The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-30 00:00:00

I / v-Akor. - SPAIN AND Mall 0 (Front the arrupondent of the Times.) • CAMP ON THE HEIGHTS OF CAPE NEGRO, Sunday, Jan. 15. The most important movement yet made by the Spanish army in Africa took place yesterday, and was attended with some sharp fighting and come :plete success. Very early in the morning General' -Prim, with the 2d corps, approached the chain of ; hills that run inland from Cape Negro, directing Is movement rather to the right, with a view to leceive the enemy, and leave them, at least, in doubt whether he was not going to turn the extre mity of the chain. Then, sudden l y changing his direction, he came down upon the pass over the chain, where the hills sink and invite a passage. This is quite close to the termination of the beach along which we have lately been marching, and `was rapidly carried by Prim, the Moors making -but a feeble resistance, notwithstanding the highly 'defensible nature of their positions. The Spaniards ..were already established on commanding heightsto the right and left of the rugged mule-road that winds through the mountains when Gen. O'Doa • nell and his staff advanced to the scene of contest. ' From a lofty and difficult eminence to the left, to the summit of which their panting horses scrambled, a fine view was obtained over the valley of Tetuan. . _ On the left hand extended the coast beyond Cape Negro, stretching away into the distance in a sue , cession of narrow headlands'; the smooth sand of the shore served as yellow fringe to a level brown plain, varied with green spots of various tints, and having a great deal of water on its surface—ponds • of various sizes, probably resulting from recent rains. The general aspect of the plain is marshy. One sees the river towards the furiher side, wind :ing towards Tetuan. The city is masked by a range of low heights, between which and a range of high mountains it is situate. Al ' though both yesterday and to-day I have wan dered a good deal about the hills occupied by the Spaniards, I have not yet discovered a point whence one obtains a view of the city, although from several are seen a tower and a " few buildings said to be in its suburbs. From the commanding position taken up by the General-in- Chief, and from another to which he afterwards transferred himself, an excellent view was obtained of the proceedings of the second corps, cleverly and effectively handled by General Prim. The pano rama was most picturesque and interesting. From the long series of hills, many of them very steep and - difficult of access, which compose the part of the Cordillera to the right of our line of march the Moors were driven in quick succession by the Spanish infantry. These behaved extremely well all through the day afterwards, when they met a far more ob stinate resistance, as well as at the early period of -the day I now refer to, and I have no doubt that they would have behaved equally well, and have displayed much gallantry, against a more formid able opponent ; but I must add that but scanty laurels are to be won by triumph over a fog whose soldiers fight so feebly, and whose leaders display such incapacity, as the Moors did yesterday. I may not please some of mySpanish friends by saying this, but they themselves feel its truth, and they proclaim it. when they express their unbeunded surprise at the manner in which the enemy allowed himself yes terday to be swept from positions which might have been defended with scarcely better weapons than sticks and stones. These Africans seem to act by the rule of contrary ; they fly in the face of all known military tactics; they allow strong positions to be taken without firing a shot, and then attack them to get them back; they run when they ought to stand, and fight when they ought to run. I wish it were in my power to send you a photograph of the hills over which the Spaniards yesterday chased them, with very moderate assistance from their artillery, which was more than once distanced by the rapidity of the advance and the difficulties of the ground. The Moors mustered thick, and received reinforcements during the day from the hills on the right of our line of march before ascending the pass. They had a great deal of good cover to fire from, and the ascents to their positions were long and steep. It was hard enough work to climb some of them, without hav ing to fight. But the Spanish soldiers ran up them gaily, and the foe did not wait their coming. Then, when the ground was more favourable, the Spa niards made repeated charges, for the most part a discretion—that is, not in line but in loose order, pretty much as each man chooses. For a short time the fight was really exciting. I should rather call it-a hunt at that period of the action. Erery mo ment one heard the trumpets of one battalion or another sounding the lively call which means "charge bayonets." The Moors seem by this time to know that call, and as soon as they heard it and the shouts of " Viva la Reina !" which the soldiers set up, one saw them jump out of their covers, fire d few parting shots, and scamper off at a pace which made it very difficult to come up with them. There were a great many horsemen among them, but, as I have before said, they do not seem to have any idea of acting as cavalry. I very distinctly saw 80 or 100 horsemen advance along a ridge and open fire upon some companies of infantry. The infantry eet up a shout and charged them, scattered across a pike of nearly lee ei ground, and going in " Lead long," every man for his own bayonet. Tee Moors turned tail end galloped off. It looked odd to see horsemen running from an infantry charge. The same number of European cavalry would have charged to meet the infantry and cut them up. But everything is by the rule of reverse in this war. A rally attempted by a considerable body of Moors, horse and foot, who seemed to meditate taking our advancing and widely-spread line in flank, was checked by the fire of some mountain guns. Two or three shells pitched among the foremost made them alter their position, and drove them again more to our front, where their resistance was feeble, and the whole position —a very extensive one for the number of troops that had taken and held it—remained in our hands. Before it was com pletely conquered the sappers and other soldiers cu pick and s p ad e n g a road f or were at work withcutti ng the heavy artillery in our rear, and throwing u intrenchments on the heights for bodies o f tr oops P to occupy and pass the night in. The summits of the range being thus occupied and defended, it might have been expected that the Moors, feeling themselves beaten and having no. thing to gain by defending some lower hills that still intervened between the Spaniards and the plain, would continue their retreat to the level ground, since they certainly could not dream that they should recapture what they had lost. Things turned out differently. On one of the last elevations (a small round steep hillock), before arriving in the valley, they had established a redoubt, with a deep ditch and a high parapet, altogether a very pretty defensible position but for two circumstances con nected with it. One was that it was within short artillery range of the higher ground in its front, and the other was that the ditch and parapet, were around only one-half of its circumference, so that, in rear, light cavalry might almost have galloped into it ; or, at any rate, it was easy to be out-flanked and taken by infantry. Some rifled 4-pounders set its, occupants sca m p er i ng once or t w i ce , th e s h e ll s "Ming just within it ; but the Moors returned, and for the time the gunners did not trouble them selves much about them, since they had other things to occupy them ; for the Afoors had established themselves behinde a low r id ge somew h a t t o t h e i r left of th e redoubt , at each having a k no ll or s li g h t l y rising groun d end e of it ; and here t h ey made a stand whi c h, h ad it been ade in the fi ne p os iti ons they bad so ea s il y relinquished would have