The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

SMALL DEBTS ACT, AND 1 I IC r INJUSTICE OF CLAUSE 128, CAI.LH) Co:,. - CURRENT JURISDIC i lON WI I. COURTS." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SVN. SIB,—As Parliament shortly assemble, will you do Ile the favour of calling public 7 , ttentian to the above cl ause? Whether left as part of the Act as an engine for the advantage, enrichment, and oppressive use of rn all3" petty lawyers and discounters I know Dot ; but thus much I can say, that I have been a severe suf ferer in the shape of law costs, paid to fi. - a times the reunt of the d e bt s I owe d, an d b e ing a man with a l arge family, struggling with the difficulties of the world, it has cost me many hours of anxiety and trouble. And no doubt numerous others have shared l h a same .fate, to the enrichment of a set of petty ,awyers who rake from the books of tradesmen small Le h tiJ ", due by persons resident twenty miles apart fr om their creditors, and under the above section are still at liberty to sue and charge their full costs, Ihieb in my case has been for debts averaging from `‘* t cl i s l. The costa paid from 50s. to Si each. - , 5 , n 1ire ,.,11 if we are to have a law, the creditor is the -rl.O be studied before the lawyer, who in my case ook especial care to have his costs paid down before a would consent to give me breathing time. Busi re;ll„4 taaY flourish with some, but it was not the case "'ree, as I had to summon numerous customers to t ' a o P the rapac i ous l awyer , an d t h us h ave I d es t roye d 0 a great extent my own and family's existence ; and in eu hu es . , p in seven cases out of ten, it is " want of c ea ° B ,7 not dishonesty, that retards payment. The „ °u ntY Court, so far as it goes, has certainly a v‘ry r i r ePer and merciful jurisdiction placed in the judge, nA nci . 4 0 private person (lawyer) ought to possess a at „he Optional within himself to create his own gains Lce • cost of his country and the increase of p a uperism. • 1 • 11 case of three 6/. bills, I found that although I 1 ) 1 11 , them to my creditors they had at maturity y found d u (i e ' r Way ..into a lawyer's hands ; and no sooner Ln. r .an down came writs. On applying to a soli 111'1' I Obtained the information, and further, that it 64 become a practice with professionals of the coin run grade to obtain the loan of a friend's name resi ,nt twenty miles from London, for the express pur ree et Carryi ng th e 'int e rpr e tation of this clause in _ Act out to t h e l etter, an d t h at many entirelyde pended upon this valuable privilege for their liv i ng. ' l ,„s under, I give verbatim the part alluded to, Sec. 448 And be it enacted, that all actions and pro• v oing s w hi ch before the passing of th i s Act m i g h t ha ve e au brought in any of her Majesty's superior rts an t Record, where the plaintiff resides more t4nty miles from the defendant, &c., may be uught and determined in any such superior courts tabt;t_he election o f th e par ty su i ng or pr ocee ding, as if Act had not been pas s ed." blf this clause is to remain the law of the land then e petty ut , lawyers and bill discounters will ever pray ; ''' 24 help . the poor man placed at their merciful . the 'ratl oo lamb• , much, I imagine, alike to the wolf and ' I am, Sir, yours, &c., 0 VICTIM TO THE 128TH CLAUSE. Lyin i it JA N: 2:—This morning, about two - Ems, gale, the coast °eleckeVind S.W., it blowing a tremendous tllTard on duty, about two miles to the westward of this port, i:, er v, Ora light from some vessel on d sh e when he irume- CLeT ehewed a blue light, and fire_ H several times, which e crew answered by three cheers. Possible to obtain assistance to rescue th e em from their perilous Fragments have since been W l l B4 l, l°l ' l, When, on . returning, the vessel was a total bir tc ; , crew all perished. • -- ' e 'l UP 'Which prove her to be the Angeline, of ofOuist i r a ea t m he , 4 2 ton s - i. e , - . Pt,oc.k,et, air ter. A black coat, with a pair gloves f Some wooden shoes, have, also f been .... ount pp U ing p - ''ne time of post, no bodies had been found ..—Shipping "d lir c . *van tie Gazette. aE ADTUL - OCCURRENCE.—On Christmas night, a ',',,radful'oeenrrerice took place within six miles of Kilrush. tl• id g e tliallgh dressed herself in man's clothes, and having ;144ekened her face,went to hertther-in-law's house to have 130ine diversion. Her brother-in-law a was taking care of the I: ?ue ' al his father was not at ome—he had a loaded gun in ' 5 hand . and when he saw as he thougilt the man blackened, tileePresented the gun at his sister-in- law and fired, and lodged e., contents of it between her shoulders. She died at . once. .iner e qtru was are inquest held on her body, and the verdict re ei„ ed we 5.....“ Manslaughter against Michael Hugh, de -aeed's biother-in-law."--Limeriek Examtner. 1 O YELI3ARGAIN.—A strolling beggar in this city ? -4 . t ,? 1 7 sold his son, a child . about 14 years old, to Monsieur ~ 4 Dlo Perique, to be trained in consideration of the wound:caused "" his paternal feelings.—Cork Examiner. m . LET Or SALMON FISHINGS AND ......ILLS.. t it the last very unsoccesaful season it was antic i pated that ere would be a great fall in the rents this year ; but upon t,,liese of the Earl of Wemyss, which were exposed by rottp "n Fridak last the reduction was only about 200/. upon a „, t ental of 1,8001. The total amount this year was 1,583/. /here Were& great many present, and considerable competi tion. Fore the Town's fi gs he were no offerers, ex -Istationsshinof Lally, e Wheel, and Yennels, eepti ng fex the smal- ,; as t h ey Which let At 441. and - in ing mill in were exposed at a mini- Mill-street, belonging Zinn sum.- flax P The spinning s n been occupied in Granaries for rj_Q_ t r h a e l veers; was was let to Mr. Hutton, at Cromwell Park, for pPi., on a lease of nine . t h een years. It is understood that a r 4 "ee fi titi is to establis a power-loom manufactory on the "41ses...=:Pertlishire Courier. 1 14 4 SO N THE HANGMAN OF HIS FATHER. AND the°THEß.—The folloWing remarkable case occurred during h t ,...,rei go of. Oliver Cromwell :—At the Derby assizes, a ee'rl_n.Y, consisting of a father and his two sons, were tried, ~, evicted, and sentenced to hanged,be for horse-stealing, 4 ' c ' vr , the Bench entertained the cruel whim, as there was extend mercy to one of th2rn ulty,i n fi n di ng a hangman, o bon-, cr i n niials, on the barbarous condition that he should Ve e t f t t il l e other two. The offer was first made to the father, " Was it ever known that a : t 4Pritiieed, in bittegni ? How can I take away toilf/?es liv Ne'le h i a e P ie g j ed h a b e is e children given ?" He bowed, gave up the e.,!: and s: his life. It was then made to. the eldest son, who tiv,t'nned teatt u pon it. The proposition . was then made to hem , ~ son,John, 3.'ungest: who accepted it with an avidity that 04 eet to tell the. Court that he would hang half the creation re mors e o tex . Ins, and he performed the fatal work without vi th ~_ mine father and brother; and he acquitted himself of pueboilnetueeh dexterity . that he was appointed to the office of th., _ xEcutioner, or Jack Ketch, of Derby and several tree,' neighbouring. counties, and continued in it to an ex r - ' e a ge. So void was he of feeling of distress, that he tieb.ldoictehd_at. murder for the sake of hi , s , perquisites—a guinea Hesays Brady, ie his varieties of the execute . n e4 ,., n yariettes of Literature,"about the year 1705, loving rea;;atil beloved by none. He s . pent a lite of enmity with de avon. a i yar,y. children pelted him, and the mothers en- Cre..l •• • e u tn atop the infant cry with the name of John -......La tid. ,, toidti,,°G ,T:itaiNlNG tx MUNICH.—One afternoon J. c — e Lam, she heard a tremendous noise, the shouts and Bdorge!n108 ° a r t ' , il d a l li r li t end: tahned rushed a nd ou dio, a ' the terriffie howling and yelling of . gentleman from. the stu ' tnue.... l ” and there, in a lugs adjoining field, through the man raced aloe or there had been a heavy fall of snow—a abig., iptirsuedi, se, „ enOrmous dog, the fiercest brute i by the hair se of this'h•a:agdilipot upon bini it tore him, it hook himt atztening and ,,' Fed him along the ground, the O r ; nowling I Then they were gdog, bit_ be round and round the field, man andt J.,8 judtiswlll beasts. J. was . horrified beyond words, n 1 ked an u d iet o ly on a nd eal'i?itiblet, indignation the gentleina_ -I" .i o r . fe erful ni ed b, What could it mean ? To , her it ti . se . emed a Nettt Murder. Bat no 2it was only the training of a l i h tl : , e o h tigt g ve ; ' 4 ' -h a -a very frightful business it must have been, rY grand.to witness, the gentleman decla c red : bly i n lan wt ia all bound up, so that the dog could notP Sal frigh n er krl:4 materially ; but his head and face, with their wo4nd'i hati4aes, suggested no other ideathan that of 11 Ss Whiell nude. him look all the more dreadful. These . robb egs, t en s tr ained, are necessary as security against et tel ts l ma PeoPle keep them; there are two at the ti e 'ai, but Iliave noticed nothing very ferocious about