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THE SUN, T l l -M 1 41 , 4)Y if N, SHIPPING- 11A N.) L , ND ON , J AN . 1, 1852.—Wii,dat noon W., light a i rs and dull weather. VALPARAISO, OCT. 22.—The Colombo French of which put in with damage, has been aban doned, as the master could not raise funds or bottomiy to clefr4y the expenses of repairs. GALATZ DEC. 18.—The Wineta, Ibraila to Queens town or Falmouth, has been lost at Sulina; crew drowned. The. Adolph von Loiotz ru, Ibraila to Queens town or Falmouth, is reported to bf, lost, also at Sulina. Suo - ).—Arrd. Industry, New York. DEAL. DEC 31.—Wind W.—Arrd. Ostrich, Madras; Faulk Valparaiso; Spartan, Jamaica; Fortuna, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Achilles, Sydney, New South Wales; Jenny Lind, Lima; Agnes, Valparaiso; St. Jubn, New Orleans. Arrd. from the River and sld, Agnes, Valparaiso. Sld. Isabella, Sierra Leone. OFF DOTER —Adelaide, Van Diemen's Land. OFF SALC.JNBE, DEC. 31.—Fear•not, Azores. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Wind N.E. by E —Sid. David Aaeluide, South Australia ; Calphurnia, Port FALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Wind E., fr . < sh.—Arrd. Maria, Port-au- Prince. MAIL INDIA. (From the Times.) We have received by express from Trieste in an anticipAtion of the overland mail, files of the Bombay and Calcutta papers, with dates from Bombay to the 3i of Dec., and Calcutta to the 23d Nov. c c oun ts welearn that of . ch Sir C Mitchnee, and By h continues in theneighbourhood ue and that the inhabitants had fled to the mountains on his approach. Captain Coke . and a his force rid had returned from the Meeranzme valley, recrossed the Koorum : they had only twice been mine in any way annoyed by an enemy , when tw two men were killed. The %Vuzeerees bad attacked the guard over the Behadur Khel they had been repulsed with a of elev e n men ; our partyf force ed had d e or on si t s he w l o 9 u t n h d o e r d. 2 T o h th e entire uitim 01\ been dire cted findan to be prepared for moving at a moment's notice, along the line of the frontier, after the moun taineers, we presume, who had been annoying our outposts. The death of Dost Mahomed still wants confirmation. The Cashmeer ruler is still alive. it he Governor-General was expected at Roorkee on the 24th, his Lordship would thence proceed to Hurd war. Sir W. Gomm was at Jullandhur. Sir H. Lawrence had returned to Lshore. Mr. Mensel had left for Nagpore. The Bombay journals have for the past fortnight been occupied with the discussion of the Mahomeclan disturbances which commenced on 17th Oct., and are scarcely yet over. A second outbreak occurred on the 22d and 23d ultimo, and squabbles became of daily occurrence. One of the Parsee fire temples was violated, and there was at one time reason to suppose that a cemetery had been broken into with the view of insulting the re mains of the dead ; no sufficient evidence of the outrage, however, could be obtained. Sir John Gray was expected in Bombay by the 10th inst. An extensive fire broke out in the store-houses of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company in the dock-yard at nizsgon on the 2,1 December, by which stores belonging to the com pany, to the value of from 15,0001. to 20,0001. were destroyed.. The cause of the fire had not been as certained. The goods consumed by the fire were only partially insured; the buildings in which they were stored have been completely destroyed. These latter are valued at 7,5001., and belonged to Mirza Mahomed Ali Khan, the owner of the dockyard, from whom they were rented by the Peninsular and Ori ental Company. Trade during the last fortnight has been brisk. The money market was easy. Several failures of native bankers in the Bazar, both at Calcutta and in Bombay, were apprehended. The following summary of intelligence . ie.taken from the Bombay Times : " The expedition from Calcutta, to enforce apology and reparation from the Burmese, left on the 19th ult., and consisted of her Majesty's ship Fox, 42, her Majesty's ship Serpent, 12, with the Hon. Company's war-steamers Tenasserim and Proserpine, the whole under the command of Commodore Lambert, R.N. The first efforts to obtain the reparation sought for will probably be made at Rangoon, and should our demands not be instantly complied with, the place will be held in pledge until they are satisfied. Captain Lewis, the master of the merchant ship Champion, the latest British victim of Burmese insolence and extortion, accompanies the expedition as a witness, it is presumed, to prove the validity of the claims to be presented and enforced. Lieut. Latter, of the 67 , ,h regiment Bengal Native Infantry, an accom plished Burmese scholar, and Mr. Edwardes, of the Civil Service, formerly attached to the Em bassy at Ave, go as interpreters. The military expedition, which left Peshawur under the com mand of Sir Colin Campbell on the 25th of October last, to take the field against the Affreedis and the Momund tribes beyond the north-west frontier, has had very little to do in the way of fighting. After taking possession of Mitchnee with little or no resistance from the people, and burning the stores of grain, destroying the surrounding vil lages, and throwing everything they could lay their hands on into the riv e r, th e force encamped at a place called Dubb, awaiting the construction of a fort now in progress, intended to receive a body of troops and to form a link in a line of posts commanding important points on the frontier. A detachment of the force is sta tioned at a place called Muthee to keep the bill men of that neighbourhood in check. Up to the date of the latest accounts received from Sir Colin's camp, not a single casualty had occurred on our side from the fire of the enemy, and they had latterly been ren dered more chary than ever of approaching our camp, by falling into an ambuscade, which severely punished their temerity. The latesr tidings received are to the 14th ultimo, and it is stated that the fort is progressing very slowly, the sandy nature of the soil being much against the building. The Muwunds had assembled under the chief of Lallpoora to consult as to ulterior measures, and seem to have been greatly perplexed by the determination we have manifested of establishing ourselves in their country. It is believed that Saadut Khan, the chief in question, has hitherto held aloof from the doings of his eastern clansmen, and that he will not now commit himself to support them. A reinforcement of 45 men from each of the regiments at Peshawur left that station on the 13th ultimo to join the forces under Sir Colin Campbell. By the last accounts from Cebul, information has been received that the Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan is still alive, but in a very precarious state. The preparations for a strug gle betwixt the Dost's son, Goolam Hyder, and his brother Sultan Mahomed still kept the country in a state of the most feverish excitement and alarm, and many of the more wealthy of the Hindoo bankers and merchants have fled into the neighbouring dis tricts under British rule. Maharaja Gholab Singh, the ruler of Cashmere, is reported to be in a dying state. He is said to be suffering greatly from dropsy, and in all probability will not long survive this at tack. The wily old chief, well knowing the dangers to be expected to the country over which he rules from the premature disclosure of his death, has de termined on establishing a lithographic press at Jamoo for the purpose of promptly contradicting such reports. We regret to have to notice that fur ther disturbances have occurred here amongst the Mohammedans and Parsees in . l the native town. On th LIVERPOOL,DEC. 31.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.W.— Arrd. Et.u.tisri(, Monte Video, Sid. John, Charleston; At»lan►a, Rio Grande; A•pland, New Orleans; Charles Chaloner, ditto; James B rown, Philadelphia; City of Manchester steam, r, ditto. Off port, Lapland. RAMSGATE, DEC. 31.—The Blossom, Newcastle to Havre, has put in leaky, having struck on Whitby Rock. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.—The Maria, which got on Durmuse Ledge yesterday, is full of wate.r, and it is feared will become a total wreck; part of cargo thrown overboard. CARDOROUGH, DEC. 31.—The Pink, of London, Alloa to Dunkirk, is on the r( cks to the southward, and is ex pected to become a total wreck. OFF PENZANCE.—MaIherbe, St. Domingo, for Havre. BRISTOL, DEC. 31.—Wind N.E.—As-rd. Ann Eliza Jane, Mirmichi. NEWPORT, DEC. 31.—Wind N.—Sld. Barrowgate, Savannah. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 30.—Wind E.—Arrd. British Monarch, Queb.c. MARKET INE WS.—( THIS DAY.) NEVITGATE AND ZEADENICALA.. Our markets aro w(11 supplied to-day, yet the demand is steady, at full prcos. Bes f, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s; Pork, 23 8d to 4s per 8 An, by !he carcase. NAY MARKETS. Sstrnmans..—Meadow thy, 21 15s to 31 151; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 5s Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 11 6s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. CUIRBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ 16. Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 4s; aad Straw, 1/ 13 to 1/ 78 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 12a to 31 156; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 61 Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 1/ 6s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, DEC. 31.—Our market has been firm to day, and prices have had an upward tendency. Beet, from 3. to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 38 2d to 3s 8d ; Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Bibs, to sink the uffals. ROMFORD, DEC. 31.