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

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Druw °l ? f li e9 n otes on the Dl. note, 6 5 lief const s o and tbefol those be re A -sar sl3cl ; Christuai aye him as , he did sol iI m• The ° dt c no t otter' pis dinner. Iner, said y defence, r to take • CI isco ro t h e (g r. it e hough / the COllsta serio us r su a ffic t i s eoway been oil it woul, to mete Mice. mid be P I Lti ioterlf ;stonerm sating w nt istratet sualre ° o d hav e " it het apt he lilt'fi ,i s trial $4 f e n o Sai d cl f debt c o , Is a in d sing, ur ool , f artury e , 1- e de ' :ec-513111 MOli_EY and COM M ERCIAL 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. per lb. Stock now 420,670 bales against 900,720 bales at this time last year. Shares were quiet. The following are a few of the principal sales of Rail way Shares yesterday, at Messrs. Dimond and Co.'s: — East Indian £o 11 6 Great Indian Peninsular London and Manchester (Remington's) 0 9 0 Manchester and Southampton 1 19 6 Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... 0 5 0 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 6 D erby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, New 0 15 0 Taw Vale Extension and Dock Madrid and Valencia South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 12 6 Newport and Abergavenny Royston and Hitchin B c'stun, Stamford,and Birmingham Great Luxembourg B uckinghamshire 4 10 0 Two arrivals from the Cape of Good Hope furnish ad- Vices of the 3d and 7th instant respectively. There is, however, but little information to be gleaned from the Papers beyond the melancholy detail of isolated cases of O utrage, such as are to be expected in time of war on an exposed frontier. The local authorities were collect lug 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 future. Consols both for money and account have been steady this morning at from 93i to 93 7 1 for immediate transfer, and 93f I for the account. The payment of the divi dends h as eased the market a little. Exchequer-bills have ranged from 14s. to 11s. 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 23i I. The correspondence upon Mexican finance, just published, !5... deemed unsat i sfactory. For Portuguese Four per yents, the current value now is 374 ; for Russian, 112 ; lor Sp an i sh Consols, 25 4 to 26 for the Three per Cods. ; for th e Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 59f; and _ It 'or_ tn the Four per C ent. C ertif i cates, 93. h Railway Share and Scrip Markets not much priusiness has been e ff ecte d t hi s d ay . Th e ten d ency o f ces is g en erally downwards. The official rates are annexed as usual. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent(Fromihe Official List.) . Reduced Annuities 93% 94 93% 3 per Cent. Con so l s A nns 934% L New 314 per Cent. An nu iti es g Len Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9% India Bonds 1,0001................. Ditto under 1.0001 C onsols for Ope n i ng — 93% Ex chequer Bills. 1 1 ,id. % 1,0001,1 r 14 11 pm. 500/. - pm. Ditto Small ••• • ••• 15 11 pm. IRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bones, 1846, 5 per Cent 23% Ditto for the Account 234% Portuguese 4 per Cents 3 7% - Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent ll2 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — • Ditto for the Account Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates lIIRITESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2 % ....- to A rmagh, Coler a i ne , & Portrush 1 % to Belfast and Count Down .. 4% .. .. Birmingham and Gloucester-100 ...... Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.).. 17% Birtningnam & Oxford June-. 2 Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 425. ... . ..... . to inning., Wol., & Stour Val. 425• to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2% —.. ... to Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do., New ' Bristol and Gloucester-- 3O Brist o l and Li verpool Junc... 2% — t to o B uckinghamshire.. Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 .... Chester and H01yhead..„...., 27%... . . 26 Cheltenham and Oxford Clarence.. 100 Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Cork and Killarney ............ 2% — • to Cork and Waterford •..., 1% to Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ...... ... 2% .... . 1 Direct Northern 5crip..„.,... 2% Direct Norwich „..... 2%...... to 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12% .. ... o to --- Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2% Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s 23% ...... to 22% Do. New .. Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., d 0.,,.... ......... N 0.2,6/. 138. 4d... Do., York Extension 2 ...... 3% 3 4 .. to Eastern Union , 4O Ditto, Quarter Shares lO Do. Extension to Harwich 1%...... ... Do. C am b r id ge an d El y ... 2% — to - _Xast Lancashire Ditto, New Do. ( late Preston &Ormsk.) 5 ... - East Do L inc o ln do., shire New Scrip to . Edinburgh and Glasgow 5 04 to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% to Xdiy - NT, ' - - .tiriburgii and Northern ... 12."( 2 . — Ditto, New..... . ........... ... 2% — ..... .to Ditto, Newport ...... to Ditto, ditto, New l% 3%...... to Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon .. 12% 13,4 Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% ...... Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5 - .. ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New D 0 . 14 Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% ..... —..— Great Eastern and Western... 2% — ...... to Great Northern (London and York Regd.) Do. (Direct North. Regd.) 3 3 4 4l /s to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% — . .... to Great North of England ...... WO . . Ditto, New .................. .. 5 Ditto, New .............. ....... •.• •• •• 15 61 to 60% Ditto, New Great Western .................. 85 Ditto, Half Shares 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% —,„.. to Ditto, Fifths 2O ..... to ---: Do. New II uddersfield and Manchester 13 .. .. . to Dittc, Extension 3 _ ..... Hull and' Selby_ ..n. Jelby 5O ...... --... .. to Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 — ...... to Ditto, Half Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Ed mun d s 14 to Do. do. and Norwich Lancaster and Ca r li s l e SO to Do. New 5 ...... Leeds and B ra df or d 3O 76 1 / 2 to 1A to Leizester a nd B e df or d Leeds, Dew s b ury , & blanches. 27 1 ,4 — Do., Branch 1 / 2 Shares 2 14 — to Ditto, Branch (Blue) ...... 2 1 / 2 5% to Ditto, Extension (Green). 2 1 / 2 Leeds an d Thirsk ..... ......... 17 1 / 2 164 to Ditto, New ...... .. ...... .. 5 . .... Do., do., Prefer., 6 p er Cent. 3 1 / 2 . .... Liverpool. Crosby, a n d S out h- to port. Liverpool, Mancheste- .., - Jr, and , Newcastle Junction 2 l, .... . to London FY Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d. Do. New . Do. Ext ens i on Lone., B r i g ht., & S outh Coast 50 Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40 Do. Co nso lid a t e d Eighths.- 10 to Do. Guarant ee d 5 per Cent. 9 .. .......... London and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... 91 A to Ditto Preference lBl 17s 2d... ...... to London and North Western..loo ......198 Do. Quarter Shares ...... .. 2 Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 ...... 15 1 4 % to Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters Do. 407. Shares.....L. &M. 8 Do. 401. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. an d B . (A.) 5 . .... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 Do. 101..•. M. and B. (C.) 1 London,.-- Oxford, and Cheltm. 1 3 / ...... London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d Do. New consolidated 8 ths- 40 DD0it.t0NNewew..............., ....... 991 4...... 27 1 A to Ditt0...... .. ..... -.-• 18 Tenths.... ............. 5 - ...... tot -- Ditto Tenths., Ditto Scrip ................................. 4 5 6 ..... to to Ditto ditto... .................. 4 to London and York... ........... 2% ..... Ditto Extension ............ 21 A ; . ...... to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2q . ...: Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 ...... —___ •••••• to Londonderry and Enniskillen 15 Lynn ai,a Ely ... ..... to ... ...•• Lynn and Derebam ..... .. 82 - ••• ......... to . t° Man c h ester and L ee d s Ditto Half Shares ..,... - 38 ...... 501/2 ..... . to Ditto Quarter s Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 81 4 Do. Ext ens i on Do., do., Fifth s Manch. Buxt on , & Matlock 42s l l4 p... to -- Ma nehr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 4Shares (N o . 1) ... 8 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, % Shares (No. 3)... 2 1 / 2 ...... DDo. and Grimsby l5 _ to itto, ditto. . . ................ 3 Ditto, ditto .. . . 117 — _ Ditto, Sheillek , i . ............ ./s and Line 2 1 ",. ..... Man chester and Southampton 2 I • blidland ..... - ...... 100 Ditto Fifths ............ —__ ...... . .... to .._— to Ditto, New - . '''''''''''''''''' 2 Ditto, New ******************* 30 to - Midland, Birin;a..n — d . **** e..!l;y •••100 _ to *** 2 Midld. Grp " ''''''' to Western (Iri - sh) '2O ***** to N ewcastle and Berwick ****** 20 to Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 100 .....• to Ditto New ................... 20 ••••• ' to Aber Ditto Quarter Shares . ...... 61 / 4 ... --- to Newrnarket and Cbesterford 5 ...... to N ewport and gavenny. .2% — to ~ewry and Enniskillen .• 7 ••••• '4eNvrY, Warrenpoint, •and to ••• •. vrßostrevor ................... 10 t 0 '4°lthern COUlitiell Liiiioll .... 21 it F t g -11/41 NTorfolk Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension Do. Scrip, 1847,N. of Norfik Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 gorth British Ditto Half Shares . Do. Quarters l4 — ... .. to Ditto, Extension % to Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern SO Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Staffordshire............ 5 North Wales 3% •••• North. & South. Connecting 2% a ..... North Western 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1%.. ... •-•-• Portsmouth Direct 3% — to Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 31. 125.... dis... to Royston and Hitchen ... 1%,...;.. leottish Central Scottish Midland 12% Shetlield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham a ...... 5 Ditto, ditto, Class B 1 1 4: 9 a to Shropshire Union . 42s. South Devon ... .... ...... ... 40 South Staffordshire Junction 1/135.4d South Eastern and Dover ... 33% — to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 l2 - Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4....... ...... 2 1 / 2 — to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, to 2 ....„ to -- and Goole . Swans. and Loughor and Ca.- meron's Stm. Coal ...... .. 2 Caw Vale Extension Trent Valley,' Midland, and Grand Junction 425. Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole 22% .... to Waterford and Kilkenny ll , Waterford and Limerick ... .. 27%... .. 17 Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 ...... 10%..... to York and Newcastle 25 .... .. 38 1 4%... to 38 Ditto, New Ditto, Preference 2 ..... •7 1 ,4%... to York and North Midland Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East ard WasL Riding Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2% Boulogne and Amiens 18 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Espelete's ) Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon): lO — —. ... to Central of Spain Ceylon - ss. Demerara. ..... 2 l /2 — to Den dre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish • 6 - 44%... to East Indian ... ss. to Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 Great Indian Peninsular Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada 3 14 ...... ...... to Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ......... 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % Madrid and Valentia M auritius 1 Namur and Liege......... 8 Northern of France North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d...... Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg —.. 5 ...... Rouen and Havre 20 .... to ---' .. to ..... Sambre and Meuse lO — to Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes .. ... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad.. ...... .. ... 2 1 ,1 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. . . _ . Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London 2O — to London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 National of Ireland 22% ... .. to Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London ... 10 3W to— g . GE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. • • . ..... • ... Leghorn ........ • • .. 30 55 Genoa ...• •..• • .. 25 90 Milan .. • • • • • • • Venice.... .... • • ...... Naples • • 40U Palermo, per oz . 20% Lisbon.... .... .. 53 Oporto .. • • • . 53% Rio Janeiro 26 Bahia .. ....... • • • Buenos Ayres .. .. .. • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... ...... PZICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold is bars .. £3 1; 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10 1 A Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... •• 0 5 oys CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the arrival of the Fairy Queen off Portstriouth, from the Cape of Good Hope, which place she left on the 7th of 'l'.Tovember, we have received papers from there, and also from Graham's Town, from which we extract the following : _ _ Received some information from the N.E. boundary, and which describes affairs in that quarter as being in a very unsettled and unsatsfactory 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 Ii i i against the wishes and opinions of all the comman ders aith 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 ;he ft ars of the imbecile Chief Krell, 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 Am dress having made any treaty whatever with the chit f in question is, we observe, stoutly denied. But the, c 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 Kreli, 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 1 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 o p erations 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 But ola, 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 ha've 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 which—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 coin mandant, the civil authorities having no rower, 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 thei? way to head quarters. 'rho 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 m he asv t the des re alfollowingsNbvlaeetWednesday. nuvenband f t .no Wa s terloo odiu ß d naaytr; Matilda, succeeded Tohn in e ( wholelanding con siderable ng e d In u gr distance. an d n o n nu F rs r d id ay ay a gmenogruneinwgestelrilaya F or titude,yb ejieorte Tuesday,kept down Osborne put out to sea on 'Wednesday even downnedt, h o e n s e ur v f, es a s n el d only having s h a tt i v d in a Lboenednonseewnheartila, might have gone out safely. The Governor, it was reported, intended starting for Beamort on Friday, to meet in with wnx t i h iilo e unso G lyt o t v th e rr r no n sw o t r t ' t s hhen t t e c rm ot Macorno. Sandilla, it was sa id , was expected to fall Colonists es T t sa h po e pffe a T trh h aen u i e n r edse guardr n b f o l sub amisWsisnigeolnea moment. '.l,he Kafirs at present do not believe our Government is actually in earnest in its expressed determination to enforce the penalty which they have justly incurred by their late unprovoked, ruinous, and murderous aggressions. Having aforetime always out 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, 1846. 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., H. 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 if the eastern truntier, that her Majesty was pleased to receive their petition very graciously ; but that the subject is not one on which her Majesty can be ad vised to invoke the assistauce 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 bo 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, &c., (Signed) BROWNLOW M AITLA ND. The Civil Commissioner for Albany. TILE IIE DISTR ESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S PROTECTION SOCIETY.