The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-13 00:00:00

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Du ,Saturday, the Sardinian Ambassador pre at:tect his credentials to the Emperor of the French shr. The4l e Tuileries. Pie Senate met at 12 o'clock • M. Mesnard, first • - C e- President, in the chair. The order of the day s ‘s t, z ci :a the discussion on the question of the Senatus -08u/tlon,,__ relative to the Civil List. M. de Casa- 14 C u e 1 e .. 4 5 ex -Minister of State, read the report which k o :: 4 (1 been charged to draw' up by the Commis- 31 i 4 The d ocumen t was rece i ve d w ith marks of ( e Pro.batio n . Aft er some d esu lt or y con versation, l ote b tli was read clause by clause, and put to the . 22 rotthe the President. 87 senators took part in st. li r i lite ,e on the project, and deposited as many st. fiz ed °ails. The civil list of the Emperor is, then, 50 at 25 000 000 f 50 hll4e Courrie; du Bas Rhin publishes the follow- 25 5° letter from the Emperor, addressed to the 3 ' .°l ' of Strasbourg : 25 _ OK i "Palace of the Tuileries, Dec. 7. qt er M olasieur le Maire,—The city of Strasbourg has L e d Lae, through the organ of your honourable !' col titre.% the imperial chateau. Not content wit t he col ton which it has given me at two different im t es, de wished to confer on me the civic rights by a resi deeT Which should particularly belong to me. lam p e CY . sensible of it, and it is an engagement forme to tri ot i" as often as possible to that Alsace so rich in pa t(' i t e souviners, and which now gives me a fresh pledge trl,? attachment. Will you be the interpreter of my qtnde to your fellow citizens ? "NAPOLEON." e Municipal Council of Ajaccio having been i , 114 ed. that the Emperor had conceived the idea I°l ating the house in which the Emperor Napo 04_ at A as born, and of enlarging the Place Letizia, whJaecio, and considering the different works of o e : he has already decreed for the improvement ti e d .r B ica, and the measures which have been car lilt° execution for the suppression of banditti, N.: 1 4 , have already produced the most beneficial (4 0 6 % has, as a mark of its gratitude, voted a sum t( ) t v ,o oofr. for a statue in bronze of Napoleon 111., l ia :e erected opposite the house where Napoleon I. born. The pedestal is to be of white marble, \ql bear the inscription, " A Napoleon 111., 1,1 , 1' 11 1' de la France, et Bienfaiteur de la Come, d'A'accio " ott • i 4„ Friday afternoon the Emperor took an airing lje Bois de Bolougne in an open phaeton, which kWove himself. He was accompanied by Colonel cifa',:3r, one of his aidei-de-camp, and an orderly Just as the carriage was leaving the gate -44Y 0 f the palace a woman ran forward to present %Petition, and being struck by the breast of one of t w e }lerses, was knocked down. The Emperor im- Q,la:tely pulled up and inquired whether she was he received the petition in the kindest man- V 41 (1 gave orders that her address should be i t i„,_ el l• After ascertaining that the woman was not 1 4 ."'red the Emperor proceeded on his ride. He 4saluted with loud cheers by all those who wit 4ed the accident. 4 10 1-4 -,e Emperor, by decree dated the Bth, has pro tect the following gentlemen to the rank of Cora- I ti l lder in the Legion of Honour :—M. Fould, Ei ta t l!ter of State ; M. Abbatucci, Keeper of the t t ), r ' and Minister of Justice ; Ducos, Minis ti,„c)f Marine and Colonies • Count Fialin de Per %°,,,Y) Minister of the Interior, Agriculture, and ktr 'utaeree ; M Fortoul, Minister of Public In 1611e Legislative and Worship ; M. Billault, President of e Body ; M. Rouher' ex-Minister, 4 4 1 dent of a section in the Council of State : M. 4 4 40 3 , er, ex-Minister, Procureur-General of the a r Perial Court of Paris ; M. David, ex-Minister, k Q e,lireur-General of the Imperial Court of Rouen ; 4 4 4 4 ,e Thoringy, ex-Minister, Councillor of State ; 41 . F. Barroty ex-Minister, Councillor of State. 'le Government has received the following tele '`al)hich dispatch from Toulon:— " Head-Quarters Medeah (Algeria), 6 th. l i ; t c The town of Laghouate was taken by assault the day r t : r e Yesterday. The troops scaled the breach with a n , l ' l stible enthusiasm and cries of " Vive l'Empereur.' C ale commenced in the morning, and by n oon the (;° of the 2d zouaves displayed its wings on the bah of the town. You will receive details by the iii rj 4 V,.er of the Bth, of this brilliant feat of arms, which rats honourable for Gen. Pelissier and for the gene ' ° facers ' and soldiers under his orders." tl l l earoniteur recites, in a very conspicuous form, chit r eception given to the French Ambassador at k a u o, rne, with the accompanying circumstances so 1 ; 1( ed. by delicate regard for the representative of kt t I mperial Majesty. The Moniteur confirms the ellits received on Friday from Brussels of the ti l Peror h av i n g, in proof of his amicable disposi -41:1, acceded to the request of the Belgian Govern tn to allow the treaty of 13th December, 1845, e revi ve d and continued until the commercial gteiat ions, begun the 9th of the present month, ld be brought to a conclusion. The conven- C Which was signed on the 9th will be put into t a 'elition on the 15th of January next. The lite- Properiy treaty is not affected by this arrange- Tl l lT 'lrteraburg has acknowledged the Emperor. Moniteur has the following note :—" His Ma kt a athe King of Wurtemburg sent, on the Bth in his first Chamberlain, Lieut.-General Baron V'Pitzemberg, to congratulate the Due de Guiche, 1. 4 hi, Oder of France at Stuttgard, on the advent of A ltaperial Majesty to the throne." • Thiers has arrived in Paris from London. 50 40 25 25 SPAIN. It! Madrid letter of the 6th says :—" The discus- 9 Yesterd.ay at the meeting of the progressist 203-X 44' Il ties at the house of M. Mendizabal was very gated. A resolution was come to that the th e llessist deputies should concert with those of i o ,,lnederate opposition an energetic resistance rat the proposed attacks upon the Constitution. h e deputies of the moderate opposition also met 4°l day, and, after some discussion, resolved to of d another meeting this evening, for the purpose Ri ) t rtlainating a committee to negotiate a fusion ~ the progressists, in order that there may be a 14. 1 :°, 1 is display against the Ministry at the ap iZalng general election." 11list's Captain-General of Cuba wrote, on the 7th that the most perfect tranquillity prevailed the " I.s, island, and that its sanitary condition le was :;Y . improved. A number of English and French t 44 steamers had arrived at Havannah, the cora thel?•4ers of which, as well as the Consols, offered tf., 4 * services to the Captain-General in the event new invasion by American filibusteros. The (44"„, ‘ n-General had given a grand banquet to those in, at which the greatest cordiality reigned. ii b ,zediately after the receipt of the telegraphic I , ret9 l l announcing that Louis Napoleon had been 41 ( e flanned Emperor of the French, the Ministers tip ) , a Council, at which they decided, in conjunc (lzwith Queen Isabella, that Spain should imme b7l3, recognise the Prince as Emperor of the to - 1 1101 . An extraordinary courier was accordingly 4 11 ,7 dispatched that day to the Marquis de Valde ti with his new credentials as Minister of Spain T r Imperial Court. vie Three per Cents. were done at 45i ; the kir ditto, DA 24 9-16 ; he ebt of g th© first class, 4 1; and that of the t secon D d, at 6. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. St. • , t h e Til i s s Asia arrived in Liverpool yesterday, at 9.30 a.m. St. h 4c ivices from New York are to Dec. 1. The Ame ter4f,7 Press and public support President Fillmore's 163 in his rebuke of Mr. Law for i nsultin g 20 (tir o ,:', , ,and for sending out again the obnoxious purser 5 141 1 . 7) , as well as the Government course in depriving 2 aAv line of the United States mail service. t e t a 'rs are entertained that when the Cherokee arrives St 4 as v alla with Smith on board, trouble will occur. St. 4 'unsteros are said to be going to St. Domingo, as lik rende zvous.l , l l 15 e fishery question, it is said at Washington, is 8 44 to be settled. Zitv eh e lProcal trade given to Canada. Three steamers 10 t h n' , p clught an aggregate of three millions and a guar ",4-I,` gold from California, but no important news. 10 on f re lnlidred and twenty-five thousand dollars in specie 1 0 s :ll l ,,g i, tt ; 68 passengers. 