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

J S INDIA to HAVE RAILWAYS ? See COI,O , 7TAT, and AsrATic REVIEW for February, May be ordered of any bookseller or newsagenC THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. rarewell Season of Mr.:Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager TIiI3 EVENING, FEB.. 2, Will be performed the celebrated Comedy of MONEY, by Messrs. Bsrry Sullivan, B. Webster, Leigh Murray, Ylowe, Lambert, Buck st-ne, and Paxselle; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Buckingham, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, estitlel LEO TILE TERRIBLE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, FEB. 2, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and 'florncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosins Wright will appear. To concludn'with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Pea. 2, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LrFt ; or, 11n cl e Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. . _ To conclude with the successful new Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. luriol : Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, FEZ. 2, Will be performed the Tragedy of HAMLET. Principal charac ters be Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, Harley, Addison, Ryder, J. Vin 'nu, Meadows, Graham, and Cathcart; Misses Heath and Daly, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the new and criginal Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled RARLEQUiN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Hinging Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, FEB. 2, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., °skins. Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton; Misses Anderton and U. Gordon. After which, JOHN DOBBS. John Dobbs, Mr. W. Farren, ;fin. ; Paternoster, Mr. Compton. To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with his highly-trained Dogs Box-id - nee op,at from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions LAST WEEK BUT FIVE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, As he is about retiring from the Profession, havfng Let the Theatre to Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. THIS EVENLNG, FEB. 2, And following Evenings, will be preseeted the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. After which, an unequalled Routine of Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. On THURSDAY, Feb. 3, the Last Juvenile Performance willtake place, when the Pantomime will be played first—concluding, by Eleven o'clock, with a popular Farce. Doors open at Hat(-pagt six ~ -c lock. To commence at Seven. Pox-office open daily from Eleven to Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MB DAY —Morning 41 min. after 7 i Evening 12 min.aft. 8 To-Moaßow—Morning 49 min. after 8 1 Evening 28 min.aft. 9 DAILY TVEA7HER TABL.B. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations Die arranged in order of latitude. HAsTnms—Calm—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—N.B., strong breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—N.B., light air—partially cloudy. EASINGSTOKB—N., gentle breeze—foggy. GREENVacH--Calm—Soggy. STRoop-'—Calm—dense fog. SWINDON—S.E.. light airs —cloudless. CAMBRlMGE — Calm—foggy. YAP:mount—E., calm—overeakt. The returns from the following places indicate the state cf the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock MuLLINGAR— S.W., calm—cloudless. BASINGSTOKE-N. W., gentle breeze—cloildless. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 35—highest since noon on Saturday. 30—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night. 36—yesterday at noon. BAROMETER, 30'18. WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, and fine sunshiny weather. The fog lasted 36 hours, and cleared away about ten o'clock this morning. It was very dense all the time— particularly last night. ' 4 . 4., - ...". , .0, V..; t „-,_„-_,..4 ~-._,,,,, ,J--01:,,,,....--nn . v,.....,4,- ,„....,,,,- -4,. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1853. The arrival of emigrants at New York exhibits a rather curious proportion in the number of ad venturers from the different races of Christendom. It is so far remarkable, indeed, as to be deserving on this side of the Atlantic of some little consider ation. From the only statistical accounts that can be relied upon as accurate, it would appear beyond all question, that the Irish arriving in the United States still predominate on the average, leaving-the next the Germans, the next the Eng lish, the next the Welsh, then the Scotch, then the French, and then the Spaniards. It will be well to keep this calculation in remembrance. For upon the circumstance here alluded to will be dependent, ultimately, in a great measure, the future of the United States—we may aver, indeed, the future, to a considerable extent, of the whole American Continent. Common sense tells us that much must depend, for the good or the evil, of what has been called the New World, upon the relative numbers of immigrants from the nations of the Old World—nations, some of them theocratic, others democratic ; some civilised, others semi -barbarous.; some Catholic, others Protestant. To the future historian, or rather to the future philosopher of history (for the phrases, we regret to think, are by no means synonymous) will be submitted the problem of deciding the relative value of those heterogeneous customs and predelections which are being nowadays accumulated so very rapidly in the transatlantic Republic. It will then be seen by the SCIILEGEL of a future age how far America will have profited by these accessions of thews and brains taken promiscuously from the different realms of ancient Christendom. Confident ourselves as to the result, coinciding, to the full in the estimate made by Mr. MACAULAY some years ago in the course of a celebrated essay as to the astounding advance of religion on the opposite shores of the Atlantic, we can yet understand the solicitude felt by many as to the progress made in those quarters by the real champions of Christianity. Meanwhile the modern Exodus is trailing away across the waters in another direction. Rather should we say, perhaps, that it is hastening, like a new Hegira, to Australia. It would be difficult to venture just now upon any opinion as to the probable time when this extraordinary movement southwards and westwards will he brought to a conclusion. Obviously, however, it is a move ment calculated to prove marvellously advantage ous both to the ancient states and to the countries hitherto so thinly populated. It will equalise the distribution of the human race over the pro ductive surface of the earth. It will give the un occupied in our overcrowded communities room and opportunity for employment. It will increase the wealth of the great family of mankind—its food—and, consequently, its happiness. Foresee ing all these things clearly enough, as the merest dunce amongst us cannot fail to do—we may re cognise in the simultaneous discovery of gold in the eastern and the western hemispheres, in Cali fornia and in Australia, the signs of the beneficent provision, if not of the direct interposition, of DIVINE PROVIDENCE. There can be no doubt that the railway interest has recovered, or is rapidly recovering, from the depression in whichit was involved a f ew years since, and that it is participating in the ge nera l prosperity of the coun i try. There s no longer the distrust and want of confidence exhibited which induced shareholders to sacrifice their pro perty, in some of the best dividend-paying lines, at little more than one-half its real value. The Directors, too, generally speaking, are treated with greater respect, and a more unprejudiced hearing given to their recommendations than was formerly the case. Something still remains, how ever, of the spirit engendered during the panic years, which induces shareholders to grumble on the most trivial and inadequate grounds against those through whose judicious and energetic management they have been