The Express. — London, England, 1850-12-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1850. Thera is an evident Joel's's la the sngstestion of the mine ri port that sppropriations for the navel service pr, ye r should separated from theee for lied sad permeneet °Oleg!' UNA as bui:dusa dorlu sad navy yard*, and the Uinta at tached; stet from the extreerdisary obtains under the Cu. e' tits department, which, honour important, are sot essentially naval. A revision of the code foe the government of the navy @eau to regales the immediate consid•rstOn of Congress, Its @Teem of mimes gad punishntents had undergone no cheap fee ball a century, until the last session, though lie Mass have been often and ably pointed out ; sad the abo lition Of a particular species of corporal punisbment, which then took plate, without pr aiding ery suhatitu , e, bu left the MITTION is a .tats el defectiveness, w►ich calls fur prompt estesertion. 1 therefore recommend that the whole subject be revised without delay, and each a system established fur the informations of discipline as shall be at ones humane and olLotual. The acocapsnying 'report of the PostmasterGeneval pre sents a satistactory view of the operations and condition of that department. At the don of the tut fissal yam the length of the inland mail roans in the United States (sot anthraces the service is Oregon sad California) was one Itandred and seventy. eight thessand six hundred sad seventy-two miles; the annual transpratation thereon forty-cis million five hundred and forty-one thousand four hundred and twenty-three miles; sad the annual cost of such transportation two millions seven hundred and twenty four Maimed four hundred and twenty. six dollars. Toe increase of the annual transportation over that of the preceding year was them millions nine hundred and ninety seven thousand three hundred and fifty four miles, and the increase In cost was three hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred and forty dollars. The number of poet calms in the United States, on the Ent day of July last, was eighteen thousand four hundred and seventeen—being an increase of sateen hundred and seventy during the p;ereding year. The grows ties of the department for the fiscal year mediae/ June 30th, 1860, amounted to five millions eve hundred and fifty two thousand nine hundred and seventy one dollars and lortpeight cents, including the annual ap propriation of two hundred thousand dollars for the franked matter of the departments, and excluding the foreign post a,ies collected for sod payable to the British government. The expenditures (or the same period were five millions two hundred end twelve thousand nib.• hundred and fifty three dollen and forty-three cents, leaving a balance of revenue over expenditure' of three hundred and forty thousand and eightean dollars and five cents. I ace happy to find that the fiscal condition of the depart ment tested% as to justify the postmaster general In recom mending the rednetron of our inland letter postage to three coats the single latter when prepaid, and five cents when not prepaid. He also recommends that the prepaid rate shall be redemed to two cents whenever the revenues of the ae pennant, after the reduction, shall exceed its expenditures by men than five per cent. for two consecutive years ; that the postage upon California and other letters sent by our ems steamers shall be much reduced ; and that the MOB at postage on newspapers, pamphlets, periodical., and other printed matter shall be modified, and tome reducuon thereon mode. Itcannot be doubted that the proposed reductioas will, for the present, diminish the revenue of the t: epartment. It • is believed that the deficiency, after the surplus already ac cumulated shall be reheated, may be almost wholly met either by abolmhing the existing privileges of sending tree matter through the mail., or by paying out of the Treasury i to the Post-office department a sum equivalent to the postage of which it is deprived by such privileges. The last I. supposed to be the preferable mode, and will, if not • entirely, so needy supply that deficiency as to make any further appropriation that may be found neoeseary so In considerable as to form no obstacle to the proposed re ductions. I entertain no doubt of the authority of Congress to make appropriations for leading objects in that clam of public works comprising what are usually called works et Internet improvement. Tau authority I suppose to be derived chiefly from the power of regulating commerce with tort ion cations, and among the States, and the power of laying and collect mg imposts. Where commerce is to be carried on, and ill pu.to collected, there most be ports and harbours, ea well as aaaaa and custone.hosees. if shim, laden with valuable cargoes, approach the ste..re, or mil elms the coast, loser are necessary, at suiotole potato, for the proteatiou of life end ;property. Usher iaeilitm and securile• for men agree gnu navigatioa are hardly lees important; and those Masses of the constituticto, therefore, to which I have refereed have received from the origin of the government a liberal and bereticial conetructi m Nut only have light houses, buoys, and beam's been eateblished, and float. lag lights maintained, but harbours bays been cleared sad improved, piers constructed, and eves breakwaters for the safety of Nipping, and see wall. to protect harbours from being Lied up sod rendered nailer by the action of the mesa, have been erected, at very great expense. And this construction of the sonstitutiou appears the more reasonable from the conaideration, that it these works, of such evident importance and utility, are not to he secorepli.hed by Con. glom. they canaut be accomplished at all. By the ad..ption of the constitution, the several ;loves voluntarily parted with the power of collecting dutie. or impost in their own ports, Nadu ie not to he *evicts t that they shoold raise money, by 'eternal taxation, direct or innireut, for the benefit of that sommeree, the an derived Irons which do not, either a whole or in p.rt, go into their own treasuries. Nor i.o I perceive any diffetenee between the power of Congress to make appropriations toe objects of this kind en the moan, and the power to make appropri dieas fur similar objects on lakes and river*, who they are lerge enough to hear on teem waters a *rutile, traffic. Toe magnilimut Mississippi and Its tributaries, and the vest lake* el the north sad earth west, app. a- to me to fall whits tie exercise of the power, as justly and as clearly as the mean and the Gulf of Mexico. It is a mistake to maid eapeniiitures odieioady avid, tor 'hem objects as espenditares for local purpose,. -The position or site of the week is aecomarily local; but its utility is general. A ship waalaromd the falls of St. Mary, to less than a mile in I length, though basal in its oeseructoo, would yet he national in ate plumes and li• benefit., as it would remove the only obetrection to a savigation of more Pan a thoosan 1 miles, affecting several states, as well as our cumm.rcial relations with Caned*. So, too, the break. stir at the mouth of the Delaware is erected, not for the exclusive b mitt of the , states horderieg on the hay and river of that name, but for that of the whole coastwise navigation of the Uaited States, and, to a wand, rable extent, also, of foreign Cogglllera. If a ship be lost on the bar, at this estrange of a southern port, I fur want of sufficient depth of water. it is very likely to be • northern ship ; sad it • steasaboas be sunk in any pert of the I Mbelesippi, on amount of its @hamlet not having been pee -1 peril cleared of obeireetiove. it may be a boot belonging to either of eight ter ten suites. I may add, se somewhat remark , able, that among all the 31 stares, there b none that is not, to • greater or lose extent, bounded on the ocean, or the r Oalf of Mexico, or one of the great lakes, of some navigable Hoer. In fulfilia" our sonstitut coal duties, fellow citizen., on this satiject ea le tarrying into ant all other powers con ferred by t he coostitution, we should eo,•ider ourselves as delioerating sad acting fur one aid the same couttrv, and hest constantly in mind that our regard and our duty We due, net to a particular put osiy, but to the whole. I therefore recommend that appropriations he made for emplane" such works as have been already begun, and ter commencing such ethers as may seem to the wisdom of Cos. grim to be of public and general importance. The difficulties and delays inc.'