The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-18 00:00:00

ght erprtoo. OUTGOING MAILS. The male for Gibraltar, Melia, Gimes. the lonian mush, Zaps. Cryles, ladle, sad Class, taw llosthseeptea, will be aide up to-morrow evening, Jas. 19. Tre male rid Ilaeseilee, to the Mediterranean, C..lles, Ids , BoarYeag, It., will be as& apt a r t ',meg el Jut. 24. The smile fee Britieb Nettle America sad the trailed States will be made up es the evosiag of Jaw. 26. The malls be Lisboa, Spilt., sad Gibraltar will be leads tip as Jas. 27. The West leas laeladiss Bermuda. nasawasa. Hs^derse, New Otiesse. sad Yeaiee, sad maladies lust re dues lee Madeirs, Bt. isea.de-Nlearaptia, New Graaada, • and Peru, will be asadeap es Feb. 2. Tae sails fee Iliederia. the &sails. sad Buenos llyree,will be made up ea the eveolag el Feb. 4. 10011 010011 AT MIMI AILIDOIL D.l-14•rome. MaAfwearsa. I 16. 1146 Moe LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18. OUR dejected contasponary. the Morning Post, does not affect to disgaiseita thagrin at the selection of Mr. CHARLES VILLIERS to move the Address, in reply to htr Majesty's speech. The inference from such a choice, at such aton e, is too palpable to admit of doubt or mystification. It wu plainly in tended, and has been promptly taken on all hands to signify that upon the great principle of free trade in food there is and can be no wavering among those who occupy the seats of . power. Nulla whom retrorsum, is adopted u the ministerial motto --and the banner of free trade, which had been laid by as a trophy, if it m ast be once more unfurled, will be committed to the hands that carried it bravely in mar y a forlorn hope, and bore it eventually to vie- tory. The name of Mr. Vietecas is enough to show what battle it is that must be fought, if, indeed, the falter ing he irts of the protectionists do not fail them when the long tniked-or day arrives. There seems to be already a emsciou , ness in certain quarters that, after the innumerable defeats their detached parties have encountered recently, it may not be easy to bring them all op by the 31st instan. The alarm bell is ringing violently. With gasping emphasis the solemn notification is sent forth that there will he an amend ment to the address. It is an unusual course our con tmaporary.owns, in accents bland and deprecating ; but the exigencies of the party admit not of further indecision or delay. Necessity has no choice ; bear ye, therefore, all manner of landowning men ; en amendment will bemoved on the Address. Est i' possible?" his then, is ali the length we have got as yet. Within a few days of the long fore-known occasion, the utmost stretch of Tory darit g is to publish an anonymous utdertakirg that the party in general will not font or rut: away! But there are yet thirteen disheartening days until t threatened time of meeting. Many . are the slips that may happen during that fearful Interval. The ministerial chief has issued his ordinary sum mons to his supporters in the usual terms. Has Mr. Destutel ventured "respectfully to request the presence," in their pin.' behind him, of the country gentlemen whom hr has hitherto led ? On his showing reactlon is the sentiment of England; end be, its author and spade, ought therefore to be Prime Minister. He who affected to consider it conclusive that free trade was not the conviction of the nation because Mr. Connex was not, ere this, at the head of the ad- Mniettetion, cannot flinch from the contingent honours that belong, awarding to his own theory, to the antagonist position. Nay, in all sincerity, we say that whenever a cabinet shall be formed upon protectionist principles, we think Mr. DISRAELI will certainly be premier, but we should thick not till then. Meanwhile let us hope that, for their own sakes, if zee for that of the country, the whirs will learn the Let value of pluck. Had they vacillated in their ad herence to liberty of commerce—had they even maned to do so; had they hesitated about saying, in so Ditty words, that by this guerdon of industry and peeves's they were resolved to stand or fall ; bad they, even in a matter of such comparatively small importance, invited a waverer or a trimmer to take the initiative in the arsenal discussion with which the *anion is to open ;—then is little doubt but they would have strewn fit themselves a bed of thorns, where now they will, in all prohability, find little to d:scocipoee their official rest. Were there a hope of winning. were there a chink in the wall of reastanee, were there a symptom of schism among free traders of all victims, there would bs no need of solemn asseverations in any quarter that a stand-up S i gst of et least one round there would at Westmin ster positively be. Where the carcase la, there will the tories be gathered together. Bat where there is no sight or scent of power, the fleck are not so readily beckoned back to their cage. Each has some little by-tit of plunder to look after, so me morsel of pri vate prey to secure. The charm er; may call, bat they will - only come when they severally ere in the humour. Since the Pau. chain broke three years ago, they have been rather wild, anti at the beginning of each recurring newel of their truly wonderful per formance, the unrivalled showman, who can do what be likes with then when once all ranged on their peect.ts, has found mach difficulty in collecting them togt thee. Nevertheless, they will at length all drop in, and a numerous array they make; formidable, indeed, they would be, had they the gilt of speech. That faculty has been denied them, happily for the conduct of public business in a house which already_ boasts of an unprecedented st .ck e,f garrulity . The protectionists rely upon their numbere • and them cannot be a doubt th at where one-third of an amenably are deliberately on mischief bent, they are seldom long in finding something nes chievous to do. The coat of bureaucracy has too many bole* for ell of them to escape the hungry eye of opposition, and ministers mast make up their minds to be worried and hammed daring the en suing session more than usual, mikes they will adopt, on colonial and on Irish questions, the sane policy as that of which the good fruits are already apparent repecting free trade. Let them anticipate attack, and instead of hiding behind the broken and crumbling &hums of past misrule, abandon them wholly and far ever, and taking their stand in the open field of competition, progre as, and public opinion, declare that they will nu longer feign a belief in the worth of oppression,— that their faith is in freedom and in freelom alone, — and that if any dependency has strength and courage sufficient to take upon it the liabilities and liberties of internal self-rule, England has neither the disposition nor any selfish motive to prevent her. Let the whip only summon up courage to mean what is just, and to say whet they mean, and they may laugh at the inarticulate turbulence of the tory opposition. Toe selection of the most recently-elected represen tative of the City of London as the most suitable per son to second the Address, suggests cooLderattons equally obvious. Sir JAMES DUKE sits in the House of Commons as the last deliberate expression of the sense of the first con‘titneney in the empire, that freedom of commerce is, and must be, held to be finally established. Seven