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The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-27

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Two yrs old Sweepstakes. First half of Ab. M.
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The Criterion Stakes.

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Knight of the Shire a bad third, and Daniel O'Rourke
beaten off.

THE STEAM-SHIP AFRICA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.
The royal mail steam-ship Africa, Ryrie Com-
mander, which sailed from this port at eleven o'clock
on Saturday morning, returned to this port at seven
o'clock this morning, having been ashore on the
Copeland Rocks, off Belfast. She has not sustained
any very serious damage, but it was deemed pru-
dent, under the circumstances, to return to this port.
She struck at half-past ten on Saturday night, and
was towed off at noon yesterday. The mails and
passengers will be taken on
,by the steam-ship
Canada, which is to sail at two o clock to-morrow.—
Times.

bneercsesosfatrhye examinations
- --.----
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following
for the gentlemendip l havingom a
were
College at the
meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 24th inst. :
Messrs. George Money Swinboe, Calcutta ; John Kearne,
Kilkenny; William Barnes Kainey, Spilaby, Lincolnshire;
John Tom Gabriel, Devonport ; John Bl'Kidd, Edinburgh;
Robert William Ellis, Bristol; John Thomas Hughes,
erethaddemrgitetel members
Lampetre, Cardiganshire; and George William Paynter
Australia.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Strenuous
endeavours are being made to push forward the works on
the main line, extending from Peterborough to Grantham,
Newark, and Worksop. On the portion of the lice between
Corby and liangham, where the works are heavy, and in-
clude two tunnels, a large number of hands are engaged.
The loop junction to Corby is far advanced towards com-
pletion, and that across the Valley of the Trent, at Newark,
is finished. The various stations are being rapidly pro-
ceeded with, and it is anticipated that, should nothing un-
favourable occur, the line will be opened for traffic early in
the month of February.
TAFF VALE RAILWAY.It is rumoured that the
Taff Vale Railway Company intend reducing their third-
class fares from Merthyr to Aberdare to 6d.—Cambrian.
DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF MORN-
INGTO/4.—The decease of the Dowager Countess of Morning-
ton, which we announced on Saturday, took place at her re-
sidence in Grosvenor-square, at a late hour on Thursday.
The deceased lady bad reached the venerable age of 92. She
was the eldest daughter of Admiral the Hon. John Forbes,
and married, on the 17th of May, 1784, William Lord Mary-
borough, second son of Garrett, first Earl of Mornington,
and brother to the late Marquis of Wellesley and the Duke
of Wellington.
The mortal remains of Lady Fitzroy Kelly
removed on" were
Saturday from her Ladyship's late residence,
Dorchester-terrace, Bayswater-road, for interment
taw in tin Ca-
Wig; 4flua4l-0,94 cMeterY*
London, England, 1851-10-27

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Ferrer
Tremendous success of Azael, and Caught in hts Own Trap.
THIS EVE.NIIIO,
Will be performed GIRALDA. Characters by Messrs. Compton,
H. Farren, G. Cooke, W. Farren, jun., Madames L. Howard, and
Fielding.

With: CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAY, In which Mr. Farren
will appear.

To conclude with AZAEL ; or, the Prodigal in London, supported
by Messrs. Compton, Shaidere, Nortcn, Kinloch, Clifton ; Mesdames
A. Phillips, Fielding, Ellen Turner, and Lees.
London, England, 1851-10-27

When made up in
GeneralPost-offlee
London.

TOct. 31
Oct. 28 ..
Nor. 5 •• ••
lath of the month
19th & 30th of mo.
Daily ..
9th of tho month

19th of the month
2d & 17th of month
14th of month

7th 17th 27thof mo'
2d & 17th of mon.
Mon., Wed., & Fri.
17th of the month

j Twice
7th 17th 27 th am°
London, England, 1851-12-15

GERMAN Y.

Letters of the Gth from Bri,lau, in the Berlin
National Gazette, state that the whole of the Upper
ahine, es far •as Mayence, is to be occupied by Airs-
trim troops. They are to be joined by soma troops
of Baden. _ _ _

The Cologne Gazette has the following from Berlin
dated the 911 :-" The timid inhabitants of this city,
who only dream of MAzziNi and bandits, sent imme-
diately after the arrival of the news of the events of
Paris, deputations to the President of the Council of
Ministers, to implore aid agaitis the• workmen, whom
they imagined to be in open insurrection. To one
of these deputations M. DE MANTEUFFEL replied as
follows :

"I am tired of these silly stories. Will there be no
end to such unfounded reports? Will you ',ever place
full and entire confidence in the G:)vernnat,,A? The
workom n are desir.,us of tranquillity and productive la-
bour. It they have these they are satisfied. There are,
however, persons to whom this state of things is not
agreeabl-, and to them we must attribute the alarm that
prevails. Be assured, gentlemen, that I will always
maintain the rights of the King, but I will never lose
sight of progress and of the welfare of the people; and,
in order to prove to you the confidence I place in the
peop!e of Berlin, I will visit the quarters of the city
which you represent to me is a prey to agitation."
M. DE MANTRUFFEL kept his word. On Saturday
last he visited four breweries, and by his conversation
with the men convinced himself that the working
classes of Berlin are not admirers of revolutionary
ideas.
Advices from Vienna state that the Prussian CAA-
!Mt has formally refused to send a plenipotentiary to
the Commercial Congress which is to meet at Vienna,
in order not to endanger the political and commercial
interests of Germany, which are to be taken into
consideration at the Customs' Congress, which is
shortly to meet at Berlin.
The Count and Countess DE CHAMBORD left Vienna
on the 9th for Prague.
London, England, 1851-12-15

DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION.

