The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCH ES. " Peri ectioa of mechanism."---Morning Post. Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas. Silver Watches 83 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA RDEN. Under the managetnent of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. 7THIS EVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ROMANCE. Dingle by Henry Leslie. Mesprg. G. Honey and. IV. Ilanison; Kiss Thirlwall and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS IN BOOTS; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden Palms. Messrs. W. H. I'ayne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Go l d e n , Tallien, infants Lauri, and Miss Clara Morgan. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. - - THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. N. Buckstone. THE LOVE CHASE. Constance, Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the F air y of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled Leclereqs.__________-----------. trEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.- sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste. Last Nights of the Spanish Dancer, Isabel Cubas. THIS EVENING, a new Drama, called A TALE OF Two CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr. James Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler, Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex travaganza and Pantomime, KING TFIRUSHBEARD, the LITTLE PET and the GREAT. PASSION. Clown, Mir. U. Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino. Commenoe at 9. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. Itc-enga,gement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa. First appearance of Mille. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan sense of La Scala, Milan ; and the Delapierre Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening. THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by 11. J. Byron, called JACK TILE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle quin Kin.o. Artliur and the Knights of the Round Table. Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta .oon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams— Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest. THE SUN, L ONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1860. MW THEATRE - ROYAL, A ELPHI. D Mole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Reproduction of THE DEAD HEART, with all its power ful effects. THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Billington, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly. After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURL EYBE RC ; or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford, Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K. Kelly, Laidlaw. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box °face open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor ter bills of performance. All fees to servants of this Sitablishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park beinz open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. Last Week of the Pantomime. THIS F.TENING the performances will commence with BORDER MABRIAG E. Messrs. 11. T. Craven' Charles Young, G. Spencer, and Miss aryndlmm. After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c. To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and the wonderful Performing Dogs. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform since commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Last Three Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season, THIS EVENING, the Grand Illustration of Shakspeare's RICHARD THE THIRD, or The Death of White Surrey. Richard, Mr. Ennis ; Richmond, Mr. R. Phillips, New Olym pian Scenes in the Circle by the first riders of the day—Mr IV. Cooke's great Home Act—terminating with the Eques trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TOM MOODY ; or, Old Towler the Huntsman and the God dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and dazzling Transformation Scsne.—Harlequin, M. Richarde ; Columbine, Mdlle. Mazoni ; Clown, M. Hilderbrandt ; Pan taloon, Mr. P. Abbot —A family of Sprites —Epsom Rales by Living Jockies and real Ponies, with ring and Stage com bined. Commence at 7. Grand Morninci, Performances of the Pantomime on Satur Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 11, at Two o'clock each day. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY QUEEN. And a Grand Seleelon from Heyerbeer's new opera of DINORAH. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come. dlan and Mimic), W. T. Critchtield, and E. W. Hackney. • Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified. and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA 130 N E UR' S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is opea from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 3, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THB SHADE. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon. BAnomETEn-30.31.—rising rapidly. WIND, North-Easterly ; with dull cold weather. was frosty all yesterday, and rainy in the evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 22m.—Afternoon, Bh. 54m To-momtow.-Morning, 9h. 28m.—Afternoon, :10h. 4m, •e e., ttl." THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 1860. The recent sudden rise in the rate of Discount is but another evidence of the suicidal policy of the Act of 1844. The Bank of England is bound to buy gold at a fixed price, and sell it at a price far below its intrinsic value in the markets of Europe. Else why should the foreigner buy our gold at the low price here and sell it at the highest price he can command i n th e E uropean mar k e t ? Sir ROBERT PEEL once said that it was the natural interest of commerce to buy in the cheapest and to sell in the dearest market. Aid yet in the same breath he fixes the value of the standard, which ought to find its own price in the market, at a given invariable denomination ! If a madman were to enunciate such folly, ho would only bo laughed at; but when a Minister of State puts forward such doctrines he is listened to by one party with wondrous incredulity, and by another with selfish applause. The bullionists, who live and thrive by the trick which fills their coffers at the expense of the public‘ praise the wisdom of the statesman to the very echo, On the other hand those who suffer, find it per fectly useless to reason with people committed to foregone conclusions however absurd in theory and self contradictory in practice. If people of no poli tical status were to set up such unreasonable argu ments they would be set aside as visionary. And whence does all this national grievance spring from ? From the sordid avarice of the dealers in money—money accumulated at the cost of the country—both commercially and agricul turally, in fact from every denomination of labour. And is there no remedy ? Yes—one and many ; but those who hold the cord of oppression grasp it with yet a stronger clutch when relief is proposed. For in the relief of the people they see their own doom. very y le boast of b e i ng f r ee-traders, and yet in the essence of what may be termed free trade stillwe remain the most inveterate monopo lists ? Free trade 11. trade, s universal freedom—like the