The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-15 00:00:00

T HEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Beason of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, JAN. 15, Will be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, and Stuart ; Mrs. Stir ling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, eatitlel 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. 15, Win be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Hofncastle ; 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, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Redline Wright will appear, To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. 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. 15, 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. Seeley. . . After which, - the gloriously successful Comte Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Morrie Monarch. Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. Anriol ; Clown, Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Howl THIS EVENING, JAN. 15, Will be performed THE IRON CHEST. Sir Edward Mortimer, Mr. Charles Kean. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled RARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack • Clown, Mr. Haute ; Pan; taloon. Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leelerog. ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JAN. 15, Will be presented ISABELLE ; or, Woman's Life. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, and Shalders ; Miss H. Gordon and Mrs. A. Phillips. After which, ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen nab and the World of Dreams. Harlequin, Mr. Forrest; Cohun cine, Miss Marie Charles; Sprite, Mr. G. Thompson; Pantaloon, Mr. G. Tanner ; Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, who will introduce his highly-trained dogs, Amy, Tasso, and Snarleyou. Box-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions• MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 17, And during the Week, the Performances will commence with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN (loth time). After which, Batty's peerless Seems in the Arena. To concncle with the successful Pantomime of FORTUNTO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE ; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. On THURSDAY, JAN. 20, another Grand JUVENILE NIGHT, on which occasion the Pantomime will be played—first followed by brdhant Pieces in the Cir.:le, and concluding with a Laughable FARCE. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Pon-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Snugo Manager, 31r. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rtil3 DAY —Morning 42 min. after 5 1 Evening 1 min.aft. 6 o-Molutow—Morning 20 min. after 6 I Evening 43 min.aft. 6 DAILY WEA7HER TABLE. SATURDAY, JAN, 15, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—N.W., strong breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—W., light airs—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—clondless. BASINGSTOKE—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENWICH—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. SrsooD—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. LEIGHTON—N.W., calm—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH— N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Thurssday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—S., hard wind—heavy rain. WHITBY—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—S.S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, showery. THE WEATHER.—Sure OFFICE, J. 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 44 highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 47—d0wn again. WIND, W.S.W.—Light breeze, and fine sunshine, with drifting clouds ; heavy rain in the morning. er,. fi tht LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1853. We have no wish to quarrel with our Lords spiritual, but if they will quarrel with us, they must bear any blame which we are compelled in self-defence to throw upon them. Now, it does appear that CHARLES JAMES BLOOMFIELD, Bishop of London, and EDWARD DENISON, Bishop of Salisbury, as Parliamentary agent for his metro politan brother, have been guilty, as we humble laymen think, of an unwarrantable attack upon our franchises—upon one of the oldest of them taro. And as we really think our lay immunities, in relation to Church matters, very few, and those of the Right Reverend Fathers in GOD neither few nor small, we think they are rather hard upon us. As it was lately said about the doc trine of " a stake in the country," that a poor man's 5/. in the Savings Bank was as much to him as the millionaire's 100,0001. in the Funds ; so think we in ecclesiastical matters. Our few and small rights are very precious to us, and we will not surrender them so tamely. One of those rights is the popular election of one or more of the Churchwardens of the Parish, and this is the right which our neighbour of the Pad dington Estates wishes to take from us. We must say that the cunning displayed in the concoction of the London and Salisbury Bill is worthy of a college of Jesuits. It does not directly enact that all the Churchwardens shall be chosen by the clergyman of the parish, but it places the election so completely in his hands, that the Churchwardens would, in the ma jority of cases, be merely his nominees. Gene rally, if not universally, the parson does nominate one—by the proposed plan he would virtually nominate all. The parishioners of Hornsey and Mr. TOULMIN SMITH deserve the hearty thanks of the public for calling its attention to this clerical bill ; and but for the press of other matters, we should have noticed it before. We shall now make free use of Mr. SMITH'S address, delivered on Thursday, the 2d of December, at a parish meeting at Hornsey, and printed and circulated by order of the meet ing. The proposed Bill professes to remedy " the inconvenience" with which the present mode of electing Churchwardens is attended. We shall soon see that the inconvenience is that of free and popular election, and the remedy is to make the parson returning officer, poll clerk, scrutineer, revis ipg barrister, indeed everything in the election. By virtue of STURGES BOURNE'S Act, passed in 1818, the clergyman has deprived the meeting of the right to elect its own chairman, a most mischie vous innovation ; and the rector or vicar has now the right of being chairman, ex officio, if he chooses to attend ; according to the proposed plan, however, there is to be no meeting at all ! The 4i c h a i r man," as the clergyman is still absurdly gilled, is to do everything. It is first to be enacted that all elections for Churchwardens are to take place in Easter week ; next, that "the parson," or /time deputy appointed by him, is to be chairman mark how the little liberty remaining by STURGES BOURNE'S Act is taken away) ; next, that the so salled chairman is to issue notice of the election, and that he is to nominate the minister's warden where there is one. And now for the people's election ; every nomination of any Churchwarden is to be sent to the " parson:" If the nomina tions are more in number than is wanted, " the to send out vo ti ng papers to th e rate parson " is payers, to collect them again, to cast up the votes, to " disallow such as he shall find invalid," to give a casting vote when the numbers are equal, and to declare the result of this parsoni c poll by notice on the church door ! 