The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENJNGI FEBRUARY 12, 1846.

not suffer, and provision be at the same time made for an
ample supply of foreign grain. It would have been
satisfactory, therefore, had Lord G. BENTINCE proposed
such a plan, instead of simply stating the grievance. Where
there is a will, however, there is a way, though we fear this
proverb may not be applicable to Mr. GOULBUICI; and we
think that some of the members of the Cabinet, with clearer
intellects than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, might
easily arrange matters to the satisfaction of the public.
The quantity of grain bonded up to a certain period
previous to which no grounds existed that wheat would be
admitted at 45., can be easily ascertained, and on that a
higher duty might be charged than en wheat imported
under different circumstances. In such a case the corn-
dealers could complain of no unfair advantage being
taken of their position ; they would indeed suffer no
real injury, for it appears that large quantities
had been imported on speculation to pay the full duty
as fixed by the existing sliding-scale. In the month of
December alone not less than 8,097 qrs. of wheat and 2,177
cwt. of flour had been taken out of bond at the average
duty for that month. It has been argued, on the other
hand, that the public would be the sufferers, as the grain
in bond on the passing of the Bill would at once be
brought into the market. But that is not a sufficient reason.
Large quantities of wheat are pouring in for the purpose of
being at once taken out of bond when the duty is reduced.
Even from the United States alone an ample supply may be
expected before the discussions in the Commons and
Lords are brought to a close, and the Bill be-
comes law ; and neither the public nor the farmers
in the meantime would suffer. The revenue, too, by such a
plan, would be increased, and the Government, therefore,
could better afford a large grant for the relief of the starving
Irish. We were not disappointed in not finding any satis•
factory answer from the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to the application, for we expected none, and
the only explanation he gave was founded on error.
Lord G. BENTINCK is an excellent calculator, like all those
successful on the turf, and we would bet ten to one in his
favour against the State financier. The case, as stated by
the former, was perfectly clear and intelligible, while the
latter mystified the subject in his usual manner, and would
not admit the argument that, because the duty on foreign
corn was 165., the corn now in bond would be brought
into market at 4a. "If his Noble Friend," continued
Mr. GOULBURN, " would look to the returns on the table
of the House, and would look to the periods at
which corn was imported, and the periods at which it

came into the market, he would find there was a great deal of
importation under the sliding-scale, not for the purpose of
bringing in the corn at the high duty which existed
when it was imported, but for the purpose of bringing it
in at a shilling duty when the prices would admit of the
importation of corn at that duty." This is no an-
swer whatever, for corn is not to be admitted at is.
per quarter for three years to come, and the duty
till then is to be 4s. the quarter when wheat is at 535. and
upwards. Does the Chancellor of the Exchequer mean that
the corn-dealers will keep their wheat in bond for three years,
and lose one-half of it by waste, in order that they may im-
port it at a duty of is.? We agree with the more trusty
calculator, and have no doubt that they would throw it upon
the market at once.

A wonderful outcry has recently been raised among the
agricultural gentlemen) about the " unconstitutional " exer-
tions made by the Anti-Corn-law League. They have
swaggered very much about the virginity and the disin-
terested nature of their own cause ; continence of purpose has,
according to their account, added additional lustre to a qucs.
tion originally pure and magnanimous. By action and by
utterance, they have bruited forth against that remarkable
body epithets but a single hair's breadth from being libellous.
They have, in fact, proceeded so far as to assert that it is
scarcely legal. But while they have indulged themselves
with these excusable ebullitions of malignity, they have
not been sparing in allusions the most flattering
to their own integrity. If we may repose implicit
credence in their insinuations, they were the most
barbarously treated, single-minded, generous, and up-
right characters iu the universe. From all these eupho-
nious expressions of self-adulation, however, we can merely
discover one that is strictly and entirely applicable to them-
selves—they are, beyond a question, the most single-minded
of rational beings. But single-minded only, inasmuch as the
whole of their faculties are occupied by one superior and
exclusive object—self! Self-emolument, self- perpetuation,
self-importance, and self- applause—as far as these particulars
are concerned they are marvellously single-minded indeed.
With reference to the candour of their proceedings
and their straightforward adherence to what is usually
considered "fair play," we must be permitted to utter a few
sentences of the most decided and complete dissensience.
Plentiful have the Neophytes cf the New Bond-street mystery
become, and hence we are more particularly resolved upon
advancing a downright and unmistakeable net ative to their
assumption of purity in motive and in movement. In the
recent efforts made by certain Right Hon. Members of the
Upper House, we conc.ive—and our estimate mu-_-t necessa-
rily be corroborated by every right thinker that
one of the most comprehensive principles in the British Con-
stitution has been either voluntarily disregarded or altogether
lost sight of—namely, the non-interference cf Peers in the
election of representatives. This, we repeat, is one of the
most fundamental principles in our political state; destroy it,
allow the oligarchy by their moral influence to tamper
with the freedom of county or borough elections,
and the Government by triple force—the GovernMent by the
Monarch, the Nobility and the Commons—is subverted, and
transposed, and utterly annulled. By such a dangerous in-•
terference the main vigour and efficacy of the State becomes
vested in the Peers: under such a species of party domina-
tion the representatives of the people become little better
than puppets. To point out the precise application cf
these remarks, it will be sufficient is all conscience to parti-
cularise one or two of the numerous cases which have re-
cently occurred, wherein several Noble Lords have acted
a rather prominent and impolitic part. As these in-
stances have severally been detailed in our columns
as they transpired, we need but mention the names of the
personages implicated. What, for example, could be more
apparent than the electioneering impulse thrown into the con-
stituency of Newark by his Grace of NEWCASTLE? At
Chichester, too, Lord HENRY Luxxox is a worthy automaton
for the wire-pulling of the Protectionist Association; while
in the instance of that doomed and luckless . borough
of Buckingham, the heir to the dukedom is a suit-

able creature for the dictation of a paternal
lord. The Marquis of CITANDOS will prove no undu-
tiful advocate of the spirit for the maintenance of
which he is thrust upon a credulous or overruled constituency.
It is assuredly not requisite to specify any further occur-
rences of a like nature: every one who bas observed the
alternate retirements from the Commons, and nominations of
new candidates, must by absolute necessity have remarked

the influence—agitation, instituted at each of the vacated bo-
roughs by the self-appointed directors of the Protectiorist
Association, and the ostensible manner in which the oligarchy
have been instrumental in the selection of such and sech can-
lidates—flt champions (we had ahnost said fit mercenaries)
uf their most noble patronr. If these proceedings
are not totally and essentially unconstitutionsl, acts the
most subversive of the Executive authority are in accord-
ance with the principles of free government. The facts to
r hich we have made this especial allusion cannot
be too strongly objected to; they are inimical to the
continuance of an admirably balanced state= they
are opposed to the grandest prin tiles upon
which the English Constitution is founded—they are in-
direct antagonism to freedom of thought and liberty of action,
and hence are liable to exercise a most malign influence
over the nation at large—an influence that will spread rapidly
unless rapidly destroyed.