elevated from the slough of despond to a sound and healthy condition, and .to reject propositions carefully and maturely considered by persons having ample opportunities for forming correct opinions on the subject matter. We cannot, however, feel great surprise at this infatuation. The severe ordeal through which the railway body passed, gave a degree of weight and influence to the habitual croakers which otherwise they could never have obtained. And th ose w h ose ex t ravagan t expecta tions have been disappointed are but too well disposed to cavil at the reasonable returns, and to take the most gloomy views of . every subject under discussion. One of the chief difficulties of Railway Boards at, the present time is the question relating to Branch Lines or Extensions. It must be admit ted that in and previous to the "'45," the matter had been carried to an extravagant pitch. When any project, however chimerical, was sure to be " brought out" at a handsome premium, and to have the chief qualification of a > Di rector was to have an inventive genius, which would enable him to devise a new line from " anywhere to anywhere," and Boards were cen sured for permitting any other " body" to ob tain " a footing in their territories," it cannot be considered very surprising if fallible mortals yielded to the temptations by which they were assailed, and that speculations, which, if carried out prudently and judiciously, would have proved very profitable, should be a little overdone, and that the anticipated gains should have been con verted into very serious losses, which were felt with thrilling force, when the premiums form erly received on account of these very transac tions had been totally forgotten. The natural result followed. Directors were affected with the panic, and became as much too slow as they had previously been too rapid, and the evils of over caution were only second to those resulting from excessive speculation. Directors, are, however, at length beginning to discover the grave mistake into which they have been betrayed ; and although they will not recklessly plunge into new schemes, they will not sacrifice the true interests Of their constituents to the vis inertice, or reject wholesome projects through the desire of currying favour with the alarmists. The majority of the share holders have also profited by experience ; but there are still many who adhere to the old policy, and steadfastly resist any proposition, however feasible, or likely to prove remunerative. The proceedings at the last half-yearly General Meeting of the London, Brighton, and South- Coast Railway Company, afford a strong illus tration of this point. The Report presented to the meeting by the Directors was of a very favourable character, holding out the most aus picious auguries for the future welfare of the Com pany. A dividend of 21. 12s. for the half-year was declared, and the stock of the Company had risen nearly 3 per cent. between the time of the publi cation of the Report and the day of meeting—a tolerably conclusive proof of the estimation in which the suggestions put forward were held by the community. It was known, also, that not withstanding the attractions presented by the Great Exhibition, and the great incentive to in tercommunication occasioned thereby, the traffic in 1852 had only fallen short of that of 1851 by 3,4001., or less than ono per cent. on the total receipts. Within three years they had increased the traffic by 122,2631., or more than 33 per cent. on the entire traffic of 1848 ; and this im portant addition had been obtained by the adop tion of a bold and vigorous policy, and affording ample accommodation for the business which only required due development. The result showed the propriety of the course adopted. By an increase of 60,0001. to the annual expenditure —B,OOO/. of which was interest on additional outlay on capital account--they obtained an addi tion of 150,0001. per annum to their annual re ceipts —a clear profit of 90,0001. They had thus been enabled to raise their dividends, and to change the quotations on the Stock Exchange from a heavy discount to a premium ; and yet there were to be found shareholders who objected to a continuance in the course which had been productive of such auspicious results. The new expenditure to which exception was taken was required, first, for the acquisi tion of additional property and the improve ment of the Station at London-bridge, and also for the construction of a fourth line of rails from the Bricklayer's-arms Junction to the Croy don Junction—matters partly required by the anticipated opening of the grounds of the New Crystal Palace Company, but which will afford greatly increased facilities in the development of the traffic of the main line, and may, in the words of the Report, be considered as objects "of vital and paramount importance." But this judicious and eligible outlay was cavilled at, although not intended to form a permanent addition to the capital, as it is to be provided for by a sinking fund, to which 10,000/. was to be appro priated out of the profits of the past half-year. The other matters objected to were the leases of the lines about to be constructed to East Grin stead and Bognor, the former at 2,0001., and the latter 1,200/. per annum, being at the rate of four per cent. per annum on the estimated outlay—no increase of which would, however, add to the sti pulated rent. To persons well acquainted with the district, it is needless to expatiate on the advantages to be obtained from this out lay. There are many populous places re quiring accommodation, any neglect of which might be attended with very injurious con sequences. Bognor is rapidly becoming a fashionable bathing-place, and the new communi cation will be equa'ly beneficial to the district, and to the company by which it is supplied. We have no doubt that the shareholders will have satisfactory reasons to rejoice that they rejected the over-cautious counsels of the croakers, and sanctioned the wise and beneficial policy of the Board of Management. We are all peace men, if not all Peace Society men. We can all therefore most cordially wish success to the objects of the Manchester Peace Conference. We think, hoivever, it is such busi ness speeches as the Chairman's which will have the greatest weight with the sensible men of the country and the sensible portion of the House of Commons. We think homilies upon peace itself, and its prominence among the promised blessings of the Gospel, all perfectly good ; and we believe that the reign of universal peace will be the blessing of some distant age. We believe, however, that it will not be brought about by societies for that specific purpose, but by the triumph of the Gospel over the ignorance, evil passions, and vice, which are the real source, according to Scripture itself, of " wars and fightings amongst us." We must own that we think too many society men begin at the wrong end. Just as the Sabbatarians ought to throw their zeal into inspiring the people's hearts with religious sentiments, instead of at tempting to bridle their desire for amusement by shutting up a Crystal Palace, so the friends of Peace should give themselves to the task—a long and wearisome one it is true, and not the work of one generation—of diffusing the light and , knowledge, and fostering the international feelings which disincline to war. We sympathise, there fore, with all there was of brotherhood and kindly feeling in the Peace Society speakers, but we have little faith in arbitration clauses, or any formal arrangements of that kind, as the preventers of war. Mr. CORDMeS printed speech, sold at the doors, was, we take it, the most efficient speech of the evening, especially for its effect upon foreigners. When a peculiarly sensitive nation finds one of the leading men of this country; one who has a European reputation, one whose name is indelibly stamped upon our commercial policy, denouncing as unjust those wars of his own country which that nation remembers with less patience than any others—aye, and proving them to be so too—what could more tend to allay the