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The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-08

STATE OF TRADE.

The following is extracted from the weekly com-
mercial report of the Freeman's Journal :
" This has been pretty much a hol.dly week, and we
have very little to report either in produce or shares.
The prospects for the opening of trade are good, and
money continues plentiful and cheap. The Customs'
duties for the week are 8,8001, of which 3,4001. are on
tea, 9001. on sugar, and 3,4001. on tobacco. We are,
however, exceedingly concerned at being obliged to re-
port thst the revenue of this port for the year ending
this day shows a very heavy falling off from last year,
which was also much below the previous year. The re-
venue for the year ending January 5, 1851, is only
882,809/. against 936,7821. to January 5, 1850, a falling
off of 54,000/., or, as compared w ith 1848, of 136,000/.
The figures for the last six years are as followv—

1845 ... 1,033,000 1248 ... ... 988,000
1846 ... 1,012,000 1849 ... 936,000

1847 ...

1,062,000 1850 ...

... 862.000

" The duty on tea forms 370,0001. of the whole
amount, and on this item there has nut been any falling
off, as will be seen by the returns quoted below. In the
duty on brandy there has, we have no doubt, been a
considerable falling off, the consumption having in 1849
been very large.
" Shares have been quiet and drooping, with little
business. A further decline has taken place in railways.
Great Southern and Western, 38i ex. div. ; Preference
(all paid) 7*; Midland Great Western, 34k; Half Shares,
101; Waterford and Limerick, 161 ; Belfast and Bally-
mena, 30; Dublin and Drogheda, 37; Thirds, 12k; Li
merick, Ennis, and Killaloe, li; Londonderry and Ennis-
killen, 3i; Royal Bank, 12i; Hibernian Bank, 28k; Na-
tional Bank, 17; City of Dublin Straus, 1836, 23; Min.
ing Company of Ireland, 5; Patriotic Insurance Com-
pany, 6g; Alliance and Consumers' Gas Company, 6;
Ballast-office Debentures, 95.
" We learn from a statement in the Cork Examiner
that in the unfortunate St. George Steam-packet Com-
pany there has been (in addition to the original 1001.
paid up, which has, of course, been totally lost) four suc-
cessive calls, two of 501. and 601. per share by the direc •
tors, and two of 1001. and_ 351. under the Winding-up
Act, making in all 2451. per share, in additional to the
original 1001. The capital has been 400,0001.

14 The halt-yearly meeting of the Mining Company of
Ireland wa, held on Thursday. The proceedings were
devoid of interest. Only a sum of 3001. was available
for dividend, and of course none was made. The chair-
man stated that he could not hold out any prospect of a
dividend in the ensuing half-year. It was, however,
stated that 1,5001. had been expended on searches and
new machinery, independent of the above balance."
London, England, 1851-01-08

CLERKEN WELL.

Joseph Armstrong, a respectably dressed middle-aged
man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combo for final
examination, charged by Mr. Walter Justice, attorney-
at-law, of 6, Bernard-street, Russell•square, with hav-
ing been concerned in obtaining, by false pretences,
681. ss.

It appeared frem the evidence of the prosecutor that
for several years past he had performed the professional
business of Mr. Rowe, a blind man, but he had never
seen that person. On the 20th of November last a blind
man, who represented himself to be Mr. Rowe, called on
witness and gave instructions to write to Joseph Arm-
strong, Nine-elms, Wandsworth-road, demanding pay-
ment of 681. ss. money lent, and half a year's rent.
Witness wrote a letter to that effect, and on the next
day the prisoner brought it to him, representing that
he was the identical debtor, and affecting a wil-
lingness to pay-one half of the borrowed money
and the arrear of rent at four o'clock on the same
afternoon, provided Mr. Rowe was agreeable, and it
was arranged that a messenger should be dis-
patched to the latter, No. 3, Warwick-street,
Vauxhall-bridge-road, for his approval or disapproval,
the prisoner undertaking to return with the money at the
time specified. Some time, however, before that the
fictitious blind man Rowe again visited witness, and,
hearing of the arrangement proposed, he at once agreed,
and under a pretence that he had left behind him some
title deeds belonging to the prisoner, upon which he had
advanced 631. 55., he prevaded on Mr. Justice to lend
him that amount, representing that he himself
,should
have to pay awry some money which he had borrowed
on the same deeds, and it would inconvenience him to go
home for it. No sooner had he obtained a ch(que for that
amount than be joined the prisoner, who was with a
cabriolet at a public-house close by, and it was eubse•
quently ascertained that the prisoner had obtained
change for the cheque at the Bermondsey bank in 10/.
notes, which he got csshed on the same day at the Bank
of England. Handbills were circulated, offering a re-
ward for their apprehension, and the prisoner was taken
into custody, but his companion, Rowe, the blind man,
had ever since eluded the vigilance of the police.
Numerous witnesses were examined, and it was de-
cidedly proved that the prisoner had been living with the
" blind man." It was said that many of the legal profes-
sion had been duped by the prisoner and others, but
from the fear of being ridiculed they hesitate to appear
as prosecutors. The name of the prisoner is Levy, and
he is respectably connected in the Jewish persuasion.
By the recommendation of Mr.Wakeling, the solicitor,
the prisoner reserved his defence, and he was fully com-
mitted to Newga'e for trial.
London, England, 1851-01-08

