The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) I whom, between the ages of seven and twelve years, had REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN
LONDON, DEC. 22.-Wind, V.N.W., light breeze, with been committed to pi ison within the last twelve months. TRADE.
slight frost. Robert Draper, a boy only eleven years of age, was The demand for the coarser kinds of wheat for ship-
Deere DEC. 21.-Wind S.W. to W.S.W. fresh.-Arrd. indicted for stealing a quantity of old iron ; and the jury ment to Ireland has in no degree abated; on the eon-
Triad, Lyall, Sydney, New South Wales; Constantinople, havieg ieturned a verdict of Guilty, trary each day has brought increased orders, at en-
9ibY"nge China ; Marearetlia, Bailer, Batavia, leaky Wm. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE put several questions hanced limits. And large as the shipments from Liver-
son, Alexander, Calcutta; Rockliffe, Harrison, Mauritius ; to the prisoner, from which it appeared that his father ndcn,to the sister isle have lately been, the
4Carleton, Odgers, Nassau ; Brutus, Harvey, ditto ; Ann and mother were dead, and he had no person connected necessity for further supplies becomes more and more
geWilson Honduras; Rajah, Cobb, New York ; John with him alive now, except his step-father, and that he sea urgent. We ventured to give an opinion last week to
ig, Meade, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Margaret, Emer- (the prisoner) could neither read nor write. the effect that a simultaneous rise in the value of
son. Quebec. Put back, her Majesty's steamer Sidon. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, this was a case wheat might be expected in all parts of the kingdom,
,r.LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.-Wind W.S.W. to N.N.W.--Arrd.
the disposal of which, under the existing law, must and what has since occurred has proved that our im-
',4Y, Camaroons • Antelope steamer, Rio Janeiro, sailed 21
cause deep pain to every person of ordinary feeling. It pression was well founded. Not only has wheat risen
ult., Bahia 13th,'and Pernambuco 19th ; Lydia, Jones, An-
was quite evident that the only person responsible for materially at the principal consuming markets, but
tigua ; Alexander, Apsev Jamaica; James Dunlop, Hondu-
ras; Oneco, Drew, New Orleans;' Scotland, Mills, Savannah ; the care of the prisoner had turned him into the street, even in the agricultural districts, though farmers
~11iNuenot, Greaves, New York; William Penn, Coghlan, St. to relieve himseif from the onus of his support, and have brought forward good supplies, the rise has
i',)"res, New Brunswick ; Agenora, ditto ; Chieftain, thus cast it upon the nation, and it was with much amounted to fully 3s. per qr. The primary cause
h: Ewing, Miramichi ; Coeur de Lion, Montreal; Washing- regret that he too often saw depraved parents shirking of this state of things is, unquestionably, the great
renWilkie, Quebec. Off port, Ganges, Calcutta; Con- their duties in a similar way. He much feared that so scarcity of food in Ireland consequent on the
e!'rpre, Charleston ; Isabel, C. R. C. The Coeur de Lion saw long as the present discipline prevailed in Parkhurst potato failure. Admitting that the first accounts
t.ti 25th ult. two ships on shore at Matan, with topsails but little good could be expected to accrue to the children of this calamity, which described the loss as almost
double-reefed and set • and a barque on shore near them.
sent there, for it was essential to reformation that the total, were exaggerated, and supposing that about
z tßeessoere, DEC. ' 21.-Wind W.S.W., strong.-Arrd.
sweets of good conduct should be impressed on their half of the usual quantity of potatoes have been grown
unswick, Cappel, Bombay; Victoria, Valparaiso.
.4.breee.ea.-.
PORTSIIOUTII, DEF..21.-Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W , fresh minds. The only course, however, which was open to in the United Kingdom, what an immense amount
zie St.Domingo,for
Arrd. Genevieve, No. 2, Letar ' , . him was to deal with the case as the law stood, and son- of food must be required to make good even that defi-
e'rilsurgh ; Davenport, Scott, Quebec. tense the prisoner to six months' imprisonment. ciency! In Ireland millions of the people subsist almost
'),T,21.-Wind S.W.-Arrd. Bowes of Streatham, Several other indictments against very young pri- wholly on the patato; need we, then, be surprised at the
"elvholm, St. Jago de Cuba. soners were also tried during the course of the day. position of that unhappy country, knowing as wet do
es °I.P THE ISLE OF WIGIIT-Superb, Nissen, Philadelphia, that more than one-half the ordinary food of a large
in' Antwerp.
class of its inhabitants has been entirely lost? Substi-
T.,RoternemProx.-Arrd. Elizabeth, Moffat, Prince Edward's SOUTH WARK.--(THIS DAY.)
stT.ElGN)totan lutes, under these circumstances, must be obtained some-
'''''lntl, for Antwerp. Jolla 'Veal and Sophia, his wife, were charged with
how; and England will be looked to in this emergency.