years ago protectiotis n did not despair of being able to dispute succ:ssfully the representation of the metro polis of the worlds trade, with those who see k to maks that trade in every clime and in every region free. But the faith of protectionism in itself is dead ; and when the ex-Lord Mayor offered himself a few months since as a candidate, not a man of any weight or character could be found to oppose him on such principles. No argument will probably be adduced in the coming debates more significant or emphatic than this which the name of the worthy boronet as seconder of the address is calculated to suggest. IT is not one of the least of the objections to the I advertisement duty that it is impossible to sasses it fairly or equitably. On no class, perhspe, is it more burdensome than on publishers, whose only means of m tking their works known is through some advertis. it eshanocl. But see how the duty falls upon this clam. Os.e has a single work to advertise; unother has a catalogue of fifty or a hundred books to make known to the public. The duty to government is precisely the same whether the publisher advertises one book or a thousand. So long as it is "one concern" as regards the publisher, the Excise or the &amp office make but one charge, though it is obvious that the circumstances of nearly every other book so ad vertised will differ as regards its copyright and profit. Again, it has been a common practice with Loudon publishers to club together for the publication of an THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1850. there was a marked relaxation in the ac ts execon of existlng crime, but se agicial instrng having been given to this 'Beet the ansoyanee is now greater than ever. As soon as a passenger from Eogland landa, be kas to go to the custom-honer, and from thence to the og, where he is required to produce his passport. If pro vided with this document, it is taken from him, and in , exchange a provisional passport is sett to him at the hotel where le pats up. For this he is charged two franca, and he has to pay one franc to the police agent who brings it. Sometimes the commissionnalm of the hotel also expects a franc for his pretended interven tion. If a traveller, not provided with a passport, and thinking that none is necessry to reach Paris, goes to the railroad station at Boulogne to take his place in a carriage, he is met by a police apnt, who calls upon hint to exhibit a :passport, and, being un able to produce it, he may be detained for a day, whilst his luggage Foes on by the train without him. Our correspondent in closing his letter says: "Let the sevausent adopt measures to suppress the rofits whisk the police agents derive from passports, and the satire system will we, for then there will be nobody in ternee& in keeping it up, and its inutility will be an longer matested." The desire of the President of the Republic to put an end to a system as timeless to the government as it is annoying to the English traveller, is too well known for us to entertain a doubt of the intervention of his authority, when the fact that we mention, and of which he was probably ignorant, shall have reached him. BOURSE. For AtoorteL For Amount. For 'gooey. Uponlog Wilmot Looret. Clown, - --- - - 57 60 57 65 57 75 57 60 67 70 94 10 94 15 91 10 9190 94 15 * . a n .0 " " Il VO Pt PO V• expensive work. A three guinea work so announced with the names of half a demon publishers connected with it will be charged but cote advertisement duty. Bat U the same publishers clubbed together to advertise six sixpenny books. one belonging to each of them, they would be mulcted by the Excise in six eighteen penny duties. To assign a good reason for this seems utterly impos sible: for the principle cm which the publishers pro ceed is the mime in both eases, namely, to economies, as much as possible, the cost of publication. Is a series of books advertised by the same rib- Heber, no two, probably , will correspond, in size, price, shape, or subject. Bat this makes no differ- MOO as long as the magi., " rule" which we insert be tween the announomeents of different advertisers is not placed acmes the oolumo. The anomaly of ad vertisiog widely different things on payment of a single duty extends indeed far beyond the p ublisher. Messrs. Moses and Co. inform the public, upon pay ment of one duty, of the prices of hate, shoes, stock ings, coats, shirting, and, indeed, of the particulars of a dozen different trades combined in one. It was only the other day that we observed in one advertisement anzounoementsrelating to church-stoves and theßeve. lents Arabic'. A man, in foot, may carry on twenty different trades at twenty different quarters of the town, and may advertise all his trades in one ad vertisement, paying only a single duty. On the other hand, if two tradesmen living next door to each other combined to gave the cost of advertising, by making known their names in a joint advertisement, the Excise no doubt would come down upon us for a nal pety. No,very long time since we were desirous to publish in the last page of our paper, tot only an amount of the sales by auction which bad taken place, but of sales by auction which wets fixed for periods within a week. Each such auction could have been referred to in a single line, and it occurred to us that to a large class of readers sales fixed to take place would be as interesting items of information as hunting appoitt mugs or law notices are to other classes. fo r E, however were so kicd as to inform us that every line inserted in this shape a duty of ene-and-sizpence must be paid. This was an effectual prohibition on such a publication, and therefore the plan was never carried out. And this incident leads us to observe upon the difficulty of distinguishing what is news and what is an advertisement. An announcement of one sort of meeting is considered news, whilst an announcement of another sort of meeting is regarded as an advertise. went. The best possible way of advertising a thing is to refer to it In the leaning columns of a news paper ; yet no advertisement duty is charged upon an7thieg that may appear in that shape. fhe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is repeatedly aeknowledging the receipt of five hundred pound notes, which persons with more mmey than wit are sending to him to pay off the national debt. His announcements are never charged with duty, whilst the announcement, in another column, of a 10s. sub scription to a ragged school is charged with duty at the rate of 71 per cent. upon the mum received. Why, what an absurd anomaly is this. Remark, too, either the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must be defrauding the revenae by his own act, or else he is robbing the poor unjustly of the ls. 61 . which wou ld go to them in soup. There are absolutely puhlications which lay them selves out for advertisements on which no duty is even thought of being charged. Take for an example that useful publication the "Post-office Directory. Upon payment of a small charge a description of your Dulness in its various branches will be in serted in connexion with your name in the columns of the " Post-office Directory." What is this but an advertieemer - -an advertisement, too and Yet we never heard received as sash paid fir. _ that the Excise charge! the proprietors of the " Post- Offies Directory" with advertm.ment duty in these eases, nor do we believe they a ould recover it if they tried. In a mercaufde country it is difficult to conceive a tax which operates more detrimentally than the tax upon advertisements. By unduly . raising the cost of advertisements, it gives an unfair advantage to the man who can afford to spend most in making himself known through this channel of communication. But it does more than this: as we have shown by one in stance, it prevents in many cases the diffusion of im portant and interesting intennation. Why should we not insert in a newspaper • list of ships about to sail as well as of ships which have arrived? The one class of information would be infinitely more interesting to shippers than the other. But we are prohibited by the Excise. Neserthelesa, such lists are published by wholesale in the City mai amongst every mercantile i mimmunity : published, too, on unstamped paper, and ' paying no duty . whatever as advertisements. Our consolation under these things is, that such wombes cannot long exist. For the sake of 160,0001. a year, no Chancellor of the Exchequer can mach longer submit to the imposition of such shackles upon free communication. We have shown that the matter is not one that effects newspapers alone. It is • subject of great importance to the public generally, and we trust they will respond to the movement that is making for the repeal of this obnoxious and unnecessary tax. FRANCE. PARIS, THCRIDAY, 5 r W. The Chamber has already lost three days in frivo lous and unless discussion on the Public Instruction Bill. Yesterday M. Poujoulat commenced the pro ceedings by replying to the speech delivered by M. Victor Hugo the day before. He was followed by M. Pascal Hurst, who opposed the measure, declar ing that the clergy would definitir ly be the great gain: re by the proposed changes, as. after some time, • sahism would inevitably take p!ace between them and the state, the result of which would be the supre macy of the church, the state being, he said, certain to give way in the struggle. M. Bdchard then closed the day's proceedings by delivering a speech in favour of the bill. It is rumoured this morning that General Chan gamier is to be removed from the command of the troops and N Wend Guards in Paris. The iftseusUis Natioxak says that he will be replica by General Mignon. In addition to the Riforme and the Presse, the Liberte was also seized yesterday. The Monies's► mammas this morning that its offmre is excitement to hatred and contemr of the It-public. This is assuredly a false accusation, as the Li6ert4 may have excited its readers to evince their contempt to the rulers of the Republic, but it is too ei tunch an advo cate of republican principles to say antit in dimple ragetnent of the Republic itself. M. de Montalembert has just ascend. d the tribune, to reply to the heavy charges which M. Victor Huge brought against the committee on the Public Instruc tion BilL Should any decision on the bill be eons to this evening, of which there is but slight probability, the result shall be forwarded to you by special express. The royalists and parti-prare are manifest ing great misgivings as to the fate of this their pet project ; and the general impression appears to be, that the bill will be thrown out, and'that the advo cates of monopoly and intolerance well receive • heavy blow and great awesuragement. The minister of public works yesterday appeared before the committee on the budget, and (as M. Berryer intimated in his observation before the As sembly) the affair of the Paris to Avi ;non Railway was brought to a close. The report sill be :mme dietely presented, the former arrangement not having been changed. You are aware that the number of bakers in Paris is limited, and that the goverrment, in cresr that the I monopoly may be made b.metteisl to th iithsb:tants, exercises the right of controlling the Oct: of bread, compelling the bakers to have a suliicient stock of flour on, hand, &c. After the revolution of Fe bruary, however, neve-al persons opertd t aker's- shops without authority, and the Jour:Aqui , n bakers at the same time revolted, and imposed cuntlitioss upon their employers with which they could nut comply without ruin. These abuses were checked, but as an opinion has been expressed by some of V e members ot the National As mhly that the trade otiallt to be free, tre prefect of pollee has just app limed a commission to inquire into the subject, and report • hether say and whit changes are necessary. Gabgaiani says to-day :" We regret to beam, by a 1 tier of the 14 h from Boulogne, that so far from the passport aye. m, ss regards tnvetletn Lola Engl end, havlug been ebolielied, it is now ex mist d with even more than the former rigour. Wile , rho del testion on this maloket, ap intaneou-ly made keo en by the President of the Republic, was first kouwu at Bun- l'Altlit JA x. 17. per Cents. 3 per do. New tae 4i per ..... 1 per Oenis. - • • Embange cc Landon : 30 days, 23 421 ; Mtn 33 90. Bors,S, 1840 3, 11113 Do. t — " Bonds... 5 481 Bank Shams Piedmont 3 per Cents Booms—ft Genoa* 413;',Yena111es (right bank), 303 75 ; do. (left tunk), 163 ; Orleans, 830; Parts and Itouen, 533; Bolen and I Havre, 243 ; Avignon and Marseilles, 21 3 ; Btradmillit and Bale, 116 23 ; (Man (Vinson), 331 33 ; Boulogne and Amiens, ; 0,4,.." and nonteaua. 413 ; North, 461 23 ; Wontereau and Trope, 11l 33; Paris and nterdsourm 338 73. ITALY. ROMAN STATES.—Our correspondent writes as follow. : ROUE, JA. . 7 . • The French army in the Romau Stater, having been recently reduced in strength by the troops re called to France and deepatched to Africa, is about to be reorganieed in the following manner, which, al though not yet officially published, you may rely on as corm'. : Of two divisions, into which the whole force is to be divided, the first is to be commanded by General Guesvillers, and consists of three brigacies— the Ist brigade, under General Chaldesson, comprises the let battalion of chasseurs-ii-pied, with the 16th and 25th regiments of light infantry ; the 2nd bri gade, under General Charles de Vaillant, is composed of the 13th, 17th, and 33rd regiments of the line; and the 3rd, or cavalry brigade, under General Morris, consists of the Ist regiment of chamfers d clued, and the II th regiment of dragoons. The St cond division, under the orders of General Jean Le Vaillant, is formed of two brigade., tile first of which comprises the 2nd battalion of eh aseuraqi pied, and the 13th and 22nd regiments of light infantry, whilst the second brigade, commanded by General Seuvan, is composed of the 32nd, 36th, and 33rd regiments of the line. A battery of field-artillery is to be attached to each division. The army thus consists of twenty two battalioos, each of which may ho estimated at about 700 men strong, although their nominal com pliment is 600 men ; so that with the two regiments of cavalry, the field and siege artillery, the engineers, and the baggage train, we may calculate the whole force now remaining at about 18,000 men, exclusive of the 68th regiment of the line, which, being under orders for Africa, does not enter into the computation. Of the Spanish army, two battalione of infantry still occupy Velletri, the mums of transport being so in sufficient, that a considerable body of troops is at Terracina