An advertisement appeals in another column of a new life-
boat, the invention of a seaman, named WILLIAM WILLIAMS,
who gives it the name of the " English Catamaran Raft."
It is composed of sheet iron, capable of lying within four
points of the wind, and withstanding all weathers, cannot
by any accident capsize, can be managed by four men, and
can be made to save at each trip 100 souls without ri:k. It
can be taken to pieces for stowage, and can be put together
by any ship-carpenter in thirty minutes. The inventor is
anxious to raise a subscription for building a working modal,
and we feel confident that in so truly national a cause funds
will not long be wanting.

Madrid journals of the 4th state that the discussion on the
new electoral law commenced that day in the Chamber of
Deputies. The general tenor of the Bill was approved, and

next day the articles were to be taken into consideration
separately; also an amendment, proposing that each Deputy
must possess landed prcperty, the rent of which shall exceed
2001., or pay 201. direct contribution. The Infante Don
HENRIQUE had arrived at Ferrol.

On the Bourse the Three per Cents. closed at 32 9-16 for
cash, and 33 at 60 days, and the Fives at 23%, also GO days.

In the French Chamber of Deputies the Secret Service
Money Bill was presented on Monday by M. DUCHATEL, the
Minister of the Interior. This Bill, on former occasions, was
generally delayed for some months after the opening of the
session, and gave rise to keen debates. Indeed, it was con-
sidered as a test of party in the Chamber, but the Ministry
having been so successful in the divisions on the Address,
consider it best to lose no time, and put matters beyond
doubt at (ince. This decision has given great offence to the
Opposition, as they looked forward to another protracted
debate some weeks hence, when circumstances unfavourable
to the Ministry might come to their aid. In introducing
the measure M. DUCIIATEL made these remarks:--"In
compliance with the KING'S commands, we have come to
demand the extraordinary credit which the wants of the
service every year required for the expenses of the secret
police. We have often assured you that this sum of 1,000,0C°
francs was scarcely sufficient. In more serious and difficult
circumstances, a larger sum would be necessary. The
credit constantly voted by the Chambers since 1810
cannot be reduced uithout danger; it is a fact which
they, even, who have repeatedly moved amendment
entcnon .
in the
debates on the secret money service l
seem to h
!edged. Confined to very feeble sums,
by thethe
Chamber
amendment
supported by the Opposition and rejected
political
vote, and did not bear
ohnadthethseercravhicaeicttseer of a
year ago, the Bill we have now
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the a fGpor.eesrennntiienngestlosiiocuy. gavelve
upon us
sent tbegeneral'situation of :Mfrs does not impose
selves, deemed it necessary to provoke that debate. At pre-
the same duty. You have just appreciated in its ensemble

and details the internal and external policy of the Cabinet.
No doubt can arise in the public mind as to the Chambers'
judgment on it. It is but for the sake of the public service
that we demand the extraordinary credit of which the votes
of the Chambers have, for fifteen years past, always pro-
claimed 'the recessity."

The Minister of War presented a Bill for opening an ex-
traordinary credit of 24;000,000 on the estimates of 1845 and
1846 for the service of Algeria. The Chamber then pro-
ceeded to discuss a Bill for preventing the adulteration of
wine, which it appears is carried on to an enormous extent,
throughout France, but more especially at Paris.
The Journal des DEbats confirms the report which
appeared in The Sun yesterday, that the Duke VA UMAIZ
was to set out without delay for Algiers. A letter from that
place, which appears in the Presse, says—" A great morta-
lity prevails at present amongst our soldiers in the three pro-
vinces of Algiers, Orar., and Constantina. The hospitals are
crowded, and, if we are well informed, upwards of 600 men
have fallen victims to fever or dysentery, in the province Of
Algiers alone, during the month Of December. Add to that
the disasters that have occurred in the province of Constan-
tina, and the excessive fatigues of the last campaign in the
west, and the moral discouragerhent of our soldiers may be
imagined."

A telegraphic di,patch received at Paris announces the
arrival of the Indian mail at Marseilles, on Monday morning,
at nine o'clock—all safe. •
On the Paris Bourse it was generally understood that it is in con-
templation by the Minister of Finance to bring in a Bill to comrel
parties who have caution money to lodge with the Government, on
any occasion where such a proceeding mey be necessary, to make
that deposit in stock Instead of cash ; the result has been a consider-
able advance, Three per Cents. closing at 84f. 75c., and Five per
Cents., at 123 f. 75c. for the end of the month. The market closed
as follows :—Three per Cents., for cash, Mf. 75c. ; for Account,
74f. 75c. ; Five per Cents., for cash, 123 f. 50c. ; for Account, 123 f.
115 c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,440 f. ; Neapolitan, 101 f. 75e. Spa-
7ish and New Loan, not quoted.
The Railway Share-market was less firm, and all the leading lines
left off at a reduction. For cash, Paris and Orleans were last called
at 1,285 f.; Paris and Rouen, 1,007 f. 50c.; Rouen and Havre,
707 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 982 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 700 f. ; Strasburg and
Bale, -251 f. 25c. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5151. ; Northern, 7651. ;
Bordeaux, 640 f. ; 51ontereau, 4551. ; Fampoux not quoted.
Definitives were more in request, and Tours and Nantes were
improved 15f., closing at 595 f. The other lines are also quoted a
shade higher. Lyons, 6171.50 c.; Strasburg, 5,71.50 c.; Avignon, 560 f,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOR EI..N RAILWAYS AT TILE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 11.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, antlCette (Mackenzie), VA—Ditto (Espeleta),
2A—Ceylon, % —Dutch Rhenish, 7 —East Indian, I%—Great North-
ern of France Constituted, 15—Great Indian Peninsular, % —Great
Western Canada, 3—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 3% —Lyons
and Avignon, 2% —Namur and Liege, 3)i —Orleans and Bordeaux,
113 i —Paris and Rouen, 38 lA —Rouen and Havre, 28.

