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BOND'S ANCIENT GEOGIIILPH7f.- A CONCISE VIEW OF ANCIENT GEOGITAPHY, with Biographical, Chronological, and Historical Notes; and Severe Illus trative Maps : designed as an easy introduction to the Rev. D r. But ler's " Sketch of Ancient Geography:" with the Name's of Persons and Places carefully accentd to direct the Pronunciation . By W. H. BOND, of Queen's College, Cambridi T. Fourth Edition. 12mo. With Maps. 4to. 4s. 6d. sewed. London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee nni -Manager, THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, Will be performed the popular and highly successful ( Rnnedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the (Ii irtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, and Stuart ; Mrs. Stir ling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitled :LEO THE TERRIBLE. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MA R RLED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Hnder the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, pill he performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Wet hews, F. Matthews, and Horricastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. 31 itchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extzt ivaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in whic h Messrs. T. Matthews, Suter, Ilorncastie, and Templeton; Madam, a Veatris, Mies Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, 3 lies Ellis, mice Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright wi ll appear. To eonclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sale Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft,. 15, New Bond-street.• THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Cal este. THIS EVENING, Zug. 19, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE l IFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullenford, 0. Smith. and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Lam -a Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the gloriously successful Comic Pantomtt ae, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Dansense, Mdlle. Auriol ; Clown, Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-SUM:ET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, Will be performed Shatopere's Comedy of MUCH AT ABOUT NOTHING. Principal characters by Messrs. Charles :Kean, Har ley, Meadows, J. Vining, Addison, Ryder, and Graham ; Miss Heath and Mrs. C. Kean. Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. To conclude with the new and original Grand Connie Christ mas pantomime, entitled MARLEQUIN CHERRY ANT) FAIR STAB; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Ho lime; Pan ;Abaco, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC! THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JAN. 19, Win be presented LILIAN GEIWAIS. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Floskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton; Miss Anderton and Miss H. Gordon. After which, ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin .EdTeardes, with his highly-trained dogs. Box-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Att ractions. THIS EVENLNG, Jew. 19, And during the Week, the Performances will comma :nce with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN (52d time). After which, Batty's peerless Scenes in the Arena. To conclude with the successful Pantomime of FORTI r io AND HIS HORSE COMRADE ; or, Harlequin and the Serven Gifted Men. On THURSDAY, JAN. 20, another Grand JUVENILM NIGHT, on which occasion the Pantomime will be played—first followed by brilliant Pieces in the Circle, and concluding with a. .Laughable FARCE. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Pox-office open daily f'rom Eleven to Four. Stage Mean iger, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDI ON BRIDGE. THBS DAY —Morning 51 min. after S Evening 23 anin.aft. 9 To-Moaaow—Morning 54 min. after 9 Evening 31 nain.aft. 10 DAILY WEAYSER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the :following places at nice o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze—cloudless. STRoOD--N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SwiNpoN—N., gentle breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH— N.E., hard wind—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock LIMERICK—W., calm—cloudy. MIILLINGAR— N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE —N., light air—overcast. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, JAN. 19.. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 39 highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and during the night.. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30*5. WIND, S.S.W.—Showery. . 77; :4164S "( G" *. • ) . 'AIAI > LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1853. The interesting and important document re cently read before the Members of the Statistical Society, by Dr. WILLIAM FARR, exhibits in the clearest light the gross and palpable injustice of the Income Tax now in operation. The Learned Gentleman unsparingly exposed the fallacies and inconsistencies of those who advocated the exist ing system, contending for the equal taxation of all receipts, no matter from what source, or in what manner they might be derived. He also showed that the entire impost is based on a false assumption, that it is not what it purports to be, and that the practical assessment under the Act is in direct violation of its title ! The original statute 5 and 6 Vic., cap. 35, which, although originally of limited duration, has from time to time been renewed, is denominated " An Act for granting to her MAJESTY Duties on Profits' arising from property, professions, trades, and offices." The charge is, therefore, not merely on " income "—as erroneously supposed—. it is on "profits," clear and unquestionable " pro fits," which leave the original capital embarked in any investment untouched and unimpaired. The nse of the word " profits," shows that any - thing which can be considered in the light of a repay- , ment of capital does not come within the pur view of the statute. It implies that the original source from whence the profits are derived shall remain in perpetuity. As Dr. FARR points out, the meaning of "profits" is exactly the same as "produce," and represents the additional valu e which anything obtains within a certain specified time. According to his definition, " pro duce is expressed by the amount of money which property yields during the year by an increase of value, or the use of its services." Any addition to the actual value of the stock or property is as much " profit" as the actual money received for its use ; and, in like manner, any deterioration from that value reduces the rate of profit pro tanto. There cannot be a better illustration than that adopted by the Learned Gentleman. If a horse dealer has a young horse worth 201., the services of which, 'within the year, bring 101. over and beyond the cost of keep, &c., and that, during the same time, the value of the animal becomes 351., the "produce," or " profit," will be not merely the 10/. gained by his services, but the 101. plus 15/.