The Express. — London, England, 1855-01-18 00:00:00

of Witham all throtigh the dangerous parts of the d isoael, it cannot seriously be supposed that they will risk a war with Denmark, or if they do, that they mast have author and hitherto secret motive a l e a hostile demonsteatioe. A clue to this paler/ gm ty perhaps be farad in the offer of the United Biates to mediate Itetween Russia and her opponents, why however is not likely to meet with any sinus seesidsration on either side. Ent the above tables show us which are the oonona really interested in the abolition of the joond does. It appears that England absorbs asstly our .fourth of the whole Baltic trade, Norway oadlwedea together another quarter, and Prussia sad Holland together a third quarter. If those governments, therefore, were to come to an under studingon the subject amongst themselves, and then map ajoint reveal to Denmark for the commute. tied of the Sound dues, there is certain) y no reason to expect that such an offer would be rejected. Let - haps that some influential and patriotic member will be found willing to bring the subject under the sotto, of parliament, and that the Chambers of Cost moue in our principal ports and manulerturing cities moidd support the demand for a revisioo, and, even tual"! the abolition of these most obnoxious Sound dust, there can be little doubt of, especially if the question be taken up with spirit by " the fourth THE UNITED STATES. eserebary et Slaw is prewar's( ea ealseordlitary teeing. ta` Cowper apes the United 84atime Walks with lipsia. et a 1 1 desigre sad bolligerest sharseter. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New Tues, Jaw. 2. The Meek market yesterday exhibited evident netts of • solid improvement. The seam market ie relieved but slightly sad the month doses with • minuets rate of 12 per seat. for lint elan paper. The direness of the Nunn Ntak have Antlered a dividend of foss per seat., payab • oft On 18th of January. In foreign massage than has be.. het little dose ; for the next steamer we quote ;—Leadoo, 108 to 108 ; Paris, 817} to 524 ; Amsterdam, 41} to 411 Ramberg, 36i to Nit ; Emotes, 78 to ; Freatfort, 41 k to 411. Cancan.—The sales yesterday WWI limited extent, sad prices rather anosttled. Ws costimse quotation. STAICT CLLOOLTICATION ASIIIIIOI.4TIOG TO TILLT OF LITIIitrOOL. upland rad IL Or. and Florida. Mobilo. Tema Oriery iew le good— •to li 7to 711 7 .. t0i Lem ftos «..... 71 to 7. ato • 71 to a Middling ...... ~ to • •I to • •t7kt or •+~ d 0....... Nominal. Naen ) til. P. _ Fiona. &&-Tharp was a fair dsmart4 he SOU from dealers, sad plass ad at deseriptions mom wall supported. We quote oconms• So good State tour, 94cds. to idols 37i0.; Waft= imbod. N.M. 120. to 9dols. 26e. • Blishigan sad atrafilit 41m, Idols. 374.. to hals. 60s. ; Fumy idols NM. lo Nola. 62ia.; Ohio, emamtis to good heamds, 9dols. 371 a. to ihiols. 620.. ; Fug brands, 9duls. ; Extra brash. 9dols. 7ba. to lido's. ; Iliehigas sad Indiana oohs ditto, 9doh. 6245. to 10lois. 26a. ; Genesi* faaey brands, 9dols. 765. to 10dola. 23e. ; lairs breads, 10 dots. 874 c. to 12a.; Csaada. is bond, 9 dole. to 9 dols. 253. ; soattsm flour was arm st 9 dols. lie. to 9 doh. 75c.; mixed to straight breads, 9 dola. 76e. to 10 doh for favourite, and 10 doll. to 10 doh. 76e. for fancy sad extra. Rye floor. 6 doh. The. to 7 doh fur Ass, and 7 dole. 2.5.. to 7 dole. 870. for saportm. Cora seal, 4 dols. 25c. fur J, risy, and 4 doh. 76e. to 4 dole. 874 e. for Brandywine. Geneses wham is bald at 2 dols. 60e. 3,000 boatel. Csasdiaa brought 2 doh 800., sad 1,000 Wheals Lang Is sad, 1 dol. 98e. to 2 dais. Cora was firm, with solos of store lota at 88ge. to mostly at the latter Dries. Booed yellow is firm at 1 dol. Eye h held at 1 dol. 880. to 1 dol. Oats as in steady demaad at 660. to dOs. (Gestate sad +esters. Freights to England were more satire. To Liverpool- Coital's, square balev, per lb., 6-32 d. to 3.16 d.; tour, per bbl., Is. W. To London-Flour, per bbl., 2s. 3d. to 21. A, telegraphic summary of the following intelli gear appeared in the Express of yesterday : LIVERPOOL, Wanirnsamr. The British and North American Royal Mail etuat-ship, America, Capt. Lang, arrived here this norm, from Boston sad Halifax, altar a semewlet Ved voyage, having left Boston at noon on the trt., &ad Halifax os the morning of the 6th. The delay ass occasioned by strong easterly winds. BM puma the Asia, from this port for Boston, at 6 p.m. on the 4th inst, 150 miles off Boston, and the Peeifie, hues to New York, on the 16th inst. The Amities has brought home 126 passengers, but no The United States Mail steam-ship Atlantic, this port, was at New York on the 31st alt. The Congress at Washington resumed its sittings on the 2nd, when Senator Mayall, of Maine, s poke in opposition to the reciprocity treaty; esteeming Is to be entirely to the advantage of the British Ame rican provinces, and intimated his intention of in troducing a bill which would mutually benefit both the United States and Canada. The failures of Messrs. Belcher and Co., sugar refiners, of St. Louis, with liabilities amounting to 2,900,000 dole., the banking-house of Wadsworth and Sheldon. of New York, and of Brander and McKenna, of New Orleans, were reported. The extensive cabinetware establibhment of Messrs. Jacques and Hayes, at Toronto, was totally consumed by tire on the 2tith ult., involving a lou of about two hundred thousand dollars. By the calamity between two and three hundred mechanics are deprived of employment. The steamboat inspectors of Boston and Charles town have reported upon the collision between the Canada, Cunard steamer, and Ocean in Boston har boor. The officers of the former are acquitted of all blame, and the licenses of the captain and pilots of the latter are revoked. Charles Sigourney, an enterprising merchant of Hartford, husband of the poetess, died suddenly at New York of apoplexy. There was eight feet of water in the channel of the Ohio river at Cincinnati, and heavy shipments of produce are going forward. Government stocks to the amount of 800,600 dols., belonging to the savings banks of New York, were redeemed at the United States Treasury on the 29th. It was stated as acertainty that Dr. Beale had re ceived a pardon from the Governor of Pennsylvania, end that he would be bet at liberty in a few days. Three of the Supreme Court Judges gave written opinions as to the illegality of the verdict of the jury. - - The Washington Correspondent of the New York Daily Tunes, writea— The discussion of Col. Kinney's Central American Coloni sation project, in contd. otial circles, has brought out the knowledge of the fart that the government of Nicaragua bar long bee., and still is, deairous of nadir g the entire territory of that republic to the United States, in order to secure good government and the various advanrages, po litical and commercial, filming therefrom. Unless lam misinformed, the proffer of cuaion has been made to the President u directly as the circurastaeces of the else would permit. lam inclined to think the administration, in view of the importance to the United States of controlling the Isthmian routes of communication between the Atlantic sad Pectic, is favourably disposed towards the proposed cession, but the Clayton-Bulwer treaty stands in the way, and forbids us to "occupy, fortify, colonise, or assume or exercise dominion over any part of Central America." As is well known, the President has exerted his best efforts to get rid of that treaty by negotiation, but hitherto without effect. Mr. Summer's proposition to offer the mediation of the United States for the settlement of the Eastern war, is pining stesegth every day. It is evidently viewed with much favour by the Russian legation here; sad there is good moon to believe that if the mediation is tendered it will be cordially and promptly accepted by Russia. Mr. Sumner will press his