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constituents saw in them qualifications, talents, and in tegrity, which induced them to give them their confidence. He then touched on some of the principles for which the Toncomformist members would contend, and among these was the extension of the franchise. (Hear, hear, hear.) He believed that when this ques tion was fairly adjusted, the number of Nonconformist members would be very much greater than it was at present. (Hear, hear.) Any reform bill which did not deal fully with this matter, would not receive the sup port of the members then present. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) They must have a reform which would not leave the large towns and boroughs much as they were at present. With such a scheme they could have nothing to do. (Cheers.) They would, however, be happy to unite with all other members of every shade, in carrying out such liberal measures as were not contrary to their principles. (Cheers.) • SAMUEL MORTON PETO, Esq., M.P., congratulated the committee on the numerous and very influential as semblage he saw before him. He thought if such were the inauguration of the Milton Club, they might look forward to the happiest results. He augured, from what he saw that evening, a most brilliant future for the Club. (Cheers.) He could not help expressing his great gratifi cation at the increased number of Non conformist members, and urged them to guard against merging their position as Nonconformist members, and leading the public to believe that they had not forgotten their position as national representatives. They had in the House of Commons to combat with very strong prejudices. After being so long disqualified to hold office, they now found Nonconformists representing large constitu encies, such as South Lancashire, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, and Sheffield. (Cheers.) These gentlemen were elected, not simply because they were Nonconfor mists, but their position in that respect did not deter the constituents from electing them ; in consequence of their identification with all that was connected with popular progress, they were deemed eligible by the people to seats in the Commons House of Parliament. (Cheers.) He strongly approved of meetings of that kind amongst themselves, as they would thereby come to an understanding, and prevent collision amongst themselves by the premature introduction of measures which the majority of them would deem objectionable. (Hear, hear.) He suggested the desirability of a cordial and united action, and advised abstinence, for the pre sent, from any aggressive movement. They should con fine themselves to the defensive, opposing every en croachment of the State Church, and to promote a pro per feeling in the house by the frequent enunciation of sound ecclesiastical views. (Cheers.) By this means, in his opinion, they would be enabled to accomplish much more than by any other policy. Looking forward to the brilliant future which appeared before them he saw the greatest danger in the temptation of the smiles the body politic, which, unless carefully guarded against, might lead to the merging of some of their distinctive principles. (Hear, hear.) E. MULL, Esq., M.P., who was received with much applause, next addressed the meeting. He expressed his gratification at the attempt which was being made to unite the Nonconformist members of all shades into an united body, for the defence of those fundamental prin ciples which were common to them all. While he did not advocate an aggressive movement in the house, he thought they should maintain an attitude of self-respect, and firmly, though temperately, rebut the calumnies which, though apparently levelled against them person ally, were really intended to damage the principles they professed. (Cheers.) With all their gentleness they should have the boldness to say to any Government, at proper times, "Hands off!" (Cheers.) The rulers of this country had hitherto dealt with Dissenters very much as they (the Dissenters) had let them. (Hear.) They had measured them by their estimate of themselves, and thus they had laughed at their remonstrances, made merry at theirscruples, and pooh-poohed their complaints. (Hear.) The time had come for self-vindication. They must stand erect. They were no longer a mere handful, without social influence, devoid of political power. In the house, however, he advocated prudence without cowardice. They would listen to all men who were earnestly desirous to say something practical, and who were consistent in their adherence to the principles they professed. He con cluded by appealing for the support of the Nonconformist co nstituencies to their representa tives in the House of Commons, and sat down amidst much cheering. The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST W. NOEL then addressed a few words touching the present numerical weakness of the Nonconformist party in the House of Commons, but contended that numbers were not needful to exhibit principles. (Cheers.) He urged their members to support every measure, by whomsoever it might be introduced, that was really calculated to promote the general wel fare of the country ; and if they did this, and maintained a course consistent with their principles, they -Would fully deserve that support they claimed of their consti tuents. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " Our Divines and Colleges," which was duly acknowledged by the Rev. Dr. BENNETT. GEORGE HADFIELD, Esq., M.P. for Sheffield, then proposed " The Health of tie Chairman," on whose many virtues he enlarged. The toast was duly honoured, and appropriately ac knowledged by the Chairman. Song—" The Old English Gentleman." " Our Literature" was the next toast, and with it was coupled the healths of Dr. Vaughan and Mr. Conder. The Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN, President of the Lancashire Independent College, and editor of the British Quarterly Review, and JOSIAH CONDER, Esq., editor of the Patriot news paper, formerly of the Eclectic Review, and well known in Nonconformist literature, responded to the toast. The "Milton Club" was then proposed by T. BARNES, Esq., M.P. for Bolton, and acknowledged by HENRY BATEMAN, Esq. .T. KERSHAW, Esq., M.P. for Stockport, proposed "The Union and Prosperity of our Churches," which was briefly acknowledged by the Rev. F. A. Cox, D.D., LL.D., of Hackney. " The Press" was proposed by the CHAIRMAN, and responded to by EDWARD BAINES, Esq., editor and pro prietor of the Leeds Mercury. " The Ladies," and "The Stewards" were subse quently toasted, and the proceedings terminated at twelve o'clock. ......_______ 2.11 E ?„,.,.. CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND, MIN- constituents saw in them qualifications, talents, and in- THE SHARE MARKETS. LINES LEASED AT FIXF,D RENTALS. j i v it (i N yMPORTING, AND REFINING COM- tegrity, which induced them to give them their confidence. • Shr• raid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business He then touched on some of the principles for which the BRITISH RAILWAYS. Compans. this say, this day. • . Noncomformist members would contend, and among 1 -.- ns_An.interesting entertainment was given 1 -St night at these was the extension of the franchise. (Hear, - -______ ___ _ -- ""u Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, by the above Closing Prices Basques done 50 all Bedford an. London & this Say, this day. Bletchley.... N. West. „. - .., COtrin a ... ~._. hear, hear.) He believed that when this ques- I see Paid RAILWAYS. Who F uY• Me directors dined with their official staff, . 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. tion was fairly adjusted, the number of Nonconformist "u° are about to proceed to Australia ; and, certainly, guarantee ... Gt.Westn. 30 -31 members would be very much greaterthan which it did eas not at present. (Hear hear.) Any reform bill - 30i 30 291 304 304 all Do.withoutgr Do 29A -30 A after the proceedings of last night, no body of men could deal fully with this matter, would not receive the sup- 20 Be, Ambg Nottug. Bo3t P°"iblY 304 all Bhma.Wohr.. Dudley guar. Do i n leave the country under more bright or cheer- port of the members then present. (Hear, hear, and & Ea.; tn. June...-. Cs 4 - 7 14 all Birmng. Wolvorh. & 30 - 31xd x d g prospects. 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 - 30xd x d % a. The majority of the staff is composed of 1 a1 1ey n . c .. 5h .. 1 .. , .. 10 -10 i St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. & N.W lOB 110 cheers.) They must have a reform which would not ' Youn g men, many of them being under 30 years of 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caledon 53 54 age ; and the leave the large towns and boroughs much as they w . ere St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. at present. With such a scheme they could have nothing 31 28 B C S i r t :k e u t e s i i h i V r d e a . mechanics staff it se lf i nc l u d es chemi s e s , engineers, to do. (Cheers.) They would, however, be happy to 27 all Do. Chesh. & Birk., Janet.-- 61 -64 d 6p. cent. .... Gt.Notrhu 149 - 151 k_ ; I , labourers, and watchmen. The whole will unite with all other members of every shade, in carrying £5O & £25 Cons.... 22 - _22i 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. 