The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-31 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1849.

•.Mrs. Balls, the mother of the prisoner, who was be-
tween 50 and 60 years of age ; that Balls went out
;after him, and accused him of committing adultery
with his mother: that he than dragged him into the
house and knocked him down by a tremendous blow
with his fist. That he was then struck by B ills with
a poker on the head, and was robbed of all his money.
He cried out "Murder" as loud as he was able, and
some policemen came to the door of the house, when
Balls locked the prosecutor into the back room and
went to answer the door, during which time the pro-
secutor jumped out of the window and went to a
doctor's house to have his head bandaged, which was
very much cut, and bled profusely. The other pri-
soner, Jones, was present during a part of the time.
After much evidence had been gone into, Mr.
INGUAM, the magistrate, said that a jury must decide
on the case ; he should, therefore, commit Bills fur
trial. There did not seem to be any evidence against
Jones, who must, consequently, be discharged.

PROTECTIONIST MOVEMENT.
(From the Hull Advertiser.)
As Free-traders, we begin to be terribly alarmed
for the permanence of the free trade system. Pock-
lington has risen in bucolic fury—Driffield has
assumed an attitude perilous to Cobden, Peel, and
Parliament—and mutterings of rural disaffection
have been heard in the neighbourhood of Snaith.
With such mighty marts of industry and emporiums
of commerce as Driffield and Pocklington against us,
what comfort can we derive from having Hull, Leeds,
Bradford, Halifax, and Wakefield in our favour ? In
Pocklington the Hon. and Gallant Member for Thet-
ford, Captain Duncombe, has raised his standard, and
formidable is the array of rosy-faced full-fed farmers,
whom Mr. Harrison, of that Ilk, has assisted in rang-
ing under his banner. The justindignation of the lion.
and Gallant Captain was greatly roused by an observa-
tion made by Mr. Currency Muntz, at a recent meeting
in Birmingham—namely, that the Birmingham people
thought nothing of eating up a farmer every night for
supper. Captain Duncombe has no notion of sub-
mitting to such freaks on the part of the one eyed
Polyphemus of free trade ; and sooner than allow any
of his corpulent and appetite-whetting audience to be
so devoured by the men of Birmingham, he declared
he would have a fight for it, whereat all the fat
farmers cheered most lustily. Lord Hotham is re-
ported to have been present at the Pocklington meet-
ing, but it is not reported that he took any part in
it. His Lordship is, of course, reserving himself
for the great demonstration which is fixed to take
place at Beverley, and where we . expect to hear
Mr. Henry Broadley and himself propose the ex-
periment of a reduction of 25 per cent. on their
rents. If a meeting of farmers he held at Beverley,
we trust those of the middle division of Holderness
will not forget the East Riding magisterial job of
a lock up at Sproatley, and the removal of the
petty sessions from Heddon, so vainly protested
against by the tenant-farmers on several resent occa-
sions. One of Colonel Thompson's favourite remedies
for curing a famishing horse was to try him with
corn ; and our remedy for distressed tenant-farmers
is to try what loss er rents would do for them. We
feel'assured that not one of them will object to the
experiment being made upon him. This the land-
lords can accomplish without going to Parliament, or
without troubling their heads as to what Ministry
are in office. It would not be necessary to do this
for a very long period. With the great improvement
of the country consequent upon the development of
free-trade principles, rents will eventually rise ; for
we are strongly of opinion that agricultural prices
are now at the lowest, and that their tendency hence-
forth will be upwards. But the Honourable and
Gallant Member for Thetford did not con-
fine himself to the dangers to which farmers
are exposed from the jaws of the men of Bir-
mingham. He referred to the condition of the
poor needlewomen of London, and gravely assured
his audience, on the faith of an agricultural Member
of Parliament, that their starvation was one of the
effects of free trade! Can any one doubt that Ten-
terdon Steeple is the cause of the Goodwin Sands
after thin? The profession of arms is a sufficient
excuse for a superficial acquaintance with facts well
known to those engaged in peaceful avocations; but
gentlemen not remarkable for the profundity of their
erudition have been known to read Punch, and poor
Hood's heart-touching " Song of the Shirt," com-
posed ere the sliding-scale was erased from the
statute book, made its first appearance in that re-
pertory of wit, fun, and pungent satire. There has
been no reduction of the miserable wages of needle
women since the repeal of the corn-laws, and the poor
creatures would indeed stare if, with such wages,
they were asked if it would improve their condition
to double the price of their bread. But the Honourable
Captain Duncombe evidently knows nothing about
these things. He may be willing enough to fight
for Protection, but he will never trouble the House
of Commons much by advocating it after a more
rational fashion. Borne away by the impetuous
