The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Last night Twelfth _Night was produced with
nearly all the strength of tt,e company, Mrs. Mows,tt
and Mr. Davenport playing the parts of Viola2and
Malvolio, as at the Marylebone, and Mr. Wigan re-
presenting the Clown, the character in which he was
so successful at the Haymarket. The piece was
well acted, and put on the stage in really brilliant
style. To morrow (Wednesday) Mrs. Mowatt's
comedy of Fashion, well•known on the other side of
the Atlantic, will be played here for the first time.

FRENCH PLAYS.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE..

Mr. Mitchell commenced his campaign last even-
ing with Halevy's new opera comique, Le Val d'An-
dorre. This, the chef dceuvre of the composer, was
produced in Paris in November, 1848, and has proved
to be the most successful dramatic piece that has been
performed since the revolution of February. It has
been acted upwards of 100 nights, and has added
greatly to the previously high fame of Hatlevy.
The libretto by M. St. Georg-? 5 is very interesting,
and the composer has known well how to avail him-
self of the opportunities which his author has afforded
him. The Val d'Andorre, in which the scene of the
opera is laid, is situated in the Pyrenees, and is a
little republic, subject however to France, as Suzerain,
and bound to furnish fifteen men annually to the
armies of the French King. The action of the opera
takes place in the reign of Louis XV., and the
following is a brief outline of the plot :=Ross
de Mai, a young orphan peasant, in the valley of
Andorre (in the Pyrenees), is in daily expectation
of a legacy of 3,000 louisd'ors, which is to be trans-
mitted to her through the hands of Jacques; a goatherd,
who has informed her of the secret of their coming
fortune, which was previously unknown to her. Rose is
deeply attached to Stephan, a young huntsman, who
returns her affection, and, in despair at his being taken
by Le Joyeux, a recruiting officer, to serve iti the
army of the King of France, abstracts from the desk
of her mistress, Theresa, a rich fermiere, the sum of
1,500 louis, which legally releases her lover from
the hands of Le Joyeux, intending to replace it
when she receives her legacy from Jacques. The
money, however, not coming, Rose is charged by her
mistress with the robbery, and, arraigned before the
tribunal, is about to be condemned, when Theresa
suddenly withdraws her accusation, and declares that
Rose is innocent. Jacques has communicated to
Theresa the fact that Rose de Mai is her daughter,
and to save-the of her offspring, is satisfied to
expose herself to the opprobrium which attaches to
a wanton slanderer and false accuser. The character
of Rose de Alai, the heroine, was sustained by
Mademoiselle Charton, whose first appearance on the
scene was the signal for a burst of enthusiastic welcome
from one of the most brilliant audiences ever assembled
within the walls of the St. James's. Never has any
character been more charmingly sustained than was
that of Rose last evening by Mademoiselle Charton.
Her acting in the scene with the old Captain, in
which she deliberates as to whether she shall use the
money of Theresa to purchase the release of Stephan,
was beautiful, and nothing could exceed the plaintive
pathos which she infused into the romance ofthe second
act, when she discovers that Jacques has not returned,
and that consequently she will be accused of theft,
In graceful contrast with this scene was the one with
the Captain and Stephan, in which she constantly
reminds, aotte rose, the joyous and wine bibbing old
Captain, of his promise not to inform Stephan
of the name of his deliverer. This scene
was highly dramatic, both as regards the
situation and the music, and was admirably
rendered by Madlles. Charton and Chollet, and Lac
both new to the English public, but both excellent
artistes. M. Lac was the Stephan; his voice is a tenor,
of pure quality, and of considerable power and com-
pass. It has been exquisitely cultivated, and he last
night made a most favourable impression both in his
solos and concerted pieces. His Ircena dintrata was a
bravura song, which he rendered with infinite spirit,
and s hich at once secured him a high position in the
estimation of his audience. 111. Chollet, who acted
the old officer, is the prince of comic
actors and of comic singers ; there is a
quaintness and an originality about both his acting
..nd his singing that will, we think, render him an
especial favourite with the English public. His song,
"Je suis un Noble Ambassadeur," was admirably
given. The part of Georgette was acted with much
effect by Aladlle. Cotti, Hho is also new to the
English public, but whose admirable singing
and acting in this little part has already acquired for
her a high standing. M. Nathan, the new bari-
tone, acted the part of Jacques with much spirit, and
sang the music exquisitely; his opening song, with a
bagpipe accompaniment was exceedingly beautiful.
It is quite one of the gems of the opera. The part of
Saturnin, a foolish country gentleman, with a dash of
the dandy about him, was acted with much humour
by M. Killy Leroy, a pupil from the Conservatoire,
whose admirable style does infinite credit to his
training. Mademoiselle Guichard, who was heartily
welcomed when she first appeared, sung and acted
delightfully as Theresa. The orchestra, under the
direction of Hanssens, was perfection, and the
opera was excellently put on the stage. It
was highly applauded throughout, and Le
Tel d'Andorre will henceforth rank among
the most popular in the St. James's repertoire. The
National Anthem was sung at the conclusion of the
second act by Aldlles. Charton, Guichard, and the
company. The house was brilliantly attended.
Among those present we observed—The Duke of
Devonshire, the Russian Ambassador and the
Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the
Marquis of Titchfield, Earl of Belfast, Viscount
Cantilupe, the Countess of Essex, Lady
Frederick Beauclerc and Miss Beauclerc, Lord
Cranborne, Viscount Clifden, Sir Henry Webb, Lady
Quentin, Sir John Lyster Kaye, the lion. Mr. Levi-
son Gower, Mr. and Madame Azielle, Mr. and Mrs.
John Sanford, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. Spencer
Lyttleton, Mr. and Misses Boothby.

THE LATE RAT HUNT IN PAEIS —The scaven-
gers of Paris dined together on Sunday evering at
Boemrce gy,utoestcselwelirre pateretsheenitr,
andl atethre cover at-ch
was laid for
in the capital.
Some
165 persons. Mr. John Warton, of London, who had
purchased 600,000 rat-rkins at 10e. a piece, sent 25
bottles of champagne, and the two persons of Grenoble
who had at first been in treaty for the skies sent 50 bot-
tles of fine Macon. At the second service two enormous
pecks de Chatres were placed on the table, weighing 251 b.
each, on the crust of which was represented a scavenger
transfixing a rat with a lance. At the dessert,
M Desire Fargeau proposed as a toast La Repuidipit
honnete et moderee, and Mr. Georget Romain, " The
complete destruction of the gray rats of Norway and
the black ones of England:" The dinner coatinued to
12 o'clock at night, when the guests separated in great
good humour. Mr. J. Warton has paid 60,000 f. in
bons du tresor for the skins of the rats killed during the
15 days' hunt. This sum was divides amongst the 144
scavengers of Paris and their brigadiers, all of whom
have taken out a book at the savings'-bank, with an
inscription of 500 r., making up the difference themselves.
They all refused to accept the gratuity d. by he
EBsit I.7tihret ti ad —The
aain.
jsiMur.n
jic.ipN‘a?laitrytoonf
proposes
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tothemadkeestriaudeitelosn,
gloolrethseoftte
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skins.—Gc4lignani's Messenger.
an old woman named
OLD
Martha Shute, whose death occurred under circumstance*
corponEeArTtiOir BorrisAtoNl
of a painful nature during the night of Saturday.
ormi ids°
nis,
The
dgeuceeiitsle.desvrteornidaaYn, Aolnothweabsoiday the 67th year et her age,
resided at a place called Ploton•lane, in the district of
tWot James
r earsdi ttianangnd and
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neirt Paulecdh a
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rhe w
over
gown.a thes somewhatu fire,po a accidentallyfind iinngfi rrnhherself'
ra and
while e
she,
open i theair, taenr
and terror or
before o f th
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sfiisot
anecnet mm,e incautiously.
irna flai
nult oe sihseh
dered she wac burnt in a very severe manner. Medical
aid was rendered her as promptly as possible, but she
died from the effects of the burning. The jury returned
a verdict of " Accidental Death."

GLASGOW, JAN. s.—Cotton—Our market has
been quiet during the week, and the trade have supplied
themselves but sparingly. This may arise from some of
the mills being closed during the holidays, and partly
from the stock of cotton at Liverpool having turned ont
much larger than was estimated; prices, however, have
not shown any tendency to recede. The total imports
into Glasgow for 1849 have been 108,177 bales. The
stock on hand is 44,459 bales. We have had a brisk
sale for goods and yarns, and prospects of an improve-
ment are encouraging. Pig iron—There has been •
good business done in pig iron during the past week, and
to day the market closes, holders asking 425. 6d. for
mixed Nos. cash, and 495. three months open. Buyers
at 6d. per ton under those rates.