wind. that.blowfrom all sides of the compass at its own free wiflut with us , we sanc tion the prin c i p l e of free ade, an d mean sto us e it. T rade is yet withhold the produced and en l arge d by human labour, and thereby spreads over the world, , into many countries where labour ' is cultivated, but wher e it s produce transfer , and to relieve this difficulty this difficult o f o i ney is sub stituted as a token iu purchas e of b produce. Thus coin merce is free to buy and sell thisPrd of labour, - but the token is restricted in its operation as a med ivan of value, and hence the perplexity that ensu, Is as to a fair barter. What a merchant gain's in 0] le case he Joses in the other. Now wh 3 7 should a nation, so enlightened and so rich as Enk, ;land, be so crippled in her commercial enterprise as ':to be shackled by the inconsistency of her own znor Wary conduct ? It is not carrying out a principle, but the absolute antagonism to all principle. In fact, the very absurdity of our prac tice is being so daily evinced that the foreigner comes over to buy our cheap gold while he can get it at 2i or 3 per cent.—but keeps away when the price rises to 5,6, or it may be 10 per cent! He alone is wise in his generation, and we minister to his wants with our eyes open. No doubt he thinks us very liberal, but at the same time very foolish. And whence does the excessive prodigality arise on our part ? Why, from no will of our own, but from the cunning contrivance of those who periodically profit by our misfortunes. We set up a standard of value like a block of granite, against which we run •ur heads, but return no wiser from the collision. Why should we have free L trade in everything else and yet withhold it in money —the very keystone of all our dealings ? The thing is so absurd that one is left to wonder at our credulity. And who profits by the sudden t rise in discounts or the fictitious value of money ? Why, the Bullionists—the shareholders of the Bank of England stock. It may suit the exigencies of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being to subserve to the necessities of the moment by still warding off the day of reckoning with the Bank of England, because he does so with money not his own. But is that Minister an honest man who does with the money and credit of the nation what he would never do with his own? We are nominally— we say so advisedly—we are nominally indebted to the Bank of England fourteen millions, for which we give them the national security to use to their own benefit. If their stook of bullion become so low that they cannot meet their promises to pay, the Minister of the day steps forward with the National Guarantee and saves them from Bank ruptcy. Suddenly the price of money under goes a very_ great fall, the character of the Bank is saved, and its coffers enriched at the national loss in all its wide ramifications of trade, commerce, and agriculture. Now, is this a fit state of things to be endured ? Shall we thus go on— "From age to age in everlasting debt ?" Well, we may be asked where is the remedy ? Very easy and very simple. Abolish the standard price of gold as an absurdity in principle, and as it has proved, ruinous in practice. Let gold, like every other commodity, find its own level. If it be over-plentiful it will fall in value like corn or any other produce ; if scarce it will rise in value as the demand increases. Well, then, we may be asked what becomes of the circulating medium for the wants of commerce ? Aye ! that word medium strikes at the very root of the standard. For what is medium but the token of value ? It is like a ticket toa theatre or to a railway—a representative that you have deposited the value of the thing you require. And why should not a similar ticket, note, or representative of value pass current throughout the land ? We have bills of exchange —or floating securities—passing current in com merce, trade, and in all manner of ways, and why not have such symbols of value in the shape of notes of one pound, two pounds, or three pounds ? We have abundance of five-pound notes, and million of ten, twenty, and thousand pound notes. Now where is the virtue in the large notes that may not be found in the smaller denominations ? We think the risk in the low is as nothing compared to high rates. But the secrot lies in this, that the makers of the law deal in the larger notes, and those who have to obey deal in the smaller, when they can get them. And why not get them ? Because the issue of small notes of £l, £2, and £3 would izfringe on the privilege of usurers and bullionists, who profit by the neces sities of the people—a people whose living is derived from labour in agriculture, trade, and commerce. Now, is this a wholesome state to live in ? Is it an honest one for Ministers to trade on politically, or subserviently to gain a temporary or even a permanent majority ? Would any one Minister, in his private capacity, practice or even connive at such barefaced jugglery? We think not. He has too much respect for personal character to stoop to such indignity. And yet, in his Minis terial capacity, he shrugs his shoulders and shares the odium with his fellows, while others—the money grinders—pocket the fruits of Ministerial inquity—because they are irresponsible ! Future ages will wonder while they curse the iniquity of those who 'perpetrated such villanies, while they may weep with indignation at the endurance of the millions who suffered. Our ancestors seem to have understood the use of money far better than we do. For in their dealings with one another they used symbols or tokens of value. A packman could tarry his wares on his back, or it may be, as he grew richer by his labour, he could afford a donkey or a poney to share his burden, and barter per sonally with his customers ; but when the extent of his business exceeded those limited means of transport he was compelled to have recourse to a system of exchange, and employ tokens as representatives of his trading transactions. And what were those tokens ? As various as the habits or customs of the people. In some cases, bits of leather—in others cowrie shells; or, in short, any symbols that the people had faith in as being the representatives of an honest and confiding system of barter. And why should not we, who profess to be wiser than our fore fathers, act up to the common sense of things ? Amanto cannot carry a ton weight of silver pay for a purchase—nor would he find it convenient to carry even a hundred weight of gold to complete the bargain. But he would give his c h eque on hi s b anker or ma k e any equivalent arrangement which, so long as there is confidence, would settle the matter conveniently, to , the satisfaction of both and the profit and security , of commerce. Well, now, the Chancellor of the Exchequer pro poses to make a Financial Statement on Monday and enter into the mysteries of his Customs Duties Acts with a view to explain the commercial treaty with France. What better could ho do than to propose a free commercial treaty with th• people of his own country, by striking off the fetter.t, which shackle them in their money matters ? may answer—the debt due to the Bank stands in the way. We answer—pay off that debt in one year, or in more. We paid some eighty millions for the Russian War, for which no man is the better, while thousands of families