The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

tit, :N %,"/ tttki 411 SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, DEC. 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Righ Ho nourable John George Brabazon, Earl of Bessborough, to be Master of her Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the Right Honourable James Alexander, Earl of Rosalyn, resigned. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Honour able Alfred Paget (commonly called Lord Alfred Paget), to be Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to her Majesty, in the room of the Right Honourable Charles John Lord Colville, of Culross, resigned. WHITEHALL, JAN, 1. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appoint ing the Right Honourable George, Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. ; the Bight Honourable William Ewart Gladstone ; Alfred Hervey, Esq., (commonly called Lord Alfred Hervey) ; the Honourable Francis Wemyss Charteris ; and John Sadlier, Esq., to be Commissioners for executing the offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain, and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 3. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver the custody of the seals of the duchy and county palatine of Lancaster to the Right Hon. Edward Strntt, the oath of Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster was this day, by desire of her Majesty's command, administered to him ac cordingly. WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 1. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint Captain the Hon. Dudley Charles Fitzgerald de Ros, of the Ist Life Guards, to be Equerry to his Royal Highness, vice Bouverie. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Winston J.Trowbridge, as Consul at Barbadoes for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Gustav lieyn as Vice-Consul at Belfast for the Grand Duke of M ec ki e nburgh Schwerin. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 3. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. _ _ _ Borough of Hertford—The Honourable William Francis Cowper, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Town of Nottingham—The Right Honourable Edward Strutt, of Kingstone Hall, in the county of Nottingham, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. City of Carlisle—The Right Honourable Sir James Ro bert Gorge Graham, Bart., First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. JAN. 4 City of London—The Right Honourable John Russell, commonly called Lord John Russell, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Henry Foley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 31. Commissions by the Lord.-Lieutenant of Chesshire. William Davenport Davenport, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant ; John Dixon, Esq. , to be Deputy - Lieutenant; Egerton Leigh, jun., Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Thomas Wm. Tattoo, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Lee Porcher Townshend, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; William Jackson, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Dec. 30. _ _ _ Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire. Royal Radnor Militia—Lawrence Henry Peel, Esq., to be Captain, vice Severn, resigned, Dec. 23. Commi>siou by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Sussex. Royal Sussex Light Infantry Regiment of Militia— Allen Duke, Gent., to be Surgeon, Dec. 27. Co mi._Lissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. Quo'n's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—Ed ward Horlock Mortimer, Esq., to be Captain, vice Love gro,m. deceased, Dec. 2S. Own Light Infant :7 Regiment of Militia—Ben jamin Clarke, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Dec. 30. 8d ; fine, of the new crop, is 9d to 2s 2d ; but medium meet with most attention. Several parcels of clean Pouchon,,o• 1 s7e found buyers at 8d to 91d. A much better demand exists for Souchong, especially for superior kinds ; rates rule for fine at is 7cl to 2s, mid to good is to is 6d, and common 10cl to 11d. For common green Tea few buyers are to be met with. The following is the general currency —Hyson mid is 2cl to is sd, good to fine is 6d to 2s 10d, choice 3s to 3s 4d, young Hyson Canton 10d to ls, Hyson kind is 2d to is Bd, fine to superior 1s 9d to 2s 3d, Twan kay 10d to is ld, Gunpowder Canton 10d to is id, Hyson kind 1s 2cl to 2s 9d, fine 2s 10d to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 2d. Hyson skin Bcl to 9d. Flowery Pekoe has not improved in vlue, still pur chases are on a more extended scale—low to good at is 3d to is 10d, and fine 2s to 3s 6d. There is yet a reluctance to operate in Caper ; sellers are willing to accept 8d to Is, and for scented 10d to is 7cl. In scented orange Pekoe many purchases have been made, fine at 1s 6cl to is 10d, mid to good 1s Icl to is sd, and common lld to ls. To-day im portant purchases were made in Tea, and the market has a firm aspect. There are not sellers of clean common Con gou under 101 d per lb. RICE.—At present purchases are limited on the spot ; Bengal, good to fine white, at Ils 9d to 12s 3d, low to mid lls to lls 6d, broken 10s 6d to 11s, Madras lOs to lls, Arracan 9s 9d to 10s, white Java lOs to 12s, fine 12s 6d to 13s, ye ll ow ish 9s to 9s 6d, and cargo Bengal 95 to 9s 3d per cwt. To-day there was a reluctance to operate in East India Rice, and rather lower rates are taken— m id t o goo d m id white Bengal selling privately at its 6d to lls 9d per cwt. RuM.—To-day several parcels were disposed of, and the market closed with a firm aspect—Leeward Island proof at 2s, East India is lid to is llid, and Demerara at 2s 8d to 3s for 30 to 40 over proof. OILS.—In linseed oil extensive purchases have been made, both for shipping and home consumption ; there is also an advance, 29s 6d to 30s per cwt having been obtained on the spot, and 30s 3d to 30s 6d for delivery. Rapeseed oil is much required, and the upward movement continues ; pale realising 365, brown 34s 6d to 355, and foreign refined 36s Gds to 375. Palm met with more attention and rates are firmer, ruling at 32s 6d to 34s 6d for mid to fine. Cocoa nut is not much required. Cochin is offered. at 38s 6d to 40s, and other sorts at 37s to 38s. A good de mand exists for Cod, and there are few sellers under 341. per tun. Seal finds a more ready sale, and rates are firmer, pale realising 351. lOs to 361., and other sorts 321. to 351. Southern is not much required, but supply remains scanty, and 341 to 381 is the value of low to fine. In Sperm there is more doing, at 851 to 86110 s, and Headmatter 871 to 881 per tun. TALLOW.—There is a reluctance to operate in Russian, and fine Y.C. is offered at 45s per cwt. Purchases are limited for spring delivery at 44s 9d to 455, and at 44s for the last three months of the year. Home melted is held for 45s 6d to 46s cash, still only a moderate demand exists and supply is plentiful. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 16% Gibrsltar .. - Ditto, three months .. 11 18 Leghorn .... Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 18 Genoa ...... . • A rumen) 25 30 Milan • • • Brussels 25 30 Venice •••••••• • • • • • • • • ilamburgh ...... 13 5% NoVes • • 41 Altona Paris Ditto, three months .. 25 27% ' Lisbon ...... .. • • 535 k Mar5ei11e5.............. 25 30 Oporto ......... •••• • • • 53 % Blurdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ............ rrankfort-on.Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres 'er,lin ................ 'New York, 60 days' sight ................ 10 57 Philadelphia .......... ........ • • .. 10 59 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. 38% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 504 Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Trieste ... Petersburgh.. • • •• •• .... .30 3214 .25 30 Cadiz 50%! Mexican Dollars .... 0 ' 4 11 3, .......... New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver In bars .... 0 5 1 LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—JAN. 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner Law.) IN RE AUGUSTUS GRAFTON. The insolvent, who is a retired major in the East India Company's service, applied under the Protection Act. Mr. Lucas appeared for five creditors. Three other creditors appeared in person. Mr. Sargood supported. The insolvent, as retired major, has a pension of 2691. per year, and he has made a proposal to pay 301. yearly into court for his creditors. His furniture had been sold for his creditors, and 1191. had been paid into court. Mr. Lucas said his object was to obtain a larger pro posal for the creditors, and he would suggest that 501. per year be set aside in liquidation of the insolvent's debts. Mr. Sargood said his client was anxious to meet the wishes of his creditors to the fullest extent in his power, and he would endeavour to pay the larger sum. Protection was granted accordingly. (Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.) IN RE TAMES RANDALL. The insolvent, a timber-dealer, of Bethnal-green, ap plied under the Protection Act. Mr. Nicholls opposed; Mr. Sargood supported. An objection was taken to the petition on the ground that there were payments within three months which were not in the ordinary course of business. It appeared from the insolvent's examination that he had borrowed a sum of money from his sister, which he had used in the course of his business, and that in the course of the three months next preceding the date of his petition he had made repayments. His Honour held the objection to be fatal, and dis missed the insolvent's petition. DXYKRUPTS. James Pn7h, tailor, Lyndhurst-square, Peckham, to -surrender, Jan. 7, at one, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court of EAnk - ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder manbu7 ; G. M. Wetherfield, Basinghall-street. John Ellis, cotton dealer, Manchester, Jan. 17, and Feb. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Charlotte-street, Manchester ; Turner and Son, Eox-street, Preston, or to Cooper and Son, Pall Mall, Manchester. Oliver Veale, farmer, Ashwater, Devon, Jan. 12 and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Kingdon and Stogdon, Exeter. THE DEATH OF GREAT MEN.—A superstition pre vails among the lower classes of many parts of Worces tershire that, when storms, heavy rains, or other elementary strifes take place at the death of a great man, the spirit of the storm will not be appeased till the moment of burial. The superstition gained much strength on the occasion of the Duke of Wellington's funeral, when, after some weeks of heavy rain, and one of the highest floods ever known in this country, the skies began to clear, and both rains and floods abated. 'he storms which have been noticed to take place at le time of the death of many great men known to our istory may have had something to do with the forma,- ton of this curious notion in the minds of the vulgar. IL was a common observation hereabout, in the week before the interment of his grace, " Oh, the rain won't give over till the Duke is buried."—Notes and Queries. THE NIAGARA SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—The Lockport (United States) Journal says, that labourers are busily employed in pushing the Niagara Suspension Bridge to completion. In remarking on the structure that paper says : " Imagine a span 800 feet in length, forming a straight hollow beam 20 feet wide, and about 18 feet deep, with top, bottom, and sides. There will be an upper floor to support the railroad and cars, 20 feet wide between the railings, and suspended by two wire cables, assisted by stays. The lower floor, 19 feet wide, and 15 feet high in the clear, is connected to the upper floor by vertical tresses. The cohesion of good iron wire, when properly united into cables or ropes, is found to be from 90,000 lb. to 130,000 lb. per square inch, ac cording to quality. The limestone used in constructing the towers will bear a pressure of 500 tons upon every square foot. The towers are 60 feet high, 15 feet square at the base, and eight feet at the top. When this bridge is covered with a train of cars the whole length, it will sustain a pressure of not less than 405 tons. The speed is supposed to add 15 per cent. to the pressure- - equal to 61 tons. The weight of superstructure added—esti mated at 782 tons—makes the total aggregate weight sustained 1,273 tons. Assuming 2,000 tons as the great est tension to which the cables can be subjected, it is considered safe to allow five times the regular strength, and providing for a weight of 10,000 tons. For this 15,000 miles of wire are required. The number of wires in one cable is 3,000 ; the diameter of th• cable about 91 inches. The bridge, we believe, is the longest be tween the points of support of any in the world." SWITZERLAND. —On - the 6th of March next it will be 500 years since the Canton of Berne entered the Swiss Confederation. It is the intention of the people to cele brate the event in a worthy manner, but in the summer season, partly on account of the weather, and also be cause the sth of March, the anniversary of the sangui nary contest with the French in 1798, which was fol lowed by the loss of the town, would throw a shadow on the festival, if observed with historical strictness. The 21st and 22d of June, the anniversary of the bat tles of Laussen and Morat, have been chosen, and on those days, the numerous English travellers, who will not fail to have presented themselves at the Swiss capital, may see the various representatives of Switzer land march in procession, dressed in the ancient rich costume, and headed by Rudolph of Erlach, and Hans Waldmann. MURDER AT CARDIFF.—A shocking murder has been committed at this port. As a policeman was going his rounds, he heard a cry of " Murder, ' and discovered a man named Harrington weltering in his blood near ;,he dock. He had him conveyed to the infirmary, when it was found he had been stabbed in the abdomen and adjacent parts, the bowels having been penetrated. The man died next morning, and made a dying statement to the effect that the stabs had been inflicted by two Greek sailors. About the time that the man was picked up two sailors, a Swede and an Irishman, named Gabriel Gibson and Richard Keenan, went on board their vet -3el, the Madomac, of Boston, and must have passed the spot when the deceased was attacked. These men have been apprehended, and have undergone an examination before the magistrates, who have remanded them for the present. The coroner's inquest has also been opened, and stands adjourned for a week. CHEAP VERSUS DEAR FARES.—There are some railway proprietors who seem to think that the travelling public of this country are to the shareholders in railways what the slaves in America are to their owners. This was a very prevalent feeling amongst the railway shareholders ten years ago, but it has happily given place to a better and a more enlightened one. We recollect, ten years ago, at one of the meetings of the Brighton Company, that a shareholder suggested that a certain number of chimney sweeps sh ou ld be engaged, in their professional attire, to travel in the third-class carriages, in order to drive those was vi h o a t w a er t e im w e e w ll ia d e r n e s s t e h d e t in h t it o .d - t c h la e ss fir w st as -cl a n s e s a ; rly an a d s that much as the first is now. The proposition was loudly applauded by those w h o think as Mr. Parsons does ; out it was not carried —the fares were arranged to suit the convenience of the public, and—the Brighton Com pany has flourished ever since.—Railivay News. OVERDONE EMIGRATION. --There is one class of emi ;rants, whom the local journals specially caution against lti situations in Engla n d f or A ustra li a. It is la t s lie lY' le very av l ing large class of clerks and s hopmen, &c. With this description of labour. it is remarked, "the market is constantly overstocked, and eager as is the demand for most kinds of labour, it is quite distressing to notice the number of worthy young men, incapable of sever e still more delicate purses, swarm our towns in search manual labour, who, with delicate health, and p robabl y of employment, exposed to very heavy expenses,sink which into they can earn nothing to meet, and gradually poverty, and too often into dissipated habits, till they vanish somewhere, and make way for the con ;tautly recurring supply. Such men have rarely_ been successful at the diggings ; the demand for their labour in their accustomed pursuits is very limited in Proportion to their numbers ; and we distinctly warn them that in rashly throwing up good situations at home, and trying their luck here, they are guilty of an act of shee r i n • ~ sanity. DF ATH FROM RUNNING A RACE--Geo. Memmott, a Sunday c.fteaY' sto ve -grate fitter,aged two men naillinZin clirsd a few 46, living in High-street, Park, took a walk ago, under singular circumstances. On , he and his little boy, accompanied by Norfolk Arm s )aniel Doe and Matthias Thompson, them. They f ar aita as the Manor. They called at the home. It was faitmoonse ,anda : s ha : tt t hree quarts of ale amongst pedestrianism iirsirrir had clock in the evening to return proposed to try his fleetness night. They conversed about they were crossing a field, Memmott m: against Doe. They bounded Ai' together, and when dozen yards he fell upon h tened to him, and inquired if face, advanced about a was hurt ; he replied His companions has ried home in a helpless state andhathe.bellneefitwoats car continued itztoxication that he was. He never spoke afterwards me insensibledi ca l aid buupt to ue that td time.o n W e l d t n a e p s p d r , Ta i usually brought on fits, and thatr lie had on Christmas-day as well as on the Sunda chinkin g Ti razes. aY'—alLeffield THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S OPINION OF O LEO I-Ifs opinion of Napoleon's capacity f or ma ki ng large means in war was as high as Napoleons warme s t nl°B ' s t a dmirers could have desired. I have frequently heard e him say, that it was more dangerous to make a mistak e in front of Napoleon than in the face of any other man ; and I think he quite acquiesced in the dictum, popular wth the French army, which estimated the presence of Napoleon in the field at the value of 40,000 men. One of the Duke's tenets was that after a certain age, which, I think, he roughly stated at 45 or 50, commanders in general would do well to give place to younger men.— Lord Etienne"' MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day, ) SUGAR.--The West India sugar market has opened under favourable auspices, both refiners and grocers being eager buyers, and, the rates obtained were 6d to is per cwt above those current previous to the holidays ; the lower and brown sorts being the most in demand. The purchases amounted to 1200 hds, &c., including at auction 250 hds 16 trcs Barbadoes, which went briskly at a rise of is per cwt, fine yellow realised 39s to 40s, common to good 35s 6cl to 38s 6d; 158 hhats 6 trcs and 46 brls Demerara crystalized sold at 41s to 42s for fine, and 33s 6d to 40s for other sorts. For auction on Friday 5 , 000 bags Bengal, and for the 12th 800 cases Brazil sugar are declared. REFINED.