current of Captain Duncombe's oratory, at Pockling-
ton, we are forgetting the not less threatening
exhibition at Driffield, at which we bad the good
fortune yesterday to be present. The chair was
taken by Edward H. Reynard, Esq., of Sunder-
landwick, and it is a pleasure for us to have to
add that he filled it' as became a high-minded
English gentleman. His language was moderate,
his department manly and impartial, and his
whole bearing that of a man who felt that he
had a character to lose, and that if sent, at
some future day to Parliament, it would not
do in the face of that 'high assembly to be
taxed with having made foolish .'speeches for
the purpose of gulling Yorkshire farmers. He
was followed by the Rev. John Blanchard, of
Middleton, who modestly stated that he was not
a practical agriculturist, and whose fine plump
appearance indicated that he was more in the habit of
consuming fat poultry than in hatching then for the
Driffield market. His part consisted in merely read-
ing the proposed petition—for it had been prudently
provided not to trouble the meeting with resolutions.
At this stage of the meeting an unexpected auxiliary
made his appearance, in the person of Mr. Clarke, the
ex-Mayor's (Mr. John Lee Smith) Hull Commis-
sioner, who was formerly in the office of Messrs.
Brownlow and Pearson, of this town. The farmers,
kind, simple, credulous souls, knew nothing about
him ; but they were manifestly enraptured with the
solemnity with which he assured them that they were
to have back protection, and with the glibness with
which he revealed Cobden's, conspiracy with the Pope
to revolutionize England. He alluded mysteriously
to the singular circumstance of the proceedings at the
Chartist meeting held at Kennington common, on the
10th of April, having been known in
Paris two days previously to their having
happened in London—and hinted that he
smelt a rat somewhere. This was nearly too much
for the gravity of the farmers, and the chairman
looked as if he fancied the speaker was there to hum-
bug them. Mr. Henry Hill, of Sledinere, with blunt
honesty, attacked the Members for the Riding for not
being present, and read Mr. Henry Broadlev, M.P.,
one of the very best lessons we ever heard 'on the
duties of squirearchical and representative hospitality.
It does one good to hear a little of this plain speaking
at agricultural meetings. The other speeches were
not remarkable for any quality inviting criticism.
Mr. Harrison, of Pocklington, in a few observations,
defended the character and conduct of Lord Hotham;
and Mr. Harrison, of Driffield, went out of his way
ridiculously and intemperately to assail that of Mr.
Cobden. There was one slight interruption to the una-
nimity of the proceedings by the appearance on the
platform of one Free-trader from Hull; but as the
forte of that gentleman never consisted in public
speaking, and as he is, in fact, about the worst public
speaker in Yorkshire, the only thing remarkable about
his appearance was, that he was listened to so patiently.
A.s the speaker in question is the writer of this article,
such criticism will be regarded as perhaps too favour-
able. Bat he had no enthusiasm to contend against.
The farmers, of whom there were about 150 present—
the remainder of those present being shopkeepers of
Driffield and importations from Hull—were remark-
ably passive throughout. They appeared to feel as if
they were brought there merely to hold up their
hands. The fact is, that there were scores of farmers
at the meeting in Driffield yesterday, who would not
know that they are distressed if they were not told so
by the landlords, who are growing uneasy about
their rents. It is here where the shoe pinches. Many
of them have their property so encumbered that
they would find it difficult to follow the example of
the Rev. S. W. Hall, of Wolfreton House—James
Walker, Esq., of Sand Hutton—and Robert Craven,
Esq , of Hull, who have returned ten per cent. on the
rents due to them ; and therefore it is that they seek
to persuade,the farmers that the question is not one
of rent, but of protection. They virtually say to the
Farmers " We know you cannot pay your present
rents at present prices : let us unite together, and
we'll see whether we cannot compel Parliament to
make the commercial and manufacturing &ruses pay
them for you." This is the plain English of all the
mysterious j argon about protecting British industry.
The farmers will very soon begin to see it in this
light. As for the present Protectionist movement,
it is a foolish and ill-timed one. We will
tell the protectionists how it will end, although
we dislike playing the part of a prophet as much
as Mr. Reynard himself. It will fail out thus :
8.-fore Parliament has assembled one week
prices, which have now reached the lowest, will rise,
and the gentlemen charged with presenting protec-
tionist petitions will be ashamed to lay them on the
table, for fear of the ridicule attaching to the panic-
stricken agriculturists. A hundred excuses will he
made for the expression of intemperate opinions—
there will be peals of laughter from both sides of the
House of Commons—and the petitions will go the
way of those presented for paying off the national
debt, establishing moon-and-green-cheese companies,
and the like. Sensible country gentlemen will wisely
consider whether it would be well to provoke the ,

