The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-31 00:00:00

...... WI.. ....---"" 0 dog 411.1._, ice" LITERATURE. PUBLIC ALM. A Popular Exposition the Advantages and Benefits to be Derived from the Adoption of the Pubiic Health Act, 1848: and Showing its A'rni interference with Local Self government. By Alfred A Wallbridge. Mr. Wallbridge has condens7A, into twenty four 1 2mo. pages all the essentixl enactments of the Public H ea lth A ct o f 1848 , whicb, in Mr. Wall bridge's pamphlet, becomes, in consequence of being divested of the absurd verbiage under which the drawers-up of Acts of Parliament are wont to smother the meanin g of the Legislature, a really under standable production. We recommend this admirable resume to the study of all those who wish to really understand the meaning of one of the most important statutes that ever passed the British Legislature. I.d 21] or art. AA 111 1 0 43 lOC' • re e ll". toar kel feria i ids er e Bol e ' 0 t Wil t 6 tisines. f ogy. , a d ' b. Now' A doe 9Y 0 ron c i 2 l, l 2 I so 1 8 3 1 st j eke bi of °°3ll // 1 1 0 4 1 1, 00f: 50 15"931 6 0 40 o°4 o v 1,0 It li, 'rl 1 0 0•0 0 # • 0 00 00 0 1 J I A O, O I ° ,I I sll, i t, O ryo o , li t ) iiie 10 , 1 11° 0 1 01 O b i e otifil,lool 1 ) / 60 De lie C° E SPINE : its Curvatures and other Diseases , their Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure : to which are added some Remarks on Para' ysis. By Charles Verral; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Surgeon to the Hospital for the Cure of Distortions, Portland-road, Regent's park, and the Sea Bathinm infirmary at East-Bourne; Fellow of the Medical b Society of London; and late House- Surgeon to the Asylum for the 2 reatinent of Spinal Deformities. Churchill. Mr. Charles Verral has for many years devoted him self to the study of spinal complaints. His late father, "der whose superintendence he studied, was long considered by the profession as one of the highest authorities on these subjects ; and his inventions have l ong been admitted to be of the highest service in the ; li ra Of curvatures and of other deformities ; these in _e.ntions have b een p er f ec t e d by Mr. Charles Verral, with mode o f t rea t men t has for years past met the grea t es t success. Thi s vo l ume contains the re sults of his exper i ence an d o f th a t of his father in,these t eplaiuts and is, therefore, most valuable to the pro fession as the authentic record of an extended experience, Whilst from the easy and perspicuous style in which it ... Written,eats 0f and from the studious avoidance of that gr all humbugs, medical pedantry, it is well 1941 .,.., a Pted to th e perusa l o f' the non-professional reader , _7O cannot f a il t o un d ers t an d and to appreciate the triples, physiological and mechanical, on which 154_ , mode of " ° treatment adopted by Mr. C. Verra l aged. ALMANACS FOR 1852. THE FINE ARTS ALMANAC FOR 1852. "i B s the third annual impression of the " Fine Arts Almanac" is a great improvement upon its pre decessorsL; it now fully justifies its second title, take rank among the very first of the first-rate class a'nlanacs, 41m NELL'S PERFUMED ALMANAC FOR 1852. This is th e third year of the appearance of this exquisite bijou of an a l mana c, which is equal l y i l F r eeable to the sight and to the smell ; print ed on Zl7 , s moothest of satin, and, e xhaling the odours of ra PY the Ble s t, it i s a most appropriate cadeau to B ,:_`?, to a l a d y . Th e Al manac f o r 1852 of a into" ller size than its pr e d eces sor, so that it wil l fit a pocket-b oo k ; and, encouraged by the greatd demand, We percei ve th a t M r . Ritnuael has also 1- 'shed rain the price. "a BANKING AL M NAC AND DIREG. TORY FOR 1852. „" The Banking th e Banking Almanac for 1852" fully . maintains.. t o a high 3 character of its predecessor, and, in addition Inking Directory, contains a Parliamentary I) 4e t t ,_ ~0 0 ory and a Life Assurance Director. It should " t a nd in every counting-house in the kingdom. WE n — STER'S ROYAL RED BOOK. 1852. generally, thYblit Messrs. Kelly are to London life of .' a re Messrs. Webster to that prominent fraction. soe lt whi c h . 8 of Fore may 1 denominated fashionable life. What W e ver i nformation the denizen of Belgravia or of t e require concerning the whereabouts p er ) 7 (Allis social cotemporaries, or of that of . th e bajign Ambassadors or Consuls, or concerning b e rs, or army or navy agents, or hotels or clubs,. should find in " Webster's Royal Red Book," winch be the vade-mecum of every London Flaneur. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Ir. Ch arles Kean has done well to revive Th e i _un Chest. The character of Sir Edward Mortimer r ezactly suited to his peculiar powers ; it was as the i eEdward Mortimer that he first found favour in to Il e " a a London audience, and it still continues In ° ll ll . e of the greatest characters in his repertoir e. to is delineation of the haughty, proud aristocrat, fir' down beneath the weight of an unrevealed crime, b. ri4!Charles Kean's acting not unfrequently rises to su t. b iI TY• There is something terrific in those sudden out the th :sts and the flashing of his dark eye as wretched, shrinking Wilfred, produced an involun he fixed I. tar t' El shudder in those who witnessed it ; his make up ,so4l.dmirable, and, taken as a whole, his Sir Edward fe " t et Imer of last evening may be considered as a at the applaudedp . Performance. He was repeatedly the course of the evening, and was called b on en ;11'1.e? onclusion. The incidental music has _e ~ l'enTelnusly omitted ;it had nothing to do with the plot, actedd the piece to drag. Mr. J. F. Cathcart 4 the part of Wilfred with true artist-like feelio r g s. ; 4 11 1 4 ene of the most promising of our young t oi ler e Y, es Sampson, was deliciously quaint; fall Were Were well supported. The pantommito th e w l‘ ed, and was, as it deserved to be, the other applauded. n never It is quite a model pantomime ill .. r flags. The house was crowded in every part , OLYMPIC THEATRE tisu‘J,LAionday evening Miss Julia Glover, a d „ :.,..ter ..0f the late celebrated actress,modeh er des rineuut a lt the above theatre, as Fanny, in The Clan re grand- Poss e sage• Her appearance is remarkably p With e g , her deportment lady-like, and she reads Cl ew . a . e nse and feeling. Of course she is as yet den o s i.' lll _ that S tage P ublicl ic tact and confidence which are b s or n n , experience, and reiterated assurances 1 `OO-eu„l_TnanYulpathy ; but yet, though labouring on uprg:ti'r. under considerable trepidation, which the this audience de nbtl ic)us eterlin • Glover's proceedings of a Christmas holida in ffieieD.o3y. k iss e3s tended to increase, merits were apparent performance of a su tome w o rth re to justify the belief that she may .. b . - tingoiY) at no very distant period, of t he ulna ed appr o 6 w ieL aehable name she bears. In celebrating t he u Lord excellences of Mr. Farren's since e z l an 'ls all term s of eulogy have been long fame ” . ed ; b ot although we can add nothing 80n etnur " rare old man," the reputation of in ° l f all William h ' Wh ich is but in the bud, stands in to_ the s need w t e enenur uesto agement which criticism can ' 3 habl c i ; and we are therefore much gratified 11, on A uflt ; to t , record that his delineation of Lovewe ma. teri s i,, Y , ni ght, furnished evidence of his having and the in ju stlybeing gave a ve ry ' l e lProved in hit art. Mrs. Phillips ~n . .., II and intelligent version of Miss Stirling, itn_ Pantomime o f The aa Comedy was otherwise creditably pe rformed. become an Red Rufus bids fair to be th:eie_nse favourite's; every night since its produc tio n, is not hose has been crowded to su ff ocation. 1. st _Lo be wondered at when the great beauty of Pr zry, or the careful manner in which it has s dition f the to all col !" this, the is for one moment considered. In a Olympic boasts of one of the best c an Nof English dancers in the metropolis. N o thing b- e el eeed the gracefulness of Miss Lees, as C lum -4 Or the elegance of style and brilliancy of finish ° with tll o ch k iss Louise Coleman leads one of the prettiest at wk.otner polkas we have yet seen. The perfectio n_a_r tn u lnh both these young ladies have arrived bids fai r r cit . ed der i f ll io sike them especial favourites. The won elicited eli . performances of the Clown, Mr. E dwa rds, en. rapturous applause, and brought the tameleats to a jovial conclusion. sp- ORTING INTELLIGENCE. eI34cEsTTTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. 1 first CUP.-40 to 1 agst Black Doctor (r), 40 to a ltinEß leader (t), 45 nothing else backed. to 1 agst Nancy (t), 50 to 1 9),, I " (301 E Knoll (t), -rt nY.-1,000 to 45 agst Orelis (t). friends of Lord Palmerston are very indig are cuat his abrupt dismissal from office, and various rumours the Cabi h tl :ene as to the results it is likely to produce upon t ri no e L. It is understood that Lord Palmerston means o vd i the whole matter before Parliament, and some persons P r ofess to be we ll i n f orme d assert, th a t, to avoid such t:treward event, L or d J o h n R usse ll will resign previous of e co mmencement of the session. For ourselves,. weere to a dieerent opinion. We believe that Ministers wilt cling office until the latest possible moment numbered, it clear th at theNyk e days of the Government are and, t rever you go, that is the opinion of nine persons out of ell,,,hcn you meet.