resolution upon the senate on Tues day next, wbea Mr. Clayton has signified his intention to advocate it heartily. It is also now believed that Mr. Mufti, chairman of the senate committee on foreign affairs, is favourably disposed on the subject, and that Secretary Marcy will be very glad to draw ups despatch, tendering the mediation, if it shall be authorised. The Washington Correspondent of the Pennsyl vanian says, under date Dec. 27th :—Mr. Clingman's mediation resolutions will pus the house, and the question is already asked, whom will the President send across the Atlantic to pour oil on the troubled waters of Europe? Will it be a commission of one, two or three! The names of Van Buren, Tyler and Fillmore are seriously mentioned here in connexion with the proposed peace commission. The whole country would endorse their pre-eminent fitness for the delicate work. The Boston Telegraph, of Dec. 26, says : Last week, a young American engineer of talent and skill, who had successfully served in the navies of England, Russia, and the United Statile, tailed from this port for Europe, in response to tenders made him by the Emperor of Ail the Russia., again to enlist in his service. The offers were of the most advantageous and flattering cha racter. lie took with him some fifteen or twenty young men, whom he bad enlisted se associates, sad who for a few months back have been is training under his experienced and skilful instruction. It I. well kaown that the Emperor has long appreciated American talent, and is now making it available wh possible. The New York correspondent of the Charkston Courier thus writes to that journal under date of the sth instant. Russia is preparing for the spring campaign, the Emma- Tor having given Mr. Webb, one of our most eminent shipbuilders, an order for a firstedeas steam frigate, which will probably be duplicated. It has not yet been sem mussed, though everything is nearly ready, it not having yet been decided whether it is to be a side-wheel or screw steamer. Mr. Webb went out to St Petersburg several Math' since, sad found Nicholas was disposed to be a very Omni customer. Oar ship yards could not de better, is a pecuniary point of view, than build &fleet fee Nebo's,. By way of New Orleans advioes from Mexico to the 19th instant had been received. General Santa Anna has been elected President by nearly a unanimous vote. Reports were prevalent at the capital of additional victories of the government troops over the insurgents; and it was likewise stated that General Atwater had approached within 18 leegues of the city. The steamship Daniel Webster had arrived at New Orleans with California dates to the Bth alt. The steamship Star of the West left San Jean on the 23rd ult. for New York, with 250 paessegers and 700,000 dollars in treasure. The news from California, which is eight days later than previous &dykes, is wholly unimportant. A Russian privateer had arrived at San Francisco, having escaped from the allied fleet in the Pacific. The arrivals at San Fr •- - from Atlantic ports were the ships Celestial from New York. .iates frigate Columbia, with Minister ex-Consul Fabens on board, had &f -lown ; and the United States steamer was at Aspinall, wadi daily ex we three British amber-war in Castillo had been captured on from Washington contain junialukr ehehroil ibylmilleleajztussz • the elealt I:MM i relof the President, the r THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANuAEY 18, 1865. Ise the War. U yea ease se the quietism et direst (autism, I bays as hesitation in saying that is theory I mid have this =easy raised by direst tau• tisk. hectare that looney is raised at as hem ,sonde sapeses la sollestiag. It doe, I behave, the lean injury M trade and commerce. Bet we aU knew that es the pessest male of the Moose tea you swot raise SiA dent to sorry os the was, but you mast lower the name et the tax ; you thus tax lower issomes, sad you must divide it betimes direct and iadirest taxation. B. geatlesses, I Amid lc very sorry so see taxes laid es those sommoditise width are !squired is the production of massfseturse or mareseary teethe eosameroe of this country. I should be very sorry to see that, end I tell yes ftsakly that I shall in every rime where visible vote for direst thistles instead et indiMrst taitalkm: Now, gamilmuirs, with :thrum to the war 'MIL I hays told yen that I ass sot going to detain you with a long historical soomat a the origia of this war. But 1 mast say that I tabs mosptiois to a remark made by the chairman, whoa be mead to amidst. that was pia, to address you, and ask your verdict as the champion of the abstract principle of pesos at all pries. Tbis iambs/ baba, that 1;e abonld be made reeposaible for elisions which we kayo Dever avowed, profesued, or eater tarred. (Hew, bra.) There is a respectable body of Christians i• this .sorry—is body of Christians very la' doeatial by their character, if not by their naralous—who pat 'La iatirpretation on the Scriptures, that war andeor any eircalaetaaass is smarmy to the Word of God. Bat that. geatlesses themselves het* tempted to prase their opisioss apes the policy of this mmetry ; sad I most here state that they hen bees the first to tell me to disavow per tir.ipetios Is their doetriass. I hoes bees told by members _ _ _ _ of the Society of Friends to disavow their opieioos, because they kisser that I ebould hoe ell infieence, by edvocausy 1 tbose principles, on the public mind. Let iic discuss this matter upon the question of policy, sad the gssaties of policy _slops. Nov, pratlessea, ary first objse- taco to this est has b;ea this dduih, and, I . . had almost said, the fraadaleat pretences under which it has been aside popular in this sonatry. (" Hear, bear," and " No, no.") I MS= that the feelings of the people have bean raised into enthasium in favour of this war, by being allowed to entertain the belief that it was to effect What I keew and felt that at all event) it never was intended to effect. (lieu, hear.) Now, pulsates, will eaybody ►ere Teeters to deny t►at, twelve or lifteea most►a ago, when the lint excitement is favour of the war wit► Rusts took place—will anybody deny that it was carried forward, that the volt* of the people of thin country in favour of the war with Russia was pilled by the prevalent belief that it had for its object to gite freedom tu struggling communities oo the continent, and that it would have for its *Beet to put • aback upon the proceedings of Russia, with reference to its invasion of Hungary, its conquest of Circasaia, and oppreulon of other countries? Dues anybody deny tbat the prevalent opinion was that in going to war against Russia we were having inscribed on our banners the re-construction of Polish aatioaality ? (Cries of " Hear," and " No.") Well, gentlemen, I have said that is the House of Com mons, from what my noble friend, Lord Dudley Stuart has said, I know very well that be, and thou who act with him, were of opinion that this war was such an one as I have referred to, namely, that it aimed at restoring liberty to Poland—(. No, no"), and the restoration of the natieaality of other fallen states. Now, gentlemen, I have never viewed it in that light, for I never believed it would lead to any such consiquenees. (Hear, hear.) I have looked on this war as a war of policy only. I have looked on it as a politica war, a war of diplomatists and statesmen, not *anted on in the names of nationality or of freedom at all. es No, no.") It is a war in other words, and in the fewest words I can use, it is a war in which we have a despot for as enemy, a despot for an ally, and a despot for • client ...