The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-03 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-THIS DA Y•)

CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.
Up to our market this week, coastwise, the arrivals of
linglish Wheat have amounted to 2,060 quarters, aridly
from Kent and Cambridgeshire, and in very middling
oondition.—To-day the show of samples of both red and
white—as the receipts by land carriage fell off—was
Small, but quite equal to the wants of the millers. The
demand must be considered excessively heavy, at
barely Monday's reduction in the quotations. Nearly
20,000 quarters of foreign Wheat having come fresh to
baud; the supply of that grain on offer was larger
than for some time past. Dry and selected parcels
Mostly sold at late rates ; but damp and in-
ferior qualities were lower to purchase. The
total supply of Barley was large. Even the finest
Parcels moved off heavily, and, in some instances, the
Currencies had a downward tendency. In Malt nest to
nothing was doing at barely late rates. Although the
quantity of Oats was not extensive the Oat trade
tilled heavy, and low qualities were cheaper. Beans,
Indian Corn, and Flour very dull.
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. BarleY•

Malt.

Oats. I Flour.

gaelcs
1,45 )

--
I Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs.
ft 811.411 ...... I 2,060 4,540 1,110 4,730
Scotch.. „ „
Foreign 19,850 5,770 I
SIMITIVEIXELD.
Although our market to-say has been again scantily
supplied with beasts, the demand for that description of
hat°lck, owing to the heaviness in Newgato and L, adtn-
"'l, and the unfavourable state of the weather, was in a
very sluggish state, at Monday's quotations. The gene-
-I'4l top figure for the best Scots was 3s 8d per Blbs.
The numbers of Sheep were on tip. increase compared
with. those exhibitt.d on this day annight. On the
whole the Mutton trade ruled steady, at the late im-
provement in prices—the finest old Downs producing
4144 to 4s 6d per 81bs. Calves—the supply of which
"as small—moved off slowly, at late rates. The Pork
trade was heavy. Mitch Cows sold slowly, at from 14/
to 181 each, including their small calf.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
B. d. to s. d
Interior Bea Sta..... 2 8 210
Bes„,
.011 d quality .... 3 0 3 2
Mole large Oxea.• 3 2 3 4
Prime Scots ...... 3 6 3 8
,
`.rge coarse Calves 3 0 3 6
tlraesinall ditto .. 3 8 4 0
,___Ucklbsl Calves ..18 0 24 0
.......... 0 0 0 0

,930
i ma 8,460

a. d. to s.
inferior Sheer •• • 3 2 3 6
Second qual. Sheer 3 8 310
C )arse-woolled 6111°4 0 4 2
Southdown Wether 4 4 4 6
Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 o
Large Bogs.••••• 2 8 3 6
Small Porkers •• 3 8 4 0
Quartar old Pigs • .16 0 20 • 0
AT MARKET.
Calves. I Pigs
152 308
rigs

TOTAL SUPPLY
Beasts. I Sheep. ,
729 3,500
SCOTC._
I Sheep.
60
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts, I Sheep. I Calves.
60 600 40
NEV7GATE AND LEADENNALL.
These markets were very inactive to-day, but we have
40 material change to notice in prices.

Beasts.
56

Calves.

I Pigs.

