The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-06 00:00:00

Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s,

Just ready, in 2 vols., post Svo.,
ADVENTURES OF
THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS.
By WILLIAM GRATTA/1, EsQ.
Late 88th Regiment.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborough-street.
Orders received by all Bookselers.

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gIIIRE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends
and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
Fla!! of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
rEtvourg, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
,equested to be addressed.

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orcrious to their being offered; and advices of results will be
Sprwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to instrtctlons.
Officcs, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-etreet. London.

THE WEATlalt—buN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 5.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 23; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 38.
BAROMETER, 30 16.—'WIND W., fine.

Did WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE Tin:, DAIL.
Morning .. 19 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 3i minutes after 5.

ASTLEI"S ROYAL A3IPIIITREATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal
Family.—Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint the public
that he purposes giving a free night, for the relief of the destitute
Irish and Scotch, on THURSDA Y, Feb 11. The evening's receipts
will be given, and the extensive resources of the Theatre will
be brought into action.

EVENING
Will be performed THETIIIS ROYAL FOX-HUNT ; or, Life's Course
of Men and Steeds.
Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE.
To conclude with the successful Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime
entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and
the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har-
vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Lafrarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite.
Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
an 1 commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Broadfoot.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge.
THIS EVENING
Will he performed a new Drama, entitled RABY RATTLER; or,
The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole
stF•cirgth of the Company.
Co conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING
OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har-
lequin, Herr Deulin ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine, Mdlle.
Theodore ; Clown, Herr N. Deulin ; Punch, Herr E. Deulin.

ROYAL VICTORIA TIIEATRE,
THIS EVENING

Will be performed THE GUNSMITH OF ORLEANS; or, The
- Dead tiroinan's Secret. In which Messrs. Hicks, Forman, Searle,
Bird, Howard, Miss Vincent, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Lee, and Miss
Pearce will appear,
After which, THE DUKE OF SHOREDITCH, Supported by the
entire Comic strength of the Company.
To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, en-
titled THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin
Go!a-ilead," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown. Mr. T. Barry.
Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6d. ; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 31.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON TILE SOUTH-EASTERN
RAILWAY,—On Tuesday morning, as the 11h. liin. A.M. up-
train was coming out of Abbot's-cliff tunnel, drawn by two
Sapnes. Mr. Rush, the telegraph-clerk at the Dover-station,
who was on the pilot or leading engine, is supposed to have
started on one side when the whistle was turtlon—which is
laWaYs done when an engine is approaching or leaving a
tunnel or station—overbalanced
engine that wasion--overbalanced himself. and fell under the
iy,ay.behind.th The engine is supposed to have run
dragged him 'for
full
steps of the carriage caught him, and
a mummy. Parts
Th o his skull were
f3O. yards, cutting and crushing him to
from his body,.
shacking to relate, found above 20 yards
e Jiliptrauce of the poor fellow was too
stopped the e driver observing the accident, he
immediately
train, and forwarded the pilot:en-
gine to Folkestone for further
. e than possibleassista.nee, so as not to delay
the train mor
journey. The down
London tra-ii passing shortly aftoen its •
y,
and f)rat Dover sent an engin-
lA, the lifeleme body t engine
Bence at Folkestone, on arrivinr, and receiving the intell.
and assistance immediatel
r3e esterdav, before Mr.
Dover, where an inquest was held ou
sreertable 1
Thompson, the Dover coroner, dodos
4.asecHleititi
after examining all. the witnesses who . Jury, who,
without
13e7'ent,
gave,
without any hesitation, the followion
death, by falling, off the engine
without any bialllP attached to the company's servantrs,ng,
DEATH OF GENFRAL BIRCH REYNARDsotc—This
officer, who for many years was connected with the Quarter
Master General's Department, _
He entered the army as
died on the 31st ult., at his
seat, Holywell Hall, Flint, aged 79.
Ensign, February 28th, 1793, and his commissions were thus
dated:—Lieutenant, March 28th, 1793; Captain, Apr.il2Bth,
1794; Major, June Ist, 1799; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 27th,
1803; Colonel, January Ist, 1812; Major-General, June 4th,
Sl4; Lieutenant-General, July 22d, 1830; and full General,
November 9th, 1846, the latter being on the occasion of the
brevet in honour of the birth-day of the Prince of Wales.
The gallant officer proceeded with the expedition to Egypt,
in 1801, and there served with much distinction against
the French troops. For his intrepid conduct he received
the thanks of Parliament, and was decorated with a medal.

