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

WLi ta 48 in Wig it of vario ° -oral colelie, their all° pivP, be ! I , . een the e® fair amilv h ments, tb r e o l local coo t ° ef ; Yshouldoo 1,1- office. declare t 5; they Were ald enter!: to of wage .. „ e n n d be resr afe eastocierN do not P the wag a [7bat the P . : l , Governer any. bQ pala„ . .o ice be duo for the col° ird, to b e 5 nvested in ' the bene6i 0 ntence, 04 • e. fis angemelt i o i fi t m ent. Du e ! Lmount ' 4 0 ) 1 conduct, 1 ! , nforce d oti , 4 1 : f i ler 2 , , - S e id nlYs,, e `oo the 1 31 ",.„i 0 bour bertY olonie3 1,°,01 twice rel f u lly coy 00 ' m erit 01 00 V a vast 11 ,4 1 in til e w 'S born l er ' lit assts obi): on t he go h ro piits cal eli t°6 hieh, hoigoV ion In° iVINDI9III' ;c., 80. Oct., 1 , 84 ,t1Y LnoWl o , l an ti 13th bo o ;otivic4 nt , vi lo , L fIA SUN: 10 1 istake 104 s of Sitt i V aday, ng pas o I 41' , Idfield it I beg „ r an, but L I) most Ov7iff, :;OBBP' Mr. C° bbeti i; Cobbell, Lavle" 0 strorgPC tioo. tee ofi annit, t re po... be of reset; 1118 yor• 5 o ft coal ,00 repoi,:fo s af ord ~ e t by i b . 0 01 unoi r ;jeer' thio o rs f;tre et' ito e !tr e opP 1: e h g gd 3 5 , tea 60 b ee obio tk -ow th its e for lioh,, the pee i d r ! e pti of P g ' i hor is of W the il'ee' I WI , irCil 3 c o; s l ,hoAvi auPre, 0 .01 0 1.. 0 5 0 , i C _ to Glasf flie , ".EY and COMMERCIAL NEN S. (Frcm The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool ) esterday was quiet. Sales 3,000 bales, all to the trade. There was nu al teration in prices. Shares were much the same. The following are a few of the principal sales of Rail- Way Shares to-day, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'*: East Indian 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 & Derby, Stafford, 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 Abergavenny 1 5 0 Royston and Hitchin B oston,Stamford,andßirmingham Great Luxembourg Buckinghamshire The expose of the Bank of France has excited much interest here, because of the recent rapid reduction in the amount of bullion held by the establishment, and it is inferred from tho statement that the Principal cause, as alleged, is undoubtedly the with drawal of the large amount of deposits usually left by the Treasury in the Bank coffers, as well as the in creased liabilities which the parent establishment has incurred by the formation of branches in the provinces. This has been done without the least addition to its capital, and, in fact, as the result proves, with a positive diminution of its resources, owing to the scarcity of money, both with the Government and the mercantile community, having prevented their leaving the usual balances to their credit at the bank. The calculation made that the actual sum with which the Bank of France conducts its business is under 1 8,000,000 francs, cannot but excite surprise, if not so me uneas i ness, b ecause of the mani fest impolicy of locking up so large an amount of its Means in renies, while at the same time these have afforded too handsome a profit to the corporation, while trading upon the Government deposits, that the direc tors will be extremely loth to sell out largely. For its own stability, however, not only must this course be resorted to, but there must likewise be a Veatriction of discounts, eith e r by limitation of dates cr advance of terms. With every desire to accommodate .he mercantil e community of Paris, we do not see how it is f or the Bank of France any longer to delay I neees sary measures f o r e a sing its own position. In the a ccounts from the West Indies we fin nothing of p art i cu l ar novelty. The weather was f avourable in most places for the growing crops, although in some districts too wet for sugar making. In Barbadoes, for instance, certain parts were under water, a great contrast to their blighted mzziazhch for i so long a period during the distressing prevailed until very recently. The P l anters of Ja ma i ca , an d t h e ot h er Colonies, manifested still very great dissatisfaction at the reduction of the S ugar duties here. As to the state of affairs in Mexico, there is much written of Santa Anna's proceedings, but very little that can enable us rightly to appreciate his chances of success against a persevering and well fur nished enemy. The advices by the Crane packet, from Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Ayres do not seem to communicate anything of particular import. The funds have been rather firmer to-day, and the business done is to a moderate extent. The dividends are now in course of payment, and there is a fair attendance of annuitants at the Bank. It is as yet too so o n , h owever , t o d eterm i ne w h et h er Much of the interest received will be re. invested either in stock or shares. We are inclined to believe, however, that after payment of the railway call* falling due, the surplus will be pretty well absorbed, and it is a blessing for the working classes that such will be the case, because railway payments become actively circu lated, whereas stock investments merely go to enhance the market value of the funds. Consols are 93i A for present transfer, and 934-1 for time. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 951 , and the Three per Cents. 93R to 94. Bank Stock is worth 20 51 to 206. Excl equer bills are very firm to 111. to 14s. premium. There is very little business doing in the Foreign Stock Market. Portutruese Four per Cents. are 37k, Mexican have receded to 234 1, owing to a letter written by Sauta Anna disapproving, although not revoking, the conver sion, which, in fact, it would be impossible for him to do ; Chilian are 95, and Dutch Four per Cents., 928 to 938. Railway Shares have been very well maintained again to-day, though not so brisk at present as they were yesterday. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'cLOCIC. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns....„ 93% 94% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93% X I New WA per Cent. A nnu i t i es....., 95 % Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills, 10001.I%d. Pico, 5001 Ditto, Small CLOSING PRICES. 205% 94 1 /4 93 'A 95% 11 p CLOSING PRICES ; 95 23% 23 371/2 ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.....• 95 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 23% Ditto, Account 233~y 1 ,1 1 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account .... 37% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent. . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 927 93% 93 1 ,i PRICES or BUS CLOSG ukILWAY SH P AID ' AT ON IN E ESS O'CLOCK DONE . PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%.. Belfast & County Down 4 Birmin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto New 17% — ..... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 425. 6 3 % p Birming., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Va11ey..... 425. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 234 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. 7 1 p. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 32 ..-- Buckinghamshire ...... 84 s . Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2 11 i Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 Chester and Holyhead.— 27% 2 5 1 /2 Cheltexham and Oxford 2 ... • C l arence lOO ... - Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 % — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 21 % — ••• Direct Northern Scrip.. 2% 2 3 /4 Direct Norwich - Dublin and BelfastJanc. 12. 1 / i SIA Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 16s. ..... .23 227 f, 23 th ... Ditto New Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 .—. 3% 3 / 4 Eastern Union 40 Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 ' 7 / Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 , 4 — .. ... ..... East Lancashire - lB Ditto, New ... Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 / 4 3 % .... ........ .. East Lincolnshire ... ••• 1 4 3% • Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... '— Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — `Ditto, New Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New .... . lIA 3% Edinburgh and Perth... 3 , — Ely and Huntingdon ... 12 1 / 2 ...... 13 1 / 4 Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% IB Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do., 1% Shares (5 per .•• .• cent. guar.) ... ...... 12 1 / 2 .., — Great Northern (London and York Regd.) ...... 2 % 3% 1 / 4 Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) Great Bouth. and West. (Ireland) .... . .......... 27% 28% Great North of England -100 ......238 Ditto New......... ...... 5 Ditto, New .... :. ..... 15 ..•. .. Ditto, New ........... . 11 / 2 .. ... ... ... 1914 . Great Western ............ 85 , .........•.•. .... 133 Ditto 4 5hare5......... 50 .. .. Ditto 1 4 Shares 121,x ..... ..... 21 1 / 4 .. Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ... 4 1 X 1 ...... •••..... ...... Huddersfield & Mulches. 13 ...... _ ............ .. 3 t x _ . * Ditto, Extension c tgull and:Selby .;:sI 5 o Half Shares .•:• • Ditto 1 / 4 Shares "!Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 • ..... ..... ..... • Do., do., and N orw i c h 5 - Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ••••••• . ......... ..... "'... .. Do. New - .. 76 4 ............... 4 Leeds and Bradford 3O Leicester and B e df or d . .. 16 a .. % dis ......... 76 . % dis. Leeds, Dewsbury, & c .... 22% 37 1 /2 38 •••• • •••• 38 Do., Branch 1 /, Shares 2 %.. -•— ......... •• •• • Do., Branch (Blue) .. 2% D o.Extension(Greeu) 2 1 / 2 ..... - Leeds and Thirsk. 17%.....„ 16% Ditto, New ' Do., P re f er., 6 per et. 3% 4 ' 7 i 3 LiveiPool. Crosby, and Southport.... .......... 2 Liverp., Binchstr& New,: castle Junction ........ 2%. ..... London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d Ditto Do. New ............. 4 .. .. • .... " - " London Extension ...... 71' :-.• ** , Brighton, and /2 • South Coast Ditto, Fiftiss ..... -. .50 .. .. 59 583 / •.• ............ 40 .. 4 Do. Consol. Eihths.. 10 .... ••• . De. Guarant. 5 per et. 9 .. ... - ••• London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... 9% •••"'• . Da. Preference ...18/17s 2d...... Lotidon and N. Westernloo .....199% 199 Do. Q uar t ers ......... 2 ...... 231, do., New ......... 2 4 Ditto Fi f ths •.... .... . ... 20 Do. 1,4 Shares (G. J.) 5 2 .. D 9 491.3hArea(L, NO 6 19 1 ,4 133 2114 30% 107Ih 234 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, Di. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 10/. al. & B.) C 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Lond. & S.W extern 41 / 6 : 10d 6 5 1,4 ... Do. New Consol. 8. - ,lis 40 D.J. New Do. New Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4 L nd.:a and York Scrip 214..... 3%3i. Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ......... ........ 2 1 4...... Londonderry&Coleraine 15 Londonderry aud Ennis killen Lynn and Fly ...... ...... 20 Lynn and Dereham :5 — . sfanc`iester and Leeds 82 - ... Ditto 1 / ,'. Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarters 12 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do.' Extension 42s. l% % p••• .. .. • Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths - . . Man:thelter,Buxton,and Mt.tlock 4`5....••• 1% P Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2% — Ditto and Grimsby.... 15 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . ... Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2% Manchest. &Southampt. 2 Midland Do. Fifths Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish ' 2O ...... Newcastle and 1 terwick 20 Newcasth.andUarlisle...loo Ditto New 2O — Ditto Quarter Shares 614..... .. Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavenny 2 %...... Newry - and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .. 10 Norfolk .....................100 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk — — Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 - Northern Counties Union 2% l% N orth British ....... ... 25 ...... . . Do. Half Shari s ll ... . 15 t. Do. Quarters Do. Extension %•• :- 11 4 , . % Ditto Thirds 1 ... 3:% 4 Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 50 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 / — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 •••••• 91 /s VI North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting North Western 2 l /2 — Oxford, W orcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 3 3 /4 Preston and Wyre Do. I A, Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12a. Riystcn and Hitchen ... 15% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland l2th Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birin... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 — Shropshire Union South Devon 4O .... 33'4 South Staffordshire June. 11. 13s. 4d 1% p -'oath Eastern & Dover. 33 1 / e ' 4 0 14 Do., No. 1 26 Do., Na 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 South Wales z..outh Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 .. .. ...... ... Trent Valley, Midland, & Grand Junction 42s. l% p Vale of Neath 2 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole 2 2 1,1 ••• ......... •• Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . Waterford and Limerick 27% Waterfd,Wxfrel,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, W aterford, and 16 1 / 4 Valentia Waveney Valley 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42Q 2% p West Corn wall Nexford and Carlow ... 3 1 / 2 ...... ... Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 2 ...... Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. Ditto New 5 ...:... 12%%•••••• . ... Do. Preference York and N orth Midland 50 Ditto 1,4 5hare5........ 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension 2O - .• ••••• ••• ••• Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWA Yb. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn 214 ~ Boulogne and Amiens lB Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cettt (Mackenzie's) 2 Do. (Espelete's) Calais, Dunkrk,andWest ..., ... ...... l 5% Flanders Calcutta alad Diamond Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 Central of Frence (Or leans and Vierzon) Central of Spain .... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley ..... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 ... 4% East Indian... ss. . Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. .. Great Western Bengal... ss. ~ Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 . Italian and Austrian. 4 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction I . Jersey ...... . Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 . Luxembourg...... ..... 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 M ad Tao Madras. Nellore, and Arcot y s Madrid and Valentia 2 Mauritius Namur and Liege Northern of France. 8 North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons ... 8 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and ' Strasbourg 5 Rouen and Ilavre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic Fours and Nantes Con stituted ... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 8 Trinidad West Flanders .. 6 JOINT STO . 40 10••• 3/4 • ••• 10% , - 4% X BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 National of Ireland 22%. MES 22 xd ES. Real del Monte Unregd. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 4 3 1 4 NGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar... • ...• • • • • • • Leghorn ... • .... • ..... 30 56 Genoa .. • • • ..... . 25 90 Venice. . .. • • • Naples .... • • • • Palermo, per oz.. 120% Lisbon.... • • Oporto . • ..... • Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... • • • • • • PRICL9 OF BULLION, PLR OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 New Dollars • • ...• 0 4 104 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ........ 0 5 01;1 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1 Rotterdam 2U. 12 4% tintwerp liamburgh —MX. 13 10% Altona. Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 55 Ditto, 3 months...... 