1.0.6 e Asia's news produced a further decline of a quar t') 0% 14 in cotton, with moderate sales; middling, 9 20 c. St. " 11 (le i T e southern ports there is a similarly downward c3'. 5 It t NEW YORK MARKETS. e New York stock market most descriptions of St. te seell- ' te ,,s and railroad bonds were in demandstat late 41 .„ Pt B i, The money market continued to be mo. abufnor- 1 2 7 5 'se g, Bll, Pplied, and, notwithstanding thedemand : t ep i , -- , 6t i t iroate wants of trade was large, effects of the ' l '4 l „ il lation of capital were plainly seen in the eavy tioxcaetions of the stock board for nearly every descrip- 470 Niter s ecurities. Loans could be obtained at 5 per 100 b 4ll tl er'on stock and other collaterals. Uncurrent money ' a ughts without change. Foreign exchange firmer. 100 rii - 4- ell London, 109/ to 1101 ; Paris, 5.134 to 5.15 ; 100 ee liB,7rdarn 414 to 41g ; Hamburgh, 36i to / ; Bremen, gn . pt s' ' The cotton ' market was unsettled by the re- Seli„ unf pourable dvices from England, buyers and 20 b k l; t s riot beinbl to a agree except for a few hundred P th n Nve g re a sol e d at 4c. to 3c. per pound decline. 50 ' 4 1 90%7 i : 8 f: 3 r the week ending the 27th amounted to 50 100 14 sc e l . 14°114 cm the rates were :—Tobacco, 40s. per hogs• 100 er 201 1 , e111., 3s• 6d. to 4s per barrel ; turpentine, 4s. 20 . _ 4 4, ny 50 ' 0 barrels 'as they run were taken at (2 h 4 sNr; ) measurement goods, 30s. to 355. per ton ; 25 ve t t gee d; oil, &c•, 35s to 40s. per ton , cheese, 40s. 25 Aer 1b 44 beef, 65. t 0 .75. ' er tierce ; oilcake, 3s. 6d. to 100 4arrel. To Havr p e :—Cotton, square bales, /c. 10 ; a shes, 8 dols. to 10 dols. per ton ; measure- r , 0 00 food., 10 dols. per ton ; flour, 75c. per . barrel ; 4 1 t o b ushels of wheat were shipped by a transient yes tier 4'4°Tldon at Bd. ; oilcake, 355. To Glasgow, 200 2, e t * of beef were taken at Os To Liverpool :—Flour, 1 0c1 ° sh per ' Per barrel ; resin, 3e. GU. ; grain, 81d, to at ~_ ~.~ THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paidl RAILWAYS Closing Prices this Day. Business done — this Day. 50 .00 Aberdeen .. ... .... . 8. Ambg. Noting. Bosi. & Eastn. Junc. all IBirmng. AV?lverh. dll StourValley. .. . 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. -- Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 18j Do., £2O [OO Bristol & Exeter DO Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon 45 D üblin &Belfast June all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 6 Do. , do all Do., B. & C .00 lEast Lancashire all 'East di West Ind. Dit, & Birming. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock all Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Easters all Lancaster & Carlisle 111 Do., Thirds. ... . 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 3 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright. &S. est. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 100 London & S. Western 42} Do., 34 Do. .L4O all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Eunisk. 100 Hanch.Shet&Lincln. 48 Do., Man. &Lin. Un 1 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 476 Midland G.West.(lr.) 176 Do. 6 Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle 100 Newmarket. .. 14 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 76 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. all Do., New 3i Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.l 6i Do., No. 2 all Do., i A Deferred 1 5 0., i B Guaranteed 17. North Staffordshire all North Western iq N. & S.Wextrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... 100 Scottish Central ...... 100 Scottish Midland_ _ 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg. 100 Do., L. & N. Westu. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Horefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... all Do. Halves, d 0....... 20 Do. Oswestry ...... 6i Shropshire Union.- . Do., A.B. C. &D.fully paid up at p. c...... all South Devon ..... 100 South Eastern__ „, all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do.. 14 Stockton & Hartlepl , 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath .. ... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 13 West Cornwall all West London 1 Woodford ....".. 100 York Newctl. & Berw 20 Do. Extensions . 10 Do. G.N.E. Purchase! 100 York &N. Midland ' PREFEREN Aberdeen all Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... 100 Bristol & Exeter 4p, cent. Stock .. ......., 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent... 34 Cork &Bandon 5a p.e.l all Dundee Perth&Aber- deen Junction ....... all EastA uglian (£3los) 6 per cent. ..... „ , „ , all Do. (25) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (1.7 17s) 7 p• ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 ..... ........ all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Deben. Sh. 1.00 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths..... all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cont.... 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem .... all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... l 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. LOO (Great Western, fixed CI per cent .... ..... 6 Lancash. & Yorksh. F. 20.......... 20 20 12 St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock 13 Leeds Northern, 6 p cent., No. 1 17 Do., No. 2 5 Do., No. 3 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848 100 London and Brighton, Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all IDo. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 .... . .... . 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c.l 100 Lou. & N.West. Cov. Nuu sp. c. Stock. 5 'London do S. Western Con. Thirds 10 1 Londonderry& Coler. Shares all Londndry. & Ennisk A Shares all Mauch. ,Shef., &Lin , Shares, No. 1 all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6 ...... all Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c all Do. 41 per cent 8A Do 100 Mid: Consol. 6p. c. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cont. all Norfolk Extension all. Do. Guar. 5. per et all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. 6 Do. . all Shrewsbury & Birro.l New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 1i Do. New all' S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 08.6 d. 100 Do. 4l per cent. all S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar, all Stock.& Hartl. Guar. sp. c.till 1 Ju1y,18561 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. 5 'Do 10 IYork& N. Midland H. 1 & S. Purch JOINT-ST& all Australasia all British N. American 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lou -1 don 1 4 I English Scottish and Australian D, Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 Loudon and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Prov. of Eng. 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland. all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Importing Company all Union of Australia 21 Do. New 10 Union of London.... all Union of Madrid.... 31i - 32 6i -6; 10i -- 11 6 , 1 Gi cl 21 —21 i 3}-2 d LO7 109 684 69 24i lli --; t 14 2 lu 9 - 10 6i -- 61 41 41 13k -- 131 11 - 13 9 - 91 77 -781 j 58 -• 60 79 - 81 30 - 32 60 - 62 83A - 84. 96 - 48 122 - 124 107 -- 108 1 96 -- 96 88 -- 90 11i 12ip 85 -85 i 3A ~, 31 d 24 -- 21 d 17i -- 181 9 i -- 9 1 p 109 -- 110 126 k -- 127 -- 2 i p p 93 -- 94 3i -- 2d 24 -- 2 d 13 -13 i 21 -- 22 31i 7- 32 34-3 d 801 -8 0 i 47 -- 49 52 - 54 34 3 d 26- 3i 9 94 58 60 8 —9 24 d 40 414 6 d 2i 2# d 4 3 d 9 3 i — ` I), 531 - 541 94 - 98 67 - 69 68 - 68 78 11 i di 19A -20 A 9/ -- 101 14/ -15 t 3 -2/ d 241 - 264 79 - 80 391 - 40 14 - 15 - 5 i 13 i -13 i 10 - 104 27 - 281 - 10 73i -74 i - 60 60 -61 i SHARES, lios no .05 - 107, 19 -19 h 6 -- 64 3i -- 3a 34 -- 4 ip ! 1 --P 14 --115h1 18 -• liq S - '3 fii - 129 1112 - 113 8 - 9 L -li p 1091 liO, par 1 p 152 155 ••• ''''' --4 p 81 -- 8i 13i -13 j 9A -10 A il- iii - P i - 1 p 150 - 151 P 24 - 6 - 6 1i - 2A 102 - 104 25, - 26; 2i - 2i p 11 - lli 17 —17 i p 17i —17 i par— 251 -26 i 16 -- 20 Par ipm 102 104 h - 5i - Ipl BANKS oil "'"'' irnE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN ING, DECEMBER 15, 1852 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ALISON'S NETV WORK closed on the capture of Acre, the authority of the Sultan being reconquered for him through the agency of the valour of Napier, but most of all through the consummate genius of Palmerston. During the account of the same ten years will have to be depicted the panoraMa of British glories and British calamities, constituting the memorable story of the invasion of Affghanistan. In the fourth volume Alison will advance from the Shr., Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Compans. this day. done 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley .... N. West ... 