The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1849.7

munications which roached us day by day in

oil sabjetes ut (jeep line;eat, le-eel:jag hean ead
comfort and the lives of the humbler class's 01 society,
could be addressed to the minds of men without t ehiting
a certain degree of sympathy. aria possibly ceee ill a
prejudice, at all events deep intereA, of a hica it wes im-
possible wholly todivest the mind. They would, however,
exercise their calm and quiet judgment en the parti-
culars that would be laid before them, and draw from
the facts that would be detailed on oath before them
their own sober conclusions, unmixed with any impres-
sions previously made on their minds by unauthorized
publications, however well intentioned such publications
might be. The charge in question was one of having
occasioned the deaths of as many as four child: en by a
degree of criminal neglect in administering of proper
food, and by the act of crowding the parties together in
are unwholesome atmesphere, and of inattention to
those precautions necessary to preserve the health
of children in a state of ordinary bodily health.
It appeared several parishes, under the direction (if the
proper authorities of those parishes, had found
it convenient to place in an establishment, at a stipte•
lated price per head, for the care and support of peer
children, at Tooting, a great number of children; acid
that this number, though it was not clearly apparent
what that number was, appeared from the depositions to
have reached so high, that this establishment was incon-
venient for their proper reception ; that they were
crowded in rooms and beds together, to an extent that
was calculated to endanger their health, and to render
them liable to contagious disorders, or to the effects of
any epidemic. In any charge of that nature which
would be laid before them, it would be pro-
bably alleged in the indictment that it was
the duty of the master of that establishment to supply
necessary food and clothing, and to take the precautions
to which he (the Recorder) had referred; and probably
it would appear in evidence that that duty was cast on
the defendant by the contract with the different parties
fur the support and protection of those children in this
establishment. He believed it would appear, from the
depositions, which were extremely voluminous and con-
tained a vast deal of matter scarcely admissible in point
of law, and conclusions from facts without stating the
facts from which those conclusions were drawn, that
these children died from art attack of cholera, and pro-
bably there would be a good deal of speculation how
that cholera was induced, and whether, with more care
and more food, those children would have been thehib-
jeets of an attack of cholera. Ordinarily, when a man
was charged with manslaughter he was charged a ith an
act which was directly conducive to the death of the
party, In consideration of the case they must confine
themselves to the particular treatment of the children
who died, because nothing seemed more unjust than that
it a person who was perfectly well, and who did not die
had an insufficiency of food, to turn round and say that
that child had not a sufficiency of food, and therefore
was liable to an attack of cholera ; therefore, if the in-
quiry was what act was done in the management of this
establishment by which the child was being pi eperi-.d, as
it were, to catch this disorder by some treatment or act
done by the master, then it was essentially necessary
that the accused should have conduced by some
act to the death of the deceased. Assuming
that the legal duty was cast on the defendant to supply
sufficient food, and not to crowd the parties together so
as to render the atmosphere unwholesome, and assuming
him not to have taken all the precautions proper and
ordinary, it would be necessary to ir:quire when did the
criminal act occur with reference to the particular chil-
dren who died. ' They would have to say what concur-
rent circumstances there were that occasioned the death
of the deceased by the defendant. They would have
to consider whether it appeared by the evidence laid
before them that the defendant did any act that caused
those parties to catch the disorder of cholera. lie
might be properly responsible for neglect of duty if Le
had given them insufficient food. It it could be proved
that the food given was unwholesome in quality, and
that by crowding them together in an unwholsome at-
mosphere their health was debilitated, he would be cri-
minally responsible. But the question was, when he
was charged with the felony of manslaughter, what act
they found proved against him, which lie hid done, and
which conduced to the death of these parties. There
a ere no parties who were more proper objects
of protection of the law than the unprotected
poor; they would proceed to that inquiry with a proper
sympathy with any sufferings that may be proved before
them; but they would know to discriminate between the
melancholy feeling that was cugendered.by an awful
calamity, and the attributing that calamity to a party
without acts were proved to their satisfaction connecting
him with that awful catastrophe.
The grand jury then retired, and the Court was pro-
ceeding with the business before it when wo went to
press.

the Tiarters from wher,ec the supplies hive been

utrot.Ts L.,To L.oNuoN.
From Beasts. zille•..-T. Cal von. Lambs.
Rot erdmr. ... 2(12 ... 521 ... 121 ..
11a; lingen .. 204 ... 457 ..
0....tc-nd.. . — .. 213 ... _
...

Antwerp ... ..
Havre ..... 3
Handiurgh ... 24

9 ... ....

Total 493 ... 1,277 ... IE6
Corresponding
week in 1848... 764

7C0... 32 ...

