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cerests of the country, but wise a more enlighteeecl re gard to his 0'7 , 1 prospects, and tt,e first fruits of this fresh coup detat, for such it must be termed, aro already and instantly visible. M. de Maupas (who has won his favo it at the Pi 6 ecture de Police by arresting and de porting without respect of persons or of law every man who was bell enough to he fiesreel or great enough to be suspected) now conies forward as the Fonche of the now Imperial Cabinet; whilst M. do Ps rsigny, the secret adviser and most constant adherent of Louis Napoleon through the vicissitudes of his life, steeds forth as 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 late revolution has sui•jected 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 the appointment of a Persigny to be the Chief Nllnister in her Government. The removal' of M. Fould will be found to be the precursor of the tioancial experiments for which we have long prepared our readers, but which he has hitherto firmly and pru dently resisted. The blow which instantly followed these Ministerial changes, and may be regerded 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 this columns of the Moniteur of yesterday, with en equal contempt of the rights of private property and of public law, striking with the whole force of despotic rapacity upon the pro• perry 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. since of his ancestors, restored to him in 1814, is resumed by the State; and as the Orleans' family are declared illegible 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 must be thrown under most disad vantageous conditions upon the market. To render this proceeding still more despicable and odious, the funds thus wrested 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 not even the pretext of the public interest is retained to screen the enormity of this profligate appropriation of private capital. The Government 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 onsul took a more fierce and audacious mode of venting his hatred and his resentment on the Princes of the Royal blood of France. Ile seized the Duke D'Enghiea 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 an 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 tho House of Conde. Has it ever occurred to him to remember by whose treachery and barmaaity 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 Prince's 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 are dictated by the same policy ; both have been consummated with the same utter disregard of justice sod 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 leg ;1 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 ;heir refusal to rstut u 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 be thought shameful; what are they, then, when considered s 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 seiza 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 tive, 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 te-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 wo 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 ohuse 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 elan amongst their adhe rents in the work of despotic government, not a few will recoil, like M. de Morny and M. Fuuld, for wholesale robbery. They are making themselves as hateful and obnoxious as the Revolutton 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. ADVER USER —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 ale world, a despot of the first magnitude. No words can express the indignation which every British bosom must feel at the frightful state of tyranny which he has introduced. He has in augurated his career as Prince President, amid cir cumstances of despotism to which even the inhabitants of St. Petersburgh are strangers. Louis Napoleon, in a word, is the most absolute ruler of his day. There o is f , hToewreroverr,caonnneoctolnassitslaltoionng.remwae cannotinirig believe tilisnew that neign Providence will permit a protracted existence to the pre sent state of things in Paris. RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN, JAN. 22.—The Grace Wright, Which was on shore at Westpool, has arrived here. KIRKALDT, 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.) COVENT GARDEN. The general demand was steady, and prices were well supported. Fnum—Pine Apples, English, 3s Od to 6s Od per lb ; Hot- house Grapes, 4sod to 7s Cd ; Lisbon ditto, 9d to is Od per lb; Cooking Apples, 2s Od to 3s 61 per bushel; Dessert Pears, 2s Od to 6-I Oct per dozen; Lemons, is Cd to 2s per dozen; Walnuts, 12s Od to 2280 d per bushel ; Almonds, 6s per peck ; Sweet ditto, 2s to 3s per lb; Oranges, 6s to lOs per 100 ; Barcelona Nuts, 20s to 225; Brazil ditto, 12s to 14s per bushel; Filberts, 70s to 90s per 1001bs. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 8d to is per dozen; Brocoli, 8d to Is 3d, Asparagus, 4s to 6s per bundle; Seakael, is to 2s per basket; Rhubarb, is to is Gd per bundle; Potatoes, 45s to 80s per ton; Turnips, ld to 2d; Carrots, 4d to Gd per bundle; Cucumbers, Is to 3s each; Celery, 6d to Is 6d per bundle; Brussels Sprouts, Is Ed to 2s Od per half sieve; Spinach, Is Od to Is 6d per sieve ; Onions, is to 2s per half sieve; Endive, 9d to 28 per score; Red Beet, 6d to 1s; Parsnips, 6d to is per dozen; Leeks, Id 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 to 23 6d per pottle ; Parsley, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. NEWOATE AND LEADENIZALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s Od; Geese, 4s Od to Gs Od; Ducks, la Sd to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, Is Od to is 9d; Wild ditto, 8d to Is ; Pigeons, 5d to 7d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s to 7s each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od ; Barn -door Fowls, 3s Gd to 6s Od per couple; English Eggs, Ss Od to 93 Od; French ditto, 7s 9d to 8s 3d; Irish ditto, es Od per 120; Fresh Butter, lld to is 3d per lb; Phea sants, 3s Od to 4s Od; Partridges, is 'id to is 9d; Hares and Leverets, 2s Oct to 3s Od; Woodcocks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Grouse, It 9d to 2s 6d; Snipes, 9d to is Od; Teal, 6d to 9d; Wild Ducks, Is 3d to is 9d; Widgeons, 9d to is 3d; and Plovers, 6d to Is each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4 s Od Teal, 3s 4d to 4s Od; and Pork, 38 Od to 48 Od per 81bs. vranrsCHEIPEZ. ,Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2e 6d to 3s 10d; Teal, 32 Od to 38 10d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 10d per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Eels, 13s to 16s per 201bs ; Soles, 3s 6d to 8s Od per dozen; Lobsters, rd to 2s Od each; Oysters, 6s Od to 30s Od per bushel; Bloaters, is 2d to is 9d per dozen; Cod Fish, 2s Od a 7 s Od each; Turbots, 6s Od to 12s Od; and Plaice and Sprats is 6d to 2s per bushel. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from ed to 614 d; of Household ditto, 4► ,4 d to 6d per 41b loaf. MARIE. Market Hides, 561b BIDE to 64th, lid to l id; ditto, 641 b to 721 b 2d to ; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2id to lid; ditto, 801 b to 6 81 b, 2icl to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to aid; ditto, 961 b to 10 41 b, 3id to 3id ; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, 4d to 4*d. Call Skins, light, is 6d to s Od; ditto, full, 3 , ; 6d to 4s 6d; gents, Hides, 5s 6d to 6s Od ; Polled Sheep, 6s Od t o 7 s 6d ; . 4 .ents, 5s 6d to 6s 3d ; Halt-breeds, 4s 9d to 55 9d; D owns , ° O 9d to 4s 9d ; Lamb Skins Os Od to Os Od. EAT 211.5.1LIEETS. 'SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2115 s Od to 3116 s Cd ; Clover titto, 3/ 5s to 41 Gs Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 6s per load. "uPPIy tolerably good, and trade firm. etrbllliftlAND.—Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 31 18s Od ; Clover ditto 81 5s to 41 4s; and Straw, I/ Is to 11 73 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. Wurriumeritu—Meadow Hay, 2l 14s to 31 16s; Clover ditto, 31 Cs to 41 75 Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 6s per load. Trade steady, at our quotations. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORDS JUSTICES.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MARDOCIL rln this case, in which the Court delivered judgment yes ; day, Mr. Rolt moved this morning to suspend the execu ll of the decree until the congregation of the Low Chapel, affect e d by it, could have time to consider what course they Would take tinier the circumstances. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the motion. The COURT refused to interfere. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) DAVIES V. WARING—JuDamENTs.. The Courtr was of opinion that there ought to be a new trial in this case. The question was whether, as the service of the writ was proved by the fact of there being a declara tion and an appearance to that declaration, it was necessary that further evidence of the service should be given, or Whether further evidence might be dispensed with. The Court was not entirely unanimous upon this question, but it t hought there ought to be a new trial, in order that the point I) 2ight be again raised, and the parties have an opportunity of L i king the opinion of a Court of Error, or that if the fact Was that there had been a service of the writ, the plaintiff 'bight have an opportunity of proving it.—Rule absolute. HUMFREY V. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. In this a c ti on , w hi c h was t r i e d b e f ore M r. J ustice Maule at Leicester, Mr. Macaulay obtained a rule for a n ew tr i a l . The COURT was of opinion that substantially the verdict s laa on the first count, and that it was impossible to resist conclusion that that must have been the case. The costhad looked over the correspondence, and considered 440 st attentively the summing up of the Learned Judge; l t l , l ' l it was of opinion that no objection could be taken to that summing up. Under the circumstances, it thought at the rule to enter a verdict on the first count should be /44 cle absolute.—Rule absolute. MARKS V HAMILTON. ii n 'rhiB was an action against the Sun Fire-office, to recover r : 11 a policy of insurance the amount of loss sustained by 're in Oxford-greet. A verdict was found for the plaintiff, ternd the Attorney-General moved for a new trial, on the utid that M ar k s h a d no i nterest i n the property. H e had ,_n an insolvent, and after he obtai n ed hi s di sc h arge h e '9 ll. ltired the property which ho insured with the defendants. to discharge under the Insolvent Debtors' Act was subse clUeT n tly revoked. h he C oriaT was now c l ear l y o f opinion that as Marks was ; Possessi on o f the property, and was apparent owner, re :l2Onsible to those who were the real owners, he had really "",: t . insurable interest in it, which was all that was necessary to ` -° ' l e at the Rule refusedtrial. There would, therefore, b e no rule. BELLAMY V. MAJORIBANAS. t • tiff Ins case, 'which *was argued a few days ago, the plain- Ita trustees of an estate, sought to recover from Messrs. "'Jetta *hi tt , and Co., the sum of 2,5961., the amount of a c h eque, se en „" Was crossed " Bank of England, to be paid into the ef the Accountant-General," and which, it was all eged, the d e f en d an t s h a d improperly paid. 0 4 "U:wiry said, as the question involved in this case was p /oi °l very grave and serious importance, the judgment deferred for a few days, as it was necessary to use iia°;laiderable deliberation, and to assign reasons for that Vgleent, but all the members of the Court were agreed that 2 ; 1 7 rule should be made absolute for a new trial on the pay gr.nt of costs, and they mentioned their determination to to g.nt a rule thus early so as to enable the parties to proceed trial at the first opportunity. The OVUM'S v. WILLIAMS. COURT refused a rule for a new trial in this case. Vii '.- T A.- .A.LBRO'-STREET -( THIS DAY . ) I NGENIOUS DETECTION OF DEFRAUDING.- William Wil ams, en errand-boy in the employ of Mr. Merry, fancy W areheusewan, 380, Oxford -street was charged before Mr. bardivick with abstracting sundryi monies from the till of 4 , employer. It appe a rs from the evidence adduced that It's master had beers for some time ca,ried on by the prisoner. By means of a mirror fixed in a certain position the prisoner was ob served to be shuffling at the contents of the till ; and yes terday he was found beyond doubt to be guilty of taking the tboney, inasmuch as sundry coins, marked by A rr. Merry but an hour before his arrest, were found . upon his person. Mr. HARDWICK" remanded the prisoner for a week. IS DAY.) CLERKEN WELL.—('PH Tw o men , w h o gave t h e names o f Sm i th and Brown, and a Woman w h o did not g i ve h er name, were charged with ag- Baulting a gentleman of the name of Eleridge, and also with tiolently assaulting Policeman 31 E. _, The police-constable stated that_.n. ass e an d upon p this morning, about t r w o o . u clock, he heard a noise in Red Lio p ag ,_ tis%ding there he found the female, who was drunk, sh a a n oi d e t f h o e l oner Smith, striking Mr. Eleridge in a most Smith f"latiner. Upon interfering to prevent the . noise, turned round and struck him twice violently in the mouth, Bad before he could recover . from the effects of the blows, ~."via came behind him and knocked him to the . ground. He .T 40 :._ . The gen" ti,,• , a plain clothes, but not on duty at the time. " 1 - 1 11141 1 who was first assaulted did not attend this morning. tr ,_—_ thee policemen were also -examined, and gave contradic- QI accounts of the transaction, one stating that Mr. Brown t ed c leked the constable down, Smith at the time being in cue "Y, while the others gave quite a contrary statement. •i , viitne of the name of Sulivan, a carver and gilder, elated witness constable knocked down. This witn that he saw the th e ~1 18 was subjected to a very severe cross-examination by tile„P,risoner's solicitor, and he stated in answer to questions the policeman assaulted 'ti ne ' Ue had been in the company W4.eght o'clock the previous of the They had been lio h . l llg about, and had also been into the Wheatsheaf public. po,'`'n, where they had one or two drops of beer. He was not aCt was termed a " juvenile policeman," al I:it was to get up cases for his friend., nor did he go He was certain, se t ,„„ °ll gh he had been in the roliceman s ,, com . paiy .