1 We do hope that the mere exposure of this audacious Bill will be sufficient to kill it in ha birth. It assayed to enter the House of Lord s last year, but public business happily interfered with its progress, and public attention will now, we hope, give it its quietus. One circumstance especially shows the animus of the Bill ; it is to be applicable to all parishes having a population exceeding two thousand —that is, to all parishes large enough to have any independence of priestly control, or large enough to maintain one congregation or more of pestilent sectaries. We hardly need ex plain how efficient this insidious Bill will be to its obvious end.. Ev er y one conversant elections knows what would be the chilling effect of having no public meeting. What a dif ferent thing it would be to send a nomination to the clergyman, and to nominate in an open meet ing. What influence a clergyman could use in sending round the voting paperS, how opponents of his projects might be accidentally passed by, and how especially, in the scrutiny carried on by himself in his own library, many names might be dropped as disqualified, though disqualified only by the prejudices of the scrutineer. How few comparatively, however, would vote when they had to exercise the privilege, from first to last, under such surveillance ; and in how many cases, where now there is no pretext for attempt ing to reverse the decision of the show of hands, and where it would incur odium to demand a poll, a poll, under every disadvantage to the Liberal side, must, according to this Bill, be of necessity taken. Parishes are by no means, however, ecclesiastical divisions of the country ; they are notoriously secular districts. The churchwarden, too, has no properly spiritual duties ; he needs no ordination ; he is a teacher for secular purposes only, and is, according to the highest legal autho rity, a merely temporal officer. There are not wanting places in England and Wales in which the churchwardens are the only constituted pub lic officers, and the vestry the only parish meet ing. In numerous cases, " the carrying out of public objects," as Mr. SMITH remarks, " depends entirely on the readiness with which the Church wardens will summon vestries when desired, and carry into effect the determinations of the vestry." The proposed Bill is nothing less than an attempt to subvert completely the freedom of parish elec tion to get rid of all the well-known safe guards of free election—and to hand our parishes over, bound, so far, hand and foot, to the manage ment of the priesthood. We have ourselves known several cases in which the parish, asserting vigor ously its right to choose a right-minded Church warden, has put an end to priestly interference with parish matters, and kept the parish in com parative peace and quiet. In modifying Church rate exactions alone, the people's right to choose freely their own churchwarden has been of th• greatest service. Most earnestly de we hope that this Bill is not a part of the secret treaty by which the new Ministry has, according to report, suc ceeded in numbering among its majority in the House of Lords the whole Bench of Bishops. We cannot forget that in the present Cabinet and Ministry, are many who attribute. to Bishops supernatural powers, and would assign to them plenary rights, in which the vast majority of the ten-pound householders have no faith at all. The present Ministry must, therefore, be closely watched in Episcopal and all Church matters. The Directors of the Bank of England have presented a pleasing " New-Year's Gift" to the trading and commercial interests of the United Kingdom. The phrase is that of our respected contemporary, the Manchester Examiner, which, in an article of great ability, comments upon the strange and almost inexplicable proceedings of the elderly dowagers who manage the affairs of the " Old Lady of Threadneedle-street." The Board has decided on an advance of the minimum rate of interest from 2/. to 2/. 10s. per cent., an in crease of 25 per cent. on the rates previously charged, and it is more than probable that a further augmentation is under consideration. If the concern could be considered of a private character, and that the welfare and pro sperity of the industrious classes were not to be in any degree affected by its acts, we should allow the twenty-four Directors to mismanage their own affairs without any observation on our part. The gradual diminution of the dividend would speedily induce the proprietors to call for a total change in the system of management, and the evil might be allowed to suggest its own re medy. But, unfortunately, the Bank is invested with peculiar privileges, which constitute it the Controller of the National Currency. It may, at the mere will and pleasure of the twenty four oligarchs, reduce the circulating medium to the narrowest limits, and create dismay and panic throughout the entire country. If matters were left to themselves, they would go on well enough ; but the Board deem it essential occa sionally to exhibit symptoms of vitality, and now and then to make a wove, in order to show that they are an existing body. The most extraordinary part of their conduct is, that these movements are generally in the wrong direction, and that they are made at the merest hap-hazard, without any directing rule or principle. When there was but 10,000,000/. of specie in the vaults, and the notes unemployed were beneath the 4,000,000/, considered neces sary for carrying on the private business of the establishment, every possible facility was afforded ; but with more than 20,000,000/. in their coffers, and 10,000,000/. of idle capital, the " screw" is again put on—as if they could arrest the pro gress of speculation, and send down the shares of the various companies, by an addition of one-half per cent. to the rate of discount. It is not the speculators who suffer in the first instance. They cannot be reached until an enormous amount of injury has been inflicted on the commercial, trading, and working classes. A trifling change in the terms of the Bank, any indication of " the screw," will greatly enhance the charges for monetary accommodation to the small fry, by those favoured members of the moneyocracy who have " discount accounts" at head-quarters. Those parties calculate their profits so nicely—the ex traordinary competition renders it necessary that they should do so—that a comparatively trifling change in the rate of interest will transfer the balance to the wrong side of the ledger—will re duce a prosperous firm to ruin and bankruptcy, and throw the numerous employes out of work. On the other hand, a, person dabbling on the Stock Exchange, with many open accounts, will think nothing of paying 20, 30, or even 40 per cent. for the short time that may be necessary to carry his undertaking to a successful termination. He will most probably profit in due time by the change, by being metamorphosed from a bull to a bear, and becoming a speculator for a fall in place of a rise. It is manifest, therefore, that the shaft flies in the wrong direction—that it wounds those who should be supported, and assists the very parties against whom it was aimed. But should a power so recklessly exercised be permitted to remain in such hands ? Certainly not. If the Bank of England is to continue so closely connected with the State, it should be placed under the control of Statesmen of acknow ledged ability, responsible to Parliament and the people for their conduct. The approaching ter mination of the existing Charter will afford a fitting opportunity for the change. As a private Bank ing Corporation the proprietors will reap even larger emoluments than heretofore. No- thing will be pulled down save the inflated vanity of the " twenty-four." An able and responsible Minister will not injure the trading community on trivial or inadequate grounds, nor will the secrets be suffered to leak out before the proper time to parties who derive large profits from SURREPTITIOUSLY OBTAINED INFORMATION ! ! It is but too notorious that such information is obtained at present. By what means it is not necessary to specify. We do not impute any direct complicity or wilful venality to the Direc tors. Although they might directly or indirectly profit very largely by the priority of information, we are willing to believe that they do not do so— that they are rather subjected to the " pumping" process by men of greater acuteness, who pick up valuable information when the venerable gentle men are "vino ciboque gravatus." It is known that, as a body, they are not insensible to the charms of turtle-soup, and that old tawny crusted port hath charms in the eyes of some, at least, of the. august confraternity. Some indication of the mighty cares, the exciting topics urged at " the parlour" in the morning, will ooze out on the Thursday afternoon —which will be taken full ad vantage of by the acute listeners, andl twenty four different companies will profit by the sybilline vaticinations that fall from their lips in moments of relaxation, without, perhaps, a notion on their part of the extent to which they have committed themselves. Without then assailing the motives of the Board, we must be permitted to question the utility of —ail Vs p \ 1 , 7 . lain -, p_.• - ......... r ,., .: .... ..... 4 . ..- placing so imr ►ortant a department of public affairs under the sole . management of gentlemen selected solely for V weir supposed wealth or convivial capabilities. There is nothing on which the wel fare and prosperity of the country so greatly depends as .on the discreet management of its cir culating intdium, which has been styled " the very life-b] ood of industry." Why, then, not transfer the. important duty of regulating that im portant matter to a responsible Minister of the Crown, who. 