The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-12 00:00:00

Vitt SUN OFFICE, Six o'cloci STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day. ) 3LLNCICESTER, FEB. 11.—The American advices, re ported in our last, have rather strengthened that cautious feeling which so promptly checked the u pward movement at t em pted in the early part of last week. The buyers are more disposed than before to hold back from operating in yarns and goods ; for they feel an increased distrust of the present prices of cotton. There is, however, a gene ral steadiness amongst sellers, at the rates that were obtainable a fortnight ago, although in some yarns the buyer may here and there meet with a trifling advantage. The amount of business is very limited ; but the contracts it( hand for the medium and lower counts of twist and weft, as well as for most descriptions of cloth, prevent the exhibition of any anxiety to sell on the part of spin ners and manufacturers. For 7-8 and 9-8 printers there is a good demand ; and the better qualities of the finer yarns for home consumption differ from the lower num bers in being dearer than they were. Moderate sales continue to be effected in domestics on the previous terms. The Liverpool market is heavy. Prices ace not quoted lower, but the bias is slightly against buyers. GnasGow, FEB. 11.—The cotton market has been quiet, but steady in price. Demand limited. BRADFORD, FEB. 10.—Wool—The transactions in the wool market, throughout the week, have been spiritless, with no disposition to sell at a depressed price, all parties being satisfied that the present consumption, profitless or otherwise, will maintain the price, as the supplies coming to market are scanty, and the choice here daily getting worse. Yarns—The spinners are in a bad plight ; wool is, and likely to be, dear, while higher prices on yarns limit the consumption. Every day the complaints increase of the bad return of empty bobbins, and the consequent stoppage of the spinning frames ; and as there is no inclination to reel yarns, bad as it may be to let the frames stand, it would be worse to reel it, and sell at the prices now current. Pieces— The sales to-day are not marked by any great activity, nor is there any relief presented to the manufacturers by cheaper cotton or worsted, and from present appearances n othing but lessening the production can bring about a change in prices consequent on the cost to produce goods. NOTTrNGIIA3I, FEB. 10.—There has been a considerably increased demand for lace goods lately, consequently stocks are very much diminished, and there is every reason to suppose that this business will shortly be as good as the hosiery, which continues uninterruptedly prosperous. The price of yarn for each trade remains without change, but there is every probability of lace yarn being higher. LEICESTER, FEB. 10.—The home demand has fallen off considerably, the shopkeepers not being willing to give advanced prices until their stocks are moved off. The orders for Australia, Canada, and the United States still keep the fancy hosiery, shirts, and drawers branches well employed, and a good trade is doing both in socks and gloves. Worsted yarns are very firm, and spinners complain of not being able to realise the pre sent value of wools. The woolstaplers keep requiring a little more and obtain a trifling advance according to de mand. Skin wools and short sorts are in much request. THE MARQUIS OF LANDSDOWNE AND MR, OH.RISTOPHER.' TO THE EDITOR OF THE TINES. Lord Lansdowne presents his compliments to the editor of the Times, and encloses copies of a correspond ence which has taken place between himself and Mr. Christopher, M.P., in case he should think fit to insert it. Berkeley-square, Thursday. (COPY•) " Bowood, Feb. 5. " Sir,—l have read with some astonishment in the newspapers of yesterday the report of your speech at Lincoln on Friday last, in which you are represented to have stated it as a fact, and to have founded an argument on the fact so assumed, that on one of the days preced ing the discussion and division in the House of Com mons on Mr. Disraeli's budget, on Friday, the 17th of December, there was a large meeting of the Whig party held at Lansdowne-house, for the purpose of considering what was to be done on Lord Derby's overthrow. " As there is no difference in their reports, except that in one the Wednesday preceding is specifically mentioned to have been the day on which this large meeting took place, while it was only inferred to have been the day in the others, I presume them to be substantially correct. " I beg, therefore, to state, for your information, and that of those whom you addressed, that you are com pletely in error, and that there is not even the shadow of a foundation for the fact alleged. " No such meeting took place, no such meeting was proposed to be held, and, in the position in which I then considered myself to stand, had any such meeting been proposed to be held, I should have objected to its being held at my house. " I may further add, that although it would not have been surprising if I had conversed on a matter of public interest with any person with whom I was acquainted, it so happenelthat, from being confined to my room, I did not, before I was honoured with her Majesty's commands (after Lord Derby had actually resigned) to attend her at Osborne, which I was prevented from obeying by se vere indisposition, communicate with any leading per son, either of that which you describe as the Whig or of the Pee]ite party, or see Lord Aberdeen, as I did after that event, by her Majesty's command, at my own house. " I hope, therefore, I may be permitted to inquire upon what authority you conceived yourself justified in making public a statement so entirely founded in error ? " I have the honour to be, " Your obedient servant, " LANSIiOWNE." (COPY•) "Bloxholm, Sleaford, Feb. 9. "My Lord,—Your Lordship's letter, dated from Bowood on the sth of this month, owing to its misdirec tion, reached me last night. I mention this that your Lordship may not suppose me deficient in courtesy in not taking the earliest opportunity of answering it.. "Your Lordship's impression of what I stated at Lin coln on Friday last in all essential particulars, with a slight variation, is substantially correct. What I stated was this, that on the Wednesday of the week during the debate on Mr. Disralii's budget, an influential meet ing (not large, as stated in the report) of the Whig party took place at your Lordship's house ; that I was unable to tell what occurred at that meeting, but that on the same day Lord John Russell left town for Woburn Abbey, and met Lord Aberdeen, who at that time was the guest of the Duke of Bedford.' _ _ "I am not able, in answer to your lordship's request, to state the precise authority from which I derived this information, but, as it formed the topic of general con versation of persons of opposite political opinions at the Carlton and Travellers' Clubs, as well as in the precincts of the House of Commons, and, if I be not mistaken, was commented on by the public press, I received it as a fact, and believed it to be such till I got your lordship's letter yesterday. "It appears from that letter that I have been under a misapprehension as to what really took place. I beg to express my regret at having made any statement which seems to have been founded in error, and which has been the cause of a moment's uneasiness to your lordship. " My Lord, I have the honour to be, "Your Lordship's very obedient, humble servant, R. A. CHRISTOPHER." MAZZINPS PROCLAMATION. The following proclamation was posted all over Milan . and has been spread in other parts of Italy : " ITALIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. " Italians ! Brothers !—The mission of the Italian Committee is ended : your mission begins. To-day the last word which we, your brothers, utter to you is In surrection ;' to-morrow, mingling with the ranks of the people, we will aid you to maintain it. " Insurrection ! The moment matured, panted for for three long years, has arrived. Let us seize it. Be not deceived by appearances ; be not misled by the cowardly sophistries of lukewarm men. The entire sur face of Europe, from Spain to our own land, is a volcanic crust, beneath which sleeps a lava which will burst forth in torrents at the upheaving of Italy. Four years ago the in surrection of Si c il y was f o ll owe d b y ten European revolutions : twenty European revolutions will follow yours--all bound by one compact, all sworn to one fra ternal aim. We have friends even in the ranks of the armies who rule us there are entire peoples whose alarum-cry will answe r to yours. The national demo cracies of Europe form one organ i sed camp. Vanguard of the great army initiative the people , fear not i so l a ti on . Th e initiative of Italy is the of Europe. " Insurrection ! Sacred as the thought of country i that consecrates t ; sqong in will and in concentrated energy as its aim, which is j ust ice , amelioration, and free fraternal life for all ; let it rise, an d convert martyr. dom into victory. The thousands of victims who have fallen with the sacre d n ame of Italy on th e i r lips, deserve this at our hands. B e it tremendous as the t empest on our seas. Be it obstinate, immovable as the Alps which surround you. Between the Alps and the extreme Sicilian sea are 25,000,000 of us, and a hundred if foreigners. It is the s t r uggle of a moment f you do but will. "Insurrection ! Let the grand word leap from city to city, from town to town, from village to village, like the electric current. Arouse, arise, awake to the crusade fever, all ye who have Italian he ar t s —lt a li an arms. ___ w- - " Remind the people of their unjust sufferings, their rights denied them, their ancient power, and the great future of liberty, prosperity, education, and equality — they may conquer at a bound. " Remind your women of the mothers, the sisters, the friends who have perished in uncipsoled weeping for their loved ones, imprisoned, exiled, butchered, because they had not, but desired, a country. " Remind your young minds of thought outraged and restrained, of the great traditionary past of Italy which they can continue only by action, of the absolute no thingness of the state they are now in—they the descend ants of the men who have twice given civilisation to Europe. " Remind the soldiers of Italy of the dishonour of a servile uniform which the foreigners deride, of the bones of their fathers left on