The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-25 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

THE RUSSIAN LOAN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

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SIR,—In expressing yourjust abhorrence of the
audacious aid the house of Barings is about to give to
despotic Russia you have (if I mistake not) cited the
excuse which is brought as an argument in favour of
such aid, and have condemned it, but have not shown
the distinctive difference of circumstances wherein
the argument is sometimes good, or wherein, as in
this instance, it is as false as it is atrocious. I refer to
the argument or proposition that "Barings are not
responsible for the purposes to which Russia applies
their aid"—that " one person is not responsible for the
evil which another commits through the means given
him."

Now, Sir, you, and many of your readers, know
full well that this is sometimes true and sometimes
false ; but there is an important portion of your
readers (the honest but illiterate) who may, in the
instance before us, be misled by the vile Mammon-
wrought hypocritical misapplication of this argument.
Let it then be distinctly set out under what circum-
stances it is right and under what it is wrong.
It is, I apprehend, right when it embraces the fol-
lowing characteristics :-
Ist. Whenever the aid or deed be benevolent and

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moral.
2d. Whenever the agent is ignorant of, or does not
suspect a bad application. '
3d. When the act itself is in compliance with an
imperative duty.
Thus, under the first, if I send or sell my afflicted
neighbour " a little wine for his stomach's sake," and
he drinks it to excess, I am not responsible.
If under the second, I send him arsenic for his rats,
and he take it himself, I am not responsible, fir I was
ignorant of his intention.
And if, under the third, I pay my taxes, and " ren-
der to Caesar the things which are Caesar's," and he
devotes them to bloodshed, I am not responsible, for
I obeyed a Divine command. Or, if in saving the
life of my friend I chance to disfigure him I am not
responsible, for I performed a duty.
Under all such circumstances the principle is "Do
right, leave Heaven to answer for the rest ;" but re-
verse the circumstances, and a, roan is responsible for
the consequences of his deed:
If the druggist knew that; the arsenic was for the
purpose cf suicide, or (what perhaps is worse) for the
murder of a third innocent party, would not • the
villain be responsible ? And, mark you, Sir, that
so fully has the very Legislature of this country
recognized this principle of responsibility, that every
druggist in our land is, I believe, prohibited from
selling poisons except under certain regulations, or
he is held responsible for their misuse.
But what, Sir, are the case and circumstances of
Baring Brothers?
They are lending money under a false pretence.
They are aiding a despot in his suppression of truth
and butchery of innocence.
They are sending money abroad that their neigh-
bours require at home.
They rob this nation, and render our expensive
fleet necessary, by aiding the very power that fleet is
maintained to keep in check.
They hold up the odious lesson, the vile example
to a suffering people, that they are not responsible for
the powers they possess and confer.
They force a dangerous wish into every noble
breast, that if this privilege be allowed to wealth, the
sooner the rich be brought low the better.
And Baring Brothers! hear it ye slaves of Main
mon and Despotism ye do all this for the accursed
selfishness of a little gain.
You not responsible ? No benevolence demands
this aid; no ignorance of the purpose for which it is
wanted palliates it ;1:no Divine command calls it from
you. Not one circumstance which frees a moral
agent from responsibility belongs to your case ; but
you stand out before the whole world, once and for
evermore, a blackened ;voluntary abettor of cruelty
and oppression, hellish in its character, and universal
in its object.—l am, Sir, &c.,
Cheltenham, Jan. 23, 1850.

