The Express. — London, England, 1851-02-03 00:00:00

la evident from the fact that young civilians, who receive twice or thrice as much as young soldiers, get just so much the more dci ply and rapidly entangled, whereas large bodies of non-commissioned ulticers make money from their pay. Taking this as his theme, Sir C. Napier has read the troops he lately commanded one of the moat tremendous lectures ever puhlidied, the more cutting and tremendous in that it is almost :ill of it true. utterly ignorant. Must an officer, because he belongs to a mem, explain all his distresses, his misfortunes, his resides his follies, to the members of a mess, in order prove his incompetency to meet its extravagance? Common sense forbids this; yet, unless the mess es on such an eco nomical footing as to enable the ensign on his pay to join it, this infringement on a gentleman's private liabilities and demands must take place ; and the commanding officer alone can protect every one under his orders from the often in sufferable presumption of mem committees. He, alone, can properly direct and rr rule matters that the ensign can lice on his pay, and live becomingly—that is to say, save on yis ray. I do not call drinking wine or beer, or inviting friends, " becoming." It may be so, or it may not, accord ing to the means and feelings of each individual ; all I main tain is, that the mesa must leave each member free to do as his means enable him, for each officer is, individually, responsible for his conduct to the public from which he receives his pay. This is justice, and justice can ; never be wrong. The pay of au ensign is sufficient for his I just expenditure, and the commanding officer is, and can alone he, responsible that this rule of rigid and just economy is never infringed. What officer will go to a mess commit tee and tell his private misfortunes, or his difficulties? Yet this is what those people (who say that the commanders of regi ments ought not to interfere a ith the mew) want ! They are overbearing tyrants, who want to set aside the private affairs of officers, and to make those officers who cannot afford such extravagance, pay for these persons' 'clash enjoyments, which they want to indulge in at other men's expense. That is the real object of thaw who wish to prevent the in terference of commanding officers; but the rules of both Queen's and Company's services give commanding officers the right to interfere, and the commander in-chief will take care to hold him responsible that the ensign has his rights ; namely, the power to live at the mesa as becomes an officer and a gentleman— drinking water if he pleases, or drinking champaigne if he pleases; but able out of his pay to liquidate his debts like a gentleman, drinking what he may. That is to say, that the necessary mesa charges leave him enough, out of his pay to cover all his other reasonable expenses. 16. The fifth cause of t xpense and ruin I believe to be the banks. 'they afford a ready means for the young and foolish to obtain money, but at an enormous interest. I have heard the objection to banks contested on the score that formerly officers who now borrow from banks borrowed from natives, and even from their own mildiers ; that it is, therefore, better for an officer to be in debt to a bank than to natives. I am unable to say what was formerly done ; but I am perfectly sure that whatever facilitates the bor rowing of money produces ruin to young officers—encou raging those sires which are the most mischievous, especially racing, a vim always accompanied by gambling and extra- - To tux Ontcxn. nt TO! Alt.ey. ITead-quatters, tamp Ferosepore, Ikr. 15, 1850. It would neither be justifiable nor becoming in me to in terfere with the private affairs of officers in the army which I have the Minim,- to command, so long se thane private affairs do nut interfere with the public service • bit when they injure the public service, when they reflect disgrace upon our uniform, it becomes my duty to draw attention to the subject, and in this public manner to call upon the offi cen of the Queen's and Company's services to exert them 'elves in maiataining the honour of their regiments, by ma sking the Commander-in-Chief in putting a check upon those se hose debts are no leas injurious to the fair fuse of the military profession than discreditable to their regiments and ruinous to themselves, 2. It Is more than one year since I received a very excel lent letter (nom a Brigadier, upon this important subject. 1 had thin just assienesl my present command. I waited to see more clearly bow matters stood before I felt justified in touching upon affairs of an private a nature. From that time to this day a considerable portion of my time has been taken up in the examination of weekly, if not daily, com plaints a. ii t officers for non-payment of debts, and, in same inctietees, the ruin of tradesmen has been consequent on that muse. There is, therefore, a call upon me for this enter- a CAI with cannot he east aside. 3. WI,. a it is considered that the army is of an immense magnitude, I am bound to say that the number of officers who base misconelneted themselves in • manner so derogatory to the character of gentlemen, is not in ordinate ; but, at the same time, it is so large to repn ssion with tt strong hand ; and I do nod that the officers of regiments will take not ooly vigorous, hut rigorous, measures to bring thou ells, AM guilty to a stnst of shame at being ordered to app. er befon. a Court of Its-quests for debt. An officer who is summated before a Court of Iteirests must feel con scious that, although wearing the Bntiah uniform, he is not standing them in the character of a gentleman. Ile must feel, if he feels at all, disgust at his own degraded position. Ile may, by gooseibditT have been unfortunate; he may only have been thoughtless, but must feel in his heart that ben before the public in a group with the intansous,—with those who are cheats, and whose society is contamination. A well-bred gentleman cannot support this forting. 4. 1 am not rui-7ely a rich Mtn speaking to those who are poor. I have known poverty, and have tired for years at le-ss than half what every ensign in this army receives g a d roll, in a Ton, expensive country than India. I take no merit to myself for this; I only state it as a fact, that I mas not he taunted on the threshhold of my argu m. by b ing told I know nothing of the difficulties of poverty. Ido know them perfectly, and I know more— -1 know that eve ry ensign in India can live well on his pay, and that many, who hare never appeared before a Court of be quo 4., hare largsly assisted their families—largely, com pare el to their means. S. I do not say that a subaltern officer ran give dinners ; I do not say be run indulge in many luxuries • I do not say he c a n east off all selfsleitial; nor do IWC why he should do any of these- things. The proceedings before these Courts of Resin( As are the shameful proofs that he should not. When an officer gets a commission, he, without that labour which attends the initiation into most other profes sions, at Mier n rein, a good income, and that before lie has any knowleilJe of his trade. In most other professions a young man hardly gets his food at the commencement. The fannies of many officers, if nut of all, hose made great saeriliti s ty gaits this amply sufficient income for these tiflise.re. and tie •i• last have uo right whateser to live as if they we re es-nth-me n of hustled property, nor as men do who b a se s. reed lorigt r and earnest a higher rank and greater income than then.s.dvcs. It is Thu desire to imitate those above us, and not to regard our own means, that is mis chiesous to all. and must sn to young join. G. The result is ruin to numbers. To show this I will quote from two brigadiers' letters, sent officially for my pe rusal ugtn . d"-grading subject: "At a Court of Re quests, held on the nth inst., the were 53 eases , and (with the e‘reption of four of trifling amount) all against subal terns- attiount to 4,/474 rupees." Again, the name officer writes lberes-• Exerlitimi Genecal • are not unfre titent, and the efficiency of the officers seriously effected by their pecuniary embarrawnwilts." Again," Although lam swam that it i. sery difficult to control the expenditure of rs, s. t, when they are brought forward thus publitly, moth alter mouth, I consider it my duty to bring to the notice of his ens-lmey the involved circumstances of the other' tinder my enminand, with warm, in other respects, I hog.' I. 1.11111 to find." vagance. _ 17. Some of the evils which I have touched upon may be remedied by the Commander-in-Chief; some by com manders of regiments; some by the officers of mrmenta as bodies; and some by individuals themselves. 