effectu ally stopped our progressed for at le as t one d ay, hard fighti ng and would have occ as i oned us m uch and very heavy loss bef ore arrivienge:i j ud g ee thisof gates n the v a ll ey of Tetuan, and within, as far as I a the dis tance, two leagues of its gates. The tru e y niy so Tetuan, when approached by the route took, are the pass and heights that were easily taken. Now we have before us a fine plain, on which troops can manoeuvre, and it will be an easy morning's march to the city, unless the Moors take heart of grace, and prove much better fighting men than they have lately shown themselves. It is diffi cult to believe that after giving way so easily in the mountains they will make very stout resistance in the plain. In mountain warfare, and on such rugged ground as we have lately been fighting over the bet aeera ragular and ireagaie.r tk 001)3 in great measure disappears. In our next engage ment it will be re-established, and, moreover, the Moors, who are already so afraid of the Spanish mountain guns that two or three well directed shots generally serve to dislodge them, will find themselves ,-;epposed to several batteries of 12-pounders, some of them rifled guns, with which they have not yet made acquaintance, besides a rocket troop aid upwards of 1,000 cavalry, which has hitherto, from the unfavour able nature of the country, been able to do scarcely anything. To return, however, to the closing act of yesterday's combat. From their sheltered and not ill•chosen position the Moors kept up a heavy fire, which, although it could not secure them any ulti mate advantage, inflicted considerable loss on their opponents. I suspect, indeed, that more of these were killed and wounded there than in the whole previous fights. The 2d Corps had alone been en gaged, and was holding a considerable extent of position, so that at the particular point at which this episode of the action occurred there was but a small disposable force, and it was necessary to wait the ar rival of the 3d Corps before taking those steps which were certain to dislodge the enemy. Meanwhile a severe fire was directed against him, but the troops engaged had been firing a great deal, and ammuni tion began to get low and had to be economised. The fire, however, on both sides, was very sharp and well kept up, and was probably not the less telling upon the Moors that I heard a Spanish brigadier order his men to fire slowly and take good aim— which is too often the contrary of what many of these young troops do. General O'Donnell and his staff were on the ground, and, as is not unusual, rather more under fire than was necessary. O'Donnell, on arriving, rode a little forward, and shouted " Viva la Reina," to which the troops engaged gave a hearty response. Two officers attached to headquarters Staff, Major Villalon, of the Engineers (who was in the Crimea with the French army), and Major Galiano, were hit, but fortunately their hurts were very slight. The firing continued a considerable time, and the Moors exhibited great tenacity with even much intrepidity (some of them, apparently officers, riding out in front amid a shower of balls), until at last the head of the 3d Corps made its appear ance, winding through the defiles of the mountain. The first two battalions that cams up went down to the Moorish position without firing a shot, and its defenders evacuated it without waiting for a hand-to-hand contest. The day's work was now done. It was getting late in the afternoon, and, moreover, the heavy artillery, which had been wearily toiling since 6 a.m. through the heavy sand of the shore, had not yet all arrived on the Ceuta side of the pass (which proved, when we came to march it, fully four miles from our last camp), and roads had to be made for it to cross. So there was no intention of moving further upon that day. The plain was full of Moors, horse and foot, thou sands of them, irregularly scattered in all direc tions, but the principal body was on a slight undu lation of the ground, within short artillery range of a small elevation, to which went a slender battalion of infantry and three or four mountain guns. Previously to this, I have omitted to mention that 50 cavalry, headed by Don Carlos Coig, a nephew of O'Donnell's, charged the Moors, and cut down a few, but also suffered somewhat from the heavy fire to which they were exposed. The Moorish horsemen did not await the onset, and the Spaniards went rather further than was prudent. One is tempted to take hazardous liberties with such a feeble foe as the Moors have shown themselves in the four actions that have occurred since the army left its Ceutan lines and fairly assumed the offensive. Thus I much doubt whether the battalion and mountain guns just spoken of could have been safely placed wLere they were—although they were supported at a short distance by two or three small svadrons— in presence of an European foe as numerous and as near the Moors in their front. The Moors, however, showed no disposition to annoy them, and did not even fire a shot, but rather appeared inclined to give ground. It had' been raining heavily for some time, everybody was drenched, and so, I suspect were the Moorish firelocks: Their construction is such that they can hardly be of any service in rainy weather, and this is not the first time that I have observed them suspend fire abruptly when rain came on, al though in general, even after they are beaten, they keep up a distant skirmishing. The fight was evi dently over for the day, and it results were far greater than could reasonably be expected. Mar shal O'Donnell looked, and no doubt was, very well pleased. He ordered the captured positions to be held by the 2d and 3d corps, and returned to his quarters, which, for that night, were at the foot of the pass on the side looking towards Ceuta. In his rear camped the artillery, a considerable part of the cavalry and Rubin's division, the reserve, as it is called, which formed the rearguard yesterday, and last night pitched its tents on the seashore, there composed of sand and of such beds of shells as would delight a conchologist. I do not yet know the official return of the Spa nish loss in yesterday's action, but I have beard it stated at about 400 killed and wounded, and should not, from the nature of the fight, suppose it to be much more. OH the other hand, I should think the :Mors had 1::st more than in any affair I have wit nessed during this war, and that chiefly by reason f the artillery practice, much of which was very Zood. I saw many shells fall and immediately burst, where the Moors were thick. The Spanish Caza dores pressed them hard, also, from position to po sition, and pelted them with shot as they fled out of their covers and were for a short time in full view. A considerable number of bodies have been found scat te:ed about, and doubtless many others lie among the thick brushwood which coversthe hillsand the greater part of the ground over which the battle was fought. A wounded prisoner was taken, and was sent on board ship this morning. He said he was the ser vant of a Moorish santon (priest, or rather saint), who was in the fight as well as himself. He appeared somewhat more intelligent than the others that have been taken, and his answers to the questions put to him corresponded in many cases with what we have some reason to believe to be the truth. On being asked how many fighting men the Moors had, he declared they were extremely numerous. Were they 20,000 or 30,000 !' he was asked. He laughed at the question, and, taking up a handful of sand, said that they were as numerous as its grains. Then, how was it that they did not make more resistance? He said that they were acobardctdos, daunted by the losses they had experienced, that they had been told the Spaniards were few in num ber and not to be feared ; that they were surprised at finding them dangerous opponents, and that it was becoming difficult to get them to serve, espe cially the men on foot. Concerning yesterday's action, towards the close of which he was wounded, he could of course say but little, but he declared