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

Ziitrb Wtittiort. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIALI PARLIAMENT. • HOUSE OF LORDS—{THIS EVENING•) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of CARDIGAN presented a petition from Lord William Fitzgerald, in favour of the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenantcy of Ireland. Lord BROUGHAM presented a p nar vonshire, praying etition from Caer for the extension of the county courts. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented petitions from St. Andrew's, Holborn, and from places in Suffolk and Staffordshire, against any endowment of the College of Maynooth. THE LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTL AND) BILL. Lord BROUGHAM, in moving the second reading of this bill, said, that eminent body the Faculty of Ad vocates of the Scotch bar, at first entertained great doubts as to the expediency of extending the provisions of the Law of Evidence Act, which had recently come into operation in England to Scotland, but the experience which had been derived of the working of that measure had strongly inclined them to an opinion in its favour, and they had passed resolutions entirely approving of the present bill, but suggesting the insertion of certain amendments. He was happy to say that the bill had been so framed as to meet the wishes of that highly respectable body. • Lord CAMPBELL expressed his sincere satisfaction at the bill passing with the consent of the Faculty of Ad vocates. They had no occasion to be ashamed of the serious doubts which they had entertained upon the subject, for in the whole history of juris prudence no instance had occurred until the Law of Evidence Act came into operation recently of a plain tiff or defendant being allowed to give evidence in his own cause. Even the Roman civil law, which was the most consummate work of human wisdom in existence, did not grant this privilege. He had reason himself to be perfectly satisfied with the working of the system, and he rejoiced that his noble and learned friend had in troduced the present measure. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he entirely concurred in the assimilation of the laws of Scotland with those of this country, but his noble and learned friend's bill went somewhat further, for he proposed to protect hus bands and wives from exposing' matters which passed between them in confidence. • When Lord Brougham introduced a clause to that effect in • his bill, which was now in operation, he (the Lord Chancellor) opposed it, but he confessed that his opinions had since changed, and instead, therefore, of complaining of such a clause being inserted, he hoped it would pass into law. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL and Lord BROUGHAM, The bill was read a second time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. Lordship this day in Council took the oaths appointed to be taken, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy as Constable of the said Tower, and as Lord-Lieutenant of the said Tower Hamlets, and likewise the oath. of Con stable of the Tower of London. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 11. . . The Queen has been gra c i ous ly pl ease d to appoint John Green, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at the Piraeus, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria'. c i $l, FOREIGN OFFICE,' FEB. 18. The Queen has been pleased to . approve of Don Placido do Jose y Hevia as Consul at Molts Wand of Don Joaquin Gonzalez as Vice-Consul at GibraltarXfor her Majesty the Queen of Spain. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Na thaniel Solomon as Consul at St. Helena for the Free Hanseatic city of Hamburgh. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to g ive orders for the appointment of Lord Cowley, K.C.8., her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire. John Murray Ansley, Esq. ; Thomas William Booker. Esq. ; William Bridgman, Esq.; Bonham Caldwell, Esq.; Elias Chadwick, Esq.; James Cheese, Esq.; William Tre velyan Kevill Davies ; Thomas Dunne, jun., Esq.; Edward Griffiths, Esq.; Captain Charles Heywood, Esq.; Edmund Higginson, Fsq.; James King King, Esq.; William Money Kyrie, Esq.; Captain Augustus William Henry Meyrick, Esq.; Robert Baskerville Rickards Mynors, Esq.; Reynolds Peyton, Esq.; Captain Kingsmill Manley Power ; Henry Lee Warner, jun., Esq.—to be Deputy Lieutenants. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire Militia —Henry Jordan Thornhill, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 16. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire. Royal Flintshire Militia—Lieutenant Charles James Trevor Roper to be Captain ; Richard Pelham Warren, Esq., to be Captain. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Alexander Robert Chamberlain, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Smith, resigned ; Spencer Thomas Smyth, Gent., M.D., to be As sistant-Surgeon and Ensign, vice Green, retired, Feb. 8. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Ivan Swen Andrea Herford, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 16. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire Militia—The Honourable Reginald Alger. non Capel, to be Ensign ; Arthur Macnamara, Esq., to be Ensign, Feb. 17. . HOUSE OF COMMONS—CIIIIS EVENING.) The SPEA3EII took the chair at 4 o'clock. Mr. PIIILLIMORE took the oaths and his seat for Tavistock. A number private bills were introduced and read a first time. o/ The following - bills were then read a second time : Adel Beck Reservoirs ; Harwich Docks and Pier ; High Ham and Ashcott Roads ; London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway ; Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Rail way ; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway (Hereford, &c.) ; North British Railway, and Plymouth Waterworks Bills. DEWSBURY, HEJMONDWICKE, AND BATLEY WATER BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. 11A.DFIELD moved that it be read a second time this day six months, on the ground that it would deprive the town of Sheffield of the greater part of its supply of water. Mr. LASCELLES seconded the amendment. Mr. S. WORTLEY also supported the amendment. After some discussion, in which Lord E. Howard, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir J. Shelley, and Mr. Locke took part, the house divided— For the bill Against 6B Majority The bill was then read a second time. GREAT GRIMSBY IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, The Earl of ANNESLEY moved that it be read a second time this day six months. Mr. TOMLIN seconded the amendment. After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn, and the bill was read a second time. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ASSOCIATION BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. PHINN stated the object of the bill. It was well known that the Opera in the Haymarket could not be kept up by private speculation, and the object of this bill was to enable a certain number of gentle men who were lovers of art to carry on the speculation. The house was aware that nearly every Government in Europe encouraged the musical arts, and supported operas in all their capitals, but England had neglected the art as a public question, and its promotion had been left entirely to private enterprise. Hitherto, however, private en terprise had failed in its laudable design, and such a state of things ultimately came to pass as necessitated the formation of this association. For no less than a hundred and fifty years the lyrical drama had found a refuge at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, and the object of the association was, if possible, to perpe tuate its continuance there. The gentlemen forming the association had subscribed for upwards of 198,0001, and the principal purpose of this bill was to limit the liability of each subscriber. He was aware that there was a great objection to granting powers of limited liability, but this was an exceptional case, while there was a precedent for the measure in the powers of limited liability which Parliament conferred upon Drury-lane Theatre Association many years ago. The promoters of the bill had attempted to attain thir object by applying to the Board of Trade, but*the Pre sident of that Board had declined to certify for a charter, and they had, therefore, no alternative but to proceed by way of bill. Mr. HUME objected to proceeding with this bill while the question of limited liability was about to be thoroughly investigated by a Royal Commission. Mr. M. MILNES said this was not the bill of a trad ing company, while it would be of importance for the house to pause before it conferred powers of limited lia bility, but a bill presented by a number of private gen tlemen of high standing and inestimable character, to further the purposes of musical art. No one man could carry on the opera single handed, or a man of Mr. Lum ley s scope and talent would have succeeded, and he hoped the house would allow the bill to go before a com mittee. Mr. CLAY refused to treat the bill in any other light than that of a bill promoted by a trading company, while with regard to the question of promoting the mu sical art, he thought nothing had tended to encourage and extend it more than the private competition which had prevailed in this country. Sir W. PECHELL thought the bill ought to be post poned until the whole question of limited liability had been finally disposed of. Mr. CARDWELL said he had reviewed this case with great trouble and attention. The charter was re fused by his predecessor in office, and after he himself had given Mr. Lumley an interview of upwards of an hour, the conclusion he arrived at was that the decision of his predecessor was correct, and ought to be sustained. He admitted the high standing and respectability of the persons who formed this association, but the law of England recognised no distinction of persons, and as the question involved in this bill, which was that of limited liability was 6pposed to the existing law, he felt bound to resist the second reading of the bill. There was no parallel betwen this case an d that of the Drury-lane Society ; and as this bill involved an important question of principle, he should, be com pelled to divide the house upon it. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 79 Against it l7O Majority 9l The bill was accordingly thrown out. WEXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of thims r. M%ARON opposed th e bill, and moved that it be read a second time that day six months. After some discussion the house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading .................... 87 Against it...... .................. 79 Majority ...••••• . . The bill was accordingly read a second time and ordered to be committed. CANTERBURY ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. KER SFYMOUR the writ for the election of two citizens for the city of Canterbury, was ordered to be suspended for six weeks. LANCASTER ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. DIVETTE, the writ for the borough of Lancaster was ordered to be suspended until the 4th of April. (LEFT SITTING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) t At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21 st clay of Nsf . February, 1853—Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma , \Je4y in Council—her Majesty having been pleased to ap -1"'" t point the Bight Honourable George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, S.G., to be one of her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretaries of State, his Lordship was this day, by . her Majesty's command, sworn one of her Majesty's Prin cipal Secretaries of State accordingly. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of February, 1853- - -present„ the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council—her Majesty having bßan.pleased, letters patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, t*s constitute the Right Hon. Stapleton, Viscount Comber mere, G.C.8., Constable of her Majesty's Tower of Lon and also^Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, hie don, 1., * ‘ -7-; .1‘1 l' TELE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22; 1858. hard driven for a reason which will stand the test of examination, why the project should not be pro- I ceeded with ; and not being able to adduce any bet ter, they resort to the reasons to which we have re ferred. We cannot believe that such feeble argu ments will have any weight with the Common Coun cil to-morrow. It will be much to be regretted should it prove that they halve. We beg to remind that body that if this chance of getting a communication established between the leading northern railways and the City, be Ipst, the metropolitan public may never have another opportunity of getting a City terminus—not, certainly, for very many years to come. The scheme is, beyond all doubt, perfectly practicable—the means for carrying it out will be forthcoming as soon as required—and no one, we believe, doubts that the project will be a paying one. That it will be a vast convenience to the peo ple of London, and especially to the citizens them ' selves, no one has ever denied. Let us, then, en treat the Common Council, at their meeting to morrow, not to take any step which would jeopar dise the success of so valuable a project. Let them adhere to their former decision in favour of the scheme, by rejecting the motion which will be sub mitted to the Court to adopt the report of the Im provement Committee. Let the Common Council only do this, and they will perform one of the most popular and useful acts of which we have any re cord in the history of their proceedings—an act which will prove that they not only comprehend, but sympathise with, the wishes of the metropoli tan public. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. .6 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken). 9to 1 agst Bourton. 9to 1 agst Oscar. 11 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie. 12 to 1 agst Duc-an-Durras. 20 to 1 agst Half-and-half. Miss Mowbray was backed several tines at 6 to 1, and Bourton for all the money that could be got on untill he reached 9 to 1, the first investments having been made at ,15 to 1. Oscar was quoted nominally a 9 to 1. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Contentment. 16 to 1 agst Lampedo. 25 to 1 agst Terpsichore. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst The Varmint. 15 to 1 agst Jullien. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Maria. 14 to 1 agst Lindrick. 14 to 1 agst Hobby-horse. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Contentment (taken. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 2 agst Sylphine. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Contentment. 25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow. 50 to 1 agst Bracey. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst West Australian. 14 to 1 Honeywood. 15 to 1 agst Cineas. 15 to 1 agst Pharos. 16 to 1 agst Orestes. 25 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer. 40 to 1 agst Orinocco. 50 to 1 agst Vanderdecken. 9 to 1 was taken to seven or eight hundred pounds about West Australian, the layers offering to go on ; Honeywood was also in demand at an improved figure, Cineas, on the other hand, giving way two or three points. OAKS. sto 1 agst Catherine Hayes (taken freely.) SPORTING NOTES. —No. CCCLXXIX. THE DERBY LOTS AT NEWMARKET. A potent stable at head quarters, containing one of the great guns" for Epsom, is the next I shall peep into. W. BUTLER, private trainer to the Duke of Bedford, has four Derby nags under his care ; one of whom, b C PENSIONER, by Lanercost, dam by Bay Middleton out of Apollonia, nomi nated by Captain Archdall, a victor once in three runs, is not worth a moment's consideration. The b c Gossip, by Chatham out of Gabble, nomi-, nated by Mr. Gratwicke, has put in an appearance no less than seven times, but only once to any purpose—a walk over for the King John Stakes at Egham. In his six unsuccessful essays he was always close to the winner, regularly finishing in the second or third position. There is but little chance of his going to Epsom, as he is reputed to be full ten pounds inferior to his stable companion Sittingbourne. The b c FEVERSHAM, by Chatham out of Mary, also nominated by Mr. Gratwicke, is as yet dark to the pub lic. His first exhibition will not improbably be at Chester, in the race for the Dee Stakes, without Sittingbourne should cut up indifferently in the race for the Two Thousand Guineas ; in which case the latter, be ing decidedly his superior, I should say would run at Chester instead. But if Sittingbourne is A 1 for the Guineas, he will, as a matter of course, be reserved for Epsom.. _ _ The gem of the stable is SITTINGBOURNE, a ch c by Chatham, out of the Landgravine, by Elis, her dam the Margravine (Merry Monarch's dam), by Little John, dam by Phantom, out of sister to Election, by Gohanna, nominated by Mr. Gratwicke. He made his debut at Goodwood, where be ran Pharos to half a length for the Bentinok Memorial Stakes, over the T.Y.C., beating, however, nothing of note: After winning the Convivial Stakes at York, disposing cleverly of a large field, com posed, with two exceptions (Defiance and Comfit), of moderate animals, his name was brought into notice for the first time in connexion with the Derby, and 25 to 1 was taken to several hundreds. He remained at this price until Friday in the Newmarket Second October meeting, when having won the Prendergast with Bst 101 b up by nearly a length, beating Filbert, Bst 71b (second), Orinoco, Bst 131 b (bad third), Estella and Pearl, Bst 51b each (fourth and fifth), five points less were taken to some. extent. With 6lbs extra he.was a good fifth to Speed the Plough for the Criterion. This closed his two years old performances. lie has been supported with considerable spirit during the month or two, and cannot be quoted at more than 18 to 1 .at the present time. That he 'is a good horse, and un doubtedly the best produce of Chatham, no one will, I fancy, think for an instant of denying. He is said to be a sure starter for the Guineas, for which, considering his size and shape, he ought to be about the mark ; but with respect to winning the Derby, I cannot bring myself to believe he is capable of accomplishing that feat, considering several horses in the race to be some pounds superior to him. The Newmarket Meet ings, however, will be sure to decide the point as to whether he is the first-class animal he is reported to be, or otherwise. Mr. Gratwicke's other nomination, ch c by Chatham, out of Projectile's dam, was put out of training last year. It is rumoured that be was sold, and that he is at work again ; but of this I have received no positive informa tion. BANKRUPTS. William Bryan, baker, Gilbert-street, to