The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-06 00:00:00

eleven.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
HULL, Maacs 5.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—Arrivals of
'all" articles continue moderate. The trade has been quiet
during the week, without decline being quotable. For to-
day's market our farmers brought forward a fair supply of
wheat; quality and condition good—price much the same as
last week, if anything, the turn lower. No alteration in
foreign, but sales not extensive. Malting barley very dull
sale, and the demand for grinding sorts very limited, though
offering low. Beans Is lower. Nothing doing in peas. More
inquiry for oats at our currency, but the stock held is insig.
nificant. The import of rapeseed is for the interior, and does
not come on the market. Rape cakes are firm. Not much
business pas3ing in linseed, and cakes are unaltered. Bones
are inactive ; but there is a good demand for guano, which
may be quoted, Peruvian 9/, Ichaboe 8/ 10s, Patagonian 7/,
and Saldanha Bay 5/ l Os per ton.
The following are the present prices of grain
Wheat, English, red 36 to 38 Peas, white and yel. 25 28
Do. white
Dantzic and Linseed, Black Sea 45 46
nigsberg 42 46 Do. Petersburgh ... 38 45
Pomeranian and Do. Riga & Archngl. 38 —42
Hamburgh . 3O 40 Do. Konigsberg .... 36 39
Danish, Holstein, & Par ton.
Friesland
hessian and Odessa 32 36'110. fine foreign
Oats, English
Do. Danish.... . 10 12 Rapeseed
Do. Friesland l2 14 Rape cakes...B2s ad to b7s 6d
Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 14 Tares, English ......35s —00 s
Barley, malting 2l 23 Do. foreign 20s —35 s
Do. grinding,. ...... 18 —201 Guano GI to 9/ 10s
Beans
Do. foreign 25 27 I Rye meal 6/ Os
_

LEEDS, MARCH s.—We have a very large arrival of wheat
at market to-day. but moderate of other articles. Wheat is
Is to 2s per qr. lower than last Tuesday, and millers are
cautious in making purchases. In barley and oats we do not
alter our quotations, but to sell they are rather in favour of
the buyer. Beans are fully is per qr. lower.
LaxitrooL, MARCH s.—At this day's market there was
but a thin attendance of buyers, who acted with extreme
caution, and in the few sales made a considerable decline had
to be submitted to. Wheat must be quoted fully 2d to 3d
per 701 b, and flour Is per sack and Cd per barrel lower. Oats
and oatmeal met with little attention, though offered at a re-
duction of Id per 451 b, and 3d per load. Barley, beans, and
peas, with only a slow retail sale, were 6d to Is per qr. lower.
Indian corn,-
with a very limited demand, declined 6d per qr.;
Galata being offered at 27s 6d, new yellow Americein at 26s 6d,
and white at 28s per qr., without leading to much business.
Coat, MARCH s.—Flour—First 12s Od to 10s; extra 14s;
seconds, Ils Od to 12s ; households 9s to II s Od; thirds, 7s to 8s
per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to 10s Cd; Indian meal 7s to 7s 3d ; wheat-
meal, 10s to 00s Od per cwt. Indian corn 132,6 d to 135 s per ton.
Bran 3/ 128641t0 3/15sper ton. Hay—Farmers 26s to 355; average
32s ; dealers 32s to 40s Od; average 36s per ton. SU aw—Farmert
16s Od to 24s Od ; average 20s; dealers tOs Od to 00s Od;
average OOs Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to bid;
household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to
10d per lb Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Coals—
Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 158 ; Best Neatb
Culm I4s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to OOs per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 4d to 6d; veal Od to
Od ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 711 d ; sausages 5d per
lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3l 5s pet
ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 14/ tool; French
7153; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone.
Hemp 321 to LO/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 16s to 17s ; re d
ditto 20s to '22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 11/ per
ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 183,
second quality, 168 per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s:;
salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 21d to 2?-,d per lb.
Potatoes, white 8d to 91d; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano—
Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Icbaboe, 9/ per ton ; Tar—Archangel,
19s per barrel.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MARCH 5. _

STOCK EXCIIAXGE.—The market to-day has been very
quiet. The transactions were follow : Great Western,
Quarters, 13A—Taff Yale, 10.
LIVERtOOI,, MARCII 5.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market was firmer to-day, and
a goad business has been done, the market closing firmly
at the quotations. The transactions were as follow :
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 8 dis.
London and North-Western, 105—Ditto, New Quarters,
dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 1/3 p.—Midland, Halves, 241. 16s. 3d.—
Oswestry and Chester, RI. Shares, 13% dis.—East Lanca-
shire, 9%—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Registered,
s%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension Nos. 1 and
2), 11 dis.—Ditto (G. N. E Purchase), 6 per cent.till 1850,
614 dis.

MANCHESTER, MARcir 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was very firm
.o-day, and a fair amount of business has been done. The
transactions were as follow : East Lancashire, 94—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 47—Ditto, Fifths, SI/F3 dis.—Ditto
(West Riding Union), 7% dis. London and North-
Western, 104 ex d.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham (C),
Quarters, 1,4 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 121/2
—Ditto, Quarters (No. 1), 7 c.—Ditto, Eighths, 1 9-16—
Ditto, Preference, 634—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4),
Thirds, s%—Ditto, Scrip, 5 c.
YORK, MAacrt 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as
follow:—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Exten-
sion), 94 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters,
2A/3—East Lancashire, Preference, 6 per cent., 71/i.
GLASGOW, MAttor 4.

Srocic Excrimmx.—The transactions to-day were as
follow : Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 71A York,
Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase or Prefer-
ence), 30s.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 5, 1850.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARMA.

KENT.
City of Canterbury—Frederick Romilly, Esq., in the
room of Lord Albert Denison Denison, who has accept( d
the office of Ste% e,rd of her MajeAy's Chiltern Hundreds.
BANKRUPTCY S UPERSEDED.
George Fordhain Blow, currier, Great Dover-street,
Newington.