are placed in mourning. And yet this money was spent in two years—and here we boggle about paying a sixth part of that amount ! Verily ! where there's a will there's a way. But it don't suit the necro mancy of the day, nor the cunning of the times. Yet we shall be wiser before long—if necessity be the mother of invention ! The proverb, that the darkest hour is that before dawn, seems to be realising in the once hopeless night of Italian independence. The day-star of her resuscitation is now shining out in all her own beautiful effulgence. Not only has her dark oppressor been vanquished in his strength of arm, but now her spiritual tyrant is fast hastening to his own perdition, and others are following in his train with yet more giant . _ strides. NAPOLEON was half afraid to carry out his own magnificent "idea" of liberty from the Alps to the Adriatic, and it is perhaps as well that he halted in the glory of his march, lest the Italians should be " blasted with excess of light"—for now they have had time to rub their eyes and look around, and behold the horizon of liberty spreads and enlarges even beyond their utmost ken, for Italy is becoming free from the furthest Alps to the more sunny regions of Vesuvius, while the glare of liberty extends to Calabria and even il lumines the kindred land of Sicily— "Where Etna's fires sublimely rise, Tinging the evening skies with flame !" —Aye, the kindred flame of liberty. We may thus hope to see Italy free from one extremity to the other before the year is out. In fact, we should not be sorry to see Prince NAPOLEON mount the late throne of MURAT, and thus become the successor of a chivalrous soldier, who was as kind-hearted as he was brave. We copy the following from our French confi dential contemporary, the _Morning Post, as an in• teresting foretaste of what Italy may soon expect from the concessions of her friends, and from the exigencies of her own changed position, as well as the irresistible course of events : " We announced at the beginning of the year that a virtual alliance had been effected between England and France far the settlement of Italian affairs. We expressly stated that the two Govern ments bound themselves by no Treaty, but that their agreement was the result of the force of circumstances and the dictation of Public Opinion. This alliance, every day drawn closer, already begins to produce evident and tangible conse quences. It is now formally determined that no intervention shall take place in Italy, and that the people shall be left to their own devices. It is therefore agreed that the States of Central Italy shall dispose of themselves. Fresh elections are to be held, and the Assemblies resulting from popu lar choice are free to decree the annexation of their constituents to the Sardinian kingdom. The French troops are to be withdrawn from Northern Italy and from Rome at an early opportunity. It is no secret that Austria, having regard to the Western alliance and her own serious difficulties, gives up all hope of retrieving her position and influence in Italy, and not only sheathes her sword, but puts it aside. An attempt will be made to induce her to grant re forms in Venetia, of which she is still legal mistress. Here the Italian question might terminate in the recognition of the new State of Europe. But will it be allowed to do so ? We doubt it. The stub bornness of the POPE bids fair to deprive him of the whole of his temporalities. Naples groans un der a heavier tyranny than ever, and the cries of Venice are loud enough to strike our ears, however we may shut them. The Italian question, then, being likely to take still larger proportions, our best, safest, and most beneficent policy is that line of strict duty by which, this time last year, we might have prevented war, and by which we may now guarantee the peace of Europe. That line is —no foreign intervention, but Italy for the Italians." It is doubtful, of course, after all, whether any good, even now, will come of it in the way of Economy in the Public Expenditure ! But at any rate the House of Commons yesterday entered at last upon the right course—it for once made a really admirable beginning towards the realisation of an enterprise that if but resolutely carried out must lead us inevitably to the long-desired goal of a rational and systematic Retrenchment. To Mr. WISE belongs the credit of bringing the House to this happy decision upon Thursday, the 2d of February, 1860. Whatever else may be the result, there at any rate will be emblazoned upon the records of HANSARD, under that henceforth notable date, the satisfactory incidents, firstly, of an excellent dis cussion upon this subject of vital interest to the community, and secondly of a decision as auspi cious to the advocates of Economy as it is unques tionably ominous to the members of her MAJESTY'S Government. The motion submitted to the house yesterday by the hon. member for Stafford was simply for the appointment of a select committee to inquire annually into the miscellane ous expenditure of the preceding twelvemonth. Is there any doubt as to the necessity for such a yearly investigation ? Ask the very Cabinet Minister who last evening same forward to oppose (officially) the proposition his own reiterated complaints have more than merely justified—have, we might even go so far as to assert, so to speak, necessitated—complaints, again and again repeated, in his capacity as Chan cellor of her Majesty's Exchequer. No one has more loudly or more perseveringly denounced the profligacy of the National Expenditure than Mr. GLADSTONE. No one has more plainly put it to the House of Commons in the form of an explicit reproach, that the public monies are year by year voted by it with a thoughtless and wasteful extra vagance. Yet, year by year, this prodigal expenditure gees on, not only without interrup tion, but actually goes on year by year increasingly, no matter what Minister happens to be First Lord of the Treasury—no matter what financier wears the gold robe of Chancellor of her MAJESTY'S Exchequer—no matter what party chances to hold within its grasp the reins of the Imperial Govern ment. Yet no sooner does an hon. member rise, as Mr. WISE did yesterday, for the purpose of at l i least proposing the appointment of a Select Com mittee of Inquiry into the admitted feet of this per petually increasing and increasing expenditure, than he is met with the preposterous objection that the House, by referring these matters to a select com mittee, will be diminishing the responsibility of Government! Remembering that that responsi bility has in no way prevented the increase of taxation, and the larger and larger prodigality of our annual disbursements under any and every Govern ment; we do not hesitate one instant to express our unalloyed satisfaction in the result of last night's debate and division. Mr. WA's motion having been carried in spite of the ar uments against it advanced to the House successively by the Secretary of the Treasury and tl' - teller of the Exchequer, and carried too byliat really considerable majority of 121 against 93, giving a clear majority of 28 (in Commons, a house o ; 214) aga i nst t h e G overnmen t ! In submitting hi s to the first rst House of to last, as the phrase is, from the book—in using of those exceedingly stubborn things—facts and figures ! lle drew them exclusively from official re turns, but chiefly from one important and authori tative paper which (it is worth pa r ti cu l ar no ti ce this) had been prepared by that accomplished r M as ter of Finance, Mr. JAMES - WILSON, late. Cedhiatenrcelolofr o gtl.etcheEEcoxici;):encitsute. From th a t document,, and now th e I n di an we may see at a glance, how notable has been the rate of increase during the last 20 or 30 years in the Cil il Service Estimates. Take the follow- ing :- 10 years ending 1827 .. ......... £2,000,000 per annum. 