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StiGAll.—The market has bon quiet for British plan-
tation, but holders have not pressed sales, and prices
continue much the same as before, the best refining
and grocery sorts supporting the fullest quotations.
Barbadoes by auction, brought
.418 Gd and 43s for fine
yellow, and 3846 d to 40s 63 for low to good. Refined
brown lumps base been at 508, and grocery lamps at
50s to 525.
EAST IllihA.-4,919 bags Mauritius only partly sold,
barely maintaining firmer prices; good to fine yellow
went at 38s 63 to 41s, low to mid at 37s to 38,, and
brown at 285 Gil to 36s 6d per cwt. There were 16,836
bags also put up of Bengal, but only 4,000 sold, and at
easier quotations; white Bemires, 39s to 438; yellow,
like Mauritius, 36s to 38s 63; and strong, 39s to 455.
Madras, 1,357 bags, vi ent at 31st..) 31s 6d for good soft
brown, and 'at 378 6d to 41s 6d for good to fine yellow.
FOREIGN.—Cuba has been held at 37s 6cl to 39s 6d

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DALETII

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—lVeaserved in your paper of Tuesday last
the report of a case headed " A pair of Miscreants,"
which case was heard before the police magistrate at
llarlborOugh-street, the forenoon of that day, wherein
John Minden and Nathaniel Lukina were charged
with an indecent exposure. -There is a statement in
that repqrt, which we will thank you to correct as
soon as 'possible. According to your report, the
prisoner 'Munden represented himself to be a plumber,
residing) in Coleman-street, whereas the fact is, he
was only a journeyman in our employ.
The supposition of the prisoner Munden being a
partner in our firm is calculated seriously to

njure us.
We are, Sir, your obedient servants,
BUFFAM AND MUNDEN,
Embers, &c., 20, Coleman-street.
Jan. 25, 1850.

CONCENTRATED TINCTURE OF CAPSICUM
A REMEDY FOR CHILBLAINS AND TOOTH
ACHE.

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BY A. TURNBULL, N.D.
At this season few diseases are so general as coil- I
blames, and tho plans that are generally employed tor
their removal aro seldom attended with more than
very slight advantage to the sufferers.
It i a disease that attacks most generally females'
and de'icate children, and those of a languid circulation
The very numerous and various medicines which have
been from time to time employed, prove very clearly
that no very effective or successful plan of treatment
has hitherto been found. Such is the present state of
treatmeA both of chilblains and toothalhe.
My !plan of treatment is simply to saturate a piece of
sponge or flannel with the concentrated tincture cf cap-
sicum 4 and to. rub well over the seat of the chilblains
until such time as a strong tingling or electrical feeling
is pr4luced. This medicine possesses an extraordinary
power; in removing congestion by its action upon the
1 nerve and circulation.
This application ought to be continued daily until tic)
disea e is removed; relief will be experienced on the
very rst application, and frequently there will be a total
removal of the diseme after the second or third. This
of coerce depends upon the severity of the caw. This
embrocation when rubbed, never produces excoriation if
the skin is not broken.

for low to mid grey, at 40s to 40s 6d f,r good, and at
36a to 37s for good soft brown. Post) Rico sold at 38s
to 41s for mid and good yellow, at 41s Gd to 42s 6d for
fine, and at!36s to 37s for low grey.
CorrEs.—The market has been receding, and with an
indisposition to do business, although holders have scan-
tily supplied it. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 653
to 69s 6d for fine, fine ord and low, at 56s to 64s fir
ord and good ord, and at 52s to 58s for triage; good ord
Native has been sold at 60s to 61s. Madras fine ord
yellowish has been held for 655. In other descriptions
nothing of interest has beau passing; prices remain no-
minally about the
CocoA.-I—West India has been quiet. Para has been
taken in at 355, and Bahia and Grayaquil at 363 to
36s 6d per cwt,
RicE.--7Bengal sold rather lower; good mid white
rather yellowish 9s Gd to 10s. Madras went at 9s to
93 6d.
SALTPETRE.—SaIes have been made at about previous
rate 3; 21 per cent refraction realising 27s to 293, and 9
and 91 per cent 26s 6d, but score as low as 225.
Rum —Fuller prices have been paid, and with a good
demand. East India is 4d to is sd, and for proof lee-
ward is 51d and is 6rl per gallon.
COTTON.—There has been an active market, and at
advanced rates, owing to the unfavourable accounts from
America.