irritation of recol lected defeats? France would cease to blush for a brave military failure at Waterloo, if we blushed for misemploying our bravery in violating her most sacred right to have the Monarch of her choice. Very easy work is it also to show the folly of war ; to reckon up its costliness, to harrow 1 1 P the heart with the horrors of the night after battle, and to prove that neither a duel nor an engagement, neither the sword nor the bullet have the slightest sense of justice. Easy to ridicule an appeal to an arbitrament as foolish as the ancient ordeal of fire or water, or the longer cherished one of mortal combat. Yes, yes, we know all about that ; skill in gunnery and evolu tions are no doubt as absurd a Court of Justice as you please, but it is all beside the question. The question is, Ought we to be thoroughly pre pared for defensive war"? • We affirm that it is our highest economy to be so, and we add that thorough preparation can be only judged of by the powers of those who might attack us, just as the ingenuity of a thief is our test for deciding on the qualities re quisite for our house-door locks and fastening:. We respect most sincerely the Society of Friends, but we believe in the lawfulness and duty of de fensive war. We believe, too, in the possibility of our being driven to it any year whatever. We are not alarmists ; we see no impending proba bility of such a disaster, but we are not political prophets, and are as confident that causes of a speedy rupture may lurk beneath the present calm as that we do not discern them. Who fore saw the universal outbreak of 1848 but a few days, or hours even, before it began ? And who, after that, would venture to pronounce how unexpectedly we might be summoned to self defence ? Some, we know, are ready to save the requisite expenditure, and trust to the chapter of accidents for the security. The nation, however, generally is not of their mind. Nor are they themselves of the same mind in regard to dangers within their little ken ; they do not dispense with bolts, and bars, and the protection of police. But we are forgetting the amulet, which, if affixed to all future treaties, is to charm the evil spirits of the nations to depart. Well, then, arbitration,—certainly we have no objection to it, —we would resort to it whenever it would be ac cepted, we would insert it in our treaties, and we would ourselves abide by the award ; yet we deem it folly to conceal from ourselves, that there is no power on earth to compel another nation to abide by an award it utterly disliked. In arbitrations legally made in private life the law enforces obe dience to the decision, but where it is not legally binding, how often have we seen such arbitrations utterly rejected by the losing side. On the com mon principles of human nature, the same thing might be expected among nations. Just, there fore, as every moderate man would be sure to pre fer arbitration, when possible, to law, so should we much more prefer it to the horrors of war ; but just as we adapt our legal system to the fact, that the citizens whom we fear will abide by no arbitration, so we must be as prepared for defen ' sive war as if we had no arbitration clauses. We object not, then, to preaching arbitration, or to engrossing it in treaties : we only object to the in ference that we may therefore neglect to insure ourselves and our property against attack. Ar bitration clauses are not the anvil on which nations will yet beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks ; and much as we believe in the peaceful tendencies of Free Trade, we scarcely can dream that its money-making zeal will unteach the na tions the art of war. Commercial cities and coun tries of yore have not been the least distinguished for the lust of conquest and of war. Witness Carthage and Athens, Venice and Holland ; and even our own East India Company of Merchants, though, for trade reasons, it strained every nerve to keep its servants from fighting, found itself dragged into the conquest of an immense empire. Peculiarities might, no doubt, be detected in each of these cases now ; and in the now of a hundred years hence, peculiar circumstances may possibly be pointed out by the historian of that time which drove a reluctant England into a war with Europe or America. Many of the opening remarks of the chairman, Mr. WILSON, however, will find a wide response. If, after spending the almost inconceivable sum of 550,000,0001. in our current naval and military expenses since the peace in. 1815, wo yet are not thoroughly secure against attack, no doubt we ought to be. An average of 16,000,0001. A,-year for that purpose ought to have left us safe. The blame cannot lie with the Manchester tax-payers, but with the official tax-spenders. To fret about past extravagance, however, will not fortify our coasts, but it will do good service to all concerned with the army and navy to see that the people are sick of feather-bed defenders, and are de termined to have money's worth for their money. Happily, Manchester and Downing street are getting pretty well agreed on that point. Mr. WILSON, indeed, was able to cite, as one of his best authorities, the present gallant SECRETARY to the Admiralty. In demanding an efficient use of the public money, Mr. WILSON will have plenty of seconders. Indeed, the Report of the Select Committee in 1833 was not suffered to remain a dead letter ; the general officers were reduced in 1852 by 155, and the charge for them by 67,000/. The end of an article is not, how ever, the place for details. We would merely add, that our Manchester friends are welcome to all the arbitration clauses they can get,—heartily welcome to all the real economy they can force upon our Government, —but not welcome to leave our shores at the mercy of any nation which might choose to attack us. O BIT UARY OP VETERAN OFFICE ofthe s. ngui W sh e ed ha n v ffi e ce t r h s is ; s I R ti viz d a y . — t o n f record t e t n h a e n t d . c e a n t l h one s e l f s t . w FO o d r . bes , formerly 89th Foot, who died on the 29 th ult, inLondon, aged 78 ; and of L ieutenant-Colonel John Doyle O'Brien Deputy Quartermaster -General at Barbadoes, where he died, on the 16 th u lt. of y ellow fever, a g ed 45. Forbes had for some y ears retired from the arm y . During his caree r he saw rou g h services in the ' been for 3f many Foot , y e which rsn n - Penin sula, and almost i n the leadin g p oints of the four quar ters of the globe. Colenel O'Brien was formerly years hneecteendterweidthinthleB72ol, S H ur e re b y ad Regiment the Hi staff. Ex cellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Countess of St. Germans left town to-day by the 9.30 a.m. express train from Euston station, en route for Mb lin. His Excellency and the Countess will pass the night at Holyhead, occupying the suite of state apartments at Hibert's New Royal Hotel. A special steamer has been ordered to be in readiness to convey his Excellency to I(ingstown to-morrow morning. On arriving in Dublin, his Excellency, attended by his staff, and escorted by a troop of Dragoons as a guard of honour, will ride to the Castle. The Countess will proceed thither in a private carriage. The streets will be lined with military. ,BUILDERS BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —A meeting of the governors and subscribers to this institution was 'held yesterday in the board-room, New Oxford i street George Bird, the treasurer, in the chair. The report stated that the amount of subscriptions and donations for the past year had been 8891. 18s. 6d., and the directors had the satisfaction of announcing that they had added to the funded stock, since the last report, 600/. three per cent. Consols, namely,' 4001. stock to the permanent re lief fund, and 2001. stock to the building fund, making the total a mount of the funds standingon the funds of in the names of the trustees, 3,250/. Them were now the institution ten males and five females, and it was the intention of the directors to hold another election on the 22d inst., when five more would be admitted from a long list of applicants. The minutes of the last court having been read d and confirmed some formal business w as transacted ; an , after the u s ual vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. COCKERMOITTH AND WORKINGTON. RAILWAY.