The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-28 00:00:00

L LOYD'S SHIPPING.-- (THIS DA Y.) LONDON, JAN. 28.—Wind at no3n, S.W., light airs at!d fog. 8 QUEENSTOWN, JAN.26.—Wind S.S.W.; a gale.—Arrd. "a il Moulmein; James Redding, Gauoon, Ganges, I quique. B C I LLY, JAN. 25 AND26.—Wind S.W., strong breez?s. `-Arrd. Express, Mauritius.; NEWPOR T 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. Commerce, Charlest on. JAN. BELFAST, JAN. 26.—Wind W.—Sld. Christina, Bar - Wow,. b bU NDEE, JAN. 26.—Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. Cam- Tri' Stadt Zierekzee, ditto. Sld. Glea ner, nidad. LIALEE, JAN. 27.—The Fowler, of Sunderland , hence to Br istol or Gloucester, which drove on the banks on the22 d, is discharging. YA RMOUTH, JAN. 27.—The Dawson barque, of ats a t : rtl epool, very leaky, has taken the assistance of a j,. 4111 tug, and a number of boatmen. . e t fu WESTOFT, JAN. 27. — The brigs Conquest and Na da,—n'el, of Newcastle, have put in with considerable age, having been in contact. AL DUOROUGH, JAN. 27.—The Frederick, of Sunder ::ld for Boulogne, stranded near Thorp Ness last night; ` 6,9 and store saved. : a rE rienaa, JAN. 17.—The Odin, Valparaiso for Wes,lL which put in here, 11 th inst., making eight df u aa of water per hour, parted her chains, 15th inst., e 'ye on the rocks and broke up in ten minutes; crew CARD except second mate and oue man packet, hence to ? IFF, JAN. 27.—The Halifax 411881 a, must discharge and repair. Tv EsTrortor, JAN. 27.—The Chio, Greek barque, is on :acre in Cullen Island, Clew Bay, much damaged, but is °▪ ZPected off. Y ARMOUTH, JAN. 27.—The Guide, of Stockton, Hartle- P OO l to London, sprang a leak off Cromer, 25th Jan., sod sank in eight fathoms water; only master saved. Powrsalowni, JAN. 27.—Wind S,S.W.—Arrd. Al aion, Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.—The Asia ship, outward bound, With loss of all her topmasts, but requiring no assist %ace, was spoken 50 miles S.W. of the Scilly Islands. -„ ALDBOROUGH, JAN. 27.—The Friendsbury, of 6 hields Inverkeithen to London, stranded below the °tford ' Low Light this morning; crew saved. A brig 'truck on the Sizewell Bank last night, and sank. • I lAvivicH, JAN. 27.—The Victory schooner, of and '4B! Maldon from Sunderland, drifted on Sizewell Bank, i, cl was abandoned in a sinking state; crew landed here. o ,‘ ° ,e Two True Friends patio here leaky—stove on the ' l Q's of her anchor; cargo discharging. uxAL, JAN. 27.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Frances e i t r°la Y, Callao for Leith; Prince Albert, New York. 8 Cassar, Prussian barque, was in contact this morn aogn.zw,ith the Sydney, from Mauritius, and received ecitterable damage, and has arrived at Ramsgate. The Pool of Randy, for Calcutta, and the Templar for Liver the : Were in contact the former lost jibboom, &c., and latter received no damage. I,.4v E itrooL, Jeri. 27.—Wind S. — Arrd. Co rdelia, pP eut ta and Mauritius; Heart of Oak, Saldanha Bay; yard, Chipman, Callao; Linda, Pernambuco; Adler, p o gttu a; Refuge, New Orleans; Scotia , Mobile. O ff I .l t, Crisis , China. t h or oat.x, JAN. 27.—The Ellen, of Guernsey, ran, on and .2 .n Studland Bay, this morning; is discharging, .xpeeted off next tide. DERLAND, JAN. 27.—The John and Mary, of this t i e - r " , 18 on shore here. The Grove, of this port, foun t'cl cse W off Robin Hood's Bay, on the 25th of January; saved. ARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) .111. `'SRN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY 141 ' „, he supply of Wheat on offer in to-day's market was t ep , lll 4ally small, and much out of condition. The at tliguance of millers was limited, n ever th e l ess th e de el!" for all kinds was on the increase. ° w in e , bow doer, to the want of arrivals, the amount of business for a g Was trifling, yet some of the factors refused to sell Quarters '°l'svard delivery except at higher rates. Only 160 44artera of foreign Wheat have come to hand. Selected ;11a441ities of Dantzic, ex-granary, were held for more a l 9 hi ll ,l eY, and we had an improved inquiry for low and co - h ,"" li tlg parcels. The show of Barley and Malt was tr:4Paratively small, whilst the trade ruled firm, at ex- O k e quotations. Good sound Oats were the turn t o ti;er) with a steady consumptive demand. No change funjlaoe in Beans or Peas. Indian Corn and Flour pri4 suPported Monda's avance. The nominal top of Engli s h 7112 4 3 s per d 2801bs. ARRIVAYS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. ,••• 590 850 2,110 710 1, 260 ok iera __ 5,590 160 840 Th e WEITECECAPEL. hod supply of Meat on sale to-day was seasonably f I, 1 whilst the general demand ruled inactive, as ol we ~_. 4, • Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 10d; veal, 23 Id to 3s 10d; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s Sd p e r Sibs by the carcase. "It "Claz nop reZELEMET. "ell market continu fi Our ea supported. rm, and last week's prices are EXCHEQUER......(THIS DAY.) IVI 4,00 arguments I LLER V. A LDERMAN SALOMONS, M.P. r in thi s i mportant an d i nterest i ng case esumed this morning before the Lord Chief Baron, far Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron The k or • • Court was very much crowded the whole Iv o : k in g, and there was a full attendance of the bar, the t tie .. l 3' alderman himself figuring amongst the gentle uf the long robe. Ile'f':nrdPlTZßOY KELLY continued his arguments for the s ' Ch i ant, and insisted at great length that the words or et the true faith of a Christian , ' tormed no necessary Tbsentlat part of the oath of abjuration. Wit ay. a ar guments were still proceeding w h en our report t 0 .4 nd there was littl e p ros p e ct o f th e case closing SAI L COURT.—(THIS DAY.) In it, QUEEN V. BROWN. ~inoe' l4l B case a rule h a d b een o bt a i ne d, calling upon Sir es ibbr lt Cotton, one of the justices of the county of he itdr:dge, to show cause w h y t h e pr i soner s h o uld not ktol e :"tted to bail. Th e p r i soner was accuse d o f h av i ng litt l e a heatin g w hip f rom th e d og - cart o f a un i vers i ty hitileibt, and th e magistrates refusing bail, had committed aoe: r trial at the next Cambridgeshire assizes. The ip Prts . clu nce would be that he would hav e t o b e d e t a i ne d fore ° at least three months before he could get be titse-,,JurY, and as the prosecutor was inebriated at the ele,p'ue tb alleged felony was committed, he was not quite tad - he had been robbed at all. He was, therefore, Drisi%; to join in the present application to liberate the the ° l i - t r ou bail, and in his affidavit ho stated that since the J u t the supposed felony he had ascertained that tha i r e t surier was a highly respectable man, and the fore ') d °I all exteu i e brickmaking establishment in Cam the teVh . 8 V , '4O r °Riannz now appeared to show cause again b st " It ie and read an affidavit from the consta bl e hee e . ste d the prisoner, alleging that the prose_cu b to re r w w ha a d o s 4 0 !ajoled into foregoing the prosecution. T h ere kit uie.t.ect Whatever in the proof of the robbery, and the to t i l r . ates were all opposed to admitting the prisoner M, N oh m , Alton, on the other hand, insisted that_ th_ . e T h _ i n dee d. ge re sted upon a ver y slender foundation d_d_ boulsyrison er was highly respected in his own neigh js i ° o (l, and n o one t h ere believed him to be guilty. r. Justice ERLE said that was very possible. HO ti.° l ? r uhered a case i n Somersetshire of burglary, w h ere tithe burglar was detected in the act and pursued by a h.lsl t able. In his att empt to escape he ran the consta bl e thßh with a sword, b u t h e was ultimately traced to b e ee ch urchwarden of the parish, wh o li ve d i n t h e neigh :,hood for y ea r s , highly resp ecte d , and yet in h i s e l tara were found the proceeds of at least a hundred Next,ost contended, however, that the guilt or in nocence of the accused had nothing to do with the ques tion. All the Court had to consider was, whether or n it was likely, the prisoner would surrender if he o Admitted to bail. Were Mr. Justice ERLE did not think he would, and under these circumstances he refused to make the rule abso late•--Itule discharged accordingly. GUILD HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Ch ar l eswor th was c h arge d before Sir Chap. 133 11 , 4 ° Marshall with having received the sum of 131.235_., r e Property of his late master, Mr. J o h n son, of Had raaeld, without authority. r. Wontner appeared for the complainant, and Mr. uod for the prisoner. ou t r. Johnston stated that he was in partnership with Persons for the sale of a smoke-consuming sliPa" Na l th- . under a patent. With the object of carrying out te7.tittsiness, he came to London in November last, and S i ci t. e e n d tally met the prisoner in the street, when he re employment of some kind. The complainant :tinted him an agent, up to the 17th of January, calla ,he Was discharged. On Tuesday, th e 20th, he Of ' Upon Messrs. Levi, Robson, and Franklin, printers, Great New -street, and presented an ac coun t for hep e ' 3 * for v ' a smoke.consuming apparatus whi c h h a d erected by Mr. Johnson, and be understood re m d th e money, for which he has never accounted. p ayr r Q . Levi put in the bill and receipt and proved the of th e firm of the money by a cheque upon the bankers tdr, Rive n J O hnson being recalled, stated that he had never his eetiolltb_uthority to the prisoner to receive money on Th e T ,",r• twoveatilicir validity was committed for trial, with bail of th e reties °f 01. each, at twenty-four hours' n otice of °f his sureties. "A llthß — I Y-STREET—(THIS DAY.) yvyocih t , ---1) FRAUD. — M r . William Grey Rex, of 3, age nt, 2 1 ,:place, and Billiter-square, City, commission °htsi,,; "' 4O was charged at this court yesterday with regent- 6 -.li /. 