The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-24 00:00:00

';+C^~'Xf~x WYTAORG, JAN. 10.—The Ann I\l'Kenzis, from Stockton, has been abandoned at sea; crew saved and put in here. Nr.tarAnAtso, Nov. 22.—The Tay, from Papudo, in enter ing this port, 15th November, touched upon a rock, is leaky an'A must discharge to repair. LIMA, DEC. S.—.'rile Cassandra British barque, bound to San Francisco, has been burnt at sea; crew and passengers saved. BARBADOES, DEC. 30. - The Wm. Hutt, from Benin, bore tip for this island 10th inst., its a very leaky state, and is dis charging. BORDEAUX, JAN. 21.—The Elizabeth of Workington, Limerick to New York, was abandoned 29th Doc., let 40 N., sang. 56 W., totally dismasted and a complete wreck; crew saved and arrived here. MARGATE, JAN. 23.—A barque was wrecked on the Xentish Knock on the night of the 21st during a gale from the S.W. The crew are on board the Knock Light vessel. RAMSGATE, JAN.. 23.—The Charles Tottee, Gothenburg to Bristol, is reported in the North Sea on the 15th, having returned three tirnes from gales of wind. RHYL; JAN. 23.—Th e Stag, of Liverpool, from Holyhead, and the Edward, of Liverpool, sank in Cannag Bay yester day ; crew saved. WARBERG, JAN. 12.—The Champion, of Abroath, Riga to Scotland, NV4B stranded off Gattoron last night, and it is feared will become a wreck ; crew saved. MORECOMBE, NEAR LANCASTER, JAN. 23.—The Stag Zrnack, of Amlwich, is on shore, but is likely to be got off should the weather moderate; she is much injured; crew saved. RAMSEY, 'SUE OF MAN, JAN. 22.—The Grace Wright, 'which was on shore at Westpool, has arrived hire. KtrcALDY, JAN. 23. —The Jane schooner, Newcastle to Pettycar, sprung a leak and sunk near the pier, and it is doubtful if she will be got off. MARKET NE WS.-( T HIS DAY.) C 0 VENT GARDEN% The general demand was steady, and prices were we] etypported. Fnum—Pine Apples, English, 3s Od to 6s 00 per lb; Hot house Grapes, 480 d to 7s Cd ; Lisbon ditto, 9d to is 00 per lb, Cooking Apples, 2s Od to 3s 6d per bushel; Dessert Pears, 2s Od to 6s Od per dozen; Lemons, is (Id to 2s per dozen; Walnuts, 12s Od to 22s Od per bushel; Almonds, 65 per peck; Sweet ditto, 2s to '3B per lb ; Oranges, Ga to les per 100 ; Barcelona Nuts, 20s to 225; Brazil ditto, 12s to 14s per bushel; Filbert.•, 70s to 90s per 1001bs. VEGE TABLIES.-Cabbages, 8d to is per dozen; Brocoli. 8d to Is 3d, Asparagus, 4s to Os per bundle; Seakael, is to 2s Per basket; Rhubarb, is to is 6d per bundle; Potatoes, 45s to 80s per ton; Turnips, ld to 2d; Carrots, 40 to 6d per bundle; Cucumbers, is to 3s each; Celery, 6d to is 6d per bundle; Brussels Sprouts, is tid to 2s 00 per half sieve; spinach, Is Od to is 6d per sieve; Onions, is tots per half sieve; Endive, 9d to 2s per score; Red Beet, 6cl to ls ; Parsnips, 6d to is per dozen; Leeks, 10 to 2d per bunch; Shallots, 6d to 8d; Garlic, 6d to 8d per lb; Jerusalem Arti chokes, 9d to Is per half sieve ; Small Salads, 2d to 3d per Punnet; Horseradish, Id to 4d per bundle; Mushrooms, is tch 2s 6u per pottle ; Parsley, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. NaViTGATE .than IMAIIENELELIM. is Tarkeys, 4s Od to 123 Od ; Geese, 4s ud 63 Od ; Ducks, Sd to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, Is Od to is 9d; Wild ditto, 4 W to Is; Pigeons, Id to 7d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s to 7s each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 4s Od to Cs Od; . s lana-door Fowl s , 3s 6d t o G s Od p er cou ple ; English Eggs, 44 8 Od to 98 Od; French ditto, 7s 9d to tzs 3d ; Irish ditto, Od per 120; Fresh Butter, lld to is 3d per lb; Phea as rite, 3s Od to 4s Od ; Partridges, is to is 9d; Hares and Leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od; Woodcocks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Grouse, Ducks, 9d to 2s 6d ; Snipes, 9d to is Od; Teal, 6d to 9d; Wild - uucks, Is 3d t o 1 s 9d ; Widgeons, 9d to is 3d; and Plovers, lc „. Kl to Is each. NEVEM ova'. ..,,Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s Od; Leal, 3s 4d to 4s Od; and Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Sibs. C. Beef, from 2s 4d W to ECITE 3s 4d; Mutton, HAPEL 2s 6d to 3s 10d; 4 9x1, 3s Od to 3s 10d; and Fork, 2s fid to 3s 10d per Sibs. EXLLINGSGATE. Eels, 13s to 163 per 201hs ; Soles, 3s 6d to 8s Od per dozen ; Lobsters, rd to 2s Od each; Oysters, t;s Od to 30s Od per bluihel; Bloaters, is 2d to is 9d per dozen; Cod Fish, 2s Od to is Od each; Turi,►ots, 6s Oct to 12s Od; and Plaice and Sprats is 6d to 2s per bushel. The prices of Wheaten ßßMlL D. Bread in the metropolis are from ed to 614 d; of llcElsehold ditto, 4 1 ,4 d to 6d per 41b leaf. EIDE DLEIRXET. Market Hides, li6lb to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b 7 4d to 44d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 24d to 2Ad ; ditto, 801 b to 2id to 3d ; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 34d ; ditto, 961 b to 10 41 b, 31(1 to 3id ; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 4d to 4 3 4 d. Call Skins, is 6a to s Od; ditto, full, 3 6d to 4s t1e1; gore Hides, 5s 6d to 6s Od ; Polled Sheep, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; , 4 -ellts, 5s 6d to Half-breeds, 4s 9d to os 9d; Downs, " 9d to 4s 9d ; L a mb Skins Os Od to Os Od. • KAY MARKETS. deadow Hay, 2/ 1,55 Od to 3/16s Cd ; Clover yptto, 3/ 55 to 4/ 6s Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 6s per load. . °4 lc , Ply tolerably good, and trade firm. ti t elata aaLaND.- —Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ 18s Od ; Clover to ? 8/ 5s to 4 1 9s ; and Straw, 11 Is to 1/ 7s per load. 4 full average supply, and a sluggish demand. ditto, ~—Meadow Hay, 2l 14s to 3 l 16 s; Clover , r_ 0 , , 3 1 6s to 4 / 9 8 Od ; and Straw, 110 s to II 6s per load. ..Eacte steady, at our quotations. CHAT iCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORDS JUSTICES.) A rTORNEY.GENERAL V. MARDUCII. In t • ter Ills case, in which the Court delivered judgment yes tioil 4 Y. Mr. R c at moved this morning to suspend the execu we of the de tree until the congregation of the Low Chapel, ted by it, could have time to consider what course they t rs alce in tier the circumstances. The oeuct TOR-GENERAL opposed the motion. '' es COURT refused to interfere. EXC HEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) Th e c DAVIES V. WARING—JUDGMENTS. tri a l i n (311 t T was of opinion that there ought to be a new ofthe4, ease. The question was whether, as the service ras proved by the fact of there being a that and an ; appearance to that declaration, it was necessary .o." further evidence of the service should be given, or whether fur ther evidence might be dispensed with. The ir.tirt was n at entirely unanimous upon this question, but it k i °ll ,ght thei 'e ought to be a new trial, in order that the point t. / .gat be ag tin raised, and the parties have an opportunity of I ,Log the I vinion of a Court of Error, or that if the fact Zao that th, ire had been a service of the writ, the plaintiff ght have an opportunity of proving it.—Rule absolute. IttiA LFREY V. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. In this ac tion, which was tried before Mr. Justice M au l e k 41, ei ceater; Mr. Macaulay obtained a rule for a new trial. e CoUF T was of opinion that substantially the verdict toenn the first count, and that it was impossible to resist u conclusi ,on. that that must have been the case. The ) 4 1111 had looked over the correspondence, and considered a tten Lively the summing up of the Learned Judge; t lo it was of opinion that no objection could be taken to thi L it t ning up. Under the circumstances, it thought raka- the r ale to Otter a verdict on the first count should be e abaci lute.—Rule absolute. Thi s MARKS V HAMILTON. Up on WI is an action against the Sun Fire-office, to recover tit; 11 Po licy of insurance the amount of loss sustained by gad -4T 0 xford-street. A verdict was found for the plaintiff, Attorney-General moved for a new trial, on the a:rld tt iat Marks had no interest in the property. He had 0.!. 4 a n 1 3 asolvent, and after he obtained his discharge he ared the property which he insured with the defendants. Zia disc barge under the Insolvent Debtors' Act was subse 'vently ked evo . " 6 C, )uaT was now clearly of opinion that as Marks was ep o ses sion of the property, and was apparent owner, re in i ns to those who were the real owners, he had really 14„ 1118 art ible interest in it, which was all that was necessary to "I r e st the trial. There woold, therefore, be no rule. Rate refused. BELLAMY V. MAJORIBANRS. ti In u is case, which was argued a few days ago, the plain toLlM trustees of an estate, sought to recover from Messrs. 4T and Co., the sum of 2,596/., the amount of a cheque, Was crossed " Bank of England, to be paid into the • not ; of the Accountant-General," and which, it was it e u , the defendants had improperly paid. o n ," COURT said, as the question involved in this case was 1., 0 „,°_,f very grave and serious importance, the judgment to „'" ,1 be deferred for a few days, as it was necessary ti use j n 't erable deliberation, and to assign reasons for that th,arc eat, but all the members of the Court were agreed that rti le should be made absolute for a new trial on the pay • n t of costs, an d t h ey ment i one d t h e i r d e termination to meanttx, a rule thus early so as t o ena bl e the parties to proceed -v at the first opportueity. Th i COUTTS V. WILLIAMS. 1 COURT refused a rule for a new trial in this case. RLBRO'-STREE T—( THIS DAY.) Rls lEN/0113 DETECTION OF DEFRAUDING.