'Would have to answer in Parliament for any abuse► or indiscreet exercise of power that might injuriously affect the commercial, manufacturing, or trading interests of the com munity. T here would surely be a better guaran antee for sagacious and prudent management under such a system than with that now in ope ration. While sincerely willing to give the present Mi nistry the fairest play and.the fullest scope, and while believing them to be intellectually com petent to all. that could be asked of any Govern ment, we yet think it the duty of both the press and the coil - a - try not to go to sleep through undue confidence i n their new Administrators and Legis lators. As a body they will need watching quite as m troll as other men in office. Those amongst the " combination" who are Reformers more from necessity than inclination, must have necessity laid upon them ; and those included in it who are tried and hearty Reformers, must have their steam k ept up by the ardour of popular sup port—not pet chaps so much on their own account, though office is somewhat of a refrigerator to men of the peopl as to add the most effective of all power to their Cabinet arguments. That secret voting which Cabinets cling to for themselves, while they refuse it to the people—that secret voting on which important parts of a Government measure oftc e a depend, depends itself very much on what a C a.binet perceives the people are deter mined to ha ve. We lay it down as an axiom, that the pre sent Cabinet will of itself do nothing hearty and ;generous in the way of reform. It will do as :much as will content the people, and no more. Its standard and test for a Reform Bill will be—What will pass muster ? I t has but one honest Reformer in it ; and, what is he against twelve others who, since 1832, have avowed or practised finality doctx ines—against twelve men who, it is stated, are a] ready sure of the co-operation of a majority in t he House of Lords, including all the Bishops. Ti to latter may seem a trivial circum stance. With us it has great weight. No clique of men are, ass . body, more averse to popular mea sures—none more afraid of their cathedrals and their chapter; s being invaded by profane eyes— than the Bisl tops. One Sir BENJAMIN HALL, and one HORSMA N, are horrible enough ; and any measure likely to furnish a tolerable crop of such legislators we uld be scented afar off by their spi ritual Lordsla ips. Such straws indicate the direc tion of the cn =Tent, especially when we already pretty well lulow its natural course. It is by no means in an ungenial and carping spirit that we thus write— is from a deep conviction • that, with the pra3sent Ministry, as with almost any other, all thre 'a the people will gain,/ hey must gain for themselv , a; 3. Just as our Judges, in the Superior Courts espeui ally, always endeavour to escape de ciding a grail :; and general principle of law involv ing the merit s of a case, and seek to ride off upon some minor point, so our Ministries all evade, if they can, anything in tho shape of electoral reform ; espei lially do they avoid adopting any great principle as wise, just, and expedient. A thousand ple as are always at hand. Some ad mirable prop osition is shelved because they "do not like bit-J y-bit reform ;" now it is too soon in the session-- they have not had time to consider it ; now too late to hope to carry it. Now the Government themselves are considering the sub ject ; or, agai n, it is too busy to attend to it this session, but will attend to it early in the next. Sometimes it will " embarrass the Govern ment you ha ye hitherto supported ;" at others, if too feasible to be opposed directly, or even to be met by • the previous- question, it must be shelved by re .ferring it to a committee, and the Government " will confer with the Honourable Member reset 'cting its nomination." Now, while gladly recogni sing the fact that the greater part of the present Ca tbinet are improving and improvable men, we canna of believe that, unless they think it will lengthen their tenure of office, they will prove to be very ea: rnest Reformers. We have had ex perience eno - u gh of the old Whigs in it ; and the numerous Pi a 4 3lites have shown no inclination to reform the :Reform Bill. They accepted that measure when they could not help it, but did their best to develo:pe those aristocratical qualities in it which Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself boasted of. In the suba rdinate offices, indeed, are found some honest and thorough-going Reformers-- some who -even advocate giving the people independent 'votes. But what, again, are they among so me tiny ? We hope and believe that they will havt some weight. We are even wil ling to accep t their appointment as a kind of pledge to the public that something worthy of their past po:litical conduct shall be done ; yet, if it be such a pledge, it is still equally necessary e ll for the court• try toexaetth e e t e erg n fnetieaty of and the fulfilment pledge. If tZ people do not by every demonstration in their power, treat these appoint ments as a pledge, they may find too late that their VILLIERSES, and MOLESWORTHS, and OSBORNE 3., have been rather taken as hostages to keep them. from holding inconvenient public meetings, and sending up inconvenient deputa tions and pet itions to Ministers and to Parlia ment. We a s e confident that the really reform ing part of tl'ae Ministry would thank us for this advice to the public. They know that they will need all the moral weight the people can give them to spur on their colleagues to a reasonable speed. With the people openly on their side, they may, probably without much difficulty, in duce the present Ministry to propose, and to pro pose early, a substantial. Reform Bill, if not such a one as we should think quit?, satisfactory. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, at Carlisle, seemed to cal culate upon borough constituencies being left by the new Reform Bill, srfficiea:ly small to be pur chased wholesale by the W. B.'s and their FRAILS, even though the Ballot were conceded ; but we confess that we have been chiefly prompted to these remarks, by the language of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, pleading for an extension of time for bringing in their bill. Lord JOHN thinks a Ministry which has any title to confidence " may claim forbear ance as to the time and manner in which their measures are brought forward." Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, who speaks after nearly every Minister, is safe again in his seat, appears to explain this more definitely, when he states, "that, with respect to the question of Reform, the Ministry should seek from the country time to give it a patient and deliberate considers tion." Now, we respect the plea for time when a debtor has assets w hich are difficult to realise ; but we should look with sus picion on one who made use of it when we knew that he had an immense deposit at his bankers. We think the latter is the case with the question of Electoral Reform. The Bill of 1832 has not been twenty years at work without showing us what wide extension of suffrage be adopted , we plainly enough. its faulty parts. We care n ot much would not fight very hard about a fi ve- p ound suffrage : but when rating or a five-pound rental country. The once a qualification is fixed upon, th en it has but to be honestly applied to the whole late census gives us the present number of inhabi tants eeded but honesty, the kingdom, and nothing is n and houses in every boroug h and count y in simple honesty, to arrange the number of members accordingly. Time can be wa nted only for frau dulent purposes--wanted only to enable the pre sent Ministry to repeat the juggleries by which boroughs were carved out o f word is appropriate -- agricultural districts the j u ggleries—no other indeed, many large boroughs " family;" by which, to conciliate an opponent , or to p lease one of the were created, but some of them put off with a single Member, w hile the most contemptible agri culturale honoured with as many townlets wore votes in the House of Commons as Mar y lebo n e or We shall take an opportunity to Manchester. di sp l a y, ere long, a few of these abominations of the . Reform Bill. They are enough to make one's blood boil. We would commend, meantime, to the notice of our readers an admirably condensed, yet elaborate and telling paper on this very point, in the " Reformers' Almanack" for the present year.