The Express. — London, England, 1852-01-19 00:00:00

„ a ber of one thousand men. and would soon re-open It is reported that General Canales was otet tures to Caravajal, soil that the government ;,-'6.asooes to effect a compromise, at all hazards. - p it Sire York Herald, of the 6th, thus speaks of i lac going accounts: 1•:• n ewton. relative to the insurrection in Northern contradictory that it is utterly impossible to - a t the truth. One. account states that Caravgjal r',., " g o i into Team slier bombarding eerily() for J ae . ' and that t he revolution was believed to have bon calculi; suppreswl. A later dispatch represents OA • la.•"usenet men had reinforced Carava,jal, who , ▪ . 111 pr. liaring to take the field. It is also intimated t ee tausir., the notorious bla•sieau general, was making to the revolutionist., awl that the government go • fleet dir,F l yani , i( 3 ll. 6 to cotuprombat matters. One thing • r ontradiettyl, anal that 1., tile sudden retreat from an, r a very severe battle, an account of which will tound in another column. The following is the statement referred to: the arrival of the schooner Curates from Brazos &esti so, at New ehlavns. on the 2411 lkr. , advice* have am n e e ...eal from the Rio Grande. Ily this series' the New tkhl'ac trine has received the tint number of the a fw, caw rage, a paper pub:halted at Brownsville, Tease. It,• wend Ihrtnalwr 10. Thi. paper sp,aks condemnatory ef the le ...lotion it. Northern Mexico, denounces those en. ; N rsire And adviwi all Ameticans to abide by tie laws country, and take no part in the movements of c o ,eajal, to whom it products a speedy overthrow. The f,Averna a. eztratted from the V.,/ rue steamer Cementite arr i ..... here late on Monday bringing accounts of the mccot battle at Ceralvo, 1. •.‘ n the fore*. of Caravajal anal those of General Jau f•a:A. It ales ars that Gen. lautegui had 220 men and t .., 01 artillery, whil.• the Were under ( . 11r1111•AiAl anieue:..l to 310 men, without cannon. Caravajid • the guns of Janeastur. and succeeded in driving Irma hi. eapturinir much of the amnia • .ra and many horses, coddles, waggons, and smell um , loihnuat to Jaunlu.'s camp; but from some ainscountable ramie. failed in securing the lug, liern ral J..ursgui took shelter in a large • h.use near the cel.:c of the town, with his can sat There he held them at hay for two days, using ▪ gon. • inocad of shot, with his large guns. At eti o joneture Carasaell received information of the near approach of a lame detachment ul Gen. Urages force, and broke up, and commenced a precipitate retreat. IT: are inr , rineal th it his forces became much scattered in their stampede ; but the most of them, with their leader. n.. h.. 1 Coverer”, iminediately crossed over the Rio • tn e ,• putting that river between them sod harm. • ▪ y ace this. Sri.. n out of Ilveican territory. and have tuuud , fl ia:c cm tinn t ir.lll soil. All accounts agree that th.:ate her: , at C.-trains was a very severe one that Oen. Jareein . • in, n teught with as much determination and • could . xpected from any people lighting fur du.r hoin; • and the ir country'. honour. The little bend und.r a araea,al elwrged the slotted guns of their oppo in et,. w.th tle bravery and perseverance characteristic of ItI• Ana in a /AMA cause would have de.erved. AS it • .st Idol; have OCClAT.ll..weess. But their victory • prose w..li,otrous a. •d. teat could pun.ibly be. Wc hover this abortive and ithade teed attempt at a revolution üb.; Indll • Lltit ti. 1:111.r barge reinforcements are speedily r ~,,,, d tram Texas, nothing c 111 help them. The accounts 1},.. i•,pt Ford were not encouraging to the how. of the weadow force.. Ile was about leaving tlm Antonio ler Austin. to try what might he dieted in that quarter. We e r a 11..,.py in re.eivirbr the AM111 . 1.011: that Capt. Lewis will Woe actlung to de with the affair. As we can see nothing bi be elfi eta...!sir' hopeless a stniggle, we einc: to• ly 'Twit it will proceed nu farther." Pal announces the return of Oen. ilarne; to Rine y:4 Seranks. 111.1 say• toot hv is determined to enforce l b, w i tr,:ai Los .0 to a, lie. in hi. power. From the New Orleans Pierryarse, llec. 28: It appears th d the reports of the defeat of Caravajal, yul , :,tiod is the Browsardle Flay, and received here • day cr p,„ wen , perteetly cornet. The official report of et: Jam% dui is fublithed, and shoes that Caravajars moo. iy routed. Ile writes from CelTallfo, and r date of Ihremis r Ltt. He relater that after suing the note of MALIMUI.I", he received information that Carr mj.ll was at Ton, eillas, and was ordered to fall back Ile Cote. via to pre it. ht bring surprired. Then expecting to whet a ivaetion.ith Avalot, druregai again advanced se fa as Mi. r, whit h plat, he entered on the 21st Oct., without orpreitio. :tot int et in.: At slot, he retired • second tiros to Crrealro. Ile •ar 6.11...te.1 up cli.nely by Canivajal, both parts • marrhunt through tile ch.tparral. On 27th the attack ea t' nail° air commenced. Jsamurai complains mach at t►e trust ef the people; the n guariewas dissolue u ud he neap.-d no u.i•tanrc from the inhabitants. The stuck was very brisk, but Jaunotui says did not force bin he prick)°, till at last he found it necessary to costrutrigle all his Imes on une point, in order to prolong the sembst. Os the warning of the Ist inst., the besiegers ceased the attack, and took to Welt. A d.taehusent of eighty cavalry was sent out to retinue thus. They took th. rood from Arsalegua to Guerrero. Carmajars loss vim a colonel, tour siker*, and more than forty privates killed, the gnat., number Americans, led sore than wounded. Jauregui confess•• to one slicer slightly wounded, two non•commiuioned nun•,, and fourteen private* wounded, and six primate killed. Iteveral British re•idents base sent a communication to the pitenurent, complaining of the inequality an the Pay' rent of digit. cauad by the tariff enforced at Matatuuras, by tiintral Avaloe. J y Munoz has been elected first alcalde of r. f• Clllll. lh. dislat ore of Tamaulipas has passed a vote of thank. to the i.e. d, I. ' d on of MAL11110r11.. • The banners of the4oll*l VIAM which participated in the defence are to theerthed tr.:h the words "Valiant defenders of the tatrztily of the Mcsieria territory." A milt in Aripuieu, an the 27th ult., 'vaulted and stoned the Assertean hotel, CMlllOg DORIC damage. Ith AM, rn4o 11 I‘clltllft rs who had stationed themselves at 10 S ra, diol ...lieu they heard that a military two, was rArchiag alminet them. t. 4 Sonora have lately been gaining some ad virtot, • over the Indian.. . . . thrthe I:rth ult. • hundred men, with two pieces of ar ta. ry, I, ft Tampieu for &unions. Senat, ha. panted a reiolutios to adjourn on the 10th of tor. month. Tie I sio rust, of the 7th inst., says that, oa the day tette, the Chamber of Deputies had received from the itt tat, ots iiiwiat to the law authorising the raising of the prohatttstms. As arrasc.•tnent has been made with the English credi tor.. ay which for five pars they are to receive 3 per rent. aas ul iiitere.t and .5 of amortisation, and afterwards 4 per es• in.. rent and t amortization. The Spanish debt has bete arranged in the wine way lb amiss' of ►,;6i dollar. has been subscribed is Ma. labia foe the bcncbt of the defenders of Cuba. From South America we learn that the revolu tionary troubles continue at Valparaiso, and for the past two months no business of consequence has beta done. On the 2Mth ult. quite a battle took plact between the government forces and the insur gent.. in which thirty men were killed and seventy soundill. but the government gained the day and dop r-ed the rebels. A grand battle was expected :UM miles from Valparaiso, between the rA.rninent forces and the insurgents, which will ~b• the fate of Chili for years to come. No doubt ttc rnment will succeed, but it is a serious 5.14. r fur commercial interests. Its ne;fr;; --- Cairornlaby the Cherokee gives fiturable accounts from the mines ; great quantities of cold are extracted, and new and very rich deposits sn di..rovereel. The quartz mines are paying well. the Indian hostilities in the south of the state are becoming more extensive and threatening. Antonio burr. t..e chief of the Ague Caliente Indians, has oµ•n} I declared war against the whites; he has 3,000 ran under him, while the available force of the shins in San Diigo county does not exceed one hundred men. Martial law was proclaimed at San Intim oo the 21;th December. Colonel Harbour, the Indian agent fur the district, is much blamed for not having attended to his duties, and fur not now being at hi. post. A Sacramento paper says that within twenty-four burr after the first great rush to the spot, a town a I...tic distance removed, was surveyed, mapped, sub thrallii into streets, squares, tee., and in forty-eight rikrae(l,. it contained a number of stores, taverns, biiiding-howas or hotels, gambling-houses, with m•,ntc and billiard-tablets, and all the usual establish t,eur. wand in the inland mining towns. the f.illowing is an outline of the leading com mit int ath itt. : The mercantile reports from the principal cities and 1.