1837 ............ 2,200,000 „ ” 1347 ............ 3,000,000 „ 1857 ............ 5,700,000 „ Again—viewing the matter at once in a more con densed form, and yet by a more comprehensive survey--it is observable through Mr. WILSON'S paper, that while those Civil Service Estimates during the twenty years ending in 1839, amounted to au aggregate of £43,000,000; in the twenty years ending with 1859 they reached the monstrous total (more than doubling the previous amount) of £94,000,000. The subjoined contrasting array of figures will help to throw a flood of light upon the manner of increase in a few important partiou- WITUDR.AWAL OF BULLION FROM THE BANK OF ENGLAYD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. STll,—lfere we aro again on the eve of a panic, and all because some two or three millions of gold is being withdrawn from the Bank. The prosperity which we have bees boasting of is rapidly disappearing, and in another month we shall have a million of men dismissed from employ ment. What is the remedy ? An internal circulation of one pound exchequer bills, not promising to pay gold, but promises on the part of Government to receive its own notes as payment for taxes. These exchequer notes should be declared legal tender for debts. JAMES HARNEY, Liverpool. THE MONEY QUESTION. Whether the use and nature of money, which all men so eagerly pursue, bo yet sufficiently understood or considered by all ? Whether the four elements, and man's labour therein, be not the true source of wealth? Whether money be not only so far useful as it stirreth up industry, enabling men mutually to participate the fruit of each other's labour P Whether money is to be considered as having an intrinsic value, or as being a commodity, a standard, or a pledge, as is variously suggested by writers? And whether the true idea of money, as such, be not altogether that of a ticket or counter ! Whether the terms livre, pound sterling, crown, &c., are not to be considered as eipononts or denominations of rich proportion ? And whether gold, silver, or paper, are not tickets or counters for reckoning, recording, and trans ferring thereof i_ Whether the denominations being retained, although the bullion were gone, things might not nevertheless be rated, bought, and sold, industry promoted, and a circulation of commerce maintained f' What makes a wealthy people ? Whether mines of gold and silver are capable of doing this ? And whether the Negroes, amidst the gold sands of Africa, are not poor and destitute ? Whether there be any virtue in gold or silver other than as they set people to work, or create industry ? Whether power to command the industry of others be not real wealth ? And whether money be not, in truth, tickets or tokens for conveying or recording such power, and whether it be of great consequence what materials the tickets are made of ? Whether to promote, transfer, and secure this commerce, and this property in human labour, or, in other words, this power, be not the sole means of enriching a people; and how far this may be done independently of gold and silver ? Whether a fertile land, and the industry of its inhabi tants, would not prove inexhaustible funds of real wealth, be the counters for conveying and recording thereof what you will—paper, gold, or silver? Whether the opinion of men, and their industry conse quent thereon, be not the true wealth of Holland, and not the silver supposed to be deposited in the Bank of Amster dam ? " Whether, in order to understand the true nature of wealth and commerce, it would not bo right to consider a ship's crew cast upon a desert Wand, and by degrees form ing themselves to business and civil life, while industry begot credit, and credit moved to industry. " Whether such men would not all set themselves to work ? Whether they would not subsist by the mutual participation of each others' industry? Whether, when one man had in this way procured more than he could consume, he would not exchange his superfluities to supply his wants ? Whether this must not produce credit ? Whether, to facilitate these conveyances, to record and cir culate this credit, they would not soon agree on certain tallies, tokens, tickets, or counters ? " Whether it be not agreed that paper hath, in many respeots, the advantage above coin, as being of more de spatch in payments, more easily transferred, preserved, and recovered when lost. Whether the sure way to supply people with tools and materials, and to set them to work, be not a free circulation of money, whether silver or paper ? Whether the great evils attending paper money, in the British plantations of America, have not sprung from over• rating their lands and issuing paper without discretion, and from the legislators breaking fheir own rules in their own favour, thus sacrificing the public to their private advan tage ? And whether a little sense and honesty might not easily prevent all such inconveniences ? Whether there are not to be seen in America fair towns, wherein the people are lodged, fed, and clothed, without a beggar in their streets, although there be not one grain of gold or silver current among them ? Whether a discovery of the richest gold mine that ever was in the heart of this kingdom would be a real advantage to us ? Whether, therefore, a national bank would not be more beneficial than oven a mine of gold Whether counters be not referred to other things, which, so long as they keep pace and proportion with the counters, it must bo owned the counters are useful ; but whether, beyond that, to covet or value counters be not direct folly P Whether we are sufficiently sensible of the peculiar security there is in having a bank that consists of land and paper, one of which cannot be ezported, a n d th e o the r is in no danger of being exported ? Whether money could ever be wanting to the demands of industry, if wo had a national bank P \Vhether paper doth not, by its stamp and signature, acquire a local value, and become as precious and scarce as gold ? and whether it be not much fitter to circulate largo sums, and therefore preferable to gold ? Whether there be not a measure or limit within which gold and silver are useful, and beyond which they may be hurtful? Whether that measure be not the circulating of induotry! Whether money circulating be not the life of industry ; and whether the want thereof doth not render a State gouty and inactive ? Whether all circulation be not alike a circulation of credit, whatever medium (metal or paper) is employed, and whether gold be any more than credit for so much power ? Whether it doth not much import to have a right conception of money; and whether its true and just idea be not that of a ticket, entitling to power, and fitted to record and transfer such power f " Whether, although the prepossessions a b ou t go ld an d silver have taken deep root, yet the example of our colonies in America cloth not make it plain as daylight that they are not necessary to the wealth of a nation as the vulgar of all ranks imagine ? " Whether it be not evident that me may maintain a much greater inward and outward commerce, and bo five times richer than we are, nay, and our bills abroad be of far greater credit, though we had not one ounce of gold or silver in the whole island ? " Whether all the regulations of coin should not be made with a view to encourage industry and a circulation of com merce throughout the country."