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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, JAN. 15, Will be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, and Stuart ; Mrs. Stir ling, Mrs. Leleh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitlel LEO THE TERRIBLE. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Testis. THIS EVENING, .Tax. 15, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. 3l4tthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Mole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New Bond -st reet. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, JAN. 15, Will he presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Turn a Cabin —by Messrs. Allred Wigan, Cullenford, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolg4r, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the gloriously successful Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Darle•,uin .Berrie Monarch. Principal Daoseuse, Mdlle. Auriol 7 Clown, Fleamore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kern. THIS EVENING, JAN. 15, Will he performed THE IRON CHEST. Sir Edward Mortimer, Mr. Charles 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 ; Paul taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclereq. ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JAN. 15, Will be presented ISABELLE ; or, Woman's Life. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, and Slaalders Miss H. Gordon and Mrs. A. Phillips. After which, ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen %lab and the World of Dreams. Harlequin, Mr. Forrest; Colum pine, Miss Marie Charles; Sprite, Mr. G. Thompson; Pantaloon, Mr. G. Tanner ; Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, who win introduee his highly-trained dogs, Amy, Tasso, and Snarleyou. Box-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendenee of hir. Edward Chatterton. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions. MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 17, Ajkd during the Week, the Performances will commence with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN (50th time). After which, Batty's peerless Scenes in the Arena. To conclude with the successful Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. On THURSDAY, JAN. 20, another Grand JUVENILE NIGHT, on which occasion the Pantomime will be played—first followed by brilliant Pieces in the Cirzle, and concluding with a Laughable FARCE. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-ettice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tarn DAY —Morning 42 min. after 5 Evening 1 min.aft. er-Moaaow—Morning 20 min. after 6 1 Evening 43 min.aft. 6 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. SATURDAY, JAN. 15, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the, following placos at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HA*TINGS—N.W. ' gentle breeze—cloudless. Souni43lrroli—N.W. strong breeze--cloudless. .oLiusTox_— .light air s—partially cloudy. TVign G W, gentle breeze—cloudless. EXSINGSTOKE—N.+T. gentle breeze—oloudless. il G EZNWIC EI —W. , gentle breeze—cloudless, - Snoop—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. • •LMIGIITON—N. W., calm—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH-N. - SY., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock LIMERICK—S.W., _ gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—S., hard wind—heavy rain. IFEMBY--S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. , DARTJNGTON.S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, stowery. THE WEATHER.--Suzi OFFIcs, JAN. 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 44 highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'47—down again. WIND, W.S.W.—Light breeze, and fine sunshine, with drifting clouds ; heavy rain in the morning. , -.11 , _, .- *;„ ,:,--- ~ 4 . '4.- 4. b t p jr..,...,-e-%',.. , - 7z tn., )-w 7*--"4 , -%...- .r. 7.-.----:. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1853. We have no wish to quarrel with our Lords Spiritual, but if they will quarrel with us, they must bear any blame which we are compelled in self-defence to throw upon them. Now, it does appear that CHARLES JAMES BLOOMFIELD, Bishop of London, and EDWARD DENISON, Bishop of Salisbury, as Parliamentary agent for his metro politan brother, have been guilty, as we humble laymen think, of an unwarrantable attack upon our franchises—upon one of the oldest of them too. And as we really think our lay immunities, in relation to Church matters, very few, and those of the Right Reverend Fathers in GOD neither 'few nor small, we think they are rather hard upon us. As it was lately said about the doc trine of "a stake in the country," that a poor man's 5/. in the Savings Bank was as much to him as the millionaire's 100,000/. in the Funds ; ( think we in ecclesiastical matters. Our few and mall rights are very precious to us, and we will not surrender them so tamely. One of those rights is the popular election of one or more of the Churchwardens of the Parish, and this is the right which our neighbour of the Pad dington Estates wishes to take from us. We must say that the cunning displayed in the concoction of the London and Salisbury Bill is worthy of a college of Jesuits. It does not directly enact that all the Churchwardens shall be chosen by the clergyman of the parish, but it places the election so completely in his hands, that the Churchwardens would, in the ma jority of cases, be merely his nominees. Gene rally, if not universally, the parson does nominate , otic—by the proposed plan he would virtually nominate all. The parishioners of Hornsey and Mr. Tormatrusr SMITH deserve the hearty thanks of the public for calling its attention to this clerical bin ; and but for the press of other matters, we should have noticed it before. We shall now make free use of Mr. SMITH'S address, delivered on Thursday, the 2d of December, at a parish meeting at Hornsey, and printed and circulated by order of the meet ing. The proposed Bill professes to remedy "the inconvenience" with which the present mode of electing Churchwardens is attended. We shall soon see that the inconvenience is that of free and popular election, and the remedy is to make the parson returningofficer, poll clerk, scrutineer, revis ing barrister, indeed everything in the election. By virtue of STURGES BOURNE'S Act, passed in 1818, the clergyman has deprived the meeting of the right to elect its own chairman, a most mischie vous innovation ; and the rector or vicar has now the right of being chairman, ex officio, if he chooses to attend ; according to the proposed plan, however, there a to be no meeting at all / The "chairman," as the cl ergyman i s s till a b surdly called, is to do everything. It is first to be enacted - that all elections for Churchwardens are to take Pace in Easter week ; •next, that "the parson," or Mme deputy appointed by him, is to be chairman (mark how the little liberty remaining by STURGES BOURN E'S Act is taken away) ; next, that the so called chairman is to issue notice of the election, and that he is to nominate the minister's warden where there is one. And now for the people's election ; every nomination of any Churchwarden •is to' bs sent to the " parson." If the nomina tions are more in number than is wanted, " the parson " is to send out voting papers to the rate payers, to collect them agai n , to cast up the votes, to " disallow such as he shall find invalid," to give a casting vote when the numbers are equal, and to declare the result of this Parsonie poll by notice on the church door ! We do hone that the mere exposure of this audacious Bill will be sufficient to kill it in its birth. Ic assayed to enter the House of Lords last year, but public business happily interfered with its progress, and public attention will now, we hope„g?:ve it its quietus. One circumstanceespecially shows the animus of the Bill ; it is to be applicable to all parishes having a population exceeding two thonsand—that is, to all parishes large enough to , have any independe nce of priestly control, or large enough, .to maintain one congregation or more of pestilent-sectaries. We hardly need ex plain' how efficient this insidious Bill will be to attain its obvious end. Every one conversant with elections knows what would be the chilling THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIN)G, JANUARY 15, 185 a effect of having no public meeting. What a dif ferent thing it would be to send a nomination to the clergyman, and to nominate in an open meet ing. What influence a clergyman could use in sending round the voting papers, how opponents of his