The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

:THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell i keason of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, 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, Stuart, Lambert, and Parselle; Mrs. Stirling, Miss F. Maskell, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Ithrs Rase Bennett. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitled LEO THE TERRIBLE. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, 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. Matthews, Stater, 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 • TODDLEKJ_NS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullenford, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the succeisfid new Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merits Monarch. Principal rlanseuse, Mdlle. Auriol ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Egan THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID; or, Dorothy's Fortune (as played at Windsor Castle, by Roy a l C ommand). Principal charac ters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, H ar l e y, J. Vining, Ryder, F. Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Laey and Mrs. C. Ke To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Chris tmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Mias Carlotta Leelereq. ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by 'Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton; Miss Anderton and Miss H. Gordon. To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with qis highly-trained Dogs Boa-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions. THIS EVENING, JAN. 27, ANOTHER GRAND JUVENILE NIGHT, When the Pantomime will be played first—followed by brilliant Scenes in the Cirele, and ccncluding with a Laughable FARCE. WDoors open at Halt -oast Six J'elock. To commence at Seven. . West .oftlee open daily from Eleven to Fo ur . Stage Manager. Mr. HIGH WATER AT LOND , THIS DAY Morning 22 min. after 3 1 Evening 42 min.aft. 3 To-Nonow---Morning 0 min. after 4 Evening 19 min.aft. 4 lON BRIDGE. DAILY WBAI HER TABLE. THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations re granged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE —E., fresh breeze —overcast. GREENWlCH—Calm—partially cloudy. SWINDON—E., light airs—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N.; gentle breeze—cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock 31IILLINGAR— E., strong breeze—rain. SWINDON—S .E., gentle breeze—cloudless. livaGrcreac—S.E., calm—overcast. HOLYHEAD—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—S., calm—foggy. WHITBY—S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. DARLINGTON—E., gentle breeze—cloudy, hazy, light frost. SNAP—S.E., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. TURSDAY, 10' 30 A. 32 LrvEltrooL—Wind N.E., moderate and foggy. THE WEATHER. —Sint OFFICE, JAN. 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 37 highest since noon yesterday. 29—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'83. WIND, weather, with slight sleet. ~l►. One benefit, at least, has been derived from the discussion on Mr. DISRAELI'S proposition for the reduction of the Malt Duties. The public atten tion has been prominently directed to the causes to which the badness of quality and extravagance of price of the poor man's beverage may fairly be attributed. These unquestionable evils do not arise solely from the Malt Tax, and the vexatious Excise regulations consequent thereon. We are told on high authority, that, if the entire impost were repealed, it would not reduce the price of ale or porter more than the fraction of a penny per pot. This, one of the most eminent of the metropolitan ale-kings has announced ; and from the calcula tions by which he sustains his views, the state ment may be accepted as strictly accurate. It appears, however, from the experience of gentle men who have brewed their own beer, that, even with the existing tax, they can produce a good wholesome beverage for about one-half the price at which an adulterated article is supplied by the retailers—that for one penny per pint a better arti cle can be obtained than that for which two pence is charged at the different public-houses. Without then in any degree depreciating the advantages that would arise from the total abolition of the Malt Tax, of which we are strenuous advocates, we must look to other matters in which the beer drinking community, that is to say, nine-tenths of the labouring population of the country, are deeply interested, and for which speedy and ade- , quate remedies are imperatively demanded. We want " Free Trade" in beer ! There is at this moment a monster monopoly existing that considerably enhances the price of an article of almost primary necessity, and which is only less pernicious than that which fell before the vigor ous assaults of the champions of the Anti-Corn- Law-League,_a monopoly exercised in favour of a body insignificant in point of numbers, but power ful for wealth and influence. It might have been asserted, with some plausibility, that the entire body of agriculturists were concerned in maintaining the bread-tax—that the owners and occupiers of the soil derived considerable pro fit from the dear small loaf ; and the danger of causing loss and inconvenience to so large a pro portion of the community might be—and, while the matter remained undecided, frequently was— expatiated on with considerable force. No such argument, however, can be adduced in the present instance. The " aristocracy of the mash-tub" scarcely number units for the thousands of agriculturists ; nor can they point to any special burdens to which they are subjected, and which might possibly, in some degree, be considered as sets-off against, or equivalents for, the exclusive privileges of which they were in the enjoyment. All that can be said in their favour is, that by dexterous and skil ful management, and by the judicious application of the enormous funds at their disposal, they were enabled to convert to their own peculiar advantage the working of measures which were originally framed for the benefit of the community, and which, intended to be of national utility, were changed by their devizes from a blessing into a curse. It is the " licensing system" that has been productive of so much mischief, which, if it has not created, has fostered and increased the ale kings' monopoly until it has swelled into its present gigantic dimensions. With a laudable desire of securing, or at least obtaining, the best guarantee for the correct management of the dif ferent public-houses, various regulations were enacted by Parliament; and, amongst others, the power of giving or withholding licences in each district was bestowed on the local magistracy. This extraordinary power was but too frequently capriciously exercised. We do not ascribe im proper motives to the privileged body. We be lieve, generally speaking, they were actuated by a sincere and conscientious desire to benefit the community by restricting the number of public houses. But good intentions, if leading to evil results, cannot be justified nor would differ from him, that Mr. COBDEN has contrived throughout to be most lucidly sequential in his argument. The case is stated, in fact, by COBDEN as clearly as ever case was stated by Conn Er— rand surelz nothing stronger tha n thi s cou ld b e said in . M . :"lvay of panegyric ! The whole pamphlet is so convincing in the simplicity and lucidity of its logic, that we are sanguine it will make converts to its opinions far and wide among our intelligent population. For ourselves—we are by no means converts to the opinions of Mr. COBDEN, having for years and years thought pre cisely as he does in reference to the course pur sued by Europe, but especially by England, upon the outbreak in 1789 of the French Revolution. Heart and soul do we go with him in his asser tion—" I do not hesitate to affirm that nothing was ever more clearly proved by evidence in a Court of Law than the fact, resting upon historical docu ments and official acts, that England was the aggressor in the last French War !" Heart and soul do we go with him when he adds "It is not enough to say that France did nct provoke