The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-30 00:00:00

MON E Y and COMMERCIAL NE '4V S.
CI IT, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton mat iiet at Liverpool was quiet yesterday,
at pi evious rates. Exporters took 200 bales of Am,Ti-
, can, all the rest being to the trade, and the total sales
am:A.111611;z- to 5,000 bales, viz , 200 Egyptian, at 511 to
Bd. ; 100 Bahia, at 54d. ; 200 Maranhaca, at 4id. to 41.;
500 Surat, at 2/d. to 3d.; and the rest American, at
34d. to sd. per lb.—Shares were firmer, and South-
Easterns were in increased demand- Birmingham and
Gloucester, 1111 110 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 444 ;
Caledonian, 6,1 ; Chester and Birkenhead, New, 304;
Chester and Holyhead, 7i ; Churnet Valley, 6i e ;
Dublin and Drogheda, 791 ; Eastern Counties, 18k a ;
Ditto, Perpetual (No. 2), 245. Gd. ; Ely and Bedford,
lf ; Grand Junction, New, 454 ; Great North of
England, 150; Great Western, 176; Ditto, One-Fifth, 401;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 241 ; London and Birmingham,
Quarter Shares, 42i ,• London and South-Western,
New, 12i ; London and York, 4,35 ; Manchester and Leeds,
Halves, 561 ; Midland Counties, 1274. ; Ditto, 40/ 9-,cl 10;
• f
North British, IL} 4 ; North Union, 90 ; Sheffield and
Manchester, 1001 103; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction,
I t South-Eastern, 471 49 ; Ditto, New, 21 ; York
and North Midland, New, 144 ; Lyons and Avignon,
565. 555.; Paris and Lyons, 72 ; Paris and Rouen, 421 ;
Northern of France, 5-1.
There are some accounts brought by a line-of-packet
ship from the British American colonies, and from the
United States. The annual reports of the state of trade
in the Canadas are upon the whole satisfactory. There
is not any reference to the health of Sir Charles Met-
calfe, and therefore we may fairly assume that
it has undergone an improvement. Of course, the
honour conferred upon his Excellency of having been
raised to th., Peerage was not known out at the date the
present advises left. That Sir Charles has most erni-
m ntly earned the honour is not questioned in any circle.
From New York we learn that money had been much
in demand. The rate of interest had been quoted as
high as 10 to 12 per cent. for accommodation upon bills
of exchange. The State Stocks had fallen in conse-
quence to some extent. We do not find any encourag-
ing symptoms in the present accounts, as respects the
probability of a return to honest courses by the " Re-
pudiating States" of the Union. It has been suggested,
and we think properly too, that a committee should be
appointed to watch over the interests of the holders
in this country, who are very numerous. Good might
be effected ; of harm there could be none. There are
numbers of minors, orphans, widows, as well as others,
who are deeply interested in the results that might follow
by shaming the States in arrear into payment.
We have accounts from Monte Video that affairs there,
political as well as commercial, were in a bad state.
The Indigo sales, which terminated yesterday, were
' principally remarkable for the speculative demand for
Ccntinental houses. The home trade supplied them-
selves only to a limited extent. There were 6,300 chests
actually sold.
Consols for the Account have been done at par only,
and at 991 and 100 for immediate transfer. Redte:ed
.Annuities are j to 1 per cent above par. The New
Three and-a-Quarter per Cents., after having touched
1041, have been just transferred at 4 per cent. above
par. Bank Stock is at 215, and India Stock at 286.
The variations in the Foreign Market have been
but slight to-day. Fur the Dutch Four per Cents: the
more current value is 981 ; for the Two and-a-Half per
Cents., 63-1 ; for the Spanish Five per Cents., 261 ; for
the Tree per Cents., 401 ; for Mexican, 36 ; and for
Buenos Ayres, 401.
The settlement of the Share Account in the Railway
Market is looked forward to with deep interest. In some
cases an improvement has taken place this morning. The
opinion is that the Bears will have to pay dearly on the
adjustment. The French lines of railway continue to
support very firm values.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 215
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities IOOVA
3 per Cent. Consols Arms 99% 100
New 34 per Cent. Annuties 104% 104 k 104
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 12 1-16%
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 11%
India Stock 285 286
India Bonds 1,0001 —
Ditto under 1,0001 76 pm.
Consols for Account

COURT CiaCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Quc.en and Prince
Albert took their early walk this forenoon in the plea-
sure-grounds and the Home Park.
Their Royal :Highnesses the Prince of \Vales, the
Princess Royal, an the Princess e, were taken
a carriage airing this morning, andA were also taken
to the gardens at Frogmore to walk there.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left the
Castle this morning for town. The Marquis of Douro
also took his departure.
At five o'clock this afternoon her Majesty and
Prince Albert, attended by the Equerries in Waiting,
went to the riding school to take equestrian exercise.
H

is Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was
expected to leave Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, the
seat of the Duke of Rutland, yesterday, to honour the
Duke of Beaufort with a visit, at Badminton, Glou-
cestershire.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel arrived at their residence
in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morning, from a
visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
Mr. Mosquera, the New Granada Charge d'Affaires,
transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
The Governor of the Bank of England, and the
Deputy Governor, hail an interview wits: Sir Robert
Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
A deputation from the Original Harwich Railway
Company had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie
yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council,
gave a grand dinner last evening, at his residence in
Curzon-street, to the Cabinet Ministers and Great
officers of State of the Queen's Household. The
clerks of the Privy Council, Mr. C. Greville and the
lion. William Bathurst, were also present. At the
meeting, the roll of sheriff's (nominated on the morrow
of St. Martin) for the present year for the different
English counties was settled.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of Vie Exche-
quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.
Mr. Thomas Baring had an interview with the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the Board
of Trade.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial office for the Governor of Gibraltar.
The Earl of Ripon had an interview with Sir R
Peel yesterday.

BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COM•
PAN Y.

