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N°.18,482 LONDON, WEDNESDAY S
• 4 1851.

ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING
• COMPANY.
(Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict.)
Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, Ade!phi.
Capital, 50,0001.,
In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each.
No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.
TRUSTEES.
Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., Hadley, Ilerts.
George Emmott Green, Esq., Emmott Hall, Lancashire.
James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent.
CHAIRMAN.
GEORGE EDWARD COI TRELL, Esq , James-street, Buck-
ingham-gate; and New-square, Lincoln's Inn.
VICE-CHAIRMAN.
FRANCIS DENNIS MASSY DAWSON", Esq., Victoria-
square; and Flowden-buildings, Temple.
DIRECTORS.
John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey.
Symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.D. Cambridge.
Jonathan Felder, Esq.. Pcnrith.
Charles Hincks, Esq., Birmingham.
Joseph George Parker, Esq., Warminster.
Sir C. S. Rurnbold, Bart., Argyll-street, Regent-street.
RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA.
Captain Sir Henry Yere Huntley, R.N.
HANKERS.
London and County Bank, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Coombe and Nickell, Bridge-street, Westminster.
SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
James Maconochie, Esq. I William Godfrey llnet, Esq.
SECRETARY (ad interim).
Mr. George Frederick Goodman.
This Company being now completely registered, the Directors
take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a
statement of its progress and prospects.
It may be confidently asserted that no Company was ever broughtul
before the public with equal prospect of speedy and successf
results.
The prompt assistance afforded by the Shareholders to the Direc-
tors, and the perfect confidence in the management displayed by
them, have enabled the Directors to take such steps as must ensure
an enormous dividend within a few months.
Sir Henry Huntley, the resident Director in Cslifornia, has been
in that country five months, and the course adopted by the Directors
for carrying out this enterprise results from the experience obtained
try him during that period. The instructions given to Sir Henry
Hunt ey were, in effsct, that he should make every possible inquiry
relative to the state of the country, the tenure of land, the com-
parative merits of the different quartz veins in the several districts
of California, and after mature deliberation to advise the Directors
as to their best course of proceeding, and to take such measures as
would enable them to carry out his views as speedily as poss.
Following these instructions, he has secured for the
but h benefit
of t
clearly he
Company, sufficient lands for all milling purposes ; is
of opinion, that for the present, at least, it Is not desirable to under-
take mining operations, but to crush and amalgamate quartz to
be supplied by those who are possessed of mines, and have raised
the quartz. With the assistance of some
hetgetlemen of great '
experience in geology and mining matters, has inspected and
tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass
Valley, and s a
other districts, and h come to the conclusand
ion,
upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley sand
Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car-
rying on our enterprise. He has, therefore, entered into an agree-
ment with some American ,sonsgnemen, who have formed a company,
and have opened, and, to a iderable extent, worked a vein of
quartz, di.tant about three miles from Grass. Valley and Nevada
City, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City, to crush and
amalgamate the quartz to be raised from the mine opened by
them. By means of machinery, he has already cru hed
and amalamate cosidable quantities of the uartz sup•
plied himgd
from this amine; and the rssult of hisq operations
has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average
richness, and that the locality oilers many important advantages in
the way of water, fuel, means of transit, &c., &c. He h as, there-
fore, entered into a formal agreement with that
Company, which, in
a few words, amounts to this : he is to be supplied by them with as
much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing;
the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense ;
he is to crush and amalgamate it at his own expense, and
he gsld produced is to be divided equally between the owners
of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements
for carrying out the above arrangement fairly and honestly, and
without any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines
and machinery estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day,
with finds sufficient for putting it in motion, have been placed under
the control of Sir Henry Huntley ; and, unless some unexpected
delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at Work, and a
return will be made about Christmas next.
For the satisfaction of the existing shareholders of this Company,
and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from the merits
of other Companies, the Directors are desirous of calling attention
to some of the more prominent advantages possessed by this Com-
pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Companies
must mainly rely upon reports sent over by persons interested in
selling the mine; we rely upon the reports of our own
whose resionlydent
Director and his practical assistants on the spot,
interest is to give us facts. The Direc
of t
the valuors of other
Companies generally base the estimate e of
ir mine upon calculations founded on experiments
the
upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this country for
the express purpose of advertising the commodity offered foer
rim saleents
to
the British public ; we found our calculations apon exp
tried,ring several weeks, on quartz raised from mine, and
crushed and amalgamated by our own Superintendent,the and with our
own machinery and apparatus. Other Companies propose to
incur the expense and risk of carrying out mining operations
upon their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should
their labours prove successful, they must then pay out of their
profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal
ties to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as much quartz as
our machinery is capable of crushing, the title to which is as secure
as that of any other company, unfettered by any per-centage or
royalty. The half of the produce to be paid by this Company to the
parties who supply us, free of expense, with the quartz, being in fact
merely equivalent to the dividend upon the outlay of capital ex-
pended in raising the quartz, and lodging it at the mill. All the
new companies, unlike this, must be a considerable time before
their arrangements and machinery can be ready for carrying out
their schemes—tkis Company alone is actually at work.
The paid-up capital of the Company wi
oft exc
macd ll noee 2hinery 0,000/. An
almost certain estimate of the produce our can be
formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently
anticipate being able even at the most moderate estimate, to afford
a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the next twelve
months. Accordings.to the data furnished to us, the quartz which
we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or 11.
17s. 4d. per cwt., or 371. 6s. Sd. per ton; and, as we can crush and
amalgamate at least 20 tens per diem, that would amount to 7461.
133. 4d., or 373/. 6s. Bd. per diem as the share of this Company.
based
•By the peculiar arrangements this Company has made,
upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses m
necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifling. ust
In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the
system now adopted, and lead them to undertake mining operations
of their own, arrangements have teen made securing four distinct
sites, most crefully selected for their eligibility for mining pur-
poses, and Sir Henry Huntley has on the spot Cornish miners who
went out with him, and who have voluntarily retendered him their
services.
The gentlemen who formed the Provisional Committee of this
Company, have added to their number several gentlemen possessing
the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of
Shareholders in the provincial districts. To add such men to the
Directory was due to those Shareholders woe a
hve in fact estab-
lished and nobly supported this Company. Masures will be taken
for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet-
ing of te Shareholers will be convened for the middle of January.
In conhclusion, the Directors beg to offer their best thanks to the
Shareholders for the uniform support they have received, and they
pledge themselves that the affairs of this Company shall be con-
ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for-
warding the interest of the Shareholders.
The Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particularly
to the fact that, from the system adopted by this Company, it can-
not be aflected by the question now agitated between the holders of
leases and Colonel Fremont or his agents. The district selected for
the operations of this Company is far removed from the tract claimed
by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points
now raised relative to the tenure of land under leases, had been long
known to and was maturely considered bye h
having the control
of the affairs of this Company, and was
one of the reasons which in-
duced them to pursue for the present the course they have, and not
to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful results.
The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the prudence
of the course they have adopted.
Prospectuses may be had upon application at the offices of the
Company.

