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421.tte 410:1;ref$0. TO COLLRESPON DENTS. • meeindlitzeb of rt. Lamm," simbiebaate time seems 0,111111.0 04/1(14." u pabilebod evecy Tereley so, Yri •tilit, a tindt Mme. • Uwe wombats Unmade 'use " The lb pew,. Lo&is• Itwassee paw, su m be et do lodlee, I •.. tlettwariritreet,b7 Ti. °Week to the tw at pstaleika. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOIL Ts D6l-41,0r010g, Ilk. Mo.. ..... Atomism. Ilk. 30.. 11.00saow—laexuag. 00. us.. .Aitormos. h. 32.. LONDON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 21. Lord NAroi.eos is—it appears—about to give his hand in marriage to a :vanish lady of Irish descent, whose name has of late been frequently mentioned as among the favourite guests at St. Cloud. The idlers of the gay world of London will readily remember the graceful form and piquant features of )IONTLIO, who last year was constantly seen among the gay and fashionable frequenters of our public places. More recently her family have resided in Paris, and under the title of the Countess DE TEBA, she has been received with peculiar favour at the court of the •ewly elected I.:stet:Ron. In all the festivities by which his recent elevation to the throne have beim celebrated the Spanish stranger has occu pied a conspicuous place, and the marked attentions of the phlegmatic man of the rap if ogiat have given rise to an infinite variety . of rumours and surmises among the members of the im perial circle. To the amazement of all an announce meet appears in Tuesday's Maniteur, to the effect that on Saturday next a formal communication will be made to the Senate and Council of State on the subject of the EMPY.ROK'S approaching marriage, and no secret is made of the intended object of his MA JIMSI'T'S unexpected choice. Mdlle. DE MONTUO is likely to become Iler Majesty the Empress of the ?Work. Talk of the nineteenth century being a rusk and literal age after this! Since the days of (RAZ PETER and the Empress CATHERINE, there has been nothing so like a chapter of the Arabian Nights transacted in Royal Europe,—for the marriage of NAPOLEON with 'osmium& had iu it little unusual or startling. The Toung General of Division became fascinated by the wit and grace of the widow of But:tun:tots, and the alli ance could on neither side be regarded as one of am bition. JOSEPHINE rose with her hero husband to the dignities of the Consulate and the Empire, and was then discarded by the ambitious egotist, in rder that he might gratify his vain desire to link his family with the haughty House of HArinrimi. The marriage of hie nephew, should it take place, with the Countess DP. TEBA, is wholly different in its cha racter,—will be ascribed to wholly different motives, aad—will be regarded u likely_ to be productive of very dissimilar consequences. Had LOUIS NAPOLEON sever sought to ally himself by . marriage with the established dynasties of the Continent;—and had he never been rejected as a quasi Imperial suitor, the world would be better prepared to believe that his present choice war the natural and epontaneoes - act of a disinterested affection, which hesitated not to make great political sacrifices at the shrine of love. But Louts NAPOLEON is neither young nor impul sive. He is as little likely to be carried away by . a sentimental caprice as any man living. And it seems incredible that he should precipitately confer a participation in a throne he has so perilously won upon the blonde beauty of the South, who now stands high in his favour, if he still cherished dreams of dynastic alliance, or believed it to be his destiny to engraft the stock of BONAPARTE upon the legitimacy of Europe. We may read this strange and startling act of the sew Ruler of France far otherwise. Passion may have had its share in hastening his resolution, but it is hud to believe that personal pique and political re sentment have not greatly contributed to prepare the way. Who will venture accurately to tell what mingled feelings of pride and of resentment, of self assurance and of mortified vanity, have filled the bosom of such a man during the recent weeks of his new reign ? Being at the same moment the no kaowledged equal of all the Sovereigns of Europe save one, and the suitor rejected by nearly all of them in turn, for causes all the more humiliating, because in terms unassigned, —has the hardy thought never crossed the brooding brow of the self-nominated Emperor, that by some signal act ho would proclaim to the hereditary monarchies of Christendom that he would wager his tide, such as it is, against theirs, and bid insolent defiance to all their vaunted claims of legitimacy ? Hu his marriage with a Spanish lady of very third-rate claims to nobility . no meaning in it beyond the mere dictates of admira tion or pinion ? Would it have happened, had the Court of St. Petersburgh consented to recognise its western rival in the terms of friendship and equa- Wwhich Loris NAPOLEON anxiously craved? Wuld the Andalusian Countess have triumphed as easily over the " used up" hero of the lad of December had a German Princess, with high cheek-bones, plain mouth, and light grey eyes, been sitting for her miniature, at the special request of his Alsiesry ? History, we suspect, will dsabt it, or perhaps in her own pragmatical way will peremptorily decide in the negative; and the future may yet confirm the conjecture which is irre mistably raised in many doubting minds, that should the contemplated marriage . actually take place, the gauntlet. will have been virtually thrown down by the new despotism to the old, and a signal of no small insign ific ance will have been made to the armed nations of the Continent, that Bonapartism, as a system, is to be understood u resting on posi tive and p alpable force, and is in no respect to be regarded as identical with dynastic sovereignty. moment for making this singular &manna.- meat Is certainly strange. Franco has been strug gling with a mastery crisis. The public securi ties are reported to have fallen two per cent., and the value of shares even more during the day previous to the appearance in the Armoires, of the Imperial matrimonial paragraph. Is Louis NAPOLZON un sonemions or indifferent to what is going on around him ? Are his eyes becoming dazzled with the novel splendour in which he dwells 1 0 Or has the haze of fattery which rises up on every side about him already become too dense and impervious for his • crafty glance to see through P It may be otherwise. And it is possible to conceive that in the plotting brain of this silent man it seems more neessaary that he should endeavour to keep confidence to his ad herents by a step which leaves him no resource but in their fidelity. WR hear more just now of foreign than of domes tic invasion. Yet it is quite clear that there is per manently established in London a body of undisci plined troops, who war upon society with • perse ammo' that never flags, and with a emcees that has lbw checks. The ravages made by this