The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-06 00:00:00

T H E Conaois ••• Ditto Account, Ft b. 10 Small, .. .. 64 p CLOSING PRICES, gaged, and the two girls went away ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... — Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. — Ditto, 5 per cent. Equador Bonds Grenada Boads, 1% per Cent Ditto, Deferred Mixican, 5 per Ct., es Jan. Coups Ditto. Account Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred Port u guese 5 per Cents. B.ussuin Bonds S ianiAla .; p.r C -int. 1840 ...... Oitto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, New Deferred Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded 1% 1 1 4 per cent, v Huozuela Bonds, 3 1 4 per Cent --36 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 4 W E per Cent. — Dutch 2;i per Cent. 12 Guild sB7k Ditto 4 per • !ant. Oertißgates Ditto, Account LLOYD'S SHIPPII'd G.—; THIS DA Y.) LONDON, FEB. 6.—Wind at noon, N.W., fresh breeze and fine clear dry weather. SUNDERLAND, FEB 5 —The John and Mary, of this port, has been got off shore much damaged. LYNN, FEB. s.—The Revolution has come off the Black Shore Sand. CLYDE.—Arrd. Palendar, St. John's, New Brunswick; America, Windsor, United States. HARWICH, FEB. s.—lt blew very hard all night at W., and continues. The Content, of and from New castle for London, has been assisted in leaky, having been on shore on the Gut fleet Saud. DEAL, FEB. s.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Ocean's Bride, west coast of Patagonia. Put back a lane fleet of the outward bound. TEIGNMOUTH, FEB. s.—The John Paley, of Preston, Newcastle to Nantes ' got ashore and sunk la s t n i g h t on the Ore Stone north of Torbay during a gale; crew eared. GLOUCESTER.---.Arrd. Boreas, Quebec. BRIDLINGTON, FEB. s.—The Lady Ann, Goole to Sunderland, sunk north of Flamborough Head, having been in contact with the Curlew brig of Sunderland; crew saved. SLIGO, FEB. 4.—The weather has been very boisterous here fur the last fortnight, nothing but con stant gales of wind from W. to N.W. DUNGENESS RoADs.—Put back, Roman Emperor, Sydney, N.S.W. LIVERPOOL, FEB. s.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W., fresh. —Arrd. Panic, Shanghai; Express, Mauritius; Pris cilla, Pernambuco; Vivid, New Orleans; Italy, ditto. Md. Fairfield, Calcutta. A brig was seen 23d Decem ber inside the Colorado Reef at anchor, with her lower masts standing and abandoned. PLYMOUTH, FEB. s.—Wind W., strong gale.—Arrd. Galeid, St. Michael's from Hull, under jury rig; and considerable damage to hull, fromcontact, 21st January, with the Stanhope schooner. BELFAST, FEB. 4.—Wind W.—Arrd. Rosamond, New Orleans. RAMSGATE, FEB. s.—The Perseverance, of and from London, for St. Michael's , has put in with dam age , having been run foul of whilst at anchor. NEWBURGH, FEB. 4.—The Mary, of Dundee from London, is on shore and leaky. SHIELDS, FEB. s.—The Sibsons, of Blyth, hence to London, was abandoned 3d inst., in a sinking state off Souter Point; crew saved. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron MARTIN and a Special Jury.) IHE ATTORNEY• GENERAL V. WATTS. This was as information filed by the Attorney-General to recover penalties from the defendant for assisting and being concerned in unshipping a quantity of unmanu hawed tobacco, on which duty had not been paid. The Attorney-General and jMr. Watson appeared for the Crown; and Mr. Collier for the defendant. The smuggling of the tobacco was effected in the fol lowing ingenious manner:—There was a ship named The Swift, bound with a cargo of coal from Neath, in Wales, to Plymouth. A person named Kirken took a Passage on board the vessel, and when off the Lizsrd he prevailed on the captain and crew to stand over to the island of J eraey, tnising to give and take a cargo of tobacco, pro each of them 101. as their share of the profits arisin g on the venture. The ship was put in the island' and at re in about and arr i ved at a place known as Good Night Bay brought from the she night 200 bales of tobacco were boats, and deposited amongst the coals. Th e vessel then made the best of her way to Pl ymouth, but care w as taken on nearing the English Beast to 5u al ter her course as to make it appear that she had come round the Lizard. Instead of putting into the port she went up the river Tamar to a place Biz or seven miles distant, where the cargo of tobacco was un shipped in boats. Here the defendant, William Watts, who was a pilot, assisted the captain and crew to remove the tobacco from the hold. The transaction came to the knowledge of the Revtnue officers in consequence of some of the crow " poaching," who had not received their portion of the spoil. Mr. WATSON said the Crown would only proceed for the penalty of 1001. Though entitled to sue for more, he thought the justice of the case would be satisfied by going for one penalty. Mr. COLLIER contended that the defendant was simply engaged as pilot to the ship, and had no participation in the smuggling. As goon as he discovered that he had been deceived, and was required to render other assist ance besides piloting the vessel, he requested to be put oa shore, a request which the captain complied with; and the reason he did not give informatio n of the illegal transaction was that he had a great dislike to act the in vidious part of a common informer. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury found a verdict fur the Crown. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord Chief Justice JEuvis.) WALLACE V. WEBSTER. This was an action for an alleged breach of agree ment in theatrical matters, of which the following is a summary:— Mr. Wallack 's engagement with Mr. Webste r was from March, 1851, to June, 1852, , a t 3 0 4 per week, the engagement to be subject to the rules of the theatre. Mr. Wallack appeared and utterly f a il e d. Mr. Webster offered every inducement to Mr. VVallack to cancel the engagement without success. Mr. Wallack subsequently committed various breaches in the rules, and in particular by not attending the pre liminary meeting ot the company for the season 1851 and 1852, but Zr. Webster being absent from England, and not being informed of such breach being com mitted, Mr. Wallack was paid a week's salary subsequent to such breach by the treasurer. Mr. W e b_ ster, on being informed of the breach, discharged Mr. Wallack, and an action , was brought for arrears of salary, and it was objected by Mr. Wallack that the breach was condoned by the payment ot the week's salary. At the trial it was intimated to Mr. Webster's advisers that Mr. Wallack would compromise, and offered to abandon all claims on payment of 5001, but 3001. was offered and accepted. This being a virtual abandonment of an engagement considerably above 1,000/. in value, the compromise was evidently au advantageous arrangement for Mr. Web ster, and was literally a verdict in Mr. Webster's favour. MrMr. Sergeant Wilkins app eared for the plainti ff , and .Wa s o n for Mr. Webster. CRIMINAL CO URT OLD COURT; 117- HIS DAY.) MURDER.—Jose Fur tozo Berdag o , aged 30 , described as a sailor, was indicted for the wilful Almon. murder o f Junes Mr. Clarke and Mr, O'Brien appeared for the D prose cution; and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. Mr. I;LARKE, having opened the case, p ro ceeded to call the following witnesses: — Sarah Slater—l live at No. 29, Greenfield -street, Commercial-road. On Wednesday, the 7th of January, I went to the house, No. 109, New Gravel-lane, where I remained all day, and went to bed with a friend there. About two o'clock on the following morning two Spaniards and two women came in. One of the Spaniards was the prisoner. The woman did not remain long with them. I knew the deceased man Almon, and when they came in he was sitting by the fire. Besides the deceased there were two women sod my self la bed in the room which the Spaniards came into. There was also a woman named Mary Anne Smith there, but she was nor. in bed. She lived in the house with the deceased. Emily Willis was there, and Mar garet D,movan and a man were up stairs. The man came down before the deceased was stabbed. As soon as the two women went away the. Spaniards spoke to gether and then gave Emily Willis two sixpences, making signs that they wanted something to drink. I went out and fetched some gin and beer, and the pri soner's companion asked the deceased to drink, but he refused. Atter that the Spaniards spike together in their own language and then went into the pa ssage, whore they remained about two minutes. While th e y were there I beard some knives opening, and made an observation to that effect to the people in the room. In a moment afterwards the Spaniards returned with the knives in their hands, and Mary Ann Kerwin told the to go out and call police. I went to the street door and did so, but before I could call a second time the prisoner seized me by the hair of the head and dragged me into the room. The &ceased then got up with th e i ntention of opening the windows, when k th. , pprisoner raised h , , knee and stabbed him tn . the " . Almon cr i ed "Oh dear , I am s t a bb e d , " an d t r u nl c4c id ove r on hi s back. The two Span i ards then toil as t h eir h ' els, but I p ursue d the ptisoner, calling out Stop him , k. hn ' ek. P 'En," And he was ultimately seized and brou g h t Cry ss-examined—l ra a ma id of all work, out of a situation. I went to tahehout to see m id cousin Mary Ann Kerwin, but I did not know it was a brothel. I don't know what th e girls wets who came to the door but they ea 4e wthieh house were unfortunate girls, by any of these peoplet a men. I saw nothing don , did I see any one raise at° provoke the Spaniards, nor that two of the girls, Smi t hpoker to them. Ido not know Who Om $9 ski d 9 0; 1 ctUcl Willis, were the two th, 4 41 414 oulitb, who QUARTER TO THREE. had been oat two or three houre, came in at the same .„ 963 i time as the Spaniards and the two young; women. ••• ~. 