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the lit inst. have arrived.
In the Chamber of Deputies of the 30th ult. M.
Donoso Corte-, in the discussion on the Bill for
authorising the Government to carry into effect the
budget from Ist January, 1851, delivered a very long
and very eloquent speech, in which he contended that
society was more secure and stronger when it relied
more on moral than on material order, on virtue
rather than on material interests ; and he cited the
example of France to prove this. As to the problems
relative to the distribution of fortunes raised by the
Socialists, he said that God alone could solve them,
but that alms were one solution, and they ought to be
administered by the Church. M. Martinez de la
Rosa insisted on the necessity of maintaining ma-
terial order as the basis of moral order ;
and he congratulated the Chamber of Spain having
escaped the gangrene of dangerous doctrines. The
Bill was then adopted by the large majority of
189 votes to 32. The Gazette publishes a return,
showing that in November last the public revenues
amounted to 30,034)055 reals more than in the cor-
responding months of last year. The Count Ester-
haz7, Austrian Minister, had returned to Madrid.
During the year 1850, the sum distributed by the
Queen was 2,000,000 reals; the number of poor re-
lieved by her was 14,265.
MADRID Boma, JAN. I.—The Three per Cents.
were done on the 31st ult. at 358 for time ; the Four
per Cents. at 128 ; the Five per Cents. at 121 ; the
Debt without Interest at 38; and the Coupons at 68.
On the Ist inst. the Bourse was closed, but the
Three per Cents. sold out of doors at 351.
London, England, 1851-01-08

CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF

DISEASE.
Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
)N PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.

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by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. Gd. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by
ex3essive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of
mercury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion,
followed by observations en the Married State, and the disqualifica-
tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and
by the detail of cases. By R. and L. PERRY and CO.,Consulting
Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxrord-street, London. üblished by
the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay,
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FAIT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
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PAST 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
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mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
Incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PAIT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from imection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
limy avings.

Pear IT. contains a Remedy for the Preventio of Disease by a
simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
This important part the Work should not escape the reader's
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PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du-
ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the
whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACDM is exclusively employed in
treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 1 Is. and 338.
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iymptems, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per
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per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and
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U. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and post-
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:Bailment only by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry,
inrgeons, are In attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-
treat, London, from Eleven till Two and _Five to Eight t on Sun-
day, from Eleven to One.

AL

Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Easter Sunday....
Low Sunday

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London, England, 1851-01-08

ARRIVALS THIS WEER.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. I Flour.
------.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacki•
English •...•• 940 1,360 530 1,850 1,910
5c0tch........ --
Irish ........ • 1,420
Foreign ...... 4,100 830 4OO 7,980

Irish •••• • • I
Foreign —— I 4,100 B3O J
BOROUGH HOP MARHET.

Our market is very inactive for both Old and Neo
Hops, but we have no change to notice in our quotations•

WMITECHAPEL.

