The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-04 00:00:00

• the U'l f t b e e cc'', tiste o o p YI P al jt flOre riC ofor ,i 0 titl ed tt l,49° l lt fa P cl ° . 0 0 Oh . e be aPP n i t o f' king f o r 5 ;0 toss: l3 li „ l9 co c i ' it vr iv iles f [le ! 1,010 6 ttriletoQre AILVVAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) The railway campaign of 1846 commenced this morning, andonce more motloy grou p s o f eng i neers , levellers, surveyors, and nee b raffic re akers were to be the hour appointedseen louni b e al the me ace-yar etd re twelve o'clock, a for. in gof the three first Sub-Committees of the session. The cloister, lobbies and numerous anti-rooms of the . House of Com m b onsbecame besieged with crowds of anxious holders,share- Il i j railway projectors, Parliamentary agents ; and the o us approa c h es to the Committee-rooms were every now eta and t hen block e d up w i th sturdy porters and messengers, secg-tigoen.q.dlg under th e we i g h t o f pon d erous maps, plans, 1 and There were the Su o Stan a g d o in r it' e lers, who a ssem bl ed f o r the first time -Committees this mornin g, d u order of business to come before them stood as follows N I.—Room No. 7. SheUd, Rotherham i , o ' Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, „ad le Railwa. nytaines anGood Richmoynd Railway. ....ondon and South Western (Chertsey and Egham Branch) Railway,ad South Western (London -Bridge Extension) tiail do ‘ va Lo:ldi-ajan Y d . South Western (Hampton-Court Branch) Rail ...way. Blan c h 'girt Nor e ster and Bi rm i ng h am R a il way . tinh Staffordshire (Ch urne t V a ll e y Line) Railway. Staffordshire (Potteries Line) Railway. E„_ll,d,n. Newbury, and Bath Direct. Direct Lincolnshire Rsilway. fe et London and Portsmouth Railway. u No. 2.—Room No. 6. Ayr Railway and , Paisley, Kilmarnock, an Girao c hes (No. 1) . as gnw, Paisley, Branches ) Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and (No 2. tgow, Paisley', Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Mo i r (No. 3)* Ne'vr ock and Ayr Railway and Bra,, Paisley , Kilmarnock , Ay r — . l l , ° lea (No. 4). Icr e ,,: 4l ra and Galloway Railway. l Warr enpoint,'and Rosstrevor Railway. Belfast an d County D own R a il way. Stiri k i o blirn, Charley, and Liverpool Railway. at d Dunfermlin e R a il wa y. Railwre, y ßridge o f W e i r, an d Port Glasgow Junction Ic ew a. Th• r e nle and D arlington Junction. Yor l ;' and Mahon Branches Railway. z• a nd No r th Midland (Whitby and Picker i ng Exten omo R ailw Lo nd rid ge and ay Oxford Railway. Blieln„and Brighton Wandsworth Branch) Railway. " —c ot and Lincolns(hire Junction Railway. No 3 —Room No. 8. onkae,fitetild, P ontefra i ct, and Goole (Methley, Askern, and shah, Branches) Railway. Lo ad Rent Railway. .Pion)" and South Western (RomsV L R ailway. and Redbridge June .loNarPooi 1, Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne Railway. EpaZastaffordshire (darecastle and Sandbachline) Railway. Led and Dorking Railway. solttltalbvaanyd Bradford (Alteration of Levels in Bingley) b .4-Eastern (from the Waterloo-road, near Hungeiford ,sioartLhdg,rt,o the Greenwich Railway) near Canterbury, jsoa is-,Eastern With "ern (Greenwich to .Chilh. , R m ailway. th ranches) Railway (from Greenwich Railway ß t i o ve C th h e a a r d t, )R n u e i a l f "~wa_"'rd, with Branches to Tunbridge and rt,e, d'Abort'as and Ballymena Railway. _, re j: 111 4 rish en, N t, ewton, and Soa t West ern Railway. uth Devon Railway. cadaburn and Preston Railway. 11 ;artI ll ig! a d Brighton (Dorking Branch) Railway. Loo t i r , e nt (City Extension) Railway. Li v 2 and Brighton (East Grinstead Branch) Railway. Orreskirk, and Preston RailwAy. liortlinT!och and Kilsyth Railway. nh No rth 19tish (Hasvick Branches) Railytay. tgnt!sli (Carlisle Extension) Railway. XthaVritish (Gretna Branch) Railway. P.k b rgh arid Glasgow Branches Raicway. Genera l and Peebles Railway. ,io-d:orrzrimius and Glasgow Harbour Railway. h ews,, and Hastings (Deviat h ions and :,ranches to *uright:""nrne, Newhaven, and Seafmd) Railway. v f ca l and Chichester (Bognor to Littlehampton) Ran t • a Y• Lo l Vin and Chichester (Steyning Branch) Railway. _ Ra• and So uth -Western (Fareham and Alton Branch) at~ FNnt ,4astern (No. B —Canterbury to Dover) Railway. ~r-• Stern (No. 6 —Maidstone to Strood, near Rochest ) Soot a i L l ' u w a,Y. %nth (Huntingdon Branch) Railway. ,Jon (Northampton and Bedford Lines) Railway. St.'fiunction ( Huyton and Aston, Horton, F . rescot and ri,,,e,en's? Warrington and Kenyon, Warrington and ton 4 Showhill and Portobello, and Edgehill and Huy- Grandliralies) Railway. v;Junction (litlytoii and Warrington Branches) o we .:_„ ` l4 ‘le and Berwick Railway. Lord . and Lady had fron t ti.: and Lady Stanley arrived Noble Lord bee n " and Park, Beds where the No De Grey, Lord k -- ou it visit to the ' Earl and Counte ss turday last, his Lord in town on Monday, shit.,aley ned the circle at Wrest o qui t ; litting been staying at Bur ffl: o l o ° B Y a _ _ I- : W dnesday last. ~ and Uarchioness of Exeter sin . 4 r e ch garrison that Sir ouse with the Mar geor, port prevails in the Woolwich tenar2i: rr,s, the la ;ter-Genera. of Angletheor ea dn , a o u r c 3i ej ai h e f i e . Gen ' '-'4 bil resignatim The Marquis A.. e ,.1 Sir u. IN apier, is . spoken of as his successor. wpott.r, I'En. 3 •—We understand that ketter s s tcmtinae to be re eived from all parts of the Principality, a. *ell ag from thecagriculta riss of England, requesting their names to be added to the list of contributors for the testi konial to be erected to Sir charles Morgan, Bart., on the princinal height in gar Park, which i 3 expected to be a ragnificent object from the surrounding country as well ass Ueetut landmark from the Bristol Channel. ' ~.. SUPPOSED SUICIDE AT WEsTBIINSTER-BRIDGE.--011 Chequers, an inquest was held Mr B dford, at the is_‘l.!cluers, Tothill-street, Westminster- on the body e of Eliza tl Taylor, aged 27, who was suTposed to have committed etutide at Westminster-bridge. The deceased had not long r 'sin ce._ come from the country, where it is believed her friends ivei highly respectable. She has been for some time ya,s! ninargbiaabSittiAtin-street, Westminster, and was of very irre "trier went, On Thursday she had been drinking with two drew_ , , and when she went out said she would go and *4o'l h erself at Westminster -bridge. No tidings were afte e r7 j• ez ,`! heard of her, but the same evening a Waterman na d eoee,: was. rowing by the bridge, when he discAyeed ra the c, which he immediately conveyed to St. Margaret's.e— 4, i''';lll7darddro' l zh ed er . e „ it was owned by her friends. dip Verdi t t he lo uT Poe. 200/.--ANOTIIER DISPUTE.--On Tuesday the reng-Fending pugilistic issue between Harry Broome, the tiines.entative of the London fancy, and BealOrLe.rar3-r;ide. Was setr4un;hant school, who were matched for The terms of t he art, settled ;ham a very unsatisfactory manner. ‘v e „ , leles entered into between them stipulated that they I vei;, o fight half way between home and _orne, n a r nd e th m e e w , IC,' ` was not to exceed lOst. lb. eac.h. The P tl was thi l pliles down the Birmingham railway. Broom: tasupirior skill, alter_,'4rourite at odds. At the fourth round Bloom- had th e ' . _ 4 the visage of his antagonist, and evidently .t displayed Lire,.lb.They fnughwt h h i a le ra T f e e r r ry en co e nt i e te n u dd , awti which h g ie r h ea_t pe c r zi d : rt'''' w as the better man, but the contest was f priilo n nge t t rolled erning reluctant to submit, *nd at t th w e e o n r y in atr ot i t ,11. e men closed, both men hittingeoua,r me Broome 4 11 • ulB 0 1) one Nin.. P ut a blolv which Terr i y' e i An appeal was te Z -hat lie was on Ins knees at h t . p_ m t e. called foul, tioisy "to the referee, who would not decid t e ite an r d es a pee n t l i o v s e t sli c k ers uacaill 4ugry discussion took place between and sixteen 4 °I the men. The fight occupied on . e ti hournt any decision , 414 tp . t v l' a nd the parties left the ground w a t I'tttit;" Was the victor, much to the di! 11c4lactiltri- At a late hour last eve n ing must fight again. , T, Nltt,'lS decision to that tilt, m en alptpotohinetmreefnetreoef of 111 r. Can named 'n*ti.-.7l"lcEtoLy ACCIDENT AT THE CITY OF LONDON ,fiticf,"'anil--Last night, during the performance upernumerary, 'bete '" A merican Sampson, to recover. til t injured,expectedthe f t 4r :ll. lt was thus caused carrying . it, 1 1 1 4 t hei,-, eannon the flap of the trap-door was we t r h e rown up, and, .hey trip Perceived by the parties 143t allt1 r arm of Jones, ~Pped, and the cannon fell up vi on to ß Hon, killing him It kl et 4, arid breaking the collar bone and eah. aerwise injuring him. The accident necessarily arstrenc, -. Sensation amongst the auclience sent by c luot ed , e authorized to state that no such letter as that k i .. s by the 3/-0, • tuents. It i t oYth e to his Zing Herald yesterday has been /.lii..lhe._rtirt'sawniluvreestaird__th her Majesty the Queen House until the 25th ins 4 5 7 ma ill is 4 e ,„it t i :r to Osborne ~,,,re Ports high land near Osborne I,4,_!%which. ~,,Ti'll):_a.e.cted on someand thine® rilcAithuipe her Majesty to signalise the sena- Nv - 0 Zrn or itt4at. nyard. tr last weeat the ''' lie enterAdS died at the close ahoreDIIIRAL SAMUEL C. RowLEY.---- ~at his seat . gallant flag-officer as lieutenant ° I th e v.:. he nav y at in Ireland, in the 71st yar of his age. a,qukdro -11 guard i n 1.7°,4 very early age, and w e ietiaods.ll eng aged in t.,,,, when that vesselfom d_pa es rt of the neenretduction of t the e . Frencha W eoiartioiptou lieute h d the honour 71 i u th il/ g i n the of the 45 re t ith La Loire, which West India jinnit of ti% eaptur gtilant action 7 nDo_,fifty ~. e of the French frigate, after a spirited T,!rrer'' B aetio;;4?Illte8. Ti,e deceased was present in Lord e 1: ;:t,the d efeat 179 5, and in 1801 he commanded th Plae:i` otiss t , -,,,`‘ of the Danish fleet at Copenhagen. _ the v i c 't the ta^si -P,LEcT iox.—Yesterday the election te tooy . or,oos.,Sotley eah:_era Division of the county of Suasex, As fi n i o l offe" 11 to CT.,. (1 bY the retirement of MF- Darby. tasked , th at 0 zt, ..terevren, the protectionist ididat e e, w_ e as r. i ol e3. T he bil..Ge.utleman was elected with the wsu wee f l ' sir. .41y k p , / j a i -m k r : ZlecTal spcpkers on the OCCE l °l l l lo7 e filfiliSh st at worthy of hey, but the proceedings di t at especial notice. to b En i Nzp t . .. t 3' y jq r. -,.., ' ANT/ . CIDE —An inquest was held yes . W7i,' c'a th e b ',,aker, at the White Swan, Commercial-road ilil( l 4t * 6114 oc7tli°f f the Wint„l4 Elizab the a n infant, which was found in the privy e preceding morning. The mother o t _ e plei el ; Swa n, art'', Guard, who had been a servant atthe t hat ,e'll:thoe illness and appearance induced Elu l 441 .10 ' otitil the 'lre& -ue Chdd 4d .glven birth to a child. She denied i , wan discovered. The inquest was to T4t lvt4 b ILE; th tll ,lariv e t •ssoOUTIIAMPTON, FEB. 3.