The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-17 00:00:00

THE CHARTERED AUSTRALIAN LAND, MIN ING, IMPORTING,. AND REFINING COM PANY. - An interesting entertainment was given 1-st night at the _Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, by the above company: The directors dined with their official staff, who are about to proceed to Australia ; and, certainly, after the proceedings of last night, no body of men could Possibly leave the country under more bright or cheer ing prospects. The majority of the staff is composed of fl ue Young men, many of them being under 30 years of age ; and the staff itself includes chemists, engineers, mechanics, labourers, and watchmen. The whole will be under the direction of Captain Baker, R.N., Alr. Charles Watt, the assayest, and two engineers ; and the staff sails from Plymouth next week, in a vessel which has been expressly chartered for the purpose, and which will 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 Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P., supported on the right by Lord Muskerry and Mr. A. J. Baring, and on the left by Mr. H. Brown, M.P., and Mr. Walter, While Mr. Mullins, the solicitor to the company, ably filled -the vice -chair supported by Mr. Sharland and Mr. Chand ler, surrounded by a numerous body of fine young fellows who are about to seek their own fortunes, and their em .Pl°yers dividends, in the modern El _Dorado. Ample Justice was done to an excellent dinner, remarkable as Much for substantiality as elegance, and then the cloth, as well as the cork, having been drawn, the company at n rice proceeded t o th e f orma l b us i n ess of the occasion. T he usual royal toasts were fervently drank, though they Were rapidly disposed of, and than the toast par acellence was given. The CHAIRMAN proposed it in a very appropriate ,manner. It w as "P rosper it y t o the Company, a n d ''access, to th e Ad venturers. " Th e l an d o f th e company , he said, had been purchased and paid for, a good title secured, inde e d, one t h at cou ld no t p os sibly b e dis puted, an d with the assistance of the numerous and efficient staff which he saw around him, he had little doubt whatever that the hopes of the shareholders would ultimately be realised. The estate of the company was situated in the very centre of a district where gold de- Pnsits were known largely to prevail, and when he remembered what had been well observed by the Mel 6011rne Herald, the Argus and other well-informed j ournals, Published at the antipodes, that immense wealth had been accumulated in the - gold fields of Australia by unskilled hands, he could fix no bounds to the operations which could be carried on by the scientific ul na- Hitherto the gold seekers had confined them to collecting material which carries upon its own fac e its palpable quality and Value ; but the staff of the company would be content almost to extract the pre cious metal from the discarded soil of the uninitiated gold hunter. It was calculated, and upon the soundest ~,b as is, too, that this sou rce w ould give a sufficient return "" pay a handsome dividend to the shareholders ; and he l e Peated his conviction that the undertaking could hardly if the colonial staff energetically fulfilled its mission, Which he was equally confident it would do, since it had I di reet interest i n th e concern t o the extent of one-sixth. „ show in w h at es ti mat i on th e company was h e ld b y " 40 public, he mentioned that 77,000 out of 100,000 !hares had been already disposed of, while there were 4 ourly app li cations for those that were on hand. With regard to the charter, he need hardly point out that it W ould be f or th e i nterest of the G overnment to grant i t "ithout hesitation, for it was their duty, as it would be for the advantage of the Crown, that law and order should be maintained in the colony and the staff of this company would be of great assistance to them in se curing both. The toast was drunk with honours ; as were several !others, includin g th e h ea lth s o f th e Ch a i rman, C ap t a i n Il k") Mr. Watt, the .. engineers and other officers of the ny, and at th e c l ose the j home establishment ged the colonial staff in bumpers. Many of the mechanic s engaged on the staff are capital amateur calists, and the hearty style in which they gave some of the " emigrant" songs of the day, added quite a charm to the festivities, which were kept up with great spirit un til a late hour. It would be a safe prediction to de clare that the hardy fustian of the " staff " will often recal the events of this evening to mind while floating over the sea, or toiling beneath the sun of the antipodes. GRZAT NONCONFORMIST GATHERING.