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Lord LYNDHURST explained. He was understood to express his concurrence in the terms of approbation in which the noble and learned lord on the woolsack had spoken of Mr. Bellenden Ker's report. He also said that he had not stated that the codification of the common law had been attempted in the United States. He had merely spoken of the codification of the statute law. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there might be occasions in which it would be useful to introduce a small portion of the common law into a consolidation of the statute law. The rule should be to consoli date the statutes only ; but he thought it would be sheer pedantry to say that, in order to make a matter more clear, in no case would you insert anything from the common law. That, however, should be done rarely, and as the exception. As to enacting what statutes were actually in force, that was found to he a thing which was impossible without going through every statute, and every clause of every statute, because there were statutes in which particular clauses were repealed. Therefore, to legislate on that subject had been found to be impossible ; but the gentleman whose services he had engaged had made a list of all the statutes which were obsolete, or repealed, or had expired ; and that list might be printed, although it would not, of course, have the force of law. It would, however, give a pretty ac curate idea of what the existing statutes really were. Lord CAMPBELL said that notwithstanding the large number of volumes occupied by the statutes at large, all the statutes to which a lawyer had commonly to refer might be found in three octavo volumes, which had been compiled by Mr. Wolsby. When he (Lord Campbell) was xrpon the-bench he always-had this work by him, and no statute was ever referred to by the bar which he could not find in it. The discussion was then concluded. THE MODE OF ELECTING BOARDS OF GUAR• DIANS. LOrd MONTEAGLE moved for certain papers in re lation to the last election of members of the board of guardians at Leeds, and an inquiry into the circum stances attending it, which had been h e ld by an officer of the Poor-law Board. His lordship stated that his object in desiring the production of these papers was to show the frauds which might be committed under the present system of electinc , poor-law guardians — a s y s t em , according to which it had been proposed, by an act in troduced into that house by his noble friend (Lord Saftes bury), towards the conclusion of the last session, that the votes for members of Parliament should in future be taken. The motion was agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock PETITIONS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from Southampton in favour of ocean penny postage. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Rochdale to the same effect. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a number of medical men complaining of the footing upon which naval medical officers were allowed to stand in regard to rank, and praying that they might be treated in the same manner as medical men in the army. NOTICES OF MOTION. Colonel BLAIR gave notice that on Tuesday 'next, be should call the attention of the house to the subject of the supply of guano to this country. Mr. GROGAN gave notice that this day fortnight he should call attention to the state of the Dublin Hospital. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOURgavenotice that on an early day he should call the attention of the house to the con ductOf the East India Company towards the Carnatic Stipendiaries. THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH FLEETS. Mr. FRENCH gave notice that to-morrow he would put a question to the noble lord the member for London, as to tvhether the admirals commanding the English and French fleets had returned to Constantinople, notwith standing the disapprobation of their taking such a course being expressed by the ambassadors. (Hear.) REPORT OF THE HULL COMMISSION. Mr. W. PATTEN said. he wished to put a question to the hon. gentleman (Mr. Wilson) as to the printing of the report of the Hull Election Commission. The printed report presented to the house weighed 11 tons 6 cwt. (Loud laughter.) It appeared also, that 2,000 questions had been put to the different wit nesses, and the cost of printing the report to this house alone, and the other house of Parlia ment was 1,7501. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) He ought to .say that in the examination of witnesses alone 57 days were occupied, besides a great number of days that were nut mentioned, but referred to in the report. He wished to ask whether any investigation had taken place on this subject. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WILSON said the question had been properly put to 'him, because the investigation of this matter de volved upon the Treasury. He could only say that every care had been taken to investigate this case, and every means taken to mark their disapprobation of the excessive expenses of this report. (Hear.) The act of Parliament devolved upon the Treasury the remuneration of the .cominissioners,l which was fixed at 5 guineas a day with regard to the days employed ; but with regard to the preparation of the report, the suns of 501. to each member was always given. In this case that ruin W , 15 not allowed, the Treasury thinking that the nuns her of clays was excessive. (Hear, hear.) He ought to mention that, in the course of the investigation of ?two of the commissioners—for it was signed only by two the ? oni sSioners-!--those two commissioners had exercised whOte of their influence to bring te inquiry to an earlie r termin a ti on, an d they were only frustrquiated in that by the oppo.ition of the third commissioner. (Hear.) Mr. 111311 E said had for the report of he n been requested to move the third commissioner, .as he under stood that he ai, e , had He had desisted fro prepared a report. (Laughter.) report, and be now onl \wish to ask if anything was m moving for the p ro d uc ti on o f t h at to be done with respect to it ed ? Mr. FITZROY said the report of one commissioner, in his individual capacity, could not be received as a re port of the commission. (gear, near.) SLAVE TRADP, Mr. /RIME wished to ask Ler(lJ. Russell whether these would be any objection to lay before the house the correspondence that had taken place between 8 zip countries e re- Portugal, the United States, specting the slave trade to and in Cuba on Slave Trade Treaties was laid on the table of reportthe house ? Lord J. RUSSELL said her Majesty h a d he eetnneernai strated against the co n duct of the lat e Governor-General of Cuba, and a n ew G o vernor-Gen era l h ad been ap pointed, with instructions to reverse the poli c y of t previous Governor. Now it would he inexpedient to produce the correspondence until it had been seen Whether these instructions would be strictly carried out or not. PROTESTANT BURIALS IN SPAIN. Mr. M. MILNES begged to ask Lord J. Rusell whetlitr he had any objection to lay on the table of the house the correspondence between the British Govern ment and th a t o f t h e Q ueen of Spain on the subject of a ..t- tentant burial-ground at Madrid ? „ 14 C1. 44 d BELL said the Spanish Minister had p .A. e ic -an c r u i d " .. suocrdten4e.72...thiutnberurasial crou-ndatllafaodvreirdnmtoenbet ,filAild thiwix . . ike _ e _,,.. , the British ' - . .. Yrumgly a plan was prepared by k . - - - , 1 ~`~,~ future years, because, no doubt, it would go on with accelerated rapidity when trial had been ma le of the mode which should be adopted. If his expectations were -fulfilled, he would then endeavour to obtain the services of very eminent gentlemen at the bar to form a perfectly unpaid commission to effect the gradual con solidation of all the statutes, or such of them as it would be practically useful to consolidate, and to group them together as they appeared in the report on their lord- Ships' table. He could assure his noble and learned friend that he had not slept at his post; he had no such inclination ; and never a week passed without his being in communication with Mr. Ker. If, however, very little was shown in the shape of produce in the first year, he thought the nature of the case would account for it. Those who took the trouble of reading the report would see that the subject had been thoroughly sifted and put into the only practical shape in which any beneficial result could be arrived at, that being the very thing which his noble and learned friend had suggested—viz., the classification of such of the statutes as it might be useful to bring into one view-, so as to avoid the necessity of looking through twenty statutes on any subject where one would be sufficielt. To suppose that the whole of the law should ever be brought into such a state that any man not a lawyer would have no difficulty in understanding it, was alto gether chimerical—the complicated relations of society and of property ix such a country as this, rendered that almost hopeless ; but they might, nevertheless, put the law into a more concentrated and accessible form, which was a measure not only expedient but eminently prac tical and practi c abl e . He had given notice that to morrow night he would introduce a measure relating to testamentary jurisdiction ; but as, in consequence of an accident, his noble and learned friend (Lord