hostile force soy sot be equal to those which would be effected by s French army; but they are so extensive, so saceseing, that it seems strange that per ilss who are so keenly sensitive to a pos sible danger, should have had their attention no little aroused by one with which they are con stantly threatened. " City Arabs" is the designation given to these hostile depredators, who, when re- I poached that their bands are against every man, reply with some truth that every man's hand is against them. A report, just published, of the evi dence brought before the " Committee on Criminal and Destitute Juveniles," contains • mass of informa tion relative to these modern English representatives of the tribe of Itouset. " They have all the vices sad some of the virtues of savages," mys Mr. MATTURW DAVENPORT Hut, in his evidence before the committee. He tells us also that the City Arab is indolent, averse from any settled or steady employment, averse from restraint of any kind ; on the other hand he is patient of hunger and thirst, and cold ; and as to dirt, he rather delights in it than otherwise. It is by no means an evil in hi estimation, and he would much rather be permitted to roam about at large, even suffering at times great privations, than be at school or at work under the I restraints which belong to civilised moiety. This class is composed of the children of criminals, ille gitimate children, orphans, foundlings, and step children. They have no houses, and would not have homes if they could. They subsist by plunder, and as it has been cilculated from tolerably good data that not one offence in two /eared is discovered, we may form some idea of the looses of the inhabitants of London during the year. Society of course makes war upon the "City Arab." It captures him when possible--endeavours to convince him of his sin by flogging Dim, putting him in dark cells, scntencing.hint to silence, trans porting him, and other contrivances. for moral enlightenment. These methods do not exactly pro duce the effect intended, u the punishments indi cated are generally taken in the light of payment by the class upon whom they are inflicted. They have been heard to express their belief, for instance, that the misery suffered by a criminal condemned to Nor folk Island was not only sufficient to wipe off all scores here, but to leave a balance to be made use of in the next world. A prisoner once told Captain MAcosocutx that if he had done nothing but com mit murder all his life, he should consider the punishment inflicted upon him at Norfolk Island a sufficient atonement. It is clear, then, that society must change its tao tics. The law as it stands affords us but little pro- I tection against these City Arabs. So evident has this appeared to the authorities of one city—Aber deen—that they commenced their operations against their juvenile enemies by a violation of the law itself. Determined to put an end to the incursions of the Arabs, the magistrates ordered every juvenile beggar to be taken up and committed—not to pri son, but to school, on a certain day. " I have no doubt," said Mr. Tuomsoft, one of the originators of the plan, " that the proceeding was highly illegal, but at the same time it was highly expedient." The result of the coup (fetid against the Arabs was cer tainly. satisfactory. They were informed in the evening after having had three substantial meals of food, that they might return the next day or not, as they chose, but that if they were again caught begging, they would be sent not to school, but to prison. Out of 75 who were taken, 72 returned, and the school has gone on ever since. We have spoken of this experiment before, but it cannot be called to mind too often. Other experiments have been mado with distin guished success, and the issue in every case has esta blished the fact that the City Arab is so far different from his Asiatic and African prototype that he is susceptible of civilisation. The evidence brought to bear upon this point in the blue book, to which allu sion has been made, is overwhelming. The com mittee, interrupted in their labours in June by the approaching prorogation of Parliament, were unable to offer any definite opinion to the house on the subject of reformatory establishments for juvenile criminals, and limited themselves to print ing the evidence. This, however, is so complete, even in its present state, that. there ought to be no reasonable doubt but the legislature will feel bound to provide largely in future for the prevention of crime, as well as its punishment. The two facts that may be considered as the most important of those established by the evidence are these, that our present method of dealing with cri minal and destitute juveniles by punishment is the worst possible, and that different methods adapted to produce reformation in this class have been discovered and applied by individuals having no communication with each other. The effects produced by the pre sent system may be conjectured from the expression of Sir PETER LAURIE, who said that he would walk 20 miles to see a reformed thief. Sir Peres may convince himself, by walking merely to Aibany street, that what the present prison discipline can not effect, judicious teaching and kindness can. Mr. JOHN ELLIS, a shoemaker, who lives at No. 117 in the street mentioned, out of mere pity for the condi tion of the " Arabs," selected three of them to begin with, as objects for some plans of tuition. The specimens chosen were as unpromising as Sir PETER himself could have wished. One of them had been convicted several times and whipped. Mr. ELLts's success with these outcasts of society was so remark able that some persons came forward to assist him, and he was enabled to take twelve more boys under his care. He has restored these boys to society, and has put them into a position to earn their bread honestly. His belief in the possibility of reforming even hardened criminals is unshaken. In answer to a question from Mr. MILNES as to the probable existence of an irreclaimable boy, he says, " I have never seen sloth a case, and I have confidence that if I had any boy who had his right senses about him I could reform him. Give me mind, and I will be bound to convince the mind." The examinations of Miss CARPENTER, Mr. WRIOHT, of Manchester, and others, all tended to the same point. These results are cheering to those who are en gaged in solving the question—" What are we to do with our criminals?" While Governments have done little hitherto but look about for the most efficient mode of punishing crime, individuals, influenced only by humane motives, have set themselves to work to purify the criminal,—and have succeeded. In the report of the evidence there are accounts of establishments in operation, both in England and on the Continent, and all bear witness to the possibility defecting a change in our criminal population by means of reformatory institutions. This fact has been proved just at the time that it was wanted. Our colonies