(". No, nu") ; and we have been for twelve months trying W Mite an ally of another despot and have not yet succeeded. (Hear, hear.) Why, gentlemen, if you take • map of Europe (and I wish I had one of those gigantic skeleton map to hang up before you) if yin take • look at the coos• vela that border on that gigantic empire, Russia, you will Red that from the Rio to the Black Sea there is lying legman that empire and between you—Austria and Primal% and the whole Germanic confederation, who can is sin weeks call out • million of bayonets ; end I mean to say If Russia menaces the liberties of Europe, they will be de grat to suffer. What I doubt is, therefore, whether yes have not been precipitate in departing from the ground pa l ssespied in common with Austria and Prussia, and is going to war with Russia, leaving them in a state of peace. Idu ley, therefore, if you had kept common ground with then he they are the parties most interested—all Germany would have been reselute in the end to prevent Russia encroach• log upon them, end you might have saved that blood —(No, n )—and that treasure which I am afraid you are about to shed. (Is the war just ?) I was going to say that with regard to the ju. tics of the war my friends here—some of them—have taken up the ground that I have been opposed to the mu on the ground that it is not • just one. As between Bemis and Turkey, I have again and again stated in the Howse Of Commons—and my friend, Mr. Bright, hu stated the same thing most emphatically—(groans)—that as between the Russian government and the Tattle government, there is so doubt Turkey had right on her eida—that Buena invaded Turkey, and was the first to buds the territory of the Turkish government—therefore, if Turkey chose, she had • fair Mans belli for going to war with Russia. But the reserve I make is this : that Russia. making an attack on Turkey, is sot making an attack on se—(groans)--and though we have a right, if we please, to Rix in that quarrel, and to take aide with Turkey, yet we are not at all times called on to go to war immediately in defence of any country—(No, no)—because, if so, it in- I plus us, in principle, in the necessity of going to war whenever then is a quarrel, and taking the side which we believe to be right. (No, no.) Well. I then, I come to the conclusion that you don't adopt the pinciple that we are to go to war in all cases where Wes el' le done to another country. That doctrine would be hanardons in the extreme; and would place you under eueli responsibilities as, I fear, considering the resources of this leountry, we could not meet. I venture to repeat the opinion which I predicted some time ago, and which I am persuaded will occupy, at no distant period, much of the attention of this country ; and any one who hu visited Turkey will agree with me when I say that I think you have this dill- 1 salty, that there is in Turkey a government which dose not represent a majority of the population of that country— end here I would appeal to the democratic principles of I gentlemen present. You have in - Turkey in Europe 12,000,000 of people, of whom 8,000,000 are Christians and 4,000,000 are Mahommedans. The latter domineer over the former, and deprive them of all their privileges. The Turk . might commit any barbarity on the Christian, and if there was no Mabommedan wit ness of it there would be no punishment of the asps. Any one who has been in the country will sorreberate me when I say that if you could poll the whole regulation of Turkey by universal suffrage, you would, lad a vast number vote against you on the war question sad in fawns of the Emperor of Russia. (" No, no," and greens.) There in no doubt of that. (Groans, and " Thus is every doubt.") What is the constant complaint we universally hear? We bear the Greek Christians cove all opposed to the English, and that we have bran Magni to remove them from llalaklava, busses they reboil* to us. The Greeks residing in Ragland have bees alligul to be so hostile, that they have been warned to be mere songful in the espressioa of their sympathy with Russia. (Hear, hear.) It is a fact and as element in this diatomic cue, and I wish yes to consider it. Yon should bear in mind this is an important element in the complicated and difficult quo tion,that you are dealing with 'government differently cooed. dud to all other governments in Europe, and to he govern ments of all other civilised nations ; bagasse it represents but a small portion of its people, and because it has a large majority of Christians there opposed to yea; and it is from this circumstance that you are trammelled and hampered in your operations, because you get no assistance from the Christian part of the population in the Crimea. There are • great number of Christians there, sad they will sot give information to our generals; hence it arises that at this moment our generals in cossaand Usually know the names of the generals opposed tee m& and the number of troops they have to operate against. These are very important dial:ratio, bemuse we have not to deal with an ordinary state of things, where the country and Ispniadse and government are homogenous and united; bet wins deal ing with an enemy like Russia, and then owe up the question of internal divisions sad dialsaltise of Turkey, and how we propose to meet this. The yoeptilles mot by our own in conjunction with the Pressit goveminat ia that instead of Bunn interfering to protect the Christian population in Turkey, it is that the five great pomp should have the right of Interference. Bat it involves a difloulty which embarrasses this question, and we email deal with it as with an ordinary aggreedon. (Bear, bear.) No doubt others in the fray will have shortly to claim a. little " benelleid interest" in the matter. (Laughter.) have no doubt that Buda, for her own selfish interest, has lOUTIU try wvuw 0114%./11P0 the delicate work. The Boston Tekgrapl Last week,* young Ai skill, who had successfully Ramie, and the United Europe, in respoase to tens of Ail the Easelas, spi Win were of the most s meter. Ife took with his '• am, whom he had *Wham meths back have been ii • and skilful instruction. Ii has lone appreciated Am' it available whenever pee The New York con Courier thus writes to I r sth instant. • Russia is preparisg for Tor having given Mr. I shipbuilders, an order for will probably be dupliest rimmed, though everythin yet been decided whether 4 steamer. Mr. Webb we months since, and found liberal customer. Oar shi pecuniary point of view, h By way of New Ode • the 19th instant had h Anna bas beim aloe I • unanimous vote. Rp eapital of additional • troops over the insurge ' that General Alvarlez leagues of the city. • The steamship Dan New Orleans with Cal The steamship Star ofi 23rd ult. for New Yo • 700,000 dollars in tree which is eight days 1 • wholly unimportant. arrived at San Franc allied fleet in the Pi • I Francisco from Atlanti • ' 1 and Stingaree, both frc •%, - The United States ft Wheeler and ex-Coast t rived at Greytown ; Princeton, which wa pected. There were 1 s port of Greytown. C Lake Nicaragua. It Telegraphic advialii following & Martel ISSIMMIMMOSI and seremiliese.thst t). mama; the resultlallb 'Aar! , '44 MR. COBDEN AT LEEDS.