Difference ... 271 less. 577 more. 104 more. 10 more
An increased supply of stock has been received at the
tiorthern outports from Holland, it having comprised
about 800 head, chiefly beasts and sheep, by steamers.
There was a decline in the numbers of foreign stuck
exhibit( d in to day's market, compared with those
shown on Monday last. Still, however, the trade yeas
excessively heavy, and sales were with difficulty effected
at depressed currencies. Notwithstanding there was a
falling off in the arrivals of home-fed beasts fresh up
this morning we have again to notice unusual heaviness
in the beef trade. The weather being somewhat un-
favourable for slaughterieg, the attendance of both Lon-
don and country buyers small, and Newgate and
Leadenhall markets largely supplied with each kind of
meat, especially with Beef, Mutton, and Pork, which
were selling at extremely low currencies ; the prices of
all kinds of beasts were fully 2d per 81bs. lower than en
Monday last, being the amount of depression noticed on
Friday. With very few exceptions, the best Scots
produced no more than 33 6d per 811 es., and a
large number of short-horns, &c., were turned out unsold.
The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire amounted to about 1,500 Scots and short-horns
Those from the North of England were 200 short-horns;
from the western and midland districts, 600 Herefords,
ants, Devons, &c.; from other parts of England, 500 of
various breeds; and from Scotland, 310 horned and polled
Scots. With Sheep we were again scantily supplied as
to number, but their general quality was extremely
good, and the same observations may be applied to the
beasts. Ali breeds of Sheep sold heavily at Friday's
fall in value of 2d per 81bs, the top general figure
for the best old Downs in the wool being 4s 6d, and
half- breds 4 per 81bs, and a total clearance was not
cted. There wero about 500 shorn sheep iu the
market, the prices of which ruled from 6d to 8d per 81bs
beneath those in the weed. Calves, the supply of which
was again small, moved off slowly, at last week's quo-
tations. In pigs, scarcely any business was trans-
acted, and prices had a downward tendency.
Per Sibs. to sink the offal.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to a. d.
inferior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 Second qual. Sheep 3 G 310
second quality ••2 10 3 0 Coarse-weolled ditto 4 0 4 2
Prime large Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 Southdown Wether 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots •••• • • 3 4 3 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0
large coarse Calves 3 6 4 2 Large Hogs ... •• • 3 0 3 6
Prime tniall ditto .. 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers 3 8 4 4
tickling Calves ..17 0 24 0 Quarter old Pigs 16 0 21 0
Inferior Sheep - 3 0 3 2 Lambs •• • . ••• • • 0 0 0 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Beasts. Sheep. I
Calves. I Pigs.
3, i 76 I 17,370 109 180
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts. I Sheep. I
Calves. I Pigs.
53G 1,070 63 I
21/1,47GrA1r33 AND ILMADENFIALS.
An immense quantity of country-killed Meat has been
received up to these markets in the past week, viz., 600
carcasses of Beef; 2.000 ditto of Mutton; 20 ditto of
Lamb; 200 ditto of Veal; and 4,000 ditto of Pork. The
supplies on sale slaughtered in the metropolis having con-
siderably exceeded the wants of the trade, the general
demand has ruled unusually heavy, and prices have
given way from 2d to, in some instances, 4d per 81b, and
clearances have not been effected. About 600 carcasses
foreiva Meat, killed in London, have been on sale.
From Ilumburgh 7 baskets of Beef and 7 casks of Pork,
mthtly legs; and from Bremen 3 casks of Pork have
come to hand. The quality of these arrivals has turned
out by no means prime.
At per stone by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
i!cel ,infcrior.• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2
middling .... 2 6 2 8 -- middling.. 210 3 0
prime large •• 2 8 210 prime I 2 3
prime small 3 0 3 2 j Pork, large.... ••• • 2 8 3 4
Veal • • 3 8 4 8• small •• •••• •• >i 6 4 2

WOOL.
Large numbers of buyers from the manufacturing dis-
tricts, as well as from the Continent, have been in at-
tendance at the public sales held since our last report.
The whole of the colonial and a large portion of the
foreign wools offered have changed bands at the late
advance, viz., from lid to 3d per lb upon the former
descriptions. In the value of tho latter no material al-
teration has taken place. Sever.ll parcels of Port Philip
have gone as high es is 10d per lb for scoured sheep's,
and 2s 6.1 to 2s 7d for scoured lambs'. Australian
sheep's has sold at from 9d to is 100 ; and South
Australian 10(1 to is id per lb. Last week's imports
were confined to 124 bales from New Zealand, Ham-
burgh, ar.d Ostend. Privately the demand is by no
means active, yet higher prices are generally demanded.
South Down hoggets, lld to 14d; half-bred ditto, lld
to 13d; ewes' clothing, 10d to 12d; Kent fleeces, 10id
to 110; combing skins, 7kd to lid; flannel ditto, 9d to
130; LlaW,et ditto, 6J5d to 12d.
TIOROUGII SPIETALFIELDS.
The supply of Potatoes received coastwise since Mon-
day last has been very moderate, viz , about 1,800 tons,
chiefly from Yorkshire and Scotland. The foreign im-
portL.tions have been again on a somewhat extensive
scale, viz, 144 tons, 200 bags, and 280 sacks, from
Antwerp; 203 tons from Havre, 431 tons from Dunkirk,
375 bags from Calais, 83 tons from Nantes, 30 bags
from Ostend, 908 bags from Rotterdam, 300 tons from
Rouen, 38 tons from Gravelines together with 10 sacks
from Guernsey, and 54 tons from Jersey. We have
will a steady demand for selected samples, at full prices.
The middling and out-of-condition sorts are dull in sale,'
and the turn in favour of the buyers.