„ nearly itlll_hou!s, that he had not been on the look out." the solicitor having addressed the Bench and pointed out iisc,repances in the various witnesses' statements, appe': lIRNVIIITT stated that . , as the entleman did not el tia , and the policeman said to be assaulted g was in plain tt,llBteNand did not when he went up tell them that he was a did not mean to g ab ,able, he must dismiss the charge. should a policeman off duty should . no li t c . intej e fe i r v e a , s. but he T" 1 make the partks acquainted with what n"e parties thou left the court. F it i,„ , ---- ner 1 Leflo, one of th '.011( -VALIUM IN JERSEY.— General -- -a u p his tegi d e Vi etlßlS of the French coup d'etat, has taken iti, c i i!lace in Jersey. Generals Changarnier Lamoriciere, r ide' dean are daily expected to arrive in that island to P tar ESTIVITIES AT WYNTARD PARK.—The BA nivel.- 1,,, 5 ; Of the birth-day of the Marchioness of Londonderry to— elebrated at Wynyard Park, on the 17th instant, with I.4iLt splendour. The numerous distinguished guests were "KUM euraptanaly. 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 ar k, and hi s Grace is expected in Arlington-street on Monday week, to attend the E ar l of Derby 'S grand Parliamentary dinner, in St. James's -square, previous to the opening of Parliament. Viscount Dupplin, who arrived in town early in the meek from Lerd d S a t 3 a , in to t o j r o d i :s t s h p e or f lng il3r s . eat, Leicestershire, to do duty i,liotuhsehitso-reghlient, the Ist Life Guards, leaves Beaufort and Marchioness of Worcester and family, stayingthe a M t a ji r q a u d i s minton. Berger of liolyw e n - yo n r :teel) (on has just published a cheap Grea t and Exhibitionauthentic aat New view xe w g t. a t t d h b e 3 , 13, authorityui lding fc r fr t o h m e azi ton e , n with a description of the the design by Sir Joseph P Westminster, Building. The Rev. William Henry Davies M.A., curate of a e rk de c a or th ne o r f , eSitetJe(oihenhaptihaein Evangelist,oi,stGeorg,s Hospital , was yesterday v Al ac . a A n ., t' bl y ate th curate of by the governors of that institution, the Rev. J. B. Morewood. The Bishop of London has appointed his son, the Barnes,Reve ß et i o ° r ul y fl o e f id At. Alphage, in e 1 : Frederick Surrey, to George the ? the city of London, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. J. r. Hutchins, M.A. THE STRIKE.—At a large meeting of working men, at their room, King-street, Westminster, it was 'una nimously resolved—" That this meeting pledges itself to sup port the engineers in their righteous struggle against tyranny and oppression ;• and if the employers should hold out much longer, recommends the men' to emigrate to the United States, where l a b our meets i ts d ue rewar d ; and this meeting Rill raise a subscription to aid them in so doing."—W.‘Vir. - LIAMSON, Secretary. VICEP C s -EG AL „,oun.T.—lreqerda their Excellencies the Lord-Lieuti - nant and the C' Y ;" Clarendon left the ountess o. Viceregal Lodge, and took Dublin Castle. up their residence for the season at THE COURT.—We understand that, according to present arrangements, her Majesty and Prince Albert will arrive at Buckingham Palace early on Monday, the 2d of February, from Windsor .Castle, to nmain in town until the following day, when the Queen will retur n to the Castle, and come to town about the 14th or 15th of the same month, until Easter.. Her Majesty, it is understood, will proceed in state to the new House of Lords at two o'clock on Tuesday week, to oprai the session of Parliament in person. The eleventh anniversary of the Sovereign's marriage will be ce -8"---c., on the 10th o f lebrated at Wind sor b y pu bli c d i nner s , the ensuing mcwth. - WYNORG, Jaw. 19.—The Ann M‘Kensie, from St oc kt on , SPIRIT o f t h e PUBLIC • . JOURN.ALS. has been abandoned at sea; crew saved and put in here. FROM - THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. Vaerartemo. Nov. 22.—The Tay, from Papudo, in enter- TIMEi.--hash eucriessivo liep of the Government log this port, 15th November, touched upon a rock, is leaky which Louts Napeleon Lae inaugurated in Fiance untier and must discharge to repair. the p -cioue L.rie of a reetor - a'eou of authority and a pa- Lrera. DEC B.—The Cassandra British barque, bound to s . '. ' reveals power, its true character with San Francico, has been burnt at sea; crew and passengers c' a f il dr,:clece sumo Liver depte in Coat more r iOtl C c 4: l N t . a l i e , : t s . ; , saved. tmanenoEs, DEC. 30. - The Win. Hutt, from Benin, bore abyss towards which the chosen ruler of so many mil up for this island tOth inst ,iu a very leaky state, and is dis- lions of mull is hurrying not uely himself but his conic charging. try. The bold and unscrupuleus agents who staked BORDEACX, JAN. 2L—The Elizabeth of Workington, their lives on the 2d of December egainst the liberties Limerick to New York, was abandoned 29th Dec., Ist 40 N., lof the nation, and won that venture with all its dis long. 56 W., totally dismasted and a complete wreck; crew graceful accompaniments, are a l rea d y superse d e d b y saved and arrived here. men more unscrupuleue and pliant, if not more bold MARGATE, JAN. 23.—A barque was wrecked on the then them s.elve s. A frer the exploits of M. (Es Morny in Kentish Knock on the night of th e 21 s t d ur i ng a gale from . , ys. we di the course of the last 50 dad not nuticipato that the S.W. The crew are on board th e K noc k Li g ht vessel. his retire ‘•• t c. •f re ret RAMSGATE, JAN. 23.—The Charles Tottee, Gothenburg • Jr...e. from office would be a euhj , et o g to Bristol, is reported in the North Sea on the 15th, having to Fran2e or to ourselves; but when his character returned three times from gales of wind. and abilities are contrasted with those of his sac" IllIrt„ JAN. 23.—The Stag, of Liverpool, from Holyhead, ecssor they assume an air of relative respectability. and the Edward, of Liverpool, sank in Cannag Bay yester- Ha hes fallen, at least, more honourably than he day ; crew saved. ro:e, fer ho roused to sanction tho decrees of plu n- WARLIERG, JAN. 12.—The Champion, of Abroath, Riga to e -. Scotland, was stranded off' Gattoron last night, and• it is uer min prescription which eppcera tu the same Muni tear that a ppoints the new Min ii, ter of the leterior. feared will become a wreck; crow saved. MORECOMBE, NEAR LANCASTER, JAN. 23.—The Stag,the ^ e, - - • ,- - . . , smack, of Amlwich, is on shore, but is likely to be got off On tome •-ri , and U rowdier retii - es, and, DOW re more importance, M. Foulti. Every hairier 1,, what is of 8110111 d the weather moderate; she is much injured; crew moved which partially arrested the personal despotism . saved. of Louis Bonaparte, not,view indeed, with a to the in- T 1-1 E S UNY LON tiON, The Baron bases his armament , on the data laid down by Napoleon, and assumes that .150,000 men are the true number required. If, however, in 1804-5 that number was necssary, surely thE increase ot popula tion and intelligence would now- require a larger force to subjugate us. The invading army is to consist of:— Infantry... ... ... ... 