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S ECOND EDITION OF CESAR BORGIA. ,
to be admirably adapted as a central depot
BY THE AUTHOR OF " WHITEFRIARS.
Revised, with a new Preface. for reviving and extending our commerce in whales.
Orders received by all Booksellers.
Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. One reason why this trade has been found to be so
precarious as to damp the energies of enterprising
capitalists is the disposition of the whale to migrate.
The monarch of the sea is wild and shy in its na-
ture, and, when disturbed in its accustomed haunts,
resorts to distant localities to avoid human pursuit.
Hence it has been ascertained that the efforts of pri-
vate individuals are inadequate for the successful pro-
secution of the trade, in consequence of the numter
of ships requisite to visit the different quarters fre-
quented by the whale, in order that an unprofitable
cruise in one direction may be counterbalanced by a
successful one in another. A system of averages is
the keystone to the stability of this, as of every other
species of trade.
But, setting aside these, and the like interesting
aliments of reflection, and also the national import-
ance of rearing nurseries for hardy mariners, on which
we have formerly expatiated, there are other consi-
derations of incidental and essential interest, which
ought to claim an undivided attention. Of these,
colonisation is one, and the morality of the intrepid
seaman is another. Touching the former, it
is obvious that, with the redundant popula-
tion we possess, we cannot do better than
to stimulate emigration to every part of the world
where new and prosperous channels of trade can be
legitimately opened. The reciprocal benefits which
are felt by the new settlements and the mother-coun-
try, wherever emigration has been judiciously encou-
raged, are too notorious to require more than a
cursory observation.
In regard to the other topic, the moral character of
the mariner, it is a painful truth that nothing can be
more demoralized than the general condition of the
whaling crews. Constantly upon the seas, and at im-
measurable distances from their native land, they are
bereft of every feeling of patriotism, and are as easily
susceptible of being profitably hired to engage in
hostilities against their own country, as they are of
being employed to defend it. They may he said to
be without a home. Their entire lives are consumed
without being sweetened by any domestic or endear-
ing ties, which tend to develops the best affections
and elevate the character cf man. Whereas, if a
maritime homestead, as it were, were created for
them in the South Pacific Ocean, whence they might
make short voyages in search of the whales, and re-
turn to it with their produce, to be thence exported,
as from a central depot, to the various countries
requiring the same, they would find themselves sur-
rounded by their families, interested in all that
sweetens life, and identified with a civilised and well-
regulated community. Education would be bestowed
upon their offspring, and in a few years we should
find ourselves possessed of a numerous, hardy, and
moral body of seamen, in the place of the wild race
by which the ships of the British whale fisheries are
at present infested.

Madrid papers of the 28th ult. have arrived. The fol-
lowing is stated to be the list of the New Ministry which
has been laid before her MAJESTY by the Marquis of
GIRONA (CA.STRO Y OROZCO) :—The Duke of SOTO-
MAYOR, Foreign Affairs ; BRAVO MURILLO, Justice;
SELTAS, Interior ; ROCA DE FOQUES, Public Instruction ;
SANTILLANE, Finance; MANS), War, and BALDASANO,
Marine. Nothing, however, had been officially an..
nounced on the subject.

MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 28.—The Three per Cents.
closed on that day at 324, the Five per Cents. at 20i, the
Coupons at 184.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
The debate on the Spanish marriage question was
brought to a sudden conclusion on Tuesday by a most
remarkable declaration on the part of M. GUIZOT. At
the conclusion of the speech of M. CRINIEUX, M.
GUIZOT, from his place, said that, " taking into con-
sideration the friendly disposition towards France lately
manifested by certain members of the English Parlia-
ment, alike eminent from their position and their do-
quence, he could not think of risking any expression
that might tend to weaken that feeling, and, in con-
sequence, he should refrain from entering into any ex-
planations on the subject ;" whereupon M. DI:MAUER
proposed the amendment of which he had given notice,
which was treated by the Minister as a vote of want of
confidence, and, on a division, negatived by a majority
of 242 to 28. This extraordinary conduct on the part
of M. GUIZOT is the subject of cornmeal in all the
journals and in all the salons. The Slick says—
" This is a strange denouement, after so much swaggering.
It is a strange denouement, after the speech so recently pro-
nounced in the Chamber of Peers, and stranger still, if we
compare it with the declaration made by M. Guizot on Mon-
day. Then the scfuples which restrained the Chamber, at
the moment when it had to manifest its firm confidence as to
the maintenance of peace, were in the eyes of M. Guizot
natural and respectable. But these scruples, he said, would
be removed after his explanations on two grave questions,
which were to be, and should be, discussed. Yesterday he
was quite as emphatic in announcing that he should bold
his tongue. Be it so ; 21e roes gJnez pea, Minister of a
variable but ever grand policy ; your majority will not the
less vote in your favour. It has, in fact, voted without re-
ceiving your promised explanations."
The Constitutionnel has the following observations on
the line of conduct pursued by M. GUIZOT:-
" M. Guizot, on Monday, promised full and complete ex-
planations on the affair of the Spanish marriages ;he felt,
he said, that the Chamber required the whole of the ques-
tions arising out of them to be discussed before it, in order
that it might be fully acquainted with the matterbefore voting
upon the paragraph relating to them. Yesterday, M. Guizot,
pressed by several members to give the explanations which
he had acknowledged to be necessary, refused at once to enter
upon the debate. He demanded grace from the Chamber
and from the British Parliament, and, quitting his high tone,
entreated a universal silence. This prayer of the Minister
proved clearly that he had not a word to say either in justi-
fication of his own conduct, or in exposition of the political
principles by which he had been guided in the affair of
the marriages, without adding to all the causes of discontent
and irritation already existing between France and England.
In presence of accusations so serious, which the simple
perusal of the British documents casts with so much weight
upon our Cabinet, to be silent is to make confession. Thus
our men who were so triumphant shrink back and hide
themselves, the Ministerial Marseillaies is no longer sung;
they admit that they are a public danger, and beg to be for-
gotten from fear of aggravating, by their coming forward,
the present state of things, and rendering France still more
profoundly isolated. They make the best escape they can.
God grant that this humble silence may bear some fruits,and
that the durable dissention between the two Governments
may not bring some new check to the honour of France or
to the cause of liberty."
The quid nuncs of the political salons thus account
for this remarkable change of conduct on the part of the
Minister for Foreign Affairs. They say that the KING
sent for M. THIERS on Friday, and requested, as a per-
sonal favour of him, that he would not attack M. GUIZOT
on the subject of the Montpensier marriages in the
Chamber. After much pressing, M. THZERS promised
that if M. GUIZOT would abstain from delivering in the
Chamber of Deputies the gunpowder oration which he
had delivered in the Chamber of Peers, he (M. THIERS)
would abstain from speaking on the subject, but he added,
that if M. GUIZOT repeated the oration, be should feel it
to be his duty to reply. The conditions were agreed to,
acd the KING, who had previously severely blamed M.
GUIZOT for delivering a speech of such an inflammatory
character before the Chamber of Peers, sent for M.
GIIIZOT, and advised him not to speak at all. Hence
the violation on the part of M. GUIZOT of the pledge
which he had given to the Chamber on Monday to de-
fend fully and satisfactorily his conduct throughout the
negotiations of the Spanish marriages —hence the silence
of the two great orators of the Chamber, MM. GUIZOT
and THIERS.

The Gazette des Tribunaux has the following on the
subject of the arrests which have recently taken place
in Paris:— .

"For some days past a vague rumour has been afloat of
arrests having taken place which were suggested by political
considerations. Several names were mentioned which had
been already heard during former trials of the Republican
party. From the information we have procured it appears
that fifteen persons belonging to that fraction of the Repub-
lican party whose understanding has been perverted by Corn-
munistc writings, have been arrested on serious charges.
These individuals formed part of a 'Society of Materialists.'
Their object was to carry into effect the principles avowed
in their writings, in which it is proclaimed that all property
is the fruit of robbery !' Several of the parties arrested are
accused of theft, and even of more heinous crimes. One of
them, judging his position to be desperate, blew out his
brains at the Prefecture of Police with a pistol which he had
concealed."

