The Express. — London, England, 1854-01-04 00:00:00

(he .mOO. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ilisabi Man at Timm Saints." eataft the ssamp routairs ogatatte,* b palatial ovary Terry WVT WU. la doe Our pa. Arlwatiosaira OM kr " The laptias." Weir [halal lam IM raft Is at tam OM" 10, bravaribalreat. by Ti. this* ea pelf 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAT 43.... Ss. Ib4ionamir -smug. Q.7tr. Mammy ft. 11...5. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4. Soma days back the public were positively armed that instructions were sent off as the 19th ult. for the combined fleets to enter the Black Sr'. It is now MO confidently stated that this, like every piece of news that imputed a show of sagacious determina tion to the great Western Powers in the affairs of the East, wee premature. The accredited story now is, that the order sent off for the " combined fleets to enter the Black Sea " required. in diplomatio slang, " to be developed in its object ;"—that explanatory despatches were requisite, of which the latest edition that our Minister and Admirals at Constantinople will hate t wait for, " will be carried out by the packet about to leave Marseilles." Thaw despatches, it is said, " will leave no room for doubt in the interpretation of them." Seeing is believing, ac cording to au old proverb. We will believe that the combined fiats have been instructed to act es the honour and interest of Franco and England re quire, when we learn that they have so acted. Bat after so many broken prism on this some a mode rate degree of seepticiams is pardonable, seeing that the Times has already begun to ageless and promul gate palliatives against the day when it shall be discovered that the scandalous and disgraceful inn tion of the combined fleet is still to continue. "Whatever may be the policy of ,the Cabinets of London and Paris," said the Ran organ yesom day, "and the desire of the Ambeseadors to give effect to the orders they receive, it meat rest with the naval authorities to termine what measures can be taken with safety to the fleets ander their command." Theo follows a long lid of dangers to be apprehended, which the Tree and Its instructms are prepared to receive as excuses from "the naval authorities" for disobeying orders. Of these it may be sufficient to specify one—" They (the said ' naval authorities ! ) have to encounter, not the .Russians only, but a climate of extreme rigour in the worst sera of the year." Is this sentence the rams and its patrons venture to insult our seamen and their Miens by assuming that they will shrink from perils (tithe winds and waves which are insufficient to pre vent the Russians from patting to sea The Ames encourages our naval commander' to disobey orders, sod suggests cowardice in excuse. The Russians did not let the winds and waves prevent them from sailing to Sinope ! Are English seamen not equal to Russians The public are already alive to the systematically dishonest and un-English tamper in which the contest between Russia and Turkey has all along been dis credits the Times. Lord ABUDEIN, by his dilatory and pusillanimous policy—the Timm, by its advocacy or palliation of that policy, and by its exaggerate' accounts of Reign power sad Turkish weakness' are the authors of that war which even tAey now admit to be ieevitable. Lord ABERDEEN, by his pal. tering and tergiversation, has gained time for the Russian Government to mature its schemes, strengthen its petitions, destroy the Turkish squa dron at Sinope, and intercept the communication by sea between Constantinople and the Armenian fron tier. The Times for months after the insolent and outrageous proceedings of Prince MENCHIKOIT at Constantinople, and the lawless invasion of the Danubian Principalities by the Russians, continued to put forth, day after day, statements tending to disseminate through Europe and America the most exaggerated notions of the irresistible power of Russia, and statements tending to persuade Russia itself, as well as other Powers, that Turkey, effete and rotten, must inevitably crumble in its grasp. The object of this magmatic and pertinacious repe tition of untruths unsurpassed even in the menda cious columns of the Vines, was on the one hand to strengthen and confirm the obstinate self-will of the (fax, on the other to deter all other governments or nations from affording aid to Turkey. While con tinuing to hold such language, the Taxes was playing the part, not of an English, but of a Russian journal, and of an uncommonly servile and unscru pulous Russian Xenia', too. The instinctive com mon sense of the English public revolted at this barefaced pandering to the arrogance and injustice of Russia; and luckily oar sources of information en abled us to meet and expose every new figment of the Cossack organ as soon se it was published. The Times, with its wonted quicker to detect • rising sense of indignation in the public, and, with its wonted unblushing facility, turned round on another tack. It affected huge indignation at the duplicity and rapacity of Russia, and waxed valiantly bellicose. But even after this change no opportunity was allowed to escape by which the Times could unsuspeetedly do a service to its old liege lord the Casa. Frequent attempts were made to preach up in its columns a dismemberment of the Turkish Empire, by the erection of independent Sclavonic or liellenie States—visions more fitting Dome precocious DISRAELI on the lower forms at Eton than of rational full-grown men ; —u often as the necessity of taking the Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire under a protectorate of the Great Powers of Europe WWI insisted upon. The writers who ventured to com promise themselves by such pnerilities knew well what they were about. They calculated upon being able, perhaps, to promote the dismemberment of Turkey, or to persuade men the Ports is, even in our day, a persecuting Government: or, failing in this, attempt to escape suspicion of dishonesty, under an appearance of nia 'aerie. They acted, in fact, the name part as the jester of a Ring of France, in a modern French drama, who, under the cloak of folly, successfully carries out schemes of atrocious villany. Openly at first, covertly of late, the limas has been indefatigable in its labours to thwart