. at to the settlemeot of privet* claims by Cengrees, amount in many cues to a dealal of justice. There is reams to apprehend that saw ualeeneata creditors of the government nave thereby been asavoulably ruined. Cultures has so much bunnies of • public character that it in inapeiriblo it should give much ' attentios to mere private claims, and their aecaniu.ation is now so groat that maay claimants must despair of ever Wag able to obtain a imagine. It may welt be doubted whether Cosines, frees the nature of its orpanisrion, is properly sossitoted to decide upon each eases. It in impoe sible that each member should examine the merits of every elitist on which he te compelled to vote ; and It is propos. tangs to ash a judge to decide a case which he has never Mord. Such decisions may, and frequently must, do iojus• ties either to the claimant or the got/stemma, and 1 perceive no bettor remade for this growing evil than the establish. gust of some tribunal to adjudicate epos inch claims. 1 beg heave, therefore, n oat reap .ctlelly to reccuu-nend that provision be made by law for the appointment of a commis son to settle ell private claims mainn the United Mates; end se an es parts burlap mast in all untested caste he very unsatisfactory, I also reciontesend the appointment of • solicitor, whose duty it shall be to represent the Worriment before such commissioo, and protect it 'genet all illegal, frandolent. or unjust claims, which may be presented for their 'adjudication. This diarist, which bee neither voice nor vote in your ' deliberations, locks to you for protection and aid, and 1 nem mend all its wants to your hivourahle con.idnation, with a toll cot Menai that you will meet shim not only with Janine but with liherality. It should be borne in mind that in this city, laid out by Weahingtoe, end cocaecrated by his maw, is located the capital of our ustioa,the emblem of our Valois, awl the symbol of our greetesse. Here also are situated all the, public buildings necessary for the see of the govern. meat, and all these ars exempt from 'fixation. should be the pry le of Americana to render this place atuattive to the people of the whole republic, and con venient and safe for the transaction of the pubic Wanness sad the preservation of the public records. The governaseat should, therefore, best a liberal proportion of the burdens of all necessary sad usefal improvements. And aaccrhing I could contribute more to the health, comfort, and safety of the city, and the security of the public buildings and records than an abundant supply of pare water, I respect. • tally recommend that you make such provisions for oh- Wising the same as in your wisdom you may deem proper. The act passed at your last maim, making certain pro , pusitiote to Team for -tiling the disputed boundary he ' twee. that State and the Tevritory of New Waled, war immediately en its pow., assemitted by 'sprees to tie Governor of Texas, to be laid .4 him Ware the General Assembly for its agreement then It receipt was duly atkocurleeged, but no official lo,•sritation has yet been received of the Lotion of 0•• General AMambly thereon It may, however, be very soda expeeted• se, by the terms of the propositioss submitted, they wen to have been acted upon, on at before the first day o. Mt Peeling math. It was hardly to ban bairn expiated that the verbs Of measures pasted at yew hot eissios, with this view of healing the sectional dilemmas white had sprang up tram the sla very and terviteriel quesetiess, Mould at awes have 'Wised their bent lewd purpose. All mutual esamenien, in the nature of a comproselm, musnleNtiailly be uswidamse to men Mutton* opinions. Aid though withcht inch OW asesioas oar emstitution could not have Ufa famed, sad snow be p tly sustained, yet we have awe them Nab die wbje Cl bitter controversy Is Ma maims the PapiWM It required meat' maths el dissuades and delibmation to seam the emeurrenee of a majority of Con gress is their favour. It would be Waage if they had bma romitod with immediate approbation by maple and rates pnjudieed and hewed by the ezeitisg onnuovenl, a of their repremstativ.• I believe throe meteor,' to have been re. Tritest by the circuouttoccs end condition o f th e country. I believe they were nes:emery to allay asperities sod ani , minium that were rapidly alienating one session of the sosatry from another, ted destroying those fraternal send manta whisk am the strong. it supports of the "(institution. They win adapted la the spirit of coadliation , and for the rupees efsobeillatios. I believe that a great majority of oar tellow citizens sympathise in that spirit, and that purpose, and is the muds approve, sad are prepared in ail respects to sustain, these enactments. I maws doubt that the hingeless people. boated together by kindred blood and *Daimon tradi time, still cherish • parsmonst regard for the melon of their When; sad that they see reedy to ,'bake my attempt to Meese its latogrlty, to disturb the emapromities on which it is based, or to NSW the laws which have bean enacted under aathaity. The sates of sassearis to ad* I has alluded are regarded W me as a settlement in principle and sub. stones--a final esttlenient—of the dangerou sad ex =dig rubies= whisk they 'abroad. Most of these sebisets, indeed, are beyond your reach, as the lats. lotion which disposed of them was, in Bs character, final and irrevocable. It may be presumed from the °Filiation which they all encountered, that sons of that measures was free from impeVectiool, but in their mutual dependence sad connexion they formed a system of compromise, the most conciliatory, and best for the entire country, that could be otrained from conflicting sectional later's= and opinions. For this reason I recommend your adherence to the ad justment established by those measures, until time and experteato shall demonstrate the necessity of further legisla tion to guard against evasion or abuse. By that adjustoseht we have been rescued from the wide snd =tunas= agitation that surrounded us, and have a firm, distinct, and legal ground to rest upon. And the occa. Moo I trust, will instill me in exhorting my countrymen to gay upon and maintain that ground as the best, if not the only means, of restoring peace and quiet to the country, and maintaining inviolate the integrity of the Union. And now, fillow-eitisens, I cannot bring this communica tion to a close without invoking you to join me in bumble and devout thanks to the Great Ruler of nations, for the multiplied blessings which He has graciously bestowed upon as. His hand, so often visible in oar. preserve ion has stayed the pebbling, saved us from foreign wars and dimes tie diastases*, and scattered plenty throughout the land. Our liberties, religious sod civil, have bra maintained, the foustales of knowledge bare all been kept open, and mesas el happicese widely spread and generally enjoyed, greater than here fallen to the lot of any other nation. And, while deeply penetrated with grated* for the past, let u hope that His ail. era Providence will as guide our councils, as that they shall result in giving satisfaction to our coca tuents, waling the peas of theeonntry, and adding new strength to the united goverment soder which we live. MILLARD FILLMORE. Washington, Deana: 2, 1860. Oar correspondent at New York agrees with the majority of the journals in stating, that the President's message had given general satisfaction. In the Senate, Mr. Benton bad given notice of several bills granting lands to construct a railroad from St. Louis to San Francisco. The steam•ship Philadelphia wu at New Orleans with 1,000,000 dollars in specie, and the steamer Yacht, from Rio Grande, with 100,000 . dollars. There are news fro m Jamaica to the 14th ult. by this arrival, but they merely state in general terms that the ravages of cholera continued to be appalling. 