us, although they were quite familiar to the auditors of the Divine Teacher. For instance, we read of anointing people with ointment, but we ale uld scarcely understand the meaning of such a ceremony unless it had been ex plained to as that it was customary among the Jews, and indeed, among most oriental nations, when a visitor came to a house, for a servant to bring sweet-scented oil or ointment in a vase or box of alabaster, and rub it over his head and beard to give them an agreeable per fume; and this was looked upon as a mark of welcome and respect. Some of these ointments were very costly; .nd rich people spent large sums of money in such luxu ries, consequently the trade in oils and perfumes was both extensive and lucrative. Again, in the parable of the Ten Virgins the point of the story turns on the marriage customs prevalent in the East, which are very dfferent from those observed amongst us on such occa sions. The bride is always conducted in procession to her new abode; and this ceremonial in the time of our Saviour frequently took place at night, by torch light, every one carrying a lamp or a torch to light the way, and give the cavalcade a brilliant appearance. All the friends and relatives of both parties are expected to at tend, and many of them, instead of going to the house where the wedding party is assembled, join the procession o❑ its way to the residence of the bridegroom, who thus triumphantly carries home his wife from her father's house to his own, where a great entertainment is pre pared for the whole company. "In the story told by our Lord, the ten virgins are suppos, d to be young friends of the bride who have been invited to the wedding, and go out with their lamps lighted to await the coming of the procession that they may take their places in the joyous train; but as the time of its setting forth was uncertain, and it would not have been seemly to take a pirt in it without their lights, five of the damsels had prudently taken a little oil with them to trim the lamps in case of delay; but the others, tboughth as and improvident, neglect , .d this precaution, and the consequence was that their lamps went out; and *bile they were running about to find a shop where they might buy some oil to replenish them, the proof s sion passed by, and was joint(' by their wiser com panions. As soon as they had obtained a supply of oil, and relighted their lamps, the careless maidens has tened to the bridegroom's house; but it was too late, for the company had sat down to supper, and the doors were closed, not to be opened again; for it was supposed that all who bad been invited would take care to be in time, and the servants were ordered to keep the doors shut that no strangers might intrude themselves upon the party. " This parable was intended to show that we should all take care to be ready whenever it shall please the Almighty to summon us to his presence; for the time of our existence is uncertain, and the young as well as the old may be summoned from this world at any moment. Let us, then, always try to do that which is right; let us be careful not to neglect any duty that God has com manded us to perform, lest the gates of heaven should be closed against us, as the doors of the bridegroom's house were shut against the maidens, who, by their own negligence, found themselves at the last moment without the light that would have lighted them to the marriage supper." Tne chapters dedicated to an explanation of those words so often on our lips from the cradle to the tomb, and yet so imperfectly understood, and in con sequence FO little appreciated by many—the words of the Lord's Prayer, are among the most interesting and practically useful portions of this work. In simple and familiar language the most momentous truths and the sublimest wisdom are here made plain to the understanding of " babes and sucklings." Especially at this Christmas season the friends of the young will do well to provide for the pleasure and profit of their little friends by placing in their hands this very attractive and most excellent work. MAGAZINES, Etc.—( CON TIN UED. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Antony Poplar commences the first year of the half century with a copious and excellent number. Jonathan Freke Slingsby deservedly leads the van, and puts forth his easy strength in an exquisite ballad on " The Old Year and the New," accompanied by a mystic but beautiful German story, entitled " The Bells of St. Bruno." The lay is worthy of Tennyson, and the tale, to say the least, of Dickens. Of two specimens of poetry by other hands, " The Absentee," and an elegy 'yclept " The Rings," we cannot say a great deal. The verse in the latter flows with sufficient smoothness, but such rhymes as " other" and " gather," " withered" and " gathered," " moment" and " raiment," " early" and " sorely," &c., are not to be endured by gods or men. " The New Nation" is a highly interesting account of the m agical progress of affairs in California. It may be conceived with what potency the auri sacra fames sways the ascendant when we learn that ships in the harbour have b een d eser t e d by their captains and crews, that the Star and Califor nian newspapers, published at San Francisco, ceased appearing, as the whole staff, from the editor to the errand-boy, had started for the " diggings," and among the most active workers in the valley was the " Attorney-General to the King of the Sandwich Islands ! " Sir Francis Head's alarmist pamphlet is attacked with great gusto and ability by a veteran warrior, who writes with much energy and consider able clearsightedness, on the "Defenceless State of Great Britain." A supplement to the curious series of papers which have appeared in this magazine on the subject of "Waren," is given under the head of " Daimoniac Possession, Oracles, and Medical Thau maturgy in India," and strikingly illustrates the ex traordinary,subject-matter. In " Progress and Re trogression ' the recent works of Laing and Kay on the social condition of the people in Europe are analysd elaborately, and in a masterly spirit ; and a short but pithy notice is given, in another part, of Dr. Austen's Introductory Lecture on "the Roman Civil Law." Alaurice Tierney has a famous chapter devoted to the pranks and punishr.ent of a ruffian styled the " The Town-major of Castlebar." In the following sketch of Napper , 'randy how exactly is unfortunate Smith O'Brien 's character bit off:— "If you can conceive an empty, conceited mar, as ignorant of war as of politics, rushing into a revolution for the sake of a green uniform, and ready to convulse P kingdom that he may he called a major-general; only enthusiastic in his personal vanity, and wanting ever in that heroic during which occasionally dignifies weak ca pacities (Ballingsrry to wit)—such is Napper Tandy." "The Ghost Stories of Chapelizod," three in number, are delightful—" The Sexton's Adventure," one of the best dashed-off legends we have encountered (and our readingin the supernatural department is respect able), and 'Washington Irving himself might be proud of " The PPectte loyere." Let ;is have by all means _ f COURT CIRCULAR:. WINDSOR, JAN. 6. A The Queen walked this morning in the - Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony - exercise > in the grounds around the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went - OUt shoot ing this morning, attended by Lord CamoyS, Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel the Hon. Charles Gran-arid- Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower are expected to arrive to-day on a visit to her Majesty._ ___ The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attend during dinner. The Queen's private band will after wards attend in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday for Windsor Castle. A meeting of the Royal Commission for the pro motion of the Exhibition in 1851 of the Works of Industry of all Nations was held at twelve o'clock yesterday in the New Palace of Westminster. Pre sent—Earl Granville (in the chair), Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. F. Gibson, and Mr. John Shepherd (Chairman of the East India Company). Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Executive Com mittee, and Colonel Loyd, Special Commissioner, were present. Mr. Scott Russell, Secretary to the Royal Com• mission, and Mr. Buwring, were in attendance. The meeting broke up at two o'clock. Mr. Abbott Lawrence, the American Minister, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colo nial-office. Yesterday a deputation of patentees of new inven tions in the West Indian colonies, consisting of the Hon. F. Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol, and Messrs. Rotch, of London ; Carpinael, for patentees in Bar badoes ; Bessemer, of London ; T. D. Botch, of London ; Archibald, of Porto Rico; Wilson, of Lon don ; Gadsden, of London; Finzel, of Bristol ; Hard man, of Liverpool ; and Brown (representing Dr. Schoffern), of London ; accompanied by Mr. Augus tus Mason (solicitor), had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, at the Board of Trade, on the present state of the law as regards Royal grants of letters patent fur intentions in the colonies. _ _ The Rev. B. Donne attended at the Home-office yesterday to present a petition from the parish of Weston, Herts, for transmission to her Majesty against the Papal aggression. Sir J. Emerson Tennent had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Howe had also an interview with the Noble Earl yesterday. A deputation, consisting of the Hon. Mr. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Philip Miles, M.P., Mr. E. Drew (Chair man of the Local Marine Board of Bristol)., Mr. R. P. King, Mr. W. Pattedon and Mr. F. Green, had SD interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. The Duchess of Sutherland left town yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Dispatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were received on Sunday, at the Colonial-office. THE LATE MR. LILLINGSTON, OF LOCHALSH.—• Mr. Isaac William Lillingston, of Lochalsh, who died at Balmacarra on the 3d ultimo, and whose decease has pro duced so general a regret throughout the whole Western Highlands of Scotland, was a gentleman of considerslbio note among the proprietors of the north, both on account of his many exemplary qualities as a landlord, and the many Christian virtues which adorned his private life. Mr. Lil lingston was the eldest son of Abraham Spooner, Esq., of Elindon Hall, Warwickshire, who took the name of Lilling ston by sign -manual, on his marriage with Miss Lillingston, of Ferriby Grange, Yorkshire. In early life he was desirous of becoming a landowner in the Highlande, and to attain that object he, in IE3O, visited Harris and UM. On the occasion of this journey be was the guest of Sir Hugh lanes, Bart , and there became acquainted with Miss Lindsay, neice of Sir ' Hugh and heiress of Lochalsb, to whom, in 1832, Mr. Lil -1 lingston was united in marriage. Sir Hugh lanes, at his death, left Lochalsh under trust, and the property did not I come under Mr. Lillingston's sole management until 1814. At this period in Mr. Lillingston's life commenced the course of conduct which we deem it important to notice. One of his first acts on coming into full possession of Lochalsh was to relieve the tenantry of all responsibility to the trustees for arrears of rent. Two years after this deed of generosity the failure of the potato crops involved the people labouring upon the Lochalsh estate in deep distress. The lamented subject of this notice purchased 2,6001. worth of meal, 2,000/. worth of which he gave to the support of his labourers. And to stimulate his tenants to reproductive labour, he allowed each crofter to expend half his renti a improving his land, admitting the amount expended. n re duction of the rent at the ensuing payment. Nor did his benevolence stop here. A number of persons desired to emi grate, and sought the aid of the proprietor of Lochalsh. In relereence to this appeal Mr. Lillingston opened his purse wide, and on the occasion of the last emigration from Loch alsh he gave ICO/. to assist the emigrants. These few facts will show that Mr. Lillingston was a landed proprietor. But we may observe that throughout the l - brit and where ever he bad an opportunity of doing good, his extraordinary benevolence extended. But his charities were generally dispensed through parties bound to secresy, and their details can never be published on earth. To do right appeared the supreme aim of Mr. Lillingston's life. This intention was sustained by a fixed religious belief, and by a strict attention to Christiau ordinances. " 11'ilat ought Ito do?" was his one question, and his convictions of duty were embodied in all his relations—in the husband, in the father, iu the friend, in the master, and in the proprietor. At home and abroadhe endeavoured so to live as to please God, and those who bin , ' known him best have ever seen him faithful to this end as the needle of the compass is true to the pole. Mr. Lillingston died at the early age of 48 years. His remains were deposited in the churchyard of Lochalsh on the 12th ult.. in the midst of a large concourse of sorrowing tenantry. His widow, the proprietrix of Lochalsh, and three children, one a son, sur vive him. It is hoped the father's mantle may fall on the son, so that the name of Lillingston may in Lochalsk and its vicinity long be what it now is—that good name which is ' better than a world of riches. TEMTERANCE DEMONSTRATION.—A crowded meet ing was held last night in Exeter Hall, under the presidency of Mr. John Cassell, for the purpose of enabling several hard working men to "demonstrate from their own experience that entire abstinence from strong dank is practicable in connexion with the most arduous toil, and promotive of health, comfort, independence, and politic', social, and moral elevation." In the course of his introductory speech, the chairman dwelt with great energy upon the advantages of temperance. They were to have a great gathering in the Crystal Palace this year, a building which be would call "The Temperance House." He called it the Temperance House because the Commissioners had determined that per sons contracting for the supply of refreshments should