and paralyse the national policy recommended to the people of England by its prudence, equity, and regard for na tional honour. And now following up its on-English, or anti-English game, the Timm is venturing upon a course more pregnant still with danger to the country. Admitting that war with Russia is inevi table, recognising in the frank, cordial, and intimate union of France and England, the great and only safeguard of Russian murpation, the rates is theleas insidiously attempting to sow discord and distrust between the French and English Govern • meats and nations. First it threw out insinuation s against the policy of the Emperor of FRANCE, which were promptly and explicitly repelled; and now it is endeavouring to persuade the Eoglish public that the IMPIROR cannot caleabb upon the support of the French people k his resistance to Ramie ;—that the Frei nation will, to mark its dislike i the *On dhissuseerahly mew m the ad eletrag it ma Gomm stain ea the Thisbe as time et l ever week est. The now, the beet of Its ability to remise • sway midusse fa its dbrb frynasty, triosly sad d Imperial divot, thwart I mot, sad brio; a stab paned •tart• could e after barb( aided to tb wail WOW% it ow • THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1854. to insult and alienate every Government and every nation in whom England is likely to And sincere or efficient allies. Since the Asses cannot prevent England from stepping between Russia and its prey, the Time tries to bring it about that England shall undertake the teak with the lost parable amount of sympathy and assistance, with the greatest parable amount ri ill-will and distrust among the bystanders. To this end it alternately libels the French Govern ment and the French people; to this end it lately attempted to excite the unreflecting prejudices of the English public, and lead it to support, nem eervedly, a policy with regard to neutrals, in the event of war, which most inevitably involve us in perilous and angry dinxissions with all the northern Powers of Europe, and with the United States. The Times, in abort, is in England promoting the views ' and interest' of the CZAR more adroitly and unscru pulously than his best diplomatists can. It is treacherously betraying, not only the cause of national independence, liberty, and good order, in Europe, bat the power and the safety of England. LATEST FROM ABROAD. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. (IT 'onus.= AND sosorsat inuaosars.) PARIS. TIIIIIIIDAY. The government has received the following official deopeteh from Turkey : " CONSTANTINOPLE, Dic. 22. "The aria Council having authorised the ca- binet to negotiate, the students of the Koran met yesterday to petition against the execution of this resolve. " For a moment troubles were feared, but the 1 measures taken by the cabinet, which sasembled in presence of the Sultan, effectually prevented all disorder. N From thee to fear hundred students have been arrested, and all is tranquil. " A proclamation has been issued explaining to the public the real objects of the deliberations at the meeting of the Grand Council, and it has been further made known that all disturbers of the public pesos will be dealt with severely." PARIS. TIIISOLT 7/1111NING. At the Bourse to-day the Three per Cent. Rents, closed ler money at 72.20, and the Fair-and-a-Half per Cents. at 99.90. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents show a farther fall of * per ant., whilst the Three per Cents. are the same as they clamed yesterday. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, TUESDAY. The opening prices of this morning were : Austrian Fire per Cent. Metallic*, 931. Exchange on London, 11.22. Bank Shares, 1,372. The steady rise in the exchange indicates much distrust. THE WAR. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Ottoman government, in deference to the wishes of the ambassadors, and in the desire not neeffiessly to stimulate the prevalent warlike excite ment, has forborne to publish the bulletins received from Ears and Erzeroum, as it did the narrative of Sloops. The substance of the reports to the Sera& kier, however, has transpired through other chan son, and is far from supporting the lofty language employed in the reports of General Andronikoff. It is not true, u the Russians assert, that the Turks lost twenty of their guns, nor yet that their camp equi page and material of war fell into the hands of the enemy. Instead of pursuing a routed and flying army, the Russians had to fight for all the ground they gained, which was about six miles. Abdi Pacha's army was not dkusanised, but is preparing again to take the field, Oh thee under • more experienced and energetic AM% sad with a large infusion of regular troops. The seire of Sinope has thoroughly aroused the Tarts, who are beginning to feel that, if such things an happen by sea and near the fleets, they hive nothing to trust but God and their own swords. The peculiar line of conduct followed by France and England had not raised the profession of Chris. tianity in the estimation of the Faithful, but no cues of molestation of rayabs were reported. The Sultan and his ministers were much pressed to raise the standard of the prophet, and give to the war with Russia the character of a religious strife, but they steadfastly refused. Above we publish an authentic communication from Constantinople, of the 22d, respecting the petition of the sophtu. This incident has been absurdly exaggerated. " New troubles were feared," just u a general massacre of Christians, a revolt, a palace I conspiracy, and a thousand other imaginary evils have been feared, and afterwards laughed at. The Independence Beige learns that, " improbable las it may at first sight appear," the governments of France and England have addressed to that of Russia, if not an ultimatum, at least a note, pressing for the expression of its resolution relative to the pro positions framed at Vienna. The Brussels journal abandons on this occasion its long-cherished op- timism, and confesses the conviction, which appears to be that of all the world, that the Sultan may accept the Vienna project, but the Czar never. The entry of the combined fleets into the Black See, which has been so many times announced in a quasi•c®cial manner, is thus noticed by the Bieck : 1 " We have reason to believe that while allowing the diplomatists to confer together on their unfortunate of pacification, the Cabinets of Paris and have concerted measures which, whatever yams may be given them, are really measures of war. The order for the entry of the fleets into the Slack Sea, which was sent off by telegraph on the 13th alt., required to be developed in its object. That wee done by the despatches sent off on the 21st, and these which will be carried out by the packet about to leave Marseille', leave no room foe doubt in the interpretation of them They state what must be dose, and how it must be done, leaving the admirals of some free in the adoption of the technical means." A correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette wrote on the 24th ult. as follows :—The principle which the allied powers, France and England, intend to observe, is this • they will take armed possession of hie Bla c k Sea this; keep it, so long as Russia does the cams I. the Danubian Principalities. The English eel Pm* embers have received orders to detain sway Russian ship of war, that attempts to put to ma, and they will compel it to return to the port It came from. In case of resistance the ship is is he captured by an action, if necessary. This met* Oho elms from a blockade, in so far that no Hawke 1111111Mbilla NMI will be molested, and, moreover, the trade serried on in the Euxine by neutral vase* will suffer no interruption. " When the sad news about Sinope reached Coo -1 obletieside,Admiral Dundee acted with great energy. lie r ased that both the fleets should instantly sell Sebastopol, so as to arrest the Russia* eriadron on its return, if pomade ; but, should it have already entered the harbour, to demand its ear tender from Prince Menchikoff until the end of the war, or, In cue of refusal, to sail in and fetch them out. Sir Edmund Lyons was to have executed this plan. The brave old Dundee felt bow hid it is to strike a hard blow at the right moment, bet Gummi Baragnay n'Hilliers opposed it. In the emihreme held between the ambassadors and the admiral, the French general exclaimed : " Hush, huh! it would be a second Navarioor (An amid =Lt.) Thies the opportunity wee let slip. ding this the French stews were as eagle he Wise as the English &denied himself; and the seipmelMlity of the delay rests glee se the hamlet the French ambassador, perhaps oaths Wier bath, the ambassadors.* The inactivity of oar naval forces in the East can. dunes to afford the German press a subject for ridi. cute. The Wanderer says that "we now know that, the vessels of the Western Powers are to serve as hos pitals. aid their seamen as naves, for the sick Turks. And mesh are the fruits of the alliance! Lord Strat ford de Radcliffe is said to be so completely disgusted with the conduct of his cabinet that he has insisted oe Whig recalled if such policy is to be continued. Indeed, be has openly spoken in this sense to several MOOS As to Baragnay d'Hilliers, when his first was over, he grew mild, quiet, and TM Amy Gandie, under the head of " Last sews hem **theatre of war," states that the be ekes ea the Demi* in number 110,000, are ige big teems= the and% Oland Lidilisri said, is to totes the psessis of the Danube at /detain. Prises Clortateskoff is to bleiruftu.st selineb, sod General Auer is to attack The Journal if St !stinker, of the 23rd ult., after stating that frees the 3rd to the Bth alt. the Turks had not made any insersions en the left bank of the Muth% pais* so extracts from a report of Prince Clortsiteker a detailed amount ot remark able acts of courage diellayed by different officers and men in what the ISt. Petersburg journal calls a the obstinate of of Oltenitsa. • The 0011V= of the Ose. Deutsche Post writes front that orders have been seat to Asia to raise =troops ter the Caucasian army, as the conduct of the Free& and English mi nisters hu led the Porte to bellies that the fleets will not enter the Black Bea until the Minims have on all points victoriously assumed the offensive. Capt. Blade has drawn up a memorial relative to the even- teal operation of the fleets in the Black Sea, which he will present to the representatives of the Western Powers. The squadron which was destroyed_ Sinope had accomplished its task, having 20,000 muskets, 40 cannon, and 600,000 assedilgas on the Caucasian coast, and left five TRAM Awe with the Circassian& Diplomatic min am very such inelbsed to believe that the Porte ern set eseeent to a truss until the Court of lit. Petersburg has officially I desired its willingness to treat. A private letter from Tiflis, of the 2nd ult., an nom= that Prince Woronzow bad received &- aphis@ from Bt. Petersburg, amig him that a rebfonement of 80 pieces of artillery had been for warded to him, with directions to carry on the war in Asia with the greatest activity. The Vienna Zia. Cbrresp:has a letter of the 14th from Braila. The writer affirms that the seinien et the Turke and Tartars of the Debrebehe to as great as ever, and even 400 well-armed Lereffille (a Russian sect which, in se consequence of the pow cation to which it was ex posed, emigrated) are in the Turkish ranks . In an near LAMM there use not mere than 7,000 men. The garrison of Tultseha is estimated at 2,600 men, and that of Matschin at 2,000. Almost all the officers of the Wallachian militia are now Russians. Eighteen hospitals have been established at Braila, but only two of them an already filled; the other 16 are intended far the future, and this is not considered any very wavier ing proof of the sincerity of the peaceful preemie= of the Russian government. The garrisons of Braila and Cleats may amount to about 10,000 men. Bilis trio., where there were unimportant skirmishes on the 16th,16th, and 17th, has a ' of 12,000 men. The Take have failed in ir endeavours to get their tempera vessels into the port of Billable. as every attempt has led to a heavy fin from the Russian batteries. The Galata etnespoodent of the Out. Deutsche Pose mentions a Ilkamistance which is perhaps con nected with the beemestionary movement in the Criea. The amiupsideet speaks of troops arriving at m ite ea the 17114 sad retuning on the follow ' traistithresd marshes, to Bessarabia. A strong mem followed, with Masa rine. Ina published Vienna letter of the 28th ult. we