25 85 Marseilles 80urdeaux......... Frankfort OR Maine l2l Petersburgh, 3 Us • • Berlin „ "Vienna, effec. fio ...... 10 5 Trieste, ditto.... ...... 10 5 Math id • ... .. 35% Cadiz • • •.. : Bilbao .. ••• • .. .. Barcelona „ „ FAILURE OF AN Ex-m.P.—Mr. Andrew White, who a few years ago was Member of Parliament for Sunderland, has suspended payment, and his furniture and effects at his residence at Frederick Lodge, in Sun derland, and Tunstall Lodge, near that town, are now in c , urse of sale by auction, under a deed of mortgage. Mr. White is the principal partner in W hitwell and Crox , lale collieries, and held a large amount of shipping property at Sunderland, where he was considered toler ably wealthy. In 1835, he allowed himself to be drawn greatly into the political agitations of the " Liberals," and was a chief actor in satting up the municipal corpo ration in Sunderland, which was afterwards legalised by the Corporation Amendment Act. At the general elec tion in 1837, he became a candidate for the borough of Sunderland, and only succeeded in the object of his ambition by a few votes over the second " Liberal" can didate. Mr. White declined in popular favour during the Parliament for which he sat, and he retire d from the honours of the senate at the dissolution of 1841. He has interfered very little in public affairs, and gradually crept out of political agitation. Ile is a magistrate for the borough of Sunderland, and a deputy-lieutenant and a magistrate for the county of Durham. The bank ruptcy of his brother and partner, Richard White, took place two or three weeks ago. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Alhrrt, aceomranied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Rya!, the Princess Alice, and the Priness Helena, and at- ; tended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Waterpar k, Colonel the llon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General Bow lee, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Seymour, arrived at Claremont, at four o'clock on Thursday atternotm, from Windsor Castle. Yesterday m( ruing his Royal Highness Prince Al bert enjoyed the sport of shooting. attended by some of the Gentlemen of the Royal suite. Her Majesty and rrinee Albert walked yesterday in Claremont Park. The Royal Family took walking and 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, Vis count Palmerston, Earl Grey, Earl of Auckland, Lord 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 Palmerston also arrived in town yesterday morning, to attend the Council. The Marquis of Clanricarde, the Chancellor 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 Bowocsl 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 Lc.rd John Russell yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing. street. Mr. Frederick Dundas had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Despatches were sentoff last evening from the Colonial office for the Governor of the Mauritius. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the West Indian Colonies, and also from the Governors of St. Helena. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sherwood hrrs., Tues., Rainworth Bar; Sat., Five Oaks Farm-11. Mr. Lumley's lids., Mon., Osberton ; Tues, Headon Church ; Thurs., Firbeck ; Fri., East Markham. Rut ford lids.. Mon., Orton Village; Tues., Walesby Vil lage; Thurs., Kelham ; Sat., Langwith Lodge-10i. Quorn lids., Mon., Holt : Tues., Grooby Pool House ; Thurs., Billesden Kennels ; Asfo rdby-11. Mr. M. Ingram's lids., Tues., Radbourn ; Thurs., Bretby Park ; Sat., Blithfield--i to 11. Dorrington lids., Mon., Cavendish Bridge; Wed., Chad desden Hall ; Sat., Belton Village—i to 11. Lord 11. Bentinck's lids., Mon., Eagle ; Tues.. Snarford Bridge ; Wed., Carlton-en-le-Morlan ; Thurs., Gautby ; Fri., Thornly ; Sat., Normanby by Stowe-11. Duke of Rutland's lids.. Mon., Little Ponton ; Tues., Briard's Leap; Wed., Croxton Park; Fri., Capthorpe-10i. East Essex hds., Tues., Hellion's Bumstead; Thurs., Blue Bridge ; Sat., Tcppinghoe Hall-10 1 / 2 , Essex Union lids., Wed., Braxsted Green Man ; Sat., Southminster-10. Sir R. Sutton's Hs., Tues., Knossing ; Wed, Grimsthorpe Castle ; Fri., Ayston ; Sat., Little Dalby. Southwold Hunt, Tuer., Groetham ; Thurs., Benniworth Guide-post (Panton-road); Fri., Cawkwell Hill Top; Sat., Greentield-12. Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., Kingerby Wood; Wed., Riby Cross Roads ; Fri., Sornerby House-11. Badswoith hds., Tues., Shafton Two Gates; Thurs., Scors by Bar; Sat., Notton Brighton hrrs., Mon., Patchana ; Wed., Racecourse; Fri., D y ke—* to 11. . Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels combe •tye-10 Holderness hds., Mon , Frodingham Bridge; Tues., Cherry Burton , Thurs., Kilnwick Parcy ; Sat., Burton Constable — to 11. Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Mon., Settrington House ; Wed., Westow ; Fri., Whinmoor Build—lei. Sir W. W. Wynn's hds. , Mon., Sutton Green ; Tues. Iscovd ; Thurs., Nesscliff; Fri., Chirk Castle. Montgomeryshire hds., Tues., Chirbury ; Fri., Bechan Bridge-10. Mr. Trelawney's hds., Tues., London Inn, South Brent; Friday, Fancy. Mr. Deacon's hrrs., Wed., Shaugh Village; Sat., Chills ton —lO Suffolk lids., Mon., Cockfield Greyhound ; Thurs., Ash ley Village-10%. B. V. H., Tues., Chesilbourne Down ; Sat., Buckland Knoll-11 Mr. Locke's lids.. Tues., Direction Post on Warmington Down • Thurs., Five milestone, Shaston Road. Duke of Beaufort's lids., Mon., Silkwood ; Wed., Rowde Ford ; Fri„ Yate Rocks ; Sat. Dyrham Park. Mr. A. Smith's lids., Mon., Red Rice; Tues, Manningford ; Wed., Ashmansworth Thurs., Conholt Park ; Fri., Little Durnford ; Sat., Svtherley-11. Mr. Horlock's hds., Tues., Beech Wood ; Sat., Darmtsey Worcestershire lids., Mon., Brockeridge Common ; Wed., Witley ; Fri., Kennels. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Berrington ; Fri., Tin Hill. Ledbury hds., Mon., Hethel Pit Gate; Fri., Kennels. Shropshire hds., Mon., High Ercall ; Wed.Petton ; Fri., Atcham Bridge—* to 11. THE HOSIERY TRADE.—The cotton hosiery trade, especially the cut-up branches, continues in a declining state. The wrought cotton hose branches are better, and they are not considered retrograding ; though we are in the depth of winter. The drawer and pantaloon branch keeps in the state in which it has been for some time past, having evidently more hands than are wanted, but upon the whole, we believe no stocks are accumu lating, the demand being equal to what is produced, and from what is going on at Godalming, we have great hopes of this manufacture. The hosiery trade in many departments is slowly increasing in London. The silk glove branch is in a most lamentable condition, strongly contrasting with the spring of last year, when the jour neymen were at a premium. The cotton glove trade is much better than the silk branch, and seems likely to continue so.—Nottingham Review. We are gratified to observed the progressive in crease that is taking place o n th e importation of pro visions from N ew York, into this porter, by the regular vessels theircargo composed of wheat, fl our , c h eese, b eef, por k, l ar d, ap no w arrive without e pies, &c. The quality of the cheese is generally of a very superior description, and, from being carefully packed, singly, in boxes, would (were they not exposed to the great heat of the hold, caused by the turpentine, &c., of which the other portions of the cargo consist), arrive in good condition ; but, from the fineness of the quality and great weight, generally 561bs. e ac h, an d upwards, and the reasons before stated, they are occa sionally much injured. This might in a great measure be obviated by the erection of " stages" or shelves, similar to those in use in the Rotterdam traders, between decks, by which means they can be placed in well-aired situa tions, and thus secure their transit in good condition. The apples have arrived this season in very bad condi tion, scarcely three-fifths being worth the freight and charges. It is well known that with apples, bruised by coming in contact with one another, decay commences immediately; and, from their being packed in barrels and rolled from one place to another during the process of shipment, landing, &e., their total destruction is almost ensured. This might be entirely prevented were they packed with flee mahogany saw-dust, in cases, from 10 to 12 feet long, by l feet wide, and about one foot (1( ep. Such would always require to be moved by hand, The fruit would eseave injury by rolling to and fro, and we might then calculate upon being abundantly sup plied with those delicious specimens the " Lady" and " New Town Pippin," &c., &c. OMNIBUSES AT ONE HALFPENNY A MlLL—Yes terday a number of omnibuses commenced running be tween Shoreditch Church, the Bricklayers' Arms, and the Elephant and Castle, conveying pas engers the entire distance, upwards of five miles, for threepence. THE SLY ONE CAUGHT AT LAST.