formation of a new Manchester League on the basis
laid down by Mr. Cobdt,n, and the conclusion at
which they will arrive is, that it is safest to remain
as they are. Mr. Ileynard, of Sunderlandwick, is
we feel confident, of that opinion. Peel's timely
surrender saved the country; and we are much
mistaken if the country gentlemen who are now
foolishly and insanely attempting to get up a protec-
tionist opposition to his policy do not live to admit as
much. A hundred meetings such as that held yes-
terday at Driffiell would not prove the least reaction
in favour of protection. On the contrary, they rather
demonstrate, by the languor of their proceedings and
by the class of persons taking part in them, that the
really influential farmers want to know a little more
about free trade before co:senting to part with it.
We observed at the DriffiAd meeting yesterday that.
the protectionist petition to Parliament was entrusted
to the care of Mr. Conyers, the Coroner for the
Riding, who appeared as if specially summoned to hold
an inquest upon the corn laws, whose rotting remains
were exhumed for the occasion. Now, the verdict of
a Driffiell jury will not reverse that of the Parliament
of this country. As the Times of yesterday well ob-
serves—" The agriculturists must not waste their
time on the defunct corn laws. They must leave
the dead to bury their dead,' and betake themselves
to some more lively and promising occupation."

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.
The frost which commenced on Wednesday last
continued, with the exception of a few hours whilst
the sun was shining, the whole of yesterday (Sunday),
and at six o'clock in the evening the thermometer at
the Royal Humane Society's receiving house stood
at 30 degrees, with a clear sky and every indicatien
of the frost lasting for some time. Towards the
evening the wind, which had been the previous day
N.N.W., chopped round to the N.E. and blew ex-
tremely cold. From noon until nearly four o'clock,
however, the sun shone most brilliantly, when the
mercury rose as high as 87 in Hyde-park, which
caused the edges of the ice in the various parks to
thaw rapidly, rendering it exceeding dangerous for
persons to go thereon. The Royal Humane Society,
therefore, adopted every precaution that was possible
to prevent accidents. Large printed bills, stuck
upon poles, were placed on the banks, which stated
that the ice was dangerous and thawing fast. An
extra number of men were sent into the parks, by
order cf Mr. Superintendent Williams, but notwith-
standing all that was done by the parties to prevent
the people from risking their lives, many thousands
ventured upon the frozen waters during the day,
and as will be seen from the subjoined official reports,
some nearly lost their lives by so doing.
ST. JAMES'S PARK.—About 2,000 skaters and
sliders ventured upon the ice in the inclosure of this
parke whilst the banks were literally crowded with
persons witnessing the sport. The ice was only an
inch ih thickness, and many parts were broken to
deter Feople from going on, but without success.
About twelve o'clock, whilst a number of sliders
were amusing themselves, a portion of the ice gave
way, when a person named George Castles fell
through into deep water; another person, named
Henry Blair, who was on the same slide, unable to
stop himself, also shot into the same hole ; and a third,
named George Wolf, fell in likewise. A cry for
assistance brought icemen Collins and Pavey to the
scene, and, with the aid of the sledges and hand-
ladders, the three parties were rescued, but nearly
exhausted. They were taken to the society's tent,
where stimulants were administered, and, having been
attended to by:Mr. M'Cann's assistant, they recovered.
About three in the afternoon, M. Sayer, the re-
nowned cook of the Reform Club, had a very narrow
escape of losing his life. He was leading a young
friend who had expressed a wish to walk on the ice,
when he fell through into sixteen feet of
water, opposite the Horse Guards. Finding that a
number of parties were approaching towards him, he
had the presence of mind to tell them to keep back,
and not to offer to assist him till the Humane So
ciety's men arrived. Had he not dose so, it is quite
probable that many more persons would have fallen
in, and his chance of recovery been rend:red thereby
more difficult. As it was, iceman Martin got him
out, and conveyed him to the tent, where he was met
by Mr. M‘Cann, of Parliament-street, surgeon to the
society, who immediately placed him in a hot bath,
and having been rubbed fur some time, he was put to
bed, when Mr. M`Cann administered a glass of whisky,
which he considers one of the best stimulants on such
occasions, After the lapse of a few hours, M. Soyer
was able to be removed to his own residence in a cab.
Shortly after the icemen had been ordered off the ice,
and everything appeared perfectly quiet, an accident
occurred, which caused a most painful excitement
amongst all who
,were within the inclosure. It
appears that Mr. Butler, of No. 8, Tneobald's-
road, Gray's inn lane, was in the act of crossing
the ice in the company of his wife, when they both
fell into eleven feet of water. The man tried to
pull his wife out and save himself, but the more he
tried the greater danger both were placed in by the
breaking of the ice around them. Iceman Thomas
Pavey immediately went to the spot with his breaker
ladder, but, in attempting to gat to the poor creatures
his foot slipped through the ladder, and he nearly fell
upon them. Pavey, another iceman, and Parsens,
deputy-superintendent, went to his aid, but so rotten
was the ice that as fast as it was touched it broke away,
and nothing but death looked the man and his wife in
the face. At length the iceinsn, at great peril, suc-
ceeded is rescuing both parties, but they were so
much exhausted that it was feared both were dead,
they having been in the water upwards of four
minutes. They were immediately removed to the
tent, placed in the hot bath, and afterwards put
to bed, and, under the skilful care of Mr. M.Cann,
they both recovered sufficiently to be removed to
their home in a cab. Whilst these parties were
being attended to, a cry was raised that a boy had
rallen through the ice, and had disappeared. The
icemen went to the spot pointed out, but no one could
be seen. The bubbling of the water, however, satis-
fied them that some person must be below. With
their machines they dragged the spot, but for five
minutes could not find any one. At length they got
hold of what appeared to be the lifeless body of a boy,
about fourteen years of age. Having been taken to
the society's tent, the warm bath and other means to
restore suspended animation were resorted to by the
medical gentleman, which happily proved successful;
and after two hours the boy was able to give his
name and address, which were William Egan, 9,
Angel court, King-street, St. James's. Mr. Charlier,
the secretary ; Mr. *Cann, the surgeon ; Mr. Wil-
liams, the superintendent; and all the deputy-super-
intendents, worked like common labourers during the
Tay, and had it not been for their exertions several
lives must have been lost.
THE SERPENTINE, HYDE PARIC..--•The average
thickness of the ice on thi► river was not mere thin
one inch, and at twelve o'clock at noon the ther-
mometer rose as high as thirty-seven degrees, render-
ing the occupation of sliding and skating very dan-
gerous. Mr. Williams, the superintendent, had long
ropes thrown across from shore to shore, whilst
breaker ladders and sledges were placed at convenient
distances. Owing to the advice given not inure than
300 persons ventured upon the river at any period,
and though several immersions took place, the parties
were not injured.
THE LONG WATER, KENSINGTON-GARDENS —The
Skating Club had their tent pitched yesterday, and,
including the members of the club, there were about
2,000 persons on the ice. . Not a single accident of
any importance took place during the day. The ics
here is much firmer than in the other parks.
THE ROUND POND.—The ice on this pond was
very thin, and about 1,200 persons ventured on. No
accidents occurred.

