The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-17 00:00:00

aop below sh stairs and a cafii above, containing a bil liard table, but having what must be rather a drawback to the game, oiled paper windows instead of glass. The church itself appears quite out of its element, and rather solitary, having no building to keep it anything like in countenance. It is built of bri - ck, whitewashed, and has a tiled roof, from which rises a spire, covered over with tin and surmounted by a gilt cross. The inside is Painted in the most gaudy style of fresco, by an artist but indifferently acquainted with the usual proportions Of the human form, or perhaps by one who thought that taints have twice as long legs and half as wide shoulders as ordinary men. There were a couple of thousand Turkish cavalry horses saddled and their riders armed, ready to turn out at a moment's Warning to fight the Russians. On the 28th instant a force of three regiments of cavalry, two batteries, and some infantry, appeared before the Turkish outpost tmglawitz. The Turks mounted and retired ; the Rus sians advanced one battery, while the other fired and thus pursued them. Ismail Pacha, the gallant com ?lender during the action in the village of Citale, hear ing the firing, rode out with his staff to meet the re treating troops, and took command. The Russians having, however, gained their object, ceased firing and occupied the post. The Turkish cavalry retreated in not too good order, it is to be feared. The Russian shot apparently frightened them much More than it hurt them, as there were only a couple of horses hit. The loss of this post involved that of Pojana, as this line of retreat to Kalafat Would be easily cut off by a force from Umglawitz. A Messenger was therefore sent to Pojana with orders to the troops to retire, which they did in hot haste. Golentz one hour's march on the road to Citale, and Chaupart sin, on the road to Pojana, are now the only villages held by the Turks. On the following day, the 29th, 800 Cossacks made a dash up towards Kalafat, drove the pickets in, who imagined that there was a large force behind them. They got up to within 1,500 yards of the works, when three round shot were sent after them from as many Turkish batteries; the. Cossacks, who have an extreme aversion to that species of missile, gallopped back again. Their escapade had the effect of turning out the whole Turkish force, who remained under arms for some hours. The driving in of the outpost portends, doubt less, an attack on Kalafat; that being of course the first operation, for they were situated so far from Kalafat that it would be rather too much work to drive them in, and then march for three hours, reconnoitre, and attack Kalafat. The delay in doing this appears to be utterly incomprehensible. The troops moved out of Bucharest on the 12th of December, and on the 28th of January the outposts are driven in ! This species of generalship May truly be called Fabian. The Turks have not been idle meanwhile. The entrenchments, which were of the feeblest profile, have now been altered to fine parapets, With ditches on the exterior. The batteries were good from the first day, but they were only connected, as formerly described, by a covert-way, with no ditch in front, and one flank was completely open. The weather having become a little less severe, and the frost having no longer made the ground impracticable to the spade, the Turks have kept themselves warm to some purpose, and if the Russians do attack them, they Will find- the defences very different to what they would have done three weeks back. Reinforcements have been thrown into Kalafat from various stations on the Danube, so that the force at present there may amount at the lowest calculation in round numbers to 20,000 men of all arms, with a considerable number of guns, half of which are of large calibre. Add to this the well known obstinacy with which the Turks defend their entrenchments, and the lesson they gave the Russians at Oltenitza and Citale, it may be fairly said that there is every human probability that any attack made upon them, even by double their numbers, will prove unsuc cessful. The inhabitants of the villages lately in the possession of the Turks have deserted their houses, bringing bag and baggage with them. IThe "barbarous" Turks lend them boats to take them across the Danube, Where,' doubtless, they will seek shelter with their bro ther Christians—the Bulgarians. How they managed to escape is a mystery which remains to be unravelled ; but however that may be, it is a pretty fair expression of their opinion of Russian protection—they prefer the " barbarous" infidel to the civilised fellow-Christian. The treatment of the only two prisoners made at Citale is another instance of the " barbarism" of the Turks. This day the writer saw one of them seated With an unarmed Turkish soldier, his only guard, em ploying himself eating caviare and bread, and washing them down with a glass of rum and water. The captive soldier then regaled himself with a cigarette, while en gaged with a refugee pole. He was dressed in the uni form of his regiment, but had over his shoulders an ex cellent blanket great coat, which had been given him by the Turks on his complaii.ing of cold. Some time back he was taken by his barbarous captors to the bath at Widdin, where he was duly washed, shampooed, &c. Truly there are numbers in the Russian ranks, and out of them, who would like to be made prisoners to be so treated," FRANCE. The Emperor's letter to the Czar Nicholas has been printed in the form of a placard, read publicly in all the barracks of France, and profusely distri buted throughout all the communes in the depart ments. At the corners of every street in Paris it is to be seen in large characters. In short, no means have been spared which could contribute to the making known to the good people of France the steps taken by the Emperor to make good his pro- L'Empire, c'estla pair"---and to rouse their feelings against the oppressor of Turkey. But, notwithstanding the publicity given to the docu ment, it is doubtful if the effect has been good, even in France. In Bonapartist circles it is said that at the au dience granted by the Emperor of the French to M. de Kisseleff, to allow the latter to take leave, the head of the State displayed towards the am bassador a tone and attitude of commiseration which exceedingly annoyed the representative of Russia. The report goes that the Emperor of the French used language verynearly, if not altogether, running` thus : Say to the Emperor of Russia that I am deeply afflicted to see the relations be tween my Government and his own brought to a close. Assure him from me that, should war break out, I will do all I can to diminish the effect of the disasters that must fall on him ; and I will endea vour as much as in me lies to prevent any annoy ance to him personally." It is stated that M. de Kisseleff withdrew from the audience much an- toyed. - It is said that not only did the Emperor of Russia give a fiat refusal to the propositions m ade b y the Emperor Napoleon, but that he treated General de Castelbajac with great discourtesy. Others say that the letter was not despatched from Vienna till the 9th of the present mouth, when Count Orloff took charge of it • and that it must have appeared in the Moniteur before it got into the bands of the Czar. M. de Hubner, the Austrian Ambassador in Paris, stated two days ago, in a public salon, that the publication of the Emperor's letter had destroyed the last chance that remained for the