At per stone by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. r.
Ueerlnferior.... 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior •. 2 6 2
ii
'""• middling .... 2 4 2 6 -- middling ••2 10 3 6
ti Primelarge 2 5 3 0 prime 3 g 810
Prime small 3 2 36 ' Pork, large.. .• 2 6 3 6
Veal •• •• •• •••••• 3 0 310 small .• • ..... 3 8 4 0
lION.OTTON SOP MARKET..
Finn celoury Hops are in moderate request, at full
Prkes. In all other kinds so little is doing ;flat the
quotations are next to nominal. Factors' prices, viz.,
ready money—East Kent pockets, per cwt 31 12s to
6/
ssl ditto bags, 31 8s to 51 10s; Mid Kent pockets,
n,
'458 to 5/ 103; ditto bsgs, 2/ to 4/ ss; Weald_of Kent
Pockets, 3/ to Si 18s; ditto bags, 21 to 31 8s; Sussex
Pockets, 21 103 to 31 12s.
COLONIAL.
StroAn.—There has been no business doing privately,
and prices at the auctions have been about the same as
those which were current before the holidays. Refined
has been at 50s to 52s for grocery lumps. The only
Public sales have been 2,184 bags Bengal. nearly all
found buyers, grainy yellow urd 455. to 465, damp and
Washed 44s 64 to 465, white 50s, damp 49s 6d, mid to
good white Benares 42s to 43s 6d; about 500 bags wore
taken in at 31s 6d to 32s for damp. Khour Mauritius,
399 bags, sold at 39s 6d to 41s for mid strong and dry,
and 38s 6d for washed. Barbadoes, 160 }aids 16 tierces,
all found buyers, mid and good 41s to 435, and fine 43s
64 to 443 per cwt.
• COFFEU.—This article is very inactive. Good ord
dative Ceylon privately has been sold at 57s per cwt.
-UN.—Previous quotations have been supported, but
Without any animation in the market.
TEA.—There have been very few transactions, but
vesilfilon Congou has been quoted is to is id per lb.
Corrox.—The market is firm.
SPlcEs.—There has been a steady market both for
Pimento and Black Pepper. Cassia Lignea has been at
104 s and 108 s per cwt.
TALLow.—P.Y.C. has been 37s to 37s 3d per cwt. on
te6 slant.
Toßacco.—The market has remained generally quiet
during last month for all sorts, and sal. s have been li-
'Lilted. Importers have continued very firm to previous
Titres, and the trade have shown no desire to increase
their stocks, on the supposition by the latter in many in-
Stances that priced have reached their maximum, and
that the most judicious purchases are those of a very
bb
ited character. Imports, 854 hhds—deliveries, 804
•,.21g, against 1 222 hhds in the corresponding month of
Q.. In Virginia the demand has been very limited,
galea not having exceeded 120 hhds; prices have been
.utlY -supported, and holders appear very sanguine as to
pospeotivo prices. There appears to be a strong feeling
favour of this article, and it is not improbable that
hither rates will be established. Stock of both leaf and
!trips is
gradually becoming contracted. In Kentucky
eat
and strips there has been very little done last
intp.,,Quib, and the general disinclination on the part of the
to
',U to purchase has been met with an equal degree of
"Ifference on the part of holders, the latter not !laving
"Two the least inclination to make sales excepting at
rates; a larger extent of sales might have been
!rum:toted if a slight concession had been made. Sales
iu Maryland have been upwards of 50 hhds, at 61 to 8d;
Baveral small parcels have boon imported during the last
It:4lth. part of which has turned out of very ordinary
t,"sracter. Havaunah leaf of good and fine quality Las
ueen in very good demand, and sales have been made to
a "liBiderablo extent, at very full prices; this article has
considerably increased in consumption, arising from the
; eh Price of foreign segars, and we look forward to an
"Proved demand. The stock has considerably dimi-
nished in first hands. Havannah segars of good brands
have met a ready sale at improved prices, recent im-
'Portations have been taken freely by the trade, and
scarcely anything remains in the bands of im-
!Utters of an eligible description. Further arri-
.7l4l are shortly expected. Manilla cheroots have
!nightly improved iu demand, especially for exportation;
Prices remain firm. Manilla hal, nothing done; stock
dearly bare. In Yore and Caba sales have been made
tao a fair extent at full prices; parcels of both descrip-
tions have recently arrived, and aro now in course of
ilisi°llPling• In Brazil, Havannah seed leaf, Florida, and
olrto Rio, nothing done. Stock almost bare of suit-
ab
.sesctiptions for home use. Sales in German to
role extent have been effected of fine description fsr
carting;
purposes, and also of middling and ordinary for
4ring; of the latter a very small portion remains in
the hands of the importers, and is heldat firmer prices.
The
demand for Columbiau (Ambalesaa and Gaon) has
rap.roved, and sales made at a slight advance; pare e Is of
both descriptions recently arrived, and ate now in course
of
sampling, and are superior in quality to anything seen
In'ur a long time. In Amersfoort several sales have been
thaede, both for aegar and cutting purposes. In Holland
e Fe is-nothing now to be obtained of dry, suitable de-
l. riptions, arid a very small quantity here remains in the
?WS of importers. Negrohead and Cavendish—ln the
i_ormer a fair 'business has been done at high rates;
tots have just arrived fur which importers are asking
advanced prices, which must eventually prevent ship-
'nl)3. In the latter, scarcely anything done, in conse-
11,t,lence of the high prices asked, and absence of middling
""8. Stalks dull of sale. Sasalla scarce, and much
Inquired after.
ki9,IiEEN FRUIT.—A good business was doing in all
nc,us• Oranges are arriving from the Azores, a cargo
or
,°r• Michael, and one from Terceira, sold at public
e
abort by Keeling and Hunt, realised a high figure, the
Crop being confirmed by 'scent letters. The
bur generally has been good fur Fruit the past year,
both London and the provincial towns, affording a
erY correct criterion of the prosperous state of all
classes,