—Bishop Berkeley's Quer iBt. TIA:RONIETER OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. The following table may perhaps give some idea of the influence of Peel's bill on trade : Millions of Gold in the Bank. Rates of Dis count. 20 to 16 2i per cent. 3 ~ Trade brisk. Excitement. New schemes. Trade good, but the money market closely watched. Trade good, but great caution. Trade not so good. Symptoms of stagnation. Trade in an anxious condi tion. Suspicion awake. Trade slack. Stagnation. Trade paralysed. Operations reduced to the lowest limit. Panic. Failures of banks. The Minister of the day in terferes, and writes a letter authorising the Bank to issue inconvertible paper. 4 11 6 ~ 6 ~ 7 ~ 8 ~ 9 to 20 „ PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FEB. 2. MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL SERVICE EXPENDI TURE, &c. Afotion made, and Question put, " That, in the opinion of this house, it would be desirable to appoint every year a select committee to inquire into the Miscellaneous Civil Service Expenditure of the preceding year; into the payments made out of the Consolidated Fund ; and into those on account of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues." The house divided—Ayes, 121; Noes, 93. ATE-1',31. Agnew, Sir A. Gower, F. L. Pollard I.lrquhartlY• Ayrton, A. S. Gregory, W. H. Portman W. H. B. Bailey, C. Gregson, S. Powys, L. P. Ball, E. Griffith, C. D. Pugh, D. (Carman.) Baring, A. H. Hadfield, Geo. Ricardo, J. L. Barrow, W. IL Hennessy, J. P. Ricardo, 0. Baxter, W. E. • llodgkinion, G. Ridley, G. Bazley, Thomas Holland, E. Robartes, T. J. A. Black, Adam Hopwood, J. T. Roupell, W. Blackburn, I'. Horsfall, T. B. Russell, Ilastings Bowyer, W. Howes, Edward Salomon,s,Alderman Bramston, T. W. That W. Salt, Titus Bright, J. James, Edwin Scully, V. Briscoe, J. I. Kendall, N. Seymour, Di by Brocklehurst, John Kennard, C. Shelley, Sir J. V. Buller, Sir A. Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B. Butler, C. S. King, Hon. L. Smollett, A. Caird, James Kinglake, A. W. Stansfeld. J. Cave S. Kinuaird, Hon. A. Steel, John Cayley, E. S. Langston, .1. H. Stirling, Wm. Churchill, Lord A. Langston, 11. G. Steuart, A. Clay, James Lawson, W. Tollemache, J. 11. Cobbett, J. M. Lee, W. Tomline, G. Collier, R. P. Levinge, Sir R.G.A. Torrens, R. Collins, T., jun. Locke, J. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Daiglish, Robert Long, R. P. Turner, J. A. Davey, R. Loilgtield, Robert Vandeleur, Col. Deedes, Wm. Lyall, G. Verney, Sir Harry, Dickson, Col. Lysley, W. Walcott, Adm. J. It, Dodson, John G. Mackie, .1. Walter, John , . Douglas, Sir C. Maguire, J. F. A Dunlop, A. Mellor, John IN N." : l , i y iltg , iittl, ./ Arthur } . ] l:t Ewart, William Miller, William We.9,ead, 11. Ewart, J. C. Mitchell, T. A. Williams, W. Ewing, IL E. C. Monson, W. J. Willoughby, Sir H. Farquhar, Sir M. Napier, Sir C. Wilmington, Sir T. Fermoy, Lord Paget, C. Wy 1 il, James Forster, Charles Palk, L. ' Card, It. S. Parker, Major W. Garnett, W. J. Pease, H. Gordon, C. W. I'eto, Sir M. Wise, J. A. Gore, J. R. 0. Pilking, , ton, James Smith, A. TELLERS. NOES-93. Autrobus, E. Evans, T. W. Massey, W. N. Atherton, W. Fenwiek, Henry Monereilf, .1. Ilagwe11„1. Finlay, A. S. Morgan, Major Raring, Sir F. Fitzgerald, J. D. Mowbray, Rt. Hu. J. Baring, Thos. Geo. Fortescue, Hon. D. Nortlicote, Sir S. H. Bathurst, A. A. French, Fitzstciplien Paget, Lord C. E. Beaumont, W. B. Gavin, Major Palmerston, Viset. lieecroft, G. S. George, John Peacock, G. M. Blake, J. A. Gibson, T. M. Puller, C. W. Plencowe, J. G. Gifford, Earl of Bolt, .1. Bonham-Carter, J. Gladstone, W. E. Rothsehild,BaronL lionield, Beria I i Glyn, G. G. Rothschild Iturouli Bouverie, I'. P. Goldsinid, Sir F. Russell, A. J. E. Boy ill, Win., II a liburton, Justice Selwyn, C. J. Bridg - es, Sir 11., llt. Mulkey, Thomson Seyiner, 11. K. Bristow, A. liemllani, Thos. E. Seymour, Sir 3E. Itimie, Hou. G. 11. C. Henley. Lord Seymour, H. D. Calthorpe, F. H. Hood, Sir A. Spooner, R. Cardwell, lit, 11 it. E. II übbard, J. G. Stanley, Lord Castlerosse, Vist. II mite, W. Taylor, Colonel Cecil, Lord It. Kekewich, S. Thymic, Lord 11. Childers, H. C. E. Kingseote, Lt. - Col. Upton, General Clifford, C. C. Laing, S. Villiers, Rt. lion. C. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Legit, W. Warre, J. A. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lennox, Lord 11. G. IVoinvss, J. Cubitt, Aid. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Whitbread ' S Denny, Richard Lygou, lion. F. Whitmore, 13. Denman, G. Macaulay, K. Wood, El Ilu. Sir C. Disraeli. Benjamin Matins, 11., Duff, Mn ii', Marjoribanks, D. C, TELLERS, Fw,.ii,,i,'A. F. Marshall, W. . nrand, 11. B. Elphinstone, Sir J. )lartiud. linatclibull-Hogess LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, FRIDAY. The Constitutionwl publishes a pastoral letter addressed, in the year 1810, by the former Bishop of Orleans and preacher in ordinary to Louis XVI:, and who was prosecuted in 1791 for refusing to take the oath of the civil constitution of the clergy: In this letter Monseigneur Rousseau states that it is not necessary for the Pope to be a temporal Sovereign, he also claims the liberties of the Galli can Church. PARIS, FEB. 2. The French Government has decided on Tory considerably reducing the amount of the army. The Patrie of this evening publishes an article stating that the Sardinian authorities are every where encouraging the movement against the sepa ration of Savoy, by putting clown the almost una nimous wish of the inhabitants; who are demanding annexation with France. The author of the article expresses his hope that orders will be issued from Turin which may remove these impediments, and says:— " The people of Savoy have the same right as the people of Italy to declare their opinions in perfect security and complete independence. "France has not excited the manifestations of the secular feelings of the inhabitants of Savoy, which have lately shown themselves by wishes so unanimous, sanguine, and absolute that they have attracted the attention of the whole of Europe. Their wishes are of so energetic a character that they have been manifested in spite of all obstacles and all difficulties: • " We have a right to demand a cessation of this intolerable state of affairs and equal justice for all. People will then see that the real aspirations of Savoy and Nice are for France." THE BOMBAY AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The following telegram has been received from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Feb. 2 : The Vectis arrived at Marseilles at noon this day. Mails left for London at 2 p.m. Letters will be delivered on Saturday. The Delta, with the heavy portion of the mails, left Malta at noon on the 30th January, and may be expected at Southampton about the Bth inst. CALCUTTA, lAN. 10. The following regiments have been ordered to proceed to China : Infantry—The 3d, 6th, Bth, 31st, 37th, 44th, 56th, 60th, 66th, 67th, 73d, and eight native regi- ments. Cavalry—The Queen's let Dragoon Guards. The staff of the China force is composed as fo: lows :-•-• Sir Hope Grant, Commander-in-Chief; Generals Napier and Michel, Generals of Divisions ; Colonel Stephens, Deputy-Adjutant-General ; Celonel Mackenzie, Quartermaster-General; Colonel Bruce and Colonel Haythorne, Chiefs of the Staff. THE BRAZILS. LISBON, FEB. 1. The Avon has arrived, with the January Brag mail, which contains no political news of import ance. ,ars 1839. 