—the improvement in value, equal to 251. When the same horse has attained its maxi mum of value, supposing that it remains stationary, the " profit " will be exactly the sum received for its services ; but if the value be reduced, say from 351. to 301., the amount of the diminution must be deducted from the money for services to show the true " profit" of the dealer. The wear and tear of stock must be taken into account before the nett proceeds of the business can be ascer tained. ~Now, if this be a true statement of the cas e ,l —and we do not see how it can be controverted— the injury inflicted on a large proportion of the tax-paying community will be at once apparent, and also the distinct " breach of faith" towards some of the public creditors, viz., the holders of terminable and rapidly-expiring annuities. Let US for instance take the case of the holder of 1 ,0001. per annum in the Long Annuities, which expire in the year 1860. If he purchased t ;n:jete of th e in April 1852, the value or cost the annuity would have been 6,870 1 ., while the r 7,7501. eeipts during th e 71 y ea rs would be whole h of that's, manifestly ridiculous to call the will be only th c . p ro fits. " No, the " profits" the original capital invnel r emaining after replacing es dcethoantly at th e t erm i nat i on o f t h e annuity —and that balance should he taxed. But in place o f act i ng manner, they levy on t h e whole and and equitable which is the re-paym en t o f capital °lint, on thit—a, that which 1 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1853 is the increase or profit for its use—and thus violate every principle of justice. The example is equally applicable to every de scription of income; the merchants', manufacturers', traders', or professional man's assessed unders che dule D. The discrepancyis indeed greater, inasmuch as a new element must enter into the calculation. In such a case we should look not merely to the duration of the income, but also to its fluctuations, in order to arrive at a correct conclusion. Thus the holder of 3 per Cent. Consols has a perpetuity as well as a cer tainty. Every shilling that he receives is, there fore, fairly liable to the charge. The Annuitant, however, while he has an equal certainty for a fixed period, must set aside a certain portion in each and every year to replace his capital. That portion can at once be calculated, and the residue is that on which he could be required to pay. The merchant, on the other hand, has a precarious income. A certain, and by no means in considerable, portion of his so-called profits, must be considered as an lnsurance Fund to provide against the risk he is incurring, not merely of the absence of profit, but of a par tial, and perhaps total, loss of capital. No sane man would engage in trade or commerce, or, in deed, in any business of a speculative character, if he could not get an equivalent for his risk. It signifies nothing whether he becomes his own in surer, or pays another for becoming so. From his nett receipts there should be dedu3ted, first, an allowance for the temporary character of his income, it being only for such periods as he shall be enabled to continue in business ; and then for its precariousness, that renders an Insurance Fund necessary. The problem, then, —and it would be by no means a difficUlt one to solve—will be so to divide the receipts, that one portion may be regarded as the repayment of capital, and the other as profit that may be ex pended by a prudent man, who will, on the failure of the source from whence it is derived, have a perpetual income arising from accumulations equal to that which he has been in the habit of expend ing. We venture to say that any experienced actuary could calculate the amount fairly chargeable under almost any state of circum stances, and that the people would be perfectly satisfied to pay according to such calcula tions. It is not, as we have repeatedly stated, the amount of the tax that is com plained of ; it is a feeling of injustice that rankles in the mind, and leads to the earnest and determined opposition to the impost. If that be removed, all will be well ; if not, woe to the Ministry or Government that closes its ears against the voice of public opinion. We ear nestly recommend Dr. FARR'S statement to the calm and attentive consideration of all who desire to arrive at an honest and unprejudiced decision. It may prove exceedingly useful to those who will have to take part in the discussions that must inevitably arise before the termination of the Financial year, which closes on the sth of April next. METTERNICH little thought, when he declared that it was a mere geographical expression to talk of Italy, that before very long the phrase would be more correctly applied to Austria as the symbol of the Viennese Government. Nevertheless it is so, whatever may have been his anticipations. The world thinks and talks of Austria as a mere geographical expression. Its existence as a nation is known far and wide to be the emptiest of fic tions. Every intelligent man in Christendom is conscious, in its regard, that the name of Austrian is a Shibboleth with even the more immediate supporters of the HAPSBURG dynasty. Ask an inhabitant of Milan—he is an Italian, or rather a Lombard, not an Austrian ! Ask another sub ject of FRANCIS JOSEPH—he is a Pole, not an. Austrian ! Another, and he will tell you that he is a German, another that he is a Bohemian, another that he is a Hungarian —none that they are Aus trians ! Ask even a citizen resident in Ducal Austria Proper, and he will reply that he is not an Austrian, but a Viennese. The very name is repudiated, and that even in the suburbs of Schoenbrunn. For the elucidation of this political problem, it is only necessary to remember the rise of the gigantic empire presided over by the family of RODOLPII—a rise born only from the most fla grant and the most lawless spoliation. The truth of all this is recorded in the pages of her ensan guined history—another chapter of which has very recently been penned (a) by the last of those arch traitors to the sacred cause of national indepen dence, who have rendered their treason not less subservient to the interests of despotism than fatal to the rights and liberties of their fatherland. A translation of this remarkable work having been already presented to the reading public of the United Kingdom (b), it becomes more than ever in cumbent upon us to direct the attention of the community to its predominant characteristics. In doing so we rejoice that we are enabled to make immediate reference not merely to the bane, but also, and almost in the same breath, to the anti dote, placing in one scale the cumbrous effusion of GoRGE; and in the other the brief but ample pamphlet of KmErv(c)—pointing out, in fact, first of all the calumnies, and afterwards their refuta tion. Numerous other materials for the future historian of the War of Hungarian Independence may even now be examined by the student of modern annals, or (which is pretty much the same) by the sympathiser with KOSSUTH and his heroic Magyars. There is the Austrian Official Memoir of the contest (d)—in which, of course, every statement, like a nut, must be taken cwm grano salis. There is the Russian Official Memoir (e), which though far from appealing directly to our credence, must be acknowledged to be much more authoritative than the last-mentioned publi cation. Against these may be opposed the can did avowals of the valiant young defender of Komorn, (f) and those also of his subordinate officer, the director of those renowned fortifica tions(g). Besides these, a variety of less inter esting productions upon the same memorable and enthralling subject might here be enumerated. But further allusion to the writers for and against the leaders of the Hungarians were unnecessary— the question between the disputants being epito mised in the pages of KMETY and the volumes of GORGEY. Of the latter chieftain, the brave re niter of his misstatements has observed that " he vainly seeks with ink to erase the stains on his armour." What those stains are the world knows by this time but too well : the stains 'of treason—treason, too, the most base—treason to purchase life, a life bought by the death of his noble compatriots upon the scaffold, and by the strangulation of the liberties of his fatherland. These are the stains upon the traitor's armour, Which he would now erase by the ink of the calumniator ! How heinous is the guilt of ARTHUR GoRGEY'S treason may be learnt from the annals of unhappy Hungary, ever since that fatal morning when the unholy compact was entered into at Vilagos be tween himself and Field-Marshal the Prince PASKE WITCH. How indelible and flagrant is the infamy of his subsequent misstatements may be discovered by a glance —a cursory and superficial glance if you will, for even that would be amply sufficient —at General GEORG KMET'Y'S patriotic and sol dierly Refutation. It will doubtless startle those who may have hitherto taken G6RGEY'S military reputation upon hearsay, to find that his abilities as a Co mmander-in -Chi e f are open l y, an d , we may add . (in refer ence to the enumeration of events), succinctly denied by one of the highest officers in (a)" Mein Lebenvundlon Arthurvi rken in Ungarn, in d en J a h ren 1848 and 1849." ha ( u b s ) , ,L. My Life alnB,sl2A,ets inßun G ga org ry ey in . t2hveoylse.arsBvol.B4BBrocankd -1849." By Arthur Gorgei. 