Dais Ton, DEC. 13.—A fatal boiler explosion took
place yesterday afternoon at the Sound well Lower
Pit, Kingswood, near this city, the property of Mr.
Whittuck. One man named Thomas Waller, was
killed on the spot, and others were severely injured.
The boiler, it seems, bad been at work for some four
or five years, and just before the accident the engine,
which is of 20-horse power, and had been examined
only the previous day, had hauled up " a journey" of
men and sent down a cart of timber. The men at
the bottom of the pit were engaged in taking this out
when the accident occurred, and it being pay-day, a
large number had also congregated round the mouth
of the pit. The noise of the explosion of course
created the utmost alarm among them, the engine-
house being completely shattered to pieces and the
bricks scattered in every direction. Besides this up-
wards of twenty feet of the chimney stack was knocked
to atoms, and the boiler itself, weighing many tons,
was projected to a distance exceeding 100 feet, com-
pletely ploughing up the portion of the field in which it
fell. The engineer, George Bush, escaped unhurt. The
deceased man Waller occupied the post of "ranger" at
the pit, and at the time of the accidenthe was attending to
the fire. Another man, 'lamed Francis Fowler, was
so severely scalded that he was compelled to be taken
to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. From inquiry made
to-day we ascertain that be is progressing favourably.
Another individual, John Palmer, was also severely
scalded, and compelled to be sent home. The de-
ceased man Waller was frightfully injured, both his
legs and arms being broken ; he died while being re-
moved to biz own residence. The proprietor, Mr.
Whittuck, at the time of the explosion was in the
counting-house waiting to pay the men. Three of
the windows were completely knocked to pieces. The
poor fellow Waller was a married man, and has left
five children to deplore their loss. Fowler is a single
man, and Palmer married, with seven children. It
would perhaps be premature till the inquest has been
held to state the immediate cause of the explosion, but
from the inquiries on the spot made by our corre-
spondent he has little reason to doubt that it vas
mainly attributable to a deficiency of water in the
boiler. The affair has excited the greatest interest
in the neighbourhood, and the scene of the accident
was to-day visited by many people. The distance to
which the boiler was carried was the subject of muck
comment.
London, England, 1851-12-15

BRIDGE-HOUSE ESTATES COMMITTEE

On Friday evening the members of the Bridge-
house Estates Committee, connected with the Corpo-
ration of the city of London, held their annual meeting
at Gerard's Hall; Mr. H. L. Taylor, Esq., presided.
Subsequently the gentlemen present dined together,
the chairman being supported upon the occasion by
the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P.,
Edward Lawes, Esq. (chairman of the Metropolitan
Commission of Sewers), Ferdinand Brand, Esq.
(chairman of the Bridge-house Estates), Thomas
Rowley, Esq., Thomas Macgregor, Esq , William
Marden, Esq., William Sanderson, Esq., Julius Va-
lery, Esq., H. Liss, &c. After the usual loyal toasts
had been given and heartily responded to, "The
health of the Right lion. the Lord Mayor" was given,
to which his Lordship briefly but effectively replied.
Upon that of the chairman (11. L. Taylor, Esq.) being
given,
the chairman said that it gave him much plea-
sure upon that occasion, it being the termination of
his year of offici in that capacity, while returning
thanks for the honour they had done him in drink-
ing his health, to propose that of Edward Lawes,
E.,q.' chairman of the Metropolitan Sewers Commis-
sion. He (Mr. Taylor) felt great pleasure in seeing
' that gentleman present as the guest of a committee
of the corporation of the city of London, as he (Mr.
Taylor) had, from his connexion with the Metropoli-
tan Commission, ample opportunities of knowing the
kindly feelings that existed on the part of the West-
end Commission towards the corporation of London.
—(H
ear.) Mr. Lawes, in return, remarked that he
could assure the gentlemen present that he, and he
might say his brother commissioners, reciprocated all
that had been said by his friend, the respected chair-
man of the Bridge-house Estates Committee, as re-
garded the anxious wish of the Metropolitan Com-
missioners to co-operate with the City authorities to
do all in their power in reference to the great question
of drainage, and the sanitary improvement u:fstn
theio
entire metropolis. He also expatiated largely upon
the great advantages arising from municipal govern-
ment, of which he considered the corporation of the
city of London to form an admirable example. The
party then proceeded to view the beautiful crypt be-
neath Clerard's-hall,
one of the finest specimens of
London, England, 1851-12-15

LONDON,

one belonging to himself—and, in apparent pain,
but with indomitable courage, ran into a ca-
reer of extraordinary feats ; he threw a sum-
mersault, and lighted clearly on his feet ;
but the horse's motions, which appeared to us not so
graceful as the rest, threw him off his equilibrium,
and he fell with his head and sides against the boards.
He again attempted the same feat, and fell as on the
first occasion. He was then taken away. By the
kindness of Dr. Massey, we state the injuries re-
ceived :—" There was very considerable injury to the
right side over the ribs, with much livid discoloration
of the akin, and general swelling ; very violent pain
was occasioned by the least manipulation of the part,
and a very minute examination was therefore neither
prudent nor advisable ; considerable mischief was
further caused by his returning to the ring, and
using violent exertion after the first accident." Dr.
Massey attended him after he had been placed in a
warm bath, and applied suitable bandages, &c. He
slept well, and on Wednesday was much relieved, but
unable to leave his bed. He was ordered to sae no
company, but to be kept as quiet as possible.—Notts
Guardian.
London, England, 1851-12-15

APPEAL AGAINST THE LAND-TAX.

