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London, England, 1851-09-01

IMAGINATREV.

A very forcible work, describing the power of imagi-
nation in promoting poetry, sciencke, and philosophy,
exemplyfying her influence on the life of man, and con-
cluding by painting her eternal existence in Paradise.

POEMS, ESSAYS. AND ()PINIONS. By A.
B. Richards, Barristzr at-Law.

These are chiefly selections from the author's
writings in the Mirror of the Time. They are varied
in their subjects. Some of the poems are very grace-
ful, others are satires on various political subjects.
Among the former may be mentioned" The Convict's
Escape," founded on a paragraph which appeared iu
the newspapers some time since. It is pleasingly
versified.

TUE WORKING GLASSES OF GREAT BRI-
TAIN. Prize Essay. By the Rev. Samuel Green.
This is on a comprehensive subject, which it views
in varied aspects. It being a prize essay sufficiently
speaks for its merits.

BEATRICE; or, The Influence of Words. By J•

S. Junes.

A simple and interesting moral tale, and though,
perhaps, in some points its chief idea is carried
to an extreme, it is so varied in its characters
and natural in its descriptions, that it must induce
those who commence to trace the fate of its heroes to
the conclusion, which, we will add, for the benefit of
those who dislike melancholy finales, forms a very
satisfactory end to the chances and changes of the
tale.

The EARLY CONFLICTS of CHRISTIANITY.
By the Rev. J. Biss.
. _

The object of this work is to exemplify the diffi-
culties of the faith and the severity of its strife—the
seemingly insuperable opposition it met with form
the strength and unbelief of the Jews.

LIFE FOR LIFE; or, the Law written in the Heart.
A short and simple tale, the object of which
is not very clearly defined. The hero, in a fit of
rage, takes another's life and flies the country ; he
seeks a new world, where his eccentricity excites
attention, and, finally, driven to despair by remorse,
he sails over a cataract. It is well written, and in-
teresting to those who admire the terrible.
London, England, 1851-09-01

ITALY AND SICILY.

The Sardinian workmen who are to visit the
Great London Exhibition left Turin on the 27th,
under the direction of Signor SCAPPINI, a Deputy
of the Chamber. Professor ANSALDI accompanies
them, for the purpose of explaining the theory of the
different machines, &c., that they will see.
The 20 h August being the anniversary of the
death of Pius VII., a funeral service was celebrated
with great pomp on that day in the basilica of the
Vatican.

A letter from Palermo, of the 7th ult., announces
the arrival of the British fleet at Trapani.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Since the performances at play-house prices com-
menced money has been turned away from the doors
every night. On Saturday, long before the com-
mencement of the performance, the house was so
crowded that the money-takers were withdrawn from
the boxes, and crowds of disappointed persons left the
theatre unable to gain admittance. In consequence
of the great success of this experiment, there will
be five more performances given on the same plan.
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WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

WO2CIISTER, SATIJEDAY.—IIe results of the late
festival, which terminated last night, or rather this
morning, with a fashionably attended ball at the
Guildhall assembly -room, will, in a pecuniary point
of view, be very unsatisfactory. The falling off in
the receipts for the charity for the relief of clergy-
men's widows and orphans, however, will not be so
considerable as at one time had been anticipated, the
receipts on Toursday and Friday having been larger
than had been anticipated. The following return
gives a comparative view of the receipts for the
charity at the Worcester Festivals of 1848 and 1851:
1848. 1851.
£3OO ... £302
283 ... 216
162 ... 165
213 ... 201

Tuesday ..•
Wednesday ".
Thursday ".
Friday.—
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MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1,

ITALY AND SICILY.

The Sardinian workmen who are to visit the
Great London Exhibition left Turin on the 27th,
under the direction of Signor SCAPI'INI, a Deputy
of the Chamber. Professor ANSALDI accompanies
them, for the purpose of explaining the theory of the
different machines, &c., that they will see.
The 20th August being the anniversary of the
death of Pius VII., a funeral service was celebrated
with great pomp on that day in the basilica of the
Vatican.

A letter from Palermo, of the 7th ult., announces
the arrival of the British fleet at Trapani.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Since the performances at play-house prices com-
menced money has been turned away from the doors
every night. O❑ Saturday, long before the com-
mencement of the performance, the house was so
crowded that the money-takers were withdrawn from
the boxes, and crowds of disappointed persons left the
theatre unable to gain admittance. In consequence
of the great success of this experiment, there will
be five more performances given on the same plan.
London, England, 1851-12-29

PRICES OF SHARES

.N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM•
PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.
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fIJBLISIIED EVERY TIIESDIa AND FRIDAY EVENING.
LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26.

lOINT-STOC NAM.
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PANORAMA OF THE NILE.

This panorama has been re-opened with "grand
additions," which announcement means, that the fol-
lowing scenes, illustrating the city of Cairo, have
been added, namely, " the Gooreyen, or Great
Bazaar," " the Procession of the Mahmil," and " the
Ceremony of the Dosab." We need merely add that
the useful and artistic labours of Messrs. Warren,
Fahey, and Bonomi cannot fail, with the additional
attractions we have mentioned, to continue to com-
mand a considerable share of the public patronage.
London, England, 1851-12-29

ITALY.

