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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-01-20 00:00:00

h are now tardily being adopted for our security

worth ti

of ten thousand mere economists and rhetori-
, whatever they may know of mercantile

matters, the courses of

exchange, and the

interests of

commerce, have never exhibited any marked sagacity with

regard to the crises of nations

ced auy uncommon

courage, or produced any extraordinary resources in the

hour of danger.

It has been well said by a correspondent of one of the
morning journals—" Our great :Ana counsellor,
form v....—. bpoice with apprehension of `the tragedy
that he might see played on English ground, at a time

when a peaceful monarch sat on the throne, and law and
right, and liberty prevailed.' If the risk was great then,

is it 1(
and wt

ss now, when the will of one man is the sole law,
en peace or instant war lives but in his decree ?"
sent situated, war would afford
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To France

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; especially a war that s

the plunder and spoil of a few of the rich towns and cities,
illages and mansions of England. It would

or even of the

draw their minds away from the chance-medley of

domestic occurrences, which are beginning to make Louis
Napoleon both odious and ridiculous in their eyes ; and,
at the same time, it would withdraw their attention from
the absurdities of the new constitution which has been
published within these three days, and might lead the
army itself to proclaim the emperor, without the necessity
of a new appeal to that description of universal suffrage
which yields more votes, when wanted for a powerful
candidate, than there are adult males in the whole popu-

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lation of France.
Under such circumstances, it is wise economy to calcu-
late on probable emergencies beforehand ; and to arm a
sufficient number of the people to keep watch and ward
upon our coasts and in our garrisons. For a long period
we have been voluntarily weak. We have discarded arms
and training as a mere childish subterfuge of " playing at
soldiers," and warlike aspects and habits have been butts
for wit and caricature, rather than things to be spoken of
in connection with patriotism or loyalty. We seem to
have forgotten how rich a prize we offer to the cupidity
of poorer and more restless nations ; and while we have
been preaching a mission of universal peace and brother-
hood, we have apparently shut our eyes to the naked fact
that we have no auditors beyond the pale of our own circle ;
but that the rest of the world are as eager for strife and
change, for revolution, war, victory, and spoil, as at any
former period in the world's history.
What is that we at present see in France, but a retro-
grade movement towards all the institutions of the empire
of Napoleon the First ;—that era of general war, of wan-
ton and cruel invasion, and of iniquitous conquest. The
President is continually referring to that as t:-.e period
when his country was greatest and most glorious. He
has given back its eagles to the army. He has restored
the nobility which his uncle created to its ancient rank
and privileges ; and he is calling forth new marshals and
paladins, in order that they may have something like an
equal interest with himself in winning wide dominions, to
extend their renown, and make their powers realities.
The very constitution which has been given to Franae
is but a revival, or rather a reminiscence, of the imperial
regime. The President is to be responsible to the people
alone. He is to command all the sea and land forces ; and
to enjoy the sole initiative of all laws and ordinances.
In case of death he is to designate his successor ; is always
to name the senate and the council of state, the prefects
of departments and the mayors of communes ; and he is
invested by himself with the exclusive power of declaring
war or making peace. To what does all this tend, if not
to the practices of the former empire, and the aggrandise-
ment of such adventurers as the government may please
to patronise at the expense of weaker, or, at all events, of
other states ?
That the spirit which animates France in relation to
England is neither a cordial nor a pacific one, may be ga-
thered from the tone of her newspapers, those which are
still permitted to appear, the whole contents of which
pass under the criticism of a Government censorship.
Take the following extract from the Univers, as a specimen
of what the Paris officials deem acceptable to their supe-
riors, and beneficial to the morals and minds of the public :
" The following," says the journal referred to, " is a fact
which evidently shows the hand of God in the fall of Lord
Palmerston. When that blind enemy of society fell he
bad just sent a note to the Protestant Governments of
Germany, urging them to persecute Catholicism ! The
patience of God has just been exhausted by this last attack.
This act, joined to many other similar ones, shows that
Lord Palmerston was not a simple political agitator of the
psuedo-liberal school, but an implacable follower of
Luther, a Protestant logician, a zealous sectarian, and
the most formidable revolutionist. • • Lord
Palmerston has been overthrown, and in his. fate we may
see a prognostic of the destiny of Protestantism. That
heresy is nowhere so tenacious as in England. That
country is its fortress, and, nevertheless, it is there morally
ruined both by those who support it and by those who
abandon it. The abortion of Parliamentarianism, the
confusion of false knowledge, the bankruptcy and' the
stifling of the spirit of discussion, the restoration of good
sense and authority—all this Catholic movement of the
Continent will hasten the destruction of Anglicanism."
The heresy of England ; its liberty of the press ; and its
privileges of public and private discussion, are obviously
regarded—as they truly are—hostile to despotism, and
therefore adverse to France. Who shall say that these
things, together with the shelter afforded to innumerable
refugees from oppression on the Continent, may not
speedily be converted into a grave cams Lehi, and lead to