Bou Maza, who was set at liberty by the President
of the Republic, and who had quitted Ham to reside in
Paris, is again expected at the former place, where b•
intend,' to bx his residence,

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Secretary
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Benjamin Hall, the . PRICES OF SnARES
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANT: OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. ilea% cent. over
. proof, but other sorts met with Member for Marylebone :- From the Official List.
"Dingestow Court, near Monmouth,
--saa--_ attention, and prices are receeding ;
2a to 2s 10d for
there are sellers at fromFI7BLISHED ETENT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVZNING•
Dec. 28, 1849.
THE • LONDON GAZETTE. 20 to 32 per cent. over. For Brandy we quote Cognac
" Dear Sir,-I beg leave to enclose you a circular LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8.
....._____e„,„...
(THIS EVENING.) best brands of this vintage of 1848 at 4s 8d to 4s 10d,
1847 ditto at 5s 4d to 5s 6d, 1846 ditto at 5s 8d to 5s 10d, of the Copleston Testimonial, requesting you kindly JOINT-STOCS SANICS.
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1845 ditto at 6s 2d to 6s 4d, inferior sorts 2s 10d to 4s to support it, and make it known among your friends. •
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. 4d, and Bordeau at 2s 8d to 2s 10d per gallon. In Subscriptions will be received at the several branches Name of Company. Dividend Amount
per of Paid. Prise,
BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION. Geneva rather more business has been done at Is 9d to of the Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire Banking Annum. share.
1024050
000 000
224055 000 000 _____
VICTORIA, R.-Whereas our Parliament stands pro- is 10d, and fine at 2s 3d to 35 3d. British Corn Spirit Company, and by their correspondents, the London -- -
Joint Stook Company.-I am, yours faithfully, X s. d. Xs. d.
rogued to Wednesday, the sixteenth day of this instant has been reduced to 9s 6d proof, and Gin to 8s aBs 6d utstralasia ••.••• •• • • 31. per cent.
January, we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do for 17 to 22 per cent under proof, whilst moderate "S. B. BOSANQUET, Secretary and Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
iCG:oetai3Oyloulanoennieasitie....r..aar..."..........:....
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15766,511; :I.:
pppp
elpi:eeirrr
err cent.
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hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament rates are likely to remain, at least for the present. Treasurer.
" Sirißenjamin Hall, Bart., M.P." Cmunercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 --
shall be farther prorogued, on the said sixteenth day of OILS.--For Cocoa Nut prices have an upward ten-
-25 -0
0 0 -
January instant, to Thursday, the thirty-first day of dency; Ceylon realised 321 108 to 33/. lOs and Cochin 34/
.ondn and Weetruinstr 61. per cent. too 0 0 1205 00 0 L.
" London, Dec. 31, 1849.
January instant; and we have given order to our Chan- to 351 per tun. In Linseed Oil cosiderable purchases ~ ...
My Dear Sir -I have just received your letter of
°eller of that part of our United Kingdom called Great have been made, whilst prices continue in advance and
. the 28th inst., in, which vou re uest me to sunoort
232:1552030
1000:0 000000
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Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the rule at 31s to 31s 3d per cwt on the spot. Several con - - 1 , . London Joint-Stock .• •
W. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
thirty-first accordingly: and we do hereby further, with tracts have been entered into for delivery at 31s 6d to the Copleston Testimonial; and will state my rea- ti. i
teens!ov i
teto.e:i aNNoI
ceeff
Irelandl" a.. la ni ... ::::
the advice aforesaid, declare oar Royal will and pleasure, 31s 9d. Olive Oil continues in lively demand, and prices sons for feeling it right to decline complying with
that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday, the further advanced. Sales of Gallipoli have been made at 461 your wishes. I could not subscribe as an intimate
~,,,'-',raujgrWoletpl".;...iii: ''
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tat. Provncial of Eng. 1
thirty-first day of January instant, assemble and be to 471, and other sorts at 43/ lOs to 45/ 10s per tun; friend of the late Dr. Copleston, because my acquaint
iouth Australia . .......Si.per cent
holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important Rapeseed Oil has been more in request, pale at 425, once with him was only of an ordinary character, ano 22 10 0 -
Inion of Australia- • • 61. per cent.-
affairs : and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the brown 41s 6d, and foreign from 43s to 45s per cwt. I can, therefore, merely consider him in his public Ditt0........ •• •• •• i 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25
100 g -
Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commis- Palm at 32s to 33s for good and fine. For Cod Oil capacity-as a member of the Legislature, ann 'nion et London. •. • • 61. percent. SO -0
0 to 0 0 --
aioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, holders require 301 103 to 311 per tun. Seal met with as
Bishop of the diocese of Llandaff; in Union of Madrid 1 - 40 0040 0 0 -
are hereby required and commanded to give their at- more attention. Pale realised 89/ to 391 lOs,
neither of these ca a "t* do I think that pci ies INSURANCE COMPANIES.
tendance accordingly, at Westmiuster, on the said Thurso straw and tinged 351 to 381, yellow and brown
testimonial merited. In his political a public is 6:11i
.:
(perip, per rr
cent.
tee
nil' 1
ttt .. . too
1504;o - - .0o:0 uOOOO
day, the thirty-first day of January instant. 31/ to 34/. In Southern holders require from Dividend Amount
character he was not respected by either Whigs Name of Company.
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--per
- 50(1::71 5011104. 0 Prue.
IS
Given at our Court, at Windsor, this eighth day of 311 to 541 for low to fine quality. Sperm continues
. in
Tories,in ofthe frequent .1 *- Aninun. Share'
11400 90. 50. 41
1 aO. 40' 70
January, in the. year of our Lord one thousand excellent request, and as supplies are small, prices rule or consequence
00 0 0 50 0 6%
eight hundred and fifty, and in the thirteenth year firm; fine Colonial realized 83/ to 84/, American Si! lOs of his opinions from the year 1830 downwards;
to 821, and Headmatter 85/ to 861 per tun. whilst as Bishop of Llandaff the inconsistency of he, Alai
Dittoibilannce.
m.B.
a; i.rti...a.e.r.ildi ..............Si. 7611.1:41e5.
r6l dcicn bt ,
of our reign. Teeeove-In the value of Russian little variation conduct was still more remarkable. He was Bishop
God save the Queen.
Y of a Welsh diocese •; and it was his duty not to appoint as.riti
'tlill•i Commercial - 75.per•share• 80 00 00 ! 6. 11 "
138.6 d prsh
At the Court at Windsor, the Bth day of January, has transpired during the last few days, but onl
Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in moderate
_. purchases
c h e been made. On the
isheld have
38s - '- '
1850: present, the
414 per cent. 20 0 o Au paid. 10
s. 00 0 0 10 0 e -
5 0 0 14
CounciL Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, fine P. Y
upon the representation of the Right Honourable the for delivery in two next months 38s 6d, but lower
But,. it is well known that this duty he continuall) 14s.
Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to rates :ire not expected to prevail. Home made is
disregarded ; and, when he was called upon to appoint
, 3,-
le leer al. .
..
.................
.:mperial Fire ........ 121. per cent. 500 0 o 50 e 0 22$5
eeler Lingen, Esq., to be cheaper, and 41s is the value, subject to the usual
appoint Ralph Robert Wh.
allowances for cash payment. The supply exceeds D , two Chancellors, and two Archdeacons, h
a ears ....
Aseistant-Secretary to the said Committee. selected five gentlemen to fill those offices, only one olaardian .......... • • si.ce
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ADMIRALTY, DEC. 31, 1849. dealers wants. Of other sorts of Tallow large parcels 100 0 0 36 10 0 42
Her Majesty does not require that the Officers of the have been aol, but at rather lower terms. At auctio 43 of whom up to the present period is conversant with
Imperial Life • • • • • • •• 12s
Fleet or Royal Marines should, from the 6th January casks old P. Y. C. went at 37s for first (sort; 139 pkgs the Welsh language-and yet he refused to institute :adeinnity Marine •• •• 11. sh.ic bs. 100 0010 0 0 15%
any other mourning for her late Majesty the wile ked 5s 6d to 37s 3d; 217 casks; Petersburgh two clergymen, who were nominated by the Lord Law Fire ........ •• •• - 100 80
80
8 13
1 37
next, wear ~,,, Life............ I/ 16, 210 0 2%
Queen Dowager than a black crape round the lett arm Soap 33s 3d to 355; 75 casks Taganrog Chancellor, alleging (most properly) that the gentle-
,too o o 10 0 0 42
egal and General Life • ' -
till the 20th Jaauary, when the mourning will cease. Sheep taken in at 365, and 47 casks men so nominated were inadmissible in consequent* Licensed Victuallers .. 50 0 0 20 0 4
-500 I 0 0 %
JOHN PARKER. Archangel at the same period, but 597 casks and 30 of their being ignorant of the language of their intended London Fire .. ••• • • • 108. 25 II 01210 0 16%
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 3, 1850. skins Sydney sold at from 34s 3d to 38s 3d for low to flocks. Yet the B• London Ship ••.•• • • ••
'shop had himself recently made the 'hews_
........ Ist toe es 0 0 12 10 41 16%
Corps of Royal Marines.-To be Second-Lieutenants fine; 889 boxes, and 129 casks South American 33s 3d five appointments to which I have just referred, and had ded. Invlid &Gen. Life 434 per share 100 0015 0 0 9
.--Gentlemen Cadets James Stirling Mould, Charles Du to 36s per cwt. For public sale the quantity of Tallow for m iational Loan Fund I. per et. 50 0 e 211 0 2%
any years allowed clergymen to enter upon and ion - gl.percent. 20 0 2 10 0
Cane Williams, Frederick Augustus Foster, Henry declared is 1,700 pkgs. Rough Fat is quoted at 2s 3d al Life... ..... St sr cent. 100 0 0 5
61.Pe-6:. nt. 65°08;a0ck,o0 aa 0 6%
to hold Welsh livings, who were as much unacquainted huseium me ....... ~ •P 0 0 -
Freeland, Alexander Tait, and Philip Harrington. per stone of 81bs.
- se p.sh.Lbs. - -
• 01. per cent. 80 0 0 3 0 0 21 Os.
THE NATIONAL DEBT.
. ?rueidesi rare.
with the native language of their parishioners Pelican •• •• --- - ..
max .. • _ _
41. per cent. 20 0 0 1-0
o
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury FISHING BOAT: (SCOTLAND). as were the gentlemen nominated by the Lord 't ()teeter Life-. ...1:41
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction On Saturday a blue book appeared containing the Chancellor. It would be well, indeed, if our Bishop
loyal Exchange,....' . 1..1*.
'oak Life.. • •• •• 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th report of Captain Washington on the loss of life and on would take example from the plan now adopted b 1 ss.
61. per cent. Stock.
50 0 010 0 5%
Geo. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue the damage caused to fishing boats on the east coast of the Roman Catholics, and which has always been sun Fire -
- 203
- 205
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Ditto Lite • • ..... li. el. -
Scotland in the gale of the 19th of August, 1848. The acted upon by the Dissenters, in the appointment of
th'ited Kingdom :•• •• 41. per cent. 20 0 0 4-0
0 47
beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year niversal Life..., ....
first portion of the report refers to local inquiries spiritual pastors. The former of these denomination,
0% pr cnt. leo 0 0 2 0 • -
ended the 10th day of October, 1849, amounted to the •oriaoria Life -
instituted principallyat Wick, Banff, Fraserburgh, has now a college in Wales for the education ot •• ••••• .
Si. per cut. - 4 0 0 4%
sum of one million two hundred and eleven thousand and Peterhead, and including thedistrictsfromPent- -
DOOMS.
eight hundred and forty-five pounds five shillings; land Frith to Berwick. The total number of boats Catholic priesthood intended for ministration in the
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Dividend Amount
lost or damaged on the coast of Scotland during principality may henceforth be properly qualified, sam„s coin
Dividend
per of Paid. Price.
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of three hundred
the terrible ale in question amounted to 124 their and be able to converse, preach, and pray in the Annum. Share.
and two tnousand nine hundred and sixty-one pounds
ail shillings and threepence (being one- fourth part of value to 7,011 ~ and the number men
