The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-18 00:00:00

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Many people may be aware—and many people, We trust, are not aware—that for some time past rumours have been afloat to the effect that the Prince Consort has meddled in the most out rageous manner with the affairs of the State. It has been said that Prince Albert has cancelled instruc tions prepared by the Ministers at home for Lord Stratford at Constantinople ; it has been said that, When Ministers refused to admit of these altera tions, the Prince despatched a messenger on his own account to the East, concurrently with the emissary of the Foreign-office, and in contradic tion of the despatches of which he was the bearer ; it has been said that Prince Albert warned the Russian Ambassador of the contemplated move ment of the combined fleets into the Black Sea, and thus enabled the Czar to save his ships by 'withdrawing them to Sebastopol ; it has been said that the reigning Prince of Saxe Coburg, not the Autocrat of All the Russias, is the ogre of whom United Europe should stand in dread. Saxe Cobur g will invade us all, Prince Albert pre paring the way for the triumph of that great military Power by his most " base, bloody, brutal," and perfidious machinations. For the last few weeks the town has been entertained with such skimble-skamble stuff as this. A portion of the press has not been ashamed—though we are almost ashamed to record the fact—to give Publicity to as silly and unsupported a calumny as anY which we can remember during a long course of years. What are the proofs ? There can be no proofs of these charges as they stand at Present. Has the Queen turned Queen's evidence ? ---or Lord Aberdeen ?—or Lord Clarendon ?—or Lord Palmerston ? or Lord Stratford ? Who heard the order given to " Jerningham" to bring the garters ? No man of candid mind could originate or for a moment entertain against his fellow any accusation not susceptible of proof. In the pre- Bent case it is absolutely impossible that there should be anything like direct testimony. What is there of circumstantial evidence ? Is there so much of proof in either shape as would induce a Jury to convict a little boy of stealing a pewter Rot ? " But everybody believes it," says Tom voozle of the Travellers, to Si r M arma d u k e Clodpole, of the Carlton. We simply reply, that a few months ago everybody believed that tables Were endued with prophetic power, and were in the confidence of the Prince of Darkness—whether they are made of rosewood, mahogany, or even Walnut, mattered not. Is there any man in the three kingdoms who could put down upon a sheet of paper such grounds for believinc , in the guilt of the Prince Consort as would induce any other person of sane mind to admit the fact as true ? Raised eyebrows, shrugged shoulders, pre sumptions by the °offload, are not arguments, still less proofs. If they were, there is not a roan in all England who might not be executed at the Old Bailey for participation in the Acton murder ere six weeks were out. The accusation as it Stands is one far more inju rious to the Queen and to her Ministers than to the Prince Consort. What is he, after all, but the first subject in the realm ? If the Queen have be trayed her coronation oath—if Lord Aberdeen and his fellows are traitors to their country—English history is not devoid of precedents which may guide our conduct even under such circumstances as these. These, however, are very grave matters indeed ; the people of England are happily endowed Fah too great a sobriety of temper, as well as with too clear a judgment, to proceed to such extremi ties without due cause, and without very sufficient proof. No one presumes that in the confidence of married life the Queen and her husband may not converse upon public affairs. When the English nation deliberately accept a foreign Prince as the consort of their Queen they must needs accept this co• nsequence, —this inconvenience, if they will. It a lesser inconvenience than would arise from t he adopti on o f any other course. But, because , is not to be expected from human nature that two persons in so intimate an alliance should never open their lips to each other upon subjects of the greatest interest to them both, does it therefore fol low that the Prince Consort must necessarily be mad enough to propose, and the Queen be mad enough to acquiesce in, suggestions contrary to the inte rests of the country ? Besides, what becomes of the Ministers of State and of majorities in the Houses of Parliament ? The wicked and silly people who set these rumours afloat were so ill-instructed in their trade of calumny, and so ignorant of the matter in hand, that at the outset they literally confounded together as the same thing the Cabinet Council and the Privy Council. Because Prince Albert was a member of the " Privy Council," therefore he was supposed to exercise a great and decisive influence upon the councils of the Cabinet. Such is the state of this ridiculous controversy, Which was hatched up by the despair of one by political party, and greedily c a ug ht u p 1 .!,3" another. The s am e r u mour w hi c h accuse d th e ,rince cast th e p rov i nce o f accuser upon M r. Roebuck. " Roebuck was to get up in the Souse of Commons, and then we should see _what we s h ould see. " We had just the same 7ason for believing that Mr. Roebuck had under iron the f unc ti ons o f accuser as we had for be lieving in th e gu ilt o f P r i nce Alb er t. Th e rea l na ture of the case , as f ar as M r . R oe b uc k i s co ncerned, o m a y b e seen i n ano th er p or ti on our columns this day, in the form of a most 7. 1 _ 4411 Y and sensible letter which he has just ad %tressed to that one of our contemporaries from Nth „„ 'eh he had received his brief. " Rumour," I lLY's Mr. Roebuck, " has taken . an unwarrantable nth with my name." His is not the only name much Which rumour has of late occupied itself, and B e t e in the same way. We have no doubt that a days will silence the most obstreperous and at e 'errained grumblers among all those who have 6. °ix" forward to bring accusations without proof .gaiust an innocent man. The Prince Consort is "ticl)rely well aware by this time that he has nothing do with the duties of government. He well b ows that a n y a tt emp t t o s t ep ou t o f hi s l eg iti- Ate provi nce wou ld b e fi rm l y repe ll e d ; an d he i s iarittoo wise a m an t o sacr ifi ce hi s we ll- earne d po y for any such foolish schemes of political I " ° Wer as hi s ca l umn i ators h ave i mpute d t o hi m . " 8 to w h at remains, when the mob of accusers COo have been so busy with his name have re vered from thei r t e mp orar y vertigo, they will be ea ger to m a k e hi m f u l some amen d s for their pre "ells injustice. THE HORSE GUARDS. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Th any di scuss i on o f t h e su bj ect of Co b urg In -I:,,ilences at Court whi c h ma y t a k e p l ace i n th e ' l4. ° ll se of Commons, it i s t o b e h ope d th a t th e question of the Horse Guards will not be mixed up with it. The state of affairs at the Horse the m us t f orm a separate su bj ect of itself for 'Jae attention of the Legislature. Should any in quiry .be ord ere d i n t o th a t su bj ect, and w i tnesses tP,ruined, th e p u bli c cur i os it y, as we ll as that of he army, will b e a b un d an tl y grat i f i ed b y the reve lations which will be made. We are much mis taken if the Commander-in-Chief does not, in the Plpposed case, appear in a light which will be the reverse of dignified. Not only is his manner represented to be captious and crabbed • but ho goes through the b us i ness of his high Office, as if labouring under some unaccountable con fusedness of mind. This, it is unnecessary to is exceedingly unpleasant for those who have business to transact with them. But, in addition to this, if report speaks truth, he h as no t been in the habit of placing himself, but a l so Trine° Albert, in a wrong position in the eyes of his subordinates ; for it is said that a common re mark of his is, when expressing a wish, or giving rtructions, that the Prince wishes so and so to b e ' c 'ne• An inquiry would settle the point, whether 131. not it be true, that General Brown, the late ti d Jui;ant-General, on being spoken to by Lord P . rdlnge in this strain, replied, on one occasion, With great emphasis, that he was aware he had '"Ila allegiance to her Majesty, but that he could t recognise the authority of the Prince in any B at ter connected with his office at the Horse ards. If the reports in question be correct, oo Hardinge has no t on ly ac t e d in a way unbe tning his position as regards himself, but has ~.4 a very injudicious and uncalled-for use of the 4 "darie of the Prince. I,I`T TE RING LANDSMEN FOR THE NAVY.