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FRANCE. The following remarks on the defensive preparations said to be commanded by the British Government are from the Constitutionnel "It is affected to believe and to assert that the British Government has commanded armaments and that the sea 't is being placed in a state of defence. We are accus -:-...ed to see the military and naval authorities. demand si milar measures of precaution every time any circumstance occurs in France to interest them more or less. During the last years of the reign of Louis Philippe, who certainly did not pass for one who indulged in ideas of war, when the Chamber of Deputies voted a credit for the increase of our navy, which was to be divided into annual grants, Admiral Napier and others demanded that ex traordinary armaments should be prepared, and advised that seamen should be pressed for the service; but there was little attention paid to them. The armaments now spoken of in England are not more serious than those of that period. We show in a subsequent article the value to be set on the alarming cries of the English journals. We mean to speak here only of what is said in France. Those reports of war are collected; certain parties have an interest in exaggerating them, and they are exag gerated. They are made the foundation of the most absurd commentaries, the most sinister conclusions are deduced from them, and they are converted into false news. To believe the alarmists the Government is about to bring us back to the period of the camp of Boulogne, and means of a descent on England have not only been discussed but concerted. Other newsmongers direct the conquering ambition of Louis Napoleon to another quarter. The latter assure us that a decree is about to be published annexing Belgium with France, others that it is proposed to resume the frontiers of the Rhine. Some people will tell you that the Government has views on Geneva, others on Savoy. Everybody is in posses sion of a State secret, everybody is aware of a plan on which depend the destinies of France and of Europe. Is it necessary to say that all those pretended facts are ri diculous inventions? Assuredly the safety and the honour of France are in good hands. If Louis N a p oleon were compelled to maintain in a foreign land the right or the dignity of the nation which placed him at its head, he would not be false to the glorious traditions of his family. But he must be attacked before he will consider it neces sary for him to defend himself, and no power in the universe would think of disturbing France in her inde pendence or her interests. In the second place, it has never entered the head of Louis Napoleon to make an act of unjust aggression against any State, great or small. The elect of 7,500,000 Frenchmen is occupied in organizing his Government is order to give the country an era of order, labour, and prosperity. It is a noble and a grand task. The ideas which occupy his Council are ideas connected with the peace of France and of the world. How, then, are we to regard those reports of war? Simply, as we have already said, as a war of false reports against the national Government of Louis Napoleon.' HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, JAN. 17.—The proposition made by our Government to the Germa nic Diet to rescind the federal contributions for Luxemburg and Limburg, have been met by a resolution on the part of the Diet, which has been approved by the Netherlands Envoy. The Diet has also resolved, unanimously, not to approve, upon principle, the division of the contri tions for Luxemburg and Limburg, but to authorise the repartition on the basis of the respective popula tions. The Austrian Envoy has voted for the pro position, nor is it inferred that there will be any mo dification in the obligations of the Netherlands in regard to Limburg and Luxemburg. The Netherlands Envoy is satisfied with this deci sion, though it does not correspond entirely with the demands of his Government. The King has decided that the prizes which have I been formerly granted in the herring fisheries shall be re-established, and that the sum of 6,400 florins, which has been given for some years for keeping up a floating hospital for the benefit of the herring fisheries, shall be allowed for the present year also. The Netherlands Ambassador at Madrid has in formed our Government that various modifications have been introduced into the Spanish tariff on im ports into Spain and the Balearic Isles. Nearly all these modifications are in favour of imports intro duced direct from either Europe or America, and brought in under a foreign flag. The Netherlands ship the Java Courier, Captain Reinetz, has just arrived here from Batavia, having on board the whole of the crew belonging to the British ship Resolution, Captain T. Orbe, from Liver pool to Zarucksee. The crew was picked up by Captain Reinetz at Kamperdun yesterday morning. Dreadful storms have prevailed on the coast for the last ten days. RUSSIA AND FINLAND. --- The Stockholm paper Aftonbladet, for January 2, c.Jatains the following important, although sorrowful, political intelligence : " It has been remarked that the letters which have lately arrived here from Finland have been more than usually cautious—almost mysterious. This has given rise to fears that the Russian self-ruler had some now violence in store against the weak remains of their former Swedish liberties, which our unhappy brethren on the north-eastern shores of the Baltic still possess. Or late these fears have assumed the shape of the most distressing rumours. A private letter, which has for tunately evaded the control of the Post.office, states that the provincial governors have been declared by an impend ukase to be independent of the Finnish Senate, and for the future answerable to the general governor alone, who resides in Petersburg. Another rep )rt asserts that the Senate has been altogether dis solved. It is not yet known how far these statements are to be believed, and we anxiously await further in telligence." OFFICIAL REPORTS OF HER MAJESTY'S SEM' DIEDALLTS'S VISIT TO TIER NIAJ ESTY'S SHIP PLOVER IN BEEIRING'S STRAITS• TO REAR-ADMIRAL F. MORESBY, C.B. &C., COMMANDER• IN- CHIEF. Her Majesty's ship Daedalus, San Francisco, Oct. 27, 1851. Sir,—l have the honour to report to you the pro ceedings of her Majesty's ship under m y command since my last communication from the Sandwich Islands on the 24th May, and in so doing I regret not to be the bearer of any news regard ing the missing expedition. We quitted the harbour of Honolulu on the 25th May, and hove to outside the port till dusk, in order to await to the last moment the arrival of any vessel with further orders, then bore up and passed between Osleu and Atooai, as in consequence of the excellent Passage made last year by the Investigator, by pur suing a direct course through the Straits of Amouckta, I determined to follow the same route, and our own passage having occupied the same time, though for several w ee k s earlier in the year, I think it may be recom mended for speed, as it certainly may be security. We reached within sixty miles of Amouckta on the 12th of Ju ne , i n very thick w ea ther,. and, having h ad no observati ons for some preceding days, we rounded to till the next day, when, having ascertained our position, we steered through the channel to the west ward of Amouckta without seeing land, passed to the westward, and in sight of St. Paul's and Sea Otter slands on the 15th, and stood in to the south-west point of St. Lawrence Island on the 18th, having carried a fair wind since passing th e Al eut i an group, and our passage thus far having only occupied wenty-four days. Here we boarded the French whale ship Ajax, of Bordeaux, who gave us information that the ice ex tended across the bay of Anadir from Cape Thaddeus to Cape Tchaplin ' and thence across th e St. L awrence s get to th e of Island, and that, finding i tto pass impossible to the to southward northward, she was going the i s la n d, in hopes of find in g clear w ater to the east ward. I am sorry to add tha t, in endeavouring to do thi s while app roac hi n g too close to the shore i n search of whales, this vessel struck, and w as totally lost on a reef o ff t h e south-eas t s ide of St . Lawrence Island a few days afterwards. The Ajax had fallen in with her Majesty's ship Enterp r i s e on the I st of June , in NY long. 17G ~ at the edge of the ice, which at this period appears t o h ave ex tended across from_ Cape Thaddeus (A.siatic coast ) t o Cape Boumanzoff, on th e American coast. On the 19th we sighted the ice, and found cru isin g n off the edge of it sev era l w h a l e-s hi ps awaiting for o p en ing t o p rocee d northwards. We were deta ined off the N.W. point of St. L awrence I s l an d till t h e 24th, when, having anchored w ith t h e s t r eam, ne ar it we were closely beset with th e i ce , w hi c h extended in every direction as far as the eye could reach, and left ue no alternative but to remain at anchor to avoid being drifted near the shore. On the 27th, the northern shore of the island being partially cleared of ice, and the ship free, we weighed, and stood to the eastward, in the hope of finding a clear passage in that direction. We succeeded, however, in get ting h u t a f ew miles, and from this p er i o d t ill the 9th July we were almost constantly beset With ice, the only clear water being occasionally close in the shore, where we were forced to remain at anchor sustaining a heavy