The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

FRANCE. The Ministers of Finance and - niblin Work; attended the Com(nittee of the Budi,Et on Alond.v. The Niiiiister of the Public Works read the d,-r.f; of a new Bill for the construction of lie Paris pr.(l Avignon p~ilro It (littera from the Bill of the late Minister of Public Works in the following particulars :—The Minister proposes to suppress the subvention of 34,000,000 f. offered to a new comlilany by the late Bill. By this arrangement the eventualities are not admitted. The new Bill fixes 260,000,000 f. as the maximum of the capital of the future company, for which the Government guarantee interest at five per cent. The State is to divide the profits over eight per cent., after a lapse of 15 years from the constitu tion of the company. The lease to the company to be for 99 years. IRELAND. (moat OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING —New Year's-day has, indeed, come in with change—mutations of weather as well as those of fortune, for on to-day the " Lord Mayor's Show" represents a great triumph of the democratic principle. And, first, as to the at mospheric. About eight o'clock this morning it was freezing with as right good-will, apparently, as the most inveterate lover of ice could wish ; when, sud denly, the " light blue coating of the heavens," as some atmospheric tailor, in a magazine, whose name I don't now recollect, called a frosty fog, gave way to one of those unmistakeable, heavy downfall of com pressed smoke and darkness, whose like I have only experienced in Manchester or London. The skaters, however, had a recoupe against the weather, for all Dublin was on tiptoe to see the procession consequent upon the inauguration of the new Lord Mayor of Dublin, John Reynolds, M.P. As an account of the ceremony will be seen in the papers, it may be of some little interest to sketch very hurriedly the history of the new Lord Mayor— the only man of his (the Roman Catholic) religion that ever combined the two high offices of Lord Mayor and Member for the city of Dublin. Mr. Reynolds is a native of the county of Leitrim, and was born on a small portion of the land which was once owned by his ancestors for miles around, but a small part of which at his birth was merely farmed by his father. The family is a very ancient one, and collaterally related to that of George Nugent Reynolds, whose celebrated letter to the Earl of Clare The Sun republished with so much effect when the Whigs were dismissing the repeal magistrates in 1843. John and Thomas Reynolds were both placed behind com mercial counters in Dublin—their father's, or their own, strong sense determining a career of industry, rather than a " profession" of either physic or law—a tendency amongst Irish parents to make "gentlemen" of their sons being utterly avoided by the shrewdness of the elder or juvenile Reynoldses. I knew both brothers when they afterwards had establishments in the " Manchester line," on Merchant's-quay ; but prosperity did not wait upon " Tom," as he is familiarly called, and when politics betook him to the Trades Union, and afterwards his anti-tithe speech at Bohernabreena consigned him to Kilmain ham, along with Marcus Costello (now Attorney- General at Gibraltar), his, shop, within a few doors of Lower Bridge-street, was closed, and never since re-opened- He is now Marshal of Dublin, through the means of O'Connell, who loved him, and believed him to be an honest man, in which belief no one had ever reason to accuse that great man of credulity. John continued longer in the " Manchester line" than his brother, and finally became a commission agent for the sale of teas, &c. Commission agents here are dignified by the name of merchants ; and from becoming town councillor, he mounted by a lucky chance the legislative ladder. Such a chance could not have arisen in London amongst your deliberative race. But the mass of the people here are impulsive and, better, democratic —not levelling; and the strong, earnest good sense, aptitude at reply, and tremendous powers of self sustainment and readiness at catching the weak points of his opponents, together with possessing the key to the sympathies of his hearers, by flinging himself upon them as " one of themselves" altogether made John Reynolds one of the most extra ordinary men of modern times within this inexplicable realm of Ireland. And, so, the new arrangement of taking all the votes together, in the one locality—Home's Hotel, Usher's Quay—afforded an opportunity for the " fierce democracy " to concentrate their forces; the 3,000 carmen of Dublin—led by the celebrated John Smith, O'Connell's " patriotic carman," cr, as he is better known, " State of the Poll,"—brought in the votes without a farthing cost, galloped everywhere 1 there could be a voter found, and positively carried the election by the unwonted promptitude of th e i r proceedings. Meanwhile the freemen, who were expecting bribes, waited until their demands were acceded to but too late, for the Tory candidate, Gregory ; the booths were closed inexorably at four; and John Reynolds became Member for Dublin by its people getting rid for once of their proverbial carelessness, excited to exertion by the " fun of the thing," hurried off to the hustings by a host of carmen, who, in their turn, made their horses "stir their pins" gratis at the bidding of an energetic democrat. From becoming the legislative it was but natural he should become the civic representative of Dublin. Whether the hoacur of the baronetcy be added remains to a future chapter of this modern romance. LANDLORD DRYASTATION.—I received this after noon a letter from a most respectable Roman Catholic clergyman of the diocese of Ferns, dated from the well-known town of Ferns, in the county , Wexford—a county generally free from the red foot steps of destroying landlords. As it is but right that the matter should obtain as much publicity as possible, I have handed over the original letter to the editor of a morning journal here, not publishing the gentleman's name, as he has not authorised me. The following are extracts : . . " I gave your friend all the information I could, and took him with me that he might see the horrid work going on in this quarter, with his own eyes. I suppose he has already transmitted to you what he saw. ":While I am now writing the work of destruction is going on. A body of men sent by Mr. Donovan, are now at work with pick and crowbar, pulling down by force the houses of those poor people who refused to perform the unnatural work themselves. The last house in a whole street in this town of Ferns (into which I came this morning)—the least house, I say, in a whole street of, I think, forty houses—l am not certain —is note on fire. It belonged to a poor widow of the name of Byrne ; and it Is thought Mr. Donovan's levellers set it on fire because she would not surrender possession. Some of the poor people say they never gave possession ; and it is certain no notice of the in tended clearance was ever sent to the workhouse, as ordained by law. " This horrid work is going on in all quarters—in fact, the landlords are making war on the people with more ferocity than the most savage foe. I ask any Christian man, where are things to end ? Is there any Government in this country ? It' there be, cer tainly sales populi is not their supreme law. Their only occupation, in my mind, is to guard, and pro tect, and sustain the destroyers of the people. Now, I have to say it, in the bitterness of my heart, if the Government do not step forward and stop this hellish work, I think that, after a little, the only thing that will remain for men like me to do, is, to openly tell the people to protect themselves." Need I add one word to this, except to say that the writer is a clergyman, who has been singularly re served on all political matters, and who would not now write thus save " in bitterness of heart" ? A Protectionist meeting was held in Enniscorthy yesterday, but the landlords were totally foiled in " obtaining an audience"—not that there were not plenty of people present, but that there was not a chance of a hearing. The clique who called the meeting then declared it adjourned to the 9th inst. although all were opposed to the postponement but the few landlords present. lam assured the gentry will not try Enniscorthy again. THE FUNDS.—Stock List—Three per Cent. Consols for opening, 96k; Three•and•a.Quarter per Cent. Stock, 96i; Bank Stock, 199; Dublin and Kingstown, 132. Royal Exchange—Great Southern and Western, ex int.; Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, 23!. Tux UNITED S T ATES.—LIYERTOOI., TUESDAY, MIDNIGHT.—The New York packet-ship Ashburton • arrived here to-night, from New York. She was expected to have brought the President's Message. She left that city on the 11th ult., and therefore, like the other late arrivals, departed without it. ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY RoIiDERY. -on FriiaY night last, about one o'clock, Mr. Richard Fleet, land lord of the Rose Inn, Tovil, was returning from Far leigh, from a visit to his brother, when he met three men near Farleigh Priory, whom he was about to wish good night, when one of them seized him by the collar behind, tripped him up and fell upon him. The others were about to assist in robbing him, when Mr. Fleet calling his dog, the faithful animal rushed upon them and quickly put them to flight. The other villain, find ing this, attempted to follow them, but for some time was unable to escape Mr. Fleet's grasp, who in his turn became the assailant. Owing, however, to the latter being somewhat disabled by a recent injury to his knee, he was unable to hold his prisoner, who escaped.—Muid• stone Journal._ FOREIGN CATrr.E.—The steamer Free Trade has just arrived at the Brunswick•wharf, Illackwall, from Oporto, bringing the large number of 139 head of oxen, consigned to a metropolitan firm, as a portion of her cargo, the production of Portugal. _ . THE OLD BAILEY SESSION', FOR 1850.--The fol. I,)wing are the days or. which the sessions for the juris diction of the Central Criminal Court will be held in the curront year:—Monday, Jan. 7 inst.; Monday, Fa ) . 4 ; Monday, March 4; Monday, April 8; Monday, May 6; Monday, June 10; Monday, July 8; Monday, Aug. 19; Monday, Sept. 16; and Monday, Oct, 21, T ft E A SCENE in the UNITED STATES' 1101_ 7 SE OF i:I•II'RESENT..` , TIVE'. 3 . The following extract from an account of the , Pting of the. Flown:3 of 11.-presentativei, on the 13 , 11 D.-eflaber, will convey tome idea of the maLne which dic(nwion is carrizd on by certain alembtrs of that both : Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, offered a resolution, that the lion. 11. Cobb be and he in hereby chosen Speaker of the House for the 31st Congress. He said that he drew the resolution without consultation with any of his political friends, or without giving no tice that he intended to offer it. It was well known that the democratic party had a majority in the House, but they could not concentrate their power. The Free Soilers belonging to both parties refused to unite with either. The democratic party, being in a ma jority, should have the Speaker. He spoke for him self only when be said that he was willing for a fair division of the offices. The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Stanley) yesterday said that he wanted a democratic Speaker. Mr. Stanley explained. What he said was, that sooner than see the House disorganized, he would take a democratic Speaker. But how did the gentleman know the democrats have a majority ? Mr. Brown replied, that if the free Boilers were divided according to their political parties, the de mocrats would have a majority of one. The absence of King, of Georgia, Gentry, of Tennessee, and Julian, of Indiana, gave them a majority of five. Mr. Butler (of Pa.) proposed a resolution, leaving a blank for the insertion of the name of the person who shall, on the next trial, receive the highest num ber of votes. If no election, then the next highest. Mr. Thomson (of Penn.) offered a resolution that the members proceed to vote by ballot for Speaker, and continue to ballot until four o'clock to day; and no motion to adjourn or any other shall be received until the arrival of that hour. He urged the adoption of the resolution. Mr. Carter offered en amendment—" That any person who shall be elected Speaker shall be divested of the power to construct the District of Columbia and Territorial Committees, and that the same be made by a vote of the House." He yielded to Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, who said that he was one of those who voted for rown upon three several ballotings ; he did so, being deceived by the gentleman from Indiana. Mr. Carter resumed, and condemned the ridiculous attitude of the House—making a grave issue in a ceremonial manner. He thought that this was below the manhood of the House. He proposed to remedy the difficulty in the resolution. It was only by keeping up the subterranean discord that the majority was crippled in its sentiments. Mr. Meade conceived that neither of the propo sitions could reach the evil existing. It was the existence of a third party that caused the trouble. If, on the organization of the House, propositions were to be introduced to abolish slavery in the dis trict of Colombia, or prohibit slavery in the territo ries, he trusted in God that his eyes had already rested on the last Speaker of the House. The south would resist all aggressions, and the sinews of every man's arm in that section would be steel. _ . Mr. Root, in a humorous speech, said that the proposition of Mr. Carter was like the play of Hamlet with the character of Hamlet omitted. We were to have a Speaker who was not to appoint the Commit tees. He would not vote for any man who was not competent to appoint the Committees named. If there is to he a dissolution of the union, let it come before the House is organized, and it would not then be binding.—(Laughter.) He wanted to be excluded from the ballot, that his constituents might know bow he voted. Mr. Duer said that the resolution of Mr. Brown, in effect, called upon the Whigs to make an uncon ditional surrender. He would vote fur anybody but a disunionist to occupy the chair. A Voice.—There is no such person in the House. Mr. Duer—l think so. Voices—Where is he ? Mr. Duer pointed to Mr. Meade. Mr. Meade—lf the gentleman charges me with being a disunionist it is false. Mr. Duer—You are a liar. Immediately Mr. Meade left his seat on the oppo site side of the hall, and rushed towards Mr. Duer. The parties were not more than four feet apart, when members rushed between. There were cries of " fight." The Sergeant-at-Arms hurried down with the mace of office in his hand. There were cries of order. Lobby members mounted the side scenes. Mr. Meade beckoned Mr. Duer to follow him to the rotunda. There were motions to adjourn, and the greatest possible disorder. In a few minues quiet was restored, and Mr. Duer, after begging the pardon of the House for his conduct, resumed and concluded his speech. He thought that if members adjourned for a day they could then come to a result. Mr. Toombs made an energetic speech, reviewing the proceedings of the Free Soilers and Abolitionists, and insisting upon southern rights. Rather than submit to further aggression from the north, the south would resist. He had no hesitation in saying that he was for disunion, if this state of things should continue. The southern members applauded him throughout his remarks. Mr. M'Lane proposed to have another trial for the Speaker, and made some further remarks. Mr. Baker was in favour of the Wilmot proviso. He denied that the people of the north were opposed to union by advocating such doctrines, and contended that the majority could prevent the extension of slavery. In conclusion, he lauded the union, and did not think it would be dissolved. He was also applauded. Messrs. Colcock, Wallace, Hillard, and Stephens, of Georgia, concurred in the views expressed by Mr. Toombs. Pass the Wilmot proviso and abolish slavery in the district of Columbia, and the union would be dissolved. Messrs. Cleveland, Allen and M'Clernand made remarks expressing the northern sentiments. Mr. Hubbard desired to say, that he addressed a letter to Mr. Brown, asking him-1. Whether he was in favour of the Wilmot proviso ? and 2. Whether he believed that Congress has a right to abolish slavery in the district of Columbia ? He was pointed by Mr. Brown to his speech, delivered three or four years since. Mr. Conrad expressed his opinion that, so far from an effort being made to organize the House on sectional grounds, the difficulty had arisen from the effort to prevent an organization on such grounds. He concurred in much said by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Toombs), but thought that the note of alarm bad been sounded too soon for the south. Mr. Marshall (of Kentucky) was in favour of a gentleman not representing any extreme for Speaker, and hoped that one day would be devoted to the inte rests of the country. It was now four o'clock. The House again voted viva voce. All was quiet now. The votes were scattered among a dozen candidates, and the House adjourned. THE PUBLISHING TRADE. We alluded some time since to the healthy condi tion of the London publishing trade, and of the state of the book market throughout the three kingdoms. What we observed then has been more than confirmed by the result of Mr. Murray's great annual trade sale at the Albion Tavern, in Aldersgate-street, during the present month. Few of our readers are, perhaps, aware, that it is the custom of the two great London houses--Murray's and Longmans'—to put their books up to a kind of auction every year; that the sale is prefaced by a dinner, at which all the booksellers of " credit " in London are invited to be present; and that as soon as the cloth is removed, Mr Hodgson, the auctioneer, of Fleet-street, commences the business of the day s by offering the books seriatim, as in the printed catalogue, to the attention of the guests. The practice is not, as at other auctions, to knock the lot down to the highest bidder, but to put the book up at a certain price below what is usually called " subscription price," or, in other words, below the figure at which the book can be obtained on any other occasion. It is also the custom to put up books not ready for delivery, but only nearly so ; and it is curious to watch the interest that is felt throughout the room when a book of name is offered for the first