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London, England, 1849-01-29

NO. XXV.-TIMBER INSPECTORS.

My Lords see no reason mafr,erially to alter the duties
wbich it was their intention, originally, to assign to these
officers, except as regards the timber accounts, which are
to be kept, as now, by the storekeeper.
The timber inspectors are to test, measure, and " re-
ceive" all timber, iu conjunction with the store receiver
neither being absolutely bound by the decision of the
other, and both empowered, in doubtful cases, to appeal
to the superintendent, and the master shipwright. A
fixed proportion of labour, in every yard. is to be placed
at the disposel of the timber inspector, who is then to be
held responsible for carrying out, under the sanction of
the superintendent, a general plan for the removal of all
timber, after receipt, and for its being stacked at the pro-
per time, in proper order, so as to create no difficulties
upon the gene' al survey.
The timber inspector is to keep a register of these
stacks, as well as of the contents of tach shed where
plank or thickstulf is deposited. He is also to be respon-
sible for the conversions, in which he will be assisted by
the first and second converters; and my Lords feel setts
fled that, if he show proper activity in the discharge of
these duties, a great anprovernent will be Effec:ed in the
pres:nit t conorny of the dockyards.
My Lords desire, however, to regulate remuneration
by work; and seeing t'iat theta, is a great difference,
both in responsibility and labour, between the larger and
the smaller yards, they are pleased to direct that while
the salary of the timber inspector continues to be 400/.
a year at Portsmouth, Woolwich, Chatham, and Devon-
port, it shall be reduced to 3501., upon the next vacancy,
at Pembroke, and to 303. at Sheerness and Did', ,r,t.
H. C. WARD.

NO. XXVI -DIVISION OF LABOUR.

My Lords are not satisfied with the present di.tribu-
tion of labour in the d ckt *rd.. They have alreayy
directed that a fixed proportion of labour in tech yid-ti
shall be placed at the disposal of the timber inspec or;
and, in lieu of leaving the remairLier at the absolute dis-
posal of the boatswain, they c,nisider that the superin-
tendents should agree wan the master shipwright% upon
some general setseme of labour, taking rare, fir-it, that
the shipwrigks themselves be adequately ?upplie:l, so as
to prevent tte necessity of ealpl, .yin 4 skillet },rttfic-rr
do labourers' av,,rk, and forliing th rethainder of the
labourers into g,-ntral service to be emtdoyen in
loading and unloading stores b 1 tatk and j-,b, on
scale of prices whin my L ,rd% wilt chr,-et to be pre-
pared, with due reference to those now paid in ihe river.
In the )ards where ti.ere is convict labour my Lords
are please t to direct that it shall, so far as p ssible, b.
employed in large masses, and upon dudes distinct from
those of the tree taturers, and me superintendents, in
conjunction with tLe heads of the convict establishluent,
are to prepare and Eubmit a scheme tor this purpose.
H. G. WARD.
London, England, 1849-01-29

NE INTG ATE AND MEA.DENNAILL

Very large supplies of Scotch and country-killed meat
have bee❑ received up to our markets since Monday
last, via. 420 caircasses of Beef; 1,800 ditto of Mutton;
600 ditto of Veal; and 6,400 ditto of Pork. With meat
slaughtered in the metropolis we have been but mode-
rately supplied. Veal was sold freely, at an advance in
the quotations of quite 4d per :81bs. All other kinds of
meat have meta very dull inquiry, at barely stationary
prices, at which clearances have not been effected.
About 600 carcasses of foreign meat have appeared on
sale.

At per stone by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s.
d.
Beef ,inferior...... 2 4 2 6! Mutton, inferior 2 4 210
- middling .... 2 8 210 1 middling.. 3 0 310
- primelargo •• 3 0 3 2 prime .... 4 0 4 4
- prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large• .• • .... 3 0 3 8
310 410 - small
BpROUGH AND SPXT.AMFIELDS.

Very limited supplies of Potatoes have arrived at the
waterside coastwise during the week. From abroad we
have received the following supplies:-117 sacks and 55
tons from Antwerp; 358 sacks from Havre; 6 ditto from
Ostend; and 200 tons from Rouen. Really prime
samples move off steadily at very full prices. In other
qualities exceedingly little business is doing, Yorkshire
Ri gents, 100 s to 140 s; Newcastle ditto, 90s to 100 s;
Scotch ditto, 90s to 120 s; ditto Cups, 70s to 90s; ditto
W hites, 60s to 80s; French ditto, 80s to 1 lOs; Belgian
eitto, 80s t 9 901; Dutch ditto 50i to 70s per ton.
London, England, 1849-01-29

WOOL.

Since this day re'nnight, the imports of Wool into
London have amounted to 100 bags from 13uenos Ayres;
6 bales from Antwerp; 19 ditto from Ostend; 250 ditto
from the Cape; end 300 ditto from Sydney. The public
sales will commence on the 7th proximo, and be continued
for several days. The private contract demand is far
from active, yet prices are firm in every instance.
TALLOW.
An unusually heavy demand continues to be experi-
enced for all kinds of Tallow, tie prices of which, to-
day, at from is to is 3d per cwt. lower than on Monday
Y. C. on the spot being quoted at only 403 per
cwt. Last week's delivery was small, and the imports
were only 851 casks, chiefly from New South Wales.
Town Tallow 41s to 42s per cwt. net cash; rough fat
28 4d per 81bs.
London, England, 1849-01-29

HAMBURGH.

