The Express. — London, England, 1853-02-24 00:00:00

ticipand to l'esth, and fears were entertained of a generil outbreak. The police in l'esth had arrested tr.ot Ilt r• in the Hotel d'Angleterre. The wri t . wm , as under arms, and ready to act at a moment's Thee o nothing new from Madrid. The Three D er Cents. *ere done on the 17th at 42. :Our usual French despatches had not arrived when ire scat to press.] PARIS. TCLIDAY Evaniss._ It appears that people to whom the benefit of the amnesty was extended, are nevertheless subjt et, dto annoy ing surveillance, amounting is ow. eases to a prohibition against the only pm. stral nitaus of gaining their livelihood. M. Duchene, foe of the editors of the suppressed journal, the potpie, one of the persons transported to Belle Isle, w a s inelultd in the amnesty granted upon the o eca. jon of the proclamation of the Empire. R s is now in this posittoo. lle resides at Beaumont (Indre andl jpi ev ', and finding no employment there, he wishes to axle to Pais. The authorities will not grant him leave unleas he can prove that he has a domicile, and the means of subsistence at Paris, but these are the I very things he desires to seek there. He thus de /tribes, in a letter to a friend, the difficulties in which be is placed : , aa ..4 cq into the seine and Oise, becalms the Em peror has a rrtidenee at St. Cloud. From Seine and Marne `:m rzeluckd on account of Fontainebleau. Compiegne keeps me oat of the Oise. A gendarme paid me a visit the ether day, to beg me not to stay too lone at Beaumont, and the e mmissary of p Iwo of the department has signified that be bat no desire to see me at Tours. Time hang lean heavily upon my hands at Belle dale than it has dose heir* within tits Litt fortnight. If this sort of thing continues I gall co A hosier of Marseilles, named Sauna, has just leen tried at Aix, upon the charge of having offered to kill the Emperor. An Austrian refugee, named Nerinutin. a music muter and teacher of langna. Marseilles, aseilles, deposed that, on December 5 last, - he enured Sauvan's shop to buy a pocket handkerchief, and while paying for his purc has e, said to him— " Well, yeu must bo contented now. Yon have got the empire. and business goes on weU." Sauvan answered, " If it depended on me, there would be an end of the empire and the Emperor as 'well. I proposed to the Marseillaise democrats to go to Paris to kill Napoleon 111. I wanted 100,000 f., but they would only give me .10,000 f., and proposed to me to go to Jersey to ask some political refugees there to make up the sum." Normann declared that during three days he was much troubled in his mind by this declaration, and that after much rtflection he came to the conclusion either that Sauvan must be a spy, in which cane it would not be safe fur himself to remain silent, or that he must be a heedless braggart, and that at all events the best course was to denounce him. A merchant and a cap toils of national guards gave Sauna a good charac ter as a friend to order ; and the court, thinking he bad only spoken in jest, pronounced him not guilty. Such jests are crimes, but another baseless case of treason has lately broken down under circumstances truly ridiculous. A member of the municipal coun cil of Commercy (Meuse), was accused by anonymous letter of having with a knife pierced a hole in an engraving of the Emperor's bead in the title-page of is alma& lie was immediately arrested and inotbt to trial. The report says that when the prison, r made his defence the facts of the case lost all their gravity, and so I presume did the judges, for it Mirelthat tho postman who sold the alsonook l ooned a string through a quantity for the or- Temente of carriage, and by accident his traitorous bodkin bad made a hole in the image of Nepotism 111. The court acquitted the prisoner, and took an opportunity of condemning the practice of anonymous later.wnting—a censure which perhaps the public grameator would do well to bear in mind another dap. GERMANY. Vienna letters of the 18th and 19th inst., which have reached London, confirm, without greatly adding to, the intelligence published yesterday in the Ex press respecting the attack on the Austrian P i ni Some of the accounts state that the first im of ge o ror. the Emperor was to restrain General 0' nnell, whose sword was drawn to strike the assailant ; others tell that his Majesty's hand instinctively flew to his own weapon. The latter version is favoured by the fact that Lebenyi was actually struck down, wounded, it is said, in the face. The members of the diplomatic corps hastened to the palace immediately after the event, and it is said that lard Westmore land recovering his activity arrived there the eadhet of his order. In the evening then was aTh Dram at the Cathedral, at which the aeon, the hooka ministers, and the arktmeash a m o An extra sheet of the thee an mem= on the 10th the Meath an the Emperor : Aida= attempt leas jest bees made se the mast sashed rem el his imperial, se his was taking a royal, end ir M Majesty. To day, shat half-pest t welve, walk so the war th e gel% be was ai ki=(lillsbammaieboasr Wies e sal masmiel a t) is lie bask et his bad , la the *Mom of tbe ontipens Use waged is net eta dangerous obsession The stasioise was and is lb@ set by the ye/ow stessikes his Ifirjeeit. A "Ts Dees " will be wad he the heppy 4111.11111Ineet Ye Majesty is the slouch of R. Stephen ibit day, at ids Aka. lictterin.—The posseared wosad whisk his I. R. A. Repay has this day reserved law bask Odes had, beat the hand of a marderes, is happil set of a dangerous Ammer. The assemponying eerie aback has she 7i. with its seams abased. The pmeral slats of his Mites Senaniona, Sinew of the WeLerstaw, j Hosasbeld. VIM", Feb. IS, ISM. It appears that the telegraphic despateh from Timms, ann • the attempt on the life of the Emperor, threw Austrian authorities at Milan iato a state of the utmost alarm. As a matter of pumice (a very absurd one), they had booed orders that no person nor any carriage was to be allowed to leave Mika. All the troops were con bed to their banish& This news bad be= brought to Turin by person who hit lb* neighbourhood of Milan on the eemft of the 18th. The impulsion of the Swiss from euiy had added greatly to the agitation and dhesslent. The &Bare of Coast Leiningen, the reforms in Bosnia which take away the pretext for Austrian in terbium, and the hot that both are stenested with the representations of the French and Euglish mi shears at the Porte, have excited the imiligastiaa of Ms Asturian government, and the idelesdel Qn resposminis t oithe 18th, has accordingly a 1! shaiandag antis against the Sultan, Omer Paths, and all that is Tend& Letters has Prague slate that a arimblea seas were arrested there last Friday fa hits of brown and black felt The were students. After an the met of thejnamen were discharged with erhesollisem The sending of 1,300 peek-horse' to the southern army of observation has led to the iteppesithe that pse an expedition into the Albanian mountains is =- ud. ITALY. On the 17th twenty refugees detained in the Irina of Alexandria were sent on their way to Villafranse, nadir an 'met of carabineers. The Piedmonts.. Chamber of Deputies voted the war intimates on the :Bth ; and, in a dismission o, t ibodget of the Foreign Minister, voted an addi tion to the amount demanded by the cabinet. ALGIERS. Intelligence has been received from Algiers to the 16th inst. The colony enjoys perfect tranquillity. The Govemor.General lres sequestered the whole of the property of the hostile tribe of the Onled-Dhan, seer (helms. Not leer than 280,000 hectolitres of wheat have been obtained from the Arab grounds, sa imm d theese quantity of oil produced is rapidly on the . %MYREN AND DISORDERLY CoI(DUCE.