A special meeting of the Proprietors was held yes-
.erday, at two o'clock, in the Company's office, Barge-
yard, Bucklersbury, for the purpose of sanctioning
the application of stock, to the amount of 20,0001., in
aid of a proposed line of railway from the town of
Montreal, on the St. Lawrence, to Boston, or some
other port on the Atlantic, the ine being understood
to pass through the eastern town lands Mr. Robin-
son, the Governor, in the chair. ,
The CHAIRMAN having, in a few words, explained
the object of the meeting,
Mr. Cummists, the Deputy Governor, proceeded to
read several letters from the Company's representa-
tive in America, Mr. Galt, impressing strongly upon
the Directors the absolute necessity of such a rail-
way, as their lands at present, whether cultivated or
waste, were at a nominal valuation; and the settlers
were in such a state of heartless despondency from
the pressure of several unsuccessful years, that where
they could they were either thinking, or in course
of emigrating, to the westward. In such a
state of things the advance of 20,0001., even if
considered as a gift, would be their very best policy.
The House of Assembly had done nothing that called
for any particular remark, excepting, perhaps, the
grant of 2.50/. in aid of thirtpreliminary expenses of
the line. The estimated expenses were 450,000/. ; out
of this sum 100,000/. might be obtained from Go-
vernment on the security of the Company's vine
lands in the province; the remaining 300,000/.
'night be raised among the public generally. The
writer concluded by earnestly urging the expediericy
of giving activity and energy to their lands by sup-
porting, as far as in them lay, the projected railway.
Mr. Cummins added, that in reply, the Directors
had authorised Mr. Galt toyield the sum of 20,000/.
conditionally, however—they requiring the sanction of
the Executive body in Canada, and of the general
body of Proprietors and of the Government at home, and
also adding that, unless the proposed line should meet
the approbation of Mr. Galt himself, he was in no
respect to pledge the Company.
A resolution in accordance with the above was
moved by Mr. GOULD, who observed that the Com-
pany's affairs did not look so dismal after all, when,
as stated by their Commissioner, the traffic upon the
proposed line could be supposed at a yearly rate of
60,0001. He thought that, making every allowance
for the sanguine expectations and representations of
Mr. Galt, the line would be the very best thing they
had supported since they had been incorporated ; and
he would have great pleasure, therefore, in moving the
resolution, " That this meeting submit to the Court of
Directors to subscribe 20,000/. in stock to the proposed
railway from Montreal to some port on the Atlantic, the
line to pass through the eastern towns, subject to the
stipulations mentioned in the letter of the Directors
to the Commissioners in Canada."
Mr. CLARE. seconded the resolution in an effective
speech, which was supported by other members, and,
after a few remarks from the CHAIRMAN, put and
carried unanimously.
After a vote of thanks to the Chair, the meeting
broke up.

Exchequer Bills. 134 d. I%d.
1,000/.
500/.
•••
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised ..... ... •••••• pm,
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 40%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 36%.36
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Deferred Stock 16%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B5
Ditto Converted 59
Ditto for the Account 59
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 28%%
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%
Ditto 3 per Cent 40A1%
Dutch VA per Cents 31 /4
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 9834%
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ll2 116... to 113
Ditto, New...
Ditto. Ltal: Shares ......... 3
Bristol and Gloucester
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
•• •
Chester and Holyhead 5 7/2, 4
to
Churnet Valley
l'irect Northern
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 35;
% to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2.0% to
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Ditto Extension
Great North of England 100 l5O
Ditto New
Ditto New
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto Fifths
London and Blackwall 16% 7% to
London and Brighton....
London and South Western.. 41%...... 79
Ditto, New... 2% 12345/5... to
London and Croydon
London and Yor.k... .....
Lynn and Ely
Maneheitet and Leeds 7O .. ...1311A,.. ... to 131
Manchester and Birmingham 40 56
Ditto Quarters
Midland ......100 129% to
Ditto New
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100
Newcastle & Darlington •Tunc. 24 ...... 65
Newcastle and Berwick
North British
Norwich and Brandon 8 ... . 14q to
Ditto New Shares 1
Rugby ... I
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 214 35/83i... to 4 3%
South Devon
South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 481
Ditto New, No. 1
20 to 19%
Ditto New, No. 2 2 .. 19
Staines and Richthond.... .... 1
South Wales
Trent Valley
Yarmouth and Norwich:
York and North Midland ... 50 .. —
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Great Northern of France ... 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Lyons

NHL HUMPHREY DAVY ON GUANO.—Amongst
solid substances used as manures, one of the most power-
ful is the dung of birds that feed on animal food, particu-
larly the dung of sea-birds. The guano which is used to
a great extent. in South America, and which is the ma-
nure that fertilizes the sterile plains of Peru, is a pro-
ducti▪
on of this kind. It exists abundantly, as we are
informed by M. Humboldt, on the small islands on the
South Sea, Chinche, 110, Izae, and Arica. Fifty vessels
are laden with it annually at Chinche, each of which car-
ries from 1,500 to 2,000 cubic feet. It is used as manure
only i▪ n very small quantities, and particularly for crops
of maize. I made some experiments on specimens of
guano sent from South America to the Board of Agri-
culture in 1805. It appeared as a fine brown powder; it
blackened by heat, and gave off strong arnmonical fumes;
treated with nitric it afforded uric acid. In 1806 ?IM.
Fourcroy and Vauquein published an elaborate analysis
They
of guano. state that it contains a fourth part of
its weight of uric acid, partly saturated with ammonia
ani partly with potassa; some phosphoric acid combined
with the same basis, and likewise with lime. Small quan-
tities of sulphate and muriate of potassa, a little faulty
matter, and some quartoze sand.
TIIE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FORTIFICATIONS.—
The Herald and some of our Contemporaries affected
to discredit the information which we gave exclusively
on this subject in the last number of our Register. We
are enabled now to add materially to our former state-
ment. We believe it to be indisputable that the Duke
of Wellington has, for some years, so far back as Lord
Melbourne's Administration, contemplated the effective
fortification of the whole of the ports and harbours of
England, particularly on the south, as well as that of
London. The works are even now in progress at Devon-
port. When the facility with which the Nemesis steamer,
in the Chinese war, ran up rivers and creeks, almost un-
molested, is remembered, and when we have neighbours
not slow to apprehend or to follow an example ;—when
oauhrigohwnpeersooanstagteo evenan
instantaneoustalks openly
and
dthaelmexosptosureof
unper-
ceived advent of armed steamers, it cannot surprise any
one that the first strategist in the world should consider
the means of protecting his own country against such
attacks.—Historical Register of Saturday.
BEDFORD.—ROMANCE OF REAL LlFE.—Fifteen
years back a man belonging to this town deserted his
wife and children, and no intelligence could be gleaned
of his whereabouts ever afterwards. The poor woman
struggled on, and supported herself and family until
about two years ago, when, taking for granted that her
husband was dead, she married a widower. Last week,
to her great surprise and to the discomfiture of her new
husband, she received a letter from her original "partner,
requesting to meet bim at a neighbouring town. Thither
she went and met him; he accompanied his wife and
friends to Bedford, when he made his conjugal claims in
due form, and succeeded in winning her back. It is said
that the truant husband has been engaged in theatrical
pursuits during his mysterious absence.—Cambridge Ad-
vertiser,

PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, JAN. 28.
3 per Cent. Consols
it;

314 Stock
3% per Cent. Debentures
Bank Stock
Royal Canal Stock
Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent 73%
LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Dublin and Kingstown IOO
Drogheda
Great Southern and Western
Ditto Scrip 2l
Ditto Extension
r.ish Great Western, Dublin to Mul- 1 21/ 3l/
lingar and Athlone Railway 4
. __. ..

~
Belfast and Ballymena - 2% 4%
Waterford and Limerick
Dundalk and Enniskillen 2% 3
Wexford and Carlow 2% 4.8
City of Dublin Steam Company
Ditto Ditto, 1836 5O 541/
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 29.—The
market continues firm, with a considerable business
done. Eastern Counties, 181 I ; Liverpool and Man-
chester, New Shares, 39-,1 40 prem.; London and South-
Western, New Shares, 124 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, Quarter Shares, 6 1-16 ; Midland Railway Consols,
126 128 ex. div.; Ditto, 401. Shares, 91; South-Eastern,
47f ; Ditto, New Shares, 21 20f ; Ditto, Scrip, 14.1 8
prem.; Barnsley Junction, si; Belfast, Ballymena, and
Carrickfergus. 44 ; ,lackburn, Burnley, and Accrington,
4,1 ; Bolton. Wigan, and Liverpool, 34 ; Cambridge and
Lincoln, 4f i : Churnet Valley, 611 ; Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction, 51 ; Huddersfield and Manchester
Railway and Canal, 41 ; Jamaica, 244. ; Leeds and West
Riding Junction, 5 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk. and Preston,
24 i ; London and York, 4 15-16 ; Manchester and
Buxton, 2 11-16 7,- ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction,
11 ; Trent Valley, 10i 4 ; Great Northern of France
(English), 6 ; Rochdale Canal, 52k.

SMUGGLING AT HOME AND ABROAD,...DUriUg
the last session Mr. Hume proposed to bring, in a single
return, a complete list of all the establishments formed
and supported for the purpose of putting down smug-
gling. It appears from the return that the cost of
these establishments, in 1842, was upwards of half a
million sterling, and that the value of the contraband
goods seized that year was about 3,0004 This is stop-
ping up the vent hole and opening the cock, for what
signify these trifling seizures in the presence of the
fact that goods of the value of between three and
four millions sterling, chiefly brandy and tobacco,
are every year smuggled into the three kingdoms ? In
Franco the service of the Custom-house costs upwards
of a million sterling, and employs 26,000 persons. This is
a complete army ; and yet, in 1842, the whole amount
of its seizures was not more than 20,000/. Each of the
18,000 searchers in the French Customhouse makes at
least ten searches a day, which gives a total of 180,000
a day for the whole kingdom, or of 65 thousand million
a year, producing the contemptible results above stated.
The Preventive Army of the German Customs' Union
costs 400,000/. a year ; so that taking England, France,
and the Zollevercin, the preventive force amounts to
50,000 men, and costs upwards of two million sterling.
Applying similar calculations to all th«. other States of
the European Continent, there result a total force of
about 200,000 men, costing some eight or nine millions
sterling, and seizing contraband goods of the value of
80,0001. or 100,0001.—Abridged from the Con4itutionnei
DEATH OF ONE OF NELSON'S
VETnuAris.--Tuesday
last Samuel Shergold, one of the partakers of Nelson's
glorious victories, died at Southampton, aged 82 years.
The o'd tar was 25 years in the Royal Navy prior to
1814, is which year he was paid off from the Royal
Geoff ge, at Plymouth. During that period he served
and r Nelson in no less than fourteen actions. For the
last five years he had been bed-ridden. Mr. Shergold
was father-in-law of Captain Coster, harbour-master of
this port,—Hants Independen

TIIE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—The state of the
venerable nobleman is rather more favourable this
morning; the reply to inquirses at his Lordship's re-
sidence was--' His Lordship has passed a tolerable
good night, and is a little better than he was yester-
day." Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the sever al
members of the Royal Family sent to make inquiries,
and the calls of the nobility. and gentry were exceed-
ingly numerous.

Rumours of a very painful nature, relative to an
English lady of rank and a German Prince, ere afloat,
but we trust they will be found to be incorrect. The
parties are in Italy.—Post.
EAST CORNwALL.—The candidate on the Liberal
interest for East Cornwall is not, as stated by acme o''
our Contemporaries, Mr. Trelawny, the Member for
Tavistock, but Sir William Trelawny, the Lord-Lieute-
nant of the county, and the former representative of East
Cornwall. Sir William Trelawny is in politics a thorough
Liberal, and is held in the highest estimation, as a man
of worth and intelligence, by all parties.
OVERSEERS' ACCOUNTS.—After the expiration of
the current year of overseers of the poor, their accounts
(in consequence of the appointment of " district" audi-
tors) will Rot have to be laid before justices for their
allowance.