32i -33 0 "v il i ndee th e di rection of C ap t a i n Baker, R.N., Mr. out such liberal measures as were not contrary to their . 22 184 Do., £20............... 3 -2A d St. 100 Bristol & Exeter...... 1.08 - 110 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. o. . a n sa es . Watt, the assayest, and two engineers •; and the Railway & Berw.. . principles. (Cheers.) St. 100 Caledonian. - 66 65/ i 1 ,7, 1 18 from Plymouth next week, in a vessel which 50 all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md. 113 • 115 SAMUEL MORTON PETO, Esq., M.P., congratulated 25 all Do. A Shares. Do 50 all Chester & Holyhead 23 - 23 19 18i 56i -57 i the committee on the numerous and very influential as• 171113e_:11 expressly chartered for the purpose, and which semblage he saw before him. He thought if such were 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 18 - 12 A all Do. 4 Shares. Do 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ••• - • • • 27 - 28 12i all Lou. S.Eastern. 131 - 144 machinery out a cargo of implements, tools, and all the the inauguration of the Milton Club, they might look 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. Ad A p 20 all Do. Preference Do 2si -26 A A t TY necessary for carrying on mining operations. forward to the happiest results. He augured, from what 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber- 20 all Lowestoft gr. et it dinner last night the chair was occupied by he saw that evening, a most brilliant future for the Club. deen Junction ....... 8 - 9 4 per cent... Norfolk th e 7°!" ) . Villiers Shelley, Bart. M P su orted on (Cheers.) He could not help expressing his great gratifi- 5 all Do. New ..... e•e PP ... - .•• 20 all Do. 6 per et... Do 24 -26 On t he ll , tby Lord Muskerry and Mr. A. J. Baring, and cation at the increased number of lionconformistmembere, 25 all East Anglian (X 25 L. .. 51 all Mancli.Bxton. Lu. &N.W VilileV ft r 1 by . Mr. H. Brown, M.P. and Mr. Walter, and urged them to guard against merging their position &E.& L. & D.) st - 6 and Matlock & Midld. 3 34 th e ,_ • . lulhns, the solicitor to the company, ably filled as Nonconformist members, and leading the public to 18 all Do., (£lB E. & H.) .9 _ 13 i in i a 50 all Hiddlesbro' & Stckton & le r, 11 'e - chair, Redcar Supported by Mr. Sharland and Mr. Chand- believe that they had not forgotten their position as 20 all Eastern Counties..... lADarlingt. ... -- ad who a surrounded by a numerous body of fine young fellows national representatives. They had in the House of 25 all Eastern Union, Class 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland... 108 - 109 plovers about to seek their own fortunes, and their em- Commons to combat with very strong prejudices. After ~.:. 50 all Northern and ... - ••• Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 64 - 66 luau, 8 dividends, in the modern El Dorado. Ample being so long disqualified to hold office, they Z 5 84 D A o . , la d t :. .... . j ..... 8 .11 . - . 10i -11 A lli 25 all Do.. B. & C.. ......... 84 - 8 . 4 5,0 all Do. 6 per ct Do mu ch for done to an excellent dinner, remarkable as now found Nonconformists representing large constitu- St. 100 East Lancashire ...... 77 - 79 •• - ••• 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... 4 Well r substantiality as elegance, and then the cloth, encies, such as South Lancashire, Manchester, Leeds, 50 all East & West Ind. Dk. 25 all Prest. & Wyrc L. & 1%. W. ''' -. ek e u as the cork, having been drawn the Company at Bradford, and Sheffield. (Cheers.) These gentlemen & Birming. June.... 55 - 9 &Lint Yk ... - •• • 4 71 T he proceeded to the formal business of the occasion. were elected, not simply because they were Nonconfor- St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow '7 _ _-- 78 78 121 11., Do. i Shares. Do - pm 22 th ey w us : r a e l_ royal toasts . were fervently drank, though mists, but their position in that respect did not deter 10 IA Edinb. and Peebles... id St. 100 Itoystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 151 - 153 4 ree//- ra pidly disposed of, and than the toast par the constituents from electing them ;in consequence of St. 100 Rei n h.Feth.&Dundee 31 - - 33 P 30 i i 1 2 i - 62 St. 100 Do•Shepth.St. Do l 5O - 152 cnce was given. their identification with all that was connected with 25 18i Slid. Roth. & Lancash.& The CrLs.iSt 100 Great Northern Stk.. Goole g. 5. p. Yorksh .. c.,manner, , 1114417 proposed it in a very appropriate popular progress, they were deemed eligible by the lOO Glasgow & S.Western 60 79 13 9A S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean i - i' d 'ie ces et was "Prosperity to the Company, and people to seats in the Commons House of Parliament. St.. 100 Do . , B. Stock - 120 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & he sa i d s , t,° the A.dventurers." The land of the company, (Cheers.) He strongly approved of meetings of that St 100 Do ,A. Stock - 46 80 7 44 9 St. 11.00 rt.' Sth.&West.are.) lo7i -108 i 6 per cent ... Darling . ... - se cured !Ltd , beerk purchased and paid for, a, good title kind amongst themselves, as they would thereby come St. 100 Great Western•-• - 92 901 I 1 i xd Jr ~ , e _ -1! -. 4... ...... ...... A ---4-,,A;,-... and nrevent collision amongst 19 11 reifth South-Eastern ,s 9 —, j 25 all Do Do 3li -32 x. x d St. lOO Wilts &Somrst Gt•Westu lO 3 - 104 An interesting entertainment was given Ist night at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, by the above e° , 4llla ny. The directors di ne d with th e i r official staff, W ho are about to proceed to Australia ; and, certainly, after the proceedings of last night, no body of men could p os sibly leav e th e country under more bright or cheer o! prosp ects. The majority of the staff is composed of e Young men, many of them being under 30 years of a g e ; and the staff itself includes chemists, engineers, mechanics, labourers, and watchmen. The whole will under the direction of Captain Baker, R.N., Mr. Arles Watt, the assayest, and two engineers ; and the ',a tat r Baas from Pl ymout h next week, i n a vessel wh i c h 1148 been expressly chartered for the purpose, and which Riu carry out a cargo of implements, tools, and all the machinery necessary for carrying on mining operations. ..At the dinner last night the chair was occupied by I t r john Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., supported on 0: tig htri by Lord Muskerry and Mr. A. J. Baring, and left by Mr. H. Brown, M.P., and Mr. Walter, th e vi e Mr.lll . ullins, the solicitor to the company, ably filled :ce-chair, Supported by Mr. Sharland and Mr. Chand !', surrounded by a numerous body of fine young fellows ° are ab out to seek their own fortunes, and the i r em blem dividend s , i n t h e modern El D ora do. Ample a c e was d one to an excellent d i nner, remarkable as aell for substantiality as elegance, and then the cloth, 0 , Well as the cork, having been drawn, the company at Thee proceeded to the formal business of the occasion. the y usual royal toasts were fervently drank, though Y were rapidly disposed of, and than the toast par et,!//enc was given. t i : 11 : CHAIRMAN proposed it in a very appropriate r. It was "Prosperity to the Company, and ecess to the Adventurers." The land of the compatiy, perel„.Baidi had been purchased and paid for, a good title it Z e u ; indeed, one that could not possibly be aduisd fC' and with the assistance of the numerous cl e on el b e 2 lt staff which he saw around him, he had little n i t , whatever that the hopes of the shareholders would sit -reat elY be realised. The estate of the company was de posits in the very centre of a district . where gold de rem were known largely to prevail, and when he ktrembered what had been well observed by the Mel llerald, the Argus and other well-informed j ournals, be_ashed at the antipodes, that immense wealth had 011!'4 accumulated In the gold fields of Australia b h y s. akilled hands, he could fix no bounds to t emu ' which could be carried on by the scientific ael v il ; Ilitherto the gold seekers had confined them f„ce collecting material which carries upon its own c orn Palpable quality and value ; but the staff of the nY would be content almost to extract the .pred goebilraetel from the discarded soil of the uninitiated baj..ounter. It was calculated, and upon the soundest to ', ll ' tee ) that this source would give a sufficient return r eb . (L a Y, a handsome dividend to the shareholders ; and he t A ribed his conviction that the undertaking could hardly Whi c h the colonial staff energetically fulfilled its mission, a di; ue was equally confident it would do, since it had eet interest in the concern to the extent of one-sixth. To 0 1 10 the in What estimation the company was held by l'71)11A he m en ti one d th a t 77,000 out of 100,000 hou r i" nad been a l rea dy di s p ose d of, while there were rep,-1 a pplications for those that were on hand. With I ,,,nrd to the charter, he need hardly point out that it vri t l l l 4 he for the interest of the Government to grant it for t e k li t hesitation, for it was their duty, as it would be sh,„l"2 advantage of the Crown, that law and order to /ll ,' he maintained in the colony and the staff of this eu r rnY would be of great assistance to them in se both eth La e .p r e t out ' was drunk with honours ; as were several . t a k'' , including the healths of the Chairman, Captain %ob er ,' 11 / I r. Watt, the engineers, and other officers of the Pled` ll Y , and at the close the home establishment o eel . the co l on i al staff i n b umpers. M any o f th e Vo e „ ii I nes engag e d on th e s t a ff are capital amateur et th Ei ti B ) arid the hearty style in which they gave some to th e e emigrant " songs of the day, added quite a charm 0 0ti festiviti es, wh i ch were k ept up w ith grea t spirit else late hour. It would be a safe prediction to de reeaa that the hardy fustian of the " staff"" will often ever h f "" eve of this evening to mind while floatin -.48 sea, nts or toiling beneath the sun of the antipodes.g .11 Eastern Union, Class) A. late E. U. Sh 84 Do., d 0... C ._.