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SIR ARCHIBALD .ALISON*3 NEW WORKS. Just published, price 155., Vol. I. ITISTORY OF EUROPE, from the Fall of T E-A. 'Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis :Napoleon in 1 - g - 2 - : By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart., To be completed In 5 vols. Svo.. uniform with the Library Ectiti4-n of the " History of Europe from 1789 to 1815," By the same Author, TFIE HISTORY OF EUROPE. Irom the Commencement of the FRF.NCII REVOLUTION in 1789 to the BATTLE OF WATER- Ltyt). Library Edition (Eighth) 14 vols. decoy Bvo, with Portraits £lO 10s. Crown Octavo Edition, 20 vols., £6. THE LIFE OF JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, with some Account of his Contemporaries, and of the War of the Succes sion. Second Edition. 2 vols. demy Bvo, with Portrats and Map., £1 103. ESSAYS, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, and MISCELLANEOUS. 3 vola. demy Bvo, £2 ss. EPITOME of ALISON'S EUROPE, for the use of Sollools and Young Persons. 4th Edition, bound, Is. 6d. ATLAS to ALISON'S EUROPE : 109 Plates. Constructed under the direction of Sir A. ALlsoN, by A. KEITH JOIINSToN, F R.S.E., Author of the " Physical Atlas," &c. Demy 4t0., 31. 35.; Crown 4to. 2/. 12s. 6d. William Blackwood and Sans, Edinburgh and London, THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Farewen Seaston of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manage] THIS EVENING, J.►N. 21, Wm be performed the popular awd highly successflil Conndy of MASKS A.ND FACES; or, Before and Behind t , ,e Cuttain—by Alm:, Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, and Stuart; Mrs. Stir ling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, awl Miss Rosa Bennett. After whieh, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitled LEO TIIE TERRIBLE. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Jew. 21, Will be performed the Comic Drasna called A PHENOMENON 1N A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Tforneastle • Mi s s F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, llorncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, aflee Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Af sent ter the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New tand-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 21, Will he presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullenford, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the gloriously successful Comic Pantomime, called *TELL GWYNNE ; or, flarleosin Merrie Monarch. Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. Auriol Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. TO-MORROW EVENING, JAN. 22, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortune (as played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac ters by Messrs. .Vright, W. Lacy, Harfry, J. Vining, Ryder, F. Coc,ke, -Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new and criginal Grand Comic Christ- Inas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Ferrets. THIS EVENING, JAL 21, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton ; Miss Anderton and Miss H. Gordon. After which, ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the sVorld of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with his highly-trained doge. P , ox-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence O Mr. EdwardOhatterton. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions. THIS EVENING, JAN. 21, And during the Week, the Performances will commence with - UNCLE TOM'S CABIN 's3d time). After which, Batty's peerless Scenes in the Arena. To conclude with the successful Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. Doors open at Half-past Six Yclock. To commence at Seven. Tlnit-olree open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnzs Der —Morning 6 min. after 11 I Evening 40 min.aft. 11 To-Moaßow—Mornin,g 0 min. after 0 Evening 12 min.aft. 12 DAILY WEA7HER TABLE. FRIDAY, JAN. 21, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following daces at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. strong breeze—rain. BOUTHAMFrON—N., strong wind—cloudless. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. &FIND ON—S.W.. strong breeze—partially cloudy. CAIV3RIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—pal tially cloudy. YAlmouTa S.W., strong breeze—heavy rain. LxIiCASTER—S.W. strong breeze—partially cloudy. I) .suziN GTON—S. S.W., s t ormy, w i nd variable--partially aloudy, showery. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : MULLINGAR— S. strong breeze — overcas t. latiarrrow—S.W. calm —overc as t. HOLYHEAD—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast, rain. LANCASTER—S.W., calm—partially cloudy. DARLINGTON—S.S.., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, frost, SII.AP—S., calm—foggy. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAB'. 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. M highest since noon yesterday. • 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'49. WIND, W.—Changeable. 1,41 t Zlt,, Li`-:;s1 -3 %.4 LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1853. The Directors of the Bank of England have again raised the minimum rate of discount. The increase within a fortnight has thus been no less than from 2/. to 3/. per annum, or 50 per cent, on the former rate—an enormous augmen tation within so short a period, and one that must exercise a very baleful influence on the trading and commercial interests of the country. Can these proceedings be justified ? That is the ques tion ! Is it right or proper that a power so gigantic, whether for good or evil, should be re posed in the hands of twenty-four elderly gentle men, chosen not for their financial ability and ex perience, but on account of their supposed wealth and influence ? A man of great ability may un qnestionably occasionally be elected under such a 'system, but if so, it will be the result of good fortune, rather than of judicious and prudential arrangements ; and there would be just as good a prospect of such an event if the selection were made by lot out of the qualified proprietors in place of by the existing mode. Now, is it right or proper that a matter of such vital consequence as the control of the circu lating medium of the country should be left in the hands of parties comparatively irresponsible—who cannot be called to account in the Legislature, or by any of the community, save the proprietors of 713aiiit Stock ? We think not. The regulation of the currency should be confided to a Minister of State ; and if such were the case, it would speedily become one of the most important departments of the Government. Then, indeed, some guarantee would be afforded for the judicious and discreet exercise of the tr us t. U n d er present circum r-ances, any alterati ons may b e w i sely or reek ,wssly resorted to ; and we believe that a large 'proportion of the changes that have recently been made, fall rather within the latter than the former category. If, as we have already stated, the profits of the Bank of England onlayndw- total concerned if there were that c omplete tal, separation between the banking an d issue departments which th e & 1 vocates of the A c t of 1844 asserted would be the result of that impolitic stat u t we should, withritantling the m agn i tude of the not capital with in the undert a ki ng, view the comparative indifference. B ut matte r with , unfortunatel y , • l the t but too notorious, that th e Members of Board still arrogate to themselves the functions of which it was intended to deprive them, and that they, or at least a considerable majority, even yet assume to be the arbiters of the rate of interest and the regulators of the national currency. If they rterely looked to the welfare and prosperity of the 'proprietors, turning the funds under their con trol to the most profitable account, all would be well ; but they will travel out of the sphere of their duties, and materially dam age their constituents., while inflicting still more serious injury on the community in general, finder the mistaken idea that the eccentric varia 11,'T, in whi c h th ey occas i ona ll y re j o i ce, a dd t o vicar c nns . equen ce in the eyes of the people. But, it m _ nuire---that •yt e sal that the c a b 'cl I • nue was re :gram; arr l e t w as, if not essential, at least de- Set in. with such the tid e of speculation that had We ntinent. land and on the e-x-otra°' rdinary force, both in Eng this, assertion, must Before we concur in ; movement flr'at ascertain whether a oveinent so uncall e d f or any real Affect ; an d , secondly, 4 , so ) have whether the shaft will reach those against which it was di rected, save througlt others, who should be 0 . 