--019 Tun aay • return. obtained by Mr. Hume, was printed, silting sa account of drunken aad disorderly persona for a amber Mysore. It appears that in 1861 the M ' Polk* force took into custody 6,318 persons (2,666 man and 3,762 females) fm disorderly conduct, and 10,668 (6,207 males and 4,461 females) for drunkenness. For drunken- Iwo and disorderly conduct, within the Metropolitan Police district, 12,484 persons were taken into custody, of which 0972 were m a l es and 5,532 females The population of the Metropolitan Police district was about 2,399,104 in 1851. In ISM, 280 persona were taken into custody by the City of Loud on Police force for drunkenness, and 661 for ills ozderly conduct, out of a population of 127,869. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Oriental Company's steam-packet Tagus, Cap tain J. It. Joy, arrived here at 4.30 A.m., and landed her mails under the charge of Lieut. Ashley La Touche, RN., Admiralty agent, which were for warded to London by the next train. Her dales are : Gibraltar, Feb. 14th; Cadiz, 13th; Lisbon, 19th; Oporto, 20th; Vigo, 20th. The Tagus brings 23 passengers and 2,5001. in specie. LISBON, Fan. 19. The last time I mentioned the railroad I thought I should riot have had occasion to have made it the subject of iodise der some time ' but the same day my letter was demPlatbul otti incident tools place, which interests the pub lie. Alluding to the reports in circulation respecting it (with which I have duly acquainted you), a deputy, in his place in the Chamber. desired to put some questions to the Minister of Public Works; and, although a ministerial , paper announced some time ago that a definitive coc,m,ec had been conceded, yet the information I sent you, that it had not, turns out to be perfectly correct. The minister, o n entering the house, informed the deputy that some documents had been sent to the Diario for publication, which would show that the reports which had been spread were destitute of foundation ; and that if the definitive contract had not al ready been given to the company, it was nut because the government had not credit, but because there were rival companies, which asked for a concessi n, and these hau de clared open war against the provisional company. This war had prevented the actual company from pressing their actions and completiag their conditions, without which it could neither have the concession nor begin the works. After some other observations, he said, " That one of the rie ... samerenid go that day to London for the purpose st M to receive the definitive contract, Ada E ".. rms " Zgamjr most complete in forty days, or else ion the ummelso, lase the right to works al ready made (ameweys, ke.), and the government will contract with another company." He emphatically added, " The government neither desires to give nor withdraw rights unduly, nor that it should be said that it refuses to give the enterprise to one company, because it patronises another." I leave these remarks of the minister without comment, in order that they may be properly ap preciated by those who know the real state of the case, as it is endeavoured to be carefully inculcated that it is not the government whose faith is doubted, but the want cf credit on the part of the previsional company. The documents show the desire of the government to change the direction of the section at Santarem, and of their adopting the esti mate of coat from the average of the Belgian ways, and, therefore, fix it at 11,2241. 14s. per kilo metre ; which points are conceded by the agent, and notify to the company the grant of forty days to qualify or forfeit their provisional deposit, to which the agent replies that he goes to Landon in order to carry into effect the re quired conditions (making the deposit of 5 per cent. on the total presumed cost of the railway), in order to ostain the concession, when not a moment's time will be lost in begin ning the works. The crisis of the railroad is therefore fairly on, and it will be seen which of the twain possesses the most credit. Scarcely any one here will, however, be• hove that any company whatever will be able to stem ;the tide et Portuguese discredit, so as to carry into effect any railroad, and if the provisional company shall be able to show that the non-passing of their actions, and their cones. quest inability to perform their engagements, arises from the discredit of the Portuguese government, and not hem say fault of their own, it would furnish a strong ease tar the interfareace of the British government to compel a OF fending of the deposit, as such a contingency was set au ia the programme. T trial of the soldiers of the 6th Cacsadores, concerned Ia the mutiny at Madeira, of which I long since informed yen, has terminated ; the result is, 1 corporal and 4 soldiers acquitted; 1 lancoworporal and 3 soldiers condemned to death; 2 to perpetual trauportation ; 1 sergeant to 8 years' tzumeportation ; 1 sergeant and 1 quarter-master-sergeant te 6 pears' transportation; and 4 soldiers to 6 years' transports. dela. The trial of the adieu will now commence ; but these sentamees appear calculated to prejudge the exonere. ties of the aims. The dee* of the Primer Amelia, the intelligence of widelt wee bees& by the last Brazil packet, hoe excited a deep sad Manse sentiment of sympathy in all classes; the (Wilt pissed herself in retirement for eight days; the NN.; sad teibmwols were shut three days, and the usual solemnities winelimil at a royal death were observed. The Qiellin her again daring the approaching financial yaw, the saga d 91 reds to the service of the state keen bar iseellem ; wed the King bar in like manner coded 60,000,900 nis. The business in the Cortes has all soya been preliminary. The return of only one deputy (for the circle of Lump) has bees declared undue; this solitary decision, while equally undue means were used in the election of other deputies, gives the Corte, character—es a subservient body; indeed, in the electioa of the various committees as they proceed, ministerial influence is self-evident, the com mittee-men being the nominees of the powers that he. The 1 bank petition has been presented, sad the Minister of Finance has presented his report and proposals for ways and means, which is ordered to be printed, so that the ground is broken and the campaign about to oom , menu. In the absence of decussate I will not risk any assertion regarding the ways and means, but the estimates and resources of the state will be more interesting to the public creditor than it has been for a series of years. We have a notice from 0 that the Minister of the Interior has directed procee•gi to be taken against a jour nal there. It adds that, whatever may be its political colour, others will rally around it in its defence ; for who ever has the courage to combat him, will deserve publio sympathy. Now that the ministry are tolerably certain • packed radovity in the Chamber, their true character may be expected to be speedily developed, as hitherto the Bodriguista-ileldanha ministry his been in the Geld under an muted crest. Buhange, 64i ; discount of notes of the Bank of Lisboa, 2 per sent. The following ships were seen or spoken with due ing the voyage t—Lynx and Argus, three-masted screw schooners, for the Portuguese custom service, had arrived in the Tagus, on the 18th and 19th inst. Lat. 43.52, long. 9.10, the schooner Veracity, bound homeward. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Antelope was at Gibraltar; at Lisboa, her Majesty's steam-sloop Inflexible, the Sans Pariel having sailed at 7 a.m., on the 19th, and been passed by the Tagus on her way out. In the Tagus, the usual Portuguese squadron ; at Gibraltar, the Sardinian 16-gun brig Aquila sailed on the 14th; on same day there were 300 sail under weigh from and passim the Rock. The Madrid was met going out of Nip Bay on the 20th. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ANDES. LIVERPOOL, WzmnEDAy. At half--past 9 o'clock last night the screw steam ship Andes, Capt. Hutchins, arrived in the Money, from New York, with advice, to the Bth instant. She made a very rapid passage, considering the ad verse weather that prevailed. We have already given a summary of the latest political news, in noticing the arrival of the Africa. COMNIRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Now Yom, Fin. 9. Nomv.—Thae was smiderable sanity at the Ant Mesad s ney beeps& bilk( sistrag speculators. All Me berths fire wee* is at ea nsprning pries, my** Met a heath le me _per mit. Several parties rube lave May bola M ia smas= an sow heavy pur chasers hr • rim TM is the stock, an the lots shwa, is writ Wog. mr. messed board the nub* wss set so Ism Then wee euaddenble activity r ear eqsedstess. sad es Mr Masker to ash as to bay. Mods wire opsnisil IS 10 MIN estmt, at bath beards, et Ideas soma et Me dose yesterday. Then bas bees but • nehmen Amend Mr !alga he ter renittaase bF dr Mess* hen hie pert for Linspool, sad the retas mink Mime allentiss. These is a great supply et slidni hi hada tho meth in the millet, ve me ass se Sal ay T he graarew pie asst. as all Mk &Ms by pinks hen bedews ta ensign bilk was sot very large te-day. TM rates were Am at 110 with the regular basins% sad 109 i for loathers beak Mk GM Wm penis trwasisat Montane. Tams 112 i. As these seise is sot ambeshe the airmen 4C Ansekaa geld to pet k the Mawr will Me eat rely • indurate Cox;e3 Men if ershaw% Cirewler).—la the Mend between the ispeatere MO. Arabla sad the bulb et the Cables ame, gar albs mobs' wee dill, mei Wen re bib in lea Ills MOM plat. The faibegenset =1 in leebvir, gab more maims to ; .11 the pealple splashes, sa bargees, the pershene hese hese le a fair meat at rates ie. to le. Bair km* giolaliega. The Miami* advice' have farther teeied:Rathe whisk aims Ana at the ex , bens T emermilatioe with the leogth b and se• mg MI wand say advice& eabsequatt to Op sees et Oreele's assn. The gems rel beer at swam Melee Owe as shears spec the gond= et erep. It le weft debi t SI headei nsi v the quads st biome rim fat alEtb the an LONA* babe gell ipiewas, the le Great tale are oft 170„091 ; wigwag t the total reowipb r5aah9,990,000 baba, sad One &sat Britain requires the quatlty as bat yam", have yet to export 900,000 baby ar three-fourths Mee sallmated future rsesipte. OPOTATIotta. . Tali. Tall. !Ow Orleans sad Nobtle..ll . VIII 114 amalsaL Uploads Pisrals .... 16 le of to to tit lumina. Estimated stock in hand, 10,000 bales. Sales for the fort night, 12,000 bales. Bananarrorra.—Flonr we. in lees request and rather cheaper. The sales comprised 7,600 bble.—sour, at 4 doll. 76e. to 4dola. finc.• ' superfine No. 2, at 4 dole. 82}c. to 6 dole.; ordinary, to chow* State, at 6 dots. 26e. to 6 dole. 431.; prized to fancy Western, at 6 dole. 431 e. to 5 dote. 42fe c . ; common to good Ohio, at 6 dole. 62f c. to 6 dots. 76e.; fancy Genesee and Ohio, at 6 dole. 681 c. to 6 doh. 811 e. ; mind to favourite Smiths:a, at 6 dole. 76e. to 6 dole. ; THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY E vENING. FEBRUARY 24; 1853 antra Western. at 6 dole. 811 e. to 6 dole. 26e. ; earn Gene- I AANCI va........ -____ IN. at 6 dab. 26c. to 6 dole. 431 c. ; aad fancy Southern. et . ....____ II dais. Ile. Ite 7 aids. 60c. About 150 Jersey meal 1 V....... 1 Illibld a eft OW per 1)% There ha l v e been 9.600 ' all, Old St. Pancras beads esethera white wheat purchased at 1 dot 25e. 1401 read; JA/1111 PAMIR PINION, Esq , in the chair. treetry "'" ° `' wee a h y el a a n in upwav the N u: , Ir v seet estrs in li wof the Bt. Panetta anti barley wntletted the nines &ate and Western " Is After th. transaction Of DOM routin'e business. Mr. G.W. were procurable at 48e. to 60e. per bushel F. Coon., the Vestry Clerk. read the following eorrespon- FnllollTll.—To Great Britain may be quoted as follows : , deuce Dudleyethieh had taken To Liverpool—Flour, 2.e. 64. to 3s. per barrel; cotton, i' l n ' I Lor a Coutts Stuart, and the Bishop of London, re -Flour, MM. per lb. ; grain, Bd. te 94. per bushel. To LOOM)place between Sir B. Hall and a i .pecting the Election of Churchwardens Bill ..-Flour 2a. 64. to 3s. per barrel ; naval stores, Si. to 3e. 00. gar b arrel; heavy goods, 35e. per too. To Glasgow—Flr,ar, „ My Lord.—We he " t a r ee o f a C esei on u m es o cee i'al Fhyet.)2494,108 oar is. 3d. ; grain, 104. per bushel. constituents to ask your lordship whether it i s your inlet- BICH...NOES ON LONDON.—Coloaid and Jamaica Banks. thin to i ntroduce dories the onnent „ won nny manure i n —9O days, 1 per cent. premium ; go days, 11 per cent. Pie" reference to the election of elatiiihwardena, Jailer to the alum.; 30 days, 2 per cent. premium. bill which was presented to the House of Lords a short time previous to the dissolution by the Bishop of Salisbury on behalf of your lordship. We should therefore feel obliged it your lordship would enable us to satisfy the society which is felt upon th e su bj ec t b y t h ose w h om we have the honour to represent. tt We have the honour to he, my Lord, your most obe dient humble servant*, .. rARDFA3 BILL. Vbe Court. Ptinee Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a Letting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 18.51. His Royal Highness arrived at the New Palen of West minster at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A Gordon. The other Rsyal Commissioners were Esti Granville, Lord Oventone, th Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P., the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M P., Sir Alexander Spearman, But., Sir James W. Hogg, Ban., Sir Richard Westunnott, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles Bsrry, Mr. Baring M.P., Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr. C. W. Dilke, Mr. T. F. Gib son , Mr. Piney, and Mr. John Shepherd. Mr. Edgar Bowring, Secretary to the Royal Commission, attended. The meeting broke up at 2u mi nutes before An o'clock. " DIIDLIT COOTTII STCAELS. • "B. HALL. " Right Ron. and Right Rev, the Bishop of London." " London House, Feb. 19, 1853. " My Lerd—ln answer to the letter which I have had the honour of receiving from your lordship and Sir Benja min Hall, I beg to state that as at present advised, I have no intention of introducing into parliament during the present session, any bill for regulating the mode of elect ing churchwardens. " I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's obe dient bumble servant, " The Lord Dudl e y C ou tt s Stuart, M.P. J. LONDON. " It was resolved that the above correspondence be entered upon the minutes, and that the vestry clerk be instructed to forward to the respe c t e d members for the borough, the best thanks of the vestry for the trouble they had taken in the matter. The Queen had a dinner party last evening at Bucking ham Palace. The company included the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Princess Adelaide of Hubenlohe ' the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Count Kielniansegge, the Marquis of Ave, sey, Lady Fanny Howard, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Vie countess Mandeville, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord George Lennox, the Bishop of London and Mrs. 13Iumfield, the Hight Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, the Key. Mr. Birch, Mr. Gibbs, and Major Baron Knesebeek. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance during dinner, and played the following music : Mirth of the Coldetteent Gu uW Chortle. " Unto thee, 0 Lord" (St. Peul) Mendelaeohn. Overture, "A I of Montrose" &kenos, " Le e" Po!ka, Echo do Mont Blanc" r e bees. Vain. "The Thistle" Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the palace on luesday evening, and performed the following selection : °rater., Op. 13 Spobr. Curaclintann. Teret so t st pr•go" Aria. a" Bolero Deemer. Princo Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lient.-Colonel the FL.n. A. Gordon. A deputation, including Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., Mr. Robert Hopwood, jun., and Mr. Thomas Dugdale, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation from the lucid board of Worcester bad an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Mr. Richard Padmore (Mayor of Worcester), and Messrs. Red ford, Hughes, and Misichall. The deputation was attended by Mr. Joha Hill, the Town Clerk. Sir Robert Inglis and Mr. T. J. White had interviews yesterday with the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial oflice. The Lord Advocate had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday. The Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., had also an interview with the noble earl, at his official reel. dence in Downing•street. The Earl of Clarendon held a diplomatic levee yesterday afternoon for the reception of the foreign ministers at the court of Great Britain. The reception took place at the noble earl's office, in Downing•street. COLONELCT OP THE 50TH REGIMENT.—We hear that Major-General Sir William Chalmers, K.C.H., is to succeed Major-General Allan, who died on the 17th instant, as colonel of the 50th regiment. The late General Allan was only appointed in October, 1852, and for the last few years this regiment has been peculiarly unfortunate in losing its colonels. THE VACANT SEES.—" A letter we have received this morning (The Guardian of yesterday says), dated ' Lincoln, Tuesday afternoon,' says, 'Dr. Hook is the only name currently reported in the diocese as likely to succeed Dr. Kaye in the See of Lincoln. It would, we believe, be satisfactory to all parties in the diocese, ass working bishop is so much needed.' In London, Dr. Jacobson and Dr. Jell are freely named, but of course without any authority. It is considered probable that Dr. Tyrrell, Bishop of New castle, will be raised to the Metropolitan See of Sydney." THE BISHOP OF LLANDAPP,—In consequence of the Bishop of Lincoln's death, the Bishop of Llandaff will succeed to a seat in the House of Lords, but the new Bishop of Lincoln will not be entitled to a seat in parliament until a vacancy shall occur in the episcopal bench, other than the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of Lon don, Durham, and Winchester. This arrangement takes place under the provisions of the act constituting the new bishopric of Manchester. The following is an abstract of the sums required to defray the espeases which will be incurred in the Ord. nano. Department, and come in course of payment during the year ending 3111 March, 1854 : Pay, allowances, and contingencies for 17,598 officers, nodeassailasioned *Ohms and men, ansposing the several ordnance military carps, 807,5071. ; decrease, 12,6421. ' Commissarial and barrack supplies for her Majesty's forces, mat coats for the army, and clothing for the militia dc., 373,2171. ; increme, 71,6U1. Ordnance office, 73,9691. ; decrease, 1,6111. Establishments, 291,6571. ; increases 3,3441. Wages, 141,4371.; increase, 17,0911. Ordnance stores for land and sea service, 871,6971. ; in crease, 181,2441. Weeks, building!, and replan, 695,6551. ; increase, 24=1..„ branch, 127,2131. ; increase, 19,3061. allatlea sinless, 2,882,3621.; increase, 639,1401. 399Wellhatiee swine, military sad civil, 171,2161.; de eransa, 1,1411. Teal 'Sedge sad son-elfective services, 3,953,6871. ; being a total mini of 523,7481. more than last year. 1 FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN THE ITALIAN STATES. Let evenia4: pablie meeting was held at the Loam. Hell. Sellsess, to express sympathy with the sMils et tbe Salina peeps, Ind to adopt • petitionoo tos sMd to partisans% retesting against brmgn treestate in any Mars bee strom i lit s li may think proper to in as asessomy ts smamtpaties. Osexenete, be milled to dm dab, elated that It berme tho ditty et to same leeward and mines m tbeli i thy the weird people in ludy, but mine was Mb* duty to probe& against the geosram r oad writ the intervention of the Amides sod Rem& ln the Italian Peninsula. h=amont led shun its ea to the French hom ig e SW" and this sokatry was nationally re. I/WM& der the digkenatie j of its sainiaten in WA. MO waiselssad aid to -- odm as oppeeed to (aem bear.) The recent outbreak at Aldan es ibe world how deep wen the wrongs indicted by A me the Italian people, fbr nothiag bat the madness of demob mold have tempted a few desperate men to board as entire Atari= army, even to entering the very citadel._ Mr. "THOZNIOX HIINT, in moving the AM rembillast, said that the moist event at Milan was ass et these en during efforts of a few Italians :to free their witroty frank the tyranny of Asada. (Quern) The Aiwa of Italy did look forward totow moreemat Ms mesa of Tabireary, 11211 Maeda left Mislead seine weihe go, hi ease to tak e an active part is W soventent. Sls MO duty was to see what chances there were for a sewed shim is this mesa. sad elm as to the wean of the Mitt He wee fee Ansi before he femme& that lite ag if Ametrian wen telly mese ed W, imd he eels sent truly gi peens,st lial4 t ltaly to mink the peopie to • emi dile istesdth least um a few youlig m m al Man. The oil y regime the Oak at Mho but it by we means angiered he Ibe isMgesims of Italy, tar Imelda was direr premed, lamming *A tbi pee* were ready to gyring upon Sok aggeeemie the menwel the wort' went forth hes their leitism. The pm* et this country should see that their t bat no meet morel aid to the opmemors , es was dens with regard to the French sessmatini ot Beam (Cheers.) The speaker concluded by weft e renolutire it Vy with the Italian people. rtouirr seconded, :and Mr. NICEOLLT impeded, the resolution, which was carried amidst applause. Dr. Ern moved a resolution calling upon the mile of of this statu ltaly ary to peti parliament against the gollia by foreign tion troops. ame The reedation having been emended was carried, as was also the adoption of a petition to be presented by Mr. T. Danoombe to the House of Common, in furtherance of the °Wits of the meetiag. The usual vote of thanks having been passed to the chair- man, the meeting separated at a late hour. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT MORI BRETTON Cnoacz.—On Sunday morning lest a mod singular acci dent happened at Monk Bretton Church. It appears that on the Bev. A. Lambert taking his place at the communion table for the purpose of administering the sacrament, and on the wife of Thomas Wandsworth, Esq., who was the first communicant, kneeling down, the floor beneath her gave way, and the lady suddenly disappeared. The con eternatioa, as may be imagined, was very great. Assistance, however, wee instantly rendered, by putting a ladder down the hole, and happily the lady was found at a depth of eight feet, uninjured, which was most providential, as the floor consisted of large stone flags, which fell to the bottom of the place. The accident was occasioned by dry rot having taken place in the timber that supported the raised Boor, there not having been any ventilation provided be neath A.