time. It is a matter of ancient and proper deference to the great houses to let " the Row" begin. Thus, with a popular work, Longman will start with 350, Simpkin with the same number, Whittaker with 250, Hamilton and Adams with the same number, till at last it comes to twenty-fives and fires, and at times to only one. Not less interesting is it to behold the eager way in which the numbers called out are placed promptly on paper by the several booksellers, or the quick trades manlike manner in which they cast up the several totals, and look with mute astonishment one at another at the greatness of the demand. Sales of this descrip tion are limited to the two houses we have mentioned, and are always looked forward to with interest as affording an index of the approaching season. Mr. Murray's last sale was the best he has had since his fathers's death, he disposing of books on that day to the amount of 19,0 001 . Nor will this be wondered at when the numbers sold are put together. lor in stance, the trade took on that occasion 2,000 of Lord Campbell's Chief Justices, 5,00 0 volume s of The Colonial Library, 1,400 of Layard's Nineveh, 1,400 of Byron's Works in one volume, 1,300 copies of Borrow's new work L'Avengro, 900 of the new edition of Mr. Cunningham's Handbook for London, 750 of Mr. Grote's Greece, 750 of Mr. Curzon's Levant, and 600 o f M. Guizot's new work. School books sold in still greater proportions. 5,000 Mark ham's Histories, 4,000 Little Arthur's History of England, 2,000 : Wordsw or th' s L a ti n Grammar, 1,200 Somerville 's Geography, and even Mrs. Rundell, though thought to be antiquated, maintained her re putation with her new dishes and in her new dress. S N, L u N, .A!t'llors lac Jike this.—A enerunz. .7 , dt as well as b.;c1::e11( rs 1.)- a r.,Je STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANcuEsTr.3, Mo.ND.kr.—The very hza!thy tone characteri.ied cur mirlt...t duri:!g tug last few weeks continues to b fully InttintAintd, although the doing is considerably curtailed, owing to the thin attendance on 'Change to-day, of both buyers and sellers, particularly tho latter, there being but few country manufacturers in town. The Germans are more eager in their.,inquiries after yarn to-day; and spinners being in no way disposed to press their production upon the market, they will probably have to pay full prices when they operate. In India qualities business is limited, not for want of demand but the want of supplies. The home manufacturers are steady buyers, at full prices. In cloth, the chief business doing continues to be in qualities suitable for printing, including everything, from a 31b. 26-inch to a 91b. Boz. 40-inch. The demand for India qualities is unchanged. Within the last few days some con siderable stocks of 39-inch long cloths have been cleared out ; and very seldom has a year closed with stocks so light, on the whole, of both yarn and cloth, as 1849. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had but a poor attendance of buyers in the market to-day, and but very little business was transacted. In wool there is no change either in price or demand since last Monday. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Trade here goes on steadily, without any undue excitement. Hands are all well employed, and, with good wages and cheap provisions, have not been so well for years. The demand for manufactured goods keeps pace with the production, and a continuance of this will, no doubt, tend to remunerative prices from present high rates of silk. The only branch of the trade we have complaints of is the thrown silk department, where, as yet, they have failed to establish a rise in prices equal to that on raw silk ; but, should the inquiry for export con tinue, added to diminished imports of foreign thrown, we may hope to see that equilibrium in prices established, which is at all times desirable, to promote a healthy state of things. We think the ap pearances for the opening of the new year are favour able. The dyers continue full of work. Prices are very firm in the raw silk market. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The market has not been brisk, but a fair business has been done in long woollens. In fancy goods there is a slight im provement, and the prospects for the spring trade look well. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—We cannot note any par ticular change in the aspect of our Piece Hall to-day, except that a few German merchants were on the look cut for job lots of fancy goods; but, as stocks are far from large, and the demand is tolerably steady, job lots, at low figures, are not readily to be met with. The inquiry for yarns has undergone no diminution, and they go off freely at improving quotations. Long wools maintain their firmness, and a moderate quantity is changing hands. Short wools are in better request, at advancing rates. LEEDS, TIIESDAY.—There has not been much done in the Cloth Halls either to-day or Saturday, but the deliveries direct to the merchants have in some cases been considerable. Business in the warehouses is good, and there are confident expectations entertained of a good foreign trade. On the whole prices are higher. HAMBURGH FUNDS. 11A3IBURGH FUNDS, DEC. 28. Bills. Money. Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent..... 105 1 4 Ditto, 3% per Cent. .............. Bank Shares— —— .... ——•••• • • •• Prussian 5 per Cent. ......... ...... 106 105% Hamburgn Certificate .... .. .......... 99 99 Anglo-Russian Loan • ....... —••• .. 106% 106 1 A Hamburgh, 3 1 ., per Cent ...... ••• • • • Russian 4 per Cent—. ... •—.••• •• • • •• New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • 95 Ditto Stieglitz .... ........ ••••• • • • • • 85 84% Belgian Loan,2% per Cent.. ••••• • • • • • Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 70M 70 Ditto, in 1001. Shares ............ .. 71% 70% Ditto, 5 per cent...—. •• —•..• • . . • • 95 Anglo-Swcdish Loan ..... ....... •• • • Ditto, Transport Loan ........ ••• • • • Norwegian l oan, 1848 .• • • ..... •• • • 9 9 99 Spanish New 5 per Cent.. .•——• • • • •• 11% Ditto, 3 per Cents. .. • ... ........ .. 27% 27% Ditto, 1846...................... - . Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. Ditto 3 per Cent. •.••••—• • . • • • • • National Bank Shares ——••..— •• American, 6 per Cent. .............. 105 RAILWAYS. Ditto, Priority Shares ... ........ 1033( 10:34 Berlin and Hamburg ................5i 80% Ditto, Priority Shares .. ••••• •• •• 9 ° 98% Cologne and Minden ................ 94 93% Ditto, Priority Shares ............ 102% 102 Magdeburg.............. ...... ...... 59 }4 59 Altona and Kiel ................... 94 Gluckstadt .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ••.... .. .. 27 EXCIIANGES, Christiana, Dec. 15,3 months •• • • 4 74 Bremen, Dec. 27, two months .... 61 8 London, Dec. 28 ..... , .... 13 93i Ditto, three months••••••....•• 13 83 DEATH PROM WANT AND EXPOSURE TO THE COLD. —Tuesday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Wakley, the deputy coroner, in the board-room of Holborn workhouse, respecting the death of a male person, apparently about furty years of age, at present unknown, who died from want and exposure to the cold, under the following very shocking circumstances:—The body of the deceased presented a most frightful appear ance, and was entirely covered with filth and dirt. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that, shortly after nine o'clock on Friday morning last . , Mrs. Martha Gibbs, a married woman, residing at No. 11, Tyndall-buildings, Gray's Inn-lane, was suddenly alarmed by hearing some person moaning in the cellar at the basement •of the house. She instantly went to the spot, and found the deceased lying in one corner of the cellar, huddled up, in a qnantity of filth and dirt. The decased appeared perfectly insensible, and Mrs. Gibbs immediately obtained the assistance of several police-constables, who had the deceased removed to Holborn-workhouse. He was literally black from the dirt is w hich he had been lying, and his body was ex tremely emaciated. He was instantly stripped and placed in hot blankets, and the usual remedies were applied, which consisted of ammonia and brandy; but the deceased never rallied, and died shortly afterwards. Two penny pieces were found placed upon two ulcers on the deceased's legs, and a few pieces of stale bread were abo discovered in his pockets. The deceased obtained admission to the cellar by means of the window which looked into the street. The coroner remarked that the cellar appeared to be in the same bad condition as before the cholera broke out. The parochial authorities ought to have the place thoroughly cleaned every week. The jury returned a verdict of death from exhaustion, caused by exposure to the cold, and the want of the common necessaries of life. BOUNDARY LINE OF CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO.— Upon tha occasion of fixing upon the starting point of the southern boundary of California by the joint com mission of the United States and Mexico, the American Commissioners (including Colon , -1 Weller) rode down from San Diego to the " Punta" to meet the Mexican Commissioners, for the purpose of settling upon a boun dary line. Having met, they rode to the southermost point on the bay of San Diego, and then to the other end of the Marine Loague. After a few minutes' con sultation the point was decided upon, and they returned to Mr. Gray's camp at the Punts. Having partaken of a cold collation, they started for San Diego, 18 miles distant, and arrived there the same night. The starting point of the boundary line thus determined on is on the extremity of the table land, as you approach the bay, and is the first land you make in a steamer approaching San Diego from the south. It may be marked by a lighthouse some future day. On the 10th of October the Commis sioners again met and jointly signed a paper, written in Spanish and English, to the effect that this was the point determined upon by the joint Commissioners of the American and Mexican Governments, under the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, as the starting point on the Pacific for the boundary between the two republics. This paper was inclosed in a glass bottle, and placed in the bottom of a hole in the earth, three feet in depth. Some shovels full of earth were the❑ thrown upon the bottle by Colonel Weller on behalf of the American, and General Conde on behalf of the Mexican Govern ment. An upright post was then planted in the hole, to mark the spot. During these ceremonies the counte nances of the Mexican Commissioners exhibited a re markable degree of gravity ; they did not forget that they were affixing the last seal to the treaty for the dis memberment of their republic.—New York Paper. FOREIGN PAPER.—An importation having taken place of a quantity of paper, for letter-writing, having a name and address in the top left-hand corner, it was at first considered to be an illegal importation, as having the names, marks, or brands purporting to be those of manufacturers in this kingdom, but it being subse quently found to have been imported merely for the parties' private use, and that the name and address in the margin were his own, which ho affirmed to be the case, directions were given for the paper to be delivered on payment of the proper duties leviable thereon. TRINITY-HOUSE.—We have to record the demise at his residence at Woodford, of Captain Abel Chapman, the senior of the elder brethren of the Corporation of the Trinity-house. The deceased was in his 98th year, and had been a member of that corporation upwards of half a century, having been elected one of the elder brethern in 1791 He was most deservedly respected by a very numerous circle of friends. THE INVENTOR OF THE BLOCK MACHINERY.— A correspondent of the Builder says—" Some of your contemporaries, in their notice of the late Sir M. I. Brunel, have claimed too much for him. The original inventor of the block machinery was Walter Taylor, an Englishman. lie took out a patent for it, and for years supplied the navy with blocks. When his patent ex pired he tried to get an extension of it, and, on failing, Government employed Brunel to set it up at Portsmouth. lie' improved and added to it, but he has not the least right to the credit of the original invention. If this be uestioned, you shall have a full statement from the best authority." The following is a comparative list of the produc tions of the French press in 1848 and 1849:- 1849. 1848. Works in all languages, dead and living 7,378 7,234 Engravings and lithographic prints ... 672 1,055 Musical compositions ..• 236 257 8,276 8,546 b-ing a balance in favour of ls 4 of 270. In the above account are not included th e daily and other journals. EVENING JANt! A It Y 3 , 1 0 U R 8 I) A Y 1.4,11 V IN PPP, HOG:ITI hE COURI J 471. 2. ThiF, was th , 2 civet day after i\liehaeloias term. Si... 1), , d500 presided ;23 surrogate, and di:Tosed SE V:, ;Al pro form A Petitions NSOLVISAT DEI3TORS" COUR T, Jan. 2. (Lefore Mr. Commissioner LAW.) IN RE BENJAMIN WAND SHLPHARD. This insolvent, a schuolthaster, petitioned under tl:e Protection Act, and was not opposed. The Learned COMMISSIONER, upon examining :he schedule, discovered that the insolvent had accepted an accommodation bill, which circumstance, he held, deprived the Court of its power to name a day for the final order, as it was a debt contracted without reasonable expectations of payment. Adjourned sine die, without protection. IN RE THOMAS BOWER. This insolvent, a gardener, was heard some weeks since, when his application to be discharged was op posed by several creditors, upon the ground that he had concealed property, Mr. Commissioner Lew to day pronounced his judgment, and ordered the insolvent to be discharged at the expiration of seven calendar months from the date of his vesting order. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Frederick Foster, who stated himself to be an artist and taker of likenesses by a new process, was summoned before Alderman Humphery on Tuesday, for having assaulted and used abusive language to wards Mr. F. E. Thorold, of Finsbury-square, medical student. Some days ago a gentlem an w h o was a b out to go into Lincolnshire by a railroad, was tempted by the contents of a handbill, which promised to give coloured sketches elegantly finished for Is. each, to enter the premises of the defendant in Gracechurch street, and take a sitting. When, however, the like ness, as it was called, was ready the demand made for the painting by th e new process, the principal ingredient in which appeared to be some element calculated to pervert th e ar t a l toget h er, was 10s.; and the original having re f use d to b e "d one " out of the difference between that sum and the sum announced in the handbill, the defendant forcibly de tained him in the " studio" until a compromise of 4s. was effected. By that forcible detention the journey by railroad was prevented, but the injured party being obliged to leave town could not avail himself of an application to the L or d M ayor , an d t h ere f ore l e f t the matter in the hands of the complainant, with whom he also left the " likeness" to be produced in judgment. Mr. 1 horold said that, in consequence of the above representation he went, accompanied by a friend, into Gracee hurch-street, where one o f th e i rres i s tibl e handbills was given to him by a porter at the door. He ascended the staircase, and was introduced to the defendant and a Mr. Shade, who seemed to be the operating artist, and was asked to look at a variety of specimens of the skill of the establishment. Seated behind a screen Mr. Shade commenced the process of taking his likeness, and was engaged in it about ten minutes, when witness said he bad to go into Fen church-street, and would expect that the finishing stroke would be put to the likeness by the time he should return. The defendant said that a deposit must be left in his hands, and that he would not be satisfied with less than half the amount of the charge, which was 7s. 6'l. The demand was followed up by corresponding action, the defendant having placed his back against the door, and refused to allow the com plainant, who had offered to pay Is., to leave the premises. Witne=s, however, with the aid of his friend, got out of the place, having suffered in nothing but dignity, which was in some measure offended by the threat to be kicked down stairs. The conduct described was of daily practice. Alderman HUMPHERY—Did he obtain any money from you ? Witness—No. Alderman HUMPHERY—It was well for him that he did not. Well, Mr. Foster what have you to say to this charge ? The defendant said it was quite impossible to describe the deplorable condition to which artists were reduced at the present moment. It was true he issued handbills and used other means of getting customers, but he denied that he had prac tised any deception, although put to much trouble and expense by the ruffianly conduct of some visitors. It was true he took likenesses for Is. each, but the el As of minatures selected by the complainant re quired a more skilful hand than his, and accordingly he employed Mr. Shad e to take the face, which was cheap at the price.—(A laugh.) It was not long since four gentlemen had sat for their likenesses and bolted without paying a farthing, and he was there fore obliged to require a deposit in every future case. If the complainant had said he wished for a shilling likeness he certainly should have been accommodated, but nothing of the kind had been asked for, and as for the charge of assault not the least movement had taken place beyond the closing of the door. Alderman HUMPHERY—You do not seem to be aware that the act of forcibly detaining a person is an assault. Here the likeness of the gentleman who had been compelled to pay the compromise before he left the defendant's premises was exhibited. It excited much laughter, being certainly inferior to what might be expected, as Sir George Carroll remarked, from a child seven years old. The defendant admitted that he was sometimes at fault in his likenesses, but then he willingly " tried again," and, although complaints against him might now and then break forth, they were not of a serious nature. Alderman liumriirair said, if the person who had been obliged to go into the country were present instead of the complainant, who, it appeared, bad not given any money, in consequence of the misconduct of the defendant, the complaint might have proved very serious. It was quite evident the rooms had been taken and touters had been employed for the purpose of humbugging young men out of their money. He advised the defendant to seek some more creditable employment, and he alsa advised Mr. Shade too, if that gentleman wished to keep out of the shade altogether, never to get behind the defend ant's screen again to take likenesses upon the new process, which meant 10s. instead of ls.