likewise, waiting for the return of the steam rs from Spain. This clearing off naturally leads to the supposition i that a final arrangement hes really taken place be tween the French and papal governments, with respect to the terms of his holiness's return ; but so Ruh diffidence has arisen , n all par:iea about the mettle realisation of that important event, that they are resolved not to believe in it until they tee it. Dr. Achilli uniLrwent a second examination on the 4th, by the fiscal procaraiore cf the Inquisition, Dr. Bainbozzi, who, accompanied by his secretary, De Domenicis, visited him for that purpose in the Castle of St. Angelo. Although the proceedings are secret, I have reason to hope that they will not be pushed to any great severity, and the fact of Dr. Achilli's not having been removed to the dungeons of the Inquisi tion seems to justify the accuracy of some hints which have been thrown out, of Enrich protection nut proving utterly unavailing in his case. I have received an account from Ancona of a colli sion between the crew of an English ship and that of an Austrian brig of war in that port. The corres pondent who has favoured me with the particulars says "On Christmas evening we had :ether a se rious riot among the English sailors on board a mer chantman. It required fifty Ausuian sailors from an Au.,trian brig of war to put down the disturbance , which the English captain was pleased to desig nate a mutiny. He called in the aid of the Austrians, who acted most brutally in the capture of seven drunken seamen. Bat, al though the Austrians fired repeatedly on the eailore only one of the latter received a gun shot wound through his arm. I suppose there never floated on salt water an uglier or dirtier brig-of-war than the Austrian (Pole) now in port, and as for the lubberly look of the men it beggars all description. "A few Croatian troops have arrived here to replace the iandwehr regiments ordered home to be dis banded." .VIENNA., Luc. 9. The Minister of Justice haring effected a midges of the penal code, and submitted the same to deliberation in the council of ministers, by whom it was approved, laid the ordinance before the boy-Emperor for confirmation, which follows ordi narily as a mere formality and matter of course. Bat what was the astonishment of Ritter von Behmer ling when his project was sent back without the im perial signature. In any constitutional state, the minister who had received such a decided proof of want of confidence from the crown would, without hesitation, hare resigned. Harr von Bchmerling, however, seems not to be troubled with much delicacy in such concerns, and swallowed the affront quite smoothly. An occasional correspondent, writing from Vienna on the 9th inst., says The news from Transylvania is highly distressing. Shou.d it really come to an open rebellion, it must end with the =trier of all the Saxons, u the Rum anians, Wallachians, and Czech., have all united against them, and will have nothing more to do with the wart of Vienna, by whom they have been so often betrayed. The Serbs who are at present in Vienna have ceased to attend the Greek church ; they now attend the Russian, the sympathy with winch nation is greatly on the increase among them. HUNGARY. From every side complaints pour in against the new division of Hungary into several crown lands, according to the supposed nationality of the districts. It has been taken for granted that the Banat and the county of Bais were Servian, and they have accord ingly been formed into a Berrien Woiwodina, whereas the majority are of other nations, Magyars, Germans, and Wallacks, and the wealth and intelligence almost entirely among the Magyars and Germans. The Figuelmezo, a conservative journal published in Pesth, contains a leading article from the pen of M. Paul do Somsich, in one of its latest numbers, on this subject. M. de Somsich was one of the leaders of the government or Austrian party, and his opinion there fore is free from all taint of revolutionary tendencies. He doubts not (he says) that Hungary would be reinstated in all h.r integrity and lu her independent position, as her monarchs have so often sworn she should he maintained, were the illustrious family whom providence hss placed on the throne not surrounded by men who are not Ilungstians, and are totaVy ignorant of aU that regards her history or interests. With what right (asks M. de Somsich) have these 600 Ger man square miles of country and their million and a hall of inhabitants, been torn from Hungary ? Is it founded on privileges granted by the kings of Hungary to the Serviette, or on treaties entered in•o with them ? Or can a Vienna ministry dispose thus cavalierly of Hungary because, as the IVicrier Zeitung pretends, " a slight retrospect at history will show that Hungary did nut win back these provinces by her own exertions Out with the help of Austria ? Or will they tell us that it is absurd to appeal to treaties and rights for Hungary, for these have been lost by the resolution, end Hungary is now a conquered cow try." M. de Somsich shows the absurdity of such reason- I ing, and concludes with an argument that c in scarcely fail of its weight with those uho believe the late re volution to have been a mere party movement. "Lastly, the rights of Hungary csnnot b lost be cause of the revolution, for the rights of a whole na tion can never be annulled for the faults of indivi duals, or of a fraction only of that nation." The rows received from the new Woiwodina contain proofs in abun lance how little the inhabitants are likely to be satisfied with this new state of things. The offi cers of the now administration are almost entirely &r -eign., whose gross partiality leaves the lives and pro perty of all other races without the slightest protec tion. The house of Mr. Latinnvich, formerly imperial commissioner, was twice attacked, his servants most brutally ill-treated, and ore murdered by band■ of armed Setvians. The towns of Theresiopel and Zentha have received an older from the new Servian commissioner, Nicolich, to furnish twelve hundred thousand bundles of reeds, and tranepxt them on their own waggons for the rebuilding of such Servian villages as have been destroyed during the late war. From this tax all Servian inhabitants of the two towns are exempted. And this is called the system of equal justice to all. As another specimen of equal justice may be cited the case of Baja, in the county of Baca, where the German and Hungarian population amount to 9,000 and the Servian to 5,000; eight of the ten magistrates were named from the Serviaus ; the two other inferior places beirg magnanimously offered to the Magyars, and of coarse refused. In other cases German and Hungarian villages have been forced to plough the fields of the &relate; gratis when the village has been destroyed. Hun dreds of Hungariaa villages have been sacrificed by the S:rvians, but we do not hear of any aid in rebuilding them, or any gratis cultivation of their lands. FRANKFORT.—Numerous reports hint at an amicable wide's:ending between Austria and Prussia, on a tooting very favourable to the !enteral state. The only trot. blisome elment for the moment is Bavaria; but it is con fidently expected that Bavaria will follow the example of its more powerful nrigh.bour. and, though late, at last give in its adhesion to the Three Kiogs' League. HUNGARY.