will not have our criminals, our prisons turn them out again upon society more dangerous than before. The only resource left is to teach them ; and good and wise, and heroic men and women tell us that they can be taught. The gaoler and the executioner have done little, it remains to be seen what the schoolmaster can effect. FRANCE. MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR. PARIS, TIMISDAT EVIIIIIIIO. The bureau of the Senate, that of the Legislative Body, and the Council of State, will meet on Satur day, at naon, at the Tuileries, in order to receive from the Emperor a communication respecting his mar T riage. here has been much less excitement to-day as to the reported changes in the ministry, since the Em proem settled determination on the subject of his marriage was thus officially announced in this morn ing's oniletsr. The general apprehension of a desire on the part of the government to take all the railways under its control, Is however farfrotn allayed, and has indeed been rather strengthened by the pub &Mies of an official article, comparing the pregame do British and French lines during the re rair. The Bourse opened to-day with a slightly it!- 1 1 Levaspect; and after a few trifling transactions ed been effected at the closing quotations of yester day, the rates of the principal securities gradually advanced until they had recovered about one-half of the previous day's decline—the Three per Cents. closing at 78L 90c., and the Fonr-and-s-Half per Cents. at 104 f. 65c. Very little comparative im provement was observable in Bank stock or other securities. A great amount of the stock recently sold out has undoubtedly been, as alleged by the Constifutionnel, on English account, anti much of it has been re-invested in the Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., which have materially improved, and are now at 991. The latest prices of the other Continental Bourses were thus reported to-day : Amsterdam : Four per Cents., 961; Two-antler Half ditto, BM,. Antwerp : Five per Cents., 991; Threes, 741. Berlin : New Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1021, I._ Brussels : Five per Cents., 991 ; Four-and a-Half ditto, G o, 90. Madrid : Three per Cents., 41; ; redeemable Bonds, Ist class, 10 ; 2nd class, Si. Vienna : Five per Cents., 931, ; ; Bank Stock, 1,372. The incredible news is true. The Emperor is about to be married to Madlle. Montijo. He will formally announce his determination to the Senate, the Corps Legielatif, and the Council of State, on Saturday next, and on the Saturday following, as I am informed, the marriage ceremocy will be eels. brated at Notre Dame. It has long been felt that the insuflbrable dulness of Parisian politics could not last much Mager. Paris has been, so to speak, on the look out for a sur prise. The " startling novelty" now providel by the great theatrical caterer of the Tuileries is well worthy the reputation of the man who sent an army to Rome, dismissed Odillon °Barret, superseded Cliangaroler, proposed the abolition of the law of May 31, accomplished the coup dWet, confiscated the Orleans property, released Abd-el-Kader, and made himself Napoleon 111. Beyond the limited circle of , courtiers who have had opportunities of observing the marked attention lately paid by the Emperor to THE IIPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1853, a young foreign lady of dazzling beauty, who first attracted his particular notice in the hunting field at Compiegue,lew Frenchmen would yesterday have been able - to answer the question—Who is Mdlle. Montijo? To-day the history, real or supposed, of their future Empress is in everybody's mouth. Mdlle. Eugenie de Montijo is the second daughter of a Grandee of Spain, some time since deceased, who distinguished himself in the war of independence. Her mother, with whom during the last few years she has resided in Paris, was the daughter of an Irish gentleman, who for many years occupied the post of British consul at Malaga. This lady is a woman of the world in every sense of the word, and has long been known to fashionable society in moot of the capitals of Europe. A faithful biographer would find it necessary to dwell with some particu larity upon a period of her life extending so far back as to a time prior to the birth of Mdlle. Eugenie, during which a close friendship subsisted between the Countess do Montijo and a noble English states man then well known in Spain by . the name of George Villiers. The Count de Montijo, a nobleman belonging to one of the very best Spanish families, was not a jealous husband, and his wife's taste ter the admiration which her beauty and asoomplishments commanded was in noway thwarted ly him. It will not tail to be remarked that the be durothed bride of the French Emperor unites in her veins Irish and Spanish blood in nearly the same proportions as an already celebrated lady who has played an important part at the court of one of the Weer sovereigns of Europe, the King of Bavaria. If report speak true many of the results of this pecu lar international alliance, as developed in the person of Lola Mentes, Countess of Landsfelt,are also obser vable in the Hispanio-Hibernian personage now about to occupy a position so much more exalted. Extraordinary beauty, sparkling wit, magical in fluence over men, a love of adventure, extreme femi nine impetuosity, and more than feminine courage, are leading characteristics of both. Some years since the eldest daughter of the Countess of Montijo married the Duke Berwick Albe. This match is said to have excited the ambition of Mademoiselle Eugenie, who frequently declared that she would make a still more brilliant one. She does not, how ever, appear at once to have resolved to soar to any dizzy height above her own sphere, for, in her first efforts to eclipse her sister's fortune, she was content to lay siege to the heart of the Duke of Ossuna, an enterprise which failed, foor reasons with which I am unacquainted. At a subsequent period the Duchess d'Albe, finding married life monotonous, pro moted the Marquis d'Alcanizes to a position per fectly well known and recognised in all the salons of Madrid. Madlle. Eugenie then assumed the position of a direct rival to a sister, but her at tempts to divert the current of the Marquis's affec tions met with a signal failure, and the violence of her disappointed passion was such, that the tried to poison herself by swallowing a quantity of liquid used in the photographic process, which happily failed to produce a fatal effect, although it rendered her exceedingly ill for a long time. Disappointed in love, she sought excitement in politics, and was generally esteemed in Madrid as a firebrand ready to take a part in any revolutionary movement. An incident that will long be remerobered in the fashion able society of Madrid, occurred at a soiree at which General Narvaez was present. Mademoiselle Eugenie Montijo was talking politics with great animation, when Narvaez, presuming on his high military