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off freely, at an auvance in the quotations of 2d per Blbs. All other kinds of stock were quite as dear. Beef from 38 to 4.; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6.1; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; Pork, 2. to 3s 10d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 183 to 21s, and quarter old store pigs, 16s to 203 each. flatEsnem, DEc. 31.—The general demand is steady, at extreme quotations. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s; Mutton, 3a 6(1 to 4s 6d; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s Rd per 81bs. ARUNDEL, DEC. 30.—Esch kind of stock has moved off freely, at higher rates. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4. 6d; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per Blbs. CHICHESTER, DEC. 31.—Beasts and Sheep have ad vanced 2d per Blbs, pith a good inquiry. Beef, from 38 4d to 43; Mutton, 3s 6:1 to 4a 6d; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d; per Blbs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. 25,1851, made up from the Returns el the Inspectors la the different Citiesand Towns in England and Wah s per Imperial Quarter. WHE•T. !EMMET.' OATS. ATE. I BEANS. PEAS. Pgiet •• 1 37s ud I 26s 3d I ISs 3d 28s Id i 29s 2d I 29s Od DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Mat/T. I BAILEY. I OATS. I ATE. MUNI. PEAS. 11 Od I s Od Is Od Is Od Is Od lls 01 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. Wheat, 115,728 ; Barley, 103,641 ; Oats, 25,856 ; Rye, 290; Beans, 6,457 ; Peas, 3,158 quarters. SHERIFFS' COURT,—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) There were several causes in the list, but after the jury had been called none of the parties in the cases were ready. The UNDER-SHERIFF regretted that the want of punctuality on the part of profes.ional men or the wit nesses should causeany inconvenience to the jury, and would leave it to them whether they would wait until the expiration of a quarter of an hour, and if the par ties did not appear at that time the causes would be struck out. After the lapse of a few minutes the undefended causes were called on and the others struck ont. S•III. V. WOODYA R . This was an actions to recover the sum 0f941. 183. 6c1., partly on a bill of exchange and partly for goods sold ; the only point in the case was whether the plaintiff could recover 2s. 6d, for noting. The UNDER -SHERIFF held that it could not be re covered wi!hout proof. It is somewhat curious that there is always a charge for noting a Lill, which, although undisputed by a de fendant, is invariably struck out of the account unless proved, the expense of which proof would be at least ten times the amount charged. The expense of noting a dishonoured bill, therefore, in most cases, falls on the holder of the bill. 13 A NKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) IN RE MACLEOD-THE NEPAULERE AGENCY. This bankrupt was described as late of Tirhoot, Ben gal, and now of Ealing, Middlesex, and to-day was IV' bointed for hi s l ast exam i nation. The bankrupt had eeifthe agent of the Nepaulese Government. 'the balance -sheet prepared by Mr. Butler, Basing hall -street, commencing Ist January,lBso, and ending in November, 1851, shows Dr. to Creditors 3,2611 12s. 6d.; capital on Ist January, 1850, 175/ ; salary from the Neapolitan Government, 9801. The property given up is stated at 6971; property in the hands of creditors, 1501; expenditure as agent of the Nepaulese Govern ment, 9121. As a trader and dealer, his profits had been 3/. 145., and losses (exclusive of official uniform, wearing aparel in ludia, law and intert, about 5000, 8241. 10s. 5d.; domestic and personales expenses, 1,304/. In consequence of the accounts not having been filed in due time, an adjournment took place by consent. ATEST NEWs FROM PARIS. e 22d and 233 ult. serious riots took place, during which a number of persons of both sexes were se verely injured by missiles thrown at them, One of them, a Parsee, has since died. The troops had to be called out to the assistance of the police, and 100 men of one of the native regiments have been stationed in Sir Janssetjee Jejeebhoy's meeting-house ever since these latter disturbances commenced. A body of the Poona Irregular Horse has been or dered down immediately from Seroor, and will be found of great service in preserving order in the town. Mobs always dread coming into collision with a mounted force. A few days ago a meeting w as held at the residence of Mr. Lumsden, Secretary to Government in the general and judicial depart mnedn t Parsee at w princip a l men o f the Mahomedan a lisiecushuo the unities met together i n th e presence , of the Chief Justice (Sir Erskine Parry), Mr. Lums n r ig e hp e r i i l e ia st tio of n d pu e n r ,p purpose sad several n d e a o v t a h u e r r i ug Europeantueffect gentlemen, for the between that if th e P arsee e between the two sects. the Mahomedans)having editor of the Goozeratte newspaper in which the memoir and portrait of Mahorned was published, which bad led to the feud between these parties, would offer an explanation or apology for having caused the publication the Mahotnedans would be satisfied, and live in peace for the future with their fellow-towns men, the Parsees. This was agreed to, and the editor having made the amend sought for, in the pre sence of the assembled beads of both castes, they now seem reconciled to each other, and there has been no exhibition of a feeling of animosity on the part of either sect ever since. The Friezd of India, on the authority of a Llama lately arrived at Sikbim from Lassa, states that the Emperor of China has just abdi cated his throne, having resigned it in favour of the usurper Tien T e h. Th e C a l cutta papers not i ce a dread ful accident which occurred recently at the Musjid erected by Prince Goolam Dlahomed at the corner of the Durrutntollah street. The Prince has been in the habit for many years past of making a distribution at o the m e u 11c1eurasjn i(i of warm clothin g t o t h e poor a t th e m tof each co ld season. This year, owing c ommencement dtool the e Prince's mother, the accustomed bey on d the usual period. On ha d i e b a e th en ef the delayed the day of the accident a report got abroad that the alms were to be distributed, and an im mense crowd of beggars collected at the Musjid, and pressing upon one of the gates rushed in in a tumultuous mass. The consequence was that many were borne down and trodden under foot. Nine persona were killed outright, and many were carried off to the hospital with serious injuries. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have for som e time past suffered from a series of accidents to their steamers. The Hindostan, with the Calcutta over= land outward mail of the Bth instant, took the ground at Mud Point while proceeding down the river, but was fortunately got off without damage, though she is said to have been for some time in rather a perilous position. It is sup. posed that she had struck upon a new sandbank, which was formed where two wrecked vessels had sunk. The Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief have both left Simla. The former is on his way back to Calcutta, and the latter is proceeding in the op posite direction, towards the north-western fron tier. Lord and Viscountess Falkland have taken up their winter quarters at Parell. Sir John Grey is expected at the Presidency from Mahabaleshwar on the 10th instant. Lady Falkland's first reception at Parell for the season takes places to -morrow even ing. The fight Rev. John Lluding, Lord 13ishop of (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, THUIV4DAY MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK. _ - The Consultative Commission presented last night the result of votes favourable to the PRESIDENT — Voters, 8,116,773. Yes, 7,439,216. No. 640,737. The French Eagle is re-estabished on the banner of the army and on the Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Archbishop of Paris and the Clergy have pre Booted their felicitations and good wishes to the PEE "DIA T••••••• Times. --- - CRY-LANE I- THEATRE. Macb nt ethas Mr. Anderson perform e d h ere la s t even i ng , w ith as Macbeth, Macbeth, and Mi P . TT Miss Glyn, as Lady 1 ---48 ziorton as Hecate. It was in the character of Lady Macbeth that Miss Glyn road s her first great hit with a Sadler's Wells audience, and last night she played it with her usual inoro,e a_nd !lei•gy, bringing out all her favourite points etree ively. She was called on at the conclusion of the tragedy and much applauded. Mr. Anderson's Macbeth would be admirable could be cure himself of a certain bad habit of drawling, which he acquired !11 Aerica. Ile had not this before he left Eng oftld;, and Nve hope he will rid himself .t as oth soon as p oss ibl e ;it mars wh a t would te wise be a great performance. The H e . e u a l o f Al ias ~ 1 - Horton was most effective, and crowded music was superbly g i ven . The house Was ea7•ded,JuY the and the halpanf-price visitors seemed vast l y to fun of the tomime. ...._ i ester left the Mersey at (111 3' the screw steam-ship City of Manche.s.te,ar . two o'clock in the afternoon for Phl f l ull o l ca o r lp o hia b. with liPwards of forty passen Th e e r salute gers, and av y * e a ' e , I ,euY of Manchester and She ffi eld goods. the jua.,` he r departure was generally mistaken for that of t , - °Ming steamer, the Arctic, which, however, though "'my-four hours overdue, has not yet arrived. ever, ON THE LONG SANDS.—HARWICH, DEC. .