The Express. — London, England, 1853-01-21 00:00:00

TILE ACIIILLI CASE, COURT OF QUEEA'S BENCH.—YESTERDAY. Sseei.—oso , ap Coati Cnt sign:cm 011.1111ka4 Ma. NOV,. to.sauesa, Va. !voice Wiewneap, ono Ys. !calm 110-.• Tits Qt 111,4 o. Nawmsx. Ltve continue our report of the proceedings of yesterday is apt Sir I. 'fbesiger concluded a long and elaborate speech by " wo gthsttl isa lordships were is this ease asked to grant a sew trial under circumstances differing from any preceding ee ,se There wee a great conflict of evidence on many points, p i' s *here the evidence was undoubted it was entirely in wino of Dr. Achilli. If they granted a new trial then would be no limit to the cases in which a new trial might to Aka tor. Suppose fur an lost int that the jur y had, moat i ref oi,erly, found a verdict the other way. The court would not then have allowed a new trial for the purpose of managing Dr. Newman; ought their lordships, then, to &!!• , w a new trial for the purpose of criminating (if possible) Dr Achilli? If the court made this rule absolute they would be doing that which they had ige , th.y would be interfering with the verdict of a jury, for the purpose of affording another inquiry into the con• duct of a person who, surrounded by the greatest and Satin difficultly., had already once succeeded in establish- Isg his isuocence. Illlfol Kelly followed. He would not have pre sumed to address their lords Lips, after the el .borate airs tte ets of his leader, were it not that there were many important considerations attaching to this cause. This case, although comically and in form a criminal prosecution of Pr. Newman, was in fact the trial, upon a multiplicity of ours, of Dr. Achille, who, after undergoing every pm able diaadeantage, had rsceirsd the unanimous acquittal et an English jury. If any one of these charges had bees made against Dr. Achilli, and he had sub- meted to hie trial, and had been acquitted, it would not hem bees possible, in accordance with the law, to have been pat upon his tnal. But from tie acre accidental form of she muse it was now sougl.t to obtain what would in reality be a Woad trial upon the same charges. But let the result of this application be what it might it could only terminate in another acquittal. It is admitted that in 14 or 16 out of the 23 shames, there was ground for the prosecution. The result of a second trial, taking the most favourable course fir Dr. Newman, could only be that he would come again betore this court guilty, not of 23 slanders against Dr. *chilli. but hf 15or 16. This libel does not merely charge the ' d e uces accost morality, but goes on to say that Dr. AChilli had already b. ea subjected to judictal censure and animad fee4ol2. Of the troth of this public ill-fame and judicial sondenuiston there was not a tittle of evidence. The sham having . faded in this most important particular, Inittit the jury justly, in those cases where the evidence wea conflicting, give credence to the prosecutor Hut, in addition, during a large portion of the time when the jury were called upon to believe that Achilli was openly and notoriously to have committed these crimes, and to have been censured, it was found that he was ad vancing from post to post in that very church, whose ruling peen were said to have condemned him. The learned reticent& then went through the evidence, and commented upon it at great length. At the conclusion of his speech the court rose. THIS DAY. Long before the judges took their sesta this morning, the Court become densely crowded. Mt. Ellis, who appeared with Sir F. Thesiger and Sir F. Ily, also addresAd the court against the rule. Sit Alexander Cockburn, the Attorney-General, rose in rapport of the rule. lie said he was certain this case, Important from the beginning, was now doubly so, as they had been accused of suborning false testimony, and of having beta guilty of a false, foul, and flagrant conspiracy. But he would not go into those matters which really had nothir4 to do with the merits of the case, and would not weigh at all with the learned judges who had to try the issue. if their lordships should be of opinion that the ver dict was against the weight of evidence, he had no doubt they would at once wad it back, notwithstanding the tech nical objections which had been alleged. He would briefly advert to the case of Dr. Achilli, _as connected with the various places in which he carried on his ministrations. With regard to Valente at Viterbo, the evidence of the intercourse between herself and Dr. Achilli was proved by the witness. She was assailed by the other side, and wassaked whether she had ever mentionedthe circumstance. ate replied that she had mentioned it to her confessor, but tat at the time she did not tell it to her mother. He ad mitted that the case was not one of actual ravishing oa the part of Dr. Achilli, and that to some extent the woman was • willing party. It was not to be supposed that every time a girl committed such an offence she would go and tell her mother,—indeed it was but natural to think that from her mother she would conceal her sin as long as she was able. It was also urged that the story was improbable, because the girl would never have yielded for two or three sausages and en old pocket handkerchief. Her evidence clearly showed that she did not yield for any consideration of the sort, and the statement she had made proved that she repudiated such • charge. The woman was • married mows, sew living in respectability, and gave her orilence nadir es influence which must have been natural to her to mempl es mach as possible her past shame. There was nit mash ce of subornstion of testimony in that case. He a reproved by Sir F. Thesiger with having been Men by surprise in the case, and that that accounted for his misrepresentations with regard to Dr. Achilli. In amlordtat there might be no mistake about the matter, he sow openly charged Dr. Ac h illi with the grossest equivoca tion mu displayed in a witness-box, and he would point to bb tritium in reference to Gentili, as • complete proof of that assertion. (The learned gentleman read the whole of Dr. bikini's evidence bearing upon that point.) His evi dent assign was to lead to the inference that the girl's tea was worthless, because he had tae the house of any person named Gentili, and Met certainly would have been an overwhelming leentnedistlon if It bid bees true. But it came out upon SPOWlWlleiesellin tam he had passed his time in the hoes , it e lady named Cluimegbari, and that her maiden name Zir est rtili, and that amording to • custom which pre fa Italy she was known by her maiden name, and by *et ease alone, to the witness Eleanor Valente. Such al ewe= prevailed extensively in Germany. Lob Campbell—And is Scotland up to the present day. ale A. Cockburn—Suck s ease of shuffling then as that of ✓ida Dr. Achilli had bees guilty was never witnessed in ▪ men of justice, and be new publicly charged that apes Me. Me ease was preesedies wham we west to poem.) THE CORN METAGE QUESTION. Yeiburday, an ialhisatial msotin.g ot merehanta and amalgams who signed a mameniel. same few menthe eines, eating apes the megimuloa to swinge the eh ..f ke mango at gray Mg, wee lad at the lAndliS Tours. fat ea pupae et rossivieg the meet a= 1 : 41.1114. , dm mannlitee appointed a a termer meeting. Mtatmeaul. llog.. N.Y., seek tie teak gad az lie daM aimenemege fa the oldest tithe mewing, 1 11111=h 1 r ids. ' , the: b. eo:u t :trie r i ll it • Air ll"4" , md ought to be conga into asst. A report wu read, of mashies give the Mewing abridgment : N That tho label mem* at the mid two agree of Allies tre sash sameneummt mod porterage, since the mamas was made as the god day of May, 1662, au sae 41. per queer, ex ship, and 21d. per quarter sa . That la this arrival of a gage of cora it pram of Lemke, the assignee ot the mid flip Ores to his lighters's'', granary keeper, et pareheser, fm Me eme may retain, aa or6r on tbe rasa& for the de -1 WNW/ 111119 cars, ad the holder of sub order then pro. 3 use to the motet's eines to procure a sworn meter ; *pea 1 imellt of +bleb intimation the meter summons to his aid lad puede with sin, seven, and sometimes *iglu, fellow- V a r bi als en board the vessel, to perfects the week 4 , the cargo, which is done by three of the porters into the hold of the vessel with the meter. That a seise sera is delivered out of (unary, and a City admeaumemeat is required, an order is given to the buyer, who op*, for and proceeds with • meter and three or muse pieties to the granary. The meter and porters merely i 1111 tai alike the bushel and all the sacks, leaving the TO' Imadder of the labour and the delivery to be performed by the granary keeper ; and for this metage, ex granary, • abuse of about 23d. per quarter is made. That it is the duty at the manor and crew of every vessel arriving at say port of the United 'Kingdom, to moist In the delivery of all cargoes entrusted to their care, sad in the port of London all goods, including even flour, 1 sues eon, are delivered by or at the expense of, 1 the ; and it is obvious from this that the practise' whieTt a prevatied (however originating) with respect 10 1 mug, be imposed upon the merchantaand consignees of tits eat of Loathe a blades and expense which does not of right belong to them, and which has tended and is continu- lag to divert business from this port ; and in fact a very ' large quantity of cora is now brought to London by rail ways, chiefly to avoid the heavy charge of metage. That there is no doubt that if the merchants and factors engaged in the corn trade cf the city of London were left quite ea- Uttered to make their own arrangements with respect to the measuring and delivering of corn, they could procure raponsible parties to perform the whole for lid. per quar to ex ship, and Id. per quarter ex granary. The com mittee, however, desiring to take an extremely liberal new of the remuneration to be paid for the work done, and having regard to the guarantee afforded by the superintendence of the city of London, re:om itted that the present numerous charges, emounting is the whole to the before-mentioned sum of about 4d. per uarter-ea ship, and 234. ex granary should be reduced to th- per quaver on heavy grain, and lid. on light grain, ez °LP, and 4+l. on heavy grain, and Id. on light grain, ex iety, to be paid by the importer or seller, thus avoiding et treat expense and trouble of collection from buyers in 1111 Parts of the country. That as the result of the manner in which the privileges claimed are carried into effect, a profit ineome, as the committee are assured, of from 15,0001. 16 : 0 40001. a year is derived by the corporation, and how ever meritoriously this lum may be' applied, it is ellbehtted that the levying of any curb impost, even if sus- ' + thimble in point of law, is wrong in principle, and pre tilt dim! in eff ec t, amount i ng, in fact, to a tax on the con- i ein of grain throughout the most populous part of the .. ." 1 4„ Larks." , et LULA moved, and Mr. (ixaroan seconded, • TWO -I,.liti‘t that th e report be adopted, and forthwith presented Z. 24 eclporati on through its proper officer. • Its motion wee carried unanimously. ()ter reulutior - 5 expriasivo of thanks to the committee lad to the chairman, te., were passed , and the busirmel !Ostuisted,—the obs ervations of the various sproat rs being ' i'llitet to au exposition of facts which will be found in the .oat *Net LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST I;WAY. The report of the directors, to be submitted to the fourteenth ordinary meeting of the proprietors, to be held at the Bridge House Hotel, (lauthwark, on Friday, the 29th day of January, 1853, has been issued. It states: The see-aunts for the half-year ending the 31st Decem ber, 1852, show the following results : " The amount of capital raised to the 31st December, 1852, is 7,267,3)21., consisting of mortgage debt. 1,614,1621.; preference capital, 1,037,5961.; consolidated stock, 4,615,634 L ; total, 7,267,3921. " The works referred to in the last half-yearly report for time additional accommodation and security uf the increasing traffic, have been proceeded with as rapidly as circum stances would permit. The construction of the fourth line from the Bricklayer's Arms Junction to the Croydon Junc tion, and of the Crystal Palace Branch, as well as the en largement of the London-bridge Terminus, are also in rapid progress, and althou,lh much impeded by the state of the weather, they will be ready in time for the opening of the Crystal Palace next summer. " The total amount expended during the past half-year has been 73,6801.; of which 39,1731. has been expended on the fourth line and on the enlargement of the Loudon bridge terminus. 16,9761. on the new gacids yard and incline at Brighton and other sidings and works, and 1.3,47 W. on additional stock to meet the increase of goods traffic and to provide for the Crystal Palace traffic. This makes the amount of temporary excess above the 7,200.0001, which has been fixed as the limit of capital, equal to 121,6411., to meet which the directors recommend that a sum of 10,0001. be set ends as a sinking fund out of the earnings of the past half-year. " On a former occasion a rough estimate of 75,000/. was given as the probable outlay in connexion with the fourth line and the Crystal Palace branch. This outlay will be considerably exceeded, for the following rearms : " Firstly, the site of the Crystal Palace has been fixed on the summit of Norwood-hill, requiring the construction of a branch of about one mile and a quarter in length, start ing from the Sydenbam station, in order to obtain conve nient access to the Crystal Palace with a gradient prac ticable for locomotive engines. It is obvious, however, that by placing the Crystal Palace on one of the most command ing and beautiful sites in Europe, its sttractioas will be greatly increased, to the benefit of the railway ; and, in order to carry out the spirit of the arrangements entered into between the two companies, the Crystal Palace Com pany will extend the amount on which a first charge of four per cent is to be allowed to this company out of the joint earnings. " Secondly. On going into the question of the arrange ments at the London-bridle Terminus with the governors of St. Thomas's Hospital, without whose consent as owners of the adjoining property, it would have been difficult to proceed, it appeared that the guvernors obj ected to any partial measure , by which their property wou ld have re• maimed liable to probable further interference in the course of a few years, as the traffic expanded, but were willing to concur on equitable term, in a comprehensive scheme by which a great and preeminent improvement would be effected, both for the hospital and the railway. The directors felt that it would be in the highest degree imp:litic to lose the opportunity of acquiring on fair term., space