The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

SUBJECT FOR THE HULSEAN PRIZE.

CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 3.—The late Rev. John Hulse
having bequeathed to the University of Cambridge cer-
tain estates for the advancement of religious learning,
and having directed in his will that out of the rents and
profits, so soon as annuities and other encumbrances
would admit, an annual premium should be given " for
the best dissertation in the English language on the evi-
dence in general, or on the prophecies or miracles in par-
ticular, or on any other particular argument, whether
the same be direct or collateral proofs of the Christian
religion, in order to evince its truth and excellence;" to
be written by a member of this university ender the de-
gree or standing of a Master of Arts, the trustees have
given notice that a premium of about 100/. will this
year be given for the best dissertation on the following
subject:—
" The History of the Extinction of Paganism in the
Roman Empire, viewed iu relation to the Evidences of
Christianity."
The dissertations to be sent to one of the trustees (the
Vice-Chancollor, the Master of St. Joha's College, or
the Master of Trinity College) on or before the 19th of
October, 1851, with the names of the respective authors
sealed up.
The author of the essay best approved is to print it at
his own expense, and is not to be a second time a can-
didate for the premium.

We have received information from the Admiralty
that our correspondent at Plymouth was misinformed in
stating that the crew of the Indefatigable were dissatisfied
with the new Admiralty order for the supply of provisions to
the navy. We are assured, on the contrary, that the crew
of that ship are perfectly satisfied and contented, and alto-
gether animated with as good a spirit as ever pervaded the
crew of a ship of war. We are also informed from the same
source that the operation of the new order in question is
likely to be attended with the happiest results to the service.

THE MERCANTILE MARINE ACT.-IMPORTANT
NOTICE.—In consequence of a communication from the
Naval Department of the Office of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade, in which reference is made to the incon •
venience which might arise from a strict enforcement of the
letter of the 30th section of the Mercantile Marine Act, the
collectors and controllers, and Other principal officers of the
Customs' department at the several ports throughout the
kingdom, have received directions from the Commissioners
not to insist on the production of certificates of competency
or service from masters or mates of foreign-going ships (or,
in other words, ships outward bound to foreign parts) before
the Ist of February; next, but to clear such ships outwards
until that day without such production.
CHARGE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT AGAINST AN
HOSPITAL SURGEON,—An extraordinary investigation into a
charge of the above serious nature at Cheltenham has
caused an unusual sensation in the town, the accused being a
medical practitioner of some standing, and one of the sur-
geons at the Cheltenham Public Dispensary. An inquiry into
the affair before the magistrates has been the result. The accused,
Mr. Theodore Sheldon, was charged on the information of
Lydia Stride, with a felonious assault upon her in the surgery
of his private residence. The girl swore that, having had an
order for medical assistance at the Dispensary, Mr. Sheldon
attended her, and on three several occasions on which she
had visited his surgery, he had committed a capital offence
upon her. From the evidence of witnesses called for the de-
fence, it was proved that it was next to impossible that such
occurrences could have taken place without exciting notice.
The magistrates having heard all the evidence, retired for
about a quarter of an hour; on their return into the public
court, the chairman, Mr. Pilkington, informed the parties
that the magistrates dismissed the case, and he added, that
Mr. Sheldon left the court without the least stain on his cha-
racter. The inquiry occupied six hours, and created the ut-
most curiosity.

How TO MANUFACTURE A 46 MIRACLE."—(From
a Correspondent.)—Take an oil painting of a wounded man,
cover the back of the canvass with pitch, cut out a portion of
the latter immediately behind the part depicted as a wound,
pierce the canvass at that part with several stabs of a cob-
ler's awl from back to front, plane in the openings made by
the removed pitch a piece of sponge saturated with blood
thinned with water, cover the opecting with a plug of pitch,
the application of a hot iron removing the appearance of a
seam round the plug. The " mired e" may now be worked
by gentle pressure either from behind or in front of the
pictured wound, which, squeezing the sponge, causes the
bloody liquid to exude through the holes made by the cob-
ler's awl, and trickle out in the most natural and surprising
manner, to the edification of all beholders. This " miracle '
is capable of being produced by other means, but upon the
poruinn(cl,alne'd with some pressure, will assist in establishing
The application of a white handkerchief to
stsameip
the " miracle."