—Mr. Butt, of the Berrow Farm, Manley, had a rather curious incident on Thursday morning last, on his premises, in the cap• ture of a fine dog fox. Much more frequently than was pleasant, his poultry had disappeared, to the annoyance of his household. The query was—how, and in what manner, they went, the prevailing opinion being that the rats were the nightly poachers; and to rid the premises of these supposed troublesome marauders traps were set about the hen roost. On the above morning, just about the time the family were rising, an unusual sound pro ceeded from the quarter in which the poultry were lodged, and a capture was the instant impression. All hurried to the spot, when, to their astonishment and amusement, not a rat, but an animal of a larger growth (as much like a fox as may be) was securely fastened by the leg in a trap, but using his best efforts, trap and all, to beat a retreat from a spot where his reception was more pinching than palatable. Finding, however, that he could not so nimbly clear himself from the ground, already too hot for him, witk oneleg in the stocks (viz., the rat trap at his heels), he nobly ceased the struggle and yielded with becoming pluck up to his pursuers. Then came the consultation in what manner should his devastating influence be checked. The venerable owner of the massacred poultry is too good a sportsman to mur der a gallant fox in cold blood, and accordingly the .sug• gestion was acted upon of transporting the nightly thief to the more extended domain of the noble owner of Wit ley-court. There bold reynard is now comfortably and quietly ensconced, doubtless not a little proud that his sly tricks should have procured him so good a master at last.— Worcester Journal. IRlss PRODUCE.—The subjoined list includes the importations of provisions from the Irish ports into the British metropolis during the period comprising from the 21st ultimo to the 4th instant, inclusive, viz.:-416 bales and hampers of hams, 100 packages of linens, 130 of middles, 5,294 hampers and bales of bacon, 4,690 peck ages of pork, 19,302 firkins and other packages of butter, 20 packages of shoulders, 40 of waste, 1,290 hampers and tierces of beef, 946 casks of porter, 1,655 casks of lard 251 boxes of eggs, 26 casks of whisky, 56 packages of malt, 291 of paper, 40 casks of ale, several of biscuits, • ns 110 packages of tongues, 730 409 of general provisio , of soap, 19,185 quarters an d 120 bags of oats, 17 bales of o hops, 34 packages of soap , 193 pigs, 10 oxen, 320 sheep, 152 packages of fowls, besides J 3 p ackages of furs, 12 articles, both barrels of powder, and a variet y of other of food and general merchandise, which need not be more particularly noticed. This list includes the arrivals at the port of London up the latest returned period, and it may be mentioned that , on the other hand, tranship ments of foreign grain have taken place through the British metropolis to the Irish ports, which is evidence of between of the mutual traffic for such supplies existing the two portions of the United Kingdom, at the same time showing the exact extent to ) which they are taking place from Ireiand for consumption here at the pres ent time. RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. —Thursday t here was a further advance in the price of bread, the charge now being 9d. the 41b. loaf of inferior quality, and 11d. for bread of the best description. THE DERBY, OAKS, ar'd ST. LEGER, 1847. For: the information and guidance of speculators on the three great betting events of the approaching season, we have compiled an alphabetical list of the horses engaged in them, in which we have shown, as far as inquiries enable us, what are in training, out of training, or dead. The few un accounted for may be assumed to be out of training ; an asterisk is preAxed to horses bred in Ireland, a dagger to those out of training. Abdiel, J. Scott Abyssinian, Price Administrator, C. Peck Admiral, The, Rogers Adroit, Treen VEtna Agnes, Osborne Alexander, S. Chifney Alderman's Daughter, The, T. Stott Alice Woodthorn, J. Daley Aliwal, Carr Allertonian, J. Day, jun fi All-tattered-and-torn Andromeda Lyme, Carr Madge Gray Madge Wildfire Mangosteen, Stephenson, sen. Maid of Athens, Messer Maid of Motherwell, W. I'An- son Maid of the Mill 'Maid of Lorette, Wadlow Maid of Saragossa, Taylor Mainbrace, Taylor. Marble Maid, J. Daley Marie Louise, Price Mary Stuart, Hesseltine Margaret of Anjou, J. Day, jun. Marlow, Shepherd Master Butler Mathematician, J. Day, jun. McGregor, T. Dawson Meeanee, J. Scott Mease, The Meaux, Gill Melsat By Melbourne Lisbeth f, Arm strong Miami, Beresford Miles's Boy, Wadlow Millwood, Stephenson, jun. Mirmillo, M. Dilly Miss Bacon, Kent t Mar tin Mr. Newman Mistress Jean, W. Lumley "Mogador (a twin) Monaghan Monk, Armstrong Montpensier, C. Peck Montem, Hesseltine Morak, Stanton By M. Moloch, Jane f, Sher wood Bessy Winton c, Docks tAntagonist Apricot, M. Dilly Archness, Kent *By Argirio, F. Zuleima f By Astracan, Nannette f, Sherwood Astrea, C. Peck Atalanta Atlantic, Sherwood +Atropos Bannockburn, T. Dawson tßarnton Bedlam, T. Dawson Bedouin, Stebbing Belladonna, Boyce, sen Bellerophon, Sherwood f Bendigo By Bencley. Blameless c Bingham, J. Scott Bit-nibble, Armstrong Black Dwarf, The, J. Scott Black Satin, Brown f Bowstring Brave Buck, The, J. Day, jun t Broadsword Brodie, Stebbing Brown Bess, J. Daley Brown Bessy, C. Peck Bruce, h b, Wadlow *Bubble, Keegan Buckskin, J. Day, jua. Butterton, Carr Cambric, Wardlow By Camel, Wadrastra f Camelford, Death Caps Cardinal's Niece, C. Marson By Cardinal Puff, c d, by Blacklock Chapeau Rouge, Gill *Chatt Chainbearer, W. Dilly Cheapside, Shepherd Christopher, W. Scott Clarendon, Smith By Clearwell, Zipporah c, - Stephenson, sen. Clarribel, 111 adlow Clementine, M. Dilly *Colleen Oge, Monaghan Conceit, T. Dawson Congress, h b Coningsby, Ludlow Conyngliani, J. Day, jun. Cossack, J. Day, jun. Cot tisford Coulternib, Smith (Hippo drome) By Coronation ,Factory Girl f t Crassus, Dockeray Credential, Lord Crozier, Kent: Cataway, Stephenson, sen. Daring, T. Dawson Dashing White Sergeant, W. Scott Dy Defence, Sis to iEgis f, W. Edwards Deloraine ' T. Dawson Deriades, J. Boyce, sen. Devil-me-care, Kent Diphthong, Owen Discontent, W. Dilly Doctor Goodall, Boyce, jun. Don Cxsar. Taylor By Don John, Arachne f, Taylor - Gamelass f Dromedary. J. Daley Duncan, T. Dawson Eger Eldon, Smith Elecampane, J. Day, jun. By Elis, Walfruna f, dead - Zebra t By Elis or Venison, Odessa Percy Ellen Horne, Ridsdale Ellerdale. T. Dawson Emerald Isle, The, T. Dawson Epirote, J. Scott Eryx, lobert Exhortation, J. Bradley Faunus, Brown Farmer's Daughter, The, J. Day, jun. Ferina, M. Dilly Foreclosure, C. Peck - tFuschia Gabbier, Kent Galvanic Ring, Messer George Barnwell, T. Dawson George Hudson, C. Peck Gift, Dockeray Glentilt, Kent tGo-lightly Good Coin, Forth, jun. *Gramachree (a twin), Mo naghan Greengage Growl, Lambden Halo, Kent Hard Bargain, Forth, jun. *By Harkaway, Diana c, Ren nison ray - Y. Mignionette f, Brow* My Eye, T. Dawson Neris.sa, Fobert New Era, C. Peck Noiseless, Forth, jun. Nottingham, J. Robinson tOdille *Old Brompton, Murray tOld English Gentleman Old Port, Forth, jun. Omega, Chifney Oregon, Cooper Outpost, Kent