The Express. — London, England, 1860-02-14 00:00:00

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Toe Seca TTTTT to the A DIIIRAL7Y, with tree professional instinct, leaves high national policy to his official superior', and confines his statement to figures and fiefs; so many ships, wanted so many men ; how to find and fit teem out. When we had political rather than administrative First Lied', sod party placemen for Secretaries, our ships grew as rotten as borough', and our navy went literally "by the bo.srd." In 1840 the Bri'i.h fleet was in about as sound and capable a con dition as the French fleet, according to Admiral JOIIEN DI LA GRATIRILR, was in the firm years of the Restoration, when the French Go vernment hardly thought worth while to keep up soy fleet at all. In this condition we were all but surprised by M. Tetras ; in this condition we were surprised by the peddle and the screw, not to speak of wars into which we drifted, and of rumoured wan which have found us hardly more prepared. In this condition we were surprised by 'eery new invention in gunnery; by the French Naval Committee, and by the great phenomenon of Cherbourg. We are making up leagues of lee way and paying war tax.., to hold our own in the Channel. To regain our national and rightful inheritance of superiority at sse—• peaceful, • de ka/tee, • milisiog superiority—how many MO RONS of good money must we yet be content to throw after the hal ! Lord CLAIEXCE PAGET told us most uueffectediy and truthfully last bight that as • naval power we must take stock from time to time of the navies of other powers ; of France and Russia, for example. We esnootab•t our eyes to the amazing increase of the naval resources of both theft powers. France is steadily creating a nava force on the seal, of her army ; her dockyards are being widened and deepened, supplied with vast reserves of timber, and immense accumulations of stores; her ships see undergoing a thorough rum strueuon, and equipped as fast as they are lathetched to carry the heaviest armaments; her floating batte ries and iron-cued frigates, her gun-boats and trans ports, are pushed on side by side, end her thous/ids of practised seamen and seamen-gunners are always at hand. Ruesia has taken • teat oat of oar logbook of the last campaign in the Baitie, and is getting built on both sides of the Atlantic a new stesm navy in which the Grand Doke ters..-11111TAIITINZ feels all the pride of an inventor. To take these foreign navies into account betrays no bootie, feeling; the French Minister of Menne makes no mutt of his opera tielis ; but ea Lord CLAILENCII PAGET reminds us, if England, a. an insular and emerotraily maritime and commerciel power, is obliged to maintain her superiority on every sea, it is in simple self-defence; and Nfr. BENTINCE, with excellent good nue, points out the plain feet that we can be a party to what is, by a &aprons fallacy described as mutual disarmament With no other power can England overcommit to be on equal terms at era. This is the sum and substance of oar naval policy, the apology far oar eatinistee, and the jesting:sties of a war tax " in the time of profound " peace." Into the details of the Estimates of the present year we are sot at this moment concerned to eater minutely. They amount to a greed total of 12,802,20 W. and to a net increase over the original end supplemeetary estimates of last year of 1,028,4821. The Luke PI TI =TAM:LIM . verse Awl " 1 " 8-1K" ll lW ' imi-liet 1 • Sim& . • it• •• • is • r gl Bomuares Bawd hm pegranum of its prodetemor, and in mine tespeets amended it. The votes for wages, for the Omit pm& links sad Whitest% far the motablish meats abmad sad at homer foe naval stares, are con iiihrahly hoseemel. Sir Joan Panama paid the preesat ftscarrilv a headman sad evidently a hearty sempliment on the peneversamo with w►isk the good work wee permed. The ex-Pivot Lod, who speaks with all the authority of his own vigorous edmiaisteatiee, embeeed that he wee anxiem to know hew a SECRETARY to the ADMI RALTY wh• ia opposition hademempieemely attacked dockyard abuse, would deal with them es estAedrd in Whitehall. Well, the reformer in opposition is, woaderful to relate, a reformer in aloe ; sad with the full assent of the Beard, Lard CLARE/OR PAGET b pepering for the Howl Commas* a substantial aid detailed Memorandum of dockyard expeaditure, emir the head of the booonntant-Omeral of the Noy se Ilia be who rune—bow mask more the blealialwlabbstik !—will be able to tell to &fraction how mai meg plank of every ship under every shed at Puelmmeath or Chatham is meting, and has cost, and Ant the British public is charged for every Royal handspike and every national roman% No economist could implore the Rouse more earnestly than the SUR/TART of the ADMIRALTY did last night to take these Memoranda seriously and to overhaul them severely. The Doke of Boassecv appears to be justifying hie reputation as an active and incorruptible administrator is his present office, sad es he has the good fortune to be well sustained by the efficiency and real of his principal subordinate, the country may look, we trust, for a new era in naval management. Lord CLARLECZ PAGET AVOW. the general belief that we don't get our money's worth in our naval expenditure, and is almost inclined to think so too ; bet he tells the House it is partly their fault if the Estimates are not properly examined, and he allots to place in their heads the fullest materials for an annual audit. No