The Express. — London, England, 1854-01-13 00:00:00

V%t ervreoo• TO CORRESPONDENTS. Snood &Nat a "The Sxprom," gasuiaiag Us* sue Main% "Waft." pattlail ivory Tessiay and rmsy Eidson am Ike pet. remain Istindai for " The Zspris." UMW , Muds( law, left be at the Oil" le, BeevieWirest, by Tiro ego* es th• Ail of palliation. MOH WATTS AT LONDON DRIDOI. Tres DA v HI. Aftelloolh Saa• itscaftw—liarsisk Va. I SA— Aftwons. U. Us. i LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13. LONG ago, a writer in the Irestminster Review wound up a graphic description of the monkeys et Exeter 'Change,—each scrambling to eat out of its neighbour's pan, and spilling both its own end its neighbour's food in the struggle,—by comparing the scene to the nations of Europe protecting thole em *attire merchants, sad indignantly excising *it the onednet of the monkeys was " humeri" Any one disposed to imitate the style of writer in question, might, after alverthq to what oar countrymen are at present doing in Pegs and Afghanistan, be tempted to compare it with the atrocities that are being enacted on the Danube and Black Bea, and vow that the conduct of the Raildnill is « shockingly Anglo-Indian" We will net, be. deed, do any of our countrymen the injustice ter op. pose them capable et such cowardly and wegs smelly as Runkle commanders have his. played. Our Angloindien authorities have had their characters formed under the influence of English public opinion. When placed with a light. seed ewes of responsibility in positions of great temptation, they may err politically and morally; but their natural and cultivated sentiments of gene rosity and kindness will prevent them from ruthlessly slaughtering the weak and outraging the primmer. It is only in disregard of the rights of independent tribes and satiate that they have anything in COIRRIOR with the tern's ruffians in uniform. There, how ever, we fear there is a likeness that cannot be alto gether denied—a Illmeese, as we have sought deli cately to insinuate, analogous to that which obtains between men and monkeys. And as men have bees known to be shocked out of bad habits by nosing them repulsively caricatured in the monkey, it may, perhaps, be no bad lemon to Anglo-Indian polideleas to draw their attention to the similarity whisk. is some respects, exists between them and the Mus covites. In Burmah, upon pretexts almost as slender and untenable as those upon which the CZAR occupied the Danubian Principalities, a considerable slice of a neighbour's kingdom has been annexed to the English dominions in Rindostan. We waive for the present the consideration of how much this usurpation has cost ourselves; of the sacrifice of valuable lives, not on the field of battle but in agonising laser-house; of the drafts upon the Indian treasury required to eke out the deficient revenue of the newly-acquired province. Our present object is to direct attention to the effects that English conquest has had upon the natives. While they lived under a national government they might be king-ridden and. priest-ridden, justice might be inadequately administered by their tribunals, a childishly superstitious people might be unscrupulously exploite by a priesthood of rather lax morale; but under all these evils there remained a sachet substratum of social organisation to maintain a general pekoe between man and man, and allow the moderately industrious to eat their bread honestly in the sweat of their brow. Since the English be came masters, however, this state of affairs is entirely changed. King and Priest lord it as absolutely as ever over the minds of the Burmese, but the peace ful agriculturists, fishermen, and traders have almost to a man been transformed into Dacus—which, being interpreted, means robbers. The villages are all forsaken ; the runaways lurk in the forest, prey ing upon the invaders, when they can catch them — upon one another when such game is not to be met with. Our troops are incessantly aligned in the duties of policemen in a country where there are now only two classes—the policemen and the thieves --and to reconcile them to the odious task are taught to call it war. The honest and orderly portion of society is represented in our newly acquired terri tory by some dozen or two of not very wealthy tiler candle Adventism& who have settled at Rangoon, and whose whole eniployme,t appears to consist in— ns the native Deceits are mg exactly the most pro fitable kind of cutosnere—addressing memorials to the local government in Calcutta, complaining of re strictions on a timber trade which, where there are none left to trade with, must be:presumed to be non-existent, and petitioning for reminded' of taxes, which, ao they are earning nothing, they naturally cannot afford to pay. To this state of affairs, too, there is no like- lihood of any speedy termination; for the rela tions which exist between the natives and the in rushes do not admit of any approximation that might bring them to work together mere harmoniously. And this is the way in which civilisation is promoted by conquest. The system works as ill in the hands of demist good-natured Eaglishmen recruited from the rube of our hourreisia, as in the heads of the rude and &attic= soldiery trained in the court and maps of thefts& Turning from the south-east of India to the north west, the scene which presents itself is not a jot more edifying. Sande has been annexed; the Puajaub hie been annexed; a part of Affghanietaa has been annexed ; and yet our animas are not satisfied. In this, se in other things, "increase of appetite doth pow by what it feeds oar The Aber deco have been "blookaded " in order to compel them to hold, as oar tenante-at-will, lands which they have cultivated hem time immemorial. The Bhorees (a sub-clan of the Afreedees) have had their country invaded and their forts dismantled in ceder to compel them to permit the English to take per manent military occupation of the Kohat Pass. The Chief of Bahawnlpore, who, it seems, has been in discreet enough of late to make purchases of arms and gunpowder, is tauntingly warned to take care that he do not "bring