—Great excitement bas been created in Pesth by the of the Bishop of Grosswardein, which Lock pint: immediately after the publication of the cetroyed constitution for the empire of Aus ria. Complaints are loud throughout Hungary of the great increase in the number of wild beasts, and the inability of the initabitants to destroy them in consequence of their being deprived of their arms. ST. PITER.9IIIIRO, JAN. 6.—The St. Petersburg Journal of this day mentions the discovery of a conspiracy by a number of persons, among whom were several officers, to overthrow the government. Some of them were found to be persons of had character, but others the deluded victims of fallacious promises. By command of his Msjesty the Emperor, a commission of inquiry wa inatituteJ. After minute and careful investigation, which lasted five months, ' his Majesty Ilea granted complete amnesty to all thine who joined the conspiracy by inadvertence or thoughtlessness. The ringleaders, twenty•one in number, were tried by court martial, and being convicted of an attempt to overthrow the monarchy, to subvert religion, and to aloilieh the existing state of things, wet* declared ti be guilty, and were sentenced to be shot. The Emperor, atter carefully reading the proceedings of the Court. martial, commanded that the 21 ringleaders should have their sentence read to them in presence of the whole body of the troops, all the preliminary preparations for carrying out the sentence of death being alto gone through, and they thi should be informed that the Emperor granted them their lives, and, instead of imflicting upon them the sentence of death which they had merited, declared them to be deprived of all their civil right'', and, in proportion to the extent et their criminality, to be sentenced to hord labour in the mines, to work at the fortifications, or to infer the various rps and armies after a certain term of imprisonment. Nearly all these persons are young men. FLOGGING IN WEST KENT.—The Earl of Romney is attempting to revive, at the West Kent Sessions, the o !ions and revolting practice of ['melee grown men. Not a session passes without Dome unhappy poisoners being con demned to be scourged. It is a melancho.) sight to witness • poor miserable wretch who has, primp. under the gnaw ing agonies of famine and physieal suff- ring, stolen a meal's victuals, standing face to lace with a noble earl who knows privation oozy by name, and to whom the sense of hunger is only known as a luxury, and heath., himself consign, d to the most degrading punishment w, Ica one man can Mil ct upon another. At the Waist Kent January Sessi ins lag year, h;a lordship sentenced five men of ages varying from 24 to 30, to be flopped for stealing six loaves cf bread at Dartford. At the .est a• seisms he sentenced two men, sgrd 21 and 33, to be flogeed for titealinz a gallon of potatoes from a clamp. The e•vivel of this revolting punishment is almost peculiar to West Kent. 14 tura no means of saving this division of the cowry from the odium the brought up) it? Are there no gentlemen on the Wee. K nt bench who have the courage or humanity. to protest ageicst this no-English s tte em th ° a * : I tlt l e ni Pu h l i r n br ? eng i ht th t e h re e s a u rn ee e t t, bietfoires realty qui e as ture, either by petition or by memo rial to 'be Home Sears tar y.—Maidstone Onsets. THE BITERS BIT.—On Saturday Ise, a ennewhat vel case of fraud was brought before the nuneistrates at the county office at Canterbury, when the &finnan: parties, threz in number, were thargid by the authorities of the S ,uvh Eastern Railway Comp sny wish baying travelled in a ascend class carriage from ;Canterbury to Grove Ferry with third class tickets, with an intention of defrauding the coin pany of the adddional amount of tare. By the wine rice it appeared that Walker, a guar I on the lie, was pastimolown t • 'intimate, off duty, on the night of Sunday, Dee. 30, by the lest train, end on reaching Canterbury the d, Pendants took their vat in the 001110 carrisee in which he w..s tried. Eng. On Om road the three became overicommunicstive, and they mutually exulted as to how easy it was to tcke one class ticket. and trove lin soother. But Walk , r, having his lantern with him, - hr. w a new light on the discussion by showing hit companions wl.o he was. When the 'rain reached Grove Ferry station the excess of fare was tendeted by defendants, which the clerk refined to accept on hearing Walker's statement and summoners for the frond nada oe it ailway . General Ac' ware in conscqu)ne.e (Attained. The C 384 having been c!eicly shown to the ntidtctinn of the nor, Ike parties were convicted and mulcted in mitigated penalties of 2.04 earls, which was immediately paid on its baling understood by 1t.4 in that there was no isltei native be tween doing so nr committal to St. Au mstine's Home of Correction for three months.—Keia Herald. 'etc Court. WINDSOR, Jas. 17. The Qom and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove to Frogman this morning. The Counties of Cherie most, the Hon. Miss Kerr, Colonel Hon. R. Boyle, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel F. H Sesmour, were in attendance span her Majesty and his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness the Prime of Wales (attended by Mr. Birch). the Prince Alfred, Prisms Royal, Princes. Alias, sad Princess Helena, also went to Progitore. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the gentleness la attendance, enjoyed the diversion of skating upon the ornamental water n Frogman grounds. The Hon. and Rev. Hairy anilLady A. H. Cast will have the honour of joining the royal dinner party this evening. The band of the let Lite Guards will attend during dinner, her Majesty's private band attending sirtsrwards. The Countess of Charlemont hes relieved the Marchioness of Douro in her duties as lady is waiting to the Queen. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Whs. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell. the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lowdown', Sir George Orey, Visciunt Palmerston, Bat Grey. the Chancellor of the if:chequer ' Sir Francis Baring, I"rd Campbell, the Right lion. H. Laboachere, the Earl of Car lisle, and the Menai' of Clanricarde. The waned sat two hours and a half. _ _ . . . A deputation from the Light Dues Aesociation,l consisting of Mr. Matthew Forst. r, M P., Mr. W. J. Mall, Mr. Phillippe, Mr. Osiihy, and Mr. M rgan (secretary) had an Interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, cud Earl Granville, yesterday, at the Mee of the Board of Trade. Mr. Gillespie had an interview with Lord John Russell, yesterdsy, at his official residence in Dawning strait. Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., bad an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday. Mr. Henry Mayhew tad also an int. resew, yesterday, with the right hon. baronet at the Home-ales. _ . . . Captain Henderson bad an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial - office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Lad a general mi eting yesterday. Toe Earl of Carlisle arrived in town on \Wines day, from his sear, Castle Howard, York tire, and in the evening joined the Cabinet Ministers assembled at Lord John RUM li's residence in Chesham-place. Lord John Russell gave a dinner lest evening to a number of the foreign ambassadors and ministers at his residence in Cheshaneplale. REDUCTION IN TILE ARIIY.