4SU_,IIREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
;.-49ing Tyler, 27, was indicted for stealing a silver
Fateh, chain, and key, from the person of Matthew
olfwoods, at Bermondsey.
thlittr4Coombe prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock defended ,
prisoner.
Prosecutor stated, that on Christmas night, a little
after 10 o'clock, he was passing the Bricklayer's Arms
b wards home when the prisoner (whom he had knowri
~.64)re) stopped him at the door of the public-house, and
`ll,tlit to see him home. Witness told him that he
could find his way home without his assistance, but the
?r,i.64lntr persisted in going with him, and said
be had better take care of his watch." Witness
Vled on, and told him he was quite capable of
rthg care of it himself. The prisoner then snatched
e o'ons tins and ran away. Witness followed him, and
,!t_tight hold of him, demanding his watch, when be save
lue prisoner throw it into the mud. Witness picked the
Woo,
"UP when the prisoner ran away. A little while
tterwarda he met the prisoner and asked him for the
The prisoner said he knew nothing about it,
polies he seized hold of him and handed him over to a
rweer, an.
etr„Sergeant Jackson, 5 M, said he saw the prosecut(r
laul,gkung- with the prisoner, and on his svpi °soh tLe
was given into his custody.
Mr. CRARNOCK addressed the jury for the prisoner
at
;ale length, and a verdict of Guilty was returned.
CHURILAN sentenced him to six months at

-'5OW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A middle-aged woman, named Brown, the wife of a
irpat-garden porter, was charged with assaulting Mi s.
44r0, of liortford-court, Vinegar-yard.
e prisoner, who was very drunk at the •;me, went
Yi the
complainant
's house late last night, and knocked
t
°i ently
out 0 at the door. Mrs. Nathan had gone to bed,
1:1 being told by her servant that a person wished to
r:k to her she went down stairs hnd found the pri•
si
.Qr at the door. No sooner (lid the prisoner catei,
thgrat 01 her than she "let fly," and gave her a sound
pa:a_hing• She moreover succeeded in demolishing a
belt of tire Nathan's shop-window, and was proceed-
ohs to fitither violence when a policeman came up, and
iiti'las taken into custody.
prisoner, who bad a child in her arms, and who
ear lives in Hertford-court, said the complainant's
6E241% Irishwoman, provoked her in the first in-
-"ft, Or she would never have attacked any one.

Besides, Mrs. Nathan had often abused her before,
and always behaved herself in a most unntighbourly

manner.
Mrs. Solomon, another inhabitant of the court, said all
the blame attached to the prisoner, who ‘1 a; a desperate
character, to desperate, indeed, that in the course of the
scuffle last night she nearly bit the end of witness's
right hand foie finger off. She was furiously drunk at
the time.
Mr. HENRY said it was evidont to him that th. 3 pri•
soner was the aggressor. She had committed a violent
and unjustifiable assault, and she must there fore pay a
fine of 40a. er be imprisoned 14 days.
The fine was paid.
An elderly man, named John Richa,dson, who was
di eased in a rough fustian suit, was charged with steal-
ing an umbrella from a shop door in the Strand.
It was a clear ease. He vat seen to tt.ke up the
gingham, but before Le could make off with it he was
captured by a policeman.
Mr. HENRY asked the prisoner what he had to say?—
The prisoner admitted the theft; it wai a last res.Au ee
to prevent his dying of starvation, the parochial autt:o•
rities of Westminster l.ving refused to relieve him.
Mr. HENRY asked him how he came to tipper in a
prison dress?—The prisoner said he had been under
sentence of transportation for a similar offence— stealing
a coat, in I.et—but tieing in bad health, the Secretary of
State had orderei his liberation. Before he lost his cha-
racter, he followed the occupation of a gentleman's ser-
vant, and filled one situation fer 29 years; but now that
his reputation was gone, his previous good conduct
availed him nothing, and ho could obtein no employ-
ment of any description. He had served three of ihe
seven years in the hulks.
Mr. HENRY said he could not have bona sentenced !o
transportation for a trifling offence. There must have
been something else bestdes the act of stealing—a pre-
vious conviction, perhaps.
The prisoner admitted that he had been conliettd
once before of stealing a hatbox; but in each case dis-
tress had moved him to it. He was tried before Mr.
Sergeant Adams, at the Clerkeea ell Sessions.
Mr. HENRY said he must send him for trial again.
Nothing could justify a felony, and his prevkus se-
quaintance of a criminal court ought to have taught him
that.
The prisoner was accordingly fully committed.