his dominions within the red line which, ia AI map, is quickly encircling all India? le short, the work of annexation is progressing std liftSlNledit on the western than on the eastern kinder d aii Indian dominions. It is not, indeed, Waal in the former with so entire a dissolution of the bask which bold society together as on the killse, bet enough transpires to show how ill a gevertainet established by conquest works. We are tell, it is true, by a certain class of Indian paillasse that the inhabitants of Scinde and the Pcmjaub have gained immensely by being transferred from the domination of their native rulers to that of " Compact* Sahib," and for proof of this we are told to look to the increasing revenue. Consider ing the somewhat peculiar principle of Anglo- Indian finance, this is at best an equivocal test of the comfort of a people. Besides, under a native govern ment. what was exacted from the people was in met part spent among them; under the English Ooternmeat any wmplas remise in sae provisos -v to asks good &flab in others, or to pay the Inds of shareholders in England. essereeeking spirit which has led our Gems. India to puovist is this spun st ansuatisa wpm &Mimi • LiMat 111 bra hitherto been too when th e FROM ABROAD. .= of th e Government amme-wrllsaareaV or • ka a greet or left **lent' hi." of DEFEAT OF THE. RUSSIANS. • Wing company, the rlNCilitfrdithset of 11.618 ..."" Imaamaasa ., some Despatch= have been received today from Bel .' 1 " . " . ' 7 grade, nab date of January 10 , and Vienna, &Tlisik Us bra .the oompany ItlO J anuary IR, which agree i n announcing t h at on the the ,_ 6th a most important victory was gained by the ,1 4.611.11 . T - face,' BF* I C 2 !;fi.t. th*-4 I.l;°°° I some part •• • 1 • 1 ". 7 "k"i , ow .4. Turks, with 15 pieces of artillery, attacked the ever, is likely soon to ' vim " 23114.5 1.1 m ir ma entrenched position of Takata, in front of Kalafat, public speak oat; foe it is impossible to un- and took it by storm. A reinforcement of 18,000 template the progress of event', without coming Rosman , from Karam tried to retake the postrtoo, to the conclusion that, ere long, the administration but were beaten oat The loss of the Russians in of India will be exclusively engrossed by the killed and wounded was over 3,000. The loss of the Imperial Government. When that time comes, there Turks is not yet known. seems little likelihood of any efficient check upon the rulers of India, unless the people of England take the matter up. The House of Commons must " pro nausea" upon this point, or India will be governed from Downing-street, according to inspirations received from the leading local functionaries in Hindostan ; and the instinct dare local functionaries ever has been and is to out eat sore work for themselves by territorial extramioas. This ought not to be; for it is obviously ualiseaming in the state which aspires in Europe to the noble character of the resister of lawless conquerors, to pursue itself in Asia a course if lawless conquest. Anglo-Indian an nexationist. will no doubt always contrast with Ragan sanexationists in the same way that the buccaneering hero of ikon's " Pirate"oontrasts with his ruffianly associate in command ; but the trade of the one is quite as dishonest as that of the other, though the former may be less repulsive to persons of elegant taste. FRANCE. PARIS. TaIIZSDAT EVEMINO. At the bourse to-day the Three per Cent. Rents. closed for money at 70.50, and the Four-and-a. Half per Cents. at 99. The Three per Cents. are 10e. better them yesterday, and the Four-and-Half per Cents. are unchanged. GERMANY. VIENNA, THURSDAY. . _ Closing prices at the bourse yesterday : Austrian Five per Cent. Metallic., 911. Exchange on Lon don, 12.3. Bank Shares, 1,308. The Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 901. Gold, 281 per Cent. prem. Silver, 221 per cent. prem. This bourse exhibits renewed and severe depression. FRANKFORT, WE:mama. Austrian Five per Cent. Metallia, 731. Spanish Three per Cents., 381; ditto, Deferred Three per Cents., 20Z. Exchange on London, 1181. These quotations exhibit a further decline. HAMBURG, WIDSUDAT. Spanish Three per Cents., NI ; ditto, Deferred, 19. Sardinian, 81. This bourse is also heavy. RECALL OF ADMIRAL SIR FLEETWOOD PELLEW. APPOINTMENT OF HIS SUCCESSOR. THE Admiralty have, it appears, superseded Sir FLKETwoon Pausw in his command in China. This is a bold step, but a very just and a very wise one, and there can be no doubt bat the result of that step will be beneficial in its operation upon the entire Naval Service. Commanders will sea that they are not to use a legitimate and necessary authority in a temper inconsistent with the rules, regulations, and pleasant working of the Nary; whilst the great body of British seamen will no doubt discover in the recall of Admire IPzurw the operation of a watchful and well. directed public opinion, acting through the press, upon a branch of the Executive Government ready to respond at ace. to calls based upon equity, and made for the welfare of the public service. But for the press, Sir FLarrwooo PELLEw's conduct could never have been properly made known, and but for a judicious Board of Admiralty, that officer might still be pursuing a course in the Chinese waters by which mutinies might have become a chronic disease ' of our naval service there. TILE WAR. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Patrie says :—A private letter from Constan tinople, written on the morning of Jan. 1, gives us some new details full of interest. --- The fact of an important advantage having been obtained by the Ottoman army at Kala Fat had been officially announced to the representatives of the Powers. _ _ Full isformation respecting this action had not arrived on the Ist; all that was then known was, that Omer Fiche for several days past had attacked in succession the different Russian corps, the entire force of which formed an aggregate of 30,000 men ; that the Turkish troops had intentionally fallen back on their centre, bad lured on the Russians as far u Kalafat, a position now formidably entrenched, but which at a distance seemed to be abandoned. The Turkish batteries suddenly unmasked, caused great carnage among the Russians, while, at the same time, the Ottoman reserve, that had crossed the Danube by night and masked itself behind a wood, took them in flank, and compelled them to retreat, It was also known that the inhabitants of Little Wallachia, who had every day been declaring more and more in favour of the Turks, had powerfully con tributed to the success of the Ottoman army. The same letter gives particulars respecting the situation of affairs in Asia, of which the Patric pa ranters the correctness. The reverses sustained at Akiaka and Alexandropol are far from being of that importance that persons seem inclined to attach to them. Since the appointment of a new commander in-chief, and the adoption by the Divan of another plan for the campaign, everything has changed. A few successes hays already crowned the efforts of the Turks, and others are being prepared. Two other very important occurrences bad taken place: A reinforcement of 15,000 men for the army of I Asia was to be sent by transports to Batoun, if wind and weather permitted. This convoy, escorted by numerous forces, had nothing to fear from the --- It is rewound that Sir Limn STIRLING has been appointed to succeed Admiral Pat Law in command of the British ships of war on the East India station. Sir fuss STIRLING will be remembered as formerly Governor of Western Australia, and also u a Lord of the Admiralty for a brief period in 1852. It is saying bat very little to affirm that he must be a far better officer than the one he is to supersede. We repeat emphatically that the Admiralty deserve great praise for the step they have thus taken. THE BOURBONS AND LOUIS NAPOLEON. The Count de Chambord, otherwise the Duke de Bordeaux, otherwise Henry V., the had of .the e:der Bourbon, is, it is said, about to visit his esusins of Orleans at Claremont. Whoa the Count de Chambord came to this country in 1843, these same Orleans made him the object of especial repreeentatioss at all the courts which he was likely to visit. ♦ contemporary opportunely revives the circular subjelaed from the Remo Retrospective, remarking that" foe 'Ling ' read ' gapers,' in the document cited, and it will be mos that the government of Louis Philippe has laid down with enfleleat &IMMO the principles, °beer vanes of which may reasonably be mooted of all WW2- trio which happen, by a (Maltose caumares of atoms, to be honoured with skits from proteaders to thanes already occupied by allied seversigu." We translate the Circular, as follows, from the Rem Retrospective, p. 179: " Paris, Jan. 2, 1844. Bir,—What has taken plies is London during the ro ost sojourn then ell. the Bake de Bordeaux has changed the shunt/on of that Pries. He is no kegs an unfortu nate sad iacionsive young Prins, he is a declared Pre tender. In this state of things, the Serest and dignity of Frame lame new duties on the King's goverment. We do not wish to exercise over the leovesmate of the Doke de Bordeaux a restless sad twain (troooseisre) surveillance, which would aggravate the shirtier of hie peoltion, but we easel beeesierward see with ladillbronee the deacon shelter of while ha may be ands the eb}est in foreign countries. However vain these denteerstions in the event should rove, they might piss the repesesetatives of the Hire abroad in as anbefitting 'poultice, mad eight foment, in the heater, seminal perions sad hopes. We have a right to input that wherever K. the Duke de Bordeaux any is future seeks his spyglasses, the attitude of the scuts allied with Pere will not permit either of theme Russian ships, no longer able to quit Sebastopol, either to attack the Turks, or re•provision their army el Asia, that will soon find itself in a most unplea mat dilemma. ilas second fact was the arrival at Constantinople -s Maria, sent by Schamyl, and who was the bum of the most positive assurances of devotion to the Sultan and his rule, with sympathy for his canoe. This great warrior, who, with resources very limited, has kept Russia so long a time in check, had lately been so badly off for powder and ball, that he was obliged to be extremely sparing of it. Thus he had ordered his men not to fire at the common men, but to pick off the officers. He has now fortunately received, in spite of numerous difficulties, the ordnance and storm sent him by the Porte. He now thanks the Sultan, and wires his highness that he may depend upon him and on his most strenuous efforts. The assistance of Schamyl and his gallant band is equiva lent to an army. At the date heading the letter the weather was less unfavourable, and the wind was veering to the south. This indication explains why the combined squadrons were able to enter the Black Sea on the 3rd. The Itodependimes publishes a telegraphic despatch from Vienna, announcing that a battle was fought on the 7th or Bth inst. near Letati, when the Turks fell back upon Keefe, with lan of six guns. ..-- ineonvusienews W node from it. If it should be otherwise the iambuses*e promos of the repreeentative of the King would neither be Wog see power* sad you will net hesi tate to declare this. Davits yes to On • reading of this despots* to K. the Waists: of Foreign Afraiss of . ." THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE T 1 FRENCH EMPEROR. A eseesi trial seising eat et the Wes baud the „ Open abliee sari lespedenne Fla" onmenesd in Tender bible the esessithaid redbird et the aka end is anti be bet sea& awe. Ow Pada merespenbai di the pilaus vibe were swift& we the me t er oresphias segue the Barba Eh mos lb abed, end ere new labeted dab he bobbin team* eisiety, er be the 'iambi pa alea et arms. la seder lima to these may eases to babied I. the pro& distant, sad mesas this Hubbard, the beribefi lab seeteadally ilehaded Desibee, the Wallabies, whist the graver dime. All the prima eartiaMd ea the fuser easel& are sin pet epos the Mel he he tame shied—a eireuxesteaos 'abbe& by the reseediag to the extrearibiey legiiiisa to &la rib& alms are mew itifesteil • seen amodeled et ho bnobs to • bane =deb may