The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-21 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1852.

lace manufacturers (so far as regards J. Stevens)—J.
Reddish and P. Bramley, Manchester, wholesale drug-
gists—J. Hobson and A. Oakley, Derby, ropemakers—
J. J. Flitch and J. Close, Leeds, morocco leather ma-
nufacturers—R. and R. D. Williams, Carnarvon, braziers
—T. Pearson, J. Pearson, and J. Rowlands, Liverpool,
millwrights (so far as regards T. Pearson)—W. Cramer
and 11. G. Dance, Brighton, musicsellers—J. Nayler and
T. Roberts, Hunslet, Leeds, glass bottle manufac-
turers—J. Thompson, E. Thompson, R. Daglish, son.,
and R. Daglish, jun., St. Helens, Lancashire, ironfoun-
ders—H. Bates and H. Williamson, Warley, Yorkshire,
brewers—A. Louisloux and P. Deprez, Church-street,
Soho, ormolu and bronzists—J. Green, G. Sergeant, and
E. Pepper, Shelton, Staffordshire, brickmakes (so far as
regards G. Sergeant)—A. R. Bird and G. Rushton,
Poppin's-court, Fleet-street, sugar refiners—C. Vicars,
T. Trueman, and W. Greaves, Leeds, commission agents
—H. Woodhouse and C. J. Dickman, Wood-street, City,
furriers—G. J. Humphreys and J. Moule, Crown-court,
Old Broad-street, City, insurance brokers—W. Kirk,
W. B. Kirk, and J. Ripley, Leeds, cloth finishers (so
far as regards J. Ripley—ll. E. Emberlin and T.
Claridge, Leicester, grocers—F. and T. Simpson, High-
street, Southwark, cutlers_.. U, Hildyard and J. Clegg,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazils.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Joseph Pullin, Newark-upon-Trent, grocer.
Joseph Freeman Morcott, Rutlandshire, farmer.
ast
Sheffield,r slater.
George Liddell, Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, grocer.
Nottinghamshire, hatter.
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SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Anderson, Macduff, shoemaker, to meet Jan. 24
and Feb. 14, at twelve, within Gill inder's llotel, Banff.
W. Murchie, Glasgow, hair-manufacturer, to meet
Jan. 23 and Feb. 19, at twelve, within the Glasgow Stock
Exchange, Glasgow.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT O 1: EXCHEQUER, Jan. 20.
(Sittings at Nisi Prim, before Mr. Baron MARTIN. and a
Common Jury.)

