The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

VOttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION. OXFORD, TUESDAY, 3.15 P.M. Majority for Gladstone • 817 . 705 ,-112 LATEST FROM FRANCE ..r3 First President and the Procureur-General of the Imperial Court of Lyons, and the Procureur- General of the same Court at Bordeaux, took the oaths on Sunday at the Tuileries. Four new Legitimist resignations are announced. The frigate P - andore arrived at Toulon on the 4th from the Piraeus, where she left the (homer, the Ohaptal, and the Sentinelle. Panes BOURSE, Jan. 10.—Closing Prices.—Four and-a-lialf per Cents., 105 f. 70c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 70c. ; Bank of France, 2,845 f. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 11, 1853. It is hereby notified, that the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from Colonel Hugh Rose, her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Constantinople, a dis patch, bearing date the 17th of December last, inclosing an official note dated the 15th of December last, addressed to him by Fuad, Effendi the Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs, announcing the establishment of the blockade of the coasts which extend from Dulcigno to the extreme Turkish frontier, by the naval forces of his Imperial Ma jesty, the Sultan, for the purpose of preventing munitions of war or provisions from being landed upon the said coasts. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JAN. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Noble Henry Charles, Duke of Norolk, K.G., to be Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Most Noble James, Duke of Montrose, K.T., resigned. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable George Augustus Constantine Phipps (com monly called Earl of Mulgrave) to be Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable Claud Hamilton (commonly called Lord Claud Hamilton), resigned. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Honour able Archibald William Douglas (commonly called Viscount Drumlamig) to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, in the room of the Right Honourable George Cecil Weld Forester, resigned. WHITEHALL, JAIL. 10. The Queen has been pier...flied to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, appointing the Right Honourable Sir George James Tur ner, Knt., to be a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chan cery, in the room of the Right Honourable Robert Monsey, Lord Cranworth, resigned. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, grant- Wthe office of a Vice-Chancellor, unto Sir William Page ood, Knt., in the room of the Right Honourable Sir George James Turner, Knt., resigned. CROWN-OFFICE. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. JAN. 8. Borough of Marlborough—The Right Honourable Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell Bruce, commonly called Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's House hold. Borough of Leeds.—The Right non. Matthew Talbot Baines, of No. 13, Queen-square, in the city of Westmins ter, President of the Poor Law Board. Borough of Halifax.—The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., President of the Board of Control for the affairs of India. Borough of Scarborough.—The Right Hon. George Au gustus Constantine Phipps (commonly called Earl of Mul grave), of Mu'grave Castle, in the county of York, Trea surer of her Majesty's Household. Borough of Tiverton.—Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, of Broadlands, in the county of Hants, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. JAN. 10. Town of Southampton.—Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, of Hartford street, May-fair, in the county of Middlesex, Knt., her Majesty's Attorney-General. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. Henry Lipscombe, Esq., and William Lamb, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, Jan 1. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. William Mott, Esq., John Newton Lane, Esq., and Wil liam Arden, Esq. , to be Deputy Lieutenants, Jan. 5. King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia.—The Honourable Edward Richard Littleton to be Colonel ; the Honourable Henry -William- George Paget, commonly called Lord Paget, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Richard Dyott, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's 53d Regiment of Foot, to be Major • Francis Blake, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards, tto be Major; Benjamin Miller, Esq., to be Surgeon, Jan. 5. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Royal Pembroke Rifle Corps Militia.—Cecil Anson Harries, Esq., to be First Lieutenant ; James James, Esq., to be Second Lieutenant, Jan. 10. BANKRUPTS. William Henry Rawlings, builder, Harper-street, Red . Lion-square, to surrender, Jan. 20, at eleven, and Feb. N, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Dodd, Basinghall-street. Edward Booby, miller, East Coker, Somersetshire, Jan. 19, and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Batten, Yeovil ; Stog don, Exeter. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of this doy). SUGAR.—There is no further edvance for F9reign although shippers and home dealers are desirous to operate, with only moderate parcels on offer. Home and export deliveries are favourable, and yet exceed arrivals. Pre vious terms have been sustained for West India, still grocers and refiners operated with reluctance , and from Wednesday to Friday purchases were only 800 hhds, &c. ; low to fine brown at 32s to 34s 6d, yellow ditto 34s 6d to 40s, and refining 33s to 38s per cwt. Stock of West India is smaller than at this date last season by 5,900 tons. To day there was a great demand for West India Sugar from both refiners and grocers, the rates obtained were fully equal to those of Friday, and the market has a firm aspect. Purchases amounted to 770 hhds, including at auction 370 hhds and 29 tierces Barbadoes, which went briskly at very full prices ; fine yellow realis ed 39s to 40s 6d ; middling to good 368 to 380 6d ; ordinary 34s 6d to 35s 6d. REFINED.—Prices for brown lumps rule at 45s to 46s ; Tittlers, common to fine, 46s to 50s, double 51s to 52s ; Hambro' loaves 46s 6d to 51s, double 52s to 535, and stan dark lumps 47s per cwt. Several contracts have been en tered into on similar terms. The quantity of foreign re fined imported has again been small. A free sale exists for wet lump—low to mid at 42s to 435, and good to fine 43s 6,1 to 44s 6d. In bastards purchases have been on a large scale, brown at 27s to 31s, and yellow 32s to 355. For pieces there is an active demand, and the currency is firm, fine at 41s to 425, low to good 36s to 39s 6d. A free sale exists for treacle,-still there is no advance ; boiled from West India molasses at 15s 6d to 16s, and golden syrup 16s 6d to 17s. In Loaves large purchases have been made, Turkey, 1 to 54 lbs. rule at 42s to 44s ; Hambro, 6 to 15 - ditto 33s to 35s 6d ; Tittlers, 22 to 30 ditto 31s to 32s ; Prussian, 40 to 45 ditto 30s to 30s 6d ; Dutch made Loaves, 6 to 10 lbs. 31s 6d to 33s ; and Belgian 298 6d to 30s 6d per cwt. To day, many purchases were made in Refined Sugar for home consumption, and brown lumps cannot be obtained under 45s per cwt. There is some firmness in the market. Crushed Sugar is much required for shipping, and at last week's rates there are few sellers. Mauamus.—The value of fine and good yellow is 36s to 395, middling 35s to 35s 6d, low 34s 6d, good to fine brown 32s to 349, common to middling 28s to 31s, low to fine grey 33s to 375, grainy white 42s to 445, yellow ditto 36s to 41s t and brown 34s to 35s 6d per cwt. This after noon Mauritius Sugar was in plentiful supply, and the quantity offered at public sale was 9,000 bags ; the bulk found buyers, but in some cases there was a decline of 6d per cwt. Fine yellow went at 37s to 39s 6d. ; mid so fine 34s 6d • low 33s 6d to 34s ; mid to fine brown 30s 6d to 33s 6d ; ordinary 2(2.3 to 30 ; and low to fine refining 32s to 37s per cwt. EAST INDlES.—Operations in Bengal have been exten sive, and the previous advance has been well sustained. At public sale 15,300 bags Benares nearly all found buyers— low to middling grainy white at 41s to 42s 6d, good to fine yellow nitto 31s to 435, fair brown 33s 6d • Benares, good to fine white 38s 6d to 40s, low to middling 36s 64 to 38s, fine yellow 35s 6d to 36s 64; Mauritius sorts good to fine 34e 6d to - Vs 6d, middling and low 33s to 345, brown 30s 6d to 32s 6d, and Khaur 27s to 28s 6d. per cwt. This after noon the supply of Bengal was again large, and the public ales wont off quietly. White Benares at 6d per cwt. de cline, and other sorts in some cases at rather lower terms. Of 10,000 bags the chief part sold—white Benares 39s to 40e, low to good 36s to 38s 6d ; good and superior grainy yel low 38s to 41s ; fine, like Mauritius, 36s 6d to 37s 6d. Madras is less wanted, and rates are barely supported. At auction `7O bags realised, for brown 28s to 295, and low to middling yellow 29s ld to 31s per cwt. FORElGN. — Exporters have been desirous to operate in foreign sugar, and there has been a good home-trade demand. The rates obtained are fully equal to those cur rent previously. Private transactions are 3,000 chts Ha vannah, brown at 34s 6d to 35s 6d, low to middling yellow 36s to 38s, good to fine 393 to 41s, florets 41s 6d. to 42s ; 2,000 bags brown Pernambuco 32s 9d ; 300 chts Bahia white 36s to 40s, yellow 34s 64 to 35s 6d, brown 31s to 34s ; 509 bkts Java, grey and white 37s to 41s, yellow 36s 6d. Floating cargoes are wanted for all purposes, but the re luctance of o.larchants to sell prevents business. The value of yellow Havannahs, 21s 6d to 25s for numbers 10A to 16 ; brown, 20s 6d to 21s for 9 and ten ; white, 27s to 28s fid. Brown Pernambuco, 17s 3d to 17s 6d ; white, 20s to 23s ; and brown Bahia, 17s 9d to 18s 6d per cwt. Stock o f foreign sugar is 10,000 toes less than at this time last year. To-day, the private operations in foreign sugar were of little moment for shipping or home-trade purposes • still duty paid parcels or floating c a rgo es are no t o ff ere d at a decline. There was no public sales. SALTPETRE.