he Mallet to the hod matess% be ear tidies, polensual by bis him M 11Mllaalai be la at the pianos et the ensendive gam Ihril a the ass saw w air lid its lies* ban scabies et tresegaibie% end the rely died la wing them soda mar, M b engssia, be the age ot einifinag sebethieg hob their enimialisa whisk nay he mod es edam* sedan their hilimppelessers. Thirty- Mae poissons la ell were pissed at the bar, sad ova who did set bower to their noose ate baled ht the pressor Om Asa( these is M. Hubbard, who le eirleusly ladir peed, sad on that mead the Pronwesr-Imperial soa slated to erase his aims hat the ladistani, sad he will be hereafter tried separately. Afoorilag to the 'sidling eissedy takes, it opposes that Y. gabbard was the penes who took the patties pate, a bosh talked of is the timer trial, to N. Bratisae's bean. Although nos et the bigot reassia the Pablo de lades his ban Weisel M this trial, the spies occupied by the plans% wilaineee, a& &near is is groat that veep liar oemobe fur the 'sine public. That ibis is spobled to mama & It mast, however, be mid hoe mine mash paidis blessit. The rashes quoin abseils every dhow ; eel Who, Frames is tor the newest ,deed se isosial ia stinttkia Transportation to Oayease—or to Algeria, for it has bon rawly sasantrail tint assume It looked urn as the fortune of war; end the justice or in justice of the seateses is say portholes ease is set thought a wisest sagest for faqairy. The Itedepesidarece Beige publishes the following telegraphic despatch TRIBSTE, TusinAt Evirxmo. The packet boat from Ormetantisigie has arrived hem with intellianse to /NNW L The hada el Ile Suites sea published, ap ffirdailltalha OnamiOsnmail. which had = the of M g ‘ T io nrdations on the Win lewdby the Four The eider from the governments of England sad Prance, directing the Rests to enter the Black Bea, had been received, but it had not yet been toted croyttl limynsa the Custom-house had been nearly by the violence of the sea. Mestapits Paella, commanding thelmperialauard, had given in his resigaation, which was accepted. Two Polish officers have been appointed generals el brigade in Asia. Lord Dailey Stuart had left for Varna. A violent Mena had caused great ravages on the mad of Smyrna. Coatradietoey statements still arrive from Vienna about the taking of Berakel by the Turks. The Ost-Detsteeles Post publishes a letter from Hermann @tat, dated the let int., which contains the follow, THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1854. • • trbe Court WINDSOR, JAW. 12. A dramatic performance took place this evening at the Castle. The play selected upon this occasion was Sir B. Lytton Bulwer's comedy in Sr. acts, tt Money," and the parts were filled according to the following pro rumen Lord Gloaratore Sir John Vetey, Bart.. Knight of the Guelph, F.R.R., Sir Frcier.. - IBicztt Stout Mr. Bucksteae. Graves Evelyn .. Mr. Chas. 'Kean. ...CaptaulDadlep Smooth Mr. A. Wigan. Sharp ••••• Mr.l.F.Cathcart. Fritts (a tailor) • ' ' Mr. G. Cooks. tchoAret (an upholsterer) Mach. (a jeweller and silver smith) itisetitaeco (an architect) Crimson (a portrait painter) Mr. Cullenford. Flat Green Old Member Mr. Andiron. Mr. Terry. Memben of the ••• Club ( Mr. F. Lloyds. Mr. Heyling. Servant to Sir John Vemy Evelyn's Servant Mr. Worrell. Waiter at the Club Lady Franklin (half-sister to Sir John Volley) Mrs. Winstanley. Georgina (daughter to Sir John) Miss Murray. Clara Douglas (companion to Lady Franklin—cousin to Evelyn) Mite Heath. Director Assistant Director Mr. George Ellis. The Theatre arranged and the Scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. At eight o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert entered the Rubena room, accompanied by the elder royal children, and the following illustrious circle, who had previously had the honour of disking with the Queen :—The Duchess of Kent, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, Lady Frances Brace, the Earl of ilulgrave, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Viscount Jowly°, Lord and Lady Bloomfield. Sir James Clark, Mejor•Cleneral Sir George Bowles, and the ladies and gentlemen in attendance. The performance imme diately commenced. Refreshments were d in the throne room. The Queen's private band was in attend ance during the performance in a room elms to the theatre. The following had the honour of receiving invitations to witness the dramatic representation :—The Dowager Mar chioness of Downshire, Lady Mary Berkeley, Lady Caro line and Miss Barringten, the Hon. Lady Grey, Colonel the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, the Hon. and Rev. Francis aid Lady Elisabeth Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Miss ' Phipps. Captain the Hos. Dudley and Lady Elizabeth de Roe, Lieut. Colonel the Hon. Nelson and Lady Mary Hood, the Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labouchere, Sir terand Lady Cooper, Miss and Mr. R. Cooper, Captain re. Lowther;;; Col. Hall, commanding officer, and the Earl of Monnteharles and Lieut. Caulfield, of the lot Lis Guards; Lieut.-Col. Sir Charles Hamilton, commilisibil officer, and Lieut.-Col. Onslow sod Capt. de Bath, of the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; Mrs. and Miss Bathurst, Mr. and Miss Ricardo, Mr. Gibbs, and Me. Glover. The bead of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during dinner in the Castle. The Queen, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, walked in the Home Park this morainic. s Prince Albert, accompanied by toe Marquis of Salisbury, Viscount Sydney, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Bloomfield, and Major-General Sir George Bowles, went out shooting this forenoon. attended by Lord George Lennox. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday:—The Lord Chancellor and Lary Cron worth ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury ; the Earl and Countess of Derby, and Lady Emma Stanley; the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount and Viscountess siney, Lord and Lady Bloomfield, Major General Sir George Bowles, and Mr. Gibber , . The sand of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle during dinner and performed the following compositionr Marche Trlomplude. le Chant do Peup e," dedicated to toe Duke ead Duchess de Brabant ... '— Overture, "Sophia Oatkerhsa" Pentads BPietk• Walter, " Narragenadt " Medlar, " II Barkers di Siviglia " • Polka, Haraoriatea" Bilse. Cid* itesquer...de, "Cord= Brothers" Prima. Her Majesty's private bend afterwards was in attendan and played the following selection Overture, "Oberon' . Beketice, Preens Germ" Lieder, " Beeedaid," "Der Erl Emig" Weber. lierold. Schubert. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-oilicet Downing-street, yesterday. The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Rus sell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of New castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney , Herbert, and Sir William Moleaworth. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Earl of Aberdeen will give a full dress dinner to a party of peers on Monday, the 30th inst., at his residence in Argyll-street. A meeting of. the Finance Committee of the Royal Com mission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held at the Privy Council-office yesterday. There were present Earl Gran ville (chairman), Sir W. Cnbitt, Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Edgar &wring (secretary). Capt. Owen, R.E., also attended. The Lord Chancellor arrived in town yesterday morning to attend the Cabinet Council. His Lordship returned to Windsor Castle in the afternoon. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morning to attend the Cabinet Council, from his seat, Broacllands, Hants. Mr. Tidd Pratt had an interview with the Chancellor of the Eachequer yesterday. Lord Monteagle had also an in terview with the Right Hon. Gentleman at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The Royal Commission for Inquiring into the State of the Corporation of the City of London sat yesterday in the Privy Council Office. Present: the Right Ilon. H. Labou chere,ffir 3. Patteson, and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq. Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Wednesday at his residence in Chesham-place. The company included the Duke of Newcastle, Earl Granville, the Right Hoe. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. Panixsi, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. W. Coulson, Mr. Henry Taylor, and Mr. George Elliot. SLR FITZROY KELLY is—it is stated—about to son the bonds of wedlock. Whether any such new en gagements may interfere with the learned gentleman's New Bofors Bill—whether he will hand over his crotchets to any of his Tory friends, or whether after all his plan is really to appear before parliament, remains to be seen. MEETING AT CHESTER OH TILE TURKISH QUESTION. In oompliance with a requisition numerously and reepsetahly visaed and presented to the mayor, a publie mores ems Yid is the Theatre on Wednesday evening, at T Verdi. See. after the appointed time, the building was Sid with a reogerahle aradienoe, there being at least 2,000 before the der it the proceedings. The Mayor Smith) esenyied the chair. The Ciwnitag said be hot no time in complying with the prayer of the requisition as soon as it was presented to him. He hoped each el the speakers would be beard patiently. He called arm Mr. Temple to move the first resolution. Mr. Tung" of the Ledo, near Cheater, moved the first resolution, dealig "that it is absolutely necessary for the ateiareaeata tia Wearer sad safety of Europe, that Russia eiMuld homaidately ~sate the Danubian principalities, and give r C is e c V e r essepration for past injuries and sa tisfactory egebeet future aggression." (Cheers) The ores put Is amid head the meeting, and carried an eisaMs. Mr. Jame, kelp et the masts court of the North WT Wales Sheriet. wed the following resolution That it is the duty end interest of England to assist the Sultan in *halides full justice from Russia by the strongest "milks anesmoes, sad without delay." (Cheers.) The reehatfien wa oleo carried with acclamation, without a diesendemi ries. Mr. H. Henan moved--" That a memorial embodying the sessamoste of this meeting, together with the resolu tion aka* peewit, be forthwith forwarded to Lord Cla raedss, se Ileeretary of State for Foreign Affairs." Mr. MADDOCK seconded the resolution, which was li samarnously. r Toms expressed his satisfaction at the result of the mesdeg. It had *weeded his expectations in the num ber be sateadrael, as the evening was almost unparalleled he IN iselmassity. He proposed • vote of thanks to the Mope foe Ids Miasma is taking the chair ; which Mr. Gram sessailsd. Me Maros heftily responded, •and the meeting broke up, r•-••• tle the fled an were men ate dis , ar fear miles from the entrance of the A letter from St. Petersburg, in the National Garatte of Berlin, toys:—" After the departure of the Ambassador of the Shah of Persia from that city in September last, only an inferior diplomatic ag ent remained here, and it is impossible this this agent can have concluded a treaty of alliance between Russia and Turkey. The report of an e! the Bleelene esainat irtirt .!e in. I pesitaile." GERMANY. A Berlin correspondent of the Dresden Journal, writing on the 6th, says :—" Our government has given no reply to the communioations made by the Swedish and Danish ambassadors , respecting t he treaty of neutrality recently concluded between those two States, although the cabinets of Copenhagen and Stockholm expected it by the end of last month. Since those communications were made, they have been the topic of the day, and have given rite to all sorts of guesses and suppositions. We entertain a serious doubt that an affirmative answer to those com munications can by any possibility be sent.." It is stated from Berlin that the naval harbour in the North Sea which Prussia is endeavouring to secure, and concerning which a communication has just been made to the Prussian parliament,at present belongs to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, is near Jande, and not far from the mouth of the Weser. A semi-official journal