DEATII OF VISCOUNT AI.FOED, M.P.—We have
to announce the demin, after a protracted illness, of Viscount
Alford, M.P. for Bedfordshire, who expired at eight o'clock
on Thursday evening at Ashridge Park, his Lordship's seat,
near Hemel Hempstead. The Warquis of Northampton, the
Earl Compton, and other family connexions, were staying at
Ashridge Park at the time of his Lordship's dissolution,
which had been anticipated for some. weeks past. The Noble
Viscount had been in declining-health for the last two years,
and he and Lady Marianne Alford pvssed the winter of last
.vear in Egypt, and did not return until the summer, when it
became apparent to all his friends that he had not derived
any permanent benefit from . his residence abroad. John
Hume Cust, Viscount Alford, was the eldest son of the Earl
of Brownlow, by his first marriage with Sophia, second
daughter and co-heir of the late Sir Abraham Hume, Bart.,
and Lady Amelia Egerton. He was bo-n October 15, 1812,
and married February 10, 1841, Lady iNiarianne Margaret
Compton, eldest daughter of the Marquio of Northampton,
by whom his Lordship leaves issue two sons, the eldest of
whom is in his ninth year. The Noble Viscount was Colo-
nel of the North Lincoln Militia. He was first elected Mem-
ber for Bedfordshire at the general election in 1836, in con-
junction with Lord Charles Russell, and he continued to re-
present that county in the House of Commons in the succes-
sive Parliaments of 1837, 1841, and 1847. His Lordship was
a Protectionist in pollties.
BATTERsE,qPARK AND THE NEw SUSPENSION
BRIDGE. —The inhabitants of Chelsea, Battersea, and Vaux-
hall are at last relieved from their suspense respecting the
proposed new bridge between the above places, so long on
the lapis. It is now four years since the necessity for such
a bridge was first discovered, and it was proposed to erect
one in connexion with the new park, then and now in
course of construction at that part of Battersea which im-
mediately faces the gardens of the Royal Hospital (which
also are at last made available for the recreation the public).
The first piles of the new laidge were driven a few days
back; and we may hope in the course of the:ensuing sum-
mer to see it hurrying towards completion. It is to be hoped
that, when completed, the fate of the present old and
dangerous Battersea-bridge will be sealed.
I Mr. William Ratcliff, of Walesby, Nottingham-
, shire, has now in full bloom a quantity of fine polyan-
%lmes in his garden; and on Christmas-day he gathered a
cowslip in full vigour.

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be pondered

- First, there is the task of bringing the cattle into
London. We presume that no one gravely proposes
to shut out all the southern counties, Kent and Surrey,
Sussex and Hampshire, from the London markets.
But how are all these supplies to be brought to market ?
They must cross the river by one of the bridges.
We begin, then, by forcing perhaps 50,000 or
80,000 beasts, and 300,000 or 400,000 sheep,
to traverse the whole breadth of the metropolis,

from its southern approach to its northern suburb
before they even reach the market ! This is pretty
well to begin with—as a scheme emanating from men
who are horrified at the thought of driving cattle
through the streets !
But this is only the first item out of a pretty long
account. The southern counties send, of course,
cattle to Smithfield in large numbers. But, when
there, purchases for southern use are made to a
large extent—purchases both of stock for grazing
farms, and of sheep and oxen by Lambeth and South-
wark butchers. "I am in a condition to state," said
Mr. Hicks—himself a large salesman—" that
Deputy
one-thirdof the supply of Smithfield market, both
cattle and sheep, when sold, are driven over Black-
friars-bridge." This " one-third of the supply,"
according to the estimate of the Commissioners them-
selves, would amount to 78,990 beasts, 430,590 sheep,
and 18,730 calves and pigs. All these enormous
droves, now sold within about half a mile of the
bridge, and all, therefore, easily transferable to the
southern side in half au hour after leaving the mar-
ket—all these droves it is proposed to send up to
Highbury or Hornsey—thence to travel back more
than three miles through the streets of London be-
fore they reach the bridge ! And this, forsooth, is a
plan gravely proposed with a view " to diminish or
remove the existing el ils and inconveniences !"
Still, however, we have touched on one point only.
We have spoken only of the southern supply.
But what will the other great districts of the
metropolis say to a market beyond the northern
suburb ? Will Highbury be a convenient market
for the Pimlico butchers ? Or will the 400,000
inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, Shad well,
Poplar, St. George's-in-the-East—will they like to
be sent to the north of Islington for their supply ?
Is it not quite clear that to remove the market from
the centre of London to one of the suburbs is to
serve, perhaps, that suburb, but only by the sacri-
fice of all the rest. Islington, or at least the butchers
of Islington, might be served by having the market
settled among them. But the city of London, the
borough of Southwark, the Tower Hamlets, Lambeth,
and all 'Westminster, would be grievously injured and
inconvenienced. Of this there can be no doubt.
But the importance of a central position for the
market is remarkably proved by the admission of the
very first witness—Mr. Giblett. He was evidently
put forward as the main reliance of the opponents of
Smithfield.. He was a great butcher, and, strange to
say, he was in favour of removing the market ! Yet
even he, when asked the question, what he considered
to be the advantages of Smithfield, was obliged to
reply in these decisive words :
" The advantages of Smithfield market I consider
to be very great to the trade of butchers in London,
inasmuch as the position is central, particularly with

I reference to their shops; and they can always pro-
I cure, to any extent, whatever they want. They have
it almost at their very doors. It is the locality of the
market that gives the butchers those advantages I
am speaking of."
Exactly so; but does not that fact govern the whole
question ? The market is for the butchers ; they only
frequent it, and it is happily placed, very much out
of the way of the other trades of London. But is not
the convenience of the butchers a main consideration
in the matter ? When an exchange is built for mer-
chants, are not the merchants consulted as to what
will be suitable for them ? If a coal-market or a
corn-market is planned, is not the suitability of the site
to the frequenters of such markets always regarded
as a main consideration ? And how plainly aLsurd
would it be, to form a beast-market in a manner, or
i❑ a place, inconvenient to all who are to do business
therein.

If it be replied, that " the cattle must and shall be
taken out of London streets,"—we answer, as we
have already answered, that the removal of the market
to Islington will of itself effect no such object. But
we must postpone any further remarks to a future
opportunity.

THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF
SMITHFIELD iIIABICEII

Yesterday the Bill to be introduced into Parliament
by the City authorities in the ensuing session, " For
enlarging the site of Smithfield Market, and fur improv-
ing the approaches thereto," was published. It is en-
titled " The Smithfield Enlargement Act," and proceeds
from the office of the City Remembrancer. The general
public interest felt in respect of this and similar matters
of municipal improvement, will probably render an ab-
stract of its provisions of interest. The Bill proposes
that the Corporation of London may enlarge Smithfield
Market, and make the following improvements:—Take
down the houses and buildings between Snow-hill on
the south, King-street and West Smithfield on the
south-east, Smithfield-bars on the east, Cow Cross-
street on the north, Turnmill-street on the east, Castle-
street on the north, and the new street called, or' in-
tended to be called, Victoria-street, on the west, and
to " lay" the site of them, and of the streets in-
tersecting, into the live-stock market of Smithfield,
for the purpose of enlarging the same, as the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons shall think necessary; and to
erect on other parts thereof a dead-meat market and
slaughter-houses, and other buildings connected with
the market, and to provide it with expedient conve-
niences ; and also to widen the avenues leading to the
market, and to improve the approaches thereto. The
plan of the proposed improvements has already been de-
posited in the office of the town clerk of the city of
London, and is to remain there for the inspection of all
persons at one shilling each. The limitation power of
purchasing houses and lands is five years from the
passing of the Act. The Corporation are to be em-
powered, with the consent of the Lord Bishop of
London, to take or use for these purposes one of the
burial grounds of St. Sepulchre's Church, situate in
Durham-yard, West-street, the amount of compensa-
tion to be settled by the Bishop, and applied as he may
direct for the benefit of the parish. The graves are to
disturbed "as little as may be," and the bodies dis-
turbed are to be removed, the expense not ex-
ceeding in any one case 101, to be paid by the
Corporation. The grave-stones are to be re-
moved, and put up and laid in some other burial-
ground, at the cost of the Corporation. The Corpora-
tion are to be empowered to change the present market
days and market hours, if they shall think proper. When
the intended new dead-meat market has been er"cted,
the present Newgate Market is to be removed thereto,
and its existing site to be applied to such purposes as
may be mutually agreed upon by the Corporation and
the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The whole of the
markets and slaughter-houses are to be under the exclu-
sive jurisdiction of the same authorities that have juris-
diction over the present site of Smithfield Market. The
schedule of tolls proposed to be taken is as follows:—
Beasts, each, existing tolls-Id. toll, id. tie; new tolls,
4d.; total tolls 6d., to include tie. Sheep and lambs
each, existing tolls-1-10th of Id., or 2d. per score;
new tolls, 2-10ths of Id., or 4d. per score; total tolls,
3-10ths of ld., or 61 per score. Pigs each, existing
tolls-I.sth of Id.; new tolls, 4-sths of Id.; total tolls, Id.
Calves each, existing tolls—ld. tie; new toll, Id.; total
toll, 2d., including tie. Horses each, existing toll-2d. tie,
4d. entry; new tolls, 2d. tie; total tolls, Bd., including
tie and entry. Hay each load, existing tolls-6d. toll,
ld. entry; new toll, ld. entry each cart load; total
toll, Bd. each cart load, including entry. Straw, each
load, existing toll, ld. entry; new tolls, Id. entry each
cart load; total tolls, 2d each cart load, including entry.
Sheep, calf, and pig pens each, existing toll, Is.; new
toll, nil; total tolls Is. Graduated regulation tolls, in
addition to above, on beasts, sheep, lambs, pigs, and
calves leaving the market after 7 and before 6 o'clock;
existing toll, nil; new tolls, beasts, 2d. each; sheep,
lambs, pigs, and calves, 4d. per score. Before nine
lo'clock, existing tolls, nil; new tolls, beasts, 4d each;
sheep, lambs, pigs, and calves, 8d per score. The sur-
plus of all tolls, after payment of the cost of maintaining
the market is to go to discharge the principal of bor-
rowed money; and the additional tolls proposed as
above are to cease on repayment of the principal of the
money borrowed on the credit of them. Money may be
raised by the Corporation on bonds at interest, fir the
general purposes of the Act on •the market tolls and on
the credit of the estates of tire Corporation, for the pur-
poses of the enlargement, to the extent of 245,0004, and
a further sum of 220,0001. for the erection of a dead-meat
market and slaughter-houses.

CHOLERA IN THE WEST INDIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The rapid advance of the cholera in the West
India islands, and the want of medical assistance to re-
lieve the sufferings of those affected by it, having caused
several West India proprietors to request us to forward
to them for the purpose of circulating among their
people some plain and intelligible instructions, we have
made application to the medical department of the Ad-
miralty, and have received the following practical rules,
the observance of which may do much to check the pro-
gress of this mysterious disease. These rules will be
distributed (gratuitously) in several of the islands, but
much more extensively by your affording them space in
the columns of your journal.
The awful havoc the disease is making in Jamaica,
where the ignorance of the blacks causes it to be doubly
fatal, renders their speedy circulation very desirable.
We have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient
servants,_ GIFFORD and LINDER.
104, Strand, Dec. 28, 1850.

RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN THE WEST INDIES DURING
THE PREVALENCE OF CHOLERA.
Avoid all kinds of food which have a tendency to
produce relaxation of the bowels; and abstain from ex-
cess in the use of intoxicating liquors.
2. Let the diet be generous, using rather more animal
food than usual; as a rule, taking animal food in pro-
portion to the amount of vegetable food omitted; and
never on any account eat fruit, vegetables, or shell-fish
late in the evening.
3. Free ventilation and cleanliness are essentially
necessary. Every door and window of a house in which
there is a case of cholera should be thrown widely open
during the day; and during the night the windows and
the door also, if possible, should be left partly open.
4. Avoid being chilled by exposure in low, damp
places at night; and if a person gets wet he ought to
change his wet clothes for dry ones as soon as possible.
5. Looseness of the bowels should be immediately
checked by the following, or some similar mixture:—
Prepared chalk, 2 drachms; compound tincture of car-
demoms, 1 ounce; tincture of opium, 2 drachms; syrup
of ginger, 2 ounces; peppermint water, 8 ounces. Two
table spoonfuls to be taken every two hours, or more
frequently should the purging not cease—and in that
case the patient ought to be put to bed, and artificial heat
applied to his feet and belly.
6. No person ought to enter a house in which there is
a case of cholera unless his assistance be required.
7. Localities in which cholera is prevalent should be
avoided, for whether it be propagated by infection or by
an atmospherical agent, the presence of a number of
cases in one place shows that there the cause of disease
is rife.
8. An elevated residence is more safe than one situated
on a low level, or on the sea shore.
9. Avoid as much as possible taking purgative medi-
cine so long as the disease remains in the neighbour-
hood; but should it be absolutely necessary to open the
bowels, use the following pills :—Extract of rhubarb, 24
grains; extract of celocynth, 24 grains; extract of
aloes, 12 grains. Divide the mass into twelve pills, and
take ono, two, or three for a dose.
A. BRYSON, M.D.
Medical Department, Admiralty, Somerset-
house, 27th December, 1850.
NOTE.—Every small town or village in which there is
no medical practitioner should be provided with a supply
of these medicines, in order that the patients may be
supplied with them as early as possible. They might
be placed in the keeping of some respectable person
who would take an interest in their proper adminis-
tration.

Amongst the passengers by the steamer Severn, which
left Southampton yesterday with the West India mail,
were the following surgeons and physicians, sent out by
Government to Jamaica on account of the cholera in
that island, viz., Drs. Tucker, Beveridge, and Joseph
Brown; and Messrs. Campbell, Crawford, and Murphy.
The following medical inspectors were also sent out, viz.,
Drs. Gavin, Laidlaw, and Milroy. Dr. Beveridge, who
only arrived from Jamaica by the last West India
steamer, where he had been serving on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Imaum, volunteered to go out again. About
60 or 70 casks, cases, and packages of medicines were
sent out to Jamaica by private merchants, and between
40 and 50 by Government.
The following staff of military officers also left yester-
day in the Severn for Barbadoes, viz., Colonel Yule,
Captain Maxwell, and Lieutenants Bruce, Sandeman,
Barber, and Grantham.
On the subject of the cholera in Jamaica the follow-
ing letters have been received;—
" Admiralty, Dec. 31, 1850.
"Sir,—Having laid before my Lords the Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 30th instant,
forwarding memorials respecting the cholera is Jamaica,
I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you
that the same have been transmitted to the Secretary of
State for the Colonies.
" I am, Sir, your very humble servant,
(Signed) B. HAMILTON.
" Admiralty, Jan. 1, 1851.
" Sir,—With reference to the memorials transmitted
to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by
" J. W. Dover, Esq., No. 124, Fenchurch-street."
bankers, merchants, and brokers of the city of London,
praying that medical men and a supply of drugs might
be sent to Jamaica by the mail of the 2d instant, to

meet the exigencies occasioned by the prevalence of cho-
lera in that island, I am commanded by my Lords to ae-
ou th.lt the corainedo:e COMeltind;nq on that
part of the station has already given such assistance as
was in his power, and that he would continue to do so,
when not inconsistent with the public service.
"My Lords would beg to point out to you that
any directions for sending out a medical staff to the
colonies should come through the Colonial-offico, to
which department the memorials to their Lordships
have been duly forwarded.
"I am, Sir, your very humble servant,
(Signed) " W. B. HAMILTON.
" J. W. Dover, Esq., 124, Fenchurch -street."
Whatever the Government may do, the merchants are
doing their duty. Many have sent out medicines and
medical instructions, and one merchant applied to a sur-
geon in whom he had confidence, offering him five
guineas a day for his services in the island.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
There is a perceptible difference in the amount of
business transacted this week, attributable probably, it
not %holly, to the season of the year, and a rather lower
range of prices may he quoted, both for dividend and
other mines, with, however, some exceptions. We
consider we were right in our assumption of last week,
that an increased rate of discounts might prove beneficial
to the mining interest rather than otherwise, in the fact
that the inquiry for mining shares has not in the least
diminished, and it is probable they will receive a still
further stimulus from the payment, next week, of the
January dividends. The reports received since our lust
of the workings and production cf ores of the numerous
mines in favour with the capitalist are of a healthy and
most satisfactory character.
In the Metal Market, Staffordshire Iron fully main-
tains its improvement, and Welsh is gradually assuming
a better position—a large business having been done
during the week at advanced rates. Copper continues
Steady. Lead is firm, with a good business. Tin has
an upward tendency; and Tin Plates have advanced 6d
per box. Spelter is very dull.
From our statistical returns of the sales of copper
ores, by ticketing in Cornwall and at Swansea, given in
another column, it will be seen that the amount raised
and sold in Cornwall in the quarter ending 31st De-
cember last was 39,343 tons, producing 3,103 tons of fine
copper, realised 210,1221. 7s. 6d., and an average price
of 51. 6s. 91d. per ton: this is an excess over the quarter
ended September 30, 1850, of 949 tons, and 5,9301. 195.;
over the corresponding quarter of 1849 of 2,535 tons of
ore, 293 tons of fine copper, in money 16,6771. 165., and
on the average price ls. 2id. The excess on the total
Corhish sales of 1850 over 1849 was 8,690 tons of ore,
568 tons of fine copper, 76,8251. 178. in money, and 4s.
per ton on the average price. On the Swansea sales, on
the contrary, there has been a decrease on the previous
quarter of 3,447 tons of ore, 76,4091. 17s. in amount, and
1/. 17s. 3d. on the average price. On the corresponding
quarter of 1849 of '2,069 tons of ore, on the amount
43,688/. 135., and 11.25. 6d. on the average price; and
the year 1849 exceeded that of 1850 by 1,880 tons of
ore, in money 17,0191. ls. 6d., and in the average price
3s. 7d. per ton.
By referring to our Share List, which is arranged on
a new, and, we trust, improved plan, the business done
in the various mines will at once be seen.