964 ii Mary Ann Ker w i n , th e l an dl ady of the brothel, 0 , ...s ci ost - N - statel that ther e wire five women who lived in the m • PR/CZ3 OF BR TISII FUNTDS O'CLOCK. riticEs house, and with the eilcc.ption. of one they were all 3 ~ar uent..lizdueet Anna. 8 per Cant. Console Annuities 9 6, ,,, %AI% 96 `A2 taring man, and had lodged in her house two New 3% per Cent. Arms. .. I actin Bonde 1,0004 96i2 his companion brought two girls to her home on the Consols for ' Account night already referred to, and said they wanted two beds Exchequer Bills. Pvt. i.OOO/. _ . p 64 p for the night. She told them that all her beds were en- ; .... LONDON, SUIT, but the prisoner and his companion - remained larking with the female lodgers who were sleeping in the parlour. The witness then gave the same account of the stabbing that was given by the last witness, and stated that when the de ceased reused to drink the gin, the prisoner threw the cow( nts of the glass on the table. Almon was taken to the hospital the same night. He had given no provo cation but refusing to drink the gin. Cross -examined—She was charged last April with rob bing a map, and tried at the Clerkenwell Sessions, where she was convicted and sentenced to six months' imprison ment. She robbed the man of two sovereigns, and since then two warrants had been issued against her fur as. saults, and on both occasions she was tined 10-. and 12s. Two women broke her windows and she returned the compliment on their beads. On another occasion, while she we' in the streets she was taken up for robbing a man of his watch. and tried in the City. She was con victed and sentenced to six months' irnurisonna , nt. She did not know how many Tim( s she had been fired and imprisoned for assault, but it was a good many. This witness was a tall gaunt-looking woman, about thirty years of age, with an exceedingly cuurse and re pulsive expression of features. Emily Willis, a prostitute, gave a similar account of the scene in the brothel. Cro , s-examined—The deceased skylarked with Mary Ann Smith. He had a cane in his hand. It was not a poker. The prisoner's companion wanted to stay with Smith, but she refused as he would not pay before hand. The prisoner e (mid have been very civil to me, but I would have nothing to say to him. When the prisoner and his companion brandished their knives some one certainly did seize the poker, but it was not the deceased. Mary Ann Smith, another prostitute, also gave corro borative evidence. Cross-examined—I was to have had four shillings and Emily Willis the same, but the money was not forth coming. Mary Donovan confirmed the evidenco of the previous witnesses. 03 41/8 32% 1 4:y 47 92 91 1 , 587 91% Cross-oxamined—There was a man named Wifferman in the room, and he had a poker in his hand when the stabbing took place. She believed he took it up in his own defence. John Wifferman, a German sugar baker, and the man referred to by the last witness, gave confirmatory evi dence. Cross-examined—l secured the poker to protect my self. I was afraid they would stab me too. I did not brandish it, but I took it from one side of the fireplace to put it on the other, so that it might be handy in case I wanted it. The circumstances attending the arrest of the pri soner were then detailed by two men and a policeman. Mr. Daniel Ross—l am a surgeon, and on the morn ing of the Bth of January I was called in to see the de ceased, He had a serious wound in the abdomen, and I ordered his removal to the hospital, where he afterwards died. The surgeon who attended the deceased in the hospi tal was too ill to be present today, but another medical gentleman who saw the deceased at the time he was dying, stated that he had no doubt whatever that his death was the result of the wound. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury for the de fence, and insisted that the prisoner must have received great provocation before he drew his knife upon the deceased. It was clear, he contended, that an at tempt was made to rob this man and his companion, and while they were labouring under the excitement which such an impression must have produced, they drew their weapons in self-defence. It was quite evi dent that there had been no premeditation in this case; the act was the result of an accidental quarrel, and it a as preposterous to suppose that it could be treated as a murder wilfully and maliciously committed in cold blood after calm deliberation. The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up the evidence, The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter. The prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment and hard labour. BOW-S'FREET,—.-{THIS DAY.) Thomas Lambert was charged with stealing a watch and chain, or the value of 101, the property of Mrs. idary Osborne. The statement of the prosecutrix was that, on the sth of November last, as she WAS passing through Tottenham -court-road on her way home, there was considerable obstruction on the footway, and the pri sorwr, who seemed to know her, accosted her by name, with an offer to conduct her through the mob, and see her safe home. She accepted the offer, supposing that the prisoner had some acquaintance with her, although she could not recollect anything of him. He attended her to her house, No. 9, Warren-street, and spent the greater part of the evening with her. He renewed his visits, and ultimately made her an offer of marriage, which was accepted. She provided him with money to discharge other preparatory expenses. The banns were accordingly published, and a day appointed fer the wedding; but in the meantime the prisoner represented that he owed about 1801,, which he hoped to bo able to pay off within three weeks or a month, and sug gested that it would be better to defer the marriage until after that time, lest her property should be attached for his debt. She consented, and lived with him as his wife, in her own house, from that time till last Monday week, letting him have on different occasions sums of money amounting to nearly 601. On that day his real wife presented herself with his child, and conse quently the prosecuteix ordered him to leave the house. He refused to do so, and violently assaulted her. Before he left the house he broke into the room where the watch was deposited, , and took it away without her knowledge. He had since come to her house repeat edly, and annoyed her very much. She wished only to recover her watch, and to obtain protection from further annoyance. The prisoner, in hi s d e f ence , sa i d that t h e prosecu trix had given him the watch and chain. lie added that she knew he was a marr i e d man from t h e t i m e that the marriage was put off. Mr. JARDINE having heard all the statements and re criminations of the parties, told the prosecutrix that she had acted very foolishly, and had herself only to blame. She could have expected nothing better than what she now co m pl a i ne d of. But he adv i se d the pri soner to give her up the watch, and her to give him his clothes. If the prisoner, who must be discharged at present, gave her in future the slightest a nnoyance, he (Ur. Jardine) w ou ld a ff ord her effectual protection. The parties then left the office. POST. OFFICE NOTIC E.-MONEY ORDEEB*—Barrow upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, will be opened as a minor money -order office, on the 6th February next. The issue and payment of money -orders has been discontinued at the minor money -order office at Bodenham, Herefordshire; post masters will, therefore, cease to draw orders for payment at that pla ce , an d will erase its name front the printed lists ac cordingly. • The Australian Steam Company (via the Cape of Good Hope) have announced that their first iron auxiliary steamer of about 1,500 tons regi-try and 3eo-horse power, will be ready to start for Port Philip, Adelaide, and Sydney, early in April. I t appears that th e company have purchased two boats, out of six which have been recently built at Glasgow for the Cunard Company, with the view, since entirely given up, of establishing a cheap line to Neiv York in conjunction with their present steamers, and that , at the same time the option has been obtained of taking two more. Eventually the Australian Company contemplate the em ployment of vessels of a larger size, but under existing cir cumstances promptitude was all-important, and those they have now purchased are capable of accommodating a great number of passengers, and are expected to realise a cora partitively high speed. Advices from Sydney bring the report of the Bank of New South Wales, adopted at the half-yearly meeting held on the 22d of October. The gross profits for that period, including the balance from last account, was 14,6651., leaving the disposable amount, after the deduction of expen diture, 11,4371. Of this 6,3201. has been appropriated to a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum; 4.3661. has been placed to the credit of the reserve fund; and 7511. has been carried to the account for equalising future dividends. _ LAUNCH OF THE AMAZONAS STEAM-FRIGATE.