The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-14 00:00:00

NEW RAILWAY SCHEMES.

Thursday night's London Gazette contains notices that
applications will be made to Parliament next session for
leave to introduce Bills authorising the construction of the
undermentioned lines : •
Chester and Birkenhead,
.with branches.
Great North of England and Yorkshire and Glasgow
Union Junction.. •
South Devon, branches.

• Monmouth and Hereford, to abandon some portions of the
line as at present authorised, and to make other new lines.
Ipswich to Needham and Yarmouth, junction with.
South and Midlands Junction.
South-Eastern, to amend the Act for Maidstone branch, to
enlarge powers and amend provisions, to purchase Gravesend
and Rochester Canal, and to make branches.
Trent Valley, junction with at Colton or Rugely to Aston
juxta Birmingham.
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh
Junction.
Manchester and Milford Haven.
Glamorgan Central Mineral.
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction and Mold Extension,
with branches.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, junction with to Penzance.
Whitehaven and Furness Junction.
Lee,ls, Wakefield, Pontefract and Grimsby.
Tunbridge and Rye Harbour Direct.
Direct Manchester, Leeds and York.
Eastern Counties (March and Lincoln) Extension, Epping
Extension.
Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Direct.
Lanark, Stirling, and Clackmannau Counties Junction.
Glasgow Southern Terminal.

Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junction, with branches.
Syston and Peterborough, junction with at Melton Mow-
bray to the Midland Counties line, near the Nottingham
station.

South Midland and Southampton Junction.
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham, junction with
at Altrincham to the station of the Chester and Crewe Rail-
way at Chester.
Grand Junction, branches.
North Devon, with branches.

Cornwall and Devon Central; Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor-
chester; London, Salisbury, and Yeovil; Wimborne and
Pool; to incorporate and amalgamate.
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester.
Glasgow, Barthead, and Neilston Direct, to amend provi-
sions, and to make branches.
Leeds and Thirsk (North-Eastern Extension).
Worcester and Leominster.
Hull and Holyhead Direct.
Hayle, to introduce clauses.

BridgWater and Minehead Railway and Pier.
London and Holyhead Direct, with branches.
Cambridge and Lincoln Extension ; and Lincoln, York,
and Leeds Junction ; with a branch to Doncaster.
Great Western and Wycombe.
Leads, Dewsbury, and Manchester, deviations and
branches.
Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester.
North Staffordshire, with branches.
Newcastle and Carlisle, junction with, to the Lancaster and
Carlisle line, at Orton or Tebay.
Bristol and Exeter, junction with at Exeter to South-
ampton, and Dorchester Railway at Dorchester.
Eastern Union (Cambridge and Ely Extension).
Eastern Union and Harwich.
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire.
Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, branches.
•
Llynvi Valley and South Wales Junction.
Great Welsh Central,
Ipswich to Bury_ St. Edmund's, junction with at Ipswich
to the Lowestoft Railway, or with the Norfolk Railway.
Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham.
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction.

COLLISION ON THE BIRMING-

HAM RAILWAY.

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—This morning, at a little be-
fore seven o'clock, a collision of an alarming character took
place on the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, a short
distance beyond the place where a junction is formed with
the Sheffield line at Ardwick. The train which met with

the accident was the train for Birmingham, which left the
London-road station at half-past six o'clock. The engine
was the No. 2 engine, driven by John Penny ; and at about
five minutes before seven, in consequence of the slippery
state of the rails, arising from the hoar-frost, not more than
about a mile and a half had been traversed. The morning
was exceedingly foggy, so much so that it was deemed pru-
dent to place a signal lamp with a red light to the last
carriage of the train. There were, in addition to the en-
gine, a passengers' luggage van, a second-class, and a
first-class carriage, two carriage-trucks, another passenger
carriage (a third-class), and a horse-box. Finding that he
could make but little progress, Penny caused his fire-
man to throw sand on the rails in front of the engine,
and repeatedly blew his steam-whistle, as I presume, for
the assistance of another engine. The train, which had just
before been proceeding at a pace little exceeding a walk, was
just getting to a moderate speed, when a terrific crash from
behind threw nearly every. passenger from his seat, and
broke nearly every carriage in the train either more or less.
I was fortunately seated in the centre compartment of the

first-class carriage, and sustained no injury. Upon opening
the whitlow, as soon as I could collect myself, I found that
our carriage truck, the second and third-class carriages, and
the horse box had been detached from the train, and were
out of sight. The engine in front of the train had likewise
broken loose, and gone some distance in front of succeeding
passenger carriages. The guard, who was seated in his
usual place behind the second-class carriage, was crushed
up against the carriage and considerably stunned. He, how-
ever, recovered himself, and scrambling to the top of the
carriage, screwed up his break, but found it was broken. As
soon as the carriages stopped, I got out, and being anxious
to ascertain the extent of the misfortune, ran down the line
some three hundred yards, when I found that the principal
sufferers were about six or eight people who were in the
third-class (stand-up) carriage, and were on their way to
Stockport. Three of them were sitting OR the embankment,
and were much bruised and stunned. Happily, however,
none of them sustained any fractures. It seems that they
were all thrown one upon another in their carriage, receiving
severe contusions, and one of them, named Jacob Bradford,
imagined his arm was broken. Such, however, was not
the case. A young Irishwoman, who was also on her way
to Stockport, was standing near the back of the carriage,
and to all aprarance she was severely injured, about the
right ear and foot. Two gentlemen who sat in the last com-
partment of the first-class carriage were thrown upon the
bottom of the carriage, and one of them had his legs much
contused. Upon examining the carriages I found that nearly
every one of them had been more or less injured. The horse
box with the lantern were very much shattered.
Upon inquiry into the cause of the disaster I ascertained
that it was caused by the engine driver, a man named Lo-
mas, who had been dispatched to assist the No. 2, engine,
coming suddenly up at a very strong speed, and smashing
into the train. -Lomas, upon being questioned, stated that
he saw the light at the back of the horse-box, but at so short
a distance in consequence of the fog, that he was unable to
shut off the steam in sufficient time to prevent the collision.
He had left the station twenty minutes after the train, and
he never expected to come upon it so soon. This much is
certain—the steam-whistle of the No. 2 Engine was kept
almost constantly blowing; and it is very strange if Lomas
had not sufficient notice that he was close upon the train.
Again, the fog was so dense that that alone was sufficient to
have used an extreme degree of caution.

Of course no little consternation) was caused by the acci.
dent. The guard, seeing the condition of the carriages,
thought it was best to have them sent back, and the pas-
sengers were forwarded onwards by the slow train (but which
was quickened for the occasion) which leaves Manchester at
seven o'clock. Those whose destination was Birmingham
were, however, on their arrival at Crewe, too late for the
Grand Junction train, and by order of Mr. Baker, a gentle-
man connected with the engineers' department, were sent
forward by a special engine, and, notwithstanding that they
had been delayed nearly three-quarters of an hour, arrived at
Birmingham only ten minutes after the regular train.