the battle fields of Europe for the honour of Italy, of the true glory which crowns the war rior for right, for justice, for nationalit ",soldiers, women, youth s , people let us, have for the moment but one heart, one thought, one desire, one cry in our souls, one cry on our lips, We will have a coun try ; we will have an Italy ; and an Italy shall be.' " Attack, break at every point the long and weak line of the enemy. Prevent them from concentrating them selves by killing or dispersing their soldiers, destroying roads and bridges. Disorganise them by striking at their officers. Ceaselessly pursue fugitives ;be at war to the knife. Make arms of the tiles of your houses, of the stones of your streets, of the tools of your trades, of the iron of your crosses. Spread the alarm by watch fires kindled on every height. From one end of Italy to the other, let the alarm bell of the people toll the death of the enemy. " Wherever you are victorious, move forward at once to the aid of those nearest you. Let the insurrection grow like an avalanche, wherever the chance goes against you ; run to the gorges, the mountains—the fortresses given you by nature. Everywhere the battle will have broken out ; everywhere you will find brothers —and, strengthened by the victories gained elsewhere, you will descend into the field again the day after. One only be our flag—the flag of the nation. In pledge of our fraternal unity, write on the words God and the people I' they alone are powerful to conquer, they alone do not betray. It is the Republican flag which, in '4B and '49, saved the honour of Italy ; it is the flag of ancient Venice, it is the flag of Rome—eternal Rome, the sacred metropolis, the temple of Italy and of the world ! " Purify yourselves, fighting beneath that flag. Let the Italian people arise, worthy of the God who guides them ! Let woman be sacred ; let age and childhood be sacred ; let property be sacred. Punish the thief as an enemy. Use for insurrection the arms, powder, and uniforms taken from the foreign soldiers. "To arms, to arms ! Our last word is the battle cry. Let the men you have chosen to lead you, send forth to Europe, on the morrow, the cry of victory. (For the Italian Committee,) " Josirn MAZZINI. " Außzuo SAW'. gc manrizio Quadric, Secretaries. " Cesare Agostini, February, 1853." CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY.-ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. The Archbishop of Canterbury, accompanied by the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, and several other prelates connected with the province, together with the Very Rev. Dr. Peacock, Dean of Ely (the prolocutor); the Dean of Norwich, the Dean of St. Asaph, the Dean of Salisbury, Archdeacon Harrison, Archdeacon Hare, Dr. Spry, Dr. Wordsworth, and other members of the Lower House of Convocation, will wait upon her Majesty the Queen, by appointment, on Wednesday next, when the following address will be presented " Madam,—We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the archbishop, bishops, and clergy of the province of Can terbury, assembled in Convocation, most humbly ap proach your Majesty with respectf ul assurance of loyal affection to your Majesty's throne and person. And we desire to add our sincere congratulations, that since the last occasion when we enjoyed a similar privilege, it has pleased Almighty God to bless both your Majesty's Royal family and the country at large with a measure of prosperity which demands our warmest thankfulness. " Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to state to your assembled Parliament, that your Majesty has received assurances of a disposition on the part of foreign powers to maintain those friendly relations with this country which have already been prolonged beyond all former example. And never, perhaps, was there a time when the inhabitants of this land were more generally prosperous, more willingly obedient to the laws, or more loyally affected towards the throne. It is our earnest prayer to Almighty God, that he will continue to our selves and extend to all nations the blessings of peace and unity. "Here we earnestly desire to assure your Majesty of our deep sympathy with the sorrow which your Majesty has so graciously expressed, a sorrow which is even shared by foreign nations, for the loss which the empire is now mourning in the death of that great warrior and statesman, to whom, above all, it has been owing under God's overruling Providence that we have enjoyed this long and unprecedented peace and prosperity. We as sure your Majesty that we prize above the splendour of his greatest exploits that high sense of duty which led him to devote all his faculties to the service of his Sovereign and his country, and to value his most glorious victories chiefly as they secured a lasting peace. " The subject, however, on which your Majesty will expect us to feel the deepest interest is the state of re ligion in this land. And here there is much to encourage whilst there is also much to lament, and much that we hope gradually to amend. Great exertions have been made during the last 30 years, with the desire of pro viding the means of spiritual instruction of a population increasing beyond all former experience. Much has been done by the awakened liberality of individuals, as sisted by recent legislative measures, towards enabling the Church to fulfil the ends of her Divine mission. Much, however, still remains to be done, and we assure your Majesty that our heal Liest endeavours shall be used to relieve, wherever they exist, the spiritual wants of the population. We feel a confident persuasion that these our endeavours will be seconded by the pious and ready co-operation of our lay brethren in the Church. In connection with this subject we cannot but observe, that although the population of England and Wales has been doubled in the last half century, the number of English and Welsh bishops remains nearly the same as it was three centuries ago, a state of things to which we beg respectfully to invite your Majesty's consideration. " We trust, however, that if the Church has been un able to accomplish all that might be desired, it has yet given no slight proof of activity and power. Fewer churches were built during the whole of the last century than are now consecrated to the service of God in every successive year. Inadequate as are still the means of providing Christian education for the increasing numbers who require it, we thankfully acknowledge that great efforts have been made for its extension and improve ment. " And great and pain: al as are the privations of many of your Majesty's poorer subjects in our crowded cities, it must be a peculiar source of satisfaction to your Ma jesty that tinder the continuous and active encourage ment of your Majesty's illustrious Consort, institutions have been formed, and are daily forming, to increase the comforts of the labouring classes, and to improve their moral and social condition ; and as all true charity has its origin in religious principle, we trust that in this in stance also proof has been given of the influence of that faith which it is the duty of the clergy to inculcate and maintain amongst the people committed to their charge. For whatever has been done or intended of good we de sire to give God the glory, through our Lord Jesus Christ, being deeply conscious of the imperfections of all our endeavours. " In thus referring to the subjects which appear to us especially to concern the well-being of the Church, we cannot omit to speak of those deliberative functions of this Convocation which many members of our Church desire to see again called into active exercise. " We do not, indeed, deem it advisable at the present moment to petition your Majesty for your Royal licence to transact such business as we may not enter upon without it, but we think it our dirty respectfully to ex press our conviction both that its legislative assemblies are an essential and most important part of the constitu tion of the Reformed Church, and that the circumstances of the present day make it alike more imperative to pre serve, and as far as possible to improve them, and more particularly that the resumption of their active func tions in such manner as your Majesty, by your Royal licence may permit, may at no distant date be productive of much advantage. We know, indeed, that apprehen sions have been entertained that in such a case Convo cation might address itself to the discussion of contro verted questions of doctrine, and a spirit of strife and bitterness be thereby engendered, fatal to Christian charity, and dangerous alike to existing institutions and to our visible unity ; and we, therefore, feel it to be our duty humbly to pray your Majesty to receive this our most solemn declaration of our hearty acceptance of the doctrinal formularies and liturgical offices of the Re formed Church, and our assurance that we regard them as inestimable blessings, and are resolved, by the help of God, to transmit them unimpared to posterity. And further, that we not only recognise, but highly prize, your Majesty's undoubted supremacy in all causes, ecclesiastical and civil, over all persons and in every part of your Majesty's dominions, as it was maintained in ancient times against the usurpation of the See of Rome, and was recovered and reasserted at our Reformation. In connection with this grave subject we feel that your Majesty may expect from us the expression of our solemn protest against that fresh aggression of the Bishop of Rome by which he has . arrogated to himself the spiritual charge of this nation, thereby denying the existence of that branch of the Church Catholic which was planted in Britain in the primitive ages of Christianity, and has been preserved by a merciful Providence to this day, as well as against many which have preceeded it ; and we desire on this, our first occasion of addressing your Majesty since its occurrence, solemnly to protest in the face of Christendom, and to lay this our protest before your Most Gracious Majesty." ROWING MATCH IN SCOTLAND FOR £loo.—lt is said that a rowing match, in four-oared 27-feet gigs, has been made between the Perth, Leven, and Glasgow pullers, to come off in the Gareloch, at the end of June in the present year, for a sweepstake of 1001., for the championship of Scotland. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Deafness—New Discovery.