The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-26 00:00:00

-----,„ ot 10 I.rrd. girl THE BRAZILS. E to t c Quebec;. Ja 3003bai' onsteoe r ' . x Of 0 1 . 6 1- 10 11 1/1- iS Or Y• gIN 14 Of " r a._ boo have p e el Cent. b u t I both d deW y l l ll pl hes; te iroir ) 2,b „ a • 0 qUi t ll di ri iai d Wwoll, ir e °. q o atiog co roone v • 9 . 6 0 • lifiel:ho e. Ree ks g ol dee; a s call' 0 001 - I n d OintiL 3. dWis. 9 or 3 I Jog' 3 I $ ).''' 9 I • 01. le 01 , hos 11°P geth P e al' ,159; fol get cfo bit jo toekt rid roopil F vo 45 ;c1 411 8 10 ' 11° os- ag olo o ad; PoP 35 ° ,000 fo. sit 4; of. bd eG 3 4j tO c og it 11 co 03 , 00 of, ;6 3 6 3 la 5 0 of' 4 ll ; c ge°}oWO °Li fO i tii 0 9 . I roi 01" r ; LIVERPOOL. THUIIDAY EVENING. By the arrival of the clipper ship Columbus. GAle, commander, from Pernambuco, after a run of 28 days, we have received advises from Pernambuco to the 27th ult. The busy season in exports was only just commenc- Ing at Pernambuco, being e3out six weeks later than last year. The receipts of sugar were daily augmented, but prices were too light for general business, the pur chasers principally being for native ports. The quotations wcrp, first and second qualities, whi , e, 19s. 7d. to 1/ ss. ; third and fourth ditto, 11. Is. to 1/ 0.5. 61. ; fif,hs and sixths ditto, 17s. 6d. to 19, ; yellow, or Muscovado, 155. 6i. to 163.; re gulars, 14s. to 153. Most purchasers of sugar Were waiting the advises from England by the No vember steamer. Prices of cotton had declined. Regular first qua lity W,IS quoted at 51d. to sid., and superior sfl. to aid. per lb. The receipts for the last 14 days have peen 1,415 bags, making a total of 9,515 bags since last 'Tilly. The Bonesta bad engaged a cargo of cotton for Liverpool, at 7-16.hs of a penny per lb. The Miry Queen of Scots was loading a cargo of cotton at Paraiba for Liverpool, at id. per lb. The Titania has been chartered for a cargo of 'agar for the Channel, at 355. to 40s. per ton. Exchanges dull at 29J. to 291 d. The Engli.h barque Chasm, from Valparaiso, arrived at Pernambuco on the 22d ult. seeking freights. The following sailed from Pernambuco : — The William Russell, with 1,400 bags of sugar; Water bane, with 1700 bags of sugar ; and Henry and Mar garette, with 504 bags of cotton, all free for Liver eooli and the Martiada, for Lisbon. LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE AND THE AFFAIRS OF ROME. , As allusion has been frequently made of late to the letter addressed by the President of the French Re- Public to M. Edgar Ney, on the subject of the affairs gilt e, we republish this celebrated letter, and take 3 Opportunity of stating our belief that it gives ex tressieu to the real sentiments of Louis Napoleon e rs naParte. On the 18th of August, 1849, Louis Napoleon thus Wrote to M. Edgar Ney, his own Officier d'Ordon tan", then recently dispatched to Rome. The letter W as inserted in the llioniteur of Sept. 7 : " Elysea National, Aug. 18, 1849. "" MY dear Ney,—The French Republic has not sent oo l ar my to Rome to strangle Italian liberty , but , o n the utrary, t o regu l ate i t , by preserving it from its own ,I t e esies and establishing it on a solid basis — by resto rin g , the Pontifical Throne the Prince who at the first ti:sced himself boldly at the head of all useful reforms. Veer!' with pain that the benevolent intentions of the 4: 7 0 °_ 1 3 7 Father and our own deeds remain unfruitful in I ,„"sequenc e of the influence of passion and hostile feel -Itg..'i• It is wished to have as the basis of the Pope's r e t urn proscription and tyranny. Say, on my part, to o . 4 a eral Rossolan, that it cannot be permitted, under the t o the of the tricolor flag, to commit an act derogatory s '; r 7 character of our intervention. sum up thus the reestablishment of the power th e pope —a general amnesty, the secularization of 0 ° A dministration, the Code Napoleon, and a L iberal clerninent. • • e • Receive,ft• my lendsh•dear Ney, the assurance of my s incere tp, It "Lours BONAPARTE.: l'r e •,, has always been stated by the friends of the ow 8 1„ eat that those wis views were defeated by his swot - Ministers—men of " the party of order," who d op` urse Wed co against the Court of Rome being coerce B opposed to the interests "order " through t; UrOpe. ___ TAE MURDER NEAR BATH. .44/4 b r ,„ Er, DEC. 24.—This morning James Evans . w .. as , rati r - ct g_ ht UP for re-examination, charged with the wilful bold border of George Bush, at Priston, near Bath, the par- Th e . 41.8 of which, together with the evidence adduced at e oi re Inquest on the body, have already appeared. Th . e rvv rstances of this most atrocious murder still remain diach ° P" in a great deal of mystery, and Evans was lb Ned this afternoon with an intimation from the 74) r that should fth r evidence be forthcoming any ur e against hi 4147,•tilerapath, ro he would be liable to be again taken d up. e ILT_orrned that both Professor Taylor, of London, and analytical chyraist, of Bristol, when aslPheth to o for the purpose of their deter= th e le er they Were able to show that the blood n to g und on ie I;„gg i ,ngs of the prisoner, who, it will be remembered, '4 , -ener by trade, was, as alleged . by him, bullock's ne r it d i , or otherwise, replied that from circumstances they te etiv not determine the point. One of the London ede deo: force, named Thornton, is still engaged in n ,htrato u s ri °g to find a clue to the perpetrator or per.pe dvatira-b°l .this horrid murder. The evidence against to d• of en very incomplete, and although not called betis%' , 4311. - Slack, his solicitor, stated that he had wit the attendance who could completely exonerate t ait yvor r lo ner from th e c h arge brought against him. The Pro ve In cluir-'d wh et h er i t was Mr. Slack's intention to te r roan alibi, to whi c h h e replied in the affirmat ive, ob 141tiogthat he could s h ow that at the time of t he trans ltous, `u° prisoner was at the Ring of Bells public qu„'t and that he was not absent there f r om more th an this t: r " I an hour. Great excitement s till prevails in `tritirel. th an d neighbourhood in regard to this mysterious d ense e justice- r oom t o •d a y was thronged , and h evident ro wd had c o ll ecte d ou tside. It appears pre tt y ceis riet,:t.Boll i n tracing alone, hence the difficulty the police expe it home. --- bee j a a ,. ltlS TMes.—Th eof Christmas has ever Troia 'tehndered dear to the lovers f friendship and hospitality Period e rrl rl ailY endearing socialities connected with the gaiety - Lie exuberance of the feelings amid scenes t f b it a d b V iai' - t ri a g a a ttl o ral , l Y induces the fair and friends;outhful to shine o naer the gaze of many 4„ - ,a 3 arisen the enormous sale that has attended and hence pro-Odoat° Macassar Oil, and Rowland's lt,e11.), 11 Or Pearl Dentifrice at this period of the year. h T e ,1 18 coeZ u , and highlyprized virtues of the above in apF e y . " 116 abl:' 8 have, i n many F•ntaph, to courtly elegance • and, as teeth as a instances, rendered their u h s e e aut d ifel 14 4g /1 -14° a, a luxuriant head Of hair, and of pearls are 1 3 eat, their sway must remain undiminished. native of H and a member of a Jewish 14435 ▪ - 41411nt " A HUNGARIAN JLW.—Yesterday M . h . far wh o Hungary, th. ,was stated to have takenart in the recent civil which he had i ' '."4revr 'l % e " ntr Y , with Kossuth, publicly renounced the eoeeu, religious persuasion, in the belief of , t i ,, 4. rou ph. t0,'4,4'1411 religion, uP, and made ' a profession of his faith in th e e . Where anu at Trinit Chapel, John-street, Edgwar ; 4e lnbl e dnumerous and respectable congregation bad • Ordi are witness the ceremony. At the conclusion of t ' e u, Morning service, and a sermon adapted to the Ilt tPeriti. ° Y the Rev. Mr. Hersch&ll, the minister of the a'„7- Reuss, at his . invitation,%ascended the pulpit N .' 40 4 o ",, n is a tenient'i hof the otives which had induced ;,""ge his religious creed; after which the Rev. yV rhea4'"munnistered the rite of baptism to Reuss, wil o o . Pou nd a wered a tli r t h , matively a series of interrogatories pr Ntie e. °Jai as to his full and unqualified belief in the b verities. lu dy,_ residin in Berkshire, has offered h • ' l 4'' TE lRory —Tim FREE CANCER HOSPITAL. t ee to be paid in Mar g ch next, in aid of the funds oft ro e . fo r elnet a ' tleer Hospital, Cannon-row, Parliament-stre time the °ea other similar sums be forthcoming at the litets_aed t 0 t he charitable purpose. Communications to be ad or the la; r etary iv Ve chairman, the Hon. Colonel Ogilvy, b^ 4Bt tr W. J. Cockrell, No. 1, Cannon-row, West e can hardly doubt that this most generous pro er. loa a be rendered available, and that benevolent p 14„ h e found to make up the required amount,. n. 'IDLY DEATH Or A SPECIAL PLEADER tai -. ▪ Ikt ial , si` Elri t'nE.—Yesterda morning Mr. J. Dougl as , t wes fo„P'eader, who resided 3' at No. 3, Garden-court, Temple, • hi a - K ri ll dead in his chambers, having a very deep wound et ,, 34 se - a ea w (l 4 , B t e h a.t penetrated the skull. It appears that the i t er a bachelor and on his return home on Christ ,,ts 84r ,Lue rem a i and ned in ' his sitting-room for some time, ,fr 2 ed that on retiring to his bed-room he was seized ;"s ke n ag°, and fell against the key in the door lock, when ore av ) ; inflicted the wound, his weight acting against n i_t ay the bone. On the laundress arriving in the mor ;hrtaopejtanaediately called in Mr. Hutchinson, surgeon, of bast p" - lane, who attended promptly, but life had been . ex fear% -rve half -an -hour. The deceased was about sixty t taitt:' a ge. Had there been a bell with which the unftore :retch gentleman could have communicated to alarm h_ l.het sae'uan, his life might have . been saved, as it is conjectured Br at must have had sufficient power, when the wound was p it "led, to have done so. *tam "rDENTIAL ESCAPE OF THE BISHOP OF HERE r.ath The Lord Bishop of this diocese, with his son and ai m ttev. Mr. Cox), and his coachman an . d ot '4, is i' ost providential escape on Monday evening last.. -vrdehi • th e P a carriage, drawn by a pair of horses, had just dent 41P:dace, and was oceeding up Broad-street, when it all contact with a hand•truck, which had been acci aotae Y left in the road, near the Green Dragon Hotel, by Rgap Pers uu who had come to meet one of the coaches for . 