TALLOW.
Our market, both on the spot and for forward delivery,
is heavy. In prices, however, no change worthy of no-
tice has taken place since Monday last. To-day P.Y.C.
on the spot is quoted at 40s per cwt. Town Tallow is
41s per cat. net cash; rough fat 2s Sid per Blbs.
nonouGxx ROP MARKET.
The best Hops of last year's growth continue to move
off steadily, at fully last week's prices. There is rather
more inquiry for the middling descriptions. Old and in-
ferior flops, though offering at unusally low prices, com-
mand little or no attention.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
kThere was an active market for Cotton at Liverpool
on Saturday, and prices had an upward tendency, all
descriptions bringing extreme rates. The business done
included 2,500 American, on speculation. The sales
were estimated at 8,000 to 9,000 bales. 7,000 American
realised aid. to sid.; 250 Permam, 4id. to W.; 100
Egyptian, sp. to 71d.; 1,000 Surat, &c., 3ici. to 4d.;
and 30 Sea Island, Bd. to 90.—Railway Shares were
steady, and a good business done.
Very favourable accounts have been forwarded from
Birmingham upon the subject of the Iron trade. A
writer in Aris' Gazette states:—
" We have much gratification in being able to con-
tinue our favourable report of this most important trade.
The tendency to improvement noticed in our last account
under which sales were being refused in expectation of
better prices, has since rapidly progressed, until at the
commencement of last week several leading houses found
it requisite to declare an advance of 20s. per ton on ma-
nufactured iron, to escape an acccumulation of speculative
orders that were being so abundantly forwarded. This
a Ivance has beon well received, and there appears little
doubt that it will be fully established by the next
meeting of the trade, some dealers having already cheer-
ful!), submitted to it for parcels in immediate requisition.
The demand for all sorts of hardware goods is also re-
viving, and, under the expectation of more animation as
the Spring advances, manufacturers aro yet in the market
to provide themselves with materials. The demand for
pig iron has been checked a little, but we have heard of
some sales having been made at an advance of 10s. per
ton. Several furnaces have been set to work, or as it is
termed, blown in, since we gave our last list, and
others are being prepared for speedy resumption. A
prevalent cause of delay, however, presents itself in
short supplies of iron-stone, the small stacks on the
banks having in most instances been bought up. By
the reports of the Welsh and Scotch trades, we also
learn that much activity prevails there, an i a large ex-
tension of make is likely to take place. Rejoicing sin,
cerely as we do, in such a prospect of full employment
for the labourer, with remuneration to the master,
we cannot refrain from repeating a word of
caution, lest an improvident extension of make
urged by visionary expectations, should mar the
continu ince of permanent benefit. The late discoveries
of an abundant and, as reported, almost inexhaustible
supply of the precious metal has already revived the
'drooping spirit of industry, and given an unusual impulse
to our mercantile affairs, particularly with the United
•Statcs, and should this supply prove as extensive as it is
represented, it must continue to operate favourably
during the whole period of its dispersion, and, perhaps
may ultimately induce:a considerable alteration in the re-
lative value of money generally compared with labour and
produce; but it should be borne in mind that no unusual
channel of consumption for iron has been developed, nor
are railway undertakings in a position to create any
heavy demand, while the agricultural interests, which
have hitherto been, and ever must be, the foundation and
suppc rt of all others, are unfortunately steadily declining.
.A relapse, therefore, into the distressing condition from
which we are scarcely yet securely extricated .may be
experienced, should we again fall into the error of over-
production."
The following from a report upon the London dried
fruit trade, is furnished by Messrs. Witherby and
Hanson:—
" The bulk of the currant crop having come in
unusually early this season, and more heavily at this
port than at the outports, the stock in London is con-
siderably larger that it was at this period of, last year.
The arrivals for the remainder of the season will be
comparatively light, both here and at the outports, whilst
if the clearances keep on a par with those of last season
they will amount to 5,000 tons for home consumption
between this and the end of August. We may, how-
et
ha
er , anden
.
tehvaetr,aexpporetcitonthaetfmeourre
sut,oilelkbewctlointuemteedketnhisfery
anent, from whecce we were shut out last year by poli-
tical events.
"A dullness has prevailed in the market throughout
the month, caused partly by a succession of public sales
of damaged fruit, some of which was sold at very low
prices. Fine Patras fruit is scarce and wanted. Island
Iruit is but little inquired for at present, excepting for
export, at prices which the importers will not accept.
On the whole the market is well supported, and a
favourable opinion is generallyentertained of the articles."
The Continental advices are favourable generally as
regards money matters, but Italy and the Brussels Con-
ference still excites some uneasiness.
There has been a very flat market for Public Secu-
rities, and the supply of money stock is still in excess of

al* demand, al, hough the buoyant condition of the Con-
tinental markets might be expected to strengthen values
hero. It is, however, no doubt as stated, viz, tha:
better employment for surplus ca,h is at present to be
l'ound in trade, and in foreign shares, Szo. Consols have
'w en 93, and since 92i for Transfer, and 924, to 93 for
Account. The New Threc-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been quoted 93,i to 94, and tho Three per Cents.
92,:: to 93. Bank Stock is firm at 194 to 196, and East
India Stock at 243 to 246. Exchequer-bills have been
425. to 455. prem , and India Bonds 575. to 593. premium.
'The Foreign Securities have been very quiet, but are
firm generally. Venezuela have risen from 25 to 26;
Equador are 3/1; Grenada 17; Chilian Three per Cents.
have been q:i ted 55 to 56, and Brazilian 84; Mexican
Stock is worth 26 to 26i, and Peruvian, 49k; Spanish
Three per Cents. are nominally 294 to and Portuguese
Four per Cents. 25 to 26. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been at 504'-, and Russian Bonds at 1081.
Railway Shares are again firm, and there is an im-
provement in the value of some of the lines. The
Fretlch Shares arc still buoyant.