THE RECENT COLLISION ON THE
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
On Thursdayforenoon, at eleven o'clock, Major-General
Pasley, the Government Inspector-General of Railways,
arrived at the Shoreditch terminus of the Eastern Counties
Railway, for the purpose of instituting his official inquiry
respecting the recent fearful collision on this line, near the
Waltham station, whereby Captain Laurence, E.1.C., a
Director of the Norfolk Railway, and a drover, named
Fisher, nearly lost their lives.
The investigation was proceeded with in the board-room;
amongst those who took a prominent part in the procindings
were Mr. Waddington, the deputy-chairman of the Com-
pany ; Mr. Fisher, Mr. Mills, and several other Directors ;
Mr. Bulkeley, the secretary, Mr. Hanson% the manager of
the traffic department; and Mr. Scott, the locomotive super-
intendent.
The inquiry was what is termed a private one; but the
circumstances under which the .Collision happened being of
great moment to the public, as also to those for whom every
security in railway travelling is looked for, we have been
enabled to glean the following statements from the witnesses
who were examined before the General.
It will be recollected that the primary cause of the accident
was the breaking down of a flour waggon attached to the
night goods train ; respecting which evidence was adduced
to show that that train, which ought to have arrived at the
Waltham station by two o'clock, was detained at Brox-
bourne, through the sudden increase of goods, and before it
had reached the former place it came to a standstill, from,
as it was afterwards discovered, the breaking of an axle-tree
of a flour-truck.
George Cann, the engine- driver, who had charge of one of
the engines of the goods train, which left Cambridge, &c., on
last Saturday night, stated that it was a very heavy one,
comprising 24 loaded goods waggons, drawn by two engines.
The train arrived at Boxbourne shortly after one o'clock on
the following (Sunday) morning, and having received some
luggage from that station, the train proceeded. It had not got
far, however, before they found the speed much slackened, from
a cause which for the time they could not detect. It did not
arise from a want of steam, and both engines worked hard. Still
the rate gradually decreased, and on arriving within 200 yards of
the Waltham station the train tame to a perfect halt. Know-
ing that the fish train would be shortly due, they determined,
if possible, to remove their train to a contiguous siding.
They succeeded in pushing five of the waggons backwards to
the siding, and on attempting the remainder found they
could not remove them. By the aid of lamps they proceeded
to "ascertain what was the obstacle, and discovered that the
axletree of a flour waggon was broken, and the entire body
was so resting upon the wheels that it was impossible to re-
move it with the means then at hand. Having got the assist-
ance of the watchman of the station, and two of the porters.
they commenced unlOading the truck, which contained about
GO sacks of flour. It occupied a considerable time, owing to
the limited number of hands, and in the course of an hour
and a half afterwards the fish train from Norwich came up,
Additional assistance was then obtained, and they were about
getting the waggon off the permanent road, when the mail
train arrived and ran into the rear of the fish train. The
weather that morning was very thick; there was a fog dur-
ing the entire journey. It was the fore axle that had broke
sharp off, and close to the right wheel.
In answer to questions Fut by General Pasley, Cann said
that in dry weather a train travelling at the speed usually
pursued on that, could be brought to a stoppage as easy
and as soon as on any other line ; but in such weather as
last Sunday morning, he did not think that it was possible
to have stopped it under a quarter of a mile, unless all the
breaks were sufficiently applied; for owing to the dew that
had fallen, the rails were so greasy, that the wheels would
slide along. The breaks that were on the engine he drove
that morniug, were the screw breaks; they acted on the
six wheels of the engine, and he considered that they were
the best in use. Did not know what breaks the engine of
the mail-train had. He had before the fish train arrived,
sent a man down the line to give the signal for it to step.
It is here necessary to state, that the broken luggage-
truck was not cleared off the line until Mr. Kennard, a
director of the Company, who resides at Waltham, had sent
to the Stratford factories for assistance, when by the aid of
horses it was dragged over. The passengers by the mail
train were brought to London by a special train, under the
direction of Mr. Dowling, the superintendent of the Shore-
ditch terminus,
Various other witnesses were examined, and at the ter-

roinatiol of the inquiry, General Pasley quitted the station
without expressing any opinion as to the cause of Vie ac-
cident.

CORKE'S PATENT ECONOMIC

FIRING.

We last evening witnessed some experiments with Corke's
Patent Economic Firing, and judging from what we then
saw, we think this firing is destined, at no distant day, to
supersede all others. It is the invention of Mr. Parsons, of
whom it has been purchased by Mr. Corke, who has secured
his rights by patents in England, Scotland, Ireland, France,
Belgium, Holland, America, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Nor-
way, Sweden, Spain and Portugal. It consists of blocks of
various sizes, which ignite on touching them with a lighted
match as readily as the wick of a candle. These blocks burn
with a pure and brilliant flame, giving out an intense heat.
The patent firing is entirely free from smell and from dirt;
in its ignition it somewhat resembles the Cannell coal, but it
is more powerful, more brilliant, and more lasting. Unlike
the generality of artificial fuels, it burns admirably in an
ordinary grate. The following are the directions given by
the patentee for the ordinary use of this fuel:—" Well
cover the bottom of the grate with cinders, take three or four
blocks of the firing, break them in pieces and distribute
them over the cinders, then add more cinders or coal ;
apply a lighted match, taking care that a draught through
the tire be maintained. When the blaze has nearly abated,
gently use the poker to increse it, and the result will
soon be a red-hot and lasting fire. The gradual add-
ing a little coal, with a block or two of the patent,
keeps this fire in perfect animation and brilliancy."
We last night saw cinders and ashes, which would have
smothered any ordinary fire, completely consumed by the
aid of the patent tiring. Another experiment was performed
to show the utter imperviousness to water of the patent
firing. Several blocks of it, which had been soaking folk•
hours in a bucket of water, were placed on the fire; after the
lapse of about a minute these blocks became completely,
ignited, and blazed away as freely as the others. The pa-
tentee informed us of an experiment which he had per-
formed sonic days since. He had caused two fires to be laid
and lighted at the same moment, one an ordinary Coal fire,
the other a fire otthe patent fuel. A tea-kettle full of water
was placed on each, and before the ordinary fire had kindled
up the water on the patent fire was boiling. This property
will render the patent firing invaluable in steam navigation.
These things, however, would be of little avail if the patent
firing could not compete in price with the ordinary fuel. In
order to satisfy ourselves on ,this head, we inquired what
would be the cost per day for keeping up a fire of patent
firing in an ordinary drawing-room grate, and the answer
was, " Not exceeding sevenpence." It is also admirably
adapted for culinary purposes—roasting, boiling, &c. For
persons living in chambers it must be both a comfort and a
saving. One farthing's worth of this fuel, which ignites in-
stantly, is sufficient to boil a kettle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
DERBY. •
7 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—take 8 to 1
17 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken to GU
25 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago
30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Ginger—taken to 1001.
35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken to 101.
45 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken to 251.
OAKS.
13 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice—t. to 10/.
20 to I agst Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo—taken to 301.
There were not a dozen subscribers present at any part of
the afternoon.
SWAFFIIAM COURSING MEETING.
TILE CUP.
Mr. B. Smyth's Sherwood's beat Mr. Hanbury's Gertrude.
Mr. H. Villebois' Dewdrop beat the Hon. S. Cowper's Lascar
(Swing).
Mr. Cardwell's Report (Flash) beat Mr. Bennet's 'Warrior.
Mr. Bagges's Top beat Mr. Burrough's Client.
Mr. Villebois' November beat the Hon. S. Cowper's Lottery.
Mr. Buckworth's Baksheesh beat Mr. Gurney's Apple Pie.
Mr. Chute's Here I-am-again beat Mr. White's Fine Weather.
Mr. Caldwell's Reginald beat Mr. Bagges's Traveller.
First Ties.
November beat Baksheesh.
Top agst Here-I-am-again (undecided).
Report beat Dewdrop.
Sherwood beat Reginald.
THE OAKS.
Mr. Hanbury's Griselle beat Mr. Bennet's Willing Maid.
Mr. B. Smyth's Sylvia ran a bye.
Mr. Burrough's Camilla beat Mr. Bennet's Witch.
Mr. R. Bagges's Treasure beat Mr. Gurney's Agnes.
Mr. R. Bagges's Tippitiwichet beat Mr. Buckworth's Bell.
Mr. Villebois' Nosegay ran a bye.
First Ties.
Tippitiwichet beat Griselle.
Treasure beat Sylvia (drawn).
Camilla beat Nosegay.
DERBY.
Mr. Hanbury's Glaucus beat Mr. Burroughs's Clear-the-way.
Mr. Burroughs's Coriolanus beat Mr. Bennet's Windsor.
Mr. H Vilkbois' Dancer beat Mr. Buckworth's Bushman.
Mr. Villebois' Nautical beat Mr. Hanbury's Gunner.
Mr. R. Bagges's Touchstone beat Mr. Gurney's Admiral.
Mr. Smyth's Sam Slick ran a bye.
First Ties.
Sam Slick beat Touchstone.
Nautical beat Glaucus.
Coriolanus beat Dancer.
WESTACRE STAKES.
Mr. Caldwell's Regard beat Mr. Burroughs's Cassandra.
Mr. Gurney's Amelia beat Mr. Bagges's Tempest.
I‘IARLIAM STAKES.
Mr. B. Smyth's Selborne beat Mr. Villebois' Niobe.
Mr. Gurney's Aspasia beat Mr. Burroughs's Creole.;
VICTORIA STAKES.
Mr. Smyth's Songster beat Mr. Bennett's Warrior.
Mr. Burroughs's Counsellor beat Mr. Gurney's Artist.
MATCHES.
Mr. Hanbury's Guluare beat Mr. Burroughs's Clio.
Mr. Bennet's Wildrake beat Mr. Burroughs's Clara.
PRINCE ALBERT'S HARRIERS—THURSDAY.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by
his Royal Highness Prince Augustus and his Serene High-
ness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, and attended by Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Wylde, Mr. Anson, and Baron de Freiberg,
hunted with his harriers to-day. The meet was at Mr. Ma-
son's Farm at Chippenliam. The party returned to the
Castle after two good runs.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Brighton harts., Mon., Pateham ; Wed., Race Course;
Fri., The Dyke-11.
rookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket-hill; Fri., Telscombe
Tye.
Crawley and Horsham lids., Mon., Sowfield Heath; Wed..
West Grinstead ; Fri., Fox, Three Bridges-103%.
Duke of Beaufort's lids., Mon., Trouble House ; Wed.,
'rate Rocks ; Thurs., Compton Bassett ; Sat., Kington
Langley.
Mr. A. Smith's lids., Mon., West Cholderton ; Tues ,
Stowell Lodge ; Wed., Wherwell Wood ; Thurs., Weyhill ;
Fri., Netheravon ; Sat., Speery
Lord Yarborough's lids., Mon., Aylesby Mill; Wed., Lang-
mere Furze ; Fri., Cleatham-11.
Sir Tatton Sykes's lids., Tues., Whinmoor Build; Wed.,
Galley Gap; Fri., Boville's Thorp, House—.lol/2.
Sherwood harrs., Tues., King's Mill; Fri.. Bolsover
Moor-11.
Mr. Mevnelly Ingram's lids., Mon., Foston ; Thurs., Ednas-
ton ; Sat., Blithbuiy—lo%
Donnington hds., Mon., Clipstone Village, Nottingham-
shire; Wed., Lady Wood; Sat., Redwood Gate-111.
Quorn hds., Mon., Alleston ; Tues., Bradgate Park; Thurs.,
Barkby Hall ; Fri., Wedmerspool Inn-11.
Rufford hds., Mon., Kirklington ; Thurs., Ossington ; Sat.,
Park Hall, 1034.
Lord Galway's lids., Mon., Scrooby-bar ; Wed., lleadon
Clump-14
Lord 11. Bentinck's lids., Mon., Langworth Bridge; Tues.,
Cainby Village; Wed., Tilhouse Beck; Thurs., Burton Ken-
nels-12 ; Sat., Wickenby-11.
Captain Candler's lids., Mon., Copcut Elm ; Wed., Grafton
Wood ; Fri., Cotheridge.
;Shropshire hds., Tues., Sundorne Castle ; Fri., Tunstall-111.
Essex Union hds., Tues., Rillondon Common ; Sat., Kennel.
East Essex lids., Thurs., Mark's Hall; Sat. White Notley-
street. •
Badsworth hds., Tues., Scawsby-bar ; Wed., Grove Hall ;
Fri., Walton Wood ; Sat., Havercroft-101.
Whiston hds., Tues., Dinnington ; Fri., Kennel-10.
Albrighton lids., Mon., Davenport House; Thurs., Middle-
ton House; Sat., Whittamoors-10.
Herefordshire hds., Tues., Berrington-101.
Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Lanarth Court; Thurs., Lan-
over Lodge—W.
Montgomeryshire hds, Tues., Chirbury; Fri., Park, near
Caerswa-10.
T:

IRANSMISSION OF. BULLION.—Last Tuesday three
tons of bullion were transmitted in three covered vans ac-
companied by clerks from the Bank of England via the Bir-
mingham Railway, to the banking-houses in Manchester and
Liverpool.
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.—ELECTION OF LORD
RECTOR.—:I statement appeared in the Citizen of Saturday,
to the effect that the Free Church party in the University
contemplate displacing Mr. Rutherford, M.P., from the office
of Lord Rector. 'We have made inquiry into this report, and
have authority to state, that no such attempt was ever con-
templated or entertained by the Free Church students, who
have held no meeting in reference to the rectoral election at
all. The placard which has appeared in the College, re-
commending the course to which the Citizen alludes, is ge-
ne.ally believed to be the device of an enemy.—Scottish
Guardian.

ARRIVAL OF Two CAMELS AT THE ZOOLOGICAL
GARDEN S, REGENT-S
-PARK.—On Thursday morning, two
camels, one a male, the other a female, arrived at the Zoolo-
gical-gardens, in the Regent's-park. They arrived at Ports-
mouth a few days since, and were conveyed by railroad to
London. The animals appeared perfectly docile. On their
arrival they were conducted to their habitations in the
Gardens.

THE FRENCH COINAGE.—Very shortly the whole
of the two-sous pieces of mixed money bearing the letter N
will have entirely disappeared from circulation. On the last
day of October more than 43,000 of these pieces, amounting
in value to 4,300,000 f., were exchanged at the Paris Mint.
The false coiners are therefore on the point of losing one Of
the most profitable branches of their unlawful trade, for this
mixed money was most attractive to them, not from the in-
trinsic profit they derived from each piece, but from the faci-
lity with which they could imitate it and send it into circu-
lation.— Galignani's Messenger.
DUTCH YEAST.—For some considerable time past
a quantity of yeast has been imported froiHollan_ d for
consumption in this country, the facilities afforded by the
advantage of steam, which enables it to be brought from
Rotterdam in a (perfectly fresh state two or three times in
the course of the week, causing its importation to be a
matter of considerable importance, and answering well the
purpose of the importers. In order to ensure its delivery to
its destination, before it becomes in the least deteriorated,
which its detention after a sea voyage, even for a short
period, would most probably cause, the party or parties
entrusted, who are in the habit of bringing it over to this
country in the steam-ships trading from Rotterdam. and
landing it at the Brunswick and St. Katharine's Wharfs
respectively, have made application to the revenue autho-
rities to be allowed to land and deliver the same imme-
diately on its arrival, on the deposit of a certain specified
sum to cover the amount of duty to which each parcel may
be liable ; and it appearing that there exists with reference
to the peculiar nature of the article no objection to it, the
request of the parties has been conceded on the proposed
terms being complied with, which has been done accordingly.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—NegIected coughs and colds
ofttimes terminate in consumptions. Of this dreadful disease,
59,291 died in Englandin 1842, while many when even in its
latter stages have, by taking Mann's Approved Medicine, been
restored to health. No family ought therefore to be without
this invaluable medicine, as a few doses given according to
the accompanying directions, will have the effect of healing
or preventing its destructive disease. This good effect for
coughs, colds, hooping-cough, convulsions, asthmas, and
debilitated constitutions have been proved in numerous cases.
In order to make it a cheap family medicine, the proprietor
has much ENLARGED the Bottles at former prices, viz :-28. 6d.
and 4s. 6d. each, duty included. None are genuine without
Thomas Mann; Horsham, Sussex, engraved on the stamp.
Sold by the Principal Vendoe,s in the United Kingdom.

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FLANDERS and HAMBURGN MAIL
BRUSSELS, Nov. 12.—The average price of wheat last week
was 231. 81c., and that o( rye 111. 59c.
It results from the above average prices, and the laws of
the 31st of July, 1334, and the 31st of December, 1844. that
the exportation of rye flour is prohibited from the 18th of
this month.
The King's speech gives a complete view of the situation
of the country. All the questions connected with the internal
and external affairs of Belgium are introduced with frank-
ness. On the question of subsistence, the speech is very
important. On the whole, it is calculated completely to
satisfy Belgium with respect to its dearest interest. The
language is at once simple and elevated, becoming the head
of a free people addressing their representatives.
PosEN, Ocr. 29.—1 t is generally affirmed that the village
of Karwin has been really purchased by an agent of the
Jesuits. It is likewise supposed that emissaries of the
Jesuits are going about to purchase for the order other
estates in our neighbourhood which are for sale. If they
once get a firm footing, it will be easy for them to enlarge
their possessions. Numerous estates belonging to Polish
nobles, whose unexampled mismanagement must lead to
their ruin, will sooner or later be f r sale. It is remarkable
that thePoles,who are distinguished for their patriotism, should
secretly unite with men who are proved by history to be the
enemies of their country, and even assist them in settling
among them.
BERLIN, Nov. 7.—lt is certainly presumptuous to speak of
a dissolution of the Zollverein, but it is certain that the Con-
gress at Carlsruhe broke up with a dangerous feeling of dis-
satisfaction. The manner in which the Universal Prussian
Gazette introduces the publication of the Tariff clearly shows
that, at least on the part of the Foreign Department, to which
the communication is attributed, the necessity is felt of a re-
newal of the discussions, and of an agreement in respect to
the English note. Commissioners are to be summoned to
Berlin at the beginning of next year, but there will be
previously negotiations between the several Governments.
&ma:mem, Nov. 4.—The Journal Itlorgonen announces
that the English proposal to construct iron railroads in Swe-
den has been accepted by the Government, and in consequence
6,000 workmen will be employed from the beginning of April
next. The first line, conunencingat the capital, will be to
Gefle, Westeras, and Nykoping.
We have severe frost every night, and snow falls almost
every day, but soon melts.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaursszLs, Nov. 12.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ............
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ... .....
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent • ...
Ditto Three per Cent..................
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ......
Ditto, ditto, 1840 ... . . ..... 100
Ditto, ditto, 1842 . . .. ••••• • . • .. 101%
Ditto, 1844... . .
Ditto, 1836.. . . 96%
Ditto, 1838 .
Ditto of the City, 1832 .....• ••• . • .....
Ditto, 1843 .......................... 100%
Bank of Belgium ................. 770
—Brussels Papers. Nov. 13.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VILNNA, Nov. 6.
5 per Cent. Meta11ique5.................. 111%
4 per Cent. ditto. . .
3 per Cent. ditt0............
Loan, 1834 . .
Ditto, 1839 ..
Bank Shares
Esterhazy's Loan ..
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ...... .... • . 19814
Gloggnitz ...... ........ 135%
Vienna—Milan ................... • . 11834
Grosetto ...... ....... ...... . 98%
—Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 9.
HA3IBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nov. 11.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents ••
Bank Shares .
Angio-Russian Loan ...... ......
Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 102
Ditto Ist series Inscription ...... •• • • 104
Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 97 98
Ditto, in Certificate ........ ..... ... • • 97 96
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ... •.• 91%
Ditto Stieglitz . ....... ••• • • • ... 90
Spanish New 5 per Cent.. •• • •• • 20% 20%
Ditto 3 per Cent
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..... 58%
Ditto 3 per Cent • ...
Polish New 4 per Cent Jean, 1844.... 85
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 85%
National Bank Shares —
Exchange on London.
• Hamburgh, Nov. 21. .......... • . 13 8%
DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEEDAM, Nov. 11.
Bills.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent........... M oney.
60 60%
Pitto, 3 per Cent .. • 72% 73%
Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • •••••• • • • • • • 96 96%
Amon Syndic, 4% per Cent .. 99% 100
-Ditto, 3 per Cent • •• • • ..... .......
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 158% 159
East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... 95% 9614
Exchange on London, at sight . •• • • 12 30
Two months... . • 12 20
On Hamburgh, at sight •• . • 36
Two months... .... .• ••• • • • 35 65
On Paris .• . • • .....
Two months. .•
—Dutch Papers, Nov. 12.