g /of drowned' to Welsh language • and the Welsh Dissenters naves ------ --
Ditto Bonds ..
.. ••--.
the said surplus of one million two hundred and eleven 100. The misery hereby entailed on the poor fishermen select a minister 'who is not thoroughly conversant east and west imps... Si. pr cent. Sgtosc.k.ll. A 1. 1.
_
that language.s a 1 t Country ...... 208. per sh. 100 0 0 - -
thousand eight hundred and forty-five pounds five shil was great, and the list of widows and orphans is with 2l
London .... . .
lings) will be applied under the provisions of the said truly formidable. A review of the evidence ad- "During the 21 years that Dr. Copleston has hehi Si.. pr cent. . Stock, - 119
-
Act, between the 7th day 01 January 1850, and the sth duced in the course of Captain Washington's in. the see of Llandaff, I will undertake to say that it.Katharins ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - -
$054
day of April 1850, to the following purposes; viz.:- quiry shows that the grand cause of the loss of Dissent in that diocese has not only flourished, but Ditto, Scrip ....... . - - - -
To be applied to the purchase of stock £302,961 6 3 life
and property, and the increased risk connected has increased to a greater extent than during an.) Ditto Bonds- .... • . 4%1. pr cent. - -
iouthampton • • ...... 24111 per
cent.
AO -0
0 50 0 0 --
Add Interest receivable on account of with the fisheries, is the want of good harbours, previous 40 years that can be selected. By the re
donations and bequests, to be applied accessible at all times. "It is not the construc- turns made to the House of Commons last session, slit.IDGEB
to the purchase ut stock ... ... 3,787 3 7 Lion of two or more larger central harbours of refuge it appears that in the diocese of Llandaff there are Dividend Amount
---Name of Company. per f Paid. Price.
£306,748 910 that is wanted, but a general deepening and improve- about 257 places of worship attached to the Egli. Annum. Shere.
National Debt Office, Jan; 7, 1850. ment of all the existing rivers and harbours along the Wished Church. If two services were performed each
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A. s. d. Z. a. 41.
S. BIGIIASt, Comptroller-General. eastern coast of Scotland." Nor would the improve. Sunday in every church and chapel there would be 514 ;harin
RUPTS.g-croes•• •• •• ••
ment of these harbours be attended with any eery services every Sunday; instead of which it appears iouthwrk,Nw Sub.A.v. - 632 12 8 - - - -
1534
BANK 2
William Bedford, farmer, Fen Drayton, Cambridge- considerable outlay. The want of good harbours, by the same Parliamentary returns, there are not more Ditto NNI 0 f 734 p.c. 3se per cent. 50
_..0 0
60 -0
0 258%
g
shire, to surrender Jan. 18, at twelve, and Feb. 23, at however, although the primary, is not Vaterloo ..... • ' - 100 0 0 -
the only evil, than 371 services, out of which only 35 are performec Ditto Old Ann.. .1;811 11.45. Od.
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Punneli, official Minor points claim attention, the remedy for which in the Welsh language ; and according to statement, Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 25
assigne- GuilohJl,cltamb,rs; Hutson, Upper Clifton- is in the hands of the fishers and curers them- which have recently been published, there are within iauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 70 10 3 - -
practice of hiring men to complete sixparishes alone, •
street, Fah-bury. selves. The
Edward Farrar, apothecary, Guildford-street, Jan. 22,
the crew - the majority raw landsmen-is a far-
Welsh services every Sunday in the Dissenting , Dividend Amount
at One, and Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
tile source of danger and destruction ; and a second chapels, besides 210 Welsh services in the same Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
ruptey. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
evil is the national, •
and, as it would seem, ineradicable chapels:during the week, making a total of 350 Welst, i
Basinghall-street; May and Sweetland, Queen-square,_
}rand Junction .... •••• i
- Bloomsbury. vice of drunkenness. Drinking to excess is common services weekly in only six parishes of the diocese,
east L0nd0n........ Annum. Share.
X 11. d. X s. 4.
91. 100 0 0 - 15134
Edward Viers victualler, Totnes, Devonshire, Jan. amongst fishermen, and it is directly encouraged by which is a striking contrast to the 85 provided by the 112
16 and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. the practice 'of making bargains with whisky. An- Church for the entire district under the sanction o' i 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - 75
Lambeth .. ....... ... 41. per cut. 50 0 0 -
Hernaman, tflicial assignee, Exeter; Tureer, Exeter. other evil is the system of bounties between the curer the late Bishop of Llandaff, to whose memory it h. i Si.per cut. 100 0 0 -9,
' New Rivr Lndn Brdge 1 21, 10s.
GAS-LIGHT. - 45
Elias Cocker, cotton manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. and the fishermen, which is unnecessary, and induces now proposed to erect a public testimonial. Vauxhall •••••••• •• .. Si.per cat. 100 0 0 - 95
24 and Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District extravagant and reckless habits in the men. Again, a "We have lately had a new bishop appointed, who Vest Middlesex.- 121
'au.Nosn. pr
eonot.„
Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Ascroft, little more attention to the state of the barometer might once lived in a neighbouring Welsh diocese, and I
Oldham. often be the means of saving the fishermen from much trust that his Lordship will minister to the spiritual -COMPANZICS.
• risk, and from many an anxious and fruitless night at requirements of the Welsh inhabitants of his diocese, esem„e
MARKET INTELLIGENCE. sea. The last point is the build of the boats, on and avoid the errors of his predecessor, who was, company, per of
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
(From the London New Price Current, Jan. 8.) which the fishers on the east coast are diametrically notwithstanding, a kind hearted and a charitable man; -
SCOAR.-To-day West Lelia, Sugar was in excellent£. s. d. A. s. d.
dfellows
oppose to their on the south and west coast of and, as one of the most eminent classical scholars of stitish ..........., .. It. 40 00la • 0 14
request ior home trade urposes, and higher rates byDitto Provincial....
6d to Is were obtained for bright grocery and strong England ; the former maintaining that none but open the day, •
,3righto .. 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 • 18
•• 41. per cent. 20 0 0
working sorts, inferior brown realized rather higher rates. boats are fit for the herring fishery, and the latter as position he occupied as provost of Oriel College. ° city of London .... __
101. 100 0 0 155 5 0 230 ,
The purchases amounted to 1,050 hhds, &c., including at strongly contending for decked or half-decked vessels. Oxford; but was, in my humble judgment, total]) OontinentalConsolidat 92 h 75
3. pr s ar• 0 0 31 4 ft 30
auction 150 hhds 14 tees Barbadoes, which went with Captain Washington, having taken the trouble to collect unfitted to promote the interests of the Established , equitable- .... • 530 t perr
csehnatr.e 66: 00 0
: g 0
00 27
spirit at an advance on last sales' rates of 6d to Is per a mass of scientific evidence, expresses a hope that the Church in the Welsh diocese of Llandaff, over which independent ......... 61.1p)er cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 ::
cwt; fine yellow realized 425, good 40s to 41s 6d and Scottish fishermen will lay aside their foolish prejudices, he has since presided.-I am, my dear Sir, yours '...00
Ddon.• ........... - CO 0040 0 0 -
-
low to middling 38s 6d to 39s 6d; whilst 42 trcs Jamaica and that the Scotch builders will adopt such improve- sincerely, "B. HALL. - 40 11 040 0 0
Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 210 0 -
were taken in at 39s to 41s for yellow, being above the inents as may secure the fishers against the dreadful "S. B. Bosanquet, Esq., Phcenix . ...... •• • ... 4%1. per ct. SO 0 0 49 0 0 29
value. On the part of holders of West India there is dangers which they now encounter. The grand Dingestow Court, near Monmouth." tatcliff .. -. . ...... SI. 100 0 0 90 0 0 7b
much firmness,United General. •• .• • • 'lc 6d• 50 0 0 50 0 0 14).
measure of reform, after all, is the deepening and --Merthyr Guardian. Westminster Chartered 31. SO 0 0 - 46
REFINED.-Today Refined Sugar was purchased
improvement of the harbours on the east coast of
with greater freedom to home consumption, and prices --,
bcotland, and the placing of them under proper A CELEBRATED PAIR OF BAGPIPES.
are firmer. Sales of brown Lumps were made at 50', CANALS,
and fair grocery at 51s to 521. The market is still firm control. The value and importance of the A gentleman in this town sends us the following
for Bonded Crushed. Scotch fisheries -is immense. The total pro- extract from a Canadian paper, describing the history Names of c„ ; I ,
e Dividend Names et i Dividend
MAURITIUS.-This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in duce of the fishing in 1848 was 999,345 of a pair of bagpipes, which, he says, have beet Companies. ,41 . per Price. Companies. .; per prim
excellent demand, and at public sale 4,487 bags 48 casks barrels of herrings, value 1,000,0001. D • During the playing for him in Inverness during the Christma' lit AJIDUM.
,'Annum.
to 1
- -.
went at an advance on Friday's rates of 6d to is per same period 364,951 cwt. of
cod
and ling were holidays :-" At the procession of the St. Andrew', £ ! x
cwt; good and fine yellow realized 39s 6d to 41s, low to taken. The hkshtnic 0
idh 97, IL , 113 Macclesfield . 100 21. 105. 40
uum ,er of boats employed was 15,062, Society of Toronto, in honour of the Governor
middling 373 6d to 38s, good to fine brown 36s to 375. and the Gene garusfa7•••• 16.1 121. 150 Neath •• •• • • 100 161 340
number of fishermen 60,346, besides 97,447 ral, last Friday, a pair of bagpipes were used belong arknk&Abrg 150 Si. 65 Oxford.. •• •• 100 201. 155
ordinary and middling 3he to 353, low dark soft 265 to persons engaged in curing the fish. The tonnage ing to Mr. Mackenzie Fraser Macre', f Kin -.
t rmingham 35 41. 3 Peak Forest. 7S 81.11•, 70
304, arid ordiniry to floe grey 36s t ) 39e
, uoventry..•. 100 25/. ' 210 Regent'.•• • • 33 11. 2s. la
of the vessels employed in conveying salt and to which an interestin hisser ' '
EAST INDIA.-This afternoon the market was freely istory is attached Derby •• • - 100 61. 63 Rochdale.. •• as 41. 4034
exporting herrings was 66,214, and the number of These pipes, which are believed ellsmrekChs 133 565. 41 Somraet Coal 150 71.105. 130
supplied with Bengal Sugar. - The parcels offered at the The fish-boats to be among the best
public sale amours dto 8,275 bags, about 1,200 bags crews 5,097. tonnage of the was ever manufactured, were made about a hundred '4:rewash • 321. Do.LkFdSt 12 aP.c. -
years
126 9 JrandJunctn 100, Si. RA Stffrd &Wore 140 ?1.11.: 450
were withdrawn; the remainder sold freely at an advance , 46, and the total value of boats, nets, and lines, ago, for the Duke of Gordon, father of the last Duke, Cirand Surrey 100 Si. 30 Shrewsbury.
of 6d; strong yet re,,li,ed 39s 6d to 45s 6d; brown ditto 1,250,0781.-not (be it observed) the capital of mer- long known as the Marquis of Huntly. After beinpr ./rrand Union 100 11. les. 24 Stoarbridge..• 125
45 '''
1 201. 300
34s to 395, strong white 47s to 48s, yellow-like Mauri- chants or fish-curers, but the property of the poor in his possession for some years, they wer 1t ' Grantham - 150 - - Severs and
- 1 ~ „,
een to Sennt & ATII 39 7e. 6d, 534 WYeltail. j 26." ".
. tins 34s to 39s 6d, middling to fine white Beuares 40s to fishermen, who, if he loses his boat, loses his all. Captain Simpson Fraser when about to proceed to fmnALiTrP 100 301. 32b Warwick&
425, soft yellow 33s to 38e 6d, and brown 30s 6d to 31s. America as a Captain of the 78th regiment, and Leicester.... 140, Si. 63% Rirming. J 100 41. 83
Or Madras 6,522 bags were offered, arid the chief part OLD ROTNSCHILD.-THE PAINS OF AVARICE.-
thwere used at the taking of Quebec, in 1759. ..erestreNth 8341. 45 Warwi k
sold at 6d to is advance: soft brown realised 29s 6d to It was not an unvaried sunshine with this gentleman. ey Loughborogh 142 701. 650 ck } Si. 43
Napton. 100
At [the close et the war they were brought to Konmouthsh 100 $l. - Worcatr i
3ls 6d,
,} ellow ditto 3s2a to 34s 6d, grocery yellow, but There were periods when his gigantic capital seemed • Hntgemryalt 100 - - Bith ~ i7B 31. 42
not strong, 35i to 38s p, r c et. likely to be scattered to the four quarters of the globe. Scotland, to their owner, at Castle Gordon, and after leltnliwbrylloo - - W nn-"'
.. . „ . ilts k Brks -14 s. 9

MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in
excellent demand, and at public sale 4,487 bags4B casks
went at an advance on Friday's rates of 6d to is per
cwt; good and fins yellow realized 393 6d to 41s, low to
middling 37s 6d to 38s, good to fine brown 36s to 375.
ordinary and middling 32s to 355, low dark soft 26a to
30s, and ordinary to flue grey 36s t.) 39t 6d per cwt.
EAST lisDlA.—This afternoon the market was treely
supplied with Bengal Sugar. • The parcels offered at
public sale amoun ed to 8,275 bags, about 1,200 bags
were withdrawn; the remaindftr sold freely at an advance
of 6d; strong yel re”li,ed 39a 6d to 45s 6d; brown ditto
34s to 395, strong white 47s to 48s, yellow-like Mauri-
tius 34s to 39s 6d, middling to fine white Beuares 40s to
425, soft yellow 33s to 38s 6d, and brown 30s 6d to 31s.
Or Madras 6,522 bags weer offered, and the chief part
sold at 6d to is advance: soft brown realised 29s 6d to
3ls 6d, }allow ditto 312 s to 34s 6d, grocery yellow, but
not strong, 35s to 38s ptr cwt.
FOREIGN.—By priv,te treaty 1,400 bags of Pernams,
in bond, have been sold at 23s to 24s 6d; 22k' chests
brown Bahia at 19s;-2,500 chests of yellow Havannab,
duty paid, 39s 6,1 to 41e 6d, and 12,000 bags Manilla and
7,000 baps Paraiba, the particulars of which have not
been allowed to tranapin,. At auction 620 hhds Porto
Rico were ifs part sold, brown 36s to 375, and yellow
37s 61 to 49: but 7,350 bags of Manilla were taken ,in
at 35s to 36s for bri•we, and at 37s to 38, for yellow.
The public sales dLclarrd are rather of as important
nature.