-THE MILTON DINNER. resterday an unusually large and influential assemblage of Nonconformists dined at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, for the double purpose of inaugurating the Milt°ll.Club, and of bringing together the Nonconformist n 2erabers of the present Parliament. The following were Lae 11, 1 , , present :—Sir J. Anderson, M.P. (Stirling) , , Thomas Barnes, M.P. (Bolton), J. Bell, ``Z-nildfOrd), John Cheetham, M.P. (South Lanca - Si.f". Crossl e y M.P. (Leeds), Sir G. Goodm an, (Leeds), G. liadfield, M.P. (Sheffield), E. Hindley, (4811 t 4 u) J. Kershaw M.P. (Stockport), E..Mia . l, Pellatt s (lt ' e hda ' le), R. Milligan, M.P. (Bradford), A. J. Pilleno4-IVI.P. (Southwark), S. Peto, M.P. (Norwich), eonf 1 :"••• t. M. P. (Blackburn). A large number of Non- Reve rend i r er gY were also present, among whom were the P. A - 1 88 r8. Aldis, Allon, Angus, J., D.D. J. Be D.D. • T. - L ve uxig, Baynes, Bean, Bennett, Bergue, Archer, ?TY, Bowan, Broad, Brock, Bromfield, Burder, Bur "eLt, Campbell, D.D. , D D Cox J • Curwen, • -ox., . •_; --, J. , n • ; Curwen S. ; Daviss, E. T. (St. Asaph) ; Davies, • (York-road) ; Dukes, Davis, W. (Hastings) ; Fletcher, Galloway, Gamble, Godwin, Goode, Gould, Goultry, Griffin, Groser, Gunn, Grant, Hamilton, D.D. • Hay den, Hill, Hill, T. (Cheshunt) • Hillier, Hinton, 'Hoby, Roureson, James, Jennings, Judson.. Kent, Landoll,. Lynch, Manning, Massie, J., D.D. , Lewi s , Lorimer, _ Massie, R. (Atherstone) • Miall, H., Newman, Hon. and 'Rev. B. W. Noel, Reed, Robinson, Russell, Sherman J., Simmons, Smith, G., Smith P., Smith, R. H. E., Stearne, I ).D. ; St e wart, Stoughton, Stovel, D r. Stowell, J. Stratte n , Thomson, Tidman, Tyler Unwin, R. Vaughan, E.D. ; Waddington, Wallace,lay Warlters, White, and Wilkins,men, among whom were upwards and three hundred of seventy from diferent large towns and borou g h s , represen ti n g the dissenting interest. Samuel Morley, Esq.; occupied the chair. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN proposed • " Our Representative s in Parli ament, " that is, the Nonconformist members, which WaS received with great applause. He said that they rn et as Ev ange li ca l Nonconformists, by w 1 stood th a t th e y meant those who professed the he under theprinciples of Evangelical Nonconformity, not as mere politicalieere.s ° Pinions, but as a deep religious conviction. p tie was an x i ous thi s s h ou ld be understood, their dissent Was a deep religious conviction; it was based on what t heY believed to be the dictates of God's word. (Cheers„) T hey had met in no spirit of antagonism to other reli gious Parties. (Loud cheers.) They differed "wide as the poles asunder" from the advocates of a State . Church, but theiropposition was not to men, but to principles, °Pinions, and systems. (Hear,) Just in so far as they be lieved the system from winch they dissented to be opposedtruttruth, to civil and religious liberty, and to the progress of hear.) so far th ey took their stand against it. ( H ear, lie expressed his thankfulness that he had been per mitted to see so many of his Nonconformist brethren re turned t o th e greatest assembly in the world. He trusted that the ultimate triumph of their Would be identified with that of true liberty. It had be principles „ °II said that Dissenters should not be political, but that was a great fallacy. (Cheers.) If he had read his Bible to any purpose he had found that he had a citizen- Bh ip to m a i nta i n which would prevent him mfrom holding aloof from any movement promising the public good. r (C heers.) The only guarantee he required was the in erity of tho se w h o were connected with the movement. e looked upon those principles, as Nonconformists, as deserving a more hearty and earnest co-operation than t tllB Y had hitherto ,- received—(hear, hear)—and he rusted that the movement thus originated would g them t oget h er, and enable them to strengthen e hands of their friends in the House of Com t°°e• (Chee rs .) H e h ope d , 'f rom the developements de saw around him, to live to see the fulfilment of great ur poses, which but a s h or t ti me ago seeme d f ar i n t h e as istance. He tho ug ht th a t ' occas i ona l gatherings such these would very materially contribute to their snc cesii, and he hoped, therefore, that the successful experi ment of that night would be repeated. (Cheers.) He t hen ref erre d with great gratification to the history which they had as Nonconformists, and to the sufferings waieh their ancestors had undergone in defence of those Pinciples He rejoiced in beholding before him so very Ilfl uential an assemblage—one of the most influential, Veed, th at he had ever had the pleasure of meeting. .e would venture to say, that if they, as Nonconfor "!'s .tle fable were united for the promulgation of thei r prin ee to the p o p u l a tion of London, they wou ld able to produce results on the future of England ch would cause those who followed them to thank "d fo r what they had done. (Cheers). He found th a t the Y had 656 - members of Parliament, 1,000,000 el G G eet °rs, and a population of 20,000,000.. Abo . ut .. c , ; , members held evangelical Nonconformist prin ,Ptes, and represented a population of 3,921,078. This was about one-eighth of the house, and about one.sixth of the electors. There were 240 members in the House of Pr e n ons who represente d a popu l a ti on o f 1,827,480, 80, eti Is an average of 7,600 rsons each. (H No ear, cont--Z-1" NOW Mark ! The 36 members who held n -3,906u5t Principles represented a population of 7,600,000, which, instead of the general average 'of (eh e gave an average of no fewer than 108,000. ea e ll.) The 15 members then present represented a eaePhollatize of. 2 ,052,000, giving an average of 136,000 the 13 tid cheers.) They were about one-tenth of "°Ugh Inembers of the house, and they represented litheiaert one-third of the entire borough constituency of un trY. (Loud cheers.) These were great and Portant facts, and indications the vast moral and uuraerical urged. the strength which they ssed. (Cheers.) He was the o back ' those members, and to do what furru'au._r Power to