-39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York Hotel. The organic vibrator, an extraordinary power ful, small, newly-invented instrument, for deafness, en tirely different from all others to surpass anything of the kind, that has been, or probably ever can be produced, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. The Royal Exhibition valuable newly-invented, very powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, to discern minute objects at a distance of from four to five miles, which is found to be invaluabl e , for yachting, and to sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes, possessing such extraordinary power, that some 31 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. They supersede every other kind, and are of all sizes for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, &c. Opera and race-course glasses with wonderful power ; a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented &B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians , 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe opposite the York Hotel, -THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1853, GOLD FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA. At a recent meeting of the Geological Society a paper was read "On the Gold Fields of Victoria, or Port Philip, communicated by P. N. Joh nson , F.G.5.," from which it appeared that the " Australian Alps" are a series of distinct mountain ranges, that pass round the south-eastern corner of Australia (nearly parallel to the coast line, and from 50 to 80 miles from the sea), and form a part of the main chain of the continent. This mountain chain, in Victoria, consists of clay slates, mica slates, and flinty slates, together with granite, in a suc cessional arrangement, forming collectively a recurring series. The strata are nearly or quite vertical, with a north and south strike, and are intersected by numerous quartz veins, running at an acute angle with the slate. Vast plains of trap, forming high table lands, run up to the base of the mountain, and probably cover their lower slopes. It is in the valleys and gullies of these mountains, and not very far from their junction with the trappean plains, that the rich deposits of gold are found. Gold has been discovered at several points along this zone of mountains ; but the richest deposits opened in the colony of Victoria are those of Ballarat and Mount Alexander. The former is about 55 miles N.W. of Geelong • and the latter about 35 miles N.W. of Melbourne. The enormous amount of gold which the latter district has yielded has chiefly been derived from two valleys with their gullies and ravines. These valleys are known by the names of the streams or " creeks' that run through them. One of these, Forest Creek, takes its rise in the granite forming the central mass of Mount Alexander ; the other has its source in the high and broken ranges of slate that environ the mount. Both creeks are tributaries of the river Loddon, on the banks of which, also, gold is found in small quantities. The Ballarat gold-field lies at the junction of the slate with a trappean tract about seven miles from an extinct volcano, known as Mount Benin yong. The original matrix of the gold seems to be the above-mentioned quartz veins that traverse the slate generally in a north and south direction. The wear ing away of the slate rocks and their quartz veins by the action of the weather and by aqueous agency have given rise to the auriferous beds of gravel and clay occupying the beds of the ravines and valleys at the pre sent day. Occasionally the gold is found at or near the surface of the soil, diffused through the gravel ; some times it lies as much as thirty feet beneath the surface, embedded in clay, either immediately upon the rough rock surface below, or just above a white clay, known by the miners as " the pipe-clay ;" and it may be met with in other localities at every intermediate depth. In some places boulders of quartz and beds of hard concrete of quartz and slate pebbles occur in the auriferous clays. These different conditions of the auriferous beds depend upon the physical characters of the gullies and the valleys down which the drifted materials have been carried, and upon the varying force of the water power that at dif ferent times and at different places has been brought to bear upon this shingle, sand, and mud.. Thus in the creeks the deposits in their channels are richest at points where the stream has been impeded in its course either by frequent sinuosities or by being crossed by a bar of rock ; this holds good with the deserted channel of streams also. 'When auriferous clays and gravels occur in the dry gullies descending from the higher ranges, the richest deposits are always found in the ancient channel or bed of the gully, often occupying a very narrow area ; but when these gullies contract at their junction with the larger valleys, the auriferous clays are often continued up the sides of the inclosing hills, even to, their crests, and the distribution of the beds and of the gold is very variable under these circumstances, as though the beds had been here deposited by means of strong con flicting eddies and currents. It appears that, with regard to Victoria, the gold has been arrested in the small mountain ravines and gullies, and was not washed down to the larger streams. Auriferous sands in river banks, or in alluvial plans of the low lands, are unknown in this colony. The methods of working the gold-bear ing alluvia, either at the surface or by pits and "holes," vary, of course, according to the depth to be attained and the means at the .command of the miners. The methods of separating the gold from the gravels and clays are the same as those used elsewhere in New South Wales and California. [Besides the Ballarat and Mount Alexander gold-fields, " diggings" have been opened at Mount Blackwood, and on the Moorabool River, near Ballarat ; on the Plenty and the Yarra Yarra Rivers, N.E. of Melbourne; on the Mitta Mitta River and Lake Omeo ; in the N.E. part of the colony, as well as at several points along the eastern portion of the boundary line between Victoria and New South Wales.] THE LONDON INSTITUTION. At a recent meeting of this institution Dr. W. R. Bexfield gave the first lecture of his course " On the Present State of Music in England." The subject was church music, the different classes of which were treated under the denominations subjoined—chants, psalm tunes, chorales, services, anthems, sanctuses, responses, masses, voluntaries. Various examples of these were performed, after an appropriate introduction, by Dr. Bexfield, who accompanied the singers on the orgue d percussion, con structed by the Alexandres of Paris. At a subsequent meeting Dr. Lyon Playfair delivered his second lecture " On the Dependence of Industry on occa sionfietasaanfiraetdmattulepeaetret h nnreri mot art — ge neral onpedi f fsiun oil ectut onhiatnywlhleepenreieocnaxwollgrpasepdbetpg progre sser irooaaroue;nrdpftseeshrretooeosoof—dhffpuahhchotieedeshi industry,otubiisnfiteniuh_rtr t b itesoh j trian e tobo C oopuso t ffotfh : wraiu—bnfaci between weidetphth,iiehheeeettensinticoofee greatesterbs somousc a s mpesi Science," discussing and illustrating on the present d d h e a r n s mills and pumps, and the making of glass and china, presented presented examples ; no science, no philosophical know ledge of the properties of the objects concerned, having been applied in effecting these objects. Two thousand years' experience in the making of porcelain gave China a monopoly of the world, but a few years of science had given England the knowledge which it had taken the Chinese the former period to attain. Thus science, guiding experience, is far more to be relied upon; the latter may be a crutch for a lame man, but will never enable him to run a race. The very gradual progree of philosophy, and the neces sity therefor for its abstract culture, was illustrated by reference to the history of the telescope and the micro scope, which did not open their wonders to an unex , pectmg and startled world, but crept into existence with steps so slow that their impression is not sufficient to trace out the history of their progress. The improve ments in the steam-engine, again were so gradual that a court of law, only half a century since, gave a solemn judgment that Watt had done nothing essential towards them. The compass cannot point to us the period when it offered its inestimable services to man, nor has paper left us a record of its discoverer. The lecturer next proceeded to consider the true nature of theory, and of its relation to practice, strongly controverting their supposed antagonism, and contrasting the pert adage that an ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory, with the demonstrable truth that a grain of theory is worth, when rightly directed, many tons of practice. In illustration of the principle that abstract philosophers were the real benefactors of industry, and that prac tical appliances were only the mediums by which the truths made known by them were imparted to the industrial world, t he p ro g ress of several branches of electricity.ence was In specially e b n beginning subject t hthat mere observation from scien ce, it was observed that, while of scidistingutisrahciedng, Pliny, Aristotle, and Galen all knew that a fish was abundant in the Med iterranean which, on being touched, gave a shock, the natives of the banks of the Orinoco knew that an eel-likes sh abounded in that river having the same property ; d the legionaries of Cwsar ob served in certain states of the weather a lambient light playing on their spea r -heads ; but that none knew, until a certain stage in th e p ro g ress of science had been at tained, and that of r ecent date, that all these effects pro ceeded from the sam e cause. The principles of the elec tric telegraph, as o ne of the inestimable fruits of the culture of science, we re ex p lained, together with its con struction and use, Mr. Thomas Allan's recently patented t magneto-electric engine, in which it has t p e a l t e e g n ra t pdhire b e being exhibited. i A working model of his the same been attempted to avo id the errors both in mechanics and in magnetism of former machines having object, was also exhib ited in action ; but Dr. Playfair, did not hold out muc h hope of ess ation s the cost while approving the construct ion ado p ted b y Mr. Allan, su cc of magneto -electricity as a prime movers un es the ap p of the zinc consumed as the f some produced in the covered by the value of some article s ource of power could be battery, such as devised by Mr. Martyr action of the batte r y Roberts. Other important lately results of the production of the stannate of soda, resulting from the utilities in the pursuit of abstract science were add uced, illustrated, and exhibited. , "----=---- DISCOVERY OP AN ANCIENT CHAPEL IN LEADENHALL STREET, CITY.