The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-09 00:00:00

HIS M I; ;rand j ,„ four bLvs, Elizabeth,: Scott uB tug Ted in the 5 ' been a g e:' t the housed ecutri% an 7, and Acql t one p a r t, i r iolenee ou persons J':10 d. The other;.;.ru' ruly should 0 beeonto 0 i the OW 11‘ v f nder the , persons, A e conYi ete l " isorder/1 of is being s „,° encalled urt e n o , w would they haat COMP tad serv e t , cern A 2 nt this ry clerk• that the,v the def o ,v upon to e li o o to W e 1 ❑se e n°licel 3mon 0115 e 'ers t their lath, emanlY'°, O myi ti •,con street, Pl' t tif( i half-Pas•• 0 Le with b eg or, w hen - opPo si 'Aiev ThePLIPC - - in Sn lo_ A and 1161 q; ? °P C: , c-court.. c; 0 home , fi lis Erieriudi cut t h i s hi dP e up ona hall # Net - of , itrike the cfrji must hof e o I n attend,ol n-passag e i l treet, 'at is l'Pd lainant 0.44 The P ° ' L inant &P e p out hie O, towitr'eF and fell.bit is 'very t. l ! e ptt f the Prl",4' 0 j us tify was , i .of ° P fi as! Cr: Jae • t ialnao e I only, nths ii,l) 4 310' >ober, he B r. ) ; V- 1 deli ) ur r es o ca , er, Deal' i l ia' t, ; 11 1ori t r i e l 0 the ea , rp ! a t , cola i , e oef F th e ..d 0 d , ;„, 7 110 P & p ~u ell .iv 10 1 ;0 r 11 4 ' o 0 pd ter P lete ° Co o3 t bee° nitig d , 5 0 yar wif e ould d. d a ms' ce at I pa uppt".. )11 Of ti l a s al e , and Ol at (-Levie. t its 11 9I wising, ;gas . v Ea r - deP 3rt'l one cicet-641 THE SWN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1847. ONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton this week in the Liverpool market have been 58,030 bales, and the advance in prices is about id. pi , r lb. Stock now 420,670 bales against 900,720 bales at this time last year. Shares were quiet. The following aro a few of the principal sales of Rail. Way Shares yesterday, at Messrs. Latnond and Co.'s:— East Indian ... Great Indian Peninsular London and Manchester (liemington's) 0 9 0 Manchester and Southampton 1 19 6 Waterford, WextlnA, and Valentia ...... 0 5 0 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 6 Derby, Statlerd, and Worcestershire, New 0 15 0 Taw - Vale Extension and Dock Madrid and Valencia 0 19 0 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 12 6 Newport and Abergaveuny 1 5 0 Azoyston and Ilitchin Bes ton , Stamforchandßirmingham Great Luxembourg B uckinghamshire Two arrivals from the Cape of Good Hope furnish ad• vices of the 3d and 7th instant respectively. There iv, however, but little information to be gleaned from the Papers beyond the melancholy detail of isolated cases of outrage, such as are to be expected in time of war on an exposed frontier. The local authorities were collect ing information as to the extent of the losses incurred by the settlers. The advices of September 8, from New Zealand, have inspired the friends of the colony with brighter hopes for the fu•ure. Consol s both for money and account have been steady this morning at from 931 to 93: 4 1 for immediate transfer, and 931 for the account. The payment of the divi • dends has cased the market a little. Exchequer-bills have ranged from 14s. to l ls. premium, and East India Bonds from 20s. to 225. premium. The Reduced Three per Cents., after having reached 94, receded to 934. Mexican Stock is flat this morning at 231 The correspondence upon Mexican finance, just published, C 1 deemed u nsat i s f actory. For Portuguese Four per fents. the current value now is 374 ; for Russian, 112 ; 6Spanish C onsols, 25/ to 26 ; for the Three per Celts. ; for the D utc h Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 594; and for the Four er Cent. Certificateq, 93. In the Railway Share . and Scrip Markets not much business has been effected this day. The tendency of prices is generally downwards. The official rates are a nnexed as usual.- iitrb Xbition T HE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES.) olsE , CLOSING 3PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. PPer Cent. Red uce d A nns 93% 94 9314 93W i i'ZCent. Con so l s Annuities 9 3% ;5 93, n g w 3 4 per Cent. Annuities 95% %' 95% fl gAnnuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% 9% India Bonds, 1,000/ Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... .- l7 22 22 Consol s f or Opening 93%% 93. N Exchequer Bills, 1000/. 1 1 / 0. ... 11 14 11 p 11 p Ditto, 500/ Ditto. Small PRICKS OF FOR EIGN FUNDS. O ' CLOCK PRICES Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... -•• •• • Ditto Deferred _ 54% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 3 1/ 23% Ditto, Account 2 3 1 / 4% 23 5 , 8 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent tussian Bonds .. „..... 112 112 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 25% 26 26 Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account 36 35% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 3 ,4 93 93 Pnit;Es OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSLNG RtILWAY SILUtES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2.%..... 27 s 2 3 /4 Belfast & C ounty Down 4 , N — • Birrnin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto N ew l7m % ... "'. — Birmingha and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 423...... and Stour Va11ey..... 425. ...... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New .......... 10 Bristol and Gloucester... 32 ..-.. Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...-. 2%... 274.... "" ...., Ditto, Clydesdale Jane 25 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 27% 26 Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ...... . ... Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2(1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney 'Jerk and Waterford ... 11,E Cornwall ..... • Ditto, Half Shar es Direct Northern Scrip.. 21 ) 4 ":% .. Dire ct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s .. 23% 22% Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/.135. 4d... Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... E as Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3z l i:i.. tern Union Ditto Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1% — ......... ..... Do., Camb. an d El y .. 2% _ But Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire ...... 1 1 ,; — Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .....• ......... ••• - Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% — Edinburgh & Northern.. 12 1 / 4 2. Ditto, New Ditto, Newport — Ditto, ditto, New .... . 114 314 8 1,4 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ....... Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% ..... 13% 13% Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 5 ..... •••• ..... Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Great Nortkern (London -` and York Regd.) 3!e Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England - 100 — Ditto New 5 — - Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western Ditto % Shares. — Ditto 1 4 Shares Ditto Fifths Ditto, New .. 41 4 — Huddersfield & Manches. 13 Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and:Selby Do. Half Shares 25 Ditto 1 4 Shares - Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 • 1314 I 3 IA Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Leeds and Bradford Leicester and Bedf:lrd... 163. Leeds, D t ws b u - y , & c.... 27% — • Do., Branch 1 , Shares 2 1 4.. ... ......... ... .. Do., Branch (Blue) ... 21 ,4 5, ,,, 5% Do.Extension(Green) 2 1 / 2 - ... 17. 16!.i 1 6 14 Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .... .......... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New:: castle Junction 2l .... . •.. - Landon • I d Black - -"' '''' - .. ... _1 p P 234 ..... a% . am. .wa11.16/. 1:34.4 i ...... — Do. New Ditto Extension - -•— London, Brighton, • and South Coast .. 50 .. .. s Ditto, Fifth' Do. Con so l . 1 4 Eighths lO De. Guara n t . 5 per et. 9 14 •• •• . London andGre anwich 12/ 15s4d 9 1 A••• .. •• 91A1 D. Preference _ l B/ 17, 2d. London and N. Westeruloo .. ..... 198 197 197 Do. Quarters ......... 2 ...... _ D0., do., Now Ditto Fifths ••••• .••• 2 ...... 19%1,4 ........ IN • • 19 I Do. 1 % Shares (G. J.) 5 ...... _ ............ 1)o 401. Shares (L. M.) 8 ...... . ..... Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 ...... .......... ..._ Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 ............ Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 ...... ... ......... Do. 10/. Al . & B . ) C. 1 - ••n ......... •.. a..., London. Oxford. and ...,,•., ~, Cheltenham Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d — ... ............ ............ ••• ••••••• Do. New C onso l . B t h s 40 22. 1 ... 27I A ............ 27 Do. N ew .... D D ° it.toNel w 'enths .. 51A 18 ... . _— Ditto Tenths ..... 4 Ditto Scrip 6 Ditto ditto ... - .... 4 London ar d York . Scrip 2 th; .. - • Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ".••• Londonderry & Coleraine 15 Londonderry and Ennis killen ..... ... ....... Lvnn and Ely ... - ..... 20 Unn and Dereham .... 15 50 1 X, Do. Quarters ............ 1.2 ...., 17 1 ,; Fifths ............. - 5 .. . 11 A _ Do. Sixteenths ....... .. 6 1 4 ...... Do. Extension ......... 425. ...... 15.414, p........ 114 P Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths .... 1 ••• ...... .... • - blaa,.thester,Buxton,and Matlock illan, Sheffield, hemolnshire ...... 