--buring a heavy gale from the eastward on Sunday night a fine vessel, called the Arrow, Mr. H. Mitchinson, tilaster, belonging to the port of Liverpool, went on the ,r, ng Sands, and but for the noble and courageous conduct ''' a lugger' , crew, every soul on board the ill-fated vessel woUld • Irl all probabirt have e ffo rt was made t o I y perished. Every get her off, but the fury of the gale and the heavy aZii, which kept making a breach over her, completely set tb eflance the exertions of those on board. At daylight iiLew were observed in the smack Aurora's Increase, . Mr. J. i:l5, Master, of this unefort"t port, which was out cruising, and t m e prompt manner she bore down to the rescue of themh ow ~. 'Mate creatures clinging to the wreck, and took p or ;" an exhausted state. The smack then made for t his Port' and landed the poor fellows, who have publicly ten t.`o their thanks to the lug er's crew for preserving them o l Til: probable dreadful fate. g ir Kl au% - a LATE MR. TURN ER , R.A.--We learn on -..r. zi Gray, says the Manchester Guardian, that the late Purpeserner has left by his will a sum of 200,000/., for the artist s of fouuding an institution for the relief of decayed three of has given all his pictures (with the exception of Purp%e of own works, which are left to the nation) for the for that pure'obellishing the building which is to be erecte d 1 RIN G pur pos e ' ' 1 "I L ike i t iSG , - EIE OLD YEAR OUT AND THE NEW ONE af th e ' xlight (according to ancient custom) the bells p ea ,_ . various churches in the metropolis rang forth merry 13, t 13 IT welcome the new year. They commenced at half after -°0 o'clock, and did not cease itinerant half-an-hour Bee r 43111_1(Inight. The street concerts by itinerant musicians hit 4ceedingly numerons and the perf ormers reape d a good nit itC)E4 Iler Mrs gitie, LONDON, / Bombay arrived here by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Achilles on the 25th ultimo, and was formally installed in the cathedral on Sunday last, in the presence of one of the largest congrega tions ever assembled there. " The Calcutta commercial report is unfavourable both as to produce and imports. Money is scarce and the market tight. Exchange has risen to 2.3 for first-class credits. Freights are low beyond prece dent, the current rate for sugar to London being only 1/. 2i. settled principles to give direction to its counsels, it SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. aoce, in futile endeavours to please every party sue- FROMI clung to each empty bubble of opinion that promised THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. seeded most effectually in disgusting all. With no TlMES.—There is a rule of life so directly the i ordinance of nature that all nut horitiee are unanimous in its favour. Moralists and eiionomists, philosophers a momentary popularity, and then betrayed the cause and merchants alike insist on the duty of reviewing it feigned to advocate, till at length the disunion the natural periods of time, and settling the balance of among its members, which from e bour of for losses and ga i ns . A s we are placed here to ad vance ma ti on h as scarcely ever ceased toth threaten its its exist and improve, unless we keep a log of our voyage, and ence, suddenly reveals itself, and thus terminates its take stock of our goods, we lose at least one important last chance for a much longer duration. Imbecility security and stim u l us . A n annual budget is expected of purpose, incapacity for government, and a de jfrom the Chancellor of the Este bequer, and her Ma- grading humiliation to political agitators, have formed esty cannot open Parliament or prorogue it without the chief characteristics of the men composing the a short businesslike review of the recess or the session. Ministry. They have introduced no measures of Following these precedents, therefore, we will pro. public utility, and the sole great (?) act of the session teed to sum up the losses and gains of the year 1851, is found to be an unseemly abortion, and is thrust which has just quietly expired. It has given us one upon the shelf like other kindred specimens, carefully vast and immeasurabl e ga i n i n th e Great Exhibition. preserved to prove how imperfectly the ungainly All the nations of the civilized world, not to say more, exaggerations of distortion imitate the symmetry of have been represented —some very largely, and all a well-matured and carefully-constructed production. very efficiently —i n one fair temple of industry and To so low an ebb have our present diminutive peace. All h ave b ecome wisor and better known ; all legislators of the Cabinet now fallen, that they are re have cast into one great treasury, and been blessed duced to the wretched expedient of ushering in the from its stores and on the minds of many new y; , ear with th e worn-out rallying cry o f " Re nations and many millions has been left one form, in the hope o f deluding e people, soothing and instructive—ono. glorious and i n d e libl e pr o l ong i ng their sway. e advent of 185 and thus 2 inires impression. O n a ll sides ' the seeds of knowledge us. We hail it as a deliv The advent of 1852 inspires impression. On all sides 'the seeds of knowledge us. 'We hail it as a deliverer. Indications are not and enterprise, cast on the waters of that peaceful wanting to assure us, that during its course the confluence, ar e beginning to. bear fruit in new di s - gov ernmen t o f our country will be snatched from the coveries and un d ertakings. A vision of universal hands of the incapable. If we direct our attention peace has b een seen b y the world, and, if its realize- to other nations, we cannot exult over much real ad tion is still remote, its influence is not the less salutary vancement. There has been plenty of destruction of and energetic. We are not among those who expect the good and the bad together, but little just rejection that the triumphs of peace are likely in our time to of the evil, and judicious preservation of what is per extinguish the passions of peoples and the ambition of manent and great in the constitution of states. Yet adventurers ; but we nevertheless think we may dwell we believe that better things are in store. We trust with satisfaction and hope on the memory of an event that where the iron fetters of despotism press rudely the direct and natural tendency of which is pacific on the lovely proportions of freedom, the severity of and profitable. The more of such occasions the bet- their grasp may be gradually and surely relaxed, and ter. They are the basis of institutions, and the means wholesome liberty established. Let us look forward intercourse, which cannot but endure, and with confidence to the actual progression of of an which must in time tell on the fortunes of hu- humanity ; not the spurious counterfeit, which manity. England has had her full share in the rejoices in revolution, but that advancement glories of this world-wide competition. She has which is the fruition of careful statesman effaced the national stigm a of inhospitality. She has ship, and the accumulation of experience and shown a largeness of conception, a practical talent, a calm consideration. Amid the vicissitudes of domes rapidity of performance, a power of organization, a tic life we trust that numbers may be found who fertility of resources, and even a taste, for which have gone through the year with minds unruffled by foreigners had hardly given her credit. More con- those storms which destroy social peace, and desolate spicuous than all have been her fairness and gene- the family hearth. These will be enabled to cast a rosity. All this is gain. The victory has been a s retrospective glance on pleasant scenes and unclouded cheap as it has been bloodless. The whole cost of moments, the remembrance of which may impart a the Exhibition to the thousands of exhibitors, and livelier pulsation to the frame, or lend its hallowing millions of visitors, has not equalled that sweetness to mitigate the anguish of future sorrow. of one battle. Among other results there Others, the children of a more active perseverance has been an interchange between this and and enthusiasm, may delight to reflect upon the diffi the neighbouring metropolis, singularly be- culties they have surmounted, the conflicts they have fitting the year that has seen the two sustained, the perils they h, as the cities link e d b y i ns t an t aneous communication, and mariner tells of the tempestave and the escaped shoal; the most happy at a crisis when events are occurring of a soldier, of the battle and the scar ; or the tra nature to revive the slumbering recollections of a yeller, of the wonders he met with, or the per miserable war. Few who keep house will forget plexities that beset his path. These are gou in the m ore prom i nent g l or i es of this year that it has harvests garnered up in the storeh ouse of lori me s emancipated from a barbarous tax the light and air mory, to which the stricken spirit may at times of heaven ; nor will dwellers in this city forget that resort, and from which it may derive consolation in it sealed th e f a t e of Smithfield. There are other seasons of prevailing gloom. Happy, thrice happy, honourable an d even gra t e f u l associations that will be he who, to the best of his ability, has during the past ever connected with this memorable year. As if to year fulfilled all the duties of his station. If rich, he show that th e mon s t e r attraction in Hyde -park could can think upon many a wounded bosom he has healed, neither divert the national mind from objects of parse many a necessity he has relieved, and on many a mount value, nor supesede other species of advance- darkened hour which he has illumined by the cheer silent, th ere h ave b een some grave proceedings o f a ful ness o f hi s presence or the liberal diffusion of his religious or political aspect. The nation has made a bounty. It is no ignoble action to restore the solemn protest against Papal aggressions, and if the household gods of a family