The Sun. — London, England, 1863-02-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. F The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. THE DIOCESE OF RIPON. The Bishop of RIPON moved for an amended return of the population of his diocese, to correct some mistakes that appeared in that already made in comparison with that of York.—Ordered. THE VOLUNTEERS. Lord LLANOVER asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether it was the intention of the Government to propose any measure during the present session for the purpose of carrying out the recommendations contained in the report of the Volunteers Commission appointed to in qulre into the state of the volunteer force of the country ? In the event of its being the intention of Government, it was desirable that the same should be done with as little delay as possible. Earl DE GREY said it was the intention of the Go vernment to propose to Parliament a bill substantially car rying out the recommendations suggested by the Volunteer Commission. Of course the 'requisite sum for that purpose would have to be included in the estimates, and a bill would have to be introduced into Par liament. It was not necessary at that moment he should enter into further detail, especially as the subject would come before them when the estimates were under discussion. He thought the announcement he had already made would be quite sufficient to set at rest all doubt on the point. Lord H A RDINGE thought great caution would have to be exercised in dealing with the subject. He thought about nine days in the year for training purposes would be suffi cient. He also took that opportunity of stating that he thought twenty-eight days in the year for training would be quite sufficient for the militia. Lord TRURO said the report of the Royal Commission stated that the condition of the volunteers was highly satis factory, and he should like to know how it was that a sum of money was afterwards proposed. The expenses of the volunteers had hitherto been met by voluntary sub scriptions by the members of the different corps, and if that was sufficient he could not account for the re commendation of the royal commissioners. The noble lord proceeded to comment upon other portions of the report of the commissioners, more especially that which related to the Volunteer Artillery. The suggestion that the Volun trers should be more allied with the regular army by join ing in field-d lys, he disapproved of, andl he did not think the Volunteer movement would be at all advanced by such a circumstance, because he did not believe, as yet, the volunteers had arrived at the steadiness which was re quired for such a purpose. Then, with respect to the cadet corps, the report recommended that these most interesting children should take part in the company and division drills. No doubt it would be an ex tremely interesting sight to see these little fellows wheeling and forming squares, yet he thought more important matter might have occupied the thoughts of the commissioners. He thought the result of the recommendation of the re port would be that the honorary members in volunteer corps would rapidly fall away, and the donations to the different corps altogether disappear. After a few words from Lord VYvIAN, Earl DE GREY said those corps which intended to apply for a portion of the Government grant for clothing expenses must conform to the rules laid down in the report. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SrEaxnu took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BERESPORD took the oaths and his seat for the county of Carlow. PETITIONS. The following petitions were presented : Mr. BRIGHT, from Birmingham, complaining of the public expenditure, and praying for the repeal of duties on sugar, tea, and coffee. Several petitions were presented against the sale of in toxicating liquors on the Sunday. NOTICES OF MOTION, APPROPRIATION BILL. Lord R. MONTAGU said that on the 24th he should move two resolutions, one being that the bill be printed and circulated before the committee sit thereon. PRINTING. An HON. MEMBER, on Monday,'would move certain instructions to the printing committee of the house. OATHS. Sir J. TRELAWNY gave notice of his intention, on an early day, to move for leave to introduce a bill to permit affirmations instead of the ordinary oaths. INDIAN OFFICERS. Colonel SYKES gave notice that on a future day he should bring forward the subject of the refusal of the Indian authorities to present the memorials of certain Indian officers to the Home Government. CHURCH RATES. Mr. NEWDEGATE gave notice that on a future day he should introduce a bill to arrange for the commutation of church rates. SAILORS' HOMES. Sir H. STRACEY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if it was the intention of the Government to take under its consideration the subject of sailors' homes generally, with a view to aid those whose means are not adequate for their object, and which in its judgment may be deserving of assistance ? Lord C. PAGET replied that it was not intended to make any addition to the vote except the ordinary vote for sailors in the neighbourhood of dockyards. BRAZIL—WRECK OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Mr. LAIRD asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether her Majesty's Government had any objection to lay before the house copies of all correspondence between her Majesty's Government and Mr. Christie, British Minister in Brazil, and be tween Mr. Christie and the Brazilian Government, relating to the wrecking of the Prince of Wales and the alleged ill-treatment of three officers of H.M.S. Forte by the police of Rio Janeiro ; also of any despatch from the American Minister in Brazil to Earl Russell respecting the conduct of Mr. Christie, or of Mr. Vereker, late her Ma jesty's consul at Rio Grande do Sal? Mr. LAYARD replied that the papers would be shortly laid before the house. The hon. gentleman entered at some length into an explanation. The King of the Bel gians would kindly act as arbitrator in the matter. The Brazilian Government had offered to restore the value of the Prince of Wales, and the offer had been accepted. CUSTOMS DUTIES. - Mr. F. PEEL intimated that on Monday the Chancellor of the Exchequer would propose certain resolutions on the customs duties. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—THE ADDRESS. On the motion that the Address be brought up, Mr. BENTINCK adverted to the question of the cession of the lonian Islands. If he understood the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire, he con sidered that in a military point of view it was vitally im portant that this country should retain possession of these islands, Thirty or 40 years ago he might probably have been of the like opinion, but now, with our screws and naval power, he could not entertain any such belief. Strong places with powerf u l garr i sons could alone be of any advan tage'; and most assuredly Corfu was not one of them. Malta a nd Jamaica are placed ona diff erent footing. These garrisons are indispensable to the English nation. A great change of opinion had taken place in this city d ur i ng the last few months with respect to American matters. The people con sidered that it was utter cant to say th a t the abolition or retention of slavery was not the real cause of the war. 