The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-22 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA. We have received three day& later news from Melbourne (South Australia), viz., to the 15th November inclusive, which possesses considerable interest : THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. ( From the Melbourne Argus, of November 15.) The yield of gold still continues very large, al though it scarcely keeps pace with the increasing number of diggers. It is not to be supposed, however, that the gold is inexhaustibly abundant, and can be always obtained by the simplest processes. It is evident that in proportion as a given locality is worked, the necessity for finer scientific modes of operation will increase. That necessityis beginning to be felt at the most prolific fields, and the average gain of the digger is observably diminishing. Gold digging is of all pursuits the most fortuitous, not only with respect to individual success, but in re gard to the auriferous capabilities of given localities. The wealth of a particular spot cannot be known till it is fully worked, and this involves the neces sity of unsuccessful labour in some cages. Hence arise the fluctuations in the pursuit—the alternate success and failure of individuals, and the changing value of particular localities. That gold does abound to a most surprising extent every one admits, but it is not so easy to point out the spot in which the digger can work with certain success. The whole pursuit seems to be a series of experiments at best; the marvel is that here they should have been so amazingly successful. The average amount brought down by Governs mont escort still keeps up to nearly 100,000 ounces a week ; but at the same time it must be borne in mind that the number of diggers have increased by some thousands. _ _ _ The largest mass of gold yet found was picked up a month ago at Bendigo, near the spot where the 281 b. lump was found. It weighed 461 b., and was valued at 2,1001. It was a singular specimen deeply coated with quartz in many places. It has been sent to England by the Chowringhee, for exhibi tion. The Ovens Diggings are not proving as produc tive as was at first anticipated. The experiment, however, has not been fully carried out there. The general impression seems to be that there is a very rich field in that district. MELBOURNE GOLD CIRCULAR. A very steady business has been transacted throughout the week at an advance of 3d. on last week's quotations ; the market opened at 695. 3d., and left off at 695. 6d. By the arrival of two escorts this week from the Ovens, bringing collectively 3,190 ounces, parties who have been kept in suspense will now be able to form an opinion comparatively betwixt the likeli hood of success at this new field, or those of Forest Creek or Bendigo. The first two escorts that ar rived from Ballarat in October, 1851, only brought 2,199 ounces, and many diggers at the Ovens, from the Sydney side, are keeping their gold dust to for ward there, when an opportunity occurs. The crowds that were hurrying to the Ovens have been partially stopped, and are retracing their steps, or returning to Melbourne. There is no doubt that in course of time these new fields will be thoroughly tested, and their true value found out. The sea son is approaching when this cart be done, as from the nature of the soil it is more suited for summer than for winter operations. The expectations of diggers are getting so extravagant since their great success at the older fields that it is no ordinary quantity in a new field that will satisfy them. We have seen this instanced in the Ballarat fields ; they were all but deserted for Mount Alexander, but are again being occupied, and are handsomely rewarding those who are persevering. The same thing may take place at the Ovens. The long looked for steamers Sydney and Great Britain have both arrived this week within five days of each other, although the latter left Liver- Pool 21 days after the Sydney left London. Their arrival had not the slightest effect upon the mar ket ; in fact the price has now reached that margin that the purchaser for remittance hesitates whether to send gold dust or bank drafts. Should the banks alter the rate of discount, gold dust will be affected in a corresponding degree. With the present high price of gold, and ten per cent. charged on advance by the banks, the purchaser on speculation is shut out of the market altogether. The amount of specie received during the last two weeks is 352,8001. _ _ Exchange on London on drafts against gold, by pothecated 40s. per ounce, and Len per cent. dis count by all the banks. Freight of gold, delivered at the Bullion Office, London, 42d per ounce, and 6,d. by steamer. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Very large supplies of vegetables are on sale hero for the time of year. The demand for them is steady, at stationary prices. Good samples of potatoes, from their scarc:ty, are commanding more money. 'emit was firm, at full quotations. FRUIT.—Pine apples, 3s Gd to Gs 0,1 ; hot-house grapes, 8s to 10s; Hambro ditto, is to is 6d per lb ; apples, dessert, 4s 6d to 7s 6d ; cooking ditto, 3s to 6s per bushel ; pears, 4s to 8s per half sieve ; lemons, is to 2s Od ; new oranges, 6s to 10s per 100 ; filberts, 10d to is per lb ; cob-nuts, 100 s per 101bs. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 8d to is ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve ; greens, 1s 3d to 2s 3d per dozen bunches ' • cauliflowers, 8d to 2s per dozen ; potatoes, 80s to 150 s per ton ; turnips, 2s to 2 6d ; carrots, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; celery, 8d to is 3d per bundle ; spinach, is to 2s per half sieve ; onions, is 6d to 2s per half sieve ; leeks, ld to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 8d ; garlic 6d to 8d per lb ; endive, is to is Gd per score ; small salad 2d per punnet ; horseradish, is to 4s per bundle ; parsley, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Geese, 3s Gd to 7s Od. ; Turkeys, 4s to lOs each ; Ducks, is Gd to 2s 6d; tame Rabbits, is 3d to is 6d; wild ditto, 10d to ls; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 7s each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 93 Od; ditto Chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s Gd to Gs Od per couple; Pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; Parti:dge3, is 6d to 2s Od; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od; Leverets, 03 Od. to Os Od; Woodcocks, is 6d. to 2s 3d; Grouse, is Gd to 2s Od; Snipes, 9d to is; Teal, 6d to 10d; wild Ducks, is Od to is 6d; Widgeons, 9d to Is 3d; and Plovers, 4d to 9d each. English Eggs, 10s Oct to 12s Od; French ditto, 8s Od to 12s Od per 120; fresh Butter, lld to is 2d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7id; of household ditto, sid to 61d per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6cl; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 3 3 4d to 4s 6d; Pork, 2s 10d to 4s Od. per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Roof from 2s 4(1 to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 2cl to 4s 4(1 ; Veal, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 8d to ,4s Od per 8 lbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 4s Od to 9s Od; Brills, is 6d to 5s Od; Cod Fish, Od to 7s Od each; Soles, 8d to 2s Od per pair ; Eels, 6d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 8d to 2s Od ; Crabs, 8d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 28 3d. to 6s Od per dozen ; Haddocks, 4d to is ; Doreys, 2s Od. to 6s Od; Mullets, Od to Os each ; Common Oysters, 7s Od to 16s Od; Nativos, 30s Od to 36s Od per bushel; Mackerel, 10d to is each; Smelts, is Od per dozen; State, 4d. to 7d per 1b; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 3d per gallon; Bloaters, is 2d to is 3d per dozen; Fresh Herrings, is Od to is Gil per dozen. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, Od t o 2d ; 6 41 b to 721 b, 2d to 24d; 721 b to 801 b, 24d to 2Ad; 801 b to 881 b, 24d to aid; 881 b to 961 b, 2id to 3d ; 9611 t o 10 41 b, 3d to 33d ; 1041 1 ) to 1121 b Od to Od. Horn hides, 59 Od to Os Od; calf skins, light, is Od to 2s Od; ditto, full, 3s 6d to 5s Od; polled sheep, 7s 3d to 9s 6d; Dents and Half-broils, 6s 3d. to 71 6d and Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 9d. HAY MARKETS. SMINIFIELD. — Meadow hay,. 