The Express. — London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The commissaries of Amens and Austria formally transferred the government of the doeby of Helateen, on the 'nth instant, to the oomvaimarz of Denmark, Count itcventiow-Criminil, in as oillesal conference, held in the Sat;oss, at Kiel. The ceremony did not o ccupy more than half an hour. lt•imburg letters of the 18th annowsm that the departure of several troops from Holstein had Woolly commenced. On that day the first battalion of the Nth Prussian Regiment arrived at Hamburg from Kend>•burg with two companies of the Austrian re giment Ilington, and a held train. The railway mum a ill continue to convey troops daily until the c%Acasttou shall have been completed. TURKEY. The Pnteie has received letters from Constantino- ple of the sth. stating that the Port* was very dea ns. to conclude the affair of the Holy Places, bat hAil tern again hindered from doing so by the steps taken by M. Titoff, the Russian minister. A letter t Constantinople of the 7th states that the government has just imposed a personal tax on every '4urk 1,1 hubject, without distinction of cell- The minimum is , to amount to 20 piastres (4 . 40e.) a vear, and it is thought that the whole amount wi.i reach a sum of 100 millions. TILE COAST OF AFRICA. The Sampson, steam-frigate, 6, Captain Les-is T. Jenks, arrived at Spithearl last evening from the coast of Alriea station. She left Ltgaw oa the 6th of January, turned at Wirlagry the saine day, Whydah tin the 7a, L I .0A on the nth, Arena on the nth, ('ape Coast Castle on Y. lilth, Sierra Leone on the 24th, Tenenfle on the 4th of 1111111ilfy ins., Madeira OD the 6th, Lisbon on the 11th, and hit ladionidi the I.lth She reports that the auktority of the wounded at Limo were fot recovering as hoard the Penelope at thi time she left. but some few severe and den ereav eases still caused ausii ty. The Harlequin, 12. wac off 4,ag,o,watching the formation of King Aketuie's new govern ment. The Niter, 6, iicrew-,.1. op, Commander Heath, was off Ilailagry. 'I be I'Lilom.l. 10, Commander T. O. Forbes, was 'Seeding the cont . , rcnee at Abomey, (or the suppression of the slave wattle. 'Elie Volcano, stram•sloop, was off Quitah. The i. Still ill force, but Teasels with car ts, engaged area loved till the Ist of March. Commander T. orbs" yr. at Atibeukuta engaged in organising the forces of the town for the defence. and developing the re warns of the country. Ahlwokuta is expected to become a very important place uow that 14 seaport, Lagos, is open far legal oiminene. Lagos la the key of the country, healthy and well situated for trade ; the bar may be passed in a good sailing owl four days nut of seven, and has 10 feet en it at high water. Commander Lark, of the Alecto steam-vessel, has come home invalided in the Sampson. Cbt court. THE EFFECT OF THE NM ABROAD. (hen as Degy Nan) The vote of Friday night will have its effect in foreign countries. Few of these on the continent, who hear of the principal circumstances end per of the debate, an fully understand the bear ings or positions of either. All they will per ceive is, that on a motion of Lard PALMERSTON, resisted by ministers, Lord JORN RUSIRILL was beaten, and com pelled to resign. The perils of a Hal& war division, or of an unsatisfactory Reforms Bill, cannot be ex plained to foreigner.. They will am but the faet itself; and the name of PaLintarrox, already sur rounded by a fabulous terror, will revile the dreams of conservatives and democrats. However plain Lord PALMERSTON'S aim and con duct, when thus viewed from • distance, it is very far indeed from being intelligible to those who can scan it with a near and naked eye. His lordship went out of office because he entertained opinions too favourable to the present ruler of the French. Lord PauttarroN now drives Lord JOHN from office ' became he is not vigorous enough in the measure of military defence. Of defence against whom ? against this very Louis N.trotEoN. Great must be Lord PALMERSTON'S organ of veneration. Ile loves and fears the same object profoundly. Ho would embrace this Louis NAPOLEON, but would put on de fensive armour to obviate the danger of the embrace. All the world knows the difference between a local and a general militia. The first has for its ob ject to train the youth of the population to the nee of arms. The latter is to mise,and go to the expense,of a largedomestic army,which is to form and furnish the materials for an army in the field, supply its voids, and keep it permanently complete. A regular militia looks to a state of war, as its necessary accom paniment. A local militia, on the contrary, looks to a remote and unlikely contingency. Lord PALMERSTON looks to war as a possibility, snit war can come from no one, save from France. How then could his lordship have approved a coup clout, that substituted a warlike President for an Assembly decidedly averse to war? Socialism itself, when triumphant, never assumed attitude or language cal culated to alarm or provoke us. High class, middle class, low class, not one of them in 1 mime was at all likely to pick a quarrel with us. There is but one Frenchman capable of that—but one French party that could think of it, a party concentrated in that one man's person or train. Is it not a monstrous absurdity that all Europe should be obliged to arm and to spend millions because chance, or his own audacity, has raised a madman to the successful usurpation of • throne ? But with respect to what this madman can do, every one is pretty well agreed. An invasion of ail; country,. sudden, unprovoked, and aimless, though possible. is not a thing to be expected. For it Louts NAPOLEON be insane, the 100,000 men whose sup port and exertion he must demand are sane, and —though soldiers,—will doubtless feel inclined to ask the simple question of—why this expedition ? However mad may be Louts Naroteost, ho has wit enough in his madness not to provoke all the powers of Europe. Instead of putting forward pre tensions of territorial aggrandizement, the French President evidently affects to be engaged in a war against ideas. He has undertaken a crusade against every degree and kind of liberty, frcm socialism to constitutionalism. And in these he naturally hoped for the support of the great powers of St. l'etersburg and Vienna. It was his most adroit way of paying court to them. Un fortunately, he has overdone the thing; and even the Czar NICUOLAS is ashamed of so clumsy an imitator, who does not make anj allowance between the moral latitude of Paris and bt. Petersburg. In pursuance of his war against liberal ideas and their expression, Louts NAPOLEON has undertaken a crusade against the prem. Ho has put it down in France; but, to complete his purpose he must put it also down, in all French speaking and French print ing countries. Ile must muter the press of Brussels, the press of Geneva and Lausanne, the press of Chambery and Turin. There will be little difficulty in the latter. But to gag completely the Belgian journals will require a stronger government and code than King Li oroto possesses. The harshness, however, with which the French government has addressed the Belgian government on the subject of the refugees and the press, has led English politicians to suppose that such demands on the part of the French were a provocation or a pre lude to war. Hence our militia bill, our militia debate, and our militia ministerial crisis. . . . Lord John Mandl had an audience of the Queen on Saturday morning. llis lordship had also an audience of her Majesty in the afternoon, at Buck ingham Palace, alter the breaking up of the Cabinet Connell held at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert rnde ou• on hweebtiek en Saturday, attended by Lind -Col .nel the 11011. A. Gorden. The Prince al Wales, the Priueese ltoyal, Pr Lee Alfred, the l'rince•aeea Aliee, Ilelena, and Louisa, and PrilICV Arthur, two their usual ceereise on S.iturday in the grounds of beekinchswi Palace. The (learn and Prince Albert, attended by tbt Countess of Mount Edgeurnhe, the lion. Lucy Kerr, Lord Elpbin stone, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut. Colonel the lion. A. Outdo°, honoured the Princess's Theatre with tb. it presence on Saturday evening. 