DEC. 20.-Arrd. Jane and Susan, Lowies, having in their possession several glasses and spoons,
Nothing can afford a clearer proof of the urgent ne-
t-14111es, Newfoundland. supposed to be stolen; a quantity of pewter in a molten
cessity of our Irish neighbours than the enormous
fore' THE START, DEC. 17.-Sourabaya, Poots, Batavia,
Rotterdam state was also found upon them, the produce of pub-
rise which has taken place in the value of Indian
lio ins' pots.
k.II,,LMOUTH,*DEC. 21.-Wind W.-Arrd. William Brannan,
A policeman seeing the pas iners in the Borough corn. At first. this article was
.received with. great
Ceg,"ne Quebec. It blew a heavy gale last night, from prejudice, but it soon took a higher place in the
sg- to W. that morning, and suspecting from their appearance that
they had stolen property in their possession, he stopped esteem of the Irish peasantry, and has lately been selling
,-colvey, DEC. 20.-Wind S.W. -Arrd. Augusta, Quebec.
when he found on the maleprisoner the lid of an
‘,l-en D -19.-Wind s - Ad B k b eeE • them, -
I% - rr . roo sy, i a en,at Limerick and other towns at prices not obtainable
for wheat. So long as Indian corn was procurable,
Ili York ; Hope, Graham, Pictou. Sid. Oriental, old saucepan, full of molten. pewter, such as. is u.see, in
wheat was comparatively neglected ; but the stocks of
"barn Calcutta; Baltic, Spear, New York. the manufacture of publicans pots, and which is also the first t e named article have been completely exhausted,
DEAL, 13ic 21. The wreck of a vessel of about 400 tons, used in making counterfeit money. On the female he
and still the people are without food. The natural con-
b'ispaterlogged, .and-abandoned, with raised quarter-deck, a found two cut ale glasses, a gin glass, and a half-pint
sequence has been a greatly increased demand for low-
•°4u yellow streak, and painted ports, was passed 11th inst., plain ale glass, the names on which had been ground
priced qualities of wheat ; and so large have the pur-
411°. 47 N., long. 21 W., by the Greerelaw, Johnson
Nealtheout. He then took them into custody.
chases for Ireland in the English markets been of late,
Downs. The Johns, Custard, from St. John's, The prisoners gave a most unsatisfactory account of
Brunswick, to Sunderland, arrived in the Downs to•day, that a great clearance of the old foreign stocks in gra-
Yet' leaky, See- their possession. of the above articles, but in the course
nary has already taken place. The rise in prices of
of the inquiry it turned out that the male prisoner was
Odessa, Danube, and similar descriptions of wheat, has
,z:esae TALBOT, DEC. 20.-The Tom and Mary, from Jersey
a hard working, industrious man, but his wife was given
ro..ransea, which was on shore near this 6th inst., came off
within the period of a fortnight amounted to about Bs.
be,Y, after discharging, and was brought in here, apparently to habits of intoxication, and it was strongly suspected
Perquarter at all those places where these sorts are to
.shout damag she had stolen the articles from different public-houses. ) .
be met with.
Suene -e. 0.-The Fawn, Middleson, which The prisoners were then ordered to be remanded for
it._ AND, DEC.. .
At Liverpool the influence of the Irish demand has
4, on shore here 17th inst., was got off yesterday, and towed further inquiries.
.been.more felt
risethan even. in London; and notwithstand-
tato the harbour. Two boys named Sullivan and Smith were charged
cse,,LAY, Dee. 19.-The Tritonia, Furze, of Prixham, from ing the great which had taken place there the pre-
with breaking open a porter store underneath the Green- .
nllt. to Wells, is on shore in Blakeney Harbour, aban- ceding week, wheat was quoted 6d. to 9d. per 701 b., or
doped; cargo and she is expected off next tide,
ltilattut damage. discharging,
wich Railway, and stealing several bottles.