-There continues to be an active demand for Refined Sugar from home dealers, and production not in creasing prices have further improved for all descriptions. Sales of brown lumps have been made at 45s to 45s 6d ; Tittlers, low to fine 45s 6d to 49s 6d, double 50s to 52s ; Hambro' loaves 46s to 50s, double 51s to 52s ; and Stand ard lumps 46s 6d per cwt. Several purchasers for delivery at these rates and with few sellers. An impression exists that Refined Sugar will be dearer, arrivals of Foreign keep ing small. In wet lumps many purchases have been made at 42s to 435, and fine 43s 6d to 445. A free sale exists for Bastards, brown at 27s to 31s, and yellow 32s to 355. Pieces have heen in request, fine 40s to 425, and low to good 35s to 395. To-day home dealers were desirous to operate in Refined Sugar, and rates closed firmly • brown lumps at 45s to 45s 6tl per cwt. Several buyers of Crushed Sugar for shipping at previous terms. Maultrrins.-The lowest rates current were in the early part of February ; brown selling at 22s 6d to 295, and yel low at 29s 6d to 37s ; the present currency is, for the for mer 28s to 33s 6d, and• 34s to 39s for the latter. This after noon the quantity of Mauritius Sugar offered at auction was large, and comprised 11,500 bags partly of the new gyp; still the whole found buyers, and the rates obtained were 6cl to is per cwt above those cm-rent previous to the holidays :-good to fine yellow realised 36e to 38s 6d, low tv middling 34s 6cl to 35s 6d, good to fine brown 32s to 34, ordinary to middling 28s to 31s 6d, black 24s to 275, refining from 33s to 37's, and ord to fine grainy yellow 35s to 39s 6d per cwt. EAST lEDIA.-Of Bengal the quantity received to this port has been for the last year 29,100 tons, and in the pre vious one 31,500 ; for home consumption there has been delivered 30,800, and 25,300 in the former one. stocks are 12,500, and the close of 1851 they were 13,500 tons. In the early part of January, prices for soft brown ruled as low as 21s to 24s 6d, and for white Benares in April at 31s 6d to 36s 6d. The value of the former is now 28s to 29s Cal, and 37s Od to 40s for the latter. An extensive demand has been experienced privately for soft brown at 28s to 29s 6d, and yellow ditto 30s to 32s per cwt. This after noon the market was plentifully supplied with Bengal sugar. and the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 6,800 h sgs; still all found buyers, grainy at is advance, and Benares at full prices; the former realised for mid. to fine yellow 385 to 42s 6d, the latter 39s 6d to 40s for fine, ordinary to good 37s to 395, and Mauritius sorts 36s to 37s 64 Of Madras 800 bags went at is advance, low to mid. grocery at 32s to 355, and good to fine brown ditto 29s to 31s. Penang met with much attention, and at auction 1,100 bags realised 6d to 1s advance, ordinary to fine yellow wen t at 32s to 36s 6d per cwt. COCOA.--The rates obtained for Trinidad were-low to middling red 35s to 38s, good to fine 39s to 445, grey 32s to 355, and Grenada 31s to 38s per cwt. An impression exists imports will not be equal to the former year, and that a further increase will take place in consumption. Foreign at present attracts little notice, the currency is, however, firm : Bahia at 24s 6d to 255, Pans 263 to 275, and Guaya quill 31s t o 36 s p er cw t. COCHINEAL.-To-day stiffer rates being demanded for cochineal op era t e d aga i ns t b us i ness. At auc ti on 80 b a gs Honduras a second-hand pa rce l, was t a k en i n ; Sil v ers at 3s lid to 4s 4d. dead e - rsin 3s 2d to 3s 7d per lb. Fo amosa-TheriC e ; 20s 6d to 21s n u required for brown Havannah are to ea white 2T's numbers 9to 10, yellow 21s Gd to 25s for 103 - white 20s to 23., to ps 6d, brown Pernambuco 17s 6d, cwt. good deman3`e brown Bahia 17s 9d to 18s 6d per rates obtained are rathexriatt for duty-paid parcels, and the Since this day week private those current previously. Hsesannah ; brown at 31s toe elserations are 2,800 chts 36s to 38s, good to fine 33s Csi t 4 low to middling yellow 400 cli:;s Bahia white Ms to 403, 40 ; floretts 41s to 42s ; 300 bskts Java, 37's to 41s, y e llow 34s 6d to 35s 6d ; to 26s Gd ; some parcels foreign gu°''7l‘ anda yellow 33s yellow, 37s to 40s ; low to raiddli SZlO,a``°' good to fine :33, to 44s ; 3,000 bags China, brown awn &1 36 5; brown, 20,000 bags Manilla, in bond at 18s to 1 8 yellow, 338; e and small parcels clayed, d u ty p a id , at 33s to Th ere i s y e t littl e pass i ng i n white Ravannah in bona s w t ll the ddli rr n cug, 26ency 15 8 . 6 d t trm 28s g per cwt.ood to fine, 28s 6d to 31s ; l ow to o To-day foreign sugar was much sought at rates, but there are few sellers. after previous COFFEE.-An extensive demand has been exp • ma f o r native Ceylon last Tuesday, and there i s an ad e v i ance len la 64 per cwt. Private. operations have amounted to f 14 ..a) bags, chiefly for home consumption, and the latest rates paid were 438 to 48s Gd for good and real good ordi nary. There is a material increase in the dema n d f or Plantation, and rates compared with this day week show an advance of 2s per cwt., whilst transactions have been 1,010 casks, c onsisting chiefly of sorts under 60s, and h ome dealers are the leading _oye l i i ato , rs. The prices paid 51s to 555, low iddling were for fine to fine fine or o c:_in g Mrddling to good 61s to 67s to middling triage 43s to 48s, and pea berry fine to superiso6;46tBos 60s, fine 53s t o 70s. Prices compared with that time show an advance of 8s to 95 for Native, and 8s to 12s for Planta- Ja Sea is wanted, and parcels can be obtained; 45s to 48s, fine eney is for low to good ordinary so % 49s t- 513 fine fine ordinary to middling 52s to Ne, b e ta s ' c d triage 425 to 465. In .m r sorts 62s to J4s, Pric es alyenztant purchases have been __made privately ; rmer, fine clean garbled realising 80s to 858, Per dit:tc, 70a to 78s, and ungarbied 56s to 66s and -Frid aY co e sales of coffee declared fit Thursday lon, and 180 sale of any sort to r' ° ‘ '° o casks 1000 bags Plantation Cey- Plantation C yl °f e". ant lised stiffer rates. The was "1 are announced. , To-day there was no public .several parcels ti ,td demand to 48s Ed, and there %eve:7,l3 privately, and rea- MOLASSES. - amount to 5,200 ton a s a I, _s t lay„ firm for native at 485 deliveries for home cOnagasall4toNt for the past year stocks comprise 2,100, and in the previous one ; 5,20 P, prices ruling higher by I s lei TEA.-- A material increase is ala s , o o ? , eT , against 7,500 ; I to - 1 •8 5- they were demand for common and good ordinary C a o P er a r is ell a t o l2; t t e . days ; rates are also firmer, rul' at 1010 Other sorts have been operated in t t i e last few the market is firm • rather blackish leatl'itOlafr e „4 . l) , er lb. lld to is id, strong 7 and Pekoe sorts 13:st'itah' and 4. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1853. IN RE ADOLPHUS KAUL. The insolvent was a watchmaker, in Long-acre. He came up for protection supported ; Mr. Duncan opposed for a creditor, and two creditors opposed in person. His Honour held that the insolvent had improperly contracted a debt by representing to a creditor that he was entitled to a legacy, and that he had acted fast and loose with other creditors. He might renew his appli cation after the lapse of two months. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Jan. 3. John Paxton and Augustus Wynn surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment charging them with ob taining money by false pretences and conspiracy. Mr. Reed prosecuted ; Mr. Clarkson defended Baxton, and Mr. Robinson was counsel for the other defendant. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, a Mr. Edward Howell, that in August of last year he was de sirous of going into business as a publican, and in con sequence of an advertisement he saw in one of the morn ing papers, he went to the office of the defendant Wynn, who appeared to act as a public-house broke; in Sydney street; City-road, in reference to it, and the defendant gave him cards of two public-houses —one, the Red Lion, in Wild-street, and the other the Golden Horse, in Theobald's-road. The latter represented that the house was doing 701. per month, that the rent and taxes did not exceed 451. per annum, and that it had a lease of ten years and a half, and that the coming in would not exceed 1651. Thinking that this house would suit him, he went to see it, and the defendant Paxton, who was the landlord, told him that he had got a lease of the property, and believing the representations that were made he went again to the other defendant's office, and after a little negotiation he consented to give 1551. for the house, and paid 201. deposit. A few days after this all the parties met at the house, and the mat ter was finally concluded by paying over the balance, and upon this occasion the lease was produced. It ap peared that the prosecutor was desirous in the first in stance to have his own broker to act for him in the transfer, but Wynn told him that he could act as broker for both, and that it would save expense if he did so, and he consented that he should act on his behalf. When the lease was produced Wynn handed it to the prosecu tor, and asked him whether he would read it himself, or whether he should road it to him, and as he had known him for five years, and believed him to be a respectable man, he did not entertain any suspicion, and told him he might read the lease to him, and he did so, but ac cording to the positive statement of the prosecutor, he omitted to read one of the provisos in the lease, by which the