The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-24 00:00:00

LAW I GENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH—JAN. 22. ~)re Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle.) F.l QUEEN (ON THE PROSECUTION OF DR. ACHILLI) V. DR. NEWMAN. Mr. Baddeley followed Mr. Sergeant Wilkins on the une side, and concluded the case. Lord Campbell intimated that the Court would take me to consider their judgment. PREROGATIVE COURT.—JA...v. 22. (Before Sir John Dodson.) GILBERT (ADMINISTRATRIX) v. HAIIiMOND.—SINGULAR CASE. This was a matter of proof in solemn form of law ol will of Miss Margaret Creak, late of the city of ; and the probate was opposed by Mr. Ham 2-,,nd in right of his wife, who was cousin to the de e. sed and nearest of kin. The testatrix was a person of advanced years and of -nitric habits. In the year 1842, her sister Sarah, an old maid, and with whom she had resided, died, her a property amounting to upwards of 14,000/. ; -id from that period to the time of her own death, which recurred on the sth of June, 1850, she had lived aione. appears to have been very ignorant and of very refined tastes and conversation. Her reputed ti th had caused her to be much courted by a .eer of persons, who claimed to be her rela . and on market days they endeavoured to itiate her by presents of eggs and chickens, and tike rural offerings. The testatrix used very gra ,..cisly to receive these gifts, but she used always to ac t ) napany the act with a repudiation of her soi disant ingsfolk.. For many years before her death a neigh ! :a- of hers, Mr. Woolner, a chemist, was in the habit 'raying her great attention, and transacting her affairs her: and after her demise a will was propounded by .d, of which the following is a verbatim copy : " The last Will and Testament of me Margaret Creak the City of Norwich spinster. I bequeath to the i2ouseless in London Ireland and Scotland of each Fifty ouhds I give the following Legacies to Anne Colsey of 6. Andrew's Twenty Pounds to Ann Clarke of St. An rdw's Five Pounds five Shillings to Margaret Mills of Martin's Two pounds ten shillings to Mary Simpson T:verity-one shillings and to each of my relatives the sum. of one shillings if they prove it I leave all my real estate .for the purpose of building an Hospital for destitute, Foreigners (not under the age of Sixty eityht years) Men and Women The Men to wear blue C , ;ats and Trousers and yellow waistcoats and black ons—The women's dress to be purple stuff shot orange checked ap rons an d h an dk erchiefs. I wish a stone to be placed on the building—This Hospital was erected by the Misses Creaks of Saint Andrew's Nor wich. I leave all my personalls of whatever description to Mr. John Woolner of Norwich Druggist to whom I appoint Executor. "The following is a description of my property an Estate facing St. Andrews Hall Garden lately occupied by the Rev. Norris deceasei one lately occupied by Arr. John Mallett one by Mr. Joseph Colman .!. one by Mr. Lancelot Dashwood with a thorough fare opposite St. Michaels-place Churchyard a red br::,zed House facing the East End of St. Andrew's tur:.thyard occupied by Mr. Campbell houses occruied by Mr. Roberts the Town House Tavern pied by Mr. Stafford and now let to Youngs and - Leath Brewers King-street a red Bricked house occupied by Mr. John Staff Solicitor facing the North Side of St. A2ulrews Church and a red bricked corner house occu pied by myself Ann Colsey and Mr. Esam if these three houses should at any time be pulled down I request that they shall be rebuilt as they now are low and the fronts White Washed. Five house down to the Red Rion with rightaway to the Street a red bricked house facing the South of St. Georges now occupied by Mr. Skepper and Mr. Charles Daniells Cottages in Fishgate Street, St. Clements with a rightaway to the River the East Cot t:-,,ges in St. Augustines in a Yard called the boats Mans Call with privy and with a piece of ground attached. " Besides property in the Three and Three-and-Half per Cents. property in Gurneys' Bank and the East of _England Bank Norwich Mortgage on a house lately oc cupied by Mr. Charleswood facing the West end of St. Andrew's Church Yard Five hundred pounds in the Louse. "January 13th 1844 " MARGARET CREAK, " Witness "George Chatter, "surgeon. "John Hughes Hulme." The real estate left by the testatrix turned out to be worth about 5001. a year, and the person a lty amounte d to 30,000/. Wh en the disposition of the property be came known a great number of ramous imputing foul play to Mr. Woolner were put into circulation ; and they arpea.red to have had such an effect upon his mind that he committed suicide. The case set up on behalf of the next kin was that Miss Creak was a person of intoxi catod habits and had signed the will (which was in the hand Writing of Mr. Woolner), while she was not in a condition to understand its purport. On the other hand, there were various allegations in support of the docu ment ; amongst others a statement by Mr. Lancelot Dashwood to the effect that prior to 1842, he was a fa vourite of the deceased; but that having in that year rilnrrie'd contrary to her wishes she had become exceed -si,gly incensed at him. She called him a viper, and said that she meant to make Woolner a gentleman ; that he would see Woolner riding in his carriage; and that he would be glad to touch his hat to him. In 1849 Mr. Woolner havin g been a succe ss f u l can did ate f or a seat in t;,e city council, she appeared to be greatly pleased, and sent money out to a band before her door, whom she dared to play "See the conquering hero comes." A - , •riety of other circumstances in support of the will ,-e also proved in evidence. Ors. Jenner and Bayford appeared in support of Mrs. • )ert's claim, and the Queen's Advocate (with whom •„, Dr. Robertson) argued at great length against it. .--Ar John Dodson reserved his judgment. DARTFORD PETTY SESSIONS—Jan. 22. 03eFoi:e Sir P. H. Dyke, Bart., and J. Malcolm, Esq.) SMOKING IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES. Mr. William Curtis Edmonds, a gentleman, residing No: 4, Whitehall-place, Gravesend, and holding an al first-class season ticket on the North Kent Rail was summoned at the instance of the South :: -,tern Railway Company, for smoking tobacco while in a first-class carriage, contrary to one of the b , /-I.,we of the company, which we give in full for the inign 'nation of our readers. The clause is as follows : --" Smoking is strictly prohibited, both in the e: , criages and in the company's stations, and every is rsons persisting in smoking tobacco in a ear -1 or station, after being warned to desist by the guard in charge of the train, or any officer of the cora l- alpir, shall, in addition to incurring a penalty not ex c (..cling 405., be immediately, or, if travelling, at the first Gpportunity, removed from the company's premises." ler. Church attended, On behalf of the company, to prosecute the case. He said that in consequence of the extent in which smoking was now carried on on the North li..ent line, the directors had come to the determination to put a stop to it, and had accordingly given the n , ;cossary directions to the guards to watch. In this case the gentleman summoned, who did dot intend to (:ispnte the fact, was travelling in a first-class carriage, orl the North Kent line, on the night of the 20th of becemher last, and was observed by the guard of the train to be smoking between Erith and Gravesend, ::std he was told on the train stopping at one of the stations to put the cigar out. Defendant apparently did so, tut as soon as the train had started again, the .I:;:_zard discovered that he was still smoking, and an in formation against him under the company's bye-law was ({eyed "to be laid. The bench said the practice was increasing, to the ' .. rs2ftt annoyance of all the passengers, especially ladies, ,:“1 the chairman observed he could not get ladies to ra ; el by this line. phurch also said that the defendant had called up.,n him last evening, stating that he intended to admit the offence, and requested that the full penalty might rot b e pressed, but as he (Mr. Church) had not had an l?ppr)rtunity of consulting the directors, he must leave it Mt the discretion of the bench. 2,1 r. Edmonds here said that no one was in the car alai. 1 he thought he might he did not wish Lo (-LAl:Rite-the fact that he did so. P.llonds was ultimately fined 10s., and the ex- Pe l ;"es ias., which he immediately paid. ,Church requested thit half the penalty,' which went to the informer might be applied to the poor-box. mcitiey was tI la the court.--.......2L_Kent8-! mercury. e y handed over to a poor woman POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Lee, a solicitor, of Regent-square, Gray's-inn-road of the sum of 701. It will be necessary to mention that on the former occasion, the eviden ce wen t t o s h ow t h at, i n 1846, Mr. Lee called at the office of Mr. G. Lewis, of Barnard's-inn, and there met the prisoners and Mr. John Mynd Cooke, a solicitor, practising in the same office. Mr. Cooke, who had since turned theatrical manager in the provinces, represented to Mr. Lee that a client of his, of the name of Francis Gibbons, was desirous of selling a judgment obtained against Lord George Loftus for 5531. 