103 ... .. Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 ... Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 2 4 s f ) 17% 1 1 I/4 — Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2 1 ,4 Ditto and Grimsby.— 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . DUN Sheffield and Lincolnshire 21,4 Manehest. &Southampt. 2 ...... Midland Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 20 NewcastleandCarlisle.-100 Ditto New Ditto Quarter Shares 64 Newmrket &Chesterfrel 5 Do. Extension — 5% Newport& Abergayeuny 24 „.... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor __ Norfolk .. lOO - •••• ••• 000000 - Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North _ of Nortblk... — Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2IA — North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares Do. Quarters Do. Extension 5 A Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,1 — Do. New North Staffordshire...... 4 ...... 9 1 ,g 9 144 North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2 l /2 3l/4 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Wi tn ey, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 3 . 7% — Preston and Wyre .._ Do : 1 / 2 Shares Readini, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. — dis. Royston and Hitchen ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland l 2 l /i — . — Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 2% — . 3 1% Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 2% 2 Shropshire Union - ...... .... ... li dii South Devon..„ _ 40 34% 34:j4 South Staffordshire Jtuac. 11. 13s. 4d South Eastern & Dover. 33% — Do., No. 1 2O — Do., Ne. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 -• Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Yale Extension ... 3 Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junction 42s. - Vale of .Neath 2 Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 22% — ... ......... .. Waterford and Kilkenny 11 Waterford and Limerick 27% l7 ... 17 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, 11' aterford, and V alentia - - West Riding Union .....• 425. West Cornwall — Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. . .. 25 Ditto New 5 ...... 12% 12 ... . ... 12 Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares ..... ... 25 Do. Selby Do. Extensioa Ditto, Preference ...... 2 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian... 4 13arbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% Boulogne and Amiens... 18 ...... Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) Calcutta and Diamond llarbour ....... ..... Central of Frcuce (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 10 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras - ..... ..• .• • • Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Fsimpoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3% ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... - Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 1 , `3 , 8 ...... Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... • ...... . Luxembourg...-. ..... .. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Aladras ... Madras, Nellore, and Arcot t i r s — Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege N orthern of France. 8 ~... 10 1 ,i l O l4 North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... BIA 8 .... Over Ysstl 413 s 4d Paris andl.yons ... .... 8 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 5 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 ..., Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes Con stituted ........„,.... 5 •• — Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and 11a55e1t....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 6 LLOYD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 9.—Wind E., moderate breeze and hazy. RAMSGATE, JAN. B.—Wind E.—Arrd. lorgianne, Hanson, Porto Cabello. DEAL, JAN. B.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Sld. Bussarah Mer chant, Beale, Sydney, New South Wales; Lotus, Barbadoes. COWES, JAN. B.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.— Arrd. Heyworth, Watson, Cuba, for London, leaky ; Denmark, Christensen, St. Domingo, for llamburgh. LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Lanercost, Mann, China; Hero, Rio Janeiro; Elizabeth Ellen, Taylor, New York; Devonshire, Thompson, ditto; New York, Cropper, ditto, sld. Dec. 16 ; Leander, Phelan, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Satellite, Bambridge, Lima ; Grace, Eyrie, Antigua • Exchange, New Orleans. OFF Pora.—Monarch, China ; Alecto, Anwyl, Mauritius ; William Russell, Brazil; Stirlingshire, Maranham ; Lanca shire, Savannah ; Burlington, New York, with part of cargo thrown overboard; Marmion, Edwards, New York. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. B.—Wind, S.E., fresh.—Staadt Am sterdam, Blutzel, Batavia; Hug e G ro ti us , Gl az i na, di tto;' Lady larke Lawrence, Calcutt a ; H. M. S. H yac i nth, Barbadoes ; H. M. S. Albatross, Eastward; Fairy Queen, Owen, Cape of Good Hope. Sld. Triton, Paulsen, St. Croix. Off port, Plantagenet, Bird, Calcutta. PLYMOITTII, JAN. B.—Wind, S.E.—Arrd. H. M. S. Spider, Rio Janelro ; Lloyd's, Calcutta; Tyne, Story, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Hull. FALMOUTH, JAN. B.—Wind, S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Ruth, Saguenay, for London. Sld. Penguin Packet, Brazils. CLYDE, JAN 7.—Wind, S.W.—Arrd. Akbar, Giles, Mau ritius, Sld. Brooksby, M'E wan , N ew Y or k ; Glaucus, Banks, Newfoundland. CORK, JAN. 6.—Wind, S.S.W.—Arrd. Minerva, Marsden, Pernambuco. lIuu„ JAN. B.—S.S.E.—SId. Caledonian, Savannah. DEAL, JAN. B.—The George Marsden, Scott, from St. Stephens, New Brunswick, to Hull, got on the Goodwin Sands last night, but was assisted off with loss of anchor and chain, and brought into the Downs. DOVER, JAN. B.—The Estafette, Deickert, of and for Reval, from Messina. was brought in here this morning with seven feet of water in her hold, having been on shore near the South Foreland. LivEnrooL, ,JAN. B.—The Pantaloon, for this port, has put back to the Clyde for repairs, having been in contact off Cantyre. ISLE ORNSAY (SKYE), JAN. 4.—The Jane Gaudry, of Inverness, from Newport to Leith, was driven on the rocks at this side of the harbour this morning, but is expected to be got off this evening's tide, if the weather moderates. ALMSHOUSES FOR PRINTERS.—We are gratified to learn that the executors of the late Praed, Esq., have devoted the sum of 50/., from a large sum left by this benevolent individual for charitable purposes, to the objects contemplated by the originators of this institu tion. We are also informed that the committee ei?tr tain the most sanguine expectation of being in a position to lay the foundation-stone of the asylum in a few months; and we can but wish them success in so praise worthy a design as securing a home for the declining days of their aged fellow-workmen. RISE or TnE THAMES.--I have noticed, for nearly half a century, the gradual and regular rise of the waters of the river Th ames . M y attent i on was fi rst d rawn to it by finding that extreme high tides were not preceded, nor succeeded, by similar tides. These were recorded by the watermen of the Westminster Horselerry, by notches cut by them on a post there, ere the post was re moved when the street was raised. I now observe, that professional men in reporting on some localities, such as Westminster, say that the sewers there were originally too low. But it appears that the said sewers were high enough . when they were fi rs t ma d e, b ut are not so now, Tung to the rise of the river. It appears that lam the first person who has noticed a circumstance so univer sally, continuously evident. The architects of modern, as well as ancient buildings, were not aware of it, as will be too plainly seen b y re f err i ng to the floor of West minster Hall, the upper line of the starlings of old London- bridge, the gate of Lambeth Palace, the York Water- gate, Ad e l p hi , the level of the wharfs there, &c. The ground line or plinth of the palatial houses of Par liament is alr ea d y b elow the level of extreme high tides. The difference o f t h e r i se of the highest tide before the Parliament Houses w ere b urnt down, to the last highest tide, viz,, in December, 1845, is but ten inches. The preceding high es t t id e was in October, 1841. These two tides were very carefully noticed at the "Fox under the Hill," Adelphi, the people there being up at the late hours both these tide s occurre d at ; t h e d i fference was exactly one inch ; the lines of elevation are painted in the tap•room there. —Correspondent of the Builder. PRIVATE BILLS. There has just been issued (pursuant to an order of the House of Commons, dated 26th August) a return of a list of all the Private Bills which have passed during the present session of Parliament, for which a subscrip tion contract, or undertaking in lieu of a subscription contract, has been deposited in the Private Bill Office, classified according to the nature or object of the work; stating the amount of the estimate for each work, of the capital stock to be raised in each case, and the sum au thorised to be borrowed over and above such capital stock, and showing the total amount of the estimates, capital and money, to be borrowed for each class of such works. This return has previously been issued in dif ferent forms; giving a complete list of the several Rail way, Navigation or Canal, Waterworks, Ferries and Docks, Piers and Harbour, Bridge, Road, and Miscel laneous Bills. The Railway Bills occupy in enumeration four and a half folio pages, and the estimates of expense altogether amount to 90,789,2741.; the capital stock is 78,382,3901.; and the money authorised to be borrowed to 30,597,595/. There are five Navigation and Canal Bills named i❑ the same list—the estimates of expense being 297,9501. ; the capital stock 170,0001. ; and the money authorised to be borrowed 166,6001. The Water works Bills in the same document are twenty-three in number; the estimates of expense being 1,063,63 U.; the capital stock 1,514,5801.; and the money authorised to be borrowed 509,3331. The Ferries and Docks Bills were seven in number ; the Piers and Harbours Bills also seven; one Bridge Bill, two Roads Bills, and six Mis cellaneous Bills (Drainage, Cemetery, and Thames Em bankment, &c.) The following summary shows the total results of the document:— Estimate of Expense. 