TIME, THE AVENGER.—One of our most deservedly
celebrated writers of fiction, the author of "Two Old Men's
Tales," " Emilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons, &c., is
again about to gratify the public with a new story bearing
the title of " Time, the Avenger." Those who are supposed
to know what' is going on behind the literary scenes state
that the tale is one of the moat effective the author has yet
written—in the depth of its interest and purity of its moral
rivalling her best work, " Emilia Wyndham," which, in
many points, it is said much to resemble.—Evening Paper.
HEROIC FEAT.—Last week a feat of heroic daring,
one that deserves mare than a passing record, was performed
above the Falls of Niagara. Near the valley of Chippewa,
and about two miles above the cataract, a boat with a little
boy in it was seen drifting at a fearful rate down the current,
just above where the switt waters plunge into terrible rapids,
through which no boat ever lived. Three young men, and
their names are Joel Lyons, George Hoff, and Daniel Burn-
ham, leaped into a boat which lay at hand, and pulling gal-
lantly out into the turbulent stream, they caught the little
skiff just as it was sweeping to certain destruction, and
rescued from it the small mariner, half dead with terror.
The skiff disappeared in a moment, and the three heroes,
with consummate judgment and coolness, pulled diagonally
with the current for the shore, which they reached after a
desperate struggle, having accomplished a feat unparalleled
in the annals of Niagara river—no boat having ever reached
and returned in safety from a point so near the rapids. The
honour to which they are undoubtedly entitled from the
Humane Society will seldom, if ever, have been conferred
for an act of greater courage.-1 oronto Correspondent,
Mont, eal Herald.
WINDING-Up OF RAILWAY AND JOINT STOCK
COMPANIES.—In connexion with the work of winding-up
railway and joint-stock companies, there is a case in nee of
the courts of an official manager giving evidence, as former
secretary, against the company he is winding-up, and of
another official manager appearing on the lists of contribu-
tories in more than one ill-starred undertaking. It is found
by the Masters in Chancery, on whom, hi a f!dition to the
transaction of the business of ordinary suits, devolves the
winding-up of ten companies a piece. each of which is more
than equivalent to three or four individual cases in the Court
of Bankruptcy, that these proceedings greatly embarrass
the ordinary business of the courts, in respect of which all
the suitors of the Court of Chancery pay, while the payments
in respect of the winding-up of these companies, in lieu of
fees, to the Suitors Fee Fund, are merely nominal. The first
joint-stock company likely to bit completely woundup under
the Act is the Wheal Curtis Mining Company, the proceed-
ings for the settlement of the affairs of which were com-
menced in January, 1849, so that nearly two years will have
been consumed in winding-up this company's affairs, the
liabilities amounting only to between 3,0001. and 4,1.00/.
FIRE AT THE PREMISES OF MR. BELL, M.P.—
Yesterday morning, at a few minutes before three o'clock,
the sky over the metropolis became suddenly illuminated to
au extraordinary extent, which caused a general turn-out of
the engines and firemen. For some time the exact seat of
the conflagration could not be ascertained. At length it was
gleaned that it was on the Surrey side of the river, near
Putney-bridge. The West of England fire-engine having
crossed the bridge, it was the first to arrive at the scene of
mischief, and several others of the London Brigade quickly
followed. The firemen then found a range of premises up-
wards of 60 feet long and 20 wide in a general blaze. The
property belonged to Mr. Jacob Bell, the newly-elected
Member of Parliament for St. Alban'e, and it was situate in a
field at West-hill, Wandsworth, being used as stabling, cow-
houses, and poultry stores. Fortunately the residence of
Mr. Bell is nearly half a mile away, so that it escaped any
injury. '1 here being no water near, the firemen were obliged
to stand and see the premises burnt down. Respecting the
cause of the fire, nu doubt is entertained that it was the work
of an incendiary.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT CUMNOR, BERES.—On Tues-
day a fire, supposed to be the act of some dastardly incen-
diary, broke out on Lower Whitley Farm, iu the parish of
Cutnnor, the property of Lord Abingdon, occupied by Mr.
Haines, and consumed three large wheat ricks, a hay rick, a
stack of straw, a barn with its contents, about thirty quar-
ters of beaus, and another barn filled with wheat straw. Mr.
Haines is fully insured. It is lamentable to add that this is
the third fire, suppose'," to be the act of an incendiary, that
has taken place in the neighbourhood of Abingdon within
the last month. The two previous happened on a farm at
Kingston Bagpuize, tenanted by Mr. Brooks, who was also
fully covered !rum loss by insurance. The fire of Tuesday
night raged so furiously, and the flames reached to such a
height from the strong wind that prevailed, that it could be
seen at the distance of ten miles. At present there is no
clue to the perpetrators of these cowardly offences.
EAST LOTHIAN.—It is somewhat singular that
after another year of low prices the demand for land should
be unabated. It is true that some farms have been re-let
within the last twelve months at smaller rents than they
were let fur a few years ago, but where leases have come to
a natural termination, the old tenants have readily given the
old rent; and where exposed to public competition, they
have in every instance fetched more, and that pretty much
in proportion to the improvements effected at the cost of the
previous tenant. It is evident that, even at present prices,
land can afford a handsome rent, and that without trench-
ing on the wages of labour. While the farmer's prosperity
depends much on the rent promised, there is also something
in the mode of management pursued. Provided he possesses
skill and capital, and has security that he will reap the re-
ward of their proper application, increased production will
enable him to overcome the difficulties occasioned by low •
ness of price. These facts having become apparent to all
but the most prejudiced, the loud Protectionist prophecies of
agriculture' ruin, uttered in 1849, have sunk into a whisper.
Scotsman.