TOY V. LAMENAUDE.
This was an action of debt, to recover the sum of 951.
for a number of brass letters used to be fixed on glass,
supplied during the last year to the defendant, who car-
ried on the business of selling such letters.
Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Humfrey.and
Mr. Pigott for the defendant.
It appeared that the defendant ordered of plaintiff
about 35,35 of these letters, in anticipation of their
having a large sale at the Great Exhibition building
and elsewhere during the Exhibition year. Re
,after-
wards, however, informed the plaintiff that he did not
want so many, but the plaintiff said that as ho had
gone to great expense in having tools made for the ma-
nufacture of the letters the defendant must take them,
but if it would be any accommodation to the defendant,
he would not deliver them for a month. Defendant did
not assent to this, but plaintiff did send the letters from
Birmingham, where he carried on his business, to de-
fendant, and he paid for the carriage. He did not re-
turn the goods, but after the action had been brought he
required the plaintiff to take them back again.
Mr. HUNYREY contended that these facts did not
enable the plaintiff to recover as for goods sold and
delivered. The defendant had repudiated the sending
of the letters, and had not accepted them. The plaintiff
ought to have sued him specially for not accepting.
Mr. Lusu asked his Lordship to amend by inserting a
count for goods bargained and sold.
After some discussion it was arranged that the plain-
tiff should be nonsuited, with leave to move to enter a
verdict for the amount claimed, if the Court should be
of opinion that the Learned Judge ought to have allowed
the proposed amendment, and that the plaintiff would
have been entitled to recover under it or without it.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 20.
(Before Mr. Commissioner EvsNs.)
IN RE JOHN LOUIS BATTYE BUCKLAND.-JUDGMENT.
His HONOUR said this was an application by the bank-
rupt for a certificate, which was opposed on the ground
that the case came within the 201st section, 13 and 14
Vic.t 106, and also that he was guilty of reckless
trading. In support of the first objection it was
admitted by the bankrupt that he had lost
within a year before his bankruptcy more than 2001. in
contracts for the purchase of Peruvian Bonds, and also
more than 2001. in the purchase of railway shares, and
that such contracts were not to be performed within one
week after the contract, and that the stock and shares
were actually transferred or delivered in pursuance of
such contract. It was contended on behalf of the bank-
rupt, that the Peruvian Bonds being foreign stock were
not within the word stock in the clause referred to, and
many cases were cited, proving that under the 7 George
11. it was not held to include foreign stock. I have
looked at those cases, and they establish that mint. I
had considerable doubt as to whether the 201- ,section
could be considered similar to the 7 George-11., see_
tion 8, but I find the opinion of tho majority of the
Commissioners is in favour of such construction, and
as this clause is highly penal I think I ought to de-
cide in favour of the bankrupt on this point. I under-
stand that shares are not considered as stock on the
Stock Exchange., and consequently they do not come
within the 201st section. But although I decide
that the case does not come within the 201st section, I
am of opinion that the bankrupt has been guilty of
reckless trading, that he has traded to the extent of
thousands when he had no capital to meet losses. To
trade when a man's creditors must necessarily bear the
loss and ho keep the gains, is most unjust. The fre-
quency of such conduct is no excuse, but proves the ne-
cessity of visiting it with severity when proved. I
therefore shall suspend the bankrupt's certificate for one
year, then to be of the second class. The following
eases were cited by Mr. Lawrence for the bankrupt:—
" Wells v Porter," Scott, 141; " Oakley v. Rigby," id.,
194; " Elseworth v. Cole," 2 Meeson and Welsby;
" Robson v. Fellowes," 2 Bingham, N. C. 332; " Hen-
derson v. Bise," 3 Starkie, 158; " Hewett v. Price," 4
355; " Morgan V. Pelisa," 3
Bingham, N. C. Manning and Granger,
IN RE AUGUSTUS R. DAVIS.
The examination of this bankrupt, a wine-merchant,
of New-court, Bow-lane, was adjourned sine die.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
GUILDHALL.
Yesterday Sarah Saville, alias Low, apparently a re-
spectable young woman, was brought before Alderman
Wilson, charged with attempting to commit suicide by
throwing herself off Blackfriars-bridge.
It appeared from the evidence that about half-past
three on Monday the prisoner mounted the parapet of
Blackfriars-bridge, and was in the act of throwing her-
self from it w_ h
en a young man, named Danes, rushed
forward and seized her__e just in time to prevent her com-
mitting the crime. il then gave her in custody.
The prisoner pleaded that she was intoxicated at the
time, and knew not what she was doing. Her husband
was at sea.
She hoped the Alderman would forgive her.
Alderman WILSON said he should have her kept in
custody until her sister, or some other person, came for-
ward to be bail for her good behaviour in future.
The worthy Alderman ordered the sum of ss. to be
given to Danes for his prompt assistance
MARLBORO° GII-STREE. T.
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF \d ri
ONSPIRICY.— Henry
Adams,
a pugilist, was brought up for further examina-
tion, charged with !attring conspired, with other persons
not in custody, to defraud James Jackson, landlord of
the King's Head, King-street, Park-lane, of 341. 10s.,
under very singular circumstances.
The case bad the effect of attracting to the court a
great concourse of that class of men known as connected
with the lower grades of the ~ Fancy."
Tho circumstances detailed at the former examination
called forth mach merriment from the way in which the
complainant,
a Yorkshireman, described the plan by
which he was taken in, and which is as follows:—
The prisoner called son the prosecutor, who was an
i,
acquaintance, and told him
who -e had obtained the patron-
age of a gentleman nad lately come into between
3,000/. and 4,0001., and who wished to take some les-
sons in the art of self-defence, As the gentleman would
pay liberally for accommodation, and order a bottle of
wine at each lesson, it might be worth the prosecutor's
while to find them a room, rto do
prosecutor agreed so,
and the prisoner and the gentleman came, and had a
sparring bout. At the second or third visit
the gentleman brought
the sparring went on, two friends ; and, while
a challenge was given
to one of the friends to fight with the gloves
the prisoner, 10/. to 301.
put down the money (The friend asked prosecutor to
for him. The prosecutor did so,
and the match was rondo•
public-house in Cumberland-market All parties
whereadjourned to a
there was a
larger room. The fight
d before it was
Commenced, an .
concluded prosecutor vs 25/.10
Ass induced to put down s.
more, making in all , 34/ 10s f the friend who was glove
fighting with tne pri • '
or
money
the other friend. _soner. The
was taken up by
The prosecutor seeing that the com-
batants were only ham
ming and fouling, demanded the
was a robber
return of his money' on the plea that the whole affair
e was threatened with chastisement by
some of they tri
party, but he would not give up his demand,
and after follow'
Lamb's Conduit lug
the
party into a
public-house in
after the '
oth, street, and seeing them leave him one
the same road 'b
e prevented the prisoner from following
The defence set guiving him into custody.
his own account 1' was, that the prosecutor betted on
' and that he lost his money fairly.
Mr. Lewis, for the prosecution, applied for a remand.
CHARGE ___
~. Saturday.
and Josephth :3 acLeay.—John Biggs, Michael Foy,
tio ta, charged !e.%, were brought up for final examine-
with having committed a burglary in
Ma:shall-street
5/. bank-notes and d stolen a quantity of watches, two
John Metcalfe'other property.
29, Marshall r a watchmaker No.
, the prosecuto , , .
-street, Golden-square. proved that his
house was robbed Sunday fortnight of eight watches,
one gold case, t on
and
,wo gold lockets other jewellery, two
5/. notes, and
81. los. in gold. Entrance had been ef-
fected by was --"nR through a panel in the shop-door. The
propertywas R.f
of
at twelve the previous night. After
the apprehension of the prisoners prosecutor went to
the House of Detention and saw Biggs, his brother-in-
law. Biggs admitted the robbery, and said the pro-
perty had been sold to a person in Parker-street for 201
John Munro stated, that after the robbery Foy told
been to a watchniners shopthe
him he had k ' night be-
fore; that Masse-
y opened the street door, and they
went in and concealecithemselves in a coal-cellar, and
wait sd for t.
• auout three hours, until the people were in
bed. Biggs then went upstairs to the shop-door, but
found it fastened. Massey forced the panel out with a
chisel,. The bolt inside was then withdrawn, and ad-
mitta nee gained into the shop. Biggs went behind the
counter and handed the things out. Afterwards they
went, to their lodgings in Currier-street, and employed
a man to try to sell the property. Tho man could not
effict a sale, but ultimately all the property, except two
watches, which were given ' to Foy's mother to take care
of; was sold. I