• ...... all Do., B. 6::..... • LOO East Lancashire . all East & West Ind. bk. & Birming. June—. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 1i Ediub. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dund ee 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock .., • 100 Do., B. Stock .12, 100 Gt. Sth.&West.are . ) 100 Great Western 11 Wash South - Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 0., Fifths . . .... 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv. Crsby. &So uthpt . all London & Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Biight.& S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western) 1 12 Do. Fifths I 20 14 50 20 .•-• 1 Do. ,10/.5h..M&8...0 100 London &S. Western 421 Do., £50 ... 34 Do. .£40.. •• • ••• •• . all Lnd - ndrry. di Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland ..... . . ....... 100 Do. Birming. ...... 47h 2 Midland G.West.(lr.) 17i Do. A Shares .... all Newcastle & Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket............ 3 Do. Bury Extension: 16 Newpt.Aberg.&lltfd. 71 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint 31 60 62 79 80 44 46 118 - 120 107 -108 i 91i— 92 6A 7 90 95 13 4 p 79 1 1 —80 i 4 4 d 3 16 —l6§ 50 25. 100 St.' Q 4,„, NONCONFORMIST GATHERING.-THE Yeßte , MILTON DINNER. assemblage of , 4 rday an unusUally large and influential .hops. the Nonconformists dined at the London Tavern, Bis te•street, for the double purpose of the Nonconformist ltoti„Club, and of bringing together The following were Th_tehe . rs p inaugurating f the present Parliament. M.P. (Stirling), -,-,131.111e13al present:—Sir J. Anderson, M.P. ) 44 ! .„' l all, M•P , Thomas Barnes, anca- M.P. (South L •-`..r. (GuildfOrd) John Cheethani, Sir G. Goodman, (Bolton), J. Bell, shi re), P. Crossley Hind ley, (Sheffield), E. I M.P. (Leeds), 4 • l ''' F - 1 4 e is ecis), G. Hadfield M.P. M.P. 4.32: P . ‘ --84°11 ) , J. Kershaw M.P. (Stockport),_ M.P.Bradford), A. E. ma , 11 .- . (Rochdale), R. Milligan, -(Norwich), Pellatt, /Vl.p. (Southwark), S. Pet°, M.P.ivi. .r J• Pilkington, Ma). e. whom were the eonformist cler gY Were also present, am"; J . , D.D. ; J . (Blackburn). A large number of N on heverend Messrs. Aldis, Allon, Angus, Bergue,Archer, b h •b• ;T. A.veling, Bayn e s Bean, Bennett, 'erry, Bowan, Broad, Brock, J • Curwen, 14 ttt .-.-.. • Cox, • Davies, ' Bromfield , Burder, Bur 4. , Campbell, D.D. ; Cox., D .v . . Asaph) ; ' ; Curwen S. ,• Davies, E. T. ( 6 t T. 15?- ' ; Dukes, Davis, W. (Hastings) ; qa.,, ork-road) . Gould, Goultry, . Gamble, Godwin, Goode,. p.D. . Hay. qtlt'ciNvaY' Gunn, Hamilton, Fletcher, 'Hoby, Grant, d e , ~e, Grocer, _ (c 4,, , 4444 Hill, T. heshunt) ; Hillier, Dent, Hinton, Landell, Jennings, Judson, sie,J. D.D. C l retion, James, Lynch, Manning, Masman Hon. and 4w ß i ? , Lorimer, ne) • k%=%,e' R. (Athersto „ H., R Newman, Sherman J., Reed, nobinson,-- R. H. E ., Stearne, Miall, rii "°. W. Noel,Smith, is , Dr. Stowell, J. I,lknone Smith, G ., st o el, Stoughton, ---v • R. Vaughan,.. *"1), . ' Stong Smith P., ' T Tyler Unwin, t t , , Stewart, White, and Tidman, y Warlters, b7,4ten, Thomson, Wallace,were Ii ; „" •.; Waddington, " ' among whom , hundred laymen' large towns and ohtecins, and three from different IZ,,arda of seventy interest. dissenting k°llghe, representing the u ied the chair. Z i Thiel Morley, Esq., occupied Representatives in "'der the usual loyal toasts, A “ Our which 'th .-% ose • t members, Nee .I.trumArr Prol e Nonconformist sa id that they 1, qataent," that is, th applause. He , .... h he =cler ks received with' great aPP • by -1 het f ts w' principles orrms , d the ,_ as Evangelical Nonconformists, who professed political --uod t hatthey meant those of , not as mere (Cheers. :.iran eli 1 Nonconformity, conviction. x +llions,gh ca d - re li g ious dissent but as a eep their 0 p i . . uld be understood, it based on whatx 1% . aa anxious this should . etion ; was word. (Cheers./ th 4 deereligious p conviction God's other reli o 11113' believed to be the dictates ofantagonism to "wide as t. e Y had met in no spirit d•ffered v..% . They I Church, State 4 1 8 Parties. (Loud cheers.) ad advocates of a Ls! Poles asunder" from the v° to principles, to men, but as they be ,,,,` heir opposition was n e o a t r. a ) Just in so far 4, 1 : 1 ,° 4 5, and systems. ( be opposed h they dissented to of truth, t o "1 the system from which b f and to the progress (Hear, hear.) se ilril and religious liberty, against it. ti e ar they took their stand had been Per that he to, expressed his thankfuln . ess brethren r itted to N onconformist He see BO many of his assembly in the world. principles t,ssetllrned to the greatest of their tad I.;usted h , that the ultimate triu mph true liberty. It been be identified with that but o not be political, read his that ward that Dissenters should If he had t•C W as a great fallacy. (Cheers.)'d that he had a 1 le t ship ° al?3 , purpose he had foun m holding him from . citizen aloof ' '•0 Maintain which would prevent.. the pudic good. . (o frora any movement promising was the in te,,,,e;ers.) The only guarantee herequired with the movement. 1/I,tY of those who were connected Nonconformists, as d e ; l°oked upon those principles, as t co-operation than the-trlritrlig_a more hearty and earnest hear)—and he t ' uki hitherto received—(hear, . inated would r ust e d nt thus originated h r ,• -. that the movement strengthen them to t lg th e and enable of th e h hem together, . in the House l one, al lrls of their friends the developements t Com aea (Cheers.) He hoped, fret:li the fulfilment of grea 1 1 14 1 8 , - ,, /v around him, to live to see seemed far in th e ditr4B, which but a short time such . ago gatherings as t.a.tice. tie thought that occasional to their sae . eeeiihese would very materially contribute the successful expe_rj e ko,,',. al rld be hoped, therefore, that repeated. (Che ers .). li h e - ' of that night would, be gratification to the history I,,Otreferred with great "and to the sufferings Abl e ' t hey had as Nonconformists, Which th ' defence of thos ndergone in ki en ancestors had u him so very • IleiPl es II ' iced in behol i g behold before ?iith ie ._ , • e rejoiced of the most influential,. hade utial an assembly ge—one pleasure of meeting. la„ ed, that he had ever had the heyt as Nonconf?r : h,.' Would ventur e to say, that if , of their Fin zaite, were united for the promulgation London, they would Q 3 e° arnongst the population of Englandfuture of ,4404 hie to produce results on the them to thank 4 -I°4 would mouse those who followed He found that tild for what they had do ne . (Cheers).. ent, 1,000,000 e l e Y had 656 members of Parli o ain ooo,ooo. About oetore, and a population of 2 ' conformist prm ei webers held evangelical Non ~,,i. 078. This Ale, and 1 tion of 3,vh Was a, represented a popu a ' sixth of and about one th e uout one -eighth of the house, i n the House of electors. There were 240 members of 1,827,480, hi4'l4lone who represented a population each. (Hear , I;:ent,i,g an average of 7,600 persons held Non e:4%) Now mark ! The 36 members whoe illation of t,s'l!)•erniist principles represented a P l P average of 7,600,000, which, instead of the gener t a han 108,000. (q . , gave an average of no fewer a Po eer ) The 15 members then present represented of 136,000 ea.l4lilittin of 2,052,000, giving an average t one-tenth of th e h (Loud cheers.) They were abou e resented noa.,l°l4°llgh members of the house, and they r p thie-Y One-third of the entire - constituency of borough and 11 4 ()111I trY• (Loud cheers.) These were great and 4,Acrtant facts, and indications of the vast moral He 4ltlerical strength which they possessed. (Cheers.) Nt a , ge ? t hem to " back those members, and to do what r. t ~: l 4 their power to strengthen their hands in the pe _ i'fo4lance of theii• duty. (Hear, hear.) The strength of vip.ll„ecglfety was very great. It only required ' -t ° ll s aeti t b • t t bear and he hoped for g reat on o ring i o , results from the movement they were m eveht_ . met that T , , ng to inaugurate. (Cheers.) , Eh7e: the he health of the Nonconformist representatives was drunk amidst great applause. The names of J. i.ll,ak, 118( 1., M.P. for South Lancashire S. Mor vi. e,,0 5.... i tff , , 1 2. _ M.P. for the City of Norwich; and v rer e al•d --411, Esq., M.P. for the Rorough of Rochdale, , c_eupled with the toast. J. .