476 y :ciao& *along ' end 4.6 0 4 dole. to 476 dpi Lea, mid OMs, 4.76449. to 4 874 6e10.; pme dew" 6 dole. to 3 64 d4e. ; Canadian, ta bowl, 4 gib. 620. Mr memos. sad 4 dole. 681 e 104 dole. The. he pd sad Marty brands. illathem kinds rare from 6 dub. tai deli 120 for Baltimore, Georgetown, Altman drie, Petemearg, and Brandywine. Rye 8 iur is mike. at 3 deb. sa d core meal at 3 deli. 124 e. fur Jersey, and 3 dole. 25e. 12 3 dole. 3110. for braodywinit. Outs. —Pot a week past the rock of wheat hal bean at the increase, and the marker easier. The export trade has been entirely en Canadian is bond at 106 0 . to 1060. for 60 lbs.; white Genesee mills at 118 e. to 1200., and Ohio red and mimed at 100 e. to 106 e. Bye is lower, with salts et 75e. per 66 lbs. Barley haa also begone dull at 96e. to 100 k. per 48 lb. Outs are 46e. to 47e. far northern. Imam cora it very quiet in the abamme of export orders. The ral.is are for home use at 61e. 1.62 e. for sew northern round, and Mo. for new southern tat. Old is nominal at 70.. tot round yellow, sad 66e. tone. for weetere Vbe Court. . WINDSOR, Dec. 17. The Queen and Prinoe Allyn walked this morning in the Slopes. The royal famiiy took walking and pony in sects' in the gross& around the Castle. Prince Albsst went out hunting this morning, attended b) Colore' Rouverie. The Dab* and Duchess of Bedford, the Mu. quite and Marchioness of Westminster, and Lady Nutria Gras , the Marquis sad Marchioness of Exeter and Lady M. Cecil, the Earl and Connie*. Spencer and Lady 0. ' Speocer, and Lcrd Ueorge Lvanoz, are expected at the Castle today, on a visit to the Queen and the Prism. The royal dinner party at the Casth this eseniog will include the Duke and Duchess of 11 , dford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and Lady 0. Grosvenor, the Mulish' and Marchioness of Raster and Lady Me g Cecil, the Earl and Countess Spencer and Lady Georgians Spencer, and Lord George Lesson. Tee band of the Coldstream Guards will attend daring dinner. The Queen's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at her residence, Clarence-how, Bt. Jane's, at half-peat 11 o'clock yesterday taming, from Frogman. Her royal highness left town at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on her return to Propriety. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Mon day night from Dohlin. Yesterday his royal highness went to Sew to viol the Duchess of Cambridge and the Heredi• tatioG r eand Duchess of Meeklenburgh Sirelits. Lord John Russell left his residence, Pembroke lodge, Riehmond-park, yesterday oftetnoon for Windsor Castle. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, end Mr. Pressly, bad an interview with the Chan oellor of the Rachequer yesterday. Colonel Anson had aa interview with the right bon. baronet on Monday at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches were receiied yesterday at the Colunial office from the Governor of Gibreleer. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council eat yesterday. The lords present were:—the Master of the Role, Mr. Baron Puke, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and Sir Edward Ryan. An appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, "Brame and Edwards r . Bather" (part heard), wu resumed and concluded. A report will be found in another column. The Right Hon. Dr. Luahington, Mr. Palomar, and Dr. TIMID. of Doeton'•oommons, are appointed arbi•ra ton to determine the boundary between the provinces of Caaada and Nova Scotia, which has for some years been in dispute. (Prom last night's Ontettol. WINDSOR-CASTLE, Dec. 12.—This day bad andienos ot her Majesty: Monsieur Triooupi, Envoy Es. traortinaty and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Kiog of Greece, to deliver his creisatials ; to which he was intro duced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, FORZION-OFPICF, Dec. 17.—The Queen has been pl-used to appoint George Grey Sullivan, Mg,, now her Majesty's Consul at Ning-po, to be her Majesty's Consul at Amoy. DUCLIY OF CORNWALL, SOMIIRSET-110111114 DEC. 16.—His Royal Biplanes+ Prince Albert has b,on pleased to appoint John Lucius Dampier, E q , Barrister at-Law, to be Vice warden of the Runnette', in the county of Devon. CUMMRRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Nsw Yoma, Die 3 6 rN. The President's Kemp, which ma; published in Wel morning's papers, amen to have given universal satiate& tion. It is evident, from the message and accompanying documents, that the country was never is • more flourls►tag cionditioa. Tae receipts into the ending June 30. h, 1850, were 47,421,744,90 doh., whilst the expenditures during the same period were only 43,002,168 Cols. 90c.; le.viap • balance in the treasury of 4,419,580 dole. The public debt hoe been reduced, during the tame period, 495,276 dole. The amount required to suet the expenditure fur the fiscal year ending 30th Jane, 1852, ie estimated by the S. y of the Treasury at 48,124,993 dole. It is thouglit by some, that these large appropriations, with extraneous payments, aed the fact that the passage of the Military Bounty Land Balls will, for many years, prevent the public lude irum being, u heretofore, • source of eeeee us, may render a farther loan •us wary, but not for env present wants, as the amount now in the different depositories, subject to the draft of the United State* treasurer, is 11,936,012 dole. The President, however, ihat 'the * demands seeming withisi the two next fiscal years upon the treasury, be met, if practicable, without resorting to new loans. Bence the departure of the last steamer stocks have been unusually active for the season of the year, and prices ip -rtieularly or the non-dividend paying stocks) have advanced materially. Sate stocks firm, and in request, with hut few offering. The Stocks of the principal railroads have been in active demand, and large rake of ins stocks and bonds have been made to foreigners. Government securities have not varied much since our last report. The fact is, that the high rates now demanded cause capitalists to seek for sale investments which prey a higher rate of interest. Foreign exchange has beta In request, and rates have rather unexpectedly ad vanced. The supply of bills on the continent is limited, the recent discouraging accounts for American securities, is Hamburg particularly, preventing their use as remittances. We quote London, 1094 to 110; Peri., 620 to 6.174 Amsterdam, 40/ to 414; Hamburg, 364 to 364; Bre mai, 794. (From Talcott sad Brother's Circular.) Oar last respects were per .Cambria, 25th ult. On the Nltts the sales amounted to 900 bales, about one half for home we, without change in price. On the 27th 830, chiefly for export to France end continental ports. Oa the 21tb, Liverpool advice, of the 15th. per Europa, were received by telegraph from Halite', and being very unfavourably construed, caused a decline of e., at which 1,000 bales were sold. Toe alarm here was caused chiefly by the rlitical aspect of affairs on the continent. On the 29th, awaiting their letters, havers generally withdrew, end only 300 bales were sold, incluning come parcels at • further reduction of le. Oa the 30th the letters were re. calved, and their tenor twine more favourable than the tele graphic advice', 850 bales ware sold at slightly improved geiore. Oaths 2nd 111011 Int the sales amounted to 1,200 bales, relieving the market of "pressing parcels," and today holders have demanded and obtained in toe sales efftcti d, 800 bales, is advance. Our quotations are reduced fully to le. on Uplands, and 1 to 4c. on Gulf cottons, compared with those last advised, and the decline has bun stayed only by the telegraphic reports of the advance in price in the southern markets-4c. in Savannah and Coerleeton. and to le. to New Orleans. 