-on. of the United States speak with more confidence of tee .tat. of mono m in general; at New York in particular no, sai olnervalele. Money was more accessible fur Irglti• 111/ti. pone.", and at mob:rate rates. Stocks and public wi re ia fair &mend, at prices tending upwards. It , h• , %change had fallen, and shipment of specie abroad bad almost ceased. Ihe market for limedstuffs continued inactive, at former race Wr.tlrn Canal flour, I dots. 50e. tot dots. I'2 e. per hITtl, round yellow Indian corn, 64e. to 66e. per bushel ; prime wheat, 1 dol. 16c. to 1 dol. Pic. per 601M.1 ' , Ain , weal. 3 dole. 25,.. to 3 dole. 371 e. per bd. (ono', market at Now York is reported brisk, with a " 4 r ic.• umountut 'minim doing. l'iiees had slightly I drained, av the fol:owing quotations will evidence. New .0.1 Mobile mid. fair to lair, 9be. to 91e. per lb. ; mid. fair to fair, Rae. to nit. per 1b.,01. ha, 17,0 .4 f I eat per lb. Th e r e ceipts at the ports continued „L to Prati•jOng sad freights very little bad been done, and . ration in ague,' I. noticed. ~/.`• haute ne London in moderate demand, at 110 SO 't • l'as•, en 11 . ,inhurg, 364 to 36/ ; on Bremen, NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 3. sy 0- ri „. t d 000 bales. Prices have got s alerted by the Airless news. Strict middling is I'4'l4llle. Itoyalllighness the I)uehess of Kent has given I !Auto* el 601. to this destitute survivors of the A 11162011. tit Court. WINDSOR, JAN. 17. His Excellency Count Walewski, the French Atulia.seelor, had an audience of her Majesty this afternoon at halt-past two o'clock, to which he was introduced by Earl Granville, her Majesty's principal Secretary of Suite for Foreign Affairs. The Earl of Malay was en attendance on the Queen as lord in waiting. The Queen walked in the Homo Park and the Slopes this morning. Tho Prime of Wales, the Princes, Royal, and the royal children took their usual walking and Nay 'serene. Prime Albert went out shooting this forenoon, seems pfnied by Prince Leopold of Sate Cohourg and the Earl of Mulgrave, end attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour. The following personages took their departure from the Castle to day —Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Chevalier and 1 Madame Bunsen, the Marquis soil Marchioness of Nor. risanhy, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementine Villiers, Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl of Mul grave, the Right lion. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Baton Ilseleln, and Baron Itoirgenbach. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours strived at the Custle this evening on a visit to her klejesty. The royal dinner circle included the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and Prince Leopold of Saae-Cubourg. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attendance at the Castle during dinner, and played the following pieces: Overture sentlearatde" Lion litovanni . Mow% Watts -•• IIM Menus, " tirlw tins—”Cs 01,1168 M. Mryrrbeer. Cialup ..... . ........ . ... . Her Majesty's private band &Raided la the evening, and performed the following selection: ovi num Valuers bract" Marftbner. hp.i.la (Flute). Mr. ilichardime Selectwa—• Fr* Du...4a . Aube". SUN CM'. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal children, accompanied by the visitors staying at the Castle, walked in the llome.park this morning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales and the Primers Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The lion. and Rey. O. Wellesley officiated. The Duke and Duchess de Nemours and Prince Leopold of Sane ('ohourg attended Divine service in the catholic chapel at Chewer. The American Minister and Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Law rence and Colonel T, 11 Lawrence, left town on &gunla, for l'aris, to be absent a few days. Mr. Bancroft Davis remains as Charge-d'Atfairs of the United States during the absence of the Minister. Lieut.-Colonel Mundy had nn interview with Earl Grcy on Saturday, at the Colonial-ottice. Mr. Lalanii here arrived in town on Saturday morning front Stoke, fur the purpose of attending the Cabinet l'ouneil. The right hen. gentleman returned to his resi dence in the afternoon. The Right lion. M. T. Banta had an intrryiew with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Rume-oflice. A CABINET COCNCII. WAS HELD ON SATURDAY at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were : Lord John Russell, the Earl of Hirai', Sir George Gres-, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Vrancis Haring, the Right Hon. Henry Labou chere. the Nlarquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, and Lord bilinear. The Council sat one hour and a half. The Earl of Albemarle will move tie Address in the house of Lords, in answer to the sftech from the throne. The mover and seconder in the House of Commons will be Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley, member fur the county of Anglesey, and Bonham Carter, member Mr the city of Winchester.—Gliserver. TUE. SENTENCE ON SARAH ANN con victed of the murder of her newly-born infant, at York, who was respited fora week, has been commuted to trans portation fur life. The representations of the chaplain of the gaol were most urgent on behalf of the unhappy woman at the last moment previous to the time appointed for her execution. The representations since made by the whole of the jure, the magistrates and municipal authorities of all parties, and the leading inhabitants of York, chiefly on the around of the bail character of the witnesses on whose tes timony the conviction took place, were so general that it was quite impossible to allow the execution to take plate. It is much to be wished, however, in the-e caws, that any thing calculated to throw a doubt upon them, or to elf .rd grounds for mitigation of punishment, should be brought lorward at the proper time, and not be allowed to transpire at the latest moment only.—/bed. OFFICIAL AFPOINTIIENTS.—Itenry I)arling, Esq., now Lieutenant-Governor of St. Lucia, is appointed brute nant-tiovernor of the Cape. Lieut.