The Express. — London, England, 1854-01-06 00:00:00

THE STRIKES. BIRMINGHAM AND (711011 • &PIMA". conassrownaiir.) You have prominently drawn attendees to Birming ham and Birmingham men. Let me say a word on that subject. Attention is being forced to the condi tion of the working men in thimimt districts, and the different circumstance in which they are at this particular time found to be comp& a comparison between the operatives of Birmingham and of coma other industrial districts of the kingdom. The grit test of the condition of any local population is the morality of its habits. Under this head we find • remarkable fact in regard to Birmingham in the returns on drunkenness of last session. In 1841, the nu mber of convicted drunkards was 2,020; whereas iu IS3I, notwithstanding a considsnabls imams in the population, it was only 867. The =seat • dczen years ago was not large in oaaparirea with other places; at present, it is so me n as to draw attention at once to a geese re As might be expected from each aa hmiketlee, the people are highly prosperous, ami day certainly appear to be at present, cm the whole, stag their prosperity extremely well. The woraiplasso are Lot difficult to point out. They are found aneept the least educated class, with scattered instances of very highly skilled workmen who, earning as much in three days as most of their neighbours do in a week, work only three days in a week, and sink under the temptations of idleness during the rest. . The great peculiarity of Birmingham, in its mann- I factoring aspect, is that it has few citizens of great wealth, and much less than the ordinary proportion of very poor. Its business is one of unmeoes detail I (and therefore bard work) with small profits. Masters, as well as men, have to work bard for their living. This is favourable to a fellow-feeling between the two classes; and it does not, as might be thoughtlessly anticipated, render the pursuit of education and recreation more difficult than else where. There is, we believe, no town in England where the means of recreation so largely abound. Besides the libraries, and the lectures on all manner of subjects, to which its central situation is so favourable, there is the Town-hall with its Monday evenir.g concerts,—threepenny concerts, which are largely attended by the working men and their families. There was a crowded at tendance last Christmas Monday, to hear the Messiah, which produced a profound impression. There is the fine Botanic Gard,n, open for a penny on Mondays; and the grass is worn bare with the multitude of feet, while the shrubs and flowers re main untouched. The popular movements in Bir mingham for early closing and the Saturday half holiday are well known ; and they are as remarkable for the sense and temper with which the claim is urged on the one side and met on the other as for the real and perseverance of the men. When the Sutton park scheme is fulfilled, or some equivalent (which is sure to happen ere long), there will be no town that cm compare with Birmingham for means of recrea tion of the highest order. Another peculiarity of the place, in its industrial aspect, is that a very large proportion of its work can Is done by the piece. The superiority of piece. work over daily hiring can nowhere be more conspicuously seen. The workers are more in dependent, and so are the employers; and some of the most painful questions which arise between the two classes elsewhere are thus obviated. When a man takes his work home, to do it among his children, he must feel more than when paid by the day the dependence of the household on his personal ou.ilities. lie earns at will, when trade is good. All through many a summer's night, for two summers past, and now, all through the long winter night, the clink of tho hammer is beard, and the yellow light streams from the high window of the domestic workshop. Of course, it is not well to praise or admire such an amount of work as this. It would be much better that the people were in their beds; but the fact indicates what men will do when they feel their lot to be in their own hands. It must have been widely remarked by thoughtful persons that there have been no quarrels about wages in Bir mingham. It is true, there are none. The quartern loaf is Did. there, as elsewhere. Bent is high. Everyt hum is dear. Yet the working men make DOOOBll. plaint They ear, truly enough, that their employers did not lower wages when provisions were cheap; and that they themselves prefer regularity to chaffer ing for rise and fall according to changes of price which have nothing to do with the trade. They are educated men (each one with his book or newspaper stowed under his counter), and they therefore know the circumstances of the manufacture—that coal is enormously dear, and that there is an actual appre hension that iron will be unobtainable ere long. At present, all who choose are busy; and they wisely use the opp ortunity , — not to gain points out of their employers lose,—but to earn while employment is pleutiful, and to accept their prosperity, undisturbed by quarrel. In spite of the price of necessaries, they are, gene rally speaking, laying by at an accelerating rate. Neither do they allow themselves to be laid under contribution for the sake of other populations who are less wise and Ices independent. Cowell has been among them, and found few sympathisers with the Lancashire turn-outs. Tee lesson ought to beall the stronger to the Lancashire men from the remarkable independence of the Birmingham artisans. It is not that they decline a quarrel with employers whom they dare not offend, but that there is actually no question between them and their employeri; and they have no partialities in the case at all. If we ask why such is the state of things in Bir mingham, we may find the causes easily enough. It is much that the town is favourably circumstanced for health, which brings with it so much of rationality and good-humour. Its exemption from cholera will be remembered. It is so built upon a hill that drainage and ventilation are easy, and have always been better than in other large towns. But it is a much greater thing that, for • century past, Birmingham has been eminent for the amount and quality of its popular education. When the high church party was busy, sixty or more years since, in burning the houses and chapels of the die genteel', and breaking Dr. Priestley's philosophical apparatus, and tearing his library to shreds, those same dissenters were educating the next generation, and preparing for the morality, intelligence, and prosperity which now distinguish their town. Church and chapel hays since laboured side by side in the good•work, and the result is seen in such facts as have now been stated, and in such a spectacle of contrast se the present season offers among our towns. In Glasgow, where the amount of convicted drunkenness has nearly doubled in tin years, the Sunday steamboat is smutted, and its owners prosecuted (happily without success). Whilst in Preston, and some other towns, the opera tires are pinched with cold and hunger, and depend ent on the charity of their class for mere subsistence, we see in Birmingham 2,000 working people wren bled in holiday trim in a brilliant town-hall, pouring out their merry hearts first in shoots of laughter, and then in a series of roaring cheers at • popular entertainment. Superior intelligence finds ita own STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. - - e - The Society of Arta hate issued the following sotbfieatiesi —The Ceased of the Society ef Arts keying had the retest disputes between employees end employed in the mansfacturiog districts under their melees coesider mien, are of opinion that this society may be made, es MOM &erre, instrumental is promotiag a clear knowledge of the hem and principles involved is the questions at imam, sad may offir a neutral ground upon which both parties say fairly sod temperately d scum the hoot modes of either per vetting the outbreak of such diasstrous geared', or termi nating them as speedily and astislamortly ea possible to ell partite, when they arise. The Council, therefore, propose, is the Ant place, to hold • conference, to which they will Welts the seems' amoeistioss of muter' and operatives at Maneheeter, end the keel associations of mecum sod operatives at Preston, to send each a represeerative. They also propose to invite to the Confereem as equal number of these who Melt the most prominent p ,rt oa tither side of the bee oleopeele among the mechanical 'semen. It will *NSW be the care of the covert' to brie( to the Confereese.erilbent bias oa one side or other, as nosy as possible of dame who, without twins involved is the Labour irestien finChwoor have studi , and mastered its various hmeingse semir eil reap'', to regulate the order of ward legs le that they may have • privies' tend. sey, • beldam charlo tte, and not degenerate into vague, noisy, ter sales, de eismation. For this purpose each speaker will be strkt/y limited to a few minutes on each topic' and, that digres sion msy be readily decked, the whole subject will be &teed end divided late &Wass peepeekiese, seek.. tie Movies 1. Comblaatiess.—A,. Ibey eljestesselide. Writ= see M feet by em}lejMe Mesecisped.se s mem af telaise log Obi veleta et Mew ? Weald s law et toast lability la lead I* noise mesh at bisseme aeseese• eery ? De yawn tbs ipeeseiees obi "bleb they deal ben the Wow, seibusey Issas MI. sot pleas Am ea 4 segoissue, so 6 I% leo ne. thlaabbeley be oiset p = sod WmOseft seaseedil b y e ea mods lia 4= 1 1: 111 1 111 et == . 4 2 % ,- deed Se die deolasot of tie soessassity, might be seer enlist se seolislierd ? _ —2. litilk;n leiseta..-21eseld partial strikes. Seeded.. inks the mime of a keen" ha assail, be met by iseloeues Wee e th er isms ass Neely se be ellinal in tomioming tbma a Wooo.—Does proem by pines -week alter enbelsa- Weaf ibe aature of the minims width so well eitletwees I sod siiyed, Tem go kir ea, if weekly limns Cos Ms et prism dor pismodt be draw* so es le most the valid isomollesesT i d= eat llbeeat memeopmet. ANION& aad ma y. pospess et hopoommit Ogee mew thimes is bit terpier their sensitises .win the ef ambit= seals of penes Ar ai.. work ? ° the operatives to slam bryeed tbe maim vales sl u e Moor in Me Mereased peadseimmess of tempter's! ma diary The osaill propose that as nealeties should be adopted slept mire satire unanimity permiia. While they me ters. toe lllEVeldlleSe seer, to peeseribe as order of the they intend to ism a .tit neutrality. have awe Toesday, the Skit day of January, for Use sosteream. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, J, , The INCOME and CHARGE of the CONSOLIDATED in the QUA] amp Tim = MR Ones Lea Illiedimp „ Imps* awl Air Maw Poi= et Ihe 2=llllYese wf kiii 81,072 111,847 491,993 lb orb *meta to Me mond bag *Mop at tbo Omobdalod Tana i To cab toned to to ommoot and appliod to pig olDobtaisy DM... Diddirry diatom to .New .e n. as W. Climodillotol Pmil -- £U,181,747 'ili,iii Sp,ooo 212.54L344 NAM WAN, 51,117,44/ A 11,1131,41$ 061117Cheelpie en the Foe lamas, resporliget MCW•3I GARY 6, 1854 OF THE NET PRODUCE OF THE REVENUE'OF GREAT BRITAIN, ht TUB !RANI MD QVASTIIB MUSD JAMIIMIT 6, 1663, ARN 1664. I (ladd' Jamvaim 6. 1863, and 1864. Pamasat aw TanisNs Ammukas.. ea Itairoptirialskord bo met Margo in Cloroadded ?sad 716 . 4 .1 1 - - Itiel Charge MIS eirplus.. no Ammo( of Isolnquot tar Yowl to steot to. CbUS. os the 00114 MONK read Is the essitee e.los Oct. len, otter dadootlag COMM submed by ft/ft NY The ementbere lbegester mesa he. I, Nil, Its port of tato ems ntrttt►reer ime =bestritibeemellidert Fad toe Bapply Bayles The embile assmtellitalstwirlene roookod to matt tin Marge at tin OnoolliMod Pug on NS isootri.titt penittia M retire at may prim * 'The eackplete ahefteetisa et the awls la expected, if the hest easeiasea; aberly they are searcely savigable. . . After writing . .., above, our Leeds oonsquident aside farther inquiries yesterday(Thanday) attars's., and land that se Misses whatever could be placed ea the arrival of Midland beau , cad it seemed probable that the Leaden train, due in Leeds at one o'clock, might net wive before • very late ho•r—perhepa midnight. The Waselester trains, Ws Huddersfield, earerieneed still greater &Malty in trimening the line. At four o'clock yesterday (Thurs day) afternoon it wu stated in Leeds, that none of them had beet able.to penetrate farther than Huddendeld, owing to the obstruction of the snow. Very few trains are being meat of by the Companies; indeed, in the present sneer- Minty, there are few persons disposed to travel, except in eases of necessity. Our Binnisgham correspondent writes that in conse quence of the snow all the goods traffic on the North West ern line is stopped. The Bath ay aside of yesterday says The weather, during the lest week, has been very severe in this neigh bourhood, as well as throughout the country. The tempe rature has been 20 degrees below the freezing point. Snow has fallen neerly every day, and at the time we writs, the appearances betoken another fall. In some places the snow is lying a foot deep. The canal and basics are frozen over, of course, to the great gratification of the skaters and sliders. This ' silent highway' now occasionally rings with mirth. We regret to state that several muskies have taken plus in consequence of the slippery state of the streets. Amongst others, Mrs. Colossi Pule, slipped, while descending the bill at the tad of Widoombe Crescent, on Friday morning, and, falling on her right arm, unfortunately broke the limb in two places. Even more distressing still, a men perished on Tseeday night, owing to the severity et the cold. As the Frame mail cart was paging sear the Bath Union VA:friar:we, on Odd Down, about hail-post nine o'clock, the driver observed a man in the road. The driver alighted, thinking the man was drunk, but he was quite dead. On /malty, it tuned