%%IIUETRAAr, Esq., 1V1.P., replied. He contended all ei,stacingh they were Nonconformists, they represented MI6 bons© of their constituents, and in their places in he e , r\ ell e° they were not to be Dissenters morel places h. ,-but the friends and supporters of every movement ood . l eh had f c , • • promotion of the public (Ghee its object the Were xyrs.) They were not elected because they 11444t,e b b • Dissenters, their IV. but because be in g 4 & ROStreVOT 100 N0rf01k...... ...... all Do., New 3A Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.l 6 Do., No. 2.. ...... all Do., A Deferred 5 Do., A B Guaranteed 171 North Staffordshire all North Western.. 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland._ 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg. 100 Do., L. & N. Westu. Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves, do. all Do. Oswestry •.• 61 Shropshire Union.... all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do. 16i St o ckton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock, .. - ... • 9 - 91 1044 -- 1651 1204 -- 121 3 -- SiP 14 -- 1i P 914 -- 924 5 4d 4 3 d 11 -- 12 19 -- 21 ' 30 -- 31 3k __ 8 d 781 45 -- 47 and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limorick 13 West Cornwall 21s. Wmbledon &Croydon 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl. &Berw 20 Do. Extensions 11. Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland .. - 49 51 31 3 d 2 Si 8- 56 - 58 84 - 21 , - 2d 36 -37 fi -64 dl 2* 2 d 41 4d 8 8i 3 —4 p 49 - 504 100 - 102' 63 - 65 67 - 69 70 80 I disi ... - 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 31 -- E d 20 -- 22 801 -- 804 37 -- 88 13 -- 134 4 44 pm 7919 iii x.d. *WI 21 21 15 - 16 9 -9/ 27 - 28 9 - 91 Id- 1p 71 72 7d 2 -21 d 60 —61 i, 30i 7 8 i j I i 36i 6 1 all Agua Fria 10s. all Anglo Californian _ 10 2 Australasian — i 2 p 4 20 5 Australian 6 —6p 6 1 all Australian Cordillera par ik 1 all Australian Freehold. / t p 1 all Ave Maria 4d Par 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold - P 20 13.5 British Iron 7 35 241 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm - 41 431 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 1 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 1 Carson's Creek par I P 40 all Cobre Copper 39 41xd d 1 Colonial Gold 2i 3 4, 1 14 Copiapo . — ••• St, all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 all Do. Prof. 7i p. cent. ... ...p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 2 lid 3i 20 all General.. l4 —15 i 1 all Great Nugget Vein 3i P6i 6 3 all Great Polgooth l4 1 P 1 all Lake Bathurst d 1 all Liberty - P 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 8 d 1 all Mariquita d— * P 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 5 6 6 i 1 all New Granada —1" P 1 all Nouveau Monde parli 4 1 -4 PP 2 * 5 1 Port Philip ll -- 1 p 21 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymme Iron 2l —23 p 15 Do. New 30 10i Santiago do Cuba 6l —74 61 1 all South Australian par t P 10 7 Tin Croft ........ .ll 12 281 all United Mexican 6i -- 7ixd 6 i 7 x d 1 all Waller 2l —21 P 1 all West Granada 4 P 1 1 1 all West Mariposa * 1 all Yuba — pll JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B4 85 841 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China 1 —ll p 3 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 4 English Scottish and Australian ll 11 p i 20 7i Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 4l 4lp 11' 12 50 20 London and County — 301 1 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ..• 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 100 35 NationalProv.of Eng. 20 10 Do. New 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. .• ••• 25 5 Do. New — •.• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland —" 4B 10 all Do. New — „. 17 5 1 Royal Australn•Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... ..• 25 all South Australia 46 48 25 all Union of Australia 72 73 721 ... 21 Do. New 7t 8 7/ 50 -10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid__ ••• MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 245 255 24:3 53 50 5 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 381 Brit. American Land 100 322 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — ••• 1 1 Electric 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 Laud._ 20 21 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 87 61 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . • 25 25 South Austral. Land 59 61 60 12 60 1 1 Submar. Telegraph .. 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization. 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 18 20 20 19 1 13/ a x.d. 102 100 i 2 65 80i ll SHARES. GENERAL SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING COMPANY—Yes terday an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of this company took place at the London Tavern, for the election of two directors in the room of the two who re tired. R. M. Fox, Esq., M.P., took the chair. Mr. J. Lyster O'Beirne, the secretary, read the notice con vening the meeting. Mr. R. W. Crawford proposed Captain Shuttleworth as a fit and suitable person to fill the vacancy. He had not only the ability to fulfil the duties, but also the time to devote to the requirements of the office, which was an object of importance to the public as well as themselves. A candidate so suitable to their purposes he hoped would be elected unanimously. Mr. Money Wigram seconded the resolution. The Chairman put the resolution, and Captain Shuttleworth was elected unanimously. Mr. Pugh proposed Mr. N. B. Acworth as a candidate for the other vacancy. Mr. Rolt, M.P., seconded the motion, which was also passed unanimously. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman and directors, and the meeting adjourned. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A QUACK Doc- TOR.—Yesterday, Mr. Wm. Baker, jun., the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, concluded an inquest at the Sir Robert Peel Tavern, Shrubland-road, Haggerstone bridge, respecting the death of Mrs. Charlotte Card well, aged 55 years, a widow lady of fortune, lately re siding at No. 1, Shrubland-road, East Haggerstone, who, it was alleged, had died from the deleterious effects of a poisonous herb named lobelia, which had been ad ministered to the deceased by a person named William Hobson Palmer, one of the agents to Dr. Coffin. At the close of the inquiry, the foreman, said that twelve out of the thirteen jurors had agreed to a verdict of " Manslaughter against William Hobson Palmer." The whole of the witnesses were then bound over in the usual manner to prosecute at the next sessions of the St. 20 St. 15 Central Criminal Court. FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.-- St. Yesterday Mr. William Carter held an inquest at Al -15 leyne's Head, Dulwich-common , into the circumstances attending the death of Joseph Gibbi ns, a g ed 39, a car -10 p enter, who lost his life at the Crystal Palace, Syden harn, on Saturday last. James Hill, a carpenter, 10 deposed that he was employed on the works at the 25 Crystal Palace. About eleven o'clock on Saturday 10 rn moing last witness was on one of the galleries working 1.0.6 with deceased. They were about to put in a wooden joist between two of the iron columns. They were on 22 a scaffolding erecting internally. The iron columns were too far apart, and they accordingly placed a cha in round each and a union-screw in the middle to draw them 17 nearer together at the top, to make the joist fit in. The 25 distance between the two columns was about 20 feet. They got the chain tight up by the screw, as tight as they could do ; but then the columns did not come as near together as required. Witness and deceased were __— both working the screw, which was rather stiff. De- 10 ceased said, " Get some oil and put on the screw, 5 mate ;" and whilst witness was in the act of so doing the 20 hook of one of the chains snapped, and deceased, who 2 0 2 was pressing the screw outwards, fell forward out of the building on some pl an k s use d as a tempo rar y footway, 20 from a height of ab ou t twenty feet. He fell flat, but 2° 5 more on his head ; and when witness went to the spot 20 he found deceased quite insensible, and, with assistance, 20.1 i took him into one of the offices of the building, where he left him. The poor man died in the evening, his 5 skull having been fractured. The jury, having examined many witnesses for the purpose of ascertaining whether 20 proper caution had been exercised by the superior au- 10 thorities ;to prevent casualties, found th a t th e d ea th was 5 purely accidental. 10 OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—At a meeting 20 of the committee acting on behalf of the various trades 20 officially represented at the aggregate meetings recently 20 held in connection with the above movement, the depu tation appointed to confer upon the subject with Lord 20 Palmerston reported the result of/their mission. The 16 noble lord had received t he de p utation with g reat cour tesy, and, after listening attentively to the arguments 10 advanced by the different speakers, admitted the im- 20 p or tance of the question, but r e p lied that he could not, 20 neither could the deputation expect him to, give any 20 definite pledge as to the course which the Government 20 might feel bound to take upon it when it came on for 20 discussion before Parliament, but at the same time he 10 could and would promise to give it his best consideration. 