110,000 Cavalry ... ... ... ... 22.000 Artillery ... ~. ... 13.750 Engineers ... ... ... 3,000 13sggage train ... ... ... 3,050 151,800 Troop horses Draught... ... ... 22 000 ... ... 35,806 57,806 Field guns 450 biege ditto ... ... 86 Carriages of all sorts ... 7,376 These troops, with ammunition, engineer stores, and provisions, are to be mustered, one half at Cher bourg, and one half at Brest. The next thing is to provide for their transport across the Channel. For this purpose he enumerates the French fleet as it stood Ist June, 1850 : SAILING VESSELS. Ships of tho Liue* Frigates Corvettes ... ... ... 24 ••• ... ... ••• 38 ... ... 30 •• • ••• ..• 44 ... ••• .00 38 ••• ... 50 Brigs Transporttf ... Cutters, Sloops, &e. AUXILIARY VESSELS. Frigate (40 guns) ... Corvettes ... ... Sloop •• • ~. ••• giTEADI SHIPS. Frigatebt ... 21 Ship (960 horse power) ... 1 Corvettes, Ist class... ... 2 Corvettes, 2d class ... ... 20 Paclivt boats, &c. ... ... 53 MERCHANT SERVICE. Vr• Steamers ... ... ... 291 Sailing vessels ... ... ... 362 Ditto ditto ... 4 - 657 Total ..• ... 982 * 74 to 120 guns. -1.500 to 800 tons. 450 to 640 horse power. To these ho 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 tulles an hour from Brest. 2,1. 210 vessels, carrying 43,000 men,_ he asserts will reach Plymouth in 17 h ours 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 ; firs', because he proposes to employ the whole French navy (many of which are now abroad). A long time would he 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 of the delay attending coaling and unloading. The troops of the third division, which are to laud 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 d'armee landing at Bristol, Plymouth, and Rye, we have at home about steamers,f-bat tle ships, and 50 frigates, 100 co rvettes, &c., 1,184 m e r c h an t s t eamers , one half of which, say 500, wou ld b e ava i la b le as trans ports and gun-boats. 6 10 0 O li wnea-ro 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 3/. 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 lauded 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 squadr ons , num bering by that time, with the Lisbon ships, some 24 line-of-battle ships, with many . war steamers to sup port them. Their communication with France would certainly be precarious; but let us now see what the land forces would find to oppose them. 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, Regular army, of all arms Armed out-pensioners Yeomanry Cavalry Irish armed constabulary 0 M 6 0 0 00 c 0 : 0 0 00 1 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 trarmec 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'armec 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'armec 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 ti;oops 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 most efficient of the ou t- pensioners would be called out,and officered by old o ffi cers. It is calculated that nearly lnT 30,000 he old soldie rs could be raised in Eng a small farmers, gentry, and gamekeepers could also be formed into companies of about sixty each,under command of so me i uiluential sportsman. These volunteers, armed with fowling-pieces and cut lasses: should act a 5 light idwatry behind hedges; NATIONAL al 3FENCES. BY AN OFFICER OF ARTILLERY. So much ha; been said and written of late about the 3 d, and the ease with w d ch 4 .o - u n r ce i l s l e: ig h s h ta o t u e rs of eo l u n li g i .I s % jugate us, as in the good times of William the Lu mqueror, that it is worth while to inquire what plan of attack they would follow, end what means Nwe have to repel such an invasion. be Baron Emile Maurice de &lion, • captain of engineers in the Pry ai. - th army, some time zonquest of England, 3wghoicpublished i l i l ot l) l l ) s e n ti f n o p r ro l fi l t e ab; ti to repeat in a con cise form, adding a few sugges thins on the best way to counteract them. walls, &c., but not in regular bodies ; these com panies being drawn as much as possible from the seat of war pnd the capital, may be estimated at 4,000 men, and would be exempt from drawing for the mi litia. Thus there would be nearly 100,000 men in the south of England, some "0,000 in Ireland, and 5,000 in Scotland. The militia would be called out but though 85,000 men would thus be obtained, still, for some time, they could only be looked on as a reserve force. Let us now look to the points 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 safe harbour for the ships, and if the approach to the port of Bristol, up a narrow tide river, with very high banks, was not defended, still this division would leave in its rear Pembroke dockyard, co mmunicating with Ireland and Liverpool, and with unlimited command of transports and steamers. The 2d corps landing near Plymouth 43,000 men, it would find a small fleet ready to annoy and retard the landing. As we have supposed that the attack would be known six days previous, it is not improbable that with the present garrison, dockyard battalion, out-pensioners, and troops from Chester and Birming ham, together with the local volunteer marksmen, the garrison could be augmented 'to at least 7,000 men. Most of these troops should take up defensive posts to cover the dockyard; heavy stationary batteries of ship guns must cover their front, and every impedi ment thrown in the way of the French troops pene trating into the interior, or receiving any supplies. The protracted defence of Plymouth would be of the greatest moment, as the Ist and 2d corps could not advance till their rear was safe ; in the meantime, and every exertion should b e augment the squadron, made at Portsmouth to cut off all communication between the 3d corps and Cherbourg. The regiments at Chichester, 'Winchester, New port, &c., would be called in, and with the present garrison, dockyard battali ons, pensioners, and volun teers, would render the place defensible. As for the coup de main on the Gosport lines, it would be a most dangerous step to take. Th a t they could not resist a regular attack is quite certain, but there is no reason why two advance line-of-battle ships might not be anchored as floating batteries above the Clarence yard, to fire in front of the lines, whilst heavy sta tionary batteries of ship-guns would be mounted in a few days all along the works. The attacking force would have to advance against a hea vy fi re o f artil lery to escalade : a very serious thing, witness New Orleans and Chillianwalla. DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. (From the Court Newsman.) W FIDAY. The third dramatic performance lNDSOß at the , Ous R tle took placo this evuuing. Leigh Hunt's play of A legend of Florence was selected upon this occasion, and the parts were filled according to the following programme:— Francesco'Agelant I LEGFAND OF FLORENCE. {Mr. Phelps Antonio Rondi ne lli Noble Florentines J IMr. Leigh Murray Cesare Colonna ... Fulvio d a Ri va ... . ... .