In its sitting of the 23d the Chamber of Deputies
at Turin adopted the budget of Public Works, in-
cluding the railway section of that department, with
a reduction of upwards of three millions of francs in
the expenditure. The question of an electric tele-
graph to Paris was again taken up and the principle
adopted, but the discussion ended in a political dis-
pute between some members of the Opposition and
the Minister of Public Works, who was accused of
partiality towards engineers of his own party. The
answer of Signor PALEOCAPA to these imputations
was received with approbation by the Chamber.
A letter from Leghorn of the 22d, in the Piednan-
tese Gazette, states that the court-martial of thar town
has condemned 39 persons to death for having be-
longed to a secret society, the object of which was the
overthrow of the Grand Ducal Government, and the
establishment of a Republic in Tuscany. Eight per-
sons more, accused of the same crime, were ac-
quitted. The punishment of death has, however,
been commuted into various periods of imprisonment.

DRURY-LANE 'MEAT/lE.—Some idea may be
formed of the extent and beauty of the new pantomime of
Harlequin llogarth, when its production ie said to have ex-
ceeded 1,500 i. It is the MC* Aucceagal fc.r yeAro put._
London, England, 1851-12-29

A NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
To be published on the Ist of January, 1852, 48 pages medium Bvo.,
price Sixpence, in a wrapper, Illustrated by George Cruikshank,
No. I. of
•r HE BRITISH JOURNAL.
To be continued Monthly.
This Journal is intended to supply the vacancy that has long ex-
isted between our high and low-priced publications. To do this, it
has enlisted in its service the highest literary talent, and will com-
bine in its pages the best features of our established Reviews and
Magazines.

Contents of No. I.
The First Olympiad and the Year 1861.
Harry Coverdale's Courtship, and what came of it. By Frank Fair-

leg-h.
Keep the Heart light as you can. By Charles Swain.
On Sympathy with Unknown People. By Mary Cowden Clarke.
The Two Useful Wives. An old Tale of China. By Frances Brown.
The Country Post Office.
Sites in the Alps. By Miss Costello.
The Hastings Grass. By G. Lawson, F R.P.S.
Tho Royal Academy. By Mrs. David Osborne.
The Canker Worm, A Tale. By William Dalton.
Wave Motion. By William Radcliff Birt.
The Exile's Return. By Airs. E. W. Boate.
Literature of the Month.

Published by Aylott and Jones, Paternoster-row ; Joseph Masters,
33, Aldersgate-street, and 78, New Bond-street ; J. Menzies, Edin-
burgh ; and J. 31'(Bashan, Dublin.
London, England, 1851-12-29

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
It is curious to observe the influence which the
patronage of royalty has upon everything by which
it is encoursged—it is like the gentle rain and genial
warmth of May upon the spring flower—by it its
latent energies are developed and nourished ; this is,
perhaps, strikingly exemplified in the instance to the
Royal Polytechnic Institution, which has the good
fortune to have recently been honoured by its foster-
ing influence, and already begins to put forth its ad-
vantages in the augmentation of subscribers and the
increased number of exhibitors who daily flock to
the Institution, to deposit specimens of their inven•
tive genius. We heartily congratulate the directors
of the Institution upon the condescention of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert in thus presiding as its
patron, as from Lis Royal Highness's just considera-
tion and appreciation of the metrits and respectability
of any institution which he thus encourages, it con=
fers a distinguished honour, and will add most mate-
rially to the permanence and improvement of this
already flourishing and well-conducted establishment.
London, England, 1851-12-29

COLOSSEUM.

The continued popularity of this admirable place of
amusement furnishes an incontestable proof that ex-
cellence is always well appreciated by the public.
Although the stalactite caverns, the Alpine scenery
and waterfalls, the gallery of sculpture, the ascending
room, and the wonderful view of London, and other
attractions of the Colosseum, have long ego obtained a
wide-spread reputation, their visitors continua to be
as numerous as ever, and the pleasure of a first visit is
hardly greater than that of a fourih or a fifth. The
view of Paris by night appears to hare as much popu-
larity as that which the view of London has so long
de=servedly enjoyed; and the recent exciting scenes
which its streets and squares have witnessed, have
given an increased interest to its clever representation.
On no previous "boxing day" has there been a
greater number of visitors to the Colosseum than on
FrirLy.