3s. 6d. to 4s. per qr. higher there on Tuesday than on
The prisoners were seen in a marine store-dealer's
that day se'nnight. Indian corn continued, however, to
shop in Bermoud. sey -street offering balf a dozen bottles.
es feenzstentonon, .IJEC. 19.-The schooner Globe, hencemaintain the lead in the upward movement, and for
GeorT,l'atu, was in contact off Whitby last night with the for sale. A policeman took them into custody, and it
parcels on the spot the extraordinary price of 70s. to thtl;Ct'e:f.Shoreham, and sunk immediately; crew saved by was subsequently discovered that the bottles had been
725. per qr. of 4801 b. were paid. On the same day taken from a porter-store in the above locality, the door
ScAR •
bonded flour was in great request at that port for ship
but Dec. 19.-The Trent, Melvin, of and for of which had been forced open, and a considerable ment to France, and for good brands of Western
kit 2.7 sand, from Lynn, went ashore last night near here, number of bottles stolen. Evidence was given that the
Canal, 365. per brl. was obtained. Other articles
pee- ezPected off. prisoners were seen in the act of breaking open the store, esieA
were e uall dear. Later in the week the demand was
De „ IlleE, Dec. 19.-The head-board of a vessel, marked and being suspected of committing other robberies they
more orci less checked by the extravagant pretensions ofs
a in •
ilki a .gilt letters, shaded vermilion, on a black ground, were remanded.
14,,,in Piece of plank, either a head-board or off the stern, sellers; still a fair extent of business was done on Fri-
'frith gilt W." cut on it, and gilded on a green ground, day, wheat bringing a further advance of 2d. to 3d. per
on
4Cut mouldings highly ornamented, have been washed 701 b., and Indian corn being quoted 2s. to 3s. per 4801 b.
ape"Yle on Whitsand Bay, near the Land's-End; the W higher than on Tuesday.
reare d to be the termination of the word. From Hull and Leeds the accounts of Tuesday state
that some influence had at length been produced on the
wheat trade at those places by the advices from London,
Liverpool, and elsewhere, and that the millers had be-
come anxious purchasers at rates 3s. per qr. above those
previously current.
In the western and north-western markets the upward
movement has been more decided. The Birmingham
market, though plentifully supplied with home-grown
wheat, ss as cleared at rates from 3s. to ss. per qr.
above those at which purchases might have been made
on that day se'nnight. At Bristol a large amount of
business was likewise done : the advance realised on
English being 35., and that on free foreign 4s. per qr.
The advices from Scotland give a very melancholly
account of the distress prevailing in the islands and
highlands ; and the value of food seems likely to rise
there nearly as high as in Ireland. Besides the demand
from the more destitute districts for all low-priced
articles, a lively inquiry appears to have been ex-
perienced at Glasgow on Irish account, and rather
extensive shipments were in progress of being made.
Wheat was on Wednesday quoted 2s. to 3s. higher
at that port, and all other kinds of grain were in
request at enhanced terms. At Edinburgh prices
have also risen materially. Letters, dated Wednesday,
quoting an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter on wheat, is
to 2s. on barley, and Is. to Is. 6d, per qr. on oats ;
though in consequence of a heavy fall of snow, the
London accounts of Monday had not then reached the
Scottish capital.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have
been quite moderate this week, and by land carriage
samples very little has been exhibited at Mark-lane
since Monday. The parcels offered from Essex and
Kent on Wednesday were speedily cleared off at an ad-
vance of Is. to 2s. per qr., while on Friday, with no in-
crease in the supplies from any quarter, factors suc-
ceeded in establishing a further enhancement of about
Is. per quarter. Foreign free wheat has been in
very lively request throughout the week ; the
extravagant pretensions of holders have, however, in
some measure checked business, or the sales would pro-
bably have been even more important. The bargains
closed on Wednesday were at rates quite 2s. per quarter
above those at which sales were made in the beginning
of the week, and this advance was paid without any ap
parent reluctance in execution of orders from Ireland.
When, however, a further rise of Is. to 2s. per quarter
was demanded on Friday, buyers became somewhat less
eager, notwithstanding which, considerable parcels again
changed hands. Having but little wheat under lock at
this part, and a lively French inquiry being calculated
on, the rise in bonded has kept pace with that established
on free ; and for moderately good Dantzic as much as
655. per quarter has been realised.
The town millers have again put up the top price of
flour, and the highest quotation had risen on Friday to
60s. per sack. All other descriptions of flour have felt
the influence of this advance, and good households were
at the close held at 2s. to 3s. per sack higher than in the
commencement of the week. For American flour the
inquiry has also been active, and owing to purchases on
French account, nearly as much money has been realised
for the article in bond as duty paid.
Of Indian corn we have none on the spot worth
naming, and having had comparatively few floating car-
goes offered, the transactions have been of less import.
ance than of late, but that higher terms would readily
have been paid cannot he questioned, the demand having
in no degree abated.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT
THE SURREY THEATRE.—FRIGHTFUL AC-
CIDENT.
The following extraordinary scene occurred during
last night and this morning at the Surrey Theatre,
Blackfriars-road. It appears that last night was an-
nounced to be a " grand supplemental night," being
the only day before the Christmas holidays, for the
benefit of one of the principal performers, and as an
extra attraction, numerous additions to the company,
from most of the principal theatres of London, were to
be made for that occasion only. The house at the usual
hour being filled, some very considerable delay occurred
before the rising of the curtain ; and at length the stage-
manager came forward to apologise for the absence of
the principal performer of the first piece, a Mr. Hudson
Kirby, who had promised to attend at the requisite hour.
