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The difference, however, between the two cases was—the right hon. baronet, when he made the allusion, did so in such a way that it might be taken as referring to a speech made in Exeter Hall, whereas the right hon. gentleman the First Commissioner of Works referred to a speech which he said had been spoken in the other House of Parliament. (Hear.) He was asked how he could consider that in the act of 1791 the clergy of the Church of England were ex - elusively the clergy described in that act. Now the lan guage used was not that of Protestantism generally, but specifically the Church of England. If any person would look to the 31st George 111., c. 31, sec. 38, he would see it was plain and obvious that no other religious body but the Church of England was intended. (Hear.) His proposition was, that in the years 1763, 1774, and 1791, in the statutes passed referring to the subject of religion, the term Pro testant clergy meant nothing more nor less than the clergy of the Church of England—the language generally used, parsonage or rectory according to the Establishment of the Church of England." He asked, then, whether he was not right in insisting that the meaning to be given to the words "Protestant clergy" was obviously the specific Pro. testantism of the Church of England ? (Hear.) The house then divided. The numbers were — For the second reading ... 275 Against it ... . ••• 192 Majority —B3 The bill was then read a second time. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. This bill was read a third time. OFFICE OF EXAMINERS (COURT OF CHANCERY) BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. MALINS said he wished to take' the opportunity of offering a few observations with respect to a statement which had been made by him on a former occasion. He found that the right hon. gentleman the Judge Advocate having retained his office of Examiner of the Court of Chancery until the 18th of last February, had prayed the Lord Chancellor to allow him the the sum of 7501. per annum as a retiring pension. Then came the order of the Lord Chancellor granting this sum, and afterwards another order granting two different sums to the right hon. gentleman. One, a sum of 401., being the proportionate part of his yearly salary of 3001. as one of the examiners of the Court of Chancery, and also a sum of 371. 7s. 2d., being a pro portional part of his yearly salary as one of the examiners of the said court. Such were the facts, and he trusted the house would give him credit for the accuracy of what he had on a former occasion asserted. If he had inadvertently made any erroneous statement he should be glad to cerrect it. The substance of the observations which he had made on a previous night was, that though he recognised the principle upon which a gentleman retiring from office in consequence of age might receive a pension, he was at a loss to apprehend upon what principle a gentleman vacat ing office and accepting a superior appointment should retain both offices until he had settled the question of a retiring salary. Mr. "VILLIERS said that he had understood the honour able gentleman'to have said on a former night that he (Mr. Villiers) had retained office for the purpose of ascertaining the stability of the Government. He could not tell exactly the date when his surrender of office was made, but he con sidered that motives had been ascribed to him by the honourable gentleman which were unjust, and the existence of which he indignantly denied. Mr. MALINS said he never meant to cast the slightest imputation upon the motives of the right honourable gen tleman. food—taking from the scanty coffers of the very poorest of the poor, to add to the overflowing coffers of the rich. He was at the same time its reproach—for in the hour of triumph his invalu able services were disregarded, or, at least, re warded only with empty praise, and loud, but un meaning, professions of thanks and gratitude, un accompanied by any substantial testimonial of public feeling. The Right Hon. Gentleman might in 1846 have properly adopted as his motto— "Unus seminat, alter metat." The good seed which he was the first to sprinkle, had gradually ripened in the Legislative soil. Undeterred by former failures, and strong in the justice of the sacred cause of which he was then the chosen champion, he, year after year, brought forward the motion which became associated with his name, until that which at first only excited a sneer of derision, and which the pompous plati tudes of some aspiring underling were deemed sufficient to rebut, became sufficient to draw fortis all the talent of the then Administration, and to call into action all the energies of the whippers-in for the time being. At length he triumphed fully and completely triumphed. The principles which he had advo cated, under very different circumstances, became in the ascendant. That, which once merely raised a "red-tapist" sneer, ruptured the bonds that had previously cemented the union of the most power ful party that had ever supported a Ministry. It created a split in the Conservative ranks that had brought the Russell Cabinet into place and power, and led to the dissolution of the League, and the division of the funds between those who had most Ably advanced its objects, and the collection of new subscriptions for adequate testimonials. But in all the distributions of the loaves and fishes—in all the ovations bestowed on the triumphant champions—CHAßLEs VILLIERS, the most meritorious of all, was forgotten. • He was not a RUSSELL, a GREY, or an ELmorr—no place could, therefore, be found for him amongst the family -party. Although a Member of the old aristocracy—a descendant of one whose issue had achieved the Royal dignity—he was disqualified on the score of blood (!) for a place in the Cabi net, and it would scarcely have been worth his wgile to have accepted any inferior position. While, on the other hand, there was an equally objectionable disregard of his claims —possibly on account of the aristocratic blood and connexions to which his more fortunate competitors could lay no claim. And so the assets were divided, and the subscription-lists filled, without any re ference being made to the inestimable services of the man who had been par excellence the champion of Free Trade ! ! ! During all this time, Mr. ViurEns had held a situation in the Court of Chancery, conferred on him in 1833, before his voice had been uplifted in favour of unrestricted competition —aye, be fore any agitation on the point had arisen. This might possibly have proved the very inadequate excuse for the scandalous ingratitude exhibited towards him. He held an office for life—of which he could not be deprived except in case of misconduct a contingency by no means likely to occur. Last year—in one of the measures of legal reform introduced by Lord ST. LsorrAnns--the office, that of Examiner, was placed on a totally different foundation from that on which it had previously stood. Its duties were materially altered, and an