—Leeds Intellwencer. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DISSENTING This annual conference was held yesterday, at Guildhall Coffee-house. The chair was taken at two o'clock, by Mr. J. R. Minns. The report of the committee for the past year, which was read by the SLCRITARY, commenced by congratulating the meeting on being convened under circumstances unusually favourable to religions liberty. Until recently, it said, there were but few members of parliament who advocated the voluntary principle; but there had lately been an ac cession to their numbers which could not fail to prove' highly beneficial. Reference was then made to a proposal by Mr. Trelawney its parliament to substitute pew rents for church rates. In consequence of Mr. Trilawney's retire , meet, a deputation waited upon Sir W. Clay, to request him to take up the question. It met with a favourable reception, and Sir William promised to introduce the subject in the Ilona. of Commons during the present session. Attempts were made to induce the late govern- meat to assent to • measure the object of which was to I enable dissenting ministers to later in the parish burying ground without the interference of the clergyman o the church. A bill to secure the object was proposed in the House of Commons, but was ultimately rejected by a minis terial majority. The London Necropolis Bill was opposed last session on the ground that the fees provided for clergymen were excessive. On the Charitable Trusts Bill being again introduced, it was discovered that dissenting chapels were not clearly excluded from its operation. The Attorney- General on being consulted declared that there was no ground for such an apprehension ; but this explanation was not considered satisfactory, and the bill was finally with drawn. A petition had been presented to both houses of parliament, praying fur the repeal of the Maynooth act of 1845. The regiun &num bad been opposed as inimical to the true interests of dissenters, and a marriage bill was about to be introduced, which bad for its object equali cationion of the fees paid to clergymen and dissenting ministers. Regret was then expressed at the resignation of the chair man, Mr. Mills, in consequence of the pressure of other engagements, and it was announced that Mr. Pete M.P. , had consented to succeed him, and that Mr. A. Fellatt, M.P., had agreed to act as deputyvice-president in conjunc , lion with Mr. rewires*. Mr. Deputy Powraoss doe-chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, exp ressed his satisfaction at the pre sent position of the dissenting interest, and the prospects opened up to it 111 parliament. Mr. B. HANBURY presented the balance-sheet for the year; from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to 3911. 145., and the expenses to 2631. 16s. 64., leaving a ba- lance of 1271. 17s. 4d. Mr. B. Moithnv seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and urged the meeting to make renewed efforts to strengthen the position of dissenter, in parliament and the country. He anticipated great advantages front the introduction of so many dissenters into the House of Commons. Oneoriwo deputies complained of the filling up of the vacancy of the chairmanship on the authority of the com mittee. Ths CIIAIZNAN defended the come which had been pursued. He had resigned chiefly from a desire that the chairman might be a member of parliament, and he believed that great benefit would accrue from the appoint. meat of Mr. Pew. The report was adopted unanimously. Resolutions appointing Mr. Paw, M.P., chairman, and Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., deputy-chairman, in accordance with the recommendations in the report, were agreed to unanimously. A proposal was then made te petition t against the Maynooth grant, whisk led Oa a d isavowsis to the precise form of words to be adopted. On the auggestien of the chairmen words were introduced decLaraWq of an in tention to offer, as opportunity night arise, slmkler opposi tion to all religious endowments ; and, with this alteration, the petition was agreed to. Another petition was adopted having reference to the amendment of the marriage laws. Thanks were voted to the chairman, the deputy-chair man, and the late committee; and a new committee was appointed for the ensuing year. This terminated the proceedings. THE CITY SEWERS BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR 1862. eamemble# cott Tneeday for the ri greleveye tnlig e e tah s e g erestrt i rropert of works =arting the yeek k wee et great wee bees $1 NOM Mak pre es abil et the mho works mesh" by the eannisies, and a sin= deb= preesedhp. The following is an oaCret " ig Z selmat ' sense ban bees opted is 72 dir est= mesa= Mph esisanting te 4,459 1111, at about 1141 the eta mils The total A .. s. af sewers saw exiling within the City is about 49 1 The Ma number of drained was 281. The wen= d yee=tert ir t ~s ~ eseleee eggiredea was 11,215. The Mal aura= of whisk erg aen t rielere, be nate be drained is and wakened 4, . The water supply to the _City of Peados yanks much hi the tees esies at s = previous Pert lin =ll■l l 4 l 418 u" ezespW) ups the th e= la the parer Mali= irks supply mesdames twin a ft , . bass boss dbetet by widening a portion of =nth the =than end, in Gresham sheet at the atelknelems some et Lag-street ; • end decade =ph et Intge-eow hes eke bees Wank mad ea addition' ingth et the seeth Pettaplasi. Seem eLtNezen-casetAssia/MbeirretrAst tee Jr: r f airlu t t I Mass to 16 feet. The largest portion of White's-alley, hen S hot to • width et 20 bet, and • tririljelaWass4lxest, ihdlithid, free ea aver a ind*ef 19 le SO het ia width. Ilegethlises ban bees he widerekg a farther peas it T art of Paises-hill for Mw widening dralley „ by rat the angle at Pitcher-esen, sad also faril heals the public way barn le Priatingtherses-yard, 20 feet with and straight, lashed of being as SI 8 feet in width =I aeolted apes the plea. Ale Mead= the inpenennte name= by this nankerea sore we, esi hen demo le time rose - and as ellietthit the essessis sad et Chia :7442ilder nalissieg the ethimideg of Fetter-laue ; ban be he MiWag an alters dal et the wed= =ll' et ix widen ing the Emil= seleiste et he natissiag the ingenstasale bt liaomheet eldi sestlined, and ;Wia public prep wty tbengitithelehne-osurt, s-alley, sad widealag amen ponies of Upper Thana-street. At the beginning ores year theta IMO 66 slaughtering in basements, the whole of whisk, upon the let of January, became illegal, and due than lave bean entirely sup pressed. Additional slaughter-homes hue been refit' tired during the year, and this total number now existing within the City is 87 ; at the end of the year 1551 there were 156 (in cladft these be allan ')- thee has, therefore, been a reduc tion ink * * number of IS, opal to 44 per cent. on number form khans. At Ike eimmweemeni4 aft year aes wee made by Ihe dhleiet Miyeelnee at Ihe !braces and ys which oinked e,egaf meth, Is a quantity so peat 11l to cause aenerebils asigkhourhoods. The meet &gnat CUM wan served with seises, and others have been WNW es from thee to time kg have been die ervered. Kea. t rod hes been allude& ens $ very great deal still remake le deo& Thi of fames' ban, in most sense. bad rem= estimeeks et Welsh e see=ussee le Melds. usdrideat nem." isioa•- emparMise. There Is mega the peepodeten of buss* peat dishiest of the - it is have likeek been submitted to w and it is to that distrust more than M say ties to comply with the notices which have been served upon them that delay is