them. `the this tne s de of training do gs is not at all unusual, re.h theStrede I should think not particularly agreeable. *----ekene's'"lrots.4eltold Words." kt ' - - • . ....IviitANCVOLY.BOAT ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE. bOth 1:: St POter Allen, blacksmith, and David Inglis, joiner, • 4E1 %11 lou Pug , to St. David's, ;were proceeding on Monday iron, hoop in a boat from that place to Cramond with scrap 8114 avingheuled close to the. land on the south shore,. a_ t oedia n t squall struck the boat off Barabugle, when she of her inase abodeel lled andewent down, leaving only the tip of Allane Water.. To this the poor fellows instantly clung : quish-e'rr°JoAer, being an expert swimmer, sho . rtly il evin: u ' s 4 4)1 di and struck' out for the . sh . ore , but after he -- t. Prne4ded a short distance, finding his s.rengt io h a fa v il e in ry g exislwaoasratedback to his companion, whom he reached . i?nsiderablesiltelente'e, ti.is friend's and was by him manfully supported for a till all the efforts of Inglis o_ k on ee a p Bead above , water proved unavailing, and t was 'i.eoneillvtaihatvhe:t boat.reaching them shortly after!vards, i r PctorAllen,was uite dead, and Inglis in a ve y ~ t:ebled coildition. Th e y q were immediately conveyed on w bn a :e, a n d .._ . p a " . ,Pitelleal aid promptly called in. Allen, however, and i , ix - e i, l I*.eenverY . and we regret to learn has left . a widow eilake lament ' h . . glad to say, 1 0 to is untimely loss. Inglis, we are 11 fail. AA. iL fair way of recovery.—Glasgow Daily ACCIDENir h er THR LONDON AND NORTH-WEsT -4 tit.,l IZAILWAY sTA „„. • o ,urred o New Yetnx MANCHESTER . . An . accient oe lendonat 6 30 ' a.m 4 D aywhich leaves to the mail tram . .ehe • ' -- i'lLa it was entering the station in Man , star at 2.10 P.M.' which' led to several passengers being rt, but happily none of Ulm were seriously or dangerously ,I.liiree, The train had ate of sc , l ,_ w iok, and ~was again ni pped for tickets to be collected at Inoti n and passing the points ez:no South Junction line, when the ' engine ran off the rails a n e e tlY at the_peints, taking with it the tender, luggage van, the second.class carriage. The motion of the train was I , t , ( , ) ,,, but this' check to its progress was sufficient to throw . l 4n7, Passengers in the second-class carriage from their seats, ti :.1, several of-them were shaken and bruised. A lady, gen ole,,an, and a soldier of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, were the .. kV •Passongerse however, who it was necessary to furnish Nteal aid t 0... The lady 'had three teeth damaged, the t:la "lan had Rein across the nose , and the soldier a slight tehra!ion across the temples. They were all able to proceed 1 ,, i eir destinations after their wounds had been dressed e,,,,TFeit further inconvenience. The cause of the aec w i as e a ea . not be satisfactorily ascertained ; probably . it. which til;`l accidental. obstruction at a particular point which t itt .ed the wheels of the engine aside, and which no o , rs ° Would have Prevented. v'e t .. . f 2 ~ 'NCH Fi smatmEN.—Ninety boats of Boulogne, t14* 7 8 tons, With 979 men on board, have been this year L4,g b ed is the herring fishery on the coast of . Scotland; they r, relight 'mine 17,866 tons of salt herrings. ll `qtOSSING THOROUGHEARES.-- Mr. Weld, of the ° Yal s • tte,,e coed a letter in the Builder, says—The terribly tre sli a . a condition "of our great thoroughfares renders business, ' 1 4,1 "'g of thelti at all times a difficult and slow . till.° eoinetimes even, a dangerous performance.. Permit me, l e k i lth your M.Xdiurn, to suggest the expediency of throw tek, gl,it cast-iron ; bridges over the most frequented cross a' the bridges might be divided longitudinally by a sC‘ f ence or railing, to enable parties to pass to and fro ; and se.„ st e i," to then* might easily be gained by a double spiral tro,''ase. 13y ;this • means our thronged streets might be Ith4ed in safety, and without exposure to the unctuous mud, the e those who preferred risking their necks by thr,ding tirli oarriages. & e., to lasing the few moments of additional ltie%required for ascending and crossing the bridges, would ' ne at Nilo liberty to do ev. THE SUN, THE NEWMARKET Yrs. Harpsicord . 3 Woodlark 5 The Swindler Clermont the Cutler Knock-Knoll W indiscbgratz 4 C by John o'-Gaunt dam by The Saddler 3 Officious Antigone William theCunqueror 4 Landgrave Henrietta 3 Hesse Homburg Entre-nous Vatican 5 Brother to Truthteller 5 Rodney 5 Minimum Flare-up Don Pedro St. George Kissaway 5 Woolwich ... 5 Little Jack Tophana Clelia 4 Recruit (late Tho rougligood Sam) 3 Gilliflower Bushranger ....... 4 E NORTHAMPTON ICAP. Yrs. Landgrave Backbiter Truth Garforth Joe Sutherland 5 Cariboo ... 4 The Cutler Sweetheart Reversion 5 The Swindler Selina the Cocktail Theseus 3 Vampyre Mouse St. George 4 F by Birdcatcher, out of Wedastra 3 Electricity Ginevra Elcho 4 Caurire ............ 5 Borneo . Cnaus Alp ................... 5 Pandemus Chief Justice Moultan Don Juan 5 Sunrise Russborough 4 Windesclagratz 4 Kissaway Vatican 5 Brother to Truthteller 3 Harpsichord 3 Strongbow Flash Rhesus Little Jack Little George C by Gladiator, out. of I the Abbess ,Dough ,Eva Miss Spring Gladiole 4 Woolwich 5 Docility Melita Sir Richard Cottager Nutmeg 4 Prior of Lanercost C by Dromedary, dam by Mulatto Cheerful Leap-year 3 Gillyflower The Ban Bushranger SERIOUS INDISPOSITION OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL.—We regret to learn that General Sir J. Wil loughby Gordon, the Quartermaster General, lies danger ously ill with .a severe attack of bronchitis. The General was recovering, when he relapsed on Monday last, since which his physician, Dr. Machlachlau, has been in constant attendance. Sir Willoughby is of the same age as the Duke of Wellington, and has been Quartermaster General of the Army since 181 2.--Morning Paper. SCARCITY OF lIADDOCKS.—SeIdom has such an extraordinary scarcity of haddocks been experienced here as the present time. The fishermen along the whole Banff shire coast got extremely few, although in many cases they go twenty or thirty miles from shore in search of them. In our market on Friday no fresh fish were to be seen, and fresh haddocks are selling at 4d. a piece. The scaroity has, of course, occasioned a great rise in the price in the southern markets. In Glasgow the prices last quoted were from 335. to 365. a barrel; and in London the prices exceeded 40s. These are nearly double the ordinary prices when the fish is got in abunclance.—Banifshire Journal. SPORTING IN C dE'S'rk The complete entries (stt only reached us late last nil were not wrong in anticipati Yrs. Active Alp Achyranthes Abbess ot Jervaux Alonzo Aristocrat 4 Barnton Boy Bordeaux 4 Backbiter Brington Brother to Dough 4 Bold Harry Ban, Tne Baroness Borneo 5 Bee Hunter Brother to Truthteller 3 Bushranger Blarney 4 Baroness, The Black Doctor Birdcatcher 1, out of Wadastra 3 Captain Grant .. 4 Caurire 5 Champion 5 Cocktail, The Cariboo 4 Cossack a Christina Cheerful Cockermouth Clarissa 5 Clelia Cyprus Chief Justice Calmar 4 Conveyor 4 Cutler, The 3 Chantrey Coloeynthus. Clermont a Carthaginian Cnmus Clincher Calculator 3 Damask Duo an Darras Don Juan 5 Dough Docility Dulcet Exeter Eva Elcho Elasticity Earl of Warwick 3 Elthiron 5 Entre-nous . Estafette Flying Gout (lateDah cotah Chief) Flareup 4 Fugleman 6 Flash 4 Gent, The 4 Glenbawk 3 Glauca Gladiator c, out of The A bbess Gladiator f, , out of Lollypop G arforth Gladiator c, out of Kborassan's dam Gill, flower Gladiole 4 Gladiator f, ".out of Sprite 4 Guardsman Gaffer Green a Hothorpe Harpsichord 3 Hurry Scurry Haricot Heart of Oak Hippolytus Eli ppogriffe ....... 3 Hesse-Homburgh Ingratitude Italian, The 4 Iron Duke 5 lanthe Indian Chief 3 Juggler, The 5 Joe Sutherland 5 John o' Gaunt, c dam, by the Saddler 3 Jack Leeming 3 John O'Gaunt, colt out of John Cos ser's dam Jenny Lind NOMINATIONS FOR HANE Yrs. The Knight ofGwynne 4 St. Rosalia Q uasimodo Bordeaux ... 4 Mooltan Brother to Dough 4 Christina Cossack a Peep-o'-Day Boy a Pitsford 4 Backbiter Champion 5 C by Gladiator out of The Abbess 4 Don Juan 5 F by Gladiator, out of Lollypop Mickleton 4 Uriel 5 Legerdemain C by Dromedary, dam by Mulatto C by Dromedary, dam by Mulatto Ruseborough Nondescript Cariboo 4 Clarissa 5 Ginevra 3 Glauca Mouse Strongbow Borneo 5 ENTRIES FOR TH . HANE Yrs. Valentine Ballet Girl ... 4 May Day liesse Homberg Old Dan Tucker 5 Snowstorm Fern'nill . 6 Langton 5 Sauter la Coupe Tcphuna ...... 6 Elthiron 5 Modestina 4 Monk 4 Cyprus Unity 3 Won't-you-come-out to-night 4 The Gent 4 baby 5 Clarissa Cossack a Cnantry 5 Officious Clermont Sr. Rosalia Montague 5 Sis. to Legislator Captain Grant . Pitsford 4 Zadoc Christina Vega Priestess Mark Tapley Birthday (II b) Antigone Clothworker 5 C by John o'Gaunt, out of John Cosser's dam Mulgrave Quiver Woodlark 5 Cottingham Hippogriff 3 Champion 5 e by Jobn o'Gaunt, dam by The Saddler 3 Glauca Brother to Dough Panope The Baroness Waterfall Achyranth es 4 Legerdemain 5 Ondine Tern Wadlin 5 C by Vernlaw, out of Whim Westow 5 Ischia Torpor .TELLIGENCE. CUP. 11 " 6utiect to cirrections") ght—it will be se en that we ing come additions, &c. Yrs. John of Berwick ,Kung of Oude ..... 