The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.. Fa rewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, FZIt. 8, 1 tr.ll be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy of i.f•KS• AXD FACET: or, Before and Behind the Ctain—byand M. et rs. Benjamin Webster; L e i g h Murray, Stuart, Parsurelle, Lam bert ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Vining, and Mist Rosa Bennett. After which, a new and original Farce, called TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. IN , conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and BET TLED ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, FEB. a, Wil: be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON I .N A SMOCK -FROCK. Characters by Man& C. Mathews, F. Matihors, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOO eton; Madame Ve,trisD, in which Messrs. , F. Matthews , Suter, Horncastle, and Templ Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Mss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and. Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKLNS. Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New end-street. THEATRE. ROYAL ADELPIII. p ro prietor, lir. R. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, Fan. 8, Will he presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, ricle Torn'r Cabin—by Messrs. Altre.l Wigan, 0. Smith, and goers. ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. Ter conclude with the succe.sful new Comic Pantomime, called Ig" CU:or, Harle , min Merrie Monarch. Principal Did le. Aurial ; Clown, Mr.. Ilexmore. ROYAJ. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, FEB. 8, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID; or, Dorothy's Fortune (as played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Princial charac ters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, p Ryder, F. Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Laey and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Irarren. THIS EVENING, Fan. 8, WIII be presented L ILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by I%iessrs. Comp ton, W. Farren , j un., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Render, and Clifton; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon. After which, WANTED ONE THOUSAND SPIRITED YOUNG MILLINERS FOR THE GOLD DIGGINGS. conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET ; or, Harlequin Queen NabTo and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with his highly-traired Dogs. BOX-Ofnee open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. E. Chatterton. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions. LAST WEEK BUT FOUR of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, And positively the Last Week of the Grand Comic Pantomime. In consequence of the numerous applications for the reproduction of the superb Spectacle of MAZEPPA, or THE WILD HOR-E, Mr. Batty has much pleasure in terminating his professional career in acquiescing in the generally expressed desire of his patrons and the public, and will produce the above Spectacle with all its origi • nal splendour on the 14th February instant. THIS EVENING, Fna. 8, And daring the Week (Ash Wednesday excepted), the Curtain will rise at Seven o'clock, to the 67th Representation of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. After which, new and splendid Scenes in the Circle, by French and English Artistes. Te conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTITNIO AND MIS HORSE COMRADB; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAY —Morning 2 min. after 2 l Evening 25 min.aft. 2 To-leimmor--Morning 46 min. after 2 I Evening 6 min.aft. 3 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, FEB. 8, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLSESTONE—S.E., light breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH —Calm—overcast. SWINDON—S.W., strong breeze—cloudy. LEIGHToN--S.W. calm—overcast. Y A RMOUTH—E. calm — Overcast. H OLY HEAD—N. , W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. THE WEATHER.—Suit OFFICE, FEB. 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 40—highest since noon yesterday. 32—lowest this morning 'and during the night. 33—this day at noon. BARoMETEE, 29 . 23. WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, and dull weather. 'llltG (4,1 LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1853. LOUIS NAPOLEON is reported to have said that he represents a " defeat," and that " the memory of Waterloo must be effaced." Well, .he now re presents a victory, and the memory of Waterloo is effaced. . All the results of Waterloo, so far as France is concerned, are gone, and gone probably for ever. He whom Waterloo banished to the Ocean Rock, rests in honour in a Parisian se pulchre. The dark and deep brand on the nation ality of the old BOURBON line, was soon exchanged for the fainter one of the ORLEANS family, and now every individual of the race forced back on the nation by Waterloo is an exile from his native soil. The supreme right of the people to root out a hated legitimacy, and to plant in its stead a convention, or a "parvenu Emperor," is recog nized either cordially or perforce ; and the most explicit and degrading result of Waterloo is now completely effaced ; the compulsory abdication of NAPOLEON for himself and his descendants, is torn to shreds, and contemptuously puffed in the faces of the Holy Alliance, and the Courts which banded together, and dared France to acknowledge NAPOLEON as Emperor, are now in turn dared by France to touch the nation who by popular election have placed a NAPOLEON on the Throne. Victory could scarcely be more complete, or Waterloo more completely effaced. Not more completely have crops and herbage o'ergrown all traces of that dreadful day, than events, especi ally those of 1852, have covered from sight the political consequences of the great battle. LOUIS NAPOLEON may well be content with his triumph. To declare a war, and to gain, if fortune favoured him, another battle, could add little, if anything, to his success. To fight for the Last victory in that merely technical sense, is but fighting for the last word. It is a game never ended, an Arab blood-feud, or a paltry piece of obstinacy. NAPO LEON 1., had he been permitted to reign in se curity, would not have troubled himself to avenge Leipsic, Moscow, or the Peninsula ; and NAPO LEON 111., enjoying the sincere acquiescence of the English Government and people in his title, and the compelled acquiescence of his haughty hut trembling absolutist neighbours on the Con tinent, can see, or , ought to see, nothing in Waterloo but a vanquished victory. Why, then, should we not give the new EMPEROR, as well as ourselves, credit for thinking thus ? What we have stated is the merest common sense and reason. We practically-minded Englishmen should most. certainly reason thus in his position, and if a Frenchman naturally thinks more of glory than an Englishman, yet so small is the addition which a victory would bestow him of that empty bauble, so much of it must be danger ously .shared by his General, and so great must be the risk of a tremendous reverse, that he really must be the silliest as well as the most vain glorious of his nation to play with such odds. And after all, between two nations equally brave, the loss or gain of a battl e i s no t th e l oss or ga i n of military glory. Skill in gunnery, muscular strength, weight of cavalry horses, the success of combinations, and the chances of war, have no thing to do with the soldier's point of honour. Every real soldier feels all this for every van quished foe. Vainly did GEORGE IV. endeavour to elicit from the Duke of WELLINGTON an avowal that the " British cavalry were the finest in th e world." His estimate of the vanquished, showed that he was worthy to vanquish, and the effemi nate Monarch could only obtain the repeated reply—" Sire, the French cavalry are excellent." If, then, Lours NAPOLEON and the French may justly look back with these feelings upon Waterloo, what ample scope is there for the peaceful orations of the