Generally speaking, the demand was in a very slag'
gish state, on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s to
33 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s lod ; Veal, 3s to Is 10d;
Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blhs, by the carcase.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONELANQUE.)
IN RE FREDERICK AND G. LA MARK.
These bankrupts, described as of Water-lane, Towel"
street, ship-brokers, came up to apply for their certi'
ficates.
Certificates of the second class were granted forthwith'
IN RE LAVERS.
This bankrupt was described as of Southamptoof
grocer, and came up for his certificate.
There was no opposition, and as the fiat was dated 01
far back as 1847, a certificate without classification W.
granted forthwith.

SECONDARIES.'—`THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
CROISBIE V. CASE—CRIM. CON.—DAMAGES 5001.
This was an action brought to recover damages 10'
criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife.
The damages were laid at 5,0004, and defendant hat ill
suffered judgment to go by default, the jury were co
upon to assess damages.
Mr. MINTYRE, counsel for the plaintiff, said that tbil
was an action for trespass, for criminal conversation 'oil,
plaintiff's wife, but he was happy to say that defen,isow
by not pleading, admitted the facts charged in the dr
claration; and it would, there'ore, be unnecessaiV fr"
adduce evidence. It had also been agreed between sbe
parties that a verdict should be taken for 500/.
Mr. JAMEs, who appeared for the defendant, conseti tea
to a verdict for that amount.
The position in life of the parties did not transpixl
evidence, but it will probably be remembered tha,t •
the Liverpool Assisss, plaintiff was charged with hol ro
whipping a person for insinuating that the impr C Pet
connexion existed, but afterwards found he had whirl)
the wrong party.
London, England, 1851-01-08

HERAPATIPS R tILWAY JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 16, 1850,

The fifty-second annual edition, which has just appeared, merits
all that could be said for it. The Messrs. Kelly seem to glory in
their " Post Office Directory," and to strive, year after year, to effect
improvements. It is impossible to deny that up to, and including
the present praiseworthy ed tion, they have succeeded. They have
now securely in their hands the monopoly of the book, and far from
abusing it, the result bears evidence that it has been beneficial to
the public.

Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates.
EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE.
Capital-500,0^01.
(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
The leading principles of this Office are —Moderate and equitable
Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits.
The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion
Premium to risk in Insurance against LOSS by Fire has been so
great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.

It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the
different Established Companied have not been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each.
_

It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the
true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
rance Company is established.
The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap-
proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto
been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as
security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer
is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by
supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica-
tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk.
The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own
experience, from time to tic e, adopt such rates of Premium as the
nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange-
ments as regards tariffs with other offices.
With this view an annual investigation will be made into each
class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett
excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have
been in force for three years.
Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon
every description of Property on moderate terms.
Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, ..without the Average Clause.

Prospectuses. and every information may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.

National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society.
* Equitable Fire.
f• Both Offices.
London, England, 1851-01-08

GERMAN Y.

Accounts from Cassel of the 3d 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 SCHWARTZENBERG 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 Conatitutionnel,
" 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 3d 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 co-
litical feeling.
The Genoa papers of the 2d 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 scuff ensued which was with difficulty
stopped by the timely arrival of a piquet of National
Guards.

We learn from Verona that Marshal RADETZKT
had fallen from his horse and injured his arm, but
nut to such an extent as to create the slightest un-
easiness.
London, England, 1851-01-08

THE ARMY.

The following circular and warrant have, we un-
derstand, been issued, regulating the issue of rations
to her Majesty's troops serving in the colonies :

" Wac office, Dec. 31, 1850.

" Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to you herewith
a copy of the Queen's gracious warrant of the 24th inst.,
for the further regulation of the rations of provisions is-
sued by the commissariat to her Majesty's troops on
shore abroad, and for reducing the stoppage required to
be made from the soldier's daily pay for each daily ration
drawn for him.
" You will perceive by her Majesty's warrant that
from the date therein specified one uniform ration is to
be issued alike at all stations abroad (except in the ter-
ritories of the East India Company), and is to consist
is to be at the
exclusively of bread, or biscuit, and meat, for which ra-
tion the stoppage from the soldier's pay
reduced rate of 3id. from the said date.
" The warrant also provides that from the same date
such other articles of diet as are necessary for the soldier
are to be supplied to him under regimental arrangements.
" To assist in effecting such supply, the Lords Com•
missioners of her Majesty's Treasury have issued in-
structions to the coramissariat officers abroad, from
which the following is an extract:—
"If at any station the officer commapnrdovoinde,anding the forces
would efaacbilliet;,o
should be of opinion that the officers of the commissariat
moreb y f
av o u contrar ca tb e
or
termsotherwise,
regi-
mental officers, articles of supply
not comprehended in
the ration,kiny Lords desire that
the officers of the com-
missariat will, on proper application to
that
than with
greater
'
effect being
made to them, use their best efforts to
provide the re-
quisite articles in the must advantageous manner fur the
soldier, with the distinct understanding, h that
payment is to be made by regimental officers to the par-
ties supplying such articles.'
"It will accordingly be incumbent upon the com-
manding officer of every regiment to which the aid of
the commissariat officers shall be thus given, under the
authority of the officer commanding on the station, for
the supply of articles of diet in addition to the ration,
to take care that the requisite payment for the articles
upon the terms arranged by the commissariat be at once
London, England, 1851-01-08

LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S MANIFESTO.

" The Congregated Trades of Limerick" celebrated
the new year by the adoption of the subjoined grandi-
loquent address to Cardinal Wiseman, a copy of
which is to be transmitted to "his Eminence."

"TO THE MOST EMINENT NICHOLAS, CARDINAL
WISEMAN, ARCMIIINHOP OF WESTMINSTER.
" Proud of the restoration of the Catholic hierarsclay
in England, and of your exalted position as its most
honoured head and illustrious ornament, we the Con-
gregated Trades of the city of Limerick, approach your
Eminence with sentiments of the proudest respect and
admiration.

" Limerick has been always foremost in defending the
ancient faith—the religion for which saints have suf.
fered and martyrs bled; and now her humble but faith-
ful artisans are proud of the opportunity of testifying to
the world their delight at the appointment of your Emi-
nence as Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
" As Irish Roman Catholics, and inhabitants of a city
which has suffered so much in the cause of liberty and of
religion, and who nobly defied the bloodthirsty bigots
of bygone days, we shall never look tamely on and be-
hold in silence our Church enslaved, and the Roman
Catholics of the world insulted by base arid bigoted
blinisters, who, true to the principles of their party, only
await an opportunity of proving tbeir undying hatred to
Catholicity, and add more to the many penal laws which
accursed WhiggPry has placed on eternal record in the
black annals of English history. _

" Your Eminence may feel sincerely assured that ,we
abhor and detest bigotry in every creed and clime; for
we have always, and ever will, continue to cherish the
noble principle of civil and religious liberty. But
should your holy and Christianlike remonstrances not
succeed in allaying the purple embers of bigoted
malignity which are smouldering within the bosom of
Protestant England, should the reign of Elizabeth be
again revived in this enlightened age, and should the
faithful shepherds of the Gospel be driven from their
flocks, allow us to assure your Eminence, with the most
devoted zeal, that in Ireland, in the country of the per-
secuted, you will find a hospitable home, where, not-
withstanding the dreadful havoc made in our population
by famine and emigration, enough still remains to pro-
tect our faithful and beloved pastors from persecution or

" Imploring for your Eminence a biassing for your
future guidance, we remain, your bumble and devoted
servants, 6" TuE CONGREGATED TRADES."

The Rural Deans of the diocess of Killaloe have
applied to the clergy of their district to address the
Queen on the late Papal aggression ; the Dean of
Kilrnacduagh has refused his signature.
London, England, 1851-01-08

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 2d inst. have arrived.
Senor MON arrived in Madrid on that day.
MADRID BOLSA, JAN. 2.—Three per Cents. (with-
out coupons), 334-; Five per Cents., 12 7-16. Ex-
change on London, 50 65 paper.
London, England, 1851-01-08

Just published, in Bvo., cloth lettered, price 35.,
NERVOUS AFFECTIONS; being a few Ob-
servations on Nervous Disorders, the result of extensive ex-
perience in the treatment of these diseases; with some Remarks on
the use and abuse of ljydropathy. By RICHARD DAWSON,
M.D., Extra Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
London : Hugh Hughes and Co., 15, St. 31artin's=e-Grand.