DIED.—On Saturday, the Bth instant, near Doug-
las, in her 25th year, after giving birth to her fourth child,
Anne, the beloved wife of T. Walsh, Esq., and daughter of
Alderman O'Connell, of Cork. By discharging the duties of
daughter, wife, and mother in the most edifying and exem-
plary manner, she leaves to herafflicted family and sorrowing
friends the firm and confident hope that in the merits and
mercies of her Redeemer, she has found the blessed rewards of
a short but well spent life.—Cork Examiner.
VARIOUS PRICES OF BREAD.—In the vicinity of
Drury-lane the price of the 41b. loaf is 9d., in the City Bd.,
on the Surrey side 7%d. to Bd., whilst in Shoreditch and the
neighbourhood it varies from 7d. to 714(1. In the country
the price ranges from 6d. to 71,4 d. It is not generally known
that besides potatoes a very large quantity of the meal of
Iceland moss is used in the composition of bread. Some
time si, ce the authorities of Saxony published a report on
the subject, in which they stated that 71b. of the meal boiled
with fourteen times its quantity of water, and then mixed
with 59%1b. of wheaten fkur, when baked, produced 111%lb.
of good household bread. Nearly all the Iceland moss col-
lected in Germany is sent here, and was, until late years, only
used in brewing and in the composition of ship biscuit, as it
is not attacked by worms, and suffers little by the action of
sea water.

IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE INDUS.
swots Poon.—A project for the improvement ( f the condi-
tion of the industrious poor who have been expelled, from
the crowded localities of St. Giles's, Lambeth, Westminster,
Wapping, Spitalflelds, and in many other equally populous
districts of the metropolis, with respect to their habitations,
has been set on foot, and it seems to be one of fair pre-
tensions and promise. It is reasonably argued that private
charity, being too limited to accomplish all that is required
for the full attainment of an object of this description, the co-
operation of the wealthy and speculative classes is desirable,
and that, since the enterprise of the day is running in favour
of the establishment of railways, a railway should be made the
medium of the proposed benefit to the labouring multitudes
who have been disturbed by recent alterations. We extract a
passage from the" suggestions" caused to be printed by the pro-
moters of th e scheme ;—" The plan proposed is to build villages
in the surrounding neighbourhood of tke metropolis, sufficiently
distant to ensure a pure atmosphere and healthy soil, on
which dwellings may be erected at a moderate price, yet so
connected with the metropolis by distinct lines of railway,
and stations to each, as to leave no portion of London more
than one mile distant from some one station ; thus bringing
the daily tplace of occupation of the working classes within
ten minutes' distance of their residence, and enabling them
to resort to the one and the other, with the same order and
facility as tho Ugh still inhabiting the precincts of the great
city itself." It is added that each village should contain
about [5,000 cottage residences covering about 500 acres
of land, and that taking the probable average of the in-
habitants of each cottage at seven in number, it will
give to each village 35,000 inhabitants, making a total
population, supposing the ten villages to be in the
course of time erected, of 350,000 removed from the dens of
the metropolis. It is contemplated to erect only ten cottages
to an acre, which, built in pairs, will give to each residence
a good garden—will secure perfect ventilation, and incite the
occupant to industry, regularity, and neatness. It is in-
tended that churches, chapels, cemeteries, and other religious
and social conveniencies should be attached to each village,
as well as public baths and washing establishments for the
promotion of cleanliness and health. We need not go further
into details, but may mention that the parties to be princi-
pally benefited are to be, if disposed, allowed to participate
as shareholders in the undertaking contemplated. The more
minute calculations included in the synopsis laid before us
will, no doubt, be published in due time for consideration.—
Post. _ _ _ _

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THE GAME LAWS.—Yesterday, at the Uxbridge
Petty Sessions, Joseph Dean a young agricultural labourer,
appeared before Messrs. R. 11. Cox, C. Mills, and T. Dugnall,
the sitting magistrates, to answer a summons charging bins
with unlawfully using a gun for the purpose of taking game.
The defendant pleaded not guilty. Robert Stint deposed that
he was a gamekeeper to T. T. Clark, Esq., of Wakeleys, near
Uxbridge, who is one of the local magistrates. On Saturday,
the Ist instant, witness saw the defendant, who watt
accompanied by three others, in a field in the parish
of Hardield, in the occupation of William Headley. The
defendant had •a gun with him, and as they passed
across the field a covey of partridges rose, and the de-
fendant fired at them, and knocked two birds down, one of
which he picked up and put into his pocket, and an-
other of the party, named Irons, picked up the other and put
it into his breast. They then all ran away into a small wood,
where witness followed them. They secreted themselves for
some time in a coppice; but witness waited until they came
out, and then went up to them to get their names, but they
again ran away Acithout his being able to get the names
of the others. The defendant denied the charge in Coto,
and asked the keeper if he bad not told James Greenwood
that he did not know who had fired the gun. The keeper,
however, persisted that it was the defendant who did so.
The Bench then asked if the defendant had ever been
brought before them before, and having been informed in
the negative, said, had the defendant been before charged
before them, they would have inflicted on him the full
penalty of M., or two months' imprisonment with hard la-
bour, but as he had not, they would mitigate the fine to one-
half, 505., or one month. Thomas Irons, a lad, also an agri-
cultural labourer, then appeared to answer a summons for
having trespassed upon the lands of Mr. Headley in search
of game, for which he had incurred a penalty of forty shil-
lings. Robert Stint deposed that upon the day above stated
he saw the defendant trespassing in a field in the occupation
of William Headley, in the parish of Harefield. The defen-
dant was with Dean, when the latter shot at the partridge,
and he saw him pick one up and put it into his bosom find
run away. The defendant denied the charge, but the Bench
covicted him in the mitigated penalty of twenty shillings, or
twenty-one days' imprisonment. Both defendants went to
prison, having no money to pay the fines.
CRIME Is STAFFORDSHIRE.—The number of pri-
soners in Stafford gaol is now less than three hundred ;
there have been upwards of eight hundred prisoners in it.
The whole of the additional buildings, erected during the
last twoyears, are unoccupied. In the mining district of the
county during the month of October last there occurred only
one case of robbery and eight cases of petty larceny ; and the
cases of drunkenness, compared with the preceding month,
have diminished.—Staffordpver.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 10.—The bark Rose, of Guern-
sey, Baylis master, bound to Antwerp, passed up Channel
this morning from Buenos Ayres, having first landed pas-
sengers--Mr. Brittain, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Le Mesurier, and
Mr. Westmoreland. The first gentleman possesses landed
property in the interior of South America, and went out in-
tending to form a mercantile establishment, with his
brother, at Monte Video. Mr. Dixon belongs to the firm
of Dixon and Co., London and Buenos Ayres. Mr. Le
Mesurier is clerk in the house of Bertram, Le Breton, and
De Lisle ; Mr. Westmoreland is a builder, and a native of
Newcastle. They have all left in consequence of the unset-
tled state of affairs in the River Plate. The 'cargo of the
Rose consists of green and dry hides and horn. She left
on the 22d of August. On the 3d inst. she spoke the barque
Baltazara, bound to Valparaiso, four days Irons Liverpool.
When off the Lizard 100 sail of merchant vessels, pricipally
bound to the westward, were counted from the masthead of
the Rose.

