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aber and tha want e want of taster, or to of the haYe,&c., an cern. EARL OP 1854. ers com• men and spots in y under hie great reference of any' men and nost snit - 31 to the •annot be to act o adiers al Dr. ener&l. lock, mud liandidate . body to majority. 'eakfasts, through it at for ustomar )endent " ?red was iucemeot ust be in 50 24 eased his 24 61 mble the 59 84 tp to the 79 01 -78 155-6. the 31st f.r the . !., amainet biting an 391. is re. the non 950,39 81 . ,1291. for r corps ; 31. for the lI'S, gill' shments ; clothing , fuel, end ,044,0691 lac:4,oo o d r military 1 officers ; officers ; pensions:, )cmoons for surer' ras tinder, rdnance• STEAg resterday when the ere at the with the ant. The Ad out is rietora in pany, and realise.). settled ac ty of die at Wel orniesion- however, at Auck eMises in notwith -3 proprie ty of the to a final ghtingale they hav Feb. 5. r William py of the e purpose f the sol- rolnntarl 154. 6d. al feeling )gaged in relief ad ,s, at the kilful sr' attention Isscciated len, your secretary. 'und.' DAY. 1 2 1 .. )e and a 1 2 3 I and was Tory ady, and oral coa- Ay good, ipported• wand for Mons. however 1 Flour. 1 3,480 brls i 140 ski 111 other o ds 4d; ►s by the 1 autho went o ed Bank ye to be late ac a of the ow days aria the rce sent rred to of cora [pressed 'aria ad- Ipportll. outlets in no nsiders- MONEY MARKET AND coramERcIAL INTELLIGENCE. kATI, Two o'CLoch. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the demand was small, but the market was badly sup plied with American, from 51d. to 6d. per lb. At the close of the market prices tended upwards. Americans were fully 1-16th of I.d. per lb. dearer. The sales were 7,000 bales (5,000 for export and 1 ,000 on speculation), comprising 220 Pernam and Maranham, 6d. to 61d. ; 150 Egyptian, (id. to 7 d. ; 500 Surat, 41d. to sd. ; and 80 Sea Islands, 1 0d. to 2s. 6d. per lb. The Railway Share Mar ket was quiet, at a slight improvement. The recent concession granted by the Austrian Government for the construction of a railway from Vienna to Saltzburg, up the vall©y of the Danube, big given great satisfaction to the commercial World, not only in Austria, but in France. The latter look forward to an extension of this line to Munich, and from thence to the Rhenish lines through Bavaria, and thus form ing a junction with the French system of railways. By this means the commercial relations of the two countries would be greatly extended, and when the proposed lines from Pesth to the borders of Turkey will be completed there would be a continuous line from Paris to Constantinople, when the Turkish project of constructing a railway thence to the Austrian frontier is furnished. These lines When completed will bring the Austrian and French capitals within 36 hours' journey of each other. Th e Vienna and Saltzburg line has been conceded to the Austrian Consul-General at Hamburg ; and the new Austrian Credit Mobilier Bank have taken large portion of the shares issued, to the amount 06 5,000,000 florins. It is calculated that the num ber of passengers who are likely to travel on the lino will be two millions annually, and the quan tity of merchandise conveyed amount to 16 million quintals. At an approximate calculation this would bring a revenue of 8,500,000 florins ; and, after deducting the charges for working the line, 1 1 is expected that the nett receipts would give a dividend on the capital of 81 per cent. The suspension of Messrs. Camhouroglon, Leno, a nd Co., engaged in the grain trade of the Danube, has been announced. The liabilities are only a bout 20,00 0/., and it is expected that arrangements will ce made for payment in full. - No alteration has been made in the board of direction of the London and County Bank, Mr. J ames Laming, Mr. Wm. Nichol, and Mr. A. A. 01.0gliton having joined. The rates of exchange for three months' bills en the principal cities of the Continent yesterday afternoon were generally at a slight advance. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co mpany's vesse l Al ma , t o l eave Southampt o n f or India, arc., this day, takes out 487,0831. in specie. The subjoined memorandum is from the Corn kittee of Mexican Bondholders :-- ‘ The Committe e of M ex i can B on dh o lders h ave a d v i ces ‘ cic4 U.S.) from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 10th Ult. The political state of the country continued t l i e l rY unsettled. The president had a decree dated 4,e let, and published on the 17th ult., abolishin g t he old "Junta de Credito Publico," and establishing a pe w financial board of seven members, four of whom, Incl uding the chairman, were to be nominated by the gov ernment, the fifth by the national creditors, the by the manufacturers, and the seventh by the 4 Zricult ur i sts. This board was in future to have the en tlr• management of everything relating to the collection at *el as to the accounts of the Customs revenue, and of th e assignments made on it in favour of foreign and dom estic t bondhold ers an d dipl o matic conv en ti on credi -211. The 11th paragraph of the Ist article of this that enumerates among the functions of th e b oar d of collecting the portion of the duties as -olgned t o t h e foreign debt, and of remitting it to - London to such mercantile house as the board may It is to be hoped that General Cornon tii.tti Government may last long enough to carry out IR Plan. The members of the board had not bee n a p., 1 1 ?inted at the date of Mr. Whitehead's letter, but he had ;Llni!4elt been invited by the minister to represent the Irielgn creditors at it. Th e 21,805 d o l e , rece i ve d b y t h. t Ogdalena, as stated by Col. F lan° t o -d ay , cons i st o f iree amounts, the shipmert o f w hi c h, by th e agents o f t h e 'Uiliholders in Mazatlan, from that port and Guaymas, by l Brisk, to Panama, has been mentioned in ° ?tner statements of the committee. Mr. Whitehead Writs that the agents in Mazatlan had since then se cured a further amount of 7,765 dols., which would be tetaitted by the first opportunity. The Funds opened with a dull appearance, but upon the above announ c emen t o f an a lter a tion in the r amount of deposit, more firmness was appa •!rit. Since then, however, large sales have been m ade on behalf, it is stated, of an influential ca pitalist, and the m ar k e t h as b ecome wea k er . C onsols for money were at first about 901 9 4, but about 50,0001. stock being disposed !I a. decline to 901 has occurred. The account prices after being 901 are. now 90 /. The New Par Cent s . are 91i t o 91/ 1, and the Reduced 2 ° 2 i to 91i. Bank Stock is 214, and India Stock 4 . Exchequer Bills (AU) are ss. discount to par. -Very little business has been recorded in the ° reign Market, and most of the quotations are 111 D9 e , r elY nominal. Turkish N e w G uaran t ee d are 23 1 Mexican Stock is 201, Spanish Def e r re d !, and the Passive 6±. I n railway s h are s there is no material alt era ti on , bu t Most o f th e quo t a ti ons a re higher th an a t th e clo se of business yesterday. Great Western have risen 10 %, but South-Western are very heavy. The fore ign are s t ea dy, b u t qu iet. M ining and Binking Shares are at about pre• v; T he rates. Union of Australia are ss. lower. c Miscell aneous Sh ares r ul e steady. The new a u °i nt-Stock Banking undertakings remain without ‘IIY material alteration. ktrrisn FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONI' ('CLOCK. a lltt ak Stock (Pram. the (yid& 1:40. un4iney done. .. 