to some hearth from enactment in which it was expressed was not strik- which calamity has banished them. If poor, he ingly bold o r immediately effective, it is the nature will remember duties zealously performed, temp of constituational protests to be rather for future inter- tations to covetousness and envy at the prosperity pretation than present effect. Again, at the very corn- of others manfully overcome, and quiet and holy inencementof the Exhibition, and with an inexhaustible resignation to the apparent inequalities of the lot fund of p o p u l ar i ty accruing thence to the advisers of assigned to him in this world by his and its Creator. the Crow n , th ey were signally beaten more than once. May time be the gentle handmaid of good to us They had t o res i gn on a question of Parliamentary all ! May our hearts be weeded of evil, and made reform, a n d ret urne d t o office on a promise to bring beautiful by the sweet-smelling flowers of for forward a comprehensive measure ne x t session. The bearance, charity, benevolence, and all Christian year 1851 h as th us bequeathed a great work to the virtues ! The improvement of individuals will achieve year 1852, an d th e Ministerial crisis which has the regeneration of the world at large, and by each of brought it ab ou t m us t be set down to the credit of the us striving to become better, we shall hasten the ad former year. St. Alban's, also, may claim some share vent of a brighter and holier era. Let all begin the in the honour of hastening the second Reform Bill. year with high resolves. There is One who is able Reform has this year made its way Into the Court of and willing to sanctify these resolves, and who can Chancery, and a long-desired change has been in- cause them to bring forth a hundredfold if His di troduced into the law of evidence. F or the rest, we rection be sought with meekness and with faith. To believe we ma y sa y w ith literal truth that the year ell that do this, the new year will prove a happy one; 1851 ha s b een unexampled for material prosperity, and how severe soever the trials it may bring, they for the amo un t o f imp o rt s and exports, for the quan- will gladly own their purifying influences, and from tity of both British an d foreign shipping in our ports, their beneficial results he compelled to confess that for the amount of lab our employed, whether skilled or they were " blessings in disguise." Farewell to the unskilled, whethe r in the mill, the workshop, the mine, old year, and welcome to the new; in the words of the shipyard, or the field; for the decrease of pau- our Poet Laureate we say— perism, and for the enjoyment and cheerfulness of the people at l arge, a very l arge proportion of " Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bes, snow whom have h a d t h e i r share, as delighted and de- The year is goin ll g across the , let him go; : serving sp ec t a t ors i n t h e Great Exhibition. Ring out the false, ring in the true." The losses of the year, though eclipsed in its DAILY NEWS.—T o -d ay we enter upon a new splendou r , h ave not been inconsiderable. We .?ear, which—judgi ng b y th e present aspect of the have seen a Briti s h co l ony i n S outh Africa assuming yepolitical horizon—promises to be as fruitful in in a portentous resemblance to the French colony in the ceresting events as any one that has of late gone be north; a settlement of herdsmen ann trailers 'aping fore it. "No on, " a,,j- (Mark, L am b, ~ c ,,, z . :es into a ch a i n o f m ili tary posts, held with vast blood • shed and cost a ga i ns t i mp l acable savages. garded the First o f J anuary w i th i ndifference. It is The census that from which a ll d a t e t h e i r time, and count upon or this y ea r, w hil e it a d ds fresh roofs pto the growing w hat is left. It 'is the nativity of our common prosperity of Great Britain, especially in its menu- Adam.' I never hear the peal which rings out the facturing districts, discloses the serious fact that fa- old year without a gathering up of my mind to a mine, fever, and emigration have taken away not less concentration of all the images that have been dif than 2000,000 of our Irish fellow-subjects. Happily, fused over the last twelvemonth; all I have done or seven-eighths of the loss ar e attributable to the last suff e r e d, p er f orme d or neglected, in that regretted and least unh a pp y of these causes, but the actual es- time. I begin to kno w it s worth as when a person trangement of so l arge a British mass, not only from des:, Ev one these isles, b ut for the most part from the British ruth i er y must ac and beauty of these words. For Crown, is a f act the gravity of which we may some journaliat, ho wever — w h o, in addition to the the con with forei gn P owers, day have c ause to appreciate. As for our relations sciousness d e ri ve d f rom h i s distinctive personality, we have long ceased to indulge is the depositary and exponent of the corporate con in any warm international attachments, or to expect sciousness of large masses—they have an extended them in return, so there is not any with Italy are not improved by the positive wean i ng. We who have felt vividly the pulsations with various degrees of ability and success to carry loss to be noted und er thi s head. Our relations of the heart of great movements—and have worked freely expressed in this country f o r the politico-re- out their objects—look back upon the register of the ligious enthsiasts who are preaching a crusade against public doing s of the past year with something of a every throne in that penin su l a . O u r relations with personal interest in the retrospect. We feel a kind France are not improved by our stubborn preference sympathies of responsibility as to this corporate consciousness, and of constitutional governme n t, ev e n in the form of a are depressed or elated just as the successive images republic, over military despotism. Our relations with in the phantasmagoria of last year's events are sub the United States are threatened at this moment by iects of sorrow or of joy. We are anxious to strike a a disagreeable and unaccountable incident, of which favourable balance o f those transactions of the year in it. On the whole, however it can hardlythe be said just merchant is when h e posts his ledger to ascertain world his losses and his gains. Seen in this light, the events as w e did a twelvemonth si nce , th oug h there was not o f 1851, although not Sufficiently satisfactory to much to boast of even then. Perhaps England has warrant indulgence in extravagant anticipations of a no right to expect a very general amount of millennium, are still of a kind that enables us to sympathy. Insulated in position, with a mixed entertain ho pes that the cause of progress w ill not only maintain political constitutio n , t h e asylum for refugees from ntain its ground, but make a d vdrices in the all nations, showin g h er flag on every sea, and new year on which we this day enter. Although it thrusting her manufacture into every market, unable was not very pleasant at the commencement of the to sympathise entirely with either monarchs against year 1851 to learn that no party would take the peoples or peoples against monarchs, she commands trouble of governing us,—and that from sheer the respect, the fear, and even the admiration of man- inability to find any one else who would under kind, but not their love or their free co-operation. take the task, we were obliged to place the power Just now, however, another change is passing over thus left, a new Foreign Sec re t ary offers some hope that we in the hand s o f t h ose w h o had thrown this department of o ur public affairs. The advent of it up,—still there is grea t conso l at i on i n the fact that the functions of the b o d y po li t i c went on as well shall mprom preservee or petulance our b oasted neutrality without either without a governme n t as w i t h i t. This recollecticn hand to rampant de s c oi ; • without offering the right is abundantly re f res hi ng at a t i me when a change of potism, and the left to democra• Ministry in any other country in Europe is either tic conspirators. The new , Minister starts with the produced by, or produ c ti ve o f , a coup critat, which best of omens in hi s f avour. In the mimic world of the paralyses all the:national movements, puts the towns in Great Exhibiti on, with its territories, its sectional Governments, a state of siege, and conver t s peaceable citizens into appeal, Lord Gran v ill e has performed its fi erce competition, and its common targets for the musketry o f a b ruta l soldiery. Very the functions of consolatory also is this fact, as showingthat the oscine- King .2Eolus with most creditable success. tions of the political pendulum between Whig and HERALD.