— William Wil cons, an errand-boy i n th e employ of Mr. Merry, fancy aret touseman, 380, Oxford-street, w - as charged . before Mr. hard wick with abstractin g sundry monies from the till of nployer. It appears from the evidence adduced that Ws master had occas ion to believe that a regular system at thievin had bee n for some time carried on by the prisoner. By means of .a mirror fixed in a certain p os iti on the prisoner was ob seri . .ed to be shuffling at the contents of the till ; and es teri ty he was found beyond doubt to be guilty of taking the Mor I,v, inasmuch as sundry coins, marked by mr Merry ft 1 iipur before his arrest, were found upon his person but NU!. HARDWIC6 remanded the prisoner for a week. C LERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Tyro men, who gave the names of Smith and Brown, and wt man who did not give her name, were charged with as -44,9 ing a gentlem an o f th e nam e of Eleridge, and also with ntly assaulting Policeman 31 E. o 'te police-constable stated that this morning, about two ek, he heard a noise in Red Lion-passage, and upon pro ceed iug there he found the female, who was drunk, and the Dris4mer Smith, striking Mr. Eleridge in a most shameful 1 : 14 4 men Upon interferin g t o p reven t th e noise, Smith ltr,r ied round and struck him twice violently in the mouth, 4 4 4 before he could recover fro m th e e ff ec t s o f the blows, 're W came behind him and knocked him to the ground. He ir L at in plain clothes, but not on duty a t t h e ti me . Th e gen "lean who was first assaulted did not attend this morning. t 0 e were also examined, and - 9 accounts of the transaction, one stati ng that Mr. Brown °eked the constable down, Smith at the time being in cus -'4, while the others gave quite a contrary statement. witness of the name of Sulivan, a carver and gilder, 1 4it ed that he saw the constable knocked down. This th tl iees was subjected to a very severe cross-examinatio n by cprisoner's solicitor, and he stated in answer to question s 't he had been in the comp spy of the policeman assaulted ' 1 ,4 3 eight o'clock the previous evening. They had bee n h on l ing about, and had also been into the Wheatsheaf v h , se, where th e y h a d one or t wo d ro ps of beer. He was not "" It was termed a " juvenile policeman," nor did he go ut • alth l Y i ng to get up cases for his friend. He was certain, s evt ° ll gh he had been in the policeman's company nearly T'Lh fi otp ? that he had not been on the " look out . .' te„ oheitor having addressed the Bench and pointed out Mrthscrepances in the various witnesses' statements, it • Tifitwearr stated that, es the gentleman did not arer , and the policeman said to be assaulted was in plain comes, d did not when he went up tell them that he was a ~.._!-ible, he must dismiss the charge. He did not mean to - „;`, 1 1 t.hat a policeman off duty should not iuterfere, but he The parties then parties acquainted with what he was. left the court. PaErten ExILBs ix JERsEY.—General Leflo, one : o r f th e victims of the French coup d'etat t has taken up his ;"21denco in Jersey. Generals Changarnier Lamoricier t e, eB47(itieedean are daily expected to arrive in that island t o V ESTIVITIES AT WYNTARD PARK.—Thr. nntliver altrY or the birth-day of the Marchioness of LoudonderrY &tWas celebrated at SVynyard Park, on the 17th instant, with at splendour. The numerous distinguished guests were littiltsad sumptaously. S eiRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAFtitS OF THIS DAY. i TIMES.--Eaeh successive step of 0=.7 Cievernment which Louis Napoleon has inaugurated in France under ti es s pecious title of a restoration of authority and a pa tri,-;tie e xercise of power, rev2els character eeith more cf , rtainty, and di closes semo lower depth in that abyss towards which the chosen ruler of so many Mil' limas of men turrying not only himself but his coun try. The bold and unscrupulous tiger:Ts who staked their lives on the 2d of Doe tuber against the liberties of the nation, and wou that venture with all its dis graceful accompaniments, are already superseded by men more unscrupulous and pliant, if not more bold than themselves. After the exploits of M. de Morny in the course of the last 50 days, we did not tAaticipsto that his retirement from office would be a subj , ct of regret to France or to ourselves; bat when his character and abilities are contrasted with those of his suc cessor they assume an air of relative respectability. lie has fallen, at least, mere honourably than he rose, for he refused to sanction the decrees of plun der and prescription which appears in the same _Muni teur that appoints the new Minister of the Interior. On the same ground M. ltoecher retires, and, what is of more importance, M. Fould. Every barrier is now re moved which partially arrested the personal despotism of Louis Bonaparte, not; indeed, with a view to the in terests of the country, but wiJi a more enlightened re gard to his own prospects, and the first fruits of this fresh coup deka, for such it must be termed, are already and instantly vi,ible. M. de Maupas (who has won his favour at the Ilirectum do Police by arresting and de porting without respect of persons or of law every man who was bold Enough to be feared or great enough to be suspected) now comes forward as the Fouche of the new Imperial Cabinet; whilst M. de Persigny, the secret adviser and most constant adherent of Louis Napoleon through the vicissitudes of his life, stands forth at last in the presence of the world to sanction the infamous de crees to which M. Casabianca has affixed his name. We have witnessed with constant and profound regret the humiliations to which the lbte revolution has subjected France ; but we speak no more than the sense of every high-minded French- man in saving that the lowest and most incredible insult she has undergone is till appointment of ayJrsigny to . _ be the (Thiel I`:itnister in hel:Governiment. Tue reeaoval of M. Fould will be found to be the precursor of the financial experiments for which we have lung prepared our reader:, but which he has hitherto firmly end pru dently resisted. The blow which instantly followed these Ministerial changes, and may be regarded as the principal cause of them, is the virtual confiscation of the property of the Orleans' family. This scandalous and unpar alleled act of plunder is announced in the columns of the Moniteur of yesterday, with an Equal contempt of the rights of private property and of public law, striking with the whole force of despotic rapacity upon the pro• party of a noble race, whose only offence is that they are rich, banished, and defenceless. It is confiscation without form of trial, seizure without a pretence of legal warrant, spoliation without an imputation of direct hostility. The property transferred by Louis Philippe to his children when he ascended the throne, and which was the undoubted inherit ance of his ancestors, restored to him iu 1814, is resumed by the State; and as the Orleans' family are declared incapable of holding property in France, the whole of their vest hereditary domains, including the Conde estates now enjoyed by the Duke D'Aumale, pass away from them or roust he thrown under most disad vantageous conditions upon the market. To render this proceeding still more despicable and odious, the funds thus wreatei from their lawful owners are openly to be converted into donatives to- the army and benevolences to the people; even the Order of the Legion of Honour is to be degraded by a distribution of money; and nut even the pretext of the public interest is retained to screen the enormity of this profligate appropriation of private capital. The Goverement of Louis Napoleon is a caricature of the Consulate and the Empire, and this mi serable plagiarism may be detected even in its crimes. The First Consul took a mere fierce and audacious mode of venting his hatred and his resentment on the Princes of the Royal blood of France. "He seized the Duke D'Enghiee on a neutral territory, and murdered him in the ditch of Vincennes. The guilt of Louis Napoleon differs from that of his prototype as the crime of a cutpurse differs from that of au assassin. He cannot attempt the lives of men beyond his control and who have given no sign of activity since the catastrophe of 1848; but he finds their fortune at his mercy, and he takes it. He takes not only the estates of the House of Orleans, but those of the House of Conde. Has it ever occurred to him to remember by whose treachery and barbarity the young heir of that gallant race was butchered? or how it came to pass that the, wealth of the last Conde—a childless and afflicted man—passed into the hands of a stranger? One would have thought that the blood upon the name of Conde would have ar rested even the audacity of a Bonaparte. But the blow aimed by the uncle at the personal gallantry and in fluence of the exiled Princes is repeated by the nephew under the more convenient form of a depredation; the one shot the heir, the other seizes his inheritance. Both acts era dictated by the same policy ; both have been consummated with the same utter disregard of justice and law ; both are intended to convey to the world a fixed determi nation to crush what cannot be subdued. Let it at least be remembered to the honour of the Republic, and even of the bad and visionary men who plunged the French nation into its present condition by the destruction of the monarchy, that no such action was so much as thought of by them. Whereas now that the largest pro prietors in France are despoiled by mere decree without a shadow of legal authority, or' even a charge of active hostility to the Government, there is not a peasant on the land who holds his dearly-earned fee by any better title than abject submission to the will of the Executive; and to find any parallel or precedent for such a violation of the rights of property we must turn to the revolutions of the Ottoman Empire. Even the property of the emigres in 1793 was only confiscated on the pretext of their