_
liugh Munro said Foy sent for him to the House of
J?ote Miens and atiked him to take a menage to hi

mother in Ham-yard to put the two watches out of
the way. Foy said nothing but money was found upon
him, so they could not do anything, except, perhaps,
give him six months on suspicion. Witness afterwards
saw Massey, and Massey told him to tell Mrs. Foy to
sell the watches, in order to obtain funds with which to
fee counsel.

Police-constable Swanson, G 62, apprehended Foy,
who denied all knowledge of the robbery. Upwards of
51. were found upon him. On the same night appre-
hended Massey, who had a new suit on him. Witness
had previously seen all the prisoners together in War-
dour-street, dressed very shabbily.
Police-constable Moore, R 341, said he apprehended
the prisoner Biggs at Greenwich. Biggs denied the
robbery, and said he had been at Maidstone fourteen
weeks, and had only arrived the night before. Biggs
said his name was Watkins.

Biggs declined to make any defence.
Massey said Munro came to him and asked him to
say he gave Mrs. Foy the gold watch.
Foy said the elder Munro came to him and told him
if he did not tell about the watch and other things he
would do what he could for him. Munro promised to
get him a counsel.—The prisoners were fully committed.

THE FRENCH AND PRUSSIAN
FIRE-ARMS.
We recently published some extracts from Colonel
Chesney's " Observations on the Past and Present State
of the Army," which must have forcibly impressed our
readers with a sense of the culpable negligence which
has allowed other nations, especially the French, to dis-
cipline and equip a description of force to which we
have at present nothing to oppose. We shall not
here enter into any technical description of the dif-
ferent kinds of muskets which have lately been
adopted on the continent ; but referring those
who desire a scientific knowledge of the subject to
Colonel Chesney's work, we shall offer a brief popular
account of the nature and probable consequences of the
new mode of armament referred to. Tne object of a
musket or rifle is, of course, to throw a ball to the
greatest possible distance—or, in other words, to pro-
duce the greatest possible propellent power by means of
the explosive force of a given quantity of powder. The
difficulties to be overcome are three—the imperfect
ignition of the powder, the resistance of the air,
and windage, or loss of explosive power. Now, in
all these respects, the common English musket is in the
highest degree faulty. In the first place the powder is
ignited from behind, so that the ball leaves the barrel
before it has received the fall force of the explosion ; in
the next place, a round bullet slot only meets with very
great resistance from the air, but is also liable to a mis-
placement of the centre of gravity ; and lastly, it is im-
possible, with balls of the ordinary construction, to avoid
a great loss of power, in the shape of windage, inasmuch
as it is hardly practicable to make them fit the musket
barrel very closely.
Let us, then, see how these defects have been remedied
by the French and Prussian inventions. The French
rifle (M. Minio's) is loaded, as ours sire, at the muzzle.
The ball resembles in shape an acorn, round the cup end
of which are cut two deep grooves. The reader must
further suppose that the stalk of the acorn is extracted,
and that, in the hollow so left, is inserted the end of
a small iron thimble of somewhat larger diameter than
the hollow itself. A piece of greased paper is wrapped
round the thimble and the grooved end of the ball, and
the whole is rammed down as easily as the charge of a
common musket. When the gun is fired, there is, of
course, an indefinitely short period during which the
force of the explosion is not sufficient to
move the ball. During this instant the thimble
is driven into the hollow; but the introduc-
tion of this foreign body causes the ball to expand in
such a manner as to " force the lead into the grooves of
the bore so completely that the whole base of the bullet
is exposed to the action of the powder without allowing
the slightest windage, or any diminution of the
explosive force of the powder, by which so much of
the impetus is lost in common rifles." The Prussian
Zundnadelyewehr, or net dle musket, is so compli-
cated an instrument that it is not very easy to
explain its construction. The distinctive peculiarities
of this weapon are the followingt—lt loads at the breech;
the ball is "conical at the point, cylindrical in the centre,
and round at the larger end: it becomes rifled in pass-
ing through the barrel, and is propelled with much
greater force than the ordinary rifle ball, on account of
its having a suitable centre of gravity, and also on
account of the more perfect ignition of the powder,
which takes place in front"—the latter being effected by
means of a needle, which is darted, by the action of the
trigger, through the powder, and into some explosive
compound forming the head of the cartridge.
The range of these weapons is perfectly terrific. In
a series of experiments detailed by Colonel Chesney, the
French musket, at a distance of 655 yards put 25
balls out of 100 into a target two yards square—whilst
the common musket did not reach it, and a field piece
struck it only six times out of 100. At a distance of
