The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

SUE TRADE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Last evening a very crowded meeting of the friends and supporters of this very successful society was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. Among the gentle tuna present we observed Sir H. Winston Barron, • 2art., Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson, Lieutenant-Colonel '.qrr Captain John Bishop-Culpeper, Fred. A. Daviss, .Dickinson, Esq., John Gate, Esq., Joseph Gimson, 1-. • C. Grattan, Esq., Jenkin Jones, Esq., S. M. Mar ale, Esq Esq., Thoas Potts, Esq., W. rehaine, jun., Esq'' T. C. Unwin, Esq., S. P. Hook, Esq., Vigers, Esq., Belcher, Esq., and many other nighlyinfluential gentlemen. S• hortly after the hour appointed, the chair was taken °Y Sir H. WINSTON BARRON, Bart. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the „ eve ning, said he had been most unexpectedly called 'Pon to preside over this meeting. It had been ex- Pected that the chair that evening would have been filled by the Hon. W. Napier, but the committee had received a letter of apology regretting much his inability to attend here that evening. Originally it had been in tended th a t D r. E vans s h ou ld pres id e , b u t a l e tt er h a d a l so een received from that gentleman, stating that family cir cumstances unfortunately prevented him the pleasure of fulfilling the duties of chairman that evening. Under the circumstances ofdisappointment from two gentlemen, f ar more able than he (the Chairman), it was wholly unexpected that he would be called upon to fulfil the office of chairman. Gentlemen, by the title of our society, viz., the Free Trade Freehold Land Society, it ?alight be looked upon as a strictly political society; such Is not the case—we are in the plain meaning of the be bought for free trade in land. We want that land should Lie bought and sold as easy as you buy or sell in the Public funds, as easy as you buy in the Three per Cent. Consols or Exchequer Bills. That is the meaning of cur title. We take the equitable and English mode of tthring every man an easy and a constitutional mode of acquiring land by his own industry. Our mode is not ssly constitutional, but it is eminently conservative in the strict sense of the word. (Cheers.) Any man pos sessing land feels at once that he has an interest in ~ssing violent changes, in checking disorder, and in '''staining the peace and prosperity of this great and Powerful country. He is, in fact, a conservator of the Psaoe of the country, of ! our laws, and of our institu tions. (Cheers.) We do not wish to enter into oppo sition with other societies with similar objects to our "s• Our object is to enter into honourable competition With the most successful of them, feeling sure that there is room enough for all. One society with objects s imilar to our o wn h a d fi xe d th e shares asshigh ns ' 1)1 -, others at 301., but at the latter sum cases have t 'seurred in which the receiving barrister has refused the franchise. We have pursued a medium course, we have fixed ours at 401., so that no fear need be enter rled of such a result in this society. This is one of the 41 oProvements we have made, and another is that we do hot in the most remote degree interfere with the manner in Which the possessor of the franchise, obtained through the instrumentality of this society, may please to exer- Zs° it On the contrary, we consider it tyranny to at tempt to inte r fe re i n the free exercise of that right. (Cheers.) We wish all to exercise that privilege as free 44 ,_ air, and with ou t th e slightest opposition or bad feel- Lag- We claim a preference at your hands—our views • perfect freedom, and a determination of not med 1▪ "ing with the political opinions of others. Gentle , it is thought that in a very short time the charge for quarterage will be abolished, such being under the co nsideration of the executive committee. Agreeing in ° l 3 inion with those with whom he (the chairman) had t he 4 _ honour of acting, he thought he might be permitted nay that freehold land societies had created a perfect r eVolution, but, at the same time, a peaceful revolu ti°l2 not a violent one—not a French revolution—but a • r evolution that would raise and elevate the industrious classes of this mighty land. (Cheers.) We believe that t hese societies hold out the safest, the plainest, the strongest inducement to the industrious classes to culti `ate frugality, prudence, forethought, temperance, and indep en d ence. (Cheers.) They afford a safe investment for his capital—they offer him a good investment for his Pital—they offer him a permanent and solid interest f or himself and children's children in the soil of England. (Cheers.) Trade may languish, manufactures may decay, banks may fail, but land remains unchanged and .nchangeable. What a proud position for a man to say t o aus children I have, by my honest industry, procured for yo u this land, this house, this home—you pay no rent - -You are lords of the soil. Keep this inheritance for Your children, and shew them what I have done by honest industry, and teach them to do likewise. Not so the law of France. The French, by a revolutionary and violent law forced parents to divide their lands aMongst their children without reference to their con duct or character. (Great applause.) Gentlemen, what is the one great object of the Indian nabob, the London millionaire, the Manchester cotton lord, and the Liver pool shipowner ? Why to purchase land. (Cheers.) ey all look forward as the acme of their hopes, the end and object of all their toils and all their exertions, to possess a park, a mansion, and a freehold portion in the So il of this favoured country, which they call their own s 'a spot where th e y can retire to in dignified repose, a y his is my own native land. (Loud cheers, ) w ii tl True as all this is of those who are blessed uence, it is equally true, the same prin h ciple, '"e self-same feeling exists. in the heart of umblest mechanic. Great as has been the revolution created by the magnificent discoveries of the power-loom, gas, steamboats, railways, and the electric telegraph, a greater and more magnificent revolution will be worked out when freehold land societies become fully developed. (Loud applause.) Besides this, look at the independence Of the thing—(cheers) —t o be enabled to leave to his children that for which he toiled in the firm assurance that nothing can take from them that which his exertions had secured to them. Why, by abstaining from one glass of gin or one cigar a day, a man mi ;lit in a short time become enabled to own sufficient land on which to build a house. (Cheers.) Look at the practical com mon sense of the thing. A society like ours offered as an i , investment far more solid security than the savings bank, where , from the failure of two or three gentlemen, n ot accountable to law, the whole of his hard-earned say 2gs might be irrecoverably lost. Not so in societies like The every one of the gentlemen were accountable to law. ;fie very d a y th a t mone y i s lodged with us it is trans `erred either to the Commercial Bank of London or to Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., of either of which establishments there cannot be a doubt as to security, and cannot be again withdrawn unless 16 gentlemen ?nation its withdrawal. If any gentlemen present can eggest anyth;ng more secure than this, we shall be ( I),,Py to hear him—we are here to receive suggestions. a ue ers.) Gentlemen, this society possessing all the eenrity and all the respectability you have been made 4° lnainted with, cannot hope to escape calumny. Be thou chaste as ice—as pure as snow, Thou shall not escape calumny. L ile