THE REGENT'S-PARK.—The thermometer at this
place varied from 33 deg. to 40 deg. during the day.
The ice upon the ornamental water was exceedingly
rotten. Boards indicating such were stuck up along
the banks ; notwithstanding, however, about 10,000
persons, of all grades and both sexes, ventured upon
the ice. At one time about fourteen lads and boys
broke through into seven feet of water. For some
time the deaths of several appeared inevitable, and a
cry of " Save, oh save them," echoed completely
across the park. Iceman Davis and Deputy• Supe-
rintendent Chitty, with the aid of lines and breaker
ladders, succeeded in rescuing the whole of the par-
ties immersed. Shortly afterwards, Mr. J. Walmsley,
of No. 3, Montagu-street, Montagu square, fell
through into seven feet of water, but was taken out
by iceman Davies. Mr. Richard Bastard, of Camden-
house, Camden Town, was walking over the ice in
company with a lady, when it broke, and both fell
into deep water. After being in the water some time,
they were rescued by the icemen, and removed to the
society's tent, where stimulants were administered,
and they recovoied so as to be able to be removed
home in a cab. Other accidents took place, but the
parties were speedily removed to the tent, and were
soon able to return home

TABLE CUTLERY.7-A very important improvement
in table cutlery has just been patented by Messrs. Bur
dekins nod Greening, of Sheffield. It is well known
that there exists two causes of c:mnplaint to which the
best ivory table knives are subject. The one, the blad s
becoming detach,d from the handles ; the other, the
cracking of the ivory handles, in consequence of their
being so reduced to make th, m balance. We (and no
doLb; most of our roaders) have had frequently to com-
plain of these defects, and we are glad to see that some-
thing has been introduced which completely remedies
these faults. The construction of the knives now pa-
tented is such that the blades cannot in the least byFome
separatest or detached from the h,n,flei; and in the ca,e
of knives a,:th silver ferut s, the latter are not liable to
bruise or came off; and a rrw mode of I:alanc:n renders
he !undies much stronger, and thereby h?s.; liable to
crack—cpialificatioos which must bring the patent into
gin rul favour.—Herald.

- The late Queen Dowager's stud has been removed
to Carlton Eloutte stariks, and will be exhibi4id on Fri-
day at Tatttnali's previous to being brought to the
hammer.

NA VA L INTELLIGENCE.
TUE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.
PORTSMOUTII, SUNDAY —By letters received from
Gibraltar, dated respectively the 14th and 18th inst.,
we are informed that the Hogue, 60, Captain Mac-
dougal ; the Arrogant, 46, Captain Fitzroy ; and the
Encounter, 14, Captain 41ordon (all screw-steam-
ships), have been in company, and have been steaming
against a heavy head sea and strong winds. The
performances of the three ships were highly satisfac-
tory. Under favourable circumstances the Hogue
steamed nearly eight knots; the Arrogant, nearly
nine; and the Encounter, 10. The !nest interesting
matter, however, which has occurred afloat for some
time is a trial between the Arrogant and the cele-
brated and much eulogised French screw-frigate Po-
rnone—a vessel that, in the [louse of Commons and in
print, has been held up in some sort of terror to
all " Bri ishers." She is, beyond yestion, the
first and best screw ship in the French
fleet, and having been seen by more than one officer
%shoal we have the honour of knowing at this port,
we are thus particular in giving a descr;ption of her
performances :--On the arrival of the Arrogant at
Gibraltar she was ordered to Mogadore, the Ponione
having started from that place with hostile intentions
the day before, and had 24 hours' start of the Arro•
gent. As the Governor of Gibraltar had received
intelligence that the Bedouin Arabs had threatened to
massacre all the Christians in Mogadore in the event of
the French firing upon the place, it was important
that the Arrogant should arrive soon enough to pro-
tect the place; the steam was, therefore, immediately
gut up, and the two ships arrived off the port about
the same time. The distance of the run was 330
miles. The Arrogant remained at Mogadore two
hours longer than the Pomone, having occasion to
communicate with the Consul, and the steam was let
down, but on starting Captain Fitzroy deemed it a
good opportunity to try his ship's speed under steam
against that of the Poinone, making due allowance for
difference of tonnage, &c., and accordingly the steam
was got up again.
The following shows the character of each vessel :
Arrogant. Pomone.
Armament (guns) 46 50
Horse power of engines... 360 ... 260
Complement of men ... 450 ... 390
Numberofdaysprovisions 140 ... 140
Number of days' water... 80 48
Stores sufficient for ... 12 months six months.
Coals stowed in bunker... 260 tons 360 tons.
Diameter of screw ... 15 teat. 14 ft. 6 in.
Engines made by ... Penn and Sons. Count Rosen.
The French ship had the start by two hours, and
it took the Arrogant six hours to come up with her.
The result was, that the latter arrived at Gibraltar
24 hours before the Porsone, having beaten her 26
hours in the run under steam alone, as there was no
wind. As a ship of war, the Arrogant is considered
greatly superior to the Poinone in her internal ar-
rangements as well as speed. The lower deck of the
Pomone is occupied with engines, boilers, and coal
bunkers, which are built up to the main deck ; the
crew have, therefore, to mess on the main deck, be
tween the guns, and are a great encumbrance upon
that deck. It does not appear that either the screw-
propeller, the engines, or the bailers of the Pomone
are low enough to be secure from damage by shot, as
both the aperture and the screw may be very plainly
seen.
The Hogue, Arrogant, and Encounter were under
orders to return to Lisbon to join the remainler of
the squadron (Prince Regent, 90, Captain Martin;
Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington ; Leander, 50, Captain
nacres ; Conflict, 12, Commander Drake, and
Scourge, 6, Commander the Hon, Lord F. H.
Kerr); but if Captain Martin had not then arrived,
the senior captain of the squadron (Captain Codring-
ton, C. 11.) was to take the command of the whale
and proceed on a general trial cruise.
Th, Contest, 12, Commander the Hen. J. W. S.
Spencer, was iospecteel yestenLy at Spithead by
Flag.-Captain Blackwood, of the Victory, for Fhe
Canninaeder-in,Chiel. She sailed al nut sunset for
Devenpert, to ship the mail for the coast of Africa. _
Tne Cormorant steam sloop, Commander Sohorn-
berg, arrived at Rio from this port on the 26th of
Oc. ober.
The Griffin brigantine, Lieutenant Thurburn, ar-
riv,4l at Rio from Bahia on the 26.1 of October, en
route to England, to be paid off.
The Hydra steam sloop, Commander Skipwith,
returned to Rio from a cruise on the 17th of October,
and having been relieved by the Cormorant, was
about sailing homeward to be paid if.
Wind, N.; fresh breezes and hazy weathor.

