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msgraceful imputations, the day will ultimately sue"" 11 ) 38 2/ bit ti , lt arrive when his boldness and honesty will be to i I a , 4 , to the full appreciated. Happily, it is already be- ; -- c oming evident to larger and yet larger numbers of the intelligent population, that we have not "counted without our host," as the saying is— that Mr. COBDEN and those who agree with him have not calculated without ample reason that there are guarantees visible in France—yes, even France, rather should we say peculiarly in -r ranee—for the continued preservation of peace between the nations of the Continent. Illustra tions of this are each day, as it were, being mul tiplied. Besides the diminution of the French n avy by 2,000,000 francs in the amount of the animal expenditure ; besides the reduction of the F rench army last year by 30,000 men, and its still further reduction this year by 20,000, as re cently promised by the EmPEßoß—there have been the renewa l o f th e commerc i a l t rea ty w ith Belgium, and the talk of a yet more im- Portant one with Great Britain, and the marriage with the youthful EUGENIE ; and et) but not least, the singular hesitation on t he part of the Councils of the Tuileries to co cPerate with the Cabinet of St. James's in a Warlike demonstration in the Dardanelles ! Re collect, the plea for that hesitation was an un /rillingness on the part of the EMPEROR to give a Pretext for umbrage to the Northern Powers of the Continent I Fortunately, the difficulty in volved in this new evidence of the anxiety of the French Government to sustain, at all hazard, the interests of peace for Europe, has been obviated by the happy issue of recent nego tiations. The settlement of the quarrel between Austria and Turkey has dissipated. the cloud of uncertainty that appeared for a moment to augur a divergence of policy in regard to foreign rela tions, as viewed simultaneously from two different Points of view—from Paris and from London. But obviated though the difficulty is, it has yet, u nlike most difficulties of the kind, left behind it a Rot unsatisfactory remembrance. For through it, as already observed, we cannot fail to recog nise the solicitude in behalf of peace cherished by t he French Imperial Government—a solicitude Pandered more noticeable by it than, perhaps, by I nlY previous incident since the new reign was f ir st inaugurated. Everything, indeed, appears encourage, nowadays, our pacific aspirations. Together with the facts here commented upon t r ieflY byourselves, must be borne in remem „ranee sympathy expressed only a few days ice for the objects, the hopes, and the principles tile head of the present Administration. A recent Occ urrence in Turkey has shown us h ow war i s :ec, _lied from by th e E m p eror o f th e FRENCH 411e a recent occurrence in Downing-street has re vealed h ow earnes t i s th e h omage enterta i ne d r Peace by the Prime Minister of England. COURT CIRCULAR. Queen had a dinner party last evening at Buck ii?uarll Palace. The company included her Royal plghness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the d rineess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Baron and Baroness 4 Cett o , the P r i nce an d P r i ncess di C ar i n i, L a d y F ann y 44•°ward, Baroness d e Sp e th, th e E ar l an d C oun t e ss ofra, la ville, Lord Seymou r , L or d J ames M urra y, the Earl 4 Yesart, Lady Will oug hb y d'E res b y , Si r R. H. Inglis, /a u Sir Cha r l es L ye ll . T he band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the "'ace during dinner and played the following pieces : O v A " " Part du Diable" Auber. Cujus Animam" (Stabat .otater) - ' 4ll rira, " Pi e tro it G ran d e " Jullien. galection " Sur le Chalet" A. Adam. Qu i adrille " The Emperor Foun )° ' 441 ** :11 ....... . .... - olka, " v . alerie* . (first time) D. Godfrey. h a e arquis of Ormonde and . Mr. R. Ormsby Gore the . relieved Lord Rivers and Sir Edward Bowater in th e duties as the Lord and the Groom in Waiting on 41 )1 S . Bouverie has relieved Lord Alfred Paget th e r i.b . 4;,'" - Larshal) in his duty as Equerry in Waiting to e r e T e ,n, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros has re d t v v - 'elltenant-Oolonel the Hon. A. Gordon in his l' u rhl c . e a V b c e l rt uerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness T• he band of the Grenadier Guards attended during ` 4 -ener in Buckingham Palace on Monday evening and Performed the following compositions : Overture, " Les deux Aveuyles" Mehul. Hymn, " Das let der Tag den der Kerr gmachthat" H. W. Stolze. Cher., " Die Gebirgs-Jagd" Stenzer. " Seelenspiegel" 'Labitzky. Selection, " Preciosa" C. W. s. Weber. Galop, " Em Gruss au Prag,' Kaschte. g er Majesty's_ private band afterwards attended on Monday evening and played the following selection : Siufonia, No. 7 Ha y dn. Selecti on " Bertha von Bretagne" Rastrelli. Coro, " , Crociato" Mer R oya l Highness the Duchess Augustus of Sax e e g obou r visited her Royal Highness the ,Duchess of ge nt yesterday at Clarence-house, St. James . v i lk deputation, consisting of Mr. R. Davison, -I* * C ir William Verner, M.P., M • Q. _ awns, M.P.• G rogan, M.P., Mr. Vance, M.P. Mr. French, M.P., Goold, M.P. Mr. Kirk, M.P., Mr. Butt, M.P., - „ r s M.P., Mr. Ewart, Sir J. Kingston James , " Mr. Watson, had an interview with the Right Hon. . 17 ' ; ardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade. vi • .scount Canning, Postmaster-General, had an inter or the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. . 1 ,,; ( 1 11 Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, • h !tiso an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman ` 4l ° offieial residence in Downing-street. LIVERPOOL Rc C E Llandforda... St. Michael.. (THIS DAY.) PETER SIMPLE . 2 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 800 Egyptian were taken for export, and 900 American on specu lation. The market closed heavily, and prices of American under 6d. per lb. were 1-16 d. lower. The sales comprised 3,500 American, 100 Pernam and Maranham at 6fd. to 60., 1,000 Egyptian at sd. to 11d., 300 Surat at 4d. to 4d., and 30 Sea Island at is. 7d. to Is. 10d. per lb. In Railway Shares a moderate business was done, at rather higher rates. In the London Mercantile Price Current the fol lowing are given as the latest statements from the United States, dated New York, February 15 18 : 1853. 52. Receipts at the ports bales 2,066,000 ... 1,564,000 Exports to Great Britain „ 848,000 ... 526,000 Ditto to France l l, 148,000 ... 197,000 Tbtal exports „ 1,132,000 ... 827,000 Stock on hand lf 670,000 ... 