—(Laughter.) Mr. Shade said he was by mere accident on the premises at the time, and he was not aware that either assault or imposition had taken place. Alderman lIUNIPHERT—Very well. Take care, and do not be his " shade" any m ore . If I hear any more of this new process, an d th a t you an d h e are in the shade again together in carrying it on, depend upon it some time shall pass before you again see the light.—(Laughter.) J ire wi!'e of John Alunden cf 89, fit%.e.t t3uGU; s;.r . ?et, said--LaA night I was going with :Des-age for my hushrtni to Tottenhaut court road, but did ri't know the way. The pri. , 3oner sail wr.mll , l show me tilt/ way to Bow street, Is he wal going in that direction, but !Ind to call on a friend in Fi , •e-street first. I went with him, and he ached me to ga in. lie then took me through a small door where we were perfectly in the dark, and put his feet against me, threw me down, and thrust his fist into my mouth, after which he attempted to effect his purpose. I struggled, and screamed murder, and eventually succeeded in getting away from him ; and having obtained the assistance of the officer, gave him into custody. Alderman SIDNEY—Was there any light in the room ? Mrs. Munden—There was a small fire, and the only things there were a desk and some papers. Alderman SIDNEY—Then you went willingly into the house? Mrs. Munden—l did not. The prisoner dragged me in up some steps. Alderman SIDNEY—How many steps were you dragged up? Mrs. Munden—Five or six, I cannot tell which. The officer explained that the house alluded to was a lithographic printing-office, of which the pri soner was the foreman, and had the entire control of the premises. The house, although numbered as 28, Fleet-street, was up a court in the rear of the real No. 28. Mrs. Munden, on being cross-examined by the prisoner, said, I met you in the Strand, and asked you to show me the way to Bow-street, and thence to Tottenham court-road. You told me you were going that way. You dragged me up a few stairs, and there were not two flights of sAps. I did not go more than five steps. There was a small fire, and when I went out you picked up a piece of paper and lighted it. I never asked for any money. The prisoner's defence was, that he understood the complainant was a single woman, and because he would not give her 55., which she wanted, she brought the present charge against him. Mr. Lockington, the prisoner's emp!oyer (who was in court), in answer to questions put by the Alder man, said the premises in question were occupied by him, and the prisoner had the control of them. The room mentioned was an engraving workroom on the first floor. There was a landing in the passage, and then a flight of steps. The first would be about four or five steps, and from the landing to the room about fourteen or fifteen steps. The prisoner did not lodge there, hut had the keys to lock up the place after the men left, and open it early in the morning. Alderman SIDNEY asked Mrs. Munden how long she wai in the house ? Mrs. Munden thought it was not more than five minutes. As soon as he opened the door he pushed her in. Alderman SIDNEY—Then you never walked up any steps whatever ? Mrs. Munden—l did not. The prisoner here said, the complainant wanted him to give her five shillings, which he refused to do. She then screamed out, and said she would give him in charge; upon which he lighted a piece of paper, and showed her the way out. independent of that, he had witnesses to prove that Mrs. Munden went willingly into the house with him. Samuel Greaves, of No. 9, Little Queen-street, lithographic printer, said that on Monday evening he called with his wife at Mr. Lockington's, on business, but found no one there. When coming out of the court he met Jonas (the prisoner) and the complainant coming towards the court laughing and talking toge ther; upon which he remarked to the former, " Is that your young woman ?" He afterwards saw them go to the door and enter. Alderman SIDNEY —You have just called him Jonas. Which is his real name, for he has given it as Jones ? Prisoner—Jonas is my right name. Mary Ann Greaves, wife to the last witness, corro borated her husband's evidence, and added that she heard the complainant say, "Come along, my dear," at the same time laughing, and they both ent e r e d the house together, and after staying there nearly a quarter of an hour, and not seeing them come out, witness left. She saw no resistance, and after they had been in about ten minutes, she touched the door and found it fastened. There was no screaming that she heard. Alderman SIDNEY inquired the trade or business of the complainant's husband ? Mrs. Munden said that he belonged to the theatrical profession, and she bad been married to him between two and three years. Alderman SIDNEY asked how long she had been in London ? Mrs. Munden replied from eight to nine months. Alderman SIDNEY said he had paid great attention to the evidence, both yesterday and to day, because he felt it was involved in considerable doubt, and therefore he was very happy to have the opinion of a brother Alderman (Wilson) upon the facts. On the one hand, there was the remarkable indiscretion of a married woman answering the questions of a young man or her own age, an entire stranger to her, telling him where she was going, and then accompanying him at least an eighth of a mile out of her way, in order that he might afterwards go with her to show her the way to Tottenham-court-road. This she had followed up by entering a dark passage, which would admit but one person at a time, and then, as she says, she was pushed up a flight of five stairs, but, instead of five, there were at least sixteen, for he (the Alder man) had viewed the premises from an opposite house. He almost feared, therefore, that she was a consenting party, and he could no longer view it, as he was disposed to do the previous day, as a charge of attempting to commit a criminal offence. The vio lence, therefore, he had offered was reduced to as as sault. With respect to the witnesses called by the defendant to show the complainant was in the house for a quarter of an hour, and that she was talking and laughing with him, he did not give the least credit to them. After all, he thought the prisoner's conduct had been very bad, and he should, therefore, fine him 40s. for the assault, or one month's imprisonment.— The fine was paid. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. Hammill requests us to acknowledge his , re ceipt of letters enclosing the undermentioned contri butions for the relief of a young woman named Sarah Jane Smith, who was charged at this court about a week since with illegally pawning some goods the property of her landlady. The unfortunate prisoner, it then appeared, was the daughter of a licensed victualler, who had been reduced to such distress, with a large family to support, that she was compelled to seek a subsistence by needlework, and maintained herself for some time in comparative respectability; but the work upon which she was engaged suddenly declined, and after struggling on upon 3s. a week for a number of weeks it ceased altogether, and she was obliged , to pledge everythin g s h e possesse d b ut the clothes she was then dressed in while at the bar. Her landlady pressed the case with much severity against her, but the magistrate allowed her a fortnight to make up the money for which the landlady's goods had been pledged, and the particulars of the case, which appeared in this paper at the time, have excited so much commiseration that the following subscriptions are the result: "J.W.," 10s.; " L.G.," 10 s.; "A. Poor Man," ls. 6d.; it M. D.," 55.; "J. U.," 2/. ; "An Israelite," 21. ; a gentleman, anony mous, 2 1. ; " 11. J.," 1/ ;"S. A. 8.," 1/. ; "A. C. M., in postage stamps, 103. ; " A Widow," 11.; "R..," 51.; " A. Des Vcaux," or "A. de Vann," (the signature is not sufficiently legible to decipher which,) 11. 155.; " A Lady at Islington," 1/. 