AA M.
A few nights back, in health and spirits prime,
I went to rest about my usual time,
Nor did the clock a dozen minutes number,
Before I sank into a peaceful slumber.
And while I thus reposed upon my bed,
A sound of music floated roucd my head ;
For, understand, although I was asleep,
Some little consciousness t seemed to keep ;
• So, when I heard the music, soft and sweet,
I knew the Christmas waits were in the street.
I listened to their strains in various modes,
And f 'wily thought
etof Pope's
are and Dryden's Odes,
In which, by either po, we told,
Of what the famed musicians did of old ;
And while I heard the music of the waits,
I pictured harpers at the castle gates,
And many a fund romantic scene arose,
Till music steeped me in a deeper doze.
A curious dream then came across my mina,
Original and novel in its kind :
Methought that HYAM was desired to call
On Father Christmas at his ancient hall;
The object of the visit was not stated,
And nothing in the least was intimated,
Yet lIYAM, from his manner, seemed to guess
Some special rerrence with regard to dress,
And making up his mind without delay,
Ile called on Christmas on the appointed day.
The abode of Father Christmas was a pile
Precisely in the old baronial style ;
A noble English mansion did it seem,
And much did it delight me in my dream.
Thick on its lawn the holly bushes grew,
The smiling mistletoe and myrtle, too,
While verdant bay sand laurelw boughs were seen
To vary pleasingly egreen.
lITAM arrived precisely to his time,
And found the " festive father" in his prime ;
His eyes were bright, his cheeks were full of glow,
Just as they were Ave hundred years ago.
" Good morning, sir (said Christmas), how d'ye do "
"Good morning, sir (said HYAM), how are you ?"
And thus the usual compliments were passed,
Till business things were introduced at last.
" I sent for you (said Christmas), to enquire
What stock you have of gentlemen's attire?
I'm rather anxious, Sir, for your reply,
As Christmas time is now so very nigh,
A few more days, and we shall find it here,
With all its happiness and social cheer;
And I'm ambitious (said the good old sire)
Of seeing all appear in good attire.
A sumptuous feast is very well, I know,
I love the feast, the holly, and the log—
And glad I am my subjects find it so :
But what are these without a change of ' tog ?'
While we're attending to the inner man,
We ought to mind the outward all we can.
And, therefore, Mr. HYAM,
doff ask,
How you, this season, have prormed your task ?
' approved
That what you ve done will be
I scarcely have a doubt (continued he),
me ;
b
But notwithstanding this, I wish to hear y
What you've performed in your extensive sphere ?"
Here Christmas paused—nor need I tell you wby,
He merely paused, awaiting a reply.
" Father (said lIYAM, with respectftll bow),
If I was ever honoured, it is now ;
And I'm prepared, without one ' if or but,'
To answer every question you have put.
The preparations I have made (said HYAM),
Will satisfy the multitudes that try 'ern.
All kinds of Christmas dress—designed anew,
At my Establishment are brought to view.
I've winter wrappers, good in make and cloth,
Fit to defy the winter's utmost wrath.
Such over-coats as those which I've in store
Are better than were ever made before.
I've dress (said HYAM), in the various styles,
And first-rate suits for youths and juveniles;
There's not a thing in which I've been remiss
At such a time of holidays as this,
And, idr, (said lIYAM), I would have you know
That all my goods are sold extremely low.
Economy has ever been my law,
And from this rule I never will withdraw."
" Hear, hear (said Christmas, using from his chair),
That's famous, Mr. lIYAM, I declare.
I wish you much success, nor do I doubt
That thousands will by you be well-rigg'd out.
bo thatih shookyou a adopt d tsh,
I'll not omit to recommend your dress
To all my friends—l can't, in fact, do less
To realise success—good day—goody
eanvde!byldwaawarn: adieu,
lllfineredday."
Well pleased, of course, with such an interview.
And finding matters come to this decision,
I felt so happy that I lost my vision •
But, should I have another,
you shall know It,
For I'm a most communicative