Oxonian, Forth, jun. Palma, Cooper By Pantaloon, Banter f -Retort c, Warrener f Papa ,'Para Sheathe • Pavilion, Harrison *Peep- o'-day-Boy, Monaghan Pet of the Herd, dead Phlio, Boyce, sen. Philosopher, Hullock Phebus Phoenix, by Ardrossan fd. W. Dilly - Rachel f, Dawson Pink Bonnet, C. Peck • Planet, Kent By Plenipo, Ninny f - Lady Moore Carew c, J. Day, jun. Polka Pottinger, Isaac Day, jun. sPrairie Bird Premier, The, J. Scott t Prestwich Prince Alfred. Gill Projectile, Kent By The Provost, Manilla 1. Weatherell - Miss Whip f, W. Dilly Lizzy c Queen, The, Kent t Queen of the May Questionable, The Quicksand, . Day Ranthos, Flintoff Rayner, Hesseltine Red Hart, Kent By Redshank, c d, by Dr. Syntax, Ridsdale - Dublin e, Rogers - Oxygen f, Rogers Redwing, Stephenson, jun. Rehearsal *Reiver, The, Boyce, jun. By Retriever, Canada f, W. Dilly f d by Jerry Resolution, M. Dilly t Restless Rob Roy, T. Dawson *Rob Rynd,t Rosamunda Saddleworth, Carr By the Saddler, Sister to So rella, Warrener - The Abbess f, Marson - By Emilius, f a - Fickle c Marpessa c, Ludlow - Miss Tree c, Stephenson, sen. Sagamore f Sally Maggs, C. Peck tSarah Gamp tSeducer Seljuck Severus, Price Shagzadee 'Shawn Buidhe Siege of Troy Silver Eel, M. Dilly By Sir Hercules, Deerslayer's d f, dead - Hibernia f - Maria f, Treen -t passion f Sir Martin, J. Scott t St. Margaret By St. Martin, Wild Rose, T. Dawson Sister to Sir Henry f, T, Dawson St. Oswald, T. Dawson f Sir Peter Laurie C o rumba c, Brown By Shme, Slander, Kent So Nice, W. Luml e y tSocrates Kentcott, Hesseltine S Sl ir otf, Cooper St. Leon, T. Dawson Sultana, Messer . M Dilly Sweet Sauce, • Tantivy, DaY , jun .Ssoorraetle,r, Keegan Tally-ho, _ j un. Spem G r ogis, Armstrong Tartar, The, J. Day, Johnny, Murphy Ter ins, Dabbal (a irrffanam don twin), Monagham Thetnis, Fobert Tim Whiffler, J. Scott Tiniour, Sherwood Toni-fool, dead Tom-tit, Hesseltine d M. Mo loch, Tell boys by loch, I3illington Touchstone, Cast-steel f, By Touchs H. Bradley J. Scott Maid of Morton f, J. Scott 11113 y Turcoman, Maria f, Kee- c, Humming Bird's d, Rennison Waterwitch c, M King f Heart of Oak Hellas, R. Mill f Helmsley By Eletman Platoff, Galata f, Hallo& Macremma f, Harlock • --, Mantle c, Rogers Marmora c, Rogers 1 -, Toga c, Harlock -, Valance c, Harlock -, Velveteen c Highland Lass, dead tHis Serene Highness •Horn of Chase, The, Murray Hornet, Forth, jun. By Hornsea (bro to Stitch) c, Taylor Hyderabad, W. Lumley Ingoldsby, W. Edwards ' By Inheritor, Calypso c, T. ' Dawson c Calypso's d, T. Dawson' lonia, W. Lumley *lrish King, The, Keegan Isis, Cooper Jack Musters, J. Scott By Jaques, Ringlet c Jennala, J. Scott Jesuit, dead Johnny Armstrong, dead Jollity, Boyce, jun. Jolly Dick Jovial, Carr Joyful, Kent Jumble, Brown King of Morven, Kent King of Naples, Cooper Kite, W. Lumley Lady Belfast, dead Lady Lift, E. Jones Lacy of the Lune, Shepherd Lady Lurewell, Taylor Lancer, M. Dilly sLanesboro, J. Murphy By Lan ercest, Camp Follower f, Warrener - Ellen Percy f - Abigail f, W. Mason --- by Margrave d -La Female Sage c, Blenkhorn - Lady Stafford f, dead -- Miss Martin c, BlenkT gen „ e Faby *iyro-: w. Edwaras Typhou Fobert an Troia vr Kent V* Vio I pede (bro to Wine- By e eltine sour) c, ;„pne, (Brother to By yeloc.rz- C lqillipede) i'V eneu n Sis to Cobweb c, Venison, -M. Dilly *Venom t Yarcs, M. Dilly lr es , s , Farrall Vert Vert, Cooper P ;eford V,ctress, J. Scott Villi ers, Butler vie n :Co Y l le sul, Warrener *View Hollow, dead *W: meta, Wadlaw *Wattch-dog, Boyce, sen. War• Eagle, C. Marson Waxvior *Wave, Jacques Wee—bit, J. J, Day, jun. Nv eat, India Planter, Kent Whetstone, J. Scott Wl'Orligig, J. Day, jun. tW7aitebait Wiivl o'the Wisp, Wadlaw • Wilclboy, Hullock Willi t Doe, J. Day, jun. Win tonia, J. Day, jun. Wolverton, Yellow Rose, W. Lumley horn f Mountains Sylp h ' s di Warrener f Quilt Arnold's d, Blen horn Lazarillo, J. Scott - Legatee, dead Leporella Liberator, The, T. Dawson Lionel, Rogers Limestone. W. I'Anson Little Julia, Kent Little Muley, Brown Little Nell, T. Dawson By Liverpool Mona c, Dockeray loes to Forth's, and the - Rachel Lord of Gillesland, The :l ou t a n re f , e ß xv in e g e l t e ed t, wtoill join Luminous, T. Dawson Lunedale,J. Scott Luxor t b h y e J fo aq rrn ue e s i!. latter to Mr. Horuby's private traiaaer, W. Thompson. The Horn of Chase and Margaret of Air the Mitchell Grove string. sho G r o t - ly lig p h u t t ly in a t n ra d in t i h n e g c; Mr. Char?ins Howard, and se conded THE ADDRESS.—We understa id that the Address in reply to her Majesty's Speech NS rill be moved in the " BROWN's PATENT ENVELOP Es."--This very in- Y those for whom they genious contrivance effectually pr events the letters of are not intended ; or, at least, from being taken out of :ed therein, so as to overeumes their sense of correspondents hious e obfy C Mr.om Commons Ricardo. from ons b by ng ai or read sdistyr,eo b pria, ; addiction to prying letter is once placed into one of these , patent coverings, intoht h affordon o e o u n t r vh , e personsetl o r r o p m pe se ogapl whose gratifying i s f a y f i t teic afterwards theirbusiness, and the seal properly compressed, ~ n t only be taken out predilections. Whatever of it by tearing the envelope, so the t the detection of meanness is certain. The seal is for, ned of metal, the under part projects about the eighth e r tenth part of an inch, or hardly so much, and whes la e lid, as it may be termed, of the envelope is let do wn, its is received into a metallic cap on the lid, a slight blow 'is then to be given to the seal or cap, and it is so fi rm ' ty incorporate d w ith the protuberance, that they are rig %Axial together, and cannot be torn asunder. Some of tl• ie G ifernmen t offices have been supplied with them, a, A aw ).2 :th in author ity secresy and rapidity are required, zh e ,,y are a most have expressed their perfect appro' 'MU on.ofdl a e m . Where valu able invention. MAGAZINE , NTINUED.) TAIT S MAGAZINE. A. comprehensive review is taken in Tait for January of what is called, in an expressive but hackneyed phrase, " the political hemisphere." Our opinions are altogether at variance with those of the writer, in regarding the Parliamentary labours of re formation as completed. Our legislators will have something more to do than to abolish old or impose new taxes. The system of taxation, undoubtedly, xi/quires the most remarkable revision, but the atten tion of the hereditary , and representative senators will be engaged by questions of still greater importance. It is a gigantic fallacy to imagine, that in the abro gation of the corn-laws the Constitution is purged of its discrepancies. Even in the scanty enumeration of matters demanding the interference of the Govern ment, which is given in this article, there is, surely, ample material for the constructive sagacity of Par liament. Education is the theme of a social agitation which clamours for the interposition of our law makers. Ireland is a field sufficiently extensive to occupy the wisdom of a national Legislature. The landed interest affords scope for a thousand beneficent innovations. The currency would repay the un divided investigation of an entire session. Beyond. this the sanatory condition of the people_ is a subject imperatively crying out for the efforts of the two Houses. Never, perhaps, was so much work definitely mapped out for the deliberations and decisions of the Lords and Commons. Nor is the multitude apathetic about the future conduct of the Members at St. Stephen's. The destruction of monopoly by the glorious mea sures of Sir Robert Peel has only whetted the appe tite of the community for further relaxations of laws which should be obsolete. Civilisation is too pro gressive to admit of any indolence on the part of an enfranchised nation like Great Britain. Men cannot tarry now in renovating the political and social state of the empire. We are in the right groove—to ad vance is a necessity, to retrograde is an impossibility. Let there be no carping, therefore, as to the conven tional habits or the arbitrary denomination of a Mi nistry. The people are the supreme tribunal in hu man legi , lation, as was decisively acknowledged by the acts and the speeches of the past session. 