-THE WAR. Yesterday (Wedoesday) afternoon, Mr. Cobden,' 111.., visited his constituents at Leeds. It had not been disguised that the object of the hoe. member's visit was to address the electors on the subject of the war. The peace pasty, being favourable to leis views, took in hand the me /moment of the meeting, and by placards aid other means for several days previously very copiously spread abroad their sentiments - ; and, in short, left no means untried to torn the popular testing into the peace current, with what snows. our report shows. The meeting was first dto be held In the Marie Hall, but its incapacity to accommodate the large mama who locked there, soon rendered necessary an adjournment to the extensive area of the Coloured Cloth Hall-yard The meeting was one of the largest political assemblies ever congregated in the borough, and included many of the lead . _ . . Mg men of all parties. ieveral thousand persons remained . . _ through a protracted meeting, in defiance of a coating of snow and very intense cold. Alderman CA/LBUTT, a leading West Riding Liberal, and 1 &airman of Mr. Cobden's committee at the last electi9o, presider). Mr. COBDEN an rising wu received with very slight sp. . gauss. lie asid—bir. Chairman and gentlemen, I have not had the least idea whatever that you would fail to give, me a fair and candid bearing. I knew when I came here that I should be addressing a majority of those prepossrued against my opinions, and that is the very reason why 1 canto. (Hear, hear.) If I had thought that the views I take on the present state of public matters were univenally shared by the constituency of the West Riding, where would have been the necessity of my coming down to con fer with you? I have been here when there has been a pest amount of unanimity amongst you—amongst a great political party of the West Riding on the current political waits of the day; and if I found it right and psis? to New down under such circumstances, and hear from my kinds and constituents words of congr►tulatien or sews essoment on my conduct and convictions, how mach more is it my bounden duty, as a representative of the West Riding, to come here and state honestly my conscientious opinions, when I believe that my opinions may not be shared in by all ? How much more, then, is it my duty to come here to listen to you, or any of your respected chiefs who stand beside me, and are prepared to controvert my opinions and state here the convictions which they may entertain ? And, gentlemen, when my respected friend, the chairman, forewarns you and me that we are to have a very discor dant meeting, and that there is a general predominance of feeling against my views and opinion, I rather think that he has a little anticipated the business of this meeting. If you please, we will first of all ascertain exactly what my opi nions ape on the question that yon take the most interest in at the present time, and we will try next to elicit your opinions from you. lam Lot come here simply to talk of the history or origin of the war we are unhappily engaged in. That is a question which cannot longer affect the argument, for the war is in existence, and we have to deal with it as we sow find it. By talking of the history of Ramie or Turkey, and going into blue books which deal with the origin—always obscure—of this war, encased es it is in diplomatic correspondence, by doing this we shall not prevent the war. It is in existence, and we must look at it as being so; but I, as a member of parliament, have to vote on every matter brought before me. I have, u a member of the Hones of Commons, to provide for you the sinews of war. I cannot avoid voting the mosey necessary to carry on the war if it is to be carried on. The most important question in the next session is—how and in what manner are we to carry on the war ? And I agree that if England is to have a war, you cannot have a little war ; but you must carry it on with that vigour and energy which becomes such •nation as this; but to do this will require money, and not • farthing will come except by a vote of the Route of Commeas. I base just said that I must say Yes" or " No" to every proposition that comes before me in parliament, and I now want a few wadi with you upon I the question of those supplies with which we are to carry on this war. I think your government, and even Mr. Glad- I stone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, much u I respect his character, have rather lent themselves to the delusion that they could indulge the people of this country in • I cheap war. Mr. Gladstone told the House of Commons that he wanted but 10 millions. We voted him 10 mil lions. You have had an opportunity of judging how that money has been spent; and you can judge now, if we are to carry on the war, what that money will do, and how long that money will last. Why, gentlemen, it is gone al ready. What, then, are we to do for the future? We are engaged la a war with Ruda, and we have deter. mined to carry it on upon Russian territory. Let me pat the question the ether way. Suppose, instead of earryiag on the war on Raman territory, Russia bad determined upon the Marion of this country with 100,000 men. Before yen had had a single man landed, you would have had a levy as muse, and have voted fifty millions to pay for the war. Bat let am tall you that to carry on a war in Russia is far more costly than to carry on a war against Russia in our own territory, and I went you to let me know what are your wishes in reference to the way in which money shall be mired. (Laughter. "Hear, bur," and • voice, " Oh, we'll raise it somehow," and • cry, " Come to the question.") I will come to the other question in time enough—the question of the conduct of the war. But I say there are two or three views en this subject of raising money. Some my that we &scald have a lean; others my we should have direst taxation; others, again, say we should have indirect tuition. Now I have come to tell you frankly my opition os this matter. I look with great alarm upon the renewal of oar system of funded debt. I look with great Appreheaskes to the recommenoment of the system of leaning. 1 think the labour of the country is sufficiently mortgaged already. The question is not whether you shall harden yourselves and posterity for this war, but whether yen Mudd hordes yourselves and your children. Most of you present, I have no doubt, have children, and it is money which you or year children will have to pay. I regard - it u pretty nearly the some thing to me *ether I pay the money myself et borrow it to be repaid by my children. It is a dangerous thing to give government too great fasilities for raising mosey, as you are very likely to find that you Ile "snits, it mach too test, bosuns you are seising it too easily. It is whole some to have • cheek ; whether during pump er war, it is a good principle, and a wholesome check, that we should not find money too easily. Bepocially good is this principle whim the mosey is required to carry on a war. It is a pro video of Providence itself that there should be difilealty muroiffidiag a war—that hardship, and dangers, and wart• Ices are austerity to sad inseparable from war--so that every country may feel it to be beneficial a avoid these difficulties. Yuma', however, raise the money to carry bees istorterieg with the maimei atm of Turkey; bed, tory wherever we ttkulfht It wit • worth WM* by year adopting the eame pellet pie, yeas g• very fee Is pad the poosiemers went mg Mlllableti7 Mu., to isstifying is the eyee of the motet the world the mem he prevent me. We Seem( that sot may did Rusts has adopted. (" Hear, beer," and "Gemmed') I don't not acknowledge our mottoeify m • J udge , het the rest of like the position we ham empiedibr amber mss eke world did not acknowl e d g e It e argued that if there deal only with gmentemota, mot with the people. (Cheers.) had bees say substantial cause for ihe fear of the liberty of We do sot are about Monfort., in • manta when the Harem being menaced by B ' emis tieamis, continental nations interims.. is inteMed to beadle the people ieterfered would have bees the trot to econtiste against Emit, with by their ginernmeat. Who iotarfered with • bad whereas Belgium, Prussia, Swedes, Demarthr end duo , 'overcommit, as in the ease of the Fremb at Rom, or ries, all expressed it aa their boumdits ditty to maintain • the Remiss. in Heigary, when • gmeremni templed MOM neutrality. Mistrial, who had bad a very difficult gems upon the people, and situated to pee he. doves I Thu to ploy, had emerged not to moment herself against the it is that when we tandem with a manta wo take sides Czar . All this he was saying to llama speech from his friend (with the gmemeneed against the people. Them may be Me. Bailiff, and he wonted to ask them whether, in Metals ea S ir e ti a e b e: t rfor all tilli e l bu ef te l j i nati i z . . 