534,000 The state of the currant market, at Liverpool, is described by Messrs. Houghton and Levy as follows : "The market for this article during the past month has materially improved, both as regards the consump tion and value, the clearances being about 170 tons, against only 80 for the month of January, in addition to which large supplies for this port continue to be drawn from London. The increased home consumption and demand for exportation, ship stores, &c., has principally consisted of low and middling qualities, better descrip tions being naturally influenced by the same ; holders of fine fruit remain equally firm, as noted in our several past circulars, under the impression that this quality will reach 80s. to 905., provided the accounts now to hand from the currant growing countries be confirmed in respect to the next year's crop. The only arrival to this since our last, consists of about 80 tons from New York. We note a large business has been done in London, both in old and new fruit, during the month, at improved rates." Most startling information has come to hand from Australia by the Overland India mail. Under date of Dec. 6, gold circulars state that the produc tion at the Ovens and Bendigo " diggins," and, in deed, at Mount Alexander generally, were materi ally falling off, and that only 5,030 to 8,000 ounces weekly were being brought by the escort to Mel bourne. Considerable despondency is stated to exist among the miners, who were out "prospecting" M all directions, and 80,000 persons being employed, many parties feared the " digging" were exhausted. No doubt there is gross exaggeration in all this, but as it appears in"gold circulars, we give it as it stands, leaving the rest for future explanation, of which it is no doubt susceptible. The steamer Atlantic brings good news from America. The exchange on London was 110 to Business brisk. The Bankers' Magazine for the present month contains the customary quantity of interesting matter connected with monetary affairs, and from a review of the " Meetings of Joint-Stock Banks," so far as regards those of late date, we take the following extracts : " The rates of dividend—a point of high consideration with parties who have permanently invested their capital in the shares of these institutions — have , in all cases, been fully supported if they have not been increased, and this end has been attained in a period of great plethora, and when the value of money at the Bank of England, and in Lombard-street has not exceeded 2 per cent. To have been enabled to realise profits, under such circumstances, equal in any instance to 6, and in others to 8 and 9 per cent., cannot but be re garded as a most gratifying test of the ability of the directors and managers, and the general consequence has been, that a further advance in the value of the re spective shares has taken place. " On the whole at the meeting, the pertinent fact elicited has been that the various banks are rapidly ex tending their business, and that the facilities which are offered through these . channels, not only accommodate trade, but also nurture it and tend to render its position much less fluctuating. Banking, thus fostered and en couraged, cannot fail to give a tone to mercantile trans actions, and while those of the most ordinary grade have experienced benefit from their introduetion to such re sources, others of greater magnitude have derived the support necessary to carry them successfully through." The English Stock market has been rather feeble and there is less doing. The nearer we approach settling day, the greater the disinclination to ope rate for the next account. Consols are 99i for transfer, and 99f / for account. The New 31 per Cents. have been 1031 to and the 3 per Cents., 100/ to Bank Stock is firm at 228, and India Stock rather heavy, at 265. Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 18s premium. The Foreign Securities have been buoyant. Spanish New Deferred are 23i to 24 Lo , and an is 11 di the Cer tificate is at 7to The Swedish 11.- count. Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 39. Mexican Bonds have be en u p to 24i to /, and Peruvian Six per Cents. are firm at 1061. Bra zilian New Stock is worth 97/ to 98. Buenos Ayres Bonds are at 62. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are marked 66i. Not much business has been done in Railway Shares, and the quotations are rather weaker within the last half-hour. The principal. transac tions have been in North Western, Midland, Great Northern, Caledonian and South Western. Lan cashire and Yorkshire are lower. The Gold Mine Shares have receded, especially the Great Nugget Vein, the Port Philip, and the Colonial. The Land Companies' Shares have been de pressed, with limited transactions. In the Joint Stock Bank Shares large dealings have been entered into. Considerably higher prices have been paid for the Australia, namely, 2 to 3 advance. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 8 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... ..... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities lo3i L on g Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6g i Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3.16 India Stock India Bonds, £luoo Ditto, under £lOOO 4O 8 Consols for Account 10th March 993 Exchequer Bills lid. £lOOO.. Ditto Aclveri , isw PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazlian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852. 4,1. per Cent 9B 7i Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 62 Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Greek ex over - due Co u p ons ........ . 6.4 7 Mexican 3 per Cent......... 24- 1 i i i 1064 P er uvian 6 per Cent. P or tuguese 4 per Cent. 39 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Ce rt. Spanish New Deferred, 3 ,. per Ceut Spanish PPASiVe (Coave: od) p S pan i s h Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, ,i7' s e 7 Swedish Loan ... ..... . .... . Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 . Dutch Exchange 2 per Ceut ......... iiia.E6i O'CLOCK. 99 13 99 A i 18 12 Consols . ................................. Ditto March Account ..................... x d BANK OF ENGLAND.-it is understood that the ad vances of the Bank of England during t he a pp roaching shutting of the transfer-books will be at the rate of 3 per cent. On former occasions it has been customary for the Bank to m a k e these temporary advances at a half per cent. below their current rate of discount for three months' bills, but the active demand for money which now prevails has prevented in the present instance any reduction from being adopted. RI AL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. Colonel MAULE took the oaths and his seat for For farshire. The committee appointed to try the Waterford elec• tion was sworn at the table. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion for the second reading of the Ribble Navigation Bill, Mr. HEADLAM moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. W. Patten, Mr. T. Parker, and Mr. Strutt sup ported the bill. The amendment was ultimately with drawn, and the bill read a second time. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had received notice that the petition complaining of an undue return for the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull would not be proceeded with. A number of petitions were presented against the ad mission of Jews into Parliament. Sir G. FILMER presented a petition from 250 work ing men of Sydenham, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. PHINN presented a similar petition from the working men of Bath. Similar petitions Were presented by Mr. CHEETHAM, from Bury, and by Mr. BOUVERIE from Ayr. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Maryport, praying for Parliamentary Papers. Mr. V. SMITH moved that the evidence taken be fore the Cambridge Election Petition be, printed. Agreed to. UNION OF BENEFICES BILL. Mr. FREWEN moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. S. HERBERT opposed the bill. He thought that this was a kind of isolated legislation on a great subject like this. The bill militated in its principle against a project now in contemplation by the commis sion which was issued on the proposal of Lord Shaftes bury some years ago, for the purpose of inquiry into the subject of sub-division of parishes. The house might probably not be aware that in the city of London there existed a great number of parishes from which the popu lation had altogether migrated, and in which the churches were almost deserted. The population of the city at the last census was found to have diminished to little more than 40,000. It was proposed in such cases as these to amalgamate one or more livings, and to devote the sur plus revenue, if any there should be, to the creation of new cures in populous suburbs. Now, if that project were to be carried out, the first thing which would