—Herald. F ORGERY ON THE YORKSHIRE BANK..--.. Theher_a,tand that several forged notes, purporting to be of this Try, were put in circulation in Leeds on Wednesday last. ro forged notes are dated at Doncaster, Dec. 4, 18 distinguish Ny. Cooper, and entered Robert Stockil, and are easily etc,tingoishable from the genuine ones, owing to defect in let tertir.aving the capital German text " the very first M the note, in which the lowest stroke of that letter, ha nd, the left h and side, and the uppermost on the right 2 i are omitted altogether. The numbers of such notes 6 e ve appeared are various, but are composed of the figures _Ar_r and ry.B, five figur es b e i ng used i n every i ns t ance .—Leed s RAILWAY ACCIDENT DURING THE FOG. an inquest was held by Mr. W. Baker, at the FATAL radoneAstreAr; Yesterday en-i Hospital, on the body of James Burnett, aged 24, an k; neer-stoker. The deceased was in the service of the Ih u or t ni n Counties Railway Company, and on Wednesday ~,,„*hinli n g ' w hile in charge of a train heavily laden with coals North _v_fre being conveyed front Blackwell basin to the ent station at Barking, the deceased stepped off the thn i ie n to the tender, when he by some means fell over very fogey, and when the train was stopped deceased was 4thiB:o4ect fearfully mutilated,the right leg being cut offnear g,,,e'swur, and the r i g h t arm fractured. There were twenty teased gg°ne, the whole of which passed over him. ezpi re4 o%as convey e d t o t h e London Hospital, where he tleath.., s hortly after his admission. Verdict—" Accidental oe% os# THE STTN, S ?MIT of the P11131.1C JOUP.NALS. FROM THE MORNOG PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TDIES.-1:. is surprising that a body of men so intelligent as that of whiLh on:. engineering trades are composed should form such a mistaken c stimate of things around them as to conceive that they are able to dictate the terms on which their labour should be employed. Their attempt is utterly hopeless. It may do serious injury to the manufacturers, ard will infallibly bring misery and ruin upon themselves ; but it most certainly can never abolish overtime or piecework, nor circumscribe the use of machinery. On the contrary, its immediate tendency will be to stimulate those very practices of which the workmen complain, and if the ultimate result be not the de struction of the trade altogether for the benefit of the foreigners, it must be something which would be little less detrimental to the interests of the opera tives. Let us suppose that a strike of this sort is re solutely carried out on both sides. The men cease working at a particular factory, and all other fac tories of the district, in self-defence, turn out their hands. Some thirty firms will thus have their business suspended, and some 30,000 mouths will be deprived of bread. What follows next ? Each party is endeavouring to force the others to terms , but what is the relative power of their resources ? The workmen can do literally nothing but what they have already done. Their means of action are con fined to simple inaction. They subsist fur a time upon funds which were provided, not against this con tingency, but against sickness or destitution, and when these funds are exhausted they must either starve, beg, seek some new trade, or return to their work on just such terms as the exasperated masters may offer. The manufacturers, on the other hand, are few in number, possessed of a large aggregate capital, and compelled by the instincts of self-preservation to be inflexible in their purpose. They may be ruined by the stoppage, but they know they must be ruined by con cessions which would destroy the independence of contract between the employers and the employed. As a mere question of endurance, it is certain they could outlast the men, for the damage to their business would be mitigated by a common understanding and forbearance. But, though the question is one of en durance simply with the men, it is not so with the manufacturers. The men can do nothing but sit idle and consume their savings, for they have only one capacity, and their plan consists in making this capacity unavailable. The masters, however, do a great deal more. Instead of sitting idle, they apply all the powers of experience, combination, and capital, both to modify their present difficulties and to provide against such emergencies in future. They first look about for fresh hands, and, if all the skilled workmen are included in the strike, they endeavour to create others. They take men from other trades, perhaps from other countries, and, by dint of pains and expense, they soon make them such workmen as they want. The conse quence of this proceeding is, that the number of skilled hands is largely increased, and all the evils of competition increased too. What the trades complain of at this very moment is the glut of labour, and this glut they will make heavier than before. Already the demand for labour is so much greater than the supply that it is described as a grievance when one workman, by means of over time or piece-work, gets more than his share; and what, then, is it likely to become when 50 or GO per cent. has been added to the number of opera tives in the trade ? This was the very fault com mitted by the engine-drivers on railways. They presumed ou the rarity of their skill and on the small number of procurable hands. They reckoned, therefore, on coercing t heir em p lo y ers by a general "strike," but the end was that recruits were picked up from all quarters, and drilled to the trade, so that by and by the employers of engine-drivers had just twice as many men to choose from as before. But this is not all. When manufacturers are thus left in the lurch by their men, they become naturally eager to provide against such desertions for the future ; and they turn to machinery. Machines will work day and night without tiring or complaining. Machines never "strike," and neve r refuse to perform their duty. Already a vast amount of manual labour has been superseded by machinery, and what if the system could be carried further ? How convenient would it be if everything could be done by these arms of iron, and the troublesome element of humanity reduced to a mere nominal figure! These are the natural re flections of manufacturers at a " strike," and what is the consequence? Why, all the resources of capital, patience, and ingenuity, are employed to devise some new machinery ; some instrument which will do the work of fifty hands with the supervision of one. The machinery of our office—that machinery which in its effects has been little less than second discovery enof th e art of printing—originated ain the impulse giv to science and enterprise by the unreasoning combi nations of artisans. Already the amalgamated trades are conaplaining of the use of machines, which dis pense with the employment of skilled hands, and yet they have entertained a project which must infallibly set people thinking how skilled hands may be dis pensed with esides, still further. Is not this a sheer act of s uicide ? B apa rt from all these improbabili ties of success, cannot the workmen see that success would only prove their own destruction? Suppose they won the power of dictating, or, at any rate, of control ling the scale of wages by considerations totally dis tinct from the state of the labour-market, the condition of trade, and the returns of the commodity produced —suppose not only the day's wage, but the amount and quality of the work to be performed, were regu lated by a council of workmen, without any respect to the profits accruing from the transactio li n— tohwhat wo uld be the res ult ? This appears, in reaty, e the society's " executive," and what conse q uences are to follow ? Do not the workmen see that the whole case of their employment is a bargain ; that is to say, an arrangement to which there are two parties, and that, without employment arties no bargain can be made and no occur? The ultimate ob ject, we will say, is the production of a certain article in iron, which is to be sold at a rate producing profit, and it is a portion of this profit which constitutes the workman's w age. Without profits there can be DO wages, for there is no other source from which wages are to come. If, therefore, such steps are taken as will destroy profits, or sensibly reduce them, or render it an impossibility to calculate on either profit or loss, ther o e will be no inducement to the bargain, and n person will invest his capital in the employment of machinists or engineers. The workmen seem to imagine that there must always be persons impelled to employ ironsmiths by considerations like those which compel ironsmiths to seek employment. But this is not the case. If ironsmiths could succeed in conquering ironmasters, the result would be, not that i ron smiths would get their own terms, but that iron smiths would never be employed at all. Unless all the artisans of all countries of the world entered into a " solidarity," we should be supplied with manu factures from that State where masters and men were allowed to make their contracts independently. We have discussed this question on abstract grounds, be cause, in point of fact, the particular points now con tested are but of secondary importance. As a matter of opinion, we do not think that overtime and piecework have been shown to cons titute such grievances a s Mr. W. Newton wou ld make out, and we regre t to sa y that we ob serve strong reasons for believing that these demands a re only the forerun ners of a p ure Socialist code. But, w hether the "Coun cil " means right or wrong, it is plain that the masters could not yield without permit ting an entire s ocial revolution. Concession would transfer to the employed a power which the nature of things lodges on the employers, and this change would of itself destroy a ll the considerations by which capital i s a ttracted to t r ade. The alternative may occasionally be hard for the men, but it is unavoidable. They must rely for the security of their fair rights on the interest of the masters to keep things smooth, and on the opera tion of that opinion which does not tolerate any reme diable wrong. In this position they would have the sympathies of the public, but their present attempt suggests nothing but indignation against the dupers and pity for the dupes. POST.