Brougham), by whom the measure was originally framed, was pre vented from being in his place, he would defer the in troduction of the bill till Monday. Lord CAMPBELL was convinced, after what had been said that night, that all that was practicable would be accomplished on this important subject. He was much pleased to hear from his noble and learned friend on the woolsack that he did not contemplate the codifi cation of the whole of the common and statute law of England. In no country which ever existed had there been a codification of the whole of the law. He exceed ingly admired the Code Napoleon, but that code did not contain one-twentieth part of the whole law of France ; and, in addition to that, France had its law libraries, which were quite as voluminous as ours, and it had re ports which might be referred to, which were quite as good a reason for calling for a codification of the law of France as there existed for calling for such a codifica tion in England. We had most excellent treatises on the whole of the law of real and personal property, and they answered all the purposes of a code. Among those treatises were the works of the noble and learned lord (Lord St. Leonards) not then in his place. He was glad that the noble and learned lord (the Lord Chancellor)only intended to consolidate the statute law under particular heads. They could not cast the whole of the constitutional statutes of this country into the crucible, and then recast them. Would they, for instance, recast Magna Charta, of which the nation was so justly proud, into modern language, and make it coalesce with some enactments passed in the last session of Parliament ? Again, if they were to attempt to re cast the statutes relating to religion, and respecting the election and confirmation of bishops, the whole would be involved in confusion. At the same time, there were some particular branches of the law which were capable of consolidation, and among them were the laws relating to the relief of the poor, or the laws relating to high ways, for instance. the Board of Works, and the burial ground had been carried out in _accordanonwith the details of the. board,. There would be no objection to produce the correspon denoe if - the hon. member would move for it. - IRISH CONSTABULARY FORCE. Lord 6.IIAMILTON wished to ask the Chief Secre tary for Ireland, whether any new duties have been imposed on the Irish Constabulary since last session, whereby they have been associated with the Revenue Police, for the purpose of enforcing the revenue laws, and aiding in the detection of illicit distillation ; and, in the event of no such change having been already effected, to ask, whether the Government at present in• tend to make any alteration of that character ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government had not found it necessary to im posa any new duties upon the Irish Constabulary Force since last session. With regard to their in tentions for the future, all he could say was, that the prosecution of any intentions they might now have in view would have to stand over for future consideration. At present there was no necessity for imposing any ad ditional duty on the constabulary, for the increased duty had hitherto been cheerfully paid, while at no period had illicit distillation been less prevalent in Ireland than it was at present. (Hear, hear.) KILLARNEY MAIL. Mr. D. O'CONNELL wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, whether the contract entered into by Mr. Daniel Kelliher, for conveying the mails from Mallow to Killarney, has been in any manner modified or sus pended ; or if any arrangements have been made, or are about to be made, with the Killarney Railway Com pany, for the purpose of obtaining a more speedy and r2gular delivery of the mails in Killarney and Tralee, either by a night train or by the regular day train. Mr. WILSON said Mr. Kelliher was unable to carry out his original plan owing to the destruction of a bridge in the road. No contract had yet been made with the railway company, because they wanted as much for carrying the mail as would pay the cost of the whole train. FOREIGN BILLS OF EXCHANGE. Mr. RICARDO had been requested to ask the right lion, the Chancellor of the'Exchequer a question of some importance to the commercial world. It appeared that there were in circulation bills of exchange professing to have been drawn abroad, but which, in fact, had been drawn at home in London, and, inasmuch as they did not bear the stamp of an inland bill, it had been held that the bankers or other parties who had dis counted them could not receive the sums they had advanced in tho event of the bill being dishonoured. Now, he wished to ask the right hon. gentleman whether his attention had been called to the subject, and if so, whether it was his intention to bring in a measure either to afford redress to what were called the "innocent holders" in this case, or to prevent a re currence of such frauds. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said of course his attention had been called to the em harassment attending the present state of the law in regard to bills fictitiously purporting to have been drawn abroad, and having recently been engaged in collecting information on the subject, he should be much disappointed if he was not able to make a proposal to the house about it during the present session. (Hear, hear.) THE MERCANTILE LAW. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE said he had a notice on the paper to the effect that an hnmble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that instructions be given to the commission issued for inquiry into the expediency of assimilating the mercantile laws of England and Scotland ; to inquire into and report upon the administration of the mercantile law in England and Scotland ; and whether increased facilities ought or ought not to be granted for the settlement by arbitration of mercantile disputes ; and whether or not the vari ous tribunals in which mercantile law is now ad ministered can be usefully consolidated ? He was told, however, that the commission was an unpaid commission, and he had been requested to post pone his motion until it had been ascertained if the com missioners were willing to undertake this new duty which the adoption of his motion would impose upon them. He cheerfully acceded to this request, but at the same time he reserved to himself the right of renewing the motion on a future occasion, no matter whether the commissioners consented or not. BREACH OF TREATY WITH PORTUGAL. Mr. T. CHAMBERS moved for a se:ect committee to investigate the claims of Yuille, Shortridge, and Co., against the European Government for compensation for losses incurred by them through breach of treaty. The hon, member entered at much length into the particulars of those claims, which set forth that the claimants, acting on the faith of a treaty between the two Governments had entered largely into the wine trade at Madeira ; but owing to an alleged breach of that treaty, the claimants now averred that the losses they had incurred amounted to no less than 100,0001., in fact, that they were utterly ruined. Mr. HORSFALL seconded the motion for a select committee, and he did so not merely out of considera tion for Messrs Yuille„Slaortridge, and Co., but as a question of very great and general commercial im portance. Ile hoped if the committee were granted it would be not only with a view to this particular ques tion, but that it would also embrace the relations of Portugal with this country. He believed there was no nation in the world that owed more to this country than Portugal owed, and there was none which acted with more ingratitude or more faithlessness to its treaties. (Hear, hear.) Portugal, in fact, stood very inuchin the light of a spoiled child, for no less a sum than 2,850,000/. had been paid by this country to Portugal to induce her to suppress the slave trade, which it was notorious she had not done. Mr. HATHERTON said there was no doubt this was a proper case for investigation by a committee of that house, and he hoped justice would be done to the parties who had suffered so grievously. MR. DIG-BY SEYMOUR thanked the mover and seconder of the motion, and hoped it would have the effect of teaching Portugal that she was amenable to the same laws of honour and integrity as other nations. He thought the claim of Don Pacifico sunk into insig nificance before this, for his was but a claim of interna tional law, while this was a claim founded upon immut able principles of justice and common right. • Lord J. RUSSELL said he wished to call attention not to the merits of this particular case so much as to the course which it would be advisable for the house to pursue in cases of this nature_ He thought if the course now proposed by the hon. gentleman were adopted, it would lead to very great inconvenience, as a precedent for our interfering with the jurisprudence of a friendly nation, and would be setting a pre cedent which was very dangerous, on the one-sided statement of an individual member of the house. He had no objection, however, to lay all the papers con nected with this case, which were very voluminous, upon the table of the house. At the same time he was not defending the conduct of the Portuguese Govern ment in this case or many others, for he thought that Government had behaved unhandsomely and unjustly to this country in many cases. Mr. G. BUTT said he