1 t :,., - , : i r th i,:gr w i ie l : feessea t dial uelairlis t. cobs ti o j oa h l w• bess aso an fa d ina cti p aisc i:t n e u 7d tth: a wo itedw u re ld hai t eaus e e t a n ei p ie , whit e us i ta ther eeena r h m e isese re e t o h r re.pee ehma ni; Tarbey—ere we not going to de the mom thing es the contended we were bound under these elemonstances "row of Rude ? Now, with regard to the Judie of to consider the conditiou of our breve troops, and he con this war. Our Aristide, so doubt, is dealiag with the famed that his heart yearned for shoe men, and that su w lo u ject ean o t t ai th en e . mitria l tn a tn n h d h e Leo: en % met tha tes t e t aeatanedigetteaflorl ourthin sy ki n em path ef je thLe e. e ickee Thi e t e r; t im uis pertan the' co wil or l th deal e war sP fhow th. it & w h it al t l ha par t lig at he au re th w e ili re will be be t n h o a d t aff a eresee niore of elit. eh lau ed ing lf th. g y ov aa ero w govermentpermanent ne ebiee this t W we b ;—cess itsawd tia b S 7 isg mastag itt after e of our altos of admialstration in military affairs, they could obtain terms of • fair and howelsratele peew— a clear Utast:atm of We total breakdown , of the they would have a great re - possibility spas them, and he onseecratie system of routes when Matt to any strain was sure that is lees than twelve months they would look sr Wm, .said not have hoes Elutrated- (" Hear, back with regret to the vote that they might Ale day silo bear," and cheers) We have the admission of the tc- He them alluded to the thmatemed French invasion two or presentative of government in the Home of Commons three yeah' ago, when it wit said Louis Napoleon believed that • peat mistake had been med. ia sending an it to be his fate to avenge W a t er l oo , an d h e em a i l not h e l p •thelaillitaisteseeatarefwtheareerortaoreay.thtreellgaepartinernmenwtowneemiztakietaeknen—, very long oneas ten re g pme aan, s l t ea ed k is ing ot to t a lis c lari n z s u m l u ot h, the ma da cry y w i lt r h . army to the Crimea to take Sebastopol ; sad I heard it ; reminded them that he opposed that notios, for which is *swotting the strength of Sebastopol. I heard it treated " peace, game!" (Cheers and laughter.) He referred with es mach isonchedossee ea Moult the speculation at also to the opposition he gave to the claims of Don Inward bivalved only a couple of shillings is the result. A Pacifico, on behalf of whom England nearly w e nt "mistake" involving the homicide of thousands and tens of to war with Greece, end whew tails by erhitratiea was thousands of men ! Why wee there such a " mistake," reduced from 26,000 !. to 15W., recommended to be given to which was in every way so deplorable ? Why wee sot all him in charity. Now, the misfortune was, that whoever were wrong, that he the info rm ation obtained with respect to the actual condi. he was right on these subjects, and those who opposed him lien and strength of Sebastopol ? 1 will undertake to my heard them mention It after that a shrewd Leeds man, entrusted elith 10,0001. and sent wards. What he complained of was, that after a year or to Constantinople, would find the means of getting informs- two, people conveniently forgot all about theme matters; ton of every kind—information of every man, of every man and when it was found that his opinion wes the right one, —they might obtain even the muster -roll sad drawing. of so one took the trouble to remember it. He asked Mr. the whole place, if the proper precautions were Mon to get Bea n e t o re fl ect whether, In ta ki ng a part in thane p Tweed. at them. The idea of seeding such as army . wee a logs, he would two yeses hence be able to look leap in the dark, and throughout " a mistake." beck with perfect satisfaction upon the vote which Now, I ma of opinion, that the mistake was sot he was new about to call the meeting to give. At merely in estimating the strength of Sebastopol ; it was this moment the terms of peace were being arranged, and a mistake to go to Sebastopol et all, under any eircum- it was quite within the range of possibility that stances. (Hear, hear) We have gone 3,000 miles to we might hear by electric telegraph, before even attack an empire containing 60,000,000 of people, and with these proceedings were finished, something decisive had 'en army of 600,000 or 700,000 men, and send 20,000 or been arranged with regard to the project for peace. He re 30.000 men ' I must think—and I believe you will all think, marked upon its being now the fashion to accuse the Czar with a fulsome self-gratification--as that with which some of Labium and as an incarnation of all that was wicked, *Mans of the prose talked about annihilating that empire— and refined to the private correspondence between Sir Ha -las frivolous. end childish. (Cheers.) My opinion is that milton Seymour, the Czar, and Lord John Russell, relative the extinguishment of Sebastopol was • mistake; it is to the partition of Turkey, in which Lord John Russell acknowledged to be mistaken oo far that it was • o leap in panegyrised the character of the Czar, and Lord Clarendon, the dark," and I thiuk the principal question for Eng.ish- who spoke of the " word of his Imperial Majesty being pre men to deal with now is, how you are best to get out of ferable to any convention thateould be framed." He said that that mistake. (Hear, hear.) If we ere going to fight it it was such fulsome adulation that it sickened him (Mr. out there, then I say tbe course hitherto pursued by the Cobden). I. conclusion the hon. member referred to the government is wholly inadequate to the object is view. impossibility of keeping back Russian aggression by our (Cheers.) We mast rain as immense army—we must Hod present mode of warfare, attacking him in his own en immense amount of treasure—and must carry on the war territory, citing the failure of Napoleon's expedition in the Crimea on a very different male to what we have to Russia in proof of his views, and dwelt upon the hitherto done. (Hear.) Nowt gentlemen, I think there miserable condition of Turkey as ground for belief that is another way by which our brave men may be removed even if REAMS did succeed in conquering Turkey, of which from that position in which, by mistake, they have been single-handed there appeared very little chance,the country placed ; and I think, without consuloieg our own passions, would have required so much internal are and manage and looking too much to ersggerated hopes and ezpecta• meat, that at all events for the next generation, which was tons, we are bound in all Wieser to consider the position 30 year, ws had nothing to fear from Russia, and he should of those brave men, and not throw any obstacle io the way lik e to know from some actuary, cattail into consideration of restoring peace to this country and those brave men to the contingencies which now surrounded the whole question, their homes. (Hear.) 1 would treat them, when brought end which might arise during the next 30 years, what risk from Sebastopol, with all the consolation and honour as it we ran from • }Wotan aggression on England. He thanked i ' they bed suomeda, because we may depend upon it they his hearers forgiving him a patient and kindly hearing, sad l then sat down, having spoken nearly one hour and a half. have suffered ten times as much is the abortive effort to besiege that place than if we had succeeded by Mr. J. 0. Mantomix, late M.P. for Leeds, came forward a coup ifs sowers in taking it. Is there no reason to suppose that there is a possibility of effecting a safe and to address the meeting. He said he was sure that no other honourable peace ? Is there not reason to suppose that at man than one so :popular as Mr. Cobden would have met hwith so patient a hearing as that hon. member had when be that had just addressed a meeting the majority of which did