2/ 15s to 41 Os ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. A. full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. -- Meadow hay, 21 16s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 4115 s ; and straw, 116 s to 1113 s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 2115 s to 4/ Os ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 51 Os ; and straw, 114 s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. SHAMEFUL SCENE IN A CHURCHYARD D — p - r Y ev e a s i t l e e r a da in y (Friday) a ft ernoon cons id er abl e excitement the neighbourhood of Christchurch, Broadway, West minster, in consequence of the following occurrence : Notice having been given to the officiating clergyman of the above church, that a child was to beburiedotnenFdreid day (yeste r d a y) a ft ernoon , th e rev . gentleman to read th e serv i ce over the dead ; but when at at the grave t h e parents and friends of he arrived the deceased, most of whom were males, refused to allow the burial se rvice t o b e rea d , saying that they were Roman Catho lics, and the child would be damned if the Church_ m a o n f .r-arigland prayers were repeated over it. The clergyman d them that he would not allow the child to be b Y uried Without the necessary proceedings were gone through, and Pointed out to them the usual practice adopted, Th r"l e vlii ell he said he could not nor would not depart. . Y Insisted that the body should be covered over without the prayers and being offered up, said unless the eleriyman gave - orders for such to be done they gentlernanwsZuuld fill up tl grave themselves. The rev. in aiotainin le g that the child should not be buried, two gloves or th ree of the mourners pulled off their filling , and sei z i ng the spades in great ange r , co m menced .up the grave, the other of the child s t an di n g by cl er mo aning and crying m a most pit e o us manner . Th e ear th gyman ord ere d the spades to be taken away and the which had already been thrown into the grave to be removed from off the coffin. This was accomplished after some difficulty by the sexton and some other per- B ons, and the matter began to a.ssunie a serious aspect, hundreds of persons having assembled round the church yard, the Irish threatenin,, what they would do unless the child was allowed to be buried without the Protes tant service. Aft er nearly an hour's discussion the clergyman was all owe d t o proceed, but the mourners said they did not believe what he was saying, and that the child would be damned. The grave having been filled up the whole of the friends of the deceased fell on their knees on the grave, calling on the Virgin Mary to wit ness that they had done all in their power to prevent the Prayers from being read. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 22, 1853. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. It was said last Thursday that the journals had been forbidden to say anything on the great subject which at this moment above all others most deeply interests the hearts of his Majesty's loyal subjects. Certain it is, that with the exception of a few lines in the Patric, having for their object to name ex pressly the future Empressth a e nd r ppeerrshap s,containeven nothing regarding the marriage, thus much would not have been authorised only for the rumour that had been got up yesterday by the desperate bulls, that it was a Princess of Bavaria who had accepted the hand of the Emperor. The Pattie describes Mademoiselle de Montijo, Duchess de Theba, the future Empress, to be the daughter of a gallant officer, the Count de Montijo, who defended the cause of the French Empire up to the walls of Paris in 1814, and that her family had for centuries past been allied to the greatest houses in Europe. The Moniteur contains a long decree regulating the mode of keeping the accounts of his Majesty's household, and of all matters connected with the civil list and revenues of the Crown, and the disbursements of the same. The Government papers, the Pays and the Constitutionnel, have—the one, an article on emigration; and the other, on the annexation of Pegu by the British ; tending both to the same point, the consolidation of French power in Algeria. If the Pays notices the emi gration of British, German, and other northern nations towards the United States and the gold countries, it is for sake of dissuading the French from enterprises unsuited to their natural genius and disposition, and of concentrating their atten tion upon the vast country which lies opposite their own shores. Not only would families and indivi duals profit, it is said, by removal to Algeria, but French power in the Mediterranean would be extended and consolidated. If, on the other hand, the Constitutionnel takes elaborate and extended views of. British conquests in the East, it is for sake of showing that inroads being once made upon un civilised States by a civilised power, the latter must, as by inevitable necessity, be carried on until the former be thoroughly subdued. • Such has been the case with Britain in India, and such, it says, will be the case with France in Algeria. Accord ing to this mode of treating the subject, we may be prepared for steady advances towards Egypt, until in dile course of time Egypt itself be invaded and absorbed as by inevitable necessity. Why should not the Empire of Morocco, too, be included in this vision of conquest ? Perhaps it is. At all events we are led to perceive that there will be a renewal before long of important military, and it may be naval, operations in Africa, to which the overbearing conduct of the French Ambassador at Constantinople may, on the diplomatic side, be considered a necessary preliminary. The Union makes the anniversary of the death of Louis XVI. the subject of the following remarks : "The 21st January is not only a day of tears, it is one of meditation, where serious reason explains all de cadences and all modern calamities. To kill a king was always more than an act of parricide, but to do so with legal deliberation and with the calculated consciousness of the consequences of such a murder, is a crime which the human tongue cannot name. The will of the Con vention was not to kill a man, but to destroy in that man everything that expressed an idea of authority, of respect, and of tradition—that is to say, of society ; the regicide of 1793 was the consummation of all the theories of which the last end was chaos. Thus in regicide is substantially found all revolutions, from those which realise themselves by the orgies of the street, to those which are organised by' the reprisals of tyranny. At other troubled periods of history kings were seen to perish by the violence of poisoners or assassins. But that king of regicide, however terrible it might be, left royalty standing ; the usurpation of thrones itself al lowed to subsist that essential idea of command with out .which there is no society possible, no security,- no liberty—in short, nothing except the exercise of forca. Modern regicide does not in any way re semble the historical assassinations of kings ; Louis XVI. was killed in order to destroy royalty. Thus the majority of the regicide votes affected to declare that the capital crime of Louis XVI. was for having been a king. This even sadly explains what distinction ought always to be made between the virtues of the private man and the duties of the social man in Royalty. Louis XVI. as a Christian might devote him. self to martyrdom ; as the King he could not do so ; for as the King he expressed in his person that which makes the life of the people, and principally authority, and it was not in his power to consent to a sacrifice which implied that of the people themselves. As to the regi cides, what did the private man and his innocence con cern them ? They had no need to be ferocious, and friends of blood ; some among them, perhaps, were not so ; they had no need to inquire into the virtues of Louis XVI. ; all rendered him homage from the bottom of their conscience. They wished to exter minate Royalty, and to do so they had only to give free scope to their infernal