possible Secretary of the Admiralty that ever was born could do more than this. It is satisfactory to find that at length we are be ginning to get together • tolerable Channel fleet, though we demur to the SECRETARY'S principle of con sidering the squadron in the Mediterranean as part of the Channel fleet. Surely, Admiral FARsztwit and Admiral MUNDT have enough on their hands between Gibraltar and Constantinople without being supposed to assist Admiral FRamairTLE in watching the British coast from the Land'. End to the Downs. It is still more reassuring to hear that for the ships now in commission seamen eater freely, though the bounty, which expires at the end of March, is already diminished by more than a half. Oa the other hand, the Royal Navy Volanteerearesadly shy of tak ing the retainer; they are labouring, it seems, under a disastrous though traditional prejudice against the people in Whitehall; and the old iron of the press gang has not gone out of their souls. They talk of being " kidnapped," and all the advantages offered to volunteers are so many gins and traps for unwary Britons. This ob stacle to the success of a measure good as far as it goes is to be regretted, but it is not surprising. The good treatment of the crews actually serving will in time soften away many inveterate anti pathies; and the just recognition by the Admiralty of the claims of the masters, the engineer', and the warrant officers, will make an excellent impression ' afloat and ashore. The decisive dealing with the encumbrance of senior officers who have earned re tirement will quicken with new hope and zeal the working ranks of the service. Tie report of the extraordinary meeting of fallen women which took place at St. James's Restanrant, in the small hours of lest Thursday morning, on the invitation of some ministers of religion, came sad. dimly upon a public hardly prepared by experience for so frank a mode of dealing with the open profeesors of vice. Accordingly we hear the most contradictory judgments passed on the policy of that proceeding, The measures of the benevolent promoters of that meeting do violence to a most immoral oonventioo which we should none of es be willing to avow, but ' which is nevertheless all bat universal, the tacit understanding that for all things there a►e places l and tithes, and that the grand aim of oar social art angement is to secure " propriety." On the on. band we set apart building* and hours of the week for religion, and in return we surrender whole streets for a part of the night to harlotry, and we expect the pact to be observed. Proper strait-laced people may no more trespass on the walks of " gaiety " than loose women may invade the temples et wor ship. But we live in an age which makes light of treaties. Mr. BAPTIST Non. and Mr. BROCK have broken through the long-standing arrangement, and nobody can tell whither we may be led. A dreadful return of Chace is apprehended. The question is asked, or rather insinuated, Why cannot holy men walk in the purity of their maintship, and leave Regent street and the Haymarket to their brief pleasures ? Unless they will do so religion will be dlahonoured, and the popular notions of moralit7 confused. We suppose the answer would be that if the Christian religion is a regenerating power it is the very need of these women who, in all the finery and jewels with which they appeared at the St. James's Restaurant, have the best title to the current designation of their class—" unfortunate is other words, that they who are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. At all evente, it wee resolved to make the experiment. That it wail a evacuees thing to bring two hundred and fifty °steam women together in the name of religion must be admitted. It is not everybody's work to reclaim the members of this degraded class : there are thousands of truly excellent people who ought not on any account to touch it. But when men like Mr. Non, and Mr. Baocx, men of years, of solid character, and considerable knowledge of the world, undertook the conduct of the work, all who knew thus even by repute felt that in their hands it wee sale. How strange and astonishing, how overpower ing to many in that singular company, the victims of "the deceitfulness of sin," strangers to pure affec tion, must have seemed the tones of genuine benevo lence and paternal tenderness in which Mr. Nou addressed his " desr young friends." What poignant recollections of loot happiness must have been revived in many breast,, and what long extiagaished hopes must have revived, as the offer of resew and an entrance into the way of peace was presented to all wha would accept them. It will be said that this diem is only momentary; that the good impressions produced on that occasion will be effaced, in most uses have been effaced ; and th a t probably most of the young women present on Thurs day morning have already returned to a life of sin. We fear this is not only too near the troth, but that the general remark may be extended to most efforts for the moral and spiritual improvement of mankind from the days of Elwell and NOAH, end probably much earlier, to our own. Bat thou who mean to turn life to account, and not lees it in vain aspirations and regrew, will nevertheless try to do what good they can, convinced that so endeavour or sacrifice dictated by sincere love to their fellows is lost. We have been privately informed that, as a result of )AY - asess the St. James's Restaurant, ea may tL our