The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ------...-- I TY. Two o'Ceoca The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was • steady, and closed at the full prices of Friday. The sales were 9,000 bales, 4,030 on speculation. • The Railway Share Market continued very firm, and the quotations of all leading stocks advanced. . Reports upon the state of commerce throughout the principal French markets for raw produce have • come to.hand. The markets for sugar are quiet, and prices have a downward tendency. At Havre foreign sugars have fallen a little. A sale of 486 cases of Havannah brought from 23f. 25c. to 41f. 75c. per 50 kilos. At Nantes and Bordeaux trans actions were almost suspender]. Accounts received from the Antilles to the close of December state that sugars were extremely scarce there, and quoted On the plantations at 29f. to 35f. per 50 kilos. In coffee the demand has been very animated, and prices are maintained. At Havre 5,100 sacks of Ceylon sold during the last fortnight brought from .115 f. to 118 f. per 50 kiloaramines ; 2,800 bags of Java 124 f. to 127 f., 300 bags of Rio Janeiro 54f. to 61f,, and 1,500 bags of Hayti 114 f. to 124 f. Trade at the Wino Halls has been gene . rally dull, but the holders of large stocks aro not . inclined to sell at a reduction. As Bordeaux good qualities of St. Vincent have sold at 572 f. per 912 litres, and inferior qualities of other brands at 350 f. St. Macaire, of 1853, has been in demand, end sold at 500 f. per 912 litres. Caliors, of the first quality, is 950 f., and inferior 700 f., but not much in re quest. White wines generally are Lower, but holders not inclined to sell. At Borey the spirit market is quiet, and the usual sales for Paris consumption are limited. At Bordeaux, Languedoc sells at 150 f., and common beet-root spirit at 113 f. In the discount market the demand for money Continues active and full rates are now current. The improved feeling in commercial circles engen dered by the prospects of an early peace has led to an extension of business, and the preparations Making for large transac ions as the spring edvances May have, in some measure, occasioned the increased inquiry for accommodation. About 200,000/ e of the gold brought by the Champion of the Seas from Australia is stated to have been sent into the Bank of England, and the remaining 300,000/. will probably he taken for the Continent. The latest advices from Melbourne Mentioned that several vessels would shortly leave for England, and the quantity of specie on board IS expected to be large. After the regular hours of business yesterday the English Funds were even more buoyant than they had previously been, and the highest quota tions, then current, were the opening values this luorning. Since then, however, the rressure for Money has been felt with much severity, and loans upon Consols have been taken at 7to 8 Per Cent., while the t‘.,contango" has ruled at about 4 per Cent. Consols for money after being 918 have slightly receded to 91i for the 7th proximo they have been 911, /, and since 91k, . The March quotations are about 911. The new 3 per Cents. have been 921 to and the Reduced 914 to 92. Bank Stock is 210 to 211, an advince of 1 per cent. ; and East India Stock has been done at 219/ 3 to 222. Exchequer Bills are 6s. 'to 25., and India Bonds 2s. discount. Foreign Securitiesaro mostly at enhanced values, and the dealings have been to a moderate extent. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen / 3 , being 92 to 924, and the 4 per Cents. are 102! , while for the amount they have touched 1031. Spanish 3 per Cents, are 42, and the New Deferred 22 to 231, which-is a slight improvement in both instances. Sardinian are firm at 881 to 89. Russian 5 per Cents. have advanced to 106, and the 4!- ; per Cents. to 92g. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are 48, Peruvian 4iperCents. 80, and the 3 per Cents. seq. Mexican Stock is higher, viz., 201 I. Brazilian New zik per Cents. are 92k, and Dutch 2k per Cents. 644. The following - are the nominal prices of Foreign Stooks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6:Z71; Mexican, 20 ai Peruvian, 80 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 57 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 101 104 ; ditto 0 per Cents., 91 93 .; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 42 ; ditto Deferred, 23 ; ditto Certificates, 64 ; ditto Passive, 51. Very little movement has occurred in the quota. dens of Railway Securities, and the highest rates of yesterday have generally been supported. Cale donian, - Great Northern, Great Western, Lanca- Shire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern, have all risen fully per share. The Foreign are dull, and the Colonial rule firm. Mining Shares are at nominal values ; the Banks are inactive, aad the few dealins recorded in the i niscellaneous market are at former rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES I'M?* the 06rtetat ~.,•,•,••• done. auk Stock ueut. Red :teed •92 13 ° Per Cent Consols Annnitie,, N. s 3 uer Cent. Annoitie, ...... 2 e, . I `jew 2i per Cent. Annuities ~1 - 40 n g Annuities, expire 'it/. .Tan. 1860 •. MUG ..4o Years, expire 10th Oct., 187,9_ 3} Ditto 3' Years, expire sth Jan , 1860 3f 5-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1835 l6 11-16 9-16 Witt Stock India Bonds, £lOllO . )itto, under V.OOO 4 :onsets for Account Exchequer Bills, 2:41. • ttnan 2500 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3 per Cent Ditto, 1459 Ditto, ... under £lOOO 9' 4 ' PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Prazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent. Grenada New Active, 1 per Cent. • Ditto Deferred zican, 3 per Cent. P.eruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. • Ditto Account 'Ditto 3 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Cun. 1341 Ditto 4 per Cent ',Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 5 per Cont., 1822, £ 5t.... 105 Ditto 4A per Cent . 921 bilrdinian Bons, 5 per Cent. -13 Panisb Bonds, 3 per Coot Ditto New Deferred, 3 par Cent. 9tirlxl4ll Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. • Ditto Account ol atyw, Mach Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 °nil_ 611 Peruvian Doll ar B on d s, per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. . . 9ll 011 za 92 1 4 .... 97i 2O 1 C ingol , , money Ditto for Account Feb. 7 THE CUNARD MAIL STRA3I SHIP CANADA.--LIVER POOL, Jan. 28.—0 n her late outward passage to Halifax and B oston the C ana d a encoun t er ed as sever re;:tl ith er . a't it has ev er b een th e l o t o f these vessel , meet From th e t i me of her departure, nit the '22d of Dec , until her a rr i va l a t H a lif ax s h e m e t with nothing b heavy gales o f wind, ace 'monde , ' by she,wer: of 11;,il and nd snow. It i s much to the cred i t o f her corntnan ,l aer cfEcers th a t t hi s V essel h e l d her e ay, notwithstanding the te mpest, although it is scarcely to be wondered di i t when it is remembered that only once have these steam• ers turned back during the 15 years or so they have crossed the Atlantic. The boats were swept from the davits, blown into shivers by the violencs of the wind, and the bulwarks funnel. and rigging bear tvidence of the severity of the storm, although on her arrival in Liverpool. she presented but little appearance of the da usage compared with what was observable on her reach ing Boston. Sir George Simp.on arid the passengers presented Captain Lang with a valuable present, in con sideration of the seatnanship he displayed and of his for- Tax MAlLS.—Sonthamptnn, Jan. 28.—The Penin 'atilar and Oriental c o ,„ Pany:s steam-ship Madrid, Capt Cook, sailed this a,ternoon with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar ; 31 passengers, among whom are Viscount Villa Nova, Dr. Barbeir, and Captains Fn'coner and L a k g ; 14 7171. in specie— for-Lii•bon 11,5-82/.,•Cadiz 3,135/ , and a full gene cargo. Th e Sultan, Captain Ev a n s , w i t h t h e home tal Ward portion of the Peninsular ma i l, is expected about the ad proximo. The Pera, Captai n So t h e ne xt 1111 - to arrive with the heavyportion of they. india, China, and Mediterranean mails. In consequence of the acci• dent which occurred to the Pera's machinery on the out- Ward voyage, as well as her detention at LiA en, ow i ng to the severity ,of the quarantine reg,nlations at that Pnrt, the arrival of this ship is not ex ,ecterl until about t he 14th January, The Ar 3, Captain - Field, will sail f or Gibraltar, Alaila, and Aiexandriri, with the Outward portion of the India, China, aiid Meilitetranean mails. e Royal Maii Cii:npany's steam ship Atrato, Captain bvnolley, w ith the West India, Mexican, and Pacificai Ln t a il e v,,, is e xpectede ab ou t W e d nes d ay or Th urs d ay next. thoseiiYe preparing to convey t h e outwar d ma il s to port s on the 4th proximo. MONEY Id A .1 - ?, KE T j EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. (This Day.) -+~-~.~ rands com- from gtions that three rte of Eng night is vhich n the by Coro- ision %lona logne Eng in a, COlll - ho la of 3rred 3n in THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, _1856. A VOICE FROM A FARMER ON THE «AMR r,Aws. The adinirned rn3etiug of the shareholders of this company was held this day, for the purpose of hearing the result of the poll demanded upon the motion of Mr. Goolsoa, to the effect that the labours of the committee chat sound-minded manTiati look upon certain species of injustice, and not at the same time fear that the seeds of disunion are sown by the partiality of certain laws, which have arisen from the indifference of legislators in altering laws in conformity to present times and require ments, unless the requirements happen to suit the wants of the influential and potent:at its the governmental de partment ? 