218 yards the new musket struck the same target 100
times in succession—the common musket only hit it 44
times out of 100. But the most extraordinary result
attained was at a range of 1,093 yards. At this dis•
tance a field-piece generally diverged six or eight
yards from its object, but an experienced marks-
man, with the new weapon, hit a moderate-sized
target three times out of four. We pass over Colonel
Chesney's remarks upon certain minor conse-
quences of the introduction of this musket; but
the practical importance of the invention, and the
arrangements which have been made by the French
Government to give it full efficiency, are subjects
of the very gravest interest. Such of our readers
as have been in Paris will remember certain little
square built men, dressed in dark green frocks and
trowsers, and armed with a strange looking sabre
bayonet—singularly thick at the back, and double.
edged for the first four or five inches of its length—
which fitted on to the end of a short and thick rifle,
provided with a numerous array of sights. These
men are the chasseurs, or carabineers. There are in
the French army about 14,000 of them, and every
tenth man in the line regiments is able, in case of
need, to do duty in the same capacity. A more for-
midable body of men it is hardly possible to imagine.
They aro systematically trained to the practice of the
whole art of sharpshooting. Instead of being subjected
to that martinet drilling which seems to exhaust the re-
sources of our military officers, they are accustomed to
judge of distances by the eye—to shoot at a mark at
a distance of 600 metres—to keep up on foot with ca-
valry at a trot—and to practise all sorts of gymnastic ex-
ercises. During the siege of Rome their fire was so
deadly that every gunner who show( d hire eel at his post
was instantly shot down, and to the officers
of Garibaldi, dressed in scarlet, it was certain
death to visit the ramparts. These results were
obtained at a distance of about one thousand yards—
a distance at which the report of a firm-arm is almost
inaudible, and the smoke almost invisible. We can only
glance at the effects which this invention is expected to
produce in military tactics. It appears, from Colonel
Chesney'a book, to be the opinion of those who are best
qualified to judge on the subject, that, with this weapon,
the sharpshooter will become not only a most impor-
tant element in an army, but more especially a highly
formidable antagonist to artillery and cavalry. The
range of the now musket is certainly inferior to that of
heavy guns loaded with case shot, or to that of rockets,
but it is superior to that of ordinary field-pieces ; and
there seems reason for believing that a field.battery
would, if unsupported by a force of this description, be
exposed to a very serious risk of being put entirely hors
de combat before it could be brought into service.
We have probably said enough to show the formidable
nature of the enemy with whom we may some day be
called upon to contend; but there is another side to the
question—a side which Englishmen, as timid in
the absence as they are brave in the presence of
danger, are constitutionally indisposed to dwell
upon, It is this—the invention in question in-
creases the powers of defence in a still greater pro-
portion than it does those of attack. Men standing
behind loop holed fortifications with rifles which would
kill at 1,000 yards distance, could nut be very safely
attacked, and such a force would put no small ob-
stacle in the way bf an enemy wishing to land
troops and cannon on our coast. General Jackson's raw
militia, with their rifles and cotton-bag ramparts, were
more than a match for the troops who had stormed Ba-
dajox and Ciudad Rodrigo, and who had defeated Mar-
ti:lout and Soult. Whatever accusations have been
brought against Englishmen, whether by friends or
by foes, no one has ever denied that we have the raw
material of soldiers in the richest abundance. Physical
strength and courage are not by any means rare qua-
lities in this country; and it will bo obvious that the
chief qualities wanted for the particular service which
this new invention will bring into prominence, are not
so much those of a disciplined soldier as of a brave,
active, and intelligent sportsman—viz., sound lungs,
quick eyes, and strong limbs. Moreover, sharpshooters
act not in masses, but in small bodies. Why, then,
should we not drill, all over the country, small volun-
teer companies of riflemen? We have not a doubt that
any number of persons who might be required would be
found willing to learn the use of a gun and the use of
their limbs. The hereditary maxim of " three French-
men to one Englishman" may be considerably beyond
the truth, but we are very sure that, if a sufficient cause
for fighting and an efficient method of fighting can be
pointed out to our countrymen, they need not dread any
force that any other nation can bring against them. One
thing at least is clear—something must be done to give
our army the advantage of this now invention, what-
ever may be its value. To lag behind in availing our-
selves of improvements of this kind is suicidal folly.—
Chronicle.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-otice
by the nigh.—ar d M by the morning—dispatch.]