out to be en old man, an inmate of the workhouse, who had been to Bath during the day to give evidence before the magistrates." A telegraphic despatch, dated Tynessouth, Wednesday, 10 p m., coataine the following intelligenerr—There has been a fearful gale all day. Wind du eon tonight. The Elisabeth; the Antelope; the Anna, of Shields; the Am phitrite, of London; the Europa, of Hall; the Azethuss of Blyth ; the Kew Me ssenger , o f Li verpoo l ; t h e Si r Robert Peel, of Dundee; and the Elisabeth, of Kirkwall; all same ashore this awning. All hands of the Elisabeth were drowned. The otter crews were saved. AU** vessels bare gone to pines tonight, with the a:option of the Elisabeth and Europa, which are else braiding up; sot • rib of them will be standing in the morning. A schooner named Union has just tome ashore. Her 'row were taken off by the South Shields lifeboat. A schemer is supposed to have been ashore at Hartley after dark, sad it ie feared that all her new were drowned. A lugs tut got I. this morning. Fourteen vowels are reported ashore at Sanderlend ; news saved. We are looking for more disasters during the night. The shim are protected from wreckers by armed pslieam a. Tile Sir Robert Peel was a fine barque, from Valparaiso. Some silver she had on board bed been got on there. The French journals of the Nord, the Parde-Calais, the Oat and Somme, relate a number of catastrophes caw slotted by the mew. At Femme. a few days since, a young officer of the garrison, who bad but recently arrived there, walked down the Rue des Cordeliess, at the end of which tea ►ors pond. As it was covered with snow, he thought it was an open square, and walked ca, when the ice pre way, and he fell through in a plans when the water was nearly six feet deep. Fortunately, he war able to support hinteelf by his arms on the edge of the ise until asaistanse come and he was rescued. 478.0115 9903 111?,10 I 4119,374 96,740 324.779 Is n 1,U4,163 1.10,376 1,167,341 Qurtle: adai Um lest ended Jas. 3, Qameteresueet JIM. a, A T I!. 3 2 2 k 0, :i 5 1 . 11 . J. 3; l is at i ll, Ar s : s. 3, jit . e, - 0r .,,, , 17 . 64.5 , j ilded ,:,. ,___ lt __., 19!4. lemaees . .. 1.. . 1 _________ ..... ... ............. 4,416,02$ 0.102061 6,416.9991 4,341,114 10.061,541*61(,11(4,943,227 6,143, 1011 4 VIATIM 3 214,641 1,0711,464 5,443,911 4,1103,733 , 8,9311,64. 111,631,911 2,016,611 3,7 9 5,617 4,196, 1 ,122 1,416,1,1126,426 1,1110,411 1,611,019 6,112.211 I 1,167,741 1,676,143 1,6311, SAIPAN 114737 113.970 73,101 Imo SNAP 1,30,707 119,111 1,419,1711 {,577,543. 111,47 1,110,423 19411 I, SASSAN =LI= • ...... . !ASSAM 1,014,991 1,911,311 MAP 4,100,637 1 1, 1 33 1,011,617 1,946.041 /A 14191 16,11119 .. 139, MAP 111,400 271, 1,011,001 10,100 UMW 114, I s MOP OM Lads SO PASS 40,000 WON 30,900 j 72, 300,11611 • •111, MAO 143,41{ PlPPosices heal entire, ne= ri k - K - 13,836,898 13,343,840 11041,178 487K7 - 48 10,820,889 18,1130,037 la, 1 49 - 7 - 011;147 349,119 68,600 1111,217 Isseue sad sober Pomp' is 111.1mial• ot AiwessB 84,4411 114,633 314,041 491,993 1,421,717 171,639 424,371 441,26 4 111,702 1,1111196 161.161 110,59 7 11:481 Immo 11,174031 16,054,734 13,683.618 13,603,111 64,4116,198 . 11,2 i 9,2 H 14,301,449 14,063,1148 12.6111,1160 41,7114,1111 1,173,164 - 2/9,1:9 199,229 492,119 716 Anima appesd 16 os6. rued, Palithe ill ~. ~. I Deduct Daunt I ~. ... Aiemoss. 8,11115,1 7,IPAP 1,441.714 7,667,142 29,407,1111 1,176,919 1,1211,5111 7,170,611 10,1194.311 21,194,1121 '"."'' I Demme bartgas. j '''''''' DIP•il 24*de/owes Isteesal Demme DIIASSMAIPP I titaIw 4 Pk I2OI6O O(P•744I 1.342,970 3,107,446 003,043 4.454,342 19,610,133 5,242,016 7,962,40 7 8,W,796 1,199,3 7 19,161,5761 1,113,923 I__ . 193,031 ... 7 =Quarter. Wel THE PRESTON STRIKE. Last evening the weekly meeting of delegates from the London trade socistiee, on behalf of the Preston opirratima was held at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey, Xr. Tamanz is the slat. The attendanee of delegates was smaller than on may previous occasion. The Caurasuor said the anfortusato dispute between the asters and MS remained in the same Miaow Ls ea in. Meatiest had mead London ; bat, in eonsequease of the stoppage of the ails, ao letters bad been received from Preston foe the last two days. He was happy to my that subseriptioas had been coming in satisfactorily. Amongst them staved during the past week, the barbel's,- keepers had granted 201, and the Gilder' Union of John street, VA—making the total amount received from the London Trade Societies 8941. 13s. I Id. The Ssc AAAAAA stated that he and Mr. Matthews had waited az a Mr. Primly, an influential eakosan, with a view of obtaining hit assistance in gettleg addrisoss and subscription books introdueed into coffse and paklio•houses a behalf of the Preston strike. He promised his cordial assistance, and referred them to lir. Williams, a cab pro prietor, on whom they Mummer& waited, sad he took U. 'natter up warmly, offering to roomy them in a fly to the most likely plates is ,Maim assistaam end would give his own service in every possible way. (Cheers.) They had also had ea isterview with As Strong Boot sad Bhoesm ken' Society, who had promised to get up a publis meeting to obtain amistame es behalf of the ma of Prestos. The week's isms, &sweated to 1191. 118.2 d., sad the disburse /mats to 1004. Bs. 6d., leasing a balsam of 191.25. 7d. In head. The amount seat to Yretton dories the past week was 951. (Hear.) Mr. PaIL said he wished to impress upon the =din the necessity of circulating the sabscriptisa books as meek as possible, as it could not be expected that the various trade societies would maks freqseat gifts of large sagas; sad in the event of the struggle coadireing, it most be from the small subscriptions they Rust mainly expect sspport. Mr. Lomas stated that he had mato' upon the plareren of London, and at a meeting of twelve metime a that body, held at the Golden Lion, Forwstreet, • groat of 301. for Das week, and 281. for another, had been made. Mr. Aaron reported a gift of 101. from the carpenters meeting at dm Ewiag Hort*, Duks-stroot, Manchester mem, and also a sabeariptiaa. (Hoar, boar.) . . Mr. Hsxram atteaded es a delegate from the machine workers, 'situated that that body had some I. a determi nation to subscribe W. a week sash 'member es beg as the strangle should last. (Cheer.) Mr. SMALL said the earpeuten of York•road, Lambeth, had voted U. for each of two weeks. (Hear, hear.) Other reports of a favourable character having been made, the Chairman anneeneed that the UM paid in der bag the evening was about 761., end a vote of thinks to the chairman terminated the preceediap. OCR ADMIRAL IN CHINA. —•— (From the Hampshire 4 feertiser.) On the 3rd instant we commented upon the highly reprehensible conduct of Vice-Admiral Sir Fleetwood Fellow, in relation to the treatment of his flag shies com pany. It will probably be remembered by those of ear . . readers who have not a file of this journal at band, that