- —Ye s t e rday, el: ll:inland of e Lords of the placards • Were extensively the Lords of the Admiralty, placards circulated throughout Admir kh al e ty m , etropolis, r itin g landsme n t o en t er f or th e R oya l N avy. Th e ;b eBe ription o f men to be entered is as follows :—They and bodied be between 19 and 24, active, stout, an d able five feet seven inches in height, and i n a ll re :Pegs healthy and fit for the naval service • the pre tierence bei ng given to those young men who have been 4e d to bo a t s. In addition to the Royal Naval Rendez toBoo Tower -hill, an d th e C roco dil e rece i v i ng - sh i p o ff ni a e l,Pwer, men will be received and entered by their a pplication on board the flag-ship s a t an y o f th e Ports, or at the rendezvos at Livepool and h t;.: e t o l, and at the agents for transport at Leith. The ' " n ow manning are the Diamond, B osea , wen , J uno, e ess Roy a l, Frolic, Duke of Welli ng t on , St . J ean A cre, Medea, and Cyclops. , 1 41 k NEW CRIME,—The Parlament° of Turin states from th:rence that a cr i me o f a new kind wa s comm itt e d k t i re e last we e k i n th e pu bli c au di ence h all of the CH roinioal *Tribunal, when the crucifix used by th e j udges to i7str the oath to witnesses was discovered to have to stolen j ust a few m i nutes b e f ore t h e j udges had 4""0 th e i r seats. The perpetrator of this auda c i ous act has 110 t yet b een dificoTered. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1854. SHARE MARKETS.-(THLS DAY). FREE TRADE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Last evening a very fully attended public meeting was held at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Brixton, to receive an explanation from a deputation of the directors of this successful society. On the motion of Mr. JONES, seconded by Mr. I.lNwirr, the chair was taken by B. EvANs, Esq., who, in rising to address the meeting, said he accepted the office of chairman with pleasure, as he felt very great interest in promoting the freehold land movement. He wished success to all, but to this one in particular, because its affairs had been prudently ma naged. The directors were men of the greatest integrity, their secretary, he knew, was a gentleman who had great experience in freehold land societies, and such was the high estimation in which he was held in Herefordshire, that he had received from the gentlemen of that county two handsome testimonials, not alone for his assiduity in furthering the freehold land movement, but for his exer tions in improving the morals and education in that locality. The benefits to be derived from entering a freehold land society were far greater than any found in investing hard-earned money in a savings' bank, where the directors had been known to decamp with the funds, and the unfortunate depositors left without a remedy. The interest received where the security was undoubted was about V. 10s. per cent., while in free hold land societies that sum was nearly doubled, ang, with a far better security, and this fret alone was one which deserved the greatest consideration on the part of every man who had the foresight to provide for a rainy day. One of the benefits conferred by the society to those resident in this locality was, that it placed it within the reach of all to obtain a freehold near the metropolis. The Vassall-road, and Camberwell New road, were now considered to be in the suburbs of Lon don, but the great progress which building was now making, would soon incorporate these places as parts of the metropolis, and this society was so fortunate as to have secured an estate a few feet from the house in which they were assembled. He believed he was cor rect in stating within three miles of the Standard, in Cornhill. The surveyors were present to afford every explanation that might be required, and should any gentleman feel disposed through him (the Chair man), to put any questions to those gentlemen, he had not the slightest doubt but that they would re ceive a satisfactory answer. He had great pleasure in calling upon the secretary, Mr. Smith, to address a few observations to the meeting. (Cheers.) , Mr. SMITH then proceeded to explain the nature and objects of the Free Trade Freehold Land Society. All or most of them remembered the first establishment of freehold land societies ; they had now increased to a very great extent--indeed they sprang up like mushrooms, and like mushrooms they would perish, unless they had that security which the public knew how to estimate—a really good and bona fide board of directors. Freehold land societies were originally started for a political object, but that object was fast falling into the shade. The society with which he had the honour to be connected had no such object—it was open to anybody and every body, to Whigs, Tories, Radicals, &c. &c. No man joining was asked to what party he belonged; whatever his political opinion might be, that opinion, he main tained, was entitled to respect. (Cheers.) The great object this society had in view was to see how far they could turn his saving to the best advantage, not only to provide him with land, but to enable him to get a freehold house, a freehold home—(cheers) not lease hold, but that which would be his heir's for as long as 'the world would last. (Cheers.) When a working man possessed a freehold, he would find even the peer, at the time of an election, glad and anxious to shake him by the hand. (Laughter.) This society had purchased two estates,. they might have purchased twenty, but when land was so greatly increasing in value, the directors deemed it prudent to hold their hands, until they could do so with advantage to the shareholders. The security that land societies offered was far to be preferred to savings banks, where the de positors got a mere trifle, and the security was not so great as bad been imagined ; land, as Mr. Cobden said, was the safest investment in the world, because it could not run away. (Laughter.) The Free Trade Land Society was not established for the mere purpose of put ting money into the pockets of the directors ; they had a higher and a nobler object in view, and although they had been established so short a time, he was sure he could not be contradict e d i n s t a ti ng that no society had done so much in the same period of time. He would not occupy the time of the meeting in eulogising the direc tors ; indeed, they would not thank him for it, and should any gentleman feel disposed to question those who were present, they were well able to speak for themselves. Mr. Vionas, the surveyor, then rose, and entered at leigth into the plans of their estates. The Camberwell estate of 104 acres would be divided into 345 plots, the maximum depth was 105 feet, the minimum 56 feet, with a frontage of 16 feet, some more but none less. Land in the immediate neighbourhood was fetching ss. to Bs. per foot, and when the drains are laid down and the roads made, they would be allotted at 4s. per foot, or 60 per cent. profit. The Anerley estate consisted of 78 plots, each plot containing nearly a quarter of an acre. The maximum depth was 280 feet, the minimum 138 feet, the average would therefore be 199 feet. The fron tages on this estate varied from 65 feet to 52 feet 6 inches, the average therefore would be 58 feet. This estate was situated about a mile and a half