—The reduction con templated in the army this year will, it is understood, exceed 4,000 tank and file, and will be effected thus a ours bar of regiments, with and reserve battalioi.s, will be reduced from 1,200 tank and file to 1.000, and the depots of about 14 regiments of 1,000 rank end file wilt be slightly re ducal. The reduction will no; however, decrease the num ber of commissioned officers, as the officers thus surplus to the requisite number will, instead of being placed on the permanent half-pay 114, remiin on the full pay, and, as she senior lieutenant-colonels and majors retire or din the second officers of that rank will replace the others in each regiment. Such is understood to be the amount and mode of reduction contemplated by the military atrborities. In a financ al point of view the saving to be effected by this small redac• tion will not amount to much more than 120,0001. for the year. DETENTION OF THE PACIFIC MAILS.—An electric I telegraph communication was sent to Southampton yester day, ordering the West 'Lelia mail packet, Toy, which was *pp dated to sail at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, to be de• tinned 24 hours. The mails were, h , put on board at the usual hour. The Tay is blued for Chap**, and Liss the Pacific mails on board. The Chegres packet was de tained in November last, but not for in long api r iud. The count of deteoti in then was to sand ii p 0 toot despatches to Admiral liornby, Commander-in•Chie. in the Pacific. AMENDMENT TO THE ADDRESS.—We are enabled to announce that a meeting of the protectionist members of parliament will assemble at Lord Stanley's residenat, in St. Jamta'asguarit. at 12 o'clock on the 31st inst.—•ha day on which parliament is summoned to meet—when the pro ptiety of moving an amendment to the address will be taken tato consideration. —Storming Herald. Loris Pit ILIPPE.—A very general rumour pre vailed last evening to the effect that the es•K'ng of the French had expired suddenly yesterday morning at Clare mont. In contradiction of the report, we are enabled to state that Dr. O. de Nulty, who is the chief medical atten dant on the ex-K , ng, arrived at his renience in Berkeley square at noon yesterday from Claremont (where he had p.ssed the previous night), having left Louis Pailippe in perfect health, and that up to 9 o'clock last night no sotel ligeoce of the cx King's indisposition had reached Dr. Noisy. There can, therefore, be little doubt that the na -1 moor is altcg they unkunded. CIIEAP BIBLES. Last evening the third public meeting, convened " for the purpose of pointing out the serious evils entailed upon the 'emotes employed in the production of the cheap t ibles issued by the British and Foreign Bits Society, and fur the purpose of deviainr means for the amelioration thereof," took place at the London Mechenics' Institution, Southamptue-buildings, Holborn. Mr. FRANCIS BENNOCR took the chair, and in ex plaining the objects of the meeting stated that he wished to be understood that he eves no partizan in the matter to be discussed. lie had no connexion whatever with the Bible Society ; snil considering the movement that society bad recently made, he was thankful that he d:d not helocg to it. Ile was here fcr the purpose of assisting in the inquiry, and of gaining information upon this important &abject. In the first place, he wished to state that ne was strongly opposed to the practice of interference between the employer aced the employed. le his opinion the workpeop:e had suffered much more from the unjust interfere ec • of government in these matters then from any other cause. Bat in the present instance it would appcar that one public body had combined together for the put pwe of pressing uoon others, and when suck was the case. it was quite time that those who were oppressed should combine together to defend themselves. When they found a public society which had been established for the diffusion of the Holy Scriptures so conducting themselves that the Bibles which they dissemi sated became rather • curs* than • blessing, it was for them to consider whether they would do more geed by supporting that society or by letting it fall to the ground. Mr. DUNNING, secretary to theellookiindere Society, stated that since the last meeting • memorial had been ad. dressedto the Sunday school teachers, which had led ton very favourable result. They had also sent a letter to the Arch bishop of Canterbury upon the subject, stetiag that they bad forwarded two memo riels to the committee of tho Waif Society, but without effect, and they therefore prayed that his grace would exert his influence in support of their cause. The right reverend prelate had returned the fol lowing a ewer to the application :—" The Archbishop of Canterbury acquaints Mr. Dunning, in reply to hie letter and appeal, that he has never taken any part in the details of management of the British and Foreign Bible Society, or attended any committee meetings. Re cannot, therefore, with propriety interfere now in the quertion which has been so much agitated concerning wages, and on which the committee, who have considered the matter from the beginning, are alone able to judge correctly." Mr.llun niug proceeded to comment upon this letter, and stated that it was • matter of deep regret that the Archbishop had not thought proper to view the application in a manner more favourable to their interests, lie had received seecrel let ters from clergymen expressing their regret and indignation at the conduct of the Bible Society, and he was also informed that a branch cf the institution had diosolved cewiexion with the parent society. Mr. 1.. J. IiANSLUD, Mr. !LORRY, Mr. It. J. Poeoex, and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting in sup port of the objects in view, and the knowing resolutions were adopted : That the continued silence of the British and Fore ken Bible Society, under the implication of circulating the holy scriptures by mei.ns which its precepts e xpres,ly t irbid, is, by being conclusive trldrlCO of the justice of such imputa tion, discreditable to that society, and calculated to iiejure the cause of piety and true religion. That the tact of pr.:curing cheapness of the scripture., by reduction in the price of labour, is that for which this society is bloat, responsible ; and the a.tempt of its committee to throw the onus thereof on their corium:tress, is a subterfuge unworthy the high poeitioa tney assume—their object ap pearing to be, to throw discredit upon the statements of the workpeople ; while they car. fully avoid bringing such state ments to the proper ter', which they alone have the means of ding, namely, by causiog the wages book ol their contrac tress to be impartially ex emaiued, as uigently requested in memorials to them. That this meeting regards with sorrow the Deter of the Archi i.hop of C interbury, one of the vice.plesidents of the medic', declining to interfere in causing ti e produotioa of the wages' bode as requested; whereby this most plinth' centroversy might be bieught to an iesue, by the truth of the whole matter being made manifest. Fuse this seeded vie is with grathade the effortsof thole co: n.cted w..h the assuciotions and auxiliaries of the British ano los eigie Bible Society, of the Sund.y.school teachers, and the public prey, who have taken up the inquiry with a view to eliel the truth ; auei also of those who have renderd pecuniary did. That this meeting pledges itself to bring the matter con tinualy eeih•re the public until the evils complained of ate removed, believing them to he utterly inconsistent with the holy preeepee of the Divide Authe r of our religion. A v iee of thanks was then pursed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. A GOLDEVi DISCOVERT.