The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-22 00:00:00

LITERATURE. Military Life in Algeria. Caitellane. By the Count P. de 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. These volumes contain a very interesting account of military life and adventures in Algeria, at the time of the general insurrection of the tribes against the French rule. It commences in the year 1843, when the narrator and his companions took the road to Blidah, the residence of General Chan gamier. The work narrates the history of the sup pression of the revolt, describes the country and natives, and concludes with the narrative of an ex pedition against the Kabyles, in the summer of 1851. The first volume commences with the fol• lowing description of Algiers : " Arriving by sea, .Algiers gives one the idea of a city lying asleep on a hill side—calm and careless, amidst the fresh fields which surround it ; but on drawing nearer, and penetrating within its whitened walls, you soon discover that beneath this apparent listlessness there is a stir and life altogether European. The die is cast, and in Algiers the Mussulman is daily fading away to make room for the French city. From the terrace of a house in which we had been received with warm hearted hospitality, we were never weary of gazing at the bustling crowd, not an individual of whom was seen walking—everybody ran. A strange medley of many various faces and costumes ; here a European just landed, and bewildered amidst the mob ; now and then the Biskris passing at a rapid and measured pace, and carrying a heavy burden hanging to a long pole ; anon the Arab in his burnous, the Turk under his cumbrous turban, the Jew with sombre garments and wily glance, or the oil carrier with his goat-skin vessels ; and through the thick of the route, legions of donkeys with their negro drivers, light cars drawn by two or three horses, baggage mules in a long string, bearing provi sions for the military stores, equestrians galloping in spite of police regulations ; a colonist, with white broad brimmed hat, or perhaps an officer in brilliant uniform, believing himself privileged to do anything in the town which he protects. In short, the scene presented all the disorder, the confusion, the bustle of an anthill ; all around were signs of activity, energy, and hope, that just and productive hope which accompanies labour. While the lower - city is thus delivered over to French fury, the silence and repose, the calmness and and gravity of the Mussulman have taken refuge in the upper quarters. I should advise no one to venture alone through those narrow crooked streets, through which it is difficult for two people to walk abreast. He would infallibly lose his way in this labyrinth, which seems peopled only by shadows. From time to time a white phantom glides by your side, a door opens noise lessly, you turn your head, and the mysterious appari tion has vanished. One would imagine that, from the summit of the Casbah, the memory of the Deys still spread terror among their subjects of yore, though it is long since the flag of France first waved over these walls." The eager desire of the soldiers for war, notwith standing all the hardships they have to endure, is constantly expressed. They had, however, at length their reward in success. Several histories of the African tribes are given, and the style is very lively 'and entertaining. The description of the encounters are also full of interest, and many legends and customs of the country are given. Sharpe's New Gazetteer of the British Isles. Long man, Brown, and Co, This useful and practical gazetteer is steadily proceeding towards its completion. We give the following extract as a fair specimen of the contents of the work :- " The port of London reaches from the Bridge (where is 11 to 2 fathoms at low water) about 80 m. down the Thames, past the Nore (8 fath.) to its mouth within a line from N. Foreland, Kent, to the Naze, Essex (8 to 12 fath.) ; but ships are first boarded, and they clear out at Gravesend. The actual port, called the Pool, is 21 in. long to Limehouse, and is in the charge of 4 harbour masters, under the corporation, whose jurisdiction as conservators of the fisheries, soil, etc. to the highest watermark and up creeks where the tide flows, extends (about 85 m.) from above Staines down to the Crow stone below Leigh, Essex, and Yantlet creek, Kent ; the Trinity Board regulate the pilotage, beacons, ballast, &c. The Upper Pool, the first bend, or reach,' of the river, from the Bridge to. Wapping old stairs,' near the Tunnel and Execution Dock, is in. long by 250 to 300 yards broad, with 12 to 16 feet water (or 29 to 33 at high water, enough for 800-ton ships) ; the Lower Pool, where about 240 colliers mostly lie in tiers, leaving a fair way of not less than 300 feet in the stream for ship ping and steamers up and down, is 1 mile long to the Regent's Canal, Ratcliffe, and 280 to 320 yards broad, with. 13 to 18 feet ; Limehouse Reach thence, round Cuckold's P o i n t, on S urrey s i de, to Deptford Yard, is 11 mile by 300 to 450 yards, with 15 to 18 feet ; and Green wich Reach, past the hospital, is 11 mile, with 11 to 18 feet. Mean depth off London Docks 21 . 3 feet, and off Sheerness only 3.1 feet more, in a course of 50 m. St. Katherine's Dock, of 24 acres, below the Tower, on site of the parish or precinct of St. Katherine's Hospital (now at Regent's-park), was made by 1826-8 (when 1,250 houses were pulled down), at a cost of 1,827,1131., and has 111 acres of wet docks, dock gates by Bramah, dock ho., large warehouses for 110,000 tons of goods, and a play where the General Steam Naviga tion Company's steamers lie ; revenue (1846) about 230,0001. East of it the London Dock for 300 sail, made 1805, covers 90 acres (35 water) including the East London Branch Dock (made 1828), the Hermitage, Middle and Lower basins, and the tobacco warehouses "(for 24,000 hhds.), which cover 5 acres (with the ' Queen's Pipe,' or chimney of the kiln, where the da maged tobacco is burnt) ; the great dock has a jetty _ (made 1839) 62 feet wide, with 1,600 feet quay room. There are warehouses and sheds for 220,000 tons of pro duce, besides new ones for tea (built 1844-5 for 120,000 chests), wood, &c., and large wine and spirit vaults for 60,000 pipes and hhds. beneath ; and the company's ca pital is 4 millions. Two basins at Limehouse serve for the Regent's Canal and R Lea cut. The West India Docks, of 204 acres, across Isle of Dogs, are at Poplar ; East India, of 32 acres, at Blackwall ; the Commercial, or Greenland, or Surrey, and the East Country, or timber, docks, of 55 acres at Rotherhithe. What are called legal quays for small craft, stretch 1,464 feet from the bridge to west side of Tower ditch ; and there are numerous sufferance wharfs on both sides of the river. (See omnibuses, &c.) In 1846, 2,847 sail of 581,878 tons (of which 731 were under 50 ton each, 179 of 48,996 tons were built in the colonies, 92 of 49,261 tons in East Indies, 60 of 11,376 tons in foreign ports), and 287 steamers of 55,910 tons (90 being under 50 tons each) belonged to the pert ; and the tonnage inwards and outwards, including repeated voyages, was coastwise ' 21,101 sail of 2,670.654 and 10,936 of 757,088 tons (besides 1,192 steamers of 349,317, and 1,181 of 346,932 tons)-from and to `colonies' 1,603 of 490,446 and 1,202 of 444,103 tons (besides 10 foreigners of 3,709 tons outwards)-from: and to 'foreign ports' 2,792 of 449,987 and 1,415 of 235,970 tons (be sides 2,394 foreigners of 370,380 and 2,317 of 354,236 tons). Imports are reckoned to be worth 80,000,0001. yearly ; export (1845), 11,078,1641. Total customs 10,885,1561. ; in 1,265, they were 1501., and 500,0001. in 1641. About 12,820 cargoes of coal entered 1845, averaging 270 tons per cargo. Steam ers run u p an d down s from the bridge to Wstminster (for !,d. id. 2d.), Lambeth, Chelsea, Richmond, Hampton Court, Green wich, Blackwell, Woolwich, Gravesend, Southend, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and other places on the river; also to Aberdeen, Belfast,. Cork, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Hull, Inverness, Newcastle, Ply mouth, Falmouth, Waterford, Yarmouth ; and abroad to Amsterdam, Antwerp, 136nlogne, Bremen, Calais, Dunkirk, Hamburgh, Havre, Harlingen, and Niewe Diep (Holland) Ostend, Rotterdam, &c. Excise district comprises the City, - Westminster, Southwark, &c., the parishes up to Whit ec h a p e l (i n th e old bills of mortality as at p. 107), with Marylebone and St. Pancras (the suburbs belong to Hertford and Rochester collections), and is divided into 12 surveys ' and 42 districts ;in 1835, the total traders (26,315) included 10,152 dealers in tobacco 7,624 in wines and spirits, 6,298 in tea, 244 brewers, 396 makers of tobacco, 109 of soap, 55 of brick, 6 of paper, and 203,2661. was collected on soap, 115,8141. on licences, 90,3231. on auctions, 53,4041 paper, 15,7391. bricks, 9,024/. glass, 5,4231. malt, &c." -London and Provincial Medical Directory for 1853. Churchill. Thi s is a work of the greatest value to the pro fession, for the uSe of whom it has been more im mediately compiled , Of all the annuals of this de scription Nv m hi o c a l t l e lave . come under our notice, it is one of the l a a l I n d t the member s Iv aes,:mplete. It contains a register of t the ati medical profession in Eng land of their withg first in the alphabetical next in the order of , the townstheir qualifications, and settled, giving in the metropolis in which they are l i ) s e a is r even a street direc tory. Besides this, there dim,. bodiesst of all the mem bers of the recognised me hospi tals and schools of med'cine in f of the it parts of the empire, of the dispensaries and infirmaries, and also of - the medical publications, besid other information, general and professional.a mass of The compilation evinces great labour and talentand we are assured that this will prove to be one ; e of the most useful class publicationsof the day. LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG FEMALEs. - -On Friday, Sir Brooke W. Bridges, Bart., in company with a number of gentlemen, visited the asylum belonging to this charity, at Tottenham, previous to the annual dinner on the 25th inst. The secretary reported that there were at the present time 50 inmates, that several had been cent to service, and that 500 had received the benefit of the institution. In addition to this, he also stated that nearly 40G improper houses had suppressed, and several procurers punished. After the establishment had been inispeeted, and much satis faction expressed, the company separated. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--The attention of all classes has lieen attracted to the undeniable virtues of Parr's Life Pills, itf:r4 V. a - vast majority of the people have evinced their unqua -2-;t:Lrt;t)., d approval of the high character awarded this medicine, • •?' ; and ar e d a il y b ecom i ng more and more convinced of the as -4 4enishing efficacy of this renovator of tho human race. Parr's 'Pills are strongly recommended to those who are suffering !Z1`4:4.9 from h ea d ache or indicrestion whether arising from constitu _iunal inaction, biliarY &sax; angement, or over-indulgence -4 ' the table, as 'at they have never been known to fail in affording immediate relief. Sold by E. Edwards, b 7, St. *) Paul's Churchyard ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Sutton and Co., Bow liurdiyard ; lunney & Co. & Sanger, Oxford -street ; Baxterc, High Holborn ; Preston and Sons, Smithfield, London Wand by most respectable dealers in me di c i ne . Price 13,d., 2s. 9d., and family packets, lls. each. CITY RAILWAY TRAVELLING. ( From tice Morning Advertiser. ) - An opposition has somewhat unexpectedly sprung up to the contemplated Railway Terminus in Far ringdon-street, and great efforts are being made by certain parties to prevent the scheme being carried into effect. It will have been seen from the report which ap peared in the public journals of the proceedings at the Common Council on Thursday, that a dead set was made at the scheme by a few members of that body. It was hoped to give the proposed improve . ments its quietus by inducing the Common Coun cil to adopt the report which the City Improve ments Committee made on the subject, and which recommended the Corporation not to sanction the bill now before Parliament for carrying out the railway terminus. The Council, however, were not to be caught , in the trap which the Improve ments Committee had prepared for them. They very properly asked for time to consider a docu ment of such vast importance before they gave it their approval. It was accordingly proposed that the report should. be printed, and its conside ration be adjourned. This motion was carried by a majority of 75 to 55, and the further conside ration of the report was accordingly deferred till the following Thursday. Had the Council come to a decision in favour of the adoption of the report of the Improvements Committee, it would not only have given the death blow to the railway terminus scheme, but would have stultified the Council itself ; for the Council, it will be remembered, did, some months ago, declare in favour of the scheme, after a long and elaborate discussion. To have, therefore, with held its sanction from the bill now in Parliament, for the purpose of enabling the projectors to carry out their scheme, would have placed the Council in a very awkward position in the public eye. It would have put the impress of inconsistency on its forehead. We have said that the consideration of tho report of the Improvements Committee was adjourned till Thursday. Since then, for reasons which we cannot comprehend, a notification , has been made to the various members of the Council, that that body will meet to-mor row, for the purpose of taking the report into consideration. We are unwilling to contemplate the adoption of the report as even a possible con tingency. As already remarked, the Council would, by such a course, stultify itself. It would thereby reverse its former decision. That, however, is an occurrence which will not take place. At any rate we will not believe it until we have seen it. The Common Council is presumed to represent the views and wishes of the citizens of London, just as the House of Commons is assumed to represent the sentiments of the Parliamentary constituencies of the country. Now, there is not a member of the Council who can pretend to say, that he is ignorant of the fact, that among the citizens there is an almost unanimous desire that Mr. Pearson's scheme should be carried out. If, therefore, they are the real representatives of those who sent them thither, the members will to-morrow reject the motion which is to be submitted to the Court for the adoption of the Improvement Committee's report. It is, indeed, a remarkable, and very instructive ' fact, that those members who have made themselves most forward in seeking to defeat the railway ter minus scheme, are men who are returned by small, unimportant wards, in which there are only mero handfuls of electors, and where, in consequence, other considerations than those of the popularity of the candidate weigh in his election. These small wards are to the Common Council what nomina tion boroughs used to be to the House of Corn coons. The parties elected are returned by influ ence, not by the popular voice. We could name one representative of a snug little pocket ward, who for years was in the habit of showing to his con stituents—if so they could be called—his respect for them and his attention to his duties as a mem ber of the Corporation, by never attending a meet ing of the Common Council, except once a year, to take his seat on his re-election. We hear at the present time a great deal respect ing the desirableness of having the parliamentary constituencies divided into electoral districts. Some similar reform is urgently wanted in the city of London. Before the Common Council can fairly represent the views and wishes of the citizens, there must be a re-division of wards—a more equal dis tribution of the liverymen into districts. Had this arrangement been made before, we should not now see one of the greatest metropolitan improvements of modern times—Mr. Pearson's scheme for a City railway terminus—placed in jeopardy ; for, as we have already observed, it will be found that the great opponents of that scheme. are persons re turned by nomination wards, with a mere handful of liverymen —persons not responsible to popular opinion. In almost every instance—perhaps we should say in every instance—those members of the Corporation who represent large wards, where the popular element prevails, are the strenuous sup porters of the scheme. • The main ground, or, at least, one of the main grounds of objection, which the opponents of the scheme urge against it is, that some years ago a somewhat similar scheme was proposed by some of the railway companies, but afterwards abandoned. The Improvements • Committee must, indeed, be hard driven fOr an argument against the scheme, when they can report to one so - feeble as this. It possesses no point. The scheme was not abandoned by the railway companies referred to, because of the reception of any new light, imaginary or real, relative to the practiCability or importance of the project. It became with them solely and simply a question of ways and means. The flourishing state of railway affairs in 1844, and the first nine months of 1845, was succeeded by a perfect panic, during the continuance of which, and for two or three years afterwards, it became much more diffi cult to raise 50,0001. for railway purposes, than it would have been sixteen or eighteen months previ ously, to raise 5,000,0001. This was the sole rea sons why the great railway companies, whose ter mini aro in the suburbs of London, gave up the idea of brin g ing their lines into the centre of the metropolis. None of the companies ever had, on now have, a single misgiving as to the practicability of the scheme, nor of its great importance, or of its remunerative character. The City Improvements Committee refer, with as much manifest self-complacency as if they had hit on an argument which could not fail to de molish the scheme of Mr. Pearson, to the fact, that e commission appointed by Government to iaves. tigate the various railway projects for establishing railway termini within, or in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis, concluded their labours by re commending that no scheme then before Parlia ment, or projected, should be permitted to be brought within certain limits—including Farxing _ don-itreet—nurth of the Thames. Bit do the opponents of the City Railway Terminus mean to tell us that the present Parliament would hold itself bound to adopt the recommendation of a commis sion appointed by Government seven years ago ? Does not every succeeding session distinguish itself, by not only disregarding the recommendations of commissions, but by reversing the legislation of former Parliaments and former sessions Y Since the year 1846, when the recommendation in question was given, much new light has been thrown on the en tire question of railways. There was then a strong proju - dice against having railway termini in the heart of towns ; but now the great anxiety of all our leading towns is to have the termini of rail ways as near the centre as possible. Look at our own Blackwall