Ituthed young women have to he admitted to penitentiaries and house of Meer. We shall net speculate on the amber of these who will be permanently reclaimed. Doubtless some will grow impatient of necessary restrietione ; some will lve unable to endure the motion from a life of excitement. This is according to all human experi ence—it is according to the Parable of the Sower. On the other hand, is the minds of many who may net be disposed to ahead= their present mode of life the seed of warning and instrnedon may fall, to lie unfruitful only uatil sometime of trial makes the pro digal child remember the home where, as the yoang women were told last Tkereday, a pitying Father is waiting their return. We are therefore not only unable to concur in the censures which have been passed on the promoters of this special appeal to the outcasts of society, but think them worthy of great praise. At the same time, we hope they will discern and acknowledge the very narrow limits within which the assembling of young women of the de graded clue can be either useful or safe. The meet ing last week fulfilled a special purpose—a message was to be delivered, a demonstration of true friendli ness to be made. It has been done, and done completely. The way of purity and peace has been made plain to all who may wish to enter it. The repentant know where they may obtain aid and succour. What more could be gained by holding similar meetings ? Nothing remains but iteration and importunity—in a word, downrightsermocising. We regret to me by the published letter of Mr. Lamm= that a second midnight meeting is to be bald. Even if such a convocation is thought desirable we should most earnestly deprecate its previous announcement in the newspapers. Such publicity can serve no purpose, it fosters a spurious excite ment, acts unfavourably on the minds of those whom it is sought to benefit, and occupies the mind of the public with an unwholesome topic. In their nature these meetings cannot become an institution; they ought to be strictly occasional, having a special and well defined object, and they should be carried oat without fuss. In different parts of the metropolis many sincerely benevolent persons are zealously labonriug to restore these lapsed ones to society without noise and show, and they succeed. The work commenced last Thursday should be prosecuted quietly by those who are duly qualified for it; but the way to mar it and convert it into a veritable social evil is to make it an affair of secretaries, and parade it in letters to the newspapers. the 4trourt. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince's Mary visited the Queen yesterday st Stickitighan Pince. The Queen's dinner party int evening ingindel the hin nies A lice, the Portaging* Waiter Meant de Lavrodio), Viscount and Viecountess Sydney, Lord Gimp Limon, the Ron. Mrs. Biddolph, Lisoftwat-Gerwal Bir George Wothira, mut the Dean of Whither. The band of tb. Grenadier Owls diumisi, and *yid daring dinner the following pikes : &Witt!" " Lel Diriestle Commir Labor. Wafter, " . SoisotAan Dia or rnthli j i =la •• • WIC k Quir air, " oh. the fo r ittweni The Chenoelior ol the Elobegser rad Mrs. Oladstoos re tuned to town yesterday from Stoke. The Judicial 'Comalciee at tlie Privy Candi set yeel^r day. Aa appeal from Goyim, Lindsay v. Oneida Beak sad ethos," wee oratleued. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange and suite did Bristol sad Clifton the boom of paying them visit yesterday, mad the hearty reception which Ids Royal High... received from all cisme of the citizens showed the loyal respect they are ever ready to pay to the goers of oar rvicioas soveteign. His Bova Highness is now with the Doke sad Dasher et Beaufort at Hmliahaton. The Earl and Countess of Stradbroke have ar rived to Belgravr-equare from Hoch= Hall, Suffolk. The Ear! of Winchilsea hu left the St. George's Ifatal. Lord and Lady Chelmsford have arrived at their residence is Eaton-equere for the semen. Lady Churchill has arrived at the Bt. George's Hotel. Sir Anthony and Lady de Rothschild are expectcd in tows early next week front the Continent. Geueral Bulksley and Lady Catherine Balksley have strived at their house is South Au&ley-street, no their way to Loagfurd Castle, the art of the Vieoeuat Folk.- Mote, where the marrtap of the Lady Mary Hoover% (daughter of the Eel Radnor) will take place next week. The new trial in the cue of Scully, M.P., v. In gram, 11P I. heed for Thereday. It will be recollected the ewe arises out of the late &Melt fraud'. The Marquis de Lavalette has been appointed Preach Ambassador at Coastaathiople. The meeting of Lard Derby's supporters will take place this day, at Lrd Salisbury's hones. It will be strictly ovals. _ We (Maidstone Journal) regret to state that as attack of illness has °masa Kr. Lee, ILP., during the last fee day. to hi. residence, so that le has been unable to Mend it his place in parliament, to vote on the important neeseres brought forward there. There is, however, every reason to hope that he will be able to resume his dunes in the course of this week. Arrangements are being made by the committee of the National Wile Aeonlades and the provialamal com mittee of the Volunteer &trees Club (in aceertlasee with what they believe to he a very general wish) kw a rabecrip tioa dialler of volunteer officers, to take place kr Lemke re the 7th day of March—the day appoiated by her Majesty fur the Volunteer Levee. LORD BROUGHAM AND MR. GLAD/MOM—A very