214 Der tlent. Redltced Annnitias... . ........ 91 t, 901 1 l it :'er Cent Consols Annuities 9 o..isViii 4 .0 ...; i 3 t •A r ;i 3 e n r i C ti e e n s t. e A xp n i .n re "i s ts t c h s Jan. 1860... — 9ll 4 g Years, expire sth Jan , 1860 3 5-16 , /rt I) itic 30 Years expire sth April, 1885 l6i tli It. " s,"c, 224 ' 48 Kends, £loeo Ditto, . , ri, under £lOOO 3 d ~.0 sole ?or Account tcheqnor Bills, 20. C16(10 .E5OO 5 d par 'hull 5 d par ? Ditto Bonds 1858, 3A per Cent 97i itt i t eß Ole FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON K O'CLOCK sc a n 3 per Cent. ieb 13ouds, 3 per Cent — ittl:itto Ne wDeferred, 3 per Cent bat° Passive 61 " 4 . 1 1 l onds, f; per coot — D itto New Quaranteed, 4 per Cent 991 i Two O'CLOCK. Lifermgolg money llMEDitty Aeeouut 9Oll i 2'll Z AMERICAN SAILORS AT HAVRE, took p lacethe day b e fk quarrel " w eeo two sailors, belonging to an American yes 13el lyi ng in the dock at Havre, before yesterday an d , as i s always the c ase in those disputes, their bowie knives were ;Too called into play. One of the men, named Mor gan, inflicted two severe wounds in the abdo ell on his adversary B e auf or t, w hi c h, it i s f e ared by the me d ical men at the hospital, will prove fa t Morgan was at first arrested and lodged in t he pris on at Havre, but, on the application of the American consul, he was sent on beard the vessel, where he will be confined in irons until his arrival 4 t New York, where he will be tried for the murder .fif the man, should t h e latter die, the crime having been committed onboard the vessel. On the same a fternoon another quarrel took place on the ram parts between two oth er American sailors, but in this affair only their natural weapon, the fist, was coed. The police put a s t op to the contest, but the Mbatants after having walked off the ground, re e°,romeneed their fight at t wo other different Places. The Havre journals are loud in their corn- Plaints of the constant disturbances caused in that Port by the riotous conduct of the American and Z. t her foreign sailors, and call loudly for the adop -104 of some re p ress ive measures. It is as ser t e d t h at i mme di ate l y on th e prel i minaries i eln g signed, Austria will demand the accession of Nhi a to the ennferencep. th, ll4l Presse d'Orieki publishes a letter from Adrianople e 3 ]st January, which states that on the 13th of tilt Mouth Samih Pacha had been installed in his post ni _ l ' L aw governor of that city. He inaugurated his admi -4:".4ti°11 by certain acts of justice, which were CODSi. by the Ttuts a good omen for the future,_ 11 St. St. 20 5 5 20 10 FOREIGN. 10 I I kntworp4zitott 71 - 8 8 40 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh.atpartill'6l Id - 1 p 20 i ! 10 Ardennes 2 -2.1 p 5 4. lelg;an Eaqtn. June 3i 2; , , 14 ',niers toGraissossa , '4 d -•4 p 18 41 ilombay,Baroda,an Central India,Scri; 18 all Do. - ..• 1.7? all Demerara - ••• .10 11 'hitch Rhenish - 20 all gastern of Franco - 391 10 13 Do. New l2 - 14 , 20 all Bast g. 5 p. , •• 21 - 214 21f lc) 15 I Do. Ertonsion.. g -1 , 103 all D0.41p.e.8nd5.,'57 - 'Ol./ all Do. do. do., '59, cl^ 20 16 Gee our; e Meibou ne guar. 5 per c nt.. - ?,() all Do., Lon, allot., do. ... 25 226i(1d.Tkof CanadaAis 10i - 91 25 .• Do. 100 9.) Do. Cert. of Dcben, con. into Stk. till '62 75 • 77 100 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 82 - - SG 84 2) 14 at. Ceara] of Fran.- 51 - 011 20 all Gt. Indian Pcninsul , 201 - 201 26 1.4 Great LuxembouL. Constituted Share ,, - 51 4 all Do. Obligations... . 3 - 31 20 11 Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. - 201 all Gt.Weeturnefeanaea Sharpe - 941 Ha 204 51 Do. New - 3 il 100 all Do. 13:10sp.,tron aytaiu.s b1e'5 5. 7 : with 99 1.00 all Do. do., 'B2. p.'56 122 125 100 an Do. do., '75, p. '6O 122 - 125 100 i all Do. do., '73, without option 167 169 4! an Hamilton & Toront , 251 - 25:1 251 .00 all Do. 6 per cent. - 125 10 17 Lake Const.& Bast , 20 all LiCITO and Turnhout 5 oil Lucca Fist. sp. c.p pm l It' 16 Lyons and Geneva 20 14 ',Lyons Moditerran 10 btiz New a , oua::: 5 p. c 4p . c 19 i 19 20 I 20 5 I Po. CI p. c. Eaten (I 31 ail Maria Antonia 7 9 If , all Do. do. Now - 3 10 all Namur & Liege interest) si -- 6 5 7 (1 all Do. (ox interest)... 5t 5 1 1, all Northern of France. R9li - 40 20 all Do.2ol.Shs lll - 1 2 3 '0 all Do. 201. 3p. c Bde ffniy.B.St AME.Shs. !„0 all NorwegianTrunkPre 7 - • 8 all Paris and Lyons 491 -49 i 4(. all Ditto Bonds ..... •,!e all Paris and Orleans ..,. 50 - 51 10 5 Rome and Frascati - 2,0 all Royal Danish l9 - 20 5 all Royal Swedish la - 2 11 all 4 all Do. Obligations 2 - 2,1 21 1 20 oil Sambre and Meuse... 9 - 9a la- ail De. 51 p. cent. Pref. 20 5 Schiele, guar. sp. c - lip 6 20 all Do £0 all Southern of France - pm 20 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A).- 84 r.'.! West Flanders 3i - 4 10 all Do SA ner c. Prat 20 18 W. &N. W. of Francs 34 - 35 31 20 all West. of Switzerland - 6 all Wiesbaden - 20 all Zealand • 184 - iijl JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. 0 I -11 knatralasia 92 • - v 4 100 50 Bank of London . 67 69 40 all ~q.i. Col. Bk.kLn. C. ... _ ..' 30 al British N. American ... 25 5 'Thartd. Bank of Asia pu. _ 1 p 20 4 Mrtcl. Buk. of India, Anstra; is, & China ... _. ... 4 100 1 50 City 69 - . 71 100 125 klolonial — ... 100 i2O Commercial of Lo ud ... _ 20 ' all Eng.Scot.&Ane.Cht 174 -- 18 20 i all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 5 Ditto New. 50 20 T.endon and County ... ... 100 50 Lna.&E.Bnkg.Corp par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock - 100 10 London and Paris 3 - - 1 d 1.00 20 Loud. & Westminster ... ••• top 35 National Pro.of Eng ... *** 20 10 Do. New ..., • • 50 22 i i National of Ireland ... ••• 20 all New South Wales 37 39 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation ........ 100 25 rrovincial of Ireland ... „, 511 10 all Do. Now ... •••••• ~.. G 111 ATIS R&GOIM et ... ... 100 50 Royal British ... ... 25 ail ionti, Australia 3B 40 394 9 25 all Union of Australia 7l - 72 711 ... 24 Do. New 7l 81 81 50 .1Q , tfuitaz 9 Locks . 27 29 2si - Oh "'"' THE 8171N 1 I,Ol'lOON. WEDNESDAY KVENIN ei FEBRUARY 20 1856. s ~i ._.. ••••' ,, J` • :.: ice. L ITERATUR E. linsiness this day. Our Own Story. By Selina Millbury. Author of " Life in Sweden." 