BANKRUPTS.
William Livermore, ironmonger, Oxford-street, to
surrender March 18, at one, and April 15, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee;
Stultz, Staple Inn.
James Brooks, victualler, Winslow, Buckinghamshire,
March 14, at bulf-past twelve, and April 18, at half-past
es iogl e
nanvgv rveitn
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official as.
n's
illis,
t 8; 10w.
Munday, Carey-,,streat, Lin-
Joseph Purssell, butcher, Wellington-street, Water-
loo-town, Mile end, March 16, at two, and April 27, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Donne, Princes-street,
Spitalfields.
Henry Titfore, Worship-square, engraver and printer,
March 16, at one, and April 27, at half past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy, Pennell, official assignee,
Guildhall Chambers; Colley, Bucklersbury.
George Smith, cheesemonger, Cumberland-row,
King's-cross, March 13, at one, and April 16, at twelve,
at tie Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, Lfficial assignee •
Goddard and Eyre, Wood-street, Cheapside.
Robert Parker, commission agent, Nottingham, March
22, and April 19, at ten, at the Birmingham District
C ous
t,
Campbell, ciav
Nottingham.iir,
e g
13r grocer, official assignee, Not-
tingham; Nottingham.
Joseph , Kenilworth, March 16, at
eleven,
ala tatshsiagnßeierm, ißnigr:
mhaiirn)oDarinst;riitcitoCttiemirattn.
half-past one, and April 15, at elioNff•
IWinhigittni,t,°a"n'd Ernmt t, Birmingham.
Edward Hodges, surgeon, Swinford, Leicestershire,
March 15 and April 9, at LA elve, at the Birminglam
District Court. Christie, official assigi,e Birmingham.
Bigg, Bristol; Motterair, Knight, and Emmet, Birming-
ham.
Joseph D,wnham, wine and spirit merchant, Harro-
gate, Yorkshire, March 25 and April 9, at one, at the
Leeds District Court. Hope, cfliciA assignee, Lee& ;
Michael, Red Liou-square; Shackltton, Leeds.

John La Guerrande, merchant, Liverpool, March 14
and April 19, Ist eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Tu-"P-. official assignee, Liverpool; Neal and Martin,
Liverpool.
Charles Thomas Glover, dealer, Manchester, March
21, and April n, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Ciurt. Hobson, (.ffiial assignee, Msachester; Webb,
Birmingham; Burdett, Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
F. C. Christy, F. Adams, and J. P. Dill, Itotherhithe,
engineers, March 26, at one—W. Ilanbury, Shoreditch,
distiller, March 26, at twelve—J. Atkins, stn., and J.
Atkins, jun , Coulsdon, Surrey, lime merchants, March
26, at one—W. Forster, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch-street,
-tea dealer, March 26, a' two—T. Marshall, Ilatfivl(l-

street, Christchurch, licensed victualer, March 28, a

In the Country.
Elizabeth Harris Ryder, Birmingham, jeweller, March
27, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

W. Clayton, Langcliffe, Yorkshire, cotton spinner,
205., any Tuesday, ly,tween the hours of ten and one, at
the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
W. Eccles, W alton-le-Dale, Lancashire, cotton spinner,
Is. Bd., any Tuesday, between the hours cf ten and one,
at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
J. Stevens, Bretwell, Oxfordshire, ironfounder, Is. 8d ,
on Thursday, March 7, and three following Thursdays,
between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street.
W. Wood, Gravesend, carpenter, 2s. 6J., on Thurs-
day, March 7, and three following Thursdays, between
the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Stans-
feld, Basinghall-street.
W. Burrows, Leicester-street, Leicester-square,
plumber, Is. 4d., on Thursday, March 7; anti three fol-
lowing Thursdays, between the the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street.
J. Ilitchini, of Chichester-place, Gray's Inn-road,
leather seller, 4s. lid., on Thursday, March 7, and three
following Thursdays, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street.
0. T. J. Stocken, Wulham-green, brewer, Is. 6d., on
Thursday, March 7, and three following Thursdays, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Stansfeld, Basinghall-street.
J. Robson, Sunderland, grocer, Bd. (in addition to
3s. 4d. previously declared), on Saturday, March 9, or
any subsequent Saturday, between the hours cf ten and
three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
S. Sutton, Old Bailey, jeweller, March 26, at one—T,
Gill, Castle-street, Leicester-square, commission agent,
March 27, at twelve.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
J. Alexander, great Winchester-street, City, mer-
chant, certificate of the first class—J. Bessell, Farling-
don-street, glass merchant—a J. Todd and E. Todd,
Bow Church-yard, warehousemen—T. Cox and T.
Whiles, Hanley, Staffordshire, drapers—W. Scott, Earl's
Heaton, Dewsbury, blanket manutacturer, after twenty-
one days from Feb. 28.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
A. Tillott and J. Tillott, Stowmarket, Suffolk, tailors
—J. Bull and J. Badham, jun., Uxbridge, carpenters—
C. Harris and T. Harris, Calne, Wiltshire, farmers—D.
Ii enworthy and J. Drurey, Huddersfield, machine makers
—C. Jowitt and W. North, Huddersfield, plasterers—
M. Wilkin, G. Walker, jun., and J. Barker, New castle-
upon-Tyne—B. W. Bunter and W• S. Manning, Smith-
field-market, sheep salesmen—J. Clarke and J. A. B.
Clarke, Devonport, painters—J. Freeman and J. A.
Brewer, Redhill. Surrey, coal merchants—P. J. Passa-
vant, E. Preller, and P. Passavant, Bradford, Yorkshire,
merchants (so far as regards P. J. Passavant)—W. Bay-
nard and J. Baynard, Truro, Cornwall, merchants—J.
Cooper and 0. 0. Williams, Meshan', Chester, timber
merchants—J. Ingham and G. Mawson, Chester, con-
tractors—W. Waterhouse and E. Waterhouse, Dews-
bury, Yorkshire, carpet manufacturers—E. Shepherd
and J. Shepherd, Birmingham, japanners—T. Bates and
manufacturers—C.
0.
Clarke,aa npnßus
oeofnrarre:ath•
Bun.
rrdi Halifax,
.nni fgdpachxi.
Banbury,
Ripka
oi:Erpbwoecu, nrorf ounders—W. Norton and T.
ayal,nmdo Coventryexrelyfoh.r merchants--W.
—rDeer,a7vbweo. noaDttireyi cao,knt N:dnpossraihttohjhe-:
carpenters.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Mould, Gateshead, assistant brewer.