significant ompliment to Mr. Gledstagies oratory, and a very striking incident in its if (my* the D'reteleae), appears not to have been marked by our London oontemperseise. We mean the presence of Lord Brougham within the walled the Home of Commons for the first time dating very nearly thirty yam —that is, since be lett it in 1830 to become Lord Chastener. It is pretty well known that Lord Brougham left the Home of COMMON to preside over the House of Lord*, with the utmost pars and reluctance—that his own most earnest dribs was not to smut any aloe which necessitated the abdkation of his position ea number for Yorkshire, end that be took • position nominally and titularly higher only at the most urgent entreaty and virtual command of his party. Since his removal he bee never oriel been known to enter se auditor within those walls which bad so often echoed with his elo quence. On Friday night, for the first time, be overcame this remarkable reluctance; and then, too, for the first time, it is understood, he heard the man who now occupies the position he himself so long held unrivalled and nedisputed— the greatest orator in the Brmiab House of Coatroom. Lord Brougham wee wen to Helen intently during the whole four hours during which Mr. Gladstose spoke; and Is known so have gemmed the highest ediniwion of the smith, es a masterpiece of clear and skilful statement and persueeive rhetoric. PP.ZUNTATION TO DR. WATSON, OF TIER ORRAT RasTsix.—The oaken of the Greet Babas essumblp bays preeeatet Dr. Wawa, wbo se nobly nertsd Dino**. am the Ile of their late teuelt-heloved ismeaseler, with • Mad onna Pim beautifully utseettei bith dim, es a immuk of rear.% .a.l retreat for kb pberal absarber, sad adattratice of hie 000 duct ow the oaer7ea of the reorat eteleareely dint I. the rim Mem 7 1111130 P iL•XSZIS AND nil BODORT.—The ruinous propoesl a the Chancellor of the lizobecieer Is re lease* to the alteration of the hop duty has taken every body by surprise. A free trade in hops, ocreplad with so relief I. malt, and the adatiesios of forsiftu wines at • low duty is indeed unbearable. A leveeing at Maidstone is ea led fur Thursday, at one o'cl.ick, the 1t... Smith-Marriott in the chair, end poterday (Mooday) afternoon a deputation from all parts met at the Pelaa. yard, Westraiseter, le pre test aselsat the eseassre; sad petitions re beige simulated in *very direction to ("poet Its proper. We trust that is the Weald of Kent and Bowes Immediate step@ will be takes to oppen the bedew is every pantile wey, for • sere in. juries, iseasute to the hop-planter oats seemly be conceived. —Sows 8017111 32 171111110T0N Mttedott.—Durteg the week =7.lb. it, the Ashore have bees es follows:—Os „ Tuesday, god sewarday, free dem 4,1101 en Nor day a. d Twelay (free wonWp), ; ea tb e ...owe lays (animists to the ode* IL). 1,114 ; see sludseld wedge tWodeesday). 6i2 Seta, 11,942. Preis the sweins el the suesew, 1,274,112. '"CaIP FEBRU AY_ , MATZ 07 ZIEUTII AN7-037.114.1111171 '1 1 71Z7.1.411 P. 7. rum= We Moth to imperial the death, on Sunday, at Wade Hors% Chide= Park, d Lienteunt-General file Waist Frdesia Patel* Napier, LC 8., Colossi of the 29= BaYarrat, aged 74. Tide dielleguisbed allow sad rewkatie writer wee Isola (w 9 804 flee • bierapedeal edict in the a Ilaglia Opab pedla ") Y Caelleleves, ram Chibeithp, fa the county of HU dare, Deis& Ha wee the third son al the Hon. Coked George Napier, by his math Lady Belch Lennox, seventh desgider of the mooed Date ef Itiehmand. and is brother to tin lets Gessrah Mir Chubs James Napier and ' Sir George Themes Napier. Ea sabered the army es auks Joan 14, 1200; biome lisahneal Aprd 14, 1801; and cep tala June, 2, 1804. Hs served at the midge of Osprshages sad battle of Loge in 1807, is Sir John theorem oruspeign 4 Spain in 18011-9,had in the enbsegueat win the Speak& pesiamals from 11409, to its asissieatica is 1814. Hs was present in 1810 at the combat of Almeida an the Cm, when he was wounded, and at the =tale of Buseco. Ice Marais 1811, during Musnea's Weal from Portugal, he was an ; gag= is the ostabsts of Pomba, Rediaha, Cud Nova , (where he was severely wahaded), end Fcs de Arenas ; sad is May, at the battle of Femme de Own. Hs stained the rank of major, May 30, 1811. He was mpg= is the battle of Salamanca I. July, 1812. Ha house liantanant-colonel, ' November 22, 1811. He was at the prop of the Huebra in November, 1812, mad of the Bidemos in October, 1813. ; He was award in the combat of Vera, at the battles of the NiV•ll4l sad the NMI, and was wounded in defending the churchyard of Aresagass. He was again emend to the battle of Orthes, Ha awed also in the campaign of 1816, but does not appear to ham been at the battle of Waterloo. He received the gold =dal and two clasps for his metier is the battle, of Sidamanos, the Nivel* and the Ni,., is which he commanded the 43rd Regiment of Light Infantry; and the silver medal with three chums for Busaco, Feentes is Onoro, and Othliss. He was prams in many oboe motions and received other wounds besides those before mentioned. In 1828 Lieutenant-Colonel Napier commenced the publi cation of his " History of the War in the Paniasala and the Smith of France, from the yew 1807 to the year 1814." The volumes came out in succeed= till the work was corn . prated in 1840 in 6 vole. Bvo. He shafted the reek of colonel, July 22,1830; and that of merar-ipsaral, November 23, 1841. From April, 1842, to Jewry, 1848, he was lientanant-governor cif the island al Geenteey, and in 1848 was crested a knight. commend., Cl the Order of the Bath. In 1848 Major-Geasral Negur published " The Conquest of &rade," Bvo., to 2 parte. He became lieutiwat-gastral, November 11, 1861, and colonel of the 22nd Raginesut of Foot, September 19, 1863, In 1851 be published his " His tory of Owed ell Charles Napier's Administration of &dude, and Campaign in the Catches Hill., with maps and illustrations," Bvo. ; sad in 1865 " English Battles and dirges in the Peninsula," mown Ova., extracted from his " War In the Peninsula." Hs has also published two pamphlets; " Six Letters Vindication of the British Army, exposing the Calumets' of the Liverpool Reform Association," 8,0, 1848; and " Controsate upon a Memorandum of the Duke of Welhagtoa, and other Documents censuring Lieut.