—A most interesting discovery of a beau tiful vestige of Gothic architecture, in excellent preser vation, has been made beneath the house at the south-easte to corner of Leadenhall-street, and directly opposit Aldgate Pump, at present in the occupation of Mr. J. Brown, the patentee of the improved sea bed. The arches and vaults on the basement have been hitherto used as a warehouse for wood and other materials, b theut the extreme beauty , o f the architecture, particularly sculpture and groining, led to an investigation, and after a most diligent search, it w as ascertained to be the re mains of a chapel dedicated to St. Michael, and It is de signated by old hist orians as "Next Aldgate." de signated pears to, be of very g reat antiquity, g been built by Norman, Prior of St. Katharine's of the Holy Trinity, in the reign of Henry I. and his queen, Matilda of Bou logne, about the year 1108, and is now nearly 750 years old. The chapel consists of pillars and arches ; its length, from north to south (contrary to the present mode of building sacred edifices), is 48 feet, and its breadth, from east to west, 16 feet. The walls are con structed with oblong blocks of chalk, similar to those of Rochester Castle ; the arches are of stone, the keys of which are beautifully sculptured with masques and other devices, and exhibit at a glance the skilful masonry of our an cestors. The chapel has been filled with soil and rubbish nearly to the capital of the pillars. From the ground to the crown of the arches is 10 feet, and, allow- ing the shafts to be buried 16 feot, give a height of 26 feet to the interior of the building ; the iron hinges of the casements are still attached to the walls, from which circurnstance it is conjectured that the structure ori ginally stood on the surface, but that in subsequent years the ground outside was raised gradually, until at last the relic of past ages was completely buried. At the southern extrem it y there are appearances of an arched passage in the directi on of St. Katherine Docks, the site of which the priory of Saint Katherine formerly occupied. The foregoing description is neceesarily brief, but a visit to the spot would amply repay the antiquary or other persons interested in the study o f the remains of the Past ages. ' , POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—John Fitzgerald, a carpenter, was brought before Mr. Jardine for final examination, charged with stabbing and wounding his wife, with in tent to kill her. The prisoner lived with his wife and two children at 7, Eagle-court, Catherine-street, Strand. Between twelve and one o'clock in the morning of the 30th ult., the neighbours were alarmed by cries of " murder," and the shrieks of children, and the same noises were heard by a man named Broadstreet, a shoemaker, who lodged in the attic of the same house, but who (he said) " was so accustomed to hear the cry of murder in that neigh bourhood, at all hours of the night, that he did not think it worth his while to get out of bed and see what was the matter," until he was informed that a woman had been stabbed. Mary Jenks, a married woman living in the adjoining court (Angel-court) was induced, however, to leave her bed for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of the disturbance, especially as the cries for help ap peared to grow weaker, as if from a woman in a state of exhaustion. On reaching the court she found a woman sitting on the door-step of the house adjoining the one from which the cries had just emanated, and she ap peared in a fainting condition. It was discovered that she was bleeding from a wound in her breast, and from another in her neck. Mrs. Jenks asked her who had done it, and she replied, in a weak voice, " My husband, my husband." By this time a young surgeon, two or three other persons, and a police-constable had reached the spot, and the woman, having been pro nounced by the surgeon to be in a sinking state, was re moved to King's College Hospital. The constable then proceeded to the room occupied by the prisoner, at 7, Eagle-court, and, knocking outside, requested to be let in. The prisoner opened the: door, and Broadstreet, who had come down stairs, was also admitted ; but he said nothing to either of them in answer to the charge. He appeared under the influence of drink. After he had been taken into custody the room was entered by the landlady of the house and another woman, who found the prisoner's two children there. The eldest, a little girl about twelve, told them that her father had stabbed her mother with the auger on the mantel-piece. They looked and found the tool lying there. It was a long, sharp instrument, and Broadstreet noticed two small pieces of flesh adhering to it. Some spots cA blood had also been observed upon the prisoner's face. On the following morning (Monday) the medical officers of the hospital being of opinion that the woman was in a dying state, her deposition was taken before Mr. Jardine ; but, although supposed to be upon her dying bed, she declared that the injuries she had sustained were caused accidentally. She stated, "That she and her husband had gone home late, and not being able to get into their room, as he had lost the key, he tried to pick the lock with a gimlet, but it slipped somehow, and went into her." After the expiration of about ten days, however, she was sufficiently recovered to leave the hospital, and was consequently present at the examination yesterday. She now gave another version of the story, stating, " That she snatched the gimlet out of her husband's hands, and then fell down stairs • that he never laid hands upon h er once ; an d that, after the fall, she went up stairs again and placed the gimlet upon the mantel piece." - Mr. Jardine reminded her that she had already told a different story, and that if she did not speak the truth, she was liable to be prosecuted for perjury. The wife (Sarah Fitzgerald) then said—" I may have been light-headed at the hospital. Whatever I said then, what I say to-day is the truth." The prisoner said nothing to the charge, relying, as appeared from some questions which he put to his wife, upon her statement for his defence. The witnesses were then bound over to give evidence against the prisoner upon his trial - the deposition of the surgeon, w h o was una bl e t o a tt en d, to be added at a fu ture day. The prisoner was accordingly committed. MANSION-HOUSE.—Thomas Golden Vaile was brought finally before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty, feloniously killed and slayed Doyle, one of the natives of the Sandwich Islands, em ployed to navigate the Pekin, Captain Whitby, from Honolulu to England. The Secretary to the Hudson Bay Company, by whom the prosecution has been under taken, attended during the proceedings, which occupied about three hours. Mr. Maynard, of the firm of Crowder and Maynard, appeared to conduct the prosecution; Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, appeared for the defence. The City Solicitor attended to watch the proceedings by direction of the Lord Mayor. The depositions of Capt. Whitby and the second and third mates of the vessel, of which the prisoner is the first mate, were read by Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk. These witnesses distinctly stated that the prisoner had neither struck Doyle with a piece of wood or a rope, and that he had walked down from the rigging to the deck without having been treated with any more violence than was necessary to tie him to the rigging, where he was kept a short time as a punishment for his laziness and disobedience to orders when all hands were ordered aloft in a heavy sea. They described the prisoner as a person of remarkable kindness of disposition. After e further additional evidence, _ _ _ The Lord Mayor then, addressing the prisoner, said : After a very long and strict examination of all the evi dence given before me in this case. I consider it to be my duty to commit you for trial in another court upon the charge of killing and slaying the deceased. His lordship then read the usual words according to the act of Parliament previously to committal. The prisoner said emphatically : I have only to say, my lord, that the charge made against me is entirely false, and the evidence which has just been road has proved that it is so. The Lord Mayor : It is satisfactory to me to state that I can, without any scruple, accept bail for your appear ance elsewhere to take your trial, and I trust that you will be able to prove your innocence. The prisoner's father, who is a country gentleman of considerable property, and another person of respecta bility, were then accepted as security for the prisoner's attendance at the Admiralty Sessions in the sum of 1001. each. GIIILDHALL.—Mr. John Chuck, a broker in Shoe lane, appeared before Mr. Alderman Copeland, on an adjourned summons charging him with having taken other and greater charges for levying a distress than the law permitted. Alderman Copeland said he had been to the Commis sioners of Sewers, and was aware that every lenity had been shown towards the complainant, and he was very foolish in "kicking against the pricks." The principal objections to the defendant's charges were his charging for a double appraisement, 10s, for a catalogue and ad vertisements. and the price of two warrants, which con tained many other names besides the complainant's. Mr. Wontner said there were two rates, and the charges for two appraisernents were therefore justified. Alderman Copeland said the system of charging every person named in the warrant of distress the full expenses, struck him at first sight as something very extraordinary. Against lot 79 there was 40s. written in the catalogue, which he supposed meant the price it fetched at the auc tion, and in the account sales that lot is put down as having been sold for 20s. only, while in another part of the account sales a lot appeared to have been sold for 4s. 6d., which in the ca t a l ogue was blotted out. Mr. Woatner assured the alderman that lot 79, con sisting of an eight-day dial, was really sold for 205., and the complainant could even now have that back on pay ing that amount, as it had not yet been cleared. Alderman Copeland, after a careful consideration of all the circumstances, then delivered his decision in the following terms :—The complainant in this case alleges that the broker's charges were excessive as to the ap praisement and removing the goods. The charge for ap praisement appears, however, correct, as the goods seized for each rate exceeded 1/. The charge, therefore, of Is. in each case is not excessive. The charge for removing the goods is not one permitted by the schedule of ex penses by the general law regulating distresses for rates and taxes ; but it is legal in this case, being authorised by the City Sewers Act. I am, however, happy to say that the Commissioners of Sewers mean to erase this charge for the future. In looking over the charges there is one I must notice. As to one rate no charge is made for the catalogue and advertisement, but in the other case 10s. is charged. This I conceive to be exces sive. These expenses should be shared proportionally between all who put their goods into this sale. Out of 106 lots sold only four belonged to the complainant. An equal charge of sd. per lot on the 106 lots would give 2/. 