William Davison, Northampton, grocer.
Elizabeth Cullum, Ipswich, innkeeper.
John Newell, West Derby, Lancashire, saddler.
Woolf Misell, Liverpool, working jeweller.
Joseph Hukin, Kingston-upon-Hull, sawmaker.
George West, Kingstor -upon-Hull, painter.
Thomas Vaughan, Liverpool, boot and shoemaker.
William Tranter, Northfield, Worcestershire, wheel-
wright.
John Morrell, King's Norton, Worcestcr.hire, butcher.
Thomas Maries, Birmingham, clerk to a carrier.
Frederick South well. 13riclgoorth.
John Cutlibertson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, glass mann-

f,cturer.
henry Hewer, South Cerney, Gloucestershire, millwright.
George Hawley, Kingston-upon-Hull, clerk.
George Sanderson, Kingston-upon-Hull, tailor.
George Self, Millbrook, Southampton, butcher.
Thomas Register, Southampton, brewer.
James Young, Southampton, cabinet maker.
Frederick Gruombridge, Millbrook, Southampton, inn-
keeper.
Richard Ruddiforth, Kingston-upon-Hull, broker.
John Riley, Portsmouth, fruiterer and tea dealer.
George Sweetingham, Southampton, cordwainer.
William Angus, Bath, licensed victualler.
John Wilkinson, Lancaster, fishing tackle and umbrela
maker.
Joseph Webber, Portsea.
lolen. wY: Lowestofr, ship owner.
Mylorbridge, Cornwall.
Wattisfield, Suffolk, cattle dealer.
jljPscissiilhianaihph eCTEa
aoralonr)krs' o,
Martlesham, Suffolk, farm labourer.
John Roseblado, Latton, Wiltshire, stonemason and
Thomas lopkins, Over, Cambridgeshire, wheelwright.
builder.l
Elizabeth Steel, Newcastle upon-Tyne.
Edmund Simes, Dallington, Sussex, labourer.
John Lynn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, licensed victualler.
Cuthbert Lambert, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, cattle
salesmao.
Ruben Harris, Ebbw-vale, Monmouthshire.
George Stuckey, Cleeve, Somersetshire, f firmer.
John Dalton, Portsmouth, boot and shoe maker.
George Clay, Ledbury, Herefordshire.
Thomas Wilson, Kingston-upon-Hull.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Lumsden, Glasgow, salesman, to meet within Gil-
lender's Hotel, Banft; March 12 and 28, at two.
W. Weatherley, Edinburgh, grocer and wine and
spirit merchant, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edin-
burgh, March 11, and Apail 1, at two.
Margaret Henrietta Carmichael or Marshall, deceased,
Meikle Cumbray, Bute hire, patent ir,tonica or com-
posite marble manufacturer, to meet within the Bute
Arms Inn, Rothesay, March 12, at two, and April 4, at
two.

J. Johnston, Glasgow, drain tile-maker, to meet
within the Star Hotel, Glasgow,
March 11 and 29, at
one.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 100.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *153
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 48
Tubercular Diseases ... ••• 142
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 122
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 28
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... „, . . ••• 176
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... •••
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8.1.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. "' "'
Malformations... ... ••• •••
Premature Birth ... ••• •• •••
Atrophy ••• •••
Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
Sudden ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified •••
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...

... 60

... 5
... 28
... 26
... 45

... 21
- 4

Population
Enumerated,
1841.
West Districts... 301,189
North DiAricts.. 376,568
Central Districts 374,199
East Districts ... 393,067
South Districts .. 503,346

Totals... ..... 1,948,369

Males
Females

Males
Females

896

Deaths In corre. Deaths
sponding week in the
of 1849. Week.
181
• ". 139
179
... 159
195
.•• ••• 167
298
1•• ••• 191
285
••• ... 240

... 1,138

••• 896
... 460
... 436

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

... 813
••• 761

Total... ~. ... ••• ...1,57,4
*ln this number are included 21 by Scarlatina, 26
by Typhus Fever, and 18 by Diarrhcea.

GLASGOW.— MONUMENT TO LORD JEFFAEL—
Subscriptions for this lauda:lle object have been coup
menced in our city. We have no doubt but a sum
worthy a Glasgow will speedily be realised,—Glasgow
Daily Mail.
[ADVERTISEMENT ]—Weak Digestion, Disordered
Stomachs, and Debilitated Constitutions easily cured by Hol-
loway's Pills.—The strengthening and invigorating properties
of these astonishing Pills are:so great that all persons of low or
nervous habits, or whose digestive organs are impaired,should
give them a trial, as the most debilitated constitutions have been
renovated by their use after every other medicine had been
tried in vain ; officers in the army, and others that have resided
for some time in hot climates, when suffering from bilious af-
fections or liver complaints, have invariably been cured by the
use of Holloway's invaluable Pills.— Sold by all vendors of
medicines and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244,
Strand, Loudon.