SUDDEN DEATHS.—A child named James Carr, living
at No. 7, Brick-street, died suddenly on Sunday morning.
He had been ailing for some time past.—Mr. T. A. Leigh,
a publican, of No. 34, Marybone, was found dead in his
bed on Sunday morning.
POCKET PlCKlNG.—Patrick Mekin and Louisa Croft
were seen prowling about St. John's market, on Saturday,
in a manner which excited the suspicions of one of the
constables on duty, who, after watching them some time,
discovered them in the act of picking a lady's pocket.
They were apprehended, and on Louisa Croft was found a
purse containing Is. 5d., the property of the lady alluded
to, and other stolen articles. The man was yesterday
sent to prison for twenty-one days, and the woman for
fourteen.
A PRESENT.—On Sunday afternoon last, a tall, red-
haired Irishwoman, having a child about a month old in
her arms, called at a house in Lace-street, and stating that
she had just " come over" with her husband, who was a
tailor, requested to be allowed to leave the baby (a boy
about a month old) while she looked for lodgings. She
went off, but never returned ; and in the evening the
poor woman who had received the precious deposit went
to the detective office to request Sergeant Carnes to take
the burden off her hands. He, however, declined to take
stock in that way, but sent the infant to the workhouse
by another police-officer.

LOVE AND LARCENY.—The things that lie immediately
under our noses are the last that we scent out. This was
as notoriously the case in ancient times as in these days of
steam, of the electric telegraph, Great Exhibitions, and
philosophy, and passed into a proverb long before the
invention of printing. The truth of the maxim has been
established for the nine hundred and ninety-ninth time,
within this nineteenth century, in the hearing of a charge
of felony, hid at the county rooms, Clayton-square, by
Mr. George Haigh. solicitor, of Richmond-vale, Bootle,
against William Middleton, of No. 10, St. Paul's-square,
a station-master to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Company, at Preston-lane. Mr. Haigh, it appears,
received, a few days ago, an anonymous letter, informing
him that there was " something rotten" in his domestic
establishment. This was an enigma, but he thought it as
well to apply to the central police-station to solve it, and
detective-officer Patrick was forthwith put upon the scent.
On inquiry the following facts were elicited. The house-
maid to Mr. Haigh had given two shirts belonging to her
master to the gentleman now in custody. On searching
the box of cook-maid, Anne Taylor, four bottles of wine
were found ; and in the lodgings of the " gallant gay
Lothario" Middleton were discovered two pairs of boots,
a shirt, and a collar, to all of which Mr. Haigh laid a
decided claim. Poor Thompson, the housemaid, was also
found to have treasured up in her box a large number of
treacherous epistles, showing that for a considerable
period a systematic course of criminal indulgences had
been carried on between Middleton, another party, whose
name did not transpire, and the servant girls. Middleton
was fully committed for trial on Friday last.
MANGLING DONE HERE.—In assigning to Sebastian
the office of curing the plague, their object was to bring
him into high esteem, and so make him be more eagerly
sought after. The consequence has been, that his one
body has been multiplied into four bodies, one of which
is at Rome, in the church of St. Lawrence, a second at
Soissons, a third at Pilignum, in Brittany, and the fourth
at Narbonne, the place of his birth. He has, moreover,
two heads ; one at Rome, in the church of St. Peter, and
the other at Toulouse, in the possession of the Domini-
cans. Both heads, however, are empty, if credit is to be
given to the Franciscans of Angers, who gave out that
they have his brain. Nay, these Dominicans have also
an arm. There is another at Toulouse, in the church of
Saturninus, another at Casede in Auvergne, another at
Brissac in Germany, besides minute fragments which
exist in various churches. When all these things have
been well considered, let any one guess where the body
of Sebastian really is.—Calvin.