At a meeting of the Commissioners of Taxes for
the Tower division, held on Wednesday last, at their
office, in Spital• square, among the very numerous
appellants was one from the parish of Spitalfields,who
objected to the mode in which the land-tax was levied
in the district, and pointed out the clauses in the Acts
of Parliament, by which the Commissioners were
bound to make an equal pound rate. This was met
by the Commissioners with the old answer, that
although it was in opposition to the words of the Act
of Parliament and to the opinion expressed by the
Lord Chief Justice, the rate was made and could not
be altered. The Chairman stated, if we had done
wrong the Queen's Bench must decide that. The
same gentlema❑ then appealed against his rate, on
the ground of inequality in the pariah. The parish
of Spitalfields had been lately surveyed for the purposes
of a poor's rate, and the rating to the land-tax had
been based on such survey, with one exception, which
was the large brewery in the parish, which was rated
to the poor at 3,0001. per annum, but the assessors
had put it at 2,0001. to the land-tax. This altera-
tion, at the present rate of Is. 6i. in the pound, made
a considerable difference to the rest of the land-tax
payers in the parish.
This point was met by the statement that any
appeal to alter the rate, however unjustly levied,
must be made within fourteen days after the assess-
ment is made, and could not be entertained after the
rate was in the course of collection. By this deci-
sion it would appear, that no appeal on such grounds
can ever be heard ; for before the rate is in the course
of collection, no person can examine the books, ex-
cepting to see the rating of his own property.
Altogether the gentleman appeared to puzzle the
board sadly by his ready reference to the Acts of Par-

liament on the subject of the land-tax.
The appeals against the house-tax were very nu-
merous, and it was very evident that no uniform sys-
tem of rating had been adopted, some parishes being
assessed on the poor•rate and others on the property-
tax valuation. Morning Advertiser.
London, England, 1851-12-15

HOLLAND.

THE HAGUE, DEC. 12.—The- Prussian Privy
Councillor M. VON PHILLIP6TORN is on the point of
returning to Berlin. His mission has not been un-
successful, for the bases of a commercial treaty be-
tween the Netherlands and the Zollvereiu have been
determined upon, and the speedy conclusion of a
treaty of commerce and navigation between them may
be soon expected.
The Stoats Courant publishes additional articles to
the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded in
February, 1843, between the Netherlands and Greece.
By these articles, the respective vessels of the two na-
tions will be entitled to the privileges established by
the treaty of 1843, whether coming from a foreign
port or from that of one of the contracting powers.
In both cases, however, the coasting trade is reserved
to the national flag.
London, England, 1851-12-15

APPEAL AGAINST THE LAND-TAX.

At a meeting of the Commissioners of Taxes for
the Tower division, hell on Wednesday last, at their
office, in Spital-square, among the very numerous
appellants was one from the parish of Spitalfields,who
objected to the mode in which the land-tax was levied
in the district, and pointed out the clauses in the Acts
of Parliament, by which the Commissioners were
bound to make an equal pound rate. This was met
by the Commissioners with the old answer, that
although it was in opposition to the words of the Act
of Parliament and to the opinion expressed by the
Lord Chief Justice, the rate was made and could not
be altered. The Chairman stated, if we had done
wrong the Queen's Bench must decide that. The
same gentleman then appealed against his rate, on
the ground of inequality in the parish. The parish
of Spitalfields had been lately surveyed for the purposes
of a poor's rate, and the rating to the land-tax bad
been based on such survey, with one exception, which
was the large brewery in the parish, which was rated
to the poor at 3,0001. per annum, but the assessors
had put it at 2,0001. to the land-tax. This altera-
tion, at the present rate of is. GI in the pound, made
a considerable difference to the rest of the land-tax
payers in the parish.
This point was met by the statement that any
appeal to alter the rate, however unjustly levied,
must be made within fourteen days after the assess-
ment is made, and could not be entertained after the
rate was in the course of collection. By this deci-
sion it would appear, that no appeal on such grounds
can ever be beard ; for before the rate is i❑ the course
of collection, no person can examine the books, ex-
cepting to see the ratirg of his own property.
Altogether the gentleman appeared to puzzle the
board sadly by his ready reference to the Acts of Par-
liament on the subject of the land-tax.
The appeals against the' house-tax were very nu-
merous, and it was very evident that no uniform sys-
tem of rating had been adopted, some parishes being
assessed on the poor-rate and others on the property-
tax valuation.—Morning Advertiser.
London, England, 1851-12-15

TOGETHER WITH A

PORTRAIT OF
DUKE OF WELLINGTON
IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED,
AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND,

THE

PRICE ONE SHILLING.