projects might be accidentally passed by, and _how especially, in the scrutiny carried on by himself in his own library, many names might be dropped as disqualified, though disqualified only by the prejudices of the scrutineer. How few comparatively, however, would vote when they had to exercise the privilege, from first to last, under such surveillance ; and in how many cases, where now there is no pretext for attempt ing to reverse the decision of the show of hands, and where it would incur odium to demand a poll, a poll, under every disadvantage to the Liberal side, must, according to this Bill, be of necessity taken. Parishes are by no means, however, ecclesiastical divisions of the country ; they are notoriously secular districts. The churchwarden, too, has no properly spiritual duties ; he needs no ordination ; he is a teacher for secular purposes only, and is, according to the highest legal autho rity, a merely temporal officer. There are not wanting places in England and Wales in which the churchwardens are the only constituted pub lic officers, and the vestry the only parish meet ing. In numerous cases, " the carrying out of public objects," as Mr. SMITH remarks, " depends entirely on the readiness with which the Church wardens will summon vestries when desired, and carry into effect the determinations of the vestry." The proposed Bill is nothing less than an attempt to subvert completely the freedom of parish elec tion to get rid of all the well-known safe guards of free 'election—and. to hand our parishes over, bound, so far, hand and foot, to the manage ment of the priesthood. We have ourselves known several cases in which the parish, asserting -vigor ously its right to choose a right-minded Church warden, has put an end to priestly interference with parish meetters, and kept the parish in com parative peace and quiet. In modifying Church rate exactions alone, the people's right to choose freely their own churchwarden has been of the greatest service. Most earnestly de we hope that this Bill is not a part of the secret treaty by which the new Ministry has, according to report, suc ceeded in numbering among its majority in the House of Lords the whole Bench of Bishops. We cannot forget that in the present Cabinet and Ministry, are many who attribute to Bishops supernatural powers, and would assign to them plenary rights, in which the vast majority of the ten-pound householders have no faith at all. The present Ministry must, therefore, be closely watched in Episcopal and all Church matters, Tha Directors of the Bank of England have presented a pleasing ^" New-Year's Gift" to the 'trading and commercial 'interests of the United Kingdom.. The phrase is that of our respected contemporary, the Manchester Examiner, which, in an, article of great ability, comments upon the strange and almost inexplicable proceedings of the elderly dowagers who manage the affairs of the " Old Lady of Threadneedle-street." The Board has decided on an adTance of the minimum. rate of interest from 21.. to 2/., 10s. per cent., an in crease of 25 per cent. on the rates previously charged, and it is more than probable that a further augmentation is under consideration.. If the concern could be considered of a private character, and that the welfare and pro sperity of the industrious classes were not to be in any degree affected by its acts, we should allow the twenty-four Directors to mismanage their own affairs without any observation on our part. Tlie kradUal diminution of the dividend would speedily induce the proprietors to call for a total change in the system of management, and the evil might be allowed to suggest its own re medy. But, unfortunately, the Bank is invested with peculiar privileges, which constitute it the Controller of the National Currency. It may, at the mere will and pleasure of the twenty-- four oligarchs, reduce the circulating medium to the narrowest limits, and create dismay and panic throughout the entire country. If matters were left to themselves, they would go on well enough ; but the Board deem it essential occa sionally to exhibit symptoms of vitality, and now and then to make a move, in order to show that they are an existing body. The most extraordinary part of their conduct is, that these movements are generally in the wrong direction, and that they are made at the merest hap-hazard, without any directing rule or principle. When there was but 10,000,0001. of specie in the vaults, and the notes unemployed were beneath the 4,000,0001, considered neces sary for carrying OR the private business of the establishment, every possible facility was afforded ; but with more than 20,000,0001. in their coffers, and 10,000,000/. of idle capital, the " screw" is again put on—as if they could arrest the pro gress of speculation, and send down the shares of the various companies, by an addition of one-half per cent. to the rate of discount. It is not the speculators who suffer in the first instance. They cannot be reached until in enormous amount of injury has been inflicted on the commercial, trading, and working classes. A. trifling change in the terms of the Bank, any indication of " the screw," will greatly enhance the charges for monetary accommodation to the sra4ll fry, by those favoured members of the moneyocrady who have " discount accounts" at head-quarterls. Those parties calculate their profits so nicely—the eX traordinary competition renders it necessary thi,t they should do so—that a comparatively trifling change in the rate of interest will transfer the balance to the wrong side of the ledger—will rs - a prosperous firm to ruin and bankruptcy, and throw the numerous employes out of work. On the other hand, a person dabbling on the Stock Exchange, with many open accounts, wl think nothing of paying 20, 30, or even 40 per cent, for the short time that may be necessary to carry his undertaking to a successful termination. He will most probably profit in due time by the change, by being metamorphosed from a bull to a bear, and becoming a speculator for a fall in place Of a rise. It is manifest, therefore, that the shaft flies in the wrong direction—that it wounds those who should be supported, and assists the very parties against whom it was aimed. But should a power so recklessly exercised be permitted to remain in such hands ? Certainly not. If the Bank of England is to continue so closely connected with the State, it should be placed under the control of Statesmen of acknow ledged ability, responsible to Parliament and the people for their conduct. The approaching ter mination of the existing Charter will afford a fitting opportunity for the change. As a private Bank ing Corporation the proprietors will reap even larger emoluments than:heretofore. No thing will be pulled down save the inflated vanity of the " twenty-four." An able and responsible Minister will not injure the trading community on trivial or inadequate grounds, nor will the secrets be suffered to leak out before the proper time to parties who derive large profits from SURREPTITIOUSLY OBTAINED INFORMATION ! ! It is but too notorious that such information is obtained at present. By what means it is not necessary to specify. We do not impute any direct complicity or wilful venality to the Direc tors. Although they might directly or indirectly profit, very largely by the priority of information, we are willing to believe that they do not do so-- that they are rather subjected to the " pumping" process by men of greater acuteness, who pick up valuable information when the venerable gentle men are "vino ciboque gravatus." It is known that, as a body, they are not insensible to the charms of turtle-soup, and that old tawny crusted port path charms in the eyes of some, at least, of the august confraternity. Some indication of the 'mighty cares,' the exciting topics urged at "the parlour" in the morning, will ooze out on the Thursday afternoon —which will be taken full ad vantage of by the acute listeners, and' twenty four different companies will profit by the sybilline v,aticinations that , fall from theig lips in moments .of relaxation, .without, perhaps, a notion on their part - of the extent to which they haVe committed themselves. Without then assailing the motives of the Board, we must be permitted to question the utility of placing so important a department of public affairs under the sole ianagement of gentlemen selected solely for their supposed wealth or convivial capabilities. There is nothing on which the wel fare and prosperity of the corn:Airy so greatly depends as on the discreet management of its cir culating medium, which has been styled " the very life-blood of industry." Why, then, not