referable. Theinspectors have during the year examined into the condition of 1,477 houses under the direction of the officer of health, the houses being mostly than, when deaths had occurred ; they have also examined 668 other premises upon various complaints, and for other purposes. The total number of premises examined by them, therefore, has been 2,03.5. The owners of the properties upon which nuisances have been discovered have had notices to remove them . The inspectors concur in stating that the nuisances dis covered by them are not of the aggravated nature of those of former years. SEAMEN'S STRIKE AT SOUTHAMPTON. Our correspondent says : —The strike amongst the able seamen at the port of Southampton is to get 10s. a month each more than they have hitherto been paid, and this would involve so extra expense to the Oriental, West India, and Screw Mail Packet Companies of above 5001. a month. If the able seamen were to succeed, there is no doubt bat that the strike would be general amongst the different classes of men on board the packets. The Bremen and coal-trimmers are already making preparations to get higher wages. The able seamen are holding nightly 'met ing' and organising to ensure sue ess. They have written to the various outports, stating they are on strike, to prevent tenons from coming t o S out h am p ton to supply their places. They havealso entered into a subscription to pay the London seamen who signed articles to go out in the Bengal sttemer, and who preferred going to prison to sailing in her, when they found that the men whom they were to supplant were on strike. These men are to be paid the whole of the amount they would have received for the voyage in the Bengal. It is expected that Maltese sailors will be brought to this country to man the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ships. The pay of able seamen at Southampton has hitherto been 21. 15i. a month. The men now demand 31. be. a month. The General Screw Company have been obliged to give that stun, and even the commanders of emi gration ships leaving Southampton are giving able seamen 3f. and 31. 10s. a month. This strike amongst seafaring men is getting of serious moment. In all the very large mail packets belonging to the Southampton station there are eighty or ninety men belonging to classes of persons who are dissatisfied with the wages they have hitherto been iu the habit of receiving, and who think that they are now in a position to demand higher wages. THE STRIKE OF THE WILTSHIRE LABOURERS. TO THZ EDITOR OF THE REPRESS. SlR,—Your correspondent " 8." writes is your edition of this day (Feb. 22) under the above head, most op portunely on the abominable low wages given to the la bourers in Wiltshire, stating cases proved before the magis trate. Some of these cases being at Barford, on Lord Pem broke's estate, as he asserts, he is pleased to ask Mr. Sidney Herbert, his lordship's brother, whether he would not be doing as much good (as he is in attempting to improve the condition of young women) if he tried to improve the con dition of the young men who are almost the serfs on his brother's soil? It should be known that Mr. Sidney Her bert and his brother-in-law, Lord Bruce, the county mem bers for Wiltshire, long mince started and nobly supported a County Emigration Society expressly to enable the la booms to emigrate. The records of the emigration office will show how well the scheme was carried out, and Low much was expended ; the toads are, I fear, now exhausted. It should be known, too, that Mr. Herbert's brother-in law, Mr. A'Court, observing the low wages given near his uncle's property at Ileytesbury, in the county of Wilts, promoted an emigration movement, and took great pains himself to superintend the emigration at Plymouth of a good number of Wiltshire labourers last year, which raised the wages near Heytesbury. It should also be known that for these acts the hon. members were heartily abused by the local protectionist press in Wiltshire; and no doubt the last contest for the county of Wilts was greatly supported by these who raised the cry that these men, who were sending away the best blood and sinews of the country, and raising wages byso doing, were not the farmers' friend. Tour correspondent " 8," who puts the above question, should also ask the " farmers' friends " of Wilts, whether they will support a change in the settlement law,which may encourage labourers to seek labour where it is best paid ? and a regulated system of emigration, by which the over stocked labour market may be improved ? and whether in stead of factious opposition " they would not be doing as much good " by giving government leisure to form and press on plans for social improvement —among which free trade in labour is not the least important. Your. obediently, AN EX-OFFICIO POOR-LAW GUARDIAN. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL ANNUAL DINNER. The thousands who travel up and down the Thames in the pleasant summer season, will hardly forget that one of the great " lions" of the "middle passage" L the gallant old Dreadnought, a line-of-battle ship, which having served a lull apprenticeship to the art of destroying human life, now mates full atonement by laying up in or• dinary, and affording shelter and nurture to sick and worn out seamen. The " Seamen's Hospital Society " had its origin in 1817-18, when a committee was appointed, the result of whose labours was, first, the fitting up of the Grampus as a Boating hospital ; and secondly, of the Dreadnought, the name most familiar to the present gene ration of Londoners. For such a wandering race as the seamen of all nations, the value of such institutions can hardly be overrated ; bat when ever their prejudices are consulted by selecting a ship as their asylum, and the greatest commercial nver in the world as its location, a double claim is established on the charity of all who feel an interest in those " who go down upon the great deep," and are by their occupation isolated from the friends who solace sickness and misfortune amongst the other classes of so ciety. The anniversary dinner of this most valuable cha rity was held yesterday at the London Tavern, and derived immense eclat from the presence of Sir James Graham, whe presided. There were also present Messrs. Green, 801=1111, and other distinguished leaders of the shipping in terest, besides about 150 gentlemen, who sat down to a dinner unusually recherche and abundant. A musical party enlivened the evening with several songs and glees, the contributions of the Misses Wells receiving especial marks of commendation. From the report it appeared that the large sum of 1,1141. had been collected. MUSIC. MR. STERNDALE BENNETT'S CONCERTS.—Mr. Bennett's second performance of clinical pianoforte music, at the Hanover-square Rooms on Tuesday, was attended by the largest audience we have ever seen at a concert of this kind: a proof of the growing taste for the refined music of which Mr. Bennett's performances °Desist. His pro patinae, as usual, was exceedingly interesting. In the first place, there was Mozart's Quintet in E fist, for the piano forte, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and horn—one of the most lovely emanations that ever lowed from the genius of a composer. It was played by Messrs. Bennett, Williams, Nicholson, Baumann, and C. Harper, whose names are suf ficient to give an ides of the perfection of its execution, and every movement wee followed by loud and prolonged applause. Sebastian Bach's Sonata in B minor, for the piano and violin, played by MIMI. Bennett and Molique, was less warmly received, though it is • fine composition, and seas admirably per formed; but Bach's style is so severe and peculiar that thaw only can appreciate and enjoy it who have bestowed upon it some attention and study. Mr. Bennett's Sonata duo for the piano and violoncello, which is now becoming known to the musical public, is so beautiful, and was so exquisitely played by the composer and Signor Piatti, that it called forth tke warmest expressions of pleasure. The skarn* "Minuet caracteristique" was encored with ac demilkins. 