PANORAMA OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
Panorutnic repreJentltioDsof -the several exptii-

tions which have been made in the Arctic regions
during the last few years. There was also in ad-
dition (besides a diorama of the Great Esrttquake at
Lisbon), a lecture upon female costumes, by Miss
Osborne, which, although well delivered, and
cleverly illustrated by life-size drawings, is but a poor
imitation of Mrs. T. C. Foster's discourse on the
same subject.
London, England, 1851-12-29

from pollution; and a guano field, of vast extent, will bea
collected for the use of our agriculturists." They
naturally quote the declaration of a Select Committee
of the House of Commons, on July 13, 1546:—" That
it is only through the agency of a company," that the
various plans proposed to them " may be all combined
and applied to the important purposes of cleansing our
towns, purifying our rivers, and enriching oar soil."—
Builder.
London, England, 1851-12-29

CHRIST

,LIDAYS,

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
On Saturday Mrs. Cowly's amusing comedy (amu-
sing in spite of its extravagance), The Belle's Stra-
tagem, was revived for the purpose of introducing to
a Drury-Lane audience Miss Fitzpatrick in the cha-
racter of Letitia Hardy. This young lady has for
three seasons been studying her profession at Sad-
ler's Wells, and having frequently had the pleasure
of witnessing her performances at that theatre, and of
marking her rapid improvement, we were not sur-
prised at the hit—the unmistakeable and decided bit
—she made o❑ Saturday evening. Her Letitia
hardy was admirable—her pretty and expressive
features, her light and graceful figure, and her fas-
cinating and ladylike vivacity of manner, all mark her
out as the representativepar excellence of that line ofcha-
racter in which Miss Foote was wont to charm the play-
goers of the days of George IV., and which, since her se-
cession from the stage, has: had no adequate repre-
sentative. Such, however, is no longer the case ;
Miss Fitzpatrick is what Miss Foote was, and the
Letitia Hardys and Maria Darlingtons will once
more fascinate the playgoer. Mr. Anderson's Dorri-
court was somewhat too heavy and sententious. Mr.
Cooper as Sir George Touchwood was careful and
effective. The other characters were well sustained.
After the comedy the Batemen children appeared in
the Young Couple, and were quite as much at home
in Drury-lane as they were at the St. James's,
indeed the size of the house and the immensity of the
audience seemed to inspire them ; for, like all true
g-niuses, they rose with the occasion, and their enun-
ciation was so beautifully clear and distinct that every
word they uttered could be heard in the remotest
corner of the house. It would be well if some of our
grown-up actors would imitate them, and strive
to speak as articulately as do these children.
At the conclusion they exhibited a degree
of presence of mind which would have reflected
no discredit on the oldest veteran. The green curtain
was descending before they had spoken their tag,
when little Ellen, looking at the descending curtain,
turned to her sister and said, " Well, shall we finish
here ?" The question was heard and the curtain re-
ascended, and they finished as if nothing particular
had occurred. Thunders of applause and
showers of bouquets followed this little in-
cident. The juvenile portion of the audience
were delighted at the performance of the
Bateman children, with whom it was evident they had
a strong fellow-feeling. Not the least rapturous of
the applause with which these talented children were
greeted proceeded from that portion of the audi-
ence which nearest approached them in age and size.
The pantomime followed; it has been curtailed, and
went admirably, everything working smoothly and
correctly.
London, England, 1851-12-29

THE SUN,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
T JIB DIY —Morning 6 min. after 6 I Evcning 2S rain altar 6
To-Moaftow--2praing 49 rain. after 6 I Evening 13 min alter 7

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Dricslissn 23.
ing
TnEF.moasrErt, Tas SuAPIL
36—highest since noon yesterday.
ht.
the ni
33—lowest this morning and dttr g
36—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.39.
WIND Easterly—fresh breeze and plenty
of scud, with
drizzling rain.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29.
TaFamoxticrElt, I TRH &tips.
37—`aighest since noon yesterday.
32—'owest this morning and during the night.
37---this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 300.

wow N.E.—cold breeze, with dull weather.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.
State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nin o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
prxriouni—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
aeorillGs—Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast.
SourfusinoN—Wind N., strong breeze—foggy.
FOLKESTONE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDG —W in d N., calm--partially cloudy.
GREEN W ICH—Calm overca-st.
SnooD—WMd W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
S wuti>ax— Calm —frosty.
CAmmarpor.—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
riumoum—Wind S. W , gentle breeze—cloudless.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine
o'clock
Lodunicik—Wind S.. calm—scud, rain.
CARLow—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
MULLINGAR—Wind S., calm—rain.
London, England, 1851-12-29

THE ART-JOURNAL.
(Price 2s. 6d.) for JANUARY, 1852, will contain the follow-
ing Engravings :

ON STEEL-FOUR.

1. The Cavalier's Pets. Engraved in Line by J. Outrim, from the
Painting by Sir E. Landseer, ILA., in the Vernon Gallery.
2. The Dangerous Playmate. Engraved in Line by E. J. Portbury,
from the Painting by W. Etty, R.A., In the Vernon Gallery.
3. Night; and
4. Morning. Engraved on Steel by W. Rolfe, from the 13u-reliefs of
Thorwaldsen, in the Gallery of his Grace the Duke of Devon-
shire, at Chatsworth.
ON WOOD—FIFTY-TWO:
Seven Large
,Engravings on Wood, to Illustrate the Memoir of

Rubens•
Twelve Engravings of Statutes of the Madonna in Nuremberg.
Elucidated by Mrs. Jameson.
Two Engravings from Drawings from the " Sketeh-Rook of Moritz

Ifetzsch:"
Thirteen Engravings from Drawings by F. W. Fairholt, ir.S.A., to
Illustrate a Day at Chatsworth, by Mrs. S. C. Hall.
Four Engravings of Ancient Costumes from Drawings by Professor

teidloff.-
Ono Engraving of the Cardinal Vlrtues—" Patience"—by rrofessor
_ __ .. -

Mucke, of DusEeldorf.
Twelve Engravings of Recent Works, to Illustrate the " Progress of

Art-Manufacture."