—.A is benevolent meeting of some of th e c hi e f su pp o rters o- re Rooms, upon a suggestion f o r the t t Yrua __ an institution was h e ld y es t er d a y at the pre sentation of some complimentary testimonials to Mr. Alderman Farebrother, the president, and Mr. Roper, the honorary secretary, for their valuable services in support and furtherance of that charity. A majority of those present were ladies, comprising a portion of the managing committee. Mr. Luke James Hansard having been called to the chair, stated that the permanent and mainlysat satisfactory tor y attributable r e- e s t re-establishment itshhoms those gentlemen, oft t t heciLt as period instpiteurtiiooan when" was invaluable to dilate an event which it was unnec essar y idoniad been placed its existence in jeopardy. Thei r afforded from the commencem en t ; an d thea bene fit s con ferred by the society were mainly identified whther unwearied exertions. A resolution in furtherance of the proposed object, moved and seconded by Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Holt, was carried unanimously. A committee having been nominated, and a list of subscriptions read, a vote of thanks tp 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 addres:ed 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 Examiner. MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered COURSE OF EXCIIA Amsterdam ......C.F 12 4 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... 2 U l2 4% Antwerp........... Hamburgh 13 10% Altona • . Paris, 3 days' sight .. •• 25 55 Ditto. 3 months.... .. 25 85 Marseilles •••••• • • .. • • 25 90 Bourdeanx • • 25 90 Frankfort on Maine .... 121 Petersburgh, 3 Us .... Berlin Vienna, tffec. flo •• • ... 10 5 Trieste, ditt0....... .. 10 5 Madrid • • ...... 35 % Cadiz • • •• . : ........ 36 Bilbao .. Barcelona Seville.. • ..... ........ LLOYD'S SHIPPLNG-(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 `'ales; Lotus, Barbadoes. COWES, JAN. B.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Heyworth, Watson, Cuba, for London, leaky; Denmark, Christensen, St. Domingo, for Harnburgh. 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, Ryrie, Antigua; Exchange, New Orleans. OFF Powr.—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; Hugo Grotius, Glazina, ditto; Lady Clarke, Lawrence, Calcutta ;H. S. Hyacinth, Barbadoes ; H. M. S. Albatross, Eastward ; Fairy Queen, Owen, Cape of Good Hope. Sld. Triton, Paulsen, St. Croix. Off port, Plantagenet, Bird, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, JAN. B.—Wind, S.E.—Arrd. 11. M. S. Spider, Rio Janelro ; Lloyd's, Calcutta; Tyne, Story, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Hull. FALmorric, JAN. B.—Wind, S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Ruth, Saguenay, for London. Sid. Penguin Packet, Brazils. CLYDE, JAN 7.—Wind, S.W.—Arrd. Akbar, Giles, Mau ritius, Sld. Brooksby, M'Ewan, New York, Glaucus, Banks, Newfoundland. CORK, JAN. 6.—Wind, S.S.W.—Arrd. Minerva, Marsden, Pern ambuco. Hum., 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. LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—The Pantaloon, for this port, has put back to the Clyde for repairs, having been in contact off Cantyre. IsLE OItNSAY (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. ALMSIIOUSES Pon PRINTERS.—We are gratified to learn that the executors of the late Praed, Esq., have devoted the sum of 501., 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 enter 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 OF THE THA7SIES.—I have noticed, for nearly half a century, the gradual and regular rise of the waters of the river Thames. My attention was first drawn 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 first made, but are not so now, owing 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 by referring to the floor of West minster Hall, the upper line of th e s t ar li ngs o f o ld London- bridge, the gate of Lambeth Palace, the York Water. gate, Adelphi, the level of the wharfs there, &c. The ground line or plinth of the palatial houses of Par liament is already below the level of extreme high tides. The difference of the rise of the highest tide before the Parliament Houses were burnt down, to the last highest tide, viz,, in December, 1845, is but ten inches. The preceding highest tide 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 tides occurred at ; the difference was exactly one inch ; the lines of elevation are painted in the tap-room there.-.-Correspondent of the Budder. 1,07/IDON, _NATtratiAfir _MTENfN(4,__JAN'UA.RY _144 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. Her, 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 hare 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 wi t h the post-office hem, 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 ether 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 consequen.ly few of the people now do any thing at it. There is, perhaps, no part of Scotland where the fisheries might to carried on with more tus 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 the prices of fish have also fallen, and the people ale 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 ab'e to go out to sets at all. The consequence is, the li.hit g; in this quarter, for the last two years, have dwindled down to a mere trill. ; and I am sorry to say, that the men are noways encouraged by those whose duty it might be sip 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 