option was given to each of the occupants either to resume the office with a higher salary, or to retire on an "allowance-pension" (is not a proper term)equal to three-fourths of the previous salary. This option Mr. VILLIER S availed himself of in a different way from his colleague. He decided on retiring —the other on accepting the increased salary. This determination was unequivocally announced, although not carried into practical execu tion before the resignation of the late Minis try. The situation (Judge-Advocate General) now held by the Right Hon. Gentleman could not, therefore, in any degree have influenced the result. When, however, he found that he held another and more valuable appointment, he freely, voluntarily, and of his own motion, lodged a docu ment in the hands of the Solicitor of the fund on which his claim was charged, precluding him from receiving it so long as he received a higher salary from any other office. And, yet, this was th e subject on which it was considered expedient, and decent, to create a discussion as to the propriety of the case—in which an attempt was made to raise the cry of " a job," and to cast odium on Mr. IluarE and other Liberal Members, who only refused to be parties to depriving, by an unanticipated clause, a respected Member of the House, of that to which he was entitled under a previous statute as fully as any other Hon. Gentleman was to his hereditary estates. The insidious attempt totally failed. It was, perhaps, never intended to be successful, so far as to de prive the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman of his just rights, but it fled equally wide of the mark so far as it aimed at any impeachment of his fair fame, and high and unblemished re putation. After some observations from Mr. MULLINGS, the bill Was read a third time. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS BILL. This bill was considered in- committee, and Ordered to be printed and recommitted. The Oath in Chancery Bill passed through committee. The Slave Trade (New Grenada) Bill, the Slave Trade (Sohar, in Arabia) Bill, the Commons Inclosure (No. 2) Bill, the Mutiny Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill, were respectively read a third time. The house then adjourned at one o'clock. NOTICE.-MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES. This is to give Notice, that Mr. James Dui y, of No. 7, Wel lington-quay, Dab in, having illegally printed and published an edi tion of Moones Jam SfELoniEs, and having surrendered all the unsold copie.+ to Messrs. Longman and Co., they have withdrawn legal proceedings against him on his payment of co , ts.—All Book sellers are cautioned against selling any edition of Mooan's MELO biEs, excepting those published by Messrs. Longman and Co., who are the sole proprietors of the copyright. 39, Paternoster-row, London, March 1, 1853. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—F or the BENEFIT of Mr. E. T. SMITH, Le,see and Manager, on MONDAY, March 7.—Mr. Smith respectfully solicits the patronage of the nobili•y, gentry, and public generally, on this occasion, his first benefit is the national establishment, trusting that his efforts to Sustain the credit of the profession and the drama. may not prove useless. The entertainments offered for his benefit have been most carefully selected, and all are truly inoral. An entire new Drama, T HE SCHOOL FOR KlNGS—Messrs. Davenport, Lee, Moorhouse. Charles Selby, Yailluid, and G. W"d; Misses Vining, Saxon, Flo. renee, Fleet, and Mrs. Griftiths.—The wonderful brothers, Seigrists. Ballet Divertissement.- The most astonishing pef formance ever attempted in the world, by Mr. Sands, the Air Walker—Antipodean feat —head reversed on a solid marble ceiling—who has kindly prof feted his services for this evening. To conclude with a Ballet Spec tacle, with brilliant effects, dances, and music, THE TURKIsH LO VERS—Messrs. G. Wild, Moorhouse, Charles Selby, Lee; Mrs. Lewi s , Mis ses V ernon, S axon, F lorence, an d Fiest.—Mr. E. Stir ling, Stage Manager.—Boxes, 3i., pit, 2s. ; gallery, is. ; upper gal lery, cd. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. l' arPrell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, MARCH 5, ,W, ill he performed the new and original Comedy, in live acts, 4 'led NOT 80 BAD AS WB SEEM; or, Many Sides to a Chara e • 2 te r. Supported by Messrs. B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, Keeley, 11 ekstone Leigh Murray. Stuart, Bowe, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mi ss 'Yining,'Mrs. Leigh Murray. . L , ;kfter which, the Farce, called TO PARIS AND BACK FOR t o POUNDS. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and 'SETTLED. It is not to be forgotten that a Bishop, and a Bishop of OXFORD, too, spoke out manfully the most liberal views of Colonial Church policy. SAMUEL WILBERFORCE once beftire taught their Lordships some unwelcome truths on the Corn Laws. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Undor the Management of Madame Vestrie. Will be perf o rm e d T HUS EVENING, MARCH 5, —. A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by m e „,.. Mathews, F. Matth ews , and lioincasiie ; Miss F. Baker and Mi. C Miss . Mitchell. After which, the popular new Fairy FxtraYnganza entitled Tin , GOOD WOMAN IN T llhi WOOD, in which Messrs. F Matthews' Suter, Horn castle, and T empleton ; Madame Vestris , Mi . sa Julia st'. George, M iss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss iVynd ham, Miss Eglinlon, and miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. .Allcroft, 15, New Elnd.street. It is difficult to conceive how a system like that so clearly and graphically described on Tuesday evening by the lion. and Learned Gentlemen the Member for Plymouth should have been suffered so long to continue in force without some decided efforts being made for its amelioration. This omission is the more extraordinary when we con sider the universality of the feeling in fa vour of legal reform, and the magnitude of the abuses that had sprung up and were flourishing in rank luxuriance in these hotbeds of corruption. While the Courts of Equity and Common Law were being cleansed of many of their impurities ; while the County Court system was growing into its present importance ; while every grievance appertaining to Westminster-hall or Lincoln's-inn was unsparingly exposed, and boldly grappled with ; there were no less than three hundred and seventy-two tribunals, sprinkled throughout the length of the land, that elicited the loudest complaints from all who had the misfortune to come within their operation. There was not one of the number that did not cover some gross abuse which might be made an instrument of grievous oppression. Every petty ecclesiastic, dean, archdeacon, &c. &c., should have his own court, with its well-paid officials. Well might they be termed " detestable peculiar jurisdictions," for "detestable" they were, and "de testable" they will continue, so long as they are per mitted to retain any portion of vitality. Those who were largely, exorbitantly paid totally disregarded the duties confided to their charge, while the real workers were so far underpaid that the business was absolutely neglected. Nothing less than a sweeping and radical measure can now be ac cepted. The whole edifice must be pulled down, that a new and suitable building may be erected on its ruins. The people now demand that "Jus tice" should be administered as one grand and comprehensive whole—that the suitor should no THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celestl. THIS EVENING, Masai 5, This Evening, by desire, the historical Drama of JACK SHEP PARD, by Mrs. Keeley, Miss F. Maskell, Miss Keeley, and Messrs. Paul Bedford. Emery, 0. Smith, Parselle, &c. ...After which, at second price, the Drama of SLATE LIFE ; or, uncle Tom's Cabin. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, MANCH 5, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by J:bugles Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortune (as raYed at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac ers b y Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, Ryder, F. C ooke, Everett, and Chester; Mrs. W. Lacy and Miss Murray. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ- Ps Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR Reat ; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the `"Ring Tree. We much regret the position which the Earl of DERBY has taken on the Canada Clergy Reserves. It is not a question on which he ought to embar rass the present Government. When he declined acceding to the request of the Colonists no fac tious opposition was made to his course, and it would have been altogether in better keeping had he left this battle to Sir HARRY INGLIS and the Bishop of EXETER, and allowed the matter to proceed, so far as the head of the late Ministry was concerned, sub silentio. The temptation appears, however, to have been too great to use the petitions which were to have been entrusted to the Lord Privy Seal, to represent this promis ing and gifted young statesman as an apostate. The result, we fear, must be in almost every mind, that Lord DERBY appears too much of the partisan, and that the Duke of ARGYLL'S frank ness and statesmanlike language have more than sustained his former reputation. The pith of Lord DERBY'S argument—that by which he sought to produce an impression —was, that the Clergy Reserves had all the rights of property ; literally the beginning, middle, and end of his appeal was on behalf of " the rights of property." All the legal quibbles of his speech were obviously of little importance to its main drift ; and we were rather surprised that he was not more fully and distinctly met on this ever recurring phrase. It is clear indeed that the Act of 1791, as we have shown from the first, dis tinctly left the reserved property open to be dealt with by the Canadian Legislature as it thought good. It is notorious, also, that after the re served land became valuable, it became increasingly the subject of dispute and irritation until it had a large share in causing the unfortunate rebellion ; it cannot, therefore, be pretended that till 1840 it had any other character than that of property, which the Government might at any time apply to other uses. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. hiIITHIS EVENING, MARCH 5, be presented the jun. FOR SCANDAL. Supported by Farren W. Farren, , Compton, Hoskins, Cooke, and tai alders ; Mesdames Davenport, A. Phillips, J. Adams, and B. tiett. ~s nAttter which, the TYROLESE SINGERS, will give their National ' '. _ertainment in the Costume of their country. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. to- Or ~,'"Alce open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence Chatterton. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. SST WEEK and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. WEEK BUT ONE of Mr. BATTY'S MA VA.GEMENT, Brilliant Routine of Equestrian Achievements. THIS EVENING, Mitten 5, kil'h4ze Entertainments will coMmence with the superb 4pectaele of Ori ft i.,_,.PPA AND THE WILD HORSE, reproduced with all its um magnificent effects be followed by au incomparable display of Equestrian and "'lunatic wonders in the Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a popular Farce. bo o ,. 4ex open at Halt-past Six .eclock. To conumnce at Seven. ilrhuce open daily front Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. est. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ta it , T0..}4 0 "A 7 --Morning 51 min. after 9 Evenin min.aft. It/ tow—Morning 24 min. after 11 I Evenin g 38 10 0 min.aft. 0 be bandied from court to court, and subjected to ruinous costs in each, without being enabled to obtain complete relief in any. The first step towards the attainment of this desideratum is the total abolition of the Ecclesiastical Courts ; and no exertions that can be made can do more than THE WEATHER.—SIN Orrica, MARCH 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. g—highest sincmorn ing e noon yes and during the night. 4 t--thi a day at noon. delay for a very brief period their impending doom, s BAROUBTXR, 29-89. egali • lastigh breeze, and continuedy weather. It rain evening, and has mild. We reserve our notice of the debate in the Commons last night for another opportunity. The Bill was read a second time by a large majority. , 4t ~pat ? • Aut DRURT-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. Smith, the spirited lessee and manager of Old Drury, takes his benefit on Monday, when it is to be hoped the patrons and lovers of the English drama will rally round him in great force. Perhaps no man has done so much to revive the fallen fortunes of this national establishment as Mr. Smith, and it is only right that his exertions in that direction should be encouraged, if they cannot be amply rewarded. He has provided a most attractive bill of fare for the occasion .of his benefit, and we sincerely be lieve that this, his first personal appeal to the public in his own behalf, will meet with the hearty response of an overflowing house. THE AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP. — The inspection of the Australian was made by Captain Curtis, R.N., on Thursday. The defects in the fastenings of the engines discovered then have been made good, and an official trial yesterday is stated to have been so far satisfactory that, after a final examination to-day by Captain Lowe, R.N., it was expected she would obtain a certificate enabling her to proceed on her voyage. MINT. —According to a return (printed yesterday) in five years ending 1852 the amount of gold, silver, and copper coinage made at the Mint was 19,838,3771. ls. spirl preceding ce 2 er d. diln ogl, year Last n year e a6sr. was t 7 h d4 e : 3; i4nalcn,rBdesa the9s e in L 8s .g increase o d l . ; coinage n c age on copper the earrtw a was 2131. ' l6B. In 1853 the sovereigns and half-sovereigns made amounted to 8,742,2701. 15s. lid. , and in 1851 to 4,400,4111. 4 8 . 