3 Vols. Hdrst and Blackett. This work niay lay claim to the merits of origi nality of plot, and great diversity of scene and cha racter. It opens in a secluded part of Ireland, and leads us to Dublin, Brighton, the Pyrenees, to several parts of England, and finally, with a glance at the tropical regions of India, leaves us in the Modern Babylon. The events of the heroine's life present nearly as many changes. We find her the child of wealthy parents, brought up to all the luxuries of life, and surrounded by a loving circle, and the turn of Fortune's wheel brings her before the close of the tale to poverty and isolation. H er biographer, however, is too merciful to leave her in such a position, though the conclusion of the story is not quite satisfactory either in the matter or the manner. After all the years of separation and expectation, the meeting of Magdalene with her early lover is attended with so many awkward circumstances, and so many drawbacks, that the reader becomes quite bewildered, and can scarcely be persuaded that Walter Greville has indeed re mained constant to the memory of his early affec tion. Surely it would have been enough for him to have returned a widower or fet tered by another engagement ; but both toge ther are too much even for romance. The fact of his first marriage is quite unnecessary, and answers no purpose in the story. It would have been much better omitted. The first volume is the most interesting and pleasingly told. When the reader has passed the commencement, in which there are too many general reflections, he will find himself in the most attractive portion of the work. There are several parts of the subsequent volumes worthy of commendation, and the gradual isolation of Magdalene, as death deprives her of one cherished treasure after another, is told with feeling and skill. The great attachment of her life is Basil, her twin-brother. He has always wished to enter the Church, and her efforts enable him still to fulfil his wishes, even after their pecuniary losses. But he does not find the peace and happiness he expected in his life, for he meets with enemies and cavillers ; all he does is misrepresented, all he says is misunderstood. At length continual harass of mind and fatigue prove fatal to him, and his sister is left desolate ; the loving mother, for whom she surrendered her early affections, having died some time before. We cannot help regretting, however, that the writer should have given us so much of theological differences. What with the religious society in the town where they reside at first, and with the violent sectarians among whom they after wards live, and, finally, with the furious contro versialists whose persecutions wear out her brother's strength, the book is full of it. The author does not - take any decided part herself, at least as far as we can can discover she upholds the principles of the Eng lish Church ; nor does she set forward any particu lar argument or doctrine, but she gives us so many dissenting characters, and so many sectarian spirits, that the whole book seems pervaded by a contro versialist tone. This can be productive of little profit, as few of such rigid individuals would read a novel, in the first place ; and if they did, we very much question if it would convert them from their uncharitable opinions. We do not think, either, that the pleasure is much greater than the profit. Magdalene herself is a charming character, and speedily secures the reader's interest. The story would have borne a little condensing. Miss Bun bury, we should conjecture, though previously an authoress, is unaccustomed to this style of writing, and is therefore - not-aware hew much a novel gains by a little more vividness and brevity in the style. If it is a first attempt, however, it is a very pro mising one, and we may be encouraged to hope that, if she will leave out a few pages of reflections, if she will not make her hero a widower, and, above all, if she will let Dissenters alone, the authoress of "Our Own Story" will give us many meritorious works of fiction. Bulkiness done this day. Improved Method of Raising Sunken Ships. By W. Orchard. Plymouth : J. and H. Smith. Mr. Orchard is employed in her Majesty's Dock yard, Devonport, and this brochure is published with tie sinction - (whatever that may imply) of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. What may, however, operate still more in his favour. is the fact that leis improved method was successfully employed, in th 3 first instance, in raising the barque Roslin Castle, which a while back sank in Stone house Pool. The inventor claims for his process a decided superiority over every other in simplicity of design and general applicability. No divers, we are told, are required—nothing out of the way and difficult to procure ; and once slung the vessel can not possibly upset. The raising is effected by chain sweeps with jewel rings, (tic., which, being attached to two brigs and two lighters, stem and stern, aro ingeniously let down so as to encompass the vessel horizontally. The windlass, or other motive power, is then set at work, the ship is fairly grappled, next lifted, and finally brought to the surface. So far as we can judge the process is both simple, econo mical, and effective, and reflects much credit on the inventor, who, we understand, is a working man. It is necessary, however, that the diagrams illustrating the invention should be seen fully to appreciate its merits ; and we have therefore much pleasure in calling the attention of our naval and seafaring readers to the pamphlet, in which will be found diagrams, &c., in abundance. The process, it will be seen, may be rendered applicable to ves sels of the heaviest weights. Practical Observations on _Health and Long Life. By E. Epps. Piper, Stephenson, and Spence. The most practical remark we can make on these observations is—don't read them if you have a regard either for your health or your longevity. They are consumedly dull at best, one-half com mon-place and t'othor balderdash. The author, E. Epps, takes for his motto "score vere est scire per causes, which, freely translated, means "if you wish to know what any one is up to, in any parti .cular act, ascertain what he wants." We have tried to do so in relation to the appearance of the book ibefore us, and the conclusion we have arrived at is that the author wished to give himself and the Eppses a lift, and straightway penned "Prac tical Observations," &c., by way of advertisement, for an advertisement the book is and no more, a long-winded, and by no means clever, puff. What E. Epps is by trade or profession we don't know, and, consequently, can't tell ; what G. N. Epps and James Epps aro E. Epps takes care to inform us, as he does to trumpet the fame of Dr. Epps, who, we take for granted, has got a diploma. Ignorant, however, though we be as to the trade or profession of E. Epps we are not left in the dark as to his views on medical matters, on monthly nurses, temper, and religion. E. Epps—indeed we should fancy all the Eppses—isa homoeopathist of the stric ter sort, holding allopathy in disgust, and denounc ing all tamperers with it. Somewhat addicted to hydropathy—which, unlike allopathy, may judi ciously, in his opinion, be diluted, we suppose on the infinitesimal principle, with homwpathy—and very much given to play the part of Providence to the Eppses. Bine illce observationcs laboriously collected, or mistily invented, and stupidly put together—the whole, as we can vouch, notwith standing the Eppsian galaxy with which it is studded, being very dull and dreary to peruse. Chapter I. has the merit of practically disproving the similia simitibus curantur theory, the author's