-Col. Charles F. Say mouroof the Scots Fusilier Guards, is appointed military ...artery to General Cathcart, Governor of the Cape. The lion. It. ‘l. P. Curzon, of the Grenadier Guards, is ap pointed aide-de-camp to Governor Cathcart. —/bid. THE STRIKE. PROCEEDINGS IN LONDON. It is rumoured that the Employer's Associat ion have despatchail agents to Belgium for the purpose of en deavouring to hire skilled workmen for enant in Eng lish shops. The men, who hare been disc, however, appear to pay little regard to the circumstance, as reported, .eying that English labour commands double wages in the Belgium market, when compared with native labour. In some of the factories termed " closed," the foremen and apprentices still remain at work, engaged in Sobbing various jobs; but the whole will be shortly discharged, in compliance with a resolution of the Employers As sociation, calling fur the complete stoppage of the engines. Large as the number is of the men thrown out of employment by the unfortunate dispute, it would appear from the records of the executive council of the Amalga mated Society of Engineers, that they are not so numerous as wax at first anticipated. Many of them have succeeded in obtaining employment either in the shops of some small employers who have not joined the master's move ment, or in obis which they have executed on their own account. This has had the effect of considerably reducing the number of men who would otherwise have declared on the funds of the society for support. Towards the maintenance of the men who have been turned out, a large amount is expected to be derived from the members of the society who an in work and the public. Ti.c executive council hays caused circulate to be sent to every member of the 9,000 in employment, soliciting one day's pay of their wages towards the relief of those who hare been dismissed. The tint payment to the men will be made to-day. The members of the society will be allowed 10s a week, and the sum that will be granted to those not enrolled in the society, but who have suffered by the closing of the works, will be regulated by the amount of subscriptions received from the public, who have been appealed to solely on their behalf, all engaged M the iron trade being specially solicited to contribute. Up to Saturday the votes of 21 branches only of the society had been received with respect to the grant of 10,0001. from the general fend, towards the establishment of co-operative workshops. One hundred branches have yet to express their opinion upon the proposition. Several men who have been turned out procured employment on their own account, and the bands of a large arm is Southwark have subscribed among themselves, and opened premises suitable for carrying on a large trade, which they declare they will obtain. MANCHESTER. There is no change in the position of parties; the employers, who have pledged themselves to the Central So ciety, are carrying out their promises as the notions to the men expire, and the operatives still appear of good heart. They bad a meeting on Friday evening, which Mr. Newton addressed, and Carpenters' Hall was crowded. The Amalga mated Society are appealing to the public for money on be half of the non•society men. BRIGHTON. The engineers of this town have held a series of meetings to determine on the course they should pursue at the present crisis of affairs. The result boa bees a concur rence in the policy of the executive of the Ama'pointed Society, but the men have, nevertheless, avoided all collision with the masters here. At the club meetings resolutions have been passed in favour of the appropriation of 10,000/. towards the proposed works, and the men have opened sub scriptions for the relief of the operatives of London, Man chester, &c. the following communication from Viscount Dederick, in reference to the letter of Lord Cranworth, published in Saturday's Ezpreas, was received at a late hour on garnr. day night, by Its. W. Allan, secretary to the Amalgamated Society : "7, Old-aqaare, Lincoln's-inn, Jan. 17, 1832. "Gentlemen,—Lord Cranworth's letter to Lord Ashbur ton, published in this day's Times, may do your cause some harm, as it is founded on a misapprehension of the facts of the ease. As we were the persons whom you trusted to lay the question of arbitration before Lords Ashburton and Crossword), it was our duty to take care that they •ander stood clearly the point at issue, and what you really did adt. Now Lord Cranworth says 'the men insist that the =satin shall not employ unskilled la bourers." We can only lay that when we made the application to Lord Ashburton we knew perfectly well that yeti made no such demand as this. Again, we knew peat( fly well that you did not ask for • law compelling masters and men to submit to any arbitration whatsoever. W hat you del ask for was the formation of such • board as exists in France, under the title of "Conseil de Prud'hoinrnes," to which any master and men who choose to submit voluntarily to its jurisdiction and bind themselves to abide by its deciaivaa,ean refer all disputes between them; and you told us, that you felt sure that all masters and men who wished for fair pray and nothing more, would be glad to submit voluntarily to such a tribunal as this. As your ease, through our means, his been put on false merits be fore the public, we think that you are entitled to this statement from us, and shall leave it with you to make what use you please of it.—Yours faithfully, Goninten, " Time. HUGHES, " A. VAN1517741a. " To the Esecative Council of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers." THE EXPRESS, MONDAY' EVENtifil, JANTJARY 19, 1852. TII E AMAZON. the bottom of the ship. Shouted down," Why don't yea get water, don't you see the fire ?" The persons to whom bespoke had their backs turned to hint. Mr. Roberts, the boiler maker, cane to him, and he shouted to them to get the donkey engine in order. By the time they got it, saw that the fore store room had caught fi re. As the Names in creased he shouted for more buckets. Went aft, and saw • number of persons, crew and passengers, attempting to force off the saloon doors. The boats on both sides u ere fuller people. " Every one for himself." Captain Symms was rushing_upand down givi ng or d er , b u t none heeded his command. Witness got into • boat like the rest, but it turned over, and he clambered up again on the deck, ho could not tell how. (Here the witness was quite overcome by his re collection of the dr e adful scene .) His opinion aa to the probable cause of the fire was this:—The firemen need long iron bars called pricker' to clear the furnaces ' and these prickers often became red-h o t from being put into the fire. It was the practice when not in use to place them on a rack overhead, where one end would touch the covering of the strain-chest. It was probable that the latter might be come ignited by the contact. Ile could account for it in no other way. Mr Mills entered into *erne explanations as to the posi tion of these pricker., givicg it as his opinion that there was very little likelihood of these having caused the fire. Chairmen (to witness)—What induces you to think the fire originated in that way ? Have you ever seen the men placing these pricker' in that position ?—I have seen the men putting them against the bulkhead out of the way, but it was generally understood that they were cool first. Mr. ?dills insisted that they were never laid anywhere but in the stoke hole. ADJOURNED INQUIRY AT SOUTI [FROM OCR OWN RUPORTZIO On Saturday, at half-past 12 o'clock, the investi gation was resumed, and, as on the preceding day, Captain Warburton attentively watched the proceedings, and occa sionally asked a question. Captain Dearly attended from the Board of Trade, and appeared to take much noes in terest in the proceedings, ezamining all the witnesses, and requesting that many of them should be detained at South ampton, in ease any governmeut investigation should ulti mately be thought necessary. Nutburn, the water tender, was then re-called, and care fully CISIMIIed SS to the temperature of the bearings. Ile reiterated his opinion that the fire could not possibly have originated from that cause. lie denied having heard soil whistling of the engines, as mentioned in Mrs. M.Lennan s statement. Captain &achy observed that there was a whi.tle in all man•of--war steamers, in order to give notice when the water was low. A short discussion ensued as to the probability of the fire basing arisen from this cause, a conjecture which was ulti mately rejected. Mr. Mills took occasion to mcution as a fact, that lie hail on one occasion come round from Liver pool in the Forth, and that they had heated bearings all the way and the water playing on them. Ile repeated his high opinion and intimate knowledge of the late Mr Angus's competency and good conduct. Attwood, the fireman, who had given such important evidence on the previous day as to the origin of the fire, was then re•called, and adhered firmly to his original state went, that the fire had originated in the store-room. Going up the ladder his view commanded the store-room from top to bottom, and certainly there was no fire iu the latter place. The next witness was John McCrea, fireman, boiler maker. The