9d . T here were 1,014,552 florins made last year. LO NDON SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1853. la st Office of Examiner (Court of Chancery) Bill the ni ght received its third reading, bailtopresentative branch of the Legislature. It and e passed p a - „ gu : t scarcely have been worth while to direct . ~ `l4cular attention to the present measure, which R'ioelsoly rectified an omission in an act of last • sresa v:ell, 'IAA that it was made the opportunity fo ha? uncalled-for attack on a gentleman who . 1510,1°11g occupied a distinguished position in vie.a_"o es timatio n one whose eminent --althoughser th-e' they have been fully recognised, 4,lPc'st honour, and, let us add, of difficulty tc, jesPonsibility, having been frequently assigned kui:111--have never been adequately or at all re -44, erated. CIIA.RLES VILLIIRS is, in truth, at part.4°lnent an honour and a reproach to his liiiti„jr"--an honour, for the indefatigable zeal, the 44 4 .11.„g industry, the extraordinary talent of f a ullitY With which he fought the battle feuhil'ee trade at a time when it was not slier:l4lo to be a Free-trader for the 4 asiZ With which he insisted on the ne espec4 Of " un restr i cted competition, " more the 1 , - : L Y . ill m atters of prima r y necessity, and llouile,,it:),°lll. and eloquence with which he de wog ,: tile iniquity and atrocity of a bread ' , tax 'Pc'sts that incr eased the price of human • t was the Act of 1840 alone which professed to divide it by a kind o f compromise between the Episcopal Church and o th er d enom i nat i ons, manner which many s t a t esmen on t hi s side of the in water hoped would not be disturbed. The plain matter of fact, then, is, that all title to the name of property is derived from that Act, and not from anything approaching to immemorial pre scription ; indeed, Lord DERBY himself appears to have little more to allege for the finality of the Act of 1840 than the hopes of over-sanguin e statesmen—a poor title for property. Yet it was only by combining a title disputed till 1840, and, we may truly say, disputed ever since, that L or d DERBY could make out a title at all. His Lord ship, however, seemed to lay the chief stress on the circumstance of the reserves having been set apart by the CROWN, while the land belonged to no one but the CROWN, and that, conse quently, the claims of all future comers were anticipated. Every squatter and emi grant found the land consecrated by the pro prietor, who claimed the whole country. Now, passing by the acknowledged fact that the Act of 1791 interpreted the Royal Proclamation of 1775 as permitting the Colonial Legislature to modify the property granted by the Proclamation, we take much higher ground. We maintain that RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS.—Yesterday the select committee on standing orders took into con sideration the following cases, and declared that the standing orders might be dispensed with :—lsle of Wight Railway ; Staines, Wokingham, and Woking Junction Railway ; Dean Forest, Monmouth, Usk, and Ponty pool Railway; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway. In the case of the Great Western and City Junction Railway the standing orders were declared not dispensed with, and the bill is consequently lost. Also in the case of Poole Harbour and Port the standing orders were declared not dispensed with. neither the CR,owiv nor Parliament can give jway any national property in perpetuity, and least of all to any body of persons, or corporation, having but a life interest in the property—a life interest possessed solely on the ground of national service. It is surely undeniable in this country, that one Parliament is competent to repeal any act which a former Parliament has made. Ho nesty, of course, leads us to respect the pe cuniary int e r es t s which have grown up under the repealed Acts, but further obligations there are none. In the case of the Clergy Re serves, the CROWN, the representatives of the people, and the Parliament afterwards, appropri ated one-seventh of the unappropriated lands to the maintenance of the Protestant Church which, it was presumed, would arise in. Canada. Na tional property was set aside for a presumed national want. The property, however, was given to no individual, for inhabitants there were none; it merely provided payment of a certain kind for officials whom, it was supposed, the future inhabi tants would need, and would be glad to pay by this m cans. There was no parting with the pro perty by the Government to any one whatever— there was no reception of it by any one who could be aggrieved by its resumption. And now, in this present year, 1853, the only property held in the Reserves is that of the life inte r rests of those whO receive grants from them. That undoubtedly is theirs. No one denies it. The Canadians are forward to avow their respect for it. Beyond that there is nothing which an individual can buy, or sell, or devise by will, or in any way treat as property. It can be only thoughtlessly termed the property of the Protestant Church. The fact is, that, though the lion's share goes to the Episcopal Church, all other sects, Catholics not excepted, participate in the money. But the truth is, that no one but the electors, who are supposed to desire " secularization," will suffer by it any loss of property. The clergy, in any case, are to have their grants for life. It is just the electors themselves who will have to pay their own clergy, who would be losers by the " secularization " of the property. The 71/. per annum now paid, for instance, to each of the Bishop of LoignoN's proteges would have to be raised by the congregations themselves. We had marked some singular self-refutations and inconsequentialities in his Lordship's speech, which give the whole too much the air of special plead ing, but we prefer to grapple with that which he thought his strength. The members of the Government spoke most creditably to themselves. Both the Duke of NEWCASTLE and the Duke of ARGYLL gave utter ance, and in too hearty a tone to permit of the least suspicion, to the soundest views of colonial policy. Both of them asserted in the strongest terms the right of the colonies to arrange every thing relating to their own internal affairs them selves, and maintained that the CROWN ought to retain its veto for Imperial purposes exclusively. We could not better express our own views than in the admirable concluding words of the Duke of ARGYLL'S speech : "He had no hesitation in declaring his opinion, as a member of the Church of Scotland, that the interests of that church in Canada, whatever they were, must be represented only by their own local members, and that he did not consider it to be his duty as a public man, merely because he happened to be a member of that church, to act on his own opinion of its interests in con nexion with the internal affairs of Canada ; on the con trary, he held it to be his clearest duty to agree to the measure proposed by her Majesty's Government, being convinced, as he was, that not only with respect to Canada, but with respect to all our colonies, the prin ciple on which we must in future proceed was simply this—that in all matters of purely internal concern-- nay, more, in all questions which gave rise to religious feelings and religious animosities in the colonies—the colonial Legislatures must be left to deal with them as they thought fit; and that the power of the Crown to re view the colonial acts should not be (as suggested by the noble earl) recklessly thrown away on our colonial empire, but maintained solely with the view of enabling the Crown to judge whether the acts were matter of local or imperial concern." VIAL NEWS. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1853. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. .terom the Leeds Mercury of this day.) GERMAN WOOL REPORT. —Our correspondent at Ber lin writes under date Feb. 28 :—The long-expected win ter has at last arrived, with great severity, and a pros pect of long duration. The enormous quantities of snow which have fallen have in some measure disturbed the regular communication of the railroads, and produced a general slackness in the trade. The freezing of the Elbe has also stopped the traffic between this country and England, and only a return of i inild weather can release us from these difficulties. The time has now rri ved when there is little to rep or t a b out the wool trade here. We stated in our last letter that the iitock of the raw material is very light, and as there cannot be any fresh supplies expected from the provinces, transactions in wool must become more and more limited the nearer we approach the new clip. The large manufactufers have long since provided themselves with what they require, and for speculation this is not the time, nor are prices inviting. We therefore now only see our small inland manufacturers in the market buying. The Frankf or t fair has just been held, without having had any great influence on the trade. Low cloth wools, and such qualities as suit the American market, have been in good deidand, but all other qualities are neglected. Since railways were opened through the wh o l e coun t ry, the fairs h ave l os t their character and importance. The large buyers now go to the manufacturing places, and there give their orders, or buy the stock on hand—a course which is for both parties more convenient, and often saves expense. Very little wool was offered for sale in the Frankfort fair, and what was offered was sold at high prices. The proceedings of the Zollverein, which are now, to our satisfaction, settled, will no doubt have a favourable influence upon the future. THE LONDON WOOL SALES.—The imports of wool into London during the week were 1,271 bales, of which 469 were from the Cape of Good Hope, 525 from Sydney, 150 from Port Philip, and the rest from Belgium, France, &c. The first series of sales in this year, comprising the remainder of last year's clip of colonial wool, commenced on the 10th ult., and concluded this week. The various catalogues contained-11,208 bales Australian, 12,588 Port Philip, 1,899 Portland Bay, 1,265 South Austra lian, &c., 1,598 Van Diemen's Land, 5,788 Cape of Hope, 2,465 East Indian ; total colonial, 36,811 bales. 1,070 bales German, 515 Germanised Odessa, 210 Merino, 435 Egyptian, 479 Buenos Ayres, 1,781 sun dries; total foreign, 4,490 bales. Total, 41,301 bales. The attendance of buyers was good, from the commencement a lively demand existed, and an advance of ld. to 14d. was freely given on the bulk of the fresh importations ; and considering the activity which has prevailed in our manufacturing districts, the generally reduced stocks, and the probable much later receipt this year of the colonial clip of 1852, this result is more favourable to the manufacturing interest than was expected. For foreign account, considerably less than usual has been purchased. The assortment and the quality of the wool was unusually good for this season of the year, and the Port Philip, Sydney, and Van Diemen's Land com prised some of the very best descriptions. Although . there was a goo d d emand for all qualities, the c om bi ng wools bore a proportionately greater advance, and on reference to the prices of May, 1852 (the highest period of last year), it will be found confirmed, that the finer combing wools have advanced more in pro portion than the finest clothing Port Philip flocks. In the foreign wool market there has been a good de mand for foreign and colonial wools during the past week. Although the sales just closed have established an advance of ld. to 14d. at the beginning, and of fully 14d. per lb. at the close, upon the current rates in No vember, yet it will only be felt in a slight degree by the manufacturers, who are now laying in fresh supplies since the advance had been already anticipated to a great extent. Great confidence is felt by all parties interested in the trade, that present prices will be well maintained for some time to come. In the English Wool market there has been more disposition to purchase combing wools this week, and prices are very firm. In clothing wools there is no change. In the Liverpool wool mar ket wool is in fair demand, at full prices. Imports the past week-17 Egyptian, 175 Constantinople, 3 Leghorn. The result of the business done at the Bristol wool fair has shown a decided firmness as to prices, on the part of the holders of wool. Clothing wools of all kinds were eagerly brought up. In the woollen trade of Leeds, we have no change to report ; there has been about the usual business done in the Cloth-halls this week, which, with the deliveries that are now regularly made at the warehouses, makes a full average trade in balk cloths. We think the present win terly weather has the effect of retarding, to some extent, the home trade ; hence, there has been a quiet week in those warehouses that are chiefly engaged in that branch of the business. There still continues a brisk trade doing by the shipping houses. WORSTED.- 1 -BRADFORD MARKET March 3.—Th ere can now be little doubt th a t wool Will maintain a high price for some time to come, and as all other articles used in the stuff manufacture are dear, people may now calculate with tolerable certainty what their goods will cost. There is a large demand for goods, but not at satisfactory prices. Some minor descriptions of pieces pay pretty well, but the principal kinds are unremu nerative ; the sanguine take refuge in hope, and the more desponding in a partial cessation of production, Along with all this we hear of machinery in the countr standing for want of hands. The following appears in the Moniteur of yester day :—The Moniteur would not suffice to contradict all the false reports which circulate, principally in the foreign press. Thus, the journals announce that Austria had refused the mediation of Franco and England in her difference with Turkey ; that France had joined the other Powers to make repre sentations to the British Government relative to the poltical refugees ; that she negotiated at St. Petersburg a treaty relative to the Holy Places ; that the Emperor of the