-- Etesterday was launched at Blackwell the auxiliary screw tonnage is 1,676 R p t o o r oi n v s e , r m e s a s m srs ' f rigate called the Amazonas. She was built by • 1, , gram and Sons, of Blackwall-yard, end is to be long 68-pounders on the main deck. Her a a n rr d a e n h g e em be e l n o t n s g . s to the Peruvian Go vernment. The ENGINEERS Littledale, and Messr:al harbourmaster of the city of London ed ll ia orn who I I:::ereLcihvosen ascomns.ferent •—The Mayor, Mr. core between the men and their and men. The latter had by and Lloyd, town councillors, e yesterday with both masters employers, had a chief interview, and stated gineelerwsfhoiLiverpool of men be their views in writing, their objection being the em they excluded men ployment by the master en e?; said, rather than longing to other benefit societie,; connected with the Amalgamated Society. They were wit rt of the anithe ling to submit to almost any t erms, t ? . :• sacrifice altogether the benefits to which, tion, they were entitled. On the retirement of subscriP. Messrs. M‘Gregor, Willie, and Preston, on the% the o f employers, had an interview with the mediators, requirements of the men were handed to them in They took away the document, and promised, after• graving Writing. it a full consideration, to return an early reply. yester d a y issued an address to th e electors THE REPRESENTATION OF GREEN WICH._ .. Houston Stewart of Greenwich, in which he states that in soliciting th eir suffrages he neither presumes upon official influence (the gallant officer being one of the Lords of the Admiralty), nor upon private friendship, but rests his pretensions upon an honest and anxious desire to support the author of the first Reform Bill in his promised measure for an existence of reform. CANTED lIURY, YEB. 5. —The retireme nt Plumptre from t h e representation o f thi s division county has plu nge d the district into all the bustle of elec tioneering ex c it ement. The High Sheriff has rece ived her of theMr of Majesty's writ directing the election of a knight to serve the eastern division, and t h e nomination has been fixed to take place on Monday, th e 16 t h inst., on Bareham-down. The contest is likely to be rather a severe one between Sir Ed ward Dering, Conservative, and Sir Brook W. Bridges. INsPLOTION OF COAL MiNEs.—The district hitherto inspected by Mr. Dickenson comprised the counties of Lan casnire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Sh ropsh ire and Worcester shire, and also N or th Wales. The district has been divided : Mr. Dickenson now takes Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershi re , and Mr. Wynne is ap po i nted to inspect the coal mines in Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales. Mr. Williath Lancaster, formerly of the Ince Hall Coal and Can nel Company, takes part of Mr. Dann's district, §coaand. LITERATURE, THE HEIR OF ARDENNAN. 3 Vols. By the Author of "Anne Dysart" album and Co. Regarding the second work of a writer as the se vet est test of his or her abilities, we are gratified to remark in the effusion before us no tokens cf retro gression, perhaps we might even say evidences, here and there, of progress in the way of improvement. " Anne Dysart," we took occasion on its original ap pearance, to commend as a fiction raised above the ordinary level of the domestic or romantic tales con tributed by the novelists of the day to our literature. Remembering the satisfaction with which we perused that production at the time, and remembering, more over, the earnest praise which we deemed it but right to accord to the narrator, we have recognised with no small degree of pleasure the fulfilment in some measure of that promise, and the justification of those encomiums in the very charming story in which are here recounted the adventures and vicissitudes of " The Heir of Ardennan." In her second composition, we perceive, it must be acknow ledged, but little more than the repetition, and it may be also the development to some extent and in sonic particulars, of the merits which in her first commended for the authoress at our hands very sincere and cordial commendation. There is ob. servable in both fictions, for example, the same de lightfully surprising skill in the discrimination of character, the carne graceful recognition of the balance of good and evil in human nature—a truth inculcated very admirably by Sir Bal wer Lytton in his drama of Not so Bad as we Seem—and, above all, the same generous insinuation of that most sweet and most pure morality which takes its root in the sanctuary and blossoms under the censers of religion. Not that the novelist is perpetually thrusting impertinent clip pings of this morality upon the reader, but that she is ever indirectly infusing its influence into their minds through the medium of the creations and the inci dents flowing from her imagination. For ex ample, the heroine of her present story—a story of domestic life in Scotland—is one of those truthful and loveable delineations in which the heart instinc tively beholds the incarnation of goodness. Caroline Irvine, nevertheless, is no model young lady —per haps we should say the very reverse—but something immeasurably better, a susceptible and bewitching character distinguished by the blending of passion, simplicity, and tenderness. It is impossible to trace the narrative of her fortunes without loving her in the end as earnestly as the most infatuated of her re latives. Conspicuous in the midst of the latter, of course, are her sister Agnes and her father the Major —Agnes a quiet, ladylike, thrifty, and industri ous spinster, who would infallibly have dwindled into a nonentity but for the amiability which is her dis tinguishing characteristic, and the Major, a testy, self willed, self-opinionated veteran, whose affection for his child would have called forth the sympathies of Parson Adams, and whose devotion to his profession must have infallibly secured for him the friendship of Uncle Toby. Associated with the graces and the sensi bility of Caroline Irvine the reader always thinks, with a sort of forgiving respect, of the sister drudging over her Berlin wool, and of the father babbling over the charms of his incomparable " Carry." Several of the personages introduced in the course of the story, the scene of which is only once removed to London and once to India, being otherwise restricted to the highlands or the lowlands of Scotland, are remarkable for the brilliant and yet natural colours in which they are depicted, the authoress dashing her sketches off with a rapid and masterly pencil, every touch replete with expression and every shade and outline suggestive. Nothing can be happier than the description of Mrs. Howard, the vain, silly, simpering simpleton, who at nearly forty, continues the girlish airs of a coquette, and who is not unjustly regarded by Mr. Ross as " only one remove from an idiot." Then, again, the whole family of the Bosses are painted with a felicity , of manner worthy of all praise, the good, vulgar, un assuming and hospitable mother (one of the most thoroughly agreeable among all the imaginary beings in the book), the sublime and sorrowing Maria, the inquisitive chatterbox Isabella, and William, who with his everlasting stories about the Countess Ida and the gifted Vervier, is little better than a nincompoop. Besides these, among the low lenders, there are the Yurvises—Mr. Purvis, a little, vulgar-minded, consequential cockatoo, al wa y s talking grandly about his titled acquaintance; Mrs. Purvis, larger in bulk, more vulgar-minded, more consequential,: and altogether more intolerable, and jabbering, moreover, with a perpetual emphasis which the authoress is obliged to italicise by way of distinction ; John, silly-looking, helpless-nosed, and awkward : but, more terrible than all, the daughter Jane, with her corkscrew ringlets, and her streami ng ribbons, and her fl o wers, a n d h er fine airs, with her eyes goggling up to the cornice, and her petticoats swaying to and fro with the affected "gentility" of her carriage. The hutnour ; of the chapters in which these same vulgarians are introduced is delicious—as may be seen more especially in the laughable record of the love scene in the pantry. Wattle, the gar dener, looking after his " floors," and Peggy the old domestic, marvelling at the wisdom of " the bairn," must not be overlooked as lending additional charms to the homely villa of Wallacefield, where Caroline is born and educated, and whence she pro ceeds at the age of sixteen on her first journey to visit her married half-brother in the Highlands at Locharrocb. Here it is that the real interest of the story commences. Here it is we encounter for the first time the silent but in reality gentle John Gor don, his grim but also warm-hearted wife Catherine, and—the hero of the novel—Malcolm. Mixed up in the plot with these and the before-mentioned per sonages are the beautiful Violet Smythe and the handsome Arthur Cornish. Out of the history of these two characters come the two most enthralling passages in the whole work—the incident on the ice where Arthur is nearly drowned while skating, and the death- bed scene of the unfortunate and broken hearted Violet. As we cannot but think that our authoress has in the person of Mr. Gordon, other wise Locharrocb, taken a hint from her own delinea tionshe hasof Mr. Bolton, a leaf so from , Bz , w: , cannot e, but think also that in her ore nor eser l i e p s t s i Sir Arthur Cornish, who is nothing m a married Steerforth. A ga i n , i n th e fi na l l ove scene, description of n the love scone that brings the fiction to a close, the influence of Charles Dickens is perceptible—the de claration of Caroline being merely a paraphrase of that simple, and because simple, most eloquent and touching acknowledgment of Agnes to David Copper field—" I have loved you all my life !" And here in this very scene we are compelled in justice to avow that we consider the authoress to have shown herself the least artistic. She should have refrained, we mear, from rendering the hero contemptible in our estimation, by making him act in a manner which he himself afterwards endeavours to repudiate—repre senting him as declaring his love to a girl be believes at the very time to be engaged to another. Apart from this, we must plainly avow that Malcolm Gor don, with all his amiable qualities and shrewdness of intellect, appears to us rather " slow" than otherwise. At any rate, we regard him as several degrees below Caroline Irvine in cha racter—and, therefore, as somewhat ill.selected for the hero, what though.he is the Heir of Ardennan. ^ Insomuch is ibis the 'feeling with which we close the narrative, that we can scarcely forgive the heroine for rejecting - Mjor Smythe, fop though he- was at times, white though his hands, and sparkling his brilliant. Poor Violet's story is what alone casts a ray of romance over the pages of