1\ 1 4% th e ' The carriage was turned completely over on its t-req ving the footman almost into the shop of Mr. qiatluruggist, but happily without considerable injury. °rdlihip and other occupants of the carriage were natu- I , V ,ehi e l A n ucla alarmed, and extricated themselves from th . e '441 B e a t speedily as possible. The coachman was kept in sly ~uy the leather apron of the carriage, and he sustained !tie; tight bruise. We are happy to hear that neither the u3' ti; 4 ev. Prelate, hi s son , nor Mr. Cox, sustained any hurt t o the accident, which may in great measure be attributed am lb slowness with which the horses were being driven ; tline b , e 3' were all enabled to preceed shortly afterwards to oo th".'th Lord Saye and Sele, to whose residence they were fit, e 1 : 4 11 1 w ay when the casualty happened. The splin h teri t b o a n r, rt trth er t han d the windows of the carriage . were broken tn Age than this, the accident terminated without much d I 'llgt it It is very remarkable that the truck, an extremely lad", °Tie, had scarcely any mark upon it—merely a trifling the Bide i?tatien from the car iage . wheel, and a small splinter o n Her ford Journa r l ord er TY Comas —There have been published, by >intts ci erl ! t he House of ' Comm ns returns of the sums received County by each assistant clerk of the . County Courts, ` - 'autity Courts Bill, in each year since the esta •'laa t of the County Courts • and the sum paid over by each c ° ,the chief clerk in each year • of the sums allowed . to for r arl u t lef clerk, where appointed to more than one district, °l maa t i o r °face, and the sum paid over by him to each as- Of th cierk ; of the places of residence of each chief clerk tleareeste"ritY Courts, the distance of his residence from the 4 ltrm4_ town of his district, and the number of times he has INie'r,la that district, ' and the number of days he re -oiet In each place where the • rt is held in each dis of the residence of eac c h ou bigh bailiff of County of 4 h r i t Pd t i h st e ,distance of his residence from the nearest town . V nat ai str , rict, and the number of times he has attended in bla ce _ let, and the number of days he remained at each thetiewrillere the board is held in each district. Nearly all 4 4' b aud high bailiffs reside i n th e cour t towns to which . 0400. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORMNG PAPERS OF TLIP D.A.r. TIMES.—Some time will probably elapse before the causes of the late change in the Foreign Depart ' ment of the Government will be fully known to the public, and we must leave it to our Ministerial con temporaries to anticipate, with an authority to which we lay no claim, the explanalons that may be ex pected on the meeting of Parliament. But if the true state of the case between Lord Palmerston and his former colleagues be still enveloped in some mystery, it is at least important that this rupture should not be imputed to erroneous and discreditable motives on either side, and that the conduct of the Queen's Government should not be prejudiced upon random and injurious c ejectures. We disposed yesterday of the fiction of what has been termed the " Grey conspiracy," and we deny that it can be asserted with any shadow of foundation that Lord Palmerston has been ejected from the Cabinet by a personal cabal against him. On the contrary, the high sc nse of his abilities which many of his colleagues entertained, their confidence in his long familiarity with public affairs, and their ad miration for his powers i.f debate, contributed to melee them anxious to retain his services in the Government, even under circumstances which had not unfrequently tried their constancy and their friendship. In truth, the only enemy to the duration of Lord Palmerston's power in the office which he filled was himself. No other band could or would have overthrown him but his own. No attack has been directed against him ; and since the termination of the debates on the foreign policy in June, 1850, he has enjoyed a singular exemption from public criticsm. The acts and proceedings which have led to this rupture were entirely in his own power, and might have been regulated by the seeneral policy of the Govern ment ; but if it was otherwise, no one is so much to blame as the Minister who, in his own department, sets at nought the authority and opinions of the rest of the Administration. A more serious but not less unfounded imputation on the Government is the sup position that the removal of Lord Palmerston from office has been instigated by the agents of foreign Courts, or that a difference of opinion had arisen in the Cabinet on the subject of the French refugees in this country. It is long since we were first told that every one who differed from Lord Palmerston's politi cal system was to be denounced as the hireling of some foreign power; and Lord John Russell himself once thought it worth while to indulge in the claptrap asser tion that his late colleague was not a Russian, or an Austrian, or a French, but an English Minister. In our eyes the question is simply whether he was a good Foreign Minister for England; and on that point we infer that Lord J. Russell has ceased to hold an opinion different from our own. The question of the refugees deserves some further explanation, for though we wholly discredit the state ment that it is in any way connected with the recent change in the Cabinet, it is a matter destined to exercise considerable influence over our relations with the Continent. Some weeks ago the French Ambassador in London was instructed to remonstrate, with considerable force, against the facilities afforded to French refugees in this country for devising and preparing plots against the tran quillity of France; and an offer was made to adduce abundant proof of the abuse of British hospitality by these foreign fugitives. More recently the three northern Powers have presented a note to the same effect, couched in equally vigorous terms, and suggest ing that measures should be devised by the wisdom of the British Government to prevent this country from being the seat of clandestine hostilities against several of the friendly Powers of Europe. To these notes we are not aware that any answer has yet been returned, and the subject is doubtless under the con sideration of Ministers. As far as the dignity of this country and our ancient and undoubted rights of hos pitality are concerned, we can but anticipate but one reply; fur no difference of opinion can have occurred on such a point, though it is open to dis cussion whether it be expedient in any country to allow to foreigners an unlimited right of abusing, for their own political purposes and at our expense, the hospitality we afforded them. But, we repeat, this subject was not the cause of the division in the Cabinet; nor is correct to state that the chief pres sure on this point has been applied by Austria or Russia. The first application was made by France ; the proximity of that country, the multitude of fugi tives from her successive revolutions, and the inse curity of a Government that deals so largely in plots and other violent measures,constitute a far strongercase than that against a few Hungarian or Polish refugees in London ; and we believe that Louis Napoleon has not scrupled to ask for the limitation of an asylum to which he twice repaired in the days of his own ad versity. To such au application the Government will no doubt return a fitting answer ; but if anything can render even measures of proper precaution repugnant to the people of England, it would be the notion that they have been exacted by foreign States. But this matter, though important in itself is irrelevant to the principal subject of our present remarks. Speaking, then, from the best information we have been able to collect, though not from any Ministerial authority, we believe the main cause of the rupture between the Cabinet and Lord Palmerston to have arisen from the different views taken by the two parties of the late revolution in France, and not only from a dif ference of views on this, to us abstract question: of politics, but also from an equally marked difference in the mode of dealing with such an emergency. Lord Palmerston's opinion, as expressed by the morning journal which is his exclusive organ, was that of un bounded approbation and admiration for a successful coup d etat that annihilated the liberties of France : the opinion of the Cabinet is said to have been one of regret at a change which transferred the French people from constitutional government to military absolutism. The former opinion expressed itself in terms of highflown commendation ; the latter, though not unfriendly to France under any form of Govern ment, was disposed to adopt a tone of greater reserve, caution, and expectancy. We ourselves have traced in our correspondence from Paris the existence at the same moment of these two distinct and inconsistent lines of policy. The communications described the other day by our Paris correspondent as having been made by a member of the British Government to a personage of note at the Elyse?. were strictly authentic. Their existence was denied by the organ of the Foreign-office, probably because they had not ema nated from that department. Those communications expressed, we believe, the settled views of the First Minister and his Administration ; but by a singu larity which we would hope to be unexampled in diplomacy, they did not correspond with the mis sives and instructions of the Foreign