2.. l9, r • from Mr. J. A. White, hatter, . reef and the particulars of whose examination vny I)°4 red in thi! journal last evening, attended to r!lee f r h . rt yr he h rietv it tenee that m i ght be ()tiered against him. e said the defendant had paid hi m the oth"Y he bad obt a i ned fromc him , and as ho bad .to th -or -harge against hi m ere Was no further occ (defendant), b e presumed BlNGRAm_wen aston for hi s a tt en dance. I shall discharge the de' " Di scharged accordi ng l y. fendaut. You have gut your momy INI of the Wegg P rosser has announced to the electors county of Hereford that it is not his intention to tiler himself again as one of their r epresentative & The Hon. h as S. B. Banbury, a younger brother of Lord Bateman, aas d etermined, it is said, to come forward on Protectionist and Protestant principles. THE SUN, AMERICAN NEWS. In addition to the summary forwarded on Monday by electric telegraph the following items of intelli gence have been recived by the Africa : the Maryland House of Representatives have passed resolution:; welcoming Kossuth to the State Capital, but repudiating the doctrine of intervention for non-intervention. The Maine House of Representatives, by a vote of 83 yeas to 34 nays, has passed the following resolu tion in relation to the intervention of Russia against Hungary : " Resolved,-- That we earnestly desire that the gene ral Government of the United States may exert an in fluence, in some wise and prop3r manner, against all such intervention in future." The Governor of - Ohio, in his Annual Message to the Legislature, recommends Kossuth to the hospi tality of the State. In the American Senate, on the 12th, Mr. Seward presented a petition from New York State, on Rus sian intervention, which was referred. Some dispute had arisen between the Hungarians, arising out of the libel case in which Major Jochman was plaintiff. Several petitions for intervention in favour of Hungary had been presented to Congress. Governor Low (Maryland) had entertained Kos suth to a banquet, at which almost every member of the Legislature attended, John C. Calhoun, Esq., son of the late celebrated statesman, had published a long letter, advocating the principle of intervention to procure non-intervention. The clergymen of New York (the Roman. Catholics and Dr. Pise, Puseyite, excepted) had addressed Kos suth, through their spokesman, the Rev. Dr. Greeley. The interview between Governor Kossuth and the Hon. 11. Clay was profoundly interesting. Kossuth was accompanied by Mr. Cass and Governor Jones, of Tennessee. Kossuth was excited and agitated at the prospect of his introduction to the great parlia mentary leader of the United States—the Prince, as his western admirers call him. Mr. Clay was seated in an arm chair, and on Kossuth's entrance rose 'up erect to his full height, and cordially received the great Hungarian. After the ceremony of introduction was over, and a few minutes were passed in allusion to the incidents of his visit to this country, Mr. Clay began to address him on the great subjects of his mission. Mr. Clay began by saying with great solemnity that he addressed him as a dying man, and that, as it was an important occasion, he should speak to him freely and with the utmost frankness. For himself, he bad worshipped all his life at the shrine of Liberty, and had ever been one of the most devoted votaries of freedom, and he trusted that Kossuth was as sincere a lover of liberty as himself. At these remarks Kossuth di4played much feeling, and listened with great eagerness. Mr. Clay then proceeded to say that he stood firmly upon the long established doctrine of non-intervention by this coun try in the affairs of Europe. He believed that this policy was the best for America, the best for Europe, and the best for the cause of liberty ; and he went on for 30 minutes to enlarge upon these views, which he did with his usual vigour and elevation of thought and felicity of diction. At the expiration of this time, be remarked that he would be glad to say more, but that he was unable, having quite exhausted his powers of speech. Kossuth replied with his accustomed ability, de clining to touch the question of what should be the policy of this Government, which he said rested entirely with the statesmen of the country. He re viewed the state of Europe, and expounded his general sentiments for about twenty minutes. The whole interview up to this point had been exceedingly in teresting and marked by the most refreshing and ap preciative mutual sympathy. Both parties were deeply affected, and under the peculiarly touching circumstances of the occasion, found it difficult to conceal their emotion. It was thronghout a spectacle of the noblest character. When Kossuth rose to depart, Mr. Clay also raised himself fro m hi s c h a i r , an d taking one of Kossuth's hands in his, he placed the other upon the shoulder of the exile, and with deep feeling invoked the blessing of Heaven upon him. The bosom of Kossuth swelled with emotion, and the tears rolled down the veteran cheeks of the great Kentuckian, as he added, that on every day his life should be spared, his fervent prayers should ascend to Almighty God for the pro tection of the noble exile, and for his restoration to his native country. The Exeter (N. H.) News Letter, in an article upon the reported difficulty between Kossuth and Captain Long, says :—" We are authorised by Capt. Long to say, that the statement that Kossuth sent him a challenge to mortal combat, is an entire fabri cation ; no challenge, and nothing approaching to it, ever having been received by him from Kossuth." ATEIt FROM SOUTH AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The clipper ship Linda, Cap sin Green, arrived here this afternoon from Pernam buco, whence she sailed on the 2d inst., making the run in the short space of twenty-four days. The Linda's news is twelve days later than that brought by the Brazilian mail. That relating to poli tical matters is unimportant. Everything was quiet, and likely to remain so. Business affairs were quiet, owing to the Christmas holidays. A Pernambuco circular, of late date, contains the following:— " The occurrence of the Christmas holidays has par tially suspended business operations, the only change being iu exchange, which, owing to the advicea of a de cline in Rio, brought by the Tay on the 22d December, business has been done to the amount of about 5,0001. at 28d. Since her sailing there has not been any further operations. In freights, the Ayrshire Lass has been fixed to load sugars for the Channel at 30s. and 5 per cent., with 55. extra to the continent. For the United States the John Omerod has been taken up for sugars. The rate has not transpired, but about 50 cents. has been named." The demand for cotton was not active. First quality had been sold at 4,600 to 4,700, and 4,200 to 4,300 for secondary descriptions. The entries from the 16th to the 27th ult. had been 850 bags. Sugars were in quiet request. Sales of first quality white had been reported at 255. 4d ; second ditto, 275. 3d.; third ditto superior, 22 5. 3d.; the value of fourth rates nominaf at 19a. id. to 205.; fifths, 17s. 3d. to 18$. 2d.; and sixths, 16s. 4d. to 17s. 3d. per cwt. Musco vado yellow selected had changed hands at 14s. to 14s. 7d.; regular descriptions were considered worth 12s. Id. to 13s. 3d. Some sales of Irish butter had been made at 560 r. to 580 r. per lb. There were large supplies of English bar-iron on the market, the value of which was quoted at from 4,600 to 5,000 r. per quintal. Swedish was nominal, the demand being dull, at 9 ; 000 to 10,000 r. per quintal. There was little or no.bar lead on the market, and the sales reported were made at 1,000 to 1,500 r. per quin tal; sheet was worth from 1,200 to 1,300 r. With a large stock of tin plates holders could hardly effect sales at 1,800 to 1,900 r. per box. The rate of exchange was steady at 28 dolls. sterling. Discounts varied from 1* to 1 per cent. per month ac cording to time. The rate of freight on cotton, to Liverpool, was quoted at 7-16ths per lb. and 5 per cent. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The advices by the Africa confirm the telegraphic accounts received by the Pacific; and they inform us that cotton had advanced lc. in the last four days, middli n g ranging .from 8/c. to Bic. ex change 94 to 104, and freight to Liverpool id. At New Orleans large purchases fo r the Euro p ean continent had raised middling at the latest date, January 12th, to 7*c. exchange 9 per cent., and freight to Ltverpool 13 32d. A s the total receipts were not more than 1 ' 019,063 , against 952,003 bags at the co rres p ondin g period at last ar—that is, as the excess over last yea r was Only 67 , 0 00 bales—some parties were reducing the i r estimat es to a crop of 2,700,000 baler, and the others to a lo wer amount. i These advices have stimulated the Liverp oo market; the sales being 10,000 bales yesterday, at e e. fully *d, Friday's rates, an advance of 1-16 d, per lb. upon andl et ..ls,ooo to-day, at fully another 1-16 d. have raised their quotations state generally that spinners impulse. we t i n t. Our market, also, has shared the an ki ndsi of mule also ; and that in and some counts and OXIS it(l. per lb. for water twist, increase of firmness is ex other descriptions hibited. The same te nde e n n 4 L l h d as shown itself in goods condition manifest t great also, though not in an buyers, however, continue toegree. All classes of t o r t e t o te t r m s manner, as . cau tion. The dangerous con tinent imposes this upon m any, i T a ils. European purchasers for that quarter ; whilst are indi rectly influenced by the same cause. An d a suspicion attaches to the movement on account of the e which it originates, and of the recollection that prices in were similarly acted upon last year,. at this time, p Ic l7 statements of the same sort, .to the injury o f those wh y o were guided by them in their operations. Th e sellers of yarns have, therefore , found it difficult to obtain id. more than they required last week, and have but very partially succeeded in doirg so. perhaps the ex tent of the improvement we have realised may be cor rectly stated thus t--The home and foreign buyers are induced to makeup their minds to g ive what the spinners wanted, but they refused to pay a week a g o; and the busin ess of the day has been cffected, for the most part, on such terms. The sales of bundles and warps ,have been o n a f a i r scale ; i n pin-cops and. cap twist there ha s not b een equal spirit. Ther e ' is nothing in this, however, to encourage spinners to pay mo re f or the i r ra w material ; f or, whilst this has not given way during the last four we eks, yarns have had a tendency that way; •o that the tu rn now taken is only towards a point that had been pre viously receded from. The cloth market is more slug gish than that of yarns. Manufacturers are, however, firmer than they were; and an increased disposition for business has appeared amongst the buyer s , particularly in'the home department. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had no improvement in the flannel market to-day. There has been a very , thin attendance of buyers, who have purchased very sparingly. The wool dealers are asking former prices, but the business transacted is upon o very plaited scale. H A LIFAX, SATURDAY.—There were very few buyers in our piece-hall to-day; and the demand for worsted fabrics, of all sorts, is exceedingly languid, There is LONDON, less doing in yarns, and the merchants are more re luctant to give the late advance. Wool is quiet. The principal spinners are working up their stocks, and are, therefore, out of the market; but, from the prices asked by the growers, there is no reason to expect that the staplers will be able to 'give away. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have no new feature to report in our market to-day; it continues much the same as last week, about an average one for the season. Though there have been a scarei'y of buyers in the town as regards number, a fair trade has been done in the hall. In the warehouses there has been an improve ment during the week. A good trade has been done in the wool market, wools being very much sought after, several London brokers having been in the market trying to buy up stocks. MACCLESFIELD.-Our manufacturers have been doing a little more business during the last fa w days, and in some instances aro working to order. It is almost too early to expect a very active demand for goods; con siderable preparation is, however, being made for the spring trade. We are sorry to mention a turn-out that has taken place of the inside weavers of one of our largest arms, in order to compel the outside weavers of that firm to support the local board of trade—a body that was constituted about three years ago to regulate prices of weaving, and has been found to do injury to the outside weavers, many of whom are comparatively starving in the streets, while, at the same time, large quantities of work are being sent into distant parts of the country, at prices that our own weavers would be willing to accept, but are prevented by the regulations of the board in question. Thrown silks continue in demand, and the market is pretty nearly cleared of the finer descriptions of China and Bengal. Throwsters are busy, and at full work. The dyers are well employed. Raw Silks—A large specu lative business has been done in Chinas the last two days, about 1,600 bales of the new arrivals having changed bands. Public sales are announced to take place in London on the 18th inst., at which most of the unsold silk is expected to be brought forward. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Christmas holidays being over, and the ar rangements, which had been chiefly made for the ju veniles, being altered, we attended, with much pleasure, the new lectures of J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the variable condition of oxygen and phosphorus. This lecture was of a highly scientific character, and treated of that peculiar state of oxygen which, considered as a new form of that element or as a peroxide of hydrogen (under the name of ozone), presented features of the utmost interest to all those engaged in science. The air from an electrical ma chine, commonly called the electric aura, was shown to contain ozone by turning iodide of potassium and starch blue, by its peculiar odour, and also by its power of bleaching indigo. The same production of ozone having similar properties occurred from the mixed gases, obtained by the voltameter; also by putting phosphorus to water in a bottle of air. Having demonstrated the different modes of pro curing ozone and stated that it was contained in at mospheric air, the learned lecturer then proceeded to explain its use in the economy of nature, as a disinfectant. There could be little doubt that ozone performed this duty—hence the difference between town and country air, the latter promoting health, the former the contrary. Phosphorus was then alluded to; in its ordinary state highly com bustible, throwing out fumes which were most poisonous to the workmen employed in the manufac ture of lucifer matches, causing a peculiar disease, which destroyed the nose and ears, and made the bones of the men so brittle that they broke with the slightest application of force. This disease had oc curred particularly in Germany, and was now stopped by the use of M. Schrotter's red or amorphous phosphorus, which possessed every useful quality belonging to the common variety, but was so altered in its character that it could be packed in barrels or carried in the pocket, and did not cause those fumes which were found to be so destructive to health. As a climax to these curious productions, Mr. Pepper directed the attention of his audience to a number of lumps of gold, one valued nearly 2001., from Oba, Australia, brought over by Colonel Munday, and shown from philanthropic motives, in order to attract attention and induce all persons starving or im poverished in this country to emigrate there, as the true Ophir and land of promise. Hitherto the greater number of emigrants have gone to California, but the advantages of Australia were paramount, as it was under the protection of the British Government, and proper, instead of Lynch, law prevailed. Messrs. Hunt and Roskill kindly sent the specimens. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Though infinitely more accustomed to the use of Harlequin's bat than the pen of a newspaper correspondent, I feel it incumbent upon me on this occasion, out of a regard to the reasonable and sea sonable privileges so long enjoyed by my professional brethren, to tumble before the public, not in my usual " motley garb," but in the more sombre guise of printer's ink, with which your compositors may (with your kind permission) think proper to in vest me. . _ In the pages of your facetious contemporary Punch, at the close of a caustic article on the late at tempt of the Lord Chamberlain to fetter the exube rant outpourings of our hitherto unres t r i c ted hilarity, the writer flatteringly observes—" We leave the pro posed remedy in Dr. Flexmere's hands, assured that his professional experience will enable him to advise his brethren how best to administer the dose." Thus finding myself called upon to undertake the cure of what seems to be a confirmed case of visual obliquity on the part of the Lord Chamberlain, I would wish through a corner of your columns to convey to the most Noble Marquis of Breadalbane, who has thought fit to sit in judgment on our annual whimsicalities, the following small donation in the shape of a little advice, which I trust will not be deemed unworthy •f attention, though it avowedly comes from one who is populurly presumed to be a great fool. Without the-slightest wish to make game of anything be considered to t renc h upon political grounds,and for which I presu me a ga me licence that tld m be considered necessary, I would deferentially suggest that, in common with many others of my brother clowns, I have for some time past been in the habit of using au implement of apparently very dangerous character, and which traditionally figures in the comic scenes of most pantomimes as a .Red-hot Poker. Now, if the Most Noble Marquis would really wish to carry out his views as a pantomimic censor in the fullest spirit of impartiality, he would here see that this poker was really something to lay hold of, in fact precisely the kind of article that would be most likely to make a stir. My Pantaloon (who is a valuable authority in these matters) declares that it has a most objectionable tendency, and I myself have found it to be a kind of thing that was by no means to be handled with impunity. As the knights of old resigned their swords when they found themselves unable longer to wield them as they wished, I now resign my red-hot poker into the hands of the Lord Chamberlain, and with it I give the advice I promised. My candid advice, then, as a loyal subject and a clown, is simply—to drop it. And in the hope of this recommendation being duly and promptly attended to, I beg to remain, Sir, yours, &c., FLEXMORE. Royal Princess's Theatre. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT•GENERAL SIR LEWIS GRANT, K. C.H.