Upon the question being put as to whether the audience
would wait, or have a substitution for the character
(Damon, in the tragedy of Damon and Pythias), a gene-
ral answer was given in favour of the former course,
which was adopted ; and after the lapse of some time,
the required personage made his appearance, apologised,
and went through his part. The second and third pieces
were also concluded without any interruption, after
which a delay of nearly an hour occurred.
At about half-past twelve o'clock this morning the stage-
manager again made his appearance (amid numerous
cries of " More apologies "—" What next," &c.) and
spoke as follows :—" Ladies and gentlemen--What am
I to do. It is now long past the hour of twelve, and up
to this moment I have not been able to learn the cause
of the absence of Mr. John Douglas, who was to sustain
the principal character in the play of the Sailor's Home.
I have this instant received a communication, an-
nouncing that an accident of a very frightful nature
was the cause of Mr. Douglas's (of the Marylebone
theatre) non-appearance. The certificate of the surgeon
by whom he was attended informs me that he was this
morning superintending the production of the forth-
coming pantomime when he fell a distance of upwards
of forty feet, and thereby sustained some most frightful
injuries. What am Ito do at this late hour ? There
is no humbug in my statement. Here is the certificate,
and you will see the account of the accident in the
newspapers. I should greatly prefer the discontinuance
of the performance, but if you wish it, a gentleman con-
nected with the establishment will undertake the part
for Mr. Douglas.—(Cries of " Yes, yes," "Go on," &c.)
These disappointments of the audience were not
all they were doomed to sustain, for a minute
had scarcely elapsed before the manager again
addressed them in the following terms :—" Ladies
and gentlemen—l have yet further to ask your
indulgence. Mr. Cowle, who was to have enacted
the second principal character of the piece is also absent ;
but, with your permission, a gentleman who has never
appeared on any stage whatever, previous to this even-
ing, will sustain that part, and endeavour to entertain you
to the utmost of his power. Again repeating my most
heartfelt thanks for your kind indulgence, will you ac-
cept our best endeavours, or shall we discontinue for to-
day, for it is now morning." A general cry in favour
of their proceeding with the announced play having been
made, it was commenced, and was concluded a little be-
fore two o'clock this morning. The endeavours of the
debutant, and others sustaining the tragic parts, during
the time, affording to the audience good food for mer-
riment.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
81w, NAY 111.1111183ETit.
aL.,--trio 1417
Iz6L3D;.—llleadow Hay, 215 s to 3116 s ; Clover ditto,
and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade
mtud, at barely late rates.
ditttikhEmAND. —Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 41; Clover
11;:' 31 as
to 4/14s; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per load.
.„_ort supply, and a sluggish demand.
ditlYirrEcHA-Pat.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 16s ; Clover
aght°'„, 31 Ss to 5/; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 12s per load.
vt".Y good, and trade dull.
SUGAR COLONIAL.
k•--The market for British Plantation has been very
bite ' fit owing to the small quantity on show very little
aoki:l'''s has been done, only about 150 hhds having been
h. for which, however, rattier higher prices were paid.
caps quantity of British Plantation taken last week for home
khdtpiption from the East and West India ocks was 680
4411D6 tivrees 373 barrels. The stock in thecame places is
trrn.° hhds 539 tierces 1,633 barrel 3.
Wi5,..,•--The quantity landed last week at the East and
Ll,' India Docks was 53 puns; there were taken for home
hlida.44l,lon 233 puns 66 hhds, and exported 230 puns 25
ilitit.hials),.e stock in the same places is 10,673 puns
thiTe?•---Of 1,350 bags brought to auction only part found
..T.tt 18s 6d for mid white Bengal, being again 6d dearer ;
ul.."lte was taken in at 21s to 225. There has been an
114471,ng demand privately for this article, and continually
aheLLng Prices are obtained for the parcels sold.
r-,,-"W.---P. Y. C. is 51s to 51s 6d per cwt on the spot,
rt,
4 J 4
market is quiet and rather flat.
Ch,
11`tA vs zLECTIONS—(THIS DAY.)
—GBOURNE WARD.—(SECOND DAY.)
aelio:1 Polling commenced this morning in the Ward
nen—,s4 time and closed at half-past twelve,
'me ntirubers were declared as follows :
II 1/311 .
35 Gude
...................