—The Oriental liaeltlie th%ea,al-siP puke of Cornwall, Captain Mills, left to A l amt cb in ‘laY ?I route for Constantinople, with the East 4 em,_',lticlri "Lads, which will be forwarded from Malta I,eesW -• I kli ab y the Iberia steam:use-et. The Cornwall h , s t:trijadiaernar,gioi tolft .ebai,le goods and 37 p ' assengers. The Rval q911,01' With the _Jo orth, Captain Chapman, left the flyer il eae tt 4 0 , . west India aid South American math, sere, '. ciiiiclisilver, and 17,1001. in specie, and 45 pas- Pit & ter,4 4 rut, k r tbai Y lnorni,, T E3II-1 1' AT ELP-DESTRUCTION.--Ye Ivitiel, tiaroect .15i. etween one and two o'clock married fe - Copt h er ii, , r.. 174 Read, thirty years of age, ,anda residing i''',,vint.gki.`rtrid, a dealer in poultry, at No. 38, Hart-street, her itu,ra attempted to commit suicide by pre elle rehouse 1413 f from, the 'second-floor window of Ilkirv:ne •ia contacttlie street. In her descent she in. (4 - 4 . Whi c h in with a leaden projection at the first totiva,,t4y. h ave ba measure broke her fall, or she would most ~,,rupon.the spot: She was at once fa,tte4otiedt° Chaeri9tingk.eilrioeLl , acto r , by br. Birk' ba riespital, where she was promptly till' who discovered that in addition to a tlit: iScToBtlitleiriehereireool!ar.-bone was broken, and that she had uries. Jealousy of her husband was t 4; v:lis of h er att lis ini tltution i . attempted self-destruction. She remains at hasq-r4, 1 , 1: 0 _ 1, 4 a r 4ploral sta.'. or suff•Ting. Ne ll ". e tl hat 1, a 4.1"------MANcuEsTER, TtrEsDAL—There at ina y his cl.u'et Market to-day for either cloth or Warn 4.oN , ted f.„ ~ ealled nn.ainally unaltered, but if sales ' were . 141..1c1 TiaZLol3' extent, lower rates must have been con . Present "4911eY PreSB4o il4 the calm of the present de. LATEST FROM AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The fast-sailing New York packet•ship Yorkshire Captain Bailey, brings papers from that city to the 18th ult., her day of sailing, the Yorkshire having made an excellent voyage of 15i days—one of the quickest on record. On the 17th a division, that to some extent may be regarded as a trial of strength between the peace and the war party, took place in the Senate. Mr. Allen having moved certain resolutions, confirmatory of the threats held out.by President Polk against all and every European power which should venture to interfere in American affairs, was met by Mr. Calhoun with a direct negative, and on a division, Mr. Allen's resolutions were rejected by a majority of 28 to 23! In the majority there were 23 Whig senators, and five senators from the cotton•growing south, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. M‘Duffie, &c. &c. _ . . This divisors had produced a favourable result at New York, and was considered the forerunner of the defeat of the war party on the Oregon question. The debate on that question was not to commence in the Senate until the 10th of February, so that we shall not know the result until the beginning of March. _ _ (From the New Yorh Courier and Enquirer.) OREGON. WASHINGTON, MONDAY NIGHT, JAN. 17. The Administration were defeated to-day in the Senate on a motion of Mr. Allen to mike his resolution in rela tion to the Oregon the special order for 27th instant. The Senate not only refused to make it the order for that day, but by a decided majority postponed it till the 10th of February next. This, though not clearly indicative of the course the Senate will take on the question of notice, shows that that body is determined to proceed with proper deliberation, and with the benefit of all the information that time can give them. What the final action of the Senate will be on this question cannot now be said with certainty; a majority of this body is unquestionably in favour of a firm but pacific course, and it is probable that a measure will yet be devised on which they can unite, and which will satisfy the honour of the country, while it shall maintain our rights to Oregon, and at the same time pros :rve the peace of the country. Tho Bill reported to-day in the Senate from the Committee on naval affairs, shows that the Administra tion is not so surb of peace as not to think it best to be making preparations for war. This Bill, the details of which you will ;find below, appropriates the sum of eleven millions one hundred and ninety thousand dollars for the enlargement of the navy, and completing the ships already on the stocks. This is a large sum, but it is merely a foretaste of what will be required should w•ar ensue. In the Senate, the Chair laid before the Senate com munications from the War and State Departments, which were referred to the Committee on military affairs. Also a protest against the reception of Senators from Texas. Mr. Fairfield, from the Naval Committee, to whom was referred the inquiry into the condition of the navy, resorted a bill, of which the following is the substance, viz :—lt authorises: the construction of ten steam ships, three frigates of the first class, five sloops of war, and two of a smaller size, to be built by contract if the President shall think it best for the public interest. Also, if the President shall think the pub- lic exigencies require it before the next session, he is authorised to have all the public vessels on the stocks completed. To carry its provisions into effect, the bill appropriat .s for building the steamers $5,635,000; for completing the vessels on the stocks, $2,920,000 ; for repairs, $1,500,000 ; for ordnance, $500,000 ; and for the purchase of naval supplies, $675,000, The Bill also repeals so much of a former Act as limits the number of persons to be employed in the navy. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee submitted a resolution that the Naval Com mittee inquire into the defences of the Gulf of Mexico; also into the modern improvements in steam, espe cially that of Hunter's Propeller. Mr. Allen moved to fix the 27th inst. for the special consideration of the Oregon subject. Messrs. Haywood and Westcott severally desired a longer ppstponement ; the latter moved the 10th of February, and on the motion Mr. Mangum called for the yeas and nays, which were as follows : For postponement Against it lB So the subject was postponed until the 10th of Feb ruary. In Committee of the Whole the consideration of the resolution to give notice was resumed. Mr. Toombs did not think the question before the Committee was one of peace or war. lie deplored war, but would rather have war with honour, than peace with dishonour. lie thought the time had arrived when the policy of " masterly inactivity" should be abandoned, and action substituted in its place. He thought it wise and proper that this question should be now in some manner settled. He did not consider our title good to 54 40. Our title by disco very was the only one by which we could claim to 54 40, and be knew of no rule of national law by which discovery alone gave title, without being fol lowed by settlement. We had perfected our title to a portion of that territory, by the discovery of the Co lumbia by Captain Gray, the discovery and exploration of its sources. by Lewis and Clarke, and the future set tlement at Astoria. Without this settlement our title would be imperfect. The rule of national law was that settlement should follow discovery in order to consum mate a title ; under this rule we are entitled to the ter ritory south of the Columbia, and to the whole region draitied'by it. By the same rule Great Britain was en titled to those portions discovered and settled by her. He next considered the title by contiguity, which he considered as giving us title up to 49. The British established a trading post at Frazer's River in 1807, and had thus acquired all the title to the territory drained by that river that we had, by the set tlement of Astoria, to the territory drained by the Co lumbia. The exact line of boundary between the two titles he wished to be ascertained, and for that reason he would give the notice. He was in favour of the amendment offered by Mr. Hilliard, leaving the giving of the notice to the discretion of the President. He would proceed to give his reasons for giving the notice. American citizens have settled in that country and they are entitled to the protection of our laws. It was also important that our people should .know where they were to settle so as to pre vent their planting themselves upon the territory of Great Britain. In voting for the notice he considered himself as voting against no method of settling this question—he was in favour of any and every mode by which it could peaceably be accomplished, but if all peaceful expedients should fail, he and the people he represented were prepared to do their duty in the great coact that would follow. Mr. Hamlin got the floor, but gave way to Mr. J. K. Ingersoll, who submitted a resolution authorising the President to open negotiations with the Government of Great Britain for mutually terminating the existing joint occupancy. Mr. Hamlin concurred in the opinion expressed by the gentleman who preceded him, that this was a question pur posein t h bisy House, the senseless a nd uttered et of war. H e wou ld not b e diverted from his ei'yof w h a e r r wh o which had in had b th e e en sn r e ais a e t d e by that great leader who is now renewing the same cry in that body. He claimed that he and those who acted with , him, the Democracy, were the peaco part and that giving th e not i ce would not be a 37, measure of war. It was the d u ty o f t h e Government toea extend suer the protection of our laws over all our citizens. He considered our title to that country not simply better than that of Great Britain, but as perfect. He was in favour of giving the notice now, and of the Houss tak ing the responsibility of giving it without transferring it to the President. As a means of military defence, he would go for appropriations for constructing a railroad from the Missouri to the Columbia. Mr. Chase, of Tennyssee, got the floor, and then the committee rose. After a report from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, Mr. Douglass