logic. This was the cause why many afterwards took credit to themselves for having been consistent, and, in their opinions, mild and humane ; and who knows whether society did not at times regard in a serious light that pretension to honesty on the part of the regicides ? We have seen some raised to great honours—sad indication of the degradation of souls and of the change in moral ideas ! But deliberate regicide does not the less preserve its character. It is the con summation of the theories of right which are drawn up beyond the ideas of divinity. So long as political so ciety reposes on conventions of force, regicide is the sanction of it. Thus, while Christians weep in the temples over the death of a king, politicians are inte rested in meditating in their palaces on the last end of revolutions. May the tears on the one side, and the re flections on the other, be not sterile ! All of us have an interest in knowing whether modern society remains under the action of materialist principles, at the end of which is found the death of kings and the servitude of people." The Union, in another article says : " The anniversary of the death of _King Louis A %11., which was a day of mourning under the Restoration, had been a fete under the Directory. On the 21st Ja nuary, 1796, a pupil of the Polytechnic School pub lished, in one of the first journals of that day (the Censeur des Journaux) a protest against such a fete, for which he was a few days after dismissed from the school." There is an article in. the Constitationnel on the war in India. The spirit of it is friendly to Eng land. We extract as follows the concluding pol tion "England has set her foot on the shores of the Eirman Empire, and the occupation now more or less restricted may be considered as definitive. This is a new and very important conquest added to the already vast possessions of Great Britain in the regions of the extreme East. There is nothing in these successive extensions of Eng lish power in Asia which ought to surprise us. They are in some measure imposed and even justified by the neces sities of policy ; and if the facts were examined in a more elevated point of view, they cannot inspire in Europe either jealousy or anger. Since France has renounced the exercise in India of any preponderance, it is England which in those distant countries represents the genius of Europe, subjecting by turns to the laws of civilisation and commerce the degenerate races of Eastern Asia. The nationality of the Birmans, of the Siamese, &c., is like that of the Hindoos, destined in a more or less distant future to come under the denomination of Europe. Why exclaim beforehand against these re sults which will benefit, not only Great Britain, but all other civilised nations, which will see opened to them immense markets for the exchange of their manufactured productions against natural productions and raw mate rials ? Is it not besides known that the English them selves engaged in the path of conquests and annexations of territory are no longer able to stop ? They are now compelled to make war from an apparently futile motive ; to compel reparation for an exaction which only amounts to a small sum, but which must be immediately rep ressed, for in Eastern countries the slightest injustice, or the most trifling insult, can never be borne. Subsequently they must again take up arms to support their first de monstration, and to preserve the territory which they have occupied, and security will not be definitively attained until the absolute submission of all the native princes or governors has been obtained. All these consequences prolong the struggle which soon, becomes a war of na tionality. While we thus judge of the conduct of Eng land, not according to the inspirations of an illiberal jFwnereaalaotucsetyhhs been, ea lut with the feeli ng o f political necessities, same t i led to explain undertakeb yw thet s n e e: . t e i s r s e i succession conquesto f events o f wasAlgeria a from th e M e di terranean to the Desert. There time when, masters of the coast, and of a certain extant of t err i tory, we wished to stop, by confining our selves to making the A ra b s respect our f ront i ers • t h e system o f a restricted occupation was th en ex t o ll e d. Experi ence h as since shown that such a system was im or keep nothi ng. It is African practicable, and that we were in some m easure t o t a k e a ll alway s the same in wars en t ere d on by Europe aga i nst the not, therefore, see k to or Asiatic r a c es . L e t us powerdispute the right of conques t o f England in th e E ast, or to prot es t va i n l y aga i nst the Bo ex tension of her overt let countries whe re we h ave i n reality no pretensi ons. England, o n h er s id e , abstain from the frequently ridiculous comments whi c h of her m os t accre dit e d she makes through the organ on the la n d whih h journhearlsalolonwtuhse-tosuabjoetcftreoeflyour o occupati on o f Al ger i a ; let es of ournd volved to us by right of civili sa ti on an e ut, as ad e c let her judge with more equity the ee'tinecessitiesn. uld, M policy in the north of Africa. The Mouiteur contains a decree signed by. t i the Emperor, and countersigned by M. Minis ter of State, regulating everything which concernsliis the budget of the Imperial household. It d ec l ares that the Minister of State is each year to dray up ) a financial statement for the receipts and exp enses of the Imperial household for the ensuing twelve months, which he is to lay before the Emperor for approval. The various services included in the budget extend from the Ist January to the 31st December of each year, but supplementary credits can be accorded by decree. The credits belonging to one chapter cannot be transferred to another, unless by a decision of the Minister. At the end of each month the Minister is to receive from the grand officers of the crown a statement of the pre sumed expenses for the ensuing month. The receipts are composed of the dotation of the civil list, of the revenues of the domains and forests, of eats, thinnings of plantations, concessions of water-courses, produce of manufactories, sale of catalogues at the museums, the produce of the sheep-farm of Rambouillet, and sundry other sources of revenue. The whole of these revenues are collected by the Treasurer-General of the Crown, and by his agents. All leases, sales, and concessions are subject to the approval of the Minister of State ; all receipts are given from a book set apart for the purpose, having a counterfoil left to match each receipt, and bearing the amount and nature of the payment. Articles, • when condemned as being unfit for the service of the Crown, cannot be sold unless by the authorisa tion of the Minister of State ; he can, if he pleases, present them to institutions of charity. The trea surer and the other agent 3 under him are to trans mit every month an account of the money which they had received to the Minister of State. No new expense can take place except on the authorisa tion of the great officers of the Crown or of the Mi nister of State, but in no case can such authorisation go beyond the credits opened for' each service in the budget. All expenses are to be incurred, as much as posAible, on contracts and agreements, but no Sll3ll contract or agreement, when over 10,000 fr., or going beyond one year, can be final until it has received the approval of the Minister of State. All salaries, remunerations, and wages are to be paid every month, the month being reckoned for 30 days. The sums to be deducted from all such payments in order to form the pension fund are to be fixed by the Minister of State. Monthly accounts are to be sent to the Minister of State of all payments made on account, as well as of the definitive falling in of leases, contracts, and agreements. All accounts sent in must be accompanied by documents to show how and why the expenses were incurred—when the said accounts and documents have been examined—the Minister is to sign the permission to pay, on the signature of which by the creditor the money is to be paid. No payment can be authorised except for services done, unless in such cases as the Minister of State, by special contract, shall have agreed to make advances to facilitate the service of the