L. HYAM and Co. beg distinctly to state that goods made by
them can only be obtained at their places of business, 36, Grace-
church-street, and 86, Oxford-street ; and at their 'various establish-
ments in the following towns:—Birmingham, Manchester,Liverpool,
Leeds, Glasgow, Hull, Dublin, Briktol, and Exeter.

TVIIDDLESBROUGH and GUISBROUGH
RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., chap. 110.)
Capital 72,0001., in 2,880 Shares of 251. each.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
George Ramie, Hutton Low Cross, Yorkshire.
Henry Pease, Pierremont, Darlington.
Richard Ord, Guisbrough.
Isaac Wilson, Middlesbrough.
David Baker, Guisbrough.
Joseph Wtiitwell Pease, Southend, Darlington.
Robert Walker, Guisbrough.
W. R. Tones Hopkins, Middlesbrough.
Thomas Weatherill, Guisbrough.
Thomas Mac Nay, Darlington.
henry William Thomas, Plnchingthorpe.
William Thompson, Darlington.
•
TRUSTEES.
Henry Stobart, Etherley.
Oswald Gilkes, Darlington.
TREASURER.
Joseph Pease, Darlington.
SECRETARY.
David Dale, Darlington.
SOLICITORS.
Mewburn, Hutchinson, and Mewburn, Darlington.
ENGINEERS.
John Dixon, Consulting Engineer.
William Cudworth, Engineer.
PROSPECT US.
This Railway is intended to commence near to the Middlesbrough
Station of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, thereby obtaining
communication: with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and the
Leeds Northern Railways, and to terminate near the Market Town
of Guisbrough, with two branches to the Cleveland Hills, one ex•
tending to Roseberry, the other to Hutton Moor and Cod Hill, all
the north Riding of the County of York.
Miles. Yards.
The Main Lino will be in length 8 1,480
The Roseberry Branch .• .. 2 308
The Hutton Moor and Cod Hill Branch 1 76