ONE cLOSUNG
to Fs ,IF !inITIStI i'UNDi O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 ,e,- Cent. Reduced Arms ...... 92% 93 923/ 92% 92%
3 oer Cent. Consols Annuities 93 92% 92% 92%
New 3;4 per Cent. Aims—
-14 ,ng Anus. to expire J an. 1860
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 834 83/4
India Stack 243 246 246
India Bonds, 1,0004
C.msols for Account 92% 93 9234 92% 92%
_xci:e(mer Bills. 2%d. & 2d.
1,0001. June 45 42 p
Small. June
Ditto Advertised, June 36 38 35 38 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE
Brazilian Bonds ........................ O'CLICK.
84
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent , —.
Ditto 3 Der Cent ................... 56 55
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent...
Ditto, 5 per cent. Scrip, 1849.. 6% 67% p 8 p
Equador Bonds ..................... 31% 3%
s.oxican, 5 per Cent. 1846......... 26A14 2634
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents...... 49% 491/2
Portuguese 5 per Cents. ............
Ditto, 4 per Cent ................... 2534
nussian Bonds ... ......... 109% 108%
,oanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ........ 173/4
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent... 25 26 27
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent ...... —82 f. 50c.
Exchange -25 f. 25c.
I;utch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 5014 50%
Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 80%%
80%
PRICES OF
BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
PAID' AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
i?l,,terrdLeNvenAY SHARES.
Do. Preference
Binning, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 ..... ... . .
Boston, Stamfil & Birm. 5 ... .. 5 5% ............
Bristol and Exeter 9O ...... 67 .............. o.
Ditto, Thirds .. 27% 191,4.. ............ 19%
Nuckinglianishire ... 161. 4s.
... 2% dis
Caledonian ....
Ditto. Quarter Shares 11% 5 .... ........... 5
Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 ... •• 11%14. ...... , 11%,
nester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 ...... 1334 ............... 133%
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D 25 ...... .............. 334
Do., 3/. 10s.
~... 2% ......... ...... 2%
Eastern Counties 2O ...... 103/4%% lO%
East Lincolnshire ...... 25 . 27%;% ...
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. 17 •••
t;rent Northern
Do., %B 6 per Cent... 6%...... 5%
:rent South. and West.
( Ireland)
Great Western 100
Ditto, q Shares
Ditto, New 171 l5 ... .. 14 ---

42 p
44p

38 P

CLOSIACI
riticEs
84

15',
5 ;g

1014
5%

34
100
211,4

Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ......
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, 1/2 Shares ...... 46 ...
Do. Quarter Shares... 17% —
Do. Fifth5... ... 10
Do. Thirds 9
Do. (W. Riding Union) 8 .. ... 4% .. .. 43,i
Leeds and Bradford 5O lO4 ..,.......... 104
London & Blackwall...l3/. 65.8 d 5 lAt% 5%
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O ..... 3514 %
Do. Pref.'s per cent.... 50 .... 50
London and N. Western 100 l4l 142..
1.0u,1. & f.. Western
Do. New Ulf. ... ..... 421,4.. .. .. ... 31'Ae
Ditto. Thirds.. ..—... 15 -
Do.. New Scrip, 1848,
Pref. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls 5
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...100
Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10
Midland ..100
Do., do., 50/. Shares .. 25 ... .. 18% ... ......
Do. Consul. Bristol and
Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ..,...
Norfolk ..... 100 - 47%
\ orth British ........ ... 25
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Thirds ...... .. 814 ..
North Stafibrdshire
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate 12% 1314 ...........,.
Shrewsbury and Binu... 10 ......
"—Ditto ditto. Class B. 6
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ...... 9% ..„
Silropshire Union
S,uth Devon 5O ...... .... ..... ...
Do. Preference -
•••• •• •• ••••
South Eastnrn
..... ....
Do., Scrip No 4
South Wales ... .. 33
8 nath Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole 6
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50
Do. do. do. ... 25
Do. do. do. ... 1N..... 17% .....
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. ...... ......... 25 ..... 28 27% ...
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... 2714 1..........
Do. Eztensios4 No. 1. 20
Do. do. No. 2. (N 803) 20 . 21 ....... ......
Do. G.N.E.Preterence 8 ..... 8%
Yolk and North Midland 50 ......
!IV% Preference
) . East and West Rid-
ing Extension ...... 25 . ... 2634
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 18
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 9%;
Northern of France l2
Orleans and Bordeaux... 7
l'aris and Orleans ...... 20
Paris and Rouen ...
l'aris and Strasbourg ... 9
I?Juen and llavre
Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 5
.... .........
Tours and Nantes 9 ..... 2%
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock lO
•••I
London & Westminster. 20