10 these I must leave them. I can only offer my advice as I quit the scene. To-day I am commander-tn-chief; a week hence I shall be no more to the armies of India than a pri vate gentleman. But the armies of India must ever be much and dear to me! For nine years my whole energies, such as they are, have been devoted to the honour and glory of the company's trouts.. I may say that I hate become as much identified with the armies of the three presidencies as if 1 had risen from their ranks: I have jealously guarded their honour, and I have fought at their head. 18. 1 now leave them for ever. But in the retirement of private life, although no longer able to serve them, the des tinies of the Indian armies will ever occupy my thoughts. 19. I here take leave of them, hoping that this order will be of use as the last which lean issue to the armies of India! (Signed) C. J. NAPIER, General, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies. Head-quarters, Camp lernripoor, 9th Dec., 18.50. By order of 11. E. the Commander-in-Chief, AftIIIML 5. IL MOtNTAIN, Colonel, Adjutant-General H. M. Forces in India. It is a fair ultimatum of Sir Charles Napter s idvi syncrasy that even with regard to courts-martial to his left no rrrrrr R, out of overstrained delicacy to his successor. Just as the public had inroad their eyes to the new comer, their attention was forcibly re called to the departing soldier by pubication of the oroct erlit.gs and sentetee of a courr martial on Una. It F. Fansbawe, of the invalid.. The chirps were: crowing money frum a sergeant order his com mand, neglecting to pay rent fur a house which nevertheless be could not give up, keeping his ser vants largely in arrtur., and miesppropi iat ing moneys ntrusted to him. The court's ha Mg on the fief charge was guilty; and enhetantiolly hut with rerb..l' Iterrti. we • aim bar tihdirg was delivered on the rear. The sentence was that the prisoner he " very severely reorirnar.d. d." This was "confirmed"—how far a poised. let the r. mit• Its trattfr : Remarks by his Esecliency, the Commander-in-Chict—l am unable to undo-stint( upon what principle the court found Lieutenant Fanshawe guilty of Ow tint charge, and yet fails to cashier this officer. An officer who is capable of writing a begging letter (asking for money) to a sergeant under his command, is unfit to hold a commission, even had this act not been a direct breach of the general orders, and had been the only one of which he has been con victed. Atedin r Brigadier writes thus, " Anotht r officer I know charninene tiffins, drat ing his screanta to drag him Is•ior. the court for their just claims. flow bumiluting for those e.srineeted with, and proud of, the professims! YI.A, it is humiliating, and long experience tells me that it is to the exemplary conduct of regimental officers, and to the sentenees of counts martial, that the army must look for torreeting this Ist,ness in individuals. That the Cummaiider in-ehief • ill sumwt theoffic. NM' regiments, I may venture to assert who. o, r thst Bonimander-on-Chief tame be ; but the glens power to keep dos n such misconduct is in the messes, The mall must he lsoc, in every acme of the word, that can hear tle• contumely of his commdes, incurred by it disarms fill action. But 1 mint not confine myself to memos alone. l'onamamletu of regiments •houtd strenuously exert thetns. Is es to maintain the good name of their regiment". They should n collect that I sourts of Itequests, when they that jn.titr 1.. it trltd. , ttlltll, or other creditor, de mands of them to put an officer under 1141111pAgtil, pronounce that the said Whirr is a man so lost to all .e nor of propriety, that In I'ML'iltlatlrs to defraud his creditor ' and thenfore CHI no longer lie sornidercd in the light of a gentleman. Ile is foreed to to honourable against his will ; and it is the bounden duty of the commanding officer to refuse to such a p-ratio all and to hold him NO strictly in hand that sin misconduct wt the officer's pan may at all events hs. as ilisa_:ria abl, to that officer himself as it is to his regi ment and hi. tridesmen. _ I am equally unable to understand upon what grounds the court acquits the prisoner on the third charge. The court finds that he, a 'British officer, did owe money to his servants. It is also proved that these poor men were much distressed thereby, and, In consequence, were obliged to borrow money. Moreover, while Lieutenant Fan.luswe did not pay these men the ir wages, this officer kept three horses (fur I am warranted in taking it for granted that he did not keep three grooms without 1w kept three horses), his duty being confined to the fort of ('honor. I do not know to what " peculiar circumstances" the court eon possibly refer, to excuse such an art of dishonesty and want of feeling. The only " peculiar circumstance" I can find is that Lieut. Eanshawe chow to contract debts which he well knew that he could not pay. I cannot agree with the court in its extraordinary opinion that " no guilt attaches to the fact" of nut paying servants their just wages and forcing them to borrow money in their *lister... lam inclined to believe that, if the government kept the mem bers of this court eight months or a year out of their pay, we should hear very did% rent sentiment. expressed. (Signed) C. J. NAPIER General ... n. That I am not I . llaggerating thew matters, I could esualy • • by publiahing hu-h fact• to the officer, of the two Plllll, a. Would .bock !Very honest awl honourable man, and .how how entirely I am authori,e.l in raying that the.- fact, are to the last degree iliahonourable. One command ing ofticcr of a noituent thua : can confidently as ben that the num.-rotes ra , c, brought monthly before the Courts of Ite.toc.t, are a di.gr4ee to the army we la•lonu to." This I. one wirmg many who are Labouring for the honour of the Pass Reprimand —Lieutenant Fanshawe, your sentence is to severely reprinnuided." I cannot understand why the court-martial did not cashier you, as in my opinion it ought to have done. Public duty makes me regret that you have escaped from a just punishment, but I shall rejoice if the very lenient punishment indicted may improve your con duct as a British officer. (Sigurd) C. J. NA.tsn, General, Commander-in-Chief. Lieutenant Fsn•hawe is to be released from anent, by order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. H. T. TrcitEn, Lieutenant-Colonel, 9. I haw not sought for this information from conifers ; tin v h ti, r. tame unimited from men of high rank in both the Urn ,11 . 11 and Company's services, and have been rent to me formally us official complaints. They are 111411 who feel as every officer in the Qurn's and Company's services ought in 6,1. to. But while stating how very disgraceful it is for an conker to Amstar bo fore a Court of Itequests, I will soya few words upon the ranrs of such conduct. . . 11. 'rho tied is, that some young men get eommissions without basing had much education, or perhaps a vulgar OW. a loch is worse. These officers are nut aware that honesty i. inseparable horn the character of a thoroughbred gentleman. A vulgar man, who " enjoys a Champagne Tiftlo..ind see nith, his servants " (as ahnpdier writes to no.. shim speaking of these matters, and referring to ma offiesr under hi, immediate command) may be a pleasant tompanion to thaw who do not hold him in contempt as a suhtar lease -but he iv not a gentleman. His commission snake. him an nificcr--but he is not n gentlemen ; and I elaim that character in all its integrity for the Mayen, of her 111apaty'a a - rose.'. and for tb.ae of the Honourable East India i'mpany. I speak of men whose own misconduct has brought them into debt : not of those whom misfortune has thrown into debt. These last ate very few in number, and sery unfortuu.de indeed to be on the same list with those whom they despise. Of thus.- who are so un fortunate. I need not speak; their own exertions to pay their debts are unreusing and honourable. 1•2. The second cause is, that young men arrive in India And think that, having escaped from school it is manly to be di-honourable. So they cheat the government by not at & rubor to their duties, and they cheat their tradesmen by not paying their debts. They meet champagne-drinking swindler,, who sponge on them and lead them into expense. Then tonna deb'—then beakers are at hand to advance snowy. 1 hum they . become involved past redemption, and boon the habit of being constantly in debt makes them grow callous to the proper ft-clings of a gentleman. 