The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-01 00:00:00

trtirb 7ittition. SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 7 apt Mix' Mowbray (taken) 20 to 1 apt Tom Thumb (taken) The Poet is scratched. GREAT METROPOLITAN. 10 to 1 aget Pharsalus (taken freely) 15 to 1 agst 'Fandango (taken) 20 to 1 agst Redlands (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 aget St. Hubert sto 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Andover (taken) 20 to 1 apt Rotherham (taken) 25 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley 25 to 1 agst The Reiver 40 to 1 agst Bright Phoebus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Llanforda (taken) 50 to 1 agst Dalkeith (taken) DERBY. 15 to 2 agst St. Hubert (8 to 1 also laid) 12 to 1 agst Grreculus Esurieni (taken) 14 to 1 Aget Rifleman (taken) 18 to 1 agst Ouleton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken) 2000 to 40 aget Rambling Katie (taken) Wild Dayrell on the decline. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) In the vicinity of the House of Lords there was the greatest excitement. In the lobbies crowds of persons were assembled, all, from the expression of their coun tenances, waiting the assembling of their lordships with great anxiety. Iu the interior of the house the gallery appropriated to the members of the House of Commons was filled to overflowing. The side galleries were ',Aso filled, and among the "distinguished persons" present we observed an Ea,tern prince, who wore a magnificent costume. The vicinity of the throne was also crowded with spectators. At tive o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack. In a few minutes after the Earl of Derby entered and took his usual seat, Lord Colchester and the Earl of Ellenboreugh sitting on either ride of the noble ear!. On the episcopal Isench we observed the Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of London. REFORM IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS, Lord BROUGUA.II presented a pet , tion from Charlotte Jones, praying for a reform in the Ecclesiasti cal Courts. The Lord CHANCELLOR said he had great pleasure in informing tho noble an i learned lord that a measure meeting the grievance complained of was about to be brought under their lordships' consideration. MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Lord ABERDEEN rose and said—My lords, after the vote of the House of Commons on Monday night your lordships will readily imagine that Ministers at once resolved to place their resignation in the hands of her Majesty, which resignation her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept, and we, therefore, now hold office until our successors have been appointed. (Hear.) My lords, in opposing the vote of Monday, we had no wish to shirk inquiry, but we did it because we thought it was not unconstitutional and opposed to pre cedent. It was not our policy or desire to refuse any inquiry into our conduct, because an im partial inquiry will fully e.tablish that we have used our utmost endeavours to supply the wants of our army in the Crimea. Such, I believe, would he the result of any impartial inquiry, while it would show that my noble friend near me, whom I must consider to have been treated with great injustice, bas used his ut most exertions to promote the efficiency of our forces. My lords, it is my conviction that the conduct of my noble friend, the more it is inquired into, will be found to have exhibited a degree of dexterity, power, and atten tion to the duties of his office which has been rarely ex ceeded ; but at the same time I am not surprised at the feeling that prevails throughout the country, or that the misfortunes of our array should have induced them na turally to turn to the Government of the country as an object of censure ; and I yield with perfect complacency to the vote which is the result of that feeling. (Hear, hear.) But, my lords, the sufferings and privations of our troops in the Crimea have been greatly exaggerated. I do not mean to say that there has not been vast individual suffering, but I do deny that our military position is in the desponding state that has been represented. The position of our army has been greatly exaggerated, and if the truth were told, I believe, notwithstanding the individual suffering to which I have referred, I believe we should have cause to indulge in hopes of new snc cesses far greater than those which we have already achieved. (Cheers.) In the first place, my lords, the condition of our forces have of late been greatly im proved, while their supplies have been increased, and their means of reinforcements extended. (Hear.) In the second place, my lords, our ally, the Emperor of the French, has announced to his Legislature and to Europe that the army consists of 531,000 men, and since that time he has ordered the additional levy of 140,000 men. Now, if this army is used in the same proportion against Russia as our own, I think we may confidently indulge in every hope of success. (Hear, hear.) Besides that, however, my lords, we have recently concluded, with the King of Sardinia, a treaty by which he places at our disposal, for immediate embarkation to the Crimea, a force of 15,000 admirable troops, to be placed under the command of Lord Raglan, which will form a most valuable and important addition to our forces. (Hear.) In addition to this, my lords, we have concluded a treaty with Austria, which has brought matters to that point from which the most im portant advantages may be most confidently expected. We have come to an understanding with the Austrian Government upon the terms of peace to be pro posed to the Emperor of Russia ; the Austrian Ca binet has agreed to adopt these proposals, while the Minister of Russia has accepted our proposals in the sense in which they have been adopted and understood by Austria. Now, my lords, Austria has engaged that if these terms are not accepted by the Emperor of Russia, or if they shall not lead to the conclusion of peace, she will be prepared to join her military efforts to our own. (Hear.) You will thus see, my lords, from this position, that our military situation is not such as to justify the desponding statements that have, and were being, so freely pet forward. (Hear, hear.) He would not detain their lordships with any statement relative to the domestic condition of the country at pre sent, otherwise he might advert to what had been ac complished during the last few years by means of vari ous public measures, but especially what bad been done to establish a. solid system of finance, which bad been supported by the wisdom and eloquence of his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and by which the prosperity of the country, notwithstanding our bein g at war, has been maintain e d un di minished in all its relations, commercial and otherwise. (Hear.) R e h ad e al ready instanced examples. H e a ll u d ed to the onel lien of th e treaty w i th Sardinia, and the valuable on with Austria, in p roo f o f th e exer ti on and abilit y of 1" o • 6 noble friend the S ecretary o f t h e W ar De p a r t me These treaties, especially the treaty with Austriahnettd. been throughout conducted with a degree of ability and ca ution, and prudenc e w hi ch he bad never before in his experience seen exceeded ; a n d h ere he (Lord Aberdeen) thought it wise to say that we had full reason to place th e most entire confidenc e in the consistencyand good faith of the Austrian Government. (Rear, hear.) From the first, without disguising their ardent desire to preserve peace, she never proposed to do !it with the sa crifice of those great Europeaa interests with which she was identified, and, therefore, proceeding with such prudence and caution as she has done, he felt that we had the better right to rely on her fairness. In allusion to the Ministerial crisis, the noble earl observed that rumour had assigned very confidently that the noble earl opposite had been entrusted by her Majesty with the formation of a new Government. Seeing, how ever, the noble earl in his place opposite, be (Lord Aberdeen) presumed that that was not the case. He could only hope for himeelf that any Administration that might be formed, and which might be approved by her Majesty, would receive that support which at the present moment is so urgently required, and he trusted that the future Government would carry on the war with vigour, and with a view to what should be the legitimate aim of all wars —the attainment of a speedy and honourable peace. (Hear, hear.) But in striving for that end they should net forget the real object s of the wa r is which we are engaged He was lorry for having trespassed so long upon the atten tion of their lordships ; and he would add, only now stated at the commencement of hie THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1855. remarks that the late Government now only held office until their successors were appointed. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he only wished he could on that occasion follow the usual course of Ministers who had tendered their resignation, and content himself with the explanation now given by his noble friend lately at the head of the Government. There were two reasons why he wished for a short time to trouble their lordships whilst ho diverged from the usual course. In the first place, it would have been his duty, under any circumstances, whatever may have been the re. suit of Monday night's debate, to have made a statement on his ownbehalf to their lordships. lint there wasanother reason why he wished to make a personal statement, and that was in consequence of a statement made is the other House of Parliament by the noble lord the late President of the Council, which he felt had so materially affected his position as a public man, that he thought it was in cumbent on him to make such an explanation. No man could feel more than he did the inconvenience of thrusting on Parliament and the public what he might call domestic differences between colleagues in a Cabinet at the mo ment of their separation ; but in the speech to which he had referred, the noble lord placed the cause of the course he had taken almost exclusively upon my acceptance of and subsequent continuance in the War Department. The noble duke then proceeded to combat the impres sion which he stated the noble lord's (Lord J. Russell's) speech had created, namely, that he had been opposed to his accepting the office of the War Department, and he denied that such was the case. (Hear, hear.) Lord John Russell, writing from the country in the autumn, declared that he (the Duke of Newcastle) " bad done all that could bo done, and he was sanguine of suc cess ;" while on a subsequent occasion it was put to the whole Cabinet whether he should resign the office of Minister at War or not, and it was unanimously rejected. Then came the December sittings, and the debates in both houses on the conduct of the war, which were held to be satisfactory to the Cabinet. Immediate;y after that sitting a Cabinet Council was held at which the noble lord gave the various members of the Government to understand that his objections to him (the Duke of Newcastle) and the separation of the two offices of Minister and Secretary at War, and it was not until a few hours before the published annonnce ment of the noble lord's resignation, that he and the other members of the Cabinet knew his objections still remained in force. He denied that any of the noble lord's proposals in connecti MI with the war had been in.- fairly set aside—on the contrary the nobe lord's propof als that a war board should be °A %blished, to superintend the army expenditure, consisting of the Minister of War, the Secretary at War, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Master-General of the Ordnance, was generally agreed to ; but lie afterwards substituted a new proposal fcr the consolidation of all the military departmentt, though only differing with the former in two points; but, ina;much a; he thought (improperly) that his new proposal would not meet with approval, lie thought proper to resign. If, however, he had remained in office until the next meeting of the Cabinet, which tock place en the day the noble lord resigned, he would have found that there were no objections to his new pro posa'. Well, then, although there might have been dif ferences of opinion on matters of detail between him and the noble lord, yet on the subject of the general policy and the whole conduct of the war there never bad been any difference at all, and if he had re ceived support more from one member of the Cabinet than from another, it was from the noble lord himself. (Heer, hear.) Nevertheless, looking at the feeling oet of doors, he had made up his mind to resign the office of Minister ; but, unlike the noble lord, he determined, in the first instance, to meet the jadgment of Parliament first, and he awaited the decision of a Parliamentary ordeal. If that decision had been favourable to the Government, he should still have cently appeared in the Dublin Evening Post, that five out of the sixteen poor-law inspectors, being about to be removed, the five gentlemen selected for removal were all Roman Catholics, so as to leave one Roman Catholic inspector, the remaining ten uttremeved being Pro testants. Sir J. YOUNG said that the question of religion had not been considered in making the reductions in the staff of poor law inspectors, the simple fact being that those last appointed were those who had been selected for removal, without regard whatever to their religious opinions. (Hear.)] ADJOURNMENT OF THE 710 USE. On the motion for adjournment, Lord EBRINGTON said—Sir, I regret that no state ment whatever has been made to this house as to the prospects we have of any Government replacing the one which has so recently resigned. In the present crisis of political affairs, with the troops in the Crimea in so lamentable a condition as they had heard not only from eye-witnesses, but from so high an authority as a Cabinet Minister who had lately retired from office, he trusted it would be borne in mind that in the reconstruc tion of a new Cabinet days and almost hours were of importance. He thought that, at the present crisis, the best and most efficient Ministry for carrying cn the war in a vigorous manner ought to be chosen. (Hear, hear.) The house then adjourned at a quarter to 5 o'clock. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF STEAM Colt- MUNICATION . WITH THE MAURITIUS. General Post-office, January, 1855. The Government of the Mauritius having established a steam packet to convey the mail■ once a month be tween that island and Ceylon, is connection with the overland India mail despatched from London via South ampton on the 20th, and via Marseilles on the 25th of each month, all letter■ and newspapers for Mauritius, not specially addressed to be seat by any other route, will in future be forwarded to Ceylon for conveyance thence by the colonial mail packet. Letters for Mauritius sent via Ceylon are liable to the following rates of postage, which may be paid Da advance or net, at the option of tits sender : resigned, and this intention he communicated to the rest of the Cabinet as early as the begin ning of January. In fact, he announced his de termination to resign office in Coto that was that he would accept office neither under Loral J. Russell, or Lord Palmer,ton, or Lord Aberdeen, but that he should retire to the cross-benches, and there be prepared, when the occasion should iris., to de fend the policy which he had attempted to carry out, in office. (Hear, hear) One word more and he had done. He had been charged with indifference to the snfferings and interest of the united service of the army and navy ; that he had been feeble and unwilling in office, but so far from that heir g the caie, while he had directed every hour of his time to the service of the public when in office, he should feel himself unworthy of the name of Malt if he despised the sufferings or neglected the interest of the united service, particularly the navy, in which be had two sons bound up in its succes. (Hear, hear.) THE REChNT MURDER AT CHATHAM. TIIE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ADMIRALTY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SlR,—Among the many important papers of the late distinguished Admiral of the Fleet, Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., that have come under my no tice, previous to their appearance hi his Memoirs, which are about to be published, none of them ap pear to me more likely to attract the attention of the public at the present crisis of affairs than the accompanying document, written by the gallant chief the year after his retirement from the Admiralty in 1846, and which I now beg to submit to your consideration, should you be inclined to favour your readers with his ideas on a subject of such vital importance to the general, as well as more immediately to the naval interests of this great country, as that commented upon in the document in question. It was found in his secret drawer, under his will, and from this I infer it was intended as a bequest to the country he had so long and so faithfully served on his own element, in the field, and the Council chamber. I may as well state, that it is evident Sir George had not exhausted his theme at the point where the document ends ; although up to that point it is clear it had been deliberately and thoroughly re vised, the whole having been fairly transcribed as a complete copy in his own handwriting.