The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-20 00:00:00

hire Ebition OF lei Seven NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments were made at the Ad miralty this afternoon : Commander— TI. L. Cox ( Additional), to the Fisgard. Lieutenant—C. D. Inglis, to the Excellent. Master—F. R. Sturdie, to the Hannibal. Mate—iEneas B. Reid, to the Hawke. Assistant - Surgeons—Charl es R. Godfrey, to the Tyne ; D. G. Pendrith, to the Pembroke ; E. T. Mor timer, to the Spy. Aalistant Cierks.Albert Walter, to the Duke of Wellington ; William A. Martin, to the Colossus ; Wm. H. Martin, to the Princess Royal ; John R. Ilorniman, to the Clesar ; Henry C. Lory, to the Exmouth ; Thos. R. Johnston, to the Indus. SPORTING NOTES. THE HANDICAPS.-ODIOUS COMPARISONS. Mr. Topham and Mr. Johnson completed their labours simultaneously. The Handicaps for the Chester Cup and the Great Northern are now placed befors the public. For the Cestrian event, although the top weight is 9at 21b, Mr. Topham has adhered to the " low standard," and in this he has disapponted those persons who wished to see the feather system abolished. Nearly 50 horses are weighted under 53t, and of the hundred and eighty-six nominations only nine are handicapped above Eiet. I have scarcely had time to examine attentively the com parative chances, but I will state my present opinion, "subject to corrections." Vengeance, Typee, Pole Start Yellow Jack, and Lady Tatton have certainly not been crushed. Should Yellow Jack be recov:red from the in Amity which he exhibited towards the end of last season, and should his understandings be all right, he will not only be backed, but may prove as formidable as Scythian in 1855. Still, Mr. Howard has many other strings to his bow, and should one arrow fail he may hit the bull's-eye with another. Lady Tatton I deem remarkably well in, and a remembrance of Typee'a running last year causes menotto think slightingly of her pretensions on this oeca lion. Maid of Derwent, who has been heavily backed, has quite enough weight to steady her. Mincepie, too, has an impost sufficiently heavy to disclarage her backers, and her owner may let game little Rogerthorpe represent his interest. "Roger" is certainly not unfavourably weighted. Early Bird and Flatterer, two very uncer tain tempered beasts, are turned loose, and should they be i' th' vein, they may lead their opponents a merry dance round the Roodee. Mary seemed 81 much out of form last year that I am scarcely inclined to trust her " well in "as she appears to be. Her stable com panion, Prince of Orange, is not harshly treated with 6st. 41b. Syvagee is another old 'on turned loose. Acoording to Mr. Topham's estimate Gemma di Vergy is the beet three-years-old entered, and he is only 2llos better than the compact Saunterer. Of all the three-years-old, however, the chances of St. Giles, Adamas, Schiedam, and Double Gio'ster I deem the most favourable. Mr. Howard's lot I shall mark "dangerous," and whichever may be his intended animal will be a most formidable opponent. In addition to the horses favourably mentioned above, Claret, Leamington, Enchanter, and Bandalore are worthy of remembrance. On the publication of the acceptances I shall be enabled to state my views with more distinctness. A FRESH MAN. Tuesday morning. P.S.—Since the first edition of The Sun was published I have received a complete list of the weights for the principal Spring Handicaps, which I now send you for the last edition. A FRESH MAN. Tuesday Evening. Chester Spring Meeting. CHESTER CUP. (Forfeits to be declared on or before the 23 of February.) Weights for the Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 2d of February ; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 50 sovs towards the expenses of the judge, starter, &n. The winner of either the Don caster Stakes, Northamptonshire Stakes, Metropoli tan, and City and Suburban Stakes at Epsom, New market Handicap, or the Great Northern at York, in the present year, to carry 101 n, the second in either Sib ; and the winner of any other handicap rice after the publication of the weights of the value of 200 cove, including the winner's own stake, Slb extra, but not to be accumulative for being second in any of the above specified handicaps, as well as being the winner of 200 sovs. Cup Course (about two miles and a quarter). 133 subs. Age at lb I Placrow 5 9 2 Darkie Neville ..... ... Fisherman. 4 8 71 'Vengeanc e Ty pee a 8 4 Melissa Polestar 5 8 3 Mr. Sykes a 8 2 Warlock Lance 4 7 11 Pretty Boy Lady Tatton 5 7 7 Yellow Jack Stork 4 1 6 Artillery Heir of Linne Assayer 6 7 4 Chicken 5 7 4 Minoepie Forbidden Fruit 4 7 4 Maid of Derwent 4 7 4 Homily Rogerthorpe Malacca.. 4 7 0 Aleppo Early Bird Mary 5 6 12 Roam) Marchioneei Vulcan One Act 4 6 10 Porto Rico 4 6 10 Tyre .. . Peter Flat 4 6 10 Lundyfoot 4 6 10 Pantomime Quince Bracken 6 6 8, Flatterer 5 6 8 Siding Sly Fellow 4 6 8 Vandal Comedy 4 6 6 Preston Prince of Orange 4 6 4 Alice Wentworth 4 6 4 Cotswold Bay Hilton Stanhope Emulator Sy vagee 5 6 2 Libeling, 4 6 21 Spinster ..... . Gamma di Vergy 3 6 Lough Bawn a 6 o Zig Zag Claret 5 6 0 1 Imogene D-unmarry Dece tuber ... .. Hartley Ruck Bernlca Alice ............ , 5 6 0' Wee Willie Leamington Enchanter 4 6 0 Lord Derwent water 4 6 0 Good Friday....., 4 6 0 Barlieur 4 6 0 Alma Saunterer *Cardsharper 6 5 12 St. Domingo 4 5 12 Tom Thumb 4 5 12 Rosati Zaidee Curious ..... Lawn 4 5 10 31isa Harkaway 4 5 ~1,.,0 " Lady Fl orence ••• 4 5 Laverna . 4 5 10 Bubble 4 5 10 Glen Les 4 5 10 Bandalore 4 5 10 Puck 4 5 10 Indulgence Breeze Strathnaver Lam.bourn 3 5 10 Tao mania Magnifier Toe Shado - v rdwyndel Dhygga 4 5 _i La Victims ..... 4 5 Gortschakoff ...... 4 5 8 Aze st lb Grey Pyrrhus 4 5 8 The Boyne Water 3 5 8 Drumour Sprig of Shillelagh 3 5 8 Goldfinch Riseber Underhand Commoner 3 5 8 Longsight Oakball Vanduck Martinet Odd Trick ..... linperieuse Dancing Master 3 5 6 131 c by Gibraltar Fama 3 5 6 Chevalier d'lndus- trie 3 5 6 Forlorn Hope Comedia❑ Arta 3 5 6 Commotion Dusty %tiller 3 5 4 Apathy Adamas 3 5 4 Schiedam Arsenal Tam O'Sbanter 3 5 4 Highlander Double Glo'eter 3 5 4 The Dupe Tricolor g by Touchstone Dipthong Farmer Aehfield 4 5 0 br c by Orlando Ma Mie 3 5 0 Special Licence 3 5 0 St. Giles Greyling Homceopathist CaptAin Barclay 3 5 0 WJrc 03ter Cumberland' iceur de Charite 3 4 12 Ma-ter Bagot 3 412 Matilda Wardermarske Queen Bess Centurion Marrnion Sunrise Bashi Bazouk Cn lrington *Peto - 3 4 10 Leo 3 4 10 Kingmaker Gitana . 3 4 10 3 4 10 Evelyn The Baker 3 4 10 Veron% Ktruburn Orlando. Cora. Linne The Tattler f by Orlando_ Farmer's Daugh tez ....... Peeping Tom 3 4 8 Gilliver Avenger............ 3 4 7 Liverpool Turbit I Daisiy Doloarnara 3 4 7 J Slanderer ......... 3 4 4 Hamlet ........... 3 4 4 Kenerdy Vigliaconni Lady Helen i Pauli Monti Lord Melbourne 3 4 4 Charles o . 3la;ley 3 4 4 Jack Spring 3 4 0 Silkmore Toffey br f by The Cure —Jewess Mysterious Jack 3 4 0 Sir Colin Pinwira Lima Apothecary Ombra. Newton - le - Wil lows * These horses having been entered without the know ledge of their owners will he struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. If the highest weight accepting is under 9st it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. TRE SUN, LONDON ? TUESDAY EvAINING, JANUARY 20, 1857. Newmarket Craven Meeting. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Weights for the Newmarket Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 it: and 5 only if declared on or before the fir Tuet , day in February. Age Ft ib Fisherman 4 9 4 Aieppo Romeo Fuibeck Siding 5 8 4 Poodle Jack Sheppard Pantomime a 8 2 Bracken 6 7 12 Jolly Marine 5 7 12 Lord Albemarle a 7 12 S3.ndboy 5 7 12 Manganese 4 7 12 Malacca The Earl 5 7 10 Lawn 4 7 10 Homily Shoreham Age st lb The Hind Cotswold ..... 4 7 7 Emulator The Pope Tom Thumb December Firmament 4 7 4 Miss Harkaway 4 7 2 Besika 5 7 0 Gortechakoff 4 7 0 Barfleur 4 7 0 Piccolomini (late Louisa) Laverna 4 6 12 Nightshade Eloquence Indulgence 4 6 4 Newmarket First Spring Meeting. oATLzINDs. THE SPRING Weights for the Spring Oat] sous each, 5 ft with 100 Club for 3-yr-olds and upN lands, ti free handicap of 15 goys added by the Jockey wards. Age st lb Fisherman 4 9 2 Early Bird 6 9 2 New Brighton Wentworth ...... 