Manchester orators ! The very sentiment so elaborately illustrated by their greatest man, that England owes an atonement to France for intermeddling with her form of g overnment, is itself the soul of peace. France could "not be in clined to attack a penitent nation—a nation doing rueful penance, to., to the amount of 28,000,000/. per annum ; and we believe, notwithstanding all that has been said in reply to Mr. ConnEN's let ters, that we were the aggressors--that we were aggressors on France to subvert her Government ; and that aristocratic dread of French ideas, and the desire to drown the cry for Reform at home, were the motives of our governors. Yes, and let Englishmen beware that the de mand. for national defences be not used for the same purpose as the old war-cry. Reform is as obnoxious now to. the same class as it was in 1793. Whig organs are, as we have already shown, wanting to procrastinate the evil day, and national defences are the pretext. Now, the Manchester folk will do good service if they drive the " Com bination " Ministry from that shuffle, if they show that what with our own pacific disposition, and the reciprocal feeling across the Channel, there really is no need to be in an indecent and wasteful hurry at least about the matter. Our present naval and military strength cannot be played with by any madman, were there any madman disposed to try it on ; it is conceded on all bands that our 16,000,0001. a-year voted for military purposes has been sadly misapplied, in the navy especially ; and the demand of the country undoubtedly will be, that the most effi cient use be made of that money, before we are called upon to vote thousands or millions more. If we have a surplus we are not to be cheated of the repeal of Excise Duties, to waste the money on ships that will not sail, or on cutting new ships to pieces and putting them to gether again ; on lumbering, fatiguing, hap - hazard shooting, old-fashioned muskets ; no, nor on old admirals and generals, sacrificing our troops by cholera, and. our money by I lying still and eating it. We have no fear that Manchester will ever persuade this country to live by the sufferance of Europe ; no place, indeed, in England might sooner have to repent of doing so, even should no Frenchman ever breathe a whiff of the smoke of its steam-engines ; no place would sooner feel the effect of war both on its Money Market and its Cotton Market, and with all defe rence to Mr. COBDEN, and his authorities, PEEL and ABERDEEN, we must think that impregnability has a good deal to do with being let alone. We hope, moreover, that they will insist upon a most thorough reform of our colonial military ex penses. Sir W2l. MOLESWORTH must not forget his out-of-office Colonial Budget, and the people must not neglect to press it home to him. If England herself be invulnerable, her Colonies are safe enough. Let our Dockyards, Ports, and Arsenals be secure, and with our vast mechanical resources we could in a few months launch an additional Navy which would sweep the seas of every hostile vessel, and blockade every hostile port in Europe. How is this ? Our noble old family mansion which we repaired so thoroughly 20 years ago (RussELL and Co., Architects), is sadly out of re pair. The wing at least where all the business is done, and where most of the family live, quite threatens to fall of itself ; it is neither' weather tight nor water-tight, besides being such an odious patching together of old and new in no sort of symmetry, that it looks as if nothing could cure it but pulling that part down, and making it habitable and sightly once for all. Something like this must have been the exclamation of hundreds in looking over the newspaper lists of the last elections, if they included the number of voters and inhabitants for each borough and county ; not only those " destruetives"—HumE, COBDEN, BRIGHT, BERKELEY, and the like—but thousands, by no means Radicals, as they have glanced at Thetford, with 200 voters, and return ing two members ; Manchester, with 14,000, or Liverpool, with 17,000 voters, also returning two members, have been ready to throw the paper into the fire, and execrate the injustice in terms prohibited to parsons at least. And if the list has been given in " one of those vile radical things" which many, naso suspendunt adunco, and " never read," and a few calculations have been added, such as that 66 small boroughs, with a population under half a million, return 99 mem bers ; and 51 large boroughs, with a population of more than five-and -a-half millions, also return 99 members, the choler of most of the junior and middle-aged members of Mr. BuLL's family has been irresistibly set in motion by the discovery. " Come, come ; this will never do—we can't go on in this way," they have angrily muttered to themselves. Thereupon certain recollections of a " Cabinet of first-rate men," of "a strong Govern ment," and an "All-Talents Ministry" have imme diately recurred ; and certain recollections also of a " real measure of Reform," promised by the said Government, have somewhat soothed the impatient indignation, and, with a wistful glance towards February, the matter has been dismissed for the present. Present appearances, however, do not betoken very vigorous measures. Symmetrical and sound enough no doubt, is the literal stone and mortar work of Mr. BARRY, and St. Stephen's itself will be censured only by a few connoisseurs ; but as to the mansion of _the Constitution, that may well be left for a time. Cracks, bulgings, and broken slates are of no urgent consequence there. Whitewash the outside a little----plaster up the roof and the crevices of the walls—paper and paint the rooms afresh, and it will be tenant able enough for many a session, it may be, for the present one at least ; and if we do but tide over that, who can tell but some lucky word-fight may turn up year after year—lreland or Europe—the Church or the Militia—which may take up our time and save us from Reform. Such, we confess, appears to us to be the drift of some of the " great organs of public opinion," and of some lesser, but very knowing ones. Here we all are on the tiptoe of expectation, as much so as last November. The Ministry of talent has succeeded the Ministry of genius, and we are to be shown the difference between practi cal ability and splendid imagination. And what is the advice ? what the suggestion ? Why, put Reform and Education into commission ; that is, shelve them for the session ; and absorb your selves in the details of the National Defences (a matter which must be intrusted, however, to the profession), says one. No, says a craftier ACHITO PHEL, rectify the coinage, and rejoice all the clerks and schoolboys, by decimalising that plaguy pence column ; put the Customs to rights, and please the daily visitors of 'Change, and the nightly residents in the suburbs ; throw the pro fits of the Post-office into its improvement, and take your share of Penny Postage Reform (only do not abolish the penny newspaper stamp, siice, though it would help the post wonderfully, we should no longer enjoy our monopoly) ; make good laws for the railways, and save us from being smashed ; give us plenty of good water, for we " cry to be washed, and should like to be clean." And then, as we must die at last, why, see to our funerals ; give us a good Extramural Act (if the clergy will let you), and let us lie really under the turf, and not hasten the death of those we leave behind. If our gallant Government will but do a number of substantial kindnesses like these—if they will but look to our money and our letters, our water-taps and our coffins—why, then they may defy the Arbitration men, and the Religious Equality men, aye, and the large, well-drilled phalanx with BENJAMIN DISRAELI at its head, also. Neither POPE nor EMPEROR—neither Man chester nor Buckinghamshire can shake their seats. Well, it may be so. What with commissions and committees, with doing some much-needed work in the House, and trade and commerce brisk without it, they may rub through pretty well ; Hon. Members would not like to hazard a dissolu tion so soon, and