2 vols. Bvo. Bogue, London. "A Refutatio n of some of th e p r i nc i pal Misstatements 18 ( 52. ) in Gorgei's ' Life &c. •,' with Criti ca l R emarks on his cha racter as a Military Leader." B y George Kmety. B vo pp. 1852. n , (d)36. , g ar y an dTransylvania in the ,T he Cash, Campaigns London. in Hu Summer of the Year 1849." Pesth, 1850. (e) " Report on the Military Operations of the Russ' s , A rm y against the Hungarian Rebels in 1849, f rom Offiellal Sources. By H. Von R., Imperial Colonel of the General Staff of the Russian Army. Berlin, 1851. (f) " Der Nationalkrieg i n Ungarn und Sieb en b urgen in den Jahren 1848 u nd 184.;. Von Georg !Klapka. 2 vols. Bvo. Leipzig, 1851. (g) " The Fortress of KornArom during the War of In in 1848and184198.L. By Colonel s d i e gam pend un en d ce n in Hungary un l ga vol. Bvo. London, the Hungarian Army of Independence. Surprise at this announcement will cease, however, when the reader learns—perhaps for the first time— that all the seven great victories obtained by the Magyar forces were planned and led by other chiefs than GoßGEY—that, in fact, GoRGEY was absent almost invariably from the field of battle— at one time brooding in a ruin, at another giving a merry dance to his staff officers—and that, in fact, only one of the great movements of the war can be traced directly to his decision, and that movement the march upon Ofen, the melancholy march ending in the surrender of Vilagos ! Yes : it can no longer be denied : the seven victories of the campaign were due to the genius and the he roism of others, and not to GoßGEY—those seven great victories which will shine undimmed henceforth like stars even through the gloom of Austro-Russian despotism, the Pleiades of Hungary, the constel lation lighting the Magyar race at last to the promised joys of independence. At Branyisko— the plan of the battle was not GoRGEY'S, it was that of the " Chief of the General Staff "—the victory was won not by the sword of GoRGEY, but by the sword of GUYON ! At Hatvan—the plan was in like-manner that of the " Chief of the General Staff," and the execution of the plan was effected not by GoRGEY, but by GASPAR. At Jsaszeg—the plan of the battle was the plan of KlarKa, and the glory of the victory be longed not to GoRGEY, but to KLAPKA, and to ALTLICH, and to DAMJANICS ! At' Waitzen, again, the plan and the exe cution neither of them redounded to the personal honour of GoRGEY, but each belonged in. part to KLAPKA and to DAMJANICS ! At the de monstration before Pesth in April, the " Chief of the General Staff" once more had the merit of the plan, and Aulacit had that of the execution ! At Nagy-Sar/o--as before at Waitzen and at Jsaszeg —thehonour of the plan and execution was equally shared between KLAPKA and Damaan - res I At the memorable relief of Komorn—the plan once again was that of the " Chief of the General Staff," the execution being effected, it is true, on the right wing by GoRGEY, but on the left wing by KLAPKA, and on the centTebyDam.rANlcs ! Such are the exact revelations of history—revelations, by the way, which have been precipitated by ARTHUR GoRGEY'S ill-considered misstatements. But that to the crime of treason he has added the guilt of calumny, he might still have enjoyed the repute of great military genius among the mass of his undiscern ing contemporaries. As events have happened, however, he himself has been virtually the one to strip from his name its undeserved reputation. His dastardly accusations against the dead, and against the exiles, have wakened the indigna tion of those able to refute the charges com pressed into the chapters of his autobiography. K - NrgTy has spoken. KOSSUTH has preserved a lofty and majestic silence—leaving the vindica tion of his heroic career (if vindication it can for one instant be supposed to require in any quarter), as NAPOLEON left his to the calm, anci unbiassed, and Fate-like judgment of posterity. But KLAPKA. has spoken, and THALY has spoken, KTMEY has spoken—and GSRGEY is beheld now clearly enough, and painfully enough, in all his treason and in all his falsehood. As a military commander even he is proved, logi cally proved , to have b u t s m a ll c l a i ms upon our consideration. This is not arising, re member, from the spleen of partisanship, a spleen leading to ARTHUR GoRGEY'S depreciation. No. It is simply the Q. E. D. deduced from the facts of a very recent, and, therefore, by no means uncertain, chronology. As to the trust worthiness of this unfortunate man, what can be said after one or two absolutely painful illustrations ? In his " Life," he says in one part, " The division of KMETY even sent me an assurance of their un conditional obedience in case I should think it necessary to march them against Debreczin"— remember Debreczin was the seat of the Hungarian Diet and of KOSSIITH'S Government. What . says KMETY himself in answer to this charge ? He says, " I never sent him any assurance of unqua lified obedience against my Government, and GoRGEY has acted shamefully in making such an assertion." Again, GoRGEY says in his autobio graphy, " that on the 28th of June (1849) he sent an order from Raab by way of Szent-Marton to the division of KMETY, to retreat to Komorn, by Romand and Kis-Br." What says KRUETZ to this ? Why his reply is sufficiently startling it must be allowed—" While I was preparing for the march," says he, "an officer, escorted by hus- sars, delivered to me an order, dated from Raab, on the 28th, and in GoRGEY'S own handwriting, to take my road to Stuhlweissenburg." Another example of Annual GORGEY'S inexactitude (to say the least of it) were surely, after this, unnecessary. Leave we him then to his guilty obscurity, and to the gnawing remorse of his lonely and inexora ble conscience. For the luxury of enjoying that remorse under the shadow of the twin tyrannies of CZAR and K a ism; he has sold as brave a race as ever drew the blade in vindication of their political rights, and of their national independence. He has purchased his own neck by giving up the heads of braver, and truer, and nobler men than he, to the rope, and the axe, and the guillotine. He has dared to throw a gibe at Louis Kossum in his glorious and unsullied exile—he has masque raded this sneer in French —he has jeered at his heroic compatriot as one whose withdrawal from Hungary was attributable to la peur pour la pean—but history will decide between them, posterity will reply, nay, not alone posterity, but their actual and immediate contemporaries. Be tween these men which would the wise amongst us choose 7 GORGEY, protected by Russia and by Austria—or KOSSUTH, welcomed, as stranger was never welcomed before, with the unhbought b omage of Englandand America KOSSUTH, the darling of Hungary, or GoRGEY, the object of her exe cration Mr. BRIGHT has been so properly taken to task and schooled for his ill manners at the Manchester meeting, that we might almost think his speech hardly deserving of further notice ; nor would it be, had he not been guilty of a little disingenu ousness in offering up newspapers and truth as well as the English House of Lords to propitiate American vanity, smarting under the fiscal lec tures inflicted on her Protectionist Ambassador. We are, of course, deeply indebted to him for bringing The Sun from the " obscurity" in which he left it when canvassing for his new joint stock journal. Notwithstanding Mr. BRIGHT'S inability then to discover more than two liberal newspapers in London, one of them of course that for which he was the travelling showman, The Sun, it would seem, has continued to shine, and Mr. BRIGHT was reminded of its existence by its light reflected from America-3,000 miles off. It appears that General CAss, in a speech in the Senate for the production of the official correspondence between the Ministers of France and England and the PRESIDENT, on the Cuba question, took occasion to complain of the spirit of the English papers, quoting some very short sentences from three of them (from ourselves amongst the number), which, read with the context, would have of course a very different general aspect. We need not vo lunteer a defence of other journals, quite compe tent to defend themselves if they need it, and we certainly need to offer none for ourselves ; still we cannot refrain from noticing Mr. BRIGHT'S want of straightforwardness. Being so eminent for the suavity and gentleness of his remon strances with the erring, he took very great pains to convince Mr. INGERSOLL and the meeting —(why should he fear they would, for a moment, think otherwise ?)