—We do not wonder that a morning con temporary, through whose columns the coup di ad in Lord John Russell's Cabinet, and the grounds on which it had been struck, were exclusively and officially pro claimed to the world, has already manifested an eager anxiety that his readers should forget all he was ins strutted dteor considered y on Wednesday last. He would now as a recorder of events—" a tell H er of the history of the times in his own way." e will enter into n o "disputation"—none ! If reasons were as plenty as bl a ckberries, he would not render one to any antagonist so superfluous as to demand it. The public must decide; and if the public will only be sensible enough to be guided by him, it shall be saved the trouble of thinking, and an exceedingly pretty judgment on the case shall be pronounced in its name—and so, n o more ado. It is a pity that our wise contemporary should already have deviated so far from_ the course which he thus complacently prescribes to himself. Had he simply " told the history of the times," without de bate or controversy about the matter, his chapter of (what he admits to have been) the coup d' itat, would, setting forth as it did the Ministerial act and the Ministerial explanation, would have been followed by "the most correct, and independent judgm ent which he could form upon the proceedings of the Cabinet, and there an end. " Others," no doubt, might have " disputed " his conclusions, and time might have " disproved " the m ; but what then—if " others " and "time" were so unreasonable as to decide against him—as the philosopher said-30 much the w orse for " others " and for "time." But then, to give a story exactly as it happens, and to leave the heroes of it to speck for themselves, without any subsequent alterations, would by no means be " telling history in our contemporary's own way." The Ministers who chose him for their organ TJIE INQUEST. The inquest upon the,_body of Mrs. Barnes took place yesterday (Tuesday), at the New inn, Belper. The evidence given was substantially in accordance with the facts published by us yesterday. The inquiry was adjourned over till this morning. FORGERIES ON THE YORKSHIRE BANKING COMPANY. LEEDS, DEC. 30.—An extensive forgery has just been brought to light in this locality. From what has transpired within the last few days it is evident that forged notes of the Yorkshire Banking Company (which has branches in most of the large towns of Yorkshire) have been rather extensively circulated. Last Friday two men, named Jones and Jackson, were committed for trial from Bradford on fiveesepa rate charges of having uttered these notes, and in all, so far as can be ascertained, twenty 51. notes have been passed in that town alone. On Saturday last Inspector Granham, of the Leeds police, having obtained information as to other par ties supposed to have paid forged notes at Leeds, proceeded to Sheffield, and in a public-house there apprehended three men, one of whom was identified by two Leeds tradesmen (who accompanied him), as the man who had paid them each a 51. forged note on Christmas Eve. On the same evening a great number of other forged notes were also paid in Leeds. The three men apprehended are named James Ellis, Edward Marshall, and John Green. They were brought to Leeds yesterday (Monday), and underwent a long examination before Ralph Markland, Esq., and C. E Macleod, Esq., two borough magistrates. Mr. Eddison, solicitor, of Leeds, appeared to pro secute, and Mr. Wainwright, solicitor, of Wakefield, for the prisoners. Mr. Inspector Granham produced a large quantity of tea, some silk handkerchiefs, and other articles, which had been found on Sunday in a house in.York street, Leeds, and these articles are what appear to have been purchased by the parties who paid the forged notes in Leeds on Christmas Eve. As far as has been ascertained, all the notes paid in Leeds were passed off on the same evening (namely, on the 24th inst.), and almost at the same time. Not more than two hours seemed to have elapsed between the first payment and the last, though they were made in different parts of the town. The evidence produced went to show that on the evening named Mr. William Malkin, a grocer, in Boar-lane, received a forged 51. note in payment for half a pound of tea and two ounces of tobacco, the value of which together was 2s. hid., and he iden tified the prisoner James Ellis as the man who paid him the note. Mr. John Birdsell, a grocer, at Timble Bridge, re ceived a similar note in payment for some tea and coffee, amounting to 3s. 61, and he identified the prisoner Marshall as the man who paid him it. Mr. Samuel Firth, draper, Marsh-lane, identified the prisoner Ellis as the man who paid him a similar forged note (purporting, like the others, to be of the Doncaster branch), in payment for a black silk hand kerchief, the price of which was 4s. 61 Mr. James Winpenny, grocer, of Timble Bridge, stated that on the same evening he also received a similar note from the prisoner Ellis, in payment for half a pound of tea. Mr. William Hill, draper, Kirkgate, indentified Marshall as the man who paid him a similar note likewise on the same evening in payment for a silk handkerchief and muffler, value Bs. GI Mrs. Mary Greenwood, of Hanslet-lane, grocer ; Mr. Ifenry Exley, grocer, Marsh-lane ; Mr. Peter Whitelock, goocer, Upper Head-row, each produced forged 51. notes of the same bank, which they had received the same evening in payment of small sums of 2e. and 3s. each ; but though they spoke to Ellis and Marshall as like the men who paid them, they could not speak positively to their identity. The prisoner Ellis was also sworn to as having paid another forged Si. note to Hr. R. Glover, of the Wel lington Hotel, in payment for a glass of grog. Ann Hickman, the person in whose house the pro perty bought was found, and who is also the mother in-law of the prisoner Ellis, stated that she never saw the prisoner at her house, and that the articles found there, and produced by Inspector Gran ham, had been left with her daughter, when she was out. Avarilla Hickman, daughter of the previous witness, said that the goods were left on Christmas Eve in a box, by a man who wore a drab top coat, but who was stouter than any of the prisoners; that she never saw the prisoner Ellis at her mother's house on that night ; that the man who left the goods said his name was Ellis, and that she had told the inspector of police so. Mr. W. Cooper, manager of the Doncaster branch of the Yorkshire Bank, said he had examined all the notes produced (nine in number), and he pronounced them to be forgeries. The signatures to the notes had bee❑ lithographed and then inked over. The general appearance of the notes very much resembled the genuine ones, but there were some important defects in the German text " Y," in " Yorkshire," and the plate from which the forged notes had been taken was also more than a quarter of an inch shorter than the plate from which the genuine notes were obtained. This being all the evidence at present, Ellis and Marshall were committed for trial at the next York assizes; and Green was remanded to Thursday, when it is expected evidence against him will also be pro duced. FATAL ACCIDENT Fsolll A GUN.-011 Friday Mr. Joseph Bentall, of the Green Shutter farm, Prittlewell, took his gun, a double-barrelled one, and his dog, stating he should go into the fields, look for a hare, and return about four o'clock. Not returning at the time, the workmen of the farm searched the fields. About nine o'clock deceased was found lying on his face, in a field near his brother's house, with a handkerchief round his head. Life was extinct. It v, as discovered that the skull was fractured, and part blown away, evidently from the discharge of a gun, which ap peared not to have taken instantaneous fatal effect, as the deceased had taken off his neckerchief and bound it tightly round his head, to stop the hemorrhage, and had put on his pocket-handkerchief also. This was done in a rough man ner, as if his strength was failing. Deceased had proceeded about 80 yards towards his brother's house from the spot where the accident appeared to have happened before he fell, and hai passed through a small pond, leaving marks of blood, where he had evidently struggled to get out on the other aide. It is thought he had shot a hare, one being found in his pocket, and while reloading his gun the other barrel went off. his dog was found lying beside Essex Herald. MONMOUTHSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSUIRE BANK ING ComPaNy.