35., prior to his lordship's insolvency ; but, as he (Mr. Cooke) was about to file a bill in Chancery against the present Marquis of Ely, and the trustees of the late marquis to recover the sum of of 10,000/., due to Lord George Lof tus, the younger son, under the marriage contract be tween the late marquis and his marchioness, in which the late marquis covenanted that he would insure his life for 10,000/. in favour of each of his children, but, having omitted to fulfil that part of the contract, Lord George Loftus was seeking to recover that sum from the estate, and, if he succeeded, value would accrue to the judgment in question, and there would then be a handsome divi dend for the whole of the creditors. Upon this statement and the urgent persuasion of King, Mr. Lee agreed to purchase the assignment of the judgment debt, and accor dingly, at different periods within a few months, in the year 1846, he paid the amount of 601. to Mr. John Mynd Cooke and the prisoner King, who on both occasions prac tised under the names of both Lewis and Cooke. But within the last few months circumstances came to the know ledge of Mr. Lee that led him to suspect the assignment deed was a forgery, and that there was no " Francis Gibbons," and subsequent inquiries confirmed his suspi cions, and he at once gave the prisoners into custody on the above charges, when they were remanded till to-day, and a summons having been served on a carver and gilder of the name of John Hildebrand, requiring him to attend, Mr. Lewis then stated that he was in a position to prove that that person. (Hildebrand) was the party who actually forged the signature of " Francis Gibbons," and it was therefore his intention not to take his evi dence as a witness, but to place him in the dock and charge him with the other prisoners. John Hildebrand was then given into custody, and placed at the bar on the charge of forgery, and the fol lowing additional evidence was called : Thcimas Walibanks said—l reside at 32, Hatfield street, and am the secretary to the Cabriolet Company. In the year 1846 I was ostensibly clerk to Mr. G. Lewis, of Barnard's-inn. Sir P. Laurie—Tell me what you mean by " ostensi. bly" clerk. Witness—l was clerk in reality to Mr. King, the pri soner, who was clerk, and practised in the name of Mr. Lewis. I have seen Hildebrand at Mr. Lewis's-office. I did not see the assignment deed executed. The call-book is principally in my handwrittng, and the entries on the 17th and 19th of August, 1846, were written by me. ' The name of "Francis Gibbons," entered as ha v i ng ca ll e d on those days, was wr itt en by me at King's request. Hildebrand was at the office on that day, but I never saw a Mr. Gibbons there. I always supposed Hildebrand was Gibbons. I believe I was at the office on the 22d of August, the date of the assignment. The prisoners were there. I recollect Hildebrand coming out and saying he had signed a deed in the name of " Francis Gibbons," and he hoped it was all right. He asked me if it was, and I told him I knew nothing of the matter. The deed is in Wyatt's handwriting ; but I be lieve he left the room before it was executed. I know Hildebrand's handwriting, and believe the signature of " Francis Gibbons," attached to the assignment," to be his writing. Mr. Lewis then offered to put the deed in as evidence, but Mr. Wood objected to its admission until it was duly proved. Sir Peter Laurie said he did not care about the deed being proved ; he should have it read. Witness (cross-examined)--I have gone by the name of Thomas William Charnock ; but that is twenty or thirty years ago, and I have changed my name for pri vate reasons. Wm. Jackson said —I am clerk to the prosecutor. This morning I made inquiry from one end of Piccadilly to the other, to ascertain if Mr. Francis Gibbons had lived there in 1846, but without success ; no such per son was known there at that time. Mr. Lee stated he had also inquired with the same result, the deed of assignment having described " Francis Gibbons," as " of Piccadilly, gent." The prisoners were then committed for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. CLERKENWELL.—An abandoned woman, named Harris, was charged with most inhuman and unprovoked cruelty to a very small-sized spaniel dog. It appeared, from the evidence of an officer of the E division, and another . witness, that at midnight they heard on a sudden, near Mableton-place, New-road, the piteous cries of a dog, and on looking about they saw the prisoner jumping upon and kicking a little spaniel. They hastened towards her, and seized her as soon as possible, and asked the reason of her brutality, when she replied, that the animal being her own, she could do as she liked with it, and dared them to interfere in the matter. As, however, she was drunk, and the poor dog was bleeding and writhing in agony, they took her into custody. The dog was produced in court, and, notwithstanding it had been bathed with warm water, and had oth er necessary and useful remedies applied, its head was dreadfully disfigured, and its extremities seemed so paralysed that it could not walk. The prisoner said in her defence that she had been drinking, and had no recollection of ill-using the animal. Mr. Tyrwhitt indignantly observed that he had heard of many brutal acts in that court by females, but the one before him was the most revolting of all. Any expression of his abhorence to such cruelty would fall as pearl before swine to such a monster as the accused, whom he sentenced to a fine of 31., or two months' hard I labour. The prisoner seemed surprised at the judgment she so richly deserved. MEXICAN DEBT. . . The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have issued their report preparatory to the general meeting to be held at the London Tavern, on Wednesday next, the 26th inst., which contains - a clear exposition of all mat ters connected with the foreign debt of Mexico. It is divided into three sections :-1. The arrears on the old bonds ; 2. The current interest on the new bonds ; and 3. Various other matters of a mixed nature. With regard to the arrears of interest, it appears that out of the $2,500,000 assigned to the foreign creditors out of the American indemnity money, there has been paid to the bondholders 514,3371. 17s 6d, leaving an amount of 13,1071. to be still called for, against which Messrs. Baring Brothers hold a balance of 16,848/. The account will be closed in August next. The financial agent has in addition paid 2 per cent. to the certificate holders. The general result as respects the arrears is .this :—that the committee, after distributing 71. 3s. per 1001. stock —settling all claims on them—and p r o v idi ng f or a ll ex penses to the Ist September next, will still have at their disposal for distribution among the certificate holders —An eventual balance at Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., of 3,7411. 13s. sd. ; a balance at the Bank of England of 8,7541. 4s. ; $70,000 expected by next packet from Mr. Escandon, say 14,000/. ; to gether, 26,4951. 17s. sd. ; or a b out s s. 2 d . per 1001. ; and that the claims which they are still prosecuting on the Mexican Government, and on Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, amount to about $900,000 or 355. per 1001. more, which must, however, be considered very doubtful. As regards the current interest on the new bonds, it seems that the speedy payment of the two overdue half yearly, dividends of July 1, 1852, and the Ist inst., depends on the success of the application which the Mexican Government has made to Congress for an aid 9f $1,300,000, but that the best measures practicable have been taken for the future due collection, safety, and regu lar remittance of the revenue of the bondholders. In spite of continual and urgent applications for accounts, none have been received as yet which would enable the com mittee to say what the produce of the revenues of the bondholders has actually amounted to either in 1851 or in 1852, or how much of the produce of last year is now available for the payment of the two overdue dividends. The only amounts at present realised are in this country, in the hands of Messrs. Baring Brothers & Co., $112,538 75c. ; in Mexico, principally in the ports of the Pacific, about $79,300 ; together $191,438 75c. There is, be sides, in the hands of the agents, a certain amount of duty bills which will become due in time for the next July dividend, to which they properly belong. So far as, in the absence of proper accounts, it is possible to form an estimate of the produce of the revenues assigned to the foreign debt, for the lost two years, it appears that those revenues, even at present, produce sufficient to pay a dividend of about 2 per cent. per annum, and that the whole annual deficiency to make up 3 per cent. is only $600,000. The aid of $1,300,000, for which the Minister of Finance has now applied, is in fact the amount of this deficiency for the last two years. Under the third section of the report the committee mention that the fact of the Deferred Bonds having been shut out from conversion of 1846, forms one of the grievances on which they memorialised the Foreign office on the 9th August last, and have since taken measures to obtain, if possible, redress for this class of bondholderi without any further delay. With respect to the prospect of the bondholders obtaining a free grant of public land in Senora as some acknowledgment of the great and repeated sacrifices to which the foreign credi tors have submitted in the several regulations of the tBatl yeonTider re t P o lY b: debt, th e committee are unable to give by any means a he sfact t v h e e ry c d h o a u n b c tf e u o l. f obtaining the grant :4ASSION-110ITSE.---irthur , er the following circumstances :- Whelby was charged , J r.ohn Gibbons, W. Gibbons, of the h ouse of Watson, -, 3, and said--The p r i soner was in our em rinent •as an entry-clerk. His duty wary to come and up all the letters to be sent by post at 5 o'clock. In sequence of the extraordinary disappearance of pst :tamps, I made an arrangement with one of our ks, ind I marked 240 postage stamps, and put them „ hbx. He had 90 letters to put into the post, and !Ind - that there was a deficiency of 40 stamps. I 1 s6veral of the marked stamps a b ou t hi m. Re upon 0. apprehended, that he h o p e d I would bein e , vo him.' lc prisoner was remanded. Mr. t klexander Smith, a lodging-house keeper, ap pcared before the Lord Mayor for the purpose of corn piaiuing on the part of three ICaffirs, who had been em pto:rred in C remorne G ar dens, and other places of amuse io,•nt iz the metropolis, as exhibitionists, against the geritle;A n who brought them over to this country, as a violat“ of his contract with them. "Nrr. Ainith said the Africans had been engaged to come to at a bull oc k a mon th for twelve months by a gogtthloaii, who regularly entered into an agreement to Pay that money to them, and to return them to Africa ,t t „ rxrat time io n of that term. He at theisame tit 11)13101 it t that a v i o l ent assault had been committed t - hat 743'aof on o of the Africans, and he stated many rdst anc ,, g, whi c h, p l aced together, induced his Say that he consid ere d the subject ought to gated i n the strictest manner upon a future oc- pan examination *poll the subject in a v days, GUILDHALL.