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. TH.
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COFFEE.-To-day there was little desire shown to purchase
41) vbttigion Mocha Coffee, and 222 bales at public sale were nearly all
iti,;„, taken in, good ordinary brownish at 54s to 565, and middling
,
greenish 62s being full rates. In Native Ceylon there was little
I'.
BUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock business transacted, and 335 bags at auction wereonly in part '
sold at barely former rates, good ordinary selling at 48s, tine I
• ordinary 508 sea damaged 40s to 445. 15 bags of plantation ,
'IIIE LONDON UAZ L
;Tr ri? Peaberry taken in at 85s. Of Bahia 286 bags were taken in, I 0
• country damaged at 28s, sea damaged, first class 265, second 1
(THIS EVENING.) 255, third 23s 6d, fourth and fifth 22s 6d to 23s 6d per cwt. t
lOLASSES.-There has been an extensive demand for I
--ege-
WHITEHALL, Nov. 12, 1845• every description of West India, and the rates paid have I
The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to the been rather above those previously quoted; indeed, nearly I
church of Oxford, em- the whole on show has been bought up. Bengal Treacle is I
Dean and Chapter of the cathedral c
hat see, the same much wanted, and stiffer rates are paid. The stock of Mo- I
powering them to elect a Bishop of t lasses is considerably less than last year. Of Honey the 4
being void by the translation of the Honourable and Right
1
Reverend Father in God Dr. Richard Begot, late Bishop market has been nearly cleared at much higher rates.
thereof, to the see of Bath and Wells ; and her Majesty has Cocoa.-There has been little desire shown to purchase I
also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter, West India, yesterday 442 bags of Trinidad were only in I
Samuel Wilberforce Doctor in Divinity, now Dean of the part sold at rather lower rates. Foreign is little wanted, and
collegiate church of' Saint Peter Westminster, to be by theta Prices are on the decline. '
Feurr.-There have been large arrivals of almost every I
elected Bishop of the said see of Oxford.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 13. description, but yet there has not been that active demand as
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederick usual in the middle of the month of November. New Zante
J. Bush, as Consul at Hong-Kong for the United States of 495, the quality fine, but of which a very small quantity. has
been taken. New Patras 49s to s()s. New Valencia Raisins '
America.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 8. of good quality are sought after at 40s, but most of the re-
MeeioneNnuM.-Iler Majesty has been graciously pleased cent arrivals are almost unsaleable at 36s to 40s. Muscatels
to approve of the 74th Foot resuming the appellation of the in laers of fine uality are scarce, and obtain very full
rites; a parcel of line Cbesme Raisins in barrels are being
74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, and of its being clothed P
accordingly ; that is, to wear the tartan trews, instead of the taken slowly at 38s, New Sultana Raisins 755. . .
Oxford mixture; plaid cap, instead of the black chaco ; and Seices.-This afternoon the quantity of Nutmegs offered
the plaid scarf, as worn by the 71st Regiment. The altera- at public sale was 151 pkgs, but the trade were desirous to
tion of the dress is to take place on the next issue of clothing, operate, and nearly the whole sold at an advance on former
on the Ist ef April, 1846. rates of 2d to 3d. Of Mace 55 pkgs were brought ferward
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 14. and sold at v slight improvement in the value. White
Bth Regiment of Foot-Lieut. J. le Marsden to be Captain, Pepper is nrt much wanted. Of Cloves 20 bags and 16
by purchase, vice Malet, who retires ; Ensign J. Stone, to be chests were mostly sold, goood Penagn at 2s to 2s ld, mid-
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Marsden; E. D. Lyon, Gent., dling is 10d, and Zanzibar 10d to 1014 per lb.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stone, Nov. 14. TEA.-Importers of Black are unwilling to submit to lower
16th Foot-E. J. Kennedy, M.D., to be Assistant-Sur- rates, notwithstanding the increasing stock, but the busi-
geon, Nov. 14. ness transacted by private treaty has been limited in all de
1418th Foot-J. H. Dwyer, A. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon scriptions, still the rates previously established are in almost
vice Fraser, who resigns, Nov. 14. every instance supported. Congou of common sound qua-
44th Foot-W. H. Mansfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by jr-.nt lity is not to be had in the private market under 10c1,
chase, vice Dunkin, who retires, Nov. 14. and clean Ponchong under 6d per lb. The market has a
55th Foot-T. S. Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur- dull appearance for Green, and it having been well supplied,
chase, vice Gordon, promoted, Nov. 14. a decline in the value of nearly every kind has taken' place ;
79th Foot-Lieutenant W. M'Call to be Captain, by pur• notwithstanding the moderate rates that prevail, the trade
cease, vice Douglas, jun., who retires; Ensign 0. Graham to are not inclined to purchase more than their present wants
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Call; H. J.lStreeteGent., require.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Graham, Nov. 14. Rule, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There has been a con-
-93d Foot-Ensign R. H. J. Stewart to be Lieutenant, by siderable increase in the demand for all descriptions of Ja-
purchase, vice Douglas, promoted in the 2d West India maica Rum this week : the home trade have pur-
Regiment; W. F. Elliott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, chased eagerly, and for exportation a good business
vice Stewart, Nov. 14. has been transacted ; the rates paid have been
Riffle Brigade-A. W. Clifton, Gent., to be Second Lieut- rather above those previously quoted. Demerara has
e enant, by.purchnse, vice Tinting, who retires, Nov. 14 been in excellent request, and prices have risen 2d
24 West India Regiment.-Lieut. G. Douglas, from 'the to 3d per gallon for strong descriptions. Leeward
93d Foot, to be Captain, :by purchase, vice Nicol's, who re- Island is greatly wanted, and prices are still on the as-
tires, Nov. 14. cendancy. The supply is not ample for the demand. Cal-
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment.-Lieut. E. S. Claremont cutta has been in good demand, and advanced rates are
to be Captain, bs' purchase, vice Jones, who retires; Ensign given. The quantity in the market is not sufficient for
W. 11. Kingsimlll to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clare- the demand. The stock of all kinds is on the decrease.
mont, Nov. 14. Brandy has been purchased with caution, and prices are on
WHITEHALL, Nov. 5. the decline; Geneva has been in good demand for exeorta-
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Turner tion at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and fine for home consumption bring
Boyd Twisleton, Esq. to be the Fourth Pecr-law Commis- 2s 7d to 2s 10d. The market was very firm for English Corn
sioner. Spirits at lOs 6d nett cash.
Poor-law Commission Office, Somerset-house, RICE.-Bengal has met with less attention, and although
Nov. 14, the market has been but moderately supplied, still a decline
This is to notify, that, on Wednesday, the sth day of No- in prices of 6d per cwt has taken place. Madras, however,
yernber instant, her Majesty, pursuant to the provisions of has brought full rates, and is wanted, but there is not much
an Act. passed in the fifth year of the reign of his late Ma. to be had; 17s 6d to 20s have been paid according to quality.
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Of Java the market is without supply; large parcels
amendment and better administration of the laws relating would find buyers if offered for scale, and at stiff rates.
to the- poor in England and Wales ;" and of another Cleaned Rice is wanted, and prices rule very firm. The sup-
Aet, passed in, the second year of the reign of ply of every description of Rice is much less than has been
her said Majesty, intituled "An Act for the more the case for many years. In Sago a good business has been
effectual relief of the destitute poor in Ireland," appointed transacted at stiff rates; for Sago Flour a good deal has been
Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton, Esel• of the Inner Temple, done at 213 to 235. Of Jamaica many parcels have been sold,
Barrister-at-Law, to be a fourth Poor-law Commissioner, con- and prices have risen to 20s to 22s per cwt. A good demand
jointly with the three Commissioners appointed by virtue of has been experienced privately for Arrow Root, and prices
the said first -mentioned Act ; and that, on the 12th day of are on the ascendancy.
November instals", at Serjeants'-Inn, the said Edward Turner CocHurEAL. -There has been little desire shown to ope - 1
Boyd Twisleton took the oath required by the first-mentioned rate, and former rates have been with difficulty supported.
Act, before the Honourable Mr. Justice Pattesen, one of the Irenreo.-There are few shipping orders for any descrip-
J ileums of her Majesty's Colut of Queen's Bench. tion of Bengal, and the home trade still operate with much
By order of the Board, caution : for the good and fine qualities last quarterly sale's
E. CHADWICK, Secretary. rates are insisted upon, but inferior may be had upon rather
POOR-LAW COMMISSION OFFICE. lower terms. Madras and Kurpah are dull of sale, and former
• London, Nov. 14, 1845. rates are with difficulty sustained.
This is to notify that, in pursuance of an Act passed in the Ons.-There has been only a limited business transacted
second rear ot the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, in- in Linseed Oil for home consumption this week, although
tit tiled ." An Act for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute there are sellers at a reduction on previous rates of eel to 9d
l'eot in Ireland," the Right Honourable Sir James Robert. Per cwt. For forward delivery there ate few buyers to be
George Graham. Baronet, one of her Majesty's Principal met with. Rape Oil is wanted, and the supply being small
Secretaries of State, has required Edward. Turner Boyd prices keep firm. Cocoa Nut is held firm, and is still wanted.
Twisleton, E-q., one of the Poor-law Commissioners, to carry For Palm a good demand has been experienced, but holders
the provisions of the said Act into execution. • are inclined to sell. Olive met with little attention. Cod Oil
By order of the Board, has been purchased with much caution, and there are sellers
E. CHADWICK, Secretary. at 28110 s. Although prices rule low for Seal, still the trade
WHITEHALL, Nov. 11. operated with caution. In Southern there has been little
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Bryan Jones, business transacted. The low rates that prevail for all cont-
of Newtown, in the county of Montgomery, Gent., to be a mon Fish Oils it is eepected will be the cause ere long of pro-
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. clueing a much better demand. sperm has been purchased
- BANKRUPTS. with more freedom, and prices are firmer.
John Lnke Boorman, silversmith, Gravesend, to surrender TALLOW.-This afternoon, at public sale, 342 ,packages of
Nov. 24, at twelve, and Dec. 20, at half-past one, at the south American Tallow were sold at 40s 3d to 41s 6d, infe-
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook- rior 38s 3d to 39s 3d ;87 casks New South Wales fine 43s 9d,
court, Basinghall-street ; Matthews, Arthur-street West, good 41s 6d, middling 39s to 40s 9d ; 4 casks East India 41s ;
London-bridge. 70 casks of first sort St. Petersburgh yellow candle 41s 6d
John Smith, hardwaremare Jewin-crescent, City, Nov. 24, per cwt.
at half-past one, and Dec. 20, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman- LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
bury ; Smith, Wilmington-square, London. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
George Clayton, builder, Queen's-place, Holloway, Nov. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO M