11. Now. if all officers commanding reuiinents were to do their duty (as gn-at numbers do), and if the hotly of officers of each regimeat would gise such a commander proper sup port. this eanirse would not be followed by young men on their arrival in India. Its strict lessons in their duties, and plenty of drill, the commanding officers of regiments would pin cent government being cheated, and by the proper gentleman-like conduct and honourable sen timid. which should pervade every mess, re probating expense and extras agave.. of all sorts, and by practising rigid economy in the establishment, the young officer would at once learn that to drink unpaid-for champagne unpaid for beer, and to ride unpaid-tar horses, is to be a cheat and IDOL a iOntlvrOol. 11. The third cause of debt iv the eore.tant marching of regiments. This has no remedy in time of war, and I have strongly nermimended that it should be. as much as pm- Bible, avoided in time of peace. It is very severe on the troop., sail on the state iteelf. The Governor-General con curred in my recommendation that the troops should not be generally relieved this year, and I hope none may be moved for some years to come if peace continues. However, these marches ought not to throw careful and honourable men into debt. They are, when required. the proper and just demands of the service, and every man can he, and ought to he, fully prepared to meet them. Still these marches are taws of difficulty. and the difficulties which result from them are, in some degree, excusable iv very young and in tips riencial men, but not so in old officers who hare risen to the rank of lieutenant. 15. The fourth cause of debt is the extravagance of means. This I entirely charge upon the commanding officers. Many regiments (both Queen's and Company's) have economical msa , especially in the Queen's regiments, because the number of officers in the latter is so large. But many regi ments are extravagant. And in all cases where a mem is extravagant, the fault lies with the commanding officer. I have heard it said by wine, that " the commanding officer ought not to interfere with the mess, which should be con sidered asthe private table of the officers." Now, people who talk thus forget that there is a wide difference between a HIPP! , and a private gentleman's table. The last is regu latiel by his Mom, and there is bat one income and one master to be consulted as to expense. But in a Man there aro many masters, and the men must be restulated by the income of the poorest. The majo rity have no right to crash the oor and they itzt MMus, with the extant of whose lia p t:iitSisa theyave Adjutant-Geheral of the Army. The Calcutta Star furnishes the following items of Ills Excellency Jung Bahadoor arrived in Calcutta two days ago, on hoard the IL C. steamer Atalanta : everything was prepared to week e him with due irlat, but unfortu nately as the Atalanta was proceeding up Garden Reach the P. and 0. Company's Steamer Haddincrton ran across the river, past the Fort, to get into dark. She was accord ingly saluted with a thundering peal of ordnance, and when Jung Bahadoror reached Fort Point there wan no more gun powder Ire. Ile landed quietly, and a splendid mansion has been engaged for him, at a small distance out of town. The dusty streets of Calcutta and its stenches (which rival in number and variety those of Cologne) can hardly attract him from his duties ut Katmandu, and so we suppose he will take au early departure in the steamer prepared fur Lon. Along our northern and north-western frontier, thus all Is peace, and likely to remain pea eeful. Towards the north east the Magas of Assam have been rather unruly, and, it is imagined, are acting under instigation of the Burma° and Muneepore Rajah. A forte is a-field, and we shall probably hear something more of the matter before the next mail is dispatched. The only dark spot is Hydrabad in the Deccan. Some thing must occur here, as very significant demonstrations have been made by the British government, and the Arab satellite, of Nizam's other creditors seem disposed to pro voke a collision. If one has occurred ere this, our Bombay brethren will have particulars of it in time for the mail. Sir George Berkeley had reached the capital at the date of our last advice+. 1 In Calcutta, the weather has been exquisitely cold up to rster,lar, which had all the damp warmth of a February day. The town is crowded with Nofu•silites, whose faces beam at the high prices of indigo, but who wonder at the weakness of the cockneys in not getting up an insurrection against the conservancy authorities. The electro-telegraph has been completed as far as Diamond harbour, and it is hoped will be made to cross the river thence to Kedgeree. MILITARY ----- - CASCALTILS BT DEATH in the armies of Taiiia, reported Marc the departure of the mad on the lith of December : lipliii;TßoOPS.—Superintending Surgeon R. Williams, F.M.C.8., at Kuhns, on the 9th December, 1860. Lieute must A. J. Cattle!, Ist Madras Fusiliers, at Balmy, on the 14th December, 18.50. Bersetat TRours.—Captain F. Martin, Pension Esta blishment, at Agra, on the 7th December, 1830. Captain L. R. Keane. Invabd Establishment, at Feroseporc, un the 13th December, 1860. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, JAA. 2. In rates of interest we have no change to report, although money is in grater demand, and borrowing even on govern ment securitie. is difficult. We regret to have to announce the stoppage of that old and respectable Parsee firm, Messrs. D. and M.Pestoujee of this city a meeting of their credi tors is called for to-morrow, when it is supposed an arrange ment for winding up under trustees will be agreed to. The partners arc lame holders of house and landed property in I Bembay, and if time be given, so as not to press sales at un seasonable times, it is hoped the creditors will be paid in fhll. Securities of all sorts droop: they may be quoted— Transfer Paper, 110 ; Sieca Fives, 102 ; Sieca Fours, 8.5 : f3= ye Fives, 97 ; Company's Fours, 82. Bank of f3hares, 18 premium ; Oriental Bank Shares, 18 diseount ; Commercial Bank Shares, 111 discount ; Agra Bank Shares, 1 discount. The import market during the past fortnizht has been extremely dull, buy.rt not appearing to care about entering on Slur-actions in any descriptions of goods unless at very THE - EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1851. unfavourable rites for importers, and the business trans acted has therefore been small in amount. Supplies have meanwhile come to hand freely—two vessels having arrived from London, three from Liverpool, two from null, and one from Glasgow. Corm!. PIECE GOODE.—Very little business has been done in cotton fabrics since our last, and until the large purchases made by dealers in the tint half of the month have been disposed of, little animation can be looked fur. GREY GOODS.—Shirtings have sold to the extent of 13,400 pieces, at from rupees 41 to Rupees 6.9 annas per piece, chiefly 66 reed and upwards, 40 and 45 inch, other descriptions being unasked for. A consider able decline on all qualities has taken place during the fortnight. T Cloth.—Saks, 7,000 pieces, at rupees 3-5 to rupees 3-6 per piece, and they are in fair demand at former rates. Domestics.—Sales, 1,924 pieces, at rupees 61 to rupees 13 per piece. The only qualities in demand arc those suited for dyeing purposes, which are bought by the Arab dealers for exportation. Jacconets.—Sales, 8,350 pieces at rupees 1-31 minus to rupees 2-7 ann.'s per piece. The in quiry is confined to 4.5 inch qualities. Drill.—Sales, 701 pieces at rupees 5-5 annas to rupees 51. In:Siadapollams and Law cloths there have not been any salts. For light descriptions of the former a moderate request exists. Of 40 inch 36 yards descriptions of the latter the market is nearly bare, and they are in tolerable large demand. Ittzseiten Goons.— Shirtings.—Sides, 2,140 pieces, at rupees 51 to rupees 81 per piece. Inferior qualities and middling are dull of sale, the chief demand being for 66 to 72 reed descriptions. Twills : Sales, 242 pieces, 36 inch 40 yards, at rs. 91 per piece. Jaconets : Sales, 18,600 pieces, of the higher quali ties, at rs. 2 to rs. 4-1 arena per p. Madapollarns Sales, 1,000 pieces, low qualities, at rs. 3-13 mum per piece ; for the higher descriptions there is no demand. Longeloths and domestics arc dull, and we have not heard of any sales. Fancy Goods: A moderate demand exists fur bleached cambries and mulls, grey and white dboties, satin spots, purple mulls, coloured lappets, and low lappet scarfs and book muslin', in most of which sales have been effected; while stripe check, pine and schen dresses, and Swim lap pets, are null and uainquired fur. DyedGoOds: For Turkey red plain cloth alone is there any demand. CorroN YmeN.