JAN. 23.—During the night we had a heavy storm
from the W.S.W. About four o'clock, at eleven
feet water, the first signal gun was fired, and in half
an hour after the ice on the Upper Elbe began to
move rapidly downwards on the surface. There is
no possibility of navigation to-day, and the country
people cannot cross without risk of life.
HAMBURGH, JAN. 23, Nom!. The steamer
Princess ventured, notwithstanding the rapid drifting
of the ice to start this morning for Hamburgh, but
was compelled to transfer the passengers and mail to
the ice boat. The Princess was compelled to have
the afternoon mail and passengers conveyed by a
barge from Kohldrand.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle,
Jan. 23.

SPANISH AMERICAN
BONDHOLDERS.

Some very interesting documents have been received
by the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders, and
by Messrs. John Schneider and Co., from Mexico, and
it appears that in addition to the 25,000 dollars advised
as being on board the Teviot, which has arrived this
week, Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh have forwarded
the 40,280 dollars expected some time back, but detained
on account of the difficulty of obtaining an opportunity
to remit. The conclusion we come to after perusal of
the documents is, that there may soon be a dividend de-
clared, but our readers can judge for themselves, as we
subjoin the documents :
London, England, 1849-01-29

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived.
Gaeta contains the following project of law
re organising the Bank of San Fernando :--
" PROJECT OF LAW.
" Art. 1. The Spanish Bank of San Fernando, estab-
liA, d in Madrid in virtue of the royal decree of Feb. 25,
1647, for the term of twenty-five years, shall be re-or-
ganised with the capital of 200,000,000 of reala in hand
(sfectivo), represent.d by 100,000 transferable shares of
2,000 reels vellon each.
" Art. 2. The bank shall have the exlusive faculty of
issuing notes to an amount equal to one half of its paid
up capital. To issue a greater number of notes, a law
will be required. The notes shall be payable to bearer
and at sight, at the establishment in Madrid, and at those
which it may form in the provinces.
" Art. 3. '1 he bank shall be obliged to keep constantly
in its treasury, and in specie and bullion, a third part at
least of the amount of the notes issued, in order that
it may at all times maintain with tho other values an
effective guarantee superior to the amount of notes in
circulation.

" Art. 4. The value of each note shall not exceed 4,000
yeah, nor be less than 500. Their falsification shall be
punished according to the laws.
" Art. 5. The bank shall be able to establish, with
Royal approbation, subaltern establishments in such
towns of the kingdom as it may think proper.
London, England, 1849-01-29

ITALY.

The Contemporaneo of Rome, of the 19th inst.,
state 3 that, in consequence of the Duke of LORENZO
SFORZ,I having resigned the command of the National
Guard of Rome, the Provisional Government had
appoißted General FERRARI to those functions. The
General had commanded the division of troops which
returned from Venice.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 224
quotes a letter from Gaeta, of the 13-,h, announcing
that the Holy FATHER is seriously indisposed.
The Rivista Indipendente of Florence, of the 18th,
states that 1,500 Spaniards have landed at Naples.
King CHARLES ALBERT, accompanied by his Mi•
nister of War, left Turin on the 24th for the for-
tress of Alessandria.
London, England, 1849-01-29

NO. IL -APPRENTIC ES .

My Lords have taken into consideration the number
of apprentices admitted of late years into dockyards, as
compared with the number of shipwrights.
They find a perfect unanimity of opinion as to the ad-
vantages of filling all vacancies in the yards by young
men brought up in them, not only because of the habits
of subordination which they acquire there, but also on
account of the excellent education that they are now
receiving.

But, on the other hand, my Lords are satisfied that
the entries of the last seven years greatly exceed the an-
nual vacancies by death, or superannuation ; and they
are, therefore, pleased to reduce the establishment of
apprentices in each yard by one sixth of the number of
shipwrights, in lieu of one fourth ; and the entries in
the present, and each subsequent year, to one-seventh
of this reduced ,establshrnent, which they believe to be
amply sufficient to provide for the wants of the service.
This will give to—
Established Apprentices. Annual Entry.
Deptford 6
W oolwich 75 ... 11
Chatham ... 76 ... 11
Sheerness ... 63 ... 9
Portsmouth ... 135 19
Devonport ... 125 ... ... 18
Pembroke ... 66 9

My Lords conceiving that it would be at once unjust
and uneconomical for the public to take charge of boys
up to the age of 21, and then discard them, propose to
privide for the apprentices coining out of their time
during the next five years, by a hired list, under Order
in Council, to be composed entirely of those apprentices,
and to cease when they are placed upon the establish-
meat. This privilege, however, may be forfeited by
misconduct of any kind; and the selection of apprait;„ces
tor establishment will be decided by the board, not by
seniority, but with due reference to the recommerida-
tiona of the superintendent and the master shipwrie it.
11. G. WAV .P.
London, England, 1849-01-29

LITERARY GAZETTE.. DEcramEr. 9, 1818

Two thousand and eighty-eight pages comp:isl this volume,
which, we believe, we may safely affirm, could only relate to Eng-
land and be made in England ;. for all the world besides could not
su ply such matter, nor furnish such MC .1113 for making it tho-
roughly known and easily fotind. The production of a newspaper is
a daily wander —the " Post-office Directory" is an annual oue. The
information collected is prodigious, the arrangement as near as pos-
sible to perfection, and as far as we can test it by many references,
thq_ details accurate to a nicety beyond eulogiuin. Everybody is
aware of what this Iliad, not in a nutshell,. but for its intelligence
Incredibly compressed, consists ; and therefore we will not enter
into the partLulars, but merely say, that all official, social, com-
mercial, legal, •parliamentary, courtly, and other information
which may be required for convenieucy, business, or pleasure, in
this unbounded llabyl'n of ours, is here; most useful and complete
in every branch and department.
London, England, 1849-01-29

HERAPATH'S IIAILWAY JOURNAL, DECpIBEIL 9, 1848,

There is no work of the day, in the nature of a • compilation,
equalto this, both in regard to the labour bestowed upon it and
util.ty to the,public. It has-now become amauthemic means of en-
abling one part of the inhabitants of this great metropolis to know
the abodes of their fel!ows.