maintenance of peace. It is reported here that England has offered to advance some millions to Turkey, on condition of getting the island of Candia as a guarantee. A despatch from Berlin states that great exaspe ration was produced at the Palace of St. Petersburg by the receipt of the letter from the Emperor Na poleon. The Minister of War has decided (in ()icier to relieve the industrious population as much as pos sible) that the married men of the conscription of 1851, lately called to active service by an Imperial decree, may remain at home for the present if they have not the means of procuring substitutes. The same exe mption is granted to the married men of the conniption of 1850 who have not yet joined their regiments. Some of the foreign journals having indulged ht speculations as to the object of the mission of Baron Brenier to Florence, the Moniteur says " Baron Brenier, director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, proceeded to Florence to follow the negotiation of a postal convention. The motives some journals have attributed to his presence in Italy are altogether devoid of foundation." The Patrie has received a second notice for pub lishing intelligence described as "totally false." A loss of not less than 6,000,000 f. is said to have been incurred by the fall at the B ourse, by a well known political and speculating personage. The loss is attributed to the paragraph published by the Patrie on Tuesday, and which produced for that journal the warning it has received from the Minister of the Interior. The Bourse was heavy yesterday, without much business doing. In the absence of all political re ports, the speculators appeared to wait the official co mmunication of the Emperor of Russia's answer to the letter of the Emperor Louis Napoleon. The Three per Cents. opened at 68f. 10c., rose to 68f. 15c., fell again to 67f. 80c., and closed at 68f. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 971.50 c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,0721. 50c. ; Rouen, 895 f. ; Havre, 450 f.; Great Northern, 740 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 715 f. ; ditto, New, 567 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons , 822 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 650 f. ; Western f France, 572 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 540 f.; Lyons to Geneva, 455 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 610 f. IMPROVEMENTSLLERY IN THE FRENCH TILLER The Moniteur contains a long report from Marshal de St. Arnaud, Minister of War to the Emperor, recom mending the adoption of certain changes for the better organisation of the artillery. The new mode of warfare, introduced by the Emperor Napoleon 1., the report de clares, being of a nature to require far greater cele rity, had rendered the old carriages and mat e r i e l introduced by General Gribeauval quite inadequate for the purposes of modern warfare, and had caused a lighter and much more co mmodious descripti on o f carriages to be adopted. The alterations which the Mini ster of War now proposes is to place the personnel of the artillery-corps in harmony withAhe improved materiel; and for that purpose he suggests that, in place of haring the various kinds of service—that is, the horse artillery, the artillery of the line, and the foot artillery all united together in the same regiment, there shall for the future be as many kinds of artillery regiments as there are special modes of service. He proposes, in consequence, to establish three distinct artillery corps :-1. The horse or light artillery, intended to manoeuvre with cavalry, and play a prominent part in the reserve of the army, and which, when united, as now, in the same corps with the other branches of the artil lery, bears them down, and weakens them, owing to the inevitable tendency of commanding officers to assign this best men and the best horses to these batteries. 2. The mounted artillery or that of the line, destined to manoeuvre with divisions of infantry, and to serve a part of the batteries of reserve ; and thirdly, the foot artillery, or that of the reserve, intended to aid in the attack and de fence of places, in the service of the parks of the army, and in that of another part of the reserve-batteries marching with these parks, aad being calculated to be of great utility in the replacement of campaign batteries in line. By this plan, the train would be suppressed altogether, which, the report declares, would be found a great advantage, as that corps always complained with good reason of being kept in a position of offensive inferiority, its existence being always precarious in time of peace, and its numbers being pitilessly reduced at the end of a war, in spite of the excellent services which it always rendered. The report proposes, for the purpose of carrying out these views, to replace the 14 regiments of artil lery and the four squadrons of the train, now ex isting, by 16 regiments of artillery, numbered in the natural order, and of which five should be regiments of foot artillery, seven of mounted artil lery, formed exclusively of mounted batteries, and four horse artillery, composed exclusively of horse batteries. This arrangement would give a larger available force for active service than could possibly be had by the old plan, and would enable each branch of the artillery to devote its-If more particularly to the various points of instruction connected with its own service. In addition to the 16 regiments, one other should be formed of artillery-pontooners, with an organisation somewhat similar to that of the other regiments. As this new arrangement would have the effect of increasing the number of officers, and of keeping up a greater number of horses, a considerable aug mentation of expense would be the consequence ; but that increase would be more than counter balanced by the superior efficiency of this important branch of the service. An imperial decree follows, car rying out the suggestions of the report ; a second decree organises in a more efficient manner the corps of guar dians of forts and batteries existing on the maritime frontiers of France and a third, contains a considerable list of promotions and nominations of officers in the artillery corps, in consequence of the new arrangements determined on. ITALY. In its sitting of the 11th the Piedmontese Senate commenced the discussion of the bill for the modi fication of the corn duties, and adopted the first three articles, comprising the principle of the bill. The following announcement has been officially posted at the Exchange of Vienna and at that of Milan :—" The rumour that the Government in tends issuing paper-money in the Lombardo-Vene tian provinces, or extending the circulation of paper-money to those provinces, is utterly false." The Government of Parma has issued a notifica tion dated the 3d, announcing that, in consequence of new agreements entered into by the States form ing the Austro-Modanese and Parmese customs' league, the free introduction of corn, maize, and oats into these States is extended to the 31st of May. On the 9th, being the anniversary of the procla mation of the Roman Republic, a number of papers having the words Et'iva la Republica written on them were found thrown under the piazzas of some of the churches and under the porches of several palaces. In the evening a murder was committed in one of the central squares of the city, but it is not con sidered to have been in any way connected with political feelings. With the exception of a few additional police patrols, everything