WESTMINSTER ELEcriox.—lt will be seen from the report
of a meeting, held last evening, that Sir De Lacy Evans
comes forwa,d to dispute the borough with Captain Rous.
In a paragraph which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, we
expressed a hope that no opposition would be made
at present to the Gallant Captain, as be was a de-
termined supporter of Sir Robert Peel's measures,
so generally approved by the whole Liberal party, and we
see no reason to change our opinion. We understand that
the electors who attended the meeting were not unanimous
in recommending Sir De Lacy Evans to force on a contest
under these peculiar circumstances, and we have heard also
that the monopolists who wish to see the new tariff rejected,
are resolved to support a candidate opposed in every respect. to
their views. 'I hey will, in fact, vote fur Evans, in order to
turn out Roils and annoy the Minister. We believe
Sir De Lacy Evans, from his high character and his liberal
politics, would be ashamed of every vote giren from
such unworthy and debasing motives. When the
proper time comes, let him stand on ilia own merits;
he will then be able to carry his election without such
meretricious aid, and will find no journal more ready to sup-
port him than The Sun. Any attempt of the kind at present,
we fear, would injure the Government without benefiting
the Liberal party. In addition to these reasons, Captain
Rous will be c f great use in the Admiralty. He is bent on
reforming our present defective naval system; he will, in fact,
give new life to that department, if we are to place confidence
in repeated statements, and his rejection at present therefore,
when so much is to be done in that respect, would be x gtat
loss.

We understand that Mr. Tufaell, brother of the Mem-
ber for Devonport, has resigned his office of Assistant Poor-
law Commissioner, on the ground of general dissatisfaction
with the present Commissioners, whose treatment of Mr.
Parker is to be the subject of a motion for inquiry in the
House of Commons this evening.
ELEcriotg MOVEMENTS.—Mr. Hildyard. a Notting-
hamshire gentlemao, is in the field for South Nottingham-
shire, as a " protectionist," in opposition to the Earl of Lin-
coln. Nothing yesterday (Wednesday) was known as to
who would come fOrward for the division of North Notting-
hamshire, in the room of the late Mr. H. G. Knight.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,500
bales, including 500 on speculation. The market was very
quiet. Shares were rather inactive, and prices without any
material change.
It seems to be a question of more importance to our West
India Colonies even than to other parts of the world, that
railroad communication should be established in them ;
because such a mode of communication would favour the
establishment of extensive works for the manufacture of
sugar, and promote the economical obtainment of the
sachaline matter. Certainly no private individuals could
establish such works, though all could convey the cane by
railway to them.
The following from Jamaica will give a better idea of the
subject :—" When some months ago, referring to the probable
advantages to result from the establishment of railway com-
munication in this island, we expressed a firm conviction
that among the earliest fruits of the introduction of such a
system would be the separation of the manufacturing from
the cultivating process of Sugar producti„n, we scarcely be-
lieved so valuable an improvement was so nigh at hand.
" Already we have heard of more than one suggestion for
the establishment of central fact"ries in densely cultivated
districts, but only one of these schemes has yet appeared
in a tangible form, and to this project, as one calculated to
afford a highly advantageous means of investment to the
capitalist, as well as vast benefit, and accommodation to the
agriculturdit whose property may lie within the scope of its
operations, we feel most anxious to direct the attention of
moneyed men in England as well as in this island. We
allude to the project of which notice was given on
Monday night by Mr. Franklin, the Honourable
Member for Metcalfe, for an early day in the next.
session, having for its object the incorporation of a company,
on the petition of Alexander Gordon Fyfe, Esq., and others
for the establishment of a central sugar manufactory at Annot to
Bay, and for the laying down of tram roads of communica-
tion between the town and the various estates which con-
verge towards that centre. The details of the scheme com-
bine other objects which offer great advantages to those who
may embark their capital in it. It is proposed in addi-
tion to the establishment of a sugar factory upon a principle
embodying all the improvements of modern science to erect
a steam saw-mill, by which the valuable timbers which
abound in the dense forests of the interior of the parish may
be worked up into materials for general purposes, and the
large importations of timber from the United States be thus
superseded by a far better material of island growth. From
this latter department of the Company's operations, also,
staves of domestic manufacture and of unsurpassed excellence
will be obtained, so that the Company will be enabled to
supply the casks for shipment of the produce which they
manufacture at a cheap rate, whilst they will add another
item to their account of pr,fits."
These are the plans of colonies, too. which were to be
ruined by the encouragement of competition in the sugar
. market of the mother country.
There is no appearance of livelinass in the City tn- day. A
moderate business is doing in a few staples not likely to be
affected by the new tariff.
The English Stock Market is in a dull state this morning,
and the operations present no features of the least general
interest. Cons 515 tar present transfer have been 96Xi to %,
being u per cent. lower again than yesterday. For Time
the quotations have been 96% 3/. the premium on Ex-
chequer-bills have been 375. to 40s. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 99% to 95%. Bank Stuck is not higher
than 207%.
The Foreign Bonds have been livelier, tut without any
general advance in values. Mexican stock has been quoted
30%; Grenada has improved to 22% and 23%; Chilian De-
ferred is 52.1 A ; and Portuguese Three per Cents. are 591/2 ;
French Five per Cent. Rentes have been 123 f.; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents are 60% to 60%.
Railway Shares maintain their value this morning,
although there is not much doing in them.
ONE CLOSING
BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. kRIC ES.
Bank Stock .. .. •• • • • . 207% 207%
Three per Cont. Annuities .. • . 97% 97 97
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 96i;
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 90% 95% 98%
hong Annuities, Expire Jan. a, 1860 ..10% 9-16 11-16 10 11-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16
Bank Stock for Account . 20414
Consols for Account .. 96%
Exchequer Bills. INd
1,000/. -
5001. ..
Ditto, Small