A fall in the price of flour took place in the Paris
markets on Tuesday. The average price of the quintal,
which had been 62f. during some days, decreased to

59E 80c. The stock in the Halle, which a month ago

was only 9,000 quintals, had augmented to 21,777 me

trical quintals, or 2,177,700 kilogrammes."
The Illoniteur announces that the price of wheat had
likewise diminished in several markets from which

Paris derives its supplies. At Chartres, the diminu.
Lion, on the 30th ult., was 4f. per sack ; at Clermont,
It 50c. per hectolitre ; at Etampes, lf. to 21. ; at No-

gent le Roy, from 2f. to 3f. p'r sack ; at Orleans, 2f.
65c. per hectolitre ; at Rambouillet, 66c. ; at Soissons,
If. 20c. to If. 50e. ; at Vernon, 50e. ; and at Rouen,

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday at 78f. 20c. ; the Fire per Cents., 118 f. 40c.;
the Orleans Railroad ShareP, 1,232 f. 2.5 c. • Rouen, BF2I.
150 c.; Havre,6B7f. 50c. • Great Northern, 608 f. 75c; Avignon,
;1331f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 571 f. 25c. ; Bourdeaax, 537 f. 50c.;
'Troyes, and Montereau, 330 E ; Dieppe, 340 f. • Paris and I
Strasburg, 467 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 467 E 'soc.; ralif

SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 6,
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
A new one-act ballet, entitled The Pretty Sicilian, was
produced here last evening, for the purpose of introduc-
ing Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna, a pupil of M.
Blasis, to the British public. Mademoiselle Baderna
has been the premiere danseuse at La Scala, for some
time past, and has acquired extensive popularity both
at Milan and at Genoa. She is very young, very pretty,
her bright, sparkling, expressive eyes, are beautiful—
exceedingly, and very graceful. Her figure is slight,
but exquisitely formed, and her style is perfectly artisti-
cal, being free from exaggeration and from affectation.
Her poses are most graceful—quite classical in their
elegance,—and her pantomime is expressive. Made
moiselle Baderna has one great advantage over many of
her competitors,—she thoroughly understands the art of
moving the arm in a graceful and elegant manner; of
rounding it, so to speak, and of avoiding the angularity
which too frequently mars the effect of the most expres-
sive pantomime of others. Her pirouettes are exceed-
ingly neat, and it is evident that she thoroughly under-
stands the principles of her art. She is, as we observed
before, very young, and will therefore improve from
year to year for some time to come. She has a
brilliar.t future before her. She was admirably supported
by M. Croce, also an importation from La Scala. M.
Croce is a very clever dancer, and was much and de-
servedly applau led. The pas de deux in the last scene
between M. Croce and Mdlle. Baderna was perfect. The
audience were rapturous in their applause. The success
of Mdlle. Baderna, was complete—as complete as that of
her two fellow pupils, Flora Fabbri and Fuoco, had
been. It is no small credit to M. Blasis to have had
three such pupils under his instructions. The home was
very well attended.

and Lyons, 488 f. 75c.; Lyons an.d. Avignon, 482 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Belgian, Two-and-a-Half 54;
Spanish Active, 3.%.
l!daasarm.xs, JAN. 28. Marseilles and Avignon, 825 f.;
Northern, 6101.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 4.
Boulogne and Amiens, 12% —Namur and Liege, 2% —Northern
of France, 12—Paris and Lyons, 714—Paris and Rosen, 7!4—Rouen
and Havre, 26% bears and Nantes, 3%.

- -
THE FIRST CONCERT OF THE
AMATEUR MUSICAL SOCIETY.
The Amateur Musical Society will do for instrumental
music in this country even more than the Sacred Har-
monic Society has done for chorus singing. The mem-
bers of this society are dilettanti of the highest class,
both in social rank and musical science. It numbers
among its members his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke
of Leinster (the favourite pupil of Dragonetti, who
is one of the contrabassi in the orchestra), the
Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Falmouth,
Viscount Anson. Lord Saltoun, Lord Templemore,
the Marquis of Kildare, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl
Cawdor, Lord Arundel (who is also one of the per-
formers in the orchestra), and several other noble and
distinguished personages. The object of the society is
to promote the study and the performance of classical
instrumental music, and the orchestra is complete in
every department. Last night the first concert took
place at the Music Hall, Store-street, under the direction
of Mr. Balfe, to whom infinite credit is due for the ad-
mirable manner in which he has drilled his orchestra.
It is no easy task to drill a number of per-
formers unused to each others play into an orchestra
that shall perform a classical piece of music as a great
whole, yet this task has Mr. Balfe accomplished, and
the Amateur Musical Society, under his direction, last
night worked together in a manner which might put
many professional orchestras to the blush. It was evi-
dent that one spirit animated alike the conductor and
the performers—the love of art for its own sake. No
wonder, therefore, that they succeeded. The following
was the programme for the evening:—
PART I.
OVERTURE " L'ltaliana in Algieri"..........Rosini.
SYMPHONY No. C Beethoven.
Adagio Molto.
Allegro Con Brio.
Andante Cantabile Con Moto.
Minuetto Allegro Molto e Vivace.
Finale Adagio, and
Allegro Molto e Vivace.
PART 11.
OPERATIC SELECTIONS, by Negri, from " Don Giovani" Mozart
Srmerroxv ln G, letter Q.. .. Haydn.
Adagio.
Allegro Spiritoso.
Adagio Cantabile.
Minuetto Allegretto.
Finale Presto.
OVERTURE... " Presiosa"• Weber.
Hon. Conductor...... Mr. Balfe.
From this programme it will be seen that they aimed
high, and they succeeded in their aim. Beethoven's
symphony was admirably given ; each movement, each
feeling was accurately marked, and the idea of the great
composer was completely developed. The overtures and
the selections from Don Giovanni were performed with
perfect accuracy and with great spirit ; and Haydn's
symphony was given with care and attention. We hail
the formation of this society as a giant's stride in the
progress of the popularisation of musical science in
Eng:and, and with all our heart and soul we bid them
God speed. The time is not far distant when it will b 3
considered a high and an enviable distinction to have
been one of the original members of the Amateur
Musical Society.