OLD ROTNSCHILD.—THE PAINS OF AVARICE.—
It was not an unvaried sunshine with this gentleman.
There were periods when bis gigantic capital seemed
likely to be scattered to the four quarters of the globe.
He had also other sources of apprehension. Threats of
murder were not unfrequent. On one occasion he was
waited nn by a stranger, who informed him that a plot
had bean fortmd to take his life; that the loans which
he had made Austria, and his connexion with Govern-
ments adverse to the liberties of Europe marked him for
assassina ion ; and that the mode by which he was to
lose his life was arranged. But though Rothschild
smiled outwardly at those and similar threats, they said
wao krew him best, that his mind was always troubled by
these remembrances, and that they haunted him at mo-
ments when he would willingly have forgotten them. Oc.
casionally his fears took a ludicrous form. Two tall,
moustachioed men were once shown into his counting.
house. Mr. Rothschild bowed; the visitors bowed; and
their hands wandered first in one pocket and then in
another. To the anxious eye of the millionaire, they
assumed the form of persons searching for deadly weapons.
No time seemed allowed for thought; a ledger, without
a moment's warning, was hurled at the intruders; and in
a paroxysm of fear he called for assistance to drive out
two customers, who were only feeling in their pockets
for letters of introduction. There is no doubt that he
dreaded assassination greatly. "You must be a happy
man, Mr. Rothschild," said a gentleman who was sharing
the hospitality of his splendid home, as he glanced at
the superb apartments of the mansion, " Happy—l
happy!" was the reply. "What! happy, when just as
you are going to dine, you have a letter placed in your
hsn d, saying, If you do not send 5001. I will blow
your brains out ?' Happy)—l happy!" And the fact
that he frequently slept with leaded pistols by his side is
an indirect evidence of a constant excitement on the
subject.—Characters of the Stock Exchange. _ _

A gentleman in this town sends us the following
extract from a Canadian paper, describing the history
of a pair of bagpipes, which, he says, have beet
playing for him in Inverness during the Christma'
holidays :—" At the procession of the St• Andrew's
S.rciety of Toronto, in honour of the Governor Gene
ral, last Friday, a pair of bagpipes were used belong-
ing to Mr. Mackenzie Fraser Macre'', of Kingston,
to which an interesting history is attached
These pipes, which are believed to be among the best
ever manufactured, were made about a hundred year,
ago, for the Duke of Gordon, father of the last Duke,
long known as the Marquis of Huntly. After being
in his possession for some years, they were lent to
Captain Simpson Fraser when about to proceed to
America as a Captain of the 78th regiment, and
they were used at the taking of Quebec, in 1759.
At 'the close et the war they were brought to
Scotland, to their owner, at Castle Gordon, and after
being used long there, were made a present of, about
60 years ago, to Donald Macrae, father of the present
owner, by the Marquis of Huntly, as a prize at tht
annual competition at Edinburgh. Macrae having
joined the 42d regiment as Pipe-Major, carried
his valuable instrument to the wars, and there
played the same inspiring notes at the landing at
Egypt, under Sir Ralph Abercromby, as had been
done under the walls of Quebec. At the con
conclusion of the short peace, the pipes ceased to sound
to the battle field. But on the breaking out of the
war, the new 78th having been chiefly raised on the
estate of Lord Seaforth, Macrae joined that regiment,
taking his pipes with him. The first occasion of
which they were used was at the battle of Maida,
in Calabria, under Sir John Stuart, where
the 78th signalised themselves by their gallant
charge on . superior numbers of their opponents.
The 78th was afterwards engaged in many of the
battles in Spain and Portugal. At the battle o!
Corunna Macrae was wounded and left on the field—
but careful of his valuable pipes, he dispatched then
with a comrade to a place of safety. The pipes have
been in thirty•two engagements. In 1826 they were
transferred by the veteran to his son, the present
owner, who now holds a situation in the Custom
house at Kingston. His father yet lives in Scotland,
and is now in bis hundredt year."—lnverness Courier

LIST OP SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES
IFzi/Icje,,d Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-- -__....
X s. d.
Sank of Scotland
iritish Linen Company C. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 225
Jaledontan Bank
‘7.lty of Glasgow Rank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12%
;lydesdale Bank • 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13%
lommercial Bank .• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 168
.;astern Bank 6l. per cent. 25 6 0 10 0 0 61%
Ldinlz.ic Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 61. lls
.I.'aehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 21k
isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
iational Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
forth of Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 234
\forth British Bank • • - _ .... _
toys,' Rank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 198
znion Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 Ai
Western Baalc • • • • • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74
iberdeen Fire and Life 73%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 2
B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 0 10 0 -
Iritish Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 13..1 Od
laledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
•Murch of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Mr of Glasgow Life •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0- 2 0 0 21. Ti
:11nburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 j 20
East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 0 15 0 95.0 d.
Eng. & Scot, Law Life bl. per cent. 50 0 0 2 17 6 I -
61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 IL 101
.lercules Insurance Co. 7L per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -5411.. per
per cent. IC*
10 00 00
100
10 0 35. 6d.
I.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ! 24
; TrEn -
LifeoaArtuitrolh.ns
British
oloricF.
Mercantilet .
ioi
srofhet Life
aisc
Insur.
ot.sdin.tnif.:(l..ll f d
e.
555:11..
Der
er precut.
Cent. qi.
00 0 0
per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1206.6 d
Al. per cent. 50 : 0 4
gorth & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1
icottish Life and Guar. -^ 20 0 0 0 11 0 -
-Scot. Alas. and Gen• Life 6
1. - 0 0 0 15 0 I -
standard Life • • • • •• _
1 0 0 135 Od
Unit
Dug CELLANZOTTAL. 50
00 123:06%d
100 0 0 30 0
00
_l6
S Dividend
Amount
tteisd hpUenpi.oAn
Assurance
per of
Name of Company. Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
------. -______
...---
X. a. d. X. e. 0.
21. 68. 60 0 0
Auction Mart •• ....., - 25
Australian Agricultarl 11.
10 0 0 10 0
-
Ditto, Half Shares.. -2 10 0 -
100 0 0
51 per cent. 32 10 0 26
Canada ... • • ........ .
Anglo-Mexican Hint..
Uppr Canada Bonds Si. per - -
-
Pity Navigation ..., - -
2/ 100 0 01 100 0 91
Gen. Revers. &Invest. 5 p. c.fk bs, 0 _
cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 3
Eqnitable Reversienry 51. pr
15 0 0 14 I°
Gen•SteamNavigazloo 11.8 s. 0 0 25
London Institution ... - - 1 78
" o -
Russell Institution.... - - , 26 5 0
__
Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 81. Per cent. 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 75%
cent. 100 0 0 100 0 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr 0 9234
100 0 0 '
1 60 0 0 -
Royal Mail Steam.... Si 18..4. p• c
hare 25 0 0 . 25 0 0
South Australian •.... ii. per s •
11.
4s.
cent. -
100 0 0 ,
Van Dieman's Land., - 23 0 0 2

MOLASSES -To day there was much inquiry after
Foreign Sugar, wid the private operations in Manilla
since Friday havo been 20,000 bags Mandl), at frum
15., 6d to 20a p,r cwt.

COFFEE. 711-a afzcrnoon Cpylon Coffee met with
great attention, and. prices further advanced for all sorts.
'The public sales proceeded pith spirit and the quantity
offered amount d to 2,468 nags and 176 casks, whilst all
soot at a further advance of Is 61 to 2s for Plantation,
and 2s to 23 61 for Native; Plantation ord. and good ordi
nary fetched 633 to 645, fine and fine fine ordinary 65s
to 675, low mid 683 to 70$, and mid 72s to 735, goud
mid 74s to 75?, and Native good ordinary 65a to 65s
6d. The rise since the day week is 53 to 6. on Planta-
tion, and 9s to 103 on Native. Of Madras sixty-four
bags wont Or: high rat: s of 651 to 725. Mocha
149 baliis weut at 80s 6d 853 for good yellow. At a
late hour this afternoon sales of good ordinsry- Native
Ceylon were made by private tresty at 66s to 66s 61, and
clean Plantation was with difficulty to be obtained under
$7- per cwt.
Cocoa.--British Plantation bas been purchased with
more fre:dom, and rather higher rates have been paid
for all sorts; there is also a further increase in the
supply. For red Trinidad prices rule from 42s to 50s,
and grey 40s to 44s per c t. A greater disposition has
been shown to operate in Foreign, and prices exhibit a
further rise. By private treaty 1,000 bags Para were
sold, the chief part at Ells per cwt, whilst a further ad-
vance is expected te occur.
TEA.—There has again been a large demand for infe-
rior sorts of Congou, which have brought a further ad-
vance, making a rise from the lowest point of the market
of 2d per lb. The value of ordinaay and good
common is now 10d to lOid per lb, at which there are
mot free sellers. Sales of mixed blaskish leaf have been
made at lid to Is, blackish leaf is id to Is lid, ditto
strong Is 2d to is 4d, and Pekoe flavour Is 5d to
is 10d. In Sonchong operations are upon a larger
wale at 10d to is 10d, and better sort 2s to 2s 6d.
Green has been in excellent decand, and prices
are still on the rise, but ord and mid sorts are the
most in request, and on these there is an advance
loom the lowest point of ld to 2d per lb. For Gunpow-
der quotations rule for Canton made at is 6d to is Bd,
Hyson sort is is 10d to 4s, Imperial Canton is 3d to
is 6d, Ryson kind is 7d to 3s, Young Hyson 10d to
Is 9d, better sort Is 10d to 3s; Hyson low to
mid is Id to Is' good to fine is 10d to 2s 4d;
Hyson skin 9d to Is 2d - Twankay, ordinary, 7d to
744, better sort 8d to lid, and Caper 9d to /s 6d.
Other sorts of Tea find a more ready sale. Flowery
Pekoe Is to 3s 4d, black leaf lod to Is 2d, and plain
Orange
e 10d to is per lb. No public sale is at
decla. •
sold present
Rica.—The quantity of East India Rice privately
to-day, since this day week, has
been
c 16,0006,000 bags,
chiefly at from 104 6d to lls for white ngal; these
rates are full) 3d per ewt above those current last w k
SAGO.--Tnis :Ahern ,on at public sale 474 boxes Pearle.
add at 223 6d to ..,133, and better sorts 23s 6d to 24s 6d
per cwt.
SPICES.—To- day at public sale 490 pockets 57 bags
East India Ginger sold; ord rough Ben; al, a little wormy,
at 205, and low malabur 18 per cwr.
COCHINEAL This afternoon the quantity of Cochi-
neal ,übmitted to public sale :mounted to 200 bags, and
the &mond was dull. whil-t a small pica wai only sold
at 1,1 p r 1,•. d. cline; Hot auras silvers went a'; 45 ld te
4s Si., black 4s 23 to 4s sd: Mexican silvers 4s Id to
4s 31, and blacks 4s 5d to 4s 6d per cwt.
_

HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN FRANCE.—A. most daring
robbery was committed last week, in open day,
by a band of armed men, on the road between
Brignolles and Cuers, near ,Toulon. The receiver-
general of the department was in the habit of
periodically sending a sum of money to Toulon.
On the 28th ult. this took place as usual. The
money was deposited in a chest, and placed in a cart
drawn by one horse, and escorted by two gendarmes on
foot. The road was very slippery from the ice, and on
ascending a hill a short distance from Roquebaron, the
gendarmes had deposited their carbines on the
cart, and were pushing the wheels on either
side, in order to assist the horse, when a
volley was suddenly fired at them from the wood which
skirted the road. One of the guards fell mortally
wounded, and the other was immediately surrounded by
eight armed men, two of whom attacked bim while the
others took the money-chest from the cart and carried it
into the wood. The carman took to flight at the first
report of the guns. Several shots were afterwards fired
at the other gendarme, but fortunately without effect,
and the robbers at length went off, leaving behind them
a waisscoat, which it is hoped may lead to the detect
Lion of the gang. An alarm was given, and patrols
termed to scour the country. The chase was
afterwards found in the wood broken, and emptied of its
contents, amounting to 18,000 f. The mea were all either
marked, or dressed in a manner to prevent recognition,
but from the waistcoat found it is supposed that they
were artisans, and not peasans.

COURSE OF EXCH)
♦ nstercitun •• •• 12 214
Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 0
ttottcrdam .... • ..... 12 234
Antwerp .• •• .• •• •• •• 25 67h
H.imburgh 13 12N
Paris, 3 days'sight 25 42%

Ditto, 3 months .... 25 65
Marseilles •••• •• ••.. • • 25 65
Bourdeaux...... • 25 65
Frankfort on Mains.... 122
Petersburgh, 511. Rbls.. 37%
Berlin • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••
Vienna, effec. flo ••• • •• 11 21
Rrieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 21
adrid • .. • .• 49%
Cadis •• • • •• • • •• • • •• •• 49%
Bilbao.. •
Barcelona • • • • • . •• • • • •
Se7111e•• •• •• •• •• •• ••

LNGE.—(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar.. •• •• •• •• •• ••
Leghorn ........ ••.. • • 30 85
'leaoa •• .. 24 30
Milan .. •• •• •• ••.• ••
Venice • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Naples ••••••• • • • • • • • 40N
Palerrno, peroz •••• •• .. 1214
Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 12115 i
Lisbon • • • • • •• •• •• •• •• 53
0p0rt0.... • • .... • • .. • • 533(
Rio Janeiro —
Buenos Ayres —
New York. 21 days'sight
Philadelphia .... • • ....

MUNI or BULLION, ?ZZ os.
Foreign Gold tub:us-43 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 10%
Silver is bars ........ 0 4 11%

INCENDIARY FIRE. Between twelve and one,
on Thursday night a fire, which it is feared there is tot,
much reason to suspect was caused by the hand of at
incendiary, broke out on the farm of Mr. Strat-
ton, of Manningford, near Hungerford. Tha firs
hid not only gained great ascendency when
the outbreak was first witnessed, but it wa,
discovered in two extensive ricks, which, it is strongly
suspected, were both ignited at the same time, in
order that the malicious design of the incendiary might
be efftctive. Owing to the loneliness of the spot,
added to its being midnight, but little assistance was
obtainable, and the wind blowing a gentle breeze at
the time, the flames under its influence raged and
spread alarmingly. The two ricks, one of them being
the produce of five acres of corn, and the other a large
stack, besides other farm property, were eventually con-
sumed. Great exertions were made to extinguish
the flames, w hich were fortunately aided by the wind
changing arid diverting them from the remain-
ing property. From the situation of the ricks in
the farmyard, near the road, some distance from any
house, and through which there is no public thorough-
fare, coupled with the late hour at which the fire broke
out, it seems hardly probable that the conflagration
could hnve been the result of accident. The property
was fully it:roared in the Norwich Union Fire-offlee.
Much distress prevails among the agriultural labourers
in this part of the county, consequent on several of the
largest farms acing now tenantless.
THE Loss OF THE CALEB GRIMSHAW.—A cor-
respondent of -a morning contemporary says:—" The
owners of the Caleb Grimshaw demand a means for ex-
tinguishing fi• :e in the hold of a ship. The materials
required are r lothing more than a cask of common chalk
in the bottom of the hold connected with the deck by a
small
which, on t' And a two-gallon bottle of sulphuric acid,
13 e alarm of fire, being poured down the pipe
will general
e a sufficient quantity of dense smoke (gas
in which
however I
,urge,"
cannot exist) to extinguish any tiro,

in Melville-street, and
Novel, CIIARGE.--111 the police-court on Monday
illar so Margaret
asetL,idgate was charged with malicious mischief,
Moray-
place, and oonfa
Ddary. apbaoguatntshe beginning of the month,
she called at the houses of Dr. Christison, in Moray.
wickedly, wilfully, mischievously, and maliciously stated
that the professional services of those medical gentlemen
were instantly required at the residence of Mrs. Ans.
truther, Salisbury-road, Newington, she well knowing
that the services of those gentlemen were not so required,
by which all the parties thereby imposed upon were an•
noyed and disturbed. It appeared from the evidence that
Drs. Christison and Pagan, on receiving the pretended
messages, proceeded to Salisbury-road, and found that
no lady of the name of Anstruther resided there. The
accused was apprehended on her return to the house
of Dr. Christison, on Saturday last, when she
represented that she had been sent to request the doc-
tor's immediate attendance at the house of a Miss
Young—a representation equally false with the former.
It was not easy to discover any motive for the malicious
conduct of the accused, until the prosecutor informed
the Court that she was well known to the police as an
expert thief of articles from lobbies, to which she endea-
voured to gain access in order to deliver pretended
messages, and that she had been already convicted of that
species of theft. The presiding judge (Sheriff Jamieson)
stated that he had no doubt whatever that the offence
as charged was a relevant one, and sentenced her to be
imprisoned for 30 days, besides ordering her to find
caution for her good behaviour for 12 calendar months,
under a penalty of 51., or to suffer other 30 days' im-
prisonment. The accused is a genteel-looking young
woman, and one very likely, from her appearance, to
impose upon parties ignorant of her character.—Edin-
burgh Advertiser.

INDIGO.—This afternoon at pubho sale 23 serous of
Guat.mala Indigo went at 3s ld to 34 sd.
Sernyrs.—Leeward Island Rim has been purchased
with caution since our last report, although lower rates
have been seceded Th, limited parcels dispo'ed
were et is 4d to le ,cid proof, and larger quantities are
on ffer. East India is not much wanted, and
proof can be Lbtained at Is 3d to Is 3d. Only
limited parcels of Demerara have been di*posed of, and

. -
THE LONDON DISPENSARY.—This old andl useful
charity during the year that has
erhwasjeust
admitted,close dreonielyVed 68
Bnoof
whom died. This
less than 2,244 persons
charity h
likewise relieves poor persons
dtht
et hmeeirtroowponlihso, mveisz.i.n one
aoiffi
et
ihdes.mosthdestitute poarrt st
the
charity require replenishing. The Clothworkers Com-
Po at
hneyr bl
aarvgee rgiven
paa nd ioens a,
we elle ,
donation
bof
.104 I Oasr.e,
aanbdo usome
fool f
low
their example.
the
TWELFTH CAKE DAY.—Sunday being
Epiphany,
observed by the Church on the 6th of January, the old
festival of Twelfth day was kept yesterday, pith the
usual display of rich tykes and brilliant decorations in
the pastry-cooks' shops throughout London.
CRACOW .-•-•-A. petition was recently circulated here,
pra3ing the Government again to confine the Jews to
theia former Ghetto. A Jewism merchant having been
imP ertinently called upon to sign the petition, took up
his pen and wrote, •" This is the prayer of a set of people
who have the impudence to demand from your Majesty
liberty! These are the people who dare to complain of
oppression !"—Jewish Chronicle.
ANOTHER ROYAL RESIDENCE 174 ABERDEENSHIRE.
—We understand that her Royal Highness the'Duchess
of Kent has leased Abergeldie,-46crdeen Herald.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUR 1, Jan. 7.
(Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.)
IN RE WILLIAM JAMES SHEPHEARD.
This insolvent, described as manager of the Ame-
rican Bowling-saloon, in the Strand, applied to be
discharged.

