The Express. — London, England, 1852-01-07 00:00:00

• -~-.- se e- ' Tvb xl3 rts LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1852. [THREEPENCE. - . • u ow awl War. - - - .....rat grow • era ototavi of Willow mita awaited u. ~, .••••too N. sal so u Ito II beegiillol . real ha I.Z t a , %gip TA, WRAPPEAS to *normal the bro . =Who. ~ N warp. aGL NW Ir. err taArt. Ile trait i..t. It lo to eil erne !habeas. oral= 12. Illa 111 I. • ..4,.., • •• ./ -. . . • . -.,. -. •. - , , X y . No. 1,676.] - _._ H . E. I N ;I R T 7l. rd I MILL 8, ; OIVeIItD.ATRIZT. ii 111 4 , LONDON, rornetwowde; his highly- 4d GOLD i, WATCUL4, of the 11011.1. , • Zt oSTat. (I)I4ITItUCTION, : ~ :..., " .-4 ti \ tioLla ttl hUt, IKW ILLED„ I 1 4 • i . N .... • Wive (ALUM/ each. In -Ilea • wen. at Two. eial.a-liall iitilreaa each. tan , • ck .0 , NEW 6110 W-KIM ill% at l(4 t . .. '', ... 4 ',....,) s 111. a &tabu an eateadve : ~. ..., .., towatesent of New sad . 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I.T.STI V 111 ES At this festive -:•• 4 ,4 the per. th. 1••••oatne nancaltod diaconertre for the • ... 4 ..• I •Lto .earraeal /mamma, asasely, 1113WIANIN3' :, • , ~ 1 . .. r ,ra.e‘vat and meaning a Wier Mei heatl el ~ -* %.,.,:..r, !r.o Ten u•ine the chin roll. lair, and , .. 6 ...... • le Ye 1.• thhean. et Pesti lirelerlee, lee lisperteg: . . ...I.'ree keth ; and tOelamile' Aqua ~ twine pefraeoe, an Harntivi nevem &clue n i t j . e tt g Arteroof ~ . .ma at sal renentral ..voce.e . ....ev. The iatrenare Ca 707eley • • t wr.o. as the arellAiwea let illible rfh.ao at time . . ~• -hen a .rte' sty enparattried, oath raw er then peep. . • . ~ .....awnn pereenta. Wears of alpertoto ~eiudi,,,, • . ..1 anah hears the mat a •. lietcland.' " n le Irnieleleill.-9iddlew A. letewitst7l7 4 3= ... I .. .4 , r. .... WOO.. end W ebeinbie awl ',nehmen. - 11ARLOW'fi NEW IN- . =MUD ti D niLIe.ACTIN ST PHOII . - 1-s. 10 A . , t„ 0 ,,„,.,...... . IPreonie ale. We . 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Pr Carr 7 ., , , en Mail gives the following abstract ( 6e twoontutional onlinanees tent out by Lord Grey: 7"4 poli meat of the tettlemeit of the Cape of Good I r 14.1 e , bsist of a gunmen, a Legiaattee Council, and of A...en:il. r., oisseil will condst of the chief justice, . at. and of fifteen elective members. • to ushers of the Legislative Coun7il will forma f , r the divsteh of business. the %R, en invent, •n of the Conned, eight are to he from the• western districts, and seven from the r . l dist nets. _ . e . the fifteen meinhers lint elected, the eight (four from wed, Fa and four tnen the eastern districts) who have • 6 tletted h f wen votes shall vacate their seats at the e vs years. ..ad the awohers afterwards elected • . .I their seeu for the term of ten years, unless the he sooner dissolved by the governor. House of Assembly shall consist of forte.vis mem. • I e elected for the term of flee year.. Steen mem _ I. luster of the member presiding, to form a quoram. theta's] divisions are to be the Cape division (exclu ,e f lap! Town), Kilmesbury, Ste,lenhoseb, the Pearl, Assault% seellentlam, Ca!ohm. George., I.7itenhage, at sixth, .%lbeav (exclosive of Graham's Town), Fort Aston. Victoria, Ai'wet, nomerset, Cinmf-Iteinet, Cra elt. 4.:.lesberg, Beaufort, and Worcester, Cape Town (to :in.:disco ewe electoral divisions, one of them includ • Point', and fireballs's Town. Two members are .4eted for e soh di. uien. person, who shall hove oceurisd, for his rad tsmelit, within any electoral division, for t. te. Ive months neat before the clay of registra t Midint of the value of 2,1. shall be entitled to ' • Atereil as a voter for memb^n of both houses. But or other person, shall he deemed to have so 6 I sae premises. of which, in law, the possession s . dt:em, dtobe in some other person. Joint oyez o t e n t otos sueleient value tiqualify them seve r: ...di be cont 4 dto vote. Pio person shall be an eke ' • ..: ohe is of the full age of 21 years, and either a Ben sahj..et, or a British subjeet who was ~s 1 ith or January, ItiOti, a subject of the Batavian • . t..ut to this colony, or else, if of alien birth, acute*- . sow set of the imperial or colonial legislature. N shall be entitled to vote who shall hold any Mete it itaskr her Majesty within the colony, or atoll be nitiested insolvent, or of unsound mind, or eon s ' :•.t awl sentroced for treason, murder, rape, theP, c.... p !jury, or forjery, unless he shall have received 'Nee. 14 governor .I:ell:cause a register of electors to be t. nit, by fit anti peeper persons, in and for each is each elemond division, in well as separately in t.. • ...envie divisions of Cape Town and Graham's Town. Ifi..t.rate tbnetio- copied from the draft ordinance of the Ir. )•21/Ihrld. ore given with regard to the mode of kr-a.e. thew lists.) tory ',non qualified to vote shall he qualified to be a eseretwr of the Legislative Ass, mhly. Lary tindidate for tit.. Legislative Couneil must be tenatited II a requisition signed by twenty-five electors, w...; avast has, or" peed this nomination. The lists of can -I..itts who Lev,. .n thus nominated shall be published ettu frorteorn G.izetr., fourteen &lye at least before • ippon! , I for the commencement of the poll. Lets ritir sh.:l be entitled to give as enemy votes for Sot "tr. of I. Legislative Council as there are members It co his province (western or eastern), and le Ant :iv.-one rote to each candidate, or may distribute ▪ •• • ita...4 the eandol,tes in such proportions as he ht, ..1 may zi ve them all to one candidate. The too- en'e :.;.a nst the name of each candidate in the pa, 4 ..st, wt.., a he may desire to have chosen, the num b': saes v ic'i he shall give to such candidate, and sub ante such lid with his name at length; and every such 1 12.11•W5h...1 be attested by the officer taking the poll. ;- ram shall he qualin al to be a member of the Legis ka. why shall he under thirty ysars of age, or " 144 bur Lc the owner, for his own sae end benefit, ▪ amovehlift prepirty, situate within the said colony, of ativ:* ov. r and above all special conventional a r.c.:.:,..l,tetitig the rime; or who shall not, being the '•' , :.r , rty, ar such value, but under mortgage, • t possi wed of property, movahle and irn t. • • . said colony, to the value of not less use 'l. es, r and ANA.: his just debts ; provided always s. tit m,lt.