LORD ASHLEY'S SHIRT !—Start not, gentle reader.
If Lord Ashley could refer in public to the most necessary
article, be assured that what he said respecting it will bring
no blushes into thy cheeks. At the Mayor's dinner at Bath
last week, Lord Ashley, M.P., in acknowledging the drinking
of his health, said, 1 call your attention to the fact that 1,
this evening, am suitably attired for this occasion. I have
upon my person, at this moment, a ve,y beautiful shirt,
worked for me by the fair hands of the young women in the
establishment of my friend Mr. White—(Laughter)—pre-
sented to me with language of kindness and compliment,
which it would ill become me to record. I might have held
up that little article—(Loud laughter) —and in the presence
of ladies (for some there are here), exactly specifying what
it is, I 'night say with the great King of these realms,
" Iloni suit qui mal y pense."—(Loud laughter.) Well,
gentlemen, this article of dress I have reserved for gala days,
and what day can be so properly a gala as when I am invited
to dine with my kind-hearted constituency?--(Cheers.)
Whenever I wear this, it will serve me for a memorial,
;hough I need it not, of the invariable kindness 1 have re-
ceived from the inhabitants of this great town, and of the
duty which I feel of offering an unceasing prayer for the
peace, welfare, and the prosperity of this vast community.—
Sherborne Journal.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2.—The Royal Mail COM•
pany's steam-ship Severn, Captain Vincent, sailed to day,
with the West India mails, specie to the amount of 12,0J01.,
and sixty passengers, amongst them being Dr. William Cas-
teldine Tucker, Dr. Beveridge, for Jamaica; Colonel Yule,
Captain Maxwell, Lieutenants Grantham, Sanderson, Barber,
&c. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Teviot, having
undergone a thorough refit, went out this morning on a trial
trip, preparatory to her taking out the Brazilian mails on the
9th iust. She will be commanded by Captain Rivett. The
Tay, Captain Chapman, with the homeward West India
mails, is expected about Saturday.
SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—Thu half-yearly general
court of the South Sea Company was held yesterday at the
establishment in Threadneedle-street; Charles Franks, Esq.,
took the chair. From the annual accounts laid before toe
proprietors, it. appeared that the receipts for the last halt-
year were 153,6381. 17s. 5d., and the outgoings for the same
period 88,6121. 4s.' leaving a balance of 65,0261. 13s. sd. ;
out of this would be payable- the half-year's dividend on
3,662,7841. Bs. 6d. South Sea Stock at 1 per cent., amount-
ing to 64,098/. 14s. 6d., leaving a balance of 917/. 18s. Ild.
The chairman moved that the above dividend be made pay-
able on the same day as the Government funds. This having
been agreed to, the chairman• stated that the effect of the
bite sale and purchase of stock had increased their income by
about 30/. The court then adjourned.
GOVERNMENT CLERKS.—A re-classification of the
officials in some of the departments at Somerset-house has
just been made known. By the new arrangement facilities
are presented for the advancement of those clerks whose
talent for public business, diligence, and industry, deserve
special notice; and it is understood that the claim of seni-
ority will in future piss unregarded unless supported
by the qualities above referred to. Reading the " news-
papers" by the clerks during office hours is expressly
prohibited by the terms of the Treasury order received at
Somerset-house.