transfer the important duty of regulating that im portant matter to a responsible Minister of the Crown, who would have to answer in Parliament for any abuse or indiscreet exercise of power that might injuriously affect the commercial, manufacturing, or trading interests of the com munity. There would surely be a better guaran antee for sagacious and prudent management under such a system that with that now in ope ration. While sincerely willing to give the present Mi nistry the fairest play and the fullest scope, and while believing them to be intellectually com petent to all that could be asked of any Govern ment, we yet think it the duty of both the press and the country not to go to sleep through undue confidence in their new Administrators and Legis lators. As a body they will need watching quite as much as other men in office. Those amongst the " combination" who are Reformers more from necessity than inclination, must have necessity laid upon them ; and those included in it who are tried and hearty Reformers, must have their steam kept up by the ardour of popular sup port—not perhaps so much on their own account, though office is somewhat of a refrigerator to men of the people, as to add the most effective of all power to their Cabinet arguments. That secret voting which Cabinets cling to for themselves, while they refuse it to the people—that secret voting on which important puts of a Government measure often depend, depends itself very much on what a Cabinet perceives the people are deter mined to have. We lay it. down as an axiom; that the present Cabinet will of itself do nothing hearty and generous in the way of reform. It will do as much as will content the people, and no more. Its standard and test for a Reform Bill will be—What will pass muster ? It has but one honest Reformer in i t ; and what is he against twelve others ' who, since ' 1832, have avowed or practised finality doctrines--against twelve men who, it is stated, are already sure of the co-operation of a majority' in the House of Lords, including all the Bishops. The latter may seem a trivial circum stance. With us it has great weight. No clique of men are, as a body, more averse to popular mea sures=none more afraid of their cathedrals and thgir chapters being invaded by profane eyes than the Bishops. One Sir BENJAMIN HALL, and one H.ORSMAN, , are horrible .enough ; and any measure likely to furnish a tolerable crop of such legislators would be scented afar off by their spi ritual Lordships. Such straws indicate the direc tion of the current, especially when we already pretty well know its natural course.. -It is by no means in an ungenial and carping spirit that we thus write-i—it is from a deep conviction that, with the . present Ministry, as with almost any other, all that the people will gain they must gain for themselves. Just as our Judges, in the Superior Courts especially, always endeavour to escape de- - ciding a great and general principle of law involv ing the merits of a case, and seek to ride off upon some minor point, so our Ministries all evade, if they can, anything in the shape of electoral' reform ; especially do they avoid adopting any great principle as wise, just, and expedient. A thousand pleas are always at hand. Some ad mirable proposition is shelved because they " do not like bit-by-bit reform ;" now. it is too soon in the session—they have not had time to consider it ; now too late to hope to carry it. Now the Government themselves are considering the sub ject ; or, again, it is too busy to attend to it this session, but will attend to it early in the next. Sometimes it will " embarrass the Govern ment you have hitherto supported ;" at others, if too feasible to be opposed directly, or even to be met by the previous question, it must be shelved by referring it to a committee, and the Government " will confer with the Honourable Member respecting its nomination." Now, while gladly recognising the fact that the greater part of the present Cabinet are improving and improvable men, we cannot believe that, unless they think it will lengthen their tenure of office, they will prove to be very earnest Reformers. We have had ex perience enough of the old Whigs in it ; and the numerous Peelites have shown no inclination to reform the Reform Bill. They accepted that measure when they could not help it, but did their best to develope those aristocratical qualities in it which Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself boasted of. In the subordinate offices, indeed, are found some honest and ' thorough-going - Reformers some who even advocate giving the people independent votes: But what, again, are they among so many ? We hope and believe that they will have some weight. We are even wil ling to accept their appointment as a kind of pledge to the public . that something worthy of their past political conduct shall be done ; yet, if it be such a pledge," it is still equally necessary for the country to exact the fulfilment of the pledge. If the people do not energetically, and by every demonstration in their power, treat these appointments as a pledge, they may find too late that their VILLIERSES, and MOLESWORTHS, and OSBORNES, have been rather taken as hos'tages to keep them from holding inconvenient public meetings, and sending up inconvenient deputa tions and petitions to Ministers and - to Parlia ment. We are confident that the really reforni ing part of the Ministry would thank us for this advice to the public. They know that they will need all the moral weight the people can give them to spur on their colleagues to a reasonable speed. With the people openly on their side, they may, probably without much difficulty, in duce the present Ministry to propose, and to pro pose early, a substantial Reform Bill, if not such a one as we should think quite satisfactory. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, at Carlisle, seemed to cal culate upon borough constituencies being left by the new Reform Bill, sufficiently small to be pur chased wholesale by the W. B.'s and. their FRAILS, even though the Rallot were conceded ; but we confess that we have been chiefly prompted to these remarks, ';by the language of Lord JOHN RITSSELL and of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, pleading for an extension of time for bringing in their bill. Lord JOHN thinks a Ministry . which has any title to confidence " may claim forbear ance as to the time and manner in which their measures are brought forward." Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, who speaks after nearly every Minister, is safe again in his seat, appears to explain this more definitely, when he states, "that, with respect to the question of Reform, the Ministry should seek from the country time to give it a patient and deliberate consideration." Now, we respec t the plea for time. when a debtor has assets which are difficult to realise ; but we should look with sus picion. on one who made use 'of it when we knew that he had an imniense deposit at his bankers. We think the latter is the case with the q uestion of Electoral Reform. The Bill of 183 2 ha s aw ust been twenty years at work without sh owin g plainly enough its faulty parts. We care not much , what wide extension of suffrage b e adopted, we would not fight very hard about a five-pound rating or a five-pound rental suffrage : it has but once a qualification is fixed upon, then country. The to be honestly applied to the whole . 1 b . number of in ia i.- late census gives us the present but when n eeded but honesty, the kingdom, and nothing is ne tants and houses in every borough number of members simple honesty, to arrange the num only for frau dulentand county in accordingly. Time can be wanted . juggleries—no other pre sent Ministry to repeat the by which the juggleries purposes--wanted only to enable the word is appropriate boroughs were carved to please one of the to conciliate an opponent , or deed many o ut of agricultural districts "family ;" by 'which, in ) large boroughs deed of them put off with a , single Member, w were created, bu h t i som thel e e most contemptible honoured with. as many agri cultural te'tv f il e t s : were votes in the Hous e of Commons as Marylebone or Manchester. We shall take an opportunity to display, ere long, a few of these abominations of th• Reform Bill. They are enough to make one's blood boil. We would commend, meantime, to the notice of our readers an admirably condensed, yet elaborate and telling paper on this very point, in the " Reformers' Almanack" for the present year.