3 iliissawav . Knook Knoll 3 (Knight of Gwynne Knight of Avenel 4 Langton 5 Lord George /Lit le George Landgrave 5 Little Jack La Fiar Loupgarou 4 Lou 4h Bawn 3 Lady Evelyn 5 Lldy Eden 4 Luxury Loadstone 4 Mouse Mark Tapley Miss Ann Montague Miss Helen Miss Spring Uttlgrave Mickleton 4 Musician Melody Made-safe Modestina 4 Nancy Old Claret Officious Old Dan Tucker Osbaldwick Ondine Prestige 3 Priestess Python P itsford i Peep-o'. Day Boy a Panope Paquetta ........ Pandamus 3 Prior of Lanercost 4 Post Tempore Queen Bee .•••• 3 Quiver Quicksand 6 Reversion 5 Raby Russborough 4 Reindeer Rhesus Rubins Rescue . 'Sweep, The 'Shot Seaman 4 (Swindler, The . Strongbow i Sir Hercules c, out of Lantern 3 Sweetheart Sauter-le. Coupe Snowstorm St. George 4 Signor of liolderneas 4 Strap Sir Phillip Sir Richard Scarborough 4 Selina 5 Sir Robert 4 St. Rosalia 5 Tarn Wadlin Truth 3 Torpor Trouncer Tightwaist rhunberbolt 3 Unknown, The (h b) a 4 Valautine Vanguard Vampyre Vatican 5 Velox •••• 5 Verulam b), out of Whim Wallflower Won't you come out to-night 4 William the Conqueror 4 Windischgratz Wild Rose 5 Wallace 4 Woolwich 5 Wilmont Westrow York you're wanted 4 Zadoc 4 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1851. LITERATURE. POPERY IN POWER; or the Spirit of the Vatieun. . .1 . 3 y Joseph Turnley. Although the publication of this work comes very opportunely at the present moment, yet it is not to be ranked amoug those pieces de circonstance to which the recent Papal aggression has given rise. Mr. Turnley assures us in his preface " that fifty pages of the first part of the book were written and published before the recent assumptions of the Pope of Rome," and the work itself bears witness to the diligence with which Mr. Turnley has collected his materials, and to his judgment in their selection and arrange ment. The . otject of the first part of the work is to prove, by reference to historical facts, the universal antagonism of Romanism with all civil power and good government, , and to expose its secret energies and mystic agencies for the destruction of every element which has denied its infallibility or its suprenincy, and this he does by reference to various passages of history, more especially to those relating to the occurrences which took place in this country during the reign of Henry 11. He then pro ceeds to descant on the relentless cruelty of Romanism triumphant, and describes with great vigour and aril. Illation the fiend-like persecution of the unfortunate Albigenses, and the horrible tortures practised in the dungeons of the Inquisition, several illustrations of which, beautifully engraved, are given. At the con clusion of his work - be denounces the delusion and vanity of Tractarianism in terms of eloquent indig nation. To this work is appended a powerfully written drama by the 53111 e author. entitled " Priest craft," founded on the history of Henry 11., in which Thomas A'Beckett is represented as the incarnation of Romanism, encouraging rebellion against all civil power, and stirring even the children of Henry to make war on him. The work is very neatly got up, and is profusely illustrated by engravings. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 3. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual airings. The Queen had a dinner party this evening. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency Senor Iquritz, his Excellency the Marquis d'A zeglio, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lady Fanny lloward, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Strafford, Viscount and Viscountess Pon sonby, Lord and Lady Stanley (of Alderley), and Col. the Hon. Charles . Grey. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended during dinner in the Castle yesterday evening, and performed the following selection:— Parade March of the Coldstream Guards Mozart. Coldstream Guards' Quick March Costa. Overture, "Fest".. Lindpaintner. Selection, "EtoLie de Seville" . Balfe. Quadrille, "Calgdonian" ......... Jullien. Schottische;" The Princess Alice".. Kettel. The Queen's private band afterwards attended, and played the following pieces : Overture, " Le Dieu et la Bayadere" Auber. Andante and rondo ........ Hummel. Divertissement, "Le Prophete".. Meyerbeer. General Wemyss has relieved Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey in his duty as the Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty. Lieutenant• Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour has relieved Colonel Bouverie in bis duty as the Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Mr. J. F. L. Foster, from Port Philip, had an in.- terview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. Lord John Russell returned to his residence, Pem broke Lodge, Richmond-park, yesterday, from Wo burn Abbey, Bedfordshire. Dispatches were sent off last evening from tha Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North Ame rican colonies. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. SUBJECT FOR THE HULSEAN PRIZE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 3.—The late Rev. John Hulse having bequeathed to the University of Cambridge cer tain estates for the advancement of religious learning, and having directed in his will that out of the rents and profits, so soon as annuities and other encumbrances would admit, an annual premium should be given " for the best dissertation in the English language on the evi dence in general, or on the prophecies or miracles in par ticular, or on any other particular argument, whether the same be direct or collateral proofs of the Christian religion, in order to evince its truth and excellence;" to be written by a member of this university ender the de gree or standing of a Master of Arts, the trustees have given notice that a premium of about 100/. will this year be given for the best dissertation on the following subject:— " The History of the Extinction of Paganism in the Roman Empire, viewed iu relation to the Evidences of Christianity." The dissertations to be sent to one of the trustees (the Vice-Chancollor, the Master of St. Joha's College, or the Master of Trinity College) on or before the 19th of October, 1851, with the names of the respective authors sealed up. The author of the essay best approved is to print it at his own expense, and is not to be a second time a can didate for the premium. We have received information from the Admiralty that our correspondent at Plymouth was misinformed in stating that the crew of the Indefatigable were dissatisfied with the new Admiralty order for the supply of provisions to the navy. We are assured, on the contrary, that the crew of that ship are perfectly satisfied and contented, and alto gether animated with as good a spirit as ever pervaded the crew of a ship of war. We are also informed from the same source that the operation of the new order in question is likely to be attended with the happiest results to the service. THE MERCANTILE MARINE ACT.-IMPORTANT NOTICE.—In consequence of a communication from the Naval Department of the Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, in which reference is made to the incon • venience which might arise from a strict enforcement of the letter of the 30th section of the Mercantile Marine Act, the collectors and controllers, and Other principal officers of the Customs' department at the several ports throughout the kingdom, have received directions from the Commissioners not to insist on the production of certificates of competency or service from masters or mates of foreign-going ships (or, in other words, ships outward bound to foreign parts) be fore the Ist of February; next, but to clear such ships outwards until that day without such production. CHARGE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT AGAINST AN HOSPITAL SURGEON,— An extraordinary investigation into a charge of the above serious nature at Cheltenham has caused an unusual sensation in the town, the accused being a medical practitioner of some standing, and one of the sur geons at the Cheltenham Public Dispensary. An inquiry into the affair before the magistrates has been the result. The accused, Mr. Theodore Sheldon, was charged on the information of Lydia Stride, with a felonious assault upon her in the surgery of his private residence. The girl swore that, having had an order for medical assistance at the Dispensary, Mr. Sheldon attended her, and on three several occasions on which she had visited his surgery, he had committed a capital offence upon her. From the evidence of witnesses called for the de fence, it was proved that it was next to impossible that such occurrences could have taken place without exciting notice. The magistrates having heard all the evidence, retired for about a quarter of an hour; on their return into the public court, the chairman, Mr. Pilkington, informed the parties that the magistrates dismissed the case, and he added, that Mr. Sheldon left the court without the least stain on his cha racter. The inquiry occupied six hours, and created the ut most curiosity. How TO MANUFACTURE A 46 MIRACLE." — (From a Correspondent.)