The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-26 00:00:00

CHRISTMAS-DAY in the WORKHOUSES. Yesterday being Christmas-day, the poor in the various metropolitan and suburban workhouses were regaled with an extra allowance, in accordance with the decisions of the respective boards of guardians, whilst the out-door poor in many instances received additional assistance in money and kind, so as to enable them to participate in the enjoyments and festivities of the season. The following report will be found to contain not only a succinct detail of the Christmas-day fare allowed by the guardians of the respective parishes and unions to the poor inmates of the workhouses, but it shows the number in each, distinguishing the adults from the children, as well as the sexes of the inmates, compared with the number in those esta blishments at the corresponding period last year; as also (where the returns could be obtained) the number of out-door poor. The gross number is summed up at the end of each report, with other interesting particulars. ST. MARYLEBONE.-Inmates of the workhouse and infirmary, Christmas-day, 1850, 1,741 (last Christ mas day the numbers' were 1,989, and in 1848 no less a number than 2,222), viz , males, 697 ; females, 1,044; of infants under two years of age, there are 99. In infant school, 60. In the boys' school, 159; in girls' school, 152. The Christmas day fare is tills. of roast beef (free from bone), We. plum pudding, 1 pint of porter, with bread, potatoes, and other vegetables, with loz. of tea and ilb. of sugar extra to each adult. The adults who used it were provided with tobacco and snuff, and the children regaled in the evening with oranges, nuts, sweetmeats, &c., pro vided for by a subscription amongst the guardians. The Christmas pudding for the inmates of this large establishment consists of upwards of two sacks of flour, one quarter of a ton of fruit, together with suet, lemon peel, spices, &c. in proportion. The guardians attended Divine service in the chapel, and were pre sent, with a large number of ladies and gentlemen, to see the inmates sit down to their substantial dinner. The number of out-door poor this year is 4,731, being in the ratio of 1 in 22, as compared with the population of Marylebone. Last year the number of out-door poor in this parish was 6,500, and at Christ mas 1848, as many as 7,280. Gross number at pre sent receiving relief, 6,472. Total receiving relief last year, 8,489. Thus it will be seen that there is, as compared with last year in this parish, a decrease in the in-door poor of 248, and in the out-door poor of no less than 1,769. Total decrease of pauperism in Marylebone, and a consequent reduction in the rates of upwards of one shilling in the pound, 2,017. ST. PANCRAS.-Inmates of the workhouse, 1,350 (last Christmas-day 1,320) ; adult males, 440 ; females, 650 ; children, 260. The inmates were re galed with alb. of roast beef, free from bone, with 1 pint of porter, bread and vegetables, to each adult, with an extra allowance of tea, sugar, &c.; 251bs. of tobacco has been provided for those who smoke, and snuff for those who like to take it. The children were fed at discretion, and partook of fruit and sweet meats in the afternoon. The financial condition of this parish has, under the new management, adopted within the last two or three years, flourished in a most extraordinary manner, the principle now adopted being the abolition, except at the option of applicants for relief, of the workhouse list and a more extended principle of out-door relief. As a:proof of the success of this principle, although the authorities have had to pay 5,0001. or 6,0001. for the erection of a splendid in dustrial training school fur boys during the year, and have reduced the rates from 16d. to lid. in the pound, they have a rest of upwards of 7,0001. at their bankers, and there is a probability of the rates being reduced another penny or twopence in the pound. The diminution of pauperism has evidently in this instance resulted from the improved state of trade. A large number of ladies and gentle men and ratepayers, as well as the guardians, at tended to see the Christmas fare distributed at the workhouse. The pudding was pronounced excellent; and the children, who had tastefully decorated their hall in the industrial training shoo' with mottoes and evergreens, sang some very pretty and appropriate pieces of music. The whole arrangements reflect the highest credit on the authorities and on Mr. and Mrs. Eaton, the master and matron of the establishment. Out-door poor, 5,000 (last year, 7,054); increase of in-door poor, 30 ; decrease of out-door poor, 2,054. Sr. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.-Inmates of work house, Poland-street, 596 (last year, 700); viz., men, 187 ; women, 327 ; boys, 60 ; girls, 13 ; infants, 9. The whole of the inmates regaled with roast beef, baked potatoes, and plum pudding, and every person above the age of sixteen one pint of porter in addition to what they usually have. The children to have tea and bread and butter at five o'clock ; and on boxing day to have buns, apples, and oranges, &c. Oat-door poor about 600 (last year 700). Decrease of in-door poor, 104, and out-door poor 100. Total decrease, 204. Total receiving relief, 1,196. Sr. MART ABBOT'S, KENSINGTON.-Inmates, 263 (last Christmas, 313). Males, 72; females, 115 ; children, 76. Fare-Half a pound of roast beef of the best quality, one pound of baked potatoes, three quarters of a pound of plum pudding, and one pint of Barclay's porter. Out-door poor, 900 (last year 1,481). From what fund this number of poor is sup ported is a mystery, for the master of the workhouse " is happy to state at the present time there is no need of a poor-rate in Kensington." Decrease of in-door poor, 50 ; and of out-door, 581. Total decrease, 631. ST. MARY, ISLINGTON.-In this parish, in which there is at present a spirited contest going on, result ing from mismanagement, not only with regardto the poor but in every other department, and where at this moment the authorities are endeavouring to fix upon the ratepayers a rate of no less than 3s. Bd. in the pound, the number of poor in the workhouse is 360 (last Christmas the number was 420 ; viz., males, 132 ; females, 216 ; children, 12). In addition to which there are 90 boys and girls at the Islington Infant Establishment, Park-house, Hackney (last year there were 120 children at the latter establishment) ; thus showing a decrease in the children's department of 30, and in the workhouse, 60. The Christmas day fare is 6oz. of roast beef, free from bone, with bread and potatoes, lib. of boiledi plum-pudding and 1 pint of London porter. The number of out-door poor is under 1,000. Total decrease of pauperism, as compared with this period last year, 90. ST. MART, LAMBETEL-The inmates of the work house of this extensive parish amount this year to 935, viz., men, 380 ; women, 494 ; boys, 34 ; girls, 27. Last Christmas the number was 1,028 ; men, 424 ;. women, 526 ; boys, 39 ; girls, 39. In the pa rochial establishment, belonging to the parish at Nor wood, the children amount at present to 4g4 (in 1849 they were 494), thus showing a decrease in the workhouse establishment of 93, and in the infant es tablishment of 40. Christmas fare-6oz. of baked beef free from bone, with baked potatoes, lib. of boiled plum-pudding, and 1 pint of porter, with 1 pint of tea morning and evening for all. Number of out-door poor this Christmas, 4,543 (last Christ mas, 5,773, the decrease of in -door poor, 133 ; decrease of out-door poor, 1,230. Total decrease of pau perism in Lambeth, as compared with last year, 1,363. ST. MART, NEWINGTON.-Inmates of the work house (this Christmas), 374 :- viz., men, 148, women, 190 ; boys, 17; girls, 19 (last year there were men, 144 ; women, 191 ; boys, 16 ; girls, 13 ; total, 364). The Christmas-day fare for adults is roast beef; baked potatoes, plum-pudding, and 1 pint of Huggins and Co.'s porter for dinner. In the afternoon each adult will receive 1 ounce of tea, 8 ounces of sugar, and 6 ounces of butter ; to all who smoke, an ounce of tobacco and a pipe ; and to those who take snuff, a like quantity of that article. The children in the workhouse have the same fare, with tea in the afternoon. There are also 160 children at Grove-hall establishment, Brixton-hill (Drouett's), regaled at the expense of the parish with roast beef plum-pudding, porter, fruit, &c. (last year the num bers were 180). These children are at present farmed out, but in the early part of the ensuing spring they will be removed to the newly-erected infant schools on Walworth -common (situate in the parish), and erected to contain 300 children. The present number of out-door relieved adults, exclusive of children de pendent on them, is 1,240. There is a decrease on in-door poor of 10, and on out-door poor of 188 ; total decrease, 198. ST. MART, ROTIIERHITHE.