The manner of using it for toothache, is by putting a
drop:or two of the tincture on cotton, and applying it
to the part affected— the relief will be immediate. The
following is the formula:—
Tinctura Capsici Concentrata.
Capsici Baccdrum, siv.
Spiritus Vini Rect., sxij.
Macera per dies septum et cola.
It may also be made with advantage by dillAcement.
16, Manchester-square, Jan. 17th, 1850.
—Prom the Medical Journals.

DESTRUCTION OF THE SEAT OF THE DUKE OF
MONTROSE BY FIRE.—We ate informed that the pic-
tures, including that of the " Great Marquis of Mon-
trose," are saved, and all the family records also.
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.
—Yesterday the Loid Mayor gave a splendid banquet to
the corporations of Hastings and Rye and a select party
of his immediate friends. The dinner, which was pro-
vided by Messrs. Ring and Brymer in the most sumptuous
manner, was served in the Egyptian Hall, in which were
assembled at six o'clock about 180 guests. The usual
loyal and national toasts having been drtink, complimen-
tary toasts, adapted to the occasion followed, and were
enthusiastically received. The entertainment was en-
livened by the vocal exertions of Mr. Hobbs and his
assistants, and the band c f the Coldstream Guards, led by
Mr. Harper on the trumpet, performed frequently
throughout the evenirg. The Mayor of Hastings pro-
posed the health of the Lord Mayor; and the Mayor cf
Rye proposed that of the Lady Mayoress. The guests
were all evidently delighted with the brilliant and hos-
pitable reception given them by the Chief Magistra'e Lf
London.

TALLOW.—There is a steady market at 38s 9d to
393 per cwt. for P.Y.C. on the spot.
SPICES.—Not much has been doing. Chalabar
Ginger has been sold at 24s 6d to 275, and Bengal at
24s 6d per orrt ; and Cloves have realised 81-d to 85d
per lb.
TEA.—The market still continues steady. Congou,
ordinary to good ordinary, 10d to 10id ;
Pekoe kind,
Is 6d to Is 10d ; Twankay, good ordinary to best mid,
9d to 9fd ; Hyson, good ordinary, is 2d to is 4d ; and
Gunpowder, is 2d to 4s per lb.
GREEN FRUlT.—Large arrivals have taken place
from all quarters. The market for Oranges has been
depressed, and prices generally are lower; two cargoes
from St.—Michael, and one from Terceira, sold by Keel-
ing and Hunt, at public sale, went at a reduction of 2,g.
per box. Lemons in demand, and all the parcels cleared
out of first hands. Seville Sours scarce, and have ad-
vanced 5s per chest. No Spanish Nuts in the market.
Barcelona in moderate demand, and less inquiry for

LOQUACITY AND RESERVE.—The ideas of a great
talker differ very much from those of the reserved man
—the former being superficial and comparatively value-
less, while the latter (generally vented in proverbs) are
truthful, impressive, and profound. The language of
the former skips along as easily and gracefully as the
greyhound, while, on the contrary, that of the latter
proceeds slowly, clumsily, and heavily onwards, like the
ponderous and unwieldy elephant. Ile finds it difficult
to give utterauce to his thoughts, which rush forward to
the portal of his mouth in such crowds that they in fact
block it up. Whenever you meet with a man of this
kind, give him time, and do slot mistake his tedious tar-
diness for ignorance or imbecility of mind. In nine
cases out of ten ho has lived in solitude, and because he
ha 3 not been habituated to conversation, his tongue
grows so rusty that, when he does venture into society,
no one will wait till he is drawn out, and therefore his
'reserve continues to increase. Do not contemptuously
turn your back upon him but listen, and he will, in all
likelihood, repay your civility with interest. The eagle
is a solitary bird, and his voice may be harsh, but still
he is an eagle nevertheleis. Do not imagine that lie is
dead or asleep, but be more attentive to nature. The
gun is silent untl its note is one of triumph ; the tiger's
fatal spring and terrific roar are simultaneous ; the vol-
cano is silent before an eruption; and all nature seems
dlad be fore the tornado and the earthquake. Nature
employs silence to concentrate her energies, that the
effect may be more appalling and sublime. As iron, by
long exposure to the action of fresh water, has a rusty
exterior, but is inwardly improved in quality, so the rust
of the reserved man is only superficial, while his ideas,
over which the stream of time has passed, are susceptible
of a higher polish, and sink more forcibly into the mind
of his hearer. The diamond is a rough, dull stone,
when first brought from its rocky bed, yet it receives
from the lapidary a brilliancy, almost capable of dispel-
ling the gloom of night.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
THE STATION ERS' AND PAPER MANUFACTURERS
PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The eighth annual bell of this
society took place at Willis's-rooms, St. James's, on
Wednesday evening, and was very fully attended. The
company numbered nearly 400, amongst whom were
many leading and influential members of the trade. The
efficient arrangement of the secretary and stewards, both
in the musical and supper departments, appeared to give
general satisfaction, and dancing was kept up with much
spirit till a late hour.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.Traffie for
the week ended Jan. 20, 1850:—C. and 11. Main Line,
1,0211. 15a. 11d.; Mold, 821. 25. 7d.; steam-boats, 72/.
13s, 6d,—Totol, 1,1761, 12s.