--I re main, Sir, your obedient humble servant, JAMES SCOTT, Rear-Admiral. London, Jan. 30. "Having filled the station of confidential, or principal Sea Lord of the Admiralty for more than 17 years, I feel that my opinion regarding the con stitution of that body may, sooner or later, be deemed worthy of consideration and attention ; I therefore am induced to place in writing the deci lion to which my experience has brought me on this point. " I have, then, no hesitation in stating, that I consider the present establishment of that Board to be the most unsatisfactory and least efficient for its purpose that could have been devised. "Iu the first place, it is most inconsistent and inconvenient that one member of the board should, without any communication with his colleagues, issue orders at Somerset-house, in the name of the board, for the governance of the whole fleet, dock yards, Asc., provided it relates to the branch of the Admiralty business he is selected to superintend, such orders being issued in the name and under the authority of the board, without any other member thereof being aware of such order, and often only learning its promulgation from the newspapers, or from questions asked about it in Parliament. "It is true the ' principal officer' (as he is termed) of that department is, or ought to be, able to give all requisite information or advice to such Lord of the Admiralty ; but such principalofficer' hasdio responsibility ; yet sush course naturally places the greater portion of the real management in his hands as relates to such department ; the board—the really responsible parties—remaining wholly ignorant (with the exception of the single member of it before alluded to) of such general orders, or of the grounds thereof, unless the par ticulsr Lord of the department mentions the mat ter to his colleagues, which, in the latter part of my being at the board, was very rarely done, espe cially by one of my colleagues ; and consequently the business could not but be carried forward in an unconnected and disjointed manner, the fault being with a s y s t em a dmitting of, and, indeed, leading to, such evil results. " Secondly, as regards the proceedings of the board when united for general business, I must premise that nothing can well be more contrary to reason, and, I may say, common sense, than for a person to be selected to preside at such professional board, who is totally unable and admits his inability to understand three-fourths of the professional state ments or even expressions contained in the various documents read on such occasions to the board, and which, therefore, the professional members of the Board become obliged to occupy time in explain ing and endeavouring to make him comprehend, wriich, nevertheless, cannot be always sufficiently effected. _ There can be little doubt, from what has been dis covered since the horrid murder in this town, that the g irl Laws, the servant, is the murderer of the old lady, Mrs. Bacon. When the body was found in the bed room, it was surprising to every one present,- including the high constable of the town and Major Boys, one of the county magistrates, that no marks of blood were seen on any part of her dress or on her person except, the crown of the head, whieh had been beaten in by the hatchet which AM found in the coal cellar with blood and hair on it ; neither were there any rrisrks of blood in the room or approaching to it, l i which is considered remarkable and mysterious. It was evident that the body ha l. been placed there by some one, and carried up, and not dragged up, as was first considered. The body was partly dressed, having only the under-clothing on, with a coloured petticoat and stays, all perfectly clean. The stockings had not a soil on them, and the shoes were off the feet. It now turns out, from what is disclosed, that, as some suspicion arose from the appearance of the dress, that that dress Was not the one she was murdered in, a strict search was made by Thomas Everest, the county superin- ' tendent constable, and in the water closet at the back of the dwelling he drew out with a stick the whole of the apparel the poor old creature was murdered in. There was also a shawl, and Irons its being pinned it is clear that after the murder had been committed the shawl was tightly put over the head, and firmly fixed, for the purpose of preventing the flow of hemorrhage from the crown of the head, as the false hair belonging to the deceased, with a cap, was inside of it aid clotted with blood. The gown which the deceased wore that mornittghad been torn off her back, and that appeared also saturated with blood, as well as other articles of dress. The murderer, therefore, must have taken the trouble of washing the deceased and puttingonfresh cloth ing after life had ceased to exist. It is said that the girl is not quite 10 years old, and that, although co young, she is well known to some of the police at ' Rochester, as keeping bad company and associating with the worst of characters. In consequence of the gold ring and the gold brooch which dropped from the bosom of her dress, on her being put to bed in the hospital at Fort Pitt, pro•ing to be those of her late mistress ' in quiry has been made, and a silk dregs b e l ong i ng t o Mrs. Bacon Lae been found at Mr. Week's, pawnbroker, at Chatham, which was pawned by the girl about 6 weeks back. There has not been a murder in Chatham for nearly .10 years, T:p to yesterday afternoon the girl remained in the hospital in a very low condition, and refuses to make any statement. " Then, again, the Board, consisting of six per sons, and the professional members, or a portion of them, being selected with reference to political con siderations and their having seats in Parliament, and without any regard to their knowledge of each other or how far they might be likely to act cor dially together, much valuable time becomes con sumed in fruitless and sometimes irritable and un satisfactory discussions, interfering greatly with the necessary advancement of the numerous profes sional and other matters almost daily brought for decision before the Admiralty ; and the evil of such check to business may be well conceived when it is considered that matters of almost every pos sible description, from the building of ships of war and ordering the moTements and discipline of our fleets down to the deciding on the details and eligi bility of railroads, are now brought, either for de cision or opinion, before the Board of Admiralty. "It will not, then, be deemed surprising that, with the want of concert and the difficulties above alluded to, I experienced frequent annoying checks and obstructions in carrying forward those objects which appeared to me essentially required and called for, and some of which I was obliged to abandon from th e o p pos iti on o f one o r o th er o f suc h disjointed ruling body, and such opposition, in some instances, springing from parties having no real knowledge on the professional matters under con sideration, but objecting to them in consequence of something that may h ave b een said to thorn by some irresponsible person out of doors. " Indeed, during my last scat at the Admiralty Board the annoyances I was subjected to from the last-mentioned causes kept me in a continual state of anxiety and difficulty, and required from me the strongest exertion or forbearance to enable me to remain in a situation so truly unsatisfactory to my view of efficient management of so important and multifarious a department, to advance which cordial union of decision must be urgently neces sary, rather than the existing cause of impediments from unworthy jealousies and debates. " The remedies I would recommend are _ "1. That th e Ad m i ra lty B oar d s hould be abo lished, and that the management of the navy should be transferred to a flag officer, as Naval Comman der-in-Chief, to be assisted by two naval officers, either as Vico and Rear Admirals of England, or as Council. That a leading member of Parliament be . appointed by the Government (to be in the Ca binet or not, as may be deemed best), to be styled Controller of Naval Expenditure,' to be in con stant and cordial 00-operation with the Naval Commander-in-Chief, to arrange with him the pro posed expenditure for each year, to be submitted to the Treasury for approval, the said civilian Con troller to be charged with submitting the yearly estimates to the House of Commons, and answering there all financial questions relating to the navy ; the said officer to have the patronage and control of all the clerks and others in the accountant and in the store departments ; all other appointments, as well is the dockyards as at Somerset house and elsewhere attaching to the naval administration, to rest