(A Poet). Mr. Bartley Matteo (A { L A qe ii )rov O pa p snt c ) ej u o ar f a t s he 1 Mr. J. F. Cathcart Giulio ..... .... ........ (A Page) Mi ss M ars h a l l Ginevra ) a ...... .(Wife to Agolanti) M rs . C Kean 5 ••• (Friends of Gi nevra ) ... Olimpi Diana c Miss Vivash J Fiordilisa ...(Ginevra's Handmaiden) Miss Robertson. Servants, &c. Scene—Florence and its neighbourhood. Time—During the Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. Direct0r............. . 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 tne elder Royal children, entered the Reubens Room from the north corridor, accom panied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Dent, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, the Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Constance Leveson Gower ' his Excellency the Baron and the B aroness Brun now, Lord and Lady Seymour and the Hon. J. Hermione St. Maur, the Earl and Countess Grey and Lady Alice Lambton, the Earl and Countess Bruce, Viscount Can ning, the Right llon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right H on. 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 Speth, were in attendance. The Queen, the Prince, and their illustrious guests having taken their seats on the Haut pas, her Majesty's private band performed some appropriate music, and the play commenced. Thd following had the honour of receiving invitations t) witness the performance:— Lady Emily Seymour, Lady Caroline and Miss Bar rington, Colonel Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, Hon. H. Ashley, Sir George and Lady Couper and Miss Couper, Sir Theo dore and Lady Brinkman, Right Hon. Henry Labou chore, Vice-Admiral and Mrs. Sykes, Lieutenant-Colo nel Hon. C. Forester, commanding officer; Captain Lord Alexander Lennox and Cornet Jorge George Lennox, of the Royal Horse Guards; Colonel Craufurd, com manding officer; Lieutenant Hogg() and Lieutenant Maxse, of the 2d battalion of the Grenadier Guards; the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the Rev. W. and Mrs. Canning, Mrs. Harcourt, Mr. and Mrs. H. and Miss Seymour, Mrs., Miss, and Miss Gertrude Lambton, and Mr. and Miss Ricardo. Refreshments were served in the Throne Room. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The 3d corps ararmie is the principal one, and lands at Rye 76,000 strong. The garrisens of Chatham, Woolwich, and Sheer ness could safely be withdrawn, leaving the dockyard battalions to protect these places (the whole French fleet being already employed). The cavalry depot at Maidstone and the regiment at Brighton would fall back, whilst some artillery and infantry should be sent to augment the garrison of Dover. All the troops near London, and those arriving from Ireland and the north, might be concentrated by rail about Reigate, at the point ofjunction of the Dover and Brighton Railway; it is probable that in eight days aft er th e t roo ps leaving Paris , Which is the possibly be earliest peri o d th a t th e 3d corps could ready to adva nce f rom Rye, our army w ould amount to at least 30,000 men, viz. : Mr. Bunu 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 he 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 lence 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 press ed into the service, but by the excellence of the principals. The way in which the Robe r t has been g o t u p i s entitled to almost unqualified pr a i se . Th e c ho russes , u p on 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, w as no ti cea bl e f or i ts closeness and delicacy— for a quality o f tone, i n short, and for a practical ab i l ity to which we have hitherto been strangers in an English theatre. A new Robert appeared in a Mr. Fedor, a light and agreeable tenor, welt 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 Prince ss I sa b e ll a d i splaye d 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 ort 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 quo 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, doliberate, and articul ate, was extremely effective—qua lities equally obs ervable in Mr. M anvers , w h o presen ted a version of Ba imbault as remarkable for its comic point as for its vocal proficiency. Mdlle. Evelina Garcia, the representativ e 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 the part lost no practicalimporetffianciceenitniyhgeirvehna.nds.ThAerle together the opera was most was seF v !d morethi thin h c a o n m o p n i i e m e e n e c t o r encore, andth e was that cri giventi w c h al ic u h w n a t i h t c h e c o a m m o s p t s a e t n a d i d e e i di trio in the cavern scen e , wa s which ness and precis i on winch we confe ss we h ad by no means reckoned upon. The mice en sce ne w as excellent , The audience did not withhold during th e performance' of the opera loud and enthusiastic applause. Miss Crichton was call for at the close of t h e t hi rd act, and when the opera termin ated appear e d aga i n, i n company with the other principals. Mr. Bunn was a l so i nvited to re ceive the congratulations of the house; and profoundly did he bow as he strode across the stage. Men. Foot Guards ••• •" 3,000 Regular Infantry ... ••• ••• 10,000 Out-pensioners ••• •,. .•• 6,000 Regular Cavalry ••• ••• 4,000 Yeomanry ... ••• ••• 3.000 Artillery (at 10 men per gun-200 gunh*) ..• 2,000 Volunteer Marksmen, . • 40 eomPanieg, 60 men 2,400 Total ... ••• ••• 30,400 At the sam e t i me, an army of reserv e could be formed near Reading, and communicating by rail with the di v i s i on at Reigate, an d t h e garr i sons to the south and w es t ; thus, i n 12 days from the op en i ng of the war (some time before Ist and 2d corps could possibly have got in communication with the 3d corps), would number 29,100 men; viz.--- 5,000 Regul ar I nfantry ... Out Pensioners ... 2,000 Do. n ew levy 20,000 Regular C ava l ry 1,000 Artillery Pensioners ... ••• 500 50 guns. Volunteer Marksmen 600 29,100 The military state of the country would then be, supposing the enemy bad landed without much loss— At Pemb ro k e and South Wales—About 6,000 men, partly drawn from Ireland, with a small squadron, threatening the rear of the Ist corps, and obliging part of that army to remain at Bristol. At Plymouth—lf not relieved, probably holding in check the 2d corps for some days-5,000 men. At Ports mout h—P repared to resist the attack of the Ist and 21 corps darmie, or attack the flank of the 31 corps near Ilastinga-7,000 men. At Dover Castle—On the other flank of thi 3d corps, wit,h a small garrison. The army at Reigate-30,400 men covering Lon don. The army at Reading-29,100 men, ready to co operate with the above-named troops ; these two di visions would be stronger than the 31 corps darmee, which would h ave t o d etach a considerable force to watch the garri sons o f P ortsmouth and Dove;, and cover their open camp at Rye. The militia and volunteers to form a third camp at Birmingham. It is to be hoped that the difficulty of invading this country has been pointed out pretty clearly in this sketch of the campaign. v