—Take an oil painting of a wounded man, cover the back of the canvass with pitch, cut out a portion of the latter immediately behind the part depicted as a wound, pierce the canvass at that part with several stabs of a cob ler's awl from back to front, plane in the openings made by the removed pitch a piece of sponge saturated with blood thinned with water, cover the opecting with a plug of pitch, the application of a hot iron removing the appearance of a seam round the plug. The " mired e" may now be worked by gentle pressure either from behind or in front of the pictured wound, which, squeezing the sponge, causes the bloody liquid to exude through the holes made by the cob ler's awl, and trickle out in the most natural and surprising manner, to the edification of all beholders. This " miracle ' is capable of being produced by other means, but upon the p o r u i n n ( c l,a l n e' d with some p ressure , w ill as sist in establishing The application of a white handkerchief to s t sameip the " miracle." DEATII OF VISCOUNT AI.FOED, M.P.—We have to announce the demin, after a protracted illness, of Viscount Alford, M.P. for Bedfordshire, who expired at eight o'clock on Thursday evening at Ashridge Park, his Lordship's seat, near Hemel Hempstead. The Warquis of Northampton, the Earl Compton, and other family connexions, were staying at Ashridge Park at the time of his Lordship's dissolution, which had been anticipated for some . weeks past. The Noble Viscount had been in declining-health for the last two years, and he and Lady Marianne Alford pvssed the winter of last .v ear in Egypt, and did not return until the su mm e r, when it became apparent to all his friends that he had not derived any permanent benefit from . his residence abroad. John Hume Cust, Viscount Alford, was the eldest son of the Earl of Brownlow, by his first marriage with Sophia, second daughter and co-heir of the late Sir Abraham Hume, Bart., and Lady Amelia Egerton. He was bo-n October 15, 1812, and married February 10, 1841, Lady iNiarianne Margaret Compton, eldest daughter of the Marquio of Northampton, by whom his Lordship leaves issue two sons, the eldest of whom is in his ninth year. The Noble Viscount was Colo nel of the North Lincoln Militia. He was first elected Mem ber for Bedfordshire at the general election in 1836, in con junction with Lord Charles Russell, and he continued to re present that county in the House of Commons in the succes sive Parliaments of 1837, 1841, and 1847. His Lordship was a Protectionist in pollties. BATTERsE,qPARK AND THE NEw SUSPENSION BRIDGE. —The inhabitants of Chelsea, Battersea, and Vaux hall are at last relieved from their suspense respecting the proposed new bridge between the above places, so long on the lapis. It is now four years since the necessity for such a bridge was first discovered, and it was proposed to erect one in connexion with the new park, then and now in course of construction at that part of Battersea which im mediately faces the gardens of the Royal Hospital (which also are at last made available for the recreation the public). The first piles of the new laidge were driven a few days back; and we may hope in the course of the:ensuing sum mer to see it hurrying towards completion. It is to be hoped that, when completed, the fate of the present old and dangerous Battersea-bridge will be sealed. I Mr. William Ratcliff, of Walesby, Nottingham , shire, has now in full bloom a quantity of fine polyan %lmes in his garden; and on Christmas-day he gathered a cowslip in full vigour. Exi C 7 H H t-4 rn 0 t7 0 H 1 .. 1:11 Now let the results of this scheme over for a few moments. H be pondered - First, there is the task of bringing the cattle into London. We presume that no one gravely proposes to shut out all the southern counties, Kent and Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire, from the London markets. But how are all these supplies to be brought to market ? They must cross the river by one of the bridges. We begin, then, by forcing perhaps 50,000 or 80,000 beasts, and 300,000 or 400,000 sheep, to traverse the whole breadth of the metropolis, from its southern approach to its northern suburb before they even reach the market ! This is pretty well to begin with—as a scheme emanating from men who are horrified at the thought of driving cattle through the streets ! But this is only the first item out of a pretty long account. The southern counties send, of course, cattle to Smithfield in large numbers. But, when there, purchases for southern use are made to a large extent—purchases both of stock for grazing farms, and of sheep and oxen by Lambeth and South wark butchers. "I am in a condition to state," said Mr. Hicks—himself a large salesman—" that Deputy one-thirdof the supply of Smithfield market, both cattle and sheep, when sold, are driven over Black friars-bridge." This " one-third of the supply," according to the estimate of the Commissioners them selves, would amount to 78,990 beasts, 430,590 sheep, and 18,730 calves and pigs. All these enormous droves, now sold within about half a mile of the bridge, and all, therefore, easily transferable to the southern side in half au hour after leaving the mar ket—all these droves it is proposed to send up to Highbury or Hornsey—thence to travel back more than three miles through the streets of London be fore they reach the bridge ! And this, forsooth, is a plan gravely proposed with a view " to diminish or remove the existing el ils and inconveniences !" Still, however, we have touched on one point only. We have spoken only of the southern supply. But what will the other great districts of the metropolis say to a market beyond the northern suburb ? Will Highbury be a convenient market for the Pimlico butchers ? Or will the 400,000 inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, Shad well, Poplar, St. George's-in-the-East — will they like to be sent to the north of Islington for their supply ? Is it not quite clear that to remove the market from the centre of London to one of the suburbs is to serve, perhaps, that suburb, but only by the sacri fice of all the rest. Islington, or at least the butchers of Islington, might be served by having the market settled among them. But the city of London, the borough of Southwark, the Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, and all 'Westminster, would be grievously injured and inconvenienced. Of this there can be no doubt. But the importance of a central position for the market is remarkably proved by the admission of the very first witness—Mr. Giblett. He was evidently put forward as the main reliance of the opponents of Smithfield.. He was a great butcher, and, strange to say, he was in favour of removing the market ! Yet even he, when asked the question, what he considered to be the advantages of Smithfield, was obliged to reply in these decisive words : " The advantages of Smithfield market I consider to be very great to the trade of butchers in London, inasmuch as the position is central, particularly with I reference to their shops; and they can always pro- I cure, to any extent, whatever they want. They have it almost at their very doors. It is the locality of the market that gives the butchers those advantages I am speaking of." Exactly so; but does not that fact govern the whole question ? The market is for the butchers ; they only frequent it, and it is happily placed, very much out of the way of the other trades of London. But is not the convenience of the butchers a main consideration in the matter ? When an exchange is built for mer chants, are not the merchants consulted as to what will be suitable for them ? If a coal-market or a corn-market is planned, is not the suitability of the site to the frequenters of such markets always regarded as a main consideration ? And how plainly aLsurd would it be, to form a beast-market in a manner, or i❑ a place, inconvenient to all who are to do business therein. If it be replied, that " the cattle must and shall be taken out of London streets,"—we answer, as we have already answered, that the removal of the market to Islington will of itself effect no such object. But we must postpone any further remarks to a future opportunity. THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF SMITHFIELD iIIABICEII Yesterday the Bill to be introduced into Parliament by the City authorities in the ensuing session, " For enlarging the site of Smithfield Market, and fur improv ing the approaches thereto," was published. It is en titled " The Smithfield Enlargement Act," and proceeds from the office of the City Remembrancer. The general public interest felt in respect of this and similar matters of municipal improvement, will probably render an ab stract of its provisions of interest. The Bill proposes that the Corporation of London may enlarge Smithfield Market, and make the following improvements:—Take down the houses and buildings between Snow-hill on the south, King-street and West Smithfield on the south-east, Smithfield-bars on the east, Cow Cross street on the north, Turnmill-street on the east, Castle street on the