which is invaluable to the company, and which, if not now secured, would have been in a few months so appropriated to the purposes of the hispital, as to become unattainable except at an enormous cost, and by a doubtful parliamentary cur test. Accordingly, they at once closed with the proposal of the governors uf the hospital, and succeeded in securing amicably the whole of the property, as well as the consent of the commissioners to the requisite diversion of streets. As regards the expenditure on the London-bridge Ter miens, the directors have to observe, that what is now dr.ne will in effect give two complete and separate stations: one for the ordinary traffic, with increased space for the car riage approach, and increa.ed facilities for taking up and setting down passengers and luggage ; and another for the excursion and other spacial traffic; an arrangement which, independently of the prospects et a very large additional traffic to the Crystal Palace, could not much longer be de layed. Whether they look at the future development if traffic, or at the security of the existing property of the company against any possible repetition of the speculative follies of 1845, the directors consider the poss.:mien of • first-rate metropolitan terminus, with four lines of reila l over the most crowded portion of the railway, an o'Jject of vital and paramount importance. "The gross revenue for the half-year has been 332,8321, showing a diminution of 3,6191. as compared with the cor responding 11,1 f-year of 1851 ; but while there has been a falling o ff of 9,3611. in the passenger traffic, the proprietors will observe that in the goods traffi: there has been • fur ther increase of 4,3661. Half-Year ending 31st Dec., 31st Dec., 1861. 1862. Miles run by trains Total traffic receipts (excluding cartage) " Distinguishing the ordinary expenses from the amount expended in renewals, and from the cartage, the general result of the comparison with the corresponding half-year of 1861 will stand thus— Half-year ending. 31st Dec. 31st Dee. 18,51. 1862. Ordinary expenses £103,360 .. £107,092 Per train per mile 2s. 61d. 2.. 63d. Per cent. on receipts Renewals 16,903 ~ 24,464 Cartage Total _ 1126, 364 ..1137,400 " The ineemed expenditure arises from two causes— firstly, the inflamed amount expended in renewals in keep ing up the alibi stock and the permanent way ; and se condly, the honey charges he emanation which the com pany have bees obliged to pay in respect of the accident at Ford Beide, and that to the express train at Red-hill. As regards them emidents the direetses will only observe that , they from emcee ewer which the board had no co sy, the by servants in their em a distant as to signals ; and it is le knew that so bliss ma justly be imputed to the imaagement ef the Me. At the same time the intoner unititemelle se regards O.' proprietors, Mee In lee Mein state dim am there is no alternative bat be v m a erk heavy Onipasseds* se materially to affect the di " The general result, as regards the traffic, is very satisfac tory, showing that the aces revenue for the year 1832 has only been 3,4441. less than for the preceding year of the Great Eshibition; and the prospects for the future are en coaraging, as the general traffic is now rapidly increasing, and the impulse already given to that of the Croydon line, by the proapert of the construction of the Kew Crystal Film in its vicinity, confirms the directors in their belief that when completed its effect on the railway will be found trgyy bene fi cial. r Os the other hand, it Is apparent that tle great In crease in the price of all materials used upon railways, the rise in wages consequent on the general prosperity of the country and the extensive emigration to Australia, added to the increasing pressure of public opinion for the highest possible standard of safety and efficiency in every depart ment of railway management, render it impossible to COrsfine the expenditure within the limits which were contemplated daring former periods of depression. " The landowners and other parties fa the Bast Grinned district having formed a company for constructing a branch railway from that place to Three Bridges, applied to this company for their co-operation, and the directors have agreed ! subject to the enaction of the proprietors ' to apply to parliament at the proper time, for powers to lease the branch line, when constructed, at a rental of 2,0001. per annum, equal to four per cent, on an outlay of 30,0001., or of about 7,3001. per mile, being the estimated cost of con struction; with a power to this company of purchasing the line and works at any time after ten years, for the sum of 60,0001. ; and, in the meantime, until these arrangements are saactioned by parliament, to work the line under a teak arrangement, which will in effect secure • similar rental to the East Griostead Company. " A similar agreement heathen entered into with another company, farmed for the purpose of constructing a branch railway from Bognor to Chichester ; the rent in this case , being 1,2001. per annum, or four per cent. on a cost of 6,0002 per mile. "As a special meeting must be called, under the stand ing orders of parliament, for the purpose of submitting these bills to the proprietors, the directors will not at pre sent further advert to them than by observing that while they are satisfied that the branches in question will, at the low cost at which the construction is guaranteed, prove profitable feeders to this company, their principal motive in entering into the agreements in question was not so much the expectation of profit as the feeling that It would be improper and impolitic, when bona .Me efforts were made by respectable parties locally interested to obtain the construction of cheap branch railways in districts ad joining this company's Lines, to refuse such • moderate and reasonable amount of co-operation as might be safely ex tended without fear of involving the proprietors in useless outlay or unprofitable engagements." "The other bills in which this company is interested, and which will also be submitted to the proprietors for their want, under the Standing Orders, are : "1. A bill promoted by the Wimbledon and Croydon Company to carry out the agreement adopted at the last half•yearly meeting, respecting the lease by this oompay of • short line from Croydon to Mitcham for VOL a year. " 2 A bill to carry out the arrangement adopted by this company with the Crystal Palace Company, and in which ere mho included powers of purchasing certain property, sad diverting certain streets or roads, required for the en largement of the London bridge terminus and the Brighton goods yard ; and the same opportunity has been taken of applying for the requisite powers to enable the company at any time to create • debenture stook in lien of the existing mortgage debt. " 3. A bill to authorise this compan and the London and South WORM Railway Company, i t they shall think fir to amalgamate at any time hereafter, on terms to be agreed upon. It has been already explained to the proprietors that the object of this bill is simply to obtain the requisite pew ee, so as to be in • position to act, in case the general rail way legslation of the ensuing session should be favourable to ama lgamation within prescribed limits, and under condi tions rendering such unions advantageous ba'h to the public and to the railway companies. It is as yet uncertain what come parliament may eke, and