Im perial household. In no case can more than four fifths of any contract be advanced on account. All warrants for payment are payable at Paris by the treasurer-general of the Crown, and in the provinces by the agents of the Crown. Oppositions to pay ments are received by the treasurer of the Crown, and orders to pay instalments to creditors may be marked on the warrant, authorisingthe settlement on the account. Should it be found necessary to an nul any part of an account, the Minister is to issue an order for the purpose, notification of such order being given within the month to the creditor. TheTreasurer-General is to transmit every month to the Minister a detailed account of the state of the receipts and expenses for the preceding month, both in Paris and the departments. Every agent charged with the handling of any sum becomes at once accountable for the employment of the same, and falls at once under the immediate direction of the Minister of the Household to whom that ser vice belongs. At the end of each budgetary year, the Treasurer-General is to receive, after a proper examination of the accounts, a quittance for the operations of the preceding twelve months, with out prejudice, however, to the rights of creditors. The said examination of accounts is to be effected by a special commission nominated by the Em peror, and charged to send in a report on the same. The accounts of the Imperial Household are to be' kept by double entry ; a general balance is to be struck at the end of each month by the Minis ter, and submitted to the Emperor ; and a final balance-sheet is to be laid before the Emperor at the end of each year. The Minister of State is charged with the execution of the decree. A letter from Leghorn states that the Duke of Parma has suddenly dismissed all the French ladies and gentlemen belonging to his household and to that of the duchess. Among them are the Marquis de Nicolai, the son of a late French peer, who has been conducted to the frontier by the gen darmes : and the Countess de Forest, of an illus trious family in Provence, who has been shut up in a convent. The father of the latter, however, has demanded her liberation in very strong terms. The marriage of the Emperor is still the all-en grossing topic of conversation in the Paris salons. It is said the marriage is positively fixed for this day week, the 29th instant. Other accounts, however, declare that the re ligious ceremony will not take place until the day following Sunday, the 30th. The State carriages are now building, and the cortege will start from the Peace of the Tuileries at half-past 11 or 12 o'clock. The address of the Emperor to the Com mittee of the Senate, the Legislative Corps, and the Council of State, announcing his marriage with the Countess of Theba, will be, in substance, the same as the explanation he has already given to the Council of Ministers on the same subject. He will allude to the foreign alliances made by French Sovereigns, and to the inutility of such for poFtical objects ;—he may refer in particular to the cases of Marie Antoinette and the Empress Marie Louise, and show that the alliance with the daughter of the Emperor of Austria did not avail in preventing the fall of the French empire, and the ruin of its ruler. He will perhaps mention that, in Ins opinion, the tim e h a d gone b y w h en suc h alliances brought advantage to dynasties or to nations, and refer to the hardship of a Sovereign being the only person wh o i s no t a t lib er t y t o ma k e a choice r according to his t as t es an d hi s a ff ec ti ons . Ihe marriage of Prince Napoleon, cousin of the Emperor, with the daughter of the Prince of Wagrani, is, it is said, a matter of, doubt. The Minister of Police has forbidden the publi cation of a Protestant review, founded in the month of July last, by the " Th e S oc i e t y f or th e Propagation of the History of Protestantism in France." M. Guizot is th e H onorary P res id en t of this Society. The real President is Charles Read, chief of the division of non-Catholic worship at the Ministry of Public Instruction and Religious Worship. The review suppressed confined itself to the publication of historical documents relating to the three last centuries. The receipts of the Orleans Railway, during the week ending on the 15th inst., ameanted to 519,514 f., or 92,877 f. more than during the cor responding week of 1851. The receipts of the two first weeks of 1852 are 1,117,361 f., being an increase of 281,691 f. as compared with those of last year. The Bourse made a further recovery yesterday. The Three per Cents., opened at 78f. 90c., fell to 78f. 75c., rose subsequently to 80f., and closed at 79f. 95c. for the end of the month ; the Four and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 105 f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, I,ooof. ; Rouen, 985 f. ; Havre, 490 f ; Great Northern, 825 f.; Basle, 340 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 750 f.; Paris and Lyons, 860 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 705 f .; Western of France, 665 f. ; Bordeaux an Cette, 555 f. ; Caex to Cherbourg, 600 f. ; Dijon to Besancon, 505 f. Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 780 f. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 16th contain no news of importance. The Madrid Gazette publishes a Royal decree, appointing Don Joaquim Perez Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Fin ance, and replacing him as Director-General of Accounts by Don Augusto Amblard. A Madrid letter of the 16th states, that on the preceding day the French ambassador gave a grand dinner to the Duke de Rianzares, the Ministers, and the mem bers of the diplomatic corps. DENMARK. It is stated that the elections for the Volksthing are fixed, by the King's letters patent, for the 26th February, and that the Diet will be convoked as early as possible , most probably on the 6th March. The Dagblaelet states that a note has lately been received from the Germanic Diet, to the effect that the federal army is to be augmented in the proportion of 50,000 men, and inviting the Govern men, in consequence, to • raise the contingent of Holstein. The Council of State has not yet come to any resolution on the subject. - A letter from Copenhagen of the 14th, in the Prussian Gazette, says :—" It was rumoured here that the Danes of the Eider intended making a demonstration in favour of the Volksthing lately dissolved. They were, it was said, to proceed to the new market-place, and shout in its favour. Nothing whatever of the kind took place. The Government sent this day to the Duke of Augus tenberg his plate, which has been lying at the bank since 1848. The paper of Councillor Verstedt on the succession has appeared ; it combats the articles which were published on the subject in the Ftalre lander, and the assertions of Baron Holnifeldt on the nullity in point of law of the hereditary preten sions of the Holstein-Gottorp branch to the grand ducal part of Holstein." TURIN. The Parlamento of Turin states from Milan, 9th inst., that a democratic club has been discovered there by the police, and about 20 of its members arrested. Many domiciliary visits ha vo followed, which have led to the discovery of a few stilettoes and prohibited pamphlets ; but the charge of high treason is not yet clearly made out. DINNER TO MR. INGERSOLL.