from the Crystal Palace, in the vicinity of which land was now fetching 1,0001. per acre, or one guinea a foot, and this attractive estate would be allotted at Bd. per foot. Within the last few days, 501. premium had been offered and refused for an allotment on the estate, so any person joining the society as a commercial speculation would have no reason to be disappointed with his investment. Mr. J. JONES, in moving the first resolution, said he thought that if he attempted to address the meeting, after what they had heard from the chairman, the secre tary, and the surveyor, he would not be tolerated for a moment ; the preceding speakers having completely exhausted the subject. He would, therefore, merely move the resolution, which was to the effect that the success that had attended the progress and principles of the Free Trade Freehold Land Society was based on secu rity, and also alluded to the estates they possessed. Mr. DICKINSON briefly seconded the resolution, which having been put to the meeting, was carried unani mously. The w second resolution, that the society was worthy of support, was moved by Mr. lINwIN, and seconded by Mr. PRIOR, and carried in a similar manner. Mr. JONES said, to show the value the exe cutive committee attached to the purchases made, they had immediately doubled the number of their shares, and in six weeks after the purchase had been completed, the number of paid up shares had increased to a very large extent. The SECRETARY then announced that the ballot was fixed to take place at the Whittington Club, on the 30th, and all shares taken prior to that time, would participate in it. Thanks having been voted to the chairman, and a number of shares taken up, the proceedings terminated. Z:l)trb atittion. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Jan. 17.—The American advices, re ceived yesterday, report an increase in the receipts of cotton from the interior ; and a considerable augmenta- • tion may from this time be looked for, as the rivers are high, and prices tempting. Hence there is a disposition to-day to expect that cottoit may become rather easier for buyers. Since the arrival of the overland mail with favourable accounts from Calcutta, there has been a re newed demand for suitable yarns and for the lower qua lities of shirtings, madapollams, and jaconets. Some purchases of Slb. to 811 b. shirtings have also been made. ROCHDALE, Jan. 16. We have had to-day a rather slack market, except in kerseys and coarse goods, for which there has been a tolerably good demand, with little or no change in prices from those of the former week. The wool market has been languid • the manu facturers buy sparingly ; but prices are firmly: main tained. HALIFAX, Jan. 14.—The attendance in our piece hall to-day has not been large, and but few goods have changed hands. The manufacturers find it difficult to realise prices adequate to the cost of production. HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 17.—During the past week there has been a good trade done in the warehouses to order. Flatness in the general business was to be anti cipated from the season of the year. BIRMINGHAM, Jan. 16.—The quarterly meetings in the iron trade of the last week have passed off with more than ordinary satisfaction to all parties. Both buyers and sellers appeared contented, and accounts on all hands were met with alacrity. But, notwith standing the prevalence of an undiminished brisk de mand, several circumstances operated to prevent the transaction of anything beyond an average extent of business. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 18.--Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light airs, and dull, cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 17.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—H.M. steamer Volcano, Eastward. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 17.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Mag dalena (s), for the West Indies. FALMOUTH, Jan. 17.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Java, from Batavia , Thor, Bahia ; Sierra Nevada, Havannah ; J. J. Cobb, Baltimore, with loss of sails, leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard. Off Port—Colgrean, from Cochin. GLOUCESTER, Jan. 16.—Arrived—Prince of Wales, from Quebec. BRISTOL, Jan. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Josephine, from New York ; Rialti, do. SHIELDS, Jan. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived —Cawton, from Girgenti ; British Tar, Dalhousie. SWANSEA, Jan. 17. --Wind, S. Arrived—Lady Pirie, from St. Jago de Cuba • Pascoe, do. CLYDE, Jan. 15.—Arrived—Statira Morse, from New York ; Vortex, St. John's, N.B. ; Home, Montreal ; Shan don, Savannah ; Cordelia, New York ; Advice, St. John's, N.B. ; Lord Byron, Dalhousie; Emily, Newfoundland; Dart, do. ' • Mohongo, Philadelphia ; British Princess, St. John's, N.B. NEWHAVEN, Jan. 17.—Arrived—Boadicea, from Callao. TROON, Jan. 17.—Arrived—Eliza, from Calcutta. ABERDEEN, Jan. 16.—Arrived—Margaret Milne, from Cape of Good Hope. STRANGFORD, Jan. 14. —A full-length gipsy figure head' with gipsey hat, scarf round the crown of the hat, and belt round the waist, and a pack of cards in the breast, has been picked up at Newcastle, inside the South Rock Light. The John, of Belfast, from Maryport, which drifted on to the beach, 2d January, and canted over, has been righted ; and having one foot list in with high ground inside, it is hopod she will hold on. A head board, 10 or 12 feet long, black, with City of Worcester, in gilt letters, shaded in blue, has been picked up at Bully Quenton Point. MARANHAM, Dec. I.—The Auguste Marie (French brig), from Cayenne to Caera, to load cattle, has been totally lost on the shoals, called the Pregnicas ; master and one man drowned, the rest of the crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30 A.M. Wind, S.W. fresh breeze, and fine. , The - United States steamer Pacific was off the Greet Ormshead at 9.30 this morning, with dates from New York to the Bth. She will arrive about 12 o'clock. Arrived—Dauntless, from Buenos Ayres; Premier, Mazagan ; Argus, New Glasgow, making much water. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 17. The hull of the John O'Gaunt has disappeared. All the crew were saved, after remaining on the rocks till 2 p.m. QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 16. Wind, S.W., strong breeze. Arrived—Ellen, from Halifax; Mercury and Queen, Mauritius ; Wandsworth, Moulmein , Superior, St. Michael's ; Ernesto, Marinopoli ; Helena Catterine, Ara cabo ; Iris, St. Michael's. (Br SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Wind W.S.W., hazy ; tide, last hour's ebb. Arrived-17th—Jean Baptiste Marie, from Santander ; Furet, Gravelines ; Thetis, Calcutta ; Queen (s), Gir genti ; • British Queen, Guernsey ; Leander, Caen ; Dili gence, Rouen ; Rose, Guernsey. Sailed—Belgium (s), for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.35 a.m. Wind, W.S.W., fine. Passed—Lamartine, from Trieste, for London. Anchored—Eliza and Charlotte, from Manzanillo, for Bremen, on account of ice in the Weser. Sailed—The Tigris and Joseph Howe, both for the river; the Electric Flash, for St. Michael's. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that the show of English wheat in to day's market was very moderate, the demand for all kinds was exceedingly inactive, and to have effected sales lower prices must have been submitted to. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, which moved off heavily, and the quotations had a downward tendency. In floating curgoes, very few transactions took place. Barley was dull, and lower to purchase. In malt next to nothing was doing. There was a moderate sale for oats, at Monday's currency. In beans and peas very few transactions were reported. Flour was dull, and rather lower. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oats. Flour. I I 410 480 I 780 750 190 17,080 320 English .. Irish .• • • Foreign .. 