wore its ordi nary appearance in the streets. Some degree of agitation appears to exist in the provinces in consequence of the dearness of food. Riots at Perouse and Ravenna were spoken of, and it was even reported that a Pontifical soldier had been killed at the former place, but the despatches received by the Government not having been made public, nothing certain was known on thesubject. The question of the railway to Ancona had been again postponed. A number of foreigners were arriving at Rome for the carnival, which opens on the 18th. SPAIN. A royal deoree, in the Madrid Gazette of the 11th, orders that the prisoners in the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, shall en joy the same diminution of punishments as were granted to prisoners in Spain, on the occasion of the recent birth of a princess. No new arrests had been made in connection with the recent democratic plot. The project of diminishing the effective force of the army by 10,000 men is ascribed to the Minister of War. This reduction, at such a moment as the present, would prove that Spain enjoys profound tranquillity. DENMARK AND SWEDEN A letter from Copenhagen of the 10th states that the Danish government has informed the President of the Diet that the declaration of neutrality bad been recognised by Russia, France, and England. A letter from Stockholm s a ys, the armaments which are going on in the port of Karlskroon are more extensive than was at first imagined. A great number of ships of the line and frigates are being armed, as well as smaller vessels, to be sent on the coasts. Military credits have been voted, and in consequence the questions relating to reform have been placed aside. On the 3d inst. the Swedish Diet rejected the go vernment proposal for fixing the budget for ten years. HOLLAND. A telegraphic despatch from the Hague says " The Ministry has presented to the Chamber a project of law for converting the Three per Cents., and another for the immediate cancelling of boflds to the amount of 1,500,000 florins. THE GERMAN STATES. On January 29 the military commission of the Germanic Diet made its report on the results of the military inspection of the contingents, ordered by the federal assembly. The force of the contin gents, active and reserve, amounts to 403,366 men, viz., Austria, Ist, 2d, and 3d corps d'armee, 126,429 men ; Prussia, 4th, sth, and 6th corps, 106,647 ; Bavaria, 7th corps, 47,476 ; W ur temberg, Baden, and Darmstadt, Bth corps, 40,209 ; Saxony, Cassel, Nassau, Luxembourg, and Limburg, 9th corps, 31,889 ; Hanover, Bruns wick, Oldenburgh, Mecklenburg, and the Ansea6tic towns, 10th corps, 36,594, division of reserve, 14,140. 'The siege artillery consists, of 250 pieces, o: which 122 are cannons, 31 howitzers, and 97 mor tars. The bridge materiel is composed of 166 pon toons and 191 equipages a la Birago, for a - width of river of 5,039 feet. These forces are divided into 387 battalions, 409 squadrons, 147 battories, 3M being of heavy artillery, 70i of mounted. ar tillery, and 371 of horse artillery, with 1,122 pieces. _ _ The Lithographic Correspondence of Berlin an nounces that the Prussian Government has thought right to call for explanations on the concentration of troops and the warlike preparations whicli the Cabinet of Copenhagen h a s rec ently ordered im the different provinces of the monarchy. THE CAPE MAILS.—The General Screw Steam Ship. ping Company's auxiliary steamer Argo, Captain Geo. Hyde, sailed on Tuesday afternoon from Southampton for St. Vincent's (Cape Verde), the Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Madras, and. Cal cutta, the mails for which places were embarked at Ply mouth on Wednesday. The Argo takes out about 70 passengers, among whom are Lieutenant Dumares(l and the Revs. Messrs. Belson and Cl ayton for the Cape Dr. Baker ( 12 th Lancers) for Madras, Captain Ande'rson Li eu tenants Buggies and W re f or d , the Rev. George Pridham, Drs. Lamb and Graham for Calcutta, &c: On freight this vessel has specie value 35,0001. starling, and 420 tons of cargo for the various ports, besides 60 tons of baggage and 210 of fuel for the homeward voyage. PLYMOUTH NAVAL CLUB.—The members of this.; club held their first periodical dinner for the year at Elltiott's Royal Hotel, on Tuesday last, it being commernavative of the glorious battle fought off Cape St. Vincent. Com modore Seymour presided, and was ably supported in the vice-chair by Captain Kingcome. The dinner, as usual, was excellent, and the convivial assemblage, ept together most harmoniously until a late hour, enlivened as it was by the attendance of the Royal Marine land, whose superior music, which followed the introduction by the worthy chairman of the several loyal arnd na tional toasts, elicited bursts of enthusiastic cheers, so characteristic of the naval service, feelings no doubt much enbanced from reminiscences of the glorious past. Many of the members present bore the distinctive .marks of their Sovereign's approbation. FATHER GAVAZZI AT EXETER HALL. —Last evening Exeter-hall was crowded wr han audience which had met to hear a lecture from Father Gavazzi, upon Popery in America and England. Upon the lecturer ascending the platform, attired in a black gown, upon which was embroidered the tricolour of Italy, the applause was most enthusiastic. He said he had lately returned from Ame rica, where he left several streets under the interdict of Rome ; his souvenir in North America was a sad one. The Jesuits were the cause. The lecturer then spoke of the acts of Rome, and then denounced the various means by which Popery was insidiously introduced into Prote stant families. Throughout the whole of his lecture: he Was vehemently applauded. /IT THE SUN, LONDON, FRIIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1854. SHARE MARKETS 1:$ t 0 11. (THIS DAY.) I Paid.i RAILWAYO. Leasing Company. Clogiug Prices this day. Business this day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 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New 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropoSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. id par 40 6 50 all Peninsular & Oriental •• • 50 30 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 6p 26 100 60 Royal Mail Steam • . ••• 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. .11 1 11 ) 25 25 South Austral. Land 38 40 1 all Submar. Telegraph par P a ll Do. Registered id 41 ) d o 284 Van Diemen's Land 13 —l4 I n all 100 k 28. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford and family have arrived in Hamilton-place, from Lilleshall, Stafford shire. ARRIVAL 'MALAYA , SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. Id. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany's screw steamer Himalaya, Capt. A. Kellock, ar rived here at 3 p.m. to-day, bringing the heavy portion of the East India, China, Australian, and Mediterra nean mails, in charge of Lieutenant A. Latouche, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Himalaya has the largest Australian mail ever yet brought to this country. She left Alexandria on the 4th inst. at 5 p.m. ; Malta, on the 7th, at 9 p.m. ; and Gibraltar, on the 12th, at 1 a.m. She brings on freight 3 packages of gold, 10 cases of shawls, 69 chests of oranges, 52 packages of elephants' tusks, 47 boxes of mother-of-pearl, 45 packages of incense, 22 bales of lambs' skins, 94 cases and 201 bales of silk, 50 bales . _ _ of wool, 68 barrels of gum, 52 bales of flax, 13 casks of wine, 70 packages of walnut wood, five cases of pictures, an Arabian horse, and 83 packages of general merchandise. This steamer brings 98 passengers, among whom are Rear-Admiral Sir George Lambert, K.C.8., and secre- taries, from Burmah, via Bombay ; Lieutenant-Colonel Holdich, C. 8., her Majesty's 80th, from ditto. This young and gallant officer has seen, perhaps, more actual service for his years than any officer in her Majesty's service, having been through two campaigns at the Cape, the battle of the Sutlej, including Sobraon, where he was aide-de-camp to Sir Harry Smith, and was wounded, and has just returned from the late campaign in Burmah. The passenger list also comprises Mr. J. Olding and Captain Kilgour, from Calcutta ; Captains Singleton and Showers, from Burmah ; Mr. Fairfax, from Sydney; Messrs. Lee, Barker, &c., from Melbourne; Messrs. Wills and Woodward, from Adelaide ; Captain Rowan Yates and Mr. Corp, from Bombay; Command ers Mends and May, R.N., with Lieutenants Balfour, Perceval, &c., from Admiral Dundas's fleet, in the Black Sea ; and Captains Green and Eastwick, from Malta ; also Captain Cooper, commander of Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Cadiz, which vessel he has, with his usual success, placed on the Indian station, via the Cape, having previously taken out several of the company's other ships. On the 12th inst., about 12 miles off Cape St. Vin cent, the Himalaya observed four large ships and a brig hull down to the south-west, supposed to be a portion of Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron from the Tagus, bound to Spithead. The Himalaya, although she has experienced most adverse and unfavourable weather throughout the voy age, has made the quickest run to and from Alexandria on record. We subjoin a synopsis of the voyage which, as the first performance of this splendid steam-ship has been looked forward to with much anxiety, will, doubt- less, prove generally interesting. The Himalaya, as will be remembered, left Southamp ton on her first voyage, on the 20th of January, with the usual India and China mails, a considerable quantity of specie, and an unusually large number of passengers for the time of year. She took her departure at the usual hour—viz., 3 p.m., and steamed down to the Needles by 4.45, when the pilot left her. Passing through the Needles she at once encountered a heavy gale of wind, which continued with increasing violence down Channel and across the Bay of Biscay, to a dis tance of 590 miles. By the time she reached Finisterre all on board were perfectly convinced of her admirable sea-going qualities, her ease in a heavy sea-way, and also of the speed at which she rushed through the un bending elements, seldom going less than 91 and 10 knots, and never less than 81. Sailing ships were ob served to be running with the gale, under triple-reefed topsails and reefed fore course. After getting round Cape Finisterre she fell in with the usual northerly winds, and was enabled to set her square canvas, viz.— three topsails (single-reefed), fore course, and her three fore-and-aft sails. This was the first time her rate under canvas and steam was tried, and it was most satisfactory to find her bowling away at 14 and 151 knots, which speed she maintained during the continuance of the fair wind. At Gibraltar she was detained 12 hours, for the purpose of adjusting a bearing in her engines (which, however, afterwards worked most satisfactorily). Leav ing the Rock she met with a hard "Levanter,” or east wind, for the first day, against which she steamed 101 and 11 knots. Passing Cape de Gatt the breeze fell lighter, and away she went her usual steaming pace, viz. -131 to 14 knots ; but on the third day, a fresh north-west sprang up, enabling her to carry all plain sail, and during the nest 24 hours she ran by ob servation 345 miles, equal to 390 statute miles, and carried this breeze into Malta harbour, running from Galita 300 miles in 20 hours, equal to 15 knots per hour, and having accomplished the run from Gibraltar to Malta, 1,000 miles, in 77 hours, giving an average of 13 knots per hour. She remained in Malta 12 hours, and got away at 1.30 a.m., on the 31st of January, car rying with her a fresh north-west breeze, which lasted to Alexandria, 840 miles ; in six hours from passing the light at Valetta she made the light-house at Alexandria, and in an hour more slacked her engines for a pilot, having run the distance in 61 hours, giving an average of 131 knots or 151 statute miles per hour, at 8 p.m. on the Ist of February, when the log was hove. After re maining at Alexandria for the mails and passengers from Australia, India, and China, she got away at five p.m., on the 4th of February, and met with nothing but head winds all the way to Malta, against which she steamed at 12/ knots, performing the run to Malta in 68 hours. Leaving that port for Gibraltar at nine p.m., on the 7th, after coming well up to Pantellaria against a fresh westerly breeze, she encountered for 40 hours a heavy north-west gale, with a most confused and heavy rolling sea, running through which she made very good way, never going less than 61 to seven knots, but losing by it for her passage home at least 16 hours. After the gale subsided a light breeze sprang up from the north-east, and the water becoming tolerably smooth, she made her best day's run, having gone by observation from noon on the 10th to noon of the 11th 347 knots or 400 statute miles in 24 hours. It is confi dently believed by persons best able to judge, that some day, under favourable circumstances, she will log 400 nautical, equal to 480 statute miles. She has not yet actually met with 24 consecutive hours of strong fair winds, without at the same time a heavy sea. Her run from Malta to Gibraltar against this bad weather was 96 hours, giving 101 knots' average speed. Leaving Gibraltar at a quarter to 1 a.tn. of the 12th, she brought a Lavanter through the Straits and as far as Cape St. Vincent, 197 miles, which she passed at a quarter to 3 p.m. of the same day. Off the coast of Portugal, after rounding the Cape, she met with northerly and north east winds, but not very strong, steaming against them 13 knots until abreast of Oporto, when it commenced blowing from N.E., and at 10 p.m., after rounding Finisterre, it was blowing a furious gale, with a tremen dous sea running. This lasted 30 hours, or the vessel would have been in Southampton at 4 p.m. On the 15th it continued blowing with considerable force all across the Bay and up Channel, so that, out of eight and a-half days' run from Malta, for 70 hours it blew a hard gale ; otherwise, there can be no doubt of the ship's arrival on the 14th of the month. The machinery of the Hima laya works with excellent smoothness and precision, and the boilers, on Lamb and Summer's patent flue prin ciple, have at all times yielded an abundant supply of steam. The eminently successful voyage of this steamer, un der every variety of weather, must, we think, fairly set tle the superiority of the screw over the paddle-wheel steamer for all ocean-going purposes. With one-third less power, in proportion to tonnage, it is quite possible to obtain a higher rate of speed, and with a consump tion of coal of nearly one-half. The original cost of the ship and engines is also proportionably reduced. The ship is easier than a paddle steamer, goes faster, costs less to begin with, and is sailed at less expense. As re gards size, it seems quite clear that, to obtain a high rate of speed, you must have both length and size, and as to comfort no one who has experienced a gale of wind in a steam ship of 3,500 tons would ever wish to obtain