Minister. In short, the discrepancy of opinion which appears to have manifested itself on this occasion is said to have been followed by a divergency of action, which may have amounted to what is gently termed insubordi nation. If this statement be correct, as we believe it to be, without vouching for its entire accuracy, it was clearly impossible to carry on the Government on such terms , the deliberate opinion of the Admi nistration was stultified by one of its own members ; and even the position of her Majesty's Ambassador abroad rendered per,plexing and contradictory, On one point we entertain no doubt whatever, namely, that the direct causes of this schism were the highly favourable opinions which Lord Palmerston ostenta tiously expressed in person, and by his public organs, of the late military revolution in France, and the measures he thought fit to take in conse quence. We leave it to his admirers to reconcile their passion for liberty and constitutional Government in all parts of the earth with his sudden adoption of a cause which has already violated every law and extinguished all freedom among the most ad vanced nation of the Continent. But this also we know, that while it is the policy of England to main tain a system of amicable relations with France, it is no part of the duty of the British Government to affect an approval it cannot feel for acts so contrary to every principle of political right, and so little calcu lated to strengthen the happy union of the two nations. We recognise the new French Government, whatever it may be, without the least hesitation or hostility, for it rests with France alone to determine her poli tical condition ; but we cannot forget that there are principles to which the people and the Government of this country are indissolubly attached, and that to swerve from those principles is to forfeit the best tenure of office and of power. DAILY NEWS.—We have always expressed a high opinion of Lord Palmerston as Foreign Minister of England. No man holding that position has ever striven more earnestly for the cause of Constitutional liberty. His active interference mainly secured that blessing to the Peninsula. His negotiations chiefly contributed to endow Belgium with independence and with a monarchic Constitution that has hitherto defied revolution and anarchy intro& morns et extra, as well as any form of government in Europe , Lord Palmer ton's more recent efforts in Italy were stimulated by generous and noble policy —going the length of endowing that country with constitutional govern• ment, and not going beyond that aim. If these efforts failed—and if the failure and the misrepre sentation of these efforts have had the effect of making England, and its Foreign Minister, disliked by the Absolutist Courts, that may be an,inconvenience under certain circumstances—but, it is no crime. And yet with this tribute of admiration ,to Lord Palmerston, we know that he had faults, and, amongst others, a great and irremediable one. Ile had been far too many years in possession of his late (Ace. It is the misfortune of England that her statesmen and placemen stick far too long by their benches. What the country wants is not an admir able Crichton of a secretary, but a relay of politicians in all walks and classes. We want statesmen, not merely in the Cabinet, but in Parliament. It is not such or uch t h a e n i t n e s e t s e t of t rmust u te continuecountry h t to a tit h ol d s ho ffio u c l e d be to becausetold there is really no one sufficiently capable or in structed to be able to replace him. This it is that peoples our V„hinets with lords,---An eternal EticCeS' TAE SUN, sins of lords—as if the sphere of commoners in this the acceptance of the United States Government. It life was to play second &Idle to lords, tied up and is to be apprehended that the excitement prevailing adorned with red alp. What we sould like to see among Transatlantic politicians with reference to would be a new Foreign Minister every three years, as questions which unhappily have far less claim on their they have in America, where they are never at a loss attention than bond fi de schemes for the material ad for one. For all these reasons, and retaining our admire . - vancement o f th e i r coun t ry , w ill preven t any d ec i s i ve tion of Lord Palmerston, we are quite reconciled to his steps being taken in Congress to give effect to the resignation, provided it has been brought about by general se n ti men t s o f t h e A mer i can pu bli c i n f avour circumstances—not dictated by the alarm or fasti - of Mr. Whitney's views. The rhodomontade to be ex dio usness of the Court—not brought about by the changed with M. Kossuth, the re-agitation of the cunning intrigues of Russia and Austria, and Anglo- slavery question, and the absorbing topic of the next Austrian diplomacy ; which is so fussy in the society, Presidential election, will, in all likelihood, render the and so influential with one portion of the press, of the labours of the Federal Legislature exceedingly barren metropolis. We shall all probably learn the reasons of useful results. It is also not improbable that the for his retirement from the speeches of Lord Pal- delay which has take n pl ac e at Washington in de merston himself, who, if lost to the Cabinet, will tiding upon M r . Whit ney ' s p l an , may h ave ren d ere d doubtless be found in the House of Commons, and be it impracticable for the United States any longer looked up to there. Flagrant and immediate opposition to afford the f ac ilitiemmhich at one time existed is not to be looked for from that veteran official. But within their territory for the construction of the that he will be found in his place, and that any act Pacific line. Happily, however, it may not be ims of foreign policy, subservient to the despots of the possible to carry out the work on the British side of east of Europe, or implicating England in the dynastic the border; and a few weeks may determine whether struggles or interests of the Continent, will find in or not this ent er p r i se , w hi c h th e v i o l ence o f p ar ty Lord Palmerston a ready, an able, and an inevitable politics has indefinitely and unwisely postponed at denouncer—that at least we both look and hope for. Washington, shall be transferred to British ground. Meantime we are glad to be told that the secesssion For our own part, we h ave f e lt so s t rong ly th e de of Lord Palmerston may lead to the re - construction sirableness of carrying out, if possible, such a scheme of a Cabinet upon a broader basis. To be sure, the of communication, that we have repeatedly, during first step—the appointment of Earl Granville—far the last few months, brought the leading facts and from widening that basis, may be said to narrow it. arguments connected with Mr. Whitney's prrject But if the change leads to the acquisition of Re- under the notice of our readers. Since we last ads formers, and to opening the doors of the Cabinet at vetted to the subject that gentleman has bad the good length to men of the people, it will be a good sign and fortune to hare his plans discussed, in his own Are a good deed. And we may place some credit on these sence, by distinguished men and learned associations, assurances ; for without something of the kind the to whose opini ons , i n a ll ma tt ers connec t e d w ith Whig Cabinet cannot and ought not to stand. We science, the English people are accustomed to pay are entering evidently upon a very difficult and knotty much deference. N or i s th e i r i n fl uence con fi ne d to period, both of domestic and foreign policy. Our this country merely; for any judgment which may financial system and commercial prosperity are bound be strongly pronounced by the authorities to whom we up with both. Too many councillors cannot be con- shall presently have to refer cannot fail of being suited on such a crisis; too many interests cannot be respected in every p ar t of the c i v ili ze d wor ld. called to take an active and conditional part in the Coming to England as th e exp os it or o f a sc h eme guidance of the nation. Time may possibly bring which was very imp e rf e ctly und e r s t oo d ou t o f the necessity of great resolves, entailing great sun- the United States, Mr. Whitney had the good fives, and these cannot be decided by a clique, either sense to see that his b es t chanc e o f success l ay i n t h e of courtiers or politicians. Let not, therefore, the Times adoption, from the very first, of a perfectly fra n k an d prattle to us of the great strength that is to accrue to straightforward line of conduct, and in a total avoid the Cabinet from increased union. No doubt, a Ca- ante of all those airs of assumption and mystery which binet consisting of one Prime Minister and half-a- too often accompany and mar the prom u l ga ti on o f dozen striplings as clerks, would be a very united new projects. He was evidently well aware that, if Cabinet. But such union can scarcely be called he was to produce any deep and lasti ng i m p ress i on i n strength. The people of England are not so very this country, it could only be by submitting his plans anxious for unanimity in Cabinet Councils by obe- to the most _unsparing scrutiny, and by b e i ng rea d y dience of the many to the one. They are more in - at all times to consider and answer o bj ec ti ons . H e terested in having a Cabinet, the members of which pursued this course, and the result did n o t di sa pp o i n t may not so very perfectly agree, but who, viewing him. At first he found but little sympathy, and he affairs from different points, and in the light of Me met with formidable opposition. His data were dis ferent interests, may carry in their final decision a puted, and his practical conclusions were held to be larger, sympathy from the country, and especially exceedingly questionable. Still he persevered, and, from its untitled and industrious classes. strong in the integrity