object of examining this witness was to dis• prove the leakage of the tanks. He said that he had cut perintended the making of the tanks. They were in a perfect state when they left the factory. They were of the best iron, thoroughly rivetted, and were 3-16ths of an inch in thickness. They were all proved with water before they were put out board the ship, having stood in the warehouse filled with water for several hours. Saw one of them on board the ship filled with oil. Saw no leaks. They were filled on hoard the vessel by "the manhole doors.' Be• tiered the cocks were nut in the tanks when the vessel lett. The oil would therefore be pumped in and out through the manhole. Challlll/11-11Ut the witness says they might hays been there. Captain —When did you get the four gallons of oil out of the store-room I—About a quarter to 12. I got it myself. Mr. Roberto came for a pitcher full of oil. I gave it to him. I bad a globe lamp (a specimen was ex- Whited, the light being completely isolated in a glass globe). ' When I gave it to him I locked the door. J. 11.berts, the boiler-maker, was nest examined, and corroborated the statement of Monis, and said—At the first alarm of fire he went to the hose, and found there was no water in the pipe. He then went for water, but could not get near the seat of the tire the smoke was so dense. Got into the saloon, and saw 30 or 40 pasamgers getting out of their beds. (The witness then repeated the melancholy detail of the oversetting of the boats.) Saw the captain, Mr. Roberts, and, he believed, the mail agent, the latter with one side dreadfully burned. The witness then de scribed the events in the boat, which never had less than 6 to 8 inches of water in her. Saw Mr. W. Angus in the boat with his head down. The latter told him he feared he was badly hurt in leaping from the burning vessel. The witness here bore testimon, to the active assistance given by Mr. Kilkelly - and Lieut. Witness then pa thetically described the gleam of hope tho poor people in the boat experienced on seeing the barque, and their dreadful disappointment when she passed away between them and the burning ship. She passed over the scene of the disaster. Ihe sea was one mass of oil, awl pieces of the wreck were (tooting about. This was the last that was seen of the Amason. Saw no bodies alive or dead. _ Chairman—Do you thoroughly understand there matters ? —1 have had great experience in making tanks for vessels. Never had a single case of a tank leaking. I asked several of the ship's company, cm the day of her sailing, whether the tanks leaked, and they said " No." Mr. Williern: Angus, second engineer, examined. This mimesis walked with great difficulty, and seemed in pain. His evidence was listened to with much interest. He said —I can give a description of what occurred from nine o'clock at night. On the 3rd of the month, I was in fact on duty from nine at night until six in the morning. I first gut up to awl the bearings, and found them all comfortable W.lll going shout the deck until 12 o'clock, and there was then no sign or smell of fire. The Ir-arings were all cool, flees all correct, and machinery in good working unler. I tried then the density of water in the boiler. I found the water "salting." The fore boilers were working well, but the after ones indifferently. I blew them of and as I was coming up the ladder I heard a cry of " Fire !" I ran to the donkey engine, but s cloud of smoke met me. I fell, and cut myself over the temple. When I recovered, I saw that all the lamps had gone out front the density of the smoke. Mr. Stone endeavoured to assist me. The chief engineer ordered me to turn the engines, but we could not get below. I went aft and found the people breaking In the doors of the cabin to get at the quarter deck. The doors were at last broken in, and we got on the spar deck, enil commenced rolling off the hales of hay. We continued to do so until driven away by the heat and flames. I then threw down the oars, many of them on tire. I then went &ilea on deck, and found that nobody bad touched them. I then saw it was time to look after " nuntlier one." 1 went to the side, saw that one lifeboat had been lowered beauti fully, and another swamped. I then went aft, and saw some mss n lowering the dingy. I heard the captain order the ship to be put before the wind. There was then no one at the helm. I went to du so, and found the helm lashed over the port side to the crank. The ship was coming head on to the wind. When the lashing was cut she went be fore the wind. I stopped there for some time with the second officer, Mr. Tiewecke, until the Captain called him away. When he returned Capttin Symons cried out, "is there no sailurrnan to take the helm ? that's right Angus.' 1 then saw a Spanish gentleman all in Hamm 1 caught him up, and he would have ramped overboard with me but I got clear of him, having Brat pulled off his burning clothes. I then heard a female voice over the side. I looked over and saw the stewardess clinging to the boat. She begged of me to save her, and I said I would if I could. I went away, and, on my return, I saw a boat lay lowered from the upon son, and I think if the officers have any mince it is in that beat. The apemen boat en the !lament side was, I be have, the Bret in the water. The larboard boat was burn ing. Had it rut been for t h e crutches she might have been launched and the people saved. They were obliged to hoist the boat up on their shoulders. I went to the port aide, crossing the deck I met Captain Symons. Ho asked me if I could go down and stop the engine. I said it was im possible, but that they would stop in 10 minutes. The hat order I heard Captain Symons give was to lower the star board boat. The people about it seemed collected, and, I think, it would get into the water all right. I think if the officers have any chance it is in that boat, which may have been picked up by the barque. Mr. Tre weeks and a seaman were still standing by the wheel. The port boat was char of the ship. I stood on the rail and made a leap of about 25 feet and lauded amidships, and was much hurt by the fall. We found 'the boat stove forward, and we staunched her with stints. When leaving the ship I saw a gentleman and lady, seemingly foreigner., standin g at the stern. lie seemed trying to keep the heat from her. We hard cries fur help on every side, hut could give no assistance. We had no oars, but drifted helplessly along 1 1 the waves. In answer to Captain Neilson, the witness said that at the commencement of the tire he saw a light smoke coming up between the boiler and the bulkhead, but no symptoms in the store-room. At a quarter-past 12 o'clock, saw Mr. Monis trimming a lamp in the storeroom. The lamp was trimmed for him (Roberts). It was an open one. This witness also expressed hi, opinion that the fire might have been caused by placing the pricker' on the rack. Carpenters had been working there immediately before the vessel left, and chips might hare fallen down between the boiler and the bulkhead, and the pricker* might have touched them. _ . A short discussion ensued as to the possibility of the pricker' having been in the situation described, Mr. Mills giving his opinion that they could nut have been so placed. \V. Wall, • coal-trimmer, was neat examined. This poor fellow was much burned, and walked with difficulty. Ile said, that on coming on deck the find thing he saw was Mr. Vincent and others lowering the dingy. Witness called on them to save him, but they took no heed, but went right away. Having described their sufferings in the boat, he mentioned that in sight of the barque " their heats leaped into their mouths," hut their disappointment was proportionate. George Webb, A. 8., examined—This was the seaman who had showed such courage and presence of mind in the boat by staunching the leak with his clothes. He described the flames as ascending to the lure-top sail ; when he came on deck the captain said, Put the ship before the wind, so as to send the same forward." Some one went to the tiller, but it was hutted to the port side. Ile went to the tiller, but when ho saw every one rushing to the boatament t•ro Saw Capt. Symons with his