1
4 ..................... 35 Gibson
.................. 24 , Shaw
Prod4ting; .................. 28 Surr

LINCOLN DIRECT RAILWAY.—(TUIS DAY.)—A
general meeting of the shareholders of this company was
advertised to be held to-day, at one o'clock precisely, at
the London Tavern. A strung muster of reporters were
present at the time appointed for the meeting, but after
waiting for a considerable time not a person entered the
room, and on our inquiry it was ascertained that not a
shareholder or director had entered the premises.
COMPARATIVE VALUE Of TEA.—At a time like the
present, when meetings are being held in rapid succes-
sion in the chief seats of manufacturing industry, and
the general public are actively astir, to procure an
amendment, if not an entire remission, of the duties on
tea, it is curious to contrast the present price of that
much contetnned article Bohea, now declared to be a
drug in the market at even 2d. or 4d. per pound, with
that it bore exactly 138 years since, when it appears to
have been the chief, if not sole quality, then in extensive
consumption, to the exclusion of gunpowder, hyson, and
flmoawnetind
eypeHkioseto,
riinuanlamAeu,eiofunnott,,,in
arr.! reality. theMlanruh 19‘: Pl7oos9t-,
published " for ye author by David Leach, in Elliott's-
court, in ye Little Old Bailey," is an advertisement of
one Richard Fare, druggist, at the Bell, in Grace-
church-street, offering good coffee at s.Bd. per lb.,
and sound Bohee at 163. 4d. per lb.; " except the
Bohee tea by the ship Loyal Bliss, now on her passage,
which none is equal to," and is declared to" exceed most
ftautniesemsoeltidtaftr2omo-s.'s'omThirsenisolsvuncceeded by a second an-
in Bedford-court
_, near the renowned
2aOrt.i,calensdat
the finest Bohees in dealertCovent-garden,"
ar d `e`
na, the
offeSrtianrg,
the kingdom at 145., 16s. Bd.,
" Bohee for milk" at 165., and the " finest Bohee" at
thatwhich timetphrei
heavier when prices, too, must have been somewhatd
comparative value of money an
needs no commend
In the last person'sadvertisement also " Brazilsnuff, that
is taken into consideration.
is offered at what is evidently
considered the low
ounce, the "best Portugal" at 10s.
per pound, or 4s. per
Hogomusty, and sundry other, witli almost antediluvian
19s. Bd., and Barcelona,
a tai
price
ne, w
appellations at proportionate
gvs moderatethis mchaayrgseosun;
sound to
mthoedne,
rnwoinnvdertoeursateasnnduffa.ltaarkmsirns, .s
ome crumbs of comfort
"
are afforded to the careful housewife by the benevolent
offer of William Tanni', living
at the further
croswh and
Jerusalem-alley, in the Gracechurch-street, end of
to supply
the best English barrel soap, " superior to
the cheapest ever made for cleaning linen
serges, and worsteds," in 321 b. half-firkins for 6s. oare2er'
per lb., not much more than a third of the price the
ap-
parently same description of useful article now fetches.
The extensive difference in the consumption of each ands
all the articles, however, must be likewise taken into
consideration.
A STRANGE CASE OF MTJRDER.--In the Philadel-
phia Oyer and Terminer, Bridget Barmen was placed at
the bar, charged with the murder of her infant daughter.
She is a married woman, living separately from her hus-
band, and had two children, a boy of three years of age,
and an infant of nine months old. She lived in Shana-
gunk a"d was seen to leave the house with the infant in
her arms. She passed down a lane, crossed several fields
and continued until she got into a wood, in which was a
secluded dell. No houses were near the spot. Five hills
rear their heads around the dell, forming a beautiful am.
phitheatre. A small stream of spring water ran through
it. which emptied itself into the Schuylkill. There was a
cascade of several feet, which fell into a pool, over which
a tree dropped its leaves. It was in this pool that the
prisoner held the infant until it was quite drowned. She
covered the body with a stone, returned to her home,
where she found a shovel ; with her little boy she went
back to the place, and dug a hole, into which she placed
the child, and arranged the earth and leaves over the
little body in such a manner as to elude detection. She
was seen with the shovel passing one of the houses, and
told the woman of the house that she carried the child
to the Almshouse, where it was adopted. Suspicion that
she had murdered it was excited, and she was arrested ;
she confessed tho fact, and took three respectable citi-
zens to the spot where the child was buried, and its body
was recovered. When it was examined she wanted to
carry it away in her apron. Although apparently insane,
she was found guilty.—New York Sun.
From the " Book Calendar" of the races of 1846,
published on Monday last, we collect that out of 1,311
thorough-bred mares used for breeding in 1845, 485
produced colts, 461 produced fillies, 35 cast their foals,
and 330 were barren. These numbers are confined to
the returns received, hut though comprehensive is, no
doubt, considerably below the mark. The index shows
that neatly 1,400 horses ran during the anon.