- Inmates of work house, 226 :-viz., males, 71 ; females, 96; children, 59 (last year, males, 72 ; females, 107 ; children, 71 ; total, 250). The adults regaled with roast beef, plum pudding, and 1 pint of ale each, with potatoes, none weighed on that day. The children at discre tion. Tobacco and snuff for adults, oranges and apples for children. The number of out-door poor not stated, bat they receive no extra allowance. Decrease of inmates as compared with last Christ man, 24. ST. GILES'S, CAMBERWELL--411mates of work house, 400 :-viz., men, 107 ; women,ls6 ; children, 147 (last year, men, 105 ; women, 155 ; children, 139 ; total, 389). Christmas fare to inmates over 16 years of age-Boz. of roast beef, 11b. potatoes, 11b. plum pudding, 1 pint of porter ; inmates under 16- 2oz. of meat and pudding less. For supper-tea, bread and butter, to every inmate, and, by the kind ness of the guardians, snuff, tobacco, oranges, an d nuts in addition. Out-door poor, 1849-men, 431 ; women, 865 ; children, 1,218 ; total, 2,504. Out door poor, 1850-men, 407 ; women, 729 ; children, 1,203 ; total, 2,339. Increase of in-door poor, 11 ; der se of out-door poor, 175 ; total decrease, 164. .„eritillata,LoesoN UNION.-The number of adult jeopel - Tite-Ae new and splendid establishment, Bow j' toast bout 50 children, is this Christmas ‘." -. Bso l o.aster -7 10 adults). The children belonging to.nnio inga go placed at the Central London Dis trieteSch! o,'" , (Aubin's), Westow-hill, Norwood, Cossetting: 1af4,000, of which number 250 be ,le;lonfict Ist ;fleet city of London. The Christmas -fare beef, plum pudding, and a pint 'o e tr -alai adult, and the children at Nor usual fare given at that establishment, where all the children belong to the City of London THE SUN, Union, West London, East London, and St. Saviour's Unions-not farmed as formerly. The out-door poor is 3,300 (last year about 3,000). Each has one shilling in addition to the weekly relief, besides the gifts they obtain from the various parishes through out the union. Decrease in in-door poor, 50; in crease in out adoor poor, 300 ; total increase, 250, as compared with last year. ST. GEORGE'S IN THE EAST.-State of the house, Christmas-day, 1850:-Men, able-bodied, disabled, old and infirm, 207 ; boys, 40 ; women, abled- bodied, disabled, old and infirm, 458 ; girls, 27 ; total in the workhouse, 712 ; children at Mitcham, 208 ; lunatics at Peckham, 62 ; total in-door poor, 982 (last Christ mas, men 209, boys 31, women 425, girls 20 ; chil dren at Mitcham, 62 ; total, 950). Christmas fare : roast beef, plum pudding, and potatoes ad libitum, with 1 pint of porter each, and tea and sugar. Chil dren at Mitcham, similar fare, with fruit, nuts, &c., instead of porter. Out-door poor, 1,049 (last year, 1,841); total receiving relief, 2 , 031 . Increase onin door poor, 32 ; decrease in out-door poor, 792. Total decrease, 760. STRAND UNION.-Number of inmates at present, 491 :-viz., males 194, females 257, children 164 (last year 644) ; children at the new establishment, Mil field-house, Edmonton. Christmas fare : boiled pork, peas pudding, and potatoes ; also 11b. of plum pudding each, and 1 pint of porter to each adult. No return made of out-door poor. Decrease, as compared with last year, 153. ST. MARY MAGDALEN, BERMONWDSEY.--InMates Of workhouse:-181 men, 226 women, 91 boys, 84 girls ; total 582 (last year 627, viz., 172 men, 245 women, 100 boys, 110 girls). Christmas-day fare : roast pork, potatoes, and plum pudding for dinner, with a pint of Barclay's porter each adult. Oranges and sweetmeats to the children. Out-door poor 1,157 (at corresponding period last year, 1,486). Total receiving relief, 1,739. Decrease of in-door poor, 45 ; decrease of out-door poor, 329. Total decrease, as compared with last Christmas, 374. WANDS WORTH AND CLAPHAM UNION. - Inmates, 407. Men, able-bodied, 21 ; temporarily disabled by sickness or accident, 62 ; old and infirm, 125; youths from 7 to 15 years, 7 ; boys from 2 to 7 years, 12 ; women, able-bodied, 9 ; temporarily disabled, 63 ; old and infirm, 82 ; girls from 7 to 15 years, 7 ; from 2to 7 years, infants, 17 (last Christmas 476). At Industrial School at Penge: Boys, 41 ; girls, 28; total, 69. Christmas,day fare: ilb. of roast beef without bone, 11b. of _potatoes, lib. plum pudding, and 1 pint of porter. Aged inmates are supplied with tobacco and snuff, children oranges and nuts, and all the inmates tea in the afternoon. No return of out door poor. Decrease in in-door poor, as compared with last year, 69. HOLBORN UNION.-Inmates of workhouse, 673 :- viz., 190 men, 288 women, 195 children (last year, 702 ; viz., 202 men, 287 women, 213 children). Christmas-day fare : rounds of salt beef and potatoes, plum pudding, and 1 pint of porter for each adult, and half a pint to each child. Number of out-door poor this year, 1,565 ; last year, 2,173. Total receiving relief from the union, 2,238 (last year, 2,875). De crease in in-door poor, 29; and in out-door poor, 608. Total decrease of pauperism, 637. ST. GILES-IN-THE• FIELDS AND ST. GEORGE'S, BLOOMSBURY.-State of house this year, 752 :-viz., men, 219 ; women, 391 ; boys, 65 ; girls, 63 ; infants, 14 (last Christmas, 765). Fare, Vb. of roast beef to each adult, ilia. to children, alb. plum pudding, in fants, 4oz. beef; potatoes ad libitum. No return as to out-door poor, Decrease of inmates as compared with last year, 13. ST. MARTIN'S-IN.THE.FIELDS.-InMates of the workhouse, 667. Men, 187 ; women, 388 ; children, 92 (last year, 645). Christmas-day fare : 11b. of roast beef, of plum pudding, ;lb. potatoes ; one pint of porter for each adult, half the quantity for each child, with tea and sugar for the aged and infirm. Children at Norwood, 161: viz., boys, 87; girls, 74. Out-door poor : men, 102 ; women, 207 ; children, 231. Total, 540 (out-door poor last year, 600). Total receiving relief, 1,346. Increase in in-door poor, 22; decrease in out-door poor, 60. Total decrease, 38. WEST LONDON UNION.-Inmates, 411 :-viz., males, 151 ; females, 205 ; children, 55 (last year, 496: viz., males, 162; females, 247; children, 87). Christmas-day fare : roast beef and potatoes, plum pudding and porter. No return of out-door poor. Decrease in in-door poor, 85. POPLAR UNION.-Inmates of workhouse, 540 :- men, 169 ; women, 196; boys, 95 ; girls, 80 (last Christmas, men, 170 ; women, 198 ; boys, 110 ; girls, 96 ; total, 574). Christmas-day fare : roast or baked beef, with vegetables, and plum pudding. No return of out-door poor. Decrease, 34. ST. SAVIOUR'S UNION.-Inmates, 450 :-males, 145 ; females, 269 ; children, 36 (last year, males, 152 ; females, 265 ; children, 22 ; total, 439). Christmas dinner : plum pudding, roast beef, with potatoes cooked under the meat, and a pint of Barclay and Perkins' best porter. Out-door relief: males, 84 ; females, 322 ; children, 393; total, 799 (last year, 1,024). Total receiving relief, 1,249 (last year, 1,463). Increase in in-door poor, 11. De crease in out-door poor, 223. Total decrease, 212. WHITEc HAPEL UNION.-In the workhouses :-men, 208 ; women, 416 ; children, 372 ; total, 994 (last year, 1,013). Christmas fare, baked beef and pota toes, with beer, &c., for dinner. Out-door poor:-- 2,229 men, women, and children (last year, 2,253), to whom relief in kind is given to the extent of 401. 63. 7id. ; money, 621. 6s. ; total, 103/. ls. 40. Total receiving relief from the union, 3,223 (last year, 3,366.) Decrease in in-door poor, 19; decrease in out-door poor, 24 ; total decrease, 43. STEPNEY UNION.-Number of inmates in the four workhouses of this union, 252 males, 470 females, and 423 children ; total, 1,145 (last year the numbers were, males, 281; females, 492 ; children, 436; total, 1,209). Inmates regaled with the good old English fare of roast beef, potatoes, plum-pudding, and porter ; the children, apples and oranges instead of beer. Of the adult in-door poor, 246 males and 405 females are receiving relief on account of mental or bodily infirmity, sickness, or old age. Number now receiving out- door relief, 3,849 (last year at corres ponding period, 3,869). Decrease in in-door poor, 64; decrease in out-door poor, 20; total decrease of pauperism in the union, 84; total receiving relief, 4,994. The Registrar-General estimates the present population of this union at 107,408. BRENTWOOD UNION.-Number in the house, Christmas, 1850 :-men, 129; women, 145; children, 138 ; total, 409 (last year, men, 135 ; women, 133 ; children, 142 ; total, 410). Fare to each inmate 8 oz. roast beef, 11b. of potatoes, 11b. plum pudding, and 1 pint of good beer. Tea to all in the evening, with snuff to the aged and fruit to the children. No return of out-door poor. Decrease, as compared with last year, 1. ST. MATIHRW, BETHNAL GREEN.-Inmates of the new workhouse establishment, Bonner's Hall fields: man, 230; women, 290; bays, 99; g'rls, 81; total, 700 (last year, men, 273 ; women, 324 ; boys, 126 ; girls, 113: total, 836). Christmas-day fare : a liberal allowance of roast beef, plum pudding, and ale. Out-door poor, 665 (last year 732). Total receiving relief, 1,394. Decrease of in-door poor, 13G. De crease in out-door p00r,38. Total decrease, 164. EDMONTON UNION.-Inmates of union, 340, viz., males, 196 ; females, 144 ; children at Enfield (last year 410). Christmas-day fare : 6 oz. of cooked beef, with potatoes, 1 pint of porter, and 11b. of plum pud ding each. No return given as to out-door poor. Decrease of pauperism as compared with last year, 70. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.-Num ber in the house, 552-viz., men, 156 ; women, 202 ; boys, 124 ; girls, 70. (No return was given last year.) Christmas dinner : roast baef and plum pudding, with vegetables, and 1 pint of porter each. CENTRAL LONDON DISTRICT SCHOOL (late Infant Pauper Asylum, Norwood).