—To-day there was a larger supply, and shippers as well as home dealers operating with reluctance, ices rather declined. Of 5,400 bags Calcutta at auction, part only sold ; refraction 5 to 6 per cent. at 29s to idri- to 9 ditto, 26s 6d to 28s ; si to 13 ditto, 26s to Wind 15.} to 20-4 ditto, 25s 6d. 333 bags Madras, 24s 6d per cwt. Gie--Supply is limited of West India ; previous - j,. well sustained, and a good demand exists. Trinidad—low to mid red realises 35s to 38s, good to 440, grey 32s to 355, and Grenada 31s to 37s per chvE.. ign is rather more in request ; Bahia at 24s 6d 34s to 365. Pa ra i n part sold at 27s nand Gna 81„. ad 14 hags Caracas at the high rates of 83s to 81s it. To-day at auction 74 bags Trinidad went at 31s 9) ( 1 to 375, being rather lower prices. Atoi ',&ssEs.—West India continues to be much wanted THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1853. and stiff rates are offered, but supply is yet small. Of Porto Rico 200 casks have been sold at 17s for new, and old 16s per cwt. The prices paid for Antigua are 16s 6d to 17s, other sorts of West India 15s to 16s, Bengal and Mauri tius 13s 6d to 14s 6d per cwt. Stock of Molasses is 3,000 tons smaller than in the previous season. Tamarands are much required, West India at 24s to 445, and East India 9s to 14s per cwt. There is a further decrease of supply, and few parcels are near at hand. A free sale exists for honey, and rates rule firm, supply being .small ; Cuba rule at 36s to 40s, Jamaica 44s to 50s, and Narborne 56s to 60s per cwt. The supply is expcted to remain small- COFFEE.-The middling to fine qualities of Plantation Ceylon met with little attention, and 41144 . being Ore plentiful, prices declined is 6d to 2s per cwt. liver' sorts have been in good demand, and 'former terits*,,are. maintained. Of 350 casks and 390 bat& at ailetiOn, not above one-half fond buyers, fine went at 65s to 68s, good 60s to 645, middling 57s to 595, low middling 55s to Ms, fine to fine ordinary 50s to 545, triage 45s ta 495, and: pea berry 65s to 66s 6d. Privately fine and superior sorts of coffee are offered at 70s to 84s per cwt. Stock of Ceylon is 30,000 bags more than last year, but in the casks there is a small decrease. Prices for tive are 8s to 95, and Plantation 8s to 14s per cwt. above last season. Ja maica remains in scanty supply-45s to 48s, ffne ordinary 49s to 51s, fine ord to mid 52s to 60s, better sorts 62s to 648, and triage 40s to 46e. Stock is nearly the same as in 1852. Mocha met with less attention, and supply being plentiful there is a decline of 2s per cwt. Of 135 bales and 180 hf-bales at public sale, a small part only found buyers, good unclean long berry at 74s to 74s 6d, mid to good small clean garbled 73s to 76s 6d, common greenish from Alexandria 60s to 625, and ungarbled 56s to 61s. Stock is 3,500 bales more than last year, and rates rule above by 4s to ss. Other East India sorts are not much required, and there is some reduction. At auction 129 casks, 62 bales, and 30 bags Madras found buyers, good to fine ord at 449 6d to 535, superior 578 to 625, aid unclean 39s 6d to 43s 6d. Privately Malabar and Mysore can be obtained at 44s to 565, Tellicherry 478 to 70s, superior 72s to 80s, Company's Java 50s to 535, Singapore 45s to 48s, Sumatra and Padang 40s to 438. A cargo of 5,000 bgs Rio 40s 3d for good firsts, not fully insured for the Mediterranean. On the spot purchases limited • Costa, Rica, good to fine ord at 47s to 535, fine fine ord 54s to 565, low to mid 57s to 60s, good 62s to 68s, fine 70s to 80s ; Brazil, low to good ord 38s to 41s, fine ditto 42s to 42s 6d, and washed 41s to Ms. To day the rates required for Native Ceylon were 47s to 48s for good to real good ordinary, but few, buyers are to be met with. There was a reluctance to operate in Plantation Ceylon, and previous terms are barely maintained. At auction, 80 casks and 133 bags only in part sold ; good at 59s to 63s ; low middling to middlinc , Ms to 58s • other sorts 49s 6d to 53s 6d ;Triage 45s to 4-8 s 6d. ; and fair pea berry 645. Costa Rica must be quoted is to 2s cheaper ; and a public sale of 2,164 bags went at 48s to 51s 64 for good to fine ordinary. Of Tellicherry 198 cases sold at 58s to 64s 6cl for middling to good ; these are lower rates. TEA.-The market is firm for low to good common Con gon at 10d to 100 for sound, still a reluctance has been evinced to operate during the last few days. At previous terms other sorts have been in good request ; rather black ish leaf to blackish leaf realised lld to is ‘id, strong to Pekoe kinds is ld to is Bd, superior is 9d to 2s 2d, but medium continues in demand. Fine Oolong is wanted at 1 s 5d to is Bd, and good 1s 2d to is 4d ; there is, however, a reluctance to operate in mid and common, with sellers at 10d to is ld. Souchong remains much in request, and there is some firmness in the market ' • prices for fine range at is 7d to 2s, mid to good is to is 6d, and common 10d to 11d. The currency for Pouchong is 8d to 9id for clean. Holders of green are unable to obtain an advance, although many purchases have been made, good to fine attracting most attention, and of s uc h s upp l y i s a t presen t limited; Hyson mid is 2d 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 is 9d to 2s 3d, Twankay 104 to is ld, Gunpowder Canton 10d to is 1(1, Hyson, kd is 2d to 2s 9d, fine 2s 10d to 3s 6(1, Im perial Canton is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 2(1, Hy son skin 8(1 to 9d. In flowery Pekoe little has been done ; low to good can easily be obtained at is 3d to is 104, and fine to superior at 2s to 3s 64. Caper is yet llttle wanted, and there are ready sellers at 8d to is in boxes, and scented 10d to is 7d. Scented Orange Pekoe remains much in re quest, and there is a firm market ; the currency is for fine is 64 to is 10d, mid to good is 14 to 1s sd, and common lld to is. RlCE.—Although East India is offered at a small reduc tion, privately purchases have been of little moment for shipping or home consumption. The prices accepted were for low to mid white Bengal lls to lls 3d, good mid to fine lls 6d to 12s, broken lOs 3d to 10s 9d, Madras 10s to 108 6d, Arracan 9s 6d to 10s, white Java lOs to 12s 6d, yellow. ish 9s. to 9s 6d, and cargo Bengal 93 to 93 3d. There are no sales to report for arrival ; Arracan can be obtained at 93 to 98 6d, and Madras 9s 6d to 10s per cwt. There is more doing in cleaned, in consequence of ratter low terms having been accepted—ord to fine Patna selling at 12s 6d to 17s, first sort Carolina 353, second ditto 235, and Ameri can dressed 23s to 235. Several buyers of sago, and rates are improving, ruling for small pearl at 18s to 21s, large and medium 19s to 325. To-day there was little passing in East India rice privately, and previous rates are barely sustained. COCHINEAL.—To-day there was less business doing both for the home and foreign markets ; the supply was plenti ful, and rates declined Id per lb. Of 400 bags at auction, not above one-half aotually sold. SPIRITS.—Stocks of ruin less than last year, and deli veries continue satisfactory for all purposes, although rates range above. There is an active de man d for brandy, and deliveries keeping larger than arrivals, prices are on the advance. Cognac bst brands of the vintage of 1851 selling at 7s 3d to 7s sd, 1850 ditto, 7s 6d to 7s Bd, 1849 ditto 7s 8d to 7s 10d, 1848 ditto 7s 9d to 7s 11d, older 8s to 8s 4d, low to mid sorts 6s 4d to 7s. Several purchases have been made in Geneva al 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and fine 2s 7d to 2s 11d. Ons. 2 --The stock of olive oil is much reduced, and there being many buyers rates are on the advance, ruling for Gallipoli at 641 to 651, and other sorts 61/ to 631 per tun. Arrivals are expected to be light for some time. In rape oil purchases are very important, there is a rise, pale real ising 37s 6d to 38s, brown 35s 6d to 365, foreign refined 38s to 38s 6d. An extensive demand exists for linseed. TALLOW.—A greater demand has been experienced for Russian on the spot, and there is an advance; fine yellow candle realising 46s 6d to 47s per cwt. For delivery many contracts have been entered into ; the prices paid for the spring are 46s 6d to 46s 9d, and 45s 6d to 46s for last three months of the year. SPICES.