—A public dinner to Mr. Ingersoll, the American Minister, was held in Bir mingham last night, Mr. Muntz in the chair ; and amongst other gentlemen present were Mr. Scholefield, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., and Lord Calthorpe. Mr. Ingersoll expressed a hope that the nations, England and America, would always maintain their present friendly relations. A I:TSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. Yesterday the twenty-ninth yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the London Tavern, to receive the report of the directors, and to elect the successors to the out g oing directors and auditors. Mr. John Studhohne Brownrigg in the chair. The Secretary having read the notice of the meeting, The Chairman, in consideration that a great many of the constituents of the meeting had but recently become shareholders of the company, gave a brief history of its rise and progress. He laid before them the conditions of the original charter, which had been of such a cha racter as to press` heavily upon the company, and to encumber their proceedings, until by making critinual applications to the Colonial-office they obtained the grant of their land fully in fee-simple. This change took place in 1847. Having succeeded in this, it was the •duty of the directors, he said, to see how to turn the property of the shareholders to the best advantage, and with that view they gave their attention to carrying out a plan of emigration so as to keep up a supply of labourers, as the system of convict labour had ceased. Such a plan of emigration was premature, and failed ; and he felt heartily glad that it had not taken effect, as if it had they would not have been able to act as they had clone so much to the advantage of the proprietors. The report commenced with it tabular return of the sheep, horned cattle, horses, &c., in possession of the company in the years 1849, 1850, and 1851, how they had been acquired, and how disposed of. The stock re maining in hand upon the 31st of December, 1851, was 122,573 sheep and 9,196 horned cattle. The returns of the horses, ponies, &c., were made up to the 31st of March, 1852, upon which date the company possessed 1,569 horses and ponies anti 92 asses and mules. The sales of live stock in 1851 amounted to 2,695/. 15s. 7d. The total number of persons in the company's colonial establishment, exclusive of women and children, upon the 31st of December, 1851, was 403, showing, as com pared with the returns of the previous year, a decrease of 62 persons in the service. It was mentioned in the last report that consequent upon the discovery of gold it had been expected that a desertion of the shepherds and others for the gold. diggings was likely to have an injurious effect upon the company's finances. Such desertions, however, were not of an extent to influence the opera tions of the year so materially as was apprehended, but by the last advices it appears that not only among the shepherds and the miners at the company's coal works, but also amongst all classes of the company's servants, desertion has become general. To remedy this evil, 80 coolies were imported from China. During 1851, 45,642 tons ofcoals were sold at the pit's mouth, being an increase of 558 tons upon the sales of the previous year. The realised and estimated revenue for the same year was 43,5671. 15s. id., and the expenses of management 27,8161. 18s. 10d., leaving a surplus revenue of 15,7501. 16s 3d., being an increase of 4,2651. 2s. 3d. upon that of the previous year, and 11,5201. 4s. 4d. upon that of 1849 ; and sufficient to allow of a dividend of 1/. lls. 6d. per share, equivalent to 41 per cent. upon the paid-up capital. Gold having been found upon the company's Peel River estate, and as they are by their charter and Act of Parliament precluded from working gold mines, it is proposed to form a new company for the purpose of purchasing the Peel River property for the present com pany, every shareholder of which shall be entitled to the privilege of taking as many shares as may be equivalent to his present interest. The paid-up capital of the pre sent company is 351. per share, or a total capital of 350,0001. The operation of the proposed sale of the Peel River estate will be, that the original capital of the com pany will virtually be paid back to the proprietors with an addition of 151. per share, while they will retain two estates of more than 700,000 acres upon the north bank of Port Stephen's, and extensive property at Ne wcas tl e , with the plant and machinery, and a coal field of 2,000 acres, and a contiguous property of 6,000 acres, believed to contain coal in abundance. A bill is at present be fore the Legislature, the effect of which will be, that the shares will become 251. shares instead of 1001. as at pre sent, with 17/. 10s. paid on each, and liable only to pos sible future calls of 71. 10s. per share, instead of 651., and that each proprietor will have two shares instead of one. This report having been read, The CHAIR3fAN went through each head of it, and elucidated it to the meeting ; and, in answer to the questions of a shareholder, stated that the coal was sold by the company at 13s. 6d. per ton, and had been at 6s. per ton, but that the retailers sold it at Sydney for 655. per ton, carrying them a distance of 80 miles. He then gave a detail of the operations which have been carried on by licence-holders upon the company's estate insearch of gold, and mentioned as a fact that a lease was being made of 640 acres to another company for seven years, with a clause of surrender upon six months notice, at a rent of 5,000/. per year, and a reservation of 1-sth of all mineral produce as a royalty. Mr. DE SALTS advised that Chinese miners from the co 4 mines at Shanghae shoul.d be procured to work - the company's mines, and mentioned that the Pacific and Oriental Company had to pay 70s. per ton for coals at Sydney. He also suggested the propriety of building docks at Newcastle, establishing steam-packets between Port Stephen and Sydney, and giving all possible en couragement to the establishment of railways. The Hon. J. T. LESLIE MELVILLE said that the chair main had told them of the difficulties which had attended the obtaining of the free grant of their estates, but had not told them it was himself who had overcome them. (Cheers.) _ _ Mr. TOOKE then moved a vote of thanks to the chair man for such energetic services. Mr. PARSONS seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN having returned thanks for the honour clone him, laid before the meeting the result of an assay made upon native clay and quartz sent home from the colony, and which was of a very favourable character, and then moved the adoption of the report, which was unanimously agreed to, as was. the declaration of the dividend. Sir WALTER M. TOWNSEND FARQUHAR, Bart., was elected a director in the room of Mr. Locke, disqualified, and Mr. D. C. Marjoribanks an auditor. The outgoing directors and auditors were then re• elected, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. THE ILL-FATED AMERICAN EMIGRANT SHIP THE ST. GEORGE. - It will be in the recollection of our readers that the unfortunate vessel, the St. George, Captain Bairnson, bound from Liverpool to New York with emigrants, was destroyed by fire upon the 24th of December. The following are the names of the British subjects who were rescued by the American ship Orlando and conveyed to Havre, whence they have Leen forwarded direct to New York, rim. : Matthew Conway Mary Duffy Biyan Miles *lames Conner John Hs,nkin William Larkin Ham. Casey John Kenden Hannah Kenden Ellen Eagan Ellen Kelly Mary Ann Hogan Jos. Brien John Gallacher Mary Gallacher Biddy Gallacher Patrick Raney Bessy Rushin Hannah M`Burty Thomas Derken • Ann Farley John Richardson Peter M'DoPnell John Conway Felix Conway Owen M‘Guire Irvine Foster Jane O'Neil Jane Donnelly Ann Logan Ally Logan Francis Durk Ann Farral Ham. Farral James Hover Michael Lowe James Lowe Lawrence Walsh John Fennessey Michael Campbell Patrick Kelly Patrick Glyno John King James King Charlotte Neil Michael Farrand Catherine Riley Ann Riley C. Riley Mary Nolan Thomas Burns George Washington James Waters Mary Ann M`Cabe Dl. M`Guire Charles Bettram Feared that the following 49 idoned, viz. : Ellen Shrugal Michael Scarrassy Samuel Storr Mary M`Guiken Alice M`Guiken Francis Durk Ann Farrell Ham. Farrell James Farrell John Farrell Mary Farrell Martha Farrell Winfred Hever Patrick Lowe Mary Crawford Bridget Crawford Margaret Campbell Edward Reynolds • Ann 3.l`Neil Peter Swanton Jane Swanton Peter Herberg James Dogarty Charles Betcan Eliza Gibbennan James Brothers Patrick Brothers Richard Brennan Michael Tolan John Shrugal John Parker John Storr Bridget Nugent Mary Hollian Richard Muldeon Alice Muldeon Bridget Muldoon James Sands In all 70 persons. It is g were either drowned or aban Bridget Queenan Betty Lyons Mary Reedey Jane Reedy Ellen Reedy Bridget Miles Mary Farley Margaret Barry Hannah Lyons Susan M`Kelliss Sarah M`Kelliss Daniel M`Kelliss John M`Kelliss Jire Hogan Ann Hogan Margaret Ford Ann Ford, an infant Charles Smith Ellen Wall Mary Wall Garrett Wall Thomas Wall Anthony Brothers Catherine Barrett John Shrugal These lists account for stated to have been on boars her destination. 