—A petition has been presented to the Court of Chancery praying that the winding-up of the affairs of this bank, which lately failed, may be referred for settlement to the Commissioners o-t the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy, notwithstanding that the Act of Parliament for winding-up joint stock companies provides that these Matters, which involve numerous nice que,,tions in law and equity, shall - be referred exclusively to the Masters in Chan cery. The principal reason alleged for the proposed refe rrnce is on the ground of convenience to the parties locally interested, for which purpose, under the Act, a Master Ex. traordiaary in Chancery may be appointed. COITIRT WINDSOR, Drc• 30. The Queen walked in the Homt-pftik and Slopes this morning. The Prince of Waics, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal family, took their usulll pony and walking exercise. His Royal Highae,ss Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, accompanied by Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Baron Bentinck, and Lord Cowley. Ccl. Bouverie attended on Prince Albert, and Baron Hade ln on Prince Nicholas of Nassau. At the Royal table last evening at the Castle were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Baron Bentinck, Lord and Lady Cowley, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Baron Hsdeln, and Baron Roggenback. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner and played the following selection : Overture, " Belisario" Waltz, "Die Industriellcn" Srlection from " Cenerentola" Carnival de Venise Paganini. Erinnerung an Lucille Grahn, polka Her ILjesty's private bind afterwards attended and pe-rformed— The Overture " Zerline" Finale, ht Act " Euryanthe" Chwur et March du Bwuf Apia " L'lu fant Prodigue" . Dame Bohemienne ....... Auber. ... Earl Granville, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Poreign Affairs, held a diplomatic levee at four o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The reception was attended by the Ambassador of France (Count Walewski), the Ministers of Belgium (M. Van da Weyer), Buenos Ayres (M. Moreno), Bavaria (Baron de Cetto), Russia (Baron Brunnow), Prussia (Chevalier Bunsen), Sweden and Norway (Baron de Rebausen), United States of America (Mr. Abbott Lawrence), Greece (M. Tricoupi), Turkey (M. Musurus), Austria (Count Buol), Portugal (Count de Lavradio), Brazils (Chevalier de Macedo), Naples and the Two Sicilies (Prince Carini), Persia (Sheffee Khan) ; and by the Charges d'Affaires of Peru (M. -Rivero), Danmark (M. de Bielke), Spain (M. Comyn), Sardinia (the Marquis Oldoini), Guatemala and Costa Rica (M. Wallerstein and Colonel Facio). Their Excellencies appeared in their respective diplomatic costumes, and such as are members of Orders of Knighthood wore their respective insignia. The reception was concluded at half. past five o'clock. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Yesterday the ordinary annual meeting of this so ciety was held at the London Tavern, when a report from the directors was read to the members. The re port stated that the office was in a very satisfactory position, the amount of the sums assured during the year ending 30th September, 1851, amounting to 178,037/. 10s. 5d., showing an increase upon the year 1850 of 19,221/. 163. sd. The amount of the claims by deaths during the year 1850 was 11,304/. 73. 7d.; whereas during the past year they only amounted to 4,694/. 135,, showing a diminution in favour of 1851 of the sum of 6,6091. 14s. 7d. The report of the di rectors was received and adopted, and the business terminated. In the evening the anniversary of the establishment of the society was celebrated by a dinner at the same place, which was presided over by Mr. Robert %YR coxon, and attended by the directors, the principal officers, and a considerable number of the friends of the institution. After the customary loyal and patriotic toasts had been duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the National Mercantile Assurance Society." He said that, as chairman of the Life Board, he should confine his observations to that department of the business with which he was con nected. That company was established in 1838, by a few noble-minded commercial travellers, who thought it most desirable that an assurance office should be set o❑ foot, to which their own class could particularly resort. During the past year the losses sustained by the company amounted to a sum under 5,000/. ; and their income had considerably increased. The whole of the losses of the society, since its establishment in 1838 up to the present time, by the decease of mem bers, amounted only to the sum of 48,0001., and their present annual income amounted to upwards of 42,0001.—a sum of itself nearly sufficient to pay the whole of the claims on account of deaths which had arisen since the commencement of their office.— (Hear, hear.) Independent of that, the amount which had accrued to the company, through the lapse of policies which unfortunate members had not been able to continue, was highly satisfactory. The flourishing position of the office was in a great measure attributable to the care and prudence exercised both by the medical officers and by the directors of the institution in the selection of sound lives. The present year had been one of great change to the office. Since the Ist of January, 1851, the nature and composition of the company had been altogether altered. They had thrown off the trammels of a proprietary and be come a mutual life assurance office—(Hear, hear) — and he thought they would admit that that was a step in the right direction. Since the establishment of the office the directors had not litigated a single claim, but had met every liability cheerfully and promptly, and he trusted they would long continue to do the same. It depended upon the body of commercial travellers of England to make their own property treble its present value, and by their influence and their zeal the National Mercantile Assurance Society might soon be made one of the most useful, as well as most successful assurance offices in the kingdom. Mr. TEAPE (one of the members of the Fire Board) said that, although his branch of the office was only now in its infancy, it was steadily progress ing in importance; and it was in the power of the commercial travellers to place the fire business in an equal position with the life department. He con cluded by proposing " The health of the body of com mercial travellers." Mr. CARTER briefly returned thanks ; after which Mr. LawsoN gave "The health of Mr. Robert Wilcoxon," the chairman, on whom he passed a high eulogium for his valuable services to the company. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the toast, and pro posed the like compliment to Mr. Jenkin Jones, the secretary. Mr. JONES; in returning thanks, alluded to the re mark of the chairman as to the number of lapsed policies. It was true that these contingencies were very profitable to a proprietary office; but he con sidered that the object of a mutual office should be to render every man's policy, no matter what his cir cumstances might be, of the greatest possible value to him ; and if he should be unable. through misfortune, to keep up his payments, he should not be compelled to forfeit all his interest in the institution on that account. Various other toasts of a complimentary character followed, including " The healths of the Directors," " The Local Agents," and " The Medical Officers," and the company separated at an early hour, having spent a very harmonious and convivial evening. COLLISION.—THE BLENHEIM AND TRAFALGAR STICAMERS.—About the time of high water—half-past twelve o'clock on Thursday a serious collision took place, at the entrance of the Clarence Dock, between the City of Dublin steamer Trafalgar and the Belfast Company's steamer Blen heim. Thh Trafalgar was engaged in warping into the Clarence Dock Basin, being properly secured by the usual cable, guide rope, &c., when, as she was half round the north corner of the gate, the Blenheim was observed approaching the Clarence Dock along the walls of the Stanley and Col lingwood. From some cause which remains to be explained, she was not able to slacken her speed in time, or to steer wide of the Trafalgar, and she struck that vessel violently in the quarter with her paddle-box, staving in her stem lights, knocking down her wheel, and seriously injuring other of her upper work—however, as thus far ascertained, doing no injury below. So violent was the shock that the cable—a nine• inch one—upon which the Trafalgar was twisting in, was broken, and the vessel impelled against the south wall of the dock entrance, seriously damaging her head and cut water. The injury done to the Trafalgar will, we learn, cost at least a couple of hundred pounds, with a fortnight or three weeks' detention in port to repair, in all from 3001. to 5001. The Blenheim is herself much injured, having her paddle-wheel destroyed, and her steering gear displaced.