—This gallant and distinguished officer, the colonel of the 96th Regiment, died on the 26th instant. His commissions are dated—as lieutenant, Feb. 15, 1794; cap tain, June 11, 1796; major, Sept. 8, 1802 ; lietenant-colonel, Feb. 18, 1801 ; colonel, June 4, 1813 ; major-general, Aug. 12,1819 ; lieutenant-general, Jan. 10, 1837. He was ap pointed to the colonelcy of the 96th, April 9, 1839. Sir Lewis Grant was on board the Orion, 80, with Sir James Saumarez in Lord Bridport's action with the French fleet, June 23, 1795. He was subsequently in various places in the West Indies. FIRES AND Loss OF LIFE. —Yesterday afternoon, shortly . before four o'clock, considerable excitement was cause 1 in the vicinity of Backchurch-lane, Whitechapel, in con sequence of violent screams proc eedin g from premises in the occupation of Mr. E. Sutliffe , in Everard-street, one of the side streets running into the above thoroughfare. Seve ral of the inhabitants and the police on duty proceeded to the building, when on entering the same they beheld a sick ening spectacle, for on the floor, near the street door, they found Mrs. Sutliffe, a lady near eighty years of age, enve loped in one immense sheet of flame, and the flooring on fire. Water having been procured the flames were extinguished, and the unfortunate lady was extricated, but she died in the course of a few•minutes. A spark from the grate , it is pre sumed, was the cause of the melancholy event. Two other fires occurred yesterday. On Saturday the Rev. Mr. Bennett was inducted to the living of Frome Selwood. On Sunday he read himself' in, but did not preach. th The Duke of Wellington did not come to town on and Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley an _ t e ra close of his visit at Windsor Castle, but proceeded to the Noble and Gallant Duke at that d sea S thfieldsaye. The Marquis and familyt. Marchioness a are ef staying Douro,D ouro, LINCOLN'S INN, JAN. 27.--The following members in this evening in the hall have been called . to the bar, and were sworn and han d J s 'o a h t n t J h . o M s e apclaaucleasy,sir :—Augustus F. WW. K. Stephen son, not M.A.. on the e is very ; Edmund K b . r iTsukr,ne and r , Ai . t A h . e ; The iron trade at Rochdal strike B.A. • William F. Smith, are working over time. The hands of three brass and iron firma still remain on the strike. DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON MILL BY FIRE AT MANCIIESTER._The loss is estimated at from 40,0001. to 50,0.0/. The safe has been dug out, and the contents are not in the slightest degree injured. WRECK OFF CROMER.—The brig Guide, Russell, of Stockton, from Hartlepool for London, sprung a leak off Cromer, on the 24th inst., when both pumps were set to work ; but the wind and sea increasing, the water gained upon the pumps. Shortly after the boats were washed off the decks by a heavy sea, and at 6 P.M., the vessel lost her in eight f a thoms water, crew being drowned suc ceededex- in getti n g u p into t cross-trees, and the vessel i i n n , a w v h e e r y w e a x s h t a a u k s e t n e d o off the state, hy cross-trees th e Inc, sunk s teerage, fell over, and beg h a e n ma t ia o lithhe sink. Captain Russell Stone, of Blythe, he ha vin g been there for thirteen hour s. d c e a p y t m t h o e r n c i a n p g t a , landed at Yarmouth. He afterwards got on board the Gl obe , Smith, and wag oynesstatenrt WEDNESDAY EVENING, NEWSV_EATDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT INSTITU7ION. The second dinner, in aid of this excellent institution, established in 1839, for granting temporary relief alio permanent assistanco to masters and servants engaged as newsvendors, who, from age, infirmity, or distress, may require the aid of the benevolent, was held last evening—Mr. John Forster in the chair, supported by Mr. C. Dickens, Mr. J. Leech, Mr. M. Lemon, Mr. C. Knight, Mr. P. Cunningham, Mr. Bradbury, Mr. W. Evans, The usual loyal toasts having been drunk with all the honours, The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the toast of the even " Success to the Newsvendors' Benevolent and Pro • vident Institution."—(Cheers.) He felt that he laboured under a great disadvantage in coming before them to support the claims of the institution to their kindness and consideration, after the eloquent appeal which had for merly bees' made to them from that chair by his excel lent friend cn his left, Mr. C. Dickens. He would, however, endeavour to do his best to enlist their sympa thies on behalf of a class of men than whom none were more deserving of assistance. It vas very often said that no ono knew the cares of a man's position more than the person himself, and he was sure that no one could know the claims which the newsmen had upon their support better than those who were en gaged in the newspaper press. No one could know bet ter than he did the hardships and labour w hich the ven dor of the newspapers had to undergo for little gain-- how he had to be up early and toil late for so little re muneration, that if he should be out of work or meet with casual distress, no prudence of his could guard him against the effects. Having made himself acquainted with the details of the origin and progress of the insti tution, he could confidently assure them that the news men had patiently, prudently, and constantly exerted themsels es, under great disadvantages, and with very limited resources, to place their institution on a footing which should prove beneficial to their body. Lie did not know any institution which, with a little available means, and apparently under such adverse c ircumstances, had done so much or had so great reason to hope for the future. The great majority of the members of the trade received remuneration for their labour, so low that they could hardly hope to lay by anything to provide for the future, whilst many of them, like a charact,,r so beauti fully drawn by his friend Mr. Charles Dickens, had their small income reduced by the comforts of a large family. —(Laughter.) These men, however, had do ne muc h to render this society self-supporting, and he was assured that the gentlemen present would duly appreciate that self-denial, and endeavour to aid them in th e i r efforts. That society had been established by a few of the more active members of the trade, assisted by their president, Mr. Harmer, who was always ready to render his sup port to any good work, and the more especially to con tribute to raise the position of those with wh om h e had been in any w a y connec ted. This society had taken its rise little more than twelve years ago, it having been previously the habit for the men and boys engaged is the trade to be annually regaled at adinnritoeerprrs, and provided by the subscripti ons o f th e new spaper prop principal members of the trade, some of whom suggested that much more good might be done by the raising of a fund for the relief of the aged and distressed. The esta blishment of this society was, therefore, determined upon; and, though the subscriptions were principally only ss. per annum each, they bad now a funded capital of 1,2501., from the interest of which two pensioners were maintained—one male and one female, the former receiving 161., and the latter 10/. per annum; in addition to which, about 1101. had been expended in casual relief. In looking at the difficulties this society had to contend with, he could not but think that it had retained a very satisfactory position, and he was sure that every person that was connected with periodical literature must see how much the newsman, humble as he might be, had done to promote their fortunes, and would cheerfully render them their aid to assist a society established for his benefit when he should fall into distress.—(Cheers.) Mr. TERRY returned thanks, and stated that he could not but feel that the newsman had become an indispen sable member of society, as no breakfast table, no draw ing room, no counting-house, could now be deemed to be complete without the newspaper was lying on the table. It was through the exertions of the newsmen that upwards of 60,000 morning papers were daily dis tributed throughout the land and his efforts and labours were untiring. He had to be up early and out late, and he regretted to say, without in any wa y wishing to of fend those proprietors of Sunday journals present, that to a large number of newsvendors the Sabbath offered no rest; indeed, their labours with the weekly papers were even greater than those with the daily. He knew that was a necessity of the present mode of publishing those papers, b u t h e hoped the time might come when, without injuring newspaper property, the necessity of Sunday labour might be avoided.—(Cheers) Ile felt that, for those labours, the newsmen had a claim, in their distress, upon the assistance of the public; and he felt assured that the merits of their institution had only to be made known to receive it.--(Cheers.) Mr. CHARLES DICKENS rose, amidst loud cheers, to propose the health of the chairman, and in doing so, said he felt that this society was worthy of all support from the public, and the more especially from those persons who were connected with the literature and press of England. He was happy to see the claim of the news veudors to support acknowledged by the presence of that great and popular artist; whose benevolence and talent was alike displayed by his pencil and his pen—Mr. John Leech; of the talented representative of the newspaper press—their worthy chairman; of that worthy colleague of Mr. Leech in the conduct of the paper of the people, Punch, its editor—Mr. Lemon ; of the representative of antiquarian literature, distinguished alike for his talent and research—Mr. Peter Cunningham; of the great pro moter of periodical literature—Mr. Charles Knight — (Cheers)—of the enterprising and successful publishers —Messrs. Evans and Whiting, and many other equally influential gentlemen.