have to be done would be to repeal this bill, and he thought it would be inconsiderate, then, without some great object to be . gained, which the hon. gentleman had not shown, to impose the future necessity on Parliament of retracing its steps. With re gard to the provision of the bill to prevent heads of col leges and masters of public schools from holding bene fices, to which, from the nature of their functions, they could not attend, be quite agreed with its expediency ; but he thought it was clear that they ought not to pro ceed in the matter hastily, without giving time to the public bodies interested to supply the deficiencies in the incomes of such functionaries which would thus be created. He objected altogether to the third clause of the bill which proposed to enact that in parishes where there was no church, the revenue should be sequestrated for a certain number of years until a fund had been ac cumulated sufficiently large to build one, on the ground that it would be leaving the inhabitants of those parishes in spiritual destitution for that long time without reason. He hoped the hon. gentleman would not press the bill, but if he persevered with it, he trusted the house would be of opinit,n that it was an evil to legislate upon great and important matters by small piecemeal measures of this kind. After a few words of explanation from Mr. FREWEN, Mr. SPOONER hoped the hon. member would with draw the bill after what had fallen from Mr. Herbert, who said that many of the evils to which it referred were under the consideration of the Government, and who held out a kind of prospect that some measure with re spect to them would be introduced. Mr. FREWEN acceded to the suggestion, and the bill was then by consent, withdrawn. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2 , 1853. VIE STEAM-SHIP AUSTRALIAN. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28. eZ h is steamer, which sailed for Australia on Thursday, )4 4 '. Put back on Friday, was received into dock . in _her te r estrl; arsenal, Devenport, on Saturday night. Yes 'Y ant official inspection of her was made by Lloyds' . ..r ve of Tr d r; Mr. Mare, engineering surveyor to the Board dockyarda 6 ; Mr. Stewart, engineer of the Devonport tb ; Captain Hoseason, R.N., and the engineers is et Leempany and of the ship. The bottom of the ship Pea r Zd to be in very good order, and there is no ap- AriZice or indication of leakage of any consequence. to f e n was placed in the dock there was from three d r feet of water in the hold, and this was reduced dry three or four inthes after she had been,eight hours N v i l Y i It Would, therefore, seem that there is some defect it t e „ 11. admits the sea into the ship, but does not allow Oa st ; e scape again. This arises, probably, from some kit h action to the working of the valves in connexion uito the machinery. A small portion of coal getting afte r 4 r Pipes would prevent the valves from closing eii g i b ""eY were ope n ed. A cursory examination of the Iviiof e e ' l sad machinery was made yesterday, when the %p ew seemed to be i n g o od order. A more minute in- Par t • I , e ,e is to be ma d e t o -d a y. Some 60 bags of letters, Si lii i d a "Y wetted l as t Thursday night, were returned by of be mail to St. Martin's-le-Grand for the purpose le g open e d and dried. MARCH 1. I.T be observed, I n a 15 " a personal inspection of the exterior yesterday, -° th e k, a few defective rivets only could k it il e ( e l , :,:'," ' t 'weeping" from them was barely sufficient to kale' ‘ue interior of the hold sweet. However, w o h o i d le , ko Nv aEl in dock these slight defects were made g qaeveral bolts in the heel of her main oftsernpost were . 'lso e h-s il 'llt, and replaced by new ones a larger size. k e i - the bilges forward the hull isin fr e o v m er qt, t he defective rivets occurred only y th w e ay bi p lg e e r s . a )1 . Possibly from the working . of the machinery s a a n n d d The engineer b°oPeller in that part of the ship. oppor tt 11t era being at work in the hold, there was no Illty f . . ° lle " examining the interior; which it feed the . N vit ,of the starboard bilge pipes,.is stated pu t na h p at s 1 , 41 ; 1 water from the bilge, is entirely n deficient of its Pipe',and that the valve of a se.cohdesstarboard bilge elia. has been kept open two inc y arded with dirt from the bilges. In this . the partrub tho ruotu thegh d o being ek. bleirialllen have been employed shovelling Thi Whi ch has been improperly allowed . to 4,t, eoWition of the Australian's bilges a a n c d cum th u e la d te e . - 41plevreatievtate of the valves of the bilge pipes with a ; Nti v , o attention. ere claim . H is a valuable ship, .1 ' c argo and the lives of the passengers and cre 11:lilled through the want of ordinary attention on e 110 1414 of some one upon whom the resonsibility have oe e ,"`" rest. Derangements of pipes and valves companies, 41 e rr i t e q in ships belonging to different e tii aea is to be lamented that there exists no orga- Ni l ', ll 'eans for the prevention of such well known th ,altie s. In the present instance it is reported that l ' e 4 alt age rose to the level of the floor of the engine- Ac e ,, before it was known that there was any extra tili:lalilation. The Australian was taken ou of doc o k . Ne l°l- Ling at nine o'clock, and she will probably pr .l. Ili g 1;34 Thursday for her destination. Previousto saa 4 / 1 d : I. e ngines are to undergo a thorough examination,atrial i't'i t), b e Pair if requisite, and the ship will make _ a l . e ,aty , ,, -11 , (1 .er the inspectionlof Captain Lowe, of her M h e - E , - ,, 134111 Impregnable The Australian will, throng . tioli 17-end overhaul, proceed on her voyage in a condi -the, ,ar reore satisfactory to the company, the passengers, -re w, and the freighters. -,,Th e rs 41e11e.-- `xetieral Screw Steam Shipping Company's ship Ma.-13"t, C aPtain W. Watts, is appointed to call here tyYten route for the Cape and Australia. ~ . _ ora. Pal ly ,. he Indiana, General Screw Steam Shipping C 'ghat 01411 Packet, which arrived on Saturday, we learn Ozipi„:.e Australian Royal Mail steam-ship Melbourne n , tolle27ltiVirataonnu, aarrived t the Cape of Good Hope o and sailed for Australia on the let l'eaerleallatY• No n rY e ' w a s n of the returning ship Sydney had e tgelita-rwthe, Cape up to the 24th of January. d Th r. '''4e(lll,;:t(t)ale Great Britain, Captain Mathews, ave llglaila le the Cape on the Ist of February for '44 of 41 %.- Sile w as appointed to leave Australia on the a'Y for the Cape, • MAYNOOTH. On the order of the day being read for resum ing the adjourned debate on the appointment to enquire into the College of Maynooth, Mr. HADFIELD supported the appointment of the committee. not simply because he was opposed to the grant to Maynooth, but because he protested against the 1?-gium Donunt, and every other kind of religious endow ments. There were thousands of Dissenters and Non conformists in the country who did not receive a penny from the State, and he thought that not only the Roman Catholics, but the Church of England, and every other religious sect, should be placed in the same situation. Yet, while the wealth of the Church of England was so enormous, he could not see on what ground of justice the hon. member for North Warwickshire could object to the Roman Catholics receiving a small grant from the State. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD explained the reasons which had induced him to propose his amendment for extend ing the inquiry of the committee to all religious endow ments, and said he had thought it right to omit from it •Ministers' Money and the .Regium Donura, as they formed exceptions to other grants, being included every year in the estimates. Colonel. SIBTHORP should support the original motion, because he considered that the grant to May nooth had been perverted from its original purpose. Mr. DUNLOP approved of the amendment, and should vote in its favour. Mr. NAPIER defended the Established Church in Ireland against the attacks which had been made upon it by Mr. Hadfield, believing that it had been a great boon and blessing to that country. So far from only one person out of ten in Ireland being members of that church, he understood the proportion was more nearly one in every four. He was opposed to the amendment, as it would have the effect of sweeping away all grants. He thought there was something inconsistent in the hon. member who moved it, because while he advocated the voluntary principle, he wished to force that princi ple by force and compulsion upon the adherents of the Church of England. (LEFT SITTING.) BANKRUPTCY COURT (THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonbianque.) IN RE RHODES-AN IMMINSE CLAIM FOR 500,0001. This bankrupt was described as of No. 2, Terrace, Kensington, milliner, and to-day was appointed for con sideration of the certificate. The balance-sheet, pre pared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, Basinghall street, commencing Jan. 1847, and ending Dec. 1852, shows Dr. to Crs., 817/. 18s ; ditto holding security, 100/. ; capital, 109/. 2s 2d ; profits (exclusive of the mir'nery business) as commission agent, &c., 1,975/. 18s ; profits, 2,3591. 13s 9d ; Cr. by good debts, 851. ; pro pel Ly, 1767. 13s 9d ; ditto in the hands of creditors, 144/. 1 • le:. es, 253/. ; rent, 670/. ; trade expenses, 2821. 15s ; house, 1,739/. 15s 6d. The bankrupt is a claimant to an ' estate in India, called the Troutbeck Estate, estimated of the value of 500,000/. The bankrupt states that his father considered himself entitled to the whole of this property, but had not the means to prosecute his claim. At present the parisX of St. Ann's,- Limehouse, is in receipt of the dividends, through some information given by a pauper, since deceased. Bankrupt expended about 40/. in en- Jen souring to get evidence, but was obliged to abandon the inquiry for want of funds ; the claim, therefore, has no 7 been transferred to the assignees. There was no opposition, and an immediate certificate was granted of the second class. KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. It is again our duty to call attention to the appoint ment of Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge, re spectively, to the Colonelcies of the Ist Grenadier and of the Coldstream Guards. Mr. Ellice, the Chairman of the Committee which had been appointed to regulate the subject, on Monday evening, in the House of Com moas, made a statement to the following effect :—The Committee found upon inquiry that the emoluments of the Colonelcy of the Ist Grenadier Guards reached as high a sum as between 4,0001. and 4,5001. per an num. But the Doke of Wellington then held the appointment. It was determined that, until the Drke of Welling',on's death, regard being had to his great service', matters should be kept as they were. After the Duke of Wellington's death, the emoluments of the Colonelc y of th e I st Grenadiers were to be reduced to 3,0001., and those of the Colonel cies of the two next regiments of Guards were to be maintained at 2,000/. per annum—in other words, respectively at triple and double the amount o f or dinary hooorary Colone l cies in the English army. But t'e committee retained these excessive emolu ments solely upon the condition that these Colonel cies should be considered the prizes awarded to the t m o os t t he di m st o in st gu c i aa merit—toshpedblemvielitteariyansofthe British the army—tonoblest— men who had . g iven proof of their courage and of their capacity upon the battle field. Well, ;,hen, Prince Al bert and Prince George of Cambridge have bee - i ap pointed—the first, Colonel of the Ist Grenadier Guards at 3,0001. per annum ; the second, Colonel of the Cold streams, at 2,0001. per annum. Now, last night, Colonel Lindsay, in the House of Commons, asked Mr. Sidney Herbert, the Secretary-at- War, a formal question upon this subject, in reply to which he made a statement which will be found in our Parliamentary report. Mr. Herbert was at some pains to commend the liberality of Prince Albert to his regi ment, and to prove that, according to all precedent, the Guards should be commanded by Princes. We have no doubt of it ; but that is not the question. Mr. Ellice and Mr. Hume have informed us that, in 1837, a new system was introduced by which all precedent was set aside, and the discussion resolves itself into a mere ques tion of testimony, which we leave to the parties con cerned. Mr. Ellice, the Chairman of the Committee, makes a positive statement upon a question of fact on Monday night ; on Tuesday night Mr. S. Herbert contra dicts him. On which side is there good faith I Is not Mr. Ellice—supported as he is by Mr. Hume—a man Tien whose veracity the public can place reliance ? Times. A deputation from Wakefield had an interview yester day with the General Board of Health at their office, Whitehall, with respect to the application of the Public Health Act to that borough. The deputation consisted of Mr. Micklethwaite and Mr. Lamb. They were in troduced by Mr. S. G. Smythe, M.P. A deputation from Portsmouth had an interview with the General Board of Health yesterday at their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Dr. Engledue, Mr. Oundle, and Mr. G. Sheppard. THE $ll 100 8 BKE T S. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junct Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon..,, Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction.,,,„ - Do. New East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (18/. E.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. WI.) Do., do 8 all 100 all , 0., B. and C.. East Lancashire ...... East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. Juno.. 100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow 1t Edin. and Peebles.... 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 iDo., A. Stock 100 ;Do., B. Stock St. 100 'Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. & Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western : Do., Fifths Do. , £lO Sh. M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndru. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. a Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensior Newp. Aberg. &Hftd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor .. Norfolk Do., Now Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred . Do., a B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton ,Scottish Central all 1 11i 100 I Scottish Midland ' Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Halves do IDO Do.. Oswestiy. IShropshirs Union South. Deyon . South Eastern South Wales S.Yorksh.Rixer Dun Do. Stockton k Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath • Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchasel York & N. Midland.. PREFERE. 100 all 100 8 100 all Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p e.••• Brie. & Ex. 4 p. ta. St. Do. 4 p. e. Shtires ...I Caledonian £lO 'Chester & Holyhead' Guar. 54 percent. Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. Do. (X 7 17s), Y. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. cts. Edinb. Prth.&Dund. Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent... Great Northn. 5 p. s. Do. 5 p. s., Redeem. at 10 p. e. prem... Gt.S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights... Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. e.) Grea: Western, fixed 4. per cent ......... Lan: -& York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. •., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. • Do. Pref. 5 p. .., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c. London &S. Western, Cou. Thirds Londonderry & Coler. Shares Londndry. & Ennisk, Shares 3faleh.,Shef.,&Lin., Shares, No. 1.... IDO., New, £lO Do., £6 Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4 1 per cent__ 2 _ ..... Mid. Consol. 6 p. e St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4} percent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per ct. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British ..... North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X 15,6 p. c. Do. Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed... Shre wsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), p. c. Do. 5 per cent. South - D eyou Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. o. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase , FORE: Antwrp. &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junet. Charleroi & Ercirelin Dki on and Besancon, Dutch Rhenish, East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. 'hind. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada I Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. prei Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. (Canal). Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran, ,Madras Maria Antonia, Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. e. Bds (fm j .B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrnk.Pref Paris and Lyon.; Paris and Orleans ] Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen Szeherbrg. Quebec Sc Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Monk._ Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France , Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. 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IPaid.l RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wol,'. Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.dc Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. j Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Man. and Matlock Middlesbr.' & Redcar. Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedsp Prest. & Wyre Do. i Rare& Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth.S t Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Stalfordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst Leasing Compans. !Loudon N. West.l Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. &N. W. Caledon., Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn k. New. & Berw. Y. &Mid Do Do IS. Eastern' Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midi& Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count Do L. Sz N. W &Ln&Tk Do IGt Northn Do Lancash& Yorksh. 31.3fClean Stockt. & Darlingt. Do [GtWestn Closing Prices this day. 80 - 31. 29, 3 / 4 -304 30 -- 31 29 -- 30 106 —lo7xd 52i --531xd, 150 - 152 323 - 333 Lll —ll3xd 55i --564xd 264 --274xd 13t -- 141 254 -- 261► 19 --19ixd 24 -- 26 3 - 31 ,iti -,-- fo6 64 66xd ▪ adl • ad .. .__ m l 152 - 1 54 151 - 153 xd di 32 - 33 103 - 104 Business this day. LATEST FROM AMERICA ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. (c ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. This morning at seven o'clock the United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Captain Nye, entered the Mersey, from New York direct, with 60 pa s _ sengers. The screw steam-ship Alps had arrived there on the 17th, and the City of Manchester at Phila delphia on the 18th. On the latter date the royal mail-steamer America, from hence, arrived at Boston. When the Atlantic sailed business was brisk in nearly all the cities of the Union. The money market continued in a satisfactory condition ; money was by no means scarce, and trading pros pects on the whole were good. Stocks of a dividend-paying character were firm, but those of a speculative kind were much depressed. Money was in active demand. In the Breadstuff market prices had given way, owing to the advices by the previous steamer from England, and there was little disposition to pur chase at the rates then prevailing, namely Western Canal Flour, 5 dols. to 5 dots. 124 c. per barrel ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 20c. to 1 dol. 92c. per 60 lbs. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 62 to 64 cents, per bushel ; Indian meal, 3 dols. 374 c. to 3 dots. 50c. per barrel. The New York cotton market continued in a de pressed condition. Sales could not be made ex cept at a reduction, which holders had generally submitted to, of one-eighth to a quarter of a cent. New Orleans and Mobile mid fair to fair, 11L c. to 121 c. ; Uplands ditto, 10ic. to 11tc. The America's sews received at New Orleans on the 18th had rendered the cotton market some what firmer, strict middling being quoted Bftc. to. The provision market was brisker than at the previous steamer's departure, and prices firmer. New prime pork, 154 c. to is ;new mess, 17c. to 171 c. Freights remained unchanged at the Atlantic's departure, the asking rates being, flour to Liver pool, 2s. to 2s. 3d. per barrel ; grain to ditto, 7d. to Bd. per bushel ; cotton, id. to 3-16 d. per lb. Exchange on Lond on ruled at 110 to 1101, and paper was in moderate demand ; on Paris, 5 121 ; Hamburgh, 361 to 36i ; Bremen, 80 to 801. The President had sent a message to the Senate announcing that England had made a proposition to withdraw her protection from Musquito, and make Grey Town a free city, and informing the Senate of a proposition for a canal across the Isthmus by both Governments. The International Copyright Treaty had been signed, and sent to the Senate for confirmation. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Emperor and the Empress went on Monday night to the Theatre-Lyrique to witness the repre sentation of the Poupee de Nuremberg. In conse quence of a grand dinner being given at the Tuile ries, their Majesties did not arrive until nine o'clock. The performance was suspended an instant whilst the Imperial party took their places. Their Ma jesties arrived without escort, and with no other suite than M. de Beville, M. de Tascher, an orderly officer, and two ladies of honour. The Empress was dressed in half-mourning with black lace in her hair. An immense crowd was assembled on the boulevard du Temple to witness their arrival, which was the signal for repeated cheers. Loud applause also greeted them in the theatre. After the prin cipal piece, the ballet of the Lutin de la Vallee was given, in which Mme. Guy and M. St. Leon more than once drew down the applause of their Ma jesties. A bill has been laid before the Legislative body for reducing the postage of letters circulating in Paris, and the following is the expose des Matif, and text of the bill. " Messieurs, the prepayment of letters materially simplifies the service of the Post-office. Paid letters re quire much less labour than those which are not paid, as the latter both on arrival and departure are to be verified as to their weight, their number, and their re presentative value. Prepayment is a better guarantee of the rights of the treasury for the recovery of the post age against any kind of fraud, and it renders the dis tribution of the letters more easy and more prompt. It is calculated that a postman distributes eighteen paid letters in the time required to deliver one unpaid letter. Lastily it does away with dead or unclaimed letters which bring nothing to the treasury, and cause con siderable trouble. The Post-office has used all its efforts to increase the number of prepaid letters, and it was for this object the Postage Reform Bill of August 24, 1848, authorised the prepayment by means of postage stamps. This encouragement, has, however, been found to be insufficient, and the experience of neighbouring countries shows that the most efficient plan for increasing the number of prepaid letters is to