4 8 7 Theodora Artillery Jack Sheppard- 5 8 3 Malacca Flyaway Bracken 6 7 13 Jesuit 5 7 13 Lord Albemarle Swindler Blue Rock 4 7 10 West Langton 4 7 6 Falstaff Noisette a 7 5 Vulcan Kestrel Tyre Peter Flat 4 7 2 Druid Wee Willie (late Omar Pasha) 4 6 13 Firmament 4 611 Irnperionse Aspasia Alastor Tom Thumb 4 6 10 Barfleur 4 6 10 Dusty Miller 3 6 8 Pemlodw Old Fashion 3 6 8 king of Avon Miss Harkaway 4 6 7 Double Glostar 3 6 7 Age st lb Greyling The Western Power 3 6 5 Orianda 3 6 4 Sir Colin 3 6 4 Palm Sunflower 3 6 3 Orlando 3 6 3 Vigil The Dupe Pe4ing, Toad . Bubble Coup de Main Verona Eloquence 4 6 2 Toffey 3 6 0 Rockley 3 6 0 Media Noce '3 6 0 Indulgence .. Dulcamara Cantrip 3 6 0 \larminn ...... Kling John 3 6 0 Vigliacconi 3 6 0 Beatrix Maid of Athens Neva Fright Footstool The Banner Bearer 3 5 9 Six and Eightpence 3 5 8 Delusion Cby lago Ombra " 3 5 7 Admiral Lyons Tiptop 3 5 4 Scour de Charite .., 3 5 0 Epsom Spring Meeting. THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. Weights for the Great Metropolitan Stakes (handicap) of 25 BOVA each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared on ur before the first Toes ,- lay in February. Age st lb Fisherman.., 4 9 0 Cannobie Yellow Jack 4 8 12 Winkfleld Aleppo Morgan la Faye 5 8 4 Fulbeck 5 8 1 Romeo Quince Poodle Enchanter 4 8 0 Pantomime Curious 4 7 12 Vandal Zigzag Lawn 4 7 10 Jolly Marine 5 7 10 The Earl "Vulcan The Pope Cerva Porto Rico 4 7 7 Longight (h b) 4 7 6 Primus Homily Emulator Alice Wentworth 4 7 2 Firmament 4 7 21 Tem Thumb 4 7 2 Barfleur 4 7 0 December Cockatoo Mcestissima "Vedette Tasmania Gortschakoff 4 613 Tame Deer 4 6 13 Piccolomini (late Louisa) Rosati 4 6 10 Chevalier d'ludns trie Martinet Laverne. Nightshade Underhand Aze et lb The Borderer Commoner 0.14 Trick 3 6 9 Riseber Skirmisher Verbena St. Giles 3 6 7 Centnrion 3 6 6 Bubble South-Western 3 6 5 Oakball Bannockburn Adamas 3 6 3 Dusty Miller 3 6 3 Greyling Sir Cohn 3 6 2 Laertes The Dupe .. .. Indulgence Somerset Gitana Wardermarske 3 6 0 Pinwire 3 5 13 Logic o'Buchan Dulcamara (b f Janet Peeping Tom 3 5 12 Verona Hobgoblin 3 5 10 England's Beauty 3 5 9 Pauli Monti Codrington The Avenger 3 5 9 Companion Sunrise Dundee Kinburn 3 5 6 eh c by Epirus, out of Elcot'a dam .., 3 5 6 Charles O'Malley 3 5 6 Kitty Fishingt on 3 5 5 Ombra 3 5 5 Six and Eightponce 3 5 5 Fright Madame Rachael 3 5 0 THE CITY AND SUBURBAN. _ . Weights for the City and Suburban Handicap of 15 says. each, 10 ft. and only 5 if declared on or before the first Tuesday in February, with 100 soy, added; the winner of any handicap of 200 sow, value after publi cation of the weights to carry 51b, of any two such races or more, 10ib extra, the second to receive 25 soy, out of the stakes. Tho winner to pay 10/. 104. to the Licensed Victuallers' Proteltion Society. To be run before the ELtropolitan stakes ; the last mile and a quarter. age at lb Fisherman 4 9 2 The Early Bird 6 9 1 Assayer 6 8 7 Morgan La Faye Coroner 4 8 7 Hospitality Theodora Artillery Ellermire ...... 5 8 2 Mary Flyaway Hercules Bracken 6 7 10' Swindler Curious 4 7 9 Stanhope Alembic 6 7 9 Porto Ric.) The Earl Little Tom Vulcan Falstaff 4 7 7 West Langton Merlin Emulator ... Rip Van Winkle 4 7 4 Border Chief Waterfall Cotswold Wentworth The Pope Mcestissima Vedette 3 7 0 Zaidee Wee Willie (late Oinar Pacha) 4 7 0 Dramatist Piccolomini (late Louisa) Harkaway ...... 4 6 12 Westminster Nightshade Knight of Avon Barfleur Laverne! 4 6 10 Odd Trick 3 6 10 (I,zeisound 3 6 10 , Arsenal Malakoff Commoner 3 6 10 Hartley Buck Age et lb British Remedy 46 9 Nottingham The Cave Adnllain 5 6 9 St. Giles Riseber 1 6 8 Skirmisher 3 6 8 Daisy Aspasia Centurion Dusty Miller 3 6 7 Strawberry Hollander Bubble Bel Esperatiza Dancing Master Greyling 0410)3,11 ............. Adamas ..... 3 6 6 Sir Colin Orianda Laertes .. The Western Power 3 6 4 Gitana ... 3 6 4 Red White and glue 3 6 3 Pinwire IVardermarske 3 6 2 Logie o' Buchan Peeping Tom 3 6 1. Hobgoblin 3 6 0 Indulgence 4 6 0 Toffey . England's Beauty._ 3 5 12 Vaulter !John Peel 3 5 10 Dulcamara Pauli Monti Cantrip Beatrix Sunrise Fright 3 5 7 Maid of Athena 3 5 5 Raven Bar one 3 5 5 Sister to Elfrida Kitty Fishington 3 5 5 Ombra Actress Madame Rachel Admiral Lyons Nereus Sceur de Charite Northampton and Pytchley Hunt. THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Weights for the Great Northamptonshire Stake s of 100 80 , 78, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 nova each, 15 ft and 5 only if declared on or before the let Tuesday in February, 1857. Age st lb Typee Fisherman 4 8 8 Winkfield 6 8 5 Yellow Jack Alonzo Mary Fulbock Assayer 6 7 6 Quince Siding 5 Homily 7 4 Cockatoo Shoreham 5 7 2 Vandal a Romeo Kestrel Santiboy 5 7 0 The Earl Enchanter 4 6 12 Alembic. Bracken Cotswold „ Vulcan 4 1 12 5 62 Emulator ..... December aterfall Curious The HindStanhoe 5 6 9 Porto Rico.... 4 6 9 Good Friday.., 4 6 9 Hopeless Star St. Domingo, 4 6 9 Zigzag Gemma dl Vergy 3 6 7 Tiff Eloquence 4 6 6 Rosati Lawn 4 6 4 Barfleur 4 6 4 Black Tiffany Alice Wentworth 4 6 3 Beeika Night Hawk Indulgence Tame Deer 4 6 2 Saunterer Magnifier Lord Derby, Mr Goodei ed alr. name. P e. . arr, and air. G. Pall not am Age et. lb Apathy . . ...... Sprig of St;illalab 3 5 12 Mongrel 3 5 12 Martinet .......... 35 12 Adam's 3 5 9 Gana 3 5 9 Brabantia 4 5 9 Palm 3 5 8 Oakball 3 5 8 Skirmisher 3 5 8 Comq.oner 3 5 7 Verbena Peeping Tom ... .. The Old Engliall Gentleman 3 5 6 Janet 3 5 5 Worcester 3 5 5 St. Giles Centurion The Borderer South-Western Kingmaker 3 4 Neva Huntington Companioa _ _ Kitnburn 3 5 3 The Dupe . Ombra. .3 5 3 .3 5 2 i 5 2 Amati 5 Somerset . 5 0 ... - John P ee l 3 0 Jessi e Pauli Monti 3 5 0 Sir Colin Hobgoblin Thetop ...... Avenger Star of Albion., 3 412 Madame Rachel c by Epirus out of I Elcot's dam ""'• 3 4 121 Dulcaniars. ..... Codrin g t on Sizand Eightpence 3 4 7 Silkmore ILady St. Liz. ...... 3 4 4 1 I, Mr. Hope, Lord Maidstone, ,ruer are subscribers, but did York Spring Meeting. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. Weights for the Great Northern Handicap. Two miles. Forfeits to bo declared on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Agt.s l Fandancio 5 9 3 6 8 12 Yeherman 4 8 8 Warlock 4 8 5 Yellow Jack 4 8 2 Simpson (h b) Artillery The Assayer 6 7 6 Quince Elastic Vandal Siding Merlin Romeo Pantomime Marchioness The Earl ...... 5 6 11 St. Domingo 4 6 10 December Porto Rico Emulator Gerama di Vergy 3 6 8 Alma 4 6 7 Ld. Derwent water 4 6 6 Firmament Rosati Lawn Gortechakoff 4 6 2 Barftenr 4 6 2 Saunterer Dusty Miller 3 6 0 Magnifier ...... 3 6 0 Sprig of Shillelagh 3 5 13 Underhand Martinet Arsenal Riseber Agv st lb Chevalier d'lnrlus- I trie 3 Grey Hug Skirmisher 3 Logic o' Buchan 3 Gitana. Commoner 3 Oakball Peeping Tom 3 Old English Gen tleman Odd Trick Br. c. by Orlando out of Ma Mie 3 Janet 8 St. Giles The Borderer Kingmaker Sontb.Western Centurion Companion Kim burn Toffey Bashi Bazouk ... 3 The Dupe 3 Sunrise Liverpool Sir Colin Princess of Orange 3 Dulcamara 3 Codrington Captain Barclay 3 Charles O'Malley 3 Vigliacconi Six and Etghtpence 3 actress TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. Subscribers mustered rather numerously. For the Chester Cup a strong disposition was evinced to back be. "the doings" on that event were chiefly c3nfined to conjectures and predictions as to the anxi ously expected weights. During the early part of the afternoon 1,000 to 40 was offered on the field, which odds were taken freely about Mincepie. The other in vestments ?ere unimportant. 30 to 1 was " wanted" about St. Giles ; 50 to 1 was currently offered against the Maid of Der went, who at half that price was in great force in the City during the past week. The betting on the Derby, although in certain i nstances the investments were small, took a somewhat extensive range. Tournament and M.D. were in strong demand, and at the prices quoted were backed for a considerable sum, The colt by Surplice out of Blue Devils was also in good request. CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASII. 15 to 1 agst Emigrant 20 to 1 agit Teddesley 25 to 1 agst Otner Pacha 25 to 1 aggt Star of the West 83 to 1 agst Sandboy CHESTER CLIP. 25 to 1 agst Mincepie (taken freely) 33 to 1 aget Warlock (taken) 33 to 1 apt Leamington (taken) 40 to 1 agst Riseber (taken) 50 to 1 aget Maid of Derwent (offered) DERBY. 11 to 1 aget Blink BJnny (taken) 14 to 1 aget Loyola (taken) 100 to 0 agst Tournament (taken freely) 20 to 1 ave. M D. (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 25 to 1 agat Lady Hawthorne (taken) 25 to 1 aget Arsenal (taken) 28 to 1 agst Athlete (taken) :.10 to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) 50 to 1 aget Blue Devils' colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Messenger (taken) 50 to 1 agst Kent (taken) 1000 to 15 agat Pyrrhus the Second (taken) LONDON GAZETTE--(This Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. E. 11 Neill as Consul• General in London for the Republic of Honduras. FOREIGN-OFFICE, J.CC. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Martial Cloquet as Consul-General in Australia for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. DOWNING•STREET, JAN. 16. The Queen has bee❑ pleased to appoint the Rev. George Mclrvine to be Minister of the church of Scotland, in the Island of Mauritius. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint William Allen, Esq., to be Chief Clerk in the Colonial Treasurer's Office in that island. WITEHALL, JAN. 19 The Quee n habeen ease pleased to appoint . Edward Willis, Esq., to be one of the inspectors under the " Aot to render more effectual the polica in counties and boroughs in Eng land and Wales." COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Chas. Wm. Parker, Esq., Adjutant of the 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia, to serve with the rank of aiptain. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—Benjamin Healing ton Williams, Esq., late First Lieutenant Bengal Horne Artillery, to be Captain, vice Humfrey, appointed to the British Getman Legion. Warwickshire Militia, 2(1 Regiment Ensign Juhn Blacksley to be Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant Chap. Bagnall, appointed to the Lino ; Euaiim Walter Furness to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. A. Keir Lowndes, deceased ; Ensign Henry Leftwich Freer to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. G. D. Wingfield, promoted ; Ensign Henry Hawkins to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. Armfield, resigned. WHITEHALL, JULT 10. The Right Honourable Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed John Hunt Thurs. field, of Wednesbury, in the county of Stafford, Gentle man, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Stafford. BANKRUPTS. John Poland, wholesale milliner, Hart-street, Blooms. bury, to surrender, Jan. 30, at one, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-coin t ; Lawrence, Smith, and Fawdon, Bread street, Cheapside. William Burrow Jones, confectioner, Bristol, Feb. 3 and March 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; King, Bristol. Charles George, grocer, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset shire, Feb. 3, and March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis• trict Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Stanley and Wasbrough, Bristol. Ann Rees, grocer, Llanelly, Feb. 3 an d Mar s h 3, a t eleven, at the B r i s t o l District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Stanley and Wasbrough, Bristol. John Danger, leather factor, Yatton, Somersetahire, Feb. 3 an i March 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Gir ling, Bristol, Fredk. James Clarke, baker, Clapham, Jan. 30, at one, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed- wards, official assignee, Basinghall-court ; Hewitt, Nicho las-lane, City. Thomas Pinches, builder, Walsall, Staffordshire, Feb. 4, at eleven, and Feb. 23, at half-past ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Whitmore. official assignee, Bir mingham ; Wilkinson, Walsall; James, Birmingham. Alfred Taylor, builder, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, Feb. 6, and 20, at half-pact eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodg• son and Allen, Birmingham. Jonathan Wright Horsfall, commission agent, Leeds, Feb. 2, and March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Prest, Leeds. William Balshaw, builder, Liverpool, Feb. 4 and March 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Payne, Liverpool. George Sa.ndhatn, cotton spinner, Carr Mill, Lancashire, Jan. 30 and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Efernarnan, official assignee, Manchester; Cobbet and Wheeler, Manchester. Gilbert Hodgson and William Atchoson, timber mer chants, Sunderland, Feb. 10, at eleven, and March twelve, at the Newcastla-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, Bush, and Gaskoll, Southampton-buildings, London, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. James Turner, oil and grease merchant, Newcastle-upon. Tyne, Feb. 3, at eleven, and March 4, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as. gigue°, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hoyle , Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Crosby, Church -court, Old Jury, London. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Borthwiok, gardener and florist, Raglan-place, Partick, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This DAT. "' Di l i t e r, a three m-. . m . o — n . t . h . s . •—• I I I l 1174,,4 LeghornGitiraltar .... .... :: ..; : : •• .. .. : 2; - 5,5 Rotterdam ............ II 17% Genoa ...... ..•• ...... '45 7a Antwerp ............. 25 32% Milan ................ Brussela .........„ .... 25 3z% Venice...... — Elaniburgh .. ,•.• •• .... 13 6%, Naples •••• .• •• Paris...... Altona .......• •• •• .... • Palermo .... ..... • .... 129 ............ 25 22% Messina ... ... 119% Ditto, three months .. 2.5 67% Lisbon ...... Marseilles...... ...., ,„ 25 • 67i., Oporto .........• .• •• •• 51% Bourde.tux ........ f Rio Janeiro ..... .•• •• •• Frankfort-on -Maine .• .. 118% Buenos Ayres.. •• •• .. •• Berlin .. .. .• „. •• .• •• •• New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia •• . PRICES Or IMILLICK, psi Or. TVrielesnntea:::::::::::: ........ Petersburg ............ 237.412: Foreign Gold in Bars ..£3 17 9 Madrid ......• •• ...... 49 Portugal Gold Coin Cadiz ........• •• •• .••... 49% Mexican Dollars Barcelona ............ New Dollars Seville— •• ......•••• diver In bars .. .....--.......—.....;______• RoBSON, THE CRYSTAL PALACE! FoRGRR.—It appears that RAson, who is now in Newgate, having been placed there to facilitate the making up of his accounts under the fiat in bankruptcy, has for some days past evinced symptoms of aber ra ti on o f mind. The mental anxiety he has undergone consequent upon his irretrievably de graded position, the indignities and personal suffering to which he, in common with all convicts sentenced to transportation, is subjected, have completely shaken his intellect. His insanity is said to have assumed a form of intense melancholy. There can be little doubt that he will be removed to Bethlehem Hospital as a criminal lunatic, where, in all probability, he will shortly end his days, as he manifests symptoms of a complete constitu- tional decay. DIITY 014 GRAlN.—According to the Liverpool this. tome' Bill of Entry the amountofdutypa 1 1 ; ra in in, th fl e o la u s r t , quarte r o f 1856 , i n L iverpoo l , upon corn , Ice., was 47,108/. ls. 7d. ; 15, 1931. oc. 0 1 . , 6;2 2 2 d4n 17 0 5 c . tx a ; , 15,63 G/. 3 s. 11d, in November • December. LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES. (Franz, the Times Correspondent.) NENir YORK, JAN. 3. If the present letter contains nothing that re;ates to business or politics, or what is called news, it will only obey the spirit of the time ; tor a brief space festivity and social observances, moulded by tradition, have the upper band even of debates on slavery and the course of exchange. Without these topic; the mail you will re ceive by this steamer is likely to be a meagre one, unless a little of the social doings of the season is thrown in. New York has been keeping holiday, au indulgence it seldom allows itself—so seldom, that it may be interest• iog to know how it does it, having a little practice in the art. The three holidays of the American year are, in the North, the Thanksgiving-day, fixed by the Governor of each State, generally in November, when, once in four years at least, the escape from the Presidential election is a just cause of gratification ; New Year's-day, arid the 4th of July. Christmas-day is not observed so de cidedly as t 3 entitle it to mention ; though not quite disregarded, it is not considered a total holiday. In the New England States the people have transferred the celebrations they refuse it to the official and traditional Thanksgiving day, originally a tribute of prayer and sermons in acknowledgment of the happy harvest that saved the first colony of the Pilgrim Fathers from star vation, but in after times expanded by their descendants into a day of festivity—a natural and laudable illustra• tion of the theory of development. On this day the race of the Puritan stock meet in family gatherings, and the turkey falls a sacrifice to them as numerously as at the period so fatal to that fowl in Norfolk of the old coun try. Of other aids of festivity it is difficult to speak with the same certainty in the region of stringent liquor laws; but it is whispered they are not wanting, the strong