--(Loud cheers.) He was gra tified to see the chair so ably filled by a ge ntleman whose friendship ho had so long enjoyed, and of whose merits he could not vent ure to speak in fitt i ng terms in his presence.. He was further gratified to see that the newsmen sufficiently honoured their repre sentatives of the press and of literature, as the proper representatives of the people, as to invite one of its dis tinguished members to preside over them upon that oc casion. He trusted that their reunion would long con tinue, and that the Newsvendor s ' B enevolent and Pro vident Institution would continue to flourish as long as literature existed in this country..--(fsa • e sseeers. ) In con clusion, he begged to give the health of his friend Mr. John Forster, their worthy chairmam—(Cheers.) Th e CHAIRMAN havin g briefly acknowledged the compliment, Mr. WHITING, as the representative of the oldest newspaper firm in London, proposed the health of Mr Harmer, the president of the institution. Mr. EARNER returned thanks, and expressed the 1 great gratification he felt at the progress - making by this society, in the prosperity of which he should always feel the deepest interest. He had great pleasure in pro posing to them a toast which ho was sure they would receive with the greatest satisfaction --the health of Mr. Charles Knight and the visitors. Mr. KNIGHT having responded, On e or two other toasts were drunk, and the before 11 o'clock. com pany separated shortly In the we re announced in aid of tof the evening a list o f subscriptions amou nting tod s of the charity, 'upwards of 150/ . funds COURT CIRCULAR. W INDSOR, JAN. 27. The additions to the Royal table last evening were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene High ness Prince Leopold of Saxe ( - "urg, the Lady in Seth Colonel to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, I Colonel the lion. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The band of the Grenadier Guard s attended i n the Overtu d re, r " d Cl n emenza di Ti o to" Castle uing iner, au perfrmed th e f ol l ow i ng: — Hochzoit's Marsch and Kirchenges,„_ , Styrer-Landler „ Mozart. K tarina Cornaro" • ... Lied. ▪ Perfall. • Lochner. Italienisches Fischer Lie Divertissement from the ballet of L e Pro _ phete ••• ••• "• ••• Meyerbeer. Madeleine Polka ... Fa , ahrbach.nd Her Majesty's private band aftervvards attended, performed the following selection:__ Overture (Op. 6) Selection No. 2, " Les Huguen o t s " Kalliwoda. Air, "La Part du Diable" ... • Meyerbeer. The Queen did not take her us ua l Auber. walk this morning, owing to the unfavourable state of the vveather, b u t ro de in the Riding-house in the forenoon, The Princess Royal and Princess :Alice also rode in the Riding-house.• His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned from town at six o'clock last evening. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Co bourg left the Castle at six o'clock this mornin g for the Continent via Southamptor. A deputation, consisting of Viscount Goderich, Mr. Thomas Hughes (Barrister), Mr. Pickard (Manage r o f the North London Builders' Association), Mr. Cooper of the Pim (Manager of the Working Tailors' Association, 34, Castle street), and Mr. Jennings (Manager lico Builders' Association), had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, yesterday, a t the office of the Board of Trade. NEW MUSIC. PO 0 TED. LIGHT - HEARTED, LIGHT - Tyrolienne. • Written by A. J. Davi s , E Composed by Miss Anna Maria Davis. sq. A very sweet melody, composed by a most t a l ente d young lady, the accompaniment bei n g effectiv e an d well arranged. The poetry is app ro priate and ad mirably adapted to the music. We can safely recom latter mend it to our musical readers. During the part of the season it was sung by 'Aim Jolly, at Vauxhall, with great success. DEATH OF THE VENERABLE AND BERNER& —We have this week to 'record the death of one of the worthiest men that have adorned the county of Suffolk. On Thursday morning last, at three o'clock, the venerable that c the in lossthe Archdeacon Berners was attacked by sever e Witless, wh i ch was terminated by death on Saturday , a t fou ro' afternoon. It is no hollow complimen t to say of the deceased will be keenly felt by all whose privilege it was to live near or under him. A numerous tenantry in Woolverstone, Erwarton, and Harkstead will mourn hi s l oss; and the poor, to whom he was indeed a kind and indulgent friend, will deplore his decease with unaffected sorrow. As one illustration of his kindness to his labourers w e ma y men tion, that none of them received less than ten shillings per week, they lived rent free, had all the small wood they needed, were frequently supplied with coals, and whenever sickness invaded them, had only to apply to their benevolent friend to be relieved as far as his aid could mitigate their sufferings —lpswich Express. Mr. Raikes Currie has paired off with Mr. Bagge for the early part of the session. JANUARY 28, 1852. LOSS OF THE AMAZON. TO TTIE EDITOR OF TIDE SUN. Sll3,—Fox, Son., 'and Co. present their respects to the editor of The SUll and as their letter of this date to Sir John Omunanney throws new light on this unfortunate affair, they enclose a copy of it. Plymouth, Jan. 27, 1852. [Copy.] Plymouth, Jan. 27, 1852. our letter of the 19th inst. we stated in ex planation that our junior had seen your secretary, and not yourself, when he applied at your office on the Bth inst. (the word secretary h av i ng b een accidental l y omitted in our letter to Captain Chappell). Notwith standing this explanation, your letter of the 2,lst inst., addressed to Captain Chappell, and p u bli s h e d i n the ' Morning Herold, contains expressions most offensive and unjustifiable; the responsibility now endeavoered to be thrown by you on your secretary, is of too grave a cha racter to be allowed to take place by implication ; and we now call on you to state, whether, before Septimus Fox called at your office, and saw your secretary on tho Bth inst., you had not, in a conversation with your secre tary, informed him to the effect that you considered a ll search for the Amazon was useless"—whether, both be fore and after our S. Fox called on you, and saw your secretary, several persons—and amongst them at least one naval officer—had not particularly called your atten tion to the lamentable circumstances attending the loss of the Amazon, and produced a statement, afterwards published in the Shipping Gazette, and also suggested to you the necessity of a steamer being cent out immedi ately; whether your secretary did or did not inform you of too number of persons who, as ho states in his letter to you of the 20th inst. in the Globe, were calling and making inquiry about the Amazon; and if he eitherin formed you of it, or if you otherwise knew it, why you, the head of the naval department here, and so specially appointed to protect, succour, and aid the merchant navy, took no steps to alleviate the anxiety so plainly evinced, either by dispatching a vessel to seek for the crew or passengers of the Amazon, or by directing in quiry to be made. We, the occasional correspondents at this port for the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, sent one of our firm to your office, who saw your secre tary, his name was cent in as Mr. Fox, and durinz the interview he showed your secretary a letter which had been received that morning from Captain Chappell. ' We now gather from your letters that this application from us as to whether a steamer had been sent out by you was never communicated to you by your secretary, nor was our junior ever asked by your secretary to see you, but your secretary replied so plainly and positively that you considered all search useless, that we received that communication as yours through your official chan nel. We further ask you most emphatically, why should any application to you be necessary to call your atten tion to a subject so notorious and heartrending as the loss of the Amazon; there were our fellow-creatures in peril on the ocean, and in your power means to search, perhaps to aid and save—why, we ask, did you delay for a moment?—We are, Sir, yours, &c., (Signed) Fox, SONS, and Co. To Sir John Ommanney, K.C.8., Port Admiral, Devonport. Ord, been sent round from Portsmouth amongst other old stores, Iv; it was intended to place it on a monument which is to be erected on Southsea beach in commemo ration of Nelson, that place being the la s t groun d i n England on whTll Nelson trod previous to his embarka tion for the service which ended with his death at the battle of Trafalgar. Every search has been made for the anchor referred to, but without suttees, and it is feared that it must have been sent round to this yard without any designation or request being attached to preserve it; and it is probable it may have been looked upon as old iron, and converted into new material for some of the vessels that have been constructed at this port. THE STRIKE. TO THE WORKMEN. FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,—The very act of adclressing you as such sends through my own frame that which I doubt not you in reading will patriotically recipro cate—a feeling of jealousy for our country, and a willingness, amounting alrflost to a desire, to make any p e r sona l sacr ifi ce w h en the fair fame and welfare and real honour of that country concerned. If y o u an d I had ought against each other at such a time as this, my feeling would he to lay all such differences before the altar of our fatherland, and so reconcile myself first to my brother. If the masters have not souls high and holy and pa triotic enough for this, set them the example. Let all domestic discord be hushed ; " Tell not of it in Gath, publish it s not in Askel on ," l est ye ma k e the d espots