1859. Palaces, public buildings, parks, &c. £197,000 .. £793,000 Law and justice Education, science, and art Colonial and consular establishments 339,000 . , 428,000 Superannuation allowances .... 220,000 242,000 Miscellaneous The charges upon the Consolidated Fund, for the year ending upon the last 31st of December, being, for example, as follows : Civil List Annuities and pensions Salaries and allowances Diplomatic salaries and pensions .... 162,298 11 1 Courts of Justice Miscellaneous charges on the Consoli dated Fund 188,273 14 6 The Supply Services for 1859 admitting of the subjoined astounding enumeration : Army, including militia, commissa- riat, and ordnance £14,675,719 16 0 Navy, including packet service 11,072,242 8 9 Miscellaneous civil services 7,369,214 11 6 Salries, &c., of revenue departments 4,410,379 4 11 Extraordinary expenses of the late war with Russia The aggregate of the Supply Services for the twelvemonths last past being in effect £37,688,136 6s. 2d. ; the charges on the Consolidated Fund, £2,029,500 15s 11d.—making altogether a grand total for the expenditure of 1859 of £68,090,053 Os. 4d.—by the addition to the foregoing amounts of another agreeable little sum of £28,372,415195. 3d., thus distributed : Interest and management of the perma nent debt Unclaimed dividends paid Terminable Annuities Interest of Exchequer Bonds, 1854 to 1858 Interest of Exchequer Bills—Supply Ditto ditto Deficiency Bearing in mind that the aggregate of the national income during the same period of a single twelvemonth, ending a little over a month since, on the 31st of December, amounted to £66,070,469 9s. Bd., we arrive at the knowledge that, even with that magnificent total of receipts in 1859, we had a deficiency for the year last past of £2,019,583 10s. Bd.—in consequence of this monstrous and profligate extravagance in the na tional expenditure ! Here are reasons enow in all con science for the motion ofyesterday—"Reasons plenti ful as blackberries." No wonder the Economists below the gangway, upon either side of the House, upon the announcement of the result of the divi sion, cheered vociferously. To glance for an in stant down the Division List (given elsewhere), and to note how very nearly all the lords, and how every one of the Right Honourables, in the House last evening are clustered together in the minority of ninety-three—is (in American phrase) just simply cautionary ! ROY AL ENGLISH OPERA. A new and original operetta, entitled "Romance," by Mr. Henry Leslie, attracted a large audience last night to Covent-garden Theatre. The plot of the libretto is from the practised pen of Mr. Palgrave Simpson, and is founded upon a French vaudeville called " Schubry," which was played many years ago at the St. James's Theatre, under the title of "Wanted a Brigand." The plot is simply the story of a lady of fashion, of romantic turn of mind, who is quite ready to fall in love with Dick Turpin, and in order to win her affections a certain captain whom she has never seen, but who is a candidate for her hand, personates the bold highwayman, and eventually cures her of her folly. To enliven the story, a Mrs. Puddlemist and her husband, a provincial mayor, who is anxious to capture Turpin, are introduced. Miss L. Pyne, as the heroine, sang and acted with her usual skill and grace. In the ballad " Poor silly heart,' which she sang to perfection, she was encored. Mr. W. Harrison, as the hero, embodied the cha racter with great spirit, and he was called on to repeat the last movement of the only concerted piece in the operetta, and encored in the serenade. Mr. Honey and Miss Thirlwall, who appeared as Mr. and Mrs. Puddlemist, had little to do—the former, however, gave full effect to the buffo air, "Important is my mission," while his acting throughout was characterised by his usual quaint humour. At the termination of the opera, which was perfectly successful, the principal singers and Mr. Henry Leslie had to appear before the curtain in obedience to the unanimous demand of the audience. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the youthful members of the Royal family, will leave Windsor Castle, on Saturday, the 11th inst., for Buckingham Pa lace, for the season before Easter. It is stated that the Queen will hold two levees before Easter. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by their suite, honoured the performances of the Royal Olympia Theatre with their presence last evening. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen has left Howchin's Hotel for Germany. The Earl de Grey and Ripon, as President of the Royal Geographical Society, has issued cards for re• ceptions on Wednesday next, and on the 15th and 29th instant. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of the Hon. Adelaide Foley, sister of Lord Foley, and General the Hon. Thomas Ashburnham, is appointed to be solemnised on Wednesday next. We understand the preliminaries are arranged for a marriage between the Marquis of Hartington, M.P., eldest son of the Duke of Devonshire, and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, daughter of the Countess of Sefton and sister of the present Earl of Sefton. The health of the Prince Regent of Prussia is perfectly re-established, and for some days part the court circles at Berlin have displayed more than their usual gaiety and splendour. As the Princess Alexandrina, the daughter of Prince Albert of Prussia, is now about to enter on her 18th year, rumours begin again to point to her Royal Highness as the possible Queen of England. The Prin cess Alexandrina is a great favourite with all the members of the Prussian Royal family, and the talents and acquire ments of her Royal Highness are such as are in all respects in accordance with what might be expected in a Prince. of her exalted position. THE ALLEGED BRIBERY AT BERWICK.