—A short time ago Mr. Jae ph Tunnel!, of H•wes, York•hire, wpm engaged in opeeing out sn•me around on his term near that place, when he o•uod what appenred te be a large oval ring, open at one ride, such as might b put round t'te wti.r of a female. A furthi r s^ rch d.srlosetl tire mare, of three different sizee, and hAr;nc much the aiipearitne: of the letter G. Oil being they w. re pronounced to be pure gold. The wool. weigh nineteen °uncle. The Romin encampment at C ado (on 8 ainni , xir), that at it , ksby, and the large one at Oatherlymo r, with its large Tumulus, might all uti r I matter for met tellogists to investigate, mid all • l'o'n :he wee• street Cr It maim road which cruises Stain- Mir —Sunderland Herald. GERMANY. BERLIN, Jaw. 14. The political crisis into which the Prusisn mo narchy has been thrown by the king's message of January 7, and by which the existence of the ministry and the completion of the constitution are equally menaced, still continuo', and befit s conjecture as to the rewlt. The ministry has certainly showed itself disposed to modify the prat owls made in the mes sage, but on the other hand has not evinced any wil lingness to make concessions on the subject of voting supplies. A numerous party in the Second Chamber will not bear of an hereditary peer age without granting the lower house, by way of compensation, full control over the taxation e the country. The committee of the Second Chamber have thrown out the apscial court for trying political offences by a large m'jority. In the Second Chamber the deputy Bawler put an important inter pellation to the ministers:-1. Did the government consider that the central federal commission VMS justified in assuming a competency to interfere in the matter of the Mecklenbu g constitution. 2. What had the government done to represent in this ques tion tee league of May 26. 3. Wnether the govern ment had taken any steps to put into execution the declaration of the President of the Verwaltangs-Math, who had asserted that this business ought to los sub mitted to him for examination. The Foreign Minister said that be would answer this interpllation a week hence. The committee of the Second Chamber has decided upon the proposals in the King's manage as follows : lst. proposition.—Extending responsiblity to printer, &c, seeepted by 11 votes against 9. 2ad.—Csncern mg army and lendaturm, agreed to unialimously. 3rd.—Concerni g burgherwehr, adopted. bih.— Concerning ministerial responsibility, rejected. 13th. — Extending the term of parliamentary suspension after dissolution of chambers, rejected by 11 voices. 9th. —Concerning demarcation of electoral districts, re jected by 13 votes against 7. 101.—EreAing a High Cum t for trial of political offences, rejected by 13 votes against 7. 1 Db.—Concealing prosecution of em phi} es for exceeding the powers entrusted to them, adopted. 12th.—Concerning the representation of commui.ea, circles, and districts, adopted. 13tb.— Concerning the recognition oft! e validity of ordinan ces promulgated by the government, rejected by 12 votes against 8. The debate of the committees of both chambers on the com?osition of the first house as propoo.d by the crown is still ping on. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday, a court was held for the despatch of public badDesa. •PPLICATIONS POl TAKING WATER FROM Till TIMM). Mr. Deputy OBBARD (the Chairman of the Naneation Committee) brought up a report, which stated as follows: " In punuanas of the recommennation of a former report we gave the revisits iostructione to Mr. James Walker, the civil: engineer, and Mr. 8. W. Leach, the inainter and clerk of the works of the Thamts Na%itation. and Port of London, to complete the survey of the River Thames, which had been eon menced for the purpose of ascertaining the probable effect on the navigation by the abstraction of rater from the river so pro poeed by the scheme (the Healey Water Works end Na,.igation Hill in parliament). That the engineers having cam. plettd such survey, have presented a report up:a the subject embracing their opinion in respecting the scheme above.mentioned, and also of another for taking waver from the Thames at Maeledurhan, which was suggested subse quent to our report of April last. and of which notice has also been given in parliament. Your committee bre, there.. fore, to submit the engin era report and plan to the court." Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy OBit situ, second.d by Mr. Deputy HARRISON, the reports of the committcc and of the engineers upon the great public question of the sup ply of water to the metropolis were ordered to be printtd and circulated amongst the members of the court previously to the consideration of their merits. Mr. Deputy HARRISON expressed a hope thst e very me mber would pay the most strict attntrm to a • u j. ct of melt vast importance to the community. ( Hear, hear.] INCREASE or THE PRANCE ISM. Mr. Deputy BEDFORD presented a petiiiiin founded up in resolutions agreed to at a meeting held in Isrringdun Ward, on the 9th of December, for the adoption of measures for increasing the franchise. The Deputy said the petition deserved the psricukr atten tion of the court ; but he regretted t.i lay the, .!te , eeh he presented it as a representative of the ward, he could not support it. Sir JAMES DUKE said that he had presided upon the occasion of the meeting of the ward, and be enter aincd the opinion with the pethoners that the municipal aft.iirs of the City of London could not be allowed to be contrevertn! by a constituency fimoutiting to no more than 6,000 individuals, while the number of thoie who appeared to he c inttitn tionally entitled to rote far representatives was en enormous. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the court would, on an early day, prrev ed to the discussion of the vital question of weaning the franchise. Mr. It. TAYLOR approved of the especial anointment of a slay 'or the discussion of the great question of eularging the frostbite, and The LORD MAYOR EMM<d the court that he 6h . ..01d I fe l much satisfaction in complying with their wish. Upon the motion of Mr. It.. TAYLOit, it was refmei to the Improvement C tmmiitee to consider the ineat.s of pro. Tiding suitable habitations for the poorer ewes of th e citizens. FEMALE EMIGRATION. At a late hour Mr. EDKINS moved th it the Cham' - vrisin be directed in the name of the court to contribu•c •he of 4001. towards the tend for promoting female en,ii,r,te.a. The Mtn w,s counted out, and the ganriou stands over for eoLeideratiun at the next meeting. MENIORTALS OF QUEEN ADELAIDr. The lArd Lieutenaut ot Worei t•trattire has a ddr.teed to the meaty men a comnr.nicatia,n, in +morn of the prr.:, t , erect a silitabl , memorial. in the shape cf a stained ea... !,,, in Worcester Cathedral, in honour of her late Meji 1 , 1 (keen /Adelaide. His lordship wag• eta that euleoripti :r. warded to the newspaper on ions, and that the Limes cf th subscribers be publistied werlxy until the total sh his amounted to such a sum as to justify a meeting cf : f.x sal>. scribers ; a committee then to he appointed to c try tee des•gn into esecutien. it appears, further, this. Mr l:eren is Low employed in eventing a stained glass wind memoratese of the VsTIIIES of the late Queen D o w,j ; erected in the Abbey Church, Malvern, as weil s sno"•er obituary window to the memory of the late flee. LULU Stiaingfieet, for forty five years a prebendary o• V. ra ,. tr Cathedral, and a great grandson of the ceie-rate.: Dr. E !