pressure of ice against the bow s from th e strength of the tide, which made the ship drive ; and it was generally found better to Weigh on these occasions, and, having no ice- anchors, to secure the shin with warps and the boats' anchors to . the lergest floes of ice, and in this manner we g.i:ned some miles to the eastward. On one occasion we made sail, and drove the ship through the ice into clee.r water; but the thumps and shakes she received were so great that I should not have attempted it again but as a last resource. On the sth, whilst at anchor, the weather being very thick, a field of ice, above a mile long and half a mile broad, was set across the ship's bows, and the ship, unable to withstand such a pressure, drove, our efforts to break it by degrees, by the use of our spare mizen topmast as a bumper, and axes and pickaxes, being quite ineffectual. A heavy jerk about mid- ' night, and the ice passing on clear of the ship, showed that something had given way; and, next morning, fivading the ship again driving, we sighted our anchor, THE SUN, and found both flukes, the shank having broken in half about a foot from the crown, The part that came UP, as well as the cable, was quite bright, but so great was the strain that I should have been surprised if neither anchor nor cable had given way. It is worth remarking that on the 12th of August, or 34 days afterwards, we picked up the buoy of this anchor (which was a wooden temporary one we had made to save our new buoys w hilst among the ice) lying on the beach on the north shore of Port Clarence. It was about fifty feet from the water's edge, and about twenty feet further up than the ordi nary high water-m'rk, and had no doubt been drifted up on the Bth, when the tide rose unusually high in a south-east gale which blew on that day. The dis tance from where it was lost was about 145 miles, which would give only about four miles and a quarter a day to the northward ; but part of this time the sea was almost filled with ice, and the winds prevailed more than usual from the northward. It may be consi dered, however, as confirming the supposition that all the large quantity of drift wood in this vicinity, and in the midst of which the buoy was found, comes from the southward. The wreck of the American whaler Mary Mitchell, lost about the same time on the west side of St. Law rence Island, drifted also to the northward and through Behring's Straits, and was fallen in with by the English schooner Eliza, of Hobart Town, in A u gust, to the north-west of East Cape. In the course of the 6th we weighed, and soon after, securing the ship to the field of ice above-men tioned, drifted with it ten miles further to the east ward. Finally, we observed early on the 9th clear water to the northward, and shortly after bad the pleasure once more of making sail, after three weeks being obstructed and almost constantly beset with ice. We were not, however, able to reach King's Island, as the pack extended thirty miles to the westward of it in a nearly north and south direction, and had the weather not been so very thick in standing over to the Asiatic coast, I should have gone into St. Law rence Bay, but the fogs were so thick we could hardly see a ship's length. On the 15th we found the ice had cleared away, and succeeded in anchoring in Port Clarence, when I found that the Enterprise had sailed on the 10th on her Arctic service, and that the Plover had proceeded on the 11th to Norton Sound, leaving her decked boat th e Grantley Harbour in charge of the storehouse. I, refore, took advantage of the fine weather to get our topmasts down and refit our rigging, and had the bows caulked, the pitch having been forced out and some copper rubbed off by the ice, which caused a trifling leakage. - - On the 30th of July the Plover arrived, and I sent the carpenter and a carpenter's mate of this ship aboard to examine into her condition and re port on her defects, and I have the honour to enclose herewith (No. 1.) a copy of their report, from which it is evident that in their judgment the vessel is quite fit to continue the service she is now employed in for the period she is ordered to remain. Com mander Moore bad instructions from Captain Collin son to proceed to Hong-Kong in case no man of war arrived during the summer, in consequence, I ima gine, of the Plover's crew having suffered much from scurvy in the past winter. He had also a discretionary power to proceed pre viously to the northward of Behring's Straits for a short period, if he thought it likely to be of any service in gaining information ; and as he was anxious to do so I delayed the repair of his defects, and sap plied him with stores and provisions, till his return, and I proceeded in this ship in company with the Plover to St. Lawrence Bay on the 2d of August, to arcertain if any dispatches had been buried on the island there, in the position pointed out by Captain Collinson in his letter to the Admiralty last year. We had parted company in very thick weather, and on the 4th, on entering the bay, we observed the Plover also running in while we were communicating with an English lorcha from Hong-Kong, out of which vessel we took a bag of letters for the En terprise. The Plover meantime had anchored inside the har bour, which is formed by a low sandy islet, on the northern shore. We had neither chart nor sailing directions, but as I understood that the passage was safe on either side of the islet, we steered for the eastern one, but the water shoaling very quickly the best bower anchor was let go in four fathoms and a half, sail shortened, and on bringing up the ship swung into three fathoms, and touched very lightly a few times, owing to a slight swell that was setting i n . Shortening in cable and laying out the stream anchor, we hove her into deeper water immediately, without a possibility of her having received the slightest damage, and then entering by the western channel we anchored in the harbour, where we found several whale ships, principally under English and American colours. No dispatches having been found, I quite agreed with Commander Moore, that although there was very little probability of his either seeing or obtain ing any intelligence of the Enterprise, or hearing of the position in which the Investigator had passed the last winter, it would be satisfactory that I should be able on my return to carry information as to the state of the ice to the northward, as the unusual time to which the sea to the southward has been filled with ice would render it probable that the packed ice would be found much further to the southward of its position than in the previous years. To assist in working the Plover I sent from thin ship Mr. Buckley, acting mate, and Mr. Scott, second master, with ten seamen (with whose conduct and exertions Commander Moore, on his return, ex pressed himself as much pleased), and on the 9th of August, the two vessels sailed together, the Daedalus anchoring in Port Clarence the following day. On the 28th the Plover returned, having reached only 70 deg. 30 min. north latitude, where he found the pack, being 160 miles further south than last year. He, therefore, visited Kotzebue Sound, ascertained that the cache of provisions was un touched, and made the best of his way back to Port Clarence. We immediately commenced caulking and repairing her defects, which, with the exception of replacing some copper rubbed off under water, was completed by the 6th of September, and on the 9th she moved into Grantley Harbour to prepare for pas sing the winter. I have completed the Plover with stores, provisions, clothing, and fuel to December, 1853, as per state ment No. 2, with the exception only of some pre served soups and vegetables, and a few medicines, with a few trifling stores none of which we had on board ; and in addition I have left in her charge a supply of six months' provisions and warm clothing for sixty men, calculating that if either crews of the Enterprise or Investigator should fall back in boats, they would be victualled during the winter, without encroaching on the Plover's own stock, and in the summer the Plover will have no difficulty in falling in with whalers about the Straits, any of whom would carry the crews to the Sandwich Islands or elsewhere. In compliance with the third paragraph of your orders, I have replaced all the officers and men of the Plover who either were desirous:of quitting the Arctic regions, or were not considered, after another most careful medical examination (a previous one having been already held by Captain Collinson's orders in July), equal to passing two more winters there. To the former I gave the option to volunteer for this ship any . petty officers for whom no vacancies might exist, being borne as supernumeraries for your disposal. I have the honour to enclose (No. 3) a general statement of all charges made, with the rea sons against each name; also the documents con nected with the medical surveys held on the Plo ver's crew, and the volunteers from this ship for the Plover. To supply their places, amounting to 23, an equal number have been sent from this ship, and, in addition, I appointed Mr. Gordon, acting mate, and a steward, at the request of Commander Moore, mak ing her complement hold 41, exclusive of the inter preters. The seamen and marines selected by lot from a lar ge num b er o f vo l un t eers , and all of them men of exce ll ent character. L i eutenan t Vernon of this ship, w h o Foster, assistant-surgeon, most excellent, trustworthy replaced