--The fifteenth ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Cockermouth, Mr. J. Harris in the chair. The meeting excited more than usual interest, as a proposition was to be brought forward for " amal gamation with the Whitehaven Junction Railway. The report of the directors showed that by comparing the receipts of the last half-year with the correspond ing period of the previous year they were less by while the working expenses' were 34/. more. The decrease in the rates was caused by the storms in November and December last, which damaged the bridges. This had ledlo a decrease in the number of pas sengers. It being necessary to restore the bridges, a sum y e a 280/. was deducted from the proceeds of the current er. The line was now in a superior state of repair and efficiency. The financial position of the company was now upon a satisfactory footing. The nett balance avail able for dividend was 790/. 10s. 4d., which was equal to 4s. 3d. per share, but the directors recommend that only 3s. per share be paid, and that the balance should be ap plied to contingent expenses. The report was unani mously agreed to. It was then agreed that a dividend of 3s. per share, payable on the 6th of February, be de clared. Mr. Lsaac Fletcher was appointed a director in the room of his father. M ted to c r. Steel refer with the direc then moved that a committee should be app tors of the Whitehaven Junction Railway Company, with a view to procure an amalgamation of the two lines, for the mutual interest of both. The motion was agreed to and the committee appointed. The meeting separated after voting thanks to the chairman. OUR IMPERIAL : ARMS.—Scotland having complained of the shameful treatment of her lion in the English s t a ndard, the comp laint will, it is understood, be fol lowed up by Wales, t h e English having entirely ignored the Welsh rabbit. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 1,000 American and 500 Surat on speculation. The market closed firmly, and, compared with Friday's rates, American and Surat were id. per lb. higher. The sales composed 600 American, 100 Pernam and Maranham, at 6-id. to 71d. ; 300 Egyptian, at 6d. to 10d. ; and 800 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb. Railway Shares had a better appearance. In reference to the state of the tobacco trade during the past month, Messrs. Grant, Hodgson, and Co. report as follows :—" The market has con tinued steady for all descriptions, and we have re sumed our previous quotations. Buyers have been more numerous than for some time past, but pur chases, in most instances, have been limited. In quiries havd been made for export descriptions, but which have not yet terminated in any transactions deserving attention. Latest advices from New Orleans state that there had been very few sales effected for some days, but that prices had remained steady. especially for good and fine sorts. The last crop is represented to be very deficient in colour, ripeness, and flavour. Consid erable business has been done last month for the colonies, more especially for Australia ; and we think that additional facilities might be obtained for manufacturing in bond, by which means a larger portion of this important trade would be secured to our manfacturers." In the rates for bills of exchange negotiated here yesterday afternoon, there was a slight improve ment upon several places. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 274 to 30 ; Ilambro' at 13 5/ to 6 1.; Frankfort at 1191 to and Trieste at 11 6to 10. The cause of the Foreign Exchanges not taking a more decided upward course after the advance of 1 per cent. on discounts, is still discussed with con siderable interest ; but we scarcely think any vio lent action was desirable. The Bank may, by its present policy, gradually bring back matters to a healthier tone, and it is only proper that parties who entered into engagements upon the faith of cheap money should be permitted gradually to con tract them. The English Funds have been looking better, and prices have rallied a little. Consols have been marked 99i- to for Transfer, and 99i g for Ac count. Th e N ew Th ree - an d- a -Q uar t er p er C en t s . have been d one a t 103 t o 11. Bank Stock is nomi nally ve r y fi rm, and India Stock 269. Exchequer Bills are at 555., and India Bonds at 655. premium. The change in the French Ministry does not ap pear to be unfavourably thought of. More business has been done in the Foreign Market, and prices have ' a firmer appearance. Spanish Passive Converted have been done at s i, and the New Deferred have been about 22 Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 38, and Mexican have been done at 23. For Grenada Deferred Bonds the rates are and 11: Brazilian Five per Cents. have been quoted 1012, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 98i, being for the latter a slight advance. Sardinian Stock is quiet: Venezuela has been marked 38, being a decline upon the former prices, but these were given about a week or ten days ago. French 41 2 per Cents. have been at 103 i, with the exchange at 25 10. Dutch 2i- per Cents. are 65 24. Railway Shares have been a shade better in some instances, but the transactions are unimportant. The principal dealings have been in North-Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire,- Great Northern, and Caledonian. The French lines are rather higher, though very inactive. Gold Mines continue at much about the previous rates, but the Colonial are rather better. The South-Western have improved. The Land Com panies have remained much the same, and the Australian Banks are barely so good. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Front the Official List.) Business aone. Bank Stock 1 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... lOO i 100 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £IC3O 65 Consols for Account 10th February 991 3 Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO. £5OO — — Small ' PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 9Bl 8 Equador Bonds 5 1 Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Ditto Ex Dec., 1849, Coupon 2l Mexican 3 per Cent.. Ditto for the Account 23 21. Portuguese 4 per Cent. 33 x d Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. panish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Cent 22a Spanish Passive (Converted) sg Swedish Loan . 2 d Venezuela Bonds 3a per Cent. French Rentes, 4A per Cent Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent 6 51 i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.... .... . Consols February . . Ditto . O. ;1; ... THREE O'CLOCK. 994 99i if ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The secretary of the South-Eastern Railway Company has furnished us with the following report :—An accident occurred on the South-Eastern Railway yesterday. The 12.30 p.m. train for Ramsgate left London at its proper time, but when within two miles of the Pens hurst station the whole of the train, except the engine, ran off the rails. Twelve passengers received cuts and bruises, but, fortunately, none of a serious nature. By means of the electric telegraph assistance was quickly passengers, with the exception of one who was conveyed t o T un b r i dge, were trans f erre d to procured, and the other carriages, and the train proceeded to Ramsgate. A careful examination of the rails has been made, but no defect could be discovered ; the cause of the carriages getting off the line, therefore, yet remains to be as certained. THE WELLINGTON FUNERAL CAR.—We understand Viscount Combermere, as Constable of the Tower, has received her Majesty' s commands to prepare, f ort h w ith, a suitable place for the reception of the funeral car upon which the remains of the late lamented Duke of Welling ton were conveyed to their last resting-place. It is in tended that the car shall be exhibited to the public with out any unnecessary restriction. ILL-TREATMENT OP A CREW.