—A very considerable portion of the Northumberland Spring Assizes will in all probability be occupied in trying alleged cases of bribery at the late election at Berwick. The Northern Re form Union have entered actions against 12 of the suppor ters of Mr. Marjoribanks, and the security for costs that Mr. Baron Bramwell ordered the plaintiffs to find has been put in —viz., £6OO in cash, and sureties to the amount of £2,400. As a reprisal for thess actions of the Northern Reform Union, the accused parties have issued 18 writ, for libel against the members of the Vigilance Committee, Me•l9"s Cowen, Reed, and Gilmour. The libel is alleged to exist in the report those gentlemen published of their in vestigation into the proceedings of the last election. These actions for libel will also be tried at the ensuing assizes. MR. ROEBUCK AT SIIEFFIELD. —The annual meeting of the Sheffield Mechanics' Institution was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. Thomas Dunn in the chair. From the report read it appeared that the institution had for sonic years been in a very depressed state, but durincr the past year ha i shown signs of renewed vigour. The mot fen for adopting the report having been moved by the chairman, and seconded by Mr. R. Leader, jun., Mr. Roe buck made a long address to the assembly, in the course of which he dwelt upon the advantages to be derived from mechanics' institutions. The hon. and learned gentleman said he was a working man himself, and proceeded to ad vocate the cause of the whole body, expressing his desire for ttieir comfort, improvement, and prosperity. In refs• rence to the Reform Bill, Mr. Roebuck said—" You are about to acquire—you will acquire—political power; and then England will exhibit a scene such as the world has never yet beheld, a people governing themselves, having the power to do every possible mischief, but, as I believe, doing nothing but good. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) You will set the world an example; but, in order to do this, depend upon it you must know the way to do right. I believe my folljoitinw.igsp-ncotot:hruaiiininst;tteyihtinweuieitrluiloi o s ns sbe dhruiacstnphoceedra.sose dispersed, ilasint believetht d tlhieea rising from sw n i lneyg shalldg a e difficulty nseetroea t boai gentheeration me from day to day acquiring knowledge, and becoming ' worthy of the power which they are tire to attttN m o o :v e , let every man lay it to his heart to do in his circle what ho can to avert the possible mischief and promote the certain good. Depend upon it, that the spread of education is the safety of this country, and so the assecyu(l).tutypreonmdohteapepdiunce:ste thin, so long you promote long of yourr wee f i e ltl l he lo na w t mattimiedndia.rie'r cAorawvitot. passed, ed thanks an t d o 1k the i r. R pr o o e c b e u e c a k in f g o s r c h l i o s s e e d x P uuent to the chairman, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Rio.—Exehange on London, 251- to 25; on Paris, 385 ; and on Hamburg, 730. Exportation of coffee since the depart ure of the last mail.--For the United States, 115,529 ; for the Channel, 17,235 ; for Havre, 7,128 ; for Mar seilles, 6,791 ; and for the Mediterranean, 18,188 bags. Stock, £130,000 bags. The price of good first was 6,100 to 6,300 roil. FRANCE. PARTS, THURSDAY. M. Billault's prefects are, as you see, striking down newspapers and reviews with a vigorous arm. Nobody likes an ex-Liberal for such work. Since the last eight years six journals have been sup pressed. viz.:—The Opinion, Publique, A ssemblee Nationale, Spectateur, Revue de Paris, Corsair, and Univers. As for the avertissements they are too numerous to mention, and yet flippant func tionaries have the assurance to declare that they desire nothing more earnestly than a free and frank discussion. The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 67f. 50c. for the end of the month, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 96f. 77e. ; Orleans railway shares, 1,345 f. ; Great Northern, 900 f. ; Strasburg, 630 f. Paris to Lyons and the Mediterranean, 880 f. ; Western of France, 570 E ; Bordeaux and Cette, 491 f. 25c.; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 732 f. 50c.; Austrian Railways, 497 f. 50c. Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 71c. ; money, 251. 7c. ; three months, paper, 24f.85c. ; money, 24f. 821 e. NICE. The following letter has been received from Nice, dated Monday last : " The county of Nice, of which the annexation to the French empire appears at present probable, is a small country situate between the Var and the highest of the chain of mountains known as the Maritime Alps, which begin at the junction of the Alps with the Appenines, near the Col do Tende, and are continued to the sea. It is formed of two principal basins, that of the Var and that of the Roye. The country is generally poor, as may be imagined from the following statistics, founded on official documents. The superficies of the arable land is 28,405 hectares ; vines, 2,546 ; meadows, 34,976 ; gardens, 1,692 ; olive grounds, 9,195 ; chestnut plantations, 1,214 ; woods, 28,204 ; pasture lands, 177,672 — total, 283,904 hectares. The population of the county of Nice, according to the census taken in 1858, is 125,000 inhabitants; that of the town of Nice is 44,000, including the strangers, who only remain during the few months in winter. The following historical details are interesting under existing circumstances. The foundation of Nice is duo to a colony from Marseilles, and dates as far back as 300 years before the birth of our Saviour. The colony remained dependent on Mar seilles until the reign of Augustus Ca3sar, who placed it under the jurisdiction of Cemelennin, a Roman town, of which the ruins are still to be found near Nice. In 584 Nice passed under the domi• nion of Childebert, King of Austrasia, and from that period until 1838 it remained attached to Provence, under the houses of Aragon and of Anjou. In 1838, tired out with the 'dissen sions between the families of Anjou and do Duras, the inhabitants gave themselves up to Count Rouze Amedee VII., and from that period until 1792 formed part of the domains of the Princes of Savoy. The circumstances connected with the annexation of Nice to France deserve notice. The French troops, under the command of General Anselme, were received at Nice with enthusiasm, and a similar reception was given to another body under General Montesquieu, when they entered Chem bery. Immediately after the entrance of the French troops two deputies were sent to the Convention by the inhabitants of Nice to demand their annexa tion to France. One of these was Blanqui, the father of the political economist, and he explained the wishes of his fellow-citizens at the sitting of the Convention the 21st October, 1792. The President immediately placed the reso lution among the orders of the day, but on the observation of Barrere that previous to the annexation of one nation to another the wishes of the people should be fully and freely expressed, the Convention declared that they could not entertain the question until the people had voted on it. The electors of Nice assembled on the 9th December, and Blanqui again presented himself before the Convention on Jan. 11 to renew his demand. The annexation was finally voted at the proposal of Cambon on the 31st of the same month. The attachment of the population of Nice to the House of Savoy was much shaken by the sup pression of the free port in 1852. That measure pro duced a strong protest to which 10,000 names were attached, being nearly the entire of the adult male population. The annexation of the county of Nice to France will add but little to the territorial pos sessions of the latter, but it will give her a magni ficent strategical position. With the Alps as her frontier, it will be impossible for an Al 7 st ro- S ardinian army to invade Provence as has frequently been done ; and, moreover, the harbour of Villafranca will be a ♦aluable acquisition for France from its magnificent position." TILE C_HIIVA, CALCUTTA, AND BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Ceylon, steamer, Captain Evans, has arrived