--Privately several parcels of Pimento were sold at an advance of id. per lb. At auction 500 bags went at 51d to 5.1 d for mid to good, and common sid. Cassia. Lignea sells more freely by private contract, and prices are better, ruling at 1008 to 113 s for low to mid, and good to fine 114 s to 120 s per cwt. Several buyers of Cassia Vera at 46s to 60s, and few parcels are in the market. Buds are less wanted, and 25s boxes in auction only partly sold at 8/ 12s 6d to 81 15s, being cheaper. Former terms are maintained for nutmegs, there being a good demand. Mace is not much required, and rates continue to give way. Cinnamon continues to be wanted, and there is much firmness in the market. Cloves are wanted, and supply keeps small, prices for Penang rale at 114 d to ls Amboyna lid to Bd, and Bourbon 64d to bid per lb. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Amsterdam ............ 11 1634 Gibraltar .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 18 Leghorn ..............30 35 Rotterdam ...... 11 18% Genoa ................25 Antwerp Brussels .... . ..... 25 30 Venice .............. Hamburgh ............ 13 5 Naples .......... Altona .. 41% .. 124 k .. 125 'aris... ... .. .... 255 Zessina Ditto, three months •• 25 27%' Lisbon ................ 53 3 ✓ • • 25 32% Oporto ................ 53% Bourdeaux — Rio Janeiro ............ Frankiort-on•Maine ll9 Buenos Ayre5.......... Berlin Vienna .......... Trieste ............ • • Petenburgh Madrid Cadiz 503 Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11 Barcelona.... New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 silver in bars SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTI FEBRI RES FOR 1853. Nottingham Spring Hereford Coventry Spring 22 • MA] Carmarthenshire Hunt 1 Liverpool Spring 2 Doncaster Spring 8 Salisbury • lO Warwick Spring ll Kiplin Coates l7 Leamington 2S Catterick Bridge 29 Northampton (2) 3O Abergavenny 3l Croxton Park Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven JUL.' York Spring l9 Mahon 2l Newmarket F. S 25 Chester 3 Newinarket Sec Sp lO Liverpool Hunt ll Shrewsbury ll Bath l7 Manchester (3) lB Epsom 24 Newton.. Ascot Bibury 22 Stockbridge 23 Winchester 24 Newcastle. Hampton l5 Beverley, Hull, &c l5 Newmarket 5 Worcester 5 Carlisle (3) 5 Liverpool l3 Mtana ford Nottingham 2l Goodwood 26 AUG Brighton 3 Brighton Club 5 Wolverhampton 8 North Staffordshire 9 Reading lO York l7 SEPTE' Warwick . Doncaster Bedford . Leicester . Lanark 2L Manchester 22 Newmarket F. 0 27 Northallerton OCTOBER. Chester Autumn.. Newmarket S. 0. 4 1 Richmond.. 10 1 Newmarket Worcester Epsom Autumn Cowbridge Hunt Liverpool Autumn NOVEMBER. .. 1 Warwick Autumn l6 .. 3 Shrewsbury 23 .. 9 Aberystwith .. 9 .Last week SUICIDES IN PARIS.—For the last few day suicides have been very frequent. The day before yesterday Dr. Fiard blew out his brains, at his residence in the Rue Hauteville ; a dressmaker, in the Rue St. Jacques, suffocated herself with the fumes of charcoal ; and two other persons drowned themselves in the canal. PUBLIC LIRRARIES.—The town council of Bristol have appointed a committee of their own body to take into consideration the propriety of establishing a public library in the city, under the Public Libraries Act. NAVAL VIITERANS.—Among the gallant officers who attended the opening of the Devoaport Sailors' Home. were Admiral Sir John A. Ommanney, who is in his 81st year ; Admiral Pascoe, in his 79th; Admiral Mau rice, 79th ; Admiral Mends, 72nd ; and Captain Charles Patey, 82nd ; giving 393 years as the aggregate ages of five individuals, whose early lives were spent in some of the most arduous services in the last war. A firm at Nantes has just ordered to be built four steam-boats, of 100-horse power each, to run between Nantes and Marseilles. GREAT COURT OF WARDMOTE. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and principal City officers assembled at Guildhall, for the purpose of holding: , the annual Great Court of Wardmote for the reception of the presentments of the inquests of the dif ferent wards of the City. Inquests of several wards made presentments, to the effect that proceedings should not be adopted against small tradesmen until those pending against tradesmen in extensive business should be decided upon. Several 'obstructions were also presented, and complaints were nacle against persons f or h av i ng re f use d to serve t h e 1 0filice or inquest men. In all instances the Lord Mayor iiiftirm‘d the foreman that the Court of Wardmote would Make the necessary returns to the Court of Aldermen, which would doubtless pay due attention to them. The FOREMAN of the ward of Coleman-street, in hand ing in the presentment of that ward, said that his brethren complained of being called upon to examihe upon their oaths the weights and measures of the tradespeople, at the same time they were told of the appointment of officers for the performance of that duty. They considered the oath to be inconsistent with the duties absolutely re quired of them. - The LORD MAYOR said the extended condition of trade required that new officers should be appointed to assist in the performance of those very necessary duties, but that appointment did not render the obligation or the activity of the inquests less necessary. Alderman HUNTER said the city authorities had ap pointed efficient paid officers to prevent the impositions which had been so extensively practised upon their fel low-citizens by means of false weights and measures, but the inquests must not, therefore, suppose that their functions were superseded. The FOREMAN said, that in all probability the paid officers would be better able to check the evil effec tively ; but the existence of the power in two differently constituted authorities, by neither of which any control over the other could be exercised, appeared to be quite inconsistent. The LORD MAYOR—You may depend upon it that it is a duty which cannot be dispensed with. You have just as much to d o w ith th e b us i nes s as if no paid in spectors had been appointed. The FOREMAN of Cornhill Ward, in making the pre sentment from that ward, put in a protest against the annual call upon the citizens of London as inquest-men, upon the obvious ground that the institution had become wholly unnecessary. (A laugh.) The FOREMAN of Walbrook Ward called the attention of the Great Court of Wardmote to three betting-houses within the ward, and was assured by his lordship that the most resolute and active means should be adopted' for the suppression of such nuisances. The Court then adjourned. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. A general meeting of the fellows of the Royal Geo graphical Society was held last night in the theatre of the Royal Institution, Albemarle-street ; Sir Roderick Murchison, F.R.S., the president, in the chair. The meeting was very numerously attended, amongst whom were General Monteith, James Silk Buckingham, Esq., W. Arrowsmith, Esq., J. Hamilton, Esq., Capt. Kennedy, Lieut. Benton (from Arabia), Sir Frederick Nicholson, Colonel Neil Campbell, Mr. W. Richard Hamilton Dr. Hodgkin. James Bell, Esq., M.P., Capt. Blackwood, R.N., Sir Woodbine Parish, Sir Charles Fellowes, Admiral Percy, &c. Dr. Norton Shaw, the secretary, having read the minutes of the last meeting, the society proceeded to ballot for Commander Miller, James Tilbard, Esq., Captain Moorsom, R.N., Commander Cracroft, Dr. John Rae (of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the re cent explorer of the Arctic Regions), J. Cunningham, Esq., R. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P., and the whole of theee gentlemen were elected as fellows of the society. Captain Allen, R.N., at the call of the president, read a paper "On the feasibility of forming a canal between the Gulf of Akabah and the Dead Sea." The purport and object of this paper were to show that the Dead Sea has now a depression of 1,300 feet below the Meditecr ranean, which had hitherto been unaccounted for, and of which he had made certain observations during his approach to it by the shores of Jericho. From these observations he had come to the conclusion that the Strait at Akabah might have been closed at some un known period, either by a gradual up-heaving of th e land, or by the growth of coral, by deposits of sand and gravel thrown up by the sea, and by the sandstones of the Desert. He then went into some other statements to show the practicability of the waters of the Dead Sea being carried into the Red Sea and Mediterranean and vice versa, the accomplishment of which important work would open a new and shortened route to India and China. The PRESIDENT said this subject had alreacly•beem treated of by Lieut. J. F. Symons, a member of their society, who, in 1842, obtained the Queen's gold medal for his survey in Palestine, and levels across the country to the Dead Sea. It was a subject deeply interesting!, and he hoped that Captain Allen would still further deo veiope his important observations. After a few observations from Mr. Petermann and Mr. Arrowsmith, the thanks of the society were passed to Captain Allen for his paper. The next paper read was a journal, by Dr. Robinson, of a journey through Palestine. Mr. S. BUCKINGHAM, as one who had visited the Dead. Sea, as well as Balbec and Orentes, wished to make a few observations, and, in doing so, generally concurred in the observations made by Captain Allen, and bora testimony to the rapid growth of coral banks. He men tioned the case of a ship that was wrecked some year 3 ago on a line with Ceylon, when the persons made theiir way to the shore, the water being then but breast high.. Some thirty years after this, one of the persons, com manding a ship, happened to touch on this very coast, and there found a ship at anchor, with a large island grown up, covered with palm trees, and from which. island a supply of water was obtained. This gave a. strong proof of the rapid growth of coral reefs. Mr. Buckingham then at some length treated on the wonders of the temples of Palmyra and Balbec, and concluded his observations amidst general cheers. Mr. HAMILTON, in allusion to the Temple of Balbec, said so enormous were the stones used in its construc tion, that a former traveller had feared to give their im mense proportions in his work, as he was unwilling to hazard his fame on a subject upon which the public might be sceptical. He had himself measured them, and found some of them upwards of 70 feet in length, and 12 feet in thickness. Some other members having corroborated these state ments, thanks were voted to Dr. Robinson for his paper, and the meeting was adjoarned until the 24th instant. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very flat to day, without any change on Saturday's prices. The closing business was as follows :—Aberdeen, 154 ; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 6* dis. ; Chester and Birken head, 22k dig. ; Caledonian, 344 ; Eastern Counties, 13 7-16; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 838 ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 182 ; London and North Western, 1242 ; ditto, Fifth shares, 34 p. ; Midland, 804 ; North British, 913-16 ; South Eastern and Dover, 244 ; York and North Midland, 291 ; Midland 4k per Cent., 1 prom. ; St. Helen's Railway and Canal 5 per Cent. and div., 1382 ; North Union, A, 263. MANCHESTER, JAN. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a fair business, without much change in prices. Cheshire Junction, 6f ; Dover, 24R ; Leeds, 84i ; Sheffield, 30a ' • North B r iti s h, ; Eastern Counties, 13 7-16 ; Great Southern and Western, 53 ; Sheffield Pref., 11; East Lancashire, 19ti ; London Stock, 125; Midland, 80; Caledonian, 34i. LEEDS, JAN. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a somewhat im proved tone in the market this morning, and the transac tions have been more numerous than for some days past. The following are the closing sales :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 84i ; Midland Stock, 80 / 3 s 9 d ; North Wes terns, 8B ; North British, 101 c. ; South Eastern and Dover, 25 ; Great Northern New Profs., u s p. EAGLE FOR THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE.—A fine golden eagle, taken in Strathglass, is at present in this town, with a view to its being sent to Paris as a present to the Emperor of France. A number of rabbits have been sent as food for the eagle during its journey.—lnverness Courier. NUPTIAL FESTIVITIES AT TREDEGAR-PARK. — On Wed nesday last, Miss Selina Mary. the eldest unmarried daughter of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., of Tredegar-park, was led to the hymeneal altar by David Robertson Wil liamson, Esq., of Lawes, Perthshire. The ceremony was conducted upon a scale of princely magnificence, worthy of the desoendants of Ivor Hael, and throughout the entire district the day was observed as one of general holiday. AN EXAMPLE FOR RECORDERS.—The determination of the learned Recorder of this town, Samuel Warren, Esq., Q.C., to make himself thoroughly acquainted with all circumstances pertaining to the duties which he is called upon to discharge, in his official capacity, was exhibited particularly on Wednesday last. On that day the learned gentleman visited our borough goal, spending nearly-four hours there. He examined into every de partment with the utmost minuteness, and made every inquiry as to the discipline and mode of treatment of the prisoners. He also passed some time in conversation with the prisoner Dr. Wood, whom he found in solitary confinement, part; of the sentence passed upon him. This visit of the learned Recorder to the gaol is a most gratifying circumstance, and is an earnest that he will leave nothing undotie which can at all tend to assist him properly to fulfil his duties.—litill Advertiser. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills surpasses all other remedies for the cure of sores, blotches, and bad legs.—Mr. Liddell, Druggist, of Horwich, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, dated Nov 1852, that a man named Kay Bate, was suffering dreadfully: from bad legs ; they were covered from the knee to the ankle with sores and proud flesh, interspersed with white and red blotches. He recommended Hol loway's Pills and Ointment, which produced a most ex traordinary result, for in less than three weeks the sores were healed, and he walked about with ease and comfort. His legs are now perfectly sound and well, and his bodily health much improved.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. _ _ (ADVERTISEMENT.] — Diseases of the Kid ne y s , Blad der, &c.—Dr. Denis Cronin has removed from Leicester place to 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, where he may be consulted, as usual, from ten till two, on his treatment of affections of the kidneys, bladder, and prostrate gland, in their connection with diseases of the stomach and liver. Urinary Analysis (the importance of which to the successful treatment of disease is now fully acknowledged) conducted daily, in accordance with Dr. D. Cronin's new theory. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JAN. 9. (Before Mr. Commissioner Law.) IN TILE MATTER OF JOHN WILLIAM PREBBLE. This insolvent, who had been a clerk in the service of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and latterly kept refreshment rooms at 158, Fleet-street, applied to be discharged under the act. Mr. Sargood opposed for Messrs. White and Co., woollendrapers, Watling -street ; and also on the part of a Frenchman named Doniol. He was supported by Mr. Cooke. The case occupied the Court the whole day, and was not concluded till a late hour. There was a long inquiry into the disposal of the insolvent's business in Fleet street, by a bill of sale to his father, Mr. Thos. Prebble, of Camberwell, who advanced 1701. to take the same. The bill of sale was given a day before the trial of an action at the suit of Messrs. White, to whom the insolv ent had become liable for a person named Binstead, with whom he had been in partnership as japanners. The other opposing creditor had answered an advertisement for a traveller, and deposited 501., the insolvent being security for the money, and Doniol had only obtained a small portion of his deposit. The insolvent said he was induced to become security for the person with whom the money was deposited. Some amendments were ordered, and at nearly six o'clock the case was adjourned to Friday week. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Jan. 10. The sitting of the court for the January Quarter Ses sion were resumed yesterday morning at the Guildhall, Westminster, by adjournment from Clerkenwell, before Mr. Sergeant Adams, Assistant Judge, and a bench of magistrates. The calendar gives the names of 72 pri soners for trial, 65 for felony, and 7 for misdemeanour. The Assistant Judge, in his charge to the grand jury, adverted to a provision in an act of Parliament with re ference to the summoning of jurors to these sessions. He said the change, by which the sessions were held at Westminster as well as at Clerkenwell, had been of great convenience to the county generally, and as the busi ness of the county was divided between the two ses sions, it. was intended, when the change took place, that the jurors on one side of the county should be summoned to the one sessions, i.e., Clerkenwell, and those on the other side to the other sessions at West minster, and had this been carried out, a very fair proportion of jurors wou Jot' ebeen summoned from each district, which woul a 1 ofbeenbut fair and reason able. But instead of this a amuse which the high bailiff got inserted in an Act of Parliament gave him, the high bailiff, the sole power of summoning jurors to the West minster Sessions, and as his jurisdiction was limited to Westminster, the consequence was that Westmi ns t er jurors only could be summoned, and as they had to do the general business of the county, it was a hardship upon them. The parish of St. Margaret interfered in the matter, and it was singular that as yet no jurors had been summoned from that parish, although there had been from every other. It was probable that during the present session of Parliament a bill would be intro duced for the purpose of doing away with grand juries in the metropolitan district, and a clause might be introduced into it giving the sheriffs of the county the power to summon jurors to that court, and taking it away from the high bailiff, which would have the effect of relieving the inhabitants of West minster from being required to do more than their fair share of work, and then instead of the duty falling upon but between 3,000 and 4,000 persons, it would be extended to about 15,000. After some observations on the duty the grand jury had to discharge, the Assistant Judge dismissed them to their room. Daniel Fitzgerald and Henry Nichols, aged respectively 17 and 29, were indicted for stealing on the highway a purse and 101. 