A TOLERABLY BROAD HINT.—Lady Isabel Finch,
daughter of the Earl of Winchelsea, was lady of the bed-
chamber to the Princess Amelia. Lord Bath, one evening
having no silver, borrowed half a crown of her ; he sent it
her next day, with the gallant wish that he could give her
a crown. She replied, that " though he could not give
her a crown, he could give her a coronet, and she was ready to accept of it."

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

the attempt to make a desperate stoop upon the British
metropolis, the Isle of Wight, Southampton, or some
sus
other interesting point, where lust of booty and hair.
MONDAY NIGHT.
brained danger might tempt marauders ? The second week of 1852 has passed over, and we are
But turning from France, and the fall of Lord Palmers- without improvement in business affairs. Sucii a state of
ton, to matters of more immediate concernment,—the things should not long continue, seeing that money is
question daily becomes more pressing,—how and with so abundant, and discounts easily obtained at 2to 21- per
what resources for keeping place are the Russell-Grey cent. ; besides, our American customers, everything con-
cabinet to meet parliament on the 3d of February ? If sidered, are in a satisfactory position as to their financial
we may fairly augur anything from the frequency of affairs, for no sooner does England require payment for
cabinet councils, as the inevitable day approaches, we the various manufactured productions which she sends
must needs infer that there is much to be deliberated upon across the Atlantic, than the auriferous regions of California
and matured, ere the ministry dare announce even what liberally supply the cash. Again our own colony, New
measures they contemplate for the session. With regard South Wales, bids fair to outstrip the Sacramento,—the
to this subject, the Times informs us that " Rumour more recent discoveries at Bear Valley, where it is alleged
very naturally points to the most important of their pro- that 216,000 dollars' worth of the precious metal was
mised boons—the New Parliamentary Reform Bill,"—as gathered by seven men in eight days, or any other quarter
a subject on which much difference of opinion still pre- where gold and silver lie for the picking up. If money is,
veils in the corps. The premier has fully committed therefore, so abundant, and likely to continuo so, it
himself to a substantial proposal for organic changes in becomes a question why business should remain as it has
the constitution of the kingdom. His colleagues are by been for several weeks past, dull and gloomy.
no means sanguine as to the benefits likely to be realised It is gratifying to be able to state that no London or
by any extensive alteration of the suffrage—any wider Liverpool mercantile casualties have occurred since we
opening of the flood-gates of democracy, by lowering last wrote. The letters from St. Petersburgh have advised
the franchise to the level of the humblest classes of the stoppage of Messrs. C. Lantz and Co., with liabilities
society, instead of seeking to raise those classes to the to the amount of at least £50,000. At Cork, the suspen-
level of the franchise. The depressing process would, no sion of Mr. James Berry Adams, a corn merchant, has
doubt, be most congenial to the tastes, and most in accord- been announced, and in this case the liabilities are reported
ance with the aspirations of a certain number of members large. One or two failures in America were noticed in the
of what is called the liberal party ; but then it is notorious letters by the Europa, but they will not, it is believed,
that those men are not and never have been cordial sup- affect parties in this country.
porters of the whig government ; and would not be likely The last gazetted returns of the Bank of England show
to forego any advantages they might acquire, should their a decrease in the amount of bullion to the extent of
power be strengthened by throwing the electoral lists of £42,040: the other changes are such as usually take place
the country open to the ignorant, the impoverished, and at this period of the year, and are all the consequences of
the irresponsible. Lord John's main object last session, the application of a large amount of public deposits to the
when he gave his pledge for a reform of the reform act, payments of the dividends. Money is in rather better de-
was to free himself from the annoyance by which he was mand, but the rates are unaltered, and houses that had
then surrounded. His aim now will be—or his character refused to take money on call, are again receiving it at
is greatly mistaken—to secure the leadership, for a year or per cent. The exchanges are beginning to wear an aspect
two longer, by rendering the formation and maintenance unfavourable to England. The French, who have been
of a government in other hands impossible. But can he buying up their own railway shares, and buying into their