the China press has lately animadverted strongly upon what they consider cruelty, exercised by the naval Commander in-Chief on that station, and in doing so they astanoed his having neglected to avail himself of the mail packet (when that email was starting on her route), to forward his lettere in proper time, which neglect he endeavoured to make up for by detaining the nail beat on more than one occasion, and on another by despatching one of the boats of his fag ship to pull after t►e steamer a distance of 76 miles, which occupied the crew 26 hum! In noticing the latter complaint, we briefly remarked, " We can only atigntatiu the fact of a boat's crew being made to pull a distance of 76 miles in 26 hours, and that in an open gig, in snob a climate as China, in the month of September, u some thin,* inlutoutly atrocious, because, we believe, most wa necessary. It this allegation is not minutely inquired into, and the author of the barbarity stated punished (if proved to have bad so urgent cause for this unprecedented usage of British seamen), we shall not be *Reprised to find in our China contemporary, Dom few poste hence, an mount of a mutiny on hoard the darehip on the China station. We accienneend the Admiralty to look to this matter is time. There is evidently something very rotten In the state of Vice-Admiral PellUe's administration of the affairs of the British eguadron is China." The shove appeared, u we have before stated, in our paper of the 3rd instant. We then prognosticated a 'satiny would be the result, if tbs report of such want of sonsideration and humanity on the Part of the admiral were well handed. It is with much regret we are Sow compelled to announce that what we • =oath ago foretold would kappa has takes place. Of course the mail which bore the discreditable tidinp to the London newspapers also bore to the Leeds of the Admiralty full unlash's* from Biz Fleetwood PeUew of the cause of treatment which could have led to so unusual an outbreak among British seamen, and especially among the susses of his cuss flag-ship ; and if so, we trust their lordships will be pleased to furnish the public, with the least possible delay, with an authenticated report of the cir cumstances. Thesis are not the days for the 'serene of such strict discipline (using the mildest terms) u refusal of leave for a few hours 'whore to wits who had not had' any for one-half of the term of the ship's commission ; or for the toleration of sub barbarity se that of compelling sailors to pull is as open boat for twenty-sin hours in • tropical climate. This is not the way to induce ulna tests " to some forward ; anther is it the way to engender a desire to rem►is is the marsh* as the part cot time already under the peanut. THE MURDER AND ARSON AT GI7BRNSET. OP THE TRIAL AND ?APSE'. DST. This day the wart was densely crowded at an early hoar by pewees anxious to lest. the malt of this protracted and Important trial. The bailiff, ►ariag taken his seat, west carefully through the rolualawas evidenee, pointing oat its beariap against the primer as he proceeded, bet is ceaseqsatos of the pressure of thee for closing the digits**, the repast of his obsereattoas swat be deferred to a future day. It eorepled a sonsiderable tine, sad was Flamed to with the deepest 'mutton, not ashy by the primer bat by every puma ia mut. The Janis wen mime time is someltatios, sad Aar* before 9 teak* at sight they analansly Maned a ver dict of guilty. The bailiff then la a moat impremin milkers pawed manses of death upon the primmer I. the noel form. Taman heard tbe systems with apparent ladiffeream,sad witheat anima say ebarnstion. lie was Ora reuweed to the cell, sad thu tussiasted thie extraordinary trial, having occupied thirties keg dam an event believed to be aapreeedeatad In this Wad. SUNDAY the thee el the elms tire we;;;;; moo &mtg, kg as = LOOM till • no. Titele ss onalwe of CU the boobs *S IM oho& so WNW 44141.4 GM IWO two maws W sway admire. DEATHS FROM EXPOSURE TO COLD. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Witham Baker, the mom, held en inquest in the board room of the Leaden lespital on till. of the body of a LSI= seaman, whom mem me mamma. sad ere 01 the who . perished from cold and expo issismat weather Theme Samaselyi the melatant master of Whiteehapel Wealtheaso, Moroi that ea 1 woodsy ht. about BLit Visa, he resolved ea order from Mr. the media, Alm of the maim to admit the demesed. h art fimednteb met the sot to No. 4, =la (a liesend lodging-se) T . he deemed was esiedi, sad whoa to the workhouse. It hem was thea 10 Masse re moved she lid of the est tes ilimad that the damsel was is a dyiag state. Mr. Paha, the hem sarams, was thready sent tor, sad on hi snivel fa a qualm of an hour afar the Ilaseased wee admitted he 're sonated the mahatmas ma to be deed. The disseami was yes* sled, send hi limbs were edema with the odd. Wham masted sae of the yamen M pio=the deemed is a shoU in the dead house, whoa sevestesa &Ohm and seven mot halfpenny Ittp is the maw alas Whoa roust his head. Other Leeman bad Ms hen remseed hem the moue wroethed plus., end one of thus me la a Impress meditioa. Mr. Charles Harry Palm, wtpm, MeaMpless, Ayer. chapel-road, mid that M was le see the Mom. ea the sight in peados, sad head him mite dead. The whole surface of the body was Intim* MY, !ea the severity of the amber and exposmos. The desseeed seemed to have bum wdl fed, hem the mailitlea of the body, and warm was of minim that the imesdlate IMO oof f dmh eth was er. spogiesy. podesed by the moms Mame the we flu; D - Orone . r . seld the present ems was a very lamootabk MI, sag be hoped the pereekkl seem writM de all they meld dedei Se me m* Weems. mesa to rams and elleekie the Pawky of the =Pam Other miasma Mobs hom The jeep reterned a mast of " Died from exposure to mid sad the enmity of the seselber." Pik William lake bell me lemeset Is the same p institu tion reeenkg the dose of Germ Word, aged 40, who wee found hy the pease Mai is the meow at Tuesday night !eat Ass mike emetable wee is duty la Clete& lane, Co.. saerelel-nod let, be bed Ms attendee dimmed Sel= tad apes.. imbleg WON: seen& he dimmered the e lying en his hook sulk eel embedded k the snow. We time was lost in peeves the skeleber tram the station I. Lentaanteset, ea whisk deemed was serried to the Workhouse whore Umpired three hems afoul& ad saieden. The doesind seemed so ham hese destitem foe Ids cow is die. oily meobled of as old Mae Mine and Weeteese. Me Moos, bet Ms *st IWO hosed t . tr a dlety rms. • plea of pew was awed ht h a l:4l= on vridelt was writes* la IA the mars of Mr. T Mr. Ingltas, the essgberefte of the Theme Polieemort, ar i t l i kTirr e . megese, stated Met be was edled to the asa t ne e d found deemed exemdkeity sold .ad Mit, the Ihnh hard "m 4 the pulse low. The 11111•1611111 was piled a, stisseketo were adminisoffel i mil every keel= poll to the peer fellow, but all t he WOO in vek. Tbe demeerd Med hem the newly weather, ee desk enema bp lying la tbe snow eel espoonre to the cold Th . := lL having Nmarked on the painful metre of tbe ere, The jury returned a "Mist of " Died from molars to sold and the severity of the weather." Oa Friday beton hilwast woe MIA at Hewett, br 0. A. Partridge, 'two,. mew, ow the body of Hobart &char, hawker, mewl 17, whim death owetrad seder the Movies awiteehely eltownsttesaa : Nada Gallas% al Ilattleadia, widow, that, ea Widaeaday mains, elks rode whit the deemed depen l d e lb out tram Buy to Berm, when be mewl as Iles Dist and had something to drink, a pint of beer between titres. He did not get into the cart again, hut walked at the side of it. Wane,. 