that the Moorish loss was heavy, and that a great many of Muley Abbas's escort were killed and wounded. I have heard from other sources that the Moors, previously to this war, had the meanest possible opinion of the Spaniards, especially in a military capacity. Officers who have been quar tered at Melilla have told me that the Moors in that neighbourhood always spoke of the Spaniards as very weak, mud (dojos, and contrasted them with `he French, of whom they thought very highly. General Rios's division arrived off the coast to the south of Cape Negro yesterday evening, and is very probably landed by this time. Ho brings about 5,000 men--a welcome add;tion to this little army, which I am assured is even smaller than I reckoned it to be. It is now said not to exceed 17,000 or 18,000 men. Of course, the corps left on the lines of Ceuta is not included in this estimate, for the correctness of which I do not vouch, al though I am inclined to credit it when I see how very slender are many of the battalions. This morning, while again riding over part of yesterday's battle-field, I came upon the ground on which a small Moorish camp had been pitched. From appearances it had been raised within the preceding 24 hours. There was very little note worthy about it. There were the small gutters to carry off the rain, marking the exact spots where the tents h a d stood, and one old tent had been struck and left there. There were two or three rude earthen pots and cooking utensils, and scattered about was a good deal of A pro f us i on o f matting of a coarse de scription, and tolerably dirty. orange - peelstrewed the pl ace, the whole aspect of -~ r 4;,, which did not convey tht.: idea of its halving been either comfortable or fragrant as an abode, although it was probably at least as much so as the Moorish habitations we have hitherto seen. At the foot of the Cordillera, just at the entrance to the pass, stood a small hamlet, or rather an insignificant group of huts of the very rudest description. A roof of rushes, supported on a framework of crooked sticks, more or less twined and bound together with branches or reeds, without windows and with a hole instead of a door, seems to content the population of this dis trict as a dwelling. The huts in question are now burnt. They were, of course, deserted by their in habitants, but I nevertheless suspect that a large amount of animal life must have been destroyed in the flames. THE NAT/Y. Rear Admiral of the White, Hon. Sir Henry Koppel, K.C.8., has been appointed to the com mand of the Cape of Good Hope and the West Coast of Africa station, vice Rear Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, G.C.8., and he will shortly hoist his flag on board the new 51 gun screw fri gate Forte at Sheerness. The Perseverance, screw, Commander E. R. Power, sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday, with the head-quarters of the Ist battalion 9th Foot on board, for Corfu. The Sprightly paddle, Master, Commander Allen, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday, from Devonport. The Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. James H. Cock burn, and the Alacrity, 4, screw gun vessel, Com mander J. K. E. Baird, both arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning, the former from the westward, and the latter from the eastward. The Pigmy, Master Commander Johnstone, sailed from Portsmouth for the westward on Satur day. The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., got under way at _Spithead on Saturday morning, and proceeded to the trial ground in Stokes-bay, in charge of Capt. George T. Gordon, commanding steam reserve at Portsmouth, to test her " Griffiths" propeller. Mr. J. Dinnen, the Admiralty inspec tor of machinery afloat, Mr. G. Murdoch, inspector afloat at Portsmouth, and Mr. Miller, assistant chief engileer at Portsmouth, were also on board to super intend the trial. The Admiralty having entered into an agreement with the patentee of the " Griffiths" propeller to pay a " royalty" of a certain sum per horse power for all vessels in her Majesty's navy to which his principle might be applied, the present trial was instituted to test the comparative merits of the Griffiiths' and the common screw, as used on the ship's trial trip in Stokes-bay, on the 23d of March. 1859, and reported in The Sun of tie following day. Saturday proved as favourable in every point of view for the trial as could possibly have been de sired, but at one time an accident occurred which might have led to very serious results. The ship, at the conclusion of one of her runs, was on the point of rounding to for commencing another run to the westward, when the wheel ropes carried away, and for some moments the Mersey, with her head to the shore, going at full speed, was in dan ger of running full tilt on the ground. Prompt measures on deck and in the engine-room, however, averted the catastrophe. Six runs were made at the measured mile, and the results gave the ship a speed, in knots, of 12 and eight-tenths. Draught of water—forward, 21 feet 4 inches ; aft, 22 feet 10 inchesr Pressure of steam—in the boilers, 201 b. ; on engines, 191 b. Average revolutions of engines, 57-1 ; the maximum being 59. Diameter of screw, 20 feet ; pitch, 29. The following is a description of the screw—" Griffiths," with the blades attached to the boss or sphere, on Messrs. Maudslay's plan. The ship's steering properties were found to be good, and with the helm hard a-starboard, under full steam, she made a complete circle in eight minutes six seconds. The speed realised on the trial trip in March last was 13.290, with the maxi mum of 56 revolutions of engines. The present trial, therefore, shows an increase of indicated horse power of engines, but a decrease of half a knot per hour in the ship's speed. The loss in speed may be accounted for in two ways. The ship is now five and a half inches deeper in the water than on the former trial, and as she,has notbeen in dock since she has been in commission, her bottom must neces sarily befoul, and the only means to arive at a correct conclusiod as to the merits of the two screws in point of speed would be for the Mersey to re-ship her old screw, and test it under circumstances of wind and weather as closely approximating to Saturday's trial as possible. The vibration of the Mersey on Saturday was not so great as in March last, and up to nearly three-quarter speed there was not much perceptible; from three-quarter to full speed it very sensibly increased, but as it is a characteristic feature of the Mersey to drive a tre mendous sea before her when at full speed, it may be a question as to what amount of the vibration really arises from that cause alone. A different pitch of the screw might also increase the ship's speed, but it is very doubtful whether the Mersey will ever excel, if she even equals, whatever form of screw be applied to her, the rate of speed she realised on her trial trip of March, 1859. The Arindno, 2G, screw, Capt. Vansittart, is ex pected to get unicr wity from Spithead about noon to-day, and test her altered screw in Stoke, Bay. Tii Following appointments were made on S !tar day at the :- -Charles Barney, master additional, to the Dasher ; John 1). Rogers, mater, to the Dasher ; Samuel Libby (B), master, to the Fawn ; IV. A. Dinnen, chief en g i neer , to the Asia, for service in the Prince of Wales ; John G. Oak shott, chief engineer, to the Conqueror ; J. Churcher, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for service in the Tartar; Dr. J. Gallaghen, surgeon, to the Sans pareil; W. R. Dalton, surgeon, to the Castor; John Shepherd, paymaster, to the Racer. THE ARMY. The depot of the 14th (the King's Light) Dra goons, from Maidstone, under the command of Bre vet Lieut.