Total length ••

12 104

The Main Line is Locomotive throughout, with favourable gra-
dients, save in one instance ; there, however, the traffic will be a
descending one. The Branches will be worked by means of self-
acting Incline Plains.
The construction is of a very easy character, there being no Val-
leys or Rivers to cross ; whilst Stone and other Materials are
abundant in the immediate vicinity.
The; Engineers' Estimate is liberal, and the result of ample ex-
perience in the District. The Promoters are prepared, with re-
sponsible parties, to execute the Works at the amount thereof. Ar-
rangements are contemplated with the Stockton and Darlington
Company in order to their working the Line, thereby avoiding all
outlay for rolling Stock.
Residential Injury has been carefully avoided ; and the Promoters
are glad to state that they have been met by the Owners and Occu-
piers of Land in a friendly and encouraging spirit.
The Stockton and Darlington Company has now ninety-two miles
of Railway, extending from the Mineral Districts, in the North-
-1 Western Part of the County of Durham; through the Stanhope,
Frosterley, and Bishopley Lime Districts, and the Auckland Coal
Field, to Darlington ; where it unites with the York, Newcastle,
and Berwick Railway; thence to Yarm, where it is intersected by
the Leeds Northern Railway; thence to the Sea-ports of Stockton
and Middlesbrough, terminating at Reclean
The vast quantities of Coal and Coke shipped at Middlesbrough
and Stockton, and conveyed southward for inland consumption, as
well as the rapid increase of the sale of Lime, sufficiently attest the
resources of the country traversed by the Railways with which the
Middlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway will unite, and of which
it may be deemed a continuation.
Since the Cleveland Iron-stone was first opened out, full opportu-
nity'has been afforded of testing its quality, which has proved to be
of a first-rate description. Beds, varying in thickets from twelve to
twenty feet, and extending for several miles, exist—with the greatest
facilities for working them. It is estimated that 10,000,000 tons of
Iron-stone may be obtained by open quarrying alone.
The whole of this important Mineral District will, by means of the
proposed Undertaking, have ready access to the rising Town of Mid-
dlesbrough, either for Manufacture or Shipment, the distance vary-
havein from seven and a half to nine miles, where smelting Furnaces
already been erected, and there is every capability for the ex-
tension of the Trade.
The Traffic in this Iron-stone on the adjoining Railways has, since
its commencement in the early part of the present year, reached the
rate of 200,000 tons per annum.
Such resources when brought into contact with Coal and Lime-
stone, supplied at low rates, and peculiarly adapted for smelting or
manufacturing purposes, together with the rapidly increasing use,
consumption, and exportation of Iron, must create a certain and
most extensive demand for the Iron-stone of this locality.*
The Line B
and ranches have been laid out so as to open the
District fully, and thus to affordto the owners of the more distant,
as well as the nearer royalties, the best opportunities of obtaining
communication by private Branch Railways—and thereby secure
competition at a low rate and consequently to create a large
demand.
In addition to the revenue which will be obtained in respect of
Iron-stone, a large trade may be anticipated in Alum, which aboands
in the District, and which only requires the advantage of Railway
Communication to render it available to a great extent. A con-
siderable traffic must arise by the introduction of Lime tor Agricul-
tural purposes, and of Coals, at much cheaper rates than they can
at present be obtained. Those great facilities, se long and earnestly
desired, will be afforded to the agriculturists in the vicinity of the
proposed Lines, and in the rich Valleys beyond, for sending their
Produce to the Market Towns of Stockton, Middlesbrough, and Dar-
lington ; and by means of the Stockton and Darlington, and York,
Newcastle and Berwick Railways, to the North and South parts of
the Kingdom, and of the Leeds Northern Railway to the West
Riding of Yorkshire, and Lancashire ; and it may be fairly expected
that, as in all other cases of Railway development, a considerable
Income will be derived, both from ,Passengers and in respect of
General Merchandise Traffic.
Th,e estimate of the Engineers of the cost of construction of the
Railway and Branches, including Land and the requisite sidings to
complete the Line, is • • • • £72,000 0 0

The following is the Estimate of Revenue :
COAL.—The Population of Guisbrough, and the
District a few miles beyond, and on the Line of Rail-
way, is abut 10,000. The consumption of Coal is
found to average 1% tom per annum to each Person,
equal 15,000 Tons of Coal. et three•halfPence per ton
per mile, or for the whole distance one stilling per ton £750 0
LIME.— fhe District to be supplied with Lime for
agricultural purposes, after allowing for uncultivated
land, comprises an area of abont 60,000 Acres, say half
of this in tillage, at an average consumption of one-
fourth of a ton per acre, per annum-30,000 acres,
divided by 4, equals 7,500 tons, at tenpence per ton for
the whole distance • • .. • • .. .. 312 10 0
GOODS.—General Merchandise, viz., Flour, Grain,
Groceries, Slates, Bricks, Timber, and Manufactured
Articles, estimated from the Traffic through Middles-
brough Gate, and from Stockton, to be 10,000 Toes
per annum, at one shilling and sixpence per ton for the
whole distance .. • • • • • • • • 750 0 0
PASSENGERS. Passenger Traffic, including
Horses, Cattle, and Carriages, is estimated at • • 1,775 0 0
N.B. On the opening of the Bishop Auckland and
Weardale Railway, which is a Mineral Line, only
one Coach per day was required. At present
about 142,000 Passengers pass over that Line an- •
nually. Supposing one-fourth of this number to
travel on the Middlesbrough and Guisbrough
Line, that, at one shilling each, would give the
above sum.
IRON-STONE.—Iron-stone, Building-stones, and
other heavy Goods, including Alum and Iron-stone
for shipment, 130,000 tons per annum, at one shilling
per ton for the whole distance . • • . .. 6,500 0 0
N.B. The quantity of Iron-stone at present being
sent from Eaton is at the rate of 200,000 tons per
annum.
10,087 10 0