4, tained and supported, rather than wantonly as sailed by persons in the position of the Directors. The state of the Bank reserve, and the amount of bullion still remaining in its vaults, and rapidly flowing in not only from Australia and California, but from almost all parts of the world, prove that so far as the state of the Bank itself, there could have been no imperative necessity for a movement so dicesive. When arrivals of gold to the amount of at least a million sterling per month, may be looked for from Australia alone, "it is impos sible," as the Times declares, "to anticipate any other than a favourable state of affairs." And as further confirmation of this view, we may men tion the fact, that the leading discount houses in the metropolis have treated the Bank Parlour Notice as so much waste paper, having declined to follow the movement, by giving an intima tion of increasing the allowance for money held at call, owing, it is said, to well-warranted ap prehensions that "it will not be possible, after the lapse of a few days, to employ their funds at the rate now adopted by the Bank." So much for the utility of the movement. If any interest be materially affected by the change, it will be the home trade, the manufacturing, mercantile, and trading classes. They must prove the earliest victims of any such alterations. Their calculations are so nicely made, that any disturb ing influence—any new element—may, and very probably will, transfer the balance from the credit to the debit side of the account, and convert what should be a profit into a formidable loss—this ruin ing the most meritorious classes, and throwing out of employment a vast number of those who earn their daily bread by their daily labour. The speculators, however, whether domestic or foreign, who pay enormous rates of continuation or interest, never less than 20, and frequently as much as 60 or 70 per cent., laugh at such puny efforts, which are as completely futile and unavailing as were the sovereign commands of CANUTE to stay the advance of the ocean wave, or the more modern attempt of Mrs. PAILTINGTON, to sweep out the rising flood with a besom. It is no excuse for the parties to say that, although uncalled for, it can do no great harm. It can do harm, and was intended to do harm, but it will be to the industrious, not to the speculating, classes ; and, therefore, we say that" the power so grossly and reck lessly abused, should no longer be entrusted to incompetent hands, but that the separation between the issue and the banking departments, commenced in 1844, should be completed with all possible speed ; and that a national note, based on the national credit, and the profit on which should be carried to the account of the national Ex chequer, should be substituted for that which is now a legal tender, and that Bank of England notes should have no further privileges than those bestowed on any other joint-stock undertaking of a similar character. Although the official announcement of the re sult of the polling at the Carlow election has yet to be received, it remains no longer matter of un certainty that a defeat in that quarter has been sustained by Her MAJESTY'S Government. Mr. SADLEIR has lost his seat in the House of Com mons by consenting to be enrolled under the poli tical banners of the Earl of ABERDEEN, in the capacity of Junior Lord of the Treasury. Accord ing to the accounts yet received in regard to this occurrence from ,the opposite side of St. George's Channel, it would appear that a majority of six has been secured by the Derbyite candidate, Mr. ALEXANDER. In 1847 the majority in that same borough was sixty-three, while in 1852 it was sixteen—the latter triumph of Mr. SADLEIR being obtained over Mr. ROBERT BROWN, and the for mer over Mr. BROWNLOW LAYARD. Upon the present occasion the votes polled have been un usually restricted—not two hundred names being given in at the hustings for both candidates to gether, ninety-one being inscribed in favour of Mr. SADLEIR, and ninety-seven in favour of Mr. ALEXANDER. Naturally enough, the excitement, which, it will be remembered, was considerable at the commencement of the struggle, has been won derfully increased by its rather startling conclu sion. Hopes are now entertained by the more sanguine of the pure, and high-minded, and unpur chaseable Brigadiers that Mr. KEOGH may not come in as swimmingly for the borough of Athlone as Mr. MONSELL came in the other day for the Aunty of Limerick, but that on the contrary the defeat of the Junior Laid of the Treasury may augur the equally disastrous dis comfiture of the Solicitor-General for Ireland. Whether these anticipations will be realised must remain still some time matter only of conjecture, seeing that the writ for the new election for Ath lone has yet to be issued, the appointment of Mr. KEOGH having only been resolved upon by the Earl of ABERDEEN after the rising of Parliament. Nevertheless the very doubts inspired by this un avoidable delay would seem to yield larger scope for the prophets of evil to the Irish supporters of the Administration. One of these has already raised a voice of most lugubrious accents—the CASSANDRA of the Coalition Government. If we are to credit the prediction in question, Mr. KEOGH must regard himself as infallibly doomed to experience the indignation of his constituency. " Athlone will avenge his treason." It is the pompous assertion of the Freeman. Ireland is to throw aside the men who have dared to take office under a Liberal Administration. It matters nothing that the PRIME MINISTER evinced great magnanimity towards the members of her beloved religion, at a period of somewhat remarkable emergency. It matters less that the Right Hon. Baronet the FIRST Loup of the ADMIRALTY dis played, if possible, yet greator daring at that pe riod in championing the cause of her hierarchical institutions. Ireland is to forget everything of that kind, to scatter ashes if not coals of fire upon the head of every traitor to the Brigade—meaning every Irish Representative who ventures to open up better prospects to his country, by participating immediately in the labours and responsibilities of Administration. A petulant spirit of this kind is every day becoming, in some quarters in the Sister Kingdom, more and more glaringly manifested. We regret it deeply, because it augurs ill for the destinies of Ireland, and gives rise, naturally enough, to all kinds of sinister suspicions as to her Representatives. Had the new Cabinet avowed itself bluntly and openly as in every way inimical to the interests of our compatriots across St. George's Channel—we might then understand the virulence of the attacks directed against those mem bers of the Brigade who have consented to take office under the ABERDEEN Government. But as things are actually situated, the storm of abuse directed against those three names— SA DLEIR—KEO GH—MONSELL is incomprehensible, except upon the score of jealousy. Supposing, for example, it had been possible for the present advisers of the SOVEREIGN to have promoted all the members of the Brigade —the whole fifty -two--supposing it had been practicable for Lord ABERDEEN and his colleagues to have named the other forty-nine to places under Government—what then ? Should we have heard so much noisy declamation about treason to the cause of Ireland ? Or supposing to the three names already specified had been added three ot hers —supposing those three others had been the subjoined Durry—MOORS—LUCAS how would Ireland have been then called upon by her journals to regard the Coalition Govern ment? The secret of all this squabbling across St. Georges Channel in reference to the ABERDEEN Cabinet and its supporters appears simply to be thi s— not that the new Prime Minister has been bidding successfully for the support of the Brigade, bu'J that, in doing so, he has been driven, of course, to the necessity of—making a Selection ! That is the sore point—there is the rub. In the fact of Lord ABERDE E N being compelled