expect to serve his own purpose by placing himself and own funds, have been selling English and other securities
those on whom he must needs rely, at the mercy of the in the London market, which has caused remittances to
mob in the large towns of England, Ireland and Scotland ? be made to Paris. Added to this is the circum-
Though on the other hand, having plighted his troth to stance of the revival of trade in France having made
make a satisfactory transaction of it, what refuge has he the employment of money more advantageous, if less
from the frank fulfilment of his word ? secure, there than investing it in the English funds, and
The Edinburgh Review, in the number just published, it is transferred from its passive state in London to more
has an article of nearly sixty pages. on " The expected activity in Paris.
Reform Bill ;" and if that may be taken, as it used to be The return from the Bank of England for the week
in days gone by, for an index of the intentions of the ending the 10th January gives the following results when
Whigs, they will do as little as possible in the way of con- compared with the previous week :
cillating those who have looked for something like a first Public deposits X5,292,524 ; Decrease
instalment of Chartism ; having lately discovered that no Othert deposits
•
alteration whatever of the existing scheme for elections to
1 eg
On the other side of the account—
Vv count—
Parliament is necessary.
W Government securities 13,233,763 ; Decrease
their Reform Bill, or produce such a measure as nobody Notes unemployed 10,786,615 ; Decrease
will absolutely condemn, yet nobody be satisfied with,— The amount of notes in circulation is £20,241,480,
how are they to get through the other business of the day? being an increase of £956,890 ; and the stock of bullion
how resume those weighty questions which were last year in both departments is £17,515,501, showing a decrease
kindly permitted to be postponed, on the plea that the of £42,040, when compared with the preceding return.
Legislature should " behave itself before folk," while the The market for English securities has undergone con-
Great Exhibition was open, and the metropolis crowded siderable fluctuations during the week, partly on account
with foreign visitors ? They represent no recognised party of the several and conflicting rumours which prevailed
in the state ; no interest in the country ; and, having respecting the stability of the ministry, and also the
shown that they sympathise with nobody beyond the uneasiness occasioned by the state of political affairs in
family coterie and its connections, nobody sympathises France. Consols under these circumstances have given
with them. As Mr. Roebuck has said of Lord John's way in price, but have improved within the last day or
administration, " From the first moment, when his lord- two. The Electric Telegraph this evening returns the
ship acquired power, to the present time, he has narrowed, closing prices as follows :—Consols for money and
step by step, the basis of his administration, until now it account, 96i ,?f.
is so utterly helpless that it subsists only by sufferance." Our Share Market at the early part of the week was
How long such a state of things is to continue is a matter firm, and we had a fair amount of business. Towards the
of speculation, which need not be gone into at present. middle of the week, however, from a slight increase of real
It may or may not be significant that the Earl of Derby sales, induced by the unsettled state of politics, both
has been staying for some days at Windsor, on a visit to English and continental, a decline took place to the
the Queen. The condition of the country, and the pros- extent of one or two per cent generally. To-day we
poets of the Government, may never have been mentioned have more activity, and prices have exhibited a dispo-
in the distinguished circle there assembled ; but it cannot sition to advance, closing this evening at the best
be looked upon as insignificant, even by Royalty, and by of the day, Gold mining shares are attracting much
the Prime Minister, that the eyes of people are directed attention, and the public have been large buyers all week,
with more than ordinary earnestness to the head of the especially of the Agua Fria and Nouveau Monde shares;
house of Stanley, as the "coming man," to extricate them and also those of a new Australian mine, jest issued.
from the shoals and quicksands, amid which Whig We annex this day's quotations :—London stock, 1154 ;
temerity and folly have entangled them. Ditto New Pref., 3p. ; Midland stock, 57 61 57 6 7;
The gold fever, to which allusion was last week made, Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifths, sd. ; Edinburgh and
has been kept alive, and even stimulated by the reports Glasgow, 271 ; Dover stock, 20-i; York and North Mid-
brought home by the overlaid mail, on Thursday last, land, 22k; Oswestry Pref., 154.