The sale of copper ores at Redrutb, on Thursday last,
amounted to 3,546 tons, producing 16,8681.
East Wheal Rose has sold 74 tons of lead ore; the
Nevrtonarda 100 tons, at 11/. ls. per ton; the Callington
39 tons, at 181. Os. 6d. per ton; Tregorden 5 tons, at
271. 15s. 6d. per ton.
Tregorden Mine sold 5 tons of ore to the Tamar
Smelting Company on Tuesday, at 27/. 15s. 6d. per ton.
There was a sale of Court Grange ore last week, to
Messrs. Walker, Parker and Co.-21 tons, at 171 3s.
These mines look well

The two-mouthly sale of silver lead ores from South
Tamar, 88 tons, realized 141. 18s. 6d. per ton.
The sampling at Tamar Mines is computed 75 tons of
rich silver-lead ores.

The Balnoon Consols continues favourable; a consi-
derable improvement of the lode in the shaft is men•
tioned, it being now worth 50/. per fm.
At Alfred Consols, the lode in the winze sinking
under the 60 fathom level is from 10 to 12 ft. wide, and
is stated to be worth at least 1501. per fm.
In East Crowndale an improvement is noticed, the 40
and 50 fm. levels looking much better, and the lode in
the 40 end, east of middle shaft, is large, with a good
leader of tin on the north wall 8 in. wide. The prices
of the last parcel of tin sold were 44k 155., and 231. 10:.
per ton.

At South Tolgus the discoveries of ore during the
past month have been about 235 tons, and the raisings
205 tons, the present prospects being more than equalty
favourable.

At East Tolgus a lode has been cut in the eastern
adit level, and driven on a few fms.; but it has so far been
poor, and has a very flat underlay.
The West Wheal Towan report gives a favourable
account of the state and prospects of the mines. The
pitwork and engine work excellently, and the water is
very easily kept. Stamps are to be immediately erected
to return the tin stuff.

At Tywarnhayle the 90 fin. level east is looking better
than ever, and is worth 601. per fin. The lode in Ben-
netes shaft is also very productive, but the water has
increased very considerably, to draw which rods are now
being put in. The lode in the 80 west has much im-
proved; it is 44 feet wide, and produces 44 tons of ore
per fin. The 40 west, on United Hills lode, is looking
very kindly.
From Cardiganshire we learn that the water-wheel
will be ready at Gaskis early in the spring and there is
every indication of a good mine.
The wioze in Daren is holed to Francis's level, and
they are stoping iu good lead and copper on the back of
Francis's adit.

The 45 fm. level west at Bwlch Consols continues in
good ore, us does Doran's shaft, now 6 fms. under the 45.
At Bronfloydd, good ore in the adit eastward, the rise,
and the shaft.

The ore ground in Caegynon is also very good.
The adit at Gellerheiriu has not yet met with any very
considerable quantity of ore.
The ore at the 'Welsh Potosi is 2 ft. wide, quite solid,
and very hard.
At Allt-y-Crib, the ore is good in the western end,
worth 251. per fin.; the new machinery works well. The
first sampling will he in next month.
At Cwmsebon, there is good ore in the 40, 50, and
60 fin. levels eastward.

At Penrhiw, they have a very orey lode, in sinkisg a
surface shaft in Bryngarw, and in the stopes over the
35, at the engine-shaft, also in the 35 and 25 fm. levels
eastward. _ _ _

At Cwmystwith, the 36 fin. level south is in a lode
producing 2i or 3 tons of lead ore per fathom. In the
36 cast the lode will turn out one ton per fathom. There
ure now 20 fms. of very good ore in this level. The
lode in Ringside adit is looking better, and has had some
fine spots of ore in it.
A dividend has been declared by the Mining Com-
pany of Scotland.
At the North Pool meeting, the accounts for Septem-
ber and October were examined and passed, showing—
Balance from last account, 7941. ISs.; ores sold (less
dues), 3,7761. 7s. 9d. = 4,5711. ss. 9d.—To costs and
merchants' bills, 2,0471. 18s. 11d.—By dividend of 151.
per share, 1,5001 ; leaving balance in favour of adven-
turers, 1,0231. 6s. 10d.