strengthen their hands in the per of ! their dut (Hear, hear.) The strength of -ri goou iin aeti 7 waryry great. It only required great result; :Ito bring it to bear, and he hoped for eve _. g 0 from the movement they were met that t inaugurate. (Cheers.) the The health of the Nonconformist representatives was drunk amidst great applause The names of J. Cheeth t on .P. for South Lancashire ; S. Mor -E4uward eacil.:P. for the City of Norwich ; and M.P. for the Rorough of Rochdale, We,re coupled with the toast. v CHRETRAII E M alln te,iathough they ' s e q r P Nonconformists,replreplied. they H e r e c p o r n e t e e e n n t e contended the h o t!' °..f their constituents, and in their places in hear,_e,me th were not to be Dissenters merely—(hear, which L u m( ll , t the. o friends and supporters of every movement g oo f . hail its object the promotion of the public Were Dissenters)`2 . They were not elected because they but because, being Dissenters, their THE SUN, LONDON, ,THTfIEtSpAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1853. 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 Noncomformist members would contend, and among these was the extols fion 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 Nonconformist 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 premat ure i n t ro d uc ti o n 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 mitelymore than by any other policy. Looking forward to the brilliatit 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. MIALL, 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 their scruples, 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 concluded by appealing for the support of the Nonconformist constituencies 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 the 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. J. 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. 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 lotelia, 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 Central Criminal Court. FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.-- Yesterdb.y. Mr. William Carter held an inquest at Al leyne's Head, Dulwich-common into the circumstances attending the death of Joseph Gibbing, aged 39, a car p enter, who lost his life at the Crystal Palace, Syden ham, on Saturday last. James Hill, a carpenter, deposed that he was employed .on the works at the Crystal Palace. About eleven o'clock on Saturday morning last witness was on one of the galleries working with deceased. They were about to put in a wooden joist between two of the iron columns. They were on a scaffolding erecting internally. The iron columns were too far apart, and they accordingly placed a chain round each and a union -screw in the middle to draw them nearer together at the top, to make the joist fit in. The 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 a ceased ua hook a t d e on: ef ' gs a soo n i ndew of f i s t t h w e i e t n h e a s i n s s w s a n s a i p n p the ed a a n c t d of deceased, doing w t h h o e ceased said, " Get som e o il and put on the screw , s n ng so t m he e s p c ia re n w ks ou u t s w ed ar as ds, a fell te f m om po a ra rd ry ou fo t o o tw f the building on some planks used as a temporary footway, from a height of about twenty feet. He f e ll fl a t, b u t more on hi s h ea d ; and when ness went to the spot he found deceased quite insensible, and, with assistance, took him int o one of the offices of the building, where he left him. The poor man died in the evening, his skull having b een f ractured. The jury, having examined many witnesses-f or t h e purpose of ascertaining whether proper caution had been exercised by the superior au thorities to prevent casualties, found that the death was purely accidental. OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—At a meeting of the committee acting on b e h a lf of the various trades officially represented at the aggregate meetings recently held in connection with the above movement, the depu tation appointed to confer up on th e su bj ect with Lord Palmerston reported the result of their mission. The noble lord had received the deputation with great cour tesy, and, after listening attentively to the arguments advanced by the different speakers, admitted th e im portance of the question, but replied that he could not, neither could the deputation expect him to, give any definite pledge as to the course which the Government might feel bound to take upon it when it came on for discussion before Parliament, but at the same time he could and would promise to give it his best consideration. He would also undertake the presentation of their petition to the House of Commons. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.—The report to be submitted to the meeting of the Southampton Dock Company on the 22d, states that the receipts of the half-year ending the 31st of December have exceeded those of the previous half-year by 3,9761. The balance in hand, after the payment of interest on the debenture debt, &c., is 3,0751., and a dividend of Bs. per share is recommended. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Aberdeen Ainbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junct Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., '£so and £25 Cons Do £2O _ _ Bristol and Exeter ' Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage .. .. . Dublin&BelfasiJune Dundee Perth&Aber• deem Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. and. E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (18t. E.