refusal to return to their country; but the Orleans Princes are first banished by the arbitrary decree of one power, and then plundered by the will of another. On personal grounds such proceedings would he thought shameful; what are they, then, when considered as a part of the public policy of the ruler of France? To restore confiscation to the penal code of politics—to supersede the law by insolent decrees—to assume a power of persecution beyond the limits of all morality and justice—to seize and appropriate the spoils of those who spared the life of Louis Napoleon himself when it was forfeited by the laws of his country—are the mea sures not of a Government, but of a revolutionary force. Under pretence of subduing the revolution, Louis Napo leon has only invested it with supreme authority. For such actions there is no defence; there is even no mo- five, but the ambition and rapacity which suggest them, and the impudence which accomplishes them. Where such things can be done there is no law; where there is no law, society itself is in the throes of revolution. No man will dare to predict what to-morrow will bring forth, either to his country or to him self ; for that wholesome confidence in our own rights which is the first gift of freedom is wholly at an end. But we know that the whole force of the French Administration, backed by a vast army and a swarm of unscrupulous agents, is now in the hands of men of whose judgment and whose conscience we enter tain the lowest opinion. These very acts sufficiently denote their incapacity. They want the moderation even to play their own game, for even amongst their adhe rents in the work of despotic government, not a few will recoil, like M. de Morny and M. Fould, for wholesale robbery. They are making themselves as hateful and obnoxious as the Revolution itself to every civilised state in Europe. And, lastly, they are affording a signal triumph to those who, like ourselves, have uniformly foreseen and predicted that the coup d'etat of the 2d of December would give birth to no stable Government, but to a reckless and insufferable tyranny, destined to perish in the accumulated blunders and crimes of its lawless and, we hope, its brief career. ADVERTISER.—We refer our readers to the latest intelligence from Paris. Louis Napoleon, of whom at one time we had hoped better things, now stands before France, Europe, and the world, a despot of the first magnitude. No words can express the indignation which every British bosom must feel at the frightful which he has introduced. lie has in astuagtueraotf ny edtyrhaisncareer as Prince President, amid cir cumstances of despotism to which even Louis Napoleon, the of St. Petersburgh are stra n g ers. a word, is the most absolute ruler of his da y . There is, however, one consolation remaining—this new Reign of Terror cannot last long. We cannot believe that Providence will permit a protracted existence to the pre sent state of things in Paris. The Duke of Beaufort, we are happy to state, con tinues to i mprove i n h ea l t h at B a d m i n t on P a rk, and his Grace is expected in Arlington-street on Monday week, to attend the Earl of Derby's grand Parliamentary dinner, in St. James's-squ ire, previous to the opening of Parliament. Viscount Dupplin, who arrived in town early in the week from Lo r d Stamtord's sporting seat, Leicestershire, to do duty with his regiment, the Ist Life Guards, leaves Beaufort House to-day, to join the family circle, including the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester and family, staying at Bad minton. Berger of Holywell-street has just published a cheap andxh authentic view (on s t ee l) of the Building fcr the Great E at New York, engraved by authority from the design by Sir Joseph Paxton, with a description of the Building. The Rev. William Henry Davies, ALA curate of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster. was yesterday vacant by the death of de Park-corner, ewood. rs of that institution, P va e l Hy belyeettheedgcohvaeprinaoin i of St. George's Hos ital London has appointed his son, the G fr eorg the i n Rev. th e j c . i t l y ' . George Blomfield, M.A., late curate of the Rev. : e y . Bishop J . Frederickß . h 0 o t f he St d . e A at l h ph o a f g, of it was working Barnes, H of uc o h n in o s S n:, e .. t rendered o vacantthAet rectoryby THE STRIKE.— . the engineers in their righteous s men, at their room, King-astreet,eWernstemeitninstger, should . una nimously resolved —" trug pledges uo i il t ud s s e ot i f utyt t sup portormanuncyhand oppression ; and if the employers . longer,stetes where labour m th e e ets m i e ts n du to e r e e m wa l this the meetingU n te d "—W. Wm. will raise a subscription to aid them in so doing. LIKAISON, Secretary. ExcplinCit'S VICEREGAL CO CRT. — yesterday their - g rd ra ; te an t d o the Lord-Lieuttnant and the Countess of Clarendon left the . Viceregal Lodge, and to o k up their residence for th e se ason at Dublin Castle. THE Courr.—We understand that, according to present arrangements, her ]Majesty and Prince Albert Ivill arrive at Buckingham Palace early on Monday, the 2d of February, from Windsor Castle, to nimain in town until the following day, when the Queen Will return to the Castle, and come to town about the 14th or 15th of the same month, until EaQter. Her Majesty, it is understood, will proceed in state to the new House of Lords at two o'clock on Tuesday week, to opzn the session of Parliament in person. The eleventh anniversary of the Sovereign's marriage will be ce lebrated at Wi n d so r b y pu blic dinners, &c,; o n, the 10th of the ousuiDg lizekAth. NATIONAL DEFENCES. BY AN OFFICEI OF ARTILLERY. I So nTuchl93bern said and written of late about th e defenceless state of England, and the ease with 1 which our wilrffticurs could subjugate us, as in the good times of :y the Conquer o r, th a t it i s worth while to inquire what plait of attack they would fellow, and what means we have to repel such an invasion. Le i'yron Emile Maurice de &lion, captain of engineers in the French army, some time ago published a plan for the conquest of England, which it may not be unprofitable to repeat in a con cise form, adding a few suggestions on the best way to counteract them. The Baron bases ilia armament on the data laid down by Napoleon, and n , ssumes that 150,000 men are the true number required. If, however, in 1804-5 that number was necessary, surely the increase of popula tion and intelligence would now require a larger force to subjugate us. The invading army is to consist of : lufantry... 110,000 Cavalry ... 22,000 Artillery ... 13,750 Engineers 3,000 Baggage train ... 3,050 Troop horses ... ... Dreught,„ ... ••• Field guns ..• Siege ditto ... 151,800 22,000 35,806 57,806 Carriages of all sorts „, 7,376 These troops, with ammunition, engineer stores, and provisions, are to be mustered, one half at Cher briurg, and one half at Brest. The next thing is to provide for their transport across the Channel. For this purpose he enumerates the French meet as it stood Ist June, 1850 : SAILING VESSELS. Ships of the Line* ... ... 24 Frigates ... ... ... 38 Corvettes ... ... ... ... 30 Brigs ... 44 Transportst ... 38 Cutters, Sloops, Ste. ... 50 AUXILIARY VESSELS, Frigate (40 guns) ... ... Corvettes ... Sloop ... STEAM SHIPS. - 224 - 4 Frigates ... 21 Ship (960 horse power) ... 1 Corvettes, Ist class... ... 2 Corvettes, 2d class ... ... 20 Packet boats, &c. ... 53 - 97 MERCHANT SERVICE. Steamers ... 291 Sailing vessels ... ... 362 Ditto ditto - 657 Total ... ... 982 * 74 to 120 guns. j - 500 to 800 tons. 450 to 640 horse power. To these he *adds— 291 commercial steamers as transports and tow boats, though we doubt if there are so many fit for service in France. Besides this, the transport of the army would require 368 sailing vessels, of the greatest possible tonnage the merchant service could afford. The army he divides into three corps d'armee :- Ist. 184 vessels, carrying 32,000 men, he directs on Bristol, which he expects to reach in 30 or 34 hours, or at the rate of nearly ten miles an hour from Brest. 2d. 210 vessels, carrying 43,000 men, he asserts Na ill reach Plymouth in 17 hours from Brest. 3d. 584 vessels, carrying 76,000 men, are expected to reach Rye in 14 hours from Cherbourg. No resistance is expected at Bristol. At Plymouth the line-of-battle ships are to bom bard the town, while the troops and large guns land in Whitesand Bay, and the place is to fall after a few days' siege. Having thus secured his communication with France the Ist and 2d corps proceed toward London, taking Portsmouth on the way, M. Maurice assum ing that the wretched lines of Gosport could be forced by a coup de main, and the dockyard burnt and destroyed from that position. The three corps then united to march on London, and if; as our author anticipates, 60,000 or 70,000 could only be found to oppose the invaders, it is not difficult to predict the fall of the capital and eventual subjugation of the island. We will now proceed to point out a few of the diffi culties which M. Maurice seems to have overlooked. The Baron's calculations of success are based on the attack being kept secret—this, we conceive is impos sible ; first, because he proposes to employ the whole French navy (many of which are now abroad). A long time would be required to man and fit out the ships out of commission, and to navigate some of them from Toulon to Cherbourg. Secondly, on ac count of the inconvenience and notoriety of with drawing from regular trade such a number as 291 merchant steamers, and 368 large merchant ships, and concentrating them in two Channel ports, to say no thing of the delay attending coaling and unloading. The troops of the third division, which are to land at Rye from Cherbourg are to be sent from Paris partly ' by rail ; they would, however, have a considerable march to make, in some instances 140 to 170 miles, so that, even allowing that no alarm is created by the two large fleets assembled at Brest and Cherbourg, still, after the troops were actually set in motion and embarking, some days would elapse before they could proceed across channel to the points of disembarka tion ; but for argument sake we will suppose that the intention to invade this country is only known for certain six days before the troops arrive off our coasts; this, surely, is allowing the French every chance. To oppose these three corps dorm& landing at Bristol, Plymouth, and Rye, we have at home about 60 line-of-battle ships, 50 frigates, 100 corvettes, &c., 100 war steamers, and 1,184 merchant steamers, one half of which, say 500, would be available as trans ports and gun-boats. As it has been proved that a line-of-battle-ship can be ready for sea at each of our large ports in three days, it is but fair to suppose that, before the six days alluded to above were over, we would have, with the ships already in commission, 2 sail of the line, with 10 large steamers either at Cork or at Pembroke ; 4 sail of the line at Plymouth, with four war steamers; 4 ditto at Portsmouth, with 10 ditto ; some from Southampton and a much larger fleet augmenting daily at Sheerness, drawn from London, Woolwich ,and Chatham. Some people will say that such a fleet cannot be manned in so short a time at the three naval dock yards of Pembroke, Plymouth, and Portsmouth. The marines and coast-guardsmen would form the prin cipal number, whilst, by liberal pay, say 31. a month for six months only, many sailors would join from Liverpool, Bristol, and Southampton. To man the principal fleet at Sheerness, the interest, energy, and patriotism of the merchants of England must be de pended on. These four squadrons, viz , Pembroke, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Sheerness, would immediately attack the enemy's ships; the three first merely engaging the transports and smaller ships, but not the line-of battle ships. The Mediterranean fleet would receive orders to pay the south coast of France and Algeria a visit, and the Lisbon squadron would sail for the Channel. But let us even suppose that the French troops have- landed without any very great loss on the seventh day. Their 30 or 34 line-of-battle ships would soon after wards have to engage our combined squadrons, num bering by that time, with the Lisbon ships, some 24 line-of-battle ships, with many war steamers to sup port them. Their communic ation with France would land certainlyb would e find to oppose precarious them. snow see what the forces Exclusive of the marines, which would be required to man the fleet and the dockyard battalions, which number about 5,000 men, we have in Great Britain and Ireland about 85,000 men, viz, : Men. Regular army, of all arms 36.000 Armed out-pensioners Yeomanry Cavalry Irish armed constabulary • 85,000 At least 40,000 of these troops are stationed in Ire land, but it must be remembered that in the Baron's plan the 2d corps d'arnige is not to arrive at Bristol till six and a-half days after the landing of the 3d division at Plymouth, so as to allow that corps d'armee,time to take the place, and move out and join the Ist corps on the great western road ; so that, allowing some delay at Portsmouth the three united corps d'armee could not possibly be ready to move on London till 14 days after the full knowledge of the intended invasion was known in England. Surely, by that time 20,000 of these troops might be sent to Pembroke and London by steamers and railroads. Of the troops in England, say that 40,000 Would, by that time, be available at the theatre of war, thus there would be, with the dockyard battalions, at least 65,000 regular troops. It is but natural to suppose that great exertions would be made during these fourteen days to increase our military force. The mos t efficient of the out-pensioners would be called out, and officered by old o ffi cers. I t i s ca l cu l ated that nearly 30,000 old soldier s could be ra i sed i n Eng land. The small farmers, gentry, and gamekeepers could also be formed into companies of about sixty each, under command of some influential sportsman. These volunteers, armed with fowling-pieces and cut act as light infantry behind hedges, walls, &c., but not in regular bodies ; these coin ! panies being drawn as much as I nssible from the seat Of war and the capital, ally be estimated at 4,000 men, and would be exempt from drawing for the mi litia. Thus there would he nearly 100,000 men in the south of England, some 20000 in Ireland, and 5,000 in Scotland. The militi a w , ould be called out ; but though 85,000 men would Ums be obtained, still, for some time, they could onl, be lobked ca as a reserve force. _ Let us now look to the poin is of disembarkation. The Ist corps, 32,000 men, are to land at Bristol six and a-half days after the arrival of the 2d corps at Plymouth. It would have no s; tfe harbour for the ships, and if the approach t o t h port of B:istol, up a narrow tide river, with v ery hi gh b an k s, was no t defended, still this division wo aid leave in its rear Pembroke dockyard, corninunice :i ng w ith Ireland and Liverpool, and with unlimited cc ommand of trwasports and steamers. The 2d corps landing near Plymouth 43,0C , 0 men, it would find a small fleet read to annoy and retard the landing. As we have sup posed that the attack would be known six days previous, it is not impcobable that with the present garriso, i dockyaral baatalion, out-pensioners, and troops from Chester and aurming ham, together with the local vol unteer marksr nen, the garrison could be augmented t( ) at least 7,0 00 men. Most of these troops should tith e up defenshre posts to cover the dockyard ; heavy stationary bat teries of ship guns must cover their front, and every impedi ment thrown in the way of the Preach troops pene trating into the interior, or receiving any saapplies• The protracted defence of Plyniouth would le of the greatest moment, as the let and 2d corps cun ld not advance till their rear was sur e ; in the msa ntime, every exertion should be a, z 11 (Ao at Portsmot ith to augment the squadron, and cut off all commtani .cation between the 24 corps and Cherbourg. The regiments at Chiche s t er, New port, &c., would be called in, , Winchester., and with the :present garrison, dockyard battalions, pensioners, and. volun teas, would render the place defensible. As :for the coup de main on the Gosport Lines, tt would b Al most dangerous step to take. Tnat they could not r .sist a regular attack is quite certain, but there is no reason why two advance line-of-battle ships might not be enchored as floating batteries; above the ( aurence card, to fire in front of the lines, whilst hen sta tionary batteries of ship-guns would be mow at ed in a few days all along the work-i. The attackin g K force week' have to advance against a heavy fire of-: artil lery to escalade : a very serio us thing, witness New Odeaes and Chillianwalla. The 31 corps d'armie is the principal one, and lands at Rye 76,000 strong. The garrisens of Chatham, Woolwich, and S beer rms could safely be withdrawn, leaving the do(ii yard battalions to protect these places (the whole ),i`rench fleet being already employed). The cavalry d eilOt at Maidstone and the regiment at Brighton wo ald fall back, whilst some artillery and infantry sla maid be sent to augment the garrison of Dover. All the troops near London, and those a riaiving from Ireland and the north, might be concentr: ite d by rail about Reigate, at the point of junction of the Dover and Brighton Railway; it is probable la) at in eight days after the troops leaving Paris, Which is the earliest period that the 3d corps could possil ybe ready to advance from Rye, our army vrould a) n ount to at least 30,000 men, viz.:— Met 1., Foot Guards ... ... ... 3,0()0 Regular Infantry ... ••• ••• 10,0( ) 0 Out-pensioner s ... .„ ... 6,01)0 Regular C av al r y ... ... ... 4,01)0 Yeomanry ... ... ••• ••• 3.0 i )0 Artillery (at 10 men per guna*) gun-200 ... . ... ..• 2,0( )01 Volunteer Marksmen, 40 companies, SO men ... ... ..• ••• 2,4( )0 Total ... ••' 30,4( )(I, At the sam e ti me, an arm y of reserve c oi a l d b e formed near Reading, and conzmunicatin. g k r rail with the di v i s i on at Reigate, and the g a rrisons 1 ;c• the south and w es t ; t h us, i n 1 2 d a ys from the op el l i ng corps c, mild of the war ( some t i me before Ist a nd 2d possibly have got in commun ication with the 3d corps), would num b er 29 100 men; viz.- 0 , 500 Regula r Infantry ... ' • . Out Pensioners ... ... 2,000 ..... Do. ne w levy ... •• ... 20,000 Regular Cavalry ... . 1,000 ::.