of the earth rejoice and endanger ouryoung and rising liberties. I yesterday addressed those masters (through the medium of The Sun) on what I consider to be their duty towards you ; allow me now briefly to advise you what I conceive to be your duty towards them and to yourselves, dismissing for the present any further allusions to our country. On the commercial policy and bearings of your position, and on the political economy of the case, I shall say nothing, perceiving that you have in your Mr. Newton, and other able intellectual friends, many of the advantages which knowledge and science can render, and which perhaps I cannot ; but there is a higher guide even than knowledge, a truer and a safer guide even than strength—wisdom and duty. " Wisdom is the prin cipal thing, therefore get wisdom," and in the lan guage of our great poet, "Do right, leave Heaven to answer for the rest." Allow me, then, to say I think you are at present doing wrong. Ido not mean wrong as tried by com mercial principles or civil judges, I do not mean wrong on any principles by which the masters pre tend to act or to justify themselves (for in these you are quite equal with them), but I mean wrong, be cause you are not acting wisely under the circum stances, nor consistently with the really high moral and intellectual bearing in which the poor of this world are, I hope, about to set an example to the rich, nor in agreement with the divine teachings of which a Jesus is so bright an exemplification ; and as the masters and rulers of this world will have Moses and not Jesus, I wish to see you shining out in the light of a brighter and better dispensation. To simplify your case, let me ask you to look at your society collectively, as if it were an individual, for I know of no really high and true (viz., moral) principle or rule that applies to an individual em ployed in the service of another that will not equally apply and be obligatory on 12,000 collectively. The difference between twelve and one is only in strength, is only in the power to do this or do that ; and such is a principle which you should be among the first to condemn, and to tell your employers is a brutish and selfish one, fit only for Egyptian task masters or:Continental despots. I want you, my friends, to rise above your em ployers in all that is manly, God-like, glorious, and divine—if they will not rise with you. I want you to put aside your strength and array yourselves in beauty, the beauty of forgiveness and forbearance. I want you to forego the petty victory of a day, that history may record the lasting triumph of 12,000 sons a toil, forbearing to enforce their rights by any other argument than reason ; that 12,000 of the em ployed, in duty to their families, submitted to labour under conditions they did not think reasonable, until their employers could be led by reason and public opinion to alter those conditions. Now, suppose an individual who had been long in the employment of a master was dissatisfied with his hours of labour, or with the wages he obtained ; would he, think you, be acting the part o f a w ise man, a pru dent parent, a kind husband, to quarrel with the master and to quit his duties, thoughtless or uncertain whether he could find employment elsewhere, rather than sub mit for a time to the supposed injustice ? Yet such, my friends, is what you are now doing. And let us add to this case the supposition that this individual had a friend, who was also a mutual friend with the master and had great influence with him, but instead of making use of that friend to effect a reconciliation and argue his case, should strike and quit, without dis cussion or arbitration, do you not :think that such workman would be acting wrongly, unwisely ? Wrongly to himself, to his family, and to the neigh bourhood who should suffer by the closing of the master's shop ? Yet such it appears tome to be very much your own case. Your friend, the free press of England (I will say nothing of coercive Acts of Par liament), is willing and able to unite with you in rea soning with, and persuading (if possible), the masters to " do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly," and I very much doubt if those masters could long resist such a legitimate strike—such a stroke on their con sciences and their pride. My readings of your case, I acknowledge, have been very limited, but f rom all I have seen it appears to me that enough weight has not been given to the fact that the difference which exists between you and the employers is in a great measure a difference of opinion. And I ask both you and the masters whe ther to take up the weapon of coercion to settle a difference of opinion is consistent with that glorious and heaven-born freedom of mind and soul which as Englishmen we boast of, and which as Christians we ought to exercise and possess ? Fellow countrymen, the columns of a newspaper will not allow me to enlarge ; let me repeat, set the masters an example. Humble yourselves, and history will exalt you. Use not your power to do evil. Your material strength is not half so noble as your intellectual and moral. You say your cause is just; be it so, what glory is there when you suffer for evil doing ? but if ye be buffeted for well doing, and ye suffer patiently and nobly, the glory is yours, the shame your oppressors. " Blessed are ye if ye suffer for righteousness' sake." _ Do not confound my exhortation with cant. Just the contrary. I want you to exercise the practical and business-like, and manly duties of a divine and enlightened morality, in opposition to cant, to mam mon, And to " spiritual wickedness in high places." In short, I want you to be wise men, and if your masters will be fools, forgive and pity them, but do not sacrifice yourselves, nor bring dishonour on our country. Have the courage to throw away all obstinacy and pride, and tell the masters plainly and at once we will comply for a time to your unreason able requests. Stoop for once and conquer. A con quest over pride is glorious. Your committee have shown talent enough for the Executive of our Govern ment—let them also show more wisdom than that Government can boast of, and then the time may not be far distant when not the rich and mighty, bat the " meek shall inherit the earth." Excuse the liberty I have taken in addressing you thus hastily, but I am, with best wishes, yours, Cheltenham, Jan. 26. DALETIT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You deserve the thanks of every working man in the kingdom, for the f earless, fair, and stwightfe_u , E manner in which you have re p resente d the case of the wor ki ng engineers in this evening's Sun. Moreover your publication of Daleth's letter is most happily op portune, because it contains truths so strong in justice and so overwhelming in themselves, th at carry conviction to the mind of every u t n b preju t d h ic e e y d m m u an st . Now I beg topropose to all the right men in the l an d, that they subscribe one working pport of those engineers weekly to be applied to the su e one penny each and labourers who are not members Society, and who are, therefore , of the Amalgamated Most unjustly suffering from the oppression of the masters, and I am sure that this proposition needs only to be m e nti one d i n y our va l u able paper to ensure the most perfect success, leaving this hasty and imperfect scrawl to your ki n d considers tiOn.—l am, Sir, Yours Jan. 27, 185 2. A yours, &c., WORKING MAN, not an Engineer. 'rders are said to have been sent oat recalling to England three of the principal ships composing the squadron now lying in the Tagus ; and as many of the vessels which contribute to form our fleet in the Mediterraneae. If this rumour should give prove authentic, as there is reason for believing it to be, the first practical concession will have been made to the force of public opinion on the subject; and the first step in the direction indicated by common sense in the management of our naval affairs will have been taken. W e shall reserve our congratulations until we have the satis faction of announcing the arrival of the ships in question at Portsmouth. Some time must elapse before those which have to make their homeward voyage from the Levant can drop their anchors in a native harbour; and there has long been too much of instability of purpose and indecision of mea sures about the administration of these matters to allow us to feel altogether certain that some foolish countermand may not be issued which may have the effect of intercepting the homeward sail of these floating fortresses. We must have, moreover, the fact explicitly avowed by a respo ns ibl e Minis ter in his place in Parliament, before we shall feel any assurance that the good thus done will not speedily be un done at the instance of some foreign Court, or for the sake of some imaginary duty of dignity or dictation, in the per formance of which our rulers are usually so muc h more sen sitive than on points relating to pop u l ar con tentment or security.—Norning Paper. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. It was attended' by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Ear l Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex c h equer, Sir Francis B ar ing, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Dlarquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. Fox Mimic, and Lord Seymour. The Council at two hours and a half. ~,,, trov to SPORTING NOTES. yr___,-- No. CLXIX. s a l '1 4..?V`5..L.: --., ... g 6.,, , ,v A FEW HINTS CONCERNING THE COLUM ..'' s = TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS, AND Qv 6 , THOUSAND GUINEAS SIAKES. 