ern-) Gentlemen, whatever insinuations may be own out against us, inquire as to their truth—we court' inquiry --(cheers)—we have a glorious object in m ew, and therefore court inquiry—ask inquiry. We re not a mere parish society ; we have no confined, P et ty, l , narrow views—no. (Cheers.) And when he (the itairiman) looked around at the talent as well as intel lect at the back of the society, he could have no doubt as to its general success. He would, in resuming his seat ~again say, Wl3 ask your inquiry—we court your ea,. The hon. baronet resumed his seat amid loud carin g , Mr. MARTINDALE then came forward to expain the ob lZs4B of the soci e ty, an d i n d o i ng so en tered a t l eng th i n t o e adv antages offered by the society both as an investment fo r saving and a commercial speculation. To show the be he4l of purchasing land in the manner the society did, would mention a case that occurred in Bir m i ng h am , here some working men wishing to purchase land were asked the sum of 3s. 3d. per foot, this they could not a fford. Th ey f orme d a soc i ety, b anded themselves to gether and purchased that ver y l an d a t th e rate o fe,-vld. per foot, thus saving a t l eas t 200 per cent. Thi s '4,c; vantage re su lt e d f rom ma ki ng t h e purchase wholesale. his society, founded o n th e 15th o f A ugust l ast, not fur months ago , a ft er pay i ng every expense, had now a co nsiderable fund at their bankers. The estate at Cam berwell was intended for houses of the value of from 2 0/. to 301. per annum, and he believed he might say, it would be allotted at 2s. 6d. or 35., the worth being about 6s. or Bs., thereby securing an immediate profit to any one who might feel disposed to sell his right. He had a long list of prices at which rights had been sold ; in some cases 31. had been realised ; in another, 30/. ; and in another 150/., but this was not an every day occurrence. Col. STARR said—Gentlemen, the resolution I have i the honour to move, reads as follows :—"That ' Free nold Land Societies recommend themselves to all classes an the most simple, the most advantageous, and the most s ecur e of all investments, elevating the humblest indi- Zidual in the social and political scale, and enabling him en every means • to becom e a po sses sor of a stake in the tt tr Y , a freehold, and a home." Gentlemen, after t he very eloquent and able speech of the chairman, and him v I thinkerylcid statement of the gentleman who followed til my first obseriration should be one of cen th:e on both th ose gen tl emen , for the manner in which 4 1 7 have laid the subject before you, making it exceed thg difficult for those gentlemen who have to follow e tti of t , • Gentlemen, our worthy chairman had told you upo n the effects and importance of freehold land societies s oci rl ,the feelings of my countrymen. The object of this fo ll i e e LY is not to distribute lucky numbers, but that of o. 10 " 11 4 habits of prudence, forethought, and industry la nd e . g the working and labouring men of this great for k (Cheers.) Gentlemen, his shilling and sixpences 4._ e erl Y squandered away, were now turned into a Up, re nt and far more nobler object, Ind when I look "angi e th plan of the beautiful Camberwell estate, now siap ep , g on the wall, and when I see what his shillings and thi nk c es will produce, if for no other object than this, I Gentle we deserve your personal regard. (Cheers.) Mleo w llle n , I will not offer my fanciful remarks, but ' l6l castl e hear of an Englishman stating that his house is ort reas ' 3 , we all know how soon he can be deprived of his Wo rd ---how soon his ramparts can be carried by a few th 4 from eaa hi s landlord. (Cheers.) How different is th e . when, through frugality and industry, Ooirid thef this society he has placed himself -o e „ t he power of such assaults. (Cheers.) ", 11 .rrit gentleman then passed a glowing eulogium l.ucied- Llrtunate possessor of a freehold house, and con 'ircltgoutt'sereniat E i T with the following quotation from ii ktau th rn -nL -ugh all ages of revolving time, tle et2 7,Png man, in every varying clime, Own land, o f every l an d, the pride, Aish °Y heaven o ' er a ll the wor ld b es id e ; A dye o the sp o t o f earth supremely b lest, , sweeter spot than all the rest." 14 1) . 4318 ; ill a few words, briefly seconded the re • 9 41 1: ? • , C4 RATTAIT, in mo v i ng the second resolution, —ll4 Iloote—" That the Free Trade Freehold Land Society merits our strenuous support ; first, from the energy and success which has characterised its pro gress ; secondly, from its perfect freedom of all party objects ; and, thirdly, from the respectability of its managers"—said, Gentlemen, I think the safest course for me to follow under the circumstances would have been simply to read the resolution, and then resume my seat, for, being one of the committee, I feel it exceed ing awkward to speak to a resolution complimenting the society, and the respectability of its managers. (Laughter.) Our worthy chairman has told you that this society is not a political one ; yet it is not because this society is not political it follows, as a matter of course, its managers have no political opinions or con victions. I assure you many of us are politicians, and many of us might become strenuous partizans ; and al though we do not know the political opinions of others, and it would not be judicious in these shifting times to ask them, in my opinion a man without party is but the shadow of a man—(cheers) —and a politician without party is a man without a shadow—an unreal mockery. (Cheers.) To show the importance of this, let us suppose two allottees, having made each others acquaintance during the building of his villa, they meet in the same polling booth, both vote for the same men, and go off, arm in arm, better friends than ever ; and two others meet under similar circumstances, their votes are op posed to each other, and after the voting has been gone through, they recognise each other, and exclaim, how fortunate we neither of - us know the politics of the other, or we should not have been such good neighbours. They exchange civilities—and walk off as the others had done, and become better friends than ever, as in the preceding case—and a merry group of unconscious little Tories and Radicals, trundling their hoops, or perhaps an adult Conservative, whispering soft nonsense amongst the roses to some juvenile Whig, meet them on their return home. (Laughter.) Gentlemen, I will conclude by moving the resolution I have read, hoping that those who join us may feel that they are enrolling themselves in a society whose motto is—" Good feeling, good fellowship, and good neighbourhood." Mr. J. JONES—Had my friend Mr. Grattan been Burke, I should beg leave to say ditto ; at all events, he has the eloquence of a Burke—l should say a Grat tan. (Laughter.) I beg leave to second the resolution. The resolution having been put to the meeting was declared carried unanimously. Mr. UNWIN then moved the third resolution, as fol lows :—" That the society having purchased a very eligible estate between Camberwell and Kennington, peculiarly recommends it to the support of all interested in the district, as holding out to them an opportunity of securing a freehold not often presented, and adding to the beauty and convenience of the neighbourhood." A gentleman, an inhabitant of Camberwell, begged to second the resolution. He said he was happy in doing so. He admired this society—it was frank, open, and free. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN having put the resolution, declared it carried unanimously, Mr. VIGERS having answered some questions put by gentlemen in the body of the meeting, Colonel DICKSON begged to move a vote of thanks to the hon. baronet in the chair. It having been carried by the meeting, the proceedings terminated, having been of the most enthusiastic description. St. 10 St. 10 St. St. St. St. St. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 6.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, Dec. s.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Sardinia, for New Orleans ; Paramatta, Virginia ; Queen Victoria, New Orleans; England, Mobile; Telegraph, Newfound land ; Frane, Constantinople ; Golden Age (s), Melbourne ; J. Westervelt, New York. PLYDIOUTH, Dec. s. —Wind, N.W. Sailed- Eagle, for New Zealand ; Scotia, Sydney, N.S.W. FALMOUTH, Dec. s.—Wind, N.W., moderate and fine. Arrived—Pet, from St. Michael's ; Agir, Alexandria ; Laura, Marianople ; Samuel, Salonica. SHIELDS, Dec. 6.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Florist, for Carthagena. BRISTOL, Dec. s.—Arrived—Jane May, from Zante ; Agatha, Denia ; Europe, Charente. HARTLEPOOL, Dec. s.—Wind, W. Sailed—Nederland, for Hong Kong; Warrior, Aden . Eliza, Constantinople. GRIMSBY, Dec. s.—Arrived — Annette Catharina, from Riga. HULL, Dec. s. —Wind, W. Arrived—Eaglet, Terceira ; John Thomas Carr, Odessa; Orion and Hoffnung, Riga. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 4.—Wind, S. Arrived—Fortune, from Valparaiso ; Atkinson. Honduras. Sailed—Robert Ingham, for Barbadoes ; Emigrant, Mobile ; Ben Nuovo, Panama. 20 20 10 10 ELSINORE, Dec. L—The Neva of Hull, from Holm sund to London, was wrecked near Abo, in the Gulf o Baltimore, 18th Nov. Crew saved. f BOSTON, Nov. 21.—The Maine, from Liverpool to Bath, went on shore on Pond Island bar, during a heavy gale and fog, Nov. 19, where she lies on her broadside ; should the ship hold together, and the wind veer to the N.Y., a part of her cargo may be saved. CHARLOTTE TOWN (Prince Edward's Island), Nov. B. The Annie Hall (a new barque), hence to Richibucto, was wrecked on St. Peter's Island Reef on the night of 6th Nov. 26i 13i 20 20 20 20 20 25 A large ship, with painted ports and foremast gone, was seen on shore at Tuskar, 30th Nov., by the Sappho, arrived in the Clyde. CUXIIAVEN, Dec. 2.—Thero is much ice on the Upper River, rendering navigation difficult, so that the Jeannette and Berthe (barque), which passed here yesterday in tow of the Henriette (s), has been obliged to return to the roadstead. St. 10 St. 25 HALIFAX, N.S., Nov. 24,—The Victor, of and for this port, from Quebec, was wrecked at White Head, 70 miles E. of this port, Nov. 8. The Spray, (packet ship), of and for this port, from St. John's, Newfoundland, was wrecked near Sabarus, Cape Breton, 9th Nov. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, TUESDAY, 9.16 A.M. Wind, N.W., moderate and cloudy. Passed—Nonsuch, from Denia ; Agile, Patras ; Gazelle, Newfoundland ; Navigation, Smyrna ; Gem, Charente— all for London ; Robert, from London, for St. Vincent ; Henry Ellis, London, for Port Philip. Anchored—Laura, or Lyra, from Demerara, for London. Sailed—Zephyr, Lesledam, Mary Ann, and Richard Thornton. BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—In the general business of • the port of London during the past week, although the arrivals have diminished, there has been increased activity, owing to the vessels being of a larger class, and their cargoes of a more general description. The number of ships reported inward was 248, being 88 less than in the previous week. The arrivals of fruit have been very considerable, but the importations of grain have diminished, the total quantity reported being 28,030 quarters, including 12,074 quarters of wheat. In addition, theae were 10,653 barrels, and 2,016 bags of flour ; and 34,880 bags of rice. Of sugar there were reported 3,240 hhds., 779 casks, 218 cases, and 41,357 bags ; of coffee, 1,326 casks and 6.167 bags ; of tea, 41,986 packages ; and of hops 812 bales. The number of vessels cleared outwards was 138, being 25 over the previous week. Of these 23 were in ballast, and 8 were destined, for the Australian colo nies, whitlter the exports during the week have not been large, or such as to call for particular notice. STATE OF TRADE.—The accounts from the manufac turing towns for the past week, show no alteration in the general course of business, the principal features being dulness at Manchester, and continued activity, with rising prices, at Birmingham. The prospect of any concession to the Lancashire operatives has not only diminished every day, but, as far as the ques tion of immediate profits is concerned, many of the firms would now prefer that the strike should con tinue—a resort to short time, even with the rtduced number of hands at present at work, being expected soon to become general. The demand for iron manufactures at Birmingham -has led to an advance of 20s. per ton on most descriptions of goods, and complaints are still made of an insufficient supply both of coal and ironstone. At Nottingham the hosiery-market has again been inactive, but in lace, on the whole, the transactions have been more numerous. In the woollen districts there has been a full average business at firm prices, and notwithstanding the dearness' of provisions an d f ue l , contentment prevails among all classes. From the Irish linen-market the report is very favourable, especially as regards the home trade. In most quarters the last advices received from Australia are described to have been such as to give a further check to speculative shipments to that region. MExico.—The advices from the city of Mexico reach to the Ist of November, and are of a mixed character as regards both politics and finance. The more influential classes of the country seem fully to admit the vigour with which the anarchy that prevailed previously to the return of Santa Anna has been put down, and in this respect a feeling is shown analogous to that manifested in France upon the 'extinction of the Republic. But, although dictatorial power has been established, no administrative reforms are attempted so as to check the all-pervading corruption, and to develope the natural resources of the State. The finance department remains in inextricable confusion, and among the most active friends of the Government are a large number of unscru pulous and greedy adventurers. Hence, every step that may be taken is suspected by the public to have its origin in some stock-jobbing transaction ; and it will consequently be desirable that the same vigilance should be exercised on this side. Although, by the sup pression of the recent outbreak in the province of Yucatan, the country is now in a state of entire peace, and the revenue has of late considerably increased from an improved system at the maritime custom-houses and the new taxes decreed, the Treasury, it is said, is in its usual state of exhaustion, and rumours have lately again been revived of a contemplated plan for suspending pay ments of all kinds. Under the circumstances, however, the thing is believed by many persons to be intended solely with the view of affecting the quotation of the bonds in the London market, and to facilitate a specu lation in which the President himself is alleged to be interested. 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Under the direction of Mr. Costa. 20 174 20 20 20 20 20} 'CO 20 SHARE MARKETS-{THIS DAY). 100 8 100 7 100 47 17 all 100 BRITISH RAILWAYS. 2 1d 1 2} - lid 13 - 15 24 4 p — 2 d p 34 — 42 - 4 1 lip 24 3p 3 2 d i i P li lid 10A 11 - 7 1" 2 1 id p B Raines' done this day. i lipxn 65 6 8 sh 491 I A : ;16 ". 7i -- 161 -- 16ip 41 - 43 324 - 33 2- 4p - par .9 - 20 1- 4 , 9/ - 9i ••• ••• i d - 5 i g p 4i g - d 4 = iidl LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. L ct e m aS p ing Closing Prices Business yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley •• ••• St. 100 Bnckghamsh L. &N.W. 101 103 102 50 all Clydesdale Jc Caledon... 