othe&s 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 2,0001. laid out in the building of boats and purchasing fishing materials, and distributed amongst the fishermen of these islands, 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 been 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, sa 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 poor inhabitants of the Long Island, and I am sure that any assistance givE n them will be thankfully received 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. Matthew'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 delasion 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-house, and while there 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. &den, surgeon, had seen the man, and that gentleman had adviced 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 bed, " 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 was non compos men tis, he had him kept as quiet as possible until the vessel reached Harwich, which it did on Wednesday last, at which place he had him conveyed ashore for safety by the crew of a smack, but he had contrived to come up to Ipswich on board the River Queen steamer on the same day. He was afraid, in the state of mind Jackson then was, to take him back to Goole, where he had a wife living. The Mayor told the captain (who had said he was going to sail for Goole on the following day) t o i n f o rm Jacksons wife, on his return, that her husband would be taken care of while here, and ordered the relieving officer to see that he was taken to the union house, there to be kept in a room, with a fire, and to have a person constantly with him. The poor man was removed from the magistrates ' ' room exclaiming that h e was °' King of the countr y . 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 vessel, he was c aught 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 him to the Peckham Asylum. — Ipswich Express. ciRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the. Priness ord Helena, and at tended by the Marchioness of Douro , L 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 mtlning his Royal Highness Prince Al bert enjoyed the sport of shooting, attended by some of the Gentlemen of the Royal Suite. Her Majesty and l'rince Albert walked yesterday in Claremont Park. The Royal Family took walking a nd ridin g exercise yesterday In the pleasure-grounds of Claremont. A Cabinet Counoil was held at twelve o'clock yester day, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marqui s o f Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Vis count Palmerston, Earl Grey, Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Earl of Clarendon, and the Right H on. T. B. Macaulay. Lord Campbell arrived in town on Thurs day night, from York. The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday morning, from Grove Park, Herts. The Earl of Minto and Viscount Palmerston also arrived in town yesterday morning, to attend the Council. The Marquis of Clanricarde, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir John H obhouse are out of town. The Council sat two houri. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town after the Council for his seat Bowooal Park, Wilts. A deputation, including Sir John Rae Read, Mr. Hankey, jun., Mr. C. Marryatt, and Mr. Macgregor, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial- Office. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Lcrd John Russell yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing. street. Despatches were received y e sterday at t're Colonial officeColonies, from the Governors o f the West Indian and also from the Governors of St. Ijel~ tea, ILLNESS or THE EARL OF JERSEY. —We regret to learn that the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers have been detained som e weeks at Frankfort-on the-Maine by the very dangerous ilness of the noble Earl. On the 25, h 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 to say his L or d ship was mending, h letters alth we ough slow are ly. appy ACCELERATION OF THE MAIL.--..We 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-Fast 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.— Perth.shire 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 be magistrates of the city of Limerick. 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 7 Lon contract, or undertaking in lieu of a subscription contract, has been deposited in the Private Bill Office, classified acearding 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 rum 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 78,382,390/.; and the money authorised to be borrowed to 30,597,5951. There are five Navigation and Canal Bills named in the Stilllo list—the estimates of expense being 2(17,950/. ; the capital stock 170,000/. ; and the money authorhed to be borrowed 166,600/. The Water works Bids in the lime document are twenty- three in number; the estimates of expense being 1,063,631/.; the capital stock 1,514,580/ ; and the money authorised to b:: borrowed 509,333/. The Ferries and Docks Bills were seven in r umber ; the Piers and Harbours Bills also seven; one Bridge Bill, two Roads Bills, and six Mis cellaneous Bills (Drainage, Cemetery, and Thames Em bank men t, &c.) The following summary shows the total results of the doeument:— 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., Estimate of Expense. 90,789,274 297,950 1,063,631 2,996,683 263,031 130,000 13, ! 