not the tstate present of m t o h m in e ge nt i t n h th e g e o ir ve n r e n negotiations has that it approximat edwoeld toe possible to effect terms of honourable peace ? He now ad agree with the hon. member's views on the war. He tiersd w d ae M te r. he Ed eu w nin ard it ßai ted n e alu ag od f e e re a t i r a d i i g n e g ee tha ne t pae a Lerouputinni thought that Mr. Cobden's speech might be divided of the war. He had frankly told them that if the war were into two parts, or rather that the hon. somber had toused two kinds of appeal to the meeting—the one wee pi to the breeches pocket, and the other was of a facetious l obo represented so important • constituency, whether or is t rit earri than serried it hither to onat all' hod be e n; ;n be bu u t r he ie putd on it to hisa differentrimde not they would not be putting an obstacle in the path of character. (Lau g hter.) He (Mr. Marshall) had no hesita- peace—whether they might not be frustrating the object tion in declaring that the war with Russia was a just one, and that it ought to be prosecuted until an honourable " wh ia ie u h en go aa ve t rn ha m t e p ot ( len , N r e ed n t e o ...) tta it in i — e O b ln pa i s in sio pe g eta su in e n h a w n ea: peace could be obtained. Much had been mid by Mr. that if there was a strong expression of public feeling in Cobden about the abject and sad condition of the people lino in the Turkish Empire. New, them was no doubt l f p a r v eg ou re r .a of et csrry pae i i n a g e n o e n gee tte tie w as er . , m it en m n i e g e h e t , th ea w a er t t ene th p e a C . ebd . g in the Crimea were suffering unheard-of miseries. that that condition had improved, was improving, and . . He blamed government arid the administrative would i mprove, unless Turkey should be over-ri ft by the of the army for the @offstage of that army. The govern hordes of Russia. After replying to some parts of Mr. by propos ing the ee me n n u t tr h yl d th se e n y t ha o d ur em b e ra th r e e m m o e n n, t t h h e e ab p n ic re ke n d f an a m land, where they did not know the force they were going to following resolution:—" That in the opinion of this meet. eunkonf tg know Cobden's speech, Mr. Marshall conclude d be opposed to, with no more provision made for their com- i ng th e war i n w hi c h E ng l an d an d F r ance are now engaged forts than if they bad been se many criminal convicts in with Russia is a great contest, forced upon them by the this country that we wished to get rid of. (Cries of outrageous aggression of the latter Power upon the Turkish mor tality from sickness in our army in the Crimea, quoting Empire, and is attended to create a spirit of aggrandisement Hear," and st No, no.") He then referred to the mor- geo fanny, that when the regiment landed on the 18 th of No- on the part of the Czar which threatens the independence from a letter with reference to the 46 : 1 ‘ Regiment of lo of other nations, and this meeting is of opinion that the vember, it was 706 strong, that it joined a detachment of 101, war ought to be prosecuted with the utmost vigour, until urable terms of pe ace can be obtained."— s tr i t m it en re ; ce n i e v w ed t e he d y ra n ft ere aft e e h r e w at ard e l f wo of 34 .tie m eti sk ve ing m a en t . ota T l, b o: officer who gave him these details attributed this state of (Applause.) Wings to overwork is the trenches, wet, and insufficient safe and thong Mr. EDW. BAINES seconded the resolution in a long and of Mr. Cobden seen the face of the enemy. Now, he asked able speech. lie replied to the arguments food Be it remarked that the 46 th Regiment had them whether we were not bound to take into ac- seriatim, and said that as the hon. member had admitted citing for the carrying on of the war with vigour might not solution. were comfortable at home—whether our that this. war was just, oug he ht himself to vote for the re count—we who frustrate the effecting an honourable peace? Suppose Mr. JOHN Jowzrr, jun., a member of the Society of Sebastopol was taken, Lord John Russell had said they had Friends, moved an amendment, to the effect that this meets no intention to occupy it permanently, nor the intention of wanted to do, he (Mr. Cobden) firmly belie v ed , was to Russia , expresses a hope that the proposed negotiations for Mg, without expressing an opinion on the present war with taking any part of the territory of Ruud; but what we "We did it," and then leave it. (loud cheers and laug h- Mr. J. BEISETWAN , of Bradford , anot h er m e m b er o f t h e destroy Sebastopol as a point of honour •, to be able to say, peace will be successful, and no more blood be shed. ter.) He asked them to consider what would be the come- Society of Friends, seconded the amendment. queuees of the destroying of Sebastopol? The town might pro a i le tous n e f b l y o. h ooo ous e e f , but the i a o lh a ed ll as well Mr. R. M . Mimics, M.P., supported the orignal resole troops. It was our bounden duty, therefore, to consider be b b lo h n l n ity up n et et ree m t i b th y e a n t ?dsjor-General THOMPSON (late Lieut.sColonel Thom lion in an eloquent speech, which w received. without the whether the object to be attained was worth that sacrifice— eon, and formerly M.P. for Bradford), next addressed the especially when it was horns ie mind that the object of the war was not for the diminution of the territorial power of mee ting. lie commented both forcibly and facetiously on Ramie. (Cries of "No, no," and " Yes, yes.") It had the way in which the war has been conducted. been said that in this question • great principle of right was The show of hands was taken at twenty minutes put at stake; but he said that as an abstract question of right and judicators were not bound to go and fight the battles o f four o'clock, and showed a very decided majority in favour anybody. The war was one of policy merely calculated for of the ong • inal resolution for prosecuting the war with our own defenee, and for nothing else. We were „L ima . not fighting in favour of Turkey, but from the --"- belief, that if Russia succeeded in subjugating Turkey, eventually she would attack us. (Cheers.) Jut so. That was the view he had always taken of the war, and that was precisely the view he liked to take of it, because it was really the only justifiable view of the case. There were gentlemen who would tell them perhaps that this was a . great question of justice; that we were the judges, and that we were exercising a great act of justice in punishing a gnat criminal. (Cheers.) Now, if they would be candid ' 'sough to hear an opinion with regard to ourselves—he P was an Englishman like themselves—they would acknow , ledge that we were scarcely the men to be the judges in this matter. They would hear it asserted that Russia had ' taken territory from neighbouring countries. (Cries of ' " Hear, hear.") His friend Mr. Punt said " Hear, hear." Well now, as an Englishman, he blushed for himself for i this fact, which he would venture to state, that for every feemare mile of territory that Russia had taken front some body elm by force of arms during the last 65 years, we had taken five square miles. (Cheers and laughter.) He was glad to me them take the matter with so much good humour. We seed not be afraid in England to speak the truth, and we should have got on very fast towards despotism whim a man would not be listened to that did not speak the troth conscientiously. It WAS stated that Russia had bees eimPlaieltiag latterly on the Turkish empire. It wee • eisguier feet, beta feet notwith standing, that daring the asks of the pa tut Czar, he had not taken • slice of territory from Turkey, but me of the parties engaged in this war, L the cause of justice, had taken a large aline of Turki sh territory, because it was well known that in 1830 France seized on Algeria, a Turkish de pendenedy, and he believed that up to