1114

10%

1314

101
25A,
7%
19

27%
27%

211/4
81/4
101/4
26%

123%
93/4
10 t/2
3%
34

2114
41/4
1334
51/g
2:r4

144
24

LLOYD'S SHIPPINNsNN..G.I,:v,fu.r.I---,rnoofisssteitteitTiedn. IS DAY.)
WIND AND WEATHER THIS MORNING, AT 9 A.M.
Gosport
Glasgow
Gloucester
Hull
Leith
Lowesteffe N.E., cloudy.
Liverpool
Newcastle
Portsmouth
Southampton N.W., fine.
Yarmouth N• E., rain.
LONDON, FEB. 24.—Wind N.N.W., moderato breeze
and dull cloudy weather.
DEAL, FEB. 24.—Wind S.W. to N.N.E.—Arrd. Blue
Bull, Wilson. Algoa Bay, and sailed for London. Arrd.
from the River, 25th, Victor, Kerkus, Hobart Town ;
Lalla Rookb, Henderson, Port Natal ; Superior, Jen-
kins, Demerara; Ellen, Pettingall, Trinidad. Sld. 24th,
Florentia, Adelaide, South:Austialia ; Seringapatam,
Nladras; Royal Shepherdess; Aden, Samarang, Cape of
Good Hope; Julia, ditto; Leopard, Buenos Ayres; Leo,
St. Thomas's. Put back, 25th, all the outward bound
that weighed yesterday except the Florentia, Tindal,
Adelaide, South Australia ; Julia, Le Croix, Cape of
Good Hope.
LivEitraoL, FEB. 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Janet
Boyd, Hutchinson, Bahia, sailed Dec. 30; Leodes, Rob-
bins, New Orleans; Yeoman, Purdon, Savannah; Emma
Watts, Watts, :ditto ; Sarah Purrington, Purrington,
Charleston; Ariel, Jackson, Marseilles. 25. Parker,
Itesien, Demerara; 11. H. Boody, Alexander, Mobile.
24. Sid. Lucy, Bombay; Inverna, Valparaiso; Columbia,
New York; Cala Brander, ditto; America, steamer,
Boston. 25. La Belle, Ceylon; Science, Avica; Jane
Erskine, Lima; Lancashire Witch, Buenos Ayres; Lady
Sale',i Santa Martha; General Mina, Havannah; Susan
Lord, New Orleans; Equity, ditto; Enterprise, Staten
Island; Belmont, Philadelphia; Elsinore, New York,
William Spragno, ditto; Patrick Henry, ditto; Java,
ditto; Avon, Boston; Anglo American, ditto; Herbert,
ditto ; William Carson, St. John's, New Brunswick;
Ocean Queen, llalifax, Nova Scotia.
SHIELDS, FEE. W.—Sld. Don, civtba.
gents and North America; Elliotts, Gibraltar and Que-
bec; Eagle, Lisbon and Qaebec.
SWANSEA, FEB. 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. 24th; Sir
Isaac Lyon Goldemid, Pitts' Cuba.
BRISTOL, FEB. 24.—Selina, Santa Martha; Alice
Brown, Trinidad; Bourbon, Jamaica; Gregorios, New
Orleans.

SHIELDS, FEB. 23.—The Chevy Chase steamier, ay.
riced here from Hamburgh, is leaky, and has :thrown
part of cargo overboard.
PETERHEAD, FEB. 24—Wind, N.W.--Sld. North of
Scotland, Greenland ; Hamilton Ross, Greenland.
YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, FEB. 25.—Wind W._
Sid. Iris, Algoa Bay ; Koophandel. Havannah.
GRIMSBY, FEB. 25.—The Coaster, from Ald:borough
to Middleborough, has put in here with damage", having
heel, in c,,ntaet with the Willing Maid of Scar borough,
off Holderness, 22d instant. The Jean Augi taten has
arrived here from Sunderland, with damage fr em con-
tact with a brig.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 25.—The Kopstad got on sl iore near
the eastern pier, and has sustained • con siderablo
deinag.—is being lightened.
WHITBY, FEB. 22.—The Comet, Flushing to north
Faro, was towed in here last night, with loss of xnast.
HAuwrcll, FEB. 25.—The Minx, Newcastle tte Cadiz,
was assisted in to-day, making a little water, has in been
On the Long Sand.
ABERDEEN, FEB. 24.—Several pieces of w reek, ap-
parently belonging to an American vessel of ale eut three
or four hundred tons, have been washed on Si tore near
this port.

LITERATURE.

JOHN JONES'S TALES FOR LITTLE
JOHN JONESES. By G. P.R. James. 2 Vole.
The indefatigable Mr. James has written two little
volumes on the history of England for the amusement
and instruction of youthful readers. Old John Jones
makes his appearance in the first chapter, surrounded
by a group of little grand-children, to whom he pro-
ceeds to relate a series of stories, which stories are
contained in these little volumes. They constitute
a full and particular, and very interesting history of
England from the invasion of the Romans to the
reign of Henry I. We presume that the re-
mainder of the history will appear at some future
period. Children are proverbially fond of stories,
and in these little books they will find an abun-
dance of stories{, some very marvellous, and all
true. Intermingled with these stories are descrip-
tions of, the manners and customs of our Saxon
ancestors. The two little volumes thus constituting
a very interesting history of England up to the
twelfth century,written in Mr. James's very agreeable
style.

LIVES OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALS.
By Dr. John Campbell. New Edition.
" Campbell's Lives of the Admirals is an admirable
book," writes Walter Scott to Lord Montague, on
the education of the Duke of Buccleuch, "and I would
advise your Lordship to redeem your pledge to
the Duke on some rainy day. You do not run the
risk from the perusal which my poor mother appre-
hended. She always alleged it sent her eldest son to
the nary, and did not see with indifference any of
her younger olive-branches engaged with Campbell ex-
cept myself, who stood in no danger of the cock-pit or
quarter-deck." This quotation from so good an au-
thority, is very appropriately prefixed to this new
edition of Dr. Campbell's popular work—a work
too well known, and too widely appreciated, to need
comment or commendation. This edition is illus-
trated by numerous portraits, fac-similes, and en-
gravings.