Railway. Look at the London and North-Western Railway, going, as it were, into the very bosom of Birmingham, and being received by that great and enterprising borough with open arms. Look also at the Dublin and Drogheda Railway running into the heart of the Irish capi tal. And those other large towns which have not yet got railways brought into their centre, aro anxious to witness that consummation with all practicable promptitude. Experience has taught all populous town that nothing contributes more to the prosperity of a place than to have commo dious railway termini in their very midst. The opponents of the scheme also dwell on the as sumption that the Corporation are not furnished with any security that the means will be forth coming for completing the project, even were no obstacles interposed to its commencement. Will these gentlemen be kind enough to inform us what sort of security they would like to have ? They have exactly the same security that other great railway companies had that they would be provided with the means of completing their undertakings— When they embarked in them. The London and North-Western, the Great Western, and other companies, have required for their construction fifteen, twenty, and even thirty times the capital which will be required for the construction of the City Railway Terminus and yet they began and c ompleted their respective schemes without diffi ty. The capital necessary for carrying out Mr. would which h as h a d no p earson ' s proj ec t was subscribed by substantial pa rallel of late years. And should the s um s p ec ified be found to bei l s ia n t o may b reason e re obtained t with t a ybe rapidity obtained with th e same f ac i l i ty as n insufficie nt, additional amount them t ( 1 ia quired , the r i g i na i c apital. But even were it otherwise ; even were there grounds for doubting that the com pany would be able and willing to complete the scheme, this is a question which comes within the province of the Select Committee of the House of Commons before whom the bill will come, and by whom its provisions will doubtless be narrowly scrutinised. The truth is, that the opponents of the scheme are hard driven for a reason which will stand the test of examination, why the project should not be pro ,ceeded with ; and not being able to adduce any bet ter, they resort to the reasons to which we have re ferred. We cannot believe that such feeble argu ments will have any weight with the Common Coun cil to-morrow. It will be much to be regretted should it prove that they have. We beg to reraind that body that if this chance of getting a communication established between the leading northern railways and the City, be lost, the metropolitan public may never have another opportunity of getting a City terminus—not, certainly, for very many years to come. The - scheme is, beyond all doubt, perfectly practicable—the means for carrying it out will be forthcoming as soon as required—and no one, we believe, doubts that the project will be a paying one. That it will be a vast convenience to the peo ple of London, and especially to the citizens them selves, no one has ever denied. Let us, then, en treat the Common Council, at their meeting to morrow, not to take any step which would jeopar dise the success of so valuable a project. Let them adhere to their former decision in favour of the scheme, by rejecting the motion which will be sub mitted to the Court to adopt the report of the Im provement Committee. Let the Common Council only do this, and they will perform one of the most popular and useful acts of which we have any re cord in the history of their proceedings—an act which will prove that they not only comprehend, but sympathise with, the wishes of the metropoli tan public. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken). 9to 1 agst Boin-ton. 9to 1 agst Oscar. 11 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie. 12 to 1 agst Duc-an-Durras. 20 to 1 agst Half-and-half. Miss, Mowbray was backed several times at 6 to 1, and Bourton for all the money that could be got on until he reached 9 to 1, the first investments having been made at 15 to 1. Oscar was quoted nominally at 9 to 1. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Contentment. 16 to 1 agst Lampedo. 25 to 1 agst Terpsichore. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst The Varmint. 15 to 1 agst Jullien. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Maria. 14 to 1 agst Lindrick. 14 to 1 agst Hobby-horse. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Contentment (taken. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7to 2 agst Sylphine. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Contentment. 25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow. 50 to 1 agst Braxey. DERBY. 9to 1 agst West Australian. 14 to 1 Honeywood. 15 to 1 agst Cineas. 15 to 1 agst Pharos. 16 to 1 agst Orestes. 25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer. 40 to 1 agst Orinocco. 50 to 1 agst Vanderdecken. 9 to 1 was taken to seven or eight hundred pounds about West Australian, the layers offering to go on ; Honeywood was also in demand at an improved figure, Cineas, on the other hand, giving way two or three points. OAKS. sto 1 agst Catherine Hayes (taken freely.) SPORTING NOTES. —No. CCCLX XIX. THE DERBY LOTS AT NEWMARKET. A potent stable at head quarters, containing one of the " great guns" for Epsom, is the next I shall peep into. W. BUTLER, private trainer to the Duke of Bedford, has four Derby nags under his care ; one of whom, b o PENSIONER, by Lanercost, dam by Bay Middleton out of Apollonia, nomi nated. by Captain Archdall, a 'actor once in three runs, is not worth a moment's consideration. The b c ms e G rv.e o n ss t ly oialntalalsyampounoteue in t of t: . any aGabble,pappearance no:nomi nated e Gratwicke, s b , y b u C t b less than b y —a walk over for the King John Stakes at Egham. In his six unsuccessful essays he was always close to the winner, regularly finishing in the second or third position. There is but little chance of his going to Epsom, as he heb cF S E i v tt E ing sH b A ou lt r n n , e. by ri is reputed to be full ten pounds inf e ri or to his stable companion Chatham out of Mary, also uominated by Mr. Gratwicke, is as yet dark to the pub lic. His first exhibition will not improbably be at Chester, in the race for the Dee Stakes, without Sittingbourne should cut up indifferently in the race for the Two Thousand Guineas ; in which case the latter, be ing decidedly his superior, I should say would run at. Chester instead. But if Sittingbourne is A 1 for the Guineas, he will, as a matter of course, be reserved for Epsom. The gem of the stable is SITTINGBOURNE, a ch c by Chatham, out of the Landgravine, by Elie, her dam the Margravine (Merry Monarch's dam), by Little John, dam by Phantom, out of sister to Election, by Gohanna, nominated by Mr. Gratwicke. He made his debut at Goodwood, where he ran Pharos to half a length for the Bentinck Memorial,Stakes, over the T.Y.C., beating, however, nothing of note. After winning the Convivial Stakes at York, disposing cleverly of a large field, com posed, with two exceptions (Defiance and Comfit), of moderate animals, his name was brought into notice for the first time in connexion with the Derby, and 25 to 1 was taken to several hundreds. He remained at this price until Friday in the Newmarket Second October mee ti n g, when having won the Prendergast with Bst 101 b up by nearly a length, beating Filbert, Bst 71b (second), Orinoco, Bst 131 b (bad third), Estella and Pearl, Bst 51b each (fourth and fifth), five points less were taken to some extent. With 61bs extra he was a good fifth to Speed the Plough for the Criterion. This closed his two years old performan ces. He has been supported with considerable spirit during th e month or two, and cannot 18 to 1 at the and presen nt a time. That he is good horse, u be quoted at mo re than doubtedly the best produce of Chatham, no one will, I fancy, think for an instant of denying. He is said to be a sure starter for the Guineas, for which, considering his size and shape, he ought to be about the mark ; but with respect to winning the Derby, I cannot bring myself to believe h e is ca p able of accomplishing that feat, considering several horses in the race to be some pounds super ior to him. The Newmarket Meet ings, however, will b e sure to decide the point as to whether he is the first-class animal he is reported to be, or otherwise. Mr. Gratwicke's other n omination, ch c by Chatham, at work out of Projectile's dain , was p ut out of training last year. k It is rumoured that he w as sold, and that he is tion again ; but of this I have received no positive informa- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22; 185 3. W. SMITH has a couple of Derby - horses. Captain Bastard's bl c CATsrAW, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Utopia, nominated by Mr. Jaques, has figured very ingloriously in three races, and is not of the slight est use for the Derby. Captain Lane's eh c NINNTHAMIER, by Orlando, out of Ninny, by Bedlamite, dam by Manfred, out of Castrel, nominated by Mr. Carew, was bred by tho late E. Peel, Esq., and at the sale of his stud in Dec., 1850, was purchased by Mr. Carew for 45 guineas, and by his present owner last ye ar for 200 guineas. He only run once, at the Newmarket Second October Meet ing, where carrying Bst. 71b., he won the Bedford Ib (second) , N ico- t e r which Stakes easily, beating Gossip, Bst 10 tine, Bst 41b (bad third), and two others. Af he was backed for the Derby for the first time, his owner taking 6,0001. to 200/. - , at which price he has remained ever since. He is a remarkably fine animal, but has had a bad winter. Should he go to the post in first rate condition, however, he will take an immense deal of beating. More anon. Captain Lane's MDLETHORPE, by P i caroon , out of ID Confusion6e, nominated by Mr. Wilkinson, is out of training. The ch c Pitfall, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Burletta, nominated by Mr. Jaques, has, I am informed, left Newmarket for Gullane, as t he property of C a ptain Key. He has only won one race out of seven, and is not the sort of horse for the Epsom affair. Another nomination of Mr. Jaques', b c ANGLO SAXON, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Colocynth, has been out of training for a length ' of time. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. ' FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE ON THE NORT rIH-WESTEN RAILWAY.— On Saturday morning, at an early hour, an accident of a most frightful character took place on the line of the London and.North-NVestern Railway, whereby two men were mosti fearfully mutilated. It appears that about S o'cl4c:tl:Vo labourin, men were proceeding to work, and while passing through the Kilburn tunnel they heard the noise of an engine ap proaching them, but could not tell which way or on which Line. They both accordingly laid down between the rails, thinking the engines would pass over them, but the fender under the engine which was very low, struck both of them, and almost cut them to pieces, dragging one of them a considerable distance. The driver stopped the engine with all possible speed, and dragged one of the poor fellows, in a shocking condition from under the tender. One leg was completely cut off, and other parts of his body were dreadfully mutilated. A. search was then made, when the other man wa s discovered so me distance down the line, in an insensible state, with the scalp torn from his head. Both the injured men were conveyed on stretchers to the nearest surgeon's, but one was found to be quite dead, and the other was in such a condition tort no esters were entertained of his recovery. It was repd yy evening that the other poor fellow had expired. NAVA.L INTELLIGENCE. NAVY ESTIMATES. In both houses of Parliament, last night, the affairs of the navy were embraced in the topics of remark and dis cussion. In the House of Lords the natural impatience at the delay in publishing the committee's report on " manning the navy" was represented by Lord Lovel and Holland and the Duke of Northumberland. The Earl of Aberdeen claimed time for consideration of the proceedings of the committee, in consequence of the vast number of subjects beside that of manning the navy that was included in the report, with a view to form some opinion on the important question. The noble Premier, however, is inclined to give the report, and postpone the publication of the evidence. As we have often stated, we believe the question of manning the permanent navy is one that can be solved only by £. s. d. If our skilled seamen were paid ade quate wages for their laborious, worrying, and hazard ous services—if they were paid as men who, having served . a, long apprenticeship, are entitled to journey men's wages, instead of being paid as common labourers --there would be no difficulty in not only manning the navy quickly and efficiently, but the service would have so many volunteers for entry into it that the cruel and degrading practice of corporal punishment (now, unhappily, a necessary evil) could with safety and advantage be totally abolished, for then, as in the case of our dockyard men now, the greatest misfortune or disgrace that could befal a man would be that of being turned out of the service. We perceive that the subject of corporal punishment was discussed in the House of Commons last night, when our old suggestion —namely, that ships' courts-martial should try an offender before punishment, and that a man should not undergo the degrading infliction of whipping on the judgment and determination solely of the captain--was urged on the First Lord of the Admiralty. There can be no doubt that a change of this nature would be a most wise amelioration of the absolute naval code ; for we know from experience that many a good man would have been saved not only from unjustifiable torture, but from utter ruin, had the charges hastily alleged against him been subjected to a calm and deliberate investiga tion by a court or committee composed of three or five persons. To this more humane and just mode of hi. quiry into and punishing of offences in the navy, we must sooner or l a t er come ; and the Admiralty who are the first to intr o d uce it will not only prove...themselves real friends of the navy, but will thereby serve the best interests of the country. Rear-Admiral Sir J. Pechell last night conjured up a host of diffi culties, in carrying out the suggestion of ships' courts martial ; as he says in some small ships it would be impossible to form a tribunal. We never gave the gal lant officer much credit for that intelligence on naval matters which his rank would indicate him to possess ; but we never thought our opinion could be confirmed by an observation so silly. It is true that he has not been afloat for the last 30 yearg, but one would suppose him to be acquainted with the fact that in the smallest man of war on a foreign station there are at least four or five officers eligible to sit at any civil court of inquiry, or in a special jury box. It is, indeed, no credit to the cloth to find that the civilian member for Lambeth is more capable of discussing naval details than a flag officer. The gallant' admiral, we perceive, delivered himself a his usual rambling, irrelevant speech, having as much application to the naval estimates as to the Maynooth grant ; but on this occasjon he exceeded his usual bad taste in referring to a controverted election now under examination by a •sworn committee ; and we are quite sure that the service will neither deem it fair, nor even decent, for an officer who has never served a day since the year 1821, but who has been in receipt of the country's money all the time in the shape of half-pay and emolument, and is now actually in the receipt of 4501. a year, should invidiously remark upon the offices held by men so pre-eminently distinguished both in the military and civil service of this country at sea and on land against the enemy ashore at the Board of Admiralty and in the House of Commons, as the venerable and respected admirals of the fleet, Sir Byam Martin, G.C.8., and the Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, Bart., G. C. B. It will be admitted that the hon. member richly de served the reproof of the First Lord, of the Admiralty and Mr. Stafford, for his indiscreet observations on the late Chatham election, and his unjustifiable reference to the Vice-Admiral and the Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom— the more unpardonable inasmuch as the appointments held by those officers are not of recent date.—Morning Herald. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 21. Rattlesnake, 8, Commander Trollope, hauled out of dock this morning soon after nine, and is alongside the jetty, taking in part of her stores. She will be ready to leave this port on Tuesday evening. Blenheim, 58, screw steam guard-ship, Captain Hen derson, will go out of harbour to-morrow to prove her engines ; and she is ready for any service that may be required of her. Agamemnon, 91, screw line-of-battle ship, Captain Sir Thomas MaNand. A great number of fresh cases of sickness have shown themselves since yesterday. Many have been brought ashore to-day for the hospital by the Echo steam-tug. An order has come down for this ship to be brought into harbour, and her crew to be hulked. She got out powder and shells to-day, and will come into harbour to-morrow evening. Fairy yacht, Master Commander David N. Welch, tender to the Victoria and Albert, has made a trial of placing a wooden ball or globe on her old propeller, taking up about one-third diameter of the whole. It has been ascertained that the said ball has nothing to do with regard to the doing away with the vibration ; the secret of the advantage, therefore, must lie in the pitch, as well as the form, of blade attached to Griffith's patent. SHEERNESS, FEB. 21. HER MAJESTY'S SCREW STEAM-FRIGATE HORATIO. The Horatio, 24, commanded, by Captain the Hen. S. T. Carnegie, commenced preparations for sea by sending up lower yards and topma,sts, fidding topgallantmasts, &c., on the morning of the 14th i ns t. H av i ng b ent sa i ls an crossed topgallantyards she slipped her moorings at two p.m., and proceeded in fine style, under steam alone, out of Sheerness harbour. After making several runs between the Mouse and Nore light vessels, at an average speed of 8k knots per hour, she anchored for the night at the Great Nore. The revolutions of her engine were 33 and 34, those of the propeller 66 and 68 per minute ; the multiplying gear being as 2 to 1. The following forenoon the seamen were exercised at the great guns. A target being placed at a distance of 450 yards was knocked away by the third shot that was fired. A second was set up, and very soon struck. The Marines were then practised at firing (with muskets and Minie rifles) at a target from the swinging boom rigged out. Seldom have any body of men evinced greater proficiency in the use of the musket and rifle than did the Marines of the Horatio, of whom six or seven out of ten invariably hit the mark. In the after noon the Horatio got under weigh. After steaming for a few hours up and down the Thames, her engine work ing on each grade of expansion, she came to an anchor in the Swin, between the M 01143 and Maplin light vessels. The next day a small cask was used as a