—that, if called upon by an im perative sense of duty to rebuke Transatlantic mis behaviours, he would do it in the most modest and tenderest tones. ELI, not JOHN THE BAP TIST, should be his model. "If there 'was any thing that he thought evil he would remark upon it with regret, in the most friendly spirit ; and the very last thing he would attempt to utter would be any comment that should have a ten dency to irritate the people of that country." We must confess we should like to hear the Honour able and of able Member for Manchest er i n hi s new l ivi in t e h o st f a s utha p n eaking ; should like to see him s h e ddi ng his tears regret th a t th e co tt on - growers, not their generosity to Manchester, and their Republican perfection, had real faults, whf i ch compelled him reluctantly to exclaim, "My sons, why do ye such things ?" It would be pleasant, indeed, to see him descanting on some soul-stirring iniquity, yet struggling, with self denying and Christian resolution, to speak as simply and calmly as GEORGE Fox in a Court of Justice. Perhaps we shall have some specimens of this change " come o'er" his spirit in the next Ses sion ; not but that the present Cabinet are Free-traders to his heart's content, but still they have not adopted all the dogmas of the Manchester School ; and, worst of all, they have left its most distinguished professors out of the Cabinet, even out of office altogether, although they had an nounced themselves to be quite competent to the task. To return, however, to Messrs. CASS and BRIGHT. The latter endeavours to soothe the former, not by any of his tender remonstrances on the evils adverted to in the journals quoted by the American Senator, but by dilating on the " obscurity" of the journals themselves, and the " obscure scribes" who wrote in them. Now, this was hardly manly and ingenuous; the senti ment quoted from ourselves, " that whenever the wolf wants a colourable pretext for injustice, he coin readily find or make it," Mr. BRIGHT, hot and fiery Peace Society man as he is, would most cordially assent to ; he would also, we are sure, admit that Americans had acted too much on that principle in both Texas and Mexico, and that some of the best amongst their own citizens, the immortal and truly gentle CHANNING among them, had not hesitated to tell them so. He would own that her citizens in the matter of Ca, and her ablest Secretary i n the affair of ?he Lobos Islands, had eviNiced much of the same spirit. It would surely, therefore, have been more worthy of the speaker to have soft ened the criminating iambics, in which General CASS thought we had cited the old fable, into his own plaintive elegiacs, and to have gently wooed the cotton-growers to honesty and truth, rather than to have encouraged their love of aggrandisement by attempting to depre ciate honest and truthful journals. General CASS we hardly can complain of ; he is a vehe ment party orator, and he was freely indulging in a little special pleading. We would only remind him that, whenever our own Government has been guilty of the same crime, and crime it is, we have been as forward to denounce it even in stronger language. We commended the opposite conduct of Lord DERBY in the case of the Lobos Islands, and we promptly expressed our pleasure in the right-minded language of Mr. FILLMORE, on the same subject, in his last Message. America may certainly number us among her most hearty well-wishers. Though not Republicans, we are, and always have been, earnest and steady Reform ers ; in our advocacy of electoral and law re forms, especially, we have repeatedly pointed to American example. American genius we have delighted to honour ; and the last splendid pro duction of it, from the pen of Mrs. STOWE, we welcomed, not only for its fascinating beauties, but because its equally extensive sale in America and England showed that there was more com munity of sentiment than was commonly supposed, even on so tender a subject as Slavery. We would advise our American friends, how ever, not to be so sensitive to every well-meant, and even caustic, remark on this side the water. The animus of severity after all is not always bad. It is upon things, not upon persons. It is intended to arouse the attention which would not be given I to tamer language. We have it on the highest authority that " open rebuke is better than secret love." This is. especially true of the Press when it attacks--not individual character—but public evils. Two great attached, and similar nations, like England and America, can afford to discuss each other's conduct in their periodical literature with freedom. It is an advantage to each to see ourselves as we appear in our brothers' eyes. If on either side we feel strongly; it is to the inte rest of the other side to know it. If strong disapprobation be causeless, it can be removed by explanation ; and if there, be reason for it, it may, by being made known, have a salutary effect where it is most needed. National vanity and self-love are, we know, but too easily wounded, and we would be duly cautious to avoid doing it ; still it is desirable for us, on both sides, to suppress this foolish vanity and irritability, and, according to the old proverb, to learn wisdom even from an enemy. Mr. INGERSOLL, on this occasion, when he had been duly apprised by the 'Manchester commercial bodies that they were right and generous on the subject of protection, and he and his country quite wrong, in the most quiet and gentlemanly way just dropped the re inark—" There yet remains a portion of the pro ductions of our country which is not only assessed, but is heavily assessed." The fact he alluded to, being, that tobacco pays a duty varying, accord ing to the quality, from one to twelve hundred per cent. Most cordially do we wish the Manchester School success in their reforming efforts, though we think they, especially, need to guard against one-sidedness. They need not, however, dis parage old Reformers to further the common cause. Fully thirty years before Mr. JOHN BRIGHT was born, The Sun was contending in the interests of liberal government. Since Mr. JoHNBRIGHT was introduced on the stage, fornearly five years The Sun fought almost single-handdd the battle of the repeal of the Corn Laws ; and " its obscure scribes" aided in bringing the speeches and doings of Manchester orators from the " ob scurity" in which the Times and other journals left them. The real, the gifted, the laborious, but the unrequited, Father of Corri-law. Repeal continued to write in our columns. In due time " The leading Journal" changed, and Others changed with it ; and the Manchester profes sors know the reward which we, as the most for ward journal to advocate their cause, received at their hands. They have found us, however, and will find us still, heartily with them, so far as they aim at national and not merely Manchester projects. As to America, we shall never wan tonly abuse her, nor any other foreign country ; neither shall we fawn upon her, nor fail to tell her honestly when we think her in the wrong. If she be in danger of that spirit of grasping territory which we condemn in our own country, if she will hug and caress as 3; domestic bantling an abomination which we once denounced in our own case, and paid twenty millions to abolish ; so far, we repeat, as she will do such things as these, her bales of cotton — i mports in return will not hinder us sfro and mwri d her un g as becomes a friendly but h ones t Journal. PROVIDENT CLERKS' INSTITIITION.