'I he recognition of the independence of the Southern States would be entirely in consonance with the well-grounded sen ti m ents of the English people. They might all read a great moral lesson in the lamentable state of things in America. We beheld the wreck of Democratic institutions, and to a great extent it was the government of a mob, and excluded men of talent, honour, and wealth from . office, He attributed most of the distress in the manufactunngdistricts to over-speculation, and it was the duty of the house to look into the matter in order to ascertain whether this was the real cause of the evil or not. The conduct of the people had been admirable under their sufferings. There was dire distress in the metropolis, in various parts of the country, and especially Ireland, which deserved relief—one class alone, therefore, ought not to absorb all the munificent charity of the land ; and the more especially as the employers of cotton labour had amassed large for tunes, and were able to assist their own poor. If the dis tress was to some extent attributable to over speculation, the speculators had much to answer for, and should do their beet to assuage in. Th e rural inhabitants of the country had more than their fair share of taxation, and ho hoped if the Government were ab ou t t o ma k e re d uct i ons of taxa tion that the claim of those people would be well considered. If they meant to introduce a Reform Bill, th ose di str i cts should not be overlooked. Mr. LOCKE considered that the Government would do well to introduce a Reform Bill, for representation was the proper basis of all taxation. The Rating Bill of last session, which gave parishes in the country power to borrow money when the rates reached 3s. in th e pound, had not been put in operation by the gentry, as he believed was generally anticipated when the bill was passed. Many parishes in London paid even more than 3s. in the pound. It was the equalization of the poor rates only that would work a sound cure in rating, and he trusted the subject would be fu ll y ventilated in the present session of Parliament. Mr. G. DUFF admired the conduct of the Government on the American question, and trusted that there would be a great reduction of expenditure, and likewise several remissions of ta xa ti on . H o h o p e d this session the inter minable church rate question would be set at rest for ever. Mr. NEWDEGATE rejoiced if the French treaty had tended to benefit any class of the community ; but he N't as sorry to say that it had fallen with peculiar weight upon his constituents ; a blow had thus been aimed at them from which he feared they would never recover. Sir J. ELP II IN ST ONE said he wished in the first place to make a few remarks with reference to the cession of the lonian Islands. On that point he could not agree with his hon. friend the member for Norfolk, and he wished to ask her Majesty's Government whether they bad considered . _ the subject in reference to our communications with India. In the event of a war with France, we should look to the Adriatic for the means of keeping up communications with our Indian empire ; and if the lonian Islanis were given up, they would be occupied by the enemy, or else become the resort of vessels that would endeavour to cut off onr communication with India. He could not believe, indeed, that the cession of the lonian Islands would be otherwise than detrimental to the interests of this country, and he _ _ hoped the subject would yet receive very careful considera- tion. Had the noble lord the Secretary to the Admiralty been in his place he should have asked him a question With respect to iron shipbuilding, but he would do so on an early day. Though those which had been already built were fine vessels, and they were well reported upon by the admiral on the Lisbon station, he nevertheless said that their model was not that which would be finally adopted. Another point to which he wished to refer was the renewal of the Galway contract. That circumstance was certainly one of the most extraordinary in his recollection, for the contract itself had been perfectly villified by the Government, and one person had been made a baronet for only holding it up to public execration. He was curious to know whether the Galway contract had been renewed in view of a general election after having been villified for three years, and under what cir cumstances the stipulations contained in it had been made, which were certainly most extraordinary. He found that the rate of payment varied with the speed from 101 down to 8 Dots ; but a vessel that could only steam at the rate of 8 knots in a westerly gale could not do much towards ensuring the regularity of the mails. He understood that some important commercial houses had remonstrated against the renewal of the contract on that very ground. (Hear.) Sir J. TRELAWNY said he wished to avail himself of that opportunity of calling the attention of the house to a question involving a sum of X 500,000, and the conduct of the Government in reference to appointments in the colonies. The colony he referred to was New Zealand. If he were to say that they were spending £500,000 a year there uselessly, or were engaged in an unjust quarrel with the native chiefs, he should expect to be counted out; for, on a former occa- sion of the kind, he had found every possible difficulty thrown in his way, of which he had great reason to complain. They professed that the natives of New Zealand should have the rights of British subjects, yet they were overborne in the exercise of them, and upon a war breaking out, for which the public of this country had to pay, complaints from the colony were unheeded and justice was not done. What he now specially referred to was the fact that the Government of this country had guaranteed a loan of £500,000 on evi dence given in a committee, and which was the reverse of the truth. The Governor of New Zealand who took part in that transaction had been removed from his post, but re ceived another appointment, the colony being left mean- while in a chronic state of disorder. Thus the British Par liament became responsible for all this bad Government. He could assure the house that there was a most serious case to be inquired into, and that they would be wanting in duty if redress were not given. Mr. 1118 BERT, referring to the remarks of the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Southwark, relative to the extent to which the Relief Act of last session bad come into operation in Lancashire and Cheshire, said he wished to assure the house that its provisions had been already taken advantage of by some of the Unions, and that, if fair play were given it, it would enable Lancashire to battle with its own distress, and extend to other parts of the coun try, to Ireland especially, a helping hand. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. WALSH observed that, if he might be allowed to employ an Irishism, he might say that the most important part of the speech lay in its omissions. One of those omis- sions was with reference to transportation and secondary punishments. On that subject he would not now dwell, especially as it was to be inquired into by a Royal commis sion ; but he would observe that the matter was a pressing one, and that he hoped her Majesty's Government would endeavour, at as early a period of the session as possible, to lay before the house the evidence which had been taken by the commission. Another subject which he was glad to see omitted from the Speech was that of Reform. It appeared to him that that topic had been wisely dropped by her Ma jesty's Government from having become a subject of abso lute indifference throughout the country, and no doubt her Majesty's Government were anxious to avoid any difficul ties it might incur by meddling with it. A battle had been raging in various parts of the country, however,with a view to ascertain whether there existed a Conservative reaction or not. For himself ho was prepared to admit that there was no Conservative reaction. A great number of measures had been passed during the last 30 years that were more or less opposed to Conservative principles, but although they on that side of the house still retained their opinions, they had no desire to retrace their steps, but were willing to ac cept the situation as they found it. There seemed to be a general wish throughout the country that democratic prin ciples should receive no further extension ; and, indeed,there seemed to be some gentlemen opposite who were inclined to expect greater concessions to their principles from a Con servative Government than from one of their own making. Bat to them he would say that the Conservative party, whe ther in or out of office, had but one thing to do, and that was to watch over the maintenance of Conservative prin ciples. Least of all would it be becoming in that party, whilst it remained a minority in that house, to seek to place itself in the position which should be occupied by the Go vernment of the country. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the Conservative party would be again at the head of the affairs of this country, because he believed they would be able again to command a majority of the constituencies, and a majority in that house. That day perhaps was not far distant ; but, till then, the Conservative party would not wish again to accept office. Mr. D. GRIFFITH referred to Greece and the lonian Islands, and asked how far the proposed arrangement would tally with the noble lord's policy—traditional on the part of this country, namely, the maintenance of the Turkish Empire. It was only a juggle of words and a shuffling of the cards to pretend that in practice the protec torate was in our hands. Giving Greece these islands would give them the fulcrum for aggression on the Moldavian Wallachian provinces,and to attack the integrity of Turkey. Although he concurred in the feeling that dictated their cession, yet he thought it was fraught with danger. He doubted the competency of the Crown to give up these islands without the consent of Parliament. The preroga tive of the Crown was to be used as a cloak for the respon sibility of Ministers. The question must be considered open for the consideration and decision of Parliament. He concurred with the right hon. baronet who last spoke, that there was no greater del us i on th an t o suppose th ere was a reactionin the country. The country would only accept the services of the Conservative party by their acting in accordance with a reasonably liberal spirit. The individual elections that had recently taken place he considered a false barometer of public opinion. (Hear, hear.) The country would no doubt support the services of the present Govern ment from the people having a great regard for the vene rable gentleman opposite, the noble lord at the head of af fairs. (Loud laughter.) A Government composed of a Tory-Ralical cross would completely fail. The turning body n that house had been described to be those who sat below ,he gangway)• That might be so; but he was disposed to attribute it to those Conservatives who disliked Tory domi nation. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) There was a lull now, but he warned the house against patched-up combinations. It had been attempted before and had failed. (Hear, hear.) The report was then agreed to. THE REMOVAL OF IRISH PAUPERS. On the motion for the adjournment of the house until I Monday, Mr. HERBERT asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether any circular had been addressed by the Board calling the attention of boards of guardians in Eng land to the provisions of the Act 24 and 25 Vic. c. 76, relat ing to the removal of Irish paupers from England to Ire land ; and, if so, uhether he would have any objection to lay such circular upon the table of the house. ? There was no doubt that in the removal of Irish paupers from Eng land, the provisions of the recent Removal Act were en tirely set at nou g ht b y th e E ng li s h au th or iti es . Th e greatest greatest hardshipswere inflicted on the paupers by removal, and the d i ab a k t ia i o i n z . Mr. N r , i t injustice d one to the Ir i sh unions at the ports of RS said th a t i f his right hon friend had given him noti ce o f the severaltah cases to which his com plaint referred, he sh ou ld have en care to inquire exten sively into them. All he could say at the provisions of the law of removal present was, that if were o titienot adhered to, the magistrates, not the poor law anth e ls we r r i e h r t es t o n n- ' B ible for the consequences. However, it h f r i e nd would furnish him with any particular case ;of hard , ship, he would cause inquiry to be made, and then he would be in a position more completely to meet his right hon. friend upon the subject. Col. DU NNE had always been of opinion that the act in question would lead to the hardships complained of. ' Mr. W. WILLIAMS explain ed that the grievance com plained of originated in the difficulty of g etting Irish pau pers to make known their proper place of settlement. After a few observations from Mr. PULLER, the subject dropped, and the motion for the adjournment was agreed to. EXPENSE OF RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Mr. WHALLEY moved for leave to introduce a bill for diminishing the expense attending the passing of bills re lating to railways, and thereby affording facilities for ob taining ample and trustworthy information. Substantially, the measure was similar to one which he had introduced in that house having for its main object the abolition of the system of private legislation, which was attended with per nicious effects. Among other difficulties in the way of im provement in railway communication, the hon. member stated that i n a d i strict with w hi c h he was acquainted a railway company, before they could obtain the power to make a line 18 miles in len g th, had to expend £86,000. I What his bill p roposed was, that the parties desiring to I have a railway, should send a statement of particulars to the Board of Trade, and that this board should institute an ' inquiry, and give a provisional order to have proper sur veys made, and to investigate into the merits of the under taking, and that when the board was satisfied that the line was wanted, they should introduce a bill to have it con structed, and that in the event of the house referring the matter to a select committee, that committee should have power to come to a definite conclusion on the matter. Mr. MADFIELD seconded the motion, expressing much dltbali° l4 ti with the expense of the inquiries now con• ducted Duero select committees, and suggesting that the heuse might interfere with advantage in regulating the fees to counsel. It was high time that the house should put an end to a mode of procedure which reflected no credit on it, and which was highly injurious in its effects. Sir P. O'BRIEN doubted the advantage of a local inquiry into the necessity for a railway, and protested against the house being called upon to interfere in the matter of the amount of remuneration to be given to counsel. Mr. GIBSON said that if the hon. gentleman could possibly accomplish a scheme to carry out the objects proposed by his bill, he would be doing a great public service, and he should therefore offer no opposition to the introduction of the bill. At the same time he thought the House of Commons would be reluctant to relinquish the control it at present retained over railway undertakings, and also that there should be some preliminary inquiry into the details of the proposed measure. Mr. Sergeant PIGOTT would also advocate any measure that would lessen the expenses attending the Parliamentary inquiries upon private bills; but he warned the house against resorting to any of the suggested local proceedings, which appeared to take the form of the old-fashioned arbi trations, and would be found, as heretofore, the most ex pensive and protracted of all inquiries. After a few words in reply from Mr. WHALLEY, Leave was given to bring in the bill. CHURCH RATES. Sir J. TRELAWNY moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish church rates. Granted. DRAINAGE OF LAND (IRELAND). Colonel DICKSON moved for leave to introduce his bill of last session upon this subject, with some alterations, He brought it forward thus early in order to provide some em ployment for the distressed poor in the districts affected, at the earliest possible moment. Sir R. PEEL said that, under the circumstances, the Government would render the hon. gentleman every assist ance in their power. Leave given. SALMON FISHERIES (IRELAND). Mr. M'MAHON moved:the introduction of a bill to assimilate the laws of England and Ireland regarding sal mon fisheries. Sir R. PEEL said the Government would not oppose the bill, but he thought there would be some difficulty arising from the recent discussions upon the contested rights or the owners of the upper and lower waters. Leave given. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES BILL. In committee of the whole house,) Mr. HADFIEL D obtained leave to bring in a bill render ing it unnecessary to subscribe to certain declarations as a qualification for offices and employment. Mr. DILL WYN also obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to endowed schools. The house then resumed, JUDGMENTS, &c., LAW AMENDMENT. Mr. HADFIELD obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to future judgments, statutes, and reeognisances. The house adjourned at thirty-five minutes past eight. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. (From the Times' Correspondent.