* It will more than justify any suspicions which we have expressed as to the safety of leaving the question of Reform quietly in the hands of the present Ministry, and as to their reasons for wanting time. That any of the leaders in constructing the Bill of 1832 should have a hand in constructing that of 1853, will appear to be ample reason for calling upon the country to tell the Government what it wants, and what it means to have ; and why it thinks that honesty could satisfy its demands forthwith, without asking for time. Of course the abundance of work to be done—lrish Law Reforms, Customs Reforms, Ecclesiastical Courts, Church-rates, the Colonies, Finance will all be paraded as justifying procrastination. We cannot accept the plea. The present Ministry claims to be, par excellence, a working Ministry. Let us see them work then ; let them win laurels from TllomAs CARLYLE for once. Let them espe cially attend to the evidence collected by able and impartial Committees, and no longer affect to act as if Governments were endowed with a special wisdom, in virtue of which they could grant a Committee to quiet a troublesome orator, and then bring in Bills as if no such Committee had taken evidence or reported on the matter. * The article is a presentation of some of the most striking results of a Parliamentary paper, No, 441 of the Session of 1852, obtained by the veteran Hume. It gives a return of the , population and number of houses according to the census of 1851, in every county and division of a county, and in all cities and boroughs re turning members to Parliament respectively, with the members returned. Also in towns containing upwards of 2,000 inhabitants not returning members to Parlia ment ; the counties, boroughs, and towns in question being arranged in separate tables according to the population and number of houses in each. TARDY JUSTICE TO A GALLANT AND INVALUABLE PRACTICAL OFFICER. After stating what the Times and Herald said on this sub ject, the Portsmouth Times now adds :—We are now enabled to confer the credit of Lieutenant Engledue's restoration upon the right person. On Saturday last our metropolitan con temporary did not know to whom directly to award the praise of so politic and generous an act as that of Mr. Engledue's restoration to the Crown service, and with much handsome consideration Ile consequently apportioned the merit to every member of the Northumberland and Graham Boards of Ad miralty, in terms at' once gratifying, • gentlemanly, and ra tional. But to none of the gallant 'officers enumerated, does the true merit of the tardy justice rendered Mr. Engledrie, in reality, belong. It is to no less a personage than our be 'loved Queen that Mr. Engledue is indebted 'for his honour-! able re-instatement; and her Majesty's gracious favour was, bestowed upon its worthy recipient, on his own memorial to. the Throne, by order in Council of the 4th of January inst. Of course to •be restored to a place of honour; lost from no personal failings, after-so long a, period of time, as 19 years, under any circumstances would haVe been felt as a tribute of the most valuable character to admitted talent. But when 'that restoration iithe'resnit of confirmed merit alone, and is the act of the Sovereign, •how doubly enhanced becomes the value of that aet, - arid.the distinction it confers in the eyes of the honoured recipient, and the estimation of the service and the world. Of course the Queen's prerogative wasnot hastily ex ercised, nor without duly referring to the advisers constituting her Council of State, and as the Duke of Northumberland was an important member of that council when the memorial was presented, it necessarily follows that iis Grace's opinion of the gallant memorialist's claim was solicited by her Majesty, and it cannot be doubted but that the noble and distingnished Duke's sentiments were highly favourable towards Mr. Engle due—hence the Royal edict giving him his rank and status again in the British navy. That Lieutenant Engledue should ever have been struck off the list of officers of the. Royal Navy reflects disgrace upon the authors Of the act, but his case is unfortunately not 'a solitary one of valuable services to the country being utterly disregarded; Lieut. Engledue entered the Royal Navy on board H.M.S. Queen Charlotte, served in Britannia, Genoa, Forte, with Captain Coghlan, as Mate ; and Acting Lieutenant with Sir Charles Napier, on board Galatea.; as Mate .on board Excel lent, with Sir Thomas Hastings ; was the first officer who passed his.examination in naval gunnery ; received an ap pointment as Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Forte, 44, Captain (now Admiral) Sir W. 0. Pell ; received his promotion from Sir 'tlamei Graham in 1834 for his proficiency in naval gunnery; returned to'England, and was immediately appointed. Gun nery Lieutenant of the Excellent, and was the first naval officer who undertook the duties of an artilleryman in that establishment ; was appointed Gunnery Lieutenant to H.M.S. Cornwallis, Captain Sir Richard Grant, bearing the flag of the late Sir Charles Paget, in which ship he remained until paid off at Plymouth in 1839, received from Admiral Sir Graham Moore, the Commander-in-Chief at that port, the highest possible compliment, in the presence of the officers and ship's company, that the Cornwallis was the most efficient man-of-war he had ever seen, her gunnery arrangements being perfect. Lieutenant Engledue applied to Lord Minto for his promotion, upon the strength of the strong minute made to the Admiralty, but without suce ess. This officer had then trained more officers and men in a given space of time in the new exercises than any other officer in the service. Failing to obtain promotion, Lieut. Engledue suggest ed the formation of a gunnery establishment at Plymouth, and volunteered to conduct the same. In this he failed. He then offered to instruct the officers attached to the Excellent in the practical management of the steam engine ; not succeeding in this, nor in obtaining employment or promotion, he turned his attention to commercial steaming, and took service with that princely company whose flotilla he has so ably managed for so many years, to the admiration of mercantile mariners and naval officers. We think it would have been better for the navy, had Lieutenant Engledue been encouraged, instead of slighted. There has been an eVident falling off in the practical duties taught on board the Excellent since he was drill-master-general there. Many very .useful and needful exercises-have fallen into desuetude,; amongst them, one of the most important and 'useful to the gunnery officer, was the exercising of field battalions, which used to take place on Southi3ea-common. Sailors are frequently called upon to act on' shore with field guns, arid unless proper instruction is given to 'officers to act in brigade, great confusion must ensue when acting with regu lar troops. The value of Lieut. Engledue's services can only be appreciated' by those acquainted with that particular branch of our service which forms the gunnery department; and when we see the number of Post Captains and Commanders, distin guished gunnery officers,, now on the Navy List, who were the pupils of Lieutenant Engledue, when director of the drills on' board the Excellent, we cannot but hope that yet further reparation will be made him by an award of all the pay due to him since he was so capriciously struck off the Navy List, and by promotion to the rank of Commander. PRESENTATION OF THE NUGGET OF GOLD TO HER MAJESTY.—The large nugget of gold, weighing 281 b., found in the Australian goldfields, and sent to this country in the Australian steamer, for the purpose of being presented to her Majesty, was landed at Ply mouth on Wednesday, and brought to London by the night mail-train, in charge of Commander Edward K. Barnard, serving in a contract steam-vessel. The nug get was delivered at the Admiralty yesterday, it was to be sent.to the Colonial-office to-day, and will be presented to her Majesty by his Grace the Duke of 'Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies. COIN FOR AUSTRALlA.—Shipments of coin to Australia continue. The latest exports are 75,0001. by the Royal Alice, and 30,0001. by the Callao, both for Sydney ; 20,04/. by the Sapphire, for Geelong and Port Philip ; and 20,000/, by the Brunette, and 20,0001. by the Potentate, both for Launceston. We have here a total of 165,0001. DUTY ON SUGAR AND MOLASSES.