to make that elt wemay discover th e c l ue through this l g ab e y e ri in n o tll of quarrels and recriminations. Ire land finds, in consequence, .that one portion of her Brigade is charged wlaiitmh ibneianngswopeerntotothcoisritmtiigoil. Might she not withexclaim the beautiful WORTLEY indecorum dirty bands, reply y n taxed by Madame de NOAILLES the with iNlootxTEAlhiGaur.,nving "Do you call niy hands dirty ? Ah, Madame, si vous pouviez voir mes pieds !" In truth it ap 'pears to us lamentable that the abilities of the sons of Erin can never be applied to the higher labours of administration—but these sons incur the odium of apostacy, and are vilified as rene gades. It was so with Mr. BURKE. It was so afterwards with Mr. SHELL. It is so now with Messrs. SADLEIR, KEOGH, and MONSELL. They are all traitors, and apostates, and renegades. We ctnnot think that this system can be of much longer continuance. The more rational part of the community in the Sister Kingdom cannot much longer continue blind to the folly of this mode of proceeding in reference to their more able Repre sentatives. The majority of the Brigade, indeed, have already, either directly or indirectly, pro tested against a course so suicidal to the in terests of the Irish population. A valiant and vociferous minority of the Brigadiers alone claim the honour of hounding on the more bigotted electors—the patriots who " will be drowned, and nobody shall save them"—against the very men who have shown themselves supe rior in their intelligence, enlightened in their views, staunch in their principles, practical in their liberality, and energetic in their whole conduct towards their fatherland, and who have, there fore, been selected to serve Ireland yet more ad vantageously in some of the responsible offices in the gift of the ABERDEEN Government. It is, at all events, a mercy to escape a sneering Premiership ; it is pleasant for Englishmen, when sending up a respectable depUtation, to feel sure, at least, of a courteous reception, in reward for courteous behaviour ; and proportionably morti fying, when we would represent to the Head of her MAJESTY'S Government the views and wishes of important meetings or classes, to be denied an audience on the ground that " it is inconvenient," for such a large-minded Minister as the author of the last Reform Bill to listen to such selfish and one-sided memorialists as we are presumed to be. In so far, the transference of Premiership must be gratifying to us all ; and perhaps Mr. M. GIBSON Will venture now to introduce another deputation from Manchester, and we certainly think our Manchester Reformers, and Reformers throughout the country, ought to be awake and on the alert. Nevertheless, we are not so well satisfied with the statements of Lord ABERDEEN at his recent inter view with -the actuaries as with his courtesy. The amount of real comfort gained is twofold, so far as it goes. First, that the Ministry is now compelled to give earnest consideration to the ad- justment of Income-tax inequalities and injustice ; next, that the abilities of the whole Cabinet are to be taxed to effect a satisfactory arrangement of all the difficulties of the question. It will certainly be a consolation to the sufferers by Schedule D to know that Mr. GLADSTONE is not left alone by his coadjutors to grapple with this question, and it is something hopeful also to find " the most gifted and strongest Government we have had for a long time," obliged to give earnest consideration to what Sir CHARLES WOOD always hitherto as serted to be incapable of amendment. We think, however, that Lord ABERDEEN, with all the allow ance we readily make for necessary official reserve, should have been able to speak a little more posi tively. Every man in England, we .have no hesi tation in saying, thinks the actuaries were perfectly right in their statement. Every man thinks that almost any one of them understands the subject better than the whole Cabinet put together ; yet every one also thinks that their views have, in fact, been so long before the world in the public press, that the whole Cabinet ought long ere this, ere they took office indeed, to have had a clear opinion upon it. We think, then, that Lord ABER DEEN was in a position to have said, " Your case is proved ; it is an insupportable injustice to tax terminable annuities equally with other incomes, it is obviously taxing the capital and the income too." Should a deputation from trades and pro fessions also pay his Lordship a visit, and we earnestly exhort them to do so, we think he ought in like manner to be able to re ply to them, "We consider your case proved also, and it must be met to the full ex tent the nature of the case admits •f." But to whom are we indebted for the actual posi tion of the Income Tax in the Cabinet ? To whom do we owe it that they are obliged to " consider earnestly," and to " bend all the powers of an `All-Talents' Ministry' to the subject ?" Every candid man must confess that this is due to the late CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Whatever the merits or demerits of the other parts of his Budget, the whole nation, except perhaps a wealthy few, are of one opinion on this point. He has made it impossible for hero-worship, indo lence, or class selfishness, to take shelter under the dicta of Sir ROBERT PEEL, delivered, as they were, in a different state of the question, or to ride off jauntily on the impossibilities of Sir CHARLES WOOD and his colleagues. Hence the wrath with which he was accused of having prof fered boons to the public at the expense of suc ceeding Chancellors. It was no doubt mortifying enough to all the expectants of office, especially of that office, to find that Justice had for once been admitted to a hearing in Downing -street on the subject of the Income Tax. They knew that her voice, once heard, was very difficult to silence ; they knew, moreover, that they could not do at present without the tax ; it was galling, there fore, beyond measure, to them to be driven either into a damaging contrast with their more honest predecessor, or to have to confess " that it was wise, just, and beneficial" to do the very thing which from PERT's time to the present they had pertinaciously, selfishly, even doggedly refused to do. When all the little irritations of Mr. DISRAELI'S severe single-handed battle in the House of Commons are quite forgotten, the toilers and spinners of the country will long and grate fully remember the man who gained for them the first victory in this battle over those who neither toil nor spin. We verily believe that had he not practically asserted for us the possibility of a juster Schedule D, our present CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and perhaps all his colleagues, so far as their votes or speeches were concerned, would have been contemptuous opponents of any attempt to rectify its glaring injustice. Most sincerely do we hope that if the present Cabinet should come to us in a short time with a declara- tion of their inability to assess precarious incomes on some much juster basis than the present one, Mr. DISRAELI will have the courage to move a resolution—" That the principle of his proposal to charge such incomes one-fourth less than incomes from permanent sources, though but an approxi mation to equity, was still, so far as it went, wise, just, and beneficial." . We fancy Hon. Members representing either farmers or borough consti- tuencies would tremble almost as much to vote against such a resolution as the borough Members did to vote for a doubled House Tax. We are without the least wish to disparage or dis credit the present able Government. Still, we are pretty confident that the country will find Cabi net Ministers especially coy to the addresses of Fiscal Reformers. Taxation is still so much in favour of the class whence Cabinets are selected, that self-interest combines with red-tapeism and indolence to make them shrink from " equitable readjustments." Glancing over the Budget de bate, or the recent hustings speeches, it will easily be seen how little hope the past has given that the present Ministry are inclined to do much on the Income Tax. Even Mr. OSBORNE thought dif ferential rates for different sources of income a difficult question, which he must take time to consider. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S last, at Guild hail, was, that he thought a greater approxima tion to justice than the present Income Tax possible ; but if, after they had done their best, they could not mend it, they would make a clean breast of all their difficulties to the House of Com mons, and beg for national sympathy under the utter impossibility of taxing landlords half so heavily as tradesmen. Sir CHARLES WOOD showed his disposition in the debate by carping at technical difficulties arising from the conflict of his old schedules with new justice. Many others did the same; even Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought the Whole subject open to discussion ; but Mr. GLAD STOI.4,,•• 'with whom the whole matter most properly lies (backed by Mr. GOULBURN), was the most perverse of all. First of all he flourished in triumph his astounding discovery that income in the shape of dividends from the funds was abso lutely inviolable,—that hitherto—that is by the uniformly assessed Income-tax—income from the funds had been taxed only in common with other incomes ; but that if the quality of income were regarded, the special tax distinctly forbidden by Act of Parliament tFould thereby be levied, and forthwith the ftmdholder broken. The folly of the argument was immediately exposed, by the pen at least ; indeed, it were impossible that any thing but his own blind partisanship could palm off such, a gross blunder upon so acute a man, it being obvious that the Fueds, according to Mr. DISRAELI'S proposition, so far from being spe cialised, were included under the vast class of realised and permanent property, and taxed like all other property of the same kind. Strictly speaking, a schedule C is unnecessary ; with cer tain exceptions, it might be merged in Schedule A, as Schedule B ought to be in Schedue D, the farmers accounting for their profits like other traders. Yet strange to say, on the last night of the debate, Mr. GLADSTONE, in his great speech which closed the debate, expressly reserved the case of the ftmdholder, as one which he would surrender on no condition whatever ! In that speech, however, after ridiculing the labours of the Committee on the Income Tax, be cause while agreeing in their general views, there was just differenr.f.- enough as to the mode of carry ing them out to show some independent thought; after sneering at Mr. Hum; for agreeing with no one but himself—after taunting the landlords on the Government side, with consenting to pay their 7d. in the pound, while they let off the trades man with 5/d—he yet, pressed by the strong force of public opinion, was compelled " to follow the CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQuER in thinking the time come to recognise a distinction between permanent and precarious incomes." Yes, thanks to BENJAMIN DISRAELI, not to WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, the time is come. When once a Minister of the Crown, in his place in Parliament, has the honesty to propose fiscal justice, the time for it is indeed come. It is a sorry sight to look back upon either the ignorance, the incompetency, j or the selfishness of so many Cabinet Ministers, and politicians for so many years on this subject —a sorry sight to see them, even now, yielding so reservedly and cautiously. All honour, however, to the man who has compelled them to yield ; and, we would add, let the country beware of one stale trick of old debaters. Some parts of the Budget were, no doubt, utterly indefensible ; we have always regarded them as sacrifices, fatal sacrifices indeed, made by Mr. DISRAELI to his political exigencies, much of a quality with many Whig misdemeanours. We should not be surprised, then, if by pelting and de preciating the author of Income-tax Reform with his politico fiscal errors, the attempt be made to discredit the really noble and original part of his Budget. The country must not permit this. They must hold Mr. GLADSTONE to the full mea sure of his concession ; they must insist on his going even farther than a difference of one-fourth between the two classes of income. Three-fourths would not be reduction enough in many cases, and a difference of one-half is the very least which should be imperatively demanded. Whether he will make up the loss by a little addition to the assessment on real property, or by legacy and pro bate duties, or real estates when inherited with out sale, we leave to him for the present ; the latter " equitable adjustment" cannot long be de ferred. DEATH OF MAJOR PAGET.—We have to record the demise of Major Henry Paget, nephew to the Marquis of Anglesea, and lately on the staff at Cork. The de ceased was son to the late General the Hon. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.8., for many years Governor of Chelsea Royal Hospital. Major Paget was an officer of consi derable promise, and filled the office of aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Anglesea, while Master-General of the Ordnance. He was brother to the Marchioness of Ormond. ETON COLLEGE.—APPOINTMENT OF HEAD MASTER.— The Provost and Fellows of the college assembled yester day for the purpose of appointing the Head Master of Eton, the office having become vacant by the resigna tion of the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the present Provost. The following were the candidates :—The Rev. Charles 0. Goodford, M.A. ; the Rev. Edward Coleridge, M.A. ; Rev. William Gifford Cookesley, M.A. ; Rev, Harry Dupuis, B.D. ; Rev. Edward Balston, M.A. ; Rev. Henry Mildred Buck, B.A. (who resigned yesterday) ; Rev. Charles Luxmore, M.A. ; and the Rev. Williams. The Rev. Charles 0. Goodford, one of the assistant masters of the college, was unanimously elected. DETENTION OP THE MAILS FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &C.—Notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that, in consequence of the mail steam-packet belonging to the General Screw Steam Shipping Company which ought to have con veyed the mails of the evening of the 14th inst. fer the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Verd, Ascension, the Mauri tius, Ceylon, and India, from Plymouth on the 15th inst. not being ready, letters and newspapers for the above colonies will be in time on the evening of the 24th inst., which will be forwarded to Calcutta by the Hy daspes steamer, of 1,800 tons (and not by the Queen of the South, as previously arranged), appointed to sail from Plymouth on the 25th inst. with the mails. ARRIVALS FROM AIISTRALIA.—The Neptune has ar rived from Sydney with 17,329 ounces of gold, worth 70,0001. Her dates from that port are only to the 30th July, and from New Zealand to the 30th September. H.M.S. Swift has also arrived off Devonport, with nearly a million of dollars from the Pacific ports. One house, we know, has 120,000 dollars by this opportunity, and another expects 100,000 dollars. The dollars by this opportunity will add to the amount already pressing on the market for realisation. The Charlotte has also arrived from Portland Bay with dates to the 12th August, but it is not yet known if she brings any gold. DETERMINED SlllClDE.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Dog and Duck, Princess-street, Red Lion-square, on John Dennis Dowling, aged 46, an ex sergeant of the police, and subsequently a summoning officer of Clerkenwell Police-court. Deceased, who re sided at 12, Princess-street, had been 15 years in the police force, serving during that period as sergeant in the E and S divisions. Latterly he discharged the duties of summoning officer to the court above men tioned. But ill-health having incapacitated him for duty, he was discharged with an excellent character, on a pension of 10s. a week. Upon leaving the force he obtained a situation in the office of Messrs. Austin, solicitors, 4, Raymond's-buildings. From some unex plained cause his wife and five children suddenly left him three months ago, the wife taking her children to Aylesbury. Since that period deceased became an altered man, shunning society, and indulging in dissipation. About a week ago his employers gave him a week's leave of absence, in the hope that it would prove beneficial to him by inducing him to reform his habits. On Monday night, Mr. Nichols, occupying the shop of the house where deceased lived, saw him return home intoxicated, and go to his bed room. Soon afterwards a noise was heard in the room, as if deceased was knocking himself about. Not making