statutes applying only to the public sale of wine and alcohol, not the private consumption thereof, which may be left in the algebraic uncertainty of en unknown quantity. Something of the old quarrel which mince pie and the disparagement of the materials of appointed feasting which began in England still remains ; but the innate necessity of some point of time to break the hard monotony of life has triumphed, and the descendants of the Puritans have now a newer tradition of their own, and a day according to it that answers the purpose. The Pilgrims were a great race of men, but they were a little too hard on amusement, something peevish that way, and overdid the thing, the old Adam breaking out even among themselves in unexpected places. Hawthorne (of the "Seven Gables" and "Scarlet Letter"), who has studied their colonial history, says he has not been able to discover that these stern fathers ever indulged in merriment, except at funerals I On such occasions they relaxed, and cultivated a grim kind of joviality. That this could continue was impossible • as a conse quence, Boston has not only Thankegiving:day, but four theatres. Christmas, however, is ignored to this hour. In New York the Puritan spirit was never so marked. The theology of the Dutch settlement was as decided, perhaps, but its practice was not the B,llllo—not quite so rigid. The pastors preached in Geneva cloaks, and the sermons were long enough, but the Flemish and German nature was always more genial, and imported some cheerful observances which Weir descendants not only retained but have handed down to the present time. New York still keeps Christmas, principally for the be hoof of the children, to whom St. Claus still brings his nocturnal gifts of toys. There is a brisk business hi Broadway arising out of the custom, and there are presents to be made to those of larger growth—hooks and jewellery, and articles costly and indescribable, and indescribably costly. Trade is not suspended but increased, and the outdoor traffic of the day is unusually active. In the Episcopal and the Dutch church there is divine worship, but the religious element does pre dominate. The evening of Christmas-dsy is the great night of the theatres ; at the "Bowery," and other houses of the second class—the Surreys and Victories of the city—they give two performances, an extra one in the afternoon ; but there is no Christmas-eve and no "Boxing-day." The real fete of the season, however, is New Year's day ; it is kept as a c l ose holyday by everybody, r;ch and poor ; there is no work, no shops are open, and even those abodes of unrest, the newspaper offices, give all their machines, editors included, a respite. Yester day morning New York breakfasted without a journal ; next to the sun omitting to rise it is the greatest proof of the general suspension of ordinary life. It is only the usual life, however, that is suspended ; another kind of activity takes its place, and continues in full rush till evening. The day is devoted by all classes to calling on eaoh other with wishes of a happy new year. This is also a custom of Dutch origin, unknown out of New York. Those who have a large circle of acquaintance have a busy time of it ; it is a thing that must be done, a call on New Year's-day covering a m altitude of sins of omismionaduring the past year, while neglecting the compliment aggravates them, converting them almost into the cut direct. The ladies stay at home to receive the visits, the gentlemen alone paying them ; the effect on the appearance of the streets is peculier ; there is not a lady to be seen ; the black coats have all the pavements to them selves ; all bright colours have disappeared from the promenades, and, though the loss of brilliancy is very marked, the gain of space is considerable ; the difference made by the subtraction of hoops and skirts is amazing. The carriages passing by are full • imen, the omnibuses aro packed with men ; there are men everywhere, as if all the female portion of the community had been sent out of the city in expectation of a siege. Any stranger landing from Europe on the let of Jan. would have thought New York bewitched and under a very evil spell indeed, unless a native took him in charge and, like a kindly Asmodeum, dissipated his misgivings by showing hint the bright and cheerful interiors, where the vanished ladies sit in state, gorgeously apparelled, dispensing smiles and refreshments to all °omens. The gentlemen of the house are not to be seen ; they are on the round of visits elsewhere. It is a harceet day of profit to the hack drivers, as from the expansion of the city he has very few acquaintance, very exceptionally located, who can make his calls on foot. By rule the snow ought to be on the ground, to admit of sleighiug ; a dash down the p ai r of fn long horses in ai in gayeatl y turned harness and sledge, with strings of silver bells, is an animating addition to the holiday. But this year the skies are perverse ; there have only been a few threats of snow, and that at Christmas—just enough to tempt a few sledges, give them a few hours run, and then by a dull thaw let them down to the stones, on which the grating and thumping soon disgusted the most entlau•iaetic lovers of the exercise, and sent them to wheels again. Last year the winter was unusually severe, and on New Year's-day there was a double sledge road along the whole of Broadway, with a high dividing ridge of snow between, which cost the corporation something a nd cars, going incredible in dollars t o remove . This year sledging has b een an experiment only , soon abandoned, the " sliding merelypublic cmng out vehicles, indebted inagain to whilen wheels,"allthe so to speak, kept their feet. The day was clear and open, and rather muddy withal, while, provokingly, r strong p Sr oirne bute of them are s there is this morning a fine coating of s now on t h e ground, just too late. On favourable occasions sledges arethe in hi r eo such f a da demand supinogi t n h tt a ue td turn -out. uo d tn. g ed ; e w ar h e ate p v a e id r the very brilliantly appointed vehicles employed the duty of the day must be done. I n th e simple days of the Dutch dynasty, when the city was only a small corner of the present metropolis, and when the residences of wealth and respectability fashion is of more modern growth) were grouped round the Battery, the old Knickerbockers could pay their visits leisurely, and on foot, with time enough to discuss a dr am sedately and fill their capacious pockets with cake, as the manner was ; now, all those who can be visited dwell far from the city proper, scattered over miles of avenue, to say nothing of lateral streets from "Eighth" to "Fortieth." It now requires an early start, a good pair of horses, and tolerably hard work to get through a moderate list by twilight.. There is also a peril of detention where the fires are so bright on the marble hearths, the toilettes so brilliant, and the otto mans so inviting ; there are costly gifts of the season to be shown and examined, diamond bracelets or gigantic bouquets of exotics ; there is also exquisite Madeira prof fered, only to be found iu certain ancient cellars. Alto gether, without the support of a stern sense of duty the round of visits may be brought to an abrupt conclusion, and all parties agree to make a day of it, leaving the rest of the list of friends to fate and the next year. Generally, however, a few minutes suffice for each visit ; you are relieved by new comers and depart. For merly, when the city and "society" were smaller, and everybody had more time, the hospitality of the day, frequently tested and longer indulged, was somewhat perilous, and the staircases ascended late in the day were apt to grow unaccountably narrow and perplexing ; all this has been changed for the better, the style of things is lighter and more elegant, the refreshment table is not the main feature of the day—it is an agreeable part of the decorations, an d littl e more. On the whole, the custom is a pleasant one, and deserves not to die out ; yet it is to be feared the continual extension of the city will make it mere and more difficult to comply with every Germany, to an annual leaving of car ts, a p oor, formal process, which may be abandoned withou t lo s s. d year, and it may gradually degenerate , as it has done in A round of New York interiors on New Year s- ay leaves a very distinct impression of th e luxury an of decoration which the wealth of this commercial n munity has produced. Many of th e p elages of Europe must look meagre and bare to any on e accustomed to le the rich and lavish comfort of most of the