subject them to a differential passage. In Eng land, where letters not prepaid are charged double postage, the number of paid letters is 97 per cent. of the whole. In Belgium, where the difference of the charge is only one-half more, the prepaid letters reach the proportion of 60 per cent. In France, where the postage in both cases is the same, only 17 letters out of 100 are prepaid. We propose to you to apply, but by way of experiment only, a system of differential taxation to letters circulating in Paris. They are ex ceptionally subject to a charge of 15c., whilst that on letters within all communes is only 10c. The bill which we submit to you has for object to reduce the postage on prepaid letters, written and circulated in Paris, to 10c., while those unpaid will continue to be charged 15c. This will cause a habit to be acquired of prepaying let ters, and will allow a judgment to be formed whether that prepayment, by facilitating the service of the Post office, is not sometimes attended with the inconvenience of rendering the delivery of the letters to their proper owners less sure. In restricting its operation to Paris, there is this advantage, that the experiment ma'y be made without causing any very serious prejudice to the treasury. In 1852, the number of letters circulating in Paris was 7,559,000 ; they produced to the treasury 1,133,859 francs. If the reduction of the postage on prepaid letters to 10c., leaves the proportion of 20 per cent, which they are now in Paris, on the number of letters above mentioned there will be 1,511,800 prepaid letters at 10c., giving 151,180 fr. ; and 6,047,800 unpaid, producing .907,080 fr. ; makin g t o t a l s 1 of 7,559,000 letters, a n d ,058,260 fr. The produce being thus 1,058,260 fr., the loss to the treasury will be 75,599 fr. The differential charge will, however, increase the number of prepaid letters, and if we calculate that it will come up to 50 per cent, of the whole, as in Belgium, the 7,559,000 Paris letters will pay one half 15c. and the other half 10c. The produce will then be 944,802 fr., and the loss to the treasury will be 188,977 fr. This loss will be soon covered by the natural increase in the num ber of letters. The reduction in the postage of prepaid letters will be a fresh cause of this increase, so that the loss to the treasury by the increased number of prepaid letters will be by degrees made up by the general in crease in the number of letters. The bill makes no changes in the regulations which have fixed the pro gressive increase of the charge in proportion to the weight. It has only for object to gr an t a premium of sc. on the prepayment of letters written and circulated in Paris whatever may be their weight. We hope that I you will not hesitate to adopt it." The bill only contains the following article : "From the Ist July, 1854, the postage on prepaid letters written and circulated in Paris, will be reduced The Emperor again presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of State, in which the dis cussion of the Budget was terminated. It is be lieved that the navy estimates have been reduced during the discussion on the budget in the Council of State by four millions, and a considerable re duction in public works has also been made. The Mediterranean squadron, under the orders of Admiral Lassusse, composed of eight ships-of the-line and a steam-corvette, assembled on the 24th at Antibes. (BY ELECTRIC TELEG.RAPIL) THE TRIAL STAKES. • Lady Agues Walked over. THE AINTREE PLATE. Worcester Lady Agnes Four started. THE STEEPLECHASE.—LATEST BETTING, 7to 1 agst Miss Mowbray. 7to 1 agst Bourton. 7to 1 agst Duc-an-Duras. 7to 1 agst Oscr. 13 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie. Mason has declared to win with Oscar. J ourt 32tittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE SPRING CUP. STEEPLECHASE. 184 100 100 all all all 25 25 St. 50 114 all all all 100 42 i 34 all all 100 100 all Si 100 176 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 St. St. St. St. 261 13i 20 20 50 17 all all 13 1/.la 100 20 11i 1100 10 St. 25 25 981xd xd MINES. 1 all Agua Fria lOs all Anglo Californian..,, p 10 2 Australasian 4 2/ 4l 'L't 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par 4 p 14 1 all Australian Freehold. pl/ 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) p ar p 1 all British Austrin. Gold B pl, 4 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 p 35 24i Brazilian Imp. (issued at X 5 pm.) 4 43 3J all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 2/ -21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 4 Carson's Creek.. par in Si 40 all Cobre Copper 423 43!, 434 4 5 1 Colonial Gold 2B 2 p 44 3 14 Copi , po Si. all CopperMinersof Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Preference 74 81 1 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l3 1 d 4 3 20 all General l7 —lB 173 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2i —2' p 5 4 t i: 54 3 all Great Polgooth . l3 I ' l p 1 all Lake Bathurst — 1 all Liberty 4 1 p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 d 4 1 all Mariquita 4d— 3 p 1 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 63 7 1 all New Granada a P 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 —l3 p 23 4 5 1 Port Philip l4 -1/ p 2$ I 1 all Quartz Rock par— 4 p 13 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l —23 221 15 Do. New — 30 101 Santiago de Cuba, 63 -- 73 1 all South Australian par —4p 14 • 10 7 Tin Croft — 283 all United Mexican 7 73 73 1 all Waller P 1 all West Granada 4 — 4 p 1 all West Mariposa 1 $ 14 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 93 - - 96 97 63 5 50 all British N. American -- 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 21 —24 p 3 100 25 Colonial. — 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 3 3 41 , 7 4 20 73 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 6 —64 p 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 LOnd. &Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Ans tralia and India 50 223 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 54 56 564 75" 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 484 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg dr Gold Imp. Co. .. 25 25 South Australia 25 all Union of Australia 77 79 79 8 4 13 783 ... 23 Do. New B3 94 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 110 115 115 12 10xPee 20 6 Austrlasn. Pcifio.Mail -- 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail 38A Brit. Americn. Land 100 321 Canada 5 6 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electrio. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam — 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 21 Nrth. of Europe Ste 50 all Peninsular & Oriental • 50 25 Do. Do. "'49 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Lan d 54 57 611 59 4 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 5 E Universal Emig r ation. and Colonisa b tion I ••• and Colonisation. I Van Diemen's Land ! 18 - 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 2.—Wind at Noon, N.N.W., light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather. FOLKESTONE, March I.—Arrived—Amanda, Porto Plata, for Hamburgh. _ DEAL, Mai•ch I.—Arrived—Albyn, Penang ; Syria, Cal cutta ; Lady Bruce, do. ; Baretto Jan, Singapore ; Launna, Cape of Good Hope ; Lady Helda, Demerara ; Mehemet Ali, Shanghai. PLYMOUTH, March I.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Euro pean (s), Coast of Africa ; Lady Peel, New York, via Newport. FALMOUTH, March I.—Wind, W. Arrived—Madonna, Bahia, for Gothenburg ; Mazeppa, Charleston, for Ham burgh. Sailed—Oriental, Newport and New York. OPT DARTMOUTH, March I.—Toronto, Mauritius; Enter prise, do. ; Achilles, Guadaloupe, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, March I.