— Liverpool Times. THE RAWMARSH COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—The ad journed inquest was resumed yesterday. The important feature in the proceedings was the examination of the Go vernment inspector, whose opinion appeared to be that, as some short time before the accident there had been a fall of coal in the mine, a quantity of gas had been liberated, and that coming in contact with one of the lighted candles used by the men it had exploded. The inquiry had not terminated when our account was sent of E. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR WIGAN. The adjourned inquest was resumed yesterday at Hindly. The Government inspector gave his opinion as to the state of the mine, and the inquiry, which seemed likely to be protracted to a late hour, was proceeding when our report left. ANTI-TEETOTAL ROOKS.—SoPIie time ago, in con sequence of being too much protected in this district, while they were severely dealt with elsewhere, the rooks became so numerous amongst us, and so destructive to all manner of crops, that the pest was intolerable. In Annandale espe cially the mischief done was enormous. A poor hind went out one morning, and found his young potato crop completely gone; he returned to his cottage, and sat down and cried in vexation. How to abate the nuisance became a serious ques tion. One yeoman steeped barley in whisky, and scattered it in one of their places of resort, and then sallied out with a nung to do for the tipsy vermin. A lot of ten or a dozen of them were sitting, as glorious as a circle of bailie3 at a cor poration dinner, nodding to ore another with such antics, and tumbling over so fantastically, that our stout-hearted friend became too generous to take advantage of the drunken squad; and so he let them go," rogues in grain" though they were.—Dunfries Herald. GAME OF CHESS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND BEL GIUM.—BRUSSELS, DEC. 28._ This game, which has excited so much interest an d atteution has been gained by the Bri tikh champion, Si r John Deaco'n, who beat his adversary, M. Michaels, the Belgian champion, by 7 to 3. - Journal du Commerce d'Anvers, Dec. 29. LONDON, on Wednesday last required him, indeed, to play the exact notes set down for him. It was a painful task, but ha must submit. He gave, eccordingly; " for that time only," the whole pike as it was composed, without omitting a semieone in the production. It was a sad failure. Universal astonishment and dis approbation were expressed with a most disagreeable emphasis. But the artist was nothing disheartened. He set to work with his own variations, and so changed both the theme and the expression that the authors themselves would never have recognised their own work. To leave the figure of speech, our contemporary, not satisfied with the reasons which the Cabinet had assigned for their own coup itat (and, south to say, his dissatisfaction was not without sense and judgment), proceeded, in his zeal, to coin new ones of his own, which might have been somewhat plausible had they not been flatly contradicted by well known and simultaneous facts, and, above all, by the authorised statement itself, in defence of which he affected to adduce them. Almost the entire press repudiated his invention as irrelevant. The " history" was discussed as it was given, and his interpolations and additions were pointed out by our selves and others, only as being untrue, and so, as having nothing to do with the qua-stion. It was quite unnecessary to enter into any controversy upon the subject, or subjects, of the numerous, and varied, and incongruous allegations with which we have been favoured from day to day, as each furnishing the reason why her Majesty's Ministers deemed it prudent to " endanger the foreign inte rests of the nation at a time so unusually critical." Those allegations were not only not hinted at in the official, explanation, but they were directly in contradiction to every word of it. If Lord Palmerston was " sacrificed " (yes, " sacrifice" is the word), as the announcement of Wednesday told us, to please the " elder statesmen of Europe," who, it seems, had signified that they regarded Lord Pal merston with " a degree of distrust and hostility," because he would not be their " ally " and their " friend," surely that same "sacrifice" would not be made, because the noble Viscount did not " suspend diplomatic relations" with the Government of a neighbouring country, which had not offended us. Oae reason might have been as absurd, though not so un-English as the other. But when both are given out, the one on official, the other avowedly on news paper authority, we may be excused if we believe that assigned by the Ministers for their own conduct as being the true one. Now, this is all that we have done. We have not at all troubled ourselves or our readers with the lucu brations of our contemporary on their own merits. We have been at pains simply to disembarrass the great question under - public consideration of their en cumbrance. We have held up, and we shall continue to hold up, to the indignant reprobation of all loyal men, the monstrous fact, plainly stated in the offi cially authorised announcement of Wednesday last, that foreign Ministers—" the elder statemen of Eu- rope," had been permitted to dictate to the Crown of England the " sacrifice" of its ablest responsible adviser. Upon this point we join issue—not with a newspaper, but with the Government, who must answer to Parliament and to the public for having be smirched the honour of their country with so foul a stain. We are not surprised that our con temporary is ashamed of his case, and throws up his brief. It is nothing wonderful that he would like to " tell the history in his own way," or to abandon the task of telling it altogether. But the public is interested in having the truth kept before them ; and for our own part, we shall not be deterred from pre serving it intact, notwithstanding the efforts of the most accomplished " story-teller" going. But there is something of the sublime in the bold and daring made of " story- telling" which our morning contem porary so happily describes as " his own way." He pursues his thundering career over prostrate consis tency, logic, and fact, in a style which mingles something of amusement, and even of admiration, with our regret for the havoc he spreads around him. He cares nothing for the destruction of his own case, or that of his client—if he can but make noish enough to sustain his reputation as a thunderer, it matters nothing to him if his " f ffect" of the day be produced by a " thundering " fact or a " thundering" fiction. The public know " his way," and he does little harm by all the marvellous " histories" which he exemplifies it by telling. But this species of excellence cannot be successfully imi- tated. Our evening contemporary, the Globe, should by all means eschew it. instead of admiration, his laborious efforts produce laughter only, and, in this case, contempt to boot. He too, forsooth, would smite with his tiny curse the lofty name of which Sir Robert Peel, in the last words he addressed to Parlia ment, said our " country was proud." But a few days age, and none so forward as this same Globe to applaud, with what force he might, the statesman and the policy he now decries ; so much, in his judg ment, is the difference between out and in. He may shift his opinion and welcome. He may set his little sail to catch what :breeze he will,—but for his own sake alone—he can injure no one else—he should have avoided the rock on which he last night reduced his poor craft to an unseemly and unpitied wreck. And the Globe has discovered that the " course which England has to steer, neither identifying her self with the policy of compression" (what, in heaven's name, is that ?) " nor the politics of despair, is quite difficult enough, without being rendered im• possible by being mixed up with personal tempers, and one-sided views of a many-sided situation." He thinks, too, that it is "in the highest degree perilous to engage this country in any course of p o li c y incon sistent with the national sentiment." But, he re gards " as a despicable and detestable artifice all one sided appeals ; and of such appeals he foresees plenty till Parliament open, in the style of this morning's Post." Now, whose is "the personal temper," and whose "the one-sided views," that before the retire ment of Lord Palmerston, endangered the course of England through the troubled seas over which, with Globular taste, she is represented as sailing ? And whose-soever they were, how does the " sacrifice" of that statesman get rid of them ? The Globe cannot answer this without wriing tin indelible characters his own still deepening disgrace. He may rely upon it that until and after " Parliament meets" we shall continue to keep fixed before the public mind ithe real questions on which its great decision shall from time to time be demanded, and the principle involved in the unexampled pro ceedings which have led to Lord Palmer ston's retirement will, by the national sentiment of which he speaks, be stamped with the enduring in famy of which lie seems willing to earn his share. For the extract from the Breslau Gazette, on which the Globe exhausts his curious little stock of philo logy—does he really believe that the journal named is published in English? and if not, is he so ignorant as not to perceive that the phrase on which he comments is a fair reading of the original meaning ? But that the " words were " written in Vienna, on the 23d inst."