1 As if it were of nd consequence about the country ;no consequence about the majority ; neither of the intelli gent nor the morally good ; nor of the industrially itn- FOR THE AMENDMENT. l pertant body of this coun t r y ; a f ew , a c li que i n f avour, 160 277.340 Votes 4,111 . ! ho w ever self-elect, are enabled t o p er p e t uate l aws w hi c h 4- '. 552 1,174,880 ..„ 17,014 are inappropriate to the day in which we live, and are AGAINST THE AMENDMEN'T. , infamous and highly injur ious i n th e i r e ff ect upon t h e ' gr and staple of the country ; calculated to destroy the Ptrsonal votes SOS £695 930 Votes 11,710 feelings oi petrietism that would otherwise reign in every Proxies • 'nee e breast. MAJORITY FOR THE AMENDMENT. To such an extent is this practised, that even famine Proprietors, ... 29 Stock, 4'524.740 Votes, 5,421 staring us in the face did no t seem to a ' wakewany appre- The amendment was theri•lare carried. hension of danger either to themselves or the country. Who eau wi t nes s th e p resen t pr i ce o f b rea d amongst The nun, uncement was received with &me r e an d the emninereiat and manu f actur i ng an d genera ll y l a b our . hitses, ameitt vsiii c h three or feur speakers attempted ing people of this country, and not think that the farmers to alcirw-s the insetinge are getting the best of it just now ? And yet this is not Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE moved that the votes be the ca e. The farmers have increased incumbrances, printed. which I shall presently prove, and the fault does not lie A SHAREHOLDER, one of the scrutineers, objected to 1 with them, but it lies with those who eat more game than bread, and who h ave no t t o p ay f or th e f oo d o f the printing of the votes. Such a p rocee di ng would their gaine, which they legally steal, with the rise of be attended with no isond resalt. corn ; who are insane etmut ' e to raise the price of every Mr. BALL then add resse d th e mee ti ng , an d main- , man'e leaf rath e r th a n a ll ow an alteration of laws which tiiined• that a'tSoueh the motion of Mr. Good-on bad , oppress the nee ly and the commercial world equally besn carried, which was adverse to the continuance es : with the farmer, t')e labours of the C omm i ttee o f I nvest i ga ti on , yet t h e ser N io o es c dellumelacre e observer can form an idea of the injury and game engender, od e laws r, inflict aadthe u lns insult the sol t c t o h u e n y t r e y o la ; v t e h y e re, tOt ef the poring would be regarded by the gr ea t ' had feelin g they body of the puhlic as a great moral triumph. The result :to the intelligeece of the day. This law, which might , have iteen consistent in Ed war d t h e First's time, that had been eletaintel by th e mos t qu e stio n able me ans , f ur out of 18,000 proxies which had been issued by the chair- ! part of it, at least, which applied to being taken with vert or venison, was pr o p er ly punishable, because those Mao, only about a littl e more th an a third had b een : animals ran generally in the parks of the feudal lords, returned to him. When it was suggested at the coin- : and are even now kept and maintained by the preserver, rnit , ee to issue proxies, a question arose as to the de- ' as are the sheep by the farmer ; but what can we think arahleriets of such a proceeding. Personally 'ne-(Mr of the act extending to wild birds, especially wild vermin B di) di;l not wish that proxies should he issued, but it ( r ' ''rues feri), which other countries recogni se as suc h, lords, laugh at our timid' obsequio usness t e our verm i n was ultimately decided that they slineWd be sent forth, and ., Le w y h s o p , ari by sin t a h o e b w y h e, o a h r o e s o fa o st e bei: . g d replaced t h by the The time was so long delayed ' before they were cockney delivered that that face: accounted in some measure for th e for the gr ower o f corn, and considers, J by era hi ' s o 2 n ol v or 101, triumph of the Chairman's party. Why, on the l as t a year for shooting privilege, that he is already a lord, t v 7h e oe l rs c ke e t a coat, keeperpetty t y b y r day of applica , ion, when the return of the proxies ,I? w n th,, Of i ch thol h itl e at i ry s erasitlrtus,t enabledtG. God do delivercall Ja ck us of from ro a l l o l if he can only get money enough to buy a fustian or would hate been too late, the committee received no less strutting; out a in littlet h e h c o dt s m e t t ry o than 200 applications ; and, bed the proxies been issue d by the C eninittee of levesaigetion at a proper now ill such overwhelming numbers, ' tine, they would have had a majority of at least 3 to ; no longer gather nuts, as of old, without being called 1. It would be impossible to destroy the feeling that had poachers, and are ferociously driven away from the in been created amongst the great body of the shareholders. noceet gathering of God's gifts by velvet coats armed ni V7 o, iti fe f , i ;l l l . l l s ti a n n k d ers bludgeo . ns cr so ordered by their coc k ney Money had breught about the re-nit. (H ear , an d ceafe sion.) Tine same course ti corruption that was purs ue d 'ln Banstead one or p of the mushroom pseudo-lords, by ' a t th e e l ec ti on of every rotten borough had b een re . : some mere chance, happ e n e d t o b e l e f t 500 acres of land, feeling, t ;hi e s vermin are so u n f a i r ly b re d t h at i t h as be sorted to to obtain the desired result. , Everything th a t which re a lly seems to have b ereft hint of common fellow tcorn e xk could be done had been dene, and the result wa s a t om _ ; farce f ao ctiit i I -at heia,v th e e not lttn d evenfor had with ane h t my seed porary triumph. The speaker then proceeded to defend pec tat ion of profit, the Committee of Investigation from the charg e o f • on many occasi ons , an d yet M r. Judge Russell Gurney earbling the evidence, and concluded by askin g M r. i tells Inc there i s no l aw f or recovery of damages done by Llot d whether the meeting at which it was determined game, whether many or a few. So there being n o l aw the s:rlitiny should be taken was legal or ust. l and no h onour amongst such b ashaw verrninoweedere, Mr. LLOYD tai ibe had well contidered the uestion why, we must rais e th e p r i ce o f b rea d, b ecause we can ' t gro .v th e crops o f corn the country and the labourer have s q, and ho felt the requisition calling the meeting was per- a right to expect. fectly prop e r. Th e b us i ness transacted w as within the Now, I should like to ask why there is no law for re terms of the notice, as was also both the amendment co - very 1 Why this injustice u p on th e w h o l e i n d ustr i a l and the resolution. (Hear, hear, cheers, and confusion.) o n i a o tio v u ?,,Ie u knowl r I shall r ece i ve th e o ld h ac k e d phrase takeir,o3itwr f t it h r e ni fi upon such 00, e terms Choice and c, i t t is your g ' :t own fe uln" Mr. HELPS here addressed the meeting, and vas pro ceeiline to draw the attention of the shareholders to the like the c h o i ce o f torture that °nee ' rent ale t e he w w e :l e is e l l evidence taken before the Committee of Investigation, uponta i eh , o i t s h, t ‘e i r l m e wf i aht y ei le o ti. u ;N N v3 lT l)o l l b ta e ok ti o u il t lif u lei p v o eu n r t i l o : h e is r s i os ic ep l i s el , c o itot r ui b iso e : b r;g ro til k tin e ig r s i when won't do for this ;adaeY t is an insult to the day in which The CHAIRMAN said the hon. proprietor was evidently out cf order.- , we live. Mr. Hues then put the original motion. (Confusion.) The reason why I call this specious is, because there A SHAREHOLDER said the proceedings of the day wer e is no solid rea=ming in snob an answer applied to this M Wa, l i o rkojeat, wheth er p ee f a 3 e t ne f us. Farms are not like s t certainly m no triumph. They certainly were not to rein- i s i n e r. b i e a h e u d il v t i aarid ul t . u t a b i le u (associations to our hand state r. ddington—(eries of `o"hear," yes," " not" where and canfusioe)—but were me re ly i n t en d e d to tide them us ; neith er can we get them carved to our ideality ualsitartr u l as we over till the half yearly meeting, when they would make should like ; and when we have at last found one in a clean sweep—(cheers and confusion)—and unani- beenmost respects to suit u 4, we find out the shooting has measly reverse the triumph of to-day. i.s letthe fo o t n • l y y es fa r r s m be iv fo c re e. us, aentdploesawseedl answering v ryears to , corn: : It Mr. Lova advocated the printing of the votes. Pub- meats in every other re , p l e n ct g . Now, I . say, then, our r -N i a v e u i r are licity, he i•aid, was the soul of business, and it was but not free to choose. It is that farm, or, perhaps, ruin ; (Hear, hear ) ust that one partner should know what the other was I for I have knower men ruined in waiting for fares, hay ingspent tbeir all they had to go i n w ith, h av i ng. left doing. The que-ti on o f ex p ense was idl e. Th ere w ould be no expe n s e a tt en di ng t h e pr i nt i ng of the vo t es be- theirf . araet because of unf sir game p reserves th a t near ly , ruined them before. oauso every shareholder wishing for a copy would pay NGN, I say, until we can prove there is freedom of far it, and thus the charge would be borne by the share- j ernics—full