WORKING EXPENSES.—Deduct Working Ex.
penses, 50 per cent. .. • • .. 5,043 15 0

5,043 15 0
BALANCE.-5,0431. 15s. Od., equal to 7 per cent. on 72,0001., the
Amount of the proposed Capital.

* The tot shipments ot Iron from Glasgow for TONS.
the first 10 Months of the Year 1850 were 278,919
Those for the first 10 Months of the present Year
were ~ .. .. • • .. .. 415,20t3

.. .. 136,287

Increase • •

Application for Shares to be made to Mr. David Dale, of Dar-
lington, the Secretary; to Messrs. R. Thompson and Co., o Dar-
lington, Sharebrokers ; or to Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite,f of 68,
Old Broad-street, London, Sharebrokers ; of whom Forms of Appli-
cation may be bad.
Darlington, November 27th, 1851.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the P 1016510114 Directors of the Middlesbrough and Guisbrough
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—I request that you will allot me Shares
of 25/. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept tho same,
or any less number that may be allotted to one, and pay the deposit
of
2/. pd. Os. per Share thereon, such payment to be made within a
time to be limited and prescribed by yeu ; and I undertake to exe-
cute the Subscription Deed, or any other necessary legal documents,
when required.
Name (in full) • • •• •
Trade or Profession .• •• • •
Residence • • ..
Dated

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GRAVESEND, DEC. 16.—Wind W.S.W., light, cloudy.
Arrived—Wandswortb, from Cephalonia; Water-
witch, from Dania; Elbe, and John Ball, from Hamburgb ;
Soho, from Antwerp; William Jolliffe, from Havre.
Sailed—Poictiers, for the Cape of Good Hope; Par-
rock Hall, for St. Kitt's; Orion, for Gambia; Sarah
Marie, for Naples; Alexandria, for the Baltic; Elizabeth
Hardie, for Gambia; Queen of the West, for St. Mi-
chael's; Flora, and Gipsy Queen, for Terceira; City of
Boulogne, for Boulogne.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Jane Morice, from the Mauritius for Liverpool, Nov. 2,
in lat. IS., long. 20 W.
Sir Robert Peel, from Liverpool for the Cape, Deo. 5, in
lat. 43 N., long. 13 W.
Amity Hall, from Moulmein for London, Deo. 13, in lat.
10 N., long. 25 W.
Alexander, of London, Dec. 18, in lat. 48 N., long. 12 W.
Carena from Newport for Havannab, Nov. 15, in lat.
48 N., long. 11 W.
Gloucester, from Cardiff for Afrioa, Nov. 21, in lat. 48

N., long. 9 W.
Edgar brig, from the Mauritius for London, Nov. 3, in
lat. 13 S., long. 9 W.
Bangalore, from China, Nov. 4, inlet. 12 S., long. 11 W.
Archeveque Affre, of Nantes, for Singapore, Nov. 13, in
lat. 6 N., long. 19 W.
Robert barque, from London for Trinidad, Nov. 24, in
lat. 23 N., long. 30 W.
Queen of the West ship, inward bound, Dec. 13, at noon,
43 miles south-west of Tuskar.
Emperor ship, Dec. 13, at four rat., 13 miles south of

fuskar.
Wonder, from London for Swan River, Sept. 21, in lat.

_ .
36 S., long.
Breseda, from London for Port Adelaide, Sept, 24, in
lat. 39 S., long. 42 E.
Rajasthan, bound for China, Oot. 28, in lat. 56 N., long.
84 E.

THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY.---In pursuance
of an order of the Court of Chancery under the Act of Par-
liament 14 and 15 Vic., entitled " An Act to dissolve the
National Land Company and to dispose of the lands and pro-
perty belonging to it," the official manager is now inquiring,
by means of a commission appointed to visit the spot, into
the titles and present condition of the following estates, pur-
chased by Mr. F. O'Connor, M.P., on behalf of the com-
pany : —The O'Connorville estate, at Rickmansworth, Hert-
fordshire, 103 acres, purchased for 2,344/. ; Lowbands, Wor-
cester, 160 acres, purchased for 8,5601.; Minster Lovel, Ox-
fordshire, 297 acres, purchased for 9,5391 ; Snig's End, Wor-
cester, 268 acres, purchased for 11,900/. ; and Great Dod-
ford, Worcester, 273 acres, purchased for 10,2001.
THE PROPOSAL TO FORM SCHOOL'S OF ART FOR
ARTIST Woßtutgx.—On Monday, Bth, Mr. C. Barry, Mr.
Clarke, Mr. G. Godwin, Mr. Penrose, and Mr. G. G. Scott,
met Mr. Allen, to consider in what way the proposal could
best be carried into practice. Letters of concurrence from
Mr. T. 11. Wyatt, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Ferrey, Mr. Cundy,
Mr. Hardwick, jun., and many others, were read, and it was
determined to form a committee, and to open a subscription
in support of the project. Mr. Scott'• agreed to act as trea-
Isurer.—Bui/der. .1 •

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, DEC. 16.

This market continues to be shortly supplied with
grain for this period of the season. The condition of
the wheat is much altered by the weather. Well-con-
ditiot ei samp'es obtained about late prices; others are
fully is to 2s p2r qr. cheaper. Barley, although in
small supply, was a, trifle cheaper;: the quantity of choice
malting appears to be much lessened. Beans and peas
la per qr. cheaper.
PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER.
Wheat, red 36s to 40s Beans 2Bs to 29.
Do., new ooa to 00s Peas
Do., white 42s to 46s Oats
Barley, malting 26s to 30, Rye.. .. 00s to 00s
Do., choice oos to 005 Malt oos to 005
Do., grinding... 20s to 24a Flour, per sack oos to 00s
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 13.
Wheat... 698 quarters at 40s sd.
Barley
Pea5.... .
Oats
Beans 5B 29s 2d.
HULL, DEC. 16.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states:—ltn
ports must still be reported trifling: the wheat arid
beans aro principally from Holland. The general busi-
ness of the past week has been too limited to nate any
variation in price, but the tendency has been downwards.
The weather has been mild. The supply of wheat from
our own farmers to-day,was moderate, and the condition
tolerably good. The market was only dull, and last
week's prices with difficulty maintained; in some in-
stances is decline was submitted to. Not much doing
in foreign wheat. Barley continues slow sale without
much being on the market. Beans fully maintain their
price, but Peas somewhat sympathise with the marked
decline in Mark-lane. The linseed market is well main-
tained, though actual business is not great. Cakes re-
main very firm, and the market clear of foreign. More
inquiry for rapeseed, and good green quality of cakes
(for feeding) fetch more money. Cattle bones in good
demand.
The following are the present`prices of grain :
S. a.
Wheat, English,zed 36 to 38
Do. white 3B 46
Dantzic and Ko-
nigsberg 4l -- 46
Pomeranian and
Hamburgh . 2 6 40
Danish, Holstein, &
Friesland 34.— 36
Russian and Odessa 30 34
Oats, English
Do. Danish.... . 17 20
Do. Friesland l9 21
Do. Russ. & Odessa 17 19
Barley,malting 25 28
Do._grinding 24 25
Beans 23 34
Do., foreign 27 30

8. 8
Peas, white and yel. 30 34
Do. grey
Linseed, Black Sea 44 46
Do. Petersburgh
Do. Riga & Archngl 3B 42
Do. Konigsberg
Per ton.
Lins. c, Hull 71 17s 6d to 810 s
Do. fine for. 71 103 Od to 0/0s
Do. inf. foreign... 01 to 61 155
Rapeseed ....... . 22/ lOs to 001
Rape cakes...B2s 6d to 00s Oil
Tares, English —00 s
Do. foreign 0 18 603
,Guano 51 71 to 101
Bones, do 97s 6d to 00s
Rye Meal

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 16.—At this day's market there
was a fair attendance of the trade, but, as usual, at this
period of the year, the business done was quite of a re-
tail character, and where sales of wheat were made, a
reduction of ld per 7olbs was in most cases submitted
to. Flour of good quality, both sack and barrel, sup-
ported late rates. Oats and oatmeal, with a languid de-
mand, were id per 451bs and 3d per load lower. Bar-
ley and peas were without change; but beans were 6d
per quarter dearer. Indian corn met with little atten-
don, but holders generally refused to submit to any
decline.