2s. 6d., from the person of Emma Jago. Mr. M. Prendergast prosecuted, Mr. O'Brien appeared for the prisoners. The prosecutrix was a widow lady residing at Ealing, and on the 23rd of December she was hustled by a gang of five or six, amongst them the prisoners, who were taken. She was robbed of her purse by some one. They gave false addresses, and in answer to questions put to them in the absence of each other, when they were in custody, by an inspector of the E division, they gave contradictory accounts as to how they came in Tottenham-court-road on the occasion in question. There was no evidence to connect them directly with the robbery. Mr. O'Brien, for the defence, contended that, inde pendent of the evidence of the police inspector, there was nothing to show beyond doubt that the prisoners were participators in the robbery ; and he hoped the jury would be cautious in acting on that evidence, ex torted, a' it had been, improperly, and in violation of his duty by a police officer, in a manner which magis trates and judges were not permitted to adopt. The Assistant-Judge, in summing up, called the at tention of the jury to the evidence of the inspector, and remarked that it would be much better if officers did not put such questions to persons in custody and under charge. It was a very dangerous practice, but in this particular instance he did not wish to convey any cen sure on the inspector. The jury acquitted the prisoners. The Assistant-Judge said he was not dissatisfied with the verdict, but he could tell them that the prisoners were well known, and if they had been found guilty he should have transported them. Mr. Prendergast said in explanation with regard to the inspector, that he had acted quite right in what he had done, because as no property was found on the prisoners, it would have been right for him to have dis charged them, if their answers had been satisfactory. The Assistant-Judge thought no blame could be attached to the inspector. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. —R. F. Pries, of No. 16, Grove-road, Brixton, merchant, was brought before Sir Robert W. Carden, in the custody of Huggett, the detective officer, charged with having knowingly utte re d forged bill s o f lading, by means of which he obtained 18,000/. The sums obtained by the Prisoner amount, it is believed, altogether to the enormous sum of 35,000/. Mr. Ballantine, instructed in one case by Messrs. Crow ther and Maynard, and in another by Mr. Vansandau, attended for the prosecution ; Mr. Wontner for the defence. Mr. Ballantine said that he should on the present occasion merely call witnesses, whose testimony would be sufficient to justify a remand, in order that the police might pursue the investigation with as little delay as Possible in a case of such serious magnitude. At present he would produce evidence that the signatures to one of the securities upon which the prisoner had obtained the money were forgeries. Mr. Ignace Shuloff said—l am a partner in the house of Prosper, Monteaux, and C o ., f or eign h an k ers , a t N o. 17, G racec h urch-street. I know the prisoner well, and have had very extensive money transactions with him. He is a merchant in Crosby -hall Chambers. In conse quence of a transaction which took place, I took steps for his apprehension. Mr. Emile Adolph Herman—l am manager of the house of James Holford and Co., of No. 1, New Broad street, bankers. I know the prisoner. I received from him, on the Ist of January, these corn warrants (pro ducing papers alleged to be forged securities). We ad vanced 18,0001. upon them. I was to be repaid on the 3d inst. He put off the time of payment, and gave sub sequently a cheque for 3,0001. for Saturday upon his bankers, itness w w a h s ic n h at ch p e a q id u . e, as our reporter understood the w Mr. , was not paid. Mr. Samuel Barnard, confidential clerk to Messrs. Brown and. Young, lighter and granary keepers, at Bermondsey Wharf.—l do not believe that there is any other firm of our name in the trade. I have looked at the signatures to the documents exhibited (the corn do cuments). They are not in the handwriting of my em ployers, nor, I should say, were they written with their authori ty,forthpeasesvittenotugrheamsoy, hands. Mr. at documents of the kind uniformly Mr. William F. Ingelow, principal clerk to Messrs. Monteaux, Schuloff, and Co.. said, I went to the house of the prisoner in Grove-road, Brixton. I know his hand -writing. I sew a lady there, who showed me a letter in his handwriting. I read that letter so as to re collect the subject of the contents, and I distinctly recol lect one or two sentences. After he was taken into cus tody I went, accompanied by an officer, to the prisoner's house again, and asked to see the letter, but was unable to obtain it. Mr. Ballantine--Did you see the same lady who showed you the letter ? Witness—l did ; and when I went into the passage to communicate with the detective officer, I distinctly smelt the burning of paper, and called his attention to it. I am unable to obtain the letter. Mr. Ballantine--Notice shall be given for the produc tion of that letter by the lady, to whom the prisoner is no doubt married ; and if we find that the letter has been destroyed, we must give the best evidence we can as to its -contents. Sir R. W. Carden—Have you any doubt that the letter you read, and which was handed to you by the lady, was in the handwriting of the prisoner ? Witness—l have no doubt of it. The lady said, when I saw her again, that the letter was burnt. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—l cannot recall to my mind any occasion upon which I saw the prisoner write. I know the letter to be his from my knowledge of his handwriting, and partly from what the lady told me. I knew his handwriting, and was confirmed in my opinion by what the lady said. Joseph Huggett (of the City Detective Police)—l took the prisoner into custody at the station of the North- Western Railway at nine o'clock on Saturday evening, just as the train was about to start. He was in one of the carriages, and had a first-class ticket for Newcastle. He had with him a carpet bag and a railway wrapper. In the carpet bag were clothes all new. I asked him to give up whatever property he had, and he handed me a canvas bag containing 101/. lls. 9d. I said to him that I was an officer, and must trouble him to go back to the City with me. The prisoner was then remanded. Considerable sensa tion was caused on 'Change in the course of the day by thepr similarevailing t re those eporttdheasterbed in the evidence the prisoner obtained e ha in d eee by means double e t x h a e lmn am itnha o et tt ic n ea t of the ns.eagain s e u t msz . entioned in Lamude, the the sho c p e m ur a s o n e of f the Mr. Benson, of Cornhill, perhaps not an although and also to make an addition to s ake essential, correction ; . ad J w o tt h aoo n r d s tb o ,h i eea l , t atat attended nns e adey w ec ide i n t s g n ts oae:;yfstthe what h t a att watch-chain ee l a hc s ao t i nn e s eu m nr examination d on. t bbs h pye e lol:Mke t r e vrer s e. timony he had given on the occasion. Mrh defence.tenpd e e a d r a f o n : et ate pro secution, secuti Pon,aarry a and Mr. Mr. HumphreysHobler Mr. Lamude's own sec u f r i o t r y t f h o e r taphias Central Criminal Court having at the last examination been accepted by the Lord Mayor, the accused, of course, did not aypear. Mr. H'obler made no objection to the proposition to hear Mr. Johnson. The witness—When I said I assayed the chain pro duced in court, I meant that I, with the assistance of others in our house, assayed it. I did a part of the pro cess. I hesitated to sign my deposition because it read as if I alone had assayed. What I wi s h t o a dd i s this— I have, since that occasion, assayed the chain myself. I received on Saturday the same chain from Scott the offi cer, in the presence of Mr. Thomas. I took two of the ornamental links and two of the other links. The varia tion in the two kinds of links is slight as far as regards the gold in them, within a shilling an ounce. The aver age result was 3 oz. 16 dwts. and 18 grs. of pure gold to the troy pound. I found part of the alloy did consist of silver, on the average of 2 oz. 11 dwts. and 12 grs. in the troy pound. The other alloy consists of base metal, brass or copper, of inappreciable value, 5 oz. 11 dwts. and 18 grs. in the troy pound. BOW-STREET.—Edward Fitzgerald, who described himself to the inspector as an attorney, and to the magis trate as an accountant and occasional attorney's clerk, was charged before Mr. Hall with embezzling 201. The prosecutor, Mr. R. M. Seyer, of 32, Castle street, Regent-street, stated that some time ago he was induced to become security for a friend, an officer in the army, but was afterwards informed that the debt had been discharged, and that he was consequently released from all responsibility in the matter. On the 24th of December last, however, he was suddenly arrested for this debt, and taken to a sponging-house in Cursitor street, where he was detained several hours, until he could send for the amount. He drew a bill for 1401., which was accepted by Mr. Wyse, a friend, and then intrusted it to the prisoner, who had been recommended to him to get it discounted, by another friend, Mr. Graham, a solicitor, of No. 8, Carlton-chambers, Regent street. On receiving the bill of exchange, Mr. Graham gave the prisoner a cheque for 1201., upon which the latter got it cashed immediately, and proceeded to Cursitor-street, where he paid Mr. Seyer 1001, only of the amount, representing that this was all the money he had obtained of Mr. Graham upon the bill in question. He (the prisoner) then demanded 21. 