Lieutenant Cooper, is a with the Admiralty isoronenu,lwarh o oN ffi m c ol e officer, e7n a t s dtao i t setdhae July s pu o llyo Mr y e 3;., to supersede Dr. 1846, and whom I received(bo): England ; and I have a passage to Vernon. f.ds, acting mate, an order to act as lieutenant, vice . With the exception, some a fe s w (an i d to make medi cines and preserved soups and vegetablesmake up for the latter article this excellent potatoes was purchased from an Vti pY l ' is o h g itvheenr therefore, surgeon, rca g . or boards o s 7 f , 0 in r accordance far as possible, in a condition to fulfil schooner which visited Port Clare quitted instructions. I ttphilleeoivrPelriAorier,rdaswsiltPhs ' more satisfaction could I have felt myself justified in replacing Commander Moore, and every one of the Plovers crew, even without their nsheeL'ldl have quitted the consent. They all either left England in the Plover, and have therefore already passed three winters in the Arctic regions, or have served in the Herald since 1845, and desirous as they ware to remain at their posts as long as their bodily strength permitted them, and at present there is no such impediment, I did not feel myself authorised to act contrary to their wishes, although it is impoFsible not to b e anxio u s at leaving th em for two more winters, and looking for ward to the possible effect upon their health which the monotonous nature of such a lengthened service produces in depressing the spirits. Having, however, made a fair offer to all of retiring, coupled, as I felt I might do, with an expression of my conviction that no possible discredit could by possibility attach t• their accepting it, I did not feel it right to take any other step. Judging from last year's supply of venison (6,000 lbs.), and several thousand head of ptarmigan, besides fish, a fair supply of fresh provisions may be r e asonably anticipated this winter, although the Es quimaux have obtained such a large aupply of their LONDON, favourite articles of barter from the whale ships during the summer, they may not exert themselves so much in order to secure them for the Plover. During our stay at Port Clarence I received an ur gent request, a copy of which I have the honour to enclose (No. 6), from the master of the English schooner Eliza, of Hobart Town, of which Mr. John Johnson, of New-wharf, Hobart Town, is owner, to remove John Thomas, second mate, from his vessel, and having personally assured myself of the truth of his statement, I received him on board this ship, to be sent on shore at the first convenient opportunity. From what I was able to collect from the different whaling ships we fell in with I imagine that the past season has proved so unfavourable that not many will be tempted to try Behring's Straits next year. Very few whales have been taken, and in addition to ex tensive injury from the ice, which, owing to its being so far south, many attempted to force their way through, but unsuccessfully, several have been totally lost. I inclose a list of such as I heard of, but I believe there are one or two others. We found Port Clarence a most excellent harbour : abundance of water and wood, easily procured, and our seine net, used once a week, provided enough for the day for the whole ship's company. The winds were generally moderate, the holding ground excellent, and had it been necessary for the ship to remain for the winter, although it is very doubtful if we could get her into Grantley Harbour, there is a position near Cape Riley where she would DO doubt have been perfectly secure. Grantley Har bour has proved quite secure as a winter quarter for the Plover, and the shore abounds in summer with wild onions and berries—excellent anti-scorbutics. In the belief that Commander Moore has trans mitted to you a report of proceedings during the past winter, as also an account of the distressing murder of Lieutenant Barnard, of the Enterprise, at Darabin, I do not allude to these subjects. I am sorry to say that an unfortunate affray be• tween some natives, somewhere near Cape Chaplain, and the crews of some whalers, has occurred this summer. The dispute seems to have originated in the endea vour of the natives to obtain possession by force of some property on board a whaler which was wrecked there, and ended in the loss of some lives on both sides. The arrangements with regard to the Plover were completed before the last week in September; but as it was probable that in the event of the Enterprise not finding it practicable to reach Point Barrow, she would be obliged to return to Port Clarence, in which case she might be expected to arrive before the end of September, I delayed our departure till the Ist of October, when we put to sea with a fine northerly wind, which carried us past St. Lawrence Island ; and on the 7th we passed through the Straits of Amouckb!, thence we steered a direct course, and arrived at this port on the 22d inst. After a few days' stay I shall proceed to sea for the purpose of carrying out the remainder of your orders, en route to Valparaiso.—l have, Scc., (Signed) " Gao. G. WELLESLEY, Captain. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. Intelligence has been received of a disas trous shipwreck on the coast of Kintyre, in Argyleshire, by which four of the crew have been drowned. It appears that about the 31st of December a small s teamer of 33-horse power, n amed the Rabh i d (a Welsh name), sailed from North Shields to take up a position as a tug or luggage boat on the Clyde. She was commanded by An drew Jacobson, a foreigner, and her crew con sisted of Robert Christie, of North Shields, the pilot ; Alexander Muir, seaman, belonging to L och gilphead, in Lochfyne ; Robert Gib son, engineer, Berwick-on-Tweed; and William Sturt, fireman, North Shields. The steamer went by the east coast of Scotland, and, passing throu g h the Caledonian Canal, reached the west coast, where she was caught in the tremendous hurricane of last week. After being buffeted about among the islands from tlas preceding Thursday, the Rabhid mad ibe Sound of Sunda, on the Mull of Kintyre, on Saturday night, the weather being still exceedingly tem pestuous. Muir, who knew the wild charac ter of the coast, urged that the vessel should seek some place of refuge, but the master was of opi nion that he should be able to double the Mull, and reach the Forth of Clyde. Soon after it was disco vered that the pumps were choked from coals being washed into them, on account of the violent motion of the vessel, Shortly after the fires were drowned out and the engine stopped. In this helpless state a stud ding sail was set, and the vessel dashed ashore on a reef of rocks, surmounted by wild bold cliffs, two or three miles from the point of the coast known as Arranman's Barrels. The sea made perfect havoc with the little vessel, carrying away in a few minutes the small boat, the funnel, and tearing up the bows. Sturt launched himself on a plank, which was driven out to sea, then forced back again, and the unhappy man was knocked off, and perished under the vessel's counter. The mast then fell overboard, when Gibson clung to it for a short time. but was washed off and drowned. The captain shared a similar fate. Muir and Christie were on the lee paddle-box when they were washed off and the latter was drowned. Muir, however, reached the rocks, where he remained in a most piteous plight, with the snow and sleet pelting upon him, till daylight on Sunday morning. He then crawled up the rocks, and found out the small shelling of James M'K erran, Glenbervie, wh e re be was hospi tably . received, and afterwards he got every attention and kindness from Mr. Lorne Stewart, the chamber lain of the Duke of Argyll, in Kintyre. All the poor men who have perished have left widows and fami lies. About sixty years ago a French ship was lost on the same spot. Many were drowned, and those who reached the land perished from cold and hunger, from the then wild and uninhabited state of the country, and their bleached bo nes were no t di s covered till long afterwards. SEABORNE MAILS. [l7 signifies that the mails are sent front the General Poet-0113es by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When made up in From what PLACES. ;General Post-office port dis- 7;_;"`'" owe. London; patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Jan 23 .. ;Liverpool .• 'Jan. 29 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan. 27 .. ,Liverpool •• Jan. 14 America (by U.S. pkt.) Southampt. Africa (West coast)" Nll4th of the month Plymouth Feb. 3 Alexandria* Nil9ila & 30th of mo., Dover .. Jan. 18 Belgium .. NiDaily • • .. Dover .. Daily Brazil M 9th of the month I Sonthampt. Feb. 16 Buenos Ayree M 9th of the month ;Southampt. Jan. 16 California(viaCkagres) M 2d ik 17th ef month Southam pt. Jan. 20 Cape of Good Hope 1 , 7114 th of month ;Plymouth.. Feb. 3 Constantinople* N . ,7t1117th 27th efmolDover ,Jau. 20 Central America .. Mi ad & 17th of men. iSouthampi . .'Jan. 20 Channel Isles • • .. *Men., Wed., & Fri.; Southampt. Ta. Tk.Sat Chili 31117th of the month ISonthampt. Jan. 20 France M & Nlwice daily .. ;Dover Twicedally Greece* .. • . With 17th 27th of mo ;Dever .. Jan. 20 Hamburgh N,Tuesday & Friday ;London Taos. Sat. Holland MjWednes. & Satur.,Londen Mo*.Thur Honduras .. . N 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 Ireland .. M& N Twice daily liolyhead..lTwicedally India (via Sonthamp.) M.2oth of the month,Southanapt. Jan, 23 ladia(viaMarseilles) NBth& 24th efmonth Dover • . Jan. 18 Mediterranean (via Southarcnton) M 20th of the month 'Southampt. Jan. 23 Meditenanean (via Marseilles) .. N Bth& 24th of month' Dover • • Jan. 16 Mexico M 2d of the month.. I Southampt. Feb. 9 Madeira • • • • .. M 9th of the month Sonthampt. Jan. 16 Malts.