similar experience in a ship of 2,500 tons. It was said before the Himalaya left England that she would be dif ficult to get in and out of port. The result has proved just the reverse ; and any one who saw how completely Capt. Ifelloch had her under control in going in and out of Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria (at the last of which ports there was a very heavy sea on the bar), would at once say, this ship seems to be as easily managed as any of the company's smaller vessels, her engines being so completely under the engineer's control that she is stop ped and backed with the greatest possible facility. In the run from Gibraltar to Southampton a very good com parison was afforded between the relative merits of the screws and paddles. The Euxine left 25 hours before the Himalaya, and was passed by that ship at 8 this morn ing to the westward of Portland, having up to that point beaten her a little more than one-fourth in speed. The Euxine is 1,200 tons and 400 horse power, while her competitor, the Himalaya has a power of only 700 horse to 3.560 tons' burden. TILE GREAT BRITAIN. —We have heard, from authority which may be relied on, that a private joint-stock com pany has been formed for the purpose of establishing - a line of powerful screw-steamers between Liverpool and Australia. The Great Britain will be one of the ships of this line, and all the o thers will be built o w ill the same principle. Mess rs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. be the principal shareholders and managers. A charter has been obtained from the Board of Trade.—Liver pool Times. EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TIDE AND NUMEROUS ACCI DENTS.—During the wh ole of yesterday, conside ra bl e alarm preva iled amongst the inhabitants of Lambeth, Southwark, .and .Battersea, consequence of th e r i ver Thame s having risen the i previous day t o an extraordi nary height , and done an incalculable amount of mischief to the property of some thousand persons living on the Surrey side of the river. To prevent a similar destruc tion of property,. the various doorways, and even kitchen areas were barricaded with boards, and clayed over, so that the water might be prevented from rushing down and filling the different rooms. About one o'clock in the afternoon, a Urge, laden with coals, was . driven by the s t rong tid e aga i n st the north east side of Blackfriars-bridge. Such was the force of the concussion that the barge was cut in two, the coals, of course, sinking to the bottom of the river, and the men in charge, in all probability, would have been drowned had it not been for the timely arrival of J. Bull, pierman No. 1, who on seeing what had taken place, rowed off to the spot, and succeeded in saving the man from a watery grave. The barge was on its way to the city gas works, and the accident took place entirely from the rapidity with which the tide was running, and only one man, instead of two, having the control of the ves sel. One part of the barge is lying off the Temple, and the other at Vauxhall. The neighbourhoods of Princes street, Fore-street, Belvedere-road, Stangate, Bankside, and Bermondsey were some feet . under water, and much property was destroyed , or seriously damaged ; fortu nately the tide did not rise so high as on the previous day, consequently the damage done was trifling. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) 125 CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat on was i bun to-daymoderat e'sandarkein t, coastwise, and by land carriage,, market, very middling condition ; nevertheless, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, at Monday's decline in prices. The imports of foreign wheat have exceeded 15,000 qrs., and the supply here was good. The transactions were wholly confined to immediate wants at the late depression, Floating cargoes commanded very little attention. No sales were reported on continental account. Barley was in good supply, and heavy request. Inferior parcels were a shade lower. We had a very heavy sale for malt. To effect sales lower prices must have been submitted to. The show of oats was good, especially from Ireland. The trade was dull, at barely late figures. Beans and peas were almost nominal. The flour trade was heavy, and inferior parcels ruled in favour of buyers. - Wheat. 1,74 J ARRIVALS THIS WEEK, Barley. Malt. 4,6 0 4,420 550 4,300 Oats. 3,570 10,240 2,640 Flour. 1,820 English .. I risu •• • • Foreign .. 15,180 , 7,950 brl ' • 100 aks GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Feb. 16, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale:, per Imperial Quarter. WIIEAT. IBABLEY. I OATS. RTE. BEANS. PEAS. 82s 4a I 41s 31 I 27s 4d 148 s 21 147 s 101 503 3d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. PEAS. 80s lld 42s Od 26s 9d 49s 4d 48s Id 51s 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. 1 YEAS. l IS Od is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 64,131; Barley, 84,850; Oats, 20,275; Rye, 186; Beans, 4,989; Peas, 1,648 quarters. SMITHFIELD. A very moderate supply of beasts was on sale in to-day's market. Most breeds moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. Although we were but scantily supplied with sheep, the demand for that descrip tion of stock wasin asluggish state,on former terms. The top figure for the best old Downs was fis 2d per 81bs. Calves were in moderate supply and slow request, at late rates. In pigs very little was doing. Mulch cows were dull, at from 141. to 191. Os. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 310 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 1 Second quality ...3 8 4 41 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 81 s. d. s. d (Prime Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime small d 0... 410 5 4 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 410 I Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 IQuarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 FOREIGN SUPPLE. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts . • Sheep ....... • • .• 2,240 Calves .. • • .. • • • • 200 Pigs ..•• .• •• ........... 300 Beasts • ..•• ... ..•• Sheep ..•• •• •• Pigs.•.• •• •• •• •"• •• NEWGATE AND The general demand ruled quotations : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 4 0 4 2 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 BOROUGH HOP. For most kinds of hops, we have only a moderate de mand, at last week's currency. This week's imports are 20 bales from Hamburgh, 353 from Ostend, 3 from Oporto, and 32 from Antwerp. The following are the quotations : Mid and East Kent pockets, 111. 5s to 151. 15s; Weald of Kent ditto, 9/. Os to 11/. Os ; Sussex ditto, 7/. 15s to 9/. ; and foreign, 61. lOs to Si. lOs per cwt. 350 20 .... ..• 98 20 - - - 10 . LEADENHALL. heavy to-day, at the following I St. e. d. s. d. St. Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 St. Do., middling 3 8 4 2 St. Do., prime 4 4 4 8 St. Veal 4 0 5 0 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 10 26i COLONIAL. SUGAR—The market generally has been quiet, but prices have not varied much. Privately West India has changed hands to a limited extent at previous rates, but there have been no public sales. East India has been dull. Mauritius went rather cheaper, viz., at 33s 6d to 35s for greyish low yellow to mid, at As 6d to 33s for good and fine brown, and at 27s Gd to 29s for low dark to good ord. Bengal was taken in above its value, namely, at 39s to 41s 6d for White Benares, and at 29s 6d for Khaur. Madras, sold at id per cwt declined, good brown to low yellow realising 28s to 29s 6d, and mid to good yel loW 30s to 31s per cwt. Foreign —Yellow Havannah pub licly went at 36s to 38s 6d tor low to good, at 39s to 41s for fine and florettes, and at 33s 6cl to 36s for low and good brown. White was taken in at 28s to 29s 6d for mid and good. Bahia brought steady prices, low to good brown 308 Gd to 345, and mid to good yellow 35s to 36s 6d per cwt. Refined has been at previous rates and dull at sale. COFFEE.