Tp STN, LONDON, TITURSDAV EVENING JANITARY 30, 1845.

FREE-TRADE MEETING AT WEST
II A C EINE Y.
Last night a meeting vi as held at the British School-
room, Kingsland, to hear a lecture on the extension of
free-trade principles, from Mr. George Thompson.
The IZer. C. J. DuKts, on taking the chair, said it
would be superfluous to say a word to gain a respectful
attention to the talented lecturer. The name of George
Thompson was endeared to Great Britain, and his fame
had spread from one side of the globe to the other.—
(Cheers.) He had wrought hard and successfully on
behalf of the oppressed slave, and now his g:gantic ta-
lents were as zealousy employed in uprooting another
monstrous evil—the corn-laws. The League was a
" great fact "—(Laughter)—and the ,existence of the
corn-laws would soon cease to be a fact. The supporters
of the Lcague had been branded as agitators, but it was
only by legitimate agitation that all public evils were
removed. He knew that agitation was no crime in the
Church—(Loud cheering)--and sure he was, that if the
opponents of the League would condescend to depute a
disputant to discuss the question with Mr. Thompson,
the free-trade cause would gain many advocates among
the now undecided.—(Hear.) The Rev. Chairman, after
an able address, introduced to the meeting,
Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, who, after an eloquent and
fueling tribute tl the early exertions of the venerable
Clarkson on behalf of injured Africa, addressed the
meeting most effectively on the principles of free trade,
and in detailing the successful efforts of the League in
the Registration Courts throughout the country. It had
been said that the League was dead.—(Oh, oh, and
cheers.) Yes, it was dea I, their opponents said. First,
the League was ailing, then it was sick, then in a criti-
cal position, then it was dying, and at last it gave up the
ghost. Now it was only decent to pay respect to a de-
ceased foe, yet the leaders of the corn-law newspapers,
after a line that " the League was dead," took two
columns to abuse the cold carcass.—(Hear.) Perhaps
they thought that in its ashes " lived its wonted fire,"
and that the departed was more dreaded dead than
when alive. The lecturer, after energetically exhorting
the people of Middlesex to rescue the county from its
present anomalous representation in Parliament, ad-
dressed some excellent observations to the meeting on
the necessity of early qualification, and sat down amidst
enthusiastic cheering.
Mr. F. CLARK moved the following resolution :
" That this meeting cordially approves the efforts
made by the League to extend the franchise throughout
the boroughs and counties of England, and rejoices in
the success wbich, up to the present time, has crowned
those efforts, and pledges itself to co-operate for the fur-
therance of the great object. This meeting would also
express its gratification in the prospect of the Anti-
Corn-law Bazaar, and its hope that the ladies of this
neighbourhood will cordially unite in the undertaking.'
Mr. S. GREEN, of Newington, seconded it, and it was
carried unanimously.
The meeting, after votes of thanks to Mr. G. Thomp-
son and the Chairman, separated.

SAVINGS' BANK INTEREST
TABLE.

Table for calculating interest at 21 18s. 4d. per cent.,
or 7d. per 11. per annum, applicable to those Savings'
Banks which calculate interest according to the number
of weeks the money remains in deposit, and which do
not, in crediting interest, allow the fractional parts of a
penny, nor give interest on the fractional parts of a
pound. The sum actually producing
Id. interest for one week is
2d. - 6-7
3d.
4d.
sd.
6d.
7d.
But as the Savings' Banks generally take the benefit of
the fractional parts of
.11., instead of allowing it to de-
positors, the sum required to produce I
Id. interest for one week will be £B or above
2d.
3d.
4d.
sd.
6d.
7d.
This table may be continued to any extent required
by simply adding in succession the sum of 521. to each of
the sums preceding that sum, then to that sum itself,
and afterwards to each of the sums produced by such
addition, thus:--
521. added to 8/. make 60L which will yield Os 8d interes
15 ditto 67 ditto
23 ditto 75 ditto 0 10
30 ditto 82 ditto 0 11
38 ditto 90 ditto 1 0
45 ditto 97 ditto 1 1
52 ditto 104 ditto 1 2
60 ditto 112 - ditto 1 3
67 ditto 119 ditto 1 4
and so on to the extent required. ,
The above table continued in the manner pointed out,
may, besides showing the interest on any given number
of pounds for one week, be further used to show the in-
terest on any given number of pounds for any given
number of weeks, in which case the number of pounds
must be multiplied by the number of weeks, and the
product referred to the table will show the interest re-
quired. Thus, if it be required to find the interest of
61. for five weeks, the product of six multiplied by five is
thirty, the interest on which sum of thirty will be found
on reference to the table to be fourpenee ; again, if it be
required to find the interest on 91. for eleven weeks, the
product of nine multiplied by eleven is ninety-nine, the
interest on which sum of ninety-nine, as ninety-nine is
less than 104 and more than ninety-seven, will be found
on reference to the table to be Is. Id.