with the Naval Commander-in-Chief, whose directions, relative to the number of ships to bo built, or repaired, or fitted for service, and the quantity of stores required, should be deemed sufficient for the Controller of Naval Expendi ture to provide for the payment thereof, though he is to be at liberty to make any observation he may deem necessary thereon to thn Com mander-in-Chief ; and, in the event of any irreooncileable difference of opinion upon any such or other points between the said two high officers, the matter or matters at issue between them to be referred t o th e Fi rs t L or d of the Treasury for his decision, which must, of course, be adopted. "So mu c h o f th e accoun t a nt detail being re moved from the Admiralty branch, the Naval Commander-in• Chief and his two councillors, or assistants, will be more at liberty to give full at tention to the more professional objects of main taining and improving the efficiency and discipline of our fleets, as also the efficiency and works of the dockyards ; though, as regards the latter, I would recommend the appointment of a flag officer under the Admi ra lt y , t o b o con tinually visiting the yards in succession, to insure uniformity of p ractice and working in all, with such a general superintending officer under the Admiralty, and a scientific board of construction, as lately established, to advise and offer suggestions on all points relating to shipbuild ing. This would, in my opinion, form a most effi cient and satisfactory working system ; and of course the appointment of Surveyor of the Navy' (the objections to such an officer, whether himself a shipbuilder or not, have been often experienced) would be entirely abolished. " The Naval Commander-in -Chief and his two councillors may or may not he in Parliament, as deemed best by the Government; but lam of opinion they (especially the former) should not be in Par liament, to render it unnecessary to change the governing system of our navy with every change of Ministers, r; hick k ee p s the naval service in a con stant state of unsteadiness and uncertainty, very detrimental to its complete and unvarying effi ciency —an evil which would be remedied by the Commander-in-Chief and his colle a g ues being re lieved from all political character. "In the foregoing observations I have mentioned the two assistants to the proposed Naval Coin mander-in-Chief in union with him, but, although hee ° i l l c e on the various l havethebenefit points o ftheir advice and ex_ p under his control and management, it is to be clearly understood that he alone will be responsible for whatever is done by his authority, dad all orders and directions LAW L.V TELLIG tram. 31. signed by him alone are to be deemed complete, and to be obeyed as such by all subject to his con trol. But he may, if he think proper, authorise the members of his council to sign conjointly such documents as he may not deem necessary to be signed by himself ; and, after he shall have offi cially notified his authority to such effect, all such directions, signed by the members of his council, to the extent so authorised, are to be deemed of full force, and to be obeyed accordingly. " The principal objection I have heard advanced to placing a naval officer at the head of the naval service, is that lie would be likely to show undue favour to those of the profession who had served with him ; but I see no reason why this should be the case more with the navy than with the army, and such has not been found a sufficient objection as regards the Commander-in-Chief of the army. And even supposing, for the sake of argument, such favourable feelings towards any particular officers to be entertained by a Commander-in-Chief, it can only be supposed to arise from such favoured offi cers having given him full proof of their zeal and abilities while serving with him ; and, admitting such an impression to have, therefore, any reason able foundation, it would have a tendency to render officers in general when on active service anxious to secure by their attention and zealous conduct the good opinion and future protective friendship of their superior officers, and might, therefore, have a generally beneficial result rather than otherwise. My conviction, however, is, that a naval officer, placed in the high and honourable post of Com mander-in-Chief of the Navy, wouldevinee as much real impartiality as any other individual of any other class or rank whatever. CHANCERY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart.) SCIIWINGE V. TRH LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. The plaintiff in this suit is the occupier of warehouses, a boiling-house, a yard, and premises, constituting to gether his manufactory, at No. 1, Christian-street, on the line of the above railway, over which one of the arches of the railway passes. The plaintiff by his bill sought to restrain the company from summoning a jury to ascertain the amount of the purchase-money of his premises, proposed to b© taken by the railway company, or the damages to be occasioned thereby ; and also from issuing their warrant to the sheriff to summon such jury, and from taking any proceedings at law in respect of the premises ; and also from entering into or taking posses sion of, or from constructing any covering over his manu factory. It appeared that the railway company, being de sirous to widen their railway, obtained powers to do so by a special act some years since, and by subsequent acts their powers to take lands, compulsorily, for the pur pose' were extended u n til th e 27th o f J u ly, 1853, a ft er which time they were not to be exercised. On the 30th of June, 1853, the defendants served ea the plaintiff the usual notice to take a small part of the yard, part of the manufactory, and, as an easement, to widen their arch across the yard of the manufactory. The plaintiff, on the 11th of July, 1853, under a provision in the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, gave notice to the defendants that he declined to let them take the part they wished, but offered to sell them the whole of the, premises con stituting his manufactory. Although the compulsory powers of the company cowed on the 27th of that month, the company did nothing on this notice until -the 9th of Sept. 1854, when they proposed to go t o a j ury to assess the value of the plaintiff's premises ; upon which the plaintiff insisted that the compulsory powers of the company were gone. On the 2d of Nov., 1854, the company gave the plaintiff notice of their intention to proceed to procure a jury to be summoned to assess the value of the plaintiff's premises. This bill was filed on the 7th of that month to restrain such proceed ing. An undertaking was shortly afterwards given by the defendants to do nothing until the motion for an in junction, which stood over, should be decided. "The only other objection that has been advanced against placing a naval officer at the head of the navy is, that a naval officer is Rot likely, from his earlier habits and education, to be efficient for the many other than naval matters continually under consideration of the Cabinet ; my answer to which is, that ho need not be in the Cabinet any more than the Commander-in-Chief of the army, though I firmly believe very many . superior naval officers would prove as efficient Cabinet Ministers as many of those gentlemen I have known there during my connection with government business." Mr. Malins and Mr. Steere, for the plaintiff, now brought on the motion, and admitted that the notice of the 30th of June, 1853, was a good notice; but they submitted that the plaintiff's notice, requiring the com pany to take the whole manufactory, put the company to the necessity of giving a fresh notice, bin•Jing the company to take the whole manufactory as a prelimi nary to the exercise of any compulsory powers, because if they did not do so they were not bound to tike the whale, and the non-existence of such a notice was fatal to the validity of the subsequent proceedings, which, according to the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, im plied the existence of such a document. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Green, for the company, submitted that the plaintiff was entitled to no injunction, on the ground, mainly, that the company's first notice being admitted to be good, the plaintiff's counter notice must be held to be impnrted into that notice, and the two formed an anialgainaael notice ; and that being so, all the subsequent proceedings were regular ; and they sub mitted that the case was decided in principle by " Pin chin v. the London and Blackwell Railway Company," reported Ist Kay and Johnson, p. 34. After a very lengthend argument, The Vice-Chancellor, a`ter recapitulating the case, said that upon the whole it appeared to him that there bad been an assent by the company to take the whole manu factory, according to the notice of the plaintiff, and that all that remained to be done was to take proceedings to assess the value, which the company were proceeding to take. He thought the company were not too late in expressing their assent to take the whole manufactory, awl he mast refuse the motion. The court did not rise until after six o'clock, although this is tho last day of term. His Honour will sit to-mor row to dispose of a part-heard cause—Tichner ♦. Smith. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.) HILL V. TIM SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND OTHERS. This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the railway company, and the other defendants, who were the owners and crew of a vessel called the Eliza, from prosecuting certain actions which had been commenced in the Admiralty Court, and to restrain them from com mencing any other actions in that or any other court against the plaintiff, the owner of the vessel called the Clara, in respect of any damage or less occasioned by a collision between the two vessels. The facts as stated in the bill were that the Clara was a brig of 192 tons, and loft Woolwich, in ballast, in September last, with a crew consisting of a master and seven men. In the night of the 23d of September she came into collision, near the Gun-fleet Light, with a schooner called the Eliza, which was laden with iron. The result of the collision was, that the schooner and her cargo were totally lost, the wife and two children of the master were drowned, part of his private effects was lost, some personal injury was also suffered by himself, and several of the crew were lost. The value of the brig Clara at the time of the col lision was stated at 1,2501. On the 30th of last Septem ber the owners of the Eliza commenced an action in the Admiralty Court, on behalf of themselves and the rest of the crew, against the plaintiff, in a cause civil and maritime, for the purpose of recoverin g front the plaintiff the value of the Eliza, and of the effects of the master and crew. The Clara was seized under a war ' rant from the Admiralty Court in that action, but was released on bail being put in. The allegation upon which the action was founded was, that the collision was caused by the improper navigation of the Clara, but this the plaintiff did not admit. The bill then alleged that the plaintiff apprehended that claims would be made seeking to cast upon him liability in respect of the lives lost, and the personal injury to the master, and that the railway company had commenced an action in the Court of Ad miralty, in respect of the alleged liability of the plaintiff in respect of the loss of the iron. These liabilities the plaintiff expressly stated that he did not admit. The plaintiff then alleged that he was desirous of having the amount of his liability, if any, determined by the Court of Chancery, and to have such amount, if any, distri buted rateably among the several claimants who had made, and should within such reasonable time as the court should direct, make and establish any claim in re spect of such liability. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Martindale, in support of the mo tion, relied upon the 17 and 18 Vic., c. 104 (the Mer chant Shipping Act), part 9, sections 504 and 514, by which (sec. 504) it was enacted that no owner of any sea-going ship, or of any share therein, should be answer able in damages to an extent beyond the value of the ship and freight due or growing due during the voyage, in cases where any of the following events occurred without his actual privity or fault—viz., firstly, where any loss of life or personal injury was caused to any per son carried on such ship ; second!), where any damage or loss 'was caused to any goods, merchandise, or any other thing whatsoever on board such ship ; thirdly, where any loss of life or personal injury was, by reason of the improper navigation of. such sea-going ship, caused to any person carried on beard any other ship or boat ; fourthly, where any loss or damage was, by reason of such improper navigation, caused to any other ship or boat, or to any geeds, merchandise, or other things whatsoever on board any other ship or boat, with a proviso that in cases of injury to passengers the value of the ship should in no case be taken to be loss than 151. per registered ton, and that (sec. 514) where any liability had been, or was alleged to have been, in curred by any owner in respect of loss of life, personal injury, or loss of, or damage to ships, boats, or goods, and several claims were reads, or apprehended, in re spect of such liability, then (subject to the right of the Board of Trade thereinbefove given) it should be lawful for the Court of Chancery in England or Ireland, and the Court of Session in Scotland, and in any British possession, for any competent court to entertain pro ceedings at the suit of any owner for the purpose of determining the amount of such liability, subject as thereinbefore mentioned, and for the distribution of such amount rateably amongst the several claimants, with power for any such court to step all actions and suits pending in any other court in relation to the Fame sub ject matter, and any proceeding entertained by such court might be conducted in such manner, and subject to such regulations as to making any persons interested parties to the same, and as to the exclusion of any claim ants who did not come in within a certain time, and as requiring security from the owner, and as to the judg ment of costs as the court should think fit. Mr. Willcock, on behalf of the defendants, contended that the act did not give any jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery, except in cases in which the party admitted his liability, and where, consequently, the only question for the court to decide was the distribution of the fund among the several claimants. The Tice-Chancellor said that the question raised was an important one in respect to the construction of the Act of Parliament. The object was to protect ship owners in cases of any unfortunate liability, and gave a limit to the liability in such eases; and the amount for which the owner became liable in such cases then became a common fund to answer all liabilities ; and it would be manifestly unjust to allow one person to come in and swallow up the whole of that amount, or, on the other hand, to allow the owner who admitted his liability to be harassed by actions. The pro ceeding was in the nature of an interpleader bill, where the party admits his liability and brings the fund into court. The section in the new act was in some respects wider in its terms than the old act of George 111. ; but it never could have been the intention of the Legisla ture that all the machinery mentioned in the act should be set in motion and all the proceedings taken, when after all it might be found that the whole thing was about nothing.; The argument rested upon the introduc tion of the words " where any liability was alleged to have been incurred," but those words might be explained without putting the cumtruntion contended for by the plaintiff upon them. As the plaintiff, therefore, did not admit any liability at all, that qmeetion must be tried and decided in the proper court, and the present motion must be refesed with cost. 4 ,ls ' of DIED. MO 5 Aer On the 3d ult , on bo Ira ship in the " 5 1 .- , oef," - klava, of typhus fever, William Abbot A1 10 % 8 ,017 41st Regiment, third son of Lieut.-Colonel -"."" 0' son, Fort Amherst, Chatham. On the 18th December. at Bombay, CsP tliii th°9llo Butler, of H.M. 86th Regt., commanding,,„ • Sanitary Station at Poorunhur, second of General the Hon. H. E. Butler, and broth e os li porde Captains Butler who fell at Silistria and I ,, n „,. k foriP Pei On the 29th ult., at Doddiscombsleigh -L l rtotP_A F„,le the Rev. James Buckingham, late of 8er" 13 ,7, AGO' the Vicarage of which he hold nearly 50 Ye al ' - ' f 0 - On the 25th ult., W. W. Deacon, Esq" Devon, aged 32. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills incomparable remedies for Bad Leg'.—Mr. Shackell, Butcher, -of Old Brentford, was afflicted for a long time with three] wounds in his legs, which rendered him totally unable to attend to his usual avocations ; in fact, I his leg was so bad that it defied all medical skill to I effect a cure. Ile then made use of Holloway's Oint ment and Pills, paying evcry attention to the instrue- 11 1;l tions give n w ith th e me di c i nes , an d the result was, after ...r0 lei PPr'evo-q 4 wr with f sl:••tr. t':n r() t; Las :„ • .I.j I,orDov • •.; ; of fice, best of health.—Sold by all Vendors of Medicine, and of Ne. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sim 0 0 0° lr at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, I Strand, in the Precast of the Navvy, i ll London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York, Xiddlemta, Thttriday, Folguary.l, 1856., (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENIN G.) The SPEAKNII took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock• PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed, viz.:—Birmingham Gas : Brighton Improvement Commissioners and Municipal Coroporation ; Bristol and Exeter Railway ; Lands Im provement Company ; Liverpool Docks ; Monmouth shire Railway and Canal ; Oldham Gas and Water ; South Eastern Railway (Capital) ; Swansea Docks ; Ulster Railway. PACKAGES FOR THE TROOPS IN THE CRIMEA. In reply to Mr. A. STAFFORD, Mr. COWPER stated that the Admiralty had given instructions to the authorities of the Dockyards of Deptford, Portsmouth, and Plymouth to receive all packages directed by private individuals to any officer or person in her Majesty's service either at Scutari, the Crimea, or Constantinople, and to forward tkem as occasion might offer, by vessels going out laden with Government stores. Separate bills of lading were made out for suck private packages, but the means of transmitting them to Balaklava were limit ed, though not to Constantinople or Smyrna. (Hear.) NOTICES OF MOTION. Sir J. PAKINGTON postponed his motion on the subject of Education until this day fortnight. Mr. L. KING postponed his motion relative to real property until this day fortnight. Mr. H. ADAIR postponed his motion relative to the progress of the war until this day fortnight. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Lord PALMERSTON rose at half-past four o'clock, i a full house, when most of the leading members on both sides were present, and said—Sir, I rise to make in a formal manner that communication to the house which of course conveys noinformation, and which would have been made on Tuesday if it had not keen for the accidental circumstance that the House of Lords had already been adjourned. (Hear, hear.) I mean that I have to state that in consequence of what passed in this house on Monday night, her Majesty's Government felt it to be their duty to tender to her Majesty the resigna tion of their offices, and that resignation having been graciously accepted, we now hold office for the transac tion of public business until our successors are appointed. (Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances the house will naturally feel that it would be inconvenient to proceed with the dispatch of any public busi ness, and I shall, therefore, propose that this house should, at its rising, adjourn until to-morrow. My reason for not proposing a longer adjournment which would, under the circumstances, perhaps, have been the mere natural, is that I understand from you, sir, that the hon. and gallant member for Westminster, who is to receive the thanks of this house for his gallant conduct in the Crimea, has announced to the Speaker that he will take his seat to-morrow evening. (Loud cheers.) lam sure I should be doing violence to the feelings of the house if I proposed an adjournment that would deprive them of the earliest opportunity of con veying to that hon. and gallant member the sense of feel ing which they entertain of his brilliant and distinguished s ervices- (Loud cheers.) There is also a bill which my right hon. friend the Secretary for the Colonial De partment introduced a few days ago, for carrying into effect the treaty concluded with the United States. If there should be no opposition on the part of any hon. member to the ;second reading of that bill, it would be for the convenience of the public service, as well as tend to promote the interest of the country, if the house would allow that bill to proceed a stage to-morrow With th ese except i ons I hope the house will understand. that in proposing that we should meet to-morrow, it is si mp l y f or the purpose I have mentioned,. (fienr, hear.) In the present state of affairs, lam sure the hence will feel that any other business ought not to be mad e a su bj ect of debate. (Hear, hear.) I therefore move that this house at its rising do adjourn until to-morrow. The SPEAKER intimated that there was no necet- Icity to make such a motion, as the house would adjourn lat its rising as a matter of course u n til to-morrow. BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES. Mr. KEATING asked leave to bring in a bill to faci- litate the remedies upon bills of exchange and promissory btyl this c simp t le adaptatioln of the no tes, by which he might, oun ry, accomp ish the procedure no sy in force in desired object. Leave was given to bring in the bill. IRISH POOR LAW INSPECTORS. BRADI as to 7. In reply to a question fr om 3 whether there was any truth i n a statement which ie- VIA MARSEILLES. Not exceeding oz. in weight—British 6d., foreign 5d., total EA. Exceeding oz. and not exceeding oz.—British 6d., foreign 10d., total is. 4d. Exceeding oz. and not exceeding oz.—British ls., foreign is. 3d., total 2s. 3d. Exceeding oz. and not exceeding 1 oz.—British is., foreign ls. Bd., total 2s. Bd. Exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding 14 oz.—British 25., foreign 2s. ld., total 4e. Id. Newspapers, 3d. each. VIA SOUTHAMPTON. Not exceeding i oz., 6d. Exceeding . 1 oz., and not exceeding 1 oz., Is. Exceeding 1 oz., and not exceeding 2 oz., 2s. Exceeding 2 oz., an not exceeding 3 oz., 3s. Exceeding 3 oz., and not exceeding 4 oz., ss. Newspaper', tree. Letters intended to he sent via Southampton must be so addressed. Envy-LA/in HILL, Secretary. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING, Menca 22. ACCEPTANCES for the GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. Two miles and a quarter. (81 subs., 35 of whom pay 5 sow. each.) The highest weight accepting being Est 51b, it has been. raised to Bst 71b, a►nd the rest in proportion. Age Ft lb Talfourel 5 8 7 Joe Miller Epaminondas 4 8 1 Wild Huntsman 4 7 12 Mincemeat 4 7 12 Wink field La Belle 5 7 9 Royalist 4 7 8 Kaffir 4 7 8 , Dr. O'Toole Neville Mishap Postulant 5 7 0 4 6 13 The Exile 4 7 0 Hu x n i ffi le n of Erin 4 6 12 Seducer The Yore Saraband Rodo-nieli Pharsalua Billingbarn 4 6 4 Lincoln's Inn 4 6 4 Fandango Age et lb Remus Corcebus Saucebox Brinklow High Priest Vandal Palette Cloud 3 5 9 Chisel 3 5 7 Joshua Vandyke (Mr. Nunn's) Cossey Sis. to Singapore 3 5 4 Lancewood 3 5 4 Kettleby 3 5 4 Noisy Redlands Pantheon Steelyard Matilda 3 4 4 Imogene 3 4 2 Homily 3 4 2 ACCEPTANCES for the CITY Last mile and a quarter (S 6 suits., 40 of whom pay AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. of the New Derby Course. 5 sovs. each.) Age st lb Tho Nabob 6 9 5 Scherz Vindex Marsyas Grand Inquisitor 4 8 0 Frantic Wild Huntsman 4 7 10 Epaminoadas Humboldt Eulogist 5 7 5 Ladybird Ireland's Eye 5 7 4 Snaresbrook Pharos Hercules 4 7 1 Quince Mr. Sykes 5 6 13 Boer Saraband Little Gerrard Testy The Yore The Exile of Erin 4 6 101 Age st lb Reinus Robin Hood Seducer Billingbam 4 6 4 Rambling Katie 3 6 2 Mary Dr. Cooke 3 6 0 Topsy 4 5 12 Antoinette 3 5 10 Pollard Doke of Lancaster 4 5 9 'General Piston Herald Noisy 3 5 7 The Rajah 3 5 7 Sir. to Singapore 3 5 6 Plausible Moonshine 5 5 4 `Fanny Fern Velvet Imogene Hoddans 3 4 9 Homily Wolverhampton Steeplechases are postponed until Monday next, the stis inst. Should the weather render further postponement necessary, the meeting will take place on the first succeeding Monday on which the wea ther may prove favourable. A picture of the greatest possible interest has just been added to the Wellington Room a►t Madame Tus raud's establishment. This picture represents the Duke of Wellington viewing the wax effigy of the Emperor Napoleon as he appeared on his death-bed at St. He lena.. The duke appears slightly bending over the sup posed remains, with his at off, as he actually stood when viewing the mighty dead. The figure of his grace is full of interest, and is, we understand, the last por trait the duke sat for—a voluntary offer on his part to the artist, Sir George Hayter, when hearing the subject on which Sir George was employed, a subject so inte resting in a historical point as portraits of the two greatest generals of the age. As a picture, the execu tion and colouring are admirable ; many of the details are full of interest—as that of the broken staff of the standard, surmounted by the eagle, the favourite badge of Napoleon, tells a tale of woe, and such a sure type of his desolate death on the rock of the ocean ; yet, won derful to relate, has left a scion of his house who has risen like a Phcenix from his ashes to astonish tho world. This picture has lately been engraved by Mr. J. Scott for the eminent printsellers in Pall-Mall, Messrs. Graves and Co. GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY._Traffic return for the .............................................. 