rank, told her that ladies should not meddle with such matters, and he en forced his argument by saying that nature had not given them nerve to face the ultimo ratio of political differences—cold steel. Mdlle. de Eugenie gave a practical contradiction to the general's argu ment by snatching up a poniard and inflicting a se vere stab upon her own arm. The Countess de Montijo is on terms of great intimacy with the Agnado family, and it was not long since reported in Paris that a member of this family was about to be united to Mdlle. Euge nie. lam told that not more than three weeks since a member of the jockey club asked the Marquis de Las Maritimes point blank, whether his brother Olim pio was not about to be married to Mdlle. de Montijo. The Marquis is said to have; replied, " What, do you think my brother is fool enough to marry that mad cap." A fortnight later Mdlle. Montijo , __ with much emotion, announced to the Marquis de Las Marismas that the Emperor had deigned to choose her for his consort. It now appears that this match, which so surprises the public, has long been no secret at the court of the Tuileries. At the Duke de Cambacere's last reception every one rose when Mdile Montijo entered the room. At a recent soiree at the Countess Lehon's it was univer sally remarked that Mdlle. Montijo was the "cynosure of neighbouring eyes," and that all other ladies were neglected. On that occasion M. Fould and Dupla, tune, being presented to the young lady, bowed so low that the bystanders observed how astonishing it was that portly men at their time of life should be supple enough to twist their bodies into a form resembling a school boy's hoop. At the Tuileries I am told that Mdlle. Mon tijo has been treated as a royal personage for several days past. Mdlle. Eugenie de Montijo is now 26 years et age. She is what is expressively called in French a blonde ardente, which for want of a better trans lation, I will call a "sunny blonde." Her arms and shoulders are exceedingly beautiful, and shown to advantage as they are by her habitual style of dress, have been the especial admiration of all the galena she has visited. The lower part of her face is not quite so good as the upper, which is very perfect. I understand that she has stipulated for the immediate banishment of poor Miss Howard from Paris. diplomatic documents in connexion with the affair were laid before the house. - The performance of the caloric-ship Ericsson is said to be very satisfactory. The speed attained was fourteen miles an hour. The consumption of fuel Is ascertained to be only six English tons per twenty four hours—a saving, as compared with steam-ships, of more than 80 per cent. From Mexico we have dates to the 15th ult. The revolution was still raging, and a ministerial crisis had taken place. M. Mariano Vanes has re signed his office of Minister of Foreign Affiirs, and his resignation was accepted. This step, on the part of the minister, is attributed to differences of opinion, existing between himself and the President of the republic. The office of Minister of Justice is also vacant. It was thought that President Arista wished to form a compromise cabinet. It was attempted to appoint, first, M. Olaquibel, and then M. Jose Va lente Bar, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, but both refused. Both of these gentlemen are puros, and the other members of the cabinet, MM. Prieto and Anaya, are what are called moderate. MM. Garcia Aguirre and Ponciano Arriaga, both puros, were also offered the post of Minister of Justice. Arriaga accepted, and entered upon the duties of his o of co on the 13th. It was also rumoured that Anaya, the Minister of War, was about to resign. Mariano Macedo is spoken of for Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Trait d' Union thinks that the appointment of M. Macedo would be marked with certain modifications in the policy of the government, and one favourable to the Bellange Company for the privilege of opening the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. }law YozA, JAN. 8. Government stocks and other leading securities are in good demand at the quotations. Railroads are in favour, with &brisk inquiry. The rate for sterling bills to-day has declined further. The remittances of bankers' bills for to morrow'. steamer are very large, generally at 93 premium. This decline will stop,. for the present, all shipments of coin to Europe. We quote—London, 60 days, 1091 to 1091 ; Paris, 6 16 to 6 13f ; Amsterdam, 41$ to 413; Hamburg, ' 361 to 363 ; Bremen, 791 to 80. The money market, during the past week, his not been characterised by that general ease anticipated. Corrote.—The sales of the past three days amount to 4,600 bales, at fully Ic. advance on the quotations last advised. Banernituvn.—Flour displayed a rising tenor. The consumptive and speculative demand was increasing. Wheat was quiet. Corn tended upwards. State and westernoata abundant and languid. Fustowrs.—Shipowners are firm at the following rata: —To Liverpool—Tobacco, per hhd., 355. ; cotton, square bale, per lb., sd. ' • flour and meal, per barrel, 31. 6d. to 34.9 d. ; rosin, 3s. 6d. do. ; heavy good/,.per ton, 30.. to 355. ; grain, in bulk, per bushel, lid. ; beef, per tierce, 68. to ss. 64. To London—Tobacco, per hhd., 40s. ; flour, per bbl., 34.11 d. ; turpentine, per 280 lbs., 3s. 6d. • measure ment goods, per ton, 275. 6d. ; heavy go ods, oil, etc. 30s. to 358. ; cheese, 40s. ,• beef, per tierce, 6e. to 75.; oil cake, per bbl., 4s. To Havre--cotton, square bales, per lb., lc ; ashes, per ton, 8 dole. to 10 dole ; rice, 10 dole. ; measure menegoods, 10 dols. ; flour, per bbl., 76 cents. ARRIVAL FROM THE PACIFIC. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 20.—The Swift (6), Com mender W. C. Aldham, arrived at Spithead this afternoon, from the Pacific, with a freight on board valued at 6.50,000 dollars. She was ordered to come into harbour without anchoring at Spithead, which she did, and had her freight discharged alongside the dockyard. It will be conveyed to London to-night, by Messrs. B. and E. Emanuel, freight agents of this port, and be deposited in the Bank of Eng land early to-morrow morning. The Swift left Valparaiso on the 3rd of October, arrived at the Falkland Islands en the 3rd of November, left again on the 6th, and arrived at Rio on the 22nd, leaving again on the 24th. She called off Plymouth late last night, and after a stay of a few hours came on to this port. From the Falkland Islands we learn a fact briefly stated in yester day's Daily News, namely, the discovery of guano there. The governor had despatched his son to tome districts in which guano bad recently been found for the protection of the ; merchant vessels having hitherto, after clear. ing from Port William, been in the habit of calling et these districts, and helping themselves to the guano without pay ing anything for it. It is described as of somewhat inte rior quality, and less abundant than Peruvian guano, but still of considerable