't " Ira the latter port being quoted on the 29th ult. at 138 to 4, with sales of 10,000 bale*. The receipts at the pond are 48,979 hales lees then last tar; tote stocks in the interior towns also show a d. ficiency of 7,600 bake, and the stocks at the ports of 79,422 bales. The lightness of our stuck causing all foreign orders ti pus by us, narrowing down transactions to a mere local demand, account' lo a great museum for the want at buoyancy here, and the fact that at the quotations annexed shipments from southern ports would loos 3 dole. to 5 dole. per bale. Tu• Cater.—The admires received from reliable corre spondents authorlas as to sonfient in the most positive mannac toe alginate advised per Asia, bth ult. The truth or emir& eettinstee will this year be established at an exey date, for the tine picking weather, finer than that of any previous &won on record accept the last, hay enabled planters to secure their mope very early, Main we have bee. advised feces many sections that the p eking wield be finished by the Ist inst. The high comparative prime ruling being alas satisfactory to the planters, they have availed themselves of the navi gable condition of the Mississippi and its tributaries, and of the increased railroad facilities in the Atlantic states to market their crops. At mie point only, Mobile, have the receipts been materially delayed by low water, and the deficiency at this point consequently so 96,748 bales, as com pared with the same period lost year, against an estimated increase of 60,000 for the meson. Any variation from oar aggregate estimate for the United fitates that may occur, will be a reduction ; and, in refereace to the prevailing opinions on this side, we maintain that there is less distrepaney than we have ever before known at this period of the season—three fourths, et lout, adopting the estimate of 2,100,000 bales. But on the question of price, the views of op wore are u wide apart as ever ; those interested maintaining, in accord ance with the adduced opinions during the summer and alatems, from well informed parties at Liverpool and Man chester, that, with • crop not exceeding that of the put mama, middling "Orleans would rule at 91., or over, while those who ate watching an opportunity to renew their interests, maintain that consumption Du b xn, the pest season, reduced by high prices io the ratio of the supply 11.1 afforded by a crop of 2,100,W, and that " middling" will rule at or undr 7d. ; rata lacer, however, is not • tined, bat • nominal opinion. FLOOR AND °atilt. (From Edward Bill's Circular.) Daring the fortnight sines the date of my drunks per Africa, the operations in flour and wheat have been some what arrive, with little or ao change in price. The decline in freights has increased the inquiry for export (which le Welly cozened Ft Canadian) and Wes to some extent have been etfecud at 4 dole. 62i0. to 4 dela 76e. per barrel for floor, and 105 c. to 1064 e. per bushel for wheat in hoed. As the season of canal navigation is within a week or tab days of its close, the feet of • moderate winter stock of flour becomes more e. rtain, and holuers ate less 'lisped to sell at present rater. From hloatreal the toper" to England by ma to the 16th November this year, has been 114,0171 barrels flour, and 64,063 bushels wheat. To the eke* of navigation in the year 1849, it was 176,988 barrels flour, and 48,372 bushels wheat. In 1848 it was 163,597 belt flour, and 1.9,675 bushels wheat. In 1847 it was 271,659 barrels flour, and 660.868 bushels wheat. A eon , 'adorable portion of this Vide is now finding its way to this ley, and a large increase is anticioated for the nut season. The expert. to Groat Britain and Ireland from tide Fog for the foresight ending oo the 30th November, were 42.712 barrels flour, and 91,175 bushels wheat (26,000 bookish whim eorn his proem of skiipmeat, but eat yet cleared) k;suroare.—Trie rates are a trifle Iowa:, with 40 .„11•40 , " asa l a to mine extent for Liverpool at 1044. to per Dona gout, rising at the latter rats, and 4d, pet WWI as wine,. Ftpus -- The arrivals of the week past have bees heavy, b ut w ith an agtivie home trade, and name speeteladwe and import laqulry, the mutat closes firm at my soysticeo, sw am m ad weight Eats brads ..Wog it OR doh. to WESTMINSTER SCHOOL PLAYS. The " Andtia" of Terence was repeated last night before a great number of visitors, including amonirothers the Marquis of Laesdowae, Lad de Roo, Viscount eourtenay ; M. Van de Weyer. the Belgian Minister, and his sou ; Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justiee Williams, Mr. Justice Telfourd, Sir David Dundee, the Deen of St. Paul's, General Fox, Mr. Macready, and Mr. Plowden, M.P. As is usual on the s. cond night of representation, the play was prefaced with • Latin prologue, which was spoken by Mr. Blegdee,the captain of the school. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE PAST WEEK. The Official Arpmt, says: The mortality of Lon don, which in the last week of November declined to 861 deaths, and in the subsequent week rose to 1,004, now ex. bibles a; further in of considerable amount. The deaths regls'ered in the week ending last Saturday were 1,090, • number which is greater than that of any eons. spo , ding week in the ten years 1840 9, with four exceptions —namely, in 1844, when a week of unusually low tempera. titre ('he mean not exceeding 28 degrees) was fatal to 1,201 persons; in 1846, when the deaths were 1,163, that week being also marked by low temperature; in 1847, when the deaths rum to 2,416, at that time influenza being epidemic; and in 1848, when they were 1,139, fever then prevailing to some extent, and cholera having appeared. Last week has carried off an unusual number of aged persons (those of 60 years and upward.) ; and the increase over the previous return is principally caused by bronchitis and pneumonia, or inflammation of the lunge. In the lest three wet ks the increase of brooeliitis appears from the Lumbers returned es follows : 64,88, 114 ; that of pneumonia is chows by 67, 86, 113, whilst the mortality from ptithisis in the same periods has been more uniform, namely, 96, 113, and 116 deaths. The greater activity of sattil.pox, 1 slaty, has leen noticed; la the present return it numbers 24 fatal cues (nearly the same as in the preceding). •f which 4 oncarred vs persons above 20 years of age. 