obfuscation being infallible for obfuscating still further the dullest reader. In Chapter 11. the bewildered reader is carried away in " The Search for Truth," which, lying at the bottom of a well, will account for the author's bathos when he comes, in Chapter 111., to " The Study of Mind," which somehow involves a belief in Hahnemann and a padlock on one's doors to keep out the "agents of death ;" in other words, the Allopathists. Next facie de scensus averni, the reader is precipitated headlong on " Medicine," which is the subject of Chapter V., and by which, of course, is meant homoeopathy. This system, we are told, " presents science, order, fitness, without forms of distinction and of death ; economises life ; never trifles with it ; and gives to nature every chance to carry on its operations." Science, order, fitness ! Well, perhaps E. Epps is right—the science of getting a living out of the public fit for the Eppses in their regular order ; but as to having " no forms of destruction, econo mising life, and never trifling with it," that is un true, if the perusal of this work and the pon derous tomes on the subject sold by James Epps is part of it, for that is mortal. As to " giving nature every chance to carry on her operations"— it may be so, barring the books—and if so, in the opinion of many that is the best that can be said for Homoeopathy—it leaves nature to fight her own battle, and takes the credit if she wins. From Ho moeopathy to Homoeopathist the transition is easy and not ungrateful, for in the medical attendant capable of commanding confidence, and that can be relied on "next to God"---shall not Dr. Epps, whose works are sold by J. Epps, be unmistakeably adumbrated ; and shall G. N. Epps, the skilful surgeon, with his " important" strictures cr o unre cognised. Medicine leads to Diet, which of course involves a recommendation of homoeopathic cocoa, which we take for granted is kept constantly on hand for sale by J. Ep p ,. Diet leads to nurses, a subject which is so pro foundly treated that the author forgets to re commend any of the female members of the race of Eops. Cleanliness (Chap. VII.) naturally leads to Religion (Chap. VIII.), which is somewhat infini tesimally indicated for the sick, and altogether is treated after a fashion lik e ly eno u gh to try the 4 ‘ Temper" of zealous religionists, and unfit them for an unbiassed consideration of Chap. IX. The author, however, knowing " that Satan still has work for idle hands to do," plunges into a discussion or "Work" (Chap. X.), at the termination of which he compassionately treats on " Play" (Chap. X E.), a chapter of" Concluding Remarks," making up a round dozen of chapters—had it been a baker's dozen we could not possibly have survived the in fliction—and completing the work, which, for a wonder, is neither printed nor published by an Epps. And for this trashy stuff E. Epps has the conscience to ask ls. 61 Why, Morrison and Holloway give theirs away, and are only too glad to have them read. Homoeopathists, however, we are told, do not stick at trifles. THE LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING BILL, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a special Court was held for the purpose of receiving and acting upon the report of the Consolidated Committee on the Local Dues on Shipping Bill in Par liament. Although the notice was extremely shert, there was a large attendance of members, and the benches of the aldermen indicated that the subject was consi dered to be one of great importance to the corporation. Mr. WOODTHORP, the clerk of the court, read the fol lowing report, which was received with cheers : " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your Consolidated Committee, to Nelsons, on the 14th inst., it was referred to consider a bill for the abolition of passing tolls and the regulation of local dues on shipping, and report thereon, do certify that, Mr. Remembrancer having laid the said bill before us, we proceeded to con sider the same, and find that it proposes to deprive mu nicipal corporations and other incorporated bodies of the revenue which they derive from dues on shipping and on goods carried in ships, without any compensation or equivalent, notwithstanding the right to create such dues and customs was an undoubted part of the preroga tive of the Crown, and that they were purehased by or granted to the present possessors with every security that can give validity to a purchase or grant, and that they have been repeatedly declared to be the property of the bodies which have so long possessed them by the highest courts of judicature in the kingdom; that it also proposes to appor tion existing mortgagee and charges on such tolls, dues, or customs upon dues on shipping, or goods carried in ships, and the other property of such corporations, with power as to the latter portion, if need be, to enforce the levy ing of rates upon the inhabitants for payment; that it is also proposed by the said bill to deprive many municipal corporations and other local bodies of the right to receive the tolls or dues on ships or goods carried in ships which they at present collect under the authority of numerous acts of Parliament, and to transfer the management and control of the dues on shipping and goods carried in ships from the local authorities in many of the principal ports of the United Kingdom to the Board of Trade. The bill also proposes to authorise her Majesty in Council to abolish all or any of such tolls or dues. That your com mittee consider that such tolls, dues, or customs, held by municipal corporations on the faith of Royal charters and grants of ancient date, and enjoyed by a long suc cession of their ancestors without any dispute or denial, are property to which they Are legally entitled, and that lip to the present time all lauds or possessions compul sorily taken on the grounds of public good have been fully compensated for and ample security afforded that the compensation should be just and equitable. That your committee feel it to be their bounden duty to re commend your hon. court to protest in the strongest manner against such an innovation, and to empower your committee to oppose the said bill, in order to pre vent the recognition of a principle fraught with danger to all property. " That your committee have directed Mr. Remem brancer to prepare the draught of a petition to the hon. the House of Commons against the said bill, which your committee have approved, and recommend the petition to your hon. Court fur adoption. " JOHN WOOD " D. R. M‘LaurGHLAN " T. FARNOONIB " D. CORK " J. DE JERSEY " W. S. HALE " H. BLAKE " E. Hour " E. IlleissoN " R. H. KENNEDY " T. H. HALL " J. PARKER " H. L. TAYLOR " T. CORNET " B. BOWER " T. DAKIN " W. GRESHAM " E CONDOR " J. CAUSTON " P. LAURIE " W. BATHBONE " W. Curarr." Mr. WOOD (chairman of the committee), in moving that the report be agreed to, said there was never an oc casion on which it was more necessary to call the members together fur the purpose of opposing an injuri ous principle. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") It was not because the Corporation of London was not touched by the obnoxious bill that they ought not to feel they were called upon to act for their brethren in Dover and Liver pool and other towns which would be affected by its ope ration. The committee looked at the bill calmly and dis passionately, and they found that the non-compensating principle was its Frominent feature, and then came to the unanimous clnclusion that it should receive tLe most vigorous oppw.ition. (Rear.) Deputy LOTT felt great pleasure in seconding the mo tion. If ever a time occurred in which the energies of the citizens of London ought to be displayed in defence of their rights and privileges, the present supplied the occasion, and if they did not resolutely stand forward and immediately act in opposition to the bill their doom was sealed, for it went directly to the confiscation of private property, without grant , ng compensation for the ijury; and the next step the Government would take would ha the confiscation of the property of the Cor poration of London. (Hear.) Then would follow the confiscation of the property of the various companies, and, last of all, as au inevitable consequence, the confis cation of the property of individuals. (Cheers.) Against such a calamity he called upon the corporation to con tend, for the protection of their fellow-citizens, and he hoped to find every hand held up in favour of the struggle, Mr. VALLA.NCE said if it was the object of this bill to relieve the shipping interests of the country from op pressive char g es he would be the first to give it his sup port, provided it sought to accomplish its purpose by just and legitimate means ; but in its present form the uill was one of spoliation ; it sought to confiscate the revenues of corporations, which were as sacred in the e3e of the law as the estates of private individuals. Tue mover of the bill bad actually referred to the town dues of Liverpool as the proper subjects of confiscation, whereas no man possessed of property could produce a fairer legal title than the corporation of Liverpool cou:d show for these tolls. The contract deeds, the foundation of their title to the very tolls and dues which this bill proposed t) confiscate, constituted a portion of the pro perty transferred to the corp nation of London by what was termed the royal contract. by Charles 11., to s , ctie the repayment of 230 0001. which the citizens had lent to King James, and 139,000/., a furth r sum, lent to King Charles upon the execution of the mortgafre, by which lands, manors, lordships, fairs, market t o ire, a i d port dues, pert of the le relitary revenues of the Crown, had been assigned over, %%VI powers of sale to repay the e advances. The Liverpool town dues at tie date of the contract were on lease to Sir Richard Molyneux, at a rent of 141., and were purchased from the corpora tion of London in 1083 by Mr Farakerly, and sub,e quently sold by him to the town of Liverpo )i. The consideration paid by Mr. Farakerly for the pureleise was 450/., which, although a trifling sum if measured by the present revenues of the port, was a large amount at a time when the rent paid was only 14/., and Liverpool was a place of no consideration. Some of the first fa milies in this kingdom held properties cony, yed by this very contract deed, and had no other title but that which the corporation of Liverpool possessed. The rd vocates for this bill, who would seize the property of corporations upon the pretext that it might have been obtained from improvident monarchs, did not so apply this rule when dealing with`grants to indivi duals obtained by means which might have been liable to some exception. When the Duke of Grafton, the grantee of one of Charles ll.'s patents to tax all wines imported into the kingdom under the name of " prisage" and " butlerage," was required, for the benefit of commerce, to surrender his patent, the Legislature secured to the heirs male of the first duke an-annuity in perpetuity of .7,000/. a-year, charged upon the consolidated fund, being the annual average revenue of the patent rights. (Cheers.) Feeling that this bill was the first measure ever introduced into the English Parliament in which the confiscation of property had been openly avowed, he trusted this court would unite with other bodies engaged in the opposition. (Cheers.) Mr. T. E. HALL would ask the members of the court to support the motion. He was quite sure that the way in which the report was drawn up was unexceptionable. That corporation possessed property to a considerable amount ; but that property they held solely for the benefit of their fellow-citizens. He held it to be a right for them to interfere in a question like the one before them. It was not their desire in doing so to stop ship ping, but as matters altered and changedtoimp h r e o vethe system of administration, and such a course consi dered to be necessary. (Hear.) He would not sign a any petition which merely sought f or party rights, but t. he would sign one which aimed , a s the prop Hose nsbl cwonidefeorreed that th e the he Localdid, attheDpuuesbloicn gsohoidp.pin(gHßesilri enacted a mons trous trons evil, as it proposed the taking away of rights long purchased, and did not propose to grant the smallest amount of compensation. He wished it to be distinctly understood that the question of reform of the corpora tion and the bill before them were separate, and any op position they might make to that bill was not intended in the slightest degree to interfere with the progress of reform. DAKIN observed that, th oug h h e did no t agree h y whole of the bill, still h e considered i t to b e a wipte the etpth large and excellent measure ; and therefore be thought that, while that corporation opposed wrongdoing, they would consider the case honestly and fairly. He con sidered the exemption of certain bodies from the opera tion of the bill was based upon a sound principle— namely, that in cases in which essential services were proved to be rendered to the public, the dues were not to be interfered with. The bill, in fact, proposed inter ferance only in cases where large duties and services were rendered, but where no such services were required he thought such a system ought to cease. Mx. ROWE approved the bill. He thought it was right for the Government to interfere in the matter, inasmuch as it was the fact that, though the dues last year at Liverpool amounted to 1,095,000/., but a comparatively small sum was spent in the improvement of the s hipping and the navigation generally, while the remainder, several thousand pounds, went into the borough funds. The most exorbitant sums were paid for lightening ves sels of their cargoes. It was his delibera te o p inion that one of the chief reasons why the Government had inter fered was because the corporation of Liverpool bad in ' eisted upon fees, and therefore ho hoped that the corpo- SAAR I; MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday lu:. tVer.leon &mbg. llottng. Bost and Ea.9tn. Sunet 1131 fast 3I ming. Wolverh &- Stour . Birk oand. Luaesi.. aeshire Juliet Citexh. & Birk.. £5O and £25 Cons Do., £20... iyth & Tyn s origina' £25 (issd. at £45 3ristol and Exotnr... Jaledonian . Carm. and Cal digab .:hector & Holybea.l. 