hostilities—she all but went down on her knees (if I may apply such a phrase to a nation), to avert a rupture with this country ' Yes, it is true—England in that last war, that atrocious and sanguinary war, that war which lasted two-and-twenty years, and which entailed upon this country a debt of 500,000,0001. sterling was the Aggressor. It was a war not to confine France within her ancient boundaries (for when it was commenced she had not transgressed them), but to crush OPINION, to strangle LIBERTY, to restore to the throne at the Tuileries an abhorred dynasty—a dynasty that has been again and again expelled from the soil of France, though dragged back again and again over the ravaged provinces, to that capital which has only been captured by the banded armies of Christendom. Yes ! France in the last war was the Victim, and England the Aggressor. History proves this—read her documents, con her official acts, and answer when you have done so—answe from your conscience if there be not truth in the assertion. Painful the admission may be, but it is an admission inevitable with after genera tions. Terrible the truth may be to our amour propre as a nation, but it is a truth that must nevertheless be at last universally recognised. Others have proclaimed it before now, but scarcely any one so unanswerably as Mr. COBDEN in the course of this noble pamphlet a pamphlet both brave and magnanimous. Nothing could be more • happily timed than the moment of its publication. It may exercise no feeble in fluence in saving this nation from a grievous peril, and an execrable injustice and a ruinous expen diture—but most of all from that national remorse which is a consequence of every unjust war, a remorse which hangs like a palsy upon the arm of Power, though it be the Power of even the mightiest Government. ~// _ y aY..~ LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1853, " RICHARD (Coanzw) is himself again !" Even in his best days, as the Champion of the Free-trade Agitation, he never once shone to greater advan tage than he does at this moment in the " Three Letters" to which we made passing allusion yes terday. We take those Three Letters to be the most convincing evidence of the shrewdness of his intellect, while they constitute, at the same time, the surest token of his patriotism, and the most brilliant attestation of his philanthropy. We say this cordially—and we say it not from the fervour cf a blind enthusiasm, but from the calmness of a settled conviction. We assert that the day will come when this pamphlet will reflect honour upon Mr. COBDEN'S reputation. It may be received at this moment with sus picion, it may at present call down upon the head of its auther little else than obloquy and vitu peration—but the time will arrive when it will be looked back to, from the calm of another age, with respect, and with a very considerable amount also of admiration. We averas much at this moment boldly, without regard for whatever sneers may be excited by the ardour of our approbation. Mr. COBDEN has always found in us impartial witnesses. We have upon all occasions given him praise or blame accordingly as our judgment dic tated. His conduct in regard to the Free-trade Question, we have ever spoken of in befitting terms of eulogium. And equally candid have been our expressions of distrust in refer If, however, he persevered, and eventually tri umphed over every impediment, and he started on the sound principle of going with ready money in hand to purchase in the best and cheapest market,—he was subjected to many annoyances. It would be well worth the while of two or three firms, that counted their annual profits by tens or hundreds of thousands, to combine to crush the interloper, or, if these means failed, to buy up the good-will of the Free-trader. Thus it came to pass that a free public-house— or one in which the occupier was at liberty to purchase or brew his own beer, as he thought proper—became the exception, not the rule ; and thus it was that the brewers could afford to set public opinion at defiance, and to make no allowance for the great reduction in the price of barley consequent upon the abolition of the Corn Laws and the establishment of that which, al though termed Free Trade, is only so far as the solid products of our cereal crops are con cerned, but which cannot apply to the liquids so long as the Malt Tax and the licensing system are retained in their present form. We invite the attention of our readers, of those who belong to the Established Church especially, to the letter of Mr. TUCKETT, which appeared in our impression of Tuesday last. If any denomination of Dissenters is entitled to be heard on the question of Church Rates, it is the Society of Friends. Not even the most virulent High Churchman ventures to charge them with unworthy motives. Their principle, whether we agree to it or dissent from it, is clear and self-consistent ; and it must be no small degree of bigotry which would refuse to call it a noble one. The only question, indeed, is, whether it be not too noble for the world as it is. It is well known that they decline the payment of Ecclesiastical Taxes, not from the slightest tinc ture of insubordination, for they avow and practise non-resistance as a part of their religious creed, but because they acknowledge no secular authority in rgigion. They conceive of it as a purely spiritual thing, and infer that all contributions for its sup port must be the spontaneous offerings of spiritual motives ; and hence when money is demanded of them in the name of a secular Sovereign, and the demand enforced by the terrors of secular law, they at once reply, " In secular matters we acknowledge the sacred authority of the Sovereign and the law, but when it assumes to address us in a religious capacity, we are compelled by our views to regard the authority as usurped, and to decline even the slightest acknowledgment of its exist ence." Many of our High Church friends, indeed--Mr. GLADSTONE amongst them certainly —ought to sympathise with all this. It is one and the same principle as that on which they rest, when they claim such an elevated position for the Church in regard to the State. The principle that religion ought to be free from the control of worldly powers is common to both ; and we may fairly put it to the reader to decide which takes the nobler course--the High Churchman who sighs for Church independence of State control, and yet will not part with State dignities and State pay or the Quaker who chooses to he independent of State control, but who consistently refuses all State favours also. It has been iu the upholding of this —one of the great principles of the sect—that they have endured, as Mr. Tuciarr says, almost unheard-of sufferings. We make these remarks, because it is time for the Society of Friends to be not only known as one of the most peaceful and inoffensive of Christian denomina tions, but also to have the real merit of many of their leading principles fairly acknowledged and explained. Their only fault, at least in this case, it will be owned by all candid men, is, that they soar too high for the world as it is, the greater part of church-goers not being prepared to do in support of their religion what the Friends cheer fully do for theirs. As to Mr. TUCKETT'S proposition, that while " a parochial rate upon property is deemed the best mode of defraying the cost of public worship and the r epair of churches, all known Dissenters should be - written off exempt as when a house is void." We can only say that we would ourselves most gladly bear the increased expense which might theroby fall upon us personally, and we are confident the vast majority of Churchmen have the same fe cling. Moreover, we believe that the spirit of liberality has so much increased amongst Churchmen of late, that the amount required would not 'he felt as a burden, but raised with pleasure. The instances quoted byMr. TRELAWNEY, and by us from him, fully bear out this view ; indeed, the plan so successfully carried out by the Churchwar den of Headingley, that of rating each person occupying a sitting according to his house rental, brings out the same result nearly as Mr. TUCKETT'S proposition. The chief difference as the two stand would be, that Mr. REID NEWSOME makes only the actual worshippers