6s. 2d. to defray the expenses of printing cata logues and advertisements. The complainant having only four lots in the sale, should have been charged only. ls. Bd., and he has therefore been overcharged Bs. 4d., and the penalty of such surcharge is 255., being treble the amount improperly taken. The defendant's charges, including the rates in the reckoning, are 3/. 9s. 3d., but from this we must deduct his overcharge of Bs. 4d., and this gives the total of 3/. Os. 11d. for rates and charges. The four lots were sold for 3/. 6s. 6d., and the overplus to be returned to complainant was ss. 7d. It has been urged that the levy was excessive; but as the goods were appraised by a sworn broker at 2/. 135., and produced only 3/. 6s. 6d. in the auction room, I think that imputation is hardly made out, especially as the broker before these proceeding dal offered , a t t the a o restore two price.tw oo of thew With respect to the eight-day the charge of 2s. 6d. made by the Commissioners of Sewert, and which the broker has nothing to do with, I have received this explanation —that though each party is adjudged to pay it, only one or two of the parties actually pay it. Of the seventeen persons named in the present warrant, the complainant was the only one who had paid it. Nine persons paid the rate without any signed, and n n rec th ei e vi re ng a rnoticeseven th e a th t e t r h e e ag w a a in rra et n w t h h e a m d the charge might still be enforced ; but the practice in this respect will, lam assured, be amended. I shall beenexpenses, mitigate the penalty, and fine the defendant 38 costs, make in which, with ss. overcharge a nd • will all 11. 7s. lls. sd-, The money was immediately paid. [ADVERTISE/Anil - HOLLOWAY'S PILLS FOR THE EFFECTUAL CURE OF DROPSY.—The singular efficacy of Holloway's pills in the numerous cures effected by their use in some of the most obstinate cases of dropsy is very extraordinary. These astonishing pills act with such peculiar effect upon the system, that the fluids arising from this direful disease, are imperceptibly carried off, and entirely prevented from any further accumulation. The distressing symptoms which accompany this com plaint being thus dispersed, the sufferer regains buoy ancy of spirits, and a completely renovated constitution. Females at particular periods of life should have re course to these admirable pills, as they are the finest medicine ever known. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. 3. I. Evans, Harrow-road, Paddingt on , c l o thi er , M arc h 10, at one—T. J. Lough and C. W. Lewis, Great St. Nolen-s Bishopsgate-street Without, dry-salters, March 17, at ono—J. B. Pope Adelaide-place, L on d on -b r id ge , an d Criggleston, Yorkshire, brick and tile manufacturer, March 4, at half-past one—J. H. Davy, Parker-street, Drury-lane, coach wheelwright, March 4, at twelve—C. 011iver, New Bond-street, music seller; March 4, at one—W. J. Buck, Shrubland-cottages, Queen's-road, Dalston, dealer, March 5, at one. In the Country. W. Hornby, Birkdale, Lancashire, joiner and builder, March 4, at at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—D. Sparks, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, surgeon, Mar c h 3, a t e l even, at the Court, Bristol—J. Lee, Dewsbury Yorkshire, grocer, March 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Nicholl, Sowerby-bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, March 7, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—H. Hunt, Derby, maltster, Feb. 25, at ten, of the Court, Not tingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. • - • R. Tamseti,Woolwich and Plumstead, builder, is 6(1, any Tuesday between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. S. C. Taylor, Peckham, wine-merchant, 3s 6d, any Tues day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. T. Roe, Suffolk-place, Islington, upholsterer, 2s 6d, any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basifighall-street. D. H. Dalby, Hornsey-rosd, butcher, 10id, any Wed nesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. Strevens, Bermondsey-wall, Bermondsey, sail-maker, is sid, any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. B. J. Benton, White Horse-street, Stepney, corn mer chant, 1s Bd, on Saturday, the 12th inst., and three sub sequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, ambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. Spender, Berkeley-villas, Loughborough-Park, Brix ton, builder, 3s. 6d., on Saturday, the 12 th inst. , a nd three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at 'the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. T. Harris and J. Burls, Hampstead-road, brewers, 6s. 3d., on any Monday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Aldermanbury. R. Middlewood and A. Foster, Leeds, linendrapers, 2s. 6jd., upon new proofs, on account of first dividend of 65., any Monday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Aldermanbury. W. B. Adams and G. Ralston, Bow, engineers, ls. 6d., any Monday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Aldermanbury. T. Crocker, Wisbeach, sail-maker, 35., on Saturday next and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. R. Wilson, Cambridge, grocer, ls. 9d., on Saturday next and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Millard, Reading, coppersmith. 9d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. E. Smallwood, Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, schoolmaster, Is. 6did., on Thursday next, and three following Thurs days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stans feld, Basinghall-street. J. Labron, Leeds, cloth merchant, 25., any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. T. Were() and A. 31`Cree, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocers, first dividend of Bs. 3d., on new proofs, and second divi dend of 4d. on total proofs, any Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. A. M'Cree Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, 7s. 9 d. , any Saturday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street, W. Harknett, Courland-grove, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, and Lavender-hill, Wandsworth, March 7, at half-past one—G. Prentice, _Artillery-lane, Bishopsgate-street, li censed victualler, March 7, at one—J. B. Blythe, Minerva place, New-cross, Surrey, builder, March 4 , at eleven. In the Country. A. Williams, Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, licensed victualler, at the Court, Bristol, March 14, at eleven—T. Young, Hartlepool, grocer, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, March 7, at half-past eleven—Ann, Crawford, Warden, Northumberland, paper manufacturer, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 7, at half-past eleven. Mlles opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1853. 1852. 1 185 s. ...-- BRITISH. .. 72% Aberdeen .................... ..... £1,338 1,594 37% Belfast and Ballymena ••••..•• • • • • •• 594 611 17 Belfast and County Down.. • ..• • • .... 160 168 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,166 1 ,617 26% Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 682 760 8534 Bristol and Exeter ... ••••• •••• 3 , 791 4,048 189% Caledonian-. - ....... ............ 7,787 8.538 94% Chester and Holyhead.• •.. • • ........ 2,453 3,147 6 34 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage • • ... • 105 156 20 Cork and Bandon .................. 145 202 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. •• • • 675 881 53 Dublin and Drogheda. ••••• • • .•• 894 1,044 6 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 655 757 1631 Dundee and Arbroath ••••••• • • • .. • • 416 460 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 625 682 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen ••..••• • • • • • 17 l 169 68 East Ang1ian............ •••••• • • • • • • 606 684 61 East Lancashire.. •. 22 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • .... 11,204 15,995 95 Eastern Union• ••••••• .• •• •....... •• 1,918 2,251 89% Edinburgh and Glasgow .•••..• • • • .. 3 .197 3,708 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.. -• • 1,970 2,266 6 Exeter and Creditors.. • ....... ...... 75 94 19 Furness Railway ••••• .. • • ...... • • 243 293 171% Glasgow, and South-Western........ 3,454 4,39 28534 Great Northern and E. L........... 10,838 13,54 r 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,924 4,719 319% Great Western •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 16,041 17,040 25 Irish South Eastern •. •• •... .. ..- .. 161 239 90 Lancaster and Carlisle ...... ........ 3,887 4,813 260 Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 15,854 17,2,3 70 Leeds Northern ...• ................ 902 1,122 ' 184 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • • 345 265 553% London and North Western ......... ' 302 44,125 41 5% London and 81ackwa11.........• ...• 824 87 8 173% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 7,861 9, 091 253% London and South western. •....... 8,734 9, 8 31 3434 Londonderry and Enniskillen ... . 107 129 11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 6, 5 40 27 2 16731 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 6 , 56 46 2 6 934 Manchester and South Junction 517 582 28 Maryport and Carlisle • • •••• • • • • • • 20,2 A 23,009 498% Midland ••• • • .. • . 