190,789,274 297,950 1,063,631 2,996,683 263,031 130,000 13,140 186,353 [95,740,067 Capital Stock. 178,382,390 170,000 1,514,530 1,590,000 174,000 270,000 182,100,970 Money authorised to be borrowed. 30,597,595 166,600 509,333 1,913,000 86,266 60,000 140,000 133,472,794 Number of railways in this return which have received the royal assent i Other Railway Bills for which no subscription con tract, or declaration in lieu thereof, has been depo- 29 sited, but which hare received the royal assent.... Total royal assents . 268 WM. HAWES. Private Bill Office, August 28, 1846. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The Leeds and Thirsk are showing symptoms of a speedy commencement of actual working traffic between their termini. Their last public notification gives an inventory of their wants for working plant, in the shape of 24 second and 36 third-class carriages. Of heavier plant they require 50 close vans for the conveyance of general merchandise, 50 flat trucks, 20 horse-boxes, 30 trucks for the conveyance of cattle, 20 trucks for the conveyance of carriages, eight vans for passengers' luggage. The grand central station about to be erected on the land opposite to the present terminus of the Chester and Crewe branch of the London and North-Western Rail way, at Chester, is estimated to cost 80,0001. The North British are about to take tenders for the execution of the whole works on their Duns.), Tranent, and Cockenzie branches, about eleven miles in length. No tender has been made to the Minister of Public Works for undertaking the Saint Dizier and Gray Rail way, consequently the execution of the works remain in the hands of the Government. One of the workmen of the - London and North-West ern Railway Company's works, Crewe (says the Liver pool Mercury), gave a vocal entertainment in the girl's school-room, on New-year's evening, which, though not numerously, was very respectably attended. The audience were extremely delighted with the abilities of the per. former, and expressed their desire, amidst rapturous ap plause, for the repetition of the entertainment, on some future evening, when, it is hoped, his exertions will meet with that reward he has so justly merited. RAILWAYS AND PAROCHIAL RATES.—The following instance of the benefits derived by parishes through which railways pass, was related by one of the speakers, a Mr. Hudson, at a public meeting of landholders and occupiers, held at Chobham a few days since, to take into consideration the proposed Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway. Mr. Hudson stated, as a proof of the beneficial results of railways on parochial rates, that in the parish of Woking a piece of land which, be fore the completion of the railway only paid eleven shil lings towards the rates for the relief of the poor, now paid no less a sum than 1751. PROJECTED RAILWAYS.—STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, SESSION 1847. In pursuance of the standing orders of last session, authorising Mr. Speaker to appoint one or more officers to be called " The Exarniners of Petitions for Private Bills," one to be chief examiner, that Right Hon. Gentleman has appointed Mr. Smith (chief) and Mr. May, who, in accordance with the 9th standing order, have fixed Friday next, the 15th inst., for the commencement of their duties. The petitions have been entered on the general list, in the order of their deposit, and by the Speaker's regulation the petitions will be set down for hearing before the examiners in that order. The examiners will commence their sittings daily at 10 o'clock precisely, and, by the 10th standing order, "In case the promoters shall not appear at the time when the petition shall dome on to be heard, the examiner to whom the case shall ha►e been allotted shall strike the petition off the list, and shall not re-insert the same; except by order of the House." The following is a list of the petitions for the 15th and 16th inst.:— 41 Week ending NAME OF RAILWAY. Last "11, 3 week. z ~..7.1 ; t r d , ---- Z 4 Jan. 2 Arbroath and Forfar ............... 229 163 I Chester and Birkenhead .••••• • - • • • • 632 655 Dec. 31 Dublin and Drogheda •• Jan. 5 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 837 1,062 3 Dundee and Arbroath . • - Durham and Sunderland .• • ...... •• • • - 611 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • • • • • 3,999 3,005 8 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 9,011 'um 2 East Lancasihre •. • ..... .... •••• • • • • 951 -- Dec. 27 Eastern Union ••••••••••• • • • • • ' • " • • 501 - Jan. 2 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,710 2,464 2 Glasgow and Greenock• • - Gravesend and R0che5ter............- - 2 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • 1,016 - 3 Great WesternAc •• • ...... •••• • • • - 14,424 14,212 - Hartlepool ...... •• • ....... ..... .... _ _ 2 London and North Western, &c. ..... 34,177 33,192 3 London and Blackwall. ..... ....... 660 695 2 London and Brighton .•••••• • • - • • • • 5,701 4,542 - London and Croydon . - - 3 London and South Western - Manchester, Bolton, and Bury...-.. _ - 2 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 8,156 6,951 2 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 2,299 1,987 3 Maryport and Carlisle •.. ...... ..• . • 474 343 2 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.. • • 16,775 14,904 2 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 2,018 1,594 - Newcastle and North Shields. • ...... - - 2 Newcastle and Berwick .••••• • • • • • • 541 438 3 Norfolk ••.•• • • • • • 2 North British .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1,444 - 4 Paris and Rouen . • 2 Preston and Wyre •••••• • • • .. 1 Shrewsbury and Chester ............301 - 2 South Eastern and Branches •• ••• • • • 7,512 5 122 1 South Devon ••• • • ... . • ..... •..• . • • • 719 ..!-- 2 Taff Vale ••••• • • • • ......... •••• • • • • 1,328 853 3 Ulster .• • -•.... ••••• • • 682 577 2 York and Newcastle . • ........ ..... 5,021 4,003 2 York and North Midland ...•• • • • ... 4,975 4,462 The Porcupine steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, is now ready for sea, and is to be sent to Ireland to convey corn And Ober prOiDiQuti (NM sae port to another. MAGAZINES, ETC.-(CONTINUED.) THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Gilbert A. A'Beckett. Merrily does Gilbert A. A'Beckett laugh through the reigns of Richard 11. and Henry IV. in the present number, and right merrie are the illustrations of Leech. In accordance with " time-honoured cus tom," our historian gives us a chapter on " the con dition, customs, candlesticks, sports, pastimes, pit chers, mugs, jugs, and manners of the people, tracing the progress of art fronr the coar se p i p ki n of the early Briton, to the highly respectable tankard found in the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, which proves the teeth of the Monks to have been decidedly liquorish." According to our facetious historian— " The Anglo-Saxon husbandman was little better than a serf who was paid for his labour by the land owner, but the former furnished the base without which there would have been no locus standi for the latter's capital. It was customary in those days to encourage the peasantry by prizes, which did not consist of a coat for a faithful servitude of nearly a life, but a grant of a piece of the land to which the labourer had given in creased value by his industry. The proprietors of the soil had not yet learned the wisdom of trying how much a brute could be made to eat, and how little a human being could exist upon. " With reference to the domestic habits of the period, it has been clearly ascertained that people of substance took four meals a day, and as they took meat at every one, their substance can be no matter of astonishment. The Britons had not been in the habit of dressing their food, which is not surprising, for they scarcely dressed themselves ; but the Anglo-Saxons were not so fond of the raw material. With them the pleasures of the table were carried to excess, and drinking went to such an extent, that