pay. Mr. TUCKETT would make all pay the Church Rate who could not give evidence of contributing to the support of some other denomination ; he would make contribution the practical test of dissent ; he would make it also the answer to once to his over-economical (rather let it be said his mistakenly parsimonious) ideas upon the subject of our national defences —or, in other words, upon the extent of our naval and military expenditure. Here, by the way, it should be ob served that the only point in the entire ar gumen t _ _ _ contained in this brochure entitled " 1763 and 1853," in regard to which we feel disposed to join issue with the pamphleteer, is that relating to the folly or the wisdom of providing against the pos sibility (mark ! not the probability, but the pos sibility) of a foreign invasion. Returning, how ever, to our previous allusions, we would remind our readers, in yet further illustration of our strict and unyielding impartiality in reference to the course pursued at different periods by Mr. COBDEN in his political capacity, that, while we have upon all occasions very earnestly commended his devotion to the interests of Reform, we have never scrupled to condemn quite as ear nestly his crotchet about the Peace Con grera--or, as it is otherwise designated, the Congress in favour of Arbitration. It is be came, among other things, we believe in our con science that these " Three Letters," contrasting, Perhaps we should say more correctly comparing, the relative situation of France and England in 1793 and 1853, will subserve more than all the Peace Congresses that were ever convened the sacred interests of international tranquillity, that we con ceive Mr. COBDEN to have vindicated in this re markable and masterly pamphlet—his right to th e popu a* respect at once as a patriot, as a statesman, and as a philanthropist. As we intimated last evening, in our cursory a llusion to the "Thr ee Letters,,, Mr. COB DZN, in one part of his argument, insists par ti c ularly upon the similarity of the tone adopt ed amongst ourselves in 1793 and i n 1853 in re gard to the leaders of the French Govermnent. Sixty years ago the same clamou r resounded throughout these islands—the same clam our now heard in the angry invectives o f men whose remarks upon the Paris C a bi net seem capable only of taking the form of vitupera tion. Formerly, that is to say upon the last of England was excited to occasion, the public mind a pitch of fury by the revilings heaped upon the Constituent Assembly by EDMUND BURKE in his &Mous _Reflections upon the French Revolution. Nowadays we have amongst us a Brummagem BURKE, who has been endeavouring to perform the same kind offices to the Emperor NAPOLEON the Third through the rhetorical scolding of the well-known Letter, of an Englishman. An anti dote to these " Letters" has been supplied by Mr. CosDEN in his Pamphlet, "1793 and 1853" —and more effectually, We rejoice to think, than that supplied to the "Reflections" by the " Vin dicice Gal/icce" of Sir JA.SIEs MACKINTOSH. It must be confessed, even b y the thousands who we sustain an authority that had been productive of serious mischief, because those by whom it was wielded were well meaning, though imprudent, men. The brewing oligarchy were soon enabled to ascertain the grounds on which a certain number of houses only were tole rated in each district. The great firms found that it would be worth their while to acquire an interest in every licensed house, the goodwill of which was offered for sale or mortgage ; they were always ready to step in with almost un limited funds purchasing not merely an interest those who allege, with Sir H. Nous, that the occupiers of houses were morally bound to con tribute to the support of religion, from the fact of all house property being liable to the rate. One grand reason, however, that Church Rates are so specially odious to the great majority of Dissenters is, no doubt, the peculiar form they assume as a tax. They are voted every year by every little parish parliament. Generally a con siderable number of the rate-payers, sometimes a majority of them, are composed of persons who not only conscientiously prefer a different mode of worship to that which they are forced to support, but who are paying much more than the amount exacted for their own worship. Let us only place ourselves in their position. How should we relish it, if the Quakers, Methodists, Baptists, and In dependents, could call us together, and compel us to vote a rate for the support of their worship ? Wouid not the compulsion rouse our English feel ing ? Should we not feel it a degradatiou to be obliged to assess our own tribute to those whose services we never used ? Should not we, too, feel that the amount, generally small, was not the question with us, so much as the dishonour done to our faith ? We are certain, from personal knowledge, that the great mass of candid and honourable Churchmen are taking the view of the subject which we now in dicate, and that therefore the immense ma jority of the country desires to see Church Rates put an end to for ever. We should, then, cor dially approve of Mr. TUCKETT'S proposal, did we not hope that the House of Commons would soon deal with the whole subject in a yet more satis factory way. Mr. BETHELL, it will be remem bered, wished the proceeds of cathedral sinecures to be applied to the support of the fabrics of the churches. Mr. TRYT.A WHEY would sell the LORD CHANCELLOR'S livings to raise the desired fund. We must say that nothing would rejoice us more than to see petitions from our fellow-Churchmen very numerously signed, declaring their ability and willingness to keep their own churches in repair, and praying that Cathedral Revenues, money raised by the sale of advowsons, and money now diverted from educational purposes to the purses of sinecurists, should all be thrown into one grand fund, in aid of a really national education. It is grievous to think what a glorious fund might thus be raised, which now is literally wasted. Applied to education all sects would benefit alike ; at pre sent it only feeds and nurtures two of the greatest nuisances in the country—Government patronage and sinecurism. in a certain house and premises which could not fairly be objected to, but the privilege of supply ing all the thirsty souls of the vicinity with malt liquor at their own prices. The sapient Justices, who thought that two or three houses in which considerable capital was invested, and which became of a palatial cha racter, were quite sufficient for the wants of a locality, little thought that the effect of their cha riness was to act as a virtual prohibition of any malt liquor, but that which was brewed in the establishments of BARCLAY and PERKINS, TRU MAN, HANBURY and BUXTON, COMBS, DELAFIELD, and Co., REID and CO, MEUX and Co., or any others of the brewing oligarchy. If any person at tempted to break the monopoly, and to enter into fair competition with the brewers' houses, many vexatious, and almost insuperable, obstacles were interposed oy ni in his way, and th e c h ances were that he h ad expense and trouble for his pains. If arguments were needed to urge our new Ministry to act promptly in a matter which Mr. TRELAWNEY'S Committee has rendered easy for them, they would be found in the openings fur nished by the present state of the law for the gratifying of magisterial spite, and the cupidity of constables. We have just noticed a gross case of this kind at Tynemouth. The seizures were made upon the Society of Friends, apparently with a sort of selection of what would be least convenient to be deprived of ; but when the bill of costs came m, it was made out with enormous profits to the constable and his clerk. Thus,—they paid a man 178. 6d. for keeping the goods in his possession, but they charged for this man 101. 10s. ! For bills of sale, and posting them, they paid 17s. 6d., TH.Fai b -SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1 but charged 21. 2s. Altogether they paid 161. 13s. 6d. expenses, and charged the persons dis trained upon 301. 2s. for the same ! The Magis trates themselves might legally have included all the names in one warrant ; but by issuing distinct warrants for each, the Bench swelled that item to 81. Bs. The result is, that the average cost of seventy distraints upon Friends, taken from severe cases, and laid before the Committee of the House of Commons, amounted to 11. 