20 20 He would also undertake the presentation of their 10 petition to the House of Commons. 20 ... - - i.ii‘i - i. 671 19 - 20 31 - 3 ! ', ' - 4 - i P 1 2i -- ig -- li 14' -- 15 18} -• 18i 3 - 3 ki6 = lig .12 114 71 3 / 4 13 12i 13 60t 1i i_ 43 81- 9 SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.—The report to be submitted 20 to the meeting of the Southampton Dock Company on 10 801 the 22d, states that the receipts of t he half- y ear ending the 31st of December have exceeded th ose of the previous 20 half-year by 3,976/. The balance i n hand, after the 1(0) payment of interest on the debenture debt, &c., is 3 ,0761., and &dividend of Bs. per share is recommended. 61 _ 7ixd 104 106 par ; P 150 152 ... - • 3i - 4 pi 10 -- 11 13i -- 13 9 - 10 11i - . 11 - 4 A - p 147 - 149 -1 P 22 - 23 5 - 2i - 61 107 - 109 25 - 26 11i i 3} 11 li p 11 -11 i 17 —17 ii -- lip 16 -- 17 par i P 26 26 19 20 id P 'lO3 ft— 105 51 4 148 A 8 x d 109 8 7i - iPI l a lidis 1 2__ 13 -gip 21 lidis 6 6i P 11 - 2fm dis— 1 p i --i 1' -7iX in 4 -- 11 - - lI 9 - 11 P 2 - 21,1) 8 - Si . 6i - 7 35t - 351 101 11 I in 14 - 14 1 3 6 8 9 1 -1 1 9 4 6 h 39 - 40 321 -32 i 4i - 6 P A- 19 - 191 9/ - 101 x in x in G 4 fi 81 8 4i 5P d 94p - d 341 r$ 9 26i 6i 31i t 10i 10 91 1 - 181 i 19 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1853. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. 17, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. per imperial Quarter. .. Iwitss.T.BAILLEY. I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. 1 PEAS. 453 2a 31s 5 d 18 s 5d 130 s lid 345 10d 31s 91 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. RTE. - _ . BEANS. VEAL W i ll E A s o r d . I BARLEY. is oa I 14 OATS. od is Od r Is Od I Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST INZEk. 2 1,672; Ry 0,176; Beane, Wheat, 79,428 ; 8ar1ey, 6397; PRel,a334,72;.96olatcsiu,arters. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 41 4s ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 51 Os ; and straw, 115 s to 1112 a per load. A moderato supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 4/ 10s ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 4115 s ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1113 s per load. Supply limited, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s ; clover ditto, 31 15s to 51; and straw, 115 s to 1112 s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. MEAT MARKETS. E nim .t eu D at E tt N on ß ru, A l3 D ead ia 4 .— dst Th toead4s e y,62l general demand Veal 3s 4d as follows : forßeto 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 6d to 49 per 81 bs, by the carcase. SouTHALL, FEB. 16. — The beef trade ruled steady, at very full prices to -d a y ; o th erwise , the demand was in N e Beef e Wa 2 c s GhA 4 an kind o A 3 N 9 13 6(. ° i f 11 ; a sluggish state. Beef, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 39 6d to 58 Od ; Veal, 3s 4d to 49 2d ; Pork, 39 Od to 33 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, FEB. 16.—The general demand at this mar ket to-day was firm, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 49 2d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Veal, 35 4d. to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s Od to 39 10d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 23a each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 17.—Wind at N eon, North, light b reez e, and sharp frost. from con- DEAL, Feb. 16.—Wind, N.E., stormy an d squall Arrived from the River and sailed—Phoenieean, for Syd ney ; Australia , do. ; Bolton, do. Soneo. Forward, Mel bourne ; Jas. Armstrong, Hong-g ; merzapure, Cal cutta ; Esther, do. ; Neptunus, Monte Video ; Albion, St. Vincent. Sailed—Eliza Thornton. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 16.—Arrived—Stephan, New Orleans; Emperesse, Santander for London, with damag e , tact. R .v. P a O l O p L a , r a F i s o o b . . I s 6 a . ired W_in e d hri , binger, wE Carey, Calcutta - Brothers, Africa ; Robin Gray, St. Helena ; Athole, 'Caldera ; Emperor, Bahia • ; Chas. C ooper New Orleans ; Harizon, do. ; Agnes, New 'York ; Star of the West, do. The Courier, for Bombay, has been righted, N.N.E.stan, Melbourne ; Wm. and found to have received only trifling damage. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 16.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Gang. made, Brazil. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 16.—Wind, N.W. Sailed —Har riet, Port Philip. KINGSTOWN, Feb. 15.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Marsden, Cape of Good Hope. LOWESTOFFE, Feb. I ....,. g Wind N.N.E. , Arrived— Aeger, Lisbon for Elsinore, with damage. The Azalia and the Era, London for Hartlepool, have come in, the former with stem stove, and the latter wit 4 bows stove, having been in contact. GRIMSBY, Feb. 16.—Wind, N. Arrived —Jupiter (s), Hamburgh, had put into Cuxhaven with damage to bows. ELSINORE, Feb. 14. —The St. Thomas, on shore off Horn bech, is considered to be a wreck. CuxHAVEN, Feb. 14.—The Claudius, Sunderland to Hamburgh, aground on] Steilsand, 10th inst., has floated off, and into Port. HEALTH OP THE BISHOP OF LiticoLN.---W e are in formed that the Bishop of Lincoln has had a relapse, and is much worse. The aid of Sir B. Brodie was called in last week, and on Sunday morning, at Divine service, held at the Cathedral, the prayers of the congregation for the recovery of our highly respected diocesan were requested.--Lincolnshire' Times. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. Both the Senate and the Legislative Body have resumed their sittings. At the sitti n g of the for mer Baron de Lacrosse, Secretary of the Senate, read in succession the decree of Decemb er 30, 1852, appointing M. Troplong, president of the Senate and the decree of January 25, 1853, which nomi nated for the present session M. Mesnard first vice president ; and M. Drouin de Lhuys, Gen. Count Baraguay d'Hilliers, and Gen. Count Regnault de Saint-Jean-d'Angely, the other vice-presidents. M. Troplong then pronounced an address, in which he alluded to the establishment of the Empire, and to his own nomination to the post of president of , the Senate. The Empire, he said, was clearly the expression of the national will, and the Senate had had the merit of having in its sphere aided in esta blishing it. M. Amedee Thayer and Count de La riboisiere were elected secretaries for the session of 1853, and Count de Beaumont and Admiral Cecile, vice-secretaries. The bureaux were then appointed by lot, and the sitting terminated. At the sitting of the Le g islative Body M. Bil lault, the President, was in the chair. After the four junior members had been called on to perform the duties of Secretaries, letters were read from Messrs. Ancel, Bucher de Chauvigno, Cabias, De mesmay, Doumet, Legorrec, Monnin-Japy, Ponge rard, Justin Durand, Baron Viard, Langlais, do Mesonan, Millet, de Nougarede, Sapey, Veron, and the Duke d'Albufera, excusing themselves for not being able to attend the first few sittings of the session. The oath was then administered to 27 members, who had not been present the day before at the Tuileries. After an incident regarding a letter from M. Bouhier de rEcluse, relating to tak ing the oath, the President announced that he had received from the Minister of State a bill asking for a credit of 300,000 fr. for the administration of the breeding-studs ; another concerning a credit of 5,000 fr., called for by the Minister of Public In struction ; two bills concerning exchanges of State property ; another bill relating to civil pensions ; and seventeen bills of local interest. The bureaux were then drawn by lot, and the sittings termi nated. The Paris papers of yesterday devote a consider able portion of their space to comments on the Speech of the Emperor to the Senate on Monday. The Pays expresses the most perfect satisfaction with it ; but the &ads, though it approves of the declaration in favour of peace, writes in a tone and manner as if it wished to raise a war cry. In the Union there is an article on the pacific declarations of the Government. This journal, with the moderation and even impartiality by which its recent articles have been distinguished, ex presses its satisfaction at the assurances given by the Government, but remonstrates against the irri tating tone adopted by some of its organs. General Okareff is at present at Paris, says one of the journals, on a private mission from the Em peror of Russia to the French Government. A decree, dated the Bth, opens to the Minister of Justice a supplementary credit of 778,0001., ap plicable to the expense of criminal justice. This credit will be regularised during the present session of the Legislative Body. The Minister of War has addressed a circular to the Generals in command of divisions on the carrying out of the new reduction of 20,000 men in the army. " The first thing to be done," he says, " is to cause to pass into the reserve all the non-commissioned officers, corporals, and soldiers entitled to their discharge in the course, or at the end of 1853, who are at this moment on any ac count whatever absent on furlough ;" and when this shall bo done