the present moment an Ragl had never acknowledged the right of France to Algeria, by sending a consul thither, because England del not wish to offend her ally on that point. Now, this being the case, and be knew his friend, Mr. Baines, who was one of the best debaters he knew, was coming after him—(cheers and Lighter)—he knew what he (Mr. Baines) was going .to say. He would say—" It's all very wall, Mr. Cobden, your talking that way, but two blacks don't make • white." (Cheers and laughter). Well, but let him remind. Ms. Baines that he (Mr. Baines) seta out with—that we are the j mid the Czar is the criminal, and that we ate in the interest of Europe and the whole midi. ' Now he (Mr. Cobden) thought before we — eagle' OM t u i l p gi c aen n t nt eeat n it h wes n that r i e n ezr e y w w h e e e w h aa out hays ism halo given to pilterieg as i ms eh eh es themao in the &matzo very likely to be sustained i n that judgment seat palate opinion, or that he would be allowed to exercise fans tons of a judge for one day after that fact we. dimmed. Now, that was hid the eve—that was the predimment in which ws placed coneelvse when we took up that arptiont about justice being executed by us upon the Czar. We took a posi ti on which the wend did mit remigniee. He *gain asked them to be good humoured while be reminded them of one or two fame upon this point, beemem we might be mated that however emplacently we laid ow hands upon our karts, sad mid—. Thank Heaven we nee not as other me that take property that do not belong to them and mine upon their saegeboue's temtory'llre were not telling the truth. We had taken in India, from the Great Mogul, territory which emprised • population of 100 million., nearly twice es many as the whole population of Russia ; seised epos territory at the Cape of Good Hope. What we hod done there we bed done with everybody elite when we had had the opportunity. Other cambia did not take se to be that imonamtlate people we alleged oars eaves to be; but believed we were just another Rum in ' that respect. (Cheers and laughter.) Just another Russia— nothing better—nothing worse. We had taken teal- THE HOME-OFFICE AND THE SMOKE NUISANCE. The following correspondence wu yesterday laid before the City Court of Sewers. Looking at the number of letters, which it appears must be written preliminary to the abatement of one particular nuisance, it is not surprising that the results of the Smoke P tion Act should be so limited and imperfect. There are evidently other tkan technical difficulties in the way. The following is the cor respondence referred to: " Whitehall, Nov. 24,1854. 0 Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to refer to you a letter from Mr. J. E. Fox, and to request your report upon his complaint of a nuisance from the furnace smoke at Messrs. Waterlow's premises within the City of London. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, "H. WADDINGTON, " D. W. Harvey, Esq., Commissioner of Police." " John Elliott Fox, of No. 40, Finsbury circus, to the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston. " November 16, 1864. " My Lord,—As an old inhabitant of Finsbury-circus, I beg to call your lordship's attention to an intolerable smoke nuisance arising from the premises of Mews. Waterlow and Co., of London-wall, from which the whole neighbourhood is rendered extremely uncomfortable, and the Circus is ge nerally filled with it. It is obvious to the police, but I be lieve they do not like to interfere, because Waterlow is one of the big men of the council. lem personally usknown to him, and have no prejudice or bias, but having called your lordship's attention to the public grievance, I trust you will direct the necessary measures to be taken for its speedy abatement.—l have the honour to remain your Lordship's obedient servant, " JOHN ELLIOTT Fox." " The Secretary of the City Polies to H. Waddington, Req. " Chief-office, Nov. 30, 1854. " am directed by the Commissioner of the City Police to inform you in reply to the letter addressed to hiss by desire of Viscount Pabnenten, that upon its receipt he immediately oriered inquiry to be made into the subject of it, and I now forward to you the report made to him thereon. The commissioner desires me to add, that he has sent • copy of the correspondence sad the report of the constable to the Court of the City Sewers, to whom the abatement of the nuisance complained of properly belongs. " I am, air, your obedient servant, " F. W. BAtINDIALB, Sea" Here follows the report of the officer, which stated that there was no doubt of the existence of the nuisance: " To the City Commissionen of Sewers. "Chief Mew, Old Jewry, Nov. 30, 1864. " Gentlassme—l have the honour to bring under your notice tbirfewerspossienes which has passed between the Treuttry dui Medi in referenos to a nutmeat from the furnace some* St Misses. Waterlow's premises, within the City of Isemies. "I Ima, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " D. W. lisaviv." " Whitehall, Dee. 14, 1864. " bare led before Viscount raiment** your re port upon the smoke nuisance missed by Meters. Wider loves ferules eldendey, at London-wall, and as it appears that a clear aces of nuisance may be established, Lord Pal mentos thinks it will be bout to takeroceediup by police information under the Smoke Nuisan ce Act of the lut sec- of puellsowsk acid toe thia pawn I below ymt a fp.Mai order. "Lind Palma/Mom has fastness' the solicitor 01 the Ttemeary to seppon the information yoa will l ate Os gods's. to omassaaleata with ►im. " I an, sir, your obedient sei nut, " W. WADDINGTON." ~ Ts the Commissioner*, the Pelisse of the City of Lesion sad the Liberia!' thereof. Whitahall. Viscount Palmerton, being one of her Manatee principal decretarim of Stabs, do her order aid direct you to lay as information simian Junta Watarlow, for the recovery of a penalty, under the Act of Parliament period in the seventeenth year of the fidget of Qualm Vinurria, entitled • An Am to abed this animas annoy from tbe Anoka of Ferneries in the Metropolis, and from Steam Yemen above London-bridge,' for using es ntail' premises 'is his occupation at London-wall, a format* sot oinstreeted or as to corium* or bora its own smoke, without ming the best practicable means of p deg or omintenseting such sweeke, contsury to the provisions of the said wet 4 ' Gives tutdir my hold. this 1416 day of December, 1864 "The Remetary of the Goy Polies to 1. R. Reynolds, Esq., Wisher so the Treasury. " Chief Offitie, Dee. 26,. 1854. " Commissioner of the Cley Police having received directions from Lewd Palmerston to tate proceed nage by police information under the Elmelsir Nuisance. Act of the last session of parliament, against Junin Watarlow, of London-wall, for using a formes on hie premise► not constructed so is to eonatime ism own SIMOINI, &c., against the statute, I am desired to interne you thee the constables who can vies evidence on the matter shall brit attendants at year office at any time you may be pleasedtto appoint.. " I am, air, your obedient servant, " F. titottimus, flteretary." " T, 31, " have to acknowledge the reasury receipt Dec, of Mr. 8 11454. aum. den's letter dated December 26, informing mu that you hive received instructions from Lord Palmentote to lay an information against James Waterlow, for using lb furnace not constructed to consume its own smoke, &o. "On the 14th of December, a letter from the Home Ofßie informed me that you would eoromui and desired me to support your information. "Up to the present stage I take fir granted that you have pursued the same course that has been adopted in the very Cameron. cases in which informations baye been laid , by the Commissioaers of Police of the metropolis ; that fa to say, that you first satisfied yourself as a matter of fact, that the furnace was aged at the place in question, not constructed, &e., without using, &c., (as in the