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 29. The panic caused by the late Ministerial crisis is gradually subsiding. It became evident, as I in formed you in my previous letter, so soon as it was ascertained that Kiamil Pasha had accepted the Grand Vizirate, that the Sultan was yielding ; and from that moment Fuad Pasha's return to office, with his principal colleagues, became a matter of certainty. The Ministry therefore at this moment remains as it was at the time of the crisis, with the exception that Fuad presides over the Grand Coun cil, and that Mehemed Rushdi Pasha, the Minister of War, and Mehemed Ali, the Capitan Pasha, who were summarily dismissed, remain out of office. The former has been replaced by Raschid Pasha, and the latter by Mehemed Pasha, ' , Ale, at the time of his nomination, was superintending the construc tion of some iron-clad ships in England. The ex clusion of Mehemed Rushdi from the War-office is unfortunate. He is reputed, and I believe with reason, to be a man of incorruptible morality—a rare quality among the governing class in this country, and is, moreover, intelligent and hard working. With regard to Mehemed Ali, a brother in-law of the late Sultan, it will be remembered that he was in high favour at the time of the accession of Abdul•Aziz, and was looked upon lately as exercising great influence over him. His reputation is by no means spotless, and the malversations of his department were matters of public notoriety. He is, however, a man of con siderable energy, and represents a party of some importance; so that it is not unlikely that he also may return to office, but under a certain amount of control, which, coupled with his recent disgrace, may induce him to restrain his pro pensities for the future. Immediately on his arrival here, Sir Henry Bul wer had a private audience of the Sultan, relating, no doubt, to the events which had occurred in his absence. Whatever advice the English Ambassa dor may have offered, it does not appear that the harmony of the interview was in any way disturbed, for on the following day two handsome Arabian horses were brougbt to Sir Henry Bulwer by one of the Chamberlains of the Palace as a gift from the Sultan ; and this graceful proceeding was not the only fruit of the Imperial audience. Fuad Pasha's reinstallation, which immediately followed it, is, rightly or wrongly, attributed to the counsels which were tendered on that occasion. It required, it is said, a little gentle pressure on the part of our Am bassador to induce. Fuad, wbo was disposed to " bonder," to resume office. Having once yielded, however, it rested with him whether he was to re sume his old position as Grand Vizier ; but I be lieve he himself declined the honour for the present wishing to spare the susceptibilities of the Sultan. There is every probability, however, that when a reasonable time has elapsed he will supersede Kiamil Pasha, who, to all intents and purposes, acts only as his deputy. If Fuad Pasha is wise he will reap advantage from this crisis by strengthen ing his position. It has become evident that it is difficult to get on without him, and this may give him the power to consolidate the reforms he has undertaken and bring forward others which are very much needed. " Reform" is a household word with the Turkish Government. It invaria bly figures in a very pompous way in all their political documents, and has succeeded in bring ing considerable grist to the Imperial mill, espe cially in the form of loans contracted in England, where people are disposed to take for granted official statements made in Parliament, and utterly abstain from judging for themselves and seeing how seldom the pledge is ever redeemed. It is but justice, however, to say that whatever re• forms have been carried out (they are not many, it is true) were brought forward by Fuad, assisted by Ali Pasha, who may be looked upon as the only two men in Turkey who approach in any way to our notion of statesmen. They are both intelligent and thoroughly understand European instant ions,which they would be anxious to emulate if left to them selves. The negotiation for a national bank, of which I made mention before, and which was put a stop to by the crisis, was resumed by the Government as soon as the confusion always resulting from such sudden changes had somewhat disappeared. You will remember that I stated that in the document conveying Fuad Pasha's resignation to the Sultan much stress was laid on the financial position of the and h empire and the absolute necessity of improving it, in the est a bli s h ment o f a nat i ona l b an k b e i ng consi dered as the first basis for this improvement. This was intended a hint i a n t sort was oof legacy disregarded.a yt o his successorse d office, le gates, who w ere b eginning the negotiation a t the poi t" n tto at despair whi which h o i f t hbringingthe matter to a termination, were desired to take up s a interrupted. Several conferences have taken place on the subject at Mnstapha. Pasha's, the Minister of assist Finance, at which FuadEnglishGovernm en t assisted. Mr. to F o ster, tdhee puted by the Turks in their financial arrangements, and the Mar quis do Ploenc, acting in the same capacity on be half of the French Government, were also present. the combination is receivin g It appears that great support from the English and French Foreign offices. Tho principal element in the project is re presented by the Ottoman Bank, which has been very successful in its operat i on s here, and which takes the lead in the matter. The French interest includes some of the great financial celebrities in Paris, such as Fould, son of the French Minister of Finance, Fillet Will, Malet, Marquhard, Hottinger, Perrire, and the Credit 'Mobilier. It would ap pear difficult to bring together more powerful elements than these. The advantage of the Com bination is that its representatives being persons rnE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1863. of high standing and, it is to be supposed, above the temptations of greedy and irregular spe culation, will no doubt insist upon such terms as will secure the public against such arbitrary acts on the part of the Governtnent in the future, while at the same time it must give confidence to the Turkish Government as to the ultimate success of the under taking. The difficulties in the way of the negotia tion were on the part of the Government an appre hension that the terms demanded infringed almost on the prerogative of the Government, and threat ened in their action to encroach on the attributes of the Ministry of Finance, as regards, for instance, the collection of the revenue ; on the part of the pro jectors a determination to resist any clause which might restrict the free action of the Bank or bring it under the tutelage of the Government, which, ever ready to work upon an establishment of this nature as a means of constant pecuniary assistance in mo ments of difficulty, might insist upon excessive, ir regular, and unsecured advances, which would im peril the safety of the Bank. On both those points the delegates are firm, and will not abite or modify their terms. lam assured t hat the Government has, after much discussion, yielded, and that the affair may be looked upon as terminated. It would be premature to enter into the general framework of the proposed Bank in its present incomplete form. I will in a future letter give you the leading features of it, which will no doubt interest that large section of the investing public in England holding Turkish Securities. At present it is sufficient to say that it assimilates itself in most part with establishments of the same nature in Europe with such alterations as the peculiar requirements of this country call forth. The nominal capital will be 12,700,000 with power to issue notes to the extent of double the amount of cash in the bank coffers. The publication of this concession will, no doubt, revive the discussion on the subject of the grant for a similar undertaking accorded by the Turkish Go vernment in 1858 to Messrs. Gladstone and Rodo canachi and the Bank of Switzerland, to which some importance is added by a recent injunction of the Court of Chancery restraining the Bank of Eng land from paying to the Turkish Government the caution-money deposited by the concessionaires. The history of that concession, which the Turks maintain has been forfeited, is briefly as follows : It provided that the Turkish Government, through the medium of the Bank, should