every monk was prohibited from taking any more when his eyes were disturbed, and his tongue began to stammer. The misfortune, however, was, that as all who were present at a banquet, generally began to experience simultaneously a disturbance of the eye and a stammering of the tongue, no one noticed it in his neighbour, and the orgies were often continued until the stammering ended in silence, and the optical derange ment finished by the closing of the organs of vision. DAVIDSON'S UNIVERSAL MELODIST. Parts I. and H. Each of these parts contains the music and words of 125 popular standard and original songs, for one shilling. The work is edited by Mr. George Ho garth, whose name alone is a sufficient guarantee for its accuracy and its merit. THE FREEMASONS' QUA.RTERLY REVIEW. This is an excellent number of The Freemasons. Quarterly, and in additi o n t o a vas t amoun t o f mason i c lore, which is most interesting to the craft, it contains a very learned article on "The Vitrified Forts of North Britain," the perusal of which w ill b e gratify ing to all who have a taste for antiquarian research. THE ART UNION The Art Union is the most superbly illustrated periodical ever published. This is the first number of a new series, and is dedicated, by command, to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The illustrations are a life-like portrait of the Queen, beautifully en graved by Robinson, from a miniature by Thornburn. A print, dedicatory to Prince Albert, drawn by Merchant, and engraved by W. and J. Measom. A superbly illuminated Almanac for the year, and an exquisite engraving by Alfred Revel, from the Eu gene Lepattevin's picture of the " Studio of Paul Potter." Besides these steel engravings we have a profusion of wood-cuts, illustrating different ar ticles. Mrs. S. C. Hall contributes the first part of a fanciful fairy tale of love, entitled " Midsummer Eve," the illustrations to which are the most ex quisitely beautiful specimens of wood engraving ever presented to the public. THE WORK-TABLE MAGAZINE. This is the first number of a new periodical, de voted, as its name indicates, to the art of " plying the polished shaft." The present number contains a variety of patterns for different kinds of work, one of which is very beautifully coloured, accom panied by very careful explanations. This new magazine will doubtless prove attractive to the fair circle for whom it is intended. It is in character somewhat similar to a very excellent French publication, the " Journal des Demoiselles." The French magazine is, however, not exclusively devoted to the work-table, and in this respect it would be well for its English contemporary to follow its example. Its attractions would be greatly increased by the addition not of sentimental tales, like those which too often fill the pages of ladies' magazines, but of some literary contributions calcu lated to benefit, as well as interest and amuse their readers. It is, perhaps, right to add, that the Work table Magazine appears under the special patronage of her Majesty. THE RAIL WAY REGISTER. Edited by Hyde Clarke, Esq. The present is th e fifth volume of The Railway Register, a periodical which, as the editor justly boasts, in his opening address in the present number, " so far from being an ephemeral production, has ac quired for each volume the character of a standard and indispensable work of reference." This high character the present number fully maintains. The opening article is a well written review of the "Rail way Policy of 1846." All our readers have heard of " the stags," they were the produce of the Joint-stock Companies Registration Act, and albeit, they have been deprived of some of "the honours of their head," they flourish still as projectors of 2s. a share " little goes ;" but the "knacker " is a species us yet scarcely known out of the railway world. Like the stag, he is the creature of an Act of Parliament. "The Dissolution Act may be shortly named as a farce, which has done no good to the shareholders, and no hurt to the conamittemen, but which has given much trouble, and has fostered a new set of gamblers, who, under the Stock Exchange name of " knackers," have played their pranks, by means of Lord Dalhousie's Act, to the heavy loss of the old shareholders, who went into the undertakings with honest views. Lord Dalhousie's Act came as a godsend to the lower members of the Stock Exchange, and to the brotherhood of outsiders. They saw at once how it could be worked, and how, in a time of loss and d u l ness, i t would give profit and em ployment. " The trick of knacking' was this. Having, as nearly as they could, learned the money remaining to be shared, they beared the stock in the market, below its worth, and having bought in in strength enough to make a large body, they began to cry out for breaking up the company, and putting Lord Dalhousie's Act in work, whether the old shareholders who held their stakes were willing to go on with the undertaking or not. As they were on the spot, and went together, the knackers, for the most part, won the day, and by this means carried on a thriving trade ; being willing to take a small sum whereby they made a large gain, and doing all they could to get back at once the money they had laid out, heedless whether the undertaking were good or bad ; though they did not forget to put forward anything which would anger the shareholders against the com mittee-men, or bring the committeemen to yield to their demands. Very nearly the same men played this trick in each undertaking broken up, and although they lost sorely in some cases, where the knavery of schemers had been beforehand with them, by spending every farthing, yet, on the whole, they had every ground for thanking Lord Dalhousie in giving them this staff to play with ; when, otherwise, they would have had nothing to do, and many must have starved." The editor continues his valuable series of papers on Indian railways, and Mr. Rettie likewise continues his paper on the mode of preventing accidents in mines. We have also an interesting historical sketch of the mines of Guatemala; an account of a rota tory steam-engine recently invented by Messrs. Allingham and M`Gauley ; and an account of the position and resources of the Newmarket and -Ches terfield lipe, illustrated with a map. The Portfolio contains the original prospectuses, &c., of the Grand Junction Railway. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) In Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 2d day of January, 1847. 18817 Z DKPALETMENT. 4. Rotes i55ned........ 28,258,260 428,258,260 Government dobt 11,01b,100 Other securities .. • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,788,770 Silver bullion • • • 2,469,490 Dated he 7th diky of January, ; X 28,258,260 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 847. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).- 12,826,362 Other securities .. • • 15,071,820 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 8,227,085 Gold and silver coin• . 693,312 £36,818,579 r. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE By the arrival of the Fairy Queen off Portsmouth, from the Cape of Good Hope, which place she left on the 7th of November, we have received papers from there, and also from Graham's Town, from which we extract the following : Received some inforination from the N.E. boundary, and which describes affairs in that quarter as being in a very unsettled and unsatisfactory state. The accounts given to us dwell with great emphasis on the unsatisfac tory results of Sir Andreas Stockenstrom's expedition across the Kei—an expedition which, it is affirmed, was " undertaken rashly and terminated discreditably." The sum and substance of the information afforded is, that Sir Andreas is one of a class who will " suffer no rival near the throne." He must be everything or nothing, and is equally as disinclined to submit to restraint as to listen to advice. It is affirmed that he moved across the Kei against the wishes and opinions of all the comman ders with whom he was acting, and that when there he found himself absolutely helpless. His position was desperate, and to extricate himself he had re course to a desperate remedy. He risked his life to save his credit. He placed himself in the hands of the savages, assumed a bold and dogmatic bearing, exciting the fears of the imbecile Chief Kreli, affecting to be un aware of his delinquencies, and then, after cajoling him with a trumpery convention, contrived to make good his retreat to the colonial boundary. The feet of Sir An dreas having made any treaty whatever with the chief in question is, we observe, stoutly denied. But there is equivocation in this, against which it will be well for the public to be on its guard. It is quite true, as affirmed, that no actual treaty was made—but why? The reply is simply, that Sir Andreas had no power to conclude any such engagement. When Lieutenant-Governor of this province, the special duty entrusted to him was that of making treaties with the Kafir tribes—a duty which was executed in such a manner as must naturally make the colonists a little nervous when they hear of his again trying his hand at the same game—even though it may be, as it is said to have been in this in stance, merely in sport. That