CELEBRATED TRIALS CONNECTED
WITH THE ARISTOCRACY. By Peter
Burke.
The aristocracy of England has, it seems, contri-
buted some most interesting chapters to the romance
of history, sad afforded many repeated verifications
of the proverb, " Truth is stranger than fiction."
The history of the aristocracy is just now a popular
theme in the literary world. We recently noticed " The
Romance of the Peerage," which work was imme-
diately followed by one of very similar character,
" Anecdotes of the Aristocracy ;" and both these
compilations, interesting as they are, are now eclipsed
by the superior interest of this elaborate production
—a - quarto volume of five hundred pages con-
taining the histories of thirty-three " Trials con-
nected with the Aristocracy in the relations of private
life." The first of these, is " the trial of Sir Edmond
Knevet, Knight, at Greenwich, for striking a person
within the King's Palace," in the year 1541 ; and the
last in this volume is the action for breach of
promise brought against Earl Ferrers by Miss Smith,
in 1846. In the list are also the trial of Courvoisier,
for the murder of Lord William Russell, and the Earl
of Cardigan's trial in the House of Peers. The
criminal law has always been a favourite study with
the editor of this volume, he tells us, and he considers
that this, his compilation, will be not only interesting
to the general reader, but useful to the law student, for
" the form and process of the trials are almost invari-
ably preserved, and in every place where practicable
the speeches of the counsel are given entire." This latter
feature the editor deems of much importrnce, since all
those conversant with courts of justice must feel and
acknowledge how essential it is to be able to rightly
state a case, especially where the object is the prose-
cution of a criminal offence. " The splendid specimens
of opening addresses contained in this collection,
are," he adds " a study in.; themselves, emanating, as
many of them do, from men of the finest intellect and
judgment and of immortal forensic reputation." Mr.
Burke is careful to exculpate himself from any suspi-
cion of wishing, by the publication of this book, to
depreciate the character of the British aristocracy.
On the contrary, he bears a cordial testimony to their
high character, and considers his volume, rather as a
a vindication of their virtuous conduct, seeing that in
three hundred years the trials in which they have
been implicated are so few, and in many of them the
aristocrats are complainants, not defendants—sinned
against, not sinning.

LETTERS OF EMINENT PERSONS TO

DAVID 1111.11 E.

These letters are taken from the papers bequeathed
by Hume's nephew to the Royal Society of Edin-
burgh, which papers were placed at the disposal of
Mr. Burton, in order to assist him in his life of Hume.
Having made the selections necessary for his purpose,
a number of documents still remained, " which,"
says Mr. Burton, " though they had no reference to
my own, might be serviceable to the literary pursuits
of others, and would afford pleasurable reading to
those who are curious in biography, and the familiar
correspondence of great men." Mr. Burton has
availed himself of the privilege accorded to him by
making these letters public ; for he considered it no
less than his duty " to render accessible, to those likely
to appreciate them, the intellectual treasures of so
curious and valuable a collection. The lover
of literary history," he goes on, " will require
only to glance over the list of names under
which the several letters are grouped to estimate
the character of their contents. A very few addi-
tions would make the catalogue embrace all that was
intellectually great in our own country and France
during the twenty years which begin with the middle
of the eighteenth century." Among these correspon-
dents are Horace Walpole, Helvetius, Bishop
Douglas,:Lord Lyttleton, Mirabeau (the elder), Lady
Hervey, Allan Ramsay (the painter), Colonel Barre,
Sir Gilbert Elliot, Sir James Macdonald, Sir Alex
ander Dick, Lord Hardwick, and many others. The
French correspondents are Turgot, D'Alembert and
Mdlle. de L'Espinasse, Malesherbes, Madame de
Bouffiers, Diderot, Buffon, Crebillon (the younger),
&c. &c. As affording specimens of elegant epistolary
styles, French and English, this work would be
valuable, even independent of the interest attached to
the distinguished characters whose letters it contains.

FAIRY TALES FROM ALL NATIONS.
By A. R. Montalba,lwith Twenty-four Illustrations.
By Richard Doyle.
Here is a treasury of delight for youthful readers.
Mr. Montalba has collected out of a " hundred vo-
lumes of the fairy lore of all nations twenty-nine
fairy tales never before (as he believes) translated
into English." Mr. Richard Doyle has illustrated
the marvellous incidents of these tales in his own
admirable way, and, finally, Messrs. Chapman and
Hall have published this collection in a thick hand-
some volume, as attractive as good paper and clear
typography can make it, bound, moreover, in an
enamelled cover of palest rose colour. " The time
has been, but happily exists no longer," says Mr.
Montalba in his preface, " when it would have been
necessary to offer an apology for such a book as this.
In those days it was not held that
Beauty is its own excuse for being;'
on the contrary, a spurious utilitarianism reigned
supreme in literature, and fancy and imagination were
told to fold their wings, and travel only in the dustypaths of life." Happily, indeed, that:tune is over, if
that time ever was when fairy tales were universally
condemned. Fairy tales, which are almost invariably
the favourite reading of children—and even of
" children of larger growth "—are in general only
allegories of life. They inculcate lessons of
virtue and perseverance ; for in fairy tales,
as in the world, if people only would believe it, the
right side always triumphs eventually. Among the
tales in this collection are those of " Siva and Mad-
hava," from the Sanscrit ; " The Prince of the Glow-
worms," from the German ; " The Dragon-Giant,"
from the Russian; " Fortune's Favourite," from the
Hungarian ; " Magic under Difficulties," from the
Ita;ian, &c. &c. One of the shortest tales is " Per-
severe and Prosper," from the Arabic, the moral of
which can never be too often repeated—" He who
earnestly wills can do much."