surrender, March 1, at half-past eleven, and April 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Hilleary, Fenchurch-street. Edward Price, livery stable keeper, Birmingham, March 8 and April 6, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham. Charles Davies, innkeeper, Worcester, March.B and April 12, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Corks, Worces ter • E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. William Merritt, coach proprietor, Leeds, March 8, and April 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District ourt. Young, official assignee ; Middleton, Leeds. Andrew Love and Charles Keys, looking-glass manufac-, turers, Liverpool, March 3, and Aprii 7, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assi g nee, Liverpool ; Tay lor, St. Helen's ; Banner, Liverpool. Enoch Jones, ironfounder, of Elton, Bury, March 4 and April 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Loe, official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Grundy, Bury. MARKET INTRLLIGENCE. (Prom the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—There is no decided reduction for colonial, supplies keeping moderate and consumption to exceed that of last year, still the home trade demand has been smaller than previoupl. Foreign is less wanted by exporters and home dealers, but in prices there is scarcely any change, although daty paid parcels have been more freely cam ed for sale. For auction on Thursday, 4,000 chests yellow Havannah, chiefly of fine quality ; 370 cases Bahia ; 3,200 bags Pernambuco, and for Friday, 5,000 bags of Bengal are declared. To-day there was decidedly a better demand for West India sugar for home trade purposes, and pre vious rates are well sustained for both grocery and refining qualities, there being no increase of supply. Operations amounted to. 950 hhds, &c., including auction 300 hhds Barbadoes which went freely at full prices, low to mid dling yellow at 35s 6d to 37s 6d, good 38s to 38s 6cl, and fine 39s to 39s 6d; 55 hhds Demerara crystalised, mid and, gsod 37s to 383 6d, ord, 358 to 365. 6d. REFINED.—The currency for brown lumps 45s to 45s 6d ; Tittlers, low to fine 45s 6d to 495, double 50s to 525. To-day Refined Sugar was operated in with more freedom, and rates aro firmer, ruling at 45s to 45s 6d brown, and at 463 to 41s 6d for low to fine grocery lumps. Several parcels of Crushed Sugar were taken by exporters at former terms. MAURITIUS. —The demand has been less active for grocery sorts, and there is a decline of 6d per cwt., but a free sale exists for refining, and previous terms are sup ported. This afternoon several parcels of Mauritius. were sold privately, and, at prices fully equal to Friday. Only 271 bags were offered at auction, and went at 33s 6(.1 to 34s Gd for fine brown, and 30s to 33s for low to good. EAST INDlA.—Since this day weGk total operations have been 6,000 bags, Benares good to fino white at 38s to 40s, low to middling 36s to 37s 6d, good to fine grainy yellow 38s to lls, low to middling 36s Gd to 37s 61, brown 36s to 3s 6d, white 41s 6d to 445, soft brown 26s 6d to 28s 6cl, yellow 29s to 335, fine 34s to 355, low to middling like Mauritius 34s to 86s, good to fine 36s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Madras Sugar attracted more attention, and previous terms are easily obtained. At auction 2,800 bags were sold—mid. grocery at 34s 6d to 355, ord. 33s to 345, low to fine soft yellow 29 s to 33 . Bengal is wanted, and previous terms are easily obtained, whilst several par cels were sold by private treaty, indeed grainy is rather dearer. FOREIGN.—The value of brown Rabin is 19s to 19s 6d, Pernambucco 18s 3d to 18s 6d, white 22s to 245, yellow Havannah 20s 9d to 25s 8d for numbers 10,3 to 16, brown 20s to 20s 6d for numbers 9 to 10, white 27s to 28s, brown Parabia 18s 6d to 18s 9d. Manilla, unclayed 17s to 18s 6d, and clayed 20s 21s per cwt. Since Saturday more desire has been evinced to operate in Foreign Sugar afloat, arid two cargoes, consisting of 4,800 chests yellow Havannah, has been sold at 22s 6d to 24s 6d for No.'s 12i to 15. Duty paid parcels are still meeting with little notice, and can easily be obtained at previous valuations. There was no public sale to-day. COCOA.—To-day there was a better demand for all sorts. At auction 280 bags Trinidad were sold—grey at 33s to 34s 6d, low to good Red 35s to 335. 1,960 bags Guayaquil 34s to 355, and 80 bags Para 28s per cwt, being all full rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon the market for native Ceylon Coffee presented a firm aspect, and several parcels were sold privately. At auction 200 bags realised 48s to 48s 6d for good ord.. On the part of the holders of Plantation there is no eonfidence, and a good business concluded by private treaty, whilst in some cases the rates obtained are rather above those of yesterday. Only 15 casks were offered at auetion, and realised 565. to 60s. for low mid to mid. Foreign is much wanted, and few parcels can b e obtained, while rates are on the advance. TEA.—There is a firm market for low to good common Congou, with a fair business doing at 10d to lOid per lb. The rates obtained for rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf were lop to ls, strong to pekoe sorts is t id to 1s Bd, and choice is 9d to 2s 2d, qualities from is to is 3d per lb have been most in request. Souchong fine and choice selling at is 6d. to 2s, fair to good is to is scl, and ord 10d to 11d. Quotations for green range as follows :—Hyson ord is id to 18 2d, mid is 3d to is sd, good 1s 6el to is 9d, fine is 10d to 2s. 7d, superior 2s 8d to 3s. Young Hyson Can ton 10d to is, Hyson kind is 2d to is 10d, fine 2 s Od to 2s 3d, Twankay 10d to is ld, Gunpowder Canton 10d to is id ; Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 9d, fine 3s to 3s 6d, Impe rial Canton ls to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 3d. Hyson skin 8d to ls. RICE.—To-day East India rice was in good demand privately, and reused full prices, there being no public sale. INDIGO.—To-day during the progress of tho sale 203 chests have been withdrawn. 1033 chests (including 203 withdrawn) have passed. There is no material alteration to notice in the general tone of the sale, except in the lots bought in in previous sales, and in ordinary and very mixed qualities of Bengal, which are rather cheaper. Dry leaf Madras and Kurpahs continue to sell with fair spirit at the rates previously established. Proprietors have bought in 118 chests, leaving 712 sold. Of the total quantity which has now passed the action (12,789 chests) 1,996 have been withdrawn, and 2,965 bought in, leaving 7,828 sold. TALLOW.—A brisk demand has been experienced for Russian on the spot since our last report, and there is an advance—fine Yellow Candle realisinc , 45s per cwt. Ope rations for delivery are rather important, and 44s 9d to 45s Od the value for last three months of the year. A brisker demand for home melted, and rates have advanced to 44s 6d and 45s cash. For other sorts of Tallow the rise is is to is 3d per cwt. OILS.—Fcr Seal there is an increasing demand, and the market has a firm appearance. Pale realised 35110 s to 361, and other sorts 321 to 351 per ton, Cod sellsimore readily at 331 lOs to 341. Of Southern snpply is scanty, and a better demand exists at 331 to M. A good business is doing in Sperm at 851 to 861, and headmatter at 861 to 87/, the market having a firm aspect. Sales in cocoa nut are on a more extended scale—Cochin at 38s 6d to 395, and other sorts 36s 6d to 38s. Several transactions have taken place in palm, and 32s to 33s paid for good to fine. Prices keep higher for olive, in consequence of a scanty supply — Gallipoli realising 681. to 701., and other sorts 651. 671. per tun, but dealers operate with cautien. .ANGE-TIIIS DAY. 'Gibraltar .............. Leghorn 423 Genoa ....25.. 45 Milan ...... •. • . Venice .. Naples .. . Palermo .............. 124% Messina .............. 125 Lisbon Oporto . ... ........ 63 1 4 Rio Janeiro ............ Buenos Ayre5.......... • New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia ..... • .... PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 'Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11% Nei► Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 i 1 k W. SMITH Own has a couple of Derby horses. Captain Bastard's bl c CATSPAW, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Utopia, nominated by Mr. Jaques, has figured very ingloriously in three races, and is not of the slight est use for the Derby. Captain Lane's ch c NINNYHAMBIER, by Orlando, out of Ninny, by Bedlamite, dam by Manfred, out of Castrel, nominated by Mr. Carew, was bred by the late E. Peel, Esq., and at the sale of his stud in Dec., 1850, was purchased by Mr. Carew for 45 guineas, and by his present owner last year for 200 guineas. He has only run once, at the Newmarket Second October Meet ing, where, carrying Bst. 71b., he won the Bedford Stakes easily, beating Gossip, Bst 101 b (second), Nico tine, Bst 41b (bad third), and two others. After which he was backed for the Derby for the first time, his owner taking 6,0001. to 2001., at which price he has remained ever since. He is a remarkably fine animal, but has had a bad winter. Should he go to the post in first rate condition, however, he will take an immense deal of beating. More anon. Captain Lane's MIDDLETHORPE, by Picaroon, out of Confusion6e, nominated by Mr. Wilkinson, is out of training. The ch c Pitfall, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Burletta, nominated by Mr. Jaques, has, I am informed, left Newmarket for Gullane, as the property of Captain Key. He has only, won one race out of seven, and is not the sort of horse for the Epsom affair. Another nomination of Mr. Jaques', b c ANGLO SAXON, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Colocynth, has been out of training for a length of time. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— On Saturday morning, at an early hour, an accident of a most frightful character took place on the line of the London and North-Western Railway, "V, whereby two men were most fearfully mutilated. ~ lt in t g hat to ab w o o u r t k, B a o n 'clock i t l w e o passing labouring thr o m u e g n h w t e i re them, but could not t e ll w hi c h way or on p K apr i op l e b ee u aer r ds n tunnel they heard the nois e o f an engine ap proachingwhich line. They both accordingly laid down between the rails, thinking the engines would pass over them, but the fender under the engine which was very low, struck both of them, and almost cut them to pieces, dragging one of them a considerable distance. The driver stopped the engine with all possible speed, and dragged one of the poor fellows, in a shocking condition, from under the tender. One leg was completely cut off, and other parts of his body were dreadfully mutilated. A search was then made, when the other man was discovered some distance down the line, in an insensible state, with the scalp torn from his head. Both the injured men were conveyed on stretchers to the nearest surgeon's, but one was found to be quite' dead, and the other was in such condition that no hopes were entertained of his recovery. It was reported yesterday evening that the other poor fa* bad expired, LAW ME. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Continued from First Edition of yesterday.) QUEEN v. HENRY BROOMS. At the conclusion of the prosecutor's evidence, no other evidence being called, Lord Campbell directed the jury to find a verdict of acquittal. ANDREWS V. CHAPMAN—ACTION FOR LIBEL. The plaintiff appeared in person to conduct his own case ; Sir F. Thesiger, with Mr. Borill, instructed by Mr. Dobie, appeared for the defendant. This was an action against the printer and publisher of the Morning Herald newspaper, for an alleged libel which appeared in that journal on the 26th November, 1849, under the form of a report of proceedings in the Court of Chancery, and of a judgment of Lord Chan cellor Cottenham in a suit in Chancery, in which the plaintiff in the present action was the plaintiff. The re port of the judgment was preceded by a narrative of the circumstances which gave rise to the suit, of which the plaintiff, who described himself as an attorney and a no tary public, now complained. The defendantpleaded a jus tification, arid proved his case by putting in the statement made by the plaintiff himself in laying an appeal case before the House of Lords, and from which it appeared that, in the year 1824, the plaintiff had commenced pro ceedings in Chancery against the defendants in the suit, and had been engaged in various proceedings in Chan cery and in the common law courts until 1839, when he took his case by appeal before the House of Lords, whero it is still pending. Mr. Clark, a witness on the part of the defendant, proved that offers had been made to the plaintiff to stay all proceedings, and put an end to the matter which he had refused until 1849, when he was re leased from prison, in which he had been confined for several years. A detail of the various proceedings, taken by the plaintiff, and described in the report, would be perfectly uninteresting and immaterial. • Evidence in reply was given on the part of the plaintiff, consisting of a letter from himself to the solicitors of the defendant in the Chancery proceedings several years ago, containing.an offer to r e f er a ll matters i n di s p u t e , and an answer to the effect, that the defendant's attor ney preferred to abide by the Lord Choncellor's judg ment. The plaintiff, in his address in reply, complained of the word " wantonly" being put in the newspaper, whereas he had neither acted wantonly, nor from a wish to harass the defendant in the suit. Lord Campbell, in summing up, said it was rather a melancholy spectacle to see a gentleman so far advanced in life, who might have ended his days in respectability and comfort, from a morbid love of litigation, presenting himself before a jury under circumstances so much to be deplored. The action was brought for a libel, and he must say the article in question was not exactly what he could approve of. By the law of England a fair account of what took place in a court of justice might be published, but then the reporter who gave this account should not mix up with it any comments of his It had Veen stated that it might be the duty of the 4 ournalist to make comments. He would say nothing about that ; but if he did comment, it was not to be done under the head of the report that gave an account of what took place in court. These things should be kept entirely separate. Here there was not only what was said by the Lord Chancellor, but also a detailed account of proceedings which had taken place a number of years before, with comments on them that certainly should not have appeared there. If there had been simply an account of what the Lord Chancellor said, as that ap peared to be correct, the proprietor of the newspaper would have had nothing to do but to plead not guilty, and to call the gentleman who prepared the report, and show by him that it was a fair report of what had taken place. Although all that the Lord Chancellor said was not inserted, it was quite clear that the substance of what he said was inserted, and the privilege of publishing re ports. of proceedings in courts of justice would be useless, if it were necessary to set out every word of the evi dence and the speeches, and what was said by the judge. If it was substantially a fair account of what took place, there was an entire immunity for those who published it. But here there was an introductory part, which did not appear, under all the circumstances, to have been exactly what was said at the time, and, therefore, that had thrown on the defendant the necessity of what was called a special justification. What the Lord Chancellor had said was rather mitigated in favour of the plaintif f than exaggerated. It was only inserted in the exercise of a privilege that he hoped would always exist in this coun try, of giving a fair account of what took place in courts of justice. They were open to all the world, but they were of limited extent, and by means of the press the whole nation was put in a position to form their own opinions as to the conduct of a jury, the witnesses, and the judges ; but the jury must say whether the evidence that had been given was sufficient to prove the in troductory part, and to make out the plea of justifi cation. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the de fendant. Lord Campbell having expressed his concurrence in the verdict, observed that it was impossible for the law to protect the press from vexatious actions ; but when newspaper proprietors conducted themselves with pro priety, when they came before a jury they had an acquit tal and an indemnity, as far as those who sued them were capable of paying tor the costs which had been in curred. Taking a great interest in the respectability of the press, he must say that the reports which were given cf law proceedings were generally extremely impartial ; but it was not right to mix up comments with reports, as the comments ought to be given in another part of the paper. COURSE OF EXC. Amsterdam ............ 11 171 Ditto, three months .. 11 19 Rotterdam ..... .• • .... 11 19 Antwerp • ...:• .. 25 30 Brussels .............. 25 30 Hamburgh .... 13 8 Altona 25 10 Ditto, three months •. 25 32) Marseilles..• • .. • • 25 35 Bourdeaux • • • • • • • • Frankfort-on=Maine .... 12034 Berlin •• •• .• Vienna .. 11 8 Trieste .1. ..... 11 10 Peterabtirgh... 38% Madrid . . Cadiz ....... • • •••• 501 Barcelona..... — Seville [AnvErrismixtrr.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills wonderfully efficacious in curing a Scorbutic Eruption of Ten Years' Standing.—Mr. Mackridge, ships' store dealer, of Price's-street, Liverpool, was afflicted for upwards of 10 years with a violent scorbutic affection in the hand, which gave him so much pain and agony that his bodily health became seriously a ff ec t e d . During this period he had the advice of several eminent practitioners, but without obtaining the slightest relief. He then pur chased, of Mr. Thompson, chemist, Stanhope-street, Liverpool, some of Irolloway's ointment and pills, which, by perseverance in their use, very shortly cured the disease, and restored him to perfect health and strength.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. The Cormorant steam-sloop was tlk i eri ott of dock to : day and put into the basin, to have her engifies taken out, and she will then be towed up to Deptford to be broken up at that port. LITERATURE. Military Life in Algeria. By the Count P. de Castellane. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. These volumes contain a very interesting account of military life and adventures in Algeria, at the time of the general insurrection of the tribes against the French rule. It commences in the:year 1813, - when the narrator and his companions took the road to Blidah, the residence of General Chan garnier. The work narrates the history of the sup pression of the revolt, describes the country and natives, and concludes with the narrative of an ex pedition against the Kabyles, in the summer of 1851. The first volume commences with the fol lowing description of Algiers : " Arriving by sea, Algiers gives one the idea of a city lying asleep on ahill side—calm and careless, amidst the fresh fields which surround it ; but on drawing nearer, and penetrating within its whitened walls, you soon discover that beneath this apparent listlessness there is a stir and life altogether European. The die is cast, and in Algiers the Mussulman is daily fading away to make room for the French city. From the terrace of a house in which we had been received with 'warm hearted hospitality, we were never weary of gazing at the bustling crowd, not an individual of whom was seen walking—everybody ran. A strange medley of many various faces and costumes ; here a European just landed, and bewildered amidst the mob ; now and then the Biskris passing at a rapid and measured pace, and carrying a heavy burden banging to a long pole ; anon the Arab in his burnous, the Turk under his cumbrous turban, the Jew with sombre garments and wily glance, or the oil carrier with his goat-skin vessels ; and through the thick of the route, legions of donkeys with their negro drivers, light cars drawn by two or three horses, baggage mules in a long string, bearing provi sions for the military stores, equestrians galloping in spite of police regulations ; a colonist, with white broad brimmed hat, or perhaps an officer in brilliant uniform, believing himself privileged to do anything in the town which he protects. In short, the scene presented all the disorder, the confusion, the bustle of an anthill ; all around were signs of activity, energy, and hope, that just and productive hope which accompanies labour. " While the lower city is thus delivered over to French fury, the silence and repose, the calmness and and gravity of the Mussulman have taken refuge in the upper quarters. I should advise no one to venture alone through those narrow crooked streets, through which it is difficult for two people to walk abreast, He would infallibly lose his way in this labyrinth, which seems peopled only by shadows. From time to time a white phantom glides by your side, a door opens noise lessly, you turn your head, and the mysterious appari tion has vanished.. One would imagine that, froin the summit of the Casbah, the memory of the Deys still spread terror among their subjects of yore, though it is long since the flag of France first waved over these walls." The eager desire of the soldiers for war, notwith standing all the hardships they have to endure, is constantly expressed. They had, however, at length their reward in success. Several histories of the African tribes are given, and the style is very lively and entertaining. The description of the encounters are also full of interest, and many legends and customs of the country are given. Sharpe's New Gazetteer of the British Isles. Long man, Brown, and Co, This useful and practical gazetteer is steadily proceeding towards its completion. We give the following extract as a fair specimen of the contents of the work : " The port of London reaches from the Bridge (where is 11 to 2 fathoms at low water) about 80 m. down the Thames, past the Nore (8 fath.) to its mouth within a line from N. Foreland,. Kent, to the Naze, Essex (8 to 12 fath.) ; but ships are first boarded, and they clear out at Gravesend. The actual port, called the Pool, is 2.} in. long to Limehouse, and is in the charge of 4 harbour masters, under the corporation. whose jurisdiction as conservators of the fisheries, ,soil, etc. to the highest watermark and up creeks where the tide flows, extends (about 85 m.) from above Staines down to the Crow stone below Leigh, Essex, and Yantlet creek, Kent ; the Trinity Board regulate the pilotage, beacons, ballast, &c. The Upper Pool, the first bend, or reach,' of the river, from the Bridge to Wapping old stairs,' near the Tunnel and Execution Dock, is 11 m. long by 250 to 300 yards broad, with 12 to 16 feet water (or 29 to 33 at high water, enough for 800-ton ships) ; the Lower Po-o] where about 240 colliers mostly lie in tiers, leaving a fair way of not less than 300 feet in the stream for ship ping and steamers up and down, is 1 mile long to the Regent's Canal, Ratcliffe, and 280 to 320 yards broad, with 13 to 18 feet ; Limehouse Reach thence, round Cuckold's Point, on Surrey side, to Deptford Yard, is 14 mile by 300 to 450 yards, with 15 to 18 feet ; and Green wich Reach, past the hospital, is 1% mile, with 11 to 18 feet. Mean depth off London Docks 21'3 feet, and off Sheerness only 3 . 1 feet snore, in a course of 50 m. St. Katherine's Dock, of 24 acres, below the Tower, on site of the parish or precinct of St. Katherine's Hospital (now at Regent's-park), was made by Telford 1826-8 (when 1,250 houses were pulled down), at a cost of 1,827,1131., and has 11, , z acres of wet docks, dock gates by Bramah, dock ho., large warehouses for 110 , 000 tons of goods, and a quay where the General Steam Naviga tion Company's steamers lie ; revenue (1846) about a a s d t e• 1 0 8 n 0 d 5 0 , n c B o v r a e n r s e h 9 D O e a e c k r e ( s ni a ( d 3s e 1 w 8 a 2 t 8 7 , ) t h including t a t g l e , 230,000/. East of it the London Dock for 300 sail, m E L Middle and Lower basins, and the tobacco warehouses (for 24,000 hhds.), which cover 5 acres (with the (madeda maged 18 t 0 3 b 9 a ) c 6 c 2 0 i n d t e ) ; w t i h t e h g i. r , 6 e a o t o dock feet q h n a a s y a r j e e e t i n t y . Queen's Pipe,' or chimney of the kiln, where the fiesetbuwr There are warehouses and sheds for 220,000 tons of pro duce, besides new ones for tea (built 1844-5 for 120,000 chests), wood, &c., and large wine and spirit vaults for 60,000 pipes and hhds. beneath ; and the company's ca pital is 4 millions. Two basins at Limehouse serve for the Regent's Canal and R. Lea cut. The. West India Docks, of 204 acres, across Isle of Dogs, are at Poplar ; East India, of 32 acres, at Blackwell ; the Commercial, or Greenland, or Surrey, and the East Country, or timber, docks, of 55 acres at Rotherhithe. What are called legal quays for small craft, stretch 1,464 feet from the bridge to west side of Tower ditch ; and there are numerous sufferance wharfs on both sides of the river. (See omnibuses, &c.) In 1846, 2,847 sail of 581,878 tons (of which 731 were under 50 ton each, 179 of 48,996 tons were built in the colonies, 92 of 49,261 tons in East Indies, 60 of 11,376 tons in foreign ports), and 287 steamers of 55,910 tons (90 being under 50 tons each) belonged to the p•rt ; and the tonnage inwards and ou twards, including repeated voyages, was ` c oastwise' 21,101 sail of 2,670.6 54 and 10,936 of 757,088 tons (besides 1,192 steamers of 349,317, and 1,181 of 346,932 tons)-from and to `colonies' 1,603 of 490,446 and 1,202 of 444,108 tons (besides 10 foreigners of 3,709 tons outwards) -from and to 'foreign ports' 2,792 of 449,987 and 1,415 of 235,970 tons (be sides 2,394 foreigners of 370,380 and 2,317 of 354,236 tons). Imports are reckoned to be worth Botl 0,000,000/. yearly ; export (1845), 11,078,164/. Ta customs 10,885,1561. ; in 1,268, they were 1501., and 500,0001. in 1641. About 12,820 cargoes of coal entered 1845, averaging 270 tons per cargo. Steamers run up an d down from the bridge to Westminster (for id. Id. 2d.), Lambeth, Chelsea, Richmond, Hampton Court, Green ich, Blackwell, Woolwich, Gravesend, Southend, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and other places on the river ; also to Aberdeen, Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Hull, Inverness, Newcastle, Ply mouth, Falmouth, Waterford, Yarmouth ; and abroad to Amsterdam, Antwerp, Boulogne, Bremen, Calais, Dunkirk, Hamburgh, Havre, .liarlingen, and Niewe Diep (Holland) Ostend, Rotterdam, &c. Excise district comprises the City, Westminster, Southwark, &c., the parishes up to Whitechapel (in the old bills of mortality as at p. 107), with Marylebone and St. Pancras (the suburbs belong ~.t o Hertford and Rochester collections), tricts • m and is divided into 12 surveys ' and 42 dis , 1835, the total traders (26,315) included 10,1 52 dealers in tobacco 7, 624 i n wines and spirits, 6,298 in tea, of 244 brewers, 396 maker s of tobacco, 109 of soap, 55 brick, 6 of paper, and 208,2661. was collected on soap, 115,8141. on licences, 90,3231. on auctions, 53,404/. paper, 15;739/. bricks , 9,024/. glass, 5,423/. malt, Sze." London .and' Provincial Medical Directory for 1853. Churchill. This is a work of the greatest value to the pro fession, for the use of whom has been more im- mediately compiled. Of all the a nnuals of this de scription which have come containsuner our a n otice, it of is one of the most complete. It register rofession in Eng all the members of the medical p land and Wales, arranged first in the alphabetical order of their names, with their qualifications, and next in the order of the towns in which they are settled, giving in the metropolis even a street direc tory'. Besides this, there is a list of all the mem bers of the recognised medical bodies of the hospi tals and schools of medicine in different parts of the empire of the dispensaries and infirm aries, and also oethe medical publications, besides a ma ss of other information, general and. profession al. The compilation evinces g reat labour and talent ; and we are assured that this will prove to be one of the most useful class publications of the day. LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OP YOUNG FEMALES.