lessors reserved the right to determine the lease at Christmas of any year by giving six months' notice at the preceding Midsummer quarter, so that in point of fact, al though the lease was nominally for 10 years and a half, in reality, by this proviso, the tenancy was rendered nothing more than an annual one. The prosecutor was then let into possession, and he very sopn discovered that the business fell very far short of what had been represented, and in consequence of some circumstances that were subsequently made known to him he instituted inquiries, the result of which was that he ascertained the actual character of the lease, and also that notice to quit had been served upon Paxton at Midsummer, and the prose cutor was required to give up possession of the house at Christmas. Upon these facts he had preferred the pre sent indictment against the defendants for obtaining the money he had paid by falsely pretending that he would be in possession of the house in question under a valid lease for ten years and a half, when as he alleged. they were well aware that no such term was secured by the lease, but that on the contrary, Paxton knew that he was under notice to quit. Some other evidence of an immaterial character having been given, _ _ The jury - , after deliberating for about half an hour, returned a verdict of guilty against both defendants, but recommended them to mercy. The Recorder inquired upon what ground ? The jury said they were of opinion that more evidence might have been produced in support of the prosecution. The Recorder said that this was rather the ground for an acquittal than a recommendation to mercy, and the jury had better reconsider the matter. The jury accordingly again deliberated in the box a short time, and eventually retired, and after being absent nearly an hour, they again came into court with a ver dic of guilty. _ _ Mr. heed applied for the expenses of the prosecution. The Recorder said he would not grant the application without consideration. If the defendants had been ac quitted he certainly should not have allowed any ex penses, as he was determined to do all in his power to discourage the proceeding of preferring charges behind the backs of the parties accused, and under the circum stances of tike present case he should consider whether the expenses ought to be allowed. Sentence was postponed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Jan. 3. John Smith, 35, was indicted for stealing a purse va lue 10s., and 4/. 45., the property of Mr. Robert Stirling Newall, wire-rope manufacturer. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Assistant-Judge then sentenced him to be trans ported for seven years. G-uiseppe Luigi De Velo, 53, an intelligent and re spectable-looking man, was indicted for having stolen nine sovereigns, the moneys of Charles Galli, in his dwelling-house. Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor, a tradesman in Hat ton-garden, casually met the prisoner, a countryman of his, an Italian, and finding him to be clever, intelligent, and a man of education, he exerted himself on his behalf, and gave him letters of recommendation to various parties as a teacher of two or three languages. He employed him to teach Mrs, Galli, an Englishwoman, Italian, an d on th e 13th of last month he went as usual to give her a lesson. Mr. Galli had occasion to go to an iron safe in the room where the prisoner was, and having procured what he wanted, he left without taking the key out of the safe door. Mrs. Galli was called out of the room shortly afterwards by her servant, and on returning she saw, through a glass door, the prisoner withdraw his hand from the safe, and put something in his percket. She was so agitated that, as her husband had gone into the City, and had not re turned, she did not accuse him of having done anything wrong, but told him she could not continue the lesson, and he left. When her husband returned she told him what she had seen, and on his examining the safe, he found that nine sovereigns had been taken from thirty which were wrapped up in a 101. note. The note had been torn open, and the sovereigns scattered about. On the following morning the prisoner, as usual, came to give Mrs. Galli a lesson ; and on being charged with the offence, he said he had taken only 51., not 91., and that Mr. Gall o wed him the former amount in reference to some business transactions, and they, therefore, could settle it between them. He had never made any claim before. When asked why he had taken the money, he implored for giveness of Mr. Galli, and assured Mrs. Galli that he had done it through distress. Mrs. Galli said the prisoner had never represented that he was in distress ; had he done so, she would have been glad to have assisted him. The prosecutor said, in cross-examination, that he had, up to this transaction, considered the prisoner a man of integrity. The prisoner had stated to him that he was a solicitor, and as he found him to be a clever man, he sent him to Turin, to do some business there for him. He furnished him with a sum of money, and gave him a letter of credit on his agent, and found that he was faithful to his trust. He did not owe him any thing that he knew of. Mr. Metcalfe said the theft was committed, no doubt, in a moment of temptation—it could not have been de signed—and the opportu nity leaving the key in the safe. TwhaesevgiidveenncebwyasMrto. too clear r to be resisted. The jury found the prisone r guilty, with a d. The Assistant-Judge, after recom mendation to mercy, in which the prosecutor joined. The little consideration, sentenced the prisoner to four months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A C H G E U Q CHEQUE. -- ia C n r it a o u rn GE , d O e F se ll rib TT e E d ß a lN s UTTERING I Fo rme ß r G , E a D t present residing with Mr. Greathead, at 58, Mount street, Lamb e th, was p l ace d a t th e b ar b e f ore Si r Pe te r Laurie, charged with uttering a forged cheque for 101., with a guilty knowledge. Mr. H. F. Wood appeared for the prisoner. Frances Millard, assistant to Messrs. S. S. and J. W, Benson, jewellers, Ludgate-hill, said that the prisoner entered his employer's shop on Saturday evening, shortly after seven o'clock, and selected a gold watch and gold c hain, of the value of 61. 16s. The prisoner asked wit ness if he minded taking a cheque. Witness said it was not the cußtolnary to do so after banki ng h ours, b ut if the Prisoner would call again in half an hour, he would send out in the interim for change, and if he obtained it he would let the prisoner have the watch and chain. The prisoner gave witness a cheque for 101., drawn in the name of Henry Stoate and Co., on the Lambeth branch of the " Royal British Bank," and made payable to a " Mr. Robinson." Witness then sent the shop boy in a cab to Mr. Stoate (who is a respectable upholsterer, carrying on business in premises adjoining the bank in the Westminster-road), and ascertained that the cheque was not the same used by Mr. Stoate, neither was the signature in that gentleman's handwriting. The prisoner did not return, but about an hour after the witness hap pening to go to the door, saw the prisoner standing in front of the house, next door, and beckoned him in, hav ing previously instructed the boy to fetch a policeman. The prisoner said that he received the cheque from Mr. Stoate on Saturday, after banking hours, but on being told it was a forgery, he said, if it was a forged cheque, he knew nothing about it, as he received it in a betting transaction, but he did not say from whom. Mr. Wood said the prisoner was a highly respectable farmer, and being engaged in extensive betting trans actions and other gambling matters of a similar nature, he had received the cheque in payment of a bet, and uttered it without being aware of its not being a genuine document. The uncle of the prisoner was in Court, who would state what he thought would be a complete an swer to the case. Sir Peter Laurie inquired if the uncle had any account at the Royal British Bank ? The uncle said he had not, but his son had, and the cheque-book used by him was accessible to none but himself. The prisoner had been staying with him since the funeral of the late Duke of Wellington, and could not have been in want of money, as he had property of his own, upon which he was living. Sir Peter Laurie said the number on the cheque was 504, and it would not, therefore, be difficult to ascertain from the Royal British Bank who had the book from which the cheque had been abstracted. It was a great temptation to young men of the present generation to lend themselves to crimes of this description, who flat tered themselves with the idea that if detected they could escape by one of the numerous vessels always lying in the port of Liverpool to Australia, and make their fortunes at the diggings. However, in the present case, respectability was no justification of forgery. The_ prisoner was then remanded, an application to bail him being peremptorily refused. The following note was handed to our reporter by the sitting magistrate, to whom it was addressed :—" Two pounds from a lady for the poor woman whose husband took advantage of Lord Lyndhurst's Act to desert her, because she was the sister of his first wife." SOUTHWARK.