A NEW TRICK.—On Tuesday morning a gentle-
man in the City left his home, and shortly after his wife,
with the children and nurserymaid, also went out. A
few minutes after her departure, a woman called, in-
quired "if the gentleman was at home," and told the
servant she was sent by the lady who had just left the
house (describing her dress), who had met a friend,
which friend had purchased of her a roasting jack for
4s. 6d. The servant, after some hesitation, paid the
money, and received an article worth about Bd. The
same trick has been served on others with like success.
The woman is described as being about 30 years of age,
light complexion, stout, had on a straw bonnet, dark
shawl, and purple gown.
RovA.r. FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.—The
annual general meeting of the governors of this charity,
which was very numerously attended, took place in the
board-room of the hospital, Gray's Inn-road, last even-
ing, the Rev. E. Rice, D.D., in the chair. The secre-
tary read the report, from which it appeared that the
number of persons admitted into tke wards during the
year, suffering from extreme sickness, disease, and want,
was 1,968; of these 75 had died, and 1,893 were dis-
charged, cured; many of whom, on their discharge, had
been entirely clothed and furnished with temporary re-
lief. In addition to these, 27,088 had received medical
and surgical treatment and medicine, gratuitously, as
out-patients; making the total of 29,056 who had been
benefited by the charity during the year. The receipts
for the general purposes of the hospital had amounted
to 5,0721. Bs. Id., and the expenditure had been 4,871/.
19s. 9d. The contributions on account of the new build-
ing had been 1,6061. Os. 4d., and the sum expended in
repairs, furniture, and fitting-, 2,099/. 10s. 9d.
CALLS TO THE BAR.—LINCOLN'S INN, JAN. 29.
The undermentioned gentlemen having kept their full
number of terms as members of this Hon. Society, they
were this evening sworn in, in the usual manner, before
several of the Benchers, and admitted to the degree of
Barrister-at-Law :—Mr. Augustus Robinson, of Balliol
College, Oxford, the only son of Mr. Matthew Robinson;
Mr. Thomas Yate Lee, of University College, London,
the only son of Mr.T. Eyre Lee ; Mr. William Sydney
Gibson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, only son of the late
Mr. Benjamin Gibson, merchant ; Mr. Edward Buckle,
of Great Marlborough-street, the eldest son of Mr. John
Buckle ; Mr. John Colpitt's Dean, of Christ College,
Cambridge, M.A., the only son of Mr. John Dean ; Mr.
James Lea, of Worcester College, Oxford, M.A., the
only son of Mr. James Lea ; Mr. Cornwall Simeon, of
Christ Church, M.A., the third son of Sir Richard
Simeon ; Mr. Alexander Perceval, of Trinity College,
Dublin, M.A., the third son of Mr. Alexander Perceval;
and Mr. James Shank, of —, Oxford, M.A., the second
son of Mr. Henry Shank.

SPLENDID RUN WITH THE QUEEN'S BUCK-
HOUNDS IN PURSUIT OF THE LOST DEER FOXLEY.—
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—It having been ascertained
that the celebrated deer Foxley, which was lost during
the run on the 10th instant., in the wood close by the
Ruislip Reservoir, had been seen in the neighbourhood
of Harefield, it was determined to have a bye-day yes-
terday in that vicinity, for the purpose of catching the
fugitive. The meet, which took place at Iver, was at-
tended by nearly one hundred, including Captain Sey-
mour, Captain Lambeth, several officers from Windsor
and Hounslow, Mr. Cox, Mr. Byrne, &c. The pack was
taken ova r to Mr. Cox's, at Hillingdon, where it was
met by the Earl of Rosslyn, the noble master. Here it
was ascertained that the deer had been seen that
morning on the farm of Mr. Newdigate, near Ux-
bridge-common. Upon the houn,ls being laid on, in
the " Devils Piece," on Mr. Newdigate's farm,
Foxley went away in beautiful style towards Mr.
Partridge's, near Harefield, when he doubled to the
right, making through the covers to Ruislip-common,
on to Park-wood (where he eluded his pursuers on
the former occasion), to the Ruislip Reservoir, into which
he dashed, at full speed, followed by several of the
hounds. Harry King, one of the whips, in order to save
the deer, and to prevent its being worried in the water
by the hounds, immediately threw himself off his horse
and fearlessly jumped in after him, intending to bring
him ashore. The deer, however, proved more than a
match for the whipper-in, and swam some distance from
the shore. King then was obliged to let go his bold,
and make the best of his way (a distance of between 30
and 40 yeards in water 10 feet deep) to the bank, which
he fortunately succeeded in doing. The deer also
effected a landing, without sustaining any injury, and
took away at a racing pace through the covers to Oxey-
wood, whence he circled round to the Pinner turnpike,
going through the village up to the church, near which
he was taken in a ditch, and safely secured, after one of
the most splendid runs this season, from first to last of
two hours, Foxley being in view the last hour, from the
reservoir to the finish. The country, from the late rains,
was exceedingly heavy, indeed the fallow•iields were
awful. The hounds arrived at the kennel, at Ascot (a
distance of upwards of 23 miles from the take), the same
evening.
THE SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.—We can posi-
tively state that Sir Thomas Fremantle has accepted
the responsible appointment of Secretary for Ireland.
By the Eight Hon. Baronet becoming the successor of
the Earl of St. Germans, the office of Secretary-at-War
becomes vacant. Sir Thomas Fremantle left town yes-
terday, for Buckingham, but is expected to return in the
course of to-day.

THE BETHNAL-GREEN MURDER.
The exertions of the authorities in developing the
circumstances connected with the tragedy of Monday
night, have been successful. Although in pcsqeision
of the particulars, it is deemed prudent, penclin6 fl7e
inquiry, to withhold some of then]. It may, how-
ever, he stated that important evidence crimina-
ting the accused, Tapping, has been obtained. Since
Friday last he carried a pistol to a gunsmith in the
neighbourhood to be cleaned and repaired, and at the
same tune ordered four bullets and a quantity of per-
cussion caps. On Monday night, at half-past nine,
he was in the tap-room of the Rising Sun, Seale-
street, in company with a man and woman. The
conversation turned upon the deceased, when Tap-
ping, with an oath, declared that if he did not enjoy
her no one should, for he would do for her. The
woman replied, "You don't mean that;" to which he
replied, "1 do—l'll shoot her." On leaving, the af-
fair was forgotten, and within a quarter of an hour
after the finding of the female, Tapping returned to the
Rising Sun, on his way home, and apprised the man
and woman that he " had done it." At a quarter past
one he was observed in company with the man al-
luded to, by the ex-landlord of the Rising Sun, near
the Salmon and Ball, Bethnal-green-road, a consi-
derable distance from Tapping's home. It is some-
what singular that Inspector Horne and a sergeant of
the K division passed close to the spot within a
few minutes of the occurrence, and must have been
passed by the accused. The affair has excited an
extraordinary interest in the vicinity. From all that
can be learned, the deceased was a prudent girl, and
strongly attached to Tapping, who had lately under-
gone twelve months' imprisonment for defraudingoil-
men
and others by the sale of spurious articles. When
apprehended he was found sitting on a chair, his head
being buried in his hands. The spot on which the
unfortunate girl was found was yesterday visited by
many hundreds of persons, and credence is given to a
statement that the impress of a bullet is discernible in
the brick wall. This is believed by competent judges
to be improbable, though certainly appearances favour
the supposition. Sergeant Backhouse, K 37, has, it
is said, succeeded in obtaining testimony of a highly
important character, which will be adduced before the
Coroner at the next inquiry.
At the inquest it was stated by Mr. Cummings, a
surgeon at the London Hospital, that, in his opinion,
the ball which caused • the death of the murdered
woman was still in the head. On its extraction,
should it be identified by the gunsmith above referred
to, it will be a strong circumstantial point in evidence
implicating Tapping with the sanguine act. It is
said that Tapping was jealous of Emma Whiter, on
account of her paying some attention to a young man
whom he looked upon as a rival.