- ward SAllingthet, bisnop of that dioosse in the tei,;itut It _- Lam and Mary. WEST LONDON REFORM ASSOCIATIoN. Ltsc evening a crowded meeting of the members ol th.e assoc.'. which has been formed for the purpote of p r.; cc the list cf voters for the v.unty of Middlesex t...e t..e liberals entitled to the elective franchise and to pr •Lalte the election of reprevutatives in parliament who woo: port the principles of •he association, we, held et tie 1 , 41 , y Arms, obert-street, Chelo • ; Frederick Cr oif. tee president, in the chair. Numerous al. --- • havinz beet, rec. ived and various new memb,rs the m riots of Mr. Henry Whitehead, lode:tor ; Mr. J. Clarke, the firs: resolution—determinicx t hoe'. an early day an aggregate public meeting et the or.. pariahs", was unanimously agree d to. The second ret.ai , .• was to the effect that numerous similar meetings e: od held in each of the four parishis xsneernrd. This tus—a was moved by Dr. Keats, seconded by Mr. Anger: c, citor, and carried unaninsouey. The third resol,••• as fullowe " That Joseph Hume, Eoq , M.P., and Ralph Bernal Osborne, Esti , M.P , be ret•,. support the MIN of the proposal borsiugh," which tole carried. con. r.s CAMBERWELL ATUEN.ECM.—A public meeting 72r hat at 'IN Vistry Hall. Cr wherwell, •Jrl W. duesesy rhr members of tit- altos, institution and their W. A... large hall was anwded to excess, although the ahoy, in<t-1. ti:it has only bun in tanner ce few sax weak,. The eh ‘. r a occupied by Albert Smith, El., supported by J. FUS!‘7. Etri , the treasurer of the Art- Unto., and Arthur liet,:re. Esq.—Dr. Smith, 01 M ,nchester, delivered ■n - us!ruc!.ft vidrees, and stated that no leas than fifteen thous•nd p<r• cs belong to the Manchester Institution. Alter several otL:r sp ech.s the meeting separated. INDUSTRIAL SCROOLS.—Arrangements are in pr, gress for a deputation from Elinburgh, Dundee, sh.l -ter places, to proceed to Landon on an early day t rx tat committee of the °Aiwa on *ducat on pecum,ry ones in behalf of the i.:duttrial schools which thee re spicivtly represent. Mr. Fox Manic has, we bel.tfe, agreed to atoompany the deputation; and it cost exptcs4 c.o.' Mr. Hastie, M.P. for Glasgow, would also be preetnt is :he interview with the Marquis of Lansdowne. The 1,.1:1‘• iyg queries are i circulation ecspecting the nature of demands to be made up n government: t‘ Whe her, ii tht public feed the chil inn, and provide needful clThing I t them, the 'ate should be asked to pride the expense :: ,duetting thew ? If we do not ask the whole of the •alts.,, given to teachers, what proportion should we ask? thc state be 'equated to gr:.nt sums for building in the same proportion as in the case of other sehoola: - Scotsman. JEWS' AND GENERAL LITERARY AND SCIENM INSTITI:TION,—Last evening the annual ball in aid of tt institution took place in Wlllia's Rome, King.street, et Jame 's, and was attended by upwards of 300 p.rsons, eluding several of the most distinguished memben at .1 J.wish persavoian. Amongst the visitors were 13.11 ?dryer de Rothschild, N. Montifiore, E.q , Joseph Mon:. flare, E‘q ,Bransby Cooper, Esq., Mr.G.orge Cruik.hanktar many other persons interested in the success of the inEi tiers. The ball was said to be better attended ti ao on it similar cocation, since the foramina's of the institution: or great pains were taken to render the company sets::. th . te • numerous. The entertainments were ksp: up wit:. gr,• spirit to a lase hour ; and the music selected for the ,e.e•- comprisc.d many of the most popular pieces at the terr: Jullten's band performed on the occasion ; and the dune the master of ceremony were entrusted to Mr. Come, u tilled his office with much taste and dexterity. BRITISH AND IRIsII STEAM PACKET CoMnool. - Th • annual general meeting of this company was is. • tittle °thus in Dublin on W.daesday. The dine pert stated that notwittstanding . the louts sustain, protracted opposition and a diminished it ide, the n.: on the year's transactions amount to 0,6841.41., ir.•m a' being taken the dividend for the half-yesr enn.d th. of June. 1849, there remained at the disposal of their ; etors the sum of 4,4341.45., out of which the die l • commend the usual dividend of six per ceot. per a • utt • be now declared f.:r the half-year ended the 31. t et :s b r last. There will then remain a balance of 2 lei . whi .h they recommend to be placed to the credit at no. aeral repair account. Tilt: WEATHER AND PARKS.—The thaw tinned to prevail throughout the whole of yesterd- y t bat ice on the ornamental wateta of the parks, although a. , on ;A t e antfece, retrains full four and a halt inches in th ness. Hundreds of persons assembled as on •h pre, days to enjoy the amusement of skutiii and .ine. i" Ittating masteo of ic: on the Thames had not a: niched, and the navigation wes less prat- ie .ble ee preceding dip even kr barges. All the river stean..r. laid up. TILE MAlLs.—The English Mail which now .els• Dublin at 20 minutes atter U.. will, on the let tit be despatched at .10 minutes aft:r 11 a.m. TRADE OF SWANSEA IN 1849.—The followir. eta` sent in reference to our trade shows, tiutwith.tandr•g depression in shipping as well as in every other dee a :es.. at commerce, that Swansea has, durin..; the pig yeer, ta'ned a!air proportion of its trade. With the MD'', addition of Seating accommodation, of which we 0 ' enabled to boast in the course of a few months. upon 1830 as a year full of hope and promise. rt" - trade: number of vessels entered inwards with ca•a• ••• bringing 48,000 tons ; outwards, with cargoes. I. l `. .50,000 tons • inwards, with ballast, 112 ; ton' , wards, with ' hallast, 10 ; tons, 3,600. Coastin: • h -r of vessels entered inwards, with cargoes, 4,00 0 ::63.000 tone; vessels outwards, with cargoes, OA". "': , :WON) tons. In addition to the above, al-out It P s anovel in ballast, and about 200 cleared out ia I , 4hteen out of the 203 (of a burthen of 000 ton' tering inwards from foreign parts brought copper el , ' wool from South Australia.—Semnscos ACCIDENTAL PrATIL—On Priddy last. a. Charl , a Godwin, mealman, of Sum, returning from Direst. r market, he mit wi th his *diking or slipping into ouo of the locks on the Os et , a very short distance from his house. Its. Chit 1i“7.1, harrowed a horae of his brother-in law, Mr. Smith. • Ihyford, to go to Direater, and called and lett return ; and the nearest road to Mr. Godwin's along the towing-path, and the night bent.: catre..,1,..7,, it is tuppma he walked into the lock. Rita the neat morning his hat was on his brad and _ stick in his hand. He has left a wife and " • children to deplore has loss.