vhas been allowed the invading forces , '' and d yadvantage l itt le or no re sults supposed to occur from the use of our powerful fl ee t, though this is all but impossible. Ten to one, th e 2d and 3d corps would, on leaving Cherbourg and Brest, fall in with our ships of war, and suffer severely, especially their transports. The delay in landing would be fatal ' as every d ay wou ld add to our power of defence. The Ist corps, arriving in the Severn six and a-half days after the proposed landing at Plymouth, wou ld certainly h ave to engage t h e Pembroke squadron under th e greatest disadvantages. * It will startle many officers to seo 900 guns dpeci ly when ut down with the troit iop at Lt s „ eigate, and .50 at Readin p g; essls known that throughout England and Ireland we have now only 5 6 f i eld guns horsed— hut some of these guns should be pieces of position. Such as 8 and 10 in howitzr)rs, and 12 and 18 piece brass (runs on siege carriages —with the vast means of trans command in the capital, the moving these p or t at H . ins into battery would be easy, M essrs Chaplin and orne, and Messrs. Pickford, would contract to do the whole. It must also be rensenabered, that England with its h ,d ges and inclosures, is not a country for rapid movements of artillery and cavalry, ao that these heavy batteries would require only a , whilst the drivers and horses i t_lbw .gut in most cases be non real artillerymen, combatants. There are pl ent y , 01 guns and harness, but the number of carriages in store can only be known to the Board of Ordnance. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Bear-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 the superintendence of the es tablishment, Capttlin the lion. K. 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, the 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 bo completed by the engineers by the 23d February. Commander Stephen L. Crofton (1850), who was pro moted for his gallantry against the Brazilian slavers, when 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. COURT cut (; u ULAR. The following had the hnnen'''lNDSOß, JAN. 23. irgihss the Duchess of table last evening: — Her Royal / 1. 4 9 f dining at tho r o y a l Kent, his Serene Highness the i,ne nee Leopold of Saxe Coburg, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Gower, the Baron and Baroness, th runn ow , the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent B Lord and Lady Seymour and the Ilearoness de Spetb, Maur, Earl and Countess Grey , ou. J. Ilermione St. Bruce, Viscount Canning, Lady i e Earl and Countess l e Lambton, Sir Jas. and Lady Graham, and Colonel %V The band of the Royal Horso ie d een t . ds was in attetd ance, and played the following p Overture—" Lac dos Fe :s" 3:--- Silection—" Ern9.ni" ... . . . .... ••• Auber. Waltz—" Rein° Victoria" ... Verdi. . Selection—" Walpurgis Naeht" ... ••• Bossisio. Pas Redouble—" 'frornpeten" ... ••• Mendelssohn. Her Majesty's private band after war ;i t ; I C-uhner. performed the following compositions :-... attended, and Overture—" 11 Seraglio" ... ... Trio in A flat, Allegro, Moderato, Po•e•o. Mozart. Ad 11 , 1 io, Allegro—Pianoforte, Violi n and Violoncello—Messrs. W. G. Cusins, Sainton, and H. Chipp ..• -• ... At ~._, ayseder. The Queen walked in the Home Park morning. ""u Slopes this The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of tho Royal Family took their :tit shooting pony and walking exercise. accustomed His Royal Highness Prince Albert w i e Lnst this morning, attended by Colonel F. accompanied by Prince Leopold of Sa xe c o tliour, and Seymour, Earls Grey and Bruce, Visco unt r g , Lord and Sir James Graham. Canning, Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ar rived at the Castle this afternoon. Previous to the dramatic performance this event? , the band of the Grenadier Guards was inpaaityteencidtahno-c-e-Fn the Castle, and during the Royal dinner i fol lowing pieces:— Introduction from " Robert lo Diable" ... 1,.. il eYerbeer. Arietto from " La Part du Diablo" Mazurka from ''Les Porchorons" ... :.: Auber Romanza e Coro di Banditti, from "Catarina Mr. J. J. Lindsay (1845), clerk in charge, serving in the Plover, iCaptain Moore, in Behring's Straits, has bean promoted to the rank of paymaster. Lieutenants John Seccombe (1842) :and J. P. Palmer (1842) have been appointed to the Horatio. Dasher, steam-vessel, Commander Lefebre, at Ports mouth, is ordered to accompany the Lightning steam tender, Mager 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 bring so boisterous with a heavy sea, wisely held on in Devon port harbour. Sparrow ketch, G. H. Hills, second emaster, will be ready for paying off at Devonport this day. THE WEST INDlEs.—Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.11., 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 Ha vannah, Dec. 25. and Express, 6, Commander Fead, was at Grey Town, Dec. 30. Sappho, 12, Commander A. L. Cochrane, was at Carthagena, Dec. 27. Scorpion, surveying vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence, was at St. Thomas's, Jan, 2. The Sappho is orderd home to be paid oil. DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.—The following superannua tions have taken place at this yard:—William Thomas, leading man of shipwrights, 301.; William Sararohnnand Alexander Townsend, shipwright s , each 24 /.; 11. Bayley, labourer, and Thomas Williams, labourer, 151, per annum each. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Hecht steam -sloop, Commander Beauchamp. arrived at Spithead this after noon from the coast of Africa, on which sho has been very successful in the capture of slavers, having take n ton vessels, amounting to 1,590 tons, end having on steam-sloop, Commander board 613 slaves. She left the Congo on the 10,h of Thomas 11. IL December, leaving there the Prometheus steam-sloop (at bringing Thomas , 9 t t o h. b e She! tried.i girl named SBthraarnkg-ep,oainndt)ihethAethAolrsethoreershispleLamieutenant-Conam aril r eft s A h:eaelnso ., Pearce. She left A o m f b A riz sc o e n ns t i h o e n lionieel Peel, the ethe murderer eorf of D e c em ber, Perkins, r geant of the Island brings all the the in . v 0 s u s e, the Commander instant, witnesses except one, a Coombes, who died on board two days ago from exces sive sea-sickness. The Ihela arrived at Sierra Leone on the 31st of December, and l e f t ~,,~ Firefl ste leaving there Sotheby, from which she has brouel t invalid outward i , 4th she passed the GU OUR(' C a -, h 1 ~ On the p of Good Hope packet. She arrived at Terieriffe on the 13th, and trailed Ou th° 146 h i t il ° plat© is Sit, y * ski, un 111 d . Cornaro" •• Waltz —"Die Industrielien"... Der Feier Abend Polka ... ••• Lochner. ••• Gungl. ••• Vahrhuch. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Masterrnan,,, tu, ~.. P., the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., M r. Barkworth' Mr. M Smith, and r. Bamford, had a n intervi ew with Lord John Ruswll yesterday, at his official residenc e i n Dovrn_ ing-strect. The Marquis of Lansdowne (L ord President) w i ll give a full-dress dinner to a party of Peers on Monday, the 2d of February, at his residence, Lansdowne House, Berkeley- square . The Ch ance ll or o f th e Exchequer left town yesterd a Y for Windsor Castle. Dispatches f rom th e Lord High Commissioner of th e lonian Islands were received yesterday at th e c oionia. 