read : A brief rshreess be pest mats will make to show that Beeline has kediessdy hsea Is *skied* Mop er Rugs and Austria. Slime law meadw d.ss Buda head it con using to necks that • kingdom of Belgium figured on the lee Let BUMP% see the ensequene• was that the I.llem of emus wee reesgaire as a " legitimate" Dove rrmilwthe hemetens Omar. Ia order still further to e a his whims ILieg Leopold aimed at a family OEMs with the loses of Austria, and accordingly the mesehge between the Duke of Brabant and the Arch *UMW Maio wee engaged. It is positively affirmed tact seasas se we this ', made right " between she meg of the INAOme sad the two greet northern pentes. the fuser omieseenik to convince his high 1 WIMPS and Mai Is * s had that an intimate Zalllda Pew* weal be pernicious to England. wag de Mete creates bee magaitted himself of his aim * tisk has beams Os hatililles part which Rnfilsod 1 bee eo Ins ha the imea ipeail drama whisk now essikelody the adiedia a the world. The Bud ef W my, sad orebehle doss, assure the ihNhaadeasitii. itelsbut Bumper will semi* sobs seaserieet to the whim of the Woe powers, but every us ben hi asseleeed that be will Se no wash thing. It woes fat Ibe hope d Weiss Amide to assist in makree heed aplest the theeerees esersadmiests of Russia is still cherished Is England, but this is eoduly out of the question. Km seise co-operation the Western Powers will never have; bat if France sad Barked go together heart sad head be aanaot venture to aseddle or make in the Oriental quitioa. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, MONDAY. Yesterday (New Year's-day) the King of the Belgians received the usual annual deputations from the Senate and the Chamber of Representative., the courts of justice, the royal academies, the military authorities, and from various religious communities, including the Hebrew one. In the address of the President of the Chamber of Representatives he observed that the liberal institutions of Belgium, wisely understood and loyally carried out, had given a lively impulsion to all the elements of national prosperity. M. Dolton, the president of that chamber, is a wellanown liberal, and the above declaration may be taken as an answer to those reactioniats who con tend that the institutions of this country are too de mocratic, and who, for some time past, have been concerting how to modify them. The President of the Cour des Comptes stated, in his address, that great precautions had been taken with reference to the conversion of certain Belgian loans, and that, in the interest of the national credit, facilities had been given in London and Paris to the holders of Belgian bonds. Private letters from Madrid bring the not alto gether unexpected intelligence that the Spanish government, after long discussions, had resolved to effect a species of coup detat, in order to effectively repress the spirit of opposition manifested in the two houses of parliament. The first blow is to be struck against those judges who, as members of the senate, lately voted on an important occasion against minis ters. Those judges are to be dismissed or pensioned off. The second blow is to be aimed at the senate. The organisation of which is to undergo a radical change. It is probable, too, that the parliament, which is now only adjourned, will be dissolved. It was positively asserted in Vienna, on the 31st nit., that the allied fleets had entered the Black Sea on the 22nd. That assertion produced a fall in the Vienna Bourse. We have intelligence from Bucharest up to the 22nd ult. The Russian preparations to attack Ka- lafat still oonunned. According to the Frankfort Oberpostants•Zeitung the Porte demands the revision of all the treaties with Russia ; the replacing of them by a treaty with the Great Powers ; the immediate evacuation of the Danubian Principalities; an indemnity for the ex penses of the war; and the referring to arbitration Ithe question of the Russian protectorate. Monsignors Vials Praia. The priests who were ar rested ea.the 24th ult. for having obeyed the arch bishop _were released before the terns of their imprison meet had expired, to enable them to perform their pas toral duties daring the recent festival. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette writes, ender date Berlin, Dec. 29: The body of General von Radowitz, who died on the 26th, was brought to the garrison church in Frederick-street during the night, where it will remain until the preparations are completed for its final resting-dace in Erfurt. Although his political career closed in 1850 his countrymen, such at least as consider Prussia destined to be the bead of Germany, regarded him as their champion to the last, while all honour him with their regret. During his long ill ness the King did not once have a personal interview, nor did any intercourse take place between them, though both mutually desired it. The dying general repeatedly exclaimed "he had still something of importance to impart to the King.' During periods of . imperfect sleep he often spoke aloud, and on one occasion unconscious where he was, or perhaps thinking he was in the Chambers, he actually delivered a speech, which for .political talent, taet, and enthusiasm might have vied with his l happiest efforts of former times. Revered by his esmants, loved by his friends, he died with the same elm placidity that he had lived. The Cologne Gazette devotes an article to the con dition and growth of Hamburg, which, says the writer, may now be regarded as the greatest com mercial city on the Continent of Europe. It has Isai eclipsed Amsterdam. The triple row of tall we es either side along the Elbe lead one to the eseeksion, and a correct one, that more merchandise mast find its way into and out of this one maritime eity, than exists in the whole kingdom of Holland. The Elbe has a very deep broad month, well calcu lated for the repair of merchant ships, but then Hol land has the Rhine, is as near Germany, and even nearer to its richest provinces—its harbours, too, are open longer, the climate being milder, and they offer to skippers from all parts of the world a plausible opportunity of escaping the perilous navigation of the Baltic. The rapid rise of Hamburg, therefore, cannot be entirely owing to its site ; we should rather assign the cause partly to the illiberal commercial policy of Holland, and partly to the moderation and liberality of its own mercantile laws. That the trade of Hamburg surpasses that of all Holland, may be easily seen by the follovriog figures. During the year 1852 her goods were estimated at 764,624,270 marks banco, that is, more than 382 millions of rix dollars. In Bremen the value of the cargoes amounted to 171,159,870 marks banco, and the two together make 93.5,684,140 marks, more by one-half than the exports and imports of all the Dutch ports put together. gbe Court. WINDSOR, J. 3. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. Tle Qom sad Prince. attended by the Visconatese Jocelyn, Colonel Boater* and Lieut.-Colonel F. Seinen+, left Windsor this rissole; at 10 seek& for imam by a epeeist train et the Great Welters Railway. The Royal Party drove tram Paddington to the Exhibi tion of the Pbetegrephis Society, in Saffulk-street. Her Majesty sad his Royal Highness also visited the Dachas of Gloneseter, and the Clues returned to the railway station, and arrived at Windsor at 10 minutes before 2 o'clock. The Prises proceeded frees Oloseester Hones to Mr. Bailey's Nadi% is Newesan•street, to inspect his oast for the tease at Lord Mansfield. His Royal Highness afterwards honoured Kr. Bells studio at Kensington with a Alit, to see hie east for the statue of Sir Robert Walpole; both of which are about to be ersested for the Hewes of Parlia ment. The Prises celled at Bockinghea Palace, sad returned to Windsor at a quarter peat 4 o'clock. The Rail of Listowel has bees seneenied by Lewd Byron se Lord is Waiting, sad Major-Gesend Berkeley Drs.. solid has relieved Mr. R. Ormsby Oen as Orem la Waiting. The PoAmtoter•Cleserel had an interview with the Chassidim of the Itsehequer on Monday, at hie racial residence is Downieg. meet. The Karquis of Lamdorino anima is town on Monday night from his seat, Bowood•perk, Wilts. Visosast Paletentos returned to Landes yesterday messing, to &need the Cabinet Conseil, from his sem, Breadleals, Banta. Sir Charles Wood has returned to town from his mat, RiekletiZhall, wear Dassestsr. Daepatehoe were nweived yesterday at the Colonial-odes from the Goversors of the Caps of Good Hope, the Mimi tiu, and Gibraltar. Despatches were seat laet evening from the Colonial-ode for the Oarsmen of lions Keep, Callow, sad Aestralia. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing street. The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeso, Lord John Rus- sell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Pal merston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Howe's tle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council, sat three hours and a half. . PROROGATION OF P. Yesterday being the day to which Parliament was prorogued on lueeday, the 28th of November last. foe the purpose of farther proroguing It, the doors of the Goose of Lords were thrown open, and a great concourse of persons amensbled to witness the ementony, notwitkoteadiog the severity of the weather. The Lords Commissioners (the Lord Chastosllor, Lord Granville. and the Duke of Argyll) attended at the unusual hour of our o'clock, instead of two or half-pet two, which, for many years, has been the hour at which their leedships Rae in the habit of assembling. On their lordships taking their seats ea the beach, placed according to usual somas in front of the throne, sad the throne hawing buss us. covered, The Lord Chancellor cemmanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod (Mr. Putman) to summon the attendees* of the Commons to hear her Most Gracious Majesty's com mission for the further prorogation of parhassent read. Mr. Palmist accordiagly proceeded to she Rouse a:Com mons to summon t h e representatives of the people to the Mouse of Lords, sod in a few minute* returned, maw ponied by Kr. Loy, one of the duke of parliament, Captain Gossett, Assistaabdortif emiesnt-at.Arlari and wend omeials connected with the lower house. ' Her Majesty's Commission was then read, ammtanding the Lords COMMiIIiOSIIII to further prorogue Parliament until the 31st of January instant, then sad there to meet for the despatch of business. The Commissiesno the. rom and bowed to the Com mom, who withdrew, sad the Coeunisdosers having bowed to each other, withdrew also. The proceediop did not occupy more thane few minutes. The body of the home, with the exception of the front meats, was occupied by Wks, anxious to witness the cere mony. There was no new Wars la the appearance of the house which calls fee soda. TABLE SHOWING THE PROBABLE DURATION OF LIFE. Reese Proati.) (100 Representing the shams of living longest" Years. Railway Traveller Reader of the Mornay Herold Vegetarian Mesaber of the Pear* Boelety Table-Meyer, or Ballosaatia • 7 Parliamentary Reporter Husband of a Strong-saincled Woman (unless he awe from rose ictienit ides saber) Diet:aged nnet • Coostant of Puma 10 00 0 DEATH or Sr Wm. Lowmor .—On the 19th latent, Bir Wm. Lowthrop, for so many years an motive boroagh magistrate, a member of dm town comer as en. mayor, and a most salons pitied ad hos trait rehrmsr, died suddenly at Nice, tither be bad sety jest ,moved for the benefit of his banish. Though hi lad recently taken vary little part la the polio beim, of Hull, we knew his hag amd ialimataly magqi, in connexion with quoins dads the palm pushy of this port, and with the passel Wrests ef He country, be slum to speak sf hha with the oarassinas and the dewily of strong personal attaclunont air I William Lowlitrol o we ea Waist, mint peiitisi= r d sa asesmellise MOOR psaikent. Ili was a without aniallop— downs Obristin ~ elith•thel en m a ama, Niations of Nib IMMO a lid, the heseee wine, immassim, emetawas, sad mid dusted amber of smita—iha Airrnisar. rainTOW iflllith.—PlllllTon, THEIDAT.