the work under consideration, pages which are otherwise dedicated exclusively to a very clever, and in many respect., a very charming delineation of domestic life in Scot land. With this life the authoress every where be trays herself familiar, whether it be in depicting the trim parterres of Wailacefield, or the gleaming lochs and purple heather of the highlands, or the woods of Ardennan, or the solitary precincts of Locharroch, or the busy streets of Leitb, or the urban and sub urban splendours of the most princely capital in Europe—Edinburgh. If for nothing else, these three they insight into the peculiarities of the scenery inasmuch ag and the society of vaofflourmdes this s uld g be ra a p c h c i e e ptab a ! r e id for admirable not less Scotland. But besides these the story , as we have shown, has a variety of other andestimable excellences. It unfolds anew some of the minor and which the writer confesses to regard with the humility with the lofty unnoticed mysteries of the human heart—mysteries of the student, and yet, at the same time, purpose of the philosopher. It delineates, as we have observed, and occasionally with consummate skill, a variety of curious but natural characters. It relates a story of love, elevating and not enervating in its in fluence, and through the career of the heroine, Caro line Irvine, inculcates, as we have already remarked, indirectly but most persuasively, some very noble and chastening principles. From all these considerations, it will be comprehensible with what satisfaction we follow up the encomiums pronounced by ourselves upon "Anne Dysart" with others as deservedly pro nounced upon its successor, " The Heir of Ardennan." A I.IDDLESEX HOSPlTAL. — Yesterda the annual general court of th e governors of the abo v e-named charity was held at the institution, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart„ M.P., in the chair. The minutes of the several weekly board meetings recorded the bequests of various legacies, and of the presentation to the Museum by Mr. Jacob 13e1l of the specimens exhibited by him at the Great Exhibition. The income of the charity for the first year exhibits a fall ing-off to the amount of 600/., compared with that of the year before, and has been exceeded by the expenditure to the extent of upwards of 2,0001. Several thousand patients were relieved in the course of the year, and 256 are at pre sent in the hospital. The report having been adopted a vote of thanks was passed to the Marquis of Westminster, as Lord Steward, for a present of three large sacks of waste linen from the Palace for the use of the hospital. The govern ing officers for the ens u i ng year were then appointed, after which, on the motion of the Hon. Admiral Percy, the thanks oh f e lt d ie ay co t u e r r t m w in e a r t eg th iven to the c h a i rman, and the b usiness of A Manx fisherman lately sold some Lancashire cotton-spinners a quantity of dog-fish, at large prices', auadiug th e m that they were Manx mountain trout. FRIDAY EVENING, GREAT FLOODS IN YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE. SEVENTY LIVES LOST. Tli I.IIIS DA Y.- flolmfirth, a pripulous loFAlity in the %Vest Riding of Yorkshire, situated a few miles from the town of Huddersfield, has this day been the scene of one of the most terrific catastrophes we have ever had t o record, caused by the bursting of what is called the Bilberry Reservoir. This reservoir is situated in a part of the locality above the village of Holmfirth, to answer as a feeder to the mills, &c., of the district. By the recent heavy rains (which caused an unusual pressure of water upon it) it burst this morning so early as two o'clock. The ru3h of water was tremendous; cod the current, which flowed resistlessly upon the village below, ca used appalling devastation and destruc tion of human life. Whole rows of houses (one row alone having fifty-four persons in it) were carried away by the water; and mills and warehouses were also levelled with the ground. Aroused by such a terrible visitation, it i s impossible to describe the horror and consternation of th e i nhabitants who had escaped the wreck around th em. The streets were literally block aded with th e ruins of houses, warehouses, &c. The miszing inmates o f the destroved houses (most of whom had been no d ou b t sent into eternity while asleep, un conscious of th e i nstrument of their destruction) were the first objects of solitude and search. Bcdy after body was recovered,sixty were found dead. A ...t the time of writing, s Lull descriptin an o: how ever, it is impossible to give anything approximating to t hii withincalamity, w or hours an no less than estimate of the number of dead. o ,T r au f t p tl /11,: ec i i i.C wi C:1: 1, ACCOUNT. HUDDERSFIE A LD N , dreadful occurrence SDAY.—This morning a most is situated at the foot t of and destruction of property, miles south of this town. Holmfirth happened in .rstuhlelHoseshnoffivlitfhe a portion of what is Eng land." The valley Hudders field is studded witha range of hills which form between the " Backbone of been taken of the manyhi tesesnwhic that h village fi ow from and tthe hil l s woollen mills, advantage having fall of water from the to the lowlands presents. excellent sites which the rapid Upon the many streaml e w above Holmfirth the same characteristic and the several valleys it is presented, 11-sides teem with a busy required of the woollen emloatnhusffott•anw and enterprising population, • g b i e v erne very h. considerable por tiondich the West Riding is so celebrated being hadre in this locality. As in summer time the mills often water, there being but little from to - • stand for want of the hills in dry formed some years. (ago, wea ther, but more than enoug a b od i l were incorporated by Act wet, a company was of parliament, of gentlemen and em powered to construct large reservoirs let for the storage of water in winter, to b e d down the rivulets for the use of the rate the several mill properties for the benefits thus conferred. mills,in sum p m n e w r e , v a h s e i i t n g also might Co Amongst others the Holmfirth Reservoir Reservoir,ssioners con structed a reservoir called the Bilbemrrmi si tuated about three miles and a half above y k Holmfirth, to the south-west. During the last week there have been very continuous falls of rain, and the s water h over flowed the embankment of the reser vo i r for a a . eve several d a ys. Indeed, fears were previously ente r t a i ned of its safety by parties who resided near to it, and who were aware that it had never been accounted as a work of first-rate quality. Wednesday was a day of incessant rain • and were mach the rivulets and streams in the neighbourhood ' h swollen. About one this morning (Thursday) the em bankment of this large reservoir was swept away, and an immense volume of water thereby s u dd enly liberated. The torrent rushed onwards with devastatin g force - : some mills were swept down — others were - gutted —ma chinery and materials, both wrought and unwrought being either rendered worthless or carri e d away by the flood. Dwellings shared the same fate. Wi th a sudden ness that rendered all alarm impossible, the buildings with their sleeping inmates were swept along the engulph- ing torrent. At Holmfirth a whole street of houses was thus carried away, with their inhabitants, to the number of sixty souls. Hundreds of other dwellings were flooded, and the escape of many of the inmates from death has been most miraculous. The destruction of property has been enormous. The stocks of the shopkeepers who lined the streets on each side of the Holm° are wholly destroyed, or damaged so as to be all but worthless. The furniture and clothing of private dwelling -houses are also destroyed. One of the most beautiful valleys in the world has been rendered a scene of awful devastation! Bridges have been carried away, and large steam-engine boilers lifted from their seats, and borne along by the overwhelming torrent for miles, and then left in the fields. Trees torn up, and the soil washed away from the lands adjoining the course of the nsain stream. But more awful still, more than seventy lives have been lost! At the time we write it is impos sible to tell the exact number, or even to approximate to it correctly. Whole families are swept away, and there are none left to tell the number. Upwards of fifty bodies have been recovered. They are deposited at the several public-houses along the line of devastation; and the mangled appearance of many testify to the force of the torrent which had swept them before it. It is im possible in this hasty account to particularise; but it may be stated that millowners, shopkeepers, and work people have met with a common fate. The calamity is a most frightful one, likely to be the ruin of one of the most spirited of our manufacturing districts. All classes will suffer—the manufacturers from the loss of mills, ma chinery, and materials—the shopkeepers from the loss of stock, and the operatives from the loss of employment. Some of the bodies recovered were found fourteen miles from the place where the reservoir (the cause of this awful havoc) was situate. Preparations are being made for holding an inqzsst on the bodies already re covered. MANCHESTER, THIIRSDAY.