301 all Birm. & guarantee Gt.Westn. 30 31 301 all Do.withoutgr Do 294 304 304 all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do 3O 31 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh. L & N.W lO9 111 110, 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent Gt.Notrhu 149 151 149 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt. Westn. 33 25 all Glas. Barr. & Neilsn.Direct Caledon 25 all Do. New Do .•• 100 all firtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Berw.. 50 all [lull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 113 115 95 all Do. a Shares Do 564 574 123 all Do. Shares. Do 27 28 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l4 144 20 all Do. Preference Do 254 264 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk 20 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 23 25 54 all Manch.Bston. Lu.dEN.W and Matlock & Midld 3 31 50 all Middlesbro' & Stcktou & Redcar Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd 1074 10S4 50 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per et Do 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &IN. W &Lu& Yk 124 111 Do. 4 Shares. Do St. 100 Ftoystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 150 152 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 149 151 25 18i Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh 12 94 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 4 d 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling... . 25 all Do Do 324 —33 i St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 1054 1064 History of Europe : from 1815 to 1852. Vol. I. By Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. William Black wood and Sons. A more daring enterprise was never adventured upon by ancient or modern annalist than that in which Sir Archibald Alison has undertaken to con tinue up to the present time his noble " History of Europe" since the days of the Great French Revo lution. It surpasses, we repeat, in audacity any previous attempt, even the boldest, ever dreamt of in either native or foreign literature. Apart from the enormous toil consequent upon the endeavour, there was needed an uncommon degree of courage in the writer who could hazard the narration of events taking place not amongst his remote ances tors, but amongst his own immediate contempora ries. Happily our author finds himself, however, not only endowed with this uncommon degree of courage, but also, and in a very peculiar manner, with a capacity for toil which we are bold to avow has been seldom, if ever, surpassed. As to the ex tent of the labours devolving upon him in conse quence of this projected continuation of his His tory, it should be borne in remembrance that annalists invariably discover a very appreciable diminution of trouble in proportion as the period of which they treat becomes more and more retro spective in character—while, precisely upon a simi lar ratio, their taskwork multiplies as they approach nearer and yet nearer to the record of recent occur rences. Materials in the former instance become more and more scanty—in the latter, more and more abundant. Inaccuracies in the one are the less readily discoverable, while in the other, of course, they are the more easily detected, especially if parties implicated in the transactions described hap pen to be still living, inwhich case errors are naturally at once rendered apparent. Any serious argument in testimony of the justice of these remarks were surely preposterous, because altogether unneces sary : and yet we cannot but think that we may be pardoned for hinting at one or two cursory il lustrations. Suppose the literary task undertaken be the memoir of some writer of celebrity—How difficult the responsibility of collecting the facts connected with the life of Scott compared with that of performing the same preliminary office with re gard to the biography of Shakspere ! Why, look at the results already visible upon our book-shelves —Malone's few prefatory pages, and Lockhart's voluminous composition. Suppose, on the other hand, we have determined to pen a history of the career of some world-famous conqueror—How vast the initial toil of research in reference to the career of Napoleon when contrasted with that in reference Ito the career of Alexander ! The condensed chap ters of Curtis, or of Arrianus there--here the dif fuse and scattered writings of Capefigue, Thiers, Las Cases, Constant, Jomini, G-ourgaud, Labaurae, Menneval Montholon, Norvins, Salgues, and Thi baudeau, to say nothing of Hazlitt, Scott, Ireland, Juste, Laurent, and Lamartine, or of the profusion of autobiographies contributed to throw light on the same epoch, by the memories of a crowd of contemporaries, ranging from D'Abrantes to- Ro vigo, from Bourrienne to Lavalette, from Fou.che to Caulaincourt, altogether without the reach of instant enumeration. From this catalogue alone of some among the numerous produc tions relating to the reign of the great Napo leon, some adequate notion may be forted of the astounding and bewildering responsibilities crowding in upon the mind and energies of Sir Archibald Alison, while compiling the data for his " History of Europe," subsequent to the first French Revolution. Looking at the volumes of that remarkable work, which have already ema nated from his genius--volumes extending in one edition (demy octavo), to fourteen, and in another (crown octavo), to twenty—we may well regard his labours in the writing of them with surprise and admiration. Yet the labours of composition, we conceive, to be as absolutely nothing, weighed in the balance against the enormous toils consequent upon the research and collation of authorities. Those toils—and we speak here as critics, enabled in some measure to appreciate them from our famili arity with the extraordinary era Alison has success fully undertaken to delineate—we regard with un affected and profound astonishment. We stand amazed before the grasp of that intellect which has embraced so gigantic and diversified a mass of his torical literature. We view with wonder the syn thetical powers of a mind capable of selecting and compacting from a chaos of elements so confused and heterogeneous. We honour that unyielding in dustry, we respect that abounding and eclectic enthusiasm, we revere the fervour of that manly, though we believe not unfrequently mistaken consci entiousness, which have together enabled Archibald Alison [we drop the Baronet for once when speaking of him simply as the Man of Genius] to master the difficulties of perhaps the most difficult, as it is cer tainly the most daring, enterprise ever adventured upon by ancient or modern annalist—that of re counting, in anything like adequate terms, the most memorable epoch (humanly speaking) of which this globe of ours has recollection. As the sequel to his record of European events from 1789 to 1815—from the convoking of the States-General to the firing of the last gun on the plains of Waterloo—Sir Archibald Alison has, in the goodly volume before us, undertaken to describe the incidents which have transpired in the same division of the Eastern Hemisphere from 1815 to 1852—from the fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon. Although the thirty-seven years comprised within the latter momentous in terval, have been principally distinguished by the contemporaneous circumstance of an interna tional tranquillity almost wholly uninterrupted, nevertheless, they have risen to a height of altogether unparalleled importance, by reason of their having afforded so many grand and golden opportunities for the advancement of modern civilisation. This, in truth, has been not merely an age of peace, but especially and pecu liarly the age of progress. Our historian seems to us to premise, in the course of his very startling "Preface," that he would not claim for his new narrative many of the more attractive attributes of the picturesque. He says, for example and with undeniable accuracy, that " the resumption of cash payments in England in 1819 was not, to outward appearance, so striking an event as the