hands up calling out to Mr. Roberts to lower the port life-boat. Thought that the gig and the port life-boat had been launched, and might yet be heard of. C. Dewdney, a coal trimmer, was next examined, but nothing of importance was elicited. Michael Fox, a fireman, described Mr. Roberto u having handed a lady and child to him to place in the boat (Mrs. M'Lennan and child.) Ile was strongly of opinion that the prickers had caused the fire. l'roved that a piece of loose canvas was hanging over the boiler. A little boy named Itarris was next examined, but had nothing important to communicate. Mr. Mills then called P. Tapscott, the foreman joiner, to disprove the existence of chips between the boiler and bulk head. This witness said that so anxious was he to see all right, that he went out at the last moment in tho mail boat and went over the engine room. Wu positive there were no chips there, but admited that there was a piece of loose canvass hanging over the boiler. It was not impos sible that the pricker* had caused the fire. Recollected a tire once having taken place in the Little Western Irons the presence of chips, and had been exceedingly cautious ever since. _ The examination of this witness terminated the inquiry at about half-put 8 o'clock, the chairmen intimating that if any further inquiry were deemed necessary, it would be held in London. RECRUITS von ma ARMY. —A Horse-Guards memorandum says:—ln consequence of the rejection of re cruits at the head-quarters of recruiting districts on Alight and insufficient grounds, the Commander-in-Chief has, on the recommendation of the superintendent of the medical department, and at the suggestion of the Secretary at War, directed that henceforth, and until further orders, the in spection of recruits by the district staff surgeons, under ad tinsel instructions to be furnished to them from the Army Medical Department, shall be considered final; and that only in cases of obvious oversight, or of causes of disability arising, or first showing themselves, during the period in tervening between the date of the district inspection and that of recruits joining their regiments (which should in all cases be especially reported), shall recruits examined and passed by the staff surgeons of recruiting districts he liable to rejection by the medical officers of regiments. With re ference to the Limited Service Act of 1647, it is also directed that second enlistments of men, in all other respectseligible, may take place hereafter in infantry up to the age of 36, and in cavalry up to the age of 38. THE Our TatoL—The Board of Ordnance have sent down to Birmingham for tenders for the setting up of 23,000 rifle muskets. The tender-papers arrived about ten days ago, and Thursday was fixed for returning them, but the pattern, it appears, was not ready ; at all events it was not sent down until Wednesday morning, and an extension of time has taken place to the 22nd instant, when all the proposals must be in. The tenders have been sent to nearly all the extensive makers, and, in all probability, the lowest will have it, and, if so, there may be no small amount of uncertainty about the execution of the order. The workmen have met to fix a price at which they will perform their part of the labour ; and any contracts not given in subject to their terms may be attended with delay and uncertain execution. The guns are to be the same as those lately sent to Sir Harry Smith, and which are said to have astonished the natives. — Sass. _ Capt. Warburton.—You say that the port life-boat was not on fire 2—l think it must have been very hot, as It drove Lieut. Drills away. There were four bwits besides ours got away. We saw one boat &Boat full of people, but it soon disappeared. We hailed it fur oars, and they answered, and we saw it no more. Capt. Corry.—Did you see Lieut. Brady ?—1 saw • tall gentleman, whom I took for him, on deck standing near the captain. He was burned on the right side. Ilia side was blown out like • bladder; and the air causing the blisters to buret, the skin ass flying away in ribbons. (It is impossible to describe the horror produced by this state meet.) There was one boy burned black. The man was • tall slim gentleman. I believe him to have been Capt. Brady. Capt. Warburton.—Was Capt. Symons collected / No; he was melting about the deck like • madman. I saw him go sad a bucket of water and throw it down at his He sailed for men, but there were no men to be bad. lebert• wee very busy doing all he could, and not thhaldm hisnaelf. Mr. Treweeke was still at the wheel. Capt. - Warburton—Do you think that the officers had • chance of being its the last boat 1-4 think that all the Akers ere together, and if alive are in that boat. I could have steeped the atshies if I hell orders before I leg the aleiMONlllll. het I wadi aft widest whin, as it is against the mks of the service. _ apt.ViarbsrtoW:—lf they had been stopped, might not more have been saved P—No, I think more would have been lost. . . . . Chairman—linen you any opinion am to the origin of the Are ?—I only know it cams up between the boilers and the store-room. I think it originated in combustion (i.e., spon taneous combustion). Capt. Warburton—Did you see any passengers throwing settees overboard /—1 saw one, and assisted him over with it. . . . Capt. Neilson—Yon say it was caused by combustion; what are your grounds (or thinking so? Why, in the first place, painters had been working there and might have left dabs of paint and rosin about, which this heat of the engines would cause to ignite. I am quite sure it did not take place in the store-room. The coal bags caught the fire, and were soon in a flame. I am of opinion that the flames originated between the boiler and the bulkhead. The storeroom was not on fire when I saw the fire first. It appeared to me that the fire was coming up from the bottom of the ship. The store keeper was the first man who gave the alarm of fire. There was no turpentine on board. Chairman—What was your opinion of the engines? As splendid a pair of engines as ever a man handled. The bearings were only hot, as is usual with new engines. The engines were working splendidly all day. All the arrange ments appeared to me to be perfect and good. Captain Deachy—That whistling of the engines, what was it ? Merely some of the cranks were too good a fit. I think that the flames did not originate in the store-room. If they had, it would have run up, taken the deck, and run right along. I noticed no peculiar smell. I china there is a chance of two boats yet. Three men in starboard life boat got away with oars and everything right. Captain Mangles—Then there is a chance of three boats? I think so. When we got into the boat, Lieutenant Orilla took the command. I cannot speak too highly of the Dutch captain. He is now at Plymouth. The men gave up their beds cheerfully. Our crew behaved admirably, as also the passenger Mr. Kilkelly, who sainted in baling and rowing.: Richard Joyce and Casey, two engineers, from Mr. Seaward's factory, who had eome round from Condon with the engines, were examined and bore testimony to their efficiency. The proceedings were then adjourned for an hoar, In expectation that the last boat's crew which had been sa ved would strive from Plymouth. On their arrival at live o'clock the business was resumed with the examination of Tug QUEEN, we are tol , has been pleased to grant permission is Mr. Owen, the Professor of Compara tive Anatomy at the College of Surgeons, to reside in one of the houses on Kew-green, which belonged to the late King of Hanover. The gift was accompanied by a very flattering letter front Prince Albert to the professor. Ano ther of the houses on the same green has, we understand, in a like kindly spirit been presented for a residence during life to Dr. Joseph !looker.—eldierwesurt. Is CONJUNCTION WITH Ma. CARDWELL, LORD Dimwit is to aria; in the publication of the Peel Papers. It is stated in the current number of the United Service Ga zette, by the writer of A Visit to Apsley House." that the Duke of Wellington his consigned the publication of his papers to the care also of Lord Mahon. If this be true, be tween the daises of his " History of England," and the several memoirs of Wellington and of I'eel, the noble lord is likely to hive literary work before him for a good portion of his life.