11. r Mujraty and Priem Albert, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, the lALIiCS cad gentlemen of the court, end the domestic household attended Divine Service yes terday moraine in the private chapel of Beekiaghans Palace:. The Hen. sad Kew. Gerald Wellesley elleiated. Lord Jolts Russell had a parliamentary dinner party on Saturday, at Ma miaow in Clieshamplace. The con pin y consisted of Captain SeoboU, M.P., Colima Wathins, 111 P. Mr. Mitchell, , Mr. Morrie, M.P. Mr. James Martian. M.P., Sir William Mohnweeth, M.P., Lord Jure Smut, M.P., Mr. o.hurne, M.P., Mr. Hommas, M.P., Col. Hominy, M.l'., Mr. ?surreal, 111. P., Mr. Kershaw, 31. P., Sir llvitisnais 11.11, M.P.. Mr. Desch, M.P., Mr. Jobs Even.. Ni'.,. and Wend Thompson, M.P. Despatches were received it the Colonial tam on Satur day from the Hemmen of Hone Kos(. Cey l on , and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian 1 Despatches vs. re skis received frum the Governors of North and South St•traha,New Zealand, god the Mauritius. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Coosa set on Sa turday in the Courmil.charnber. The lords present were Lord Cranworth, Sir J. Knight Bruce, Sir J. Pension. Dr. Luihnirton, and Sir Edward Ryan. Lowe's petition for Etternion of Patent (part beard) was nmeluded, and Tay lor'. pi taxa fur Estamiun of Patent was board. Th.. Dula, of Wellington imended the early senioryes terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The rerviee was read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon wee preached by the lion. and lien. A. Phipps. At Ms daily service the prayers acre resat by the Rev. T. Ileloon, the lessons by Ike Rev. Dr. Vivian, and the Communion vendee by the ken. Dr. W.+ley. The serums was preached by the Ilea. sad ken. A. Phipps. A etBINET COUNCIL was held at the Foreign - office, Downing -street, on Saturday afternoon. The ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. Fox Mauk, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchcre, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord sermonr, and the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith. fhe Council sat an hour and a half. ArroirrnENTA.—The Queen has been pleased to direct that the hamar of keighthood *Wald be conferred upon Dr. Charlet Nicholson, Speaker of the Legislative Cuuneil of New South Wales.—Mr. Como luso, Advocate, nude( the Shire of Elgin or Moray, is appointed Clerk to the IL Ed gh Court of besios at inbargh.—Mr. R. Belt, Advoesite, is appointed Sheri, of Elgin or Moray, in the room or Mr. Innen—Frederick Madge, Esq., has bees sppointe4 First Clerk in the ,flee of the Solicitor to the Treasury, is the room of Mr. Raven, who retires.—Mr. John Palmer is appointed Treasurer of the Island of Domi nies.—Mr. N. ltuti.on is appointed Collector of Customs at the Gambia. Tuz SPEAKER'S OFFICIAL DINNER.-011 Satur day the Speaker gave his wood parliamentary dinner, at which the following members were present:—Lord Bur leigb, Lord Al. Lauder Lennox, Lord Juba Manners, Lord Naas, lieu. Gentrai Lygon, lion. Lit ut-Colonel Forester, dull. (1. Booth, Sir John Iforde Buller, Bir John Peking toe, Major litrestird, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Dianeli, Mr. Bankes. Mr. Miles, Mr. John Stuart, Mr. Forbes Mack enzie, Capiiin 11,1 lero, Mr. Puke, Mr. Ilecle7, Mr. Cum ming Bruce, Mr. BeiHie, Mr. Philip Bennett, Sir Wet. Cabin, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Napier, Mr. &orates, Mr. liamlltun. NATIONAL 11KrORM AMOCIATION.—The following circular timbre, mind in reference to the Behest Con (prelim, now hit d fur the tad March —" Dear spertfully referring to our circular letter of the let haw', last, I beg to inform you that the (smiled of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association have Sled the penod for the meeting of the Conference for Tuesda), the 2nd of March; end, by their desire. I ham carne.tip to letrieat the favour of your Femme at this important meeting. The Conference is open to : all mem bers of pariteseat who have voted fur Mr. liwee's motion, roe otherwise eistameria lb. principles of the National Re hm Astesietioa ; seatleatea elected by weed elissw se committees who have Weeded those *oo*a ; ante_ dare- Wiese from any bed, of refeneees winiag te sad steed information on vital wt Beam of Parliament. The iseperesat question he sessidwaelow will be—l. What mean' ass be ellepeol ler eeseetstoe the utmost paw bli• 'steal. the eeestketiosal *We et tha people ? 2. flow far the bill before leirlienewl is salseleWl le carry that oboe% into elect / 3. The aeon be he paw sus to obtain is, the ewer the iattepsedsea eseeshe ell the *swam. The (loogigsgise will IMPS is IL Illarliatrhell. Long-area, sad will seemease at elms Vele& h 1 She hre aooe. It i.. atrefeely lealrebie that hereelhee step ehealit be taken by the bipeds of Itelerte. National Reform Aeleebatiee. Or or ether gm= 0, frinnere, to appoint repeassatatives, whose mime ohm ad be Ihunisigg to the Se•eveary as soon em the awaiwatioas ere rude. Requesting year immediate attention sad eire t ere. bus, I am, dear s i r , yours truly, JOSHUA WALSSILLIT. CORM...WON MOUE WITH 'me STAMP•O/71CP.. Toe NASHATIVIC'—The followiag latter was lately gent to the Stamp °Mee by Mr. Beek, • publisher at Leamington, who wee maims to publish • monthly newspaper ;—" To the Chairman of the Board of stamps and Imes. Sir,—Siang unwilling to do eay.hinifjegal may I solicit • reply to the f o ll ow i ng question I IN; free from say information if I publish • Weal work, similar to DerAtiii's Ilareehold Narrative of Correia Emote me lamine el it will keel information of all matter up to the time of going to press Anaheim to publish suck a work, but unwilling, to incur legal proceedings, is my object in ap• plyiag for the opinion of your honourable board.—.lorn bars." The following was the reply b board key, bad before them your letter of the 7th instant, e sad I ma directed to state that they canaot advise you In the matter therein mentioned, as to whit!' you mart, therefore, egcreim your own discretiee.—Taomas Easow." The question for Englishmen to ask themselves is, what is it they wish to avoid, or what they are about to arm for? Is it to keep off invasion? Or is invasion moonshine, and are they really arming for the sake of protecting the worthy Belgians in the free use of their press? We have established a kingdom on the very frontier of France, which is not for one week defensible against France, unless England and all the powers send armies for that purpose. Was that wise in the first instance, or is it tenable now ? That is the drat consideration. It seems that Lord JOll,l RUSSELL and Lord P•Liritearow are both to be found defending Belgium, if the people permit it ; the latter more fiercely and at greater expense than the former. If so, then politicians have changed their respective attitudes since the first week in De cember. Lord Fauteturrow comes forward in the character of the anti-Oallican ; Lord Joux as • politician that yet hesitates to adopt fully an expen sive war policy. What is her MiuterrY to do in such a crisis ? She is now called by the constitution to establish a new prime minister. And the great question is, to what extent the new prime minister is prepared to defend Belgium ? Or to what length is be prepared to go to e the world and the French that Englant e r r i s never d permit the annexation or con quest of Belgium ? But if the ultra-tories are true to their old traditions, they will be, not only for keeping the French out of Belgium, but for driving LEOPOLD out too. lie evidently cannot de fend it. And they may say that what they want there is a king who can defend it. If so, the old kingdom of the Netherlands may be restored, and King LEOPOLD be sent back-to Claremont. It is difficult, however, to know what the Earl of DERBY thinks, or what he intends. He was once ultra-liberal in foreign policy, and thundered against Don MIGUEL ; then ho became semi-liberal ; latterly, ho has been anti-liberal. And it is possible that, under tutelage, he might come back to one of his old phases again. But how can we trust these weathercocks of political life? The English people must indicate the policy that English ministers are to pursue. SUPPOSED Lou OF THE SHETLAND MAIL Pacarr.