51 52 St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr 6p. cent ... . Gt.Northn 143 146 1441 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. ••• ••• 25 all Do. New Do ..• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn 3O 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 108 110 109 25 all Do. Shares Do 54 55 b 44 12i all Do. 4 Shares. Do 26 276 12i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3 —14 i 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 254 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do — 5i all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2i 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar 100 all Midld.Bradfcl Midland... 99 101 50 all Northern and Eastornsp.c. E. Count.. 60 62 5_ all Do. 6 per et. 'Do — ..• 5 4 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do .. . 2.j all Prest. &Wyre L. dt'N . W t &Ln& Yk 1 " 12 Do. Shares. Do — 100 Roystn.&Hit. Ct.Northn 142 145 S.. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 142 145 2 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.e Yorksh — d 12 9i S. Staffordsh.. MrMCloan '2 lid 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent Darling. 25 all Do.. Do 304 31,E 31 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 9B 100 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1853. ... - - xd 6 = iiii 6 -- 6 4k -- 4i 54 -- 6 P 1p 1i -- 13i -- 144 201 -- 21 3 - 34 120 - 122 109 - 111 - P 8 - 8 7 101 95 100 95 100 id par 140 142 2 - 3p 121 - 134 6i 7i 9 10 Par --- IP ••• - ••• ••• -- p 139 141 I id 106 - 110 112 - 116 23 . - ii 105 - 107 i -li PI 9i -- 10 16 16ip 10 -- 104 12 -- 14 par— i P 24 -- 244 19 -- 20 95 98 41— 4i id Par P d... par d jp dlf 3 -- l a d d dd 11 - 13 - 9 - 10 2f 2i 37 39 -- par 41 46 11 —12 i 65 70 5 7p 3 dl 14 16 • b 21 2id #d d -10 ... 12 Id -: Par 71 8 id par i" = i'i; •.• ••• par #a 31 33 9 10 5 6 d E - 7 i -4, d 0 d d d - BANKS. 82 - 84 ••• ---- ••• id idle lf idis if id i 1p 48 - 50 4 d— par 73 - 75 1 4 - 8i - EOUS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen 000000 I. ••• •111 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June. Belfast & Ballymena Blrmng. Wolverh. dr Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cens Do., £20....... ....... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (X 25 L & E. & L. & D.) I Do., (£lB E. & !Eastern Counties iEasternUnion,A. stk IDo., do. iDo.NewA(lateThirds) !East Lancashire 'Edinburgh & Glasgow I • Edinb and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Easters. ! Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds. ...... Lamest). &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & Sontbpt London & Blackwell Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London N. Western Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London & S. Western Do., Do., £40.. ........ Lndnarry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . Shef. &Lineln. Do., Man. & Liu. Uu. Midland ..... Do. Birming. &Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Abcrg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. .......... Northn. Counties Un North British . ...... North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 De., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London N. & S. Wstn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. di S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury di Birmg Do., L. di N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. do Herefd Shrewsby. di Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon South Eastern Souil Wales.. IS. Yorksh. River Dunl Do ..... ....... Staincs,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton 6; liartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and R :Away .., Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny WaterfordtkLimerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London Wmbledon &Croydou York Nowctl. dtßerw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York do N. Midland.. Closing Prices yesterday. 20i - 20 - - 9 - 10 12-103 1 17 19 5i 4d 96 -98 551 -55 t 16 ek , --17 14 - 16 454 - 464 8 - 84 - 3i 4 13 - 131 42 - 44 31 - 33 64 - 66 61 - 63 2ii - lii 85 - 86 58 - 60 129 - 131 102 - 104 83 - 84 88 -90 i 114 2ip 67 -- 1 671 61 -61 d 13i -- 14 - 1 - l ip 97 - 99 19 - lO2t - F - # P 76 78 1 12 11 d 11 9d 23 - 24 .63 - 634 36 - 38 54 66 4d par 4 , 1 —44 d 2i 3 6 - 8 51 - 53 32 - 3i 33 8- 10, - 2 66 - 7i 51 ... 53 81 8§ - - sdi 8 par 2 p 38 - 39 90 - 91 56 - 57 60 - 62 55 60 2 lidis 14 16 7 8 11 12 3i --- 3fid 15 17 61 62 33 34 3d par 4 5 27 - 30 21 3 15 - 16 5 - 7 8 - 9 64 65 8 —84. i 4 - 3ict 48 49 FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara . . Dijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juuct. of France Gd. 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Parch Pm li pm 1101 10 i 1 8 7i i 1 MINES. Agna Fria ... . .. Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blvenarvon Iron and Coal . , British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at 25 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7 i p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Gt. NuggetVeinScrp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lor d . &Cali form Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita. Moxican&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silye] Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz ROck Rhymney 1r0n..,, Do. New Santiago de Cuba... South Australian... Tin Croft ... ......... 'United Mexican, 'Waller . West Granada , West Mariposa , Worthing Mining 01 Australia (Yuba JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American' Chrtd. Bnk.of Austral., and China Chrtd. Bik. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and ' Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Buk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestnaPtud National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. a South Australia Union of Australia Do. New, Union of London Union of Madrid .. 41 54 44 64 1 15j i 261 74 i LITERATUBB. Records of a Run, through Continental Countries. By James Grant, author of " Random Recollec tions of the Lords and Commons," " The Great Metropolis," &c. 2 vols. Routledge. Those desirous of obtaining a clear and concise account of what is to be met with abroad cannot do better than peruse these volumes. The desired at a i da France.ssketches eateehe s information is he re me t w i t h as regar d s many countries, f or th e course of travels was exten d e d through Belgi um , H o ll and, Germany, Sw i tzer l an d , Savoy,tours, and n d t have already on itmenmtesro himselfu s volu by volumes pointing day. mention He of in wisely tThha tebeen a authoreoeun abound dd repeatedlyoi n e s not h e attempt made present any elabor a t e d escr i pt i on, or extensive details of places of travels, ou any peculi ar iti es th a t may have struck him at first t sight. and which may be suggestive of reflection to others, and in giving his opinion as to what is ad visable for those similarly situated to adopt or avoid while enjoying the novelties and pleasures of a summer excursion. The first impression seemed to be one of delight at the emancipation from business, to the " dolce far niente," which is always more or less experienced in travelling, and which seems peculiarly the case on the shores of our continental brethren. " The air of the sea, and the fine fresh breezes which blow from the balmy south, were the source of pure enjoyment, which it would not be easy to describe. Let those who like myself are unceasingly engaged in intellectual toil, in the heart of the metropolis, from one year's end to the other, only