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Ld. & Minrl. 2} 2} 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... 50 10 Do. New ... ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co ... ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l3 11 1 1 Ditto Now i il ) 25 all South AnstraLiand 353 363 1 all • Bubmar. Tol.SeriP • — 1 20 all Do. Registered..,,.., 15 5- Ti ust& L. Co.U.Can !_.•-• •-• ...! Van D 4 283 Vaiemen's Land 1,53 .i . : 16 (pci ft m i Vlci?eftsC.aanaiAl l 7, it, ID ill The Lord Panmure, &c. BILL. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —(This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. The following bills were read a second time, and or dered to be committed :—Dover Water ; Lyming,On Railway ; North British Railway ; North-Western Railway ; Saint Ives and West Cornwall Junction Rail way. The second reading of the British and American Great Railway Land Company Bill was postponed till the 15th April. OPENING THE MUSEUM, &c., ON SUNDAYS. Numerous petitions were presented against the opening of the Crystal Palace, British Museum, and National Gallery on Sundays. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented nine petitions from the working classes of the metropolis praying that the above might be opened to the public o►: Sunday after- noons ; and Mr. Spooner presented 33 petitions from the inhabitants of Birmingham against opening the Museum, &c., on Sundays. Petitions were also presented in fa- vour of medical teform ; against the Local Shipping Dues Bill, and the Police Counties and Boroughs Bill ; and in favour of, and against the abolition of, Church rates. Mr. Williams presented 21 petitions from the suburban districts of the metropolis against opening the Crystal Palace, &c., on Sundays. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of BLANDFOBD the second reading of this bill was agreed to, and en the motion of Sir G. GREY it was ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Ecclesiastical Commission. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES BILL. The second readiag of this bill was postponed. MEDICAL PROFESSION BILL. Mr. HEADLAM moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. SPOONER hoped the house would not hastily proceed with this measure, against which there were many objections. Lind R. GROSVENOR called attention to many ob jections be bad to various provisions of the bill. He considered the principle of the bill was based on a mo nopoly, for it gave to one college the power of conferring the right to be registered and to practise as a qualified medical practitioner. Th• state of medical science in this country was not in such a state as to justify the adop tion of this measure. Before the house agreed to it he asked them to reflect whether by doing so they would mot be inflicting a serious injury on the community. The public bad never asked for this measure, but only medical practitioners. He assented to the principle of education laid down in it, but the othtr portions of the bill he dissented from. He would not object to the se pond reading, but suggested some alterations to be made in committee. Sir G. GREY - said no doubt there were some of the details of the bill that required alterations which might be done in committee. Repeated applications had been made to the Government fur an alteration of the laws with reference to the medical profession, and several attempts had been made to accomplish it, but which had failed owing to the jealousies that existed amongst the different branches of the medical profession. Mr. HENLEY and Mr. NAPIER having briefly ad dressed the house, Mr. HEA.D LAM replied to many of the objections of the noble lord the member for Middlesex, and said that any suggehtions that might be made by the medical pro fession or hon. members would receive every considera tion. The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed the first Wednecday after Easter. DRAINAGE ADVANCES ACTS AMENDMENT In reply to some observations from Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON repeated his statements with re f erence to the operation of the bill which he addressed to the house on its first reading. The principal object of the bill was to charge landowners who applied to the Go vernment for advances under the Drainage Act, interest on the money so advanced from the date of the cheque, and not as now when the money was drawn from the Bank of England. gr. HENLEY said he thought this way putting the screw on the landowners, but, under the circumstances, considering the advantage these advances were to land- owners, he should not oppose the bill. The house then went into committee ea the bill; Lerd DUNCAN in the chair. The clauses of the bill were agreed to without opposi ion. The house then aijourned at 10 minutes past one o'clock. DESTRUCTION OF FORT NICHOLAS. (Front the Gazette of last Evening.) WAR DEPARTMENT, FEB. 19. Lord Panmure lrts received a Dospatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Lordship by Gen. Sir W. Codringtou, K.C.B. Sebastopol, Feb. 4. My Lord,—Marshal Pelissier informed nse a few dais ago that this day Fort Nicholas would be destroyed ; and he again sent to say that at one o'clock p.m. the mines for this purpose would be fired. The view over the whole harbour is well obtained from the interior slope .of the Redan Hill, and from other points within the Russian lines. The day was magnificently clear ; every sentry on the opposite side could be seen, every working party watched, every soldier that was lounging in the sun ; occasional shot and shell were sent from the enemy to the Karabel naia and the town, but otherwise nothing disturbed the usual appearance of quiet, almGst of desolation. Ou our (the south) side, we looked down on the largo ruined barracks in front, on the inner creek of the Dock yard, the Quay, and the remains of Fort Paul, the spa cious inlet from the harbour on our left, beyond which stands the roofless buildings of &bast spot itself. There also is the well-remembered long line of pointed arches, the casetnates of the interior of Fort Nicholas, of which the embrasures in double tier pointed to seaward and away I from us. It juts out into the harbour built on an inner tongue of land ; Fort Constantine forming a similar but more out ward defence for the sea approach on the north. The scene and feeling of expectation were of great in- terest, for another tangible proof of power and success was to take place, and 106,0J0Ibi. of powder were in the seve ral mines. At the hour named a burst of smoke, dark and thick, rolled from our loft of the building ; it was followed by another; the heavy sound arrived, the stones were shot into the air and to the sea ; the explosions of the extreme right and the centre mingled at little intervals into one drifting cloud, which veiled the destruction below. The light of the ann played. beautifully on the mass of smoke, of which the lower part lay long and heavily on its victim, The breeze passing it away over the. remains of the town, showed that a long line of ruin was all that re mained of the pride of Fort Nicholas, and one standing menace of tbo harbour lay buried under its waters. TlO state of the docks has been given in detail in my letters. They are all destroyed, whilst the earth sur rounding them is shaken into cracks ; basin, decks, masses of broken granite, capstans, gates, beams of iron, and of timber aro tumbled into one miss of destruction. — I have, &c. W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Fob. 16, 1856 £12,881 10 10 Corresponding week last year 10,950 18 9 Increase in 18:) . 