—We noticed some time ago that the Shstimi mail packet, William Morrill, wee supposed to he lest. ea her passage from Aberdeen to Lerwick in the severe MOM of the 7th and Nth of Jemmy, which caused web de. erneetiou to life and property on sea and land. In ad& ties to what is stated by our Lerwick earreopondent is smother selomo,, respecting this mewl, we have the tollowi *dal a gladsome, who says It ap ware be doer that sere uswenal somarrenes bat lately plea at the Pair Isle. • deg has been seen tyre WI a teragesery flagstaff en the wart et thee Mead for two days, sad the star es the Baader reeler (to the ard sent.) ; bat se the wind was theta wry 110 t, it wee either tee weak to blew Ws lag oat, or it had Wes rhea dew sr lbws swag. It had been dig its...ea by the subbibt !wryer et Head light. Mom by Oho oil el Me lelsompe s WWI suspected that the row or pre of tho strew et sere vessel am on the Meal. The Abordem whet, ;Capt. Parrot, which sow ispigies re plan of IM got within se air of the brad, with the Worse of land ing es lkorday reolog. but it our mto blew, and the vessel bed Se pot bask to Lend* melba M last., with out being able to sormesiere whh Ap perik. The inhabitants at that motto bred Met their ray large boat lest you. sad they ems Ns* morn lo thrsk yowls at ire serer" TM eircuaelloose has bell or sere blot baps dr sore part of the mew of the Wider Sere& ray be dive so tbe Mead. 'Pm thr Y sopped to bit the ere, or the iholherts thornier seo boss err sass aster, in greet dhow. TM pork of abodsri her. sat boss so long Mart sails at one dose skew dr where of UM. It was reposed that there were IT premome ea burl the Wilder Naps* but we have rade lamb, of Corer anomie, of re ii_9lllllign. who Wore as - Mere wee rely one proorm ea beerd—a sailor.--.lwirs &Wrest Joined. BVDDIMI DEATH OF A CLZROTNAN.—Yasterds7 morales the Rey J. Redelife, M.A., Chaplain 111 MOMS College, Vicar of Brambern, Yorkshire. mod MmooMme of Medley, Berks, who resides is Holywell-stem, Oohed, after breakfast, mot his servant 'a en errand ; me her Torre she was horror stricken at lading bee maser awed oe the door. The Issowet has not yet been held, hut It in sup posed the rev. gentleman died of apoplezy. wee up wards of 80 years of age, arid bad been iadMissed soar few days previously. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENINO, FEBRUARY 23, 1852. IRELAND. , ra. The excitement pawed in Dublin b n' y the s. 21 news of the new and most unexpected ministerial crisis can scarcely be imagined. The first telegraphic de 'patch received in town this morning was scarcely credited, but it was soon confirmed by that whi ff ' the next Holyhead steamer conveyed. Speculationel of every kind see abroad, and no one, from the high est to tile lowest, thinks or speaks about &Wiwi, but politics. Circulars have been addreesed to the different I headquarters of the militia force throughout Ireland containing inquiries on the state of the several regi ments and the fitness of the staffs for effective service. The Lord Lieutenant, through BirT.N. Redingtos, has written to the chairman of the Newry Petty Ses►ions remitting a Lino of 10e. which had been imposed on a policeman named Allen, who was last week convicted of having assaulted two countrymen whom he suspected of illegally carrying arms. An application was made to his excellency on the police man's behalf immediately after the conviction, and, by the speedy and laconic reply which was returned, it was plainly intimated that government was re solved to give the constabulary all the protection reluired in the discharge of their duties under the Crime and Outrage Act. Doman, Fen. 22. The newspapers lately gave us an amusing specimen of the imperium in imperil which the Roman catholic church manages to establish whenever its proceedings are unchecked. The Synod of Thurles has, it appears by this, been extending its jurisdiction in a manner incomprehensible to protestants. We have been shocked and disgusted by the opposition which this synod has manifested against measures which the most liberal and high-minded of the Irish—whether protestant or catholic—have thought calculated to communicate the blessings of education to the country. It remained to be shown, however, into how many other departments besides education, the synodical decrees carry their influence. At the meeting in question the Hon. F. Cavendish brought forward a motion to the effect that the board should supply the Roman catholic chapel in con nexion with the workhouse, with wax instead of tallow candles. The Synod of Thurles, observed the honourable guardian, had ordered the candles used on the altars to be of that material. The curious announcement that a Roman catholic synod claimed the power of dictating terms to a parochial board in • protestant empire, appeared to create no extra ordinary sensation. A faint opposition was, how ever, raised. A Mr. Bole said that he could not consent to their adopting the decrees of the Tharles Synod or any other such tribunal; and a Mr. Brown observed, very properly, that it was a mockery on their poverty to be found voting wax candles for a pauper service. This, however, appeared to produce but little effect ; the candles were voted after a few personalities, which are, un fortunately, often a part of the usual proceedings at meetings of boards of guardians in Ireland, and the objectors found themselves in a minority of three. The paupers of Castlebar now, therefore, rejoice in a chapel lit up with wax, according to the decree of the Synod of Thurles. MEETING OF LIBERAL MEMBERS.—At Um meet ing of liberal sseshars (socked is Saturday's Espress), after much disseades. the team* ressiathas team l to (ea us leers tram Wm 411sasheedse Esansisme):—L l That, in the °puska of the gautlessea saw prassat, the hill [or the reform of the repreeentatioa is. ht wog vs7=iitill objectionable; and especially in that purl d prep poses to continue and extend the 67 berwiliosi guserdly to perpetuate in the United Rlgoissa indiease d bo roughs notoriously corrupt, est es notarionelf sadet Bar enee, thereby presenting the possibility o ladspeadeht representation. 2. In or de r to give any sake te tie bills no. iatredased, the dishasehisemeat of the sash and nest noterisady Nome ssd depadsall bemiks iniskisdr able sad samiatia I. ifs Imo bast le as • free SYMMS of remsessitles. 4. That it is allealis that the bills toe ang sad 'lreland smenii dated, sad conel&se‘as er assn. ----.-- ------- DierßANCillehligllT Off Br. - ALLIANS.