40 186,358 L 95,740,067 Capital Stock. 78,332,390 170,000 1,514,580 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 [33,472,794 Number of railways in t the royal assent Other Railway Bills for which no subscription con tract, or declaration in lieu thereof, has been depo- 29 sited, but which have received the royal assent.... Lis return which have rei :eived Total royal assents . 268 WM. HAWES. Private Bill Office, August 28, 1846. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The Leeds and Thirsk are showing , symptoms of a speedy commen cemen t o f actua l 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 laud 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 Dune, 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 repetitidn 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 175/. PROJECTED RAILWAYS.—STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF CONINIONS, SESSION 1847. In pursuance of the standing orders of last session, authorising Mr. Speaker to appoint one or more officers to be called " The Examiners 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 come on to be heard, the examiner to whom the case shall have been allotted shall strike the petition off the list, and shall not re-insert the same, except by order of the House." The tollowing is a list of the petitions for the lath and 16th inst.:— •CJ Week o m ending NAME OF RAILWAY. Last a c , t s week. r, . ao 0 a - _ --- X X Jan. 2 Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • 1 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 632 655 Dec. 31 Dublin and Drogheda ••• • • • ••••• • • • • 658 172 Jan. 5 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 837 1,062 3 Dundee and Arbroeth .••••••• • • • • • • • 363 329 - Durham and Sunderlard •••• • • - 611 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • • • • • 3,999 3,005 3 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 9,011 7.038 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 Rochester. •••••• • • • • • - - 2 Great Southern r.nd Western •••• • • • • 1,016 - 3 Great Western, &c • • -- Hartlepool . . - - 2 London and Nerth 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 1,967 3 Mary port 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 .• • • ...... ••••• • • .. 5,880 4,732 2 Preston and Wyre•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 549 387 1 Shrewsbury and Chester - 2 South Eastern and Branches •••• • • .. 7,522 5,122 1 South Devon •• - 2 Taff Vale ••• • • • 3 Ulster. . ....... •• •• •• •• •• •• • • 2 York and Newcastle .•••• • • • • ...... 5,021 4,003 2 York and North Midlard .-• • • • .... 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 other provisions from one port to another. ETd.—(CoRTHiUtb:) THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Gilbert A. ifßeelictt. _ - - ---- - Merrily does Gilbert A. A'Beckett laugh through the reigns of Richard 11. and Henry 11T. 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, custom j s, candlesti c k s , sports, past i mes, pit chers, mugs, jugs, and manners of the people, tracing the progress of art f rom t h e coarse pipkin 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 fur the latter's capital. It was customary in those days to encourage the peasantry by prizes, which did not c,,nsist of a coat for a faithful servitude of nearly a life, but a grant of a of the land to which the labourer b a d given in creased piece value by his industry. The proprietors of the soil hail 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 eviry 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, fur they scarcely dressed themselves ; but the Anglo-Saxons were nut 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. Park I. and 11. Each of these parts contains the music and words of 125 popular standard and origin . o 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' QUARTERLY REVIEW. This is an excellent number of The Freemasons, Quarterly, and in addition to a vast amount of masonic 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 will be gratify ing to all who have a taste for antiquarian research. 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. Sunderlar.d Markets, Bridge, Ferries, and general improvement. 5. 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 Paddockwood. 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 (No. 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 Dcreham Railways Amalgamation. 15. Birkenhead i Dock Company and llerculaneum Dock Company Amalgamation. 16. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 2). 17. Bristol and Exeter Railway (Taunton and Castle 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. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—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 : THE ART UIVION 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 Marchant, 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 RAILWAY REGISTER. Edited by Hyde Clarke, Esq. The present is the 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 as 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 committemen, 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 dulness, it 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 line, illustrated with a map. The Portfolio contains the original prospectuses, &e., of the Grand Junction Railway. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) Ln Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 2d day of January, 1847. MEE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 28,258,260 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,788,770 Silver bullion ...... 2,469,490 £28,258,260 28,258,260 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. Dated he 7th day of January, BANKING 1 X. Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest • • • • • • • • 3,469,857 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) 9,990,624 Other deposits .. Seven day and other bills. • • • • • • • .• ...• 901,139 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 4 36,818,579 • £36,818,579 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. Dated the 7th day ofJanuary. t, THE EXTENSIVE CROWN IMPROVEMENTS AT WINDSOR. — ln I consequence of the very extensive 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 t a ki ng 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,committeea committee was appoi n t e d 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. '['he 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. E NAVAL INTELLIGNCE. arrTal PORTSMOUTH, JAN. B—The Retribution steam frigate has bee , brought alongside the dockyard to be fitted to take in provisions for conveyance to Ireland (Jr Scotland, as may be required. As the Sidon will be in the hands of the artificers for some weeks, Captain Ifenders.on, and the officers and crew of that ship, have been ordered to take charge of the Retribution during the temporary srvice she is to he 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 bcen suiveyed by the dockyard officers, and being declared fit for her Majesty's service, has been purehn,ed by Government. She is to be brought here from C.,,v..es :o be fitted for sea, and Lieut. Sir Godfr,y Webser, a Lieutenant of the St. Vincent, is to have thc ctantaand of her. The Kestrel is inter:do(' 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 2,000 t, 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 uflqu.slithd persons being taken on board as pilots, as occurred for instm:ce in the Daphne, an order has been i-sued that all commanding officers who may be going to those places are, if they require a pilot, to apply for one at the E.,ar•Adrniral Superintendent's office in the dockyard, and no other place. Commander Mgt' Gould, from the ordinary at Sheer ness, is appointed to the ordi nary at th i s port; he has been superse&-d 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. WooLwicu, 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 F orts, 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. wander 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 purl ose 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 hoer, 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 JoUN 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 Government. The deputation having acknowledged their sense of his Lordship's kindness, and the great courtesy with which he he had received them, then withdrew. The Chanea,r of the Exchequer had expressed his intention to be present during the interview, but was prevented by the death of his rather. MAGISTERIAL CLlANGES.—Yesterday it was stated that Mr. Arnold, the revibing 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 WIFE MURDERED BE lIER 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, he and his wife went to the farm to milk the cows, and on their not re turning at the usual time, about two hours 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:Caldbeek,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 mur d ere d hi s w if e 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. Stilker was immediately committed for trial.—Sheffield Iris. A ROBBER SHOT.—Linden House, near Welling ton, the residence of Major Thomas, has been repeatedly 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 th e l ower p art o f t h e v ill a i n ' 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.— Taunton Courier. SURRENDER WITHOUT FIGHTING.—M. Marin, a lieutenant in the 15th Regiment of Light Infantry, was lately tried by a court-martial at Oran for having capitu lated in the open country without fighting, an offence punishable with death 'by the Ist and 2d articles of the Imperial decree of the Ist of May, 1812. M. Mariawas sent on the 27th of September, 1843, to cond uc t from Tlemcen to Ain Temouchen a detachment of 200 men, e m s e c n ort h in a g d a bee c n onv d o is y ch o ag cartridges;f r 2 e o d ,oo f O rom ball oe hospital, all an thoseand not e in e o t irree duty than fi f T t y h e y w ere sufficiently e r u e r c r o o v u e u r e d d e dds _ perform aist, cKalpaadirtegure: e f u A te r n a a b n s t , M u a n r d i w n eer , r fi et e h d e i finding command useless s s o f t o A r b e questioned labanotddedyThe accused having been brought to the b ar , 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 sions and extraordinary tribunals, and that the decree of 1812, not having been sanctioned by the Legislature, was 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 Cassation 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 he 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, YESTERDAI:-DEPARTURE OF 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 Hamburgh mails, on the evening of the 9th (this day). CAUTION TO BUYERS Or 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 costermongers about this time of year, until their "hot green peas",be came a cold game, a discovery having taken place. ,t 1 ; 11