• I man, martin) In community of property, 14.1 •'. • ....Toone( this and every other *yet ion of the • which regirils the ownership and eau - r rty, he deemed and taken to own rat occupy t`o- whole of the property beh.ng ite.•• The qualification must be pen ("eati. • vt • , og as the In•lalwr shill hold his seat in the . 17 :rwelltar • shall summon the two howes to meet at lam tow awl Saes within the eulogy as hr shall think At, 1 .16.4 Miles months Best after the promulgation ut this 11.:14•0'. 1 6 Hl,* :nbly shall i legit one of its assasbors as la r• of the ocrurr, nee of • vacancy, from death or any star raw, Ilse ear, roar shall, by proclamation, or d er • s ".. "• 1 " t i la held , the merolo r so elected shall habil tilt lift piTell term fir which the member mar Mkt( b massy was elected. irv,vaar may prorogue th, , two houses whenever be VL•• St toe., , ; 1,114 he may dissolve one or both homes rs , isSt sum. soon of the parliament shall be held once at kart in . "Jr rms. r.ial co tory • the attomey.general, the tree- "we. ~..; iii 1 4.:1 . ..r, shall hose the right of sitting and is•,r ,•r ,oti N t, in either house. • any sum of rummy from the public t"' .u.isted, unless the fuveroor shall have the Roam of Assembly to make provision th , t,..1 public service for which such money is to • seta a rag. d. easetuor may assent to any bill, or ma y mime his ess as ...W . or m ,y resserve it for the signification of the sure oval it; or he may return it, with amend to r•tis , r b„11.1., at his pkasunr. But a bill assented td r too may be di sa ll owe d, w ithi n t wo year., by at brain veined. 441 ' , ""' I' supplies or imposing tares shall origis iht linsiw of Assembly. Ai, &lime. shall he roarlucted in English, and all re ^ e l" of peseasslags of parliamsut be kept in the mme lea- Mare. wit MIN r, of either house, who resides sit a greater %limes thaa ten miles from the plus at which P•rhalasitS meets, shall receive U. per day for every day 'pent in tra- SI l vailing to and from, or in attending at, any NIIiOII of par iament _ _ _ VMS die perliereeet shall otherwise direct, there shall be remenei out of the revenue of the eoloey tiro ease of for defraying the expenses of the several ger view sad purposes w the euhlotued schedules, A, 13, and Coked D : Schedule (A) —Governor ; Chief Justice,. two Puisno Judges • salaries of the Attorn:r and SolfEitor General, Crown Solicitor, and contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the administration of Justice throughout the colony ; Colonial litereemy, ..d Ceimaltirlien• surer, sad his department ; Auditor General and bin de partment ; salary of clerk, and miscellaneous expenses of Executive Council. Schedule 11) Perineum Schedule (C) WorNhip. Schedule (1)) - Border Department. Schedule (E) MEETING OF THE REFORMERS OF BRIS TOL-TUE PROMISED NEW REFORM BILL. In consequence of the promise of the prime minis ter, Lord John Russell, to introduce during the ensuing session of parliament a new Ittlerm Bill, a public meeting of the abseils of Bristol wee held Last night at the large room, kiroadnaceil, fur the purpose of cepressing an opinion upon it. George Thomas, • leading member of the munici pal corporation, presided ; and having briefly explained the circumstances under which the meeting had been genet ited, mid that as the first master of the crown hail promised to bring in • bill, serely they might to ask that which they wished. It would be the interests of all parties that the measure to be should be a liberal aseesure—(lwar, hear)--for it wee sot desirable in a commercial country like England, thet them should he frequent changes. (neer, hear.) But tat dm at the same time remember that if it should not go se dr as some of them wished it should go, yet, if it went further, it might not carry a large body of the liberal party with them. Union was might, and depend upon it if they di- sided themselves because one had a crotchet and another hail • crotchet, they would fever get on with the measure. 11. V ISOM Esq., ruse to move the first resolution, and was received with Jowl cheers. Ile urged the Wapiti:ince of their making known their sentiments, and to exert them selves so as to return two meinlh em at the next election wets should represent what he believed to be the sentiments of nineteen twentieths of the constituency. Mr. roger eon eluded by proposing That this meeting recognises with pleasure the declared intention of her Majesty's First Mia bier of the Crown to introduce into parliament early nerd erosion a bill for the better representation of the people." CHARLES CASTLE, Esq., said, in seconding the reser lotion proposed by Mr Finger, he felt that there were a few words which he might with propriety address to the meeting le the fleet place he thought they were entitled to give Lord John Russell thanks fur the course he hail taken in announcing last session his intention to bring the measure forward. lie had given them time to prepare themeless, soul if they did not do so it would be their own fault. Their duty was to expresa their feelings boldly and strongly, sad in city of Bristol there was an additional reason why they should do so. They had had a dinner lately of the Dolphin Society, at which one of their members (Mr. Miles) was represented to have said that be believed the people of Bristol did not care twopence for the new Re lona Bill. (Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Castle) believed that the people of Bristol did care for such • measure— (cheers) —that the electors whom he saw around him de sired th.t others who were equally intelligent and qualified as themselves should also hare the franchise. (Hear, hear.) And he believed that at the next elec tion Mr. Miles would find that the people of ' Bristol thought the same as he (Mr. Castle) did. A