126 Midlard Great Western (Irish) .• •• •• 1•7 99 2 . 168 37 Bctonklands •• •••••••..••• • • • • • • • • • • • 811 797 60 Newcastle and Carlisle ...• .. .. .. •• •• 2,034 2,249 149 North British ........ •. • 232 . North Staffordshire . ••••••••• - - 47 North-Western • ... •• • • ............ 516 736 50 Scottish Central ...• • • • ...... . • • .. - 1,547 2,036 32 Scottish Midland •• •........... -.. 564 657 29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 605 765 47 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,560 1,626 29 Shropshire Union .................. 464 557 158 SOUtlaDevon•• •• .• .• ••• •..• •• •• •• .• 1,652 1,710 288% Bout h Eastern --••• . •• 9,701 11,768 131 South Wales ................ .. •• .. 1,310 2,433 77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,278 1,355 40 Taff Vale ............. ...... ....... 1,662 2,593 841 989 10 Waterford and Limerick . ...... ....• 236 363 25 West Cornwall ...... ..••.. . - . • •• 101 662 12 Wnitcbaven Junction ............... 175 % 55 304% York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 13.277 13,789 279 York and North Midland .•• • • • ... .. 6,862 7,991 'Poismx. 57 1 ,4 Dutch Rhenish .................... 714 846 2134 .11 aria Antonia ............ - - 63 Montereau and Troyes .............. 972 694 63 Namur and Liege 413% Northern of France ................ 17,708 22,905 577 Orleans and Central* .. .. 240 Paris and Lyons .... ••••.• •• .. - 84 Paris and Rouen. 392 Paris and Strasburgh 59 Rouen and Havre.. - - •••••• •• . 99 Western of France . ....... 2,817 3,887 CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. King, Ryeford, Gloucestershire, mealman, certificate of the second class—G. Smith, Liverpool, tailor, certificate of the third class, after nine months from Jan. 31. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED., T. Coppard and J. T. Rawlinson, Horsham, Sussex, at torneys—W. Farmer and C. Bird, Worcester, chemists and druggists—E. Holmes and W. Holt, Manchester, hot pressers—T. D. King and H. P. Coombs, Bristol, opticians —J. Spooner, D. Spooner, and J. Yearsley, Melcomb o Regis, Dorse tshire, grocers (so far as regards D. Spooner) —P. Glover and T. Threlford, Stratford, Essex, furniture and general dealers—J. Gates, F. C. Bath, R. Dolby, and J. D. Bath, Liverpool, omnibus proprietors—T. Joy and A. Joy, Oxford, tailors and robe makers—J. Whiting and J. Whiting, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, fellmongers—a. Sharpe and J. Sharpe South Retford, Nottinghamshire, stone masons—J. Hutchinson and W. Hutchinson, Hali fax, Yorkshire, cardmakers—F. Barritt and J. Grierson, Manchester, tailors and drapers--W. Knapton and C. C. Smith, Okehampton, drapers—E. Burdon and J. Low, Liverpool, tailors. &c.—J. H. Hayes and J. Pickring, Frodsham, Cheshire, timber merchants—R. Wallwork, B. Wallwork, J. Kenyon, R. Coop, J. Coop, J. Coop, S. Greenwood, R. Clough, and B. Grundy, Higher Hurst, and Hurst Nook, Lancashire, grocers—W. Ward and J. Mudd, Union-place, Kennin gton-road, Lambeth, smiths and iromongers—R. Skelton and G. C. Smith, Strand, en gravers—W. Humfrys and J. Robinson, Hereford, solici tors—T. Dawson, W. Martineau, and C. Critchett, Lon don-wall, City—J. Rock, jun., and W. Watts, Birming ham, merchants—J. Sutcliffe, J. Butterworth, J. Lord, W. Petrie, and W. B. Wood, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton spinners (so far as regards J. Lord)—R. Beacock, T. Tan nett, R. Pickup, and T. Sheldon, Victoria foundry, Leeds (so far as regards R. Pickup and T. Sheldon)—G. Crannago, M. Piper, T. Hunt, J. Piper, T. Boswell, T. Edwards, J. Young, and W. Austin, Cookley, Worcestershire, wood screw-cutters (so far as regards W. Austin). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John William Henry Chatwin, Birmingham, tobacconist. George Hall, Birmingham, furniture broker, . . Thomas liayliss, Birmingham, butcher. Henry Peet, Birmingham, accountant. Willi - am Edmonds, Birmingham, farmer. Edward Millard, Hertford, plumber. John Roes, Swansea, cabinet maker. David Pugh, Swansea. George Dray, Canterbury, baker. John Chapman, Bishop's Hutfield, Hertfordshire, brick layer. William Pettit, Bardwell, Suffolk, shopkeeper. George Beech, Blackburn, book-keeper. qeorge Dixon, Liverpool, butcher. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the Bth day of February, 1853, is 255. 7d. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on tho im portation thereof into Great Britain. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXXIV. THE DERBY LOTS AT NEWMARKET. There are thirty-two Derby horses in training at New market, distributed among eleven stables. The Marquis of Exeter—one of the most popular mon on the turf owing to the straightforward manner in which his affairs are conducted, and a few years ago, for a great length of time, one of the unluckiest, which, however, was not the case during the past year—has, as usual, one of the largest Derby lots in the kingdom, under the care of HARLOCK. The string originally amounted to eight, three of whom (the MAJOR, commented on in No. 365 of these Notes ; b c NUTHOOIC, by Nutwith out of Toga ; and b c HusK, by Nutwith out of Elegance) have been disposed of at very low figures, on account of their inferior quality ; and the Hersey colt, nominated by Col. Peel, purchased at the sale of that gentleman's stud in August, 1851, for 170 guineas, added, making the number in training at the present time six. The br c NUTPEOBER, by Nutwith out of Amina ; ch c COBNUT, by Nutwith out of Glenara, ; b c HAZLENUT, by Nutwith out of Macremma ; b g WALNUT, by Nut with out of Silistria ; and b c by Orlando out of Hersey, have, one and all, not the ghost of a chance of winning the Derby. The whole batch have got plenty of work out out for them in the Craven and First Spring Meet ings at home without taking into consideration the Epsom affair. The three-years-old pick of the stable, b c FILBERT, by Nutwith oat of Celia, has hitherto been destined to the same fate as his stable companion Ambrose—that of ever being near the first position, but never occupying it. He made his first appearance in the betting on the Monday in the last Second October Meeting at Newmarket, when he was backed' by his owner at 30 to 1 in thousands, and in the course of the following fortnight, at figures varying between 20 and 33 to 1, to win about forty thousand more, all of which, I fancy, will eventually go into the sinking fund. His first appearance was for the Clear well Stakes, when, not up to the mark, he finished a very good third to Orinoco, not being beaten by a length, and after running very green throughout. His next essay was for the Prendergast, for which he was beaten three parts of a length by Sittingbourne. At the Houghton Meeting he finished a good third to Speed the Plough for the Criterion Stakes ; and his fourth and last race, as a two-years-old saw him figure as a bad second to West Australian for the Glasgow Stakes. That he is an useful and improving animal I at once admit, and that he will give a good account of his performances at head quarters this spring, I consider certain, but as the winner of the Derby I cannot have him for an instant. J. ROGERS has four Derby horses at work. Lord W. Powlett's b e DEAR ME by Melbourne, out , of Ennui, no m i na t e d b y Mr. Jaques ; Mr. Ramsbottom 8 b c JUPITER TORNANS, by Alarm, out of Queen of Cyprus ; Mr. T. Robinson's br c JERRY KENT, by Jericho, out of Glee ; and his own br c JORDAN, by Jericho, out of Lady Love. Not one of these have as yet appeared in public. They are a ll moderate animals, Jordan being the best, and are of no us* for the Epsom event. ___ Beresford has Mr. Nevill's ch e by Verulam, out of Madinella, nominated by Mr. Johnston, in training. He has run once, and is not good enoug h b y a stone at least for the Derby.i Rayner has Mr. Lucas' b c RUMOUR, by the Libel, dam by Reveller, out of Veil, at work. He has not ap peared yet, and, when he does, will not perform very favourably. Mr. Bosville's b e lONIC, by lon, out of Diploma, is doing fair work under the guidance of J. Perren. Has run once, and been beaten. Is a third-rate animal. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. New life annuity tables have been issued by the Com missioners for the reduction of the National Debt. In the former tables the scale of annuities varied up to the price of 1041. Cs. Ind. for the Three per Cents., but it 110 W !Stoll M 891. 3 x. 6d. ALLEGED POISONING AT BER WICK. On Thursday se'ennight an inquest was opened at Berwick, on the body of Jane Angus, wife of James Angus, china merchant, who had died on the preceding day, under suspicious circumstances. Mary Stewart, sister of the deceased, was examined at some length, and from her evidence it appeared that the deceased and her husband had not been upon good terms, and that Angus had ill-used her, and threatened to do her an injury. Mr. Angus had shops in Newcastle, Berwick, and Glasgow, residing in the first-named town, and on the 27th ult. he had gone to Berwick for the purpose of examining the books of the deceased, and had charged her with being behind hand in the money. A quarrel took place on Sunday, when he handled her roughly, and she be came unwell, and died on the Wednesday following. Witness had sent for wine on Tuesday evening, and was going up stairs to give it to the deceased, when she met Angus, who said, "he had given her wine, and it was all right." Deceased vomited very much afterwards, and expired in the course of the night. The inquest was then adjourned to Tuesday, when Mary Stewart, sister of the deecased, was again sworn. She identified some papers produced as having been in the possession of her sister. One of these was a certificate of her mar riage with Angus, at Lumberton Toll, on the 6th of April, 1851, signed by George Sharp. Another paper, not signed, set forth that the writer had never married the parties, although he had given her a paper to that effects on a pretence. Another was a promis sory note to pay deceased 201., and a further 301. to her father on his proving a claim to it ; but that, if she took the writer's name, she should lose all claim to it for seven years. Dr. Kirkwood was next called, and detailed the symptoms shown by the deceased on her taking ill. Deceased complained of violent vomitings, with a burning pain at the pit of her stomach. Her voice was very hoarse, and she was frequently in convulsive fits. The fits were not of an ordinary charac ter, and he asked deceased if she had taken anything de leterious. She replied that she had been unable to take anything for some days. Witness had never seen a case of poisoning by arsenic. He had made a post-mortem examination 'of the body, but found nothing which would account for death, either by natural causes or otherwise. He had not examined the vomiting. From appearances previous to death, he imagined arsenic had been taken, and that suspicion was neither confirmed nor removed by the examination. The coroner said he proposed sending the contents of the deceased's stomach to Dr. Glover, of Newcastle, for a more minute analysis, and the inquest was accordingly adjourned to Monday, the 21st instant. The following letter, written by Angus to deceased's father, was given in evidence at the first sitting. The letter was without a date, but the postmark was " Edin burgh, June, 6, 1851": " Edinburgh. "Dear Sir,—Don't alarm yourself about me being mar ried to your daughter Jane. I never was or never will be, as you stated to me child. If I had been, sh e wou ld have been in eternity and me in prison. I wish you well. I also wish her from me heart well. I could explain all —no credit to her, no easement to you. And it only makes me blood boil to hear and look back on her conduct. Meet me —reason with me—condemn me if you can.