SHERIFFS FOR 1847.
Bedfordshire—Robert Newland, of Kempston, Esq.
Berkshire--William Henry Stone, of Streatlev House, Esq.
Buckinghamshire—Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild, of
Mentmore.
Cambridgeshire and Huntirgdonshire—Robert Francis Pate,
of Wisbech, Esq.
Cumberland —Gilfrid William Hartley, of Rose Hill, Esq.
Cheshire—Ralph Gerard Ley tester, of Toft Hall, Esq.
Derbyshire—John Bell Crompton, of Milford, Esq.
Devonshire--Henry Champernowne, of Dartington, Esq.
Dorsetshire—Thomas Bowyer Bower, of Iwerne Minster, Esq.
Durham—John Fawcett, of North Bailey, Esq.
Essex—William Coxhead Marsh, of Park Hall, Thoydon
Garnon, Epping, E.q.
Gloucestershire—Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker, of Hardwick
Court, Esq.
Herefordshire--Sir Velters Cornewall, of Moccas, Bart.
Hertfordshire—Humphrey Harper Burchell, of Bushey
Grange, Esq.
Kent—John Pelly Atkins, of Halsted, Esq.
Leicestershire—Wm. Wootton Abney, of Sweepstone, Esq.
Lincolnshire—Theephilus Fairfax Johnson, of Spalding, Esq
Monmouthshire—William Mark wood, of Rumney, Esq.
Norfolk—Sir Jacob Henry Preston, of Beeston St. Law.
rence, Bart.
Northamptonshire—Thomas Tyron, of Bulwick Park, Esq.
Northumberland—James Henry Hollis Atkinson, of Anger
ton, Esq.
Nottinghamshire—John Vere, of Carlton-upon •Trent, Esq.
Oxfordshire—Henry Baskerville, of Crosley Park,
,Henry
on-Thames, Esq.
Rutlandshire—Richard Lucas, of Edith Weston, Esq.
Shropshire—Joseph Venables Lovett, of Belmont, Esq.
Somersetshire—John Matthew Quantock, of Norton-sub.
Hamden, Esq.
Staffordshire—Sir Edward Dolman Scott, of Great Barr,Esq.
County of Southampton—Lancelor Archer Burton, of Wood.
lands Emsworth, Esq.
Suffolk"--Henry James Oakes, of Newton Court, Esq.
Surrey—Joseph Bonsor, of Poulsden, Esq.
Sussex—Wm Gratwicke Kinleside Gratwicke, of Ham, Esq,
Warwickshire--George Whieldon, of Springfield-house, Esq.
Wiltshire—Wadham Locke, of Ashton Gifford-house, Esq.
Worcestershire--Edward G. Stone, of Chambers-court, Esq.
Yorkshire—Joseph Dent, of Ribston-park, Esq.
WALES.
Anglesey—The Right Hon. Spencer Bulkeley Lord Newbo-
rough, of Treiddon.
Breconshire—Rhys Davies Powel, of Graig-y•nos, Esq.
Carnarvonshire—Thomas Wright, of Derwenfawr, Esq.
Carmarthenshire--Sir James Cockburn, of Ddolgwm, Bart.
Cardiganshire—Matthew Davies, of Tanybwlch, Esq.
Denbighshire—Richard Lloyd Edwards, of Bronbaulog,
Abergele, Esq.
Flintshire—Llewelyn Falkner Lloyd, of Nannerch, Esq.
Olamorganshire—Nash Vaughan Edwards Vaughan, of
Rheola, Esq.
Montgomeryshire—John Ofiley Crewe Read, of Llandinam-
Hall, Esq.
Merionethshire—John Griffith Griffith, of Faltreuddyn-fawr,
Esq.
Pembrokeshire—William Henry Lewis, of Clynfiew, Esq.
Rainorshire—Henry Miles, of Downfield, Esq.