10s.; "L. 5.," in postage stamps, 1/. • "F.," 103.; and a gentleman, anonymous, 21. The bene volent donors all requested an acknowledgment in the papers, as did also the contributors of the following donations for the relief of deserving persons having claims upon the funds of the poor-box :—" E. P. 8.," Si.; the gentleman anonymous last referred to, a 3/.; “1c,13.,' 1/. ; and from "J. C. D. 8., th e half of 51. bank-note, the second moiety of which was pro mised to be forwarded on noticing the safe arrival of the first. LAMBETH. Frederick James Darner Cape and Robert Pile, who had been remanded on Thursday last on a charge of fraud, in attempting to defraud the public by falsely representing themselves as joint secretaries to the committee for carrying out the design of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in the great exhibi tion of the works of art and industry, were again placed at the bar for further examination before Mr. Elliott. Mr. Dilk, a member of the committee, was pre sent, with Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, and Mr. Drew, of Parliament-street, solicitor, for the prose cution, and Mr. Wooler attended on behalf of the prisoners. Mr. Ballantine, addressing the magistrate, said it was his intention to call the printer and one or two other witnesses, and after that to ask for a further remand for the attendance of a material witness who was not present. The Learned Gentleman then called Richard Binns, who said—l am manager of the glass department of the Bazaar in Baker street, Portman•square. I read in the Dublin Warder an advertisement signed " Frederick Darner a n d R o b ert Wallingsbrook," as joint secretaries of the Grand Exhibition of Works of Art and Industry of all Nations, and in consequence enclosed six penny postage stamps to Mr. Darner, Treston-chambers, South Lambeth, requesting a report, but had received none or any answer to my communication. Inspector Lund of the detective force was here called, and produced the letter in question, which he found at the prisoners' lodgings on the morning of the 28th of last month. Mr. Henry Kempahead, a printer in Kennington lane, deposed as follows :—I am a printer, and carry on business in Kennington -lane. The prisoner Pile gave me an order on Tuesday, the 18th of December, to print 500 copies from a manuscript, which he produced, and desired me to send a proof to Mr. Miller, No. 9, Melinda-place, South Lambeth. One of my lid; took the proof A, direet,,i t Mr. ana nezwLcri 1 and 2 o'clock on the iollowing day it was brought back to me by the prisoner Cape. In r2ply to the qu-stion4 of Mr. Bal'a.-itine, the witness said he had sent in hitz bill vt:ith the SCO capi, of ch cid +rs, an-1 r. quasted plpm. , nt, but di.3. not !;et p.id. Kci;npshe;til said he tnanuscr'p' eai.y ho prelucd azi'l which had heed lircuu,l - .t hiin the piit,oner, :a that from which ha hal printA - he eiro;:!:.rs. wilition to the adytu-ti-_e:nent, the eke:o-.1.76 contain , d the following " TO THE EDITOR OF --. " Sir,—Wo will thcrllt you :o givo ic;scrtion to the abovN advertisement in your current number, rind to for ward a paper in which the insertion appears, upon the receipt of which we will forward you a Post-office order. "Yours obediently, "1?. DAMER and R. WALLINGSBROOK, Hon. Secretaries." Mr. Wooler—Pray, Mr. Kempshead, had you ever seen either of the prisoners before ? Mr. Kempshead —No, not to my knowledge ; but I can swear posi tively to Cape as the person who brought the proof of the circular to my house. Robert Cattle, a lad in the service of the last wit ness, deposed to having taken a proof copy of a cir cular printed by his master to No. 9, Melinda-place, South Lambeth, addressed to Mr. Miller. He sew a person there whom he understood to be Mr. Miller, but did not see either of the prisoners there. The prisoner Cape the witness identified as a person he had seen speaking to his master at his house. John East, a letter carrier in the General Post office, said that Treston-cottage, South Lambeth, was in his district, and that for three or four days before the prisoners had been apprehended he had, on an average, delivered thirty letters a day at that cottage Some of them were directed " Darner," some " Wel lingsbrook " some " Good w in," an d some " W yatt ." Ile had also delivered a number of newspapers directed to the same place, and mostly delivered the letters to the two prisoners, particularly to Pile. Mr. Wooler—Have you ever seen Cape there ? Witness—No, I can't say that I have. Mr. Matthew Digby Wyatt, secretary to the com mittee appointed to carry out the design of the Prince Consort for the first Exhibition of Works of Art and Industry of All Nations, in the year 1851, was next sworn, and the evidence of that gentleman given on the former day having been read over, he, in reply to Mr. Ballantine, said that he h a d not authorised any letters directed to him to be sent to 'Freston-chambers, or cottage, nor had he authorised any one to receive postage-stamps for the purpose of having reports sent to them in exchange. There were no such persons as Frederick Darner or Robert Wallingsbrook employed by the committee as assistant-secretaries, nor did he (Mr. Wyatt) himself know anything whatever of the prisoners up to the time of their apprehension. Mr. ELLIOTT here inquired if there was any person in attendance who had forwarded postage stamps to the prisoner, and was answer e d i n th e negat i ve. H e (Mr. Elliott) said he had before him a letter from the Mayor of Honiton, stating that having seen the ad vertisement in the Western Luminary newspaper, he had forwarded a letter enclosing six postage stamps to Messrs. Darner and Wallingabrook, Treston chambers, South Lambeth, and requested that a copy of the report submitted to !Prince Albert, as stated in the advertisement, might be forwarded to him, but he received no answer. He (Mr. Elliott) had no doubt, if it was supposed by the gentlemen who had forwarded the stamps that their evidence was neces sary to assist the ends of justice, they would be quite willing to come forward, and give their evidence. Mr. Ballantine admitted that it would greatly assist the ends of justice if those persons who had sent postage stamps to the prisoners would communicate with Messrs. Drew and Showell, Parliament.street, the solicitors to the prosecution, and he hoped that this fact vvould:go forth to the public. The prisoners were then remanded until Monday next, but, on the application of Mr. Wooler, who said their friends were of the highest respectability, Mr. Elliott consented to two sureties in 1001. each for their appearance. GUILDHALL. On Tuesday Elizabeth White, Ann Brown, Isa bella jVilson, and Jane Bunn, all well-known window smashers, were charged before Mr. Alderman Sidney with breaking some squares of plate -glass in the shop front of Messrs. llitchcock and Co., of 74, St. Paul's Churchyard. Mr. John Evitt said that he was standing in the shop on the previous afternoon, when he saw the four prisoners come up, and after standing for a moment he observed the prisoner White throw a brick through one of their large squares of glass. Another pane was immediately broken by the other prisoners, and as four stones ware found in the shop he supposed they were intended for missiles on this occasion. Alderman SIDNEY inquired the value of the glass ? Mr. Evitt replied about 131. The officer said he found them all together, but did not see who broke the windows. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said they were all known as window smashers. _ Roe, the officer of the court, stated that White was the person who some months ago threw a shoe at the Alderman, and who had on another occasion assaulted him in the street. _ Alderman SIDNET recognised her, and said he had paid her fare for her to Exeter. He asked her why she had left her friends and how long she had been back ? She made no ana _ Alderman SIDNEY asked the prisoners severally if they had any answer to make to this charge. Did they deny they had broken the windows ? The pri soners still remained mute. Alderman SIDNEY said he must endeavour to pro• test the citizens from these outrages, which were a most grievous charge upon them. If White had any conscience, he wondered how she could justify to herself the infliction of so much loss upon a person who had not given her the slightest provocation. He knew their object was to get into a prison to be maintained at the public charge, and they selected the handsomest shop fronts for attack, to insure the longer term of imprisonment. White had confessed she assaulted him on a former occasion because he only gave her fourteen days' imprisonment. Nothing, therefore, but legislative interference could remedy the evil, by sending all such persons out of the country. It was a disgrace that they were a con• tinual burden on the funds of the public, and there was no hope that they would not remain so for years to come. He hoped Mr. Hitchcock would make a special statement of the facts by memorial to the Secretary of State, that he might see the real extent of the evil. He then adjudged the prisoners to pay a fine of :it, and t o fi n d secur ity for one year, them selves in 401., a n d two sureties in 201. each. The prisoners, who were perfectly indifferent, in default were all conveye d t o th e Compter. A young ma n , who gave his name as John Jones, of 28, Fleet-street, was b roug ht u p f o r further exami nation before Aldermen Wilson and Sidney, charged with a criminal assault on the person of Mrs. Jane Munden, of 89, Great Suffolk-street, Borough, under the following extraordinary circumstances : The case was p art l y h ear d b e f o re Mr. Alderman Sidney on Tuesday, but in consequence of certain doubts arising in the Alderman's mind, during the taking of the eviflo nes ., it we. nci . j.iirne'l • thy. The followi ng is the statement of the cow plainant SOUTHWARK. John Humphries, a respectable•looking young man, appeared upon his recognizance to answer a charge of obtaining a cheque. amounting to 71. 10s., under false pretences, from the South-Eastern Rail way Company. The examination lasted for some hours, but the following is a brief summary of the particulars :—lt appeared that the above company, being indebted to Messrs. Kelly, the publishers of the Post office Di rectory, transmitted a note, describing that the money-71. 