1846 proved that whenever the national will shall be mani fested beyond any gainsaying, the dictates of that will must thenceforth be obeyed by the Deliberative, and the Administrative. It appears to us that Tait does not sufficiently bear in recollection the fact that Pali is not only virtually, but actually destroyed. " The strong party," the Conservative party, was scattered to the winds by the conversion of the late Prime Minister to the doctrines of Liberalism, viz., the doc trines of free trade. The Opposition party, the Whig party was almost simultaneously destroyed. It can never be forgotten that Lord John Russell, while forming his administration,, actually made overtures to his predecessor for the continuance in office, under his direction, of Lord Lincoln and other members of the retiring Cabinet. The Tory party was defunct in the very conception of Conservatism. The Radical party is so mingled with the Liberal party, that it is like the solution of the problem of Sphinx to indi cate the precise point in which they have merged into each other. Even the Protectionist party lack the source of all unity in being but indefinitely sup plied with a head, insomuch, that it would be difficult to decide whether Lord Stanley, or the Duke of Richmond, or Lord George Bentinck is the actual leader of that forlorn hope, or whether Mr. Disraeli, by reason of his superior intellect, should not be nominated in the House of Commons the Gonfalonier of Protection. Indeed, this wholesale disseverance of party-ties has not been restricted to Westminster, but has found its corresponding confusion in the councils of Conciliation Hall. It were superfluous, however, to insist further upon a matter which is ostensible to the most superficial speculator in the futurity of political progress, and it were equally superfluous to do more than simply deny the assertion of Tait, that no preparation has been made in the registration courts for the approach ing general election. Preparation has been made and is making in the registration courts and else where, and, above all, the popular mind is mellowed upon all the prominent questions of the day. Candidates may in certain snug boroughs be " packed, ticketed, and forwarded for election," as the writer of the article anticipates, but among the mass of electors mongering in votes is not so practicable now-a-days. In Manchester, for example, such candidates as Mr. Bright and Lord Lincoln will stand before the enfranchised citizens upon the hustings, sustained rather by the prestige of their individual merits, of their personal character, and of their several careers, than by the imaginary aid of parties that are no longer in existence. There is a falsity in the deductions of Tait in this respect which fills us with amazement, and the falsity of those deductions arises from the shallowness of the premises. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder contributes an agreeable paper, descriptive of " A Visit to Auch Melvich." The sketching is so vivid as to render a perusal of the article almost tantamount to a visit to that little township of Sutherland. Next is a mas terly chapter upon the " Life and Correspon dence of John Foster," written in the most brilliant manner of that brilliant and subtle critic, George Gilfillan. In commenting upon the anomalies of the departed essayist the writer has plombed the depths of that dismal but confiding scepticism which blurred the faith of Foster with a gloom nearly synonymous with misanthropy and not far removed from despair. As he beautifully ex presses it, the tremendous doubts which oppress him (Foster) have forced themselves into the sphere of his soul, and hang there as if sustained by the power of some dark enchantment." Of the pas- sionate devotion of the great essayist to Nature, Mr. Gilfillan speaks thus : "From man, thus too utterly bare before him, he urns away, with a deep pensive joy, to Nature, feeling hat she is true, were all else untrue—that she is beau- 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 from the 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 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. Park I. and 11. 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 llo garth, whose name alone is a sufficient guarantee for its accuracy and its merit. THE FREEMASONS' Qt7ARTERLY REVIEW. This is an excellent number of The Freemasons' Quarterly, and in addition to a vast ampunt 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. tiful, were all else deformed—that she stands innocen and erect, though her tenant has fallen—and, like a child in his mother's arms, does he repose, regaining old illusions, and recalling long- departed dreams of joy. There is something to us peculiarly tender and pathetic in Foster's love of Nature. It is not so much an admi ration as it is a passionate and perpetual longing. It is not a worship, but a love. He throws his being into Na- ture. It is as if he felt his heart budding in the spring trees, his pulse beating high in the midnight tempest and in the ocean billow, his soul shooting up, like living fire, into Snowdon, as he gazes upon it; or we might almost imagine him the divorced spirit of some lovely scene, yearning and panting after renewed communion, gazing himself away' into the bosom of Nature again, while the murmuring of streams, and the song of breezes, and the waving of pines, were singing of these strange nuptials, the soft epithalamium. He engages in mystic converse with the Creation. He seeks for mean ings in her mighty countenance, which are not always revealed to him. He asks her awful and unanswered questions. He soma to cry out to the river, What meanest thou, thou eloquent babbler, wilt thou never speak plain, wilt thou never shape me any distinct utterance, from the vague and soft tumults of thine everlasting song?' —to the rocks and mountains,' Will ye never reveal those secrets of an elder day, which are piled up in your massive walls; to your solemn likro glyphics shall there never arrive the key?' but to act!, in stern resignation, Be it so, then; retain your tre mendous silence, or utter on your inarticulate sounds; better these than the jargon, the laughter, and the blas phemies of the reptile and miscreant race of man; to you, my dumb kindred, I am nearer and dearer than to those that so speak." The author of "The Gallery of Literary Portraits" continues by observing that Foster goes forth in the realms of nature, and, in the agonies of his " tre mendous doubt," propounds to the mountains and the heavens " the infinite question," expecting from them in return " the infinite answer." Yet, he continues, " Though he is fond of questioning Nature, and loves her old and solemn harmonies, he is no Fine ear' to catch that subtler speech, that fairy music, that lan guage within language,' that angelic strain, which some few purged and prepared spirits, who can the bird lan guage fully tell, and that which roses say so well,' hear, or seem to hear, in the rustle of the leaves awakened at midnight from their dreams of God —in the great psalm of the autumn blasts—in the sweet self talk of the love-sick summer waves—in the blue smile of the sky—nov, in the hush of the evening, and the stammering sparkle of the stars. To these low and silvery whispers. piercing the clash of all common sand terrific sounds, like the calm No of Shadrach Meshac, and Abednego, heard amidst the idolatrous symphonies and cymbals on the plain of Dora, Foster's ear is deaf as Byron s. He is aware of their existence, indeed; he listens to hear them, but they will not speak to him their profoundest tidings; he hears only a great tumult, but knows not what it is—a tumult of grandetir, terror—sweet, and despairing tones, end lessly interminzled—and dies, believing that God is Lore, but not feeling, with Tennyson. that " ' Every cloud that spreads above and veileth love itself is Love.'" Men have