9s. 6d. each, while, in this case, 21. 3s. has been charged in each case. We submit that the Magistrates and constables of Tynemouth ought not to have such weapons for vindictiveness and bigotry intrusted to them ; ought not to have the power of exasperating the most peaceful of men against the Church to which they themselves belong. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLoox. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American and 1000 Egyptian were taken on speculation. The market closed with an upward tendency. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 500 Bahia at 6d. to 61d., 1,500 Egyptian at 6d. to Bd., 500 Surat at 3i-d. to 4gd., and 30 Sea Island at ls. 7d. to 2s. 2d. per lb. Railway Shares were firmer. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 455. Bd. per quarter, and the last week's sales were 114,972 quarters. - The letters by the steamer Asia, from the United States, are interesting in one or two points which, hereafter at least, will engage particular attention. The question of a supply of food to our Australian Colonies is invested with great importance if we are to credit one half of what appears in the local journals, and parties writing over even express strong apprehensions of famine. Strictly speaking, there can scarcely in a country like Australia be a famine, and the nu merous flocks and herds afford a resource, if not an agreeable substitute, for the staff of life. The reliance, however, appears to be on supplies from America, and it is a singular circumstance that in California there is a scarcity, and prices rule very high. It will be unfortunate if the United States should be unable to meet the requirements of the colonies, and will lie strong evidence of the non-existence of such large stocks_ of grain as were reported to be held. One can scarcely believe, however, that, after the excellent harvest of last year, a surplus is not available in the United States, and, consequently, we must not relinquish the hope. The second matter deserving notice is, that the Asia brings 200,000 dollars in specie, and that there is an idea we shall now have steady arrivals of the precious metal. The export of goods we have made to the United States may not establish a balance of trade in our favour, but there have been shipments to California for which we must be ex pecting returns, and the gold 'companies formed here ought to receive dividends either by way of New York or Panama. The English Securities have been quiet, but are firm, and as it is now asserted that instead of a de crease there will be a considerable increase in the Bank of England return to be published to-mor row, under the item " bullion." Some of the Austra lian goldhavingbeen paid in, buyers have more con fidence. Consols bring 99# # for Transfer, and 99 # for Account. The New 3k per Cents. have been 103/ and the 3 per Cents. 100 i to A. Bank Stock has been well supported at 227 A; East India Stock is at 270 to 272. Exchequer Bills are marked 57s to 61s, and India Bonds are 67s to 71s. premium. Foreign Securities have been without any great change. Mexican continue heavy at 224 to 23. Grenada Deferred Bonds aro at 11f to #. Equador Stock is at 51. Buenos Ayres Bonds are at 65k. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 461 to 47, and the Deferred 22- #. The Swedish Loan is 1/ dis count, and the -Turkish * discount. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 97i to The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1853. 1852. Great Western 17,373 14,973 North Western 43,711 38,915 South Western 9,777 8,766 Brighton Midland 21,805 20,182 South Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 16,527 15,302 York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 14,286 13,868 The Railway Share Market has been rather firmer, and the settlement shows a Bear account. The " continuation " is very small comparatively. East Lancashire have started up considerably. French Shares are very dull, but not lower. The Gold Mine Market is firm, but not brisk. Australian Agricultural have advanced 51. to 101. Messrs. Tredinnick and Co. give the following report on English mines : " Devon Great Consols yielded a profit of 9,7281. in dividends during the past week, upon the two months' workings, which, upon 1,0241. original outlay, gives a per centage of 5,700 per cent., and upon the current price of shares, 430,0801., 14-15 per cent. per annum, with every prospect of an increase. Numerous other instances may be enumerated of like advantages, but our space at present prevents reference thereto. "At the sale of copper ore at Truro, on Thursday last, the standard was 1521. Os., and the produce 71, which was an advance of 20 on the corresponding sale last month. It is a fact which probably the public are unacquainted with, that 21. 158. per ton is de ducted from the price of copper ores for return ing charges by the smelters : so that if the standard be 100, and the produce 71, the price would be 41. 14s. received by the miner ; whilst if the standard was 1521. Os. at the same produce, the price would be 81. lls. per ton—so that the practical result to the miner is, with the same cost of production, he receives 31. 19s. per ton advance profit on his ore, or equivalent to 75 per- cent. on what he would obtain less than twelve months ago. " During the past week more than the usual amount of business has been done, especially in dividend stock, the progressive mines, which the rise in price of metals causes to pay cost, and which promise dividends shortly, have also been in request ; whilst others of a more spe culative character, but having capital subscribed to de velope them are also in demand ; and on the whole we consider the market to possess a tone and character con sistent with its increased importance, and the enlight ened appreciation of the public of this description of national investment." The Annual SupVement to the Tithe Commuta tion Tables has been completed by Mr. Charles M. Willich, and shows at sight the corn rent, in bushels, of wheat, &c. The following we epitomise from the fuller statement, as being the average prices for seven years : To Christmas 1835.. To Christmas 1836. To Christmas 1837. To Christmas 1838. To Christmas 1839. To Christmas 1840.. To Christmas 1841. To Christmas 1842. Value of Tithe Rent Charge of £lOO. ...£lOO 0 0 98 13 91 97 7 11 95 7 9 98 15 91 102 12 51 105 8 21 105 12 2f To Christmas 1843. 104 3 5l To Christmas 1844. 103 17 111 To Christmas 1845. 102 17 Bi To Christmas 1846 99 18 10i To Christmas 1847 lO2 1 0 To Christmas 1848 To Christmas 1849 .. lOO 3 7i 98 16 10 To Christmas 1860.. 96 11 To Christmas 1851 93 16 11i To Christmas 1852 17)1697 19 4f General average for the last 17 years £99 17 71 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business none. Bank Stoek 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. ......... 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities... 1034 a Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 6 3-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16 4 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO . 67 ;Ditto, under £ lOOO 7l Consols for Account 10th February 9 91 i Exchequer Bills lad. March. June. £lOOO 6l 57 £5OO 6l 57 . Small 6l 57 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. - Ditto 44 per Cent Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 65 Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Equador Bonds Sa Mexican 3 per Cent Portuguese 5 per Cent. 39 40 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... r 94 4 4 "vanish Bonds, 3 per Cent .. ............ Ditto for the Account 47 6 74 * Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22 Ditto for the Account 22A Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, 505 i 5 p e Swedish Loan li 2 d Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 $ d Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 654 Ditto 4 por Cent. Certificates......... • THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto February Account CONVERESIONS.