*** It will be obvious to all who examine the four Engravings on
Steel, above enumerated, that each is of greater value than the sum
charged for the whole: and that they aro quite equal in size and ex-
cellence to the prints which a few years ago were published at half-
a.guinea each.
This Part, commencing a new Volume, with the New Year, affords
a Favourable Opportunity for New Subscribers.
George Virtue, Publisher, 25, Paternoster-row.
London, England, 1851-12-29

GERMANY.

The Hanoverian Government has refused to send a
plenipotentiary to the Customs Congress at Vienna.
A report circulated in the newspapers, to the effect
that the Prussian Government had protested against
the admission of Hesse Cassel to the Diet as long as
AL. HASSENPFLUG remained Minister in that State, has
not been contradicted by the Hessian journals. It
will be remembered that M. lIASSENPfLUG was lately
condemned by a Prussian court to three months' im-
prisonment on a charge of embezzlement.
Madame SCHROEDER-DEVRIENT, DOW Baroness VON
BOCK, the celebrated prima donna of the Dresden
opera, who was charged with being implicated in the
last insurrection in that city, has been pardoned by
the King of SAXON!, on condition of her paying the
costs of the proceedings commenced against her.
London, England, 1851-12-29

TIIE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.

Notwithstanding the length of time which has
elapsed since the opening of the Panorama of the
Overland Route to India, "time has not seared or
custom changed its infinite variety." It is still as
fresh and beautiful as when it first became the pioneer
in the way of similar exhibitions in the metropolis,
and was visited on Friday by great numbers of those
who prefer induling in imaginary travels, to the more
exciting inducements of theatrical representations.
London, England, 1851-12-29

OVER

LAND

MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
BOMBAY, DEC. 3.
A new riot has taken place among the Mussulmans
at Bombay, but tranquillity is now restored.
The forces of Sir C. Campbell met with no oppo-
sition.

The samo is the case with the Kohat forces. The
troops stationed at Mooltan had received orders to be
ready for immediate service.
It is reported that the reigning dynasty had :abdi-
cated the throne of China, but this rumour is con-
sidered rather premature. _

Dr. Harding has been installed Bishop at Bombay.

HIE UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.

The Royal mail steam-ship America has just ar-
rived, with four days' later intelligence from North
America. She sailed from New York the 17th inst.,
four days after the Humboldt, and brings over
1,121,579 dollars in specie, and 33 passengers.
The steam-ship Niagara had arrived at Halifax, on
her way to Boston.
The welcome to Kossuth had passed the House of
Representatives by a large majority.
The movements of Kossuth occupied the whole of
public attention.
The failure of the house of Hill, Maclean, and
Co. (cotton trade), New Orleans, is announced.
The Parliamentary elections in Canada were fa-
vourable to the Government.
Business in New York and other cities was mode-
rately good. The supply of Government stocks and
securities was small, and prices for money in fair
supply.
The market for breadstuff was brisk, and prices had
advanced slightly, in consequence of the closing of
the river and canal navigation. Western Canal
flour, 4 dolls. 37f c. to 4 dolls. 50c., very firm. Gen-
nesee prime wheat, 1 doll. Bc. to 1 doll. 10c. per
601bs. Indian corn, round yellow, 64c. to 660. per
bushel.llndian meal, 3 dolls. 25c. to 3 dolls. 37f c. per
barrel.
In eotton there had been a fair amount of busiClC3B
doing at New York, and former quotations were
steadily maintained. Sales at New York for the week,
42,000 hales. Prices firm, but unchanged.
Freights continue unchanged.
Provisions are inactive. Pork, mess, 15 to 15/ ;
prime, 14/.
Exchange on London, 110 k to 110} ; Paris, 5.13 ;
Hamburgh, 36/ to 36f ; Bremen, 78k to 74.
London, England, 1851-12-29

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VEIILAND MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
BOMBAY, DEC. 3.
A new riot has taken place among the Mussulmans
at Bombay, but tranquillity is now restored.
The forces of Sir C. Campbell met with no oppo-
sition.
The same is the case with the Kohat forces. The
troops stationed at Mooltan had received orders to be
ready for immediate service.
It is reported that the reigning dynasty had 'abdi-
cated the throne of China, but this rumour is con-
sidered rather premature.
Dr. Harding has been installed Bishop at Bombay.
London, England, 1851-12-29

Contents of No. I.