THE ORIENTAL INTERPRETER, AND
TREASURY OF EAST INDIA KNOW.
LEDGE. By J. H. Stocqueler, Author of the
" Hand-Book of India."
The " Oriental Interpreter" is one of the most
valuable books of its kind that have recently appeared.
It is a dictionary of Eastern expressions in general
use in this country. " It has been suggested," says
the compiler, " by the almost universal ignorance of
Oriental terms, phrases, expressions, and places.
Every fortnight," he proceeds, " brings a mail from
India, and the intelligence it imparts is fraught with
words which perplex the multitude. The dispatches
from India—the conversation of Orientalists—the
speeches in Parliament, turning upon Eastern affairs
—the Oriental novels, travels, and statistical works—
likewise abound with terms caviare to the general."
This ignorance will be speedily put an
end to by the diffusion of Mr. Stocque-
ler's excellent work. It is invaluable as a
book of reference to the general reader. Every Ori-
ental name, place, or expression likely to puzzle his
inexperience is to be found at a moment's notice on
reference to this dictionary, which is, of course, al-
phabetically arranged. As a sample of the manner
in which the necessary explanations are given, we
quote a column almost at random :
" PUN, Iliudestanee. A handful of cowries, equiva-
lent to tweLty gundas. Five puss, or 400 cowries, con-
stitute one anna, the sixteenth part of a rupee.
"PUNAII-BE-KHODAH ! Persian. • Alay Heaven
protect us!'
" PUNCHAIT, or PUNCHAYET, five assembled.
An assembly or jury of five persons to whom. a cause is
referred for investigation and decision. An ancient
Hindoo establishment.
" PUNDIT, a learned Brahmun.
" PUNGANOOR, a fortified town in India, in the

province of Baleghat, situated about fifty miles north-
west trans Veilore, in Lat. 13 deg. 21 min. N., Long. 78
deg 3 mio. E. I is tin, re-,iclence of a Polygar, gene-
rally styled the Perig,noor Rajah, who holds the town
arid a Lms.ll adoining district under tribute to the
British.
"PUNJAB. See LAHORE.
" PUNJAB, land in India that cannot be easily
watered by artificial means, depending chiefly on the
falling rains for irrigation, and, therefore, unfit for the
cultivation of rice.
"PUNKAH, a fan. The heat of the climate of India
renders the constant use of a fan so indispensable, that
in European houses there is usually a permanent one
fixed iu all the principal apartments, and kept in motion
by one of the bearers of the establishment. This de-
scription of punkah is formed of a thin kind of canvass
stretched over an oblong frame work of from six to ten
feet in length, and three feet in wilth, and suspended
from the ceiling of the room to within four feet of the
table. A rope attached to the centre of the punkah,
and carried high above the heads of the occupants of the
apartment, passes through an aperture in the wall, out-
side of which the servant sits and pulls the punkah. The
agitation of the machine keeps the room, which would
otherwise, at times, be insupportable, pleasantly cool.
a,lany persons take much pride in their punkahs, deco•
rating them with gold mouldings and ornaments, or
painting them in distemper to correspond with the walls,
and finishing them with a fluted linen fringe. The hand
punkahs, which are of various dimensions, are formed of
the leaf of the cocoa nut tree (see T&LIPOT), or of kuss-
kuss, silk, or talc, but the latter are more for ornament,
on occasion of bridal processions, nautches, &c., than for
any useful purpose.
" PURANAS, 'Endo° mythological poems."
Persons travelling to India will find abundance of
valuable information in the appendix to the dictionary,
which contains, moreover, an Indian Gazetteer.

THE COMPLIMENTS of. the SEASON ; or
How to give an Evening Party. By Piers Shafton.
A near namesake of Sir Walter Scott's "exqui-
site," Sir Piercy Shafton—Sir Piercy Shafton whose
refined phraseology, it will be remembered, on one
occasion nearly cost him his life, when disguised as a
milkwoman he answered to the interrogatories of his
pursuers, " lam she, oh most bucolic juvenile, to
whose care are entrusted the milky mothers of the
herd "—a near namesake of this superfine gentle-
man has published a little volume, gorgeously attired
in ultra-marine and gold, with the following dedica-
tion :—" To all ladies who are about to give evening
parties, the author with the most friendly regard for
their serenity of mind and their husbands' pockets,
begs most respectfully to offer `the compliments of
the season.'" As example is better than precept,
Mr. Piers Shafton, instead of penning a
treatise on the art of giving parties, has
related a chapter in the history of Mrs. Traverse
Higgs which answers the purpose admiraby. Mrs.
Traverse Higgs has been wedded twice twelve
months, and like Mrs. Gilpin, "she no holiday has
seen." In an auspicious moment she obtains from
Mr. Higgs a reluctant permission to invite " a few
friends, an expression understood literally by Mr.
and most figuratively by Mrs. Higgs. The prepara-
tions fur the party are admirably detailed. Up to
this moment Mr. and Mrs. Higgs have been a miracle
of conjugal felicity ; now, however, the scene changes.
The house is thrown into confusion, every room ren-
dered uninhabitable, only chops (Mr. Higgs' abomi-
nation) for dinner, but Mr. Iliggs is of a peaceable
disposition ; he sees his wife become more haggard
and careworn from day to day, and at last begins to
sympathise with her.
" Well, my dear, as the thing must now come off, the
sooner it does the better."
" I shall be heartily glad when it is over; for I am
sure the labour and anxiety—and you men know nothing
at all about it—is really killing me."
" I really don't see," meekly suggested Mr Higgs,
" why all this fuss should be made about a few people."
" A few people! Why, Mr. Traverse Higgs, you can-
not be aware that I have issued cards of invitation to
one hundred and seventy odd."
The eventful evening arrives ; all Mrs. Higgs's meri-
torious exertions are successful. She surveys her
drawing-rooms with pride—rooms barely capable
of accommodating about one quarter of the
expected guests. But what cannot determina-
tion accomplish ? " The sashes having been
removed from the windows, and the balcony covered
over and carpeted, and the doors taken away, their
capacity seemed doubly magnified, and the effect was
on the whole very pretty, while, as if Aladdin had
been called in as architect, a magical addition ap-
peared in the form of a third room, which was formed
over a water-tank, the entrance being through the
back drawing-room window." Ingenious Mrs.
Higgs ! We pass over the events of the evening,
which, if our readers are curious to learn, they will
find admirably set forth by Mr. Shafton. Among
other contretemps, they will see how the speech, in
which Mr. Higgs had proposed beforehand to return
thanks after supper, was rendered inappropriate
by the extraordinary compliment of the gentleman
who proposed his health. The camphine lamps
having, as is too often their custom, rained down a
sooty shower during supper time, a witty individual,
anxious to show off his abilities, proposed the health
of their host, as a man who, "following the bright
footsteps of those illustrious pioneers that had gone
before him—the Wilberforces, Buxtons, and Clark-
sons—had taken upon himself the lofty attributes, and
richly earned the designation of the _Emancipator of
the Blacks!" One scene, however, we must quote
for the benefit of those who may not meet with Mr.
Piers Shafton. (We have omitted to state that
among the guests is one who, from his extraordinary
size, is known by the appellation of the "Elephant.")
" The rooms became oppressively hot, and some of the
young ladies relieved the monotony of the amusement
with a fainting fit or two, of the genuineness of which
there was no suspicion. All at once it was suggested
that the coolest spot in the house was, in point of fact,
out of the house—in the temporary room, or tent, which
had been constructed over the water- tank.
" This agreeable discovery having been made, a rush
of guests immediately invaded the spot, the Elephant,'
gallopading with a plump dame, leading the way.
Nothing could be more agreeble—the canvass walls per-
mitted the fresh air to penetrate them, and the cool feel
of the leaden floor under the carpet was pronounced
quite refreshing.' At this propitious moment a fancy
seized the Elephant that it would be a most eligible spot
fora Scotch reel. Accordingly with his plump partner,
and a gaunt looking gentleman in the Highland dress,
one was commenced, the band playing Over the water
to Charlie' with great spirit. The air was lively, and
the dance proceeded with uncommon animation; as many
of the guests that could cram into the temporary erec-
tion did do so, and formed a ring round the dancers.
The Elephant was ardently enjoying himself, and not
content with jumping incredibly high (for a gentleman
of his many stones weight), and making a most vigorous
stamp on the leaden floor (which in honest truth was the
roof of the water-tank), he insisted on giving what he
pronounced to be the true Highland fling.' Hardly
was this tour de force accomplished before there was
observed by the startled guests a gradual but perceptible
sinking towards the middle of the floor, which was suc-
ceeded by the Elephant and his two associates in the
red being thrown in a heap together in the centre, and
in another moment there was an awful splash, followed
by a more awful shriek, and the Elephant and a part of
the gucsts disappeared as through a trap door, and a
deluge of water occupied their place! The chandelier
from the roof shook