119 of the 121 passengers d when the vessel started for DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY ONE OF LORD CAMPBELLS'S HOUSEHOLD. - Yesterday morning, be tween seven and eight o'clock, the greatest consternation was created in Strathenden House, the mansion of the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, at Knightsbridge, in consequence of the discovery that one of the servants of the establishment had mad? a despe rate attempt at self-destruction, by cutting her throat with a table-knife. She was removed to St. George's Hospital, where she was attended by Mr. Buckland, the house surgeon. Her wound is of a very dangerous cha racter, and renders her recovery doubtful. This horrible mode of self-destruction has of late become very preva lent among suicides, as there are four cases of the same nature at present in the above hospital—viz., two men and two women. MRS. GORE'S NEw NOVEL "THE DEAN'S DAUGHTER," is just published. All novel readers will hail with plea sure the appearance of a new work by the distinguished authoress of " Mrs. Armitage," and "Mothers and Daughters." The clever pen of Mrs. Gor e h as b een idl e for so long a period that unusual curiosity has been excited respecting "The Dean's Daughter." It is, we understand, specifically a story of the times we live in, of stirring interest, and highly moral tone, without for feiting the reputation for brilliancy and playful satire which attended the earlier works of this popular novelist. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Price Yesterday. BNB!floss done this day. !Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June....... Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet......' Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian__ ...... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Bclfas t J nue Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... 'Jo. New . East Anglian (125 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., ( elB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, ClasE , A. late E. U. Do., d 0......... .... Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Ediub. Prth. &Dundet Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do.; B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) I Great Western 100 10;) 100 100 1100 all 100 Irish South-Easters.. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Third 5........... Laneash. dr.Yorkshirt Do., Fifths ....... Do., Wst. Riding Un. 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Oswestry Sluropshiro South Dev0n......... , South Eastern........ 'South Wales, ISS.Yorksh. River Dun D 0......... .............. Stockton do Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Raihva Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Lime rick West C0rnwa11........ IWmbledou &Croydonl Woodford..... 1 York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 28i -29. 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Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. B per et Yfanch.Tixtou and Matlock Nfiddlesbro' Redcar u' idld.lhadfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prost. dt Wyrc Do. Shares. Roystn.& Do.Shepth.St. Shcf. Roth. di Goole g. 5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts diSomrst! 30 - 31 29i - 30. 30 - 31 1 29 - 30 109 - 111 5 3 54 148 -- 150 324 --33ixd 13 115 56i 574 27 28 14 —l4ixd 25i 2GI 19 20 23 —25 xd 3 - 31 1108 - 109 64 - 66 t Pin 152 154 152 154 I— A d 31i 324 103 —lolxcl London d: N. West. rt. Westn o L. &N.W Caledon Gt.Notrho Gt. Wes ;;n. Yk. New. do Berw Y.&N. ma Do Do S. Eastern, Norfolk Do Lu. &N.W. & Midld. Stekton & 1 Darlingt. IMidland... D. Count IDo L. &N . W &LniSc Yk Do Gt. Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. dt Darling. Do Gt.Westn Business this day. 804 SO i 384 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. e... Buis. dr Es. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £10...... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. percent Corkdtßandon at p. c Dundee Perth AtAber demi Junction EastA uglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do: (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27 17s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do No. 2 ..... Do., Now 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Ediub. Prth. dzD undo() 5 i per cont... ...... .. Glasgow dt S. Western guar. 5 per coat.... Great Noithn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c.. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St., Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 IDo. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S.Western ‘ Con. Thud 5.., ,,,,,,, Londonderry& C Shares . LOndy. & Ennis. ' Manch.,Shef., & Shares, No. 1 Do. New , 210 Do., £6 • ..... ••• •• • Marypt&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent D 0..... .......... Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 41 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 54 per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British......, North Staffonlshire Oxford Worcester & Wolyerh. £15,6p. c. D 0............... , Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent...,,, South Devon _ • ......... Do. New ............ S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Oa. 6d. S.Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. D 0....................... York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch. ....... . . FORE: Ar twerp&Rotterd am BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon.. Dutch Rhenish.,,,,,, East Indian Do. Extension .... Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares.. ...... ' ......... Lucca & Pistoja sp.c. Luxembourg.. Do. (Railway) ................. Do. ..................... Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. prof Lyons & Mediterran Madr as Darin Antonia. o. New Namur & Liege (with) interest), Do. (ex interest) Northern of Franco Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Sits.)'. NorwcgianTruukPref Paris and Ly0n5...,,, Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and 'Strasbourg Pa risCaen&Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5i p. ct. prof Southern of France Upper India Scrip,,, West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland 107 - 1091 1 105 -107 j 19 - 20 41 - ... 6 - 34 - - i - i P 1 1 i 1 - 1 p 1. - p 14 -14 i 18 -• 183 3 - 31 lies —1): 1112 114 84 - 9 1 -lip 108 i -- 10941 par -- 149 -- 152 34-4 P 1 8 -8 ; 13 - 13 9 - 10 - 11 1 - li P .50 - 152 A - 22i - 23 5i - 6 2 - 21 102 - 104 25i - 26, 1 1 2 p 11 —11 i 174 1 171 16 6 17p par 26 19 20 id par 1.03 - 105 5i - 51 EGN. 1 dis 1 -- - 2 13 14 par ip x 21 - lipxn 5i p 11 p I par Ipan •• - 7 - 7A 4A idis p all 7 9 p 2i 7i 8 74 31 —32 :tin 133 14 7 9 121. 36 — 1338 —i 37 39 283 29 3 3 p s in 17 19 8i 9 41 p 2 ---i xn 5 i d par 5 i —6ipxn id -- p ar 1 —Oi d 12i 13 1 1041 4 90H 80 i 80 12U 2 15 1 7 8 -} lfi xd pm pm 1413 a in x iu 26 5,1 x in ex new 84 8 321 if 3 x in 24i 3i 39 29i 30k 7 4 i 19i ex. iu, 94i GA Inn 5 X hew MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 —l4 p 10s. all Anglo Californian 4 p 10 2 Australasian li —24 p 20 5 Australian s— 6 p 5/ 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 pll 1 all Australian Freehold. par p 1 all Ave Maria 4d pl 4 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 1 p 14 20 13.5 British Iron J 11 35 244 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 3 4. 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 1. 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 30 2 1 4 Carsons's Creek par 4p 4 40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 5 1 Colonial Gold 24— 24n 34 Copiapo 6l 7 St. all Copper Min. of Eng . . 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 6l —74 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 1 - 14 d 20 all General — ... 