— TV. H. King, c'f 'Winchester , 7,lce. Ppntonville, and .T. Wyatt,. of 83', Rang-str'eet, Winchester ..n) described in the police-sheet aa attorn e s' Arks, Were placed at the bar for final examination Yon he charge of forgery and conspiracy to clefraaem.r. D ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT h ED I e vi nan o st e AY.—Throughout the .• ceding day the magistrates investigating one of th time, extraordi robbery, that een recor MURDER.—HULL, SATUR lonfhuymesatneradnayd, a a n t d th th e the pre police have been engaged murder, coupled coupled with was returning Mrs. Duffill, an appe extraordinary a ttempts to has ever been on Tuesday evening l wife, of Beverley, last train. All ' • the oti t o l n lis a returnin,g from ' passengers excepting one man, who sat in did. After the train bad been some persons near the line heard female'sam some one a thief, and these were innkeeper'sa appears tha t tofewvin. minutes y nu t t l e i s e fni voice calling cries of got out at Cottingham, t i h n e same carriage as she help and murder, all proceeding from the same b They followed as fast as they could, an d ae saw something thrown from the train, ing the spot found the lady in question lying by cries the side and fancied u the eyonthreach of the rail, quite insensible. She was taken to a close by, and the next day, it being found who she was, re moved home, where she lies without any hopes of re covery, being suffering from concussion of the brain. Although she had a large sum when she left home, not a penny was left in her possession when picked up. Upon the train slackening at Beverley the fellow jumped out and made off, nothing being then known at the sta tion of the matter. A milkman of . Beverley has been taken on sus pi c i on , and held to bail. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN ING, JANUARY 24, 1853. tendant of the dockyard during the week, in the absence of Commodore Henry Eden on leave. ROYAL ARTILLERY. The following General Order has just been promul• gated "Deputy Adjutant-General's Office, Woolwich, Jan. 20, 1853. "His lordship the Master-General has been pleased to appoint Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., to be his secretary. H. D. ROSS, Deputy Adjutant-General." LONDON AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY. Among the schemes recently proposed for accommo. dating London with railways is one by Mr. P. M. Par sons, C.E., under the above title. He proposes to con struct a main line of railway from Brentford to the Blackwall Railway, near the Fenchurch-street station. It is to commence by a junction with the London and South-Western Railway at Brentford, passing in an easterly direction near Turuham-green and Chiswick, and so on to Hammersmith and the West London Railway (which will connect the proposed line with the Great Western and London and North-Western Railways), along the south side of Kensington -road to Brompton, and the lower part of Chelsea and Pimlico ; crossing the Vauxhall-bridge road, it is to pass close to the new Bridewell and across Victoria-street, through a low part of Westminster ; thence, crossing the south end of Great George-street, King-street, and Parliament-street to the bank of the Thames between the Board of Control and Richmond -terrace. From this point he proposes to continue the main line along the river on a viaduct and an embankment, by an easy curve passing close against the inside of the first pier of Hungerford-bridge and under the first arch of Waterloo-bridge, enclosing the space intended for a grand central station, comprised in the bend of the river between its north bank and the pier of Hunger ford-bridge. The line then rises to a high level and passes over the foot of Blackfriars and Southwark bridges, crosses Kin.. William-street, Fish-street-hill, Pudding-lane, BotolA-lane, St. Mary-at-hill, Great Tower-street, Mincing-lane, and Mark-lane, and forms a junction with the Blackwell and West India Dock Junction Railways, communicating by them with the Eastern Counties and Great Northern Railways. He also proposes to make a branch from the main line be low Southwark-bridge to the South-Eastern, North Kent, and Greenwich Railways, by means of a skew bridge across the river, which would certainly be no ornament to it, and a viaduct passing round Alderman Humphrey's warehouse, St. Saviour's Church, and across the Borough and St. Thomas's-street to the Brighton, South-Eastern, and other railways near Lon don-bridge. The portion of the main line between Westminster and the city would be constructed with four lines of rails—two for the short or local traffic, and two for the traffic from the existing railways. In the construction of the viaducts on land he proposes to build the piers with openings in the centre, about a third of the total width of the viaduct, arched over at right angles to the main arches, so as to form with them a series of groined arches, in the spaces on each side between the piers, admitting of handsome shops beinc , built, the fronts inwards, and in a line with the inside face of the piers, and forming with them arcades under the line of railway, and direct communication between leading streets and thoroughfares, as well as from them to the stations on the line. The viaduct for carrying the line along the bank of the river would be formed by iron girders, supported on iron columns placed at distances of about 150 feet apart. The columns would rest on piers formed by sinking iron cylinders, and filling them with concrete brickwork, and mason r y, s t an di ng sl i ghtly above high-water Mark. The principal wharfs on the banks of the river are comprised between a point about midway between Waterloo and Blackfriars'-bridges and Allhallows:lane, along which the line is to be carried at an elevation varying from eighty-five feet to fifty feet above the level of high water leaving ample romi. for barges or any mas t e d vessels' that could pass under the bridges, to be brought under the viaduct alongside the wharfs. The intended skew-bridge across the river for connecting the line with the Brighton and South- Eastern Railways, as well as the proposed branch across the river to the South-Western at Batter sea, to be constructed on the same principle as th• viaduct, but in spans of not less than 250 feet. On part of the scheme is the formation of a central station near Charing-cross for the accommodation of passengers to and from all the metropolitan railways. The total area of the station would be about 18 acres, exclusive of about 44 acres of the enclosed space on the river before referred to, intended for a floating basin to accommodate the wharfs between the Adelphi and Waterloo-bridge, and the traffic of the proposed railway. The principal facade of the central station would be in Great Scotland yard,,,,in the rear of Northumberland-house. The front age would be about 800 feet, with numerous entrances and exits, with separate entrances and platforms for the various railways. The estimated cost of the station is 245,3001., and the return, at Id. per passenger for the use of it, 7 per cent, on the outlay. Mr. Parsons esti mates the total cost of the proposed main line and branches at 2,809,5111., the gross revenue at 451,2561., and the net revenue, after de ducting 40 per cent. for working expenses, 2 70,753/., or 9.63 per cent. per annum. The estimate for the pur chase of land, construction of works, &c., for th e port i on of the line from B ren tf or d t o King William-street, City, amounts to 1,769, 797/. ; the grosfrevenue to 305,8711.; and the net revenue, 183,5251., Or 10.38 per cent. per annum on the outlay. The extension thence to the 13Iackwall Railway is estimated to cost 538,0541.; the gross revenue, 48,6671.; and the net revenue, 29,200/., or 5.42 per cent. Thl cost of the branch to the Brigh ton and South-Eastern ail ways is estimated at 267,848/.; the gross revenue at 38,473/.; .and the net revenue, 23,0841., or 8.62 per cent. per annum. The cost of the branch to the South-Western Railway, at Battersea, is estimated at 160,8541.; the gross revenue at 25,4691.; and the met revenue at 15,2811., or 9.5 per cent. per annum. The cost of the branch to the West London, or Punch's Railway, is stated at 74,9571.; the gross revenue at 32,7741.; the net revenue, 19,6641., or 26.2 per cent. per annum. COMMUNICATION. BETWEEN GUARDS AND ENGINE-DRIVERS. The directors of the London and North-Western Railway have, during the last few days been engaged in discussing a m ong o th er subjects, that of communica tion between guards and engine-drivers, with a view to the prevention of accid en t s if poss ib le in future. This discussion has arisen in consequence of the melancholy event which has recently taken place at Oxford. Amongst the plans proposed are three from Mr. Varley, of Shef field, namely, one for communicating intelligence be tween the guard and engine -driver of railway trains ; another for an improvement on the skids of the ordinary brakes now in use, acting instantaneously on the four wheels of the brake van, and a new and powerful body brake, acting either at the centre or at the end of the brake van or carriage. With respect to the communica tion between guard and engine-driver, the plan con sists of a small but strong flat chain connected with an apparatus at the corner of the brake van, through which it descends and passes into an iron tube or groove attached to the underneath part of the carriage. At each end of the tube are affixed two small perpendicular and one horizontal roller, against which the