-Col. Gall, C. 8., arrived at the North-wall, Dublin-, on Friday morning, on board the steam transport Trafalgar, disembarked, and proceeded to Newbridge Barracks, to await the return from In dia of the service troops of the regiment, which proceeded on foreign service in the year 1841. The 2d Battalion of the 24th Regiment, now at Cork, is under orders to proceed to the Mauritius, to relieve the service companies of the 61st Regi ment, which have been on foreign service since 1845. Considerable numbers of recruits continue to arrive at the camp at Colchester. The huts have been for some time nearly full, and there is now not much spare room, notwithstanding the recent removal to Woolwich of the Dublin Militia Artillery. On Saturday detachments of non-commissioned officers and men selected from the depots of those regiments which comprise the first battalion at Chatham left that grrrison, under the command of Captain G. J. Burne, 73rd Regiment, and proceeded to Eastbourne, where they are to undergo a course of instruction in rifle filing at long range, pre viously to embarking for India with the detach ments to be despatched from England during the ensuing summer. Ensign E. M. Roe, 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, assistant-instructor in musketry to the 2nd depot battalion, has proceeded to East bourne to superintend the instruction of the troops. Captain Goldsmith, C. 8., superintendent of Chatham dockyard, has received orders from the Admiralty for the whole of the me chanics and workmen employed at that estatablishment to work during the time formerly allowed them for dinner, in order that the utmost exertions may be used in completing those vessels now in progress with the other works on which the artisans arc engaged. In consequence of this order the workmen are not allowed to leave the dockyard from the time they enter in the morning until they discontinue work at right, a slight interval only being allowed them for refreshments. At no period since the termination of the Russian war has there been more activity in all the departments at Cha tham dockyard than at present, the persons em ployed connected with all the establishments work ing early and late to complete those vessels ordered by the Adminalty to bo brought forward for launching. ~.kL L . Li.l t i ,4; ,f.EE TRADE IN .?E.A.ATE. • The original articles ix the Paris journals are not of great importance, that presenting most inte rest being in the Debats and slowing the general effects of reduced duties on various articles of con- sumption. Referring to the well-known law of political economy that the principle of competi tion, when applied with prudence, measures, and opportuneness, has invariably been productiva of good results for the movement of labour and of business, our contemporary gives some examples to prove the correctness of the rule in question. One of its most striking instances is the state of the silk trade in England before 1825 and at present. Pre viously to that year but comparatively little silk was worked up in the United Kingdom, and the trade was protected by prohibition. But in 1852 the Government then resolved to remove the pro hibition affecting foreign silk and substituted for it high duties. Great was the alarm expressed by English manufacturers, who affirmed that their complete ruin must be the inevitable consequence of the measure. Such however was 'not by any means the ease, as is demonstrated by our contem porary in these terms : " The average quantity of silk used in the Eng lish manufactories had up to that time kept at about 1,000,000 kilogrammes. Six years after the removal of the prohibition, the average reached 1,695,171 kilogs., so that the manufacture certainly had not fallen off. In 1835, the duty on silk was again reduced, and in another six years the manu factures rose to 2,470 175 kilogs. That is not all:; in 1845 a fresh reduction took place, and from that period to 1856 the consumption increased to 3,143,786 kilogs. Finally, in 1857, it reached 4,860,000 kilos., that is to say, five times the quan tity of that which existed when the manufacture was protected by prohibition. This appears very remarkable, and the English manufacturers who were to have been all ruined by the removal of the prohibition, appear to be now in a good state. It is in like manner that the reform of the corn laws destroyed English agriculture, the ruin of which was predicted in Parliament ; and that the encou ragement given in France to beet-root sugar de stroyed the production of her colonies. It was thus, also, that the reduction of the import duty on cattle was followed by an invasion of foreign oxen, pre dicted by an illustrious marshal, who declared in the Tribune that he should prefer seeing an invasion. of Cossacks; aul, lankly, It was this that the re duction of the duties on rough castings, in 1853, caused torrents of the English article to flow into France, the average import in that year being from 25,000 to 26,000 tons, and in 1859, 26,000 tons." Another instance adduced by the Debats is that of coffee, as showing not only the increase in the con sumption arising . from lower duties, but the vast diminution in price. It says : " In 1825, the English Parliament authorised a reduction in the duty on coffee, and the con sumption, which in 1823-24 averaged 3,800,000 kilos., had increased in 1833-34 to 10,500,000 kilos. The revenue lost nothing, for the receipts on that article rose from 10,600,000 f. to more than 15,000,000 f.; and as to the price, which before the reduction was from 144 f. to 260 f., according to quality, it rose immediately to from 183 f. to 284 f. This rise in price was not permanent, for otherwise the reduction of the duty would have defeated the object intended, for the price afterwards gradually came down to 105 fr. and 213 fr. The consumption of coffee in England now amounts to nearly 17,000,000 kilos. Another cau se h as e ff ec t ua lly assiated in this increase, and that is the progressive reductions made in the duty on sugar, which in 30 years have brought up the consumption in England from 180,000,000 kilos. to 432,000,000 kilos. In France the consumption is 200,000,000 kilos." As a further proof of the advantages of free competition, the writer points to the state of the wool trade in France, and shows that from 1834 to 1858 the exports of woollen manufactured goods have increased from 27 millions of francs to 156. "Should we," he asks most pertinently, " have arrived at such results had we maintained our former high duties on the article P" All the experience of these latter years gives a decided ne gative to the question. Very few of the Paris journals remark on the late discussion in the English Parliament on the Address to the Queen. The Debuts, however, constitutes an exception, making some rather sharp observa tions on the language of Mr. Disraeli, whom it accuses of the very gravest fault in a statesman — ignorance of the subject on which he speaks. It may be as well to remind our readers that the Tory party, not being able with any consistency to openly oppose the foreign policy of the Palmerston Cabinet, endeavours to effect its purpose by a sort of side-wind, and so attacks the commercial treaty with France. The great argument brought for . ward against that arrangement is, that no neces sity exists for its completion, and that it infringes the principles of liberty which form the theoretical basis of all commercial policy in Great Britain. The leader of the Opposition in the House of Com mons having assigned such reasons for objecting to the treaty, is thus spoken of by the Paris journal "Mr. Disraeli made a singular mistake in de claring that a treaty was not at all necessary in order to change the commercial policy of France. Mr. Disraeli's argument, betray astonishing ignor anCe of French institutions, as Lord Palmerston found no difficulty in showing. Mr. Disraeli stated that a law was presented to the Legislative Body in 1856 to inaugurate a new commercial policy in France ; that the law did not pass 'no doubt owing to the advanced period of the session,' but that the Government, after consulting the councils-general, had engaged to put the new sys tem in vigour in 1861. Mr. Disraeli, 'therefore, asks why the English Government consented to sign a treaty of commerce, since the engagement of the French Government for 1861 came to the same thing. What have