moved that the Oregon Territorial Bill be taken from the Committee of the Whole and be re committed to the Committee on Territories; which mo tion prevailed, and the House adjourned. (From the New York Inquirer of Jan. 15.) The iote in the Senate on Monday, postponing the consideration of Mr. Allen's propositions respecting Oregon to 10th February, seems to us very important. as tending to moderate views and considerate action. We have already expressed regret at what seems to us the precipitate course of the House in hurrying on the Oregon debate—and it is, therefore, the more satisfac tory to find the Senate actuated by more discreet counsels. The decisiveness and the character of the vote, too, is another source of satisfaction. It shows a combination of all the better elements to arrest the headlong career of those who, in disregard of all considerations, human or divine, would plunge the world into war, for the wanton and wicked purpose of personal or party aggran disement. We may in the course of another week expect the first rebound from England, occasioned by the Presi dent's message, and it will be of a nature to provoke abund may the resentments on this side. But, by the time the Senate shall engage in the discussion, other and more deliberate voices will reach us fro m beyond the water, and upon them much will depend. Meantime the Committees of Congress are supply ing what the Executive—very unbecomingly, not to say unfaithfully, omitted to advise—if he was really in ear nest in his talk about " all O:cgon," the means for de fence against attack. Some ten ten or eleven millions of dollars, it will be observed, were reported from the Naval Committee, for war steamers, the completion of vessels on the stocks, material, &c., for the navy. This is dealing honestly with the subject. The Army Committee will, we trust, deal with equal frankness, report a proper increase of the military force, and the millions upon millions necessary to render that force effective, to arm the fortifications, and to provide the necessary field and camp equipage for some hundreds of thousands of men under arms. And when these recommendations and appropriations are laid before Congress by the respective Committees, we trust the Committee of Ways and Means will in like manner do its full duty, by reporting a plan for raising. the necessary amount to defray these warlike prepara tions, and to extinguish the debts that may be con'xacted, by taxation upon those in whose day and generation they were so contracted. TitLai, when this is alt dune, and the poi & have be fore them plainly set out the whole aspect of things— on the one side by temperate delay, continued peace, with honour and with prosperity ; on the other by in temperate haste, war—with its devastation, taxation,im- Mediate ICU and klAfferiug, with probably eventual exten sion of territory, dearly bought by blood, debt and crime; when, we say, the people have all this plainly set before them—if iley still insist that honour, duty, and patriot ism, require th twe should not negotiate farther respecting Oregon, but at once give notice to England, and at the ex piration of the year proceed to occupy and govern the country—so be it. The law of the land is, that the people shall govern; we arc far from desiring to call in question that law, or from seeking to escape from its conse quences. We are content to abide, in any event, by the popular judgment. All we ask is that it shall be fully informed. Give us but light—let the whole cause be stated—and then—come what come may—we shall go with the people. From Texas we find a number of additional items brought by recent arrivals, in the New Orleans papers. The Galveston Civilian says that a road is open from Corpus Christi to San Antoine de Bexar and Castio yille. Travelling will be practicable at all seasons of the year; permanent arrangements for a regular line of transporting waggons are nearly completed. General Arista, with his force, amounting to some 1,800 or 2,000 men, is at Monterey. Mejia is still in command of a small force at Matamoras. A party of traders at Galveston, arrived on the 22d ult., 11 days from Comargo, on the Rio Grande. They brought no news of importance from the capital of Mexico. The Galveston Civilian announces the arrival there of the vendrable Bishop Soule, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. No less than 300 emigrants from the States recently crossed the Brazos at the Washington ferry in one day. Thousands of settlers are moving towards the healthy lands in the Guadalupe valley. Captain Ketchum, for whose safety fears were enter tained, has returned in good health. The Texas Register, published at Austin, says that at San Antonio business was brisk. A great many strangers were looking out for good locations. The Register says:— The United States troops have moved their quarters to the Olmas, one of the head springs of the San An tonio river. Previous to leaving, the U. S. officers gave a splendid ball to the citizens, which was nu merously attended, went off brilliantly and pleasantly. A neutral paper, called the Gazette, has been estab lished at Corpus Christi. Major Jack Hays, the vigilant defender of the West, reports no evidence of an invasion, or molestation, from Mexico as risible upon the Rio Grande. He marched the command of Captain Gillispic to the east bank of that stream at the Presidio crossing, and sent a detail across the river, instructing the officer in command of it to inform the Mexicans of his coming, the number of his men, his wish to know whether they were friendly or hostile, of his intention to remain a couple of days, and in the event of their wishing to fight,,to show themselves, and they should not be disappointed. He also requested them to sell him some beef and other provisions. The commander of the detail executed the order and pur chased the required articles. From indications it was supposed that a large force was in the vicinity. He staid two days, without having made any discoveries, and took up the line of march for Medina, where the Company of Capt. Gillespie is now encamped. On the arrival of Major Hays at the Presidio cross ing, the Mexican men, on the other bank, were terribly frightened, flying in every direction, out the ladies were not so easily alarmed—they commenced waltzing to the notes of the bugle. (From the New York Journal of Commerce, of Jan. 16.) FAVOURABLE INDICATION.—Most of our readers, we think, will bo gratified to learn that the Senate of the United States have virtually refused to receive a reso lution offered by Mr. Allen, of Ohio (Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations), in his indivi dual capacity, relating to the interference of Euro pean Powers in the affairs of the continent. On the motion to lay on the table the question of permitting the resolution to be introduced, the vote stood, yeas 38, noes 23. Among the yeas were Messrs. Calhoun end M‘Duffie of S. C , Chalmers of Mississippi, Haywood of N. C., and Westcott of Florida, Democrats. Mr. Cal houn took a f:rm stand against having this new firebrand thrown into Congress, under present circumstances, at the same time declaring he considered the recent interference of the English and French Governments in the affairs of the river Plate, a gross outrage. Before the vote was taken, Mr. Allen said it was to be " a test vote,—if laid on the table, it was final." We trust he will take him self at his word. , _ _ The above vote, and the recent vote of the same body postponing the further consideration of the Oregon question till the 10th of February, clearly indicated that the Senate intended to do nothing rashly.—New York Inquirer. IMPORTANT FROM TERAS.—Letters received in the city say, the two Senators from Texas will not be in their seats in Washington before the middle of February—but in time to vote on the Oregon question. " Whoever they be," it is added, " they will vote against the notice." * * "We have had enough of war." This is important, if:time confirms it, as we think it will.—Express. TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS—IN SENATE. WASHINGTON, JAN. 14. NON-INTERFERENCE op EUROPEAN POWERS. Mr. Allen having submitted his resolution's, pur suant to notice of yesterday, and the question arising, shall the senator have leave now to introduce them, to wit : " Joint Resolutions declaratory of the Principles by which the United States will be governed in regard in the Interposition of the Powers of Europe in the Poli tical Affairs of America. " Resolved, &c.—That recent manifestations of a dis position, by certain powers of Europe, to interfere in the political arrangements of this continent, with a view to the enforcement of the European principles of ' the balance of power' upon the independent nations of America, having made it, in his judgment, the duty of the President of the United States to call the attention of Congress to this subject, in his annual message, and to announce, on the part of the United States, the counter principle of non-intervention, it is the judgment of Con gress that the announcement thus made by the Presi dent was demanded by the manifest hazard to which such interference w ould inevitably e x p ose th e re l a tion s of peace now subsisting between the old world and the new. " Resolved,—T That Congress, thus concurring with the President, and sensible that this subject has been forced upon the attention of the United States by recent events, so significant as to make it impossible for this Govern ment longer to remain silent, without appearing ready to submit to, and even to invite, the enforcement of this dangerous doctrine, do hereby solemnly declare to the civilised world the unalterable resolution of the United States to adhere to and enforce the principle that any effort of the powers of Europe to intermeddle in the social organization or political arrangements of the in dependent nations of America, or further to extend the Europ?an system of government upon this continent, by the establishment of new colonies, would be incompatible with the independent existence of the nation; and dan gerous to the liberties of the people of America, and therefore would incur, as by the right of self preservation it would justify, the prompt resistance of the United States." Mr. Calhoun said these resolutions embraced a prin ciple of action which called fur the most solemn declara tions on the part of the Senate. It afforded matter for consideration, how far can the resolutions be effici ently acted upon, if adopted? No