imagine the .contrast. I could for the mo ment fancy I was another being, and imagine my self translated to some other world." The arrange ments fOr the railways in Belgium are not cleverly devised ; the passengers showed their tickets nine or ten times during the journey from Calais to Brussels. "At some of the stations the signal for starting is the whistle, at others a horn and again a bell rung after the fashion of a church bell." The author was much struck with the beautiful scenery of Belgium, which he questions if " any of earth's loveliest lands can surpass." The women of Germany have remarkably hard duties to per form ; they generally cultivate the extensive vine fields, they likewise have to assist in the gathering of the vines, besides which arduous undertakings they frequently carry quantities of earth in baskeis on their backs up steep mountains. It is truly observed here that it is not to be wondered at that as a race they are so devoid of personal beauty, since they pass their time in such unsuitable and unfeminine employments. Many of them appear quite masculine. In traversin g Switzerland, the writer of these pages appears to have been particu larly struck with Zurich. " The lovers of the sublime, the grand, and the majestic may prefer other parts of Switzerland to this, but he who has a relish for what is soft and sweet in the scenes to which Nature and Art have been contributors in equal proportions, will give his suffrages to the Lake of Zurich. Everything there looks perfectly happy." The account met with further on, of the ascent of Mount Rigi, is exceedingly interesting, and many on reading the eloquent descriptions of the grandeur of the sight, the beauty of the pros pects, and the novel sensations thus experienced, will doubtless wish they could likewise visit such attractive scenery. The persons who assemble in the solitary hotel on the summit of the Rigi form a most striking and peouliar group. Of all coun tries, and of all ranks, German princes, noblemen, members of every legislature in Europe. At an early hour of the morning following their arrival the travellers hurried to catch a glimpse of the wonderful spectacle of the rising of the sun, a spectacle which, seen under such circumstances, can never be forgotten . "To see the sun rise as it were from a spot which seemed far, very far be low you, is a thing so strange, that we may well be excused if he had for the moment some diffi culty in crediting the evidence of his own eyes." The author remarks that it was ex ceedingly amusing to behold the curious costume in which many of the travellers hur ried out in order not to miss the sight. The Waterfall of Reichenbach is the subject of a long description, and it is certainly ably and forcibly pictured to us. " There is something inexpressibly sublime in the sight. To see so vast a volume of water precipitating itself with such tremendous impetuosity into the gaping abyss below, and to witness the spray ascending perpendicularly into the air, a height of 150, or perhaps 200 feet, and then to see it floating horizontally along the atmo sphere 300 or 400 feet more, and all this, be it re membered, in a locality which is greatly beautified by trees and underwood, is a sight on which no eye could gaze without emotions of a very exciting kind. And then there are associated with the emotions and pleasures arising from sight, those emotions and pleasures which arc produced by sound. There is tho deep and expressive voice of the cataract, which never for one moment ceases to fall on the ear." Probably there aro many readers who will coincide with the preference here pro claimed for " Nature's music more than man's." In the account we meet with of Mont Blanc there is great eloquence of expression, mingled with a true recognition of the sublime and beautiful. " I could imagine that the bright and beautiful canopy above me, on which I was gazing with wonder and delight, was a glorious diadem, rejoicing in a re splendency compared with which the greatest earthly lustre is dimness itself, encircling the brow of the great Maker and Monarch of all worlds." It is observed by the author in the preface that " he had thought that the days of his authorship were done." Doubtless there are many who will be glad that such has not been the case, and that they have thus been enabled to form an idea of the adventures and wonders that attend a " Run through Continental Countries." The style of these volumes is very pleasing ; as the scene or subject requires, it varies from "grave to gay, from lively to severe." Throughout it is enlivened by amusing anecdotes, and rendered attractive by interesting information and intelligent reflections. MISCEL. Aubin coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace Do. New Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph (A) Do. (B) Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian Do. New Nrth.orEuropeSteam Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Vau Diemen's Land ..• - ... 44 -- 46 ... """ ... 65 -7- - ió •• •• lf - 2 p 20 15 1 14 17 - 19 12 - 14 15 20 20 20 ••• ... li - 1 , id ••• --- ••• i - IP ••• -• ... I -IP 46 8i 7i 7 4i ••• ••• la 35 37 - par 4i —15 i 6i 6 2$ i 38 1. 16 SHOCKING CO'A.L PIT ACCIDENT. —An inquest was held yesterday, at Pendlebury, near Manchester, by W. S. Rutter, Esq., county coroner, on the bodies of two colliers killed at the Agecroft Colliery of Messrs. Knowles, on the previous Thursday. The deceased, Robert Beckett ar.d Robert Hilton, had gone to wo r k by thems e l ves i n t h e p i t on Thursday ' morning, and it is supposed that early in the morning they had been buried by a fall of earth from the roof of one of the workings. Their wives went in search of them at some public houses on Thursday evening, supposing that they had left the pit as usual, and were stopping on the way to drink instead of returning home. Next morning they inquired at the colliery, and then it was recollected that they had sent no coal out of the pit after about nine o'clock o n Th urs d a y morn i ng . A searc h wa s made i n . the nde pit, r a fa andll o f earth t hen their fromh t dead er obo7 Verdict, lie w s r o , A u n o c d b e a n t . L . .° u death.,' Saville House. By Addlestone Hill. 2 vols. Routledge. This is an historical romance of the time of George the First. Many of the celebrities of that day appear in its pages. Conspicuous among them are the very opposite characters of Alexander Pope and the Duke of Wharton. To the plot itself lit tle praise can be awarded. It is as complicated, con fused, and improbable as any of the old romantic histories of lost children, and mysterious indi viduals planning secrect crimes. The two heroines are of very different dispositions. Both, however, die at the conclusion of the tale. It may therefore be inferred that the story is not a very lively one, nor are the incidents of a pleasing character ; but the admirers of wild and tragical narratives may find pleasure in unravelling the intricate threads of the plot, and more critical readers may discover amusement in the liveliness of the dialogue and the delineation of society and manners a hundred years ago. The Hero's Child, and other Poems. By Anna M. Debenham. Hughes. This is a pleasing and unpretending volume of poems, which interest from their simplicity, and the absence of all endeavours after effect. The authoress admits it to be her first work, and says it merely aspires to be " the poetry of home, its affections, and associations." We should recom mend the writer to turn her attention to subjects of general interest ; and, if her productions cannot claim to be possessed of great originality, or high poetic talent, they will, at least, insure a welcome as graceful and pleasing