you gained br this infraction of principles and by this treaty ?' exclaims Mr, Disraeli. It is evident that the hon. gentleman has fallen into the serious error of supposing that the declaration of the French Government, which post poned the project of reforming the commercial code till 1861, was equivalent to a law. In 1861, as in 1856, the intentions of the French Government can only become law with the assent of the Legislative Body ; it is therefore that important formality hick Mr. Disraeli does not take into account, either because be is not aware that the consent of the Legislative Body is necessary to the enactment of laws, or because he wrongly supposes that the Legislative Body can in no case withhold its con sent. But Lord Palmerston, who seems much better versed in our institutions than any other member of the English Parliament, stated the real facts of the case, and clearly proved the absolute necessity of this treaty of commerce, which appeared so use less to Mr. Disraeli:—' It certainly is true that it is not desirable that this country should enter into conventions and engagements with other countries respecting tariffs and customs duties. But in the present instance, there are peculiar circumstances connected with the French Constitution and sys tem of legislation which prevented us from obtain ing from France that security for future arrange ments which it was essential we should obtain, unless the transaction assumed the character of a convention between the two Governments. It is an exceptional arrangement, and not to be judged of by the general principle on which matters of this kind should be conducted.' It is manifest from this explanation that the English Government has endeavoured to conciliate the circumstances of the French Government, which could not effect this reform otherwise than by a treaty of commerce, with the English institutions, which do not allow so ',important an act to escape the control and sanction of Parliament." To further elucidate the point thus explained by the English Minister, we subjoin the article of the constitution (San. 14, 1852) which regulates the question : " Art 6. The President of the Republic is the Head of the State ; he commands the land and sea forces, declares war, makes treaties of peace, alli ance, and commerce." Art 3 of the Senatus Consultum, modifying `he Constitution after the proclamation of the Ern- pire, says : " Treaties of commerce made in virtue of Art. 6 of the Constitution have the force of laws for the modifications of the tariff therein stipulateair' Under the title of" Le 89 du Travail," the Pays publishes a long article on the advantages which the commercial treaty is likely to confer on the working classes in France. After showing that during the last sixty years much has been effected for the comfort of the lower portions of the popu• lotion, the writer points t• the fact that in the country districts a great amelioration is still called for. As the new organisation of labour will have the effect of reducing the cost of wearing apparel, the working classes must of necessity profit by that improvement, as well as by the re duction in the cost of several of the most ordinary articles of consumption. The writer then refers to the conditions required for effecting the proposed modification in the commercial duties,. and says ; " Three things were necessary, without reckon ing the intelligence and liberalism of the Imperial policy, in order to undertake usefully the great economic reforms set forth in the Emperor's letter --a favourable state of the finances, peace, and institution s w hi c h would allow the Sovereign to y m e anner, theocaut nl pushingi finances ne d rra e o: p toca e ne shn n a d d tv e hbe n wee leftt l hn y igl of opposing int eres t s . With ou t publice theinr e budget worksaie good ving i insnsutegaaciant equilibrium, „ el the xcb torrffi au. eom t e a wiwn s ho u a ior r l and cotton from considerable duties. Without peace, the sacrifices made b 7 the treasury would not And in an increase of agricultural and commercial acti- s 71 . :( ,-;;;„. 0 • c 3• t' vity and improved consumption, the necessary com pensatiens. Lastly, with a constitution like that which ruled France from 1815 to 1851. the Sove reign would have been obliged to make the reforms ' subordinate to the appreciation and to the consent of the very interests which they are precisely in tended to interfere with." The writer then proceeds to show, when habits have become inveterate, it is most difficult to change them and get useful reforms introduced " The Chambers of Commcrce when consulted by Louis XVI. in 1857 on the utility of rculo jug we internal enstom-houses which isolated the different proVinees, and burdened national productions with enormous duties, declared by a majority in favour of their maintenance. The Parliament of Paris itself, when an edict was presented to -it for esta blishing an equity of taxation for all classes of citi zens, refused to enregister it, as being unjust. The consequence was that there was a riot among the Parisians and blood was shed in supporting the Parliament against the King. Under the Govern ment of July, the Chamber of Deputies several times voted the reduction of the interest on Rents, but the Chamber of Peers always rejected it. It is that o fore very natural that the branches of industry which monopolise the national market should pro test against the introduction, even with differential duties, of foreign merchandise ; and if the constitu tion had not given to the Sovereign the power of concluding the treaty of commerce with England, the interests which it affects, however slightly, would have opposed probably insurmountable ob stacles." GARIBALDI ON THE BRITISH VOLUNTEERS. The editor of the Court Journal having written to Garibaldi for his opinion on the British volun teer movement, the following answer has been re turned : —" As regards the volunteer force, I believe that England has done the best thing possible in availing herself of such an armament, and that this wise measure will render her territory impregnable against any foreign invasion. Would that my country would follow the example ! Above all theory in the art of warfare, one practical fact reigns triumphant—' defeat the enemy'—a truth that will always triumph over all theories. The retreat of the most disciplined troops of Austria before the less disciplined Zouaves proves that a man may be a soldier without wearing a tight tunic or a tight cravat. The shepherds of Paulus Emilius, armed only with daggers, rushing on the Macedonian phalanx, those terrible conquerors of Asia—the clouds of French Voltigeurs of the Army of the Republic-4nd, lastly, the Bersaglieri and Zouaves at St. Martino, Magenta, Solferino, and Palestro—prove that masses are not alone useful in battle fields, and that Volunteers, Bersaglieri, and Zouaves, need not learn how to fight in close order, like troops of the line. Discipline is, no doubt, the basis of the organisation of all arma ments, and without it war cannot be correctly carried on; but why should not volunteers, who have sworn not to abandon their standards during the danger of their country, have the same disci pline as regular corps ? Are patriotism and en thusiasm such despicable and heterogeneous senti ments as to destroy regularity in national troops? Certainly they are not despicable, since, in every war, a wise chief derives advantages from them in his harangues and his proclamations ; and the First Napoleon, who was master of half Europe, and the best army in the world, was defeated by the patriotism of the English so-called shop keepers, of whom he appeared to have no great opinion. If Great Britain organises her 200,000 volunteers, it will form the nucleus of a million of armed patriots, in case of need, if she con tinues to, train them (and that will net be diffi cult for the English), so that they be;ome as disciplined as regular troops—we shall then see who will dare to invade the asylum of all, and the pro tectress if the universe. I believe that the theory of great regularity