it would no doubt be held over them in terrorem. Still, we are confident that the strongest Government cannot afford to delay a Reform measure worthy of its reputation. The Budget will, of course, have to be settled first of all, and we wait with some anxiety the course which will be taken. Tho Income Tax is the test ing question ; if Mr. GLADSTONE can brook yield ing to the fixed determination of the public, and if the rest of the Cabinet have to make no damag ing concession to his obstinacy, so far all will be plain sailing ; but anything paltry on that ques tion, must end in a dissolution or a resignation. Justice on that point will obtain toleration for an otherwise very common-place Budget. But, then, all the credit of Income-taißeform, will, by every impartial man, be set down to the late Ministry ; and so of the Irish Law Reforms, and the. National Defences, and all the little good things from the new tenpenny pieces to the coffins; all these it will be said, would have been done, and as well done, by the DERBY Ministry. The demand will be that, that the one great thing, to oppose which Lord DERBY has pledged himself, and to forward which Lord JOHN has pledged himself, both in Perth and in London, that that one thing shall be promptly and worthily brought forward. Even if a case for a commission of inquiry after facts could be made out, the composition of that com mission will soon reveal whether it be meant for an evasion or a real help. Suppose it to consist of two known Conservatives, two Whigs, and two uncompromising Radicals, its labours might, no doubt, accumulate much trustworthy information ; it could, however, most certainly be of no further service to the cause of Reform than that of stop ping the mouths of many opponents. Any honest Minister, without waiting a day beyond the time requisite to proportion representation by well known data of the census and rate-books, and determined to protect the purity of election by large constituencies, and secret voting, could easily present a Bill which the country would ratify at once. The country knows this as well as the Cabinet, and the latter may be sure that any symptom of vacillation on this grand question, will be the commencement of distrust on the part of those whose hearty support is indispensable to its existence. They have a first-rate adversary, and it is not by a renewal of wiggish temporising that they can hold their ground against him. Their course must be one either of bold measures and reliance on the people, or of timid trimming, with the reward of humiliations at pleasure by the brilliant Leader of the powerful Opposition. With such ample scope for a political, as well as an administrative reputation, it will be suicidal folly to ruin themselves politically, hoping to make atonement by offerings of tenpenny pieces, clean water, and suburban sepulchres. PBIVY COUNCIL. WINDSOR, FEB. 7. The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock this afternoon. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Earl Granville, Lord President ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal; the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of .the Treasury • Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at-War ; the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain, officiating for the Lord Chamberlain ; and Lord Stanley of Alderley, Paymas ter-General of the Forces. _ _ At the Council her Majesty pricked the list of High Sheriffs for the English and Welsh counties for the present year. The Most Noble Arthur Duke of Wellington (master of the Horse to the Queen), Lord Drumlanrig (comp troller of her Majesty's household), and the Hon. Charles , Felham Villiers (judge- advocate- general), were by command of the Queen sworn of her Majesty's most lionourable privy council, and took their places at the board. _ _ _ The Hon. William Bathurst was clerk of the council in waiting. At the Queen's court General Mendiburn, Peruvian minister, had an audience of the Queen, to which he was introduced by Lord John Russell, her Majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs. The Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen. The Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers had an au dience of her Majesty, and kissed hands on being ap pointed Judge Advocate. Her Majesty gave audiences to Lord John Russell, the Earl Granville, and the Earl of Aberdeen. The Queen was attended by Earl Somers, Lord in Waiting, Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller of the House hold, and Captain the Hon. Mortimer S. West, Groom in Waiting. The Peruvian Minister, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of 'Wellington, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Drumlanrig, the Right Hon. E. Strutt, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Lord Stanley of Alderley, travelled from London to attend the council by a special train on the Great Western Railway, arrivinc , at the Castle at half-past two o'clock. The members had luncheon pre• vious to the council assembling. After the council, the Duke of Norfolk left in a car riage-and-four for Arundel Castle. The Peruvian Minister and the noblemen and gentle men who attended her Majesty's Court (with the excep tion of the Duke of Wellington) took their departure for London by a special train •n the Great Western Railway. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB, The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duchess of Wellington have been invited, and are expected to day, on a visit to the Queen. The Duke of Wellington also remains at the Castle. A deputation from the committee of the Association for the Reduction of the Duties on Wines had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing•street. The deputation consisted of Mr. Chisholm Anstey, Mr. W. B. James, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Lawrie, and Mr. Shorter, and was accompanied by Mr. J. P. Murrough, M.P. for Brid port, Mr. W. E. Freke, Mr. George Frewer, and Mr. Cyrus Redding. Major-General Sir Henry Pynn attended at the Fo reign-office yesterday, on behalf of the claims of British officers that served in the Portuguese army during the Peninsular war. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor-General of Canada. FATAL EFFECTS OF BLOWING BLpDEßS.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Win. Payne heldd st an inquest at the Rock- W , Smithfield, on the body 42 The deceased,bladder-blower, of No. it appeared Rock ingham-arms, Hosier-lane o l f l, Charles in tbe M samei al , agedlane. from the evidence, had for several years an pls e t a rrried on a large business by inflating bullocks' blad ders, by means of which he had been enabled to his wife and three children, but of late he ha o d support re duced in circumstances, andbeing unable to obtain g a ot p* of bellows to perform the necessary work of inflation, air the result was he was compelled to do the same with hi mouth. This caused him to cough exceedingly, and as thma supervening, he was unable to perform the work without great suffering, and on Friday last he sent out for a quartern of gin, and having drank about half of it, he laid down with his head reclining on a pillow, and quietly expired. The widow of the deceased said that her husband suffered so much from blowing the blad ders, that before he could get his breath of a morning he was obliged to sw allow a glass of gin. The r hav ing remarked on the melancholy nature of the case, the jury returned a verdict of "Natural Death." DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE METROPOLIS. It gives us sincere satisfaction to perceive that the South- Western Railway Company propose to obtain the neces sary powers to enable them to complete the abandoned line between this city and Andover (the line between Andover and Basingstoke being already in course of construction). We have reason to believe that an ami cable arrangement will be come to teen the inde pendent company and the South-Western; and the inha bitants of this city and neighbourhood have just cause to be thankful to the projectors of the