and sufficient choice—one has no right to holders and net by the company. He then alluded to say it is your own fault because you have taken the only the bills affecting this company that it was intended to farm you could get. The next answer I shall b e me t w ith i s, "Y ou wou ld I ring before Parliament, and strongly advised every have to pay more runt, and th e l an dl or d h as a r i g h t to shareholder to inform himself of each ono before the I t_ok s e r t e h r e ta e l hting for himself if be choose charging you meeting in February, as it was most important :or the intere=sts of the company that they should do so. Now, you would have to pay more rent, I am told ; Mr. COMY)1.1) !aid • the few remarks he should offer I and to give you all the benefit of this argument, what would that rent be in addition to the p r e sen t' I w ill to the meeting would occupy hut a brief sp a c e o f ti me . The lion. pr.prietor then proceeded to allude to the t w ll k y .h oli s oiftaf for 1S!. foerr annum, g N o o f about th 2,? d oO n acres, prt,,inEr of some acts of Parliament relative to the East to 21d. per acre.. I p say, youd n o u nT . t w hink is u w s o f u arm a ers o c u a n n t Sell , lk fisilway, arnidtit marks of great impatience, afford that, as well as these cockney vermin -breeders, and criee of "Question, question, tittle," and much l who send the result of their day's sport to the poulterers of L:mdon, which serves to pay f or th e ve l ve t coat o f confusion. their so/el./sant keeper? I k now o f another shooting A. SHAREHOLDER said be believed the question hefOre lease of about 1,500 acres, let to four Londoners,' who the meeting was the printing of the votes. • have the use of the parson's house, upon the condition The Cattlemen . said the hon. proprietor was quite in the prawn shoots jointly with them ; however, the par order, son tithes the liberty of shooting them, forestalling their Mr. COBBOLD resumed Nis speech, but such was the days of arrival, leaving nothing f or th em b ut t h e par sonT s code of morality to fire at. .I . \ confusion that be very shortly resumed his seat, wishing Now it we could only turn out a parson on Fanstead the votes teken et the poll would be printed. Downs with his gun in his hands, what a boon it would A SHAREHOLDER hoped that between this meeting and be to the poor who like cheap bread. the half-yearly one in February they would keep a strict The argument that the landlord has a right to take the shooting for himself, arid do as he lik es w ith hi s own eye upon their chairman. If at that meeting it was found that he had den right, why then they ought to o epeitv, can be answered satisfactorily enough by ana logy.oweing o th er property than i laitned ownerproperty oT horses gives s r ` re-elect him ;if the contrary, why then turn bins out, no r i g h t o f i n j ur i ng your neighbour. The Cnetamate sail as far as he was personally has eo 4 .ight to let his horses destroy his neighbours' concerned he ha I nit the slightest objection to the crops simply because the horses are his property, and he printing of the reirelt of the poll ; and as to those who hat a right to do as he hikes with hi e own p roperty. The owner of' a gun has no right to sh oo t a man be had done him the honour to vote for him, they would cause the gun is his own property neither has I nd glory in their names being printed. (Loud applause.) lord a right to reserve sporting ;na to himself, the of His opponents bad said that his majority consisted of which is to eat his neighbour's and tenant's crops, from the Votes of ladies and ladies maids. All he could which the entire country suffers, simply because the land say was, the proxies before being sent out were is hi.si o r i te h n e property. not subrniWed to him (Mr. Waddington), anti' All found bener c.c p ‘i r a e l pe t r o ty i th s e c e i , r ) c m u l rn n :sm.'by ibed l on good. C a i w ir s ta t i h n a ly t th r e e therefore, the g,entletuaan who made the assertion land of Esgland is not a small matter, that the legislator must evidently have been canvassing amongst the par- should overlook a provision that shall have a tendency ties he had named or he never could have made the . to bring about a more abundant and uniform production statement he had d one . (Ch eers an d l aug h ter.) All h e of the food we all eat, knew about th e part i oe who had voted for him was Fifty pounds per y ear f or 1,500 acres wou ld b e a b ou t snore r pere than acre,the former n amountn . o merely nominal, e delusion n h t o m t uch at thst the larg e st preiprietor in th e company—one n holding upwards of 70,.9001.—was ne t a l a d y. (L ou d of pay i ng an i ncreased rental th a at m w o r t e dd injure the far cheers.) Another of hie: opponents had stated that if mer. I will be bound to say that let the farmer pay ac you throw pitch some of it would sure to stick. He felt cording to the present rentals of shooting throughout the actuary, and shoot himself, the g a m e . it se lf wou ld p a y elite the meeting would -abet day see w h o h ad thrown the pitch. ( Hear, and confusion.) Mr. Ball had talked the sporting thee )tina o rentsotletwal one over.ice. h tetre B i u le t the great advantage a s e o e - f l a producew son h that t e about right and justice. Let that gentl eman l ook upon would. arise from the abolition of:,m his report: and his (Mr. Wolddington'e) answer, he could land now in cultivation, would be one-eighth. Of the there find right and justic,t on his (Mr. Waddington's) land that would come into cultivation, now thrown out of cultivation, one-sixteenth Inure, together, rnak side against calumny and! misrepresentation. (Loud three-sixteenths of the entire produce of the applause ) The hon. gentlei nan then proceeded to defend ing country destroyed directly and indirectly by game himself from the allegations of the committee amidst preserves now m a de l ega l. This game-law savours much much confusion and noise, and resumed his seat, de- of the old nullum tempusoccurit regi law which once die &taring that it was hinted it was intended to have Par- graced this country ; the game laws never ought to have survived i the extinction of nullum tempts, for if it were liamentary inquiry into the whole circumstances eon snelaitint to I the e t Was an i a rr e n t . of injustice dh to yield the right e against inc royala t claim,at n length how comes p o i s t nectcd with the Eastern Counties Railway. If so, his con ses,ion should av g ai r l duct would be found to have been upright, honest, and just. that a right of claim is denied to the farmer who A long and angry altercation here arose between Mr. has to feed and keep game, and sic fathers did it before Waddin t ston a n d M r . B a ll, re l a ti v e to the production of liii'sm whose for linndreds of years, so if th ey are not a b so l utely a certain letter, whi c h one gentleman asserted be had re are they ? Why the L or d s o f th e l an d reta i n tile power which th e y d en i e d to th e i r sovere i gn, and say ceived, and the other that he had never written• nullum tempts occurit domino, or my lord—a pretty farce la,:e,ed in real life to the disgrace of thi s l an d. te t Mr. Bnuce defended the course h e h a d pursued dor- this fur the nineteenth c en t ur y. A n d ye t t hi s f a rce i s l i e came ata s preserver will try to say they keep the ing the while of these painful investigations ; but he p assured the meeting that all he h a d d o ne since last I March hired been for time benefit of the shareholders. Ile gj b every farmerneed beknows to his sorrow this is riot l ti true ; no answer adduced. wished the shareholders lt every success in their undcrtak- Who ultimately suff ers f or a ll this ? Not altogether ing ; hut as they bad determined to keep Mr. Wadding- the farmer, for he rises the price of c o r a , a cc or di ng t o ton in the chair, he felt bound to say that he-, from that produce; the burden th en f e ll s upon labour, and the em ployers of labour ; and I ata enabled to prove, when day, could take no further part in the active bu s i n ess of the ce nt pane ,. I have sufficient space, that dir ec tl y an d i nd i rect l y the loss on cereal crops is one-fourth of th e ent i re crops o f the A SHAREHoLDF.R here attempted to address the meet- country ; besides the loss. on turnips and Swedes, and ing, but the cries of ti me became so laud and frequent other esculent crops, on which game are most destruct that he was compelled to desist. tive. S The CHAI RMAN then put a motion to the meeting that Say, for round numbers, the produce of the country the votes given at the poll be printed and sold to the is sixteen millions ; one-fourth added to that would en thareholders at th e c h arge of one shilling. It was car- able Engtiand to growall her produc e f or t h e country, rigid unanhn•iu ly, and the drain of gold would not be so frequ en tly pro ducing panics.ie producen other words, of nrdl the labouri ng man, los i ng he country, i s paying A vo t e of th an k s to the scrutineers terminated the one-fourth o th ac noisy proceedings. tually 21. per quartern more for his bread on account of game-laws ; this is reversing the order of things, to the shame of the rich—this is the poor man keeping the rich, instead of the rich keeping the poor, or allowing the in dustrious to keep themselves ; every mouthful of bread reminding bins of unjust oppression in a country that boasts of its constitution. • If exercise be necessary for any, it is necessary for all, to the exclusion of none ; and if that he the reser vation v. hick the law