the account of the pro visional convention given in this journal of the 12th ult., is substantially correct, we affirm with the most perfect confidence, and are only amused at the absurd attempts which have been made to weaken the effect of that statement, and to excite suspicion that it is, if not altogether unfounded, at least inaccurate. That Sir Andreas Stockenstrom still clings to the policy of the imbecile Lord Glenelg, and to the plausible philanthro pic principles of Mr. Secretary Stephen, is, we believe, beyond dispute. But if this be denied, then let the change of opinion be at once avowed. Doubtful politics here must never for a moment be tolerated. This is a point, in respect to those in power, which is of vital mo ment to the colony, and it is for the inhabitants to take care that they do not repose their confidence in any whose principles will not bear in this matter the most searching scrutiny. These are our honest convictions, and hence we do not hesitate to give expression to them. The inhabitants of this frontier call for an open and a plain declaration upon this subject, and until this be given we must be permitted to believe that no " change has come o'er the spirit of the dream " of the officer who is the subject of our re marks. It is stated in proof of the duplicity and flimsy character of the convention with Kroli, that Sir A. Stockenstrom immediately after his return to the colony proceeded to the northward, and there, across the Storm berg Spruit, engaged some 400 or 500 Boers, living be yond the colonial boundary, to stand prepared to attack the chief to whom he had just held out a prospect of aggrandisement, and made professions of friendly intercourse ! All this, if accurately stated, is be neath the dignity of the British nation, and will not admit of excuse on the ground of necessity. But it is also affirmed that Sir Andreas Stockenstrom not only failed in his expedition across the Kei, but that he interfered so as to check the operations of those who were doing good service in the same tract of country. The recent aggressions by the Tambookies across the north-east boundary are attributed to this cause—a state of things Sir Andreas is now exerting himself with his wonted energy and industry to repress. The country in the direction to which we refer evidently requires the most serious attention of the Govern ment, as there exist here at this moment the germs of numerous difficulties which threaten, if not timely counteracted, to be a fruitful source of difficulty to the Government and of annoyance to the colony. In this quarter is comprised one of the finest tracts of country in South Africa. The Amavi, the Valley of the Bufola, and many parts of the Amatola, are rich in everything that can adorn a country and render it desirable to those engaged either in agricultural or pas toral occupations. Accordingly, many have placed their affections upon it, and our Government must take care that it is not made a bone of contention, to the great sacrifice of the public interests. Here, then, is a sufficient motive to induce parties to deify him whose influence may be con sidered of importance in furthering their ambitious and selfish projects. The machinery in exercise we have our eye upon, but let those who are working it be assured that past impunity is no guarantee of future success. They are playing a desperate game, the consequences of whit h—however the colony may suffer—must ultimately recoil with fatal effect upon their own heads. Part of the new Uitenhage levy has arrived in Gra ham's Town from Oliphant's Hock Division. They are about 40 in number, many of them fine young men, but who express much dissatisfaction at their treatment. First they reported themselves to the military authori ties, but were referred to the Civil Commissioner ; on applying to him, they were sent again to the com mandant, the civil authorities having no power, but simply to call them out. The upshot is that the partie talk of returning home, as several of those who origi nally joined have done on their way to head-quarters. The great inattention to details in such matters, which has been exhibited throughout this contest, has been the fruitful source of dissatisfaction throughout the colony, and of great perplexity to the Government Received the following from Waterloo Bay:—" The whole of the vessels at Waterloo Bay had succeeded in landing con siderable quantities of cargo during Monday, Tuesday, stT safely.hu and Wed nes d ay . T he Matilda, Fort i tu d e, an d Osborne p ut out to sea on Wednesday even ay ing, and downha y eth the surf, o uurnf on gone F s r id d o , and it hs no morning had not re turned, one v esse l on l y h aving been seen at a great distance. T a said a Governor gentle y Le rwnnndeosr London e n r i l t y , b ae r sr e reyz reported, might k ep t intended starting for B eau f ort on Friday, to meet Macomo. Sandilla, it w as sa id , was expected to f a ll in with the Governor's term s , Th e Th un d er b o l t i s expected on Sunday." We anxiously trust that these app earances o f sub mission will not throw the Colonists off their guard for a single moment. '[ho Kafirs at pres en t d o not b e li eve our Government is actually in earnest in its ex p resse d determination to enforce the penalty which they hav e justly incurred by their late unprovoked, ruinous, and murderous aggressions. Having aforetime always out an witted the Colonial authorities by persuading them, after gaining their ends, of their contrition for the past, and their desire to live at peace for the future, they evidently reckon with confidence upon a similar result on the present occasion. The Government must take care, therefore, not to depend upon the specious profes sions of these people, as, should they do so, the result will be most calamitous to all concerned. Graham's Town, Oct. 24, IS4G. Gentlemen,—l have the honour to transmit to you copy of a letter from the Private Secretary to his Ex cellency the Governor, being a reply to the memorial presented by the inhabitants of Lower Albany, with respect to the affairs of the eastern province. And have the honour to be, &c., 11. HUDSON, Civ. Corn. To the gentlemen of Lower Albany, who signed a memorial to her Majesty the Queen in Council. (Copy) Camp, head-quarters, Oct. 22, 1846. Sir,—l have the honour to request that you will in form the inhabitants of Lower Albany, who, in last March, petitioned the Queen in Council respecting the affairs of the eastern frontier, that her Majesty was pleased to reeeive their petition very graciously; but that the subject is not one on which her Majesty can be ad vised to invoke the assistance and advice of her Privy Council. As has been already intimated in reply to a former petition from the frontier, her Majesty's Government re quire certain inquiries to be instituted, and further in formation to be submitted to them, before a final decision can be formed respecting the system of Govern ment of the eastern province. I have the honour to be, tscc., (Signed) BROWNLOW MAITLAND. The Civil Commissioner for Albany. THE DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S PROTECTION SOCIETY.—A meeting of some of the chief supporters of this benevolent institution was held yesterday at the Hanover -square Rooms, upon a suggestion for the pre sentation of some complimentary testimonials to Mr. Alderman Farebrother, the president, and Mr. Roper, the honorary secretary, for their valuable services in e h e. air, Mr. stated Luke that James support an d f urt h erance of that charity. A majority of managing present w ere l a di es, compr i s i ng a port i on o f t h e been a c g a in ll g ed eo to m th i e tt c Ilaensaarndelniat and ving the permanent satisfactory re-establishment of " the institution was mainly attributable to those gentlemen, at a period when an event which it was unnecessary to dilate on placed its existence in jeopardy. Their invaluable aid had been afforded from the commencement ; and the benefits con ferred by the society were mainly identified with their unwearied exertions. A resolution in furtherance of the proposed object, moved and seconded by Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Bolt, was carried unanimously. A committee having been nominated, and a list of subscriptions read, a vote of thanks to the chairman was agreed to, and the meet ing separated. ESSEX PROTECTIONIST SOClETY.—Yesterday, at Chelmsford, a meeting took place of the members and friends of the Essex Society for the Protection of Agri cultural and British Industry. Mr. Baker, the president of the society, was in the chair. Amongst those who took a part in the proceedings and addressed the meet ing were the Rev. John Cox, Mr. Tower, Mr. Bowyer Smith, Sir John Tyrell, &c. The principal resolution agreed to by the meeting was as follows :—" That in order to give the people of England the greatest benefit of any remission of taxation, it is essentially necessary , to reduce the excise in preference to the customs duties.' This resolution was obviously directed against the malt tax ; and the speeches of the gentlemen who addressed the meeting consisted principally of arguments to show that that impost could be advantageously remitted forth with. Sir John Tyrell stated he had authority for say ing that the heads of the country party would suggest an efficient plan for making up any deficiency in the revenue which might be caused by a remission of the malt-tax. Mr. Smith O'Brien is to attend a meeting of the seceders, in the Rotunda, on Wednesday next.