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MELANCHOLY DEATH BY DaOWNING.-00 Satur-
day afternoon William White, a poor but honest and indus-
trious fisherman, of Portland, met with his death whilst toil-
ing in his daily occup had just returned from
fishing in the West Bay at the back of Portland, and bad
proceeded in his boat to take up tome crab pots placed off
Portland Castle, and whilst (it is suppo,ed) he was in the
act of hauling up one of the pots, he tell overboard and was
drowned. This supposition is confirmed by his being found
with the line attached to one of the pots grasped firmly in
and around his hands. The accident was first discovered
by his boat being observed drifting with no one in it, and
but a short time previously he was passed, busily employed,
by the Princess steamer. Boats were soon on the spot, but
on its becoming (talk they withdrew, and resumed their
when they soon found him in the
He was a single man, aged thirty-
ctrraecekpinogf in the
steamer.mornin g,
thirty-
eight, and his aged and infirm parents were indebted to his
industrious habits for their maintenance. He bore a univer-
sally. good characten—Poole

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, JAN. 2.
The Queen and his Royal Ilighuesa Prince Albert
took their usual morning walk.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
in the Slopes and Windsor P.trk.
His Excellency Senor Isturiz, his Excellency the
Marquis d'Azeglio, the M irquis of Abercorn, the
Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine
Villiers, General the Earl of Strafford, Viscount and
Viscountess Ponsonby, and Lord and Lady Stanley
(of Alderley), are expected to arrive at the Castle
to-day on a visit to the Queen and the Prince.
His Excellency the Chevalier and Madame Bun-
sen, the Marquis of Douro and the Right Hon. Sir
Francis and Lady Arabella Baring left the Castle to-
day.
The Royal dinner party this eNening will include
his Excellency the Spani,h Minister, his Excellency
the Sardinian Minister, the Ma, (pis of Aberclrc,
the Earl and Countess of J-rsey i.nd Lady C. VI:-
liers, the Earl of Strafford, Viscouut and Viscountess
Ponsonbv, and Lord and Lady S:.antey (of ).
The band of the Coldstream Guards attend duriug
dinner. Her Majesty's privste baud will af.erwards
attend in the Castle.

ilir Royal highness the D,:ehfss of K nt ‘Nts
prevented by slight indisposition from dining with Iva.
Majesty on New Ytar's Day.

Mr. rairbairn, from the Cap so`. Gord Hope, bLd
an interview with Earl Grey yetterday at -the Colo-
niahoa2e.

The Oxford University Commission met yesterday
at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop
of Norwich, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. 11.
G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq, the Rev. Professor
Powell, the Rev. G. 11. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A.
P. Stanley, Secretary.
Dispatches from Port Philip, and from the Go-
vernor of New Zealand, were received yesterday at
the Colonial-office.