—There have been but few public sales, and prices have been steady generally, though heavies now. Native Ceylon has been inactive at 48s to 498, good ord was taken in at public sale at 50s per cwt. Plantation has likewise been dull, and a portion of the quantity offered was withdrawn at 60s to 82s; subsequently, however, good ord brown to fine ord grey brought 49s 6d to 54s 6d for fine ord and low mid 55s to 575, mid 57s 6d, triage 45s 6d to 52s 6d, and blacks 25s per cwt, Quilon went at 52s to 54s 6d for fine and fine ord grey, and at 46s 6d to 50s 6d for ragged and good ord. Rio was taken in at 48s to 50s Gd for ord and good, and at 54s for fine ord pale washed, old import. RlCE.—There is a better demand privately. Bengal sold at 15s for good mid. The article seems to tend upwards. SPlCES.—Pimento has been in improved request, at 6d per lb for mid quality. Penang pepper brought 4id, and Allepi Nd per lb. There has been no public sales of spice. COTTON.—This article is firmer. Rum. - Large Government contracts have caused a further rise. TEA.—There has been more doing, and prices are a shade firmer, Common Congou being is lid to is lid per lb. SALTPETRE. —The market has been steady. Rough Bengal privately went at 85s for mid to fine up to 8 lbs refraction. English has been firm at 3Ss Gd to 39 per cent. TALLOW.—The market is duller. P.Y.C. on the spot 62s per cwt. INDIGO.—The sales are going off with more spirit, at firm quotations. The total quantity passed is 10,558 chests, of which 4,678 have found buyers. GREEN FRUIT. —Contrary winds prevent arrivals, and the market is being cleared of stock. Two cargoes Oranges from St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at an advance of 2s to 3s per box. The first arrivals of new Barcelona Nuts is to hand, and opened at a % high price. Lemons, dull of sale. Para Nuts cleared off , the market. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D.Y. LONDON, Fob. 17.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. FALMOUTH, Feb. 16.—Wind, N. Arrived—Hercules, from Alexandria ; Cleanthe, Taganrog. Sailed—Orissa, Alexandria. BRISTOL, Feb. 16.—Wind, W. Arrived—Mary Young, from Baltimore. GLOUCESTER, Feb. 16.—Arrived—Sarah Anne, from New York. SWANSEA, Feb. 16.—Wind, N. Sailed—Malvina Cezard, for Ceylon. DOVER, Feb. 16.—The Lively, from Leith, for Lisbon, which put in here yesterday, made much water, and has been ordered to discharge her cargo. WELLS, Feb. 16 —The Virginie Augustine (schooner), of Cherbourg, from Warkworth, to Dieppe, coal laden, is ' on shore at Blakeney, bigh on the beach, as yet with but little damage ; crew saved.—The Bisaieul, of Nantes, from Middlesborough, to Brest, is one shore at Brancaster, coal laden; materials and crew saved; the vessel is expected to became a wreck. SHERRINGHAM, Feb. 16.---A quarter board, 12 feet long, marked " erospect" in large white letters shaded with olive green, on a black ground, was picked up to-day near the coast-guard station. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 15.—Wind, N., blowing strong. Arrived—Chieftain, from Callao ; Minerva, blazagan ; Industrie, Alexandria; Panther, do.; Stephen Huntley, Salonica. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 2.—The Queen of the Isles, from Galatz to Queenstown or Falmouth, was wrecked on the 24th Dec., at or near Calagria, in the Black Sea ; crew saved. NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—Large quantities of wreck, con sisting of new beams, spars, &c., were passed 18th Jan., off George's, by the Southampton, arrived here. A vessel, bottom up, and with rudder gone, was discovered at an chor 16th or 17th Jan., on the north side of the reef, Ber muda; she was painted green, with iron fastenings, and her length of keel was from 80 to 100 feet. The J. B. Brown (sch.), left San Francisco 24th Dec., for Puget's Sound, and at midnight, when about 45 miles distant from the Heads, came in contact with the Juan Manuel Ugarte, received damage, and put back ; the latter vessel lost cut water and jib-boom, and anchor, windlass, &c., sprung her bowsprit, and nipped her beams. Feb. 1. The Stirling, from Leghorn to Boston, with rags and marble, which put into Nassau, N.P., 17th Jan., very leaky, was discharging her cargo. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.45 a.m. Wind, W. ; fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Vision (new clipper), from Aberdeen; Fer nand, Lisbon ; Elizabeth Ann, St. Michael's. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 19.38 a.m. Wind, W,S.W. ; fine. Tide, last half hour, ebb. Arrived—Hanover (s), from Rotterdam ; Rhine (s), do. Sailed—Eva Johanna, for Geelong. DEAL, Friday, 9 a.m. Wind, W. ; fresh, and cloudy. Passed—Lady Valiant, from Mauritius, for London Tiphys of Jersey, Messina, for London ; Pfeil, bound for Malaga ; Francisca, Bremen, for New York. Put Back—Thomas Henry, fur Barbadoti. t r;. t . V5l 'zitii Paidd RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen 80 Ambg. liottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ... 28 Birkenhd. Lancs . h . . di Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do., £2O. 1 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass 12 Cornwall 0 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber ' deep Junction all Do. New....... all East Anglian all Do., (£lB Edr H) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock. .. . . ....... li, Do., B. Stock 80 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinbnrgla& Glasgow 5 0 , Edinb. and Peebles 00 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. .00 s lasgow &S. Western .00 reat Northern Stk. BO Do., A. Stock BO Do., B. Stock 1.00 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 1111 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 170 Do., Fifths 114 Da. , Wet. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Sonthpt all London & Blackwell 80 Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B 0 2i Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn 420 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lnndrry& Col eraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.& Lincln 48 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 470 Midld, G. West, (Ire.) 170 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 5. Do., Bury Extension. 17 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd 7 Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 30 Northn.Counties Un. 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1. 110 Do., No. 2 all Do., i A Deferred . 1 ' 8 Do., 0 B Guaranteed' all North London 4 Do. New £lO 1/ is N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 170 North Staffordshire ) all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 1 2/ 29 Portsmouth 1100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Bii mg 100 Do. L. dr N. Western Guaranteed Sleek.,, 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. MM ; all Do. Halves,, e all Do. Oswestry q Shropshire Union ... Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent. all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Rix. Dun 5 Do 212 s Staines,Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling. lei Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1_ 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall. 1 West End of London, and Crystal Palace all West London. 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 130 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland._ 50 40 25 25 It. (100 Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p.! ;5 I 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent Cork &Bandonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction._ it. Roo ,t. 100 _5 all 64 6i 64 all 3 : i I all EastAngliau (£3108; 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent. Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c. 'Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. Now 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash.6 p.cts. East and West York. 1 shire June. Pref EdinbPrth.&Dunde e per cent. Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northu. 5 p. o. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4:i p. c. Scr i p **** Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt, Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh, Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 p. c.... Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... Leeds N. 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters, 1848... London and Brighton Guaranteed 4p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton London & S. Western' Con. Thirds I Londonderry& Color 5 all 7i 2 Gt all 61 all 0 all !CI all 5 all [0 all it. 100 5 all 5I all it. (100 h. 1100 h. 100 0 10 0 6 6i all 0l 4 i 0 6 t. 100 ;t. 100 >t. 100 1 .6 6 ;t. 100 .261 9 It. 100 ')t. 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Yesterday the Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the present condition of the corporation of the city of London continued their investigation at the Parliamentary Paper-office, 32, Abingdon-street—th e Right Hon. H. ha bouchere in the chair. Mr. S. W. Knox, Mr. H. Bellas, and Mr. D. M`Gonegal attended as a deputation from Coleraine, to give evidence as to the manner in which the Irish Society manages that portion of its property. Mr. Daniel .M`Gonegal, solicitor, and secretary to the municipal commissioners of the borough of Coleraine, was the first witness examined. He produced a report made by the Irish Society to the House of Lords in 1839, show ing that they admitted their position in regard to the estates to be simply that of trustees for the benefit of the town of Coleraine. The people of Coleraine complained of the way in which the Irish Society managed their funds, inasmuch as they had done nothing for the borough except by expending a few trifling sums in the repair and baild ing of churches and school-houses. The Chairman —Were applications made to the society to assist in carrying out public improvements? Witness—Yes. The society had repeatedly refused ap plications which they had received from the commissioners to make water works and other improvements in the town. The property belonging to the society in Colerain e amounted to 3,0001. per annum. It consisted chiefly of land and fisheries let on short tenures—such as leases for 61 years— and, in some instances, leases on lives renewable for ever. The whole town of Coleraine formerly belonged to the Irish Society, but they had granted a great portion of their property to persons for leases in perpetuity. The municipal commissioners of the town applied to them re specting a piece of land which they wanted for the comple tion of gas-works they had erected on a plot of ground which they leased in perpetuity, and which was of no use to any one but the people of Coleraine. The reply given was. that if the commissioners would surrender their lease, the society i would grant them the piece of ground they de sired, n addition to what they already possessed, at a rental of 61. a year. The piece of land in question was only about 100 feet in width, running round a piece of property which the commissioners held for the benefit of the town. He mentioned this fact to show that this Irish Society was a grasping, illiberal, and unpopular body of men ; and, as further evidence of this allegation, he could instance the case of Mr. Gall, a gentleman living in the neighbourhood c r mTe r l t l y ed , of the town, from whom the society t oo k f orc ible posses sion of a small piece of house butth to emo pay br himought an action against them, and property, for the injury he had sustained. The Chairman—Does the Irish Society, as a practice sub- scribe to the charities or public schools of Coleraine ? The witness replied that they did in a limited manner. The whole amount expended by the society for such pur. poses, from the month of July, 1846, to February, 1853, was only, 4,5101. 12s. 6d., and this sum was not disbursed in the town of Coleraine only, but was extended over & dis tance of 12 miles round it. During the seven years the society received from the borough, after allowing payments to agents and others, 18,2721. 9s. 7d., and in the time of the famine, the whole sum given by the society towards alleviating the distress of the poor amounted to 251. The gentleman of the neighbourhood supported the poor them selves, whilst the Irish Society expended in litigation, in deputations, and in fees to themselves for attendance at the house in London 10,3901. Mr. C. Lewis—What is the extent of the society's landed property in Coleraine ? Witness—The extent was very considerable. The society were the landlords of the soil of the whole town. They possessed, in addition, a little rural property. They were some valuable fisheries connected with the town of Cole. rains, which were given to the society for the benefit of the towns of Londonderry and Coleraine, and they also claimed the slopes of the river arising from the receding of the tide. The people of Coleraine owned about 6001. a year in land. Coleraine was a prosperous town. There were corn mills and a market for linen, and one mill for the manufacture of that commodity. The inhabitants of Coleraine were anxious to get rid of the society altogether. They considered that it had wasted the funds that ought to be applied to improve the town and promote its prospe rity, and that it was not capable of managing its affairs. He thought it would be for the benefit of the town if tile prp perty were sold, and the proceeds invested for the benefit of the inhabitants. This was the `general feeling amongst the inhabitants. He might almost say it was the universal opinion. Mr. Hugh Bell, a general merchant, residing at Cole raine, deposed that he had been for 20 years connected with the municipal commissioners. His evidence tended to confirm the statements made by the preceding witness, respecting the unsatisfactory manner in which the property of the society was managed, and the illiberality they had exhibited upon occasions when their assistance was re quired in the promotion of public improvements. The Chairman said a complaint had been made to the commissioners that the society had not been willing to afford pecuniary assistance with sufficient liberality for public improvements in the town. In witness's opinion was that the case ? Witness—That is the case. The inhabitants of Cole raine held that the Irish Society were trustees for the town of Coleraine, and they claimed a certain 'portion of their funds which they did not contribute. He considered that the best course they could adopt would be to sell the property, and