—Captain Charles Per cival Dixon, master of the ship Sarah Charles, 222 tons register, just left London on a foreign voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, but which put into Swansea for a cargo of patent fuel, summoned the whole of his able seamen before the magistrates of Swansea, on Saturday, for non-performance of duty. The men, being called on for their reason, made a long statement to the bench, the effect of which was, that when they left London for Swansea they had no light allowed them to cook victuals with. They could not eat the pork given them, which was all alive, full of maggots, and the bread so mildewed that they could not touch it. They signed articles for half a pound of flour per day per man, but the steward told them lie could not cook it for them—he could not break the lumps in it. They also signed for peas three times a week, but they had beans given them instead. The sugar they could not touch, it was so bad. The men produced some of the • articles. The dough made from the flour was quite black, the bread quite green and mildewed, and the liquor called soup looked more like dirty water than anything else. The captain said the men had the provisions as he bought them. A full bench of magistrates decided that the captain had. evi dently broke n his contract with his men, and refused to compel the men to go on board. The Custom-house authorities were ordered to make a survey of the ship. The proceedino-s created quite a stir in the town, and the decision of the magistrates gave very general satisfac tion. THE FREE-TRADE }TALL, MANCHESTER.—This build ing, which has been the scene of such wonderful gather ing, and the name of which identifies the structure with one of the greatest struggles this country ever saw, is to be pulled d own a t the end of next month (March), prior to the erection upon the site of a hall of much larger architectural pretensions,.both as to exterior and interior. A public company, with a capital of 25,0001., is in course of formation for the purpose of providing the funds. • GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The terms of an agreement between this company and the Caledo nian with regard to the traffic, were finally concluded on Saturday morning, subject to the approval of the share holders. The precise terms of the arrangement it would be premature . to st a t e a t present, but we believe they will be found reasonable on both sides, and of course mutu ally advantageous,—North British. Mail. A DESERTER FROM THE BRITISH ARMY IN LOVE.—In the Baltimore C oun t y - cour t, St a t e of Maryland, Joseph Sinott was sentenced to six years and six months im prisonment in the penitentiary, for enticing a slave girl of a Mr. Marash to run away. His reason for the crime was that he was devotedly attached to her, and desired to take her to one of the free states, and make her his wife. He is an Englishman by birth, and a deserter from the British army in Canadas. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) Alm Ferdinand Pries, charged with forgery, was this morning brought up to the bar, and pleaded Not Guilty. William .Hawkens Adams, 44, a clerk in the Post office, was placed in the dock, charged with embezzling the sums of 2,3, and 4 shillings, the moneys of the Post office. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarkson appeared• for the prose cution ; and Mr. Payne for the defence. It appeared from the evidence that it was part of the prisoner's duty to receive, from the bankers' clerks, par cels of notes, which havin g fulfilled their duty in London, were to be sent back to the banks in the country from which they had been issued, to be re-issued—to fix, and receive the proper amount of postage. It appeared that, on the 4th of January, the prisoner received from the clerk of Messrs. Glyn and Co. a parcel of this descrip tion, for which he charged and received Cs. 2d., but did not account for it at the Post-office. On the 11th Jan., he received two parcelsfrom the clerk of the London and Westminster Bank, and a parcel from Mr. Masterman's clerk, on which he charged 3s. and 25., more than he ac counted for. Mr. Justice Cresswell having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of " Guilty." Sentence deferred; COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 1. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—Her Royal ifighnes the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hoheniohe, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess Strat ford de Redcliffe, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the Castle and played during dinner. • Her Majestyl3 private band attended afterwards in the evening, and perfoi med the following compositions : Overture, " Le Serment" Auber. Selection, "Le Pre aux Clercs" Herold. March a la Romaine Hummel. Finale, "Martha" Flotow. The Queen and Prince, with the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, drove out in an open carriage yesterday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour were in attendance on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Duke of Nemours 'and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, accom panied by Mr. Henry Seymour, Mr. Challoner, and Cap tain Tottenham, went out shooting this forenoon, at tended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Ne mours, with the Comte d'Eu, the Due d'Alencon, and the Princess Marguerite of Orleans, left the Castle this afternoon for Claremont ; and the Viscount and Vis countess Stratford de Redcliffe left for London. The Duchess of Norfolk has succeeded the Viscountess Canning as Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen. Earl Somers has arrived as Lord-in-Waiting, in place of Lord Elphinstone ; and Captain the Hon. M. West has relieved Lieutentant-Colonel the Hon. N. Hood as *Groom-in-Waiting to her Majesty. Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Lord Charles Fitz- Roy, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Lieut.- Colonel F. H. Seymour, as Equerries-in-Waiting to the Queen and the Prince. The Committee on Education of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council had a meeting yesterday at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Argyll, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. A deputation from the Steam-ship Owners' Association of London, consisting of Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. W. J. Hall, Mr. Pratt, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Morgan (sec retary), and accompanied by Mr. Duncan, M.P., Mr. M'Gregor, M.P. (Glasgow), and Mr. Clay, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Edwara Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. A deputation from the town commissioners of Brighton had an interview with the General Board of Health yes terday at their office, Whitehall. The deputation con sisted of Dr. King and Mr. Cornford, and were attended by Mr. Slight, clerk to the commissioners. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at their residence in Chesham-place yesterday, from Richmond. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of the West India Islands. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The lords present were :—The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Sir E. Ryan, and Sir J. Patteson. Heath's petition for extension of patent was heard, and adjourned. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (accord ing to the new tariff), which, at the EngliM Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and the exchange at Paris on Lon don at short being 25.05, it follows that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is about 4254 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5 k ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.4 a, it follows that gold is about 0.35 per cent. dearer in Ilamburgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.08 per cent. against England. At the present rate there is no profit on . the transmission of gold between England and Ame rica. WAGES or SHIPWRIGHTS IN HER MAJESTY'S DOCK YARd, DEVONPORT.