—the authentic correspondence of Havas will satisfy him—and, this fact established, the case is completed. For how was Lord Palmerston's " sacrifice" so surely known in the Austrian capital on the 234, when it was pub lished in London only on the 24th, and had actually , taken place on the 22d instant. The perfect accor danceno w e e n e t n r t a h p e h acc a u n ry and the the article Ministerial un in the Times , ev en could its official character be d o ubted. All about " Gr e y cons p iracies" and s p ecial domestic " intrigue s" are mere inventions of the anbceetmestthaeblpisahraesg Globe. We repeat o nce more, that we have made charges against no o ne in this business. We have taken the case as the Ministry itself has stated it. It needs no addition to rec ommend it to the scorn and indignation of every true hearted Englishman, be his politics what they may. IRISH SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. The success attendant on the establishment of the submarine telegraph between England and France, has induced the projection, by parties in connexion with the Electric Telegraph Company, whose wires were lately extended to the port of Hol y head, of a similar chord of communication between England and Ireland. The parties propose to carry it out by sinking in the first instance a four-wire cable, the manufacture of which has been commenced, on a somewhat similar, though said to be improved, principle to that already down be tween Dover and Calais. Two of these wires are to be for the exclusive use of Government, and two for com mercial and general purposes. The distance between Molyhead and Kingstown, at which latter pleoe the wires will connect with those on the Great Southern and Western Railway at Dublin, Cork, and Galway, will require upwards of sixty miles of cable, or three times the extent of that between Dover and Calais. By this means, when eff-cted, the communication between Eng land and Ireland will, like that between London and Paris, be almost instantaneous, the communication across the channel now occupying several hours by the fastest strainers, which, with their mails, in rcugh weather are oftentimes detained. The proposed establishment of steam-packets between Galway and New York will greatly facilitate the transmission of American news by this agency, as compared with the route by Liverpool. There is very little doubt but that when the wires are laid down Englishmen and Irishmen will be able to hold constant communication across the channel, by the pay ment of ls. or 6d. per message. WEST WHEAL JEWEL MINING Ar3SOCIATION.— A special general meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held yesterday, at their offices, Old Broad-street, at which the resolution of the Bth December, for the dissolu tion of the company, was confirmed; and it was also re solved that the directors do forthwith proceed to sell and convert the property of the company into money; and that such sum as shall not be required to meet the existing con tingencies be divided amongst the shareholders rateably, ac cording to the number of their shares. DEATH 'OF SIR EDWARD DOLMAN SCOTT, BART. —This lion. Baronet expired on Saturday last, at Great Barr Hal Staffordshire, in his sSth year. He was the son of the first baronet, by the daughter and heiress of Edward Whitby, Esq., and married in 1815 the daughter of the late Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart. Sir Edward is succeeded in the baronetage by his eldest 8011, Sir Francis Edward Scott, born in 1824. WEDNESDAY EVENING, TILE BELPER IVILTEMEIt APPREFIENSIO OF tHE CULPRIT. BFLPER, TUFSDAY MORNlNG.—lumiediately after oue report left Belper last evening, the murderer, Turner, wee captured near to his own house. The following are the particulars :—A young man named George Jackson, who lives in Belper-lane, about a quarter of a mile from Turner's house, met the latter as he was coming in the direction of Wirksworth, about half-past seven in the evening. He felt confi dent it was Turner, and he walked briskly up to him. Upon seeing bim do so, Turner got on the shady side of the road, so; as to be out of the reflection of the moon, which was shining very bright at the time. Jackson wished Turner "good night," as he sus pected he was the man. Turner made no reply, but went on as fast as he could, and on arriving at the end of the lane, he jumped over a high wall, and ran across the fields. Jackson then hastened to a public-house near at hand, called " The Owl Inn," which is kept by a man named \Vinson, and told the inmates that he had seen Turner. Jackson then hastened on to Belper, and Celled et the lock-up; but Superintendent Wregg was not at home. He then went on to the town office, where he arrived about five minutes past eight. From there ho went to Mr. Sims, Tiger-inn, Belp er, whet ehe found th e B e lp er constables. He told them what he had seen, end the pursuit was planned. Wragg and S. Taylor, two of them, went up Bel per-lane towards Turner's house. When they arrived near to Turner's house in Line-end they met a young man named Watson, who told them that Turner had taken refuge in his mother's house close by, and they were afraid of harbouring him. The two constables went into the house together, and on seeing them Turner retreated up stairs, and made an attempt on his life by cutting his throat with a common table knife, but the wound was a very slight one, a ccnstable having struck him a blow on the arm before he had time to do himself much injury. He was immediately se cured, and Mr. Fyn], magistrates' clerk, just then coming up in a light cart, he was put into it and con veyed to Belper lock-up, where be arrived at ten o'clock, an immense mob being there to witness his arrival. The populace yelled and shouted until he had reached the interior of the building. Two of the Belper constables remained with him about two hours, and a third one stopped with him all night. He was very talkative. Our reporter learnt that since the murder was committed, Turner has said he is not sorry for what he did, only he thinks it will be such a shock and disgrace to his wife and adopted child for him to be publicly executed. He would not have done it if Mrs. Barnes had not given him the dis charge from collecting the rents, on Saturday last. On being conveyed to the lock- up on Monday night, he met a man who has succeeded him as collector of rents, and he is stated to have said to him, "If I had met you, I should have murdered you. I am an honester man than you, though a murderer." We un derstand he expressed himself pleased that he did not kill Mr. Bannister. He was very tired when cap tured, and had evidently walked a number of miles ; he was perfectly calm and collected after his arrest. DECEMBER 31, 1851. TRIAL TRIP of the CLARENCE STEAMER. (From the Liverpool Standard ci yesterday.) Yesterday we had the pleasure of witnesing the trial trip of a new steamer of 380 tons burden, the Clarence, built by by Ir. Laird, for the Clarence River Company of Australia, of which Mr. Lambert —a gentleman extensively connected with the General Se.rew Steam-ship Company—is the agent in this town, which is intended to ply in the coasting trade, with passengers and produce, wool, &c., between the Clarence River and Sydney. For this trade the great requireme nts were a light draught of water, strength, and currying powers—speed not being so much regarded. Yet Mr. Laird has not only supplied the former in his model, but has furnished at the same time a vessel which, as tested yesterday, com bines very great speed with her other indispensable qualities. The Clarence is an iron ship, fttrongly built, with a good breadth of beam, as may be in ferred from what we have already said as to carrying capabilities being a leading desideratum. She has a poop deck, and very neat cabin arrangements, both fore and ofr, capable of accommodating about forty passengers, and leaving ample room for stowage of cargo. Her precise dimensions are as follow :-- Length ••• ••• 150 feet. Beam ••• ••• 23 feet. Tonnage... 