—na Hert ford Mercury contains • report of the meeting habLat St. Albans, en Friday, to isseake the propriety of adopting • petition to the House of Commons against the bill intro duced by Sir George Grey he the distmalkiessteat of the borough. The Mayor (11r. W. Hemmelo Mr. Sylvester (ex-mayor), in moving the ef the peti tion, said he did so, not In the hope that would have any effect upon the House of Commas, bet bstenee be was anxious that it should be knows that there really were more than two pure eiders in the beusagh of St. Albans. It had been stated there were only two, sad it wee clear from the commissioners' report that this Will • Veld mistake. He considered the principle of tee bill for disfranchising the borough unjust ; for it was tory unfair that those persons who had exercised their suffrage in an honest and independent manner should be equally punished with those who had been guilty of bribery and corruption. If • oomisiesios were appointed to inquire into the practices at elections in • great many other boroughs, they would cut as bed • figure as Bt. Albans. (Cheers.) The petition was then read. The following are the most important passages :—.' That year petitioners ere Margprove to the sada( .ction of your honourable at to there are at least 720 respectable and indepen. dant electors (including new voters on the present register) whore votes for the election of members of parliament for the said borough have never been influenced by corrupt or unworthy motives. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that the said bill may not pose into • law in its present shape, and that your petitioners may be heard by themselves or their counsel at the bar of your honourable house against the said bill." Mr. T. Richardson seconded the resolution. He considered it a gross injustice that this borough should be singled out for punishment, when there were 67 other boroughs is a similar state, which were left unpunished. Caine at the present time had only 160 voters ; while SL Albans had 176 who bad net been proved guilty of bribery and corrupt practices, Ia addition to which there were 46 new electors on the present register, making 220 voters who had never been bribed. Why, then, should Caine still enjoy the privilege of being represented, it the 220 honest voters of St. Albans were to be disfran chised) The same remark would apply to Thetford, which contained only 200 electors; to Arundel, which coo tained 206 electors; to Wilton, with 219 electors; and to other places where the number of *teem sae not so large as the number of unbribed voters in this borough. (Cheers.) Mr. J. Bennett protested against the conduct of tho House of Commons in bringing in • bill for the disfranchisement of the borough, after they had elicited the truth from the electors under a pledge that those persons who made a true easLasion of their guilt should not be patekhed for it. To disfranchise the borough under such simemstastess was to visit it with punishment, notwithstaud • big the premise of protection. Mr. J. Winterborne also pro tested 'safest the Wellies of punishing the electors for an <Semis of which Nig easvicted themselves, by turning " Quo's% rause " under the pledge of plirellikkla from pligitleh loon if the guilty electors were distresideseL It was eatair and unjust to pasta the whole beesask with disfranchisement. The ressisties wee thee psi, whoa the numbers were—ill timer of the prelim, as it steed, W ; waft it, 3. Mr. Abbess.' N proposed that the pithiest he enlisiled to Mr. Jamb Bell. Mr. T. D. Dowses seeesded it. Mr. W. Breaks warmly opposed the toothless being entrusted to Mr. J. Bell. The Mayor asked it Mr. Brooks intended to propose that the petition he saterhil to any other gentleman ? Mr. areeks : Ne ; I haws hod raphiag to do with the peti tion, red_eppoes all hums et relhelity. (Laughter.) The layer : Will yea keep to the asestiee ? Mr. W. Brooks I say lea lieepisp te the question. The Mayor : I say yes are set. It is wrp seey to dad halt, bat will re=say other ? Mr. W. Brooks (hestiE ftb. manly sent by the post. (Laughter.) T t is • leairerable nide. Or you may send it to Lord Joha iimsU, if yes NU. (Laughter.) The resolution was them put red serried. R1P11111311T•TION OF Poirsmouta.-13ir Francis Thsenhill Deriag, Bart., M.P. for Portsmouth, has issued his sakes to the electon of that borough, soliciting them to nem him again. There is, however, stream • Sou on the parts of Lieut.-Nacre! Lord Frederick 1.1 G.C.8., and Mr. liesjeant Gaselier. linitwiscii MID Loss Or LUPE. —On Friday night Messes. Peacock and Elliottoewnsesof the !miaow, belonging to North Shields, reeeited ishematits of the ism of that vessel off the Ten es the proviso eilleesses, with nine of her crew. SIN had bees employed awlsg the most part of last year in trails; voyages, sad was resags. log with a sup of salt from Liverpool, when ea Thuseisy morning, within fight of Mese, she was overtakes by • severe snow sans with • pale of wind, which obliged bar skipper to bear up Ow Sunderland nada. The sea was Best sing so heavy, Isowever, that it wee feud impossible te get into that roadstead, and they them made he the Tees. About midday, sloe emosing ass sesserf, gm dresig NB the bar sad washippeil her redder. ly the we o'clock the leek dries by the hese at the sea, sad the crew task te OM . The weal thee begs to settle ever, sad the at Vie tine Mies hem the rip woe dreeneed. Reaper, as twheasasias m e to - giss, tea s to their sesiseaes, bat kiss mato to get • lime to them, sad the gay iseressiss Ia eielesee, she was Mita le leave. By Ares o'clock this vessel had dabs ever t ireprenieg nine poor creatures. The dm 1 rearkales mar get to the maintop whim switlisis tel l ehemer sem te their alekteems, and hove • Nell • sem named Legs get aims the reel to the list, tied it resod 1 Nit, and was hushed es beard the stemer. The Weer pow Nieves were drowned. The seems, took limes te Middlestwo, where every: attendee was gold to Ida'. The Providence was built at Willingbia is 1837, and was IMO tons berthen. The crew were shipped at Liverpool, and their names are not known to tho owners. Mr. M'Lcan, the master, Wong, to North Shields. rare ' Yr. Teedesiit Sir* 33. A., es be so omistant , Rev. Jail a d atkis, If 3fbed-hall, to be a trustee l ot Lord Crewe's Mist. Bay. limy Doinis, to Liegetos-spow-Tbames Vicarage with Mehemet% Timm" Gamy, value SOIL, sod real dam_ i ia re Ks College, Cambridge I AM to Lentos Ksterrars Roe , value 3611., sod residesos gam, lice. M aw .. Mr. IfaiiiMul Hale, to be reseed master of Btourbridis ONNUW School, Worcestershire. Rer. Edward Lewis, to be chaplain of Bromageove thaws, Woroestateltire. &T. Walker, to Budnay Vicarage, Lineoln• shire, value COL, and residence ; patron, Bishop of Lincoln. Rev. Gardener R. Young, to Errigal Trough Vicarage, dimes of Cleghag; patron, Archbishop of Armagh. Rev. Jobs Allen (rector of North Bluish) to be chaplain to the sheriff of Devon (J. Cornish, Esq.). Rev. 8. Briggs, to be chaplain to the Workhouse and Industrial Schools, Leeds. Rev. George Nesse Clark, 8.A., to Sarelby Rectory, Leioestenkire; value, 2151., and residence ; patron, Earl of Aylesierd. lion. and Rev. Alwyn, Compton, to Coatis Ashby Rec tory, Northunptoubire • value, and residence ; patron, Marquis of Northampt o n. Rev. William Edward Hoskins, to St. Mary Rectory, Chiddiagstone, Rent ; value, 8601., and residence ; patron, Archbishop of Canterbury. Rev. Stephen Ramis Ragbag, M.A., to Llaneugrad &s -tory with Llanelli° Curacy, Anglesey; value, 1361., and resident.' ; patron, Bishop of Bangor. Rev. Alfred William Pratt, to Covency Rectory with Mance Perpetual Curacy, Cambridgeshire ; value, 8091., and residence; patron, Thomas Ivatt, Esq. Rev. John Jackson, to Wesley Curacy, Lancashire. Rev. Robert Edward Sanderson, to be Head Master of St. Andrew's College, Bradfield, Berks. Rev. 11. Stow, to Mellor Perpetual Curacy, Lancashire; value, 1601. ; pups, the Vicar of Blackburn. VACANCIIN. Eiwronv. Kirk-Andrew's-upon Eden, Cumberland, diocese Carlisle, value 2491., and residence ; patron, Earl of Lonedale : Rev. W. Henn, deceased. ri/LPIITUAL CURACY.—Fanthunt, Sussex, diocese Col. cheater, value 1111., and residence; patron, E arl of Egmont; Bay. J. U. S. Cary, deceased. NAVAL ADMIRALTV,FES.2I.—APPOINTMENTB.