It Ifas been said, that whatever is formed. for long duration arrives
slowly to maturity. The Directory has been fifty years in a con-
dition of growth, and, by its appearance and contents, we should
judge, has arrived at maturity; therefore it is but reasonable to
cenclocle that its existence will be low and flourishing.
Of the half century the " Directory" has been published, it has
been twelve years in the hands of the Messrs. Kelly; and it is within
this period the work has acquired its high position—a posi ton so
distinguished, that it attracted some time since even the loving
attention of Government, and would no doubt have fallen into its
hands, but for the difficulty of yearly producing a work of equal
utility to the public, and of making the price at which it is sold re-
munerative for the labour devoted upon it.

Also, Now Published,
DIRECTORIES OF
ESSEX, lIERTS, KENT, MIDDLESEX, SURREY, and SUSSEX,
price 1/. 5.3.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, NORFOLK, and SUFFOLK, price 1/.

BIRMINGHAM, with soura STAFFORDSHIRE, and WAR-
WICKSHIRE, price 11.

BEDFORDRHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HUNTINGDON-
SHIRE, and BERKSHIRE, NOR CHAMPTONSHIRE, and OX-
FORDSHIRE, price 11. ss.

HAMPSHIRE, DORSETSHIRE, and WILTSHIRE, price 11.

DERBYRIIIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE,
and RUTLAND -HIRE, price U.
Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar; and all
Booksellers in Town and Country.
London, England, 1849-01-29

NO. XXYI.-DIVISION Of LAaSOUR.

My Lords are not satisfied with the present distribu-
tion of labour in the dock} arils. They have already
directed that a fixed proportion of labour in each yard
shall be placed at the disposal of the timber. inspector;
and, in lieu of leaving the remainder tit the absolute dis-
posal of the boatswain, they consider that the superin-
tendents should agree with the master shipwrights upon
some general scheme of labour, taking care, first, that
the shipwrights themselves be adequat sly supplied, so as
to prevent the necessity of employing skilled artificers
to do labourers' work, and forming the remainder of the
labourers into general service gangs, to be employed in
loading and unloading stores by task and job, uuon a
scale of prices which my Lords will direct to be pre-
pared, with due reference to those now paid in the river.
In the yards where there is convict Labour my Lords
are pleased to direct that it shall, so fax as possible, be
employed in large masses, and upon duties distinct from
those of the tree labourers, and the superintendents, in
conjunction with the heads of the convict establishment,
are to prepare and :submit a scheme for this purpose.
H. G. WARD.
London, England, 1849-01-29

TII IS EVE\ING.

Will be performed a new Opera, entitled MARIE, THE FOUND-
LING OF TRH LAKE.
To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF
KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin,
Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Clown, 3lr. Flexmore ; Sprite,
Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Ur. W. Batty.
Under ttil P.,tronap of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, &c.
Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the most astounding in
the Atetropolls.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Brilliant Scenes of the
gAreua.—A new comic Pantomime.
Tlll4 EVENING,
The curtain will rise at a Quarter to Seven o'clock precisely to the
magnificent Spectacle of the
WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, Tt.e Fall of Jerusalem.
To be followed by an inimita,ll* display of SCENES IN TILE
CIRCLE, Eupported by the first Equestrian talent of the (lay.
To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD
ROBIN HOOD • or, The Pretty White llorse and Enchanted Prin.
owls efSherwoo Forest.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Five.
~tage Manager, Mr. W. West.

TO CORRESPONOI4:,NTS.
No communication can be attended to nuless autheati,
sated by the name and address of the writer.
tleiected communications cannot be returned.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE. JANUARY 28.
?.StratOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest 44 Noon, 43
BAROMETER, 29.45—a fall of more than half an
inch since ye3terday.

WIND W.N.W.; fresh cold hr,:eze, with fine sunshine
and clouds; heavy rain last night.
JANUARY 29.

TIIERMOWSTY.at, Lowest, 35; Ilighost, 43; Noon, 39,

BAReMETEP, 29.73.
WIND N.N.E.; heavy squttllA, with occaFional rain.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON 1:1;.11,01.:.
DAY orning, 59 ,in. Ailey 4 I Evenin, 20 ietin. after i
To••Nfosaow—Morning, 41 min. After 5 Evening, 1 min. after 6

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London, England, 1849-01-29

HAMBURGH.

JAN. 24.—A gigantic enterprise is at this moment
in contemplation, namely, to unite the Baltic and the
North Sea, from Kiel to the mouth of the Elbe.
Without such communication between the two seas,
independent of the foreign ports of the Sound and the
two Belts, the maritime power of Germany cannot
prosper as it should. A few months since the Central
Power sent Captain MORING, Deputy to the National
Assembly, to the places, for the purpose of obtaining
exact information. The captain has accomplished Iris
mission with great zeal and skill. He proposes that
the line of communication should go from Kiel, one
of the best ports of Europe, if not of the world, to
Bruntstattel, at the northern mouth of the Elbe, and on
the other side to Cuxhaven, the southern mouth—and
that this junction should be effected by means of a
canal of a perfectly simple construction, without
sluices—which should traverse the soil of Germany
alone, and be protected against every attack by the
Eider and the Oder Canal.

The result of the preparatory examination shows
that the ground itself offers but few obstacles, the
country being very flat, and in no part much above
the level of the sea. The proposal that the work
should be carried on by the Imperial troops, who
will probably be assembled in great numbers in the
Duchies during the spring, is highly approved.
London, England, 1849-01-29

1.:%C ®L.