—A flood, happily unat tended with any very serious consequences, occurred at Manchester, on Wedn es d ay t h roug h the over flowing of th e r i ver Irwell; and the two brooks,. which are . known as the rivers Medlock and Irk.. Rain throughout the day from fell continuously and with exceeding copi.usness morning, and the addition made to the river and . its tributary rivulets seems to have been very great in deed. The Irwell c ommenced rising about . eleven o'clock in the morning, and its rise from that time was regular and rapid until about seven o'clock; during one hour it is known to have gained an addition of fully . one a very early period in the . yard to its level, and nearl as much at other periods. By four o'clock the Irwell had overflowed its banks and laid the whole of the fields in Lower Broughton (which, as the name implies, is low land) under water, and by half-past four th ere were two rows of houses, filled with people, standing n ear to Brou g ht on -lane, in the midst of of nd thati an mmens o she e t of vvater, upheaved by a strong wi was blowing, and forced ' into a rough and tempest-tossed. lake. About the same time the Medlock d here for . a long time broke over its banks and submerged all the quarter of the town adjacent to Oxford-street, known as Little (from the fact that a colony of Irish had ex time was standing four feet deep in the houses of the inhabitants, many of whom had to rush up stairs with the utmost precipitancy to avoid a drenching. In Broughton the inhabitants of the houses at Broughton View were in the seine predicament, and many were i l s r t e e l d a u t obliged to leave carpets and other costly articles of and the water in a short six feet furniture covered w i th water to the depth of five or . Mr. Beswiek, chief s uperintendent of police, of Man chester, who lives in Br oughton -lane, was called to the spot, and procured the use of a boat, with which he pro ceeded to the houses to remove those who desired it to safer quarters, and to assure those who had more nerve ieh was not considered a safe pile of buildings, thirty per sons were removed. The same care was extended to that they would not be Little Ireland by Mr. Taylo r , superintee dent of the D division, who procured a boat, and rendered assistance to those who desired it, The inhabitants themselves, a l so obtained a coal-barge. and used it for the removal o f families, furnitur©, injured. From one row, which and liv w hich there is a lar e stock, such as pigs, of water got into the low number kept in the vicinity. The • s ortions of many mill seeded e ed in putting on the banks of the Ir p well, and generally suc ceedut the b e oiler fires ; and sostopping the machinery; but in no ne h a ; an Y greater damage than the loss of time been susta,neu, except in one case where a sudden irruption of water into a patent candle ma"' wchoenntinituceodnttitiouerdisefour factory destroyed a good deal of material in course of preparation, and it is thought that a loss of 1001. will whe let out boats for hire on the Irwell, have had their sheds on the banks of that river washed away and seve ral of their boats destroyed. Barley calculates his loss be incurred. Two poor men 'lamed Barley and Addey, at 40L, in boats, and apparatus for building and storing and with great velocity flow equally, . LICE— falling. Th e re has not been a flood of equal magnitude in Manchester for at least a ustiolmabeoutitmhealtfo dozen years. Tidings reached Manchester yesterday peat s ' eve T n he o'c w le a c t k er , that a reservoir of great length and breadth, in the Holmfirth valley, near Huddersfield, burst its banks on Wednesday niht, and washed away a large mill and a ly a vestige of house, leaving scare , them standing; and that in the village of Balmbrth itself the damage great devastation, besides several lives lost. The done is computed at above 20,000/ arranged. y r • t e h t : n r a e.d b a oi l s e a d : : t at o . 0 f the two EASTERN stat t ed " a llTiEs days since i NORTHERN - OR od THE I R v differences N o THE wA ys. \ve poaunn y t,ie a rf s t a e r . n r ei t c o e r ay_ few • RAILWAYS.—We these companies bad been arnibciabhc learn that by the arrangement sary consequence, ceases to run trains between Peterbo the Ea t ter Counties Com pany s e u n l brancht t s e e n m tl yo - becomes intact. The Great Northern. Corn rough and Wisbeach. The other traffic arreiatunhigdoeurmt gi l y t e is to p t r h e e . b p u r a b c l e i o d , e b t u a t i l t s h w e y h i in i o e o s m a n p d a r t a o t ipvree ruin en t t t h e a to L ilt oe c ft arh m i .1 y p i i n e d.r t_ ieno. l i re o et n al ei:wnpt asterni n pany have now simply to construct , the Harwich to death in competi sumed that the arrangement secu res the East Anglian lease t e e h nd we to a d r e e v n e o lo t p to the Eastern Counties Compan y. t a i ff o o n r , d th th e em rea t o h n e rn m es ea o n f s A man October last by the Court of Assizes a the. Landes, for mur der, was executed four days ago atArjuzaux, the place in which the crime was committed, After his condemnation he was confined in the prison of.D.lodnt-de-Marsan. On being named Macque, condem n e d . told that his last day had arrne . , h e complained that no notice had been given him of the time of his execution, and proceeded to dress himself wit Feat care . He partook of breakfast, and drank several glasses.of w ine. The commis sary of police solemnly asked , him if he acknowledged his guilt, but he answered "No. He was then conveyed to Arjuzaux, accompanied by a priest,. who gave him every consolation. He requested food, wh ich was supplied. He then demanded to be allowed to live two hours longer, but was told that could not be granted. tx -4e walk e d firmly to the scaffold, engaged in prayer, kissed the crucifix and ex horted the crowd to take warning from hi s fate. He then gave himself into the hands, of the executioner, and a mo znent after his head fa- .-=Calagnanz. FEBRUARY 6 3 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 tigst La Gazza Ladra 20 to 1 agst Chieftain 20 to 1 agst Cogia The above bets were taken to 101. each. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 15 to 1 apt Duke of Bedford's Hesse Homburg— taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann—taken and afterwards offered CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Confessor—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Martinson's Nancy—taken and after wards J. e 20 to 1 agst Mr. . Pill d ing's High Sheriff 33 to 1 agst Mr. Parkinson's Grand Duke 33 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Ringleader 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkinson's Neasham—taken 40 to 1 cgst Duke of Bedford's Heise Homburg—take 50 to 1 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Hippolytus —take 50 to 1 50 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Cooke's c out of Duc-an-Durras's dam—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Gooch's Surprise—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Farrance's Cardinal Wiseman—t. Confessor was backed freely in the first instance at 20 to 1, and finally at 18 to I. The outlay on the other horses quoted was inconsiderable, and the prices, with the exception of Nancy, who was less in favour, and High Sheriff, very nearly the same as on Monday. DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Hobbie Noble—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur—taken and after wards offered 14 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio—taken and after wards offered 14 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Claverhonse—taken and afterwards offered 16 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist 20 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbing's Alfred the Great—taken 20 to 1 agst Sir R. Bigot's Filius. A considerable outlay on Lapidist, resulting in an im provement of four points, was the principal feature of the betting on the above event. Augur, Orelio, Claver house, and Alfred the Great, were backed to some amount, but without leading to any noticeable change in the quotations. OAKS. 75 to 25 agst the Duke of Richmond's Red Hind . - THE CHESTER CUP ACCEPTANCES. We are authorised to state that Herbert was left in by mistake. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1852. Acceptances for the City and Suburban Handicap. Aphrodili, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Alonzo, 5 yrs, Bst 51b— Prime Minister, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—Bordeaux, 5 yrs, Bst llb —The Italian, 5 yrs, 7st 111b—Thornhill, 6 yrs, 7st 111 b —Merry Peal 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Hungerford, 4 yrs, 7st 61b —Guy Mannering, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Ianthe, 4 yrs, 7st 61b —Jack-in-the-Corner, aged, 6st 131b—Kilmeney (late Lily), 4 yrs, Est 81b—Edward of York, 4 yrs, Est 81b— Diligence, 5 yrs, 6st 81b—Lucio, 3 yrs, 6st—Odessus, 3 yrs, sst 131 b—B cby Cotherstone, out of the Wry neck, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Mary Anr, 3 yrs, sst 71b—The Brahim, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Greengage, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Julien, 3 yrs, sst 21b—B f by Lanercost, out of Cytherea, 3 yrs, sst Lady Isabel, 3 yrs, Set—Flounce, 3 yrs, 4st 1 llb—Mer lin, 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Butterfly, 3 yrs, 4st 71b—Snarry, 3 yrs, 4st Mb—Surprise, 3 yrs, 4st 51b. The rest pay 5 sovs each. The highest weight accepting being Bst 61b, it was raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Worcestershire hds., Mon. Ombersley; Wed. Ply mouth Arms, !Jewell; Fri. Coventry Arms (High green)-10i. Herefordshire hds., Tnes. Whitfield--10f. Warwickshire hds., Mon. Hampton Coppice; Tues. Mitford-bridge; Thurs. Lower Shuckburgh; Fri. Upton House. Shropshire hds., Mon. Ercall Mill; Thurs. Worthen Lord Redesdale's hds., Mon. Boulter's Barn; Wed. Wilcote; Fri. Bourton•bridge; Sat. Dean Cross-roads Wi3eatland lids., Wed. Hay-gate-10. Ludlow lids., Tues. Bircher-common; Fri. Cookridge eoppice-10k. Ledbury nds., Mon. Perrystone; Fri. Edwin's-wood —lOl. Upton-on-Severn harrs., Tues. Northend-green. Mr. Conyer's hds., Tues. Old Sampford-11. Crawley and Horsham hds., Mon. Silgate Lodge; Wed. Nuthurat Village; Fri. Balcombe Mr. Lushington's lids., Tues. Ringleston; Fri. Stone Stile Farm-11. Monmouthshire lids., Mon. Penissa Pluid Toll Bar; Tri. Skenfrith Bridge-10i. Mr. Lee Steere's lids., Mon. Plaistow Village; Thurs. Newbridge House-11. N. W. H. hds., Tues., Red Lodge; Thurs. Stanton Park; Sat. Williamstrip-104. Brighton harre., Mon. Pateham; Wed. Race Course; Sat. Duke-10. - -- Brookside parrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs Telscom be Tye-10i. Southdown hds., Mon. Polemate-10i. THE ARMY. The 52d and 633, at Limerick, are picking up lots a recruits: The 3d Buffs depot beat up for recruits in the town of Boyle on Saturday, and they have reduced the stand ard height to 5 feet 6i inches. Last Saturday the 81st enlisted 15 young men at Bor risoleigh, who proceeded to Templemore. The 6th depot at Nenagh has enlisted a number of able y oung paupers from the union workhouse. Several young men employed in the Waterford and Limerick Railway E xtension works, have enl i ste d i n the 89th Regiment, at Clonmel. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Right Hon. the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., commences his levees for the sea son on Tuesday, the 10th inst., and every subsequent Tuesday, when Sir F ranc i s w i ll grant interviews to thirty officers. Rear Admiral Prescott, C. 8., went out to Spithead with the gentlemen from the Pay Office, in the Ports mouth, yacht, and paid the Retribution, steam-frigate, Captain Warden, six months p ay. Assistant Surgeon—Dr. F. C. Sibbald (1846) has been appointed to the Tyne, store-shin, at Woolwich. Barracouta, steam-sloop, at Chatham, is fitting as an advance steamer of the first division at Sheerness. Hydra, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave, having had her compasses adjusted, and taken in her powder and live shells in hirbour, went out and anchored at Spitbead on Tuesday evening. She will sail on the 7th instant, for the Cape, as we have before stated. Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C. 8., has commenced entering men, to fill up to her sea-going complement, 820. DOCKYARD.—The following changes have taken place consequent on the death of Mr. Richard Parsley, fore man of the ropemakers at Chatham: —Mr, John T. Taylor, foreman of ropemakers at Devonport, has been transferred as foreman to Chatham. Mr. W. Snook, layer at Portsmouth, to be foreman at Devonport, vice Taylor. John Johnson, leading man at Chatham, to be layer at Portsmouth, vice Snook. W. A. Flood, acting leading man, to be leading man, vice Johnson. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—We had a most Severn gale of wind last night, with heavy squalls. Tbe.sbips at Spithead, consisting of the Britannia, the Retribution, the Fury, and the American packet Ocean Queen, all rode safely, with topgallantmasts on deck and yards braced to the wind. At the meeting of the Portsmouth town council held this week, a proposal was made by Mr. Childs, and 51... conded . by Mr. Vendenbergh, that the t h an k s o f th e council be presented to Vice-Admiral Le Blanc, Port- Admiral of Brest, for having so promptly sent out a steamer, unsolicited, to endeavour to rescue the survi vors of the ill-fated steam-packet Amazon. The motion was carried by acclamation, and the sentiments of the council were ordered to be engrossed on vellum and emblszlned for presentation to the gallant French chief. The Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, was to have been paid advance to-day, but the very foul state of the weather has prevented Rear-Admiral Prescott and the officers of the Pay-department from going off to Spit head to perform the duty. It is expected Rear-Admiral Dundas will hoist his flag on board of her on Saturday, and sail the same or the following day for the Mediter ranean. PORTSMOUTH GARRISON.—A rumour is strongly sup ported in military circles here that Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., will be appointed to com mand-in-chief the south-western and home districts, a Major-General being stationed in this garrison. We give the report as we have received it. WOOLWICH, FEB. s.—Commander Charles G. Phillips (1848), at present studying steam at the factory at Woolwich dockyard, and who accompanied Sir John Rosa in the Felix on his searching expeditionin the Arctio regions in 1850 and 1851, has again volunteered to proceed in any future expedition in wh ich his services may be approved of by the Admiralty. TilE ENGLISH PRESS. (From the Tams.) The Earl of Derby remarked with c - ns id era bl e em phasis in his stecch on the Aa!dress, that us in these days the English cress aspires to share the influence of statesmen, so also it must share in the responsibilities of statesmen. If the first of these propositions be estab lished, the second follows as matter of course; and we, of all men, are the least dispoied to lower the proper functions or to deny the responsibilities of the power we may derive from the confidence of the public. But, be that power more or less, we cannot admit that its main purpose is to share the labours of statesmanship, or that it is bound by the same limitations, the same duties, the same liabilities as that of the Ministers of the Crows. The purposes and the duties of the two powers are constantly svparate, generally independent, some times diametrically opposite. The dignity and the freedom of the press are trammelled from the moment it accepts an ancillary position. To perform its duties with entire independence, and conseque nt l y with the utmost public advautsge, the press can enter into no close or binding alliances with the statesmen of the day, nor can it surrender its permanent interests to the convenience of the ephemeral power of any Go vernment. The first duty of the press is to obtain the earliest and most correct intelligence of the events of the time, and instantly, by disclosing them, to make them the common property of the nation. The statesman collects his in formation secretly and by secret means; he keeps back even the current intelligence of the day with ludicrous precautions' until diplomacy is b ea t en i n the race with publicity. The press lives by disclosures; whatever passes i nto i ts keeping becomes a part of theknowledge and the history our our times ; it i s d a il y an d f or ever sifap pealingtieipatietgo. the e n li g h tened force of public opinion—an ticipating, extending theb i r t e s a s c o h r vebyle o t the betweenh preciselyet the ehorizont hp march ere rs ee ye eotorf and reverse. e.. the e e t u n h we t e s o—r cautiouslyl s d t . future,a n Ta i hn n g de statesman's duty i s guards from the public eye the information by which his actions and opinions are regulated; be reserves his judgment on passing events till the latest moment, and then he records it in obscure or conventional language; he strictly confines himself, if he he wise, to the practi cal interests of his own country, or to those bearing im mediately upon it; he hazards no rash surmises as to the future; and he concentrates in his own transactions all that power which the press seeks to diffuse over the world. The duty of the one is to speakof the other to be silent. The one expends itself in discussion—the other tends to action. The one deals mainly with rights and interests—the other with opinions and sentiments. The former is necessarily reserved—the latter essen tially free. It follows, therefore, from this contrast, that the re sponsibilities of the two powers are as much at variance ' as their ditties. For us, with whom publicity and truth are the air and light of existence, there can be no greater disgrace than to recoil from the frank and accurate disclosure of facts as they are. We are bound to tell the truth as we find it, without fear of consequences— to lend no convenient shelter to acts of injustice and oppression, but to consign them at once to the judgment of the world. Statesmen, it is said, have duties of a nicer order; they are bound to repress the throb of in dignation which will rise at the sight of evils and op presions they cannot avenge; they are prone to pursue particular objects rather than to pledge themselves to general principles; they aro forbidden to risk for an in stant the important interests confided to their care; and, though the support of public opinion is essential to their i success, it is only by rare and occasional efforts that they can attempt to guide it. If the public writer shares in any degree the influence of the statesmen, he shares at least few of those per sonal objects which constitute so large a part of ordi nary statesmanship. He is not toiling or sacrificing the best years of his life and the best faculties of his nature in the pursuit of personal aggrandizement, for none can either reward or corrupt the obscure course of his labours. Even the triumph of his opinions is not accompanied by the applause of a party or the success of a struggle for patronage and power. Those opinions which he has defended, and, so to speak, created, slip from him in the moment of their triumph, and take their stand among established truths. The responsibility he really shares is more nearly akin to that of the econo mist or the lawyer, whose province is not to frame a system of convenient application to the exigencies of the day, but to investigate truth and to apply it on fixed principles to the affairs of the world. The responsibility we acknowledge has therefore little in common with that of statesmen, for it is esti- ' mated by a totally different standard of rectitude and duty. Of all professions statesmanship is that in which the greatest laxity of practice is tolerated by the usages of society. Concealment, evasion, factious combina tions, the surrender of convictions to party objects, and the systematic pursuit of expediency, are things of daily occurrence among men of the highest character once embarked in the contention of political life. We know not if these be useful or essential parts of statesman ship, and we more than suspect that Lord Grey would confess by his own experience that they are not so. But we know that they are absolutely destructive to the credit, the power, and the success of a public writer; and he who would traffic with his pen on such terms had better take refuge at once among those mercenary hacks who court the favours of every successive Govern ment. Of all