'missed him between Mr. Powell's end Mr. Cottingham's houses, hat drove on to her own house, about a mile distant, thinking the deceased was following her. When she got home she sent her sou to look for him, bat he returned about eleven o'clock without finding him. It was between seven and eight o'clock when she missed him. Robert Proctor, of litattleeden, labourer, deposed to find ing the deceased neat morning about ten o'clock, lying with his face to the ground quite dead, in a field in Hes sett. His trousers were unbuttoned and down about his Imam, end from the app►arance of the snow he must have crawled a considerable distance. Mr. Shire', surgeon, of Woolpitt, deposed that from the appearance of the knees of the deceased he mast have crawled some distance on the hard ground. Deceased had died from excessive cold. The Jury returned the followingverdiet :—" Died from the effects of NUT exposed to the utclemency of the was ths."—Barry Pod. ANOTHER FIRE IN THE CITY. Yesterday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, a very serious fire broke out In Benet's-hill, near St. Paul's, which threatened the Most appalling consequences. The fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Hodgkinson, envelope-maker; bat no tram has been discovered as to its origin. Immediately adjoining the premises of Mr. Hodgkinson are the large worshops of Mr. Coombs, carpenter and builder. The workshops were necessarily filled with combustible materials, which, once ignited, blued up with great rapidity, and at first it was appre hended that before the progress of the flames could hit arrested it would communicate with and Motley the buildings in the neighbourhood. Luckily the fire engines were on the spot. The Watling street engines were in full play within ten mi nutes after the fire hoist forth; and within about a quarter of an hour there were no less than seven engines belonging to the fire brigade, and an engine from the West of England, in active operation, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood. The conflagration was terrific and illumined the neighbourhood, notwithstanding that it was day-light. The hoes were carried to all parts of the neigh borhood from which they could play with effect. Some of them were brought into Oeorge-court, but the greater nunther were brought into the church-yard of St. Dental, where the firemen had the best opportunity of playing on the burning mars. So intense was the heat that the vestry door sad . windows were greatly injured, although they were at least fifty feet removed from the burning buildings. The inhabitants of the adjoining houses were so much alarmed that they removed their lami nas to the curt-yard of the Herald's College, which is immediately opposite where the fire originated, and Un named to increase ; es a matter of burst, a great number of peewee congregated in the neighbourhood, sod stood with stolid patience for hours to view the vivid scene. There was as abundant supply of water, and the men engaged in working the engines did their duty with great vigour. Towards 11 o'clock the fire, although not extinguished, was got under control, and all apprehension of its ex tending further was dissipated. The whole of the interior of Mr. Coombs' workshops was consumed; but the walls, which were built in the most substantial manner, remained entire, and, except the blackened effects of the flames, were little injured. Mr• Hodgkineon's premises, where the fire broke out, were in. aired in the Sun Office, and Mr. Coombs' premises in the Church of England. The church and vestry were insured in the West of England. The damage is estimated at from 3,0001. to 4,0001. The houses occupied by Mr. Shelley, bootmaker, Mrs. Hannah Lawrence, tea dealer, and the premises in the immediate vicinity of where the fire rased, wen damaged, but to no very great extent. The conduct of the firemen and police was all that could be wished, and to the judicious arrangements of Mr. Braidwood, and the energetic services of those under his command, are to be ascribed the prevention of the fire end its extending so far as not to consume several streets—the street. in the neigh bourhood being narrow, and consequently adapted to °ou tline the calamity. THE WEATHER. Yesterday all the inconveaiscoes of streets blocked up with snow and reeds impassable except with a doable power of draught, was severely felt in Loudon. Daring the previous night there was another fall of snow, bat sot of any groat depth. Of the state of the provisoes we have few mansate, wept from the math and west, which are mach men free from impediments to travel than the north. Liverpool and Manchester are quite belated, es our tele- Arraoltic demitasse show. Yeeterdey seerhiall a slight thaw set in, sad as the day advanced Weenie stream. The consequence was, to was of coarse to be expected, that the streets became overloads& with welting sow and wad, to the wins impediessat of the traffic. The omnibus' generally bad four hones— & few bad three ooly, and very few indeed had bet the ordinary sompleveut of two horses. &wird tabs bad two horses and crawled along at a very moderato pave, as did all other ve►icles, except the butellet's east, whist, despite of lee, or snow, or rain, or hell, must rattle aloe, at an arbitrary past, which butchery' horses drives by butchers' boys can alone seemsplisi. Parisian cowing to or gong from town by tail, atter eueouaterhig the pulls of the journey on the imams& had to enders great immuniser' in obtainisg wheeled• horse vehicles to bring them to their destination, sad pest was the chagrin and disappointment of luny. The River we. inoperable 'seeps to a few burly coal barges, which pretested their thick timbers to the floating iso. Is soesequesu of the thaw immense quratities of Los and mow floated dawn with the river storm to be again drives back by the Wise of the tide. The Rufus of the river praented an almost unbroken skeet of ice blocks covered with snow ; and all river truths, with the exception we have atentiesed, was at a standstill. This (Friday) looming at two o'clock it was still thawing and sleet was falling fast. The datum' (first published by as Zemin paper) that two of the ustropolitan polio. faros had boss tram to death, has bees oontndieted. STATE OF TUN ROADS AND FOOTWATS.