& H.) Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do., do Do., B. and C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. Juno Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do. Thirds TAneash.& Yorkshire Do Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. &Southpt London & Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cat. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. ,XlO Sh.M &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine LndndiTy. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do.Birming. &Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.Salftd. Newry Er Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and itestreyor Norfolk Do., New Northn.Counties Un North BriUsh ..... North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., 1 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire..l North Western...... ..' N. S. S. Westrn. June. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scot Ash Midland Shrewsbmy& Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Do. Oswestiy Shropshire Union South Devon Sou h Eastern South Wales S.Yorksh.River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Vale of Neath • Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbleclon&Croydn. Woodford - York Newetl.kßerw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFERE. Aberdeen ....... Do., No. 2, 7 p. e Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. a. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead) I _ _ Guar. 511 per cent. Cork&Bandon 5i p.c. Dundee, Perth, end Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. C. Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. Do. (X 7 170), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. e. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. e. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lanc.ash. 6 p. cts Edinb. Prth. & Dund Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. es Do. 5 p. C., Redeem at 10 p. a. prem , Gt. S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. o.) Great Western, fixed 4 per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p..., Stook London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref. 5 p. 0., St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry & Color. Shares ........ Londndry. & Ennisk. 6 Shares ..... Manch., Shef. ,& Lin., Shares, No. 1..., Do., New, £lO ......, Do., £6 ... . ... Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent...—. Do.. :. . ......... ...... Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per ct. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent....... .... North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, Si Wolverh. £15,6p. a. Do. 'Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.A. (Min), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f4l Os. 6d. S.Yorksh. 4p. o. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p. c York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p.o. Pref. Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase FORE: Antwrp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Jrnet. of Prance Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref Luxembourg . Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (wit' interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. Sams. Shs Norwegian Trnk. Pre' Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. pref. Southern, of France.: Upper India Serip West Flanders Do. q per c. 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Fr firtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lou.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. %tn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear. . Midld.Bmdfd.' Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.S t Shef. Roth.and Gooleg.s p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 8 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst Loudon & N. West. IGt.Westn IDo 30 31 29,i —3ok 30 —81 mi 29 30xd 108 110 53 54 Do Do L.&N.w, Caledon Gt./crthn. Gt. Westn k. New. & Berw. Y. StN3eld Do 149 - 151. 32. - 33.3, 113 -- 115 56A -- 573 27 -- 28 13i -- 14 25 - 26. - D 0......... S. Eastern D 0......... Norfolk Do 19 - 20 24 f- 20 L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton Darlingt. Midland.. 3 - 34 IVA - 109 E. Count Do Do 64 - 66 L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do ailsiortilii Do -pm 51 - 153 L5O - 152 - - ...... Lancasl;& Yorkah. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt. D 0....... ... -••••• .•• i-- i d .. _ xd 31A —32 i 103 104 lat - i'ies - in . : l MINES, 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 3 P P 20 5 Australian - 6 1 all , Aus'aalian Cordillera par 1 p 1 1 all Australian Freohold. par p 1 1 all Ave Maria - par 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par pll 1 all British Austria. Gold B p 20. 13.5 British Iron 7 9 p 35 243 Btazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) 3 t -- 41 431 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 1 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —6O 1 Carson's Creek. par p 40 all Cobra Copper d 5 1 Colonial Gold 2 )1 3 p 43 4 ... 