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THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION
AT MANCHESTER.
We offer our opinions on this subject with some
diffidence, having had hut slight opportunities of in-
spection or examination. As, howenr, the nature
and probable causes of the accident must be inquired
into, and will no doubt be thoroughly investigated,
we may venture to intimate what appears to us, from
that hasty examination, to be the probable cause of
the explosion. It certainly appears, from an exami-
nation of the copper roof of the fire-box, that it must
have been red hot either at the time when the accident
occurred, or at some former period. At all events,
it has the appearance of having been burned, and
there is also the further appearance of an old; crack at
the place where the fracture corntnenced. We cannot
help thinking, too, that a space so large as eleven
square feet of that surface exposed to such
pressure as is ordinarily used in railway engines
ought to have been protected by vertical stays from
the roof of the steam-chamber. The copper roof
had been strengthened by cross-stays ; pieces
of iron, two inches thick in the middle,
extending across it from side to side, and strongly
bolted to the copper. These, though probably in
themselves quite strong enough to resist the pressure,
do not appear to us to have had any adequate abut-
ments, inasmuch as they rested merely on the edge
of the sheet copper, forming the vertical part of the
fire-boxa support which, in our judgment, is not
sufficient for the purpose.
! On conaparing the facts attending this accident
with those of the fatal explosion on the South-
Eastern Railway, in December last, we find that the
same part—namely, the top of the fire-box—gave
way in both cases; and in neither of them were
there any vertical stays to connect that part with the
top of the steam-chateber. In the engine which ex-
ploded on the South-Eastern line the top of the fire-
box was without stays of any kind, the maker having
apparently trusted to his hemispherical form to resist
the pressure of the steam. We trust that the case
will undergo a very strict and close investigation;
and that, if additional stays are needed, they will be
applied, not only in engines hereafter to be made, but
in those at present in use which may require them.
—Manchester Guardian.