Since th's day te'nnight, the imports of Wool into
London have amounted to 100 bags from Bucnos Ayres;
6 bales from Antwerp; 19 ditto from Ostend; 250 ditto
from the Cape; and 300 ditto from Sydney. Thu public
sales will commence on the 7th proximo, and be continued
for several da3s. The private contract demand is far
from active, yet prices are firm in every instance.
'.
An unusually heavy demandTALLOW
continues to be experi-
enced for all kinds of Tallow, the prices of which, to-
daas);, at from is to is 3d per cwt. lower than on Monday
cwt. ...ArtC. on the spot being quoted at only 40s per
weeks delivery was small, and the imports
were Only 51 casks, chit tly from New South Wales.
Town Tallow 41s to 423 per cwt. net cash; rough fat
2s 41d per 81b3.
London, England, 1849-01-29

BOROUGH MOP wranzLE-T.

We have no new feature to notice in this market.
The best hops are commanding quite as much money as
last week, but all other kinds are a mere chug. New
Hops—Sussex pockets, 213 s to 31; Wield of Kent ditto,
21 103 to 3/ 10; Mid. and East Kent ditto, 31 53 to 61
per cwt.
London, England, 1849-01-29

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SUNDAY EVENING.—The northern papers
report fresh acts of incendiarism. A stack of
oats, the produce of six acres, the property of Cap-
tain Garner, who resides within two miles of Belfast,
was consumed on Friday in the open day. It is sup-
posed that the deed was perpetrated by means of com-
bustibles thrown over the wall by a person who was
seen driving rapidly past the premises, at the time
the fire broke out, in a gig or tax-cart.
An investigation, by order of the Government, has
been held, to inquire into the circumstances con-
nected with the late affray between the incendiaries
and the two girls M'Veagh; the inquiry was private
but it appears that there are some doubts whether the
whole thing was not a fabrication. Six, however, out
of the eleven magistrates, were satisfied of the truth-
fulness of the statement made by the 11I'Veaghs.
A Cork Repeal paper announces, that secret socie.
ties are extending themselves through that county,
they are composed chiefly of the humbler classes.
The paid guardians of the Athlone Uniou who
were appointed about a year ago are to be superseded,
the Commissioners having sent down an order
authorising the election of a Board of Guardians on
the 25th of March next. The change does not ap-
pear to have given satisfaction.

THE UNITED STATES

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.
The packet ship Waterloo hai arrived with accounts
from New York to the 12th instant.

Money was easy, and loans on call were made at
5 to 6 per cent. per annum ; Treasury Sixes were
quoted at 108 ; United States Sixes, 104; ditto
Fives, 994.

Exchange on England, 81; to 9, closing heavy.
Cotton—The sales are 2,300 bales at firm prices—
Upland and Florida good ordinary, 6a ; middling to
good middling, 6a to 7; middling fair to fair, 7 to
7i ; fully fair to good fair, 71 to 7.

Bread stuffs—rre excessive cold weather had
caused a slight advance in flour. Genessee w.is
quote! at 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 1210. ; extra ditto, 6
dolls. to 7 dolls. 25c.; Southern, 5 dolls. 56c. to
5 dolls. 62ic.
Corn Meal-3 dolls, 12c. for Brandywine.
The supply of grain is light.
Sales of prime Southern corn here made at 62c.

Provisions—Pork was firm, with sales of mess at
16 dolls. to 16 dolls. 50c., and prime at 14 dolls. 25c.
to 15 dulls. Beef in good demand at 17 dulls. 25c,

for prime mess.
Cheese-6 to 61w.
Lard-7i to 7,1.
Freights—Cotton to Liverpool id. freely offered
and s.lsths to cl. asked.

Mr. Calhoun's Southern manifesto had been pub-
lished. The South is urged to unite and to prepare
for a concerted defence of its rights, in case alleged
aggressions should be pursued by the North. No
immediate or definite measure or resistance is recom-
mended, but harmony and preparation are forcibly
presented as necessary on the crisis.
The Hon. A. H. Sevier had died.

At Baltimore the weather was intensely cold; the
harbour was frozen, and markets stationary. The
Board of Health at New Orleans on the 10th pro-
nounced the cholera no longer epidemic in that city.
The malady was rapidly disappearing. Business was
resuming its accustomed channels, and citizens were
returning.
London, England, 1849-01-29

THE COUNTRY MARKETS

READING. JAN. 27.—There was a good att.ll,unce of
farmers and dealers at market this morning, but the
supply of 'wheat %us by no means large. An evident
improvement was MAHIit'SL in the deluatal for all kids
or grain, w,d in tact it was the on' y mailoa for many
weeks pits wilieh business to any extent has been
transacted. There was a good clearance effected in win at
at full 13 per quarter above last week's prices. Barley
was in fair sui,piy and good dt.mand, and all descrip-
tions were full is dearer. In oats, beans, and peas there
is also an imp. used demand, at better prices. W heat. p, r
quarter, 34s to 56s ; barley, 25s 365; wits,. 16s to
225; beans, 30, to 403; peas, 30s to 403.-I'4: market:
A. short Kipp), of stores, with a fdr trade. Fat 1,0g9,
9s t, 9,6 d. P,rkers, 9. 6d to 10, per score.—Y,Aufty
market: Firm Ot, per 3., 61 to 4. 6d; ducks, oitio,
33 61 to 4s Gd; gee.e, each, 5.; to 5i 6d; butter, per
pound, Is ld t is 2d; egg.., Bto 10 tor 1;4..
MANCIIESTEII, JAN. 27.—A tolerably fair conump-
tive demand fir flour has been experienc-d throughout
the week, occasion:A, no doub', by the reduc-d state of
the stocks of this article in the bands of the dealers and
au,d the currency of the ly ece(iing
market day was ruprrted. 4)44111,4 on the eon rary.
has met su exceedingly slow sale, at barely previous
rates. This morning a fl:-nier feeling prevailed, and
wheat was held tor the tub quotltions i f cr is day se'n•
night. Flour moved off' bt, addy, and choice wt
marks fully maintained their previous value. Oats mu-t
be noted the turn dearer, whilst oatmeal was very
ddii-
cult of sale at late prices.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 27.—Thefduties on wheat, flour, And
oats, are at the highr•st poitt.it nydrr th" PXisting corn•
law, and there is an advance this wt.uk of 61 per qu'irter
each in the duty on barb y, buns, and 1.0 is. Ttieri-,
was a modetately f.ir sale of what at our market yes-
terd~y, Mau trOgrOYenaent of Id per bushel on Tuesday's