battle of Austerlitz, but it vas followed by results of equal permanent importance :" and again, that " the Re form Bill was not the cause of so visible a change in human affairs as the battle of Wagram ; but it was attended with consequences equally grave and lasting." But he himself enumerates, later on, a succes sion of military exploits and diplomatic achievements which cannot fail to render the sub sequent portions of his narrative records fraught with really noteable and even enthralling fasci nation. There may be no 10th of August, with Louis XVI. bombarded in his Palace, and Camille Desmoulins haranguing the mob in the twilight gardens of the Palais Royal ; but there are the days of July, with Charles X. and his Court going down like a brave crew, all standing at their posts with the white banner of the Bourbons still flying as they descend in the midst of the tempest of another re volution. And there is Armand Carrel, gentle hearted and lion-eyed, wandering from barricade to barricade, with a. rattan in his hand, in the thick of the flying shots of the soldiers and insurgents. There may be no Dauphin fading away in the dun geons of the Temple with " a canker in the bud" and bloom of childhood; there may be noVergniaud, climbing, in the heToism of political martyrdom, the ladder of the guillotine ; there may be no Malesherbes pleading in vain to the people for justice to their sovereign. But there is the young Comte de Paris, before the tribune of the Chamber of Deputies ; there is Lamartine, destroying the reviving s trength of terrorism with the thunders of his eloquence at the gateway of the Hotel de Ville; there is Archbishop Affre, dyin g in the streets with the olive branch in his hand, the victim, but while the victim the conqueror also, of rebellion. There are these and other touching and wondrous pas sages to be rocounted in the history which the pen of Alison has a dready begun to delineate--passages as exquisite in paithos, as sublime in dignity, as glorious in valour, as any ever before recounted in the chequered ann.s.ls of Christm—passages that might have added grandeur Loathe biographies of Plutarch, and splendour to the chronicles of Frois sart. Occurrencts such as those here referred to are reserved, however, by our author to be re counted in due se(luence in the subsequent pages of his narrative. Thus, in the second of the five volumes (to which number the work will, it is an nounced, be extend'ed), there will be embraced a ' period ranging from the complete establishment of a Liberal Government and system of administra tion in France in 1819, to the middle of 1830, when Charles X. was overthrown by a revolution—an in terval comprising, of course, the popular outbreaks of 1820 in Spain, Naples, Piedmont, and Portugal; the conquests effected by England over the Bur- Mese and the Goorkhas ; the establishment in 1820 of the modern kingdom of Greece ; and the san guinary wars of Russia in 1828 and 1829 against the Turks and the Persians. In the third volume it is proposed to commence with the opening, in 1831, of the great question of Reform in the representation of the United Kingdom, and to terminate with that general election of 1841 which marked the downfall of the Whig Ministry—an interval, rendered memorable, moreover, by the growth of corruption in France under the rule of Louis Philippe ; by the gallant and desperate attempt made in 1831 by the Poles, in the hope of regaining their national independence ; that revolt of Ibrahim Pacha, which was only mention of Sir Robert Peel's " noble constancy in adversity," and will close this division of his labour with the overthrow of Louis Philippe, in the February of 1848, and the consequent out burst of European Revolutions—an interval marked likewise by the second A ffghan expedition, followed by the seizure of Cabul ; by the close of the Chi nese war under the battlements of Nankin ; by the fearful conflicts on the Sutlej, and the glorious con quest of Scinde. In the fifth, and final, volume of the series, will be described the events which trans pired between the downfall, in 1848, of Louis Philippe, and the rise to supreme power, in 1852, of Louis Napoleon—four years renowned by .so many momentous incidents crowded hurriedly to gether—the revolutionary turmoil of Germany ; the desperate campaigns on the plains of Italy and of Hungary ; the occupation of the Punjaub by the British forces in Hindostan ; and the almost simul taneous discovery of gold in California and Aus tralia, the former for the supply of the precious metal to the western, and the latter to the eastern, hemisphere. Altogether, as before indicated, the present enthralling sequel to the previous " History of Europe," by Sir Archibald Alison, relating to the peaceful and warlike achievements of Christen dom from 1789 to 1815, will carry the chain of events onward link by link, from the downfall of Napoleon the Great through thirty-seven momen tous years to the accession of his successor, the re presentative of his imperial dynasty, and thrice the elected of the people by aid of the ballot and uni versal suffrage—first in 1848 by 6,000,000, secondly in 1851 by 7,000,000, and thirdly, in 1852, by nearly 8,000,000 citizens (comprising almost the whole of the adult male population)—Napoleon by the will of the nation—not by descent, not by dynastic claims, not by right of so-called legitimacy, but by the will of the nation—Emperor of the French, King of Algeria, and Protector of the Sanctuaries. At an epoch so peculiarly wonderful as the present—at a period when all -that had been. effected. (it was thought at one time perma nently) by a succession of coalitions, crowned by the bloody fight of Waterloo—at a period when the national funeral of Wellington was taking place in England at the very junc ture marvellous to relate when in France the people were once more robing in the imperial purple the form of a Napoleon—it was surprisingly appropriate that Alison should begin the continuation of that great work which, when completed, must permanently occupy an eminent po sition among the treasures of English, we may even say of European, literature. It was a circumstance consonant in its singularity with the many surpris mg occurrences which the world has recently wit nessed. Everything combines, indeed, to attract to this new history the attention of the educated classes of the community. Within the compass of the first volume, here submitted to examination, are re counted the incidents which succeeded each other immediately after the entrance of the Allied forces into Paris, up to the year 1819, when Peers in the democratic interest were created in France, and the memorable Currency Act was passed through the Bri tish Parliament. Speaking of the events transpiring in this interval, our annaifst himself remarks with great force and significance, " The effect of the measures pursued during this period were not perceived at the time, but they are very apparent now : the seeds which produced such decisive results is after tunes were all sown during its continuance." A declaration sufficient of itself to render these six introductory chapters attractive, at the first blush, to every intelligent man in the population. A very masterly resume, or general sketch of the whole period from the fall of Napoleon to the accession of Louis Napoleon, prefaces, as it were, by a grand preliminary flourish of trumpets, the events which come afterwards in a kind of political panorama or historical procession. Of Sir Archi bald Alison's interpretation of the meaning of these events we shall here say nothing, beyond re marking that we have already considered it in de tail in our leading columns—regarding it, as we have done from the first, as too solemn, and grave, and awful in character to be passed by without the most searching consideration. It is only neces sary to observe, that our historian conceives the real signification of these days to be indicative of the Second Dispersion of Mankind—arguing from it only disaster to the empire of Great Britain. Our convictions carry us mostly in a totally oppo site direction. Our opinions in most of the im portant particulars upon which this startling hypo thesis is founded, are diametrically opposed to those of a writer who looks with dismay upon the triumph of Free-trade principles, or, as it has re cently become the fashion to term them, the prin ciples of unrestricted competition. In reference to the question