'The rest of the instrumental music consisted et Drietteoven's well-known Sonata in F, for the pianoforte and bun (in which Mr. Bennett was accompanied by Mr. Nicholas's), and several short pieces layed by Mr. Ben nett slew ausposed by Schumann, M endelssohn, and Mr. Beanilt birtelf. The vocalist was Miss Dolby, who sang a fine reeltadve and air from Jomelli's oratorio " The De structions of Jerusalem," and an English song composed by Platt. Our peat violoncellist on this occasion appeared for the first tame before an English audience in the cha racter of composer. His song, " Sun of the golden day," written for a contralto veioe, Is • beautiful slid expressive composition ; it wu charmingly sung by Miss Dolby, and warmly applauded. We were aware of Signor Piatti's mins as a vocal composer; and our readers will remember that we lately reviewed several of his published songs, pointing them out as being among the finest aodern spe cimens dint» Italian melody. DRAMA. DRURY-LANE. Mrs. Mowittes play, 7l Amnia, or the Peer end tie Nemat," wee perkinned at this theatre last evening. Yw lltowsit bee semi talent as • dramatist, and this piece is ain &ideate of meat ; but she has committed the very fre quent mistake ef ;stretehing into the sets slight materials whet* are suffeient for three. The hero and heroine were well acted by Kr. Davenport sad Mies Fanny VMlng. Mr. Moorhame, as the Kits, was respee. table, but somewhat cold and stiff. The garrulous old woman, Dame Babette, was well permuted by Mrs. Griffiths ; and Kim Emma Feist, as Javietiow, was one of the nicest little rustics imaginable. The play was carefully get up; the dance round the Maypole, in the second act, was very pretty indeed. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL CAM:BRIDGE, FEB. 23.-CHANCELLOR'S MEDALS.- The emanation of candidates for the above named wade will eoraotence on Monday seat, the 28th inst., at 9 o'clock, In the Renate House. Cononsoarzote.—At a congregation, holden this day, the following degrees were costarred : B.D.—Bdward At kinson, Clue Hall. M.A.—Charles Goolden, Trinity Col lege; Thompson Stoneham, St. Peter's College; A. IL C. Trowels's, Queen's College ; Thomas Jacob Freeth, Christ's College. L.L.B.—Henry St.. John Howard, Downing Collage. B.A.—Robert Thomas, QUM'S Col lege ; Richard rrettyman Bishopp, Magdalen College ; Hampton Malcolm Hupp, Sidney College. NAVAL. --- ADMIRALTY, YES. 23.—APPOINTMENTS.—A. M ilan and J. C. Sabden, to he additional surgeons to Victory. Pearemours, FRB. 23.—Admiral Sir W. Hall Gtge, 0.C.11., Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundee, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, Colonel Greene, RE., and Mr. Walker, C.E., arrived at this port last night, at six o'clock, and embarked on board the Black Eagle steam yacht, which proceeded with them to the Channel Irelands on atilt of inspection of the works, dtc., there—The Rat tlesnake, Arctic store ship, sailed to the Arctic Regions to-day. The Basilisk took her in tow, and goes with her as for as the Land's End.—The Blenheim, 60, steam guard ship, Captain Henderson, came into harbour to-day, having tried her engiues.—The Leopard, 12, ateatefrigate, Captain Gifford, went out of harbour this morning, and anchored at Spithead.—The Illustrious, 72, was towed down the harbour to-day to be fitted as • block-shin•—The Sprightly, steamer, sailed lest night for Plymouth with men belonging to the Vengeance. CONTROVERTED ELECTION CONINUTTEES. CHATHAM. Yesterday the members of this committee re-as sembled—Mr. Bramsten in the chair. Joseph Greathead, druggist,of Chatham, depnn.d that he gave his vote fur Sir Frederica Smith. Durine the elee tMn he applied to Sir Frederick for a Post otti,e appoint ment, as letter-carrier, for his son, who is a teilor Applied also to Sir Frederick fur promotion for his yO , Iht;OT sou in the navy. In both cases this had been do l e- to wit ness's satisfaction, and believed he had to thank Sir Frede rick for it. George B. Locke, an elector of Chatham, wet canvassed by Sir F. Smith early at the election, and promised him his vote. Asked Sir Frederick for a Dockyard appointment for Lis brother, and Sir Frederick procured the it Lkylard ap pointment for him within threw weeks. Went on the poll day to vote for Sir Frederick, but returned win out siting, as the officials threatened to adininister to hien .be hribery oath. Chat was at 8 o'clock in the morning, and at 1 o'clock on the same day Sir Frederick, in company with Mr. Wells, jun., called at witness's house, an ask, d him why he did not vote. Witness replied he wit. afraid he should take • false oath if he took the bribery ..nth on its beiug offered. Sir Frederick then s.id, '• ; y el l promised me your vote before you milieu me for anything ;" and Sir Frederick told wituese to go :end vote. WAuees ...lid, "Can I go there clear, without taking a false mete ?" and Sir Frederick said, " Yes, you can go and take you: oath clear; you did nut promise tne your vote on condition, but you merely asked men favour afterwards." That nit, distinction made all the difference. (Laughter.) John Sibett, a ropecnaker, examined—Sir Frederick Smith canvassed witneu o n t he first day of his Vonva.A, and witness said he had sin ady pion/heed his so.- to Sir J. Stirling. Sir Frederick then said to witness, "It eve ry one was as candid as you, 1 should know b :or what I am doing." Colgate, the hairdresser, then met witness about a weee after, and said it would b better for witness to vote for S:r Frederick, as lie was a ropemeker, and out of employ, and as there was the dockyard open, or something to that effect. Witness said he was not eligible for a dockyard append:milt in con sequeutm of hes having mare children than the regulations allowed, viz., three children. (Laughter.) Colgate said the. might be easily get ever, a.. he knew the ease of a man who had got a situatioe with inc children. (Laughter.) Colgate urged whines to see Sir Frederick, which he did, and at the interview Sir Fred, rick shook hand, with wit nee, and gave him his card, Sir Frederick say e:8 that" his earliest friends should be earliest thought of." (Laughter.) A fortnight after witness saw Colgate again, sad told him the application fur witness had been made, but that the Captain Superiutendent or the Dockyard would not allow the appointment, and thathe could not allow any use to go there, except as a hired min ' but that if witn e s s l i k e d to go as a hired man, he should have one of the tint vacan cies. Witness, however, did not accept this, 34 it wig not good enough. Witnees did not vote at tlie election be cause he saw the blue bills posted up with a " Caution against bribery," and begin to think fur the first time he had been doing something wrong. Richard Gilding, a voter, was canvassed by Sir Frederick five or six weeks before the election. Found Sir Frederick in his mother's house one day, after re:turbo:it :loin work. Sir Frederick asked him what he was in the duekearl, and witness told him a labourer, but not on the establishment. Sir Frederick said, "it shall be altered, or that he would alter It." Witness's wages at the time were 12s. a week. Sir Frederick asked