2s. for his own services, which the prosecutor declined to pay ; and, the same night, having purchased his liberty again, he ascertained the fact that the prisoner had appropriated 201. of the money which had been obtained upon the bill. The prisoner cross-examined Mr. Seyer with a degree of vulgar impudence which called for a reprimand from Mr. Hall for his "extremely audacious conduct ;" but he did not deny the appropriation of the money. He appeared to rely upon a clause in the Brokers' Act for .his impunity, defying the court to punish him, in the absence of a written agreement between Mr. Seyer and himself, without which the offence amounted only to a " breach of trust." Mr. Graham produced the cheque for 1201., which he handed to the prisoner, at the request of the prosecutor. Mr. Hall, after taking a short time to consider his de cision, expressed his regret that he had no power to deal with the case. It was not a larceny, nor an embezzle ment, because the prisoner was not a hired servant of the prosecutor ; but it was a breach of trust, an offence to be dealt with in the County Court. At the same time, he (Mr. Hall) could not help expressing his disgust at the character of the prisoner, and his extreme regret that such a person should escape punishment. The prisoner was then discharged. MARLBOROUGH -STREET.—Edward Bragg, a clerk of the Great Western Railway Company, was charged with attempting to pawn a handsome volume of Sir Walter Scott's works, the property o f th e di rectors and others of the Great Western Railway Company. John Walker, assistant to Mr. Dobree, pawnbroker, Gilbert-street, stated that the prisoner offered the book in pledge. Witness having noticed the initials G. W. R., on the cover, and that an erasure had been made on the fly leaf, was induced to put some questions to him, which not being answered in a satisfactory manner, witness was induced to call in a police constable and to give him into custody. The prisoner told him that the property was his own, and he had plenty more volumes of the same sort at home. Arthur Carter said he was a clerk in the service of the Great Western Company, and also librarian to the Lite rary Society of the Great Western Railway Company. The prisoner was a member of the society, and paid a yearly subscription for the privelege of having the works. By the rules the directors were proprietors of the library. The prisoner had received the book on Saturday from the library, and he would have had to return it within 21 days. The name and arms of the company were on the book when delivered to the pri soner. They had since been effaced. A professional person, who attended for the prisoner, contended that the prisoner was a partner in the con cern, and that he had a property in the book. Mr. Carter said the property of the books was vested in the directors. No power was given to a servant to pledge anything. Superintendent Collard said a great number of dupli cates of coats was found in the prisoner's possession. One of the duplicates related to a coat stolen from the company's premises. Mr. Hardwick decided upon remanding the prisoner until Friday, to give time to the police to see if any more of the duplicates related to stolen property. ELECTION INTELLIGRNCE. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. OXFORD, MONDAT.—The supporters of Mr. Glad stone have increased his majority on the gross poll to 111. and on the day's poll, 24. The legal point relative to the duration of the poll has not yet been settled. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Gladstone Perceval Majority for Gladstone QUARTER TO TWELVE O'CLOCK 602 507 .-95 Gladstone Perceval Majority for Gladstone ---104 QUARTER-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK Gladstone 631 Perceval 529 Majority for Gladstone -102 QUARTER-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Gladstone 637 Perceval 540 Majority for Gladstone ...-97 QUARTER-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. Gladstone 652 Perceval 551 Majority for Gladstone ...... -101 HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. Gladstone 667 Perceval 562 Majority for Gladstone —lO5 HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK .4 • •-• Gladstone 682 Perceval 573 Majority for Gladstone —lO9 QUARTER TO FOUR O'CLOCK. Gladstone 702 Perceval 591 Majority for Gladstone lll QUARTER-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK. Gladstone Perceval 598 Majority for Gladstone —ll4 FIVE O'CLOCK.—CLOSE OF SIXTH DAY'S POLL. Gladstone 721 Perceval 6lO Majority for Gladstone 111 Total number polled, 1,331. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A VILLAGE BY FlRE.—During the last week the quiet town of Olney, near Newport Pagnel, has been in a state of alarm and terror by repeated attrocious attempts to destroy the place by fire. Nightly have premises been fired in various parts, causing the destruction of numerous houses, and in one instance a melancholy loss of human life. The wretches commenced their fiendish work on Christmas-eve, by, firing a barley stack on the extensive homestead of Mr. R. Whitmore, adjoining the village, with an intention of destroying the whole of that gen tleman's premises ; but the timely arrival of assistance prevented the flames extending beyond the stack, which was destroyed. The next night, at the same hour, another farm, tenanted by Miss Rasan, adjacent to the village, was fired, and cons id era bl e m ischief occurred. On New-year's -eve again the thrilling cry of fire resounded through th e streets, and a fearful one proved to be raging in a large barn and other premises of Mr. Joseph Palmer, situate in the centre of the village. Here a shocking scene presented itself ; amidst the roar ing flames were to be seen nine fat bullocks chained to the rack. To save them was impossible, and, after writhing in agony for several minutes, they fell, and were burned to death. A number of sheep and pigs shared a similar fate, the whole of th e p remi ses being consumed. The next attempt was made to set ' fire night, Sunday, an to the town, by thrust ing lighted lucifers and paper . under the thatched roof of the houses. It was fortunately very early discover ed, and suppressed ere any material damage was done. This diabolical act led to much commotion. Watchers were appointed to .the eey means .adopted to n eighbouring farms and other r buildings in the place, and v de tect the villains, but i n vain, for on the following day (last Tuesday) the centre of the town was fired, and the destruction that followed was very extensive, and un happily caused the death of two parties who had cou rageously come forward to extinguiil the destructive element. Wh en discovered, the fire was raging on some thatched buildings at the back of the houses in the main street. It extended to the premises of Mr. Killing worth, watchmaker ' and those of Mr. Saul, junior, Mr. Saul, Miss Brooks Mr. John Field, Mr. John Lembrey, the Duke of York Inn, and numerous cottages tenanted by poor labouring families, nearly the whole of which were destroyed. In consequence of several persons be ing missed, the ruins were searched, when human life was found to have been sacrificed. Beneath were found the remains of William Scott, a labourer of Mr. Palmer, a farmer, and John Mason, a rat catcher, w h o seemed to have been killed by the falling of a wall upon them. Their bodies were conveyed to the parish church to await a coroner's inquest. It was midnight before the flames were got under. Up to the last accounts re ceived the perpetrators of these fiendish acts had not been traced. It is said that the Home -office have been communicated with on the subject, and several of the Metropolitan detective officers have been ordered to aid the local officers in promoting the capture of the guilty parties. ,lIARY. UST. Radcliffe Derby Egham.. 24 or 25 Eccles Lichfield 3C IMBER. LIEUT. KANES ARCTIC EXPEDITION. MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRA PHICAL AND STATISTICAL SOCIETY. 