THE ROYAL NEW YEARS' GIFTS.
The annual distribution of new year's gifts from her
Majesty and Prince Albert, to the poor of the parishes
of Windsor, Clewer, and the Holy Trinity, took place as
usual in the Riding School. The whole of the arrange-
ments being under the superintendence of the Roy. J.
Gosset, Rev. J. Gould (Windsor parish). Rev. T. T.
Carter (Clewer), Rev. Stephen Hawtrey (Holy Trinity)
and the churchwardens of the above parishes. The
Itoyal bounty amounted to 2501. The Lord Steward's
department contributing 1501. for provisions, and the
Lord Chamberlain's department 1001. for clothing.
The recipients were arranged in various classes as
follows :—The parish of Windsor under the superin-
tendence of the Rev. J. Gosset and the Ray. J. Gould.
Class I. 10 families supplied with a pair of blankets.
Class 11. 38 families supplied with a single blanket.
Candidates for clothing—Class I. 8 persons supplied
with 12 yards of flannel each, or 6 yards of flannel and
12 yards of calico, or 24 yards of calico. Class 11. 26
persona received each 9 yards of flannel, or 6f yards
flannel and 9 yards of calico, or 18 yards of calico. Class
111. 49 persons received each 6 yards flannel,or 3 yards
flannel and 6 yards of calico, or 12 yards of calico.
Class IV. 13 persons were supplied with 4 yards of
flannel each, or 3 yards of flannel and 6 yards of calico,
or 12 yards of calico. Provisio❑ Class:—Class 1-28
persons received each three half-quartern loaves, also
4lbs of beef, 241bs. of plum pudding, l peck of potatoes,
and 2 cwt. of coals. Class 2-57 persons each received
1 quartern loaf, 4lbs. of beef, 1 peck of potatoes, lilt).
plum pudding, also 1f cwt. of coals. Class 3-87 per-
Suns received each 1 quartern loaf, 31bs. of Leaf, 1 peck
of potatoes, and lf cat. of coals. Class 4-77 persons
receive d each a loaf of bre ,d, 1;b. of beef, 1 peck of
potatoes, and 1 cwt. of coals. Summary of the Gift—
New Windsor, 1151.; Holy Trinity, 1051.; Clewer, 301.:
tote!, 250/. The clothing list includes-10 recipients of a
pair of blankets each, 38 ditto a single blanket, 8 first
class clothing, 26 second class ditto, 49 third class ditto,
13 fourth class ditto: total, 144 persons. Provisions-
-28 first class, 57 second class, 80 third class, and 77
tooth class : total, 242. Total number of persons who
received the Royal bounty, 791—viz., New Windsor,
386; Clewer, 315; and Holy Trinity, 90.
The distribution was so admirably arranged that the
disposal of the gilts to the 791 persons occupied little
more than an hour. Her Majesty and Prince Albert
were present.

LAMB AND FLAG RAGGED SCHOOLS. CLPRIEEN-
WELL-GnEEN.—The annual treat to the children attending
the above schools, took place at the school-rooms yesterday
(Thursday), when upwards of 300 children were bountifully
supplied with the old English fare of roast beef and plum
pudding. At twelve o'clock the court in which the school is
situated was thronged with the anxious little ones, eager to
gain admittance into the rooms, which were tastefully deco-
rated for the occasion. At length the time arrived for the
doors to be opened, and the school-rooms were soon filled,
and the children seated around the various tables. At about
one o'clock order was proclaimed, and grace having been
sung by the children, the work of mastication commenced,
and continued until three o'clock, when a short address was
delivered by Mr. Watts, honorary secretary, on the blessings
of education; and the children having sung the grace after
meat, were dismissed ; and re-assembled at half-past five, for
the purpose of being examined and having suitable rewards
presented to them. The improvement of the children is
very striking, and the manner io which they replied to the
various questions rut to them bespeaks the attention paid to
their education. The children sang several pieces, and each
child having received a penny, together with a book, the
proceedings of the happy festive day terminated.
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The engine-
drivers and firemen at the Swindon and Bristol stations of
the Great Western Railway a few days ego presented one of
the guards (Mr. Henry Painter) with a handsome-silver
snuff-box for his unremitting exertions in forwarding the
trains at the stations, thereby enabling the drivers to run at
one uniform speed, and hence effect a saving of eoke to the
company.
DESCRIPTION OP THE NIGHTINGALE'S SONG.—
. As to Jenny Lind's singing," says a writer in the New
York Era, "I'd like to see the mawkin bird that could begin
to imitate some of the notes ft at she gets orf. Them's the
notes that'll pass current in Heaven ; and it's a blessin' that
nobody can't steal 'em from her, for there's suckers mean
enough to rob even her. Not a woice she has got! It sounds
suintimes jest as of she'd swallered a lot o'flutes, and they
was a playin' of their own akord ; or like a song bird had
dewed into her mouth, and was begin, with his musicallest
notes, to let out agin."
LORD BROUGHAM.—We are informed by a friend
and correspondent of Lord Brougham's, now in Edinburgh,
that his Lordship's eye is now considered to be quite safe by
the most experienced of London oculists. Lord Brougham
has, during his sojourn at his chateau near Cannes, been en-
gaged in some difficult experimental researches on the diffrac-
tion of light ; and we have no doubt that his sight was in-
jured by the length and continuity of researches carried on
in a dark apartment. His Lordship, in passing through
Paris, communicated an account of his experiments to the
National Institute, and is at present at Brougham Hall,
where, we trust, he will soon recover from the influence under
which he has been suffering.—Edinburgh Witness.