north, and the new street called, or' in tended to be called, Victoria-street, on the west, and to " lay" the site of them, and of the streets in tersecting, into the live-stock market of Smithfield, for the purpose of enlarging the same, as the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons shall think necessary; and to erect on other parts thereof a dead-meat market and slaughter-houses, and other buildings connected with the market, and to provide it with expedient conve niences ; and also to widen the avenues leading to the market, and to improve the approaches thereto. The plan of the proposed improvements has already been de posited in the office of the town clerk of the city of London, and is to remain there for the inspection of all persons at one shilling each. The limitation power of purchasing houses and lands is five years from the passing of the Act. The Corporation are to be em powered, with the consent of the Lord Bishop of London, to take or use for these purposes one of the burial grounds of St. Sepulchre's Church, situate in Durham-yard, West-street, the amount of compensa tion to be settled by the Bishop, and applied as he may direct for the benefit of the parish. The graves are to disturbed "as little as may be," and the bodies dis turbed are to be removed, the expense not ex ceeding in any one case 101, to be paid by the Corporation. The grave-stones are to be re moved, and put up and laid in some other burial ground, at the cost of the Corporation. The Corpora tion are to be empowered to change the present market days and market hours, if they shall think proper. When the intended new dead-meat market has been er"cted, the present Newgate Market is to be removed thereto, and its existing site to be applied to such purposes as may be mutually agreed upon by the Corporation and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The whole of the markets and slaughter-houses are to be under the exclu sive jurisdiction of the same authorities that have juris diction over the present site of Smithfield Market. The schedule of tolls proposed to be taken is as follows: — Beasts, each, existing tolls-Id. toll, id. tie; new tolls, 4d.; total tolls 6d., to include tie. Sheep and lambs each, existing tolls-1-10th of Id., or 2d. per score; new tolls, 2-10ths of Id., or 4d. per score; total tolls, 3-10ths of ld., or 61 per score. Pigs each, existing tolls-I.sth of Id.; new tolls, 4-sths of Id.; total tolls, Id. Calves each, existing tolls—ld. tie; new toll, Id.; total toll, 2d., including tie. Horses each, existing toll-2d. tie, 4d. entry; new tolls, 2d. tie; total tolls, Bd., including tie and entry. Hay each load, existing tolls-6d. toll, ld. entry; new toll, ld. entry each cart load; total toll, Bd. each cart load, including entry. Straw, each load, existing toll, ld. entry; new tolls, Id. entry each cart load; total tolls, 2d each cart load, including entry. Sheep, calf, and pig pens each, existing toll, Is.; new toll, nil; total tolls Is. Graduated regulat i o n tolls, in addition to above, on beasts, sheep, lambs, pigs, and calves leaving the market after 7 and before 6 o'clock; existing toll, nil; new tolls, beasts, 2d. each; sheep, lambs, pigs, and calves, 4d. per score. Before nine lo'clock, existing tolls, nil; new tolls, beasts, 4d each; sheep, lambs, pigs, and calves, 8d per score. The sur plus of all tolls, after payment of the cost of maintaining the market is to go to discharge the principal of bor rowed money; and the additional tolls proposed as above are to cease on repayment of the principal of the money borrowed on the credit of them. Money may be raised by the Corporation on bonds at interest, fir the general purposes of the Act on •the market tolls and on the credit of the estates of tire Corporation, for the pur poses of the enlargement, to the extent of 245,0004, and a further sum of 220,0001. for the erection of a dead-meat market and slaughter-houses. CHOLERA IN THE WEST INDIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The rapid advance of the cholera in the West India islands, and the want of medical assistance to re lieve the sufferings of those affected by it, having caused several West India proprietors to request us to forward to them for the purpose of circulating among their people some plain and intelligible instructions, we have made application to the medical department of the Ad miralty, and have received the following practical rules, the observance of which may do much to check the pro gress of this mysterious disease. These rules will be distributed (gratuitously) in several of the islands, but much more extensively by your affording them space in the columns of your journal. The awful havoc the disease is making in Jamaica, where the ignorance of the blacks causes it to be doubly fatal, renders their speedy circulation very desirable. We have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servants,_ GIFFORD and LINDER. 104, Strand, Dec. 28, 1850. RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN THE WEST INDIES DURING THE PREVALENCE OF CHOLERA. Avoid all kinds of food which have a tendency to produce relaxation of the bowels; and abstain from ex cess in the use of intoxicating liquors. 2. Let the diet be generous, using rather more animal food than usual; as a rule, taking animal food in pro portion to the amount of vegetable food omitted; and never on any account eat fruit, vegetables, or shell-fish late in the evening. 3. Free ventilation and cleanliness are essentially necessary. Every door and window of a house in which there is a case of cholera should be thrown widely open during the day; and during the night the windows and the door also, if possible, should be left partly open. 4. Avoid being chilled by exposure in low, damp places at night; and if a person gets wet he ought to change his wet clothes for dry ones as soon as possible. 5. Looseness of the bowels should be immediately checked by the following, or some similar mixture:— Prepared chalk, 2 drachms; compound tincture of car demoms, 1 ounce; tincture of opium, 2 drachms; syrup of ginger, 2 ounces; peppermint water, 8 ounces. Two table spoonfuls to be taken every two hours, or more frequently should the purging not cease—and in that case the patient ought to be put to bed, and artificial heat applied to his feet and belly. 6. No person ought to enter a house in which there is a case of cholera unless his assistance be required. 7. Localities in which cholera is prevalent should be avoided, for whether it be propagated by infection or by an atmospherical agent, the presence of a number of cases in one place shows that there the cause of disease is rife. 8. An elevated residence is more safe than one situated on a low level, or on the sea shore. 9. Avoid as much as possible taking purgative medi cine so long as the disease remains in the neighbour hood; but should it be absolutely necessary to open the bowels, use the following pills :—Extract of rhubarb, 24 grains; extract of celocynth, 24 grains; extract of aloes, 12 grains. Divide the mass into twelve pills, and take ono, two, or three for a dose. A. BRYSON, M.D. Medical Department, Admiralty, Somerset house, 27th December, 1850. NOTE.—Every small town or village in which there is no medical practitioner should be provided with a supply of these medicines, in order that the patients may be supplied with them as early as possible. They might be placed in the keeping of some respectable person who would take an interest in their proper adminis tration. Amongst the passengers by the steamer Severn, which left Southampton yesterday with the West India mail, were the following surgeons and physicians, sent out by Government to Jamaica on account of the cholera in that island, viz., Drs. Tucker, Beveridge, and Joseph Brown; and Messrs. Campbell, Crawford, and Murphy. The following medical inspectors were also sent out, viz., Drs. Gavin, Laidlaw, and Milroy. Dr. Beveridge, who only arrived from Jamaica by the last West India steamer, where he had been serving on board her Ma jesty's ship Imaum, volunteered to go out again. About 60 or 70 casks, cases, and packages of medicines were sent out to Jamaica by private merchants, and between 40 and 50 by Government. The following staff of military officers also left yester day in the Severn for Barbadoes, viz., Colonel Yule, Captain Maxwell, and Lieutenants Bruce, Sandeman, Barber, and Grantham. On the subject of the cholera in Jamaica the follow ing letters have been received;— " Admiralty, Dec. 31, 1850. "Sir,—Having laid before my Lords the Commis sioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 30th instant, forwarding memorials respecting the cholera is Jamaica, I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you that the same have been transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. " I am, Sir, your very humble servant, (Signed) B. HAMILTON. " Admiralty, Jan. 1, 1851. " Sir,—With reference to the memorials transmitted to the Lords Commiss ioners of the Admiralt y b y " J. W. Dover, Esq., No. 124, Fenchurch-street." bankers, merchants, and brokers of the city of London, praying that medical men and a supply of drugs might be sent to Jamaica by t he mail of the 2d instant, to meet the exigencies occasioned by the prevalence of cho lera in that island, I am commanded by my Lords to ae ou th.lt the corainedo:e COMeltind;nq on that part of the station has already given such assistance as was in his power, and that he would continue to do so, when not inconsistent with the public service. "My Lords would beg to point out to you that any directions for sending out a medical staff to the colonies should come through the Colonial-offico, to which department the memorials to their Lordships have been duly forwarded. "I am, Sir, your very humble servant, (Signed) " W. B. HAMILTON. " J. W. Dover, Esq., 124, Fenchurch -street." Whatever the Government may do, the merchants are doing their duty. Many have sent out medicines and medical instructions, and one merchant applied to a sur geon in whom he had confidence, offering him five guineas a day for his services in the island. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) There is a perceptible difference in the amount of business transacted this week, attributable probably, it not %holly, to the season of the year, and a rather lower range of prices may he quoted, both for dividend and other mines, with, however, some exceptions. We consider we were right in our assumption of last week, that an increased rate of discounts might prove beneficial to the mining interest rather than otherwise, in the fact that the inquiry for mining shares has not in the least diminished, and it is probable they will receive a still further stimulus from the payment, next week, of the January dividends. The reports received since our lust of the workings and production cf ores of the numerous mines in favour with the capitalist are of a healthy and most satisfactory character. In the Metal Market, Staffordshire Iron fully main tains its improvement, and Welsh is gradually assuming a better position—a large business having been done during the week at advanced rates. Copper continues Steady. Lead is firm, with a good business. Tin has an upward tendency; and Tin Plates have advanced 6d per box. Spelter is very dull. From our statistical returns of the sales of copper ores, by ticketing in Cornwall and at Swansea, given in another column, it will be seen that the amount raised and sold in Cornwall in the quarter ending 31st De cember last was 39,343 tons, producing 3,103 tons of fine copper, realised 210,1221. 7s. 6d., and an average price of 51. 6s. 91d. per ton: this is an excess over the quarter ended September 30, 1850, of 949 tons, and 5,9301. 195.; over the corresponding quarter of 1849 of 2,535 tons of ore, 293 tons of fine copper, in money 16,6771. 165., and on the average price ls. 2id. The excess on the total Corhish sales of 1850 over 1849 was 8,690 tons of ore, 568 tons of fine copper, 76,8251. 178. in money, and 4s. per ton on the average price. On the Swansea sales, on the contrary, there has been a decrease on the previous quarter of 3,447 tons of ore, 76,4091. 17s. in amount, and 1/. 17s. 3d. on the average price. On the corresponding quarter of 1849 of '2,069 tons of ore, on the amount 43,688/. 135., and 11.25. 6d. on the average price; and the year 1849 exceeded that of 1850 by 1,880 tons of ore, in money 17,0191. ls. 6d., and in the average price 3s. 7d. per ton. By referring to our Share List, which is arranged on a new, and, we trust, improved plan, the business done in the various mines will at once be seen. The sale of copper ores at Redrutb, on Thursday last, amounted to 3,546 tons, producing 16,8681. East Wheal Rose has sold 74 tons of lead ore; the Nevrtonarda 100 tons, at 11/. ls. per ton; the Callington 39 tons, at 181. Os. 6d. per ton; Tregorden 5 tons, at 271. 15s. 6d. per ton. Tregorden Mine sold 5 tons of ore to the Tamar Smelting Company on Tuesday, at 27/. 15s. 6d. per ton. There was a sale of Court Grange ore last week, to Messrs. Walker, Parker and Co.-21 tons, at 171 3s. These mines look well The two-mouthly sale of silver lead ores from South Tamar, 88 tons, realized 141. 18s. 6d. per ton. The sampling at Tamar Mines is computed 75 tons of rich silver-lead ores. The Balnoon Consols continues favourable; a consi derable improvement of the lode in the shaft is men• tioned, it being now worth 50/. per fm. At Alfred Consols, the lode in the winze sinking under the 60 fathom level is from 10 to 12 ft. wide, and is stated to be worth at least 1501. per fm. In East Crowndale an improvement is noticed, the 40 and 50 fm. levels looking much better, and the lode in the 40 end, east of middle shaft, is large, with a good leader of tin on the north wall 8 in. wide. The prices of the last parcel of tin sold were 44k 155., and 231. 10:. per ton. At South Tolgus the discoveries of ore during the past month have been about 235 tons, and the raisings 205 tons, the present prospects being more than equalty favourable. At East Tolgus a lode has been cut in the eastern adit level, and driven on a few fms.; but it has so far been poor, and has a very flat underlay. The West Wheal Towan report gives a favourable account of the state and prospects of the mines. The pitwork and engine work excellently, and the water is very easily kept. Stamps are to be immediately erected to return the tin stuff. At Tywarnhayle the 90 fin. level east is looking better than ever, and is worth 601. per fin. The lode in Ben netes shaft is also very productive, but the water has increased very considerably, to draw which rods are now being put in. The lode in the 80 west has much im proved; it is 44 feet wide, and produces 44 tons of ore per fin. The 40 west, on United Hills lode, is looking very kindly. From Cardiganshire we learn that the water-wheel will be ready at Gaskis early in the spring and there is every indication of a good mine. The wioze in Daren is holed to Francis's level, and they are stoping iu good lead and copper on the back of Francis's adit. The 45 fm. level west at Bwlch Consols continues in good ore, us does Doran's shaft, now 6 fms. under the 45. At Bronfloydd, good ore in the adit eastward, the rise, and the shaft. The ore ground in Caegynon is also very good. The adit at Gellerheiriu has not yet met with any very considerable quantity of ore. The ore at the 'Welsh Potosi is 2 ft. wide, quite solid, and very hard. At Allt-y-Crib, the ore is good in the western end, worth 251. per fin.; the new machinery works well. The first sampling will he in next month. At Cwmsebon, there is good ore in the 40, 50, and 60 fin. levels eastward. At Penrhiw, they have a very orey lode, in sinkisg a surface shaft in Bryngarw, and in the stopes over the 35, at the engine -shaft, also in the 35 and 25 fm. levels eastward. _ _ _ At Cwmystwith, the 36 fin. level south is in a lode producing 2i or 3 tons of lead ore per fathom. In the 36 cast the lode will turn out one ton per fathom. There ure now 20 fms. of very good ore in this level. The lode in Ringside adit is looking better, and has had some fine spots of ore in it. A dividend has been declared by the Mining Com pany of Scotland. At the North Pool meeting, the accounts for Septem ber and October were examined and passed, showing— Balance from last account, 7941. ISs.; ores sold (less dues), 3,7761. 7s. 9d. = 4,5711. ss. 9d.—To costs and merchants' bills, 2,0471. 18s. 11d.—By di v id en d o f 151. per share, 1,5001 ; leaving balance in favour of adven turers, 1,0231. 6s. 10d. At the Spearne Consols meeting on Monday, the ac counts for the tour months, ending October, were passed, showing a balance in favour of adventurers, 865/, when a dividend of 5/. per share (6400 was declared—leaving a balance in favour of adventurers, 2251. At the Balleswidden meeting, on Tuesday, the ac counts for Sept. and Oct. were passed, and a dividend of 7s. 6d. per share (6021.) was declared, leaving balance in favour of adventurers, 1,5054 At the East Wheal Reeth meeting, it appearing that a large sum was due on the last call, a resolution was adopted, declaring the forfeiture of such unpaid shares. For the present the operations, except at the adit, are suspended, with a view to the introduction of steam power. For providing further capital, a call of ss. per share was made. At the Pracd Consuls meeting, it was decided that the business of the mine should, in — future, be conducted in London, and the shares increased from 512 to 1,024, to be divided among the shareholders. Mr. Gray ex plainer' the prospects of the mine tvery satisfactorily to the meeting, stating that a quantity of ore is now at surface, and that there is every prospect of its being a dividend paying mine shortly. At the Caradon Vale meeting, a balance was shown against the adventurers of 521. 15s. Id., and a call of 7s. 6d. per share was made. A report of the operations on the mine will be shortly published. The mine accounts at the Wheal Russell meeting show a balance against the adventurers of 365/. 