. .. 20814
• •• 96%fi
Ij4d.
37 41 pm.
37 40 pm.
37 40 pm.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Chili= Bonds, 6 per Cent ..
Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent
Equador Bonds
Grenada, 1 per Cent
Ditto, Deferred ..
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Deferred
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent.
l'ortuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. .. • .
Ditto, 4 Der Cent ..
Russian Bonds ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .
Ditto, Deferred .. .
Ditto, Three per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account ..
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent ..
Ditto, Deferred ..
Dividends on the above payatsle in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent .. 123 f. - c.
Exchange .. .• • . .. 25f. 70e.
French Rentes, 3 per Cent .. 85f. 25c.
Exchange .. 25f. 70c.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent ..
Ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 56%
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60% $
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 95% %
12LTSINESS
PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES.
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 . • 129
Bristol and Exeter .. .. 70 .... 90 ....... I 0
Ditto New .• • • • • • 5 ••• • 13 ••••• • • • • • 13
Caledonian .. .. • . • . .. 10 .... 14% I
Ditto Half Shares 2%,,,, 374 ..
Ditto Extension .. • • .. 214 .... 2 • •
•
Chester and Holyhead .. .. 20 •'... 22% 22
Cork and Waterford .. . • .. 1% .... I 1,4
Cornwall .. • • • 5 .... 414 ..
Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% 114 .
Direct Northern .. .. • 214 .... 2% ......
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 5 ....
Dublin and Galway .. • • .. 4 .... 4 %
Eastern Counties .. 141., IFs. .... 22% 21% . •
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/ 13s. 4.1.
154 p.....
Ditto, ditto, .. • . No. 2. 6/. 4.1. p
Ditto, York Extension )1
t i
East Lincolnshire .. • • • . 11,4 .... 214 % .....
Edinburgh and Glasgow hn .... 78 79
Ditto % Shares .. .. • • • . 5 .. 161414 .....
•
Ditto New 14 Shares.. .. 10 .... 15 yi
Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &e. 425. . • • 114 1) •• •
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .
Dlito, Extension •• • . 12% .. • • 1814 :
Great North of England
.. 100 .
Ditto, New .. .. • • 36 38. „ „..
Great Western .. .. • . 85 •• .. 166 .
Ditto, Half Shares . • .. 50 .. 62 90.
Hull and Selby .. 50 • • .10714
Ditto 3j Shares .. 12,14 .... 21%
Ditto, Halt Shares .. • • • • 7 .. • . 2714
!Ancestor and Carlisle .. 35 .... 57. .. . . ,
Leicester and Bedford .
Leicester, Tainivorth, &c. 425..... par
Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Lip lrp., Mauch., & Non. Junet. 23 .... 2547 b „

521, 52%
34% , 3%
~21 22% 23% 23%
.• 4% 5% 5%
16% 16%% . 39% 39,21'
. _
snit

• 6oii
. 1135

16%
3834%

60
59

123 f. --c.
25f. 70c.
85f. 25c.
251. Toc.

11A
14
G

3 P

... 161,4
• •• 14%
... 1X p

10714
2114
271 i.
57
P
........

• London ant Birmingham ......100 .... 227 229 - 221 I
Ditto Quarters .. .. • • .. 2 .... 28% .......... 28
L-ndou and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d.
..
Ditto New • • • • • . 2% ..........
London ad Brighton .. 5O .... 68
London and Croydon • • • . 13/. 15s. 9d. 22%14 ........
London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2
London and South-Wes'ern.. 41/. Gs. 10d. 80 .......
Ditto, New • • • • • .
London and York . • • . • . ....
Ditto, Half Shares .. 21/2. .. 234. .........
Lynn and Ely • • • • • • • . 5 .... ........
Manchester and Leeds .. 82
Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • .. 1 .
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40
Fitt°, New Quarter Shares . 2 .... 9%14 ........
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... I%%ii p•• • .
Manchester and Southampton .• 2 .• ••7 2% XI% ••• • • •
Midland .. •• • • .• ..100 .... 152
Ditto, New • - • • • • .. 12 .... 28 .• •• . ... .
Newcastle and. Darlington Junct. 25 .... 45 .. •• . .....
Ditto, New, Brandling 2,
..........
Newcastle and Berwick 10 • ')2i3
North British .. • • • • • • .. 17%.... 25% ......
Ditto, Half Shares
.„
. .
Ditto, Carlisle Extension ... 11A.... 34 314
Ditto, Dalkeith • • .. 25
(Ditto, ditto .. • • • • • • .. 5 .... r, ..........
North Kent and Direct Dover .• ..........
North Staffordshire .. •• • • 425. ...: 2%14 4 p....
Norwich and Brandon ..
Ditto, New • • • • .. 3
Oxfd.,Worceater, & Wolverinpin. 12% ....• 15k 34 ..
Richmond • . • • • • • • .. 10 .
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.
Shropshire Union .. .. • • 42.. .
South Midland • • • • • .. 42s .
South Eastern and Dover 3334 -
........
Ditto, New (iss. at 32/.) No. 1. 16 .... 20 ........
Do., New (do. 301.) • • No. 3. 10 .... 11%
De., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%.... .....
Staines and Richmond .. 1 .... 2%
South Wales .. • - • • • • • . 5 .... 6% .
Trent Valley . • • • • • • • • • 5 .... 22
Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 2% ...
Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • 2 ...
\Wexford, Waterford, & Valeutia
Welsh Mldiaini .• • • • • .. 2%
Somerset, and Weymouth 234 ...
York and Car:i le • • .. . • 2%
York arid North Midland .. • . 52
Ditto, Extension . • • • 15 33 32
Do. E. and W. Riding Eater... 1 .... 1014 .
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Barbadoes .. • • • • • • • • 1 .... 0% ..
Toul., & Cette tMackenz'e) 2 .... 21,1,
East Indian .. • • • .. ss.
Grt. North. of France Const.t•tted 5 .... 15
Great Western Bengal
Louvain and Jemeppe
Luxenilx.urg
Orleans and Bordeaux
I'aris and Orleans
Itmen and Havre •

33& ••• • ••

• 2 p.. .