Mr. L'ockhead appeared to oppose, but the opposi-
tion was not allowed, not having given the usual
notice. Mr. Dowse supported the application.
It appeared that, in October, 1848, the insolvent's
premises at 417, Strand, were burnt down, and he
received from a fire-office 4201., which he paid away,
and lived upon. The premises were not rebuilt for
eleven months, end then his aunt, Mrs. Freeman,
became tenant, and had opened the place as the
American Bowling saloon, where he had acted as
manager.

Mr. Commissioner LAW thought that the insolvent
might have paid out of the insurance-money several
small debts, which now appeared in the schedule.
The case was adjourned to complete a notice on a
creditor.

(Before the CmEr COMMISSION ER.)

IN RE THE HON. ADOLPHUS FREDERICK CHARLES

MOLYNEAUX CAPEL.

At the rising of the Court on Saturday, Mr.
COKE applied, on the part of the insolvent, who, it
will be recollected, was heard under the Protection
Act in July last, when the Court refused to name a
day for a final order for permission to come up for a
protecting order, under the 28th section of the Act.
The Learned COUNSEL mentioned that since Novem-
ber Mr. Capel had been residing in New Bond-street,
and had not been molested by his creditors, and pre
viously had been to Boulogne.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER inquired whether there
was an affidavit in the ca.!,e ?

Mr. Cooxis answered in the negative, saying that
one could be made of the facts he had stated.

HIS HONOUR gave permission on an affidavit being
made; notice to be given to the opposing creditors of
the application.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—Samuel Griever
Harvey, a tall, powerful man, was indicted for as-
saulting James Dodsley Tawney.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin prosecuted; and
Mr. Ballantine appeared for the defendant.
Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case, said that the
defendant was accused of one of the most dastardly
and cruel attacks that he ever remembered in the
course of his experience. It was committed by a man
of powerful stature upon another not half his size,
and who he knew at the time was labouring under a
dangerous disease, an affection of the heart, and must
have been aware that such an attack was calculated to
endanger his life. The Learned Counsel then pro-
ceeded to narrate the circumstances of the case, which
will be found detailed in the subjoined evidence:—
Mr. J. D. Tawney, the prosecutor, whose arm was
in a sling, and who appeared to be suffering severely,
was then examined. He deposed that he was an at-
torney, and he knew the -defendant, who was a horse
dealer at Rugby, and frequently saw him at the sta-
bles of Messrs. Osborn and Co , in Gray's Inn-lane,
where witness was in the habit of putting up his
horses. In June last Messrs. Tattersall gave him
instructions to proceed against the defendant,
to recover a sum of 8/. 13s. He at first
denied owing the money, but afterward promised
to pay it and made appointments to do so, but
never kept them, and witness was compelled to
issue a writ against him, but, at the request of the
defendant, he forbore to serve it upon him at Rugby,
in order to save expense, and he at this time offered
to take the amount of the debt without any costs. The
defendant did not pay the money, and judgment was
obtained on the 2d of August, and shortly afterwards
the defendant gave notice of his intention to apply to
the Insolvent Court, and witness was instructed to
oppose him on behalf of several creditors. On the 3d
November witness was at Mr. Osborn's stables, and
he saw the defendant in the counting-house, and he
challenged him with getting up the opposition to his
discharge. Witness replied that other creditors beside
those for whom he appeared intended to oppose him,
and the defendant then inquired the names of the cre-
ditors who instructed him to oppose, bat he declined
to give them. The defendant then went out, and re
turned in a short time with two hunting-whips, one
of which was loaded at the. end with iron, and the
other a plain cane one. The defendant offered him
the latter, saying "Take that." He declined doing so,
and the defendant went out, and witness waited a
short time, thinking he would go away. He then
went towards his gig, which had been waiting for
him, and he observed the defendant standing with the
heavy hunting whip in his hand ; and as he was
about to get into his gig he attacked him behind,
and beat him on the back and shoulders in the most
violent manner. He then tried to beat him on the
head, but witness held up his hands and warded off
the blows. Mr. Banks, one of the partners, came up
and laid hold of the defendant, and said to him,
" Good God, Harvey, are you mad ?" but the de-
fendant threw him away from him and continued his
violence. He had just succeeded in getting into his
gig when the defendant struck him on the back of the
head, and the blow stunned him for a moment, and
his horse ran off, but was stopped by some cabmen in
the King's-road. He was taken very ill the same
night, and was still suffering from the injuries he
received. The prosecutor added that the defendant
was perfectly well aware at the time be made the
attack upon him that he was suffering from disease of
the heart, as they had frequently conversed upon the
subject.
The prosecutor, who had given his evidence with
great difficulty, and who was evidently in a state of
great excitement and suffering, having replied to one
or two questions that were put to him by Mr. Ballan-
tine, was about to retire from the witness box, when
he seemed in an instant to lose all power, and fell
senseless in the arms of some persons who stood
near him. He was laid upon the floor of the court,
and Mr. Clayton, the surgeon, who examined his
injuries after the occurrence, and another medical
gentleman, who was accidentally present, immediately
attended upon him, and used their utmost exertions to
restore him.

Mr. BALLAPITINR, addressing the Court, said that
he did not require the evidence of the surgeon. It was
impossible for him to deny that an assault had been
committed by the defendant, or attempt to justify it
under such circumstances. The Learned Counsel
added, that he had felt it his duty to put one or two
questions to the prosecutor, but he should have re-
frained from doing so if he had been aware of his
dangerous condition.
The RECORDER then briefly addressed the jury, and
after observing that the Learned Counsel for the
defendant, who had, as it appeared to him, behaved
with the utmost propriety in the course he bad
adopted, having admitted that the conduct of the
defendant could not be justified, the jury would only
have to say that the charge of assault had been
proved.
The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Guilty.
During these proceedings the unfortunate prose-
cutor continued under the charge of the medical
gentlemen, and an intimation was given that he was
in a dangerous condition.
The RECORDER, addressing the defendant, said he
had been convicted of what he felt compelled frcm
the Bench to describe as a most aggravated and brutal
assault. At present he should not pass sentence upon
him, because, in the condition of the prosecutor, it
was uncertain what the result would be, and if his
death were to take place, and it was found to have
been accelerated by the violence he had made use of
towards him, he would uadoubtedly be called upon to
answer a much higher charge.
Just as the Learned Judge had concluded, a sen-
sation of horror was created in the court by the
announcement by one of the medical gentlemen that
the unfortunate prosecutor had expired. The excite-
ment had been too much for him, and he lay a
lifeless corpse at the foot of the witness-box, where a
few short minutes previously he had been giving his
evidence.
The RECORDER gave directions that the prisoner
should be detained to answer any charge that
might be preferred against him arising out of the
death of the unfortunate prosecutor, and the body
of the deceased was placed in a cab to be conveyed
to his residence; the solicitor for the prosecution
accompanying it to convey the sad intelligence to
his relatives.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. BULLOCK.)
William Blackburn, 24, surveyor, pleaded guilty
to stealing a theodolite, value 201., the property of
John Simmons Marrat.

Not any evidence was given, and the prisoner was
sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.

Edward Burgess, 31, servant, pleaded guilty to an
indictment for stealing a silver coffeepot, and other
plate, valued at 501., the property of Elizabeth
Lowrey, his mistress.
In answer to the Court, Mrs. Lowrey said that the
prisoner had been about eight months in her service.
She had a good cheracter with him.
Inspector Cummins said that the prisoner had hi
therto borne an excellent character. The plate, which
was worth at least 601., had been sold for 101., and
melted down.

the property is generally stolen for the purpose of
being converted into base coin.
Not any other business worthy of mention occurred
during the day.

Mr. BULLOCK. said the case was a very bad
one, and sentenced him to seven years' transpor-
tation.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Louis Joel, bill discounter and jeweller, Little
Argyll street, was brought up for final examination
on the charge of forgery and fraud. Ths forgery,
which consisted of an alleged forging of the name of
John Marcus Clements to a bill of 1,000/., has al-
ready been disposed of, and the depositions signed.
The case of fraud, which rested on the evidence
brought forward to show that three bills, value toge-
ther 7501, had been fraudulently obtained from
Lieut. Garland, was also so Gir advanced as to re-
quire only that the evidence of the witnesses be read
over and signed. This having been done,
Mr. Clarkson wished an important point in the
evidence to be made perfectly clear, and would there.
fore ask Lieut. Garland a question or two.
Lieut. Garland having been placed in the witness
box, stated, in reply to questions, that t ad rie keoWn
the first set of bills were still in Joel's possession he
should not have suffered them to remain there. lie
thought, from Joel's statement. that the hills were
destroyed, and this induced him to get the second set
of hills accepted. With respect to certain letters
written to Joseph Joel, those letters had beet] writ-
e ten at Joseph Joel's dictation. Witne-s had theta in his
possession, they having been returned by Joseph Joel.
Mr. Bodkin wished it to he understood that he
now appeared on behalf of Mr. Fitch, t.. WiV,r; 50101-
further explanation of the may in which ta.: o: the
hills accepted by Lieutenant Garland had come into
his possession. Mr. Fitch was a respectable ;oi.
citor, residing is the B.rough, and the legal advis-r
of the parish authorities of St. George, Southwai k.
When a sudden demand was made upon him at a
former examination to give up the bills_ he was tak
by suprise, and naturally hesitated to part with the
bills without due reflection, as such a proceeding
might have the effect of prejudicing his claim. Mr.
Fitch had since that time consulted him on the point,
and, acting on the advice he had receiverl, he had
given a statement to him of the whole of ihe transac-
tions relating to teese hills. This stwernent went to
establish the fact that Mr. Fitch was the bona fide
holder of the two bills, and he now begged to piece
them in the hands of Mr. Clarkson for his examination
before putting them in evidence.
Mr. Clarkson said Mr. Fitch had done perfectly
right in taking the present step. It was a pity,
however, that he had tot come to the same decision
earlier.