12s. 2d. A proposition was brought forward for increasing the number of shares from 1,024 to 4,000, the decision of which was left till the next meeting; 42 tons 5 cwts. were sampled on Dec. 23. At the George and Charlotte meeting there was a trifling balance in favour of adventurers. A call of 2s. 6d. per share was made, and the shares increased to 1,024. The agent's report generally is favourable as regards the workings now in progress. At a special meeting of the finance committee of Lam herooe Wheal Maria, on Thursday, the balance-sheet presented showed-Calls received, 20,647/. 1 1 8. 9 s '. portion of November costs unpaid, 1 20,793/. 17s. Bd.-Cost of the mine to end 181. of Nov., and in London to end of Dec., 20,490/. 13s. 2c1.; assets and cash, 3031. 45. 6d.-leaving balance in favour of the 184/. 6s. ld. A call of los. per share was made, being the last instalment of 21. per share, made 27th Decem ber, 1849. Reports from the purser and agent were read to the meeting of the most satisfactory ch aracter, b oth as to its present cond ition and prospectively. At the East Crowndale meeting, the report stated that the workings had b e en confined to s i n k ing t h e m id dle shaft to the 50 fin. level, extending the 28 and 40 fm. levels east and west, and stoping the backs. As yet, the returns had been inconsiderable, but still sufficient to meet the current expenditure, while a large extent of ground had been laid open. In the 20 fm. level the lode had fluctuated, which had caused some disappointment; but an improvement was apparent in the character of the lode in the 40 fm. level, and a good course of ore was confidently anticipated, from which profitable re sults may be expected. The mine accounts showed- Balanee last account, 101/. 10s. 2d.; tin sales, 3,324/. 19s. 9d.r=3,4241, 19s. 9d.-Expenditure, 3,343/. Is. 2d.; leav ing balance in favour of adventurers, 831. Ss. 9d. The committee, in conclusion, express their belief that the mine will become profitable, The accounts submitted to the Runnaford Coombe meeting leave a balance in the hands of the bankers of 771. 7s. 7d. Cash received on calls, and from other sources, 661/. 6s. 6d.-By cost for October, 99/. 7s. 4d.; for November, 961. Is. Bd.; paid for lease, 88/. 10s.; on account of steam-engine, 3001.-leaving balance as stated. The accounts were passed. The mine agents' report states that the lode has been very mach disordered, but is now looking more settled. It was agreed that the ma.. hsigoment of the mine should be offered to Mr. Evan Hopkins, at a salary of 100 guineas per annum, and a committee o as appointed to wait upon that gentleman for that purpose. At the Pentire Glass and Pentire United meeting, it was resolved that the recommendations, in a joint report by Messrs. Rovflaudson and Dunstan bo carried into efftct. This recommendation was to clear away the backs and other orey ground at present in sight, in the most rapid manner consistent with economy, and to drive northward in the 22d fut. level, in order to arrive at the orey ground gone down in the 10 fin. level. At the Careannall meeting, en Tuesday, the accounts for October and Nov. show—Balance end of Sept., 279/. 17 5 . ; Oct. cost, 237/. 126. 8,1. ; November ditto, 2331. 85.n750/. 17s. Bd.—By cost, divided 21. 2s. sd. per share, 2791. 195.; by call, 2641.; leaving a balance against the m i n e of 2061. 16i. Bd. The balance, or 4s. per 1,056 th share, was diviaed and paid to the purser, and a call Of 6s. rE.2r 1,056 th share mad,, for the prosecution of the At the Botallack meeting the accounts for July, August, and September were passed, showing-Labour cost. 1,7471. Is. 11d.; carriage of materials. tia stuff, &c.. 2951. 9s. 6d.; merchants' bills, 585/. osi 4d. = 2.627/. 13s. 9d. - Balance last account, 43/. 15, 10d. ; tin sold (less dues', 79/. 195. 1 Id.) 1,8391. 19s. 9d.; copper sold (less dues, 24/. 3s. 9d.), 556/. 7s. 6d.; sundries, 8/. ss. 6d.=2,4481. Bs. 7d.: lea►- ing balance against adventurers, 179/.55. 2d. The want of sufficient stamping power has prevented the raising of a greater quantity of tin, otherwise the accounts would have presented a more favourable appearance. The West Caradon accounts for September and Octo• ber show-By ores sold, and carriages (less lord's dues, 3111. Bs. 6d), 4,6721. ss. ls.; materials sold, &c., 331. 19s. 10d.=4,7061. 4s. 1 ld.-Purser's agents', and counting house expenses, 831. 12s. Sd.; enginemen, smith's work, &e., 178/. 6s. 11d.; tribute (exclusive of materials), 1,0571. 3s. ld.; tutwork (ditto), 9001. 16s. 6d.; pitman, surface work, &c., 3491. 7s. 2d.; charges on ores, 5861. 15s. 3d.; parochial rates, doctor, and club, 521. 3s. 6d.; materials, 8454 17s. 4d.; sundry labour cost, 101. 19s. 2d -showing balance. being profit, 6411. 3s. 4d.; add frog last account, 1981. 7s. 11c1.-=8394 lls. 3d.-No dividen4 declared. The Gonamena accounts for September and October show—Labour cost, 1761. 2s. 6d.; materials, 161. 2s. 9d....4 1921. ss. 3d.—Balance from last account, 961. 7s. 10d.: leaves 95 L 17s. sd. against adventurers. They have 30 tons of ore for sale. The Craddock Moor accounts for Sept. and Oct. show —Balance fr )m last account, 981.175. 10d.; by call of 10s. per share, 105/. 105..-_—_2o4l. 7s. 10d.—Labour cost, 76/. 9s. 6d.; materials, 18/. 18s. 7d.—leaving balance in favour of adventurers, 108/. 10s. 9d. A call of 103. per share was made. The Tokenbury accounts for Oct. and Nov. show—By calls, 5101.—Balance from last account, 3131. 17s. 9d.; labour, 761. lls. Bd.; materials, 131. 4s. 9d.—leaving 1061.55. 10d. in favour of adventurers. A call of IL per share was made. The Wheal Caroline accounts for Sept. and Oct. show -By call of 11. per share, 1004; sale of tin, 581. 4s. 10d. -1581. 4s. 10d.-Labour cost, 1421. 13s. Id.; lord's dues, 2/. ss. ld.-leaving balance in favour of adven turers, 13/. 6s. Bd. A call of 21. per share was made. At a meeting of Wheal Mary Consols adventurers, at Liskeard, it was deemed expedient, to distinguish the new working of Mary Consols from the old concerns of Wheal Mary and Wheal Sisters, to adopt the new name of " Wheal Caroline." The engine, which should have been completed according to the contract in the early part of last month, not being yet at work, a fine of 30s. per week for eight weeks was, therefore, due from the contractor; it was agreed, however, under all circum stances, to reduce the fine to 20s. per week, provided the engine be at work within a week. At the Wheal Carpenter meeting, the purser's ae count exhibited a balance in favour of adventurers of 2421. 9s. 10d., all costs being fully paid. Very satisfac tory reports were read from Captains Seccombe and others. A committee was appointed to consider the propriety of substituting water-power instead of steam, and it was resolved that the engine -shaft shall be sunk as soon as possible. Captain Hitching states that, when at the mine, he broke some stones of lead ore, producing 14 in 20 for lead, and 26ozs. of silver in a ton of ore, worth from 14/. to 14/. 10s. per fm. At the West Wheal Frances meeting the accounts for August, September, October, and November were exa mined and passed, shoeing-Balance from last account, 5021. 55.; costs and merchants' bills, 818/. 18s. lid. 1,3211. 3s. I Id. By call in August, 1,0241.; leaving balance against the adventurers of 2971. 3s. 11d. A call of 11. 10s. per share was made. _ At the fieignston Down Consols two-monthly meet ing, the account showed a balance, on the last two months' operations of 132 L 6s. 4d. in favour of the mine. On en estimate of receipts and payments for the next two months, there is- a balance against the mine of 4871. 6s. 3d., to meet which a call of 2s. 6el. per share was made. The mine cost for October was 310/. 14s. 9d.; for November, 3091. Oa. 4d.; and the estimated cost for the next two months' workings is 6001. Ia his report, Captain Richards expresses a sanguine impression as to the profit of the adventure at increased depth. At the West Wheal Treasury meeting, the accounts for August, September, annd October, were submitted, showing—Balance from last account, 1,0811. lls. Id.; costs and merchants' bills, 1,8261. 17s. 3d.=2,9081. 811.4 d. —By ores sold, &c., 1,420/. ss. 9d.; leaving balance against adventurers, 1,4881. 2s. 7d.—The balance was divided and collected. At the West Ding Dong meeting, the accounts, for five months ending October were examined and passed. showing—To costs and merchants' bills, 391/. 14s. 9d.; by calls received, 240/. 103.; leaving balance against ad venturers, 1501. 14s. 9d.—A call of 7s. id. per.ahare was made. In Foreign Mines, transactions have taken place in Cobre, Copiapo, National Brazilian, St. John del Rey, and United Mexican. At Messrs. Tredinnick and Co.'s sale of mining shares. at the Hall of Commerce, on Wednesday, although the number of shares disposed of, in comparison to those offered, was not numerous, yet a fair amount of business was transacted, and a general disposition evinced by the company assembled to support the sale of shar©s by auction, which to the auctioneers was much more impor tant, considering the period of the year, and the infancy of the principles adopted by them. The following is a list of the prices realised:—Alfred Consols, 181.; Bed ford United, 61. 10 s . ; B r y n -A r i an , 21. 10 s . ; Cern Brea. 1251.; Cefn Gwyn, 21.; Condurrow, 1121.; Copper Bot tom, 41.; Cwm Erfin, 71.; Cook's Kitchen, 8/.; Esgair Llee, 41.; East Frances, 41. 