of his purpose and in the It is to be hoped that a sense of what is needed for bond fide nature of his proceedings, he was their own self-preservation may prompt the Whig more successful in converting opponents, Government to do what neither reason, justice, nor satisfying objectors, and winning the cordial far-sighted prudence has hitherto led them to yield. confidence and support of impartial persons, The Cabinet, after some few shiftings and mo difi ca . tha n perhaps any other American who ever visited us tiens, remains as essentially exclusive an d o li garc hi ca l for the purpose of pr o m o ti ng a c o m merc i a l en t er p r i se . as it was when first ushered into being in 1846 . This result is the mor e h on ourable t o hi m b ecause h e Ci rc umstances have changed, and with them measures achieved it with out resorting to any of the usual arts h ave v aried in turn with every wind of heaven. Maule, of a popular missionary; and we are not sure that the and Seymour, and Granville, have been admitted to influence which his visit has produced, i n g i v i ng us the Cabinet, and the names of Auckland and Pal- better and juster views of the sterling American cha merston are no longer found upon its li s t. B u t th e ratter, will not be among the most important of the jealous and greedy character of aristocratic monopoly indirect benefits whi c h w ill ar i se f rom t h e di scuss i on is stamped on it as conspicuously as in the begin- of his project. One of the first scientific bodies before ning. The grasping and insolent spirit of cli que which Mr. Whitney ,laid his views was the Royal has up to the present hour prevailed. There is not Geograph ical Society; and although it was generally a merchant nor a man of science, a manufacturer or acknowledged among those who heard him on that a man of letters, not even a soldier or a sailor of pie- occasion that his schenie wa s i ngen i ous , there was no beian rank and fortune, who is permitted to share lack of objections of the most fu n d amen tal character. in the administrative council of a realm which, but It was, we believe, a t th e mee ti ng re f erre d t o th a t for the worth, and wisdom, and work of the classes Captain Fitzroy and Mr. Robert Stephenson both ex we have adverted to, would be but a third or fourth- pressed themselves, in terms more or less decided, ad rate state in Europe. Hitherto it must be owned that verse to the project. Other public bodies and meet the position of parties in the Legislature has seemed to ings were addressed with very much the same result. favour the fond dream of the Whigs, that this lucre- Mr. Whitney then made his appearance before the tive and agreeable scheme of rule by family compact British Association, at its late Ipswich meeting, and his might be indefinitely prolonged. They were fortu- scheme there underwent a searching discussion, the nate in possessing three or four men of great ability issue of which was most satisfactory. We believe and experience; and no disaffected section was strong that it had the effect of producing a complete change enough to take the reins Out of their hands. So, the in the sentiments of Captain Fitzroy and Mr. Ste hereditary bureaucracy said unto its soul—" Take phenson, and that b o th ose eminent authorities are ' thine ease, job, blunder, and be merry; to-morrow now convinced of the practicability of the enterprise. shall be even as yesterday, or yet more abundant !" We understand also that Sir Roderick Murchison, the Recent events, however, may well serve to awaken President of the Royal geographical Society, having Whiggery from its selfish dream. Its lamps surmounted some early misgivings as to the sound are gone out, or beginning to burn dim. If ness of the project, rend4red most material assistance new light be not speedily borrowed from som e to Mr. Whitney in hit later proceedings in this friendly quarter all will soon be darkness. country. And whilst, oa the one hand, the support Whatever may have been the proximate or rem o te of the most distinguishid scientific authorities has —the real or assigned—causes of Lord Palmerston's thus been accorded to his scheme, it has been duly removal from the post he so long occupied, a nd what- appreciated by capit a li s t s o n the other. Off e r s o f th e ever success may attend the experiment by which it requi▪ site means—in return, of course, for correspond is proposed to supply his loss in the department over ing grants of participation in the profits of the enter which he so long presided—it is plain that his retire- prise—have been made from several quarters ; meat must materially weaken the prestige and power but, in the present state of the negotiations of the Administration generally both in Parliament with the American Congress, they have necessarily and in the country. The personal qualities which been declined. Such offers are, however, of great contributed to render the ex-Minister popular his importance, as indicating the opinions of those bitterest adversaries never have denied, and the energy, who, leaving to others the philosophy and the theory courage, and versatility which be brought to the per- of the undertaking, concern themselves mainly with formance of arduous and varied duties admit of as little its practical merits as a commercial speculation. We question. In the House of Commons he was emi- have more than once alluded to the impediment which neatly a favourite; and it were difficult to imagine might not improbably arise to the realisation of Mr. any sufficient reason why his popularity in that as- Whitney's scheme within the United States territory, sembly should be less after he has thrown aside the in consequence of the pre-Occupation of all or most of trammels of office than it has hitherto b een . If th e the lands on the western side of Lake Michigan, and drudgery of having to pull blundering colleagues and on the belt of country which, in that region, would subordinates out of the mire, was not able to form the eastern terminus of the line —or, to use in quench the spirit of his hummer, or to quell the this case a more approp r i a t e wo rd, its eastern " delta." audacity of his bearing—what may we not ex p ec t The occupation of th ose la n d s i s procee di ng w ith when he eaters the course unweight e d, an d w h e n the great rapidity, and Mr. Whitney is, we believe, pre falterings and. shortcomings of th o s e w h o h av e repu- pared to find that, b y d elay i ng to pass t h e Bill o f an dieted his veteran aid, will have b ecame f a ir game thorisati▪ on, Congres s h as i n e ff ect d epr i ve d it se lf o f for the damaging candour of his pity, if not the po- the . means of granting th e requ isite powers and faci lished irony of his scorn ? Assuming that the Pre- titles for carrying out the work, In that event, mien is in future to shape and guide the foreign policy however, there still remains the parallel belt of of the country, and that Lord G ranv ill e i s , i n fact, country on the B r iti s h s i de of t h e f ront i er . I t i s cer only to do,the courtesies, hospitalities, and other cir- tai▪ n that the line could be made through that terri cumstantial details of the Foreign-office, it i s no tory ; and if, from the cause tq which we have adverted, doubt possible that in debate th e c h ange ma y no t at the American scheme should fail, the alternative first be felt so strikingly when f o r e i gn a ff a irs a re the thus offered will, we trust lee'duly considered. There theme. But, with the exception of the First M i inister, sno question of national rivalry in this matter. Pro there is nobody on the Treasury Bench capable of vided that the line be made i is of little consequence encountering such an assailant as the evicted Viscount. whether it be co ns t ructed with i n th e American or the To these considerations must be added the certain alien- British border, or American or, British settlers. What ation of support and renunciation of forbearance fr o m we want is the railway, and the hearty co-operation professed opponents, which his withdrawal will inevi- of both nations in ma ki ng it. This is emphatically tably cause. There we r e man y occasion s d ur i ng th e on e o f th ose works which are for the whole world last five years on which Lord Palmerston's influence and for all time—which are toe gigantic in their scope was found useful by a f ee bl e G overnmen t, both in and too universal in their influence, to become the securing lukewarm allies and neutralising doubtful mere property of any s i n gfi nation—not even of enemies. 