fashionable o lder qaa superior in many respects, though notrters so striking mansions. Those of the Fifth Avenue have the most celebrity, but there are others in ex ternally. The attempt to make the mo st of small with the outside splendour. Tee palatial facade is o btained at the ex expense to produce space in the grand street has compelled some contriv ances that contrast disadvantageously expense of room within, and the attemp lts the effect of a mansion on 16 feet of frontage resu th American adjective " bogus," otherwise sham. The e older houseas on Hudson-square and som e of the side of The older something which justifies the app licati on streets are far nobler in their interior proportions ; but they are all admirably warmed, and fully , softl y , and richly furnished—very Castles of Indolenc e . The modern republic has nothing to learn from any empire, Fren c hd or Roman ; and now and then a gro wl ma y be heard from some Juvenal, condemning the general tendency to extravagance but the age of republican simplicity has departed for New York. It is commercial, wealthy, showy, and luxurious ; those who are "roasting turnips on their Sabine farms" are in the " Far West. The Great Western and South Western Railway Companies open their lines for through traffic to Wey mouth this day. Weymouth, the favourite sea side resort of George 111., is thus brought within a few hours' journey of London, 7 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 19. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Hodgson, the superin tendent of the City police, attended, at the request of the Lord Mayor, upon the subject of some public meetings of artisans that have recently been held in Smithfield. The Lord Mayor said he had been given to understand that a report• was prevalent that he had sanctioned the holding of the meetings. He had never given any per• mission for their being held, nor had he sanctioned theta in any way ; and nothing could be further from his thoughts than doing so. He at the same time bad no means of preventing meetings being held in Smithfield so long as they were properly conducted and did not cause inconvenience to the public. He was desirous of learning from Mr. Hodgson of what class of persons they consisted. Mr. Hodgson—They are very orderly, well-conducted persons, and are generally what they represent them• selves to be. They are principally mechanics, and others engaged in industrial pursuits, stonemasons and brink• layers. _ _ The Lord Mayor—ls there a largo number of this class out of employment at the present time 3 Mr. Hodgson—There is. Their object in meeting is to impress upon the unions the necessity of relieving all persons out of employment. They intend to apply to the unions for relief. The Lord Mayor—lf a man cannot get employment, and is destitute, he must go to the union and receive re lief; but from what I know of the working classes of this country—a most respectable body—l am satisfied that they will conduct themselves orderly and peaceably, and there can be no doubt that their wants will be at tended to. Mr. Hodgson—The spot on which they meet is actu ally beyond the bounds of the City, We are only de sirous of preventing public inconvenience, and doubtless your lordship's statement, when it goes forth to the public, will have the effect of removing the impression, which is very general, that the meetings are held under your sanction. The Lord Mayor—l cannot imagine how such an impression ever got abroad. Mr. Hodgson:ll believe that ono of the orators pub• licly made the statement. The sabjeot then dropped. GUILDHALL.--Miall Meagher, a respectably dressed young man, described in the charge sheet as a soldier attached to the Warley Barracks at Brentwood, was ckarged with obtaining seven shawls, value 321. 10s., of Messrs. Kerr and Scott, warehousemen, of LS, Can non-street West, by means of a forged order. Mr. Liner said he was manager in the establishment td i I mo : mon Leeds, eri Moor, of Messrs. Kerr and Scott, wholesale warehousemen, of Cannon-street West. On Thursday last his firm received a letter by post purporting to come from Messrs. Smeaton and Co., drapers, of Leeds, stating that Mr. J. H. Moor, their traveller, would call upon Messrs. Kerr and Scott, and recommending them to do business with him if possible. Witness saw the prisoner on Friday when he called. Mr. J. Patten, employed in the same establishment, said that when the prisoner came on the Friday, he se lected seven shawls, value 321. 10s., which he directed to be sent to Paul's coffeehouse to be conveyed to Leeds by a person who would take them free of charge. Other goods which he selected were to be sent direct to Messrs. Smeaton at Leeds, and some wera to be directed to him self at St. Paul's coffeehouse. Tho seven shawls were packed up and sent as directed. Mr. Kilner said that on Saturday, in consequence of suspicions dg os a: l andlthat knot receivedentertainedhweknowledge dg hea da ofr ea b pn y l yyt authorisedhf person eu fi rms r oma Messrs. nt , 1 yt of person e eyt the oe sn naltaoe telegraphed rlaolto 1l , hisßgiochodarsdisn, qthueesct!ffionceorn, saidtheir e ac h c a o d un n t o . at present to offer in this case ; but there was another charge against the prisoner. Mr. Bradbury, of the firm of Bradbury, Greatorex, and Beall, of Aldermanbury, said he received a letter purporting to come from the same parties as in the last case at Leeds, but in consequence of information he re ceived from Messrs. Kerr and Scott, when the prisoner came he interrogated him upon the letter be brought, and the order for silk goods which he had received. The prisoner said he lived in the house of Kerr and Scott, where the goods were to be sent for enclosure to Messrs. Smeaton. Mr. Bradbury proceeded to look for the order, and in his absence the prisoner made some excuse to get away, and was leaving the premises when he was detained by Mr. Beall. further evidence at Mr. Beall said as soon as he heard the prisoner say he came from Kerr and Scott he left his desk, when the prisoner said he had two or three places to call at, and as they closed early, it being Saturday afternoon, he wished to send them the goods for enclosure to Kerr and S..estt. He was then going out when Mr. Beall stopped him, and the prisoner then said, " Good God I I am done for. I have been made a dupe of. I have been a tool, and have been compelled to do it." Richards, after taklog the prisoner into custody, searched him, and found 13 duplicates of goods in pledge, some letters and memorandums, among which were a list of wholesale warehousemen in the City, and an unopened letter addressed to Sir J. Melville. There was also a furlough paper made out in the name of M. R. Meagher, lance corporal in the lion. East India Company's service. Alderman Wire directed the officer to deliver the letter to Sir James Melville, and inform him of the manner in which it came into his possession. The prisoner seemed very much annoyed that the let• ter thould be forwarded, and said he did not wish to dis grace his friends. He was then remanded ; and as he was leaving the dock a gentleman from the firm of Bevingten and Morris came forward and said he had a charge of a similar character against the prisoner. WORSIIIP-STREET.—Thomas Reid, a malicious looking youth, by trade a shoemaker, was charged with a brutal assault upon his mother. The prisoner, who has frequently been punished for serious outrages upon the complainant, returned home on the previous evening, and commenced putting out tne fire. On being remonstrated with he struck the prosecutrix two heavy blows with the poker, which rendered her senseless, and she was after wards conveyed to the hospital for medical treatment. The prisoner, who asserted that the injuries were ac cidentally inflicted, was fully committed for trial. James Smith. and Michael Gess, working men by ap pearance, were charged with stealing a horse, gig, and harness, the property of William Lambert, Hill-street, Hackney-road, ♦aloe 151. At 8 o'clock p.m. on the 2d inst. the prosecutor had occasion to call upon a friend in Hyde-plaos, Hoxton, leaving his gig unattended ; on returning a few minutes afterwards it had disappeared. On the 9th he visited the New Cattle Market and there saw the horse in posses. sion of Smith, who was offering it for sale to a butcher and demanding 61. for it. Smith was then given in charge. On the same day Twise, 456 N, from informa. tion received, went to Wandsworth, and in a lane there found the gig. Gess was standing near, and, in reply to the officer's questions, asserted that it was his pro. perty, baying purcha , ed it of three men on the previous Saturday, with the horse and harness, for the small sum of 21. The horse and harness had since been sold. Stur geon, 492 N, found the harness i❑ the possession of a man named Gore, at Battersea, who admitted that he had bought it of Gess for 4s. Gess now persisted in his statement made to the con stable, that he had bought the whole fur 21. ofetrangers, and that, having but 30s. they accepted that, promising to call for the remainder, which they had never done. Witnesses were called to substantiate the sale, but the magistrate fully committed both prisoners for trial, agreeing to admit them to bail. WESTMINSTER.