—The Church of St. John, in Liver pool, was on the evening of Tuesday the scene of a most gratifying and impressive public ceremony—six adult converts having on that occasion renounced the heresies of Rome, and declared their adhesion to the Church of England. The sacred edifice was crowded by a most attentive audience, including a large number of the hum bler class, to which some of the converts apparently belonged. Tho evening service having been read by the Rev. Mr. Matthias, one of the curates, the converts were ranged around the altar, and the customary questions addressedto them by the Rev. W. F. Taylor, incumbent. Each of the adults having replied to these queries with out any reservation, they were accordingly received into the communion of the English Church. Eight children —some belonging to the present converts, and others to' Romanists previously converted—were then, at the ex press desire of their parents, likewise received into the Church.— Chester Courant. BANKERS' CLERKS.—Messrs. Glyn have given their clerks an increase of pay, which example has been fol lowed by Messrs. Grote, London Joint Stock Bank, and London and County Larking Comp an y, no doubt in cull seciuence of so many resignations in the banking circles. The directors of the Blackwall Railway have also raised the salaries of their clerks. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices, EDLISTON V. COLLINS. This was an appeal from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Turner granting a decree of foreclosure in favour of the paintiff on a mortgage of 6001., advanced at various periods, on a copyhold estate in Cambridge, held by Mrs. Smith, the defendant, during the lifetime of her former husband, Thomas Collins. It appeared that the defendant and her former husband had taken the estate in their own hands, and wishing to cultivate it, had found it necessary to raise various sums of money, amounting in all, the plaintiff alleged, to 6001. For l this purpose a surrender of the copyhold was effected, before the deputy steward of the manor, to Mr. Adcock, a soli citor of Cambridge, the real plaintiff in the case, for such uses as Mr. Collins, the husband, should direct—a form of proceeding adopted to save the expense of admitting the husband—and this power was used at various times to raise money as occasion required. After the death of Collins, his wife married again, and on application being made for repayment of the advance, she refused, alledg ing that not more than 1001. had been raised on the security of the estate. A bill, asking for a decree of foreclosure, was then filed, which, being granted by Vice Chancellor Turner, an appeal was then carried to the full court. The defence set up was, first, that the deputy steward of the manor, before whom the surrender had been executed, was a minor at the time, and, therefore, that all acts done by him, were null and void ; and, secondly, that Mrs. Smith had been imposed on at the time of the surrender ; that she was not aware of its im port, and merely intended by it to give power to receive 100/. The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment, said, with regard to the first point of the defence, the minority of the steward, that although Lord Coke had laid it down as a principle that infants could not be stewards yet that mu s t b e rea d w i t h t h e qualifica tion which he afterwards stated, that whatever things were performed by a steward, who might be held to be incompetent by reason of minority, lunacy, outlawry, excommunication, or any other reason, could not after wards be set aside, and that if in appearance they seemed good, that was sufficient. It wall one of those things of which it might be said, geri, non debet, factura valet. He (the Lord Chancellor) thought that to set aside the act of a steward on the ground of such incompetency, would be introducing difficulties, the amount of which it would be impossible to calculate ; and he had no hesita tion in coming to the conclusion that this legal objection could not be sustained. With respect to the second point, he was of opinion that the weight of evidence went to show, that not only was Mrs. Collins aware of the nature and extent of the surrender, and of the differ ent sums of money borrowed on it, but that she was inetrumental in borrowing them. The decree below must, therefore, be sustained. Lord Justice Turner concurred, intimating an opinion that the only manner in which the defendant could pro perly impeach the surrender, was by filing a cross-bill. Lord Justice Knight Bruce intimated that he had not come to a decision on the questions raised in this case, but finding the majority of the Court had made up their minds, he had not thought it right to delay the decision. The judgment of the Court below was therefore affirmed. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • SlR,—Noticing a leading article in this evening's Sun upon " Intramural Burials," would you allow me to state that my shops overlook the burial ground of St. Martin's parish, situated in Drury lane, and that we are daily witnesses of the dis graceful and disgusting way the graves are dug, and sufferers from the offensive smell arising from the dampness of the ground ; so much so, that some of my men have been ill, and it has obliged me to have my lower floor taken up and lime thrown in. There were two funerals on Sun day, and one yesterday, and every foot of the ground has to be probed before a depth of three feet can be found to dig the hole. I have applied to Ate Board of Health to see if they had any power to compel its being closed after the last Act of Parliament, and have received an official reply that they have not, and that my only remedy (if any) was in applying to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. I have done so ; but, after your article of to-day, am afraid it is hopeless. The top of the graveyard is upwards of six feet above the level of the kerb stone, which I think will fairly prove whatever could be said of it. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED TARRANT. 4, Little Russell-street, Covent-garden, January 25, 1853. TheM u m u n d L e E r rnTEMPLE e . — d B gentlemenAßß laT ER S , -AT - e L e w s e 'T r d A a l c 2 a 7 11 . d to the degree of Banisters-at-Law by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, and they were sworn in the Mid dle Templ e H a l l before dinner :—Edward Godman Kirk patrick, John's Esq., 8.A., Tiinity College, Cambridge ; Wil frid Huddl estone Simpson Esq., 8.A., St. Joh n ' s College, C am b ridge ; Charles Smith, Esq., 8.A., St. College, Cambridge ; Stephen Martin Leake, Esq., B.A.' St. John's College, Cambridge ; William Talfourd Salter, Esq. ; Albany Fonblanque, Esq. ; Owen Saunder s Wil son, E sq . ; J ames Henry Patteson, Esq., 13. A., Baliol College, Oxford ; James Maurice, Esq. ; John Thornley, Esq., 8.A., University of Lon don ; John William Grigg, Esq. ; Edmund Macrory, Esq., 8.A ., Trinity College, Dublin ; Thomas M'En teer, Esq. ; Robert Orridge, Esq. • John Price, Esq. ; Edward William Hornby, Esq. ' • Henry Stephen Hans sler, E sq. ; B oswell Hensman, Esq., Gray's Inn Prize man ; Roger Gadsden, Esq. ; and George Pringle, Esq. LINCOLN'S -INN, JAN. 26, 1853.—The undermentioned gentlemen were this day called to the degree of banis ter-at-law, by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz. : Henry Bonham Carte; Esq., George Norman Maule, Esq., and Elphinstone Barchard, Esq. Gnei's-INN, JAN. 26.—At a Pension of the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, Leonard Hill, Gent,. Esq., was called to the degree of barrister-at-law. The United States Mail steamer Atlantic, West, com mander, sailed from Liverpool yesterday morning, with 55 passengers, and a full cargo on board. BULLION.—The next published bank account of bul lion will show an increase. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, JANUARY, 1853.—Informa tion having been received that, in consequence of a con vention which exists between the Government of the United States and that of the Sandwich Islands, mails for the latter place can be forwarded with facility from San Francisco, in future all letters and newspapers ad dressed to the Sandwich Islands, unless the address shall specify that they are to be forwarded by any other route, will be sent from this country vid Panama, in the closed mails for San Francisco made up on each dispatch of the West India mail. Letters for the Sandwich Islands will be liable to a postage for the conveyance as far as San Francisco of 2s. 4d., when not exceeding half an ounce in weight, and so on according to the scale for charging inland letters ; and newspapers will be liable to a postage of 2d. each. The postage upon both letters and newspapers must be paid in advance. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.—GENERAL POST -OFFICE, JANUARY, 1853.—Minor Money Order-ofri es will be opened at Ballincline, County Mayo, served irom Tuam, and at Pettigo, Coun ty Donegal, served from Enniskillen, on the let February. GAPE MAIL STRAIERRS.—The General Screw Com pany's mail steamer, Hydaspes, left Southampton Docks yesterday at 2, p.m., for the Cape of Good Hope and India. She took out a large number of passengers, and a considerable cargo. Amongst the latter were about 500 bottles of quicksilver, and specie to the value of 20,00/. She also took out a number of fine specimens of sheep, which are intended for the Cape of Good Hope for breeding purposes. The Hy daspes will call at Plymouth for her mails. She is the first of the General Screw Company's steamers which has taken her departure from Southampton, and excited a great deal of interest. Southampton dock has been like a fair for the last two days, in consequence of the bustle arising from the loading of the emigrant ships and the Hydaspes and the arrival of the Lady Jocelyn, another of the General Screw Company's steamers, from India and the Cape of Good Hope. The Lady Jocelyn brought home as part of her crew a number of Lass:Ars and African sailors. The latter have never been seen at the port of Southampton before, and have excited some curiosity. They are picked up it appears at Calcutta, where they are nick -named Leedees. They come from the north-eastern coast of Africa, and look like a cross between the Arab and the Negro. Several of them were seen elevated with drink yesterday, and dancing gro tesquely in the streets. Their chief or quarter-master is a fine tall fellow. They live on rice and fish like the Lascars, but they are not quite so particular as to their diet as the latter. They are stronger than the Lascars, but not so docile. IRREGULARITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN MAlLS.—Great complaints are made by the merchants in the city at the constant delays in the transmission of the mails to Aus tralia, Victoria, Sydney, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, the Cape of Good Hope, India, the Western Coast of Africa, &c., by the new system of mail steam-packets, as not an i ns t ance h as y e t occurre d but they have been detained at Plymouth, in conse quence of the derangement of the machinery, or some accident, which has not only been a delay in the trans mission of the letters, but a great inconvenience and annoyance to the passengers, who expected they would sail punctually, as announced, instead of being detained two or three weeks, and more, in fact. Representations have been made on the subject to the Right Honourable Viscount Canning, the new Postmaster-General. UNITED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION.—The ordi nary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in this company was held yesterday at their offices, 5, Finsbury-circus ; Mr. M'Kellop presiding. From the report, which was read by the secretary, it appeared that since the last half-yearly meeting the company had received a consign ment of 20,000 dollars, which, with the other proceeds of the mines, enabled the directors to declare a dividend of 4s. per share, leaving a b out 5,000 1 . as a res t to meet contingencies. They had received the most encouraging reports of the Jesu Maria and Trinidad mines from their p g r u o ie s h p e e d ct tohfe titheaiyraeintecrinease,ineghdinhveadluree local commissioner, C ap t a i n Farrel, and there was every Ceiv il ed ey on ha a d cc r o e u li n n i of its debt 13,099 dole., and there still remained due 223,883 dole. The Aldanha mine was still unlet, and owed a debt of 101,656 dole. Quicksilver was rising in price, and one of the company's Haciendas had recently been let at a rent of 1,000 dole. By the financial statement it appeared that the assets, Exchequer Bills, &c., amounted to 14,5141. lie. 4d., being a surplus of 9,1191. 18s. 10d., to which must be added the 4,0001. received by the last packet. The dividend would absorb 8,6001., and the balance would constitute the usual rest. —The Chairman, in answer to one or two questions, stated that the part of Mexico in which their mines were situated was peculiarly tranquil, and that an ini quitous claim which had been set up against them was likely to be compromised on easy terms. The resolution declaring the dividend, and one of thanks to the chair man and directors, were unanimously passed, and the proceedings terminated. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The first experiment of per forming the pantomime in the afternoon, for the advan tage of the juvenile portion of the population, proved so successful that another performance took place yesterday. The grandchildren of the late King Louis Philippe were among the audience, and occupied the Royal box. So numerous were the spectators on this occasion, that there is every reason to look forward to a third enter tainment of the sort. THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. The standing orders have been declared complied with in the case of this company's bill. It appeared from the proceedings before the examiners that the sum of 400,0001. had been subscribed for the purchase of the estate at Sydenha.M. 0f . 350 acres, on which was being erected the Great Ex hibition building of 1851, with parks, conservatories, museums for illustration of the arts, sciences, manufa6- tures, and recreation of the people. The present roads were inconvenient, the estate being intersected by one a bridle-way, called Thicket's-lane, in bad repair and little used, the other being part of a public carriage-way called Penge-road, leading from Penge to Dulwich, steep and inconvenient, and both roads interfering mate rially with the designs for the pleasure grounds and gar dens. The company propose, at their own expense, to substitute better and more commodious roads, to widen the Norwood and Sydenham-road, and purchase Dulwich Wood with the consent of the " Master Wardens, Fel lows, Brethren, Sisters, an d S c h o l ars o f the College of God's Gift in Dulwich." The cost of diverting ThiCket's lane and • Penge-road, and w id en i ng th e Norwood and SYdenham-roja7d, including pu rc h ase o f property 'and contingencies, is 17,3201. QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, and Mr. Justice Wightman.) THE QUEEN V. THE AMBERGATE RAILWAY COMPANY.- JUDGMENT. This was a writ of mandamus commanding the com pany to exercise the compulsory powers conferred upon ahem by act of Parliament to purchase land, and to :make a complete line of railway between Ambergate and another place. Lord 'Campbell, in delivering judgment this morning, said the Court were of opinion that a sufficient answer had been given to the mandamus in the return made by the defendants, which stated the capital the company was empowered to raise for making the railway had fever been subscribed for, and that the company had !never been and was not now able to procure the whole lof the said capital. Th e C our t t h oug ht th e c ompany was ga ! ot bound to undert a k e th e wor k s, b ecause it was shown 'that without any default on its part, it had never been hi a situation to exercise the powers conferred by Pie Legislature. Under those circumstances, judg ment on the demurrer to the 12th plea would be for the defendant. As to the demurrer to the 3d, 11th, and 15th pleas, the Court thought judgment ought to be entered for the prosecutors. It was unnecessary to enter at length into these pleas, as the judgment already given was a bar to the prayer for a peremptory man damus. ; Judgment accordingly. I CRIMINAL INFORMATION.