had heard the speech of the noble lord with very g rea t surpr i se , an d h e saw no reason in it to deny the committee asked for in this case. Sir J. SHELLEY said in this case a respectable mer cantile house had been ruined Ey the iPortuguese Go vernment, and what was the remedy offered by the Go vernment ? The noble lord (Lord John Russell) pro posed to lay on the table of the house a correspondence relating to this matter, so voluminous that he (the noble lord) confessed he had not been able to understand it, and he did that in the expectation that the house would understand it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. OLIVEIRA thought it exceedingly desirable that they should have an investigation into this case, believing that his hon. and learned friend (Mr. (cbambers) had accurately quoted the treaties bearing upon it, and that there had been a departure from the ordinary and settled mode of adjudication in such disputes. Mr. CHAMBERS replied, stating that when he en- Ored the house that day lie was sure he had a good case, and he should leave the house assured that his case was a still better one, even upon the showing of the noble lord (Lord J. Russell). The house then divided, when the numbers were— Fur the motion Against it , 74-52 LFADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE. Mr. CAYLEI: moved for a select committee to con sider the duties of the member leading the Government in that house, and the expediency of attaching office and salary thereto. He had been struck by the anomaly of the prewevit practice, as illustrated in the case of Lord John Russell, to the circumstances of whose taking office lie adverted. Ho did .not know what was the sense of the house on the subject, and had even been told his proposal, though just, was unconstitutional. He should, however, appeal solely to the reason of those he addressed. Drawing a picture of the incessant and im- portant labours disenarged gratuitously by the leader of the house, when, had he taken office, he would have re. eeived 5,000/. a year, and paying a cordial tribute t o the admirable mode in which Sir Robert Peel had dis- charged all his duties, Mr. Cayley deduced an argument in favour of his proposal front the fact that, on latterly returning to power, Sir Robert had taken one office only. He thou s ' shOweci. from statistics how the work of the house, and consequently that cf its leader, was in creasing, and urged that only Lord John's long and varied experienc e e n a bl e d hi m t o di sc h arge suc h duty, and therefore that it was unreasonable and ungenerous that an attempt should not be made to meet the cir- cumstances. It might be said that Lord John Russell was entitled to a pension, but this the noble lord had de clined. He did not, he said, presume to judge this im portant question, but, after a cordial eulogy upon Lord John, concluded his motion for thq committee. A seconder (Mr. STIRLING) having been found, after a paus.), . - Sir C. WOOD said that this was a motion to attach a salary to an office which did not exist. And he was not inclined to recta general measure on the character of an individual, though he believed that the house would generally concur in what had b een sa id in— reference to his friend beside him. lie admitted the in- crease in the business of the house, but urged that such increase was also felt by all who were mem bers of the Legislature. Sir Charles, who was inaudible throughout the chief part of his speech, was understood to add that it would be unconstitutional for any one to receive salary except for official services, and to oppose the motion. Mr. W. WILLIAMS was sure that Lord John Rus sell was too hi g h- minded to accept any salary for the position which he occupied ; for had sa'ary been his object he might, no doubt, have commanded any position he pleased in the present Cabinet. Mr. WALPOLE quite concurred with what had fallen from Si r C. Wood. Eut he called Lord J. Rus sell's attention to the inconvenient precedent set, in a constitutional point of view, by his present anomalous THE SUN, LONDON, PRTDAY EVENING-, FEIMUARY 10, 1854. position, to which responsibility did not attach. He ..was a Privy_Councillor, but there was no means of affix , ing• responsibility upon him in that capacity. There would also be a twofold inconvenience from the present course, if it should grow into a precedent ; first, that the Crown might appoint a person to be leader of the house without that person having to go back to his con stituents; and, secondly, that the country generally might be deprived of the means of knowing who were the re sponsible advisers of the Crown. lie admitted that there was an objection to the leader of either house being encumbered with a heavy duty, but that diffi culty might be got over by his taking such offices as that of First Lord of the Treasury or President of the Council. He thought the organ of Government in that house should be the First Lord of the Treasury. Lord J. RUSSELL, after expressing the gratification he felt at the mode in which he had been spoken of, said that he felt perfectly satisfied with the reasons against the motion which had been adduced by Sir C. Wood. Iu reply to Mr. 'Walpole, he said that he thought that right hon. gentleman was disposed unduly to restrict the responsibility of the Ministers of the Crown, and he proceeded to show from history that articles of impeach ment had been founded simply upon the service given to the Crown by a councillor, whether holding office or not. He (Lord J. Russell) held that it was not merely the business the minister transacted while performing the particular duties of his office, but the advice he gave, and which might be proved at the bar of the House of Lords, for which he was responsible, and for which he might suffer the penalties which ne cessarily ensue. But if that was the case it was quite obvious that whether the person held an office totally unconnected with the business on which he was consulted, or whether he held no office at all, the con stitutional argument was the same. Lord Oxford, not being Secretary for Foreign Affairs, gave the Crown advice respecting the negotiations for a treaty. That advice he gave not as Lord High Treasurer, and as if he held no office whetever. He remembered Lord Lansdowne stating in the other house some years ago, that when the Bishop of London had an audience of his Majesty George IV., that the bishop, being a privy councillor, was responsible for any advice he might give to the King. Lord Lansdowne was perfectly right in that opinion, and the Bishop of London would have been re sponsible if any advice had been given on that occasion. Take a case that only happened the other day, in one of the blue books now before the house, Lord Clarendon stated that it not being easy to collect the members of the cabinet together, there .had been a meeting, consist ing of himself, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Home Secretary, and Lord John Russell. He stated that these four ministers had come to an opinion, which they had communicated to the French govern ment. Now, supposing the advice they had then given had been of a nature dangerous to the indepen dence of the country, or liable to the charge of being a high crime and misdemeanor, he conceived that every one of them—the First Lord of the Treasury, the Home Secretary, and himself— would have been equally re sponsible with the Foreign Secretary. The right hon. gentleman would hardly make a distinction then ; he could hardly say that he (Lord J. Russell) was entirely exempt. It was somewhat remarkable likewise, when speaking of these matters, that Mr. Fox, when making his speech in defence of Lord Ellenborough being a member of the cabinet, said, as Lord Holland is re ported to have told Lord Ellenborough, that after that time he (Mr. Fox) should be glad to retire from the Foreign-office, although he was unwilling to give up to any one the prospect of concluding a peace with France, and abolishing the slave trade ; but that he would take an office of less labour, or probably would remain in the cabinet without any office ; so that Fox contemplated the very course to which the right hon. gentleman alluded. However,-in the present instance he need not enter upon the exceptional case referred to by the right hon. gentleman ; nor would he enter into the reasons which had induced him to accept the posi tion he now held without office. The only question was whether the right hon. gentleman was right in say ing that it might form a precedent for some one coming into the cabinet, and being the organ of the Govern ment without office, without vacating his seat. His opinion would certainly be against that, and he had vacated his seat when be accepted office. With regard to the other question put by the right hon, gentle man, that there might be a difficulty in fixing the responsibility— Mr. WALPOLE—I said the country would like to know where the responsibility rested. Lord J. RUSSELL—That question was raised in the time of Lord Mansfield. There might be evidence of his having attended Cabinet Councils, and of having advised certain measures, and this could be so easily arrived at that the objection of the right hon. gentleman was not so applicable to the present circumstances as it would have been some time ago. As he had already said, he did not intend to enter into the question of his own particular case, and he quite agreed with the gene ral doctrine laid down by the right hon. gentleman, that the organ of the Government, generally speaking, should held office. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CAYLEY withdrew his motion ; and, The remaining business having been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter to 8 o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. ROUSE OF COMMONS-JAN, 9. PORTUGUESE CLAIMS. Motion made, and question put, " That a select committee be appointed to investigate the claims of Yuille, Short ridge, and Co., against the Portuguese Government, for compensation for losses incurred by thorn through breach of treaty." The house divided ; ayes, 126, noes, 74. AYES-126. Add erley, C. George, J. Anderson, Sir J. Goodman. S'z' G. Atherton, W. Gore, W. Baird, J. Green, Capt John Barnes, T. Grogan, Edward Beamish,lF. Gwyn, H. Bell, J. Hadfield, G. Ben , hick, G. Hall, Sir B. itla'r, Col. J. H. Hall, Col. J. Bright, J. Hamilton, G. A. Brown, W. Monkey, T. Brace, C. L. C.' Harcoert, G. Buck, L. W. Harcourt, Col. F. Butt, G. Hastie, Alex. Butt, L Hustle, Archd. Cuulfeild, Lt.-Col. J. Herbert, Sir T. Cayley, E. ileyworth, L. l'heetnam, John Flotham, Lord Child, Smith Hudson, G. Cholmondeley, Lord Ingham, R. Christie, Samuel Jolliffe, Sir W. Cocks, T. S. Kennedy T. Coles, H. B. Kershaw, J. Cowan, C. Koinaird. A. Cranford, E. H. J. Knox, W. S. Crowder, R. B. Laffan, Capt. R. Cobitt, W. Lang ton, H. G. Dalkeith, Earl Lee, W. Davies, D. A. S. Lennox, Lord A. F. Duke, Sir J. Liddell, H. G. Duncan, G. Liddell, H. T. Dundas, G. Lockhart, W. Dunlop, A. Lucas, F. Egerton E. Macartney, G., Evelyn, W. Mackie, J. Fender], M. Macgregor, Jas. Fergus, J. 3facMahon, P. Ferguson, J. Maguire, J. F. Filmor, Sir E. Matins, R. Forster, Sir G. Majoribanks, D. French, F. Masterman, J. Frewen, C. Meagher, T. Fuller A. Miles, W. NOES-74. A'Court, C. Greene, Thomas Annesley, Earl of Gregson, S. Baring, Sir F. Grenfell, Chas. Beaumont, W. • Grey, Rt Hon Sir G. Berkeley, 11. F. Herbert, S. Biggs, W. D ervey, Lord A. Boyle, Lt.-Col. Hindley, C. Brotherton, J. Howard, C. Bruce, H. A. Howard, Lord Byng, G. Keating, Ti. Cardwell, E. Keating, H. Castlerosse, Viscount Keogh. W. Cavendish, C. Laing, S. Clay. Sir W. Bt. Lawley, F. C. Cockburn, Sir A. J.& Massey, W. Coote, Sir C. H. Maule, Lient.-Col. L. Crossley, F, 31olesworth, Sir W. Davie, Sir 11. R. F. Moncrieff, J. Elcho, lord Monsell, W. Ellice, E. 3.lulgrave, Earl of Fitzroy, Hon. 11. Mure, Col. W. F. icy, J. O'Connell, D. Freestun, Col. W. 0 borne, R. Gladstone, W. Paget, Lord A. Goderich, Viscount. Paget, Lord G. Graham, Sir J. Palmerton, Milligan, R. 11 3 1 1 o le n li t e g l o i ni W. ery , Sit G. Moore, R. Mowbray, J. Murrough, J. Napier, J. Newport, Viscount. Oiiveira, B. Otway, A. Pellatt, A. Percy, J. Phillimore, J. G. Phillimore, R. J. Price, W. Repton, G. R chardson, J. Robertson, P. Seymour, IL Seymour, W. Shelley, Sir J. Somerset, Capt. E. Spooner, R. Stanley, Lord Starkie Le G. Stirling, W. Stuart, H. Thorn ely, T. Tyler, Sir G. Vance, J. Vyvyan, Sir R. Walcott„i. , mir al Walmsley, Sir J. Whatman, J. IVilkinson, W. Williams, W. Wise, A. • Woodd, 13. Wyndham, Gen. Wynne, W. TELLERS, Chambers, T. Horsfall, T. Patten, J. Philippa, J • PM(Mg ton, J. Russell, Lord J. Russell, F. C. Seholefield, W. Scohell, Capt. G. Shelburne, Earl Smyth, J. G. Struts, E. Thicknesse, B. Tufnell, H. Villiers C. Vivian, 1 - 1: H. Wells, W, Wickham,H. W. Williams, M. Wilson, J Wood, Sir C. Wortley, J. A. Young, Sir J. TELLERS. Hay ter, W. Berkeley, G. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 8. ELECTION OP REGIUS PROFESSOR OF HEBREW. The Rev. P. Janett, M.A., late Fellow of Catherine Hall, and Professor of Arabic, was this day elected to the Regius Professorship of Hebrew, vacant by the death of the late Dr. Mill. SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE. Mr. George Pope, B.A7.,liciil;rangler, .1553, was this day elected to a foundation fellowship of Sidney Sasses College, Cambridge. CONGREGATION. At a Congregation holden this day the following degrees were conferred : Honorary ALA.—Lord Fred. Goo. Sutherland Leveson Gower, Trinity College ; Hon. John Harbord, Magdalen College ; Hon. G. Pepys, Trinity College ; Ralph W. L. Tollemache, St. Peter's College ; R. L. de Capell Brook, Trinity College. /V.A .—P. C. Methuen, Trinity College ; James Pearson, Trinity College ; C. F. Smith, Queen's College ; John Mee, Christ's Coll ege. LL.B.—L. S. Baxen4ale, Downing College; Henry Day, Trinity Hall. At the same Congregation, the graces printed on Mon day passed the Senate, with the exception of the one pro posing to accept a proffered endowment, by the Rev. Charles Boys, to provide for an annual sermon at St. Mary's, on " the l:lconomy, History, and Future Prospects of the Jewish Na tion, considered with reference to Pro phecy and the Est tension of. the Church of Christ." This was opposed in the, Black Hood House, and thrown out by 19 non placets agai net 6 placets. The following additional graces were oflere( I and passed To appoint Mr. Pluton, of St. Catherine's Hall, an Ex aminer for the Cal nis Prize, for the present, and the follow ing. year. To appoint Mr. B. F. Westcott, of Trinity College, an Examiner for the Carus Prize for the present year. To allow Mr. B aker, „the tenant of Barton Farm, 10 per cent. upon his re - , it, for the year ending at Michaelmas ) 1852, on the rem mmendation of Mr. Nockolds. To allow the I Tice Chancellor of last year the sum ?f 2951. Bs. 4d., bei ag the balance due to him on the botanic garden account, i Or the year ending at Michaelmas, 1853. REMOVAL OV CAVALRY FROM ISALLINROBE.—We un• derstand that it it ; proposed, if not actually carried into effect, to remove the squadron of cavalry. for a long period stati oned :in the splendid barracks of that town. —Mayo Co ostitut ion. THE CH OLURA,. —STOCKHOLM, Jan. 27.—The medical report, which has now been officially sent in, on the number ol cases o f cholera from the 11th of August until the present r aoment, when it has ceased entirely, gives 10,910 cares of attack, and 2,872 deaths in the capital. T_FIE 1 3 R,ESTON STRIKE: Last night the usual weekly meeting of delegates from the London trades in aid of the Preston Lock-outs, was held in the Bell Inn, Old Bailey ; Mr. Robert Hooper in the chair. The attendance was large. The CHAIRMAN said he had great pleasure in announ cing the receipt of a telegraphic despatch this afternoon, stating that the opening of the mills by the Associated Preston Masters that day, had proved a complete failure ; and he had still greater satisfaction in announcing that two firms had given in to the terms demanded by the operatives, and bad opened their mills accordingly. He alluded to the firms of Messrs. Almond and Messrs. Rodgett. This showed that the operatives were not as yet inclined to succumb to the masters, and there was every hope that they would ultimately prove successful. A statement had gone forth to the public on several occasions that the committee were receiving 6s. a day for their services ; this was not the case. They gave their services almost gratuitously, receiving only ls. on the occasion of their attendance at the weekly meeting. (Cheers.) The sums referred to in the last week's minutes had been paid by the committee, and related to the performance at Drury-lane Theatre. The SECRETARY said the receipts for the week amounted to 205/.75.8d., the expenditure to 103/. 15s. 6d., leaving a balance of 101/. is. 3d. in hand. The sum of 1001. had been sent to Preston during the week, making the total sum received from London during the past week 155/. Mr. WicKERs, a delegate from the Thames ship caulkers, said that body had come to a dermination to make a grant of 30/., and would use their exertions to make a Maher and more handsome grant to the lock outs iu case it should be required. (Cheers.) The SECRETARY, in answer to several questions, said no profit had been derived from the benefit at Drury lane Theatre. This announcement gave rise to much dissatisfaction. Other reports were given, stating that the upholster er s meeting in Welb e ck- s t ree t had given 51., the tobacco shippers of Mint-street Si., and other announcements of a favourable character were also made. The sum paid in during the evening was 901. After the transaction of some other busiHess, a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. PRESTON, FEB. 9. . This morning, pursuant to resolution, the factory bells were rung at 8 o'clock, but very few hands indeed re turned to their employment. At some of the mills there was not a single applicant for work. Messrs. Almond and Co. have given the 10 per cent. and obtained a full complement of hands. The largest and most enthusiastic meeting ever wit nessed in the Orchard was held at nine o'clock this morning. The excitement was intense, but, notwith standing this, the utmost order was preserved through out the proceedings. Mr. BROCKLEHURST presided, and appealed to the multitude whether the money which had been contri buted for their support should be expended for nothing. (Loud and general cries of "No.") Mr. WADDINGTON congratulated his hearers upon their unflinching firmness. The spirit they evinced was un precedented. The committee had sat up until midnight deciding the cases of families about to remove from Pres ton, because the masters were not opening their mills upon honourable terms. Mr. GRIAISHAW assured his hearers that if they re mained firm another fortnight their pay would be in creased from 4s. to Gs., and the cotton lords would be compelled to give in. Mr. CowELL spoke, and said, "You who are deter mined never to succumb, who are determined to walk the streets in unwilling _idleness until the masters of Preston think proper to concede your just and inalien able rights, hold up your hands." The response was instantaneous and universal, and the hearty hurrahs of the vast multitude rent the air. A more extraordinary and thrilling scene of the kind was never witnessed. The immense concourse dispersed quietly. TERMINATION OF THE BURY STRIKE. —The strike at Bury, which has continued during a peried of thirteen weeks, has been brought to a close, the last mill, that of Messrs. Charles Openshaw and Sons, Bury, having been opened on Thursday, and others had opened on different days during the week. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR JANUARY. Highest reading of the barometer, corrected to 32 deg, Faht., 30'613 on the 26th. Los Vest reading of the barometer, corrected to 32 deg. Faht., 28 . 815 on the Bth. Mean at 9 a.m., 29106. Mean at 3 p.m., 29'694. Greatest variation during the month, 1 . 793 inches. TEMPERATURES. " Maximum of thermometer, 53 deg:6 min. on the 30th. Minimum of thermometer, 12 de o , ; - . 5 min. on the 3d. Mean, highest (by day), 43 deg. 12 min. Mean, lowest (by night), 34 deg . 40 min. Mean diurnal variatio n , 8 d eg . 72 min. And extreme variation for the month, 41 dog. 1 min. The mean temperature was 32 deg. 76 mm., being 2 deg. 29 min. higher than the mean of the month for the last 40 years. Mean deduced due points-9 a.m., 36 deg. 5 min., 3 p.m., 38 deg. 1 min. Rain and snow fell on 13 days, amounting to 1.20 inches. Great fall of snow, to the depth of eight inches, on the 4th, almost immediately followed by a thaw, and the frost, which had been severe the latter end of December, entirely broken up, and followed by very mild weather up to the present time. - On the night of the 2d, a day before the great snow storm, a very brilliant aurora borealis. I have always ob served that if an aurora borealis suddenly raakes its appear ance during hard frost that it forebodes a southerly wind, which generally brings snow or rain, and a permanent thaw. During the early part of January the wind blew from the east, but the barometer being then very low (29 inches) there was no frost. Now the latter part of the month was, also distinguished by a very high temperature, and rather dry. The pressure then was very high. Now, from long and careful observation, it will be found that when we have high winds from the westward, with the barometer at a great height, mild thy weather succeeds. These remarks have been fully borne out in the past month. The coldest day was on the 3d, when the temperature receded 12l deg. below the moan for the day ; and the warmest day was on the 30th, when the mean temperature rose to 504 (leg., or 13 deg. above the daily mean. The wind blew always from the west and south-west after the 16th; and from the 24th to the end of the month, a constant succession of gales from the west. Greenwich. ELECTIONS DECLARED VOID ON ACCOUNT OF BRIBERY OR TREATING. The following is the list of the elections declared void by bribery during the first five Parliaments after the Reform Act of 1832 : PARLIAMENT OF 1833. Carrickfergus. Montgomery. Dungarvan. Oxford. Hertford. Warwick. PARLIAMENT OF 1835. Ipswich. PARLIAMENT OF 1837. Evesham• I Cambridge. Maidstone. Ludlow. The last two (Cambridge and Ludlow) were after Sir R. Peel's act re•constituting election committees. PARLIAMENT OF 1841. Athlone. Newcastle-under-Lyne. Durham. Nottingham. Ipswich (twice). Southampton. PARLIAMENT OF 1847. [The number of members on election committees reduced to five.] Aylesbury (twice). Kinsale. Bewdley. Lancaster. Carlisle. Leicester. Cheltenham. Lincoln. Derby. Sligo. Harwich. Yarmouth. Horsham. INVESTMENT IN IRISH LIND. We ford - the following remark upon the present state of Ireland in the Manchester Weekly Advertiser : "To parties who maybe contemplating the investment of capital in Irish land, everything pertaining to the Emerald Isle must, .at the prese n t ti me , b e a ma tt er o f i n t eres t . The followi . ag is a n ex t rac t f rom a l e tt er a dd resse d t o a gentleman iu this city, giving an account of a recent tour through a district of country which the Court for the Sale of Encumbered Estates is fast transferring into the hands of Saxoi. proprietors :—' We now commenced the ascent of the Knockmelldown mountains, which separate Tippe rary from Waterford. The road winds zig-zag, upwards and downwards, till the traveller attains, on the coach road, to the height, it is said, of 2,000 feet above the level of the sea) From this elevation we had a vast panoramic view of Tipperary and part of Kilkenny, from a point far below Balingarry, Smith O'Brien's • battle-field, round by Thurles, Cashel, Barrioulgh, the Gaulty mountains, Clog been, &c. We ascended on the other side of the moun tain to Lismore, the Duke of Devonshire's magnificent seat, by a capital road, and partly through deep and richly wooded ravines, intersected by mountain torrents, flanked by a carriage road. We drove three miles up the Black water, which flows past Lismore, to Mr. Usher's property at Ballytaggartmore, at present in the market, and by far the most beautiful property in Ireland we have yet seen for sale. It lies partly on the mountain limestone, but principally on the old red sandstone formation. The land is very rich, and finely wooded, with the Blackwater flow ing for three miles in front of the estate. The scenery along the Blackwater is exceedingly picturesque and beautiful, and many gentlemen's seats adorn its banks. We visited Newtonbany, where we inspected the magnificent pro perty formerly belonging to the late Lord Farnham, but now to Mr. Samuel Ashton, of Manchester. The position of this estate is very fine. The demesne and grounds are planted with great taste, and there is a large amount of fine old trees, which might be judiciously thinned out, to the great improvement of the rest of the timber. The house is ka.ndsem e , comfortable, and convenient ; the gard ens and pleasure grounds elegantly laid out and in first-rate order; the soil of the whelp estate is good, and the property very low rented. On the whole, we were very much gra tified with the improved aspect of the country. We saw almost no rags, but, on the contrary, the peasantry well and comfortably clothed. We met very few beggars. We observed a good deal of corn in the farm yards, plenty of poultry, large herds of good fat pigs about Dungarvan, and plenty of them around many farmers' houses." CHOLERA IN GLASGOW.—The malady does not appear to b e gaining ground. Its daily number of victims has averaged from 12 to 20 for the last eight or ten days, but they are beginning slightly to decrease, and it is hoped that the worst is now over. Mr. Lees, the engi neer for the General Board of Health, has been in Glas gow inspecting the sewerage, which he reports to be 'Very defective.— , liainkra4 dickertiger. NAVAL _TIVTELLIGENCE. -_~, APPOINTMENTS. Second piaster—Nathaniel 13. Herbert (1549), re• cently serving in the Thetis, 36, when on the Pacific station, to the Dauntless, 24, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Masters'-Assistants—S. S. Swan, Mungo Park, J. A. B. Keating, Henry Hosken, Bertie Rowlandson, and Edwin J. Welch, to the Victory, flag-ship, at Ports mouth. Clerks—J. W. Colverd, to the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; J. T. Sparke to the Fisgard, flag-ship, at Woolwich ; Wm. RegQrs to the Illustrious, at Portsmouth. PROMOTIONS. Clerks—Thomas W. W. Spear (1842), serving in the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness ; A. S. Bennett (1846), clerk in charge of the Locust, paddle wheel steam-vessel on the south-east coast of America station ; George Hickman (1846), clerk in charge of the Comet, on the west coast of Scotland, for the protection of the fisheries ; Joseph Singleton (1846), clerk in charge of the Trident steam-vessel, on the south-east coast of America station ; Win. M. Shanks (1846), first clerk in the Britannia, 120, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8,, commanding the British fl ee t i n th e Black Sea ; and Josiah Y. Messum (1846), first clerk of the Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the rank of paymasters. WOOLWICH, FEB. 9. The Sinbad and Manceuvrer were taken into the east dock to-day, having both been on shore on their recent voyages from the eastern ports to this port, owing to the heavy gales that have prevailed for some time past. The Zephyr steam-vessel, in charge of Master Com mander Henry William Allen, of the Lightning, left Woolwich to-day for Orfordness, and some of the north ern ports, to bring round seamen to Sheerness and Chatham. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9. THE ROYAL YACHT VICTORIA AND ALBERT.—We understand that, in the event of war being declared, her most gracious Majesty the Queen, with that considera tion that has ever characterised her, will dispense with the yacht's services, for the purpose of enabling more than 100 of the finest sailors in the world to enter a war-ship in defence of the country. THE COAST DEFENCE VOLUNTEERS.