withdraw the paper money which was then in circulation. On the issue of the convention, however, the concessionaires sub mitted an additional article stipulating that the bank should not begin operations until three months after the withdrawal of the cain2e. This additional article was sanctioned at the time by the Govern ment ; but they subsequently declined to embody it in the statutes. In the meanwhile, however, the concessionaires issued their prospectus and got a certain number of subscribers, but failed to realize a paid-up capital as stipulated in the concession within the time allotted for that purpose. Within that time the Turkish Government professes to have withdrawn the caime, with the exception of about £600,000, but, finding the 13rospeets of the bank uncertain, and internal disturbances in the Empire having intervened, they were compelled to make a new issue of cairns. This was not done, however, till many months after expiration of the concession, and the failure of the concessionaires to obtain the capital. Subsequently the company was dissolved and the deposits returted to the subscribers. The question now raised by the concessionaires is that they are still entitled to the concession, inasmuch as the Turkish Goverment had not withdrawn within a certain time the entire amount of paper money in circulation. A. statement of the whole case has been printed by the Turkish Government for private circulation, and tppended to it is a legal opinion to the effect that " Tukish Government was fully justified in treating the concession of May, 1858, as annulled, and the caution money for feited," which is signed by Eir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Wickens. The Turkish Government ; however, declare that they will not object to return the caution money on the delivery into their hands of the disputed con vention. The matter ste.ndsthus ; but it would be well if some compromise could be effected by which the Turkish Government might be safe from public criticism, and the concessionaires compensated for any injury which they may be able to establish. The Servian question, which was settled for the me being by the conferences held last summer, threatens to become more serious than ever, and will again require the intervention of diplomacy. The Servians have been arming considerably. It has been established, I believe beyond doubt, that 60,000 muskets from the Russian Government depot at Toula have been forwarded ; 20,000 of these reached their destination, and the remaining 40,000 have been intercepted by order of the Turkish Go vernment in the Moldo-Wallachian Provinces. Re liable information, which I have received from Bel grade, represents a great portion of the country as ripe for revolt. In all probability the conferences which brought about the arrangement and concluded the treaty of last year will be resumed here before long. In Moldo- VVallachia, also, there are signs of approaching complication. The Roumans, who were allowed to select their present Hospodar, are clamouring for a foreign prince. As I close my letter, I am informed, on undoubted authority that the Government have acceded to all the conditions for the bank, and that the concession will be issued forthwith. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. Yesterday a commission of lun ac y on M r . Samuel Naylor, which occupied fo ur success i ve days, at Clement's Inn Hall, was brought to a con clusion. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Garth were for the petitioners; and Mr. Hoggins, Q.C., and Mr. Foster for the alleged lunatic, who was a gen tleman with about £240 a year, and had resided in North Wales, at a picturesque spot called " Coed Fa," near Llanrwst, Denbighshire. Numerous witnesses were called on both sides. Mr. Naylor had been educated at Oxford University, and was described as an accomplished scholar. Ile had lived some years in Wales, and in answer to an allegation that he was of "no religion," it was stated that he was a " worshipper of nature." He resided with his son and daughter, being a widower. He had amassed £l,OOO, which he had funded. He had a quarrel with a neighbour named Sharpe, and was bound over to keep the peace. It was admitted, on his behalf, that he laboured under a delusion with respect to that gentleman. About the same time his friends presented a petition in lunacy, and he was taken to Ticehurst, Sussex, under the care of Dr. James Newington and Dr. Turner, who were of opinion that he laboured under monomania. Among the witnesses for the defence was Mr. Tom Taylor, who had known Mr. Naylor ten years, and had visited him in Wales. He described him as a person of sound mind, but admitted that he la boured under a delusion with respect to Mr. Sharpe. Mr. Tom Taylor said Mr. Naylor was devoted to literature and art, and was of a highly cultivated mind. Admiral Watling and his lady gave similar evidence. Mr. Commissioner Barlow inquired whether Mr. Naylor was in attendance, or was expected to attend the inquiry. It was always satisfactory to see the alleged lunatic. Mr. Hoggins said Mr. Naylor was at Boulogne, on his way from Paris, to attend the commission. He was ill, and without funds. Several letters recently written by Mr. Naylor were read, and one arrived during the discussion in which he expressed an opinion that if he came over he might be " kidnapped" as he was before. Mr. Hoggins said if a promise were given that Mr. Naylor would not be taken, a telegram would be sent for his attendance. Mr. Commissioner Barlow could not see how such a promise could be given. In the cour se o f th e case a MS. work of Mr. Naylor in reference to Mr. Sharpe, was produced, and M r. Tome Taylor said, ma ki ng a ll ow ance for some gr oss allusion, it was in his opinion the work of a sane per son.—Ait r. Col er id ge described it as a andindecen c y," "mass of filth Eventually the jury found Mr. Naylor to be of unsound mind—thirteen agreed and one dissented. not go to Greece unless allowed to keep Coburg also. For many reasons this was not desirable, and the offer was therefore virtually withdrawn, and a tender of the Crown was made to the Prince of Leiningen, on whose part, having no State of his own, no such difficulties could be anticipated. It was thought that he would certainly accept. Princely blood has its duties as well as its privi leges, and one of the first duties incumbent on per sons born in the purple or its folds is to make sacri fiee of personal inclination at the call of public duty. To the prince, nevertheless, it seemed otherwise, and the captain of the Magicienne replied that he preferred his quarter-deck to a throne, and the happy position of an English gentleman to the tur moils, scandals, and labours of a Court. This deter mination made it necessary to resort once more to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and as his highness had given an implied consent, with conditions, it was naturally expected that by accepting his conditions the matter would be finally settled. It was no doubt on the faith of this very reasonable supposi tion that Mr. Eliot was instructed to inform the Greeks that the Duke would be put forward as a candidate for their throne, It is not a little vexa tious, that whea the Hellenic people, recovered from their first disappointment, had resolved to wel come the Duke with almost the same enthusiasm as they accorded to Prince Alfred, it should be dis covered after all that the fatal conditions concerned not only the Duke, but his people ; that it did not suffice for him to declare that he was willing to take Greece if he might keep Coburg, but that the States of Gotha had a voice so potential in the mat ter that they could refuse to sanction any such transaction. By the constitution, the Duke is re quired to reside in Gotha, and by their constitution the States determined to abide. The Duke, in obedience to the wishes of his own people, found himself thus compelled to decline the proffered honour. At least we,have been so informed by:a telegram, which has been confirmed by another telegram, announcing the formal thanks of the States addressed to him for his refusal. As far as we know, his official answer containing the refusal referred to has not yet arrived in this country, but we are afraid that though at this hour negotiations are thus not formally complete, all illusion as to their issue