—Yeetor day, at the Mauion•hooae, the Lard Maya raid he had received several letters complaining of the Mats of Use streets, covered as they were with mow, and he direeted Kr. Martin, the easistant-clerk, to write to the Commie elopers of City Sewers, +equals' their immedi►te atten tion to the subject, and their peremptory intsrpesitkm with the contracting seaveagsra. His lordeldp then said he wished to call the attention of the pablie to the 41st motion of the City Polies Act, 2 and 3 Viet., cap. 94, whisk stated that every occupier of a house or other tenement who shall not keep sueciently swept and cleansed ell the footway sad watercourses adjoining the premises occupied by him shall be liable to a penalty of 40e. He hoped end believed that the pollee would act with, if possible, increased activity upon so priming an occasion. The Lord Mayor requested that the press would acknowledge his receipt of 11., from " A Friend," for the poor box. THE STORM AT DERBY. BLOCKADS 01 TKS MIDLAND RAILWAY —On Walser day all trains north, 'oath, and west of Derby wen SOSI. pletely blocked. The newspaper train from Landes, on Wednesday, ran lute • lugger tufa at Ours, thrush the signal being unable to work. On Wednesday morning, the North Stafford treas, which should lean Derby for Crewe and Liverpool at 10 o'clock, did not start until efts, slues. As soon rit had started and entered the Norman ton cutting, It became embedded in the row, sad could of proceed oa its journey. Assistance wee sent for, sad a powerful *miss Deluging to the Midiaad Com pany wee despatched for the purposes of parking it through, if possible. This saes*, hswever, goo stack feat ; a sowed aegis*, a powerful ose u sed fee cos raying lugs luggage trains, was mat to draw them back Sato the viatica yard, which it neoseded la doing, and the trait has remained is the station yard ever 0n... These times afterwards on Wednesday an attempt was made to fore* • prase through this cutting, but it was of ao aveib mad the Birmingham and Derby, North and Beath Stafford Ae., were declared " blocked." On Wedumlay anemia the 4 o'clock train from Lincoln got embedded is the snow about two riles on this aide the city, and has sot yet hem removed. The drums train from Loses, dos at Derby at 8.5 p.m. on Wednesday slat, was stoppei at Chesterfield, sad the posorgen had to tam beds in that town. The north mail, du et Daisy at 11 on Wednesday 'venlig, did sot write until 7 o'clock on Thursday mans lag ; and the train which follows it, du at 8.20 on Thurs day morning, at Derby, did net arrive until 8 o'clock. The Ambergris Branch has bees " blocked " mina Tuesday night. Yesterday (Thursday) mania' as attempt was egala wade to " force the pass " of the Norman fatties by flu engines, bat they had to return to Derby; sad the statin•mrter mid then wadi be M farther midge dada that day. On Wednesday as saddest lappeued as the Nottingham line,which happily was mattasded with oldest consequences. It appears t►at a cols hen Derby was pa. coding to Lincoln, and that when WC Nottingham a OIL riage got off the has. but contiamml he awes maid it car is maws with a traits that was galas Wards Darby ; the ecasequenee was that the earrings was readied to dooms. but, being empty, no other drugs was leas. Oa Thursday meriting the harridan of the Miami *salt who had been attending the Darbyelthe seselame WON at the statioa Is leading la p to Neetinghem, It being the serous is that town, but they wen hid thaw wadi be no train, mar wady they had to MIN& in Derby me there was a toad 1 sada for then. TRISTRAM AT DEIIIT.-011 VIVIAN day the Moots sod shops promoted • singular and winterly eponym... The high wind whisk prevailed during the whole of Tuesday erasing, sesompanied u it was by a heavy fell of moo, eamed the latter to drift up ageless the doors sad wiedewa of the Mimes madames's shops, and the coesequeses was that they were completely blocked up. la 'sway fe mmea the shops were entlnly closed and business ear vended. Yesterday (Thursday) • great number awns wets employed in carting the MOW away. The grand bell whisk was to have taken plus at the Now Assembly Boom ea Wednoday evening did net tales plow in oaessqueece of the enmity families bolas usable to get to Derby. The turnpike roads in the neighbourhood of the town woo in mom eases impeasabls ; sad we have heard of several attempts being made to get through the mew, but which entirely failed, and it was with diaculty that the vehicle. could be eat, Jested. THE WEATHER IN YORKSHIRE. At Leeds, *rowboat the night of Wedaesday, sad daring yesterday, eaow continued steadily Is 611, and sow rests epos the ground several babes In thkdtams. In the drifts, it has become a serious obstramice to trails, sad is cawing the greet irregularity In the arrival of trains. Oa Wednesday, the Da* News ant ether Lembo, nursing joaraals did sot arrive in Leeds aatll haltpaat eight In the evening, indeed of at one pan. The delivery of letters yesterday muting from the south Was similarly delayed from the mass came, mail half pint Is. Mused of half-pat soma. The Intensity of the hest still matinees, sad the pots, net Way in Loeb s hat In sassy parts of the West Biding, have their ealbriess tam tbe weather greatly wanted by the Wedowee sap* et male, which is sow Saws It 1.1.a METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS. The report of " a committee appointed by the board of ememisaissers forpaving and improving the parish of Bt. James, Wesimiester, en the 7th day of December, 1863, to wham ems rams* tor examination the list of plans deposited at the Private Bill-ollos for 1141111&11 1864, dated 30th November, 1863," his been issued. It states that the eematittee have to report that the list is divided iota two parts—Railways and Miseellaaeses. Under Rail ways, 136 plans have been deposited; and under Iliseella meths 98—making a total of 233. Of the 136 railway schemes, 13 effect the 'metropolis and 'amyl)", viz.. Direst Southern Railway and Thames Terminus, Gnat Western (Stream& Lae. me.), Leicester-square Junction Railway and Eleuthwerh Improvement, London and North Western (Haythimetwan), North London, North Metropolitan, South Loather South Metropolitan, Sernhwark and Crystal Patna, noise Babeahmest sad Railway (London and Wommkater), Timm lealmmlumni nod Railway (London to Wort Landes West bade Landon and Crystal Paseo (brawl to Wandammih),Westarkmor Terminus. Of the 96 miscellaneous rettemeran are brims improvemeate, 8 for roads, 3 for gassorks, in kr waterworks, 8 for her boors, 3 for navigation., 6 lee Whim% 6 for dock', 4 for embankment", &t., 1 for a pork, it sewerage, dtc. ;of these 10 aka the mithropeth and salads, viz. :—Albort peek ; C emertwidp ; Cemmaimen for the Bain- Mien, 1861 •gore-volad, Ike.) ; Great London Drainage; Gwen sod Booth Eastern Docks ; Hearing ton Improvement AM (1861) Amendment ; Metropolis lotthammests (saw Wert from Bell-yard, CSIO) , strum Fettaegam); MOrspelitaa Commission of &WWII (Deptford paw*. Mat* ,) • Thames