91iice, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1852. quarantine. On the 17th instant she passed and exchanged numbers with the Birkenhead iron steam frigate, Master Commander Sal mond, with troops on board for the Cape, in latitude 34 deg. 30 mire N., longitude 14 deg. 40 min. W. On the night of the 22d instant the Heela encoun tered a terrific gad©, which brought h er un d er reefed storrnsails. The Rattler steam sh,oP• Commander Mel lercb, 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, Captai n L . T. Jones (which had been ashore, knocked all her false keel off, and in jured her main keel, &c.); the Niger steam-sloop, Com mander Heath; Philornel, 8, Commander G. T. Forbes; Alecto steam-sloop, Commander Lavie; and Volcano steam-sloop, Commander Coote, wire off Lagos, pre paring to bring th e au th or itie s of that pl ace to eccount for the late attack upon the British cruisers. The re sult we shall not hear until the arrival of the next mail from the coact. The Gladiator steam-friga . e, Captain Adams ; the Wasp, 14, Commander Crozier; tho Wale verton, 12, Commander Falcon; the Cygnet, 8, Com mander R. D. White; and the Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander Foote, were stationed on the south coast. The Sealark, 9, Commander Sotheby, was senior (facer on the north coast; the Dolphin, 3, Lieut.-Commander Temple was cif Cape Lopz. 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 Ileela had brought home about 2001. in gold on freight, and something not quite so precious, or so well worth the carriage -2,3771 e. 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 in the He da: — .Lieutena n t J. 11. Glover, lately promoted from the Tenzer ; Mr. 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. Paterson, mate, to join the London; and E. Deane, acting gunner, to join the Excellent. The following are the witnesses she has brought home in the case of the murder of Perkins:—Joseph Paul, boatswain; Thomas Bradley, tailor; W. H. Knowles, gunner's mate ; John Harrison. b o at swa i n ' s mate; Mi c h ael rhino, cooper; Henry Fox, holder up ; S. R. Lewin, cooper; W. H. 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. The 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 M. 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 destrue tioa 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 Becchey 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. Ile 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 answ er 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 it our information is correct." N o steamer has been sent out. The Admiral in forms us that he con s id ered it useless. W e ca ll e d 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, Davenport, Jan. 21. " Sir,—Seeing my name brought before the public in ,he 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 ho 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 a n 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, end 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. 31. 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, came 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 lelt the Amazon she blew up, and there was not a vestage of her to be seen afterwards.' As 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 me information, and to have solicited assistance, had it been required? I should then have had an opportunity of putting those questions which n a t ura lly occur ttoae state sailor as to the place where the a cc id en t t oo k place, the of the wind and weather at the time, how a fter the t h e wind blew after the people were in the boat, and questions explosion of the vessel, answers to wh ich : might have been the groundwork for taking into con sideration the necessity for sending out a vessel; il of all persons the Admiral is the one from wh om evi dence is withheld. I cannot conclude without express ing my hope that you will cause the reported 81aten:test of Mr, Fox to be contradicted, and remain, Sir, y our very obedient servant, " Joris A, 03131/INNEY." The written statements referred to by the Admiral in the preceding terms were as follows: annoy, C. 8., and beg to re . po c r p t . t w ito h o a s t 4, Fox, Sons, and Co. present their respects to Ad miral Sir John Omm they stated this morning, that when the junior s Fox called at the Admiralty-office to i n steamer bad been sent out to look for the cit c l ee re w o il ; a t% Amazon, afterwho waiting some time he sa w M r. Kent, the secretary, informed him that the Admiral can sidered it useless, or words to that eff ect. "Plymouth, Jan. 18, 1852." ~ Fox, Sons, and Co., present their respects to Ad miral Sir John; Onamn nue letter of yesterday, believe d 3 ' and, until receipt of his conveyed all the facts of his their note of same date question. "Fox, Sons, and Co,, of course, admit that when their junior called at the Admiral's office on the Bth inst. he did not see Sir John Ommanney, but ho saw his secre tary, and had an answer from that gentleman to their inquiry, which they the Admiral to b e th e same as if g i ven o from the mouth Admiral himself, viz., ' that no steamer had been sent out to seek f o r th e A maz on's crew, as the A dmiral considered it useless ;' an d these are the words____ used by F ox , S ons , an d C o. , to C a ptain Chappell. s ed The extract of th e i r l e tt ers t o t h a t gentle man,dat the 6th and Bth anuary, the y annex. of January, beg to Captain Chappell concluded by stating that what ho had said at Southampton had been founded on the ex tracts read by him from the letters of Fox, Scns, and Co., and that he was merely replying to questions which had been put to him by Captain Warburton. Lieutenant GRYLLS, R.N., repeated the statement which was published under his name from Plymouth, Ile heard ll'lnnes, the storekeeper, say that he saw flames come from the storeroom; and the engineer said that he raw the fire break out somewhere before the boiler. He could not say positively, but he was almost certain that M'lnnes said so; they talked of the subject frequently. The man who lowered the foremost fall of the first boat he saw launched was, he believed, ono of the officers. The captain had just before ordered the fall not to be lowered. When the shi • p exploded and went down an intense feeling of loneliness came over them. The crew struck him a s ~ a very fi ne, efficient body. He could say little of the officers, as there were none of them known to him except Lieut. Brady. When he left the ship the only boat remaining in his opinion , w as the gig. The lifeboat s on b oth sides'were in dames. On the morning of his arrival at Plymouth he reported himself to Admiral th l 2ll24lllloy a who put 0 bi tri 6 number " Admiralty, Jan. 22. L " Sir,—With reference to your letter of this date, . stating your return to Devonport in the Avon steamer, I and the Sprightly in company, and requesting that the Hecate might be ordered to complete the search those vessels had begun, and which they had b een prevented prosecuting rom their being unable to make Brest to replenish fuel, and further 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 tho 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 to 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 porta 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 communication 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 ho no doubt should have sent out a steamer at once, yet that he had 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. ELMSMERE gave evidence that the decks of the Amsz)n were constructed of the materials used in tho 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. lie 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 tho 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. Do Pass, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Y.'