former, as there can be little doubt that their spirited and energetic conduct in the matter has bad the effect of stimulating the South- Western to complete a line so essential to the welfare of this city, and so important, above all, as a point d'appui from which to start in the future extension of the line westward, which we do not despair of ultimately seeing proposed and carried by the very men who have ousted Mr. Chaplin from the chairmanship of the board, because he supported a scheme of which they either could not or would not see the benefit and necessity. We accept, however, the line from Andover to Salisoury as a valu able instalment of the debt due from the South-Wfor the estern Company to this district, and shall patientl y wait balance. —Salisbury Journal. COMMISSION. OF LUNACY ON A LADY OF FORTUNE. —A writ de lunatico inquirendo was executed before Mr. Commissioner Winslow and sixteen special jurors, at the Abbey Arms Inn, Plaistow, Essex, relative to the men tal condition of Sussannah Brundy, aged 68, of Cobley hall, Plaistow, widow of James Grundy, Esq., late of Waltham Abbey, who, when living, was, together with his wife and her sisters, the wealthy proprietor of exten sive house and freehold landed property. The commis sion had issued on she petition of Mrs.• Duff of Manor house, Poplar, a sister of the alleged lunatic, and was supported by 'Mr. Giraud of Furnival's-inn. The jury proceeded to Cobley-hall, and examined Mrs. Grundy. They found her in bed, though at twelve o'clock in the day. Her replies fully confirmed the evidence, and they returned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from Ist of April, 1848. SHEEP SLAUGHTER ON THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. — The 7 o 'clock up-train on Monday morning last ran over nine sheep belonging to the Rev. Ralph Fisher, Bank Cortage, near the Earl of Ashburnham's em bankment. The sheep were depasturing on the marsh adjoining, and how they came on the railway is not known. Some of the sheep bad their heads severed, whilst others were not much mutilated.— Welshman. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDG All hopes of proceed ing with this undertaking appear to have been aban doned. It has been stated that the wrought iron, which has been so to hest for the proposed structure, has been sold to the West Cornwall Railway Company, and instead of forming part of the "permanent way" across the water from Clifton to Leigh, it will perform that office on the line of the above railway.—Bristol Journal. THE LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL AND THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—An adjourned meeting of the Town Coun cil of Liverpool was held yesterday for the purpose of discussing the difference between the Dock Committee and the Messrs. Baker, when the council vetoed the pro ceedings of the committee by a majority of 31 to 21. 'ln consequence of two-thirds of the council not joining in the veto, the proceedings of the Dock Committee were confirmed. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1853. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLoot. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly, but without spirit. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 120 Pernam and Maranhaia at 60. to 6id., 350 Bahia at 61d. to 100 Egyptian at 71d., and 500 Surat at 4d. to 4}d. per lb. Railway shares were firm at higher sates, In a communication from Messrs. Witherby and Hanson, the present state of the dried fruit trade is shown to be one of considerable interest. It ap- pears that the advices from Greece continue very unfavourable with respect to the forthcoming crop. The disease, which last year attacked the fruit when advancing towards maturity, has appeared this year at the earliest period of germination; and in Cephalonia, where the disease was least destruc tive last year, the worst symptoms have appeared. On this account, prices have risen in Germany and Holland, where stocks will propably be limited. At these places large purchases have been made of Chesme raisins. Figs have advanced owing to the scarcity and anticipated large orders from America. The- ship Bloomer from Sydney has arrived with 42,8001. She left on the 3d November, and there fore brings no later news. The Continental advices • received this morning are rather more favourable concerning the Stock Markets. The project for a canal across the Isthmus of Darien has this day been advertised, and we shall take an early opportunity of entering into its merits. In the meantime the following points rtunity de serve attention :—. " The capital appears large, but the return will be in proportion to the magnitude of the undertaking. This is not a question dependent on local trade ; every mari time nation has an interest in its success, and the com merce of the world will yield the profits. Moreover, the vast supplies of gold now discovered, afford means which cannot be applied to more beneficial objects than in extending the blessings of civilization by facilitating the operations of commerce. In such a case statistics are almost superfious ; it is safer to consult the history of the progress of commerce, and argue from it, than to calculate profits from the ex isting state of things. But even on this limited ground it can be shewn that the capital invested will meet with a good return, by charging only a little more than the amount saved in the insurance, without reference to all the other advantages which this route will offer. From the trade statistics it appears, that in 1851 upwards of 3,000,000 tons of shipping, and 150,000 passengers would in that year have taken advantage of this naviga tion. Lord Wharncliffe is chairman, and the direction is influential and practical. At the meeting of the Northern Counties Union Railway Company this day, the report stated that the attention of the directors was still directed to the settlement of existing liabilities. As is the fu ture prospects, the directors had not as yet entered into arrangements with any other company, but from the importance of the district where part of the line is laid down, they expected to do so advan tageously whenever that opportunity should arise. The accounts showed the receipts of the half year to be 18,9121. 18s. 10d., and the balance in hand, after expenditure, was 15,5201. 6s. 9d. After a brief discussion, the report was adopted unani mously. The Hon. East India Company has in the last fortnight drawn bills on the three Presidencies to the amount of only 26,4591. The Stock Market is buoyant, and, as we antici pated, prices tend upwards towards the settlement of the account. Consols have been 991 to i for transfer, and 99i to i for account. The prices for March are about i t per cent. higher. The New 3f per Cents. have been quoted 1031 1, and the 3 per Cents. 1001 to 1. Bank Stock has been lower, viz., 227 to 228. South Sea Old Annuities have been marked 99i. Exchequer Bills of March are 50s. to 545. premium. Arrivals of gold from Australia are now expected daily—the Roxburgh Castle, from Port Philip, whence . she sailed Nov. 12, having 850,0001. on board. Foreign securities have been variable. Grenada Deferred are not so good, being at 114, #-. Mexi can Bonds have realised 22i, k : a slight improve ment. Peruvian Deferred have been at 62. Bra zilian Old Stock has been marked 1021. The Turkish loan has improved to i discount. Spanish stock has been rather heavy, the 3 per Cent. at 47 to I, and the Deferred at 24- to 23. The Certifi cate is worth 4g. Russian Five per Cents. have been quoted 120, and Dutch Four per Cents. 