The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-18 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 10s Od ; clover
ditto, 3/ 5s to 5' lOs ; and straw, 113 s to 1/ lOs per load ;
A short supply and a steady trade.
CIIMBERLA.NII.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 4! 15s; clover
ditto, 3/ 10s to 51 lOs ; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ lls per load.
Trade firm.

WHITECHAPP,L.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 4/ 12s ; clover
ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 15s; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 10s per load.
Supply but, moderate, and tracks firm.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Jan. 18.—Wind this day at Noon, mode-
rate breeze from the northward, with frost, and fine clear
weather.

The Irene sailed from Rio Janeiro, 17th Aug. last, for
the Channel.

SOUTHAMPTON' Jan. li.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—
Atrato, for the West Indies ; Enniskillen (s), Crimea ;
Cariolanus, do. _ _ _

PLYMOUTH, Jan. 17.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Lady
Peel, from Callao, for Leith ; Eugenia, Havannah, for
Havre. Off Port—The Harriet Wade, from Hull, for
Australia. _

The Arabella, arrived here, reports having, on the Gth
inst., spoken the Nautilus, of Dartmouth, from. Palermo
to Dublin, off Cape de Gatt, with damage, and one man
overboard, in a heavy gal?.

DOVER: Jan. 17.---Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Eliza, for
Rio Janeiro.

RYE, Jan. 17.—Wind, E. Sailed—Arethusa, for Rio
Grande.

NEWPORT, Jan. 17.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Charle-
magne, from Havre, for St. Thomas ; Speed, Whitehaven,
for do.

LOWESTOFT, Jan. 17.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—
Robert and Betsy, from Rotterdam, for Newcastle, leaky,
and with pumps choked.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 17.—The Andes, for Malta, has been
got off Barbo, and proceeded.
GALLE, Dec. 13.—The Hope, from Maulmain, for Fal-
mouth, which arrived here on the 18th Nov. leaky, has
been twice surveyed, and will partly discharge.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 16.—. Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—
Albert, from Mazagan.
CLYDE, Jan. 16.—Sailed—Trade Wind, for Akyab.
ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 6.—The Zion's Hope drifted foul of
the Agamemnon, of Scarborough ; the latter sustained
considerable damage. '
SClLLY.—Arrived—Rosherville, from London, for Ja-
maica, with pumps choked.

(n ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.
Wind, N.N.E.

Arrived—William Rennie, from Marseilles.
Sailed—Clio, for St. Michael's ; .Exhibition, Havre ;
Camoes, Gibraltar ; Fountain, Syra ; Umoo, Gibraltar ;
Jessie, St. Thomas; Asia, Bahia; Egbertus, Antwerp;
Charles Buck, New Orleans.

DUBLIN, Jan. 17.
Arrived—Pohaene, from Caen.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GAAVESEND, Thursday, 9.48 a.m.
Wind E.N.E, tide third hour flood, snowing.
Arrived—Baron Osy, (s), from Antwerp ; Rainbow,
Earl of Auckland, and Columbine, (s), Rotterdam.
Sailed—Thames, (s), for Hamburg ; Epaminondas,
Geelong.

DEAL, Thursday, 9.25 a.m.
Wind, E.S.E., strong, frosty.
No arrivals.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 185.

MARCH.
I Warwick Spring 2O
Epsom Spring 92
INorthampton 27
Croxton Park 29
'BIL.

Coventry
Salisbury
Doncaster 13
Thirsk l5

AP
Newmarket C 9
Cat teriek Bridge 11
York Spring 17

Mal ton l9
Newmarket F S 23

M.
Chester Spring 1
Newmarket S S 8
*Shrewsbury 10

Bath l5
Epsom 22
*Manchester 30

Ascot 5
Hampton l3
Bibury r 20

Stockbridge 2l
Winchester 22
Newcastle 26

Newmarket
Carlisle
Worcester 5
*Lancaster . . 5

Liverpool ll
*Stamford 17
Nottingham l9
Goodwood 31

AUGUST.
North Staffordsh:re 7 I *Lewes l6
Brighton
Brighton Club lO I *Egham 08
*Wolverhampton 13 I *Derby .8
*Reading l4