man could view with stronger feelings of opposition all impertinent inter ference of the powers of Europe in the affairs of this continent than he (Mr. Calhoun). And he would now take occasion to say, that the late extraordinary interference of Great Britain and France, in the poli tical domestic relations of Buenos Ayres, was an outrage unprecedented in its character. But the great question here suggested is, are we uow prepared to take this whale i continent under our protection ? Have we reached that e ? r Are state of maturity t o a d m it o f thi s w id e an d exc l us i ve guardianship we pr prepared a I r e f d we to e takeare determined all the to conse quences th at must grow out of the assumption of such a policy as shereindicated take the course •in i cl . cated by the resolutions, if they in dicate an • thi y ng, we might as well at once call o u t i n to action the whole energies of the country. .Let us have time. Mr, Calhoun was o f t h e firm opinion that, at this particular moment, the resolutions of the other Honourable Senator could have ncegood result—no good effect upon the nations of the world. The President had announced the principle ; why not be content to stand upon that declaration ? The concurrent declaration of Mr. Monroe had been regarded in his day, and even by Mr. Calhoun, who was then a much younger man than at this crisis, as unwise and really mischievous in its effects. And what good had resulted from it ? There had been frequent interferences since, on the part of the European powers, in the affairs of the independent na tions of this continent, of which we had taken no notice wha!ever. We were rapidiy approaching to great events. They demanded our most solemn consideration. We were approaching, as it were, to that point where the broad plain highway parts into two roads—one to the right, and the other to the left. Between the two we were left to decide. Tho exigency required our most solemn deliberation. For himself, Mr. Calhoun said, he would rather not push this principle—at least for the present ; but would prefer to let it remain where the President had put it. Mr. Allen said he had been apprehensive that even this proposition might be resisted in the Senate, but he had not supposed that the bare introduction of it would encounter opposition. Ile would not now go into a ge neral examination of the resolutions, but would simply remark that the President, in his official message to Congress, had denounced the principle of foreign inter position in American political affairs, and without the approval of Congress, lie would stand, in the eyes of the world, as taking a stand unsupported by the concurrence of the balance of the Government. Never, since the de claration of Mr. Monroe against foreign interference in the domestic relations of this continent, had Mr. Allen heard the propriety of that declaration questioned among the people [Mr. Allen is great for the people]. As far as his observation had extended, he had never heard the justice or the policy of this position questioned' nor bad known it to meet with opposition from any American mind. Mr. Allen further expatiated upon the propriety of Congress confirming this position of the President. He did not ask the consideration of the resolution now ; it would be referred, if received, to the Committe on Fo reign Relations, who would, doubtless, give it that serious reflection which the case required, and would report ac cordingly. Mr. Calhoun inquired if the Chairman on Foreign Relations had submitted this resolution on his own indi vidual re Tonsibility? Mr. Allen s-aid, yes, Sir, it is my own work. M. Calhoun said that he considered this an unpre cedented proceeding, and entirely out of order. Here we have the kirman on Foreign Relations introducing a most important measure without consultation of the Committee. Mr. Calhoun said that he should hog nothing. He knew precisely where he stood. He was not disposed now to rush forward into any measure that would further entangle our foreign relations. If we two resolved upon this WOW; lys2 ought at 91100 to TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDN:ESDAY EVENING, IFEBRIJARI 4, put forth the whole of our strength. We ought to de clare ourselves a military republic, and that the whole continent was under our especial protection. Why did not the Senator at once 'come forward with a specific re solution touching the affairs at Buenos Ayres? It was the part of wisdom to look to wise ends from wise means. No wise man would determine upon a result which he knew to be beyond his means—no more would any wise nation do so. A wise man, or a wise nation, should al ways be prepared to do what they may declare to be their determination to accomplish. Mr. Calhoun posi tively objected to the reception of the resolutions, and called for the ayes and noes. Mr. Jarnagin moved to lay the question of reception upon the table, and upon this motion he called the yeas and nays. [Mr. Jarnagin's resolution corresponds with the action upon abolition papers.] Mr. Crittenden asked if the resolutions would lie there without the privilege of being called up again ? Voices—Oh! no, no. The resolution can be offered again. Mr. Jarnagin stated that his object in the motion was not to cut off the resolution entirely, but merely for the present to lay the subject upon the table. Mr. Allen said the action of the Senate upon this mo tion would be conclusive of—(Cries of " Order, order.") Mr. Allen asked the Chair to state the question. The Chairman stated the question to be, shall the question of leave to introduce the resolutions be laid on the table ? And the Senate decided that it should, by a vote of 28 to 23—Messrs. Calhoun, Chalmers, Hey wood, and M`Duffie, voting with t h e Whi gs i n t h e ffirmative. " So," says the correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer, " Mr. Allen was completely floored and laid out cold upon the table." News had been received at New Orleans, that the Mexican army of reserve, under General Parades, had declared against th e G overnment on account o f t h e ti m id spirit whic it had shown in the negotiations with the United States. It was advancing on the capital, and its success was expected to be followed by a war with the States. The troops at Tampico have joined the move ment. NEW ORLEANS, JAN. B.—Business for the last two days has been quite lively, an d a pre t ty stiff trade has been driven in cotton, the sales having amounted to 10,500 bales, at the following, rates:—lnferior, 6c.; or dinary, 61c. to 64c.; middling, 61e. to 64c.; good mid dling, 7c. to 7i-c.; middling fair, Tic. to 710.; fair, 7ic. to Be.; good fair, 81c. to B,tc ; good and fine, 9c. to 94c. The arriva's have been small, and not worth mention ing. Sugar holds its own, 1,000 hhds. having been sold at from sic. to 51c. for a fair article. Molasses sells at from 20ic. to 21c. per gallon, and at these rates 2,000 hhds. have been sold the last two days. Flour is in the same state, although the sales have been moderately extensive ; about 4,231 brls. having been sold at the last quoted rates. Corn is a trifle lower, bringing from 52 to 53 cents. a sack. About 4,000 sacks were sold at these rates yesterday. Exchanges continue in the same state. NEW YORK, JAN. 17. BREADSTUFFB.--There was a little more doing to-day than was previously noticed, and the market is also more firm at our last quotations. Sales were made in Genesee, for export, at 5 dolls. 75 cents; and in Southern at 5 dolls. 75 cents to 5 dolls. 87i cents. COTTON. —There was a moderate inquiry to-day, and the sales amounted to about 600 bales. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 15. $1.900 Ohio 6s '6O 9li 7,000 Ditto 7s '57 2,000 Indiana 1,000 Illinois .. 35 6,000 Brooklyn Co lOO 1,000 Read '5O bonds 5 shs. Bk. of Corn. full B7l 100 Far Loan • c . 100 Morris Can. 4m 2l 50 U. S. Bank 4i 104 N. Or. Canal Bk. 250 Reading c 50 Canton 50 Harlem b2O 46 10 Nor. and Wor. 25 Erie Rr. old stk. s 4m. 100 Lisland snw 5l 50 Fast Boston • l4i THE TIMBER DUTIES. RESOLUTION TO BE PROPOSED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE CUSTOMS ACTS. Resolved,—That from and after the sth day of April, 1847, the duties of customs now payable upon the foreign goods undermentioned shall cease and determine, and that in lieu thereof there shall be charged the following duties on such foreign goods, on their importation into the United King dom, viz.:— Upon Timber and Wood Goods, not otherwise charged, viz.—Timber or Wood, not being Deals, Battens, Boards, Staves, Handspike?, Oars, Lathwood, or other Timber or Wood, sawn, split, or otherwise dressed, except hewn, and not being Timber or Wood otherwise charged with duty—the load of 50 cubic feet Deals, Battens, Boards, or other Tim ber or Wood, sawn or split, and not otherwise charged with duty— the load of 50 cubic feet ••• Staves, if exceeding 72 inches in length, 7 inches in breadth, and 8 inches in thickness—the load of 50 cubic feet Firewood—the fathom of 216 cubic feet Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length—the 120 Handspikes, exceeding 7 feet in length—the 120 Knees, under 5 inches square—the 120 Knees, 5 inches, and under 8 inches square—the 120 . Lathwood—the fathom of 216 cubic feet Oars—the 120 Spars or Poles, under 22 feet in length, and under four inches in diameter—the 120 Spars or Poles, 22 feet in length and upwards, and under 4 inches in diameter—the 120 Spars or Poles of all lengths, 5 inches and under 6 inches in diameter— the 120 From and after April 5, 1847. X 3. d. 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 3 0 0 8 0 0 16 0 1 12 0 0 8 0 1 12 0 From and after April 5, 1848. X s. d. 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 1 12 0 6 0 0 0 16 0 1 10 0 3 4 0 Spokes for wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in length—the 1,000 Spokes for wheels, exceeding 2 feet in length—the 1,000 Wood, planed, or °thermse dressed or prepared for use, and not patti• cularly enumerated or otherwise charged with duty * Per foot of cubic contents, and Ruttier for every 1 1 12 0 3 4 0 0 0 6* An optional table is appended to this resolution, imposing duties to be taken by a tale to a corresponding amount, which we shall endeavour to give to-morrow. 1 4 0 0 6 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 4 10 0 0 12 0 1 4 0 2 8 0 1 4 0 2 8 0 0 0 4* IL value, 10/. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, FEB. 3. The following Petitions for Railway Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway. Grand Union Railway. Midland Railway, Syston to Peterborough Railway (Deviation and Branches). Great North of England Railway Purchase. Great North of England and Bedale Branch Railway. Great North of England and Boroughbridge Branch Railway. York and North England Railway (East Riding Branches—No. 2). Leeds and Bradford Railway (Guiseley Branch). Leeds and Bradford Railway (Junction Line at Bradford). Launceston and South Devon Railway (No. 1). Cionmel and Thurles Railway. Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales Railway. Great County Down Railway. Belfast and Holywood Atmospheric Railway. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Boston, Newark, and 'Sheffield Railway. Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midland Junction Railway. Rugby and Huntingdon Railway. Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway. Somersetshire Midland Railway. Wilsontown. Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Caledonian Rail- way Junction). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Colinen Railway (Bathgate Branch). York and Lancaster Railway. Great Western and Wycombe Railway. The following Petitions for Railway Bills were presented, and ordered to lie on the table : North Kent Railway. ' Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. TETESDAY, FEB, 3. mi w t y t m ee on o d n ha l m 'ei t , l , W Amalgama tion—Committee ne s e Swansea Vale Railway—Committee on Petition,Wednesday, Feb. 11. Mallon and Driflleld Junction Railway—co: Wednesday, Feb. 11. I Blackburn and Preston and East Lancashire Railways on Petition, Wednesday, F e b. 11. Clitheroe Junction Railway—Committee on Petition Feb. 11. Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier -- Committee on Petition, postponed from Thursday 5 till Friday, Feb. 6. Attleborough Branch)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Thursday 5 till Friday, Feb. 6. h • way Extension (Dere am, Well s , Norfolk Railway Extension (Stowrnarket Norfolk Rail and Blakeney Rail way Branch)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Thursday 5 till Friday, Feb. 6. ock and Ayr Railway Amendment and Breaches (NoZ6)—Coramittee on Petition, postponed from Thursda y 5 till Friday , Fe b. 6. IVaveney Valley Railway —Committee on Petition, adjourned till Thursday, Feb. 5. Taw Vale Railway Extension—Committee on petition, adjourned till Thursday, Feb. 5. Great North of Scotland Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. ) Railway_cem Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension.. mittee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Deeside Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Alford Valley Railway—Committee on Petition, -- Friday, Feb. 13. the ol d front growth the of n e t w h the u y t e y a : r „ HOPS, MALT, BREWERS, a m The following returns were moved for by lir. Alderman Ham phery, and ordered : Hors.—Accounts " of the total number of acres of land in Great Britain under the cultivation of Hops in " the year 1845 ; distinguish -1845 ; distin guishing the number of acres in each parish : ~ of the quantity of Hops exported from Great Britain to foreign countries, from the sth day of January, 1845, t o u ctl Y s tr°gOaPi:d tli f e the sth day of "0 Of th t e h d e J anu ary, 1846 ; distinguishing the countries to which the same have been exported, and also the quantities to each county ; also, British f ro m foreign growths, and the dates of the y e ars ill which the British Hops were grown:" " Of foreign Slops imported into the United in.. --mgdorn from the sth day of January, 1845, to the sth day of January, 1 846 ; distinguishing the ports where imported, and the countries from whence exported:" " Of the total number of pounds weight of Hops charged w ith duty in each of the several collections of the U n i ted Kingdom from the year 1840 to the year 1845, both inclusive." MALT.—Account " of the total number of q uarters of malt made between the 10th day of October, 1844, and the 10th day of October, 1845 ; distinguishing the quantity made In each country, and the quantity used by brewers, victuallers, and retail brewers." BREWERS, &a—Account " of the number of persons in each of the several collections in the United Kingdom licensed a. ' Brewers,' ' Victuallers,'' to to sell beer to be drunk on the p rNntses, , and ' to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises ; stating th e number of each class who brew their own beer, and the quantity of malt consumed by them ; particularising each class in each collection, from the 10th day of October, 1844, to the 16th day yf October, 1845." NAVY AND STEAM VESSELS (NAVY). On the motion of Sir Charles Napier the under-named returns were ordered : as fax as the records will admit, of ths number Narir.—Returns o ttireg cleacro cut clown to deckers, siuco the yor 1800 ; stating the date of launching and the date ;of cutting down, with the expense of those cut down since 1832 ; the same as to two deckers cut down to frigates ; the same as to frigates cut down to corvettes ; stating the number of guns and weight of metal as frigates, distin guishing those which have a spar deck over the main deck and height of bulwarks, the number of ships, and their names, whose sterns have been changed on the plan of Sir Robert Seppings, and the expense, and those chgnged on some other plan, and the expense of those who have had their magazines changed :" " Of the number of forty-six, forty-four, and forty-two gun frigates built since the year 1915; the number cut down, and the number that remain, stating how many have been at sea, and the length of time :' " The total expense of all the alterations." SrEAm VESSELS (Navy).—Return " of steam vessels (bearing commanders), showing their length, breadth, and depth of hold, tonnage, quantly of coals they stow, and the number of days the coals will last at full steam, and according to the usual expenditure ; the depth under water of the upper part of the lower floats ; the estimated draft of water with everything on board, and the actual draft :" " The same Return of steam vessels commanded by lieutenants and masters, distinguishing the packets." LEEK, STAFFORDSHIRE. ANOTHER CONVERT TO THE FREE-TRADE MEA SURES OF SIR ROBERT PEEL', IN THE PERSON OF D. W. RUSSELL, ESQ, M.P. FOR NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. A meeting of the freeholders and electors of the above division having been called, by placard, to be held at the Town-hall, Leek, on Tuesday, the 3d inst., at twelve at noon, at which it was announced that the Members for the division, C. B. Adderley, Esq., and a W. Russell, Esq., intended to state their views and intentions on Sir Robert Peel's com mercial policy, and also "hoped to hear what might be the feelings and opinions of the electors;" at the time appointed the hall was crowded by electors, and in a short time the adjoining market-place and streets ware densely crowded by the inhabitants, anxious to hear the opinions of the Mena hers on this vital question. After waiting three-quarters of an hour, the meeting became very impatient, and appointed a deputation of gentlemen to wait upon the Hon. Members, who were snugly located at a neighbouring inn, and from their prolonged absence it was thought were indifferent about meeting the electors. In a few minutes, however, the depu tation returned, accompanied by the two Hon. Members. The chair having been taken by J. Bateman, Esq., of Kuy persley, a motion was made that an adjournment take place to the Market-square, whereupon D. W. Russell, Esq. (one of the Members), begged to make a few observations. He stated that he came down expecting only to meet his friends (his usual Conservative supporters), and that he was not prepared to discuss the question of the corn-laws, neither did he think it would answer any good purpose—(Cries of " Oh, oh I")—but he would state that since his election his views on this question had undergone a change, and he should now support the free-trade measures of Sir R. Peel.—(Cheers.) C. 11. ADDERLEY, Esq., the other Member, being called upon to state his viers, said that his opinions on this matter remained the same as when he had the honour of being re turned their representative, and he still considered it his duty to oppose any further alteration. Here the pressure near the door became sn great that an adjournment became inevitable, and the Hon. Members were warmly urged to address the multitude in the Market-square. This, however, they declined, whereon Mr. James Alsop, through one of the windows, announced to the crowd that they would imme diately be addressed from the steps of the Red Lion Inn, whither he and a number of gentlemen adjourned. In the meantime the Members very quietly retired to the house of John Cruse, Esq. No resolution having been come to in the hall, Mr. Alsop, silk-manufacturer, after an able speech in favour of free. trade, moved that the Members be requested to give their hearty support to the free-trade measures of Sir Robert Peel. Mr. John Russell, another extensive silk-manufacturer, se% conded and supported the motion in a speech of considerable length and ability, which, on being put, was carried unani mously. Cheers having been proposed for the Queen, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and D. W. Russell, Esq., M.P. (the free- trade Member), were all nobly re sponded to, and the meeting quietly dispersed. A great number of farmers and dependents of :the mono polists had come to the meeting from the surrounding dis tricts to support, as they supposed, the Members in their old views of " protection to agriculture ;" but when, instead of a quiet hole-and-corner meeting, they found it was crowded and open, and that one of their champions had deserted them, great was their chagrin, and hasty and chapfallen was their departure. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TlMES.