3,800 — 420 10,090 b WHITECHAPEL. The supplies being large, the general demand ruled heavy at this market to-day, at the following quotations : Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2s ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10c1 per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. About an average business is doing at our market, and prices are well supported. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, Jan. 17. — The Royal mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain Abbott, sailed this afternoon with the usual West India, Pacific, and Central American mails, in charge of Lieutenant Barrow, R.N., Admiralty agent. She took out 85 pas sengers, among whom are. Captains Ellis and Anderson, Lieutenants Mahon, Murphy, Ryan, Patterson, and Rumley ; Ensign Richardson, Captain Taylor, General Barrios, Dr. Burke, &c., and a full cargo of English, French, and German merchandise, with specie valued at 3,0001. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Sultan, Capt. John Weeks, took her depar ture from the docks to-day for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, with a fair number of passengers, and specie valued at 1,0001. The Himalaya, Captain Kelloch, will leave on Friday for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria ; the Iberia on the 27th, for th e Peninsular ports ; and the Rajah on the 27th, for Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople. THE MEDITERRANEAN—SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 17. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Co lombo, Captain G. Brooks, arrived this day at twelve o'clock, and larided mails from the following places, in charge of Lieut. Purves, R.N., Admiralty agent. Dur ing the homeward voyage of the Colombo she expe rienced fine weather and light head winds from Alexan dria to Malta ; from Malta to Gibraltar very heavy westerly gales, with rain and hail storms ; Gibraltar to the Needles, fine weather. Her dates of sailing were:— Alexandria, Jan. 4 ; Malta, 7 ; Gibraltar, 12. The freight of the Colombo consists of 1 package of specie, 1,308 bales of silk, 10 packages of elephants' teeth, 11 s 2 isci h uor e nnu l ds l i , xreitera o s: jv c e a ) s , k 5 25 0 f b m a l o e t s h eorf boxes of gum, 67 b oxes o f oranges, 2 cases of tortoise owf-poeoal,rbanldoB23b6alepsacokf afigaexs, of a ll n. e l r 2. Ma m je a s l t t y a 's : T sh he ip c s. e — yl A on t , G sp ib it r fi a r l e ta , r A c d T en h t e , Triton, and French steam-frigate Albatross. NEW ASYLUM Monday, a half-yearly ofu t hFORs asylum, FATHERLESS insteiat CHILDREN, STAN FONRDE- the governorsrul instituted d general for t the e court o recep tionf and education of orphans o through the whole infancy o p f eri s o ex d , o p f lace, or raelnigdious conneetiowni,thwoaust held dtiant thection London Tavern. In the absence_ of the Ri g ht H on . the Lord Mayor, who was lu t e o xa h n av e e presided, the chair e abse nce of his lordship, p the melanch o l y interestwhircoh was t a t k ao e p n oolbo b sge y irsve ll ed l u r f 0 . G. pront h widows, see ki ng the assist ance r. Th e Ch a i rman havingepes o dr ftr i l e ceo institution rna in ny ythe nurtur e an d education of a c the ee n e d e who had read a their children, was likely to excit e in those " H e l p the y h next he re t r tear of sympathy for the distresses of others, and w h o wished mandate' ofSerei fatherless and whichandfulfiltllitiee widow.' The S stated that it had been found neces sary to repeal one of the bye-laws, which prohibited the carrying forward of the votes recorded for any candi date beyond the third poll, and to substitute f or it one which would give each candidate the benefit of s i x elections, allowing his or her name to remain on the poll ing lists for three years. It is also stated that the pre sent accommodation was not sufficient in p oint of ro om , as the committee had to use two separate ho uses f o r the objects of the charity ; they had, however, purc h ased a Surrey, and site for a new building near Croydon, and would commence ope ra ti ons so soon as the building fund should amount to 5,000/. There were at present 12 vacancies in the number of inmates, which it was in tended to fill up from a list of 85 candidates. The re port was unanimously adopted, after which the poll was opened, and continued so for four hours. A scrutiny then took place, when the chairman announced the names of those on whom the election had fallen. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the'proceediDgs. RAILWAYS. lAberdeen ............. Ambg. Nottng. Boat. & Bastn. June....... ,Belfast & Ballymena IBirmng. Wolvorh. & Stour Va11ey..... .. .. IBirkenhcl. Lancs:h. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 'Do., £2O Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) IBristol & Exeter Caledonian..... ...... Chester & Holyhead ,Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass 'Cornwall Dublin&Belfast June !Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction Do. New ....... ..... East Anglian (£25 L. _ . & ,Do., (£lB E. & :Eastern Couuties Eastern Union , A. stk. IDo., do. 8..... Do.NewA(lateThirds) !East Lancashire iEdinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prtli.&Dundee , Forth and Clyde June. !Glasgow & S. Western :Great Northern Stk !Do., A. Stock IDo., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancas b. & Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So nth pt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Do., £5O .• •. Do., £4O Lnndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . She f. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmarket............ Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. Dc., 1. 2 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry ..... Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales.. S. Yorksh. RivarDun Do. Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale. Do. £lO shades, Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock! and Railway Vale of Neath . Waterfd. & Kilkenny 1 Waterford&Limeri ck West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wmbledon &Croydon , York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase' York & N. Midland.. Closing Prices this day. 20 - 21 4i - 5i 9 96 12 10 d 16 18 6 5d 94 - 96 52 - 52* 14 ..- 16 14 - 15 43 -- 45 8 - 9 45 - 41 12i 13 36 - 42 26 - 28 62 - 64 61 -- 63 2ii 2 iii 83 - 81 58 - 60 127 - 129 100 - 102 - 82 92 - 95 114 -124 p 63 - 634 7g - 12i -13 i 8 par h . p 982 —99 A 101 j 102 d par par p - 6 75 77 13 12 d, 10 9 dl 21 - 22 61 -61 i 33 35 54 56 d— par 5 4a l 3 6 8 47 —49 3i 3i d 30 —3l 8— 10 n - 24 64 - 7i 52 ... 55 5i • 52(11 8 84 d par 34 - 36 91 - 93 56 - 57 55 - 60 55 60 24 2dis 13 15 66 74 10 12 14 -- 16 564 —59 h 31 32 3 -- 2 d 4 5 ii 1 - io 2i 2V 141 -15 t,! 5 i - 25 - 27 6i 7,i 6 - 7 63 64 9 844 1 4 - 4 d 45 46 FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara . Dijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula, ,Gd. Juliet. of France Gd. Trunk, of Canada Shrs. and Bonds , Gt. Central of France Gt. Wcstn. of Canada , Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran ,Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Aras.Shs.] NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbr Quebec Zr Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 5} per cent. pref S.E. of France Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders IDo. 5l per c. Pref IWestern of France_ (West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ,Zealanfl 2i 2 d, 1 3i 201 i• - ii 3 . -: ii i 3 3 3i7 id i P 4 - i p 2/ 2ip 4 3 d id— is 2 id id pal s. i o 6 6 11 id .i C 1-pPI 7i - 8 32 - 8 -- 9 14i -- 14Bp 45 - 47 39 - 41 30k - 304 3 Id , 18 --19 ii - L: iii .•• ... ••• ipm x n 3i 4i 1 d 5 6 p 4} - 301 Basinesedone this day. PREFERENCE SHARES. t Aberdeen ... ..... 1:3 Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at£so) ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandon 5i p. c Dundee PerthdrAber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (1;5) 7 percent Do. (17175) 7 p. ct Eastern Countie a Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Dcben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p. cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.diDundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per et. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) , Do. con. & red. , q p.e Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock, * Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. I Do. Quarters, 1848._ London andßrighton Guaranteed 5 p. a Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 . Do. New Guar. 6 p. c Lond. & N. W., Cov & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares ..... Londy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO Do., 26 Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. .4 per cent .. p.c. Mid.Consol . . 6 St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 44 per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5i per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & W01verh.,215,6 p. c. Do. Scot. Cen., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent.. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do York& N. Midland H & S. Parch 99 - iiii 61-- 6/1 4 - 44 54 - 5i - P 1 -14 p 1 -14 p 13i - 144 2i - 3i 118 --- 180 109 - 111 i --- I P 8 - 8i 64 7 98 —looxd 95 —lOO 96 98„ id par 1 1 38 —l4oxd 2i - 3 lit = iii 6 3 / 4 72 9 3 / 4 —lO par-- i p 140 - 142 4 id - .•. xd 99 - 101 Par- i P 9i -- 10 15i 161 9i -- 101 12 -- 14 23 -- 24 17 19 1i -- d 94 -- 97 3i -- 4} MINES. Agna Fria ..... ...... Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. D achy of) Blwnarvon Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Comes & Cuiada Do. St. John Dol Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng, Do. Pref. 7i p. cent, English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co, General Gt.NuggetVoinSerp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst.. Liberty Linares Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexicau&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co , Nouveau Moudo Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock 'Rhymney Troll._ Do. New Santiago do Cuba , South Australian , Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa.. ... . Worthing Mining o Australia all Yuba JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Bank' and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County' London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst N a tional Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australis. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London.,,, Union of Madrid MISCELL, Aubin uoal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works.. Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction C 0... Canada Company Crystal Pa1ace......... Do. New ................ Crystal Pal, of France Eastern 5team....... • Electric Telegraph (A) Do. (B) .................. Electric Tel. of Irel. Gen. Steam Navigat• General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.... N. S. W. Coal & Inters Stem. Nay. C 0....... N. B. Australasian... Do. New ................ Nrth.of Europe Stearn Peelßr. TA. & Minrl. Peniusnlar & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron C 0..... Royal Mail Steam.... Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land g P d... par d iP d 14 2 3 d - 9 11 d 8 10 5 6 2 3 29 31 d 45 -- 47 124 —13 i 65 75 4 6p 2i -- 2idl 14 -- 16 id. par 14 2 i i :. a d 10 ... 11 =ld 6f —i d i ,Par -- 4P - 4_P 29 31 9 10' 4i 5i id 5 7 3 3i id 4 4d I d BANKS. 78 - 80 ... ... I dis li idis ,G ''-'• ... 2 - lid I i P 42 - 44 44 - 46 i a- par 74 - - 8 rus . 43 - -- 45 73 - ,ig 75 - 80 - 14-1 p 16 - ii 11 - 13 ..• ..-... .•• --- 2 ld ..• --- • par— Ip ••• --- •• Par —4• • P "li Igp I 37 - 3 9 d - P' 14 - 15 raid! 1001 St. 20 100 100 all all all 50 1631 St. 19i 12i 13t. 50 40 50 25 100 St. 2.2 100 100 100 100 2.2 all 16i 100 8 100 20 all 51s. 100 20 112 100 20i 'Co 20 321 i xin 24i x in LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Business RT. Paid RAILWAYS. Compans this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Blotchley ••• ••• St. 100 Buekghamsh L. &N.W. 101 103 50 all Clydesdale Jc Caledon 50 52 St. 100 E, Lincoln. gr 6p. cent ... . Gt.Northn 140 143 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. 25 all Do. New Do 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn 3O 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 111 110 25 all Do. 1 Shares Do s4i —55 i 124 all Do. 4 1 Shares. Do 27 28 12-1 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3i —14 i 20 all Do.Prefcrence Do 24i —25 i St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per ct Do — 5i all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2 - 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 99 100 DD N E ; • sp t 6t h iex e r np i e l ed i rssp a cp n t. .cde Do DoE .C . o . . 11 n . t . 6 .. 0 . 6 . . 2 . 5 550 - all al— all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W. &Ln& Yk 1 12 Do. Shares. Do — S 100 Roystn.dzHit. Gt.Northn 140 143 -• 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l4O 143 2 18i Shef. Roth. & Lancash.dt Gooleg.s.p.c York h 12 9?, S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 2 lid 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent Darling, 25 all Do Do . .. . ... 3 . A ht. 100 Wilts&Smur s t Gt.Westn. 95 - 97 96 5 Loss OF THE JOHN o'GAuNT.- - L I vERE: OOI, , Tuesday. —Accounts were received here this morning of the total loss of the well-known ship John o'Gaunt , on the rocks near Rhoscloyn, about five miles S.S.E. of Hol y h ea d , at an early hour thi s m orn i n g, together with several of her crew. The John o'Gaunt sailed from Canton, under the command of Captain M'Donald, on the sth of August last. Before reaching St. Helena Captain M 'Donald died, and the command of the ship devolved on the mate (Affleck). All went on well until the ship m a d e H oly . bead this morning, when she unexpectedly struck, as above stated. Th e latest accounts from Holyh ea d state that seven men and Captain M'Donald's widow had been saved, and also that there were 14 men still alive on the rocks. The number drowned is not stated. The John o'Gaunt was the property of Messrs. Gladstone, of this port, and had a large and valuable cargo of tea and silk. 53 2k g 121 13 83i 4 82 li 63a 3 x in 994 104 i 61i 35 48 7 i 3oi 30 59i i 63i i xin x d x in ' x in x in 19 i 100 100 100 6 100 St. 20 12 St. 12i 12i 25 12i all all all all 10i 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 15 8 i 8 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 all 13.5 24i all 15 16 all all all 1 10 1 1 all all all all 12s. 1001 100 78t 9 81 19i 20 45 ad 21 i THE ARMY. CHATHAM, JAN. 17. Robert Fimley, privlte of the Royal Marines, was tried on - Monday by a district court-martial (Major H. Brewster, 76th Regiment, president), for disabling him self from being a soldier by cutting off the fore finger of his right hand, on the 4th of December last, during the time he vitas under medical treatment in Melville Hos pital. The wardman Goodchild produced the finger, which was enclosed in a bottle, and which had been taken off below the second joint. It appeared during I the temporary absence of Goodchild from his room, the prisoner entered and took up the hatchet which Good child kept for cutting wood, and laying his finger on a table chopped it twice before he succeeded in taking his finger off, as the cuts in the finger denote. The pri soner had been only six months in the service ; his cha racter during that time has been very bad. Private Edward Poole, alias John Smith, of the Royal Marines, was next tried for deserting on the 21st July, 1840. During his absence he had enlisted into two re giments, and he had been tried, and was marked with the letter Don his arm. He enlisted in 1848 in the Royal Marines, and his character is bad. Reuben Giles, 51st Light Infantry, was tried for de serting from the depot at Chatham on the 14th July, 1853, taking part of his regimental necessaries with him. It appeared that on the 30th of August last he enlisted in London in the 10th Hussars in the name of Smith. After four months, the prisoner gave himself up as a deserter from the 51st Regiment. Colour-serjeant Murray gave the prisoner a good character. He has been seven months in the service. The serjeant from the 10th Hussars also spoke highly of the prisoner's conduct during his stay. with them. The issue of the above trials will not be known until the proceedings are confirmed by the Lords of the Ad miralty and the Horse Guards. Captain Campbell's company of the Royal Artillery embarked this day for Sheerness, to do garrison duty there. The following officers also embarked :—Lieut. Woodthorp and Lieut. Hutchinson, Captain Campbell in command, Lieut. Singleton being away on leave of absence. The above is succeeded by the arrival of Captain Henry's company, 11th battalion, from Wool wich, and taking up their quarters in Brompton Bar racks. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17. Admiral-Superintendent Martin gave notice that to day some experiments would commence with the light on Southsea Castle, during the continuance of which, and until further official notice, Southsea Light is not to be considered as any guide to mariners. The Lively and Drake, naval lighters, and the buoy boat, went out this morning and anchored in various directions, at Spithead, for the purpose of taking observations of these experimental lights. A movement is again afloat among the artisans of this dockyard for obtaining an increase of wages. The high price of provisions and coals reduces the artisan in the Government employ here to a starving point, and. this day an officer of the dockyard told the master shipwright of the establishment he knew of the family of a man who could not get bread to the extent required by the wages he was receiving. The Simoom, 18, iron troop-frigate, Captain Smith, was placed in No. 7 dock to-clay. Her requisite repairs are but trifling, and she will soon be out of the hands of the engineers, &c., and ready for the conveyance of troops or any other service. ___ _ Tile new 30-gun ship Colossus, will be brought down the harbour tomorrow, and placed in No. 3 dock, when vacant, to be adapted for the screw propeller. This will be done with the utmost expedition, and the most inconsiderable expense, by an alteration of the stern only. The Geyser, 6, paddle-sloop, will be removed out of dock to make room for the Colossus. The Apollo troop-ship and transport, Master Com mander Johnson, is nearly filled up to the deck beams with provision for the Black Sea fleets. The officers and men of the Clarence-yard are working most indefatiga bly to get the vessel away, and she will leave for Con stantinople on Friday or Saturday. Those wishing to send small parcels to friends in the fleets of Admiials Dundas and Lyons should lose no time in forwarding them to the Port Admiral's office here, specially en dorsed " For conveyance per her Majesty's ship Apollo," before Friday, or on Friday morning early at latest, to insure transit. A notice has been given to the inspectors and draughts men of this dockyard that an examination of candidates for the situation of foreman of shipwrights will take place on the Ist proximo, a vacancy having been open now nearly 12 months. • WOOLWICH, JAN. 17. APPOINTMENTS. Captain.—Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. (1837), of the Victory, 101, flagship at Portsmouth, and formerly of the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, to command the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth, vice Captain Henry D. Chads, promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral. Lieutenant.--Richard Carter (1853) to the Euryalus, 50, screw steam frigate at Chatham. Surgeon.—John - Davidson, to the Britannia, 120, flagship of the British fleet in the Black Sea. Clerks' Assistants.—W. H. S. Batt, to the Arrogant, 47, screw steam frigate ; Alexander V. Maceall, to the Pique, 40, at Devonport ; G. M. Pedler, to the 'Water loo, 120, flagship at Sheerness ;_Joseph H. Manley, to the Euryalus, 50, to the screw steam frigate, at Chat ham. Naval Cadet.—M'D. D. Yonge, to the Impregnable, flagship at Devonport. PROMOTIONS. Second Masters.—Robert Smith (1846), serdlng in the Cyclops steam frigate, at Sheerness, and Matthew Richards (1849), recently serving in the Spy, 3, brigan tine, on the West Coast of Africa station, to the rank of masters. The Volcano, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Commander Robert Coote, has arrived at Portsmouth from the coast of Africa, and is ordered round to Woolwich to be paid off at this port, having been in commission since Decem ber, 1850. The Vulcan, iron screw steam troop-ship, Commander Edward P. B. Von Donop, having landed all the re mainder of the soldiers, women, and children, she brought home from the West Indies, commenced delivering over the old stores she also brought home to-day, and expects to leave Woolwich in a few days for Portsmouth to be employed again in the conveyance of troops. The African steam-vessel left Woolwich yesterday for Sheerness, on her return from towing the Melampus, 42, frigate, to this port. The Prometheus steam-sloop, in the outer basin, has been painted, and has her guns mounted, and is, in every respect, ready for sea ; but it is now said that she is to be taken to Sheerness, and will be stationed there as an advanced war-steamer at that port. The Janus steam-sloop had her steam up in the inner basin to-day, to try her engines, preparatory to her being taken to Sheerness to be used as a gunnery ship for the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers: The Lords of the Admiralty have allowed the officers entering seamen for the Royal Navy a discretionary power to enter young men of 5 feet 6/ inches in height, if, in every other respect, eligible ; and eight were entered on the books of the Fisgard flag-ship at this port, yesterday, and six or seven to-day, a proof that there will not be so much difficulty in manning the navy as has been anticipated by many. The greatest difficulty hitherto experienced is owing, in a great measure, to the strictness with which the rules l a id down for the officers entering men have been adhered to, and the registered young men entering the line service or returning to such employment as they can obtain for their subsistence. The Phoenix steam-sloop, was lashed alongside the coal . ulk yesterday, in the stream, and worked her engines slowly for an hour, previous to being taken in hand by the engineer department. The damage re ceived by this vessel during her late voyage to Beechy Island and home from the Arctic Regions, although considerable, does not extend to the engines ; th e y worked satisfactorily during the trial of them to-day. THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN HOLBORN.—Yesterday an inquest, adjourned from that day week, was resumed and concluded before Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, at the Wil liam the Fourth, Brook's-market, Holborn, on view of the body of Mary Anne Allan, aged 63, a spinster, who was living in apparently destitute circumstances, in a back room of the second floor, No. 4, Beauchamp-street, and who was discovered on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 8, laying on the floor, with two severe wounds on her nose and forehead, which led to her death, and which are alleged to have been inflicted with some blunt instru ment. The evidence adduced yesterday, in addition to that which appeared this day week in The Sun, threw little light on the object of inquiry, and the jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased was found dead, with cer tain wounds and injuries upon her nose and head, and that her death was caused by them, and an effusion of blood, but by what means the said injuries and wounds were caused there was not sufficient evidence to show." THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT HUNSLET.