—AtAencum. MODEL COTTAGES.—The style of cottage so well known from the specimen exhibited by l'rince Albert in Hyde perk during the Exhibition has already come into actual use. A row of twelve, built exactly after the model." has been erected on II plot of ground near the Shadwell Station of tho Blackwell Railway—which every one acquainted with London knows to be an extremely poor and wretched district. Some of the lowest hovels in the metropolis were removed to make way for the new abodes. If the experiment succeeds—that is, if the poor should be found to prefer these new cottages to their old dwellings— several more of the same kind are to be erected in tho same street. Tut: BANBURY MURDER.---On Saturday the inquiry into the circumstances of this dreadful affair was resumed by the magistrates at Banbury-gaol. An In terpreter was in attendance by whom the depositions were translated to the prisoner, Belzberg°. The following is the most important evidence as yet adduced.—William Thompson, superintendent of the Banbury police, said when told by Dr. Sandy of the murder, he proposed that they should go tothespst. Met Kslabergo's cart, attendot by the witness Jane Saul. Saw the body. Should say that the wound causing death could not have been inflicted by the deceased himself. There were no marks of violetic upon the cart. Went upstairs on Saturday night, whilst the prisoner was in bed, and ex amine° his clothes. In his waistouat pocket witness found some loose powder and an exploded cap, and some trilling articles. Oa Monday night sestaell the premises, in com pany of Win. Walker, goveru , .r of the gaol, and having pulled down •01111. Wink in the stable, a built t mould fell into the hands of Mr. Walker. On Tuesday witness and Walker again searched the stable; iu the roof found • pistol big containing awns bullets of a white metal and one of lead, also a quantity of gunpowder tied up in different papers. The prisoner was remanded till Monday, when it is supposed the proceedings will be brought to a ter mination. A Mclnnis, the storekeeper, who bore evident marks of the dreadful sufferings ha had lately undergone, and walked with a stick. The answers given by this person chewed an evident anxiety to shift the responsibility from himself, by endeavouring to thew that the fire had not originated in the storeroom. Ile said he had been nine months in the company's service, and that his duty was to attend the store-room, from morning until night. That on the night of the fire ho was on duty until 12 o'clock, and was more busy than usual in con sego. nee of the increased quantity of oil required for lu bricating the heated bearings. He hail given out plenty of tallow in the morning, hut had to give out four galloon of oil. The fore store-mom wasdevoted to oil and tallow, but contained no turpentine or spirits, He took the oil to the engine room. Ile went to the engine room because he felt cold in the store-room. He was at the font stoke-hole when he looked down and saw between the starboard fore boiler ar.d the bulkhead a glare of light coming up from INTENDED INCREASE OF THE ARMY. (PROW • An addition of 23,000 men to tho army is in tended, and the necessary arrangements are now under stood to be in progress. The plan, to be promulgated im mediately after the meeting of parliament, is understood to be u follows : The 17 regiments of cavalry on the home service are to be increased 30 men per troop (the King's Dragoon Onards having 8 troops), to increase this arm of the service 3,120 The Royal Artillery, 13 battalions, 260 men to each battalion Thirty regiments of the line, now at home-viz , 14 battalion let Itnels, 4th, 7th, 9th, 14th, 23rd, 27th, 28th, 31st, 33rd, 38th, 39th, 40th, 46th, 48th, 60th, 62nd, 67th, hit, 77th, 79th, 81st, 82nd, 80th, 88th, 89th, 90th, Slat, 93rd, and 96th-to be augmented to 1,000 rank and file each The following 21 dep6ts to he formed into second battalions: 2nd, 6th, 11th, 13th, 26th, 30th, 34t1i, 36th, 42nd, 43rd, 47th, 49th, 66th, 68th, 60th, 66th, 68th, 69th, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 76th, 92nd, and rifles, each battalion to be 800 rank and tile 12,609 In addition to the above, 10,000 militia are to he availa ble, to relieve, if necessary, un equal force of the line from Ireland. A large increase to the navy has abo been de cided on, and also two additional battalions of Marines. NATIONAL DEFENCES. TO THE EDITOR. OP THE PCPRPePI. Sin,—Why do not the government call home the best of our =ll.ot-war steamers, and keep t hem in the ports on our south coast ready for duty ? If they did so arrange them, one at one point and another at another, and then connected the porta all round from Chatham to Plymouth by electric wires, a message could be sent ordering the whole force to meet at any spot where their services might be required on an emergency. A COAST GUARDSM AN. REFORM MEETLNG LN BIRMINGHAM. On Friday night, a public meeting, to receive a deputation from the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association was held in the Town Hall, at Bir mingham. Notwithstanding the fact of the meeting having originated with four or live individuals, such was the en thusiastic feeling manifested by the public in favour of a further returns in our representative and electoral system, that from five to six thousand persons attended, and re mained in the hall from seven o'clock until nearly mid night. Indeed Birmingham suffers as much from the de fects incident to the present system u some of the smaller boroughs, for although the town and suburbs contain a popu lation of above • quarter of a million of souls, consequent os compounds for rating, and other drawbacks on the paro ehial, there are little more than lino thousand electors. Sir Joshua Walrnsley and Mr. George Thompson at tended in the deputation. Messrs. Monts and Seholefield, the borough members, were absent, and the cause is as signed in the letter given below: Mr. Alderman BALDWIN presided, and briefly addressed the meeting. Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY, in the course of • speech which occupied nearly an hour in the delivery, pointed out the defects in the present system, and the ne cessity there was for reform ; he remarked on the position Birmingham had hitherto taken in connexion with the ro tor m cause, and after stimulating his auditory to renewed exertions, in conclusion said : u the town of Birmingham the country looked for an example. Its people had a great and a powerful name—a history glorious and immortal ; and he ;nicest no more than that they should do in '52 what they did in '32. (Cheers.) Recently they had amongst them the illustrious chief in whose great soul was centred the destinies of a down-trodden nation, and they honoured him as the embodiment of national and constitutional liberty. Would they do k-as for thentsclyt, ?