SEASONABLE PRESENTS.
At this festive period of tit! year, when friends and lovers as-
semble at the social bo4trd, or join in the mazes of the dance, a more
than usual anxiety is created for Personal Attraction, and the fol-
lowing unrivalled discoveries for the Toilet are called into increased
requisition, namely—
ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL,
for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ;

ROWLANDS' KALYDOR,
for rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming; and
ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE,
for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth.
The patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, and the high appre-
ciation by rank and fashion, with the well-known infallible efficacy
of these articles, give them a celebrity unparalleled, and render them
a peculiarly Elegant and Seasonable Present.
..* Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only genuine of each
bears the name of " ROWLANDS' " preceding that of the article on
the wrapper or label. Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London,
and by Chemists and Perfumers.

THIRTY-FIFTH EDITION.
London, England, 1851-01-08

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
sit night

FRANCE.

The Union has the following sensible article on the

crisis
•" We have a presentiment that the phlegmatic pru-
dence of the President of the Republic will again
triumph over the mischievous turbulence which has
raised this difficulty. Without accusing any person of
excess of Machiavelism and perversity, we may say that
there are amongst our few dozen of political men many
vain and rash persons, who think they can carry things
their own way by pulling the strings which their feeble
hands San grasp. These persons seem to have proposed
to themselves to force the President to commit a coup de
tete, either by forming a Ministry of his personal friends,
or calling to his aid the men of the Left. They would
hope by this means to unite against him en masse all the
monarchists, 2nd compel him to depart from the path of
legality. It is not necessary that the President should
be gifted with extraordinary ability to enable him to
avoid the course into which it is attempted to drive him.
There is no necessity for him to act illegally. What is
to prevent him from choosing his Ministers from the
majority even up to extinction, so that a; length it would
be the majority itself who, losing all good sense, and
acting illegally, should Stly to the President, We tvill
have no more to do with you; you shall not even com-
plete your time.' Et dors !"
London, England, 1851-01-08

EXTENSIVE FIRE.

One of the most destructive fires which has taken
place in Dublin (the Custom. house excepted) during
the last twenty years broke out about midnight on
Saturday, on the extensive premises of the Messrs.
Hutton, the eminent coach-builders, of Summer-hill,
by which, in the course of a few hours, property to
the extent, it is feared, of 30,000/., has been destroyed,
and 150 industrious artisans thrown out, temporarily
at least, of lucrative employment.
" The fire first appeared in the loft adjacent to and
above the forge of the factory, and perhaps the truest, at
least the most feasible, source to which the dreadful re-
sult of yesterday morning san be attributed, is the slow
ignition of one of the loft beams near the forge flue, and
the gradual smouldering of the ignited timber until the
London, England, 1851-01-08

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 7.
(B-fore Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.)
IN RE THOMAS SAMUEL WALLIS.

The insolvent, known as Dr. Wallis, 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. Stretton, 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 fri-ndly 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 benefit 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 sircuit—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 the 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

IN IE-WETER STEPHEN CROPPER.

This was a rule obtained by the insolvent, calling on
the detaining creditor, Mr. Wood, to show cause why he
should not pay the sum of 4s. per week for the in-
solvent's maintenance during the period of his detention
at Mr. Wood's suit.

Mr. Cooke chowed cause, and Mr. Dowse supported
the rule.

The insolvent in his affidavit swore that he was
heard at Lancaster in November list, and was then re-
manded for eighteen calendar months " for emigrating
to America without paying the opposing creditor's
debt," aid he was now in great distress, having no
means of living beyond the county allowance.
The endorsement upon the schedule returned to this
court showed that the remand was for " having made
away with part of his property with intent to diminish
the sum to he divided among his creditors."
An affidavit was read from Mr. Wood, stating that
the insolvent had been a hatter in Birmingham, and in
October, 1849, his premises were destroyed by fire, in
consequence of which he received shortly after the sum
of 4701. from an insurance-office, with which he imme-
diately started off to America, where he remained for
some time, but was arrested in England in August last.
The insolvent had told one person in Philadelphia, who
had made an affidavit of the fact, that he brought mer-
chandise with him from England to the value of 1,000
London, England, 1851-01-08