The First Olympiad and the Year 1851.
Harry Covcrdale's Courtship, and what came of It. By Frank Fair.
legh.
Keep the Heart light as you can. By Charles Swain.
On Sympathy with Unknown People. By Mary Cowden Clarke.
The Two Useful Wives. Au old Tale of China. By Frances Brown,
The Country Post
Sites In the Alps. By Miss Costello.
The Hastif gs Grass. By G. Lawson, F
The Royv! Academy. By Mrs. David Osborne.
The Canker Worm, A Tale. By William Dalton.
Wave Ntotion. By William Radcliff lila.
The Exile's Return. By airs. E. W. Boate.
Literature of the Month,

Pu: lished by Aylott and Jones, Paternoster-row ; Joseph Masters,
33, Aldersg,ate-street, and 78, New Bond-street ; J. Menzies, Edin-
burgh ; and J. 3.l`Glashan, Dublin.
London, England, 1851-12-29

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 221 have arrived.
The Gageta contains a decree ordering the Budget
of 1852. The ordinary expenses are fixed at
11,410534/. sterling. The extraordinary expenses
are fixed at 157,0801. Another decree opens a credit
at 60,000/. to the Minister of Marine. A third de-
cree grants an amnesty to certain classes of offenders
in consequence of the QUEEN'S delivery.
The last bulletin status that both the QUEEN and
the infant are " going on well."
MADRID Boise, DEC. 22.—The following are the
prices of Stocks :—Three per Cents., 38,+, ; Five per
Cents., with current Coupon, 17 Coupons, 8i to ;
Passive Debt, 5 9-16. Exchange on London, 50 70.

GERMANY.
The Hanoverian Government has refused to send a
plenipotentiary to the Customs Congress at Vienna.
A report circulated in the newspapers, to the effect
that the Prussian Government had protested against
the admission of Hesse Cassel to the Diet as long as
M. HASSENPFLUG remained Minister in that State, has
not been contradicted by the Hessian journals. It
will be remembered that M. HIssENPFLuu was lately
condemned by a Prussian court to three months' im-
prisonment on a charge of embezzlement.
Madame SCHROEDER-DEVILIENT,NOW Baroness VON
BOCK, the celebrated prima donna of the Dresden
opera, who was
charged with being implicated in the
last insurrection in that city, has been pardoned by
the King of SAxoNT, on condition of her paying the
gs commenced against her.
coats of the proceedin
London, England, 1851-12-29

ITALY.

In its sitting of the 23d the Chamber of Deputies
at Turin adopted the budget of Public Works, in-
cluding the railway section of that department, with
a reduction of upwards of three millions of francs in
the expenditure. The question of an electric tele-
graph to Paris was again taken up and the principle
adopted, but the discussion ended in a political dis-
pute between some members of the Opposition and
the Minister of Public Works, who was accused of
partiality towards engineers of his own party. The
answer of Signor PALEOCAPA to these imputations
was received with approbation by the Chamber.
A letter from Leghorn of the 22d, in the Piedmon-
tese Gazette, states that the court-martial of thar town
has condemned 39 persons to death for having be-
longed to a secret society, the object of which was the
overthrow of the Grand Ducal Government, and the
establishment of a Republic in Tuscany. Eight per-
sons more, accused of the same crime, were ac-
quitted. The punishmenf, of death ba.,
.however,,
been commuted into various periods of impluonment.

DpiTRY-LANE
formed 01 Lhe ext.lit and beauty of the new pahLuninhe of
Harlequin lloyarth, when its production is said to have ex-
ceeded 1,5001. dt i§ the most succe§sAtl f9r yearn Put!
London, England, 1851-01-02

COAL MARKE.

'....YESTIRDAY.

I

C Ares Hartley ...... 14s Od Braddyll
Davison'sWeatHartley 14s Od Haswell l7s Od
Holy well
North Percy Hartley l4s Od Stewart's
Ravensworth'aW.Hart 14s Od Hough Hall
Tanfield Moor ......... 13s 6d Kelloe
fanfield Moor Butes... 13s 3d Whitworth l3B 6d
West Hartley ........ 14s OdlAdelaide Tees l6s Od
West Wylam
Wylam
Wall's End, &c. Hartley —...... ... 138 Od
Acorn Close

BIRTHS.
OF A SOL

On the 31st ult., at Wilton-crescent, the wife of the Right
Hon. T. Milner Gibson, M.P.

On the 20th ult., at 'Culverthorpe•hall, Lincolnshire, the
wife of C. Hill, Esq.
On the 28th ult., at Ashurst Rectory, the wife of the Rev.
J. W. Conway Hughes, of an heir.

OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 21st ult., at New Brighton, Cheshire, the !sly le
W. H. Daunt, Esq.
On the 31st ult , in Harriogton-square, Mrs. Taylor.

MARRIED.
On the 28th ult., at Trinity Church, Bath, the Rev. Walker
Ring, eldest son of the Archdeacon of Rochester, to Juliana,
eldest daughter of the late Captain Henry Stuart, of the 6901
Regiment.
London, England, 1851-01-02

EXTRAORDIN.

RY DEATH FROM AL-

GED FRIGHT.