with these mails. She left Alexandria on the 18th ult., Malta the 22d, and Gibraltar the 28th, and bring 86 passen gers, two packages of specie (value not stated), 2,674 bales of silk, four cases of valuables, and general cargo. The Ceylon spoke the Delta, steamer, on the 22d ult., and the China on the 28th, both bound for Alexandria; also the Sultan on the 31st, bound for Lisbon. Tier Majesty's ships Exmouth, Renown, Liffey, Argus, Scourge, Lapwing, and Caradoc were at Malta. The British squadron at Gibraltar comprised the Marlborough, Caesar, Victor Emmanuel, Agamem non, James Watt, Doris, Scylla, Cadmus, Quail, and Redpole. Exchanges at Gibraltar on the 26th were—Lon don, 511-. to 51; Paris and Marseilles, 5.33 ; Genoa, 5.37 The Coquette gunboat was to leave Gibraltar for Portsmouth on the evening of the 28th. The latest advices from Totuan contained no news of importance from the seat of war. The Spaniards were actively carrying on their preparations for the siege of the city. Several small vessels, laden with provisions, &c., had availed themselves of Marshal O'Donnell's offi cial order opening the port of Tetuan for the intro. duction of all kinds of supplies by Spaniards or foreigners without restriction. The Spaniards had established a hospital for sick and wounded at the Customhouse of the port of Martin, and the engineers were erecting fortifica tions near the same spot. The action. of the 23d was a very unimportant affair. Several steamers had arrived at Malaga with sick and wounded officers and men from the seat of war in Africa. The brig Margaret, with iron ore from Newcastle, had put back to Gibraltar, from Cape St. Mary's, with cargo shifted, vessel leaky, and crew refusing to proceed. The crew of the lonian barque, which vessel was abandoned of Muros, coast of Galicia, had been brought to Gibraltar by the French Government steamer Tanger, to be forwarded to their homes by the first opportunity. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SBIP- WRECK. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life boat Institution was held at its house John-street, Adelphi. Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present Sir Edward Per rott, Bart., Admiral M'Hardy, George Lyall, Esq., M.P., and several other gentlemen. The Secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting. The silver medal of the institution was voted to Captain Wasey, R.N., inspecting commander of the coast-guard at Fleetwood, and to John Fox, cox• swain of the lifeboat, in admiration of their gallant and persevering conduct in putting off on two oe: casions in the society's lifeboat stationed at that place, and rescuing seven men from th e schoone r - Ann Mitchell, of Montrose, and the Jane Roper , of Ulverstone. The brave crew of the lifeboat also received £22 10s. for their intrepid services. This was reported to have been a most brave and per severing service, a portion of it having been pet formed during a dark and stormy night. Indeed so much so that the steam-tug which towed the life boat out had given her up as lost. Capt. Wasey re ported, however, that the lifeboat's behaviour on the occasion far surpassed the crew's anticipations. Rewards amounting to £34 10s. were also Toted to the crew of the Redcar lifeboat, which is in con nection with this institution, for rescuing on two different occasions the crew of 11 men from the Prussian wrecked brig Fortuna, of Memel, and also two men from a fishing coble, which was found in a disabled state off Redcar. A reward of £6 was also voted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat stationed at Thorpness, for re scuing, on the morning of the 24th ult., three out of eight of the crew of the brig Pallas, of Shield', which during a heavy gale of wind was wrecked on Sizewell Bank. The vessel had struck about mid night. The master and four of his crew immedi ately took to their boat. She was, however, no sooner launched than she capsized, drowning in stantly the five poor men. The remaining three men had held on with difficulty to the rigging. With the dawn of the day the lifeboat saw their perilous position, and took them off in a very exhausted state. Rewards amounting to £52 were also Toted to the crews of the lifeboats of the institution stationed at Newbiggin, Carnsore, Barmouth, Llanddurn, and Portmadoc, for putting off with the view of render ing assistance to ships' crews in distress. The second service clasp of the institution and £1 were also voted to Daniel Shea, coxswain of the Padstow lifeboat, and £1 to John Knight, in ac knowledgment of their gallant conduct in wading into the surf and rescuing, at much risk of life, two of the crew of the ship James Alexander, which, during a heavy gale of wind, was wrecked near Padstow on the 22d inst. The remainder of the crew, 25 in number, were saved by the rocket ap paratus, under the directions of Mr. Tregido, chief hiso onewerotfed rathbeTery, coastguard at New Quay, who, with very much distinguished him self on the occasion by rushing into the surf to re• move an obstruction to the free working of the apparatus. The silver medal and £1 were also voted to Mr. John Dyer, in testimony of his brave conduct in wading into the surf, which three or four times completely immersed him, and saving the master of the schooner Beverley, of Youghal, the remainder of the crew having been saved by the rocket ap paratus. A reward of £4 was also Toted to a boat's crew of two farmers and their two servants, for saving the crew of five men, and the master's wife, of the brigantine Eagle, which, during a gale of wind and in foggy weather, was wrecked on the coast of the Isle of Man. The vessel at the time was rolling fearfully. The master's wife, having been lashed to the rigging, was compelled to throw herself into the sea. Fortunately, however, she was soon picked up, although nearly exhausted, by William Qustt rough, and afterwards safely brought ashore. A reward of £6 10s. was also voted to the oreir of the institution's lifeboat at A.rklow for putting off and saving nine men from the ship Anne Mit chell, of Glasgow, which, during foggy weather and a tremendous sea, was wrecked, on Monday last, on those dangerous banks. In vain had some fishing s macks and the Ruby steam er , o f B r i s t o l, a tt e mpted pi eviously to rescue them • and it was with sons* difficulty the noble lifeb oat successfully 11COODP plished her humane object. It was reported that Englishmen resident in Australia, China, the East and West Indies, and Russia, had forwarded to the institution some con tributions, as tokens of their admiration of its im portant and philanthropic operations. During the past month lifeboats had been for warded to St. Andrew's, in Scotland, and to the vicinity of Carmarthen Bay. The Admiralty presented to the institution valuable series of charts of the coasts of the British Isles, on which are marked the lifeboat and rocket stations. It was stated that the Royal Victoria Yacht Club had decided to present the cost (£380) of . 11 lifeboat station on the Isle of Wight to tho insti tution. The late M r . Ed w i n C u thb er t h a d l e ft the' society a liberal le gac y o f £5O. Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., and Si r Edward Perrott, Bart., were elected vice-presiden t ? of the institution. 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