—Yesterday a Par liamentary paper was issued, from which it appears that in the year ended' the sth July last, the duty received on sugar and molasses amounted to 4,353,603/. There we ie 7,655,518 cwt. of sugar and molasses in the year entered for home consumption ; and 2,879,885 gallons of rum entered. DIM' ON R UM. — Yesterday a return to Parliament was printed, showing that in the year ended the sth of July last, the amount of duty received in the United Kingdom on rum was 1,101,2751., of which 1,101,2221. was levied on the produce of British possessions, and 53/, on foreign. The rates of duty per gallon on rum i n England, of British West Indies, or of places in the East Indies, into which the importation of, foreign sugar i s prohibited, is Bs. 2d. ; in Scotland, 4s. ; and in Ire land, 3s. per gallon. SYDNEY.—It appears by the lad accounts that a mo tion,' which was likely to be adopted, had been made in the Legislative council at Sydney for a grant of 6,0001. per annum for three years to the first steam company that shall establish a monthly line from Panama, and bring the course of post between Sydney and England within 130 days. DETENTION' - OF THE AFRlCA.—Considerable excite ment was produced on the Liverpool 'Change yesterday morning by a dispatch received by the Postmaster, di recting him to d e t a i n th e C unar d mail steam ship Africa, advertised to sail as usual, on Saturday: The order for detention came from the' Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; and no reason has been assigned for the step. Of ' course ' rumour assigns several reasons : amongst others, that it was detained for the purpose of sending dispatches announcing the settlement of the fisheries dispute, or that it was the decision of the new Cabinet on the Canadian Clergy Reserve Bill, while several be lieved it was instructions to the British Consul at Cuba regarding the confinement of British subjects in slavery in that island. In consequence of the official order, the Africa will not sail until Sunday forenoon at eleven o'clock. THE COMMERCIAL DOCK COMPANY.—The half-yearly general court -of proprietors was held yesterday at the company's offices, No. 106, Fenchurch-street ; Mr. R. Carter in the chair. The report stated that the business of the docks during the past year had been on an ex tended scale, and fully justified the expectations which the directors had formed of the progressive increase of the revenue of the company. It was added that the con tract for the nets works authorised to be executed was taken by Mr. John Kelt, on the 23d of July last, and had up to that time been proceeded with to the satisfac tion of the company's engineers. The directors reconi mended a dividend at the rate of 2i per cent. for the half year, both on the capital and preference stock, payable on and after Monday, the 24th 'inst., between the hours of eleven and three o'clock, Fridays and Saturdays ex cepted., The report was adopted, and a dividend de clared at the rate recommended. Of the four retiring directors, three were re-'elected with their own consent, and the fourth vacancy was filled up by the substitution `of Mr. - D. Morgan for Mr. D. T. Morgan, who, retired. Mr. W. G. Prescott „was ..re-elected auditor, and Mr. W. G. Watman chosen as his colleague. On the motion of Mr. Richardson, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, after which the meeting separated. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. There was a fair general demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 7,000 to 8,000 bales, the market being decidedly firmer. Railway Shares were•active at previous quotations. One of the most interesting returns made foi• some time past, is that of the Bank of England for the week ending the Bth instant. The policy adopted showed its fruits already thus early, the loans and discounts having been curtailed, while the decrease of bullion may be fairly ascribed to the payments made at the close of the quarter, and a portion of the dividends. The lapse of another week or two will enable a better judgment to be formed as to the extent to which the advance in the discounts has operated, for the repayment of loans made upon Stocic. and Exchequer Bills while the transfer books were closed may have been par tially made, and has been concluded only this week. Ere long we shall see too that money will be find ing its way back from the Continent, and the loan projects of Austria and one or two other States will lie effectually frustrated. It is the curse of cheap money that the bankrupt European States are ever ready to pounce upon the London market, and drain it of its surplus, checking every whole some development of commerce and industry. Fortunately, our colonies offer more temptation just now, and retrenchment may be forced upon Austria and its kindred neighbours. The reduction of public deposits was large, but the dividend dis bursements will account therefor. For the same reason, the other deposits increased. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows : Bullion Decrease 762,041 Active circulation Increase 307,175 Rest increase 62,695 Public Deposits Decrease 5,771,914 3,494,428 Other deposits 14,310,648 Increase 1, 316; 696 90,895 .. 15,025,553 850,203 Government securities, decrease Other securities Decrease Notes reserved, decrease 1,151,015 The entire capital of the London Bank of Austra lia and India has been subscribed ; and the deposits, 50,000 g., have been paid into the bankers. The obtainment of the charter will, it is expected, be speedily accomplished. The effect of the greater demand for money and the restrictive measures of the Bank of England has already been felt beneficially upon the rates for bills of exchange, which all improved except on Spain. Paris, 90 days, was negotiated at 25.25 to `3O, ; Antwerp, 25 27i to 30 ; Amsterdam, 1118 to 18/ ; Hamburgh, 5/ to 6f • Frankfrt, 118 i to 119 - ; and Trieste, 10 46 to gO. The - Executive Committee for promoting the for mation of the Tribunals of Commerce have made a report to their. President, Lord Beaumont, and to the General Committee, and the closing paragraphs are as follows "Referring to the authorities already quoted, the opinions and facts recorded, and the. cases specified, yoUr committee feel themselves justified in stating, that a searching reform in the administration of justice is one of the most popular demands of .the day ; and that when the nature of Tribunals of Commerce is generally under stood--Lwhen it is -known to those aggrieved that they can obtain redress without the interference of the hair rister or attorney—rthat their claims can be satisfied promptly, efficiently and inexpensively—that these in stitutions have been tested by the experience of centuries on the Continent, and given complete satisfaction to all classes— then will the late Lord Abinger's words forcibly apply to our old system—that "to tolerate is not to a,p cparuovsee. '' theyA n a d re yo a u d r vo c c o a m ti m ng itte w e ill ar b e e p e ers ne u r ad get e i d ea , il th y at su th p e . ported by the unanimous voice of the merchants and traders of the country. " Impressed with these convictions, your committee would recommend that the working machinery of this association be immediately and effectively organised, so as to operate extensively on publicly opinion.: By such means local associations, each having its local committee; could be formed, constantly bringing their influence to bear on their respective neighbourhoods, and ultimately on their members of Parliament, while they would main tain a regular correspondence with the executive com mittee. In this manner co-operation would be established between the metropolis and the most distant parts of the kingdom, and even with the colonies ; a knowledge of all cases of oppression, too many of which are suppressed, might be registered, and unity of purpose and action would invigorate the movement. Desultory and inter mittent efforts at reform have always failed ; success can only be secured by constantly bringing a subject under the notice of the public, and fixing their attention on its importance." The manufacturing markets, especially those of Manchester and Bradford, have been flatter tiis week. The amount of silver exported from London direct during the week, to Thursday last, was 40,710 ounces, and of gold 123,5651. and 119,393 ounces—the coin going to Sydney, and the bullion mostly to Haraburgh. The detention of the steamer Africa led to some uneasiness yesterday afternoon, because of the cir cumstance that she was kept back by order of our Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The funds are. still depressed, and Consols hav ing closed yesterday at 99i after " official" hours, they have been done this morning at 99-k I. The account to be settled on Tuesday will be heavy, and it is evident that part of the recent supply of stock has come from the Bank of England, for the express purpose of rendering money scarce, and checking speculation. The New 3k per Cents. have been at 103,E to 1, and the 3 per Cents. at 100- to. The first-named was sold to some extent both on ThursdaY and yesterday, and to-day the latter has been freely brought to market. Exchequer Bills have been quoted at 66s to 68s premium. Spanish Bonds have been very firm, the De ferred havin g been done at 23k. The Certificate is. worth sk. Mexican Stock is dull at 23g, and Grenada at 21k. Peruvian and Brazilian Ore steady. Dutch 2k per Cents. are not higher than 66k to I. Gold Mine Shares are all weaker, the decline being k to f on those bearing premiums of U. to 21. The Land Companies also are depressed. Railway Shares have given way now the account is settled—Caledonian having dropped 305.; Great Noi-thern, 11.; North-Western, 11. to 11. 