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corn yesterdsy, but the price was i ty
Bond-!‘i flour is again in r quest to-day, but
there are tew sellers. The price of Indian corn is rather
weaker. Th‘n: is no oth-r change tram yesterday.
8. d. 8. d.l 8. d. 8.
'Barley, Feeding.. 3 6 to 3 9
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London, England, 1849-01-29

ITALY.

The Contemporaneo of Rome, of the 19th inst.,
states that, in consequence of the Duke of LORENZO
SFoasA. having resigned the command of the National
Guard of Rome, the Provisional Government had
appointed General FERRARI to those functions. The
General had commanded the division of troops which
returned from Venice.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 22d
quotes a letter from Gaeta, of the 13th, announcing
that the Holy FATHER is seriously indisposed.
The Rivista Indipendente of Florence, of the 18th,
states that 1,500 Spaniards have landed at Naples.
King CHARLES ALBERT, accompanied by his Mi-
nister of War, left Turin on the 24th for the for-
tress of Alessandria.
London, England, 1849-01-29

NO. XVIII.-MEASUREMENT.

My Lords find, with pleasure, that the system of par-
tial measurement, introduced into the yards in March
last, is working satiifactorily. They wish, however, to
remind the superintendents that the princip!e of the pre-
sent system is, not to measure all the work don:, in the
dockyards, but that all work should be measured occa-
sionally. The measurer is an instrumenr, of which the
superintendent., or the master shipwright, is to avail
himself whenever he is dissatisfied with the work of a par-
ticular PEI, and wishes to secerteiu whether the meu
London, England, 1849-01-29

NO. XXIL-SUPERANNUATION

My Lords not being satisfied with the present mode
of ret.ommending for superannuation in the dockyards,
are pleased to direct that a superannuation board shall
ba formed in eaei dockyard, which is to consiot of the
following m,mbers:—
The sup: rintendent;
The cap!ain of the ordinary, or flag-ship;
The mazer shipwright; assisted by the medical officers
of the dockyard.
. .

Tha 13,aid is to be held on the first Monday of each
month, and superannuation cas.is may be brought before
it, by the superintendent, the Waster shipwright, the
surgeon of the yard, or the otfic-qs gett..2raily, in their
r,spective dep.tt :ents; and, atter such a prelimi,ary
investigation, my Lords feel coAodent that twiny of the
defects, which they have noted filth. rto, wilt be put an
end to. H. G. WARD.
NO. XXIII.—RE RORTING HEMP.

My Lords having taken into consideration that por-
tion of the report of the commit(ee of revision which re-
presents the ?nconveniences that rtsult fro►n the practice
of re-t-orting hemp after survey, which prevails tat Chat-
ham, and is sometimes resorted to at Pottsmou,h and
Devonport, are pltLsKt to direct that this practice be
rtsc)ntinued, arid that the first test, in all cases, he made
final. H. G. WARD.
NO. EXIV.—IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS Fon THE RE-
London, England, 1849-01-29

Per Sibs. to sink the offal.

a. d. to e. d. s. d. to s. 1.
inferior Beasts.. ... 3 2 3 6 second qual. Sheep 3 8 4 0
econd quality ... 3 6 3 8 Coarse-wpolled ditto 4 2 4 6
Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Southdown Wether 4 8 410
Prime Scots .. .. 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves 4 2 410 Large Hogs ...... 3 4 4 4
E rime small ditto .. 5 0 5 4 Small Porkers 4 6 4 8
tickling Calves —l9 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 22 0
inferior Sheep • • 3 4 3 6 Lambs •••••• • • • • 0 0 0 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
I
Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs.
17,2.0 1 155 140
FOREIGN SUPPLY. •
Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
630 8.)
NEWGATE AND LEADDNECALL.

Beasts.
3,341

Beasts.
316

Very large supplies of scotch and country-killed meat
have teen received up to our mark( ts since Monday
last, viz. 420 careas3es of Beef; 1,800 ditto of Mutton;
600 ditto of Veal; and 6,400 ditto of Purk. With meat
slaughtered in the metropolis we have been but mode-
rately supplied. Veal was sold freely, at an advance in
the quotations of quite 4d per :81bs. All other kinds of
meat have met a very dull inquiry, at barely stationary
-

rites, at which cliarances have not been effected.
About 600 carcasses of foreign meat have appeared on
sale.