French had himself sent a dispatch from the telegraph office to Vienna on the occasion of the attack on the life of the Emperor of Austria ; and, lastly, that the Emperor had written a confidential letter to the Federal Govern ment relative to the claims addressed by Austria to Switzerland. The truth is, that in the differ ences between Austria and Turkey the media tion of France was not offered, and, consequently, could not be refused. As regards the refugees, France reckons on the loyalty of the English Go vernment ; she does not doubt that it will fulfil with respect to her all the duties of ( - rood neighbour hood; but she does not join in y '. collective step if any should have been made. Relative to the Holy Places amicable explanation s may have been exchanged at St. P e t e r s b ur g ; but the negotiations on that po i nt will b e cont i nued at Constantinople." The art icle closes bysay - ing that the communications respecting the attack on the Emperor of Austria's life went through the ordinary channels, and that, as respects Switzerland, the counsels of the French Government were not presented in theform supposed. The Moniteur publishes a list of six generals of brigade who have been restored to the reserve after having been placed onthe retired list. Among the names are Count d'Argout and the Duke de Coigny. A commission has been formed for the purpose of " introducing improvements in the organisation of the councils of the prefectures." The ball given at the Tuileries on Tuesday even ing was exceedingly brilliant. It was the first ball at which the Empress had appeared since her mar riage, and the opportunity was seized upon to pre sent a great number of foreigners, among whom were a good many of our countrymen, to her Ma jesty. The Emperor and the Empress several times went through the rooms, in the midst of the guests. Their Majesties withdrew to their private apart ments about one o'clock, but dancing continued for some hours longer. The Emperor having learned on Thursday that his uncle Prince Jerome Napoleon was suffering from illness, and could not be present at the Tui leries, paid him, accompanied by the Empress, a visit at the Invalides, about half-past four in the afternoon. The Emperor and the Empress were in a carriage and four with postilions, and in another carriage were the Marchioness de Las Marismas, Lady of Honour to the Empress ; Colonel Baron de Beville, aide-de-camp, and M. Wallis, chamber-. lain. The post at the hotel having offered milltary honours to the Emperor and the Empress, their Majesties ascended to Prince Jerome's apart ment, and were introduced by the aide-de-camp on service, who had come to receive them at the foot of the staircase. The Emperor remained half an hour with his uncle, and then returned to tho Tuileries. An Imperial decree raises Ly-Ahmed-ben-Mo hammed-el-Mokrani, Khalifs, of the Medjana, in Algeria, to the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honour. We read in the Constitutionnel : " It appears that the failure of their attempts at dis turbance does not discourage the revolutionists in Lon don. Scarcely a week passes without letters from Eng land arriving in Paris, and in our departments, contain ing more or less incendiary manifestoes against our in stitutions, and against the chief whom France has chosen. On Sunday last, during a short visit which the prefect of the Loire-et-Cher made to Vendome, a letter of this kind was given to him, which had that morning been received by a very respectable inhabitant of the town. Two similar letters, which had arrived at Blois are also in th e h an d s o f the authorities:" , The Minister of Justice having decided that the lithographic correspondence for the journals of the departments and foreign countries should be assi milated to daily journals, by being required to de posit caution money of 50,000 f., the proprietors of such correspondence have had to make the deposit or cease to appear from the Ist. The Stock Market remained at nearly the same prices as Thursday. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 106 f. 85c., being 10c. higher, and the Three per Cents, at 80f. 85c., or sc. lower. Bank of France Shares are unchanged ; those of the Mortgage Bank are 10f. higher, and those of the Societe Mobiliere are 7f. 50c., higher. Spanish continues to improve, the Home Debt being g higher. Piedm on t ese Fi ves are 60c. higher. Rail way Shares are nearly as they were. The Coupon of 14f. 75c. was taken off the Western shares, being in anticipation of the regular time, which is in April. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of tkis day.) The still increasing price of metals has brought many new buyers of mining - share. into the market, and a very large amount of business in almost every description of stock has been transacted this week, and generally at advanced prices. Formerly, purchasers of mines looked for 15 to 20 per cent. interest for their capital invested ; but if the present demand continues, shares will not be bought to pay more than 10 per cent. on the average. When railways first became the fpshion, 10 per cent. was considered the interest they would pay, but the pub lic now are content to receive 4 per cent. ; and we see no reason why a fair and sound mining investment should not be as good at 10 per cent., with metals at their present standard, and every appearance of a fin ,her rise. Since our last, tin and lead have advanced 51. per ton ; and for lead, there are orders for several thousand tons for America, but which cannot be supplied. We hear of one speculator who shipped a cargo for New York, and cleared 4,000/. by his venture, such was the eagerness of buyers. In regard to the question of an increased supply, and, consequently a fall in price, the only mines to be feared at all are those of Spain, but it would take at least 12 months or more to bring them into play, and then the land carriage and freight would make them harmless rivals. With all the new lead mines started in Cornwall, Devon, and Wales, we apprehend that their returns do not much more than make up for the decreased supply from East Wheal Rose, which formerly sold more lead in one week than it does now in a month. Whilst on the subject of East Wheal Rose, we believe that many of the out adventurers have of late vainly sought from the officials at Truro information as to the true position of the mine ; and we are happy to be able, from a thorough inspection lately made, to give the following particulars, which will be interesting to the many out - adventurers, and may be thoroughly relied upon. On this mine there are 10 steam-engine (two of them of 85-in. cylinder), and one 36-ft. water-wheel. In addition there is a new 70-in. cylinder engine at the South Cargoll part of this mine—the whole being valued at 17,460/. or 1361. 