-Owes' Sir Charles Jaw Napier; with • Defeats of Sir C. Napier's Government of Made, by Captain Rathbun, late Col lector in Made," Bro., 2nd edit., 1664. He has oleo pub lished " The Life and Opinions of the late Sir Cheeks Napier, by Sir William Napier." Sir William Napier married in 1812 the second daughter of the late Hon. General H. B. Fox, node to the third Lord Holland. Sir William Napier's " History of the War in the Penin sula," bee pined through severe! editions, end is now • standard work. Of all the wen la which Great Britain has been mimed, that war Ode years was the most important, difficult, and expensive, end Sir William Napier's History is worthy of the traissecticas it records, and the skill and heroism it celebrates. Perhaps no military history of squid excellence has ever been written. It out the =lbw sixteen years of continuous taboo+. He was himself a rata= of several of the series of operations, and was missal in many of the battles. .His wide acquaintance with military men enabled blur to consult many distinguished (Ace= English and French, and he was especially supplied with materials and documents by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal &alt. The ordinary mums of isformatkm were amber rearing from their abuadiums. Oes mw of inateriale deserves especial mention. When Joseph Bonaparte fed from Vittoria be left behind him • very large collection of letter., which, however, ware without order, in three lea gues., many almost illegible, and the most important in cipher, of which there was no key. It wu the correspond ence of Joseph Bonaparte while nominally King of Spa's. Sir Williams Napier was to • state of perplexity, end almost in despair of being able to make sag use of those valuable materrara, when his wife undertook to arrange the letters according to dates and eubjeco, to make a table of Mew= end to translate and epitomise the contents of each. Many of the most important documents were entirely in cipher ; of some letters about one-hilt was In cipher, and others had a few words so written interspersed. All these documents and ratters Lady Napier arranged, and with a rare sagacity and patience she deciphered the aeoret writing. The entire oor remondenos was tben made available far the historian's purpose. She also made out all Sir William Napier's rough interlinel manuscripts, which were almost illegible to him self, end wrote out the whole work fair for;the printers—it may be said three times, so frequrat were the changes made. Sir William Napier mentions these bete In the preface to the edition of 1861, and in paying this Mira= to Lady Napier, observes that this amount of labour was seem phials= without her having for a moment neglected the oars and eclucim ion of a large In committee on Custom. Acts, on Mr. Chancellor of tbs Exchequer moving the repeal of the chase in the act of perlisment obi& exempts the deed of building societies from *team duties, Mr. Brietor will awe " That the exemp tion be retained and continued." Mr. Bannock, o Friday, will ask the First Lord of the Treontry, whether "any understanding has less COON to Wotan the urernmente of France and of this country in the event of the commercial treaty not being sane tiornd by parliament." Mr. Newdegste, on the motion for going into oommitte on Church Rates Abolition Bill, intends to move " That this house will, to-morrow, resolve itself into s com , mittee, to consider the propriety of establishing in lieu of chnich rates, thenceforth to b. abolished, a *horse on all laereditamen•s, in reopeoe of the occupation of which church rates hays been pawl within the last moven years ; inch charge to be levied with the county rate at a uniform rata of poundage, the occupier being in all OYES entitled to deduct from his rest the amount of the charge levied on his occupation." Tee MrfitofoLlTAN POLICL-This morning the accounts of this frace for the pier 1859 were Issued. The total sum received for the metropolitan polio* in the year wee 516,4671 4.1. 3d. ; the total sum paid was 472,6281 1 lc 9d. Balmier remained accordingly on the 31et of De cember amouw log to 42,6381. 12., 62. The receipts OD arecoant of the PACO Buperarieuation Fund were 50,6881 18a., the payments amountiag to the arms sum. Tue brat sum paid by the "receiver" (or the polio -courts wee 61,46.5/. 2.. 51, leaving a balance in his favour of 1,3191. 13.. 91. Dariag the year tee fee., penal ties, and forfeitures levied at the vilice-ceuros and pad ever by toe inagiarrates' clerk to the receiver vorii-Bow street, 5961. 17.. 106.; Clerkenwell, 9531. Os. 702.; Greet Marlboiou6b-storm, 1,3681. 135.; Gmenwich sad Woolwich, 1,0711 17.; Hainwerecolti rod Waadsworth, 7961. 74. 