10s.—was ready to be paid when they thought proper to send for it, on the production of a receipt. This letter, however, in stead of reaching the firm for whom it was in tended, was left by mistake at the residence of a Mr. Henry Kelly, of King street, Queen square. Shortly afterwards the p r i sone r made application at the accountant's office of the railway company, and, producing a blank receipt, filled it up, and was paid over the above amount. Some clays subsequently to that, Mr. Giles, the agent to Messrs. Kelly, the publishers, called for the sum due to his employers, when the discovery was made that the prisoner had no right to receive money, and he was given into custody. On the former examination the prisoner asserted that he received the blank receipt signed " Colin Kelly" from a person in Mr. Henry Kelly's employ, with directions that lb! was to take it to the railway company's offices and receive the amount, which he did ; and that the cheque, being a crossed one, was subsequently cashed by a solicitor. The case was therefore remanded, in order to give the prisoner an opportunity of bringing forward the person from whom he asserted he had received direc tions with regard to the cheque. A clerk belonging to the railway company stated that, on the 17th ult., he addressed a note to Messrs. Kelly, No. 24, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury square, stating that if a receipt was sent the money (71. 10s.) was ready to be paid, but the prisoner sub sequently called and was paid the above amount by a cheque, and be gave the receipt now produced. In a few days afterwards a Mr. Giles called from Messrs. Kelly, the publishers, and on being shown the receipt given by the prisoner, he said that no person belonged to the firm or the name of Colin Kelly, which was attached to it. In reply to Mr. A ' BECKEIT, the witness said that he did not put any questions to the prisoner at the time he gave him the cheque ; that he did not ask him whether he came from Messrs. Kelly, the publishers, or as to what the money was due for. Hugging, a City policeman, stated that he took the prisoner into custody, and that when informed of the charge against him he at once admitted that I.e had received the money, and asserted that he received the note and a blank receipt from a brother of Mr. Henry Kelly, with instructions to proceed to the rail way and get the bill adverted to in the letter ; that he did so, and the prisoner took him (witness) over to Mr. IL Kelly's office for the purpose of pointing out to him the person under whose directions he acted on the occasion, but when they got there he said that he could not see the person, and Mr. 11. Kelly, who was present at the time, remarked that he knew the person to whom the accused alluded, and that he was not a brother of big, but a ma❑ in his employ. Mr. Kelly on that occasion, on being shown the receipt signed " Colin Kelly," said it was his father's name, and that it was evidently an imitation of his signature. - The postman proved that he had delivered the letter from the railway office, on the subject of the debt duo by the company to Messrs. Kelly, by mis take, to Mr. Henry Kelly, thinking at the time that it was for him, and he saw that person break open the seal, and after a hasty glance at its contents he re marked that it was all right. A few days afterwards witness accompanied Mr. Giles, the Messrs. Kelly's agent, to the residence of Mr. IL Kelly, and beard the latter admit having received the letter, the fact of his opening it, and he added, that on subsequently finding it was not for him he left it on the desk of his office, and when he came to make inquiries for it afterwards it could not be found. Mr. Giles confirmed the latter part of the above statement, and Mr. H. Kelly being present was asked if he wished to give any account of the transaction, but he was not compelled to say anything to criminate himself. Mr. H. Kelly said that he had no wish to conceal anything relating to the part he had taken in the transaction. He then stated he received the note as described by the postman, together with another from a gas company, in the hurry of business, and thinking it was one of those circulars sent round at this season, he retained possession of it, and having afterwards discovered his error, he placed the note on his desk, intending to send it back; but the next morning, on looking for it, he could not find it, and thought no more of the matter until the following Saturday, when some of the railway authorities, accompanied by a City officer, called upon him on the subj-et, and he gave the same account to them that he now did to the magistrate. He then explained to the magistrate that Humphries was a collector in his employ, and that the man from whom the latter asserted he had received the letter addressed to the railway company was also in his employ, and that his name was Thomas, but that he had since absconded. Mr. Games, on behalf of the prisoner, said that evf.r since he was in custody he had shown every inclina tion to give all the information he could in reference to the transaction ; but it was evident Thomas, the man alluded to, was the offender, and this supposition was strengthened from the fact of his having absconded from his employer's service. Mr. A'l3Ecxnrr said, ;h.-I'e was no wide: ce to prove that such a person as Thomas was in Mr. Kelly's employ, except the mere assertion of the latter, and the man now under charge. As far as H um ph r i es was concerned, he (the magistrate) wa s o f op i n i on th a t this was a case for a jury, anti that with regard to the part Mr. Henry Kelly had taken in the transaction, his conduct was not free from sugpicion, and th , :ref;,re " 11 j'itr) to find two suroies of 1001. each, and himself in 2u01., to appear at the eouri, on Wednesday next, H umphries ' s former reoognizances, wece o' a slEni!a.- amouw-, were enlarged un'il C . 12 it. 31 T 1 - _7El)`-..: JAN. I.—Cu: - drirj wind, have kept Llcls to-fl ..y are smell of every I;“ at a fal: r , cinfs:A, at r her over Friday's y shady in value 13,aus fully as d, ar. fth , r art . cl,s es bi.tlore. Arrivals —Whcat, 2,746;10at5, b:rl, y, 154; beans, 227; Rape s,cd, 402. EDINBZ'RCH MEAL MARKET, JAN. I.—There wer in :le clailict to-day 44 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs whereof 34 sold thus:-0 at 11 6s Od, 0 at 1/5s 6d, 9 at 1/ 53 Od, 10:at 114 s 6d, 11 at 114 s, and 4 at 113 s 6.1; average price of the whole 1/ 4s 4d 2-12ths. 2 sleks flour, whereof 1 sold at 295, and 1 at 27s Od. 2 sacks barley meal, which sold at 17s Od. 16 sacks pot-barley, whereof 15 sold thus:-1 at 11 6s 6d, 1 :It 11 4s Od, 6 at. 11 2s Od, and 7 at 1/ is Od. FDINEURGII HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JAN. I. Suppit, s of all kinc'k s.ti , l large. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 10i 01 per kenaple of 16 stones trop; wheat ditto, 7s Od to 88 01; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od. Hay, from 8i to tbd per stony. DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, DEC. 31.—There were 2C6 hags of oatmeal, 11 of barkymeal, and 3 of pot barley at this day's market. Sales ready. Oatmeal 3cl per b , .1.g down; barhlmeal, 6d to 31 per bag lower; rern:Jin.(l unsold. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. I First Second imperial .. 3arleyrneal, per ditto : ) ewerneal l'oL barley ... .. 23s Sd 22s 9d .. lis Od 16s 6d .. —s Od —s Od ... —s Od —s Od .. —s 0 —5 Od Third 215 il,l —s Od —s Od —s Od —a Od COAL MARKET YESTERDAY. Buddle's W. Hartley.. Iss 6d Hutton Carr's Hartley Chester Alain l6s 36 ~. Hetton Lyons .. ... 17s 6d Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Cd Russell's Hetton ...... 183 6d North Percy Hartley lss 0,1 Stewart's New Tanfield . ...... ... 14s fid ‘Vhitwell ... l7s 3d Ravensworth'sW.llart 15s 6tl Caradoc ..... ..... 188 Od ,infield Moor ratdield Moor Butes... 14s td Ileugh Hall .. l7s 6d Walker's Primrose ... 13s . d Kelloe o :est Hartley .. ...... Ifs tic South Kelloe l7B 3d Wall's End, &c. North Hartlepool 163 3d 801 l and Brown .. 168 Od West Hetton 173 3d Buraton Killingworth 17s Odl Whitworth l4s 6d Clennell lss 6dlMaclean's Tees Go,forth .. Hotspur ... .. l6s Odi West Cornforth Heston Washington Leighton Primrose ... 17s 9d DerwentwaterHartley 15s 6d Bell Belmont l7s 9d Cardiff ......... ..... 21s Od Breddyll Hetton ... lB. 9 o , WhitworthCoke ...... 20s 6d Ships a' ~ ark.i. 128. ^ ETS BRISTOL, JAN. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firmer than of late. The only alterations in prices were—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 12A dis.—Midland Stock, 45. LivEnrouL, JAN.*.2. sTocx Excastsron.—The share market opened firm this morning, but towards the close became dull, and prices showed a downward tendency. The transactions were al follow :—Bolton and North-Western (A.), guaranteed 6 per cent., B, 17 1 —East Lancashire, 11% Edinburgh and Glasgow, 27!., 4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 55-- Ditto, Fifths 74 . dis. —Ditto, (W. R. U.), 7 dis.