MOIL WATER AT LONDO! BRIDGE
Tine DAY —Morning 26 min. altar 6 I Evening 53 min after 6
To-Mow:ow—Morning 26 rain. after 7 I Evening 59 min after 7

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE,
TIIRSZIOXETEB, IM THE SHADE.
42--highest since noon yesterday.
35 —lowest this morning and daring the night.
96—this day, at noon.
BAROMETIV, 3057.
WM) N.W.—dull, mild weather, with a sprinkling of rain

lECE3I.I3ES
London, England, 1851-12-15

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Captain Preston, of Boardhill, Cuck field died on
Monday night. The illness which ended 'with the
death of the gallant efficer, lasted but a few days, and
his demise came suddenly on us. The Sussex' Ex
nress says :—" In noticing the decease of this gen-
,leman we must be allowed to make a few remarks,
as we well know that he will not only be missed, but
wanted during the winter, and for years to come.
As a magistrate he did his duty, sternly but truly ;
as a friend and neighbour he was esteemed and highly
respected ; and to the poor he was a friend indeed,
and many a poor fellow without a crust will this year
miss Captain Preston. He married Miss Mangles,
of Surrey, and hts left a son and daughter. The de-
mise lately of his eldest son, quite a youth, seemed
to prey, on his mind for a long period, and it has
been noticed that he has scarcely been himself since."
London, England, 1851-12-15

PORTUGAL.

Accounts have been received from Lisbon to
the 9th.
Several meetings of bondholders have hen held to
protest against the decree for capitalising the interest
of the debt.
Tho Diarie di Govern() has published a notification
for the deputies to attend the opening of the Cortes on
the 15th inst., when the first questions for discussion
will be a project of law for the confirmation of all dic-
tatorial decrees; and another project, equally Ministe-
rial, for the reform of certain articles of the Charter,
upon which, we understand, the Government has already
decided, and that it will keep within the constitutional
principles of the Charter.
London, England, 1851-12-15

THE CO UN Ti
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.—A
to-day.

8. d , s. d

Wheat, per 701 b
English, white -. 5 10 to 6 3
Do. red .. 5 4 5 6
Irish, best red .. 4 R— 5 2
Do, lower quality 4 6 5 0
Mani, red and wh. 4 10 5 3
Dantsic, high mixed 6 6 6 10
Do., mixeu 5 6 6 2
Rostock, &c.. 5 9 6 2
Harnbargh and
Lowe,' Baltic .. 5 0 5 4
American & vthite 5 9 6 3
.2anadian, trod 5 0— 5 2
Antwerp & Louvain 5 6 5 8
French, red.. .. 5 7 5 9
Hungarian and

Mariaropoli .. 5 0— 5 3,
Odessa, Polish .. 4 10 5 0
1)0., common .. 4 6 4 9
Egyptian .. 3 8 4 0
Flour, English &
Irish, per 28011 27 0 29 0
Do., extra fine 30 0 32 0,
United States, per
barrel .. .20 0— 22 6
Canadian .. ~ 19 6 20 6
Indian corn, per
4801 b, white .. 30 0 —32 0

MANCHESTER, DEC. 13.—The unfavourable report
from Loudon on Monday last had its effect bore, and
the trade throughout the week has been of the most in-
inimate character. However, in the few transactions
that have occurred, former prizes were realised. At our
market this morning a very languid feeling prevailed,
and although holders of all articles were not anxious
sellers at any material reduction, still the turn of prices
was in favour of buyers.
NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 13.—At Derby, yesterday, the
attendance was not numerous, and the demand for wheat
very limited; prices consequently were a little lower.
Barley was in request, of flee quality, and commanded a
lit le more money. Other grains about as before. Wheat,
red, 333 to 38s per 36 stone; white ditte, 403 to 445.
Barley for malting, 24s to 28s imperial measure; for
grinding, 24s to 25s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 22s to 26s
to
r 2 stone;pe4r3Bstone; dointeto;
. new 183 to 21s. Beans. old, 36s
39s ditto,
new,
34s to 365. Flour, 273
to 281; super, 30s to 31s per 20 stone. Prices were
,bglitly lower for wheat and secondary sorts of barley at
'ansfield, Worksop, Retford, Gainsborough, Melton,
and Granthnm. We had a fair supply of wheat at our
wn market this morning, Buyers tried to get it lower,
but did not succeed, and no large amount of business
was consequently done. We continue the quotations of
last week. The supply of barley was less than of late,
and last week's prices were well supported. In oats
there was no alteration. New bans were more pleatitul,
and slow sale. 041 beans maintained their value.
WORCESTER, DEC. 13.—Best English white wheat is
saleable at 16s per bag, and red 143 Gd to 15s. Mal ng
b irley from 31 4d to 3s 6d pa,r bushel; distilling, 3s 2d
to 3s 4d. New English beano, 3s Gal to 3s lOti per
bushel; old, 4s 4d to 44 6i, Old English oats 3s to 3s 3d
new, 3, to 3s 3d;lrish, 25 9d to 3s Winter
vetches from 3s 6d to 33 8d per bushel. White peas are
worth 48 to 4s 6d per bushel; and gray 33 6d to 4e.
There was a large supply at Kidderminster market, and
London, England, 1851-12-15

BANK OF FRANCE.

Tb following is a return of the situation of the Bank
.:f France on Deo. 11:

♦SSETS.