—Captain Sher ringham, of Southsea, who has the command of the first division of England, extending from Gosport round by the Land's-end to Weston -super-Mare, commenced en rolling men at Gosport yesterday (Wednesday), on which evening he met the seafaring men of Gosport at the Town-hall at seven o'clock, and addressed them on the nature of the service they were called upon to join, at the same time explaining the great advantages to be de rived from it by the seafaring population resident on the coast, who would be protected from the compulsory ser vice in the royal navy, militia, &c., and could only be called on to defend their hearths and homes when the country was declared by royal proclamation to be in a state of imminent danger. The hall was crowded to excess, and the gallant officer was heard with great at tention. Three hearty cheers were given at the conclu sion of the address. A very great number of fine young watermen immediately came forward and enrolled their names, and a galley's crew of picked hands has been formed among them to convey their worthy captain from Portsmouth to the place of enrolment at Gosport, and back, daily • and if we m a y j u d ge f rom t h e specimen of those already enrolled, none but such as will be a credit to the corps and the-port of Gosport will be accepted. Captain Sherringham was accompanied by Commander Massingberd, Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, Gosport district ; Mr. Harvey, the surgeon, and Mr. Henry Neale Scaife, paymaster of the division. Next week Captain Sherringham enrolls at South ampton. ACTIVE PREPARATIONS IN THE FLEET.—The whole of the ships now fitting out at the several naval ports are ordered to be hastened towards completion with all pos sible despatch, in order that they may assemble in the Downs by the 6th proximo. The captains of the several ships are enjoined to use every exertion to obtain men, and the authorities of the various dockyards are also pressed to complete them in the several departments as quickly as possible. In order to effect this despatch the plane is not to be used in fining the boards to the same extent (a drawing room extent, we regret to s4y) as usual; the ships, in fact, are not to be turned out of hand quite so much like a piece of fine cabinet work as is to lerated nowadays, and all work that can be accom plished by the carpenters' crews of the ships themselves, and the artificers on the ships' books, is not to be done by the dockyard labourers. By this order being enforced a great saving of time in fitting out as well as skilled labour will be effected. ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS.—To-day the monthly examination of officers desirous of qualifying for additional-rank, and nominees for entrance into the navy, was held at the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth Dockyard, when the following received certificates : Mates, Midshipmen, &c., for Lieutenants—J. L. Pear son, a Parsons, W. H. Nurse, F. M'L. Carter, W. C. Talbot, E. A. T. Stubbs, and A. M'L. Lyons. Second Master for Master, R.N.--Mr. D. D. Speer. For Naval Cadets—J. G. Y. Holbrooke, F. H. H. Hutchinson, A. R. Gordon, W. E. Fitzgerald, J. Kirk land, J. H. Colt, J. W. Dennistoun, G. Hesketh, and S. It. Streatfield. It.is only an act of well-deserved jus tice to state, that 5 out of these 11 nominees, viz., Messrs. Streatfield, Hesketh, Colt, Dennistoun, and Kirkland, were prepared and qualified by Mr. Thomas Eastman, late naval instructor of H.M.S. Excellent, at his preparatory naval college at Portsea,. For Masters' Assistant s —G. E. W. Yates, W. A. Stone, J. B. Warren, J. H. Tizard. For Clerks' Assistants—B. K. Harriot, A. D. WAr thur, and W. Carter. The Blenheim Indianian, reported to have put into St. Helen's on Tuesday from stress of weather, is not the fine 1,400 ton ship of the same name belonging to the fleet of Messrs. F. and W. Smith. Contracts were taken on behalf of the Crown to-clay, by Captain-Superintendent Courtenay, at the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, for 1,500 quarters of wheat, at an average of 88s. 6d. per quarter. The Clarence-yard is in most active operation, the offi cers and men being at work from 6 in the morning till 10 at night. 100 fine bullocks are being slaughtered here weekly, 30 of which are salted, i.e., the finest parts of the beasts, for provisions for the navy. Biscuit making, hammock bed making, and storing provisions of every description for the fleet are going on with unprecedented speed. 1- The coast-guardmen draughted for the Neptune, 120, and Excellent gunnery-ship, mentioned in our yester• day's report, were put on board to-day, 300 each ship, and 34 more were brought up from Southampton this afternoon by the Pigmy tug, and added to those on board the Neptune. Fifty men are ordered to be entered at this dockyard as riggers, the men of that class in the establishment being wanted for ship duty. The Cresar, 91, Capt. Robb, shipped her mizenmast and bowsprit last night, and will ship her main and fore mast to-morrow. The Dragon, 6, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. Willcox, was docked to-day to have her copper examined and cleaned. The Conway, 26, has been brought alongside the dock yard to be fitted as a temporary flag-ship for the Com mander-in-Chief at Queenstown, the Ajax, 58, screw block ship, being required for the Baltic fleet. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9. ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD.--Tenders were advertised for a few days since, to be delivered yesterday, for the supply of 1,000 quarters of wheat for the use of the navy. Orders, however, came down by telegraph from the Admiralty to take the unprecedented quantity of 3,000 quarters, which were contracted for as follows :-1,000 quarters, by Messrs. Hurrell and Crossing, at 86s. per quarter ; 1,000 by Collier Brothers, at 87s. 4d. ; 100 by ditto, at 88s. 9d. ; 500 by ditto, at 89s. ; 400 by Mr. Edwards, at 89s. 10d. This indeed looks warlike. The Taymouth Castle, chartered by the Emigration Commissioners, sailed on Tuesday with 286 souls, equal to 248 statute adults. A number of Welsh as well as Cornish miners are among the emigrants. She is bound for Adelaide, and wits despatched by Mr. !cocks, the agent for emigration at this port. The Nautilus, apprentices' brig, Lieut.-Commander Billing, returned to Falmouth, on Tuesday, to enter volunteers. The Edinburgh, 58, screw-ship, Captain Hewlett, steamed out of harbour, yesterday', and took in her powder, shells, &c. She has sixty-seamen gunners on board. The Edinburgh sails to-day for Spithead. The Avon, steam-tender, returned from Portsmouth yesterday, with about fifty supernumeraries for ships at this port. The Magicienne, IG, paddle, Captain Fisher, sailed yesterday for Ireland, to raise men for the navy. The Racehorse, 14, Commander Barnard, was in spected by Admiral Sir John Ommanney, and paid wages in advance yesterday. She will receive her final orders to-day. The Jasper, steam-vessel, will proceed to the west ward to-day or to-morrow, to receive the Coast-guard men selected from Falmouth, Fowey, &c., for service on board ships at this port. The Pique, 40, Sir F. Nicholson, received 70 volun teers yesterday from Bristol. She is progressing in her complement very well. In consequence of a large number of extra riggers having volunteered for the navy, an entry of labourers will take place shortly to fill up vacancies. The St. George, 121, Captain Kingcome, which is preparing for sea, will in a few days receive 250 Coast guard men. THE REPRESENTATION OF WlNDSoll.—Within the last few days Lord Charles Wellesley, one of the members for this borough, ha's intimated to his leading supporters that ho is about to resign his seat, on the ground of ill health. It is understood that his lordship's eyesight is seriously affected, and that it has been deemed desirable that he should undergo an operation for cataract. To supply the vacancy, the Liberals look to Mr. Samson Ricardo, of Titness Park, who unsuccessfully contested the borough at the general election. On the other hand, the Conservatives are anxious to return Mr. Arthur Vansittart, who is connected by property with the borough, and was beaten at the election for a single member by Mr. Grenfell in May, 1352. PROPOSED POSTAL ARRANGEMENT. Government propose that letters whose postage is a shilling, as in the case of Australian letters, shall be charged twopence to the Post-office, on the principle, we presume, of a penny for the collection here, and the same for delivery in the colony, and that the remaining tenpence shall go to the ship conveying the letter 15,00 miles,—Livcrpoq L2Ol t. SPOPTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE,EZSALL'S.-YESTARDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.—Soon after the corn m6ncenient of business 18,000 to 3,000 or "any part thereof," was repeatedly offered on the field, but a sig nificant shaking of heads created a f ee li ng w hi c h caused 7 and Btolto be subsequently offered. The latter was the nominal quotation at the close. Bourton appears to have some warm friends, especially in the City. 100 to 6 was taken about Peter, and 40 to 1 to "a little" about Squire of Mahon. CHESTER CIIP.-20 to 1 would have been taken freely about the favourite, but the highest, offer did not exceed 18 to 1. Newminster returned to 20 to 1, taken. THE METROPOLITAN STAKES and GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP were untouched. THE Two THOUSAND.