—.ToIor Stokes, the proprietor of a hardware shop in Kent•street, was placed at the bar be fore Mr. A'Beckett, charged with violently assaulting and threatening to murder Harriet, his wife. The complainant, who had a sickly-looking infant in her arms, on ascending the witness-box exhibited ample proof of the violence exercised towards her, both her eyes being blackened and swollen, and her arms, from the wrists upwards, being in a similar condition. She stated that on Monday morning, at an early hour, while in bed, the defendant beat her about the head, face, and arms. She got out of bed in order to escape, but he again attacked her, and kicked her brutality on the body. She added that he was in the frequent habit of beating her in a very unmerciful manner, and that she was not aware of having given any cause for his acting with such bru tality towards her. She handed in a medical certificate, which described the serious effects on her health, pro duced by the blows and kicks inflicted on her person. Mr. Samuel Gawner, landlord of the Royal Oak, next door to the defendant's house, stated that on the morning in question he was alarmed by hearing cries proceed from the defendant's house. He knew the voice to be that of the complainant, who ex claimed, " Help, help, for God's sake." He im mediately ran into the house, and saw the defendant knock down his wife, and while she was lying at his feet he threatened to kill her, using at the same time language of the most gross and indecent description. The witness added that he heard the defendant say, in the presence of a Mr. Denham, that he had thrown his wife down stairs on three different occasions. Wit ness on hearing such an admission said it was a very serious thing to treat any woman in such a brutal manner, upon which the defendant, who seemed to have relented, said, in allusion to his wife, that she was one of the hest of wives ; and that in future he should not ill-use her. In answer to the charge, the defendant said that his wife aggravated him by her bad temper, and in the heat of passion he might have used threats towards her, but that he had no intention of seriously injuring her. Mr. Salomon mid, that the defendant on a former occasion had been held to bail to keep the peace to wards his wife for three months, but that the time not having yet expired, he had therefore forfeited his recognisances. Mr. A'Beckett, having in strong terms denounced the conduct of the defendant towards his wife, inflicted the full penalty of 51. upon him, besides adjudging him to enter into his own recognisance in the sum of 401., and find two sureties of 201. each, to keep the peace and be of good behaviour towards all her Majesty's subjects, but more particularly to his wife. • WESTMINSTER.—CharIes Parr, a man 40 years of age, was charged with the following hea r tl ess ro bb ery : The prisoner, in January last, was ostler to William Adams, a poor man, striving to obtain a subsistence for himself and large family by driving his own cab. About that time he was thrown off his cab by accident, and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, owing to which he was unable to pay the Stamp-office duty for the cab ; and while he was lying ill, his wife, being apprehensive that the horses and cab would be seized by the authori ties, parted with many articles from their scantily-fur nished home to raise the required amount, her young children at the time having scarcely bread to eat. The prisoner was intrusted with the money, amounting to up wards of 31., to take to Mr. Stowell, a receiver of inland revenue, and although he was acquainted with the diffi culties under which his master and family were labour ing, he absconded with it. The prisoner, who admitted that he had spent the money, was remanded, in order that the necessary evi dence might be procured. GREENWICH. — Mary An Oldham, late a nurse in the union workhouse, was brought before Mr. Seeker for final examination, charged with the following case of refined cruelty towards a child aged six years, named John Hayward, an inmate of the union, by deliberately burning his hand with a red-hot cinder. It appears that the act had been committed more than three weeks, and had been studiously kept secret by Miss Southern, the infant-school governess, until a mere acci dent brought the affair to the ears of the chairmen of the board of guardians (Mr. Bracknell Carter), who deemed it his duty to investigate the circumstances. The burn occasioned by the cinder had contracted the sinews of the child's hand in such a manner that its use can never be fully restored. Mr. John Wade, one of the guardians, attended to watch the inquiry ; the master, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Saw, the clerk to the board of guardians, being . also present. The case created much interest. Elizabeth Ellis, one of the nurses, deposed that the prisoner was head nurse. The little boy was amongst the children by the fireplace. It was three weeks or a month ago last Saturday. The child Hayward was at the fire-guard, and nurse Oldham was poking the fire. She took a red-hot coal froth the grate, put it into the child's hand and squeezed the hand close. The child did not scream at the time, but did afterwards. Witness did not learn that evening the consequence of the act. The cinder was taken away, and the sufferer placed by the fireside. The child cried much, but did not say any; thing. The next morning the child's hand formed a white blister. Miss Southern deposed that she is the infant school mistress. The children were all under her care. The child is six years old. It was witness's duty to be pre sent at meals. She sat at tea on the following morning, when the prisoner confessed that " she had committed a very cruel act." She said the cinder was on the floor, and she had placed it in the hand of the child, and ad mitted that it was a hot cinder. The hand was red then, but the skin was not broken. Witness would not have let the matter rest if the hand had not healed. Dr. Sturton, surgeon to the union house, said his at tention was not called to the case until Monday last, when there was a slight discharge from the wound. The child was placed in the infirmary, and had been under his care ever since. The hand of the child was con tracted. He (the child) could not close it, nor extend the fingers. Witness thought the child would never have the use of its hand wholly again. Mr. Saw, clerk to the board of guardians, said he was instructed to ask the magistrate for a summary con viction. Mr. Seeker said he could not deal with the case in such a way. He should certainly send it to a jury for trial. The depositions having been read over by the chief clerk, and signed by the witnesses, the prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. .man, named ‘a G: S end Th oea ET. —A well-dressed middle-aged r. l ew i l ih e c a o :, Ipo w poe a ka s i rneg c d h a r g r g r e er et dl y b w e f ao o gn taan M t, e compl a,mmill with an unprovoked and violent assault upon ary Anne in an4t h d e vanced state of pr egnanc y. nc e ibited acute personal suffering, stated that her husband was a person in comfortable circum stances, but for a considerable period they had lived upon very unhappy terms, and he had recently abandoned her altogether, leaving her with four children of tender age, without the slightest means of subsistence. After enduring the severest privation, and distress, she at length received information that her husband had formed a connection with another woman, with whom he had taken up his residence at a house occupied by the prisoner, in Evans-buildings, Shore ditch, where she sought an interview with him on Saturday evening. Not wishing to subject him to need less exposure, she tapped gently on the shutters of the parlour window, in the hope of attracting his atten tion. She had no sooner done so, than the street door was hastily opened, and the prisoner rushed out, and, without uttering a word, seized her by the throat, and forced her back to the end of the street with such violence that she could scarcely preserve her foot ing. On appealing to some of the bystanders for pro tection, the prisoner commenced kicking her in an un merciful manner in the lower part of her person, and ultimately dealt her such a savage kick in the stomach that she fell back in a state of partial insensibility, and was supported in the arms of some person in the crowd until a cab was procured, in which she was conveyed to her residence. She had been ever since confined to her hed, and still remain in excruciating pain from the effects of the ill-treatment she had sustained, and which was calculated to lead to results of a more serious nature, as she was on the eve of her confinement. Mr. Hammill ordered the prisoner to pay the full penalty of 51., or to be committed, in default for two months to the House of Correction. Croxton Park 6 Epsom Spring 7 Newmarket Craven ll Chester 3 Newmarket Sec Sp lO Liverpool Hunt ll Shrewsbury Newton.. Ascot 7 Hampton l5 Beverley, Hull, &c l5 Newmarket Worcester Carlisle (3) Liverpool Brighton Brighton Club Wolverhampton North Staffordshire Reading York . Warwick . Doncaster Bedford . Leicester . . 13 AUG 10 .. 17 SEPT. . 13 . 20 . 21 York Spring l9 Malton 2l Newmarket F. S 25 Bath l7 Manchester (3) ....... ... 18 Epsom 24 Bibury 22 Stockbridge 23 Winchester . Newcastle 2B Stamford. Nottingham . Goodwood ... Radcliffe 22 Derby Egham 24 or 25 Eccles 29 Lichfield 3O Lanark Manchester Newmarket F. 0 27 Northallerton . 19 . 26 OCTOBER. Chester Autumn 4 Richmond... Newmarket S. Worcester.. Epsom Autumn... Cowbridge Hunt.. Liverpool Autumn NOVEMBER. . 19 . 24 1 Warwick Autumn l6 3 Shrewsbury 23 9 Aberystwith Last week 9 STEEPL] JAN :CHASES. TARY. Oundle Epsom l9 Newton 26 FEBR Hereford lB MA] Carmarthen 1 Liverpool 2 Doncaster 9 Kirkham 9 ,ITARY. I Coventry Wetherby ll Chipping Norton l5 Birmingham 2B Abergavenny Cheltenham APRIL. 1 Epsorn 5 Liverpool Hunt NovE Cowbridge Hun. :MBER Lt . 