• 500 50- g uns. Artillery Pensi oners 600 Volunteer Marksmen ... ''' 29,100 The milita r y s t ate o f the coun t r y would the m be, supposing the enemy had landed without much 142 .as— At Pembroke an d South Wales—About 6,000 men, partly drawn from I re l an d, w ith a small sque hi iron, threatening the r e ar o f th e I s t cor ps, and obi igi ng part of that army to remain at Bristol. At Plymouth—lf not relieved, probably holdi: 3g in check the 2d corps for some days-5,000 men. At Portsmouth--Prepared to resist the atta ;...k of the Ist and 2d corps d'armie, or attack the fla, ak of the 3d corps near Hastings-7,000 men. At Dover Castle—On the other flank of thee 3d corps, with a small garrison. The army at Reigate-30,400 men covering L on don. The army at Reading-29,100 men, ready to co operate with the above -named troops ; these tw D di visions would be stronger than the 3d corps dm ruz which would have to detach a considerable for ye to watch the garrisons of Portsmouth and Doverr sand cover their open camp at Ry e . The militia and volunteers to form a third camp at Birmingham. It is to be hoped that the difficulty of invtdi ng this country has been p o i n t e d out pretty clearLy in this sketch of the campaign. Every advantages has been allowed the invading forces, and little or n D re sults supposed to occur f rom the use of our pow er ful fleet, though this is all but i mpossible. Ten to one , the 2d and 3d corps w ou ld , on leaving Cherbothrg an d Brest, fall in with our ships of war, and Huf fer ' severely, especially their transports. The delay in landing would be fatal, as every d a wou ld add to ou r power of defence. Th e Ist corps, arriving in the y Severn six and a-half days after the proposed lauding at Plymouth, would certainly have to engage the Pembroke squadron under the greatest disadvantriges. —Morning Post. . * it will startle many officers to see 200 guns. put down with the troops at R ; --e.gate, and 50 at ReaCtin g; espec i a lly when it is known that throughout EnA•la nd and Ireland we havo now only 56 field guns hor ,ec t— but some of these guns .s h oul , Such as 8 andLi be pieces of position. 10 in howitzers, and 12 and is piece br ilss guns on siege carriages —with the vast means of tr ‘ s ns port at command in tho capital, the moving . tr ese guns into battery would . be easy. Messrs Chaplin and Horne, and Messrs. Pickford, would contract to d'..', the . whole. It must also . be remembered, that England. with its hedges and inclosures, is not a country for r apid movements of artillery. and cav a i r . , y so that these h( iavy batteries would require only a few real artillery men, whilst the drivers and horses com b a tants. There are plent y might in most cases be non theof guns and harm )s:i, but number of th e Board of Ordnan carriag ce.es in store can only be kn3vin to THE SUN, ALONDON,*_ S TURDA EVEN IN G, JAN U Ali Y 24, 852. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDS6i, JAN. .23. The following had the honour of dining at the royal table last evening :—Her Royal Highnessi, the Duda )ss of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of: Saxe Coburg, the Duchess of g Sutherland and Lady C. L. Gower, the Baron and Baroness larunnow, the L ady in Waiting to the Duchess of K ent, and the he Baroness de Speth, Lord and Lady Seymour Maur, Earl and Countess Grey Ron. J. 'fermi sne St. Bruce, Viscount Canning, L a d y Zt Earl and C. )untess jlde. w tee Lambton, t air Jas. and Lady Graham, and Colonel The band of the Royal H orse ance, and played the following • Guards was in nttecd ,,, ~ piec es: 0 verture—" Lac des x 11133 - Sdection—" Ernani" ... ••• Auber. Waltz—" Reine Victoria" *" •..•• Verdi. Selection—" Walpurgis Nacht" ..... • Ve rdi . Kuhner. Pas Redouble—" 'frompeten" ... •-• Mendelasohn. Her Majesty's private band afterwar ds performed the following compositions:__ 8 attended, and Overture—"ll Seraglio" ..• ... Trio in A flat, Allegro, Moderato, Po•e•• Mozart. Adaeio, Allegro—Pianoforte , Violi n and Violoncello—Messrs. W. G. Cusins, Sainton, and H. Chipp ••• ••• The Queen walked in the Home Park; Alayseder., and Shves this morning. Tbe Prince of Wales, the Princ o Yal, an d younger ess Tz members of the Royal Family took th eir acl!ustomed pony and walking exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shootin this morning, attended by Colonel F. H. s acco mpanied by Prince Leopold of Saxe c 7 lll . o nr, and ~ : 3 ;)yrnour, Earls Grey and Bruce, Viscountug, Lord [tad Sir James Graham. C ann i ng , this e • g Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the E xchequer, ar rived at the Castle this afternoon. attenZennin. ' ' Previous to the dramatic performanc© the band of the Grenadier Guards was in played She fol lowing iCnsasptliee,ceasn:d—during the Royal dinner •••• Ati ber. Intrcauction from " Robert le Diable" .. , _ • illeyerbeer. Ariette from " La Part du Diable" Mazurka from " Les Porcherons ... •• Adam. • - Romanzi e Coro di Banditti , from "Catarin a Cornaro" ... ... . ••• ••• Lachner. Waltz —" Me Industriellen ' ... ••• ••• Gungi. Dar Feier Abend Polka ••• '" ••• Fahrbach. A deputation, er/Il c onsiating of Mr. _Mast an, ar. , the Right Hon. M. T. Baines; M.P.. Air. Barkw ort h , M r. Smith, and Mr. Bonsfotd, h a d an intervi ew with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing,Areet. Th 9 Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord Presid ent ) w i ll _ give a full-dress dinner to a par t y of Peers on M on d a y, the 2d of February, at his residence, Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square. The Chancellor of the Exch e q uer left t own yesterday for Windsor Castle. Dispatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands were received yesterday at the Colonial taco, DRAMATIC PERFORMAIWE AT 'WINDSOR CASTLE. (From the Court Non's:man.) IVIZZDSO FRIDAY. The third dramatic performanoo at the egstle took rlaco this evening. Leigh Bunt': play of A Legend of Florence was selected upon this occasion, and the parts vfere filled according to the following programme:— A LEGEND OF FLORENCE. Prat cescoligolanti 1 - .. { Mr. Phelps Antoni o it od i neiii 3 .1N oble Florentines Mr. Leigh Murray Fulvio da Riva .... ... .(A Pcet). fir. Bartley Cesare Col onna ' `Ail Officer of the 1 Mr.C. Wheatleigh M 1 Pope's Guards j atteo Giulio ...., ..... .... (A Page). Miss Marshall Ginevra .........(Wife to Agolanti) Mrs. C Kean Olimpia 't fHiss Vivash Diaua 3 "' (Friends of Ginevra) 'Mrs J. Savil Fiordilisa ...(Ginev ra ' s Handmaiden) t Miss . Robertson.le Servants, &c. Scene—Florencr3 and its neighbourhood. - Time—During the Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. Director Mr. Charles Kean. Assistant-director Mr. George Ellis. The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, with the elder Royal childr e n, entered the Reubens Room from the north corridor.. accom panied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, the Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, his Excellency the Baron and the Baroness Bran now, Lord and Lady Seymour and the Hon. J. Hermione St. Maur, the Earl and Countess Grey and Lady Alice Lambtou, the Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount Can ning, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sir James and Lady Graham, and Col. Wylde, The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting on her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness, and the Ladies in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, and the Baroness de Spill, were in attendance. The Queen, the Prince, and their illustrious guests having taken their seats on the haut pus, her Majesty's private band rrfcrmed some appropriate music, and the p!ay commenced. _ _ _ The following had tho honour of receiving invitations t Witness the performance:— Lady Emily Seyraour, Lady Caroline and Miss Bar- Colonel Hon. C. 13. and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel lion. Charles and Mrs. Grey, lion. H. Ashley, Sir George and Lady Couper and Miss Couper, Sir Theo dore and Lady Brinkman, Right Hon. Henry Labou c:lrle, Vice-Admiral and Mrs. Sykes, Lieutenant-Colo n,-.1 Hon. C. Forester, commanding officer; Captain Lord Alexander Lennox and Cornet Lorge George Lennox, of the Royal Horse Guards; Colonel Crauturd, com manding officer; Lieutenant Hogge and Lieutenant Maxse, of the d battalion of the Greniv:ier Guards; the Rev. Dr. Hay; trey, the Rev. W. and Mrs. Canning, Mrs. Harcourt, Mr. and Mrs. H. and Miss Seymour, Mrs., Miss, and Miss Gertrude Lambton, and Mr. and Miis Ricardo. Refreshments were served in the Throne Room. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Bunn commenced his operatic season last night. The preparations which he has made for conducting this department of his undertaking were thus to some extent developed. The quality of his orchestra and the effici ency of his chorus were exhibited in their fullest force; while two or three of the debiitants whose names appeared in the lace-bordered circular which announced the opening of the theatre, made their first vocal attempt before a metropolitan audience. The exertions made by Mr. Bunn to revive the operatic prestige of Drury lane Theatre merit success. His ingenuity as a manager has long been remarkable, and the engagements into which be has entered to restore the vogue of the house are at least creditable to his enterprise. Operas, ex pressly written for the establishment, by Balfe, Mac farren, John Barnett, and Edward Loder, denote excel knee and industry of intention, as well as a whole some desire to benefit the British musician, and give him that status in operatic annals to which he is entitled. The performance of last night was the Robert the Devil of Meyerbeer. This vast work has been prepared with considerable care, and a grandeur of ensemble has been attained, not only by the fullness of the resources pressed into the service, but by the excellence of the principals. The way in which the Robert has been got up is entitled to almost unqualified praise. The chorusses, upon which the value of the representation so much depends, were executed with unvarying breadth and spirit; added to which the orchestral playing, under the conduct of M. Schira, was noticeable for its closeness and delicacy— for a quality of tone, in short, and for a practical ability to which we have hitherto been strangers in an English theatre. A new Robert appeared in a Mr. Fedor, a light and agreeable tenor, well skilled as a musician, and of unquestionable taste. The real event of the evening was the debut of a young lady of the name of Crichton, who as the Princess Isabella displayed accomplishment as a singer which cannot but make its way. The part, we need not observe, involves responsibilities of no mean and trivial kind. The voluble "En vain j'espere" is a trial for the most matured capacity; nevertheless