16 4 2 all Great Nugget Vein 34 —3g p 5a 3 all Great Polgooth . l4 —ll p 1 all Lake Bathurst 4 d par 1 all Liberty — i P 1 1 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 4tl 1 all Mariquita id— 1 p 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 44 44 1 all New Granada 4 - P 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 -- 14 p 21 1 all Port Philip l4 Isp 28 1 1 all Quartz Rock * P 50 all Rhymmo Iron 25 -- 27 14 Do. New 7 8 40 104 Santiago de Cuba 6 7 1 all South Australian par 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft 284 all United Mexican 74 8 74 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada —4 p 1 all West Mariposa par 1 p 1 all Yuba - 8 P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 79 81 50 all British N. American x. d. 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 100 25 Colonial — 103 20 Commercial of Lond ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 1 20 24 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 3'l 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint St oc k — 103 20 Lond. & Westminster IC3 35 NationalProv.of Eng. 20 10 Do. New 50 224 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Pink of Corporation — 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australu.Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... 25 all South Australia 43 46 25 all lUnion of Australia 7l 73 ... 2A 'Do. New 9 11 50 10 - Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid I MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 245 255 '252 546 20 4 Amstralsn.Pci tic. Mail x. d. 10 5 Austmlu. Royal Mail . 3.q Brit. American Land 43 100 321 Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystll Pal. of France 20 I 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric riele,?,.. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam ... 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel -- 10 3 Netherlands 14md — 20 2i Nrth. ol.l4uropeSteam 50 all Peninsu 'ar & Oriental ... .87 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 50 53 53 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 16 19 17 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DALE) LONDON, Jan. 22.—Wind at Noon, N.W., light breeze, and cloudy. COWES, Jan. 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Caractacus, Valparaiso. Put back—Hermelin, Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Jan. 21.—Wind, W., light. Arrived—lsabella Leith, Port Beaufort ; Druid, Berbice • Habe, St. Do mingo ; Centaur, M aur iti us . Arrived from the River— Fortitude, for Melbourne ; Zetus, Bombay • Express, Cape of Good H o p e ; M a id o f t h e Isles, St.: Helena Christrice (?), Trinid a d. Th e C a l ypso, L ondon to Jamaica, has been on the Goodwin Sand, but received no damage. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—lrt, Demerara ; Emma Colvin, Akyab ; Galatia, Buenos Ayres ; Vandalla, New Orleans ; Florida, Savannah. Put back— Acorn, Demerara ; Agnes,, Trinidad ; Mary Caroline, Mo bile. Off Port—Aden, China, Sunda, Crisis, and Breeze. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 21.—Wind, W. to N.N.W. Put back—Queen, Buenos Ayres ; Actaeon, New Orleans ; Denmark, Mobile. The Civility, Onega to Bristol, which was abandoned on the 19th instant, has been towed in. The Orbona, London to Glasgow, and the Actaeon, bound. to Now Orleans, were in contact—the former lost bow sprit, and is leaky, and has been towed in ; the latter re ceived trifling damage. FALMOUTH, Jan. 21.—The Geo. Duncan, from Jaemel, which arrived here on the 18th instant, with damage, will discharge. _ BELFAST, Jan. 91.—The Lady Mountstewart, of and for Workington. is on the Brigg Rocks, and is likely to become a wreck. CARDIFF, Jan. 21.—The Sarah Rawes, from White haven, which struck on Breaksea Point on the 16th inst., has gone to pieces. The Ranger also got on the same rocks on the 19th inst., and has become a wreck. Loss OF THE SCHOONER RAMBLER.—DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF THE CREW.-011 the 15th instant, the French brig Charles Lepreter, of Rouen, arrived in the Tyne, with William Combs, Henry Littl e Jelin, Then. Croft, and Thos. Hodder, and a eabin boy, the survivors of the crew of the schooner Rambler, of Lyme Regis, which vessel had encountered the hurricane of the 27th December, and had had her master, William Keddy, and her mate washed over b oar d an d drowned. The vessel, after the master and mate were drowned, had become completely disabled, and was deserted on the 28th ult., by the crew, who got on board the French brig. After the vessell arrived in the Tyne, the river police received strange information of the . conduct of the crew of the Rambler. After the master of the Charles Lepreter had left his vessel to proceed to New castle to see his broker, the four men went below into his cabin, and broke open a box containing a log and wages book belonging to the Rambler. They destroyed the log book, and tore out all the entries in the wages book, which they burnt with some other written docu- Meats. After committing this act they demanded 121. from the mate of the French brig; belonging to tile Ram bler, which he gave them. They then left the ship, tak ing with them a quantity of clothes belonging to the master and crew of the French brig. They have also, the master of the French brig says, the watches belong ing to the master and mate of the Rambler. Informa tion of this act of disgraceful robbery has been sent to the superintendent of police at Lyme Regis by the river police of the Tyne. The master of the French vessel, who had these atrocious villains on board 18 days, is justly indignant. ALLEGED BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.—The Esening Post contains the following :—" The Orange candidate, Mr. Alexander, has been returned. The Leaguers and equality-mongers had exerted themselves with a right good will on his behalf, but the result is not owing to their treachery —for they were utterly powerless in Car low—but to the practice of the most profligate and auda cious bribery on the part of the Tories to an extent totally unprecedented in this country. We have learned that a sum of 1,000/. was offered yesterday morning to one elector for his vote, or 5001. if he remained away. We trust that a most searching investigation, before a Parliamentary committee, will lead to so thorough an exposure ofthe flagitious bribery carried on by the Orange party at this election, as effectually to prevent the estab lishment of such a system in the Irish boroughs, Al though ne ith er the Major' nor his agent, Mr. Frail,e appeared in the borough, money in abundance the Tories has ben supplied by the Carlton Club. By this means arrangements. the Ministerial h el a e v e e tio o n b s ta c in on ed se a qu t e e n m t p Their 'victory, however, will be of very o o r n ary triumph at one out of the 26 short duration. k NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. -_,,5..-- PORTSMOUTH, JAN 21 I The Medina, 4, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Reynolds, arrived at Spithead to-day from the Mediter ranean. She left Malta on the 4th, Gibraltar on the 12th, and Lisbon on the 16th inst. At Malta were her Majesty's ships Ceylon and Banshee, the latter under orders for England. At Gibraltar, her Majesty's ships Britannia, 120 ; Trafalgar, 120 ; Albion, 90 ; Bellero phon, 78 ' • Arethusa, 50 ; Retribution, 28 ; Sampson, 6 ; Niger, 14 • and Antelope, 2. At Lisbon, the Sanspareil, 81 ; and inflexible, 6. Commander Howatt (on being relieved by Commander Bickford), Lieutenant Solly, Lieutenant Grant (on promotion), and the lion. Mr. Elliot, have come home passengers in the Medina, which has been four years and three months in commission, and employed in the Mediterranean as a packet. The Royal West India Mail Steam Company's ra,cket Teviot, with the Brazil mailA, had not appeared off Lisbon on the 16th., The Medina came into this harbour to coal, and will proceed to Woolwich to be paid off. The Swift, 6, Commander Aldliam, having discharged her freight (270 boxes of specie, which was conveyed to London by special train by Messrs. Emanuel last night. and lodged in the Bank of England this morning) was towed out to Spithead this morning, and has since sailed for Plymouth to be paid off. The Mercury cutter, Lieutenant Freeland, arrived this morning f rom the Channel Islands with volunteers for the navy. By letters from the coast of Africa to the end of December we learn that the Polyphemus, 5. steam-sloop, Commander