CHRONOMETERS IN Stu JAMES Ross's EXPEDI- I
TION.—The Arctic expedition lately returned was fur-
nished by the Admiralty with fifteen chronorm tors cf
vArioua makers, which, from the t me they left England
until their return, were rated every day,by comparison
and. registers kept of their performance. These journals
have noiv been received at the Admiralty, and, accord-
ing to
,them, eight were employed on board the Enter-
prise, 'and seven on board the Investigator. The two
selected', after trials on the voyage, as the standards were
Loseby, No. 113, fir the Enterprise, and No. 119 by the
some maker for the Investigator ; and it was chiefly by
these that the vessels were navigated home, as neither
the low and variable temperatures to which they were
exposed, nor the violent shocks the vessels received
from -the ice, materially affected their rates ; fur the
longitude as indicated by them was found, on reaching
England, to have been given with great accuracy. Both
these chronometers were of the mercurial construction,
iniehted by Mr. Loseby, which has proved so successful
in the trials at the Observatory, Greenwich, for several
years past.
lIONV USEFULNESS IS TO BE ESTIMATED.—TiIe
usefulness of a man is not to be estimated by the length
of time during which he is employed, but by the charac-
ter of the resources, powers, acid qualificationr, which
he combines, and puts vigorously in operation, while
he is engaged in auy undertaking. Some men will be
yt jeererdua delivered
Eli;a Ccok's Journal.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—About 3,000
bales of cotton were disposed of at Havreu 13:eusutieinrde,a)f.,roamt
Wednesday's advanced rates, which were very firm. The
YR oil\l,eitifi.apfnpreoLEinrio,PTaeErrrmti
vtptemLdEbu.a_et 01,1‘,Iistarvn.rdeStyohowes
se-
cond reading on the Uses of the Roman Law on vvcd,
uesday" last, before a numerous assemblage, including
the Right Hon. Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. Vice-
Chancellor Knight Bruce, the Right Hon. Sir Edward
Ryan, the Archdeacon of London, Mr. Knowles, Q C.,
Sir It. Comyn, Sce. The next reading will be on the
30th inst., at a quarter after seven o'clock.