— Wm. Bliley, Bohm (aa sztansive irm 1. esnaazion with the Illassue Assaolatint) have gabbled a piasard, gide( seam partied= with roped ta thi s = tif the Mb, in minimise d the address to the by the " Prase Usk -yam" The Ara mask sup fasts of emir owa impswissos, sad them eanials: —" The =rham by heir Woody, ambinains mods It not ot a nailed oeecmion. and the masissa, with the • istsrasiasks be Maras has ediread teir west bowsaw to &podia. Ihseassies by h ating rammas la a dollar ostensive qq af sosmisa and in timation, whisk is daily prntlssd towards the upsratives he Mbar Irma, ia porariag halo to anew& and piton to punt strike. la amelaada we ass only stew for eressivis that ilsapiuss we repel the mess &vete with oar monstioss, we will moor submit to be distant to by a sat alma totally nassaneeted with us, what wages we ars pq, Me allow them to interfere in the slightest degree with At ssanagsmost of our mills. The wages paid, and she passel tessaseas of oar tvorstivos, have, until the mess{ dikrats, invariably provided us with a anhoiont supply if pima Mao, and is the face of this, the fact of use ma Why bean ems of is id to be attacked by a MA% qus that the movement was sot Mss,wars taw,. bat Medved a mush deeper laid sod the real ossaioa saw at isms is, Who is to ho mama, ?' " OXFORD, WORCRSTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON &&JLWAT.—A civil engineer lie jut seconds& M 111101101 , lag the ram .161. from this company, ass of whose setae, emamsencs of its late anneal at Stsarbedr, and =la take la a gang of railway marksasa, hid to Leaks meets at Dailey, sad so presaW4 the , yialatli fees atsaeg, ia his reiessiasi amity, a I Main la Imam ea the lilk lids& SWEDEN. The Diet, through its secret committee, is much occupied with the propositions submitted to it for an increase of the military force and the means required for the defence of the country, The King presides over a special committee, which deliberates on the question of neutrality. The Swedish army, in time of war, comprises 85,000 foot, 5,564 horse, 4,416 artillery—in all 94,000 men, to whom must be added 8,000 mil►tia from Gothland; the force being ten times greater than what it is in time of peace. ITALY. In its sitting of the 28th ult., the Piedmontese Senate toted the answer to the speech from the throne without a dissentient voice, and without a discussion. It was as follows : Sire,—The Chamber of Deputies is happy to address you at the beginning of this session. The noble and generous words by which you inaugurated the present legislature have moved the nation, which has read the faithful history of the sets of your reign. It remembers with pride that you bravely fought by the side of your magnanimous father for the independence of the country. It is aware that your wisdom and political moderation have obtained the approba tion of the world, and that your firmness in difficult times, end your unalterable loyalty, have inspired universal confi dence. It rejoices at having co-operated with you in saving its liberties, nearing the national independence and honour, and upholding spotless a banner, the symbol of our wishes and hopes. This noble people, sire, bears your august name deeply engraved in its heart, and is animated with the sincerest devotion and gratitude towards your sacred person and dynasty. Accept that pledge, given to you by the re presentatives of that people, who participate in its senti ment. and affection. We thank Divine Providence for having granted us the honour and happiness of proving to Europe that the reign of the laws is assured in this land, when the Prince is the Palladium of liberty. May it please the Almighty that the happiness with which it has blessed this kingdom shall prove the pre lude of the glorious destinies which Providence, we trust, has reserved to us in its inscrutable decrees. We will continue the work of the last legislature, and afford the government of your Majesty the most efficacious co-opera tion possible for the development of agriculture, industry, and commerce, and the improvement and propagation of public instruction. No sacrifice will be too great for us. when required fer the defence of national honour, the con solidation and development of the constitutional institutions _ . inaugurated by your august father, and which flourish in safety under the tegis of your throne. All our exertions shall tend to facilitate that moral, intellectual, and material program, which is the life of nations. Sire, united and arrayed around you, we feel our courage and strength redouble. May Rod bless and perpetuate that union, and permit yid, Majesty to reign many years over your loving and grateful people. The Chamber afterwards authorised the cabinet, by a majority of 88 to 13, to levy the taxes until the dose of March, 1854. The Senate also voted on the same day the reply to the King's speech, without any discussion. We read in the Parlament° of the 29th ult.:— The budget of 1854 fixes the expenses of the State at 149,314,294 lines, and the receipts at 126.061,061, leaving a deficit of 24,263,233 Here., viz., 13,097,300 livres for the ordinary expenses and 11,155,926 for the extraordinary totes. If we compare these numbers with those of 1853 we find a diminution in the expenses of 3,813.081 lines, al though there appears an agmentation in the ordinary ex penen of 4,000,609 lines. The ministry is not preoccupied with the deficit of 11,000,000 in the extraordinary section, because it relies on the results, accruing from the construc tion of the Alexandria, Novara, and Arena Railway. It directs all its attention to the deficit of 13,000,080 in the ordinary section. A considerable reduction is to be effected in the estimates of the Ministry of Justice, and if the general state of Europe was not opposed to the cones • elan of the Five per Cents., now at par, the desired balance between the public receipts and expenses would be im mediately obtained by that very simple financial opera tion" ISLINGTON EXTRAMURAL CEMETERT.—The poll demanded on Thursday last to decide the question as to the adoption of the report of the burial board, recommend ing the purchase of thirty acres of land at Finchley, of the parish of Bt.Pancrasifor an extramural cemetery, opened on Monday morning at eight o'clock, end continued yesterday from eight till six o'clock last evening, at which hour it finally closed. The numbers at the close of the poll were: For the adoption of the report of the burial board sanction ing the purchase, 997. For the amendment to refer the repottlback to the burial board for further consideration, 390. Majority for adopting the report of the burial board, 607. ACCIDENT ON THE ST. HELEN'S AND RUNCORN GA, RiILWAT.