—The ad journed inquest on the body of Mr. Thos. Longbottom, who was found drowned in the River Aire, at Hunslet, in the West Riding, on the morning of Sunday, the Bth inst., under such mysterious circumstances, took place on Monday night last. The following outline of this tragic affair embraces many facts omitted from our previous notice :—Some time ago Mr. Joseph Long bottom, father of the deceased, purchased some land of Mr. F. Armitage, of Harlington, Barmbrough, near The threatening aspect of affairs renders it necessary Doncaster, farmer, and commenced sinking a coal pit that the utmost activity and discretion should be used there, being joined in the undertaking by his sons at the present time with respect to the entry of seamen Thomas (the deceased), William, James, and Edward. for the navy. We have the Royal George, Princess One of the consequences of this was the formation of Royal, Cressy, Euryalus, Pique, Dauntless, and Race an intimacy between two of the sons, Thomas and horse now fitting for service at the different home ports, William, and Miss Armitage, and a cousin of hers. requiring an aggregate of some 2,500 blue jackets, out of The interference of water in immense quantities led which number scarcely one-fifth are yet on the books of to the abandonment of the coal-pit scheme, and the those ships. Where 2,000 seamen are to be picked family removed to Hunslet, where some collieries up is a question few can answer. That there are ten were taken and worked by them. They resided in times that number of men fit for the sea service to be Jocelyn-terrace. The front door of the house was ap- found in the United Kingdom no one will doubt ; but proached by a stone platform, below which was a garden, are we seeking them in the right plaCes ? The old system the platform being protected by iron palisades. On of sending a lieutenant from each ship to Portsmouth,, h Christmas-day Thomas and William terminated their. Plymouth, or the Thames, must fall under existingicr courtships of the two females, namely, by marriage at cumstances, since there are not seame n enou g much more toh in those St. George's Chapel, Doncaster. We have already de- places (unemployed) to man a launch, . tailed the circumstances connected with the finding of fill up the compliments of the . ships in want of osaesnt sent son Thomas, drowned on Sunday morning, and his them. It occurs to us that the lieutenants should be wife on the platform fronting the house in a state of in- commissioned to visit all the small seaports from Poole to sensibility, both having come out o f their chamber Padstow, instead of standing like mutes outside the window, and being injured by th e spik es protecting the dockyard gates waiting for seamen e to come to them, platform from the garden. Th e wife was not so far In addition to wirliaantitbhueityhacria; posting.do, t 7 b t ill l s uk sho e u ve ld ry b c e recovered as to be able to give evidence on Monday guard officer stationed at o d r near he fishing t owns and night, and the facts connected with the finding of the villages should be d2p . i s te d to volunteer men and boys Government. body having been deposed to, the inquiry was adjourned for the navy. to them for circulation ou g ho u t t ai t n he G w ia h s o s l e e , l h e a n s g tbhe been for a- fortnight. FlRES.—Yesterday morning, a little before six o'clock, coast, and the expensesf. defrayed by a fire, attended with great loss of property, broke out at The Vulture f st r ea t m i - rigate, C a p the residence of Hadow Patrick Douglas, Esq., No. 49, doing much for le Th c e ause at Greenock and other York-terrace, Regent's-park. The inmates were aroused Nautilus, apprentice brig, and by a strong smell of fire, and on proceeding down stairs LplaadeyesArtah,e_lweveenuerncirsuhiesder,whitahveaaplrreoapdeyr esnhtiperefdorsotmhise found - stout boys. coast ,tuaongo:,oc ipoe unfortunate rnnollteo,sohe rde m r as i so s p h mal a ane p o the e t o o twh eilrl increase A ss l uot e ioo d t na e t b a h lhe r e oe navy, as d ov e y ship.pr ,s. faulty managed to make a retreat. The London Fire our eas . but, n Brigade engines from Watling-street, King-street, and plios b e ' the M o ' d ,000 men and boys, already noticed, `Well-street were quickly on the spot, but, owing to a plied The lev y very scanty supply of water from the West Middlesex added to y th o e f mains, the fire spread rapidly. It was not subdued until it had destroyed the ground floor, and until the front ' being in all 10,000 , is a large number to be raised and g rooms on the second and third floors were burne d out, 1 disciplined in t ime to catch the ships of the Great Bear and the rest of the building severely damaged. The fire , when the breaki ng up of the ice frees them from their originated from the flue of the hot plate. Another fire o 1 winter quarters. Th e comp l ements o f t h e stat i onary broke out on the premises of Mr. Richard Wiseman' N 1, Wilstead-street, Somers-town. The fir e was not ex- ! volunt eers f or general service, who should be trained udships should be i ncrease d without delay by tinguished until the front shop and upper part were as soon a s poss ib le, and kept i n readines to supply destroyed ; cause unknown ; contents insure d ,earnest,deficiencies and i h n a t v h e e asoeyagioni intention ti s o h n i pso.f manning a n w n e i really ng o u rare ships in in h Sun. Another fire broke out at Mr . J. Peat s, Blueguardships Anchor Tavern, which did considerable damage; cause effi c i ently, we must have recourse to all the means unknown. One also happened at Mr. Taylor 's, 118 , within our reac h. W e m ust immediat e ly set a b out Ch urc h-street, Bethnal-green, ca used by an explosion of fo rm i ng a rea d y and effectua l reserve f or the hour of gas ; and, lastly, one broke out at No. 2, Corbett-court, need ; oth erw i se we ma y have a Russian fl ee t scour i ng G r acechurch-street, in the occupation of Mr. Davis, boot- !, our coasts, and only a handful of half mann e d ships maker, caused by an explosion of gas in the first floor, ! prepared to meet them.—United Service! Gazette. VOLUN TEERING SEAMEN. OUR NAVAL COMMANDERS. We have recently had occasion to show that the naval arsenals and dockyards of this country are prepared to send forth, at a very short notice, a fleet of extraordinary magnitude and power, con sisting not only of the ancient wooden bulwarks of England, but possessing the advantages which the application of steam has given to naval tactics and navigation. It has also been announced that the Admiralty contemplate a large and immediate addition to the seamen and marines serving in the navy ; and we presume that, in addition to the vote which will be taken on the meeting of Parlia ment, the Government are prepared to adopt the necessary means for the encouragement of volun tary enlistment. In France measures of equal vigour are taken for the augmentation o f th e navy. Orders have been sent down to some of the ports to call out all the seamen between 24 and 40 years of age for the imperial service. The lar ge reserve of seamen employed in time of peace in the Newfoundland fisheries will be ordered for naval duty, and the greatest activity prevails in the dockyards, where several screw line-of-battle ships and large frigates will be launched in the course of the present year. Everything denotes active preparations for naval warfare, and, as we are satisfied that our ships are in good order, and we trust that crews will be found to man them, the next consideration is, who is to command them ? We turn to the Navy List for an answer to this question, and, without the slightest disre spect to the veterans who fought the battles of their country in the beginning of the present cen tury, we must be permitted to remark that the same services cannot be expected of them now. To begin with that fine old specimen of a British sailor, Sir Byam Martin, the Admiral —whose sons a r e a d m i ra l s and of the Fleet grandsons post captains —we find that he received his first com mission as post-captain in the year 1793, and that his standing in the navy considerably exceeds 60 years. We have 21 admirals now on the active list, the oldest of whom hoisted his flag in 1514, and was posted in 1795, whilst the youngest officer of this rank was posted in 1804, just half a century ago. The vice-admirals