upholds, why, in all seriousness, I advise the renewal of athletic gatnee. Consult Peter Parley, who teaches how to bring every muscle into active strength—let every man become a gymnast — when, to the cockney's delight, he will find an absolute cure for indigestion ; whilst walking after game only brings one set of muscles into play, causing fatigue some times, without physical benefit. Hunting is conducted in a much more respectable way. The farmer has little to complain of these sportsmen ; hunters pay compensation, and act as gentlemen of the land ought. A FARMER. cf investigation shou'd cease. The chair was t . il:en by Mr. Waddington. The C111111:YIAN, in openinz the proceedings, said he would n-ad the result of the poll. The numbers were as follows : Personal votes Proxies .. Cr TY BANII--INuitE,lB6 C ME STING THIS DAY. At a special getaeral meeting of the proprietors of the City Bank, numerously attended, held at the London Tavern to-lay—Sir Robert Carden, chairman of the Board of Directors. in the chair —the directors were authorised tl increase the capital to the extent of 7,000 shares of 1007.. each. The chairman stated that the di rectors would exercise the power so conferred in such a way and at such tines awthe interest of the bank should dictate. The steam-=hip ;Teatßritain, having been again taken up by GovE-rr,ment„ is loeine7 refitted and repaired, .0 b e made avaiWile for t'.e conveyance of troop. She will sail front Liverpr•ol ou the 9th of February, with about 1,100 tro , ps for Ma"ta. The screw steamer S ara h &cods is atm) being refitted at Liverpool for the transport ,ervic,.. NEiv Sount WALES BANKS—The report of the Bank of New South Wale,: for the half-year ending the 30th of Septomber, 1855, shows a net profit of 61,2821., which, with a balance in hand-of 6,059/., made a divisible total of 67,3411. Of this sum 50,000/. was appropriated for a dividend the rate of 20 percent. per annum, and 9,059/. to the reserve fond (now amounting to 100,000/0, leaving a balanec of 8,2821, for the equalisation of future HANTS CONSTABIILLRY.—Prince Albert inspected the Rants Co,i,:tabulary at Aldershott yesterday, under the c; , minaild of Captain Harris. His Royal Highness ad- Lulled the appen.7.ance of the meu, as likewise the con dition of their horses. His Royal Highness afterwards went mune: the huts, stables, 4tores, &c,, the whole of which metk'"with his approval. LITERATURE. Aral Masseness. By Holm° Lee, author of " Therney Hall" and "Maude Talbot." Smith, Elder, and Co. The introductory passages of this story are shrouded by a solemn gloom, which suits well with its mouraful nature throughout, and is in accord ance with its depth of feeling and sentiment. .The training of the young Gilbert MasSenger in his early days was well calculated to fit him for life's struggles. He could h ave f oun d f ew s i tuat i ons less congenial than the r es id ence o f hi s aus t ere aunt ; yet, being of a hardy nature, lie did not sink under the dangerous treatment. "He grew and strengthened with as much vigour as the rug ;.fed thorn will do in a bleak and moorland waste." It was a happy day for Gilb ert w h en h e was eman cipated from his aunt's management, and sent to the gram mar school of Ashton le-Forde. Not that he was a favourite there, or that he took much delight in the affairs of the place ; but he was at liberty to think for himself. H e was s tyl e d "Th e Man of Iron" •by his schoolmates from his imper turbability. The accounts of his progress are in teresting ; and the striking contrast between him and the young Noel Forester is an effective feature in the story. Noel was the only son o f r i c h parents, and the indulged life of a favourite child formed a painful dissimilitude to Gilbert as he reflected on his harsh and unkind tr ea t ment. It chanced that in one of their sports Noel was nearly drowned, when Gilbert hastened to the rescue. From being rivals they became friends after this event, and Gilbert was invited to spend some time at Lang hope Tower, the residence of Mr. Forester. This latter gentleman, grateful for the preservation of his sou, and interested i n Gilb ert ' s intelligence, was anxious to • befriend him, but circumstances prevented the youth availing himself of what might have been of substantial service to him. The long antagonism that had existed between Gertrude Messenger and her nephew at last reached a climax. On his return from a visit to Lang hope, Miss Messenger announced her inten tion of her nephew's commencing to prepare for the ministry. This Gilbert refused, he felt un qualified for the task, and he possessed sufficient discrimination to be aware of the unworthiness of assuming a sacred charge when not fitted Besides his aunt had made religion distasteful to him, as a child, she had dwelt on its terrors, and represented its judgments, till now when arrived at years of discretion, the impression reruained when the fear had vanished. With good intentions Gertrude had done great harm. He whose childhood had shrunk from the terrors of the law, could not go forth in manhood to preach the gospel of love. After a stormy altercation Gilbert departed at night from the dreary place where ho had passed so many dark days. Now commenced a new era ; he began life again, the former things were passed away like a dream; after the restraint of his childhood, the hard study of his boyhood, ho went forth in youth free as air, with no do to bind him, and after all his scholastic attainments he was going to seek to live by the labour of his hands. This change was wel comed by him, however, for any toil or trouble seemed nothing, in comparison to the sense of free dom that was his. "He was prepared to work hard, and live hard." He was fortunate in being engaged by a considerate man, one who appreciated him, and also ho interested in his behalf the good offices of the clergyman of the parish, a most worthy and excellent man. He invited the young outcast to the rectory, where the companionship of Helen, his grand-daughter, was an agreeable dis traction, and the kindness shown to Gilbert by Mr. Leigh and his employer raised his spirits. Altogether he did not find the first step in his fitful pilgrimage se difficult, or sa arduous as it is generally represented. The pleasant time passed soon enough, the engineer moved away, and Gil bert with him. The peaceful village was exchanged fur the crowded city, and the good clergymen. .was left, never to be seen again. Yet the good deeds of the just live after them, and, though apparently unheeded then, his counsels and his maxims were rooted in the mind of Gilbert, to be developed in after days of trial, and to become a blessing to his blighted life, long after he who uttered them in hope had slept with the holy dead. Some years are then passed over, and we see Gilbert Messenger, after their flight, sobered and saddened ; his had been no royal road to renown—he had worked arduously, and yet even then he had not achieved any great success. It is remarked that it is an interesting study to trace the careers of those who fight the battle of life " in their rude natural armour of talent and eeergy," and to see them " come in conquerors." Yet nut to all is the crown- of- victory, it is truly said. Thus Gilbert's kind friend, who had eagerly assisted him at the first outset, was called away as everything seemed to prosper and promise around him. " Most of us can call to mind some friend who departed out of our sight at the begin ning of our journey. When we were coming to the heat of the day,ivre have been called apt n to p. v. e by a grave. Perhaps when nearing the end of our journey, and looking back, we may espy it quiet, and holy, in the green laud of the past, and wish, wearily wish, that we too had been cased of our burden, instead of tramping on until the night is at hand, and we still far from God's Inn of Peace." " All along the way we have come there rise these mounds of warning, yet none speaks to us so forcibly as that made among the spring flowers, while the dew of morning was still sparkling on every leaf." On renewing our acquaintance with Gilbert, wo find him returning to his native place; but he was again unfortunate—it seemed destined that he should not be recognised at home. Ho brought a plan for improving and draining some waste land in the neighbourhood ; but the wise heads of Ashton-le-Porde were not favourable to the march of mind, and what they did with yes terday would content them with to-day. Gilbert made an attempt to see his aunt, but overheard her refuse, and hurried away. He was not to depart utterly friendless, however, for he made the acquaint ance of William Grahame, the brother of the Doctor who presided over the Grammar School. By this latter gentleman also, Gilbert was warmly welcomed, and the conclusion of their conference was, that lie went toLondon with William Grahame, who determined to find him employment ; a new prospect was thus opened for our hero, and while his new friend procured him occupation that he earnestly desired, hishome likewise affordeda charm and an attraction. The niece of Mr. Grahame's who enlivened his house, was the Helen of early days, the grand-daughter of the clergyman, Mr. Leigh, who had befriended Gilbert when first going out in the world alone. The intercourse was soon renewed, and the visits to Norwood became bright periods in the life of the aspirant. For a brief space all seemed to smile on hi s pa th ; h o h a d achieved sonic desirable employment, he had se cured a willing and able friend, and for the first time in his life he seemed to claim kindred