314....
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MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.
WAY MALIZICZTEI.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Slay, 31 5s to 41 hs ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to
5110 s ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 I2s to 11 14s
per load. Trade dull, at but little variation in prices.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 8s to 4/ 8s ; Clover ditto, 41 4s
to 51 8s ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 15s
per load. A 14ir average supply, and a steady demand.
WIIITECIIATEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 418 s ; Clover ditto, 415 s
to 5/ 128 ; Oat Straw, II lOs to 1/ 12s; Wheat Straw, 11 123 to 11 14s
per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Feb. 7, 1845, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns la England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

WHEAT. 1
303
10d
RARLET.I2 OATS. RTE. BEANS. I
351
PEAS.
PRICE .. 543 3d 1s 7d 34s 2d 353 fid 6d
DUTY... 178 Od 7s Od 6s I'd $s 6d 6s 6d 5s 6d

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY)
The House sat to-day to bear Scotch appeals. The Peers
present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord
Campbell.

MACPHERSON V. CRAIGIE.

The further argumentsin this part-heard Scotch appeal
were resumed, and occupied their Lordships the whole
morning.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day, an
Took appeals, none of which possessed and• ?saints of interest

V I CE-CHANCERY.-(T HIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE•CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
BOHN V. ROGUE.
The arguments on this motion for a rejection to restrain
the defendant from selling any more copies of the first volume
of the " European Library," with any passage or articles
copied from a publication called "Illustrations Historical and
Critical, of the Life of Lorenzo de Medici," called the
"Magnificent," with an Appendix of the original and other
documents, by Mr. Roscoe, were rt•suined and concluded
to-day.
His HONOUR, at the conclusion of the arguments, gave
judgment. Ile had no doubt whatever as to the course which
the Court ought to pursue. He should- certainly grant the
injunction, because he thought the case was plain from the
defendant's own declaration, that he had taken a materially
valuable part of the work of the plaintiff. The plaintiff,
however, should be put upon terms to bring such action as
he might be advised, with liberty to either party to apply to
the Court. As to the rest of the motion, in his Honour's
opinion it should stand over.
The Court then proceeded to hear motions.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WfonAm.)
FULLER V. STEVENS.
This case came on for further directittno,:. but when the
argummts were concluded,
His HoNoutt said, that upon the evidence and-the state of
matters which had been laid before him, he could not enter
into the case.
The bill was dismissed with costs up to the hearing.
Nothing of interest was bcf,re the Court.

ARCHES COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Sir HEMIERT JENNISR FAST.)
IN THE CASE OF TILE LEA'. —CRESWELL. —.JUDGMENT OF
TIIE COCRT.
• This was a proceeding against the reverend defendant,
who is a clergyman of the Church of England, to suspend
him from his living and divest him of his gown. The
Learned Judge went very minutely through the evidence
produced in support of the charges, and said the depositions
clearly proved that the defendant was addicted to drinking,
and was in the habit of frequenting public-houses with low
persons, and was cons nuently in the habit of swearing; and
was, on one occasion, observed to pull off his coat and cravat
to fight in a public-house. And the Learned Judgs said the
Court was of opinion that the conduct of the defendant was
highly disgraceful, and the charges were substantiated; and
the reverend defendant was unlit to perform the duties of a
clergyman of the Church.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY
( Before Mr. Under Sheriff Buncumt..)
DENNISON V. SHORT.

This was an action to recover the sum of 51. Os Id., for
butcher's meat supplied to the defendant. The defendant
pleaded that he was not indebted.
If supplied meat at the house of the defend-
The facts of the case were these. In the course of last
the habit of paying ready money for every-
a3th'neiatncitvhi:econpltvlaaisinn,tiai and always furnished the cook with money
beforehand; the cook, however, in this case misappropriated
the money, but made up her book as though it
was duty paid, and so much dependence was placed in the
servants that no receipts were ever required. It was now
contended, on the authority of Lord Kenyon, that a master
,vhe
gave his servante money- to pay was not afterwards
liable.
The UNDER SHERIFF, however, considered that the prin-
ciple was too broad, as each ease depended on the mode of
dealing. In this, a former cook had I roved, that she
made a contract with plaintiff to serve meat for
ready money, and for twelve months she had
always paid as the bills went in. except in two or three
instances where a few days had elapsed. The cook, who had
contracted the debt, had been called, and admitted the re-
ceipt of the money, and that she had not paid it. The ques-
tions for the jury were, first, had there been a contract for
ready money; next, whether the delay of a day or two oc-
casionally could be construed into credit ; and, lastly, whether
the plaintiff had used due caution in giving credit without
letting the plaintiff know that the mode of daling had been
altered.
Verdict for the plaintiff.