SEABORNE MAILS

When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Post-office port die-
due.
London. patched.
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 } January 10 5- ;Liverpool & 1
States packet).. .• N Soutliampt.
Belgium .. •• NlDaily Dover .. Daily
Brazil 31 9th of the month ISouthampt. Jan. 24
Buenos Ayres • • .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 24
California(viaChagres) 31 17th of month Southampt. Arrived
Cape of Good Hope NlJauuary 14 Plymouth..
Central America .. 31 2cl & 17th of rnonthSouthampt. Arrived
Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. ITu. Tie. Se.
Chili .. . M 17th of the month 'Southampt. !Jan. 20
France 31 & N Twice daily .. Dover • . Twicedaily
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday ILondon .. Tues. Sat.
N Wednes. & Satur.'London Mon. Thur.
Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Jan. 20
Ireland .. 31 & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .• Twicedaily
India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Jan. 28
India( via Nurse i lles) N 7 thSc 24th of month Dover • • Jan. 23
Madeira .. N
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. 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.. • • .. Al 7th,l7th,27th °fin° Southampt. IJan, 15
Peru • • .. •• .. 31 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20
West Indies .. 31 17th of the month ISouthampt. Jan. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) 31 2d of the month .. iSouthampt. Arrived
N signifies that the malls are sent frora the General Post-office
by the night—and hi by the morning—dispatch.
London, England, 1851-01-08

DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
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the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity,
many acquired at an early period of life, which debilitate
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Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
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London, England, 1851-01-08

JOHN BULL, NOVEMBER 16, 1850.

The fifty second edition of that monster repertory of the great
Babylon of modern times, and of all that dwell and trade therein,
—Kelly's " Post Office London Directory for 1851"—is now lying
before us; bearing witness in its annually increasing bulk to the
incessant growth of the metropolis in all directions. In every de-
partment of its encyclopaedic contents the present edition furnishes
evidence of the indefatigable industry with which it is kept ' au
courant' of the countless changes which take place from year to year
in so vast a population.
London, England, 1851-01-08

Mr. HARDWICK sail the Lad actud very
foolis,bly ill denying the ehargc, and fined them 7s. each.
The money was immeaialely paid.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
-BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. -
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-15 to 1 aki,t, Sir 4olio,
100 to fi ayst 1),,u: Simple (0, 100 to G ttgst Vainhop,
100 to 5 (SferPd egst any (Aber.
CHESTER Cup.-500 to 15 cirernti on the field.
DEitny.-7 to 1 agst Prime Minister (taken to a
pony), 323 to 25 agst Newminster (t).

THE SUN,
London, England, 1851-01-08

STATE OF TRADE.

The following is extracted from the weekly com-
mercial report of the Freeman's Journal:—
" This has been pretty much a holiday week, and we
have very little to report either in produce or shares.
The prospects for the opening of trade are good, and
money continues plentiful and cheap. The Customs'
duties for thy, week are 8,8001., of which 3,4001. are on
tea, 9001. on sugar, and 3.400/. on tobacco. We are,
however, exceedingly concerned at being obliged to re-
port that the revenue of this port for the year ending
this day shows a very heavy falling off from laat year,
which was also much below the previous year. The re-
venue for the year endirg January 5, 1851, is only
882,809/. against 936,7821. to January 5, 1850, a falling
off oi 54,0001., or, as compared ith 18-13, of 136,000/.
The figures for the last six years are as follows!

1845 ... 1,033,000 1848 ... 988 000
1846 1,012,000 1849 ... ... 935.000
1847 ... . . 1,062,000 1850 ... 882 000

The duty on tea forms 370,000/. of the whole
amount, and on this item there has not been any falling
off, as will be seen by the returns quoted below. In the
duty on brandy there has, we have no doubt, been a
considerable falling off, the consumption having in 1849
been very large.
" Shares hare been quiet and drooping, with little
business. A further decline has taken place in railways.
Great Southern and Western, 38i ex. div. ; Preference
(di paid), 7; Midland Great Western, 341; Half Shares,
10k; Waterford and Limerick, I6i ; Belt-ist and Bally-
mena, 30; Dublin and Drogheda, 37; Thirds, 12k; Li
merick, Ennis, and Killaloe, 11; Londonderry and Ennis•
killer]; 31; Royal Bank, 12i; tlibernian B 28k; Na-
tional Bank. 17; City of. Dublin St( ac?, 1836, 23; Min•
jug Company of Ireland, 5; Patriotic Insurance Com-
pany, 64-; Alliance and Consumers' Gas Company, 6;
Ballast-office Debentures, 95.