At per stone by the Carcase.

s. d. to s. d. 5. d. to a. d.
Beet,inforlor...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior 2 4 210
- middling .... 2 8 210 middling.. 3 0 310
primelarge •• 3 0 3 prime .... 4 0 4 4
- prime small .• 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.... 3 0 3 8
Veal.• •••••••• • • • • 3 10 410 - email
1303R.GUSII AVM SPITATAPIELDS.
Very limited supplies of Potatoes have artiked at the
water-side coastwise during the week. From abroad we
have received the folloAing supplies.-117 sacks and 55
tons from Antwerp; 358 sucks from Havre; 6 ditto from
Ostenel; and 200 tons from Rouen. Really prime
samples move off steadily at very fah prices. In other
qualities exceedingly little business is doing, Yorkshire
Regents, 100 s to 140 s; Newcastle ditto. 90s to 100 i;
Scotch ditto, 90s to 120 s; ditto Cups, 70s to 903• ditto
Whites, 60s to 80i; Fie uch ditto. 804 to 110 s; Belgian
Qitlo, 803 to 90s; nutch,ditto 50; to 703 per ten.
London, England, 1849-01-29

WOOL.

Since this day sennight, the imports of Wool into
Lundell have amounted to 100 bags from 13uenos Ayres;
6 halos from Antwerp; 19 (lat. from Ostend ;..250 ditto
from the Cape; and 300 ditto from Sydney. by public
sales will commence on the 7th proximo, and be continued
fir several days. The private contract demand is far
horn active, yet prices are film in every instance.
TALLOW.
An unusually heavy demand continues to be experi-
e.nced for all kinds of Tallow, the prices of which, to-
at from is to is 3d per cwt. lower than on Monday
no nTlay llow
lav ,
Y. C. on the spot being quoted at only 40s per
cwt. ...aFt week's delivery was small, and the imports
TB5l casks, chiefly from New South Wales.
41s to 42s per cwt. net cash; rough fat
2s 4d per Sibs.
London, England, 1849-01-29

WALLACHIA.

A letter from 13ucharest of the 21 states that in-
telligence had been received from Jassy that Prince
STOURDZA had given in his resignation, an :l that
RosNowANT had been installed at Kaitnakan.

HAMB URG H.
JAN. 24.—A gigantic enterprise is at this moment
in contemplation, namely, to unite the Baltic and the
North Sea, from Kiel to the mouth of the Elbe.
Without such communication between the two seas,
independent of the foreign ports of the Sound and the
two Belts, the maritime power of Germany cannot
proiper as it should. A few months since the Central
Power sent Captain McitiNc, Deputy to the National
Assembly, to the place,, for the purpose of obtaining
exact information. The captain has accomplished Ib:.s
mission with great zeal and skill. He proposes that
the line of communication should go from Kiel, one
of the best ports of Europe, if not of the world, to
Bruntstlt el, at the northern mouth of the Elbe, and on
the other side to Cuxlniven, the :southern mt,uth—and
that this juncion should he erne-ed by means of a
canal of a verfewly simple construction, without
sluices—which should traverse the soil of Germany
alone, and be protected against every attack by the
Eider and the Oder Canal.

The result of the preparatory examination shows
that the ground itself offers but few obstacles, the
country being very flat, and in no pirt much above
the level of the sea. The proposal that the work
should be carried on by the Imperial troop•, who
will probably be assembled in great numbers in the
Duchies during the spring, is highly approved.
London, England, 1849-01-29

PRUSSIA.

Accounts received this morning from Prussia show
that so far as had been ascertained the liberal prty
hive gained more triumphs in the elections. At
Berlin they have two-thirds ; at Potsdam 80 out of
140; Magdeburg 237 out of 275; Treves 73 out of
96 ; Munster 75 out of 98, In some parts of Berlin
the elections caused great agitation, and at the Casino
of Fredertchstadt there was a fight, which had to be
put down by the public force. The victory of the
liberal party was not expected.
The King of PRUSSIA has just conferred on M.
GUIZOT, member of the French Academy, the order
of merit for the arts and sciences.
The Duke of SAXE COBURG has arrived at Berlin.
London, England, 1849-01-29

PRUSSIA.

Accounts received this morning from Prussia show
that so far as had been ascertained the liberal party
have gained more triumphs in the elections. At
Berlin they have two-thirds ; at Potsdam $0 out of
140 ; Magdeburg 237 out 01. 275 ; Treves 73 out of
96 ; Munster 75 out of 98. In some parts of Berlin
the elections caused great agitation, and at the Casino
of Frederichstadt there was a fight, which had to be
put down by the public force. The victory of the
liberal party was not expected.
The King of PRUSSIA has just conferred on M.
GUIZOT, member of the French Academy, the order
of merit for the arts and sciences.
The Duke of SexE Counaa has arrived at Berlin.
London, England, 1849-01-29

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 22d have arrived.
The Gaceta contains the following project of law
re organilir:g the Bank of San Fernando :

" PROJECT OF LAW.

"Art. 1. The Spanish l3auk of San Fernando, estab•
16.hed in Madrid in virtue of the royal decri e of Feb. 25,
1847, for the term of twenty-five' }ears, shall be re•or-
ganised with the capital of 200,000,000 of r, Ids in hand
(eitctivo), representtd by 100,000 transferable shares of
2,000 reals vellon each.
" Art. 2. The bank shall have the exlusive faculty of
issuing notes to an amount equal to enc half of its paid
up capital. To issue a greater number of notes, a law
will be required. The notes shall be payable to bearer
and at sight, at the establishment in Madrid, and at those
which it may form in the provinces.
"Art. 3. 1 be bank shall be obliged to keep constantly
in its treasury, rind in specie and bullion, a third part at
least of the amount of the notes issued, in order that
it may at all times maintain with the other values an
effective guarantee superior to the amount of notes in
circulation.