value. The Swift has brought home Mr. Hutchings, master, from the Portland, invalided; Mr. Faulkner, second muter, invalided; and Mr. Chaplin, mate, on Admiralty order. She has also ten invalids and one distressed British subject. Off Cape Horn she passed the merchant ship Consul, of Cardiff, bound to Caldera, in Chili, 110 days out: she desired to be reported. Whilst at Port William, Falkland Islands, the Trinco malee, in going out on her voyage to Valparaiso, ran into an American merchant vessel, carrying away some of her own rigging, by which she had to put back for repairs. She did net inflict much damage on the American. The Swift hail been in commission since June, 1849, having taken out Messrs. Smith O'Brien, Meagher, end the other Irish state prisoners to Van Diemen's Land ; from thence she went to Sydney, New Zealand, and Valparaiso. She has run a distance of about 98,000 miles. She will go to Plymouth to be paid off to-morrow morning. ne Court, WINDSOR, lan. 20. Prince Albert, with the Prince of Leiniogen, ac companied by the Doke of Cleveland and the Marquis of Salisbury, went out shooting this morning, attended by Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The following have been invited and are expeeted to arrive this afternoon :—The Duke of Newcastle, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerton, and Viscount and Visootintwo Sydney. The undermentioned visitor left the Castle to-day The Duchessof Sutherland, the Duke of Cleveland, the Mar quis of Breads Mane, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis Camden, the Marquis of London deny, the Earl Fitawilliana, the Earl of Clarendon, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Oxford, end Sir Augtudus Clifford. Her Majesty's prints band attended after dinner in the Castle yester day, and played the following selection: Overture, L. DU d'Oionee " bas Teraina sad Cm, " Dm eras" Weber. Pins* "Le Pre sea Cure." A deputation of the Great Extramural Cemetery Asso ciation, liarlesden-green, consisting of Admiral Sir W. 0. Pell (chairman), Captain Broadhead, R.N., Mr. I. A. Durham, Mr. William Fairiie, Mr. Themes Vaughan, Mr. 0. K. Corfield (solicitor ), and Mr. Fredk. Centel& , rret e rz2, had an interview with Viscount Flamingos, on r a h* Du[e . of Newcastle left town after the sabinet coun cil, yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. Despatches were reosived at the Colonial-oftlee, yester day, from the Governor of the Gold Coast. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-etreet. The minis ten present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Ortinville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. We have reason to believe that the Hon. Vil liers Stuart is not to be the Under-Secretary for Ire land. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION. FIFTEENTH AND LAST DAY. OXFORD, THI72BDAT. This protracted election was brought to • clone this afternoon, when Mr. Gladstone, who had gained Eve en the day's poll, was returned by a majority of 124. At three o'clock the Vice-Chancellor announced that the Right lion. Wm. &wart Gladstone was the representative for the University of Oxford. The instrument of election was then signed by the returning officer (the Vies-Chancellor) with the university seal affixed to it, and was handed to the Under-Sheriff of the county of Oxford, who was in waiting to receive it. The usual forms baring been gone through, the Vice-Chancellor dissolved the convocation. The last vote recorded was that of Richard Lynch Cotton, D.D., Provost of Worcester College, and Vice-Chancellor, who voted far Kr. Perceval ; the last but one was the poll clerk, the Rev Wm. Chambers, fellow of Worcester College. for Mr. Gladstone. The result of the last week's poll has reduced Mr. Gladstone's majority one; on reference to the poll of this day week it will be seen that Mr. Gladstone was in a majority of 126. TTTTT OP Till POLL.—PINAL CLOGS. OIGIbtOII6 ‘022 Per:oval Majority for Mr. Gladstone Amongst the supporters of Mr. Gladstone to-day wore— The Rev. Prebendary Coleridge, Denial; Professor John son, Magdalen 'Jell ; J. A. Odes, D.C.L., C.C.C. ; Rev. E. P. Arnold, All Souls; Rev. \V. Medley, University; Rev. H. Tripp, WOrCelter. CARLOW ELECTION. CLOSE U? TEE POLL. Alexander Sadleir 9l Majority for Alexander SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 14th contains two royal decrees, one ordering that the decrees of the 2nd April, 1852, and 2nd January, 1833, on the liberty of the pries, shall be remodelled and made into one decree ; and the other, ordering the publication of a new government paper to be printed at the national meet:g office independently of the Gazette. The Dowager has arrived at Madrid on her return from her journey to Tarancon. She was immediately visited by Queen Isabella. The Marquise de Lola, Infanta of Portu gal , has left Madrid for Lisbon. The English ambassador gave a grand dinner on the 13th to the ministers and other high personages, and on the following day he had a long conference with the President of the CounciL Don Carlos Llander, who had been appointed commissioner for settling the limits between France and Spain by royal decree of 16th June, 1831, has been relieved from his &actions by her Majesty. THE UNITED STATES. The following is the intelligence received by the Atlantic : On Sundar ;r t i l e te 9th instant, at 9 p.m., the Atlan tic passed a American steam-ship (Humboldt), bound west. n Monday, the 17th instant, ex changed blue-lights with the United States mail steamer Arctic, in lat. 60.18 N., lon. t 4 W. The Cunard steamer Asia had arrived out, after an eighteen days' passage, having experienced most violent gales and distressing weather. The steam ship America had not arrived at Halifax up to twelve o'clock on the 7th. The City of Manchester sailed on the 6th from I Philadelphia. She also arrived here this day. The family of General Pierce was plunged into deep affliction, in consequence of the death of a cherished son of the President. The youth was tra velling with his parents on the Boston and Maine Railway, on the 6th inst., when the ear in which they were sitting was thrown off the track and precipi tated down a steep embankment. The parents escaped almost scatheless, but the boy's brains were dashed out. Considerable apprehension was felt as to the effect the loss of her child might exercise on Mrs. Pierce, whose health for some time past has not been very good. A dispatch from Louisville announces the killing of six firemen, by the collapsing of a flue, on board the steamer John Simonds; and from New Orleans we havo tidings of the explosion of the boilers of the I steamer Fusileer, whereby some seven or eight per sons were killed. _ . . In the Senate on the fith inst., a message wag re ceived from the President, in reply to Mr. Mason's resolution, calling for the correspondence relative to the tripartite treaty respecting Cuba, and the various COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court