380 tons old measurement. She is calculated to curry about 250 tons of measure , ment goods ; and, with her coals, engine, and cargo, to draw from 7 to 71 feet. Her coals, which we have stated at 90 tons in her engine-room, it is estimated will carry her 2,000 miles. Her require ments however in her regular trade, when she reaches her destination in Australia, will only be for about 800 miles, thus leaving an ample allowance for bad weather, and the inferior quality of coal which she will have to use. In making this estimate of her consumption of coal which, as experienced yesterday, is only about nine cwt. an hour, which will appear a small consumption to those who are acquainted with steam navigation, it is proper to inform our readers that the Clarence yesterday consumed a description of coal from the Coed Talon Mine, in North Wales, which is only beginning to be introduced to this lo cality. This coal is supplied from the Coed Talon and Leesewood collieries, near Mold, North Wales, which extend over 1,200 acres, and were opened about 30 years ago. They form part of the Flintshire coal field, the main seam of which is nine feet thick, and surrounded by 50 other beds of coal and form of iron stone. The Coed Talon coal, from its flaky texture, speedily disintegrates into flat masses, burning with little intumescence, and scarcely any tendency to ag glatination. This property allows a free passage to the air, favours rapid combustion, and causes the exhibition of an exceedingly brilliant light. Its prompt and rapid action adapts it in a remarkable manner for the consumption of steam-vessels, while its great size and strength render it peculiarly suit able for bearing transportation, and resisting the effects of a warm moist temperature. It tells to great advantage in tubular boilers, keeping the tubes very clean and free from soot. Besides being on the list of coals taken by the British Admiralty for the use of the Government steamers, it is included in the Hon. East India Company's contracts, and used extensively by the American steamers running between New York and Chagres, by the Austrian Lloyds', the Brazilian, and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Companies, all of whom speak highly of its qualities for steam purposes. The collieries are about 30 miles from Birkenhead, the port of shipment, and the coal is delivered in railway waggons direct from the pit's mouth, thus avoiding all breakage and loss of weight from change of carriage. On a previous trial trip of this steamer, of five hours' sailing, with the same coal, not a particle of clinker was found to adhere to the bars, and, on this occasion, they were observed to be perfectly clean. The engines have been put hi by Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, of this town, and do high credit to those well-known makers. In fact, they have on this oc casion surpassed all their previous efforts, and pro duced a model, which, we trust, will attract to Liver pool once more a trade which, a while ago, we thought with others was deserting us. They are side lever engines with tubular boilers. The cylinders are 42 inches in diameter. The stroke is 4 feet 6; and new, and, of course, stiff as the machinery is, they attained during the trip yesterday a speed of 25 storkes per minute, which, it is expected, will reach 28 strokes, as the vessel had steam to spare during the whole of the time, and worked most of it with the furnace doors only half closed. Her wheel is 19 feet in diameter ; and she carries 90 tons of coal in the engine -room. The nominal power of the two engines is 120 horse ; and, with water in the boilers, their weight does not exceed 15 cwt. per horse power. This is attributable to the mode of fixing, which can only be adopted in iron built vessels. The working parts are of wrought iron ; they are bedded upon the iron kelsall of the ship, and the frames built in upon the iron beams of the ship, thus saving all necessity of stays, and at the same time, from the rigidity of the beams to which they are atts,ched, producing less vibration than we ever experienchd in any other steamer. In appearance below the engines resemble more the skeleton movements of a watch, as compared with one of the old cumbrous construction, than anything else we can liken them to. The vacuum of the condenser is from 27i to 28 inches. The Clarence started on her trial trip from her moorings in the Sloyne about 10.30, and proceeded down the river, part of the time at half-speed, to the Rock Lighthouse, which we passed at 56 minutes past 10. From this point her time was as follows : h. in. Crosby Lightship ll 21 Formby Lightship Bell Buoy ll 56 makings distance a nine knots and two-thirds in an hour, with an adverse tide of a knot and a half part of the trip, equal to a performance of 124- to 13 miles an hour. From the Bell-buoy she steamed to the north• west lightship, three and three-quarter knots in 20 minutes. The course was gone back again in about the same time • and again to the lightship in a little under 20 minutes, making the mean speed upon the three trips of 13 miles per hour. It must be taken into consideration that the vessel, whilst achieving so gratifying a result to both her owners, her builders, and the constructors of her engines, was not at all in the state in which she is intended to sail when ar rived at her destined location, being at present heavily sparred for the voyage out, the greater part of which she will have to make under sail. One of the most gratifying characteristics of the Clarence we observed during this trial trip. Although, as we have already observed, built with an eye to strength, light draft of water, and carrying powers, her lines below are beautiful, and particularly so in the bows. These have a fine hollowing ; and hence she makes no headwater, throwing it off her, in fact, from her cutwater, and again from the lower part of her bows, so that her wheels strike solid water, instead of, as in some steamers, the top of a wave of her own making. This feature was especially remarked upon by her future Commander, Captain Wiseman, as an evidence that not an atom of her power was liable to be thrown away. As a proof of all her capabilities being made to tell in moving through the water, she leaves behind her, instead of a wake like some vessels, scarcely a ripple. This fine vessel is advertised to sail shortly for Sydney, under the command of Captain Wiseman, who has euperintended her fitting out, and will, we have no doubt, handle to the satisfaction of his owners, and of whatever passengers may accompany him, a vessel of which he has every reason to be proud. OPINION OF THE FRENCH GOVERN MENT ON LORD PALMERSTON. The lithograped correspondence of Haves, which is a more than semi-official correspondence, as it is sent to every Prefect in France by the Minister of the In terior, in lieu of daily dispatch, and which is sent to a most every French newspaper throughout the length aid breadth of the country, and to most foreign Go vernments and newspapers, contain the following ay preciation of the conduct of Lord Palmerston towards the French Government. It says— " The Ministerial revolutions which are accom plished on the other side of the Channel escape our complete appreciation, as we are not competent to de termine the system or the man best suited to the hu mours or the interests of our neighbours. It is for the Queen, the Parliament, the press, and the people of the three kingdoms to discuss and to decide on questions which may affect the composition of Ca binets. Such questions are purely English, of w hi c h we, Frenchmen, should speak with great reserve, under pain of falling into gross errors, such as those of the Times, when it takes upon itself to judge of the acts and the policy of our Government. 4‘ We will not, then, mix ourselves up in the dis pute that has arisen amongst the L on don journals respecting the retirement from office of Lord Pal merston. But as that Minister held the portfolio cf foreign affairs we have no scruple in offering the tet timony of France concerning the relations of our Go vernment with the chief of the Foreign-office. " What we can affirm on.this point is, that the Go vernment of the President of the Republic has neva had reason to complain of Lord Palmerston; him.merston; on the contrary, often it has had canse to praise " The affair of Greece,whichwason the marvellous of setting Europe on fire , was settled with a as much to the loya condescension of L fac o e due lmerston as to the firmness of our Govern mylla On all occasions, we must say, the E ng li s h Min nrild i ti. s t ter has acted towards the Government of France in the most noble and straightforward manner, and of the violent and quarrelsome character which some Governments wrongly or rightly attribute to him, no trace can be found during the last three years in his relations with France. "Endowed with superior intelligence, amounting almost to second-sight, Lord Palmerston had foreseen the great events which have snatched France from the abyss of anarchy, and he received with lively and un disguised sympathy the rct of the 21of December• This testimony, nndered by one .of,,,,the-thoste-en lightenrrd s'atestnen of Eerop e to the - wisdom- of ihoe re,..olution'a of the Peince Presidkeit,: does honourjfie, our eye 7, to the English Mini Oct:, and regret which his retirement causes Use - • `..e adds„ to Ike -r " We do not attribute to Lord G;anig,e ihija itiena; less amicable with r egar d to France: Ltird.Dranville. has lived for a long time at Peris.7;kyßtgllfe,mretieA. • a French lady. He is fond of our couriti - y, 'ailinhe speech which he made here on the occasion of the Exhibition Ples proves a lively desire to draw closer the bonds which have united the two peoples. Th e new Minister, then, will be for France a sincere and true friend, such as Lord Palmerston was. But we were not willing at the time of Lord Palmerston's quitting the political scene to follow the ill example of some of our journals, and refuse to him our marked sympathy. This testimony will not fail Lord Gran ville, if one of those political crises, so frequent amongst our neighbours, Should deprive him of the portfolio which his Sovereign has just confided to him." BANIEIOF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank France on Dec. 25: ASSETS. Cash in hand Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• ••• Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 16,256,669 f. Oc. were received from the Branch Banks 54,906,137 Bills in the branch banks ... 