he will, he says, make known to them the number of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, whose tune also expires in this year, who are to be placed in the reserve to make up the number of 20,000. In another circular the Mi nister invites the generals to see to the execution of the regulations which prohibit soldiers and military functionaries from addressing any docu meat direct to the Minister, and require them to forward them through the regular hierarchal channel. By order of the Minister of War the companies on active service of the 10th battalion of Foot Chasseurs have left Lyons for Toulon, to embark for Rome. The Constitutionnel of yesterday having stated that the Count d'Haussonville, the son-in-law of the Duke de Broglie, who, it will be remembered, was implicated in the affair of the Bulletin Fran cais, had on Monday attempted to break the line of carriages proceeding to the Tuileries, and on being remonstrated with by a police agent had used offensive expressions towards the Emperor, for which he was taken into custody, M. d'Hans sonville has addressed the following letter to the Constitutionnel " Feb. 15, 1853. " Your - joumal of this morning contains details which concern me, and which are completely inexact. My con fidence in your impartiality does not permit me to doubt your readiness to rectify them. I never for a moment attempted to break the line of carriages entering the court of the Tuileries. I made no reply to the insulting language of the police-agent who arrested me. I spoke neither to him nor to any one in the crowd, which, be sides, was at rather a good distance from me. I merely said to my little boy, a child of nine years of age, who was by my side, some words, of which I am quite ready to maintain, before any tribunal whatever, the perfect truth and complete innocence. I have the honour to be, &c., " COUNT D'HAUSSONVILLE " Ex-deputy." M. d'Haussonville was, it appears, taken before a Commissary of Police, by whom he was soon after wards released. The cold has at length set in with some severity , yesterday the thermometer marked 6 in the morn ing 3 deg. 8-10ths below zero centigrade (25f Fah renheit), and at noon 4-10ths (31k F.). This morn ing, at 6 o'clock, the thermometer marked 3 deg. 4-10ths below zero centigrade. The explanations given on Monday evening by the English Ministers in both Houses of Parlia ment have been welcomed as a pledge of peace, and have produced a considerable rise in all de scriptions of stock on the Bourse. The Emperor and Empress went in state to the Grand Opera on Tuesday night. From an early hour of the evening the rue Lepelletier was brilliantly lighted up with gas, and the façade of the theatre was tastefully adorned. A large crowd thronged the Boulevards and the street on both sides, and the way was kept by pickets of mounted gendarmes and sergens de vile. About half-past eight the Emperor arrived in a close carriage, attended by the usual escort of cuirassiers. He and the Em press were received on entering by the director of the Opera with the greatest ceremony usual on such occasions. It was near one o'clock when the party left, and though the night was very cold, but dry, the Boulevards and street were still thronged with crowds waiting to see him return. The Bourse was as animated yesterday as it was dull on Tuesday. The explanations given by Mi nisters in the British Houses of Parliament on Monday night last were regarded as a pledge of peace by the speculators, and a considerable rise took place in the price of publicosecurities. A re port circulated that the Bank of England would shortly reduce its rate of discount served to main tain prices. The Three per Cents. opened at 80f. 30c., and rose to 80f. 55c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. 85c. ; Orleans Rail way Shares, 1,025 f. ; Rouen, 985; Havre, 477 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 872 f. 53e. ; Bale, 355 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 797 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 892 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 775 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 675 f. ; Western of France, 710 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 670 f. 50e. ; Dijon to Besangon, 525 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 782 f. 500. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived in due course. The Diario Espanol gives the follow ing as the results of the elections :—Ministerial deputies, 234 ; Opposition, 81 ; doubtful, 7. There were, on the 11th, 29 returns still to be made. The Nacion, Epoca, Esperanza, Observador , and Diario were seized on the 10th by order of the fiscal of the press. The Herald() mentions a rumour of an intended augmentation of the Span- ish army. The Three per Cents. were done at 41k ; the New Three per Cents. at 221 ; the Debt of the first class at 10, and that of the second at 5-a. ITALY. The miniature republic of San Marino has sud denly shaken off its drowsy habits. We learn that it has reorganised its military forces, reformed its gendarmerie, and instituted a military medal of merit. The Parlamento of Turin, of the 13th, quotes a letter from Milan, of the 10th, asserting that a schoolmaster named Scannini, who on the 6th had been ill in bed: the whole day with the ague, went out in the evening with an iron-shod stick which he used habitually, the fit being over, to order some milk, when he suddenly found himself enveloped in a crowd of insurgents, who were soon in their turn surrounded by troops, disarmed, and arrested. This same Scannini, the letter says, wa s among the four who were led to execution on the morning of the 10th. A correspondent of the Patria of Turin writes from Florence, 10th inst., that some disturbances have occurred at Orivieto, in the Roman States. One person was stabbed, stones were thrown at the windows of a church, and threats uttered against the authorities and several inhabitants known for their conservative opinions. A gran d ball was g i v e n atthe ROll4 grabagSy at Rome on the 7th. There were upwards of 1,400 persons present. The Ring of Bavaria honoured the festival with his presence, under . the incognito of Count de Werdenfels. Letters from Milan of the 11th announce that on the previous evening four other executions had taken place. The Roman ,Tournal of the Bth states that the ext Protestant Bishop of North Carolina had ab jured Protestantism. By what we learn from Switzerland, it is evident that the insurrection in Milan was in connection with an attentat, which was to have been made on the Emperor at Paris. On the sth there was a meeting of fugitives at Lugano (Tessin), and while they were assembled news arrived from Paris that the plan had failed. This caused such general con sternation that the whole plan for a general rising was deranged. It is further credibly reported that a great quantity of arms, 10,000 muskets, are deposited at Lugano. The real object of the assassins in Milan is still a mystery to us, as they did not appear to expect, or at all events did not meet with, support from the people.' They began their operations by overturning an omnibus on its way to the railroad, near the Porta Tosa, and as some say by plundering the passengers. They might possibly have expected assistance from Piedmont, for we have since heard that 700 armed emigrants were stopped at Stra.della by the Sar dinian cavalry, disarmed, and taken back to Vog hera. A proclamation of Mazzini's, which has appeared in Turin, has led to stringent measures on the part of the Sardinian Government. No one is allowed to cross over into Austria, and the emigrants on the frontiers, who are not in the ser vice of Sardinia, will be taken into safe keeping (internirt). The frontiers at Gravelone are occu pied by a body of Piedmontese cavalry. GERMANY. The Augsburg Gazette states that the King of Bavaria has sent from Rome a decree granting an amnesty for prisoners confined for political offences. The company of shareholders, at the head of which are the brothers Blanc, has resolved to execute the railway from Frankfort to Hambourg-es-Monts, without touching on the territory of Electoral Hesse. The Bavarian Commission on Railways has re ceived orders to submit to the Minister of Com merce and Public Works, within a delay of two months, a proposition for the concession of a rail way from Munich to Ratisbone. The Posthampt Gazette, of Frankfort, un der date of Pesth, Bth, says :—" A Papal Bull has created the Bishopric of Agram into an. Archbishopric, and conferred upon it the su premacy, in spiritual matters, over the Southern Sclavonian states, including Wozvodina and the Bannat of Temesch. Hitherto the Sclavonians, the Croats, and the inhabitants of the Bannat, were under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Gran, Primate of Hungary. The Groats are now completely emancipated from Hungary. The dio cese of the archbishopric of Agram is almost as large as that of Gran." According to intelligence of the 12th from Vienna, Austria appeared determined to take measures against Switzerland and Piedmont, which sho regards as two hotbeds of revolt. MONTENEGRO. The latest accounts from Montenegro represent matters in state quo. Omer Pacha has exchanged 3,000 irregular troops he had among his forces