that new discoveries of almost boundless mineral wealth There is not much of novelty to report in connection
have been made both at Port Philip and in New Zealand. with the Grain trade. The activity which prevailed a week
Letters from Melbourne to the 6th October state that or two ago has ceased ; and although in the face of limited
large deposits had been met with at Buninyeng, about 80 j supplies, and the gradual curtailment of stocks, buyers
miles from that city, and 50 from Geelong " apparently generally act with reserve, and merely purchase to supply
far exceeding in value any that have been found within a pressing wants. The accounts from the continent show
similar space, either at Sydney or in California." The that the supplies there are not much if anything beyond
whole population of the neighbouring country was fast the requirements of the trade. The imports both from
concentrating in the district, and it had already been the United States and the continental ports are still of a
ascertained that the creeks and rivers for many miles very limited character, and the consumption going forward
around were likewise rich. More than 2,000 persons were throughout the country continues without diminution.
already at the place, and each man on an average was said Trade in the manufacturing districts is in a healthy state.
to be obtaining an ounce per day ; while one man obtained At Manchester more business has been done in both
£1,500 in a week ; and another, a blacksmith, had got goods and yarns ; but less activity pervades the woollen
£l,OOO. One party of three men found 20 lbs. weight in I cloth-markets of Leeds and Huddersfield. The Rochdale
a day ; and another had raised 13 tbs. before breakfast. flannel trade keeps steady, but not active •, whilst at
A person writing from the spot, states that "numbers are Halifax there is more inquiry for worsteds, and that class
making fortunes ; but it is impossible to learn what is j of goods. No new feature has manifested itself at Brad-
done, as most keep their earnings secret. I weighed 23 ford. Glasgow advices say that very little business has
ounces for one man, the whole of which had been found been done in goods or yarns, and that the tone of the
in a day ; and £35 was refused for a single cradle of earth, market there was dull ; but, as there was an absence of
which realised afterwards above £60." Of course, under stock, former prices were well maintained. Letters from
such circumstances, general business was completely I Kilmarnock say that there has been but little change in
paralysed, and great anxiety prevailed in the colony with the condition of the manufacturing establishments in that
regard to securing the next clip of wool. locality. Everything considered, trade in all its branches
With regard to the discovery of the precious metal in is in an improving condition.
New Zealand, the information is less positive and explicit. We have no improvement to notice in our Produce
It is derived from a native chief named Abraham. who is Markets, but, on the contrary, nearly every article may
said to be a man of strict veracity. His statement runs I be quoted lower during the past week. The uncertainty
thus :—" There has been gold found at Omapere by regarding the ministry has a very prejudicial effect on all
Hikirangi. A European came from California and showed business transactions, and till something more definite is
his pieces of gold, when Hikirangi said, I have seen this r known, we cannot look for any improvement. The state
thing; there is plenty of it here. The European said, go of France is also looked upon with a very considerable
and get some. The woman went with an adze and dug, degree of doubt, few having any confidence in the peaceful
and in the evening brought three pieces, one of which she protestations of Napoleon the Second, now at the head of
sold in the Bay of Islands for £5O. The other two pieces affairs. That our army and navy have been much
were bought by Wiremn Hocihana Tagnui, which being neglected of late years, by the humbug of the peace
tested by Dr. Day, he pronounced to be pure gold." brawlers, Messrs. Cobden, Bright and Co.. there can be
The philosopher's stone itself would be a mere bauble no doubt ; and it is expected, that at the meeting of Par-
to the discoveries of the present day; and transmutation liament a large grant will be asked for by the Government
must needs be waste labour, when the earth is found to to place our marine navy on a footing to take care of our
teem with the meed, or the mud, of mammon worship. own shores.
What the result of such extraordinary abundance of bul- The Timesof yesterday announces the failure of Messrs.
lion must ultimately be, we leave to the profound dis- William M'Ewen, Sons, and Co., tea merchants and
quisitions of philosophical political economists. sugar refiners, of Glasgow. Liabilities, £130,000; 10a.
in the pound expected