—less for their fellow-countrymen ? (No.) Well, let Birmingham dis play the same seal and enthusiam in behalf of the millions of struggling fellow-countrymen, and they w uuld achieve for all that which they once so nobly secured for a section of the people. [SirJoshus resumed his seat amid loud and protracted cheering.] Mr. GEORGE TaomPsos followed, delivering a mast effective speech, the sentiments in which were most anthill. siastically cheered. Letters were then read from absent eminent reformers : Mr. Hume pleaded business and his great age ; Mr. Clench. M.P., had an urgent engagement in Paris. Mr. Joseph Sturge also declined attending. Meesrs. Monts and Beholetleld, the borough members, sent the following " Birmingham, Jan. 16, 0152. " Sir,—When, some short time since, we accepted an in vitation to attend the reform meeting which is to be held in the town hall this evening, we were under the impression that the movement was a perfectly spontaneous one receiv ing its impulse wholly from the inhebitants of the borough. It would now seem that the meeting owes its origin to other than local intlisences, and that it is to be used not sim ply as a means of eliciting the public voice on the import ant subject of reform, but also for the purpose of dissemin ating the political and financial views of a body of gen tlemen acting under the name of the ' National Parlia mentary and Financial Reform Association.' Emphatically disclaiming all feeling of hostility to that body, and wil lingly acknowledging the zealous exertions of its leaders, and their desire to promote the cause of good government, we cannot consent to identify ourselves with plans and prin ciples in many of which we do not concur, or sanction any extraneous interference with the independent expression of the opinions of our fellow townsmen. Coder these circum stances, and being anxious to avoid anything which can dis turb the proceedings of the meeting, we deem it the more respectful course to abstain from taking any share in its dis cussions; and we are, sir, yours faithfully, " Q. F .11r :c.a. "To the Chairman." Wm. SCHOLEFIELD. It would be a very mild expression to my that the recep tion the foregoing experienced was anything but compli mentary. The Birmingham Journal has a report in its late edition, and says, " Tho letter was received with hissing." Mr. G. DAWSON, M.A., who hod originated the meeting, then came forward 'midst great applause. He commented with some severity on the letter of Meurs. Munta and Schole field, and said—The resolution ho had to propose was, " That this meeting declares itself in favour of an extension of the suffrage to every adult mule unconvicted of crime, and of sound mind.' (Great cheering.) So far as he could remember, the resolution was in the very same words as those of the Charter, and very properly so, because they believed that universal suffrage was just, and therefore they could not do better than use the words of a document which justified it, and had received the sanction of the men of Birmingham. Let them be worthy of the heritage their fathers left them, let them re.inapire the fallen nonage of Europe with hope, and in saving them selves they would do justice to the cause of Italy, of Hun gary, of Germany, and of Poland. Let them rebuke all despots, until again liberty, the cause for which their an ecinal fought and bled, should triumph as of old. (Great cheering.) Mr. B. BILL seconded tha resolution, which was pnt, and carried unanimously. The Rev. BREWIN GRANT moved the next resolu tion : " That this meeting having beard the statements of the deputation from the National Parliamentary and Finan cial Reform Association, and considering the measures of that association a great improvement on the present system, and a great advance towards universal suffrage, offers the association its tkaaks for what it has done, and montane* for the future." Mr. GEORGE EDMONDS, the Clerk of the Peace, having seconded it, this resolution was also unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks having been by acclamation accorded to the deputation and briefly acknowledged by Sir Joshua Walinaley, Mr. THOMPSON, in a few indignant sentences, and amidst the repeated plaudits of his alic.itory, referred to the letter of Messrs. Monts and Scholefield. He had been (he said) frequently in Birmingham, both before the Town lfall had been built and since, but he had not the slightest idea—however Quixotic he might be—that he should be deemed au exotic. (lieu, hear.) The honourable gentle man ridiculed bitterly the letter written by Mr. Mentz and his hon. colleague. Ile (Mr. Thompson) had attended many similar meetings, but had never heard of such a letter being sent to any one ; and if at any future meeting their members should be present, and there was public spirit and justice enough to hear lion, ho would come from London and advocate, as he had ever done, the great prin ciple they had established that night. ((treat cheering.) In a solisequent note Mr. Dawson *as warmly thanked for calling the meeting ; he noticed it (be said) .in con firmation that the policy he had adopted was a wise one, and that such a proceeding might be safely repeated. The meeting broke up between eleven and twelve at night. CALLS TO TILE BAR.—Tho Hilary Term calla to the bar of the lino. Society of thu Moline Temple were made on Saturday last, and th. y compri.e the atter-mtn tiou gentlemen: Arthur Patt•son, Esq. ; Joseph Pu get., • rim Iley, Esq. ; and Henry James, Esq. PRINTERS' DRAMATIC SOCIETT.—A soiree in nip port of this society took place on Saturday evening at Au derton's Hotel, Ileet•street. A variety of entertainments were provided for the occasion, consisting of songs, recita tions, dramatic actors, imitations of London actors, and p thrinances tin the pianoforte and other instruments. The p. sts I/ICrl, with the exception of three musicians, were members of the printers' trade, and their abilities to amuse the company were quite sufficient to eimpensate for the absence of a larger number of " professionals." The pro ceedings were conducted throughou• with much regularity and good taste, and the preraillyr sentiment amongst the 'mak ors appeared to be that each should make the utmost exactions in favour of the general tune. The company was very numerous, and the result was evidently satisfac tory to all conecrue4. WOLVERIIAIII•TON JUNCIION RAILWAY. The estimate for incorporating and carr) inz out this company for a line to connect the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway with the Shrewsbury anal Birmingham Railway, with station, approaches, de.. is 104.0004 note:— 24,070 IRELAND. DVRLIN, JAM. 17. A third edition of this day's Weekly Freeman con tains the intelligence that the Rev. 1)r. O'Toole, the Roman catholic vice-president. of the Galway pro vincial college, has declined to comply with the decrees of the Thurles synod by surrendering his office, and has determined on appealing to Rome. As the rev. gentleman is known to be a pious and ' exemplary clergyman, and is altogether a most ' worthy and estimable man, his example in this matter will not fail to have a great deal of influence, and his case will form a final rallying point for those of the Roman catholic laity who would stand hy the colleges, if possible, without open disobedience to their church. I understand that the Rev. 0"foolc grounds kis appeal to Rome on the plea that he owes no imme diate obedience to any of the Irish Roman catholic bishops, having studied and been ordained in France, where I believe he was also for some time on the mission. his pretty clear that unless he bad some such ground to go on he would not have adopted the present course, as the very circumstance of his in curring the censures of his church by disobedience would forfeit for him his office in the college, it being pretty well understood that priests under sus pension would not be retained in an official capacity in the Queen's Colleges. The Freeman thus com ments on the matter: We can hardly believe that any catholic priest in Ireland could be funnel to disobey the direct inundates of his Holi ness. The idea of appeAing to Rome against Wine itself is too preposterous for credence. We will, therefore, give the vice-president the benefit of withholding any comment on the correspondence which lies before us until the fact of his refusal to obey beconu s a matter of further notoriety. The dean of residence resigned his office, we are told, many months ago. Mould the vice-president, however, continue to cling to this COUPw then indeed will the Queen's Colleges have been brought into hopeless disrepute with the catholic* of Ireland. Five small estates were sold Testerday in the En cumbered Estates Court, and asixtli was put up, but withdrawn for want of soffieient otf-rs. &rising Mail, in sonic remarks on the sale of the Earl of Mountnorris's estates, on Thursday last, to an Eng lish purthaber, &apt At length we have to announce the appcararee of a lam. English capitalist in the I neuinhered Estates Court. and his NUCCCSI will probably bring more of hie cl.ois to the same market. The agent of Mr. Verner Fester, of Stow bridge, in Staffordshire, was, on Thursday, ilmlared the purelnuier of the Mountre ) estates, in the county of Wesfurd, for a sum of 4.1,200 f. This investment, in one of the most eivilimal and improved districts