* It will more than justify any suspicion■ which we have expressed as to the safety of leaving the question of Reform quietly in the hands of the present Ministry, and as to their reasons for wanting time. That any of the leaders in constructing the Bill of 1832 should have a hand in constructing that of 1853, wilrappear to be ample reason for calling upon the country to tell the Government what it wants, and what it means to have ; and why it thinks that honesty could satisfy its demands forthwith, without asking for time. Of course the abundance of work to be done—lrish Law Reforms, Customs Reforms, Ecclesiastical Courts, Church-rates, the Colonici, Finance will all be paraded as justifying procrastination. We cannot accept the plea. The present Ministry claims to be, par excellence, a working Ministry. Let us see them work then ; let them win laurels from THOMAS CARLYLE for once. Let them espe cially attend to the evidence collected by able and impartial Committees, and no longer affect to act as if Governments were endowed with a special wisdom, in virtue of which they could grant a Committee to quiet a troublesome orator, and then bring in Bills as if no such Committee had taken evidence or reported on the matter. * The article is a presentation of some of the most striking results of a Parliamentary paper, No. 441 of the Session of 1852, obtained by the veteran Hume. It gives a return of the population and number of houses according to the census of 1851, in every county and division of a county, and in all cities and boroughs re turning members to Parliament respectively, with the members returned. Also in towns containing upwards of 2,000 inhabitants not returning members to Parlia ment ; the counties, boroughs, and to ns in question being arranged in• separate tables according to the population and number of houses in each. TARDY JUSTICE TO A GALLANT AND INVALUABLE PRACTICAL OFFICER. After stating what the Tim; and Ili rali said on this sub ject, the Portsmouth Times now adds :--We are now enabled to confer the credit of Lieutenant Engledue's restoration upon the right person. On Saturday last our metropolitan con temporary did not know to whom directly to award the praise of so politic and generous an act as that of Mr. Engledue's restoration to the Crown service, and with much handsome consideration he consequently apportioned the merit to every member of the Northumberland and Graham Boards of Ad miralty, in terms at once gratifying, gentlemanly, and ra tional. But to none of the gallant officers enumerated, does the true merit of the tardy justice rendered Mr. Engledue, in reality, belong. It is to no less a personage than our be loved Queen that Mr. Engledue is indebted for his honour able re-instatement, and her Majesty's gracious favour was bestowed upon its worthy recipient, on his own memorial to tiro Throne, by order in Council of the 4th of January inst. Of course to be restored to a place of honour, lost from no personal failings, after so long a• period of time as 19 years, under any circumstances would have been felt as a tribute of the most valuable character to admitted talent. Eut when that restoration is the result of confirmed merit alone, and is the act of the Sovereign, how doubly enhanced becomes the value of that act, and the distinction it confers in the eyes of the honoured recipient, and the estimation of the service and the world. Of course the Queen's prerogative was not hastily eX ercised, nor without duly referring to the advisers constituting her Council of State, and as the Duke of Northumberland was an important member of that council when the memorial was presented, it necessarily follows that his Grace's opinion of the gallant m3racnialist's claim was solicited by her Majesty, and it cannot be doubted but that the noble and distinguished Duke's sentiments were highly favourable towards Mr. Engle due—hence the Royal edict giving him his rank and status again in the British navy. That Lieutenant Engledue should ever have been struck off the list of officers of the Royal Navy reflects disgrace upon the authors of the act, but his case is unfortunately not a solitary one of valuable services to the country being utterly disregarded. Lieut. Engledue entered the Royal Navy on board H.M.S. Queen Charlotte, served in Britannia, Genoa, Forte, Cth Captain Coghlan, as Mate ; and Acting Lieutenant with Sir Charles Napier on board Galatea ; as Mate on board. Excel lent, with Sir Thomas Hastings ; was the first officer who passed his examination in naval gunnery ; received an ap pointment as Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Forte, 44, Captain (now Admiral) Sir W. 0. Pell ; received his promotion from Sir James Graham in 1834 for his proficiency in naval gunnery; returned to England, and was immediately appointed Gun nery Lieutenant of the Excellent, and was the first naval officer who undertook the duties of an artilleryman in that establishment ; was appointed Gunnery Lieutenant to H.M.S. Cornwallis, Captain Sir Richard Grant, bearing the flag of the late Sir Charles Paget, in which ship ho remained until paid off at Ply mouth in 1839, received from Admiral Sir Graham Moore, the Commander-in-Chief at that port, the highest possible compliment, in the presence of the officers and ship's company, that the Cornwallis was the most efficient man-of-war he had ever seen, her gunnery arrangements being perfect. Lieutenant Eugledue applied to Lord Minto for his promotion, upon the strength of the strong minute made to the Admiralty, but without suet ess. This officer had then trained more officers and men in a given space of time in the new exercises than any other officer in the service. Failing to obtain promotion, Lieut. Engledue suggest ed the formation of a gunnery establishment at Plymouth, and volunteered to conduct the same. In this he failed. He then offered to instruct the officers attached to the Excellent in the practical management of the steam engine ; not succeeding in this, nor in obtaining employment or promotion, he turned his attention to commercial steaming, and took Lervice with that princely company whosh flotilla he has so ably managed for so many years, to the admiration of mercantile mariners and naval officers. We think it would blve been batter for the navy, had Lieutenant Engledue been encouraged, instal of slighted. There has been an evident falling off in the practical duties taught on board the Excellent since he was drill-master-general there. Many very useful and need al exercist-; have fallen into desuetude ; amongst them, one of the most important and useful to the gunnery officer, was the exercising of field battalions, which used t take place on Southsea-common. Flilors are frequently called upon t act on shore with field guns, and unless proper hist action ;s g wen to officers to act in brigade, great confusion must ensue wl en acting with regu lar troops. The value of Lieut. Engledue's C3l vices can only be appreciated by those acquainted with teat pa 'Ocular branch of our service which forms the g annery department; and when we see the number of Po3:i Captain; and Commander:, distin guished gunnery officers, now on the Navy List, who were the pupils of Lieutenant Engledue, when &rectar of the drills on board the Excellent, wa c. - -nno:; but bops that yet tiler reparation wall be made him by an award of all the pay due to him since he was so capriciously struck off the Navy List, and by promotion to the rank of Commander. PRESENTATION OF. THE NUGGET OF GOLD TO HER MAJESTY.—The large nugget of gold, weighing 281 b., found in the Australian goldfields, and sent to this country in the Australian ster-ner, for the purpose of being presented to her Maj: - .„/, was landed at Ply mouth on Wednesday, and broviTht to London by the night mail-train, in charge of Commander Edward K. Barnard, serving in a contract steam-veLel. The nug get was delivered at the Admiralty yesterday, it was to be sent to the Colonial-office to-day, and will be presented to her Majesty by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies. COIN FOR AUSTRALIA. —Shipments of coin to Australia continue. The latest export-, are 75,0001. by the Royal Alice, and 30,0001. by the Callao, both for Sydney ; 20,0001. by the Sapphire, for Geelong and Port Philip ; and' 20,0001. by t'le Brunette, and 20,0001. by the Potentate, both for Launceston. We have here a total of 165,0001. DUTY ON SUGAR AND MOLASSES.