2 ( Front the New York Herald of Dec. 15.) Last evening, this society held its monthly meetings in the chapel of the University, Washington-square, the Hon. George Bancroft presiding. A very able and interesting paper was read by Pro fessor E. K. Kane, entitled "Access to an open Polar Sea by a North American Meridian." After the PRESIDENT had made a few remarks, Mr. KANE came forward, and introduced the subject of his discourse by observing, that the North Pole was re garded even by the geographers with that mysterious awe which enveloped the inaccessible and unknown. He then proceeded to explain the position of the North Pole, as shut out from us by a zone of ice, which formed a perma nent barrier ; he traced the efforts of early and recent navigators to make a passage through illustrating the entire from accurate maps and charts : he called attention to a remarkable feature in the ice-coast line—a marked indentation ashigh as lat. 80 deg., and 70 deg. east long. known as the " Old Ticking Bight." After following the immense investing body throughout the entire circuit, the doctor proceeded to show the strong presumption in favour of the existence of a North Polar Sea, or Polynya (a Russian term implying an open space. He then said with the sources of supply, it was evident that this sur charged basin must have an outlet, and pointed out three—Behrings's Straits, the estuaries of Hudson and Baffin's Bays, and the Greenland Sea. He showed the southward flow of ice and water, which in the Spitsbergen Straits flowed very strong and carried the vessels attempt ing to stem it back. All the facts went to prove that the Polar Basin was not only the seat of an active supply and discharge, but of an intestine circulation, in dependent of either ; while the inter-communication of whales between the Atlantic and Pacific, shown by Maury, proved directly that the two oceans were united. The doctor progeeded to adduce experiments of the temperature of water, and other facts, in support of the theory of a Polar open sea, and said—" But if any point between 75 deg. and 80 deg. —a range sufficiently wide to include all the theories —be regarded as the seat of the greatest intensity of cold, we may perhaps infer the state of the Polar Seas from the known temperatures of other regions equally distant with it from this supposed centre ; though, as the lines of latitude do not correspond with those of temperature, this must be done with caution. I have been engaged for some time in tracing out this class of deductions, and I find that they point to some interesting con clusions as to the fluidity of the region about the pole and its attendant mildness of the weather. Thus, for instance, at Cherie Island, surrounded by moving waters, but situated in as high a latitude as Melville Island, the seat of the greatest observed mean annual cold, the tem perature was found so mild throughout the entire Arctic winter that rain fell there on Christmas-day. 2. Barentz, a most honest and reliable authority, speaks of the in creasing warmth as he left the land to the north of 77 deg. The whalers north of the Spitzbergen confirm the saying of the early Dutch, that the Fisherman's Bight is as pleasant as the sea of Amsterdam. 3. Egedesminde and Rittenback—two little Danish and Esquimaux set tlements, on the west coast of Greenland, in lat. 70 deg., with a climate influenced by adjacent land masses, but, nevertheless, not completely icebound—have a mean annual temperature of—and are in the isothermal curve (summer curve) of-50, givirlg us a vegetation of coarse grasses and a few crucifers. 4. In West Lapland, as high as 70 deg., barley has been, and I believe is still grown, own though her e i s it s hi ghest nort h ern li m i t. If 80 deg. be our centre of minimum cold, the Pole at 90 deg. is at the same distance from it as this West Lapland limit of the growth of barley. So, with a little more sun, a few weeks longer, they might grow grain against the North Pole. But there are other arguments based upon known facts ; facts popularly recognised and di rect in their instructive bearings upon an open sea. The migration of animal life ! At the utmost limits of northern travel attained by man, hordes of animals of various kinds have been observed travelling still fur ther. The Arctic zone, though not rich in species, is teeming with individual life. Among birds, the swim mers, drawing their subsistenc e from open water, are predominant, the great families of ducks (anatince), auks (alcence), and procellarine birds (procellarince), throng the seas and passages of the far north, and even incubate in regions of unknown northerness. The eider duck has been traced to breeding-ground s as high as 78 deg. in Baffin's Bay ; and in conjunction with the Brent goose, seen by us in Wellington Channel, the loon and little auk pass in great flights to the northern waters beyond. The mammals of the sea—the huge cetacea, in the three great families, belenedw, delphinedm, phocid, repre sented by the whales, the narwhal, and beluga—the seal, and that strange marine pachyderm, the tusky walrus—all pass in shoals towards the northern waters. I have seen the white whale (delphinepterus beluga) passing up Wel lington Channel to the north for nearly four successive days, and that that t oo w hil e a ll aroun d us was a sea of broken ice. So with the quadrupeds of this region. • The equatorial range of the Polar bear (U. maritimus) is mis ceived by our zoologists. It is further to the north than we have yet reached, and this powerful beast informs us of the character of the accompanying life upon which he preys. The ruminating animals, whose food must be a vegetation, obey the same impulse or instinct of far northern travel. The reindeer (cerous Tarandus), al though proved by my friend, Lieutenant M'Clintock, to winter sometimes in the Parry group, outside of the zone of woods, comes down from the north in herds as startling as those described by the Siberian travellers, moving forest of antlers. The whalers of North Baffin's Bay, as high as 75 degrees, shoot them in num bers, and the Esquimaux of Whale Sound, 77 degrees, are clothed there with furs." The lecturer then men tioned that the Polar drift ice came first from the north. The breaking up, the thaw of the ice plain, did not commence in our so-called warmer south, but in regions to the north of those yet attained. In addition to this, we had the observations of actual travel. To penetrate the icy annulus and make the north-west passage had been favourite dreams since tie early days of ocean navigation ; yet up to this moment complete failure had attended every attempt. But the question of access to the Arctic Pole, the penetration to this open sea, is now brought again before us, not as in the days of Hudson, and Scoresby, and Parry, a curious problem for scientific inquiry, but as an object claiming philanthropic effort, and appealing thus to the sym pathies of the whole civilised world—the rescue of Sir John Franklin and his followers. The recent dis coveries by the united squadrons of De Haven and Penny, of Franklin's first winter quarters at the mouth of Wellington Channel, aided by the com plete proofs since obtained that he did not proceed to the east or west, render it beyond conjecture certain that he passed up Wellington Channel to the north. Here we have lost him ; and, save the lonely records upon the tombstones of his dead, for seven years he has been lost to the world. To assign his exact position is impossible. We only know that he has travelled up this land-locked chan nel, seeking thwobjects of his enterprise to the north and west. That he or some of his party are yet in exist ence, this is not the place to argue. Let the question rest upon the opinions of those who, having visited this region are at least better qualified to judge of its resources than those who have formed their opinions by the fire side." After speaking ofthe unsuccessful journeys of Penny Goodsir, Manson, and Sutherland, Dr. Kane said, "It is to announce another plan of search I am now before you, and as the access to the open sea forms the character istic feature, I have given you the preceding physical characteristic of the region in order to enable you to weigh properly its merits and demerits. It is in recogni tion of the important office which American geogra phers can perform towards promoting its utility and success that I have made the society the first recipient of the details and outlines of my plan. H. Grinnell, the first president, and now a vice president of this society, has done me the honour of placing at my dis position his vessel, the Advance, and the Secretary of the Navy has assigned me to 'special duty' for the con duct of the expedition. My plan of search is based upon the probable extension of the land masses of Greenland to the far north—a view yet to be verified by travel, but sustained by the analogies of physical geography. Green land, though looked upon by Gieseke as a congeries of islands, cemented by interior glaciers, is in fact a penin sula, and follows the general laws which have been re oognised since the days of Forster as belonging to pe ninsulas with a southern tend. Its abrupt truncated termination at Staaten-Hook is as marked as that which is found at the Capes of Good Hope and Horn of the two great continents —the Comorin of Peninsular India, cape, south-east of Australia, or the Gibraltar of Southern Spain. Analogies of general con tour, which also liken it to southern peninsulas, are even more striking. The island group, for instance, seen to the east of these southern points, answering to the Falkland Islands, Madagascar, C ey l on, New Zea land, the Bahamas of Florida, and the Balearrics of the coast of Spain, are represented by Iceland, off the coast of Greenland. It has been observed that all great penin sulas, too, have an excavation or bend inwards on their western side—a ' concave inflection' towards the interior Thus, South Americ a , b e t ween L ima and Vald * Africa, in the Gulf of G u i nea ; I