-Inmates about 1,000 children, belonging to the City of London Union, West London, East London, and St. Saviour's Unions. The children regaled at the expense of the unions with roast beef, pork, mutton, and plum pudding, and with tea, coffee, &c., in the evening. One thousand is the average number' of children in this establishment. ST. LUKE'S, CITY-ROAD.—lnmates of workhouse, 534 (last Christmas, 561): viz., 128 men, 251 women, 90 boys, and 65 girls. The inmates were regaled with 8 oz. roast beef (free of bone), 12 oz. potatoes, 16 oz. plum pudding, and 1 pint of ale. Children in pro portion. After dinner the children and sick patients, with the aged and infirm, were supplied with oranges, and the rest of the adults with tobacco and snuff. The churchwardens, overseers, and guardians were present with their families during dinner. The num ber of out-door poor at present is 991 viz., 127 males, 390 females, and 474 children (last year 1,123). Decrease in in-door poor, 27, in out-door poor 132 : total decrease, 159. Total receiving relief, 1,525. Children's Establishment (Chase-side, En field).—The inmates are 176, consisting of 5 men, 18 women, 86 boys, and 66 girls. The children re ceived :—For breakfast, 1 pint of milk porridge and 5 oz. of bread and butter ; dinner, Vb. plum pud ding, 6 oz. baked beef and vegetables; supper, milk and water, and 5 oz. bread and butter. GROVE-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT (BRIITOR•HILL). —The only inmates of this establishment, all of whom belong to the parish of St. Mary, Newington, are -86 boys and 66 girls; total, 152 (last year, 176). The Christmas fare :—roast beef, potatoes, 'and plum pudding, ad libitum, with oranges, nuts, &c., after dinner. ST. LURE, CHELSEA.--This parish allows to its inmates, as before :--viz., to the adults, 11b. of roast beef of superior quality, 11b. potatoes, ill). of plum pudding, and 1 pint of Barclay's porter each. The children at the master's discretion. Total number in the house, 396 (last year, 507 ; decrease, 111). Of this 396 there are—able-bodied men, 35 ; tempora rily disabled by sickness or accident, 23 ; old and in firm, 106 ; boys, 21. Women—able-bodied, 22 ; temporarily disabled, 13 ; old and infirm, 147 ; girls and infants, 29. Out-door poor 826 ; weekly rc. cipients (laBt year, 976), decrease, 156; cfouldB, 1,115 (last year, 1,870), decrease, 755 ; making a total decrease of in and out door poor of 1,022. Chelsea forms part of the North Surrey District School, situate at Penge, on the London and Brighton Railway, where there are 110 children; lunatics at various asylums, 60. From the foregoing statements the gratifying fact is elicited that there is a vast decrease in pauperism, as compared with the returns of the previous year, taking the entire metropolis, little less than 30,000. It will also be readily seen that there are from 80,000 to 100,000 in the receipt of parochial relief. The parishes of St. George (Hanover -square), Clerken well, the East London Union, St. Leonard (Shore ditch), St. Margaret, and St. John, and one or two others, are omitted in consequence of the want of courtesy on the part of the masters of the workhouses in not having complied with the request for infor mation. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are entertaining a select circle at Arundel Castle, Sussex, at which ancient feudal seat the greatest hospitality will prevail during the festive season. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond have a family circle assembled at Goodwood-park, Sussex, and the party there this Christmas will be confined to mem bers of the family, owing to the recent demise of the Duke's aunt, the Marchioness Cornwallis. The Duke of Wellington is surrounded by a small party at Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Marquis of Douro and Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley and family are staying with the Noble and Gallant Duke. the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland are keeping up the Christmas, in good old English style, at Raby Castle, Durham. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are seeing company at Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh ; and will entertain a constant succession of guests until the week before Parliament meets. The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord and Lady John Scott are at present among the visitors of the Noble Duke and Duchess. FESTIVITIES AT BOWOOD.—The Marquis and Mar chioness of Lansdowne have a large party assembled at their seat in Wiltshire for the Christmas holidays. On Monday last the Duke of Beaufort's bounds (from Badminton), by appointment, met at Bowood, and there was one of the largest " fields" that ever took place at that splendid seat. The noble Lord Presi dent was present, also his colleagues of the Cabinet, the Earl Grey and Viscount Palmerston. The frost was the only drawback to the sport. The Earl and Countess Grey, accompanied by Lady Alice Lambton, left on Tuesday, for Howick Castle, Northumberland, and Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston departed the same day, for Broadlands, Hants. The Earl and Countess of Shelburne, the Count and Countess Flahault, and the Hon. Miss E. Flahault, intend to remain here till towards the close of next week. The Marquis of Anglesey has a numerous family circle staying at Beaudesert, the Noble and Gallant Marquis's seat, near Lichfield ; and there will be a succession of guests there until the latter end of next week. _ _ The Earl of Carlisle since his arrival at Castle Howard, from town, has entertained a family party at that splendid seat. The Countess (Dowager) cf Carlisle and Lady Mary Howard, Lady Dover, and the Hon. Misses Ellis, the Earl of Burlington, &c., are staying with his Lordship. The Earl and Countess of Jersey are entertaining a select party at Middleton Park, near Bicester. • The Earl and Countess of Sefton intend to entertain company at Croxteth Park, near Liverpool, during the holidays. The Countess (Dowager) of Sefton and the Ladies Molyneaux, after visiting the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, and Mr. and Lady Caroline Townley, at their seat in Lancashire, have joined the circle visiting the Noble Earl and Countess. The Earl and Countess Cowper have a select party visiting them at Penshanger, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Barrington are entertain ing a succession of friends at Beckett House, near Maidenhead. The Earl and Countess of Strathmore are staying there. CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES, Thus, in such another house there is a haunted door, that never will keep open ; or another door that never will keep shut; or a haunted sound of a spinning -wheel, or a hammer, or a footstep, or a cry, or a sigh, or a horse's tramp, or the rattling of a chain. Or else, there is a turret-clock, which, at the midnight hour, strikes thirteen when the head of the family is going to die ; or a shadowy, immovable black carriage which at such a time is always seen by somebody, waiting near the great gates in the stable-yard. Or thus, it came to pass how Lady Mary went to pay a visit to a large wild house in the Scottish Highlands, and, being fatigued with her long journey, retired to bed early, and inno cently said the next morning, at the breakfast-table, " How odd, to have so late a party last night, in this remote place, and not to tell me of it before I went to bed !" Then, every one asked Lady Mary what she meant? Then, Lady Mary replied, "Why, all night long, the carriages were driving round and round the terrace underneath my window !" Then, the owner of the house turned pale, and so did his lady, and Charles Macdoodle of Macdoodle signed to Lady Mary to say no more, and every one was silent. After breakfast, Cnarles Macdoodle told Lady Mary that it was a tradition in the family that those rumbling carriages on the terrace betokened death. And so it proved, for, two months after wards, the Lady of the mansion died. And Lady Mary, who was a Maid of Honour at Court, often told this story to the old Queen Charlotte ' • by this token that the old King always said, " Eh, eh ? What, what? Ghosts, ghosts? No such thing, no such thing!" And never left off saying so, until he went to bed. Or, a friend of somebody's, whim most of us know, when he was a young man at college, had a particu lar friend, with whom he made the compact that, if it were possible for the Spirit to return to this earth after its separation from the body, he of the twain who first died should re-appear to the other. In course of time this compact was forgotten by our friend ; the two young men having progressed in life, and taken diverging paths that were wjde asunder. But one night, many years afterwards, our friend being in the north of England, and staying for the night in an inn, on the Yorkshire Moors, happened to look out of bed ; and there, in the moonlight, leaning on a bureau in the window, steadfastly regarding him, saw his old college friend ! The appearance being solemnly addressed, replied, in a kind of whisper, but very audibly, "Do not come near me. lem dead. lam here to redeem my promise. I come from an other world, but may not disclose its secrets!" Then, the whole form becoming paler, melted, as it were, into the moonlight, and faded away. Or, the uncle of my brother's wife was riding home on horseback, one mellow evening at sunset, when, in a green lane close to his own house, he saw a man standing before him, in the very centre of the narrow way. " Why does that man in the cloak stand there !" he thought. " Does he want me to ride .over him ?" But the figure never moved. He felt a strange sensation at seeing it so still, but slackened his trot, and rode for ward. When he was so close to it as almost to touch it with his stirrup, his horse shied, and the figure glided up the bank, in a curious, unearthly manner— backwards, and without seeming to use its feet—and was gone. The uncle of my brother's wife, exclaim ing, "Good Heaven ! It's my cousin Harry, from Bombay F' put spurs to his horse, which was sud denly in a profuse sweat, and wondering at such strange behaviour, dashed round to the front of his house. There he saw the same figure, just passing in at the long French window of the drawing-room, opening on the ground. He threw his bridle to a servant, and hastened in after it. His sister was sit ting there, alone. "Alice, where's my cousin Harry ?" " Your cousin Harry, John ?" " Yes. From Bom bay. I met him in the lane just now, and saw him enter here this instant." Not a creature had been seen by any one 3 and in that hour and minute, as it afterwards appeared, this cousin died in India.