chain plays freely when in motion. This chain proceeds through the whole extent of the carriages in the train, and is finally attached to a whistle fixed in the boiler of the engine; on which it acts powerfully and instantaneously when pulled by the guard. The use of the r o ll ers i s of the utmost service when a long .train is rounding a corner, as, from the freedom of action which is th ere b y given to the chain when put in motion, no snore force is required by the guard than when used under or di nary c i rcumstances. Any number of carriages may be attached to a train on arriving at 0. station without in the least disturbing the arrangement of the connecting chain. In the event of the couplings breaking and dividing the train, the very accident acts upon the communication chain, which blows the whistle, and thereby conveys to the engine driver the fact that something wrong has happened. The second part of . the invention accomplishes in one turn that which, ir! the present brakes, requires ten turns, and will, t herefor, stop a train in one tenth of the resen time, and it acts on the four .wheels of it the. brake van. The third, or " body break," as . . !s denominated, consists of a sledge," hay ingjour divisions on each ride of the vehicle, covering in length six feet of the metals on both sides of the line, Theng its bearings on th e &our corners of th e carr i age. governors regulate the Motion of the apparatus, so as to prevent the possibility of the carriage wheels, under any circumstances, being lifted off the metals. It is worked by the guard turning a screw at the top of the break, which instantly brings down the sledge on th e metals, and th ere b y produces a great resisting and equal ising power on each side of the rails, and acting forcibly, without in the least nipping or laying hold of the metals, sliding on the line for a short distance, but so as not momentarily to stop the train. The sledge may be made of iron, wood, and other substances. In consequence of the number of other lines running into the North- West ern line proper, the directors of the London and North- Western Comp an y h ave resolved to communicate with all other rail way companies running on their line, to ascertain how far they may be disposed to concur in any plans for effecting the object intended. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—An accident attended with a good deal of damage occurred on this line a day or two since. It appears that the luggage train on the day in question arrived safely as far as Bath, which place it left for Bristol about eleven o'clock. Shortly after the train passed Prix-ash-bridge, and at about two miles distance from the Keynsham station, the axle of one of the trucks broke, and several of the carrians were thrown off the rails. As soon as the engine -driver discovered what had happened, he did his utmost to stop_the train, but before its impetus could be overcome some of the carriages ploughed up the line for the distance of nearly half-a-mile, the sleepers were cut asunder, and a good deal of other damage was done. Five or six other carriages, laden with heavy blocks of stone, grain, and other goods, broke loose from their couplings, were thrown down the embankment, and deeply embedded in the soil of the field below. The engine was dispatched to Bristol with intelligence of the disaster, and due preparations were taken to prevent danger to any of the passenger trains. A large body of workmen were sent to the spot, and they at once set to work in clearing the line, which was not accomplished till nearly three o'clock in the afternoon. Yesterday the trucks which were hurled over the embankment were also remoVed. We should state that fortunately no person in the train was injured. The van in which the guard rode did not get off the rails. NA VA. , ENCE. Although it has been " confirmed" by the Ministerial journals that "Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., for merly one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and late member for the borough of Greenwich, has been appointed secre tary to Lieutenant-General Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Master- General of the Ordnance," we cannot help believing that there is some mistake in the announcement. It cannot surely be that a flag officer of the navy has accepted the subordinate office of secretary to a general officer of the army, and that flag officer an ex-Lord of the Admiralty, and very likely again to be a member of the board. It must be the son of Admiral Stewart, Commander Houston Stewart, who has resigned the command of the Virago, steam-sloop, in the Pacific, and now on his way home, who has, through the - interest of his uncle, the Duke of Somer set, been appointed secretary to the Master-General of the Ordnance. The death vacancy of the command of the Highflyer, 24, screw-corvette, poor Captain Matson's ship, has been given to Commander Heathcote (1849), of the Cumberland, 70, flag-ship, in the West Indies ; and the commander's vacancy has been given to Sir George Sey mour's flag lieutenant, now Commander Kynaston (1842.) Mr. Edward Stubbs, who is too young an officer to have his name on the Navy List, having passed in seamanship only a few weeks, has been promoted to the lieutenant's vacancy. The Board of Admiralty, as usual for many years past, transact business at Somerset-house weekly.— Herald. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 22 The Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, Commander James N. Strange, arrived at Spithead this day at one p.m., from Falmouth and Plymouth. A few days prior to her leaving the first-named port she had been successful in picking up between 40 and 50 blue-jackets ; and on touching at Ply mouth she obtained an additional number from the Queen. The Agamemnon, 91, screw Dine -of-battle ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, at Sheerness, being short of her com plement, the Archer was signalled this evening to proceed to that port. We may expect her return about Tuesday, when she will in all probability come into harbour for re pairs, her engine department being somewhat troublesome, and out of order. The Rodney, 92, Captain Charles Graham, has taken out her shot and shells, and will come into the Angle Dock, on Tuesday, to have her bottom cleaned and examined. The Leopard, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, was brought down from her berth off Hardway this evening by the Echo, steam-tug, and placed alongside the Campordown, receiving -hulk. She will go into dock to have her bottom cleaned. The Fairy, Royal yacht, screw-tender, Master Comman der Welch, has been hauled into the south dock to do some trifling repairs to her valves, and to receive another coating of Mr. Hay's composition on her bottom preparatory to her fit out for the season. The Medina, 4, steam-racket, Lieutenant Commander Reynolds, left on Friday night for Woolwich to be paid off. The Basilisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. F. 7.4erion, at Spithead, is_ reported to return to the West India station. If this be correct, we trust a survey will be held upon her, as we are informed the heat in her engine room is intolerable , notwithstanding additional scuttles have been cut. The freight ships Andromache, Lady Clark, and Anna Maria have been taken up to convey the 57th Regiment from Cork to Corfu. It is reported that accommodation for 4,000 additional troops is to be provided in this 'garrison and Gosport, and that a troop of Royal Horse Artillery is to be quartered at Chichester. The Swift, 6, Commander Aldha . m, sailed from Spithead last night for Devonport, to be paid off. Two very fine ships of 800 or 900 tons, called the Roman Emperor and Marion, chartered by the Government, are expected shortly at this port to convey the 85th Regiment to the Mauritius. They will embark the troops from the dockyard. We shall much regret the departure of this highly-disciplined and well-conducted body of men, as well as their most splendid and unequalled band. Upwards of 100 merchant vessels have again left the Mo therbank to try and get out of the Channel. The wind is well up to the northward, and quite keen enough for a fall of snow. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 23. A British two-decked ship-of-war was reported to the west of the Eddystone, two leagues outside, at 10.40 this morning, going up Channel, with a fine northerly breeze, under all royals, topgallant-sails and topsaP.s, and square mainsail, with a white ensign at her peak. St. Jean D'Acre, screw line-of-battle ship, is rapidly progressing. There are at present above 450 artificers at work' n her. She will be launched early in March. The following is to be her armament Guns. Cwt. Ft. Lower deck 2O ... 8-inch 65 ... 9 0 long. Ditto l6 ... 32-pounder 56 9 6 „ Main ditto 8 ... 8-inch 65 ... 9 0 „ Ditto 2B ... . 32-pounder 56 ... 9 6 „ Upper ditto 2B ... 8-inch 65 ... 9 0 „ Ditto pivot 1 ... 95 ... 10 0 „ Total 100 guns and 1 pivot. SHEERNESS, JAN. 23, The Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, Captain Sir T. Maitland. The two new glands for the hydraulic lifts of the screw-propeller have been substituted for the original ones of lighter construction, and on trial have proved to be perfectly satisfactory. The ship is expected to proceed to the Nore on Thursday next. The Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, Captain Charles G. E. Patey.—The master of this ship, Mr. William J. B. Hilliard, has been sent round to Devonport to obtain vo lunteer petty officers and able-seamen. Several petty officers and able-seamen have volunteered for this ship from the Phaeton. The Barracouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander George Parker.