—Hurgeona F. M. Rayner to Herald, and It. M'Corrisick to North Sloe. Assistant Surgeon J. D. Macdonald to Torch. Clerk in charge, W. Elliott, to North .Star. Clerk R. Monday, to Impregnable. Clerk's Assistant T. 8. Chanter, to Herald. —To Tilt AJACTIC EXPEDITION. Commander. —Wil liam J. 8. Pullen (1850), to command the North Star, 22, commissioned this day at Sheerness, and to have a com plement of 40 men for the purpose of forming one of the vessels about to proceed to the Arctic regions on a search ing expedition under Captain Sir Edward Bekher, C.B. Surgeon.—Robert McCormick (1827), to the North Star. Clerk in Charge.—William Elliot (1848), from the Impreg nable flag ship, at Davenport, to the North Star. PORTSMOUTH, FED. 22.—The Pantaloon, 8, Com mander Hyde Parker, arrived at Spithesd at noon to-day frem South Africa. She left Cluillitnane, in the Mersin bique Channel, on the Bth of December • St. Augustine's Bay, in the island of Madagascar, on t h e 18th ; rounded the Caps of Good Hops on the 30th ; strived at the island of St. Helena on the 10th of January; watered and sailed ' the same night, end arrived at Ascension on the 16;lt of January. sailing again the same day for England. She did not put into the Cape of Ooud Hope, in accordance with the orders from the commodore, owing to some partichlar reasons.—The Penelope, steam frigate, with Commodore Bruce on board, had arrived at Ascension from Lagos, having on board a number of wounded °Moen and seamen. The only vessels spoken by the Pantaloon, were the Portuguese vessel Paulits, on the 2nd of February, and the English ship Clean, from Newfoundland, running to the Eastward. Ihe Pantalooe has been in commission since July, 1849, and during her service in the Mozambique Channel she hail taken three prises—the Philanthrope, the Delahache, and I the Rename, having much merchandise on beard ; they had not, however, any slaves. When the Pantaloon lelt the station, the Orestes, 14, Commander Hawker, had just re ceived her orders to come home to be paid off. The Pan taloon has had a very rough passage ; she brings home a few Wadi& The Arethusa, 60, Captain Smouds, was towed late harbors, yesterday to be docked. The Bulldog, steam sloop, got up her steam yesterday morning to go out of harbour to try her engines, but just as she was on the point of starting, a break down occurred, and the trial had to be postponed - . the Pantaloon reports the death of the Queen of Madagascar, after the defeat and degradation of the Rower of her army in a contest with a belligerent chief in Novem ber last. --- ISEYONPORT, FEBRUARY 22.—The Diligence, trans port Mitchell master, sailed yesterday with stores for the fleet under Commodore Martin at Cock. The persons sent no shore to the Royal Naval Hospital from the Arethusa. Captain Symonds, because they were efllieted with the smallpoe continue to improve. Several vessels are being forwarded at this port, and the greatest activity prevails in the dockyards. It is stated that strict orders has been given to all pawns connected with the dockyard carefully to avoid giving any information to newspaper correspon dents as to the orders received from time to time from the Admiralty. MILITARY. HONG KONG ARTILLERY. —LATE LIEUT.-COL. TOKETNS.—Tits command of the Artillery at Hong Kong is again vacant. Lieut •Col. Tonskyns, who was only ap ' pointed us 1861 to this command, was accidentally killed during the fire there on the 29th December last. He en tered the Artillery in 1812. Lieut.-Col. Tomkyns served in Canada in 1814, and was present in various mesons there. 'rue 85TH REGIMENT has received orders to pro ceed to Portsmouth, to embark for the Mediterranean. They will leave Hull and its neighbourhood immediately, the first detachment entwine' at Portsmouth on Tuesday. Whilst waiting for embarkation, the 85th will occupy the Analyses Barracks, the 95th Regiment, now occupying those quarters, removing therefrom, eve companies to Fort Cumberland, and the remainder to Fort Mooekton. MOVEMENTS OF INFANTRY THIS WEEK.—The following changes are to take place immediately, commene ' ing at Glasgow :-93rd Highlanders, from Glasgow to Weedon ; 4th Foot, front Windom to Ashton; 60th Foot, from Ashton to Preston ; 46th Foot, from Preston to Man chester; 28th Foot, from Manchester to Newcastle; 21st Foot, from Newcastle to Hall ; 86th Foot, from Hull to Port-mouth. _ THE LATE LIEUT. COLONEL LLINO, 6187 Raaimaser.—Lieut. Colonel Laing died in Edinburgh on the 14th inst. He entered the army in 1796 as an ensign, became • lieutenant in the maize year, a captain In 1806, • major in 1814, and a lieutenant colonel in 1830. He served with the 61st in the Peninsula, and had received the war medal with one clasp for the battle of Talavera, in which he was wounded. Since 1814 he had been on the half-pay of the 61st Regiment. SPORTING. 'RING MEETING. 'NAND NATIONAL STIIPLII Litt'., Queen Boartos Mir Mowbrey lO 3 Little Paul Joan of Aro lO 0 Venture A. Y 9 7 Little John EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. The report of the executive committee which is to be submitted to the general meeting on Friday next com mences with a comparative statement of traffic earnings, number of pawners, &c., for the half-years ending De cember, 31, 1850 and 1831, which is regarded as satisfactory as showing a net increase of traffic receipts of 3,6601. as compared with the corresponding halt-year of 18.50, or at the rate of 7,320 f. per annum, notwithstanding the damage done to the excursion traffic of this, as well as other non metropolitan lines, by the Great Exhibition, while, by the same comparison, the working expenses have diminished at the rate of 6 per cent. The excess of earnings or profit for the half year, over and above the total expenditure, is 29,2421. 3.. 2d., tot largest yet made ; deduct for debenture interest, 13,290/. 14s. 24., and interest on land purchase', 2,2801-15,6401. 14s. 2d. ; total, 13,7011. 9.. ; and from this again deduct 766/. for rent of navigation', and there is left a surplus balance of about 13,0001., which is swallowed up fir the most part u follows—vie., by yielding to the urgent de mands of the smeller land claimants; by renewal of bills on capital account with discount and commission to various of the simple contract creditors; to payments by instalments, or in fall to various of the smaller creditors of the same alum ; by fulfilling engagements made by capital to bankers '' : and others (capital having for the time no available assets of its own), and by a constant succession of actions at law. I The payments made by revenue for capital in the past ha.:f year are 6,6461. le. 6d. The engagements contracted by revenue for capital, within the same period, amount to 3,0001., together 8,646/. Is. 6d. It is not to be supposed that these payments are willingly or wantonly made. They are every one made under pressure; the alter• native generally being a judgment of the courts • of law against the company. These psymcntr, it b abralky cress any to my, ere most harming aurae of weekly etaberisseneet to your executive. Atter explatalea at great faith the present position of the company's saran,. tin- committee esseliede as fellow-al " We have arrived at the result, that 62,0001. will be re— quired at present in cash, to complete our deliretasee from 'embarrassment; and, at the end of three years, 42,6001. more, by the provisos assumption will then also have to be paid, making together 95,0004 It will not, perhaps, be safe to assume a leis margin than will be given by taking powers, under our present bill, to raise 100,0001., which might also cover a capital outlay suggested by our manager. We are not in a condition to raise money on New Stock, without attaching a preference ti it. This sawed us to suggest the otter of a preference to induce the holders of the new A stock to pay up their calls. 