therefore whether the bill in question will be proceeded with ; but the directors be lieve that no one can doubt the policy of obtaining if preg nable, powers which might, in conceivable circumstances, be very beneficial, and which ie any event cannot be used unless the proprietors of both companies are fully satisfied of their advantages. Under any circumstances, the direr. TIE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1853. tors believe that it will be satisfactory to the proprietors to see in the bill in question a proof of the good understanding subsisting between this company and the London and South Western Company. " In further pursuance of this policy of maintaining an amicable understanding with their neighbours, the direc tors have intimated to the South Eastern Railway Company that, in the event of the proposed amalgamation being pro. ceeded with, they shall be quite reedy to recommend to their proprietors, aid to the London and South Western Company, to admit the South Eastern Company on pre cisely the same terms and conditions, so as to form ose great amalgamated company for the south of England, an arrangement which would be obviously attended with very important public advantages. "The directors have further been in negotiation with the South Eastern Company relative to a line proposed by the ' letter from their North Kent line to Bromley and Croydon. It is evident that this line would, to some extent, injure the traffic of this cempany's Croydon line ; but as the South Eastern Company represented that its construction was of great importance for the protection of their interests, and applied to this company to join them in making it under arrangements which gave this comp iny security against any undue competition, and some equivalent for the loss sustained, in increased safety and convenience for working 1 the traffic of the two companies between Croydon and Lon don, the directors thought it better to entertain the pro pose' rather than negative it at once. In so doing they were actuated mainly by the desire to act with a neigh bourly spirit towards the South Eastern Company, and to throw no obstacle in the way of their carrying out such measures as they felt desirable for protecting their own dis trict against competing schemes. The terms of the arrange ment for the joint application to parliament were fully dis cussed and settled; but it appears somewhat doubtful whe ther tho directors of the South Eastern Company still think it necessary to prosecute the bill, and as the measure was originally proposed by them and for their interests, your directors have intimated to them their williogoess to leave it entirely in their hands, being satisfied either to proceed with the bill under the arrangements agreed upon, or to withdraw it altogether, as may be most couvenient for the South Eastern Company. The net amount at the credit of the revenue sr count for the half•year is Whereof is appropriated fur interest on the mortgage debt. &c. For dividend on preference capital 62,750 Leaving £133,166 Deduct amounts carried to Benevolent fund In‘utance fund l,OOO Si•.king fund lO,OOO - 12,000 Leaving a balance of £121,156 "Out of which the directors recommend a dividend of 2/. 12s per cent. for the half-year, amounting to 120,0061., leaving a balance to the credit of the current halryear of 1,1501.; and making the total dividend for the year 1852 amount to 41. 4s. per cent. MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. The first annual meeting of proprietors in the above company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Glnonan lltun.UtT, Esq., chat:tuna the directors, in the chair. The notice of meeting having been read, the Sae TTTTTT proceeded to recd the following report:— "The directors have convened the first annual general meeting pursuant to the terms of the company's charter and deed of settlement, and in making their report, cotsider it due to the proprietors to review briefly the progress of the company up to the present time. They have to announce that her Majesty has been pleased to grant her royal charter of incorporation, limiting the liabilities of the shareholders to the amount subscribed, and that the company's deed of settlement has been duly executed. The number of st.sres subscribed for, nod paid on, is twelve thousand one hull deed and twenty-six, leavine in the hands of the directors three hundred and seventy-four shares, which wiU be issued as they may consider desirable for the interests of the com• pany. After various consult lions with parties ie England and Scotland best able to advise as to the size and models requisite for the service, the directors invited the most eminent builders and engineers in the United Kngdom to tender for providing the company with flee iron a row steam ships, and they have the satisfac tion of informing the proprietors that they have entered into contracts with the following firms respectively:— Messrs. Caird and Co., Kangaroo, 1,530 tons, 300 horse power; Messrs. Reid and Co., Dinornis, 1,53 0 tons, 300 horse power ; Mr. Robert Napier, Erneu, 1,606 tons, 300 horse power; ditto, Black Swan, 1,620 tons, 300 horse power; Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill, Menura, 1,600 tons, 300 horse power. The directors confidently expect that they will be in a position to commence early operations, the builders having contracted that the first vessel shall be delivered to the company in June next, the others to follow in monthly succession. The contracts were fortunately en tered into previous to the late advance in iron and other materials, and are consequently very much under the prices for which they Gould now be contracted for. The reports lately received of the progress of the Panama Railway are satisfactory ; the permanent way is so far complete as to admit of its being opened in the course of next month from Colon (Navy Bay) to Gorgon'', a distance of 23 miles; the works on the remaining part of the line are rapidly progre4- ing, and it is confidently anticipated that the through. journey will be effected by rail towards the end of the year. It is essential to the success of this undertaking that there should he sufficient and ample means of communication between England and Panama, the directors have there fore the satisfaction of informing the proprietors, that in addition to the bi-menthly service of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company from Southampton direct to Colon, pas sengers will also be booked through by the ships of the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company from Liverpool via New York to Colon, and from thence to New Zealand and Sydney. The directors have only in conclusion to congratulate the proprietors on the very cordial reception the early establishment of steam com munication between Australasia and England by way of Panama has met with in the colonies u wall as in the mother oountrThey." CHAIRMAN said he would now move the adoption of the report,proforma ' in order that any shareholder present who might have an obeiirvatkn to make should have the op portunity. The report gave all the information which the directors had thought Important, but there were one or two interesting points to which it did not allude. For instance, it being necessary that certain arrangements should be at ones made in the Pacific, he had the plea sure of informing the meeting that Mr. Currie, one of the directors, had placed himself