—People here are looking with some anxiety to the proceedings of the House of Commons for the informa tion when the report of the Committee on railways may be expected; and no hint whatever being given respecting it, they begin to suspect that it is intended to defer it till after Friday, the last day for receiving deposits, in order that the parties who have these payments to make may not be stimu lated to any undue exertion, or otherwise by finding that they do, or do not, come within the rule to be laid down by that Committee, but depend upon their own judgment and upon their own resources. It is a species of consolation• to those who, having themselves nothing to do with these railway speculations, yet are suffering from their injurious influence upon the transactions of regular trade, that it must be fully known in the course of this week what money will be required for the payment of the deposits, and that the bankers will then be able to tell precisely how far they can venture to assist their old customers, who have been kept off by this temporary pressure and un certainty. What is paid in up to Friday inclusive may not all be ultimately required, as there must be many companies, strong enough for that preliminary step, who will not ulti mately obtain their Bills, and must re- distribute the funds provided as their qualification. The greater portion of those i ah a ts r ei k en e ho t n im n pau e y x n ithe be , w f e ue e l p k t rr f ee o ss r epne tntvi reliefn es g t m t ht e eo n tft futures roust markets ea c t r h akl a el t ts funds, too, which belong to the successful appli can t s , w ill pf t op h rr e teuh m ne ofco whatevernhee mintoe ae may be confidently expected. This is so distinctly seen by a few of the leading and more sagacious capatalists, that while the rest were under the influence of an alarm which induces them to keep all their available means in reserve, they have continued steadily to make purchases in all de scriptions of securities, and have proved by these operations one main cause that the market has been on the whole so .veil sustained, the extreme depression of Consols never hav ing, in point of fact, gone below 1 per cent. on the current prices of this day. If the crisis is - safely passed, of which there exists now at least a reasonable prospect, it will be a proof that monetary affairs are under prudent management in the City. Many were of opinion a few days back that it was impossible for the new system of banking, by which a limitation is placed upon the issue', to weather this storm. That remains, of course, to be proved ; but in the mean time those who watch what is going on will bear their testimony to the greater degree of caution which this limitation has induced among the monied interest. All concerned in discount transactions, from the Bank down to the smallest discount broker, have had an unusually difficult part to play during the last five weeks, the main point being, in all cases where accommoda tion was asked, to get at the real grounds of it, and on the least suspicion of its having originated in railway business, to reject it, such parties being doubly objectionable, as liable to be embarrassed themselves, and to be the cause of embarrassment in others. It made no difference what the character was of the security offered, for if applicable to a railway purpose the assistance was usually declined. At the Bank of England, as a uniform rule, this taint was declared to be fatal. Besides the mere amount of the deposits, other disclo sures of an interesting kind must be made after Friday, and the public may expect to find in the instances of new com panies of the most undoubted character—companies in which subscriptions for many times the amount from responsible parties were tendered—that they are unprepared with the funds for their deposits. For this the various boards and provisional committees will have to thank their own grasp ing and sordid spirit, which induced them to hold back the issue of shares for their own private advantage, until they were caught in the storm, and were unable to place them at all. Had they allotted their shares freely, and sought no advantage over the other holders for themselves, which honour and common honesty alike counselled, they would have kept on their course safely, whatever the result, and have escaped the reproach, which now awaits them, of hav ing ruined themselves by their own avarice and folly, and at the same time actually marred the prospects of many under takings of acknowledged public utility. The New York Democratic Review contains, in its usual spirit, a contrast between the commercial policy of Great Britain and the United States to the disadvantage of the latter,designed to show that the high duties in America tend to produce the mischievous results that might arise from a natural calamity. As such a calamity the failure of the English crop is regarded, as its effect is to diminish the con sumption of cotton, and to reduce the price of the raw ma terial. Now, the consumption of cotton by Great Britain, as can be proved by official tables, does not exceed that by the United States, and yet the consumption of the latter is kept down by the artificially high prices occasioned by the tariff. The markets present the singular contradiction of an universal lament on the effect of the English harvest on cotton, while an equally potent cause of reducing the value of the great staple exists in the United States. The Government broker resumed his purchases to-day on account of the National Debt Commissioners, and laid out 194,0001. in Reduced, and 2,0001. in Three per Cent. South Sea Annuities, 1751. This stock very seldom makes its ap pearance in the market. The original capital was only 2,100,0001., and it is now nearly extinguished. The usual purchase of 5,0001. for the savings banks was also made. The Exchequer-bill market has received strength by a pur chase by the Chancery broker to the extent of 200,0001. The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s, 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 42, and the ex.. change at Paris on London, at short being 25 62k, it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9%; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London, at short date, being 13 11, it results that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1081 per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.83 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. There was no great alteration in the foreign exchanges to day, but, if anything, the rates were a little higher than last post. DRTJRY-LANE THEATRE.—MR. WALLACE'S BENEFIT, —On Thursday (to-morrow) night, the opera of.l l / a rstana will be represented for the 50th time, for the benefit of its talented composer, Mr. Wallace, who is, we trust and believe, to bs henceforth one of the foremost among the founders of a National English Opera. Certainly no first work of any new English composer has exhibited half the promise of Maritana, and we have no doubt but that the English dilettanti will do honour to the merits of one, who will at no distant period confer on English music a world-wide reputation. FORTY SHILLING FREEHOLDS.—The 30th of Jan. is now pest, and no freeholds, hereafter purchased, will be available for the register of 1846. Now, therefore, is a fit ting time to report the issue of the effort that has been made in Newcastle and Gateshead, since the great free-trade meet ing of the sth inst., to strengthen the anti-corn-law cause in North Durham and North and South Northumberland. North Northumberland was not thought of in the first in stance; but an application from Edinburgh, indicating the anxiety of Scottish free-traders to " come over and help them," induced the committee on the Tyne to extend their operations farther than they had originally intended. The result is that seventy-three freeholds have been conveyed to free-traders residing in Edinburgh, Dundee, and other places, at an expense to the purchasers of 2,4571., exclusive of the cost of conveyance, which also falls on the newly-made Northumberland freeholders. In South Northumberland 123 freeholds have been purchased, and 118 in Durham. The total number in the three divisions is 314, North, and the total cost nearly.lo,9ool- herd Brougham's , spiteful speech of the'22d inst., Justifies us in repeating (although the repe tition is, pefhaps, superfluous), that not a penny of the ex penses has been borne bY the League. The new freeholders have themselves provided the purchase money, and, at the next registration, will become electors as legal and constitu ticnial as any Liz the laid..—Gateshead Observer. 1846, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in Claremont Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for pony and walking exercise yesterday •in the pleasure grounds of Claremont. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took an airing in the afternoon in a phaeton, the Prince driving, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, on horseback. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton arrived at Claremont on Monday. The royal dinner party at Claremont yesterday even ing was expected to include Lord and Lady De Ros, Major-General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, and Mr. and Mrs. Spicer. Mr. George Pemberton, Member of the Legislative Council of Canada, and Mr. W. Henry Tilston, had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Count de Raventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. E. Wolehouse, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Secretary of War, and the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. An original opera buffa in two acts (so described in the bills), the music by G. A. Macfarren, entitled Don Quixote, was produced here last evening, and if the applause of a first night audience is to be taken as a final judgment, thee is the opera of Don Quixote among the most successful ever produced. The libretto is by Mr. G. Macfarre n , th e f ather of the composer of the music; and the portion of the adventures of the Knight of La Mancha chosen for musical illustration is the adven ture of Cumacho the Rich and Basilius the Poor, the rival suitors for the hand of th e f a i r Quiteria. The opera opens with a serenade by Cumacho (Mr. D. W. King) and his companions, under the window of the fair Quiteria (Miss Rainforth). The serenaders are in terrupted by the arrival of Don Quixote (Mr. Weiss) and. Sancho (Mr. Stratton), who are received in a friendly manner, and conducted into the house to par take of the hospitalities of the rich Cumacho. Basilius the Poor (Mr. Allea) then enters, and gives vent to his feelings in a ballad, " Sweet were those hours of infancy," which was sung with such exquisite taste and beauty by Allen as to elicit a loud encore ; the compliment being paid evidently rather to the singer than to the composer. Quiteria appears in the balcony, and then follows, of course, a duet for the tenor and the soprano, which was delightfully given by Allen and Miss Rainforth. Don Quixote, followed by Sancho, enters and interrupts the lovers, and a long concerted piece follows, in which Basiiiius appears on the balcony dis guised as a