—On Monday afternoon a very serious col lision occurred on the above line, by which several passen gers sustained considerable injury. The late severe frosts having rendered the utmost caution necessary, the 12.40 p.m. train, with about 30 passengers, from St. Helen's, was a few minutes behind its time reaching the Oak Tree sta tion, where the Runcorn line crosses the Bt. Helen's, and jast as the passenger train from the latter place reached the crossing it was met by a luggage train proceeding to Parr. The engine driver of the luggage train, which at the mo ment was descending the incline, upon seeing the wean ger train instantly endeavoured to stop the engine, but, owing to the slippery state of the rails, the brake would not act, and a violent collision occurred. The engine of the luggage train struck the other engine, shattering it almost to pieces, causing a great concussion of the carriages, and severely injured several passengers. The Rev. Dr. Bows, of St. Melon's, sustainei a severe injury to his nose, sad which it is feared he will entirely lose. A young lady sus tained a severe contusion on her lip, and was taken to the hotel, where she had a succession of fits. One man who was in the act of taking a pinch of snuff when the collision took plane, and his teeth striking against the carriage two of them were knocked into his muff box. Both engine drivers escaped unhurt. GERMANY. Letters from Berlin of the 30th ult. state that a new loan was talked of as contemplated by the government. It was thought, however, that the Second Chamber would not be easily induced to sanc tion the project, while the government maintains a perfect silence as to its lotentions regarding the eastern question, and declines to let it be seen which side it would take in the event of a war. Fresh arrests were made last week at Berlin in sounexion with the conspiracy of last March. Sen tenoe on the prisoners of that period is still deferred; one of them has been confined for nine months; an other of them, Dr. Liaderedorff, is suffering under mental Missals& Numerous snob have been made in Vienna within the bat taw days, and mostly of very respect able psromo—dsators, different officials, one aulio munsellier, we magistrate, the physician even of an archduke. Wing among the number. A great many of think however, were subsequently set at liberty. The Dist of Oaths was prorogued on the 24th ult., bat beim it intim up the minister informed the members that the gammanat had made an &aline ments with Prism Albert respecting his lien on the allodial estates of Gotha Altenburg. The original claim of 50,000 florins per annum has been reduced to 40,000, which the Prince consents to receive. Negotiations concerning the controversy that has =up between the government and the Arch of Friebnrg are about to take place under the =g - of Austna. The Baden envoy, Herr von =tg, a Rosso catholic himself, has just as la es with the Austrian Nuncio, PORTUGAL. -4-- LISBON, Dec 29. In the extraordinary royal session of the Cortes, which took place on the 19th, the King Regent, after having taken the oath prescribed by the con stitution of the state, made the following allocution: Worthy Peers of the Kingdom and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese nation—After the severe pang with which it has pleased Divine Providence to wound my heart, leave my dear children orphans, arid plunge into mourning the generous Portuguese notion, which so much loved their =Anon. Queen, the first moment of alleviation to my SW. lOW is this in which I find myself in the midst of the national representation. In its presence I have just re. pasted the solemn oath, determined by the constitution of the monarchy, for the Regent during the King's minority. . . . This saved oath will be religiousli observed by me. My continual aid sincere thoughts shall be employed for the well-being and happiness of the subjects of the King, Lord Don Pedro the Fifth, by whose side you see me. In the abort space of time that is interposed to his 04. I pity It shall be my greatest are to give him the lessons of a father and the advice of a friend, in order that be may bo more worthy to occupy the glorious throne of his august ancestors. I will not cease to remind him of the eminent virtues of his ezalted mother and of his immortal grand father, the Lord Dun Pedro the Fourth, both of deeply cherished memory. In the meantime, trusting to the favour of God, and in the efficacious cooperation of the representatives of the Portuguese nation, I hope to resign the kin;dom to his Majesty the King, my august son, in the perfect enjoyment of peace, in the possession of her precious liberty, and in the progress of those industrial and administrative im provements so necessary to the well being of all Portuguese citizens. ----- After this elocution, the President Cardinal Pa. triarch made an oration in the same sense ' after which the King and King Regent retired, with the usual formalities. The Infante Don Luiz officiated _ _ as Constable of the Kingdom. The most barefaced act regarding the slave trade is being carried on at Oporto. Two brigs, the Guerra sad the Trajano, are fitting out for that traffic in the light of day, without reserve " they refuse cargo and passengers ; they take with them large water casks, numerous trays, water for ballast, stores for 120 persons, strong crew-, and give the seamen's families an advance of 30 to 40 milrein each" (71. to 91.). " The agents are friends of the government, sectarians of regeneration, the vilest creatures, en. nobled and aggrandised by the government." So says the Portvuez, No. 214, of Dec. 26; and from the information the press gave on a former occasion, which has been since proved to have been true, I have no reason to doubt this notice. On the contrary, I have the strongest reason to say the slave trade is being carried on, authorisedly, upon a scale that beg. gate description. - - - - A ud accident occarred in the British squadron here on the 24th instant. They were to have sailed on that day for a month's cruise, and about 10 cm. began to get under weigh. The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw, Captain Hon. Koppel, wee the most seaward ship, and should have sailed first, but as she wu watering at the time, she contented herself with getting up her anchor, drifting with the tide for a full half hour, with no canvas set, and this was the cause of the subsequent