11. MATRIMONY.—A CHRISTMAS INCIDENT.—In a district in the neighbourhood of Inverness, which of late has become locally notorious for the fickleness of its fair ones, and for breaches of promise of marriage, of contracts, &c., the following incident took place on the evening of the 25th instant. On this occasion, however, it was the swain, a farm servant, who proved faithless. He had, it seems, wooed and wen the affections of a young woman ; her consent to marriage was obtained, and Christmas night appointed for the celebration of the nuptials. A large party of friends and acquaintances were invited to attend the wedding, and the apartments of the principal inn in the district were secured for the occasion—a sub stantial supper having been ordered to be ready for all and sundry who chose to partake of it. The day preced ing that set apart for the festivities, however, brought " mine hostess" the following laconic epistle :—" ber 23, 1852.—Mem, yeu will m ot require to be at the trerible of preparing a weding for me." The party.most interested—the intended bride—received no intimation of the change which had come over the spirit of her lover 's dream, and, consequently, at the appointed hour, accom panied by a batch of friends, she r eached the inn. The brief epistle quoted above was produced, the became party Deeem excited, loud were the imprecations expressed towards and capture a number c o o m f p t u h l o s s o e r y p r f e u s l e fi n l t in sallied f The clergyman was also p resen t , an d forthht h i s e e faithless nt goaegffe me effect et o ni n ti i e . s , exerted himself to comfort the unfortunate affianced. While the proceedings narrated were going on, a farm lad from Forres arrived at the inn, on his way to visit his friends in a neighbouring strath, and having been made acquainted with the whole affair, gallantly "popped the question" to the deserted fair one, and was at once accepted. The minister was still present, the knot was tied, dancing commenced, and the evening was spent right pleasantly. The matter has ever since been the talk of the district ; and it is hoped that the spirited young ploughman may never repent his hasty marriage. —lnlYerness Courier. HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF A HORSE.—The following statement has been forwarded to us by the secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Our readers will, of course, suspend their judgment until the case has been heard :—On Thursday before Christ mas-day a bay cob, the property of Mr. Deane, of the Crown Hotel, Erith, was sent to a brewer named Row lands, in the same village, on trial, with a view to a sale, if the animal suited the work. On the Friday it was tried, when it refused to go round the machine used for raising the water for the purposes of the brewers. It was then beaten most savagely ; when, finding that useless, the human brutes concerned pro cured a quantity of straw, and one of them coolly struck a lucifer-match and lighted a fire underneath the belly of the animal and burnt it shockingly. A rope was afterwards tied round the neck of the cob, and, being fastened to another horse, it was drawn out of the place in which it had been so shamefully tortured and turned out into a field, where it remained without any protec tion from the weather or attention to its wounds until Sunday, the 26th, when it was returned to Mr. Deane in a most pitiable condition from the treatment it had received. A great number of persons have seen the ani mal, and expressed their indignation and disgust at the conduct of the persons concerned, who, fortunately, will not escape exposure and punishment. The case has been investigated by Mr. Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who, on Saturday last, attended before the magistrates at Dartford, and obtained summonses against Benjamin Rowlands, Frederick Townend, and Charles Gamble, who will appear at Dartford on Saturday next to answer the charge. _ _ ESCAPE FROM A TIGER.—On the evening of Christmas day, as a young woman was carelessly gazing at a leopard in Batty's menagerie, now exhibiting in Hud dersfield, she sauntered within the reach of the tiger's den, when one of the ferocious animals thrust forth one of its paws through the wires, and seized her by the coil of plaited hair behind the crown of her head. Fortu nately a female, of slender frame, but of heroic forti tude, was standing by, an d saw the tiger seize its in tended prey. This woman, with extraordinary nesence of mind, seized th e g i r l b y th e wa i st, and notwithstand ing the terrific growling of the beast, maintained her hold and pulled with masculine - vigour. The tiger's "lusty sinews" still retained their &rasp, and it roared and plunged terrifically. At this moment the struggle was a fearful and awful one. The people inside the menagerie set up shouts of alarm, which communicated with the crowd outside, and produced a scene which may be better imagined than described. At length the comb dropped from her hair, the coil unfurled, and the young woman was rescued, leaving the tiger's paw full of her hair, and a silk handkerchief which she had thrown over her head when the tiger seized her. The unfortunate girl fainted, but soon recovered again, and we are happy to add without having sustained any injury beyond the fright, and the loss of about a handful of hair.—Leeds Intelligencer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Galvanism 20 to 1 Richmond 25 to 1 Hirsuta, 28 to 1 Grapeshot 25 to 1 The Hatchet 30 to 1 Wedlock filly. 30 to 1 Contentment LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 16 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray 16 to 1 Knight of Gwynne 16 to 1 Sir Peter Laurie 16 to 1 Bourton 25 to 1 Lord George 40 to 1 Widow Machree DERBY. 14 to 1 agst West Australian 16 to 1 Cineas 16 to 1 Pharos 17 to 1 -- Umbriel 18 to 1 Orestes 18 to 1 The Reiver 20 to 1 Sittingbourne 40 to 1 Rataplan 50 to 1 Barbatus 50 to 1 Orinoco 50 to 1 Lord Fauconberg 1000 to 15 Honeywood CHESTER CIIP. 50 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 50 to 1 Indian Warrior. 50 to 1 Muscovite. 50 to 1 Scarecrow. 100 to 1 Little Jack. CHESTER CUP.-ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS. Contentment, Friar's Hall, Common Sense (not In cense), Brother to' Grey Tommy, Aaron Smith, Hirsuta, Trickstress, Braxey, Madeline, Bit of Blue, Doubt, Auchinleck, Ploughboy, Montague, Bold Davy, Dacony, Coral, Malice, Ida, by lon (and not Ida, by Don John). (216 subs.) RES FOR 1853. 8 I Coventry Spring 22 MARCH. ,UARY. Kiplin Coates l7 Leamington 2B Catterick Bridge 29 Northampton (2) 3O Abergavenny 3l RACING FIXT FEBR Nottingham Spring Hereford Carmarthenshire Hunt 1 Liverpool Spring 2 Doncaster Spring 8 Salisbury Warwick Spring lf APRIL, lIST. :MBER. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, J. 3. It is in contemplation to form a permanent Board at the Admiralty, to consist of 'the following naval officers : —Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., Captain the Hon. Robert S. Dundas, C. 8., and Captain Alexand er Mil ne . The report of the committee on manning the navy is most anxiously looked for. We have been assured by naval officers that there are many men at Woolwich and other ports, but they will not enter, as they do not credit what is told them as to their being sure to be well treated and have the restoration of their gill and better pay, as they had plenty of promises before which were never realised. A. naval lieutenant, after expatiating on the advantages which seamen will in future enjoy according .to the general opinion of the officers, was answered by a seaman in the following words :—" If I knew what you say, Sir, to be . law, I'd enter this mo ment." It is ev id en t t o a ll engaged in raising men that while the future pay and prospects of seamen remain unknown to them, there will be great difficulty in obtaining men worth having. The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., had her steam up to-day in the basin, and made an excellent start of her engines, a number of naval officers being on board, and Mr. Atherton, chief engineer at Woolwich Factory, Mr. Dinnen, inspector steam machinery afloat, Mr. Hartrees, of the firm of John Penn and Son, the constructors of her engines, and Mr. F. P. Smith. The screw made 54 revolutions per minute, with a pressure of 121 b. per square inch on the boilers, and worked very satisfactorily. The Im perieuse will be ready to leave Woolwich for Chatham about the 10th or 12th inst. to have. her masts and rig ging put up at that port, where they have been ready some time. The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hyde Parker, was to-day taken into the dock from which the Impe rieuse was taken out on Saturday. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Com mander Belam, had her steam up to-day, and left Wool wich in the afternoon for Deptford to take on board stores, and then proceed round to Chatham, Sheerness, and Portsmouth. ADVICE TO THE POOR, BY LORD BROUGHAM. Learn to reflect often on the nature of your being; on the duties imposed on you by the laws of the Creator, which cannot be neglected or evaded without future suffering. The great mass of mankind are destined inevitably 'to live by labour ; some undoubtedly are exempted from the necessity of working ; they are few in comparison of the number who must submit to live by industry. But the wealth of the rich has arisen from labour. Capital, money, and property, are no more than the savings made from the produce of labour beyond the portion which was required for the preservation of the individuals who have worked to raise it. Upon these grounds the rich are as fully entitled to their large pos sessions as the cottager to his cottage. There is no man enjoying a common portion of health and strength but he may gain by work more than is necessary for him to consume, for his preservation, and even for his comfort. He may always by forbearance lay by something. This is proved by men being able by their personal industry to support a wife and young children ; the amount of whatever this young family consume might have been saved before his marriage, and might have been laid by for his future use. Marriage is the state to which the poor look forward. It is more necessary to them than the rich : the labourer wants a helpmate ; and his home is miserable without one. Begin therefore early to provide for it. Lay by a little money to buy a bed, and the most necessary articles of furniture in a house. Do not begin by getting into debt ; if you do, you will probably never be free from it. If you have ready money you may deal to great ad vantage with tradesmen ; you can choose the best article at a fair price. The tradesman who permits you to run in debt, permits it only because he calculates by so doing it will be advantageous to himself. He sells inferior articles at the same price as the best ; and as he is aware he will have many bad debts owing to him, he charges those who do pay the more to compensate such losses. The village shopmen always deal upon these principles. Look at their books ;_ many of the poor owe them thirty, forty, or fifty shillings ; this debt is never cleared, and the poor man thus involved dares not buy anywhere else. If you have any money beforehand, go to the best market in the neighbourhood, or let your wife go once a week, or once a fortnight. You will there get for seven or eight shillings better articles than you can get for ten shillings at the village shop, and better weight. In a public market the dealer does not venture to use false weights ; at the village shop, m os t o f th e poor are i n debt, and dare not complain, lest they should be refused credit. Send your wife to market, in preference to going your self. Women are less subject to the temptation of drink ing than men ; they are quick at detecting defects and small differences in goods ; their minds readily seize on the point of view advantageous to themselves they express themselves with readiness and ease ; they dis cover and aim at the weak points of defence in a trades man with a dexterity which it is in vain for a husband to attempt to imitate. A woman is worth on these occasions from two shillings to five shillings in the pound more than a man. A tradesman who could stand firm against the persuasions of a man will often yield to the superior management of a female customer. Sometimes there are found in a village experienced, trusty, and clever females, who will market for several families. This is the cheapest mode. The expense of it is divided amongst many ; often the wife cannot be well spared from the care of the house and children ; and by thus employing another, her time and the wear of her clothes are saved. SURRENDER OF A MURDERER.—At Stalybridge, near Manchester, a man named Robert Thornley, a muffin and crumpet dealer, has delivered himself up to the po lice as having been implicated in a murder which took place in 1847. He states that the murder was that of James Brooks, of Godley, near Hyde. At that time, he says, he had an improper intimacy with Brook's wife, and that she asked him if he could not get some kind of herbs which would be a slow poison. He told her that he did not know of anything that would act as a slow poison except laudanum, which would act as a slow poison if given in small doses. That she requested him to get some laudanum, and that he purchased some at Oldham, and gave it to her. That she gave it to her husband, but he threw it up, and it did him no harm. That he then purchased her threepenny worth of arsenic from Mr. Sutcliffe, druggist, Stalybridge, which he gave her, and that she told him she had made some puddings ; and that she had put the arsenic into one of them, and given it to her husband. That the husband. died at the time, and an inquest was held over him, but nothing was found out, and he was interred at Mottram Church. That the husband did not eat all the pudding ; that what he left was thrown out, and that a quantity of hens belonging to a man named Scott were poisoned by eat ing this pudding. About a week after the death of her husband, he met the wife at Chapel Hill, Dukinfield, when he asked her if she were not afraid, and she an swered, "No, only through Scott's hens being poisoned," and that he replied that he had been very uneasy ever since, and that he, married the woman three months afterwards. It appears that, at the time of the alleged murder, a man of the name of James Brooks did die very suddenly, and an inquest was held before Mr. Hudson, coroner, and the jury decided that he died from the effects of a hurt in the head which he had re ceived when working as a collier. The self-accused murderer has not been living with Brooks' widow for the last 18 months, and he now says that he is conscious of the dangerous position he places himself in by making the confession, but that he is determined the woman shall be punished, whatever may be the result. He has been handed over to Mr. Little, constable for Hyde, who has a commitment against him for some misdeme nom. ; and Mr. Little is engaged in strictly investigat ing the statements made by Thornley, who still persists that all he has stated, the substance of which we have given, is strictly true. FATAL LEGACY.—We find the following in the Journal des Vosges :—" A few days since, a young girl residing near Charmes (Vosges), on returning from Nancy, where, she had been to receive 800 f. which had beeii beqtrathed to her by a relative, was overtaken on the road by a young man and a girl, who fell into conversation with her. She had placed her money in a hand basket, and as the young man observed that she frequently trans ferred it, on account of its weight, from one hand t7o the other, he offered to carry it for her, which was accepted. The young man, at the same time thrust in some things of his own, and amongst the rest his papers. On reach ing Cravechamp, they all entered a public-house to take some refreshment, and the young woman re ceiving the basket from her male companion, placed it on the table by her side. The mistress of the house, in serving them, struck against the basket, which gave out a metallic sound. She asked what the basket contained, and ,was informed 800 f. belonging to the young woma n. The plan of the mistress of the house was without doubt formed instantaneously, for making 'a sign to the girl to follow her out, she said to her when in the passage : You are not aware with whom you have been walking ; that young man is a very bad character. Do not think of departing with him.' What am Ito do, then ?' said the girl. Take your basket, and go You o n o t a o o th r e em ce a ll in ar, th w er h e er n e n y ti o l u t w il i e ll o fi th n e d rs in h y av h e us g b o a n n e d . ; mended,The yo young and wwohmeann tahcetedtraayse travellers se werewoman ab.. 10". depart, they inquired for their c a •o i m d pa l n h ir in t 4; She has gone on before you,' `you will overtake her.' The you s n man urg:Cin= girl who was with him to make all haste she co uld, as he wanted to recover his papers. After walking on until late in the evening, they overtook no one, but being met by two gendarmes, were called on by them to give an account of themselves. They mentioned what dhaardmheaspa pened, but the whole story appeared to the gen very unlikely one. However,nteir to oentdharrne peuSbaligcr-heeodusteo. accompany the young end When they arrived their m tahnellabiwo-ohr‘enw. was found closed, they knocked: ..The no answer was given to them when in, and found U.l3thincr b gendarmes at last forced t but - the cellar a suspicious character d their r he rooms above;in y of the young if w h onian' cut cellar was discoveredhe husband up into pieces. T the body and ew ew o had,pFr taut improvement is said GAS LIGHTINO. Wade in France in the mode of puri fying the murder Awnereireatp:ince arrested." to have just been 8, Iw`heigcas deprive thus purifi ed rifled gisassaiodf fying gas for lightlinagn.d Instead .dh. o h f lime, the th inventor m o f o n l a i o c a 1 . per cent. to its illuminating uses peat charcoal an d the materials used for the purification of the toth the s a u v l e ph an ii gas are converted into a manure so valuable, it is de clared, that it can be sold for more than the original ' cost, The mails for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are made up on the 2d of every alternate month. Those made up on the 20th and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles are sent by sailing vessels at present from Singapore, but next year they will be sent in steamers. Mails are al:o made up on the 2d of every alternate month for the Cape of Good Rope. * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by French packet to Marseilles. SERIOUS OURAGE IN A . ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHE DRAL.