Like guilty things upon a fearful summons ;'
the carpet was sucked in by the intruding element, the
canvass walls all at once gave way, and the glasses and
wreaths of flowers which ornamented them tumbled to
gctber, and fell in a common ruin;
Then rose from floor to roof the wild farewell;'
then there was a shouting of the gentlemen, screaming of
the ladies, till the head of the Elephant re-appeared
above the water chaunting in dismal tones—
' By the sad sea waves.'
" With much difficulty he and the rest of the involun-
tary bathers were extricated from their perilous position,
and after the tank had been well dragged it was found
no lives were lost. This was declared to be a damper,'
and the party broke up, the Elephant with his teeth
chattering, making a most heartrending attempt at a joke
about the party going off swimmingly, and suggesting to
their scared hostess not to forget, at her next party, to
send cards to the Humane Society men, with particular
directions to bring with them their drags and life boat."

Such is the reward of all Mrs. Iliggs's ingenuity !
Nevertheless, the moral of the tale is sufficiently in-
structive. The little volume is embellished with more
than a dozen illustrations, sonic very effective and
some exquisitely ludicrous.

ASTLEY'S A MPIIITHEATRE.--111r. Batty determined
not to be outdone in catering for the amusement of the
public, has entered into an engagement with the cele-
brated young American equestrian Master Hernandez,
whom we are given to understand is the most graceful
equestrian in the world, and whose fame has extended
over the whole American continent, where he has been
hailed with enthusiasm wherever he has appeared. The
engagement is made for a limited number of nights. We
cannot, therefore, do better than recommend our readers
to der,s
to pay a visit to this popular place of amusement
on
judge for themselves. He makes his first appearance
Monday next.
DUBLIN, FEB. 24.—The Sarah, of Inverness, for
Dumfries, was run into last night by the Syren, of this
port; the former sunk, but has been raised, and will
discharge.
Y
Quisisli, BY TODER3IO%, FEB. 22.—The stern of a
some logs and deals, and
vessel, marked " Cleopatra.
a piece of board marked hare been washed on
shore on the Island of Mull.
ROYAL ARTILLERY. —IV OLWICII, FEB,
Major Griffin's company left Woolwich this morning to
proceed by sca to Leith Port to relieve the company at
that station, the latter being ordered to head-quarters.
Captain Fitzniaytr's company lea" Woolwich on
Wednesday for Dublin, to relieve a company at that sta-
tion under orders to return to head-quarters.
WAR MEDAL. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry
Bayly, K.H., of Lyme
Rehvis, has received his medal
with five clasps, for the following battles; —Corunna,
Puente d'Honoro, Salamanca, Vittoria, and the Pyrenees,
iu the last of which he lost his left arm.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel enter-
tained the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount and Viscountess
Hardinge and the Hon. Miss Hardinge, Lord and Lady
Ashburton, the Right Hon. Sir James and Lady Gra-
ham, Sir Henry Lytton and Lady 13ulwer, M. Guizot,
&c., to dinner on Saturday.