—Mr. Samuel W. K. Freeman, the master of this sloop, has been sent to Devonport to enter petty officers and able-seamen. About 25 smart petty officers and able-seamen have volunteered from the Phaeton, with the understanding that their leave would be extended to two months if required, as in the case of the Amphion. The Rhadamanthus, 4, paddle-wheel steam-transport, Master-Commander John Belam, arrived here on Friday afternoon last, front Woolwich, for Portsmouth and Devon port yards. She brought three able seamen for the Rattle snake (which completes her complement), and after com municating with the port authorities, the Rhadamanthus left immediately. She is expected to return here with stores and volunteers from Devonport and Portsmouth. The Rattlesnake, Commander Henry Trollopo.—Stores, provision, &c., principally consisting of beef, pork, and Hogartles, preserved meats, and bread, have arrived here from Deptford for this vessel. She will go out of dock on the 27th inst., and remain in the basin to complete her loading afloat, in order to ascertain her draught, it being doubtful whether she will be able to stow all the stores intended for her. The entire lower deck is appro priated for stowage. Captain Trollops and all the officers appear to vie with each other in superintending the inter nal fitment of this vessel for for the permanent comfort of the ship's company. The officers, having had such nume rous applications for entry, have had the opportunity of selecting the men, and she has a very smart; crow, and bids fair to be a happy ship. The Phaeton, 50, Captain George Elliot.—There has not been an instance here; in the memory of the oldest rigger, of a frigate having in so shor;: a time been carefully stripped and all her stores returned to the yard. The crew, strictly speaking, have only been engaged for that purpose three consecutive days, working nine hours per day, making a total of 27 hours actual working. The work ltas been carried on under the directions of First Lieutenant Matthew Conelly, Lieutenant Cooper P. Coles, and Mr. John Kellock, the master, carrying on the duties of returning stores to their respective departments in the yard. The ship's crew were all ready as far as return of stores, &c., yesterday morning, for paying off. It is currently reported that the Nankin, 50 guns, now lying at Chat ham, will shortly be commissioned by Captain George Elliot ; if such be the case, very few of the blue jackets would volunteer for any other ship. The sailing qualities of the Phaeton during the commission have been tested on 39 trials of sailing by the wind and 20 running free, and in all these trials she was unquestionably the best sailer on all points. The Pl. aeton has always been the first ship of the squadron, the Arethusa invariably the second on a wind. The speed of the former has been by far the greater. The Phaeton weathered on the Arethusa, with a little sea on, 2,410 fathoms, in three hours 20minutes ; in smooth water 2,420 fathoms in 4 hours 20 minutes ; in a little swell, 3,420 fathoms, in 5 hours 45 minutes ' • in a moderate sea, 1,420 fathoms i n 4 h ours . The chisesttrial of sailing with these two ships was a trial off th° wind and little swell. The trial lasted 6 lours and 30 minutes, when the Phae ton boat by 50 f a t' ioms . We h o p e shortly to see this splendid frigate again commissioned, and as smartly manned as at present. No difficulty would be found in getting her manned in a few days, either here or at any other port, such is the opinion o f her, although most of her crew say, " Give us our old officers, and we would fear nothing afloat." Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, of the Agamemnon, mus tered the officers and crew of the ships in commission yes terday, except the Waterloo and Monarch, they being mustered by their respective officers in command. WOOLWICH, JAN. 22. Sir James Graham, First Lord, and several of the mem bers of the Board of Admiralty from Whitehall, attended at Somerset-house to-day, and wore occupied to a late hour in going through the navy estimates for 1853-54. The re port of the committee which recently assembled at the Ad miralty, to take evidence and report on the best means of managing the navy, is still in the hands of the secretary to the committee, and it will occupy him for some time before it is completed. While the decision of the committee is unknown as regards the future allowances and comforts which are expected by seamen, that class have a great re luctance to enter into any of the new vessels now in com mission. On the contrary, numerous instances have occurred, within the last few weeks, of able seamen paying their passages to Australia, for the sole purpose of engaging at the high rate of wages now offered by many of the vessels in the mercantile navy to navigate them home or to foreign ports—a proof that the deamen of the present day are more calculating than the thoughtless and generally improvident seamen of former periods of naval service. Under these changed circumstances in the character of sailors it will be requisite to adopt some effi cient means to induce them to enter and remain in the Royal Navy. The Hastings, 72, formerly flag-ship of the late Rear- Admiral Austen, on the East India station, and at present commanded by Captain Francis W. Austen, was to leave Trincomalee on the 18th of November, 1852, for England that ship having been in commission since April, 1848. The Winchester, 50, Captain Granville G. Loch, C. 8., sent out to relieve the Hastings, will be the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Fleetwood renew, IC.C.H., appointed commander-in-Chief of the naval forces in the East Indies station. It is not correct, as has been stated in some quarters, that Captain Fitzgerald is to be Flag Captain to Sir F. B. R. Pellew, as the latter officer is not allowed the privilege of appointing the captain of his flag-ship. He will on his arrival in India hoist his flag, red at the mizen, on board the Winchester, and, unless he be per mitted to continue in the command at that station as a vice-admiral, being only three from that list, Sir Fleet wood Pellew's command will be of short duration. The Prometheus, 5, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of 200- horse power, Commander Henry R. Foote, arrived at Woolwich to-day, after two years and eight months' ser vice on the west coast of Africa station. Previous to her arrival at Woolwich she had called at Portsmouth to de liver her dispatches, and remained only about two hours to take a sufficient supply of coals to bring her•round to this port. At an early hour this morning she landed her pow der at Purfleet, and on coming up the river landed her shells at the Royal Arsenal At the dockyard, Mr. Taplin, second assistant to the chief engineer, went on board, and she then ran down the river again as fax as Long-reach, that ho might be able to report on the state of her engines, which are said to be in a very good condition. She has brought home a quantity of ivory and gold dust, valued at 10,000/. Captain Frederick Bullock has been acting as Superin. DL'. NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 20.—The lace trade has lately ex perienced an increased demand for some kinds of goods, which we trust may be continued. Amongst orders for other articles for shipment, is a fair inquiry for curtains. The price of goods and yarn is not changed. The hosiery business continues good, and the cotton glove branch is said to be mending. Nearly every other branch is still in a flourishing condition, as orders, both for the home and colonial market, are large. There is not any alteration in the price of yarn. Nottingham Journal. LEICESTER, JAN. 20.—Notwithstanding the advance of y tshe net f a , yarn nn t hecy but bs hr f h h a n a h n da ds sock bo ce h ke a be relieved ea b i ec e vh n e de suspended u b s p y e ns continue d h e i pd shipping a ng t go t o he orders.e, pre sent, r n e and Yarns are firm, but in limited demand. The cotton de mand continues good, and the wool market continues its upward appearance.—Leicester Journal. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds _Mercuryof Saturday.) The tendon market for wool ha:s been very steady, and there is a fair business in most descriptions of foreign and colonial. The public sales are expected about the 10th of next month. Probably 30,000 to 40,000 bales will be offered, a good proportion being in second hands, and having been offered at the last sales. The quantity in the warehouses is larger than usual at this season, and as the imports from Australia are likely to continue more regularly than was expected, some curiosity is ex pressed as to the future course of prices. In the English wool market there is not any change to report this week. Prices continue firm, with an upward tendency. In the Liverpool wool market there has been conside rable animation in both foreign and home wools. Prices ara firmer and in some cases higher. Imports very light. - With regard to cloths there has been a very good business done this week in the cloth-halls ; the market on Saturday was a very excellent one, and a large quantity of cloth changed hands ; there was also a full average business done on Tuesday. Prices are very firm, with an upward tendency, and there is every pro bability that they will rule higher, unless the advance of discounts by the Bank should have the effect of checking the advance in the price of all raw materials which has been going on lately. There has been a moderate busi ness done in the warehouses this week ; buyers generally have a disposition to purchase freely at old prices, but as an advance is regularly taking place on fresh goods, it rather checks trade in the warehouses at present BRADFORD MARKET.—This being the interval of the seasons, the trade is dull. Prices do not pay, and yarns are stationary. In the wool market there is great ex citement and total uncertainty. Since the year came in, large purchases have been made for production, and the staplers are well supplied. Stocks of colonial wool are low in staplers' hands. A party from Liverpool has been buying largely of this description during the past week, but there is much discussion as to the real nature of his operations. Prices have again advanced, and there is considerable speculation going on. Many large dealers, on the contrary, are doubtful about the continu ance of the present rates, as they cannot see any demand in the trade to support them, and argue that if wool be really getting scarcer, spindles must run short time. HOSIERY.