journals, and of all writers, those will obtain the largest measure of public eupport who have told the truth most constantly and most fearlessly. Again, the eyes of a Minister are rivetted upon the interests of his own country, and his duties can scarcely be said to extend beyond it. The press owes its first duty to the national interests whica it represents, but nothing is indifferent to it which affects the cause of civilization throughout the world. The press of Eng land, standing, as it now does, alone in the enjoyment of entire freedom, would grievously neglect its exalted pri vileges if it failed to recollect how much is due to the common interests of Europe. It may alit the purposes of statesmen to veil the statute of Liberty, and to mut ter some formulary of disingenuous acquiescence in foreign wrongs, dictated by their fears rather than by their convictions; but we prefer to await for our justi fication the day when the entombed and oppressed li berties of Europe shall once more start into lite, and array themselves under the standard to which we cling. For to what, after all, are the statesmen of Eng land to look for strength and national power, if injuries and offences rise against us, but to the enlightened re solution of the people of England to uphold the princi cip lea on which our own polity and independence aro founded? Far from thinking that language of too great energy and effect has been employed to convey to our countrymen a true and just impression of the political condition of the great nation which exists within a few miles of our own coasts, we fear that this sudden change in the state of France is still but imperfectly under stood in all its formidable consequences to Europe, and possibly to ourselves. I t i s the unquestionable duty of Ministers to watch over the maintenance of our pacific relations with other States, and to dis claim all that might be erroneously construed into hostile intentions on our part, while they provide effi ciently for the independence and security of Britain against all contingencies. But it seems to us the first duty of public writers is to take care that the people of England are not lulled into indifference to the destruc tion of liberty and the violation of political rights in such a country as France, since that liberty and those rights were the chief pledges of our pacific relations and our common interests. It is our duty to point out danger, however remote, whether it consist in the uncertain policy of a neighbouring State, or in our own disarmed condition ; and a tar hecevier weight of resp o nsibility than we now bear m i g h t b e la i d to our charge if w e h a d neglected to describe th e l a t e occurrences in France i n their true colours, or if we h a d a ff ecte d to acquiesce,i from a shortsighted an d m i sta k en po li cy , i n a revolution which call. for the utmo s t vig il ance on the part of this country and of the rest tic Europe. - --- ST. MARTLEBONE BANK FOR SAVINGF, NO. 76 WELRECK-STREET, CAVENDisn-SQUALL. -"The twenty second annual general meeting of this insti tution was held on Thursday, the sth of this month, at the office, No. 76 , Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square; the R ev. John * Hume Spry, D. U., in the chair. It appeared from the several reports read to the meeting that the progress of the b an k during the past year had been of a satisfactory description ; no less than 2,526 new deposits having been made in the last year. 22,176 deposit accounts remained open on , November last, of which 16,859 held balance s the 20th av eraging less than 31. Os. sd. each. The sum in the hands of the Government on the 20th November, 1851, as per receipt ~ from National Debt Office, signed by Si r A. Spearman, Bart , , and laid bef ore the ••• ••• meeting handswas ...,i3,14 of the treas urer, Sic Claude 034 3 5 In the Edward Scott, Bart., whose a k m ent was likewise produced c nowledg- In the hands of the actuary ••• ••• 1,750 0 1 .11. ••• 29 9 8 The balance due t o d epositors at that date £345,813 13 2 as per balance-sheets produced ... ... 344,980 8 0 The balance Surplus ... £833 5 2 350,5541. O s. 7 d to depositors h as s i nce r i sen t o . due The advices from New York by the Atlantic describe increasing ease in the money market, and much firmness in all d escriptions of securities. For money at call the highest rates now obtainable were from sto 6 p er cent. The message of the Governor of Virginia had been received. o __ ., 1 It showed the debt cf that State to be which under the existing sinking fund, will be liquidated the 11,921,03tAadtednsin message of the course of thirty-three years. From la to 1890. dolls., redeemable at different various periods for the past After paying the interest on this, the receipts Governor Lowe states the deb 0 t d 3 e at 0 3 p 1 5 , 290 , 66 8 l Under these cir cumstances,sinkingdolls., is year exhibit a surplus of 420,954 o c uf them s ta nc State,es which k looking atnow th e fact eeh d e a d that 2, t 2 h 5 e 3 to be paid off, the property-tax. This reduction increasing in a ratio beyond the ra amounts of debt here afterrnproorpreecommends a reduction of 20 per cent. from the existing thecoming year to the extent of will affect the receipts of for that circumstance, the esti mates dolls. There was nothing 149,341 dolls., but allowing o mates present au excess of Gclve failures have taken place among later from California. s on e a w e. Orleans, but apparently they were The latest accounts from the notthe c o o f tt m on u d eh ealers at i colleting a revolutionary band for the Caravajal was g Mexican frontier were to the 6th January, at which date purpose another attempt upon Matamoros. From no additional news, but the fact of the immedi ately alleged th there w a s d was confirmed, recent local disturbances in that city having been suppressed INCOME-TAX APPEALS FOR THE CITY ' under the —The Commissioners for General Purposes, acting on Wednes above Act, have given notice that they will meet.lighall-street, the 18th inst., at their offices, No. 36, Ba si f hearing day, purpose 0 at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the A and Bof the and determining appeals under Scheduleslnk themselves ag grieved Act, from all persons who shall til . OF LONDON. assessors for the said grieved by the assessment made by parish of -- written notice of ditanients, and who have delivered with respect of lan , l ef Taxes for the dis such their intention to the Surveyo r of the City will be trict. The different pari s h es Oro d_st,l:te:ements, and here ' taken alPtlibetiCADY• PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Souse of Commons.) THURSDAY, F&B. 5. The following:Railway Bills were ordered to be brought in Chester and Holyhead. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 1). Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2). D er by s hire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction. The a ion. The undernamed Railway Bills were presented, first, and ordered to be read a second time ; London and North-Western . Blyth and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter (Yeovil Branch). London, Tilbury, and Southend. London and North- Western and Buckinghamshire. Shrewsbury and Chester. M onmou thshire Railway and Canal. Dundalk and Enniskillen. Edinburgh and Glasgow. Vale of Neath. Midland Great Western of Ireland. BAM(.—The annual meeting LIVERPOOL of the proprietors was held yesterday at the Clarendon . Mr. J. A. Turner .. in the chair. The report showed roon t 3s in , addition to a dividend of 6 per cent. paid to the pro prietors, a much larger amount had been realised. The old prietors, debt account bsd been written o ff i n full, whilst a surplus of ,7001. 12s. 6d. had been carried over, making a valid 56,526/. 3s, 6d. Th e report was adopted, the surplus of chai rm an congratulating the proprietors on the favourable pos ition of affairs. Early on Saturday morning, at Accrington, a by stander rushed into a burninghouse for the purpose o f sa ving some children whom h e erroneous l y su pposed Were i n the building, and was unable to return. Wben the fire ww exliriguaind his rereeirie were foulicl burnt to "derth - FURTHER DISCOVERIES OF G()L.D. By tho ship Phccalciati, which has arrived fr , an Syd ney in eighty-four days (the quickest passai..o ever made), we have six weeks later dates from New Stauth Waits, giviog accounts of further discoveries of gold in various parts of the colony, and disclosing the most at l O t mphiary be remembe.reand the Turon d t w h o a n t d t e h r e fu fi l ;set sdiscoveries d w i r g e e r river, in the Bathurst district, about 150 miles north west of Sydney. The last discoveries are at Braid wood, about 200 miles south from Sydney; and, from private letters, it appears that these diggings are likely to star pass all that have 3et been tried in any part of Port Philip or New South Wales. The amount of go ld re ceivod in Sydney is now about 17,0001. per we e k. Th e total value of gold shipped from Sydney amounted to 218,9471. 6q. 3d. ; the price was 635. per oz. Bills on London, drawn against gold, 6 per cent. discount. A large number of diggers left town per Shamrock steamer on Saturday last, with the intention of landing at Brosler (about 200 miles south of Sydney) and pro ceeding from thence to the Arslune and Braidwood dig gings. Our intelligence from that quarter is more en couraging than ever, and success seems to be more cer tain than either at the Turon or Ophir, and many mines are doing exceedingly well. Forty licences have been taken out for a waterhole which has been partly drained, and the proprietors anticipate golden results when they reach the bottom. The T uron h as been more than ordinarily quiet since our last in consequence of the impossibility of working the river f rom the late heavy rains. A tremendous storm was exp er i enced on Sabbath last which caused considerable i n j ury to many of the tents. At Ophir matters continue as usual. Tenders have been invited for the Waterhole at the junction of Lewis Ponds and Summeshill Creeks, and an application has been made for one lower down. The escort brought down from Ophir 133 ounces, Bathurst 173 ounces, and Sofala 3,701 ounces; Gundagai 160 ounces Braidwood 240 n value 17 d ounces, an Mudge os s 1 4 2 ounces : i n all, 5,474 o unces, or i,7901. 