of our island, re turning at once 51 per cent., and at the termination of three lives 7i p•r cent., is well worth all the preference shares which the projectors of Mariposa quartz minty can scatter among their snliscribers. We doubt not that the uneertein state of the money market, and the steadily de clining aspect of public securities, will turn the course of many a golden stream from Leadenball.strect into our land market. _ A western paper states that a Roman catholic clergyman refused to celebrate mass, on Sunday last, in a chapel, while a policeman known to he a Freemason continued to remain there. The police man, sustained by his companions, refused to retire, and the priest, with the remainder of the congrega tion, withdrew to a short distance, and performed divine service in the open sir. A letter has been received from the Revs. Messrs. l'eyton and Mullen, the missionaries sent to preach for the Irish Catholic University in America, giving la favourable account of their progress, and transmit ting a sum of 1001. collected by them in Baltimore. The official announcemen. of the special commis sion for Monaghan has been published. It is nut yet certain that there will be a special commission for the county of Louth. Lord %aux, of I larrowden, has addressed a letter to the Tablet, containing suggestions for the promo tion of a Roman catholic club in Loudon. The an nual subscription is to be a, and rooms are to Ist occupied by the club at a hotel an the vicinity of I St. James'iestreet. MR. MACAULAY, it is maid, has delayed the publi , cation of the third and fourth 'Mumes of his History of Englanu in consequence of his having obtained some new ieformation relating to King William the Third. King William, it is asserted, figures as the chief personage in the , narrative—and the greatest stress is laid on his conduct sub sequently to the revolution.—Atlienasum. , FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REYORM.-111 , the Marylebone vestry meeting on Saturday last, Mr. Nicholay presented a memorial, signed by a number of the . inhabitants of Oxford-suet And its vicinity, asking for the . use of the board-room of the Court-house for a public meet , ing of the ratepayers on parliamentary onl financial re . form. After some opposition the mition was ultimately . agreed to. PRESERVED MEATS FOR THE NAVY.—M. Soyer - has sent us a letter, describing an t lamination made by , him of the naval putrid meats. Ile concludes by saying :— , I would strongly advle for the future (specially if those • preserved meats are to be cured abroad, as the last contract r appears to have been done) that official persons well tie r quainted with those important processor, who really only • require cleanliness, care, and a little judgment, be sp . pointed to examine the quality of the meat, not only when r preserved, but also in a raw state, and previous to the pur • chew of it by the contractnra, in or out of England ; and it would be even more gratifying if government was to under take it, and cause thine preserves to be done in the various victualling yards, where abundance of r om is there untie cupied. No canister. besides, ought to contain more than 6 pounds of meat, the same to he very slightly seasoned with , bay salt, pepper, and aromatic herbs in powder, such as bay thyme and bay leaf, a Mall quantity of which would not be objectionable even for invalid.. That no jelly be added to the meat, but that the meat, and the meat alone, should produce its own jelly, and that with the bones and trimming of the above a good stock should be made without vegetables, well reduced and skimmed, to form a very strong transparent demi-glace, and that six pound canisters should be filled with the same, bearing a special mark, and one of these allowed to every dozen of the others; this demi-glare, when diluted in water would make six gallons of very good broth, with which any . kind of soup could be made in a very short time, otherwise divide it into portions with the meat; ordinary vegetables of any kind, so very beneficial on a long sea voyage, may be easily pre served separately-, at a trifling cost, with the greatest faci lity:, and used in perfection in at. climate." DISCOVERY AT TIIE OLD HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. —On Saturday afternoon no small degree of excitement was created by the discovery of a body imbedded in the walls of St. Stephen's Chapel. While the workmen were chipping an old stone wall of the chapel they came upon something rolled up in canvas, and un partially uncovering it a human form was disclosed in a perfect state of preservation. A wooden pastoral staff was hound by its side, such as was car ried by the mitred abbots of the olden time. The discovery created intense excitement, and huudreds of persons flocked to the spot. Mr. Barry was sent for, and in the meantime the remains are strictly guarded, in order that a satisfactory examination may be made by competent persons. It may be remembered that the walls, in which this interesting relic was discovered, form part of the chapel built by Richard the Second, in 1398, the money for the purpose having been raised by a tax imposed on all foreigners then residing in the kingdom. The body was found in the wall of the crypt, under the high altar, where in the old monasteries there was generally to he found a small chapel, underneath the great public church. To be buried in this IscenCon was a mark of distinction, re served for the founder of the building or for some great be nefactor of the establishment. The body just discovered is obviously the remains of a high ecclesiastic, and from the feet of its being buried with crossed-legs it is surmised that the deceased dignitary was one who had visited the Holy Sepulchre. The body is closely encased in cerecloth, which will probably be difficult of removal. THE EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES.—Thccongregational and other voluntaries are going to make a grand struggle against the Manchester schemes of education. An influen tial body of them are to leave London at the commencement of next week, and meeting deputations from other totems at Manchester they will make that place the centre of opera tions, and take counsel together at three successive con ferences and meetings on the '2nd and 3rd of February. 'the result is to be that they will raise funds to meet both the national public school council and the promoters of the Manchester and Salford local scheme (who are renorted to have 9,0001. to spend) before parliament, there to oppose, in or out of committee as may he necessary, and defeat them if possible. The Society of Friends had a meeting a few days ago at Manchester, to see if they would not co operate with them, but though as a body they oppose the church scheme emanating with the clergy of Manchester and Salford, they are divided as to the national elan, which is for secular education. Theirs will, therefore, hoe only individual support. FRIGHTFUL. ACCIDENT FROM NAPTllA.—Atiother accident, resulting from the incautious use of menthe, oe curved, late en Friday nig!it, to two persons, father and son, named (Joule, tailors, residing at 74, Wardintr-street, Oxford-street. As they wire engaged in charging a naptha lamp, the spirit became suddenly ignited, and in their agi tation the contents of the vessel were upset over their clothes, and they were instantly corder.' in flames. Screams of distils. weir heard to issue from the apartment, and in a moment the tether rushed into the street, mum loped iti tire. Many persons hastened to his assistance, and by the speedy application of shoals and sundry other mil -1 cies of clothing, the It uses were 1.0011 subdued. The poor ' man's clothes were entirrly consumed, and his body was most dreadfully burnt. He was couveyed to the Middlesex Hospital. where Ins life is despaired of. The sun, although much injured. s THE KAF I t VAR .—On Friday mein of the iul:ubitana of tzei%..tme:.cr:wd.oaarto: recover. )ih l n i e ax le , at Town w • I 9_ the tions of the present war at the Ca st the line of policy adopted b government in ' the native tribes, were carried unanimously. • ••. 1;41._;., • • • 3 1 - 1