—TRADE OF LElCESTER.—Notwithstanding the advance of yarn, but few hands have been suspended at present ' • the shirt and sock branches conti nue goo d , and the fancy branch has been relieved by shipping orders. Yarns are firm, but in limited demand. The cotton demand continues good, and the wool market still continues its upward tendency. MR. ROEBUCK.—There is no foundation for the rumours which have been recently, we would hope in nocently and heedlessly, prevalent respecting this gen tleman. Mr. Roebuck is now at Malvern, where Dr. Gully, the well-known and eminent physician there, has given him reason to hope for an early restoration to health, so as to enable him to renew his able services in Parliament to this borough and to his country. We believe that Mr. Roebuck has no intention whatever to resign ; and that, on the contrary, he hopes to return to his place in Parliament with renewed vigour, where we trust he may yet do much of that good service which still remains due from him to his country. —Sh.tjfidd Times. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Tho Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine, after every other means had failed.—See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway.—Sir —I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which allthe most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Arp- BOROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure any dis orders of the liver or stomach. Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine vendors through out the world. L ADVER TISEMENT.I—Deafness—New Discovery,-39, Albemarle-street;, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York Hotel. The organic vibrator, an extraordinary power ful, small, newly-invented instrument, for deafness, en tirely different from all others to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be produced, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. The Royal Exhibition—valuable newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, to discern minute objects at a distance of from four to five miles, which is found to be invaluable, for yachting, and to sportsm en , gen tl emen, an d gamekeepers. Tele scopes, possessing such extraordinary power, that some 3A inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars They supersede every other kind, and are of all sizes for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, &c. Opera and race-course glasses with wonderful power ; a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacle.—S. &B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe opposite the York Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT.j—Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, &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 p rostrate gland, in their connection withdiseases of the stomach and liver. Urinary Analysis (the importance of which to the successful treatment of disease is now fully acknow ledged) conducted daily, in accordance with Dr. D, Cronin's new theory. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday. ) MANCHESTER, JAN. 21—At the beginning of this week the Canada's advices (New York, 4th January), informed us that the week's receipts of cotton were 126,000 bales against 84,000, and the total receipts 1,377,000 against 932,000, at the corresponding date of last year. But there was an increased disposition in- the south to re duce the estimates of the ultimate yield to 3,100,000 bales. For this opinion there does not appear to be any foundation. Much is said about a heavy falling off in the receipts being close at hand, but it is not at all pro bable that an excess of 445,000 bags will be wiped off. Nor does this seem to be believed by holders on the other side ; for, when they gain anything in price, or recover from any decline, it is mainly in consequence of improved accounts from this side. Unfavourable advices hence to the 10th December occasioned a giving way at New Orleans of lc. to ie. per lb., which was regained on the arrival of better news to the 15th ult. It is evident that prices have been unduly run up by the extraordinary amount of orders sent out by British spinners ; and the Americans are constantly looking for support to the Liverpool and Manchester markets, with a degree of anxiety which betrays a want of confidence. We can see no real ground for the pre sent reduction of the estimates ; and, making proper al lowance for the increase of spinning power, it seems rea sonable to conclude that another crop of more than three million bales, immediately following that of last year, together with a greatly increased import from India, must give us a moderate range of prices. Let it be borne in mind, too, that we have now in Liverpool a stock of 603,200 bales against 408,200 a year back. There are evidences of the arts resorted to in order to get up prices, which should put spinners on their guard. For instance, Messrs. M'Connell, Wanroy, and Co. of Mobile state that the first tidings they had of a killing frost, and of destructive rains and floods, came from Liverpool. On Monday we received the overland letters and papers, which have led to some purchases of mule twist for Cal cutta, and water twist for Canton at rather better prices, as well as to a little inquiry for skirtings adapted to the Shanghai and Calcutta markets, and these goods are in clined to harden in price. The home demand for yarns is fair—for cloth good ; and the continental houses are doing somwhat more in the former. Printing cloths con tinue to be wanted in a degree which fully sustains their value. The lighter and narrower domestics are inquired for by shippers, and the home houses a re ra th er more in clined to purchase the better qualities. Our market is in a sound strte ; producers are bare of stock (except in domestics), and pretty well supplied with orders, and the tendency of prices is rather to harden. This tendency arises mainly from demand ; the American accounts hav ing only a small effect. These have more influence in Liverpool, where cotton has gained ad, per lb. in the week. BRADFORD, JAN. 20.—Wools— The transactions during the week are certainly not so buoyant as at the close of the last and the opening of the present year, nor is it de sirable that they should, for the staplers who then cleared out their stocks have not been generally able to replace their supplies, and those who have done so cannot offer on terms so favourable to the buyers. It is quite evi dent that the country growers are clinging to their clips, and the dealers consequently hold for high prices, which causes the supply coming to market to be diminished. This will not be attended with any great inconvenience, as the consumers are in good supply from their re cent purchases. Noils and broker are in good re quest, and better prices are obtainable. Yarns— The advanced prices which worsted yarns are now commanding has brought quantities out from the ship ping merchants for re-sale, and this, along with the pre sent production, is going into consumption, so that ere long the market will be in worse supply, and unless manufacture is wholly abandoned on the continent, we may fairly calculate on a further rise, so soon as ship ments for the spring are bought. Pieces—Th ere i s one general cry of l oss , for to cover cost is impossible. The prices on all raw material and yarns totally preclude the possibility of making a profit. This is certainly the time when merchants are usually dull, for shipments to the States for the spring are closed, and it is too early for the home trade. There is a great inquiry for something new, but there is nothing variable from last season.— Bradford Observer. FATAL EPIDEMIC AT CROYDON. The town and neighbourhood of Croydon are in a state of consternation, on account of the breaking out of a fever of a very fatal character, and which during the last fortnight has been most fatal in its results, the vic tims being not, as is usually the case, among the poorer classes, but among the gentry, and the principal trades men' of the town. A great many exaggerated reports have been in circulation, but we are enabled, from in quiry in the best quarters, to lay before the public the real facts connected with the matter, which, from the communications that have taken place with the General Board of Health, and the general interest taken in sani tary matters at the present time is, of course, of very great imporaance. In accordance with the provisions of the act of Parliament, a local board of health has been established at Croydon, and under their authority a complete system of drainage of the most extensive character has been carried out, and in the neces sary works for that purpose a great many old drains and cesspools have been disturbed, particularly in the High street. The whole of these works have been just com pleted ; but whether from the miasma created by the disturbance of the old drains, or from any others cause, it would seem that tradesmen and other persons residing in the High-street were attacked with fever of a very serious character, baffling to a considerable extent all the skill of the medical gentlemen of the town, and in very many instances ending fatally, it being a remarka ble circumstance that those patients who were appa rently the most healthy were the first to succumb to the disease. The state of things at length became so alarming that the Local B oar d o f H ealth, through Mr. Wyes, their clerk, applied to the General Board of Health in London, requesting them to institute an inquiry into the nature of the malady which had created so much alarm ; and accordingly Dr. Southwood Smith and Dr. Sutherland were sent to Croydon to report upon the cause and nature of the prevailing epidemic. The following is an extract from the report made by these gentlemen upon the subject. After some