When
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[ADYEILTISEMENT.]—fore Cures by Holloway's
this.—Mrs. Jemima Albert, widow of a naval
officer, residing in Campbell-place, St. George's in the East,
had been
ill for a long time with a distressing cough, accom-
panied with much expectoration, great weakness of the chest,
and continual headaches; besides this her digestion was
greatly impaired, appetite completely gone, and always drowsy.
She considered herself past cure ; yet notwithstanding her
advanced age, she is restored to the highest state of health
and vigour by the use of Holloway's Pills, declaring that she
feels more like a young girl than ono of her years, being so
hale and strong.---Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Rol-
lowAy's EstitWishmeut, 244, Strand, Lomtlon,

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, JAN. 20.
The market was thinly attended the supply of wheat
and barley small; wheat sold about is per qr. dearer,
but the buyers acted with caution. Barley has become
a very animated trade, and all descriptions-met a free
sale at fully a shilling more money than last week.
Beans and peas must also be noted is dearer.

PER QUARTER, PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red 4os to 44s Beans 2Bs to 30a
Do., new oos to 00s Peas
Do., white 4ss to 48s Oats
Barley, malting 30s to 34 Rye.. ,. OOs to OOs
Do., choice oos to 00s Malt . OOs to 00s
Do., grinding 243 to 26. Flour, per sack.. 00s to 00s

AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 17.
Wheat 1,625 quarters at 40s I Id.
Barley
Peas 25 „ 28s 6d.
Oats
Beans .. 55 „ 27s 2d.
lIULL, JAN. 20.

Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states :—We have
again to repot t a firm market for all kinds of grain, with
very small supplies troua abroad. To-day our lancers
brought only a small supply of wheat, which went off
at about is above last week's rates. Rather more in-
quiry for foreign, but the high prices asked by holders
of lauded parcels check sales, and there is none offering
from ship. Barley remains exceedingly scarce; both
grinding and malting must be quoted fully is to 2s
dearer. Beans have met a free sale during the week at
our quotations, transactions being chiefly in Egyptian.
Oats and peas in moderate demand at full prices. No
change to report in linseed, but cakes are rather easier
to buy, on account of mild weather, though we cannot
lower our quotations. Very little doing in either rape-
seed or cakes, which latter may sometimes be bought
2s fid under the above currency. Bones without alte-
ration.

The following are the present prices of grain
s. s.
Wheat, English, red 38 to 40
Do. white 4O 46
Dantzic and Ko-

nigsberg 4l 46
Pomeranian and

Hamburgh . 36 40'
Danish, Holstein, &
Friesland 34 36
Russian and Odessa 30 34
Oats, English
Do. Danish... . 17 20
Do. Friesland l9 21
Do. Russ. & Odessa 17 19
Barley, malting 25 28
Do. grinding 25 26
Beans 29 34
Do., foreign

9. 9
Peas, white and yel. 30 32
po. grey ,, .... 27 29
(Linseed, Black Sea. 44 46

'Do. Petersburgh ... 42 45
Do. Riga &Archngl. 38 42

'Do. Konigsberg .T 36 49
PQr ton.
Lins. c,llull 7t 17 s6dtoB/ Os
Do. fine for. 71 106 Od to 0/ Os
Do. inf. foreign... 0/ to 61 15s
Rapeseed ' 221 108 to 001
Rape cakes...Bss Od to 00s 01
Tares, English 323 008
Do. foreign —00 s
Guano 5/ 7l to 101
Bones, do loos Od to Os
Rye Meal ... 01 Os

CORK, JAN. 19.

Barrels. Currency.
O White wheat 00s Od to 00s 04 00s Od-20 stone
64 Red wheat lB5 6d to 19s Od 00s Od-20 do
78 Ditto 199 Od to 20s 04
O Ditto
305 Barley 11s Od to 12s 04
108 Ditto l2s Od to 12s 34 00s Od-16 do
O Ditto .. 00s Od to 00s 00
O Bere oos Od to Os Od Os Od
181 Oats .. 95 Od to Os 8d
280 Ditto
165 Ditto los Od to 105 44
84 Pigs 27s Od to 30s Od 281 Cd per old
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:-
0 barrels white wheat; 11 red ; 11 barley; 0 bere; 42 oats;
4 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t
Wheat, 860. Barley, 1,359. Oats, 6,306. Pigs, 1,147.
PRICES OF BUTTER.
CANT. CURRINCY.
First quality
Second quality
Third quality
Fourth quality
Fifth quality
Sixth quality
Return of Cattle sold for week ending Jan. 10.
Pigs, 660. Sheep, 171. Cows, 131.
CORK.-141our—First Its 6d to 133 Od; extra 141 Od;
c3conds, 8s Od to 11s 6d; households 8s to 105 Od; thirds, 7s tont
per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 6d to 1 Is; Indian meal6B IA to 7sod; wheat-
meal, Ps to 9s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 6155 Od to 6115. Od per
ton. Bran 87s 6d to 90s per ton. Hay—Farmers 23s to 339; average
28*; dealers 34s to 40s Od; average 36s per ton. &law—Farmers
15s Od to 21, Od ; average 18s ; dealers 285 Od to 00s Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 5d to 6d;
household loaf 4d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
10d per lb. Eggs-55 6d to 6s Od per hundred. Coals--.
Newport 15s Od ; Lydney 16s ; Landore COs ; Cullus
13s Cd per ton. Tallow 381 Od to 40s per vie.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 55 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 6d; mutton scl to 6d; veal 4d to
6d ; pork 44 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; raussges 5d per It,
Hops 618 s to 9105 per cwt. Bangor slates 21175 6d to 3/ Os per
ton. Bark—Barbary 71 CJ to 8/ Os; Valonia 151 to 01; French
6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 145 to 15s per stone.
Hemp 291 to 341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s; red
ditto, 24s to COs per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ per
ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, 315 s ; yellow
ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 15/ to 18/ per 10. Hides—.
Market 218 to 30s; salted 225 to 30s per owt ; calf skins
3d to 31d per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 8d; pinks,
10d to 12d. Guanc— Peruvian, 11/ Os ; Ichaboe, 8/ to 910 s
per ton. Tsr_Archangel, 195 per berreL