with human instincts, and to bow at the shrine of earthly affections. This was the one smooth r o ad i that he met with n his rugged pilgrimage, but this soon ended, and he found the after dulness more intolerable. It was ten times more dark and desolate to continue the desert march in sober real ity after his fancy had seen it crowned in beauty, and its wilderness blossoming as the rose. The state in which Gilbert found himself upon return ing to and finding her laid a corpse before his aunt'shim,to teach hoe him in death th e l esson it h a d been denied her in life to inculcate Was an awful ene. He found out that it was not from coldness, or hardness of heart that his aunt b a d b ecome so stern and forbidding ; it was from the struggles of her mind in early life to fulfil the dictates of duty. From being passionate she had appea re d f rozen . It was her painful lot to discover that there was madness in her family, and from that hour she never smiled again. She . had been engaged, Gilbert learnt, to his old friend William Grah ame , b u t the cloud she would not see him again . . She determined not to perpetuate the race of misery ;it was her wish to example, but he tooyteouhg emulateNtcomprehendeuwh he e recognised the heroic determination that upheld his relati on thatlefthn a a tb her e h heru whenng nephew over v r him. through a long life with no one to enco urage or support her, and he felt nerved and incited to go and do likewise. But a mind like his could not rest after receiving such a shock, and he could not, like Gertrude, bury himself in the routine of daily life and the observance of simple duti es . H e re nounced all ties that bound him to England, and he went forth a wanderer. He sought out the woods of the wild West, where only those had penetrated who were seeking solitude lik e hi mse lf . They were " mighty hunters, who, from the depths of their eternal forests, looked forth with contempt on the trammels of the world's restraints, and eschewed conventional forms and usages. Here in this majestic solitude the man of iron, as his schoolf e ll ows h a d termed him, found a con genial home ; it was a city of refuge to his vigorous mind and resolute character. For nearly twenty years he remained there, and a solemn satisfaction now usurped the place of his former discontent. He made inquiries of home at last, and the result was that he returned, and after a strauge and out cast noontide be spent the evening of his days in the circles of his friends. There were some painful and startling changee to get over. Helen Grahame was now married to Noel Forester, his old rival, and their family was flourisning and prospering, all united in welcoming back the waneerer. The sight of Helen's sou, whom she had sent with his father to invite Gilbert to their house, dispelled the illusion that had hung over him so many years. "He passed from the old dream-land of sweet memories to that clear vivid things of to. day." He had at one time entertained the idea that the hereditary cumei to which his father had fallen a victim would descend upon him, but the calm of the forest life, and the mastery over his own passions had at last sobered and tempered his dangerous excitement. In his peaceful retreat near Ashton he was another being, he could now enjoy social pleasures and interest himself in the concerns of his fellow-creatures and rejoice that he had been given inward peace. It may be sug gested by some that Gilbert wouldhave led a more useful life in England following the pursuits in which he so much excelled, and cultivating the glorious talents that were given to him.' This is possible, but only those who are tempted know what it is to resist, and it was enough tor him to subdue himself. To those who consider the victory over self more noble than the capture of kingdoms, the cause in which he taught, and the spirit which made him conqueror at last, will not be considered unworthy of all tho,s9 years of travail. They will recognise the power which has portrayed the career of Gilbert Messenger, the principles which are therein apparent, and the bright example shown. " Lives of great men aii remind us We can make our liven sublime," is luso ibed ou the title-page, and the same idea is infused into the work. THE SUPPOSED MURDER BY POISON. THE SEARCH FOR THE BODY. During the whole of Saturday the search for the body of the man John Monaghan, said to have been peisoned by his son and two accomplices, and which is interred in the burial-ground of St. Wilfred's Raman Catholic Chapel, H.uluar, was continued without success. Five excavators were employed at the work, and grave after grave was opened and its contents examined, but with out the discovery of the coffin which contains the body of Monaghan, Mr. Timperley, the undertaker, is posi tive that there was a zinc plate on the coffin, haying upon it the name of the deceased and the date of his inter ment, but he has been present in the graveyard during the excavations, and could identify the coffin, which he made himself, even if the plate should have been taken odor accidently eeparated from it. The coffin is not a parish coffin. The men employed at the work did not cease their labours till dark on Saturday evening, and they had then been employed 24 days in the search. The want of sucpess which has attended their labours up to the present moment has given some colour to a very improbable conjecture that the alleged priso ners removed the body froth the grave after its interment. It is said that the system of burying in the common graves in St. Wilfrid's churchyard has been to open a grave of sufficient width to hold two or three coffins abreast, and the coffins were packed into it, at the sides as well as centre, the bole being kept unfilled, with a covering of scaffold planks, until a sufficient num ber of bodies had been interred to fill it. The graveyard is surrounded by a wall eight feet high, but towards Clarendon-street there is a large hole through it, by which access could at all times he obtained, so that such an en terprise as the removal of the body would present very few difficulties ; but, ina much as there was no suspi cion of poisoning entertained at the time of the old man's death, there seems little or no inducement to make such an attempt, and by the risk of discovery of the body after its removal, invite an accusation of murder, which apparently would not otherwise have been preferred. It may be a leas unlikely conjecture that the coffin plate has been removed, in the hope thereby of destroying the identity of the remains of the deceased, but this chance appears to be guarded against by having the coffin maker on the.spot, who could recognise it with out the plate. The search will . be continued till the body is found, or it is proved that it is not in the grave yard, and this (Monday) itioening it is the intention of Mr. Bradlaugh, the prosecuting solicitor, to confer with Mr. Herford, the . coroner, with the view to setting a body of excavators to work in the search. This would have to be done by employing seine contractor, who has a number of such workmen iu his employ, to dig up the eraveyard. As the precise spot pointed out by Mrs. King, the daughter of the deceased, and by Mr. Limper ley, the undertaker, has been examined in vain, the ex cavations will have to become more general. They have been regarded with much anxiety by the relatives and friends of deceased persons who are interred in the burial-ground, and it is much to be lamented that there is no sufficient land-mark by which the grave can be re cognised from its fellows, and the., natural feelings of survivors spared the outrage which .is offered to them. The place bas been watched unceasingly by the police in Mr. Superintendent Leary's division, since the opera tions commenced, and we sl u ill he glad if this day's search should terminate them.--Manchester Guardian of Mon , day The body of John Monaghan, who is supposed to have been poisoned for the sake of recovering the amount for which his life had been insured, was discovered yester• day afternoon in St. Wilfred's graveyard, nicer a search of five days, during which many other bodies had been exhumed. The inquest was to be opened this morning, but as a post mortem examination will have to be made, and a chymical analysis of the contents of'the stomach, the most matesial portion of the evidence will probably not be ready for some days to come. :zr , -` - -- -- RAILWAY REFORM. LIVERPOOL, Monday.—This day, oue o'clock, a meeting of railway shareholders was held in the Cotton Sales-room, Exchange -buildings, the object being to get a reform in the management of railways. Mr. HEYWORTIf, M.P., presided, and in opening the proceedings said any one who bad embarked in railway speculations since the commencement of such undertak ings must have seen that there were crying evils some where, the result of which bad been the depreciation of some of the finest property, and the shareholders had lost much of that profit they were entitled to by the em barkation of their capital. He alluded strongly to the branch lines that had been created, nearly all of which tended to draw off the legitimate traffic from the arterial lines; and after some further observations urging a re form in the railway system, he called upon Mr. Matins, of London, to address the meetin.r. The latter gentle man at some length dwelt upon the enormous amount of money invested in railway property, and comparing the value of English lines with the French ones, he said that on the let of June, 1855, 31 British railways, which had cost 124,000,000/ , were worth in the market only 89,000,000/. ; while 13 French railways, which cost 31,000,0001., were worth 60,000,0001. He dwelt upon the apathy evinced by shareholders in lookieg after the interests of the companies in which they bad in vested money. He also argued that the capital and revenue should be kept entirely separate, so that the directors should not be permitted to take the capital to make up a dividend. Other gentlemen spoke upon the subject, and it nas at length resolved to form a provi sional committee, having for its object the best means of remedying the evils to which Allusion had been made, and to operate with the council is London. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 28.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W.; moderate breeze and fine clear weather, - with frost. PORTSUOUTH, Jan. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Frey, from Callao ; Eberhard, New Orleans, for Bremen. PLYILOUTH, Jan. 28.—Wind W.—Arrived—Maria, from Newcastle, for New York, leaky ; Ferret, West Coast of Africa. The Ochtertyre, arrived here to day from Alexandria, reports that while lying to in 37 N. 1 W., in company with a brig and a barque, the wind suddenly veered for S.W. to N., with a heavy squall and thick mist, when the brig, which had painted ports and supposed to bo English, is supposed to have foundered. FALMOUTH, Jan. 28.—Wind variable.—Arrived-- George, from Carat', for Civita Vecchia, leaky. Sailed— Eureka, for New York ; Regina, Sierra Leone. Off the port—Soath Esk, from Buenos Ayres. (PZE ELECT4IO TELVaRAPH.) SOUTIIAMPrON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Firefly, from Swansea; Wonder, steamer, and Jolly, Jersey. Sailed—Despatch,stenmer, for Jersey; Atalanta, steamer, Havre ; Clara, Newport ; Corsair, Sunderland; Constan tine, Shields. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.W. by W. Arrived—Robert Kelly, from Now York; Allies, St. John's, N.B. Smiled•—Julia G. Tyler, for New Orleans; Pioneer, New York. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 27. Wind N.W. Arrivod—Sanrnel Morley, jun., and Desdemona, from New Orleans; Staley and Gambia, Callao. DUBLIN, Jan. 28. Wind N.W. Arrived—Atalanta and Victor, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Regina, Athens. L{OLTHEMJ,, Jan. 28. Wind N.W. Arrived—Trafalgar, from Demert;ra, for Maryport. BY SUBMARINE ANTI BRrrinc TELEGRAPLI GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.55 a.m. Wind N.W.; tide, three and a half hours' ebb ; weather fine and frosty. Arrived, Jal. 29—Julia, from the Cape of Good Hope. 29th—Symmetry, from Ceylon. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.35 a.m. Wind N.W. ; fine. Anchored—Black Friar, from Moreton Bay, for London. Passed—Nautilus, from London, for St. Kitts. Sailed—The Norma, from Sunderland, for New York ; Wilhelm Kestre, Sunderland, New York • Lisbon, New castle, Constantinople; Plauciu s Newt:a:tie, Constanti nople ; Melia Joseph, Newcastle Cette ; Alma, New castle, Westward ; Naiad, Newcastle, Barcelona ; Venice Sunderland, Charente; Robinson, Hartlepool, Havre Condor, Leith, Afessina. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SurtatoNs..-•-The following gen• tlenihn, having undergone the necetisary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the C,llege at ,the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 25th inst. -Metiers.,—Thomas Miles, Islington ; Elinund Lloyd, Richmond, Surrey ; Eugene Francis O'Leary, army W. Joyce, Blackfordley, Leicester ; S. D. Hine, Not ,tinvhain ; G. C. B. Hart, Brktol ; 1). Shelswell, Shen ington, near 13anbury, Oxon ; A. T. Al'Gowan, New , Galloway, Scotland ; M. T. nts , erz, Canterbury ; Gibbons, Wolverhatnpton ; Coles, Cerise Abbas, Dor setshire ; Charles C. Blades, Tattershall, Lin co l ns hi re H. Penfold, army ; P. W. Freslifield, Har r i c h ; an d F . A. Oakes, army. At the same meeting of the culla Mesq.-s. E. Pearce and J. I'. Priteilard passed their exa niinations for naval surgeons. These gentlemen had previously been admitted members of the college, their diplomas bearing date respectively June 6, 1815, and April '2,0, 1549. ADMIRAL SIR EDJTOYD LYONS AT CLIBISTCHUIZOIL ®___ Yesterday, at noon, Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons was presented, in public, with au address of congratulation by the inhabitants of Christchurch, Hampshire, on the occasion of vi,iting that tew of which be is a native, aid where he w as b orn on the n, 21st of Nov., 1790. The gallant admiral, accompaeliel by some of the members of his family, arrived ;it Winktoe ' in the inunediete vicinity of the' town, the r es id ence -of Admiral Walcott,.M.P., his cousin, on - the afternoon of Sunday, 'and 'remained there over night. Shortly before 12 o'clock yesterday be proceeded in an open carriaze, in the company of Ad miral Waleett and Mrs.` and the Misses Walcott, under an escort of 16 men, - furnished- by the _Royal Horse Ar tillery, in command of Mr. Torii:um, and preceded by a baud of music, to a platform erected in the centre of the town, where the ceremony of presenting the address was to take place. Lord Arundel and Surrey, the son-in-law of Sir Edmund, Lord Maltravers, his grandson, Mr. Bickerton Lyons, his eon, Mr. Algernon Lyons, his flag-lieutenant and the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie Walcott, also formed - part of the company. The day was singularly' auspicious, the neighbourinu: gentryfor miles round were attracted to the scene, and - the town presented au almost endless series of banners and triumphal arches. On arriving at the hustings Admiral WALCOTT pro• ceeded to present the address to Sir Edmund. - He said —ln doing so, he had to offer a tribute of admiration on the part o the inhabitants of that town and neighbour• hood, and which was in itself the echo of the acclama tions of his country. (Cheers.) They now stood side by side in a position which they never could have ex pected to occupy when as boys they trod the streets of Christchurch. He (Admiral Walcott) could not but re collect the anecdote related of a great and most successful . commander, that in the height of his eminence he never could be prevailed upon to forego the sight of his father's house, lest he should loose the object of his eyes and the memory of his chiidbood. He (Sir Edmund), by his presence among them that day, showed that he partieipated in the same feelirg. Born in the same month, natives of the same hamlet, reared in the same school, and serving their country in the same profession —these were no oldinary. ties, and they could both tes tify that they bad cemented, through many years of life, a fraternal affection, unbroken by absence and deepened at every meeting. Time would be the best commender of his (Sir E. Lyons') public acts. No words be (Ad miral Walcott) could utter would be deemed the expres sion of a too partial regard, when the annals of England would record him his country's friend, who showed that the way to peace lay, not in seeming desires to avoid war, hut in making that demonstration of firmness and resolve which was the most certain means to hasten its inning and better its conditions. (Cheers.) The gallant Admiral then read the address, which congratulated Sir Edmund on revisiti.ig the scene of his birth after an eventful life, spent chiefly abroad in the service of his country. It also related his rise, step by step, in his pro fession until he succeeded to the command of the Eng lish fleet in the Black Sea, and how, among other ex ploits, without the loss of a single ship or a single life, he succeeded in conveying the army from Varna and landing it in the Crimea, where again be performed essential service to the country by the unanimity of his co-operation with the land forces, by the emulation he inspired, and.the example he gave, and by the cordiality of his intercourse with our allies. It likewise compli mented him for the heroic devotion which he isreathed nte the officers and seamen of the fleet, whom lie never •d but to victory, as at Kerteh and Kinbourn. The aling of the addrc.Ss was frequently interrupted by the acc'amations of the crowd. The Earl of MALMESBURY then addressed the meeting in a speech of seine length, in which he recounted in de• tail the various public services rendered by Sir Edmund in the ceurse of his life, and eulogised his gallantry while in'eorninand of the fleet in the Black Sea. Sir E. LYONS approached the front of the hustings and was received with a round of enthusiastic cheering. He said, ho must, in the first place, express his deep re gret for the inconvenience which they had experienced from the postponement of his visit ; but, as had been already explained to them e that had arisen from circum stances which were beyond his coil trol. The gallant ad miral, whom he was proud to call his friend and relative, had apprised him of their kir;d intentions towards him, and he had naturally thought of sonic expressions in which to convey to them leis • deep sense of the honour proposed to be conferred upon him. But their surpass ing kindness and the enthusiastic welcome they had given him had gone straight to his heart and filled it with grateful feelings, and he candidly confessed he could not rimemher anything he intended to have said. He must, therefore;,ask them to allow him to express his emotion.s spontaneously as they arose. (Cheers.) Ile was anxious to say to them, what he felt molt deeply, that this was to him the proudest and ma , t, interesting day of a some what eventful life. To feel ;0= he did a man must have been abroad and