lORRIBLE MURDER and SUICIDE

(THIS DAY.)
Between six and seven o'clock this morning the inba
bitants of Arbour-square, Commercial road, were alarmed b)
loud calls fer tbs. police, and screams of murder issuing from
the house, No. 16, in the square, occupied by a respectable
man named Baxter, employed as a clerk in Templeman's
coal wharf. Police constable Sutherland, who was passing
the house, which is within about eighty or one hundred
yards of the Thames Police court and station-house, imme-
diately entered, and, on descending to the back kitchen, re-
ceived in his arms the body of a young woman in the last
gasp of death, from a frightful wound on the right side of
the throat, which gaped to the extent of several
inches. She died almost immediately, without ut-
tering a word. Having laid the body on the
floor, he proceeded to the next apartment, which
was furnished in the way of a parlour, and there,
on the floor close to the fire-place, lay the body of a
;man about twenty-six years of age, with his head nearly
severed from his body, his throat being cut quite across. A
pool of blood had issued from the wound, and where the
woman lay in the other apartment the place was also deluged
• with blood. There was a pond of blood at the foot of the
staircase, and the door, the tables, and the chairs were spat-
tered and smeared with gore. The fender, fire irons, and fur.
titure were scattered about in tvery direction, and all things
betokened a silent but terrible struggle. From all that
could be collected in the confusion which er.sued, this appears
to be one of these motiveless murders which, had the suicide
survived would, by some sapient jury, have been attributed
to insanity. It seems the deceased young woman, who had
not yet attained her sixteenth year, was the daughter of Mr.
Baxter, the proprieter of the house. Against the father's consent
she married her murderer, Jeremiah Spence Stark, about
nine months since. 'Though averse to the match, her poor
father took them into the house, in the hope that he might
further their future prospects; but the son-in-law was of a
gloomy and morose temper, and apparently idly disposed.
The only discoverable grounds for the terrible tragedy,
which has fearfully alarmed the neighbourhood, are these
A little blether of the young woman Ellen Baxter, alias
Stark, slept in the same apartment with her and. her hus-
band, and on the previous night heat d the latter abusing her,
and calling her odious names. This he told to his father,
who mildly remonstrated with Stark on the impropriety of
his conduct. It would seem this galled the fellow, and must
have rankled all night in his mind. From the appearance
of the front kitchen, which seemed to be the breakfast room
of the family, the young woman must have been at work
in the place when Stark made the attack upon her,
and the silent struggle between them must have been terri-
ble. Tier hands were cut in several places through the
gloves which she bad on doing her work. The poor young
woman, who is supposed to have been in the family
way, is said to have been a sweet, good-tempered girl, of
very prepossessing appearance, and her life might have
been saved had riot her too great love for the mur-
derer and suicide prevented her giving a timely
'alarm, as there were several persons in the house
at the time. Information of the awful occurrence was in-
stantly conveyed to the Arbour-square station-house, when
Sergeant Shaw, who was acting as inspector at the time,
made all the necessary arrangements, by writing to the co-
roner,thelestruagnsdp.lacing officers in the house to preserve every-
thing in the state in which the scene first presented itself.
In a deep pool of blood close to the head of the murderer
there was a comb belonging to the young woman, which
beenbeen removed
committed, i s
must have dropped front her hair in the commencement of
the weapon witlhl'aveh(ielhlYthobejletcotrridvilidceleld has
has
and that is wrapped up in a newspaper at the Arbour-square
station-house. It is a black-handled carving-knife, covered ,
front the point to the hilt with thick clotted gore.

' READING, GUILDFORD, and REI-
GATE RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A joint meeting of the shareholders in the above line was
held at the London Tavern, in order that the Directors might
explain to them the present position of the amalgamated
Company, and take their opinion on the future proceedings.
The chair was taken by DAVID SALOMONS, Esq., who read
a report of the state of the Company; from which it ap-
peared that the amalgamation of the Reading and Reigate
and Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Companies had
been formed on principles likely to be very advantageous to
both. The usual deposit of 10 per cent. had been made, and
very little opposition was expected from the landowners re-
sident near the line. The local traffic alone would give a
profit of 6 per cent., exclusive of all traffic that would
pass over the entire length of the line. The report
also dwelt strongly on the fact that the line might be consi-
dered as one of that class of national defensive lines referred
to in Parliament by Sir Robert Peel; as it connected the
arsenals of Woolwich and Chatham with Portsmouth, South-
ampton, Plymouth, and other ports in the British channel,
and concluded by an assurance that with regard to the sur-
veying and engineering business, and all other matters to be
inquired into by the Standing Orders Committee, the line
was quite complete and ready to go to Parliament with every
anticipation of a favourable result. After a few brief remarks
the Chairman concluded by expressing a hope that
.the
shareholders would continue to repose in their directors that
confidence which they had always shown, and assuring
them that the directors were ready to do for them anything
they might require, and give them every information they
could expect. 0
Several shareholders inquired what were time expanses of
the Companies, and the amount of capital subscribed upon
each.

The CHAIRMAN said he could not enter into a detailed ac-
count, but the expenses of each Company had been in round
numbers about 14,0001. The capital subscribed in the Read-
ing and Reigate line was about 38,000/. and on the Reading,
Reigate, and Guildford about 54,000 i, giving a total of
92,0001.

Several voices in the room expressed dissatisfaction et the
large expenses incurred.

•
A StaREIIOLDER made a few remarks with regard to the
satisfictory condition of the line, and proposed a resolution
expressing thanks to the chairman and directors, and also
expressing entire confidence in them.

An amendment was proposed requiring an immediate state-
ment of accounts.

The CHAIRMAN said the shareholders ought not to com-
plain of the expenses, for if they at first started two lines in-
stead of one, and incurred the expense attendant upon sur-
veying and getting up two lines, when they knew that one
line would do, was it their own fault. The directors would,
however, be happy to send round to every shareholder a state-
ment of accounts in detail.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WATKINS, a shareholder, said that he thought the
amendment ought to he put to the meeting, and if passed,
he would propose another, to the effect that the meeting
should adjourn until the detailed accounts were produced.—
(Cries of No, no," through the room.)
.The CHAIRMAN begged Mr. Watkins to consider he had no
wish that the Company should be put down in the papers as
a disorderly meeting. There was every discositiou to give a
detailed account, and those accounts they would, if the
shareholders pleased, produce in a week, or even three days,
should they require it. The directors would be very happy
to overhaul them with the shareholders, and let blame fall
on those who deserved it.

A SHAREHOLDER asked if the directors of the united com-
panies had taken anythingfor their services ?—( Loud hisses.)
Mr. LEVESON GOWER, the chairman cif the I-Zeading and
Reigate, said that they had not taken a shilling, or even a
glass of cold Water, at the .shareholders' expense.
The CHAIRMAN said he had had nothing from the Company
but a great deal of trouble.—(Laughter.)
The sense of the meeting was so strongly expressedagainst
this question that it was withdrawn, and the questionerjoined
in an expression of satisfaction at the businesslike way in
which the chairman had conducted the proceedings.
The original motion of thanks to and confidence in the di-
rectors was then put, and carried unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

Sub-Committee No. 2, Cloisters, 6.
This Committee met to-day at a few minutes past twelv
o'clock, Sir J. Y. Buller in the chair.

OVIvoroRD, CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH,
AND WAREHAM.
The evidence in support of this Bill was resumed.
The Committee were of opinion that the standing orders
had not been complied with by this Company.
EDnvilunGir AND NORTHERN (DUN•
rERnuaNB BRANCH).
This was a petition on the part of the Edinburgh
and Northern Railway Company, for the- purpose
of constructing a branch from their railway to Dun-
fermline, intersecting the great coal field of Lochgelly.
The engineer was Mr. Thomas Grainger, and it appeared that
the length of the line was 15 miles, and the amount of capital
187,0001.