" Art. 4. The value of each note shall not exceed 4,000
real;, nor be less than 500. Their falsification shall be
punished according to the laws.
"Art. 5. The bank shall b© able to establish, with
Royal approbation, subaltern establishments in such
towns Of the kingdom al it may think proper.
London, England, 1849-01-29

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arias and cavatinas, Mdlle. JENNY LIND will sing a NEW BAL-
LAD, composed expressly by Mr. Balk., entitled " The Lonely Rose."
Mdlle. Vera, Miss Bassano, Miss Durlacher, Signor Beletti, Signor
F. Lablache, and signor Lablache will assist.
M. Thalberg will perform two of his esteemed compositions.
The Orchestra will be selected and conducted by Mr. Balfe.
Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and commence at Eight
o'clock precisely.
London, England, 1849-01-29

DENMARK. -

In one of the late sittings of the Danish Diet, the
provisional discussion of financial affairs being on the
order of the day, the Minister of Finance declared
that the King was ready himself to reduce his civil
list, in consequence of the state of the treasury ; the
Minister, therefore, had to propose to have the propo•
sition withdrawn. He added that he did not think
it necessary to decree a forced loan as hvd been ru-
moured. In the sitting of the same Diet on the 17th,
the Ministry was authorised to contract a loan of
seven millions of thalers, and to issue four millions of
new notes.
London, England, 1849-01-29

HERAPATWS RAILWAY JOURNAL, DECEMBER 9. 1848

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equal to this, both in regard to the labour bestowed upon it and
utility to the public. It has new become an authentic means of en-
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the abodes of their fellows.
It has been said, that whatever is formed for long duration arrives
slowly to maturity. The Directory has been fifty years in a con-
dition of growth, and, by its appearance and contents, we should
judge, has arrived at maturity ; therefore it is but reasonable to
conolode that its existence will be lonr and flourishing.
Of the half century the " Directory" has been published, it has
been twelve years in the hands of the Messrs. Kelly ; audit is within
this period the work has acquired its high position—a post Von so
distinguished, that it attracted some time since even the loving
attention of Government, and would no doubt have fallen into its
hands, but for the difficulty of yearly producing a work of equal
utility to the public, and of making the price at which it is sold re-
munerative for the labour devoted open it.

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ORDER, AND SUBJECT, OF MINUTES.

ESTABLISHMENT.—No. 1. Establishment of yards.
No. 2. Apprentices. No. 3. Working hours. No. 4.
Muster by tickets. No. 5. Superintendence, and working
strength.

SUPERINTENDENT'S NEW DUTIES.—No. 6. Morning
meeting of officers. No.i7. Quarterly estimate board,
for demand of stores. No. 8. Monthly return of store
expenditure. No. 9. Audit of wages.
STOREI.—No. 10. Returned stores. No. 11. Revision
of store establishment. No. 12. Standing contracts.
No. 13. Triennial survey. No. 14. Annual visit of
storekeeper- general.
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS.—NO. 15. Mode of pay-
ment. No. 16, Manufacturing establishments. No. 17.
Smitheries. No. 18. Measurement. No. 19. Reduction
of one measurer at Sheerness. No. 20. Inspectors' day-
books, and returns by leading men. No. 21. Burnetti-
sing process. No. 22. Superannuation. No. 23. Re-
sorting hemp. No. 24. Arrangements for the receipt
and stowage of timber. No. 25. Timber inspectors.
No. 26. Division of labour.
London, England, 1849-01-29

LITERARY GAZETTE. DECEMBER 9, 1848.

Two thousand and eighty-eight pages comprise this volume,
which, we believe, we may safely affirm, could only relate to Eng-
land and be made in England ; for all the world besides could not
sunaly such matter, nor furnish such means for making it tho-
roughly known and easily found. The production of a newspaper is
a 'daily wander —the " Post-office Directory" is an annual one. The
information collected is prOdigions, the arrangement as near as pos-
sible to perfection, and as far as we can test it -by many references,
the details accurate to a nicety beyond eulogium. Everybody is
aware of what this Iliad, not In a nuishell, but for Its intelligence
incredibly compres.4ed, consists ; and therefore we will not enter
into the particulars, but merely say that all official, social, corn -
Tnercial, -legal, parliamentary, courtly, and other-Information
which may be required for colveniency, business,• or pleasure, in
this unbounded Babylon of ours, is here; most useful and complete
in every branch and department. ,
London, England, 1849-01-29

NO. XVIL-SMITIIERIES.

My Lords having taken into consideration the heavy
expense incurred by the introduction of Nasmyth's
steam hammer into the dockyards, and the impossi-
bility of producing the same amount of work from them
that is produced in private trade, unless the work-
ing hours aro assimila,ed, the want of con-
tinuous labour in the dockyards causing a greater
consumption both of fuel and material, are pleased
to direct that, from the Ist day of April n"xt, the ten
hours' system, recently introduced at Devonport, shall
be adopted in the smitheries of all the dockyards, the
wages of the men being increased in the proportion of
2,719 to 3,130, that being the difference of the number
of hours worked under the dockyard s,-,stern, and under
that now in force at Devonport. H. G. WARD.
London, England, 1849-01-29

ITALY.

The Contemporaneo of Rome, of the 19th inst.,
states that, in consequence of the Duke of LORENZO
SronzA. having resigned the command of the National
Guard of Rome, the Provisional Government had
appointed General FERRARI to those functions. The
General had commanded the division of troops which
returned from Venice.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 22d
quotes a letter from Gaeta, of the 13th, announcing
that the Holy FATHER is seriously indisposed.
The Rivista Indipentlente of Florence, of the 18th,
states that 1,500 Spaniards have landed at Naples.
King CHARLES ALBERT, accompanied by his Mi-
nister of War, left Turin on the 24th for the for-
tress of Alessandria.
London, England, 1849-01-29

NO. XXI.-BURNETTIZING PROCESS.