Yesterday a long inquiry was taken before Mr.
Bedford, at the Anchor and Star Tavern, Warwick-
street, Regent-street, as to the death of Mrs. Ann
Wheeler, aged 34.
It appeared the deceased resided with her husband,
in the employ of Messrs. D. and J. Nicoll. The day
before Christmas. day a hamper was sent to him,
which he supposed to be from the country, and bis
wife, who was enciente, opened it, and at the bottom
was a large dead black cat. She was much alarmed
at the time, and called some one to witness it. In
the evening the deceased fainted, became very ill, and
was put to bed. Delirium came on, and she died on
Saturday night.
A post mortem examination of tho body was made,
and all the viscera of the stomach and chest were
healthy; but on opening the head, matter was found
to be formed on the arachneid membrane of the brain,
which clearly accounted for death,
Dr. Wegg, who attended deceased, Was of opinion
that from the time of opening the basket to the period
of her death, about 76 hours, was sufficient for the
formation of the matter, but it was very difficult
to say.
Some evidence was gone into as to the sender of
the hamper, but nothing positive was obtained.
The CORONER said he was not sure if the party
sending the hamper had really believed at the time
that the fright at opening it would have produced
death, would not have been guilty of murder. There
was no positive evidence what had produced the in-
flammation of the brain, and he must leave the woe
, to the jury.
London, England, 1851-01-02

IN RE JAMES STEPHENS TRIPP.

The bankrupt was described as of Lombard-street
Chambers, Clement's-lane, dealer in railway and other
shares and public securities, commission agent,
trader, dealer and chapman. He now applied for his
certificate. _ _ .

The balance-sheet, extending from July, 1845, to
Oztob?r, 1850, showed these results :—To creditors
unsecured, 58,8051.; secured, 2,688/.;
965/. ; profits on shares, 17.5621. ; on commission,
1,526/. ; capital, July 1, 1845, 11 068/. By good
debts, 2/ ; doubtful. 41. 175.; bad, 8991.; property
held by creditors, 2,383/. ; trade expenses, 3,142/. ;
interest, 5001.; law costs, 5551.; bous2 and personal
ditto, 4,0951.; total loss on shares, 60,4781.; on con-
sols, 1,5701.; railway circular, 1561.
It appeared from the report of the official assignee
that the item of capital was borne out by the original
entries in the bankrupt's books; and that between
the Ist of July, 1845, and the November following,
in consequence of a panic in the share market, he sus-
tained a series of losses, amounting in the total to
78,0401. 2s. 7d.; and notwithstanding this loss
(which left him behindhand 66,9721. Os. 43.) he con-

tinned trading up to the date of the petition (Oct.
21, 1850), having made in the meantime 17,5621. gross
profits. There were no assets in this estate, except-
ing the 21. standing to his account in the Bank of
England. He bad endeavoured to pay his creditors
sixpence in the pound, and to enable him to do so he
raised 725/. on his furniture, &c. There would be
many questions arise, continued the official assignee,
if his creditors attempted to prove, the debts arising
almost wholly out of bargains in railway shares and
the British funds. Only one of his creditors has at
present proved.
Mr. LAWRANCE applied for the bankrupt's certifi-
cate, which was granted as of the second class.
London, England, 1851-01-02

MIDLAND R AILWAY.
LOANS ON DEBENTURES.
The Directors of the Midland Railway Company are prepared to
receive LOANS on security of Debentures (to replace Loans becom-
ing die), for three, five, or seven years, in sums of 1001. and upwards,
at in'erest after the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, payable half-
yearly,

Application to be made to the Secretary at the Company's Office,
Derby.

By order,
Derby, December 23, 1850.

J. F. BELL, Secretary.
London, England, 1851-01-02

QUEEN'S THEATRE.
It is customary at this period of the year for thea-
trical managers to produce some novelty in the shape
of pantomime or spectacle, and we are glad that the
frequenters of this little temple of the drama have not
been disappointed in that respect. The lessee has
brought out a pantomime—and if length of title be
any criterion of its merit, it ought to be, and indeed
is, an exceedingly good one. It is entitled Cinderella
and the Fairy Glass Slipper; or Harlequin and the
Silver Lily, the Naiads of,_ the Golden Grot, and
Fay of the Magic Fountain.
.The name of Cinderella
is familiar to us from early: recollections, and it is
therefore unnecessary to give the plot in detail.
The opening is, however, very effective; all the prin-
cipal members of the company were on the stage in
the, early scenes. The acting and singing of Miss
Farrell, as the Fairy Fiction, deserves especial corn-
rnmdation. Miss Hamilton appeared to great advan-
tage es the Prince. The transformation takes place
at the fitting on of the " magic slipper," end the fun
commences. Mr. Harrison is the Clown, Mr. Manser
Pantaloon, Mr. Ambrook Harlequin, and Miss C.
Gibson a most agile Columbine. The harlcquinade
was of the usual character, full of clever hits at the
passir;g follies of the day, combined with scenic effects.
The audit nee were kept in continued merriment from
first to last ; and ultimately went home in excellent
humour with themselves and highly pleased with the
entertainment.
London, England, 1851-01-02

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1851.