target, at a distance of 600 yards from the ship. The guns were loaded with shell. The fourth that was fired struck the object, carrying away the greater portion of it. The firing was equal, if not superior, to that of the previous day. A boat at the given distance would have been speedily destroyed, so well directed were the shots. The exercises of the forenoon terminated by the blue jackets firinc , at a mark with their small arms, and a concen trated broadside, which scarcely shook the ship, so firmly are her timbers put together. The Horatio, having weighed anchor, proceeded under steam up the Sevin. When abreast of the Maplin she bore up, making all plain sail to topgallantsails. The crew were exercised in making and shortening sail, be., the ship going fully 10 knots through the water. With a fresh breeze, the wind being on the starboard quarter and tide in her favour, she accomplished the dis tance (eight miles) between the Mouse and Nore light in 42 minutes, the boilers being worked up top, pressure of 141 b. on the square inch. She came into harbour under sail and steam, shortening sail off Garrison Point to topsails and jib. Having replenished her fuel from the Fortitude coal hulk, she took up the moorings for merly occupied by the London. The trial of the Horatio on this occasion was much more satisfactory in all respects than that which took place three months since. Taking into consideration that her bottom was incrustated with weeds and small shells, the spe e d s h e attained ma y b e cons id ere d very fair. She is an old ship, having been built so far back as 1807 on the lines of the Livey. She was fitted with a screw propeller of 350 nominal horse-power a few years ago, on a plan suggested by the late Lord John Hay. _ Mr. J. Taylor, the Admiralty pilot at Sheerness, being unable from illness to take charge of the Horatio, the important and responsible duties of pilot were most efficiently discharged by the Second Master. , WOOLWICH, FEB. 21. ♦PPOINTMENTS. Clerks' Assistants.—Joseph F. Allen, to the Horatio, 24, screw steam-guard-ship at Sheerness ; James Camp boll, to the Hogue, GO, screw steam-ship, at Plymouth ; C. D. Du Port, to the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam ship, at Portsmouth ; R. J. Jones, to the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth ; and W. F. Simmouds, to the Centaur, flag-ship of Rear- Admiral W. W. Henderson, C. 8., on the South-east Coast of America station. The Phoenix screw steam-sloop, Commander Edward A. Inglefield, in addition to having had her boilers put en board when in the basin, has been masted, and was „.. . - taken out of the basin to-day and put into dock, to be strengthened previous to her departure on a voyage to the Arctic regions. The riggers attached to the dockyard commenced re rigging the Isabel screw steam-vessel on Saturday, and when she is ready for sea she will proceed to Behring's Straits under the command of Mr. Kennedy, who re cently commanded the Prince Albert during the last voyage of that vessel to the Arctic regions. Lady Franklin has applied for a sailing-master or qualified officer of the Royal navy to navigate, but riot to com mand, the Isabel, as she is to be under the command of Mr. Kennedy, who will be accompanied by M. Bellot, of the French navy, who has again volunteered his ser vices to proceed in a further search for Sir John Franklin. The Cormorant steam-sloop was taken out of dock to day.and put into the basin, to have her engines taken out, and she will then be towed up to Deptford to be broken up at that port. The caisson attached to the basin was taken out to day, and taken into dock to undergo a thorough repair, and be made efficient to retain a greater depth of water on its being replaced at the entrance to the basin, which is also to be cleared out previous to the launch of the Royal Abort, 131, screw steam-ship. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN. It is with feelings of deep regret that we announce the death of Dr. John Kaye, the learned and excellent Bishop of Lincoln. Dr. Kaye received his early educa tion under the celebrated Greek scholar Dr. Burney, and afterwards became a member of Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1804 he took his B.A. degree, and ob tained the highest distinctions, both in classics and in mathematics, which the University can bestow. The only other instance on record in which the same person has won the double honour of senior wrangler and senior medallist is that of the present Ba ron Alderson. In 1814 he was elected Master of Christ's College, in 1815 he was created D.D. by Royal mandate, and in 1816, on the death of Dr. Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, succeeded him as regius professor of divinity. It was in this last important position that he delivered his lectures on ecclesiastical history, as illus- trated by the writings of Tertullian and Justin Martyr ; lectures which were subsequently published, and which form a most valuable portion of theological literature. The other duties of his arduous office he discharged with equal ability and success. His commencement speeches at the creation of doctors of divinity were always topics of great interest, and expressed in the purest taste and in the most elegant Latinity ; one of them was on the subject which now engages public attention—the ques tion of university reform. In 1820 Lord Liverpool selected him at an unusually early age for the bishopric of Bristol, ♦acant by the death of Dr. Mansell, Master of Trinity. In 1827 he was advanced to the see of Lincoln. In consequence of this promotion his immediate con nection with the University ceased. He was succeeded in his academical offices by two of his friends, men of high abilities and kindred feelings—in the Mastership of Christ's by Dr. Graham, the present Bishop of Chester ; and in the Regius Professorship of Divinity by Dr. Turton, the present Bishop of Ely. His attention was now devoted to the care and superintendence of his large diocese ; yet, in the midst of his labours, he found time to publish not only many admirable sermons, many im portant charges, treating of all theological questions which successively agitated the public mind, but also works on a larger scale and of more enduring interest, such as his "Account of the Writings and Opinions of Clement of Alexandria." To many treatises he never attached his name. Two of these are well known. His " Remarks on Dr. Wise man's Lectures," and his " Reply to the Travels of an Irish Gentleman." These smaller tracts are replete with learning, marked throughout by acute reasoning and sound interpretation, and . enlivened by a vein of most delicate pleasantry which exposes the errors and inconsistencies of his opponents without ever deviating from the courtesy of true Christian con troversy. His last volume, a portion of which is actually in the press, is " On Athanasius and the Coun cil of Nice." All these works are of value to the in quirer after truth, not only on account of their calm tone and perfect fairness, but of the nice pre cision and accuracy with which all the real questions at issue are touched. However intricate might be the sub ject, he seized at once, as with intuitive perception, the exact point on which the controversy turned. The re sults of his knowledge, the conclusions of his well-ba lanced mind, were always accessible. They were com municated, too, with the utmost simplicity. In public and in private alike, there was not the slightest tinge of exaggeration in his language. It was all natural and unassuming. He knew nothing of the declaimer's art, by which he overstates to others what he too frequently understates to himself. But the excellence of Bishop Kaye must not be esti mated by his intellectual attainments, however rare and remarkable in their character and combination. His friends dwell on the higher worth of his moral' qualities. They recal his piety,.his mild virtues, his gentle man ners, his meek and humble deportment, and that "plea santness of disposition " which the pions Herbert so justly deemed a great means of doing good. These qua 'sties were equally appreciated by the high and the low. While the most polished found delight in the unaffected grace and charm of his conversation, the poorest and most obscure who applied to him for aid or advice felt at once that they were in the presence of a truly good man, -- one no less prompt to relieve than patient to listen to their humble tale of trouble or distress. His contributiods to various charities were always liberal—often munificent ; but those which have met the public eye form but a very small portion of that unceasing stream of quiet benevo lence which flowed on in silence, known to few or none but the receivers. One of his latest acts was to build, at his sole expense, the beautiful church of Riseholme. It was at the consecration of this church, at which Dr. Jenkins, the Tvlaster of Baliol, was present, that the Bishop alluded, in - the most feeling and grateful terms, to the high compliment which had beeh paid to him by one of the most distinguished colleges in the of Baliol University eni enjoy the Oxford. sin The gula M r privilegeaste and r osohilafpostnt F ol e Fellows their pvoebishoprssti, tyot they C v cs i s aoamin i l tgtboeiarit, Canterbury, who and n sdh So t ueh elected cae d tds es e doahrt held hidne o f t tßhh t ai h est the eo e orfu A rD .La r c binn h li e: - coln. In the distribution of his patronage, if he had any fault, it is a fault which many in these days will willingly forgive, but which, it is hoped, the friends of the de parted prelate will net willingly forget—that, in his im partial and disinterested anxiety to reward what he be lieved to be the merits of others, he omitted the oppor tunity of rewarding an exemplary minister whom he most deeply loved, and to whose claims there was but one objection—that he was hie own son.