HEALTH of LONDON DURING the WEEK.
(From the Report of the Registrar-General.)
In the week ending last Saturday, the deaths in
the metropolis were only 896, a result which indi-
cates a low rate of mortality at the present time as
compared with this season in former years. During
the last month, the numbers returned weekly have
been 1,094, 957, 938, 911, and 896, exhibiting a con-
tinuous decline. In the week corresponding to last,
of the years 1840-9, they were never lower than 916,
in seven of the ten weeks they ranged above 1,000,
and last year, when cholera was Approaching and
I various epidemics were rife, rose to 1,138. The
average of the ten corresponding iteeks, is, 1,042,
which corrected for increase of population, becomes
1,138 ; the present decrease on this estimate is there-
fore 242. in the eight principal epidemics, with the
exception of diarrhcea, there is now a marked decrease;
diarrhcea was fatal to 18 persons (two-thirds of whom
were children), which differs little from the number of
the same week of the last two years, but is more than
the average of the corresponding ten weeks. At 3,
Elliott's-row, London-road, the son of a painter and
glazier, aged eight years, died of English cholera,
after 17 hours' illness. On the 24th of February, at
7, Albert-street, the daughter cf a gunsmith, aged
four years, died from hydrophobia, caused by the bite
of a rabid dog on the 15th of November last, accord-
ing to the verdict of a jury. Last week consumption
was fatal to 93 persons; there died on an average in
former periods, 136. Under other diseases of the
respiratory organs, exclusive of hooping-cougb, the
aggregate is 176 deaths; formerly at this season, they
have varied from 160 to 259.- The deaths of two
persons are referred, one to disease arising from in-
temperance, the other to injury during intoxication.
One person died of want, and another is also sup-
posed to have sunk from destitution. The former was
a porter, of 73 years, in Parson's-court, St. Luke's.
The latter, a single woman of 51 years, was found
dead in bed at 37, Elizabeth-street, in the Church
sub-district of Bethnal-green.
The mean daily reading of the barometer, at the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was above 30 in.
throughout the week ; the mean of the week was
30.168 in. The mean temperature of the week was
42 deg. 8 min., or 30 deg. 3 min. higher than the
average of the same week in seven years.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and
the Princess Louisa, left Windsor Castle at three
o'clock yesterday afternoon for town. The royal
suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe,
Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie,
and Mr. Birch.

The august party proceeded to the station of the
South-Western Railway, where a guard of honour
(composed of the Scots Fusilier Guards) was on duty.
A special train conveyed the royal party to Richmond,
where her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the
Prince of Wales, attended by the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe,.Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel B ouverie,
alighted, the rest of the Royal Family proceeding to
London.

The Queen and Prince Albert visited the Count
and Countess de Neuilly, at the Star and Garter, in
Richmond, and afterwards travelled to town in a
carriage and four, arriving at twenty-five minutes
past five o'clock at Buckingham Palace, where her
Majesty and his Royal Highness were received by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Eleanor Stanley.
Hon. Elizabeth Lennox, the Marquis of Breadalbane,
the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Edward Howard, Lord
Byron, Lord George Lennox, Captain the Hon.
Joseph Denman, Sir Edward Bowater, and Captain
Francis Seymour. _ . _

A deputation from the General Shipowners' So-
ciety had an interview with the Right Hon. H. La-
bouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade,
on the subject of the Mercantile Marine Bill. The
deputation consisted of Mr. George F. Young
(chairman), Mr. Wm. Tindall (deputy chairman),
Mr. William Phillipps, Mr. W. C. Harnett, 111 r.
Robert Barry, Mr. Nathaniel Gould, Captain J.
Shepherd, Mr. Anthony Ridley, and Mr. William
Bonar (secretary).
The Finance Committee of the Commission for

the Exhibition of 1851, met yesterday at the Board
f Trade. There were present Earl Granville, Lord
Overstono, Sir Alexander Spearman, and Colonel
Reid, R.E.

The Commissioners for inquiring into Smithfield-
market, and markets in the City of London fir the
sale of meat, met yesterday at the Home-office. There
were present Mr. George Cornewall Lewis, Sir
James Dukr, Sir Harry Verney, Mr. 'William Miles,
M P., Professor Richard Owen, Hon. Frederick
Byng, and Mr. John Wood.

A— deputation, consisting of Messrs. R. Brooks,
H. Powell, G. Marshall, and T. R. Edridge, had an
interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.

Mr. John Towneley had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most
lion. Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Planta-
tions met yesterday at the Board of Trade. There
were present the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Earl
Grey, Earl Granville, Sir David Dundas, Sir James
Stephen, and Sir Liward Ryan.
Mr. A. H. Wylie had an interview with Mr. La-
houchere yesterday. Mr. W. Patten, M.P., had also
an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yester-
day at the Board of Trade.
The Marchioness of Lansdowne left town yesterday
for Bowood Park, Wilts.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT'S LEVEE.—
The Prince Consort (on behalf of her Mljesty) held
the first levee of the season this afternoon, at two
o'clock, at St. James's Palace. The Prince arrived
from Buckingham Palace in state, escorted by a
party of the 2d Life Guards, shortly before two, at-
tended by Lord Byron, Lord George Lennox, and
Colonel Bouverie. The levee was numerously at-
tended by the Foreign Corps Diplomatique, the Minis-
ters, and a great number of military and naval officers.
The presentations were numerous, and included the
gallant hero of Chillianwallah and Goojerat, Lord
Gough, and the members of his staff. Her Majesty's
usual series of drawing-rooms will not be held until
late in the season.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO HOLYROOD.—The Mar-
quis of Bresdulbane, Lord Chamberlain t) her Majesty,
arrived at Dcuglas's Hotel on Tuesday evening from
London, for the purpose of inspecting Holyrood Palace,
in anticipation of her Majesty's intended visit next
autumn. The Noble Marquis visited the Palace on
Wednesday, in company with Mr. Matheson, of the
Woods and Forests, and made a thorough inspection of
all the apartments. He left on Thursday or, his return
to London.—Scotsman.