Miss Crichton rendered it with an ease, grace, and certainty, which at once stamped her as a finished vocalist—one gifted by nature with a pure and beautiful organ, for which art has done its best. In every sense of the word a first appearance, it was not to be wondered at that Miss Crichton should exhibit tremulousness of demeanour and elocutionary awkwardness; but even this seemed to depart when she sang that exquisite burst of affectionate exhortation, " Robert, toi que j'aime," into which she threw an amount of tenderness and passion, to say nothing of executive tact, which more than corroborated the claims to admiration which she had already evoked. Miss Crichton, in a word, made a more triumphant im pression than we ever remember to have attended a de butante, and there can hardly be a doubt of her becoming a great vocalist. The fiend fell into the hands of Mr. Henry Drayton, a gentleman of concert-room fame in this country, and, as we now find, of considerable dra matic ability. His singing, discreet in method, clear, deliberate, and articulate, was extremely effective—qua lities equally observable in Mr. Manvers, who presented a venieo of Rainabault as remarkable for its comic point as for its vocal proficiency. Mdlle. Evelina Garcia, the representative of the peasant girl Alice, com pleted a very superior and effective cast. This singer, overflowing with energy, laboured sedulously to win favour; and the two charming romances which belong to a was m the part lost no practi ca l i mportance in her hands. Al together and efficiently that w hi which given.tho mostT h er w to a g s et s n h o er ro th th e a o n p o er n oneencore, de served this compliment was the critical unaccompanied trio in the cavern scene, which was given with a steadi ness and precision which we confess we had by no means reckoned upon. The mise en scene was excellent, The audience did not withhold during the performance of the opera loud and enthusiastic applause. Miss Crichton was call for at the Close of the third act, and when the opera terminated appeared again, in company with the other principals. Mr. Bunn was also invited to re ceive the congratulations of the house; and profoundly did he bow as he strode across the stage. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Rear• Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., left the Admiralty on Friday for Portsmouth, on a visit to his flag-ship, the Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith. The ship will bo complete by the 27th, and will be ready for sea by the 7th of February. She is about 130 men short. Commodore - Eden has returned to Woolwich Dock yard, and having resumed duo superintendence of the es tablishment, Captain the Hon. 21 Stopford has returned to the command of the London, 92, at Sheerness. Captain Henry Smith, C. 8., will pay off the Ganges, 84, at Sheerness, on the 27th instant. Captain Cory will pay off the Southampton, 50, at Chatham, on Monday, tho 26th inst. Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie has commissioned the steam guard-ship Horatio, 24, at Sheerness, She will be taken out of dock, and will be completed by the engineers by the 23d February. Commander Stephen L. Crofton (1850), who was pro moted for his gallantry against the Brazilian slavers, w hen commanding the Rifleman, screw-schooner, has been appointed to succeed Commander Lavie, in the command of the Alecto, steam-sloop, on the coast of Africa. Mr. J. J. Lindsay (1845), clerk in charge, serving in the Plover, 'Captain Moore, in Bohring's Straits, ha■ teen promoted to the rank of paymaster. Lieutenants John Seccombe (1842) :and J. P. Palmer (1542) have been appointed to the Horatio. Dasher, steam-vessel, Commander Lefebre, at Ports mouth, is ordered to accompany the Lightning steam tmder, Master Commander Allen, with the officials to the Channel Islands. Neptune, 120, Captain Yates, ordinary flag-ship at Portsmouth, has crossed her lower and topsailyards. Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander Allen, took stores for Portsmouth, but the weather being s• boisterous with a heavy sea, wisely held on in Devon port harbour. Sparrow ketch, G. H. Hills, second smaster, will be ready for paying off at Devonport this day. THE WEST INDIES.—Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.13., in his flag-ship Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, was at Jamaica, Dec. 30, with Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain R. S. Robinson, and Devastation steam-ship, Commander Colin Y. Campbell. The In flexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Dyke, was at Ila vannah, Dec. 25. and Express, 6, Commander Fead r , was at Grey Town, Dec. 30. Sappho, 12, A. L. Cochrane, was at Carthagena, Dec.27Com . Scorpion, surveying vessel, Lieutenant-Commander LaWreDCC, was at St. Thomas's, Jan. 2. The Sappho is orderd home to mande be paid Oti. DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.—The following supelahnnua tions have taken place at this yard :—William T omas, leading man of shipwrights, Williani,,4SmEson and Alexander Townsend, shipwrights , Bayley, labourer, and Thomas Williams, labourer, 151. each - /.; John H. per annum each. riccla steam-sloop, L FRIDAY. --Th o --.- the 10th of 1,590 tons, and having on Commander Beauchamp, arrived at SP noon this after noon from the coast of Afric,.., on which she ha: been very successful in the capture of slavers, having taken tea vessels, amounting to 1 /eeember, leaving there the Prometheus board 613 slaves. She left the Congo on steam-sloop (at Shark-point), the Archer steam-sloop, L Com mander Strange, and the Atholstoreship teutenaut-Com b 'n i t r Pearce. She left Ambriz on the 9th. She left Atee sion on the 24th of December, brie g in g Th omas B. n i. Peel, tho murderer of Perkins, the Quartermaster-Ser geant of the Islan d of Ascension, to be tried. She also all the witnesses e xcept ( ale, a girl named Coonabes, who died on board two days ago from exces sive sea -sickness. The He cla arrived a Sierra Leone on the 31st of December, and left on the 3d instant, leaving there the Firefly steam-vessel, instant, from which she - vessel, Commander Sotheby, has brought invalids. 4th she passed the outward-bound Cape of On the packet. 1 pac • Sh© arrived at Tenerif - 1 e on the 13th, and I oiled oil the 14th , the pl ace i • • s sickly, and p:1 quarantine. On the 17th instant she passed and exchanged numbers with the Birkenhead iron steam frigate, Master Commander Sal mond, with troops on board fur the Cape, in latitude 34 deg. 30 mita N., longitude 14 dpg. 40 min. W. On the night el' the 22d i nstant the Ud ea eneonn tered a terrific gale, which brought her under reefed stormsails. The Rattler steam sloop. Commander Mel lersta was at Ascension on the 24th ult., on her way to India. The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Bruce, with the Sampson steam-frigate, Captain. L. T. Jones (which had been ashore, knocked all her Use keel off and in jured her ma i n k ee l, &c.); the Niger steam-sloop, Corn mender Heath; Philomel, 8, Commander G. T. Forbes; Alecto steam-sloop, Commander Lavie; and Volcano steam-sloop, Cennuander Coote, were off Lagos, pre paring to bring the authorities of that place to account for the late attack upon the British cruisers. The re sult we shall not hear until the arrival of the next mail from the coast. The Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Adams; the Wasp, 14, Commander Crozier; the Wol verton, 12, Commander Falcon; the Cygnet, 8, Com mander R. D. White; and the Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander Foote, were stationed ou the south coast. The Soalark, 9, Commander Sotheby, was senior officer on the north coast; the Dolphin, 3, Lieut.-Commander Temple was cff Capo Lopez. The remainder of the squadron was in the Bights. The Heels took the captain and crew of the condemned vessel Isabel, and deli vered them up to the Spanish authorities at Teneriffe. The Heels had brought home about 2001. is gold on freight, and something not quite so precious, or so well worth the carriage -2,37710. of Goldner's " pre served meats" to return-5291b. from Ascension, and 1,8481 b. from Sierra Leone. The character given this stuff by those who have been " condemned" in a strait to partake of it is worse than any we have ascribed to it. The following persons have come home passengers iu the Ilecla:—Lieutena n t J. 11. Glove- lately promoted from the Teazer ; M r . Wilson, surgeon, invalided from the Sealark ; Mr. 'Thomas Yeatman, second-master, in valided from the Tortoise; Mr. John Etherington, chief engineer, to join the Fisgard ; Mr. John Barrett, master's assistant, from the Tortoise (late of the Gladiator), sent home for the disposal of the Lords of the Admiralty; Mr. W. B. A. F. Paterecn, mate, to join the London; and E. Deane, acting gunner, to join the Excellent. The fallowing are the witnesecs she has brought home in the case of the murder of Perkins :—Joseph P.iul, boatswain; 'Thomas Bradley, tailor; W. ii. Knowles, gunner's mate; John Harrison, boatswain's mate; Michael Phinn, cooper; Henry Fox, holder up; S. R. Lewin, cooper; W. 11. Herring, sergeant; John Fig, sergeant; Thomas White, sergeant; Henry Hills, assistant surgeon; Ann Evans, Rebecca Perkins, Rebecca Perkins (daughter of the foregoing), Elizabeth Herring, Harriet Coombs, Emily Coombs (the young woman who died from sea sickness), and Mary Ann Peel, the wife of the prisoner. Tho Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, has been swung to-day for the adjustment of her compasses. Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., arrived here to-day from the Admiralty, and soon after two o'clock proceeded on board the Britannia in Rear-Admiral Prescott's galley. It is rumoured in the dock-yard that Rear-Admiral Dundas intends to hoist his flag to-morrow, at nine A nt. The Fury, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, was paid advance this morning and sailed in the afternoon for Lisbon, it is rumoured with dispatches recalling Com modore Martin's squadron to Spithead. The Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave, hauled alongside the dockyard to-day, to take on board lug gage, &c., for the new Governor of the Cape, who is expected to embark here on Tuesday next. A court-martial is ordered to assemble on Monday on board the Victory, for the trial of First-Lieutenant Lewis Scott Reeves, of the Royal Marines, belonging to her Majesty's ship Rodney, on two charges of absence without leave from his ship. Courts-martial are also ordered to try two privates of the Royal Marine corps on charges of desertion from her Majesty's ship Asia, on the South American station. THE LOSS OF THE AMAZON. --- The adjourned inquiry into the causes of the destruc tion of the Amazon, and as to the fate of her crew still unaccounted for, was resumed yesterday at noon by the directors of the West India Mail Steam-packet Com pany. Captain Beechey again attended on behalf of the Board of Trade, and the Rev. Mr. Warburton was also present, and took part in the proceedings. Captain Chappell, the secretary to the company, drew attention to the following correspondence, bearing upon the conduct of Admiral Sir John Ommanney, in not sending out a steamer to search for survivors from the wreck. lie first read the subjoined extracts from letters addressed to him by Messrs. Fox. Sons, and Co., dated the 6th and 7th of January, 1852, and on which the statements made by him at Southampton, in answer to questions put by Captain Warburton, had been founded:— " It is reported the Government have sent a steamer out to seek for fragments and boats of the Amazon, but we do not know if our information is correct." N o steamer has been sent out. The Admiral in forms us that he considered it useless. We called on him to know if the report we had heard was true." In consequence of what he had said at Southampton, Ad miral Ommanney had addressed to him the following letter:— • " Admiralty-house, Devonport, Jan. 21. " Sir,—Seeing my name brought before the public in the Times and other papers on the 17th, upon a reply made by you before the committee, which is founded on a falsehood asserted by Mr. Fox, as soon as I saw it in the papers I sent for Mr. Fox, who came before me, to reply to interrogatory as to the fact of his ever having seen me. He positively denied, in the presence of Com modore Seymour and my secretary, Mr. Kent, that he had ever seen me. I said this denial was not sufficient, I must have it in writing, which he promised to send to me, which he did; but it was at a late hour, just as the post was leaving, doubtless with the expectation of my sending it away in haste, having told him that I should forward it to you. When I read it I considered it to be an evasion, and rather tending to confirm the statement than to contradict it. I immediately wrote to him a letter in which I expressed my surprise that he had departed from the pledge ho had given in the pre sence of the Commodore, and insisted on his giving me in writing a denial of his having ever seen me; but this did not reach me until it was too late to send it by Tuesday's post in time to adopt measures to obtain a con tradiction of the false assertion. Although I have not the pleasure of your acquaintance personally, yet your re putation as an honourable man of sound judgment and discretion is well known to the public; therefore, when you receive the accompanying declaration, I hope you will do me the justice to adopt measures to contradict a statement so thoroughly incor rect. If Mr. Fox had given a viva voce statement on his oath I would have prosecuted him for perjury, but he sends a statement from the representation of another person which is inadmissible in any court of law, as it is only hearsay evidence, and ought not to have been re ceived. As the secretary of the Steam Packet Company, I take this opportunity of informing you that there never was a subject of importantance so connected with the situation I hold so shamefully conducted. Mr. Vincent acknowledges to have landed at 1 o'clock A.Y. from the Marsden, and probably left by the express train at 10. During the nine hours neither himself, nor did any other person, agent or otherwise, come near me to furnish me with any information; therefore I was in total ignorance of what had occurred except from what I heard from the general rumour. The only assistance I received was from Commander Kennedy, of the Coast Guard, who brought some vague account, but I recollect that it was directly and positively stated that no boat left the ship but the one whieh was picked up by the Marsden; that shortly after she left the Amazon she blew up, • and there was not a vestage of her to be seen afterwards.' 14 the admiral serving here, and the only person capable of affording assistance, I appeal to you whether some person should not have come to me to have afforded information, and to have solicited assistance, i had o t required? I should then have had an opportunity putting those questions which naturally occur to state sailor been as to the place where the accident took plac of the wind and weather at the time, Weis, the the wind blew after the people were in the boat, questions and after the explosion of the vessel, answers to whieh might have been the groundwork for taking into but of vessel; ,con sideration the necessity for sendi n g oat whom a all all persons the Admiral is the one f rom evi dence is withheld. I cannot conclu de without exp ress- ing my hope that you will ca use _ the reported statement of Mr, Fox to be contradicted, and remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, " JOHN A, OMAIA.NNEY." The written statements referred to by the Ad m i ral in .he preceding terms were asfsoelniotws:— "Fox, Sons, and Co.their respects t o Ad miral Sir John Ommanney, C.B , and beg to what that eg When the junior Septimua Fox called at rningpre they stated this rho() Admi ralty - office to inquire if any steame r had been sent out to l oo k for the crew of the A mazon , after waiting some time he saw Mr. Kent, the who informed hi m that the Admiral con useless, or w or d s to that effect. s s i e d c e r r e e t d ar i y t' outh J a n . 18, 1852." 44 Plyin Fox, Sons, and Co., Present their respects to Ad miral Sir Johni, Ommanney, and, until receipt of his letter of yesterday, believ e d t h e i r note of same date conveyed all tne facts of his question. " Fox, Sons, and Co., of course, admit that when their junior called a t t h e Admiral's office on the Bth inst. he did not see Sir John Ommanney, but he saw his secre tary, and had an answer from that gentleman to their inquiry, which they considered to be the same as if given from the mouth of the Admiral himself, viz., that no steamer had b een sent out to seek for the Amazon's crew, as the Ad m i ral considered it useless ;' and these are the wor d s used by Fox, Sons, and Co., to Captain Chappell. Th e extract o f t h e i r l etters t o that gentle man, dated the 6th and Bth of January, they beg to annex." Captain Chappell concluded by stating that what he had said at Southampton had been founded on the ex tracts read by him from the letters of Fox, questions which Sons, and Co., and that he was merely replying t to ques had been put to him by Captain Warburton. Lieutenant GRYLLS, R.N., repeated the state men t which was published under his name from Plymouth. He heard 11PInnes, the storekeeper, say that he saw flames come from the s toreroom; and the engineer said that he saw the fire break out s o mewhere before the boiler. He could not say positively, but he was almost certain that Whines said so; they talked of the subject frequently. The man who lowered the foremost fall of the first coat he saw launched was, he believed, one of the officers. The captain had just, before ordered the fall not to be lowered. When the ship exploded and went down an intense feeling of loneliness came over them. The crew struck him as a very fine, efficient body. He could say little of the officers, as there were none of them known to him except Lieut. Brady. wh en he left the ship the only boat remaining, in his opinion, was the gig. The lifeboats on both sides were in flames. On the morning of his arrival at Ply n mout h he reported himself te adm ir a l wmumney, who put to him a number of e i nel!tions. A steamer lied been sent, out previously. It appeared to him that Captain Symon s b a d a l most last his mind. Ile was rushing about the deck and baying " Don't lower the beats;" and twice he heard him say " Where are the ladies?" It did not strike him that there was insubordination. The crew were h:rt hod forward, under the forecastle; ant, from th e rap i dity of the flames, corna.neica,tion fore aud eft was cu t cif shortly after he reached the deck; but a number of th em had by that time got to the boats. It was two hours after they left when the barque passed, and the ship was then about two miles and a half away. They could see that she never hove to, unless she did se when she got to the lee of the burning steamer. The explosion, took place in the after part of the ship, and must have been from the powder-magazine. Captain CIIAPPELL, alluding to the letter signed " A Transatlantic Passenger" published in the Times. and reflecting on the efficiency of the crew, read in defence of the company the following statement :—" List of the crew on board-3 midshipmen, 1 eaved; 36 seamen, 18 saved; 6 boys, 1 saved; 6 engineers, 2 saved; 1 boilermaker, saved ; 21 firemen, 10 saved ; 1 lamp-trimmer, saved; 12 coal trimmers, 6 saved; 16 stewards, 2 saved; 1 captain, 4 mates, 1 surgeon, 1 purser, 1 assistant-purser. Total on board 110; 42 saved, 68 lost. Passengers—Mr. Neilson, Mr. Hawkes Mr. Sisley, Mrs. E. R. M'Clennan and child, Mr. F. Glennie, Mr. Bernardo Barricon, Miss Anna Maria Smith, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Jean Strybus, the Rev. W. Blood, Lieutenant Grylls, R.N., Mr. P. Kilkelly. Senor J. C. Oa Cima. Total number of passengers, 50; 13 saved, 37 lost. There were formerly in the company's service—the captain, 4 officers, 1 surgeon, 1 purser, 2 midshipmen, 2 petty officers, 10 seamen, 3 engineers, 13 firemen, 1 lamp-trimmer. 