— Christmas Number of " Household Words." DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF AN ATTEMPTED MURDERER. BARNSTAPLE.—About tea months since an attempt was made to murder the coachman of William Arun dell Yeo, Esq., high sheriff of the county, at Frem ington, about three miles from this town, at which time a reward of 50/. was offered for the apprehension of the suspected person ; but from the fact that no tidings whatever had been gained of him, it was supposed he had committed suicide by drowning, which supposition was strengthened by the finding of a pair of pistols at the mouth of Fremington Pill, and within a. short distance from the scene of the outrage. From what we can remember of the circumstances at the time of the occurrence, it appeared that John Lillycrap, who had been in Dr. Yeo's service as coachman, for about ten years, had been discharged therefrom on the 2d of January last, from which time the situation had been filled by William Symons, a young man about 25 years of age, who had been for several years in Dr. Yeo's service. From the time of his discharge, Lilly crap appears to have entertained the determination to be revenged on his successor, (who he believed had been the means of procuring his discharge) and had been heard to declare that he should never drive the high sheriff. On Tuesday, the 19th of February, he was at the George Inn at Barnstaple, which place he left in the evening, saying he was going to Ilfracombe; he had previously dispatched his boxes to Exeter. On the same evening Dr. Yeo had been dining with Captain Davie, at Newport, and had ordered the carriage to be waiting at 10 o'clock, soon after which time the carriage left Captain Davie's for Fremington, driven by William Symons, and arrived shortly before 11. The coachman had just driven the carriage into the coach-house, and was in the act of fastening the doors, when he was fired at by some person, who at the time must have been concealed in the shrubbery, close by. The shot took effect in the neck, and but for the timely assistance of Dr. Yeo, there is but little doubt that the wound would have proved fatal ; he was shortly afterwards removed to the North Devon Infirmary, where he soon recovered, and was enabled to perform the duties pertaining to his situation. Nothing, however, has been heard of Lillycrap, and it has generally been supposed that it being high water about the time he would have reached the river, he had committed suicide by drowning, and the body had been carried out to sea ; but on Wednesday last, G. H. Marsack, Esq., and his son, Capt. Marsack, were shooting on Yelland Marsh, in the parish of Fremington, where they discovered the body, with out head or arms. They immediately gave infor mation to James Dobb, hind to Dr. Yeo, and some men having found it, at once removed it to the New Inn, at Fremington, where an inquest was held on the same day, before Richard Brembridge, Esq., M.P., and a verdict of " Found drowned." The coroner ordered the money and watch to be kept under seal until the arrival of deceased's relatives. It is understood that he has a sum of 2001. in the sav ings bank at Barnstaple, which could not he reco vered until the death of the depositor could be proved. There was found in his boxes, which he had for warded to Exeter, the sum of 701., besides other pro perty. Deceased was 42 years of age, and was about to be married shortly after the time at which he de stroyed himself. It is somewhat singular that the body must have been in the position in which it was found for nearly three weeks, as the tide had not since that time been sufficiently high to have left it there.— Devonport Independent. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1850. EVICTIONS FROM BARRA. On Wednesday a meeting of gentlemen, called by circular, was held in the ante-room of the Council chamber, at three o'clock, to take into consideration what means should be adopted for providing for the temporary wants of the expatriated Hebrideans, who had found their way in a totally destitute condition to this city, to lay their case before Colonel Gordon, of Clunie, the proprietor of Barra. Sheriff Monteith was called to the chair, and Dr. Candlish opened the meeting with prayer. Mr. Ross, who had accompanied the exiled High landers from Glasgow, stated that the population -of Barra was 2,300, of whom 1,809 had received aid through the parochial board from the Highland Des titution Fund up to the 30th September last. He quoted from the report of the Commissioners of the Highland Destitution Board to . show that the condi tion of the people of that island was wretched in the extreme—their crofts being of a most miserable de scription, and scantily furnished. In March last they had been summoned to quit their crofts, but having disregarded the intimation, the houses f 132 families were in May last pulled down.' The wretched people then erected tents, with their blankets, hung on posts, and some of them took refuge in caves, and others lingered about their old haunts. They passed their time thus till the relief operations ceased, and the officers again warned them to remove. They said they had nowhere to go, and could not remove from the island. The officers then procured warrants from the sheriff substitute, and demolished the tents and shipped all the inmates in a steam- boat to Tober mory, where they were left to wander on the main land, to beg or starve. The amount of destitution that existed now was far greater than in 1846. Dr. Bsoa thought it would be necessary not only to call the attention of the public, but of the Govern ment to that question. They were not only entitled but ,bound to ask Government to interfere in the matter. The CHAIRMAN said there was at this moment in the act of formation a society for the express view of considering these very questions, and he thought probably that society might be able to effect some good. He would not recommend a public subscrip tion in the meantime, as that would only have the effect of alluring the poor Highlanders to come and settle here. He was afraid the law could not prevent any proprietor turning off his people, however long their tenure, as long as they had no title of posses sion ; but be suggested that several gentlemen should wait on Colonel Gordon, not as delegated from a public meeting, but as individuals, to state the case to him. Mr. MACLACHLAN said, if they got Colonel Gor don to yield in the matter it would have an important effect over the whole proprietary of the Highlands. At this moment he regretted to say, a very exten sive proprietor, whose estates had a population of 23,000, was taking steps for the removal, in the course of next spring, of a very large body of poor High landers, and if the influx was not stayed they had the prospect of about 50,000 or 60,000 Hebrideans being thrown destitute on the main-land. After some further conversation, a committee was formed of the gentlemen present, as well as others who had offered to lend their aid in any steps that could be taken in the matter. The committee was as follows :—The Lord Provost, Sheriff Monteith, Professor Alison, Professor More, Rev. Drs. Cand lish and Begg, and Messrs. Maclachlan, and Mlienzie ; G. Duncan, Esq., J. F. Madarlen, Esq., William Cowan, Esq., J. Johnston, Esq., Charles Spence, Esq., James Greig, EN., convener. It was understood that the Lord Provost, Sheriff Monteith, and Mr. Ross, should wait on Colonel Gor don, and report the result to a future meeting.