curtain.

—THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.
By the steam-ship Acadia we have advices of recent
dates from the United States. The New York letters
reach to the 30th of November. The weather had then
become winterly, and a speedy close of the inland navi-
gation was expected. Owing, however, to the very high
rate of freight to Europe, business in flour and grain had
become dull, the difficulty in procuring ship-room having
thrown serious obstacles in the way of business. Good
brands of Genessee, which had at one time brought SG
25c. per barrel, had gradually receded to .55 371 e.
The supplies from the interior had been very liberal in
November, and notwithstanding the large shipment
made, the stock on the spot was then estimated at
500,000 barrels. From Canada we learn that winter had
set in, and that most of the vessels had left the St. Law-
rence. Prices of flour appear to have been better sup-
ported at Montreal than at New York, and the latter is
certainly the cheaper market.
Owing to the non-arrival of the Hamburgh mail of Tues-
day, our advices from the Baltic are not of such recent
dates as we are usually enabled to furnish.
From Dantzic the latest accounts are of the Bth inst. ;
the weather was then severe, the thermometer having
been down to 18 degrees. The river navigation had,
consequently, been put a stop to, and no further arrivals
of grain were looked for down the Vistula till spring.
The animated English accounts bad meanwhile caused
holders to raise their pretensions ; at 545. to 565. per
qr. fine high mixed new inland had met a ready sale,
and for 591bs. to 601bs. mixed Polish 51s. to 525. per qr.,
free on board, had been paid. Stocks in granary are re-
presented to be small there, and with a continued English
demand prices would, it was calculated, advance during
the winter months.
Advices from Rostock, of the 10th instant, inform us
that after several days' sharp frost a thaw had set in, by
which the roads had been rendered bad, a circumstance
which might, it was e
rthought,twoof h
preventwe athad been supplies
pe
shippedcomingOnly
cargo
meGweeeedks6,
isiohsv.ery
to
unimportant the iosudp supplies. Good
then held at 504 Barley of 511bs. to
52Ibs. to 295.,
621bs. Wheat was
in spring.
free on board
weight at 28s. and Peas at 395. to
from that porthaddurihnegena
405. per quarter
the 11th instant, since when we are
changeable up to
• Short periods of frost and thaw had
without advices.
At Hamburgh the weather appears to have been very
drift ice in the Elbe, its navigation was still
practicable. We are, however, disposed to attri-
bute
succeeded to each other; and though there was much
the non-arrival of Tuesday's
:b In Wheat
blocked
have of quite mail to increased
severity of the weather, by which we think it very
likely that the river had become
the transactions at Hamburgh seem to
red
a local character, but the town buyers had paid equal
marks of
to 545. to 555. per quarter for good 611bs.
Wheat. Several contracts had been closed to ship Bar-
ley from the Danish islands to Ireland, at prices varying
from 28s. 3d. to 295. 3d. per quarter free on board.
From France the reports respecting the Wheat trade
become more and more exciting ; and unless the wants
of that country have been greatly exaggerated, a con-
tinued demand for bread stuffs may be reckoned on.
In some parts of the kingdom the scarcity of food
seems to be almost as great as it is in Ireland.—Mark-
lune Express.

SMUGGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Thursday night
Syreen, a custom-house officer, apprehended a woman
named Eliza Smith, a passenger on board an American
vessel, on suspicion of having smuggled tobacco in her
possession. Upon examining her dress, 171bs. of to-
bacco were found concealed under it ; but the most re-
markable of the expedients which have been resorted to
for the purpose of deceiving the lynx-eyed deputies of
the customs, was that of giving to the contraband weed
the semblance of a loaf. A quantity of cut tobacco had
been pressed into a tin, over which a thin layer of dough
was spread, which, being baked, had the appearance to
the eye of a veritable loaf. The quantity of tobacco
which the woman had contrived to secrete in this and
other modes, amounted to no less than 701bs. She was
brought before Mr. Rushton yesterday, and remanded
to Tuesday, in order to allow of a communication being
made to the commissioners of excise.—Liverpool Chron.
The price of wheat according to the six weeks
average which governs the duty, is one shilling and
sevenpence higher than at the same period last year.—
filarh-lane Express.

COURT 'CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Prince Albert enjoyed the
sport of shooting this morning. His Royal Highness
was attended by the Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting,
the Hou. Colonel Phipps, Equerry in Waiting, and Mr.
George Edward Anson.
Lord and Lady John Russell, and the Hon. Miss Lis-
ter, arrived at the Castle on a visit to the Queen.