—Yesterday a Par liamentary paper was issued, from which it appears that in the year ended 4e sth July last, the duty received on sugar and molasses amounted to 4,353,6031. There were 7,655,518 cwt. of sugar and molassei in the year entered for home consumption; and 2,879,885 gallons of rum entered. DUTY ON RUM. Yesterday a return to Parliament was printed, showing that in the year ended the sth of July last, the amount of duty received in the United Kingdom on rum was 1,101,2751., of which 1 , 101,2221. was levied on the p ro d uce of British possessions, and 531. on foreign. The rates of duty per gallon on ruin hi England, of British West Indies, or of places in the East Indies, into which the importation of foreign sugar is prohibited, is Bs. 2d. ; in Scotland, 48. ; and in Ire land, 3s. per gallon. SYDNEY.—It appears by the last accounts that a mo tion, which was likely to be adopted, had been made in the Legislative Council at Sydney for a grant of 6,0001. per annum for three years to the first steam com p an y that shall establish a monthly line from Panama, and bring the course of post between Sydney and England within 130 days. DETENTION OP THE AFRlCA.—Considerable excite ment was produced on the Liverpool 'Change yesterday morning by a dispatch received by th e Postmaster, di recting him to d e t a i n the C unar d mail steam ship Africa, advertised to s a il as usua l , on S a turday. The order for detention came from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; and no reason has been assigned for the step. Of course, rumour assigns several reasons : amongst others, that it was detained for the purpose of sending dispatches announcing the settlement of the fisheries dispute, or that it was the decision or the new Cabinet on the Canadian Clergy Reserve Bill, while several be lieved it was instructions to the British Consul at Cuba regarding the confinement of British subjects in slavery in that island. In consequence of the official order, the Africa will n o t sal unto Sunday forenoon at eleven o'clock. _ _ _ THE COMMERCIAL Docic COMPANY. —The half-yearly general court of proprietors was held yesterday at the company's offices, No. 106. Fenchurch-street ; Mr. IL Carter in the chair. The report stated that the business of the docks during the past year had been on an ex tended scale, and fully justified the expectations which the directors had formed of the progressive increase of the revenue of the company. It was added that the con tract for the new works authorised to be executed was taken by Mr. John Kelt, on the 23d of July last, and had up to that time been proceeded with to the satisfac tion of the company's engineers. The directors recom mended a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. for the half year, both on the capital and preference stock, payable on and after Monday, the 24th inst., between the hours of eleven and three o'clock, Fridays and Saturdays ex cepted. The report was adopted, and a dividend de clared at the rate recommended. Of the four retiring dinctors, three were re-elected with their own consent, and the fourth vacancy was filled up by the substitution of Mr. D. Morgan for Mr. D. T. Morgan, who retired. Mr. W. G. Prescott was re-elected auditor, and Mr. W. G. Watman chosen as his colleague. On the motion of Mr. Richardson, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, after which the meeting separated. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocic. There was a fair general demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 7,000 to 8,000 bales, the market being decidedly firmer. Railway Shares were active at previous quotations. One of the most interesting returns made for some time past, is that of the Bank of England for the week ending the Bth instant. The policy adopted showed its fruits already thus early, the loans and discounts having been curtailed, while the decrease of bullion may be fairly ascribed to the payments made at the close of the quarter, and a portion of the dividends. The lapse of another week or two will enable a better judgment to be formed as to the extent to which the advance in the discounts has operated, for the repayment of loans made upon Stock and Exchequer Bills while the transfer books were closed may have been par tially made, and has been concluded only this week. Ere long we shall see too that money will be find ing its way back from the Continent, and the loan projects of Austria and one or two other States will be effectually frustrated: It is the curse of cheap money that the bankrupt European States are ever ready to pounce upon the London market, and drain it of its surplus, checking every whole some development of commerce and industry. Fortunately, our colonies offer more temptation just now, and retrenchment may be forced upon Austria and its kindred neighbours. The reduction of public deposits was large, but the dividend dis bursements will account therefor. For the same reason, the other deposits increased. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows : Bullion Decrease Active circulation Increase ... Rest increase Public Deposits Decrease Other deposits . Increase 762,041 23,360,685 307,175 62,695 5,771,914 3,494,428 14,310,648 1,316,696 Government securities, decrease.. 90,895 Other securities Decrease 15,025,553 850,203 Notes reserved, decrease . 1,151,015 The entire capital of the London Bank of Austra lia and India has been subscribed ; and the deposits, 50,0001., have been paid into the bankers. The obtainment of the charter will, it is expected, be speedily accomplished. The effect of the greater demand for money and the restrictive measures of the Bank of England has already been felt beneficially upon the rates for bills of exchange, which all improved except on Spain. Paris, 90 days, was negotiated at 25 25 to 30 ; Antwerp, 25 271 t o 30 ; Amsterdam, 11 18 to 181. ; Ilamburgh, 13 51 to 61 ' • Frankfort, 118* to 119* ; and Triest e , 10 46 to 50. The Executive Committee for promoting the for mation of the Tribunals of Commerce have made a report to their President, Lord Beaumont, and to the General Committee, and the closing paragraphs are as follows :—• " Refei:ing to the authorities already quoted, the opinions a-id facts recorded, and the cases specified, your committee feel themselves justified in stating, that a searching reform in the administration of justice is one of the most popular demands of the day ; and that when the nature of Tribunals of Commerce is generally under stood—when it 'is known to those aggrieved that they can obtain redress without the interference of the bar rister or attorney—that their claims can be satisfied promptly, efficiently and inexpensively—that these in stitutions have been tested by the experience of centuries on the Continent, and given complete satisfaction to all classes— then will the late Lord Abinger's words forcibly apply to our old system—that "to tolerate is not to ap prove." And your committee are persuaded, that the cause they are advocating will be energetically sup ported by the unanimous voice of the merchants and traders of the country. " Impres._ed with these convictions, your committee would recommend that the working machinery of this association be immediately and effectively organised, so as to operate extensively on publicly opinion. By such means local associations, each having its local committee, could be formed, constantly bringing their influence to bear on their respective neighbourhoods, and ultimately on their members of Parliament, while they would main tain a regular corre3pondence with the executive com mittee. In this manner co-operation would be established be . ,,wec.s.i the metropolis and the most distant parts of the kingdom, and even v,ith the colonies ; a knowledge of all cases of oppression, too many of which are suppressed, might be registered, and unity of purpose and action would invigorate the movement. Desultory and inter mittent effoi at reform have always failed ; success can only be secured by constantly bringing a subject under the notice of the public, and fixing their attention on its importance." Tho manufacturing markets, especially those of Manchester and Bradford, have been flatter this week. The amount of silver exported from London direct during the week, to Thursday last, was 40,710 ounces, and of gold 123,5651. and 119,393 ounces—the coin going to Sydney, and the bullion mostly to Hamburgh. . . . The detention or the st3amer Africa led to some uneasiness yesterday afternoon, because of the cir cumstance that she was kept back by order of our S: - .3retary for Foreign Affairs. The funds are still depressed, and Consols hav ing closed yesterday at 9911 after " official" hours, they have been done this morning at 991 /. The account to be settled on Tuesday will be heavy, and it is evident that part of the recent supply of stock has come from the Bank of England, for the express purpose of rendering money scarce, and checking speculation. The New 3/. per Cents. have been at 1031 to 1, and the 3 per Cents. at 1001 to 1. The firs-named was sold to some extent both on Thursday and yesterday, and to-day the latter has been freely brought to market. Exchequer Bills have been quoted at 663 to 68s premium. Spanish Bonds have been very firm, the De ferred having been done at 231. The Certificate is worth 51. Mexican Stock is dull at 231, and Grenada at 211. Peruvian and Brazilian are steady. Dutch 2-i per Cents. are not higher than 661 to #. Gold Mine Shares are all weaker, the decline being to on thole bearing premiums of 1/. to 2/. The Land Companies also are depressed. Railway Shares have given way now the account is settled—Caledonian having dropped 305.; Great Midland, Northern, French Shares are a trifle better. w o r e t s l - e W r ne andster n o , t h l o l. r s t in I p / r . 