fireside companions. The followitig is ono of the best of the short poems : THE LIFE OF POESY. " Dreams are the poet's birthright— Dreams are the poet's hope Dreams are the poet's spirit light, By which he steers life's boat. " Dreams are his fount of knowledge__ Dreams aro his guide to truth— Dreams are the learned college In which he passed his youth. " Dreams were his childhood's dwelling— Dream land his dearest home ; In dreams his heart is swelling With joys that never come. " All dreamy is his spirit bride— Bright dreams his children are Entranced, he's wafted o'er life's tide, To rise in worlds more fair, " And find the glory of his dreams Surpassed on those blest shores, Where radi ance f rom the Godhead streams, And, waking, he adores !" Victoria, late Australia , cal and Descri Member semGboeldr ofil / theit e i s . District of New . ielix or Port Philip, itiZt h Account of the Colony and Wales; being an Histori cal William INrestiminc9t late Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh ; Simpkm and Marshall, London. Legislative Council of . ori World A vast amount of information may be gathered from this work on the subject of Australia gene rally, Victoria particularly. Among the accounts we meet with a generalvrigin and early history, climate, scenery, g progress, & c . Several chapters are given to the gol4i discoveries and their general effects. The squatting system is also tot inuswlealtlheitssocaiteratyngoef apparentlytahnedNew treated of at some length. A most interesting por unnatural features. Those who have • is ti re n l i a s ted tha considered themselves the grandest here are obliged to descend several steps in the social scale , while have been looked down on her . e fi d those who suddenly possessed of wealth the n themselves of at home, and, endued with ey never dreamed power and influence they are very often not qualified to wield with dis cretion, and totally unable to make a right use of. The author remarks that it is a mistaken notion that is prevalent here, to the effect that all of the society in the colonies is comprised of the humbler classes who have left the mother country. Of late years the educated as well as the unlettered have found sufficient attractions offered to them to hurry there ; and those distinguished for brains and men tal cultivation are required as well as the workmen in departments of bone and muscle. On the whole, a favourable impressi on i s d er i ve d f rom the details here given, and the author expresses his conviction that he has recorded " the progress and proceed ings of a people not unworthy, under all the cir cumstances of their position, to bear the honour of the British name and to continue a portion of the British empire." An appendix is affixed to the book, which gives the reports of the Melbourne Chamber of Com merce, for the last two years, upon the condition of the colony. A map is given of the colony of Victoria, with divisions according to orders in Council. It is coloured differently for the settled districts, the unsettled ditto, the intermediate ones, and the gold-fields. The Poetical Works of Robert Southey. Collected by himself. Vol. I. Longman. _ _ This new and complete edition of • • the works of the late poet Laureate, is to be completed in ten volumes. The first contains Joan of Arc complete. The second and third, his juvenile and minor poems. Thalaba will occupy the fourth, and Madoc the fifth ; and the ballads and metrical tales the two following, and the remaining three will comprise The Curse of Kehama, Roderick, the Poet's Pilgrimage, and the Vision of Judgment. Each volume is ornamented by t en engravings. The chief feature in this series is, however, the numerous emendations which have been m a d e by the author. Out of 543 lin es o f the fit book, in the edition of 1837, 186 stand differently, rs and there are also, in the same book, eleven passages of greater length, which have been altered. The type and binding are excellent, and the edition offers the additional attraction of being the only one f rom which any benefit accrues to the author's represen tatives, as Messrs. Longman are the only persons who have the right to publish Mr. Southey's poems with the prefaces and corrections according to the author's latest revision. Forest Life in Ceylon. By W. Knighton, M.A. formerly Secretary to the Ceylon Branch Royal Asiatic Society. Two vols. Hurst and Blackett. In the preface the author informs his readers that he looks back with peculiar pleasure to the time he spent in Ceylon, and that if those who peruse his work feel a tithe of the satisfaction he felt in the compilation of it they will have been amply remunerated. It is satisfactory to meet with such feelings as these ; for a book is always more pleasant and interesting when it is written in an energetic and enthusiastic style. In the ptesent case it is undeniably so ; for the author evidently enters into the details and descriptions of place and people with the manner of one who is performing a pleasurable occupation, not executing an irksome task. The reader will be doubtless struck with the variety and remarkable peculiarities of the races met with in the island. There are two histories given here which are very interesting, and appear at the first sight improbable ; but, as the narrator remarks, the circumstances are such as are continually occurring " wherever Eastern and Western races have been brought into collision—a collision as much of souls as of bodies." The career of the second is the most worthy of atten tion. Although both the youths committed acts of duplicity, none can help sympathising with them, on account of the exceedingly trying positions in which they were placed. There are several short anecdotes, besides the more lengthened sketches. One which is particularly ludicrous is that referring to an accident met with by an unfortunate gentle man, in consequence of the attacks of monkeys. The cinnamon groves of Ceylon have long, been cele brated. A long account is given 9f them in this work. The Cave Temples of Dambool, and the buried city of Anmadhapoora, are likewise very attractive points of interest. For variety in sub ject, and for ability in description, there is much to raise this retrospect of Ceylon to a higher place than that occupied by many works of travels. It will very likely obtain a great success. Old England and New England, in a Scrim of Views taken on the Spot. By Alfred Bunn. 2 vols. Bentley. It has become the fashion when au individual whose name is well known to the public visits another country, on his return to publish the re sult of his travelling experience. The author of the present work asserts his intentions to be " not to write a history or geography, topography, or any other 'ography ; nor an psychology, biology, or any other 'ology ; nor on the stratum or substra tum of an empire, and their component qualities. Our purpose is to hook you by the buttonhole, and have a cozy chat with you over many things you have seen, and many more you ought to see—to take a drink, stranger,' with you, and over it make you laugh at matters that made us laugh— in short, to have neither more nor less than a col loquy about the sayings and doings of a great land, in which none can take a more absorbing interest than the people of the great land from which we write." Such being his intentions, he has done his best to fulfil them. The work is of a lively and conversational description, not divinr , deep into political economy or subjects of historical interest, but taking the surface of social life and manners, mentioning various transatlantic celebrities, and replete with amusing notes and ludicrous anecdotes. Spirit rappings, of course, occupy a prominent place. The writer