of the currency, however, we coincide most cordially with the majority of the arguments advanced by Sir Archibald Alison in several parts of this comprehensive and splendid composition. It were a hopeless endeavour to attempt to follow the narrative, in the course of a single criticism, through all the varied stages of its manifold de velopment. During the thirty-seven years which . have elapsed since the close of the European wars in Belgium, England has advanced appreciably in the augmentation of her dominions, and in the dif fusion of the influences of civilisation. Her orien tal territories now extend from Cape Comorin to the banks of the Indus, and the snowy peaks of the Himalayas. She has laid the foundation of a stupen dous empire in Oceania—by the astonishingly rapid colonisation of New Zealand and Australia. She has in the West Indies, by one magnificent act of humanity, manumitted negro slaves to the number of no less than eight hundred thousand. Mean while her own inhabitants, the inhabitants of the United Kingdom, have decreased in four or five years by two or three millions, through the united effects of famine and immigration. Whereas the United States have increased the number of their population from 1840 to 1850 by six millions, their territories having been enlarged within the same brief interval by an addition " nine times the size of old France"—so that thby extend now to 3,300,000 square miles, containing 24,000,000 of inhabitants! Russia, on the other hand, possesses at this mo ment an influence paramount from the walls of China to the banks of the Rhine--embraces by her territories " one eighth" of the habitable globe, and "boasts of 66,000,000 of men within her dominions." Such are some among the fruits of that development which are accounted for by the logical statements of the historian.• Conspicuous among the most interesting subjects in reference to England mentioned in the volume here under re view may be specified, the marriage of the Prin cess Charlotte, the brilliant victory gained by our fleet under Lord Exmouth at Algiers, nume rous acts passed by the Imperial Legislature, as well as the record of the death and character of such men as Mr. Ponsonby, and Mr. Horner, and Sir Samuel Romilly, and Sir Philip Francis, and Sir James Mackintosh, and Warren Hastings, and Lord Ellenborough. Simultaneously came divers remarkable occurrences in France, such as the en try of Louis XVIII. into Paris , a nd the formation of the Holy Alliance, and the discovery of conspira cies in the capital and at Ly ons, and ultimately the dismissal of the Cabinet of Chateaubriand— besides accounts of the death and character of such men as Marshal Brune, and Marshal Ney, and King Joachim, and Colonel Labedoyere. A separate chapter, and one of a most fascinating de scription, depicts the progress made in Great Bri tain after the peace in manners, arts, science,. and literature. Here the eclecticism of Sir Archibald Alison's taste shines pre-eminently among aclaverslty of noble qualities honourable alike to his genius and his judgment. Witness this his reference, when treating of poetry, to Scott,- Byron, Moore, Campbell, Rogers, Southey,, Wordsworth, Cole ridge, Crabbe, Tennyson, Fecia Hemans, Joanna Baillie, Letitia Landon, Mrs. Norton,. Croly, Mimes, and Aytoun. Witness this his refer ence, when treating of prose, to Stewart, Brown, Paley, Malthus; Ricardo, M'Culloch, Mills, Davy, Herschell, Playfair,. Disraeli (the elder), and Alison. Witness this again, hi s allusions to the geologists, Bucklan d, Sedgwick, Lyell, and Brewster —to the reviewers, Jeffrey, Brougham, Mackintosh, Sidney Smith, Macaulay, Lockhart, and Wilson—to the historians, Hallam, Turner, Palgrave, Lingard, Tytler, Napier, Mit ford, Grote, Arnold, Macaulay, Lord Mahon, and Miss Strickland —and to the novelists, Lytton, Dickens, Disraeli (the younger), James, and Tha,ckeray. When speaking of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, he is compelled, of course, to consider that eminent man not simply as a novelist, but as one whose protean genius and comprehensive intellect have constituted him one of the most surprising phe nomena in the . whole range of literature—poet, ro mancist, historian, essayist, critic, satirist, bio grapher, dramatist—whose brilliant speech, more over, in the House of Commons, on the 10th of December, 1852, yields promise that he will prove, in addition to all this, a distinguished orator and a consummate debater, crowning a great literary by a great parliamentary reputation. Frequently we differ altogether from the view taken by Sir Archibald Alison of the merits and demerits of his immediate predecessors or surviving contemporaries. But even when dissenting most fromhis. o pinions, we acknowledge that, in the generality of nistan?es, he reveals a wide and generous scope of appreciation. From the noble volume under criticism numerous passages might be excerpted, in illustration of the proceeded to Chatham this morning on dockyard service, sagacity, as well as the masculine eloquence, of the and r e et o uj a m e et er l s i a n n t c lie cr e e v Ns e . n o i f n i g le . r historian. Yet such quotations we cannot but . Majesty ' s ship Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland. were-mustered yesterday deem altogether superfluous. There is the nam4 on on board the Minotaur hulk, by Captain the Hon. Montagu the title-page. It is enough. Women bonum j Stopford. instar unguenti fragrantis. Sufficient for us; in During the absence on leave of Captain C. Hope, the tribute for the pleasure derived from its perup.al, duties of Captain-Superintendent of the . Dockyard ofcad a7 Ta c v l sufficient for us to aver, that the initial volume of. tied on e by Captain the Montagu 'esty and lla u (r-capt i Ln to Vice the new F.eries of the " History of Europe" augurs u Admiral - the Hon. Joseeli j ns Percy, C.B. bravely for the continuation. It is not unworthy Lieutenant Thomas Tribe, of the Monarch, for service in of the master hand from which it has emanated. the ordinary, has been superseded by Lieutenant John It fills up a large hiatus, and of all gaps the one most Cartwright (1821). troublous, in the modern annals of Christendom. cletond-Maste r H enry P. Ward and Henry R. Shaw , in char g e, l a t e o f th e Dolphin, having closed their It condenses into a focus the scattered lights of two accounts for stores, &c., at, the dockyard, left here this generations : and by doing all this, it confers a very d ay . considerable benefaction upon the uneducated coin- Orders' have been issued by the Admiralty to the autho munity, while it adds another inestimable scroll to rities at the different ports that engineers belonging to the treasures of historic literature. ships are at liberty to attend the workshops of the factories wherever they may be stationed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, DEC. 2. I stated in a recent letter that the Persian, screw-steamer, had arrived, reporting a vessel had been seen with her keel up, and that Admiral Harvey had not sent out any vessel, He subsequently, however, sent out the Sampson, steam frigate, on her arrival from Constantinople, at the request of Lloyd's agent, who only knew of the wreck on the 19th; Captain Millburn having most unaccountably left without making any other report than to the admiral, and he did this only when he found there was not a merchant steamer to be had. The admiral, supposing Lloyd's agent to be in formed, did not, of course, make any report to him, as he did to the Chamber of Commerce ; he, therefore, got blamed by the public for a matter ho could not avoid. The Sampson found no traces of the wreck, although, by the track charts exhibited, the captain took all pains to find her. The Sampson has been sent to join Admiral Dundee. We expect him here with a portion of his ships by the end of the month. Rear-Admiral Sir F. Pellew, it is understood, will hoist his flag this week at Portsmouth, and receive the usual salutes. Captain Charles Clyde, on the retired list of 1840, died on the 6th instant at Charmouth, in his 87th year. In the course of his career of 25 years of active service during the war, he was in many sharp actions. Commander William Southey died on the 4th instant, at his residence, Winchelsea, Sussex, after a long illness, in his 66th year, leaving a widow and nine children to lament his loss. REPORTED DEATH OF LIEUT. RATHBONE.