—EXPARTE GEO. LEWIS. The Attorney-General said he was instructed on the 'part of Mr. Geo. Lewis, who was secretary to the ; Master of the Horse to her Majesty, and superintendent of the department belonging to that officer, to move for 'a rule calling on Mr. Kay Dinsdale, to show cause why t a criminal information should not be filed against him for publishing a libel on_Mr. Lewis. The libel arose out of circumstances, which he should briefly state, Mr. Kay Dinsdale carried on the business of a saddler ' and harness maker, in Oxford-street, and in the L course of last year ho was honoured by the emu , mands of her Majesty to supply to the royal stables a ' . set of harness for two ponies and two outriders. The harness was made and delivered, and Mr. Dinsdale sent in a bill for the articles, making a charge of as much as 5851. It was the duty of Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the Master of the Horse, to examine and pass all bills for goods sup plied to her Majesty, before they could be paid ; and in the discharge of that duty, he refused to pass a bill making a demand of such an extravagant and exorbi tant nature, but he wrote to Mr. Di ns dale, proposing that it should be referred to some competent persons in the trade, who should look into the matter, and settle the account, to which he was entitled. When Mr. Dinsdale received the letter, instead of intimating to Mr. Lewis that he agreed to the proposal, he called in three saddlers, and made a statement, favourable to himself, to them, as to the labour expended on the harness, and the cost of the materials, and he then wrote to Mr. Lewis, stating that he had adopted the co urse h e had suggested, and that the individuals whose opinions he had takenhad cut down the amount to 510/ Mr. m individual a a vn n ig r y.r d againslheot should tel odr fgboor Lewis expressed his surprise at this mode of arbitration,.. which was not what he smahno e du li o s n dbt t h e rn m oaautm p g l aeh a "I : a e contemplated, umpire pro posed ca th l r l o e u d g t i l n h i. a i ; f h e e n a e c c h es pa ry r accounts, t . y him, M ee r as. Horse, D r spoxfe i .r n asprr s ee. ; Id a . iL l nt e ehe , oawa a rnt n iddsm d e rßpfirtl.onoald Dinsdalect b i eo n dr in g ,n gt t t h h hie a et t could stmh h ooali e adactttorsto nai nnoh d fi o osttfhh n aee o sp t em h ptht i hal n l. i scen ; :dte w sie.ron i o t not h :f. Messrs. received 1001. on account for the , purpose of paying his workmens' wages, but this was given without any pre judice on the part of Mr. Lewis. On the 4th of Dec., he wrote de man di ng the payment of the balance, and said if he did n o t receive it he should be under the painful n ecess i ty of serving a writ on her Majesty without further notice and that if she was not liable, he would sue Prince Albert. His correspondence was altogether of a very hostile cha racter, and showed an absence of respectful feeling to wards her Majesty and her illustrious Consort. At the end of another letter to Mr. Lewis, dated the 31st Dec., he said, " What a fool you made yourself in sending for a policeman to take into custody a tradesman of her Ma jesty." It seemed that on one occasion he was so offen sive in his manner, that Mr. Lewis was under the neces sity of sending for a constable, but on that functionary appearing, he quietly went away. On the first day o f the N ew Y ear, h e wrote aga i n , describing the trans action as t o hi s bill as di sgrace ful an d unprincipled, and saying he supposed Mr. Lewis intended it as a new way of payi ng o ld d e bt s . Mr. Lewis did not complain of these letters, but another was received, dated the sth January, which contained the alleged libel, and was one of the most outrageous and atrocious productions which had ever bee n se n t from one man to another. It was as follows : " Mr. Geo. Lewis,—You are the proudest tyrant, and greatest knave, and most unprincipled fellow I ever met with. lam sorry I ever condescended to have spoken to you. Your character is the lowest, and appears to be generally known. An intimate personal friend of yours called upon me on Monday, and remarked that he was not surprised of any action of yours, for you were the greatest blackguard he ever met with. What a pity it is so respect able an office should be filled by so unworthy a wretch. There is no boy in your stable who does not bear a better character than you do. You vile scoundrel. Your conduct may come to the knowledge of your royal mistress, and general will be the rejoicing if you are turned out of your situation. Your family I pity.—Your superior, 66 KAY DINSDALE.° The learned counsel said he apprehended the Court would consider this was a very scandalous and outrageous libel. Lord Campbell—Take a rule. SNOWSTORM IN NEW YORK. A fierce snow storm has lately visited New York. By the papers dated the 14th January, we learn that the snow lay from eight to nine inches deep upon the ground, taking the entire level of the city. The merry tinkle of the first sleigh bells aroused the people at daybreak, and afforded a joyous impulse towards fun and frolic. The mammoth stages, belonging to the different city lines, drawn by beautiful teams of four, six, and eight horses, were in early requi s iti on, and before noon an omnibus running upon wheels was looked upon as an antiquated mode of conveyance. The entire town was in motion, and every person, y oung and old, male and female, prepared' for sleigh riding and sport. In Broadway, the fun soon grew "fast and furious," and the great thoroughfare presented an exciting and varied scene, not excelled, and perhaps unequalled, by the merriest carnival display seen either in Rome or upon the Rialto. The centre of the street was occupied by one unbroken line of stage sleighs, running up and down, whilst the entire way was crowded with those of private families, dashing along with a rapidity which would have been dangerous but for the grace with which they were driven. A person standing at one point, and glancing to the right or left, became almost bewildered with the variety of robes, winter dresses, blooming faces, cheers, and merry greetings, which saluted his eyes and ears. Noon, evening, and at midnight, the scene was still the same. The boys had a day suited to their most ardent wishes, and they kept t constant fire of snow-balls from stage to stage, which, falling at random i n th e crowd, afforded much fun and merriment. The snow appears to have also visited the other States. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 26. The following had the honour of dining with her MA' jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the,Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Baroness de Speth, and Colonel the) Hon. Charles Grey. Her Majesty's private band attended in the Castle after dinner, and played the following selection : Overture (op. 85) Kalliwoda. Solo de Concert—Violin M. Sainton. Sainton. Selection—" La Somnambula" Bellini. Finale 3d act "Le Pre aux Clercs" Herold. Prince Albert went out hunting this forenoon, at tended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis of Breadalbane, and Viscount Canning have been invited, and are expected this afternoon. A deputation consisting of Mr. H. Clay, of Burton-on- Trent, banker; Mr. William Rathbone, of Liverpool; Mr. William Fenton, of Rochdale ; Mr. Alexander Mac gregor, of Liverpool ; and Mr. Henry C. Beloe, of Liver pool, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley at the Board of Trade. Sir W. Gore Ouseley had an interview with the Duko of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Blackburn and Mr. Girod had also interviews with the noble duke yesterday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town yesterday for Oxford. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXVI. OTJNDLE STEEPLECHASES. These steeplechases—got up principally, I believe, by Messrs. Wright and Francis, of the Talbot and Dolphin Inns at Oundle—are under the stewardship of the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Burghersh, and Herbert de Burgh, Esq. They are three in number. The entries for one, however,—the Farmers' and Tradesmen's Steeplechase —have not as yet come to hand. The principal steeple chase is a Handicap Sweepstakes ofls sous. each, 10 ft., &c., and is the first marked for decision to-morrow, to come off at two o'clock. This race is considered to be all one way. FOREST LAD being in at lOst 121 b, without a penalty for his Epsom victory. Trust-me-not or Proceed, if they were to run, would not, by any means, stand an inferior chance. This morning both of them seem to be considered as non-starters. The Selling Stakes are booked a certainty for Time' ME-NOT ; and if he is a sure runner he is undoubtedly the winner. Last year, in addition to naming the majority of the winners of flat races, I was lucky enough to select the winner of the first flat race of the year, and also of the last. Whether I shall be so successful this year or not, of course I cannot say ; but I yesterday managed to hit the mark with Cripple Kate in the first race of this year, and was very near placing the first three. Owing to the hurry in which the last notes on the Derby were put together, a couple of omissions, and a like number of blunders, were the consequence. Steb• bing's lot was stated to consist of four instead of talc• The two omitted were Beverlac and Moscow. The former was accidentally made to appear as one o f Gill's lot, and the latter was left out altogether. MOS• cow, the property of Mr. W. Stebbings, nominated by Mr. H. Mann, is a bay colt by Hetman toff out of Miss Maria, a smart, compact little animal, not blessed with the best of legs ; has never started, and is of no use for the Derby. Overlooking Mr• H. Stebbings' nomination, PICKATREE, by Picaroon, out of Royalty, can scarcely be called an omission, as th e brute was never able to stand training, and was sold some time since to be converted into a hack or hunter; consequently, anything concerning him must be altoge• ther devoid of interest. Accounts from the Curragh report very unfavourably of the Derby horses at work there. They are four In number, namely :—Marquis of Waterford's ch. c. . 1 1 Crescent, out of Head and Pluck (Kick-up-the-Dust! dam), trained by R. Prince ; Mr. Irwin's ch. c. KNIGI I ' 01 THE THIMBLE, by Mickey Free, out of the Recluse; trained by P. Doucie, of Rathbride-house ; Mr. CO ran's b. g. COGNAC, by Burgundy, out of Kildare Lag' by Tearaway (h. b.), nominated by Mr. L. Keega,,,of trained by L. Byrne, of M oun tj oy -l o d ge ; an d Mr. C' St. George's gr. C. BROTHER TO CHANTICLEER, by BIT catcher, out of Whim, trained by L. K eegan , o f Raoul ton-lodge. They have all appeared in public, and per formed in such manner that a visit to Epsom for th e Derby-day will not be made by any of them. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. NEWTON SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The i laif Colborne forfeit, with 60Steeplechase About 4 miles. 13 subs. o t f o sa lO ve so m vs s . s soc to ll e : H the an s d e l e c o a nd (T. Ablett) Mr. Munday's Young Lottery, aged, 10st 4 1 b Mr. Wainwright's Heroine, aged, 10st 81b .......... •• 3 Mr. R. Martin's Cabin Boy, aged, Bst 101 b . • 0 Mr. W. H. Scott's Shinrone aged, lOst 111 b .. ....... Mr. Barnard's Quickstep, aged, 1 Ost 91b Mr. Warburton's' Ballinasloe, aged 9st 71b 0 Mr. Powdrell's Jenny Jones , , aged, 9st 61b.....••••••' Mr. Morris's The Dwarf, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b Betting -5 to 2 agst Shinrone, and 9to 2 each Quickstep and and Young Lottery. Won by a length, Cabin Boy a bad third. The Selling Steeplechase Free Handicap of 5 aovs. and 30 added, winner to be sold for 80 sovs., Q"'"' About 3 miles. 16 subs. 1 Mr. Willi ams ns Woodfold, aged, 9st 81b (Thompson) / Mr. Henry's Lady Wilton, aged, 9st 61b 3 Mr. Bretherton's Clatterbox, aged, 9st 1 11b Mr. Thrift's Freshwater, aged, 9st 71b Mr. Bretherton's bm by The Genius, aged, 9st 1/b.— o 0 Mr. Coburn's Flying Buck, 6 yrs, 9st 131 b 0 Mr. Smith's Harkover, aged, 7st 131 b 0 Mr. Tempest's The Knight of the Pipe, aged, Bst 101 b Betting-2 to 1 agst The Genius, and 4to 1 W.. Freshwater. Won by 3 lengths, Clatterbox a bad third. The Hurdle-Race Handicap of 5 sous. each, and 80 SO' added. Two miles over six hurdles. 13 subs. Mr. Barton's Uncle Torn (late Pioneer), aged, 4 1 Bst 91b (Fowler) Mr. Barnard's Quickstep, aged, lOst 21b $ Mr. Lamplugh's Mary Machree, 5 yrs, 9st 21b... 4 Mr. Martin's Queen of the Vale, aged, 9st 21b Betting-6 to 4 agst Quickstep, sto 2 agst Queen o f the Vale, and 3 to '1 agst Uncle Tom. Won by 3 lengths. Handicap Plate of 301. Heats, 1 mile and quarter. Mr. Grimes's Cripple Kate, 5 yrs, 7st llb (Pickard) 1 Mr. Walker's True Girl, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 2 Mr. Morris's Apple Blossom, aged, 7st llb 3 Mr. Powdrell's Nero, 5 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. Tempest's Jupiter, 5 yrs, Bst llb 0 dr. Mr. Wilson's f, by Game Boy, out of Maid of Monton, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Won easy 0d SALE OF THE DIORAMA, REGENT'S-PARK.—The C 0 1 1; tents of the Diorama, Regent's-park, among which Nver included the pictures which formed the subject o f the various exhibits, have this week been sold by auction 013 the premises. The building has been purchased by gr' Peto, M.P., for a sum of 4,5001., it is said, for COw version into a Baptist chapel. The first picture put uP was the Castle of Stolzenfells, on the Rhine. Thirty , guineas were offered, and it was bought in at that sure' The next picture was that of Mount Atna ' which W represented under three a sp ec t s . It was also bought ii' The fixtures were disposed of for 4001. Baron Lionel de Rothschild has been honoured wit h an invitation from th e E mperor o f the French to attem ` , his approaching nuptials, and leaves London to-day f °r the purpose. The English and Irish Telegraph Company have ceDv menced laying their underground wires for the new line between London, Manchester, and Liverpool. THE LATE SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER AND Suiolo AT CAMBER WELL. —Yesterday, Mr. W. Carter, corone r for East Surrey, proceeded to investigate the circuity" stances connected with the above horrid affair, COr f r mencing by h o l d i ng an inquiry at the MarlborouP Arms Tavern, Camberwell, touching the death off newly-bor n f ema l e i nfant, t h e o ff spring of Eliza _ linger, aged only fifteen, lately in the service of Mr. Cooper, grocer, of No. 3, Clarence-place, Cambervle" High-street, where the infant was found concealed in 16 cupboard. From the peculiar and extraordinary natul l of the case, great excitement prevailed in the neighbou r hood, each of the inquest rooms being densely crowded' It will be recollected, from what has already been pu b lished, that upon the discov ery o f the b ody of the i n fant the girl Pullinger declared the father of the child to be a man named James David St y l es Browne, a b on net bleacher, &c., as also own er o f some of the wrec k° houses in the locality, and who is stated to be a nepheT: of two military officers, th e one a captain in the , Highlanders, and the other a captain in the army. Browne having asserted that a neighbour narae t i Blackie had been also i n ti mate with Pullinger, a quail' ensued, which it is alleged led to his commiting In the case of the infant, the evidence went to show t' l " - c i, the child died f rom natural causes, and the jury return ° f a verdict accordi ng l y ; while, with regard to the case ° the man, the ju r y f oun d " that the deceased did dol l himself by cutti ng hi s throat whilst in a state of men derangement." FORTUNATE ESCAPE. —A gentleman well known 0 city circles, having been on a visit on Friday last at ti country seat of an eminent railway contractor, narre vrl o escaped destruction from the accidental discharge 0 ,,, f 0 pistol. Hi s a tt ent i on was called by the latter to sore novelty in th e manufacture of those weapons, and •i,ts pointing out the change, as he was unconscious of 11 1 . 4 being load e d, h e pulled the trigger of one he held in 4 : 0 hand. Th e pi sto l went off, lodging the ball in " looking- g l ass , a f ter having passed, in its course, throu; the breast of his visitor's coat. EXCHANGE NO R OBBERY. —A poor widow wo man , o rt who was ret urn i ng from her employment at Stec" ,110 with a few shillings, the produce of her week's toil, - e a, met by tw o f e ll ows who robbed her of all she posse° to She implored them to let her have a shilling or twafel save her children from starvation, when one of th e L e r lows, m e lt e d b y her entreaties, put three corals inw i c e cl hand, and then hastened off. The three 'coins tq. y es out not to b e s hi llings, but sovereigns, so that the are were rather the losers by the transaction. 5 3.