Two men, named Whittle and Johnson, were con-
victed of pot-stealing, and sentenced to four months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.
It appeared that they were watched by the police
at Woolwich, and the pots, which belonged to a Mr.
Joggers, and a Mr. Shepherd, both publicans of that
town, were found on them. This class cf offence,
which is now on the increase, has more mischief in
it than the loss to the licensed victualler; for it is ge-
nerally committed by the confederates of coiners, and

Mr. BINGHAM thought that Mr. Fitch had acted
judiciously in the affair.
The prisoner was then fully committed on both
charges.
Arrangements were made for two fat-similists to
have a sight of the alleged forgery, for the puri.oae of
ascertaining by the rules of their craft whether the
signature is a forgery or nut—the prosecutor having
asserted that the signature is a forgery, and the pri
soner that the signature is genuine.
MARYLEBONE.
Shortly before the closing of the court an elderly,
respectably attired woman, the widow of an officer
who held a commission for many ye irs in the 60th
Regiment of Foot, was introduce(' by Er)er, the
officer, to Mr. Long, to whom she related the parti
culars of a most cruel and heartless robbery.
It appeared from her statement that a few days ago
she received, through an agent, the sum of 9/. 103. in
gold, to which she was entitled from Government as
a quarter's pension for her late husband's military
services. She got into an omnibua at Charing cross,
and at the time of taking her seat the vehicle was
nearly full; when she alighted at the corner of
Duke-street, Oxford-street, on putting her hand
into her pocket she found that her purse, with its
contents (the sum above alluded to). had been ab-
stracted therefrom. The 9/. 10s. was all that she had
looked to for her subsistence until the next quarterly
payment should become due, and the loss was to her
of such a nature as to leave her almost pennyless.
She was extremely infirm, mid therefore unable to
help herself in any way ; and under the circumstances
which she had detailed she had been advist d by some
friends to make known the facts of the case, in the
hope that some advice might be given to her as to
how she should act. In reply to questions she said
she did not know the number of the omnibus by which
she travelled; neither was she able to give such a
description of the three men whom she suspected of
robbing her, and who were seated near her, as would
he likely to lead to their apprehension in the event of
the police looking out for them.
The worthy .MAGISTRATE regretted exceedingly
that he could not afford any assistance in the matter;
and the applicant, who lives at 5, Bayharn-street,
Camden-town, then thanked his Worship for his kind
attention and retired.
WIEST4INSTEIe.
William Manning. who for upwards of twenty years
had been employed as a private watchman at the
11 House of Lords, and Jane, his wife, were brought up
for re-examination, charged with stealing a great
number of printed papers relating to appeal causes,
many of which are now pending, and to other busi-
ness connected with the House.
Upon the application of Mr. Hayward, from the
Treasury, who attended to watch the case, it was ar-
arranged that the prisoners should be further remanded
—a course to which Mr. Lewis, on the part of the
accused, did not object, upon its being intimated that
bail.weuld be taken for their appearance.
A second charge was, however, preferred against
the female prisoner for stealing a sheet from the resi-
dence of Mr. Johnson, of Milbank-row.
The evidence went to show that the prisoner was
in that gentleman's service as a cook, and left a few
months ago ; that upon her being taken into custody
by Inspector Martin upon the other charge, the du-
plicate of a sheet was found upon her pledged in her
own name, and that the property was identified as
Mr. Johnson's, and had been stolen from that gen-
tleman's house while the prisoner was engaged there.
Under these circumstances the female prisoner was
committed for re examination, but her husband was
liberated upon bail for his re appearance.
LAMBETH.
Yesterday Frederic/1 James Darner Cape and Ro-
bert Pile, who have been in custody tor some days
on a charge of conspiring to defraud the public, were
again placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for final
examination.
Mr. ELLIOTT was of opinion that the evidence to
prove a conspiracy to defraud the public was abun-
dant, and he should, therefore, send the case before
a jT he u.
ry
prisoners were then fully committed to take
their trial at the present session of the Central Cri-
minal Court, and the witnesses against them were
bound over in the ordinary way.

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE
RAILWAY.—The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of
the three unfortunate persons who were killed at Mag-
hull, near Liverpool, on the East Lancashire Railway,
on Tuesday last, was resumed yesterday. The accident
was caused by a luggage train running into a passenger
train at the Maghull station, and at the inquest en Friday
last the driver of the luggage train was ordered into
custody by the coroner, on it being stated that at the
time the accident happened he was following the pas-
s( nger train at the rate of forty miles en hour. R 411,13
Steel, the driver of the passenger train from Blackburn
and Preston to Liverpool, stated that on arriving at
Maghull his train was detained some minutes in conse-
quence of the station-master going to the wrong
points. The luggage train came up in a few minutes
afterwards, but he did not hear a whistle. The
station-master ought to run forward with his
hand-signal when the luggage 'rain was seen
approaching, but he did not do so. If the signal
had been made, and the luggage train had been going
cautiously, the accident could not have happ,ned.
Samuel Robinson, guard of the passenger train, said
that when the luggage train passed the Maghull station
it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour. Robert
Hudson, station-master at Towngreen station, five miles
trona Maghull, said that at the time the luggage tr,in
came past it was going at a rate equal to expr, ss
train. A person named P4rkinson, who was weal( g
for the passenger train, deposed that whilst a cart loge
was being moved from a siding to be attached to the
train, he heard some one cry out, " Good Go ! there
is a train coming up !" and almost immediately the
collision took place. The guard of the luggage train,
John Morris, was next examin' d, and said that tit,•
luggage train came trim Blackburn to Maghull, a dis-
tance of twenty-eight miles and a halt, between five
minutes past eight and twenty minutes to nine. The
stoker of the luggage train having been examined, gave
similar evidence. Mr. Wolstenholme, superintendent
of the Liverpool station, stated that when he came up,
shortly after the accident, the station-master was cer-
tainly " the worse for liquor." The Coroner, in sum-
ming up the evidence, said it was clear that the persons
in charge of the luggage train were travelling at greater
speed than the rules of the company allowed. The jury
were deliberating on their verdict when our report
was sent off.

A CHRISTMAS TALE FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.,--
Mr. Nelson Lee, of the City of London Theatre, intorms
us that having forwarded to Windsor Geode a MS. copy
of a Christmas tale, entitled The Life of a Fairy, for the
acceptance of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
be on Monday morning received the following answer:
—" Colonel Grey has received his Ittyal Highness
Prince Albert's commands to acknowledge the receipt
of Mr. Nelson Lee's Icier, with the ticcompanying ma-
nuscript tale, entitled The Life of a Fairy, as pro mired
to be presented by Mr. Anson. His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales consents to etei pt it, and has de-
sired Colonel Grey to return Mr. Nelson Lee his thanks.
—'Windsor Castle, Jan. 5, 1850."
THE LANDING-STAGE.--The waiting snd refresh-
ment rooms on the grf at landing-stage, St. George's
Pier, are at length compl, ted ;and we understand that
they will be opt ned for the accommodation of the public
in the course of the pr,-sent week. The tenant has to
pay a tolerably high rew, but we have no doubt the in-
flux of the bolyday people in the summer time will
tend to make the speculation remunerative.—Liverpool
Albion.

vurge
°
On the 7th inst the wife ofBIRTHS
Mr. Samuel Walter v
late of
,inst.,' a son. 04
On the sth at Hartlige, Kent, the wife of the
W. Fisher, of a sun.
On the 2d inst., at Bath, the lady of the Rev. J. ‘iiii*
of a son.
On the 2d inst., at Brighton, the wife of B. S. Follett,
Esq., of a son.
aOntchk, of aso
the 3dinstn.
~ at the Vicarage, Milton Abbott,llimniil4°

MARRIED. R 0°
On the 4th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury,
Williams, Esq., of Bedford-place, Russell-square, to
Collett, daughter of the late R. Dalgleish, of Ruildockf
liiigshire, and Bloomsbury-place, London.

DIED.
of Greets'
At Exeter. on the 31st ult., Mr. E. H. Coltman,
wick, Kent, aged 70.
On the 4th inst., at Hastings, aged 84, the Rev. Rich°a
A.M ,of Street-end-house, near Canterbury lit
On the 4th inst., Elix iheth, the wite of Mr. Josiah Co
of Chelmsford, Essex, aged 34.

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hilddlatez, Tuesday, January 8, 1850.