SEAIIAM HARROUR.—An event took place on Mon-
day, at Seaham Harbour, near Sunderland, which will
have an important influence on the future prosperity of
this thriving port. Seaham Hai hour is a private port
belonging to the Marquis of Londonderry, and was
formed by the noble owner about sixteen years ago, for
the shipment of the coals producedc from the extensive
collieries of his Lordship in Durham. Since that time
the traffic has increased so much that a few years ago it
was found necessary to form a second large dock to the
south of the original. This has also been found insuffi-
cient, and last year measures were taken fur the further
enlargement of the north dock, which has recently been
completed. The works aro of a stupendous description,
and have been of a most costly character, exceeding
perhaps in magnitude and enterprise all that have ever
before been undertaken and accomplished by a private
individual. The whole has been excavated from the
solid rock, and has for several years given extensive
employment to hundreds of individuals. Since the
opening of the dock the whole of Lord Lon-
donderry's coals, with trifling exceptions, have been
shipped at Seaham ; and on the winning of the impor-
tant collieries at South Hetton and Haswell, the coals
produced there were also shipped in these docks, though
subsequently a portion of the Haswell and South.Hetton
coals have been shipped at Hartlepool and Sunderland.
The great and important new winning at Murton, now
working with five shafts (the largest colliery in the Dur-
ham coal-fields), ships the whole of its produce at Sea-
ham, and in a short time a new colliery, on an exten-
sive scale, now sinking on the Seaham estate, will also
add to the traffic of this now flourishing harbour, which,
a few years ago, was a bleak rock on the coast, uninter-
esting in every point of view, and unlikely ever to be the
bustling scene of such extensive enterprise and commerce
as have now been there permanently established. The
enlargement of the north dock was completed on Thurs-
day last, when the water was admitted into it, and it
was opened in the presence of the Marquis and Marchio-
ness of Londonderry and a distinguished party ; but
Monday was fixed for the formal opening. The noble
owner determined to celebrate the event with great re-
joicing, and everything was arranged on a scale of great
liberality.
DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night, shortly before
midnight, as the police-constable upon the beat (Lar-
radio, 16 G) was passing along Gee-street, St. Luke's,
he perceived a strong glare of light proceeding from a
long line of workshops belonging to the extensive pre-
mises in the occupation of Messrs. Howard and Co.,
japanners, &c., Old-street, St. Luke's. The buildings
forming the range of warehouses and workshops con-
nected with this firm stretch some considerable distance
up Brick-lane and along Gee-street, the whole embracing
an area of several hundred square yards. Immediately
that the constable perceived the outbreak, he, in con-
nection witn his sergeant (Bean, 30 G), proceeded to
furnish the necessary information to the several stations
of the brigade, and to arouse the inmates of the private
houses attached to the establishment. While the requi-
site assistance was precured 'from the engine stations,
the police, under the control of their superior officers, and
aided by several of the workmen in the employ of Messrs.
Howard, proceeded to remove from the immediate localit y
of the fire a great quantity of varnish, japan, turpentine,
and other inflammable articles, a vast variety of which
was in stock. The flames progressed most rapidly
in the meantime, and the light Of the fire, raging, as
it did eventually, in a line of building about 100 feet
long by 20 feet broad, cast a reflection around which
might be seen distinctly over the whole of the City. Se-
veral engines having arrived and got to work under the
superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, and the supply of
water being very copious, large bodies were most judi-
ciously directed into the burning building. After a pro-
longed effort, it became evident that the fire was begin-
ning to yield, and by a quarter before ono o'clock all
danger of its further extension was at an end. The
stopping of this fire, apparently so alarming, and in the
midst of a mass of valuable property most easily ignit-
able, must
,bo considered most fortunate, while to the
firemen, police, and all engaged in extinguishing it, the
greatest credit is due ; for had the fire caught the ad-
joining premises, some thousand pounds' worth of pro-
perty must have been inevitably destroyed. As it is,
however, the damage must be considerable, there being
a great many articles in the workshops in a partially
manufactured state, as well as many valuable tools be-
longing to the workmen, the majority of which are do
stroyed. In the confusion, it was impossible aecurate:y
to ascertain whether the parties are insured, but it is
believed they ark. How the fire originated could not be
learned ; it is, however, supposed to be accidental.
ALDERMANIC ARRANGEMENTS.—CompIaints are
being continually made that on certain occasions, when
aldermen are required to be present, they are frequently
not forthcoming. At the sittings of the Central Criminal
Court, for instance, two aldermen are necessary to sit by
the side of the judge, much in the same way as the lion
and unicorn are wanted as supporters to the arms of Eng-
land. It is true that the aldermen have nothing to do with
the administration of justice, or—to use a theatrical term
—are not required to be practicable ; and a couple of
property aldermen, or lay figures, would do just as well
as the living individuals. We understand that a motion
will be brought before the Court of Common Council
authorising the preparation of six aldermen stuffed with
straw, to sit as dummies on those occasions when by
law their presence is required. Two will be prepared as
fixtures on the bench of the Central Criminal Court,
each with a newspaper in his hand, to give the thing as
much as possible the air of being in strict conformity
with the present arrangement. Three will be setup in
the police committee ; and the remaining one will be
hung up at the Mansion-house, to be taken down and
used whenever and wherever he may be wanted. B. y
this arrangement punctuality of attendance will be in-
sured; and there will be this advantage, that the stuffed
wainlldnostominetteimrreusptsutohrlngb,usThet•esh
aldermencoughing,
proofs of their presence which the live aldermen arc in
the habit of giving.—Punch.
EXTENSIVE USE OF OPIUM.—Dr. Mitchell, one of
the Sub-Commissioners, reports, that the medical wit-
nesses examined by himstate, state, that the infants and chil-
dren are seldom brought to them before they are be-
numbed and stupefied with opiates; the usual preparation
given being Godfrey's Cordial, a mixture treacle and
opium, known by the name of f "comfort," and an ar-
ticle in constant demand. A little
girl will come to the
out t-
telling him that
.her motherth
chemist's, and ask for a dose of it to givei to the baby
next day,isst goinghe had madoe
work. A respectable chemi,st. stated a
k 1 who Jived near the mar et -p.ace, and
twenty gallons of " conifer! ' the year, and that there
were chemists
more in the way of these country people, who made a
good deal more. This evidence refers to the colliery
districts, but it appears, on the authority of other
medical men, that the same practice prevails at
Croydon, in Surrey, and, by inference, in other
non-manufacturing towns. Speaking of the dis-
tricts of Nottingham, Derby, and Leicester, another
Sub-Commissioner, Mr. Grainger, states, that the prac-
tice of administering opium to infants, which is very ge-
neral in these districts, "is usually began when the
i child s three or four weeks old." But Mr. Brown, the
coroner, for Nottingham, states, "that he knows God-
frey's Cordial is given on the day of birth, and that even
it is prepared in readiness for that event." The extent
to which the system is carried may be judged from the
fact, expressly ascertained by this gentleman, that one
druggist made up, in one year, 13 cwt. of treacle into
Godfrey's Cordial. The result of this terrible practice
is, that great numbers of infants perish, either suddenly,
from an overdose, or, as more commonly happens, slowly,
painfully, and insidiously. Those who escape with life
become pale and sickly children, often half-idiotic, and
always with a ruined constitution. "Compared with
this," adds the Sub-Commissioner, " the Chinese prac-
tice of infanticide may be called mercifuL"—Medical
Times.