APPOINTMENT.
WOOLWICH, DEC. 29.—Assistant- Engineer James
Magnall to the Fi-g-ard flag ship at Weolwich.
Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., returned
to the Admiralty this evening from Berkeley
Castle. The Right Hon. Sir F. T. Baring, Bart.,
First Lord, and Admiral Dundas, C. 8., First Naval
Lord, will return in the early part of the first week
of the ensuing year to their official duties at the
Admiralty.
The Terrible steam•frigate, Captain Hope, C. 8.,
left Green Lithe at three o'clock, P.M., to-day fur
Devonport, and will call at Portsmouth on her way
round.
Tne Enterprise, Captain CoHinson, C. 8., and the
Investigator, Commander M`Clure, have a great
number of hands employed upon them to get them
ready for sea. Three gangs of convicts were em-
ployed to day in putting stores and a quantity of
coals on hoard the Enterprise, and as many men as
could find room to work were engaged in every part of
the vessel. In clearing out the ballast, amounting to
several tons of limestone, from the Arctic regions, seve-
ral pieces were round composed mostly of innumerable
shells and minute fishes and skeletons of sea animals
in a petrified state. Other portions of the limestone
contain perfect specimens of petrified moss and a few
petrefactions of the ground willow, the largest plant of
the Arctic regions, similar in appearance of the
branches to th stunted heath of the north of Scot-
land, only of a beautiful willow green colour, with a
willow-shaped leaf. Several of the officers of the
garrison have selected the best specimens of these
fragments of rocks from the Arctic regions, with the
intention of preserving them.
The Northumb-rland, 78-gun ship, was towed up
the river to-day from Standgate-creek, where she hat
been stationed on the quarantine service, and is to be
broken up at Dsptford. She was towel by the
Monkey and African steam vessels.
The Advice steam vessel, in charge of Master
Commander Pettey, went up to Deptford today, and
towed the Prometheus steam-vessel to Woolwich, to
have her boilers and engines put on hoard. The
master shipwright and ship wrights of Deptford Dock-
yard have turned out a very fine steam sloop of 200-
horse power, from a vessel some time ago considered
only fit to be broken up.
The Waterman steam-boat No. 1, brought down
130 male convicts yesterday from Millbank Peniten-
tiary, and put them on board the Bangalore hired
convict ship, at present moored opposite the Royal
Arsenal, under orders to proceed with convicts, au der
a guard of pensioners from Tilbury Fort, for Van
Diemen's Land.
Tart TIDES.-The usual rise of spring tides at
Woolwich is 18 to 19 feet, according to the direc-
tion and strength of the wind at the time. The as-
ticipated extraordinary high tides during the present
full moon did not take place, as the highe•t tide
during the week ending to-day was on Thursday last,
when it reached 18 feet 6 inches. The tide on Friday
m truing presented a singular phenomenon, it being
high water at shortly after 9 o'clock, A.M , instead of
11.45, A.M. It then fell one foot six inches, and
again commenced rising, and rose six inches previous
to 11.45, the time of high water, after which it ebbed
as usual. Considerable interest was excited to witness
its progress on Saturday, and notes were taken at
Woolwich of the mode and height to which it
rose. The first hour the tide rose five
feet three inches ; the next half-hour two feet seven
inches ; and the two last hours one inch each hour.
The next quarter of an hour the tide rose one inch,
and at a quarter-past 1 o'clock, P.M., began to turn,
having only attained a height of 17 feet 10 inches,
being eight inches less than on the previous Thurs-
day, although the wind was blowing very strong on
Saturday from the north west. the quarter which was
expected to produce a very high tide.
SUNDAY, DEC. 30.—her Serene Highness the
Duchess of Saxe-Weimar intended to have embarked
in the Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander
S. B. Cook, for Ostend yesterday, but in consequence
of the boisterous state of the weather the carriage and
eleven large packages belonging to her Serene High-
ness and the members of her suite, were sent to the
Bricklayers' arms station. Her Serene Highness the
Duchess of Saxe-Weimar will proceed to morrow
(Dec. 31) to Dover, by railway, and thence to Ostend.
The Jasper steam-vessel is now at Woolwich, the
officers and crew recently serving in her having been
transferred to the Fire Queen, for service on the
Holyhead station.
The tides to-day have only risen their usual height,
and the period has now passed when danger was to be
apprehended.