—We are glad to receive the following contradiction of the loss of Lieut. Rathbone, of the Devastation :—" Dear Sir,—ln your paper of the 27th ult., in your news from the West Indies, you say the report is confirmed of the loss of Lieut. Rathbone and 14 men, off Prince Edward's Island (belong ing to the Devastation). I have a letter from Lieutenant Elliot, first of the Basilisk, who says ho saw Lieut. Rath bone on the 10th of November. _ , LORD STANHOPE'S ADDRESS TO THE INDUS- GALLANT CONDUCT OF AN ACTING MASTER. —During the return of the Firefly, steam-sloop, ommander Sey mour from St. Helena to the coast of Africa, a seaman fell overboard from the bowsprit. Mr. Kidille, the acting master of the Firefly, and two kroomen, immediately jumped after him. The man was severely injured by pass ing under the paddle-wheel, which at the time was revolv ing with considerable velocity ; he could not swim a stroke; but, fortunately, all were safely picked up, from the promptness displayed on board in heaving-to and lower ing the boats. THE SHEERNESS COURTS-MARTIAL.—The proceedings of the Rosamond courts-martial at Sheerness, it is said, have been quashed on account of informality. TRIOUS CLASSES. ,Friends and countrymen—An assembly which calls itself the representatives of the people has determined to allow the continuance of " unrestricted competition" be tween your industry and that of foreigners, but its deci• sion cannot be considered to express your opinion on that question which is of vital impOrtance to you all. You are not represented as you ought to be in that assembly, for most of you have no votes, and those who have votes are exposed to intimidation on the one hand, and to cor rupt influence on the other. If you enjoyed your rights I am convinced that the result would have been very different, for you know that you ought to be em ployed and encouraged instead of foreigners, whether you are engaged in agriculture, in manufactures, or in handicraft trades, on land, or on the sea, in this country, WOOLWICH, DEC. 11. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Claude H. M. Buckle (1845) to command the Valorous, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, 400-horse power, commissioned this day at Devonport. Lieutenants Lewis C. H. Tonge (1845) to be Flag-Lieu tenant to Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., Com manding-in-Chief in the Britannia, 120, flag-ship, on the Mediterranean station - Hon. Augustus C. Hobart (1845) to the Coast Guard ; William Gore Jones (1848) to the Cruiser steam-sloop, at Woolwich. Second-Master Rowland B. Richards (1852) to the Resis tance troop-ship, at Woolwich, vice Morrison, promoted. Assistant-Surgeons Seyton Wade (1846), from serving in a naval hospital, to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam guard ship, at Portsmouth ; Frederick V. Sandford, (1852) to the Magicienne steam-frigate, at Devonport. or in its colonies. You know also that the low prices of any commodities are not more important to you than your means of purchasing them, and many of you have already felt severely the evils arising from diminished wages or from the want of employment, while many others have been plundered of their property. I am still, as I have constantly been, and shall always continue to be, a zealous friend of the rights of labour, and therefore a steadfast and strenuous supporter of full and effectual protection to every branch of British indus try. I have publicly stated that " I cannot approve of any system of protection which would not secure to the labouring classes such a remuneration of their industry as would provide for them an ample supply of all the necessaries and comforts of life. If the prices of those necessaries and comforts are to be increased, it is indis pensably requisite, in justice to the labouring classes, that their wages should be raised in the same proportion, or even in a greater proportion, if they were previously inadequate." " Unrestricted competition" with foreigners in the various articles which are produced by your skill and industry, diminishes their prices, and increases, there fore, the weight of the taxes with which you are burdened, by lessening your means of paying them. Unless pro tection should be restored to British industry, it will be your bounden duty to insist that the taxes shall be reduced in the same proportion as the prices of produce. It is quite necessary either that prices should be raised to the level of the payments, or that payments should be reduced to the level of the prices, and there is no other alternative. The former would be the result of protec tion—the latter is the inevitable consequence of free I importations. _ _ Free importations, which now go by the name of free trade, are advantageous for the present to the fundholders and to the other annuitants, who still receive the same incomes, and are thus enabled to purchase at lower prices than formerly many articles which they consume. Is it just or reasonable that they should receive a greater amount in value than they did before ? If they were to receive only the same amount in value, they would be exactly in the same situation as formerly ; and they ought not to be placed in a better situation at your ex pense. Free importations are said to be beneficial to you ; and if such were the case—which, however, I utterly deny—all classes of the community ought to contribute towards the attainment of that desirable object. Some classes should not be robbed to enrich others, but all of FOREIGN. Paidi RAILWAYS. 3 BelgianEastn. 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C 0... all Mariquita 9 Mexican&S.Americn. all Now Granada all Nouveau Monde all Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymmo Iron 114 Santiago do Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican all West Mariposa a ll Yuba MISCELLK 4 Australian Eyl. Mail 326 Canada all Copper Miners of Eng all Do. Preference 5 Crystal Palace 2 Crystal PalacoFrance 1 Eastern Steam 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 50 General Screw Steam Shipping Company 26 Irish Beetroot Sugar 2 Netherlands Land—. all Peninsular & Oriental 20 Do 6 2 0 u ßo n y iv a e l ra M i ai E l and Colonization 20 10 50 50 100 EOUS. ... --. . 52 xn CRUEL TREATMENT OF A WIFE. On Saturday a long inquiry took place before Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head, Fleet-street, Beth nal-green, on view of the body of Sarah Par rott, aged thirty-eight, who was alleged to have died in consequence of several brutal and savage assaults upon her by her husband, and of starvation. Elizabeth Beed, a married woman, No. 15, George-street, the landlady, said that deceased and her husband resided in the garret. He had been a master butcher, but was latterly a huckster of meat and ox-tails in the street. Witness saw the deceased the last time on Tuesday morning, when she came down to witness in the parlour. She had a quantity of hair in her hand, and she stated that it had been pulled out of her head by her husband, who had been dragging her about the room, and while on the floor he struck her about the head. Her face was red as from blows. On Wednesday morning, about seven o'clock, witness was alarmed by hearing the de ceased screaming, " Murder." There was a constant disturbance from that time till half-past nine o'clock, when her screams were dreadful. She was calling upon some one to assist her. She was not heard of after that. About six o'clock her husband called witness to go to his wife, saying that he did not know what was the mat ter with her. She proceeded to her room, and found her lying upon a, mattress having a bit of quilt as her only covering. She was dead, and appeared to have been so for some considerable time. He observed that he spoke to her only two minutes before to have her tea, when she .:aid—" Ido not know where I am." He had only, he d bserved, a few minutes previously lighted the fire, but v ritness saw that it had been lighted some time. Two r nonths ago deceased was in witness's room, when she was pulled out by her husband by the hair of her head, at the same time striking her, and he threa tened to strike witness for interfering. Witness has heard him •remaxk, that he would jump her soul out, and he cons tantly used the most awful expressions to wards her. She has often stated to witness, that she was afraid he would some day murder her. Latterly witness has heard her frequently screaming.