repeatedly mourned that Foster, writing so well, wrote so little. Hear what Mr. Gilfillan says in palliation of this apparent sluggishness : "Foster's indolence has been o ften, but, we think, un justly, condemned. It ought rather to be deplored. Unfurnished with a regular training, yet furnished with as exquisitely sensitive taste, early damned to the mines' of hopeless professional toil, transferred thence to the drudgery of writing for breaelnewveoder that he r g ifted with n fluent language nor a rapid pea—what found composition an ungracious task, or that he shrank fr o m it with a growing and d surprise is that he wrote somueh,ePen and not disgust? Our that he wrote s o little. Latterly , but for a n overwhelming sense of duty, he would not have written at all. If we saw a giant, whose arms had been cut off, moving in impotent strength his bleeding fragments,h who would not weep at such his might sat Foster at the spectacle? In his desk." An article on "Ireland and her present Necessities,'' by J. O'Connell, M.P., will be read more extensively than any of the other contributions ; and it deserves to be so read for three reasons, first from the distin guished position of its author among the practical patriots of Ireland; secondly, from the eminent im portance of the subject at this moment; and thirdly, from the many rational arguments and convincing facts contained in the paper. It is to be continued in the following number. There is a very silly article by i THE BISHOP OF OXFORD ON a very clever man, beaded " Notes on Walter Savage THE MORAL CONDITION OF THE .AUSTRA- Landon . ' One little sentence in it, however, is de- LIAN COLONIES. lightfully facetious—it is worthy of Charles Lamb. (From the Sydney Morning Herald). Thewrileris speakingof an author who has penned "a In our paper of the Ist instant, we copied the Morn . vast array of works," but who has never been read ing Chronicle report of the discussion which took place by any living being. There is the pile of volumes— in the House of Lord 3 on the 3d of March last, on the never opened. " That was awful," he says : " such Fuh;ect Of Van Diemen's Land, and the intended new m tdehi p i ses c e Et e r o In t srl i egta n ci nl e ooi n ensn c ohd i u e os s Lf s eo o ct f rrroiduen c tsth r cr crit i cs!' oi t b : c s A I a sleep of pages by thousands in one eternal darkness, penal settlement in New Holland. never to be visited by light; such a rare immunity Our object in now reverting to that discussion is, to repudiate certain observations contained in the speech from the villanies of misconstruction; such a Sabbath reported to have fallen from the Lord Bishop of Oxford, touching the moral condition of those colonies which paper by Thomas De Quincey is sad trash, sad hi arc or have been made. use of as penal settlements. from rr g Le i o eiv t It.i r yee y sw , t oo h s ff e o a fl the 1 . copious analyticalthe fauni`e contributions, , ,o Cmaanpmdl complete ae v bell'san particularly, Alluding to the manner in which the transportation system had been conducted by the British Government n a o r t, tic a u s i w ar e i ; , at b h u e t r, tweitpht,rneaflerseenteteletmoeVntasn generally,Diemeil's Landsew excellent number of this excellent publication. South Wales of course included—the Right Rev. Prelate is reported to lhave expressed himself in these appalling terms : "Knowing, as we know, or ought to have known, that evil was a fermenting principle—knowing that to asso ciate persons of vicions habits increases instead of di minishes evil, we consigned convicts to a more distant part of the earth, after a long voyage, in the course of which the evil principle of one man might be communi cated to all the rest; and then we set them down to be the founders of a. new people, giving them no means of mural restoration—no principle of religious healing. We had reaped as we had sown. It was indeed impossible to hear or read of the state of things in the quarter of the world to which he referred, without shame or sorrow. They found that there, connected with the English name, had sprung up, commonly the most deep and horrible pollution; that vices which Chrisitanity had almost banished from the earth were more extending; that the tone of society was altogether lowered, and that those who were recovered in a great measure from the particular sins of their progenitors, exhibited in other respects no great moral improvement. They round that chastity was still unknown among the women, and that purity was a stranger to the men." These are certainly fiightful imputations ; and whether intended to apply to our unfortunate sister colony exclusively, or to New South Wales and original dependencies generally, they are not more frightful than untrue. Nay, they ere not simply untrue—they are so extravagantly, so preposterously . untrue, that had they not proceeded from the lips of one whom we are bound to acquit of intentional misrepresentation, no words would have boon too strong to express our indignation at the monstrous slander. The picture of our society hero held up to the horrified gaze of the House of Lords, of the British nation, and of the world at large, is one of unmitigated deformity and pollution. " Chastity un known among the a. omen—purity a stranger to the men !" Where could the Bishop of Oxford have picked up these shocking falsehoods ? And what could have misled him to regard them as truths ? The only way in which we can at all account for his Lordship's wrong impressions—how dreadfully wrong to the virtuous colonists I—is this : His late father, the immortal Wilberfore, took a very lively interest in the moral affairs of New South Wales from its very commencement, having been the means of extorting from the Home Government, but with the utmost difficulty, the first appointment of a Chaplain to watch over its moral and spiritual interests. The late Rev. Samuel Marsden, the second chaplain, was also, we believe, sent out at the instance of the same illustrious philanthropist. And for many years after the foundation of their settlement, Mr. Wil berforce continued to urge upon the King's Ministers, from time_to time, the crying necessity for still further supplies of clergymen, and for the appointment of schoolmasters. His son, the present Bishop of Oxford, may, therefore, be suppeseei t' have been accustomed from earliest life to hear of the culpable remissness of the Government in regard to the religious concerns of this then penal country, and its demoralising results. The impressions of boyhood may have grown up with him ; and having been strengthened by the one-sided rep, - esentations of the Transportation Committee of the House of Commons, so recently as eight years ago, and by the still more recent calumnies of the New Zealand speculators, to the propagation of which, unhappily, the Archdeacon of Dublin lent the high influence of his sta tion and character,—Dr. ‘Vilberforce may have come to look upon it as a settled and indisputable fact, that wherever the s:r(qiills of transpo tetion have flowed, they have left behind thew the slime of moral pollution, in which " things rank and gross in nature" have taken obstinate root, spreading around in all directions, and filling the land with their fruit of abomination. And with this false conclusion fixed and' riveted in his mind, the Right Reverend Prelate must have gone down to the House of Lords for the purpose of bearing his testimony against the system which had wrought such fearful mis- chiefs. Fortunately we can oppose to the errors of one Pre late the tiuthful representations of another. Some of our readers may remember, that in the session of 1840, during the d( bate upon the Immigration Report, the Lord Bishop of Australia took the opportunity of re butting these aspersions which had then been recently cast upon the moral character of our community by Dr. Whateley, the Archbishop of Dublin. In the speech de: livered on that occasion (2311 October, 1840), the Bishop of Australia, referring to what had been advanced at a recent public meeting in Dublin, by the Rev. Dr. Dick