of the masses and lines is gene rally carried too far, and that the open order of battle is too much neglected, as it has become nece sary, through the perfection of fire-arms, and through the obstacles that cultivation has accumu lated at every step. If there is a country in Europe that has served for fields of battle, and continues to do so, that country is certainly and, unfortunatly, Italy. How many places are there in Italy where a squadron formed in line, or a regiment in square, could fight ? I believe that there are very few. On the other hand, places may be found in all direc tions which are adapted to the Bersaglieri. In short, I think that several lines of Bersaglieri, sus tained by a few masses of troops, would be the most convenient order of battle in our country, and in many others; and that volunteers can be adapted, for this end, to the same kind of manoeuvres as the troops of the line. I have read the valuable paper by Sir John Burgoyne, on volunteers; and, although I do not know enough English, and have not had the time to form a thorough judgment upon it, it seems to me to be the work of an intelligent soldier, who has seen many fields of battle. Ido not, how ' ever, agree with him that 50,000 veterans will defeat 100,000 volunteers, if the latter have the dis cipline that" all troops ought to have ; and that they are, as may be imagined, animated by the love of their country. I do not yet know the way in which the English volunteers are organised ; but I believe, however, that for volunteers, in all countries, the training of the Bersaglieri is the best. The light ness of their uniform s the open order that forms the basis of their manoeuvring, without hindering them from acting in mast es, when the occasion presents itself, and, above all, the swiftness of their move ments, make them the most perfect soldiers I have known. I wish that all the Italian army was com posed of Bersaglieri ; and I do not doubt that such an organisation would also be easily attainable by English volunteers, English soldiers having ob tained the reputation of intrepidity and coolness under fire. EXTR A ORDINARY AND PRR IL OUB PASSAGE OF AN AMERICAN LINER. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. A few weeks ago considerable surprise was ma nifested in commercial and nautical circles at the return to Liverpool of the A mer i can pac k et - s hi p Sardinia, Capt. Crocker, having been at sea upwards of 40 days, on her passage f rom Li verpoo l to N ew York, having encountered a succession of westerly gales. The only material inj ur y, h owever , rece i ve d by the Sardinia was the loss of her sails, and some damage to the rigging ; her hull being quite sound, and her cargo comparatively uninjured. We have now to record the return to the Mersey of another first-class American ship, the Eagle Speed, of Boston, of 1,400 tons, one of Messrs. Warren and Thayer's (formerly Train's) line of Liverpool and Boston packets, aft er b e i ng t osse d about on the billows of the Atlantic for the space of eight weeks-56 days. The Eagle Speed, Capt. David S. Fuller, cleared from Liverpool Nov. 29,1859, for Boston, and sailed on the 2d of December, with a large cargo of gene ral merchandise on board, and having a crew of 30 seamen, chiefly . Americans. Stormy weather pre vailed at the time of the departure of the vessel, and Captain Fuller was compelled to put into Stud well Roads, on the Welsh coast, for shelter from a westerley gale, then sweeping across the Channel. Nothing but heavy gales was experienced by the Speed Eagle for the next 30 days, in the course of which the vessel became leaky, causing the crew to be almost constantly at the pumps. On the 11th it blew a terrific gale from the N.W., when her rudder twisted, and sprung, rendering the ship almost unmanageable, and all her sails were blown away. The crew were sick and in a quite exhausted state, and Capt. Fuller, being then in lat. 44 2 N., and long. 41 10 W., or rather two-thirds of the pas sage across the Atlantic, seeing no prospect, with his disabled ship and sick crew, of completing his voyage, deemed it advisable to return, if possible, to Cork to refit. He sighted Cork on the 21st inst., during that terrific hurricane which swept the entire coast of the United Kingdom, committing such frightful ravages amongst the shipping in its course—the fatal results of which will be long remembered. His vessel being in a crippled and leaking condition, his crew all sick and in a very exhausted state, his sails and topsail yards being all carried away in the gale, Capt. Fuller found it impossible to enter Cork harbour, and accordingly bore away for Liverpool, where he arrived safely on Friday . night. Until the cargo is discharged the loss sustained by either ship or cargo cannot be accurately ascertained ; but from the straining she received and the length of time she was leaking, there is no doubt the d amage both is considerable. It was a fortunate circum stance that she had no passengers on board. The Eagle Speed was a well-known trader be tween Liverpool and North America, and Captain Fuller is an experienced officer.. .His ability,. as a seaman is proved by his bringing his ship, crippled and disabled as she was, and with her exhausted crew, safely through the late g ales, so disastrous to hundreds of other vessels along the coast. [ADVERTISEMENT.) — Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills.— Rheumatism —Gout—Neuralgia—The damp weather com monly prevailing at this season renders the above diseases almost epidemic. In some shape or other, all except the most robust, are tortured by them. Let all such sufferers turn with confidence to Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which for a quarter of a century have been lauded above all other drugs for their soothing and curative powers in these complaints. The affected parts, first fomented with warm water, should be rubbed with the Ointment twice a day as briskly as is bearable. The Pills should be taken et the same time to obtain the full beneficial effect, so that While the Ointment sootheg locally, the Pills, purify, stimulate, and etrengthen generally. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAILIFAY. The adjourned special general meeti n g of the shareholders of the Londo n an d South-Western Railway was held on Saturday at the offices of the company, Wa.terloo Station, for the purpose of con sidering the proposed plans for the amalgamation of the Portsmouth line with the undertakings of the London and South-Western Company—Capt. Mangles in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that it was only at a meet ing of the legal advisers of the two companies, held that morning, that the arrangement of the deed had been finally agreed upon, and in consequence . of this it had not been possible to prepare any re port to be sent to the shareholders. An amended report had, however, been prepared, which he called upon the secretary to read. Mr. CROMI3IE read the amended report, the prin cipal features of which were the details of the scheme of settlement which had been finally agreed upon, and which were as follows :—" The debenture debt of the Portsmouth Company is £92,000, and interest at 41 per cent. per annum thereon (a rate which is somewhat less than the rate which part of the debt is for a period bearing, but which must be consid e r e d more th an e noug h to indemnify this company in the run of years), will annually occupy £3,910, of the £lB,OOO, and will annually leave £14,090 to be • paid to the Portsmouth Company. The whole £lB,OOO a year is to be divided into 144,000 annuities of 2s. 6d. per annum each. Of these annuities 31,280, amounting to £3,910 per annum, will be retained by this company to cover the debenture interest at the agreed rate ; 87,500 more of them, amounting to £10,937 10s. per an num, will be issued to the Portsmouth proprietors forthwith ; that is to say, 5 (or 12s. 6d. per annum) in respect of each of these 17,500 shares of £2O each, and the rest of the annuities (25,220) amount ing to £3,152 10s. per annum (or at 25 years' pur chase equal to £78,812 in money) are, together with a portion of the rent now due to the Portsmouth Company, to be retained by the South-Western Company until all the remaining liabilities of the Portsmouth Company—which the board have good reason to believe do not exceed £63,ooo—have been satisfied. The final balance, after every adopted claim on the Portsmouth Company shall have been discharged, will be distributed amongst the proprie tors of that company. The directors trust the ar rangement thus reported will be entirely satisfac tory to the proprietors." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was necessary for him to refer to one or two portions of the report, and especially to that which stated that the liabilities of the Ports mouth Railway Company were £ 63 , 00 0; while the amount retained by the London and South- Western Company was £78,812. Out of th a t debt of £63,000 a sum of £30,000 was due upon debentures,' which reduced the liabilities of the Portsmouth Railway Company to £33,000, which was a sum certified by the ehairman and secretary of that company to be about the amount due. To this £78,000 there was to be added a balance of £3,500 out of the £lB,OOO of rent due to the Ports mouth Company, which would leave in round numbers £58,000 in the hands of the South-Western to meet £33,000 of liabilities of the Portsmouth Railway. These accounts had been very closely looked into by the directors of the Portsmouth Railway, and they had expressed an opinion that after meeting all the existing liabilities there would be a considerable sum to divide among the proprie tors. • - - - - ANOTHER HEAVY GALE AND SNOW( the volunteer forces which were now being raised at STORM: Southampton and elsewhere, and said that be should v.-ay it regret it tney had determined to inter- NUMEROUS FATAL AND OTHER LOSSES fere in this respect with the right which every En g- ON THE COAST. lishman possessed of joining any body of volun . The acce-nts received on Saturday at .T,!or 's tcers. iron) curio _ outports speak of a very heavy gale, s ranging from the S.W. to the N.E., accompanied in the more northern districts by snow, having swept the coast on Thursday night and Friday morning. The 77cezker ailing the week had ueen exceedingly tempestuous, but as dusk set in on Thursday the Wind gradually increased till it blew a violent gale. The result of its fury is too sadly told in a long list of casualties which have coine to hand. In several instances there has been a serious loss of life, in ad dition to a considerable destruction of property. The colliers trading from th e T yne an d t h e Tees to the Thames and southern ports hfYST tut - fend considerably. Between eight and ni ne o ' c l oc k on Thursday evening, during the height of the gale, and the snow falling heavily, no fewer than nine brigs and one schooner were driven ashore in Robin Hood's Bay, between Scarborough and Whitby, and it is feared tisat most of them will become wrecks. They are the Earl Bathurst, Jones, of Hartlepool ; Swan, Davidson, of Sunderland; Marion, Walters, of Exeter ; Athens and Hebe, of Shields ; Emily, Gibeon, of North Shields; Veronica, Robinson, of Scarborough ; William, Watson, of Hartlepool ; and the Miriam, of Sunderland. They lie amongst rocks and large stones, and two of the vessels have since gone to pieces. Most providentially the whole of the crews were saved. Similar fearful weather was experienced off the mouth of the Tyne. The snow fell heavily, With a heavy sea on the bar. In at tempting to make the harbour the barque Sharp, of New castle, : upon the Herd Sand. Another barque, the' Medium, Blyth, from Liverpool, shared a similar fate upon the same sand. Both crews were preserved by the lifeboot, which pushed up through a tremendous sea in the most gallant style. Nearly 20 colliers are reported to have foundered either from springing a leak in consequence of their heavy labouring, or being in collision, on the north eastern coast. They were, the Sir Henry Webb, brig, from Newcastle to the Thames ; abandoned off the Dudgeon. The William Hutt, brig, of Scar borough ; abandoned near Lowestoft. The John and Isabella, brig, front the Tyne to London, went down in 13 fathoms, off Southwold. The Mayflower, from London for Hartlepool; abandoned near Flam borough head. The brig Pallas, Captain Rock, from Shields for London, went down on the Size well Bank, and the master, mate, and three of the seamen drowned. The schooner James Dixon, from the Tyne for Shields ; abandoned, after being in collision on Thursday night. The Jane Heatley, from Warkworth for Boulogne, sprang a leak, and foundered some 50 miles off Flamborough Head. The Jane Baxter, from the Tyne to Mal don, foundered after being in contact. The schooner Copy, of and from Sunderland, for Southampton, after being in collision. The schooner Express, from Hartlepool for Rochester. The Syren, from Shields to London, abandoned some 40 miles off the Humber. The Clydeside brig, of Col chester, from Shields, sunk after being in collision, between the Cutter and the Whiting Sands. The Severn of Colchester ' abandoned off the Spurn. The Tranby, from the Tyne to London, sunk off the Spurn. The schooner Ulysses, from Newcastle for Wells, sunk in Ryhope ; and the Jane, of Berwick, abandoned off Flamborough. The list does not in clude what may be called coasting and trading ves sels, which appear to have sustained many dis asters. Higher up the eastern coast there were several casualties :—The Aurora, Increase, of Harwich, re ports a schooner sinking on the inner part of Ship wash, on Thursday evening. An English flag was flying in her rigging, and she was supposed to be about 200 tons. Another schooner was seen to have sunk about two miles below the S.W. buoy of the Shipwash. The fate of the crews is uncertain. It is thought that the latter vessel had been in collision. A boat, bearing the name of George Duncan, Dundee, was picked up a few miles to the south ward of Oldborough. It contained two oars, 11 bags of clothes, five flags, and a quadrant and com pass, but nothing had been seen of the crew. A very disastrous loss is announced to have taken place in Freshwater Bay, between Milford Haven and Tenby. The Spanish barque Carlo, bound to London, from Smyrna, went ashore, and became a loss, and a boat which left the ship, containing the captain and six of the hands, had not been heard of since, and it is believed that they have perished. The remainder of the crew succeeded in reaching the shore. The eliAlltMAN, in returning thanks, said that the directors had not interfered in the manner re ferred to by the hon. proprietor, as they felt they had no right to interfere with the after hours of ith respect to the arrangement now made with the Portsmouth Company, he wished to avoid the impression going abroad that the Lon don and South-Western Company had made a bad bargain. They could not suppose that a district of country so wide as that betwi x t th e Th ree B r id ges on the Brighton Railway and Winchester would, in the face of what was going on in every part of the country, be allowed to remain long unoccupied by a railway. When such a line had been made it was very much better that it should be in the hands of the London and South-Western than in any other. The Portsmouth Railway had not been handed over to the South-Western Company . upon terms which were anything but remunerative to the shareholders who had made it, and for a sum considerably less than the South-Western Company could have made it. He believed that it would not be an unprofitable transaction for the South-Wes tern Company, and the reports which had been received from those conversant with the traffic upon the line were of an encouraging nature with respect to the future. In reply to a question put by Mr. HERAPATFI, The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors were on the most perfect terms of amity with the London and Brighton Railway Company. The proceedings then terminated. At the meeting of the Portsmouth Railway share• holders resolutions authorising the directors to carry out the agreement upon the basis of the terms ex plained at the South-Western meeting were also agreed to. COUNTRY MA_RIBTS NOTTINGHAM—JAN. 28. There was a toierable supply of wheat on offer to-day, the condition of which was by no means good. The trade ruled firm, at full prices. White wheat, new, 49s to 55s Red do. 44s to 48a Old white 49s to 55s Red do. 44s to 488 Barley, malting._ 38s to 45s Super. flour, 35s to 39s ; Barley, grinding 29s to 311 °tag, old, .. —s to —s New do 22s to 25s Beans. 