Endeavours of the most laudable kind are now-a-
days being made for the emancipation cf knowledge
and the development of the national intellect. It is

•
understood, among other Rholesorne changes in pre•
- -

paration, that an effort will be made in Parliament
for the abandonment of the duty on paper, and for
the diminution, at least, of the duty on advertite-

ments. Whether both or either of these reforms may

be realized during the next session it would, of course,
be somewhat difficult to predict with any dis-

tinetnees—so frequently have we looked forward to the
same end, and so often have we been disappointed.
There seems, however, just now to be a better pro-

spect than we can ever call to mind of the legislative
abandonment of these melancholy padlocks upon
knowledge. The conviction of their injustice Las been
long extending itself among the multitude, and by this
time may be said to have penetrated into the esoteric
circle of the Administration. All this has been ac-
complished by the discussions provoked of late years
and especially during the last few months, upon the,
subject, in connexion with the cause o t
popular self-education. In the daily press the injuri-
ous consequences of this species of taxation have been
argument was carried out in
exposed
until
denial
became impracticable. The
the columns of our
weekly contemporaries. It found advocates in several
of the monthly periodicals ; and obtained
also in one
or two instances a share of attention from the quarterly
reviewers. Upon the depressing influence
of all such
taxes upon knowledge, moreover, a variety of ener-
getic pamphleteers became eloquent and argumenta-
tive. Among the latter not one writer assumed
a loftier tone or a more practical energy
than Cumin's KNIGHT, the Good Genius of Cheap
Literature and Popular Publications. After the
" History of a Book," in which that distinguished
publisher exposed the miseries and f.dlures resulting
from the short-sighted policy of the Legislature, but
little, indeed, remained to be said in illustration of
the malign effects of these same taxes upon know-
ledge. The atrocity of such a mode of taxation has
by him and others been removed for ever from the
reach of being gainsaid ; and hence it is that, in
spite of so many bygone disappointments, we are
sanguine of witnessing the long-de: fired reform ex-
torted next session from the imperial Parliament.
Together with these satisfactory changes in regard
to the paper duty and the duty on advertisements,
we continue to he hopeful of observing another
beneficial innovation
.referring io the popular intel-
ligence. The innovation we are now alluding to is
one we have frequently taken occasion to discuss of
late in these columns, we mean that relating to the
rights of inventors. Hitherto, as we have already
shown repeatedly, those rights have been either
disregarded altogether or subjected to the
pressure cf fees of the moat injurieus and extortionate
description. The abolition of those fees has at length
grown into a necessity. The Exhibition of Industry,
London, England, 1851-01-02

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
TO ACCOUNTANTS.
WANTED, by the Midland Railway Company, an ACCOUNTANT
to take the Ilead of the Departaient. He must understand and have
had experience in Railway Accounts, and be competent to take the
entire control of these of the Company. No one need apply who is
not thoroughly acquainted with Railway Atcounts in every depart-
ment. Salary. 500/. per annum.
Apply by letter to the Secretary not later than the Bth instant.
By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary.
Derby, January 1, 18 SI .
London, England, 1851-01-02

DIED

On the 27th ult., at Dorney Vicarage, Bucks, the Ref.
Israel Bull,rector of Fleet Marston, Bucks, aged 85.
On the 26th nit., Frances, relict of Robert Anderson, M.D.,
of Dorset-gardens, Brighton, aged 84.
On the 28th ult., at Dunstable, Staffordshire, Charles
Arkwright, Esq. '
On the 30th ult., at Lansdowne•place, Hackney, aged 91,
Mr. Edward Colebatch, for 40 years a member of the corpora-
tion of London.

On the 30th ult, at Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park, Mrs.
Jane Grahame, widow of Archibald Grahame, Esq., of Glao'
gow, aged 7.4.
On the 31st ult., at her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwiell,
Mary, the eldst daughter of Joseph Pinhorn, Esti
Ou the V th ult., at Curzon-street, May-fair, William Ii•
Seguin, E,q., aged 38.
On the 29th ult., in Elackheath-park, IL Henna!), Esq.
London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, •f
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1111►
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of
Middlesex, Thurodoy, hoary 2,1851.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—We are glad to announce that
the Lords of the Admiralty have had " second thoughts"
es to the ship for the fix' of the Commander-in-Chief
on the West India and Nort'i American station. The
order for the fitment t,f the Winehestrr, 50-gun frigate,
has been this day cancelled by' telegraph, and the Pem-
broke, 72, ordered to be fitted immediately in her room.
Thin is more sensible and not one sixpence more expen-
,iye in the long run. Assuredly a British Vice-Ad-
miral's flag wilt have more dignity attached to it flying
from the fore of a two-decker than it could have flying
from the fore of a frigate, howevcr fine a specimen of a
man-of-v.ar that friguts might be ; but whilst giving
credit to the Admiralty for their afterthought in the
present case, it would be just as well for the nation it
they would consider a little earlier, as the Winchester
has now been under process of outfit for neatly a month,
with extra hands employed upon her to get her ready,
and considerable nrowess they had made ; now, however,
tne order " strip t' so to ar.taterrtion goes ererything
again, end the hands go on with- the new ship ; the
frigate, meanwhile, going into ordinary to await a turn
for commission for toe south-east coast of America sta-
tion.— Times.
The Stint:tom iron steam-frigate has been taken out of
the steam basin to-day, ready to proceed out of harbour
to try her :peed and machinery.
The B!oride, 52, has been taken into the Angle Dock
again to complete her x-eoairs as a receiving bulk.
London, England, 1851-01-02

ITALY.