—. Limerick Zzaminer. THE WEST HIGHLANDS, A correspondent, writing from Stornoway on the '23d December, gives the following particulars relative to the Long Island and Lewis : " This communication would have reached you ear lier, but at this season of the year Stornoway has often no communication with the mainland for ten or twelve days at a time. Vessels deeply laden have made a pas , sage lately from Skye with east and north-east winds, while our good packet was lying in Lochewe, and could not come across to Stornoway, although having four mails on board, and the fifth due. This, and other ar rangements connected with the post-office here, call loudly for redress, and in any other part of the country would not be tolerated. The proper way of sending the mails from this quarter would be by the steamer landing a bag for Inverness and the other northern towns at Balmacara, and carrying letters for the south to Glas gow. It is expected, ere long, through the exertions of our proprietor, that this arrangement will be carried into effect. Having been lately on a visit to the islands of South Uist and Barra, I had an opportunity of wit nessing the destitution that prevails amongst the inha bitants of these remote places. In former times the principal employment of the people was the manufacture of kelp and the prosecution of the fisheries, The price of kelp at market has been very low for many years past, and consequently few of the people now do any thing at it. There is, perhaps, no part of Scotland where the fisheries might be carried on with more suc cess than around the islands above-mentioned; and at the time when bounty was payable on fish the take yearly was very considerable, but of late Abe prices of fish have also fallen, and the people are getting so poor that they are not able to keep their boats in proper repair, or pur chase fishing materials, and few of those are able to go out to sea at all. The consequence is, the fishirga in this quarter, for the last two years, have dwindled down to a mere trifle; and I am sorry to say, that the men are noways encouraged by those whose duty it might be sup posed to help them. The potato crop in these, as in most of the other parts of the Highlands, has entirely failed. Many families who were removed last spring to bring in moss-ground have not a single grain of meal of any kind, and are wholly depending on the bounty of others for subsistence. Government seems to be doing every thing for Ireland and overlooking the Highlands. I am confident that at this moment there is no part of Ireland in a worse condition than the places I have mentioned. There is scarcely a single man employed at work of any kind in the whole islands. The roads which were begun two years ago, and which gave em ployment to many of the inhabitants, were stopped last harvest. The men of Barra and Uist are hardy seamen; none can manage boats better, or are more daring. I have no hesitation in saying, that were the sum of 2,000/. laid out in the building of boats and purchasing fishing amongst the fisherme n of r tre t s e c rial andislands, distributed that but little other help would be required, as the men are willing and anxious to be employed. North Uist, in general, is not in such a bad condition, being less thickly populated. " The island of Harris, in many parts of it, is in like condition with South Uist and Barra. The country, unfortunately, is at present under the management of trustees, and there is no work of any kind carrying on. The fisheries here, from the same cause as the other, is merely a name. The island of Lewis, fortunately, is in the hands of a benevolent proprietor, who has keen improving the country since it came into his possession, and is at present employing many people at making of roads, building piers and storehouses, bringing in waste land, and various other things, and is keeping the island in a supply of meal, so that there is no fear of want. At the same time the people in some parts of the island, especially in the parish of Uig, are badly off, their po tato and barley crops having failed. The fisheries in Lewis are carried on in a different and more successful manner than in any part of the Long Island. The curers generally furnish the fishermen with boats and fishing materials. The boats being paid in three years, and the fishing materials at the end of the season, the consequence is the take is yearly improving. I hope these facts will be the means of calling forth the sym pathies of the people in the low country in behalf of the received i t v h e a d t anypo o r assistance inhabitants given i o v f e then them Long em I,_ lsland, be and am thankfully sure and gratefully remembered."—lnverness Courier. PAINFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LUNACY. On the evening of Wednesday last, a man in the garb of a sailor entered the shop of Mr. Maplestone, up holsterer, St. M a tthew's-street, in this town, and on seeing that gentleman told him he was then come to take possession of the property in his (Mr. Maplestone's) shop and premises, for it all belonged to him, and at the same time desired that Mr. Maplestone should imme diately leave the premises. Mr. Maplestone at once perceived that the poor fellow was labouring under an aberration of mind, and did as he was requested ; thinking that if he were to attempt to remonstrate with the man upon his strange delusion he might pro ceed to acts of violence ; he accordingly left his shop, and very wisely sought the assistance of the police who returned with him to his shop, from whence the in truder was removed to the station-hous e , and w hil e t h ere it was quite evident from the poor fellow's conduct that he was insane. On the following morning (Thursday) Mr. Manning, the Relieving Officer, applied to the Mayor, at the Town Hall, for his advice as to how he should deal with the case, the man having been found within his district. He said Mr. G. Bullen, surgeon, had seen the man, and that gentleman had advised that he should be properly taken care of for a few days, when he probably might be so far recovered as to be sent to his home. The Captain of the "Three Hands," from Goole, in Yorkshire, who was in attendance, stated in answer to qustions put by the Mayor, that the name of the unfortunate man was William Jackson, whom he had engaged on leaving Goole, as a seaman on board his vessel, at which time he appeared to be in good health, in mind, as well as body. The first symptoms of an unsoundness of mind in the man, he said, were noticed in the night prior to Christmas-day, for Jackson went into the Captain's cabin about twelve o'clock at night, and said to the captain, who was in bad, " That he had been in Heaven and with Jesus Christ," and otherwise talked in an incoherent manner ; but upon being requested to go to bed, he left, and the captain did not see him again till the following morning (Christmas -day) , . at which time he was reading his bible. The Captain, in continuation, said, after having witnessed other acts which led him to believe that the poor fellow 'vas non cympos men ds,ahr i w m i k h e , p w t s c h q u i i t e t d a i d s possible u n n e t s a t y h e l a y s e t , s sae at the crew of a smack, but he had contrived to come u p to wh reached ic h h e p h l a a lli c l e he had him conve yed ashore for safe t y b y Ipswich on board the River Queen steamer on the same ed then ay.ne wa w s, to was afraid,ta in him the where he had a wife li v i ng . The Mayor told the captain (who had said h e was g oing to sail for Goole mind Jackson on the following day) t o i n f or m Jackson s wife, on his return, that her h us b an d w ould be taken care of while here, and ord ere d t h e re lieving officer to see that he was taken to th e un i on h ou se, there to be kept in backstate to of Goole, a room, with a fire, and to have a person constantly with him. The poor man was removed from the magistrates: room exclaiming that he was " King of the country.' The poor fellow's di sor d ere d state o f mind was painfully evident, from the fact that, shortly before he was re moved from the vess e l, he was caught sitting over the fire which he had kindled upon the cabin floor. Jackson was brought before the magistrates on Monday (yester day), who granted an order to the relieving officer,_ Mr. Manning, to remove hi m t o the Peckham Asylum.— Ipswich Express. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Priness Helena, and at tended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Waterpark, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General Bowles, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Seymour, arrived at Claremont, at four o'clock on Thursday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness Prince Al bert enjoyed the sport of shooting, attended by some of the Gentlemen of the Royal Suite. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked yesterday i n Claremont Park. The Royal Family took walking a nd riding exercise yesterday In the pleasure-grounds of Claremont. A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yester day, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey vi , s _ coun t Palmerston, Earl Grey, Earl of Auckland, L or d Campbell, Earl of Clarendon, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. Lord Campbell arrived in town on Thursday night, from York. The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town ' yesterday morning, from Grove Park, Herts. The Earl of Minto and Viscount P a lmerston also arri ve d • in town yesterday morning, to attend the Council. The Marquis of Clanr icarde, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and Sir John Hobhouse are out of town. The Council sat two hours. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town after the Council for his seat Bowooll Park, Wilts. A deputation, including Sir Jo hn Rae R_ Hankey, jun., Mr. C. Mar r y ntt, and Me, 'au, Mr. Macgregor, had Colonial an interview wit'. Earl Grey yesterday at th© vie w residence,witihn office. The Archbishop of Canterburyt his td official anin te Lord John Russell yesterday, vi Downing-street. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial and also from the Governors of St. Helene..lan Colonies, ILLNESS OF THE EARL OF JERSET.--WO regret to learn that the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers have been detained some weeks at F ran kfort-on •the-Maine by the very dangerou s il ness of the noble Earl. On the 25th and 26th ult. he was con sidered to be in a very precarious condition, and fears were entertained for his ultimate recovery. A favour able change, however, took place; and f rom the last letters we are happy to say his Lordship was mending, although slowly. ACCELERATION OF THE MAIL , --117 0 are happy to be at length enabled to state, that a speedy acceleration of the mail northward from Edinburgh may be expected. Intimation has been given to the contractors that a change of hours is to take place from some day in Fe bruary, when the mail which at present arrives in Edin burgh in the evening will be forwarded shortly after to the north, instead of waiting as at presnt till half-past five in the morning. By the contemplated change, the mail may be expected to reach Perth about half-past three, when it will proceed immediately to Invernes.— Perthshire Courier. THE IRISH MAGISTRACY.--A communication from John O'Brien, Esq., M.P., states that the Lord-Lieu tenant has appointed William Geary, M.D.; E. F. G. Ryan, and Martin Ronan, Esqrs., to b e magistrates of the city pi Limerick, Descriptions of Bills. 1. Railways 2. Navigation and Canals 3. Waterworks 4. Ferries and Docks 5. Piers and Harbours 6. Bridges 7. Roads 8. Miscellaneous ...... .. Total FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. 1. The Liverpool Gas Light Company's Acts Amend ment, and for raising a further sum of money. 2. Birkenhead Commissioners' Dock Acts Amendment, construction of new docks, and alteration of culvert. 3. Portsmouth Paving, Lighting, and improvement. 4. Sunderland Markets, Bridge, Ferries, and general improvement. _ _ . L. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glas gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 1). 6. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glas gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 3). 7. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway (No. 1). 8. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 2). 9. Birkenhead Commissioners' Dock Acts Amendment (as to construction of sea wall along Wallasey- pool). 10. South-Eastern Railway (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge), proposed Railway from the North Kent line of the South-Eastern Railway at Lewisham to Tun. bridge, with branches to Dartford, Seven Oaks, Maid stone, and Paddock wood. 11. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir (No. 3). 12. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glas gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (N 0.4). SATURDAY, JANUARY 16. 13. Bristol and Exeter Railway (branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury, and Street). 14. Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railways Amalgamation. 15. Birkenhead 1 Dock Company and Herculaneum Dock Company Amalgamation. 16. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and s Paisley,ol and E K x i l e m t e a r r c Ra l , w a a n y d A ci y ,a r u R n a t o i l n w a a d ( N C o a . 3 2 u ) e . G 1 1 1 a 7 s g . o B w r , Cary Branch). 18. Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (alteration near Reedham). 19. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, (Junction with the Midland Railway, via Barnsley, and branches therefrom). 20. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (branch from Ashton-under-Lyne to Oldham). 21. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail way (branch to Chapeltown, and Thurgoland Coal Branch). 22. Birkenhead Improvement Acts Amendment (No. 1). 23. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway (devia tion and repeal of restriction in Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Act, 1846, as to construction of a por tion of the line). 24. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 5). 25. Drainage of Crowland and Cowbet Washes, and other lands. RAILWAY RETURNS. - RAILWIL TRAITIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : BANKING DI X• Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest .. .. . ..... .. • 3,469,857 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 9,990,624 Other deposits •.• • • . 7,903,959 deven day and other 901,139 4 36,818,579 Dated the 7th day of January, 1 ; THE EXTENSIVE CROWN IMPROVEMENTS AT WINDSOR.—In consequence of the very extens ive altera tions contemplated by the Crown in the immediate vicinity of the Castle, for the purposes of affording in creased comfort and privacy to her Majesty, by taking down the whole side of one street in the town, and di verting and stopping up other streets, and also footpaths and other public highways, as well as the removal of Datchet bridge, a committee wa s a pp o i nted at the last meeting of the Town Council of Windsor in December, for the purpose of watching the proceedings with refer ence to those projects, and to report from time to time to the council. A very full meeting of the council was held yesterday, at the Town Hall, for the purpose of re ceiving the report from the committee. The report stated in detail the alterations proposed to be made by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and also those that would be effected by the proposed railway extensions, but the committee abstained from giving any opinion as to the manner in which the alterations would affect the interests of the town. The report was re ceived, and a committee of the whole council was ap pointed for protecting the interests of the inhabitants, with reference to the projected improvements of the borough. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: PORTSMOUTH, JAN. B—The Retribution steam frigate has been brought alongside the dockyard to be fitted to take in provisions for conveyance to Ireland or Scotland, as may be required. As the Sidon will be in the hands of the artificers for some weeks, Captain Henderson, and the officers and crew of that ship, have been ordered to take charge of the Retribution during the temporary service she is to be employed on. The Athol's orders have been changed, and instead of going to Woolwich, she is to refit in this harbour, with all speed, and to take to Malta two companies of Royal Artillery. The detachments of Royal Artilley and Sappers and Miners brought from Bermuda have been sent up by the South-Western Railway. The Athol came into harbour this forenoon. Her Majesty's ship Albatross, Commander Farquhar, arrived this morning from the Nore, to wait orders. She is intended for service on the coast of Africa, and will be paid here, and sail next week. The Kestrel yacht, formerly belonging to the late Earl of Yarborough, has been surveyed by the dockyard officers, and being declared fit for her Majesty's service, has been purchased by Government. She is to be brought here from Cowes to be fitted for sea, and Lieut. Sir Godfrey 'Webster, Bart., a Lieutenant of the St. Vincent, is to have the command of her. The Kestrel is intended for service in the West Indies, and is to re lieve the Pickle schooner. The Crown has made a good bargain in this instance. The Kestrel is upwards of 200 tons, rigged as a brigantine. She was obtained for about 2,0001., including everything in her except her cabin furniture. To avoid any future accidents to her Majesty's ships going from Portsmouth to Plymouth on the Downs, by unqualified persons being taken on board as pilots, as occurred for instance in the Daphne, an order has been issued that all commanding officers who may be going to those places are, if they require a pilot, to apply for one at the Rear-Admiral Superintendent's office in the dockyard, and no other place. Commander Hugh Goold, from the ordinary at Sheer ness, is appointed to the ordinary at this port; he has been superseded by Commander Gordon. Commander Hall has the ordinary at Plymouth. The Scourge is to return to Lisbon about the end of this month, and be attached to the squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Wm. Parker. Her Majesty's sloop Hyacinth, 16, Commander F. Scott, has arrived this afternoon from the West Indian and North American station. She has been ordered home to be paid off, having been upwards of three years in commission. The Hyacinth has a few supernumeraries from the squadron. WooLwicn, JAN. B.