disaster. Next to her were the Duke of Wellington, 131 guns, screw, Commodore Martin, and the Cruiser, 20, screw, Capt. Hon. Douglas, which . . ships weighed and made nil together. The Duke beat away to sea beautifully, with the wind W.N.W., and daring the whole time she was under canvas astonished and delighted every one by her speed and easy steer ing. She is acknowledged on all hands to be the fastest ship under canvas in tke squadron, and it is quite a new thing in the navy for a three-decker to leave the fastest frigates far astern on any wind. The Cruiser was not so fortunate, owing to the drifting about of the St. Jean d'Acre. Captain Douglas could not tack as soon as desirable, and by carrying on, in order to reach to windward of the Acre, the Cruise , got too far under the cliffs on the south bank of the Tagus, end, refusing to stay, would have gone right ashore had not she brought up on her anchor, which was at once dropped. She immediately pulled royals and top-gallant sails, and cleared topsails. After some delay she was safely hove off out of her dan gerous position. The rest of the squadron, seven sail, were now under weigh, nearing the St. Jean d'Acre, some on the starboard and others on the larboard tack. The Acre was at this time right before the wind ; and, unfortunately, this moment was chosen for loosing sail, when she at once began to run ra pidly ahead ; and before her sada could be set, or steerage got on her, she ran right into the Desperate (6 guns, screw, Captain Chambers), which ship was nearest to her, and had Prat stood on the port tack, striking her right abaft the ASsel, carrying away her main and mina topmasts, stowing in her bulwarks, do. The St. Jean d'Acre lost het jib-boom and bead rigging. This took place close to the south side of the river, and the line-of-battle ship, with the Desperate hanging on her bows, drifted so close to tke rocks that persons might almost have jumped ashore from them. Here they brought up with their anchors, and for mote than six hours remained in the most perilous situation. The mainmast of the Desperate was eventually carried away, and it was only at nightfall that they were separated and moored in safety. The great depth of water along the south side of the Tagus alone saved the Cruiser, St. Jean d'Acre, and Desperate from incurring great damage, if not entire de struction. The lives lost in the last ship from the tall of her spars, As., have been variously stated at two, four, five, and six. One report says that no lives were lost; but though such might possibly be the case, it is scarcely cre dible that such an accident could occur on the crowded decks of a war vessel without the loss of some valuable lives. On the Prince Regent, flag-ship, one man was killed in weighing anchor, and she lost her best bower and many fathoms of chain. It has since been recovered. A sailor likewise fell from the rigging of the Va orous (paddle steamer, Captain Buckle). He was at once picked up by her boats, but died shortly afterwards. The St. Jean d'Acre hoe undergone • temporary repair ; the Desperate is lying • complete wreck off the palace. Immediately upon the occurrence of the accident the squadron was recalled and moored—and signal made from the flag-ship that no communication should be held with the shore till midday ou Thursday, a proceeding little calculated to soothe the feelings of the seamen, who had previously in several of the ships shown marks of dis content, if not of complete disaffection and mutiny, at being sent to sea on the eve of that general holiday Christmas day. The effect of this signal was to deprive the men of those many additions to their Christmas dinner which they are accustomed to purchase on shore for that day ; and indeed, the entire policy of the admiral's proceed ings may be justly questioned. On occasions of emergency British seamen have always shown themselves ready and willing to act ; but it is bard to conceive that anything of importance had occurred to call for the sailing of the fleet on the 24th instead of the 26th of December, especially as Admiral Corry is awaiting his despatches by the Medea war-steamer. The above is an impartial account of the accident, as communicated to me by an eye-witness. A court of inquiry will of course be held. For the present, beyond the inferences deducible from • brief recital of the facts, I must suspend my judgment till an official deci sion has been given. I cannot, however, pass by without reprobation the conduct of several persons in the squadron, who, from ignorance of the facts, or misled by prejudice, have unscrupulously thrown the whole blame on the shoulders of Captain Chambers, of the Desperate. That officer has nothing to fear, but everything to hope, from a court-mar tial. I must not forget to mention that the Portuguese men of war and the arsenal despatched a great number of boats to the assistance of the English vessels when in dan ger, and rendered every assistance in their power. It is remarkable that our large fleet of ten ships, all of them steamers except the Prince Regent, was get under weigh without one of them being under steam ; even the Valorous, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, was under canvas and beating out. The squadron remains for the present, and consists of the Prince Regent, Duke of Wellington, St. Jean d'Acre, Intherieuse, Arrogant, Amphion, Tribune, Cruiser, Valor ous, Odin, and the unfortunate Desperate. The Medea is hourly expec'ed, when the twelve vessels here will condi tote the finest steam-fleet in the world. The French steamer of war, Tonnerre, went to sea on the 20th, and the Ebrie, also French, on the 23rd. Eschangei ; discount of notes, 21. FRIGHTFUL ACCI DENT AT THE HOUSES OF PAILLIAMENT.—YesteriIay morning, 'thinly before eleven o'clock, a frightful accident occurred to Thomas Horton, at the new Houses of Parliament. lie arcs engaged outside the building, when he slipped on some snow, and fell through a skylight a depth of twenty feet. lie was picked up in a state of insensibility, nod conveyed to Henry Hoar s Ward, Westminster Hospital, where be now lies in a most precarious situation, owing to the revere injuries he received of the head and hack. Not the slightest hopes are enter ' Wad of his recovery. ler TOO Thi ace' slid fort per bee viei