A L2gborn letter of the 24th announces the arrival
there of a large number of Swiss recruits, on their
olfas2t,omooonatrhe. szAp.l lhoauver
.being current at risa that theLconstitutionel party
intended to make a demonstration, the authorities
woafrdthse
have thought proper to cause nutnerous plquets of
13"':etdo in the utPhiee4CourUsep
soldiers to parade the town daily.
r
Ile C.-mmunal Council of Vercelli, in its sitting
of th.e.l6th, voted a series of regulations; the chief
provision of which is the abolition. of the bremd-,tax.
London, England, 1851-01-02

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males •••
Females ...

... 658
... 712

Total ... ...1,370
*ln this number are included 22 by Scarlatina, 32
by Typhus Fever, and 31 by Diarrhoea.

NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
A great number of workmen are busily engaged in
preparing the Conference-room and Library of the new
houses of Parliament. The Conference room, where
ant appointed number of the Lords and Commons meet
two Houses, is an elegant mayo settle any matter which be in dispute betwixt the
chamber
tions, with a roof richly In the compartments
between the raised carved d splendid propor-
various patterns and colours bas put up, to enable
Mr. Barry and his assi,tants taosl"n
and designs shall eventually
fbreomornamental paper of
etermine what colours
adoptedth in ornamenting
the chamber. Proceeding
epartments
Conference-room
through three other rooms attached
[ 14'11.4 the library of the House of Conato the
House of
of a suite of three rooms, is entered. TZ":23, consisting
are fitted up with great taste and simplicity.
T
lower shelves are closed ones, slightly ornamented,
and
the others are subdivided into compartments capable of
holding from five to ten volumes each. The floor of the
rooms is of old English oak, laid down in squares of from
one to two feet, and the rooms are to he warmed by
pipes placed in the recesses of the windows, and are
constructed after the mode adopted in steam-engines, in
which the greatest possible amount of heat can be dis-
tributed from an apparatus occupying the smallest
space. The committee-rooms attached to the House of
Lords ate also in a state of great forwardness, and when
finished will present a very elegant and graceful appear-

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jon. 1.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FoNBLANoNE.)
IN RE STEMIEN CLIARLES LAKEMAN.
This bankrupt had been in partnership with General
Theodore De Iturnigny, aid-de-camp to the late
Lo,lis Philippe, as commission agents, carrying on
business in 'St. Mildred's-court. The facts of the case
have been fully detailed in our journal upon more
than one occasion. To- day the bankrupt applied for
his certificate.

Mr. Linklater appeared to oppose; Mr. Lawrance
supported the bankrupt.
His HoNoua granted the certificate as of the second
class, with a condition that the bankrupt should not
go out of the jurisdiction of the court without leave of
the Court for the space of twelve months.—Granted
accordingly.

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 18b1
London, England, 1851-01-02

If is believed the Sardinian G-overamer.t will f 'auction

the tnessure.
Tha British squadron under the command of Rear-
Admiral Sir W. rARICER arrived at Cagliari on the
16th.
A letter from Rome of the 21st, in -the Risorgi-
merit°, states that Signor OFFREDUZZI, who WaS
chief of one of the rioni, or quarters of Rome, under
the late Republic, has succeeded in making his escape
from Castel St. Angelo. All political prisoners have
now been removed from that place, and sent to
-I):gliatia. Notwithstanding the vigilance of the
Paoal Government, numeroi:s clunelcetine varephiets.
continuo to circulate Among the pnblic. It %I'm ex-
pected the flour FATE ni?i would pardon SOI.Oe
political offenders on fJbristmag.day.
Letters from -Bologna state that on the 13th a
party of .1. strain soldiers had a skirmish with nice
banflitti, headed by IL rAsSATOM".! himself. A soldier
vve.,s and another wounded in the cciiteat ; the
banditti were; licwcver, put to flight, after the leas of
one man, nnnied LAII4I, on whose laxly articles of

value were
A lettir frurn Naples of the 16th, in the Stainto,
announces the :.rr,st in that city of a na:ive of Con-
stantiLople, whosa passport was not regular, and
the E Tier, diKorcry about '.it person of e
treason A,: correspon,lence a great importance. A.!
u late sitting of the Tribunal,'for the hearing of the
cete of. Ow Units Tkilittna, the musket of a ge,ndarem.
accidentally wenc cif, which cured immeose confu-
sion, both alpent.4r the judges end the audience; the
former fled into tt:e council chamber, while the latter
made an ineffectual rush to get out into the street.
The gendarmes increased the contusion by pointing
their muskets, out of precaution, both at the public
and the prisoners. Order was with difficulty re-
sto?cd.