—London and N orth-Western, 109 1 —DitV‘, New Quarters, Ils. 3d. P. Ditto, Fifths, p. —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Preference, 7 14—Midland, 44—Ditto, Halves, 13s. 9d. dis. -- South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61. Ss. 9d. MANCHESTER, JAN. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market opened firmly, but during the day it declined, and closed about the same as on Monday. The following are the quotations :—Lancashire and York shire, Fifths, 7 s dis.— London and North-Western, Man cheater and Birmingham, Quarters (C ), c. p.—North Siaffordshire, 10 1.16 dis.—South Eastern and Dover (NO. 4), Thirds, 6 5 16 n.— Ditto, Scrip, 6% c.— Bolton, Black burn, Chitheroe, and West Yorkshire (No. 1) s—East Lana" shire, 11%. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 2. STOCK: EXCIIANGE.—Business was somewhat brisk to.day• The transactions were as follow :—South Staffordshire, 3% dis.—Alidland (Bristol and Birmingham), 123 3 /—Loudon and North-Western, ill. YORK, JAN. 2. lirocs EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as follow : Great Northern, Preference, 10% Caledonian , 10 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 165p—Ditto, Nevi' castle Extension, 11 1/8. FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLNIt'S•--Shortly before one "'clock this morning a fire broke out in the Ship:-in-Distress Tavern, the property of Mr. Pearce, aituate at No. 36, Waidour-strect, boho. It appeared that a+ ter the houae was closed for the night, the laud. lord was in the act of filling one of the vat s i n t h e bar with gin, the ladder upon which he was standing mud: slenly snapped asunder, which caused him to fall, and the gin he was pouring into the vat fell upon the floor; the vapour coming in contact with a lighted candle the spirit bicarne ignited, and ran round the bar with the rapidity of lightning, firing simultaneously the other rats filled with .pirits. Mr. Pearce made an attempt to coegner the flames, but finding he was unable to do so, he was about to make his escape, when recollecting tbe& the barmaid was in the upper flour asleep, he made .to that part of the premises, and being unable to awake her by calling, he burst her door open, but could not WAe her sensible of the great danger to which she was ev . posed until he had pulled her out of bed. The flames hl. that time were rushi ng up t h e staircase; but by dint oft greet exertion Mr. Pearce fortunately succeeded in fore" ing his barmaid out of one of the windows, and by deer ging her over the parapet, both parties were enabled to affect a safe retreat. In spite of the exertions of O: firemen, the flames were not extinguished until the of tha stock in trade, &e., was totally consumed. praprietor was fortunately insured in the Sun Fire otlice for 1,000/. About filteen months since the ss o3e premises were partially destroyer! by fire ; but on that ccasi It the origin of the misfortune could not be scertained. THE BERMONDSBY MURDER.--on Saturday 184 Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for th e flora. Department, directed that the police and other par ties who were activ e i n p rosecut i ng Manning and his wite, should be rewarded for their exertions in bringing the murderers t o j ust i ce . Accordingly those officers an d parties who had net received rewards from the Colo" missioners of Police, were paid yesterday, from th e Treasury, the following sums :—lnspector John Inite e j of the M divi s i on, who had charge of the witnesses on prosecution, rece i ved 201. ; Sergeant Hunt, 26 M, 1 ° 4 , 1 5 John 'Wright, 63 M, 81; Police-c ons t a bl e B a k er , 141 0 " Si.; Jame s S opp, 126 11, 2/ ; and Kirk and the other cabman U. each. The whole of the property f o und oa Mrs. Manning, besides the contents of the boxes dir covered at the Brighton Railway station, still remain ' II the possession of the police at the Stores'-end stati°, l 4 but it is ex p ecte d t h at within a few days the whole ca ~1. will be disp ose d o f b y the Government, who will pay tii" solicitors some portion of their demands which they have memorialized fo r , an d t h e remainder, if any, will mo st likely he hand e d to M r . E dward Manning It is suPPc)se a that the property (among which are French Retries' valued at 701.) will realize 150/. SUPPLY OF PURE WATER.—A correspondent states' that a pap nt right 'or bringing water on the respecti / h e ;hes of railway into L on d on an d other cities, from tug, elevations and pure sources, in metallic and h alf tubes, to supply th e wants of the public at one-half the present price, and in a much purer state than hitherto obtained, has b een grante d to M r. Lamplough, and test a^rangenints are now beiug made for the laying dovill of pipes on the respective lines of railway into London' on a fixed rental on the income derived, thus a dding permanently to the railway return, and preventing „ t$ needless outl a y o f ca pi ta l in the purchase of p ro p e rty for a canal or aqueduct, or both conjoined, nearing also the water from inj ur i ous i mpregnations and the absorption o f gases. The principle of syphonio action is put int o requisition, and by meass ot a hydraulic pump, a vacuum is caused and a cont i nuous and uninterrupted flow ot necessary of life is obtained so long as the founiniP maintains its supply.—What we want is pure water' w, wo care. n.a. It is a fact undeniable, that the Dv; habitants of Lambeth and Southwark hav e li tt l e bett! ,, than sew age water to dr i nk, and that in proportion the impurity and scanty supply, ceteris paribus, so thq suffered in the late epidemic.—Budder. [ADVERTISEMENT Complaints. 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On the 31st ult., at Clapham-park,Mrs.Wodehouse Raven' of a daughter. On the 31st ult., at Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin, the w ife of A. C. Lambert, Esq., of a daughter. MARRED. On the Ist inst., a t St. James's, Paddington, William ,--- t beck, EN., of Howle y - place, Westb ourne - terrace, to Jel, l, daughter of the late ht uart Donaldson, E sq ., of Craven-D 1 Hyde-park. On the Ist inst., at St. John's, Westminster, W. K. Parke r ' Eq., of Pimlico. to Elizabeth. youngest daughter of Lwow Jeffery, I:A., of Westminster. On the '' .o th ult DIED ~ in Dublin, the , Hon. Mrs. o . twat O t a go' of Castle Otway, in the county of I ipperary, widow O' Hon. Robert Otway Cave and eldest dauhter of the le e Sir Fr anc i s B urdett, nart. , g elf On the 30th u l t., at Hertford, John Green, Esq., forni of Ware, Herts, aged 7". 0 y On the 2 )th ult., at Apsley-guis, Bedfordshire, Mary An relict of the late E. W. Ashfield, Esq., aged 55. lr On the . .).(qh ult., a ge d 68, J o h n H owar d, E sq ., o f Brere to ball, Cheshire, formerly of Hyde. On the 29th ult., at Highgate, Lieutenant-Colonel Arc_b2a bald Irvine, C. B 'hector of Works to the Admiralty late of the Beng ult.. at the l Priory, Enginers. Aighurtb, near Liverr 001, On het 2 lh egol 5 , 11:itti , •tt Morn v wit', of J. Southern, Esq. w • iso o, On the ult., Ne ton Abbott, Devon, S• " 1 Esq., formerly of Waltham-cross, aged 68. • of On the .Bth ult., at H ayes, Middlesex, Jane, the Wlf R. Andrews, Esq. • . At Cheltenh am , on t h e 27th ult., Miss Hodgson, meter _ f o the late S. Hod gson , E sq., of Poston. On the 21st ult., at Bedford I Bastin Esq., aged 5 Bedford- ace, gs, Morricet dt. ' • , • • 1i . `iv,/ • W - 0 , ••••• of zi Ddiddldun in TMPROV a At the pr a l vtng is appoir Minds of the Chi made, and are s "danger both •octety. The SOCIETI •f the LABOUR than four years 1 It has built a Unitary princip twenty-three far It has repairec in Ring -street al lien are accomu It has built, in for Worklnc met h abitation. It has repaired for tke accommo It is new buil, dwellings for In Wallies win find ♦t Tunbridge a gricaltural lab( Teen are already Besides these R treat number Who apply for lt9. the setting -oat o a In these "rad( than Twenty-thr further stun of I teWards n Melt 1,1 benevolent. The following l OW erecting in ttL,. ; ires e e r ism l sos.a o eip s ues t ua G treye r .l a tapi c yli l e c e ‘ .,Rithness Prim , 1 1 . er It•Yal High! . RaYal lllghi ~". Right Hon.] " Right Hon.. Z▪ . Pet°, Esq., ,• r. E. Hollond zu,..11 Grace the Di mila3 Portal "%Milos . t:el Smith, Esq. rd Willoughby ▪ Fr end. by L . Total, to Jai '11113:13111?? Mrs. Lamt The'Rer. I A Friend • R. it. Coos Major Cri A., per rii Y. T. C. saver, I A. Palmer, A. H. Itrac IL C. Kidd W. S. Angi .1, The Dowal 71 J. E. Deni , , Eel'. J. IV. Mrs. Char: • Cleo. Pearc ~•k J. Sperling IL 11. V. NN E. A. Hon Viscount It It. B. Hick Miss A. M. Marquis of Rey. Dr. I' J. 0. Harr 11. Unwen. Rey. Dr. C John Hard, Mr. Hargr W E. tint Lieut.-Colo Mrs. Hugh Major Litt! M. 0., one In the' offerini Bolder. Lady Murr W..lsnning E. Wilkins( • J. Beaufort /lon. )(sun Miss Ware Edward St; Mrs. Bums Thomas L. T. H. Bast: E. Gardner T. Twining T. IL Park C. Mrs. Bird J. J. Smite w. Penny, W. Sparkes Christlanus IL Smith, G. Harding . J. C. Hall. E. B. Basta Members o W. P. Ange Mrs. Schaal Miss Cattier E. W. M. I Irlii!? rl ations and 4, l „ la ms, Deacon, St. Jame! R.'. 4 , ll alt e3s , Pau', am Flect-sti "'tett ; or by the G UARD'. 4. 11, LOMBAI JOIT THOMSON . : ;1”lrY Hulse Here ;„olln art 13 isnels Hart Ibit 0 4 Walter It. FA/. 1,111 Harvey, Esq (4 . 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