recently published ample details respecting the port projected near Cuxhaven. The negotiations have not had, however, a satisfactory result, and the Oldenburg site has been selected. The secrecy observed with the chambers was not prompted by any political motive, but by a wish not to forestall the debate about to ensue respecting the cession of the harbour in the Chambers of Oldenburg. ' For a long time rumour has been rife respecting a • commercial treaty between the Zollverein and France, but nothing positive was known. The Bremen Trade Journal now publishes a preliminary plan re specting it, which is said to be sanctioned by one of the contracting parties. The ships of both nations, it is said, are to have reciprocal and identical privi• legal, not only in the home ports, but even in those of the French colonies, the duty on French woollens, to be reduced one-third. Asa met off, the duties levied at the French ports on German live stock, breadstuff', and raw material, &a., to be reduced one- SWEDEN AND DENMARK. The following summary of the naval farces be longing to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, is given in the Danish and Swedish journals: Denmark possums 5 ships of the line, 12 frigates, 4 corvettes, 1 barque, 4 brigs, 3 'showier', 2 cutters, 40 ketches, 42 gun boats, and 8 war steamers, total 114 vessels. Her navy list comprises 1 vice-admiral, 3 rear-admirals, 8 commodores, 7 post captains, 18 captains, 38 first lieutenants, and 42 second lieute• nants. The number of her registered able-bodied seamen is about 20,000. The Swedish fleet is composed of 10 ships of the line, 8 frigates , 3 corvettes, brigs, 6 schooners, 8 bomb ketches, 230 gun boats, and 12 war steamers • total, 302 vessels. Her naval officers are : 7 admirals , 40 poet captains, and 200 officers of a less grade. Her registered seamen amount to about 30,000. Norway possesses 2 frigates, 4 corvettes, 1 brig, 5 schooners, 136 gun boats, and 5 war steamers ; all, 153 vessels. She has 28,000 seamen, but only one-tenth of them are in actual service. Thus the total number of Swedish and Norwegian ships is 355, and of the Danish, 114 ; which, added together for the three Scandinavian kingdoms, gives a grand total of 439 war vessels of every class. The Danish government has just ordered the im mediate construction of two large 50-gun screw frigates. ITALY. M. Brenier, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs in France, and very recently employed in a diplo matic mission to Turin, left that capital on the sth for Milan. THE MADRID DUELS AUALY. The following is a letter from Lord Ho Aden, con tradicting a statement which has appeared inseams journals, of an intended duel between his lordship and Count Ester buy, the Austrian minister at Madrid : " British Legation, Madrid, Bth January. "I have been extremely pained, both for myself and others, at seeing in several newspapers that a duel was about to take place between Count Esterhasy, Austrian minister at ibis court, and myself. I was perfectly at a loss to ima gine the motive until I saw by chance in a German news paper some assertions at which I am as surprised as indig nant. There is a perfect plague is Madrid at this mo ment, envenoming all that is said, and inventing all that is not said. lam reported to have refused Count Esterhasy as my cielloagas is the natertnaate duel between Turgot *ad M. &nib, in which I wee a mooed, for rea sons assigned in the grossest terms, and in the most offen sive manner. The reason for my declining Count Ester ban applied equally to ether members of the diplomatic body, as for personal ressons, which it is unnecessary to state, I made it a 'sedition, without which I should have retired, that I shield set with a Frenchman, and I certainly could have found seas more worthy or more agreeable than General Caller. I feel happy to state that the best relations have always existed between Count Betaken and myself. I never have had the remotest intention to say anything offensive to him, end I am happy to have an opportunity ( showing my friendly feelings by requesting you to have the kindness to publish this letter is your estimable journal.—l • remain your obedient servant, MOWDZII." UNITED STATES ARMY. The American papers publish the report of the Beraorowy of War w id en gives a full and elaborate menet of the edema alebilebeent of the Tinian States, mad et the mime Wm sesseimmal rein impseleat changes ad eie forum The rgesiing area of the United Item Gaye the Mee. My Post Y its sanwery of the dessmout), if etweekte, she aerie of UAL nes era sines ; 'bat its stew number, wisolaio the West setimar, is but 10,417. these ems bete emplarid la ties protegees of ewe boaters, go es tbsir meet to that deetissess, weirs they bare already begs ensemed in preventhe Wks Ism *seem bogy& Oailliguie Orgies. Nees demi". ems baguettes= very gemilegebte. It is bitimasi to make • base Ibrahim of eng Imps to the west of the KM simeA eandeldibli maw piste. sad dispensing with the bes - ememene mg% ampleyies a larger forge le peed the emigemile. Oalibe We Grande, , -Olse• prilleillb knew ellrepied is eableell sites for pernmsa ilstelistima sae of wide d iet onsets to NI Page, end T a s em l zr protest the Ikemese Vienne at db. Indian ken Merida has rimmed ossionf ai r p •=lbe teontalf. 'spin in then awararzy Mae el artillery, and if it shield be nemesiny egmelee Mil be used. Two regnant. of of/bay will bo end on the Commis frostier and on the melt e the A). knee tad the Gulf, see oa the Us Grande boundary, and a forme on the Peelle meat, where it le bisnded t es sees ea pewee, to station a considerable form mew 11 lOW 111=1 alai. raids brigadier panels. Owe sanity red. owl di is anisysti is Tens, one in New Knits the obi es ear western frontier • and the Secretary ' alba seesety to raw a fourth. Of ' the infantry, three reel- MO me needed ht Texas, two in the country west of ON OM in New Metro, and one in the Indian es= ar eigera it tiled! to keep the ranks of the eon Are. dot the Pry of thiamine's be the es emey ihis years as take may =la il• sem as Wawa *peen of ll be read elbow of matt slue be eteleil. and ef the lowest rank, sad hut ene y diseheqpid. ribs may re-enest within a gage* eillsewards, shall to alMisi to an abuse intt•L" The par 1863 is s closed with the capture ~."