pe tition would be presented to the meeting for adoption, con taining the points which were considered most import ant, as forming part of any new reform bill. That such an eatensiou of the suffrage as they asked fur would come he had no doubt. It might be lost next session or it might be gained. He believed it would be gained, but tlut could only he by the large cities coining forward to claim it. The resolution having been adopted, JOSEPH COATES, Esq., proposed, "That this meet ing desires to emir's., its deliberate conviction that any measure of parliamentary reform which dues not provide for the vote by ballot, the abolition of small constituencies, and the more fair and equal distribution of electoral districts, the extension of the franchise to all ratepayers, triennial parliaments, and the abolition of the property qualifi cation fur members of parliament, will be inadequate and unsatisfactory to the 'latent at large." Ile said the resolution was neither sweeping nor theoretical, but perfecey practicable. It did nut propose guy violent radical change, but simply to 'repair that which was im paired, and which interfered with the proper working of the social machine. They were nut a nation giveu to change but they did hope to bring about those reforms which ;he improved and altered condition of the people warranted, and which reform he telt immured would lead to greater progress amongst them. ( Chases.) lie would have their votes protected by the a which would, he believed, do away with bribery corruption, and prevent sense Lord Connelford from return ing his bla ck valet. lie did not consider that they were yet ripe for universal suffrage, but he would extend the itanchise largely among the large and intelligent class of mechanic., who were among the best of her Majesty's sub jects, and would have triennial parlieniente, which would enable them to exert a closer influence over the house. (Cheers.) The property qualificatien, too, must be re moved. It was not required for members in Scotland, or the universities, and it could not be needed in Englaed. W. TOTHILL, Esq., briefly seconded the resolution, which was carried with three dissentients. 11. MILLS, EN., moved the adoption of a petition based upon the resolution. el J. THOMAS, Esq., seconded the petition, and t having been adopted with but three dissentients, W. HERAPATH, Esq., came forward to move a vete of thanks to Mr. Berkeley for his consistent advocacy of the cause of reform, and especially for the effort, he had em ployed in endeavouring to procure the enactment of vote by ballot. One of the speakers had expressed an opiuion that thanks were due to the prime mined , r for making an inti mation of his intentiou to bring forward the measure. Now he .or one did not agree with that, and he would tell them why he did not. lie did not believe that Lord John Rus sell would ever have been the man to have brought such • measure forward unless ho saw some necessity for doing it. I (Hear, hear.) lie had been sorry to see Lord John Rue ful!, who went into alike on the shoulders of the people, refuting constantly to grant them Wet which he ought to have granted them. It was lamentable to se* a minister eastiug, not by the strength of his own popularity, but by the weakness of his opponents. (Ilea., hear.) JAMES JENKINS, Esq., seconded the vote of thanks; which was carried by acclamation, and acknowledged by The Ken. Y. H. BERKELEY, in a very eloquent eilittm. The benovinble gentleman reviewed the question of the ballet, sad referred to the scenes of intimidation witnessed by kiwi spun his but CRUVIUM of the city of Bris tol, which lad bees the original means of directing his mind to the great hopectanee of that measure. He claimed for hintossU, having twice olotaioed majorities upon his mo tions for leave to bring is • bill, the degree of master of one on the question, a title which they could not refuse him, singe he had graduated at Bristol. (Cheers.) Ile had I smer a bill before parliament which had been read a first time, and he would toll them the coarse which be Intended to take regarding it. Should Lord Jobs Russell adopt the qweelies ho would gladly mole a bonfire of the bill, but should he reds , he do so ' le wield move It as ma amendment se reform OK "sm.) Bigsod upon it the ballot wadi extend the sedbeee and It wield extend the fur not only inn time eieleberr who. eadrePalliagrper trot system, emenallehiles sew hut there wen saw vow sands who would est gm taws ask maw wpm raw' fluter of eledne s bump Ility wail Est apse Ilissiiint to coercion sad f ids Ito bon masher emit ss to advocate the misomism d ate ssfrage and to voter *at ' intelligenee sad orbs* swine manifested by the= ties Clll.OlO of this emissy at the time of the great Lion and epee ores- public occasions. He claimed ifig large numbers of the radio a right to vote and to be pro tected in the exercise of their frailehiee; he was in favour, too, of shortening the duration of parliaments, bat not with out the protection of the ballot. Ile for awe should not be afraid of meeting hie monatitaenta annually. (Loud cheers.) A vote of *sake having been given to the chairman, and three cheen '• Berkeley," and three more for "Berkeley and Thames," the vast easemblage separated. NATIONAL FIiZEHOLD LANII SOCIETT.—Last evert 'tag • public meeting of the 111CP1111211 of this society took at the Beaumont Institution, Mile - end - road. Mr. .Or A. Wilkinson presided, and having @splinted the ob. jolts and principl• a of the society, °burred that he was mast anxious that such institutions should be established throughout the kingdom. It was highly necessary that these societies should be supported upin commereial prin , ciples, otherwise it would be quite impassible to secure Weir success upon political of local 'retinae. The opera tion of this and other simile societies had already been so faz successful, that a large number of small capitalists had joined the undertakings; and he regarded this fact as a satisfactory proof that the investment was of a profit *Me nature. The conductors of the freehold land societies considered that they were offering to the working skews a very favourable opportunity fur investing their money, sad it was an important principle amongst them, that care should be taken to distrihute the advantages of the system with propriety sod justice. Mr. Ebenezer Clarke, Mr. Uilpin, Mr. Koolau, and others severally ad dressed the meeting upon We operation and advantages of freehold teed and building societies, and *tan:meets were mane to the effect that those societies were gradually wearing the support of the her. the church, and some of mast diatinguallood Jaen in the country. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIS DAY. OLD COMM.—Duos' Balm Pure AND Ma. Joann Wsumme. Fonosay. /tonna Weir, alias (Aria Ihvidaow, 19, a good-looking young woman. pleaded guilty to three indictments, charging her with uttering forged Bank of England notes fur 51. and 401., with intent to defraud. Mr. Bodkin, who wan counsel for the prisoner, said he WM instructed that she was connected with a very re-' speetable family and that there was good reason for be hewing she had 'been made a dupe by another party, and that she hail been made the instrument of carrying out the guilty object of that party. Under these circumstances he applied fur the postponement of the sentence until the next session, in order that certain facts might be laid before the authorities of the Bank of England, which would possibly induce them to sanction a lenient course being adopted towards the prisoner. Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the prosecution, said that the Bank knew nothing more of the case than appeared in the depositions, but be had no objection to the Mune that was suggested, and any facts that were laid before the authorities of that corporation, would of course be taken iatncoosideration. The court, under these circumstances, respited the judg ment Rounrrtr. E. C. Masterlon 33, a Cleri. in the General Post•ofilee, was charged with stealing a letter containing Is., the pro perty of the Postmaster-Oeneral. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecu tion. The prisoner was defended by Mr. &limning. It appeared that the primmer hail been In the service of the Part-office for four years, and on the 31st Dec., in con sequence of something that had previously transpired, a messenger in the office, named Forbes, was directed to watch hint while he was engaged in sorting the letters that were to he despatched by the morning mail. After he had been PO employed fur soma time, the witness saw tho pri soner crumple no two letters and put them in his pocket, and when ho had finished his duty and was about to leave the office, lie was stopped, and on his being searched, two letters, one containing a shilling and the other a shilling and a fourpenay piece, were found in his wissession. Upon the discovery taking place, the primmer said lie did not know hew lie came to do it, it must have been infatuation, and he tidied that it would be the death of his wife, as she had had no one but him to protect her. Mr. Ballantine addressed the jury for the pri,aner, and called several respectable witnesses, who gave him a most excellent character fur a period extending almost to his childhood. The learned Judge havint summed up, the jury found the prison, r Guilty; but, at the came tints, recommended him strou,:ly to mercy, 011 sccouut of his previous good character. Ile was sentenced to he transported for seven years. The ease of Ddvis and Heilbronn for frapdulently obtain ing goods.to at very large amount from di& rent tradunnen three months previous to the bankruptry of the former pri soner, rids postponed to the next session. FATAL EXPLOSION AT HIGHGATE. The case of Mr. Edwards, whose it juries by the accident which occurred to himself and his friend Mr. Foster were alluded to in yesterday's E.rpreas, did not appear hopeless until Sunday evening ; but, though Mr. lirendon sat up with his patient for two nights, and did all that could be done for his relief, death took place on Monday morning, its imme diate cause being apparently the irreparable shock sus taiued by the norvous system at the moment of the acci dent. It in gratifying to state that the gentleman who so nobly risked his own life, for the sake of his friend, conti nued gradually to recover. and is now progressing favour ably towards complete recovery. The event lute caused tho deepest distress to Mr. Edwards s parents and other relatives. One brother of the deceased resides at Hampstead; but with that exception the family, which is numerous, resides at a considerable distance in the west, and, having received a telegraphic communientiou, they all set off instantly for London. As regards the precise cause or manner of the accident, it seems impossible to speak with certainty, Mr. Footer having been so stunned by the explosion that he de clares that he cannot recollect distinctly anything that im mediately preceded. It may, however, be conjectured, as a probable solution of the calamity, that the lamp having gone out, the smouldering spirits had a tendency to attract the flame of the candle, and thus to produce ignition end combustion ; something similar to this having been fre quently observed in the relighting of common candles. We may add that, on public grounds, it seems most desirable that spirit lamps, set forth as " patent," " peerless," " self gas-generating," and so on, should be subjected to some safety -test , in order that the properties, whatever they may be, of their combustible fuel may not again lead to such lamentable results. NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. TO THR EDITOR OF THE REPRESS. SlB,—The composition, ecclesiastical, of the depu tation trom this association which waited upon Lord John ltussell to-day, at Downing•utreet, is an evidence that the scheme of the National Public School Association is not an tagonistic to the feelings and opinions of the religious Nunes generally. The deputation included influential ministers and laymen belonging to each of the following religious bodies; namely, church of England, the eongre gangue.