4,154,992
..2,630,712
.. 60,218

LATEST STATE OF THE LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
CoTToN.—Our market continues rather heavy, but in
prices there is no change from those quoted in Friday's
weekly report. The private advices per the Canada men-
tion that the receipts at the shipping porta do not increase
as might be expected, but that there was no ground of
fear of a less crop than the common estimate of 2,800,000.
Prices had varied little. We have heard of one purchase
of strictly middling Mobile, to cost here 41d., and one of
New Orleans, 4id. Bowed cost more : 48,000 b' les are
at sea for this country. To-day's sa'es are estimated at
5,000 bales, 1,000 being taken for export. Among the
transactions were 200 Pernam and Maranham, at sd. to
6d. ; 100 Bahia, 5111. ; 200 Egyptian, sd. to 7}d. ; 500
Surat, 3d. to 33d.; and 40 Sea Island, at 14d. to 21d.
SUGAR.—Since the publication of the Brokers' Circular,
the sales of this artic'e have not been large. On Friday,
they comprised 70 hhds. Antigua, at 28s. to 295. 9d. ; 60
bhds. Demerara, at 295. 3d. ; 300 bags Bewares, at 355. to
38s. ; 600 mats Mauritius, at 325. 6d. to 335. ; and 40
boxes Havana in bond, at 19s. The transactions subse-
quently were confined to a few hund►ed bags Madras, at
225., and a small parcel of Porto Rico, at 345. per cwt.
MOLASSES.—No sales reported ; prices, therefore, are
only nominal.

Rum.-50 puns. Demerara have changed bar ds at fair
prices, and also a small parcel of Jamaica at tl • current
rates of the day.

COFFEE.—the transactions are limited. At the public
sales, on Friday, 45 tcs. Jamaica were disposed of, at 655.
to 113 s. per cwt. for middling to fine, and by private treaty
200 bags Costa Rica partly sold at 445. per cwt.
TEA.—More inquiry has prevailed during the last day
or two. A good business has, therefore, been transacted,
particularly in Congou of the medium and blackest leaf
kinds, at 91d. and ls. to ls. ld. per lb. Common is worth
84d. per lb.
SUNDRIES.—On Friday 475 bags African ginger sold at
255. 700 boxes pearl sago at 16s. to 17s. for small, up to
235. per cwt. for large. 325 bags Calcutta rapsseed went
at 38s. per quarter, and 300 bales Orchilla weed at £3O
for sound, and £lB 10s. to £25 10s. per ton with all faults.
'We have also to notice sales of a small lot of re-packed
pimento at 41d. 280 bags black pepper at 3,1 d. per lb.
10 chests shell lac at 435. to 535. 40 bags cubebs at 90s.
per cwt., and 200 tons Savanilla fustic at £2 15s. At auc-
tion on Friday, the sales were confined to 300 bales da-
maged at lower prices.

SNUGGLING.—Captain Mitchell, of the ship Louisana,
was fined 30s. and costs for being unlawfully possessed of
3lbs. of foreign-made cigars, contrary to the regulations.
STEALING STOCKINGS.—Wm. Nowlan was yesterday
committed for trial for stealing three pairs of stockings
from the shop of Mr. John Roberts, in Great Charlotte-
street, on Saturday evening.
FlRE.—Shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning an
alarm of fire was conveyed to the central station, but on
the engines proceeding to the premises (those of Mr.
Hardman, baker, Hotham-street,) it was found almost
extinct. The damage was but trifling, a few sacks and
other small articles only being burnt.
INAUGURATION DlNNER.—Yesterday evening, a large
party of gentlemen met at the house cf Mr. W. Cole,
Waterloo-road, to celebrate his entrance on his new hotel.
A most sumptuous dinner was provided ; and from the
hilarity displayed, it was evident that all went off in the
desired style.

CHATHAM SOCIETY'S BALL, IN AID OF THE BOYS
ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Many of our readers—the fair and,
the philanthropic at all events—will be glad to learn that
another ball, in aid of the Building Fund of the Boys'
Orphan Asylum, is appointed to take place in the Town
Hall, on Wednesday evening, the 28th instant, when
Mrs. Littledale will perform the duties of lady patroness,
and Edmund Molyneux, Esq., will fill the office of presi-
dent. Gribbin's band is engaged, and the whole of the
arrangements will be on the most liberal scale. In order
to give additional Ida! to the ball, a polka has been com-
posed expressly for the occasion, which is d, dicated, by
permission, to Mrs. Littledale, and is now in course of
publication, under the auspices of the Chatham Society,
who will devote the profit of its sale to the Beys' Orphan
Asylum. We trust that the funds of the Institution may
be benefited as largely as possible by the whole of these
efforts to promote its prosperity.