---- - of the town of Barakal, which has cost much blood. — 4:4„ o lo os d o m es to ofoo oon o„,, of o b o oomy ho This town is situated on the left bank of the Muhl, ammo at essellisslis length, sad frosa nein. nenr& ABD-81.-KADV3.—A letter from Bronssa of the not far from ()adorn and Blatina. The Hugon tins. He asesanemis that the Walnut seideWea of 14th ult. says : The Emir Abd-el-Hader, being desirous of retreated in good order towards Crajova. It an seinpeniss ha *eV in th e arman rifleaso, at establishing near him a real number of Arabs who hays it= that ' th e Reins have entered Little Wa!- =lrre=l:4l there be aided to tile present cone to his trs:lria, Tripoli, and Tunis, has parnued MN regiment of dragons, and two fee 100,100 pintas about 60,000 fr.) a farm of vast extent, Ischia' nor Kele " In " at 111111.1116 It the Turku regisisals if diem, Uri, he observes, will give a mini- and NM Mit Arab familia who have already com ae» to pt Patina, dug wad& ha /nesters of the um of KOK salsas and sea; tot may be 161111.61 the week of cultivation. The Emir has appointed rotate to Misbareal, Mid a groat part of the Russian it tbe licit ban by *slaw of Ins 7, MO, be bk steward, 0441-Habib, inspector and director of the atom would gad itself in et seadisted. es 17,414 ; sea en a war establislimest of 12.3 Mean of the farm, and has himself made the distribution a . Tin 6ta. a k 0 alka l i dam on the at om* a y privese isagewiy. to NMI . /Us_ei!..a Mate of war of the plait of land to the different families. The purchase lowers Si haw Mlle to WM sea, without of this property, and the purpose to which it has been More itip getherest of the 28th ult., that the s a l a = a t aim asa m aish Mused, hove put an end to the sedentary life of the Emir. —110110 1 i His Tub having taken t t Mall gm_ The wort die isernmerle that there be added to the He puss on horseback with his eons nearly every day to the WOE D071211.--A polite seetint t ie be he held, brim of DMA in Lao& W amooL, ifae Weil seesaw ems walker assapray of sappers end sawn. fares, where his prance encourages and stimulates the pi aTM OEM le r after the melba pigmies el symbi, There a* sem resenossilatioes ia this an of tits cultivators. There is a good-sized house on the property, whisk tele estosd the Lisa Mac e r anims. e• Os sk s 26th a lt. it mas k nows a t c ams h a ft s *. sie sm =ant Si told& is that hr Ilse 'Kelt will be premed sad put into a state fit to reosive ThseekraiMeo that beam Kemper% Kr. any. s ten o ...... 4 ." el digs siteeld be ender Me asoilid of tho the Bair in the spnag. In order to introduce the Euro trir= melba hi • mess &s 4 IMMO ii Mee th an "i" '•'7,, ,___•"-- C. 11 41, that , a ,_ Ruuliau __, _ i nl and * war isesiliniulooms by neyeetensed diem per modes of cultivation, Abd4l Hader has taken into his 7 00 rum- Alliert Owl en sleet 100 sinthars To% eilirld of thus eas t alai °U. °°° °Vaina' of the armm, bland yesiedie pea -sliest-- ones , waft several Polish and Walachian agricultural la ,of pedinnest. • 'bifida. been iambic f ir mama days in the Mu at 14160 Watigingea• bOilla. EAST GLOUCESTERSHIRE ELECTION (ST ELECTRIC TELSOLLCII.) FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. GLOUCESTER, Tlint.baY P W The contest for the Eastern Division of this County has terminated in the return of Sir Michael Beach, the Conservative candidate, the numbers at the close of the poll being as under : For $U Michael Beach For Mr. Holland .. Majority for Sir M. Beach.. . 3,141 . 2,317 1,017 REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH STAFFORD• SEIR,E. BIRMINGHAM, THVINDAY, In the report of the ironmeaters' meetiog at Wel• verhampton in to-day's Daily News it was mentioned that Lord Ingestre, the tory candidate for the representation of South Staffordshire, would probably address the consti tuency here to-day ; his lordship (lid so at half-past eleven o'clock be entered the Assembly-room at the Royal Hotel, where about thirty individuals had assembled to meet him; a few minutes afterwards Mr. John Rawlings, solicitor, was called to the chair, and the formal introduc. den over, Lord Ingestre proceeded to deliver I short address, under circumstances which must have been . . anything but gratifying to him, for although countenanced and supported by the great influence of Meson. Williams, the ironmasten, there were present, out of eleven hundred South Staffordshire voters resident here, exactly sixty four persons, including only one manufacturer of the town of high standing. In the course of his speech declaratory of his principles, Lord Ingeatre said, that while he was ar dently attached to the church, he was disposed to extend the bandits of education to all classes, irrespective of secta rian considerations. He avowed himself in favour of all social reforms, but opposed to the 51. franchise, though he admitted that in some respects the franchise required to be ettended. Promising to devote his best energies to the interests of the constituency if elected, he said, lam your candidate, and it is for you to say whether the contest shall be dropped en not, though from all the returns I have seen I believe we stand a fair chance of winning the election." Finally, with reference to the letter written by him after the death of the Duke of Wellington, he admitted that it was a thing of youth, and that his suggestion might have been a mistake a impertinence ; bat be added that he had been thi - . mauls of 3,0001. being raised, which had been devoted to a useful purpose. A resolution was passed approving his lordship's principles, and a committee wu formed, but the entire affair' pasted off u coldly as possible. FOOD RIOT AT EXETER. EXETER, TILT RSDAX, The county magistrates resumed their examination of the prisonen this morning at the Castle. Several addi tional wiener's were called, who identified a number of the rioters. A man named William Davis was apprehended last