% body, the free church of Scotland, the baptists, the united presbyterian church, unitarians, quakers, and Jews.—Yours, ite. A FRIEND OF EDUCATION. TILE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH IN DANOEIL—Dor ing the heavy gale from the north on Saturday night and Sunday morning, a large Russian schooner, called the Robert, M. Lange master, bound to Cadiz, from Shields, in endeavuuring to best down Channel, was obliged to bring up. The gale increased in severity, and eventually the vessel drifted, when her anchor gut hold of what the cap tain believes to hare been the submarine telegraph. She then held on for some time, but her chain not having the strength of the electric cable, a fortunate circumstance, per haps she lost her anchor and mooring, and went again drifting. The master macceaded in getting her into the Downs, and receiving assistance from the !matins's she was brought to a secure anchorage. There does not appear to ' have been any interruption in working the telegraph, as a =image was received through on Monday morning at eight o'clock. A few days, however, will suffice to show whether the outer casing has been so far damaged as to admit the water to the wires, which would seriously influence them. EXPLOSION Ok FIRE•DAMP.—RECOYERY OP TWO Bouire.-04 Saturday en inquest was held at Great Lever, near Bolton, on the bodies of two men who were killed by an explosion in a coal mine not less than two months ago, but which were net found until Wednesday last, owing to the accumulation of inflammable gas in the workings, which set the coal on fire, and until then prevented any ctlec tual search for them. Mr. Dickenson, the government inspec tor of coal-mines for the district, wes present at the inquest. GROW SURREY TIDAL DOCK.—Amongst other measures proposed for the improvement end accommoda tion of the Thames navigation, a new plan is announced for the construction of a large tidal duck on the Surrey side of the river. A MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT occurred on Hog many night, at Echo Bank, Dalkcith road, from the in cautious handling of firearms. In the house of Mr. John Smith, • publican there, a party were assembled—foremost among whom in mirth and diversion was Smith himself. Observing a son of his loading a gun, preparatory to some &bootleg match on the following day,Smith hurriedly polled it out cif his hand,wbcn the percusaion cap, from some cause or other,e ploded, although the head was down on the nipple. The charge lodged in Smith's head, blowing a large portion of it completely away, and death was the immediate result. —Cakdonian Mercury. TIIE FORTIFICATIONS AT SHEERNESS. Orders have been given by the Colosiel•Commandeut, according to instructions from the Hots. Guards, to offs the sights and locks on ell the sea battery guns ; also to all the guns form ing the inner fortifications of the arsenal, citadel, &c. ; and an to sleek with shell, shot, end ammunition all the any Eriprims to the battenes. The Royal Artillery gegemmea es lisaday. mat a battery of about SO guns of logo Gs swivel carriages, which could, if necessary, Is ArosOmll seaward, and concentrated on one hull—Ship •PiefrassageAKWlCKSlllßE REGIMENT OF MILITIA.—The Lord Lieutenant has cancelled the commission of Philip Treater, gent., to be surgeon. Commission dated the 25th St April, 1841. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—ADMIRALTY, JAN. IL— Kate 3. A Cary, to Rapid. Assistant-Engineer F. G. De Teas, to Fury. MuVEMENTs.—At Constantinople: The Growler, on the 19th ult. At Malta: The Queen, Trafalgar, Albion, Superb, Vengeance, Bellerophon, Hercules, and Indefati dugable ; Steamers Terrible, Spiteful, Spitfire, Carwhic, Me sa, Ardent, Oberon, Merlin, and Medina, on the 26th ult. At Gibraltar : The steam frigate Dragon and steam-sloop Janus, in Gibraltar Say, on the 31st ult. EASTERN UNION RAI:A...Alt.—The executive com mittee appointed to settle this company's utfiirs have just galled on the simple contract creditors to seed in their ac counts, end at the time time to signify their assent or dis sent relative to the proposed deed of arrangement furls settlement. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—Gmss traffic receipts fur the week ending Fen. 3, ltsi2 : 12,4/44/. lis. 9d. ; ditto Jan. 4, Mil 12,2461. Il3s. 3d. Increase in 4081.45. Cd. RAILWAY& THIS DAY. Two o'Ciect. The share market is extremely quiet to-clay, and priors must be reported as stationary, the instances either of decline or improvement being very few and unimportant. Caledonians are a shade weaker. French shares are well supported at the late ad vance, and Northern and Rouen and Havre are again dearer. •NAtt4 AND STOCKS UNOVADANTUD. 14tiWAIL *alai prim TT -. . v t : °= all all 111 SY !!! 1,1 ! 7 *.:4. 1 st.liao It. le S. I 60Ia 46 13 IUr~Y --s ss i so IL la aU 20 SI ii:° iii h I .0 ii.' 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IS _ leli lISt 11, 14 14 12 U 61 6 7 pa 44 46 so 9i 991 j2ll 211 : B 41 6 111 ~I 3 11 ells " .1 n 29 991 921 to Mr. Wilson Wr..u. G p. Mina. limed to Atoottookttar. WM m nomeroot (Moroi' baud Western. 14 14 Cala!atlas MO ICbeger and Itolybead I thustlee earth. and All dem Jueatlue itestAtuttlaa(3l.lo.;6p.i 'Krim Counts* One la to.day up to I p.m. 161 16 131 14 38 0 i 474 61i i 97f c 1174 14 SHAR& I 1 , 1 Ms II IS I 1 i I dis 2 1 3 5 per Ct Ditio do. No. po. Now a or Oset.otnel_ 3111 58e i 101 i Pal I I Po 9/ 101 13* ICo It yas YAlnburgh, Pdril Dundee. 3 irer .nrost Nonhens 3 ' I iu.SpCt.lCaMeneEietlarip Otgthlit%e4ret(l)Elitlitlio LAnceshlrellamim. I , SIDI , Do. • per Gm. Kock ..1 Losloo,Briklat.e't &Omit, eret.SperCi.4t,tel6lol. l De. New Guar. 4 per Coot I !Loa.. t N.Wqrt.lo,•./. ale i s FeroTsit. Umbra 4111 Wons“ New 1100.11briklAne. les.1•1 W. New . . Ditto Preteens', ...: N?rkalt 93 114 147 71 10J Si Pm II 1.1 11 I Pis IM 1M .. . 4 0 die 1:i 11 4 1 40 e 17 1 S 15 I 11.1 I tiorto Brunk Daiwa, Woroonor aid Wolvor., 1:13. 