—The value has somewhat declined, as also baa the demand, and inferior qualities are difficult of isle. METAL'.—The general dulness observable in the cotton fabrics market has alFo prevailed in that fur metals, and the prices of most descriptions have gone down a trifle since our last. Copper: All descriptions are dull of sale. Iron: Sheet and hoop remain as at last report; all other kinds are neglected. Steel of all descriptions dull, and lower in price than when lag reported on. Lead, both pig and sheet, has also declined in value, and is in no demand: the same may be said of tin plate'. COCIIINEAL,—A forced sale of . 33,000 lbs., at Rs. 1-13 annas per lb., has taken place, which has cawed a consider able decline in the value of the article. SAFFRON has advanced in prier, and is in tolerably good demand, but we have not heard of any sales. WouLtass.—The market for woollens remain a.s before. BEER.—The dealers have taken delivery of till the re mainder of Ban's beer, the sale of which we reported in our last, and there is now no stock in first hands. In Allsopp's a sale of 25 hhils. has taken place at rs. 80 per hhd., and there is hut a very small quantity remaining in first hands. Above 100 dozen English bottled have been sold at au. 51 per dozen, and a good demand exists fur it. The accounts received from home mention that the neat season's brew will be quite equal to that of the past. Seiatrs.—The only sale reported is one of 100 eases gin, at rs. 11 per ease of 15 square bottles, and the market re mains dull in the extreme for all kinds. Srourl.—Canlas, bleachNl and unbleached, cordage, points of all kinds, and oil of linseed, are dull. ziroitts. CorroN WooL.—The qualities now at market are very inferior, and prices have consequently declined considerably. The purchases have been confined to 400 bales Dholiens, at 1201 r,., and 200 Brooch at 112 rs. per candy. During the past rear the exports to Orcat Britain have exceeded 290,00 . 0 hales or upwards of 30,000 in excess of 1849; and to China 117 , 000 bales, or 28,000 bales less than during the previous year. OPll . M.—llemand for the drug just now is dull, and the value has declined to 1,025 rs. to 1,050 re. per chest fur best Malwa. Inanants.—Tonnage abundant. Freights have declined for England to 111. 17, fid. for Liverpool, at which rate two vessels have been taken up ; and 11. 151. to 11. 17s. 6d. for London ; for dead weight to the latter port 21.58. hu been paid. For China it has risen to 13 rs. per candy, at which two vessels have been taken up to-day. EXCIIANCE.—During the fortnight first-class bank and credit bills. six months sight, had advanced to 2s. 20., but have again fallen to 2s. 21d., which may . be considered the rate of the day. The rate for one day's sight bank bills is 2s. Id. On Calcutta, 60 days' sight, the rate is 97 ra., and on China 219 ro. per 100 dolls. CALCUTTA, JAN. 21. Vie Court. Wl:it/SOU, SATCRDAY, Fen. 1. The Queen, acoompanied by Prince. Albert, rode oat on horseback this morning in the private grounds. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, drove out this morning in a ismy phaeton in It indsor-park. The younger members of the royal family took walking and pony exercise. His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of Augleacy and Lady Adelaide Paget, the Marquis and 'Marchioness of Stafford, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Sir John Romilly, and Sir James Clark, It R the Castle to day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert did Sir George Ilay ter the honour to inspect the picture which he has painted of her 'Majc-ty taking the coronation oath. The royal dinner circle this evening included the Duchess of Kent, Baroness de Spall, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. 11. and Mrs. Phipps and 'Miss Georgiana Bathurst, and Mr. Birch. SeNDAY, Fen. 2.—The Queen end Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The royal family took their usual airings. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended divine ser vice this morning in the private chapel. The lion. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Duchess of Rent also attended the service. Latterly the demand for all kinds of Mane;heater goods has fallen off to some extent, as is usually the case in these months. when the severity of the winter in the higher prO• vinces cheeks business, and the stoppage of the llhaugerutty prm ids difficulties, and entails additional expenses on the transmission of goods to the interior. Prices also have in several instances experienced a further decline, but stocks generally are not excessive. Grey shirting's have continued in good demand ; but latterly a decline us prices has been established. There has been little done in white shirtinge, particularly of the lower qualities, the value of which is next to nominal. A further fall in white figured shirting, has induced some transactions in the fabric. White cambric' have been lees actively wanted, hut the lightness of the supply keeps rates from declining. Grey jam acts of the low kinds have been unsteady, and promise to recede, White jacconets of the higher reeds have fallen about 2 anises per piece. Grey and white madapollams arc much in the same position as before as regards value. White mulls are selling freely, but the coarser qualities of all numbers are slightly lower. A further decline in prig s has led to increased transactions in white twills. There has not been much done in hook muslin' since the departure of the mail ; hid former prime have been well sustained. Lappets have continued in excellent request; but at no im provement in prices. Chintzes have not been inquired for NO eagerly as before. For woollens the best season is passing away ; still there has been a good demand for them. Turkey lel goods remain light of stock, but the dealers have not ben such ready buyers es before. In the shape of metals, copper and iron remain depressed, and prices have further declined. Speller and tin plates are on the rise. Salt is slightly lower. Twist.—NS'e regret to say that this important staple does not occupy the same favourable position u before. The imports have continued very light, and the stocks in first and second hands are still estimated at not more than 300 bales ; but the demand has notwithstanding fallen off very sensibly, as is usually the case at this season of the year. The stoppage of the Bhaugerutty haa no doubt had some influence in causing the present dulness; but steam eon veyance via the Sunderbuns will be availed of, when the wants of the markets in the north-west become pressing, which will be the case, we anticipate, in less than two months, during which period the imports cannot by any possibility be excessive. The present prices, as compared with those that were current when the last mail left, show a decline of to nearly 2 pie per morah on all counts except 20s. 110 s. and 1205., which have maintained their former value from being exceedingly scarce. Imports this month, GOO halm ; reported sales, ditto, 400 bales, Lord Charles Fitzroy has relieved Major-General Wemyss in his duty as equerry in waiting to her Majesty and Lieut.-Colonel lion. Alexander Gordon has rdlieved Lieut.-Colonel F. 11. Seymour in his duty as equerry in waiting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Toe Duchess of Kant, attended by Boroneaa de Speth and Sir George Cooper, arrived in town on Saturday morning from Frogmore, and visited the building for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. After inspecting the building her Royal Highness went to Glou cester House, and visited her Royal llighnes.s the Duchess of Gloucester. lo the afternoon the Duchess of Kent left Clarence House, St. James's, on her return to Froginore. t ra•met council sass held on tis^uemy afternoon at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, 'Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John llobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricardc, and the Right Hon. Fox Motile. The council sat two hours. A deputauon, outimmting of Mr. Nlswerman, Mr. Mitchell, M.P., Mr. Forster, H.P., Mr. Hartie, M.P., Sir James Duke, M.P., Mr. 11. Berkeley, M.l'., Mr. H. T. Hope, M.P., Mr. James Soames, jun., Mr. J. G. Shaw, and Mr. C. J. Thomas (Bristol), Mr. C'harles, Mr. Boyd (Glas gow), Mr. M'Kean (Paisley), Mr. John Johnson (Run corn), Mr. It. Wheen, Mr. J. Whern, Mr. Cromfield (Warrington), Mr. Lund, Mr. Casey (Liverpool), Mr. All- 1 brusen (Newcastle), Mr. Anderson, Mr. Simpson (Wake field), Mr. Cowan, Mr. Kintrea, Mr. Arthur Soames, Mr. Dick (Leith), and Mr. Butt (Gloucester), had an iuterview with the Chancellor of the Lxehequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street, to present a memorial for the repeal of the soap dutica. A meeting of the c mmittee appolabei by her Majesty's Commission:T.4 for the Exhibition of 1851, to con sider the question of the prices of admission to the exhibition was held on Saturday , at the Board of Trade. There were present, Earl Granville (chairman), Lord Overstone. Mr. Cuhitt, Mr. Gibson, Colonel Reid, and Mr. Bowring (secre tary). Mr. Cole and Mr. Mike attended. Mr. Nov hen, of Ituaney Otito ge, attended at the home-office on Saturday with au address from the inha bitants of Bushey, Herbs, to be presented to the Queen through Secretary Sir George Grey, respecting the papal aggression. Deauetches were mut rff on Saturday from the Co lonial-office to the Governors of the West India islands. The Marquis of Lou.o..wt.e (Pree:deat of the Council) will give a full dress dinner party at Lans downe House, Berkeley-square, this day, v. lien the Queen's Speech on opening parliament will be read aft:r dinner. The guests will include the mover of the Address to the throne (Lord Howard of Effingham), the seconder (Lord Cremorne), the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Nor folk, the Marquis of Westminsttr, the Marquis of Aileb bury, the Marquis of Claurivanle, the Marquis of Breadal bane, the Marquis of lhotegal, Earl Grey, Earl Minos, Earl Carlisle, Earl Grans ille, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. Lord J)on Reis* It's lull Gress duller party to a da y , at which the Queen's speech will he read to the as;s. mbled guests, will consist of 1111; following : The Speaker, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Lord Palmer ston, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Howes, Sir W. G. Craig, Mr. Bellew, Mr. Riche, Mr. (f. Lewis, Mr. Hayter, Sir C. Wood, Mr. Fox Haute, Sir J. llobhow.e, Mr. .1. Elliott, Mr. Wilson, Mr. lahouchere, Sir F. Baring, Lord Seymour, Mr. J. Parker, Admiral Dundas, Mr. W. Cowper, Admiral Berkeley, Colonel Amon, Mr. &tines, Mr. W. LaseeUes, Lord A. Paget, Lord M. Hill, Lieut.-Colonel Boyle, Sir W. Somerville, Lord Clarence Paget, Sr 1). Hondas, Mr. Bernal, Lord J. Russell, Mr. R. W. Grey, Mr. W. Law, Mr. A. Russell, the Marquis of KiiLre, mover, and Mr. Peto, seconder, of the Address. Th. Addresst in the Lords, in answer to Ow Qneen's Speech, will he moved by Lord Howard of Effin:;hain, and ikmnrled by Lord Cremotne. We have already ..t:,ted that the Address in the Commons will be moved by the Marquis of Kildare, and be seconded by Mr. Pcto. Our market for country produce has continued very active, and the desire to operate has been universal; but the bare state of the bazaar has kept transactions within limits. The accounts just received from home arc not quite of the same encouraging nature as before; but the slight depression which our advice.; represent, owe their origin to the unsettled state of political affairs in Germany, and not to any change in the important _principle whiCh has imparted such a healthful tone to the English markets. The extremely high rate of exchange has had its share in limiting shipments, but we are inclined to think that this item would be disregarded if our market had been better supplied; because there is a strong feeling amongst buyers that the home markets have not yet seen their highest, and that the domestic consumption must increase materially in consequence of the immense assemblage of people that is expected to take place during the Great Industrial Exhibi tion of 1851. Sugar has continued in great request ; but a paucity of supply has tended to restrict transactions, especially s o . the quantity that ban been available in the bazaar has consisted principally of the lower qualities. °PH:lL—There has been the usual amount of gambling transaction going on amongst the Marwarees ; but for the bona fide purpose of shipment, there has been a trifling business done since the first public sale of the season 1650- 1831 at little or no change in prices. At that sale, which took place on the 16th instant, 1,989 chests Patna and 890 chests Senates were disposed of. We quoted prices to day at Co.'s Rs. 980 to 98'2 per chest for Patna, and Co.'s Rs. 972 to 974 per chest for Senates. henton continues to be as actively wanted as when the market first opened, and the late transactions show a further advance in prices. FatlOßT.—Our freight market has been very =deli during the past fortnig ht , and on the whole rates have bu d a downward career under the influence of abundant tonnage and little produce to ship. Before the arrival of the mail there was some activity visible, and rice to London was shipped by first class vessels at 3!. 10s., and other goods iu proportion. The American ships have offered some com petition and have been to a certain degree instrumental in giving the market a downward tendency. In sugars the transactions lately have been limited. Jute freight conti nues firm. To Mauritius ' we cannot quote beyond Co.'s n. 1 . 3 per bag. To China a large shipping order was taken yesterday for rice at 80 cents. per bag. E2CHANOX.-0117 exchange market opened for the mail at 2-21 for American and other good credit bills at 6 months' sight, and 2-21 for best document bills. At these rates a considerable business has been transacted. The Oriental Bank also sold at 2-21 for 6 months' sight to some extent, and subsequently at 2-21 as the rate fell. The bulk of the business has been done at the above rates, but some trans actions in Baring's hills have, within the last two or three days, been concluded at 2-2. In Bank of England posters, we have not heard of sales to any amount; but 2-11 mar bo quoted as the rate at which large sums could be .old. Bank credits at 60 days' sight have been placed at 2-11 to 2-11 per Company's Rupee. On China sales have been effected for about 3 lees of rupees, at rates varying from Co.'s 223 to 2215 per 100 dollars, which rates are still current, and are likely to be maintained. On Mauritius we have no business to record, beyond some trilling operations at SO center. PPOINTMENTB.—Thyrnais Ge 'bow, E-q., professor of chemistry at University College ; Dr. ?stiller, professor of chemistry at King's College; and Dr. Hoffman, pro fessor of the Agricultural College of Chemistry, have been appointed commissioners to inquire into the qualities of the several waters now in use in the metropolis, and also the supplies proposed for the future. Mr. Jean Marie Alex andre Auhert is appointed a member of the Council of St. Lucia. Mr. William Vesey Manning is appointed a mem ber of the Executive Council of the Bahama Islands.— Obsereer. Mr. J. V. Goriby has been appointed Chief Clerk to the Secretary of the General Post-office, in the room of Mr. C. Johnson, clece.ued. This situation is one of the most important and lucrative amongst those of a subordinate character in the Post-office Department, and the person who fills it is the principal of that small band of official per sonages, whose names scarcely ever transpire in public, and yet are principally concerned in keeping the immense and complicated machinery of the Post-office Department in regular and orderly motion. The three last Chief Clerks, ?tiepin. Welch, Campbell, and Johnson, have all died at au early age: Mr. Johnson was only 46 when he died; Mr. Campbell attained the rank of Assistant-Secretary just pre vioni to his death. Mr. C. L. Teesdale succeeds Mr. Godby as Acting Chief Clerk to Mr. Rowland Rill, the Secretary to the Postmaster-General. THE PALMER BrEGll9.—Mr. Bell has withdrawn from the contest for the representation of the Falkirk burghs, savant by the elevatum of the Exl of Lincoln to the dukedom of Newcastle. The contest cow lies betwezn Mr. Baird and Xt. Wilson. PoirrY.—Tomorrow fore- - noon a large muster of the noblemen and gentlemen of both houses of the legislature meet at the residence of Lord Stan ley, when the noble lords and hon. members in attendance will be addresed by Lord Stanley ou the poli,y to be adopted at the opening of the session, DEATH (IT SIR FRANCIS LAWLET, BART.