" We learn from a statement in the Cork Examiner
that in the unfortunate St. George Steam-packet Com-
pany there has been (in addition to the original 1001.
paid up, which has, of course, been totally lost) four suc-
cessive rails, two of 50/. and 601. per share by the direc
tors, and Iwo of 1001. and 35/. under the Winding-up
Act, making' in all 245/. per share, in additional to the
original 100/. The capital has been 400,0001.

" The half-yearly meeting of the Mining Company of
Ireland wax held on Thursday. The proceedings were
devoid of interest. Only a sum of 300/. was available
for dividend, and of course none wai made. The chair-
man stated that he could not hold out any prospect of a
dividend in the ensuing half-year. It was, however,
stated that 1,500/. had been expended on searches and
new machinery, independent of the above balance."
London, England, 1851-01-08

SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 16, 1850.

This gigantic publication, with its two thousand pages of closely-
packed type, seems to leave nothing more to be desired in the way
of new subjects, or the exhibition of those subjects in different as-
pects, so that the searcher, who from want of particulars falls in
one mode cf examination, may have recourse to another. If there
are here and there slight errors or omissions of detail, they may
fairly be ascribed to the multiplicity of minutife, or to the necessity
of sometimes relying on second-hand information. It would be well,
however, to bear in mind the necessity of unceasing watchfulness as
regards accuracy.
London, England, 1851-03-05

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, FEB. 25.—We have no naval movements
whatever to report beyond the arrival and departure of
mail steamers.

Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, however, ever alive
to the necessity of keeping all hands in exercise during
the monotony of a stay in port, is continually hitting
upon happy expedient. so to do. Last week an alarm of
fire on board the fiag-ship was given to see how quickly
assistance would be rendered, and lo and behold engines
were playing upon the supposed ship on fire as if by
magic. On the 24th " Shift top-masts" was unexpectedly
displayed at 9 A.M., from the mast-head of the Queen,
when the same was effected in the following order:—
The time noted is from the moment the signal was made,
until the topgallantruasts wero up again and fidded;
topgallant and ro; al yards were not crossed, as is cus-
tomary, at eight on that morning. The Albion's main-
topmast was at least twenty minutes delayed from the
carrying away of the hawser, and something similar
occurred as regards the foretopmast of the Ganges, but
we have heard of no personal injury of any consequence.
Foretopmast. Maintopmast. Mizentopmast.
Queen lh. 24w. lh. 23w. Oh. 37m.
Albion
Superb
Ganges
Caledonia
Racer (brig) 1 8 _ 1 8

With the other members of the Cabinet, the Right
Hon. Sir Francis Baring retains his office of First Lord
of the Admiralty, and will commence his levees of naval
officers on Tuesday next, the 11th inst., at one o'clock,
when he will receive 30 officers.
_

Captain Sir Edward Home has taken with him in the
Calliope, 26, all the men who were wounded at the late
accident, with the exception of the assistant-surgeon,
who bad his leg amputated. Two of the poor fellows
were obliged to use crutches.
Mr. Brown, second master-attendant of Devonport
Dockyard, with a party of riggers, has proceeded from
Devonport in the Styx steam-sloop, to Peudennis Castle
with troops, to relieve and bring back the detachment at
present doing duty there.
PORTSMOUTH. MARCH 4.—The Vulcan screw steam-
frigate, Master-Commanclur Penn, arrived at Spitheed
from Sheerness this morning, on her way to Cork, to
embark troops.
The old Topozo hulk has been taken up to Port-
chester Lake to-day, as a target for shot practice from
the Excellent.
The Powerful, 84, Capt. the Hon. It. S. Dundas, C. 8.,
will be paid off on Saturday next.
ROYAL MARINES.
Colonel and Second-Commandant Abraham Henry
Gordon, of the Woolwich Division, to be Colonel, Com-
mandant of the Plymouth Division, vice Colonel Fergu-
son, pkeed on retirement.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Mitchell, of the Plymouth
Division, to be Colonel and Second-Commandant of the
Woolwich Division, vice Gordon, promoted.
Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Fegan, of the Chat-
ham division, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of the Plymouth
DiYlOl9l3, Vice bitchell, pronted,
London, England, 1851-03-05

APPOINTMENTS.