24. at one, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett, official assignee„ Sambrook. court, Basinghall-street ; FAMES' STOCK.
Wilson. South-square, Gray's Inn. ---.......---
David Froeschlen and Simon Price, tailors, Dover-street; From t'me Official List,
Piccadily, Nov. 25, at half-past twelve, Dec. 16, at twelve, at PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENrNO.
the Court of Bankrupcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-
street, London : Pike, Ohl Burlington-street. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14.
William Henry Bond, ale and beer merchant, Bow-lane, ZOITZT-STOCIE EAMES.
Cheapside, Nov. 25 and Dec. 16, at one, at the Court of Dividen4 Amount
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chain- Name of Company. per of raid. Price
leers; Maley and Co., Old Broad-street-buildings. Annum. Share.
Thomas Standen, brewer, Pudding-lane, Maidstone, Nov. -
21 and Dec. 20, at two, at the Court of Renkruptcy. Fol- £ s. d. 4 s. d.
Lett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Australasia •.••• • •• •• 6/. per cent. 40 00400 0 32
Bower and Son, Chancery-lane; Hart, Maid tone. Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 00500 0 47
Commereia lof London 5/ per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 I 24
George Davis, saddler, High-street, Southwark, Nov. 26, Colonial... . 51; per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 ! 153
and Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, Londn and W-es-tm...ins•• ir 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 1 2534
official assignee, Coleman- street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 ' 1334
James Emmins, builder, Princes-road, Notting hill, Nov. Metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 710 0
25, at half-past one, and Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 47
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-sham- Nationalmtt ewo,%
l'of Ireland
': .. •.. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24
. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 tete
bets; Rhodes and Lane, Chancery-lane. Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Lucy Lang, lodging-house keeeper, Charter-house-square, Ditto, New. •••• • • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Nov. 26, at one, and Dec. 24, at two, at the Court of Bank- Union of Australia •• • • - 25 0025 0 0 24%
ruptey. Dean and Co., Saint Swithin's lane, City. Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13
John Newburn, builder, Oxton' Chester, Nov. 27, and
Dec. 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, WALTER-V702,1ES
official assignee, Liverpool ; Wilkin, Furnival'e-inn, London. Dividend Amount i
1 Richard Bentley, hosier, Liverpool, Nov. 27, and Dec. 30, Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court Morgan, official Annum. Share.
-1
assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry, Lon , -•-•-•
s, d.
don • Pemberton, Liverpool., X I
Henry Lewis, joiner, Birkenhead. Nov. 28, at twelve, and Fast London... •••• • .. 81. 100 0 0 - 230
Grand Junction ••• • • • 31. 46 13 4 - 92
Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, Kent •• • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 -
-
official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent and Co., Temple, Lon- Vauxhall' :::::::::::: 51. per cent. 100 0 0 - -
don ; Cross, Liverpool. West Middlesex .. •• .. 4/.165. pr ct. 63 12 9 -• 130
PRICE OF St7GAR.
The Average Price of Sugar computed from the Returns INSURANCE COMPANIES.
made in the week ending Nov. 11, was 365. 5-ed, per en-t,ex-
Dividend Amount
elusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on Name of Company. perof
Paid. Price•
the importation thereof into Great Britain, Annum. Share.
,S s. d. £ s. 4. !
BANK OF ENGLAND. Albion ••••••• • • . • . .. 31. 10, 500 0 0 50 0 0 74
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20
(From this Night's Gazette.) Ditto Marine.. •• •• .•. •. 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6%
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, Atlas .•• • • •
British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 71i
cap. 32, for the Week eading on Saturday, the eth day of (eerici,llled.leGen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6.74
November, 1845. County .... ••••• • • • • • 31. 100 8010 0 0
ISSUE DEPARTMENT. .s. and
- Crown •••• • • • • ...... 9
fs. 14000 5 0 0 -
X. X. el. ss. bs. '
Notes issued ...... 27,202,365 Government debt 11,015,100 "gle •• •
Other securities... 2,984,900 Economic Life .• •
&30s.bs.
Gold coin and bill- Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3
lion 11,670,074 European Life 531 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 1 20
Silverbullion... .. 1,532,291 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe ....... ..... .. • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 14234
£27,202,365 , £27,202,365 Guardian .••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 51
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Imperial Fire ..
Imperial Life. ••-• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16.34
Dated the 13th day of November, 1845. Indemnity Marine- • • 11. sh. & In. 100 0 0 5 13- 1 • 29
BANKING DEPARTMENT. Law Life . ..... ...... 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51
X. X. Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6%
% London Fire ••••• • • • . 105. 2.5 0 0 12 10 0 15
Proprietors' capi tab 14,553,000 Government secu- London Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15%
Rest
Public deposits (in- Dead Weight Med. Invlld & Gen. Life - SO 0 0 20 0 3
eluding Exche- Annuity)
quer, Savings- Other securities 14,234,438 National Life....
Palladium Life • .....
banks, Commis- Notes
Phcenix .. .. . ..... .. .. 3/. p. ct. & bs. - - 210
sioners of National Gold and silver Protector Life •••• . • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s.
Debt, and divi- coin 520,583 Provident Life •••• • • -1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
dend accounts) 5,340,731 Rock Life. •••••- • • • • • 41. 50 0 010 0 414
Other deposits...... 9,134,243 Royal Exchange: •• • - 51. per cent. Stock. - 186
Sun Fire •••• . • • • .• 61. 105.
Ditto Life .. • • • • • .. • 1/. 6s.
Seven day andother - -
- -1 18
bills
-...-....---
£33,395,889 - £33,395,889 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dividend Amount '
Dated the 13th day of November,. 1845. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE-- (THIS DAY.) -.
£ a. d. £ s. d
Amsterdam CF. 12 10e Git•raltar... ..... ....... - e Bank of Scotland ••. • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 174
Ditto, at sight l2 7 Leghorn ...... ..... ... 30 75 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 166
R otterdam 2U.12 11 Genoa .. 26 10 British LinenCompsmy 8P per cent. - 100 0 0 230
Antwerp - Commercial Bank -• • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 169
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice..,, .......,„,„ .... National Bank ...... .. 6/. per cent. -••• 10 0 0 16%
Union Bank of Scotland 7311. pr cent. - 50 0 0 983,
Altona - Naples ......... ...... .. 391 Western Bank •••• • . • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 6
Paris,3 days' sight 25 75 Palermo, par oz. 1194 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 ' N
Ditto, 3 mouths 26 5 Lisbon s2f Clydesdale Bank. •• • - 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 1 kt,
. • 5/. per cent. - 1520
1000 000
.; i
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 10 Rio Janeiro . ... 24 7%1. pr cent. -
Caledonian Bank
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - i
Frankfort on Maine.. 122 e Bahia •-•.. ...... - City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 815 0 . i
Petersburgh, 3 Us.. - Buenos Apes - Scottish Union Ins• Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 i
Berlin NewYork,2ldyssight - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 s
Vienna, effee. fie-- 10 8 Philadelphia - tneur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. ' 4
Trieste, ditto - 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0
Madrid 36e Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21}v
Cadiz
Bilbao - New D0Ub100118..... 00 0 Edtn. & Mag. Railway 51. per cent. 50 0050 0 0 72
Ditto, % Shares •• • . 51. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 18
Barcelona - New Dollars OO 0 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 8020 0 0 243¢
Saville - Silver in 8ar5..... 00 0 Waspy & Arshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 72
21asgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 2231
MARKET INTELLIGENCE. Glsgw &Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45
Dundee & Arbrothßall. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. eel
(From the London New Price Current of Nov. 14.) Standard LifeAssurnce.l 51 per cent. 150001 2 10 0 8 -
SUGAR.-To-day the rates previously established were
fully supported for West India Sugar, brit in consequence of CANALS.
the scanty and indifferent show, the business done was ex- -
tremely limited, and the rise in price 6d to is per cwt. e 'of Dividend
REFINEI).-Te- day Refined goods were taken freely by Names of ~.., Dividend r.,,.... Names e ner Price.
Companies. 2, per ''''" Companies. et r
the home trade, and prices keep on the ascendancy, brown 4 Annum.
rn Annum.' c 6
lumnpF, according to quality, fetching 65s to 66s Gd, and --
standard lumps 675 to 67s 6d per cwt. In bonded Crushed £ i X
sugar a good deal has been done, in consequence of 34s 6d per Ashtn& 014 h 97 5/.55. p c 72 Monmouthsh 100 91. 160
c,‘ t being taken for first sort. Ashby-d-la-Zlll3 4/. ;70 Mntgomrysh 100• 61, 98
I
MACitiTius.-There has been a strong desire manifested Barnsley.. - ;160, 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 15
Basingstoke-1100 - - Neath •• • • ••100 20/. 36.5
to purchase every description, and further aevanced rate are Brknk&Abrgllso, 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. 260
offered freely, but the supply at market has proved insuffi- Cromford ....IMO' Hit 150 Peak Forest. 78 32. 40
cient for their wants; all the parcels on offer privately have Dudley 1
100 4/. 1 - Regent's •. • . 33 11. 2535 r
beer. spirt bought. up, establishing an advance on last week's IFVbetnrT _
rates ~f (el to 1 s for yellow, and is to 2s per cwt for brown Erisewas i Chs 133, 41. 80 Shropshire • • 125 8!. -
1 32/. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 123
and grey qualities. Forth & Clyd , 100 , 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c* 11
EAST INDIA.--This afternoon three parcels of Bengal Sugar GrandJunetniloo' 71. 100 Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 440
were offered at public sate, amounting to 5,70.5 bags soft Grand Unionlool 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230
brown, of which the chief part consisted, met with less at- (tllsatmranti .11,70.!) 13%1. 210 Stourbridge - 145 201. -
tention, and a part only sold, at a decline on formor rates of Grantham .Y. 11501 1-21. 10-0 Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. -
Severn andl
:Is per cwt. Huddersfield. 57 - 20 Wye Rail.
26 11. Bs. -
FonzioN.-Notwithstanding the advanced period of the Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 22 Trnt & Mr-1 .n,- -
season, and the limited demand that still exists, yet holders Lancaster 47 11. 10. 4o sey, yi sb.s "" "v•
of Foreign Sugar display firmness, and have refrained from teersterLivrP 100 i M. 5255 Tssh, ams&Med 19 - 10
ofTering any at public sale,• at present none is declared. Of Leicesetsrez ;ill 83! 4/. 122 'Brier:VT 78 41. 49
white Brazil only small parcels have been sold upon former Loughborogh 142, 701. 850 Wilts & Ikkal 417 fr. 4s. it
terms. Brown is held for the former currency, but the only
transaction worth noticing, is that of a floating cargo of 400
chests of Bahia at 22s 6tl per cwt, to be delivered at Gotten- It is said that Mr. Charles Ross, one of the Special
burgh. Holders of yellow Havannah are not inlined to r
further reduce their prices, although there are few orders Commissioners of the Property and Income Tax, will have
sorts of Foreign there has been the Commissionership vacant by the death of Sir John
in the market. In other so
Mortlock,
little passing, but prices cannot be quoted lower.