--A meeting of the working ship wrights in her Majesty's dockyard, Devonport, was held at the Temperance Hall, in that town, on Monday evening. The chair was taken by Mr. Cripps, and the hall was crowded with artizans. The object of the meeting was to petition the Lords of the Admiralty for an increase of wage's, and the following is a copy of the petition agreed to :—"To the Hon. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the humble petition of the shipwrights employed in her Majesty's dockyard at Devonport, most humbly sheweth : That your petitioners are labouring under disadvantages which, if brought under your lordships' notice, would, they believe, lead your lord ships to take them into most favourable consideration. Your petitioners would beg to show that they are now in receipt of wages at the rate of 4s. per day, whilst shipwrights in the merchant service are in receipt of from 6s. to 7s. per day. Your petitioners be lieve that they are called on to be equally re sponsible for the performance of their work, and are in all cases to be as arduous in their engage ments, and as respectable in life as those of their fellow mechanics who are working in the merchant service. Your petitioners would, therefore, humbly beg your lordships' kind consideration of their statements, an humbly pray that your lordships may see fit to increase the wages of your petitioners, to place them on an equal footing with mechanics of the same calling out of go vernment employ.—And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." After the above petition had been received, a dis cussion arose as to the mode of transmitting it to the Admiralty board ; a few argued that it should be pre sented the master shipwright, Mr. W. Edye, and the commodore superintendent ; but the majority were in favour of sending the petition direct to their lordships, through the representatives of the borough, H. Tufnell, Esq., and Sir G. Berkeley, which it was determined to do. A committee was appointed, which the chairman said would remain in office, until either the prayer of the petition was granted, or their grievances' were laid on the table of the House of Commons. Three cheers were given for the petition, three more the Queen, and the meeting separated. A FAMILY SUFFOCATED.—On Friday morning great excitement prevailed in Springburn, a village to the north of Glasgow, by the intelligence that a family, con sisting of the moth er an d f our c hild ren, were foun d suf focated in bed. The father, John Burns, a labourer, em ployed on the night-shift of the Springburn Colliery, left his dwelling-house in Fyfe's-land, about half-past five o'clock on Thursday evening, to follow his nightly occupation, at which time his wife and children were in their ordinary state of health. On his return fx ern his employment, between eight and nine o'clock on Friday morning, he endeavoured to enter his house as usual, but was astonished to find the door fastened, and to hear no noise of any person within. He knocked at the door repeatedly, but, re ceiving no answer, he became alarmed as to s ome thi ng being wrong. He then proceeded to look in at the window, and in doing so he heard the low meanings of his wife. He then quickly forced an entrance by the window, and the poor man had the misery of finding his wife and four children lying in a state of insensibility. He communicated the painful intelligence to some of his neighbours, who came to his assistance, and were not long in discovering that one of the children, a boy about eight years of age, was quite dead. Dr. Walker, of Castle-street, was as soon after as possible in attendance on the living, and pronounced that the boy died from suffocation, caused by noxious air. The woman was too ill to be able to give any account which might lead to an idea of the manner in which the fatal effluvia had been generated. The fire was completely extinguished in the morning, but it is supposed that a large fire composed of impure coal had been left burning when the fi retired to bed, and the house not being well ventilated, THE to the melancholy catastrophe.—North British. Mail. THE NATIONAL CLUB.—The noblemen and ebers of Parliament belonging to the National Club intend . to have a parliamentary dinner on the re - establishing of Parliament. The Earl of Clancarty will preside on th e occasion, and Mr. Perceval, the late candidate for the University of Oxford, will be of the part y . The majority of the dinner list ha s already been filled up w ith t h e names of leading memb ers of the club. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SlR.,—Under the heading " Fraudulent Gold Chains," A jeweller (?) has professed to give some cautionary and instructive advice to purchasers o f such articl es ; b u t as I consider his remarks calcu lated to mislead the public, as well as to disparage many an honest jeweller, I should be glad, through the same m e di um , the public press, to rectify an impression that m a y b e g i ven b y th is very ignorant fellow-craftsm an o f ours. H e advises that a " bill be requested de scr ibi ng th e ar ti c l e as solid sterling gold," or "solid standard gold ;" and further says, "If the shopkeeper hesitates and talks instead of giving such a bill, th ey may b e sure a fraud is in tended." Now, Sir, I should think it very hard to have my honesty i mpeac h e d on my beginning to " talk" in reply to such a demand, though I shou . ld . feel compelled to do so i n the following strain, it, for instan ce , I h a d b een sell i ng a gold chain : " Sir," or "Madam" (as the case might be), " you must know that the best quality of chains, made by the best and most respectable London jewellers, is never standard,' unless made such to order, and oftentimes not solid,' as there are certain patterns where such would be a needless waste of gold—would double the expense of the article with out making it, for all practical purposes, any the better ; an d th ere is legally no quality that might not be called gold from standard down to what will just bear the test of aqua fortis without turning green." For such a statement of truth, it would surely behard to be put down among rogues and swindlers, when by quietly signing such a docu ment I should seal my own condemnation as such. It has been regretted by fair-dealing tradesmen in this business, that there could not be one legal standard for all such manufactured arti c l es ; but every one must see that this would b e attended not only with diffi culty in articles of complicated make, but in a two fold way materially abridge the manufacture and sale of all such ar ti c l es,—first, by the increase of intrinsic cost in such things, and then by the duty If in wch ine vitably attends suc h a guarantee. the quality of such articles were brought up to anything like st an d air d , i t would all but annihilate the trade, leaving it in the hands of a few manufacturers, and in the power of only a few to purchase. I hesitate not to say that nine-tenths of th e manufactured jewellery coming under the legitimate character of gold, as I have shown, is below the quality of what is usually made for the best —that is, of 60s. gold ; and yet a fair-dealing trade is carried on in such qualities, the articles being sold at a propor tionately lower price, and so corning within the means of the many. But according to this knowing " jeweller," the Hall mark is no protection. If he means that the mark itself is no protection, I must beg to dispute his assertion; for it is not only a security that the article is stamped as Rid, but that it is gold of the quality marked by the stamp (18 or 22 carat), the forgery of which stamps is attended with such serious consequences that the instances of forgery known have, I believe, been but few. But perhaps he may only mean it does not secure the articles being all gold, because the stamp is not on each part of it ; but unless he had been more explicit, it is impossible to meet his assertion, the obscurity of which certainly has more tendency to mislead than to enlighten. His suggestion as to the purchase of watches I consider equally fallacious. The dial and dome being of metal, would not warrant the inference that the watch was a bad one. If, to meet the circumstances of different classes, there must be different prices in this arti cle of such immense utility and request, then the gilt dome and dial are ,rather a security than not for the watch being a better time-keeper than it would otherwise be, for the very obvious reason that the value is taken out of the case, instead of the works ; and the purchaser might be rather de ceived than protected by the advice of 'our friend, as the gold dome and dial, I fear, would no more insure a good watch than the gilt ditto ditto would be certainty of a bad one. 1~+53,- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 18 53. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK A thousand and eleven deaths were registered in Lon don in the week that ended l ast S aturday. This return exhibits a very inconsiderable increase on the previous three weeks. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52, the average n um b er was 1,068, which, if raised in proportion to i ncrease of population, would give a mortality for the present time of 1,175. The deaths of last week are therefore less than the estimated amount by 164. During the month of January the mortality has been low n for th first w e season, 965 death s h av i ng been regis t i . eek, and i n th e subsequent weeks the number not having attained, or having scarcely ex ceeded, 1,000. In the table of fatal causes the results of last week correspond nearly with those of the preceding, the chief difference being in diseases of the respiratory organs, the cases of which, terminating fatally, become more frequent. These rose in the two weeks from 171 to 199, and in the present return are thus distributed :-5 to laryngitis, 91 to bronchitis, 7 to pleurisy, 71 to pneu monia, 18 to asthma, and 7 to pulmonary complaints, not specifically designated. The corrected average for this class in the ten corresponding weeks is '244. Phythisis, which carried off 138 persons last week, ex hibits a mortality very near the ordinary amount. Epidemic diseases do not discover any remarkable feature. Typhus numbers 50 deaths, the largest contri bution to the mortality of this class ; scarlatina 43, hooping-cough 40, measles 12, small-pox 4, diarrhoea 21, rheumatic fever 4, infantile remittent fever 2, purpura 2, influenza 1. In the sub-district of Brompton, at 1, Farmer's-place, on 25th January, the daughter of an ostler, aged 2 years, died of " hydrocephalus, dentition, pertussis." Mr. Stone says :—" This is the second death in one faMily in less than 3 weeks ; the former occurred on 6th Janu ary, on which occasion I stated that the houses in Far mer's-place were in a state highly prejudicial to the health of the occupants." In the town sub-district of Bethnal-green, at 17, Selby street East, on 27th January, the wif e f a labourer, aged 23 years, died of "typhus (7 days)." The medical attendant subjoins the following note to his certificate : " The drainage in this locality is very bad and offensive, and others have lately died of typhus." Mr. Gregory, the registrar, states that " from the beginning of October to the present time, in this immediate locality, he has had only two cases of typhus, and one of fever and bron chitis, and in a circle of about half a mile (including this place) four other cases of fever. There is a sewer in Wellington -street which runs by the end of Selby -street East." In Kennington sub-district (2nd part), at Denmark road, Lambeth, on 26th January, the son of a carpenter, aged 1 year, died of scarlatina. Mr. Boult, the regis trar, remarka that " the house has no drainage, and the yard is entirely under water from the cesspool having overflowed." In this sub-district, out of nine deaths re gistered in the week, 3 were caused by scarlatina and 2 by hooping-cough. Seven deaths were registered in the week in the sub district of St. James, Bermondsey ; one of these from scarlatina, at 2, Napoleon-court, and two on 21st and 23rd January respectively in one house, 38, Salisbury. street, from " cynanche maligns," the deceased children having been the daughters of a bricklayer, aged 10 months and 5 months. In the su b-di s t r i c t o f Saint Peter, Walworth, at 3, Mount-street, on 21st January, a lady, aged 40 years, died of " fever with cerebral congestion." She had come from Croydon on a visit, and had been in Walworth but a few days. The following occurred in the London Fever Hospital, Islington :—On the 23rd January, a stonemason, aged 36 years, from Bury-st ree t, Cl er k enwell, from " typhus, (9 days). In hospital 2 days. On 24th, a man, aged 72 years, from Lambeth workhouse, " typhus (duration unknown)." In hospital 2 days. On 25th, a inan, aged 60 years, from Lambeth workhouse, "typhus (moribund on admission)." In hospital 1 day. On 26th, a femala, aged 28 years, from Middlesex -place, Somers Town, " typhoid fever (6 weeks)." In hospital 4 days. On 26th, a man, aged 18 years, from Rhodes -cottages, Islington, " typhoid fever (22 days)." In hospital 1 day. On 28th, a baker, aged 75 years, from Lambeth Workhouse, " typhus (duration unknown)." In hospi tal 1 day. Three deaths from carbuncle were registered in th e week. A lady, a ge d 39 years, died of" carbuncle (5 months), abscesses, whitlows (5 weeks) ;" a widow, age d 80 years, died o f " car b uncle (6 weeks) ;" and a woman, aged 51 years, died of the same disease. A woman, aged 40 years, died of rupia ; a woman, aged 81, of lupus ; a girl, aged 1 year, o f pemph i gus ; a boy, aged 7 months, of chickenpox. One person was the victim of intempe rance ; 7 children died from want of brea,stmilk ; 2 chil dren from malformation of the palate. Last week the births of 902 boys and 810 girls, hi all 1,712 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1,440. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'750 in i ; the mean daily reading on Monday was 30 . 022 in. The mean temperature of the week was 37 min. 7 deg., which is about the average of the same week in thirty-eight years. The mean daily temperature was on Sunday 38 min. 6 deg., after which it steadily declined till Thurs day, when it was 36 deg., or 1 min. 3 deg. below the average. It rose on the two following days to 89 min. 2 deg. and 38 min. 4 deg. The wind blew generally from the north-east. The mean dew point temperature was 31 min. 8 deg. ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.—The Dublin Express says :—" We understand that the trustees of the Roman Catholic University of' Ireland have purchased the mag nificent residence of the late Mr. Whaley, at Stephen's_ green South, as the site for the new college." DEATH OF A WHOLE FAMILY FROM GLANDERS.—:-A whole family, named Uncles, residing at Maugherow, near Lisadell, have been swept away by glanders. The father, purchased a horse some time back at a fair in Mayo, infected with this distemper ; he soon afterwards took the disease from the beast, then his wife and four children caught it, and they all died in great agony. W e have heard that two girls, living at a place called the Windy Gap, about two miles from this town, have also been lost by this dreadful disorder. If the magistrates have the power, they ought to direct all horses having the glanders to be instantly shot.—Sigo Champion. SPORTING _INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TcrzsDir. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASB. 9to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken). 10 to 1 agst Oscar (taken). 11 to 1 agst Half-and-half (taken). 20 to 1 agst Maurice Daly (taken). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 7to 1 Contentment. 20 to 1 agst Lampedo. 33 to 1 agst Peggy. 33 to 1 agst Grapeshot. 33 to 1 agst Pug Orrock. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Contentment. CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Trifle (taken). 25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (taken). 40 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 40 to 1 agst Richard Primmer (taken). 