Its p_rovemsat ; Wellington Desks (Ileathwark). The 22 Tows Improvements magrins sense improvements in Idfahmet, Obagew, lahrepret, Morebrator, and other =lmam; Ist eau 10110 111.11.00ist Plea 1. de the mstrep•lM vb., the new street from Chan ts'? Itsta, empesite the and of Conran': to Fetter-lane, a distasse anions 160 yew& The faiths bodies administer ing to the meet improvements of the metropolis are the Capeentien of the City of London sad the Board ofWorks; tie hews have not deposited any plans, sad the latter only tow—the are ahem Mimed to. The railway schema allintbg the madepsile appear to be under no effective con tra. Iter they Mat the City boundary or property be longing to this mown ;in the former ease th e Corporation ift City iaterthees, sad in the latter the Board of Works. Thejarisdietion eg the Corporation extends to about come isquare mile of the metropolis; and the jurisdiction of the Board of Works is confined to the parks, royal paws, and property ia the new streets, such as Repnt-streat, New Oxford-street, &c., which have been I comstrueted under their direction. The area of the metro- i pais sad the suburbs soak sad eolith of the Thames may be taken at about eighty square mike, the whole of which, excepting the comparatively all portions before referred to, ia laft to the Bare of paving commi s sioners end parochial bodies. The Private Bill Oda paper shows that only one goventsthat improvement is toatemplatsd, eta., from Chan cery lass to Fetter-lane ; and slider the eroding orders of the Rouse of Camases, all other metropolitan improve ments (drain& as maims haw been given). meet be at a stand•still for • period of nearly two years. The result is, that, notwithstanding the increased number of deputations to Ministers on this mitten and that two of the metropoli tan members of parliament (thelading one of the county members) are members of the present government, no attention has been paid to the representattons of the in habitants of the metropolis, and lea has been done than in part years. Taz MAODALENA arrived at Southampton pater dol. PRESSAVATION OF LIFE FROM SMIPWRROK. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Ineti. mien fee tie Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was held at the °Mee, John-street, Adelphi. Mr. Alterman THOMPSON, M.P., Chairman of the Society. presided. Mr. Laws, the secretary, having read the minutes Of the previews meeting, the following rewards were ordered to be The yid medal ion to the gallant Captain Ludlow, of the =fl esis fiememeth,wbose,lieroic and devoted services to the em end the crew of the emigrant ship Megliftit,= s esim time sines occasion to notice at emi rendering ft unnecessary therefore now to re but we mey be permitted to express our gratifi , Ilea M well-meshed sempliment paid to hie gallantry. The Meer medal of the institution was also voted to Ilesiemis Herrington and William Walters, first and sem& etnewains co the Southwold life-boat, who bad been respectively off ten and nine times in the life-boats of that =, and who had severally emitted at the saving of the of 40 and 88 persons. Nine of these were res.ued on the 29th November from the brig Sheraton Graeae, of Sunderland, which, during a strong gale of wind front 8.8. W., struck and sank near Aldborough Napes, on the asset of Suffolk. The brig being observed to have a flag of distress flying, the two gallant cox swains of the life-boats without lose of time assembled a new of volunteers and launched the boatthrough a heavy serf. It was by this time quite dark, but after about an hour's struggle against the sea and wind they reached the brig, and hailed her, and found no one on board, her mew having taken to the long-boat, and the sea washing completely over the vessel. The life-boat dropping astern, took the crew from their long-boat, and were thus instru mental in saving nine lives from a watery grave, as no ship's boat could have lived in that stormy sea to bring her crew on shore. The crew of the life-boat received 16L for their gallant exertions. The present life-boat was placed on her station a short time ago, Sir E. S. Gooch, Bart., M.P., and Miss Sherri& contributing handsomely 1001. each toward her met, which, aided by various other contributioav, collected by the zealous honorary secretory, Lieut. P. N. Ellis, R.N. aeon paid for the boat. This geastheity aad activity reflects much credit on so small • plase as Southwold, and which other places of • much larger size, and where wrecks are of frequent occurrence, would do well to emulate. The thanks of the committee on vellum were voted to Mr. Williams, jun., of Llanfarynghomwy, Anginas, for having very early in the morning gone off is the Ernlyet life-boat to tta e rescue of the schooner Compeer, of Sal comb., which was °bunted to haven flag of distress flying, and wbidh was subsequently towed in safety into Holyhead. Mr. Williams is the son of the active and zealous honorary secretary of the Anglasea Branch of the National Ship wreck Institution, who during a period of nearly thirty years, and much to the advantage of the came of humanity, has occupied that office; for it appears that the Anglesey lifeboats (which are mostly on the plan of the late George Palmer, Esq., of Nuing-park) have been instrumental sa saving some hundreds of lives of shipwrecked persons—the worthy secretary having persone ll e emitted at the rescue of some of these individuals, and foe which service he had been honoured with the gold medallion of the institution. A reward of 21. was also voted to two men, who, seeing • fishing-boat capsized during a violent storm in the Solway Frith, put off in • boat to the remise of two out of three of her crew, who were then clinging to the sides of the boat, the sea washing over them tremendously, and threatening every moment to send them to a watery grave. After a severs and manful struggle, however, they succeeded in reaching the poor fellows and in landing all in safety. A reward of 41. lat. was also granted to the crew of the Boulmer life boat, in consideration of their services in rescu ing the crew, consisting of seven persons, of the brig Robert Niels°, of Perth. The vessel struck on the south part of the Boulmer rocks in thick hazy weather; the sea being then not high. On the following morning, the sea rem high, the wind blowing hard; a light was (Replayed from the vessel for assistance, when the 'lifeboat was launched and succeeded in landing all the crew. This boat wan Ibenevolently placed on this station by the Duke of Nor thumberland, R. 0., who, as president of the society, pre sented it to the institution. The thanks of the committee were voted to Captain O. N. Hederstadt, of the Peninsular and Oriental Stearn Naviga tion Company's service for rescuing in a boat six seamen from drowning in the Red Sea on the 11th October last. The silver medal of the institution was also presented to Henry Hamilton, Esq., of Balbriggan, through whose in