Dividen4 Amount
Name of Company. per of raid. Price
Annum. Share.
a. d. 4 a. d.
Australasia •• •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 32
BritshNorth American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 47
Commercia lof London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 I 24
Colonial... ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 I 15%
Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25%
London Joint-Stock . • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13U
Metropolitan ...•• • • •• 25 0 0 7 10 0
Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 47
Ditto, New. • • • • .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24%
National of Ireland 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 19%
Nat. Provncial of Eng• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9
Ditto, New. • • • • •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia • • • • 25 0 0 25 0 0 24%
Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13

SOIREE IN THE BELFAST DIS-
TRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM.
(From the Northern Whig.)
On Thursday evening last the annual soiree was given to
the patients in the Lunatic Asylum, by Dr. Stewart, whose
humane and effective system of management entitles him to
all praise. On entering the apartments where the entertain-
ment was given, and which were tastefully ornamented with
evergreens, and brilliantly lit, we were greatly struck with
the appearance Which their inmates presented. There was
none of that violent or outrageous conduct which we are apt
to associate with our ideas of madness—on the contrary,
there was among all the patients, with but a single excep-
tion, a prevailing quietness of demeanour; and, but for the
occasional wiltness of their glance, and the incoherency of
their expressions and conversation, one would never ima-
gine, for a moment, that they were other than sane men
and women.
In one of the apartments appropriated to their use, on the
evening in question, at the end of which there was a plat-
form erected for the visitors, a considerable portion of whom
were ladies, there was a pianoforte and a violin ; the latter
instrument was played, in an astonishingly correct and mil-
-1 mated manner, by one of the patients, while a number of
others, male and female, joined in one of the most extraor-
dinary dances it was ever our lot to witness. It would be
impossible to conceive anything more fantastic or cadre than
their movements. One girl, with a pair of shoulders like
a Hercules, performed a most remarkable summersault,
to the infinite amusement of the whole company. They all
seemed to enjoy the exercise. and kept up the dance
with great spirit fur a considerable time, relieving each
other by turns.
In passing through the room adjoining that in which the
dancing was going on, we fell into conversation with one of
the patients, a keen-eyed, middle-aged man, who was pos-
sessed with a wonderful idea of his own dignity and majestic
pretensions—" Do you know," said he, " what's all this
about ?—I cannot, for the life of me, conceive what all those
ladies and gentlemen are doing in there; but perhaps they're
fond of amusement, and they have come to see the dancing—
that's just it. Maybe they are the Royal Family—ah 1 if
they are, I'll speak to them. Do you know what it is—l
have been shamefully treated—l have been made a prisoner
of wrongfully, by men who compassed my defeat, knowing,
that if they thus secured me, my claims to the throne would
be forgotten and neglected. I am heir not only to the
throne of England, but to the thrones of France and Scot-
land. If I have said anything offensive to you, I hope you
will forgive me; but you know it is an exciting subject to
converse upon—to be heir, as I am, to the thrones of Eng-
land, Scotland, and France, is a matter of some importance
both to myself and the nation at large; and I certainly do
think, that if the public considered my case with the atten-
tion and respect due to such a proceeding of the State as
has involved me in ruin, and by which, as you sec, I have
been made a prisoner, that immediate steps would be taken
by the Lord Chancellor, if he have any honesty in his soul,
to restore me to that position in society whiCh I once oc-
cupied. Ah ! here comes the Queen !"
Just at this moment a very beautiful girl, leaning on the
arm of a gentleman, approached.
"Ab, your Majesty!" cried the patient, "won't I have
your Majesty's gracious pardon ? Are not you the Queen
of England P"
" Not exactly," replied the lady.
" Oh ! well, then, if you're not the Queen of England, you
must be the Queen of Spain. You laugh—there con be no
doubt of it—you are the Queen of the British Isles—your
Majesty, I kneel before you (kneeling down), I again entreat
your Majesty's smiles—l hope you won't forget the'pre-
ferment though. The Prime Minister, as your Majesty
very well knows, is under deep obligations to me : and I
don't think I would be expecting too much, if I asked you
to make me an Admiral. Such an appointment lam fully
entitled to; it would only be commensurate with the ser-
vices I hare done to the State, leaving my pretensions to the
throne out of the question altogether. And your Majesty,
perhaps you may not be aware of the fact, but I can inform
you, that I have fought and bled in the cause of truth, and
in support of those principles which placed your Majesty,
and your royal ancestors, upon the throne of these realms.
Why, I should like to know, am I to be kept here—it is a
very wearying kind of life, and my faithful subjects—God
knows what is to become of them in my absence ! The Le-
gislature are imperatively called upon to investigate the mat-
ter; find that with the slightest possible delay."
At this particular place, the heir to the throne became very
incoherent; and, his attention having been caught by some
object, he rambled away from the group.
In a retired corner of the dancing-room, surrounded by a
number of the visitors, was an intelligent-looking man, who
had been for some time an inmate Of the Asylum, reciting
an extraordinary piece of composition. This man was a
poet, and the verses were his own. He dwelt upon those
passages which he himself admired, with great emphasis;
and was evidently highly gratified with the applause of his
auditory.
Opposite the poet, in another corner of the room, was a
patient, who, we were informed, had been a graduate in
Trinity College, Dublin. He was a man of quiet demeanour,
and, judging from his conversation, which was plentifully
interlarded with quotations from the Greek and Latin Fa-
thers; a scholar of no mean pretensions. He gave some long
passages from the " First Book of the Aneid," but could
not commence with the words of the poet, till he had gone
over the four lines of doubtful parentage which precede that
exquisite production. He afterwards recited some of the
most striking passages from "'Homer's Iliad," dwelling, with
rapt and solemn air, upon the sonorous and grand sounding
syllables of the magnificent Greek. He said he delighted
in the Greek tragedies above all other writings—there were a
loftiness of sentiment, and a dignity to be found in them,
for which, in other compositions, we looked in vain. The
Latin playwright Terence was the only one who at all ap-
proached those inimitable writers in spirit, and grandeur of
conception.
Leaving the classical enthusiast, we came upon an old
Armagh choir man, who was seated at the piano, thundering
away, with the most exemplary perseverance, at " God save
the -Queen." He afterwards played some snatches trom the
antisjue Cathedral services of the seventeenth century ; and
a minor chant of Dr. Woodward's. He had quite the organ
style and touch, and had, evidently, been accustomed to that
instrument. It seemed to us, that he imagined he was
seated at the organ, from the peculiar way in which he
shifted, in the fingering, and the sustaining effect he gave
the music, by his manner of grasping the chords. One of
the visitors afterwards played for him the College Chant, and
Dr. Battishill's in E. "Alt," said the patient to him, when
he had done, "you're not so goad a player new as when you
were organist of St. Patrick's!"
The dancing and amusements were kept up till ten o'clock,
the utmost harmony and good-humour prevailing among the
patients ; and the visitors shortly afterwards departed, pleased
with, and astonished at, the entertainnient they had been
spectators of.
We cannot conclude without expressing our warm admi-
ration of the benevolent and excellent system which has been
adopted by Dr. Stewart towards his patients, with such signal
success. The harshness and cruelty of the old mode of treat-
ment are, in this valuable institution, entirely done away
with ; and the freedom from personal restraint enjoyed by the
patients, so fait from being an evil, has been attended by the
most beneficial results.
The following composition was taken down, from the dic-
tation of the poet mentioned in the foregoing sketch, and
sung by him before several of the faculty, who were present
on the occasion :