6 per Omni ikrorrakikrnt.NortGoar.l 1113reor.DCbootas (Nor.W. kiln.) per ... f l Planar Devon York, Norrorotl;,lt Ottroftk of Dag.purob.l Ditto Ditto ... ,! " Ir ISM 16 U 6 6 •1 6. Is 11 164 I 41 • I Aa /0111SION IIAILWATO. aimlope NM Malmo .. 111 11$ Ofimme frump (Viers* 21 224 Outah lard* 4 41 41. Set 12011 s• . $ , m 410441 WWI PaMa;;o3. 11)0. Do. . I . 3 Ilarla . 61 11 30 301 21 31 As 43 44 IS 2/11 I ale . 1111 11 4 41 II di . 11 21 111 1444 4 Do. do. New :Some/rem Liege Noribern of France . Orleans :AA burrAssur Yule sad (*leans . D Paris and Down . IR Part and Arsisiaarg is Resets sad linens 41: Saabte a✓ -- I 1 II SI i 211 f 8 17, 1 11 I 4i 10i -sod SIM/ train Pod Maar, EGYPTIAN EAILWAY.—Our accounts from Alexan dria mention that great commercial activity prevails in that city, and throughout the whole of Egypt. A large gelidity of native produce of every kind had been received from Arabia. Preparations have already been made to commence the works of the railway. Abdallah hey, who is charged with the general inspection of the works, is an Englishman by birth. Penang were arriving iu Egypt I from every part of the world to seek employment on the line.—Augshurg Ga:ette. GLAND - W AND Sotrm -WESTERN RAILWAY. Traffic for the week ending Jan. 3, 1852:-4,6218t. 14e. td. Corresponding week in last year, 4,6611. lle. Is, 11 6 dis 4 MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'Ctors. Although the announcement that the National Debt Commissioners will hare three-quarters of a million sterling . to invest on account of the Sinking . Fund in the quarter ending tho sth April is calculated to strengthen the Eng lish stock market, the unfavourable tenor of the Cape news has discouraged the dealers, who are unable to form an opinion as to how long the heavy drain caused by the Kaffir war may continue. Prices of the home funds now stand at a decline of per cent., as compared with yesterday's closing rate, and of on the top price of that day. Consols opened lower than they left off yester day, being first called 97 to a, and they have since further receded to their present quotation of 96! to 97, both for money and tho 16th January. The transactions include another investment of the Government broker in this stock at 974. The day's business figures are as follows : Three per Cent. Consols, 971, 97 ex div.; ditto for account, 974, 97. Three per Cent. ReduCed,97l, ; New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents., 981, „. Long Annuities, 1860, 7. Bank Stock, 210, y. Exchequer Bills have risen another shilling, and are still looking up the abundance of money, which will be further increased by the dividend pay ments naturally inducing parties to seek a temporary and easily convertible investment. The present quo tation is Wis. to 618. prem. In India Bonds there have been a few sales at 695. prem. There is less movement in the foreign stock mar ket to-day, but prices of the favourite stocks are sup ported at the late advance. Mexican Bonds hare experienced a slight rally. The transactions re corded are us follows :---Danish Five per Cents., 103. French Five per Cent. ]testes, 101 f. 25c. (exchange, 2.5 f. 23c.) Granada One-and-a-Half per Cents., 164. Mexican Bonds, 2 , 41 ; do. fur account, 13th January, 28 1 „ Russian Five per Cents., 1131, I' • ditto Four and-a-Half per Cents., 1011 ex div. Sardinian Five per Cents., 904, 90. Spanish Active Five per Cents., 234, I ; ditto Passive, di ; ditto Old Three per Cents., 411, div.; ditto New Deferred Three per Cents., 18„, 1 cx div. In the stock Exchange some business continues to offer in mining shares, and the new gold shares are firm. The official list notices dealings in Agria Frias at 21 and „ ; Imperial Brazilian, ; Nouveau Monde, 1,4, ; United Mexican, 2!. „. The account of the melancholy loss of the Amazon has created a painful sensation in the City, and the shares of the ltoyal Mail Steam Packet Company have experienced a all in consequence, having re ceded from 80 to 76. V ` -- The amount of dividends on government stocks falling payable on Thursday next is as follows : Half yearly Three per Ccnt. Consols New Fire per Cent. Annuities 10,700 Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726 10,600 South 4ea Stock South Seu Three per Cent., 1741 South Sea New Annuities East India Stock Annuities ending IWO 64,000 7,100 V 000 315:000 616,000 Total L6,7i15,t00 The amount coming upon this market in the way of dividends on foreign loans may be estimated as under: Due. Jan. 1. Portuguese Five prr Cents., Converted £u3 583 1811 Ditto Four per Cent. Ditto Three per Cents., 1848 :2,600 Russian Four-And-a-Half per Contr 121,275 Spanish Old Three per Cents 10:4000 " Ditto New Deferred Three per Cents 2i0,000 Total £624,358 Dividends are also due on Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents„ amounting to 8-T1,0001.; on French Three per Cent. Beaten, 920,000!.; and on Belgian Two said-a-Half per Cents., 110,0001.; and although these arc payable abroad, still as the coupons arc nego tiable here, and a large proportion of these loans, especially of the Dutch, is held:by English capi talists, a considerable amount will eventually come into this market. There are few railway dividends falling due, some small sums from guaranteed and preference shares forming the entire, but a huge amount is, in the aggregate, derivable from shares in canal companies, insurance companies, banks, water-works, docks, and other miscellaneous stocks. With the large amount of United States loans likewise held in this country the great dividend pe riod always induces a mass of remittances to this aide, not only from the federal stocks, but also from the loans of the various states and cities of the union, us the course or the exchanges at this period sufficiently proves. - - It will thus be seen that a total amount of divi dends, approaching eight millions, is forthwith pay able, and the railway dividends to be declared in a few weeks will carry it beyond ten millions. This enormous sum is received chiefly by the prosperous and thrifty middle classes, and a considerable pro portion, probably five millions, will come into the market for investment. This