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WINDSOR CASTLE THEATRICALS. MURDER and SUICIDE at MANCHESTER
The forthcoming performances at the Royal Palace The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Mr. and
at Windsor were originally intended (as last season) Mrs. Novelli was held on Wednesday evening, at the
to consist of five, but, in consequence of the lamented Griffin Inn, Lower Broughton, before Mr. W. Se 9 ee
decease of the Queen Dowager, and the Court Rutter, county coroner. ,- /seas
4. „..o LT-2---7-_,
mourning, have been necessarily restricted to two, Mr. J. H. Hampson, ~. --e
jun., who acted as the ters -e: j---- 13
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which are to take place on Friday the Ist, and Friday citor to the executors of the ate Mi. Lewis N en s'e ;
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the Bth, of February. husband to the deceased Mrs. Novelli, deposed Wit* - --- . ' -•"- ;10-f-''
• -'-je ,rt.....x.
Shakspere's magnificent drama of Julius Cesar is had been in the habit of seeing Mr. A. lievefifiente ' sst 4- s lc,
selected for the first—one of the noblest creations of business matters; that he had one or two inter' ewe se -tr eTs- ,---,..., co iv
a•
his genius, embodying and placing before us, in vivid with him on the 15th of December, again on the 2ftlel- -s-'---'` -
reality, and. with all the graphic iOntity of Plutarch, of December, and several times afterwards. TbilisiVelS
the startling incidents of one •of t e most important Mr. Novell had said on one occasion when going '
periods of..the world's history, Vith the mighty through a number of accounts, "I must give up this
agents that produced them:'. The election of such a work, it makes my head feel bad ; it makes me ill,
play evinces a true dramatic discernment and are • and confuses me; and on two or three occasions
fined taste. . e
, after the 26th of December, he said, " Well, this busi-
Among other points of interest-, the two most cele- ness upsets me ; I hardly know what lam doing, my
brated actors of the day, Mr. C. Kean and Mr. head is so bad." He also on one occasion said that •
Macready will appear together for the first, and in the medical men had told him that he must not exert
all probability for the'only time, as the latter gentle- himself too much, or it would make him ill. On
man has announced his approaching retirement from another occasion we had some conversation as to the
the stage. In addition" to these two " choice and transaction of the business with the Stamp-office,
master spirits of the age," in the characters of Marc in the course of which he became cross and
Antony and Brutus, the cast will include a powerful irritable, more so than I had ever seen him
array of talent., selected with care and judgment—in- before. While I was adding some accounts, be made
eluding Mr,. Wallack as Cassius, Mr. Cooper as Cases, a remark which I did not catch, and after I had
and Mrs. Warner as Portia. The second representa- finished I asked him what he said. He did nut reply,
tion was to have been the first part of Shakspere's but continued staring at the fire, and did not look at
Henry IV.; but a domestic affliction will prevent Mr. 1 me. He never spoke again, but jumped up from the -
Bartley from appearing es Falstaff, which be was about chair, slipped on his coat in a minute, much quicker
to undertake at the Royal request. This play would I than I could ever have done, and bounced out of the
have been most efficiently represented, and doubtless, room without saying a word to me. I remember
supported by such talent., have afforded infinite satisfac- him at school nineteen or twenty years ago, And he
tion. Mr. C. Kean would have sustained the character oft was always looked upon as a weakly soft-beaded boy
Hotspur, Mr. Wallack that of the Prince, Mr. compared with his brothers. He was decidedly
Cooper the King, and Mrs. C. Kean the subordinate passionate and impulsive, and did not control himself.
part of Lady Percy—an example which may be pro- Mr. Charles H. Bowker confirmed the evidence
fitably observed by other professional ladies, as afford- given by Mr. Hampson, that he was extremely irri-
ing in her eminent position a marked instance of the table and excited by the least thing. He was a tem-
absence of all personal ambition,• and a praiseworthy perate man. He was in business in London on his
desire to promote the general effect. Under the pain- own account, in partnership with one or two other
ful circumstances that have occasioned the alteration persons, seven or eight years ago. That partnership
of this tragedy, Mrs. Kean has been called upon to ceased about four years ago, and since that time he
substitute her exquisite delineation of King Renes had been in no business. krs. Novelli, his mother,
Daughter, supported, as at the Haymarket, by her ' was insane, and was confined for some years ; and
husband in the trifling part of Sir Tristan, and Mr. two brothers also died by their own hands; a sister
Wallack as King Rene ; to be followed by Charles of his also is not in a sound state of mind.
XII, including Mr. Webster, Mr. Wallack, Mr. liar-) Mr. Coston stated, that in the morning the bed
ley, Mr. Leigh Murray, and el le Boyce; Miss K. Fitz- candlesticks were still in the room upon the table ;
williarn, and Miss Jane Mordaunt. The advantages l one of the candies was burnt down to the socket, and
of this private patronage of the drama, in the highest the other did not appear to have been lighted ; and
quarter, are sufficiently manifest. The state visits that AlexanderNovelli had blundered up to bed in
of Royalty to the theatres, on specific occasions, the dark, as was no candle in his room.
are certainly very beneficial to the treasuries of the Mr. Harrison, surgeon, said, that not only would
managers, and gratifying to the public; but, passing it be possible, but extremely probable, that such a
away as ;he pageants of an hour, and looked upon person as Mr. Novelli had been represented in the
as matters of course, they produce no permanent evidence to be would, under extreme excitement, be
effect either on the dramatic art, or the social and betrayed into maniacal impulses. There are many
public condition of its professoz's ! On the other cases of that nature. People who are capable of pur-
hand, the private performances at Windsor Castle are suing the usual transactions of life without showing
well calculated to enhance both. any external appearances of insanity may, from a
The Queen and Prince Albert have selected for sudden impulse, commit either great crimes or some
their domestic recreation a sterling English enter- act that would fall under the common denomination of
tainment ; and it behoves all connected with the stage insanity.
to afford every facility in their power to promote the The CORONER then summed up the case at some
present object, the motive of which is as kind as the length, after which the jury deliberated for about a
taste is pure. We congratulate Mr. Charles Kean quarter of an hour, and then returned a verdict—
on being chosen to fill the post of arbiter elegantiarum "That Mr. Novelli had destroyed the lives, first of
on these occasions. It is a compliment to the artist Mrs. Novelli, and afterwards of himself, being at the
and his profession; and there is no one so thoroughly, time of unsound mind."
qualified from his high position and talent to dis-
charge the onerous duties entrusted to his care.