—We regret to have to record the demise of the above highly re spected baronet, who died ou Thursday night last, at his scat in Warwickshire, a short distance from Fawley. We cannot give any particulars of the death of Sir Francis fur ther than that it was most unexpected, as he was out shoot ing and apparently in the vigour of health on the Tuesday prior. The deceased Sir Francis was second son of Sir Robert Lawley (the filth baronet) by his marriage with Jane, only child of the late Mr. Beilby Thompson, and consequently brother of Lord Wenlock and the Dowager 1 I Lady Middleton. He was born in 1782. The late baronet was a at personal friend of the late Sir Robert Peel, of whom lie was a great admirer and a stanch supporter. Sir Francis repre+ented Warwickshire in the House of Corn mona in four parliaments, but hw+ not taken any active share iu politics since the general election in 183.3. As a landlord he was highly revered by , his tenantry on his estates in Warwickshire and Shromhire. The baronetcy passe', to his brother, Lord Wenlock, who will also inherit his large landed property. DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL EVATT. RE—On the 27th ult. this general officer, who had since 1832 held the appointment of a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engi neers, died at Canterbury at an advanc,d age. He entered the service in 1788. In 1794 he was present at the attack of Fort Fleur d'Epce, of Guadelaupe, and at the defence of Fort Matilda ; the next year he served at Dominica, when the French force which lauded for the reduction of the island was attacked and capture:!. He was present at the attack of the island of Porto Rico. The late Lieutenant- General Esau accompanied the expedition to Holland in 1799, and was wounded at the H Adel% DRAFT! OF CAPTAIN HENI:I HOWARD.—We tare to record the demise of this gentleman, who expired on the 29th ult., at his residence, Beauchrunp, county of Gloucester, aged 43. Ile entered the army iu 1824, and was on tie un attached lift since 1833. The deceased was son of the tenth Earl of Suffolk, by Elisabeth, daughter of Lord Sherborne. ,He formerly represented the borough of Cricklade parlia ' ment on liberal principles, but he was, nevertheless, a pro tectionist, so far as related to the importation of corn. lie married in 1845 Georgiana Maria, eldest daughter of Lieut.- , General Sir Jul= W. Guise, Bart. BOARD 01 , HEALTR.—Besidee the bleineee of the valuations of old cemeteries and private burial grounds, for compensation on closing them, and besides the valuation and examination of new sites, the Board of Health has been engaged in the investigation of the claims to compensation of the clergy, churchwardens, and the parishes. We be lieve that up to the last week the investigation of the claims of seventy of the parishes (including those of Marylebone, St. Pancras, and a number of the City parishes) had been decided.—Geser eer , INCREASE OF FIEF ENGINE STATIONS.—At the Maryleboac vestry, on Saturday, the inadequacy of the present arrangements for protecting the west and northwest of London was brought forward, in a letter from Mr. Skelt. It is now thirty years since the King-strut. Portman. square, engine station was established, and although the west and northwest of London have much increased, to pro tect the neighbourhood of BAgrave-square. Chelsea, and Kensington, there is no fire establishment nearer than King-street, Golden-square; nor is there one nearer then King-street,:Portman-square, to protect the neighbourhoods of Paddinirton, Bayswater, and St. John's Wood. The fire offices n..:eiTe first-rate pmfits from these places, the irsur once b..ast first-rate, and yet taillions of property arc left unprotected. CARDINAL WISEMAN ON POLISH CON VERSIONS. Yesterday evening a lo one woe delivered by Car dinal Wiseman, at St. George's, Southwark, on the subject of conversions to the Roman catholic faith. The lecturer commenced by showing that if there was one characteristic more than another which the present age was ambitious of obtaining, it was that of being an age of unceasing progress and advancement. In every department under the control of human activity there was a desire to advance, impatience of delay, and little or no reverence for experience. Every thing was shifting and experimental, and nearly all were looking with anxiety towards the future. In the midst of all this change there stood one power which had stability for its very essence, which had the past to calm and guide it ; and was secured by an unfailing promise. This was the church of God—the catholic church—which in principle was unchangeable, which, admitting the great doctrine of infldlibility as the basis of all ita dogmas, prevented progress or advance in what related to the great truths once committed to it. Therefore it was that to many that church was an object of hatred and ottenee. They saw that though the whirling, boiling ' tor rent might go around it, and fret against it, yet it trembled not, and removed not, but re mained as it was before—the rock of ages. Strange to any, while this was the only stable clement, there was nothing in the age that was making more progress, or was always inure completely up to the level of the tUvelopment of the human mind. Literature and science, however they might advance, found catholic* in their foremost ranks, ready to compete with others in research. in intelligence, in practical wisdom. Colonies were planted in the extremities of the earth, where there could be no barrier to free and independent thought ; the catholic was England, they would reply to the fart that the whole catholic church was combined week by week in prayer for the ennvenion of England, especially in what the catholic considered the most solemn and efficacious form of prayer—that which wan embodied in sacrifice—prayer unceasingly offered up for the conversion of this once W.and of saints. Ire was glad that the eyes of the public were now opened with regard to must of the doctrines of their reli gion. Open, straightforward declaration wan row the proper course for them, and he had no doubt that they would make satisfactory progress, PROSECUTION OF CARDINAL WISEMAN. A report hue been for roma time in circulation *hit some gentlemen residing iu \Vestminstcr, who ajecttd to the appropriation of their ancient city as the seat of an arehiepiiroptil oce of the Roman church, and did not them selves like to be governed by one of the cardinals of the Sovereign l'ontitt, had accepted Cardinal Wiseman's challenge to test the legality of the recent Papal proceed ing' by an appeal to the law, provided he would admit that they took place with his consent. It appears that a long comssputalcuce has taken place betuet n the Caedistal's solicitors and Mr. H. W. Valiance, the solicitor rettined for foe propti,d prosecution, and we are given to to.derstanil that it is likely to be published. The Cardinal took time to consult with counsel, and it is understood under their advice, takes the benefit of the legal axiom, that a man is not bound to criminate himself. Diligent endeavours, it is said, have been made by the solicitor to obtain from other sources legal proof that the Pop 's letter and the Cardinal's manifesto were published by the autho rity of the latter, but hitherto without PUMP/. there before, or with others, and befo7etheinfiud republic had assumed its shape, the catholic worship was established in a pile which, perhaps, towered over the huts and cottages ' of the early settlers. To listen to the popular th.vries respecting the catholic religion, one might believe that the only atmosphere in which it could flourish was one con genial to the darkness and gloom of superstition and 1 ignorance ; that in order for it to reach its maturity snit its perfection, fetters must bo placed upon the mind, and the reasoning powers of man must be chained down to servile obedience. Well, the experiment had been tried. France had declared itself a republic, and the clergy of that country would tell them that there had been a great gain to religion • since the form of government was changed. And was it not strange that at this very moment, when their religion had bees more harshly dealt with in this country than at any previous period within their memory—when it had been held up to contempt, and even execration—when from every extreme of the press, from every pulpit of the church and the meeting-house, from every platform of every city and county of the empire, there had come forth the most fearful denunciations—denunciations more terrible than any which even inspired writers had ventured to use respecting heathenism—was it not strange that at that moment con versions should be multiplied, and persons of intelli gence, and sense, and education, and bight character, should be embracing, day after day, the tell- gion of a soft which, like the early hristians, are everywhere contradicted ? " Why is this ? ' was a question ' which everybody must naturally he asking himself. Of the ' fact there could be no doubt, and little did those who hail ' been agitating the public mind know the calm and confident look with which the catholic had gazed upon all that he hail witnessed. The certainty which catholic:* felt that their re ligion must and would make progress, not only iii