him if he would like a me stengership at ISt. a week, and witness seid " Yes, either in Chatham or Portsmouth Dockyards." Witness voted far Sir Frede rick, but never heard anything about the meisfugersleip, and was still a labourer. lie would have tided for Sir Frederick even if he had not promised him the situation. On the application of counsel for the peteioners, the committee ordered the production of certain correspond ence, alleged to have passed between Sir F. Smith and any officer (including the. Secretary of the Admirals ) ), between the months of March and December last, releiive to the appointment of the voter Pitts, and other matters, and then adjourned to this day at 11 o'clock. CLITHEROE. The committee in the Clitheroe case again sat yesterday morning, when the foll owing er , u , a _ e was adduced: George Hargraves, a draper of Clitheroe, wu called to establish agency. Thomas Hartley, clogmaker, living seven miles from Cli theroe, said on the Saturday before the election or was sent for by Dewhuret end Bullock to come to ti.' Weaver's Arms. They wanted him to hire a band, for which ho was to get 101. Bullock gave him 9 paper about n , out lie gave it back to him afterwards. Witness paid the band, but had not been paid himself. Win. Haworth said he was the leader of the band. He said that after the election he saw some of the committee— Dcwhunt, Wllynahur, Carmichael, Bullock, and, he be lieved, Burroughs and Johnstone, about payment. Dew hurst wanted to know who had hired them (the band), and he produced the note. One of them got hold of it, and was going away with it; but witness said if he did not have it, he would not get his money. Another person afterwards got the note, and went away with it, while he (witness) was talking about the money. Witness said ha was engaged fur 101., and Ihwhurat said that could not be—that (no one had hired them. He offered witness 51., but he would not take it. They consulted together, mid subsequently Burroughs borrowed 121. from the landlady of the Brownlow Arms, and paid them. A man who took him into the Brownlow Arms said they were the com mittee. Robert Whittam said he is a Lancashire farmer, and canvassed for Wilson. This witness, in cross-examination, stated that he received a letter from A•pinall'a party, in which the writer said he had to provide 300 lighting men to do the "rough work" at the election, and asking the wit ness to provide some, adding that the best fighting men and poachers would be preferred. Witness did not do so, but nave the letter to a person, who handed it over to the Mayor. By the Chairman—There have been great " bludgeon " fights at Clitheroc at the elections. At the last contested election there had been pers ins going about the town so armed on both sides. James Ainswo rt h, shoemaker at Clitheroe, said he is stepfather to John Pullman. Kept the Craven Heifer which was near the Primrose works, and was always used by Wilson's party. Oa the nomination day a good many people in Thompson's employ were there—there were perhaps two thousand people altogether drinking there that day. That was going on several days before the election. lie believed Burroughs ordered the bill for all this to be made out. Witness was sent with the bill to the Brownlow Arms. He saw Bacot there. He went to see Wilson—Bacon was writing, and there were papers on the table. He had no reason for ' going to him. He left the bill with Bacon. He was the same person who had Riven orders at Pullman's on the election day. He gave him the bill because the door wag open, and be saw Bacon writing there. He had no other reason. Witness told him he bad brought Pullman's bill, and asked him whether Mr. Wilson was in the house. Bacon replied he was, but he was engaged, and he might leave the bill withshim, which he (witness) did. It was in consequence of directions from Pullman that he asked for Mr. Wilson. Most of the two thousand men were colliers, and some bad bludgeons. A great many were factory ope ratives. Perhaps one hundred had walkingsticks and such like. The bill was over 1301. Witness would hive gives the bill to anybody in the room, not a stranger, but to anybody who had given orders to Pullman. Ile should not have given it to one of Aspinall's supporters, hut in that room he only expected to find Wilson's friends. The bill was run up in two or three days. John Pullman, the landlord spoken to by the last wit ness, said Mr. Wilson came to him in company with H. Thompson, and canvassed hint for his vote, and be voted for him. About a fortnight after the interview he began to supply meat and drink. He told Mr. Wilson he would eon eider about his vote, but did not promise. The last witness (Ainsworth) made out the bill, which he believed amounted to 1371. Witness never told him to take it to Mr. Wilson, but to Bacon, who worked at Metiers. Thompson's, at the Primrose Works. Bacon was book-keeper there. Bacon had been at his house attending to the election, but gave no orders. When the Speaker's warrant came for him (witness) he looked for the copy albs bill, but it was lost. He will swear to the names on the copy now produced being the same as were on the one that was let. From the fun ther evidence of this witness it appeared that the bill eon gated of animate varying from 201. to 301., put down to the score of different labouring men in Thompson's employment for drink, &.. The bill was made out hy the last witness to deliver to Bacon. James Ainsworth was re-called, and stated that the bill spoken of was made out to Mr. Wilson, and he was not told by the last witness to deliver it to Bacon. Thomas Bother'sll, landlord of the Wheatsbeef, at Cli theme, gave evidence of a similar bill being run up at his house for 821. 14s. Be said he delivered the bill to Beam because he asked for it. He (witness) had no idea who would pay the bill. The committee then adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow (this) morning. I BRIDGNORTII. The select committee again met yesterday morning to try the allegation' in the Bridgnorth petition. The Hon. F. Cadogan was briefly cross-examined, and the following witnesses were then produced : Joseph Muon—Lives at Bridgnorth, and keeps a beer shop there. In June last there was an old bill due to him for the election of 1847, amounting to 161. Part of it wee paid soon after the election of 1817. 61. 10a. was paid by Hr. Boneher, Sir R. Pigot's agent. The W. 10t. wasn't paid to him. It was paid before the last election. Re members seeing Mr. Cadogan, who came to ask him for vote. Voted for Whitmore and Pigot. Never promised to vote for any ens till he went up to vote. Always voted for hie party, Pinot and Whitmore. On cross-examination, witness said that Mr. Williams, Lord Oranville's agent, came with Mr. Cadogaa to canvas Re-examined—His wife told him the bill had been paid, when be came home front either Welshpool or Shrewsbuy fair. By Mr. Locke King—At the election of 1847 there was net a bill paid to him for the previous election. Had ao bill due to him then. Mrs. Mason, wife of the lost witness, was next called. She said she supplied some victuals and beer to the constables and messengers at the last election. Hu not been paid since ; made no bill, and looks to the generosity of the gen tlemen to pay her. &members seeing William Milner at her house, and gave him drink. Put of the old election bill of 1847 was paid some time last June. About a fort , night or more before the election, Mr. Bette paid the money ; he put it on the table at her house, but mentioned nothing about electioneering. Can't re a d or write, nor can't tell how Mr. Ballo knew the amount of her bill. The 1