98. Railway Shares have been firm again, and the rise of yesterday is fully maintained. Eastern Counties have run up k to #. The old Companies with 1001. paid are generally about 10s. better, but South-Eastern have risen i to i, York and Berwick 1 to li, and York and North Midland 1i to '2. French Shares are steady, but very - active. The Upper India have been in demand at i to # 'premium. An upward movement of a very decided charac ter has taken place in the South Australian Land Company's Shares, which recently have been so seriously depressed by Bear operations. The rise is 61. to 81. since Saturday, but holders estimate the intrinsic value of the shares up to 70 and 80. The Australian Agricultural Shares have advanced also 51. to 101. The Australian Banks have been dealt in to a fair extent, but not at higher rates. The Gold Mines are very firm, though with limited transactions. The Shares have been in re quest aDo t full Coninyprices.pa's BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business:done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities looi g i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3i per Cent. Annuities. Long Annuities, Expire sth Jau., 1860 6 7-16 i A Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6i India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £lOOO 6O South Sea Old Annuities 69 Consols for Account 10th February .. —. Exchequer Bills Id. March. June. £lOOO 5O 4 £5OO — Small 54 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lO2l 2 Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 97 8 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 63 Equador Bonds bf Grenada Bonds, Deferred, : l2 4 Mexican 3 per Cent .. Ditto for the Acc ou nt 22 Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 62 Portuguese 4 per Cent. 37 8 x d Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4i per cent lO4 313 Fpanish Boiids 8 per Cent .. ........... Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23 Ditto for the Account 22i Spanish Passive (Converted) 5l Spanish'Committee Cert. of Coup. .not fun. 4 p 0 Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 i d Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates... —..... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto February Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. B.—Wind at Noon, S.E. Barometer falling. The Pearl, from Cuba to Swansea , was going into Nassau, ma king 3 inches water per hour, and with her crew sick. DEAL, Feb. 7.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Kenilworth; Weslin, Madras ; Harriet ; Shaddick arrived from the river for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Era ' • Tinmouth, Barbadoos. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 7.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Progress; Sciota ; Mobile ; Edward O'Brien ; Creighton, Savannah ; Andrew Foster ; E. Y. Hartshorn, New York ; Helena Maria ; Walland ; Emden ; Bloomer • Symonds, N.S.W., sailed Nov. 3, 42,800/. in gold ; Goddard, Valparaiso ; Hayti ; Chesape a k e ; John and Albert ; Orphan ; Wil liams ; Gipsey Queen • Lockhart, Charleston ; Dixon, New York. Off port—isia, and Moslem. Sailed—Storm King, Rio Janeiro; Centurion, New York ; Chaplain, Boston. A light has been placed at Tampico Bar, which it is said can bo seen at a distance of 9 miles. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 7. Arrived —Argyll (s); Caren tan. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 7.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—California, New York, FALMOUTH, Feb. 7.—Wind, N., fresh off port. Ar rived—Apolline Africa ; Bril ' • Stanbury, Cuba. BRISTOL, Feb. 7.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Seringspa tam • Morris Mauritius ; Warrior ; Wood, liant , New Orleans. New York. SHIELDS, Feb. 6.—Sailed — James Free man, (Dutch PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 7.—The Margareth a Agn eb. 5, es galliot) from Nantes to Rotterdam, was in contact _ off the Owers, with the Dyonisia Cath arina, arrive d he re , ' which took off the crew of the former vessel, which is sup posed to have sunk. GLOUCESTER, Feb. 6.--Stiged—Cynthia, Bayonne. birli V_2)--ittont NOTTINGHAM RACES. THE TWO-YEARS-OLD STAKES. LADY AUDREY FIELD MARSHAL. BRIDESMAID NOTTING HAM RACES, (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. Bardolph Chilton 2 LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Master of. the Rolls.) SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY V. TIIR LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a motion for an injunction to compel the defendants to execute certain agreements made by them with the plaintiffs. The defendants contended that these agreements were illegal, as being calculated to create a monopoly, and thus create a public injury ; and also on the ground that these agreements were out of the scope of their Act of Parliament. This was one of a series of motions arising out of the quarrels of the two companys, which have now been before the public some years. Lord Cottenham granted an injunction, which was afterwards dissolved by Lord Truro, who sent a case for trial to the Court of Queen's Bench, where judgment was given favourable to the plaintiffs on seve ral issues. The present application was argued before his honour in December last. _ _ His Honour now gave judgment, going through the case at considerable length, dismissed the plaintiffs' bill, being of opinion that the act gave no powers for leasing part of the line, but only the whole of it when it should be completed. No order was made as to costs. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) TOOSS V. LONDON AND NORTH-WRSTRRN RAILWAY COMPANY. In this case the question was whether a shareholder, suing on behalf of a body of shareholders, could compel the directors of a railway company to abandon the con struction of works fur which the parliamentary powers had expired by lapse of time. His Honour this morning gave judgment, being of opinion that the plaintiff had failed to establish a case, dismissed the bill. SURREY SESSIOIVS.Z-(THIS DAY.) (Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a bench of Magis• trates.) ROBBERY BY SERVANTS. • . - William Taylor, 28, and Selina Smith, 24, were in dicted for stealing silk handkerchiefs, gloves, and other property, belonging to their master, George Bucknall Picken, linendraper, Walworth. The female was also indicted for stealing a nightcap, a pair of gloves, and other property, belonging to Robert Alexander, her for mer master. It appeared from the evidence that the female had been in Mr. Alexander's employ some time, and allout two months ago she removed to Mr. Picken's, in which service the male prisoner was, with whom she became on intimate terms, and it was arranged that they were shortly to be married. The jury found them guilty, and they were sentenced each to two months' imprisonment. ANOTHER ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. . Harriet Kingswood, 16, was indicted for stealing the sum of 125., the property of Edward Atkinson, her master, of (Wed, Surrey. The prisoner had been employed as a general servant prior to the 12th of January, on which night she entered her master's bed-room, purloined 12s. from the mantel piece, and decamped from the house. On the following morning she was apprehended. The jury found her guilty, and the Court sentenced her to one month's hard labour at Wandsworth. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--FRENCH PLAYS. Le Chevalier des Dames, produced here last night, resembles greatly Le Monsieur, in which M. Ravel made his first appearance. In both we have the sprightly self confident young Parisian, forcing himself on the society of every lady he meets, one would say rudely and im pertinently, were it not for the profusion of apologies, And the perfect politeness with which his advances are received : at first resented, next tolerated, and lastly, by by some means or other, received into the firm friendship of those who at first have been the objects of his perse cution. M. Nestor de Bois RosEe is a knight errant, of modern times, .whose mission it is io succour all dis tressed ladies—"tonjours pour le bon mots,,`•'" In this laudable pursuit he has the misfortune to com;:lit mousseline on the dress on Madame do Merlemont, who, after a slight tiff with her husband, is on her way to a concert. This accident affords, too, an opening for "mak ing an acquaintance" not to be neglected, and accordingly M. Nestor follows the lady into her drawing room, overwhelms her with his fervid regrets and apologies, in the midst of which the husband is announced ; and, as the only method of accounting for his presence there, Nestor is obliged to slip on a livery, and assume the character of a footman just engaged. Then it comes out that Nestor is in possession, by some means or other, of certain imprudent letters, written by Madame de Merlemont, which he is about to restore her, when the husband returns, and carries off Nestor's coat, in the pocket of which they are deposited. The object is to recover the letters. First, the Chevalier tries to pick his master's pocket when pretending to be brushing his coat. Then he persuades him, with great eloquence, that nobody wears dress coats at evening parties, and manages to get the coveted garment laid aside. No sooner, however, does this unlucky Nestor get possession of the book, than his master, taking it for his own, snatches it from him, and locks it in a small coffer. The Chevalier and the lady are again in despair, and still more so when the former sends out the coffer to be picked by a locksmith, just as the latter has managed to get the key from her husband, this contretemps leads to half-a-dozen others, until at last Nestor determines to burn the unlucky boy, notwithstanding that his pocket contains a thousand franc note. Into the grate then it goes, and the Chevalier pulls down the blower to to make the flame burn stronger, when the husband re enters in search of the unlucky article—is unable to find • it--concludes it has been stolen—declares that it con tained 300,000 francs, and finally charges Nestor with being the thief, giving him just three minutes to pro duce the missing article before he is given into custody —a catastrophe which, however, is obviated by the dis covery by the femme de chambre that the blower has blown the fire out, and the precious coin is safe and sound. The dramatic idea of the piece is slight enough, ° but the irresistible humour and eccentricity which M. Ravel threw into the part of the bustling, volatile, clever Nestor, carried it through with most enthusiastic ap plause. Mdlle. Lambert played the part of the Parisian lady with sprightliness and grace, and fairly divided the honours of the piece with M. Ravel. The first piece was Les Premieres Amours, in which Mdlle. Fleury played with an elegance and spirit which materially in creased the favourable impression which she has already made. ENGLISH GLEE AND MADRIGAL UNION, WILLIS'S ROOMS• Last night the first of the second series of these agree able concerts was given at Willis's Rooms. The pro gramme comprised several of the best English glees, by Horsley, Cooke, Webbe, Stafford Smith, and others. The vocalists included Mrs. Endersohn, Miss M. Williams, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. H. Phillips ; and we never heard these beautiful compositions executed with more taste and precision. Mr. H. Phillips sang the fine old English song, " Return revolting rebels," with a spirit and vigour which drew down unanimous applause. The concert was numerously and well attended. CHEAP POTATOES.-A vessel belonging to Southamp ton,riding off ou r coast during the late hurricane, was driven down to the Orkneys. On being blown so far out of course, like a provident man, the captain deter mined to make the best of a bad job, and, accordingly, he endeavoured to obtain a freight at several of the northern ports. At length, arriving at Dumbarton, nothing offered except potatoes, so he resolved to pur chase a cargo,. and last week he arrived at Shields, but, unable to dispose of his cargo, he took his ship round to Sunderland, and commenced to retail them over the side of the vessel at 74d. per stone. The potatoes were both white and red, and of excellent quality, and when the news began to spread, people went in crowds with swills, baskets, hampers, &c., and the whole cargo was taken away as fast as it could be weighed. The wholesale po tato merchants were taken aback, as the previous price at Sunderland had been is. per stone, and when about half of the cargo was disposed of, a large dealer, offered to purchase the remainder, but the captain declined, determined that the poor people should have the benefit of the whole,—Sunderland Herald. THE PIGEONS OF GUILDHALL At a committee of aldermen, held at Guildhall, Alderman Wilson having represented that Mr. Temple, the hall-keeper, had given directions to some of the persons in waiting upon the several committees to de stroy the pigeons which have been sheltered in the - nooks and crannies of the building for many years, and have of late become exceedingly numerous, that officer was called before the aldermen to account for having issued an order so much at variance with the taste of the cor poration. The Hall-keeper said the inhabitants of King-street, in the immediate vicinity of Guildhall, had often . com plained -of the nu i sance occas i one d by th e pi ge ons, a nuisance of which none but those who were subjected to their frequent visits could form an adequate opinion. The dresses of several ladies who happened to sit under the elevations on which they perched themselves in swarms, had suffered more or less from the birds, and the familiarity with which they were treated by the people all round actually caused them to fly in at win downs and down chimneys to the great annoyance of families. (Laughter.) Alderman Wilson—l should wish to hear some in stances in which the poor pigeons have given such mortal offence. (Hear, hear.) Sir James Shaw, our old chamberlain, with whose kindness of heart we are all acquainted, took great delight in supplying them with food, considering that it was essential to the character of Guildhall for hospitality that such harmless tenants should receive a little of the bounty of the corporation. The Hall-keeper said that about three or four years ago the splendid dress of a lady who sat at the Lord Mayor's dinner in the hall was completely destroyed by the unceremonious conduct of some of the pigeons above her head. (Laughter.) Two years ago, when his ser vant girl went into one of the bedrooms she was hor rified by a noise in the chimney, and immediately after wards down tumbled a quantity of soot, and a pigeon in the midst of it. But that was not the only disagree. able consequence of the unwelcome visit, for the bird in its fright fluttered not only against the walls of the room, but against th e curta i ns of the b e d , an d did a great deal of damage, very much to the annoyance of his wife, and the terror of his children. (Laughter.) Alderman Lawrence --How much soot came down upon that occasion ? The Hall-Keeper—The room was covered with it. Alderman Lawrence—lt seems, then, that the pigeon saved you the expense of employing a chimney-sweeper. It is quite evident, from the quantity of soot which ac companied the bird in its visit to your bedroom, that you don't lay out much money in can ying out that por tion of our sanitary regulations. (Laughter.) The Hall-Keeper—The passages to my house are con stantly covered with dirt from the multitude of pigeons. They were endurable when there were no more than 15 or 16 of them about the building, but the number has increased to 70 or 80. and I am sure I would be obliged to any one who would kill them. • Alderman Humphery—No, no ! I would recommend you Mr. Hall-keeper, to turn what you seem to be so disgusted with to advantage, by setting up a gua no s h op and selling it as manure . (Laughter.) Alderman Cubitt said—At Venice pigeons were so much respected that they were maintained at the public expense, and nobody wa s p erm itt e d t o mo l est them. He could not see why the Guildhall pigeons, which had, as it were, become part and parcel of the corporation should be disturbed, except, indeed, it was intended to make pies of them for the use of the corporation. (Great laughter). Alderman Humphrey said, he thought the hall-keeper could give the committee a very fair idea of the flavour of the birds as he had so great an anxiety to put them to death. Alderman Wilson —We will certainly not allow a wholesale destruction of the pigeons, which are objects of interest in the neighbourhood, and had been all of them born under and upon the roof of the building. After some further conversation, in the course o f which it was a d m itt e d t h at it would' be very proper to dispense with the presence of the pigeons at the dinner of the 9th of November, the hall-keeper succeeded so far in substantiating his complaint as to obtain from the committee their consent to decrease the number of the offenders to about a moiety. It was agreed that the argument of the injury to the ladies' dresses, not to say a word about the beards and bald heads of the ambassa dors, and the wigs of the bishops and judges and ser jeants learned in the law, was fatal to the cause of the birds, which are said from their chattering and cooing to take delight in the mischief they dropped upon the magnificence below. Alderman Wilson advised the hall-keeper to employ some of the pigeons he was about to banish to scour all his chimneys before they departed. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR O F THE MOR NING ADVERTISER. Sir, —Considering you as the most effecti ve medium in this country for conveying inform a ti on to the masses of our cou ntr ymen, I forw ar d t o you a copy, with translations, of extracts from the Gazette de France of Saturday last, the organ of the Legitimist and Catholic party in 'ranee, which have been this day forwarded to me by a correspondent abroad, as containing matter to which serious attention ought to be directed in England. The subject is the work entitled Lettres Franques, which has already been noticed by the English press. As an old out-port man, I should be ashamed if I did not know, that there is a just medium be tween overcharged alarm and neglecting fair warnings given ; to which may be added, that nothing is more common than for an enemy to avow his intentions, for the very purpose of accus toming to the cry of " wolf." At all events, here is a journal telling you in plain terms what a party abroad desire and expect to accomplish ; for men do not compromise themselves by declarations of this kim.d without a certain degree of confidence in the event. One thing the writers are evidently bent on demonstrating—that the French Govern /neat does not discounteiance " provocations direciCs" to a descent on England. am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, V6:b. 7, 1853. INDICATIONS OF THE MINISTERIAL POLICY. - Sir Charles Wood, at a public dimmer at Halifax on Thurs day night last, enunciated the only tangible idea of an extension of the franchise which has yet been expressed by any member of the Cabinet, or which might be taken as indicative of the Ministerial policy on that subject. He said he did not hold that there was any virtue in a 101. house, but some criterion was necessary for the pur poses of registration, The Government was prepared to extend the franchise so as to embrace the most intelli- gent of the classes below those now enfranchised by pecuniary qualification. This is a most important de claration, coming from one so habitually cautious as the present President of the Board of Control, and must have received the sanction of the Cabinet, of which he is so prominent a member, before he ventured to en dorse it. THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN THE REGENT'S CAN A' Yesterday Mr. Wakley, coroner for the western dis tricts of Middlesex, who has so long, but up to this period in vain, endeavoured to secure to prisoners charged with murder a right of confronting their ac cusers by being present during the inquiry before the coroner, waited upon Lord Palmerston, the Home Se cretary, for the purpose of having Mackell, now under• remand for the murder of Martha Lea, whom he is ac cused of having thrown into the Regent's Canal, brought before him (the coroner) at the inquest, which he will held this week on the deceased. Lord Palmer ston listened most attentively to the arguments used by the worthy coroner in favour of the accused's right to be present at the inquiry, and would willingly have con ceded, but for the precedents to the contrary laid down by his lordship's predecessors. His lordship, however, promised Mr. Wakley, that he would give the subject every attention, and would, if possible, comply with his (Mr. Wakley's) request, by having the accused in at tendance at tho inquest. The general opinion is, that Mr. Wakley will succeed in his humane and constitu tional object. HosTiLv OCCUPATION OF THE ROMAN STATES BY THE AUSTRIAN AND FRENCH TROOPS.—Last night, a public meeting, promoted by the Society of the Friends of Italy, was held at the St. Pancras Vestry-hall, King's-road, for the purpose of taking into consideration a, notice of motion put upon the books of the House of Commons by T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., to the effect that her Majesty be prayed to use her good offices in order to put an end to the present occupation of the Roman States by the troops of Austria and France. Professor Newman was called to the chair. Mr. Anstey moved the first resolution, to the effect, that the meeting contemplated with feelings of horror and dis. gust the bigoted and cruel oppression of Christian men in the dominions of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, for the pro fession of religious belief, but that the meeting recorded its conviction that religious liberty is impossible without the existence of civil freedom, of which it is a certain consequence ; and that, so believing, the meeting was further of opinion, looking to the relation of civil and ecclesiastical government in the Italian States at the present time, that the complete political freedom and independence of Italy would be the best guarantee of religious liberty in Tuscany, and an incalculable gain to the cause of religious liberty over the world. The mo tion was seconded by Mr. Taylor, in a speech of great power, taking to pieces the crotchets of the Peace Con gress, and carried unanimously. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., next addressed the meeting. Mr. Masson then moved, and Mr. Petty seconded, the adoption of a peti tion to Parliament in support of Mr. Duncombe's motion. The proceedings then terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last an inquest was held at the Rose, Barford, upon the body of a man named John Aram, who had met with his death under the following melancholy circumstances. It ap pear that the deceased and another collier were at work at Cinder-hill coal-pit, near Nottingham, when suddenly, and without a moment's warning, they were overwhelmed by a mass of the roof of the pit. Instantaneous assist ance was procured and the men got out, but Aram died an hour after the accident. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EDINBURGH AND DUMFRIE§.—The Dumfries Courier says that it is pre posed to construct a line of railway, which will start from the Caledonian Railway, about four miles to the north of Lockerby, and, coming down by the head of the Tinwald-hills, enter Dumfries near St. Mary's church. This line would be little more than 14 miles in length, and would bring Dumfries by direct railway communica tion within 64 miles of Edinburgh. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTER SAL L'S—Mo NDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Bto 1 apt Contentment. 20 to 1 agst Lampedo. 25 to 1 agt Snowdon Dunhil 25 to 1 agst Maria. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. to 1 asst The Bishop. to 2 agt Bold Davie. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Contentment. 35 to 1 agst Richard Primer. NOTTINGHAM TWO YEAR OLD STAKES. 7to 4 agst Lady Audrey. 3to 1 agst Bridesmaid. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agst Miss Mowbray. Bto 1 agst Oscar. 11 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Contentment. 15 to 1 agst Herbert. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agst Sittingbourne. 4to 1 agst West Australia. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst West Australian. 15 to 1 agst Pharos. 16 to 1 agst Sittingbourne. 20 to 1 agst Elmsthorpe. 