—WO have great pleasure in directing attention to the report in another column of the Provident Clerks' Association annual meeting as showing the increasing prosperity of its operations, and its exertions in promoting and extending the importance of Life Assurance. The Benevolent Fund particularly deserves attention, not only of those for whose immediate benefit it was founded, but from) the distress it has relieved, it claims the assistance of the benevolent in general ; and being supported by the first bankers and merchants in the country, its usefulness is fully guaranteed. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WELLINGTON--We hear that the Duke and Duchess of Wellington are expected to embark on their tour in Spain and Portugal—the scenes of so many of his illustrious and gallant father's victories, and in which countries the Sovereigns granted large estates to the deceased chieftain—about the end of March. Apsley House, soon after it has been closed to the public, will undergo a course of decorative repair ; and the present mansion occupied by his Grace in Bel grave-street will become, it is understood, the permanent abode of Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, whose youthful son, Arthur, is, after his father, heir presump tive to the dukedom. His Grace's acceptance of the office of Master of the Horse will not, it is understood, prevent his visit to Spain and Portugal. UNWHOLESOME FOOD.---Air. Daw laid the following papers before the City Court of Sewers yesterday : " Gentlemen, —I beg to lay before you the following summary of articles seized by your inspectors of slaugh ter-houses as' unfit for human food during the three months terminating at Christmas last :—Live cows dis cased, 7 ; carcases of beasts, calves, pigs, sheep, and lambs, IG3 ; quarters of beef and various joints, 248 ; sausages, 30 lbs. ; tongues, 8 ; heads of poultry, 4,405 ; fawns and deer, 9 ; larks, 1 hamper ; salmon, 40 ; cod, 315 ; cod sounds, 500 ; soles, 694 pairs ; shell-fish, lob sters, and crabs, 153 ; various small ditto, 51 bushels ; shrimps, 20 gallons; miscellaneous, 31,607." MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly, with prices of American over sid. per lb.- 1-16 d. to id. per lb. dearer. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 120 Pernam and Maranham, 100 Bahia, 100 Egyptian at 6d. to Bid., 300 Surat at aid. to 4d., and 15 Sea Island. Railway Shares were flat. The accounts by Royal Mail steamer from the Rad Indies are generally satisfactory upon the subject of the weather and the crops, but every where there was a complaint of dullness of trade. The island of St. Vincent suffered from another cause, viz., the long absence of its Lieutenant- Governor, and the cessation of business by the Legislature, no supplies having been voted, and the treasury being empty. The expenditure of Jamaica was still a subject of earnest consideration, and among the proposals was one to establish direct taxation. The promo tion of free coloured immigration from the United States was likewise in favour, and the Rev. Mr. Garnet, just arrived from Canada, was likely to give the movement an impulse. The advantages are thus stated : " Ist, By the promptitude with which it may be car-I 1 tied into effect ; and 2dly, By the comparatively trifling cost at which it may be carried on. It is the only one by which a large addition may be made to the popula tion in a short period of time, and at a trifling expense. Nor can it fail immediately to affect the value of lands, and to increase that value. The short period of time in which vessels will perform the voyage from any port in the United States, will enable large numbers to come almost at once, and to come at a comparatively trifling cost. The preliminary measure necessary, and which the Legislature might pass as soon as it re-assembles, should authorise the formation of a board in this city, to receive immigrants upon their arrival, and to advise and assist them in locating themselves, and to appoint an agent or agents in the United States." In Dominica, the Governor was at issue with th Assembly, the revenue being inadequate to defray the salaries. It had been proposed to borrow money to pay the salaries. The accounts from the Isthmus of Panama state that the weather was finer and that business was improving. The splendid American steamer City of Pittsburg had been destroyed by fire on her first trip from New York to Panama. The Panama Railway was progressing rapidly. There was a larger supply of bills here yesterday afternoon offered upon some of the Continental cities, the desire no w b e i ng t o a tt rac t capital from abroad in relief of the temporary pressure here. Still, if the Bank of England were to abstain at present from further action, there would be, pos sibly, a renewed decline ; since grain must be im ported, and the French capitalists will persevere, while the pressure lasts at Paris, in sending over securities, whether their own railway shares, or Spanish stock. Silver is cheaper, the last sales being made at 59d. for standard. There is still great uncertainty respecting the course which the directors of the Bank of England will take at the weekly board meeting to-morrow. The opinion of practical men, and bankers too, has, in our hearing, been given pro and con. , Assuming that the bullion in the Bank was fur ther diminished last week, and that the return to be published in next Friday's Gazette shows such to be the case, there will be the question to consider how much was drawn out purely by dividend recipients, and what amount, therefore, will be re turned into general circulation. The arrivals of the last few days have been considerable, and the weather has improved, but the great drawback is the continued panic on the Paris Bourse, and the consequent exertions made to raise money here for the purpose of arresting it. The mercantile com munity would feel relieved in a measure, were the the Bank at once to make the minimum rate 3 per cent., for that is, after all, a very low charge, if profits are at all reasonable. The English Stock Market closed well last even ing, Consols being 99ft and the tendency seemed upwards, but this being " pay day " upon the ac count settled yesterday, a reaction has occurred, and sales for money have been rather pressed, the bankers still realising with a view of lending the proceeds. The wet weather again may have some influence as well as the doubt what the bank will do to-morrow. The Government broker bought Consols at 99g, soon after they had been 99 I. The prices for the February account are 99-i ; the New 3 per Cents. have been 103- to I- ; and the 3 per Cents. 100,E to • Bank Stock i s at 224, and India St oc k at 271. Exchequer Bills are ; not lower, having been 625. to 645. premium. The Foreign Securities have been all flatter. Spanish 3 per Cents, have declined to 46i to 47, and the Deferred to 221 to ; Mexican Bonds have been steady at 23i ; Brazil 5 per Cent. Stock has been at 1021, and since down to 101 i. Dutch 2i per Cents. have been at 65i, a quarter per cent. decline. The Turkish Loan is discount to s p i r a e n mi Bumon.ds P ar e e ru a vi t an ll S 9 t , ock is and Awnsortthrianntiveßpuesr- Cents. at 881 to 89, or about per cent. lower than when last dealt in. Railway Shares have been in favour of buyers, and not much has been done. Caledonian, East ern Counties, Great Western, North. British, and the York lines are all worse. Paris and Lyons have dropped I, and Northern to 1. The Australian Agricultural Shares have gone back nearly 101. Banks are much the same. Gold Mines are worse, especially the Colonial and ,the Australasian. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY (,from the Official List.) - Business cone. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities IC34 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities... ..... .. lo3# 4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., Isree Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16 India Bonds, £lOOO — • Ditto, under £lOOO 73 Consols for Account 10th February 9 94 i 4 Exchequer Bills lid. March. Juno. £lOOO.. £5OO 63 Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 dz 39, 5 per Cent 1024 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian 6 per Cent. Russian Bonds,Fs per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22 i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4i Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. * p Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent.. B9 8-I Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent 65 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates......... • HALE-PAST TWO. ' Consols Ditto February Account At this moment the Mining market is looking up, MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN RXCHANGE. We had a moderate supply of English wheat on offer to-day, but its general quality was very inerior. The few selected samples shown changed hands at full quotations; but other kinds met a very dul inquiry, at barely lato rates. The imports of foreign wheat continue on a limited. scale. For most kinds there was a fair consumptive de mand, and importers generally were firm in their de mands. Floating cargoes were held at the extreme rates of last week. Malting barley sold readily, at fully the late 'improve ment in the quotations. Grinding and distilling carts were steady. In the value of malt no change took place. The supply of oats being very small, the. amount of business doing in that article was very limited. Prices Were well supported in every instance. Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. 3,190 I 3,770 f 5,010 2,080 200 3,260 r 11,830 English .. Irish .... Foreign Flour. 3,270 3,780 WHITECHAPEL. Generally speaking, the demand was in a sluggish state. lPteef, 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s Od. to 4s 2d ; pork, 2s 6d to 4s per Sibs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues firm for all new hops, and prices are well supported. FATAL SIIMMERBAULT.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital, on view of the body of George Alexander Belgue, aged 20 years. The deceased was potman at the Blade Bone public-house, Church-street, Bethnal-green-road, and on Friday after noon last was amusing himself and other persons in the skittle-ground by throwing summersaults from a table on to a truss of straw which had been placed on the ground. Deceased had performed three leaps success fully, and the fourth time, instead of alighting on his feet, he fell upon the back of his neck. He became im mediately paralysed, and when raised up by his com panions he exclaimed, "I have broken my neck." De ceased was placed in a cart and conveyed to the hospital, where he died on Saturday. He had been repeatedly cautioned by his master against such dangerous prac tices, but he still continued them for the amusement of customers. Mr. J. F. Stratfield, the house-surgeon, said that the deceased was admitted with total loss of power from severe injury to the spinal cord, which, at the post-mortentpxammation, was fo un d to be fractured from external violence. The coroner having remarked on the danger of such tricks, returned a verdict o f ' "Accidental death," VbtrlT Ntritions EPSOM STEEPLECHASES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Steeplechase Handicap. Forest Lad Sam Hood. Nine ran. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. BELLES V. WILSON. In this case, which was an action against Mr. Alder man Wilson for false imprisonment, and in which a ver dict was found for the plaintiff, I, Lord Campbell this morning delivered the judgment of the Court, stating that they were of opinion that the . defendant had acted illegally in committing the plaintiff to prison, and that under those circumstances a rule for a new trial could not be granted. SECONDARIES' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) WAITS V. BALDING. This was an action to recover the sum of 41. 3s. 4d. for money lent. Defendant pleaded a set off. The following are the facts of the case :—The plaintiff was until lately a builder, &c., in Queen-square, and defendant is a miller, &c., in Hampshire. Defendant admitted receiving the amount, but claimed 81. odd for expenses in endeavouring to effect an arrangement with plaintiff's creditors—he himself being one for 2301., which could not be recovered, plaintiff having petitioned the Insolvent Court. It was not explained how, under these circumstances, plaintiff maintained the action. Defendant, in examination, said that he knew the plain tiff could not pay the amount of his claim, and under took to repay the money lent to him, and sent four sovereigns in a letter by post, but plaintiff denied re ceiving it, and as he could not be contradicted by evi dence defendant was obliged to admit the debt, and under the circumstances pleaded the set off. The jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for the defendant. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 25 to 1 agst Grapeshot (taken). 25 to 1 Richmond. 30 to 1 Galvanism. 30 to 1 Redmond O'Hanlon. 30 to 1 Hirsuta. 30 to 1 Pug Orrock. 30 to 1 Mr. Moon. 30 to 1 Contentment. 30 to 1 Lampedo. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 offered on the Field, and 20 to 1 taken to 20 about Victress. CFIESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (taken). 55 to 1 Scarecrow, (taken). 25 to 1 Constantine, (taken). 40 to 1 Indian Warrior. 40 to 1 Trifle. 50 to 1 Richard Primmer. 50 to 1 Contentment. 50 to 1 Talfourd. DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken to 501.). THREE FATAL ACCIDENTS.--Yesterday information was forwarded to Mr. C. Bedford, the coroner for West minster, of the d ea th o f J ohn Lawrence, carpen t er, aged 22 years, residing at Bagnigge-wells-place, whil ex pired in King's College Hospital, from injuries received under the following circumstances :—lt appears that the deceased wa s a t wor k at Messrs. Bradbury and Evans' s, printers,- Whitefriars, on the 20th December, when as sisting to remove an iron beam, about a ton, it acci dentally fell off the rollers on the deceased, who received a most severe compound dislocation of the ankle joint, with a fracture of the bone of the legs.—The second is that of a man named John 0, oulbourne, painter, aged 42 years, residing at Walworth. The deceased was engaged in cleaning the windows on the second floor of the Admiralty Harbour Department, and while standing on a ladder, which was placed out of the window, the frame gave way by which he was holding, and the de ceased fell 30 feet. He was conveyed to the West minster Hospital, where he expired of a fractured skull. Lastly that of Elizabeth Rose, No. 1, St. Ormond's-hill, Westminster, who was accidentally run over while cros sing O- - chard-street, Westminster. • REDUCING THE SALARIES Or POOR LAW OPIPICERS.— A parliamentary paper has just been printed respecting the Tewkesbury Union. The board of guardians carried resolutions to reduce the salaries of the several officers, on account of the " cheapness of provisions." The offi cers appealed to the Poor Law Board, and the reasons were required from the guardians that induced them 'to pass the resolutions. They urged that the value of agri cultural produce had been diminished 30 per cent., that the rates had decreased; and that food was cheap. The Poor Law Board replied, that they had " never recog nised the principle that the price of the articles and of the produce referred to are to be the criterion by which the amount of salaries ought to be estimated and regu lated, or that such salaries should be liable to vary as the price of food fluctuates. The Poor Law Board thought that no sufficient reason had been assigned for the reduction, declaring that the fixed salaries of the medical officers remunerated them only for their ordinary duties, and the board did not see that sufficient grounds had been adduced for diminishing the salaries of either of the officers referred to in the resolutions of the guardians. CRUELTY TO A CHILD.