* 1i1th,17th,12t14,27th / Dover Jan. 18 & 30th of month Naples* .. • • •• 2 , 7,6 th 15th 25th ofme,Dover • • Jan. 12 Papal States* N 'Stli 15th 25th ef me; Dover .. Jaa. 12 Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo'Southampt. Jan. 16 Peru .. • M 17th of the month Southampt. ;Jan. 20 Tuscany* .• N sth 15th25thofmo Dover • • ;Jan. 12 West Indies 17th of the month Southampt. IJan. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) kr 2cl of the month Soathanspt. Feb. i 5 The mails to those countries thus marked ( 4 ) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this month will bo made up three times a week only, instead of daily. Cautowns.—Mails to and from California, via the United States are now despatched and due by every American packet RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852. FEIIRI Lincoln Spring RES FOR 1852. JABY. 1 Carmarthenshire Hunt 9 Liverp00l Spring Coventry... 9 Northampton Doncaster Spring Warwick Spring ---- APRIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven ... 12 Malton Abergavenny l5 Newmarket F. S MAY. Chester Spring N e wmarket S. S. Shrewsbury l2 JE Manchester ... Ascot .. ................ Beverley Hampton Newcastle Bibury Jti Durham Bath • • Epsom E. Stockbridge Winchester ...... Knighton Carlisle Ludlow Salisbury ............... 1 Newmarket ..........•••• 6 Worcester ............... 6 Lancaster ............... 7 ♦u, Liverpool Stamford Nottingham Goodwood UST. North Staffordshire 3 Brighto n Reading . BEPTE Warwick 7 Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l Bedford OCTO Chester Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham Newmarket S. 0 ll I MOVE]! Worcester Autu York Egham Leicester 22 Manchester Autumn 23 Newmarket F. 0. IBER. Holy well Hunt Richmond Nowmurkot Houghton 25 imn 2 In the last sitting of the Roman Archooological Society, the secretary read a letter from the Bing of Prussia, announcing his acceptance of the title of bonorarY memb er of the society in the class of sovereigns. TUESDAY EVENING, LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 19. Sittings at Nisi Prius in London, in Hilary Term, beforo Mr. Justice TALFOIIIID and Common Juries.) HODGKINSON V. WRIGIIT. This was an action to recover payment of a promissory note for 3861., dated 4th of October last, and payable two months after date, granted by the defendants to the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded, that the promissory note was granted for 386 shares in the Worthing Mining Company, and that only a portion of them had been delivered; and, second, that he did not promise. h r Sergeant les and Mr. Needham were counsel for and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Charnock for the defendant. e It appeared that , on the 4 th of October la st, the p lain- plaintiff; BY tiff, Sir George Edmund Redgkinson, who is a ship and insurance broker, sold to the defendant, the Rev. George Wright, a clergyman of the Church of England, 386 shares in the Worthing Mining Company, at 11. per share, payable by bill at two months, all calls up to that the shares t o rem ain in the names they timethen b w e e i r e e g u p ee d, until the bill was paid. The defendant being unwilling to have his name appear on a bill, gave the plaintiff his cheque for the amount, on the understanding that he was not to use it until such time as the bill would have been payable. The plaintiff,however, on consulting his solicitor, was advised not to take the cheque, but to insist on the original agreement, and have a bill at two months. After some meetings between the solicitors of the parties, a bill for the a mount was given by the defendant, at two months, on the 27th of October, oa the understanding, as he al leged, that it was merely to be kept as a security for the shares until paid, and that the shares were to be ho purchased them f rom th e plaintiff. Acting on this g i ven over to the defendant within a reasonable time eaiesrunderstanding, the defendant sold the whole of the shares to a Mr. MI n ; -, a sharebroker, at 1, Royal Ex e-bhags; at U. Is. 6d. per share, except 80 of them, v got 11. 2s. 6d. for ; but the plaintiff, con struing the agreement to mean that he was not called u p o n to hand over the shares to the defendant until the 7th Decembr, when the bill became payable, refused to which let him have them „ ; with the exception of 100, upon which the calls up to the 4th of October were paid, the calls up to that period not having been paid on the others. The defendant, therefore, now con tended that being, as he conceived, entitled to the shares within a reasonable time after he had pur chased them on the 4th of October last, that as on several occasions he had offered to take them and pay the agreed on price of them after that period, that as he gave the bill on the express understanding that he was not to be kept out of the shares until it should become due, and as the plaintiff was not in a position to transfer the shares to him, not having paid up the calls on them, he was not now liable to be called upon for the amount contained in the bill. The issue from the form of the proceedings lying upon the defendant, he was examined in support of his plea, and stated the circumstances under which he pur chased the shares ; that he considered himself entitled to them within a reasonable time after the bargain, and in consequence of that sold them ; that he never autho rised his attorney to give his bill for them on the un derstanding that they were not to be handed over until the bill was due; and that he had got into considerable difficulty in consequence of having sold them, and the plaintiff declining to transfer them until the 7th Decem ber, one party demanding of him 501. as a recompense for his failure to the shares sold him forthcoming. The agreement between the parties was also put in, which was to the effect, that the Rev. George Wright agreed to purchase of the plaintiff 386 shares of the Worthing Mining Company—all claims up to that time paid —payable by bill at two months, the shares to remain in their present names until payment of the bill. It was contended on the part of the plaintiff that the shares were not to be transferred until Dec. 7, when the bill granted for them became due, and that when it did so become due the plaintiff sent one of his clients to the defendant to apprise him of it, and to hand him over the shares. The calls on the whole of the shares were paid up two days before the bill became due, and the defen dant had 100 of them before, which the plaintiff gave him as a favour, he having sold out to that amount. The plaintiff and his attorney. were examined in sup port of the claim, the latter stating that the defendant's solicitor, when he gave the bill for the shares, was con vinced that they would not be transferable until the 7th of December. Mr. Justice TALFOURD then went over the evidence, and the jury, after retiring for a short time, gave a ver dict for the plaintiff for 2861., the balance of tho bill, after deducting the 100 shares paid for. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 19. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court proceeded to-dey with the demurrer paper, but no case of public interest was argued. (Sittings at Guildhall, in Hilary Term, at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron PLATT, and Common Juries.) This was the " first sittings " at Nisi Prius, in the present term. HENNINGWAY V. WYNNE. Mr. Knowles, with Mr. Milward, appeared as counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Edwards, were for the defendant. This was an action to recover al balance of 1954, al leged to be due for the purchase of the horse Eloho, for which the defendant had agreed to give 3954 The defendant pleaded, never indebted, payment, and a set-off. The nature of this case will be best gathered from the subjoined evidence. Robert Ilemmingway, the plaintiff, was called, and said—l had a horse named Elcho, which was at the training stables of William Scott, at Prestbury, near Cheltenham. That horse was entered to run for the Liverpool Cup, in July. I purchased the horse of a Mr. Phillips, of Bushby, in the mouth of July, 1849. I gave 300 guineas for the animal, which was at that time two years old. I ran the horse three or four times. In the month of June last I saw a Mr. Aspinal, with whom I had some conversation on the subject of a loan, which I wanted upon the horse. On a sub sequent occasion I again saw that gentleman W is y t u h n e e. ma T na le g is er. wa n s e at thethen i m btha a en n k ag c: e flu r wP o tih f nicY t h he otfh ß ea ir l k aM e t n ter h .r ead branch of the North and South Wales Bank. I informed Wynne of the amount I was in want of, but that I coald not sell the horse, as a person of the name of Deacon had a claim of 1401. upon the horse, which horse, I added, was worth 5001., and that I could not take a smaller sum for it. I was anxious to Joey off Deacon's claim and to obtain a fur ther eerie Of 604, to enable m e t o b ac k t h e h o rse for the Li ver pool Cup. Mr. Wynne replied that he could easil y man age the affair for me, an d t h at I s h o uld have the money i wanted. I then remark e d that it would be , more satisfactory were Mr. Wynne to go to Prestbury an d e xamine the horse with