7 coal-trimmers, 12 servants; total, 57 out of 110." Ile was present with two of the directors when the men were examined by the superin tendent of the Admiralty, and he made the remark at the time that ho never saw a ship go out with so young P o a n nil ly Y ' one of them h a y- and the ' fficers e and efficient a crew; of 110, the whal e num b er 57 were th practised th e s i e r r v d a a n ty t s to of the ee last,com all stuck Nav in g been saved. Ono Rev. Mr. WARBURTON, with reference to the censures which had been passed on Admiral Onaman ney's conduct, said that when he went to him to apply f*Jr aid he expected at least to receive kindness an d courtesy, but had found none. The rev, gentleman then gave a - minute account of the steps which were at lase taken to search for survivors under the orders of the Admiralty, and praised the liberality of the company in providing a special train for him to Plymouth, that no time might be lost. no described the fruitless cruise of the two small steamers which had beau sent out, the stormy weather which they had encountered, and their being compelled to return without having completed their search. In consequence, feeling himself entrusted with the discharge of a duty, he had made a representa tion to the Admiralty, to which he had received the following reply:— " Admiralty, Jan. 22. " Sir,—With reference to your letter of this date, stating your return to Deronport in the Avon steamer, and the Sprightly in company, and requesting th at the Hecate might be ordered to complete the sear c h those vessels had begun, and which they had been prevented prosecuting from their being unable .to make Brest to replenish fuel, and furtner stating that, after the prompt and liberal manner in which the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company had forwarded you to Plymouth with their Lordships' orders, you were under the impression that you held a power which had been confided to you on the faith of a certain search being made; lam commanded by my Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty t o acquaint you that their Lordships will apply to the Foreign-office without de lay, for the purpose of communicating by telegraph with the Minister at Paris, and requesting that an inquiry may be made at the different ports on the French coast for any intelligence respecting the survivors from the wreck of the Amazon. " I am directed to add that the Fury, which is now destined for the Mediterranean, and will sail without delay, shall be directed to call at Bilboa and at Corunna for the purpose of ascertaining whether any information has been received; and their Lordships will also suggest to the Foreign-office that a commnnication should be made to the Spanish Government to obtain and commu nicate any information which can be procured on the subject. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. B. HAMILTON." The Rev. Gentleman concluded by saying that no direct communication had been made to Sir John Ommanney by the survivors of the Amazon, and that, although he no doubt should have sent out a steamer at once, yet that be bad received no precise information. He had sent Captain Kennedy to ascertain particulars, and by that time all the men had left Plymouth, and were not to be found. The Rev. Gentleman, therefore, blamed them more than the Admiral. Mr. ELDISMERE gave evidence that the decks of the Amason were constructed of the materials used in the best class of shipbuilding; that the pine employed was from Dantzic, and was not pitch pine, as had been stated. Captain CHAPPELL mentioned that the Rev. Mr. Blood had applied for and received pecuniary aid from the company. He and the other passengers who were saved had been invited to attend and give evidence, if they wished to make any statement, but none of them had availed themselves of the offer. The CHAIRMAN considered it unnecessary to continue the investigation further, as it had been taken up by the Board of Trade. The proceedings terminated by an acknowledgment of the exertions made by Commander Kennedy, of the Coast Guard, to afford assistance in the search for sur vivors from the wreck. The following is a correct list of the passengers who were lost in the ill-fated ship:— Rev. Mr. and Mrs. De Winton, Mr. De Pass, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Fellowes, Mr. Joel, Mr. Anthony, and Mr. D. Hamilton, for Jamaica; Mr. Best, accompanied by a male servant, Mr. Callender, Mr. Sterling, and Mr. Alleyne, for Barbadoes ; Mr. Johnston, Mr. Burnett, and Mr. and Mrs. Scotland, for Trinidad; Mr. M'Clen nail and Mr. Hick, for Demerara ; Mr. Eliot Warbur ton, for the Round; M. and Madame Lucombe and child, Mr. Gerand, M. Kersabor, M. Cima, and M. Debelle man, for Chsgres; M. Martinez Del Rio, M. Trenear, Miss Grace Hoare, Miss Margaret Fitzgerald, M. Sor rier and M. Granier, for Vera Cruz; Mr. Cuming and i t o u kt M. C ; a a r n d d e nas, Lieutenantfor St. M. Creree m ou . r L t, e f l e , r ay S Thomas's; Faye, for feTrhGeasad'sp a R.N., in charge of the Admiralty mails. One Brady,Martl; gentleman, who bad selected his berth and paid his pas sagewas prevented joining the ship at the last mom moment, money, Y nd thus escaped the fearful catastrophe. d, Mr. i E ss a A wke n s a i Mr. Sisley, Mrs. E. R. n The names of the passengers saved are—Mr . Neilson , Li eutena nt Gry lis' R M‘ N" C R le e n v. na W n . a ß nd lo, c o h d il , Maria Smith, Mr. F. be Glensntiye,Ms, Mr. P. K r.Berntaredoiolfakßeeelariry, officers ana s n e cid Mr. W. Evans, M. Jean M. S. J. C. Cime. The following is a numerica l list of h crew eof th e Amazon, with th e proportions lost and ea Captain Mates ... ... ••• Surgeon Purser ••• ••• Purser's assistant ... Midshipmen ... ... Seamen ... ... Boys ... ... ... Engineers ... ... Boiler -maker .. Firemen ..• -• Coal-trimmers ••• Lamp-trimmer •., Stewards .. ••• Number. ••• 1 ••• 4 ••• 1 ••• 36 ••• 6 ••• 6 ••• 21 12 Saved. Total, crew Savect ... 10 ••• 16 ... 110 ... 42 The prop ort i on of 8 passengers . lost and saved stands thus:— Number of passengers ... Saved ... 50 ... 13 Lost ... ... ... ... 37 Imputations having been thrown upon the Royal Mail Company on the subject of the crews of the ships form ing their fleet, a n d asser ti ons o f i ncom petency among the sailor s f rom wan t o f a k now l e d ge o f this particular kind of navigation having been made, it is right to state that of the officers and crew on board the Amazon the following had already sailed several voyages in the company's ships:—The captain, the four chief officers, the surgeon, the purser, two midshipmen, two petty offi cers, 10 seamen, 3 engineers, 1 3 firemen, 1 lamp trimmer, seven coal trimmers, and 12 stewards. The following extract from a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Royal Mail Steam - Packet Company, and dated Plymouth, Jan. 19, 1852, is so cre di ta b le to the parties concerned that we make no apology for appending it:— '° We take free to mention to you that the exertions of Commander Kennedy, --, R m inspector-- of the coast guard here, in sending out the Royal Charlotte revenue cutter, in charge of Lieutenant Lilburn, deserves the attention of the company in writing him a letter of thanks for his activity; and also Lieutenant Lilburn, in his perseverance in beating to windward for three days, under close-reefed canvas, with the determination to search well-down Channel in search of boats from the Amazon. Fortunately, Lieutenant Lilburn spoke the g alliot, Ilellechina, w h o was approac hi n g the English shore, not knowin g hi s pos i t i on, hav i ng considered th e Ram Head was th e B att H ea d , an d at once offered his have ana az receivedo nwhich services, sent one of his officers on board, and conducted the galliot safe into this port, perhaps more." saving at least one day, that a portion of wreck had PLymourn, JAN. °Q.—Messrs. Fox, the agents of the West India Mail Steam-Packet passoed %r e af A t. It is still newa_to-day from Mr. Balkwill, their agent at Pool, near Kingebricige, stating with ls i p o nars Company, attached, floated past the harbour had apparently formed whorh thought that the barque Mr. Bloodand his party ,be tween in which the boat , easse party were, has picked up some .o b f M t I: .ogers, and that from the whiteness of the sail ' i s supposed that. she was an American liner, and that she may have taken them on to New York. , Trig OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS AND THEIR SERVANTS -It is stated that some disagreeable differences are likely to arise between the omnibus proprietors and their men, in consequence of the movement which the latter have made to The lcessation from labo ur on every alternate Sunday. ivers and conducto rs h ave recently formed a bene v°'obhlteeanit institution for the purpose of providing against sick ness and other unavoidable misfortunes. This society has taken part in the above movement, and it is said that several of the members have in consequence received notice of dis charge from their employment. If this determination be acted upon the probability is that some serious " opposi tion" in the shape of competing omnibuses will be started by the men.