1 - rattito ‘ 4 e .t M t , W ',......._____ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sist,—The Column Stakes may be considered the key to several of the Newmarket ttwee-years old, stakes, therefore I have thought it sufficiently important to warrant some slight remarks. This; stake will be run for at the Newmarket Craven Meeting, over the Rowley Mile, and is for three-years old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; with allowances, which I shall specify in connexion with the names of those I think worth com mentine on. There aro thirty subscribers to this stake, seven of the nominations, however, being dead, and ten out of training; leaving only thirteen from which the field has to be selected. In all probability the following will be those most likely to contest the stake, namely, the colt by Orlando, out of 3 P i r b h e i , c p es h s y , saalllios filly, allowed 5,1 b, Kliadidya (late Abdela), allowed allowed slbs, Exotic filly, Glonluce, Lapidist, Languish colt, allowed 3lbs, and perhaps the Dime colt, and Toga filly, the former with an allowance of 3lbs. Glancing over the lot, it seems to be a entairity for Lord Ribblesdale with his Lapidist, although Glen luce and the Princess colt (the latter in consequence of his stiff allowance) must floe be despised. It will be re membered that this stake last year was considered a certainty for Ariosto, who was defeated by Payment; it may turn out this year, that Glenluce may repeat the same dose over Lapidist; at.any rate, I consider the race for this stake a foregone conclusion in favour of Len- DIST or GLENLUCE, and that nothing stands the remotest chance of being near to them but; the Princess and Lan guish colts. THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES is the principal attraction of the First Spring Meeting eit head-quarters. This stake has been considered (why I know not) the key to the Derby ; for how a race, run over nearly a flat mile, can be any criterion of one run over a course like that at Epsom, and an additional half mile in length, I cannot for the life of me discover. Since its establishment, in 1809, it has only been won by a Derby winner four times—in 1813 by Smolensko, in 1818 by Cadlaad, in 1836 by Bay Middleton, and in 1843 by Cotherstoue—consequently it must be evident to every one that the race for this stake cannot unlock the mysteries of the Derby. This stake is for three-years old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b, over the Rowley Mill, which, by the bye, I may as well remark, is one mil* and one yard in length, and that it starts on the fist, falls gently in the middle, rises five feet in the fifth furlong, falls at the bushes, and rises ten and a half feet in the last two hundred and fifty yards. Out of the thirty-one nominations, a couple—Lord Glasgow's colt by Slane and Sir J. Hawley's Blackstone—are defunct. Odd Fellow sold without this engagement, and Canterbury, Merry-go-round, Dilbar gelding, The Prophet, a . ud St. Alban are out of training ; this leaves twenty-throe et work to provide the winner. John Day has a string of five, namely, Stapleton, Geleon, Filuis, Vortex, and Father Thames. Father Thames may be set down as a certain non-starter. Stapleton and Geleon are both dark, and not reported flyers, and Vortex, I believe, will be reserved for the Derby. Sir R. Pigot's Fajta will, in all probability, be the representative of the stable; but though great things are expected of him, I doubt his capacity to ac complish them. Of the Newmarket lots Harlock has four in training engaged in this stake, namely, Stockwell, Ilex, Lens, and Ambrose; none of them particularly formidable; Am brose the best in my opinion. Fisher has a solitary nomination of General Anaon'e Greyleg, which might as well be out of training for all the good he can effect. Butler has a couple of the Duke of Bedford's—Hugo, who may be passed over without any consideration, and Maidstone, whose chance is by no means first class; the only thing in his fa vour b e i ng th at h e b eat Stockwell, Ambrose, and Filius in the race fo r th e P rendergast Stakes; this feat, however, was only accomplished by a head, with the third beaten only a neck, and rains not quite " the thing." Stephenson, jun., has a couple of moderate mile horses in Magnes and Sachbut, to contest the stake for the noble owner of Surplice. From present appearances I feel certainly inclined to give the preference to Alagnes, who I anticipate will be the starter on this occasion. Cooper has but one nag in training for this ,take, Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist, who is doing first-rate work considering the time of the season. He looks Nvell and will be difficult to beat should Robbie Noble be Oa of the fray. Turning from the horses trained at Newmarket to tb e provincial stables, I find that Kent has a couple in train— ing at Goodwood belonging to the Duke of Richmond, in Homebrewed and Houlakin. Houlakin will have to give way to Homebrewed, whose chance for this event, it is asserted, is much better than for the Derby, he being considered a fast horse for a mile; he, however, stands near zero in my estimation, notwithstanding the favour able reports I have received concerning him from the Downs of Sussex. W. Dilly's solitary nag Wingenund is no 'go! John Scott has Da n i e l O'R our k e a nd Norham ; the latter, to all intents and purposes, already placed hors de combat ; the former, as a matter of course, will repre sent the stable. His chance I consider is not at all as inferior one, and that if he does not win he will not be far from such a consummation of the Trainer's hopes. Saunders has Mr. Merry's Holobie Noble at work, which if he starts in anything like form, flyer as he is, will carry off the guineas from all his competitors ; but rumours are afloat to the effect, that it is dubious whether he will start for this event : I am, however, in clined to think that, should his winning the Derby look at all problematical, next April he will start for this race for a certainty. Fobert's chance of turning out the winner of the Guineas, in Lord :Eglieton's Claverhouse, is by AO means a forlorn one, though at the same time I cannot consider that it is the best of tho lot, as I Nlve somie doubts whether he will be sufficiently prepared to con test the stake. Should he be up to the mark, or there abouts, I fancy he will run home in company witii the winner, if not that envied animal himself. Peck has that dark wonder, M r . H aw k e Womersley.in preparation for this event; whether he will be able to compete with the leading horses in this race or not is difficult to determine at the present time, as / have no line to go by to inform me whether he can do the mile with tolerable speed or not. To sum up, I consider that ROBBIE NOBLE can beat the lot, if in form sad they choose to let him; in his ab sence, I should turn to CLATERHOUSE Or LIPIDIVT, add expect to see the third class formed of Daniel O'Rourke, Womersley, and Filius. 17 THE ONE THOUSAND GUIN EAS STAKE'S, now in its thirty-ninth year, has been rather g more suc cessful in furnishing the winne r of the O . k l 8 mare than the Nevaln Two oe ins Thousand lB, Z h u ! cs of in I the B 23 Derby. , thecelebrated Cab web in 1824, Galata in 1532, that magnificent filly Crucifix in 1840, and Mendicant in 1846, being those who have accomplished the double event. There are Alh a mbra, Catchem, Macremma, 25 nominations to the Stakes of the present year, of whom two—Misericorde and Sulky —a re dead ; and filly, Hirsute, Caloric!, Lady and five—Canina, Wedlock fillies —are out training. Of eof no account whatever. E con y : l Q ly u , s A dr m om afiliy, Ratan filly, a r n e d l7 .4 in ad ing jHeinialWhrirnteiasee!:,ll4;nlgeioCdPaualsa,arek Physalis fi lly, The Grand D h u- Y d Rosary will in all probability contest the stak e; b.O I i ma gine, gain nothing by their p motion, the race iltaelf ue..e and FREEDOM, in i O n llo of Mr, the absence aorßea''ly Rfiloligeasl—indT..a; notlfaulcl falling g a o v rt i done o n F g tßhEe of time, must have her for some considerable long th 27, 1852. ch ance passed by for the present. I am, Sir &c THE SPIRIT 45F , THE TURF. January SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuEsaLT. LINCOLN TRIAL STAKES.-3 to 1 agst Lady Agnes (t), 4 to 1 agst lanthe (t), 5 to 1 agst High Sheriff. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.-15 to 1 agst l r i (t), 15 to 1 sgs t L a G azza L a d ra (t ) , 20 to I agt :t Chief tain (t), 20 t o 1 agst H ar d w i c k ( t ) . CHESTER C IIP .-3 0 to 1 agst R ing l ea der (t),,, to 1 agst Goldfinder (t), 35 to 1 agst Black Doctor (t) , 35 to 1 s ctretss sge Ariosto (take 40 to 1), 40 to 1 agst Scarecrow (0, 1 (mu to 20 agst Neasham (t), 1,000 to 20 agst Koh-i-n vor (t), 3,000 to 45 agst Hothorpo (t). DERBY.-8 to 1 agst Bobbie Noble, 14 to 1 Cleve /- house, 15 to 1 agst Augur, IS to 1 agst Kingston, 2, 5 to 1 agst Lapidist, 600 to 20 agst Homebrewed (t). A DERBY ADMINISTRATION. It is right the country should be made aware that not only is the Earl of Derby prepared to take office, but that he fully expects to be summoned to the pre sence of his Sovereign to receive her Majesty's cons mands to form a new Cabinet, before the middle of the next month. So confident, indeed, does the N'oble Lord feel on this point, that he is understood to bev e already formed his Cabinet, and will be ready to pro duce his list of names at a moment's notice. But while we deem it right to apprise the cow try of the intentions and expectations of the Consei we aves with reference to the future, it is no less right that we should express our firm conviction, that the attempt to form a lasting Tory Government will be an utter failure. A Cabinet may be constructed, but it will not last. A month's existence is the utmost term we would allow it. A Derby Government is a n impossibility. Let not, therefore, any one be discoura g ed wh© n he hears th a t th e Noble Lord has been sent for ky the Queen. Who, then, it will be asked, is the mat t who is destined to form an enduring Government? We unhesitatingly answer —Lord Palmerston. Bat before the Noble Lord is sent for, it is not impossible some one else, i n addition to Lord Derby, may h e , consulted by her Majesty on the subject. Th a t, how ever, will not u ltimately make any diff erence. It can only defer for a little e formati on o f a Palmer stonian Ministry. It is right that the public should k ee p their eyes firml y fixed on that as the issue of all the intervening changes, in order that they may be y a t a moment's notice to g i ve t h e Noble L o r d ready at aid he may require from them.