Woovwicu, MARCH 4.—Commander George Lavie
(1846) to command the Alecto steam-sloop at Woolwich,
for service on the coast of Africa, vice Rawla% who de-
clined his appointment to that vessel. Commander
Lavie is the son of Sir Thomas Lavie, K.C.8., and en-
tered the service as a volunteer in 1826; became mid-
shipinan in 1830, and was promoted to lieutenant in
1834, and served in the Revenge, 78, at the siege of
Acre. In 1842 he was appointed first lieutenant in the
Isis, 44, and served in that capacity three years
on the Cape of Good Hope station. He joined
the Flamer in 1845, and was advanced to his present
rank in 1846, continuing to command the Flamer
until she returned to Woolwich, and was paid off in
1848. The Alecto will be taken out of the basin on
Thursday, and be ready for sea on Saturday, but she
will not leave Woolwich before• Tuesday next, when she
will proceed to Purfleet to take in her powder and have
her compasses adjusted at Greenhithe, when she will
proceed to Plymouth, to be paid in advance for service
on the coast of Africa. ,

Master Richard Stokes (1840) is re-appointed to the
Prince Regent, 90, at Portal:tante"- '

Surgeon James Salmon (1840) re-appointed to the
Prince Regent.
Paymaster and Purser A. Sugden (1822), of the Prince
Regent, to be secretary to Commodore Martin, com-
manding the Lisbon squadron.
Assistant-Surgeon William Macleod, M.D., re-ap-
pointed to the Prince Regent.
Second Masters--George R. Heather, to the Fisgard
flag-ship, at Woolwich; Valentine F. Johnson, to the
Prince Regent.

PROMOTIONS.

Jobn James and TComasilintham to be acting
boatswains.

The Shearwater steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Turnover, is to be paid off to-morrow at Wool-
wich.

The Zephyr steam•vessel is to be brought down from
Deptford to Woolwich to take the place of the Jasper
steam•vessel, the latter being in want of repair.
London, England, 1851-03-05

TO LADLES.

ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, an oriental botani-
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seers Cory vessels, expels all impurities from the surface, allays every
tendency to inflammation, and thus effectually dissipates all redness,
tan, pimp! s, spots, freckles, discolorations, and other cutaneous visi-
tations. The radient bloom it imparts to the cheek, and the softness
and delicacy which it induces on the hands and arms. renders it in-
dispensable to every toilet. Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it
allay all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and render it soft,
smooth, and pleasant.
Beware of spurious Kalydors for sale. The words "Rowlands'
Kalydor" are on the wrapper of the genuine article, and the words
" A. Rowland & Son, 20, Batton-garden," are also engraved en the
Government stamp affixed on each bottle. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d.
Sold by them, and by chemists and perfumers.
London, England, 1851-03-05

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1851.

In the House of Lords, last night,

Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition on the subject
of the transportation of convicts to Van Dieman's Land.
Earl GREY regretted the necessity which had com-
pelled the Government to transport so many convicts to
that colony, and expressed a hope and expectation that
ere long the colonists in Northern Australia would ask
to have supplies of convict labour. He agreed that it
was highly improper to send convicts to Sydney and
large towns, but he thought that in the sheep-rearing
districts of North Australia they might be advantage-
ously employed as shepherds.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
The Commons did not meet.

In one particular at least the Overland intelligence
must be regarded asinteresting to the majority of
people in the United Kingdom. The portion of the
news from Hindostaa relating to the withdrawal of
Sir CHARLES NAPIER from the supreme military
command of the forces in India possesses an attraction
paramount to all others, whether considering the im-
portance of the position vacated, or the greatness of
the illustrious warrior's reputation. Anything which
tends to elucidate, even in the most trivial manner, the
feelings which have led to this remarkable resignation,
cannot fail to he regarded by all parties with an
earnest and unwinking scrutiny. During the course
of the progress made by the ex• Commander-in-Chief
from the interior to the seashore for the purpose of
taking ship to England, he has occasionally given
utterance to his sentiments upon the subject
of his retirement, more or less explicit, according to
the inducements of each opportunity. But in no in-
stance has he been more plainspoken than in his
remarks uttered when bidding farewell to his old
companions in arms at Kurrachee and Bombay.
Tbotc, t 4 oso 1234261 y ‘xPreulou, he fairly let tile
London, England, 1851-03-05

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