55.; and Midland, South-Western and thers in proportion. French Shares are a trifle better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. sieJsan., 1860 (Troll:, the Official List ) Business clone. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOOB I 1 99:i i mg i i i 6 7-16 i 1860 6l Ditto A ) 3 ie p tnwt e go r 33 C l oe per n yt Annuities,. e C r s o e n n stoE. Expirel xAs pnA Annuities eu n sis u tt ti h i fli t j a n . , India Bonds, £lOOO 75 Consols for Opening 18th January Exchequer Bills lid. • March. Juno. £lOOO. £5OO 6B 7 _ Small 65 4 _ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent. 9B Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent. 102 Danish 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds 5l 41 Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Ditto Ex- Dec., 1849, Coupon 2l Mexican 3 per Cent ' 23 i Peruvian 6 per Cent Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 44 per Cent lO3 41 x d Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cu! ' 474 874 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent..._ ...... Spanish Passive (Converted) 5l Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 51' 41 P c Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent 66i 4 6 a d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates....,...., 9B 4 7 . 1 TWO O'CLOCK. , Consols for Opening 18th January THE LATE MURDER NEAR CLOUGHJORDAN. -- XrMn the evidence at the inquest, and other particulars which have leached us, we are warranted in stating that the fearful deed is not of an agrarian character, but seems rather to have arisen from the fact of ill-will on the part of some members of his own family. It appears that the unfortunate man and Ivis son were not on good terms. e fo T r h aewyrrd,s repeatedly "quarrelled whom re t lled the son wished about a servant girl in Miss to marry, but the father withheld his consent. The de ceased, who was steward to Miss Crawford, was sitting at the kitchen fire of the house of his employer on Wed nesday night last, when he was killed by a shot from an opposite window. He was in the act of reading a letter by the light of a candle, which his son, a small boy, held for him, when the fatal shot was fired. De liberate aim must have been taken, for the ball pierced the letter he was in the act of reading, and then, entered his heart, came out of the spine of the back, .and wounded the, boy who was holding the candle in the thigh. The boy, we learn, lies in a very precarious state. Oa Thursday morning, Captain' Plunkett, the very efficient resident magistrate of Nenagh, repaired to the'spot, accompanied by the coroner, Mr. Abb o tt , an d an inquest was held. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, against some persoat or persons unknown.---Limerick Reporter. EAST AND . WEST INDIA DOCK, COgPANy.—The half yearly general meeting of the East and West India Dock Company was held yesterday, but on application at the offices of the company, in Billiter-square, it, was stated by the officials that the meetings are always kept private, and that no information could consequently be furnished to the press. The dividend declared was at • the rate of 3/. ss. per cent. for the half-year, being the same as that declared at the last half-yearly meeting. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 14. The second dramatic performance at the Castle took place this evening. The pieces selected on this occasion were a farce in one act, by J. R. Planch6, entitled The Captain of the Watch, and a farce , in one act, by Ed ward Moreton, entitled The Windmill, and the parts were filled according to the following progra:nme : THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. Captain ofthe Viscount de Ligny Watch to the Mr. Chas. Mathews. city of Brus sels. Baron Vanderpotter Adolf deCourtray .... Mr. Bartley. .... Mr. James Vining. Officer of the Watch . Mr. Brazier. Louis Mr. Stacey. Pierre Mr. Wilson. Kristina Miss Murray. Katryn Mrs. Walter Lacy. Guards, &c., &c. SCENE.—Brussels in the seventeenth century. THE WINDMILL. Sampson Low Mr. Keeley. The Marquis of Roue v ill e M r. Meadows. Peter Mr. Stacey. Servants . 1 Mr. Wison, and Mr. Joyce. The Marchioness of Roueville Mrs. Win stanley. Marian Nancy Miss Hastings. Director Assistant Director The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. At eight o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert entered the Rubens' Room, ac companied by their Royal Highesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, and the Princesses Helena and Louisa. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Coburg, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Lord Raglan, Sir James and Lady Graham, the Right Honourable W. and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir James Clark, Colonel Wylde, and the ladies and gentlemen in atten dance. The performance immediately commenced. Refreshments were served in the Throne Room. The following had the honour of receiving invitations to witness the performance, in addition to. the above distinguished circle, who formed the Queen's dinner party. . _ _ His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Countess of Dornburg, Lady Emily Seymour, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, Lady Mary Berke ley, Hon. Misses Montagu, the Hon. Misses Grey and two Misses Bulteel, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Miss Knollys, the Hon. and Rev. H. Cust, Lady Anna Maria Cust, Miss Cust, and Miss Steele, the Hon. Henry Ashley, the Rev. Seymour Neville, Colonel M`Douall (commanding officer), Lieutenant Wingfield and Lieu tenant Howard, of the 2d Life Guards ; Colonel T. Wood (commanding officer), Captain Tipping and Lieu= tenant Burgoyne; of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards ; Captain and Mrs. Bastard, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills, Miss Mills, and Miss Agnes Mills, and Mr. Henry eYmour, Mrs. and Miss Seymour. His Royal Highness Prince ,A.lbert, with the Duke of Cambridge,. the Prince of Leiningen, and Prince Au gustus of Coburg, went out shooting this morning, at tended by Colonel Wylde, Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour,. and Major the Hon. James Macdonald. Yesterday her Majesty's dinner party consisted of her Royal Highness the Duchess 'of Kent, his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Che valier and Madame Bunsen, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marqiii's and Marchioness of Westminster, the Lady in ,Waiting. to the Duchess of Kent, the - Baroness de. Speth, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Lord Raglan;' Sir James and Lady Graham, the Right Hon. W. and Mrs. Gladstone, Col. Wylde, and Major the Hon. James Macdonald. The band of the 2nd Life Guards attended during dinner, and played the following pieces : Danish National March Overture, "Haydee" Quadrille, "Hibernian" Grand Selection, "Nino" ' Verdi. Spanish Bolero . err, Diabolique Waltz, " Faust" „ „ D'Albert. Polka, 'Mars" King. Galop Strauss. God Save the Queen. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended and performed the following selection : Overture, "La Barcarolle " March, " Judas Maccabeus " Handel. Finale, Second Act and Ballet Music, " Stra della " Flotow. The Marquis of Breadalbane had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation of the Irish Land Company, consisting of Mr. G. Wilson, Mr. Alexander Brogdon, and Mr. Sale, solicitor, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. W. Digby Seymour, M.P., Mr. Joseph Napier Higgins, and Mr. C. H. Collett, had an interview yes terday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, at the Board of Trade. The Marquis d'Azeglio has returned to Berkeley square, from Paris. A deputation on the subject of the Harlesden Green Cemetery Company, consisting of Mr. Robert Tubbs, Mr. ' Hall, and Mr. James Wright, attended by Mr. Toolett, the Vestry Clerk of the parish of Willesden, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston. Lord Stanley, of Alderley, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, attended yesterday for the first time at the Board of Trade. The Earl of Aberdeen had a dinner party on Thurs day, at his residence in Argyll -street. The company included the Bavarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Grecian, Sicilian, and Danish Ministers, the Duke of Argyll, Earl St. Germans, Lord John Russell, Viscount Har dinge, Viscount Canning, Sir Charles Wood, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches were also sent to the Governors of the North American Provinces. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DA Y.) COVENT GARDEN. , To-day's market was heavily supplied with both fruit and vegetables; yet the general demand ruled steady, at fully last week's currency. FRUIT.—Pine apples, 3s 6d to 6s Od ; hot-house grapes, 8s to lOs ; Hambro ditto, is to is 6d per lb ; apples, dessert, 4s 6d to 7s 6d ; cooking ditto, 3s to 6s per bushel ; pears, 4s to 8s per half sieve, ; lemofis, is to 2s Od ; new oranges, 6s to lOs per 100 ; filberts, 10d to is per lb ; cob-nuts, 100 s per 1001bs. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 8d to ls ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve ; greens, ls 3d to 2s 3d per dozen bunches ' • cauliflowers, 8d to 2s per dozen ; potatoes, 75s to 130 s per ton ; turnips, 2s to 2 6d ; carrots, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; celery, 8d to is 3d per bundle ; spinach, is to 2s per half sieve ; onions, is 6d to 2s per half sieve ; l ee k s, id to 2 d per b unch ; shallots, 6d .to . garlic 6d to 8d per lb ; en di ve , i s to is 6d. per score , small. , salad 2d pe r p unne t ; h orsera di s h, i s to 4s per bundle Pulley, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Geese 3s 6d to 7s Od ; Turkeys, 4 s to lOs each ; Ducks , is 6d to 2s 6d; tame Rabbits, is 3d to 1s 6d; wild ditto, 10d to is; Pigeons, 4d to 8d ea 4; roasting Pigs, 4s Od. to 7s each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s 6d to 6s Od per couple; Pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; Partridg es, is 6d to 2s Od; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od; Leverets, Os O d to Os Od; Woodcocks, is 6d to 2s 3d; Grouse, is 6d to 2s Od; Snipes, 9d to ls; Teal, 6d to 10d; wild Ducks, is Od to is 6d; Widgeons, 9d to is 3d; and. Plovers, 4d to 9d. each. English,. Eggs, lOs Od to 12s Od; French ditto, 8s Od to 12s Od per 120; fresh Butter, lld to is 2d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 'lid; of household ditto, sid to 60. per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 3d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 38 2d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 38 Od to 4s 4d; Pork, 23 8d to 4s Od per 8 lbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s 6d to 8s Od ; Brills, ls 6d to 53 Od; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 7s Od each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair ' Eels, 6d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 10d. to 2s Od ; C ra b s , 6d to is 8d ; Whitings, 3s Od. to 60 Od per dozen ; Haddocks, 4d to 10d ; Doreys, 2s Oct to 6s Od; Mullets, Od to Os each ; Common Oysters, 8s Od to 12s Od; Natives, 32s Od to 36s Od per bushel; Mackerel, 10c1 to is each; Smelts, is 0d per dozen; Scate, 4d to 7d per lb; Shrimps, 1s 6d to 2s 3d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to is 3d per dozen; Fresh Herrings, is Od to is 6d per dozen. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 691 b, Od t o 2d; 641 b to 721 b, 2 d to 24d; 721 b to 801 b, 2}d to 2:}d; 801 b to 881 b, 24d to 2id; 881 b to 961 b, lid to 3d; 961 b t o 1041 b, 3d to 3id ; 10411) to 1121 b Od to Od. Horn hides, 5s Od to Os p Od; calf skins, ! light, is Od to 2s Od; ditto, full, 3s Gd to 5s O d ; polled . sheep, 7s Od. to 8s 6d; Keats and Half-brads, 6s Od to 703 I and Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meado w hay, 2/ 16s to. 4/ 4s • ' clover r load. ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ O s ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 13s per A fair average supply, and a steady demand. Supply good, and trade dull. 0 4s • clover CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, 2 ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 18si and straw, 11 6s ~_ 4 1 2 s ; clover WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s w 13s per load. 1 15s to t° 11 — l4O per' load. ditto, 3/ 15s to 51 Os ; and straw 1/ 5s to 11 Trade dull, at late rates. IRISH RAILWAYS.—The usual deposits of ten per cent. on the capital were made in the Court of Chancery, Dublin, on Thursday, by Messrs. Barrington, Son, and Jeffers, solicitors, in the cases of the following bills : Bandon and Bantry, 16,8001.; Limerick and Foynes, 9,7501.; Tralee and Killarney, 8 , 2501 .; and Roscrea and Parsonstown, 7501. A gigantic emigrant ship is now building by one of the first shipowners in the country, to be called the Robert Lowe, in compliment to the member for Kidder minster, for his exertions in promoting the prosperity of the Australian colonies. The Robert Lowe *ill leave Southampton, with a largo number of emigrants, for some of the Australian ports, during the present year. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A GENTLEMIN. Yesterday morning, Mr. Carter, Coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest, which lasted nearly five hours, at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Brixton-road, on the body of Mr. Wm. Jones, aged 83, a gentleman pos sessed of considerable property, residing at Springfield Cottage, Acre-lane, Brixton, who died suddenly on Mon day morning last. It having been rumoured that, the deceased gentleman had met his death from unfair means, the greatest interest was manifested by' the in habitants of the vicinity to hear the evidence, the in' quest room being densely crowded. Mr. Lewis, solicitor, attended to watch the proceed ings on behalf of a female attendant, who has had sole charge of the deceased since his wife's death, in 1838. The Coroner, in opening the proceedin g s, said that th e deceased had been found dead, and in consequence of numerous bruises and cuts being discovered about person, it was deemed necessary to impannel a jury, an, have a post mortan exami na ti on ma d e , t o c l e ar up te e mystery that seemed to attach itself to the case. Edward Evans, a carpenter, residing in Acre-lane, t he first witness called, said—On Monday last, about half" past four o'clock in the morning, I was requested by a woman of the name of Vickers, the deceased' s housekeeper, to come to Springfield Cottage, deceased her master had suddenly expired. I immediately we ll y to the house, and found the deceased lying uPell couch in the back parlour, wrapped in blankets, q uite dead. His hands were quite warm, but I could not detect the slightest sign of life. Elizabeth Vickers, housekeeper to deceased, was th i s next witness, and deposed as follows :—I have li!,e" with deceased for 14 years past as his housekeeper. ot s had no family. His wife died in 1838. His health has generally been very good. Mr. Key has not treated him medically for the past three months. His dote was not apprehended. Last Monday morning lre'. quested the assistance of the last witness, as Mr. Jo u r had died, and I could not leave him. Evans, on Ws arrival, went for Mr. Key. On the previous day (Sun day) the deceased had his dinner in bed, he apparentll suffering from gout in his feet, and he was also Vol weak. He got up after dinner, and I assisted him down stairs stairs int o th e b ac k p ar l our . I l a id hi m on the cou ch and washed him. At night h e t o ok a little gin a n d water. I c o u ld not ge t hi m u p t o hi s b e d-room tha t night, as he was so weak and helpless. I wrapped 11 1 111 up in two blankets, and he continued to lie on the couch. He requested me to sit up with him that night" • I did so. He died at half-past three o'clock on M o nde,' morning. By the Coroner—l occasionally left him alone while I went out to make purchases. He would then fall about, having no one to look after him. He never received any injuries, except from the falls, caused by the weak; ness in his feet. The bruises on the head. were caused about five days before his death. The Coroner—Now ' has any person been the cause of the injuries about the head ? Witness—l cannot say. By a Juror—He fell in the garden one evening wh il l I was out. On my return I found him lying down dragged him into the house. Mr. David Key was then sworn. He said lam 5 surgeon in practice, and reside at Brixton-oval. 1 t o /- ~ known deceased professionally for eighteen years. was the only-person that resided with him.