—Hours, days, weeks, and months are Tory are so small, that the public begin to pay compa the most punctilious of servants. Again have theY ratively little attention to them, and are expecting, and performed their offices with their accustomed exacti- will find, deliverance from some other quarter. Again, tude, and thus filled up the measure of another year. although the proceedings of the Pope, in anatheniatis- The revolutions of ti me are irresistible and certain, ing education in Ireland, in sow i ng the seeds of reli although its issues are doubtful and ever varying. It gious discord in England, in turning his back against is the grand representativ e of perpetual motion—a mighty and continual str eam, whose rapid course de- liberal principles all over E urope, and in patronising rides all obstruction. Se asons of anxietyand afflic- matters enough—ther e i s com f ort i n t h e thought ion may appear longer in th e i r transit the same that the very extrava gance o f thi s con d uct i s serving periods spent i n the perf ec t v i gour of health, or amid to convince even C a th o li cs o f th e f act—wh i ch Pro the enchantments of happi ness an d content ; yet this • of protraction is but a ment a l d e l us i on, testants felt sure of l ong ago —th a t t h e pretensions The measured th e Papacy are utterly incompatible with the preser footsteps of old Father Time admit of no irregularity vation of free government. So also, although we of action. The echo of the tread of the retiring mo- might regret that the universal public do not declare mint has not altogether ceased its vibrations ere we distinguish th e a d vanc i ng s t ep of its successor. that the toleration o f th e ep i scopa l hi erarc h y i n it s present anomalous state is a s i n — we h ave reason , on The progres s i on i s ma i n t a i ne d with arithmetical the other hand, to thank our stars that the Bishop', precision, whether the span of the hour's duration by the evidence forced from them about the condition be seemingly contracted by the t houghtless • gaiety of of their revenues, and the unblushing impudence of enabling youth, or apparently tediously lengthened by the their defence, have done much more towards spirit-corroding cares of manhood. Though time us to reform the abuses theyistand by, than _ could have never actually halts in its march, Yet, at this period, been accomplished by any other than themsid . ves. It the majority of our fellow-countrymen note more is very sad without doubt to reflect that the Bish o p o f carefully its advances. Man is prone to pause, as it were, between the new year and th e old, and while Exeter tried to get a number of his clergy together t o break the peace—but it is consoling to kr_low that the he reviews the past one, he endeavours to penetrate knowledge of what the synod did is lodged_exclusively the promises of good or ill shut up in the shrine of the in the brains of certain high church old ladies, who future. And a suitable season is it for contemplation, prattle about it in a manner similar .to that in which nor will the wise man fail to seize upon the opportu- their prototype indulged when speaking of King nit it affords to sit down with his conscience and Charles's visit to Tillietu diem. If the Protectionist's ' is • ' it delightful to look over his annual account. Such an inspection wail almost as loudly as ever, of our past conduct is the consummation of wisdom. reflect that the only annoyance they occasion is We ought never to forget that— their noise since every sensible man has "He husbands lib. who looks not to its length, quitted their ranks. If the education question' But use; and uses it to glorify The Giver !" is not settled for the whole ki ng d om—still Vain to us the flight of time unl ess we detect the Manchester is on the point of settli ng i t for herself, A moral it inculcates as it pursues its sw if t career. We bd-el-Kader is still in prison, i n sp i te of Lord Lon donderry's epistolatory and Lord Maidstone's poetic a l feel it, therefore, incumbent up on us to moralise a little with the rest. We are the f a ithf u l chroniclers talent ;—but then Kossuth is free, and is kindlin g a fire which despotism will fi n d it a h ard matter to ex of every phase of human existence from the cradle to tinuish. King Bombe's proclamations ar e v il e the tomb. W g e are daily setti ng forth, as in a mirror, the grandest lessons affo r d e d to humanitenough in all conscien ce —b ut then are they not so y ; much waste paper weigh e d aga i nst Mr. Gladstone's and is it not proper that we survey th at wh i ch we have pamphlets ? In this way we m i ght go throe finding the achieved, and ponder over the labo urs we are about to undertake? T e vents of the wh o l e year just gone from us, he past year has add e d no treasures to:t1 e compensa ti on _ and something more—for all the evil termed the year of unbounded promise, stores of our political economy. I t may and be justly that we should h ave t o l ament, and then—leaving this evil out of the ques ti on — put down as clear gain a ignominious performance. U s h ere d i n with the loudest acclamations, at its very t h reshold stoo d list of important it ems th at would include, increase of the revenue, diminished taxation, the Great Exhibi failure and disgrace. A Cabinet .existing by elifter- -Li. A_ THURSDA Y EVENIGJANUAR Y 1 1852 3 tion, international hospitality, submarine telegraph, and penny omnibuses. All th ese considerations war rant us in i ndulging in hope for the future, although there is no denying that a few dark clouds hang over the present. The chief difficulty of course bows itself on the Continent. The preparations for playing out the great game between free institutions and des potism are proceeding more rapidly than ever. That the cause of freedom 18 meeting with reverses is too true ; that it will eventually triumph it were a sin to doubt. The great ground for hope lies in the fact that the enemy has now thrown off the mask, and is no longer fighting under false colours. After coquet ting for six and thirty years between Liberalism and Absolutism, the chief Governments of the Continent have now decided for the latter, and the R oman Catholic Ch urc h i s solemnizing the union with all splendour. The world is waiting with breathless anxiety for the result of the match : In the meantime, let us be grateful that peace is with us undisturbed. Diplomatists still smile outwardly upon each other in every court in Europe. Everything is as yet couleur de rose on this New-Year's morning. Ambassadors are preparing to exchange courtesies with the Governments of the countries in which they are resident. Formerly it was the custom to make costly presents to mo narchs on this day, and occasion was not unfrequenqy taken to ch oose suc h g i fts as would convey advice in a manner more or less evident. Thus Latimer, we know, on New-Year's-day presented Henry VIII. with a New Testament, with a leaf doubled down at Hebrews xiii., 4, conveying a very significant hint of the bold Bishop's real sentiments about Henry's proceedings matrimonial. A fertile fancy might in like ma nner find fitting employment in devising ap propriate gifts to be presented to-day to the various sovere]gna of Europe. Th us th e K ing of Naples might be presented with a cord an d axe and the cast off clothes of the imprisoned Poerio, significant of the executioner's tools and perquisites. To the King of Prussia a polite offer m ight be m a d e to re-bind the old c o py o f his Majesty's New Testament on which he has taken so many c onstitutional oaths. The Queen of Spain might be presented with lead• ing-strings, and a strong soldier to keep her Majesty from slipping out of them. Louis Napoleon would be appropriately gifted with the story of "Hobson's choice," to typify the nature of his offer of a govern ment to the French nation. The Emperor of Austria might be presented with a tight-rope, as a hint of the difficulties he will find in balancing himself in the present conjuncture; and a diploma might be made out for the Emperor of Russia, investing him with the sole privilege of picking up his unfortunate bro ther of Austria as often as he may fall. So much for monarchs. To return to ourselves and our readers. To the latter we conscientiously believe we can wish no greater public benefit than the realisation of those measures of political and social importance which it has, for years peat, been the object of the Daily News to advocate. To accomplish this, however, they must work with us and with each other, and with such co operation there is no overweening confidence in the anticipation that a good result must flow from our hearty wish to them of a " Happy New Year." THE THREATENED STRI KE. The Lancashire employers of operative engineers had a meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester,; which w as, 'attended by upw ar d s of fifty members of the leading firms in this branch of trade, and presided over by Mr. T. B. Sharp, of the firm of Sharp, B ro th ers , an d C o . The committee appointed at a former meeting reported the substance of what had transpired between the deputation from their body and the employers of London and th e vicinity; and a l so th e proceedings of a meeting of those employers, at the London Coffee-house, on the 24th inst. The warmest gratification was expressed at the cordial reception of the deputation from Lan cashire by the central body in London ; and, ou the motion of Mr. James Nasmytb, of the Bridgewater Foundry, Patricroft, seconded by Mr. John Hick, of Bolton, it was unanimously resolved, "That this asso ciation forthwith join, and become a portion of, the central association of employers of operative engineers, Stc." The tone of the meeting was most decided and unanimous in the expression of a determination to resist any and every attempt at dictation on the part of the men, as alike injurious to employers and employed, and destructive of the best interests of the country. It appeared that while many esta blishments had singly resisted such attempts at, dicta tion on former occasions, and in their resistance had been successful, there were many others where this system of dictation was still in full force, and where the employers, with the name of masters, were in fact the slaves of their men, and were obliged to submit to the grossest tyranny, dictated by a few unseen agita tors. Now this dictation had manifested itself in the audacity with which the present demands have been put forth. But it was observed this would have the good effect of uniting in one formidable body, with scarcely a single exception, the whole of the employers of engineering labour throughout the kingdom. Their bond of union was the strong one of self-de fence, and the determination to resist every attempt at dictation on the part of the workmen. The proceed ings, which throughout were characterised by the greatest unanimity, closed about a quarter before six o'clock. Two other facts we may add, which do not appear in the official proceedings, A general desire and determination was expressed, that as the men bad threatened a strike, their object and intention should be tested, and that the question between the em ployers and employed, having been raised by the latter, should now be brought to some clear and defi nitive issue. We learn that individually nearly all the firms in this district have received from their cus tomers, for whom they are making mill or other machinery, in some cases under contracts with renal. ties as to non-fulfilment in time, the most cordial assurances that they approve of the course taken by the employers, and that they are disposed, under the circumstances, to extend to them the utmost amount of indulgence that may be sought in the completion of these contracts. Under circumstances such as these, lacking that which is an element of strength in some strikesdpopular approval and support, it behoves the workmen to pause ere they take a step which, once taken, will assuredly prove irremediable. Up to last night it was quite uncertain at Manchester whether the operatives would pause, or were prepared to run the risks which must follow should the strike be persevered in. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNEBDAY.—The remains of the Hon. Pownoll Fleetwood Pellew, First Lieutenant of her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, were com mitted to the grave in the garrison churchyard this morning. Viscount Exmouth was chief mourner; the Hon. C. F. Pellew and Mr. Dick, relatives of the deceased, alto followed. The other mourners were Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and the subordinate officers of the royal yacht—Mr. White, surgeon, Dr. Whyte, staff surgeon, &c. Ten petty officers of the Victoria and Albert carried the coffin from the hearse to the chapel and thence to the grave. The deceased being a Freemason, a number of the b ro th e rhood of his lodge also f o ll owe d. Th e f uneral was a private one, and the appointments were supplied by Mr. Woods, military an d 'naval outfitter, of the Hard, Portsea. The Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C. 8., adjusted her compasses to-day. The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warde n is refitting her rigging. She was hauled alongsid e the sheer jetty on Tuesday to ship her gu ns, which were removed previous to her embarkation troops for the Cape. of the The Britannia, 120, Captain a u -(4 usm . th her lower yards and topmasts to-d ay. , I sent up WARREN VALE COLLIE RY EXPLOSION. ADJOURNED INQUEST. RAWMANSH, NEAR BOTri Emium, WEDNESDAY.---The evidence o f Mr. Morton, the Government inspector of mines, adverted to in this paper yesterday, went to show the cause of the explosion and the degree of blame at tacwithhintheer he said c g to tholliere vario us managers an d servants connected y ./ • In answer to a quest i on from the coroner on was he was clearly o f op i n i on that the ex- he he accidently b y t h e fall of the roof in the geld in No. 3 bank, which fall drove out the gas u pon the workmen's lights. Mr. Benjamin Byram, of Wentworth, who had been mineral agent to Earl Fitzwilliam for nearly twenty years, agreed in all material points with the evidence of Mr. Morton. In this instance the gas was no doubt fired by the fall of the roof. Be could not impute criminal blame to any one; but there seemed to have been a laxity of discipline in examining and reporting on the general state of the pit, arising, in his opinion, from the belief that there was no inflammable gas in the pit. After the examination of other witnesses, the inquest was adjourned to Friday. DRuar-LANE THEA T R E .—Th e follow ing members, amongst many others, of haut ton, have already witnessed the new pantomime of Harlequin Hogat th :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Mo nrose , Count Walewski, the Earl of Glengall, Lord Georg e P age t, Lord Torrington, Lord George Lennox, Baroness Roether, Lady Glentworth, Lady E as tl a k e , Si r G eorge W ombell, the Hon. Fox Maule, the Hon. Horace Pitt, the Hon. Mrs. Cadogan, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Coke, the Chevalier and Madame de Horta, Sir Charles Shakerley, Sir A. Ban nerman, Sir Charles Ibbotson, Sir John Lowther, Sir George Armitage, Sir Henry Webb, Colonel Hunter Blair, Colonel Ridley, Captain Innis, Captain Clarke, Captain Cooke Captain Aitchison, paptain Neville, Captain Mowbray, Cap tain Allbury, Henry Baring, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Hoare, Mrs. Paulett, Mrs. Courtenay, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Thistleth waite, Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. Bence, Mrs. Cour, M. Went worth Besile, &c. THE REV. MR. BENNETT AND ST. BARNABAS.— Not twelve months ago Mr. Bennett quitted St. Barnabas, ancj quitted England. H e h as spent e i g h t or n i ne mon ths in Roman Catholic countries, and much of the time in Roar itself. Rumour relates that the sight of Italy and Spain is not likely to detach him from the English communion. Mr. Bennett has returned to England, and he has, it is said, at the invitation of the trustees of the Marquis of Bath, ac cepted the living of Frome Selwood, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. AMERICAN NEWS, w INO alteration'in either freights or provisions. Exchange on London, 1101 to 110} (rather flat' ' Paris, 5.13. Hamburgh, 36i to 36k. Br emen , 7 8 to 78k. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 31. The Royal dinner circle last evening included his Serene Highness the Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Baron Bentinck, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Cowley, Baron Hadeln, and Baron Roggenback. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at tendance during dianer in the Castle, and played the following pieces : Overture, " Missolonghi" Finale, Ist act, " Matilde" Waltz, "Faust Diabolique" Selection, " Huguenots" Meyer beer. Gdop Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the evening, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Ruy Blas" Quartet Music (Posthumous) Andante ' —Scherzo, two violins, viola, and violoncello, Messrs. Swinton, Day, Hill, and H. Cbipp Selection, " Euryanthe" Weber. Erinnerung au Marienbad Spohr. The Queen walked in the Home Park this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and royal children, took their usual pony and walking exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, accompanied by Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Baron Bentinck, Lord Robert Grosvenor, and Lord Cowley, attended by the Marquis of Or monde and Colonel Bouverie. The Duke of Cambridge is expected on a visit to her M4j-sty, Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer, and Lord and Lady Edward Howard, have received invitations and are expected this afternoon. His Serene Highness the Pince Nicholas of Nas• sau Baron Bentinck, L o rd R o b er t G rosvenor , L ord and Lady Cowley, Baron Hadeln, and Baron Rog genback, have taken their departure from the Castle to-day. Sir Charles Fox, Mr. Edmund Leahy, and Mr, Matthew Leahy, bad an interview with Earl Gran ville at the Foreign-office, yesterday. A deputation consisting of Mr. Schneider, Sir W, Foster, Mr. Fowles, and Air. Ranking, had an inter view with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial office. The Greek Minister has left town for Brighton. The Right lion. Henry Labouchere has arrived at Bowood Park, Wilts, on a visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne. Mr. J. A. Smith had yesterday an interview with Earl Grey. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—lispatch.] When made up in From what When PLACES. General Post-office port dis- London. patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.) N J an 2 !Liverpool .. Jan. 5 America (by U.S. pkt.) N l Jan. 6 .. Liverpool 'Jan. 1 America (by U.S. pkt.) Southampt. 'Jan. 9 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Jan. 3 Alexandria * ••..• • •• N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Jan. 18 Belgium • • • • •• N Daily .. .• .. Dover .. Daily Brazil • • ! • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres •• M 19th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 California(viaCha gres )Mj2d & 17th of month!Southam pt. Jan. 5 Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month Ply mou th.. J an. 3 Constantinople* .. • • N7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Jan. 10 Central America . 1,1!2d & 17th of men. I Southampt. J. 5 Channel Isles .. N!Mon., Wed., & Southampt. T. Tk•Sat Chili •• • • •• .MI 17th of the month So u th amp t . J an. 20 France • • •• M & N!'Twice daily .. ..IDover • • Twicedally Greece* •• .• •• Njth 17th 27th ofmo D over .. Jan. 10 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat. Holland Wednes. & Satur. London .. Men. Thur Honduras . N 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 Ireland .. ••M & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .. Twicedally India (via Southamp.) 31,20 th of the monthSouthampt. Jan, 23 India (viaM arsei lies) N, nth& 24th of month Dover • • Jan. 2 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .• M2oth of the month Southampt. Jan. 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Jan. .4 Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. Jan 5 Madeira .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 Malta* 1 7th,17 th,l9th,27th & 30th of month } Dover Jan. 10 Naples* Nisth 15th 25th °falai Dover Jan. 2 Papal States* N i sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Jan. 2 Peninsular.. .. 