—Mr. John Godfrey, 1 fount-place, Whitechapel, said that he had made a post ' mortar:, examination, and found coagulated blood under the scalp on the left side, which was the effect of son ae vessels having been torn. That might have occurre d by the deceased having been dragged by the hair of tl ie head. The lungs were blacker than usual, as if from pi •essure. The body was emaciated, and the stomach w: bs smaller than usual, showing that it had not been dit ;tended with food for some time. The peri toneum covering was separated from the liver, as if it had been cs bused by the deceased having been dragged. Under the liver was also a bruise. Death was the effect of the injua ies she received in her emaciated state. The injury on t he head was not by a fall, but from the cause he had st: tt ed. The hair being pulled would be likely to cause t b e vessels to be torn.—The coroner observed that, thou Igh there was no moral doubt of the conduct of the husk aid, yet he thought there was not sufficient evidence to ensure a conviction before a higher tribunal. Verdict— -"That the deceased's death was the effect of violence, but how caused thiSre was not sufficient evi dence to .show." The husband was called in, and was told that it was owing to the merciful consideration of the jury th at he was not sent to a higher tribunal. He was sever( ly reprimanded. THE AB "DES.—The screw steamer Andes, which sailed from Live , :pool for New York on Wednesday last, put back again, and reached the Mersey early on Sunday morning, after havi 'g experienced very severe weather, in which she had her hit lwarks stove in and carried away, lost her figure. howl, and § witgned damage to her rigging. Id iar d d -, Business done this Day. 14i i I 11i i 7k b ,~.:,._ _ ~~ ki ~~~ PROMOTIONS. Commanders Henry Harvey (1841), Louis S, Tinda (1841), Lord Frederick H. Kerr (18 4 6), recently in corn mand of the Scourge steam-sloop, on the Mediterranean station, and William R. Mends (1846), serving in the Ven geance, 84, on the Mediterranean stations-four com manders to be captains. Lieutenants Arthur Sansum (1839), First Lieutenant of the Thetis, 38, on the Pacific station, and Montagu Bur rows (1843), First Lieutenant of the Excellent gunnery ship, at Portsmouth-two lieutenants to be commanders. Mates Henry H. Sainsbury, (1816), serving in the In vestigator discovery-ship, Commander Maclure, since De cember 1849, and at present at Bebring's Straits ; Arthur R. Owen, (1849), recently serving in the Hecate steam sloop ; Nrilliam Simpson (1849), serving in the Sampson steam-frigate, on the Mediterranean station ; Augustus B. Sutton (1850), serving in the Cumberland, 70, flag-ship, on the North America and West Indies station since Jan uary, 1851; Charles B. C. Dent (1851), serving in the Queen, 116, since March, 1851; Thomas H. B. Fellowes (1851), serving in the Vengeance, 84, since May, 1851 ; John H. Chads (1851), serving in the Daedalus, 20, on the Pacific station' since September, 1851; the Hon. R. A. Capel (1852), and Charles H. Clutterbuck (1852)-nine mates, to be lieutenants. Second-Masters Edward J. H. Tucker (1845), serving in the Banshee Mediterranean mail steam-packet : Thomas IL Collingwood (1845), serving in the Cumberland flag-ship, on the North America and West Indies station ; Charles A. Cleveland (1845), recently serving in the Medusa mail steam-packet, when on the Mediterranean station ; George. R. Morrison (1845), serving in the Resistance troop-ship ; George Richard (1845), serving as Acting-Master in the Express brig, on the south-east coast of America station ; and George Marsh (1846), six second-masters, to be masters. Lieutenants Edward Andrews (1811), John T. Utlay (1811), Thomas Boardman (1811), and John Adamson. (1811)-four lieutenants, to be retired commanders, under the order in Council of 1830, which will entitle them to the half-pay of 7s. a day. The Cruiser steam-sloop, Commander Hyde Parker, at Woolwich, has been very successful in entering able-sea men, having already obtained half her complement. The men now enter more freely, as they anticipate great ad vantages to the service from the adoption of several sugges tions made to the committee now sitting on the best means of manning the navy. Among other favourite measures, the men have a decided impression-and we believe they will not be disappointed-that their gill will be restored to them immediately after Christmas, and that the Admiralty will act in so liberal a spirit as not to withdraw, on its restoration, the allowance which was made in lieu of their grog when it was taken from them. A new arrangement, however, will be made to prevent teetotallers or other seamen not inclined to drink their allowance of grog from disposing of it to their mess mates ; and numerous other measures will be introduced for the comfort of the men, which cannot fail to render the service popular, and insure that there will be no difficulty in manning the navy, if commanding officers are appointed to ships and war steamers willing to carry out the measures in the spirit in which they will be framed. The committee have also had their attention drawn to the grievances of officers as well as men, especially to the case of the assistant-surgeons of the Royal Navy. The re solution passed in Parliament in 1849, on the motion of Captain B. oldero, recognising the disadvantageous position in which assistant-surgeons were placed, and recommending more ample accommodation for their comfort, pursuit of study, and duties toward the sick, has been only partially adopted, in so far that only a certain number have been ad vanced to the position recommended. The assistant-surgeon on his entry is still compelled for the first three years to endure all the discomforts and disadvantagesof the midship men's berth and cockpit. It is at this period, when enter ing the service at an advanced age, his mind matured by study and reflection, and his habits already formed, that he feels most acutely the injurious and somewhat de grading influence of his position. After throe years' service the assistant-surpon becomes entitled to ward -room rank and to a cabin, where space will admit," but the latter privilege was unfortunately left to the discretion of the captains in command, who, in too many instances, have shown a great disinclination to grant it. At present there are many ships in which the assistant-surgeon .has no cabin where space could be found if the will was in ac cordance. The assistant-surgeons consider it just and rea sonable that they should be entitled by a distinct order to a cabin and all the privileges of ward-room rank upon entering the service, and by acceding to such claims the difficulty now experienced in obtaining candidates would be removed. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 12. Avon, steam-tender, Master Commander Veitch, arrived here on Friday evening, with supernumeraries from Ply mouth, and seamen (paid wages) from the Dido, granted ten days' leave. She sailed again on Saturday, on her re turn. Mercury, cutter, Lieut. Commander Ireland, arrived hero on Saturday from the Channel Islands, with 18 strapping young fellows, entered for particular service in her Ma jesty's navy. Leander, 50, Captain King, was remo ved from the fitting basin on Friday, and on Saturday s he was towed to to her moorings on the west shore, ready to gotoSPit t a uled out Furious, 10, steam-frigate, Captain Loring, of No. 2 dock, to the fitting basin on Friday. She is com pleted by the dockyard. Sidon, 22, steam-frigate, Captai n Goldsmith, has been towed down from hor moorings and placed in No. 2 Dock, to have her bottom inspected and cleaned ; after which she will be completed by the dockyard. Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, Commander Strange, has taken in coals for trial. She hauled off to the stream on Saturday, to be swung for compass observation. Basilisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Egerton, removed her powder and shells, in harbour, on Saturday. Fire Queen, steam-vessel, Master Commander Paul, went down to Cowes on Saturday, with a party of paymasters, to the Encounter, to hold a survey of pursers' stores. Fairy, steam-yacht, Master Commander Welch, went down to Cowes to-day, to attend on her Majesty ; and. the Elfin, steam-tender, Master Commander Balliston, re , turned into harbour. SHEERNESS, DEc. 11. Her Majesty's ship London, 20, Captain G. R. Mundy, left the harbour yesterday forenoon, in tow of the African and Adder steam-tugs, and anchored at the Nore at 11 a.m. She then saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josce line Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief, with 17 guns, which compliment was acknowledged by 7 guns from the Water loo. Mr. J. Allen, the Master-Attendant of the Dock yard, and Mr. Taylor, Admiralty pilot for this port, were on board to superintend the navigation. In the afternoon she took in her supply of powder. At 8 30 a.m., this day, the Wildfire, Mr. Brocknism, Acting Master Commanding, got up h e r steam, and having embarked Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy, C attended by Flag-Lieutenant E. Tower, and S r e i e i r v e i t ng, the Price, loft port at 10 a.m., for the Nore. On gallant Admiral and suite proceed ed on board the sLondon, . 