--An inquest was held a few days since at Milverton, in Somersetshire, which disclosed great barbarity on the part of a young woman, named Elizabeth Baker, towards a child two years and a half old. The deceased, Albert Marks, had been entrusted by the mother (who is in servic e at Pitminster) to a Mrs. Scott, who was, paid Is. 3d. per week for her charge. Elizabeth Baker was the daughter of this per son, and it was proved in evidence that she used to beat the child cruelly with a stick, and, on one oc casion, when the poor little fellow had made himself dirty and wet, she took off his socks and shoes, and put one of his feet close to the bars of the grate, keep ing it there for some minutes, in spite of his cries. Mr. C. H. Holman, the surgeon who made a post mortenz examination of the body, deposed that it pre sented a very emaciated appearance, and there were several contusions upon the head and on different parts of the body, evidently produced by blows. There was a large contusion between the ribs and hip on the left side, about three inches in circumference, burns on the sole and the great toe of the left foot, and on the centre of the upper margin of the frontal bone was an old wound which had suppurated, about the size of a walnut, inter nally. Some serous and bloody fluid was found on the upper surface of the brain, and a small clot of blood. The clot on the brain and the effusion were, in his opinion, the cause of death. Other evidence having been adduced, the jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Elizabeth Baker. This was the third child said to have been placed under her care, and all three had died. The coroner directed inquiry to be made as to the causes of the deaths of the other two. CAPTURE OF A DESPERATE BURGLAR IN SOUTHAMP TON.—Two most daring burglaries were committed in Southampton on Sunday night, or rather on Monday morning last, by a man who gives his name as Henry Hall, of Brighton. It appears that about two o'clock on Monday morning, Mrs. Laing, living in the Commer cial-road, was awoke by hearing a noise as of some one in the house, and on going down stairs and listening et at s of the parlour door, she distinctly heard the movements some one which theburglar She decamped rous e t d h r t o h n e g h o tthheerinmates, window. abn o n d inside. 'ety over ind t h h im e w h a is ll s o h f oe t s h a e n y d a r ea d p a , dj t o og in e i t n h g er th w e it r h oa a d irr l e e a a t vu a g n e h of valuable artics, tied up in a cloth, ready for removal. Information was conveyed to the police, and soon after wards, at three o'clock, one of the men on duty in Mar land-place heard a noise as of a door banging. He exa mined the houses, and found the lower sash of the kitchen window at the residence of Dr. Wilmot wide open, and some one moving about inside. He gave an alarm by ringing the bell, which the burglar hearing, rushed through the kitchen window and up the area steps, armed with a large carving knife, and after threat ening to run it through any one who impeded his pro gress, he aimed a blow at the policeman, but it fortu nately glanced off, and struck one of the iron railings. Further assistance however arriving, he gave himself up, and on the house being examined, large quantities of valuables were found tied up, ready to be taken away, together with some articles stolen from Mrs. Laing's. The burglar subsequently admitted that the cap and shoes belonged to him, and whilst locked up in the sta tion-house one of the police overheard a conversation between him and another prisoner, in which he said he had lived by thieving for the last six years, but he was now sure to be "lagged," and that the task of breaking into two houses of a night was a perfect nothing, as he had often managed to get into five or six: He was brought before the borough magistrates on Monday, and committed for trial at the assizes at Winchester on both charges. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAIL WAY.—The Parliamentary declaration of this company, in connection with their proposed bill for extension of time for purchasing lands, &c., sets forth that the ex pense will be defrayed out of funds authorised by their acts, amounting to 4,092,9991., of which 959,0271. have not been raised, together with the former sum of 412,960/., making a sum total of 1,371,987/. yet unex pended ; and that after deducting this latter sum for acts authorised, and the funds required for contribution to the proposed Worcester and Hereford Junction Railway; on the mixed gauge, with branches to Ledbury and Here ford, there will remain 55,000/. and upwards applicable for the proposed bill, and that the company are not the promoters of any other bill, comprising any new works, this session. x d COURT CI.RCUL.4B. WINDSO R, JAN. 18. The following had the honour of dining with her Mar jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, the Princess Adelaide of Hoheniohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, and the Baroness do Spett. Her Majesty's private band attended in the evening and performed the following selection : Overture, "La Part du Diable" Auber. Scherzo, Notturno, and March, "Mid summer Night's Dream" Selection, "Faust" March, " Occasional Oratorio" Minuetto, Trio, and Finale, " Sinfonia, No. 5" Mozart. The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Counts ae of Charlemont as Lady in Waiting to the Queen. ' Lord Elphinstone and Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. 14, Hood have relieved Lord Byron and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stovin as Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Duchess of Sutherland is expected at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. • Mendelseohn • Spohr. ▪ Handel The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, accompanied 115 y Sir Charles Barry and the Baron Marochetti, had an in terview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his orffi• cial residence in Downing-street. Mrs. Chisholm had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial -office. Mr. James Baines, of Liverpool, accompanied by Capt. J. W. Forbes, of the ship Marco Polo, and Captain Alexander Newlands, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell at the Board of Trade yesterday, on the subject of ships deserted by their crews in Australia. A deputation of the trustees of the British Museum, consisting of the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Lord Mahon; the Bishop of London, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Mr. Hal lam, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and Mr. W. R. Hamilton, attended by Sir Henry Ellis, had an inter view yesterday with the Earl of Aberdeen and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Daning-street. Mr. R. Jebb had an interview with Viscount Pat. merston yesterday at the Home-office. Sir Hugh Hume Campbell had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Aberdeen. Mr. William Cubitt, M.P., had an interview yesteriby with the Duke of Newcastle. ANTI-STATE OHUROH ASSOCIATION. A public meeting of this association—the first of as series of four—was held yesterday evening at the Educs tional Institute, 58, Aldersgate-street ; Mr. E. Clarke the chair. The Chairman observed that the associatii yn embraced persons of all creeds, and all sections of t: be Christian world. What was taking place in the est'a blished church aided their exertions, and they must h ; ul even the Bishop of Exeter as one of the clergy who Iv sd done them great and good service. They looked I 'or results in the justice of their cause, and believed the go od of the community to be involved in their success. ILa address was then delivered by Mr. John Kingsley .on "The Ecclesiastical Events of 1852." In the course ,of his remarks he observed that it was satisfactory to kncrif that 1852 had had its ecclesiastical events. Sufficie ut had occurred to prevent