'I he sammery of this necessarily protracted &uteri:eat is, that we found a claim for cash of about 440,000/. against the company, which we think 100,0001. in band might enable us to satisfy. In addition to this, the almnst innumerable actions of land claimants and simple contrAct erediiers against no, an all now in train for settlement. There remains the case of the overdue debentures, an evil which will increase in magnitude (notwithatandinir the security for the interest is not exceeded by that of any line in the kingdoms, until our Arrangement Bill ' restores our credit. Such hat been our task. but it will have been in vain, unless an act of parliament sanction and confirm it." STRIKE OF COAL WHIPPERS.—A considerable num ber of the reentered coalwhippers of the port of London struck on Thursday last fur an advance of id. on the usual price of 7d. per ton paid for delivering coals from the colliers into barges No distuthaiices or molestation' of labourers unconnected with this demand have been heard of, and the leaders of the movement declare that it has been suceenful, resistance to their claim on the part of the cap tains being the exceptiou, and compliance rue role. CUsTuMS DUTIES.—The Commissioners of Customs have directed that an arrangement. temporarily made for receiving ship.masters' reports and entries, and duties., in London, during the same hours as them, appointed for tho attendance of the waterside officers, via., 'loin 8 to 4 from let March to list October, and from II to 4 from lot No vember to the last day of February, instead of commencing at 10 o'clock, as formerly, be made permanent, and that attendance be given by the necessary stied of olilrr and clerks in the Lung Room, and in the office, of Vie Receiver- General and Examiner, during the hours niquinfail fur the attendance of the waterside officers throughout the year. ANTI-MATNOOTII MEETING AT EXETER. On Friday a most influential meeting was held at the Royal Subscription Room at Exeter to adopt a petition against the Maynooth LIIIIOWLIWIR Act. litany of the principal gentlemen and clergy of the neighbourhood were present. The mooting was addressed at length by several speakers, who exposed the teaching at Maynooth, and urged them to merge all minor differences in theirompoaition to the grant.. The petition was unanimously adopted. TILE LOGS OF THE ALLIANDIUAN hiAlt. PACKETS have been examined, and not one of the latter experienced for the last five years such weather as that *Lich the Men tinck experienced in her just completed voyage out and home. Ile must terrible portion of it was felt w hile the Bentinek was passing the Gulf of Lyons on her outward voyage, on the 28th ult. Every one on beard was then obliged to hold on as hard as possible to ',remit himself from bring almost dashed to pieces. If it had not been for this bad weather, there is not a doubt but what the Bentinck would have reached Lome on the 17th irutant instead of on the 20th instant, and that her lettets would have been deliver, d in time for answers to have gone out by the Ripon at. Friday last. It was rather expected that the Bentinck would have brought news of the arrival of the Madrid steamer at Gibraltar, from Lisbon, by which we should have learnt some par ticulars of the reception of Count de Thomar at the latter place. It is the opinion of many person, who have recently visited Portugal, that before long the Count will he again at the head of affairs in that country. Thu withdrawal of the British fie et however from the Tag" will hose some serious influence on the political affairs of Portugal. ALARMING OCCURRENCE AT SEA :—SCICIPE OF A MASTER OF A SKIP, Lyrist ATTEMPTING TO litow UP uta Sums AND ALL HANDIC-00 Saturday the subjoined details were received, communicating an t xtraordinary attempt on the part of Mr. James Gilmour IL'llride, the commander of the British ship 'troy, belonging to Mr. Duncan (iihb, of Liverpool, to destroy his "taw' and then his own life. It appears that the vessel hod been to Cali fornia and Manilla, and her last port was Singenore. She was bound for Bombay, when, on the evening of the Nth of December last, while the vessel was about 40 miles off Penang, Capt. M'Bride, who, it should he observed, had been in • mate of intoxicatien for several days preeiously, set fire to • large quantity of gunpowder that was stored in his cabin. The crew were startled by the explosion and smoke which issued up the companion, and immediately afterwards M'Bride rushed on deck with his clothe, oa fire, exclaimiug, "I have blown up the ship." This alarming announcement caused the officer, to hurry down below, when they saw that the place was on fire. All hands were ordered aft to extinguish it, and after some time, through great exertion on their part, the fire was got under, which otherwise would have caused the total de struction of the ship. Captain M'Bride on commis up went to the helmsman, and demanding his knife, mid, "The vessel is gone, cut away the stern boat." The man refusing, M'Bride drew a pistol and attempted to shoot him. lie pulled the trigger twice, but it fortunately mimed lire. The man apprehending from the smoke which was coming up the cabin, that the vessel way really on fire, gave the captain a knife, who initantly jumped into tho stern boat and cut away one of the falls. The hoist fail, and he was precipitated into the sea. One of the crew then lowered the other fall of the boat, in order that the captain, who was struggling in the water, might get into it, which he accomplished atter some hard swimming. The long boat was then lowered, and the crew succeeded in bringing the unfortunate man on board. He was in • most exhausted condition, not only from the effects of the immersion, but from the burns he had sustained by the force of the explo sion, part of his clothes having been burned off. Every at tention the officers could show him was rendered. but he survived but a few hours. The ship wis then pat back to Penang, where it arrived on the 9tli with the re mains of the neceased captain. On the circumstances at tending the unfortunate man's death coming to the autho rities, a eoroner's inquiry took place, and the jury, after hearing the statements of the crew, came to the IGIAlli111( verdict that the deceased died from the effects of excessive drinking, cou"led with injuries received from explosien by gunpowder. The extraordinary preservation of the ship and crew excited considerable notice at Penang, and 14 , 1•0 surprise was manifested that means had not been taken by the crew to place some restraint over the misguided com mander, and them y have avoided • much more serious catastrophe. COLLISIONS IN TITE CHANNEL—BRIGHTON, FEB. 22.—Yesterday morning, soon after daybreak, the crew of a fishing-boat, the James and Harriet, belonging to Mr. W. Tattersall, of Brighton, while mackerel catching, about 15 miles SS.E. off the Chain I'ier, discerned a vessel of about 160 tons burthen, lying on her beam, nds, and ap patently deserted. She proved to be the Adele, laden with between 300 end 400 casks of wine and 100 pieces of brandy, and she had on board the regular ship's paper, and a considerable sum of money. She had evidently come into collision with another vessel, who had run into her with govt violence amidships, and ripped up four or five planks. Mr. Tattersall, the owner of the boat, leaving another of his boats with the vessel, at once made for Shoreham Har bour, sad engaged the assistance of the harbour steam-tug. On returning in the tug to the vessel, be found her in pos session of the revenue cutter Active and • trader. The commander of the Active had taken the papers and the cash ; and the whole of the salvers assisted in towing the derelict Teasel iato the harbour at Newhaven. The finding of two vessels abandoned at once is • most unusual thing here; but this morning some boats belonging to Mr. John Andrews fell in with a Swedish vessel, timber laden, uud named, we hear, the Dedatus, off Worthing. She had also been in collision. A dead body was found on board. INCENDIARIeM AT ENFIELD.