for as many regular ones. The rajahs of Sutorina are conveying all their moveable property and valu ables over the Austrian frontier. The Lloyd of Vienna announces, on the strength of intelligence brought by commercial travellers from Dalmatia, that Prince Darla° has declared himself ready to accept the Turkish ultimatum, and that hostilities havo been suspended in consequence. The Imperial Commissioner of the Porte in Bosnia has published a firman, according to which the Christians are to have the same rights as the Turks. Nezim Effendi, the President of the Ad ministrative Council of Serajevo, who was one of the greatest enemies of the Christians, is dead. Hurshid Pasha, the new Governor of Bosnia, and Camil Pasha, the Imperial Commissioner, are said to be doing all in their power to ameliorate the condition of the Rayahs. THE CALORIC ENGINE. At a meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers, on Tuesday, James Meadows Rendel, Esq., president, in the chair, the paper read was " On the use of Heated Air as a Motive Power," by Mr. Benjamin Che- verton. The author, in a short historical notice, stated tha, Sir George Cayley had written on the subject in 1804 and 1807, and had subsequently built several engines ; but that the . Messrs. Stirling, of Scotland, produced the first really efficient engine, working by means of heated air, in the year 1827. In the same year Messrs. Par kinson and Crosley brought forward their air engine ; that Mr. Ericsson, following more closely the arrange ments and form of the ordinary steam engine, con structed an air or a " caloric engine," as it was termed, in 1833. Messrs. Stiriing patented further improve ments in 1840, and in 1845 their engine was described to and discussed at the Institution of Civil Engineers. In 1851 Mr. Ericsson brought forward his present form of engine, and that the principle acted upon in both these latter inventions, and announced as an important discovery in motive mechanics, was the reiterated use of the same caloric in the production of power. The me chanical means of realising this idea were described, and it appeared that in both inventions they were substan tially identical. The ejected hot air, by being brought into contact with an extensive metallic surface of wire gauze, was deprived of its heat, which the next moment was imported to the incoming cold air, and thus the ultimate use of the furnace was only to supply the un avoidable waste of caloric by radiation. This view of the subject was strongly contested, as being inconsistent with the best established laws of na ture, and as involving the idea of the possibility of the creation of power. It was argued at some length, that the employment of caloric as a motive agent consisted in the development, from molecular forces, of a dynamic force, and as such was directly amenable to the third law of motion—that of action and reaction being equal and opposite. It was contended that sensible caloric was not an indication of the presence, but of the abeyance of mechanical action ; that these were interchangeable con vertible quantities ; and, consequently, that a working force could appear only as heat disappeared —a conclusion entirely opposed to the assumed principle of the _" c al or i c engine," that " caloric could be made to operate over and over again." It was admitted, however, that there was an apparent anomaly in the application of the law of action and reaction when caloric was in question, in the fact that its quantity w as no t less after than before the generation of steam power, if it were estimated conjointly by water and temperature. But it was ex plained that a cause might have two classes of effects, and might require two distinct and different mea sures, to indicate its entire efficiency ; that while caloric might remain intact, under the aspect ad verted to, it lost by a declination in the intensity of temperature for which the equivalent gain was a dynamic force—a conclusion as adverse as before to the idea that such force could be acquired without cost. It was, in short, in the aspect of a vis viva " force" in caloric that the development of mechanical action must be considered. These views were further explained and illustrated by a reference to the analogous difference be tween momentum and the more practical modification of power, named by Smeaton and Watt " mechanical power," " work," and " duty ;" and it was shown that here also an apparent discrepancy existed in relation to the third law of motion, but which was cleared up when both the measures of power—that by time and that by space—were appropriately used. It was contended that the "caloric engine" was analogous to a non-expansive high-pressure steam-en gine, which it could exceed in wastefulness of heat, if it were not provided with what its inventor improperly termed a " regenerator," the office of which, it was in sisted, was simply to absorb the unutilised sensible h caloric of the escaping air, which, as compared i with steam, was in very large proportion to the efficient calo ric ; and to afford another opportunity of .t being con verted into force, thus compensatingfeufoeirdedtheenhe loss t o se f expansive pressure. An explanation, considerations, was given of th e continued action of the engine for some time after t he fire was wit awn—a fact which had been advanced in support of what was a styled the untenable hypo thesis of a regenerator of force." Although the mechanical effect of heat might be proved to be independent of the chemical condition, ndit was admitted that ifnomtitatlesdo of the physical c onstitution of bodies, that economy of fuel, as being a distinct question from that of economising the caloric already in possession, was eminently a practical matter, only to be determined by experiment ; and in this point of view it was explained in what manner the reception of heat, at a much higher temperature than steam, was greatly in favour of air as a motive agent ; but, on the other hand, many adverse considerations were adduced, tending to show the im practicability of the system in its present form. In conclusion, it was shown that the other "caloric en gine" did not rest on t rue pr i nciples, exclusively its own—that its merits stood upon common ground with those of the steam engine --and therefore, that even should the performances of air be found superior to those of steam, it could not be anticipated that the former would immediately supersede the latter ; but, as far as public statements could be relied on, the performances of the air engine on b oar d the "caloric-ship " Ericsson, were very unfavourable to the pretensions of the promul gators of the plan. The discussion was commenced by an exposition of the several systems adopted by Sir G. Cayley, Stirling, Park inson, and Crosley, and Ericsson, illustrating them by diagrams, whence it appeared that the most preferable mode of heating the air was that of Sir G. Cayley, by directly traversing the incandescent fuel, that the great improvement recently introduced by Ericsson was the wire gauze regenerator, which, however, formed an al. PREFEREN 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2, 7 p. c•.• 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p• c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent 34 Co rk &Bandon 51 p.c all Dundee Perth&Aber- _ deen Junction....... all EastAngliau (£3los; 6 per cent. all Do. (25) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (.1;717s) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p• c. No.l all Do., No. 2 •• all Do., New 6 p c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 51 per ceut..........., 100 Glanow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northn. 5 p•c• 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem.,; at 10 p. c. prom..., all Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Bcrks di Hants Ex. 5 p. c.)•• 100 G. West. fixed 4b pc. 6 Lan. di York. 