Phillips, anchored at Sierra . L eone on the 27th, and reported having, on Christmas-day, destroyed the slave barracoons of the notorious Don Crispo, a Spaniard living in the Sherbro country. This is an important service, and was well executed by Comman der Phillips. The Propontis packet arrived at Sierra Leone on the 27th, at 3 a.m., having had a very rough passage. Bishop Vital landed the same day. A portion of wreck had been picked up on the coast near Accra, marked with the broad arrow. It is certainly not belonging to a ship of the African squadron. Lieutenant Towsey, of the Firefly, has invalided ; Acting-Lieutenant Burnaby, of the Pen elope, takes his place. Mr. Phillips, mate of the Pene lope, to be Acting-Lieutenant, vice Burnaby. Mr. Death, secretary's clerk, to be clerk in charge of the Pluto. Mr. Steil to be first-class assistant-engineer of ditto. The Centaur steam-frigate, Rear-Admiral Henderson, was at Rio, from Monte Video, December 6. The Rifleman, 8, Lieutenant-Commander Dalton, re turned to Rio on the Bth ult., from a cruise. The Trident, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Harvey, ar rived at Bahia on the 21st of November, from Rio, and left on her return on the 20th of December. The Express, 6, Commander Fead, left Rio for Bahia on the 13th of November. The Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, arrived at Rio on the 20th of November from Ports- mouth The Encounter, 14, Captain O'Callaghan, left Fal mouth for Bristol on the 16th inst. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 21. Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Archer, 14, Com mander J. N. Strange, anchored in the Sound yesterday afternoon, having left Falmouth in the morning. She has been stationed there three weeks, procuring seamen for ships fitting at Portsmouth, and has been only par tially successful. She will take supernumeraries from this port. LE; Rogue, 60, steam guard-ship, Captain William Ramsay, returned yesterday at 2 p.m. from a cruise in the Channel, topgallant yards across, the wind being strong from the west-north-west. The crew of the steam-sloop Argus, 6, Commander Richard Purvis, bent sails yesterday ; and the crew of the Vengeance, 80, Captain Lord Edward Russell, un bent sails. SHEERNESS, JAN. 20. The Comus, 14 gun-sloop, lying in ordinary here off Lapwell, during a heavy gale of wind from south-west, parted from her moorings at about 4 a.m. this day, and drove down athwart hawse of the Nymph, fith-rate re ceiving hulk, and was shortly afterwards lashed along side the Nymph, where she remains for the present. The Phaeton, 50 guns, Captain George Elliot.—The progress in stripping this ship is so far advanced that she is to be paid off on Tuesday next, the principal part of her stores having been returned. The Horatio, screw steam guard-ship, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, was paid wages yesterday up to the 31st ult. The Rattlesnake sloop, Commander Henry Trollope, is being coppered preparatory to her being put out of dock. The officers and crew are permitted to allot any part, or all, of their pay to whom they please, after their departure from here. It is reported that the officers and crew are to have their double pay commence when they round Cape Horn, as in the case of the Plover, In vestigator, and Enterprise, The destination of the Rat tlesnake is Point Barrow. She will take in provisions and stores for three years. A few petty officers only are wanting now to complete her crew. WOOLWICH, JAL 21 IPPOINTMENTS. Master—George R. Morrison (1852), to the Bulldog, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop of 500-horse power, at Ports mouth. Second Master—John P. Grant, to the Rhadamanthus steam-transport. That vesad left Woolwich to-day for Portsmouth. Assistant-Engineers—lsaac Langmead, to the. Fury, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; William Robinson, to the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness ; T. W. Bower, to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam guard-ship, at Portsmouth. Clerk—T. J. Woodward, to the Desperate, screw steam-sloop, at Plymouth. Gunner—William Stephens, to the Tartaras, employed on particular service. _ Acting-Gunner—John Lamb, to the Excellent, gun- nery-ship, at Portsmouth. It was stated to-day, at Woolwicb, that Commander William Houston Stewart's promotion to post rank awaits his return to England from commanding the Vi rago steam-sloop on the Pacific station, and that his father, Rear i -Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., formerly one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and member for the borough comprising the towns of Greenwich, Woolwich, and Deptford, had been appointed secretary to Lieuten ant-General Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Master-General of the Ordnance, it being deemed advisable that a naval officer should fill that post. We can confirm the report relative to the latter officer, as the gallant Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart has accepted the office of secretary to the Master-General. Sir James Graham, Captain Alexander Milne, and the Ron. William Cowper, Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Bernal Osborne, secretary, again transacted business yesterday, at Somerset-house, in connexion with the contract department. MR. WAKLEY ON CHILD MURDER AND FOUNDLING HOSPlTALS.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Pakenham Arms,' Calthorpe-street, Gray's-inn road, on the body of a newly-born female child, which was found in a garden in Agar Town, St. Pancras. The body was produced; and was that of a remarkably fine infant. From the evidence, it appeared that, on Wed nesday morning last, a bundle was found in the garden of the house No. 1, Oxford-street, Agar Town, by Eliza beth Lawson, daughter of the occupier of the house. On picking up the bundle, she opened it, and found therein the body of a child, as if newly born. It was pressed almost flat, and was wrapped in an old bed gown and a piece of . black cloth. Notice was imme diately given to the authorities of the St. Pancras work house, who directed Lamb, the gate porter, to convey the body to the dead-house. Mr. Samuel Waldegrave, surgeon to the Si. Pancras Infirmary, deposed to having examined the body shortly after it was brought into the house. The chest and face was compressed. The child, which was a remarkably fine one, weighing 8f lbs., and measuring 21 inches, was evidently born alive. All the organs were fully developed, and in a most healthy state. He had no hesitation in stating that death was caused from want of proper attention at the birth. Whether this want of attention was wilful or not, there was no evidence to show. The Coroner : If the child was born alive, as appears from the evidence, and died from want of attention, it was as much a mur der as if the throat was cut. If the jury were convinced that the proper attention was withheld, it was their duty s t ta o n re c t e u s rn ths verdicta iwasthe of wilful properulmurdecre.nrUsendteuradtheeptcifciuf timet anyfutuwithrehd. el theanother should be forthcoming it would be for h er t o prove that proper a tt en ti on was not wilfully The jury would run no risk in coming to this decision. In the event of the mother being sent to the Old Bailey, it was exceedingly dortbtfal if she would be convicted. It seldom happened that persons were convicted of child murder. He (the coroner) re membered one case, where a child's throat was cut from ear to year ; but the magistrate refused to convict, on the ground that there was no proof that it had not been done after death. The present case was an illustration of the utility of foundling hospitals. The establishnren of such an institution would, in his (the corones's) opinion, be the means of preventing 400 murders an nually. The jury returned a verdict of `.‘ Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." AMERICAN SLAVERY.—A meeting of ladies has been held at the Assembly Rooms, Bath, at which addresses to the ladies of America were agreed to, on the subject_ of American slavery, similar to that of the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Anti-Slavery Society . 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