THE NEW NOVEL, " THE WILMINGTONS," by the
author of " Emilia Wyndham," and " Two Old Mena'
Tales," is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may
now be hid at all the libraries. Also, 2. Leonard Norman-
dale; or, The Three Brothers, by the lion. C. Stuart
Saville. 3. Passages in the Lire of Mrs. Margaret
Maitland, of Sunny Sid.. 4. Ernest Vane, by Alexan-
der Baillie Cochrane, M.P. 5. The Maid of Orleans, by
the author of " Whitefriars." 6. The Old World and
the New, by Mrs. Trollope. 7. Lady Lister Kaye's
British Homes and Foreign Wan,lerinv 8. R
ham; or, the Younger Br. th,T, second e,tition, 3 vols.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—Sir Charles Rowan
having resigned his place as one of the Commissioners
o the Metropolitan Police, Mr. Richard Mayne be-
comes Chief Commissioner in his room ; and Captain
William flay, the As.si:,tant-Commissicner, succeeds
to the-place of Coannis3ioner, rendered vacant by Sir
Charles Rowan's resignation.

TH.E COUNTRY MARKETS.
LIVERP:JOL, DFc. 29.—Prices to-dzy are unchanged•
s. d. s. d.l s. d. s ('•

Wheat, pPr 701 b - Barley, English, pr
English, old.. 6 4 to 6 6 imperial quarter 29 0 to3l °
_ _ _

Do. n.w .. 6 0— 6 3 Irish, Scotch, and
Irish, new .- 5 2 5 9 Marx,per6olb.. 3 0— 3 2,
Do., old .. "
5 8 5 10 Barley, Feeding.. 3 0 3
Manx, rod and wh. 5 9 6 0 Rye, par 4801 b .. 22 0 24 „
Dantsic, higlimixed 7 0— 7 4 Beans, English,pr
an 0
Do., mixed .. 6 6 7 0 imperial quartz' 34 0
_ _ .

Rostock .. 6 B—6 10 Irish and Scotch,
llaminir;ll and per 4801 b.. 30 0— 31 0
Lower Baltic .. 6 6 6 8 Foreign, duty pd. 25 3 —25 6
American, white 6 B—6 10 European, per im- 0
Spanish and Italb•n, pedal quarter.. 22 0 —33 0

, . .
red and white.. 6 0— 6 5 yeas, English, per
gt 0
Iltu,gari an and I imperial quartr 32 0-- 33 i
Mariaropoll .. 5 4 5 8 Foreign . .. 29 GI —3O ''
Odessa, Polish .. 5 8 6 01 ci Malt, English, per
tl
Do., common .. 5 2 5 6 imperial quartr 50 0 - • ,
1)0., hard.. .. 4 6 4 9I Do., Irish .. 40 0— 46
_.,"
Egyptian
._.:• .. 4 0— 4 41 1)o., brown .. 50 0 —S2 u

_ _ ..._.... _
Oats, per 451 b : Flour, English, pr
English, Scotch, 25010 31 0- 35
and Welsh .. 3 0- 3 extra flue.. 34 0 25
Irish, new, best Umted States, per
mewling 2 5-2 61 barrel .. 23 0- 26 °
Do., mid and inf. 2 34 - 2 s•Canatlian .. 23 0 - 24 o
Old 2 7 2 S'Oatmeal, English,
Indi tn corn, per I & Scotch,pr24olb 0-24 0
4801 b 28 6 -30 0i Irish, new .. 21 6 - 22
Do.Mcal, per 1961 b 14 0- 14 6! Do , old . . 'lO 0 21 0
ANctIEsTN:Rs DEc. 28 —A good steady demand has
been ..xpe, tem! 0 1 r fl 'or .nr• tighlot the pee-ent week,
and the lower descr,v tons of boast h,10,, which teero
prevlounly, id-rch tl pres,eo its value, being luny less
plentiful, 11 eve ruabz.-0 somewhat improved price.; all
other kinl s at the aline time meeting a better sal.. on
sully former terms. 04m. al was only in moderate
rega, st, but firmly maintained the currency of the pre-
ce-ing market day. The imp arts of oatmeal Iron
Irelund iu o Liverpool and Runcorn continue on d
liberal scale; or flour and oats they are likewise fair;
but scanty of other articles. With the exception of
about 14,000 barrels of flour from the United States,
there is nothing worthy of notice fresh in from abroad.
At our market this morning increasing firmness Iva!
apparent in the trade, and wheat must be noted Id to 2a
per 701 b dearer than on this day se'nnight. Flour was
generally held for rather more money; but except for
the lower qualities, we cannot raise our quotations. Oats
advanced Id per 451 b., and oatmeal was the turn higher.
WETHERBY, DEC. 27.—White wheat 16s 00 to 18s 03,
red ditto 14, 0 i to 15; 63; barley 23s to 255; beans
103 00 to 13- 00; oats, 80 to 100.
READING, DEC. 29.—Wheat, per quarter, 301 to 506;
barley, 25s to 285; oats, 16s to 20s ; beans, 301 to 33„,"
peas, 30s to 325. Fat hogs, 8s to 8s 3d; porkers, Os 3d to Ss 6d
per score. Poultry—Geese, each, 5s ed to 6s Od; fowls, per
couple, 3s Od to 31 60 ; ducks, per couple, 3s Od to 35 ;
butter, per lb, Is to is Id ; eggs, 10 to 12 for Is.
ABERDEEN, DEC. 23 —Grain—Oats I4s to 14s 3d, 401 b
ad
bushel; oats, new, 00s 00 to 00s; foreign oats, t Os Od to ON an
per qr.; barley, 18s to 00s Od, 521bs per bushel; bear, 18s to 009:
521bs per bushel ; wheat. 40s to 45s ; oatmeal, Ils 6d to 12.13,d
per boll ; flour, 33s to 00s per sack. Provisions—Beef,
6d to 8d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 6d to 7d ; veal, ditto, vu
to 7d ; pork, per lb, 4d to 6d ; lamb, per lb, Od to Od;
tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, lad to 1,0 d;
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 8d; hares, each, 06
to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 8d;
eggs, per doz, Is to 15 43 ; cheese, per cwt, ISt to 23s ; hens, Per
pair, 2s 6d to 3100 ; chickens, ditto, is 6d to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto!
Is 80 to 2s Cd ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, each, 44 6d,
to ssod; geese, ditto, 4s to 4s 6d; butter for exportation (prese!:,
cure), per cwt, 00s to 525; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen,Fd
to 70 ; 41b loaf, 63; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141b5,
3s 6d to Os Od; poik line, small, os 6d to Os Od; pork large'
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to 0,
.g•
Meal—Oatmeal, Os 00 to Is 3d; barley dust, 70 to Ba 4„,
peasemeal, Is 93 to Os Od; lids, 6d to 7d:; bearmeal, Is
to Os , flour, I s 80 to is 103 ; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley
flour, is Id to Os Od.
DALKEITI!, DEc. 27.—The relative weight per four bushy 1
of the three prices of wheat were IBst 41b, 17st 111 b, and 164
51b. Oats, list 10Ib, I.2st 41b, and lOst Illb Barley,
15st Sib, and 14st 51b. Peas and beans, 19st 01b, ISt
41b,
and I7st lilbs. 16st 41b,

Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
0 ,-
3tio Wheat ... ...... £2 1 0 £1 15 6 i',l 1
1793 Oats
94 , Barley
26 Peas and Beans 1 10 0 1 7 0 1 5

Average of wheat 3ss 2iel.
GLASGOW, DEC. 27.—At our market to-day the
numbers ware —ox, n, 584; sheep, 3,456. We had
•
s suprily of cattle at our m trket than last week
it- island g ul, and prices, particularly for anytbitl
prim higher. l'op price 50s, current 453 to 48!r
middling and itt,ertor from 32, to 40h per cwt, sinking
.h.• oil .1. Mostly all sold. The Supply of sheep wal
lar;er than last weak, and as it was tar more than equi3
to the d. mand, sales mere again exceedingly dull, nn
pri,es still d clining. Top price 5:1, current 4d to 4iu,
and downwards. At the close of the market a nulnoet
of lots turned out unsold.
Hum LY DEC. 27.—Owing to the stormy state of the
weather to day, we had fewer farmers in town, and 101 l
business dorm. Current prices as under, of grain d,se;
livered t ere. C-mmon oats, 401bs per-bushel, 12s vih
p,.r quai ter; bear, 521bs ditto, 18s ditto; meal. Per
boll ot 1401135, 10s 3d to lOs 6d.
DUBLIN, DKc. 28.—1 n consequence of the general
improvt me it in the Engl.sh market, an attempt W 0
made to day to establish some advance in prices here,
but it did not succee 1, and we have to repeat the qiintiv
tions of list market for all denotninations of grain'
White wheat, 19s to 235; red ditto, 18s Od to 224;
barley, 1 is 6d to 145 63; oats (old), 93 to 103 Od per hrL;
oatmeal, 103 to lls 6d; seconds fl.,ur, 12$ 6d to 164
per cwt ; Indian c,,rn, 26s to 30s per. '4Bolbs.
Co RK, Die. 28. Flour—First 12s 6d to 133 ; extra 145 ad ;
seconds, lls to 12s 6d ; households Os to lOs Od; thirds, 7s in 9
per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to lOs 6d; Indian nies.l7s to 7s 3d ; wheat'
meal. 103 to lOs 6d per cwt. Indian corn 127461 to 135 s Od per tols.
Bran 31 iOsto 3/ 12s 6.1 per ton. Hay—Farmers 32s to 375; averse/
345; dealers 36s to 40s Od; average 38s per ton. Sti aw—Farn3e,ri
16s Od to 30s Od ; average 24s ; dealers 34s Ott to 00s vu.
average 03 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6/6;
household loaf bd to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 84 to
91 per lb. Eggs -6s6dto 6s 8d per hundred. Coani":.
Newport 15s ; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; Best Neal
Cohishn 145 per
.ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per
Wk Itl
y, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. enl"
—Beef 3id to 5d ; mutton 4d to sd; veal 441
Od ; pork 3id to 4d ; bacon 7d to 3d ; sausages 5d r"
lb. Hops el Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 31 UPI'.
ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/ 5s ; Valonia 141 tool; Free
71 ss; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 1.05 to 12s per stoned
Hemp 321t000/ per tor. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to lgs ; re
ditto 24s to 26, per barrel ; Newfoundland 9 Os to 11/ r
ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton; deals, first quality, I's!
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 1:
salted 14s to 201 per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 20 per
Potatoes, white lid to Od; Minions lid to 12d • Gusii°"c
Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—AMMO'
199 per barrel. •