DEATH OF THE DEAN OF LEIGHLIN.—The Hon.
and Very Rev. the Dean of Leighlin died on Saturday
night, after a short attack of inflammation of the brain,
at the Dear ery-house, in the county of Carlow. The
deceased was brother to the Earl of Bandon, and uncle
to Viscount Bernard. He was an active promoter of all
works of charity, and a few years since lie subscribed
the munificent sum of 1,0001. to the funds of the Church
Education Society.
DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL FAUNCF, C.13.—0n
the Ist inst. this general officer died at Clifton, near
Bristol, aged 74. He entered the Army as an ensign in
the 4th (King's Own) Regiment, in which corps the
whole of his distinguished military career was passed.
Early in 1832, having then served in the regiment since
1795 and commanded it for ten years, Col. Faunce re-
tired from the command, and was selected to be the
Inspecting Field Officer at Bristol, which appointment
ho continued to hold until 1841, when he became a
general officer. He also then relinquished the appoint-
ment of one of the aides-de-camp to the Queen. In
1843 the late Major-General Faunce was placed on the
list of officers receiving rewards for distinguished
services.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sunday last, the Rev.
George Rowe, sen., superintendent of the Wesleyan con-
nection in this town, whilst on his knees in prayer (in
the chapel), at the administration of the ordinance'of the
Lord's Supper, was seized with a fit, and became uncon-
scious, and expired yesterday afternoon—an exemplifi-
cation of the solemn truth—that "in the midst of life
we are in death." His was indeed a joyful translation
into the Kingdom of Glory.—Maidstone Journal.
BARON ROTHSCHILD'S ADMISSION TO PARLIAMENT.

—We understand that Baron Rothschild intends to pre-
sent himself on Thursday next (to morrow) at the
House of Commons, to take his seat in Parliament as
one of the electei representatives of the city of London.
As a Jew, it is supposed that be will refuse to be sworn
on the New Testament, but that he will offer to take the
usual oaths on the Old Testament.—Lferald.
BERLIN, Maacn I.—Jenny Lind arrived here
last evening, and will sing at two or three concerts. The
celebrated songstress had nigh been the cause of a se-
rious emeule the night before last at Brunswick, where
she had given a concert. On returning to her hotel (du
Rhin) a large concourse assembled to cheer her, and to
hear a serenade, which was proposed to be given to her
by the band (•f the Hussars and choral societie.. Some
accident having delayed the arrival of the serenaders,
the mob became impatient, and Sited the air with very
unharnionious vocifetations ; whilst others, thinking
they had been deceived, and kept out of their beds for
nothing, made show f attacking the hotel, and break-
ing the blinds and windows. A party of Hussar officers
being inside, however, drew their swords, and declared
they would use them should the slightest aggression be
made. This, it appears, frightened some, but exasw
pentted others; teed night pap Ilibve 14 $9 yery dip,

agreeable consequences had not the troops been cAlled
out, who, with some difficulty, cleared the streets. At
length harmony was restored by the arrival of the
bands, and by the blonde Jenny appearing at the balcony.
ALARMING OCCURRENCE AT THE OLYMPIC THEI.
TRE.—Last night, about eight o'clock, much consterna-
tion was excited in the immediate vicinity of the Olympic
Theatre, in consequence of a dense body of smoke and
volleys of sparks rising, apparently from the top of the
stage. In the course of a few minutes several hundred
persons congregated around the theatre, and a general
shout of Fire !" was raised. Had it not been for the
admirable precautions of the lessee and other parties
connected with the theatre, it is quite probable that a
similar calamity to that which took place some time
back at the Glasgow Theatre would have happened. As
it was, the management at once ordered the whole of the
upper windows and sentilators to be closed, which pre-
vented the audience from hearing the noise in the street.
MesLengers started in sundry directions for the firemen,
and in the course of a few minutes numerous Brigade
and the West of England engines were taken to the
place, hut, fortunately, their services Isere not required.
The cause of so much alarm and confusion was owing to
some workmen using fire to solder a pipe on a roof near
the stage of the theatre. Fortunately; no one in the
house was aware of what was going on in the street.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.—On Friday
last the Rev. IL Thompson, rector cf Fobbing, in Ess( x,
attended the Protectionist meeting at Grays, and on his
return from thence was suddenly attacked by illness
while driving home, no one being with him. He was
observed by some labourers to be reclining over the aide
of his chaise, who instantly went to his assistance, but he
shortly ceased to breathe. An inquest was held, when,
on the evidence of a physician and of the befure-men-
tioned parties, a verdict was returned of "Natural
death."
RUNNING A Risx.—The Liverpool Mail states that

on Friday last, shortly after two o'clock, the Earl of
Sefton drove a chariot and pair along the north bridge
of the landing-place, then along the stage back to the
south bridge. The lives imperillel in this adventure
were those of three ladies and a gentleman inside, in
addition to that of the noble Earl, and of a " tiger" out.
Snip Lauxcff.—Yesterday (Monday) a hand-