At the Spearne Consols meeting on Monday, the ac-
counts for the tour months, ending October, were passed,
showing a balance in favour of adventurers, 865/, when
a dividend of 5/. per share (6400 was declared—leaving
a balance in favour of adventurers, 2251.
At the Balleswidden meeting, on Tuesday, the ac-
counts for Sept. and Oct. were passed, and a dividend of
7s. 6d. per share (6021.) was declared, leaving balance in
favour of adventurers, 1,5054

At the East Wheal Reeth meeting, it appearing that
a large sum was due on the last call, a resolution was
adopted, declaring the forfeiture of such unpaid shares.
For the present the operations, except at the adit, are
suspended, with a view to the introduction of steam-
power. For providing further capital, a call of ss. per
share was made.

At the Pracd Consuls meeting, it was decided that the

business of the mine should, in—future, be conducted in
London, and the shares increased from 512 to 1,024, to

be divided among the shareholders. Mr. Gray ex
plainer' the prospects of the mine tvery satisfactorily to
the meeting, stating that a quantity of ore is now at
surface, and that there is every prospect of its being a
dividend paying mine shortly.
At the Caradon Vale meeting, a balance was shown
against the adventurers of 521. 15s. Id., and a call of 7s.
6d. per share was made. A report of the operations on
the mine will be shortly published.
The mine accounts at the Wheal Russell meeting show
a balance against the adventurers of 365/. 12s. 2d. A
proposition was brought forward for increasing the
number of shares from 1,024 to 4,000, the decision of
which was left till the next meeting; 42 tons 5 cwts.
were sampled on Dec. 23.
At the George and Charlotte meeting there was a
trifling balance in favour of adventurers. A call of 2s. 6d.
per share was made, and the shares increased to 1,024.
The agent's report generally is favourable as regards the
workings now in progress.
At a special meeting of the finance committee of Lam-
herooe Wheal Maria, on Thursday, the balance-sheet
presented showed-Calls received, 20,647/.
118.
9s'.
portion of November costs unpaid, 1
20,793/. 17s. Bd.-Cost of the mine to end 181.
of Nov., and
in London to end of Dec., 20,490/. 13s. 2c1.; assets and
cash, 3031. 45. 6d.-leaving balance in favour of the
184/. 6s. ld. A call of los. per share was made, being
the last instalment of 21. per share, made 27th Decem-
ber, 1849. Reports from the purser and agent were read
to the meeting of the most satisfactory character, both
as to its present condition and prospectively.
At the East Crowndale meeting, the report stated that
the workings had been confined to sinking the middle
shaft to the 50 fin. level, extending the 28 and 40 fm.
levels east and west, and stoping the backs. As yet, the
returns had been inconsiderable, but still sufficient to
meet the current expenditure, while a large extent of
ground had been laid open. In the 20 fm. level the lode
had fluctuated, which had caused some disappointment;
but an improvement was apparent in the character of the
lode in the 40 fm. level, and a good course of ore was
confidently anticipated, from which profitable re-
sults may be expected. The mine accounts showed-
Balanee last account, 101/. 10s. 2d.; tin sales, 3,324/. 19s.
9d.r=3,4241, 19s. 9d.-Expenditure, 3,343/. Is. 2d.; leav-
ing balance in favour of adventurers, 831. Ss. 9d. The
committee, in conclusion, express their belief that the
mine will become profitable,
The accounts submitted to the Runnaford Coombe
meeting leave a balance in the hands of the bankers of
771. 7s. 7d. Cash received on calls, and from other
sources, 661/. 6s. 6d.-By cost for October, 99/. 7s. 4d.;
for November, 961. Is. Bd.; paid for lease, 88/. 10s.; on
account of steam-engine, 3001.-leaving balance as stated.
The accounts were passed. The mine agents' report
states that the lode has been very mach disordered, but

is now looking more settled. It was agreed that the ma..
hsigoment of the mine should be offered to Mr. Evan
Hopkins, at a salary of 100 guineas per annum, and a
committee o as appointed to wait upon that gentleman for
that purpose.
At the Pentire Glass and Pentire United meeting, it
was resolved that the recommendations, in a joint report
by Messrs. Rovflaudson and Dunstan bo carried into
efftct. This recommendation was to clear away the
backs and other orey ground at present in sight, in the
most rapid manner consistent with economy, and to drive
northward in the 22d fut. level, in order to arrive at the
orey ground gone down in the 10 fin. level.
At the Careannall meeting, en Tuesday, the accounts
for October and Nov. show—Balance end of Sept., 279/.
175.; Oct. cost, 237/. 126. 8,1. ; November ditto, 2331.
85.n750/. 17s. Bd.—By cost, divided 21. 2s. sd. per share,
2791. 195.; by call, 2641.; leaving a balance against the
mine of 2061. 16i. Bd. The balance, or 4s. per 1,056 th
share, was diviaed and paid to the purser, and a call Of
6s. rE.2r 1,056 th share mad,, for the prosecution of the