a veterinary surgeon prior to his maki n g an y advan ce upon him, and in consequence An Wynne , Mr. Aspinal, and myself went to Chelten ham on the 27th of J une. We examined the animal on th e Sunday, and a n arrangement was then ent ered into, by which Mr. Aspinal was to remain be hind, for the ur p o se of seeing El c h o ta k e hi s "last sweat. This arrangement was a ccor di ng ly carried out, and the last sweat was witnessed b y that per son. NV. S cott tried Elcho against T ruth on the 28th of June , whe n it was found that Truth was the b et t e r horse. Truth was entered for the July Cu p , as well as Elcho. After this trial I informed Aspinal that of the two Truth was the better horse. Scott also said that it would be useless to send Elcho to Liverpool, and that Mr. Wynne ought to be made acquainted with t he c i rc umstance. The horse was not sent to Liverpool. I went to the defendant on the 30th of June, and saw him in his back parlour. -spinal reported the sta te and con dition of the horse , and then the d e f e ndant paid me 140/. in part payment of the horse. This sum I was to pay to Deacon. . The de fendant then stated tha t until he had me got the horse he should have no security, and therefore suggested that Aspinal should draw upon This was done. The defend a nt told me that he would pay the remaining 601. With in a few days. for 200/. h that 60/. I intended to back Elcho. The defendant also said he mast have a receipt from me, as proof that the horse was his, and that he had purchased it. I replied I had no 1 objection to give the receipt, but if I did that I should be entirely in his hands, and must trust to his honour in the affair. The defendant said that the receipt must be given in the name of Pearce, an d accordingly Aspinal drew it out in that name. All that was paid on that occasion was 1401. The defendant said he would take care that I should have every trust ing to his honour, The : rice that was ultimately agreed upon for the horse was 3954, even after it had been arranged that 400 e July I calle d on the defendant. justice done me when I spoke of was to be the sum. Upon the 4th reason of my g i v i ng present. I then h ed en fo l r asked Thedefendant handed me that sum, and nothing more, and on the 26th July the horse was delivered to him. I , did not ask for the balance on that occasion, but when the asked for the 6 01. w to he b n ack AS th P e in h a o i rs w e a w s i n t o :. bill was presented for payment I did apply for it. The stakes, and the ho for therralanTceh,ebduetfesnadidantthelahuogrhseedwaats menetewr the bill was to obtain the delivery of balance should be paid. that when these events had come off the In his cross-exam i na tion the plaintiff stated that ho was an Afric an mer chant, trafficking mostly in palm oil. lie had been a bankrupt from having lost 25,000/. in his business, and since that, in November last, he had made an arr angement with some of his creditors to pay them 10s. in the pound. W. Scott, the trainer, proved that Mr. Aspinal was present at the l as t sweat, and that it was by his own re commendation that the horse Elcho had not been se nt to Liverpool, Mr. E. JAMES then addresaed the j ur y for the defen dant, and sa id that he would produce such evidence as to the fail in aw ar di ng a v erdict in favour of his client. T he Payment for the horse, as that the y could not Learned Gentleman then called William Maurice Wynne, who said—l went to Chel tenham on the 21st of June, with the plaintiff and As pinal, and on the following morning saw Elcho, but I d id not at that time decide upon purchasing the horse. On the same night I returned to Liverpool. On the 26th of June the plaintiff, accompanied by Aspinal, came to my house, when the latter inquired what stamp would cover 2001., and I replied a five shilling stamp. Aspinal then went out and bought the stamp, and during his ab sence the plaintiff and I had some conversation about the horse F i lch°. We agreed as to the price of the horse, and I w as to p a y 400/. I was at this time aw a re that the ho rse was entered for the Liverpool July Cup. The horse was to be delivered to me at Liverpool. When Aspinal return ed the bill w a s drawn, and the money w as handed to the plaintiff by Aspinal. I had nothing to do with the transaction; it was no affair of mine, There is not one word of truth in the statement of the plaintiff with respect to this matter. Aspinal and the plaintiff, after the business was settled, left the bank together. On the following Monday the plaintiff and Aspinal called on me, and then I paid the former 340/., in part payment of the 400/. This money I paid in coy private rem at the Bank. The plaintiff stated ho had 601. to pay to a gentloman in Liverpool, and therefore he would leave that sum in my hands for a filiV days. I drew out a receipt, and the plain tiff signed it. After this, in consequence of a letter I re• ceived from the plaintiff, I mot him at the Birkenhead Hotel. He then told me that he wanted tho 60/. he had loft with me. Not having so much money about me, I went and fetched three 20/. notes, and gave them to him. The plaintiff cut the notes in half. The plaintiff then said that the letter he had in his hand wai to a friend of his in London, to tell him to back Elcho for him as far as 601., and he then tried to induce me to send up some money for the same purpose. I afterwards received a letter stating that the horse would come down to Liverpool on the Tuesday, and requesting me to engage two boxes, one for Elcho and one for Truth. Subsequently to that I received a telegraphic dispatch from Aspinal, desiring that I would be in readiness to receive the horse on the next morning. The horse, however, did not arrive. I did not see the plaintiff there until the day after the Liverpool races, when he told me that the horse bad not been sent in consequence of there being a mortgage upon him, and that if he had been in Liverpool he would have been seized by the mortgagee. I also heard that the horse had been tried with Truth, by whom he had bee❑ beaten in the trial. This fact I heard on the first day of the races, and also from the plaintiff. The plaintiff showed me a letter ho had received from the solicitor of Deacon, and begged that I would go and ex plain matters to him, and so clear his character. The plaintiff paid that 601. Subsequently to this I fetched the horse from Cheltenham, and paid 441. for his keep. I saw Scott at the Liverpool races—the July meeting. I have some recollection of Aspinal calling on me with the bill about the latter end of July, and until that day I had not had anything to do with that bill. I then lent him 2001. upon it. This transaction was not one with which the plaintiff had anything to do. Upon the bill arriving at maturity, I went to the plaintiff's office, but not finding any one there I left a notice as usual. There is not a word of truth in what has been stated by the plaintiff to the effect that he had made an application to me for the payment of the balance of the purchase-money. Some time after I had commenced my action on that bill, I was served with a writ in this action, _ Cross-examined—Until this transaction I had no con. versation with the plaintiff. I was acquainted with As , pinal, for he was a customer of our bank. I have len money out of my own private parse frequently. I had known him two or three years, and first came to the knowledge of his connexion with the turf at the Chester meeting in 1850. At that time I had a pretty large book, and the plaintiff drew it out for me. I think when the plaintiff first came to me he wanted some pecuniary assistance. I had known of the horse Elcho prior to this time. I agreed to make a purchase of the horse, because I did not think it would :,be safe to make an ad vance upon it as security. I had a notio❑ of winning the Liverpool Cup. Five hundred pounds was men tioned as the price of the horse. I was told at the time of this interview, that the horse would take a " sweat" prior to the race. Upon the 26th Aspinal and the plain tiff came to me and inquired what would be the price of a bill stamp for 2001. Having told him, Aspinal went out to buy the stamp. On his return he drew the bill, and then handed the notes for its ♦alue over to the plaintiff. It was during the absence of Aspinal that I told the plaintiff I would give him 400/. for Elcho, and as he consented to take that sum, I promised to pay him on the succeeding Monday, and accordingly on that day the plaintiff and Aspinal called on me. That was on the 30th June. I handed to him notes to the value of 3401. The money was my private pro perty. On that same day I gave instructions to Aspinal to back the horse for me. My instructions were that the horse should run for the Liverpool Cup. I had been aware from Aspinal, that Truth had beaten Elcho on the Bth of July, and that was the reason the horse had not been (sent to Liverpool. I backed Truth. I did not pass the bill away. I am fully prepared to swear that the bill and the receipt were not drawn upon the same day. Re-examined—The plaintiff told me that Truth should make the running for Elcho. I had authority to use Pearce's name in the receipt as the purchaser of the horse, and did so use it, as I did not wish that the cus tomers of the Bank should know that I was engaged in any turf transactions. J. T. Aspinal corroborated the testimony of the de fendant as to the payment of the 340/. on the 30th of June; and with respect to the 2001. bill, said that was a bill given to himself for 2001., which he lent the plain tiff. That bill had nothing to do with the defendant's transaction with the plaintiff about the purchase of the horse. The defendant had subsequently given him the money for the bill. Mr. KNOWLES, at the conclusion of the case for the fondant, replied. Mr. Baron PLATT, in the course of his summing up, complained that there had been a large amount of matter introduced into this inquiry which had nothing at all to do with the question at issue, which was simply this, had the horse been paid for? The jury had heard the evidence, and would give their answer to that question. The jury, after a moment's consultation, returned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Baron PLATT—Then, gentlemen, do you believe that the plaintiff has, to-day, committed perjury? The Jury—Yes. Mr. Baron PLATT—Let the plaintiff be taken into custody to answer an indictment for perjury. If bail can be now given for his appearance at the sessions, I will take it. Bail was then given, the plaintiff in 100/. himself, and two sureties in 50L each. The defendant was bound over to prosecute and to give evidence, and Aspinal also. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HO USE. William George Finch, between seventeen and eighteen years of age, was brought, in the custody of Michael Ifaydon, the officer, before the Lord Mayor, charged with having forged several drafts upon the banking-house of Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co., of Lombard-street. Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, so licitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgeries and Frauds, attended for the pro secution. The prisoner appeared to be quite indifferent to what was passing during the investigation, Mr. Mullens said the forgeries with which the priso ner was charged were numerous, but the object of the prosecutors upon the present occasion was to give evi dence sufficient to justify a remand until it would be convenient to go into the details of the whole of the transactions. Mr. Henry Fothergill, clerk in the banking-house of Barnett, Hoare, and Co., said—A gentleman named Bartlett keeps an account at our house. I cashed at the counter three cheques for 201., each bearing the name of Bartlett. The first is dated the 30th of De cember, the second the 3d of January, and the third the Bth of January. Mr. Thomas Bartlett, of No. 58, Lombard- street, mining-agent, said—l keep an account with Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co. I know the prisoner. He was formerly in my service, and left it in August. I am well acqaainted with his handwriting, and believe that the filling up in the three cheques produced was done by him. The signature is not mine in any instance, nor did I authorise anybody to sign for me. John Finch, a boy apparently about 12 years old, said —I am the brother of the prisoner, and reside with my father and mother in Islington. In the last week iu December I went to Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co., and asked for a cheque-book. My brother sent me. I got it, and gave it to my brother, who had told me, if I was asked whom it was for, to say for Mr. Bartlett. I have been several times since at the banking house with cheques fur 201. each. I presented tho three cheques produced, and gave the money I received to my brother. I took the money to him to Hemmings buildings, Chapel-street, Islington. Michael Haydon—l took the prisoner into custody at a house in Llemmings-buildings, Chapel- street, Islington, on Saturday night. I told him that I was an officer, and that I charged him upon suspicion of having forged the name of Mr. Bartlett, his former master, to four cheques for 201. each, upon Barnett and Hoare, within the last fourteen days. He said, " Very well, very well." I then commenced searching him, and found upon him a silver watch, two gold seals, and a seal key, seventeen shillings, a diamond ring, a pencil case, and a door key. In a room in the same house I found two silver watches and chains, which from peculiar circumstances I brought away with me, receipts for various things, to the amount of 48/. 10s. 4d., within the last three months, and a number of new articles of dress, amongst which wore seven waistcoats. The LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to ask the witnesses any questions? The Prisoner—Not at all. The LORD MAYOR—Have you any objection to be re manded? The Prisoner—Not the least. Mr. Mullens—l think it necessary to mention that I intend to produce cases of forgery against the prisoner as far back as September last. The prisoner was then remanded till Tuesday week. The career of the prisoner has been what is called in slang language a fast one. H . e had been, we are given to understand, for some time intimate with a female who is nearly twice as old as he is, and u p a ssed himself off pon her as a gentleman of large mining property, while she pretended to him that she was a lady of large expecta tions. The diamond ring which he wore upon his finger had been given to him by her, and it was with difficulty the o ffi cer wrenched it from him, for he offered all the resistance in his power, and swore that no autho rity upon earth should deprive him of of his it . He had also, it was said, presented a for mer lover r. mistress with a cab and pair of horse s to reconcile rival to so se rious a loss, which was to be completed in a few days with the assistance of a clergyman in a neighbouring church by the matrimonial tie. CLERICENWELL. James Hunterand Henry Bryan were finally examined, charged by Dr. Henry James Stokes, Portland-place, Islington, with feloniously breaking into his dwelling house and stealing nine Bank of England notes of 5/. each, three sovereigns, a quantity of jewellery, and other property. Mr. CORRIE committed the prisoners for trial. A nab-driver named Harper was charged by John Young, a cab-driver in the employ of Mr. William Thompson, an extensive cab proprietor, with having assaulted him. It appeared that Mr. Thompson had resolved on les sening his cab fares from Bd. to 6d. per mile, in conse quence of which hie drivers were annoyed in every way , and on Saturday the prisoner, after the vilest abuse, struck the complainant and broke his nose. Mr. Thompson said, notwithstanding the opposition he had to contend with, be wo u ld with determinatio n continue his plan. The public had free trade and cheap bread, and he would let them have cheap riding, and ho only wished to bo protect e d from opposition and vio lence to his drivers. Tho prisoner was ordered to find bail to keep the peace. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF ADMIRAL M‘KINLEY. The death of this vetera❑ Admiral, one of the oldest on the flag list, was reported in our paper of yesterday. The worthy and benevolent Admiral expired at his real donee at Anglesey, near Gosport, on Saturday night, aged 85 years. He had been elightly ailing for the past week, but not so much as to alarm his friends. His (loath, therefore, was rather sudden. It will be remembered that on his acceptance of the distinguished service pen sion of 1501. per annum we gave an ample summary of his gallant career, extending over a period of nearly 79 years. We may now briefly reiterate that he entered the navy in 1773; became a lieutenant in 1782; corn- mander, 1798; captain, 1801; rear-admiral, 1830; vice admiral, 1841; and admiral, June, 1851. He was acting lieutenant of the Barleur in Rodney's action in 1782; was lieutenant of the Alcide at Corsica; commanded the Liberty gun-brig, and assisted at the capture of Etour die, 16, in the harbour of Herqui, in 1796; commanded the fireship Otter at the Helder and at Copenhagen in 1301; was captain of the Lively and senior officer in the Tagus prior to the occupation of Lisbon by Junot in 1807; and was afterwards employed on the coasts of Spain and Portugal. He was never employed as a flag officer. With the exception of Commander Robinson, the senior of Greenwich Hospital, Admiral M'Kinley was the oldest commissioned officer in the navy. Doubtless an admiral will have the distinguished ser vice pension on retirement; in that case Vice-Admiral John Dick will become Admiral of the Blue, and Rear- Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., K C. 11., will become Vice-Admiral of the Blue; leaving Rear- Admiral Bowles, C. 8., the senior rear-admiral, and Admiral Duudas, C. 8., the fourth, and Sir C. Napier the tenth, on the list of rear-admirals of the Red. Captain William Walpole (1819) now attains his flag rank on the active list; and the following captains on the retired list of 1846, being senior to the above officer, all now succeed to the rank of retired rear-admiral without increase of pay:—Hugh Patten, Hon. Charles Orlando Bridgoman, Sir Henry Shiffner, Bart., and H, Forbes. Rear-Admiral William Walpole has served afloat 24 years. He entered the navy in June, 1803, as midship man, on board the Glatton, 50, Captain James Colinett. On his return from a voyage to Now South Wales be removed, in October, 1804, off Boulogne, to the Leopard, 50, Captain James Nicoll Morris; on accompanying whom into the Colossus, 74, he was afforded an oppor tunity of sharing, October 21, 1805, in the,glories of Trafalgar. In the following February he joined the Ajax, 74, Captain the Hon. Henry Blackwood; and on the destruction of that ship by fire off the island of Tonedos, February 14, 1807, he was received on board the Endymion, 40, Captain the Hon. Thomas Bladen Capel. In her ha was present