317th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. 'Jan. 6 Peru • • .. • • .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • Jan. 2 West Indies .. 17th of the month Southampt. l Jan. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 51,2 d of the month Southampt. Jan. 5 The mails to those countries thus marked ( 0 ) are conveyed by wrench packet vi„ Marseilles The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this month will be made up three times a week only, instead of daily. CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from California, ow the United Stated are now despatched and due by every American packet ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SOUTHAMPTON.—COU RAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A FEMALE.—A man named Harris, a gardener by trade, was fully committed yesterday, by the Southampton borough magistrates, to take his trial at the Winchester assizes, for attempting to murder his wife. Some time since Harris suffered six months' imprisonment for ill using his wife. They had been living separate lately, and the poor woman had maintained herself and child by stay making. On Saturday last Harris persuaded his wife to be reconcileJ, and they both walked and made some purchases together. While crossing, in the evening about nine o'clock, a new made road, not much frequented, in order to get to their home, they were heard violently quarrelling by the wife of one of the Sappers and Miners stationed at the Ord nance Survey-office, which is close to this road. Presently the soldier's wife who had heard Harris and his wife quarrelling, as she passed them by was alarmed with the cry of murder, she hastily returned, and found the man and woman strug gling on the ground. She heroically seized the fellow as he was in the act of attempting to cut his wife's throat with a gardener's knife, and pinned him to the ground, but not before he had cut two large gashes several inches in length in the lower part of his wife's cheek. The alarm given by the two women soon brought assistance, and Harris was se cured. There is little doubt that if the sapper's wife bad not behaved so courageously, the poor woman who was so grievously wounded would have been murdered. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.—After v, aL ,holeofthecei letterrvers in the rural a s l thof this month EWij h dis tricts will be denominated sub-postmasters, and the name -e of receiver will be limited to those who keep letter-receiving boxes in towns. After the above date also the machinery r for accounting to the public revenue for the unpaid postage on letters originating and delivered in the same official dis trict will be simplified. This can now be done, it appears, in consequence of the compulsory prepayment of postage by stamps in the province-. Already this new regulation of compulsory stamp prepayment has reduced the sums col lected by country postmasters for postage on letters, sent by cross-road mails to one eighth of what it amounted to pre vious to the introduction of the new regulation, and it has also reduced the postage collected by country postmasters on correspondence passing through London, upwards of 20 per cent. For the year ending in January, 1851, provincial postmasters collected upwards of 400,0001. in money postage, and upwards of 800,0001. for postage stamps. For the future the amount of postage in money will be immensely reduced,l and the amount for postage stamps will be proportionably increased. in reference cr ß ue er : t yrne roee have to e; determineda ANDntidi purchase uNrcuh thistteao sa l l e :a ao b A nf a D d n ,t, d hn o C em n: B A M n l rt E r o . T rnt l E h ; e ß e t a:io S o e : r i d tion of t he • Me,ropolitan Interment Act has, for all practical purposes, been suspended. 'FHB MARQUI S or SLIGO.—This Isdeservedly popular nobleman and excellent landlord, whose tenants are, in general, in comfortable and prosperous • circumstances, le em ploying much of his time in making arrangements to make them still more so, by encouragement in their industrious li T \rw h ua T e nrh T d " e r E ai e pursuits. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Thi s company are about to build an extensive merchandise depict at their Paddington station, to meet the requirements of th • eir goods traffic. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 7 A.m. The United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain' Luce, has just arrived, with 32 passengers, 371,000 dollars in specie, and dates from New York of the 20th ult. The Kossuth excitement at New York had not abated. The grand banquet given by the bar was held on the 19th. On the 22d Kcssuth was to leave for Washington. Various reports were rife at New York relative to the course likely to be taken by the Russian and Austrian Ministers in consequence of the official re ception of Kossuth by Congress. It was stated that their passports were to be demanded, but nothing ' positive had transpired. The steam ship Daniel Webster brought California dates, via Nicaragua, to the 16th, and 1,000,000 dolls. in gold dust; 2,000,000 dolls. additional was at Panama. At San Francisco business was good. At Marysville and Sonora many murders had taken place. The Marysville _Herald states that sixteen dead bodies had been found in one week. The vigilence committee had made several arrests. Jamaica advices are to the 29th. Cholera was again very bad in that island. The mercantile reports from the United States speak favourably of business prospects. Trade generally was brisk. The money market was a shade tighter. Government Stocks were in good demand at firm rates. The exportation of specie continued undiminished. The market for breadstuffs was very quiet, and few transactions are reported, holders waiting further advices from this country. Western Canal flour, 4 dolls. 25c. to 4 dolls. 37ic. per barrel. Gennessee prime wheat, 1 doll. 2c. to 1 doll. 4c. per 601 b. In dian corn, round yellow, 62c. to 64c. per bushel. The Cotton market was inactive, and prices had been feebly maintained. No decline, however, has taken place. New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, Die. to 94c. per lb. Uplands and Florida, 9c. to 9ic. per lb. The National Public School Association have re ceived a letter, stating that the Premier will receive a de putation on Tuesday, the 6th instant, instead of on the 31st. The deputation named includes Mr. Henry, M.P. ; Mr. Milner Gibson, /51. P.; and most of the leading members of the Association. BermEns' PRIZE ESSAY. —Th e prize of 1001. o ff ere d in January last by James William Gilbert, Esq., F.R.S . , o f the London and Westminster Bank, for the best essay upon the Great Exhibition, in connexion with " Practical Bank ing," has heen awarded to Mr. Granville Sharpe, accountant in the East of England Bank at Norwich. FIRE AND LON OF LlFE.—.Last night at o'clock, one of the inmates of No. 10, Great St. An eight street, Seven Dial s , p erce i ve d smoke issuing from a drew's- back room in the house, and immediately raised an alarm, when Mr. Armtield, the landlord, on going up stairs, found Mary Manton, aged 50, dressmaker, lying on the ground nearly burnt to a cinder. The engines from Messrs. Combe and Delafield were promptly on the spot, followed by the London brigade, and a plentiful supply of water being obtained the fire was extinguished, when the unfortunate woman was removed in a shell to the workhouse. The house surgeon was promptly in attendance, but all human aid was in vain. It is supposed that the deceased woman accidentally set fire to herself, as the candlestick was lying by her side. On Tuesday last the tradesmen who supplied Mr. Thomas Masters, the confectioner, of Oxford-street and the Great Exhibition, presented him with an elegant piece plate as a mark o f t h e i r esteem and appreciation of his Jibe of - ral and honourable conduct towards them. The plate was manufactured expressly by the eminent firm of Howell and James, of Regent -street. STAGE-COACH TALK.—The other day, by the way, I was told an anecdote, which I think I must repeat, as it is said to be an every-day occurrence in America. The scene was a stage-coach, but I know not where. A sharp-nosed man got into the coach at a small village, and immediately began to question his fellow-passengers, obtaining no answer whatever, for it seems they were all very sleepy. Present'y, however, a woman dressed in deep mourning entered the dilligence, and was handed to a seat beside our friend. He immediately attacked her. " Where may you be from ?" " State of Maine." " Lost a friend."—" Yes, two." " Was they near friend s ?" " Y es. " " What was they?"--" Hus band and br ot h er. " " Was they long sick ?"—" Not very." "Did they leave you their chists (chests)?"—" Yes, they did." " Was they 'opefully pious ?"—" pe and trust they were." "Th en if t h ey left you their chic s o ts (of money) and was 'opefbilly Pious, you houiht to be very thankful—so you bought! "—A Young Traveller's Journal of a Tour in North and South America. METROPOLITAN IMPROYEMENTS.— Last evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn, was held at the Inquest-room, St. Andrew's -court, Holborn hill, for the purpose of taking into consideration the contem . plated improvements in Farringdon-street, and its vicinity, as proposed by Mr. Charles Pearson ; S. F . Langhars, Esq., churchwarden, in the chair. Several gentlemen connected with the parish spoke•warmly in favour ot the scheme, which it was considered would relieve the now overcharged thoroughfares, shorten routes, remove nuisances, and greatly facilitate business, besides being a great ornament to the me tropolis. Resolutions in support of Mr. Pearson's plan were then carried unanimously, and a committee was appointed extra week's holidays should be to draw up a petion to Parliament on the subject. WESTMINSTER Scfroar..