—Jaines Archer and Edwd. Kelly were yesterday placed at the bar, charged with stealing a great quantity of plate and other valuables front Gun- ton Hail, Norfolk, the seat of Lord Suffield. On the night of the 12th of December it is supposed that the thieves concealed themselves in some way on the premises, and broke out of them during the morn ing. Although part of the family resided at the time at the hall the robbers were completely undisturbed, and ransacked several apartments in the house, carrying off with them ♦aluable plate and property of all descrip i tions. Placards were posted offering a reward of 1001. for the apprehension of the offenders, and it was not until Saturday night that the accused were captured. Information having been given to the Metropolitan Po lice—it having been conjectured that they had come to London, their abode had been ascertained by Sergeant Moore, of the B division, who had been watching their proceedings for some days past, in order to bring the charge home to them, but was anticipated i• the capture of Archer by Mr. Best, a greengrocer, at 5, Marlborough road, Chelsea, who having seen a description of him identified the man as he passed by last Saturday night, and secured him. Sergeant Moore immediately appre• hended the other at his lodgings. Thu evidence connect ing the prisoners with the robbery is that Archer was a discharged servant fron the ball, alto well knew the p:tce and habits of the family, which knowledge was indis pensable for the eornmiaion of the robbery. The prison ers were seen in company shortly before the robbery, is the neighbourhood of the hall, and Archer, in the pre sence of the other, was found dieposing of part of the stolen property, while more of it was diseovered in pledge in the country. In London the accused were also to gether selling different stolen articles, and Archer, when captured, was wearing a pair of his master's shooting boots. _ _ and was told by the magistrate that there c')uld be no doubt of hfa guilt, that such outrages coufti not be per mitted, lie was s, , ntenced to three months' bard labour. .iIIANCITESTER COMMERCIAL ASS-00IATION. The annual meeting of this association was held at Manchester yesterday, Mr. J. A. Turner, presiding. The Chairman, in commenting upon the annual report, referred to the proud position which this country held during the negotiations for the conclusion of peace last year. He believed we mid - it look back with satisfaction to the course of trade since peace was established, for a: no t,eried in the annals of our commet ea had any ap proach been made to the amount of business carried on. Our exports had exceeded those of any other period by 20,000,0001., for they amounted to the enormous sum of 115,000,000/., and he believed that while the mercantile interests had been flourishing, the population of the country had been well employed, that generally con tentment had prevailed, and that we might on the whole consider ourselves in very prospetous condition. But there was one cloud in the distance, and that was the probable distress we were likely to experience before long from the inadequate supply of the raw material which gave employment to such vast numbers of the inhabitants of this district. In ten years, from 1847 to 1850, the imports of cotton into this country had exactly doubled, for in 1847 they were 1,234,000 bale , while in 185 d they were 2,467,000 bales ; but such bad been the progress of the cotton trade that whereas at the end of 1847 the stock in Liverpool was 451,000 bales, or 20 weeks' consumption, at the end of 1856 the stock was only 332,000 bales, or ei4lit weeks' consumption. That was t[,t3 total stock at the end of a year which gave an American crop of 3,500,000 bales, and all authentic accounts pretty nearly concurred in the anticipation that there would only be 3,030,000 bales to meet the require ments of the present year. We might depend upon it that we should be the sufferers by the deficiency, for it was rather startling to know that the United States and the Continent were now, unitedly, using about as much cotton as Great Britain. In looking back, again, on the past year, there was one cause for feelings of humiliation among commercial society in the numerous crimes, frauds, and infamies that had taken place in the year 1856. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he referred in terms of deep regret to th e d ea th o f Mr. Brotherton, whose loss would be especially felt by all who had had occasion to communicate with the representatives of that community. (Applause.) On the motion of Sir J. Potter, seconded by Mr. M. Ross, the report was una nimously received. The proceedings concluded with the appointment of directors and auditors and a vote of thanks to the directors of the past year. THE BOOT ANI) SHOE TRADE. Last night a large meetieg ut master boot and shoe makers in the metropolis, including many of the princi pal members of the trade, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, with the view of adopting some common course of action to accommodate their interests to the unpre cedented rise in the price of leather of late, and especially within the last six weeks. Mr. Medwin, of Regent's quadrant, acted as chairman, and from the statements that he and the several otber speakers made to the meeting it appears that from a variety of concurrent causes the price of leather is from 50 to 80 per cent., many estimating it at even a higher figure than that, more than it was a year ago. This is not confined to London, but is general throughout the whole country. Not wishing to run the risk of losing old customers by making a corresponding increase in the price of boots and shoes the masters during the last year have struggled on at the old prices, hoping that the rise was only temporary and exceptional, but they have done so in many cases without deriving a farthing of profit on the whole trt.nsactions for the 12 months, and in others by sustaining heavy losses. The case of one well known tradesmau was cited, who paid a rent of 4001. a-year for his premises, and who estimated the whole of his profits on his trade for the last year at only 801., and that with out taking into account hie necessary household ex. penses. This state of things, it was stated, has become so serious to the trade that the members of it have been driven to bring the mater under public consideration with the view of justifyingthem in making an equivalent advance in the prices of b , mts and shoes of all kinds, not for the purpose of obtaining greater profits, which they repudiate, but simply as a measure of necessary protec tion and justice to themselves as a body. The scarcity and consequent high cost of leather are chiefly attri buted by the trade to the enormous consumption of the article during the war, when at the same time no raw hides were imported into this country from St, Petersburg ; to the greatly increased quantities of lea ther now being exported to the United States ; to the murrain among cattle in South America, whence we have been accustomed to derive large supplies of ra-v hides; to the exportation of boots and shoes in incredibly large quantities ; and to a decrease in the supply of lea ther we have heretofore received from France, resulting from the extensive substitution of leather for wooden shoes among the lower classes of the French provinces. The meeting entirely repudiated the idea of anything ' like a combination among themselves or the trade of which they are members for the purpose of forcing a rise of prices in the public. Besides the chairman the meeting was addressed by Mr. Simpson, of Tottenham court-road ; Mr. Moore, of the firm of 13,2rra1l and Co., Marylebone-lane ; M r . Bi r d , O x f or d -street ; Mr. Green, Shoreditch ; Messrs. Cornell, Hewitt, Hooker, and others ; and eventually a resolution was passed by ac clamation recommending the adoption by the trade of an average advance in the price of boots and shoes in