1. The price remained firm at 545. to 645. 6d. up to Thursday, when it suddenly rose to 655., at which large quantities were purchased by a mercantile house desi rous of remitting 10,0001. by a vessel which sails on Tuesday next, and, consequently, before another escort can come in. It was necessary, therefore, to make a push to accomplish that object, and miners and dealers must not be disappointed to find the price fall as sud denly as it rose immediately after that vessel's depar ture, as nothing but the fact of 10,0001. being in the market could have raised the price from 635. 6d., with exchange at 5 per cent., to 65e. with exchange at 6 per cent. The tender for Government gold was accepted at a fraction over 655. Total gold shipped to this date 218,940/. 6s. 3d. Exchange on London drafts against gold. 6 per cent. discount; freight, 1 per cent. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEE. 5. The following were the additions to the Royal dinner party yesterday :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Ba roness de Speth, Lord Cowley, Lord Portman, and the Hon. Mrs. Grey. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and performed the following selection : Overture, "Brasseur de Preston" ... Adam. Romanze, " Es: seas ein Maegdlein," from the opera of " Casilda " Ernest,Duke of Styrer-Landler .. Saxe-Co bourg.. ... ... ... Kaliwoda. &cit. and Naehtigallen Duett, "Es war die Nach tigull die sang" (Casilda) ... ... • Ernest,Duke of Sax( -Cobourg. • Ernest,Duke of Saze-Cobou. Her Maje s ty' s p r i vate b and attended afterwards in th rg e evening, and performed the fallowing compositions; Overture, "Le Serment" Auber. Solo, Violin, M. Sainton, " Le Carnaval de Venise" Paganini. Scherzo Nottur no , "Midsummer Night's Dream"... •.. Mendel sso h n. Selection. Ball e t, " Stradella" Flotovr. The Queen walked in the Home Park and Slopes this morning. Ballet from the opera " Casilda" The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Royal children took walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this forenoon, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable A. Gordon. The Marquis of Westminster, Lord Steward of the Household, arrived from London this forenoon at the Castle, and had an audience of the Queen, to present the address of the House of Lords, in answer to her Majesty's Speech on the occasion of opening Parliament. Lord Marcus Hill, the Treasurer of the Household, also ar rived from London and had an audience of her Majesty, to present the Address from the House of Commons in answer to the Speech from the Throne on the opening of the present session of Parliament. The Queen was attended by Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting. Invitations have been received by the following per son2ges who are expected to arrive at the Castle to day: The Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl and Countess of Miwo, Viscount and Viscoun tess Mahon, Lord and Lady Ashburton, Lord Broughton, and the Right Hon. T. 13. Macaulay. Lord Cawley left the Castle this afternoon. M. Van de Weyer, Ole Belgian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Tlis Excel lency hod an ietervieiv with the Right Hon. Henry La,- houchere yesterday, at the office oF the Board of Trade. Mr. Abbott Lawrence, the American Minister, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. Mr. Osborne had an intervi ew w ith Lord Joh n R usse ll on Wednesday, at hisorlici a l res id,- nee i n D own i ng - street. ofm r L . or A d da S i t r r , ad m br .p ok ., e, an S d ir Ed ward d G ep o u o t c a h ti , o ß n a , Burt., consisting Pete, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, on the sul , jfct or Equa lising the county rates of the county of Suffolk. Major-General the Hon. George Cathcart, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Mr. Cripps had also an interview yes terday with the Noble Earl, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Rumbold, M.P., had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. Mr. Moatyn, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey, Dispatches were received from the Governor of New South Wales yesterday, at the Colonial-office. ,IP John-street, SHIPWRECK.— street, Adelphi, the Yesterday, a meeting of the general committee of the Royal Nationarlnstitution for the o Preservation of Life from Ship wreck was held at the REWARDS FOR the president of the society, r _ Duke of NorthemberLnd, in the chair, supported by M • Thomas Wilson, Captain SAITOL s Ellice, R.N. (comptroller -general of the Coast Guerd); Captain Washington, R.N. ; Captain Mellardy, R.N. Ctain Jerningham, R.N. ; Colonel Colquhoun, P A Captain I .•Captain i ,__ ro . - lefield, R.N• , Jeer tt , Captain Ward, R.N. •, Cap tain Preston, Mr. Edward Hurry,and Mr. W. S. • , Tae minutes of the previous meeting having * ' . been read by the secretary, Mr. Lewis, a reward of lll. was voted to the crew of the Holyhead life-boat, i n ver y laudable and persevering e consideration o f t h e i r of the passengers (43) of the 'Pertions in aving the whole which was wreck e d i n Holy head own of Wexf or d steamer, Bay on the 4th J anuar y last. The silv er medal of the institution was ordered to be presented to corrunis:iioned-b Dunbar Coast- guard (Ann an J ames Brown, of the Station. in appreciati o n o f hi s ga ll an t conduct in having twice, at the p er il o f hi s life, jumped into _master and o ne o f t h e crew o f t h e schooner Susan, recent occasion cn the I ellow Carr Point, near I unbar, the remainder of the crew having seen rescued from their perilous position by means of a hoe other belongingto the . men coast - guard, who were reworded 'by with a grant of 5/. Th e medal of the •' Society etas also voted to be presente i to l'. il liam Rancliffe, coxswain of the Southport life-boat, who Was stated to have assisttd, during the past seventeen years, in saving 90 per: ons fr, m shipwreck. The praiseworthy services of poor Irish boatmen, who had laudably exerted themselves in saving two persons who had been capsized from a boat in Rutland Bay, county of Donegal, a few weeks since, were rewarded with 21. The special le to of thanks of the institution was resolved to be presented to several officers and gentlemen who had creditably exerted themselves in assisting to save their fellow-creatures from a watery grave through shipwreck. TRANSFER Booss.—Notice was issued yesterday , at the Bank of England, .that the transfer books for the un permentioned annuities, due the sth day of April next, will be closed and opened on the following days, viz.—Bank Stock, from Thursday the 11th of March, until Thurs day the 15th of April ; Three. and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities, from Friday the 12th of March, until Friday the 16th of April; Reduced Three per Cent. Annaitiee, from Thursday the 11th of March, until Thursday the 15th of April ; L ong Annuities, from Thursday the 11th of March, until Thursday the 15th of April; An nuities for Terms of Years, from Thursday the 11th of March , un til Thursday the 15th o f A pr i l. East Ind i a House.—The transfer books for East India Stock will be shuton Thursday the 4th of March next.' at 3 P.M., until Thursday the 15th of April following. South Sea House.—The transfer books for South Sea Annuities will be closed from Thursday the 11 th of March, until Thursday the 15th of April next. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN B LA CKFRIARS-ROAD.—At half past five o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out upon the premises of Mr. Joseph A. Addison, known as the at B roadwall Steam Saw Mills, situate _ adwall, Stamford -street, B lack f r i ars - r oad. Seve 110 i, Bro ral engines w ere speedily upon the spot, and a supplyresa‘- nature oot of water easily procured ; but from the inflammable had attained ,rinaterials, and the hold which the conflagrationiiremen at once e upon a large mass of sawn deals, the saw that the to endeavour 1 best plan would be for t i them huthe building, toand prevent confine the flames, if possible, within g i n affected, in event the , adjoining houses fron The destruction which, by great of the saw mills exertions, they succee de d. together with was, however, complete , than an hour. nearly the whole of the contents, in less surmised that The origin of the fire is unknown; but 'l's saw-dust or shavings the previous upon the saevening before c losed their day's th e workmen labour, and, after smoulder , • the whole of the night , ing during in A r' , suddenly burst into a flame in ter morn .g. s far as we could learn no one has received ponal iujury ; but we fear that the proprietor i n sured—a fact the l ess to be ' was un accounted for when it is recollected that the same building was entirely destroyed - by fire about two years since, and the then proprietor was also uninsured. The amount of property destroyed in the instance present must certainly, even upon a low estimate, be at least 1,0004 NORTH DRvoN RAILWAY.—The works on this line were formally resumed on Monday. The first sod of the new works was cut b y the lion. Newton Fellowes, assisted by Mr. Sharland, th e c h airman of the company, in the presence of a large party of the landowners and other inhabitants of the district. It is understood that every exertion will be made by Mr. Brasse as soon as possible. Y, the contractor, to complete the works A Brighton mackarel boat, belonging to Mr. May, boat-builder, shot her nets ene night during the past week, and succeeded in catching upwards of 7,000 tine MAI, which fetched about 904 ~....,' 0 dOt• % % " irg e elh 9t !f e l Pr':e