35 to 1 agst Contentment. KIRKHAM STEEPLECHASES. WEIGHTS for the FYLDE GRAND HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Yrs st lb Yrs st lb Vainhopc a 10 13 The Great Western a 9 1 3 , British Yeoman a 10 13 Talisman a 9 Ploughboy a 10 10 Little Charley a 9 Abd-el-Kader alO 7 Daphne 69 ! Carrig a 10 4 Vengeance a 9 . 3 Shinrone 1 9 13 Forfeits to be declared on or before the 16th of February. WEIGHTS for the INNKEEPERS' HANDICAP. Yrs st lb • Yrs at lb Ploughboy a 11 4 The Screw a 9 I" Heroine a 10 6 I Crabbs a 9 10 Poll alO 6 1 Tom of Tuam 69 6 , Johnnie Barrie alO 4 4 Royal Blue a 9 ' Freshwater alO 4 Lady Wilton a 9 Pride of the North a 10 4 Uncle Tom a 9 I Chatterbox a 10 2 Lightfoot 6 9 ,' Widow Machree ...a 10 0 Harmony 5 9 ' SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXXII. • BATH STEEPLECHASES. A capital meeting of 'cross country work is m arked for decision to-morrow, to take place within a shcrt tance of Bath. It is under the stewardship of Captain West, ,Joseph Willis, and C. H. Rhys, Esqs., with Ni l. ' Reilly as secretary. The day's sport consists of three items, the first of which, the Grand Open Handicap Steeplechase of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, &c., over about folic miles of fair vale hunting country, will be run off a t tWci o'clock, just enabling Londoners to reach the scene action by the morning train. This stake has eleven s'e ceptances, and it is presumed will have six or sep en runners at the least. Captain Little's Peter Simple not be among them however. A is also expected thab View Halloo and Ringleader will also follow my lea ds 4 What has been done with respect to this stake W 0 9t lead on e t o i n f er th a t th e race i s a c e r t a i n ty for For e l . Lad or Vengeance, notwithstanding Leporello—a w el bred horse and good fencer—and the General are likely to figure as starters. That the interest of the stake w i be confined to this four is beyond doubt ; but the nl° l° l , seems to favour Mr. Higgin's FOREST LAD most, a nd, after him, VENGEANCE. of The second race is a Free Handicap Steeplechas e ', 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, over the same ground ns ta n ° preceding, The whol e of the entries, I believe, vvil l g - t to the p os t • and those who know the animal assert tha a lODINE will be the leading horse, and Unknown 5 ,', 1 4 Vestris can no t h ave any b e tt er pl ace th an s econd third. The third and last race of the day is the Bath Rt . . hunt Steeplechase, of 3 sovs. each, with 20 a dded, horses the property of subscribers to the Bath S i . t 3 n b hound s , th a t h ave b een hunted w i th them pr i or t° 1, 1853, & c . T o attempt to indicate the winner of ' race by follo w i ng th e cas h is about impossible, littl!itota n ab ot oH h u i ot n r g the h se a ba v er in rsti g v. been done concerning it. Little ed and Venus, however, at the weight have been con sider Peter, aecini Little g,aet B Ch ar e o a n p , General, j y aca e nN d icie aT e ei e x nyr s p o: ru e , e c bc : ta e ciadl d ereori a : 01 - 111pr ILn r ijo e oud s ‘ci : nyne, L , ov a li d Lets , ter i:24 : 08 :1 113 0t P u l e : Ve Accounts from Goodwood report Ph s aQs to r be g l t i g on very satisfactorily, an d as h e will not meet ei t in the 100 sovs. D.M., S wee p s t a k es i n the Cravenee - ing, of course he will win it easily, an d th ere b y b e ce ."- a much greater favourite for the Derby. Frantic will make his debdt this year in the race f° i i i . the Triennial Stakes, at Northampton, where he `„id only encounter, it is said, Convulsion ; Ambrose, Red Hind, being very improbable starters. Th e r p - a maining eighteen, bar Hirsuta, are every one P. a ll' hors de combat by various circumstances--princip a by being out of training. The most celebrated stallions of the day are loesciteeti i. for the season at the following places :—Slane (20), uv,o lingwood (12), and Footstool (10)—at Messrs. Barre l°, stud-paddocks, Newmarket. The Cure (8), at M r ' n, Pybus', Catterick." Harkaway (10), at Friarto w or Curragh. Flying Dutchman (30), Burgundy (10), Cli o° ticleer (12)—at Rawcliffe stud-farm, near York• ej , ihel (12), and Epirus (20), at Duddinghill F 5 ,. r , 0 ); Willesden. Pyrrhus the First (12), and Don John k` at Willesden-paddocks. Grecian (5), Theobald's st farm, Stockwell. Sir H er cules (10), at Mr. Phi l l;), Bushbury, near Wolv er h a mpton. Faugh-a-Ballagh k . „ O at Mr. Painter's, D ean ' s -hill, n ear St a fford. Sir's t" 0 - Sykes (10), and R a tt an (10), a t th e s tud-farm Iw o ' s , Theobald's-park, Enfield. Cossack (10), at Mr. BY l '4, Stanton, near Shiffnal. Red Deer (10), at Holly l' a 'oo near Barton, under Needwood, Staffordshire. Hero (10), at Danebury. The figures within parenthesis refer to the price guineas. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF' RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the numbe r ° days' racing. FEBRUARY. 1 1 Nottingham Spring (1) 8 Hereford (2). ....... • • I Lincoln Sprin g (2) 15 Coventry Spring ( 2 )•'' . MARCH. Carmarthen sl Larthen shire Hunt: 1 Liverpool Spring (1) 2 Doncaster Spring (2) 8 Salisbury (2) 10 Warwick Spring (2) 15 Kiplin Coates (11 17 Newcastle Spring , .99 Leamington (1) .... . . • ••29 Catterick Bridge (2)••'13 0 Northampton (2) •• • • '1,31 Abergavenny (1)• • • • ••'' Croxton P ar k (2) tl5 Epsom Spring (1) . 7 Newmarket Craven (5)...11 .19 York Spring (2) ..... ••' ;31 Malton (2) ... —.. .. Newmarket F. S. (5). .Y. ,1 6 Redditch (2) ............ Bath (2)....... . .... .. ••••".15 Manchester (3) ...... ••lry4 Epsom (4).....:... ••• M. Chester (4) 3 Newmarket See Sp (3) 10 Liverpool Hunt (2) 11 Shrewsbury (2) 11 Edinburgh (2) l2 JU. Newton (3) 2 Ascot (4) 7 Hampton (2) 15 Beverley, Hull, &c. (2) 15 JU rE. ti , Bibury (1).. ........ . • •••'' ;33 Stockbridge (1).• .... •• • '‘!,4 Winchester (1) ..... • • • •• " .;33 Newcastle (3) ...... •• ••• .1 9 Stamford (2).....•. • ••21 Nottingham (2). • •• • • ••*" . .0 Goodwood (4) ....... •••''' Newmarket (3) Worcester (2) Carlisle (3) Liverpool (3) ...13 I AUG Brighton (2) Brighton Club (1) Wolverhampton (3) North Staffordshire (2) Yarmouth (2).. Reading (2).. 10 SEPTE. Warwick (2) ............... 6 Pontefract (2) .............. 8 Doncaster (4) .............. 13 Bedford (2) ................. 20 Leicester (2) ...... . ........ 21' O Chester A u t umn (2) 0 C T ...... 4 Newmarket S. 0. (5) ..... 10 I Worcester (2) NOVE] ....... : ...... 1 Epsom Autumn (2) ...... 3 Cowbridg e H unt (2) ..... 9 Liverpool Autumn (2)... 9 1 AL York (3) ........ •.•• • • • • Radcliffe (3)....••••••••'',. 2 , Egham (2) ........ •••••..2* Derby (2) ........ .••••••'' ,2 9 Eccles (3) ........... •••••''..50 Lichfield (2) ...... •••••*". , MBER. ,2/ Lanark (2) ....... ••••••:i.,5, ManchesterAntuno o ( ‘ ' Newmarket F. O• Northallerton (2)•••'''.. I , BER. ;• 19, I Richmond (2).••..••°"..25 Newmarket It MBER. 1 9 ‘ ,l Warwick Autumn (14/::‘,33 Sh rews bury (2).•:;•4••ive6l‘ Aberystwith (3)..-1-13 FRACAS RRTWR----EN 111EDIC1.1". MEN.— POS TE '''' j .......................... 50r ,... ~ 0 7::: I_Dvetaexr.:n.n:A: the Rotherham County ' Court, °n ht "Pl. hitailiiiisse been eng ag ed heb N r N os ' v a ue nscece,es , bthhu e m panelled etteofilpeanfatdtttieitneongn t dt i) i tr y an action jlli'loilt s s u u r i g g e e o o n n , , aolfsoßooftßheorthhaemrh,amariTitr. Dial:o;,eoifotor l home when applied t : a siblie n terr c.os a ao c mtrui c n, ao o eess u lo c vent h orhor e es m wirem e ap; 3. erii dedi l c ,. bt eo i oi v i t i i; ,ri1,,,,0i i t tge s ent iter ov o , gentlemen met by the to, bed side, and an angry t a in n o there took place. Each claimed the case ; ' l O l4 O course__ r of an angry dispute, Mr. Darwin laid 1 1 _ 3 w . 0 0,5 4( 1 M . Foster. For this assault the action w,fT app eA e 'o, the damages being laid at 101. Mr. Whitfie l i . o sheo l o. for the plaintiff, and Mr. A. C. Branson, °' lied, _ Jo' for the defendant. When the case was C 3 t to ol A r Branson intimated the willingness of his clietl iain tA 00 gise. Mr. Whitfield, on the par t of the IL 1,1 i r` ; 0 , cepted th e apo l ogy, an d th e case terndo3u— withdrawal o f a juror.—Slitteld indePen— dent. ---*