act); that yeti then reported to Lord Palmerston your recommendation that an joint mation should be laid, and tarnished his lordship with the evidence upon which you proposed to support it f. that Lord Palmerston adopted your recommendation and for warded to you an order under his band to lay the inkor- Dianne. with me, " The next step is to lay the information, and to take mat a summons, fixing the day for hearing. " Fur this purpose I makes a dealt form of informatlea that hes been adopted in the metropolitan district, which will require to be filled up with names, dates, places, dm., altering also the formal description of the justice, commis sioner, constable, &c. " It will be convenient to keep a copy of the information, for the use of counsel, and to forward it to me when the day for hearing is fixed, with Lord Palmereton's order. and the full written evidence of the witness proposed to be called. " I presume that some 'dentine witness has examined the premises (without whom evidence it is sometimes cult to negative the use of the bast practical means of counteracting the smoke,' mentioned in the act). " And as a matter of convenience, I may add that as a great number of these cases are now going on in various courts, it would be worth while to ascertain at the chambers of Mr. Bodkin (who attends on the part of the Treseury), upon what days he will be able to attend the hearing of Mr. Waterlow's sue.—l am, sir, your most obedient ser vant, "JOHN GREENWOOD." "The Secretary of the CI Police to John Greenwood. 1 " City Police-of Dec 30, 1864. "Sir --I em directed by the Commissioner of the City Po lice force to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 28th inst., enclosing a draft form of information. Before any further step is taken, the commissioner desires I me to forward for your perusal a copy of the correspondence which has taken place relative to this matter, and to inform you that nothing more has been done than is therein dis closed. " 1 am, sir, your obedient servant, . F. SAUNDEItI, Secretary." " Treasury, Dec. 30, 1854. " Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of a letter of this day's date from Mr. Saunders, forwarding to me by your desire a copy of a correspondence which has taken i place relative to the smoke at Messrs. Waterlow's. "The b (Mr. Duddy) was also good enough to show me a copy of the City of London Sewers Act, 1851 (mentioned in Section 7 of the Smoke Nuisance Abatement Act of 1863), in which powers are given to the Commis sioners of Sewers to take certain proceedings in ease of nuisance by smoke. " I have of course no authority to interfere in any such proceedings. The only instructions 1 have received from the Home•office are to support your information against Messrs. Waterlow to be laid under the Smoke Nuisance Abatement Act of 1863, under the order and direction of Lord Palmerston.-1 am, &c., "JOHN GREENWOOD." 0 City Police-office, January 8, 18.55. " Gentlemen,—l have the honour to transmit for your consideration the further communications which have been made to me by Lord Palmerston upon the alleged smoke nuisance caused by Messrs. Waterlow's furnace, as also a copy of the letter I received from the Solicitor of the Trea sury to whom I represented the provisions of the law touch ing similar occurrences within the City. o lt would seem it belongs to the Commissioners of Sewers to deal with this end similar occurrences.—l am, gentlemen, &o. "D. W. Heaver. "To the Commissioners of Sewers." The Chief Clerk having read the letters to the court, Mr. Warzsu.ow (a member of the court) said that an error ran through the documents re►d by the clerk : his name being used instead of that of his sons, who, however, did not wish to raise any technical difficulty, with a view of getting rid of the complaint. Be himself had nothing whatever to do with the premises. Ever since the complaint was made they had been endeavouring to abate the nui sance, and had been in communication with the engineer of the commission for this purpose. Experiments had been tried for the last six weeks to consume the smoke, which however seemed occasionally to fail. The engineer was still endeavouring to effect an alteration, which it was hoped world entirely abate the nuisance complained of. Deputy lianalsore—We have only one course to pursue, namely, to proceed under the reference, end I hope that this commission will not depart from their ordinary course, and that they will order the necessary proceedings to be taken. (Hear, hear.) I move " Th►t Megan. Waterlow be summoned to the court." Mr. WATEHLOW—I second the proposition. Teo motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Dew was then directed by the court to inform Lord Palmerston by letter, that Messrs. Waterlow would be sum moned to the court forthwith. The inspector, in answer to questions put by the court, stated that an apparatus had been applied to the furnace, which he had no doubt would remedy the evil complained of, and that be had seen ne smoke issuing from the chimney that morning. The court then adjourned. EXCHANGE OF CHURCH LIVINGS.-PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES. Yesterday morning a new rector of the parish of St. Clement Danes, Strand, wu formally inducted, and took possession of the living under somewhat singular cir cumstances. The Rev. William Webb Ellis, the late rector, was presented to the living in 1&36. At that time he held, and has continued to hold up to the present time, the incumbency of St. George's chapel, Albemarle.street, one of the most fashionable places of worship in the metro polis. Of coarse the reverend gentleman could not attend to the duties of both churches, and the consequence was that a very large portion of the services at St. Clement were performed by curates licensed by the Bishop of London. A few weeks since, Yr. Ellis caused an adver tisement to be inserted in the newspapers, stating that he was anxious to exchange his rectory for some other rectory where a curate might do duty, and where the bishop would not insist upon the residence of the rector. The result has been that an exchange has been effected between the Rev. Mr. Ellis, rector of St. Clement Danes, and the nee. Skinner Chart Meson, 8.A., rector of Magdalen Laver , near Chipping Gager, Bare. All die preliminaries havin been settled, lite.lluon presented himself yesterday mornin g for induction into his new bent Sc.. Re was received in the vestry-ball by Mr. Willits°. and Mr. Dobie, the church wardens ; the Rev. John Owen, 8.D., the curate of the parish ; and a large number of the inhabitants. Mr. Ellis, retiring rector, read the episcopsl mandate for Mr. Mason's induction, and delivered to him the keys of the church. The rev. gentleman wu then taken across the road, and escorted to the sacred edifice, where he was riot in and left alone. Is conformity with the custom which prevails on such mations he rang the church bells, in order, as the mandate stated, "that the parishioners might know he was there," and then retuned to the vestry-hall, where a repast was tarnished to the principal parishioner, and several appropriate speeches were delivered. The rey. gentleman will perform the eeremony reading in" with the ordi nary ecclesiastical formalities on Sunday next in the Wyss( the pariah there. Mr. Mason, who lea Bachelor of Arta of St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge, wee presented to the Rectory of Magdalea Laver is 18.52, prior to which time he was curate of Winkfield, near Windsor, and of Shoehorn°, Derestahire. Lawyer Elli s will take possession of the Rectory of Magdalen without delay. SoCTZTT or Atm.—Last *veiling, at the meeting of the Society of Arts, Mr. William Faftbairn, FAA, is the else% Mr. George W. Muir deligered a lecture contain ing many useful practical suggestions on the smoke nuisance, in its moral, histories', scientific, and practical aspects.