seas held, the LORD MAYOR in the chair. This being the first meeting of the newly-elected mem bers of the commons sines St. Thomas's Day, the proceed ings were interesting, especially to the councilmen, of whom there were a large number present. The minutes of the last court having been allowed to be correctly entered in the journals, an unusually large num ber of applicants were admitted to the freedom of the City. CITY AND CLIIIKINWILL 1111410 8888 NTS. Mr. T. H. HALL, the chairman of the improvement committee, brought up the following reports :—On the pro ceedings of the said committee during the last year as to improvements within the City, together with the accounts connected therewith ; and the like respecting the Clerken well improvements, and the accounts connected therewith. Mr. HALL remarked that it was not his intention to say a single word likely to excite discussion upon the proposi tion he intended just then to submit to the court—namely, " that the proceedings of the committee he then held in his hand should be printed and circulated amongst the mem bers of that court." During the year the committee had worked very hard, and that the voluminous schedules at tached to the report would show. With reference to the two reports to which he had alluded as to printing the accounts, itc., he would say . no more than simply move that they be printed, and furn ished as early as possible to the members of the court.—Agreed to. Mr. HALL then said it became his duty to bring up a further report, in addition to the previous one of the 18th of January in the last year. Their attention had been called to the state of the funds, and he wished to inform the court that out of the amount they had already re ceived, they had paid away for claims of various kinds not less than 40,000/. ; so that, after disposing of some further pending liabilities of a similar kind, they would not have more than 24,0001. remaining. Without his making the slightest reference to the circumstance of the probability of a railway being brought into the vicinity of the proposed line of street, he might say that the committee had not the slightest reason to presume but that a considerable return would arise to the corporation from their proposed outlay en the purchase of property. They had long desired to see • good road from King's Cross, because they were of opinion, and had been for years, that such a project would prove beneficial, not only to the City, but to the metropolis at large. (Hear.) The question was, how they were to raise the money, and it was that question which he wished the court to deal with as they thought proper. In the case of this latter report, he would move, therefore, that it be referred back to the commiZtee to re consider, and to adopt such measures with reference to pro viding additional funds as might be deemed desirable. The motion having been seconded, Deputy Low said he wished to ask a question. He found it had been stated in the public papers that the corporation of the City of London were clearing away the ground at the north end of the new street, for Mr. Pearson's railway terminus. He wiskel to know whether that was so, or whether the ground had been cleared for the Clerkenwell improvements. Mr. HALL replied that the committee had contemplated nothing but the faithful discharge of the duties involved in the carrying out of the trust Imposed upon them, and as they had no instructions in the terra* of that trust as to pro viding for a railway in the vicinity, of course the ground had not been cleared by them for any such a purpose. Deputy Lorr.—Then the statement which has appeared in the Times to that effect is not true ? (Laughter.) The motion was then carried. TIER PROJECTED CITY RAILWAY TERMINUS. Mr. H. L. Taxima, observing that this w is the day for re-appointing committees, movcd—'. That it be an instruc tion to the Fleet Valley Improvement Committee forthwith to make a final report of their proceedings to the court, giving a detailed statement of the amount expended by them ; also, to consider and report how this city's funds may be reimbursed for the outlay that has been incurred, and that the committee be thereupon dissolved." (Bear.) Mr. Taylor referred to the terms in which Mr. Pearson 's project had been introduced, and the understanding upon which the committee was appointed, and compared them with the measures now before parliament, for the purpose of chewing that the promoters had entirely gone away from their original plan. The continuance of the com mittee would, under these circumstances, be most unwise, improper, and absurd. Mr. Deputy Lorr seconded the motion. Mr. ANDIUTON moved, and Mr. GRESHAM seconded, a motion for leaving out tho words " and that the committee be thereupon dissolved," which was carried. Mr. PHILLIPS moved, and Mr. DALIN seconded, a motion for leaving out that part of the resolution which re lated to reimbursement of funds. This was lost on a sion by a majority of 18. It was then resolved that the committal be instructed to make no new engagements. Deputy Lorr preiesle 1 a petition from Joseph Schlesin ger, for the re-payment of the amount of 3201., recogni emcee alleged to hare been forfeited. Agreed that the memorial be referred to a committee to examine and report,with another petition, by Solomon Bray, Town Clerk, of Birmingham, of a similar import. THE CITY MUNCH SOUP KITCHEN ♦ND HOSPICE. Mr. DALIN presented a petition from the President, Vice-Presidents, Chairman and Committee of the City Branch Soup Kitchen and hospice, Victoria-street, for a grant in aid of the funds. From an informality in tle drawing up of the memorial, however, which was fatal because it was not in accordance with the standing orders of the court, the petition was, by permission, withdrawn. 11,LHC110N 01' ALDRII. DIOTIC3 OP YOTION.-1 • KIN. Mr. ANNISTON gave notice of the following motion : .. That it is the opinion of this Court that one fifth of the number of Aldermen should go out of office annually, with power to be immediately re-elected, and that in the event of any alderman not being re-elected, he may, neverthe less, continue to be a masistrate upon the appointment of the Court of Common Council,. and that application be made to parliament accordingly.' Some other business of no public importance wee then transacted, after which the Court was adjourned. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. A meeting of Middlesex magistrates was held yesterday, at the Sessions, House, Clerkenwell, for the de spatch of the general business of the county. Mr. PowxAm. presided, and there was a full attendance of magistrates. The usual report of the Committee of Accounts and Oe nen' Purposes was brought up and read by Mr. Maude, the deputy clerk of the peace. Upon a recommendation contained therein, the court made an order on the ,county treasurer for the payment of bills, salaries, and demands, to the amount of 9,7151. 4s. Ild. The account showed the total expenditure to amount to 92,6121. 