6 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 16, ----- - , 1856 ..... . £3,183 9 2 Oorresponding week last year 7,23G 7 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 69,015 11 8 Total of the half-year to this date,lBss GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Feb. 16, 1856 £5,552 16 9 Oerresponding week last year 4,945 11 8 Increase in 1856. GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 17, 1856 £3OO 16 6 SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. It is the intention of the directors of this company, at the forthcoming half-yearly meeting of the proprie tors, to recommend the payment of a dividend of 13s. 3d. per 301. stock, which is at the rate of 41. Bs. 4d. per cent. per annum. The board of the London and County Joint-stock Bank was augmented yesterday by the election of Mr. W. Nicol, of the firm of Nicol, Duckworth, and Co., Mr. A. A. Hogbton, and Mr. J. Laming. ELECTION' OF VESTRYMEN IN ST. CLEMENT D ANES .— Yesterday morning, in consequence of the proceedings of the last election of vestrymen for this parish, under the provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Act, having been declared null and void by Lord Campbell in the Court of Queen's Bench, the parishioners proceeded to elect 24 fit and proper persons to act as vestrymen. Mr. Robert Child, the churchwarden, presided, and the whole of the proceedings were characterised by great in by the d co o n ze fu n si b o y n t a b n e d mepmrobaerr, s p o r f or b s e ts it b e e d i , ng er b ß a e n f d n e r d m Associa tion. After considerable discussion, two lists of 24 each were proposed—the Blue by Mr. Campbell, and the Red by Mr. Murrough, M.P., and upon a division there was a large majority in favour of the Red list, and a p o ll was demanded on behalf of the other side. The pa i l com mences at eight to-day, and c loses at ei ght in the evening. DARING BURGLARY. SOUTHAM PTON, Tuesday. —. Last evening, between the hours of t en and twelve o'clock, a most daring burglary was perpetr a t e d on th e premises of Mr. Edwards, watchmaker. The house is situated in the High-street, having a front and side entrance, the latter, which is but a few paces from the street, being locked and secured on the outside by a pad lock. Mr. Edwards occupies the shop only, havinc , ' private residence elsewhere. Last night, about half past ten, he locked up the shop and went to supper, intending to return again to the shop to sleep there, his usual custom. At the expiration of little more than an hour, Mr. Edwards returned, and found that the pad lock and lock had both been forced by some heavy in strument, and his shop bad been entirely ransacked, the following property having been removed :-40 gold chains, Alberts and guards, 18 gold wedding-rings., 24 gentlemen's rings, 30 dress rings and keepers, 28 gold, and 93 silver watches. Amongst the gold watches are the following numbers :-1,366, 39,250, 40,114, 6,863, 74,923, 8,175, 76,643, 8,927, 83,926. The property is valued at nearly MI. No clue has yet been obtained. 100 10C1 1.00 'lOO 100 130 1100 ;100 88 8 55i f 21 i 571 8 71 92 xd 70 69i ration of the city of London would mind its own bus ness, and not interfere in the matter. Sir IL MUGGERIUGE said that he went with the report to a considerable extent, but he was quite confident that it was exceedingly important to them as to the way in which they intended to word the petition. In these days of progression they must progress also, and he doubted whether it was wise for them to oppose the bill. Lou. don was one of the cheapest ports in the world, the ton nage dues were so light, the navigation was in a most excellent state, and they had a surplus of 100,000/. What was to be done with the sum ? For sech cases the bill provided, net interfering where the funds were re quired for extra services. Mr. Cox remarked that they might depend upon it if the bill passed, the Government would soon show that they considered it fair game to take any property be longing to the corporation. Mr. J. WOOD having briefly replied, The motion was unanimously carried, and a petition prepared for presentation to the House of Commons against the bill. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Mr. Philipson, the Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in his recent speech at the local meeting in that borough, entered into a searching analytis of the arguments ad vanced by Mr. Lowe in support of his bill. Mr. Philip son argued that the dues which the commissioners were now seeking to abrogate were legally payable and due, and that there was no ground for interfering with them, Mr. Philipson referred to various points in support of his argument, and concluded by saying :—" We are told by Mr. Lowe that it is a wrong that these dues should be levied, and be paid, as this is, to repair your streets and so forth. I don't admit that this is a correct state ment of the case ; but if Mr. Lowe will inquire into what is proceeding at this moment in London, and take up the Times of Saturday, he will find that they are now taking from the coal dues the sum of 80,0001. for the purpose of forming a street in Southwark. I think, therefore, he might just as well direct his attention to that before he goes much further in this matter." Mr. Philipson then moved "that a petition be presented to the Rouse of Commons against the bill now before the house for regulating, as it is termed, the local dues on ships and on goods carried in ships." Mr. R. Plummer seconded the motion, and Mr. W. Turner opposed it, but on a di vision it was carried with only one dissentient voice— that of Mr. Turner himself. It was resolved that the petition be forwarded to the members of the town for presentation, and that the members for the several boroughs of Northumberland and Durham be requested to support its prayer. EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, when the report published in The Sun of yes terday was laid before the shareholders. A report was also read from Mr. Brunel, the engineer, recommending that on the completion of the monster steam-vessel, the works of which are at present suspended in consequence of the failure of Mr. Scott Russell, that she should, be fore the Australian passage was undertaken, be tested by short voyages to America, which, it was believed, would prove remunerative to the company, and advan tageous to the vessel. Mr. Hope, the chairman, ex plained that the hull of the vessel was being erected on the company's own property, whilst the engines and screw were being constructed on the.prerni-es of Mr. Russell, but the directors were advised they were the property of the company, and could not be claimed by the creditors of Mr. Russell. He was in hopes that the works might he soon resumed under the direction of Mr. Russell or his friends, and felt gratified in the consideration that their contract Lad not been an onerous ose upon Mr. Russell, and had no part in caus ing his failure. He regretted that the calls had not been paid up ; and others who, like himself, had paid all their calls, felt it was unjust on the part of proprietors who allowed their calls to remain in arrears to the ex tent of 149,0001. In answer to questions, it was ex plained that the parties in al rear of calls were generslly solvent, though some of them were insolvent, and the amount they had paid on their shares would go into the common stock of the company. With regard to the financial condition of the company, with respect to Mr. Scott Russell, the total amount of contract with that gentleman was 332. 