—Times. RAILWAT INTELLIGENCE. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION.-The half. yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the offices in Parliament-street. Mr. Henry Tootal presided. The report stated that " The directors antici pated that the railway would have been opened for traffic in September last, but the opening was unavoid ably postponed till the 14th of October, in consequence of an extensive slip. This delay was further protracted to the 27th of November, until certain special bye-laws, which were unexpectedly called for by the Board of Trade, were settled and approved by that authority, as well as by the London and North-Western and London and South-Western Railway. On the 27th of November, the line was certified by the Govern input inspector as fit to be opened for public traffic, and notice was then given to the London and North-Western and London and South-Western Railway Companies of this fact, and that they were at liberty to use the line. Since that day the de lay in working the line has resulted from the views entertained respecting the necessity for siding accommodation and other matters, by one or both of those companies. The directors regret that this valu able medium of communication should not have been more promptly used by the great railway companies whose lines it connects. They are, however, glad to state that it is now being worked." The 'accounts showed the total receipts to have been 63,0561. is. 5d., and the expenditure 53,3741. Bs. ld., leaving a balance in hand of 9,681/. 13s. 4d. The report was received and adopted, and the three out-going directors and auditors re-elected. The meeting then separated. NORTH DEVON RAILWAY AND DOCK. -At the meeting of the North Devon Railway and Dock Company, held yesterday afternoon, the report of the directors was re ceived and adopted. The works of the line progress satisfactorily, and promise to be completed by the time expected. The total receipts to the 31st of December last amounted to 284,8861. ; and the expenditure to 249,6551., leaving a balance in hand of 35,231/. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAIL WAY.-The report to be submitted to the shareholders at the half-yearly meeting to be held to - morrow (Wednesday), states that the company's expenditure upon works during the second half of the last year was 360,0001., and the total outlay on the undertaking up to the present period, nearly 2,850,0001., the rate of ex penditure for the half-year having been about 60,0001. per month. The revenue account shows a profit on the half-year on the main line of 7,2071. Bs. 7d. ; and upon the Stourbridgo Extension Canal of 1,214.„ 16s. 2d. ; making altogether, 8,451/. 4s. 9d. The amount paid for interest on debentures was 9,2151. Bs. id. DIVIDENDS DECLARED.-London and North-Western, 21. 10s. per cent, for six months ; South-Western, 4 per cent, per annum ; Great Western, 21. 10s. per cent. ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 3 per cent.; East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Railway, 3 per cent.; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2/ per cent.; St. Helens Railway and Canal Company, 31 per cent.; Maryport and Carlisle, 20s. upon each 501. share, and of ss. upon each 121. 10s. share ; Stockton and Darlington, 4 per cent. per annum on the preference shares, 7s. 6d. on the 251. shares, 6s. sd. on the new 251. shares, and 4s. 91d. on the new 171., paid subject to income tax ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 3s. 4d. per share ; Blackwall, half-yearly dividend of 3s. 4d. per share. The East Lancashire Railway Company will pay a dividend of 3 per cent. ; the Electric Telegraph Company will pay 61- per cent. ; the Taff Vale Railway Company's half-yearly dividend will be 141. 10s. on each original share of 1201., and a dividend in the same pro portion on the quarter and 101. shares ; the Midland Counties will pay 31 per cent, on the consolidated stock, and the Eastern Counties 6s. a share ; the Northern and Eastern Company will pay 255. on the guaranteed 5 per cent. shares ; and 30s. on the guaranteed 6 per cent. shares ; the Colchester and Stour Valley Company will divide 3 per cent., and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire pay a dividend on the 61. preference shares; the Whitehaven Junction dividend will be 3s. a share ; the York and North Midland, 3 per cent. ; the Scottish Central, 4 per cent. ; and the Dublin and Wicklow, 11 per share. PRICE OF GOLD.—The price of bar gold is 775. per oz. standard ; Spanish doubloons, 775. 6d. per oz. ; South American doubloons, 765, per oz. ; bar silver containing gold, all gold above five grains in the pound to be paid for, 61?-,d. per oz. standard ; bar silver without gold, 61id. per oz. standard ; Mexican and South American dollars, 590. per oz. ; Spanish pillar dollars, 61d. per oz. ; French five franc pieces, 594 d. per oz. ; United States gold coin, 765. 30. ' [AD` ElyrisEmENTl—ifolloway's Ointment and Pills wonderfully efficacious in curing a Scorbutic Eruption of Ten Years' Standing.—Mr. Ma.ckridge, ships' store dealer, of Price's-street, Liverpool, was afflicted for upwards of 10 years with a violent scorbutic affection in the hand, which gave him so much pain and a g ony th a t hi s b odily health became seriously affected. During this period he had the advice of several eminent practitioners, but without obtaining the slightest relief. He then - pur chased, of Mr. Thompson, chemist, Stanhope-street, Liverpool, some of Holloway's ointment and pills, which, by perseverance in their use, very shortly cured the disease, and restored him to perfect health and strength.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Continued from First Edition of yesterday. ) QUEEN v. HENRY BROOME. At the conclusion of the prosecutor's evidence, no other evidence being called, Lord Campbell directed the jury to find a verdict of acquittal. ANDREWS V. CHAPMAN-ACTION FOR LIBEL. The plaintiff appeared in person to conduct his own case ; Sir F. Thesiger, with Mr. 80-ill, instructed by Mr. Dobie, appeared for the defendant. This was an action against the printer and publisher of the Morning Herald newspaper, for an alleged libel which appeared in that journal on the 26th November, 1849, under the form of a report of proceedings in the Court of Chancery, and of a judgment of Lord Chan cellor Cottenham in a suit in Chancery, in which the plaintiff in the present action was the plaintiff. The re port of the judgment was preceded by a narrative of the circumstances which gave rise to the suit, of which the plaintiff, who described himself as an attorney and a no tary public, now complained. The defendantpleaded a jus tification, and proved his case by putting in the statement made by the plaintiff himself in laying an appeal case before the House of Lords, and from which it appeared that, in the year 1824, the plaintiff had commenced pro ceedings in Chancery against the defendants in the suit, and had been engaged in various proceedings in Chan cery and in the common.law courts until 1839, when he took his case by appeal before the House of Lords, where it is still pending. Mr. Clark, a witness on the part of the defendant, proved that offers had been made to the plaintiff to stay all proceedings, and put an end to the matter which he had refused until 1849, when he was re leased from prison, in which he had been confined for several years. A detail of the various proceedings taken by the plaintiff, and described in the report, would be perfectly uninteresting and immaterial. Evidence in reply was given on the part of the plaintiff, consisting of a letter from himself to the solicitors of the defendant in the Chancery proceedings several years ago, containing an offer to refer all matters in dispute, and an answer to the effect, that the defendant's attor ney preferred to abide by the Lord Choncellor's judg ment. • • • The plaintiff, in his address in reply, complained of the word "wantonly" being put in the newspaper, whereas he had neither acted wanto n ly, nor from a wish to harass the defendant in the suit. Lord Campbell, in summing up, said it was rather a melancholy spectacle to see a gentleman so far advanced in life, who might have ended his days in respectability and comfort, from a morbid love of litigation, presenting himself before a jury under circumstances so much to be deplored. The action was brought for a libel, and he must say the article in question was not exactly what he could approve of. By the law of England a fair account of what took place in a court of justice might be published, but then the reporter who gave this account should not mix up with it any comments of his own, It had been stated that it might be the duty of the journalist to make comments. He would say nothing about that ; but if he did comment, it was not to be done under the head of the report that gave an account of what took place in court. These things should be kept entirely separate, Here there was not only what was said by the Lord Chancellor, but also a detailed account of proceedings which had taken place a number of years before, with comments on them that certainly should not have appeared there. If there had been simply an account of what the Lord Chancellor said, as that ap peared to be correct, the proprietor of the newspaper would have had nothing to do but to plead not guilty, and to call the gentleman who prepared the report, and show by him that it was a fair report of what had taken place. Although all that the Lord Chancellor said was not inserted, it was quite clear that the substance of what he said was inserted, and the privilege of publishing re ports of proceedings in courts of justice would be useless, if it were necessary to set out every word of the evi dence and the speeches, and what was said by the judge. If it was substantially a fair account of what took place, there was an entire immunity for those who published it. But here there was an introductory part, which did not appear, under all the circumstances, to have been exactly what was said at the time, and, therefore, that had thrown on the defendant the necessity of what was called a special justification. What the Lord Chancellor had said was rather mitigated in favour of the plaintiff than exaggerated. It was only inserted in the exercise of a privilege that he hoped would always exist in this coun try, of giving a fair account of what took place in courts of justice. They were open to all the world, but they were of limited extent, and by means of the press the whole nation was put in a position to form their own opinions as to the conduct of a jury, the witnesses, and the judges ; but the jury must say whether the evidence that had been given was sufficient to prove the in troductory part, and to make out the plea of justifi cation. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the de fendant. Lord Campbell having expressed his concurrence in the verdict, observed that it was impossible for the law to protect the press from vexatious actions ; but when newspaper proprietors conducted themselves with pro priety, when they came before a jury they had an acquit tal and an indemnity, as far as those who sued them were capable of paying for the costs which had been in curred. Taking a great interest in the respectability of the press, he must say that the reports which were given of law proceedings were generally extremely impartial ; but it was not right to mix up comments with reports, as the comments ought to be given in another part of the paper. A CRYSTAL PALACE IN THE MARCO POLO. This fine Australian packet.ship, which recently made the shortest passage on record to and from Australia, now lies in the Salthouse Dockyard, Liverpool, under going extensive internal alterations and adornments. The first saloon, when completed, will present a brilliant appearance. It is being fitted up with stained glass pannelling, alternating with mirrors. On one side of the saloon are transparent paintings on glass, represent ing picturesque portions of Australian scenery ; while the transparencies on the opposite side represent Wind sor Castle and the principal baronial halls of old Eng land. The doors fronting the saloon furnish the eye with beautifully executed designs of Commerce and In dustry, in stained glass. Between them is placed a large mirror, so placed as to reflect nearly all the decorations. On either side of the mirror will be the arms of England and Australia. At the opposite end are ventilators, constructed on the most improved principle, the sides of which will be formed of stained glass, with designs emblematical of the four seasons, while on the door will be a full-length painting of Britannia, on glass. In the centre of the saloon is a large slab o f g l ass, form ing a dumb-waiter, beneath which is an air-chamber, with a lamp burning, to carry the ventilation from the lower-deck. The dumb-waiter will be surmounted by a magnificent glass panel, in the centre of which a clock will be placed. A rich Turkey carpet will cover the floor, and around the saloon will be placed reclining cushions, in crimson Utrecht velvet. Dining tables are being placed on each side of the saloon, with swinging trays depending from the roof. Adjoining the saloon, there is a ladies' drawing-room, elegantly painted in gold and white, with sofas in green Utrecht velvet, and hav ing a large centre table. The second saloon, which is spacious, light, and well ventilated, has been neatly papered. A great improvement has been here intro duced, which we have no doubt will soon be adopted in other large vessels. A brass hand-rail is placed on each side, by the aid of which passengers may walk to and fro without running the risk of breaking their necks down a hatchway. In the third cabin, a similar desire on the part of the owners to make the passengers comfortable is observable. The berths are large, light, and well ventilated. There are ten, ventilators, running from the lower to the upper deck, so that each is supplied with the means of emitting the bad and admitting the pure air. They have glass tops, and thus serve the double purpose of ventilators and win dows. The first-class dormitories will be elegantly fitted after the manner of the Cunard mail steamers. Another improvement which is being introduced cannot be too extensively imitated on board of large ships. The pantry has two sliding hatches, one communicating with the galley for the reception of cooked victuals, and the other opening directly into the dining-room. The smoking viands can thus be served with a rapidity which has never before been possible. There is no doubt that, when completed, these improvements will make the Marco Polo the most elegant and convenient, as well as the fastest, sailing -vessel affording communication be tween Great Britain and the golden land. She is ad vertised to take her departure this month. THE WAKEFIELD MURDER. The examination of Henry Dobson, before the magis trates for the murder of Catherine Shearaden, the unfor tunate woman of the town, was conducted yesterday in the House of Correction. The witnesses had, in the first instance, b een summoned to the Court-house, where the examination was originally intended to be conducted ; but the governor of the House of Correction refusing to give up his prisoner, as received un d er the coroner's warrant of committal,' the judicial inquiry was removed to the magistrates room in the prison. Edward Jew, Esq., occupied the chair, and there were also pre sen t the May or , an d J . C. D. Charlesworth, Esq. 1 Dobson was then brought into the room, and the charge ag a i ns t hi m stated. He is a strong-built little man, broadly marked with the small-pox, and the in difference formerly noticed in his appearance was still to be observed. In fact, he appears entirely insensible to the awful nature of the position in which he is placed, and this feature appears to give some currency to the rumours so extensivPly prevalent, that there is a tinge of insanity in his temperament. The witnesses examined on the inquest were first taken. Their evidence was not materially different from that given before the coroner, the only difference being that the case was still more strongly made out against Dobson. The depositions h mayinagolaie, what he tad ll r beentalwn, Dobson was asked,in the usual tosay, the s cult shallto sa y until I g e t t o Y or k . "—Hi s voice slightly oo s t t s o a m y a a ry nyt c h a i u n t g io n n ow be ; in l g hat replied , h ' a v ' o s g ha iv ll en k:eep ll v e saying this, and h e a pp eare d o th erwise disturbed,ightlyfaltered for the first time, during the examination. his li tr e then formally committed to York, t o take ,' The body of the murdered girl was on Sunday and yesterday visited by thousands of people, and the woman of the house must have reaped a considerable harvest from the curiosity of her visitors, as each person who saw the body was expected to contribute some• hing. The interment is fixed for to-day, COUNTRY MARKETS. red, 38s t o 50s ; COLCHESTER--FEB. 11). 56 ° ; Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, w hite, 46s to w ll hi az t ag e, a 4 l, 6 3 to oB 4 % 3 ; 2 gr s ; ey in , ic aos idle barley, 34s to 38s ; oats, 17s to as ; 1051114 to an 3 d 2s s . mall, 34s to 38s ; PoB.* CELELMSFORD—FEB. 18. old oft Od to Prices to-d a y white, e-e as follow : —Wheat, to 58s Od, ne w 39 s t o 56 s ; red, old 37s to 48 s , new 31 5 ,„ 45s ; barley, 25 s t o 27s ; chevalier, 31s to 37s ; n oats, 21s to 27s ; malt, 55 s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58 s; 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 30s to 35s ; white, 325 to °-,), boffin.. 38s to 41 $ ; d un , new, 29 s to 33 s ; b ean s to 345 l Harrow tick s , 31 s t o 36 s ; Mazagan, 290 V) 32 tick, oar 11. The following is the official statement of the quail /3 1V of corn, &c., received in the port of London from the p o i, in Essex, from the 14th to the 19th February, b° l4l elusive : - a Zi 8 4 A. al 132,1080 10 15 59 2751815 - 30 54 801 - 127 49 731 400 -___ll3l_l_9_, Colchester Harwich Leigh Malden 147 18 69 1-00 INVERNESS.—FEB. 15. suY In consequence of the storm, there has been scarus-Y, attendance at our market ; and in the absonco of basin we do not alter our quotations. CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bnlshodel'; ' 48s Od to 52s Od • barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 28a Od to Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 20s Od to 21s Od. aitto MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll. 16s 8d to Os Od ; oa ; second, 15s 6d to Os Od ; barleymeal, lls 6d to Os od; peasemeal, 15s Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7d t° 7,A to Ist flour, per 2'2,01b, 40s Od to 42s Od ; 2d ditto, 305 ' l- , gd 32s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b .14 4d' to Os Od ; ditto second, i s 6d t o O s Od • barleyme - ` O O, to Os Od. ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os Od. ; Ist flour, 20 uu• 3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. •rb.ef PROVISIONS.