At the Botallack meeting the accounts for July,
August, and September were passed, showing-Labour
cost. 1,7471. Is. 11d.; carriage of materials. tia
stuff, &c.. 2951. 9s. 6d.; merchants' bills, 585/. osi
4d. = 2.627/. 13s. 9d. - Balance last account, 43/.
15, 10d. ; tin sold (less dues', 79/. 195. 1 Id.)
1,8391. 19s. 9d.; copper sold (less dues, 24/. 3s. 9d.),
556/. 7s. 6d.; sundries, 8/. ss. 6d.=2,4481. Bs. 7d.: lea►-
ing balance against adventurers, 179/.55. 2d. The want
of sufficient stamping power has prevented the raising of
a greater quantity of tin, otherwise the accounts would
have presented a more favourable appearance.
The West Caradon accounts for September and Octo•
ber show-By ores sold, and carriages (less lord's dues,
3111. Bs. 6d), 4,6721. ss. ls.; materials sold, &c., 331. 19s.
10d.=4,7061. 4s. 1 ld.-Purser's agents', and counting-
house expenses, 831. 12s. Sd.; enginemen, smith's work,
&e., 178/. 6s. 11d.; tribute (exclusive of materials),
1,0571. 3s. ld.; tutwork (ditto), 9001. 16s. 6d.; pitman,
surface work, &c., 3491. 7s. 2d.; charges on ores, 5861.
15s. 3d.; parochial rates, doctor, and club, 521. 3s. 6d.;
materials, 8454 17s. 4d.; sundry labour cost, 101. 19s. 2d
-showing balance. being profit, 6411. 3s. 4d.; add frog
last account, 1981. 7s. 11c1.-=8394 lls. 3d.-No dividen4
declared.

The Gonamena accounts for September and October
show—Labour cost, 1761. 2s. 6d.; materials, 161. 2s. 9d....4
1921. ss. 3d.—Balance from last account, 961. 7s. 10d.:
leaves 95L 17s. sd. against adventurers. They have 30
tons of ore for sale.

The Craddock Moor accounts for Sept. and Oct. show
—Balance fr )m last account, 981.175. 10d.; by call of 10s.
per share, 105/. 105..-_—_2o4l. 7s. 10d.—Labour cost,
76/. 9s. 6d.; materials, 18/. 18s. 7d.—leaving balance in
favour of adventurers, 108/. 10s. 9d. A call of 103. per
share was made.

The Tokenbury accounts for Oct. and Nov. show—By
calls, 5101.—Balance from last account, 3131. 17s. 9d.;
labour, 761. lls. Bd.; materials, 131. 4s. 9d.—leaving
1061.55. 10d. in favour of adventurers. A call of IL per
share was made.

The Wheal Caroline accounts for Sept. and Oct. show
-By call of 11. per share, 1004; sale of tin, 581. 4s. 10d.
-1581. 4s. 10d.-Labour cost, 1421. 13s. Id.; lord's
dues, 2/. ss. ld.-leaving balance in favour of adven-
turers, 13/. 6s. Bd. A call of 21. per share was made.
At a meeting of Wheal Mary Consols adventurers, at
Liskeard, it was deemed expedient, to distinguish the
new working of Mary Consols from the old concerns of
Wheal Mary and Wheal Sisters, to adopt the new name of
" Wheal Caroline." The engine, which should have
been completed according to the contract in the early
part of last month, not being yet at work, a fine of 30s.
per week for eight weeks was, therefore, due from the
contractor; it was agreed, however, under all circum-
stances, to reduce the fine to 20s. per week, provided the
engine be at work within a week.
At the Wheal Carpenter meeting, the purser's ae-
count exhibited a balance in favour of adventurers of
2421. 9s. 10d., all costs being fully paid. Very satisfac-
tory reports were read from Captains Seccombe and
others. A committee was appointed to consider the
propriety of substituting water-power instead of steam,
and it was resolved that the engine-shaft shall be sunk
as soon as possible. Captain Hitching states that, when
at the mine, he broke some stones of lead ore, producing
14 in 20 for lead, and 26ozs. of silver in a ton of ore,
worth from 14/. to 14/. 10s. per fm.
At the West Wheal Frances meeting the accounts for
August, September, October, and November were exa-
mined and passed, shoeing-Balance from last account,
5021. 55.; costs and merchants' bills, 818/. 18s. lid.
1,3211. 3s. I Id. By call in August, 1,0241.; leaving
balance against the adventurers of 2971. 3s. 11d. A call
of 11. 10s. per share was made.
_

At the fieignston Down Consols two-monthly meet-
ing, the account showed a balance, on the last two
months' operations of 132 L 6s. 4d. in favour of the mine.
On en estimate of receipts and payments for the next
two months, there is- a balance against the mine of
4871. 6s. 3d., to meet which a call of 2s. 6el. per share
was made. The mine cost for October was 310/. 14s. 9d.;
for November, 3091. Oa. 4d.; and the estimated cost for
the next two months' workings is 6001. Ia his report,
Captain Richards expresses a sanguine impression as to
the profit of the adventure at increased depth.
At the West Wheal Treasury meeting, the accounts
for August, September, annd October, were submitted,
showing—Balance from last account, 1,0811. lls. Id.;
costs and merchants' bills, 1,8261. 17s. 3d.=2,9081. 811.4 d.
—By ores sold, &c., 1,420/. ss. 9d.; leaving balance
against adventurers, 1,4881. 2s. 7d.—The balance was
divided and collected.

At the West Ding Dong meeting, the accounts, for
five months ending October were examined and passed.
showing—To costs and merchants' bills, 391/. 14s. 9d.;
by calls received, 240/. 103.; leaving balance against ad-
venturers, 1501. 14s. 9d.—A call of 7s. id. per.ahare was
made.

In Foreign Mines, transactions have taken place in
Cobre, Copiapo, National Brazilian, St. John del Rey,
and United Mexican.