must now be dispelled, and it will be come the duty of those concerned to look in some other quarter for an eligible candidate. The young Prince of Coburg-Kohary, who was to have been declared the Duke's heir to the Greek succession, is only just eighteen years of age, and is, therefore, far too young and inexperienced to be selected, and the " Almanach de Gotha" will now have to be searched for some prince who may combine some, if not all, of the desirable qualifications. We sin cerely regret the disappointment that this fruitless issue must inflict on the eager and expectant Greeks. None, however, can doubt the earnestness and good will with which the English Government have acted in their anxious efforts to secure for the Hellenic kingdom a Sovereign who would give every gua rantee to his subjects and to Europe for the good government of his important charge. A variety of names are now again mentioned, and amongst them that of Prince Nicholas of Nassau, who is thirty one years of age, and who is understood to be a man of intelligence and ability. His Highness has ab stained from taking much part in public life hitherto. As a soldier he saw service in the Austrian camp in Italy, but it is believed that he was there present more with a view to the study*of the science of arms than from any idea of identifying himself with a policy or a cause. We only indicate his name, however, as one of several that may be decided upon. The present position of the Greek question must at last prove to those foreign journals which, like the .Nord, have insisted on seeing in every phase of it, English intrigue and perfidious designs, how thoroughly we have acted in simple honesty. Fairly doing our best to bring about the best result, they may perhaps at last believe in our unfeigned regret that a result has not yet been attained. TIMES.—The real wish of the Northern people was that we should unhesitatingly have sympa thised with a cause so holy as their own, and de precated with horror the attempt of a few rebellious States to overthrow so glorious and beneficent a Government as that of the old Union. All their complaints come to this—that we have persisted in regarding the contest as a struggle between two belligerents entitled in equal degrees to our neu trality and forbearance. What they would have liked was such an expression of opinion on the part of the whole country as Mr. Bright occasionally delivers on his own special behalf, whereas, instead of this one-sided enthusiasm, they have met with nothing but cold calculation and dispassionate rea soning. We acknowledge that the Union of the North American States was a thing too precious to be lost without an effort to preserve it, but we can not regard this Imperial Unity as indispensable to national existence or even national grandeur. We think that the region between the St. Lawrence and the Gulf of Mexico is large enough for two States, however ambitions or expansive they may be. We cannot enter into the alleged impossibilities of a division which, after all, would be only such a division as every other country has witnessed. We thus regard the objects of the war as by no means essential to the well-being of Americans, and at the same time we consider that, whether essential or otherwise, they are manifestly unattainable. Inasmuch, therefore, as they are pursued without hope at a prodigious cost of life and treasure in America, and with a very deplorable effect upon the industry of Europe, we should heartily rejoice to see the attempt relin quished and the carnage brought to a close. These, in a few words, are the sentiments which have proved so unacceptable to the people of the North, and yet, if the Federals would but weigh the re marks of our statesmen with unprejudiced minds, they would see how entirely England is free from those jealousies or antipathies which they have sup posed to lie at the bottom of our opi nions. Derby mentioned a fact more than on ce recorded in these pages—the original leaning o fthis to the side of the North. " I believe, said" he "that country , at first the feelings of this country were strongly in favour of the North, and that it was not generally supposed that the North would have any great diffi culty in overrunning a nd subduing the South." That was certainly th e general opinion two years imagined that even these results ago. Few people i would be equivalent to a restoration of the Union, or that the Southern people, if they were resolutely bent on independence, could be permanently held in bondage ; but we considered that th e S ou th h a d provoked the war, and that in the strife so caused twenty millions of people must prevail in the field against ten. Both these conclusions, however, have long been superseded. We have discovered that the South was animated by many and powerful motives in desiring a separation from the North, and we have seen to our surprise that the numbers and re sources of the North have failed to yield even that military ascendancy which they were expected to create. In addition, therefore, to considerations of expediency, we have now the logic of facts. The North can make no head whatever against the re sistance of the South. Though " large Federal armies," as Lord Derby said, 4$ are in Southern territory," they are only on its fringe. The largest army of the whole cannot accomplish a day's march into the nearest Southern State. In fact, the advantage of the war is decidedly with the Confe derates, and if we were to form our estimate from these results, we might say that one belligerent was just as strong and as powerful as the other. The exhaustion of Southern resources, so repeatedly predicted, has never come to pass ; the last battles have been the most desperate of the whole war, and few indeed are the people, even in New York itself, who now expect that the South can be subdued. Lord Russell said rather more than Lord Derby. He went so far as to state that in his opinion there could be no end of the struggle so calamitous to the Americans themselves as that end which we have been abused for not desiring and anticipating. lie would gladly see the Union restored if such a resto ration were conceivable, but, failing such a chance, he thought that two great independent republics, each endowed with ample resources, would promise far better for the interests of humanity than a single State divided against itself, and compelled by that very division to stifle freedom and rule by mere force of arms. The success of the South would leave the North at liberty to pursue its original policy on the original principles of the Constitution, and to pre sent itself to the world as a great and free Govern ment still. The success of the North, on the only conditions possible, would encumber it with a re bellious and impracticable dependency, in the ad ministration of which all the maxims of civil free dom must necessarily be discarded. Those who assert that it is incumbent on every friend of liberty to take part with the Federals had better answer this argument of Lord Russell's. With regard to the propriety of attempting some mediation be tween the belligerents, the unanimity of opinion was almost as remarkable as on the prospects of the war. Lord Grey approved cordially the Ministerial policy of forbearance. Mr. Disraeli did the same, and expressed himself even in language of com pliment, though of course he could not refrain from a thrust at the varieties of opinion which he as sumed to exist in the Cabinet. Lord Malmesbury alone conceived that at any cost, save that of dis honour, we should have joined the French Govern ment in an endeavour to stop so dreadful a war. But even from this point of view our duty was evi dently to do what was best, and it was better to avoid any chance of embittering the strife, and to reserve our good offices for a possible opportunity, than to intrude ourselves at a moment when it was all but morally certain that our intervention would be rejected. Lord Derby observed that on this point Ministers might reasonably be supposed to have the best information, but no one who had watched the course of American politics could have considered the result as even doubtful. These, then, after a recess of six eventful months, are the con clusions to which statesman of all parties have been brought. There is not of them who believes that the restoration of the American