102.; Lambeth, 8051. 16e. 2d ; klarylebece, 8001. 95.; work, 7021. 9s. Id. ; Thaws, 1,0661. 11.. fld.; Wool =foster. 6161. se. 01.; Worship-street, 7801. 6.. 01, Amonit the . spoons, 1,6001. goes yearly to the Mkt m ve t:rate; 264001. in colorise to 7.2 magistrate., at 1,2001. seek; 7.6081. 16e. 101. to 23 clerk., at eateries very. fag from 751. to 51.01. per annum; and 4,2321. 18.. lid. Moog. , 50 ushers, gaoler., motwiters, On Ow Ist of January this year there were 16 auperintee dents in receipt of 2501. a year; one receiving 4401. and me 3251. The inspector.. were 172 in number; three at 2001 per mourn; moat 1751.; format 111111.6..; ono a , 1601.11. W.; eve at. 1501. : one hundred and thirty-twe at 1181. 68. ; eight et 1001. Is ; sad eavestaia at 811. 18e The sergeants wens is all 648, vie. receiving 1091. 45.; eleven, 811. 18.„ ; can, 781. 14a; and Si hundred and twenty-nine, 631.14 e. The coestables cambered 6,148, .4 whom four receive 781 yearly ; tweety-etz, 721. 10e. ; five, 701. 4e. ; seven, 671. Ito.; two ; 831 146.; three, 591. 16e.; one thousand four hundred and ninety-nine, 641. 12., ; and three thotoand roe hundred and two, 492.8.. The sergeant. an 4 constable, re. caws atm tb.lr clothing; male, 40Ibs, weekly to race ware tied man all the year, and 401ba. weekly to each Slagle ilea derlag Awn eight math% and 201 be. weekly define the remainder..( the >ear. The total number of periwig Woes tag to the force is 5,986. %aided* 1840. ,TEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. ;The Meisiteur says: PARIS, Tritsak.r. " The ripening of the union of the Senate and Legislative Body has been adjourned to the let Mond" The Moniteur contains the nomination of General Delores* as a Member of the Senate. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, TUESDAY. It is said that a now loss is projectsd. VIENNA, MONDAY. The reforms promised in the ministerial pro gramme are about to be granted. Every province will receive s separate constitution and administra tion, according to the wants of the different nation alities. NAPLES. Intelligence received at Vienna from Naples states that the King has ordered the liberation of political prisoners arrested upon suspicion ; those only who Sr. evidently guilty being reserved for trial by the competent tribanals. EXCITEMENT IN SICILY. , TURIN MONDAY Evnxixo. _ _ Letters received here from Sicily announce that the political arrests and the excesses of the police are increasing. Women have been ravished and beaten by them. The political prisoners have been put to the torture, under which some of them died. Several magistrates have in vain protested against these barbarous acts. A proclamation is now in cir culation exhorting the Sicilians to rise in a speedy and general insurrection in order to reinvest Southern Italy with her former rights in Europe. All parties in Sicily are alike favourable to the cessation of despotism. In the above proclamation it is said " Let us hope that Naples will follow our example. The time for moderation has passed away henceforth we mast be daring. Let us rise in the name of Italian nationality, and to the cry of Italy and Victor Emmanuel for ever." PIEDMONT AND CENTRAL ITALY. A Turin letter says : " I transmit you without delay the resolutions which our government has adopted with respect to Central Italy. They are these :—The Assemblies of Central Italy at present in existence are to be con voked u quickly u possible; and the convocation is to be preceded by a manifesto from the King ad dressed to the populations of the central pro vinose. This manifesto will be a sort of his torical summary of what has taken place in Italy since the preliminaries of Villafranca, and it will endeavour to prove to Europe that the wishes of the populations of Etruria and .Emilia for a fusion were spontaneous; it will also call to mind that those wishes have obtained the approbation of the Piedmontese government. After the publication of this manifesto, which will be a sort of definitive taking possession of the provinces, the Assemblies will very probably declare that the object for which they were elected is attained, and they will dissolve themselves. That done, new elections will take place according to the Piedmontess law, and the deputies elected will take their seats in the parlia ment at Turin." RUSSIA.—THE ENGLISH PROPOSALS. ST. PETERSBURG, Fss. 12. Prince Gortschakoff has informed the French government that Raul& does not consider the En glish proposal to be altogether a satisfactory solution of the Italian difficulty, and that a real understand ing could only result from a oonferenoe of the five great Powers. It is said that the French Ambas sador has expressed to Prince Gortschakoff the readi ness of his government to adhere to the proposals of Russia. DENMARK. COPENHAMIN, Fri. 13. Bishop Monrad, at present in Paris, has been asked by telegraph if be will undertake the forma tion of a new ministry, with unlimited power. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. MADRID, Ilarvarmy. Marshal O'Donnell has addressed a congratulatory speech to the army. Marshal O'Donnell announces in an order of the day, that he will continue offensive operations until the enemy shall ask mercy of Spain, and until re prised' have been taken for the insults of the enemy, and an indemnity obtained for the sacrifices of Spain. The trophies from Tetuan have arrived here, and have been received by the inhabitants with enthusiasm. The Spanish government, in conformity with the authorisation of the Cortes, is about to issue notes to the amount of 200 million realm, the payment of which is to be insured by the sale of national ProPerty. • MADRID, MONDAY. The Spanish cabinet will listen to no proposals of peace from Morocco until Tangiers has been taken, against which place military operations are to com mence immediately. IN-COMING CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA, Fail. 13. The Valetta arrived at Malta with rudder head damaged; when reptired would take mails to Corfu. The Alhambra left Malta for Marminim at daylight on the 13th. The Chino, for Southampton, at 8, the same morning. The Ottawa, with neat homeward Bombay meal, arrived at Ades on the 3rd of Feb. The Malta, for Bombay, and the Emit., for Anotralia, ar rived at Aden on the 3rd u February. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL OF JAN. 27. The Engine and Panther left Malta for Alex andvle on the Bth of February. The Colombo, with the 4th Deomabar mails from England, arrived at Gale on the 12th of Jimmy. The Italians established in California have sent as prima to KlegViotor Emmanuel a sword of great Talmo and of beautiful workmanship. The hilt is in missive gold, sad represents Italy, while the blade bears an appropriate in- Dersp,ion. We read in Galignani, " %f. Chaplain, a well known artist, having recently snbroisted to the Empress team designs for ornamenting the salon des parrs, ono of her Makety's apartments in the Palace of the Toileriee, her Ma jesty wu so mach pleased that she gave hire as order to pre pare • design for ornamenting tbs.:W.6l3g of the s►me room. In two days the artist prepared • design in chalks 16 feet long by 13 feet broad, which her Majesty fully approved of. The design in allegmioal. In the centre are • medallists la marble of the Empress with the Graced crowning her with 'minds, the Arts promoting their attributes, and Fame firing around. Is the ceiling also are • zephyr, surrounded wish clouds, sod carrying • baaket of Bowers, from which Cupid rims with his bow and arrow ; Likewise Aurora, be fore whom the petit of the night ere represented retitiog. The tigers of Cupid is • portrait of the Prince Imperial." , EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PION OWN OWN 001 PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The following passage at the bead of the leading column of the Lidepeadescs Bulge of yesterday derives importance from the fact of its being the principal topic of the Opinion Nationale of this evening: Among all the entessisensats of Italian affairs, one point is Meetly visible through all the contradictory intelligence which remedies en—vis., that there Is a coolness between the eshisess of Paris sad Turin oa swount of the question of Savoy and Nice, and that, in oonsequenoe of their diSsrenoes on this subject, the latter power, although supported by England, and maim; to take her revenge for the peace of VaIifISZCS. Ands It for the moment impomible to carry out her projects for the annexation of Central Italy. On the other hand, France, in order to thwart the Sardinian view, now professes more fidelity than ever to the stipulations of VOL:s tream', and seems to manifest an intention to extend the military occupation to Florence and Bologna, if that step shall tarn out to be necessary to assure the Emma of her policy. Count Aress,who ham just arrived in Paris, and is going on to London, is commissioned, as we learn from Turin, to smooth difficullies and to re-establish between the courts of England, France, and Piedmont the harmony which is mom eery for the emancipation of Italy. His mandato is that which was to have been Cavour's, but it le rendered considerably more difficult by the events of the last month, and the Sardinian envoy, although a personal friend of the Emperor's, does not deny that his task is an arduous one, and that his chances of success are bet men. If he should fail, we shall see a revival of the rumours of an approximation between Francs and Austria, oi a moonoluttion of the Tuileries with the Vatican, of rho formation of a kingdom of Central Italy with the Grand Dake of Tuscany at its head, and of Vicar-Genwal of the Pope in the Legations. Rumours of this kind ere already set about in Paris. M. Thouvenera letter to Count de Persigny on the subject of the English four prepositions, the tolerance et the French government in allowing the Pope's encyclical Witte to be read in all the churches, the order given to the Camilla:ionised to cease its controversy with Mgr. Dupanloup, and the re quest to the Silel• to bring a civil instead of a criminal action against that prelate, are interpreted as indications of more favourable dispositions towards Austria, the temporal power of the Pope, and the restoration of the Dukes, than those which ruled the situation jolt before the appearrnce of the fatuous pamphlet, " The Pope and the Congress." The Opinion Rationale, it wilt be remembered, was the organ chosen by the French government to ventilate the scheme for the absorption of Savoy and Nice by France long before the world began to believe in the reality of such a project. This journal does not now by any means violently contradict the gloomy anticipations of the Independance. It merely says that they are " perhaps exaggerated,' and it then proceeds to attach importance to a Turin letter of the 9th, published three days ago by the Constitutiormel, in which it is stated that M. Touts, a Swiss envoy, who was