his appearance at the usual hour the following morning, Mrs. Terrier, residing in the same house, knocked at his door, and receiving no answer gave the alarm, and assistance having arrived, the door was burst open, when deceased was found lying dead in bed and dressed, and with two recently emptied phials on a table by his bedside. The phials were marked " poison," and one of them contain e d a sma ll quan tit y o f essential oil of almonds. Verdict----" Deceased destroyed himself, but what was the state of his mind at the time, there is not evidence to prove." FATAL RAILWAY OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday, informa tion was forwarded to Mr. Baker, the coroner, touching the death of a p oor man name d Heath, who had been killed under very shocking circumstances at the Hack ney Station of the Blackwall Railway. It appears that about ten on Wednesday night the deceased, who was one of the railway porters, had handed a gentleman into one of the carriages of a train which was on the point of starting, and by some accident he slipped off the plat form and fell across the rail. The train was then in motion, and of course could not be stopped on the in stant, and the wheels successively passed over the groin, very nearly severing the trunk from the lower extremi ties. He was removed in a dreadfully crushed and muti lated condition, and conveyed upon a stretcher procured from the neighbouring police-station to the German Hospital at Dalston, where his sufferings terminated in death shortly before midnight. ROYAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, BLOOMSBURY-SQUARE. —A meeting of the committee and friends of the above valuable institution was held on Thursday evening, at the board-room, for the purpose of transacting" the usual business connected with the charity. It appears from the statement of the committee that there are no less than 320 patients waiting for admission into the wards, their cases being too severe to admit of out-door treat ment. The hospital being exclusively devoted to the cure of the different kinds of deformity to which the ' human frame is subject (many cases grow more difficult if not dangerous by delay), and as the in-door accommo dation is unavoidably limited, many must necessarily go unrelieved unless the number of beds are shortly in creased. In furtherance of this desirable object a build ing fund has been started, under the most favourable auspices, a very considerable sum having already been subscribed. When it is considered that those coming under the care of the hospital are wholly incapacitated from the ordinary duties of life, and in many instances entire families rendered destitute thereby, the benefits conferred by the charity may be readily estimated. The number of cases cured of deformity since the opening of the hospital in 1839, it appears, exceeds 13,000. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocir. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken on speculation. The market closed with a hardening tendency as compared with Fri day's rates, and prices of American were nearly id. per lb. higher. Other sorts without alteration. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 800 Perham and Maranham at 54d. to 51d., 100 Bahia at 6d., 500 Egyptian at 51d. to Bd., and 400 Surat at 3/{l. to 41d. per-lb. - Railway Shares were flat at lower prices. In the Mincing Lane markets this week business has been dull, owing to the uncertainty about the future value of money. The holders of Sugar ex hibit firmness, under circumstances ; but Coffee is still declining. At the public sales Assam Tea has gone at high rates. For Spices there has been a moderate inquiry. Cotton has been brisker ; and Rice in moderate demand. Tallow has not been much dealt in. The Government of Louis Napoleon is expected to take an early step in a direction that " looks like business." We allude to the abrogation of the duties which caused many of the raw materials used in the principal French fabrics to be entirely prohibited. A reduction of the imposts is also said to be under consideration in reference 'to other articles, the charge upon which is so high that the great body of the French people may almost be said to have been debarred the use of them—coal and iron being examples. High-priced coal has deprived the working class of its comfort, and dear iron has taken from industry p - art of its efficiency. It is also understood that the al kali and soda ash manufacturers of the north of England can make out such a case in fa vour of that large and influential body in France, the soap and glass manufacturers, as cannot fail to succeed with a Government pro fessedly alive to the advantages of free trade, and yielding a power sufficient to carry their convic tions into law, irrespective of class or interest. Such a consummation would of necessity bring with it advantages of no small character to ourselves, The delicate textile manufactures of Lyons being cheapened in cost by the importation of the various British chemicals (especially those classed as raw materials in the Great Exhibition) would be brought more within the purchasing power of the trading classes. The way would also, be cleared for effect ing another social good, a change for which the de sire is gaining daily more force in this country— namely, the introduction of the cheap wines of Bordeaux and the South of France, to displace some of the adulterated or stimulating home drinks now consumed. It has become absolutely neces sary for the Emperor of France to prove that he is as powerful for good as some conceive him to be for evil, and now protection may be said to have fallen dead on the other side of the Atlantic, France must follow, or lose her position among commercial nations. The following remarks upon the English Mining Share Market are furnished by Messrs. Tredinuich and Co.:--- " There has been an unusual amount of business done in the Share Market during the past week. Dividend Hines, of course, are chiefly sought after. Wheal Buller has advanced 9501., buyers ;—the dividend for the past two months will be 221. 10s. per share, the balance in hand will be increased 5001., and a steam engine lately erected be paid for. The next bi-monthly meeting will be held in March, when a dividend of at least 251. will be declared, and if the present standard is maintained, it cannot stop short of 401., or 2501. per annum. Devon Great Consols is another mine that will experience great advantages from the high standard. We see that to-morrow is advertised for sale 1,832 tons of copper ore, which, at an advance of 255. per ton in the price during the month, will give 2,2901., or an extra profit of 27,480/. per annum, which, added to 46,0801. paid by this mine in 1852, gives a total of 73,560/., which is over 10 per cent. on 7001. per share. The present price is 415 to 420. Other mines must in crease their dividends, and those lately paying their way must begin to give some returns of profit, and we must predict a considerable advance in price on most of them." The proprietors of the Australian Agricultural Company have held their twenty-ninth annual general court this morning, and received an elaborate report from the directors. At the close of 1851, the stock of sheep was 122,573, of horned cattle 9,196, and of horses and ponies 1,569. The sales of live stock during 1851 were 2,6951. The total number of persons on the company's estate on the 31st Dec., 1851, was 403, of whom 93 were em ployed in the colliery. The difficulty of the company in keeping itslabourers was stated to be increasing, owing to the attraction of the gold-fields. Chinese labourers have been made available, and have proved very serviceable. They are said to be able bodied and tractable. The quantity of coal sold is 558 tons. The wool clip of the company last year realised 18,5101., and the total revenue was 43,5671., showing a surplus of 15,7601. over expen diture. This affords a dividend of 11. 