somely-modelled clipper schoZinei was launched from
Mr. William Bailey's shipyard, at the Cliff. Her re-
gistered tonnage is 80 ; by the old measurement 115.
Shortly before four o'clock she was " set up," the " dog
shore' was struck away, and as the vessel commenced
her descent Miss Bailey broke a bottle cf wine over her
cutwater, and christened her " The Ipswich Lass."
Hearty rounds of cheers followed, and the beautiful
little schooner, which had descended to her home in ex-
cellent style, was shortly after securely moored along-
side the wharf. A number of nautical men were in at-
tendance, by whom the vessel was warmly commended.
We understand that she has been built on speculation.—
Ipswich Express.
ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY CELTIC SOCIETY.-011
Friday week the members of this society held their an-
nual supper in Grant's Hotel, Marischal-street. The
society numbers among its members Celts from all the
Highland counties—Sutherland, Caithness, Ross, Inver-
ness, Moray, Nairn, Argyll, and Perth, had each its re-
presentatives. After partaking of an excellent supper,
which did great credit to the hostess, Mrs. Grant (late of
Campbeltown, Fort-George), the punch-bowl made its
appearance, and the chairman called upon the company
to fill a special bumper to " The Queen, her Consort, and
Family." He proposed this toast, he said, not because it
was customary and right that all loyal subjects should
drink the health of their Sovereign—this was too general
and vague a reason—he proposed it because he well knew
that every Highlander would feel hurt did any toast take
precedence of their beloved Queen. He referred to the
honour conferred on the Highlanders by her Majesty's'
throwing aside all "the pomp and circumstance" of her
rank, and sojourning among them as a private individual
—as the Gudewife of Birkhall. Then there was her
Royal Consort, who, he believed, was a Highlander at
heart, and showed it by studying the language of the
Gael; and did not their royal children appear even in
the Saxon's country in the "garb of cid Gaul?" He
then called on them to drink to " The Queen, her Royal
Consort, and their Royal Family."—(Drunk with High-
land honours.) Next came "Success to the Aberdeen
Universities' Celtic Society," also drunk with Highland
honours, followed by "Professor Tulloch, the Patron of
the Society," " The Highland Clergy," " Our Univer-
sity and its Professors," " The Living Gaelic Authors,"
" The Press," &c., all which were enthusiastically re-
sponded to. All the speeches mere (with one or two
exceptions) and the whole conversation carried on in
Gaelic, and the various speakers evinced by their fluency
and correctness of expression that the discussions car-
ried on at their wetkly meetings had given thtm a
thorough command of the Celtic tongue. After spend-
ing a most agreeable evening, the company separated at
a late hour, highly delighted with the evening's festi-
vities.—lnverness Courier.

BOILER EXPLOSION.—A most alarming accident
occurred yesterday morning between the hours of seven
and eight at the Albion Brewery, Camden-town, be-
longing to Messrs. Baker and Son, from the explosion of
a boiler, of six hone power, which has result- d in the
total destruction of the interior of the premises, besides
causing a great devastation of property to the houses
adjacent. So fearful was the explosion, that the neigh-
bourhood of Hampstead and Highgate felt the efftcts so
severely, that they feared at first it proceeded from tf e
shock of an earthquake. The houses in Caroline-place,
to the lift of the brewery, have had the whole of the
windows completely shattered, and most serious alarm
was caused to the inhabitants by a tremendous shower
of bricks falling into the back gardens. A part of the
boiler (221bs. in weight) was blown upwards of 300 yards
to the rear of the premises of the British Queen public-
house. There were only five workmen on the premises
at the time of the accident, none of whom have received
any serious injury. One man, who was in the mash-tub
close to the engine, at the time of the explosion, escaped
with only his cap being blown off, whilst another was
blown through a door into an inner room, but was not
injured. The cause of the accident is not known, nor
has the amount of damage caused by it been ascertained.
WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—Last
evening a public meeting was held at the Royal British
Institution, City-road, far the purpose of explaining the
principles and objects of this association. Mr. James
Palser in the chair. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, Mr. James
Taylor (secretary of the Birmingham Society), and
other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and tho follow-
ing resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That this
meeting is of opinion that freehold land societies offer to
the industrious classes the most profitable investment for
their savings, and are efficient agents for engendering
habits of forethought and a spirit of independence,
and the meeting recogois( s in the general estimation of
these societies a most efficient mode of gradually and
legally extending the suffrage, by increasing the number
of voters fur county Members, and that it behoves
every man who is anxious to extend the representa-
tion of the people to contribute by all in his poser
to their encouragement and support ; and that inas-
much as the Freehold Land Society embraces within
its operat;ons the home counties, Middlesex tieing in-
cluded, this meeting considers it worthy of being sup-
ported by the people of the Tower Hamlets." A vote of
thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting
separated.
THE " FATHER" OE NEW SOUTH WALES—
ANDREW HAMILTON HUME.—The Sydney papers an-
nounce the death of Acdrew Hamilton Hume, Esq., of
Glenrock and Humewood, in New South Wales, on the
23d of September last. He was conventionally known
as the "father of the colony," having lived in it longer
than any other existing individual, and he was therefore
the senior member of all our:colonists in the southern
hemisphere.
THE VACANT JUDICIAL SEAT AT THE CENTRAL
CRIMINAL COURT.—In a very few days the appointment
to the vacancy of Common-Sergeant, occasioned by the
death of Mr. Sergeant Mirehouse, will, it is said, be con-
ferred upon Mr. Commissioner Bullock, who has for so
many years been one of the Commissioners of this Court,
and to whose promotion, it is said, no opposition will bo
offered. Should this occur two other situations become
vacant in consequence, it being intended, from the aug-
mentation of business owing to the late alterations in the
process for the recovery of small debts, for the future to
divide the labour by appointing a different judge to the
Small Debts Court of the City. The vacant Commit-
sionership is likely to give rise to a sharp contest, there
having been for some time two candidates, in the persons
of Mr. Ryland, one of the senior City pleaders, and
Mr. Russell, Gurney, whose interest in the City is said to
be very strong. Yesterday Mr. Michael Prendergast,
Q.C., issaed a manifesto, of his intention to become the
third candidate. The judgeship of the Small Debts Court
is also likely to be strongly contested, and in the event
of Mr. W. Payne, the coroner for the city of London,
and one of the candidates, succeeding in the election, it
will leave the situation of coroner to be filled. This it
also seems will create a stir, for several gentlemen,
acting upon the mere expectation of Mr. Payne's elec-
tion, have notified their intention of standing for the
vacant office of coroner. Among the foremost stands
Mr. Hobler, son of the late clerk to the Mansion House
Police-court. It is also rumoured that Mr. Wood, t} toe
late Alderman aad present cork to the aldermen at tho
Gui'dh
l
tion.
Member
Mr. Humphrey Brows, • •
illness, and it is expected that
recovering from his late il. Tewkesbury, is
he will very so-in resume his duties. The
resigning
rl Police-court,
has
onuor
t, willnt
ibopmenapr,
whatever
parliamentary
eernnvoteTanarrei:n,o f
THE ENGINEER'S, MASONIC, AND UNIVERSAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—the annual meeting of
daysis seat,snc.
e though such a report was in circulation a few
this scoiety, which is conducted on the purest principles
of mutual assurance, was held yesterday at the head
office, N 345, Stranc'. From the report which was
read to the members by the actuary, it appeared that
during the year 1849, 643 new policies, producing fresh
premiums to the amount of 5,047/. had been granted by
the society, while, notwithstanding the cholera epidemic,
only seven claims from death bad arisen in the setae
period. At the same time it was announced that the
total number of policies which had passed the Board of
Directors up to the present day was 910, producing an-
nual premiums to the amount of 7,7004 odd, When the
report presented to the members was t f so satisfactory a
nstare it is hardly necessary to state that the proceed-
Logs were characterised by the greate3t unanimity. The
lOW T 905 of thoulia tg She Wczthy Chigunap,