—l am your wisher, " JAMES ANGUS. " Mr. John Stewart, Earthenware Dealer, Dumfries." RAILWAY BETURNE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL.—FEB. 11. Tho arrivals of foreign grain and flour the last three days aro on a reduced scale. The British grower has likewise been supplying the interior markets less freely with wheat, and altogether a firm feeling has prevailed in the trade, prices being well supported. The demand from millers and dealers has not been beyond the satisfying of immediate wanis. The Corn-exchange this morning Iva! well attended by town and country millers. Both whoa ," and flour were in active demand, and several large parcels of the former changed hands on speculation. Pr c . e :l advanced 1d per bushel on red, and 2d per bushel on wi n" wheat, and flour 6d per sack and barrel over those obtain able on Tuesday last. Oats dull sale. Oatmeal in L fi tu r retail demand. Indian corn in better request, A f prices. Barley, beans, and peas unaltered in value. WAKEFIELD—FEB. 11. We have good suppliespf grain to this day's raarket . There is more firmness in the wheat trade to-day, 6i! having a better demand, the rates of last Friday are in et, some instances rather exceeded. Barley in fair recto. and the finer qualities the turn the higher. No alteration in the value of beans, oats, or shelling.—Avernge for th e week ending Feb. 7 :—Wheat, 1,725 qrs., at 468 20 barley, 890 qrs., 33s 2id ; beans, 87, 35s ; peas, 54 ' 4. BRISTOL SUGAR—FEB. 11. SUGAR.—The market has ,been rather quiet since air_ last, and as the refiners are pretty well in stock fora We"' or two, they do not appear to be buyers, unless a t 8000 concession in prices, which importers are not disposed te submit to. Another cargo of Mauritius has been s old fo r arrival at 35s 6d, and which is decidedly easier. Re finer " ,, produce has been more freely dealt in this week, but there is (till a great want of animation in the demand, and th e stocks are accumulating. EXETER—FEB. 11. CORN EXCHANGE.—There was not much business done at our market to-day, and wheat slightly receded fool last week's prices; some good samples were offered et per bushel, but 5s 6d to 6s 6d was about the ti tle Barley for grinding at 3s 9d. malting at 4a. Very , 1 ' - doing in oats, and prices were 2s 6d to 2s 7d per bush e '•oa CATTLE MARKET.—Prime beef, Bs6d. to Bs9dper score ; quality, 7s Gd to 8s ; cows and calves, 8/8d to 12112 s; stein 001 to 01; butcher's calves, Gd to 6id per lb ; sheep, .Pri r wethers, 6 to qd ; eu es, 5i to 6d ; store hogs, 28s to o ef pigs —large, 40s to 50s ; slips, 15a to 16s ; suckers, to 7d per lb. PO IS. CnnematS. —There was a very small 0 11 PP!,. to-day, and the pri c es ranged from 8s 9d 93 9d P e score. PANNlER.—Turkeya, ssto 7a ; geese, ssod to GeOd ea ch ducks, 4s6dto 5s 6d; fowls, 3s4cl to 4s Gd pr cple; roasters, 4s ; hares, 3s Od. to 3s .6d ; rabbits; 10d to is each ; 0 4'1' is 8d ; pheasants, 7s Od. to 8s ; partridges, 3s Gd, 4s • w ° cocks, cocks, 6s Od to 7s per brace ; pigeons, 2s Od to Os ' di' butter, is 3d to Os Od per lb. ; eggs, 14 for a shilling. INVERNESS.—FEB. 8. bush el ' CoßN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per m ; Od to 52s Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 28s Od to 30 "'" Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 20s Od to 21s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll. 16s 8d to Os Od ; di m * : • secord, 15s 6d to" Os Od ; barleymeal, lls 6d to 00 Od ! peasemeal, 15s Od to Os Od ; bran, pei stone, Os 7d to 00 i 4; Ist fl our , p er 2801 b, 40 s Od t o 42 s Od ; 2d ditto, 30s Od gd 32s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial, is to Os Od ; second, is 6d to Os Od ; barleymeal iM to Os Od ; peasemeal, is 6d to. Os Od ; Ist flour, 2s 9( 1 35 Od. credit ; !Id ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. PROVISIONS. —Potatoes, per stone, 6d. to Od ; Beef , lb, Pcs; lb, 4d to 7d ; ve a l, ditto, 4d. to sd . ; mutton, ditto, %" . g ; 6d ; pork, ditto, 3d to Id. ; fowls, each, 10d t° • chickens, per pair, 10d to 12d ; ducks, each, lid to - 1 , 6c1 „,i eggs per d ozen, 7d to d ; butter, fresh, per lb., 9d to 1 ,!, - ^,i ; ditto, salt, per lb., 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to ";a; four-pound loaf, fine, 7d to 7Ad ; ditto, second, 5d t° coals, per cwt., 9d to Od ; hay, per stone, 8d to 10d• COAL MARKET—Fms. 11. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : Bate's West Hartle y 16 s. 0 Taufield Moor l4 9' Tanfield Moor Butes 14 Wall's End, &c. Harton 0 Lawson ... .................. 15 9 Eden Main 17 6 8e11.... . l7 6 Belmont l7 6 Hetton ................. . lB 3 Haswell 7B 31 , 4 1 Ships at market ll6 I Sold 62. s. U. Pensher l7 9 Riehmund .. . l. RasLeTs Hetton 3 Srtevrat's... lB t Hough Hall l7 South Kelloe l7 9 Pease's West ..............• 14, 6 S. Helen's Tees lO t Tees . lB ", Woodhouse Close ................. RAILWAY' SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market for stocks a n d Shaft 4 0 g has been firm to-day, and prices have advanced, °/ , ( "i l had° " bears " buying back. At the close prices were ii r w o lcr easier. The following are the day's quotations ties, 13 nian, 32i ; Chester and Holyhead, 22a ; Eastern C ow ,,r ; East Lancashire, 194 ; Great Northern (A), °g : 1 1 d. ; cashire and Yorkshire, 79i ; ditto (fifth shares), ort, Leeds Northern, 15i : Liverpool, Crosby, and Southernn 18; London and North Western, 120 ; Midland? ; BaNt 4ll) ._ and Warren point, 84 ; North British, 94 ; Sens'on— and Dover, 23i ; York and. North Midland, I ; ,, n ifillt cashiro and Yorkshire (M. F shares), p. ; Dutch 2d. MANCHESTER, FEB. 1.1. but STOCK EXCTIANGE.—Prices opened f ir mer, "rates e re small business. In the afternoon yesterdaY:., B ,. e rs 231 2 accepted, and more sales were effected. vy Eastern Counties, 13 9-16; Blackburns, 7 3-16 ; ldlan }Torso 79 ; Dublin and Drogheda Thirds, 21 ; Leeds, 78/ ; Staffords, 4, 1 3 - d. LEEDS, FEB. 11. is STOCK EXCITANGE.—Shares have again impro/ bees price this morning, and a fair amount of business haa : , done. The following are the transactions entered inr, 4 o North British, 9 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7 9 ; Eastern and Dover, 24a • Caledonians, 32a ; York North Midlands, 30 ; Midland stock, 791. BIRMINGHA FR • 11. STOCK EXCELANGE.—The business B. t ransa cted In market to-day was limited, but prices were 14°9 Shrewsbury and Birmingham stock was done at 68. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mail s are sen t f ro m th e General P oe - by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] - - .......---- • * The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans] and Central, Or- Vil o9l leans and Bordeaux. and Tours and Nantes lines. Day when made up From what . 0 10 COUNTRIES. i n G enera l P os t- Port a E OA ARCH/EOLOGIOAL INSTITuTE.—At the last monthly _Dispatebed. .....L . .. 41 / 000013. meeting of this society, at their apartments in Suffolk- America(hyßrit.pach)N E ver y F r iday .... Liverpool ... E 3 street—Mr. Edward Hawkins, F.R.S., in the chair— America (by,United Sts. c r ke a t) (b .. - r b. 16 Lord Talbot de Malahide, president of the institute, Areic 2 6 sent a report of the progress of the arrangements con - packet) !. .ii . states Feb. 24 . ........N Feb. 16 .......... Southampton F e b ' nected with the Industrial Exhibition in Dublin, with Australia (via South. . Feb' 4 ampton) .. .. ... ... M 4th of March .... Southampton ,„, i .O I the object of combining with that great display an ex- Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March ... Dover ...• •• 'r an tensive assemblage of examples illustrating the progress Ditto (via Cape of (toed . v eep r . of manufactures and arts from the earliest period. From Elope) .. .... • • ....N 22d of February .. Plymouth • • ,•••; b , 0 the enlarged scale which the proposed Exhibition has Africa (West d. Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth ••• r 16 assumed, it has proved necessary to add considerably to j A t k l i e ex x a a i n id i t l ia l :::::::: . ...11 844:)'&220,113:f of mon. m over Southampton 7 • Feb;F eD i :;,/ 1: 011, the original design of the building, and Mr. Dargan has 'Bahamas ..... ...... 31 2nd of the month Southampton 10!iv, liberally consented to appropriate to the Fine Arts De- n ihigi, ll ,m ••••• • •• •• ••N Da11y............ Dover .... • • .;.7,. 16 partment a new and extensive structure. Here it is i . 3 ., u rr ii _ o _ ayi. .. e .. 8: ............z 9th of the month.. Southampttonn Feb• tilt proposed to exhibit the most extensive collection of the Cape of Good lions ..N It4hthofofthfhme month.. ill Southampton °.• rtelt 14 - Cape of Good Hope ..N 2n4 of Apra ...... Plymouth .• .1 1 4 , 4 6 remarkable early antiquities of Ireland hitherto pre Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth • • x " sonted to the archaeologist, in which the entire museum Ceylon (see India) 9 6 of the Royal Irish Academy, and-the remarkable collec• Ceylon... .... .... ...; If o th n l y t e h: ,l, lt i r month Plymouth ~ Febi n o 4 ' tion formed at the last meeting of the British Associa- Channel IWes • •••• rid. Southampton , 112 „' 16 tion, at Belfast, will be combined with numerous choice Chili* •••• • • • • •.