.'ash in hand ...
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due •••
Filly diseounte.d, but not yet due, of
which 16,751,598 i. Oc. were:received
,•n the Branch Banks
the branch banks .••
Advances on coins and ingots... ...
IYtto by the branch banks
Ditto on Freneli public securities ...
Ditto by brs;ieh banks...
Ditto to tt:e State on Bons du Traor...
Vitt° tq VIA State on the Treaty of 30th
June, 1843 „ •
lieu,,es or the reserve fund •••
Reutes, disposable funds ..• •••
investments i
of the new branch banks n

... f. 457,383,241 13
... 110 056.427 0
... 1,465,004 12

52,661,471 17
71,840,909 0
2,067,300 0
2.559,926 0
7,946,826 10
3,150,056 0
50,000,000 0

75,000,000 0
10,000,000 0
42,677,621 28

the public funds ••• ••'
hotel and furniture of• the Bank •••
Real property of the branch banks ..•
interest in National Discount Bank
Ditto branch banks ..• •'7,7
fiApenses of administration of theßank
Ditto at the branches ••• ••• •••
***

12,952,725 74
4,000,000 0
3,558,746 0

200,000 0
108,000 0

489,486 89
558,706 0
2,184,502 24

f. 910,860,943 67
London, England, 1851-12-15

TURKEY.

The numerous conferences respecting the Holy
Grave having terminated unsatisfactorily, the French
Minis;.er, M. de Lavalette, has for the moment en-
trusted the currant French business to the representa-
tive of Spain.
The Governor of the Dardanelles having inflicted
purliqunent with a stick on the dragoman belonging
to the Austrian Consulate, all the Conauls have struck
their flags, and suspended communications with the
Governor.
London, England, 1851-12-15

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 9,h have arrived.
Oa that day the President of the Couneil proceeded
to the Cortes, and read a decree suspending their
sittings for the present. This suspension of the
sittings is, it is said, is consequence of the approach-
ing accouchement of the QUEEN.
MADRID BOL9A, DEC. 9.—Three per Cents., 36k;
Five per Cents , with current coupon, 6; Coupons, 8;
Passive Debt, 5 9-16. Exchange on Lyndon, 50 50.
London, England, 1851-12-15

EVENING-, DECEMBER 15, 1851.

itVry of parties, we will do cur duty, alwitys our duty.
snd nothing but cur duty. And now, bravo sAdicr.i of
the 72c1, adieu; adieu, noble victims of military patrio-
tism and honour. The earth which covers you will be
light, for God, who protects France, for which your ge-
nerous blood has been shed, has already received you in
his kind and infinite mercy."
The 3loniteur publishes a new edition of the rnem-
b,qs who are to form the Consultative Commission.
It now consists of 178 names. The Commi,,sion is
summoned to meet on the 234 of Decemb-r, for the
purpose of examining the votes on the Presidential
election. M. PROSPER HOCIIRT is appointed Secre-
tary-General of the Commission, and M. DENIS LE-
GARDE, Secretary of the Minutes.
Tt,e military commission charged, by decree of the
PREiIDENT of the Republic, to commence an investi-
gation into the uses of persons arrested fee porticio-
don in the ft cent insurrection, has commenced opera-
tions at the Palais de Justice. On Friday the mili-
tary authorities caused a great number of the prisoners
to be removed from the Conciergerie to the fort of
Bica,re under the escort of the line and gendarmerie.
Two hundred other prisoners were also sent from the
Prefecture of Police to the same fort.
The Bourse continues to exhibit extraordinary firm-
ness, and public secu,itics rose again considerably. The
Five per Cents. opened at 98f., and closed at 90f 350.
for the end of the month, being a rise of 2 per cent. as
compared with the cluing price of yesterday. The
Three per Cents. closed at 61E. 90o.; Orleans Railroad
Shares, 960 f.; Rouen, 612 f. 50e.; Havre, 232%.50c.;
Great Northern, 492 f. 50c.; Avignon, 215 f.; Vicrzon,
472 f. 50c.; Basle, 165 f.; Bordeaux, 387 f. 50c.; Paris
and Strasburg. 391 f. 25c ; Tours and Nantes, 265 f.;
Amiens to Boulogne, 270 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 13.
Boulogne and Amiens, 101/4 —Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 1774 —Namur and Liege, 6—Northern of
France, 147(—Orleans and Bordeaux, 4—Paris and Rouen,
23,4—Paris and Strasbourg, 1274—Rouen and Havre, 8 yo.

THE SHARE MARKETS.

101/IITISII NaILWAYS.

Paid.

Nominal Prices,

174
(CO

all
6
all
all
all

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8 6 8

1 18 4
474
100

Business doze
to-day.
London, England, 1851-12-15

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING.—The following
gentlemen have been apointed inspectors to carry out
the new Medical Charities Act :—Dr. J. T. Purcell,
Dr. "William Geary, Dr. John Hill, Dr. Alexander
Knox, and Dr. Thomas Dillon. The salary attached
to the situation of medical inspector is 500/. a year,
with a guinea a day and 9d. a mile as travelling ex-
penses. There were upwards of 300 M.D.'s candi-
dates for the five places just bestowed.
Arthur Moore, Rol., has been appointed to the office
of assistant secretary to the Poor-law Commissioners.
Mr. Benjamin Banks succeeds Mr. Moore as chief
clerk.

FATAL ACCIDENTS FROM THE FOG.—During the
fog last night the driver of a car was drowned in a
quarry hole at Harold's Cross, near this city. The
master of a trading vessel was about the same time
drowned in the docks near Ringsend.
SALE OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES.—The estates of
Mr. Concannon, in the county of Galway, and of Mr.
Jacob, in the country of Tipperary, were yesterday
sold by the Commissioners in several lots. The gross
sum produced was 3G 5801.