50, Captain G. R. Mundy, on an official v cis ed at the guns, The officers and crew were mustered, exer cutlass drill, &c. The London takes round to Portsmouth supernumerary first and second class boys for generl service. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam frigatemCnyc_lonpgs,pl6-0, 320 horse-power, Lieutenant Seacombe com adi the night of the 9th inst. tem., arrived at the Wore during On her passage round from Portsmouth she got aground on the Cant-edge, off the east end of the Isle of Sheppy. A re boat being immediately d patched to the dockyard to por the circumstance, theesauthorities sent out the Addersteam tug directly, to render assistance, and she came into direct to at 9 40 a.m., P roceeded the Fortitude harbour coal depot, at Saltpan-reach, to replenish her sto c k o f f ue l, to be ready to tow the London to Spithead. Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Agamem non, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, will not be ready to leave the fitting-basin till the 27th inst., but may be ex pected to be complete for sea by the middle of January. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Imperieuse, 50, 350 horse power,. is expected at Chatham the early part of next month, and is to be fitted with all possible dispatch. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrtle, W. S.. Bourchier, Master-Commanding, came alongside the dock— yard this morning, and embarked the seamen riggers and seamen for the London. She then proceeded to the Nore, and having put them on board, returned into harbour. The Thames cutter, tender to the Weterloo Sag-ship, hem should be required to share the charges which are incurred for the Public welfare. Those Who are in fa vour of free trade have no right to complain of its neces sary consequences ; and those who, in common witch myself, have constantly opposed it, cannot be responsible for any calamities which it may occasion. If the payments were reduced to the level of the prices, Parliament might repeal, immediately and en tirely, the taxes on malt, hops, and soap, as well as those on sugar and coffee produced. in British colonies, and these measures would be most popular both in towns and in the country. Nor is this all. Tobacco should be grown and sugar manufactured in this country without the payment of any duty, for free trade cannot be said to exist when the cultivation of the one is prohibited, and the production of the other is taxed. Your industry would thus be en couraged and rewarded by additional employments of a profitable nature. The retail prices of bread and meat should be regulated by law according to the wholesale prices of corn and cat tle, and the price of beer according to the price of malt and hops. You would thus be enabled to provide your selves with bread, meat, and beer, at much lower prices than you pay at present. The Tithe Commutation Act should be immediately amended, for it is no longer just or applicable, and the p oor - r ates, as well as local taxes , shou ld be paid asjus tice demands, by the whole community, according to an equitable assessment. The tenants who hold under leases should be empow• ered to surrender them on giving six months' notice, and should not be left, as they now are, at the mercy of their landlords. The continuance of free trade will render necessary the adoption of these measures, which are founded in strict justice, and ought to receive your zealous support. They will of course involve a considerable reduction in the payments which are now made to fundholders and to other annuitants ; but these payments would, however, remain in value, though not the same in amount of money. If the dividends which are now paid even to the.smallest fundholder were to be reduced by one-third, the apparent loss would -be more than compensated to him by the reduction, to a great extent, of the prices of the necessaries of life. Do not be again deceived by those who have already betrayed you, and do not be misled by those who, whether in or out of Parliament, have shown that they are unworthy of your confidence. Rely principally on your own exertions and perseverance, and unite together, without regarding any party distinctions, in demanding a redress of your grievances and e q ual justice to all classes of the community. I am, as ever, your most faithful friend; December 11, 1852. STANHOPE. LICENSES AT THE BENDIGO DIGGINGS AT PORT Pin' LlP.—Generally speaking, the diggers here don't bother about getting licenses ; those who have often some spe cial reason, such as wishing to send gold by escort, and afraid that it might be liable to forfeiture if no license be producible. A few get licenses in order to cbiaientle; successfully to bounce others out of certaT le. Go and a few, a very few, get licenses onbringoci Ppatriotie vernment cannot expect many as to trudge four miles to some resides, to pay of Bendigo, where the commisslsonear month, for °unknown quarter ob into her Majesty's treasury u their still more valuable who save their money and Fifers, ; but the executive taining no privilege or Preference at all over thousainds time. That this is so, 8 P grievances •; but, in a diggers. I do not like the our to harp on the old string ofreasonahle, what can the is to to blame, and not the name of all that is by withholding from 80,000 torian government meanorderly, and virtuous subjects, industrious, . peaceful, d by the denizens of every privileges enjoyed rights and corner of this great world, save and except us unfortu nately lamd. Here monthly tenan old and wet, ts wi th Australian the out mea us of l egally ob we are ' c I wherewith to drink the Queen's health, t a ining a nobber or eonfusion to the beggarly Government that begrudges to the poor man a share of the wealth so lavishly scat tered over our favoured country—the Government that would fain try to prevent the former world's drudges f ro m gathering up the wherewithal to pass their declining fears in peaceful ease—the Goverment that would snatch from elevatethe p himselfoor man's ii ihe hand t h lever by which he is trying to s f o t o cia e l scale. Some may thi nk these remarks uncalled openly prevented —r, as the Government have Ig ro gi u n g g h ; never btutraonmy theo netNevgliinonhing has closely watched its policy (I throughout, of the gold mania till n ow , will °suee' f their applicability. Australian and New Zealand Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—DEAFNESS. —NEW DISCOVERT.—. q, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York Hotel. The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument, for d eafness, entirely different from all others to surpass anything of the kind that has been or probably ever can beproduced, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; en ables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and. at assemblies ; the unpleasan t sensation of singing pu bli co i the ears arc entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could b e desired. The Royal Exhibition —Valuable newly:invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, to discern minute objects fat a distance of from four to live miles, which is found to be invaluable, for yachting, and to sportsmen, gentlemen, an d gamekeepers. Telescopes, possessing such extraordi nary po wer, that some 34 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double starsigrhey supersede every) other kind, and are of all sizes for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, &c. Opera and race-course glasses with wonder ful power ; a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacle. —S. and B. 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