confessed himself to have been puzzled for a moment by the accuracy of their statements, but firmly asserts his entire disbelief in them, and his conviction of the pernicious effects resulting from them. Indeed, the list of those who have either ended their days by suicide, or have been driven to the lunatic asylum, in consequence of the delusions occasioned by the " rappers" and " mediums" is quite sufficient to deter any who have any respect for their life and reason from turn ing their attention to the subject. It is to be hoped that this mania, like many others, will soon pass away, but certainly few will have left behind them so sad a record of victims. The accidents, accord ing to Mr. Bunn, are frightfully frequent and fatal. Many will remember the terrible catastrophe which took place last April, when, owing to the bridge being open to allow a steam-boat to pass, the rail way carriages were precipitated into Raneocus Creek. This accident was, however, only of w three within a m on th, b e i ng preceded and foll by two almost m ore appalling. The picture given of the doomed train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway gives a vivid idea of the dreadful position of the passengers when the " making were throw n down a height o f 100 feet, , mg four somer saults in the d escen t. , During m a space of four months, forty a cc id en t s have occurred, wh ere by more than a hu n d re d and twenty individuals have been almost suddenly sent to their account, and more than two hundred mutilated and maimed for life." Most of them arise from a want of proper caution. For instance, the man whose work it Was to move and remove the " draw" at the Rancocus, said, that " his orders were to o p e n the dra w whenever a steamboat came along, and that he had never tipped a train into the water befor e. : hopOnEle is enough, one would think. It is to /3 that American i ngenu i ty an d en t e rprise will turned in this direction, for some impro vement is greatly needed. Mr. Bunntakes a very favourable view of the circum country and it s i n habitants. H a e t Siv,est a auras" wh - o stantial account of all t have visited it, and thei:e ari'dramous degrees es of success that attended them. This l s part a the work will readers. Among re be very interesting life, the boarding the curiosities of eked. 'An hotel, whose houses must aertainjul y. 00 ' on, m ption is 2,0001b5. of beef, avera g e weekl 65,000 gallons of water, and 1,5001b5. of mu t . / 8001bs. of soap, rLes certainly a remarkable establish h d d and thirty-nine clerks, waiters, merit. & A G .; is in keeping with an establishment cooks, er reckons 450 daily boarders, and 1 in aumm 21 11 5 i t the winter months. d Rea ders who esire a lively picture of American mann ers, who are desirous rather of entertainment • h 'h to lauffh rather than to t h a n instruction, w o wis learn, will find in Mr. Bunn's volumes complete satisfaction. Cautions for the Times. Edited by the Archbishop of Dublin. John Parker. This is one of those works which are interesti ng I only to a limited class of readers. There are, how ever, some of a speculative disposition who are always attracted by arguments and disquisitions. To such a series of papers on "Papal A ggressions, " “ Class Religion," " Apostolical Succession," &c , will, always be welcome---i-though it i s t o be que.s tioned if such subjects and sermons pr o d beneficial effect on th e ' readers, and uce my whether they do not increase the intolerance that subsists be tween the different sects. It will, no d ou b t, b e gladly received b y t h eologi cal disputants, and it appears to be written in a calm and unbiassed style, free from virulence and prejudice. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—The Coi missioners propose to construct a large pumping station at Deptford, and to facilitate the drainage of the Lond . 9: area within th e i r jurisdiction on the south side 9f ta 'diver by paeans of an intercepting wain sewer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YzsTraDA Y. Several horses were backed for the Derby, but the business that was transacted did not present any feature of importance ; most of the investments were only to small sums ; the principal bets were 2,500 to 100 apt Acrobat, 1,250 to 50 agst Ruby, 875 to 25 and 2,000 to 60 agst Hesse Cassel, 2,000 agst 60 alstßOiii677—ind 1,000 to 20 three times agst Old Noll. 550 to 25 Was laid agst Autocrat winning the Derby and Meteora the Oaks. King Tom was " quiet." The quotations at the close were as follows : WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASE. sto 2 agst Oscar (taken). CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Tom (taken). 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Sykes (taken). • DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Dervish (taken, 14 to 1 also laid). 25 to 1 agst Ruby (taken). 25 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 33 to 1 agst Boiardo (taken). 35 to 1 agst Hesse Cassel (taken). 35 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 35 to 1 agst Meteora (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Old Noll (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Middlesex (taken). 500 to 10 agst Beigrave (taken). 500 to 10 agst Bracken (taken). 2000 to 20 agst Alembic (taken). 1900 to 10 agst Bobby (taken). 22 to 1 agst Autocrat winning the Derby, and Meteora the Oaks (taken). The room was very thinly attended. SALE OP BLOOD STOCK. The following horses in training, the property of II gentleman, were sold yesterday at Tattersall's : Gs. Port Philip, 2-yrs-old, by Melbourne 2O Helmet, 2-yrs-old, by Cowl—Minerva 230 Br. yearling colt (Brother to Royal Hart) by Veni son—Red Rose Br. yearling colt, by Collingwood—Tarella--no en gagement lOO Br. yearli n g filly, by Pompey, out of Melrose's dam engagement.................. Ile a) 3-yrs-old, by Charles Xll.—Jennala--no Raengagement taPlan , 3-yrs-old by ill e Baron—Pocaho n t as— no engagement SUICIDE AT THE PIAZZA, COPErn.GAIIDEN.—Tester . day a surgeon named Tome who was staying at the Piazza Hotel, committed suicide in his bed-room. The cause of this unhappy occurrence is at present unknown. THE GAS EXPLOSION AT CIL ATHA I I.---Yesterday the coroner's inquest was held on the bodies of the two unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion of the gasometer at the new works on Friday night last. The jury returned a simple verdict of " Accidental death." DEATH FROM FRlGHT.—During a recent riot in Ki r k. cudbright, a young woman of the name of Mary Barclay was so much alarmed by the noise in the street, th a t with a shriek she leaped on the floor, and her reason for ever fled. She died the following morning. —Nora tisk Mail. DEPARTURE OF THE GOLDEN AGE. —LIVERP OOL , Monday.—The steam-ship Golden Age took her de parture for Australia at 2 o'clock this afternoon, after having undergone a complete repair by tie well-known iron shipbuilder, Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead. She took out 160 passengers, some of whom have joined her since the accident, which took place this day week, and a large number of letters and newspapers, which Capt. Porter ,is conveying gratuitously. So great was her speed on leaving the Mersey, that the steam-tug which was attending her was left astern in a few moments. On examining her while in the Huskisson Lock the beauty of her model and the strength of her fastenings were apparent. Although she had entered the lock with all her coals, stores, &c., on board, not a wrinkle was perceptible on her copper. The facility with which her repairs were completed by Mr. Laird is another in. stance of the resources which Liverpool possesses for repairing and docking steam-ships of the largest class. GOVERNMENT INQUIRY INTO THE SANITARY STATE OF NEWCASTLE.