inson, chaplain to the Archbishop, is reported to have spoke❑ as follows : " He knew no single instance (either in this colony or in Van Dieman's Laud), of any man or woman either, indulging in open vice, who received the notice of any whose notice was of auy worth. He knew that persons of blemished character found themselves as much shunned, and as uncomfortably situated here as in any other country in the world, in fact, as completely ex cluded as they would be from the most scrupulous of the societies to which they had been accustomed in their native country. Nor was this feeling confined merely to the higher classes, but had much prevalence and influ ence to a very :wide extent even in other orders of society." This testimony is full, ample, complete, and coming from one whose opportunities of estimating the moral character of these colonies have been such as no one re sident in England or Ireland can pretend to—from ono whose credibility as a witness admits of no question, and whose civil and ecclesiastical station entitles his opinions to the most respected consideration—we leave it to work out its own way as a triumphant refutation of the calumnies we have been complaining of ; only requesting, that such of our British contemporaries as are accustomed to pay some attention to colonial affairs, will do New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land the justice to give publicity in England to our present article. THE LATE WILLIAM EGERTON JEFFREYS, ESQ.— We regret to record the death of this highly-esteemed gentleman, which took place on Saturday last., the 2d instant, in the 73d year of his age. Mr. Jeffreys was a magistrate of the county, and formerly a solicitor of first-rate practice in Shrewsbury; was one of the ancient freemen of the borough, who had served the office of mayor in the old corporation, and was an alderman of that body, being likewise a borough magistrate in the new municipality, .&c. This might serve to show his high standing as a townsman, but would convey no fur ther sense of the estimation in which he was held be yond the duties of his office and profession. Ile was, happily for the times and his colleagues, an uncompro mising Tory, during 50 years of his active and useful life—distinguished epially for the firmness and consis tency of his principles, the evidence of his talents, and the amenity of his manners. These were the cause of his being looked up to in all emergencies, both by the leading gentlemen of the county and the town, whether fur his aid or for his advice; and never looked up to in vain—his time was ever at the service of the people, in fair weather or in foul, and his purse at the command of their cause. His death is, therefore, as extensively felt as it is deeply regretted; and in the absence of such a man, in an age of lax Protestantism, and of defections alike from post and from principle, we have lost one of the great constitutional landmarks of other and better times.—Shrewsbury Journal. THE WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.—Thursday, in contemplation of the Westminster improvements, set oral houses were disposed of by auction, by the Messrs. Eversfield, by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in order to be cleared away for the new line of street. They are situated in Little Dean strt et, Westminster, and are the first that have been sold for the purpose in question. DEATH OF TWO FEMALES DURING SLEEP.—On Thursday two inquests were taken by Mr. W. Carter. on the bodies of persons who died under very sudden and awful circumstances. The first ease was investigated at Mr. Mortram's, the Horse and Groom, High street, Newington, on the body of Miss Ann Long, aged 63 years, of 12, Church-row, High -street. The deceased was a maiden lady of independent property, and occu pied apartments at the house of Mr. Joseph Simpson. On Saturday night . the deceased gave the ser vant a pre scription for a composing draught, which had _breerneprrre scribed by a physician. It was made took it t y at M y, ten o'c ock, a neighbouring chemist. Decease d . her usual health. after which eservantorlieftaleierfoinllovih.eidn,g amploiranreinngtlythine rvand found the deceased in e bed,ar g l l i i i t ed o'clk been ec extinct some time. A s went but at life e i second inquest was held by the same coroner at the Duchess of York, Pitt-street, Lock's-fields, Walworth, respecting the death of Eliza Chambers, aged 49 years, lately residing at No. 10, Salisbury-street, Walworth. The deceased. was a single woman, and of remarkable habits. She had an income sufficient to keep her in circumstances, but of to lbaeteotryeaarsas saving was d comfortable woil-koowo c b i y r . c t u h m e neighbours miserly disposition. On F r id ay last the deceas ed was an missed by the landlord and the other neighbours, and as some suspicion was excited, a policeman was called, who forced her room door, when she was discovered lying on the bed in her night dress. A surgeon was called in, who pronounced life to have been extinct many hours. The jury, in each case, returned a verdict of " Natural death." DUEL.—A duel has just taken place at Caen be tween two law students ; one of them received the thrust of a sword in the side, hut, the point having; broken against one of the ribs, the wound is not con sidered dangerous. This affair led to a meeting between the seconds, who fought with pistols. One of com batants received a ball in the thigh. An inquiry has been ordered by the authorities into this affair. SIGNS or 'DISTRESS.—The number of recruits from different parts of the country brought up to West srinster during the few days of the present year, has been much greater than for many years past ; whilst experienced recruiting sergeants state that the men are in a far greater state of destitution than usual, even at his season. ---- --- THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—On Thursday the excavations for the conducting pipes of the electric telegraph were commenced on Waterloo-bridge, so that by Monday next it will have reached the central station in the Strand, formerly the office of the Courier. TILE 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 Rcbinson, from a miniature by Thornburn. A print, dedicatory to Prince Albert, drawn by Marchant, and engraved by W. and J. Measorn. A superbly illuminated Almanac for the year, and an exquisite engraving by Alfred Revel, from the Eu gene Lepattevia'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 somk 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. 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 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-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. Millen, 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 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 ds, 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) to inform Jackson's a ifo, 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 he was " King of the country." The poor fellow's disordered state of mind was painfully evident, from the fact that, shortly before he was re moved from the vessel, 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 him to the Peckham Asylum. — Ipswich .Express. • DEATH OF COMMODORE DANIEL PRING.—We re gret to announce the death of Commodore Daniel Pring, of the West India, Halifax, and North American sta tions. This gallant officer died on board the receiving ship Imaum, 72, at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 29th of November last. His remains were interred in the .burial-ground of the parish church of St. Andrew, j at Kingston. Commodore Pring served as midshipman on board the Russell, at Copenhagen, in 1801. H e • lieutenant in command of the Paz, schooner, in wtha: second attack on Buenos Ayres, in 1807. As commander he 'was actively employed on the lakes in Canada, on the death of Captain Downie he s and ucceeded to the command of the flotilla in the attack on the American squadron at Plattsburg, where he was captured. 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