LEEDS, DEC. 16.—There is a large arrival of wheat
for this day's market; the trade, nevertheless is firm, and
fine dry samples aro held at Friday's rates, and a mode-
rate extent of business is done in this description, but
second sorts sell slowly. Barley full as dear. Oats and
shelling steady. Beans in great supply, and prices
rather recede, with only a limited sale. No alteration
in other articles.

to the defendants, which they did not appear willing
to agree to, and at last the plaintiff said be would send
his answer by his manager, Cawke. That erson was
also called as a witness, and deposed that he had gone
by the plaintiff's orders to the defendant Symons, and
said that Mr. Simmonds had desired him to say that
whether they purchased the goods or not Mr. Sim-
monds must be guaranteed 1001. a week, to which
Mr. Symons replied, " Oh, very well ; if it la for a
short time it will make no difference." This witness
was- cross-examined at some length, and admitted
that after this interview be had regularly continued
to inspect the accounts and ascertain bow many per-
sons dined each week, and their different rates of
payment for dinners, and that he or the plaintiff had
accepted weekly cheques on account for sums of 30/.,
401., and 501. An account was sent in by the
plaintiff on the 15th of September, on the footing of
1001. a-week, and payment demanded several times,
but without effect, as the defendant Symons refused
to pay till the books were returned from an ac-
countant who was then engaged in ascertaining the
amount and accuracy of the various claims. M.
Soyer, however, paid the plaintiff 501. on account,
and received an I 0U on account, as he refused to
pay that sum as any acknowledgment of the correct-
ness of the bill delivered. A short time after the
plaintiff again insisted on a settlement, and on a re-
fusal, be filed an affidavit in the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, in order to compel immediate payment, or
failing therein, to make the defendants bankrupt.
The plaintiff received altogether 8341. for the ex-
penses and keep,of about 22 persons whom he had em-
ployed, and for the hire of his goods, which, accord-
ing to his own statement, were worth 3 5001., and I
sought by this action to recover a further sum of
6801.