'Tae Whigs would pr o b a bly care l ess f or empires such as those which obey the laws of the the loss of intellectual strength if they were sure of Federal Republic or bear allegiance to the British n ot suffering a diminution of votes on critical divi- Crown. Mr. Whit ney h as rece ntly returned to sions. But when b o th are i nevi t a bl e an d i m p en di ng , America, leaving the great project to which he it manifestly behoves them to take active measures to has devoted himself in a position, so far as regards recruit from other quar t ers th e i r i mpa i re d an d shat- this country, which must be hi g hly satisfactory to tered force. Lord Granville may b e accep t a bl e a t the friends o f progress and ' i mprovement on both Court, and rather a favourite in th e H ouse of Lords. sides of the Atl ant i c. He came amongs t us a l mos t But as regards the stability of a Liberal Administra- a stranger, and he was, per bip s , not entirely de tion, pledged to reform, the extension o f e d uca t ion , voi▪ d of those prejudices and apprehensions which and the maintenance of tree-trade, what does the are prevalent in American society with reference inoffensiveness of the new Secretary of State to E n glish treatment of Transatlantic schemes and signify ? It is in the House of Commons that enterprises. He so on cease d to b e a stranger, and he the struggle must be waged. It is there that the has carri▪ ed back with him the most abundant testi issue must be determined during the residue of the mony that neither the a tt en tion nor the support present Parliament : and it will in no trifling degree of Engli▪ shmen is withheld froin men who, like him, depend upon the impression made u p o n th e min d o f present themselves as the honest, straightforward, the public by the inci den t s of next session w h a t the and i▪ ntelligent represe n t a ti ves o f projects that are predominant party colour of the new Parliament will sufficiently solid to sustain a thorough examination. be. If, as in 1841, ridicule and shame are heaped by He can report favourably of the old country. He elated adversaries of mingled hue upon th e arrogan t can tell his countrymen, that if we have had a and obstinate monopolists of power, the gene r a l clot- somewhat longer national experience than their own tion will inevitably prove, as in 1841, a knell of poll- Republic, we show no signs of senility—and, in tical doom. Yet, exclusive as they were then, the particular,.. that we are as far as possible from being spirit of administration is, if possible, s t i ll mo re . so deficient in that readiness to appreciate and foster now • and disheartened and effete as the expiring great and daring enterprises which is sometimes said Cabinet ' of Lord Melbourne was then said to be, it con- by superficial observers to belong almost exclusively tamed beyond question a greater number of men of to the United States, and to be the distinctive feature real ability and deserved weight in the country than the of the American . character. But he can tell them Cabinet of Lord John Russell at present contains. more than this. H . e can say, with the most perfect We point to no individual, or set of individuals, .truth, that there is in this country no feeling of hos whose pretensions to office we would be supposed . as tile rivalry towards them ; and he may refer, in proof desiring to recommend. Such a task were invidious of this, to the reception which we have given to his and mischievous. We shall not incur the reproach of project, and . to the cordial interest which we have seeming to undertake it. What we contend for is, .manifested in the success of an undertaking by which a great popular right—a great national principle— their welfare and our own would be alike promoted. that exalted office should be open—not as of fa vour, but as of right—to men of talents, virtues, and attainments, no matter to what class in life they hap pen to belong. We want to see equality of conditions in this respect established. We want to see the in sufferable usurpation of the landed oligarchy in this respect broken down. Personal preference and selec tion from among competitors equally fit must always be left, in some measure, to the head of the Admini stration. What we contend for is, that his choice be not limited to a narrow clique, or bounded by a rule of wrongful and insulting popular exclusion. CHRONICLE.—The rapid progress which the United States are making towards the completion of a vast and intricate network of railway communica tion, not only between the populous towns and dis tricts in their territory, but through regions remote from civilization and difficult of access, is one of the most striking features in the social and industrial his tory of the Confederation. For example, recent in telligence from New York announces the opening of the Hudson River Railway, one hundred and forty three miles in length; and notwithstanding all we have heard about the " mere tramways" of America, the first complete journey over that line was performed in three hours and a half—or at the very respectable speed of rather more than forty miles an hour. But, of all the schemes of this description which have ever been brought before the American people, Mr. Asa Whitney's plan for a railway from Lake Michigan to the Pacific is un qestionably the most important; audit is probable that during the session of Congress which has just commenced it will be finally determined whe ther or not the project shall be pressed any further upon COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 25. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party Last evening. _ The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attend ance at the Castle, and in the evening her Majesty's private baud attended, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Zanetta" Auber. Chceur et Couplets, Chceur et Marche de Bceuf Apis, " L'Enfant Prodigue" Auber. Quintetto, "Il Barbiere" Divertissement, "Le Propbete" The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home park and Slopes this morning. The Prince of \Vales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal family, walked in the Home-park. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. . _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was also at the service. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor of New Zealand. The Prince of Wales's tutor, the Rev. Henry Mildred Birch, MA., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, has been admitted a priest of the Church of England by the 13Lshep of Lincoln. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1861. STEAM CARRIAGES ON COMMON ROADS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Bath, Dec. 10, 1851. Sia,—Permit me, through your medium, to offer to the public some remarks on the prospectus of the projected steam carriage company, entitled " The Gloucester, Somerset, and Wilts Common Road Steam Carriage Company," which appears in your adver tising columns. For some time past I have exerted myself to procure a private subscription for the pur pose of constructing an experimental steam carriage to run on turnpike roads, and succeeded in getting nearly the required amount subscribed ; but just as it was nearly complete, a doubt arose in the minds of many that the subscribers would be exposed to an unlimited amount of liability, in consequence of which I returned the subscription list to the party, and pro ceeded to head another list for subscribers, drawn up by one of the most able solicitors in Bath ; but even this did not remove the doubts of the most influential part of the former subscribers. Thus circumstanced, I submitted to several subscribers who were not de terred by the doubts of others from continuing to advocate the project, the plan of forming a public company, to be duly registered, so as to remove the objections and fears of the timid. The plan was highly approved, and forthwith adopted. It will be perceived that it is drawn up with a due regard as to the amount of liability—it cannot exceed ss. per share without their own consent, because, after the experimental trial is made, it is proposed that any subscriber who may wish to withdraw, may do so if the majority of shareholders determine to continue as a company for promoting the object. Such is the confidence of the talented :engineer who has offered to construct the said carriage, that he has consented to subscribe for 400 shares, and,has made such proposals as will enable the company to effect the construction of the carriage, for an advance of 2001., equal to the power of eight horses ; and although no doubt whatever is entertained of its per fect success, yet with a view to the possibility of failure, it will be constructed of such strength as to be converted, at a small expense, into an agricultural engine, by which means the loss cannot possibly ex ceed from ls. to Is. 6d. per share. Under this assur ance I hope the public will readily support a project which, if successful, will prove not only very remu nerative to the subscribers, but be a great national advantage and public convenienee.—l. am, &c. THOMAS MOTLEY. P.S. After a careful examination of the probable expense attending working the engine, including wear and tear, and every expense, tolls, duty, &c., we have no doubt but that passengers may be very profitably conveyed at the average speed of 10 to 12 miles per hour, say from Bath to Bristol at 6d. and is. each, from the middle of one city to the middle of the other ; merchandise and parcels equally reasonable ; and as there will be neither smoke, steam, nor noise attend ing the patent steam carriage proposed, no inconve nience or danger of frightening horses need be appre hended. I will only add that nearly one-third of the shares are already agreed to be taken. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. r THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Commander Simuel Thomas Carter (1844), on the The Corfu Government Gazette, of the 27th Nov., retired list of 1830, died a few days since at Stan we publi s h es the following correspondence :- near Colchester, aged 67. He was the eldest son of Palace, November 26, 1851. the late S. Carter, Esq., of Sudbury, and of Twinsted ' Msst illustrious Vice-President,-I have received 1 ties principally Lodge, Essex. He entered the navy on the 31st from my resident in Zante copies of the depositions January, 1800, served in the Juno's cutter, at cutting taken by the local director of police, respecting the par outand while I of the from Campeachy Bay, after a bloody conflict, a concerned in the publication of No. 10 Spanish schooner of 12 guns and 96 men ; Rigas, which contains, as you are aware, the most attached to the Elephant, witnessed the surrender of 1 eoftenhienet insolent repudiation of the political system the French squadron, with the remainder of General 1 that hiasahe etn these States, under the treaty of Paris, call your3attea Rochambeau's army. He passed his examination in 1807, and was confirmed January 14, 1808, to the lepeared in the lonian press. I need only e Whet! wh et i l l on to the following passdaege.o cide upon our rank of lieutenant, in the Intrepid, 64, in which own fate-whil e ( ' n will, to be ex vvvveehare masters . to ship he had previously beh e ld th e s u r ren d er o f pressed through our representatives-have s ta o t v i e v r e e s ig have we not the right, by peaceful, but invincible, arguments, to declare, Madeira. He afterwards, on proceeding to the unhindered, through the mediu m of our independent West Indies, efficaciously served on shore at the re you as our protectors-no longer to have our unalterable determination no longer to duction, in February and April, 1809, of Martinique haveAssemblea and the Saintes ; and on June 5, in the latter year, nations?, Wthat,are and you as joined the Castor, 32, Captain William Roberts un- 000urrago!ernot!so? incontestable We demand anothe r political destiny der whom we find him contributing to the destruction, in the ensuing December, of the 44-gun frigates Loire can we not send you vrewhence masters of ourselves? And and Seine, and in February, 1810, to the capture of that you are, is ho, for our ill fate,h miserable beings inalienable right of Guadeloupe. His last appointments were Sept. 25, foot this land of Paradise, conve -ave rtin g it late a hell-a 1810, to the Donegal, 74, Captain Pulteney Malcolm, source of death and tears." in the Channel, and Aug. 7, 1811, to the Sophie, 18, It appears by the evidence of inor c trodden under Captain Nich. Lockyer, on the coast of North Ame- Rossolimo, the proprietor of the p ap ing z:tantino " Zacinto," that when the manuscript of this called rica. He was placed on half-pay in August, 1815, was brought to him he declined to receive it, fearinagrtithlee and on Oct. 19, 1844, he accepted retired rank. resptsnsibi f lityth i a i t . muit attach to its publication. The p al responsible officer, Signor Commander Carter, until lately, held for many years Printing difference the honorary command at Lowestoft of the Suffolkbetweenigabsilasseldfealanydedthfoor three days by editor tai Humane Society's lire-boat, and was thus instrumen- nor did he give way until the munici tal in saving the lives at different periods of 124 per- Giovanni Lisgail, came personally to the sons. He married April 9, 1814, his cousin, Laura and, by persuasion and threats, repeated on more than Catherine, second daughter of the late Rev. William one occasion, induced him to fulfil his contract. Chapman, vicar of Margate, county Kent, by whom This statement is confirmed, in all its parts, by the he has living a son and four daughters. depositions of Giorgio Pandasin, and Gerasimo Clinch* Lieut. Merion Marshall Moriarty (1814). He was servants of Signor Rossolimo; and I am consequently compelled to con c l u d e th a t t h e most act i ve agent in pub the brother of C o m man d er M or i arty, entered the navy in 1807, a n d i n th e course o f n i ne years ' service Wiling, and circulating, a d ocument , every li ne of which afloat was at the reduction of Copenhagen. He tom- contains r h a o se n d o it t io th u r s ee or mo t n re th a s so a nable to si:g a g o es o tio th n, was a mended the Bristol Company's steam-ship Queen, in n p Li s p n a n l , o w fficer to observe and respect the o lonian C a :la n :q u i- - 1842, was appointed port offioer of Sydney, New tution, which is identified with British Protection. Sonth Wales, and died Government emigration Under these circumstances it becomes my duty to de agent at Sligo. termine whether I can allow the outrage upon decency Commodore Martin's squadron remained in the and good faith, committed by Signor Lisgai I, to pass Tagus on the 18th inst. unnoticed. Hogue, 60, screw-ship, Captain M'Dougall, had I have tried proceedings under the present law for returned from the Riff coast. regulating the liberty of the press, in the case of the Captain R. S. Hewlett commissioned the Hotspur, pamphlet styled "Ta Kubernetika Anthroparia"-which 44, at Devonport, on Tuesday, as the gunnery tender have terminated in an unanimous acquittal on the part to the Excellent. of the jury, notwithstanding the clearness of the facts, Mr. W. Bennett C arpen t er, R . N ., and late of the and the en orm i ty of the provoca ti on - an d t h e d e f ence, Vesuvius, steam-sloop has been dismissed the service as you are aware, consisted mainly in the allegation that on a charge of drunkenness. - tbo Government had helped to produce the evils, of t w io h o ic s h to it re c m om ai p o la o in o allowing Vuni b sla y ed. Aboukir, transport, having embarked 56 convicts from the establishment at Dartmoor, will shortly sail lam therefore articles equally sedi forced to recollect that large powers for Van Die bush Land. for the prevention of political crimes are vested in me, Barracouta, steam -sloop, is ordered from Woolwich as the representative of the Protecting Sovereign by to be fitted for sea at Chatham. article 4, section 2, chapter 7, of the Constitution. It has PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 25.-By letters received this been the desire of her Majesty's Government, as it cer morning from the Tagus, dated the 19th, we are in- tainly has been mine, to use those powers as sparingly formed, " with respect to the squadron of Commo- as possible, end I was prepared to give them up, in June, dote Martin, everything is at such a standstill that s ubstitute proposed by some of its most distinguished really nothing occurs worth noticing. Each day has its allotted duties, but the ships have been much less members. Ihaveborne for two with years, a patience which exercised lately. The Prince Regent, 90, has &great personal attacks have altered, insults and calumnies no deal of sickness on board, and many patients have paralleled in the annals of any civilized community.ani been sent to the hospital. This sickness, though of a respected the errors of a new-born liberty, and trusted trifling character, has rendered many of her hands the remedy to time and the good feelings of the lonian unfit for active duties aloft, and in consequence, for people. But in prop or ti on as th ese h ave b egun to ope the present, she has rather e as y times. The orn- rate the designs of the disaffected have assumed a more modore has issued stringent orders respecting grant- desperate character. My reluctance to use the powers ing the men extra spirits or other liquors during the ot. high police has o beenfher Majesty's these festive season of Christmas. Messr s . S anger , M on - to t h e concurrence SUITS which the state oflGovernment, n m ands imperatively call s tague, and Norie, midshipmen of th e H ogue , have for; and I feel that th e ti me i s come, w h en I must either passed their examinati on i n seamans hi p qualifying for support the friends of British proteotion, and rational lieutenants. In port--Prince Regent, 90; Hogue, lib erty , by the firm, but temperate exercise of an autho -60 ; Leander, 50 (bearing the Commodore's broad rity which has been used to a much greater extent than pendant) ; Arethusa, 50; Dauntless, 38 ; and the it has yet been by me by the mildest and most liberal of America yacht." my predecessors, or surrender the loyal and well-affected We are requested to state that William Hurry, population of Cephalonia and Zante to the tyranny of shipwright, who met with a fatal accident in the the anarchical faotion. dockyard on Monday and was conveyed to Hasler I think it right, therefore, to apprise you and the Se- Hospital, died from the injuries he received, and not nate publicly that I have directed the banishment of from any operation performed there, as he underwent Signor G. Lisgata from Zante to FanO, as a proof of my determination no longer to allow treason and open re none. aistance to the law to be inculcated amongst the pea- The Birkenhead steam troop-ship, Master Corn Bantry of the Southern Island in t he of "N t' name I ato - mender Salmond, will proceed from Spithead to nality," and under the mask o s f " r e ligion." . .have to Queenstown, to embark depots of regiments, on the deal here with conspirators, not with a political party, 2d proximo. recognising and acting within, the limits of the consti- The Sprightly steam-tender will proceed to-mor- tution. I have the proof in my bands that designs dan row for Chatham, with the Marines belonging to that gerous to the peace of these States are now in agitation, division, paid off from the Havannab, at Devonport. by men of desperate fortunes, residing beyond the reach WOOLWICH, DEC. 25.-The Antelope, 3, paddle- of lonian law, but corresponding and acting in con cer t wheel steam-vessel, of 260 horse po we r, formerly em- knew th th e a p t r f i o n r c e ir fmuenmdsbehrsavoef been t Vsl:ltiftnrey'r I ployed as a mail steam packet on the Mediterranean m n o n ti w on of these fore ign funds that the most unscrupulous station, from which she was withdrawn on the substi- toting of the Banshee as a ma il s t eam pac k et, has had been made of the n ame o f f ore i gn P owers, i n order to delude or intimid a t e , th e p eo pl e; t h at f a l se h oo d s and undergone a thorough repair at thi s d oc k y ard, and calumnies have been systematically circulated to excite will be out of the bands of the engineers on the 26th their hopes and to inflame their passions; and I might of the present month, and will shortly be ready for justly be charged with betraying my duty, both to my commission. Sovereign and to these islands, if I were to permit such The Triton, 3, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of attempts to be carried on, until they produced tome dis 260 horse power, formerly employed as a small steam astruus collision, while I have both the right and the packet on the Mediterranean station, from which she power to prevent them, without overstepping the limits was withdrawn on the appointme n t o f th e C ara d oc t o of the constitutio n . that service, I regret that the i sland of Zante should b e d e p r i ve d, . o the measure which I have been co m p e ll e d t o a d opt, completed by the engineer department on the 11th of has been repaired here, a n d w ill be y