RA LWAY 1 11. C .1 M. RKETS

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29.
SToca Na c lANGH.—The share market was dull t
and little business doing. Prices are lower. The traesi
actions were as follow; Birkenhead, Lancashire, an
Cheshire, 2.1. Shares, 6 per cent. till 1850, 9N (118.-1,0.12
shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7% dia. —Ditto, 321. Shares, LL
dis. —London and North-Western, too, c.—Ditto I'4e and
Quarters, 3s. 9d. p.—Midland, 43—Ditto, Consol. (13.
D.), 22% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6%.
MANCHESTER, Dv). 29.
STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market continues in a most de:
pressed state, and the following was the only business traosd
acted to-day :—Clitheroe (No. 1), 514—Manchester 111)
Birmingham, (C ) Quarters, 15-16 p.
BIRMINGHAM, DEC. :9.
ft• 0
SI OCX E \CHANGE.— There wat no list of transac•-°.l
issued to-day; and, in all probability, there will be a generi
apathy in our share market for some days to come. Sc'uiTe
StatTordshires, which, a few days ago, were at VA dis., aC
now qu,ted at and 3t•:, dis

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEC. 29.
STOCK E XCIIAN OE. —The transactions to-day were I°
follow :--Newcastle and Carlisle, 86—Ditto, Quarters, 21 Ye
Shrewsbury and Chester (Oswestry), 10 dis.
GL &lOW, DEC. tB. so
STOCK EXCHANGE. The transactions to-day were ,
follow: Edinburgh and t4lasgow (Stirling Midland Jo%c
tion), guaranteed 5 per cent., 21.1j—Glasgow and GI eenoc
121/4 ittu, Halves, 61%.

- - - - -
The Admiralty have issued orders to all the doci4;,
ds, that in future tr.,. ve:-sels alongsido or in pros.&
mity to veb 21s that nre e-ppered shall be removed, 111
consequent of the galvanic action ikely to arise.
ni
[ApvERTISP,MENT.] - I.'ne wonderful efficacy
of
linllnviay's Pills and Ointment in Curing an aged person
he
Rheumatism.—Mr. John Pitt, of King-street, Dudley,„
has resided in that town for upwards of 65 years. with the ei'th
ception of ten years, when he served in her Majesty's 2.„,t
Regiment of Foot, began to suffer about four years ago 10,14
severely frostrheumat,sm, and at times was unable to sir
He was unttet arious doctors, and took every kind of reedicier
without deriving any benefit, and at last was effectually Oredo
by Holloway's Pills and Ointment, and be can now Ivallti.as
well as ever he could in his life.—Sold by all Druggist,' a"
Professor Holloway'. Establishment, 244, Strand, Lonslot.ste

BMWS.
On the 24th inst., at the vicarage, Brampford Spe-e, the
lady of the Rev. Birchaiu Houchan, of a son, who st'
vived only two days.
On the 2 th inst , at Thorp arch, Yorkshire, the wife if
Captain J. Eman, 41st Regiment, of a daughter.
On the 26th inst., at Warwick-square, Kensington, the
lady of Heathfield Tupper, Esq., of a son.
On the 2'th inst. at Green-lodge, Kentish-town, DO'
Browne of a t.,
at
On the 28th bast., at St. Mary'a-terrace, Park-place, 3.-r
ai
hill, the wile of J. S. Westmacott, Esq., of a daughter- wife
On the 28th inst., at Queen-square, Bloomsbury, the
of J. E. Grubbe, Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 27th inst., at Rock-ferry, Cheshire, WHAM the
mond, Eq., of Bootle, to Ellen Maria, only daughter oleo!
late Mujor Bertles, and niece of the late Major-Geri
Foord-Bowes.
On the 27th inst., at Sculthorpe Church, Norfolk, I, I of
Franks, E-q., of Woodhill, Herts, to Emily Florence, °OO,
daughter of the late Major-General Sir John Thomas I? of
Bart., K.C.8., and sister to Sir Willoughby Jones, Lis'"'
Craumer hall, Norfolk.
V'
On the 27th inst., at Kinlet Church, Shropshire, the 4 104
John Ryle Wood, canon of Worcester, to Harriet,
daughter of W L. Childe, Esq., of Kinlet.

DIED. A 3044
On the 23th inst., suddenly, of an apoplectic m't „erf
Turnbull, the lady of Dr. Turnbull, Manchester-square'
much re,:retted. c-ears
On the 29th inst., at Sundridgc-park, Bromlepi!'Bo
Ann, relict of the late t'ir Samuel Scott, Bart., in the
)ear of her age. *
a(
101
On the 21th inst., at Springfield-lodge, Great --16
Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq.
on the .26th inst., aged Sc, the wife of Gaorge
Ecq., of Brunswick- square, Brighton.
On the 26th inst, at Ring Lead, Northamptonshire,
Sttele, Esq., of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, aged 52;,, or
On the •tith inst., at Scarborough, T. Atkinson,J''sq"
tinily of Endsleigh,treet, rfavistock-square, aged 65' .000
On the 2ti h inst., at Brook-house, Tottenham, Su"
widow of the late N. Stonard, Esq.,aged 86.
on t!te 2 th ins'., at St. !I'lary's road, Peckharn, E
q,, 47b
I),Avid Frederick, th rd son of the late G. Harris'
CI-tinge-alley, London. timAelclt
On the 28th inst., aged 68, at Inglan's-lodge,
Sophia, the wife of J. J. Aus in, Esq.

Liindon: Printed and Published by MLIRDO YO a~~lij
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7',tr3nd. PreCiDC' quo!, r. ELIO

liddlesex, Monday, December 31, 11148.