prefa tory remarks, the report states, "We have ascertained that a similar disease has prevailed at Orted, a few miles from Croydon, before any disease of a like kind was observed at Croydon, and we have to add that, from communications received by the General Board of Health, it appears that for many weeks past a similar epidemic has prevailed in various villages and towns both in Eng land and Wales. We apprehend the cause of the disease is to be found at Croydon, as elsewhere, in the pecu liarity of the present season, the combination of excessive moisture and heat appearing to have proved, as was an ticipated, the generation and spread of a low form of fever. The last official circular of the General Board of Health (No. 8), issued in December, warned the local boards, from the excessive rains and consequent floodings which had even then occurred in many places, to ex pect unusual outbreaks of fever, and exhorted them to take immediate measures of precaution against such an event." The Local Board of Health also took steps to have the water supplied to the town analysed by Profes sor Way, and he reported it to be free from any metal lic oxide, and of a pure and wholesome character, and that there was not the smallest ground for supposing it to be injurious to health, or in any way connected with the fever existing in the town , and therefore it seems highly probable that the cause is truly stated, in the report of Dr. Southwood Smith and Dr. Sutherland, to be the very extraordinary state of the weather for some time past. The number of deaths in Croydon last week was 16, and, on Saturday, according to the regis trar's report, the number was 17, the greater portion of them being the result of the epidemic. A great number of persons are now lying ill, and among them Mr. Harrison, the assistant to one of the medical officers of the Union. A Quaker lady . named Steele, very much respected in the town, left it to pay a visit at Walworth, on account of the dread she entertained of being attacked With the malady, which had proved so fatal to many of those around her ; but strange to say, she was seized almost immediately after she had removed with all the symptoms of the disorder, and died in two days. It is needless to add, that a very strong feeling of alarm pre vails very generally in the town, and it is feared that, unless there should be some more seasonable weather, the mortality will be more serious than it has been hitherto. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. (From the Morning Advertiser.) We regret to observe, on the part of some of the members of the Corporation of London, a want of cordiality in the great scheme for bringing a central terminus in the heart of the City, and that at the Common Council on Thursday, this great under taking was described in a manner which indicates either an inability to comprehend its advantages, or else a determination to proceed with vexatious if not factious opposition. It is, we believe, the mis fortune of those Common Councilmen by whom this great enterprise is opposed, to stand in opposition to the opinions of the generality of the public, whether in or out of the City. It is not the case that "there are few beyond the projectors of the railway, and others who hope to make money by it, who would not say that you cannot inflict a greater evil on the City than by bringing six railway termini within it." The • project we regard as one in which the public generally feel a very deep in terest, and one which they would be glad to see realised. The authorities in the city of London, instead of looking on the plan, under consideration with in difference, or meeting it with opposition, will secure for themselves the thanks of the public, if they lend their powerful aid for the accomplishment of a plan which is so well calculated to promote the public convenience and to secure the best approp r iati on of a site, which seems evidently reserved for a great public work like that proposed in Mr. Pearson's plan. With these views, which we have entertained from the time when this admirable scheme came under our notice, we deprecate the factious opposi tion which the author of the scheme and the com pany formed to carry it out have to contend against. It should be recollected, that on more than b one occasion the Corporation of London has pronounced in favour of having termini within the City. This was d one in 1845, when the Improvements Com mittee reported that, in their opinion, it was de sirable for the progress and advantage of the city of London to have the benefit of this arrangement. Further, as the Common Council were reminded by Mr. Dakin, the Fleet Valley Committee had an instruction from the Corporation that they were to hold a conference with any properly constituted bffody, . for the purp ose of carrying this project into eect If the public convenience and the real improve ment of the City, and the prosperity of the metro polis, be the object aimed at by the gentlemen who have directed their attention to this important mat ter, we must confess our inability to account for the manner in which they treat the best, and in deed the only practicable scheme for bringing a ter minus into the heart of London. Certainly it would be a great convenience to railway passengers to London, whether visitors or inhabitants, to be landed in the centre of the metropolis, instead of at the outskirts, some two or three miles from the point which they may wish to reach. In addition we are surprised that men of intelligence, especially those who have directed their attention to the require ments of London in a sanitary point of view, should not hail with delight the opportunity of se curing from day to day the advantage to thousands of our population of breathing the fresh air, with out abstracting more time than they can spare from their duty in the heated and smoky atmos phere of the town. To us it appears passing strange, that a scheme which seems so admirably planned, and so capable of being carried out effi ciently and promptly, should be described as Utopian, and condemned by the judgment of in dividuals who, from their position, might be sup posed to have intelligence enough to see the ad vantages which they are anxious to cast away. We believe, however, that all the opposition with which this great public work has to contend, will prove utterly fruitless. With the large amount of 200,0001. already subscribed, with a moral cer tainty of obtaining the Act of Parliament for which the Company are now seeking, with the prospects of those ample returns which would justify an3r great contractor in making all the required ad vances, waiting to be indemnified out of th e pro ceeds of the Company, there is no reason, we be= lieve, to fear that any amount of indifference or opposition will succeed in defeating the object of the projector. The sad experience of the last few years has ren dered the public very unwilling to become share holders in great railway undertakings, and sign deeds of settlement, yet such is the public con fidence in the plan of the Central Terminus, that the large sum we have noticed has been subscribed for, and must be regarded as a proof that the merits of the s c h eme are appreciated, and that the public appreciate it sufficiently to support it, and see it safely carried out, whatever may be the opposition, and from whatever quarter it may proceed. THE SPRING HANDIC APS. — DECLARATIONS OF FOR FElT.—.Richard Primmer was struck out of the City and Suburban Handicap and Northamptonshire Stakes at half-past four p.m. on Thursday, the 20th inst. Placid was struck out of the Northamptonshire Stakes, the Newmarket Handicap, and Chester Cup, on Friday, the 21st. On the same day, Candlewick was struck out of the City and Suburban Handicap, and Lady Amyott and Candlewick out of the Chester Cup. A NOVEL DIRECTION.—The following is a verbatim copy of the direction upon an envelope containing a letter, and received by Sergeant Fearn, of the Derby police. The letter was from a person residing at Shrews. bury, and the direction is very legibly written. The name is in black, and the remainder of the address in red ink : " Mr. postman oblige me by sending this letter To (a jolly good fellow, you can't find a better) Ben. Fearn, Police Sergeant, at Derby you'll find him, And answer's required, the contents will remind him. At Derby late contest, he did (and yet can) Frustrate the designs of ' The good and safe man,' Whose 'judgment' we question, whose quickness' we see Has not answered the purpose of W. 13: " COUNTRY MARKETS. DALREITII JAN. 20.—The relative wei g ht p er four bushel s o f the three prices of wheat were 18st 51b, 17gt 121 b, and 17st 01b. Oats, 13st 41b, 12st 51b, and lOst 121 b. Barley, 16st 31b, 15st 81b, and 15st 21b. Peas and beans, 19st 51b, 19st 01b, and 18st 11b. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 489 Wheat ..... £2 17 0 £2 8 0 £ 2 1 0 1,764 O a t s . ...... 655 ...... 12 0 10 0 16 0 .. 6 6 63 Peas and beans..l 17 6 117 0 114 0 Average of wheat, 2/. 7s Od. HAD ___DINGTON, JAN. 21.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : , WIIHAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. BEANS. First ..................... 56s Od 34s 6d 23s 3d 37s Od Second .................. 508 2d I 32s 3d I 21s id I 35s ld Third .................... 4.1 s Od I 268 6d I 178 6d I 328 Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 803 qrs., 764 sold PA barley „ 541 qrs., 479 sold oats 345 qrs., 336 sold PP beans ~ 99 qrs., 97 sold II .1) ABERDEEN, TAN. 21.