JWarwick
Doncaster
*Leicester

SEPTEMBER.
4 I Newmarket F 0 25
11 I *Northallerton ,P•
19 I

The Book of s:he Garden. By Charles M'lntosh.
yo,l. 11. Blackwood.
This is the secona Yoliimeporfotdlitiiestliioignhol)f-
oinnetrCotine:
THE CRYSTAL PALACE Co34i'ANY.—The following not tive and valuable work, the
very intelligible paragraph is running She round of our versant with the subject, and eminently qualified
canlerdporftries :—" At the approaching ineeSing of the to give information on it. The first portion of the
Crystal Palace Company it will be announced tSTrt the work consisted of the structural department, and
receipts have been suflicieut to give, if it were deemed related to the formation and la-yjng out of gardens,
exPedient, adividend to the shareholders ; as, however, the erection and ventilation of hot-houses, Jo.
all the receipts have been appropriated to other pur- The present volume treats of the Theory and Prac-
poses, the directors wisely, abstain from paying a divi-
dend out of capital—a principle which, it is to be hoped, tics of Gardening in relation to Culture and-Man-
agement. It enters most thoroughly into the sub-
will riot be departed from either in this or any other
prihlie ctimpany!'—Daily News. ject, and, from the minuteness of its details, it will ,
Coiiiit or SESSION.—At the meeting of the Court on serve as a guide to the most uninitiated—while,
Tuesday, Mr. titeasfursl prevented the Queen's letter, from the completeness of its design and its value as
appointing him a Judge In ream of Lord Rutherfurd. a work of reference, it will prove an acquisition to
After the Usual probationary trials, he will take his seat the more scientific reader. The method on
on the bench as liord Ardmillan. Mr. T. Maekenzie which it is arranged is somewhat uncom-
also presented his cdmmissien as Solicitor-General, and mon. Whereas, in works of a similar de-
was sworn into office. go arrangement, we believe, scription, it is usual to ' arrange them in a
has as yet been made as to a successor to Lord Robert- calender form ; in the present work the sectional
son.—Scotsman. or separate garden division is adopted. Each sub-
A. WEAITHI BEGGIR.—The-Drindee parochial autho-
rities have advertised for the heirs of a travelling beggar ject is consequently treated per se, and the kitchen
named John 111‘Kt.y, supposed to have belonged origi- garden,
' the hardy fruit garden;the,
.forcingndpglaeradsuenre,
molly to Caithness, who died lately in a lodging•house the flower garden, plant-houses;
in the Hilltown of Dundee, and was buried at the ex- grounds, are each taken into consie erasion sepa_
pence of the parish. The parochial officers found in the rately. Every vegetable and fruit is treated. of by
pocket of a coat wlaich had been worn by the deceased a itself, its origin, and the best method of eultiva-
coarse leati7
.DOCkilt-book, containing six bank deposit tion, sowing, and planting, and its various Taro-
receipts for sums P,al.:‘"ting in the whole to 7001. pean names, which latter piece of information -all
prove very useful in the receipt or purchase oi.'
Edinburgh Courant.
seeds from the coonfttihneent. technics t th
terms c oncleums ipolnoyoefdt hies
CHOLERA IN CoLEILLIIit.....Thi, iwfnl scourge and
much-dreaded pestilence broke out, it'a wa:k before last wek a glossary
--v 8, it • ''' -efixed to a copious index. Another peon-
in Killowen-street ; thd tip to this' date," T work is the attention which has been !
„znua.., •,., olven pi.. .
has carried off twelve ot thirteen individuals. -1;-'' riarit of this'
' stip°. insects, beetles, and similar
ravages here, I understand, have been 6biefiy confined to ' -id toY the devasts °
the abodes of misery and destitution, th ti is a fear of its P'''' 's. whose d t -,(:tive properties interfere so
o g. atus
victims are from amongst those who were in domfottsible . cre `'• es r t...
, much with tiie gardener's F2r o sp. etc ttsh.
mostlllustrationsig no-
f'se:t?, recognise.
circumstances.—Cories.Pondmit of the Derry Sentiitet.
SAVINGW-BANKS AND IrRiEPVIii SetrETrES' INVEST- of these insects are given, so tn..‘- -.
MEETS.— A bill to make further providdn for the invest- rant of entomology may be enalais..q
mient and security of the moneys received by' fhb Coin- and destroy their enemies. A sketch of .." history
fin,
oame i 0 naevrln for, the Reduction of the National tier; ,61 culinary vegetables is affixed to the more Ime-
s g -banks and Friendly Societies has been s i
roughs into the House of Commons by Mr. Bo ' uvene, dctiA eontents, which states the curious fact that ,
. although Ws have improved in culture, and pro-
•',.4, ..i
the Excheesnet, and Mr. Wilson. It d d '''
the Chancellor ,`..'.
provides that securities Reid by the' commiesioxere to uce superior varieties, we have not added much
the amount of 21,736,8241. 14s. sd„ Three per Cent. to the number of specter extant in ancient history.
Many of the crops cultivated at the present day were
Aidlitkee, shall be cancelled.; that in place of such se-after the °lnge !- The onion,
curitiei, an accennt, to be called the " State Deposit raised, it is said, soon cl '
Accounts, Ito. I,' shall be opened in the Exchequer, the cucumber, and the leek were in atensive wee
to the credit of which shall be placed the sum of in Egypt long before the departure of the Israelites,
20,000,0001., chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund ; and herbs for seasoning were also in use at an sally
that stidli sum, as well as all securities held by the date. Soon after the foundation of Rome,' " -we
commissioners and not cancelled, shall be subject find the environs of that city' in a state of cultiva-
te the discharge of the legal claims of all savings- tion much like what exists round large towns and
banks and friendly societies, and that interest at cities of our own time—namely, as market gardens,
th% rate of 3 per cent. upon the account shall be in. which were cultivated many of the culinary
Payable to the commissioners. Power is also given to
vegetables
the commissioners to invest the 'moneys received by • suck gardens at present produce. One
important difference, however, may be remarked,
them in Government securities, to provide for dell- I
ciencies by increasing the amount of the account, or , The. culinary gardens. round ancient Rothe 'were
issuing Exchequer bills or bends, with the sanction of cultivated by the
the
the Treasury, and to cancel surplus assets by the reduc- proprietors, and they themselves wrought
chief men, who were also the
tion of the State Deposit Account to any sum not less ground with their own hands ; and hence several
than two-thirds of the liabilities. The accounts are to 'of the most celebrated families—the risones, the
be made up annually to the 20th of November, and to I Cicerones, the Fabii, the Lentuli, &c.—derived
be laid before Parliament. 1 their patronymics from ancestors who had distin-
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Traffic re- guished themselves in the cultivation of culinary
turn f:ta- the week ending Jan. 13, 1855 £t,.:'4 44' vegetables. Thus—Pismit, a pep. ; GicEr a chick-
:.)orrespondiug week last year 3,312 11 4 ' , ,
pea ; .1+ aye, a bean ; Lentulus, a lentil, Ze." The
_globe ntietto)A is atat§cl by Yliny to have been tLe_

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