—Potatoes per stone, 6cl Od ; to lb, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, '4d to 5d ; mutton, ditto, -4- 2 a ; 6d ; pork, ditto, 3d to 4d ; fowls, each, 10d to .; 6 d chickens, per pair, 10d. to 12d ; ducks, each, lid to i' i o c i; eggs per dozen, 7d to 8d • butter, fresh, per lb., 9d to ; ditto, salt, per lb., 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d tf 6a; four-pound "loaf, fine, /d to 7 . 4 d ; ditto, second, 5d coals, per cwt., 9d to Od ; hay, per stone, 8d to 10d• - ABERDEEN, FEB. 18.—Grain—Old oats, 008 Od to vs- r nniOa t l 401bs per bushel ; new oats, 16s Od t o 17 s Od, 401b 5 bushel ; bear, 28s Od to 28s 6d; 531b s p er bushel ; baLl o 27s 6d to 28s Od, 531bs - per bushel ; wheat, red, 420 . ,/d, 43s Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, w hit e , 50s Od to 5 II; 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s Oct per b° o , flour, 395 Od to 40s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, Pe r v i; 5d to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 4d °Od ; pork, per stone, 48 Od to 4s 3d ; lamb, per lb, Od to o d; rabbits, each, 7d to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Oct to °! 3,1; potatoes, per peck, O s t o i s 2d ; b u tt er , p er lb, 1 8 0 d to - 1-a , to eggs, per doz, is Od. to 1s 2d ; hens, per pair, 3 11 6tl 3s 9d ; chickens, e;tto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducks, ditto, ' g s , to 3s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Oct to Os Od ; turkfl e ; each, 4s (kl to 4s 6d ; geese, ditto, 4s Od to 58 Od for exportation (present cure), per cwt, OOs to *v s oe ditto (summer cured), OOs to OOs Od ; eggs, wholesale r per dozen, Od to bid ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; P° fine small, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork, large, 3s 6d to 40 3d. COAL MARKET—FM. 21. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : -" s. d. 10. 6 Holywell. .20 6 Hetton 22 6 28 Townley 20 0 Lambton - .................. 6 Wylam.. 19 0 Cassop . ................... 9 Wall's End, & c . Hengh Hall ................ . 6 La alker wson 21 0 Backhouse ................... .4 6 W 2O 9 Tees ....................... .." Ships at market 3O I Sold 2l. RAILWAY SHARI MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21. STOCK EXCHINGE.—The market to-day h a s been 0 , with little busine ss d o i ng, b u t h as closed at a sligh t for provement. Ther e h as b een very l i ttle stock b rou gh t ward. The closing sales were reported as folio vo tor Chester and Birk en h ea d , 21i ; Caledonian, 31i_i C 127.• and Holyhead, 23 ; E as t ern Counties, 134 ; cashire, 198 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 784 ' • Lan -400 and Preston Qu a rt er shares, is. at 4/. 14 s . d., 27; and North Western, 124; Manchester, She ffield, or , Lincoln, 30 ; Midland, 78,k ; South Eastern and 13/ 4 - tli 248 ; Waterford and Limerick, 28 - York and - 0 l e, Midland, 30 ; Manchester, Sheffield ,' and Lincoln shares, 11. MANCHESTER, FEB. 21. .STocK EXCHANGE.—There was a very small vu--- - , 40 . and the market was not so firm. Leeds stock, 78i , donian, 320 ; East Lancashire, 194 c. London stock, 120 a. LEEDS, Fan. 21. yeti STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues inanimate. Tran sac ti ons h ave b een [ con fi ne d to ‘-'34ledo• - nians, which closed at 32i ; i and Lancashire and Yorks . hiv* which closed at 78g ; both ben g a decline upon the quottv lions of Saturday. BIRMINGFIAM, FEB. 21* STOCK EXCIFIANGB.-The r a il way share rather firm er t o -d ay, and shares were more Sought after' - .• Shrewsbury an d Bi rm i ngham were a shade lower, closing at 67. ma rket was RAILWAY TRAFFIC .RETUBN. i , LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN _RAILWAY. -- Tri" m " - I I turn for the week ending Feb. 19, 1853 £0,533 0 / Corresponding week last year 10,021 1 6 , ....- ---- Decrease in 1853 £4BB 5 1 .., LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND S OUTH C OAST B A ILWA. , , Traffic return for/the week ending Feb. 19, 8 1853 £6,955 1- s Corresponding week last year 7,430 I' 3 0 Total of the h a lf-y ear t o thi s d ate, 1853. Total of the half-y ear t o thi s d a t e, 1852 61,094 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Poi by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] 10 e" Day when made up From what . to COUNTRIES, in General Post- Port o. o° r d. , 0 1 '' Office, London. Dispatched. E -- - - fi ...--- -. P i° . 1 inerica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... El Aob America (by.Linited Sts. , 2i packet) ..........N Feb. 24 ........ - Llveijool .... reb America (by U States packet) .........N Feb. 16 .......... Southampton ren• 26 Australia (via South• ampton) ...... ... II 4th of March .... South a mptonlAPr,l 4 1 Ditto (via Marseill es ) N dth o : March .... Dover ...... AP r ' Ditto (via Cape of stood ' re' 313. Rope) .. .. • - N 22d of February . • Plymouth .. MA 1 2 Africa (West C oas t)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. Fob• 0 Alexandria .....• • • .. N 8,9 , 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...• •• F ell ,;,q, 4 A lexandria.. ........34 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Ma'' 0' Bahamas ...........M 2 nd of the month Southampton Ist o' , lii•leium - Brazil .... •• •• ..N ()ally_ ___ - - Over ....••1 1)41171 h 1 0 Buenos Ayres - .. • M 9th of the month.. Southampton Var 'it 1 6 . -Al 9th of the month- Southampton Masc o Cape of G ood Bone ..N 14th o f th e month Pl ymouth .•lieb" n 30 Cape of Good Hope ..N 2nit of Ap ri1 ....., Plymouth .. M are eta Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. Ton' '- Ceylon (see India) Ce y lon • • • • • • • • • • • • ..N 14th o f th e month Plymouth .. IFo'.. 24;' „Fi°' (Mae eel Isles ...... .N Mon.,Wed.,&Fr,d. Southampton 'Tn-P,'; I CC C ah h n i i l iat • a • i ii e • h i • 0 f pn1 • edia ... ).: ....: :: 7 4.1 .8 8: 17th of month ShothamPtonliare' I C G,: o iabn n n ir s t,t. t C o n sta ntino g t rE i h n u o .r p r l p e e . . „ m 4th 1 8, 7, 2 2 0 4 iti &2 0 7 f o m f o m n .. so Do u v ak er m .. p .. to . n . i l m v e i z r ' d. ,. 4 : o , Twice Greece (seeI;01 Greytown .. . M& N Twice daily ...... Dover kE'rgaytptcte(s.e.e..l.n.d.i.ak & N Twice daily.-- Dover .....• T wic ?l6 6stif I 'hi INI 2nd & 17th of mon. sontbmpton Ma"' " Gap i .. a. . ) ........M 4, 7. 17,20, 27 am. Southampton Feb. • , i r o n i ii , i l „t a n ( vi a IslesS ti(tsllla.m.y..p..tc.i.)::: Flavarinalt .......... M 2nd of the month Southampton Mar ' - ',0111'• Holland ............ Tuesday & Friday London ....• ill'o e !",: ti 1 NI tVednesday & Sat. London ... • • filO n- It lionduras month. SoutbamptooV are 7o India (via Mareeilles)Nl 8 4 t t h h t & S :2 2 4 0 th ,l, th of o m f n o l n ° th n. DO u v th er ani - P .. t° . n . if- 2Febr'clj' I , fil I eat' Irelaild .... • ... 11 & N Twfde daily ....., Holyhead Toi . e 26 Liseon - .. ... • • .....14 7,9, 17, & 27 of in. Southampton !Yoh., 16 MadeLa ............34 9th of the month Southamptoni*, 3l Zi t 1$ Madeira ............ N 23 rd of the month Plymouth • - 31$ Melta (see s India) .. un Miauri nita ... (see ... • .....N 7,17,19,27, 30 'f. Dover 1 .,,, "b• 2 9 M tiu India) Feb' , Mauritius .... _., ~N 14th of the month Plymouth' •• , t m o n°t ll exteo ............M Ind of the month..lSouthampton eb, IS Naples.. ... .• • .....N sthlOth2sthofmon.;Dover .. • - •• ' F .., o cli 1 ,.. New Granada .. - ..34 2d & 17th of monthiSouthampton „, nce rtso" New Z ea1and.......... By private ship .. Varioth .Feb' 9, Papal States .......,N sthlsth2fithofinon. Dove- .. • • • • Feb 2i. Peninsula - .. _ ....Ai :thl7tll27thotraon. Soi•thamptoniL r at 1 Pent ....., ~ ~ ..., /if Id & 17th of mon Southamptonli%726 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .• ; e " b ,2l i Wily • ...... • . - ....N sthlnh2sthofmon, Dover ...• •• Fe b. 9s, Tuscany .. _ _ .. _ „N 8 thlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...• • • ... c c!) . Venezuela .. _ .. _ _AI 2d & 17th of month Southampton , " Van D i emen's La - ul (lee Australia) ... ... f n Fe b * l6 West Indies ........111 2d & 17th of month,SouthamP-0- __....-- BIRTHS. A SON. thv On the 20th i ns t., in OF Belgrave-square, the wife °- Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. f 4 33/ On the 18th inst., in Clarendon-park, Hei fey Bathvr s t. Wilts, OF A DAUGHTER. biaida On the 18th inst., at Gloneester-A:llas, hill, fie. Stophen Cholmeley. MARRIED. of On the 19th inst. at Brol3l 1 - T. H. Perks, , 14. Shad Thames, to Susan, second daughter of the Cooper, Esq., of Bromley-hill. not blarll4- On tho 19th inst., a t th e parish church, St . 1 oor , m , Henry eldest s on o f Ri c h ard Smith, Esq. of of „ ' i g:k • to Julia, youn ges t d aughter of Henry '-11" Tettenhall-wood, Staffordshire. - ___.---- D 1 ED. toeic t°l3- On the 20th inst , at the Vane Arms' Hotel, S wi f e of on-Tees, axed 61, a . fter a lingering illness, Jan e ' Sb ° Mr. James Hunter, tho proprietor of the above t Z'o a c c ef will be deeply regretted not only by the poor Of , ha i` but by all travellers who had the pleasure 0. „, bfai„. °l. quaintanee. Ab er dee--1 F 00,,, On the 3d inst., at Fe hill-plaec Thomas Stewart, late of the 25th Regim ent ° uis aged Ct. the bi srci At Naples, the Earl of Belfast, only son of of Donegal. On the 18th inst , at Paris, Lady' late Sir Coutts Trotter. e D' D '' On the 19th inst , the P' ht Rev. John ICaY , og 0 1 a l 4-, e,°` t . Lord Bishop of Line . oln. . On the Ist inst , at Walworth, J. W. L. A.. e tL f 3 1,1.01 • On the 10th ins't , at Corfu, Georgina, w u° Colonel Pester, RI; 1 Royal Artillery. _____....... ►l'rottor, relict ci f the 112, of No. 112 Strand -Printer, at The Sun Office, J?" ) —of Printed and Published by MITEDO Strand, in'tbo 'n the c ° Tue : da re;i ; e r et eb o raa f t he Savo 225a:44;63.1 .1