14 Copir po St. all CopperMinersof Eng 25 all Do. Preference 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 1 d 20 all General- 2 all Great Nugget Vein 3— 3 p 63 6 3 all Great Polgooth 1 —1 p 1 all Lake Bathurst d— a 1 all Liberty — p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz C.:ush. Co — d 1 all Mariquita I d p 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 4' —5 53 1 1 all New Granada — p 13 1 all Nouveau Monde 5 1 Port ; Philip 1 —l3 p 23 1 all Quartz Rock par— t p 50 all Rhymnoy Iron 2l —23 15 Do. New — 80, 101 Santiago de Cüba 1 - all South Australian par 10 7 Tin Croft ll —l2 283 all United Mexican 63 7xd 61 x d 1 all Waller 2l —23 p 1 all West Granada — , p 1 all West Mariposa g p 1 all Yuba P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B4 - - 85 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chid. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 13 3 LOO 25 Colonial. — LOO 20 Commercial of Lon don — 4 English Scottish and Australian ll —13 p 20 71 Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia 43 4gp 11/ 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. 8c Westminster 100 85 NationalProv.ofEng. 20 10 Do. New — 50 22 National of Ireland... 25 all Oriental Bank o Corporation — 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 48 10 all Do. New _ 17 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co ... 25 25 South Australia ... 25 all Union of Australia_ 72 73 24 Do. New 73 8 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agr;cult 235 245 243 53 20 6 Austrlasn.Pcific . Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 38A Brit. Americn. Land - 100 321 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, 12 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel • 10 2 Netherlands Land , 20 21 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam :• • 50 all Peninsular &Oriental 50 25 . Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam , 25 25 South Austral. Land 58 60 60 1 1 1 Submar. Telegraph , 5 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation 100 281 Van Diemen's Land l5 17 20 191 20 191 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 . .. 1 45s 2d 318 5d 118 s 5d 1 30s lld 1 34s 10d 3ls 9d per Impe ri al wRE ta . rt r e k r. Rur. I was. 1 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. f im.EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. I BEAM. I PEAL is Od is Od is Od 1 is Od Is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER. Wheat, 79,428; Barley, 81,347 ; O ats, 21,672; Rye, 176; Beans, 6,397 ; Peas, 2 ,561 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 41 45 ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 51 Os ; and s t raw, 115 s to 11 128 per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 4110 s ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 4115 s ; and straw, 116 s to 11 13s per load. Supply limited, and trad e fi rm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow h ay, 21 15s to 414 s ; clover ditto, 31 15s to 51; and s t raw, " 11 5s to 1112 s per load. A full average supply, and a s l uggish demand. MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEA.D ENHALL.—The general demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, as follows : Beef, 26 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 38 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, , FED. 16.—The beef trade ruled steady, at very full prices to-day ; otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Veal, 3s 4,1 "". t 0 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. z ROMFORD, FEB. 16.—The general demand at this mar ket to-day was firm, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 45 Od to 5s 2d ; Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 233 Bach. Od to 3s 10d per 81bs. Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 33 (TEM DA 7) LLOYD'S SHIPPING- LONDON, Feb. 17.—Wind at Noon, North, light breeze, and sharp frost. DEAL, Feb. 16.—Wind, N — P. -- -et stormy and squally. Arrived from the River and saile d — Phoenicean, for Syd ney ; Australia, do. ; Bolton do. ; Goo. Forwar d , Mel bourne • gong , Merzapore, Cal- Vincent 'Esther do. ; Neptunus, Monte Video ;Albion, St. Sailed—Eliza Thornton. PLYMOUTH, Feb. Arrived—Steph ano, Jas. rmstrong, Hong. . New Orleans; Emperesse, Santander for London, with damage, from con tact. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 16.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Har binger, Valparaiso. Sailed—Christian, Melbourne ; Wm. Helena • Athole, Caldera ; Emperor, Bahia ; C has. Cooper Carey, Calcutta ; Brothers, Africa ; Ra in Gray, New Orleans ; Harizon, do. ; Agnes, New York ; Star of the West, do. The Courier, for Bombay, has been righted, ghted, and found to have received only trifling damag e. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 16.—Wind, N.z . 0 Sailed--Gany made, Brazil. St. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 16.—Wind, N,W. Sailed—Har riet, Port Philip. Cape of Good Hope.F eb. 15.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Marsden, LOWESTOFFB, Feb. 16.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— Aeger, Lisbon for Elsinore, with damage, Th e A za h a , u l d ot iu b ,.E and the Era, London for Hartlepool, bave come in, the had put into Cuxhaven with damage to bows. former with stem stove, and the latter with bows stove, having been in contact. GRIMSBY, Feb. 16.—Wind, N. Arrived—Jupiter (s), Th teitan el d a , Ha E m L b s urg iNot ' E, Feb. 14.