15s. 2d., On comparing this statement with that presented to the court at the cenesponding quarter of last year, it appears that the expenditure of 1852 sensed' that of 1861 by the sum of 9,1191. 135.; and is accounted for under the following heads, vii.: The three prisons, 5291. 11.• the eoro aare, MI. 45. 4d. ; County Asylum, Colney Hatch, 6,4061. 7e. 44. • the county bridges, 1391. 16s. 6d. • Sessions House, Weetniinster, 1,1671. 19s. 10d. • law ch arges, stationery, advertisements, and sundry incidental expenses, 6191 Tfe. 21. Total, 9.6991. ess. 2d. Deduct—less paid on ac mut of borrowed moneys for Harwell, 622 f. 14s. 6d. ; lists, weights and measures and sundries, 661. 17s. 9d.; leaving 9,1191. 13s. 10d. The report was received and adopted. Mr. )LAVDI read the annual reports from the County Asylums at Hanwell and Colney Hatch. They were of con siderable length and gave a satisfactory account of the con elision of each of those establishments of the county. The usual prison reports were brought up and read. • motion stood on the paper, is the name of Mr. Preshfield, for the appointment of a committee under the Ysod 16 Vic., e. 81, for the purpose of " preparing a basis K standard for a fair and equal county rate for this county." In tie absence of Mr. Preshfield from illness, it was weentland carried that the motion involved smatter of very considerable importance, as as doubt the result of the ap pointment of the committee would be that the county rate would be assessed upon a rental, half a million more than It was at present, and more equitable is its operation upon the shes geners,ily. .r. JOSIAH warm thought it was competent for an other magistrate to take up the motion. The CHAIRMAN ruled to the contrary. Notice must be given before that was done. Mr. KINSHIRAD said when the re-assessment of the county was made some years ago an increase of nearly a millboa and a half was made to the rental, and the polios maw la and made a claim of 6d. in the pound on the iateamod amount, by which the ratepayer had to pay eamedsiag like thirty or forty thousand pounds a year to the pollee. Whoa remark was made upon the exorbitance of that nun the answer was that it would be reduced, but he would ask any magistrate present whether that had been so, and he trusts!, therefore, that before the court took steps by which an increase of the rental to the extent of half a million... the chairman had stated, would take place, something would be done to ascertain how this claim of the police would be treated, as if the 6d. in the pound were again demanded upon the increased rental a very considerable additional burden would be thrown upon the ratepayers. Mr. TVIDIRR moved "the presentation of a memorial from the court to the Secretary of State for the Home De.' partment in favour of the proposed abolition of grand juries' within the county of Middlesex." Mr. Serioant ADAMS seconded this motion without going its entire length, which was supported by Mr. Witham, Mr. Josiah Wilson, and other magistrates. Mr. ARMSTRONG hoped the court would pause before it proceeded to tamper with one of the most ancient institu tions of the judicature of the country—one which, since the days of Alfred, had been one of the rights and privileges of the people of England—and that the grand jury would not be interfered with until another and more equitable tribunal was provided. Several other magistrates spoke upon the subject, and ultimately Mr. 'turner withdrew his motion, and substituted in its stead one for the reference of the matter to a special committee to report thereon to the court. This latter motion was carried. On the motion of Mr. TUUNSTt it was resolved,—That an application be made on behalf of the court to the Com missioners of the Police fur their concurrence and assistance in carrying out the sth resolution, passed by the anti on the 12th June, 1851, on the consideration of the report of the special committee upon the duties and remuneration r f coroners, and that a memorial be also presented from the court to the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the same subject. This was duly seconded and carried. The object of the motion was that police constables should bare the serving of notices upon the coroners, instead of parish officers. A considerable amount of formal business having been gone through, The court adjourned. SECOND EDITION. FROM THIS NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR•OFFICB, Dec, 24. 39th Foot.—Ma - or-General Richard Lluellyn, C. 8., to be colonel, vice Lieutenant-General George Burrell, C. 8., deceased. lit Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Thomas Lewis Hamp ton, gent., to be cornet, by purchase, vice Bolton, ap pointed to the sth Dragoon Guards. 11th Dragoons.—Henry Fullerton Richmond, 'gent., to be cornet, by purchase, vice Honourable R. J. Annesley, promoted; Roger Palmer, gent., to be cornet, by pur chase. 12th Dragoons.—Ellis Fletcher, gent, to be cornet, by pur chase ; Richard George Glyn, gent., to be cornet, by pur chase. _ . . Ist Regiment of Foot Guards.—Robert Austnaher, gent., to be ensign and lieutenant. by purchase, vice Kinloch, promoted. 2nd Foot.—Anthony Pemberton Hobson, gent., to be en sign. without purchase, vice Mackie, whose appointment has been cancelled. 3rdioOt. l inrlgn ---- William Stewart, from the 39th Foot, to be ensign, vice W. W. Kiug. promoted. 4th Foot.—Lieutenant Patrick Robertson to be adjutant, vice Knott, who resigns the adjutancy only. 10th Foot —Percy Beale, gent., to be ensign by purchase, vice Henderson, promoted. 13th Foot.—Lieutenant Henry Ilogge to be captain, by purchase, vice Wade, who retires; Ensign Wilson Henry Jones to be lieutenant, by nurchase, vice Hogge. 14th Foot.—Ensign Charles Monck Wilson to be adjutant, vice Strode, who resigns the adjutancy only. 26th Foot.—Lieutenant Thomas Andrews to be captain, by purchase, vice Edgar, who retires; Ensign Charles Frederick Elwes to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Andrews. 28th Foot.—Henry Clark Worthington, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gubbins, who retires. 30th Foot.—Ensign Charles Jocelyn Cecil Sillery, from he 78th Foot, to be ensign, Tice Falkosr, promoted. 31st Foot.—John William Townsend Fyler, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Herbert, promote d. 4 32nd Foot.—Charles John Roberts, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Ricketts, promoted. 34th Foot —Robert John Browne Clayton, gent., to be en sign, by purchase, vice Boyce, promoted. 38th Foot.—John Frederick Clinton Boyle, gent., to be ensign, without purchase, vice Gordon, promoted. 39th Foot.—William Stewart, gent., to be ensign, by pur- chase, vice Wadman, appointed to the lit Dragoon Guards. 41st Foot.—Frederick Ball Dickson, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice lush, promoted. 42nd Foot . —Captain Euctace Henry Rose, from the GOth Foot, to be captain, vice Macquarie, appointed to the 63rd Foot. 52nd Foot.