—Grain—Old oats, OOs Od to OOs Od, 401bs per bushel ; new oats, 17s 6d to 008 Od, 401bs per bushel ; boar, 28s Od to 28s Gd, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 28s Od to oth Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 42s Od to 4453 Od, 621bs per ; wheat, white, 51s Od to 52s Od, 621bs per bushel ' • oatmeal, 14 8 Od t o 15s Od per boll ; flour, OOs Od to 40s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, sd. to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 6d ; veal, ditto, 5d to 7d ; pork, per stone, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; lamb, per lb, Od to Od ; rabbits, each, Od. to Od ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to 413 6d ; potatoes, por peck, 9d to is ; butter, per lb, Os 8d to Os 9d ; eggs, per doz, Os 9d to is Od. ; hens, per pair, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; ducks, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os Od ; turkeys, each, 4s Od to 5s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; butter for ex )ortation (present cure), per cwt, 72s to 74s Od ; ditto (summer cured), OOs to 00s Od ; eggs, wholesale p r ice, per dozen, Od to 7d ; 4.1 b loaf, 7d ; 21b loaf, ; pork, line small, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork, large, 3s Gd to 48 3d. CORK-JAN. 21. Brls. Currency. 7 White wheai 25s Od to 00s Od Os Od-20 atone. 116 Itedwheat 23s 6d to 26s 3d Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 25s 6d-20 do. Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 558 Bark/ l4s 2d to 14s 7d Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od 14$ 4d-16 do. Di' to OOs Od to OOs Od ) 1 Bere l3s Od to OOs Od Os Oa 869 Oats 525 Ditto lOs 4d to 'Os 5d 10s 4d do. 325 Ditto 10s 5d to lls Od ) 89 Pigs 3Bs Od to 40s 9d OOs Od per cw:;. Quantity sold at the highest prices :- 0 barrels white wheat ; 6 red ; 13 barley ; 0 bore ; 2 1 oats ; 31 pigs. - - Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 830. Barley, 1,152. Bere, 0. Oats, 7,783. Pigs, 848. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURPA N CT. First quality Second quality Third quality 895 Third quality SOS Fourth quality Fifth quality 72s Fifth quality 630 Sixth quality sBs Sixth quality 491 Return of cattle sold for week ending Jan. 15 : Pigs, 866. Sheep, 227. Cows, 145. CORR.—Flour—First, 15s 6d to 17s Od ; extra, 11 s Od; seconds, 14s Od to 15s Od; households, lOs to 13s Od ; thirds, 8s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal--Inclian meal, Rs 6d to 8s 9d ; oatmeal, 11s3d to 11s6d; wheat meal, 10s6d to 1186 d per cid Indian corn, 8/ 2s 6d to 8/ lOs Od per ton. Bran, 41158 6d to 51 per ton. Hay—Farmers, 22s Od to 348 Od ; average, 30s ; dealers, 34s Od to 40s Od ; average, Os per ton. Straw—' Farmers, 17s Od to 28s Od ; average, 26s ; dealers, 38s Od 40 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7d to Od ; household ditt o, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 9d to lid per lb. Eggs, 6s 8d to 6s 10d per hundred. Meat —beef, 4d to 6d ; mutton, 5d to 63c1 ; veal, 4d to 6d ; pork, 4d to 5d ; bacon, 6d to 7d ; sausages, 5d per lb.—Fish, Newfound- land, 11/. Os to 141 Os per ton • Scotch herrings, 26 8 t o 00s; Red, do., 30s per brl.--Potatoes, white, 8d to 9d; Pinks, lid to 12 d.—Coals, Newport, 225; Lydney, 00s ; Culm, 140 Oct per to..—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial gallon.--• Hides, market, 25s to 32s ; Salted, 26s to 32s per cwt. Calf skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 3/. per ton.~ Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—Hemp, 371. to 401. per ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. lOs ; red pire, 3/. lOs ; yellow do., 3/. 10s. per ton ; deals, 16/. to 181. per hundred.—B ar k , red, 71. to 8/. 10 s . per toa.—Tallow, 47s to 48s per cwt.—Hops, 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 198. per brl.—Guano, Peruvian, 10/. lOs to ill. per toll. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share Market has shown AX improvement upon the prices of yesterday, although the market has been flat. The following are the closing sales —Aberdeen 14k ; Caledonian, 33/ ; Chester and Holyhead, ; Eastern Counties, 12i ; East Lancashire, 18i ; Lew cashire and Y or k s hi re , 80i ; London and North Western, 1211 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 31 ; Mid land, 78a ; North British, 9 ; South Eastern and Dover, 23i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10/ shares, lib ; ditto, 6/ new, prem. 3 Dutch Rhenish, 2 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The Railway Share market slightly improved to-day, and as compared with late days, a fail amount of business was transacted, Shrewsbury an Hereford were done to-day at 2 dis. Among the closing. quotations were London and North Western, buyers at 121; Manchester Sheffield, and •Lincolnshire, b u y er s 30 ; Birmingham, WOlverhampton, and Stour Valley, seller IN ; North Staffordshire, buyers 31, sellers 4 dis. ; South Staffordshire, buyers g, sellers dis. BRISTOL, JAN. 22. STOOK EXCIIANGE.—The market was firm. Shrewsbury and Birminghams were done at 70. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-nfile )3- the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what when COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London. Dispatched. duo. America (byßrit.pack.N Jan, 28 .......... Liverpool ... Jan. 24 America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Jan, 25 Ilive71)00 •• • Peb. 3 America (by U States packet) ..........N ................ Southampton Australia (via South ampton) . . 20th of each month Southampton Jan. 24 Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of the month Dover ...... Feb. 1 *Ditto (via Cape of (good Hope) ..N 2d of February.... Plymouth .. Jan. SO Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. Feb. 12 Alexandria* ........ N 19th&30th of mon. Dover ...... Jan. 28_ Belgium Dover ...... Daily Brazil 31 9th of the month,. Southampton Feb. 16 Buenos Ayres ...... ..M 9th •f the month.. Southampton Feb 16 California .. ....... 31 d & 17th of month Southa m pt on F t b . 1 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month.. tiouthampton Jan. 26 Cape de Verds ......N I4thof the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Constantinople..... N 7 thl7th27tho:mo.. Dover ...... Jan. 30 Central America —.Ai s nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Feb. 1 Channel Isles Mon.Wed.& , Friday Southampton Tu Tb..Sl. & 17th ofmon h •;outhampton Feb. 1 France ........ M & N Twice daily Dover ...... Twicediali Greece* ... Hamburgh ..N Tuesday & Friday London Tues. Sat , Holland Wednesday & Sat London ..... Sun.Thtuli. Honduras .......... N 17th of the month. Southampton Feb. 16 Ireland .. M &;17 Twice daily Holyhead ... Twicedalli India (viaSouthampt.)M 20th of the month.. Southampton Arrived India (via Marseilles) N 4th& 24th of month Dover ...• • • Feb. 1 India (via Cape of Good H0pe)............. 31 14th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Mauritius 14th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Mediterranean (via Southampton .......31 20th of the month , Southampton Ari;ved Malta*. • • • • • .• • • • -L.' 7th"ll Ditto (via Marseilles).N sth& 24th ofmontb Dover F e b . 1 .....N t s h th o 2 f s t t h h e o m fm on on tb . ; an al) : 2 2 8 2 Mexico ............ 31 2nd of the month . Southampton Feb. 1 Madeira . tth,i7th,l9.h,27th, Naples . sthlOth2sthormon. Dover ...... Jan. 22 1 1' a e P n a 1 5 r t f. ' a te5 .. * ................1% N a • thl7th27thof mon. Southampton Jan. 26 Pen , & 17th of month S outhampton Feb. 1 Tuscany"; ..........N •ithlsth2sthofrnon, Dover Jan. 22 West Indies 2d & 17th of month Southampton Feb. 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) . 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 20115 and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles are sent b sailing vessels at present from Singapore. Mails are also made up on the 2d of every alternate montlt for the Cape of Good Hope. * The mails to those countries thus marked 09 are conveyed by French packet to Marseilles. The mails for the Cape of Good' Hope, Mauritius, Ascension. &C. , will riot be made up this month before the night of the 21th inst. The West Coast of Africa mails will not be made up this month before the night of the 28th inst. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 18th inst., at 42, 'Upper Mount -street, Dublin, Lady Dancer. On the 22d inst., at Wimbledon, the Countess of Kerry. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 20th inst., at A nglosey, Gosport, the wife of Captain Hobart, Madr as Army. MARRIED. Onn the 22d inst., at St. Pancras-ch urc h, R . Richardson, Esq., of St. Paul' s -l o d ge, Camden New-town, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Joseph Dell, Esq., of No. 3, Bedford' place, Hampstead-road. On the 22d inst., at All Saint's-church, St. John's' wood, Charles Miller, Esq., of Croydon, to Cornell Elizabeth, second daughter of W. Chalmers, Esq., M.D. , late H.E.I.C.S. DIED. On the 19th i ns t ., at Eywood, near Kingston, Hereford' shire, aged 45, the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. On the 22d inst., in Portman-square, aged 69, the Earl Beauchamp. On the 20th inst., at Duppas-hill, Croydon, George Byam, Esq., l a t e C aptain in her Majesty's 43d Regiment. On the 20th inst., at Bath, aged 69, Lieutenant-General S. R. Strover, of the Bombay Artillery. On the 6th inst., at Ogliari, in Sardinia, Lieutenant - Colonel Sir. H. F. C. Darell, Bart., late of the 7th pr e ' goon Guards, aged 38. On the 20th inst., at 5, Montague-place, Clapham-road , Mrs. Nesbitt, aged 57. On the 17th o f A ugust last., at Bathurst, Lieutenant- Colonel Morissett, late of the 48th Regiment, on ly son 04 the late James Morissett, Esq., of Brunswick-square. LONDON : Printed and Published by 311:7RD0 YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11 :1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count! Middlesex, Monday, January 24,1853. MANCHESTER, JAN. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The following are the closing gale' at this market to-day : Blackburn No. 1, 71 ; East Lan cashire, 18$ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 80i; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire New 61 Preference, 746 Midland Railway Co nso l s , 78} ; South Eastern P" Dover, 24. Jan. 30 Feb. 12 Jan. Daily Feb. 16 Feb 16 Ftb. 1 Jan. 26 Jan. 26 Jan. 30 .„ Feb. 1 r Tu. Feb. 1 'fwicedallf Jan. 30 Tues. Sat. Sun.Thuta. Feb. 16 Twieedaili Arrived Feb.