--Ruby was the only horse backed for this event ; 4 to 1 was taken to a pony. In the City the betting has been somewhat brisk ; the latest quotations there were 7 to 2 agst Ruby, 9 to 2 agst Bioardo, 8 to 1 agst Champagne, and 10 to 1 each agst Phaeton and Middlesex. TaE DERBY.--Autocrat was again in great force. Additional Investments by one who is " a tower of strength" to him, amounted to 5001. ; the total outlay in his favour at 9to 2 was 6501. King Tom advanced to 7to 1, taken. 2,000 to 80 and 1,000 to 40 •taken about Acrobat, 750 to 25 and 600 to 20 about Scythian, 1,000 to 25 Knight of St. George, and 1,000 to 20 Brother to Chanticleer. A few inquiries about the almost forgotten Alembic led to a bet of 2,000 to 25 agst him. Honeysuckle was ominously out of odour, 1,000 to .10 was laid twice. 5,000 to 30 taken about Punch BOX, and 2,000 even betted between Marsyas and Andover. At the Club, on Wednesday, 1000 to 400 and 250 to 100 were taken about the two leading favourites. 2,500 to 100 would have been taken about Ruby. The room:to•day was very thinly attended. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Miss Mowbray (offered). 10 to' 1 agst Bourton. 100 to 6 agst Peter (taken). 40 to 1 agst Squire of Malton (taken). _ • CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (take 20 to 1). •20 to 1 agst Newininster (.aken). 50 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken). 60 to 1 agst Dan Cupid (taken). • 2,000 GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Ruby (taken). DERBY. 4to 1 agst Autocrat (9 to 2 taken freely). 7to 1 agst King Torn (taken). 25 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 30 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). 40_to 1 agst Knight of St. , George (taken). 50 to 1 agst Brother to Chanticleer (taken). 80 to 1 agst Alembic (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Honeysuckle (taken). 1000 to - 6 agst Punch-box (taken). 2000 even on Marsyas agst Andover (taken). 625 to 25 agst Boiardo winning the 2000, and Autocrat the Derby (taken). WARWICK SPRING MEETING. The WILLOUGHBY HANDICAP, of 15 sons. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if deolard, &c. Gentlemen riders ; profes- sionals to carry 61b. extra. Two miles. Declarations of • forfeit to be made to Messrs. Weatherby, in London, or to Mr. Murray, Clerk of the Course, Leamington, on or before Wednesday, the 15th of February. , Age st lb Trifle Testator a 11 3 Cariboo Lamartine Ethelwolf - 5 10- 9 Orpheus 5 10 8 Little Davie 'fan ey 4 10 8 Titterstone 6 10 6 Montague Bour►on The GREAT WARWICKSHIRE HANDICAP of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., and A only if declared, &c. The second horse to receive 20 sovs. out of the stakes. Two ►riles. Declarations of forfeit - as•for the Willoughby Handi cap. Age at lb Waterfall . Escape The Event . Stamford Melon a 9 7 Marietta a 9 2 Gerard Luck's-all ... a 9 0 General Brezo 3 8 12 Acute Angle 3 8 10 Age st Adine 5 8 7• Trifle Cobnut 'lndian Warrior Little Fawn Cariboo Jack Leeming 6 7 1 Itch 4 7 1 Ethelwolf Gossip 4 7 0 Dove Little Davie Morning Star 5 6 11 Janey 4 6.10., Scarecrow Montague Cleveland Landscape 4 6 4 Ticton Waterfall John Lull RACING FIXT FEBR' Lincoln Spring 14 MA' Liverpool Spring 1 Doncaster Spring 7 Salisbury Coventry Spring l4 . . Age st lb Georgy . 4 6 0 Cast Off (late Fare .. well) Contentment 4 5 12 Barrel 3 5 10 Nlassaroni ..... 4 5 10 Jonathan Martin 3 5 7 Brown Brandy The Speaker Lurley ' 3 5 0 Selina 3 5 0 Bridesmaid Nightshade f by Verul m, out of Jennala, The Cripple c by Robert de Gorham, out of I3uttre.q Communist 3 4 8 JEES FOR 1854. jAItY. Croxton Park Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring 12 Newmarket Craven 17 I Nottingham Spring 2: ICH. Warwick Spring 9 Catterick 2' Northampton 29 Abergavenny 30 [ Catterick Bridge 19 ; Abergavenny . . 2O York Spring 25 ' Malton 27 AY. Newmarket F S Clu:ster Spring 9 ! Lewes Lothians & Edinburgh...ll Bath Newmarket SS . . .... —l6 Liverpool _Hunt Spring _2l Shrewsbury l3 Epsom 30 JUNE. Manchester Ascot Heath. l3 Newcastle.on-Tyrie 2O Hampton 2l Carlisle 26 Bibury Stockbridge ........ 29 Ludlow 30 Winchester 3O STEEPLECHASES TO COME. FEBRUARY. Torquay lti I Carmarthenshire 2l MARCH. Liverpool (1) 1 Birmingham 27 Beverley (1) . 1 17 APRIL. Liverpool Hunt Club i Cheltenham (Hoylake) (2) 8 1 Rothbury .. NOVE: Cowbridge Hunt 11BER. • 9 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, FEB. 9. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Susan Bayley, from Patras ; Perseverance, Terceira ; Freak, Altea ; Britannia, Rio Grande. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Goodwin, from Calcutta ; Sea Bird, Melbourne ; & Countess of Lei cester, Leghorn ; Ann, Madr a s ; Dauniless, Barbadoes ; Canopue, Cape of Good Hope ; Water Sprite, Quebec and Montreal ; Montague, Havre • Countess of Norwich, Ham bro' ; Barbara, V a len c i a andCalleras. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.— The Faiken, for Copenhagen ; Harmonic, Bremen ; Lady Hodgkenson, Sydney ; Theresa, Hambro'. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Coronet (iihirij, outward bound, Feb. 6, lat. 50 N., long. 9 W. Ile Ella, from Boston to Melbourne, lat. 40 S., long. 47 E. The Napoleon, from London to Adelaide, S.A., 0ct.13, lat. 40 S long. 112 E. • The Adolf 'van Nassau, from Liverpool to Sydney, N.S.W., lat. 39 S., long. GTE. The St. John's, from Falmouth to Savannah, Jan. 22. The Wanderer, from Adelaide, S A., Oct. 21, lat. 134 E. The llemsley (s.), from Port Philip to Calcutta, Oct. 16, lat. 2 4 The Bellone, from Port Philip to Colombo, Oct. 18, lat. 39 S., long. 112 E. The Adelaar, from Liverpool to Sydney, N.S.W., Oct. 21, lat. 4 40 S., long. 132 E. The Cornelia, from New York to Liverpool, Jan. 5, lat. 40 N., long. 84 W. The Pins Hendrik, from London to Launceston, V.D.L., Jan. 2, lat. 2 N., long. 23 W. The Chieftain, from Callao to Cork, Nov. 27, lat. 56, long. 65 W. The Undaunted, steering N.E., Nov. 20, lat. 55 S., long. 62 W. The Octavio, from Newcastle to Calcutta, Dec. 21, lat 21 S., long. 28 W. The Emma, from Pernambuco to Liverpool, Jan. 24, let. 26 N., long. 21 W. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Arrivals at Melbourne—The Waratah (s), Nov. 4, from Sydney; New Forest and Argenti, Hobart Town • Anna Dixon, Ad e l a id e ; El izabeth, Auckland ; Sporting' Lass, Sydney; Thomas Worthington; Nov. 6, Newcastle • Frank lyn, Mauritius ; Adele, Sydney ; Workington, Hobart Town; - Ulrica, Newcastle; Hellespont (s), Sydney; Joshua, Nov. 6, London ; Bleckwall, Nov. 7, London. At Geelong —The Credend, from Southampton. Departures from Melbourne—The Sydney and Osmanli (s), Nov. 2, for Sydney ; Chilian, Nov. 2, Adelaide ; Sus- sex, Nov. 3, Calcutta ; Wanderer, Auckland ; Koning Willem 11., Batavia ; Envoy and Dreadnought, Nov. 4, Adelaide ; Castilian, Callao. Cleared at Melbourne—Lord G. Bentinck, Nov. 5, for Moulmein ; Aimstina,, Valparaiso ; General Chasse, Bata- via ' • Eugene, flew Zealand. Arrival at Launceston—The Hero, Oct. 21, from London. Arrivals at Hobart Town - Tho Mermaid, Oct. 27, from Melbourne ; Kirwood, Oct. 31, Auckland ; Anna Lena, Nov. 2, London. Departures from Hobart Town—The Briton, Oct. 29, for Madras ; Pio Nono, Oct. • 31, Batavia ; Dannebrog, Nov. 2, Canton. Arrivals at Sydney—John 11. Millay, Oct. 31, from New Caledonia ; Rajasthan, Nov., from Melbourne ; Trafalgar, from Glasgow. Cleared—The Rebecca, Oct. 31, for Callao; Thames, for Moulmein ; Confucius, Nov. - 1, for Geelong. Arrival at Pernambuco-The Berlighice, Alma Sycloy, fvr New Bedford, • COUNZRY 111A1 KETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD-FEB. 7. There was a large number of fat beasts to-day, but the greater part of them was only of the middling sort. The demand for beef was good, and few left unsold.. The sup ply of sheep large, fully maintaining last week's prices. Fat and store calves more numerous, which sold readily. The number of fat pigs less than it has been for several weeks past. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 61d; mutton, 7d to 76d ; lamb, Od to Od; veal, 64c1 to 7d per lb. ; pigs, lOs to Os Od per score ; rough fat, 6s 3d to Os Od per 141 b.; hides, lid to 3d per lb; calf-skins, 33d to 4 1. per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-FEB. 8. - --- Wheat on the top same as last week, and the average 3s 2d down. Barley on the top 3d up, and the average 7d down. Oats on the top is 4d, and the average is 7d, down. Beans to the top ls, and the average 2s 3d, down. Top of. Wheat ......... ................, 62 lb 90s Od • 8ar1ey.......... ........... . s7i lb 43s 3d Oats - Beans • Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 953 qrs Barley 1287 qrs sold 993 qrs Oats 1657 qrs sold 1021 qrs Beans 256 qrs sold 190 qrs . Average of wheat .C 3 12 5 4-19ths Ditto of Barley ' . Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans ' -2 710 3-12 tbs BOSTON—FIB. 8. A moderate supply, of wheat at to-day's market, and merchatt4 and millers operating with extreme caution. In the few sales effected prices must be noted 2s to 3s per qr. under the prices of last week. All sorts of spring oorit easier to purchase. Prices ;--Wheat, red, 68s Od to 78s Od; white, 79s Od to 82s Od. extra. 