'Aeon Grove, In Marylebone, is still distiaguishal by its ravages; five additional CMS (all except one being described u " variola, natural") were re gistered in the week. With reference to a case in St. Cle ment Danes, the registrar remarks, that " the father of the demand objects to vaccination, but ean offer no reason for I.is opinion ;" and reports from other districts prove that the person hers referred to is not singul►r in his prejudice. Other-important epidemics us measles, which numbers 20 eases, scarlatina 29, pooping-cough 42, croup 12, and typhus 37. From deirrecei there were only 10 death.; two, caused by cholera, are recorded thus —ln Sr. Giles, at 13, Clark's-buildings, on 6th December, the daughter of a coatermonger, aged 3 years, died of "bilious cholera (24 hours), convulsions (2 hours)." In West London, at 16 Dean -street, St. Andrew's, en 9:h December, the daughter of a lapidary, aged 16 years, died of " English cholera (50 hours)." As described by the reeirrar, " the street is narrow and not very clean." In connexion with various deaths from seerlatina and typhus, the registrars are careful to mention nuisances to which the sufferers have been ex posed ; in one instance • large cesspool oozing t►rough the Boor, which the inmates of the house find it necessary to cover with sawdust ; in another "an open sewer behind the house;" in • third " offensive effluvia from cempools ;" and in • fourth, a drain " offensive in the extreme," indeed, so bed th►t the persons who live there cannot tuff , Lr the door to remain open, and frequently the head of the family is Weed with vomiting before leaving for his work is the maniac The mean daily reading of the barometer at the Royal Observivory, Greenwich, was highest on Sunday, when it was 30 232 in ; it was also above 30 in. on the two following days; the mean of the week was 29.935 in. The tempera. tore wee lowest on Ttpeday, when the daily mean was 32.8 deg., which Ic less by 6 deg. than the average of the same day in 7 years. It rose on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, when the mean was about 46 deg.. orb deg. above the ge. The mean of the whole week was 40.1 deg. The wind was for the moist part in the south-east on the first Lur days, aid in the south-west for the rest of the week. HISIZURZ OF OXFORD COLLEGE PLATE FOR POOR Raras.—ln cotmeguenee of a distress warrant hating been issii-d against the &y. Dr. Wellesley, principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford. by the city yergietrates. for a poor rate for the parish of St. Yeteulgilailey. amounting to 31 195., and 75. expenses, the inspector of the Orford police, on Saturday last, carried the same ir:ct effect by seizing half a dozen silver forks from the lodgings of the principal. The questioa respecting the ibibility'of the different collages to contribute towards the relief of the pre. of Os'ord has long been le agitation. It will be remembered that some few years 1113 a e!milsr seizure of plate for poor rates wee made by th , officers of S. Michael's pariah at Exeter College, which led to a trial before lirti.act A-herley, when the parish officers, who employed !Replant (now Mr. Juetic ) Talfourd, wen beaten, owir.r to a technical point; the college, who had for counsel, Mr. Erie (now Mr. Justice Erie), proving that they were part and parcel of the parish of St. Mildred, which parish, it appeared, had, for eeclesiutical purposes, been merged into that of St. Michael's, and All Sainte, but not for parochial matters. The principal of New Inn Hall has redeemed the plate by paying the amount of the poor rate and expenses. An 1C.1017 will, we undimmed, be brought against the pariah oaken for an illegal seizure, when the question as to the liability of the colleges and halls to pay poor rates will be tried upon its merits. Similar proceedings will shortly be tikes satinet Pembroke College, for the payment of poor rates to the pariah of St. Aldate. v. PRO7BCTRD HARBOUR AT BRIGHTON.—A litho graphed view of a projected harbour at Brighton, on the recoil plan if Mr. W H. Bml'b, has been for carded to us for inspoetion. We are also informed that a public meeting lon the sutler is to be held at Brighton on the 19 h instant. The data before us ere scarcely sufficient to warrant a de ' tided expression of opinino on our part; but the subject is One of the utm at importance, and we hail with pleuure say practice' movement towerds its realisation. We are glad to see the question taken up by our coat residenters, and feel convinced that the discussion will do good, even though no iroZediate acti,n should POOL 110X.E9 AT COUNTY COURTS.—At the Mary- Irb,ne County Court on Monday, Mr. Herring, ellieitor, of Lissom-grove, at!flteceing the judge (Mr. A. Amos), saki he had been deputed by a client, Sir Frederick Watson, to hand into this ri tut 21 24. (which he would aecompany with 11. Is. from hinted°, towards yetabliabing a poor's box, to relieve, sa his Honour might ti.qnk fit, than whose dis tresses were made known in the hearing' of cases wherein they were (anointed. His Honour observed that he had heard of a county court poor's bra, but he would willingly secede to the prposittee, and suleserftwa Tri Si. towards the same, as there were many instances id lbs worse of investigations in those warts where persons of good chareeter had, thmtigh unforeseen misfortunes, been redwood from a respectable position in society to abject p iverty, and to whom trifling pecuniary aid would be a great boon. Thanks were due to Sir Frederick Watson for his benevolent project, and be had no doubt that mitt mutely the plan would be adopted at county courts of other district& y hid I pfejsadleill kisses, upon e =mere.. It hr a tendeney to rt,, , th the betimes of importing. and t her eh of employment into the ad di s hes's% we, mho ore alike fo r ottlqestion. of so oath. By these fie of Cremes, r expressed as the Eget, motive of policy sod dot?, ok the *truest wadies el Cesqrses 11,04 s►ould dorsi it unwise t at. ono. us the s) stem el borsias duties tome iodiepensable to doe pesrtlsu :1 remedies, se ie the tet ,he eft:a onsplaletel of, should ►e at ,?eiLla dense woad, is lay *aka. resa,dy lee ibis evil ; but, It Fos IMF. then, se s pseud resesidy, 1 reeimainead thin. issread el *skies abroad es a mesas el asteroids' its sees of which lanais it Se is massy r, the law be so shears' es to regain ousel, to be regulated is sash ma. practicable, uniformity in the several is California, I am informed that the re compelled to dispose of their gold This appear to me to be a ►eavy ae labour of those employed is (m -etal; and I doubt cot you will be period poenble, to relieve them nom of a mat. In the sesatioe, as as blished there, I would respemially erasion the propriety of antberisiag is been assayed and stamped to be government due,. I ascot eenefive d suffer soy lose by sash a provision, buliioa to its per value, and thereby triturated) many mdlrou or dollars to re now paid an brokerage to convert available wade. This discount open • heavy tax, end every effort should potent to relieve them from so great a ,rthe of our population ere engaged in soil. TM commercial, m►ndseturing, to aro oU, to a g rest extent, dep. ugh at thenstie, th u s utast isapOrant interest s a juet claim to the footman we and ancient, so ha as they can be extended provaiiios of the ednalatntion. As this he ordinary modes of legislation, 1 re• the establishment of an aerieultural with the duty of giving to this lesding odustry tha socouragement which it so ,w of the immense mineral itWillCt. of shoula also be made for the employ • mineralogist and chemist, who stwuld is direction of the head 01 the b A the rarii.us minerals of our country, careful suslyais, their reepsetien ehr and their IsdaPtatioo to Useful ra ds° be rn quind to anemias nod report different sods, sad th• wares twat their productiveness. By publiabing porta:mita, with suitable explanations, and distributloo of tare seed• and one ea to the beet system of middy& June to promote this groat national the act of Congress, pawed on the ovidieg, among other this" for taking supenntesdant was appouited, and all td which wife domed °sensory to ed faithful pestorolaithe of that duty. early made will, it is believed, be thin ole expanse of the work; but furnia near, in regard to the compensation I, of the territories. It wilt alai be moo Ir) law, at as early day, for the istrocts of the returns es the puolic growth of oar territories on the Pa. K.puletion, ud the eons/quest thereat* ,mtherniel relations with the Adults r u the duty of the goverathent to use .11 er to issue the means o f intercourse opeami "a line of comma- a most expeditious of which the nature &tot," beiertea the valley of the wen brought to your notice by my twat Talmage ; sad ao the resume which ir Vi the measure mill *Mat ta tali lures, your attention to them, sad to repeat then made by him. Bien exist* to regard to the validity of rout is a subject which d.aisnds your Loris bouire of land is that State are s said to hos* been made by authority thou:ea governments. Marty o: mai« 'Acted, Oben have been revoked, sad M I v raudalant. eat until tbey ' seall r io..augated, they will oosuase to t and susyruvemeat Of he mutt,. 