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The alterations in the prices of the two favourites for
the Northamptonshire Stake of Cossack for the Ches- I
ter Cup, and of Ghillie Callum fur the Derby, are trace- I
able to the business transacted at the sporting houses in
the course f Tuesday and Wednesday; scarcely any-
thing was done yesterday, in fact, the only movement in .
the course of a very dull sf.ernoon was in The Flea, on
whom a large sum was laid out at 1,000 to 30. Wo but-
oin the closing quotations:—
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 6 agat Lord Waterford's Sir John—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Agitation—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Hardcastle's Rescue—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Castle na Grande Lumiire
THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Halfard'a Harriott—take 9 to 1
10 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Osterley
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bumby's Velox—taken and after-
wards offered
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Hall's Ada Mary
30 to I agst Duke of Bedford's Retail
30 to 1 apt Lord Eglinton's Testator
33 to 1 agst Mr. Adams's Ellerslie—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Cheerful
50 to 1 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough
CHESTER CUP.
. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pay ne's Glauca-1,000 to 45 taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldestou's Fogleman—take
22 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. St. George's Whim colt
25 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep-o'-day Boy-2,800
to 100 taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann—take 30 to 1
33 to 1 agst Mr. Padwick's The Flea—taken freely
33 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Rowland-40 to 1 taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Chantrey
35 to 1 egat Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn—take
40 to 1
40 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale
45 to 1 agst Mr. Flalford's Harriott—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Eddison na John Cosser—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont—taken and
afterwards offered
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. F. Nichols's Woolwich—taken
1,000 to /5 agst Mr. Lucas's Sunnyside
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Colgan's Horn of Chase—tyke
1,000 to 10
1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer—take
1,000 to 10
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. C. Peck's Melody—taken
1,000 to 10 agat Lord Waterford's Modesty—taken
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Gregory's Damask
1,000 to 10 agat Mr. Murphy's Dough
DERBY, 1850.
8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—t
9 to 1 egat Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke
11 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel
17 to 1 agst Lord Zetland'a Voltigeur-18 to 1 'taken
to 1001.
18 tQ 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger
30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken and
afterwards offered
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Davidson's Hind colt—taken
THE OAKS.
7 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Probity
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gannon's Regina—taken to 1001.
1,000 to 20 agat Beehunter winning the 2,000 Guineas
Stakes, Flying Dutchman the Emperor's Vase, and
Probity the Oaks.
LOUTH STEEPLECHASE.
Acceptances for the Steeplechase Handicap.
British Yeomar, 1 Ist 101b—Proceed, llst 21b—Trust-
me-not, lOst 101b—Rachael, lOst 61b— Fugitive, lOst 61b
—Yard-arm, lOst 61b—Abl• el-Kader, lOst 51b—Hope,
lOst 31b—Maria Day, lOst 31b—Vengeance, lOst 31b—
Boswell, lOst 21b—Sobriety, 9st 131b—Little Hough-
ton, 9st 121b—Maurice Daley, 9st 121b—Little Paul,
9st 101 b.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PROMOTIONS•