—Advertiser. BRISTOL AND EXETER 12 , — , lLwAy.—Yesterclay the standing orders were declared to be complied with in tb e case of this company's Bill, to extend the existing pow!lrs relating to the Yeovil Branch, and to authorise a deviation in the line. It appeared that the company have constr lcted a portion of the Yeovil branch, and that the time to r ttto completi on o f it, as enlarged bithe Commissioners et Rail ways, has expired, and the Bill, accordingly seeks p0.,7 er to enlarge the time for purch ase o f l an d s a nd comple In to July, 1855. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain Jnhn James Allen (1841) died on the 23d instant at Errol Park, county Perth. He was born in May, 1806, entered the Naval College in 1818, and served afloat 15 years. His first ship was the Active, 46. After an intermediate and uninterrupted servitude on the America, West India, and Mediterranean sta tions, he was promoted (having passed his examination in 1824) to the rank of lieutenant, by commission dated the sth of April, 1827. His subsequent appointments were-to the Chanticleer, 10; July 21, 1828, to the coast blockade, as supernumerary lieutenant of Ramillies, 74; April 23, 1829, and March 17, 1831, to the Sparrow hawk, 18, and Falcon, 10, both on the Jamaica station; and September 30, 1831, to the Pallas, 42, also in the West Indies. He obtained the rank of commander the 6th of October, 1832, but remained thencefor ward unem ployed until appointed, the 20th of August, 1840, to the Lily, 16. After being for some months senior officer on the coast of Africa and in the Indian Ocean, Captain Allen was advanced to post rank on the 23d of Novem ber, 1841. He has not since been afloat. He married, the 28th of August, 1832, Lady Henrietta Dundas Dun can, eldest daughter of the Earl of Camperdown, grand daughter of the celebrated Admiral Lord Duncan, and sister of Viscount Duncan, M.P. for Bath, by whom he has issue two sons and two daughters. Commander John Lunn (1844) diod on Friday, the 23d instant, at Dublin, while on a visit to Captain G. Dyer, RN., aged 56. This officer was son of Mr. Lunn, late foreman of shipwrights of her Majesty's dockyard, Devonport. He served as midshipman of the nice* of 46 guns and 300 men, Captain James Hillyar, and was in company with the Cherub, 18, at the capture, March 28, 1814, off Valparaiso, of the American frigate Essex, of 46 guns and 265 men, who struck her colours at the close of a warm action of two hours, in which the Phccbe lost four men killed and seven wounded, and her self 24 killed and 45 wounded. In 1821, having passed his examination in 1817, and been appointed mate of the Revolutionnaire, 46, Captain the Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, he assisted in the boats of the ship at the capture of several pirates in the Medi terranean. His appointments in the capacity of lieute nant, a rank he attained June 12, 1829, were-November 29, 1831, to the Caledonia, 120, Captains James Hillyar, Thomas Browne, and George Bohun Martin, in which ship he was for nearly six years employed in the Medi terranean, half the time under the flags of Sir Josias Rowley and the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford-and August 10, 1838, and October 12, 1840, to the com mand of the Pluto and Locust steamers. In those vessels, with the exception of a short period which in tervened between the paying off of the one and the com missioning of the other, he served uninterruptedly on the North America, and West India, and Mediterranean stations, until advanced t o th e ran k o f comman d er , December 19, 1844. On May 20, 1846, hel was ap pointed to command the Virago steam-sloop, again in the Mediterranean. Captain Vidal (1825), who has received the good service pension, is stated in the Naval Biography to be " brother of Commander Richard Emeric Vidal, R.N., and of Emeric Essex Vidal, E sq ., p urser and pay master R.N. (1808). His father w as secre t ary to Admirals Sir John Lockhart Ross, Duff, and Kingsmill. This officer entered the navy, Dec. 1, 1803, as first-class volunteer, on board the Illustrious, 74, Captains Sir Charles Ha milton, Michael Seymour, and William Shield, with whom he served in the Channel, on the north-coast of Spain, and in the West ludies, until November, 1805. On May 22, 1807, he joined the Royal Naval College; and on leaving that institution he was received, in November, 1809, on board the Lavinia, 40, Captains Lord William Stuart and George Dig by; in which ship we find him for upwards of three years employed on the Mediterranean, West India, Cadiz, and Lisbon stations, the chief part of the time in the capacity of midshipman. In the course of 1813-14 he was received in succession, on the Home station, on board the Salvador del Mundt), flag-ship of Sir Robert Calder; Niobe, 40, Captain William Augustus Montagu; Cornwall, 74, Captain Edward W. C. R. Owen; Namur, 74, bearing the flag of Sir Thomas Williams; Bann, 20, and Conway, 24, both commanded by Captain John Tan cock; and Niobe again, Captain Henry Collins Deacon. Sailing in the latter ship for the Halifax station, he was there, and on the Canadian lakes, employed from Feb ruary to November, 1815, principally on surveying ser ' vice, although for a short time as acting flag-lieutenant to Commodore Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen. He was then presented with a commission bearing date Feb. 6, 1815. He was next, Aug. 25, 1818, appointed to the Leven, 24, Captains David Ewen Bartholomew and Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, fitting for a surveying expedition to the coast of Africa, where he was promoted, May 15, 1823, to the command of the Barracoutta, 10, also a surveying vessel. He was advanced to post rank, Oct. 4, 1825; and was afterwards employed, still on surveying-service-for a short time in 1831, in the Pike, 12; from September 15, 1835, until the close of 1838, and from Septembsr 15, 1841, until January, 1545, on the coast, of Africa and among the Azores, in the /Etna and Styx-and, from January 7, 1845, until the early part of 1846, with his name on the books of the William and Mary, yacht. In addition to charts, Captain Vidal published, under the authority of the Lords of the Admi ralty, one of the Salvage Islands, with a plan of the great Salvage; thirteen of the Capo de Verde Islands; one of the coast of England, and one of Vidal Bank, on the north-west coast of England." Commander Frederick L. Barnard (1851), late of Commodore Martin's flag-ship the Prince Regent, has been appointed to commission the Vesuvius, steam-sloop at Davenport. Paymaster Frederick Mundy (1841) has been ap pointed to the Tortoise, guard-ship at Ascension, vice Rickcord, whose period of service has expired. Second Masters-Philip Going (1848), late of the Havannah, to the Calliope, 26, Australia; Thomas A. Hull, to the Plover, Arctic searching-ship, Behring's Straits Clerks-Charles C. Isk, to the Britannia, 120, Spit head; G. H. Shepperd, to the Waterloo, 120, flag-shiP, Sheerness; James Lewis (1850), to the Victory flag-ship , Portsmouth. Masters' Assistants-G. W. Burtchall, to the Tyne store-ship; W. B. Bastian, to the Victory. The Gorgon, 6, steam-sloop, Commander JaftmerensoAon. Paynter, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday Rio, from the Pacific, bringing a mail, last fromm sid li e l rin r the whence she has made a capital passage, bad weather she has had, of 43 days.. I S t earner, which Rio on the same day as the Tay ma , on brought a vessel has forestalled her news. The Gorg v a lpsraiso, the freight of about 45,000 dollars _i_l! considering sailed from at pio,haayyminagsnteorwanond greater part of which she landed board about 8,000 dollars. lgr.Gibson, purser, late of the Driver, and two other C or morant oethce having been ordered narnvahleidrlsa,in washaven come home in the Gorgon. C o mmander o th m e mi to have returned in her, but ordered home he has waited at Rio to come home in her. East The Gorgon inlatitude has com e homeunN . der, s s t h e e am pa a s n s d ed ea t n h v e as t . On as India ship Plantagenet , lying to in a gale • The Gor gon's engines are good , buthvvooer bolilerho pay off, Sh e are t defecti ve , so it is probable she will go to has been in commission n i e a a t r te ly riy fou v, r i y th ea m rs h , r a e nd has been most actively employed I)t,h C T a i pgt r a e i nh l a s vaintn lulled gdsm a advantage Gold - I' p n r a e v e in ee g ded bee t n o than formerly ri a g y htly afternoon, being Britannia, After lightened, and the 7 steam-vessels, Echo dc ofandk yesterday her. rs. e p r anchoring she lashedt S o P w i t e h d e a n d ne out atob on each three the saluted the flag of Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs with 17 guns. To -day she will take on board her quar t er d ec k and forecastle guns, powder, aed live shells, and make all ready for receiving Admiral Dundas's flag, and for proceeding to sea. Application was made about a week ago at Woolwich Dockyard for an old anchor of the Victory, which had