Viscount Palmerston left the Castle today.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include Lord and Lady John Russell, the Hon. Miss
Lister, the Rev. Mr. and the lion. Mrs. F. Anson, and
Sir Henry Wheatley.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will attend
during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards
attend in the evening at the Castle.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday.
The Committee on Education of the Lords of her Ma-
jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, had a tweeting
yesterday at the Council-office. The Lords present
were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the
Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Hon. T.
B. Macaulay.
Mr. Dempster Hemmings and Mr. Henry Chard had
an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at
the Board of Trade.
The Earl of Devon had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Lord and Lady John Russell left their residence in
Cheshatn-place yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
office, from the Governors of New South Wales,. the
Mauritius, and Cape Coast Castle ; and also front the
Governors of the West India Colonies.
Mr. Georgo Frederick Young, and Mr. Dunbar, had
an interview yesterday with the Earl of Clarendon, at
the office of the Board of Trade.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
The first of the dramatic versions of Dieken's new
Christmas story, The Battle of Life—and it will go hard
if it prove not also the best—was produced here last
evening, when the Reeleys opened for the season, with
the most complete success. We have already given a
minute analysis of the plot in our notice of Mr. Dickens's
work; and Mr. Albert Smith, the adapter, has had the
good taste and the good sense to keep as closely to the
original as possible. The. successive scenes follow each
other in the same order as in the book, and all the best
of the dialogue is preserved, while the quaint descrip-
tions of Dickens—such for instance,. as his description of
Clemency—her limbs, her elbows,
and her dress are in-
terwoven into the dialogue of the piece in the most artisti-
cal manner possible. Albert Smith is the prince of
adapters, for he has so admirably " built" this dramatic
adaptation tif the Battle of Life, that to one
ignorant of the existence of Dickens's Book, it might
well seem an original and an admirably constructed
drama. The following is the cast:--Doctor Jeddler,
Mr. Frank Matthews; Alfred Heathfield, Mr. Leigh
Murray (his first appearance at this theatre); Michael
Warden, Mr. F. Vining; Mr. Snitchley, Mr. Meadows;
Mr. Craggs, Mr. Turner; Benjamin Britain, Mr. Keeley;
Grace Jeddler, Miss Ellen Daly; Marion Jeddler, Miss
May (her first appearance at this theatre); Mrs. Snitchey,
Mrs. Woollidge; Mrs. Craggs, Miss Grove; Aunt Martha,
Miss Foster ; Clemency Newcome, " Mrs. Keeley.
'he Dr. Jeddler of Mr. Frank Matthews is scarcely the
Dr. Jeddler of the author. In drawing the character of
Dr. Jeddler, Dickens has exhibited a greater insight into
the depths of character, as modified by civilisation, than in,
perhaps, any character that he has hitherto drawn. His
Pickwick, his Weller, his Squeers, his Ralph Nickleby,
his Fagin, his Quilp, his Chester, and his Pecksniff have
been representatives of genera, of classes—his Jeddler is
an individual; or if a representative, the representative ,3fa
small species, but of a species, the idiosyncracies of which,
any one at all acquainted with the social life of remote,
rural districts will at once understand. He is a hale
and hearty and healthy man ; and, like all hale and
hearty and healthy men, he has a warm and sound
heart—the

Mesas sana in corpore sano,
and wherever there is the corpus sanum, there be sure
doth the mens sana take up its habitation. But Dr.
Jeddler, relegated to a remote country village, has been
compelled to associate either with children, such as
Grace, Marion, and Alfred, or with men whiz are intel-
lectually his inferiors—to wit Snitchy and Cragga.
Therefore hath he sought refuge from ennui in the study
of books, and, above all, in books of philosophy. In
these books he has met with the theory—
that the world is a farce. Is it surprising that he adopts
the theory? The world, as far as it relates to success in
life, has gone well with him. He has had no sorrows—
no trials. He has seen none about him suffering sorrows
and trials, save, and except, such sham sorrows and
sham trials as a mens sana an corpore sano can shake off
and laugh at. What wonder then that he becomes
a Democritus—a Voltaire, but when his daughter
leaves him, when real trials and real sorrows come upon
him, then is Dr. Jeddler an altered man ; and this alte-
ration ought to be marked by the actor, and herein, Mr.
F. Mathews failed. In the earlier scenes he should have
made of Dr. Jeddler a Voltaire, with a spice of bonhom-
mie, his bonhommie breaking through the plating of
false philosophy ever and anon, as though in
spite of himself. In the last scene all this
should have been completely reversed, and the
renunciation of the false philosophy should have been
made all the more heartily, and the more pathetically,
and the more intensely, because it was the conquest of
the heart orer the head, and because, albeit, the head
had ruled for years, yet it had not ruled with undisputed
sway, the heart having ever ani anon protested most vehe-
mently against its rule. Instead of this Mr. F. Matthews
made the Doctor the regular conventional stage old man.