—A fire occurred at Enfield yesterday morning at an early hour, which there le too much reason to fear was the work of an incendiary. The owner of the property destroyed is Mr. John Whaley, • gentleman of fortune, owning several farms in the neigh bourhood, but occupying and residing himself at the Rally Hill Farm, the property of Trinity College, about three miles distant from Enfield. Mr. Whaley's homestead closely adjoins his residence, and the stackyarel coatained eight or ten valuable corn and hay ricks. Yesterday (Sun day) morning the policeman on duty passed through the farmyard at half-past 12 o'clock, at which hour all appeared quite safe. lle bad not proceeded many hundred yank on hie beat when hie attention was directed by a boy, whom he met, toe reflection of fire in the air over Mr. Whaley's farm. On hastening to the spot be found a wheat stack, in the centre of the rick-yard, in flames. lie gave au instant alarm, and • number of cottager, were soon upon the spot. Messengers were sent off to Enfield and Barnet for roving', and information was also forwarded to London. The En field engine arrived on the spot first, and as there WWI • good supply of water on the farmyard, it rendered essential service in staying the progress of the dames. Wet tarpaulins were thrown over some of the rick., and after considerable IdiMealty the fire was got under, the damage being confined to the destruction of one stack of wheat and one clover rick. The police are on the alert to discover the origin of the Ilre. Mr. Whaley is insured. Tile EXETER AND SOUTH DEVON RIFLE CLCR —Tkis club haviug been duly formed, a few memlet• of this emaciation staffed Turf, on Monday last, to try a new regulation rifle, by Minh , . They measured the ground, 1,100 yards, and placed the target at that distance from the beak on • shoal. 'minding on the river bank, the parties fired, and though the range was far beyond what they had beta accustomed to, it was found that all the balls reached the target distance—most of them going very near it. After a little practice they tel persuaded that they shall be able to strike the niark tea certainty. At GOO yards dis tance, the bull's rya was struck nearly every time. THE WHEEL OF FORTCNE.—An old man, named Goodwin, residing at 13ratolt, Lincolnshire, occupying • cottage and a few acres of land, has just come into pews 'ion of the hendisome sum of 30,0001. left by a very dismnt relative. In addition to the above sum, we believe each member of his somewhat numerous family receives 1,0b1., and one of them 20 acres of valuable laud besides.—Bashos Herald. PRESENT FROM TIIE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.— Prince Louis Napoleon has just sent, through the French easheasT in London, to Mr. J. tate o H de-park-plaeg, • magnificent gold box, whir } , wing im ti erip- on:—... Pt, ..ented by Prin. • • veal,' Prepidunt of Prance, to John Laurie, E. •.e selacip, magis- trate of the eonntios of Mi •• • • . luielo, gm sm mem- bream of the very griivio yid hfin Stich be- °aged to the Emptror N r • .4;44U." •••••• " • P!' 4r- • YArk ces we ASTER SP' 10k THII H. lb. British Yeoman 11 7 Peter Simple Vain Hope Lacy Neale Sir P. Laurie Abd-61-Kader ll 0 Chlehmis HINUF4 _ _ _ et. lb. .7 Faralo View Halloo Milk Hardwick Day lO 7 Everisa Warder lO 6 Bro. . Awed Tramps lO 6 Sir Altuader 9 0 Hall-and-lialf lO 8 CAI RINGTON COURSING MEETING—Fan:ay. BITCH PUTTY 6raitsw, 9 dap. WAS won by Mr. Hardy's Bright-eye, his Young Flexible being drawn. Dom Pulpy aunts, 14 digs, went won by Mr. W. Parser's Partisan, Mr. Reed's Pilot running up. ALL•AORD &Lanus, 14 doh. , were won by lb . Inskip's Jester, Mr. Bmyth's Masker, running up. SOUTHALL STAMM. 8 dogs, wen won by Mr. Eley's Emigrant, Mr. Rothwell's Paragon raining up. HAMMONDS"! HILL STALSS, 8 dogs, NM divided be tween Mr. W. Purser's Priam and Mr. John Parser's _ CASDINOTOW SIACU. 4 dogs, were was by Mr. luskip's Lie, Mr. Wauaa's Sweep rummies up. (WNW HOUSI HILL STAR'S, 4 der vie llff• wee by Mr. Blueskin, Mr. W. Farm's pe rusks* up. Ludo= wawa Racas.—Broughtea, the winner of the Z=VStakes, has been objected to at the ground of s i treisatioa. LE BULLETIN FRANCAIB.—Thie periodical tract, banished from Belgium, is now transplanted to a mons essa genii soil, and, with its talented authors, has now a bane in Lesoless. la No. V 111., just published, Y. Briard prays hie seasenbers not to be astonished that he, a Belgian beak ear. lima erne them through • London tLm. "W -eirs newel an beaselbeth placed under the bands of M. Ileeeparta sod his gents. English presses, these whinSlime remain free Ili Bumps, must be employed to la puhlhi that truth which sea neer be to the taste of =As sensors." The Bulletin hisirsir is now pub ir. Jere. Danitacriva Flu zx LEVlSlFooL.—Yeaterday = g aelesing, between sin awl enelltininek, s dm was tb• wi ned, peran at she prenhes Mean. Omen and lima, nano% Line. peel, mg balbee die anima cad/ one the net tie while =N teen in Senn awl Ns Ine seannaleatei to s s ewer eine neelaise. Is Mewl ball as hour, bin fen tin w*. of the West of Itesbni sad other edam unwed, sad thins being a good sily wahw the damn wen nasal, neepewwwd, bet wat bekee the nee of Mann. Green's Mess was entirely destroyed. end • sash derable MOMS of , both in that Yaw awl the pielanerallse et in Lisrr e rsot Mercury, ml been we meat Tin Itme Was subdued, but not thievishly =Un lashed, wine en ogre* loft at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS. NUNEATON AND UNMET= AMMON RAILWAY. —OA /al-any the abrallbs wiles ems assima BM com plied with la Yds ease, At OM lossujoreesa af a assayany to make a Nee her the Units Nertts-Weetent (Trent Valley) &away to the Mandl OanatAse at Leivester, at a east, seserding to the ezes estimate, of 146,90 W. The subeeripOssi contract is by two perms, mily, Ms., b l y Mr. Jake Attwood, of Park-lane, La, for WOO sham, di* amount of sameiptba bibs 60,0001., with 60001. pad op; and by Xr. 1111diati M. Kennedy, of Notting-big, fee the rue eisonat. Noma OTAYTOSDONINI RAILWAY. The standing orders WWI island sot semplied with, for Dowse to make a railway New Saisdbeisb t• this Laneasbire, and Cheadle Itallway, war Workout to establish the mixed gauge therms, end ea the Nora Nb 6ire ; and for other rupees,. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Front the report of the directors to the 11th half yearly ordinary general meeting of the above company, to be bald on Friday next, we extract the following passages : •' In submitting to the proprietors the accounts which accompany this report fur the half-year ended 31st Decem ber, 1851, the directors have the pleasure of calling atten tion to the encouraging extent to which the traffic over the Great Northern Railway has already increased. Indepen dent of the extra receipt, during the season of the Great Exhibition, down to October last, and with only about five miles of additional line open, the income, from the ordinary sources of regular traffic, his, fur some time past, exceeded by above 3,0004 per weak the amount of the corresponding period of 1851. At the present, usually the dullest *won ter railway traffic, this increase is steadily main tained, the aggregate amount of receipts during the first six weeks in the current year being 62,4481. as against 44,425!. in the same time lust year. The coal traffic is now yielding a gross revenue ex ceeding 2,0001. a week, and would have been much more productive but that the South Yorkshire coal owners have not be^n able to furnish the supplies necessary to meet the great and constantly increasing demand. They are, how ever, engaged in strenuous efforts to extend the supple, by which they hope, within a reasonable time, to be able to furnish any quantity that may be inquired. The directors have been led recently to make arrangements for bringing coil also from the Durham field, and as fur es this experi ment has been tried, it appears likely to be remunerative ; but the extent to which this can be carried meet, of course, depend upon the price at which the owners will deliver their coal. The accounts consist of ' • statement of receipts and expenditure of capital to the 31st of December, 18d1,' with abstracts in explanation ; and of state ments of 'revenue' and net revenue,' with documents appended, giving details; and they exhibit results as follow : Orees amount of revenue, 315,6.501. sa. 3d.; working and other expenses chargeable upon revenue, 147,0441. N. 44. ; leaving of net disposable revenue, 158,6051. 