—On Friday, Sir Brooke W. Bridges, Bart., in company with a number of gentlemen, visited the asylum belonging to this charity, at Tottenham, previous to the annual dinner on the 25th inst. The secretary reported that there were at the present time a inmates, that several had been sent to service, and that 500 had received the benefit of the institution. In audition to this, he also stated that nearly 400 improper houses had been suppressed, and several procurers punished. After the.establishment had been inspected, and much satis faction expressed, the company separated. [ADVERTISEMINT.}—The attention of all classes has been attracted to the undeniable virtues of Parr's Life Pills, and a vast majority of the people have evinced their unqua lified approval of the high character awarded this medicine, and are daily becoming more and more convinced of the as tonishing efficacy of this renovator of the human race. Parr's Tills are strongly.recommended to those who are suffering from headache or indigestion, whether arising from constitu tional inaction, binary disarrangement, or over-indulgence at the table, as they have never been known to fail in affording immediate relief. Sold by E. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Chttrchyard ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Sutton and Co., Bow Churchyard ; Hannay & Co. & S anger Oxford-street ; Baxter, High Holborn ; Preston and Sons,' medicine. Price PLrioncedon3;ida.n,d2sb.y9arn.,ossut dresfpameciltaybpleacdkeeatlse:Von. each. CITY RAILWAY TRAVELLING. (From , the Morning Advertiser.) An opposition has somewhat unexpectedly sprung up to the contemplated Railway Terminus in Far ringdon-street, and great efforts are being made by certain parties to prevent the scheme being carried into effect. It will have been seen from the report which ap peared in the public journals of the proceedings at the Common Council on Thursday, that a dead set was made at the scheme by a few members of that body. It was hoped to give the proposed improve ments its quietus byinducing the Common Coun cil to adopt the. report which the City Improve ments Committee made on the subject, and which recommended the Corporation . not to sanction the bill now before Parliament for carrying out the railway terminus. The Council, however, were not to be caught in the trap which the Improve ments Committee had prepared for them. They very properly asked for i time to consider a docu ment of such vast mportance before they gave it their approval. It was accordingly proposed that the report should be printed, and its conside ration be adjourned. This , motion was carried by a majority of 7 5 to 55 , and the further conside ration of the report was accordingly deferred till the following Thursday. Had the Council come to a decision in favour of the adoption of the report of the Improvements Committee, it would not only h ave g i ven th e death blow to the railway terminus scheme, but would have stultified the Council itself ; for the Council, it will be remembered, did, some months age, declare in favour of the sch eme , a ft er a l on g and elaborate discussion. To h ave , th ere f ore , with held its sanction from the bill now in Parliament, for the purpose of enabling the projectors to carry out their scheme, would have placed the Council in a very awkward position in the public eye. It would have put the impress of inconsistency on its forehead. _ _ We have said that the consideration of the report of the Improvements Committee was adjourned,till Thursday. Since then, for reasons which we cannot comprehend, a notification has been made to the various members of the Council, that th a t body will meet to-mor row, for the Purpose of taking the report into consideration. We are unwilling to contemplate the adoption of the report as even a possible con tingency. As already remarked, the Council would, by such a course, stultify itself. It would thereby reverse its former decision. That, however, is an occurrence which will not take place. At any rate we will not believe it until we have seen it. The Common Council is presumed to represent the views and wishes of the citizens of London, just as the House of Commons is assumed to represent the sentiments of the Parliamentary constituencies of the country. Now, there is not a member of the Council who can pretend to say, that he is ignorant of the fact, that among the citizens there is an almost unanimous desire that Mr. Pearson's scheme should be carried out. If, therefore, they are the real representatives of those who sent them thither, the members will to-morrow reject the motion which is to be submitted to the Court for the adoption of the Improvement Committee's report. It is, indeed, a remarkable, and very instructive fact, that those members who have made themselves most forward in seeking to defeat the railway ter minus scheme, are men who are returned by small, unimportant wards, in which there are only mere handfuls of electors, and where, in consequence, other considerations than those of the popularity of the candidate weigh in his election. These small wards are to the Common Council what nomina tion boroughs used to be to the House of Com mons. The parties elected are returned by influ ence, not by the popular voice. We could name one representative of a snug little pocket ward, who for years was in the habit of showing to his con stitiieuts—if so they could be called—his respect foi'iliem and his attention to his duties as a mem ber of the Corporation, by never attending a meet ing of the Common Council, except once a year, to take his seat on his re-election. We hear at the present time a great deal respect ing the desirableness of having the parliamentary constituencies divided into electoral districts. Some similar reform is urgently wanted in the city of London. Before the Common Council can fairly represent the views and wishes of the citizens, there must be a re-division of wards—a more equal dis tribution of the liverymen into districts. Had this arrangement been made before, we should not now seo one of the greatest metropolitan improvements of modern times—Mr. Pearson's scheme for a City railway terminus—placed in jeopardy ; for, as we have already observed, it will be found that the great opponents of that scheme are persons re turned by nomination wards, with a mere handful of liverymen—persons not responsible to popular opinion. In almost every instance—perhaps we should say in every instance—those members of the Corporation who represent large wards, where the popular element prevails, are the strenuous slip porters of the scheme. The main ground, or, at least, one of the main grounds of objection, which the opponents of the scheme urge against it is, that some years ago a somewhat similar scheme was proposed by some of the railway companies, but afterwards abandoned. The Improvements Committee must, indeed, be hard driven for an argument against the scheme, when they can resort to one so feeble as this. It possesses no point. The scheme was not abandoned by the railway companies referred to, because of areo fhy bring ng the reception of any new light, imaginary or real, relative to the practicability or importance of the project. It became with them solely and simply a question of . ways and means. The flourishing state of railway affairs in 1844, and the first nine months of 1845, was succeeded by a perfect panic, during the continuance of which, and for two or three years afterwards, it became much more diffi cult to raise 50,0001. for railway purposes, than it w ould have been sixteen or eighteen months previ ously, to raise 5,000,0001. This was the sole rea sonsiu the the great sub railwayurbsof London, companies, gave whose u p ter minithe idea w their lines into the centre of the metropolis. Nono of the companies ever had, or now have, a single misgiving as to the practicability of the scheme, nor of its great importance, or of its remunerative character. The City Improvements Committee refer, with as much manifest self-complacency as if they had hit on an argument which could not fail to de molish the scheme of Mr. Pearson, to the fact, that the commission appointed by Government to inves tigate the various railway projects for establishing railway termini within, or in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis, concluded their labours -by re commending that no scheme then before Parlia ment, or projected, should be permitted to be brought within certain limits—including Farring don-street—north of the Thames. But do the opponents of the City Railway Terminus 'mean to tell us that the present Parliament would hold itself bound to adopt the recommendation of a commis sion appointed by Government seven years ago ? Does not every succeeding session distinguish itself, by not only disregarding the recommendations of commissions, but by reversing the legislation of former Parliaments and former sessions ? Since the year 1846, when the recommendation in question was given, much new light has been thrown on the en tire question of railways. There was then a strong prejudice against having railway termini in the heart of towns ; but now the great anxiety of all our leading towns is to have the termini of rail ways as near the centre as possible. Look