463 to 42 Beans, now —s to —s to, 31s to 33s per 20 stuns. OXFORD-.TAN. 23. A large quantity of wheat at market to-day, for which the trade was very slow for fine samples ; and other grain inactive. White ruled at 45s to 535, red 40s to 46s per qr. Barley, 268 to 388 ; oats, 18s to 338; beans, 37s to 48s ; hog peas, 38s to 40s ; boilers, 408 to 45s per qr. Flour, 32s to 338 per sack. Hay, from £3 es to £4 Os per ton. LEICESTER-JA.x. 28. There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day, a fair attendance, and trade steady. White wheat, 48a to 51a —red, 42s to 47s per 36 stone; a very fair inquiry for fine barley, grinding, 80s to 34s ; malting, 38s to 42s per qr. ; the oat trade was firm, at quotations ranging front 26s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans scarce and unchanged—old, at 48s to 525, new 40s to 43s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 33s I Seconds, 31s I Thirds, 29s per 20 stone. NORWICH-JAN. 28. Wheat in limited supply, and prices in some instances in favour of the seller. Less barley offering, but prices were unaltered. Flour steady. White wheat. 46s to 49s Red wheat 405 to 45e Malting barley....42s to 46s Chevalier barley 34s to 40s Distilling do.. ....25s to 27s - I Oats.. 24s to 28e Flour, 29s Gcl to 30s per sack from the miller. GLOUCESTER-JAN. 21. At our market there was rather a fair attendance, with a slow business doing. English whito wheat, 45s to 465; red, 43s to 45s per qr. Foreign, 453 to 50s per qr. In barley, oats, and beans no alteration. YORK-. JAN. 28. An average quantity of wheat on offer, which made last week's quotations. A tolerable supply of barley, and fine samples quite as dear. Oats and beans steady. Wheat, red .40s to 44s Oats.... 22s to 259 White do .46s to 50s Beans 44s to 489 Barley .24s to 40s Peas . ..34s to 379 Malt, 60s to 70s per qr.; rye, 32s per qr.; flour, 33s to 35s per sack. AN. 27. s. d. Do., new . 0 to 0 B ere Rapeseed 20 0 to 23 • Oatmeal l3 6 to 15 • Bakers' flour Indian corn 31 0t033 0 DUBLIN- e. d. o. d. Wheat, white.. 28 0 to 30 0 Do., red .. 27 oto2B 6 Do., new 0 to 0 . ! Barley Oats Do., black ll 6 to 12 6 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. En the following table E signifMs that letters are desPa ta " by evening mails from London, and 3,1 by morning mails. • Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch 1 Fort of Mail of Mails. I Despatch. due. ---, Australia and 31auritius, vial Southampton Feb. 11, E Southamp. Feb. 9 Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Feb. 17, B Liverpool.. Feb. /6 Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt )r Feb. 1, E Liverpool.. Feb. 1 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen-I sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southamptonl Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Feb. 4, g Southamp. overdue Honduras and Blewfields .... Feb. 17, 31. Southamp. Feb. 16 India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 4, 31 Southamp. Feb. 1 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South- • ampton Feb. 11, 11 Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Feb. 7, Id Southamp. Feb. 1 Malta, Egypt, and Adeo, via Southampton Feb. 4,31 Southamp. overdue Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico - and Havana Newfoundland Jan. —, E Liverpool.. United States and British N America (by Biitish packet) Feb. —, E Liverpool.. Feb. 2 Ditto (by U. S. packet) Jan. Feb:3 2 l 3 , E Liverpool..Soutixtmp. Feb. 10 West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and tfeneriffe West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town, New Granada, &c._ _ (Feb. 2, 31 Soutbamn_ Ti ph I iSouthamp. IFeb. 1 M. de Leqseps, who has just returned to Paris, from Constantinople, is about to publish a pamphlet in an swer to the objections raised in England against his Isthmus of Suez scheme. 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Reims and Co. ; at Liverpool, Nixo n an d Thew; a t M anchester, Sharp and Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, an d C o. ; at South.. ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. EVANS.—On the 28th inst,, at 23, Westbourne-park terrace, Hyde-park, the wife of George Evans, Esq., of a son. ELms.—On. the 28th inst., at Shalford, near Guildford, Mrs. Wm. Ellis, of a EC% FITZGERALD.—On the 28th inst. at South Norwood, Sur rey, the wife of M. Fitzgerald, Esq., of a son. WRA.NorrAm.--On the 26th inst., at Southampton, the wife of Archdeacon Wrangham, of a son. In reply to several questions put by Mr. HERA PATH, The CHAIRMAN stated the result of the agreement would be to give £lB,OOO a-rear, and no more, to the Portsmouth Company; that the average inte rest paid by the London and South-Western Com pany during the last seven years had been 41 per cent. upon its debentures ; and that the amount payable on the Portsmouth debentures would be rather more than that on a portion of them, but as they fell due they would be renewed at the same rates of interest as the London and South-Western debentures, an d t h at under the most favourable DEATHS. BROWNE.----On the 25th i ns t., at Parkstone, near Poole, circumstances th e s h areholders of the Portsmouth Railway would n o t rece i ve more than 3/ per cent. Vice-Admiral Philip B rowne, aged 88. on the capit a l w hi ch they had invested. BULL.—On the 27th inst., a t 8, Cromwell-road, Brixton, Mrs. Mary Bull, aged 71. Ds.—On the 26th inst.,at 3, . Park-road, Stoke New.. The motion for the adoption of the report having gton, Hesk th SpaekmanDavis, Esq., aged 61. been seconded by Mr. TITE, M.P., was unanimously in e agreed to. ' , LAURIE. —On the 25th inst., at Kentish-town Lieut.-Col. Resolutions authorising the directors to enter John Laurie, Bombay Artillery, aged 65. ' ieI9RSE.—O n the 27th inst., Thomas Morse, Esq., of Flix-. into the deed of amalgamation, upon the basis of the terms read to the meeting, tz , n, near Lowestoft, aged Sl. a long and .desultory 'conversation, in which Mr. A-4.....NELL.—0n the 27th inst., at 14, Great Tower-street, were agreed to, etc!. Michel, Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, Mr. Tite, M. ,l'irs. city, Alexander D. Russell, aged 64. _ Win. A. Ridpath, aged 87. lirprxru.—On the 27th inst., at Upper Sydenham, Mr. port, and others took part. Mr. TITE, to the chairman and the dircz.toc . 4: R‘c .Luving TimPsox.--0 n the 24th inst , at The Retreat, Lewisham, N`Z(qQo.i 'onclu- M.P., in proposing a v , :.:4 0; 0 1 . 0 . 1 ks the Rog. Thomas Tirnpson, aged 70. brought the negotiations to Q 0...,,,.. .. i sion, wished to know 'N'ZOti'l. , ...Z. Z, , ,cNI, was any ~ , : ..., . .;11nt a t South truth in the report wk::\.` , . • .',- ampton, to the \'-`'`,' 0. , •••,,.. directors of the London and 5 , •. , `',. -.• t i. 'awayhad preve n t e d ,': , the emu' ,1 ' '• :- ' !.' -`' Vona j oining any of LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer„ at The Sun Office, No. li l 4 Strand, in the Precinct of the S avoy , i n the county , Middlesex, Monday, January 30, 1860. MARRIAGES. GARRETT—BRUFF.—On the 26th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Ipswich, Newson Dunnell Garrett, Esq., Lieut. H.M.'s Bengal Artillery, eldest s on of Newson Garrett, Esq., Aldo House, Aldeburgh, to Elizabeth Kate, eldest daughter of Peter 13ruff, Esq., Handford Lodge, Ips wich. ScoTT—Cox..—On the 19th inst., Francis, son of T. E. Scott, Esq., of Crondall, to Louisa second dau g ht er of the Rev. James S. Cox, rec t or of Little Cheney, Dorset shire. r , I 4.2 , f and of V beat ter, man Mai Mri the and BS Medi 'tree