11s. 6d. per share, or at the rate of 41 per cent. on the paid-up capital. With respect to the Peel River Gold Estate the proprietors have generally acquiesced in the course recommended. The symptoms of returning confidence, which we anticipated when the action of the Bank of England had been carried to a point that would afford reason able hope of steadiness in the Money Market, are %heady apparent, and though this may not be so visible to the casual observer, there are indications which to an attentive inquirer are not by any means discouraging. Good Railway Bonds are more in request, and rather fuller terms are asked, and as the charge of 3 per cent is bringing out surplus capital for temporary investment in bills, the money market will become easier. The desire to invest in foreign stocks and shares has materially abated, and the great point will be to maintain this feeling at the recent high prices. English holders parted with French Shares, and now they may feel disposed to buy them back. If so, the exchanges would be again affected. Con sols have been 99 to k for transfer, and 991- to - for February. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 103 to f. Bank Stock has realised 225 to 226 i, being rather fuller rates. India Stock brings 273. Exchequer Bills of March are at 58 premium. Foreign Securities have been flatter generally. The Turkish Loan is at discount. The Swedish Loan is 1 to 2 discount. Mexican Bonds are worth 23, being steady. Grenada Deferred are only 11g. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are worth 101 i to Spanish 3 per Cents. are at 461. to 461, and the Deferred at 22g. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been worth 961• to 97. Railway Shares have been dull, but just now are rather better. Gold Mining Shares are steady, and in some ii stances dearer. . _ ____ The Land Companies are stiffer, with fewer sel• lens. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY (Front the Official List.) Business clone. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99i 100 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - 9 i New 34 per Cent. Annuities lO3 i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860..... 6 7-16 India Stock a 273 Consols for Account 10th February 9 94 i Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £l000. £5OO — Small ST PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lO2 Danish 5 per Cent. Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .... ..... 92 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account . Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22 Swedish Loan 1), 2 d 1 arkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 Dutch Exchange 2A per Cent 6SA HALI-PAST TWO. Consols 994 Ditto February Account THE ARMY.—IMPORTANT NOTICE.—The following notice was yesterday posted up at the Horse Guards, under the head of " Encouragement to Soldiers." It stated that by her Majesty's warrant, it is provided that commissions are to be given to deserving non-commis sioned officers recommended by their colonels. In ap pointments to the cavalry, a sum of 1501. will be granted as an outfit ; and in the appointments to the infantry, a sum of 100/, as an outfit. All sergeants, corporals, and privates are also to be allowed a gratuity for length of service or good conduct ; a sergeant to have 151., a corporal 101., and a private 51. They will also be allowed a progressive pay per day over and above the usual pay. It was stated in a note that several regi ments of cavalry at present offer an opportunity 'for recruits joining from the age of 16 to 25. Since the alteration of the standard of height many young men join the line, BRUThL CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday Eliza Lawson, residing at 1, Oxford-row, Agar Town, discovered in the garden apposite her house the lifeless body of a full grown female infant, savagely mutilated, and wrapped up in a bedgown and a piece of black cloth. It was in stantly removed to the 'lead-house, and, upon examina tion by a surgeon, it appeared that the deceased's sides were compressed together by a heavy weight, and that the boaes of the skull were flattened by the same means. In fact, the whole body was crushed like a mummy, while, as it is supposed, the body was warm, and before life w),s destroyed. The opinion is that this dreadful compression of the whole body was effected by its being placed between two boards, and heavy weights placed upon the upper board. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH, (Before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle.) THE QUEEN (IN THE PROSECUTION OF DR ACHILLI) V. DR. NEWMAN. The arguments in this case were resumed again this morning by Mr. Ellis, on the part of Dr. Achilli. He disputed the assertion made by Sir A. E. Cockburn, on moving for the rule, that the verdict was the result of the reli gious biases of the jury. The facts led to an entirely different conclusion, for Sir Frederick Thesiger, in open ing his case, distinctly refuted any intention to raise any religious discussion, and Sir A. E. Cockburn him self very eloquently and powerfully appealed to the jury to divest their minds of all prejudices of a religious cha racter; and the jury, instead of forming an opinion :tit once, which they would have done if they had been actuated by the motives alleged by Sir A. E. Cockburn, took three or four hours to deliberate upon their verdict. In regard to the offences of which Dr. Achilli was ac cused, it appeared somewhat singular that, if he were really guilty of them, he should have been appointed, from time to time, to important clerical offices, which enabled him to take confessions and give absolution. The document produced as the judgment of the Holy Inquisition against Dr. Achilli was very insufficient evi dence, as it did not contain the names of the parties he is said to have debauched. Lord Campbell observed that he had some doubts in the first instance, as to the propriety of receiving the document, but as the seal was sworn to be that of the Holy Inquisition, he decided that it was admissable, and it was given to the jury when they retired to con sider their verdict. Mr. Justice Coleridge—There never was a more un satisfactory paper to draw an inference of facts from. Mr. Ellis concluded by stating that, as it was certain a new trial could only tend to strengthen the prosecu tion, he hoped the Court would not make the rule ab solute. Sir A. E. Cockburn then addressed the Court in sup port of the rule. He said that though this case had been important from the beginning, it now assumed a charac ter of far greater importance, for his learned friends had charged. Dr. Newman and those connected with him of getting up a false, foul, and fraudulent case, and having suborned witnesses to perjure themselves. That he declared it to be a most unbecoming and unworthy charge, which was wholly unjustified by the circum stances that had transpired. The case divided itself into two parts—first, what he urged when he moved for the rule, that the verdict was against the bulk of evi dence—and, secondly, that raised by his learned friends, that whether the Court thought or not the verdict was against the evidence, there were certainly technical grounds on which the rule must be refused. In dealing with the first point he admitted that certain allegations in the defendant's plea of justification were not established, but they were very subordinate when compared with those which were supported by evidence. He apprehended that if their lordships thought the verdict was in some respects against the evidence, they would not, on the technical ground that a verdict must be found for the prosecution, refuse to send the case back to the jury for the recon sideration of the issues which were found against the defendant. Considering what was involved in the case, and also that the character of Dr. Newman had now been imported into it, he should feel it necessary to ad vert in detail to the evidence of the different witnesses. The learned Counsel then commented on the charge against Dr. Achilli of having had intercourse with Valenti, a servant in the house of Signora Gentilli, near Viterbo, laying particular stress on Dr. Achilli's equivo cation when cross-examined, he having first said that he was on a visit at the time specified to a family named Christophili, and afterwards admitted that Signora Christophili's name before marriage was Gentilli. It was well known that in Italy the wife's name on marriage did not merge into that of her husband as in this country, and she was frequently known by her maiden or former husband's name. This explanation of Dr. Achilli was therefore nothing more than an outrageous piece of shuffling. The case of Principe, who swore to having intercourse with him in the