—rince Albert has sig. _ an s , at f he, sa t isfaction he derived g n r ifi an ed te h d i , s as couf m a a n r d k s o th t at from his visit to the Westminster ruin on Monday, the 22d ult. • any seurioltu u. LONDON A NIN NT ACCIDENT ON T- . ---,, A.l ORTII. WESTERN half-past a e s e t seven, q RAILWAY. —Yesterday morning, a b out , a. _ accident, fortunately anattended by ce a s n , occurred on the Buckinghamshire branch of this line, near the Winslow station, by a train of coal trucks coming in contact with the goods train from London • The engine of the goods much injured by th e I, • train was on but so far as we can ascertain, no other injury occurred to ''ll ' ett er train. The fire men and stokers escaped unhurt. THE INHABITED ROUSE D UTY. —Tuesday next is appointed for B I T E $ at the Sh • ' eriff s-office, Red Lum„quare, for the liolb orn district, which ex t en d s to a considerable distance, including Camden t ti by the Com missioners of As ses se axes, to hear objections to the new house duty. The a ssessments are mad e on t h e rent or anneal e p r em ises; on rive pte houses 91, and on shops 6d. in th e pound. According to a note on the duty-paper, the assessments are payable by instalments half-yearly; Viz., the 20th of September and 20th of March, or w i t hi n ten days ; proceedings, and if they remove from the parish without dis charging the taxes due, or leavin g s ufficien t goods whereon a distress can be made, they will be liable to a penalty of 2 1. It has been the custom at Windsor Castle Since her Majesty's accession to the throne to celebrate the advent of the new year by an evening par ty and a musical treat of a novel character. We find, by the rehearsal that took place at Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, her Majesty's excellent judgment and taste has directed her choice on this occasion to the (Edipus of Mendelssohn, the late highly -gifted composer of Elijah, Antigone, Athalie, and other much-admired compositions. The performance will take place at eight o'clock, in the Waterloo Gallery, before the Court, and her Majesty's illustrious guests. The illus trative verses are to be recited by Mr. Bartley. The or chestra will consist of her Majesty's private band, of the elite of the Sacred Harmonic Society, comprising Messrs. Bowley, Brewer, Peacock, Mitchell, &c., with ot h er gentlemen se lected from the musical establishment of the Italian Opera by Mr. Grice. DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER IN MILL. BANE PRISON.—On Tuesday, Mr. Bedford held an inquest in Millbank Prison, on the body of Elizabeth Ann Chambers . , aged sixty-four, the daughter o f a deceased clergyman, and a prisoner therein, under sent ence of transportation forire- The deceased, described as s i ng l e, and whom the witnesses , styled a lady by birth, was hi g hl y respectably and formerly kept her c arr i age. On the 27th of June, gn 1850, co nnected, she was received into th e a b ove prison from Newgate, under sentence of transport a ti on f or l i fe, for forging. and uttering, ed as and for a previous conv i ct i on. She was dm _ l some ladies . forty five years of age, b u t s h e subsequently stateda who visited the p r i son t h at she was sixty. to tour By her own desire she was kept apart from other . prisoners, and She made , no eal we e th .g r h emoved into the in firmary, not see any relatives or acquainta u n p to the 15th of complaint, but enjoyed good health etite and great debility, August last, when, being ill, she fo I- On the 28th of tilletdhieeda.fter..n.non of Sunday last firmary, where she remained a ' October, suffering from loss of . 2 n PP ar . h. fain y, in Nv ich she re she was re-admitted into th e 1 mained gradually sinking about five o'clock, when she the M Helps, assistant surgeon of the prison, said thatevy.,.deceased. while in the in firmary was supplied with ev LEung she fancied, including she never, however rallied, and wine, beer, and brandy. death Was att k ' two days before her event. ~. ac ed with diarrhcea, which hastened that Ihe deceased was very re the little conv ersation witness had had with served, but from her he considered her to have been ex highly educated. On • making a post mortem em ulation of the body he found the cause of death to be exten sive disease of th e l Th . . s. __ ungs. e jury returned a verdict of N atural Death." CuEISTMAS Warrs.—Red Republicans actively Waiting—to prove the " perfect tranquillity" of France. Cape colonists . p ass i vel ., .) Waiting —to see the last of the Kaf i re (and Sir Harry Smith). Distressed Agriculturists delusively Waiting... the revival of their favourite old farce o f " Protetion." L ou i s N apoleon anxiously Waiting —the denouement of his not very successful tragedy, " Le coup d'etat." The St. Alban's electors naturally Waiting —the loss of their franchise. The public confidently Waiting— for a fare adjustment of the Cab Duty.—Punch. NORTH of FRANCE AND BOULOGN E , AND AMIENS RA lLwAys.—The au th or i t i es of these two companies an nounce that, as the administrative formalities for their amal gamation are not yet complete, the exchange of Boulogne and Amiens shares for North of France bonds cannot take place until early in this year. The dividend now payable on the Boulogne and Amiens shares is at the rats of 7fr. ON per share. NATIONAL -REFORM ASSOCIATION. The following circular is to be issued this day by the National Reform Association. It relates to the con- Ferenc() which that association is about to convene:— " Reform Conference.—National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association.—Offices, 41, Charing cross, Jan. 1, lBs2.—Dear Sir, --The council of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Associa tion have decith d upon convening a conference in Lon don, to which they invite the earnest friends of the cause from every part of the United Kingdom. The necessity and urgency of such a course will be apparent to all. It is desirable that the introduction of a Ministerial mea sure of Parliamentary reform should be a matter of cer tainty—that there should be such a manifestation of public opinion as shall cause that measure to be radical and complete. That means should be taken to secure its success and to obviate the necessity for further agitation. Such are the objects sought in convening the conference, and it is felt that at this important crisis every sincere reformer will estimate the value of immediate and united Efforts in behalf of these objects. Your acknowledg ment, with the circumstances of your locality in re ference to the reform cause, and the names of the per sons likely to attend the conference, will be esteemed. In the appointment of deputations care should be taken that the opinions of all classes are represented. It is thought the meeting of Parliament will be the most suit able time for the conference. bnt with the precise period you will be made acquainted.—(Signed) J. WALmsLEr." .I.HE CONVICT MUTINY. SEIZUR E OF T HE RlNG LEAnnns.—The mutiny among the convicts at W oo l w i ch became quite intolerable betwixt 12 and one o'clock on Tues day, when they returned from their work in the dockyard to take their dinner on board the Warrior convict-ship. They no sooner entered the ship than they rushed down and took possession of two of the decks, defying the guards or any of the military to come near them, at the same time singing, cheering, and swearin g, and some who had got hold of pipes and tobacco commenced smoking. The guards were threa tened in such a manner that they represented to Mr. Master mann that it would be dangerous to go out with the convicts in the afternoon, if examples were not made of some of them. Capt. the Hon. Montagu Stopford, acting superintendent, was immediately communicated with, and the aid of the guards of the Royal Artillery and Royal Marines called on board, and the guards in charge of the convicts, with drawn cutlasses, went below and brought up and heavily ironed thirty- e i g h t o f the most outrageous, and disarmed them of the knives, torks, and sharpened fil es , o f w hi c h they had by some means become possessed. Twenty of the convicts were, in the course of the afternoon, conveyed to London in the police vans sent down to Woolwich for the purpose, and safely secured in Millbank Penitentiary. The other eighteen were also heavily ironed and taken on board the Wyr in the river. BeanaDoxs RAILWAY.—The Master in Chancery Blunt has called for the pipers and evidence taken in this matter connected with the charge of the official manager against the trustees of the company's funds, with the view of giving a decision on the subject in the beginning of the present term. There will be five Sundays in February next. A similar event will occur after 28 years, viz., in 1880. After wards there will be no similar occurrence for forty years, viz , 1920 ; t because the year 1900 will not be leaear, owing to he dropping of a day on the completion o p each each century ELECTRIC TELEGRATH IN PRUSSIA.—The direc. tors of the Royal Prussian Telegraph have just directed ten ders to be taken in the English market for a considerable supply of wire for their telegraphs. It may not be generally known that the Prussian system of telegraphs has been what may be called " subhumous," or underground. This system, owing to the want of the wires, as in this country, being properly protected by pipes or gutta percha, has been found not to answer, and the directors of the Royal Prussian Tele graph now propose, in order to place the wires beyond the reach of the rats and mice that have hitherto destroyed them, to fix them, as in this country, upon posts on the route.