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, THURSDAY.
The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took walking exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colima Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel F. H. Sey-
mour, went to London this morning at eleven o'clock.
His Royal Highness and suite travelled by a spe-
cial train on the South-Western Railway, and are ex-
pected to return this afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and
their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de
Nemours, visited the Queen this day, and partook of
luncheon with her Majesty.
Her Majesty end his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent at Frogmore this evening. The royal suite
consisted of the Lady in Waiting (the Cotintesi of
Charlemont), the Maids of Honour in Waiting, Lord
Camoys, S:r Frederic Stovin, General Bowles, Lord
Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. Colonel
the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey had also the honour
of receiving invitations, and joined the royal circle at
dinner.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes-
terday at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the
promotion of the exhibition of the works of industry
of all nations, to be held in the year 1851. His Royal
Highness arrived at the new Palace of Westminster
at twelve o'clock, attended by Colonel Hon. Charles
Grey and Colonel F. IL Seymour. The Commis-
sioners present were—the Earl Granville, the Earl of
Ellesmere, the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, Sir R.
Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Mr. Barry, Mr. T.
Bailey, Mr. W. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. J.
Gott, Mr. Jones Loyd, Mr. P. Pusey, and Mr. Alder-
' man Thompson. Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Stafford
Northcote, joint secretaries to the Commission, were
in attendance. The meeting broke up at a quarter
past four o'clock, when Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel F. H. Sey-
mour, took his departure for the Vauxhall station, on
his return to Windsor Castle.

Sir Anthony Rothschild and a deputation had an
interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.

Mr. Saudilands had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a general meeting yesterday, at their office in White-
hall-place.
Lord Mont eagle had an interview with the Com-
missioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the
Board of Trade.

The Lords of the Privy Council had a meeting yes-
terday, at the Council-office. There were present the
Lord President, the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, the Chancellor of the. Duchy of Lancas-
ter, the Master of the Rolls, and the Judge of the
Admiralty Court. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of
the Council in waiting.
Sir Frederick Thesiger and the Solicitor-General
were heard on a petition from Mr. Frederick Bel-
son, respecting the Royal Court of the Island of
Jersey.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of St. Helene.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands • and also for the Governors of Hong-
kong and Ceylon.