sent to Turin to remon strate against the annexation of Savoy, had be come convinced that it was too late, and that he and Count Cavour were now only treating about the means to scours the passage of the Simplon, so that Switzerland might be under no apprehension of sudden invasion by her new and powerful neigh bour. There is therefore this great distinction between the way in which the Savoy and Nies question is represented in England and France— that in the former country the project is represented as being so hypothetical and unripe that it cannot be even said to exist with any official certainty, and here the government organs are instructed to say that the thing is settled in principle, and that discussions scan only bear upon minor details. The Bourse to-day was without any particular feature. The Rents was steady, and without much fluctuation rose 15c. both for cash and account, clos ing in eack case at 87fr. 700. Mobilier rose 3fr.75c. The Western Railway rose 7fr. 500., and the other lines were from lfr. 50c. to 2fr. 255. higher. Busi ness was a good deal interrupted by the inaugura tion of a new parquet, or place enclosed by rails, in which the newly created assessors assembled to do business in imitation of the regular brokers. Tba i tion was very unpopular, clients who deal with these outside-men' finding that the new regula tion did away with that facility of access which was the principal attraction of their ministry. THE POPE IND TEE 318101 OP ORLEANS. The Pope has written the following letter of thanks to the Bishop of Orleans : Yeeerable brother, esintation and apostolical benediction. During them greet troubles in Italy which ham violently deposed eovereigns and ruined the legitiuutte power of the holy me throughout Emilia and Romagna, the real object of the authors and promoters of the rebellion, their ultimate ideas, in 'hod, have been completely reveakd by that work [meaning the Emperor Napoleon's pamphlet], so lull of de motion, which has been published in France and circulated not only in the towns but in all the villages of Italy. You, venerable brother, at once perceived the detestable object el this writing [meaning always the work of Napoleon lII.], and, without loss of time, you resolutely and courageously set yourself to work to give it a direct re futation. Your energy, your limner of soul, are held in esteem even by the enemies of the temporal power, all good men celebrate your virtues, and we, venerable brother, seed you our most trammel and hearty oongratoJa. float on this new and signal service which you have rendered to tho apostolic see and to oar sovereignty. We thank you for this new work, which we have read with extreme seta faction. As to the new work which you are preparing to defend the sovereignty t f the ►postolic see, we not only approve of it. venerable brother, but we are confident that it will most materially tend to confirm the rights of the apos tolic see and of the universal church. In besting ny of our special affection, receive the apostolical benediction, which we give you with all our heart, and may this blessing, venerable brother, be for you, your clergy, and your rep* the t of celestial gifts. Given at fit. Peter's, is Rome, January 14, 1860, and in the 14th year of our Poutifloste. II." The Empty. of the French on receipt of the news from Tetuan addressed the followittg telegraphic des patch to the Qeeen of Spaia The Emerges of the French congratulates )our Majesty with all her heart, bee tame the triumph of the Spanish arms cannot be itd (rent to bee." The Queen replied in suitable terms. The Emperor of the French mho coogratulated the Queen by telegraph, and his despatch reached her Majesty in the nlid.t of the Ti Deunt at the church of Atocha. The E npres., says the Espaosa s his given a considerable cum from her privy purse to the fund for the relief of the wounded. The Charirari gives the following a; a " true story "—" Twenty years ago, three young men were walk ing together on the Boulevard. • Shall we go to breakfast r said one. ' With all my heart,' replied the second. Bat; chimed in the third, ' where are the funds? which of us her a puree r •ir tideland the others both et one., ' but It la empty." Christi I and I am as hungry as a lawyer's clerk. Waite' to be done r ' I have an idea,' said the first speaker ; come with me.' The three solved a tousle shop ea& asked the proprietor whether he would buy a wag. ' A moos P Diable! Whose I. it ?' Ours." Let me see II: I will sing it to you,' raid the shortest of the three. He eat down to the piano and sung the piece ..fferod for sale. Well,' said the puollelter, 'it is not but—l will give you 261 r. for it.' • What, words and manic and • Oh, certainly, the times are hard." It Le very little—never mind—'bell out—it will be enough to pay for oar break fast!' The publisher paid the 25fr. and the three friends went to breakfast together. Why thin story ? the reader win ask. Oh, bottling in the world but this—the song wee l'Andalouse:' The publisher made 100,000 fr. by his bargain. The author of the words was Alfred de Museet; the author of tbn music was Mongol& ; end the singer, Doprez That's all." _ _ _ The Indipendente of Turin states that General blayethofer has been appointed general-is-chief of the papa forma Tee name of the Emperor ot China appears for the ant time in the .dlowesww.4 de Gotha for 1860. Sian Flea is the seventh Emperor the dynasty of the Woe, who sue, ceeded the dyoa.ty of the Mine in 1644.