0 5 p s o . r t ; i a o n n d . Slolu.;thl-T BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From, the Official List.) Business none. 3 per Cent. Reduced Aunuities....... ..... loos i i 3 per Cent. Conso ls Annuities .? 99i i New 3i per Cent. Annuities.... ..... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16 - 1 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6l Consols for Opening 18th January Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO.. 66 68 X5OO Small 65 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lo 2i Danish 5 per Cent Equador Bonds s- 4- E 1 Grenada Bonds, D e f erre d , Ditto E. Dec., 1849, Coupon 2ll Mexican 3 per Cent 23i Peruvian 6 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 42 per Cent. . . ........ ... .. Spanish Bonds , 3 per * Cent' .... 47a 8 Ditto New Defe rre d, 3 per Cent 23i Spanish Passive (Con ver t e d) Spanish Committee C er t. o f Coup. not fun, 5-4 P e Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent 66s I x d Ditto 4 per Cent. C er ti f i cates.. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 18th January loa ix d' THE LATE MURDER, NEAR CLOUGHJORDAN.—From evidence at the inquest, and other particulars which have reached us, we are warranted in stating that the fearful deed is not of an agrarian character, but seems rather to have arisen from the fact of ill-will on the part of some members of his own family. It appears that the unfortunate man and :As son were not on good terms. They repeatedly quarrelled about a. servant girl in Miss Crawford's employment, whom the son wished to marry, but the father withheld his consent. The de ceased, who was steward to Miss Crawford, was sitting at the kitchen fire of the house of his employer on Wed nesday night last, when he was killed by a shot from an opposite window. ' He was in the act of reading a letter by the light of a candle, which his son, a small boy, held for him, when the fatal shot was fired. De- libe'rate aim must have been taken, for the ball pierced the letter he was in the act of reading, and then entered his heart, came out of the spine of the back, and wounded the boy who was holding the candle in the thigh. The boy, we learn, lies in a very precario us s t a t e . O n Thursday morning, Captain Plunkett, the very efficient resident magistrate of Nenagh, repaired to thespot, accompanied by the coroner, Mr. Abbott, and an inquest was held. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder. against some person or persons unknown.—Limerick, Reporter. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. —The half yearly general meeting of the East and West India Dock Company was held yesterday, but on application at the offices of the company, in Billiter-square, it was stated by the officials that the meetings are always kept private, and that no information could consequently be furnished to the press. The dividend declared was at the rate of 31, 5 5 . per cent, for the half-year, being the same as that declared at the last half-yearly meeting. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 14. The second dramatic performance at the Castle took place this evening. The pieces selected on this occasion were a farce in one act, by J. R. Planch6, entitled The Captain of the Watch, and a farce, in one act, by Ed ward Moreton, entitled The Windmill, and the parts were filled according to the following programme : THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. Captain ofthe Watch to the city of Bras- 11.1" Chas Mathews Viscount de Ligny sels. Baron VAnderpotter Adolf de Conrtray Officer of the Watch Louis Pierre Kristina Katryn Mr. Bai Lley. Mr. James Vining Mr. Brazier. Mr. Stacey. Mr. Wilson. Miss Murray. . Mrs. Walter Lacy. Guards, &c., &c. SCENE.—Brussels in the seventeenth century. THE WINDMILL. Sampson Low Tho Marquis of Roueville Peter . Mr. Keeley. . Mr. Meadows. . Mr. Stacey. Mr. Wison, and Al • 1 Joyce. . Mrs. Win stanley. ▪ Mrs. Keeley. . Miss Hastings. Mr. Charles Kean. Mr. George Ellis. Servants The Marchioness of Roueville Marian Nancy Director Assistant Director The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mi Thomas Grieve. At eight o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert entered the Rubens' Room, ac companied by their Royal Highesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alic e , P r i nce Alfred, and the Princesses Helena and Louisa. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Reyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Coburg, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Lord Raglan; Sir James and L a dy G ra h am , th e Ri g ht Honourable W. and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir James Clark, Colonel Wylde, and the ladies and gentlemen in atten dance. The performance immediately commenced. Refreshments were served in the Throne Room. The following had the honour of receiving invitations to witness the performance, in addition to the above distinguished circle, who formed the Queen's dinner party. Hi s Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and Ithe Countess of Dornburg, Lady Emily Seymour, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, Lady Mary Berke ley, lion. Misses Montagu, the Hon. Misses Grey and two Misses Bulteel, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Miss Knollys, the Hon. and Rev. H. Cust, Lady Anna Maria Cust, Miss Cust, and Miss Steele, the Hon. Henry Ashley, the Rev. Seymour Neville, Colonel M'Dou a ll (corn mantling officer), Lieutenant Wingfield and Lieu tenant Howard, of the 2d Life Guards ; Colonel T. Wood (commanding officer), Captain Tipping and Lieu tenant Burgoyne, of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards ; Captain and Mrs. Bastard, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mills, Miss Mills, and Miss Agnes Mills, an d Mr. Henry Seymour, Mrs. and Miss Seymour. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Duke of Camibridge, the Prince of Leiningen, and Prince Au gustuis of Coburg, went out shooting this morning, at tended by Colonel Wylde, Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, and Major the Hon. James Macdonald. Yesterday her Majesty's dinner party consisted of her Roy:al Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the I?rince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Che valie r and Madame Bunsen, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Spe tia, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Lord Raglan, Sir James and Lady Graham, the Right Hon. W. and Mrs. Gladstone, Col. Wylde, and Major the Hon. James Ma cdonald. Th e band of the 2nd Life Guards attended during dinnor, and played the following pieces : Dani sh National March Over cure, "Haydee" Quac " Hibernian" Auber. Jullien. Vera i. Bei D'Albert, King. Strauss. Gran d Selection, Spanish Bolero .. "Nino" ViabAique Waltz, " Faust", "Mars" Galor? God Savo the Queen Hc r Majesty's private band afterwards attended and performed the following selection : Overtime, "La Barcarolle " March , "Judas Dilaccabens" Finale, Second Act and BaNt Music, " Stra della " Auber. Handel Flotow. The , Marquis of Breadalbane had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation of the Irish Land Company, consisting of Mr. G. Wilson, Mr. Alexander Brogdon, and Mr. Sale, solicitor, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Can lwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley yesterday, at the Board of Trade. ' Mr. VT. Digby Seymour, M.P., Mr. Joseph Napier Higgins, and Mr. C. H. Collett, had an interview yes terday vith the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and , Lord Stanley 2 of Alderley, at the Board of Trade. The - Marquis d'Azeglio has returned to Berkeley square, i rom Paris. A deputation on the subject bf the Harlesden Green Cemetery Company, consisting of Mr. Robert Tubbs, Mr. rHa.ll, and Mr. James Wright, attended by Mr. Toolett , the Vestry Clerk of the parish of Willesden, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston. Lorc'l Stanley, of Alderley, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, attended yesterday for the first time at the Board of Trade. The Earl of Aberdeen had a dinner party on Thurs day, at his residence in Argyll-street. The company included the Bavarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Grecian, Sicilian, and Danish Ministers, the Duke of Argyll, Earl St. Germans, Lord John Russell, Viscount Har dinge, Viscount Canning, Sir Charles Wood, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches were also sent to the Governors of the North American Provinces. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DA Y.) COVENT GARDEN. To-day's market was heavily supplied with both fruit fu sad last vegetw eek's currency; yet theeneral demand ru l e d steady, at fully FRUIT.—Pine apples, 3s 6d to Gs Od ; hot-house grapes, 8s to 10s ; Hambro ditto, is t o i s 6d per lb ; apples, dessert, 4s Gd to 7s 6d ; cooking ditto, 35 to Gs per bushel ; pears, 4s to 8s per half sieve ; lemons, is to 2s Od ; new oranges, 6s to 100 s pe rlo3lbs . 10s per 100 ; filberts, 10d to is per lb ; cob-nuts, VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, &I to is ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve ; greens, is 3d to 2s 3d per dozen bunches ' • cauliflowers, &I to 2s per d ozen ; potatoes, 75s to 130 s per ton ; turnips, 2s to 2 6d ; carrots, 2s 6d to 45 per dozen bunches celery, 8d to is 3d per bundle ; spinach, is to 23 per half sieve ; onions, is 6d to 2s per half sieve ' • leeks, id t o 2 d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to &I ; garlic 6d to 8d per lb ; endive, is to is 6d per score ; small salad 2d an punnet ; horseradish, is to 4s per bundle ; parsley, 2s 35 per dozen bunches. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Geese, 3s Gd to 7s Od ; Turkeys, 4s to lOs'each ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d; tame Rabbits, is 3d to is 6d.; wild ditto, 10c1 to is • Pigeons, 4d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 7 s each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s 6d to 6s Od per couple ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 4 5 0 d; Partridges, is 6d to 2s Od; Ha res , 2s 6d t o 3 s Od; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woodcocks, is 6d to 2s 3d; Grouse, is Gd to 2s Od; Snipes, 9d to ls; T ea l, 6d. to 10d; wild Ducks, is Od to is 6d; Widgeons, 9d to is 3d; and Plovers, 4d. to Od each. English Eggs, 103 Od to 128 Od; French ditto, 8s Od to 12s Od per 120; fresh Butter, lld to is 2d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7:3d; of household ditto, ,s#d to 6id per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s ibd to3BBWilaiOn, 3s 3d to 48 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 48 4d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d. ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4 s 6d ; Veal, 33 Od to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 8d o ,4s Od per 8 Ibs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s 6el to 8s Od ; B r ill s , i s 6d t o 5 8 Od; Cod Fish, 3s Od. to 7s Od each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair ; Eels, 6d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 10d. to 2s Od ; Crabs, 6d to is 8d Whitings, 3s Od to 6s Od per dozen ; Haddocks, 4d to 10d -; Doreys, 2s Od to 6s Od; Mullets, Od to Os each ; Common Oysters, 8s Od to 12s Od; Natives, 32s Od to 36s Od per Sbushel; 4d Mackerel, 10d to is each ; S me lt s, i s Od per dozen; cate, to 7d per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 3d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to is 3d per dozen; Fre3h Herrings, is Od to is 6d per dozen. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, Od to 2d; 641 b to 721 b, 2d to 21d; 721 b to 801 b, 2.1 d to lid ; 801 b t o 881 b, 2)d to Yid; 881 b to 961 b, lid to 3d; 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 3id ; 10111) to 1121 b Od to Od. Horn hides, 5s Od to Os Od; calf skins, light, is Od to 2s Od; ditto, full, 3s 6d to 5s Od; polled sheep, 7s Od. to 8s 6d; Rents and Half-breds, 6s 0d to 793 d ; and Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to a 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ O s ; an d straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 13s per load. A fair average su p p l y, and a steady demand. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND „....mead ow hay 2/ 15$ to 41 4 s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15$ t o 4/ 18si and straw , , 1/ Gs to 1/ 143 per load. W HITECHAPEL. —Meado w hay, 2/ 158 to 4 / 2s ; clover Trade dull, at l a t e ra t es. ditto, 3/ 15$ to 51 O s ; an d s t raw , 1/ 5s to 11 138 per load. IRISH RAILWAYS.—The usual deposits of ten per cent. on the capital were made in the Court of Chancery, Dublin, on Thursday, by Messrs. Barrington, Son, and Jeffers, solicitors, in the cases of the following bills ; Bandon and Bantry, 16,8001.; Limerick and Foynes, 9 ,7501.; Tralee and Killarney, 8,250/.; and Roscrea and Parsonstown, 7501. A gigantic emigrant ship is now building by one of the first shipowners in the country, to be called the Robert Lowe, in compliment to the member for Kidder minster, for his exertions in promoting the prosperity of the Australian colonies. The Robert Lowe will leave Southampton, with a large number of emigrants, for some of the Australian ports, during the present year. EXTRA ORDINARY DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN. Yesterday morning, Mr. Carter, Coroner for East Surrey, held an i n q ues t, w hi c h l as t e d nearly five hours, at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Brixton-road, on the body of Mr. Wm. Jones, aged 83, a gentleman pog sessed of considerable property, residing at Springfield Cottage, Acre-lane, Brixton, who died suddenly on Mon day morning last. It having been rumoured that the deceased gentleman had met' his death from unfair means, the greatest interest was manifested by the in habitants of the vicinity to hear the evidence, the in quest room being densely crowled. Mr. Lewis, solicitor, attended to watch the proceed ings on behalf of a female attendant, who has had sae charge of the deceased since his wife's death, in 1838. The Coroner, in opening the p rocee di ngs , sa id that the deceased had been found dead, and in consequence of numerous bruises and cuts bein g discovered about his person, it was deem e d necessary to impannel a jury, and have a poet mortem examination made, to clear u p the mystery that seemed to attach it,elf to the case. Edward Evans, a carpenter, residing in Acre-lane, the first witness called, said—On Monday last, about half past four o'clock in the morning, I was requested by 0 ' woman of the name of Vickers, the deceasecr e housekeeper, to come to Sp r i n gfield Cottage, °s . her master had suddenly expired. I i mme di a t e ly Wu' to the house, and found the deceased lying upon a couch in the back parlour, wrapped in blankets, quite dead. his hands were quite warm, but I could not detect the slightest sign of life. Elizabeth Vickers, - housekeeper to deceased, was the next witness, and deposed as foll ows :—I have lived with deceased for 14 years past as his housekeeper. had no family. His wife died in 1838. His health has generally been very good. Mr. Key has not treated him medically for the past three months. His death was not apprehended. Last Monday morning I re quested the assistance of the last witness, as Mr. Jones had died, and I could not leave him. Evans, on his arrival, went for Mr. Key. On the previous day (Sun day) the deceased had his dinner in bed, he apparently suffering from gout in his feet, and he was also veil weak. He got up after dinner, and I assisted him down stairs into the back parlour. I laid him on the couch and washed him. At night he took a little gin and water. I could not get him up to his bed-room that night, as he was so weak and helpless. I wrapped him up in two blankets, and he continued to lie on the couch. He requested me to sit up with him that night. I did so. He died at half-past three o'clock on Monday morning. By the Coroner—l occasionally left him alone while I went out to make purchases. He would then fall about, having no one to look after him. He never received any injuries, except from the falls, caused by the weak ness in his feet. The bruises on the head were caused about five days•before his death. The Coroner—Now, has any person been the cause of the injuries about the head ? Witness—l cannot say. By a Juror—He