night. He was proved to have been mixed up with the riots ; and in one instance, when a carpenter used his hammer to keep off the crowd, he threatened, if he did not desist, to use his knife. This took place in St. Thomas's, and whilst it was going on a lad ran through the streets exclaiming ' , Let's on to Trood's, and fire the house !" The mob then rushed on, and perpetrated the damage we have before men tioned. Yesterday, before the county magistrates, 28 prisoners were charged with the attack upon the house of Mr. Trood, at Eaminoter, on the night of Mond.iy, the 9th Inst. They are all very young, not one exceeding the age of twenty, and belong to a very depraved class. Four of the number are female.. The magistrates committed them all to take their trial at the next assizes. . . . . . . . The city has now quite resumed its usual quietude, and o tsars are entertained of any further disturbance. THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-VERDICT OF MAN. SLAUGHTER. THETFORD, TIMRSDAY EVESINO. This morning Mr. R. E. Clarke, borough coroner, resumed the inquest, adjourned from Monday last, upon the bodies of the Rev. Joseph Bell, curate of Bunwell (Norfolk), and George Baldwin, stoker, who were killed by the collieion whit& took piece on the Eutern Counties Railway between this town and Heeling-road Station on Thursday last. Additional evidence was given in considerable detail, the general tendency of it being to show that Mr. Ashcroft, superintendent of the works, had transgressed orders in going on the up line. At the close of the examination of witnesses, The jury retired, and, after being absent about half-an hour, returned into court with a unanimous verdict of " Manslaughter " against Mr. Peter Ashcroft, the superin tendent of the works, in both cues of death—that of the Rev. Joseph Bell and that of George Baldwin. The Coroner then issued his warrant for the apprehen sion of the accused, and bound over the witnesses to appear at the trial, next assizes at Norwich. Mr. Ashcroft quitted the town shortly before the verdict was announced. We regret to st►te that the condition of Mr. Ellison, the beremeter maker of Norwich, who was a passengcr in one of the trains, and sastaised very serious injury, as already noticed,lwas of such a character, when this report was des patched, as to create much anxiety for his life. A change had taken place in the course of the day, and he was re ported to be sinking. Mr. Phillips is progressing favourably. One of the melancholy results of the collision has been to render fifteen children fatherless. One of the plate-layers who was killed has left seven to lament his sad end. THE PRESTON STRIKE. Last evening the usual weekly meeting of dele; gates from the London trades, en behalf of the Preston operatives, was held at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey; Mr. (1. W. PIUDIADI in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said this was now the fourteenth week of the leek out, and matters stood much in the same con dition es at lint. There had been one overture made by Mr. Hollings, of Preston, which the men refused to listen to, it:not being considered by them as equitable or just. A small mill at Derby had been opened, and the men had gone to work at the advanced prices. (Cheers.) This, therefore, was something gained by the movement. The amount received weekly was as promising as ever, and during the last week the trades of London had acted, be might say, munificently In their donations—some of them having made grants of a large amount. Ile concluded by appealing for continued support. The Sucarrauy stated that during the week a letter had been received from the Farington lock-outs appealing for support, as they were in a most destitute condition, having only received 2s. sd. per man from the amalgamated committee since their lock-out. They had offered to go to work at the prices paid in Marsh last, but were refused em ployment. The financial statement for the week showed the :income to be 1161. 3s. 91d., and the expenditure 991. 6s. 6d. The amount sent to Preston during the week was 951. A balance remained in hand of 161. 171. 3d• (Cheers.) It had been determined by the committee to have a benefit at one of the London theatres on behalf of the Preston lock-oats, and applications were shout to be made to the various theatres for the purpose. (shout. to The CILAIRMAN read an account from Preston, stating that the receipts from all trades were 2,0631.133.2 d., and the total amount from all sources £40,0001. A letter from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Glasgow, was read, stating that there was a strike at Glas gow, and that the men there required assistance from the London committee as much as the Preston men, and td which they considered themselves equally entitled. Reports were then read from various trade societies; among which a gift of 2001. was announced to be made by the London compositors, in ten weekly payments of *Mt. each. The machine printers bad given 61.; the hatters, 71. 101. ; operative plasterers, 681. ; hatters, meeting st the Black Bull, Gray's-inn-lane, 101. ; the cabinetmakers meet lug at the Bald-faced Stag, 51. ; and the tinplate workers, 301, in three payments. Other reports of a favourable nature were given. A communication from the operative corkeutters was read, stating that 200 of that body were now on strike, In consequence of an attempted reduction of wages, sad asp pealing to the committee for support; but the proposition ' was not entertained. Mr. CASE attended from the London cal-drivers, and advised that subscriptioa books should be opened st coffee and publie houses, as he had no doubt the body to which 1 ion me; see to Al Art J. 4 Hr. felt wit dre eial He gre fro . Poi yui the eut trb the the in mC all of de th tai Ae we Se sea C im tie Ifli 01 N V V ■ • go C 111 ig • 1 , 11 • 1 ti • ( .11 • 1 , L it • et le le ly • it- b Bo mg to en tom 0. eek ; On , 4 . von A Cad ha, The and , be hero by itter ling ;ion, aced ri to e. ;wed iture week teto at of n be sting d the Par me Xo6' felt wit die eial tho em tri the the