at the service of the board, and would proceed out to make coaling strangertente at Otaheite. New Zealand, and other places on the route. They would also have the services of the Pacific Company's establishment at Panama, an arrangement which would be both advantageous and economical. Allusion had been made in the report to the fortunate circumstances under which the ship contracts had been made, but he had also the satis faction to add that the ship-builders would be no losers as they also had purchased their iron previous to the rise. (Henr„.heez.) Dr. &wrens asked IS the contract. for Goal had been effected ? The Commute—Not yet. Dr. Buren said that the advanced state of the company's ships as well as the favourable rate at which the contracts I had been made, was eery satisfactory, while the reputation of the builders was an ample pledge that full justice would be done to the company, notwithstanding the great Increase in the price of plate iron in particular. It was extremely desirable that the company should commence its operations with the least possible delay. He believed that the routs from Great Britain to the Australian colonies, via Panama, was that which would be chiefly patronised by passengers, and for the conveyance of goods. He observed by an ad vertisement in a recent Panama newspaper, that a sailing vessel was to leave that port for the Anst!ralian colonies, touching at Tahiti and New Zealand, which 'hewed that an effiat was being made to open the communication under considerable disadvantage of sailing ships. If the report was true, as there was no reason to doubt, that gold had been found on an island of New Zealand, when a valuable copper, tin, and manganese mine had for some time been worked, that country haviag a fine climate and pastoral soil, magnificent bays and harbours, and much mineral wealth, would speedily rise to vast importance. He was happy, therefore, that the vessels of this compan would visit New Zealand on the way to and from Austra lia. A SHAREHOLDIU asked if this was the proper time for considering the propriety of establishing a route front Eng land to Panama. If this company did net establish it some some other would to a certainty. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that he had not sufficient capital, and besides there deed of settlement precluded them from doing anything of that sort. Another SHARZHOLDIR said it should be mentioned they were also shareholders in the Mail Packet Company, and would beentting their own throats. (A laugh.) The First Buanottoinin said he was not, and took a dif ferent view of the question. The CHAIHMLN said that they would give many advan tages to the public, among others a route of 46 days to New Zealand. _ . The report was then adopted, and the outgoing director and auditors having been re-elected, the proceedings ter minated with the tonal vote of thanks. THE FLooDo IN FRANCE.—Letters Ifrom Nantes announce that the waters of the Loire have risen consider ably, and that the Erdre and Sayre have overflowed their •banks. The lake of Grand-Lieu has also overflowed, and laid the neighbouring villages under water. Many of the inhabitants have been obliged to leave their dwellings in boats. A letter from Angers of the 16th, says: The Maine continues to rise. The water, driven by the high wind, rolls along in huge masers towards the Pont du Centre, and it is difficult to ascertain its real height on the scale. The Loire is also high, but not as yet disquietingly so. The lower part of the town is all ander water, and the inhabitant, have been obliged to take refuge in the first floors." The neighbourhood of Vitry-le-Francais is under water, from the overflowing of the Saul:. Outre-point, situated between Bas-le-Duc and Vitry, was also for 24 hours quite cutoff from all communication with the villages in the vicinity. Ms. DISRAELL—A morning cotemporary says.— We have authority for stating that there is no truth what ever in the report that Mr. Disraeli is about to go abroad for two years. The right hon. gentleman was never in better health, and had never less intention of absenting himself from his parliamentary duties. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK. SPORTING. Yesterday the ordinary ball-yearly general meeting of the proprieton of this company was held in the board room of the Bank, in Princes-street, W. Biourr, Esq., in the chair, When the following report was read by the secretary : " The directors have the satisfaction of laying before the shareholders the annexed accounts, showing that the net profits for the six months ending the 31st December last, added to 10,1321. 18s. 4d., brought forward from the pre vious half year, plate at their disposal the sum of 40,0061 2s 4d. This result enables the directors to des' elate a dividend at the usual rate of 61. per cent per an num, with a bonus of 7s. per share, both free from income tax, and to add 1,0061. 2s. 4d. to the guarantee fund, which now amounts to 146,6131.8.. 2d." LIABILITINS AND MBlll4 Dec 31, 1862. Dr. To capital paid-up, viz., 60,000 shares at 101. each £660,000 0 0 To amount due hy the Bank 3,591,606 10 8 To amount of " The Gua rantee Fund," 30th June, 1862 £143,45.5 9 3 To six months' interest on ditto, at 31. per ceno. per annum 2,161 18 7 146,607 5 10 To undivided profit for the last half-year 10,132 18 4 To amount carried to profit and loss account £4,405,127 17 5 TATTERSALL'S.—Tavan AT. The bettingyesterda; exceeded the iltursiay's average, but hed very little influence on the priers. It closed as follows: LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 20 to 1 agst Knight of Ownne 2.5 to 1 Hall-and- Ral f METROPOLITAN. _ 30 to 1 agst Lurd Joh:. Scott's Pug Orrock (taken) 30 to 1 Mr. J. R. Cowley's Lampedo (t and aft off) 30 to 1 Mr. Hall's Ireland's Eye (t and aft off) 40 to 1 Mr. Austin's Madeline (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lord Wiltun's Lady Evelyn (I) 25 to 1 Mr. Greville's Scarecrow (t and aft off) 40 to 1 Mr. Osbeldeston's Mountain Deer (t and aft off') 40 to 1 Mr. T. Parr's Trifle (t) 60 to 1 Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior (t) 50 to 1 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor (t) 50 to 1 Mr. Rowan's Flon-ma-Coul .50 to 1 Mr. R. E. 01liver's Babette (t and aft off) 1,000 to 20 Mr. Saxon's Richard Primmer (t and aft off) 1,000 to 20 Mr. T. Pan's Contentment (t and aft off) 5.000 to 75' Captain Key's Little Jack (t and aft off) 2,000 to 30 Mr. M. Dawaoa's Bit of Blue (t and aft off) 1,000 to 15 Mr. Cooper's Montague (t and aft off) DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's West Australian (t and aft off) 16 to 1 Duke of Richmond's Pharos (t) 16 to 1 Lord Derby's Umbriel (t) 20 to 1 Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne (t and aft off) 45 to 1 Mr. Walter's Lord Fauconberg (t) Cr. By Exchequer Bilb , India Bonds, &c £554,700 17 6 By bills discounted, loans, and cult 3,790,052 0 0 By building, furniture, &c. in Princes-street By ditto ditto ditto in Pall-mall 9,125 0 0 30,375 0 0 £4,406,127 17 6 PROPIT AND Lou ACCOUNT. Dr. To current expenses, proportion of build ing expenses, directors' remuneration, bad debts, income tax, &c £20,624 6 1 To amount carried to profit and loss, new account, being rebate of interest on bills discounted not yet due To amount transferred to the credit of the NEWNIARKET CRA\ NEwmaitemr ULNDICAP. fore February 1. Age. at lb Stockwell Weathergage 4 9 0 Kingston Newininster Cariboo Daniel Oltourke 4 8 7 Chief Daron Ni- 'EN MEETING, 1853. To decLire forfeit on or be- Age. st lb Tested 4 6 3 fluid 3 6 3 Gossip 3 6 3 Surprise .. . Brother to *St "Guarantee Fund," in addition to the above amount of 145,6071. 