F. Dobson, and the other directora and Officers -wftsi
'passed. nem con., and the meeting separql- errrer an
--akest exhortation from the Chairman to t e members
to ustain by continued exertions the high position
which the society had already secured in the esteem of
the public.
ACCIDENT ON TUE CROYDON LINE.—A eor
respondent has forwarded a letter containing an ao
count of an accident which occurred to one of the trains
on the Croydon line on Friday night last. It is fur-
nished by one of the passengers, who states that at the
junction of the Brighton and Croydon line, from some
cause not ascertained, the engine and part of the train
was on the Brighter, lice while the other was on the
Croydon, and consequently one of the carriages was
twisted across the rails, thrown on its bide, and smashed.
That immediately preceding, in which the historian of
the accident was :seated, was thrown off the line and
dragged on over some of the rails, but was fortunately
stopped as it was on the eve of being thrown over. No
lives si ere lost, a few bruises and some slight injuries
from broken glass being fortunately the hole extent cf
personal damage sustained.
We understand that the Rev. Dr. Vaughan (head
neal
masterltar Marrow
School) will shortly lead C.) tue hyme-
ass Kate Stanley, youngest daughter of the
lute Bishop of Norwich.—Herald.
LORD GOUGH.—The Tipperary Free Press says :
—" We understand that his Lordship purposes returning
to the land of his fathers, and that his seat, Rathronan
House, in the vicinity of this town, is being prepared for
his reception. If this be so, we can fairly promise hiss
a coed sills falthe which will cheer his truly Irish heart,
and amply repay him for those slights which, attempting
to be cast on a good and brave man, reflected only dis-
comfiture upon their originators.
THE Haanoun.—The shipping season has noW
fairly commenced, and the harbour has a very animated
appearance, presenting a pleasing contrast to the dull
and gloomy aspect which it usually wears during the
winter months. At present there are nearly fifty yes.
sels, some of them of very large tonnage, at the Broomie-
law, loading for foreign and colonial ports. Of these,
eight are for Montreal, four for Valparaiso, three fiat.
Singapore (two of which touch at Batavia), eight for the
United States, one for Calcutta, several for the West
Indies, and a number for various Continental ports....
Glasgow Daily Mail.
It was reported-yesterday that the Bank of England
had made a large advance to the London and North-
Western Railway Company on their debentures at 34
per cent., but the statement was without foundation. It
appears, however, that in all the loans raised by the
company during the present year the terms hare been
limited to that rate.
The failure was announced yesterday of Messrs.
Benjamin Smith and Sons, copper smelters, of Bowe
common and Threadneedle-street. Their liabilities are
understood to be considerable, although not extended
amongst numerous parties. The firm was established ft -
few
years back, with the view of carrying out a new
patent, upon the intrinsic value of which the prospmta
of the creditors, it is presumed, will in some measure
depend.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.—This morning, at a quarter
after nine o'clock, a very serious accident occurred at
the Plymouth station of the South Devon Railway. The
goods train due about half-past eight o'clock, being very
hs avily laden, was about half an hour after its time. On
approaching the station the guards found it impossible,
owing to the slippery state of the rails, to stop the train,
it rushed impetuously into the station, and the engine
went through the wall and partition-work at the west
end. The engine fireman, James Bolt, is dangerously
cut about the head; the driver, Tunstall, seeing the
danger, jumped off, and ran along the platform. The
engine, the Corsair, a new one, lately purchased by the
company at a cost of nearly 4,0001., is very much shat-
tered. The accident will cause no interruption to the
traffic of the line.
A COCKROACH-KILLING DOG.—We must introduce
to the lovers of the marvellous a wonder in the shape of
a dog, the property of Mr. Thomas Bennett, of the
Church-side, Macclesfield. This animal, which is kept
in the factory, has been in the habit of killing cockroaches,
with which the factory is infested, by putting them under
the pressure of his right paw. By some accident the
paw was disabled, and the animal saw, doubtless with
much dismay, the enemy rapidly increasing on his
hands—or, rather,l under his paws. A few weeks ago
he exemplified the old adage, that "necessity is the
mother of invention," by lying down among a whole
host of his adversaries and rolling over them, thus effec-
ting at "one fell swoop" what had formerly cost him
considerable trouble. Having made this discovery he
was not the sort of dog to neglect taking advantage of
it, and he may now be seen any morning taking a roll
amongst the cockroaches, and then surveying the slaugh-
tered foe with an appearance of satisfaction.—Macc/es•
field Courier.
At the rent-day of Sir Courtenay lionywood,
Bart., a short time since, no fewer than twenty tenants
gave notice to quit, alleging as their reason for so doing,
that their rents were so very high that it was impossible
for them to pay the.n.—Esser Herald.
The Earl of Chesterfield has retired from the turf,
and the Earl of Strathmore, it is stated, is about to do
the same.