1 r reevomend teat previa.= be .a4O by of a laestimiusers to Oa .DIN all aw to their final adiasteotat. 1u eat your attention to am propriety of , ly day, oar system of land law., with a may tut atormary. over the mots of territories of Utah Lod Nam Yen... of California trill, of coons, ken ea general systems which easy be adopted. divans, of then have bens nunteited. ,c , I to leaner the system of leaned, es it A , . latest revenue to the soverament. ft .t snarl y .daunt nonevents; bet mil our raperieeee in leasing the lead !soda IJA credit, have . ' brought ielu•tou (tat there would be gnat dab !,e rents, and that the relation al eetstor ten the wiz ns and the goverment, nth many saissitiorousconstulienem. 1 treat, instead al retaining the 111111Sfa mutest matrel a the government, they parcels mad mold, under such reuric• r boa time, u will i. sore the best pews, etually agaanst combinations of capitalists f T. la, •ad the acquisition of Cabloenia ,are pieta lammed issportscre to our the 'emus tribes brousht •`.der our ■ antat•eatente of our n .undaries ore !, • population of one hu•u:ad nad id. Mesas an surrmoded by powerful he are a wares of tionstant terror sad balsamic. Separating into small prods .)• mounted, they overrun the csuntry, intro, tog crops, driving off us hole herds 1:11u.11 suurderiog W inhabiraats, us- isptivity. 'fits great ends leadirg into I,.ted with these, whereiy travelling r uangersus, sad isnrigratioia is almost It.e Mexican frontier, wnich, by the llth of le orstelups lisdalgo, we are brood to Its:taus sitb,. our border, is exposed to fly with our own. The asihtuy force entry (although fonaing a large pour. r rresanted aa entirely inaduquato to ar.4 the fultilsunt of our trusty stipula- The principal degeneracy is in cavalry, rat Co. gross should, at u early a period . the raring of in. or aura real m:h. sums se this sisbjest, and others intarests, sod tie &fence 01 our to tue report of the Seerstary of the i oratory of War. t to your favourable consideration the d in the last mentioned re; oe, and in taroks-chief, relative to the eetabli•h tut the Mitt oh ai.abled and destitute I. Cl appeals so straggly to ycar sympa te .upettluous to mu to say anything u tapreas my cordial approbation of the tc give protection to our commerce tt.tenets la the different quar4n of the eaception -of - a Angle steamer on the e ?YOWLS in cotamOsion are di.tributed an e heed of that department will exhibit the yuedrone, and of the several vowels em nta past yam. It is a solute of emu r they have been contently yin pared tor ney, they have everywhere met with the my due as well to the dignity ae to the us and jun peewees of the narJess. stint. in rept. d by the government ken • N sad plead tender the men ; r i.evy, to proceed to the Arctic eras minder, Sir John Franklin, and a c scer,s.cice with the set of imagrear, ape ~ had, wi.en Ism beard from, penetrated re letttude ; but the mere. of this noble Prise is yet uncertain. :vaitun'to the riser of our present naval itmituree preeested in the report of Ms ivvy, and the ennestions thereto mode wittlur wish the naval policy rn. e @aunty of oar Pam& coast, and the tension of ome ammo' with Eastern et for a larger portielpsuon is the trade mesas of oar roast settlements on the ate too obvious to be overlooked or . relation to rank in the army hod navy, ',twain officers of the two branches of the L. the (Retitle, by cerain r.solutions of , entatires, at the last sermon of Congress, '0 a beard of officers in each bronco of It report say he expected at an early day. commend the enactment of a law autho• In army and navy to b• retired from priest lot its vigorous and active duties, curable provision for thou w►e hays ‘i.r country, ■nd awarding disobedient, prayriato commands those who have bun 'soot for gallantry sod good undue. .0 of the country to maintain sod honour iclu.d..n of other pursuits, have devoted r.luous ear-vise, this obligation should not .i rt, re with the efdciiney of the service being sh's to !tate, that the estimates of navy in the coining year are les, by ot dollars, then those of the present, '•pii.tioo which may biome notrentary of *dock en the west of tie Patine, t.,:h are now billag comaidard, sad cm rt may bs ezpwtedevly la your pew TWO DAYS LATER FROM AMERICA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, WZDNISDAY Moamar°. The Franklin has wired. She left New York on the 6th. The Franklin was unable to leave New York on the bth, owing to the dense fog. The Helena Sloman, of Hamburg, a screw-steamer, left Southampton, with 180 persons on board, on the Ist of Nov., for New York. The passengers and crew were principally Germans. Shewss discovered in latitude 42 deg. 13 min., longitude 30, on the 28th, by the American packet Devonshire, having been beating about eight days In great distress. In the at tempt to rescue the persons on board four of the crew of the Devonshire, acd flee of the passergers of the Helena Sloman were drowned. All the English passengers in the Helena Sloman were saved. The names of the crew of the Devonshire which were lost were G. Johnson, third mate, and Hasson, Riley, and Mac Arthur, 'semen. Dr. Lutz, of Wartemburg, was among those who were lost. A mutiny was at one time imminent among the crew. The ravages of the cholera at Jamaica were still dreadful. Tte o'tizene of New York propose sending relief to Jamaica. The President's message has been well received throughout the country. Deepatehes of some importer ee were forwarded by the Niagara to Lord Palmerston. The money market is abundantly supplied, and a steamer from Chagrin is daily expected with the half monthly remittances of gold. New ORLIAIIe, D.C. 4. _ _ The Texan legislature have accepted Mr. Pearce's Boundary Bill unanimously. In the Senate there was only one negative vote, and in the House there were five. Cotton : 6,000 bales were sold within the last three days, with barely one eighth decline. Freights were dull. Cottons toLiverpool were 7-16 d. The American mail steamer Wuhington has just arrived here from Bremen, en route to New York. She has been delayed by he►vy gales in the North Sea. CANADA. Our correspondent writes as follows : MONTREAL, Dec. 2. A topic of no little importance to Canada has been on the tapis of public discussion during :he week : it is the question of reducing the tariff on English im ports, and leaving it, se at pretreat, on American. This is contended for, as a retaliatory measure, because the Americans have refused, and most probably ever will, to give us reciprocity. If the proposition were put into effect and English manufactures admitted at 24 per cent., instead of 12 or 15 per cent., the Ameri cans, with their high protection tariff, and extended frontier along ours, would feel the effects of it. There would no doubt be au immense smuggling trade carried on. Politically there is little uew. Parliament is ex pected to meet in February, and the government be removed to Quebec in the spring. Winter is coming fast upon as. There is snow in different sections of the countiy. The season of navi gation to the seaboard is over, and nearly so for craft in our inland waters. COMMERCIAL. The business season is nearly over, bat, since my lest letter, there hes been a good local busineu done at the tallowiag quotations: FLOI/11.