. Bowes, 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 Barbaducs ; Mr. Johnston, Mr. Burnett, and Mr. and Mrs. Scotland, for Trinidad; Mr. M'Clon nan and Mr. Hick, for Demerara ; Mr. Eliot Warbur ton, for the Round; M. and Madame Lucombe and child, Mr. Gerand, M. Kerenbor, M. Cima, and M. Debellc men, for Chngres; M. Martinez Del Rio, M. Trenear, Miss Grace Hoare, Miss Margaret Fitzgerald, M. Sor rier and M. Granier, for Vera Cruz; .Petr. Cuming and M. Creveeourt, for St. Thomas's; M. Cardenas, for St. Martha; M. Le Faye, for Guadaloupe ; and Lieutenant Brady, R.N., in charge of the Admiralty mail s . One gentleman, who had selected his berth and paid his pas sage was prevented joining the ship at the last moment, ney' and thus escaped the fearful catastrophe. The names of the passengers saved are—Mr. Neilson, Lieutenant Grylls, R.N., Rev. W. Blood, Mr. Hawkes, Mr. Sisley, Mrs. E. R. M'Clennan and child, Miss Anna Maria Smith, Mr. F. Glcnnie, Mr. Bernardo Baricose, Mr. W. Evans, M. Jean Stybos, Mr. P. Kilkelly, an d M. S. J. C. Cima. The following is a numerical list of the officers and crew of the Amino, with the proportions lost and saved:— Captain ... ••• Mates ... Surgeon Purser Parser's assistant ••• Midshipmen ... Seamen Bo} s ... ••• •• • Engineers .• • •• • Boiler-maker .. • • • Firemen Coal-trimmers Lamp-trimmer Stewards '•• ••• Total, cre w Saved ... ". Number. 36 ••• 21 12 ... 16 Saved. - 110 ... 42 ... 42 Tho propo r ti on Lost ... 68 of passengers lost and saved stands Number of passengers Saved ... 50 ... 13 Lost I mputations havint been thrown upon the iioya 3 l 7 Bi ail Co mpany on the suhject of the crew s o f th e s hips form fleet, and assertions of incompetency among the sailors from want of a knowledge of 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 sut'geon, the purser, two midshipmen, two petty offi cers, 10 seamen, 3 engineers, 13 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 creditable 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 hits a letter of thanks for his activity; end also Lieutenant Lilburn, in his perseverance in beating to windward for three days, under close-reeled canvas, with the determination to searc h well-down Channel in search of boats from the Amazon. Fortunately, Lieutenant Lilburn spoke the galliot, Hellechina, who was approaching the English shore, not knowing hi s position, having consid ered th e Rani Head was the B att H ead, and at on ce offered his services, sent on e o f h i s officers on b oar d, a nd conducted the galliot safe into this port, saving at least one day, perhaps more." PLYMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Messrs. Fox, the agents of the West India Mail Steam-Packet Company, have received news to-day from Mr. Balkwill, their agent at Pow, near liingebridge, stating that a portion of wreck had floated past the harbour with spar s attac hed, and whi c h had apparently f o rmed a portion o f a raft. It i s st ill thought that the barque w hich passed th e A mazon, be tween the boat in which Mr. Blood a nd his party were, has picked up some of tho passengers, and th at from the whiteness of the sails it is su pposed that sh e was an A mer i ca n liner, and that sae may have taken them on to New York. TIIE 014r4/Bus FROPRIETORS AND THEIR SERVANTS. that some disagreeable differences are likely to s tated een the omnibus proprietors and their men, in • se betw consequence of the movement Which the latter have made to arise is obtain cessation from labour on every alternate Sunday. The driverst uti and conductorsthe 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 competi ng - r om n ib us es will be started the men. of questions. A steamer had b een sent out previously. It appeared to him that Captain Symons had almost boat his mind. He was rushing about the deck and saying " Den% loser the beets;" and twice he heard him say " Where are the ladies?" It did not strike him that there was insubordination. The crow were berthed forward, under the forecastle; and, from the rapidity of the flames, comirunication fore and aft was cut off shortly afzer he reached the deck; but a number of them 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 t w o miles and a half away. Th e y could see that she n ever ho ve to, un l e ss she did so when she got to th© lee of the burning steamer. The explosion took place in the after part or the ship, and must have been ire= the powder-magezine. Captain CHAPPELL, alluding to the letter signed " A Transatlanti c P assenger " pu bli s h e d i n the l i mes, and i reflecting on th e e ffi c i ency o f t h e crew, read n . defence of the comp an y t h e f o ll ow i ng statement :—" List of tho crew on board-3 midshipmen, 1 saved; 36 seamen, 18 saved; 6 boys, 1 saved; 6 engineers, 2 saved; 1 boilermaker, saved ; 21 firemen, 10 saved ; 1 lamp-trimmer, raved; 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. G/eenie, M r . B ernardo Barricon, Miss Anna Maria Smith, Mr. W. E vans, Mr. Jean Strybus, the Rev. W. Blood, Lieutenant Gryll., R.N., Mr. I'. Kilkelly, Senor J. C. da Gime. Total number of passengers, 50; 13 saved, 37 lost. Th ere 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 he never saw a ship go out with so young and efficient a crew; of 110, the whole number, 57 were the practised servants of the companny, and the officers all stuck to their duty to the last, only one of them hav ing been saved. The Rev. Mr. WARBURTON, with reference to the censures which had been passed on Admiral Omma n .. ney's coaduct, said that when he went to him to apply for aid h e ex p e cted at least to receive kindness and courtesy, but had found none. The rev. g en tleman then gave a minute account of the steps whieh were at last taken to search for survivors under the orders of th e Admiralty, and praised the liberality of the compa n y in providing a special train for him to Plymouth, that no time might be lost. He described the fruitless cruise of the two small steamers which had bees sent out, the stormy weather which they h a d encountere d , an d 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:— - 224 - 4 - 9>