84s Od. Barley, 28s Od to 38s Od, , Oats, 23s to 295. Beaus, 42s Od to 57s Od. Peas, 53a Odlo 593 per qr. NEWARK—FEB. 8. At our Corn-exchange to-day we had a full attendance, with a good supply of grain of all kinds. The market wa* lower for wheat and barley—the best samples is to 2s, and inferior parcels 35 to 4s per qr. Prices :—Wheat, white, 88s Od to 90s Od; red, 78s Od to 823 Od. Barley, malting ' 40s Od to 42 s Od ; gr i n di n 4 36s Od to 38s Od. O a t s , old, 32s Od to 36s Od ; new, 286 0 , 1 to lOs Od. Beans, 48s Od to 62s Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. Malt, 66s Od to 70s Od. Tares, 64s Od to 68s Od. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull and in ani►nate all day, closing at id. to 4d. per cent. above the prices of yesterday. Chester and Birkenhead, 174 ; Cale donian, 264 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 654 4 4; London'and North-Western, 1034 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 224 ; Midland, 634 f; North British, 8 3.16 ; South• Eastern and Dover, 18g. York and North Mid. land, 244. LEEDS, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been flatter this morning. Less has been done in the heavier stocks, and prices show a falling tendency. The following are the closing transactions :—Midland Stock, 63 ;' North-Wes terns, 8i ; North-Western 'Profs. 15 ;'South Eastern and Dover, 18g. • MANCHESTER, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had a fair business in shares, but there would probably have been an increase but for the upward tendency of prices. Midlands, 64, h, 34, ; ; Chest er an d Bi r k en h ead , 174; Leeds, 65, , $, ; Caledonians, 261 B ; Dovers, 18i, 7-16 ; M anc h ester and Birmingham C Qrs. 3-16 p. ; Eastern Counties, 134. SEABORNE MAILS. ..28 * When any of these dates ol Aunday, the malls wil be dispatchel on the following clay with the exception of the India via Southampton), ami the Malta, both of which will bo dispatched the day preceding. SALARIES OF ENGLISH AMBASSADORS.—The A.mbasas. dor at Paris receives 10,0001. ; at Vienna, 9,0001, ; at Constantinople, 7,0001. ; St. Petersburg, 6,0001. ; at Madrid, 6,000/. ; at Berlin, 5,0001. ; at Washington, 4,500/. ; at Naples, 4,000/. ; at Lisbon, 4,000/. ; at Rio Janeiro, 4,0001. ; at the Hague, 3,600/. ; at Brussels, 3,9001. ; at Turin, 3,600/. ; at Munich, 3,0001. ; at Copenhagen, 3,600/. ; at Stockholm, 3,000/. ; at Han over, 3,0001. ; at Frankfort, 2,5001. ; at Athens, 2,500/..; ' in Wurtemberg, 2,000/. • in Saxony, 2,000. ; in Tuscany, 2,000/. ; iu Switzerland, 2,0001. ; at Mexico, 3,5001., and at Buenos .Ayres, 3,0001. NEW YORK EXHIBITION.—The official report of the juries, published by the authority of the directors of the Exhibition of all Nations, New York, 1853, reports the distribution of 168 silver medals, 1,084 bronze medals, with about the same number of honourable mentions. Of the 168 silver medals awarded, English exhibitors obtained ten, viz. :—Sir Henry de la Beebe, for geological maps ; A. D. Edwards and Co., Scotland, fir tow thread ; W. G. Rogers, London, for sup er b carv i ngs in wood ; Sirnnsox, Pemberton, and Sons, Birmingham, for brass work ; Elki ng t on and Co., London, for electro plate work ; Garrard and Co., London, for subjects in silver ' • Hunt and Co. ' London, for sil ver an d fi ne j ewe l. lery ; T. Sharpe, London, for silver cups, &c. ; H. Minton and Co., for encaustic tiles ; De La Rue and Co.,Cor excejlrojat...paper. ADvEnTISEM nT.]—ALIEI7TENANTOiDRAGOONS CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vaunted. as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treatment of the doctor, after sev era l months trial, was without suc• cess. At this juncture he commenced taking these Pills. and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the, course of six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched for by Mr. J. B. Stratinan, of Bois-le-Duc.—Sold by all drug. gists; and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. ..18 ..19 BIRTHS. OF a SON. On of J On the Oth inst. Es t No. 35, Finsbury-circus, the wife at Broml ey , R ent, the wife of T. E. S eu d am ore, Esq. h t n h e l!f ax h w ienisli.q OP A DAUGHTER. , 1 On the 7th inst., at Gayton-house, Northamptonshire, Mrs. R. Lee Bevan. On the 7th inst., at 1, York-gate, R egen t' s - par k, th e wife of Mr. Thomas Dunn fi MA ERIED. On the 7th inst.. at Moseley, Worcestershire, J. M. Savage, Lieut., R.A., e l dest son of Lieut.-Col. Savage, Itoyal Artillery, to Mary Louisa, second daughter of Theophilus :Richards, Esq., of Birmingham. On the Bth inst., at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, Geo. Whitely Smith, o f O porto, Esq., toFanny Sandeman, youngest daughter of tho late George Sandeman, of Lon don and Oporto, Esq. DIED. On the Bth inst., John Hallida Esq., surgeon, Sea. combo, Ch es hi re. y, On the 9th ult., at Buffalo, Capt. Francis Qethings 18T,':ogli, of For Erio, formerly attached to her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, and 29th Regiment of Foot, aged 59 years. On the 7th i nst., Agnes Mary Kinsey, aged 17, eldest daughter of the Rev. M. Kinsey, British chaplain at Dunkerque. On the Bth inst., Amelia, daughter of J. A. Levy, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Portman-square. LONDON: Printed and Published by 311711D0 YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill the soimty of Middleton, Friday, Fellrnt►ry 10,1654 (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oftle oy the night—and X by the morning —dispatch.) Day when made up From wha• out COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. Fn-fan I, America(by Brit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpoo. Each Mon. Ameiica (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Feb. 7 .. Liverpool . i Feb. 15 America (by U States packet) .. • • Sou. hamp {Feb. 8 Australia (via South ampton) ..........M March 4 .. Sonthampr ;Feb. 20 Ditto (via Mat seines) N March 8 Dover .... Feb. 16 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............NlFeb. 4 .. Liverpool ....T.Tncertaizt Africa (West Coast)..N 23d of the month. Plymouth .. ......Feb. Fe'n 14 Alexandria....., .. ,• N 8,9, 24, & 30 of in. Dover 16 A1eXandria..........111 4th & 211th of mon. Southampton Feb. 20 Bahamas 17th of the month Seutnarmnon :Feb i 6 Belgium . .....N Daily__ Dover ...... Daily Brazil ...... Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. Southampton Feb 16 Cape of Good Elope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Feb. 26 . Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds ......N l l4th of the m on th Plymouth ..'Feb. 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Feb. 26 Chaim! Isles.. MOTJ Wed.,tarid. Southampton Tti.Th.Sitt. 1112 d & 17th of mouth Southampton 'Feb. 16 China (see India) 1 Constantinople ......N 17,8,17,24,8;27 of in, Dover 10 .Constantinople 14th 8c 20th of mon - Southampton Feb 20 font. of Europe M& N 'Twice daily ... Dover .... • • Twicedally Egypt (see India) ' I France .... M& N Twice daily...—. Dover ...... Twicedally Gibraltar .... • 31 4,7, 17,20, 27 °fn.. SouthaMp tot . Feb. 16 Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton I Feb. 16 Hamburgh Tuesday & 'Friday London Havannah .......... M2nd of the month Southampton ;March 1 Holland ... . .... .11, Dover Honduras I7th ofthemonth.Southampton'Feb.l India (vlaSouthampt.)lll4th Bz. 20th of mon.-ISonthamptot. Feb. 20 -India (via Marseilles)ll44th& 24th of tnontl.' Dover ...... Feb. 16 .lonian Isles (see India) 17,I 7 , 1 7, &27 of mon Dover.... •. F. b. ; 0 Ireland ........M & N Twice daily Holy head ,Twicedaily Lisbon. ..... ........M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Feb 16 Madeira ............M 9th of the month Southampton Feb. in Madeira b 23d of month .... Plymouth .. Feb. 14 Malta (see India) Malta 7,17,19,'.7, 30 of m. Dover ......,Feb. 10 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth ..IFeb. 26 MeXico N a pl es N tithl 6 th2sthofmon. Dover •Feb. 12 New Granada !2d & 17th of month Southampton Feb 6 New Zetiand..........18Y private ship .. Various p or t (Uncertain. Papal States ........b7 l sthlbth2sthollnon. Dover ...... Feb 12 Peninsula ...,......5117thl7th28thotinon. Southampton Feb, 16 Peru . Mt & 27th of m o n. Southampton Feb. ; 6 Port Natal .........,Nll4th of the month Plymouth .. 'Feb. 26 Sicily ) th2 s thourion. Dover ...... Feb. 12 Tuscany ............N,sth la th2 s tholinon. Dover Feb 1 Venezuela 1 2d & 17th of month Southampton 'Feb. 16 Van Dlemen's Land (see Atistralia) West Indies 2,1& 17th of month Southampton Feb. 16 T" port REST on t 1 Posits of an: rates varyin credits and promissory by the Bank and abroad terms of bu the Bank, Strand ; 77 and 1, Sha TO tl LADIES A the present Company, Untied to bi Sided to me But the Directors sl to be name , 11 teen shat kind feellni reasonable fifteen, yet satistacton interests, 'V not less bet The Act selection f. task which connected I cannot re formance c shall therel colleagues for the nev Permit n With whic endeavour regret, hai I shall, to aperlt) of ( Welfare of East In 4 SUN SIIIItE Policies training ti PAT r, IN ng after those pre society'. The Prc are lower are fully p dition to Premium Policy Prospec London,c THI The Righ the 'el Sir Edwa Sir Henr: Sir Char', 1 Vice-Pr, James Bt Montagu M P, Major C. Charl.s J. C. Cot John Cor George I Oliver RI James P The of formanee by Share dividend: and then pate d to The U the Sha deposite. Applic Compan Tif_ Friendl.l Thomas Thorns() This clerks, branche tag es al One associal childret any otb Nino of thre( swop] Polio Loan Prosi office a Depo 42, 3 P Ilichai James Pad The] A.] Capt Rage Deed CUR diva! cum! SIOI the I bodi Bible larg, 110 w