estimate is probably not beyond the mark, because agricultural and house rents are likewise payable, from which savings will likewise be made. The operations of the go vernment broker for savings banks, chan cery, and other public accounts, preponde rate in favour of purchasers; and although it is not probable that he will be such a large buyer on account of the National Debt Commissioners, still he will exercise no unfavourable influence on the market. It is to be expected that if political affairs do not produce too much alarm, the investment of very large sums by the public will materially operate on the priors of preferable securities. A meeting of the Colonial Bank was held yesterday, and a dividend of 1 per cent. for the half-year was declared, being an increase of per cent. There was an upward movement in the market for foreign exchanges yesterday, and quotations generally were higher. The extraordinary rise in French shares causes a great amount of that description of stock to be sent to the Paris market for realisation, against which drafts on Paris arc offered here on 'Change. Short Pais was done at 25.20 to 22,1; ditto, 3 months, 25.40 to 45. Amsterdam was very difficult of sale, and the quotation again ruled higher, closing 11.19 to Hamburg was not in great de mand, and the rate likewise advanced, leaving off 13.10 to 1 . Bills on Naples were rather in request, and negotiatious took place at 401 to 5 16. Leghorn found buyers at 30.82 1 , to 85. Paper on Spain and Portugal was sought alter, and negotiated in favour of sellers. Vienna and Trieste declined again, in sympathy with the downward movement at Vienna in the quotation on London ; the improvement is, however, by no means so rapid as was anticipated by sanguine speculators. Vienna was quoted 12 to 12.5, and Trieste 12.2 to 6, which still shows the currency of Austria to be at a discount of more than 211 per cent. The amount of business transacted on 'Change generally was unusually limited. The exchange at Atria on London is a shade weaker. _ . With the continuance of the great demand for sil ver for India the price of that market remains No) firm, but otherwise the bullion market presents no essential feature. ICNGLISU FUN I)A.—Triv, PAT. Dank Stock. MA let Long A mom*, stint 3 ler Ct. Reht..l. WI 1 " 11iiini..., k t . ..it1 ut ,m101 . .. :. 4!. '3. , 3 w i r t tit io.. l:l....t : PA 1 Nacim.yuer sm.. , M--.- :4•:....- Fi 'pc Ct. evulok. iN.I i i q per Ct. Itol.r.lrtn. Q 4 per Vt. I kar.l.an. 94 6 Po. :t 44, to 3 5 .i per Ct. linen... Ayres. 49 3 por Ll. OW 411, IV let .tlr, Ct. 1 %lbw., 1.2 4 3 per Ct. Mood', 7i 78 It per 1 t. opeh. 'or to 4 per 01. Dutch. Kit 401 64u.•403. 3 1 per 4)4. Ur 4 enadrall . prri i 3 Ix rlt. Meeleout.fn ZI Ott, fq 2 1/efrrrol. 411) Ti eg it. renturov•••, .01 3 pet rt. pmeelou. 112 14 per CL Itim.hreL 152 3 6 per 11. Sponlefl, Ante% 231 4 3 per I. Spanish, 412 Ow 5§ I 24 p,r IA. V 34 7 Po. Delerera. 121 J SPI to teli. Hi I COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCING LANE.-THIS DAY. St (lAll.—This article continues very dull of sale, and prices must he considered generally a shade lower than at the close or lan year. Yesterday Senates sold at a ,leelino 01 fal. to Is. in public sale, a large quantity, say 10,000 bags, being offered and sold. To-day we have not any im provement to notice ; the sales consist of 1400 bags 2.500 bags Madras, and 3ioo bags H ivannish, and are going off heavily, the latter chiefly bought in. Re fined stsady grocery lumps, fair to tine, 445. to .133. Coerce.—The public sales are going off without spirit, and a large portion being bought in. Good ordinary native Ceylon quoted 39ii. to 40a. TEA.—Thu market continues firm, with ft fur demand. l'iggNro.-1 his large public sales, amounting . to 1,300 bags, went off irregularly at a shade lower pnces, but nearly all sold 4d. to 41d per In. l'rergit, 350 bags whole, sold in public sole 71d. to Sid. per lb. Rica.—This article wears a steady appearance ; 600 bags Bengal sold in public sale at 'J3. to Ils. ; and 2,000 bugs Madras, 84. to S. tid. NITILATE or Sous.-2000 bags were offerl3l in public sale, and partly sold at 14s. 3d., which was about dd. advance CurroN.—No sales of importance reported. In other articles no material alteration. TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. The market is quiet very little business doing ,pecula tively. The consumption is good. Prices rati o , e .is lo: ows Town Tallow is quoted 375. nett cash ; PetersLurir Y.C. on the spot, 365.94. new; 366.3 d. old; now year (IS i'2 ; . 383. ; on or before end of March, 365. 9d. MARK-LANE.-THIS D.Y. Tiler, was not much English Wheat at market this morning, and the few parcels on sale, were readily disposed of at the advance noted on Monday. With the exesvion of 1,400 qrs. from Rostock, and 4,ft.50 qrs. from Alexandria, we are without arrivals of foreign Wheat. Holders evinced much firmness, and former prices were in all instances ob tained where sales were made. Flour was rather dearer. Barley, Beans, and Bees fully maintained their value. Our Market was well supplied with Oats, wLich pre vented any improvement. A HUI i ALSINTO LONDON FROM 6th JAN. to 7th JA V. Wh Qr , . Er hactt. Soutch. troth. Fot elms. eat 2O 10 I r,25,) Batley .. ()ate llllO I I 3000 1 4.174 Four burs* 1,290 mete; Malt, 1,190 qrs. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-THIS PAY. l'attenden and Smith report that the lip mar ket continues in a very healthy state, both for export and homo consumption. COAL MARKET.-THIS DAY. Ilolywell, 17s. ; Eden Main Walls End, la,. Od. Walls End Eraddyll's, 175.; Walls End Haswell, 17s. ad.; Walls End Iletton, 17s. frl. ; Walls End Rasa ll's Hutton, 17a; Walls End Tees, 17s. ; Walls End Heston, Os. 3d. Walls End Gosfortls, Ids.—Ships at market, 168. LOCAL WARR MARKET.. ErvisdrooL, JAN. 6.—Our market opened rather better to-day than yesterday, and prices were firm at the best rates of the past week. During the day it gradually strength ened, and clines very firm at u improvement in prices. fho following or., the transactions :—Caledonian, 161 In ',— Edinburgh and Glasgow, 271—Eendal and Windermere, 101 —Lancshire :and Yorkshire, 6l 1 61 I—Lon lon and North Western, 1173c.