—Gentleman Cadet Charles Norton, from the Royal Military College, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Champion, promoted; the Honourable Frederick Le Poer Trench, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Gervis, promoted. 57th Foot.—John James Scott, gent., to be assistant-sur gems 60th F Francis Charles Annaley, from the Ord Foot, to be captain, vice Rose, appointed to toe 42nd Foot. 62nd Foot.—Lieutenant James 'White Minchin to be cap tain, by purchase, vace O'Cdllaphar, who retires; Ensign Emanuel Roberts to be lieutenuut, by purchase, vice Minchin. 63rd Foot. —Captain George W. Macquarie, from the 42nd Foot, to be captain, vice Anuesley, appointed to 60th Foot ; Ensign Frederick Edward Ganntiett has been per mitted to retire from the service, by the sale of his com mission. 69th Foot.—Lieutenant Thomas Harvey to be captain, without purchase, vice Dunn, who retires upon full-pay ; Ensign Thomas Henry Charleton to be lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Harvey. 70th loot.—James Green, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Freemantle, appointed to the ,52nd Foot. 73rd Foot —Assistant-Surgeon Wellington Poole, from the staff, to be assistant-surgeon, vice Bolton, who resigns. 76th Foot—William Boyd O'Malley, gnat., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Gammell, promoted in the 22nd Foot. 78th Foot —George Digby Barker, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Weekea, promoted; Charles Jocelyn Cecil Sillery, gent., to be ensign, without purchase, vice Mar tin, deceased. 79th Foot.—Donald Hay M'Barnet, gent., to be enaign, by purchase, vice Stevenson, promoted. 84th Foot.—James Richardson, gent., to be ensign without purchase, vice Antrobus, appointed to the 50th Foot. 85th Foot.—Walter Agile, gent., to he ensign, by purchase, vice Dering, promoted ; William Halluwes, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice 13Iosse, promoted ; James Scott, gent, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Lord Taylour, pro m tad. 89th Foot—Savage Hall, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Dawes. promoted. 90th Foot.—The Hoc. Jocelyn Francis Pennington to be ensign, by purchase. vice Crealock, promoted. 91st Foot.—William Henry Gregg, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Hibbert, promoted. 92nd Foot —George Hubert Parker, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Parsons, promoted ; William Humphreys, gent.. to be ensign, by purchase, vice M'Donald, pro moted. 95th Foot.—Joseph P. O'Loghlin, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Taylor, promoted. Ist West India Reg iment.—Frederick Drage, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Connell, promoted. 3rd West India Reg iment.—Robert Bruce, gent., to be ensign, without purchase, vice Greatrex, appointed to the 73rd Foot. UwarrAcnEn.—Lieutenant J. B. Priestley, from the 25th Foot, to be captain, without purchase. ADMIRALTY, JAI4. 18. Corps of Royal Marines —First Lieutenant and Quarter master William Alfred Garner Wright to be captain, vice Pearce, retired on full pay; First Lieutenant John Charles Downie Morrison to be quartermaster, vice Wright; Second Lieutenant George Oliver Evans to be first lieutenant, vice Wright, promoted. BANKRUPTS. ANTONIO GABRIELIIiII - TYROWAI3 EDMOND, Broad street, City, merchants. HENRY Glum, Lowther Arcade, Strand, wine merchant. EDWARD PARKER, Cheapside, City, stationer. SAMUEL t3l/811, Exeter, innkeeper. fixttay JAMES GUNNING, OkehllDpLOD, Devonshire, surgeon. STEPHEN Bstunteon, Bridlington Quay, Yorksbire, corn dealer. HENRI CLATEURN, liulme, Lancashire, builder. THOMAS KERSHAW, Manchester, stone quarry worker. _ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS._ J 111411.9 Taws, Wester Olentore, Lanarkshire, cattle dealer. _ --.-.. Wtz.LiAbi Pasant, Altnaskiach Cottage, near Inverness, farmer. BANK OP ENGLAND.—Accoon tM9■ DIP NOW WWI ..... ...... 1:32,606,563 i tri.§0.565 I DAMP° DI Prowlsan' Ospltal tot ralgle Dopoita(fnciad 3.208,878 Ifiabog n Bat. 4300m015. of >l= D•K 4,01 Div. Accts ) 4,939,878 ether Dopo4ts -4:4o4,iyandotberltills 1.829.687 07,115.481 Jan. 73. 1857. for the week end:4 Ja0.15. M. ---- --- .•1.7311X1. Ooveramiat Debt.— I 041 W 470 - "o7v;;;;;;;It Ocouttlar fluatud. Da .t Weight Annuityl . ..... Z 13.870,7903 OtherSeccultics Notes ....... cold and tillver Oda 481.94 E1T.515. 411 MARt3HALL. Chlel Cadger. SUGAR.—The average price of Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, computed from the re turns made in the week ending the 18th January, 1853, is 265. 4fd. Sugar, the produce of the Mauritius, 255. 9d. Sugar, the produce of the East Indies, 265. Od. The average price of the three foregoing descriptions of Sugar, jointly, is 265. 3d. FALL Or THE ROTHERHAM MECHANICS' HALL.- A judicial inquiry into the cause of the falling of the nor thern wall of the Mechanics' Hall at Rotherham, now en course of erection, which resulted in the death of John Anderson, a labourer, and the severe injury of two of his fellow-workmen, was commenced in the Court-house, Ro therham, on Saturday evening, and adjourned to Wednes day, in the evening of which day it was brought to a close. M. E. Hadfield, Esq., an eminent architect, of the firm of Hadfield, Weightman, and Saleim, of Sheffield, who had been requested by the jury to report upon the cause of this calamity, thus ascribes the causes which led to the acci dent:—" Finley, in improper deviation from the plans and specifications, whereby the beam over the recess in the gable end wall was so much reduced in strength as to be (combined with the causes below stated) much too weak for the purpose. Secondly, the specification pro vides that there shall be at least ono through stone in every superficial yard of wall, and that river 'and shall be used for the mortar, neither of which most important and necessary previsions appear to have been attended to. The walls were to be " groited," and this also has been omitted. Thirdly, the unprecedented and continual wetness of the season, whereby the wall became so saturated with water as to ooze out in various places;—and when in this condition it was raised siz feet higher in the two days immediately preceding the aocident," placing upon it an additional weight of at least 30 tons, which it was certainly not in a condition to bear. And this in our opinion was the immediate cause of the accident. The jury returned the following verdict That the de ceased, John Anderson, was killed by the accidental falling of the north wall of the Mechanics' Hell in Rotherham. The jury are of opinion that the architect has neglected his du y in not having the piece of timber taken out that was put in by the joiner over the recess contrary is contract, and in allowing the masons to build the walls with iuferior material., at the same time proceeding too rapidly with the north wall. These circumstances, combined with the tin precel-nted wet season, are in the opinion of the jury the cause of the accident." tai ha pu th 4