72,289,990 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 684,100 Ditto by the branch banks .. 3,147,648 0 Ditto on F renc h public securities ... 12,062,4/6 10 Ditto by branch banks— ... 2,815,564 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tr6sor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th Juno, 1848 75,000,C00 0 Advanced to the City of Paris on the Provisional Loan of 20,000,000 f. ... 10,000,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund .. •" 10,000,000 0 Rentes, dispos a bl e funds • ... 42 ,677,621 I'B Investments of the new branch banksin the public funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks Expenses of administration of the Bank Nliscellaneous f.461,374 t 122 35 ... 107,348,017 0 1,061,673 3 ... 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 0 3,418,159 0 200,000 0 108,000 0 36,370 0 1,495,985 72 f. 925,579,039 23 LIABILITIES. Capital ... . • ... £67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of tho branch banks ... 2 ,980,750 14 Reserve-immobiliero ..• 4,000000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation 456,500,600 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 12 6,543,375 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 8,717,666 Account-current with Treasury creditor 5 7,768,844 16 Various accounts current ... 116 ,415,987 93 Ditto in branches 31 ,245,278 0 Bills payable at sight ... 9 ,748,(00 0 Ditto at branches ... 3 ,833,995 0 Dividends payable ••• • . ••• 296,853 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 6,790 0 Expenses anticipated ... ... 408,989 94 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,897,002 53 67,495 0 monC — hs 1 8,450 0 I D I e i t d o i s o e f e a branch t banks s t s .. i x . Ditto in branch banks .. ... 24:3,186 0 Interest on protested bills 805,425 9 ••• ••• Iliscellane oua 670,331 17 _ ••• C9i5,579,019 23 Certified by IYARCOUT. It appears from the account that the cash the Governor of the Bank, in hand has increased prec e di ng y,,00E Tho commercial bills discounted have increased by 2,300,000 F. The Bank notes in circulation have increased by 1 9 ,500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has decreased by 12,450,000 E The sundry credits have increased by 9,000,000 f. FRANKLIN AND THE CLAIRVOYANTES. Professor Gregory has favoured us with the follow ing additional particulars concerning Clairvoyant " revelations" in regard to Sir John Franklin —the professor, however, is not to be Anderstood as placing implicit confidence in the accuracy of the state ments : " I have made repeated inquiries concerning Franklin, both in the case of Emma, at Bolton, and of another clairvoyante who appeared to see cor rectly. " in August last both these clairvoyan tee, unknown to each other, agreed in stating that the ships were fixed in the ice, that Sir John was alive, looking anxious and thoughtful, and that a good many of his companions had died since I had last inquired. One of the clairvoyantes (if not both) said that they had found provisions, and that some had died in consequence ; either from a sudden change to full diet or from these provisions boiofir unsound in quality, but at all events soon after finding these provisions. Whether these provisions were those left lately for them, or possibly part of the stores of Ross's old lost ships which Emma had often Been at no great distance from Franklin, I could not ascertain. From Captain Austin's account of his expedition, it would seem that Emma had seen and described his ice boats, which Dr. Haddock could not then understand. "My impression from all I saw of Emma is, that she described genuine visions, probably in some cases true visions of the facts ; but possibly, now and then, dreams spontaneously suggesting themselves, al though I cannot be sure of this. Certainly we avoided all suggestions ; and when we asked her about various matters we observed that she often persisted in answers quite different from what we thought of or expected, and also refused to go further than she clearly saw. She often spoke of her own accord, of the aurora, and always as of a bril liant arch or rainbow of light, playing with beautiful colours, quite different from what is seen in our lati tude. She likewise suffered from the cold every time she was tried with the writing of any one in the Arctic) regions, even when she did not know what writing was put into her hand. Her notion of the time seems to have been, as far as we can see, exact ; and where she has been less certain, it has, I sus pect, depended on her seeing various ships, while we supposed her to speak only of Franklin's. It will be remembered that in February, 1850, she saw Franklin reading prayers on a Sunday morning, and named the chapter of St. Mark which he read. It is remarkable that the Gospel of St. Mark is read during the first part of February in the Church of England service, as will be seen by the calendar. The 13th Feb ruary was Sunday in 1850, and I know it was about that period of the month Emma saw this. Now, on the 13th February, the 13th chapter of St. Mark is a morn ing lesson for the day. I cannot at present state with certainty whether that was the chapter named by Emma, but, as well as I can recollect, it was either the 13th or 14th. This is certainly remarkable, the more so as both Emma and Dr. Haddock are Pres byterians, and she has no idea of the calendar. I have had several excellent opportunities of examin ing Emma since I published my Letters,' and I have also seen and repeatedly examined three other clair voyantes, besides several wh om I h ave on l y seen on one occasion ; and from the results of these trials I could quote many very striking instances of clair voyant vision, as well as of the instinct or sympathy by which they detect the bodily state of others, besides various other forms of sympathy. The more I see the more fully am I satisfied of the existence of a phy sical external influence, while I also admit that one large class of phenomena, those of suggestion, do not depend on that influence."—Ediaburgh Advertiser. LOVE IN A TUB versus LOV E IN LIQUOR.—An abridgement, or rather a pocket edition of that " chiefest" work of nature, called " man," and known by the amatory title of Jemmy Love, appeared before the magistrates Ci renster, at the late petty sessions, charged by his of with having burned, beat, and otherwise ill-used her _ and o the children. Elizabeth Love, the el bows in the muds,wife, deposedo th.aothaebr ut nine o'clock on the previous Saturdeye,, drunk, and t con tent with abusing her vilely, an an p d not better half " Jeera B3 " c ame,i ho me her everything but liquid, and beat her " a lady," he pulled out the r eekin g clothes from the froth inged between five and six o'clock, left the house, but about the ce with them. He then r e e r t inined on a broil, seized the youngest and, apparantly child and threw it In the . fire. He also kicked and beat his . part ner , and, having locked the door, threatened to domestic h," and immolate " the whole boiling of "settle her ‘" eal, • by the screams of the terrified family. Sarah 4h ~ by setting fire to the plaee, which he was only pre vented doing L ov e, one of the children, corroborated the evidence of her mother, fand stated that on her merely s a yi ng s h e h oped he would be sent to prison for his bad cond uc t, h e pushed her under the grate, and burned her head. The bench, thinking that " love" may sometimes be too warm, sentenced the culprit to pay a fine of Si. or two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction at Northleach.—Cheltenh am Journal. WAGES A CENTURY SINCE.—The following is an extract from a letter dated Bedale, Yorkshire, sth September, 1766 :—" Harvest is now pretty busy with us in many parts of this neighbourhood. Is. 6d. a day is given for labourerm, which in this part is looked upon as extravagant wages. The wheat is in general very good, and prodigious crops. Turnips this year will also be very good and plentiful—in short, never was known, I believe, such plenty of all kind' of fodder; but, on the other hand, so great a scarcity of cattle to eat it. Beef and mutton in our mark e t still con tinue at 3 1 / 2 d. per lb., and if is confidently affirmed, by judges in the ca se , won ' t b e much lower this year. Best wheat in our market last T ues d ay, notwithstanding t h e good ness of the harvest, was near 6s. a bushel." The silver brought by the last was sold yesterday, w i t h out alterat in price, for exporta• tion to the East I n di es. West India packet ion Mr. James B arnett, o f this town, was killed on the Great Northern hallway, o n Wednesday, by his head coming in contact with some s t o nework, as the train was passing beneath an archway: Cheltenham Journal. says the Ipswich Express, a On Friday night , gentleman, said to be from Bury, accidentally walked into the basin of the Stowmarket navigation, where he became immersed in five or six feet of water. He was extricated from his perilous position by some men, whom he generously rewarded with a coin of the realm called sixpence!