at our own Blackwall Railway. Look at the London and North-Western Railway, going, as it were, into the very bosom of Birmingham, and being received by that great and enterprising borough with open arms. Look also at the Dublin and Drogheda Railway running into the heart of the Irish capi tal. And those other large towns which have not yet got rail ways brought into their centre, are anxious to witness that consummation with all practicable promptitude. Experience has taught all populous town that nothing contributes more to the prosperity of a place than to have commo dious railway termini in their very midst. The opponents of the scheme also dwell on the as sumption ,that the Corporation are not furnished with any security that the means will be forth coming for completing the project, even were no obstacles interposed to its commencement. Will these gentlemen be kind enough to inform us what sort of security they would like to have ? They have exactly the same security that other great railway companies had that they would be provided with the means of completing their undertakings— when they embarked in them. The London and North-Western, the Great Western, and other companies, have required for their construction fifteen, twenty, and even thirty times the capital which will be required for the construction of the City Railway Terminus, and yet they began and completed their respective schemes without diffi culty. The capital necessary for carrying out Mr. Pearson's project was subscribed by substantial men with a rapidity which has had no pa rallel of late years. And should the sum specified be found to be insufficient, there is no reason to doubt that any additional amount that may be re quired, would be obtained with the same facility as the original capital. But even were it otherwise ; even were there grounds for doubting that the corn- , pany would be able and willing to complete the scheme, this is a question which comes within the province of the. Select Committee of the House of Commons before whom the bill.will come, and by, whom its provisions will doubtless be narrowly scrutinised. The truth is, that the opponents of the scheme are A CRYSTAL PALACE IN THE MARCO POLO. This fine Australian packet•ship, which recently made the shortest passage on record to and from Australia, now lies in the Salthouse Dockyard, Liverpool, under going extensive internal alterations and adornments. The first saloon, when completed, will present a brilliant appearance. It is being fitted up with stained glass pannelling, alternating with mirrors. On one side of the saloon are transparent paintings on glass, represent ing picturesque portions of Australian scenery ; while the transparencies on the opposite side represent Wind sor Castle and the principal baronial halls of old Eng land. The doors fronting the saloon furnish the eye with beautifully executed designs of Commerce and In dustry, in stained glass. Between them is placed a large mitror, so placed as to reflect nearly all the decorations. On either side of the mirror will be the arms of England and Australia. At the opposite end are ventilators, constructed on the most improved principle, the sides of which. will be formed of stained glass, with designs emblematical of the four seasons, while on the door will be a full-length painting of Britannia, on glass. In the centre of the saloon is a large slab of glass, form ing a dumb-waiter, beneath whic is an air -chamber, with a lamp burning, to carry the ventilation from the lower-deCk, The dumb-waiter will be surmounted- by a magnificent glass panel„ in the centre of which a clock will be placed. A rich turkey carpet will cover the floor, and around the saloon will be placed reclining cushions, in crimson Utrecht velvet. Dining tables are being placed on each side of the saloon, with swinging trays depending from the roof. Adjoining the saloon, there is a ladies' drawing-room, elegantly painted in gold and white, with sofas in green Utrecht velvet, and hay ing a large centre table. The second saloon, which is spacious, light, and well ventilated, has been neatly papered. A great improvement has been here intro duced, which we have.no doubt will soon be adopted in other large vessels. A brass hand-rail is placed on each side, by the aid of which passengers may walk to and fro without running the risk of breaking their necks down a hatchway. In the third cabin, a similar desire on the part of the owners to make the passengers comfortable is observable. The berths are large, light, and well ventilated. There are ten ventilators, running from the lower to the upper deck, so that each is supplied with the means of emitting the bad and admitting the pure air. They have glass tops, and thus serve the double purpose of ventilators and win dows. The first-class dormitories will be elegantly fitted after the manner of the Cunard mail steamers. Another improvement which is being introduced cannot be too extensively imitated on board of large ships. The pantry has two sliding batches, one communicating with the galley for the reception of cooked victuals, and the other opening directly into the dining-room. The smoking viands can thus be served with a rapidity which has never before been possible. There is no doubt that, when completed, these improvements will make the Marco Polo the most elegant and convenient, as well as the fastest, sailing-vessel affording communication be tween Great Britain and the golden rand. She is ad vertised to take her departure this month. THE WAKEFIELD MURDER. - The examination of Henry Dobson, before the magis trates for the murder of Catherine Shearaden, the unfor tunate woman of the town, was conducted yesterday in the House of Correction. The witnesses had, in the first instance, been summoned to the Court-house, where the examination was originally intended to be conducted ; but the governor of the House of Correction refusing to give up his prisoner ' as received un d er the coroner ' s warrant of committ a l, the judicial inquiry was removed to the magistrates' room in the prison. Edward Jew, Esq., occupied the chair, and there were also present the Mayor, and J. C. D. Charlesworth, Esq. Dobson was then brought into the room, and the charge agai ns t hi m stated. He is a strong-built little man, broadly marked with the small-pox, and the in difference formerly noticed in his appearance was still to be observed. In fact, he appears entirely insensible to the awful nature of the position in which he is placed, and this feature appears to give some currency to the rumours so extensively prevalent, that there is a tinge of insanity in his temperament. The witnesses examined on the inquest were first taken. Their evidence was not materially different from that given before the coroner, the only difference being that the case was still more strongly made out against Dobson. The depositions having all been taken, Dobson was asked, in the usual manner, what he had to s ay, , the customary caution being given. , He replied, I shall not say anything now ; I shall keep what I have to say until I get to York."—His voice slightly faltered in saying this, and he appeared otherwise disturbed, for the first time, during the examination. He was then formally committed to York, to take his trial. The body of the murdered girl was on Sunday and yesterday visited by thou , sands , people, i . a . ri l d ti de woman of the house muss • hay. map_ a coDiSu,era harvest from the curiosity of her visitors, as each person who saw the body was expected to contribute some hing. The interment is fixed for to-day. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER—FEB. 19, Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 46s to 56e ; r mw e hi d a , zi ; ; B a s z t , o B3t s oo o s s 4t ,- 20s b 3; a 2 r sg l .r; e e y ymi , , 34 3% s use t t o oa 3 n3 8 d2 s s ; s.m ol i ts : 345 17 s t w o 248 385 ; ;bpe3:::: CHF,i.MSFORD—FEB. 18. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, w hit e , old A 's 0 4 to 58s Od, new 39s to 56s ; red, old 37s to 48 0 , new 32 i % 45s ; barley s 25s to 27s ; chevalier, 31s to 37s ; grint ° :, 21s to 275; malt, 555 to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58a % is; 19s to 25s ; peas, partrid ge , 30 s t o 35 s ; white, 3 2, s t° boiling 38s to 41s ; dun, new, 29s to 33s ; beans' tick, 32e to 34s ; Harrow ticks, 31s to 36s ; Mazagan, 293 to 323' The following is the official of corn, &c., received in the pi in Essex, from the 14th to elusive : statemeni ►rt of Lon , ;he 19th ] t of the qua ntitiests Edon from th.e por February, bo tit in. s ' l°l'; 2- , I ; '24. Colchester Harwich Leigh .. Maldim.. 1;1080 ;1815 - 1 400 1 g 1 r; ' A pc. 4 ..._......-- io 15 59 5 4 30 54 100 =____ 3 3 -j t y_ j..0.„(17 49 -- INVERNESS.—FEB. 15. In consequence of the storm, there has been ocarcelysinallesis attendance at our market ; and in the absence ,ofl3ll we do not alter our quotations. 130 d; 4101' CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per 48s Od to 52s Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 28s Oct ‘,,,. Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 20s Od. to 21s Oct. ' , ditt MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll. 16s &1 to Os 04 ;og ; second, 15s 6d to Os Od; barleymeal, Ils 6d t 4 0,0 d; peasemeal, 15s Oct to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7d od to Ist flour, per 2801 b, 40s Od to 42s Od •2d ditto, 31 '8 Scl 1 is 32s Od; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperiai, !is 44 to Os Od; ditto second, is 6d to Os Od ; barleyme:s, to Os Od. ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os Od. ; Ist flour, 28 Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. sf, per PROVISIONS.—Potatoes, per stone, 6d. to Od ; 4 to lb, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, ,4d to 5d ; mutton, ditto, 10 ; 6d ; pork, ditto, 3d to 4d ; fowls, each, 10d. to ci; ' chickens per pair, 10d to 12d ; ducks, each, 11d to fiod ; eggs per dozen, 7d to 8d ; butter, fresh, per lb., 9d: 0d; ditto, salt, per lb. 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d t.43,_ 6d; four-pound loaf, fine,- 7d to ,74d ; ditto, second, sit to coals, per cwt., 9d to Od; hay, per stone, &I to 10d L. nng ABERDEEN, FEB. 18.—Grain—Old oats, OOs 0.1 ) Odt 401bs per bushel ; new oats, 16s Od to 17s Od, 40t bushel ; bear, 28s Oil to 28s 6d, 531bs per bushel ; bpd to 27s 6d to 28a Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 4 2s 43s Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, white, " 50s Od to ho - ; 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 14s Oil to 15s Od per lb, flour, 39s Od to 40s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, Y - 7,1; sd. to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 40. to 7d ; veal, ditto ' 4d JD,Od ; pork, per stone, 4s Od to 4s 3d ; lamb, per lb, Od 1 ",, pd; rabbits, each, 7d to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to v.! 3a ; potatoes, per peck, Osto is 2d ; butter, per lb, lsOd t la to eggs, per doz, is 0.1 to is 2d ; hens, per pair, 0 s pd 3s 9d. ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducks, ditto, v ie, to 3s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os Od ; ' t ur ,„tter each, 4s 0.1 to 4s 6d. ; geese, ditto, 4s Od to 5s Od. ; ; for exportation (present cure), per cwt, OOs to B u'r c e ditto (summer cured), OOs to OOs Od ; eggs, wholesa l a 1., o rl: per dozen, Od to oia ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ;, fine small, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork, large, 3s 6d to 4s 3"' COAL MARKET—FEB. 21. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the marked : -.. s. d. Holywell. 2O 6 Hetton Townley 20 0 Lambtou ......... .... .-• " Wylam 19 0 Cassop Wall's End, &c. Heugh Hall. •. Lawson 2l 0 Backhonse .••• Walker ' 20 9 Tees ... Ships at market 3O) Sold Cl. F. ‘ ,O 6 g '21 3 " V 9 21 :2 013 G' ..24. RAIL WA 7 SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The rdarket to-day has 13( ivy with little business doi ng , b u t h as c l ose d at a sl for provement. There has been very little stock brol ward. The closing sales were reported as fol 1 0 : Chester and Birkenhead, 21i ; Caledonian, 31ti ( 'nor and Holyhead, 23 ; Eastern Counties, 13i ; Es . 8 " cashire, 198 ; Lancashire and Yorkshie, 78i • Ins p n - 300 and Preston Quarter shares , is. at 4/. 14s. d. , ; - 1 ":" and North Western, 120 i ; Manchester, Sbeffi l' i ; co rer , Lincoln, 30 ; Midland, 78* ; South Eastern and ";4,91 41/ 244- ; Waterford. and Limerick, 28 ; York and Midland, 30; Manchester, Sheffield, and Ling °." shares, 11. MANCHESTER, FEB. 21. L. 00 , STOCK EICHA.NGE.—There was a very small 1 1 ; 11 c i tle' and the market was not so firm. Leeds stock, 78 A . ; (lonian, 320 ; East Lancashire, 19,1 c.; Midlang 15, London stock, 1201. , EBB. 21. • STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market contir inanimate.. Transactions have been confined I nians, which closed at 32i ; and Lancashire and Y . ° r ' S 00' which closed at 78i ; both being a decline upon ; 11° 4 tions of Saturday. LEEDS, BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 21. IT vllO STOCK EXCHANGB.— raf The railw a y share ate,. ..ng• rather firmer to-day, and s h ares were more SOUL ht imp-- Shrewsbury and Birmi ng h am were a sha d e low( it, ° at 67. RAIL Y TRAFFIC BET URA LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL WAY . vi turn for the week ending Feb. 19, 1853 29,53.3 Corresponding week last year. 10,021 Decrease in 1853 'l.7 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAIL; ' IA Traffic return for, d the week ending Feb. 19, 1853 £6,95 Corresponding week last year 7,43 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 69,22 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 61,00 S 5 1 6 010 0 - 1 i 6 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General X"' by the night—and Di by the morning —dispatch.] Day when m suie up From what COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Office, London. Dispatched. America(byßrit•pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... America (by. United Sts. packet) ..........N Feb. 24 .......... Liverpool ... America (by U. States packet) ..........N Feb. 16 .......... Southampton Australia (via South ampton) ..........M 4th of March .... Southampton . Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March .... Dover . Ditto (via Cape of Good Rope) ..N 22d of February .. Plymouth .. Africa ( west Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .• 1 Alexandria.. N 8,9, 24; & 30 of m. Dover ...• • • 1 Alexandria........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton ] Bahamas ... • • .....M 2nd of the month Southampton I Belgium -.• • • • • • • ....N Dai1y............ Dover Brazil ...... . • ......M 9th of the mouth.. Southampton Buenos.Ayres........M 9th of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Hove ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .• Cape of Q.od Hope ..N 2n4 of April...—. Plymouth • • Cape de Verde 14th of the month. Plymouth • • Ceylon (see India) • Ceylon Channel Isles Chili 31 & 17th of month Southampton China (see Indi a ) . Constantinople 7.8,17,21,8;27 of m. Dover • • Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ..... Dover .. •• • • Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover ...... ' Gibraltar —3l 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of ru• Soutbamptoni Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Hamburgh ......N Tuesday & Friday London ..• • • Havannah .. M 2nd of the month Southampton Holland ....... .. .. M Wednesday & Sat. London ..... Honduras 17th of the month. Southampto• 3 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampto n India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover ...• ••• lOnian Isles (see India) Ireland .. & N Twice daily Holyhead ••• Liib0n..............M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Madeira ........... . 31 9th of the month Southampton Madeira •• N 23rd of the month Plymouth • • Malta (see India) Malta 7,17,19,27, 30 sem Dover .....• Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth • - Mexico 2nd of the month.. Southamptol Naples .... . ........N sthl6th2sthofmon. Dover .. •• • • New Granada 2d& • 17th of month SouthamPic New Zealand By private ship Various porM Papal States sthlsth23thofmon. Dover • • • • • • Peninsula ••......M 7thl7th27thofmon. Southampton Peru 7d & 17th of mon. Southampton Port Natal 14th of the month Plymouth •• Sicily ••• . • sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover .. •• • • Tuscany ..........N 6thlsth2sthofmon. Dover •• • • Venezuela 2d & 17th of month SoathatopicN • Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) West Indies ........M 2d & 17th of monthiSontharaPtcni ro - 11 , OP' 4 Pr,4 o Air 111, re D. P. 4 r e 4 , 31; FPI 1 6 2. 1 1 ' r ," 16 s 6 F 4 ' D. 11 3 0 I A $,r,e26 reD,1 4 ,,„ ref r 04$; b e 30" D IgA rc Tp ar. S o 'oo its trc 2C l feD• Ikflj e of r ic reD ic „ o sl.° 1 $ ?cu. 19 g 6 et( ill° _,..4, 5 1 , : I' l o ' l eer ota . P 9 $ fe l). 16 F e t ' 1, 1 Feb' " g:1 1 21 Feb' 23 Feb' Mo ra' I fe b > l6 BIRTHS. OF A SON. Wife of On the 20th inst., in Belgrave-square, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. 140' 1f On the 18th inst., in Clarendon-park, Hervey Bathurst. OF A DAUGHTER . ,• P . On the 18th inst., at Gloucester-villas, as, 3 f 31.(13-lij) --- Itephen Cholmeley. __.---- of MARRIED. , 5°4 . 3 L i te )3'. 103,. On the 19th inst., at Bromley, T. H. re Shad Thames, to Susan, se c o n d daughter 0 f ' ,A f OM ' Cooper, Esq., of Bromley-hill. St li l7 /1 On the 19th inst., at the parish church, • f v est 0 Henry eldest son of Richard Smith, Escl , ,, e h Es c i''' to Julia, youngest daughter of Henry i-' 1 ' Tettenhall-wood, Staffordshire. _.....-- I - 1 - 1 Stoel‘ b :. of on O .l n ee t s he 2 . ot a h 6 i i nst at th n e . l V E a l 4 Arms' u 0 . ° t l: t io, "IV , ape , after a lingering es- , inn of t l3 - 1° l ' ac Mr. James Hunter, the proprietor of the above ...42te°, will be deeply regretted not only by the poor f l 3 er but by all travellers who had the pleasure ° ' 0• 14°I. quaintance. • , rd , On the 3d inst ,at Fe hill la A"'"--telf root, Ferry hill-place, ce , Thomas Stewart, inst., of the 25th Begir uell 12 0' aged 64. of the 11°4 At Naples, th e E ar l o f B e lfast, only e° 3l ' t t he of Donegal. _A 4 a t 0 , On the 18th i ns t. , at Paris, Lady Trotter, rum p:D" late Sir C ou tt s T ro tt er. g a y°, On th e 19th i ns t , the Right Rev. John On t ffn age d 81' Lord B he 1 ishop i f Linc • oln. st nst , at Walvrorth, J. W. L . Ailf l' itEdt°- - On the 10th inst. , at Corfu, Georg ina) w'" ' ° Colonel P es t er , Royal Artillery. -:• NTor, nO ): ° U ll% LONDON : Printed and published by 1 - 3 So. f office? pty 0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun y i ,, c ou Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in '— lliklalesex, Tuesday, Febrass722, 1853*