40 to 1 agst Contentment (taken). DERBY. 10 to 1 agst West Australian (taken). 17 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 50 to 1 agst Honeywood (taken): SPORTING NOTES. —No. CCCLXVXIX• ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTII DERBY. Mr. E. It. Clarke has at Royston, under the care °f C. MARSON, four Derby animals, namely,-1 3 C LITLE Swirl, by gir Tatton Sykes, out of Starlight Bess, who has run s ee times and wo n b u t once; b c BLUE JOHN, by Sir Tattoo Sykes, dam by Venison or Elis, who was beaten off by the Reiver in the July Stakes ; b c SINGArons,, by Ratan, dam by M e lb ourne out of Lisbeth, n o minate(' l a Mr. W. Mercer, who has never run, an d i s but i. „ very ordinary animal ; and b c Mr. SIKES, 13 1 Sir Tatton Sykes, out of sister to Gobbo has ran but once, at the Newmarket July when he beat Beverlac by a head in a match ° Te o the new T.Y.C. This last-named gentleman is o be the horse of the stable, and is to start for both TR Thousand and Derby, I believe; but I am confident x,ll gain nothing by the motion. ,„, Mr. Clarke's br EARLY BIRD, by Birdcatcuvy out of Betsy Bird, died when a yearling. Meetinb; HEADLEY, of Bourne-bank, Defford, near Worcester, has a conP l° of Derby nags in training—viz., Mr. Halford's b c V 4fr f POLE, by Orl an d o , d am by Humphrey Clinker, out °,6 Celeste, nominated by Mr. R. Browne; and Mr. Half °lll ,4 br c JOHN B ULL , by Falstaff, dam by Pantaloon of Daphn e . N e i t h er have as yet appeared in P ll' 1 ; but the form er i s b y f ar the best, and is altogether.. 4 very tidy second-rate, but not the sort of horse to off the Derby. G. TAYLOR, of Hednesford, has or had Mr. Shepherdson's br e PLUNDERER, by Picaroon, dam by EO out of Lucie' , minated by Mr. Hebblethwaite, in training. Ile s once, and is of no use for the Derby. W. SAUNDERS, th' of Hednesford, has only Mr. Merry's b a FAlRrair by Sir Hercules out of Dexterous, nominated I:PY J. Godwin, in training. He has run thrice, won c e and will not be heard of in the Derby. t of The t wo co I ts—CRAIGENDS, by Moss Trooper, p ot of Hope, and EDMUND, by the Libel or Ratcatcher ou Wilmot, .nominated by Mr. Merry —were sold by some time since without their engagements, and are - out of training. of Hed nes f ord S. LORD, YARDLEY has Mr. R. Holl oway ' s b r c 13E00 00 has not , ,by Sir, jsaac out of My s t ery, at work:,. the yerun, and canno t b e reckoned upon for Epsom event. of Dretb TOM TAYLOR, y, Ashby de l a Z ouch, has only Lord .W-to° t br c EATON, by T ouc h stone, dam by Bay Middleton th e Nitocris, nominated b y Mr. Jackson, engaged in the Derby. This horse has run eleven times, and v iag Atell winner on fiv e occasions, notwithstanding, is not 11.. to show at Epsom or win if he did. „ t of Lord Chesterfield's hr c by Hetman Platoff, ° ,, i ,„ to Fuchsia, nominated by Mr. Lumley, not being a"•• stand training, has been long since set aside. T. RITSSEY, Jel i° of Henley, has his own br c DON Y' by Don , it out of Red Rose, in preparation for something, , I , 3i en cannot be for the Derby. Has run once, and was u easily. W. FORD, nrinic.. of Lambourn, out of three nomination s of Mr. ---,, 1# aid's, has only one in training ; the other two---bje'oe Slight-of Hand dam, by Coraus, and 15 c by Mat' pot tician out of Kitten —were sent to the right aho Sligq'At.of year. Th e gr a B rother to Grey Tommy by Hand, alth oug h i n training, will not do for the P6rby, v. SPIRIT OF THE T1:114 DONCASTER SPRING MEETING DONCASTER HANDICAP, o f 10 sous. each, ft if deCusl by February 7. Truth Age st lb ...... . 5 8 7 Russboroug:h 6 8 4 Prime Minister 5 8 ' Leopold 4 8 0 Lamartine 5 7 11 Hurgerford 5 7 9 Sir Robert Kohinoor Merry Bird 4 7 2 Trousseau Lough Dawn 5 7 0 Lerrywhent Isabella Little Fawn Sir Rowland Tren- t 11/ Age 8 , 12 Phanto m 4 vlO 5 .4 Burndale Saguenay Chiltonuen 55 e Grapeshot Placid 3 6 ' 0 4 1 Break-o' -d a y Boyo - Toosey (late Tin- 6 i vain) Katty Darlin g Ethel bert 5 Annie . , 3 6 3 Tavistock 6 Bold Da v i e 3 3 Knavery 3 3 6 Charity cby Don John, out 6 0 of Potentia King David 3 0 " Moselle Pride Lady Vern on 3 4 1. 3 The Gip Llanforda 10 Guicowar Florist 3 b c by Fitzallan - chard Tordesillas Little Davie Needle 4 6 8 Pelopidas Babette Bardolph 4 6 7 Prestige Jack Leeming 5 6 6 Mayday Worcester Psyche 6 6 3 Bra,x4 Harp • 5 6 0 Ammonia Richmond - ch g by Harkaway, out of Puss 4 5 12 out of Miss lO Burns's dam . St Andrew 3 10 Jacqueline 4 Angelo V•G MEETING. Citi'' ' AND SUBURBAN liA , - 1 ,n 0 Yrs. st 13 Ethelbert 3 6 613 Tick ton 3 6 15 Stamford ....... .. 3'''' 5 Helena Tavistock 3 519 Miss 0 5 9 Miss Dela mere ... • 3 6 ' The Hat c h e t 3 , . 5 ' Ida 3 1 Peggy 3 6 1 3 5 Madam e L an d ea u Prevention • 3 Sister to Singa- 6 1 pore 4 6 Winter 3 6 6 The Varmint...... 4 4 6 6 - Snarry 4 i Jullien 3 6 6 5 Eliza 6 ii No r t o n ` Master N or t on . • u ' 1 Pancake 4 6 0 Appleton 4 Little Davie 3 • bf by Cotherstone 5 0 out of Wedlock. 3 6 0 Miss Emma 3 4 0 3 13 4 4 9 Cassique Jouvence Anne Pag e 3 4 4 -• a Tobolski 3 S 4 The Mersey 3 cby the Emperor 4 4 out of Coral 3 - i.-LAl=i __ --;•'-,' IR, CUP. los e he forfeits up to the c , iii lock on Tuesday even i ng lb ob Cl B eenvie land . ........ 6 66 , Eliza Middleten ..... ' s ' 6 u o Wasp Houlakin Ninnyh amme r Defiance . Lady in Waiting-- 4 5 lZ Bit of Blue ...........• 6 Common Sense Tested . . 10 . ;5 , 5 Surprise 0 u Burndale Corybantes Coral Audubon Goorkali Mr. Moon ............ ; 5 6 Placid . . .............. b c by Simoom, ou t of Master Jack'o 6 dam .. _ .... - ....... 3„ " 6 Young Norval ...... 6 0 Annie _ ...... ... .;:•••• Brother to Grey 3 $ 4 Tommy ............ cby Burgundy, out 3 6 Lady liarkawa,y 5 Sally Barnard ......3 6 _ Twig .................. 5 1,t5, Charming 'Woman .2 6 Bell Tinker ......... 6 X King David . ........ Ploy (late ...... ......... g 2 - 1 Veteran ............... 3 4 ~„ Miss Emma ......... . 4 15 Josephine ............ 3 415 The Dandy......... • 3 ... 4 15 Malice ................. 4 1:3 Black Jack ... ... . ....... 3 Mr. Treen's f 131 •it Knight of the 3 A • Whistle ............ EPSOM SPRIT ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CITY Yrs st lb Longbow 4 8 8 Prime Minister 5 8 2 Hungerford Tonic • 5 7 11 Conmore 'Theseus Glenluce Evadne Lady Agnes Koh-i-noor Convulsion The 8i5h0p.....,, 4 7 1 Kate The He r i o t Allegro Narcissus Antigone Babette . ..... . b ut b o y f Wedlock 4 6 12 Vermuth . ..... 6 612 Farmer' s Boy Calot .. . May Day.......... 5 6 8 St. Ge0rge......... 6 6 6 Jack Leeming... 5 6 3 Madeline.. ........ 4 6 2 Surpri se ....... ...... 4 6 2 Henrietta .......... 4 6 21 Defiance ............ 3 6 ' 2 Chilton ............ 3 6 0 Charley ........ . .... 3 5 13 Lord Fauconberg 3 5 13 CHESTI The following list includes t] London, and to seven o'c Chester. Kingston .. Yrs st lb ... ..... 4 8 12 Daniel O'Rourke.... 4 8 6 Harbinger ............ 44 8 4 Little Harry ... . . ..... 4 8 2 Warhawk ............. 4 8 2 Chief Ju5tice......... 6 8 0 The Nabob ......... 4 8 0 Bucktho rn ............ ... 4 8 0 Joe Miller ... ......... 4 8 0 Homebr ewe d ........ . 4 7 12 Ben N ev i s .. . ... ... 4 710 Knight of the Shire 4 7 8 Father Thames.,. 4 7 8 1 Bird-on -the-Wing .. 4 7 8 Lamartine ............. 5 7 7Le Juif ................ 5 7 6 Unity ................... 5 7 6 Grosvenor .. . .......... 5 7 6 Nancy Martenson... 4 7 6 Fare well .. ..... 4 7 6 Lady Aniyott ........ 4 .... 7 4 Merry Bird ........... 4 7 4 Candlev,ick ........... 6 7 3 Attack . ................ 4 7 4 A zeth ................ 4 7 2 Sir Rowland Little Fawn . ..... .. _ .... 5 7 0 chard Lough Bawn ......... Trickstress .... si Le rryw b hent .. . .. Ghola Nutshell Fancy Girl ......... ...... Cockc row , .... .. .... Tordesill as .. ..... ........ I:ex ... •5 7 0 ...5 7 0 ▪5 7 0 ...4 7 0 •.. 5 6 12 ... 4 612 ... 6 6 10 ... 5 610 ... 6 6 ............... 4 6.L0 _Exact .... ............. 3 6 8 5 6 8 Morning Star ........ 4 6 8 Little Davie .......... 4 6 8 Dame Tattle ....... 4 6 6 .eorge . Oetavia .......... 4 6 6 St. G .................. 6 6 4 4 S4viilQ ....... I .......... 4 6 i