The formal proofs were gone through.
There was a petition from Donald Smith Pedding, com-
plaining that the line proposed to pass through his property,
to the injury of the same, and alleging that the standing
orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the plan
deposited with the Sheriff's clerk at Fife did not delineate the
line with accuracy.
The Committee considered that the standing orders in this
case had been complied with.
There was another allegation of inaccuracy in the plans
and sections, and in the notice of a field.
The Committee were of opinion that the standing orders
had not been complied with by the Edinburgh Northern
(Dunfermline branch) Railway in this particular.
Parliamentart• agent, Sir Chas. Gordon, Edinburgh ; solici-
tors, Messrs, Webster, Richardson, and Connell, London.

CHELTENHAM AND °krona).
The object of this Bi'l was to construct a railway from
Cheltenham, through Gloucestershire, to join the Oxford, and
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railways.
There was a petition against from James Boodle, of Chelten-
ham, through whose property the line would pass, which
contained several allegations, some of which were abandoned.
Tiaere was an allegation -that the sections were in-
accurate at the copeing of the Great Western bridge at
Chelte n ham, which, as well as anotl.er allegation of inaccuracy,
the Committee considered were not sufficiently specific, and,
therefore, that in those cases the standing orders had been
complied with.

Sub-Committee N 0.3.
This Committee resumed its sittings at the usual hour this
morning, Mr. Aglionby in the chair.
SOUTH EASTERN.
This was the petition of the South-Eastern Railway Com-
pany for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise tl_•e construction
of a branch line to Rye Harbour. The amount of capital
was proved to be 20,000/, and the estimated cost 15,000/.
The standing orders were declared to have been compile.]
with.

EAST GRXNSTEAD BRANCH.
This was another petition of the South-Eastern Railway
Company for leave to bring in a Bill to make a branch rail-
way from their Godstone station to East Grinstead. The
estimated cost was 110,0001., and the subscription contract
had been executed for 82,0001., or inure than three-fourths of
the capital.
In this case also the Committee decided that the standing
orders had been complied with, subject to the question which
had been raised in a former case as to the validity of a sub-
scription contract applying to more than one Bill.
CHISLET AND MARGATE BRANCH.
This was the third petition of the South-Eastern Company,
for leave to bring in a Bill to construct ,a branch of their
Hastings and Rye line from Chislet to Margate. The esti-
mated cost of construction was 100,00 C/. The usual formal
proofs having been put in,
The CHAIRMAN announced that the standing orders had
been complied with. He took that opportunity of stating
that the Committee of Chairmen, after considering the ques-
tion whether one subscription contract, embracing a number
of estimates and a number of branches, could apply
to several Bills, or whether there ought not to be a
separate contract deed for each Bill. the Committee had
come to the resolution that a subscription contract, binding
the parties to raise a number of estimates in the
aggregate for an equal number of branches was not
contrary to the spirit of the standing orders on
this point. In the case of the South-Eastern Company, how-
ever, the instrument, although in a single form, contained
covenants to raise each particular estimate; but in the
case of the North British Railway, there was only
one covenant in the deed which bound each party to
subscribe his proportionate part of the aggregate amount of
a number of estimates. In both cases, however, there was
the same legal obligation to raise the estimate of each branch,
and evidence of the deposit of plans, &c., having ,been given
in respect of all the branches comprised in each Bill, the
Committee were of opinion that in each and every case the
standing orders had been duly complied with.

WEST OF SCOTLAND ZUNCTION.
This was the petition of the West of Scotland Junction
Railway Company, fur leaKe to bring in a Bill to construct a
junction from the Edinbiirgh.and Glasgow Railway, through
the city of Glasgow, Ware-Glasgow and Ayr Railway. The
'estimated cost of tholine is 206,0007. The customary formal
proofs having been put in, the Committee decided that the
standing orders had been complied with.
PERTH AND camerr DIRECT.

This' was the petition of a new Company for leave to bring
in a Bill to construct a direct line of railway 'from Perth
to Crieff, a distance of about twenty miles. The cost of the
works, including two short branches of some eight miles in
extent, was estimated at 300,000/.
The Committee decided that the standing orders had been
duly complied with.

WILSONTOWN, MOR.NiNGSIDE, AND
COLTNESS COMPANY.
This was the petition of the Wilsontown, Mornin:side, and
Coltness Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to
construct a branch from a point on their main line to
Knowton. The estimated cost was 200,000/.—Standing orders
complied with.

Sub-Committee No. 4.
The Committee met at the usual hour this morning. Mem-
bers present, Mr. H. Drummond (chairman), Mr. Evans, and
Mr. Shirley,
7.ONDON AND ,11 ItE VII INGHAM (ST. _AT S AN'S
_ _

AND LUTON nRANCHES).
This Bill stood over from yesterday, there being no proof
of notice having been given to the Marquis of Bute, but the
necessary evidence being now pioduced, the standing orders
were declared to be complied with

CLYDE 7447?,80M1R, AND DOCY.E.
In this Bill, and alto in the Downpatrick Gas Bill, the
objects of both which are expressed in the name, the Coin-
mittee decided that the standing orders were complied with.
BALLYMENA AND ,ZIALLTMONY.
The object of this Bill is to connect Belfast and Ballymena
with the Armagh and Coleraine line. The length of the
e will be twenty miles, and the cost is estimated al; 55,000/.
Mr. Charles Lanyon is the engineer and Mr. Bayden the Par-
liamentary agent. The standing orders were complied with.

Rutland Election is to take place on Saturday next;
there is at present no opposition, but it is expected that the
fanners will, on the hustings, strongly express their opinions, and
that Mr. T. Healy, the new convert to thc League, will also state his
opinions. Mr. Finch has declined to come forward.
IMPORTATION OF CATTLE FROM IRELAND.—By a Par-
liamentary paper printed yesterday, it appears that in the quarter
ended on the sth January last, the importation of cattle from Ire-
land was—of oxen, hulls, and cows in number, 32,833 ;of calves,
583 ; of sheep and lambs, 32,579; and amine, 104,141.
NORTH NOTTINGUAMSIIIRE.—By the death of Mr.
Gaily Knight, announced in another place, a vacancy is occasioned
for this division of Nottingham, in addition to• that caused for the
southern division by the appointment of the Earl of Lincoln to the
office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Knight was a consavative,
and has repreSeuted North Aotts sjtce 1834.

THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND

STAFFORDSHIRE COAL MINES.
Mr. Onions has lately delivered an interesting lecture
before the Institute at Birmingham, on the coal forma-
tions of England, including a description of the coal
fields of Worcestershire and Staffordshire, from which
we extract the following condensed description of the
latter:—" The first attempt to de,cribe the coal
district of South Staffordshire was by Mr. Keir, in
1796; and nothing was added to that till Dr. Thompson's
account in the Annals of Philosophy for 1818. The
coal field was described by Keir to extend only about 4
miles round Dudley, whereas at the present day the area
over which the coal extends, is estimated at more than
100 square miles. From Stourbridge on the south to
Rugeley on the north its length was twenty. two miles,
and its breadth from east to west about nine miles. The
Dudley coal field is surrounded by the new red sand•
stone, beneath which Lord Dartmouth's sinkings, at a
distance of one mile from the great " fault," by which
the coal is supposed to be cut off, hare discovered it
again. How far, however, it my be profitable to work
in such a position is another question. On the western
sides shafts have been with success sunk under the new
red sandstone, and the coal found to expand in thickness
as it dips. It might be taken as a rule, that if the sand-
stone were the lower member of the new red or Permian
system, as it was called, it might he bored for coal with
almost a certainty of success; but if the upper member,
the expense would be immense, and it was doubtful
whether the coal would ever be reached. The millstone
grit, which forms such vast walls round the north fields,
vas here scarcely represented; and the mountain lime-
stone was altogether absent. There was reason to be-
lieve thzt those strata had never been deposited in the
part of the country. The sub-strata were, therefore,
Silurian rocks, which rise up irregularly through the coal
near Dudley and Sedgley, and form its eastern boun-
dary rear Walsall. The coal field was divided by the
limestone hills of Dudley and Sedgley, and the basalt
of Rowley Regis. The curious foldings and twistings
of the limestone and shale of Dudley and the
Wren's Nest, showed that the whole mass had been
violently lifted up from beneath while in a fluid state,
and rising to the surface was spread out upon it Hence
the coal strata dip away from or rise to the opposite
sides of the limestone, while they are continued under
the basalt, being evidently charred or burnt as they
approach the nucleus of hills. Three courses of iron-
stone of no very great value have been found near
Dudley, but at Wolverhampton fourteen courses of valu-
able ironstone are wrought. It was hence supposed
that the workings of Dudley did rot go deep enough ;
but the fact was that the miner was there acquainted
with the very bottom of the fiel.l, which had been brought
1 to the surface by the protrusion of trap and other igne-
ous rocks. The greater scarcity of coal round Wolver-
hampton caused the richer iron ore of that dis •
trict to be brought to Wednesbury, Sedgley, and other
places in the south, to be smelted. The ten-yard coal in-
variably terminates at the foot of the limestone hills, as at
Walsall, Sedgley, Wren's Nest, and Wednesbury. It
extends around the basalt from near Oldbury to Hales
Owen, where it again meets with and is thrown up by
the limestone. Near Stourbridge many dis'ocations
occur, and the progress of mining is much improved by
a peculiar volcanic substance called green rock,
resembling basalt. Towards Sedgley, the ten-yard coal
goes so deep that the mines cannot be worked. It is
probable that the ten-yard coal extends westward into
Shropshire, and eastward under the new red sandstone;
but it was not likely they would obtain it beyond Bil-
ston to the north, or Stourbridge to the south. The
ten-yard coal is found at various depths in different
parts of the same field, owing to the dislocations of the
strata. At Wolverhampton and Bilston it crops out,
while at other places its position varies from 16 to 140
yards from the surface in a short distance. As the sub-
jacent limestone and superincumbent new red sandstone
hare participated in the effects of these dislocations, it
is evident that they were deposited before ; that the
coal was deposited horizontally on the Silurian rocks ;
and that the whole were upheaved at one time.

PHILANTHROPHIST ISA MBERT

AND THE WHITE NEGRO.
A former Paris gamin, who had, in consequence of
sundry misfortunes, become a Pole, had obtained of a
fellow cosmopolite a list of the generous persons living
within the ta elvo arondissemens of Paris. Amongst
those charitable individuals figured M. Isambert, the
deputy, better known as the friend of the blacks. Our
Pole called on him the other day, told him the
old story of the campaign of 1831, dwelt with
eloquence on the miseries of exile, and concluded
by demanding some trifling assistance. "If you deny
it," said Gaminowski, " I shall be reduced to sell my cross
of the White Eagle, the only thing remaining to me in the
world.' The beggar was fair and rosy, and M. Isambert
dismissed him, apologising for hit being obliged to at-
tend a rehearsal at the Varit-teilleatre. The disap-
pointed Pole was threatening revenge, when public
rumour apprised him of the success of the Petit Mousse
' (which vaudeville is ascribed to the pen of M. Isambert),
and explained that gentleman's last words. Our Pole
immediately rubbed his face with yellow ochre, made
his hair as woolly as possible, and, in the shape of
a mulatto, boldly called again on the witty vaude-
villis, who gave him five francs and shook hands with
him. A week after the Pole returned to the charge,
under the aspect of a real Ibo, soot having suc-
ceeded to ochre. " rray be seated," said M. Isambert ;
" what is it that affords me the honour of your visit, my
doer black ?" "Me hungry !" cried the Pole ; "me
come from New York with American lord; me in France,
me free, me hungry, thirsty, and not a bit of bread."
"Here are twenty francs for you," replied M. Isambert
in his most gracious style, which he the more readily
used as the Varietei manager had just sent him some of
his author's dues. The Pole wept for joy, land touched
Isambert to such a degree, that the latter fell into his
arms and embraced him like a brother. At length their sobs
cult-di and the Pole, mulatto, and negro withdrew. On
re, entering his closet, M. Isambert happened to see him-
self in his glass, and found that his cheeks and his nose
were of a sup:-rb black. fie f neie.l himself about to be
turned into a negro, and almost fainted with delight. It
was some time before this sweet dream was dispelled
and M. Isambert could persuade himself that his African
visitor bad favoured him, in return for his 20 francs,
with the contents of a chimney—Paris Print.