at the ensuing passage of the Dardanelles. He was made lieutenant August 8, 1808, into the Warspite, 74, commanded by his former _ _ captain (Blackwood), in the North Sea and Channel, and also in the Mediterranean; where he served, from October, 1810, until promoted to the rank of commander, June 15, 1814, in the Impirieuse, 38, Captain the Hon. Henry Duncan. Previously to his appointment to the latter ship he appears to have taken part, July 29, 1810, in a very gallant skirmish, in which the British, with a slender force, beat back a power! ul division of the French Toulon fleet. On June 2^, 1812, he was wounded in the boats of the Impirieuse, as were 10 others, besides 4 who were killed, at the destruction of 18 merchant vessels under the batteries of Languelia and Alassio, in the Gulf of Genoa. The total loss sustained by the boats of the squadron engaged in that affair amounted to 9 killed and 31 wounded. While at the blockade of Naples Mr. Walpole was, we believe, present in a spirited action fought between the Imp6rieuse and Cephalus, 18, on one side, and a Neapolitan force, consisting, on the other, of the Joachim, 74, a frigate, a corvette, and 22 gun vessels. He was a participator, also, in the operations against Leghorn and Genoa, in December, 1813, and April, 1814. From May 12, 1815, until August, 1816, Captain Walpole commanded the Thames frigate, armde en fie, on the coast of North America and the West Indies. He was next, Feb. 10, 1818, appointed to the Curlew, 18, fitting for the East Indies. In December, 1819, having accompanied an expedition sent under the command of Captain Francis Augustus Collier (who had with him, in addition to the Curlew, the Liverpool, 50, Eden, 26, several of the Hon. East India Com pany's cruisers, and a number of gun and mortar-boats), and Major-General Sir William Grant Keir (under whom were 3,000 troops), to attack the settlements of the pirates in the Persian Gulf, he distinguished himself in an eminent degree. During the siege of Ras-al- Khyma, the principal stronghold of the freebooters, ho had charge of the flotilla employed, and, as sisted by Lieutenant John Norman Campbell, di rected the astonishing efforts made by the seamen in dragging two 24-pounder guns through mud to a breaching battery, and in landing and carrying for ward the requisite stores. These exertions the Major- General declared he had never seen surpassed, while the precision with which the battery was served would have reflected credit upon the most experienced corps of artil lery. After the enemy had been driven from the Ras-ale Khyma, an attack was made by a detachment under Major Warren on the fort of Zaire, situated upon a neighbouring bill, and deemed by the natives impreg nable. Your are able, says tho Major in his official report to Sir W. G. Keir, •to appreciate the zeal by which Captain Walpole,' who had accompanied him, must have been actuated, and the ability with which that zeal must have been applied to have enabled him to overcome the difficultiesattending the landing of the sup plies and stores, particularly the guns, which being brought up a narrow, intricate, and shallow creek, a dis tance of up aards of three miles, had to be dragged through a muddy swamp, and afterwards over a con siderable space of rocky and intersected ground, before they could be placed in the batteries.' In the summer of 1820, Captain Walpole, whose post commission bears date December 7, 1819, brought home the Seringapatam, a new 46-gun frigate, laden with the frame of another ship of the same class. His last appointments were Oct. 2, 1828, and Jan. 20, 1832, to the Ranger, 28, and Pallas, 42, both on the West India station, whence he returned in 1834; and Oct. 30, 1840, to the Vernon, 50, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained until the spring of 1844.-O'Byrne. For the admiral's retired pension we have heard of two or three candidates-namely, Admirals Sir Thomas Livingstone, Bart., Zachary Mudge, and Jonas Carthew; but we believe there is very little doubt that Admiral Mudge, a most distinguished veteran, will be selected. A captain's good-service pension also reverts to the patronage of the First Lord of the Admiralty on the promotion of Rear-Admiral Walpole. Captain Donat Henchy O'Brien (1821) is now the se nior captain on the list. THE NEW LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.-WO under stand that Captain the Hon. Richard Saunders Dundee, C. 8., the captain superintendent of Deptford Dockyard, has been offered the vacant seat at the Board of Admi ralty. A better selection could not be made. SIR JOHN OMMINNEY AND THE Loss OF THE AMAZON. -We understand that Admiral Sir John Ocamanney, K.C.B. the commander-in-chief at Devonport, having been called upon to report upon the information ho re ceived with reference to the loss of the Amazon, has em phatically denied that ho was applied to by any one to send a steamer to the locality of the wreck. The fearful loss was only reported to him on the Monday subse quent to the disaster. -Herald. THE COMMAND OF THE RoRATIO SCREW - FRIGATE.- We have stated that Captain Woodford Williams's ap pointment to the Horatio scrow-frigate, at Sheerness, was cancelled. It is now understood that Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie (1845), who was promoted from the command of the Orestes, 18, will have the command of this ship. STEAM GUARD-SHIP AT DEVONPORT.-Captain Ram say left town yesterday, for Devonport, to commission 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at De vonport. S en h n e e is a new ship, of 1,255 tons and 400 horse power. She was built in Pembroke in 1849. The Ma gicienne will he the commissioned ship of the steam re serve at Devonport pro tem. PROMOTION. Leonard Martin Frederick Wise (1845), late acting master of the Pheenix screw-sloop, coast of Africa, has been promoted to the rank of master. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants-P. W. ad F d . iti n on . a H I a to milt t o h n e Castor, L i ut e 3 n 6 a , (1848), to the Excellent gunnery ayip, at the lB C 4 s s p ) h e . ; Portsmouth; James 0. J E , M. Sha kl k Second Masters-Edward Wilds, ones B t i r o P o . th th e e V i i t c e t t o r r ib y o , flag ship,ionc oc , to the 28, steam-frigate, Portsmouth; . Leander, 50, Lisbon. Clerk-T. G. Bulgin, to the Fisgard, flag-ship, Wool- wioh. Midshipmen—R. 0. Leach, A. J. Chatfield, G. A. T. Drake, to the Victory; C. P. Boger, to the Britannia, 120, Portsmouth; James Mure and C. 0. D. Alliugham, t o the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, Sheerness; D. W. Holt an d George Lane to the Penelope steam-frigate, coast o f Africa; E. H. Stuart, to the Aja x , 58, screw-flag ship, Queenstown. master's Assistants—Robert Todd, to the Waterloo; A. J. Dewar, to the Victory. D a sher, Commander Lefebre, will be ready for sea, at Portsmouth, on Thursday; she will be tried on Wednes day after repairs of engine. Diligence, transport, Mitchell, master, now on her way from Portsmouth, will be laden with naval and victualling stores at Devonport, for the squadron at Lisbon. Fury, 6, steam-ship, Commander Tatha,ni, has not yet been paid advance, but she is ready for sea and waits orders at Portsmouth. Ganges, 84, Captain Smith, C. 8., will be paid off at Sheerness, on the 26th inst. tsmouth, from heu G r o ly rg e o x o p , ee 6 t , ed st a e t am i; s e lp, Commander roothe Praayeinfitee;r,shies will be paid off at Portsmouth. oolwicb, is complete with Highflyor steam-sloop, the exception o 120 shifted to fromc comp m e her do o tro for 250 men. She will bogart e o a f dy G b ra y n t t h 's e 2 d 4 is t ti h. lling ga ll ey wn Victorious, for the e ßodney, goff G e a p o e 2 r , t tn Captainalnn sGraham,idethe pur pose o Capt. G. A. Frazer, arrived swing D S i n p e g a v r fh , fneaoprlwloocrSowtUt surve ying compas ses. s .hl u ene n s i a v g y e s Britannia, f s :o i the coast of Ireland, to be some t p ai S • s d i t d . o m o v er n o a i rnstetcteeit Vincent, defects 01 made good. not p9 g rt. ill -tri ate at Portsmouth, is ordered to have be completed before tL• middle of next month. Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Alt U ngton, ordered to load with stores at Woolwich for Rio. Vivid steam-packet, Master-Commander Smithett, and Undine steam-packet, have arrived at Woolwich from Dover. The former is to have her defects made good, and to return to her station. The Undine is to be re fitted. Waterloo, 120, Captain Mundy, flag-ship at Sheerness, will be complete by Feb. 6. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—Tho Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave, arrived at Spithead this morning JANUARY 2O, 1852 to complete for sea and embark Major-General Cathcart for the Cape of Good Hope. The examination of the preserved meats was resumed to-day at Clarence yard, when 330 cans were opened, weighing 101 b., loLb., and 131 b. ouch, when 67 only were found to be tit for food. They were all presumed to be beef, and the usual contents—comprising heart, tongue, and ligament were found. The whole of these cases had been returned into store by the Vengeance, 84, just previous to her last leaving for the Mediter ranean, in pursuance of au order intended to reserve the preserved meats for ships going on distant stations. The examination will conclude to-morrow. The Investigator Indianian arrived at the Mother-bank this morning to embark passengers for Madeira. Two of the American line of packets arrived at Spit head to-day from the Thames. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.—On Saturday, between 1 and 2 a. a., the Rev. Ascott Warburton arrived at Devonport with orders from the Admiralty for the Sprightly and Confiance steamers to be dispatched as soon as possible in search of survivors from the late mail-packet Amazon. The Confiance being under repair, the Adaiiral substi tuted the Avon in her stead. They were both dispatched early the same morning, , Mr. Warburton going in the Avon. The Sprightly did not sail, therefore, on Friday for Portsmouth, as reported yesterday. These vessels were supplied with charts showing the probable track of the Hecate, which had been previously ordered on the grounds, and orders were given that should they fall in with her, they were all three to join in the search, and use every means in their power to accomplish the object. The Rev. Mr. Blood, one of the survivors of the wreck of the Amazon, preached two sermons here yesterday, i° the morning at St. Andrew's Church, and in the evening at St. Andrew's Chapel-of-Ease. Collections were made for the widows and orphans of the sufferers. BANK OF FRAN CE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Jan. 8: ASSETS. f. 458,111,273 81 ... 106,419,850 0 ". ". 207,130 83 Cash in hand Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 17,041,637 f. 75c. were received from the Branch Banks Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... ... Ditto by the branch banks ... Ditto on French public securities ... Ditto by branch banks... ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th Juno, 184 S Advanced to the City of Paris on the Provisional Loan of 20,000,000 f. Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes, disposable funds Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ..• Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the Branch Banks Miscellaneous ... 61,718,739 3 8 75,133,20 4 0 515,700 0 3,352,215 0 25,036,836 10 2,972,473 0 50,000,000 0 75,000,000 0 10,000,000 ° ... 10,000,000 (/ 42,683,040 83 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 3,418,159 200,000 ' l n 103,000 0 510 56 0 64,821 2,047,592 45 L 943,937,271 72 481 150 342 1201, 114 610 37 171 1251 986 300 270 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... .. ... ... f. 67,900,0 00 °„ Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 v ,, Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 '-', Ditto of the branch banks - ... ... 2,980,750 i i ! Reserve-immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 I :, Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 473,251,600 0 v Ditto of the branch banks ... •.. 127,093,300 a Ditto to order (post-bills) ... .. 7,312,232 8v „ Account-current with Treasury creditor Various accounts current, . 64,805,14 2 8 : •• ••• • , 0 Ditto in branches —•--- ... 25,856,34 8 „ Bills payable at sight ... 9 249 000 v ••• 121 466 623 6 ‘ ... , , 0 Ditto at branches :3 577 078 „ Dividends payabl® ... l, 550, 694 -4 , Liquidation of the Al g i ers Bank ... 6,790 '. Expenses anticipat e d ... ... ... 118,750 89 Discounts, inter es t, an d ex p enses ... 193,415 9 4 ; Ditto of branch b an k s ... ... ... 296,943 1 ,.; Re-discount s o f th e l as t s i x months ... 169,450 „," Ditto in branch banks .. ... ... 240,432 v o Interest on protested bills ... ... 119,545 Miscellaneous ..- ••• -- ... 401,245 f. 943,937,271 .0 Certified by tho Governor of the Bank, D;ARC3OIII% The metallic reserve of the Bank has increas e 1,000,000 f. in Paris, and about 1,500,000 f. in the partments. The discount accommodation has advanc e / nearly 3,000,000 f. in P ar i s, an d di m i n i shed 750,00 0 ' in the provinces. The notes in circulation have il l ; creased 3,250,000 f. in Paris, and declined W u . 2,250,000 f. in th e country. The T reasury account catia rent has augmented by 7,000,000 f. Private accoug e current, howeve r , h ave fallen off in Pant 5,500, 0001 " and about 500,000 f. in the departments. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. 1 The following i s th e o ffi cial statement of the quantities , corn, &c., received in the port of London from the pow„ Essex, from the 12th J an ., 1852, to t h e 17 t h J an .. le j o , both inclusive : 0 plc' Ca 44' 26 49 35 84 83 2 8 281 210 ,q Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon CHELMSFORD, JAN. 16.—Prices to-day were as follon4lr"r; Wheat, whit e , 4 28 to 475 ; red, 368 to 408; barley, 255 to `: 0 ; chevalier 28 s to 32s ; grinding 22s to 26 5 ; malt 538 to "00 chevalier 543 to 568; oats 183 to 2.5 a ; peas, partridges 261 to 308; white, 288 to 30s ; boiling, 29s to 325; dun, ON.; to 25s ; b eans, t i ck, 26s to 291; harrow ticks, 27s to 0 mazagan, 24s to 278. 06 , COLCHESTER, Jaw. I7.—Wheat, white 42s to 46 5 ; r e d to 405 ; o a t s , 1 88 to 225 ; beans, mazagan 265 to 28 5 ; Ts, te and small 26 8 to 3 0s; peas, white 30s to 325, grey, neW 305; barley, 26s to 32s per qr. ° KIR/CALDY, JAN. 17.—The f o llo w i ng are th e qu° ehtl for grai n : Wheat. Barley. First 423 6d 27s Od Second 403 Od 25s Od Third .....353 Od 22s 6d Oatmeal, per bag of 2801b3 HADDINGTON, JAN. 16.—Th grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. I Oats. 21s Od 193 6d 17s 6d imperial, le followiE Beans. —s Od —s Od —s Od 28s Od to Lii are the rota ....8 0 ...-e 1 ); ..-6 3. 100 6- uf . _... First 435 Od Second 37s 8d Third ......... ...... 30s Od Total quantity of Wheat i Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans 1 Barley. o a t s . 13011 27a 6d 21s 6d 3 ; 2 , 1 „ 11 24s lid 19s 6d 3 ,,r,, OJ 22a Od 17. Od '4O - s oli market 830 qrs., 7 . - e lo do. 389 qrs., 336 14 do. 459 qrs., 44013.°41 do. 102 qrs., 100 ''' COAL MARKE D Prices of Coal per ton at t Bate's West Hartley Ids Od Buddle's W. Hartley 14s Od Carr's Hartley ..... Od d Chester Main NL H oe o dw w gc a ra r i ds d tg ' iseeWls;VtantarditleiCayrett.l.lle.;:llll4432242ssss 03°6;ddddd, Tyne ß l r ' s a e South n n d e e e :l uiP d d ga Moor nar dd a r ' B n. ....... 3d3d Walker's Primrose West Bartley Wylam 33 0 0 dcid d Wall's End, &c. BGvrNll3EHlAcornerodoetahalserdbrldaftntiohardoeurtyymndutorCdimhanial. Brown 11 1 1 1 45556 5 56 1 9699 dddd er▪ land ... .▪ . .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 4 768 5 s 306ddd ;T.—YESTIRDAY. emarket :-0 6cl 17 0 9J 1 65 64 17 0 64 1 6 ' 0 11 1 63 16' 6 he 1 Keepier ii ßipLz e seiu e cnin ct s sstHatton nh close el ° no cnn o ici f i Grange t e h tton Stewart's .. „, .., ..• 179 9 1 Caradoc • l6l pd Cassop .. 16 3 oil Heugh Hall 17 0 6 South Hartlepool . ••• 65 South Kelloe ........ ..... l ao 61 I ' l 6 0 Thorniey 1 Whitworth . ........... 140 9,i Yorth Hartlepool•••••• 1 60 t o ,lAdelaide Tees ••••-" 160 0 Brown's Deanery ....•• . 0 , _ a , Maclean's Tees ........ • i5O n Seymour Tees ...... ,53 v_"; 'South Durham ........• ; 90 VI II N B il i ia r xr c ot h ln g e 7 . s G ....m r a . e. i r. g .t .. h. y. ( . h r. . p . a d .n ..) a 1 2310, bo o. 11 Cardiff jo , Sidney's Hartley .... Ships at market, 168 Sold, 121. RAILWAY SHARE MARKEV' _LsE4ancici ansdbihsu.ir_rgehLoaesloooosl3lo,: LIVERPOOL, JAN. 19. , c , id STOCK EXCHANGE. —We have no alteration to no ti c e' vices, as but little business was done at previous fO( s T h h i e re, t F r a i n ft s h a s ct ( io W ns est were ß id d as u n a g r t f e tjo r l s nlo , i7 3 n p :C . N go o vv rt 72 -1 7 Ves -- te gidl N ai e NT, 57 3 4 ;—York and North Midlar" MANCHESTER, JAN. 19. 0 1/ 1 STOCK EXCHANGK.—There was littl e or not hi n g a ° o rt, l e ° th e share market to - day. The only trans a ctionsr," were—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 62—Manchester, 0' and Lincolnshire, 331 ,4. i icio BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 19. 0 0-0 sTocx EXCHANGE.—We have no improvement t ° A pr,i c i to-day. The transactions have been very limited. s l3 ;lie P"/ varied little from those which have been quoted for '',o s few days. The only sale reported on 'Chans e ~ South Staffordshire, 11. Ils. 3d. dis.. _..-.0% BIRTHS. jCS 0 F A B 0 N. Frd er On the 15th in.st at Southsea, the llon. ?firs. - e, • , lig Pelham. ici On the 16th inst., in Endsleigh-street, Tavistoc o the wife of William Atherton, Esq., Q.C, Of OF A DAIIGIFFIM e r ' On the 15th inst., the wife of Rev . Brabazon L° 4 ti ' t jr Shrigley-hall, Cheshire. of ch ri° On the 16th inst., at Brompton, the wife '.'" 's Teesdale, Esq. --- , ,119 MARRIED. co 1 , of On the 15th inst., at Battersea Church, Lieutenstetiogli Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., to Henrietta, the elder ~,0 0 , g pli of the late G. H. Wollaston, Esq., of Clapham-cern:Ph° On the 15th inst., at St. George's. Hanover-squar e, r o c d ef,i, second son of the Rev. Alfred and Lady Emily Lawler", P Augusta, only daughter of the late Colonel 1. Bengal Army. DIED. , sir j°l3ll / On the 16th inst., at the Hill-house, Stroud , e' olit ° ' , Dean Paul. Bart, aged 77. On the 17th inst., in Chester-square, Helen, (111111 " . e Ol the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ponsonby. On the 15th inst., at Cheltenham, Sarah Elizabeth' 111 ..6 10 PP' Henry Headley, Esq. .. , ai , „ On the 16th inst., at Woolwich, Captain "' gee 'r i eldest surviving son of Col. Russel, Royal Artillery, aged On the 13th inst., at Elgin, aged 50, Captain w' late of the 45th Regiment Be nga l N a ti v e Infantry , at ol London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y 1410•, 4 No. 112, Strand, Pri n t er , a t The Sun Office' 00 0,0 w Strand, in the Preeinct of the Savoy, in ti le Ediddleon t Tue3day, January 20, lia • • xf ;