61. 10d 1,006 2 4 To dividend account for the payment of half-a-year's dividend, at the rate of 61. per cent= per annum, upon 600,0001., amount of paid-up capital upon 60,000 shares To ditto, fur the payment of a bonus of 711 per share 21,030 0 0 Fabian — 3 6 2 I Charley termagant 4 6 2 Young Norval Coul 3 6 2 Peacock Perfidious Grapeshot Prevention Coryhaates 3 512 Ethelbert e by Don John oat of Potentia 3 5 10 Taviatock Miu Emma Mies f by Cotlrrstone cholson Indian Warrior 4 8 4 Hungerford Augur 4 8 0 Prime Minister 6 8 0 Frantic Garforth 6 8 0 Confessor Homebr owed. Ambrose 4 7 11 Rod Hind Lucio Theseus Po•4le 4 7 8 Ben Nevis Conmore 4 7 7 St. George 6 7 7 Nutshell 6 7 6 Q•asimedo • 7 6 Attack Kohinoor Little Savage 4 7 4 The Bishop Sanita 4 7 0 Scarecrow Antigone Galvanism Herbert Babette Pelio• 3 6 12 I:ex Ammonia Hambletonia• Wedlock filly Constantine Dame Tattle The Carrier Spark Madri I Michaelmas Maid 3 6 4 £64,014 0 11 By balance brought down — 67,881 2 7 By undivided profit brought forward from the hat half-year £68,014 0 11 out of Wedlock 3 5 7 Knavery 3 5 7 Peggy 3 6 7 Helen Polly The Dandy 3 6 7 Tittle Tattle Jack the Giant The 0/IATIMAX having moved the adoption of the report, Mr. BORROWDALI observed that the accounts showed an increase of deposits, as compared with iiie;;;;;Wiccriiig half of the previous year, of between 400,0001. and 600,0001.. and since June last the bank had ceased to pay interest on ordinary balances. They had thus had the bene fi t of in creased business, in so far so the payment of interest on balances went, on more favourable terms than heretofore. He had consequently been led to expect a larger bonus than 7s. per share. He thought the shareholders had much cause for congratulation in the present position of the bank. At the same time they were entitled to some explanation why the profit to be divided was not larger than tt was. It was possible the reason was to be found in the increased charge under the head of current expenses, which were put down at 20,6211. against about 13,0001. in the last half of the previous year. They should know whether such in crease was consequent on the recent rubbery of notes which the bank bed sustained, whether they were called upon to look upon that robbery as a total loss. and if so, how much ought to be written off in each half-year on that account ? The CHILIALI‘LX replied that the hon. proprietor must be aware ,that the gains of bankers had not, during the last half-year, been anything equal to what they were during the corresponding period of the year before, the profits made upon discounts having been considerably re duced in consequence of the plethora of money. Oa the other hand, it wes true that the bank had ceased to allow interest on ordinary balances. The hon. proprietor had very properly alluded to the accidental loss the bank had sustained oy the recent robbery of notes, but which was merely one of those accidents which all business establishments were liable to. The amount of that loss was 4,5301., the whole of which had been, according to the invariable custom of the bank, written off from the accounts of the year in which it had occurred. (Hear, bear.) With regard to the increase of 2,0001. in the charge for current expens s, it would be seen by all present that a great deal had been done in the way of alterations and enlargement of premises to afford accom modation for the increased business; and a cunederable portion of the cost of such alterations was included in the item in question, and the rest would be divided over a series of succeeding half-years. Mr. McElwee Mooaa (a director) wished to add to the explanation that the wholo of the 4,6301.—the amount of the abstracted notes—was included in the item for current expenses. But for that, the charge under that head would have been only about 1,6301., and the increased bonus which would then have been divisible would have made the divi dend equal to lot per cent per annum instead of 9},which it now was. (Cheers.) Ile. BORROWDALE admitted that the explanations just given were most satisfactory. He wished, however, to know what would be the nature of the event which would Induce the directors to touch upon the guarantee fund, if not in such a case as a loss secasioned by a robbery ? Were they n to have a maximum of guarantee fund, or were they to go on adding to It every halt-year, and paying looses out of the current half-year's receipts ? Mr. Las said the guarantee fund was nothing more than an increase of capital. (Hear, hear.) They went before the public with a paid-up capi tal of 600,0001., and they had added to it in the shape of a guarantee fund upwards of 140,0001. more, to meet any ease of emergency that might arise. (Hear, hear.) The CIL/LIMAN observed that the guarantee fund was quits capable of being applied to such purposes as Mr. Bor. rowdale had suggested, if it were thought proper so to apply Mr. Lin said in sister establishments the guarantee fund was applied In cases of emergency, when they met with commercial losses. It appeared to bins that in times like those of the past year they had had more capital than they could deal with profitably. The resolution was then put and carried, the dividend and bonus declared, and the retiring directors, Messrs. W. M. Christy, F. B. Goldney, W. Ormsby Gore, M.P., H. Grace, and Sir R. Jenkins, were re-elected. Mr. Lai desired to subm it,i as a resolution, That when the guarantee fund should reach 150,0001. all interest and accumulations thereon should be divided among the pro prietors." Mr. BORROWDALB had much planate in seconding it; and as he should, no doubt, be told that such a resolution could not be carried without an alteration in the deed of settlement, he would venture to express n hope that the board themselves would take the necessary steps to make such alteration with the view of testing the feeling of the proprietors on the subject. He believed the guarantee fund of the London Joint Stock Bank was larger at the pre sent moment as compared with their deposits and obliga tions, than that of the Bank of England, whose guarantee fund, it should be recollected, also included a million or a million and a half, which was put down as the value of the building, while that of the Joint Stock Bank included nothing that was not of marketable value and immediately convertible. Under the circumstances, he thought 150,0001., as the maximum, would be as much as the meet prudent man could desire. (Hear, hear.) He had every confidence in the directors, but he hoped they would promise to take the subject into their e.duside ration. _ _ _ Killer Gavotte Llanforda Talfourd 3 6 3 Contentment 3 5 3 Dabehick • Anne Page 3 5 2 Shropshire Lass Catapaw Petrel Toboleki Sister to Caracara 3 6 0 Molasses 3 6 0 Doublethong Feramors Mersa 3 4 10 EPSOM SPRINO CITY ♦ND 81:11t/ABAN HAI MEETING, 1833. MICA?. Forfeits to be de- el nod on or before Feb. 1. Age. at. lb. Truth Longbow Rusiborough Indian Warrior Prima Miaitter 5 2 Italian 6 0 Hungerlord Father Thames 4 12 The Nabob 4 12 Timid Fawn Candlewick Tonic Dunmore 4 10 Theseus Glealuce 4 7 Evadne liardolph Sir R. I' renchsra. 