—Ditto (now 1-shares' p. —Manchester She ff ield, and Lincoln, ul—blitllaoci, South-Eastern and Dover, B—York and North Mid land, . Mar4exasrEtt, Jas. 6.—There has been hut little anima; tion in the share market, and prices arc rather weaker. Leeds, 611 ; London and North-Western, 1171 ; Sheievld, 314; Midland, 561 i Movers, 21 11-16. Blastisnit.ts, JAN. G.—The market was tolerably steady to-day, hut the transactions were chiefly in local stocks. South Staffords were done at 11. Its. 9,1., Ilia ; and Gloucestershire Banks, at 29. . . . BAISTOL, JAN. 6.—We have had but little business doing, which was principally in Great Westerns, which closed at 87&. and Midland stock at dB. MR. BENNETT AND THE VICARAGE OF FROME. With regard to the protest of the inhabitants of From: against the appointment, by the Marchioness of Bath, of Mr. Bin:lett to the vicarage of that place, the Rev. Mr. ('alvert has published the following copy of the marchioness's reply, stating that a copy of the protest was sent at the time to the bishop, and that it is intended to make a further remonstrance in the same quarter: (cure.] " Longleat, Juu. 3. "Rev. Sir,—l have received with sincere regret a com munication signed by yourself and others, relating to the appointment ut theiter. W. J. E. Bennett to the vicarage of Frome, in my gift. In reply, I beg to inform you that the appointment is already made and cannot be revoked. "I roman, rev. sir, yours faithfully, " 11. Barn. "The Rev. W. Calvert, Vicarage, Frome." A correspondent of a morning paper writes: "The living is in the gift nt the Marquis of Bath, who will be of age this year. His mother, as his guartLian, exercises thus, a few months before he has the power of doing so, a right adverse (I believe) to her son's views of the dt.ctrine of Mr. Bennett. Can no injunction be obtained to restrict tho bolding of this living at least till the Marquis's concurrence be obtained at his majority ? By the Cleryy List I find there are three livings in k rome in tho gilt of the vicar, which makes the matter more grievous, as there will be no shelter trout such infliction but out of the church of Eng- I .nd." HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK The official report says : In the week ending !ast Saturday the number of deaths registered in the metropo litan districts was 1,297. In the corresponding weeks of the ten years (IS4I-50) the average number was 1,18;, which, if raised in proportion to the great. r amount of population now existing, will be 1,304. lieu,* it appears that the deaths of the last week nearly coincide in amuunt with the corrected average. At this period deaths on which coroners have held in quests, and which consist in large proportion of those caused by fractures, poison, burns, and other injury, swell the return by considerably more than the fair contribution of a week. Many of such eases that arc now returned i occurred in previous weeks, and have been accumulating till the end of the quarter when their registration was com pleted. There appear in the list 6 deaths *scribal to poison, 13 to burns and scalds, 21 to suffocation, among which arc 7 cases of suicide by hanging call nudes), and 11 cases of children suffocated by the bedclothes or ever laid, 26 deaths caused by drowning, and 34 by fractures, contusions, and wounds. Among the last are 12 eases of death by falling, and 6 of injury by horses and carriages. Of the burns 4 eases arose from the clothes taking tire. In the previous week 210 deaths were caused by di,ases of the organs of respiration, exclusive of phtlusis ; last week exhibits it rise in this chase, the number being 253. Phthisis or consumption, which was fetal in the former week in ea cases, produced 136 in the last. Laryngitis and taryngistuus stridulus number in the present return 7 eases, bronchitis 117, pleurisy 3, pneumonia 96, and asthma 20. Diseases of the zyinutic or epidemic character have also raised the mortality from 203 to 231 in the two weeks. Small pox was fatal last week In 33 cases, looping-cough to 39, scarlatina in 41, typhus in 50. Other maladies in the mime category exhibit smaller amounts contributed to the wee k.'e mortality, namely,—measles, which carried off 20 children; croup, 2 ; thrush, 3; infantile fever, 2: syphilis, 4 • iliarrhcca, which was fatal in 16 cow's; dysentery, in 4 ; influenza, in 6; purport, in 1 ; intermittent fever, in 2; remittent fever, in 1; rheumatic fever, in 1: erysipelas, in 7. Puerpe r al lever was fatal to 2 women, and 3 other cases are recur ed of women dying after childbirth. The following is an analysis of the 1,207 cases re gistered last week The cause of death wag certified by written statement of a qualified medical prac titioner in 1.050 c.!ses. Inquests were held and verdicts entered in the register books iu The c,ll/Ise of death was not certified bermum deceased hail no medical attendant and no inquest held in The cause of deatn not certified, or only by oral statement, or by unqualified informant, iu 34 calm Total From the above, it appears that the eases iu which thu cause of death wns regularly certined form a e i of 81 per cent., atel, edited to those in which irupteete were held, a proportion of 96 per cent. of the whole number. Last week the births of f 10.5 boys and tillo girls, in all 1,774 children. were registered in London. The average number in seven corresponding week+ of 184041 was 1,06. At the ]Loyal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in, on the first four days of the week. The mean reading of the week was 30:00I in. The mean temperature of the week was :hi ds giwet, which differs little from the average of corresponding weeks in the lest ten years. With the exception of Sunday, hen the temperature was slightly above the average, the mean was below the average on every day till S..dor day, when it rose to 40.4 degrees, or 4 degrees above it. On the last three days the wind blew from the south-west.