At Messrs. Tredinnick and Co.'s sale of mining shares.
at the Hall of Commerce, on Wednesday, although the
number of shares disposed of, in comparison to those
offered, was not numerous, yet a fair amount of business
was transacted, and a general disposition evinced by the
company assembled to support the sale of shar©s by
auction, which to the auctioneers was much more impor-
tant, considering the period of the year, and the infancy
of the principles adopted by them. The following is a
list of the prices realised:—Alfred Consols, 181.; Bed-
ford United, 61. 10s.; Bryn-Arian, 21. 10s.; Cern Brea.
1251.; Cefn Gwyn, 21.; Condurrow, 1121.; Copper Bot-
tom, 41.; Cwm Erfin, 71.; Cook's Kitchen, 8/.; Esgair
Llee, 41.; East Frances, 41. 7s. 6d.; Stray Park, 20/.
los.; Tincroft, 111. 55.; Tregorden, 51.; West Provi-
dence, 651.; West Francis, 14/.; West Treasury, 7L;
Wheal Trelawny, 501.; Tremayne, 221. 10s.; Wheal
Harriett, 51. 2s. 6d.

THE LATE PLATE AND JEWELLERY
ROBBERIES AT NOTTINGHAM.
NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY.—TWO men, named Clay and
Battersby, were apprehended by the police last night, on
suspicion of being concerned in the above robberies. A
private examination took place before the Borough
magistrates, and the men have been remanded. A pe-
suliar description of pearl button was found in Mr.
Driver's shop (the scene of one of the late depredations),
and it was found that Clay, at the time of his appre-
hension, had on a coat with precisely the same descrip-
tion of buttons upon it, and that in front a button was
missing. It is said that the button was torn off while the
" jemmy" was being used to force open a door on Mr.
Driver's premises. The whole of the property belonging
to Mr. Lamb (whose shop was broken into last Sunday
night) has been found. It was discovered by the police,
yesterday, in a pool of water, in Free-school-lane, a
short distance from the town. Several of the watches
were very much damaged, and the silver cups had
been bruised out of shape. The whole of the valuables
were tied in a bundle. A most daring attempt at bur-
glary was made last night, at about twelve o'clock, on
the premises of Mr. Lewin, of Bottle-lane, Nottingham.
A noise being heard proceeding from the roof of
Mr. Lewin's dwelling-house about that time, that gentle-
man was called up, and, with some of the police, exa-
mined the premises, when it was discovered that a por-
tion of the roof (sufficiently large to allow of the entrance
of a man) had been removed, and soon after burglars
were seen retreating from the lower part of the premises.
Unluckily they effected their escape. Several daring at-
tempts at burglary have been made this week. The shop
of Mr. Bearsdall, grocer, Eyre-street, bas been attempted
twice; as also Mr. Blathawick's, of llockly. Two de.
tectives arrived on Wednesday, but such is the excited
state of the town, that numbers of the t
tradesmen, or
their assistants, sit up the whole of the night in order
that their property maybe rendered more secure. A
meeting of the magistrates was held yesterday, to deter-
mine upon thew
Freeman,
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ae
not,un , ofh however,beae ne
ns ftoa rkhet
heard
this
better security
of property;
A man, awned isofmothrue irnegs,uolat.
suspicion of being concerned in the above robberies.
None of the property except Mr. Lamb's has been found;
but from several circumstances there appears to be no
doubt that the prisoner was concerned in the whole of the
robberies. The bull dog so dreadfully wounded in Mr.
Lamb's shop is slowly recovering, and, it is said, this may
lead to the identification of the burglars.

ACCIDENT TO MR. CODD..—We find that Mr. Codd,
the coroner, met with rather a startling accident on Monday,
and had a narrow escape from being himself made the subject
of a judicial inquiry by some professional brother. While
on his way about six o'clock in the evening from Halstead to
hocking with a horse and gig, driving at a moderate pace,
and on the near side of the road, he met between the toll-
gate and High Garrett a cart with a man and boy in it.
going at a smart pace, and in the middle of the road, and.
although Mr. Codd had a grey horse, they ran directly on UP
him. Mr. Codd was thrown out by the shock, and sorne
what stunned. When he recovered himself he found that
the gig had been upset, both the shafts broken oil' close to
the dashing board, and the horse, thus freed from the
vehicle, had started oft. The man who had been driving the
cart raised Mr. Codd, inquired as to his injuries, and on
being requested to do so, departed as if to go for assistance,
but, conscious it would seem of being
in the M tong, he never
returned, and left Mr. Codd to gain what aid he could from
casual passers-by. Through the help of the:3e the gig WAS
placed in a shed some distance oft; and on. predeeding to
High Garrett, it was found that the horse hud been stopped
between that place and Bucking, being. very little injured
except by the traces striking against it. Another vehicle
was then procured, and Mr. Codd proceeded to hocking.
and being much shaken,
p ,atiout further serious injury.
bhuaNtiensgearpeicneg ivferdoi a n cutthe on the head,
—Chelmsford Chronicle.
IMPORTATION OF TEA.—The recent arrivals of
American-built ships from China with entire cargoes of tea
have just been followed by another arrh .8.1 of the same kind.
which is especially interesting, as, until now, no arrivals of
this nature had taken place under the relaxed laws in force
during the past year. The American. ship Roman, of 774
tons burden, has arrived in the London Docks from Canton,
with an entire cargo, consisting of nearly 10,000 packages of
tea, consigned to order, which is admissible by virtue of the
relaxed laws of navigation and impoutation t 9 entry Lot
home use.