sacristy of the church at Naples, was proved with equal clearness, the evidence of the girl being supported by that of the mother. It was clear that the story of Principe was not invented for the purposes of the action, for the matter came under the investigation of the police, the mother and father having charged him with the ruin of their child. He denied that he went before the po lice, but said his friends, from the affection they bore him, took up the subject. Now he must either have told a deliberate falsehood, or showed an indifference to a foul accusation openly made against him, which did not say much for the morality and religion for which he claimed credit. He very probably was not present at the investigation before the police, because it was easy to sup pose he dared not venture to confront his victim before competent authorities, lest his guilt should be discovered. This unfortunate girl he forcibly seduced in a sacred edifice, he increased the wrong he had done to herself and parents by denying any knowledge of the transac tion ; the father died, it was said, from grief at the dis grace brought upon his daughter, and, under these circumstances, nothing could be more malignant or atrocious in the conduct of man than to attempt to brand the mother and daughter with perjury, when they came forward to give a simple narrative of what had taken place. He contended that none of the exceptions taken to the testimony of these parties could induce anyone to belief that they had committed perjury. He was quite satisfied that their l or d s h ips would on de liberate consideration, b e o f op i nion that they ought to send down the case for a new trial. The argu ments were likely to occupy the Court the, whole day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) JUDGMENT ON QUESTION AS TO NON-SURRENDER.-IN RE GOULDIN. This case has been before the court on two previous occasions, on an application by Mr. Bagley to enlarge the time for the bankrupt's surrender, he having gone to America before the petition was filed. The bankrupt was an extensive farmer at Ottenvell, Norfolk, and had a freehold estate of 400 acres ; and his lands having been flooded last year, it was alleged he went to America to look out for an estate, and his family to follow. The petition in bankruptcy was founded on the grounds that bankrupt had taken a large sum of money with him, that his property was mortgaged, and that his relatives were removing the property. His Honour, in the first instance, did not think he had power to extend the time for surrender. Mr. Bagley quoted the case of Mr. Maclean, formerly an M.P., in which it was adjourned from time to time. His Honour said that was on the ground of illness. His Honour now refused the application, leaving the bankrupt to apply when he returned, when, if he showed good cause, he would be absolved from the felony. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.) of skittle sharps , aang well-dressed young w m as an b , ro w u l g io ht is bee con nectedjohnwiTtahrraigg' Mr. ss u charged with the follo w ing series of violent the proprietors of the Craven Macdonald,ac:ine one of Mr.a Jardine , r 1 n ii ig e h ad Drury-lane, stated ,a dsev t e h r a a t about l , ofh his half-pasts friends , r e e n l i n the coffee-room of the greatabovehouse o , f e h r i e s a c ti u n s g to a mers. Wdisittunrebss ance, to the great annoyance requestedt nuag the prisoner , to on who iav er eethe house, was making whnguisceh he fu of verreydseisd gusting language , to do. Complainant then called his waiter to eject hini from the place, whereupon he (prisoner) brok e s i x squares of glass, and after he got into the street he assaulted the waiter. Witness added, that the prisoner belonged to a gang of bad characters, and he had frequently f or bi d them to come into his house, and he was determined to put a stop to their annoyance. The damage done amounted to 30s. Police-constable, 51 F, was on d u t y i n Dury-lane about half-past 10 last night, when he heard the cries of police, and perceiving a scuffle at the door of the Craven Head, he went to see the cause, when prisoner was given into his custody for breaking the windows and assaulting the waiter. He at once took him in charge, and on their way to the station, prisoner struck him and kicked him with great force on the legs, the skin of which was consider a bly a b rased, and hewas now in such pain that he could hardly walk. Witness struggled with the prisoner, and had it not been for the timely assist ance of a person named Harriso n he had no doubt but that the pris oner wou l d have fearfully injured him. After considerable resistance on the part of the prisoner, he was at length lodged in the station. Mr. Harrison, professor of the Indian Club exercise, said he went to the assistance of last witness, whom the prisoner was violently assaulting —in fact the prisoner's conduct was that of a second Cannon—he was butting at, and kicking the officer, who behaved with the greatest forbearance. Witness aided the officer in conveying him to the station, and on their way thither the prisoner tripped him (witness) up and fell on tho top of him. As soon as he recovered his feet prisoner struck him in the face. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was too drunk to remember about what had taken place, or to be conscious of what he had been about. Mr. Jardine said—For the assault on the constable you are committed for a month ; for the assault on Mr. Harrison, 20s. or a month ; for the assault on Boswell, 20s. or a month, and for the damage done to the windows, 30s. or another month; making in the whole four months, each month to commence at the expiration of the other. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, J. 20. Prince Albert, with the Prince of Leiningen, accom-. panied by th e D u k e o f Cl eve l an d an d the Marqu i s of` Salisbury, went out shooting this morning, attended by ,F Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. F Seymour. ~' The following have been invited and are expected to arrive this afternoon :—The Duke of Newcastle, Vis, count and Viscountess Palmerston, and Viscount and Viscountess Sydney. The undermentioned visitors left the Castle to-day : The Duchess of Sutherland. the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis Camden, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Cla rendon, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Oxford, and Sir Augustus Clifford. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner in the Castle yesterday, and played the following selec tion Overture, "Le Due d'Olonne" Terzetto and Coro, " Euryanthe" Finale, "Le Pr 6 aux Clercs" Auber. Weber. Harold. A deputation of the Great Extramural Cemetery As sociation, Harlesden-green, cons i s ti ng o f Ad m i ra l Sir W. 0. Pell (chairman), Captain Broadhead, R.N., Mr.: J. A. Durham, Mr. Wm. Fairlie, Mr. Thomas Vaughan, - Mr. G. K. Corfield 'solicitor), and Mr. Fredk. Corfield (secretary), had an interview with Viscount Palmerston, on Wednesday. The Duke of Newcastle left town after the Cabinet Council, yesterday afternoon, fur Windsor Castle. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office, yes terday, from the Governor of the Gold Coast. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, ` Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmer-'''. ston, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir e Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir' Wm. Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. We have reason to believe that the Hon. Villiers Stuart is not to be Under-Secretary for Ireland. THEATRICAL CRITICISAIIS. In a letter addressed to a contemporary by Mr. Chas. Mathews, the lessee of the Lyceum Theatre, that gentle man gives it as his deliberate opinion that "a great many theatrical critics engaged on the public press are the style of men to be cajoled into saying what they don't think, by a nightly order." We attribute these words to Mr. Mathews because he has made them his own, notwithstanding the attorney-like dexterity with which . he affects to quote them, or the substance of them, from a, weekly paper. He renders the subterfuge of no avail to, himself by adding to the allegation that the Spectator" said so-and so, the parenthetical remark—" and I have no doubt most truly." The lessee of the Ly ceum, having "no doubt " on the question is, therefore, certain—his expression admits of no other interpretation ; and being certain that a great many of the theatrical critics are capable of allowing their judgment to be biased by a bribe the most con temptible in amount that can well be imagined, he has done his utmost to destroy public confidence, not only in the honesty of the critics themselves, but in that of the journals by whom they are employed. We might, indeed, urge that the offence with which Mr. Mathews charges these gentlemen is simply impossible, inasmuch as "the nightly order" is given to the directing authority of each newspaper, and by him transferred, as occasion may require, to the person whom he ma y se l ec t to criticise the performance. If a money payment were required--as, by a voluntary relinquishment of privilege, it will in future be, so far as we are concerned—the money would be paid by the journal, and not by the critic engaged on its behalf, so that in no event could the admission to a theatre become a pecuniary object to the latter.—Morning Post. SPRING CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES FOR 1853. Yesterday morning the judges of the several common law courts at WePtminster, the Queen's Bench, the Common Pleas, and Exchequer, assembled in the F chequer Chamber, for the purpose of determining and arranging the circuits they would respectively proceed for holding the ensuing spring assi ze o f o v er an d terrni' ner, and general gaol delivery in and for the severel cities and counties in England and Wales. The follow' ing were the arrangements finally determined on : NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Judges—The Right Honourable Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice of England, and the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Pollock, Knight, Lord Chief Baron of her Majesty's Exchequer. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.— The Right Honourable Sir Jobe Jervis, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas , and the Right Honourable Sir James Parke, Knight, one of the Barons of the Exchequer. HOME CIRCUIT.—The Right Honourable Sir. Edward Halli Anderson, one of the Barons of the Court of E x che' quer, and Mr. Justice Coleridge. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr' Justice Talfourd:' NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Mr., Justice Cresswell, and Dlr. Baron Martin. • WESTERN CIRCUIT,—Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. j llB. tice Crompton. NORTH WALES AND CHESTER.-Mr. Justice Maule. ; SOUTH WALES AND CHESTER.—Mr. Justice Wightrnary Mr. Baron Platt will remain in town as Vacat Judge. AUSTRALASIAN PACIFIC MAIL STEAM C °3l ' PA NY. The first anunal meeting of the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Company was held yesterday afternoon, e t which the report was adopted. The following is a densation of the principal points, the whole of the di' cussion being merely of a formal character :—" 111e directors have to announce th a t h er M a j es t y h as bee ,, pleased to grant her Royal charter of incorporation , limiting the li a biliti es o f th e s h are h o ld ers t o th e amours subscribed, and that th e com p an y' s d ee d o f settlenseeu has been duly executed. The number of shares sub" scribed for, and paid on, is 12,126 • leaving in the hall"' of the directors 374 s h ares , which will be issued 0 they may consider desirable for the interests of the coat' pany. After various consultations with persons in Eng land and Scotland best able to advise as to th e s ize and models requisite for the service, the directors invited . the most eminent builders and engineers in th e united kingdom to tender for providing the compa n y wit.° five iron screw steamships ; and they have the s atin' faction of informing the proprietors that they h a ve eir tered into contracts with the following firms respective' ly :—Messrs Caird and Co., the Kangaroo, 1,550 toile? and 300-horse power ; Messrs. Reid and Co., the Dinor" nis, 1,530 tons, and 300-horse power ; M r . Robert' , Napier, the Emu, 1,666 tons ; and 300-horse powers Mr. Robert, Napier, the Black Swan, 1,620 tons, an 300-horse power ; Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill, th e Menura, 1,600 tons, and 300-horse power. The dire' tors expect they will be in a position to commence earli operations, the builders having undertaken to deliver the first vessel in June next, the others to follow in monthly succession. The contracts were entered ink previous to the late advance in iron and other materiale• The reports lately received of the progress of the V' nama Railway are satisfactory. It being essential t ° the success of this undertaking that there should be sufficient and ample means of communication betwee n England and Panama, the directors have the satisfactio n of informing the proprietors that, in addition to th e semi-monthly service of the Royal Mail Steam-packe t Company from Southampton direct to Colon (Navy Bar i passengers will also be booked through by the ships the British and North American Royal Mail Steate" packet Company from Liverpool vid New York ° Colon, and thence to New Zealand and Sydney," 141 • FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT THE COLLEGE O P SURGEO N' , —This morning, at half-past eight o'clock, a most frigili ful accident occurred in the new theatre of the 80. College of Surgeons, now in course of construction Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and immediately i n the rear of the main building. It appears that Jo h° M'llenry, a carpenter, residing at 42, Clement's-101 Strand, had just returned to his work from heeakfar, and was engaged i n mov i ng a piece of timber, when vPi missed his footin g , an d was precipitated from a height . 1 18 feet to the ground. He was instantly removed t n King's Coll ege H ospital, where it was ascertained that d he had s us t a i ned a severe fracture of the skull beside serious contusions, and such internal injuries that hi s recovery is rendered extremely doubtful. CORNWALL SAILORS' HOME.—His Majesty the Nil of Sw e d en and Norway has been most graciously plea s e in consideration of the benefits which his subjects ha received from the " Cornwall Sailors' Home" at x 1; mouth, to co n t r ib u t e th e sum of 501. i n a id o f t h e fun of that institution. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—A considerable redue.e-„,a the tariff of charges for-message s b e t ween E ng l an d the continent is about to be made. TREMENDOUS MORTALITY ON BOARD AN EMIGI SHIP.--The Government emigrant ship, Ticondero) , l which sailed from Liverpool on the 4th A ug ust, JIT; arrived,off Port Philip Heads, but was not allowed o f proceed further, in conse quence o f h av i ng u pwards,,,,, 200 passengers ill with feve r . Sh e h a d b ur i e d 120 p sengers on her voyage. • e s PRICE OF IRON.—Th e i n fl uence o f t h e recent ris the value of money has b een man if ested i n the i ron ro r w, ket to an extent that seems t o j ust i fy some of the to gations, hitherto strenuously denied, with reger"ieb over-speculation in th a t art i c l e. Scotch pigs, b touched 78s. about a fortnight back, were sold on " nesday at 61s_,. and yesterd a y a t 62 5. THE CITY DUTIES UPON CO RN .—A meeting, cony en ' by circular, o f merc h ants • i nterested in the corn trade 1 0 " 0 1 held yesterday a t th e L on d on Tavern, for the purpo_sd by obtaining a reduction at the excessive charges impes'ge. the corporation for metage, porterage, &c., of grao* Masterman, M.P., t oo k t h e chair. Mr. E. Hales read port, which states what the metage dues formerly W b j e . and then goes on to say, " the committee, however, , 3 . siring to t a k e an extremely liberal view of the retig to tion to be paid f or th e work done, and having regardhe the guarantee afforded by the superintendence °l erod s city of London, recommend that the present nur n. ov ed charges, amounting in the whole to the before-mel d ' . e S sum of about 4d. per quarter ex ship, and 24 of g gr ra a i n n a , ry a , n s d ho l uld be reduced to 2d. per quarter h' l , le . s oe heavy grain andd. on lig on ht light nshoixp,g:lindarlyl,":„orert paid by the importer or seller, thus avoiding the, t a ts expense and trouble of collection from buyers in aI' A Y of the country." The report was adopted, an d th meeting separated. e•'A