SONG.
THE VILLAGE BARBER TURNED QUACK DOCTOR.
A village barber born and bred,
(I trimmed them in a minu'e);
Made something of t'outside the head,
Though there was nothing in it;
I learned to bleed, and stumps to draw;
But ne'er lock jawed the Proctor;
So up to London went, 0 la!
And set up for a Doctor !

SPOKEN—But I couldn't forget my old trade of periwig-
making, so I depended all upon puff—cured patients that I
never saw, and killei; all that I did see; so, to prevent ac-
cidents; I invented a new medicine, that would neither kill
nor cure—got a patent for it—cured their purses of a ple-
thora, and my own of a galloping consumption ! But the
main chance was my maxim and motto, so I drove along in
the Capacity of a
Quack, quack, fol- de-rol diddle-lal-de-daddi 0 !
Quack, quack, &c.
My patient knew as well as I ;
And, so the way I nicked them,
• Was let them live or let them die,
I'd never contradict them ;
Whate'er they fancied, that I tried—
If cured, my skill was shown, Sir;
But if, as oft it proved, they died,
The fault was all their own, Sir,

SPOKEN. —Patient—Doctor, I'm very ill. Doctor—Let ma
feel your pulse—put out your tongue; ah I your complaint's
a polyphosbia, as we say—vulgarly, a diascordium 'of the
binary duct. Patient—Duck, Doctor? I believe it was a
wild duck did me all the mischief. Doctor—Well, well;
we'll soon tame the wild duck—you shall have a narcotic, a
cathartic, a sporific, and a sudorific. Patient—Soap and
suds, Doctor? I'll never be able to swallow them. Doctor—
Well, then, you shall have an anodyne. Patient-0 yes; I
should like to dine—pray, Doctor, what may I eat? Doctor
—Well, what do you like • best ? Patient—l likes goose and
gravy soup, Sir. Doctor—have them, by all means—no-
thing's so good for the bile as goose and gravy soup; but
avoid a wild duck as you would a
Quack, quack, fol-de-rol,
At last I published, through the town,
My patent, simple sirrup,
My name got up, and then went down,
( made a pretty stir-up.
_ : i . 4811 complaints 'twas sure
I 1 worst of ills to smother,
i itwas, for it would cure
4 .I*t a swell as t'other.'

it was a charming composition : sugar,
\l. 11 I Llmagnesia—sweet, sour, hot, and cold.
• t t Calculate t for all cures, I don't know what
" I Temedicine took whilst they took the me-
lt • I 111 (money, so somebody was the better
11r 3 proved its utility, and the stamp duty
t . .41 • The physicians fretted, the surgeons
L.., V Or ) t thapothecaries in a big passion. But a
t I'l t : ) ;while in the stream of popularity,
1/4 • o't• on a swimming trade, which is very natural for Ducks
that swim over the water !
Chorus—Quack, quack, fol-de-rol, &c.

THE MANDARIN AND THE ENGLISH LADY.—The
degraded position of females in China is well known. No-
thing astonishes the Chinamen who visit our merchants at
Hong-Kong so much as the deference which is paid by our
countrymen to their ladies, and the position which the latter
are permitted to hold in society. The very servants express
their disgust at seeing our ladies permitted to sit at table
with their lords, and wonder how men can so far forget their
dignity. A young English merchant recently took his youth-
ful wite with him to Hong-Kong, where the couple were visited
by a wealthy-mandarin. The latter regarded the lady at-
tentively, and seemed to dwell with delight on her move-
ments. When she at length left the apartment, he said to
the husband, in his imperfect English, " What you give for
that wifey wife yours?" "Oh," replied the husband, laugh-
ing at the singular error of his visitor, "2,000 dollars"
This our merchant thought would appear to the Chinese
rather a high figure, but he was mistaken. " Well," said
the. mandarin, taking out his book with an air of business,
" 'spose you give her to me, I give you 5,000 dollars." It is
difficult to say whether the young merchant was more
amazed or amused, but the grave air of the Chinaman con-
vinced him that he was in earnest, and he was compelled,
therefore, to refuse the offer with as much placidity as he
could assume. The mandarin was, however, pressing, and
went as high as 7,000 dollars. The merchant, who had no
previous notion of the value of the commodity which he had
taken out with him, was compelled at length to declare that
Englishmen never sold their wives after they once came into
their possession, an assertion which the Chinaman was slow
to believe. The merchant afterwards bad a hearty laugh
with his young wife, when he told her that he had just dis•
covered her full value, as the mandarin had offered him
7,000 dollars for her.—Liverpool
The expenses of conducting the municipal election
of four councillors for Richmond, Yorkshire, are estimated at
3,0001.

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