amount in num ber to 26, all of whom were posted between 1805 and 1810, so that the youngest on the list must have been at sea fifty years ago. The rear admirals number 17 to each division of the fleet, or 51 in all. Their senior is Sir Phipps Hornby, whose captain's commission dates from the 16th of February, 1810 ; and their junior, Admiral Montagu Stopford, who got his flag only last month, is a captain of the Bth of April, 1825. We must infer from these facts, without entering into private or personal considerations, that there cannot be a flag officer in the navy on the active list much under 60 years of age ; and it was ascer tained, when the matter was brought before the Naval and Military Commission some years ago, that the average age of these gallant veterans was considerably above 70. The reason of this state of things is obvious. These officers are the hardy survivors of the greatest maritime war ever carried on by this country. In their youth an immense number of ships were in commission, promotion was rapid, most of them were posted at an early age, and rendered services which fully entitled them to enjoy for life the honours and emoluments of their profession. Hundreds of their contempora ries have already dropped off in the course of nature, but these veterans are still sufficiently numerous to fill the entire list of senior officers established by the present regulations of the navy, and it is not till we descend to the two lowest classes of rear-admirals, of the white and of the blue, that we fall upon men who can be said to be in full possession of the strength and vigour of manhood. The other day, when the Admiralty very properly appointed Sir Edmund Lyons to he second in command of the fleet in the Levant, he was considered what is termed a young admiral— and, in fact, it was only four years ago that he got his flag. But Sir Edmund Lyons dates his cap tain's commission from the 7th of June, 1814— nearly 40 years ago • and, though we have no doubt he is in the full enjoyment of his powers, an officer of his standing should hardly be so near the bottom of the list. To exemplify still further this state of things, we shall borrow from the same official authority the following list of flag-officers in commission, with their respective, commands and the date of their seniority : Nore—Vice-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, Capilin 25th of September, 1806. Portsmouth—Tice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrste, Cap tain 23d of April, 1806. Devonport—Admiral Sir John Ommanney, Captain 16th of October, 1800. Cork—Rear-Admiral Sir W. Carroll, Captain 6th of December, 1813. Western Squadron—Rear•Admiral Corry, Captain 23.1 of July, 1821. Mediterranean—Vice-Admiral Dundas, Captain 13th of October, 1807, and Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, Cap• tain 7th of June, 1814. North America Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, Captain 29th of July, 1806, to be succeeded by Rear- Admiral Fanshawe, Captain 17th of October, 1816. Pacific—Rear-Admiral Moresby, Captain 7th of June, 1814, to be succeeded by Rear-Admiral Price, Captain 13th of June, 1815. South-east Coast of America—Rear-Admiral Hender son, Captain 9th of October, 1815. East Indies—Vice-Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Captain 14th of October, 1808. West Coast of Africa—Rear-Admiral Bruce, Captain 16th of November, 1821. Seniority is the sole law of promotion for flag officers in the British navy ; and, without injustice to individuals, it probably cannot be altered, although the result is that a considerable disadvan tage is incurred by our navy in comparison with those foreign navies in which younger officers may be raised by merit to the highest ranks of their profession. This enormous superincumbeut weight of senior officers, bequeathed to the country by the last war, which ended 40 years ago, has naturally a discouraging effect on younger and more active men. Nay, the effect of the Admiralty regulations is not only to perpetuate these veterans on the active list, to the exclusion of their juniors, but, in many instances, to cause junior officers to be carried over to the retired list, merely because they have not been afloat the time necessary to qualify them for their flag. Thus, within the last few days, Loid Hardwicke, a captain of 1825, and an officer of very high character, has been shelved by the immutable rules of seniority on the list of retired Rear-Admirals because he wanted four months to complete his time afloat. It is not un common to meet with naval officers, scarcely of middle age, who foresee that, unless very special circumstances intervene, they will share the same fate. So that the present condition of our list of flag officers is, that we retain as for active service a class of officers many of whom it would be absurd to send to sea, and that we consign to the retired list officers very much their juniors, who are a loss to their profession, and who surrender their chaiace of future service with the utmost regret. It is impossible this state of things should con tinue if the navy is to be put on a war footing, and, even without that demand on our naval re sources, the public service has, in some instances we could name, suffered considerably by the ap pointment of Admirals to active duties who had better have remained over the club fire in Pall mall. The only effectual remedy is a liberal super annuation of officers who have in their time de served well of their country, and who are still entitled to the utmost consideration of the Govern ment and the nation ; and we think a further at temptr senior ous of post-captains o b fe suchm ad made officers to arethe no li t st de o s f i immediate employment at sea. Upon the com mencement of naval hostilities by a country which proudly cherishes its ascendancy on the ocean, after an interval of almost 40 years, it is impossible that some difficulties of this sort should not arise. The Navy List contains in every rank of the ser vice officers fully capable of emulating the most glorious exploits of their predecessors ; but tho stagnation of a long peace and the accumulated arrears of the service at a former period have sus pended the natural course of advancement, and means must be found to bring forward officers whose age, education, and energy qualify them for all the duties they may now have to per form.—Times. SERIOUS COACH ACCIDENT.—An accident occurred oa Friday to the coach which plies'between St. Kathezinein and Lochgoilhead, by which the driver is so much in jured that he is not expected to survive. While on the way to Lochgoilhead, and when crossing the hills, the wheels got out of the regular road track, and the ma chine upsetting, tumbled over the face of a steep hill, and made several somersaults before reaching the bot tom. There were only two passengers and the driver-- Miss Morrison, daughter of Mr. J. Morrison, auc tioneer, of this city, and Mr. Peter Ferguson, temper ance missionary of the Gorbals, neither of whom are seriously hurt—in fact, both escaped with but a slight bruise or two. After the young lady and Mr. Ferguson had recovered from the shock they went to the help of the driver, who was badly hurt and almost speechless. He was only able at that time to say, " dying-- look to the young lady." Mr. Ferguson and Miss Mor rison, having taken the cushions out of the coach, laid the unfortunate man upon them, and at once proceeded to the nearest farm house for assistance, which they were fortunate in procuring. Tbey then set out for Loch godhead, and after a walk of about six miles through deep snow, reached an inn, where a carriage was pro cured and proper medical assistance despatched to the wounded sufferer. It is hoped that the driver, wh o was well known upon the road, and universally esteemed, may yet be brought round, though in the meanti me h e is in a dangsroul etatc —Nora Bridal:, Daily Mail, . k Sea 3sians terri a the a in K in xin x in x in 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 10' 22i all all 25 all 2i, 10 all .15i i 61 i 5 i 5 642