pro portion to the rise in the price of leather. Other reso, lutions were also adopted for giving effect to the wishes of the meeting, and the proceedings terminated. TEE NEW srEAm BATTERY. , The great iron war steamer, which is now in construe , tion at Hoboken for the Government, being an object of much interest, we have been at considerable pains to collect reliable information in regard to her, principally through the medium of our Washington correspondents ; and, as it differs very materially from the statemei.ts recently made in various quarters, we give it to our readers. In 1842 the late Mr. Robert L. Stevens first broached to the Government the subject of harbour defence by means of steam batteries of iron, which should be shot and shell proof, and in 1843 Congress, by a special act, directed that the Navy Department should contract with him for such a vessel. In 1844 a contract was accordingly made with him by Mr. Mason, then Secretary of the Navy, under whicti Mr. Stevens com menced collecting materials and constructing the dry dock in which the vessel is now building. Mr. Stevens bound himself by this contract to construct a war steamer suitable for use in the waters of New York, from Sandy Hook upward. It was stipulated that she should be built of iroc, that she should be shot and Ethell proof against ordnance then in use on ships of war, that she should have four engines, and be propelled by a sub merged propeller which should give great speed. H er dimensions were to be not less than 250 feet iu length and 40 feet beam, and her cost complete, including au arma ment of not less than 6 h eav y guns, was not to ex ceed $587, 0 0 0 . For the faithful faffilmentof this contra the Government required and rec e i ve d f rom Mr. 3tevenst ample security, as it was furtheretipulated that payments s hould be made to hirn as h e proceeded with the struction up t 05500,000, an d t h at the remaining 3 "" _ r s 7,0 e 00 should be paid when theship was co mp l eted and Mr. Stevens encounte re d many difficulties i eceiv d " n making his preliminary arrangements, and it viete not until July, 1854, that the actual con struction was commenced. Meantime he had decided, after more fully studyin g th e subject, to inc rease t h e dimensions of the vessel v e ry much. Inste a d o f a l ength of 250 feet she nearly 420 dimensions are feet long, and h er other increased in pro. portion. Instead of 4 engine s and 1 propeller, rp eller, she h a s 8 engines and 2 propellers. Her boilersa o re 10 in number, of large dimensions, and her power will be nearly equal to 9,000 horses. The vessel is in a very advanced state, and the machinery and boi•era, and dependencies, are all complete and in place. Owing to her greatly increased dimensions beyond those stipulated for in the contract the cost will be much increased, but how much we are not able to state. The payments by the Go vernment cannot exceed 500,000 dollars until the vessel is delivered and received, unless Congress should make further appropriations. Since the construction was commenced the original projector, Mr. Robert L. Ste vens, has died, but it is stated that his brother, Mr. E, A. Stevens, is determined to complete the vessel ; that a good force is now at work, under the same general supervision which has been employed from the com mencement. Mr. Stevens is prosecuting the work from kis own resources, we are told, in the fullest con. fidence that the ship will in all respects meet public expectation, and that Congress will not suff er him to sititain any loss.—American paper. TilE ADULTERATION OP FLOUR AND BREAD. -, - The Lancet has just commenced a new series of re ports under the old title of the " Analytical Sanitary Commission on the Adulteration of Food and m e di c i ne: , That. contained in the Lancet of the 17th inn. is u on the adulteration of fl our an d b read. It appears that there is an article in common and daily use by bakers deno minated " Cones," or " Cones' flour ;" this when genuine consi.ts entirely of the flour of a particular kind of wheat, denominated " Rivit wheat." It is used by roftvitoheceags well as bakers to dust the boards upon which the dough is made into bread, as well as the dough itself, the oi,ject being to prevent the dough from adh€ring to the boards, or the loaves to each other ; hut, as will appear immediately, it is likewise employed for other purposes. Of 22 earn' plea of Cones' flour subjected to examination five only were genuine, and the other 17 adulterated, consisting n of mixture s of rice, bean, barley, rye flour, and Indian ' i corn meal. together with, in one alum. Cones' flour is, therefore, eubj-ct various adds - We.s.., a Kent -street niendi- amount of adulteration, the objectoenormous l LAMBETH.—Jarnes 1 h d before Mr. Elliott with attempting to linos made to it being to cheapen the artic le flonr is fro cant, was charge . on the Queen's highway, to adapt it for adulteration. That Cones' rob Harriet Christmasto an sa . of bread is shown, trix a young woman, deposed that on quently employed in th i adulteration The prosecu , the adulterations ' ht she bad been out for some things, and in some CA3033 by the character of some of with bean Saturday night ' to the a d be en her master, 3, Albion-place, to which it is subject, as those by admix ture fi,ur is actually of a whenreturning Peckham, sue had to pass a dead wall, and flour, alum, and salt. Now beanu wheat flour of good H gh-street, . met the Prisoner. He asked her for alms, and she more glutinous nature th an I" i n Cones' flour tends there ld h im she bad noth'ng to give, upon which he placed quality, and therefore its presence for which it is alleged to n hand round her neck and the other towards her to unfit it for the very purpose I have even aeknow o e in her hand- By a sudden jerk she got away that it is designed. Some of Cones' flour for the purpose purse and home and told her master, from him ran lodged to the . employmentthe article Cones' flour, prepared by Mr. Robert Coulson said that, oa his servant coming of adulteration. 1- In t then," states the report, " are home and telling him of the outrage that had been the millers, 11, bakers, material avowedly wheat flour, but attempted he went in pursuit of the prisoner, and en furnished w ith a of mixtures of different and cheaper coming up with him he charged him with the offence, . which, conHistingr y way suited for the adulteration of but ho stoutly denied it. liming no doubt, however, flours, is in ev t e it is extensively used for this purpose that he was the person, as he had asked charity from bread, and that The public know nothing of this himself but a short time before, he gave him into the c ann ot be doubted. master bakers themselves are ignorant of custody of a constable. article ; t nn topesition, while the journeyman, in most Policeman 44 P deposed that the pri=oner had admit- its 1.2111 when, he adds, by his master's directions, ahuskel ted that he had been begging, and he found is, lid. on cases , , to a sack of flour, has no idea that he i $ *WI of Cones 0 - __. __ _ him. testing the bread, The prisoner denied the charge of attempting robbery, t Mr. Paynter inquired of the superintendent of the Norwich Police what course he intended to pursue re specting the prisoners 3 The Sunerintentlent replied that, with the magistrate's authority, he would immediately convey them to Nor wich. They were accordingly sent there. - - THE WAR WITH PERSIA AND CHINA. BIRMINGHAM - , MONDAY NISEIT. A. public meeting of the inhabitants of this town was held in the New Music-hall, Broad-street, this evening, on the subject of the present wars with Persia and China. There was only a moderate attendance, the re served seats in the stalls being only thinly occupied. Mr. Alderman BALDWIN, in the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, presided ; and among the gentlemen pre sent we observed Mr. W. Morgan, Mr. Joseph Sturge, the Rev. C. Vince, Mr. C. Sturge, Mr. J. S. Wright, the Rev. A. O'Neil, and numerous other influential gen tlemen. A letter from Lord Lyttelton, apologising for his absence, but partly agreeing with the objects of the meeting, was real at the commencement of the proceed ings. Mr. W. MORGAN, in a long address, referred to the history of the opium trade in China, the differences which had long existed between Great Britain and that country, the manner in which we had occasionally acceded to Chi nese demands, and ultimately urged the inexpediency of proceeding by force against China. He concluded by mov ing a resolution to the effect that the bombardment of Canton was unjustifiable, and was repugnant to Chris tianity, and calculated to dishonour the British name. (Cheers.) The rim C. VINCE seconded the resolution, wbich was carded unanimously. Other resolutions, together with petitions to Parliament were then adopted, and the meeting separated. 