Ile uttered his sneers at the world, because the words
were set down for him ; but there was no sneer in the
manner or in the tone—on the contrary, the manner and
the tone belied the words—and if a person ignorant of
the language had chanced to have sen him, he would
have put him down as a jolly, comfortable, old gentle•
man, who considered the world a very excellent world—
fur too excellent to be made the subject of a jest.
The other characters were admirably supported
Had Dickens drawn the characters of Britain and
Clemency for Mr. and Mrs. Keely, he could not have
more admirably fitted them. Meadows's Snitchy was
quite equal to his Gruff and Tackleton ; and bliss Ellen
Daly and Miss May, as Grace and Marion, were all that
Diclzeas could have desired. The piece was admirably
put on the stage, and, at the conclusion, all the principal
artists, including Mr. Albert Smith, the adapter,
were called for, and made their appearance before the

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERS ALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The reports from " the corner " during the Christmas
holidays, have usually shown a very slack market. Yes-
terday was an exception ; the number of subscribers
present, and the amount of business transacted having
considerably exceeded the average. The four leading
Derby favourites were decidedly in force, Van Tromp
having been backed at 15 to 2 and 8 to 1 for three or
four hundred pounds, Epirote at 14 and 15 to 1, Planet
at 18 and 20 to 1, and Glentilt at 25 to 1 each for three or
four hundred pounds at the least. Of this selection, Planet
and Epirote were most generally in demand, 1,000 to 30
was taken about Lunedale, 1,000 to 25 about Red Hart,
900 to 20 twice about Conyngham, 1,000 to 20 eight or
ten times about the Liberator, 1,000 to 20 twice about
Montpensier, similar bets about Christopher, Projectile,
and Bingham, 2,000 to 30 about War Eagle, 1,000 to 10
each about Bedlam and West India Planter, and a few
other bets in smaller amounts. The closing prices were
in most instances governed by these transactions
CHESTER cur—Game or not.)
50 offered on the field
50 agst Mr. Dawson's Crim Con—offered
1250 to 25 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—t. and aft. off.
2000 to 30 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. H. Hill's Punch—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Griffiths's Newcourt—taken 4
1000 to 15 agat Mr. Wall's Crown Prince—taken.
TWO THOUSAND GULNEAS STAKES.
sto 1 offered on the field.
DERBY.
15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote
17 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken
28 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sis. to Cobweb colt
33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken
33 to 1 agat Mr. Wreford's Old Port
33 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—take 35 to 1
35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken
and afterwards offered.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mathematician
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Miss Martin colt—i. 45 to 1
45 to 1 agst Sir Pipes Conyngham—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken
50 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier—taken
50 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham—taken
50 to 1 agat Mr. W. Scott's Christopher—taken
1000 to 15 agst Lord Strathmore's Galvanic Ring—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken and
afterwards offered.
100 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Bedlam
100 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter.
OAKS.

10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander.
15 to.l agst Sir J. Hawley's Miami—taken to 100.
15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Farmer's Daughter—taken and
afterwards offered.
20 to 1 agst. Captain Harcourt's Ellendale—taken.
The premises in St. James's-street, formerly occupied by
the Messrs. Bond, have been taken by the recently formed
Turf Club, of which about seventy noblemen and gentlemen,
have already become members; the subscription commences
from the Ist of January.
Mr. Hargrave's horses will leave Richmond for Newmarket
in a few days.
The bonus to the Metropolitan Handicap, as we predicted,
will be 500/. An immense entry is anticipated.
BUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Her Majesty's stag hounds will meet on Thursday, at Salt-
hill, and on Saturday, at Bedfont Toll-gate—at 11.

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PEDESTRIANISM.
MAXFIELD AND DAVIS'S GREAT MILE RACE FOR
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over muster was
The
North Star (Maxfield) to evens. The start was prettily
effected, Maxfield making the running at an extraordi-
nary pace. For the first quarter of a mile he led beau-
tifully, having an advantage of from two to three yards.
The pace, however, seemed to tell on him, and Davis,
who ran self-contained, shortly after collared and passed
him. At the half mile the Wash Chicken had reversed
his position, and led by about the same distance as his
competitor had previously attained. He gradu-
ally increased the interval, and on entering the
straight running beyond the houses, and coming into
the straight rtualing towards the Grand Stand, held a
pretty and indisputable advantage of twenty yards.
Maxfield was now clearly outpaced, and at the winning
post Davis was first by thirty yards. The cheers of the
Cambrian party at the triumph of their _countryman