—The Si, Thomas, on shore off Hom bech, is considered to be a; wreck. inSstunderland floatedtc ~ h as off, and into port. Ha C ni u b x: r A g v h s , rr a , gr F ou eb nd . 104nrs HEALTH OF THE BISHOP OF L INCOLN.—We 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 Tinto. THE FRENCH E:!i ! VIRE. Both thet Senate anti the Legislative Body have resumed their sittings. At the sitting of the for mer Baron de Lacrosse, Secretary of the Senate, read in succession the decree of December 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 ri boisiere 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 Legislative Body M. Bil lault, the President, was in the chair. After the four j unior members had been called on to perform the duties of Secretaries, letters were read from Messrs. Ancel, Bucher de Chauvigne, Cabias, De mesmay, Doumet, Legorrec, Monnin-Japy, Ponge- rard, Justin Durand, Baron Viard, Langlais, de Mesonan Millet, de Nougarede, Sapey, Veron, I and the Duke d'Albufera, excusing themselves for I 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 l'Ecluse, 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 Siecle, 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 Btli, opens to the Minister of Justice a supplementary credit of 778,000 f., 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 sari, " 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 be done he will, he says, make known to them the number of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, whose time 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 maid 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 Constitutionne/ " Feb. 15, 1853. " Your journal 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'IIAUSBONVILLE, "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 tha morn ing 3 deg. 8-10ths below zero centigrade (251 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 vine. 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 public securities. 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. ; 85,1 e, 355 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 797 f. 50e. ; Paris and Lyons, 892 f. 50e. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 775 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 675 f. ; Western of France, 710 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 670 f. 50c. ; Dijon to Besangon, 525 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 782 f. 50c. Business this day. 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 Heraldo mentions a rumour of an intended augmentation of the Span- ish army. The Three per Cents. were done at 411 ; the New Three per Cents. at 221 ; the Debt of the first class at 10, and that of the second at 51. 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. c onsiderations were add uce d, ten di ng to show the im , ......_Ay The Parlamento of Turin, of the 13th, quotes a letter from Milan, of the 10th, asserting that a practicability of the system in its present form. schoolmaster, named Scannini, who on the 6th had In conclusion, it was shown that the other " caloric been ill in bed the whole day with the ague, went engine " did not rest on true principles, exclusively its out in the evening with an iron-shod stick which own—that its merits stood upon common ground with he used habitually, found the fit bein himself over enveloped in to order some those of the steam engine—and therefore, that even milk, when he suddenly should the performances of air be found superior to those a crowd of insurgents, who were soon in their turn of steam, it cou ld not b e ant i c i pate d t h at th e f ormer surrounded by troops, disarmed, and arrested. would immediately supersede the latter ; but, as far as This same Scannini, the letter says , public state men t s cou ld b e re li e d on , th e per f ormances of four who were led to execution on was among the the morning of the air engine on b oar d th e " caloric ship " Ericsson, the 10th. were very unfavourable to the pretensions of the promul gators of the plan. A correspondent of the Patric of Turin writes The n discus • commenced by an exposition of the from Florence, 10th inst., that some disturbances severa l systems slo alop as ted by Sir G. Cayley, Stirling, Park have occurred at Orivieto, in the Roman States. i nson , and Crosley, and Ericsson, illustrati n g them by One person was stabbed, stones were thrown at the diagrams, whence it appeared that the most preferable windows of a church, and threats uttered against mode of heating the air was that of Sir G. Cayley, by the authorities and several inhabitants known for directly traversing the incandescent fuel, that the great their conservative opinions. improvement recently introduced by picsson was the A grand ball was given at the French Embassy wire gauze regenerator, which, horever, formed an in- at Rome on the 7th. There were upwards of 1,400 persons present. The King of Bavaria honoured the festival with his presence, under the incognito of Count de Werdenfels. Letters from MilanOf the 11th announce that on the previous evening four• other executions had t a k en place. _ The Boman Journal of the Bth states that the ex-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 Stradella 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 Governmeit. 