• Eyani cam to me on Monday morning, and • told me that Jones was dead. Feeling that there was some P„ u ea liarity about th e case , I d eeme d it necessar y to t. 47„, another medic a l gen tl eman w ith me . By brother T it companied me. I went to Springfield-cottage a b° , l eight o'clock. W e th en exam i ne d th e b o dy e xterns l ; l j and found two contused wounds on the head and se'L go others of the sam e ki n d, b u t th e y a pp eare d to have inflicted some time. There was also a bruise on the w;t of the head, and another on the right temple, both which wer e recen tl y i n fli c t e d. Th e b ru i se on the teet he was larger th an a crown pi ece . Th a t on -th e top of head was smaller, but of the mine chaFacter. The t he knee appeared . as th oug h bU rn t. ~ The: cartilage ° ',l o oo nose was broken,- which appeared to have been about a week. the Coroner--I made a post mortem, examination the body, assisted by my brother. Coroner—t-Are you ii:Qt the executor, to Mr. J_ ones Witness—Yes, -sole executor. - the Coroner—Have you any: beneficial, interest ini ecor will, that you know of?—Witness—L-Decidedirr'W 1. siderable one. . • t Coro It it not strike you, in that case, tli o sil would have been bett e r to have called in another ra e ost man, unconnected, with your, family ?—Witnesses blot did not strike me at the time ;having attended ost medically for so many years, I thought I 'was the ° proper person to make the examination. - , s pa Mr. Key r esume d—l opened the hean,,..,00d, found a number of patches of extravasated t he immediately under the external bruises, that on, to temple being the principal. There was no initt r a -i t ioa the bone. -From the nature of the extrav a ' s we under the bruise on temple, it appeared to Pm been done about four or five days. Undello- bruise at the top of the head there was alit() an eit u p. sation. There was no effusion on the bone, as of a On ture of any vessel of the brain having taken place. removing the cranium I found the dura mater hr 1 14 . 00,1 with extravasated blood, precisely under the ext',7,00,3. injury on the temple, and also'an effusion of -thin Pt v, ,4 on the dura mater. The extent of the effusion ' 0 , 3 about a wine glass and a half, perhaps two or elf ounces. The pia mater was healthy, with the except of a slight extravasation on the lower part of t}..- •teiir poral bone. The brain itself was healthy. The bro-s e on the temple was internally round the whole of il ia side of the head. By the Coroner—l did not open the other portions 14 the body, because I had s u ffi c i en t ev id ence of- the call° of death. pf Coroner—What, in your opinion, was the caus° death ? A of Witness—By violence—by a blow on th e r ight sit' s the head. hall Witness continued—l cannot form any opinion as to that blow was received. Ido not think that merely s .„ s t in the garden wou ld cause it, un l ess h e h a d f a llen kV' s - e ti a stone or a similar hard body. It must have been r" 1 i o n by some blunt in s t rumen t, b u t was i n suc h a pes l oe that it might have been caused by a fall. I ant lost certain that the deceased died from violence. ge 'that have had the.blow before he fell. I do not mean- w aS he was struck by any other person, but I think it," received in th e ac t of falling. Ho suffered from Ball stones tinder,the heels, which gave him great pain, pi it would probably cause him to fall. I have att en of him for 18 years, and he had never complained to te e being ill-treated by any one. fiv ° William Collins, a gardener, proved that about ja days befor e th e d ea th he saw the deceased fall del i jo his front garden, first striking his head on the rig ht a violent blow against the wall of the house. wor e Mrs. Allen, residing next door to the deceased; S, that on several occasions she had seen him covered If bruises, and also that she had heard him cry ou t he had been violently beaten. The Coroner having summed up, P it The jury consulted with closed doors for about ffect an hour, arid ultimately returned a verdict to the. e that the deceased died from the effects of an aecl a fall. M. Kossuth is, it is understood, about to paYst iv 'lP visit to America, wh ere th e e l ec ti on o f a den: (3ers oe' President has given many of his admirers new inn 1 : 1 0, The presentation of th e Sh a k s p eare T es timonial I are informed, to take place immediately. ,00 f THE RECENT MURD ER IN LIVERPOOL.--An inner o f was held yeste r d a y b e f ore P. F. C orry , E s q., coro n e t' Liverpool, upon the body of M. de Costo, who "It, 00 dered by an Am er i can name d Ch r i s ti e , on b o ard t° l/ . o rlt. Mannering, lyin g i n th e M ersey , b oun d f or New The inquest was proceeding when the dispatch left. ro i THE METROPOLITAN POULTRY SHOW. Yes te e , was the last d a y o f th e P ou lt ry Sh ow , a nd it is o gli, puted that th e num b er o f persons w h o p a ssed tbr of the galleries of the bazaar amounted to little shery t he 12,900. Amongst the visitors were his `" ExcelleneY,;o Turkish Amb assa d or an d su it e , the Belgian and SWei..oid Ambassadors, the Earl of Wilton, Lord Sandys, .*: 0 0 5 Brougham, & c ., & c . Th e s ales of the various speFweito were resumed by Mr. Strafford, commencing with those 20, but the prices realised were not so great Rs ec i ol el l l the previous day, when the Cochin Chins. .s_P .„ 01013 1 were sold. The most remarkable was in class 4:5, r whiC b fowls. Mr. W. G. Vivian's No 3 obtained the first prize, sold for 12 gin r e e G . Horner, 0 in the same class, belonging to Maste. In the pigeo ll o Hull, aged 7 months, fetched 6 g uin eTi s tion, some of O f (of Singlets) ;S% classes there was considerable e(, , ,ir,' ll) , er pair, and some of specimens realising as much as 0 9 0 , 6 10/. to 14/. per u nsold, but it is und ue _ .js ro n d al perc hasers realised upw' s t the Aylesbury ducks fetchedn A vast number of lots stood that those which f ellu a n y closed at ten o'clock S gt of of the excellence of the f j ; of 1,000/. The show Boulnois, the proprietor ef c t his manager, efficiently a 1 p e r , night, and in consequmenr. rangements m adeiy: bazaar, and Mr. .1 1 e - r ' I , the orders of Mr. Inspector 0 13 , 1 50 by the pollees . 11 the g reatest satisfaction appeared of the D divisio n, Pu blic. It is an extraordinary f a ct t''' ve afforded to the the many thousandwho " persons . t her notwithstanding the show, not ahas e l " passed through single robbery been " detected or complained of. n010,.. 1 * SEAMAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY (THE DREADNO- Siam f t The ordinary quarterly court of the subscribers e., r i ti g institution was held yesterday, at the offices in,is William-street, City—Captain G. Probyn, the chair. The proceedings were confined to the ri o t tion of the report, which stated that during thi!prol.- quarter 13 patients had b een rece i ved into the Os nought from her Maj es t y ' s s hi ps, 627 from those e, e r East India Company, and of th e B r iti s h an d f or eign I - Ist cantile marine, which, with 98 in the hospital en of October, made a tot a l f or t h e quarter of 738 P a Lt i dig'Of these, 129 we re s till s i c k ; fit for duty, 6 ; ust. charged. 603. The number of out-patients for the - Ji s reci ter was 407, an d th e total number of patients reee",oo since the e s t a bli s h ment of the institution, in 1821) 5(1,0 67,692. The receipts, including legacies of 31 9 /. 9s• t' from 13. Hill, E sq ., an d 101. from Lady Colville, ale ,- 13,1 ed to 1,6391. Os. 5d.; and the expenses to 2,0581. 4 !id, leaning a b a l ance aga i nst the hospital of 4191. 3s• noyp M ELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A s M r . Th o mas ' - ' e . B% far was on Tuesday superintendin g the removal of I ° ool l, niture from hi s l ate residence to 49, C a mden :s g a to Regent's-p ar k , h e leaned over the railings of the ar a e h ed give some directions, and in doing so he over r . .„ e i e fee t himself, and fell headforemost into the area, se v i e 'ileec l: deep. The unfortunate gentleman was conveyed' 14 1 ,i ing profusely and quite insensible, into the house - di d si t Day, surgeon, was in instant attendance, a nd that skill and experience could suggest to save l. l _ l l 0. 4 all his efforts were in vain, as deceased, whose,,s:cmoset fractured, gradually sank, died yesterday. y _ te d bi who was in his sixty-first year, and much respec E ' aiiii ii t large circle of friends, has loft a widow and I lament his untimely end. i f