15e. Ild. From this amount of disposable revenue are deducted as per net revenue statement,' guaranteed rents, prefer ence dividends, an award to the Eaeteru Counties Rail way Company, and the difference between the rents paid and the net receipt from the Fees and Witham and the Louth navigation, reducing the 158,6051. 156. ltd. to 93,5711. 18s. 44. Out of this reduced amount the sum of 27,3241. ss. 4d. has been paid (being one-half the interest fur the half-year which became due Jan. 15, 1852, 3 n the company's mortgage debt, the other half of such interest being charged to capital), and the further sum of 2,5001. is set apart to meet the dividend and interest on calls paid in advance of the 5 per cent. Redeemable 121. IN. pre ference Shares in scrip, with cars thereon )et to be paid, and the result is a balance available for dividend of 63,7471. 13s. This will afferd, and the directors accordingly recommend that there be declared, a dividend on the anginal stock of the company, after the rate of two and a hall per cent. per annum, payable on and after the 15th March next, to the ' proprietors registered no the 27th February, which will leave a surplus of 3,6141. lGs. Pd. to be carried to the next half-year's account. On the redeemable 121. 10s. five per cent. preference scrip shares, dividend is due only on the first call of 31. 10s. from September, and upon the second tall of 31. for a few days, to 31st December last; and the amount being under one shilling per shire, the directors propose to postpone the payment of such dividend, as well as the interest on calls paid in advance, till after the next half-yearly meeting, prior to which the remaining two calls of 31. each will have been paid, and the scrip sent in for registratiuh. In their relations with other companies, the directors have to report that some progress has been made towards more satis - factory arrangements. With the Eastern Counti;. Company they have settled tho basis of an agree ment for • term of fourteen years, under provi sion. which they trust will prove mutually satisfactory. With regard to the East Anglian arrangement, diseured at the las half-yearly meeting, your directors have to re port that the East Anglian board, declining from the pres sure of circumstance. to continue the legal coldest with the Eastern Coon ties Company, solicited from the Great Northern Company a modification of the terms, which aas listened to; during the negotiations which ensued, the Eastern Counties Company made an offer to the East Anglian Com pany which was received with favour by the shareholders, and led to a request from the East Anglian Board that the Great Northern would abandon all arrangements between the two companies. To this request your directors acceded, and the matter was finally cloned by the Great Northern Company agreeing to band over to the Eat Anglian any balance of receipts, after re-paying themselves all outlay. Under the recent arrangement with the Eastern Count es Company above described, the Great Northern Company have rased to run their trains between Peterborough and Wishech. The arbitration undertaken by the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, between this company and the London and North Western and Midland Companies is not yetconcluded. In December hat, the board received a notice from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, that the Great Northern trains would be stopped at Grimsby and not allowed to proceed to New Holland on tho way to Hull. This course was deprecated by your directors, as contravening the agreement between the two companies, and as most inconvenient to the public ; the Manchester Company, however, persisting in their threat, your directors were compelled to resort to the Court of Chancery, and obtained an injunction, enforcing the ob servance of the agreement. Your directors regret having to add that the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, also, in January last gave notice of their intention to stop the trains of the Great Northern Company from working over the Lancashire and Yorkshire lines north of Askerne, miler they would consent to pay maxi mum parliamentary tolls, upon the ground that en agree ment of May, 184/, had not been observed by the Great Northern. These lines, as the shareholders are aware, form the approach to York, Leeds, and Wakefield ; the directors were compelled, in this case, also, to apply to the Court of Chancery for protection, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company not being prepared to argue the case before the court, were placed under terms by that court to abstain from interference with the Great Northern trains, and to adhere to the agreement between the companies until the case can be fully argued. The agreement, how ever, being under the seals of the two compecim, and having been acted upon for the last four years, your directors have every confidence in the court enforcing its provisions. The arrangements with the South Yorkshire Company, as explained at previous meetings, are now pro ceeding, and the bill introduced for carrying them into effect will be laid before the proprietors at an extraordi nary general meeting to he held far the purpo.e, according to notice given, immediately after the termination of the present meeting. The following is the revenue statement for the half year: PAT111.11211.-To maintenance of road, 12,030/. 17s. ; to maintenance of station buildings, approaches, and signals, 3,5941. 10s. Id. ; to locomotive power, 64,7671. 2s. 7d ; to coaching traffic expenses, including compensation, 24,9341. 2e. 9d. ; to merchandise traffic expenses, 18,7001. 14s. 3d. ; to mineral traffic expenses, 6,6661. 13.. 4d.; to repairs and renewals of carriages and waggons, 9,1931. 6s. ; to general compensation, 851. 91. 10d.; to rents and iesurance, 1,1741. 13e. 9.1.; to lighting amount, 1,6661. 7s. 10d. ; to clothing account, 2,103 e. 18s. ; to gene ral charges, 9,6641. &. ; to law charges, 1,9844 Os. 2d. ; to rates and taxes, including costs of appeals, 4,4031. 16.. &I.; to government duty on parmeger traffic, 6,412/. 12s. 10d. ; to clearing house expenses, 6601. 3e. 10d.; to bad debt ac count, 2801. 17s. 7d.; to balance carried to net revenue ac count, 168,6061. 16e. Ild. ; total, 316,6601. tis. 3d. ltacrirrs.-By coaching traffic, Tie.: For the carriage of 806,998 parengers, 183,9791. 9s. 6d. ; parcels, 7,8021. 15s. 6d.; honer, carriage., and dogs, 6,8791. 14s. 10d.; mails , 3,2291. 4s. 8d;-201 , 691 1. 4s. 6d. Less toll on coaching traffic paid for running over other companies' lines, 3,4211.16 e. 10d. ;- 198,1691. Be. Bd.-By merchandise traffic, viz.: For the car riage of goods and merchandise, 80,6681. 4e. 6d. ; live stock, 8,647/. 3.1. 3d.; coals and minerals, 38,7261. 12s. 6d.;- 128,0411. 2d. Less agents' expense's in the collection, cartage, and delivery of goods, freight, &c.,12,7601. 7s. 10d. ; -116,2801. 12e. 4d.-By interest on cash balance, rents, &c., 1,9531.4 a. id. ; transfer fees, 2471. Total, 316,6401. .is. 3d. 'A i