250/., which 292,2951. had been paid. The 2,000 shares o Mr. Russell, held in trust by the company, would be forfeited if the contract was not carried out, the amount paid upon them being at least 101. per share. After a short conversation as to the enforcement of calls in air rear, Mr. Brunel stated that, in his opinion, the vessel might be completed without difficulty by August next, providing arrangements could he at once entrired into for the work being proceeded with at the ordinary speed, and nothing had occurred beyond the failure of Mr. Russell to induce him to suppose that the cost of the vessel would be materially increased beyond the original contract; though, of courss, it would be impossible to say what might ultimately be the loss to the company by Mr. Russell's failure. The report was received and adopted, and a resolution passed that it was the opinion of the shareholders that the directors might, at their discretion, forfeit or accept a surrender of shares on such terms as they might deem expedient for the interests of the company. CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER. Yesterday Elizabeth Webster, aged 24, a miserable looking woman, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Corrie, at Clerkenwell police-court, charged, on her own confess!on, with having caused the death of Samuel Webster, her child, eleven months old. William Damond, 175 G, having been sworn, said— This morning, at seven o'clock, I was on duty in Port ol-lane, Gray's-inn-lane, when I found the prisoner lying down in the passage leading to a house, last asleep. I awoke ber, when she said, "Hold me, I have done 4." I asked her, " What have you dcne ?" She re plied, "I have killed it." I asked her, " What have you' killed ?" She said, "I have killed my child." I inquired, "Where is it ?" She replied, "It is at No. 7, Charles•street, Batton-garden." She then said she had lived there. I took her to the station-houso in Bagnigge Wells-road. She had been drinking, and vas very confused and bewildered. Mr. Inspector Anderson, G division, said he had made inquiries, and found that she was not living in Gmles strea, Hatton-garden ; but he had ascertained that, in May last, she had taken her child, which was then four months old, from St. Andrew's workhouse. Mr. Corrie—Did she say how she killed the child ? Damond—She squeezed the throat of it. Jospector Anderson—She has given several statements, your worship. She said that her husband's name was Moffet, a compositor on the Morning Advertiser ; then that he was employed at a printing establishment in Wellington-street, Strand ; but on inquiry I find that none of ler statements are true. She also said that she left the child in the street, and it was dressed in a black frock, patent st.oes, speckei socks, and no cap. Mr. Corrie questioned the prisoner, but she stood at the bar in a state of apparent stupor, looking stedfastly at one spot, and not answering any question. . . Inbpector Anderson—l think her present state pro ceeds from delirium tremens. Mr. Carrie—l shall remand her for a week, and during the time every care must be taken of her, and the publicity of the cue may lead to important dis coveries. The prisoner was accordingly remanded. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LoNr ON, Feb. 20.—Wind -AWN day at noon, N.B. ; light breeze and dull hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 19. Wind E.N.E. Sailed— H.M.S.'s Calcutta and Gorgon fcr the westward. TORBAY, Fob. 19.—The Edina, from Newcastle to Con stantinople, is on shore at Elbury, leaky, bows being started ; seven of the crew had previously deserted her, the remainder are safe. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 19.—The P.osa Bella, from Dominica, for London, which put in here yesterday, leaky, will dis charge. MILFORD, Feb. 19.—A large brig, apparently running for this harbour, was seen to go down five or six miles W.S.W. of St. Ann's Lighthouse on the 15th inst. ; crew supposed to be drowned. NEWPORT, Fab. 18.—Wind N.E.--Sailed—Uumboldt, for St. Thomas. SWANSEA, Feb. 18.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—R o d er i c k Dhu, from St. Jag° de Cuba. FALmoUTIT, Feb. 19.—Wind E.N.E., strong—Sailed— Occidente, for Gonaives. (PER ELECTRIC! TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Planter, from Rye ; Waters, Sunderland; Carlindeda, Cherbourg. Sailed—Light and Sign, for Sunderland ; Ondine (dr.), London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. Sailed—Express, for St. Thomas ' • Ocean, Genoa ; Mari ner, Gibraltar ; M ar th a A nn , Constantinople; Pillgwenly, Salonica. Arrived —lthiel, from Gallipoli. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 18. Wind E. Arrived—Alchymist, from Alexandria ; Alice Wilson, Callao, and proceeded to Antwerp. Sailed—Darnley, for Barbadoes ; Angels, Philadelp4isk ; Examplar, Barbados; Barkhill, St. John's, Newfound:wad. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGBA.P II .) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.50 !1. D 7• Wind E.N.E., tide 14 hour's flood, cloudy. Arrived, Feb. 19.—Breena, from Dun kirk. Arrived, Feb. 20.—Vindiota Knot, from Barn holm ; Elida, Anrhuus ; Natram, Pillars ; Falcon, Christiania. Sailed.—Peninsula (s), for BalAklays. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.41 a.m. Wind E.N.E., moderate. Passed, Feb. 20. —Wye , f rom London for Mogador. Passed, Feb. 20.—Queen of the Chase, from Terceira' for Landon ; Malcolm Brown, London, Malta ; Oliveira ' London, Swansea ; Emanuel, London, St. Kitts ; Jane s London, Jamaica. THE TOWN DuEs.--LIVERPOOL, Tuosday.—A sition, very numerously signed, and em b racing the princip • al merchants and shipowner s o f t h e por t , was this day presented to his worship the Mayor, John Stewart, Esq., asking lom. to call a m e eting o f th e in habitants, in order to potation tho House of Commons against the bill of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade for the abolition of our town dues, without ade quate compensation being afforded, and to take mea sures to resist to the utmost such a monstrous innova tion. In accordance with the desire of the requisition ists, his lordship bas called a public meeting, _to be held in St. George's Hall, on Friday next, the 2`24.1 9 Xlit noon. 100 Qs. 1 too 100 100 3i 100 1100 100 1 31 'LB L 7 al) all all 3 all all 75 6 15