Mr. Sergeant WILKINs was proceeding to address
the jury for the defendants, when he was stopped by
one or two of the jury, and io a few moments the
foreman said they were unanimously of opinion that
there was no verbal ageement. A verdict was ac-
cordingly entered for the defendants.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NOR THE RN CIRCUIT.— York, Dec. 15.
Saturday being the day fixed for opening the
special commission for the winter assizes in this city'
the Learned Judges (Mr. Justice Maule and Mr.
Baron Platt) arrived here for that purpose, Yes-
terday Mr. Baron Platt attended Divine service at the
Minster, and this morning their Lordships opened the
courts, at twelve o'clock, Mr. Justice Maule taking
his snit in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Platt in
that usually appropriated to civil business.
The calendar is very heavy, there being 132 pri-
soners for trial, four of whom only are town prisoners;
2 are indicted for murder, 8 for manslaughter, 8 for
rape, 14 for cutting and wounding, 3 for shooting
with intent to maim or to murder, 27 for highway
robbery, 5 for arson, 30 for burglary, 5 for unnatural
offences, 4 for forgery, 8 for perjury, 2 for coining,
6 for cattle stealing, and the rest for minor offences.
CROWN COURT.--(Before Mr. Justic MAULE.)
His Lordship was occupied the chief part of the day
in trying cases prosecuted by the Mint.
Philip Ryan, aged 21, was indicted for having at
Newbrugh, in the North Riding, on the 4th of June
last, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-
house of Sir George Wombwell, Bart., and stolen
therefrom five plated drinking cups and a ham, the
property of Sir George Wombwell ; and three pairs
of cotton stockings, the property of Fanny Hill.
Mr. Darnborough conducted the prosecution. The
prisoner was undefended.
It appeared that the dairy window at Newbrugh
was broken open on the night of the 4th of June, and
in the morning the articles above mentioned were
found by the servants to hare been stolen. Nothing
more was heard of the robbery until the 19th of June,
though a reward of Si. bad been offered for informa-
tion regarding it ; but on that day the prisoner went
to a constable, with whom he had some conversation
respecting the reward which had been offered, and
said that he would show the constable where the pro-
perty had been " planted„' and that there was suffi-
cient to require a horse and cart to take it away. He
accordingly did show where the property was, and
the four plated cups were taken from the roof of an
outhouse, the ham being found amongst some straw
in a stable. The constable having asked the prisoner
if he could find out the parties who committed the
burglary, and where they lived, they separated ; but
a week afterwards he took the prisoner into custody
on a charge of having committed the burglary, as a
watch had been placed over the good+, but nobody
during the week had come to take them away.
Ia his defence the prisoner denied that he had been
a participator in the burglary, but asserted that he
came to a knowledge of where the property was
hidden by having met three men who had it in their
possession, who asked him to share the spoil, which
he refused to do, but he accompanied them, and saw
where they deposited it; and then, when the reward
was offered, he went and told the constable what he
knew concerning the matter.
His LORDSHIP, in summing up, told the jury it
was their duty to acquit the prisoner if the evidence
was not, in their opinion, conclusive. The defence
which he set up was a singular one ; but, if innocent,
it showed that he had acted in a consistent manner,
and as an innocent man would do.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
NISI PR lUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Samuel Cooper, aged 29, was charged with having
at the last winter assizes, held at York, committed
wilful and corrupt perjury.
Mr. Pickering and Mr. Hardy prosecuted ; Mr.
Overend defended the prisoner.
It appeared that at the last winter assizes a man
named Crabtree was tried for stealing some wool tops;
and the case for the prosecution was endeavoured to
be proved by Joseph Smith, the prosecutor of the
present indictment. He stated that he went to Crab-
tree's house on the night of the 25th of September,
1850, and that in going up stairs into a top room, for
the purpose of getting some wool combs which were
his property, he saw some wool tops lying ina corner
of the room below; of this he gave information to an
officer appointed under the Worsted Act, named
Cheeseborougb, who asked Smith to watch Crab-
tree's house, which he accordingly did, and he swore
at Crabtree's trial that at about two o'clock in the
morning he saw the prisoner Cooper go into Crab-
tree's house, having a bundle, which was'about the
size which a few wool tops would be. That in a
few minutes Crabtree came to the deor, and looked
out to see if any one was by, and then Cooper
came out without any bundle. In defence of Crab-
tree, the prisoner Cooper was put into the witness
box, and swore that he never went to Crabtree's
house, as asserted by Smith, on the night of the 25th
Sept. at all. Upon this evidence being adduced the jury
did not believe Smith, but considered that Cooper was
speaking the truth, and consequently acquitted Crab-
tree, and at the late spring assizes, Smitb, the present
prosecutor, was indicted for perjury, and acquitted.
The prisoner, Samuel Cooper, was now tried for the
offence, and it was proved that he had, as Joseph
Smith had sworn at the trial of Crabtree, been at
Crabtree's house on the 25th of September, 1850, in
addition to which the prisoner had said to Joseph
Smith's wife, "I would not have sworn falsely against
your Joe, if thou hadst not said I stole the wool tops."
To which Smith's wife replied, " Thou didst that,
then, and thou knowest thou did."
Mr. OYEREND addressed the jury for the prisoner.
Mr. PICKERING having replied,
His LORDSHIP summed up, and
The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty.

His LORDS-MP, after enlarging on the enormity of
the crime of perjury, sentenced the prisoner to be
transported for seven years.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT;
OLD COURT.
Carl Frederick Krohn, aged 24, student, pleaded
guilty to four indictments for felony.
The RECORDER inquired if anything was known of
the prisoner.
Mr. CLAnksox said he was only instructed to pro-
secute in one case on behalf of the
.Great Western
Railway Company, and in that case the prisoner had
stolen a carpet bag from one of the stations. He was
informed that, in the other charges to which the pri-
soner had pleaded guilty, it would aar that he had
taken up his abode as a guest at different hotels in
the metropolis, and had plundered other guests who
were staying in the establishments.
giveT any
helt EaCc
account
of h
a askedi lf.mstehe prisoner if he wished to
He made no answer,
Mr. CLMiKSON said he believed
a Dane, and that he had beeni
iimpressed to serve in
-Ilolstein war, but
the Danish army in the Seh eds w
the prisoner was
he had fled to this
rcaotahnetrryth.
The RECORDER reap
an perform
.' d
military'te duty
The judgment, in order
that further inquiries might be made respecting the
prisoner.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Robert Rowan, 30, porter, was indicted for stealing
three quires of the Dispatch newspaper, valued id
1/. 12s. 3d., the property of Launcelot Wild.
Mr. Payne defended.
I3enjawiu Russell, porter to prosecutor, who is the