an abatement of public inter est in the question. The object which they aimed at hai Lat length emerged from obscurity, and it was on all ha ads beginning to be regarded as a possible, if not the only possible attempt to readjust the claims of the secular and the spiritual, in our patchwork constitution. He then commented upon the case of Mr. Whiston, as causing, in the result, a tendency in the right direction ; the sinecurism of the Rev. NJTx- Moore, as a striking example of the abuses of the State church ; the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Bennett to fbe vicarage of Frome, as a gross violation of the conscienoes and religious liberties of the inhabitants ; while the to rn which the discussion took in Parliament showed the -at ter incompetency of the Legislature to deal with religi ous questions ; the partially-successful attempt -to pro' tract the sittings of Convocation for the transaction of business, and thus to recover advantages of which the church had been deprived by her connexion with the State ; the history and character of Mr. Gladstone's Co. lonial Bill ; the Maynooth grant, &c,—all th ese being regraded as affording either evidences of progress or rea sons for aiming at a total separation of Church a ad State. The speaker, in his concluding remarks, quoted a pas' sage from a speech of Lord Falkland, in the :reign of Charles 1., in which the prelates of that day T 1 sere de scribed as wishing to set up a Popery distinct frt.in that of Rome, yet the same in spirit ; and he contend( 3d that this was a true portraiture of the high churchmen of the present day, though there was little probability of society, as now constituted, allowing them to set up a spirituel despotism. A discussion followed, which was entirely in accord' ante with the foregoing ' • and a vote of thanks was given' to Mr. Kingsley for his address. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. THIRTEENTH DAY. OXFORD, TUESDAY.—The poll has again been opened at intervals during the day, and thirty-three votes hula , " also been recorded, sixteen of which were in fa. our of Mr. Gladstone, and seventeen in favour of Mr. Tervc. val, giving a majority of ono vote on the day's polLio the latter gentleman. STATE OF THE POLL AT FIVII O'CLOCK. G1ad5t0ne......... .......................... 987 Pereeval ... ........... 863 ....................... Majority for Gladstone RAILWAY BILLS.— Yesterday was the last day for en tering opposition to railway bills upon standing order ( ' The company's bill for effecting the Fleet valley impiro/:„ 8- ments and the City t erm i nus was unoppose d , and 111 45,000/. d epos i t on t h e subscribed capital has been 14 4 7 into the hand s o f th e A ccoun t an t-G enera l , as requ i r e' by Parliament. CITY COURT OP SEWERS.—Yesterday Mr. Daw laic! the following return before the City Sewers Commis' sioners :—Gentlemen,—Agreeably to my former practice) I beg to lay before you the following information on tbe, details of business of your honourable court for the paifk year :—During the year 1852 the Court has met forti times, and there have been also 47 meetings of your committees. At the court there have 798 applicatioue or petitions presented for various works, namely tfroo works nts, ar e n a o s t , 07 lamps,sew e a r nd s, other for r at n te e rs w hzl in n s g , referee ; f rei le o o. cleansing cesspools, 38. Total, 798. During the past year there have been surveyed by the inspectors, m the request of the medical officer of health, 1,477 hou seet and 558 more have been inspected by them from other causes. Consequent upon these surveys the following number of notices have been prepared under my direr' tion, calling upon the owners or occupiers to ca rr y out the works required to be done by the orders of you; honourable court, viz. :—Special, for new drainage, sad other works of improvement, 202 ; for cleansing, white washing, and otherwise amending the interior, 519 ; for abating sundry nuisances, 24 ; also for turning waat . e . surface water into sewers, 161. There have b een 11D notices served to carry out the act of parliament for the suppression of smoke. In 111 cases the notices to effect the various works not having been attended to, second notices have been served on the parties to effect the same. 366 notices have been served to shore up houses consequent upon the intended construction of new sewers. Licenses have also been issued for hoards and scaffoldo erected during the past year. DISCOVERY OF ROMAN MEDALS.—A few day s s i ne s as a young girl was digging in the garden of a f arm a t , Roman tile, under which was a vase full of medal s , but t ° Saint Paul de Varax (Ain), in France, she turned up a so corroded and stuck together, that it was n ecessary break the vessel to get them out. The medals were - found to be 400 in number, 19 of them in bronze an d tlfr rest silver. Twenty - five of them , on being cleaned, were, found to bear the effigy and name of the R oman Emp eo rors Alexander Severus, Maximus, Gordian, Philip, De° cius, and Gallien, who succeeded each other from the wino mencement to the middle of the third century (222 to 268 after Christ). The same vase contained jewels, two chains, and seven rings in gold, in a perfect state of pre' servation. There were also two necklaces. One formed of fine rings. is in perfect, preservation. It is terminated by a small ornament like a wheel, the centre of which 10 formed of an emerald with a gold clasp, similar to those now in use. The other which is incomplete, is orna mented with small ston es or p i eces of glass. The • , found are large, but not very massive. They- are orna' mented with agates, engraved with various devices, which are very finely executed. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, the 28th December, an accident of a melancholy character occurred, on the road between Folkestone and Sandgate. It appeared that as Mr. Grimwood, a master baker, residing at Sandgate, and two other persons, friends of hit., were coming slowly up the hill, on the road leading ' from Sandgate to Folkestone, in a light cart, they were run into by a cart and two horses, which c ame a t a fe a rful pace down the hill without a driver. Mr. Grimwood . endeavouring to escape fi om the cart, was struckPu; in the forehead, causing a concussion of the brain, all's:, instant death ; his arm w as also broken. The persuo' with him escaped with a few slight bruises. This unfor tunate event has quite cast .a gloom over a large circle o f acquaintances to wh om t h e deceased was well known all' very much respected. The friends of the deceased have been much annoyed at the delay which took place before the coroner's inquest was held, by Mr. Delasaux, tie Th evening, asday a t I t f h t e h S e heiopr coroner has and coroner for this part of the county, which did not tai‘` place until Saturday, the Ist, at seven o'clock in th,g too was large then a adjourneddi veniently attend to surely he might appoint deputiee , sttto and thus avoid inflicting the pain and inconvenience the families of deceased persons suffer through his delay."'" Maidstone Gazette. THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE ASSURANCE.---In On; nection with the above fatal accident, we have learne u some particula rs , w hi c h show the value of Life Assure and the da nger o f procrastination. It is the custom e offices to allow some days after the premium become s due, for its p ayment. The deceased, who was insur ed in the I n di sputa b le Policy Company for 5001., had de 'aged the payment of his premium till the last day, 4. 13 ,° that the insurance had fallen before his relatives went "," pay the premium. It is gratifying, however, to be 510 3 to state, from inform t . he a ion received from the agent of t . Company, who happened to be the foreman of the quest, that on his making the circumstance known l ° the board, and stating his belief that the deceased v°:" s really on his acci dent to pay the premium when the dent occurred, they immediately directed him to the widow that they would consider the insurance Rtill effectual", -4A