6 4 Lady Agnes Kobiwym Conatil,iun Dulcet a 2 The Bishop 4 1 Kate 4 1 The.Herio4 6 1 Allegro Quuimodo a 0 Narcissus Antigone 0 6 0 Richard Primmer 4 19 Babette Benita 4 12 b f by Lancelot out of Wedlock 4 12 Vezmuth Farmer's Boy 4 8 Calot May Day 6 8' View Haloo St. George I 6 6 Jack Learning Madeline 4 2 Surprise Isabella Henrietta Age. at lb Defiance 3 6 2 Chilton, Charley Lord Fauconberg 3 613 Hthelbert Tickton Stamford Helena Don Quixote Tasistock Miss Delamere br f by Sir Her cules out of Miss Shirley The Hatchet 3 6 9 Katty Darling 3 5 9 Ida Peggy 3 5 7 Madame Landean 3 6 7 Prevention 3 6 7 Sister to Smga pore 4 5 7 Winter .... 3 5 6 The Varmint 4 6 5 4 i 4 Ire ?ennyeon Jullien Mei 3 6 3 Master Norton The Friar Pancake 4 6 2 Appleton 4 5 1 Bell Tinker Little David b f in Cotlerstone onrc of Wedlock 3 6 0 Him Emma 3 5 0 Sylphide 3 4 12 Camique 3 412 Joarenee Anne Page 3 4 9 Tobohki 3 4 9 The Kersey o by the Emperor out of Coral D PTTCHLEY HUNT tO, 1853. tux Nourarairrois Gramm. before February let. Ar. st.lb. May Da y 4 Marta Break-o'-day-Boy 5 4 Bar John Barley corn 4 4 The Deformed HouLakin 4 2 King of Troy 4 2 Madeline 4 0 Defiance Burndale 6 13 Lady Harriett Lady Blanch Corybantes 3 12 Grapeshot Happy Joe Charley Cotton Lady Placid I Etholbert Fion-ma-Cool Tickton Audabon 3 10 Don Quixote Perfidious Eulogist Lady Emily Termagant 4 8 Gossip 3 8 Tavis oek Psaltery Peggy 3 6 Auchinleck 3 5 Ireland's Eye 3 4 Prevention 3 4 Polly The Dandy 3 3 Jack-the-Giant- _ _ _ HANDICAP FOR PHI Hal —Forfeit to be declared on or AIM. st.lb. I Weathergage 4 0 Kingston 4 13 Newmineter Daniel O'Rourke 4 7 Ariosto Cariboo Joe Miller Little Harry Indian Warrior 4 1 Ooldfinder 6 0 Buckthorn 4 0 Prime Minister 6 12 Confessor Father Thames 4 111 Nutshell 6 10 Bellewstown King of Tramps 4 10 Victress Lucie Poodle 4 9 Oer(orth 6 9 Atari Selina Candlewick Muscovite Merry Bird 4 6 Attack 4 6 Oholab Dint he 6 5 Sharavogue Lindrick Constantine Trifle Alp Lough Bawn Scarecrow Quasimodo a 0 Ammonia Richard Primmer 4 13 Octavio Little Dan 4 13 Ilex Harrier Babette Allegro The Bishop Galvanism f by Venison out of Wedding Day 4 610 Tordeaillas St. Andrew 4 6 8' The CZATZNAIf said the hon. proprietor was right in, his supposition, that under the deed of settlement such a motion could only be carried oa the recommendation of the directors. The board had, however, had the subject under' consideration. Only that morning, previous to the present meeting, it had been discussed, and be might add, that it being known that the amount mentioned, 150,000!., would be arrived at about this time next year, there was a feel ing on the part of the board very much in favour of the proposition which had now been made. (Hear, hear.) Air. Lax, after the courteous ex,lan,tion of the chair man, had much pleasure in withdrawing the resolution. (Hear, hear.) I Mr. Forma, another director, thought the chairman bad I gone somewhat further than he intended. All that he in tended to say was, that the directors would take the subject in to their consideration during the next half-year, not that there was any decision or generally expressed opinion to make 150,0001. the limit. As the business of the bank progressed it might be thought advisable perhaps to increase the guarantee fund, by allowing it to augment itself by means of its own interest, as was provided for in the trust deed. The question, however, would receive the fullest considera tion before any decision was come to by the board. Mr. Liz and Mr. Boattovrvann had beth understood the chairman's observations intended to lead to the supposi tion that the limit would be 150,0001. Mr. A. Moona said the feeling of the directors was to consider the question when the fund reached the 150,0001. The object was to apportion the guarantee fund to the amount of business done, and not unnecessarily to in create it. _ _ _ ----- 3 Killer Masssroni Charity Helen Contentment Pride Moselle Bell Tinker Hobby Horse 3 Postulant Jacqueline Llanforda Angelo Dabehick 3 Minerva Limped° 3 Herm Molasses Tobolski Peramors Chaffwas 3 Florist Waterfall IkMta 4 Pelopidaa Sweetheart 6 Tremble 4 Mr. MODOKINSON urged that the guarantee fund was merely so much capital belonging to the proprietors upon which they did not receive dividend. After some conversation the motion was withdrawn, and the usual vote of thanks having been accorded to the chair man, the business terminated. Ibis Hambletonian 4 Bit of Blue 4 Nionyhammer .. 3 JEWS AND GENERAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.—A ball to commemorate the anniversary of TREMENDOUS MORTALITY ON BOARD AM EMI- the (minding of this admirable institution, whose proceed- OR•NT SHIP.—The government emigrant ship, Ticondc- logs at the Sussex Hall, Ltmlenhall-street, we have so roe, which sailed from Liverpool oa the 4th August, had elicit to notice, took place last evening, at Willis's Rooms, arrived off Port Philip Heads, but waa not allowed to pro- I Kin;-street, St. Jam•s'e. The attendance was exceedingly coed further in consequence of having upwards of 200 pas!' good, and the evening was a very successful one. Among sengere ill with fever. She had butted 120 passengers on I the ladies were several of the Rothschild family. The her voyage. dancing was to Coots and Tinney's band. IRELAND. DVWLIN, JAN. 20. THE CARLOW ELECTION. - -- • The combined efforts of those ill-conditioned insti tutions, the Carlton Club and the Irish Tenant- League, which have worked most cordially together, have been successful in the congenial locality of Car low, the most corrupt of the Irish constituencies, and that favoured abode of money-grubbing, bigotry, stench, and Romanism has this time been lost to the liberals. It is indeed quite certain that the barks would not have been successful if depending on their own resources, notwithstanding the well known want of political character of a certain proportion of the elec tors ; but the Tenant-League played so effectually into their hands, and worked with such desperate animosity against Mr. Sadleir, that their mischievous influence turned the nicely balanced scale, and secured the triumph of the Orange candidate. At the close of the poll at five o'clock last evening the numbers were : Alexander &Wick Majority for Alexander Some hours earlier the majority of Mr. Alexander had been eight, but the subsequent polling reduced it to six. %ery few voters polled after one o'clock. The letters of Archbishop M•Hale and Mr. Moore were posted about the town; and although the league deputation had been compelled to leave the town ignominiously on Saturday, their emissaries and friends were industrious in carrying out the object of that mission. It is rumoured that ►lr. M. Dunne, M.P. for the Queen's County, will accept the Chiltern Hundreds to cruet a vacancy for Mr. Sadleir. The Limerick Eamminer states that the present go verntuent has determined to prosecute in the Sizmile bridge affair ; and that the Attorney-General will attend the Clare Assizes for the purpose of conduct ing the procCedings against the military and Mr. Delmege. Mr. Cecil Lawless, M.P., complains of the sup pression of his letter by the tenant league, at their recent meeting. Mr. Lawless now publishes his letter, in which, addressing the Rev. David Bell, he says: Sir, —l, for one, do not intend to join, at pres en t, in att ac k or cabal against these men (Messrs. Sadleir and Keogh), for I know that many who are organising the agitation against them have other reasons besides the palate g oo d f or suc h hostility, but when the proper time, as I judge it, comes, none will be more ready to denounce the deserters, from what I thought would have been a useful Irish party, than your very faithful servant, CECIL LAWLESS. The Evening Mail bears the following testimony to the high character of the newly-appointed Cantle law adviser: We announced in last publication that Mr. Corbin, Q.C., had been appointed Law Adviser to the Castle. We did so with much satisfaction, our respected fellow-citizen, Mr. Corbellis, being in every way worthy of my distinction in the power of government to bestow. A Roman catholic, sincere, as we believe, in his religious convictions, his con duct has always evinced that, in his mind, the principles of free British citizenship prevailed over those of Roman serfdom. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-Duutx, WIDNES/MX. THE QUERN IP. PIOPIIIETOR OP THE " ANGLO CILT.' SIMILZ-BRIDOI Arr.us. Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., applied for a conditional order for a new trial in this cage, on the part of the defendant, who had been foun 1 guilty of a libel upon the officers and men of the 31st regiment. The grounds on which the applica tion was made were—that evidence had been rejected which should have been received; that there had been a mis-trial, in consequence of the jury having been allowed to separate without consent before the conclusion of the trial ; and that the judge had misdirected the jury. The smut intimated that its decision on the motion would be pronounced to-morrow morning. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 20.—VOLUNTARY THEOLOGICAL EXAMINATION IN NEXT MICHAELMAS TEEM.—On Tues day, the 11th of October next, and the succeeding days, there will be an examination in the following subjects : The Greek Testament; the First Book, and the S, condi, as far as to to the 18th section usclusive, of Theophilus of An tioch; Ecclesiastical History ; the Articles of Religion; and the Liturgy of the Church of England: which exami nation will be open to all students, who have at any time been admitted ad respondenduns querstioni ; or who can produce certificates from the Regius Professor of Civil Law, or his deputy, of having performed the exercises required for the degree of Bachelor of that faculty. The names of those students who shall pus this examination to the satis faction of the examiners will be published in alphabetical order, and registered in the usual manner. Immediately after this examination, there will be an examination in the First Sixteen Chapters of the First Book of Kings, and in the First Sixteen Chaptersof the Sec mid Book of Chronicles, in the Hebrew, for such students as, having undergone the former examination, shall offer themselves for this; and the tames of the persons who having passed the former shell pass this examination to the satisfaction of the examiner will be published also and registered in the manner already described. Persons desirous of presenting themselves at these examinations must signify their intention of so doing on or before the Ist 01 October next, by a letter addressed to each of the examiners, who are the Regius Professor of Divinity, the Margaret Professor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Hebrew. P imlico Rol% Brymer Belcher, to St. Gabriel ravenll Carley, - Rev. Pet', Riven De Jersey, to Moulshasa Caney, Essex. Rev. Alfred Bligh Hill, to High Riding Rectcry, Rom ; value n . r u troo ko Ea c t n of , R t o o de b n i . chaplain of the Gad. Byorfolk lt a n a tlso N tioshea (Rector of Hoockbreds), to La Cha.p lain.to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Rev. William Petersen, to Holy Trinity Fewtual Curacy, Cranbrook, Kent. Rev. P. S. Bagge, to Walpole St. Peter Recto ry , Norfolk, on the preaentattou of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. TACANCIIII. RICTORIEI9.—AIby, Norfolk, Norwicit ; value 1401. with residence: patron, Earl of Orford. Rev. Samuel Rees, dee. Meysey-Hampton, county and dio. Glonesster ; value 6041. with residence ; patrons, Corpus Christi College, Ox ford. Rev. F. W. Holme, dee. Vicaßana.—Horsey-neat-the-Sea, Norfolk, dio. Nor wich; value, : patrons, Governors of North Walshsin Grammar School. Bay. S. Rees, dec. NAVAL A.MITILALIT JAN ' T. J. Woodward, to Desperate. Assistant-engineers J. Lug mead, to Fury, and W. Robinson, to lloralio. PORTSMOUTH, JAY. 20.—Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, acting aommander-in-chief, went out to Spithead this mim ing in the Fire Queen, steamer ' Master-commander Paul, and inepeeted the Prometheus, 5, steam-sloop, Commander Foote, mustering the crew. He was accompanied by Rom mander Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., of the Excellent. This afternoon the Prometheus came into harbour to coal, pre viously to sailing fur Woolwich to be paid off. The Dili gence, naval store ship, arrived at this port from the east ward yesterday afternoon, and was towed into harbour by the Echo, tug, which bad taken out to the Pyreneee, fifty prisoners from the convict prison here, for conveyance to Western Austridia. TREMENDOUS FALL OF CLIFF IN DOVER.—Yes terday afternoon (Thursday) about half-past 3 o'clock, the inhabitants of the lower portion of Snargate-street and the vicinity were seriously alarmed by the sudden fall of about 8,000 or 10,000 tons of chalk, situated immediately at the rear of the Paris Hotel, and forming part of an overhanging mass of cliff; that has given rise to alarming apprehensions for some few weeks past, on account of the unusually wet weather which has for the last few months visited us. In dications of the dreaded catastrophe were apparent on Tues day last ; a deep,crack extending some 60 feet from the edge of the cliff being then visible, and the huge mass being slightly sunk below the surface of the remainder of the cliff. Immediately en this fact becoming known, the Mayor of Dover (Charles Lamb, Esq.) took proper measures for the public safety, by ordering the thorough : fare immediately under the dangerous spot to be closed. The destruction of property has been very considerable. The whole of the workshops belonging to Mr. Rouse, coach builder, are buried, and also a portion of Mr. Grant's dis tillery, as well as the wine and spirit vaults of Messrs. Rude,. mad Co. In the case of Mr. Grant the loss of pro perty by the accident is estimated at from 1,0001. to 2,0001., but, as far as we can learn, no estimate has been arrived at either in that of Mr. Rouse or Messrs. Rntley and Co., although it is anticipated that Mr. Rouse will be the greatest sufferer, seeing that the whole of his extensive ma nufacturing premises are completely buried. Small portions of cliff continued to descend at imervals during thwea , ing, and it was almost hourly expected that the re f rider of the insecure portion would soon follow. ETON COLLEGS—APPOINTMENT OF HEAD WOWED. —The Provost and Fellows of the college assembled Pester : day for the purpose of appointing the head master of Eton, the office having become vacant by the resignation.of the Rev. Dr. Hawtrcy, the present Provost. The following were the candidates: The Rev. Charles 0. Goodford, M.A. ; the Rev. Edward Coleridge, M A.; Rev. William Cookesley, M.A.; Rev. Barre Dupuis, 8.D.; Rev. Edward Balaton, M.A. ; Rev. Henri Mildred Buck, B.A. (who resigned yesterday); Rev. Charles Luxmore, MA. ; and the Rev. Williams. The Rev. Chas. O. Goodford, one of the assistant masters of the college, was unanimously elected. I .111