1 : 1 1 1 7 4 7 : :3:32 ; 41 9 3 1 57 1 we e week Correspondingeudi n g Jan. w 0 e 2 k 1, l a l s B t s y s e . . a . .... LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAI LWAY. —Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 28, Corresponding week last year. 17,435 15 4 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 28, 1855 £3,810 8 11 Corresponding week last year 3,857 0 Incrust) in 1855.. tt £4 11 10 DEATHS AT SCUTARI, the. Since the date of the last letter the following is the nominal return of deaths in hospital reported at the Commandant's-office by the medical autho rities : Sergeant Wm. Carroll, Ambulance Corp , s, Jan. 14 Sergeant ThornaA Cavan, 88th Regt., ditto, Jan- 16 Sergeant James Neil, 38th Regt.,, febris, Jan. 15 Corporal John Mathews, Scots _Fusilier Guards, ditto, Jan. 11. Corporal James M'Gee, 30th Regt., gelatio, Jan. 13 Corporal Henry Warren, 4th Regt., Jan. 16 Corporal George Taykr, 17th Lancers, diarrhcea, Jan. 16 PRIVATES. David Jackson, 4th Regt., diarr., Jan. 13 Patrick Hughey, ditto, ditto, Jan. 13 John Doe, ditto, ditto, Jan. 11 John Brown, ditto, fehris inter. Jan. 9 Alfred Holden, 2d Batt. Rifle Brigade, cholera, Jan. 10 Patrick Hennessey, 4th Regt., febris rem., Jan. 14 Wm. Potter, 30th Regt., vulnus, Jan. 14 Alex. Wells, 30th Regt., diarr., Jan. 14 Leonard Hiliters, 21st Regt., dysentery, Jan. 14 W. Sandere, 50th Rcgt., ditto, Jan. 15 Wm. Carroll, Royal Art., Jan. 14 Wm. Robbins, 28th Regt., febris, Jan. 14 Daniel Robinson, 41st Regt., diarr., Jan. 14 James George, Ist Batt. Rio Briga Is, Jan. 14 Win. Grady, 53d Regt., Jan. 14 Chapwell, Royal Art., .Tan. 14 Win. Baston, 46th Regt., Jan. 14 0. Bisfoot, 21st Regt., Jan. 15 Alex. M`Nab, 17th Lancers, diarr., Jan. 14 John Brent, Royal Art., dysentery, Jan 14 Frederick Dodge, Royat. Art., diarr., Jan. 14 Robert Baldwin, Royal Art., ditto, Jan. 14 George Mackie, Scuts Fusilier Guards, ditto, Jan. 14 Robert Blair, let Foot, ditto, Jan. 14 John Goodall, 7th Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 James Stoddart, 7th Regt., febris, Jan 14 John Gaunt, 7th Regt., diarrhoea, Jan. 14 John Lemon, 20th Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 Henry Hoddinott, 20th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 14 Charles Conuor, 28th Regt., diarrhoea, Jan. 14 John Cooney, 30th Rcgt., ditto, Jan. 14 John Chuppeil, 33d Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 William Morton, 33d Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 Hugh M`Mullen, 41st Regt., gelatio, Jan. 14 Robert Brennan, 44th Regt., febris, Jan. 14 Richard Emery, 46th Regt., diarrhoea, Jan. 14 George Woolnat, 50th Riga, vulnus, Jan. 14 Patrick M'Keon, 77th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 14 Alfred Watson, 77th Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 George Mille, 79th Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 Edward Warley, let Bat*. Rifle Brigade, diarrhcen, Jan. 14 James Bates, 2d Batt. Rifle Brigade, dysentery, Jaw. 14 ' Wm. Blissett, Coldatream Gds, •elnas, Jan. 15 Daniel James, 234 Regt., dysentery, Jan. 15 Henry Cowley, 50th Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 William Woodgate, 50th Regt., Jan. 15 J. Smith, Scots Fusilier Gds , dysentery, Jan. 15 James Radford, Ist Royal Dragoons, diarr., Jan.ls Wm. Lane, Scots Fusilier Gds, ditto, Jan. 16 Simeon Share, 47th Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 William Norman, Coldstream Gds., gelatio, Jan. 16 Thomas Abbot, Royal Art., diarr., Jan. 15 Robert Lamb, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15. James Gell, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15 John Davis, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15 T. William, Grenadier Guards, dysentery, Jan. 15 Patrick Cooper, 7th Regt.. diarrhoea, Jan. 15 Thomas Williams, DUI Regt., rheum., Jan. 15 Ezrah Niohols, ditto, dysentery, Jan. 15 William Ashpool, ditto, diarr., Jan. 15 Edwin Kelly, 20th.Regt., febris, Jan. 15 Joseph Fookes, 20th Regt., ciiarr., Jan. 15 Lawrence Sexton, 21st Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 Thomas Ashfield, 23d Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 John Fisher, 30th Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 Alexander M'Donald, 38th Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 James Hall, ditto, rheum., Jan. 15 Mark Hay, ditto, dysentery, Jan. 15 James Murray, 44th Regt., hepatitis, Jan. 15 Thomas Waynor, 46th Regt., diarr., Jan. 15 John Parker, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15 Daniel Wall, ditto, febris, Jan. 15 William Hixon, 49th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 15 James Fletcher, 62d Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 John Pennegar, 63d Regt., diarr., Jan. 15 Jahn Logan, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15 John Begley, 77th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 15 NVilliarn Gaynor, 79th Regt., diarr., Jan. 15 Henry Martin, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, diarr., Jan. 15 John Body, ditto, dysentery, Jan. 15 George Heeketh, Sappers arid Miners, ditto, Jan.ls John Bambara, 7th Regt., diarr., Jan. 16 Thomas Summer, let Royal Dragoons, diarr.,Jan.l6 George Thompson, let Foot, ditto, Jan. 16 John Mulligan, 28th Regt., Jan. 15 Robert Jeakius, 27th Lancers, synocha, Jan. 17 Henry .Abraham, 88th Regt., febris, Jan. 16 James Sharp, 97th Regt., diarrhoea, Jan. 16 P. Morris, 28th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 17 Edwin Greeves, Coldstream Gda, fabric, Jan. 17 Geo. Maitley, Scots Fus. Gds., dysentery, Jan. 16 Daniel Moriarty, 4th Regi., fabric, Jan. 16 Michael Hallahan, 9th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 16 Patrick Bohan, ditto, ditto, Jan. 16 'William Shine, 21st Regt., ditto, Jan. 10 Andrew Hamilton, ditto, ch. rheum., Jan. 16 Edward Pierce, ditto, diarrhoea, Jan. 16. John Ingram, 28th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 16 Michael M'Carthy, ditto, diarrhoea, Jan. 16 Chris. Robinson, 41st Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 William Rawson, 44th Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 John Lackery, 46th Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 Richard Sherwood, ditto, ditto, Jan. 16 Hugh Cappell, ditto, amputation, .Tan. 16 Bartho. Collins, 50th Regt., diaithosa, Jan. 16 William Craig, 55th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 16 Peter Daist, 45th Regt., rheum., Jan. 16 James Crook, 63d Regt., diarrhoea, Jan. 16 Jos. Reid, 2d bat. Rifle Brigade, dysentery, Jan. 16 Henry Fitzpatrick, Ambu. Corps, febris, Jan. 16 DEATHS ON BOARD IRE COLOMBO. Sergeant D. Freeman, 41st Regt., Jan 14 PRIVATES. J. Bridger, 6th Dragoons, Jan. 10 P. Watts, 2d Dragoons, Jan. 10 J. M'Gee, Royal Art. Jan. 12 J. Smith, 2d Dragoons, Jan. 13 M. Jones, 2d Dragoons, Jan. 13 T. Burnes, Ist Foot, Jan. 10 C. Walker, 62d Regt., Jan. 14 R. Brown, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. 14 G. Henry, 97th, Jan. 15 J. Cox, Grenadier Guards, Jan. 15 J. Kane, 6th Dragoons, Jan. 15 T. Tate, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. 15 H. Clarke, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. 15 W. Weymouth, Coldstream Guards, Jan, 15 W. White, 6th Dragoons, Jan. 16 G. Walls, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. 16 J. White, 2d Dragoons, Jan. 16 W. Pattison, 2d Dragoons, Jan. 16 J. Shorter, no regiment given, Jan. 17 Allen, ditto, Jan. 17 RRTURN OF DEATHS ON BOARD TUB THAMES, ON PAS- SAGE FROM THE CRIMEA. PRIVATES. John Buchanan, 47th Regt., Jan. 9 Peter Johnston, 42d Regt., Jan. 11 Samuel Ganes, 49th Regt., Jan. 14 Thomas Jones, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. 