employed in the service of his country for nearly a 0 consecutive years. He must have returned, as he did now, not only to his native country, but to his native town, the place of his birth and the scene of his childhood, where everything he saw around. bins was iiSSO ciated with his earliest and dearest reeelleetions. But, above all, such a man must feel, as he did now, the hearty and generous welcome, fer which he was now im perfectly endeavouring to tkaiik them, and which he should cherish to the latest hour of his life. He could assure them that both soldiers and sailors, officers as well as men, who were abroad in their country's service, were sustained by nothing so much as by the approbation of their countrymen at home ; and he could conscientiously say that the proud gratifi'cation whieli he experienced would be shared by thousands now under his command in the Mediterranean. The compliment they were now :tying him would he reflected on every. man in the fleet, and he was quite sure that on the day when they received the news of the welcome given by the people of Christchurch to himself one .common sentiment of gra titude would animate the whole-of them. (Cheers.) [The emotion of the gallant admiral for a moment stifled his utterance.] He was not ashamed—far from it—to con fess his inability adequately to express all he felt on this interesting occasion. He should be something less than man if be was not sensibly affected by the scene before him. To express what he felt in words was utterly im possible, and he would only add that, although the cor dial welcome they had gives him, would vibrate on his ears but once, it would dwell on his memory for ever. (Loud cheers.) The company then repaired to the King's Arms Ho tel, where luncheon was prepared, and at which Lord Malmesbury presided. The cloth having been removed and the usual loyal toasts drun'A, The Ci4AIRMAN gave "The health of Admiral Sir Ed mund Lyons and the heroes of the Crimea and the Black Sea." He said, in doing so, they. would recollect the position of Enr;land when this war begun, and ho trusted the p'ople of this country had deduced a lesson and a warnincr from the events of the last two years, and had resolved that England should never be in such a position again. At the outbreak of the war, lie spoke with a knowledge of the facts when he said that at one periud this country stood upon a v,dcano. Since the close of the last war successive Governments had neglected to keep up the armaments of the country, and he believed that none of the gentlemen who composed those Govern "nents could throw stones at one another, for all had like neglected their duty. They neglected it, moreover, despite the repeated warning and advice of the greatest man of the age—the Duke of Wellington ; and as he went down to the grave full of honours and of years, he sat down in sullen silence, weary of warning and weary of giving advice. In 1852. when he (Lord Malmesbury) had the honour to hold office, it came to his knowledge that in this country, surrounded as it was by nations, not perhaps its enemiee, but many of them envious of its great ness, we were in this position—that, with respect to the artillery—he would quote only one instance--there were not 50 guns fit for service. That, ha believed, was also recently stated by Lord Hardinee, the Cornmandcr-in- Chief. But that was not all. The carriages of those guns were in such an imperfect state that, at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, when it was necessary that an escort of 17 guns should attend his obsequies as a deceased field-marshal, it was some considerable time before that number could be found in a sufficient state of repair to travel safely the requisite distance over the streets of London. It was not Governments so much as the people themselves who were to blame for such a state of things. If they were again deceived by those who spoke or wrote volumes on false economy the same thing would happen again, and at a time, perhaps, when they might not have a strong and faithful ally, by whose valour and co-operation they might be enabled to brave the world in arms. Such was the state of this country when the war begin, and yet, by the extraordinary exertions of our officers, soldiers, and seamen, in 20 months we had reduced the colossal power of Russia to a point of humiliation which we never could have ex , petted to attain in so short a period. Ile sincerely trusted that the services of the army and navy would not again be required. He hoped the peace which was about to be made would be a statesmanlike peace, and ono which England could not only. coeclucie with honour to herself, but accept as a guarautee for security in the future. Front the beginning there seemed to have been the greatest confidence reposed in Sir Edmund Lyens, and yet he must have ba d moments of dee p anxiet y and 'eat e hardlyot to did justice in this country to menfight our ene m i es, c h arged w e re with immense responsibility, and subject e d revythroounibl we e. sentN Vf as they sometineee to an amount of fatigue and privation which we could scarcely imagine. The position o f suc h and rift T ll l ' iey resist have m a ny g i l fli or e ; i w t ith Itall was trot i l l o o e n n o u rwaans() d sleepless ni ;lite and many harassing days of mental fatigue and exertion. They had, too, occasionally the ignorant calumny of some aid the personal pique and cruel jealoin ies of others to contend with ; and to resist such adverse infiu.:nces required a stout heart and a con fident reliance that justice would be done at last. 13ut it wanted no small amoivE of fortitude to support a man under such circumstances and such cruel attacks, and without t hat fortitude a weak man might believe the% all the we nid and all destiny were against him. They might look forward to elistinctions and decorations such it bad be. to accorded to the gallant and distinguished racer at .aie Bide—they might hope that temporary fail ures might be in future turned into great victories ; but all :hose c onviderations would scarcely support them. The only consolation they could have in moments like those was ;in approving conscience, which should say to them, as 'he said now to hie gal4krit friend, " Von have done y our duty." (Clime.) The toast was drunk with acclamation. Arlin Sir EMIUND LYONS acid,—My lords, ladies, and ge ‘ ittomeri, you have done me the honour of associ atiug . in.se to with the names of those who have distin guiefeeev themselves in the Criwean campaign. I only wisl chest 1 relt myself deserving of the praise that you have ta( ) . i - indly bestowed upon me. But all I pretend to s as b orsest and earnest desire to do my duty to my Slaver/ and my country to the best of my humble ability ((sheers.) The statue of the preEent war is such as to afford but few opportunities to fleets or large ships to take any prominent or distinguished part. Ia the Black Sea the Russian lest hes been self-annihilated, wad we had the mortification of seeing their chips of war sunk beneath the waves by their own hands instead of by our broadsides. In the B lithe again, the enemy's fleet has lain at anchor, secure under the shadow of their own granite walls and stupendous batteries. The command ers-iu•chief in the Baltic have - lied to report many daring and successful exploits performer" by the officers and men under their command, and I, ea my pert, have had tae satiefa.etiot t of v reportirig what ,has taken place in the Sea of Azoif, where I think I may say, without any fear of contradiction, and with perfect safety, -that the exertions of the commanders-iii-chief have been seconded b y as gallant a band of y oung officers as ever went forth in tTe service of their country. And here, perhaps, it may nut be irrelevant to say that, is the course of our expedition there, a letter 'WM% intercepted from the Em peror, in which his Imperial M a j esty emp h at i ca ll y de clared that he would elneiet as some see the allies in his palace at St. Petersburg as in the Sea of Azoff. I should be ungrateful if I did not on this occasion adtnowledge the good service of the officer's and men under my com mand, which showed itself in nothing. more than in a hearty co-operation with the army. They conveyed the troops to the ehotee of the Crimea; they landed them there ; they supplied them with food and materiel to carryon the siege for 11 months; nor was their sympathy ever wanting in the hour of sickness and sufferi ng ; and thus was fostered that kindly feelin g between th e t wo services which h as f rom ti me t o timebrotteht forth such good fruits during this menterelde campaign. We saw from the docks of our ship' the battle of the Alma. General Bosquet, with the French division, passed al most withitt hail of the Agamemnon, and anythiag finer than his attack on the envoy's lines could scarcely be conceived. We saw the British army ford the Alma and form on the opposite bank Roder cover of the ar tillery, which on that cccaeton, as on all others, peels' arty distinguished them, elves 'throughout the Crimean campaign. We sae , them also capture the position of the enemy, which the Russians thought im possible to be carried by any troops in the world. We saw them advance to the attack, and so striking was that movement that Gen. Canrobert, at that time second in command of the French army, told me afterwards that he could only compare it to an English red brick wall supernaturally lifted up from the ground and pro pelled ferward, so steady, so unwavering, and so irresis tible wae'that attack. (Cheers.) I saw likewise theobarge at