The letters from Amsterdam state that the re-
action in the value of English securities had produced a
favourable effect upon the dealers frequenting the Bourse.
The result was, that prices showed a tendency upwards in all
cases, but it was in Dutch Stock that the greatest rise had
been experienced.
Advices from Constantinople to the 16th January
notice further improvement in the condition of the grain
markets. A continuance of purchases on French and English
account had made quotations generally better. For delivery-
at an early date some very extensive transactions were re-
ported. Linseed was also in demand at higher prices. The
majority of vessels taking in cargoes of wheat were destined for
Leghorn and Marseilles. Nothing of consequence had been done
in the export trade. The latest accounts from Salonica do not
speak of much activity in trade. The Greek holidays had
just terminated. The rate of exchange at Smyrna upon
England was lo6i to The markets at Aleppo were quite
stagnant, owing to the absence of arrivals from Europe. The
remark in letters from that place is, " it would be useless to
give you prices, for they are purely nominal."
MALICIOUS OUTRAGE.—In the beginning of last
week, one of those acts, which we have so often to record in
the mining district, resulting from the most fiendish and re-
vengeful feelings, occurred as Brockmoor. It appears that
before daylight on Wednesday morning four pieces of hard
oak were introduced between the teeth of the crown wheel
and the nut wheel of the Star Pit winding engine, at the
Wide-waters Colliery, near Brockmoor, belonging to Lord
Ward. The object of the miscreants was to break the ma-
chinery, and destroy the lives of the first band of men who
might happen to descend the shaft—a calamity which was
happily averted by the timely discovery of the affair. A re-
ward of 20/. has been offered by Lord Ward's agent for the
discovery of the miscreants engaged in this nefarious trans-
action.— TVlkrcestershire Chronicle.
The following horrible suicide has just taken place
in the gnarlier de Breda :—A young female was living in
some style under the protection of a wealthy person, but the
gentleman having reason to believe that she was unfaithful,
he called upon her and told her that he would have nothing
more to do with her. Before she could justify herself, or
atter a remonstrance, the gentleman turned his back and left
the room. After a moment's pause she ran to the stairs after
him, and entreated him to return. "No, no," cried be,
harshly, "all is finished between us," and he continued to
descend. The poor girl wrung her hands in despair, and cried,
"Ah ! I will be at the bottom before you!" And she was
true to her word, for on quitting the house he found the
mangled corpse of his mistress weltering in blood on the
pavement. The wretched girl had thrown herself from the
window.—Paris Paper.
FATAL CARRIAGE ACClDENT.—Thursday evening
an iliquest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Red Lion, Princes-
street, Westminster, on the body of Ann Jervis, aged 74.
The deceased was a widow, living iii Wellington-ylace,Vaux-
hall Bridge-road. She was very deaf, and on Thursday
ternoon last, while crossing Whitehall, opposite
si the Horse
Guards, she was knocked down by the pole of a carriage,
drawn by two horses, belonging to Mr. Davies, of St. Mar-
tin's-lane. The driver had called out to her several times,
but was unheard by the deceased. He pulled up immediately,
in time to prevent the wheels passing over her, but the hind
leg of one of the horses struck her head, and inflicted an ex-
tensive scalp wound. She was conveyed to the Westminster
Hospital, where she gradually sank, and died on Monday last
from the shock arising from the accident. Verdict, " Acci-
dental death."
The British Institution will open on Monday with
0,17.,y, iniddlin'4 display, the top men
is no Landscer, no Stanfield : indeed, if we are correctly- in-
formed, there is no one work sufficiently prominent to take
a visitor there a second time. We shall be able to say more
next week.— The Builder,

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