My Lords coustderiug t'te tact, that the l3urnettizing
proct•bs, al.ht,ugh alteuded with a considerable expense
must still be regarded in the light of an txperimeilt,
sufficient date not having yet elapsed to test its results
practically, are pleased to direct that the process shall
be confined to the three yards where it is already in use;
'tamely, Portsmouth, Chatham, and Woolwich; res ry
ing to themselves the power of extending it to the other
dockyards, when experience shall have e,tablislnd its
value. 11. G. WARD.
London, England, 1849-01-29

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wit! peril upon t'w di;cretio:i
firm r.si which the pos,
in &fault by tit-

attention paid ty tha sub-g
the syfitera geriertOy—wld

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amongst th
the superintendent has of estimating accurately the ex
ertions of all under hills, will materially guide him in
his recommendations for promotion.
My Lords desire that a frequent inspection of the
measurer's books las considered es one of thy, principal
duties of the sup4-riutendents ; end it is Moir intention,
at their own annual inspections, to require,.in estth yard,
a report of the wonting of the system. arid a l reuis
the re-alts which it latti presented quarterly.
My Lords are aware that the value of those results
depends upon th_+ acouNey of Oat, schemes of prices,
upon which they are fmnde:l; end that, in some res-

4.6 and run. that t

pints, the schemes now in use are defective. 13at many
omissions and defects %sill Ix: corrected by the returns
already received fr•on the yards, at the c:ose of the first
six months; and my Lords have no doubt that, wish_ the
experience of another halt' year, when slunk!• returns
will be callel for, a committee of master-Oonwri:eits,
and measurers will be enabled to supply is e sat •
ing, especially as regards shipwright's work, s
for which is now founled upon the &it scheato of
corrected in 1829, which makes no provisi, n for the
new wants and new works conneettd with
na

evy.
My Lords, expect that, particulir t too
o the pui,as enurueratod, feditig t,.
with proper the system of rnea<nreaw:lt way !I
made to work with sitisfa,cfion to aU IN it
decided bectiltsto the public. G. WARD
NO XIX. —MEASURER.

iJ E

My Lords are ph aced t-) ct that one nieuiurer
shall be reduced at Sheer tens, the >calc of w rk in that
yard not requiring. three. H. G. WARD.
NO. XX.-INSPECTOR'S DAY BIORS, AND IMTURNS BY

LEADING MEN

My Lords see much r, anon to b? dis'satisfiecl with th
manner in which the inspre.ors' is kept in most
of the dockyards, and desire that it may be mucri
more strictly looked to than it has bun of 14e, hota by
the foremen curl the mast r shipwrights.
The day-book, when first introduc, d, was intend.td to
be the basis of the weekly " Expense Sheet," and this
again is the basis of From 89. in which the litnual cost
of labour employed in Abip-building ,s ab,tr,tctett hy the
storekeepers for the surveyor. It is. thervf,,re, of the
highest importance that the day-hocks should contain
sneh an account of work done as will tally with the
" Expense Sheet," in nit essential paraculars, and my
Lords desire thlt the foremen will acertain this carefully
before they submit the " Expense Sheet," which is pre-
pared by Ehe inspectors, under their superintendence, for
the sigma ure of the master shipwright.
The r. turns made out, one a week, by the leading
men, uudec the Dockyard Circular, as to the conduct of
the gangs under them, are to be reduced to once a fort-
night. H. G. WARD.
London, England, 1849-01-29

ORDER. AND SUBJECT, OP MINUTES.

ESTABLISHMENT.—No. 1. Estkblishment of yards.
Ni. 2. Apprentices. No. 3. Working hours. No. 4.
Muster by tickets. No. 5. Superintendoice, and working
strength.

SUPERINTENDENT'S NEW DUTIES.—No. 6. Morning
meeting of officers. No. 7. Quarterly estimate board,
for demand of stores. No. 8. Monthly return of store
expenditure. No. 9. Audit of wages.
STORES.—No. 10. Returned stores. No. 11. Revision
of store ( stablishment. No. 12. Standing contracts.
No. 13. Triennial survey. No. 14. Annual visit of
storekeeper• general.
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS.—No. 15. Mode of pay-
ment.. No. 16. Manufacturing establishments. No. 17.
Smitheries. Nu. 18. Measurement. No. 19. Reduction
of one measurer at Sheerness. No. 20. Inspectors' day-
boolo, and returns by leading men. No. 21. Burnetit-
sing process. No. 22. Super.innuation. No. 23. Re-
sorting hemp. No. 24. Arrangements for the receipt
and stowage of timber. No. 25. Timber inspectors.
No. 26. Division of labour.

NO. 1.-ESTABLISHMENT OF YARDS.
My Lords are pleased to direct that the number of
shipw rights now employed in her Majesty's dockyards
b.t reduced to 3,500; and that corresp .nding reductions
be made in the other branches of skilled labour, accord-
ing to the tell') now in use for regulating the propor-
tions between the shipwrights and other classes of
artificers.

A printed sheet, containing the future establishment
of each yard, which my Lords have fixed with due re-
ference to the programme of building, and repairs, pro-
posel by the surveyor for the next five years, will be
transmitted with this minute; and my Lords, having al-
lowed all vacmcies from superannuations or deiths to
remain unfilled since August last, in the anticipation of
those reductions, which are not to take place until the
commencement of the next financial year (ht April,
1849), they are willing to hope that the pressure upon
the working classes will be greatly alleviated by these
precautions.

The superintendents will take care to hold a genera'
surrey of the yard in the month of March, and to re.
commend for superannuation those who are unfit for ac
tire service, retaining the youngar and more vigorom
men, who must otherwise be discharged.
H. G. WARD.