SUICIDE OF A RELIEVING
OFFICER.
On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the
King's Arms, Maidstone, before F. F. Daily, Esq.,
on the body of George Bailey,; who came to his death
under the following melancholy circumstances :
John Daniels, landlord of the King's Arms, de-
posed that he had known the deceased for several
years. He came to his house on Saturday night
about eleven o'clock as a customer, and inquired for a
bed. He went to bed about twelve. Ile drank two
glasses of rum and water previous to going to bed.
IVitness saw him last, but did not remark anything
particular in him. He was not quite so cheerful as
usual. They sat together some time, and he com-
plained of not being sufficiently paid as relieving
officer of the Hollingbourne Union. He complained
that at present his salary was not so good as it was
formerly, and that his expenses beat him. After the
conversation he retired to rest. Nothing more passed
that night. He told the girl to call him at eight
o'clock. When witness went down at nine o'clock
the following morning, he found deceased's shoes at
the bottom of the stairs, cleaned, and he told his boy
to take them up stairs and call him, which he did.
Witness went up himself at a quarter-past one, and
called to him, telling him that dinner would be ready
in a quarter of an hour. He replied, " Yes, I am
coming directly." He did not come, and in about
twenty minutes witness went up again, and called
out, "Bailey, we are waiting dinner for you." He
replied, "Don't wait, my good fellow, I shall be
down directly." Witness sent his boy up to hie
shortly after, when he told him that he had not had
much sleep that night, and should not get up till tea-
time. About five o'clock he went up again and called
to him, but, receiving no answer, he went into his
room and found him lying on his left side, apparently
asleep, breathing very hard. Witness shook him, but
could make nothing of him, and immediately sent for
Mr. Power.
Mr. James Joseph Power, surgeon, was called on
last evening, a little after half-past six, and arrived
at the King's Arms at a quarter to seven. He went
into the room and found deceased lying on his left
side, with his head and face on the pillow, making a
snoreing noise, and perfectly insensible. Witness
went to his house fur the stomach-pump, ;but he
found there was no use in applying it. He was too
far gone to do any good ; no remedy would have had
any effect upon him. He remained with deceased till
he died. This day he made a post mortem examina-
tion of the body. He examined the brain and sto-
mach. The vessels of the covering of the brain were
very much injected with blood, and very much in-
flamed, and there was also an effusion of blood be-
tween the skull and the covering of the brain. He
then took out the stomach, but had not analysed it.
He could not smell laudanum, but from the appear •
ance of the inside of the stomach and brain, which
was injected with blood, he had no doubt but that he
had taken poison, and that that poison was laudanum.
Mr. F. W. Buchanan, chemist and druggist, Week-
street—Did not know deceased himself, but Mr.
Jenkins knew him, and they had some conversation
in my shop together. He said his object in coming
there was for some laudanum for a female gauper, who
had long been in the habit of taking opium, which the
surgeon had refused to let her have, but he was de-
termined to ive her some. This was between seven
and eight o'clock, on Saturday evening. He then
served him with a shilling bottle, which he labelled
"laudanum, poison."
The bottle was produced, and identified by witness.
It was found in deceased's bed.
Obadiah Millgate, Lenham, farmer—Has known
deceased for six or seven years. Last time he saw
deceased alive was on Thursday evening, between
five and six o'clock, near the Maidstone Savings'
Bank. He said, " Mr. Millgate, I'll give you the 3/.
I owe you, and take these two .5/. notes home to my
wife." He caught hold of his hand, saying, " Good
bye, Mr. Millgate, I shall never see you any more,"
and turned short, and was going away. Witness
went after him, and said he could not part
with him in that way, and walked down to the
bridge, where they had a lengthened conversation ;
he tried to get away, but witness held him
fast. He said he could never live, for he had some-
thing to meet, which he could not do. He said he
had laboured and tried hard, and made another at-
tempt to get away, but witness held him, keeping him
in conversation, and said that he would not leave him
unless he promised to return home. He was ex-
ceedingly excited and very much depressed in spirits,
and witness feared at that time that he would com-
mit some desperate act. He wished to get him home
with him ; he said he would not go, and if he made
him a promise it would be of no use; but after some
hesitation he said that he would go home, and wrote
a letter home to his wife. He called at his bouse on
the folloWing morning, and found he was not there.
Mr. Godden Reader, clerk to the Hollingbourne
Union, stated the deceased was a relieving officer of
that union, and resided at Lenham. He was not
much behind in his accounts with the union, the ba-
lance declared against him at the last quarterly meet-
ing being but 161.
This being the whole of the evidence, the room was
ordered to be cleared of strangers, and the jury, after
a short consultation, returned a vedict of "Temporary
insanity."

Mrs. Tawell, the wife of the man now in Aylesbury
Gaol, accused of the murder of Sarah (Hart) Laurence,
has been peculiarly unfortunate in both her marriages.
Her first husband (Mr. Cutforth) was a most respectable
man, engaged largely in the silk trade, in which he had
accumulated considerable property, and they lived in
circumstances not merely of comfort but of affluence.
By the failure of his banker, and several heavy losses in
trade about the same time, he was deprived of his all,
and :the effect upon his health and spirits was such
as to undermine his constitution, and eventually to bring
him to the grave. He left one daughter. To maintain
herself and child, Mrs. Cutforth brought into exercise
her cultivated talents, and opened a school for young
ladies in Northampton-square, Clerkenwell. Success
attended her laudable efforts. The body of "Friends,"
of which she was an esteemed member, aided her in an
attempt to extend her sphere of exertion. At the time
she became acquainted with Mr. Tawell she was at the
head of a considerable establishment, and had the daugh-
ters of several highly respectable Quaker families under
her charge. The idea of a marriage with him was op-
posed by her most judicious friends. It, however, took
place. They removed to Berkhamstead, near the church.
FORTUNATE PRESERVATION.—On Friday last
an
aged gentleman took a third-class ticket, at Chester, fur
Manchester, and had proceeded about a mile and ahalf
on his journey beyond Crewe, when an antiquated lady,
with whom he had an entertaining tete-a-tete, observed
that the engine had turned at the la
st tstation, leaving
Crewe, and they were going back to Chester. The old
man immediately leaped out of the carriage, and fell into
a ditch, but happily escaped withoTtitle having sustained
anyat a isnpjeue7 ,of exceptingahou t tw
ea n ducking.ty.
miles rtsv%galoiincl
an hourrainH‘ev
back to the station, and learnt, to his mortification,''-
that grey-headed chroniclers have yet to learn that they
should look before they leap. The clerk charged him
his fare, ss. 6d., from Crewe to Manchester by the next
train, by way of re-impressing on his mind the useless.
ness of his recent display of agility.—Liverpool Paper.
CHRIST'S lIOSPITAL.—The public suppers of this
institution are to commence on Sunday next, the 2d of
February.

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MATIIEMATICAL EXAIIINATION PAPER.—Q. What
To
represent
required, how long will he have a constant area?—A.
As long as Betty smuggles joints from the kitchen.—
Punch.
W the approaching sojourn
e understand that duringherrings
srcion
of the Court at Brighton, it is the intention of her Ma-
jesty- and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to visit the
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, and
the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Goodwood. The
day on which her Majesty will proceed to Arundel Castle
is understood to be fixed for .Monday, the 17th, or Tues-
day, the 18th of February.
The University of Dublin have conferred on Mr.
Emerson Tennent, 11.1)., the degree of Doctor of Laws.