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.—
We understand that the question as to what the law of
Scotland says upon this subject will shortly be settled, as a
man i 3 now in gaol who is to be indicted for incest, on ac-
count of having formed such a connexion, and the law
officers of the Crown have refused to release him on bail.—
Edinburgh Witness.
ROYAL MARINES..--WOOLWICH, JAN. 2.—Captain
W. H. March, having returned from leave, will resume the
command of the detachment doing duty at Deptford Dock-
yard. The undermentioned gentlemen-cadets have received
their commissions as second-lieutenants in this gallant corps,
and have been attached as follows :—Eyre Lane, to the
Woolwich division ; William Portlock Scott Dodson, to the
Plymouth division ; Francis Lean, to the Portsmouth divi-
sion. Captain T. C. C. More has received two months' leave
of absence.
STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—
Notwithstanding the holidays consequent upon the present
season, the market to-day has exhibited increased activity.
Advices have been received from India and America with
favourable intelligence as to the probable demand during the
coming season, and showing stocks to be unusually light
when compared with former years. The market has slightly
improved since Tuesday, prices continuing firm. Madapol-
lams, domestics, jacconets, and other heavy cloths are in
lively demand, and the prospect of the present year is cheer-
ing to spinners and manufacturers in general. No business
was done yesterday, New Year's day in Manchester being
invariably observed as a holiday.
"THE LAST SURVIVOR OF COOK'S VOYAGES.'--A
paragraph, headed as above, having within the last few days
been inserted in almost all the public prints, a full inquiry
has been instituted by the Admiralty into the case, from
which it is evident that the alleged " last survivor" is an im-
postor, who, in the year 1845, endeavoured to excite the
sympathy of the charitable public by the insertion in the
Morning Chronicle of a statement similar to that now in cir-
culation, and which, having been at that time investigated
by the Admiralty, was found to be utterly false. By a re-
ference to the s,atement now before the public, it will be
seen that J. B. W. Wade gives a long account of his sup-
posed services in various ships, but by an official investiga-
tion of the ships' books, it appears that in the Resolu-
tion, from 17;6 to 17;9 (the date of Captain Cook's
death), and in the Discovery, from 1776 to 1781, neither
the name of Wade, nor any of the names •he has as-
sumed, can be found. In the Barfleur there appears
to have been entered, on the Ist of August, 1781, a man of
the name of John Welch, born in Kerry. and aged 23, who
was paid off in her on the 15th of July, 1733. In the
Arethusa, from 1792 to 1793 ; Leviathan, from 1793 to 1791 ;
Captain, from 1794 to 1793 ; Bellerophon, Com 1796 to 798,
neither the name of Wade, nor any of the names he has as-
sumed, can be found, In the Foudroyant there appears to
have been entered, on the 23d of July, 1810, a man named
John Welch, horn at• Waterford, and aged 25, who was paid
off from her on the 26th of July, 1812. In the Bellerophon,
from 18 4 to 1816, neither the name of Wade, nor any name
assumed by him, can be found ; nor in the Active, from 1815
to 1823; and this last ship was not in commission in the
year 1627. It cannot be doubted that the whole story is
fabricated fur the purpose of obtaining money; and it is de-
sirable, in order to save the money of the charitahl,, that
publicity should be given to such an attempt upon their
sympathies and their pockets. - Times.
DIVIDEND DAY AT THE BANK, &c.—Notice was
issued yesterday al the Bank of England that the January
dividends will be in course of payment on Wednesday
morning, the Bth inst., and that the transfer books for the
undermentioned annuities will be opened as fol ows:—Conso,
lidated Three per Cents., on Thursday, 16th inst.; Three per
Cent. Annuities, 17.6, on Tuesday, the 14th inst.; New Five
per Cent. Annuities, on Tuesday, the 14th inst. ; Annuities
for Terms of Years, on Thursday, the 16th inst. South Sea
House - The dividends will be in course of payment on the
Bth inst., and the transfer books opened on Thursday, the
16th lust East India-house—The dividends on East India
Stock will be paid on Monday next, the 6th inst, and the
transfer books opened on Thursday, the 16th inst.
REPRESENTATION OF SALLsDuay..—Mr. F. W.
Slade, the barrister, has pledged himself, on the first oppor,
tunity, to come forward for the representation of Salisbury,
it the Conservative electors will support him. She/ borne
Journal.

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CHARING-CROSS-BRIDGE COMPANY.—This corn-
pauy are about to seek powers for raising additional capital.