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Earl of Liverpool, Africa ' • Underwriter, N ew Y or k ; Abera mon, China ; Firefly, Buenos Ayres ; Pelot Fish, Pernam buco ; Annie, Maranham ; Camillus, New Orleans ; Levia than, do. ; Ocean Queen, do. ; Lady Russell, Mobile ; William Hatchcock, Apalachicola ; China, Savannah ; Sackein do. ; Elize, New Yo r k. S a il e d—l n t erna ti ona l , Now Orleanf; Empire, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Anna Hender son, Calcutta ; Diagaum, Bombay ; Daniel, Hayti ; Shang hai, New Orleans ; William Rathbone, New York ; New World, do. ; Conqueror, do. ; Kalamazoo, do. ; St. John's, N.B. Off Port—Duncan, Calcutta; Vermoni, New Orleans ; Beethoven, Windermere, Peter Foulkes, John Wood, Rhune, Amette, Gilbert, Bucephalus (sup posed), and Robert Barfour. BRISToL, March I.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—George, Demerara. Sailed—Florenoe, Africa. HULL, Feb. 28.—The Amazon of this port, Shields, for New York, has been docked, having been on shore. —March 1. Sailed—St. George, Greenland. GLOUCESTER.—Arrived—Bessel, New York. WEST WORCESTER ELECTION.—The election of a knight of the shire for the western division of this county, in the room of General the Hon. H. B. Lygon, raised to the peerage by the title of Earl Beauchamp, took place yesterday, at the Grand Stand on the Wor cester race course. At half-past ten o'clock, the high sheriff, Charles Noel, Esq., opened the proceedings. The Hon. W. Coventry then proceeded to put in nomi nation Henry Lygon, Lord Viscount Elmley, as a fit and proper person to represent the division in Parlia ment. Sir Hungerford Lechmere, seconded the nomina tion. The customary question having been put by the high sheriff, and no other candidate being put in nomi nation, Lord Elmley was declared elected. Lord Elmley then addressed the electors, thanking them for the high and honourable position in which they had placed him as their representative—a position of which he was justly proud, and which he hoped he duly appreciated. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the sheriff. COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN LINE.—On Saturday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, as one of the up trains was proceeding from York to Lon don, a waggon train ran into the carriages. Luckily the approach of an accident was observed by the railway official, and although the shock was rather severe, only two persons were injured ; one a gentleman, who was very. severely cut on the left eye, and a young child, whose front teeth were forced out, and face slightly damaged. If AUSTRALASIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. - —The first vessel of the Australasian Steamship Company (Panama to Sydney), about to commence operations in New York, will, it is stated, be a new one just completed, called the Golden Age. She is of 2,864 tons' burden, and has capacity for 1,200 passengers (200 first cabin, 200 second, 800 third), with 1,200 tons of coal, and 500 of carg o. Her frame was originally intended for the Adriatic, the fifth ship of the Collins' line, and she bas since been completed with special reference to the pas senger trade in the Pacific, so as to secure room and ventilation for the largest possible number of persons. According to the calculations in the prospectus of the company, it is expected that she will enable the passage to Australia to be completed within 35 days from Ne w York and 50 days from England. • THE aiLons' STRIKE AT SOUTHAMPTON. —Several of the seamen on strike at Southampton have given in. They have applied to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany for employment at their former wages, and have obtained it. 13 a} x d 8i 60 591 .4i I I 100 x.d. 10 1 i i x in 41 x in x ill x in 1i B 6A 364 6 27i a i 42 33a 3 i i 1 2 pm i 20i a i Ili 24 ;f~ f ' } 'wa! Turkey should give to the Eurep Odwers.:4. . r ration for well founded complaints, :41 , necessary for the maintenance of lit . 111: Turkish Government should pres erve an aVf _ able position necessary for the mainten e n ce of the equilibrium of Europe. The Bourse was exceedingly firm yesterday, and both the Rente and Railway Shares have advanced. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are 55c. higher, and the Three per Cents. 65c. higher, the former closing at 106 f. 50c., and the latter at 80f. 85c. Bank of France Shares are unchanged ; those of the Mortgage Bank are 12f. 50. higher, and those of the Societe Mobiliere 25f. higher. Foreign Funds remain as they were. Railway Shares have advanced from 10f. to 15f. each on an average. Exchan ge on L ondon (short), 25f. ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 90c. A committee of ladies AITSTRIA. at Vienna, who had pro posed to erect a monument on the Bastei, at the place where the Emperor was wounded, have with drawn their projects as the relations of his Majesty intend themselves to erect one. A letter from Vienna states that autograph let ters of felicitation for the preservation of the life of the Emperor of Austria, were presented to his Ma jesty on the 23d ult., from the Emperor of the French, the King of Prussia, the Duke of Bruns wick, and the Count de Chambord. The accounts received from Vienna, by telegraph which are to the evening of the 27th, state that the Emperor is rapidly recovering from his wound, and that his health is in the most satisfactory state. The Austrian troops in march for Croatia had re ceived counter orders. The Augsburg Gazette of the 26th states that the Austrian Government had formed the " energetic determination" of requiring from the British Go vernment the expulsion of Mazzini and Kossuth. In case of refusal no British subject would be per mitted to cross the Austrian frontier. A telegraphic dispatch, dated Vienna, 28th, says :—" There has been a considerable rise in the leading securities at the Bourse to-day. The pub lic mind is completely tranquillised on every sub ject." MONTENEGRO. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 22d ult.; in the Augsburg Gazette, states that it was on that day that Prince Mentchikoff, the Minister of Marine, was to leave on his mission to Constantinople. " His mission" s a y s th e th e letter , "has been con certed with Aust r i a , an d th e object of it is to com l . eel the Ottoman Porte to act with moderation with respect to its Chrifitian subjects in general, and the Montenegrins in particular." The Minister was to be accompanied by Count Dimitri Nesselrode, Prince Lobanoff (son-in-law of General Paskie witsch), aide-de-camp to the Emperor, Prince Galitzin, and by several officers of the navy. A telegraphic message, dated yesterday, from Vienna, says Omer Pacha has received orders to suspend hostilities against the Montenegrins. The Austrian troops en marche have received counter orders. ITALY. The Ticino Gazette states from Berne that the Austrian Legation presented a third note to the Federal Council on the 19th ult. It does not give the contents of this note, and says that the Federal Council has adjourned its decision for the present. The Opinion of Turin quotes a letter from Milan of the 22d ult., stating that arrests still continue there. Among the persons arrested, it mentions a priest named Don Giovanni Rossari. The church bells are still mute, the authorities having had all the doors giving access to the staircases of the steeples closed until further orders. A letter from Bellinzona, in the Piedmontese Gazette, states that, on the 22d ult., the Govern ment of the canton of Ticino had the printers of the Patriota arrested at Faido, and seals affixed to the printing office. This act of rigour is attributed to an incendiary article, in which the Patriota called upon the people to effect a revolution. It is stated that two