THE PIKE.—On Friday last an extraordinary fine
specimen of the pike NN as caught by W. Essington, Esq.,
of Ribbesford House, in a pool belonging to Arthur
Skey, Esq., of Spring grove, Bewdley. When brought
to the scale, this " muntter of the deep," was f ,und
to weigh upwards of 321b5., and in length more
than four feet. It was in excellent condition, and
a tro.rea I good :Tort. It was immediately forwarded to
Mr. Thomas Robinson, of this city for preservation,
and we may take the oppottunity to mention that the
excellent tackle which captured the fish was supplied
by Mr. Fiinn, of this city.— Worcester Herold.
STATE OF TRADE.—MANCIIESTER, TUESDA
The market to day has been very quiet. The demand,
whether for cloth or 3 err, has been limited, and with
prices further tending in favour of the buyer. The cur-
rent numbers of Indian earns have been rather an excep-
tion to general business, the inquiry for these being still
to a considet a`ile extent, and prices remaining tolerably
firm. Short-time and the stoppage of the mills in many
quarters continue. The advises from the United States
tend rather to a fut ther reduction of the estimates of the
cotton crop, but prices Lave been already so advanced by
speculative means, and the consumption has been so
grossly exaggeratel, and is so greatly curtailed, that so
far from there being any tendency to advance in the
Liverpool market, prices tend in favour of the buyer.
Printing cloth is still low, and prices are giving way, par•
ticularly in the lower qualities. 40-inch shirting' con-
tinue to be sold to a fair extent, especially in the latter
reeds. Domestics remain dull, and, if any change, are a
shade lower.

MONTHLY TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION.—The
sixth Temperance Demonstratiion (the last of the
series) took place on Monday evening, in Exeter Hall,
Mr. John Cassell in the chair. The subject of consi-
deration was, that intoxicating liquors are not essential
to health or comfort, tend their entire abandonment is
promotive of the physical, intellectual, social, and reli-
gious condition of the community. After a few preli-
minary words from the chairman, Mr. F. W. Perfitt ad-
dressed the meeting on the subject !proposed for that
evening, and was %led received throughout a long and
eloquent discourse. Mr. James Taylor, from Birming-
ham, entertained the meeting with a narrative of his
own life, be fore and after he had taken the tett ,tal
pledge, from the time when, he said, he occupiedla room,
for which he paid 2s. 7d. a week, and was always in ar-
rear, and the time when he built Temperance Cottage,
in the neighbourhood of Birmingham. He remembered
well when, after taking the pledge, the clothes he had
worn on his back were convei tod into a mop for cleaning
his new lodgings. The Temperance Society cf. Bir-
mingham, he stated, had purchased freehold land to the
value of about 19,0001. Mr. George Cruikshank, who
was received with great applause by the meeting, in
allusion to his popular sketches :of " The Bottle," said,
that though he had been a member of a temperance so-
ciety only for three years and a half, he had enter-
tained to a great extent his present views on the evil
iffects of drink from his very youth, and referred to his
sketch of the ‘. Gin Juggernaut" in exemplification.
On the motion of Dr. Gourley, seconded by Dr. Burns,
an address was adopted to his Majesty the King of
Sweden, on the subject of the temperance reformation,
and thanking his Majesty for the active interest which
he has taken in the abatement of intemperate habits
among his subject'. M. Carl Olof Brink, LL.B., Secre-
tary to the Board of Prisons in Sweden, who is at pre-
sent on a visit to this country for the purpose of collect-
ing information as to the statistics and treatment of
criminals in England, acknowledged the compliment.
During the evening about 201. was collected in aid of
the expenses attendant upon the course of six monthly
meetings air( ady held in Exeter Hall, which, added to
about 2001. already collected, will nearly be sufficient to
cover all the outlays. A vote of thanks to the chair-
man was proposed by Mr. Cruikshank, and seconded by
Mr. W. West, after which the meeting separated.

FIRE AT LOUGHBOROUGH BARRACKS.-011 Sunday
night a fire occurred at the above place. The barracks
are occupied at present by a troop of the 3d Dragoon
Guards. At the bottom of the barrack-yard is a large
dung-pit, sunk below the surface, and walled round to
the height of several feet above it. It has been the cus-
tom to throw ashes, as well as manure from the stables,
into this pit, and sometime on Sunday some hot cinders
appear to hays been thrown in with a quantity of ashes.
These set fire to the manure, and in the course of the
evening the attention of an officer was called to it, but
ho considered there was no danger. Near to the dung-
pit is a stable in which one of the officers (Lieutenant
Croker, we l'elieve) had four horses—three hunters and
a trooper. In the outer wall of the stable
is a small
aperture to carry off the drainage, and jest
small aperture to admit it into the dun •t. opposite is a
dung-pit,
appear to have spread through thesogio apertureslle fl
st
and on Monday fire to the litter in the stable,ay morning
the four horses were found suffocated. It is stated that
the horses were valued at from 3001. to 4001. The da-
mage done to the building Mai slight.
SUICIDE 01' A MILITARY OFFICER IN PAISLEY.--'
It is our painful duty to record the death of Lieutenant
Noble, of her Majesty's 27th Regiment of Foot, by his
own act, which sad event took place in the Paisley Bar-
racks, on the morning of Tuesday last. He left the house
of a gentleman in town the night previous about eleven
o'clock, apparently in his usual health and spirits, and
was next morning found suss ended from the stair-rail in
his quar:ers, by his own sash. The cause of his com-
mitting this rash act is ne t known, but is supposed to
have been the result of temporary insanity. His re.
mains were interred on Friday in the Abbey Church.
yard, with full military honours.—North British Mail.
PORT OF FOLKESTONE.—The import business of
this newly-appointed port has so much increased since
the privilege was accorded to it of importing silks and
other valuable goods from the continent, that it has been
found requisite to strengthen the corps of the revenue
department from the head-quarters in London, in order
to meet the requirements of the public service, and afford
the requisite accouter:sciatica and dispatch 19 trade.