• •••.. Al 2d & . 17th of month Southampton r 4 ' . e no r p u l d e l * a . ) ... N 7,8 17 24,&27 of m Dover •• • M b : 114 16 ; examples from private collections, so as to display as corn- cchenhsiatanstet plete an illustration as possible of the varied and singular F ,,,o u ns t t . a o n f t E in u o rio il p e e .. a . f . 8, • • :11, N I T 4t wi l:B::2 d o au th y of .. m On:. D So o u v t e h r a . m . :p: Southampton 4 , 64 ... c ea ,- forms and the skilful processes of ancient manufacture ~,e i sol shown in the earlier antiquities of Ireland. The sin- Egypt r (see India) gular fashion and the richly elaborate decoration of these • • • • AI & N Twice daily.— Dover .....• T e 1,7 16 31 4, 7.17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton 16 objects are almost unknown in England ; whilst they Greece (see in • Cli • a) ••• Greytown .... ...... If 2nd & 17th of ;non. SoutbamPtnu feb e;l• °k present numerous features, more especially in the skill Ilamhurgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..• •• a irc E I to shown in the working of metals, which are well deserv- d nah ..........M 2nd of the month Southampton mon .f: lug of the close examination of the modern artificer. llo a i v li g in n Lord Talbot has also contemplated the desirable end, by Honduras :: :: :• :: :• :It Wednesdayf m B6 on S t a lt means of an extensive combination of similar objects of India (viasouthampt.)m 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton gb. i 6 India (via I. o o u n t d h o a n in . r . io•n• Feb, b ls MarseMes)M Bth& 24th of month Dover .....• antiquity, brought together from collections in England lonian Isles (see India Twic e r and other countries, now for the first time to be produced Ireland .. .... M& N ) Twice daily ...... Holyhead .• • - 4 ,1 in juxtaposition with those of the sister kingdom, of Aram , M 7, 7,9, 17, & 27 of in. Southampton b Feb, 16 throwing a fresh light upon many questions which have ' blacleir — • ••• •••• N 23rd of the month Plymouth •• is perplexed the archeologist. The value of such a museum Malta (see India) •• • • • .......M hof the month Southampton 1 , 0 as has thus been proposed by the noble president of the Mauritius (see India) Malta .. .• .. .. .. .. .. N 7,17,19,27, 30 oflll. Dover ...• •• f ell institute is obvious, both in its bearing upon tters f practical advantage and as auxiliary to ethnographicalo 24/41eaxuircoitlus ..........N 14th of the month Fen' , 0 0P Plymouth • • lo t of,, New Z • • • • • • r" I. • • • • • • • • •...M 2tid of the month.. Southampton Fe b. 1 6 and historical inquiries. y e forpnuebvrei c r a ll owe d ftuction Naples ..... ........N bthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...• •• F p , THE LATE MR, TURNER, ILA, tcyr a picture from his pencil to be sold b r N a e p w al G se r tal a a n tae a ns d d a ........ ! 2 B d y & pri l7 , t a h t of c sh m ip onth .. So Variousu t ha In I P , o t nu t r re u b o . ei . 4 6 without sending some person to bid........N sthlbth2sthofmon. Dover .• •:!' i r e D ; 6 his atten it ti ; o and his Peninsula .. .. —.... M 7 thl7th27thofmon Southampton;Feb' gi wishes on this subject was auctioneers made a point of calling se generally known, that Pe ru ..,.• • •• • • ........M Id & 17th of mon. SouthamPwu ob. fi the Port Natal .... ...N 14th of the month Plymouth •• ON 10 catalogue whenever they had any of his nto Sicily .. .. pictures for sale. Tuscany .. ........ —X sthlsth2sthofinon. Dover •• • :1•.; ob. If time pressed, and he was unable to attend in person, Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of month soathaniplum he would sometimes, but rarely, intrust his commission Van Diemen ' s Land (see .. 1 6 to the auctioneer ; his ordinary' • Australia) • practice was to send West Indies ........31 2d& 17th of month SouthalnP _________.- some agent, with written i t • DR rtlistinna fr. 1,:.] ARCII/EOLOGIOAL INSTITUTE.—At the last monthly meeting of this society, at their apartments in Suliblk street— Mr. Edward Hawkins, F.R.S., in the chair— Lord Talbot de Malahide, president of the institute, sent a report of the progress of the arrangements con nected with the Industrial Exhibition in Dublin, with the object of combining with that great display an ex tensive assemblage of examples illustrating the progress of manufactures and arts from the earliest period. From the enlarged scale which the proposed Exhibition has assumed, it has proved necessary to add considerably to the original design of the building, and Mr. Dargan has liberally consented to appropriate to the Fine Arts De partment a new and extensive structure. Here it is proposed to exhibit the most extensive collection of the remarkable early antiquities of Ireland hitherto pre sented to the archaeologist, in which the entire museum of the Royal Irish Academy, and-the remarkable collec• tion formed at the last meeting of the British Associa tion, at Belfast, will be combined with numerous choice examples from private collections, so as to display as com plete an illustration as possible of the varied and singular forms and the skilful processes of ancient manufacture shown in the earlier antiquities of Ireland. The sin gular fashion and the richly elaborate decoration of these objects are almost unknown in England ; whilst they present numerous features, more especially in the skill shown in the working of metals, which are well deserv ing of the close examination of the modern artificer. Lord Talbot has also contemplated the desirable end, by means of an extensive combination of similar objects of antiquity, brought together from collections in England and other countries, now for the first time to be produced in juxtaposition with those of the sister kingdom, of throwing a fresh light upon many q ues ti ons which have' perplexed the archlogist. The value of such a museum as has thus been proposed by the noble president of the institute is obvious, both in its bearing upon matters of practical advantage and as auxiliary to ethnographical and historical inquiries. R.A.--"He never a ll owe d TDB LATE MR. TURNE R , a picture from his pencil to be sold by public auction without sending some person to bid for it ; and his wishes on this subject was so generally known, that auctioneers made a point of calling his attention to the catalogue whenever they had any of his pictures for sale. If time press e d, an d h e was unable to attend in personur verye s of fastidious M rGtelrhsneobe i u n ntyg: h mhot i s shre e. neithers mTd e , l aue e y l Tur ner , he would som e ti mes, b ut rarely, intrust his commission a a An g dt en ht t he , ew w saa i ls t e h noo wri ftt hateltwepnai yet i s nstructions, to bid i n hi s be to the auctio neer ; hi s ordinary practice was to send sometion. in k me n rp o o w v ma mt among i a n t e s u i z r e o t hn f oe ß rm l a , c o of ks most ia e s a t t t br h ea , se t t t vt o iem p l e i o c . t t s u s their market value might have been about 80 guineas each. They would, however, have been knocked down for sabepi adprde c ci a o hnr n gao s ide snfebey ra pictures d b i d l y l one noo e fot s but M s r. Turner'sf o r agents, whose h g o iv se en pe t rs o o t n h a e l f w a a r j e a r n y t h itghhe order. belief u t ht t was,he i w n a s fa c i t n , a clean, ruddy-cheeked butcher's boy, in the usual cos tume of his v oca ti on, and had made several advances in five guinea strides, before anything belonging to him, excepting his voice, had attracted Mr. Christie's notice. No sooner, however, did the veteran auctioneer discover what kind of costomer he had to deal with, than he bec koned him forward, with a view, no doubt, of reproving him for his impertinence. The boy, however, nothing daunted, put a small piece of greasy paper into his hand--a credential, in fact, from the painter himself. The auctioneer smiled, and the biddings p rocee d e d."— "Sketch by A. A . Watts. MILITARY FUNERAL OF AN OLD WARRIOR.—On Tues day last, the remains of Serjeant Grey, of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, were deposited in St. Luke's Churchyard with military honours. The deceased had been 27 years in the institution, a greater part of which time he was master shoemaker. He spent his early ca reer in the 15th Hussars, in which regiment he was troop serjeant-major, and present at the battles of Sahagun, Corunna, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse, for which he had a medal. The sword that was placed on the top of his coffin he always prized, having carried it throughout his campaigns. In ono of these actions he was seriously wounded, having been left on the field for dead. He was a good soldier and an estimable friend. No doubt his memory will be long cherished by the children and inmates of the institution. He stood very bigh 43, the estimation Of lug cam, BIRTHS. OF A 80N. A 13 0°1c % 1 On the 9th inst., at Carlton-gardens, tho Le-I,nonti On tho 7th inst., in Castlo Townsend, in the - Cork, Lady Coghill. i' OF A DAUGHTER. f„,;f 0 l it. On the 9th inst., at 16, Bedford-row, the ”-e H. Russell. MARRIED. tor e ' tet On the Bth inst., at St. George's, Haw:wergildAn° oo H. Noott, Esq., MM., to Jane, eldest surviving • .1 0 f e d of Henry Diaper, Esq., of Pimlico. On the 10th inst., at St. Marylebone-chu vall o,' u S t ir rol ler t Meek, C.D., of Ilf racom b e, Devonshire, la te a e; the Victualling of her Majesty's Navy, to daughter of the late Dr. Grant, M.D., °-` Jamaica. DO' DIED. E llingt on ' On the 9th inst., at Thornhill-crescent, I , 1 0 4.1 Op fr- Wonßathdee°setkli i a n g s e t d ., 4 a B t . Pilton-park, Thomas 114 P ,tr aged 78. sr. v. 00 0 : n iatt t nhh h dee e B9 l Bt O rlti t ihg h ihni t on s i inst., t nt s . .: an tg a e g id e e.. d4o,atKi c I a 1 ° Y - ' a 1.7 ' hell lie r' Thomas Muncaster, Es naafis, J. D. Lewis,.'Esq 1 a go . t . „ of 13 o f ~ Thomas row, On the 9th inst., aged 86, John Philip ° - D y tt, %stl" of Lichfield. FM' DiOttonnt.hheou9seth, Surrey, , ag an e d d 0 8 f 1 2 , 6, Jcg sb H ury or s .s tm ' ci i i re e ' roill . 5 40 1 :r Pembroke-place, propirtoo. On the 7th inst A. K. Hutchison, Es(.l.!_;.jan garden-terrace, Hyde - park, and of Furiuvtu LONDON OOP 0 Y.,9 : Printed and Published by 311:3 40, ° V of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun cotin Strand, in th Precinct of the Savoy, in vo • gttuim hbruarY WS' 1