agents of American Emi gration Companies have left France for Switzerland to propose to the government of Tecino, to convey to America the natives of that canton who have been expelled from Austria. The Count Rayneval, Ambassador from France to the Court of Rome, was received with great pomp and cordiality on the occasion of presenting his new letters of credence from the Emperor to his Holiness. Nearly all the cardinals, accompanied by the whole diplomatic body, the Ministers, and the chief officers of the French army in Rome, attended at the ceremony. The Superior Council of the order of Jesuits have presented to the Pope ; with a prayer that his Holiness will transmit it to the different Catholic powers a protest against the decision of three of the Republics of South America, banishing the Jesuits, and confiscating their property. PRUSSIA. The trial of Professor Gervinus for " exciting to treason, &c.," commenced and terminated at Man heim on the 24th, but judgment has been deferred until the 2d of March. A recently published statistic gives the number of individuals of both sexes now in divers penitenti aries and houses of correction within the monarchy at somewhat more than 90,000. The Grand Duke of Oldenburg died suddenly, and without suffering, on Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 1. The Agamemnon, 91, screw line-of-battle ship, Cap tain Sir Thomas Maitland. We regret to state that many fresh cases break out amongst the crew, who are berthed in th e C amper d own alongside ; and although no serious results have yet arisen, it still continues to baffle the skill of the medical officers, who, to their credit be it said, use every exertion and kindness in administering to the comforts of the sick men. The Cruiser, 16, screw steam-sloop, commander the Hon. George H. Douglas, having received her supply of coals from the coal depot, hauled out into the stream, and awaits sailing orders. • The Rolla, 6, apprentices' tender, Lieutenant Com mander Fenwick, hauled into No. 1 Dock to-day, to have her copper cleaned and examined, preparatory to fitting her out for her usual summer exercises by the r• naval apprentices. The Orestes, old 18- gun s l oop , th a t we announce d some time since had b een conver t e d i n t o a movea bl e coa l depot, was this mo rn i ng p u t i n t o o p era t ion b y b e i ng towed out of harbour by the Echo steam-tug, and laid alongside the Basilisk, steam-sloop, which received her full supply therefrom ; after which the Echo returned with her into harbour. This is a vast improvement upon the old system of war-steamers being first obliged to die charge their powder at Spithead, and then come into harbour to coal. When the Pitt is ready, there will be a still greater advantage, as she will be stationed at the Motherbank for vessels to run alongside, thereby saving much time as well as expense. WOOLWICH, MAnca 1. APPOINTMENTS. MarryatLieutenants (185 2)., James the latteraEv e . Elli ottbeen e n servingappointed p ( p l oBi4nal dpafoedstelni the ph Joseph piililc E z Sidon steam-frigate, h steam - sloop , commissioned at Woolwich by Commander Edward A. Inglefield, for service in the Aric regions. Lieutenants Elli o tt an d M arryat served pre ct vi i n Captain Austin's ex p e di t i on. Master William Stanton (1852), from the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard ship at Sheerness, to the Phoenix. Surgeon John F. Charlton, X.D. (1845), to the Phoenix. shiAmpsaastti Paymaster tal, Roiorttbssemr H utor e gup n et r . ho y j;_i e l It John oakthwihnnlese yi:(1,1}81111252; from themrtoom th e P$ c i e c 1: 0 t , flag serving as additional assistant sun eon the Portland, 50, flag-ship, on the Pacific station to the Phoenix. George, St. i(n1847), recently Second Master Edward H. Isiia (1842), freni ar t, to GtheeorPghece, 11121x0,. guard ship in ordinary at Devonp Clerk William P. Richard to the PhTh_"x. i f.i Boatswai n H enry Osbourne to th!cePhf Carpent er H enry Palmer to the Ph '. An official article in yesterday morning's Moni teur, ascribed to the pen of the Minister of Finance, calls attention to the circumstance that forty mil lions of taxation have been remitted, which pressed most heavily upon agriculture and the labouring classes, at a time when all the resources of the na tion ought to have been applied to prevent her ruin ; and that fifty thousand men h ave b een liberated from the army, and rest ore d t o their fields and worshops. Two Imperial decrees appear in the Same jou rna l the one convoking tie Council-Ge nera l of Lot and I MALTA, FEB. 23. Garonne, and the other authorising the form• t',,,-, The Ripon, with the Indian of a company for the construction of a ail " 1 little after midnight, beating the Fre nch tween Graissessac and Beziers. r way be- 36 hours from Alexandlia. been sitting lately on Captain e The Union, in alluding to the new instit • es of French for Naand Captain arts and manufactures in England, expressesinstitution of 1 Jones, of the Sampson steam-frigate, vessels put to sea for some of the most flourishing bran i alarm ' Symonds, of the Arethu . s n a ;t , These and on the night of industry. Its fears are, perhaps ales on the 12th je l adin . g, . A Court of Inquiry has _ r mai and the frigate in her for every country has its perfect' little ex.aggerated, i Saturday, the ste q am a e ll took them after dark, and the and manufactures which ions in certain arts , position, al heavy. s up u suddenly the Arethus ad a ran into of the people. depend , , upon the genius steameL'ucluily; she caught l i c le n r o sr o o n ns e o r nL v h e "tr beene in English c an make progressgin no wever, that the I ,otherwise the SaraP pTba w aty. As it was, the shock was real protection for French in d- these branches, the I the navy list, in s all ajo r the chain of the Arethusa's bower endeavour to go on im r • ustry will be anearnest „ gre at .s . hieh t fell n irito the paddles of the steamer and progress of th e En 1 ) 21 ving, so as to render the 1 i anchor, recovered, and doing about 5,0001. damage in all. ing• Monopoly gush and protection c omparatively unavail- i waes Le_repafring. The Arethusa had but little damage, this. The manufacturers protection will not effect 1 h b ! andS will leave to-day for Naples, whence she is to return by the telegraph o e il l made sensible of the g o i f ve th n e of France must lon the 6th proximo. o h . i The Court reprimanded Captain The Constitution necessity of enterpreisaccounts Jones e , a n M o d d blamed Tand Spitfire i s t e fi v r e e r eor had gone showing a light. ne declares that : o h m Vienna, The newly discovered shoal whichnear gone out to sur- Brritevaejerto-adahoyust egraph dispatches f kish Govern- e v-Y ht The shoal has been surveyed Messina returned last The nig • by Captain Spratt, me at to Austria ther too absolute. t . but lwe have no particulars. territorial • , are ra . .t says, not S made by the Tur question, for instance, 1 other European The Simoom troop ship hasnot pearance. yet made her ap• be settled without reference to the +in °that the return The steamer from Powers. It concludes by st --- K app y presage for i FreAch steamer from Corfu, expected yesterday, and the of the Count de Leininge &lir:noes between Austria have not made their Constantinople, due also yesterday, the arrangement of all di an importance must not , very unsettled, appearance. The weather appears and the Porte but t s h il t e n done which it probably i The be given to what ha s that, if it were proper that she is readySampsonf frigate will be five or six weeks before does not merit, for 1 Or sea. 107 x x 113 llixd x d :a 19 x d ,-., -_i ti .. Ar - ' -- -.-J 25 10 106 16i 20 6 1 21 7 152 1 4 29 10 all Paid 50 1 3 1, i 65 4 64 91 130 1 70i 12't i 1061 126 i 147} '24 11k , 100 100 18# 1081