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 Bing of Bavaria has sent from Rome a decree granting an amnesty for prisoneis 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 she regards as two hotbeds of revolt. MONTENEGRO. The latest accounts from Montenegro represent matters-in statu 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 Danilo has declared himself ready to accept the Turkish ultimatum, and that hostilities have 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 Gover nor o f 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 that 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. Stirling 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 " caloric 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 wa s no t l ess 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 caloric of the escaping air, which, as compared with steam, was in very large proportion to the efficient calo -1 ric ; and to afford another opportunity of its being con verted into force, thus compensating for the loss of expansive pressure. An explanation, founded on these considerations, was given of the continued action of the engine for some time after the fire was withdrawn—a fact which had been advanced in support of what was styled the untenable hypothesis of a " regenerator of force." Although the mechanical effect of heat might be proved to be independent of the chemical condition, if not also of the physical constitution of bodies, it was admitted 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 tegral part of Stirling's original design. 'nit plwticai difficulties of the immense dimensions of the heating sels and cylinders, and the:Kapid destructi on o f thelni 1.5 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 won't be wrong to discourage the at tempt to use heated aft, and to overcome the inherent difficulties of the syst&n. Allusion was ma€l , 6 to the appendix, to a tract, pub lished by Mr. A. G 4 on, wherein it was shown, that the volume of the gases into which one cubic foot of ari thracite coal was decomposed, under 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 in its passage to the furnace, so that the exterior shell, which alone sustained the bursting pressure, was always cool. 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 absence of a funnel, saving three-fou r th s of thefuel, sairety from explosion, with economy of first cost, space, and labour. 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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 mankcznd 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 or i the pro spects of British Statesmanship. How ever, we presume, few will subscribe to the author 'a 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 imost 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 au/weeded 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 i s i n thi s marvellous age t o 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 t o 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 retiro 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 Jaineans," 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 emol umen t, littl e f ame , an d f e w 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 exactionEi 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 society, 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, nothing but emolument in a miscellaneous kind of overworked and unre• munerated drudges. What wonder then that the quiet, the unambitious, the self-respecting—those who, unda.z• 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 .thieved. What wonder that one eminent alike in literature and in Parliament should write thus of the latter life : 'There 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 summon, 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 C. 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 befofe 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 and • 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 g ra tifi e d at meet i ng w i t h it. There are engravin gs presented to us of the princiPaa towns, &c., w or th y o f attention. Who'a, Who, for 1853. Baily, Brothers, Cornhill. That general and pertinent question " Who ill 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 inquirt ed have reference to any individual who is remov 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 co.mpanies, and a large amount of other valuable matter too varied to be mentioned. The neat form in which it iii printed and bound, renders it peculiarly adapted asabookof reference for the p ocket, 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 like ours. Suffice it to say, it contains every species of information which can be required by the class to Shaw--aren oamplehesitation voucher for itsn. an w h o m it is directed ; and the names of the editor* —Mr. t.Trusohtnswoontrustworthiness.a in nd et r. . reco mmending it as a complete and useful annual for the agricultural interest. LOCAL BOARDS OF llRALTH.—Yesterday a bill WU printed to establish local boards of health at the follow* ing places : — Wakefield, Eland, Wallasey, Dudley, Barnsley, Dorchester, Brighton, and Welshpool. Phe elections at th ose p l aces are to take place on the 28thlig April next. -,, 100 81 181 100 100 all all all Bi l all 100 all 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 11/, 100.1 all all all 100 42i 34 all all 100 100 - 100 47i 17 all 100 100 all 3 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 Igisl 100 20 11i 100 all all 8, 100 100 1061 10 20 20 33 10 20 10 20 :IGN. 13a 36i 6 lli f 3A 109 8 6/ i 18i 8 x in x in x in x in