administer the proceeds for the benefit of the town. Mr. S. W. Knox, town clerk and solicitor at Coleraine, expressed his entire agreement with the preceding wit nesses as to the general impression which prevailed among the inhabitants of the town, respecting the manner in which the Irish Society discharged its trust. His opinion decidedly was, that the influence of the society was inju rious rather than beneficial to the town of Coleraine, viewing them in the character of landlords or of trustees. The Chairman—Do you believe that the money of the society would be more advantageously expended in the re lief of local rates than by leaving the ratepayers to pay them, and devoting the funds to other purposes which might, under circumstances, be left undone ? Witness—The money might, perhaps, be more usefully employed for the general benefit of the town. The Chairman inquired whether the society ever inter fered in political matters in the town ? The witness replied that shortly after the passing of the Referm Bill they had expended 3,0001. in a long-contested election—a suns which might have been devoted to some building purpose for the benefit of the town. That was many years ago. At the present moment the society did not interfere at all, for they had no political influence. The witness proceeded to complain of the charges which had been made for deputations, and stated that in the year 1825 they had expended 3491. on a visit of instruction to their estates ; and out of the 25 days over which the visit extended, three days only had been spent in the neighbourhood of Coleraine. By way of contrasting the manner in which the London companies managed their affairs with the course pursued by the Irish Society, the witness stated that the Clothworkers' Company expended on their own property in the neighbourhood of Cole raine, the greater portion of their receipts, which amounted o 5,0001. a-year. The same company had not expended more than 151. a-year in law ex penses since 1840, when they became possessed of the property—a remarkable small sum as compared with the amount paid by the Irish Society in litigation. As trus tees, and having consequently no personal interest in the application of the funds, the Irish Society appeared to be reckless about litigation. The Chairman observed that two courses had been sug gested to the commissioners as the best to be adopted in reference to this property. The one was, that the whole of the property should be sold, and the proceeds invested and appropriated to the same purposes to which it was now applicable; and the other course was, that facilities should be given to the tenants of the society to change their limited tenures to perpetuity tenures in the same manner as was adopter under the Trinity College (Dublin) Act, and the Church Temporalities Act. He would be glad to hear from the witness which of these two plans was in his opinion the most expedient to be adopted. The witness said he had some difficulty in drawing a distinction, but it appeared to him that either course would be a great advantage to the trust, and to the community who were originally intended to be benefited by it. The witness then went on to complain of the conduct of the society in exacting certain large fees which were paid to the secretary septennially along with the septennial fees for the renewal of the farm leases—a practice which was not adopted by private individuals or public bodies, and which had the effect of enriching the society at the ex pense of the tenants. Mr. Haslett, of Londonderry, who was examined the previous day to speak to the Irish property in that city, tendered some further evidence, which, however, added nothing material to the facts already advanced. He, how ever, stated, that he thought the two plans mentioned by the chairman as having been suggested for the disposal of the Irish Society's estates were consistent with eaoh other, and might be conjointly carried out with advantage to the trust and to the inhabitants of the town. The inquiry was then further adjourned until this day. ,t ABOLITION OF COMPULSORY REMOVAL OF PAUPERS.— Yesterday an extraordinary meeting of the guardians of the 98 parishes which comprise the city of London Union was held in the board-room, 51, St. Mary-axe, City, for the purpose of taking into consideration the bill introduced by the Right Honourable M. T. Baines, president of the Poor-law Board, and now before Parliament. The chair was taken by Mr. Deputy Condor, who was supported by representatives of 29 of the 98 parishes in the union. Mr. 3. Finlay said he considered that the bill of 111 r. Baines would in flict great hardship on the city of London Union. It would open the doors of the union to great abuses. If out of work, labourers and their families minh would andflock to the union from Manchester, Birmingham, other parts. They would thus settle down in g a t ra he metropolis, and there would be no means of getting rid of them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Baines did not include Ireland in his bill. If anything could be suggested to remedy the defects of the Government measure, he was sure that that board would adopt them. He thought the non removals would not only be unjust to that but to all other unions. He should ask that a committee be ap pointed to inquire into the matter, and advise the best course to be adopted with regard to settlements. He was willing to allow two, or even five years, but to do away with settlements altogether he thought would be very injudicious and unjust. His object was always to pro tect the interests of both classes, viz., the ratepayers and the paupers—the ratepayers from the impositions of the idle and dissolute vagabonds, and the interests of the aged and deserving paupers. Having read a list of the various parishes showing the unequal rating of the same, he referred to the question of the equalization of the poor rates, of which he spoke in a condemnatory point of view. He then added that all charges for mainte nance should be in accordance with the amount to which the parish was rated. He would suggest that in lieu of the present system of maintaining paupers the rate should be struck from the average of the three preceding years, which rate would be subject to a charge of 2-/ per cent. on the out relief, and 5 per cent. on the in door relief, the remaining portion to be placed to P. com mon fund for division amongst other parishes. He con cluded by moving the appointment of a committee to re port to the board at an early period. Mr. John Lucas seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. a vote usly. A committee of 15 gentlemen, incl udin g the chairm an and two vice-chairmen, was then appointed, a of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. AN EARTIIQUAKE.—About half-past eleven o'clock last Sunday night, a gentleman near flockley-hill, Bir _ mingham, whilst reading, felt a severe shock, an d the fire-irons then bounded from their upright positions with extreme violence. On Monday, he mentioned this to a person residing near West Bromwich, who also said that he felt disturbed at the same time, and heard a rumbling noise whilst in bed.—Biriainghwa Journal. HARROW RACES. Shr. (THIS DAY.) ( BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPI3.) St. METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. 20 Flying Buck Robin Hood - Six ran. GIVE AND TAKE PLATE 31 Countess (Weaver) 1 27i Harefinder Harefinder fell. 22 25 HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. 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