February, 1852. of the services of on e of it s • mun i c ip a l o ffi cers; but the fault lies in the original selection. The constitution hes The Trident, 6, steam-vessel, of' 350 horse power, vested two distinct powers in the Crown and in the lately employed in protecting the fisheries on the north people; but the rights of a constituency cannot annul coast of Scotland, has undergone a thorough repair, those of the Crown, or debar her Majesty's represen and will be out of the bands of the engineers about tative from exercising them, when he finds it necessary the 15:h of February next. to do so, for the maintenance of public tranquillity. The Wildfire paddle-wheel steam-vessel, tender to I have the honour to be, most illustrious vice-presi the flag ship at Sheerness, is in course ofrepair at this dent, your mo H st . o G bed iv 8D obedient humbleov high Lord s _lgh Commissioner, e!vant, about the 11th of February, 1852. A, L ., dockyard, and will be completed by th e eng i neers The Most Illustrious Sir A. Damasehtuo, Ie.C.M.G., The Greenock, 10, iron screw steam-f r i ga t e o f 556 Vice-President of th e S ena t e , & c . , C orfu. horse power, at present in the inner b as i n a t W oo l w i c h Corfu, Nov e mb er 27 , 1851. Excellency,-I have ac qua i nte d t h e Senate with the Dockyard, has had her engines put on b oar d by contents of the message which your Excellency did me Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie, and it is ex- the honour of addressing to me yesterday. petted they will be completely adjusted and ready for The Senate deeply lament the circumstances which getting the steam up by the sth of January next. h ave obliged your Excellency to have recourse to ex- The Intrepid, Arctic screw steam-vessel, in the ceptional measures, availing yourself of your constitu- East Dock No. 2, will be out of the hands of the en- tional powers, for the preservation of order. But since gineers by the 22d of January, 1852. your Excellency, responsible as you are for the public The Pioneer, Arctic screw steam-vessel, in the West trar quillity, relying upon well-known facts and proofs, or King William's Dock, ha v i ng sus t a i ne d greater in- which you say s insufficient, a reinyour hands, has deemed the and the exercise of extra jury than the Intrepid duri ng h er recent voyage to ordinary powers indispensable, to prevent a collision the Arctic regions, will n o t b e ou t o f hands of the en- gineers until the 31 s t of January next. _ jeot to the decision. The Pluto steam-vessel is now ready for commis- The Senate certainly feels that the Government ought, sion, and it is expected she will hoist a pendant in a in no instance, to step cut of the sphere of the ordinary few days and proceed to the coast of Africa, where laws, and thatthegreatestres e pe l t towards rdsaintacon which d ie ividual i she is to be em pl oye d on t h e surve yi ng serv i ce , f or g r tit h o tf! s hould tionopposeodhsetroved io the Gda o overnm g ent, wh r o exercise water and engines of only 100-horse power. she is well ad a pt e d, ha v ing a light draught of 8 ally be their liberty of opinion by legitimate means. Such parties should be considered as the soul of a re presentative system, when by their discussions they en lighten both the Government end the public as to the defects of the existing laws, point out illegalities, de nounce abuses and acts of injustice, disclose thereby the real wants of the people-and co-operate with the Go vernment, al,hough occasionally differing from it, to wards the formation of such an enlightened public opinion as is entitled to deference and respect. But the case is very different when an ill-defined poli tical liberty gives rise to an anarchical party, which in all its movements tramples under foot the fundamental laws of the state, the respect due to the public authori ties; and, not being able to overthrow the one or the other, forms itself into an organ of agitation, discord, and internal commotion. The case is still worse, if to such a party belong func tionaries, who, after taking office under the established laws, and after having solemnly sworn to respect, and give them execution-rebel against those laws, and openly violate their oath. Under such circumstances, great social evils are inevitable. The immediate conse quences of such examples, are the want of respect to the sacred right of property, and to the still more sacred right of personal security. The more remote, but cer tain consequences, are general distress-the overthrow of public order-danger to the people, though, as a body innocent, and danger to public liberty, and it then certainly becomes the duty of the competent authorities not to permit the people to be overwhelmed by these dangers; and to hinder, by well calculated preventive measures, the excesses into which it might be hurried, as it is also the daty of the Government generally to gua rantee the liberal institutions already established. I trust your Excellency will pardon the length of this answer, but the Senate conscientiously feels itself called upon, especially on this occasion when this correspon dence is about to become public, to open the ey es o f t h e governed-to put them upon their guard against those subversive ideas, which must compromise the existence of every liberal institution, and hinder the further exten sion of those political franchises, which, if wisely and well-applied, could not but ameliorate the condition of all classes of the people. Every one knows th a t thing is so fatal to liberal in s tit ut i ons as anarchy no this is inevitable when th a t respect which is du e to and Lie to the eilt i laws is lost sight o f, an d w h en the Government pelted to use either ext r a or di nary measures to pr s e c v o en ni t, or force to suppress th e d es i gns of those who attack its legitimate authority. In such oases the p rom oters of the disorders are in fault, but -the -dangerthe are to the people. The Senate, in so far , as its attributions admi t, will always study t o secure tor the Constitutional franchises already obtained their proper effects, amidst the unex pected and grave difficulties which have presented themselves, and to pr even t the path of their progress from being eloted, These vital points they unreservedly confide as well" to the liberal sentiments and excellent intentions cif yOur Excellency as to the good sense of the lonian people. I have the honour to be, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, A. DANASCHINO. To his Excellency Sir 11. G. Ward. G.C.M.G., Lord high Commissioner, Ere., &0., Corfu. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE WEST INDIA DOCKS.-- I On Wednesday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of Thomas Henry Housegrove, aged 30. The deceased was a sbiprigger, and on Thursday i last was engaged in repairing a mast on board the brig ______........--- 1 Sidney, then lying in the basin of the East India Docks, SPOTS ON - TIIE SUN.—Through the fog which pre - i Blackwall, when he lost his equilibrium, an d f e l l heavily on veiled in M anc h ester yesterday,between two and three the deck, whereby he sustained a compound fracture of the o'clockin the afternoon, two spots were visible on the sun's skull, from which he died on Sunday. Verdict—Accidental disc to the naked eyo. They were situated vertically in re- death. spect to each o th er a little above the centro o f t h e orb, The Peel monument at M ontrose is to be a free slightly towards the eastern li m b. The upper one was re- I markably di s ti nct , an d was 'risible to the most tm stone statue, nine feet i n h e i g h t, on a pedestal twelve feet asient , I h • t PA gliAcee--111anclwister pavan:l4r. A TRAVELLING GENIUS. A man who had been an unsuccessful delver in the mines of Georgia, on hearing the thrilling news of the gold placers of California, had his spirit quickened within him; and, although he had arrived at an age (being about 60) when the fires of youth usually cease to burn with vigour, fixed his eyes upo n the far dis tant and but little known country, and resolved that he would wend his way thither, alo ne, and without that indispensable friend, money, of which be was destitute. Under such circumstances it would not avail to attempt a passage "round the Horn," or by the more uncertain, and, at that time, unperfected route, across the Isthmus ; but, as California was on this continent, he knew that there was a way there, though it might lead through trackless deserts and barren wastes. These were not enough to daunt his determined sprit. He bent his way to the " Father of Waters," and worked his way as he could till he found himself at "Independence," in health, and with no less of strength, and with 150 dollars in his purse. He had no family to provide for, or even companion to cater for on the route which he was about to enter, yet some things were neces sary, for himself; and, to relieve his body from the pressure of a load, he provided himself with a wheelbarrow upon which to place his traps. It must not be supposed that our hero was ignorant of the emigrants rnb t a h b a l t e mi h er a e t in the was precocious enough to look ahead at th e resu l t o f the plains ; quite p carry forward such po n d erous l oa d s and attempting to am ount and v ariety large numbersand it f is e such a va ri e ty of at least dispensable thi ngs as th e par ti es s tarted with. A d e t a il e d li st of the of goods and wares, u se f u l an d super fluo us, with all the appendages of refined and fashionable life, that were distributed along the wide Our hero Wast e and mountain ranges would astonish the reader. He reasoned thus— The world was not made in a day ; the race is not to the swift." trundled along his barrow, enjoy was not in a hurry. n . e ing the comfort o f h* subject of those who were much sportive remark by hurried along with their fresh and spirited teams on their first das. Air Mn weeks had not