7s. 6d.; Stray Park, 20/. los.; Tincroft, 111. 55.; Tregorden, 51.; West Provi dence, 651.; West Francis, 14/.; West Treasury, 7L; Wheal Trelawny, 501.; Tremayne, 221. 10s.; Wheal Harriett, 51. 2s. 6d. THE LATE PLATE AND JEWELLERY ROBBERIES AT NOTTINGHAM. NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY.—TWO men, named Clay and Battersby, were apprehended by the police last night, on suspicion of being concerned in the above robberies. A private examination took place before the Borough magistrates, and the men have been remanded. A pe suliar description of pearl button was found in Mr. Driver's shop (the scene of one of the late depredations), and it was found that Clay, at the time of his appre hension, had on a coat with precisely the same descrip tion of buttons upon it, and that in front a button was missing. It is said that the button was torn off while the " jemmy" was being used to force open a door on Mr. Driver's premises. The whole of the property belonging to Mr. Lamb (whose shop was broken into last Sunday night) has been found. It was discovered by the police, yesterday, in a pool of water, in Free-school-lane, a short distance from the town. Several of the watches were very much damaged, and the silver cups had been bruised out of shape. The whole of the valuables were tied in a bundle. A most daring attempt at bur glary was made last night, at about twelve o'clock, on the premises of Mr. Lewin, of Bottle-lane, Nottingham. A noise being heard proceeding from the roof of Mr. Lewin's dwelling-house about that time, that gentle man was called up, and, with some of the police, exa mined the premises, when it was discovered that a por tion of the roof (sufficiently large to allow of the entrance of a man) had been removed, and soon after burglars were seen retreating from the lower part of the premises. Unluckily they effected their escape. Several daring at tempts at burglary have been made this week. The shop of Mr. Bearsdall, grocer, Eyre-street, bas been attempted twice; as also Mr. Blathawick's, of llockly. Two de. tectives arrived on Wednesday, but such is the excited state of the town, that numbers of the t tradesmen, or their assistants, sit up the who le of the night in order that their property may be rendered mor e secure. A meeting of the magistrates was held yesterday, to deter mine upon thew Freeman, r e d h o se p vm t ae not,un , ofh however,b ea e n e n s f t o a rkhet heard this better security of property; A man, awned is of mo th ru e i r n e g s , u o l a t. suspicion of being concerned in the above robberies. None of t h e property except Mr. Lamb's has been found; but from several circumstances there appears to be no d ou bt that the prisoner was concerned in the whole of the ro bberies. The bull dog so d rea df u ll y woun d e d i n Mr. Lamb's shop i s slowly recovering, and, it is said, this may lead to the identification of the burglars. ACCIDENT TO MR. CODD..—We find that Mr. Codd, the coroner, met with rather a startling accident on Monday, and had a narrow escape from being himself made the subject of a judicial inquiry by some professional brother. While on his way about six o'clock in the evening from Halstead to hocking with a horse and gig, driving at a moderate pace, and on the near side of the road, he met between the toll gate and High Garrett a cart with a man and boy in it. going at a smart pace, and in the middle of the road, and. although Mr. Codd had a grey horse, they ran directly on UP him. Mr. Codd was thrown out by the shock, and sorne what stunned. When he recovered himself he fou nd that the gig had been upset, both the shafts broken oil ' close to the dashing board, and the horse, thus freed from the vehicle, had started oft. The man who had been driving the cart raised Mr. Codd, inquired as to his injuries, and on being requested to do so, departed as if to go for assistance, but, conscious it would seem of being in the M tong, he never returned, and left Mr. Codd to gain what aid he could from casual passers-by. Through the help of t he: 3 e the gig WAS placed in a shed some distance oft; and on. predeeding to High Garrett, it was found that the horse hud been stopped between that place and Bucking, being . very little injured except by the traces striking against it. A no th er ve hi c le was then procured, and Mr. Codd proceeded to hocking. and being much shaken, p , atiout further serious injury. b h u aN t i e n s g ea r p e i c n e g iv f e r d oi a n cut the on the head, —Chelmsford Chronicle. IMPORTATION OF TEA.—The recent arrivals of American-built ships from China with entire cargoes of tea have just been followed by a no th er arrh .8.1 of the same kind. which is especially interesting, as, until now, no arrivals of this nature had taken place under the relaxed laws in force during the past year. The American. ship Roman, of 774 tons burden, has arrived in the London Docks from Canton, with an entire cargo, consisting of nearly 10,000 packages of tea, consigned to order, which is admissible by virtue of the relaxed laws of navigation and impoutation t 9 entry Lot home use. SMITHFIELD MARKET. (Fi om the _Herald.) Mr. Stafford ob,erved, that " before the Legislature determines to alter the whole system of supplying► two millions of our feliow•subjects with fresh meat, the plan to be substituted, as well as the system to be abolished, should undergo the most careful examination." Even were this remark not commendel to our minds by its obvious good sense, the lesson it contains might be learned from observing the wretched failures which have already taken place ; among which the Islington experiment claims a prominent rank. All persons who have had any experience in such matters will testify, that to destroy an old market is not very difficult, but that how to create a new one is one of the as yet undiscovered secrets of human life. In the great question, then, which has been re cently raised, and which, we trust, may be brought to some decision in the approaching session, it is of the utmost importance to try well the ground before us. That is, not rashly to begin by assuming that " Smithfield is a nuisance which must be utterly abolished," without having well considered, and adopted after mature deliberation, some plan which gives reasonable promise of a preferable substitute. No man of ordinary pOwers of reasoning can give even an hour's attention to the question of the Lon don meat market, without perceiving that the question of position is so much the principal one, that it might almost be described as the sole point at issue. Clearly, the present controversy is entirely governed by it. If the great meat market of the metropolis ought not to be placed in or near the centre, then Smithfield, in its preset form, and in all possible shapes of improvement, is is at once condemned. But if, on the other hand, the decision is, that the market ought to be in a central part of the metropolis, then, assuredly, the Corpora tion of London has the advantage of possessing and tendering to Parliament the plan, the only plan, which is at present extant, and against which it is in the highest degree improbable that any rival scheme, — central like itself,—will ever be brought forward. Now, in order to find our way, by degrees, to a reasonable judgment on this question, let our readers ponder, with us, for a few moments, the following simple diagram : ri) b o z tv 0-3 0 1:1 l>. Pi *1 Here we have a rough sketch of things as they are, and as they have been in times past. Let it be con sidered for a few moments. The principle on which it must be defended is, that a central position is the fittest and best for the pur pose of a great beast market. Smithfield, it will be seen, while it obstructs no great thoroughfare, lies just to the north cf the City, and is within a few minutes' walk and twenty minutes' " bullock-drive" of every part of the City proper. To all the rest of the metropolis it is central. It nearly touches the foot of Holborn, from which a straight road of two miles leads through all Bloomsbury and Marylebone. Westminster is nearly as accessible. From Holborn bridge to Blackfriars is not half a mile, and thus Lambeth and Southwark are at once reached. 'sling • ton is about one mile of straight road up St. John street ; and to Whitechapel it is little more than the same distance. If, therefore, it be wise to fix the market in a central situation, it seems quite beyond a question, that somewhere near its present site must be the fittest place. For it is quite certain , that in no other central spot, but that which the Corporation has pointed out, can it possibly be placed, except Parliament is prepared to vote some millions of money to clear the ground. But now let us contrast, for a moment, this plan, with one of the latest of the counter-projects, put forth by those who have land to sell, and who want a good price for it. It is proposed to clear the market altogether out of the metropolis itself, and to place it somewhere about Hornsey or Highbury. Let this scheme also be set forth in a diagram, thus : ,--- 14 14 t> '-' .-3 ri m m P' to O