fell in the garden one evening while I was out. On my return I found him lying down. X dragged him into the house. Mr. David Key was then sworn. He said lam 5 surgeon in practice, and reside at Brixton-oval. I have known deceased professionally for eighteen years. Vickera was the only person that resided with him. Evans cam° to me • on Monday morning, and told me that gr• Jones was dead. Feeling that th- e was some pow liarity about the case, I deemed it necessary to take another medical gentleman with me. By brother se' companied me. I went to Springfield-cottage a bout eight o'clock. We then examined the body externally , and found two contused wounds on the head and severa l others of the same kind, but they appeared to have bee ° inflicted some time. There was also a bruise on the t O P 4 . of the head, and ano th er on th e r i g ht t emp l e , b o th °' which were recently inflicted. The bruise on the temPl e was larger than a crown piece. That on the top of the head was smaller, but of the same character. The le knee appeared as though burnt. The cartilage of tu ° nose was broken, which appeared to have been don about a week. By the Coroner--I made apost mortenz, examination of the body, assisted by my brother. Coroner—Are you not the executor to Mr. Jones?"' Witness—Yes, sole executor. Coroner—Have you any beneficial interest in 66 will, that you know of ?—Witness—Decidedly ; a c°ll. siderable one. Coroner—Did it not st r ike you, in that case, tha t I would have been better t o h ave called i in another mucl i t man, unconnected with your family ?—Witness--"-"4 - did not strike me at th e ti me ; h av i ng a tt en ded st medically for so many y ears , I th oug ht I was the In° _ - proper person to make the examination. aocl Mr. Key res ume d—l o p ene d th e h ea dy found a number of patches of extravasated bio, o immediately und er th e ex t erna l b ru i ses, th a t on '7„ temple being the principal. There was no injurY :on the bone. Fro m th e na t ure o f th e ex t r avat` o under the bruise on t em pl e , it a pp eare d to P o e been done about . four or five days. Under, bruise at the top of the h ea d th ere was a l s o an eic sation. There was no e ffusio n on th e bone, as of a r';‘ ture of any vessel of the brain having taken place.. I d _ removing the cranium I found the dura mater brui se with extravasated blood, precisely under the extern t a l va injury on the temple, and also an effusion of thin blood on the dura, mater. The extent of the effusion Vag about a wine glass and a half, perhaps two or th 7 ounces. The pia mater was healthy, with the exceptio n of a slight extravasation on the lower part of th e tor p° ral bone. The brain itself was healthy. Thu on the temple was internally round the whole of the side of the head. By the Coroner—l did not open the other portions of the body, because I had sufficient er:dence of the cause of death. Coroner—What, in your opinion, was the cause o f death ? theright ead. Witness continued—l cannot form any opinion as to h od that blow was received. Ido not think that merely a 13 ," t it, unless he had fallen ag ll3 ll in the gardenzould cause u iee s df e e d l fl .r b o y ml a stone or a similar hard body. It must have been calls; tgahthet thebl a o esteem deceased de c a nd b atome blunt instrument, but was in such a posit °t at acertainve it hadt he was struck by any o therperson,but I think it ll' received in the act of falling. He suffered from o' stones under the heels, which gave him great pail''' . violence. lnot;-1 fi mean e In cl it would probably cause him to fall. I have ado' him for 18 years , and he had never com pl a i ne d to ME being ill-treated b any one. /e William Collin s a gardener, proved that about , days before the death he saw the deceased fall doll ri de his front garden, first striking his head on the right 5l a violent blow aaainst the wall of the home. ore Mrs. Allen, residing next door to site deceased, sW that on several occasions she had seen him covered vi l bruises, and also that she had heard him cry out 0 ,5 he had been violently beaten. The Coroner having summed up, hal f The jury consulted w ith c l ose d d oors f or a b o ut reeet an hour, and ultim a t e ly re t urne d a ver di ct to th e 0 11 , 5 1 that the deceased died f rom th e e ff ec t s o f an accidents fall. M. Kossuth is, it i s un d ers t oo d, a b out to pay an ea ill .440 1r - Alt to America, where the election of a d e mocra ce. President has g i ven many o f hi s adm i rers new inflesn o The presentation of the Shakspeare Testimonial is, are informed, to take place immediately. 4 „ u est, THE RECENT MU RDER IN L IVERPOOL. —An was held yesterday be['ore P. F. Corry, Esq., co roner Liverpool, upon th e b o d y o f M . de Costo, who was e;.,e to r dered by an A mer i can named Christie, on board the u ir.„ Mannering, lyi ng i n t h e Mersey, bound for New V I. The inquest was proceeding when the dispatch left. it THE METROPOLIT AN P OULTRY S HOW. Yestert, was the last day of the Poultry Show, and it is en i T puted th a t th e num b er of persons who passed throug h l the galleri es o f t h e b azaar amounted to little short is .t' 12,000. A mongst the visitors were his Excellency the Turkish A m b assa d or and suite, the Belg i an and Swecll74. . A. Ambassadors, the Earl of Wilton, Lord Sandys, L 0 Brougham, &c., &c. The sales of the various specimen were resumed by Mr. Strafford, 120; but the prices realised were not so great as those e e_ s commencing with clams the previous day, when the Cochin China s pecun tu ls., were sold. The most remarkable was in class 43, t; fowls. Mr. W. G. Vivian's (of Singleton) PTA 1 7 , i . e. 3 obtained the first prize, sold for 12 guiner ; i r orner, in the same class, belonging to Master bi - In te pigeon Hull, aged 7 months, fetched 6 guineas, some of the to 14/. per pen. sclassespecim etnhserree a w l i a s s i n c g o nassidmeuracbhl ea ses°ln.lPpieeotriit.pi competition, and some of the Aylesbury ducks fetch rchasers realised upwardS n ra cold, but. it is under- A vast number of lots remedainfru° stood that those which found finally at ten o'clock last of 1,000/. The show fina u f the excellence of the ar' night, and in consequence Boulnois, the proprietor of the rangements made by .-m"r• his manager, efficiently aided ! laai t ii i: l o g ioders of Mr. Inspector O'Brien , bazaar, and M 7 der by the police, ohia greatest satisfaction appeared to be It is an extraordinary fact that , affordedf theD t d ot r ie ii p n u , b t. fi e c. thousand ha ve the manypersons who not a single y h a s e ithe r been his 'til er p n a o s tw se i a th t s h t d or complained of. been detected HOSPITAL SOCIETY(TH E D READNO SEAMAN 'S The ordinary quarterly court of the subscribers o f this fit n was held yesterday, at the offices in iC ill ; g r , raonutnhigt he show, William-street, City—Captain G. Probv H.C.S., '- The proceedings were confined n to the reeer the cha ir ' tion of the report, which stated that during the L lst , quar ter 13 patients had b een received into the preaci nou ght from her Maj es t y ' s sh i p; 627 from those of the East India Company, and of the British and foreign nr: t ca ntile marine, whi c h, w i th 98 in the hospital on the . of October, made a total for the quarter of 738 patien.e" Of these, 129 were still sick ; fit for duty, 6 ; an d sci , l l - 5 : charged. 603. The number of out-patients for the c l a- e d, ter was 407, and the total number of patients received since the establishment of the institution, in 1821, , 67,692. , The receipts, including legacies of 319/. 9 s• from B. Hill, Esq., and 101. from Lady Colville, arn ° ;d , ed to 1,6391. O s . 5d .; and the expenses to 2,058/. 40. • leaning a b a l ance against the hospital of 4191. 3s. 7d * MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—As Mr. Thomas Newlur was on Tuesday superintending the removal of his niture from his late residence to 49, Camden-sqtTo Regent's -park, he leaned over the railings of the ar e : he d give some directions, and in doing so he o verrea,u, et himself, and fell headforemost into the area, several fee deep. The unfortunate gentleman was conveyed, bl4-r• ing profusely and quite insensible, into the house- ~,d Day, surgeon, was in instant attendance, and life, bat all that skill and experience could, suggest to save lit„ i was all his efforts were in vain, as deceased, whose skul a i sed, fractured, gradually sank, and died yesterdaY!, P te ee d bY who was in his sixty-first year, and much r,eoree _ Av to large circle of friends, has loft a widow Kid fa' " lament hit untimely end. iJ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1858.