—The following letter has been received from the Home-office, in reply to the memorial lately from this town, in favour of an inquiry into the causes of the recent mortality :—" Whitehall, Nov. 30th, 1853. Sir,—l am directed by Lord Palmerston tei acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th inst., in 'reference to a memorial from inhabitants of New castle-upon-Tyne, praying for inquiry into the causes of the late mortality in that town, and to inform you that a commission will be appointed to make the inquiry prayed for in the memorial. I am, sir, your obedient servant, H. Fitzroy.—George Robinson, Esq. 111,D." Newcastle Guardian. . FOUR LIVEEI LOST.--A dreadful accident occurred on. Tuesday morning at Cowdenbeath Colliery, near Dun fermline, five men having been precipitatedlo the bot tom of the shaft, a depth of 36 fathoms. Three of the number were killed on the spot, a fourth died on Wed nesday morning, and the recovery of the fifth is per fectly hopeless. The accident occurred in consequeelee of the breaking of the rope.—Ftlesliire Journal. A LARGE STEAMER.—The Persia, to be built by Mr., Robert Napier, of Glasgow, for the Cunard Company, to ply between Liverpool and New York, will be about 45 feet broad in the beam, and extend in length to 360 feet, and the tonnage will be 3,060. The engines will be hundred-inch cylinders, with a ten feet stroke. Although no part of this immense vessel has yet been set up, the framework is in rapid progress ; and it is believed that she will be ready in twelve months hence. EGGS AND POTATOES.—Immense quantities 40 eggs are now imported into this country from Spain, and potatoes from Portugal. Englishmen live in Portugal now specially to cultivate and export potatoes from that country. It only requires security for life and property and railroads in those two countries for English capital and enterprise to be set to work to develope the inex haustible riches of those fertile countries. in completely THE GREAT FIRE IN THAMES-STREET.—The exertions eoxftitnhgeudisiffhienrgentthebrfiigreadweshiodbidbnrookt broke o ut • a d b a o m ut ag m e i i d s n e ig v h en t on Saturday until noon yesterday. T ut h more extensive than was feared, but isi v e ery little of the not propert yin s ured at destroyed all, was s nd M in s ured . ssr s Gosnell essra. Saunders are but to a very inadequate w a b te inb e occupiedxtent. The property of ijured at deepe r ia l i l n y ofwater. and Co. are by the lower storeys, Messrs. Otley and Co . , sweasvernalotfeeint fire, but the basement is to the overheatin g The accident is attributed THE FARRINGx one of the stoves. number of workmen .BTRBET EXTENSION.--Yesterday a ing round a block of were h engaged in erecting a board preparatory to their h ouses in West-street, Saffron-hill, of carrying out street. The h the proposed extension of Farringdon character houses in question bear a most notorious thieves and , as being the r esort of some of the most noted abandoned in London. There women about 12 houses in the block, and they are situate at the extreme north end of Victoria-street, on the west side, and are in close approximation to those rendez vous of all descriptions of bad cha racter, Field-lane and Saffron-hill. In a few days they will be razed to the ground, and the materials sold• off by auction, when it is hoped they will be replaced by a description of habits', tations certainly more creditable, if not more ornamental. DARING AND EXTENSIVE BURGLARY IN SHOREDITCH. —During the put week a daring and extensßother glary was ive bur. comm itted on the premises of Messrs. ham and Son, drapers, of Shorediteh, when an enor mous quantity of goods , to the value of 400/., was carried off. The goods consisted of a quantity of black and coloured silks, satinettes, bandana handkerchiefs, ladies' fancy ties, upwards of 2,000 pieces of plain French ribbon, together with a large quantity of wide bonnet ribbons. The robbery must have been effected between the hours of twelve o'clock on Tuesday night and six o'clock on Wednesday morning last, and was no t discovered till the l atter hour, when a person in the employ of M essrs. Rotherham entered the shop, in order to commence the day's business, and found the shop and back premises in the greatest disorder—the floors of the different apartments being literally strewed with silks and other articles, which remained _after the most valuable portions of the stock had been carefully selected and carried off. Information was immediately forwarded to Mr. Inspector White, at Leman-street station, a n d several constables were despatched to the premises ' which were examined, but no trac e of th e depredator' has since been discovered. From the bulk of the , stolen goods removal could not have been effected without the aid of a cart and horse, being the mode ad opted on the occasion of the late extensive burglary lase, when upwards of 800/ , worth of in Mincin g . property was stracted. The report of tk3 robbery ab stracted. route to the various police stations, w d. as forwarded en through the exertions of the p olice , an it is hop e d t h at numerous similar depredations h the recently gang by w h om misted will be broken have been gym.. up TWENTY 0 -HILDREN SUFFOC ATED.—It fact that, during the last week, i\ is a singular coroner for East Middlesex , b -- 1 -r. William Baker, the tenty inquests on the hod ) as held no fewer than being overlaid by their bod ie s of children suffocated by cation always increase arents., The deaths from suffo. the mortality for the a b out this season of the year, but vious returns. Th last seven days supersedes all pre and the deaths e coroner has had six cases in one day, Bethnal-green, ee Sho • have chiefly taken place in St. Mathew , ney, St. Geo rge's-in-the-East, reditch, Mile-end, New-town, Had house, All Retch ff, St. Ann,,Lime- Saints, Poplar, St. Leonard, Bromley, St. _ nt Du nstan, Stepney, St. Luke's, ' Old-street, Stoke New ' i g on, and Wapping. THE DEGENERACY OF MANKIND---It has been said that future history will be made from the columns of our press, and that the daily literature has robbed many a modern Pepys of his occupation. It was a nationally gra tifying, although a temporarily mortifying, fact to discc. ver, at the Tournament of EgliDtoll, that many suits of the old armour were too small for the knights. It must be equally congratulatory to discover that the appetites of the present generation cannot suffer in comparison with our ancestors, or that London—poor vilified London ! does not rob a man—as an oyster-shell does a razor—of it s edge. " A correspondent" to a morning contemporary writes t o co mplain that. after lunching with a friend at a cra ck 'West-end dining house (the " Wellington," i n pi e . cadilly), off soup, veal cutlets, broiled ham and m us h. rooms, cheese, celery, bread and butter, and an im p eri al an ordinary bottle) o pint (that is f sherry, he was e h a at a rate equal to apc it diner. Although an a ft er .. rged genera tion may be curious to know what a correspondent's- 'enera. would be composed of after this trifling luncheon, dinner more disposed to think that the pastry has h we are left out of his bill, for a better puff for an esta blishment could scarcely emanate ova from deoign.,o6 .. ent 2} 100 100 3i 100 2.2 100 100 100 100 Paldl 100 100 all all all all 51e. [OO 20 11. LOO St. 20 12h St 12i 12i 25 16 8 i 8 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 30 20 1 40 1 3 1 1 10 1 1 25 100 100 20 20 50 20 25 100 100 100 6 100 all 101 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 13.5 24A all all all all all all all all 15 11i all all all all all 12s. 20 10 20 35 10 22 all all all 2i 10 all