—The following appears in the Freeman's Journal : —" At a few minutes to eight o'clock last evening, while the Metropolitan Church, Marlborough-street, was thronged to the utmost verge of its spacious bounds by an immense congregation, piously engaged at the con clusion of the jubilee, the solemn ceremony was suit denly interrupted by the perpetration of an outrage of the most atrocious character. A man of middle age and mean appearance, who had taken his seat at the lower end of the front nave, suddenly sprung up, and jumping on the form on which he had been sitting, with a heavy cudgel loaded with a ponderous iron ferule at the end, struck a gentleman who happened to be sitting before him a tremendous blow on the head—the gentleman fell stunned on the floor. The fellow then proceeded to deal blows indiscriminately on those of the wa s such as may b e easily conceived. con gregation immediately nea r him, and amongst oth ers a lady. The scen e o f confusion the congregation ma d e a rush upon t h e t s sh t e r av u te c r k ae I n s d ue o ef Clvn ruffian; b u t it Intiann 0 4 . 4ow ever, t h at some memb ers of the police ; not on duty, but taking part in the de votions, were in attendance, and he was quickly secured by them, as well as perhaps protected from serious con sequences. In a few moments after the alarming con fusion thus created had arisen, the Rev. Mr. Irwin, with the Rev. Messrs. Murphy a nd Burke, appeared in the church, and exerted themselves with the utmost energy to allay the highly excited and indignant feelings of the vast congregation. The people were desired by the clergy to kneel and proceed with their devotions, and they at once obeyed. The persons who were as saulted, with several females, who, overwhelmed with terror had fainted on the occasion, were assisted into the vestry. In the meantime, intelli gence of what had occurred having b een received at the adjoining house, Sa.ckville-place, a . very strong body of police was the spot, while thousa quickly on k d hood bloc e u nds of persons from the neighbour p the street for a consider able distance so as to . render it nearly impassable. It with no small difficulty that the large was assembled could protect the • police furiated multitude while he b • was being taken to the sta tion -house, where he was charged and locked up for the night. nigh t . It was ascertained that his name is Patrick Feehan, resident at Barry's-lane, la, k 't B c - in s, and aa, brushmaker by trade." RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN _RAILWAY. -- Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 1, 1853 £15,076 12 5 Corresponding week last year 12,654 17 9 Increase in 1852, £2,421 14 8 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 1, 1853 £9,971 2 8 Corresponding week last year 8,094 7 7 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852. Total of the half-year to this date, 1851 8,094 7 7 COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—JAN. 1. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 4Gs to Ms ; red, 38s to 50s ; barley, 28s to 36s ; oats, 18s to 24s ; beans, Mazagan, 30s to 32s ; middle and small, 34s to 38s ; peas, white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. CHELMSFORD—DEC. 31. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 445 Od to 59s Od, new 428 to 578; red, old 40s to 495, new Ms to 45s ; barley, 258 to 288; chevalier, 28s to 33s ; grinding, 21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 568 ; chevalier, 558 to 58s ; oats, 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 3()s to 358 ; white, 31s to 33s ; boiling 37s to 40s dun, new, 29s to 33s ; beans, tick, 32s to 34s ; Harrow ticks, 318 to 36s ; Mazagan, 29s to 325. The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, &a., received in the port o f L on d on from the ports in Essex, from the 27th December to the Ist January, both inclusive : Colchester Harwich . Leigh . Malclon.... , 7. P 30 69 - 50 - 177 126 g 4 50 - 170 198 ll3 KIRKCALDY— JAN. I. The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. I First s4s Od 31s cm. 22s 6d I Os Oct Second Third 4os Oct 25s Od 17 s Od I Os Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 28s Od to Os Od. COAL MARKET—JAN. 1. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : s. d. Ravensworth W. Hartley 16 6 Russell's Hetton. Wall's End, &c. Stewart's Clennell Killingsworth E Eden Main Braddyll 14 6 Cassop 14 6 Brown's Deanery 18 6 Sidney's Hartley 18 6 Ships at market :4 I Sold . 22. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. s. d. .17 9 .19 0 ,18 6 .17 9 .16 6 LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been pretty good to-day, and prices'are a shade higher than on Friday, and closes as follows :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, (late Chester and Birkenhead), 221; ditto, 22/ shares, 2k dis. ; Eastern Counties, 131 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 851 ; North British, 104 ; South Eastern and Dover, 25a ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 18a ; Blackburn Six per Cent., 251. MANCHESTER, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was somewhat brisker than last week, and a fair amount of business was done. The closing prices were :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 dis. ; ditto, 20/ shares, 2 7-16 dis. ; Blackburn, Class B Preference, 25a ; Cork and Ban don, 181.; Eastern Counties, 13 9-16 ; East Lanca shire Preference Quarters min. 6 per cent, 9 9-16 ; Kendal and Windermere, 14i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 851 ; ditto, W. R. Union, 2 5-16 dis. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 31 • ditto, 10/ Preference, 114 ; ditto, new 6/ Preference, prem. ; North British, 10i ; North Western Preference issued at 4 dis., 151 ; South Eastern, 25 9-16. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway Share business on our Stock Exchange continues to be very limited, but prices generally are pretty well maintained. There were no sales of any importance effected in the course of the day, and quotations at the close of the market ruled much the same as in London at mid-day. BRISTOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather, inactive, but prices fully as high. The sales are Bristol and Exeters, 1071 , CornwalL', 9i. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port When Office, London. Dispatched. duo ' America (byßrit.pack.N Jan. 7 ... Liverpool ... Arrived America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Jan. 11 .... Liverpool Jan. 6 America (by U. States packet) ..........N Jan 5............ Southampton Australia (via South. ampton) _lt 20th of each month Southampton Jan 24 Ditto (via M arseilles N 24th of the mon th Dover ..... Jan: 17 *Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) N 2d of February .. .. Plymouth .. Nov. no Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth Alexandria* ........ N [9th&3oth of mon. Dover ~.... Jan. 18 Belgium ............N ........ Dover ...... Daily Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 16 California .. - M =d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 1 . Cape of Good Hope ..N 14thof the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Cape de Verds ......N 14thof the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Constantinople* ..N 7thl7 th 27 thof mo.. D0ver...... Jan. 10 Central America ....M ?nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Jan. 1 Channel. Isles ........N Mon.Wed.&Friday Southampton Tu Th—Sa. Chili.... .. •?cl & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 1 France ........ M & N Twice daily _ Dover ...... rwicedaily Greece* ............N 7017th27th ofmon. Dover ...... Jan. 10 Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London rues. , Sat Holland ............M Wednesday & Sat London Sun. Thurs Honduras .. ........ N 17th of the month. Southampton Jan 16 Ireland .... M Be.,N Twice daily ...... Holyhead ... Twicedall India (viaSouthampt.) M 20th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 24 India (via Marseilles) N 81. h& 24th of month Dover ...... Jan. 17 India (via Cape of Good H0pe)....... Mauritius 14th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Mediterranean (via Southampton .......M 20th of the month , Southampton Jan. 24 Ditto (via Marseilles).N ith& 24th of month Dover ...... Jan. 17 Mexico 2nd of the month. Southampton Jan. 1 Madeira ............M 9th&23dof the mon. Southampton Jan 16 7411,17tb,19th,27th, Malta*.. N f k3oth of the month Dover .... .. Jan. 10 Naples* ... sthlsth2sthormon. Dover ...... Jan. 12 Papal States*— ....N ithlsth2sthormon. Doveri...... Jan. 12 Peninsula ..........M 'thl7th27thofmon. Southampton Arrived Peru ...... M2d & 17th of month coutbampton Jan. 1 Tuscany ....N 52h15t1125thormon, Dover Jan. 12 West Indies .... 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) BIRTHS. On the Ist ,at 2 inst. OF A BON. the wife ofl, Bernard-street, Rus se ll- square, J. R. Butlin, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 31st ult. at Berne, the wife of A . B uchanan, Esq, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Con vderation. MARRIED.: On the 29th ult., at Trini,ty-cliurch, W es tb ourne -t errace, E. F. Burton, Esq., of GlondOster-crescent, Hyde-park, and of Chancery-lane, to FtliiiCeS; youngest daughter of William Fanning, Esq., of plouce?fs-gardens, Hyde-park. DIED. On the 31st ult., aged 77, Samuel McDowall, Esq., of Esher, Sn#4. On theMst ult.; at Peckham, Lieutenant Michael Fitton, - N.,t,c;iie'of the Lieuten an t s of Greenwich Hospital. bli the 27th ult., at Worthing, Elizabeth, wife of .Mr. John Fowler, of the Sea-ho use , Hotel. On the 29th ult., at Chestnut -lodge, Horsham, Sussex, Catherine, wife of B. Fox, Eici„ aged 64. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tice Sun Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy,ln the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, January 4, 1853. 128 160 1260