5 11 5 10 5 8 5 7 5 7 5 7 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 REPRESENTATION OF FINSBURY. Last night an adjourned meeting of electors of the Borough of Finsbury, friends of the Liberal interest, was held at Myddelton Hall, Upper-street, Islington. Mr. C. H. ELT occupied the chair ; and atter referring to the interview which the deputation appointed at the meeting held on the 12th inst. had with Mr. Alderman Challis relative to his intention of again becoming a can didate for the representation of Finsbury, read a cornmu nication from that gentleman, in which he states :—" It is not possible to speak of our conduct in reference to a distant occurrence with certainty ; and as there does not appear to be any probability of a speedy dissolution of the present Parliament, the statement of my intention on that event must be in some degree conditional. But I cannot hesitate to say how highly I estimate the position of representative of the borough in Parliament: and to declare my intention to' occupy it while I am so happy as to elijoy the confidence of the constituency, and health and strength continue. My purpose and wishes are to remain your representative until they should fail me, and, whenever that shall occur, I shall feel it m j duty to inform those friends who have honoured me with their support without delay.—l am, &c., (Signed) Taos. Casazis." Mr. M'Elosmar, then moved a resolution to the effect that the best thanks of the gentlemen present be gins to Mr. Alderman Challis, M.P., for his prompt and courteous reception of the deputation, and for the an• ewer since received. This was seconded by Mr. lioissE, and unanimously adopted. Mr. It. MOOAN then moved s resolution, which was seconded by Mr. WATSON, for the appointment of a sub committee, who should convene a meeting of the friends of Mr. Duncombe, M.P., whenever they may deem it advisable to secure his continuance as one of the repre sentatives of Finsbury. This resolution was unanimously adopted ; and, after some further proceedings, the meeting terminated. Country Markets. Oats, Peas, COLCHESTER— JAN. 17. A fair supply of wheat, which met a poor sale, ai barely last week's prices. Barley more plentiful, and no advance established on last week. Beans and peas in better demand and for send purposes is per qr. dearer. Prices to•daywere as follow ;—Wheat, white, 623 to 74.; red, 58s to 665; barley, 44s to 528 ; oats, 23s to 28s ; beano. Mazagan, 36s to 3Se ; middle and small, 40s to 465; peas, white, 44s to 48s ; grey, 40s to 445. Colchester Bl 507 r Harwich 275 87 1182) -- Leigh Nialdon 1085) 237 ; 308 J 2 1 '2O --. ' - 874 BO 145, 821 KIRKCALDYAN 17, of whe a t, mo d erate o f To-day we h a d a l argo su oats, but small of barle pply y, s a l es quick, and an a d vance of Is per q r , p a id on barley, Wheat. Barley, I Oats. i Beans. First T O,l , 27x Od lO s od Sechird ond 3 31 s 01 I 21e ad I Os Oa Oatmeal, --- 8 to —a per bag of 2801 b. a o f C l O C a . ° l. 4 p .. 1 0 . 1 r . . it:o7:lla't 0; B a Fr e:b w i eY:i dri.gede'l.sila°l:llaviotal te Netherton ... Hastings' Hartle. 185. d6. Evenwood 16 0 14 6 Davison's 'West Hartley 15 6Hunwick 17 • .15 4 3 D e e i r i w ,a e r n ri tw m a r t o e a r e Hartley l5 19 3 Hartley ...15 3iStewart's North Percy Hartl e _l5 OlKepier Grainge ... raufield Moor y l4 6 Law bton l9 0 raufield Moor Butes 14 6 Whitworth l6 8 Walker Primrose .... ..... 13 9' Eden Main lB 0 Wallsend. sze. jEden .18 0 19 I Nor thumberland 16 0: H e tt on Hough Hall l7 6i Hartlepool Hetton lB 8 Haswell 19 6,Sortb Kelloe 13 6 Shipp at market... 99 I Sold .._ TAD' ET.-JAN. 19. the close of the market. 1 1 Weigand, &a. —AIIE TuSSAUD'S Ex HIBITION.— A portrait of Leo. gold Redpath, we understand, is nearly completed and will be ready for exhibition almost immediately. As this notorious person has lately been found guilty of felony and sentenced to transportation for life, no doubt many persons will be anxious to see his portrait model, which, we understand, is a most excellent likeness. THE GREAT GOLD RODRERT.—The paragraph to the effect that Mr. Baron Martin had ordered the Turkish bands to be delivered to Fanny Kay is incorrect, no such order having been made. The Sheriffs of London personal property claim in this, a a s n and ,: other cases s n behalfof felony, of the a i Crown,the per forowf i i the itehee felons.v have ario various sa wp M aer r dt . i eas ß daywarhoon cwohaesni d Martin tehr 0 tyh a e% v n t u d i l si ehl U ve ea r sr. entitledc l o u n s n t i s e el to the bonds in question. R h O i c T o eR perpetrated.c o u a r r s e E d it 1 r a . t the Among Tb ) suttshBpekeicr latesti t e s s o o f f roLoabes Leeds de e r gr y eo c ono o ri rFi ti Friday n idd ti a e iys s o to ne G be A w College, Cambridge, evening last. Mr. J. Foster, student of St. John's ge, and son of a Dr. Foster, of Leeds, was walking towards the village of Borle near North Flall-street, about 9 o'clock when he Y w ' as suddenly iseiaed fr,ux behind by three men. They nearly choked iim, and robbed him of his watch and chain, and then decamped. SOUTHAUPTON ELECTION.—SOITTILUIPTON, Jan. 19. Sir E. Butler, the conservative candidate, has written to the South Western Railway Company to know if they sanction any interference with the electors in their employ, and Mr. Ch ap li n, t h e c h a i rman, has answered p‘illi ng. C apt. a ia la a rg h e an p d o b r i t l i l o a n n o d f c t i h rc e u fi la ie t s e , d. oab A s l:. and omnibus es i n the in taw neg a ti ve This corre spondencew chgauseblienenhapeusbeloisuhreedd sof an active can . k o v W eg n u t e o lin b : ln a g eo u u p si t n he of vo vi te r r . s w oo ,g th ue e li c n ia , y i vaqiar for the latter, and Mr. Gladstone, a partner of the Governo r o f t h e B an k of England, has b een d own here. M r. F a l vey , the stamp di s t r ib utor, is still sus. pend e d f rom his office. It is expect e d that the Govern nient will decide on his ease in the course of this week BIRTEI : OP A 80X.1 at Cambr idge-street, Hyds-park• K n a he 181 ' h n ' t " Mrs. Sr Braro n Wigratn. Jones, of Pautglas, ox t , the lion.i the 17th inst.,M.P., at 82 as the wife of D. OB DM:7OIITM On the MI inst., at Kin , of FencurcLouglaton, Essex, th e w if e of Robt. gh.h-buildings, London, solicitor. of O John Noble, Estqn the 19th Ins., at 50, Westbourne-terrace, the wife , MA.RRIED. On the 17th inst., at St. James's, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park. Thomas Rifles, to Jane Kirkus, younger daughter of the late J. Layborn, Esq., Wold Cottage, Yorkshire. Nelson, Esq., Captain West York On the 17th inst., at St. Giles, Camberwell, Mr. E. R. Wallis, of 368, Strand, to Sarah, eld dauhter the late W. IL Reed, o f Osborne Villas, est Peckha g m-rye, of and Charing-cross. DIED ' On the 19th inst., at the Lodge, Ralph Tatham, D.D., Master of St. John's College Cambridge, aged 78 ° On the 17th inst., at Mr. ' Joseph Bonsor, of 134, Fen church-street, aged 55. On the 18th inst , Suddenly On the 18th rust , at Grosvenor House, Southampton, Wm. Oke, Esq., aged 70. Bridgewater-square:aged 77. On the 18th lust'' at 66, 'Westbourne•terrace, Arthur Rotharn, youngest son of C r :3 i r BaldwinlW. Walker, Bart., aged 3 years and 9 monfirs John Pickett, Esq., of On the 18 th lust , J o hn W re f or d, E sq ., o f B roughton Housenear River ± :ead, Kent, aged 86. .....—_____......., of i„, 1-kcll ' i 'iull . Printed and P u bli s h e d by MUE,DO YOUNG, .ci o. 112, Strand, Printer, at Me Sun Office, No. 112, Strand , in the Pr ec i nc t o f the Savoy, in the count? 1 of Middlesex, Tueslay, January 20, 1857; CHELMSFORD—JAN. M. The trade to-day was extremely dull, best wheats being in very slow demand, and barely maintaining last week's prices, whilst second-rate qualities were lower at least is per qr. barleys stood their ground at last week's prices, with a brisk trade. Peas, beans, and oats had a slow sale at last week's prices. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr. 36 new 39 red, old 34 uew 34 Barley 3 Chevalier 3B Grinding 33 Halt 73 Chevalier 75 I. e. per qr 2l 30 Partridge 4l 43 White 39 46 Boiling 4O 41 Dun 37 39 Beans, Tick 36 40 Harrow ticks 40 49 Mazagan 35 37 Ditto, new 35 38 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, Ste., received in the port of London, from the following ports, froze. Jan. 12 to Jan. 1., both inclusive.