lady, claiming the protection of the Don, and in which Allen imitating the voice of a woman, sings a romance entitled " Alas! a thousand secret woes," in the most admirable mock-heroic style imaginable. This romance, which is in itself a very pretty composition, was loudly encored. The Den, mounting a ladder to kiss the hand of the lady, is suddenly seized and lashed to the balcony. Sancho, who gives an alarm, is ducked in a water-trough, and the drop falls on a most admired scene of confusion. In the second act we find the father of Quiteria remonstrating with her on her injudicious affection for Basilius the Poor, and urging her to marry Cumuli() the Rich. In this scene we have the gem of the opera, the song by Miss Rainforth, " Ah ! why do we love," a beautiful song, and not one whit the less welcome from reminding us of a beautiful old ballad, with a nearly similar title. A good imitation is better than a bad original at any time. Then we have what in the libretto is styled a " triumph scene," in honour of Don Quixote. In this scene there is introduced a laughing chorus, at the expense of the ducked Sancho. There is a very similar chorus in the first act of Der Freischntz, and if Weber flourished twenty years before Mr. G. A. Macfarren, certainly that is not the fault of the English composer. Then we have a grand concerted finale, in which is in troduced a dance and a procession in honour of Cuma cho's wedding, and in which Don Quixote, aided by the chorus, sings a jolly Anacreontic, beginning— " When Bacchus invented the Bowl,"—(we were not before aware that Don Quixote was in the habit of in dulging in songs of the "Jolly Nose" school)—aul in which Allen, as Basilius, sings a delicious ballad, en titled " I quit my pillow," in such an exquisitely pa thetic, plaintive style, and in which he exhibits such taste, such execution, and (strange as it may seem) such power, as would be alone sufficient to save a much worse opera than this of Don Quixote. There is not an English tenor singer living who could approach Allen in his execution of this song. He is, at the pre sent moment, far and away the first English tenor singer of the day. The plot of the tale is carried out in the opera. Basilius pretends to be dying, receives the hand of Quiteria, immediately recovers, and, by the intervention of Quixote, el are reconciled. The opera has been placed on the stage in admirable style, the singers did all that artists could for it, and the orchestra performed its part admirably. Mr. Macfarren has nothing to complain of as to the manner in which his opera was presented to the public. Now, with regard to the opera itself, it is the work of an accomplished musician—of one who has thoroughly studied and thoroughly understands his art—of one who has learned all that can be taught—but who does not possess that which cannot be taught, genius. The overture, con sidered as a musical academical exercise, is faultless, but it is also meaningless; and if the music of the opera is more expressive than that of the overture, it is be cause Mr. Macfarren trusts less to his own resources, and borrows largely from his predecessors. This opera is a prettily arranged rechauffee of reminiscences, and will, no doubt, have a run, but we must demur to Mr. Macfarren's claim to be considered as an original English composer. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. ir MEETING, 1846. es Cup of 200 soya., &c. Mervis, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b L)curgus, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b Redstreak, 4 yrs, Est 101 b Flalowlagh, 4 yrs, Est 81b Duc an Durras, 4 yrs, Est 61b Clumsey, 4 yrs, 6st 61b Annie filly, 4 yrs, 6st 61b Cataract, 6 yrs, 6st 51b Miss Burns, 6 yrs, Est 51b Little John, 5 yrs, 6st 51b Flattery, 4 yrs, 6st 51b Anti-Repealer, 4 yrs, 6st 51b Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 6st 51b Columbus, 4 yrs, Est 41b Elemi, 5 yrs, Est 31b Plaudit, 4 yrs, 6st 31b 'The Magnet, 4 yrs, Est 31b Advice, 4 yrs, Est 21b IFitzwilliam, 4 yrs, Est 21b Queen Pomare, 4 yrs, 6st 21b Vitula, 6 yrs, Est Best Bower, 5 yrs, sst 12ib Mongrel, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Devil's Dust, 4 yrs, sst 101 b John Davis, 4 yrs, sst 101 b Artist, 6 yrs, sst Slb Arthur, 4 yrs, sst 81b Stream, 4 yrs, sst 81b Petit Morceau, 4 yrs, sst 81b The Warrior, 3 yrs, sst 71b Correct Card, 4 yrs, sst slb Deodara, 4 yrs, sst 51b Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs, sst Blackbird, 3 yrs, sft Mercuriad, 3 yrs, 9st Punch, 3 yrs, 4st bib Muscatel, 3 yrs, 4st 10lb Finvaragh, 3 yrs, 4st 10lb Spur, 3 yrs, 4st lOst Brother to Sir Marry, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Tell, 3 yrs, 4st Blb Billy Purvis, 3 yrs, 4st 61.6 Little Cassino, 3 yrs, 4st 61b Elena Clara, 3 yrs, 4st CHESTER SPRIN Acceptances for the Trad Lothario, 6 yrs, 9st 21b Inheritess, 6 yri, Bst 101 b The Baron, 4 yrs, Sit 101 b Corrunna, aged, Bst 91b Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, Bst 91b St. Lawrence, aged, Bst .31b Zanoni, 6 yrs, Bst 71b Discord, aged, Bst 61b The Libel, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 31b Mess Trooper, aged, Bst 21b Sorella, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Glossy, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b Rowena, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b Intrepid, 5 yrs, 7st 91b Miss Elis,4 yrs, 7st 91b Weatherbit, 4 yrs, 7st 81b Event, 4 yrs, ist 81b Queen of Tyne, aged, 7st 71b1 Example. 5 yrs, ist 71b Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs, ist 71b Eboracum, aged, 7st 61b Mickey Free, 5 yrs, ist 61b Hope, 4 yrs, 7st Gib Ruff, 4 yrs, ist 51b. Gamecock, 6 yrs, 7st 41b Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs,7st4lb Hooton, 6 yrs, 7st 31b Valerian, 5 yrs, 7st 31b Roderick, aged, 7st 21b Little Hampton,s yrs,7st2lb Warp, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Sir Diggory Diddle, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Ould Ireland, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Salopian, 4 yrs. 7st 21b Extempore, 6 yrs, 7st lib Beaufront, 5 yrs, 7st llb Polish, 6 Yrs, 7st Surety, 5 yrs, 7st Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, 7st Roper's Daughter, E st 1 aged, 31b Highwayman, 4 yrs, Est 131 b Crim. Con., 4 yrs, 6st Islb Judea, 6 yrs, Est 121 b Whinstone, 4 yrs, Est 121 b Pedometer, 5 yrs, Est 111 b Rose of Cashmere, 4 yrs, 6st 11lb BATH RACES. Acceptances for the Somersstshire Stakes. Newcourt, 6 yrs, Bst lllb Taglioni filly, 4 yrs, 7st Wolfdog, 4 yrs, Bst 91b Giantess, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b Pantasa, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Columbus, 4 yrs, fist 111 b Antler, 5 yrs, B st 41 b Miss Burns, 4 y rs , 6 st 9 1b Ould Ireland, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Haitoe, aged, 6st 71b Queen of Tyne, aged, 7st Collen Baun, 4 yrs. Est 61b 91b Dexterous, 3 yrs, 6st 61b Intrepid, 5 yrs, ist 71b Anti-Repealer, 4 yrs, Est 41b Young Lochinyar, 6 yrs, Nik‘ filly, 4 yrs, Est 31b 7st 51b Devil's Dust, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Connaught Ringer, 4 yrs, Marquis of Conyngham, 3 7st 41b yrs, sst 101 b Fausta, aged, 7st 41b Buttress, 3 yrs, sst 91b What, 6 yrs, 7st 41b Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs, sst London, 4 yrs, 7 s t 41b 81b Ninety one, 5 yrs, 7st 31b cby Montreal, dam by Dr. Salopian, 4 yrs, 7st lib Sy n t ax , 3 yrs, sst 51b I Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs, ist llb Cerberus, 3 yrs sst 41b Fama, aged, 7st I.lb Muscatel, 3 yrs, sst Teetoller, aged, 7st Pet colt, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. THE CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agstßest Bower--taken 27 to 1 agst The Baron—t. 20 to 1 agst Sweetmeat—off. 35 to 1 agst Hope—offered 20 to 1 aget Whinstone—take 40 to 1 agst Mermaid—taken 22 to 1 40 to 1 agst Annie filly—do. 25 to 1 agst Miss Burns—off. 50 to 1 agst Redstreak—do. 27 to 1 agst Mickey Free—do.,so to 1 agst Arthur--.-do. TILE DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Sting—offered N to 1 agst Malcolm 15 to 1 agst Brocardo—off. 40 to 1 agst Humdrum. 25 to 1 agst lago—taken OAKS. Offers to take 12 to 1 about Osprey. WORCESTER STEEPLEE CHASES—TUESDAY. Handicap of 20 sovs. each, with 100 added, 10 ft, &c. (22 Subs. ; 8 paid.) Mr. Preston's Brunette, 12st ...... (MDonogh) A Mr. J. Elmore's Alice Gray, list ................................. Mr. Tilbury's Culverthorpe, list ............... ..... ....... The following also started, but were no t p laced 011iver's Vanguard, 12st 91b—Mr. Adam s ' s PlOneer,ds2ts4trb Mr. Beville's Lycurgus, 12st.--741r. Welsh's Sampson, Bnt t' s —Mr. Ekin', l'et,r Simple , 11st _6leb—maliaCa, 21b—Cap ,Pltlasitn ar e Boxkeeper, Ilst 4.1) —Mr. De Rode's Mr. Rogers's Wilton, aged, thin Alle - ' • l's- list 211 10 st 61b — Jerry, and Mr. Pearce's lOst 811,23;1,T 2,i ; , c ley's Scavenger, ltist 4to 1 oli tile field, 5 to 1 agst Lycurgus (talten), 5 to 1 ags t Pioneer (taken), 6 to 1 agst Brunette (take 7 to 1), 8 to 1 ags t Exquisite, and 10 to 1 agst Culverthorpe.—Won cleverly. • The Witley Selling Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 30 added. Four miles. (8 Subs.) Mr Stagg's The Fowler, lOst 71b ...(Owner) 1 Mr. Tilbury's Tom Tug, 1 Ist ....••.. ......... 2 Mr. Herbert's bay mare, 10st 71b ... 3 Mr. Powell's Barnaby Rudge, 11st 91b ... ••• 4 Three others started. Won by two lengths. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Harlequin, 16, having un dergone a thorough overhaul and refit, almost amounting to a reconstruction, was commissioned here this morning. Com mander Douglas Carry (1840), of the Coast Guard, is ap pointed to her. This gallant officer was midshipman of the Rose at Navariuo, where he was wounded, and was promoted for his services when Senior Lieutenant of the Pique, at the taking of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour, and subsequently the capture of St. Jean d'Acre in 1840. The Wanderer, 16, lately employed on the China station, having undergone a thorough overhaul and refit at this port, was also put in commission this morning by the appointment to her of Commander Philip H. Somerville (1842). The above vessels are each to have complements of 130 men and officers, but what stations they are to be employed upon the Admiralty have not made known. The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Lushington, hav ing returned her paddle-box boats to the dockyard on ac count of their great weight, will not have any more paddle box boats fitted, and the paddle-box is accordingly already built up in the usual way, it being apparent that the vessel can carry conveniently as many boats as are necessary on board and upon her quarters, without encumbering herself with such frightfully heavy appurtenances as those she has jest cast off The removal of the paddle-box boats has given this fine vessel a much more sightly and light appear ance, and we have no doubt will ease her very materially in sea-going. TUESDAV.