spite, but in consequence, of all that had been one to prevent it. Ile dated from all this warfare against the church of God a period of progress far beyond what they had yet seen. Why, than, was the catholic religion making visible progress its this country ? One simple reason was this, that in every age and in every place where two systems of thought stood in antagonism to each other, the loss of the one mast he the other's gain. The church established in this country by law was losing. He did not say that this was a test of truth, but it was n reality. If in polities or toleration, or anything else which divided men into parties, one side was habitually losing ground and the other as certainly gaining, that might be a transition from truth to error. But how stood the present case ? The catholic church had lust at time., lust most deplorably ; but even at that great epoch, when this country separated itself from the communion of the whole catholic church, there was a violent action, a wrenching off by force of one branch of the tree. The Reformation was the work of one generation or little more, and then it settled down with no farther power of progress, hut rather, in later times, with a constant tendency to dissolution. In like man ner at the close of the last century the church of Frame sunk as a prey to infidelity ; but there was no other system Tilratline ground —all building Ci u la p e: and ye d ti i:ord an t e:r e , 4 n I e s a l tholiCchu n re e l r t returned to its place. It pleased (led to keep a genii still alive in this country, which prevented us from being, like Sodom and Gomorrah, utterly destroyed. It was certain that for every One th it the catholic church gained the church of England lost; there wax a distortion of equilibrium which passed from the one side going to the other, una weakening it. Moreover, from the church of England, and not from the catholic church, had sprung that multitude of religious denominations which coustitued 60 great a propor tion of the population. Now, this was an important test of the truth of a religium If it were in a state of constant lass and diminution, the question naturally arose what were its future prospect‘ The established church claimed ex clusively what had been so lately termed territorial juris diction; it claimed to have its bishops considered the pas tom of the population or every city and every county. How did it discharge this tremendous responsibility? It was jealous of exceptions; it had again called upon catho lies, through its otlicial organs, to join in communion with it, and had denounced them as schismatics, fur refusing to do so; but had it come to them es the shepherd seeking the lost sheep, tracking them through the desert, and kindly offering to bear them on his shoulders, or promised to teach them the true faith, unity of doctrine? What hope had they that if they joined this church, she would do anything for them ? Why, it was acknowledged that in this very metropolis there were hundreds of thousands of people who had no religion what ever. Were they to be eared for as they were ? Were they to be locks' and instructed as they were? Could the Church of England hope that she would bring the whole body of dissenters and catholino into her communion ? No, and he would tell them why. lie did not believe that there was in the Church of England the constieusiiess, the assu rance, that what they were doing, what they were teaching, was the work of God. That assurance is an heirloom of SURREY ADJOURNED SESSIONS. the one only catholic church of God, and was incommuni cable to any other body. The total want of power in the established church was, then, one source of gain to the catholic church. There wan a small phalanx of learned men who had left the Church of England after mature deliberation, though such was nut the case, per haps, of the great bulk of the converts. What was it that brought these men to the catholic church ? Why almost invariably the feeling that there was no common p • .'ple among their teachers to guide them under every variety of circumstances. They found, too, that there was no food for their souls, that there was none of that ardent spirit of piety circulated or practised which their souls longed fur; and they at length found that there was no resource fur them but to come to the catholic church and there seek fur all they had before sought in vain. The church of England lost, there fore, not merely fur want of fervour iu itself, but by the actual defectiou of its must valuable supports, and there must be on inherent and radical defect in a system which threw off from itself whatever was most sound, vigorous, and healthful. But he should be doing an injustice to the catholic cause if he represented it an gaining merely by the imperfections of other systems. That such was not the ease would be evident on considering what were the instruments made use of in the work of conver sion. It had often been said that a great many persons embraced the catholic religion from a love of its ritual, its solemn functions, its imposing ceremonial, what was termed theatrical display by persons who understood not what they saw in a catholic church. it was, perhaps, a singular cir cumstance, that of those who were converted, by far the greater part, as far as his experience went, hail never pre viously been in the least degree familsr, or even ac quainted, with catholic rites and ceremonies. Many had not a single catholic acquaintance, and had never spoken to a cathulic priest in their lives, until they came to ask to be received into communion with that church. A great number of persons who were con verted lived at a distance from any catholic place of wor ship; and constantly were they receiving letters from per sons in the country, who were living in their families, and bad never spoken to a catholic, but who yet felt an earnest desire to become acquainted with catholic doctrines, or' even at once to embrace the faith. Ile did not believe there had yet been one single convert brought to the catho lic religion merely by what was called the imposing elli.rt of the catholic ceremonial. Again, it was supposed that there was some strange art, some fascination, by which catholic., and the catholic clergy in particular, coiled themselves round the mind of au indiv ideal, and dragged him into the church without hie haring the power of resistance. On this subject a few simple facts would be better than any vague statements of opinion. Ile believed it to be a of the present times that conversion was no 11Z: h an er, ty it frequently used to be, eeternal , but had its growth almost entirely within the mind of its subject. In former times it was the reading of a controversial work, ur the hearing of a sermon, that induced persons to think about the Homan catholic religion; there was disputation and controversy ; now, the external work was Little more than the individual's making a profession of faith, and passing through the necessary steps. This, surely, did nut result from any art of theirs; It must, humanly speaking, be the result of the working of the mind itself, of thought, reflection, i nwar d conv iction, and a careful examination of what was passing around. Humanly speaking, he repeated, fur it was the grace of God, and that alone, which made converts to the catholic religion. They were astonished at the strange visitations, the irresistible calls, which impelled men to come to the church to seek, not for ease, not for happiness, but for salvation. But it would be said " Yours is such an easy religion; it holds out so many temptations." It would be difficult to convince men out of the church, how false that view was. If a catholic changed his religion to day, be had only to take his seat in the parish church, and curiosity to know who the new comer was, was the only trial to which he would be subjected there. There was nothing compulsory on one who became a protestant. On the other hand, what was the trial of the minister, who, after having been loved by his flock, and looked up to as its father, became a humble catholic, submitted to confession, received absolution, and perhaps became dependent on the bounty of others ? Was all this cosy ? Were there no sacrifices here ? It was heart-rend ing at times to see the struggles through which the convert had to pass. Catholics well knew that they trusted far more for the conversion of any one, or for the conversion of a multitude, to the power of prayer than to any amount of controversy, of lecturing, preaching, writing or persuasion. If catholies were asked to what they attributed the conver sion* which had taken plans as frequently of late years in THIS DAY. The Fehenary souiotut, for the county of Surrey, com menced this tuorninit ta the Court-house Newmgton cauwway, before Thomas Fuel;le, Esq. (chriirman), and a full bench of magbtrates. The calendar contained tho names of fifty-two priwmcnt for trial,—filly for felony and two for raj...demeanour. The chairman hating adtlrcued tho grand jury a , to the nature of their duties and dinni.sed them, proceeded to dispose of some unimportant eases ot robbery. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, THIS DAL The February session of the Central Criminal Count eons meneed this morning. before the Right Hun. the Lord Manor, the Recorder, the Common Serreaut, Alderman Sir J. nuke, the sheriff., under-sheriffs, &e. The calendar at present contains the names of 192 pri soners._ The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, expressed his regret at not being able to congratulate them upon the comparative lightness of the calendar, as had 11:111 tho ease at several of the previous it,`Sitions for he teat sorry t 3 observe that there was not only the usual number of pri soner', lint that the Offences charged against them were of a very serious character, and that there were a number of charges involving the destruction of human life. Thu grand jury, however. were aware that the duly which they were arsenibled to perform was not to try the eases that were brought before them, but merely to ascertain whether there were sufficient grounds to justify them in putting the accused prisoners upon tht:r trial, and he should only feel it to be his duty to make a few observations with regard to two or three other eaves. The learned Recorder then alluded to the case of Bill, the keeper in a lunatic asylum, who was charged with the man , slaughter of one of the patients, and he obaerved th them was this difficulty in the ease, that no one was p at rtsent when the violence which was alleged to have horn the cause of death was committed but the person tic cased and sonic of the patients; and it synclind that the magistrate at the police-court had re ceived the evidence of one of those persons. As a general rule of law the ti,tirnony of persons who wire born idiots or lunatics was not admissible, but in the present instance it appeartsl that the person who had been received as a witness was only labouring tinder a particular delusion, and was perfectly sane upon other subjects ; and, if the grand jury should be of opinion that he was a com petent witness, and that he gave a rational account of the transaction, upon which they might rely, they would be justified in finding a true bill. His lordship next directed their attention to the case of tho lad East, elm was charged with having shot a lataiiircr on board a vessel in the docks, while he was amusing himself with shooting at a mark; and he told them that although there did not appear to he any ground for nupposiag that the prisoner was at nil aware of the probability that suah a lamentable occurrence should have taken place, atilt, if the grand jury should be of opinion that the death was the re suit of negligence on the part of the prisoner in discharg ing a dangerous weapon civic to a public high way, he would still to amenable to the ehargc of manidaughter. The learmsl recorder next referred to the case of Baxter, the engine-driser on the Eastern Counties railway, who was charged with the man laughter of one of the officers employed upon the line, and lie observed that the question fur them to consuls riu this case was whether the accident which caused the death was the result of any general mismanagement of the railway in question, or whether it seas from criminal negligence of the person accused, in the latter case only would it he their duty to flail a hill agaimt him. The lust ease referred to by the learned judge was the charge against a person named Brown of having cheated at cards at the Licensed Victuallers' hall, at tho London Tavern, and he stated that, until th:passing of a recent statute, he should have had some difficulty in directing them that the uet imputed to the defendant amount , d to an offence ; hut, by act of parliament of Bth & 9th Vie., the net of whaling money by cheating ut cards was made n misdemeanour ; and if that act tte:e (-sta. tho party might tont iettil of the °franc of obtaining money . by Lbw pretences. tiegnu:a jury then retied. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. BOW-STREET. " A, Tern lIIIET-TANNUS."—J. DotOney, aged 14, and J. Butler, aged 16, were eharwed with robbery, •. . . , , A constable said, on Saturday night he saw the prisoners among a crowd of persons in IloMont. Downey touched a gentleman's pocket, and the other prisoner corer:d his actions. The gentleman left the crowd, and Downey took the Im:l,lkt:rein:l' produced out of the gentleman's pocket, and gave it to Butler, who placed it inside Ids waistcoat. The gentleman went away ill an omnibus, and witness ob tained the assistance of a young man, who also witueyel the occurrence, and they took the prisoners into custody. Witness found the handkerchief in the possession of Butler. . . . Butler denied the charge, and raid he' was walking along Holborn with Downey, when the constable and a young man who was in court said they had a job for them. They were taken down a dark court, and searched. The constable said, " HAW, you got the handkerchief ?" and the man bald, " Not yet." The man imutediutely slipped the silk hand kerchief in his breast, where it was found by the constable. Downey corroborated his companion's statement, and said he saw the man slip" the hanker chief in Butler': breast. Mr. Hall said this was a very serious charge, and must le inquired into. The young man was called, but not sworn. He said he was some yard. from the prisoner Butler when the hand kerchief was found. The prisoners still persi,ted in their statements. Mr. Hall asked how the younit man alluded to obtained his living? The instiector said he was a carver and guilder by trade, but occasionally oasisted the police in apprehend mg _thieves. Mr. Hall said the evidence of amateur thief-takers ought to be received with great caution. Any person Of expe rience must know that those persons will verrafttivstreleh a point to obtain a day's pay. He should disppnwrwitlir his testimony in this vac, and heillSb refined to Intyl lira over to prosecute. The prisoners were committed - fetr trial on the evidence of the constable only. WORSHIP-STREET. iiIO7IWA7 Honor:fir. Cole, alias Pluckratr, wea charged with 'dealing from the person of W: Bishop a purse containing twelve sovereigns, a half bur ereign, and a cheque for 41. 4a. Pracentor stated that about 9 o'clock on the evening 01 Thursday, the 23nl January, he wax passing areas nagger- ~tone-Nelda, when he met the prisoner, who observed " It's a dark night." Prosecutor assented, remarking that ho had lost hn. way. Prisoner said he could find the path, ond volunteered hit assigance, which was declined. Prisoner then crossed to the right, a little in advance, and spoke to some parson, hut in‘tantiv returned, and crowing to the left got on a alight embankment, saying "Oh here's the path; give me your hand. I will help you up." Prosetutor did so, but was at that moment noised from behind by another man, who put his arm round hie neck, and threw him to the ground. Prisoner itudant/y drew a knife, and said " Hold him down." H e th en • cu t o il the right-hand pocket of prosecutor's t containing the property named, and afterwards twisted his gold guard from his neck. Both men then made off; while ho was calling for help. Police-constable Morelli deposed to having taken the pri soner into custody at a coffee-shop, on Friday week, ter another offence. Prosecutor identified him from among others in the station-house Prisoner, at his request, was remander for threo days, to prove an alibi. ARRIVAL OP THE COURT PROM WINDSOR.—TbiII meriting, the Queen, areompaniad by Prince Albut, the Prince of Wales, and the Prineem Royal, Lit Windaor•eastic, and proceeded to the station of the Ct cat Wesurn Railway, where a special train was in reatlinc— to convey the royal party to London. Immediately on arrival in town they proceeded in privatc , erniages to REGIMENTS TO EMBARK THIS lIONTJT-11011, THE MEDITBILIIANILAN.--41st regisacint, COrk.ilethajlacya," for Corfu ; 47th regiment, Cork, to tl4ll#*lbt Chef u • 4atk regiment., Cork, to the Allipoor Ind ttkpoor,llift.64fai 92.ul regumnt, Cork, to the Apollo, for Perth. rbUr 011143 rogimeuts, the 74th, _45.5th, 65th, and V414_4111111, forders for ' Gibrultar and the Meditertmenn, yolk Ili eltociaAs have been provida, &leo procvcl fropir tiload.' lilt, it . doubtall whether, tbcy =boa To9r ~; ~t:::ay;, \~/ \~ , :