-81ipertima, No. 2, 195. to 205.; No, 1, 202. 6d. to 20.. Bd.; saucy sad extra superfine, 20s. 9J. to 21s. 66. ; line, none; sour, 18s. 6d. to 20s. 3d. Oasts, &`.—U. C. w►eat, per 601 be., 4e. 3d. to 4s. 6d ; red, 35.9 d. ; U. 8., mixed, 35 9d.; L. C. red, per minot, 41.61. Asuas.—Pots, per owt., 275. 6d. to 21.. 6d. ; pearls, 275. 91. to 28s. 3d. Poaa..-61.e, per barrel, 72.. 64. to 76e.; prime mem, 655.; prime, 475.16.1. to 60a THE INDIA MAIL. We have received ttlegraphio intelligence from I) aver, informing ne of the snivel there of our despatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail from India. _ . The letters and papers (of the contents of which e lengthened summary app.ared in Monday's Express) w;11 not arrive in London in time for publication this evening. VISIT OF THE AMERICAN AMI MANCHESTER. The Hon. Abbot Lawrence, the minister of the United Sweet° Sits country, arrived at Manchester on Mon day evealae by railway, from Liverpool, on a visit to MrAlex. Henry, M.P fur the county, and one of the leading partners in the great American shipping beam with which his name is c enacted. A large party of distingulahed persons was in vited to meet his Excellency so dinner at Mr. Henry's house, the Woodland'. Yesterday morning a more public re ception was given to the distinguished visitor at the Town Hall, where Mr. John Potter, mayor of Manchester, had invited a liege party of the hookup, merchants, manu facturers, and other priseipal inhabitants to meet Mr. Lawrence at twelve o'clock, and the proceedings were of a very interesting and pleastog character. AlllOO, the gentlemen prised were—Tbe Bebop of Mincheeter, John Bright, Kees , M.P., Alexander Henry, Esq., ICP , Junes Heywood, EN., 111. P., J. P. Weethead, Seq.. M.P., Sir E. Armitere, T. Baxley, Esq. (President of the Chamber of Commerce), J A. Turner, Bur (President of the Commer cial Associatiorg q , Belie Schwabe, Esq., Henry Aehworth, Esq., J. C. Harter, . Samuel Fletcher, Esq , W. R. Callender, Esq , Alderman fibuttieworth, Jo hn Mama, Esq., Alder man Watkins, elke. Tee reception took place in the mayor's parlour, at the Town Hail, and his Excellency was led Into the room and introduced to the mammy by the mayor. His worship the msycr then seated himself at the bead of the table, with Mr. Lawrence on boo right bead, and Mr. Bright, M.P., no his left. His Eloslleacy was remits, din a very amid and est tering manner, amidst great cheerieg. Ti. following resolution was peeped unanimously 0 That this meeting of bankers, merchants, and mann lecturers, areembled in the town Hall, Manchester, under the auspices of the mayor, new deans most coratally to welcome his Excellency th e Hon. Abbott Lawrence, the American 'Meister plenipotentiary, to this aat of industry ; to assure him of the high appreciation here entertained o' the great nation which be represents, the United States of Armories; to convey to him the ardent hops that peace may he permanently maintained between his vestry and Great Britain ; and to express the moot fervent desire that friendly and commercial intercourse may be extended, equally to the advantage of both monodic" Hit excellency, in returning thanks, alluded to the great Elbinitioa of 1861, and expressed himself in terse of high approval of it. objects, and was loudly cheered at the elm of his acidness, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Mayor of Manchester for his kindness in presiding. Mr. ALIXANDIit MACKAY. author of "The Wester. Werld," who bee recently fainted his appointment as ▪ , asimioner to India, trim the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, to inquire into the espabilitii a of that groat empire for growing cotton, and the obstecles wbich have hitherto retarded its cultivation by the people:of India, is now on a visit to Manchester, previous to his embukstion from Southampton at the cloth of the present month. Mr. Alen. Mackay dined last evening with Mr. Thos. Bagley, Presi dent of the Manchester Cnamber of Committal; sad amongst the gentlemen who had accepted invitations to meet bim, and were present, were Mr. K. Cobden. M.P., Mr J. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. John Bright, M.P., Air Blanah Armi•age, Mr. Goone Wilson, Mr. A'dermen Shatdewortb, Mr. Aldermen Watilne, Mr. Callender, Mr. Thos. Ashton, Mr. Crafts (of the American house), and other loading gantleinim, rairehaat., maint'setunrs. &o. RIPII2III/tTATION or Warr BENT.—We have ito memo whatever to believe that Mr. Hodges has at present soy later:Mon of retiring; sad we feel quite cousin that the people of West Heat will im glad to aril %kurtosis's of Kr Hoagie's valuable aerviate so long as that getttlemea &omen to reader them. Ws mast repeat, however, what we have often said before, that our firm belief is that West Heat might am surely raters two liberals (U the TqllJoll/011 of the upper part of the county were properly locked after) East limy, sad that any other good reformer might dm rem in with Hr. Haim without dillovity.—Maid. *es Gamete. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. itzrota ML COMOILNIMIZA FOMILANPUL Ix is LORD Iitt2ITINOTOWER. no bankrupt's debts wire about 25,0001., and creditors to tha amount of 18,4001 hays proved their dt tel. His terAi wa was pawed upon his executing a bond to pay Into mart a sun of 20,0001. out of any watts that might descend to him. Mr. Cooke appeared for creditors to the amount of 16,9001. In support of a petition that the tipde usignee might bei unloved.. Mr. Chidley, for the &soignee, contended that the signa tures of the petitioners had not been duly attested. Mr. Cooke referred to the statute commonly called Lord Bldea's Act, and vontended that its conditions had been duly complied with. It was masted " that the signatures of the petitioner, shall be daily attested by tie solicitor actually pipelines the petition." In this case a portion of the sig nalmen bad been 'Vested by Mr. Ribert Still, of New square, Lincoln's-inn, who was the actual solicitor to the pe• tidos. As the creditors resided in different parts of the country, other signatures had been attested by Mr. Nyu. His Rocca, said he bad some difficulty in the matter, them being no case in which • decision had been given, whether, when a portion only of the signatures were duly emoted, it was held sufficient to invalidate the whole. Tim Conn of Review, however, had decided that when the monis of the act had been complied with, the petitioners might be allowed to amend. Frac:badly, in this case one petition was as good as a hundred. He would permit the petitioners to amend, by striking out the names that had not been pro perly attested. As this would require an adjournment, the costs of Use day would be allowed to the assignee. Alta a conversation, Mr. Cooke prei. reed, as a lesser inconvenience, to present a new petition, and the petition was accordingly dienMed with mete. LYBOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. HETWAII'II BITETIAT -IN THE MATTER OP W. BIMPIELD. This Insolvent, the keepLr of the George public-house, at Backside, w►ere Helium retreated on hie attack by the draymen, and whose case was before the court on a former omisailn, again appeared on his application under the Pro tection Act. There was now no opposidon. It will be recol. ' hided that the insolvency bad occurred in consequence ef the crowds attracted to the George, and the absence of the regular customers in consequence of such attendance. It was end‘ntood that the insolvent received nothing for 'haltering the marshal from tae mob. Ile stated on the pre sent occasion that he was rill in the public-house, selling beer and spirits until the landlords could let the premises. Chief Commissioner—l thought so, and pray who are the landlords? The insolvent replied, Means. Pioneers, the brewers, of Whitechapel. It was stated that on the former hearing a Mr. Adler, who hell a bill of sale on the property at the George, was examined. . . . . . . ~ The Cuter Commissioner asked whether the ease had peen opposed, and w.s answered in the negeuve. His Honour granted the insolvent hie Haul order. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIS DAY. OLD COURT. POSS-01PICI ROBBERIES. J. Sinew, 26, pleettcu guilty, newt.. Mr. Gurney, t the etarge of et. aline • p•st•ietter, the property ut the Poet- Bayou MIL JUITICZ N lUDTYYI YID ML 8.4110,1 14.41 r, A. Edney, 32, was indicted for stealing a letter containing two silver watches, the property of the I",,staiaster General. Mr. Clukson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Nalluitine. It appeared, from the testimony of several witnesses, that on the 6th of last April, Mr. blau, a watchmaker, carrying on business in Newgate-street, enc:oud two G watches in a smell wooden box, which he enclose d in a sheet of paper, and addressed to • Mr. Warterabsrg, a jeweller at Lytham, in Lancashire, and he then posted ti at toe principal Ole*. The parcel never arrived at its destination, and, neewith startiog the inquiries that were made by Mr. Oehr and by the authorities of the Post-office, nothing what ever transpired upon the subject of the Wes until the 28,h of November, when, In consequence of information that was received, Peak., the Post-ottice con stable, went with the prisoner to the lodging occupied by him, in the City-road, and, ies a drawer which the prisoner handed to him, the officer found one of the missing watches. sad when the prisoner was asked to amount for the passe.' awn of it, he sold that be had. bought It of a putts: earned Levee, at Southampton, and that be had given en old. watch and two sovereigns in cachous° for it. The prisoner, upon this discovery being made, woe taken into custody, and, Irmo subsequent inquiries, it was after wards ascertained that, in toe month of April, the prisoner bad given the other silver watch to the wire of a person named Mitchell; and both the watches were now produced, and identified by Mr. Geier as thou which he bad sent to Mr. Wartemberd, and which had been lost under the circum stance. stited. . _ . Mr. Bantams addressed the jury for the prisoner, and et.deavoured to show that it was possible he might have re ceived the property from some other person, and that, taking into consideration the long period that bad elapsed between the robbery and the finding of the property, the evidence wu not conclusive of the Let ut his having stolen the ankles. Mr. Justice Wigbtmsn summed op, an 1 the jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to be :ranspnted for ten years. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTS mount RAILWAY. Yesterday a special general meeting of share. holders in this company was held et the Loneon Tavern, Builsopsgate-strest, for the purpose of forfeiting 10,4.55 shares, on which the sum of 11. IW. per share, due on the lit of June, 1848, remained utspaid, and of authutising the directors to take measures for the recovery of the same. " • ' " "" Aunts fsw observations from the chairman, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, • resolution was moved for forfeiting 10,332 shares, on which the last all of 30s. per 'hare had not heen p►id, with &view of their being dispowd of, and the aUottees sued (or any loss accruing upon them, so that the company might be wound up, and the hah.oce of the money in band divided among the remaining shareholders. In reply to questions, it wu stated that the probable amount of then tarn would be from 10r. to 18e. per share; and that, if it woe attempted to wind up the company wider the Abandonment Act, it would not only take twelve months to complete the winding up, but probably lead either to the absorption of the whole of their funds or interminable Chancier, suits. . The resolution having been carried, the meeting separated, after giving the usual vote of thanks to the chairmen. CARDINAL WISEMAN.—The new cardinal, it is said, has received autograph letters of coni.ratularion from the Emperor of Austria, the Ring of Bavaria, and the President of the French republic. ST. PAUL'S KNIDWfSBRIDGE.—A correspondent eau "It wee reported in clerical circles yesterday that the &shop of London had appointed his examining chaplain, the Rev. Wm. 0. litunphry, to the important benefice va cant by Mr. Bennett's resignation. Mr. Huinphry is a young man, who acquired some distinction at C.mbridge, sod who is a Fellow of Trinity College in that University. He has not, however, that we are aware of, ever had a cure of souls ; and except in the capacity of examining chaplain, which be has filled more than three years. he is entirely aeknown in the diocese of London. The rev. gentleman lab:nre ander the suspicion of being inclined towards tracterian opinion., but he has been ea little before the p .blic that the juice or ielustice of title charge is a matter difficult to decide." A HURRICANE—We announced yesterday in our list of maritime multi. a the loot of the barque Sir Robert Peel. The news wen brought by the Peninsular mail 1 , 02111ei Iberia. In feet, the captain of the bargee, his mate, and carpenter strived home in that packet as distressed seamen. Captain M'Ewen stated that he left Liverpool in August lest, hound for 13.,mbey, and arrived cif the Cape de Verdi on the 2nd of September. On the 3rd, at noon, he was under royals, all sail set, when a hurricane came on, and at midnight he was dismantled, his decks swept n 1 every Oleg, and his ship • complete wreck. Re remained by the ship using every exertion to keep her afloat, misted nobly by his crew for two der, when all being worn oat by 'account toil at the pumps, with no hope of saving the vine, he, with his mew, to/tate/41in* in number abandoned her, and they all took refuge in a small tourxrarad gig, the only boat they had left. They took with them • small quantity of water and biscuit, all they could save from the wreck, ard after two days, during which they experienced great sufferiage, they succeeded in reaching St. Viene., one of the Veres, a distance of 120 miles from the wreck. The British consul here took charge of them. The crew were sent to Sierra Leone in a stemma. The captain, his mate, and carpenter were sent to Lisbon in a Portuguese brig, which was 23 days on her postage, and they srrived there a few days before the Iberia sailed. The Sir R ,bert Peel had a valuable serge on board. The hurricane In which the bargee was lost was experienced most severely at the Cope de Verdi; in fact, such a one had never been known there before. The island of St. Vincent suffered greatly from it. The York Town, American corvette, was wally wrecked also in the hurricane on the island of St. logo, oat of the Cape de Verde; two of the crew were drowned. This happened Jost previous to the loss of the Sir Robert , Peel. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. —A special gourd meeting of this Coo posy wen held at the C , ..mpany's offices at Maryport on Monday, the 16th inst., at noon, for the purpose of authorising the director, to raise for the pur poses of the Comoany the sum of 83,9211. by the issue of new shares, sad to determine the conditions of such issue. F. L. B. Dykes, Esq., in the chair. After considerable dis cussion the business of the meeting was aoeompleshed by Mee Worries of the following resolution : " That preferen tial Awes of 121 104. each be issued by the Mer e port and Cahill* Beltway Company ,under the Act of 6et 7 Vie., to the gamut of 83,9211. at • preferential dividend of 41. per cent. per annum, payable half yearly, and the Whims of such shares to be entitled to participate in any Increase of dividend beyond that rate, should the Haryport and Carlisle Railwayrealiee a greater profit to the shareholders pas. ray, ~ ~„