—Rear-Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, visited this port yesterday, and inspected the various ships and works in progress, and in the afternoon witnessed from the Excellent the process of destroying a boom with gunpowder. His Lordship, together with other mem bers of the board, will visit the port officially in a few days. The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commandant W. Bryant, which arrived on Sunday with a new funnel (the old one having been knocked away), to be fired at from the Excel lent, is taking in stores, &c., for the eastern depots. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, was taken under the shears and masted this morning. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, came into harbour this afternoon to refit, prior to returning to the River Plate. The Dauntless and Arrogant frigates, on the designs re spectively of Mr. White, of Cowes, and Mr. Fincham, master shipwright of this establishment, are progressing very rapidly towards readiness for launching; their timber ing is finished, and their ceiling and planking nearly so. The Dauntless (Mr. Fincham's design) is intended to be strictly a steam frigate, but the Arrogant will only have steam as an auxiliary to work a screw. We have already given the dimensions of the Dauntless. The following are the prin cipal dimensions of the Arrogant : Feet. Inches. Length between the perpendiculars 2OO 0 Length of keel for tonnage 175 0 Breadth extreme 45 4 Breadth moulded 44 0 Depth of hold Burden in tons, 1,800; horse power for screw, 300. This fine ship appears to be in the most forward state of the two, and presents a boldness of outline very much ad mired by all who have seen her, since she has been planked. She presents a very: handsome-looking model, and is ex pected to prove a perfect man• of-war, but this remains to be seen. The Dasher steam-vessel, Commander Sherringham, is preparing to resume her surrey of the Solent, &c. The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin, has not yet completed coaling, and is now alongside the jetty. The Cygnet brigantine, Commander Layton, arrived at St. Helena from Benguela on Christmas•day. She had cap tured a slaver with 360 slaves on board, which she brought in with her. PROMOTION OF MATES. Mr. John Milbourne Jackson was promoted on Saturday to the rank of lieutenant. This officer is the son of an old post captain, who died from the effects of service in the 'West Indies. He passed in 1840, and was second in the examina tion at the Royal Naval College, for the lieutenant's commis sion. He served 18 months on the coast of Africa, and is now gunnery mate of the Daphne, 20, at New Zealand. Mr. Philip Hudson (1840), of the St. Vincent, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served for a long period on the coast of Africa, and obtained strong recom mendations and certificates from the officers under whom he served. He came home in the Heroine brig. Mr. Henry George Simpson (1843) has been promoted from the Excellent gunnery ship, to the rank of lieutenant. He was in the Princess Charlotte, flag ship, in the operations on the coast of Syria, and at the bombardment of Acre, and subsequently as mate of the Harlequin sloop, Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hastings, served in her boats against the pirates on she coast of Sumatra, and after Lieuteant (now Commander) Chads was severely wounded he took the command of the pinnace. His excellent conduct on this and other occasions obtained the strongest approbation of Captain Hastings, and he was reported to the Admiralty as an officer of much promise. SHELL PRACTICE AT PORTSMOUTH.—The following is the result of the firing from the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth, under the command of Captain Chads, on the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th ult., at 600 yards' range, the object aimed at being a construction 10 feet broad by 8 feet high, to represent the side of a ship, and 22 inches in thick ness of the timbers. The sides were 14 feet apart, and se cured by timbers 4 inches thick. The guns used were long and short circumflex 32-pounders and a 82-pounder caro nade. The charges of powder were 101 b., 81b., 51b., and 21b. 100 z. TUESDAY, JAN. 27, 1846. Captain Sergeant . Major Norton s Freeburn's The two first were fired at an elevation of ten degrees, to ascertain the length of the fuze Struck the bulkhead and burst Struck the funnel and burst Struck the funnel and did not burst Struck the bulkhead and did not burst Grazed lightly off bulkhead and did not burst Doubtful 3 2 1 1 Fell short, grazed the water, and did not burst Missed the bulkhead, went over, and burst on striking the water a second time Total fired on the first day WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29. Struck bulkhead and burst Struck the funnel and burst Grazed the water and did not burst Struck and did not burst Missed and did not burst THURSDAY, Jan. 29. Struck the bulkhead and did not burst... Grazed and did not burst... FRIDAY, JAN. 30 Struck the bulkhead and burst Struck the bulkhead and did not burst... Doubtful 0 1 6 12 2 0 4 0 6 0 2 7 7 0 1 0 1 1 Grazed the water and did not burst Went over the bulkhead and did not burst 3 3 14 11 One of Captain Norton's shells burst during its flight, but none of Sergeant-Major Freeburn's, nor did any instance occur of any bursting in their flight out of the last 118 fired at the marshes at Woolwich, including the 50 fired at Ports mouth. Captain Chads congratulated the Sergeant-Major on the successful result of his experiments. The weather was by no means favourable owing to the heavy swell, but the success is the more creditable on that account. SERIOUS CsuHAARREBGREOKSEitGAINST A FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) surprise was created in 11. J. Marcus, of on a charge of forgery. Le L ed E s E to ps, -da F y E b o y . 3.—The greatest ,I ll h e e rirmof il examinations a r 152 :0 Na fa ap 3' r i7l h oe e nasn b i d e o e n ; coi cOnducted before the ma gistrates in privacy, but the facts of the case are understood to be that the name of Darnton Lupton, Esq., late Mayor of Leeds, had been attached to a transfer of some London and Croydon Railway shares without his knowl e d ge , t h e attesta tion to the signature being by Mr. Marcus. On apprehend ing Mr. Marcus, we hear th a t h e made a desperate attempt at self-destruction, and it was only by the activity of Mr. Read, of the police f orce, who dashed the bottle of laudanum in pieces, which the unhappy man had just raised to his lips, that the attempt was frustrated. Mr. Read's hand and Mr. Marcus's face were both cut in the struggle. After the examinations of to-day the ease was adjourned, and the prisoner remanded until Thursday. Another unfortunate feature is, that a pocket-book be longing to another firm in the town, which had been missing for some time, was found upon his person. Mr. Marcus was not a member of the Stock Exchange, but held the office of chairman of the Sharebrokers' Association. He is also one of the honorary secretaries of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution, and had hitherto been well respected among most of the re spectable inhabitants. (ERoSI ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) LEEDS, FEB. 3. — Considerable excitement has been caused in Leeds to-day by the apprehension of Mr. Marcus, the vice-chairman of the Leeds Association of Sharebrokers, on a charge of fraudulently effecting the transfer of railway stock. We learn that some other charge of equally serious cha ratter was produced ; and he is remanded for further exami nation, till the secretary of the railway company is enabled to arrive in Leeds with additional evidence. The association with which Mr. Marcus is connected is not the Leeds Stock Exchange, he having been refused ad mittance into that Exchange some months ago. MURDER OF CAPTAIN SHEPHERD, ROYAL ARTIL LERY, AT TIIE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—WOOLWICH, FEB. 3. —An official letter was received this morning, at head-quar ters, at Woolwich, announcing, in the following terms, the death of Captain Shepherd, of the Royal Artillery, by the hands of an assassin :—" Port Victoria, December 1,10184 D Sir—lt is with feelings of deep regret that I have, tons' tai port, for the information of the Lieutenant-Co l onel manding, the death of Captain Shepherd, aty:} - ; 4 , , rnoo n o f at about a quarter past two o'clock on,th:pi eat i, f r om a the 29th of November. He came by n na ming through gun-shot wound through the body, IL b i e r, y , ' w heeler William the camp, opposite the quarters ocewure Long, Royal Artillery, who is. 7 2° 1 ; tg Pr riffi er rn o a rc n h s e u d r' f i ci r o o n I n of being the assassin- in t ee ro l n er g esc ort, to Graham's-town, this port yesterday, und o er r a the murder. Captain Shepherd's there to await his trial t his day, with military honours, at. J. Noel, second son of the Earl of Fort reul T a h n i e n e s H a w u o r e o p re r ,. t.-7 fr Gin ; s et to raerredr be -f th n e Bi candidate for Rutlandshire, in the 4!- I;awnay. It is not expected that there G a insboroug.. , - ;11 be say o pposition. Mr. Noel is at present at Rome; but be has as been sent for, and those of his family who have sane tr:onned°l:itshl:eilir:)ut forward have promised that he will" ad - voca te protection, and " oppose any f ur th er i nroads upon " the Protestant constitution." PRICES OF BREAD. —Yesterday the price of bread was raised in Clare -market and its environs one half-penny, mak ing the highest price 9d., and the lowest a l so raised ,it • w as raised in various o th er parts of the metropolis to 7d., the former price being 7d. In the City the price of bread is from 7.1 d. to 9d. and 9-?;d. '• at the West-end it varies from Bd. to 101 1 1; and in Southwark, 7id. to 9id. In the neighbour hood of Tottenham-court-road bread is cheaper than at any other part of the metropolis, viz., 60. to Bid. per four-pound loaf. The price of bread is at present 2d. more than it was in the corresponding reek of last year. 4'