ndia, in Camba avia Australia, in the Bay of N uges, are followed inYedreaenn land by the great excavation of Disco. Analogies of the same sort offer, when we consider those more im portant features of relief so pojaula r l foundly treated by P ro f essor Guyse. BLievyßelieving,tshoenp,r_ in such an extension of Greenland, and feeling that the search for Sir J. Franklin is best promoted by a course which will lead directly to the open se feeling, too, that the approximation of the meridians would make access to the west as easy from Northern Greenland as from Wellington Channel ; and access to the east far more easy—feeling, too, that the Highest protruding headland will be most likely to afford some trace of the lost party, I am led to propose and attempt this line .of search. Admitting su c h an extension of the lan d masses of Greenla n d t o the north, we have the follow i ng induce was induce ments for expl orat i on and researc h . Greenland was re lined by a couple of internal ranges o f m ountains sembling the Sh aw l s o f I n di a . The culminationoun of these strongly indicated their extension to a region far to the north. Th e l aw o f t h e gra dual decline of meridianal chains i s un i versal, an d g i ve presuptive evidence of his position. "1. Terra Firma as the basis of our operations, obvi ating the accidents characteristic of ice travel. "2. A due northern line, which, throwing aside the influen ce o f terrestrial radiation, would lead soon es t t o the open sea, s h ou ld such exist. "3. The b e nefit of the fanlike abutment of land on tliein its north face of Greenland to check the ice in the course of southernl or equatorial drift, thus obviating the drawback of - Parry, in his attempts to reach the pole by the Spitzbergen Sea. "4. Animal life to sustain travelling parties. "5. The co-operation of the Esquimaux, settlements of Greenlanders having been found as high as Whale Sounds, and probably extending still further along the coast. The point I would endeavour to obtain would be the highest attainable point of Baffin's Bay, from , if possible, pursuing the sound known as Smith's Sound, advocated by Baron Wrangell as the most eligible site for reaching the North Pole. "As a point of departure, this is '220 miles to the north of Beechy Island, the starting point of Sir Ed ward Belcher, and 70 miles north of the utmost limits seen or recorded in Wellington Channel. The party should consist of some 30 men, with a couple of launches, sledges, dogs, and gutta-percha boats. The provisions will be pemmican, a preparation of dried meat, packed in cases, impregnable to the appetite of the Polar bear. We shall leave the United States in time to reach the bay at the earliest season of navigation. The brig furnished by Mr. Grinnell for this purpose is admirably strengthened, and fully equipped to meet the peculiar trials of th e serv i ce. A f t er reaching t h e settlement of lYppernavik, we take in a supply of Esqui mau' dogs, and a few picked men to take charge of the sledges. We then enter the ice of Melville Bay, and, if successful in its penetration, hasten to Smith's Sound, forcing our vessel to the utmost navigable point, and there securing her for the winter. The operations of search, however, are not to be suspended. Active exercise is the best safeguard against scurvy ; and, although the dark ness of winter will not be in our favour, I am convinced that, with the exception perhaps of the solstical period of maximum obscurity, we can push forward our provision depots by sledge and launch, and thus prepare for the final efforts of our search. In this lam strengthened by the valuable opinion of my friend, Mr. Murdaugh, late the sailing-master of the Advance. He has ad vocated this very sound as a basis of land operations; and the recent journey of William Kennedy, com manding Lady Franklin's last expedition, shows that the fall and winter should no longer be regarded as lost months. The sledges, which constitute so important a feature of our expedition, a n d u pon which not only our success, but our safety will depend, are to be constructed with extreme care. Each sledge will carry the blankets, bags, and firs of six men, toge ther with a measured allowance of pemmican. A light tent of India-rubber cloth, of a new p a tt ern , will be added, b u t f or our nightly halt the main dependence will be the snow -house of the Esquimaux. It is almost in credible in the face of what obstacles, to what extent, a well-organised sledge party can advance. The relative importance of every ounce of weight can be calculated,- and the system of advanced depots of provisions organ ised admirably. Alcohol, or tallow, is the only fuel, and the entire cooking apparatus, which is more for thawing the snow for tea-water than for heating food, can be carried in a little bag. Lieutenant M'Clintock, of Commander Austin's expedition, tra velled thus 800 miles. The collective journeys of the expedition equalled several thousand ; and Baron Wrangell made by dogs 1,533 miles in 74 days, and this over a vast frozen ocean. But the greatest sledge journey upon record is that of my friend Mr. K en nedy, who accomplished nearly 1,400 miles, most of it in mid winter, without returning upon his track to avail hint' self of deposited provisions. His only food—and we may here learn the practical, esson of the traveller, t° avoid unnecessary baggage—was pemmican, an d his drily shelter the snow-house. It is my intention t° cover each , sledge with a gutta-percha boat—a con trivance which the experience of the English has shown to be perfectly portable. Thus equipped, we follow the tread of the coast, seeking the open water. Once there, if such a reward await us, we launch our little boats, and, bidding God speed us, embark upon its waters. (Applause.) Dr. HAKES said—l am sure that every one will join in the expression of sympathy felt by us all, as members of the great family of man, as well as American citizens, in the contemplated enterprise of the scientific and excellent gentleman who has so ably explained his views to us this evening. We cannot but feel that he has embarked in the cause of humanity, and should he ever reach that open sea which he so fondly anticipates, and there launch his little boat, sure I dm, and there is not a n American heart that will not join in the prayer, Ge t ' speed. Sir, I feel proud .of my countryman. He I ' o4 proved his claim to the respect of his coun t r ymen' whether he be cons id ere d as one w h o h as d evote d himself science, or in the nobl e as p ec t o f one w h o h a s (l i e" voted himself to the c a u se o f h uman it y. B ut, sir, value I express on behalf of the individuals before me, and especially of the members of the society, the senti ment, as it effects the society collectively, something els e has to be done. He has very correctly stated that the re' sources placed at the disposal of the expedition are to be religiously appropriated as our noble vice-president has designed. He has also most correctly stated that the advantages which may result to the cause of science, by a proper organised body of scientific explorers, may b e of immense benefit to the world ; but sure I am that v . ? shall all be proud if such an exploration should redound also to the scientific character of our country. We ar e but young as a society, and let us, then, go on and du our duty. I beg to offer the- following resolutions " Resolved,—That this society regards with grateful interest the exertions of the Secretary of the Navy in advancing the researches of physical geography an d of its attending sciences ; and that they especial tender to him their thanks for the liberality with which he has lent the aid of his department to the expedition destined for the Artic Seas.' "Re. solved—That the society appoint a committee of five to, devise means for promoting the scientific organisation of Dr. Kane's expedition, and that they be instructed to confer for that purpose with the honourable the Secre tary of the Navy, the United States Coast Survey, the Smithsonian Institute." Mr. ZIMMERMAN seconded the resolutions, which were carried unanimously, and proposed that a committee of five be appointed by the chair to carry them into effects which latter resolution was adopted. Dr. HAwicEs moved that the cordial thanks of this society be tendered to Dr. Kane for the very interesting and valuable paper communicated this evening, which was adopted. . _ After a few words from the CHAIRMAN, the meeting separated. COUNTRY MARKETS. KIRKCALDY—JAN. 8. - The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beaus. I First Second 29s Od 21s Od Os 0 1' Third ....... . Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 29s Od to Os Od. COAL MAR. Prices of Coal per ton at b s. d. Bate's West Hartley 18 0 Wall's End, &c. Raveusworth W. Hartley 18 6 Kepier 22 Northumberland E. lB 6 Ad e l a id e T ees 21 9 0 St. Helen's Tees 22 5 1 Sold 5. .ET—JArt. 10. le close of the market : J. A. Ship. at market SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-on" by the night—and 11L1 by the morning—dispatch.] Dawhen made up From what when COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due- Office, London. Dispatched. ____ __ America (byßrit.pack.N Jan. 14.......... 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