Union, on the terms of its original Constitution, is a possible event. There is not one who believes that the forcible sub jugation of the South is a possible alternative, though there is one who declares his opinion that such a conquest, if it were practicable, would only prove the political ruin of all America together. We arrive, then, at the one conclusion remaining, that a separation on peaceable terms and at the earliest moment is the result which the friends of America ought to desire. That is precisely the opinion we have been advocating from the beginning of the war. It is obnoxious, we know, to the thorough. going partisans of Democracy, but it has now been adopted and confessed by common con sent on the very first night of the Session. - Mr. D'Eyncourt—Do you wish to proceed against your wife for the damage ? Tom Sayers—Oh, yes. The defendant, who was showily attired, and had on a hat, said, let h'im. lam covered with bruises where he has knocked me about, and my arms are black and blue from his ill-usage, and he has re peatedly knocked me about. Tom Sayers then proceeded, and said that the defendant had been away from home for two nights and on her return she ill-used him. On Thursday, at about twelve o'clock, she went to his house and made a great disturbance, and then went outside and threw stones, through the windows. She broke 20 windows, and the damage amounted to about 10s. He wanted the defendant to keep away and not annoy or molest him any more, as he was tired of it. She caused a large mob of persona to assemble around his house, and this annoyed him and his neighbours. The defendi int said she was a married woman, and when her husband left her Tom took his place, and had cohabited with her ever since. When he came to her ,be had a house full of property. Mr. D'Eyne,ourt inquired if it was true that the defendant was m ot the complainant's wife, and if se, if he intended to i.;ve with her any more. If it was creditable to either party. true it was not very* Tom Sayers replica it was true the defendant was not his wife. He did not intend to live with her any more, as he thought he had had quite enough of it. It was not the first case of the sort. The defendant said that her husband left her eight years ago, and that the complainant and his children came to live with her, and she looked after them. She complained that the complainant on Wednesday returned home under the influence of liquor, bruke up her home and turned it into the street, and then kicked her out. He told her, after she had taken some of her goods to a little room she had engaged, that if she came on the follow ing day she could have the rest, and when she went quietly for them he refused to give them to her. He had now got a watch and chain, some brooches, and other articles belonging to her ..•-~~ SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. POST.—The question of how and where to find a king, which is the Greek question, maintains its distinction as the great puzzle of the day. One would have thought that candidates for a crown would have pressed forward in crowds, and that statesmen would have had difficulty in holding an even balance between the rivals. Far from this : only one solitary little intrigue arose out of the matter. The Russians made a very quiet and subdued attempt to forward the Duke of Leuchtenberg, who, however, vanished at once before the letter of treaties which was held also to forbid the Greeks from all hope of their dearly fancied Alfred. After that came a pause. No prince was put forward, no claims were urged or combated, no strife sprang up. So the sceptre was quietly offered to an ex-king. But Dorn Fer- dinand had had enough of regal cares, and preferred his ease and quiet in the pleasant palaces of Por tugal. A wise and sensible choice then pointed to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, in whom all good qualities and all requisite qualifications seemed to _ be united. Conditions, however, were encountered which raised serious obstacles. The Duke would POLICE INTELLIGENCE —Yesterday. BOW-STREET.—CHARGE OF SHOPLIFTING AGAINST A BOY.—Louis Zelanni, aged 16, was charged, on remand, with stealing a musical box and a fan from Mr. Cremer's toy-warehouse, in Bridge-street, Westminster. Caroline Herbert, shopwoman at Mr. Cremer's, stated that on the 29th ult. the prisoner and a younger boy entered the shop and asked for a six penny toy. She showed them some, which they did not approve, but ultimately the prisoner bought a trifling article, and tendered a florin. Not having change, she turned aside to get it, and upon turning to the prisoner again she missed a musical box value 7s. 6d., and discovered the prisoner had it under his coat. She gave him into custody. She had missed a similar musical box and a fan. It appeared that the prisoner was the son of respectable parents, and was at school at Brompton. On being informed of this circumstance, the school master stated that he had seen such a box in the prisoner's possession. Upon being produced they were found to be the same missed by Miss Herbert. The other lad was given in custody at the time, but discharged, as the magistrate thought he was misled by the prisoner. Mr. Cramer hoped the magistrate would consider that the prisoner had suffered sufficiently from the week's imprisonment he had undergone. The schoolmaster also begged the magistrate to treat the case mercifully, and mentioned that the prisoner's father was abroad. Mr. Henry said the case was a very painful one, and had had caused him much anxiety. He must send the case to the sessions. He had carefully considered the matter, and he believed the course he was taking was the best. The prisoner was committed for trial, his master's bail being taken in £lOO for his appearance. CLERKENWELL.—COMMITTAL FORA DARIN G BURGLARY.—CharIes Evans and Thomas Jennings were charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt, with bur glariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Mr, D. Durdin, an engineer, of 37, Cam• bridge-street, Agar Town, and stealing therein. The prosecutor, on the night of the 15th ult., was the last person up in the house, and before he went to bed he ascertained that every place was properly fastened. When he got up at about half-past five the following morning he found that his parlour window had been broken and some one had entered and ransacked the place, taking with them every thing of value. A few days afterwards Evans was found to have sold a baromet er which had been stolen from the house of the prosecutor on the night of the burglary; and a day or two afterwards th e prisoner Jennings sold a duplicate relating to a bo x of instruments which belonged to the prosecutor, and which had been stolen at the same time. When the prisoners were apprehended by Police-constable Cook, 108 S, and told the charge, Evans said that he did not commit the burglary, but had purchased the barometer ; and the other prisoner said that he had received the duplicate from Evans. The prisoners, in defence, both denied that they had committed the burglary; and the prisoner Evans admitted that ho had given Jennings the duplicate for sale, and that was all he knew of the matter. Mr. D'Eynconrt fully committed the prisoners to Newgate for trial, but consented to take bail for the appearance of Jennings, viz., two securities in the sum of £lO each. VIOLENT ASSAULT IN THE UNDERGROUND RAlL WAY.—Benjamin Perry, a porter in the Under ground Railway, stationed at the King's-cross Sta tion, was summoned for unlawfully assaulting and beating Henry John Lawrence, on the Ist inst. It appeared from the evidence that the complain ant left Farringdon-street on the Ist inst., by the 8.20 train, the compartment in which he was riding being full, it containing 12 passengers. At the King's-cross Station one got out, and another got in. The defendant wanted to push another passen ger into the carriage, but the whole of those inside refused to let him. As the carriage was moving, the defendant came up to the door, made use of bad expressions, and struck him in the face. When the complainant returned to the station and asked him for his address, he refused for more than an hour and a half to give it. Two witnesses were called, who confirmed the complainant's statement, and said that the assault was quite unprovoked, as the carriage was full, and the defendant wanted to put in it more than it would hold. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said that if he had struck the complainant it was by accident, but he denied in the moat positive manner that he had made use of bad language. The defendant received a most excellent character for sobriety and steadiness. Mr. D'Eyncourt fined the defendant 10s. and 7s. costs, or, in default, 14 days' imprisonment. The fine was paid. TOM SAYERS, THE EX-CHAMPION OF ENGLAND, IN A NEW CPIARACTER.—CharIotte Sayers, a ged 30, residing at 10, B e ll vue - co tt ages , Camden - street Camden-Town, d escr ib e d as o f n o occupation, was charged, befo re M r . D'E ynco urt, with wilfu ll y breaking 20 panes of glass, value 10s., the property of Thomas S a y ers , ex - c hampion of Eng land, and circus proprietor. When the charge was called o n it was found that the sheet was no t signed with the name of the com plainant, but only with a cross, and upom Tom being asked if that was his he answered in the affirmative. in his possession. Mr. D'Eyncourt inquired if that were true, and remarked, that if that was so the complainant had better give them up, and avoid disputes of this kind. Toni Sayers said there was nothing of the sort in the house, but if there was anything belonging to her there she was at liberty to have it, and more if she required it, as he did not wish to have anything more to do with her. Mr. D'E y ncourt asked if the complainant wanted the amount .of the damage, cr would he be satisfied if the defendant promised not to go to the house again, or molest him in any way. Tom Sayers replied that he did not care much about the amount of the damage. He wanted her to keep away from him.: Mr. D'Eyncou,"t (to the defendant)—Will you promise me to keep away from the complainant and not annoy him. It is not because he has cohabited with you that you ar e to annoy him, although there is not much to say on either side. The defendant said she would not if the magis trate compelled him to give up her goods and also grant her a summons fo.r the assault. On one occa tion he nearly killed h er, and although he was taken to the police-station she would not attend and press the charge. She n ow had bruises on her arms and body from his violence. Mr. D'Eyncourt said there must be no " ifs" in the question. He then ordered her to be bound over in the sum of £lO to keep the peace towards Tom Sayers and all her Majesty's subjects for six calen dar months. When Tom left the court he was followed by a troop of boys. COUNTRY MARKETS. .4` • LIVERPOOL—FEB. 6 . .. At this day's market there was a lair attendance of the town and country trade, and wheat met a limited demand, at prices in favour of buyers. Oats realised former prices. Barley, beans, and peas remained as last qtrated. Ameri can flour was pressed on the market, and in some instances 6d per barrel less money was accepted. WAKEFIELD—FEE. 6. The wheat trade rules dull to-day, and prices must be quoted is per qr cheaper. In other articles there was no alteration. EXETER—FEB. 6. Wheat, white.. Geld to'6B 4d Barley.. 4s 3d to 4e fid I Ditto red .6s Od to 6s 3d Oats .. . ..2s 9d to 38 Od Flour, fine, 36s to 37s ; seconds, 34s to 35s per sack. CATTLE. We had a moderate supply of all descriptions of stoolf , with a good demand. Fat beef, p sc., 10s0d to 10s9d Ewes, per lb ....5,1(1 to qd I Pork carcases, 7s 6d to 8s 6d Wethers, d 0...... 6id to „ I ,' Lamb, p 1b....... --d to d Fat calves, d0...61d WI "' Rough fat, aid per lb. STAMFORD—FEB. 6. New wheat, 48a' to 50e—red, 446 to .47e per 36 Barley, malting, 36s to 42s ; grinding, 32s to 348 per qr. Oats, 218 to 248 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to 44s per qr. ; new, 38s to —s. BRISTOL SUGAR—FEB. 6. There is rather more business doing, but the sales of the week have not been large. Prices remain steady. The re fined market has improved, and sales are being made at fully late rates. About 50 puns. of rum (Demerara) have been sold at is 6d to is 7d proof gallon. COAL 2 Prizes of Coal per Ton a , d. .ARKET. the close of the market. 0. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley .. 15 3 Tunstall Carway and Duffryn Hetton • . l7 0 Malting 2O 0 Refloe Lambert's West Hart- I South Kelloe l6 3 ley .. 15 3 Hartlepool 16 6 Morfa House.... ....22 0 South Hartlepool 15 6 Wylam ..15 9 ;Haswell l7 0 ranfield Moor 14 0 Cassop ... 16 3 lanfield Moor Butes —l4 0 Heugh Hall 16 0 I Davison's West Hart- Tximdon Hartlepool l6 6 ley 15 3 ' Framwellgate 15 3 Ellison Main Steam...l4 0 Hunwick... 15 3 Hastings Hartley ....15 3 Riddell. ... l5 0 North Felton Ga 5..... 14 0 Russel's Hetton 16 0 West Hartley 15 3 Stewart's 16 6 Cowpen Hartley 15 0 Ship at market, 105; sold. 47. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Aui.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Feb. 18. via Marseilles . Feb. 1 2 . brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 3- China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. l'Z' Falkland Islands .. Feb. 3. Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 1 0 . India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 18. -- via Marseilles Feb. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 10. via Marseilles Feb. 6. Portugal .... ...... % lalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southamptot , Feb. 10. via Marseilles Feb. 5. Newfoundland ..Feb, 4. Oporto and Vigo . .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Feb. 4. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Feb. 6. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 10. Bahamas, via New York Feb. 12. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Feb. 1 3 . California, and British Columbia.. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills—Nervous Di 6 * orders. —Derangement of the nervous system totally up et° all human comfort, and, unless speedily rectified, leads to serious indisposition. The purifying, alterative, an' strengthening qualities of these well-known pills render them remarkably efficacious in those various and painful affections which attack the nerves, as neural*, hysterics) and habil...Jai low spirits. Holloways pits cool the body) clean the tongue, regulate the liver, and so strengthen the stomach and bowels that they are enabled to perform their offices regularly and steadily. 'this medicine never causes any pain, or in the slightest degree annoys persons of the most relaxed, delicate, and irritable habits. Holloway's pills are small, tasteless, and easily swallowed, when as ordinary sized pill could not. Births. BELLAMY.—On the 4th inst., at Paignton, the wife of Captain Percy L. Bellamy, of a son. FOWLER.—On the sth inst., at Bartonfields, Canterbtul , the wife of th e R ev . C. A. Fowler, of a daughter. KING.—On the 4th inst., at Lowndes-street, Mrs. lima King, of a son. APKNIGHT.—On the 4th inst., at Barlochan, Kirkcut brightshire, the wife of Alexander 111.qinight, Esq., 01 ' daughter. Marriages. CHEEK—COLLINGE.—On the sth inst., at Al'hallow* Barking, James, second son of John Cheek, Esq., Isling" ton, to Elizabeth, second daugh t e r o f Wm. R. Conine' Esq., Seething-lane, city. CLAY—PATTEN.—On the sth inst., at St. Pancras Ch lirc b° Wentworth Clay, Esq., of the Manor House, Choi:ol4 to Mary, eldest daughter of James Patten, Esq., 'Ve t Woburn -place. Deaths. BRADRURY.—On the sth inst., at Brighton, Augustin, Bradbury, Esq. , St. Julian's, Streatham, and W eaver " Hall, Basinghall-street, aged 42. FRANCIS. — On the 3 d inst., John Francis, Esc., of 3 , Oar court -buildings, Inner Temple, aged 75. HEARSEY.-4.t the Manor House, St. John's-wood - Pa r ! f George Paris , son of Lieut.-G enera l Si r J o hn Ilears°'l aged 17 years and 8 months. ------ LANSDOWNE.—On the 31 s t ult. , at Bowood, Wilts, the Most Hon. the Marqui s o f Lansdowne, K.G. Richard ROWLAND.—On the 4th inst., at Creslow, Bucks, Rowland, Esq., aged 76. VINCENT.—On the 3d inst. at at Reading, Berko , Vincent, Esq., late Captain 39th Regt., aged 3 1 . Aar WADDINGTON.—On the .sth inst., at Lang rish, 4 - Petersfield, J o h n H orsey W a ddi ng ton, Esq*, aged 0 WILLES--On the 2d inst., at Clifton, W. H • aged 40. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDE BWI4°' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, THE 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Countl 663. Of Aliddletiex.—SaturdaY, .February 7, 1