11 John Davidson, Ist Batt. Rifle Brigade, Jan. 10 Wm. Morris, 19th Regt., Jan. 8 John Savory, Royal Art., Jan 9 William Jackson, 55th R-gt., Jan. 9 Edward Cooper, 49th Regt., Jan. 7 Chas. Leamington, Scots Fusilier Gde., Jan. 11 Alfred Caldecott, 97th Regt., Jan. 13 Char. Winston, 9th Regt., Jan. 13 Robert Myers, Scots Fusilier Gds., Jan. 13 Samuel Whit e , I s t B a tt. Rifle Brigade, Jan. 13 J. Rolfe, Royal Marines, Jan. 7 Richard Wilk, Royal Marines, Jan. 8 William Bullock, Royal Marines, Jan. 7 John Newell, 23d Regt., Jan. 5. John GrAoe, 234 Regt., Jan. 5 _ i ; AUSTRALIA.N LAND AND %Li COMPANIES. The subjoined communications have been from Australian land and mining companies C OLONIA L GOLD. c o. The company have received advices by the from New South Wales, dated the 27th of days later than those received p e r the Grea t The mining reports advise that at Louisa ( provement in the produce of quartz contint system of sorting has been adopted, althou found to be poor towards the south. On uf scarcity of colonial labour the alluvial eP' not . inereesed, hut it was intended to ram' gine to a more convenient position, and pump water to s.'pply half a dozen toms, larger quantity of stuff would be got 0' Tambaroora the work,e had progressed could be anticipated ; the large dam sere pleted, the engineers and carpenters fast with the machinery for the stator for calcining were being built, and it was stamping operations would be commenced' turn of the year. Captain Paull remark:, change in the Royal Vein worthy of reraur" continue to raise quartz, which appears t _o ~.f f o e . , same. We have discovered a quantity of SW O y surface towards the creek, some of which io / or. As the shaft going down proved rather eVellostri ground being hard, I put the miners to stoe it, 11 . K piece of ground between it and the old 0 40 proves to lee first-rate stuff, and the vein ie PEEL RrrEE. ' Biforel! In the memorandum given by the roe l esfe•O ob and Mineral Company yesterday even• ; n g 0 , -° l4 been added that Captain Price, tbe *P e e r i e Cordillera Company, had refused to deli/ail:A sion of the land leased by that compa.lff ae c iekot e i have done, on the 18th of September last, hold the same until the 19th of Decenabor, KAPUNDA. ' 4llsll' ll# th The Kapunda Mining Company of So u fo bd/ have received advices to the 24th of f'f bo - er eiyif their agents, stating that the supply of s a 010 1 mines was largely on the increase, and tbov , o bat o t advices in September the number of tribute ef,r-,e, nearly doubled, while in other descriptiaooo7o9. there was an almost abundant supPlf,tlo4,,,,,,eftri the disposition to leave for the gold fie t+ tte siderably , abated, if not entirely given 'looeteriel tain s report accompanying these general khe V scribes all the lodes and workings in LAa'• g . 0 A highly satisfactory, the tribute pitches taken at the captain's prices, and the quitutwl,,,ao Lna ili of ore raised highly encouraging, some br, go v- 10 0 42 per cent., the average of the working° per cent. of pure copper. Upwards of 0, " t be f ill quality has just been shipped to England of b ottl - A and John Huliett, and 150 tons more wer e i the,,no shipped in another vessel. During the ti ulel t be r l' operations were so seriously checked 1 1,tey labour these mines bad been kept clear of "" a state of readiness for the resumption of WO miners could be obtained. ja iff i ADELAIDE LAND AND GOLD. 1,0 7 ' t M The Adelaide Land and Gold Compaq: A ep despatches from the committee at Adelsl"-ffeiriAr, 24th of November last, at which date the orrof company were progressing favourably ; land had been purchased at a cost of 51 ,7 or been sold at a price to yield a profit of 21 74 ' ' had been leased to tenants. t" The result of the ballot at the meeting ())- quita, Mining Cdmpany to-day has been 3 /511 %, in favour of the proposal for issuing debeuttire IRISH AND SCOTCH B The returns of circulation of the Irish, of banks for the four weeks ending the O u on g her, when added together, give the follo o o average weekly circulation of these bank° past month, viz.:— g 6, sitej Average circulation of the Irish banks ......... Average circulation of the Scotch banks ...... Average circulation during pas t m onth t he On comparing the above with the fixe d 11;6 :0 04 .v several banks, as given in the Banking A la tiOS. following appears to be the state of the circa' 0610 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ••• Ip d t The Scotch banks tiro above their fixed issue... dr , o v e Total above the fixed issue ................. oto The amounts of gold and silver. held 14 0 ' 0 00 1 offices of the several banks during the Pas t 40 been as fellows : OP, x-teipl /1 1, Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ........ _/at Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks••••• / A ir Or Of , Total of gold and silver held .................. of t y lv The above statements complete the r etur o , for culation in England, Scotland, an d Irs ll °` .00 ii month ending the 23d of December. . 0 010. til e There is an increase of 980,267/• in the sir ,„ :; ;S eo j f 1 051 Iv' if Rotes in England, and a decrease °- -' wh e n ' oill6 circulation of the United niCrgdraisioverrtet. v with the month ending the - --11 ° . o . rip . al.e d d o l e v r i e t:h o o f i m s o 6 n 4 tb , the 24th of 7 • o r; in Donna. suet .'. ' ' of 1 091 PI lt u' culation of the United Kin d ' ' g om. t , b , lnai4 The average stock of bullion held bi,„ O ntb en ct , 3icli.i% the England in both departments during the 0 0 J O the 23d of December was 14,010,362/, 101°.„000tht ;0 0 of 433,0121. as compared with the previeug 'r ti btbi decrease of 1,413,6781. when compared ly " irio period last year. t I) so d 0 1 The stock of specie held by the Sc ° , -6 f De °1 00; banks during the month ending the 23"0°6/. was 3,861,5911., being an increase of 6 7, " -. 00 11 1 71 pared with the previous return, and I ' ll .o l. % 334,2011. when compared with the correopo last year. ____........-.1.1 COUNTRY MA.I?KiCT S ' 01. S G EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET toli,P There were in the market to-day, 18 sacks. °l 2,o weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus 0 at 01. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Os. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW i" At ' A ' S JAN. 30. criV There was a large supply of straw of all des o f? the market. The prices to-day were as f°ll r ig oi Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s Od per keinlV 6clt,d , tron ; wheat do., 7s Gd to 8s Gd ; barley do.. u s et 0- Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od P La I o'4 ARKET--J--- • a' I iP First. I Se e° oa 396 Od I 37s 0 4 A 27s Od •"*" .6 Od —s Od sOd / .1 —s Od —8 oa - DALKEITH MEAL Oatmeal, per sack of 2801134 imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN, JAN. 30, ovr, There was a moderate supply of all descriptl°,oloA grown grain to-day, and some considerable ar,"t ley from Scotland and Hamburg. Them orsl s ofiirii thing was exceedingly depressed, and a la r g - .00 1 0 samples remained unsold. In the small ba5104e.,,, occurred wheat was is to 2s, barley 6d to is4„lo l3 , t ir cheaper than on Friday. Nothing doing xn s to White wheat, 41s Od to 43s Od ; red ditt o, burl ,y, 16s Od to 20s Od ; oats, 15s Ed to 0.!,:g4 27s Od to 28s 6d per hrl ; oatmeal, 15s Od to lA', ocli" flour, 24s Od to 27s Od per ewt ; Indian corn, 5°- per 4801bs. COAL hiARKI Prices of Coal per ton at tl he close of the tarOet. s. Buddle W. Hartley l9 ti liasting's Hartley l9 0 Holywell... . . ... .. .. . 2 11 1: Howard's West art:ley_ a ° 0 waibeLlJae' Ll e tto n Lyons .„.) Haswell .............. South Hetton ..... Russell's Hetton••• Stewart's . ........ ........... Cas Bo P ............... Caradoc ....... •••"'.,0. Hartlepool ........ Frough Hall ..... " 0 0'1 Kelloe ............•.•• Trimdon ............ :„/0 South Kelloe ....... Teos ............. ..„/0 Whitworth ......... /0 South Durham•••ii:f9 Waimey'e Antlirse Netherton 19 e Tanfiold Moor l7 0 Tyne Mai& 17 0 Wylain 18 6 Witii•end. k Acorn Clore 22 6 Gosiorth . 21 6 Harton 2l 6 Heaton 2l 3 liodley 2l 3 Wharneliffe 2l 6 Eden Main 23 6 Braddyll 22 3 11111 COri 4 5 ,1 A CO 1 4 , Y IL 4„. >.,4 ^~tor tP . 6 7e a t are: Sql the 4 t su (4) A Y. Its cis knit, ,(I) A ifk in teru ne, 1 : 1411 4 - 3, 1* ;° 1 131 4 'app re 4 t„ t m 1. l II_ 4 lte rk tno ezu 4 081; g r e . l ge p 44 IN/t age, lite k o , 4 es, kt 44 ZIN kra ' 4l4 et 1 %4'44 k ok ti m • 44: October, 0 OD - at 13 1 its b) :o lONA • Cree k we 'WS tinci eo lila 14 1 0 0 411! 14rtil Igh the ' f t y " 4 E O E accooot 0 j tit Peratiooo th_ m to 03000 117, t4,itt;leier,et, I Ad 110,1,1 I 44, 4 el ' m s, so 0.- chi through. .0 a s raPIwJA OT TN Ontire,ll 0 SI°TICi‘; re g ettlj. 414,0 p ss we, 11 10144',14.Z egeCiftet? litti44,r viori t o $O OO fr ) 1. VI I° 2 ark* „i 24 ,4•.*, , 8! b , i:54 b,u,, .‘ 62 ` . for .„ The gt &le I I,lle 1 1 111 4 , 4c, •.. : ~e'~~~,T', l ' BIRTHS. OP • 110 N. i 00 On the 28th ult., at Kensington, the Wif e c'' if John Brerstes. if ils Or • DAUGHTER. i the On the 31st ulb., at 5, Connaught-place vrealv Charles J. Monk, Esq. CO MARRIED. tl l6 l On the 20th ult., at Walton-on-Thames,b Orr 1 Lnshington, M.A., William Oldham, Esq., to Thames, to Emily, fourth (laughter of the la well, Esq. 11 11 71 fir On the 30th ult., at Teddington, Capt. 3 0- , o f 15th Madras N. 1., to Maria, second daugh te ` e o t Thomas, Esq., of Teddingten. Joh fl 00 1 ". On the 30th ult., at St. James's, PiecadillY, est Esq., M.D. ' of Hertford-street, Mayfair, 7 0 1 0 clg e e , Sir Charles3l. Clarke, Bart. of Wiggington fordshire, to Helen, second daughter of goal Esq., of Cork-street.