SEABORNE MAILS_
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-office
by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.]
London, England, 1851-01-08

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rro VISITORS FROM THE COUNTRY.
I_ MEClit'S SHOW ROOMS, 4, LEADENIIALL-STREET.

All persons of taste should hasten to inspect the unique and
recherche STOCK of ELEGANCIES now exhibited by MECIII, in
his new Show Rooms, 4, Leadenhall-street, near the India-house.
Determined to take the lead in taste, he has broaght out some most
superb and novel specimens in Papier Mache. Finding it impossible
to display them advantageously in his former space, he has fitted up
a SPLENDID SHOW ROOM, to which he invites those who are
desirous of seeing the most brilliant specimens this country can pro-
duce. Mechl has the best stock in London of Ladies' and Gentle-
men's Dressing Cases, Work-boxes, Writing-desks, and everything
for the toilet and work-table. 4, Leadenhall-street. Illustrated Ca-
talogues gratis.
London, England, 1851-01-08

SOLICITORS,

Messiah Batton, Ewen, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Baslnghall-

_
street
*W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OrFICE.
CAPITAL —500,000/
The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums,
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.

Lapsed Policies maybe renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears of Premium without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities in the hands of
third parties.

No Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present annual income of the Society from Premiums is
63,000/. ; tre amount covered by the Policies of the Society is
1,781,580[.; and the reserved proflt, applicable to future bonus to
the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent, on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

Perms,
~.
~-' T; Annual Policy Bonus in ' nent Re-
kge. g r?,' Pre- taken addition , Bonus in duction of
o cl, miusn. eut in to Sum Cash. Annual
.11 Assured. Premium.
-- ---- -------
X s. 4. £ s d. X s. d.
I 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8
X Als.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010
60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 5 10
1 13 8 11
1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10
1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 9 11
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1
London, England, 1851-01-08

WEEKLY DP,PATCH, NOVEMBER 17, 1850.

Messrs. Kelly and Co. have just published the fifty-second annual
edition of the " Post Office Directory." Having examined the con-
tents of this mammoth book, in every department, with scrutinizing
attention, and having before given our unqualified approbation of
it, we may readily ha excused for printing the following observa-
tions from the address of the spirited 'publishers, and adopting them
as our own :—" The Directory was long at the head of books of its
class, and has now, for many years, stood alone : its varied lists,
classifications, and arrangements, comprising as they do—' Official
Directory;' Street Directory ;" Commercial Directory;' Trades'
Directory ;" Law Directory ;" Court Directory ;" Parliamentary
Directory ;" Postal Directory ;' City Directory. ;" Conveyance
Directory ;" Banking Directory,' &c., 1,,,ve all chances of com-
petition at hopeless distance, as successive attempts have fullyproved.
It cannot be requisite to give, in detail, the contents of a work so
universally known and in such general me, and all that can be neces-
sary to announce is, that every exertion has been used in order that
the present edition may merit the gratifying description of its im-
mediate predecessors, characterised as these have been, in the metro-
politan journals, as the Hand-books to the commerce of the first
commercial city of the world.' In the case of such a volume, pro-
duced but once a year, mere cost must always be quite secondary
to fulness of information and accuracy of arrangement ; still, it
may not be entirely irrelevant to direct attention to the fact, that,
taking its bulk only, without reference to the general typographical
and other arrangements, it Is by far the cheapest book which issues
from the English press. In the year 1844 the classification arid ar-
rangements which have been since continued were adopted, and the
price of the volume fixed at thirty shillings; at this time the work
had an opponent, and much surprise was excited that the ' Post
Office London Directory' could, with its far greater amount of mat-
tor, be sold at a lower price than its competitor. In the year named,
the' Post Office London Directory' was included in 1,855 of its im-
perial octavo pages; it now extends to 2,082, being an actual excess
of 227 of these pages. This large addition (made since the Post
Office has been the only Directory of London), although necessarily
involving a greatly increased outlay in the pi-eduction, has been ac-
complished without any addition to time price of the book to its sub-
scribers."
London, England, 1851-01-08

GERMAN Y.

The Austrian Customs tariff was published on the
Ist. The tariff is a general one, containing not only
the import and export, but also the transit duties.
The latter, which will be in proportion to the value
of the articles, are lower than those of the German
Customs' Union. The export duties being much
more moderate than they formerly were, will pro-
bably lead to a diminution of the revenue of about
200,00011. A new Customs' hundred weight has
been introduced. It contains 50 kilogrammes, or 894
Vienna lbs., and on this the import and export duties
will be raised. The following short list of import duties
on staple commodities will give some idea of the
spirit of the new tariff:—Coffee, 111 per cwt.;
sugar, unchanged; sulphur, sfl. per cwt.; quick-
silver, formerly prohibited, 7fl. 30krs. per cwt. ; corn
(gross weight), 15krs. per cwt. ; flour (neat weight),
45krs. per cwt.; olive oil (gross), 4fl. per cwt.; fat
oils (fette Ode, neat weight), 15f1.; cochineal, indigo
(g:os3), 45 kra. ; raw cotton (gross), skrs. (2d.) per
cwt. ; raw cotton yarn (neat), 61 per cwt. ; bleached
and worked, 1211. 30krs. per cwt.; cotton goods,
coarse, 201, middle finr, 5011., fine, 100 fl., finest,
250f1. per cwt. ; linen goods, coarse, 7fl. 30krs., com-
mon, 2011., middle fine, 501, fine, 10011 , finest, 250f1.
per cwt.; woollen goods, coarse, 12f1. 30krs. per cwt.
The finer sorts rise in the same proportion as in the
linen goods. Silk goods, common 250 fl , fine 6001
per cwt.
London, England, 1851-01-08