—Edin burgh Post. The Edinburgh Courant has the following :—" We understand that Colonel Gordon left his residence in Edinburgh for his estate at Clunie, early last month, whence he has not yet returned. The deputation ap pointed by the meeting held here on Wednesday to have an interview with the Gallant Colonel, have not, in consequence, been able to perform their mission, and the ejected families still remain in the night asylum. Yesterday (Friday) we were shown an account for meal furnished by Messrs. Harvie and M`Gavin, of Glasgow, some time since, for distribu tion at Barra, by order of Colonel Gordon, which amounted to the very handsome sum of 1341. A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY . OF PAPAL ROME. A REPORT or TELE DEMOLITION OP THE PALACE OP TILE INQUISITION AT MADRID, MADE BY COLONEL LEMANOIS, OF THE 9TH REGIMENT OF POLISH LANCERS, IN THE TEAR 1809. Ordered by Marshal Soult, the Governor cf Ma drid, to destroy the buildings of the Inquisition, conformably to the decree of the Emperor. I ob served to him that the 9th Lancers was insufficient for that service ; the Marshal then added two regi regiments of Infantry, one of which regiments, the 127th, was unders the orders of Colonel Delilie. With these troops I marched to the Inquisition, the buildings of which were surrounded with strong walls, and guarded by about 400 soldiers. On my arrival I summoned the fathers to open the gate. A sentinel who was on one of the bastions appeared to converse for an instant with some one in the inte rior, after which he fired upon us, and killed one of my men. This was the signal or the attack, and I ordered my troops to fire upon all who appeared upon the walls. It became soon evident that the combat was unequal, and I changed the mode of attack. Some trees were cut down and made into battering-rams, and two of these machines being well directed, under a shower of balls, a breach was made, and the Imperial troops rushed into the Inquisition. Here we had a sample of what Jesuitical effrontery can do. The Inquisitor-General and the Father Confessors solemnly issued forth from their retreats, clothed in their sacerdotal robes, and with their arms crossed upon their breasts—as if, knowing nothing, they came to learn what was the matter. They rebuked their soldiers, saying, why do you fight with our friends, the French ? They appeared to wish to make us believe that they had not or dered the defence, and they hoped, no doubt, to be able to make their escape during the confusion oc casioned by the pillage. They were deceived. I gave strict orders that they should be kept in view, and all their soldiers be made prisoners. We then began our examination of this prison of hell. We saw chamber after chamber : altars, crucifixes, wax tapers in abundance, riches and splendour were to be seen everywhere. The floors and walls were highly polished, and the marble Mosaic inlaid with exquisite taste. But where were the instruments of torture of which we were told, and where were the dungeons in which it was said that human beings were entombed alive; we sought for them in vain ; the holy fathers assured us that they were calumniated, and that we had seen everything. I was about to abandon my researches, persuaded that these inquisitors were different from those of whom we had heard spoken, but Colonel Delilie would not give up, so easily. He said to me, " Let us examine again the floors; let us pour water upon them, and we shall see if it does not run through some part." The flags of marble were large and quite smooth. After we had poured the water, to the great displeasure of the inquisitors, we examined carefully all the interstices to see if any ()oiled through. Yery soon Colonel Delilie cried out that he had found what he sought for. In the joinings of a flag, the water disappeared very quickly, as if there was an empty space beneath. Officers and men set to work to raise the flag, whilst the priests cried out against the desecration of their beautiful and holy house. A soldier struck a spring with the butt end of his musket, which disclosed a flight of steps. I took a lighted taper four feet long from a table in order to explore our discovery, but was stopped by one of the inquisitors, who gently placed his hand upon my arm—" My son," said he, with a devout air, " you ought not to touch that taper, it is holy." " Well," I replied, "I require a holy light to fathom iniquity." I descended the steps which were under a ceiling without any opening except the trap-door. Arrived at the bottom we en tered into a vast square room called the Hall of Judg ment. • In the middle was a block of stone , upon which was god a chair for the accused , VA cue side of the room was another seat more elevated for the Inquisitor-General, called the Throne of Judgment; and there were lower seats for the fathers. From this chamber we passed to the right and found small cells extending the whole length of the edifice. But what a spectacle pre sented itself to our eyes ! How the beneficent religion of the Saviour had been outraged by its pro fessors ! These cells served as dungeons, where the victims of the Inquisition were immured, until death relieved them from their sufferings. Their bodies were left there to decompose, and that the pestilential smell might not incommode the inquisitors, ven tilators were made to carry ,it off. In the cells we found the remains of some who had died re cently, whilst in others we only found skeletons chained to the floor. In others we found living victims of all ages and all sexes. Young men and young women, and old men up to the age of seventy, but all as naked as the day they were born. Our soldiers first busied themselves to free these cap tives from their chains, and then took off part of their clothes to cover them. After having visited all the cells, and opened the prison doors of those who yet lived, we went to visit another chamber on the left. There we found all the instruments of torture that the genius of man or demons could in vent. At this sight the fury of our soldiers could no longer be contained—they cried out that every one of these inquisitors, moaks, and soldiers, should undergo the torture. We did not attempt to prevent them, and they immediately commenced the work upon the persons of the fathers. I saw them employ four kinds of torture, and then withdrew from the frightful scene, which lasted as long as there was a single individual in that antechamber of hell upon whom the soldiers could wreak their vengeance. When the victims of the Inquisition could be brought without danger from their prison into the light of day, the news of their delivery spread abroad, and those from whom the Holy Office had torn their relations or friends came to see if there was any hope to find them alive. About one hundred persons were rescued from their living tombs and restored to their families. Many found a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister. Some found no one. A large quantity of powder was placed in the subterraneous passages of the building—the massive walls and towers were blown up into the air, and the Inquisition of Madrid ceased to exist. CURIOUS CONTRIBUTION TO THE IN DUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF 1851. In the New York Tribune of the 10th inst. we find the following intimation : " MissioN TO ENGLAND.—We understand that an extensive operator' in lottery tickets and policies, well known among the ' sporting men' of this city, sailed yesterday for London. He goes out for the purpose of establishing in Great Britain the lottery business, and bears letters of introduction to the habitues of Crockford's, by means of which he will get the ear of the most distinguished gamblers ; then, by a secret plan of operations, it is supposed that he will introduce the sale of the lottery tickets of Dela ware, Maryland, and Virginia Companies—the deci sion to be subject to the drawings made in those states. It is unnecessary to say that all this will be done sub rosa. Parliament put an end to legal lottery gambling many years ago. In this country, 28 of the 31 states have outlawed the business, and it is probable that in the course of the winter one or more of the three benighted Legislatures will do the same thing. If they could be brought to appreciate the immense injury that their lotteries inflict upon men in this city alone, they would wind them up forth with. We commend the new missionary to London to the attention of the authorities." As the English public may be curious to know something more about the class of New York " in - dustrials" who are sending their " missionary" to the World's Fair of 1851, we extract from the same paper the following account of them—the first of a series of descriptive essays in the course of publica tion respecting them : " The public attention has recently been directed to the prevalence of this degrading and destructive vice in our city. The accounts given of its horrible, heart-rending effects—of the extent to which it is carried—of the number and the previous respectabi lity of many of its victims—of the arts used to entrap the unwary—and of the regular, business-like system to which it is reduced in several magnificent estab lishments that rival the worst hells of London and Paris though drawn from perfectly authentic sources, and in many cases from personal observa tion, have been of such a startling character as scarcely to be deemed credible by those of our good easy citizens who do not look beyond the smoke of their own chimneys. " But the half has not been teld. The strongest language would not be strong enough to describe the whole in its full extent of terrible depravity. Scenes are daily and nightly passing within a short distance of our most fashionable thoroughfares, which would harrow up the soul of any one on whom the curtain of the infernal orgies was raised. We have sees enough with our own