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JAN. 20.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—The share market has been fat
to-day, and the amount of business done has been limited.
A few shares of the Bristol and Exeter were disposed of at 84.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 20.
STocK Excitericia.—The business to-day was very mode'
rate, and prices flat. The transactions were as follow
:
Caledonian (Greenock guaranteed), 13%—East Lancashire,
15j,—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 734 dis.—London
and North-Western, New Quarters, 234 p.—Midland,sBA--
Ditto, New Preference, 41x, per cent., 7-16 dis.--INorth-
Western, 151. Preference,l3% c.—South-Eastern and Dover
20%.

MANCHESTER, JAN. 20.
STOCK. EXCHANGE. —There was an improved feeling ex-
hibited in the, share market to-day, and a good busineall
has been done at advanced prices. The transactions were es
follow :—Eastern Counties, 6 13-16—Lancashire and York-
shire, Fifths. 73/4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 201/—
West Riding Union, 51h dis.—Leeds and Bradford, 102—
London and North-Western, 1151,,i—East Lancashire, 1534--
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 4 ~,—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 3214—East Anglian, 3%.
13IRMINGHAtd, JAN. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE,—The share market has been ex-
tremely flat to-day, and there was no business doing. Prices
were a shade lower than yesterday. London and North-
Western shares were quoted at 1151/2 and 116.

THE ANCIENT NORTHMEN.
Christianity first began to be generally diffused in
the North about 900 years ago. Up to that time, the
people of the North were mere heathens, who acknow-
ledged a religion which chiefly excited them to conflicts
and to deeds of arms. They believed that those heroes
alone who fell in the field would go to Odin, the god of
the brave, or enter into Valhalla, the abode of the
blessed. Here they would pass their time in joy. and
delight. During the day it was said the fallen glen"
contended in a forest before Valhallah, until they fell
beneath each others' blows, but towards evening they
came to life again and rode back again to Valhalla.
Wearied with the fight, they refreshed themselves here
by a splendid banquet; and in common with the gods
feasted on the swine Sarimner, whose flesh constantly
renews itself, nor did they forget to drink plentifully of
the choicest beer and mead. As valour was regarded as
the highest virtue, so cowardice was stamped as the,.
basest of crimes. From his earliest youth the LIMIT° of
the North sought for warlike fame. While a mere strip-
ling the Northman practised the use of the sword, which
when he had grown to manhood he never allowed ge
rust in its scabbard. If there were no troubles at home
to afford him the opportunity. of displaying his coursgei
he adopted the predatory lite of a Viking, and eagerlY
undertook warlike expeditions, or made descents upon
foreign countries, tor the purpose of winning 'Dot!'
glory and booty. In the winter he sat at home in his
hall surrounded by his retainers; but in the spring ho
again took. to the sea, and frequently encountered other
Vikings, from the North. Joining their forces, they
visited with their terrors not only the countries of the
Baltic, but also England and France, whose coasts were
scarcely over free from the plundering visitations; and
,'
even the countries lying farther to the south, as Italy
and Spain; and wherever they committed their ravages
they left sanguinary traces of their formidable swords.--
Antiquities of Denmark.

FIRE AT BRlXTON.—Yesterday morning, atan early
hour, a fire of an alarming character broke out in the pre-
mises belonging to Messrs. Clarke and Co., cheesemongera
and butter merchants, at No. 2, Park-road, Brixton-hill. At
the time of the disaster the whole of the inmates were in their
beds asleep, but owing to the exertions of a gentleman's
groom, who was passing, the residents were soon wade sell'
Bible of their impending danger, and with the exception of
Mr. Clarke, they effected a retreat, but almost stifled with
smoke. Mr. Clarke, being confined to his bed by paralyse'
was unable to make the least effort to save himself, and had
it not been for the exertions of his friends, he must have
perished. The engines extinguished the fire, but not until
a considerable amount of damage had been done. How th 4;
disaster originated could not be ascertained. The load lc„"
be covered by an insurance in the Guardian Fire-office.