passed before our 18 pipe, the object of wonder and independent bad tangible evidence that trouble had fallen to the lot of some who had preceded him. A stray ox was feeding on his track • the mate of which, he afterwards learned, was 'killed, and this one turned adrift as useless. He coaxed him to be the companion of his travels, taking care to stop where he could provide himself with th e needful sustenance. He had not far to travel before be found a mate for his ox; and ere long a waggon, which had given way in some of its parts, had been abandoned by its rightful owner, and left i n th e road. Our travelling genius was aroused to turn these mishaps to his own advan• tage ; and he went leisurly to work to patch and bol ster up the waggon, bound his faithful oxen to it, and changed his employment of trundling the wheel barrow to driving ;a team ; onward moved the new establishment, gathering as he went from the super abundance of those who bad gone before, such as flour, provisions of every kind, books, implements, even rich carpets, &c., which had been cast of as bur densome by other travellers. He would occasionally find a poor worn-out animal that had b een left behind ; and, as it was not important f or hi m to speed his course, he gathered them, stopping w h ere there was a b un d ance o f g ra s s ti me enoug h f or his cattle to gain a little strength and spirit. Time rolled on and his waggon rolled with it, till he reached th e end of his journey, when it was disco ' vered that be had an uncommon fine team and a good waggon, which produced him on sale 2,500 dollars. Being now relieved of the care of his team and in the midst of the gold diggings be soon closed his pro specting by a l ocat i on ; and, whil e a ll around him ' were concentrating th e i r strength to consummate the work of years in a f ew months, be deliberately com menced building, fi n i s hi ng , and, as fast as be could, furnishing a comfortable cabin. His wood be ga thered, sawed, and regularly piled in a straight line and perpendicular by the door—convenient, as though the old lady was within to provide his meals. He acted upon the adage, " Never start till you are ready." Now our hero was ready to commence work ing his " claim," which he did, as he did everything else, systematically and steadily. He may yet be seen at his work, with the prospect (if he lives to be an old man) of being rich; for In the last two years he has accumulated 10,000 dollars.—Nero York Express. COAL DOCKS IN THE TYNE.—Docks for the ship ment of the immense quantity of coal annually sent from the Tyne have been long desired, and on Monday the draft of a new Bill was laid before the River Tyne Commissioners, at a meeting held in the Merchants'-hall, Newcastle, for Parliamentary powers to erect a large dock in a creek called Hayhole, about a mile above Shields harbour, for the ship ment of coal from the coal-field on the N.E. coast of Nor thumberland; nearly a million tons of coal—about three fourths of the coal shipped in the river—being now put on board yeses's at this place by the ordinary means of staiths. The commissioners also seek further powers to erect two large piers or breakwaters at the mouth:of the harbour, for the purpose of giving a greater uniform depth of water on Shield's bar, and affording protection to rcsaels coming into the harbour in rough weather. It is also projected to form a dock of one hundred acres upon Jarrow Slake, the funds to be raised by private enterprise. The dock of Jarrow Slake will be for the shipment of coal brought by the York and Berwick Railway from the Durham coal-field. The funds for the erection of Hayhole Dock will be raised primarily upon the ordinary dock dues; secondarily, the dues raised by the commissioners in the dock will be pledged, the coal owners having staiths at this place agreeing to ship their coals in the dock for 50 years. THE ROYAL SLATE QUARRIES.-THE very EX tensive plant of machinery lately erected by the Royal Slate Company, at their quarries on Brynhafod-v-wern, near Bangor, has been permanently set to work. This machinery has been invented and constructed by Mr. Dixon, the com cimaganaaglaetra and slabs;engineer, a n d of for the manufacturingpurpose a of variety of articles of slate; the sever a l nove l processes b eing secured by patent. The machi ner y occup i es a capacious spaautgs residen t d f a building, with a ground area of upwards of 10,000 feet, and is set in motion by three very powerful water wheels and a steam-engine. The immense water wheel (one of the three) which has just been completed, has its gearing so contrived that it may be united' with the gearing of the steam-en gine, so that one power can assist the other—or the machi nery can be driven by either, quite independently of the other, as the case may require. This is a unique and very clever contrivance, by which an auxiliary power can be brought into active operation, at an hour's notice, if a sud denly increased demand for the goods requires greater tem porary activity. We understand that this superior machinery works to the full satisfaction of the engineer, and that it was constructed by Mr. Owen Thomas, of Carnarvon.—North IVales Ch r onicle. BONDING PRIVILEGES.--The Customs authorities have granted permission for chicory, the produce of the Channel Islands, to be added to the list of articles allowed to be landed at Meriton's wharf, on the river side; under the usual regulations and conditions. Prince Albert has generously transmitted to the treasurer of the Slough Mechanics' Institution a cheque for 201., as his Royal Highness's donatien to its funds. THE ANNUITY TAX. ---We are glad to bear that the Government are, under certain conditions, consent to the sch eme f or the abolition O likely to give their of the annuity tax. This is of gr ea t i mportance, as, without t h at consent, t h e Bill, which interferes to some extent with the property of the Crown, could not have been taken into consideration by Parliament.— Scotsman. The arrivals of the last few FOREIGN POTILTRYi— rts hoafveetnecrlyuddedescerziptrtaioonrditnraorym France, Holland, and Belgium , importationsofcontinental and will form an important at this festive season. The lies from all parts of the kingdom to the days large from to t t k h e e c o s n up p a d poultrydealers steamer Albion, from Boulogne has brought 79 cases; the Triton, from Ostend, 59 cases; the Ocean, from Rotterdam, addition metropolitan markets 19 baskets; the Fyenord, from Rotterdam, several hampers; the Coq, from,Cherbourg, 12 cases ; the City of London, from Dunkirk, 24 packages; the City of Boulogne, from Boulogne, 99 cases; the Wilberforce, from Hamburg!), and the Menai, from Calais, several hampers and cases; the Panther, from Ostend, 150 packages ; the Seine, from Bou logne, 18 packages; the Poule, from Cherbourg, 48 cases ; the City of Paris, from Boulogne 51 packages ; the Con cordia, from Rotte r d am, 24 packages ; the Tourist, from Calais, 22 cases and 1 basket ; the Sir Edward Banks, from llavre, 8 baskets ; the Lord John Russell, from Harlingen, and the Lion, from Ilarlingen, several hampers and baskets; and several oth ers, the produce of the foreign connt ris mentioned. AGO. —The ST. JAMES'S PAIR Two CUCTITTuNi l ry over the moon was shining with a mild yet effulgejnotug glo ry in the still water of Rosamond's Pond. Th e .stiered like a looking centre of St. James's-park seevied ung broods slept by the glass. The ducks and their young h u m of our working -day margin of the Decoy. Th e • world was still. PP The b - tolic park was not . inwutegroelist:hneen days m purlieuuw much hha like what f it fields,a in smooth gravel w a lks by the same stately avenues of trees, tersected, it perhapsera 1655 s- d te d a i u . The Bird Cage-walk was truly what i ' ta t j A y ul: b b elause more juvenile, g the o great aviary, the fluttering cap_ prisons being hung to rock in the Lives in breezes from every tree.—Daughter Deboroh. ined barred it —a its namerputiotiilrai S D co E ok Ani tie or esta T b N lis E hed lt m E i v n . ister ME.of CeresCo COOS, OF or E RE U s D . while preaching in the Established Ch urc h of Monitnail on Thurs day last, which was the fast d a y, d roppe d down in the pulpit. He was removed to the manse, wh ere h e died on Saturday morning. Disease of the heart was the cause of death. Edinburgh Witness. AN AGED PONT.—We mentioned some time ago that a little brown pony was in the possession of Mr. Sharp, Newton, Ross-shire which had attained an extraordinary age. It had been ridden by four generations, and was well known throughout the district over which it had scampered for two score years. Latterly it was pensioned off, and wan dered up and down the farm of its kind owner, at its proper pleasure, enjoying ease and comfort, which ought to be the privilege of age. But in an unlucky moment, ago, the poor o ld pony wandered to the sea beach, and. get ting entangled a mong the sands , was unable to escape em the rising tid e , an d perished in the 40th year of his age.— - o Inverness Couri er , a we ek or two Bel A gium has just b een c onc l u de e d e . n postal conventi on b e t w the Netherlands and b T v lo e li c akEp INCOM E , TAX IN TH E CITY or LONDON.—No tice was yesterday issued at the diff erent churches through out the City, th at t h e h C om missioners ear a nd d e fo c r i d eGeneralappeals Purposes p t o h s e es i r ipnointhteedflol'eendonoens: to lay, next, the 31st instant, at elev en o'clock office, 36, Basinghall-street,ifrom parties belonging to the different wards within the said City who consider themselves aggrieved by an over-assessment under shedule D of the Property and Income-tax Act, sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 35, for the year ending the sth day of April, 1852, with re spect to profits arising from trades, offices, ttc., chargeablp under the above Act ! . 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