not be allowed to sell any intoxicating liquors in the building. Be sides, as if out of respect to the teetotallers, the contractors would be obliged to supply filtered water in abundance to every body who asked for it. Thus, crystal beer only would be found in the crystal palace. Thtre would be a great many tee totallers there with their wives, from the country, to whom a good reception should be given. He was anxious, there fore, when these hard-working men came up to London, that every facility should be afforded to them in the way of finding lodgings, as they could not go to boarding-houses or hotels. Let committees, then, be formed to obtain the names of housekeepers, total abstainers, willing to afford accommoda tion to the teetotal visitors, who should be furnished before hand with tickets to insure them a welcome reception, at moderate rates, 'upon their metropolitan visit upon this glo rious occasion. 'Nine or ten working men, coalheavers, brick makers, compositors; gas-stokers, glass-blowers, brass founders, fellmongers, shoemakers, and other trades, then addressed the meeting in succession, whose testimony was unanimous that total abstinence is practicable in connexion with the hardest toil. Some of their experiences were very interesting, and most of them spoke with energy and even enthusiasm. The proceedings throughout were very animated, and they gave entire satisfaction to the vast auditory. DEATHS FROM INTOXICATION, AT EDIN BURGH.-- An elderly man, named Noble, was found lying dead in a stair in Cowan's-close, East Crosscauseway, early on Friday morning. He had been seen going about for some days apparently the worse of liquor, and when in tha t . condition bleeding. On Thursday night Wi lliam ! Penn, he seemed to have fallen in the stair, his head being cut and a b s ot c e a d lle h d is in d ,:n t bat t to he ex wr c e ea teh i e ve d in Dalkeith, in a state of utter insensibility from the effects chimney sweep, Causewayside, Edinburgh, was found lying in a close Id att w ri of liquor. He was c arr ied the County Police-station, man expired in about half an hour. Drs. Lucas and d e n who who were c d drinking, accompanie with cold. Dalkeith . , and maeldleiedal: R OBB ERY AT BENTLEY'S BREWERY, ROTHERHAM. wa s discovered last Tuesday morning, that during the preceding night the counting-house of Mr. Bentley's brewery at Rotherham had been robbed of 961. The money had been taken out of a nest of drawers in the counting-house under the eare of a clerk named Harrison, who was in the habit of keeping a key of the counting-house door. Suspicion fell upon him, and he was questioned closely by Mr. Bland, super intendent of police. He denied having paid away any amount of money from Monday to Tuesday evening. either on his own account or on account of his employer, but it was ascer tained that he had within that time paid away about BM on his own private account. He is now in custody on sus picion of being the thief. None of the stolen money has been recovered. We understand that when the robbery was dis covered a gas light was found burning in the counting-house. in such a position as greatly to endanger the safety of the premises by setting fire to a desk. The practice appears to be to leave the gas burning at nights. This would enable the robber to operate to advantage, without the fearof attract ing the attention cf work-people engaged during the night. Yesterday Harrison was taken before the magistrates, but on account of Mr. Buqley being from home the prosecution was not proceeded with, and for the present at least the pri soner was set tit liberty.— Shiffkld Times. The Duke of Newcastle, in answer to inquiries last evening at hi.; Grace's mansion in Portman-square, con tinued in the same dangerous state, at Clumber Palk, Wilts, without the slightest bores of the Noble Duke's recovery. The Earl of Lincoln and Lords Chat les and Hubert Clinton are in constant attendance on their noble parent. THE LATE DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT CRAMOND.— We unders t a nd that up to melancholy death from falling into a mill -lade on the Almond river on New Year's morning was noticed in our last—had not been recovered, although every extrtion had been made to obtain it. The only trace gained of her has been her husband's overcoat, with which she had protected her head and shoulders from the cold and rain on leaving the ball, and which coat was recovered among some bashes near where the lade fads into the stream.—Edinburgh Courant. The following members of royal families died, during the year 1850 :—Louis Philippe, Archduke Ferditias4 of Austria 'Duke of Cambridge, the Qusac of the Salitan I and the rhinos; Jilliaoa, aunt of the King of Thugk rto ion roe we 'be oge, NA prO. -__„‘ ~so 4 ill pefot--