tends that in the meeting of the Place des Pyramides
General CHANGARNIER was attacked by imprtant
personages. We are generally well-informed cn what
passes in this meeting, and we can affirm that tlE.t
eveilts of the day hail alone token to the cerele en
Saturday evening, without convocation, a great
number of representatives who belong to it; that,
consequently, nothing was on the order of the day, or
was discussed. If in the conversation which took
place on the situation, the name of General CHAN.
GAIINIER was pronounced with respect to what had
passed in the previous evening in the Assembly, the
conduct and eminent services of the General were ap-
preciated, as they deserved to be, and were not blamed
by any one."
. _ _

- The speculators at the Bourse appeared to have re-
covered from the depression which prevailed, and a
considerable rise took place in the price of Public
Securities. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f., rose
to 94f. 90c., and closed at 94f. 80c.; the Three per
Cents. closed at 56f. 70c.; Orleans Railroad Shares,
850 f. ; Havre, 267 f. 503. ; Great Northern, 472 f.
50c. ; Avignon, 190 f. ; Vierzon, 390 f. ; Basle, 136 f.
25c. ; Bordeaux, 400 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 3531.
75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 248 f. 75c. ; the New Loan,
94f. 85c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 7.
Boulogne and Amiens, 874—Namur and Liege, 8%—
Northern of France, 1434—Orleans and Bordeaux, 333, ex
int.—Paris and Rouen, 27—Paris and Straslolurg, 8%—
Rouen and Havre, /07/B—Sambre and Meuse, 3—Tours and
Nantes, 5.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 2d inst. have arrived.

Senor Mop; arrived in Madrid on that day.
MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 2.—Three per Cents. (with-
out coupons), 33k; Five per Cents., 12 7-16. Ex-
change on London, 50 65 paper.
London, England, 1851-01-08

MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday a well-dress-r 1 man, abut fifty years of
age, and who described himself as the Count Yaxa
Dembicki, residing at the Lichfield Coff,e-house, High-
street, St. Giles, was placed at the bar, before Mr.
Broughton, charged with having, by false and fraudu-
lent representations, obtained from Mrs. Haggard, 65,
Gloucester-place, 1-orteaan-square, the sum of [Os.
It appeared from the evidence, that in consequence of
information received at the Mendicitv Society's office,
Captain Wood, the manager, directed Horsford, the chief
officer, to keep a sharp look out fur the prisoner, who for
a long period had, as was well known to ihe society, car-
ried on hi 3 nefarious calling to a considerable extent.
He was on Monday night taken into custody by Colley,
one of the socie y's officers, who found upon him a
paper headed " Subscription in layout. of Colonel Count
Bratzkow, for 20 years in exile, come from America,
and who wishes to return to Poland." Among the
names affixed to the paper as subscribers in various
amoun.s, in addition to that of Mrs. Haggard, were
those of the Consul-General of Russia and the French
Ambassador.

Lieutenant Charles Szulczewski, secretary of the Po-
lish Association, presided over by Lord Dudley Stuart,
entered into some statements tending to show that the
prisoner wa,i, beyond all doubt, a most gross impostor.
Horsford said that the prisoner had been convicted at
different police-courts for frauds which he had carried
on in a most artful manner upon the nobility and gentry.
Mrs. Haggard was not in attendance, but her husband
said he could swear to his wife's signature to the paper
produced by the officer connected with the useful society
through the instrumentality of which the prisoner had
been apprehended.
Many other particulars were gone into with reference
to the career of the prisoner, who was ultimately ordered
to find bail, himself in 401., and twu other sureties in
201. each, for his appearance at the court next Tuesday;
twenty-four hours' notice was also required. Prisoner
was then locked up.
London, England, 1851-01-08

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 7.
(BAore Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.)
IN ILE THOMAS SAMUEL WALLIS.

The insolvent, known as IJr. Wails, a— lecturer on
music at the Polytechnic Institution' was opposed by
Mr. Cooke and several creditors; Mr. Dowse supported.
The case was partly heard on Saturday last, and the
insolvent then swore that the arrest was a hostile pro-
ceeding, which being questioned by the creditors, the
Learned Commissioner required the attendance of the
detaining creditor.

Mr. Siretton, the detaining creditor, a solicitor, to-
day attended, and stated that the arrest was certainly a
friendly one.
Mr. COOKE prayed the dismissal of the petition upon
the ground, not only of a friendly arrest, but that the
false statement respecting it made by the insolvent was
a contempt of the Court.
Mr. DowsE resisted the dismissal of the petition as a
course productive of no bent fit to either creditors or the
insolvent. If the Court thought it necessary to pro-
nounce a remand, and yet feared the judgment being
made inoperative by the detaining creditor, it was open
to adopt the course formerly taken on eircuit—to ad-
journ the case until the expiration of the period which,
in the opinion of the Commissioner, ought to consti-
tute the term of remand required by the merits of the
case.

Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS did not think he was
called upon to give to an insolvent who sought to mis-
lead the Court by false swearing the protection of the
Act. The object of the insolvent's evidence, from be
ginning to end, had been to deceive the Court, and there-
fore he should dismiss the petition.
Mr. DOWSE applied for leave to file a new petition, but
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS thought it would be
rather stultifying the Court to do that on the instant,
and refused the application.
London, England, 1851-01-08

GERMAN Y.

Accounts from Cassel of the 3a state that the
Bavarian troops were to evacuate that city on the fol-
lowing day, and to be replaced by Austrian troops.
Orders have been given to 25,000 Austrian troops to
march through Cassel, en route to Holstein. The
Duke of BRUNSWICK and the King of HANOVER have
consented to the passage of Austrian troops through
their respective territories.
The Constitutional of Bohemia states that on the
31st ult. a dispatch, sent by Prince SCIIWARTZEN-
BERG, was received from Berlin, in which the Prince
informed the Cabinet that the King of PRUSSIA had
given him the assurance that, whatever changes were
made in the Federal Constitution, Austria should
have the sole presidency of the Central Power.
Prince SCIIWARTZENBERG had not left Dresden on
the sth.

At Berlin, on the sth, a new penal code was sub-
mitted to the two Houses.

ITALY.

"We are informed," says the Constitutionnel,
" that the French Government, in order to prevent
any attempt that might be made to trouble the
security of Italy, and in particular of the Pontifical
States, has given orders to several steamers to
cruise along the coasts of the Italian Peninsula."
Our private correspondence from Turin brings us,
in anticipation of the Italian papers, the report of the
sitting of the 8d of the Chamber of Deputies.- A
proposition, moved by Signor PESCATORE, one of the
Members of the Left, for the better administration of
justice, was adopted without discussion, as it will
have to be reconsidered when the Bill:of Sig. SICCARDI
on the subject shall be brought forward. Signor As-
PRONI addressed a question to the Cabinet, on the
subject of the disturbance at Genoa. The Minister
of the Interior immediately answered, assuring the
Chamber that the tranquillity of the town had not
been materially disturbed by the accidental quarrel
alluded to, which had no relation whatever with Fo-
laical feeling.
The Genoa papers of the 11 give an account of a
serious disturbance which occurred in that city on
the preceding evening. It commenced by some idle
boys insulting a few tirailleurs who were regaling
themselves in a wine shop. The soldiers attempted
to chastise the offenders, but found they were backed
by a mob. A sculia ensued which was with difficulty
stopped by the timely arrival of a piquet of National
Guards.
We learn from Verona that Marshal RADETEICIr
had fallen from his horse and injured his arm, but
not to such an extent as to create the slightest un-
easiness.
London, England, 1851-01-08

EXAMINER, NOVZMBER 16, 1850,

This extraordinary compilation maintains its high character. For
copiousness, correctness, and admirable clas,ificatien, it has no
approach to a competitor. It is not simply one Directory; it is a
dozen separate Directories; yet so skilfully arranged and connected
as to tend each to the other's greater completeness. The several
Directories of streets, trades, professions and persons, are a re-
markfole example of this. Each is complete in itself, yet none
would be so to the same extent merely by itself. Successive years
(and the book is now fifty-two years old) have contributed their ex-
perience, till the arrangement may be pronounced nearly perfect.
But we are needlessly commending what is become a public neces-
sity to every one engaged in the general business of London life.
Perhaps we could hardly express the magnitude or wonders of our
city more forcibly to the foreign friends who visit us neat May,
than by placing in their hands this astonishing record of the trades
and callings, of the several modes of life, of the infinitely vast and
various streams of human existence and interests, which are now
all gathered together under the name of London.
London, England, 1851-01-08

SEABORNE MAILS.

When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Post-office port die-
Loudon. patched. duc.
Africa (West coast)•.
America (via N. York
by British packet) ..*N January 31 .. .. Liverpool Jan. 16
America (via Boston
by British packet) .. .N January 17 Liverpool .. Jan. 29
America (by United
States packet). • •• N Januar 10
Southampt.
Belgium .. • N Daily .. .. .. . Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. Al 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 24
Buenos Ayres •• .. 31!9t11 of the month ISouthampt. Jan. 24
California(viaChagres) Mll7th of month ,Southampt. ,Arrived
Cape of Good Hope N January 14 IPlymouth I
Central America .. M2d & 17th of month' Southampt. {Arrived
Channel Isles • • .. NIMon., Wed., & Fri., Southarnpt. I Tu. Tie. Sa.
Chili .. • 31 17th of the month ,Southampt. Jan. 20
France .„ M& N Twice daily .. (Dover • . 'Twicedally
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday I London .. Tucs. Sat.
Holland Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon. Thur.
Honduras .. N 17th of the moothlSouthampt. Jan. 20
Ireland .. N Twice daily .. Holyhead .. Tivicedally
India(via Southamp.) 31 20th of the inoath, Southampt. Jan. 28
India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th of month' Dover .. Jan. 23
Madeira • • N
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. 31 20th of the month ,Southainpt. Jan. 28
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) . N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Jan. 23
Mediterranean (by
French packet via
Marseilles) .. ••
Mexico 31 2d of the month.. Southampt. Arrived
Peninsular.. • • .. 31 7th,17t11,27th0f mo Southampt. ,Jan. 15
Peru .. 21 17th of the month !Southampt.lJ an. '2O
West Indies .. 31 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) 111 2d of the month .. ,Southampt. Arrived
N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post office
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.