strumentality, under Divine Providence, the three survivors of the brig Agnes, of Whitehaven, were taken out of her foretop and saved, after having been exposed for upwards of 60 hours in that position, and when it was supposed that they had all perished, as all sounds from the wreck had long ceased to be heard. A email lifeboat, however, having been brought by railway from Dublin, she wee manned by Mr. Hamilton and them others, who, after three attempts, succeeded is reaching the wreck and in rescuing the master and two men, four of the crew having unfortamately perished during the exposure. Colonel Tnlloh, R.A., director of the carriage department at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, was elected a member of the committee of management, in the room of the late Col. Colquhoun, ILA., who occupied the same situation at the maned, and who took an active pert in the promotion debit objects of the institution. It was reported that it was in contemplation to bold in the early part of spring a public dinner, in the City, in aid of the funds of the institution, and for e purpose of bring ing the society and its objects prominently before the 1 country. His Once the Duke of Northumberland, ILO, 'President of the Institution, was expected to be in the chair. These objects may be thus briefly stated : 1. Tempter honorary rewards, in the form of medals and votes of thaalu, and also to grant pecuniary remuneration to ail persona who, at the risk of their own lives, save, or attempt to save, those of others on board of vessels wrecked or in distress upon any part of the coast of the United King dom ; the honorary rewards being extended in striking names to similar services in other parts of the world. 2. To build, station, and maintain in repair, lite boats of the most perfect description ;to furnish them with all the necessary appurtenances including houses to preserve them in, and carriages for their conveyance to the spots where their services are called for ; and, further, to provide, through the instrumentality of local committees, for their proper management, and the occasional exercise of their crews. 3. To furnish and station at suitable places rocket app*. rotas for effecting communication with stranded vessel.. As an index of the necessity for the provision of such • machinery as the above, we may state that the avenge lose of lives from shipwreck on the shores of the United King dom is between 600 and 700 per annum, and that in the year 1852 it amounted to 920, as was rheum in the Daily News of the god inst. in the article extracted from the "Life beat" of the society. It is scarcely necessary to state what an almost unlimited field of usefulness lies thus stretched out before the instt cation, in a great commercial sea•girt country like our own, whose coast* are yearly strewn with so large a number of worths, and the cultivation of which can only be effected by voluntary charitable associations, since scarcely any pro vision is made for doing so by the government of this country. Four new life boats having been reported to be nearly ready to be sent to their stations, the proceedings closed. MR. BARKER'S PICTURE OF NELSON ON TITS DECK OF THE SAN JOSEF. Readers of our naval history will readily remember that splendid episode in our last naval war with Spain— the capture of the Son Josef, three-decker, by Nelson in the great battle of St. Vincent, fought on Valentine's day 1797. On that occasion, Nelson in the Captain, 74, serv ed as commodore, under Admiral Sir John Jervis, subsequently created Earl St. Vincent. In the very heat of the action, the commodore, baring first successfully engaged the San Nicolas, made that vessel a bridge over which to peas to the San Josef, a three-decker, which surrendered almost with. out • struggle. His own words best describe the scene that followed: "On the quarter-deck of a Spanish tint-rate—extravagant as the story may seem—did I recurs the swords of vanquished Spaniards, which, as I received, I gave to William Feeney, one of my bargemen, who put them, with the greatest sang froid, under his arm." The task of giving_ pictorial ex pression to this event has been entrusted to Mr. T. Jones Barker, and its mention proves that it could hardly have been placed in better hands. On the quarter deck of the San Josef, painted with an attention to detail which will satisfy the most nautical of critics, stand the victors and the vanquished grouped in the most picturesque, but, at the tame time, the most natural manner. On the principal figure, our immortal Nelson himself, the artist has exerted all his skill in portraitars. Flaxman's cast has been the principal authority, but, in addition, all tho portraits have been consulted, and the result is a likeness which realise. all our ideas of the figure and physiogn-my of the a great naval warrior . • Behind him stands Fearney, the I very type of a British tar, coolly and negligently holding en armful of the enemy's words, and looking as if he wen nady to capture as many more on the shortest possible nodes. The dejected look of the Spanish lieutenant, who is la the set of delivering up his sword, is well preserved, and the *urn of Captain Berry and Lieutenant Pierson are authentic portraits. In addition there are several subordinate trans, painted with much life and spirit, and forming alteerether a composition, which in its artistio vigour and effect, approaches nearer to one of Vernet'. battle pieces than any previous English production in the same line. The piston Bing historical, the greatest care has been taken to preserve the costume of the period, both English and Spanish. Nelson wears the now almost for gotten gorges, and the Spanish officers appear in crimson pantaloons and hessian boots. Every rope and spar that could be seen from the tauter deck of a man of-war is depicted with asineindous accuracy, whffo a careful attention to perspostivo and general effect preeerves the dignity or the 'picture as a work of high art. The general impnesioa left by an inspection of the whole is decidedly plesslag sad satisfactory, and is quite refreshing at the present neenient, when, in as far as the deeds of our navy are concerned, as policy of our rulers seems to be, by deferring the "pleasures of hope," to throw us entirely on the " pleasures of armory." Tim picture has already been visited by high naval authorities, and by the descendants of Nelson's eosponisas in arms. Amoogst others Lord Radstoek has paid the studio a visit, and been to pleased with his inspection as to send two valuable reliques, the sword of the lieutenant of Ike San Joni, and an autograph letter of Nelson's to the nobles lord's father, when Admiral Waldegrave, with permission to exhibit them along with the picture. The picture hto be engraved by C. G. Lewis, as a companion to the Waterloo Banquet and other pictures of the same class, and will b. published by Messrs. Leggatt and Hayward, of Canhill, publishers in ordinary to her Majesty. ~0011