eyes to chill the blood and tura the heart into stone. _ _ _ " Our experience shall be made known. In this case secrecy would be a crime. What we shall tell we know, and if any one demands the proof, the proof shall be forthcoming. In a few short articles in the Tribune we shall lay open some of the heights and depths of this mystery of iniquity. Would that our words might pierce the dull, cold ear of selfish apathy, and arouse the public mind to the gulf of pollution which yawns in the midst of our shining city. " Let us begin with the beginning. The germ of gambling in New York is to be found in the streets. The first novitiates in the dreadful trade are the boys, who may be seen at every hour of the day, in certain parts of the city, swarming the pavements like flies, intent on juvenile games which contain the seeds of gambling in its most loathsome forms. With the song of earliest birds these unkempt, unwashed, un cared-for urchins emerge from the dens and rookeries of the Five Points, and other similar localities. Many of them destitute of parents or friends, entirely with out a home, have passed the night—Heaven knows where—sleeping in coal boxes, under stairways, awn ings, cellar doors, or crouching in the nearest vacant spot, which can give them a miserable shelter for the night. The first thing in the morning is to get pos session of a few coppers. These they gain by beg ging, pilfering, or doing any little job that may turn up. With this stock in trade they are ready to commence operations. The excitement of precocious gambling has already poisoned their blood. They are more eager to get a chance at a game than to get their breakfasts. They have soon drawn around them other boys, not of their own set. If they can get hold of pupils on their way to school, they are sure not to let them go till they have effectually cleaned out their pockets of what stray coppers may be found in them. The favourite game is pitching and spanning cents., tbough betting on marbles also runs high. In these games they have the expertness of old stagers. It is a study to watch the pluck and science with which they enter into the spirit of . the game. Coppers change hands rapidly, and on a small scale you can see developed all the passions of the veteran gambler. The lucky boy who has won a few coppers is usually apt to invest his capital in the purchase of a horse, ' saddle,' or gig,' so called, at the policy office. To make good this outlay, which is pretty certain to prove a total loss, he goes to the pavement and plays with fresh zeal, for the purpose of getting what he calls ' hunk.' " This is the first stage. But young ambition soon takes a higher flight. The aspiring gambler next ex. pands his wings at the ton-pin alley or bowling saloon. Here he goes through a new course of sprouts; he is getting his eye teeth cut rapidly. The next move is to the billiard-table, where his profici ency is marvellous; and, diversified with the new wrinkles he obtains at the raffling rooms, he is ready for the faro table, at which he takes the first degree in the higher branches of the desperate career which has now become his destiny. The street boy thus launched, often sails before the wind at an astonish ing rate. Many of the most notorious gamblers have risen from these small beginnings to their pre.. sent eminence in their detestable trade. We might name three of the most celebrated faro tables in New York that are now owned by two full-feathered gamblers, who pride themselves on being regulars' in the profession, and who have come up through all the degrees from spanning coppers in the street to their present disgraceful pre-eminence.—R. L. E." RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. - ( Miles open,ll2.) Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 15:— Railway and canal . 41,390 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,037 0 0 MANCHESTER., BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 22 : Passengers, &c. £54 0 1 Merchandise ... 71 19 5 Total £125 19 6 Corresponding week last year 100 16 5 TRANSMISSION OF BASE COIN BY RAILWAY.—On Friday morning Mr. Beswick, chief superintendent of police, received information that a parcel, supposed to contain base coin, was lying at the London and North-Western Railway parcel-office, London-road station, and he dispatched police man Harper to see who came for it. and whither it was taken. The parcel was directed " William Johnson, Rail way-station, Manchester. To be lett till called for." Between twelve and one o'clock at noon a man came for it, and signed " William Johnson ;" and he was followed to the house, No 12, Clock-alley, by Harper, who then gave information to Mr. Beswick. The superintendent, accompanied by Inspec tor Buckley, went to the house , and saw the parcel lying on a in a quantity and u four crowns, p m nes s d elf Job nson, there all t rababaglsese. coin.and n He d paper, o ß p e e s n it, and hta3e,n-i man vra found noehatai wrapped half-crowns was a woman in the house, named Sarah Todd, who lived u f g 9 h r fu Court, rte when they r u w qu e i n . with him, and they were both apprehended. On Saturday t t h he e y p w ris° er n e .—,Manchester Guardian. erresmwaenrdeebdrotougthhtisudpay cu at the Borough ay r OAS-LIGHT ANXI COX COMPLINIES. Dividend i Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - ---- X. s. d. X. s. d. British ••••••• • • • • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 Ditto Provincial•• •• 11. 83. 20 0 0 20 0 0 173( Brighton ••••..• • • • • • 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. •• •• 6/. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - Continental Consolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Equitable-. ••••• • • • • • 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial • • .... ••• • • • 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73 Independent ... ••• • • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 L0nd0n.............. - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0 ' - Phcenia .••..•• • • • • • • 4361. 50 0 0 49 0 0 1 2834 Ratcliff ••• • • .. ••• • • • 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 I - United General ••• • • • 1/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 1 15% Virestminster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 - ' 48 Ditto, New •••• • • -12 s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 eN, LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----. ---- -- -.-. - X 8. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland dritish Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 202 Jaledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 u 0 li% lydesdale Bank •••• • d% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 e 13% "lommercial Bank -•• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 175 -'.astern Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 9/. is Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4% Eaehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 )3% NTational Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Northof Scutlandßank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 2/.lls. Royal Rank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 133 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 8830 Western Bank • ••••• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7139 Alliance Fire and Life 3391. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 ) 0 203 British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur. i 01. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 17s Colonial Life ... .. eldinburgh Life Insur. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 203( Eng. & Scot, Law Life 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21. Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 243.0 d North British Insur. Scottish Union Insrnce. 6341. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 '244.6d Standard Life ...... - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 ' 10 United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s 6d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- -....... X. s. d. E. s. el. Assam Tea ........ - - 20 0 0 20 0 0 4% kuctien M art •••• • • • • 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 28 tustralian Aqricalturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 Is% Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20'4 tnglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20% Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0 5 British American Land - - 38 10 0 - Canada ............. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 44 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - - Ditto ditto .... 6'. percent. - - 106 City Navigation Bonds 3} per cent. - - 96 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Equitable Reversienry 5 p.c. & bs. 5 / 100 0 0 100 0 0 108 Ditto New .••• • • • - 50 0 0. - 50 39 GeP.. Steam Na . vigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% Hudson's Bay.. - • • • • - Stock. - - Hungerford ...... •• .. 2/. ss. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - New Zealand Company - 25 0 01 25 0 0 - Ditto, New . ...... - 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 126 5 0 - Penlnslr & Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 88 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1391. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 101 Royal Mail Steam.... 4/. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 74 South Australian.-- 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24 Van Dieman's Land. - 100 0 0 29 .0 0 - HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) In the week ending last Saturday, the deaths re gistered in the metropolitan districts amounted to 1,166. This result shows a small increase on the average of corresponding weeks in the ten years 18409, which is 1,146 (without correction for pro bable increase of population); the numbers severally returned in these weeks having been less than 800 in 1841, and having risen to 1,262 in 1846, and, by the force of influenza, to 1,946 in 1847. During the three weeks, which have just elapsed, of the current month, 1,004, 1090, and 1,166 deaths have been successively recorded ; but it must be observed that the formidable increase in the present return is caused not exclusively or principally by an augmented rate of mortality, but by an influx of coroner's cases, which occurred at dates antecedent to last week, though the registration of them has been postponed till the close of the quarter. Of the deaths on which inquests are held, the largest proportion fall under the category of "violence ;" and of these 4 are now enume rated under poison, 11 under burns and scalds, 6 und, hanging end suffocatioe, 2 under drowning, and 27 under fractures and wounds (or which 14 nests; red to men by accidental jails in the stre.t, and by falling from windows and other heights). T wo b oys, 3 girls, and an aged womanwere burnt by the cloth es t a ki lig fire; three children were eceidentallv suffecated in bed; 6 children died from want of breast-milk ; a woman was poisoned from an verdose of laudanum and a child by Godfrey's cordial. Intemperance w s fatal to a man and a woman by producing apoplexy; and a miller of 19 years died from " disease of lungs ard knee joint (about 4 months)," whose illness is stated to h, aye arisen from inhaling the dust of his mill. Among the fatal clues of last week, diseases of " the lungs .and other organs of respiration" are con spicuous ors the list; they amount to 274, nearly the same as in the previous week, and still slightly exceed the average.. Bronchitis numbers 102, pneum onia 117, and asf:hma 34 deaths. In the tubercular class, there are 8 from scrofula, 16 from tabes mesenteries, 25 from hydrocephalus (or water in the head), sod 112 from consumption. Amongst epidemics, small-pox carried off 21 children land 4 adults, nearly the same number as in the former week ; measles, 21, scarlatina, 30 ; hooping-cough has risen from 42 to 52, croup num bers 10, diarrhea 16, typhus 43, and erysipelas 11. A single case of cholera was registered as follows In the workhouse, Mile-end New Town, on 16th December, a boy, aged 8 years, '• English cholera (48 hours), consecutive fever (3days)." An analysis of the 1,166 cases registered last week, shops that— The causes of death were certified by written statements of medical at tendants in Coroners' inquests on others were heth.in. "4 91 4 Medical attendance was not obtained cases (nor inquests held) in Causes of death were not certified (or only by oral statement of attendant or infor mant) in Total 1,166 Hence it appears that the causes of death, either certified by the medical profession, or which became the subjects of investigation before coroners juries' form 97 per cent. of the total number. The births of 729 boys and 748 girls, in all 1,47 7 children, were registered in the week. The average of corresponding weeks in five years (1845-9) w as 1,342. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGIS.CEBED 115 THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 21, 18 5 °.. 231 Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 4$ Diseases of Uncertain Seat .. •••• 161 Tubercular Diseases .. • ••• ••• ••• 149 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... "' 3 1 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels f Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs 274 Respiration ... ••• * 9 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Org ans of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &o. ••• Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• Malformations... ... ••• Premature Birth .. ••• Atrophy Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ". Violence, Privation, Cold, and Int. m?erance Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Deaths in cone- Enumerated, spending week 1841. of 1849. West Districts... 301,189 . 149 • - Ni ors h Districts.. 376,568 Central iets 374,199 206 164 .......-- 1,16 6 Deem i n the Week' 156 219 231 247 31 3 ---- 1,16 6 564 602 East D siricts ... 393,067 ouch Districts.. 503,346 1,043 ..... 1,948,369 Mal, s ••• ••• Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK- Males Ft-males Total ... 1,477 *ln this number are included 30 by Scarlatina. 43 by Typhus Fever, 16 by Diarrhoea, and 1 by Cholera. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND. DEC. 25.—Wind W.N.W. , fresh, fine. Arrived—Adelaide, from St. Michael's; Windsor, from Calcutta; Petite Fortune, from Gravelines; Elbe, fronz liamburgh; Gleneaple, from Newfoundland; Albiout from Boulogne ; John Cobbold, from Jaffa• Triu m ar dP b. from Guernsey; Queen, from Dunkirk; Sir Edw Banks, from Ostend; Caledonia, from Pillau,• We asner•io trom St. Michael's; Hero and the Bliss, from St. M. Sailed—El.peth, for Trinidad; Satire , for Jamaic; Triton, for Osttnd; Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt; Lie' " pool, for Brest; Seine, for Boulogne; Diana, for llarli" gen; Rhine and Apollo, for Rotterdam. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OILIER COM FAMES' STOCK. From the Cyjkial List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24. IOIVIT-STOGIC razznts. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • Australasia •• •• •• •• 245. 40 0 0 40 0 0 3034 BritshNorth A.morican Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon •••• .. • • •••••• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial.. .. •• - Gloucestershire • • .... 15/per cent. - lonian .. • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn and Westralastr 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .•• 6/. per cent. 60 0 U 10 0 0 19 Provincialof Ireland.. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4356 Ditto, • • ...... . 81. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland 51. per cent. 50 0 0 .22 10 0 - Nat. Provnclal of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. ••• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia •• 6/ per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 35 Ditto ........ •. •• 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - Union et London. •• •• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ! 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COVIPANIES: Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. e. d. f s. d. Albion ...... •• •• •• Bl.los. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 7114 s 6d &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 2114 Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 N Arias . Argus Life .. •• •• •• 4/. per cent. 109 0 0 16 0 0 - I,lritisi, Commercial •• Is. 6tl. 50 0 0 50 0 734 Clericl,Med.& Gen• Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20 County .......... •• •• 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 86 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1414 Eagle .. ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6%, European Life ••• • • • 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 11 General 5 0 0 536 Glaue Guardian •••••••• •• •• 51. &bonus. 100 0 0 45 0 0 55 Imperial Fire •••• .• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 230 Imperial Life •• •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1634 Indemnity Marine.• 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 43 Law Fire ..........•• 100 0 0 210 0 2% LAW 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 43)6 Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 436 Licensed Victuallers .• 5 0 0 1 0 0 - London Fire •• •• •• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% Marine•• ••••• •• 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med.lnvlid&Gen.Life 4341. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 234 National Lean Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.... - Palladium Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Phoenix .•• - 155 Professional Life.. •• 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 168.0 d Provident Life- .• 1/. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 31 Rock Life •.• • • • ...... '53. 5 0 0 010 0 6 1 6 Royal Exchange 6l. p.ct. & bs. Stock. 211 Sun Fire • Ditto Life .. 1/. 60. 48 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 3N Universal Life........ 10% ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life- ... Si. per cut. I 412 6 5 VITATER,-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 1 Annum. Share. ----, - -- - I £ 8. d. X s. d. East London..• ••••• • • 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 - 160 Grand Janction ••• • • • 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 78 Kent............ ••• • ' 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth •• •• •••• •• •• ( 51. per ca. 100 0 0 - 97 New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10s. - - 57% Vauxhall .... ••• •.. •• 5l. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex. • . 61.05. pr cnt. - - 111 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Pile, Annum. Share. - -- X. 6. d. X s. d. Commercial ...... •... 41. pr cent. Stock. - 84 East and West In4' a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 144 East Country - - London .•.• • - 119% Ditto Bonds •••• • • .. 4/. per cent. - - - St. Katharine .. •..... 4 per cent. Stock. - 78 Ditto 80nd5........ 4341. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• ...... 21. per cent., 50 0 0 50 0 0 9% BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- - X. s. d. X. s. d. Charing-cross. • •• .. • • - - - 15 Southwrk .....• •• .. - 100 0 0 -8% Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. •••••• • • •• - 100 0 0 - 3 Dial Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 25 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 2134 Vauxhall .... . - Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 CANALS. i . . a , 'Dividend Names of ;,.) Dividend Names of w Price. per Companies. A 1 per Companies. xl Annum. Price. vz lAnnum. - an - - £ X Ashtnic Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield • 100; 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160, 121. 180 Neath ...... inn ' 161. 340 Srknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 i 201. 185 Birmingham 40 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 , 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.. • • 100, 251. 200 Regent's •• .. 33 1/. Os. 18% Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 42 Ellsrare&Chs 133' 355. 26% Somrset Coal 150, 7/.los. - GrandJunetn 100 41. 65% Do.LkFdSt 12 161. p. e. - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 7% - 8 4 Stlrrel&Worc 140' 281- 405 Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 33 % Sbrewskury.. 1251 - - .rand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stonrbrldgo.. 145 . 201. 290 ICennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 4 Severn and 1 21. Os. 24 Lancaster 100 41. 32 Wye Rail. ( 26 . Leeds& Livrplloo 241. 400 Warn ic,k & 1 41. 64% Leicester ....1100 51. 66 Birming. j 100 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 48% War.vick& LouAborogh '142 701. 510 Napton.. 100 31• 42 lionmouttlsh i l lOO 81. - Worcstr &} 78 31. 40% Nintg.mrysh I 100 - - Birming. MeltnAlwbri 100 - - Wilts &Bits - I Is. 6% SEABORNE MAILS. When made up in From what when PLACES. General Post-office port dim- due. London. patched. Africa (West coast)• • America (via N. York by British packet) • .*N January 3 .. .. Liverpool • • Jan• 2 America (via Boston by British packet) .. N January 17 Liverpool .. Jan. i America (by United December 27 'Liverpool & States packet) .. Southampt.' Belgium .. .. • • 1C Daily Dover .. inally Brazil ...... 3119th of the month iSouthampt..pee• 25 Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. Dec. 25 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. Jan- Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth••l J an• " central America .. N & 17th of month Southampt. Channel Isles • • .. R MOIL, Wed., & Fri.!Southampt. iTu. TM• Chili .. .111 17th of the mouth Southampt. 'Jan. France M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover Ilamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London Tues.,6:lo.l'• Holland .. • • .. N Wedncs. & Satur. London . • 31 ‘i n i o Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. j Ireland .. 31 & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • T a l:i .ce-d .. 417 India (via Southamp.) 31 20th of the month Southampt. Arrive. India (via Marseilles) N 71h& 24th of month' Dover .• Jan. 3 Madeira • • .. N Mediterranean (via ved Southampton) .. 20th of the month Southampt. Arri Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • J an ' 3 Mediterranean • (by French packet via Marseilles) Mexico . 31 2d of the month.. Southampt. Peninsular.. • . 111 7 th,l7 th,27th of mo Southampt. !Art rived Peru • • .. • • •• 31 17th of the month ; Southampt. Jan. f„ West Indies 111 17th of the month Sou th a mpt. Jan. A. West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 31 2d of the month .. ,Southarnpt. Jan. 3 vno m .o e. * N signifies that the by the night—and M by 12d of the month .. mails are sent from the morning—dispa ,Southarnpt. IJan. 6 • the General Foot-ofIICS itch. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—The attendance was Yel small to-day, and the business in all articles w as qui " , in retail, and nu change in the value of wheit and fOl i t ; could, however, be noticed since that day week. ra th er and oatmeal, being in large supply, were eac h lower. Barley, malt, beans, and peas, unaltere d in Ilan:' : 9 Indian corn rather more inquired for. Wheat, 5 0 , 4 . barley, 61; malt, 511; peas, 108. Foreign whea t, 10,8 ditto barley, 1,300; beans, 6,160; peas, 1,678. d LEEDS, DEC. 24.—The arrivals of grain coniin ne _ good; the trade in all articles was slow, and for vrbeat well as barley there was only a moderate sale a t FridaY! reduction. Oats and shelling steady; beans unaltered) and the same applied to all other articles. bad NEWCASTLE, DEC. 24.—At this day B ' s market we a moderate supply of wheat ; trade ruled dull, and Bs ' r day's u , tations were with difficulty supported. eirlej as bef q ore. Oats maintained their previous value. Ili ether articles no change. s u ppll NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 11 of beasts small; quality indifferen t ; trade active , an lie sold. Sheep in moderate supply, a better feeling in trade, and a good clearance eff e cted. Beasts, 440; 01110' 3.200. Bee, 4s 6d to 6s Od per stone; mutton, 5" 50 per lb. ..„„ et , is EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, DEC. 24.--There the meal market to-day 14 sack s o atmeal, each weigh in g `•,-; 6d, imperial, which sold thus :-4 at 11 8s Od, 10 at I ! 7s id and 1 at Ti 7s Od; average price of the whol e leyr 2-12ths. 2 sacks flour, which sold at 295. 5 sacks pot - v — whereof 3 sold thus: —1 at 25s Od, and 2 at 22s 6d. n „ e EDINBURGH HAY AND S TRAW M A RKET, m --• Oat straw, from 7s Od t o 9 s Od per kemple of 16 sii n " tr lr wheat ditto, :5s 6d to 6 s td ; barley ditto, 50 Od t o 60 " Hay, from 10d to Is per stone. %ire 16, 4 DAL MEAL MARKET, Dec. 23. E-There bags oatmeal, and 13 of barle meal ; sales dull. L/I. Y 010 down 6d on the top and second qualities ; barleyme ll the is as last week. rehird Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second "-"od imperial •• ••• ••• 26s Od 25s Od 24 3 Od Barleymeal, per ditto ... 183 Od 17s 6d lod Peasemeal s Od —a Od od Flour ... , Od Od od 3Od ,; Od Pot barley BIRTHS OF A 80/4. wife of On the 24th inst., at Hertford-street, May-fair, the h e ir. John Hrvey, Esq., of Ickwell Bury, Bedfordshire, of Al t a% On the 23d inst., at Wootton-cottage Streathaio Mrs. W. K. Hedges. OF A DAUGHTER. wife On the 20th inst., at Maidwell, Northamptonshire, the of T. B. Beale, Esq. VII On the 22d inst., at Ryburgh Rectory, 'fe of N o rfolk, the the Bev. Augustus Hemsworth. --- MARRIED. squar e ' rn On the 23d inst., at St. Ge orge the Martyr, Que en s - o tin ed g" Eden Kave Greville, Esq., o f St. Jae e s . sq uare, bill, to Rosa, eldest daught er o f J. Michael, Esq. , '2f s Lion-square, 24th i n ndon. ri ve, On the 24th i at Trinity Church, Westbourne-tetisty John Turton Wooll e y, Esq., of the Inner Temple , t° Flora, eldest dau g ht er o f t h e l ate C apta i n Hinrp ID At Hatton- house, Warwic D ks E hire, on the 18th h 3 ,. 7 °Th' of ward Arkwright, second son of Peter Arkwright, Willersley, Derbyshire, aged 42. Q.' rag e On the 19th inst., age d 82, L a dy Dick, wife of . 0 Dirk, Bart., of Port. hall, near Brighton. aged H On the 21st inst., at arpenden, near S. Alban' be 87, Elizabeth, wile of John Wyatt, Esq, Beecher °f Inner Temple. and On the 21st inst., at Pittodrie, Aberdeenshire,. Edvv Milman, Lite Captain of the 33d Regiment, aged 3 , 3 ; gr. On the 21st inst., at Brompton, Jana, the vale - Chilicote, of Doctors'-commons, aged 39. On the 23d inst., at flo:sharn, Sussex. Mr. G. igg' c ger• On the 23d inst., at East-end-house, Fairford, Glouc shire, Amelia, the wise of G. A. Payne, Esq, At the 11,croty, Woolwich, on the 22d inst., the Be Greenlaw, M.A., rector 01 that parish. On the 23,1 inst.. Emily Margaret Grix, of W. Grix, Esq.. Belie vue-hall School Bright on. At Biakebrook, near Kidderminster, aged 60, JO ''' Barber, l..sq youngest daughter London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU.L A No. 12, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N° i v .0! Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the C"" - 4 ;`,;) . Middlesex, Thursday, December 26, 1650. OPen eept la ......____ AI (Sole 1 Inum Artiste Alay a ;'!kURi "I wank boor. Rin e a, G-i Il lt&Isi] Mr. c t ainedi past se Perforrr kld the eor npri olic song, Son g, 4, eOrrito Sii.: ~, 'Grate Nods , c Waltz: VOXTJ TIT for Ii flint] it cm to an sYste Engi do lowly Arm:: chur4 Head stree , Rate' Man ter Fu Oftici Th tion, Nadi: N. be fei L cam from t 36g. p and C ---- by b y th spirit BEE by th SPirit Pale a I3AR&: C' flip (A. Li; Major Th e y Rev. 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