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The practical difficulties of the immense dimensions of the heating ves sels and cylinders, and the rapid destruction of the me tallic parts were fully considered ; and it was admitted that, although at present there did not appear to be any positive recorded results, more advantageous than by the use of steam, it would be wrong to discourage the at tempt to use heated air, and to overcome the inherent difficulties of the system. Allusion was made to the appendix, to a tract, pub lished by Mr. A. Gordon, wherein it was shown, that the volume of the gases into which one cubic foot of an thracite coal was decomposed, undw atmospheric pressure, was 219,250 cubic feet, that the volume of air required to sustain combustion was 14,273 feet ; the mechanical power developed was 473,000,0001b5., raised one foot. It was proposed by Mr. Maxwell Lefroy to pass these gases through water, in order to purify them from grit, &c., and to cool them to a convenient temperature, and then to use them together with steam, in power cylin ders. He proposed a system of co-axial cylinders, of which the central one was the furnace, the two next were cylindrical shell boilers, the water in the inner one of which completely covered the surface of the furnace —that in the outer one having its furnace always below the insertion of the gas pipes in the furnace ; the exterior shells being for the purpose of gradually heating the air i w n h i i t c s h p a as l alone e sustained to the h furnace,o that pressure, th was always exteriore l sh ay ell s , bursting onnl About one-seventeenth part of the power produced would be expended in forcing in the air required to sus tain the combustion of the fuel. The coal-hopper was co-axial with the furnace, and was kept cool by the supply water, descending through its hollow shell into the interior. The system would be one of high pressure, and some of its advantages were assumed to be, the abs ence - o f a funnel, saving three-fourths of the fuel, safety from explosion, with economy of first cost, space, an d l a b our. The di scussion of the paper was adjourned until the meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 22, when it was announced that the whole of the evening would be devoted to the subject. LITERATURE. Essays on Political and Social Science, contributed chiefly to the " Edinburgh Review." By Wil liam R. Greg. 2 vols. Longman. Most of these essays have already appeared be fore the public, but it is most probable that none will object to a second perusal. They evince a thorough knowledge of the practical and general survey of the important affairs that interest mankind at the present day, and enough of the metaphorical and illustrative is infused to render the style attractive, without losing its force. The subjects chosen are very various, and embrace every question calculated to demand attention. Perhaps the most interest ing to the general reader is the essay on the pro spects of British Statesmanship. However, we presume, few will subscribe to the author's opinion without a demur—namely, that our poor present will be succeeded by a poorer future. It is im possible for the wisest and the ;most learned to tell what men may do under peculiar circumstances, and no one knows what new lights may soon shine forth. The author has evidently not succeeded in establishing his claim as a political seer, for he speaks of our present Premier as a man of the pre sent tense, never again to be known in public; thus showing how rash it is in this marvellous age to pre sume to say what is not to be, merely because it may not now seem feasible. Again, the talented author does not appear a just critic when he declares Mr. Disraeli to be unfit for anything useful. Political dissensions should never occasion, and cannot sanc tion, unfairness and injustice ; and none ever lose who bestow the right award to their rivals and op ponents. Apart from these considerations, much really sound information may be gathered from what is met with here ; and as it is truly observed in the commencement of the essay, it is highly ne cessary, and exceedingly desirable for us all, to pause a moment in the hurry-skurry of existence, and calmly consider whither we are tending, and how we are acting,—not merely satisfied to live our little day of strife, and pass away unknowingly from the scene of trial, careless how we have acted in rela tion to the past generation we have succeeded, or to the future generations that are to follow us. It is worthy of notice, as the author remarks, that Parliament is not now as it has been—the only road to distinction, or the sole career of usefulness. Hence many never wish to enter it, many retire from its precincts, and many never exert themselves while still its members. A very graphic descrip tion is here annexed of its pains and penalties, its troubles and toils, and all must agree that it is no easy task to be nowadays a votary of St. Stephen's. They are no " rois Jainea.ns," who rule that realm ; and if they often exhibit zeal without profit, it is by no royal road they reach their goal. In rever sion of the fabled King of Ivelot, they must go to bed late and rise early, be deprived of rest ; and all this sometimes for the same result as their proto type, to be " without glory." The following pas sage is an epitome of the vast amount of unpaid labour carried into Westminster : "A more really operative cause of the phenomenon we are deploring, may be found in the gradually-increasing tendency among our ablest and most fitting men to retire from Parliament and shrink from public: life. Many causes contribute to strengthen and to spread this ten dency. In the first place, Parliament is no longer as comfortable or desirable a place as formerly. The work is far harder, the dignity far less, the collateral and sinister advantages far fewer, and more uncertain than they used to be. The labour imposed upon those mem bers who really endeavour to do their duty to their con stituencies and their country—and no others can long retain their seats—is so severe that only the strongest frames can bear it, and only the most obstinate ambition will encounter it. Our senators have to work as hard as the followers of some of the most highly-paid profes sions ; and they reap no emolument, little fame, and few thanks. They have to stay in town all summer, and to sit up nearly all night. They have often to put a strong control on their own feelings, and severe restrictions on their own tastes. They have to be considerate and cour teous to all their constituents, to endure the caprices of the fretful, the complaints of the captious, the exactions of the unreasonable, and often the insults of the vulgar. The title of M.P. used to be a diploma of distinction ; it is now frequently only the badge and livery of servitude. Formerly, it meant access into the best socity, a share in the deepest national interests, admission behind the scenes of the most exciting drama. Now it signifies, for the vast majority of those who hold it, n othi ng b u t emo l ument i n a miscellaneous kind of overworked and unre munerated drudges. What wonder then that the quiet, the unambitious, the self-respecting —those who, undaz zled by the hollow splendour, and undeceived by youth ful dreams, can calmly measure the object against the price, the gain against the sacrifice— should incline to keep out of an arena where so much is to be endured, and, unless for the exceptional few, so little to be achieved. What wonder that one eminent alike in literature and in Parliament should write thus of the latter life : 'Thera is little reason in an opinion, to envy those who are still engaged in a pursuit, from which, at most, they can only hope that by relinquishing literal studies, and social pleasures, by passing nights without sleep, and summers without one glimpse of the beauties of nature, they may attain that laborious, that invidious, that closely-watched slavery which is mocked with the name of power."' A Spring in the Canterbury Settlement. By 0. Warren Adams. With Engravings. Longman. The writer of this little work was advised to tra vel, and he concluded that he could not do better than lay before the public the result of his experi ence. The account he gives of first impressions is very natural, and it would be well if emigrants now starting to their distant destinations, would consider if they have the courage to surmount the obstacles that will oppose themselves to their pro.. gress on arrival. Many are the disagreements to, be met with, though patience and labour will doubtless surmount them all eventually it must be borne in mind that they must possess those qualities if they would succeed. There is a good, general impression of the country conveyed in this sketch, and those desirous of informing themselves of the state and nature of those "foreign lands an d climes remote," now fast becoming household words in our ears, and rapidly being brought nearer us by the constant traffic passing to and fro, will doubtless be gratified. at meeting with it. There are engravings presented. to us of the principal towns, &c., worthy of attention. Who's Who, for 1853. Baily, Brothers, Cornhill. That general and pertinent question Who is he ? "—here metamorphosed with phonetic brevity into " Who's Who," is sure to meet with a ready response in the work now before us, if the inquiry have reference to any individual who is removed above the ordinary sphere of existence. It contains a list of the members of the Houses of Peers and Commons, with an index to their politics ; lists of the Government, of the ambassadors at home and abroad, and of the different public companies, and a large amount of other valuable matter too varied to be mentioned. The neat form in which it is printed and bound, renders it peculiarly adapted as a book of reference for the pocket, the desk, or the boudoir. The Farmers' Almanac and Calendar for 1853. Ridgway. To specify the contents of an almanac such as this, is far beyond the limits of a passing notice lik e ours. Suffice it to say, it contains every species of information which can be required by the d am to whom it is directed ; and the names of the editors —Mr. Johnson and Mr. Shaw—are ample vouchers for its trustworthiness. We have no hesitation in recommending it as a complete and useful annual for the agricultural interest. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH. — Yesterday a bill wad printed to establish local boards of health at the follow. ing places :—Wakefield, Elland, Wallasey, Dudley, Barnsley, Dorchester, Brighton, and Welshpool. The elections at those places are to take place on the 28th of April next.