Balaklava, and, however that may be criticised in a strategical point of view, I believe that it will go down to history as one of the finest and most brilliant cavalry c'aarges that was ever made since the world began. (Cheers.) No man could have seen that chivalrous ac tion, s J did, without feeling proud of his country, and grateful to the gallant band who engaged in it. At the battle of Inkerman, again, I bad a closer view of that memorable conflict. On that day great and heroic deeds were performed. Each man in the French and English army fought as if the fate of the battle and the honour of the Allies depended on his own individual exertions. A i el great and glorious were the results, and I should think of it to the end of my days with the greatest plea sure and satisfaction, did there not come with it the alloy of the battlefield ; but that, is the natural and insepar ablocencomitant of war. We too,f rom the decks of our ships the final atta'li. on Sebastopol, in which, however, a violent gels of wind prevented us taking part. We saw all the alternations of the struggle of three boors which tirminatel so triumphantly fur the alike. We saw the French ruse out from their trenches into the Malakoff. We also claw their attack ou the Little Redan, where, after performing prodigies of va lour, they were unable to m a i n t a i n a p os iti on . Th e at = tack on the Great Redan was to some extent concealed from our view by the-intervening -hills, but an - well acquainted with the position and the circumstances of the attack ; and here I may perhaps be permitted to Fay in reference to it, that while our lirave allies, the French, favoured by the nature of the ground and protected. by Vitt - fire'ef the Enelish batteries, were eaabled to carry their say within .O or 40 yards ef .the Malakoff; it was no n ith our troops. Every (..tep they took was en filaded I y the enemy's batteries. aunt they were unable to appioaeh nearer than from - 220 to 240 . yards of the Great Roden. Nevertheless, our troops, when called upon, rushed out cf the trenche ; to the , attack, and although decimated, and more than decimated, in their passage across the intervening ground, they succeeded in .eflecting a lodgment in the battery. and would probably have retained ij, but they fouud that, unlike the Malakoff, which wee clond all ronnit, the Redact was open in the rear, and thus the enemy was en ahlet to pour in an overvshelmirg b .dy of troops, and so to recover the position as often as it was wrenched from them. There is another ch-cutieesr ca, ales. which is not general'y known, hut the truth of which I assure," my-. self by asking Gen. N. it the other day in Paris. Wkaete the French a ado their erFuccioefal attack on the ISth of Jun it was d'scoveted afterwards that they, bad only spiked tf.e enemy's guns imperfectly, which in their retreat were tn avoidab'y turned upon ourallies. A more positiv e order on this subject was subsequently issued, and on ti e Bth of September all the guns in the Roden were too effectually spiked by the English, and thus reo &red ueelose to leeel the advance of the enemy's hordes from the rear. It was utter'y immessible to withstand the ove:pnwering numbers thee. ruelieel in. But I gory in being able to say that net a wss Britieh courage more conspicuously displayed than oe ehne day. The example of the gallant Welsfotel, who fell gloriously in the action, and of the brave Hendcock, who was killed at the head of his corps, will never he forgottoi ; still less that of Gen. Windham, who amid a F bower of bullets, and, as if he had a charmed life, stand on the ramparts', urging on hie men to the attack. It may he said of them, as Lord St. Vincent said to Lord Nelson after his temporary want of success in his attack vii h gun-boats en Bou logne :—" It is not in mortals to command success, but you have done more, you have deserved it." The re sult of all these heroic deeds is that the allies stand on vantage ground on the eve of negotiations. If these nevotiations terminate in a safe and honourable peace, aed comprise effectual guarantees fit insuring its per manence, then all the objecce c f the war will be Es tained. But we roust not forget the prorerb—" Si via paccia, parts bellunt." There will be no relaxation ow our parts in preparing for a crtntieteence of the war, so that, if the enemy will not listen to reason and shall prevent peace being made, we may look confidently, through the blessing of God :tad a righteous cease, to another glorious campaign. .(Chetrs.) My lords and gentlemen, I have spoken hitherto of the horrors and glories of war. I would new venture to mention an episode in the last campaign of a character that will come home to the hearts of all persons residing in Hamp shire and this immediate neighbourhood with peculiar interest. I speak of the benevolent acts of Miss Night ingale and of the ladies with w h om s h e h as b een associ ated in her work of mercy in the East. (Cheers.) I speak with knowledge of the facts when I tell you that it has fallen to the lot of but few women to do the good that they have done. To dilate on those acts would be superfluous ; no tongue can do justice to them; but I trust they are registered in Heaven, as I know they are engraved on the hetrts or thoesands of their country men. (Loud cheers.) I hope yon will do me the justice to believe that it is impossible for any man to feel more sensible than I do of the honour which has been paid to me, not only in this room but out of doors, and I shall return to my command with an increased desire, if that be possible, to do my duty. (Cheers.) Several Other toasts were drunk and responded to, and, on the separation of the company, Admiral Lyon• returned to the residence of his relative, Admiral Wal cott. CORN.—The increasing expectations of peace caused the corn market to he extremely dull yesterday morning at the decline of Monday last. MIDDLE TBNIPLE.-11ilary Term, Jan. 2e3.—The un dermentioned gentlemen were this day called to the de gree of the utter Bar by the hon, society of the Middle Temple :—Robert Marshall Straight, Esq., Henry Gaw tress, Eeq., John Pickle, Esq., Quell's College. Cam bridge; Thomas Healy Derhishire, Eeq., Wm. Thowaspes Image, Esq., 8.A., Trinity-hall, Cambridge ; Thomas Eyre Foakes, Esq., Henry Gardner, Egg., and John Richard Andrews, Esq. ALARMING COLLISION ON TIM SOVTN JUNCTION AND was not attend e d with which fortunat e ly, A LTRINCIIAM IZAILWAY.--A collision occurred on this Line u ofgh alarming railway oinn its cbSaturdayaraan i , any very serious results. It should he u n d ers t oo d t h at the main line of this railway in the South Junction line, and that at the Oxford-road Station a siding, the length of the platform, receives the trains from the Altrincham line, which are shunted upon the main line by points some :30 yards from the stati on. A t the last train at n ight, it i 3 the duty of a. p or t er at t h e station to relieve the regular pointsman at-this place. On the starting of w po h r i te stl r e% three the floes last train from M aneheeter on Saturday night, at 11 eloch oni °althe g he a ritthe engine a driver,cces t ran out edsignal of steam of the station to turn the points, but unfortunately he turned the wrong ones, by which mans the train, when not more than 40 or 50 yards from the station, and advancing at the rate of about two miles an hour, ran into the en gine of a goods train which was waiting to come forward towards Maucheeter, when the passenger train Lad passed. The carriages of the latter train were tolerably well filled with passengers, and it heing the last Saturday night train, the greater part of them were thrown off their seats by the collision and some ei or 8 were more or less but t. Amongtheee, Mr.:end-Mrs. Ropereon, farmer', Tim pet ley, who were travelling .in re third-alas' carnage,were injured. Mr. Rogerson received some hurt in the knee ; and Mrs. Rogerson received so s evere in the a blown the head as to induce concrwien of the brain. airs. Palmer, of Sale Moor, was also eevetely hurt, and it was necessary to detain both those ladies i n Manchester till yesterday (Sunday.) Alr. and Mrs. Rogerson proceeded , to their home in the afternoon of yeesterday con iderahli better. Mrs. Palmer, who „aseetaveyed to Foulkes 's Temperance Hotel, Piccadilly, was in a state of co ll apse on Saturday night, but last evcriin;: - , she was a good deal better. Mr. Gaskarth, spn it plea ler, Altrincham, re ceived a smart blow on the foreieead, and a broken nose ; a lady from Timperley er Sale, whose name was no t known, received a flesh mound over the eye ; and a eel vant man of Air. Gunge, Fitaith's, of Timporley was hurt about the knees. There were severa black eyes and other bruises au) mg the passengers but nothing deo of a. wr'on'g cies eription. Mr. Pete noyle, surgeon, Lever-street., who 'asides at Vernon Lodge, Sale Moor, was in the ti; dn, and he rendered prompt assistance to the sufferer s ; and Dr. J. G. Ilarrisoe, of Piccadilly, was sent aid immediately attended, and took every care of the injetred rerroue Most of the passengers proceeded berths train to Altria. chars about midnight. The porter t vho act dac point• man has only been a few months :c i the service of the company, and was not sufficiently i acquainted with th.,) duties assigned to him. Had the train been going at the ordinaty railway speed, when s .‘ e collision occurred ' , the conecquences would have heel tof the most serion ► . and fatal description.--hfarteac2. IC;ucti'ditm. the ►orb for of ill' the ;m -'li, DrY em De. lar 18• of ed by tb to i!