—The Geyser steam-vessel, Com mander F. Brown, left to-day for Greenhithe; and after having her compasses adjusted there by Captain John son, will proceed to one of the western ports, where she is to receive her final sailing orders. Her destination is now ascertained to be the East Indies. The Rosamond, Commander John Foote, will not be completed before the end of next week, after which she will proceed to the Cape of Good Hope to relieve her Majesty's steam-vessel Thunderbolt, Commander A. Boyle. The Thunderbolt has been upwards of four years in commission. The Tartarus steam-vessel has undergone an entire refit, and will be re-commissioned in a few days by Com mander Wolfe, who commanded her during the recent surveys on the coast of Ireland, and where she is to be employed again on similar service. The Janus steam-vessel, having had her machinery taken out and replaced at this dockyard by the con tractors, was towed back to Deptford on Tuesday. Several steam-vessels are ready for trial, and will be commissioned very shortly, viz,, the Growler steam sloop, the Antelope and Odin steam-vessels. The An telope, Triton, and Oberon, new steam-vessels, are ordered to be fitted out at Chatham. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON TEA. - - - - - On Thursday a deputation from the London Asso ciation for the Reduction of Duty . upon Tea, consisting of Sir George Larpent, Bart. (chairman of the East In dia and China Association), Mr. S. Gregson (deputy chairman), Mr. Norton, and Mr. Dallas, waited upon Lord John Russell, at his official residence, Downing street, for the purpose of representing the present state of the trade, and the public advantages which would accrue from a reduction of duty. Lord John Russell received the deputation with much courtesy, and expressed his willingness to hear what ever observations they might have to make upon the propriety of reducing considerably the present duty levied upon tea. His Lordship also took occasion to remark that a deputation, consisting of several gentle men connected with the commercial interests of Liver pool, and their relations with China, had lately waited upon him and given him the benefit of their opinions. The interview lasted upwards of an hour, in the course of which Lord John Russell asked a number of questions calculated to afford the most authentic in formation on the subject connected with the visit of the deputation. After the deputation had advanced various argu- ments to show that the greatly increased consumption would more than compensate for any trifling diminution{ of the revenue, Lord JOHN RUSSELL thanked the deputation for the trouble they had taken, and assured them that the sub ject upon which they appeared to be so much interested would receive the fullest and most patient consideration of her Majesty's Goverument. The deputation having acknowledged their sense of his Lordship's kindness, and the great courtesy with which he he had received them, then withdrk w. The Chancell3r of th,, Exchequer had expressed his intenfhrn to be present during the interview, but was prevented by the death of his father. MAGISTERIAL CRANGES.-Yesterday it was stated that Mr. Arnold, the revit,ing barrister, has been ap pointed one of the metropolitan police magistrates, and he was present at Worship-street, with Mr. Bingham, the sitting magistrate. It appears that Mr. Broughton, who has been about twenty years at Worship-street, removes to Marlborough street, to replace Mr. Maltby, whe re tires from the bench. A Wm MURDERED DY HER HUSBAND.—The secluded village of Caldbeck was thrown into a state of great excitement and alarm on Wednesday last, by the rumour that William Stalker had murdered his wife, aged about fifty years, on the preceding evening. Stalker has been for many years a respectable farmer at Willie Riddings, where he brought up a large family, and was about to quit the farm, and keep a grocer's shop in Caldbeck. On Tuesday evening last, ho and his wife went to the farm to milk the cows, and on their not re turning at the usual time, about two huurs afterwards, one of the sons repaired to the farm to look after his father and mother, and on entering the house, fell over something lying on the floor, when he fainted. On re covering, he returned to:Caldbeck,and other persons went back to the farm-house, who found poor Mrs. Stalker lying murdered on the floor. From the black marks which were discovered on both sides of her neck, it was presumed that she had been strangled. Her body was then removed to Caldbeck, to her disconsolate family. Search was then made for the murderer, who was found the next morning sitting under a hedge in one of his own fields, and confessed that he had murdered his wife by strangulation. Stalker has been in a state of mental debility for some time past. The family is one of the most respectable in the locality. An. inquest was held, and a verdict of Wilful Murder returned. Stalker was immediately committed for trial—Sheffield Iris. A ROBBER SHOT.—Linden House, near Wellin ton, the residence of Maj or Th omas , h as b een repea t e d ly attacked attacked by midnight robbers within the last three months, and on Friday night, about half-past twelve o'clock, the servant was aroused by distinctly hearing the noise occasioned by an attempt to break into the back part of the premises. Having alarmed her master, he proceeded with his gun to .the front door, with the view of intercepting the villains, but on opening the hall door was surprised to find two fellows under the portico. The Major instantly struck down one of them with his fist, and the rascal, on attempting to recover, received another blow, which a second time prostrated him. The other scoundrel ran off, but before proceeding beyond the range of the gun, the Major fired and lodged a charge of small shot in the lower part of the villain's • back. The robbers are brothers, of bad repute, and live at Row-green, a place long notorious as the rendezvous of the most profligate and dangerous characters. War rants are out against the two, and also against some others, who, it is ascertained, were associated on the spot for this midnight outrage , so intrepidly defeated by the worthy Major.— TauntenCourier. SURRENDER WITHOUT FIGHTING.—M. Mann, A lieutenant in the 15th Regiment of Light Infantry, was lately tried by a court:martial at Oran for having nocapitu lated in the open country without fighting, °o.nf was punishable with death by the Ist and 2d artick f all s Imperial decree of the Ist of May, 1812. Tlemcensenton the to A 2 i 7 r t i I I T c o n i f °u o n September,sde de tachment e. t n o t M c on.nf.d2uocut_ n3fronon: allan and not: men n ort h in a g d b a oe c n onvz s y oh o n f rg 2 e o d ,oo f O rnm ball th c e artr o i s d p g i e ta s4 s more than fifty were sufficientlyuddyenl sruercroovuenredded by atoperforut active duty. They werelarge b an od d y L o ie f n A te r n ab an s t , m u a n n cl in er , fi t n li d e in command of A useless tor b e d si - s e t l: o lid a a pit e, ur r lated. The accused having been brought to the bar, questioned the competency of the Court, and refused to reply to the questions addressed to him by Colonel Gachot, its president. M. Lebon, his counsel, contended that the charter of 1830 had abolished military commis sliBoln2s, a n n o d t e h x a t y r n o g r d b i e n e a n r y s a n t r o i t b i u o n n ea l d s , b a y n t d he th L a e t g t i h sl e at d u e r c e r , e wat e of unconstitutional. The Court having retired to delibe rate, soon afterwards returned, and pronounced itself competent, in virtue of the said decree, and of a decision. of the Court of eassation of the 9th of December, 1829 It accordingly proceeded to examine the witnesses, and the prisoner having persisted in his system of defence, was condemned to death. The sentence was immediately afterwards read to him in presence of the assembled guard, and Colonel Gachot, moreover, notified to him that be had ceased to be a member of the Legion of Honour. He was then removed to the military prison, where he was to await the decision of the Supreme Court. POST-OFFICE NOTICE, YESTERDAY.—DEPARTURE or MAILS.—The Forth, for Sydney, New South Wales, and West Indies, on the morning of the 18th inst. The Cambria, for America, on the evening of the 3d Feb ruary. The Giraffe, for the Holland and Hamburg"' mails, on the evening of the 9th (this day). CAUTION TO BUYERS OF GREEN PEAS.—(From a Correspondent.)—Persons cannot be too cautious in purchasing green peas ready shelled from hawkers, as they are not really, as represented, an arrival from Hol land, but a small species of our common grey pea, dyed with a preparation of verdigris and urine, in which they are partly boiled, to render them a little mellow. This, a few years since, was a famous trade of costermongera about this time of year, until their " hot green peas" be. came a cold game, a discovery having taken place.