Woo'mica, JAN. 24.—Commander John Charles
Dalrymple Hay, 1846, of her Majesty's sloop Colum-
bine, 16, serving on the East India and China sta-
tion, to be Captain, This gallant officer's commission
to the rank of Captain was dated and signed on the
20th of January, 1850.
Lieutenant George Hancock (1844), of her Majes-
ty's ship Hastings, 72, serving as flag-ship on the
East India and China station, to be Commander, dated
Jan. 24, 1850.
Lieutenant William John Samuel Pullen (1846),
of her Majesty's discovery ship Plover, Bhering's
Straits, to be Commander. Dated Janunry 24, 1850.
The Violet, Dover mail steam-packet, Master Com-
mander Sherlock, is now nearly ready to return to
her duties on the Dover station, having had her
steam up to-day in the basin at W oolwich, to try her
engines.
None of the workmen in the factory have received
notice of being discharged this week, and, conse-
quently, they hope the number already discharged,
175, will be a sufficient reduction for the present.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 23.—her Majesty's frigate Inde-
fatigable, 50, Captain Smart, was this af,ernoon towed
to s( a by her Majesty's ste am-frigate Terrible, Captain
Hope, both bound for Lisbon. At three o'clock they
had rounded Penlee Point, and were out of sight. Wind
east, very light.
JANUARY FLOWERS.—Not more than three or four
kinds of wild-flowers can be found, even as occasional
visitants of the English field, at this season. The daisy
that " never dies" is the flower which we are most
likely to find on a January day, when the sun has melted
the snow from the grass. The simple daisy was onoe a
flower of great renown, and was called in England either
Herb Margaret or Day's-eve; and it still bears the name
of Marguerite in France. It was the device of the un-
fortunate Margaret of Anjou, and when that Queen was
in prosperity, her nobles wore it in wreaths in their
hair, or had it embroidered on their robes. That noble-
minded woman, Margaret of Valois—the friend of
Erasmus and Calvin—she who could retire from the
admiration and glitter of courts to study her Bible and
her own heart—she, too, had the daisy-flower worn in
her honour, and was called by her brother, Francis 1.,
his " Marguerite of Marguerites." The daisy grows in
fields throughout Europe, aad is as common in the
Italian fields as in ours. The children of Italy gather it
as an early favourite, and call it Pratolina (meadow
flower).—The Gardener's Hive.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES COMMISSION.—The average
rate of purchase that may be offered for estates sub-
mittsii fir sale by the commissioners has become a
subject of anxious apeculatior. Previous to the pe-
riod of sale the commissioners are to toceive pri-
vate biddings, subject, of course, to the public sale
subsequently. It is etated that there are parties
ready to offer twenty-two years' purchase for the ex-
tensive estates of Mr. John O'Connell, of Greene,
situate in the county of Kerry, and which will be the
first sale under the commission. So much depends upon
peculiar circumstances, such as the amount of rent and
the solvency of tenants, that it may be difficult to
f,rm a criterion of the actual market value from any
are several distinct properties, including
o dinar w
particular case. In that of the O'Connell
ding ewsetallt-essectuhreerde
head-rents, whilst others are let in the r y ay to
ebnidt.ders in the value of
round to be very well circumstance., , purchase
would be an excellent price, proving the existence of
the occupying tenants. But, suppr2g2 tvheoesres,estatehs all
Irish tan pornotfihreabflaeritnc;festthme
DEATH or TPIE WIDOW OF DR. CHALMERS.WO
much regret to understand that this atniablo lady, the
full confiddeansc:
relict of the Itev. Dr. Chambers, expired on Tuesday
last, thus surviving her distingushed husband but about
two years. Wo believe many of our reverend friends
and others will hear of this event with much feeling,
from their experience in halt times of the now "death-
divided" family, and the mild, unassuming, motherly
demo anour cf the respected deceased. Seven daughters,
two of erhom a,-e married, survive their excellent parents.
—Edinburgh Avening Post_
lIITSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OT A FEMALE.—
Yesterday the body of a respectable female, named
Mary Ann Weer', who has been missing from her home
in Emersos-place, Banksido, since the 2d instant, was
discovered by a waterman lying on the mud on the
causeway, near Barclay's brew-house.
TUE DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE OF LAMBETH.
—A very extensive and thorough survey of the whole cf
this large parish is now in the course of being made,
under the superintendence of the Commissioners of
Scares, prcparbtory to an effective system of drainage
being introduced throughout this numerously, populated
district,

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E VELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.—The
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this interesting work, which has been so long called for,
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Murray is about to stand for the representation of the
city on repeal principles.