9s. Bd. per share. Above, the 130 fm. level the lode has been exhausted ; but in the bottom of this level, for 200 fms. in length, the lode is worth 161. per fathom, which augurs well for their next—viz., the 140 and 150 levels ; but it will take some months before the mine can again be worked to a profit. The re turns at present yield about 3,0001. per month. At South Cargoll, an adit has been driven 100 fms., yield ing 120 tons of lead. A 70-in. engine has been erected ; and at 12 fins. below the adit a cross-cut will be driven to intersect the lode ; whilst, therefo re , th e s h ares j ust now are very lo w , the chances are they will warrant a much better price in twelve months. In the Metal Market, the only alteration is with re spect to tin, which has advanced another 51. per ton, making the increase 201. per ton since the commence. ment of the present year. There has been considerable enquiries for Railway Iron, but at present rates makers will not take orders ;in Scotch-pig a moderate business has taken place, with a slight disposition for advance. Lead, Speller, and Tin-plates, are steady ; and the de mand for Copper is still very great. The dividends of February show a total of 47,772/. 6s, declared on 18 mines for the month—the average being', equivalent to 15,1 per cent., while in some instances it amounts to nearly 59 per cent. The sale of copper ore on Thursday's ticketing was 3,283 produce 6A, standard 164/. 95., average price 71. 65., producing in money 23,71 , 2'. Bs., and fine copper 199 tons 2 cwts. The corresponding sale of last month was 4,355 tons of ore, produce 61, standard 1611. 18s. ; ave rage price 71. 3s. ; producing in money 30,8321.105. 6d., and fine copper 264 tons 8 cwts. The gold mining shares maintained a firm appearance in the beginning of the week, many parties showing much confidence on the probability of favourable reports from the gold regions ; but on Wednesday and Thursday considerable excitement was prod uce d b y the receipts of accounts, ria India, reporting a falling off in the gold a a b r e a thaty the n the production of the Victoria fields, and on both those days a sensible decline took place. The reaction was prcipally apparent in the Australian adventures, the . but tth ite icsliryeecttinoonticoef Cali fornian being comparatively steady. 'the th t tendenciesmarket eoresedrawtheern, w cl checconfid k ence previously f e lt b y the public r eceived . has a GERMANY. We have received the Vienna journals of the Ist instant. The Vienna Lloyd contradicts the report that a conspiracy had been.discovered at Comorn. A telegraphic dispatch, dated Vienna, the 3d, says :—" The improvement in the state of health of the Emperor advances regularly. Since the day before yesterday his Majesty has risen from his bed for some hours, and attended t o pu bli c b usiness. " A railway collision between two trains, forced by the depth of snow to run on one line, took place on the 26th ult., near Stadthagen, between Min den and Hanover, by which five persons were killed, or died of injuries received. One train running upwards towards Bremen was filled with emigrants. The accident is attributed to the negligence of those who permitted opposite trains to run on the line, and this in the midst of heavy snow -storms. The cholera increases at Breslau, and has carried off several persons of the higher classes, among them the wife of the Police President. It has broken out also in the Ursuline Convent, and car ried off four nuns. It is remarked that the disease is more virulent in its nature than upon preceding visitations. Death generally ensues, not with greater frequency, but with greater rapidity. Intelligence has reached Berlin of the sudden demise, without serious previous illness, of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, in his 70th year. His royal highness was father to the Queen of Greece, and was thrice married. He is succeeded by his son Nicholas Frederick, born in 1827, of the se cond marriage with Princess Ida of Anhalt Bern burg, and married to Princess Elizabeth of Saxe Altenburg, sister to the Queen of Hanover and Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia, and daugh ter of Duke Joseph of Saxe Altenburg, who abdi cated in 1848 in favour of his brother George, now reigning. There is no foundation whateve r f or th e reports of the Russian Government having as soc i a t e d itself with any other Cabinets in d eman d s on that of Great Britain relativ e t o th e re f ugees in England. ITALY. Additional troops left Milan on the 28th ult., t o reinforce the blockading cordon on the Swiss fron tier. The Tessinois deputation arrived at Milan on the 21st., and was received by the mi lit ary commander, Count Gi u l ay„ who sent them t - Radetzky. The dep u t a ti on left the next day foro Verona, and the Augsburg Gazette predicates their very composition, that they will es from has embarked not succeed : in their mission. - Private letters state that lVfazzi n i at Genoa on board the English frigatet Retribution. urinmen lons a rumour at Milan that the Austrriesanag The Opinions of T or indirectly furnish intelligence amst persons who directly authorities there intend to take severe measures • The Mediterra . neo of u to foreign jourials enoa has been prohibited at Naples. _______..................„ FRIGHTFUL AMITIRN , AND LOss OF LIFE. —This morning, about eight o'clock, a most dreadful occurrence took place in Covent-garden Market to Mrs. Elizabeth Orange, greengrocer and fruiterer, residing at No. 9, Lisson-grove, New-road, fruiterer, great fears are en tertained that the result will prove fatal. The unfortu nate woman was standing between her own van and s► heavily-laden waggon, her the loading of vegetables, &c., which she had some cause not clearly ascertained, the horses tacthe at b to the waggon backed with a sudden jerk, causing the purchased when, from two vehicles to collide with considerable force, and was Orange, who `vast mmediately between the two, nearly Battened. , e r moans brought assist a nce , and . re: she was conveyed to Charing-cross Hosp i tal , wieaseer t are e n d . were broken. ceived under the care of Mr. Adkin, ribs that her breast -bone and several ofetrhee internal injuries, preclude fractures, coupled with recovery. Commissioners 10th inst. to preclude the possibility of h . e r r a r tion EMIGRATIoN.—Th e Enng repared °R out emigrants to intimated that they will be i t o take be ready for pas. receive tenders for a v essel ia. She is to Adelaide, South 4 ,15 . .. t 4 .7 .pr ii next. have 1 Elvers on the 18th v` The lt Trie_, M ONTEN 10 th li 1 1 " e sta tes from Montenegro, t of regul ar On the 16th t wo T ur kish battalions troops a nd 3,000 irregulars, set out from G lv o it cli hn i a7,t i kt .:l e a c d e e rn a izza n attack Nahi u butn wtheerevrillaecegiereoaf loss. fire by the Montenegrins of Vir and Bolieh , and repelled with considerable Whereupon George Petrovich took the offensive, made a great massacre of the Turks, and returned with 29 heads of bimbashis as well as of privates, a quantity of arms, provisions, am munition, and a howitzer . On the 18th, Prince Danilo collected: a large force at Sagmra and Cu rnani, in sight of Omer Pasha's camp, with a view to attack him. The Senator Stephen Petrovich commands another body on the frontiers of Gra hovo, and Vucovich is on the frontier of the Lis sanska Nahia ready for offensive operations. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 27th are destit u t e of n of importance. The Clamor Publtco and th e D e :trio Espanol of that day had been se ize d b y the po li c e, but for what articles is not stated. The Herald° stated that M. Martinez d e l a Rosa has con sented to be the ministerial candidate for the Presidentship of the Chamber of Deputies. DETERMINED SUICIDE IN THE CITT.---Yesterclay morn. jug, a man named John Busby, about 48 years of age, a messenger in the employ of Messrs. Come and po., colonial merchants, of No, 29, Mincing-lane, committed suicide by hanging himself with a piece of hamper cord, in the water-closet attached to those premises. MOIY - E'Y AN X2l, 990,050 90,640 18,190,805 123,812 3,247,336 Decrease ........ 65,773 Public Deposits ......... . 7,062,129 Increase 324,070 Other deposits .................... . 7.2,397,543 Increase 315,602 Seven day and other Bills 1ncrea5e.............. . ... . Government securities Decrease ........ .. . . Other securiti es ..... . v ..•. 14 , 926 , 214 Increase .................... .... 748,512 Notes unemployed ........................ 9,662,270 Decrease ........................... 5,325 The rates at which bills of exchange *ere yester day negotiated here were scarcely so high as re gards some of the principal Continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 27i- to 30 ; Amster dam at 11 18-1 to 19 ; Hamburgh at 13 7i to ; and Trieste 11 3 to 6. The exports of the precious metals from London direct during the week to Thursday last, were 4,780 oz., and 2,6361. in gold, and 8,186 oz., and 4,0001. in silver ; all but 500 oz. of gold being sent to India and Australia. Rest The Funds have been very steady, but inactive. Consols bring 990 to f, and th e New 3 per Cents. 103 - to g. Exchequer Bills are 13 s . t o 18 s. pre mium. Nothing has been done in the " adver tised" bills. The foreign market is very buoyant. The rise in Greek Bonds, anticipated by many, has oc curred already, the quotations now being 9 to I. Mexican Stock is quoted 251 to g. Brazilian New Bonds are at 98 for the 44 per Cents. This is the last day for converting Peruvian Stock, and there are not likely to, be many dissentients. To meet them, however, ample funds are lodged at the Bank of England. Spanish 3 per Cents are worth 48 to 1, and the Deferred 24k. Th e C ert i ficates are at 3 1 . The Swedish Loan is at 1i to 1i prem. Dutch 4 per Cents. bring 99k to t. Gold Mine Shares are much the same, but the Australian Agricultural has declined, and also the Peel River, the recent settlement bringing forward sellers. Australian Joint-Stock Bank Shares are firm, Crystal Palace Shares have risen again. Australasian Coal is supported at premium. Railway Shares are steady generally. South Eastern have rallied. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) _ Business clone, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... ......... lC' 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities........ ......... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 India Stock Consols for Account 10th March 99 a Exchequer Bills lid. £lOOO.. lB 13 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. _ Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent OS Greek ex over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent 25 Peruvian 6 per Cent. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 641 Portuguese 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account llBl x d Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 96,- Sp inish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4Bi Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6i p • Swedish Loan li i d Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates,.~. TWO O'CLOCK. 99 99/1 t Consols Ditto March Account TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,—With reference to the numerous "squirts" which in London, and elsewhere in England, do duty for "foun tains"—and most especially with reference to the New Crystal Palace at Sydenham—it is singular that no attempt has been made to reproduce the fountains in the Piazza of St. Peter's in Rome, one of which is by far the grandest object of the sort in the world, and next to which i s th a t in the " Park," B roa d way, New York. With the abundant supply of water London, with its vicinity, commands, the wretched hydraulic abortions of the metropolis are a disgrace to the nation, the opportu nity for retrieving which is afforded by the building now, erecting at Sydenham. Hundreds of our architects have seen the Roman fountains. Is it not something more than strangeness (say, stupidity) that nothing hydraulic seems to have been viewed with reference to such magnificent models ? CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed steadily. Railway shares were firm. From non-official estimates made, it appears that during the month of January and Feburary, in the years stated, the following were the movements in sugar and coffee as far as the port of London is concerned : • Deliveries. Sugar.. Imports. Home use. Export. Stocks. 1853, tons, 19,440 29,629 2,064 59,290 1852, „ 29,160 29,779 4,130 86,511 1851, „ 18,847 23,283 1,743 53,193 Coffee. 1853, „ 1,020 2,529 241 16,529 1852, „ 1,586 2,057 518 15,744 1151, , 1,437 1,781 215 17,393 From this it clearly appears that the consumption of coffee has largely increased since the late Go vernment disallowed the fraudulent admixture of chicory. The large exports of specie by the steamers to Australia told upon the specie in the Bank of Eng land vaults during the week to the 26th ult., the imported bullion not having been assayed. The demand for louts and discounts had increased to such an extent as to account for the charge of 3 per cent. now making for advances on Exchequer Bills during the shutting of the books. The prin cipal changes, contrasted with previous returns, are the following Active circulation .............. Decrease. ................ 8u11i0n...... .... ... Decrease....... A WRITER AND A TRAVELLER. Feb. 4, 1853. THE WEST INDIA MAILS.—The Royal mail steamer Thames, with the mails from the West Indies and Pacific, due at Southampton on the 16th of February, and now consequently 16 days overdue, has not yet made her appearance. The Orinoco was also due yes terday, and may be momentarily expected. The ma chinery of the Thames was notoriously in a non-efficient condition, and that vessel was, in point of fact, to be sent home for repairs. It is considered, therefore, that she bas either broken down or has had to put into Fayal for fuel. The evil of the company possessing no spare steamer in the West Indies thus receives a further illus tration, and the mail service is subjected to these con stant and inconvenient delays from no provision existing at St. Thomas to replace any steamer that may break down or become temporarily disabled from want of repairs. SHOCKING DEATH OF AN OCTOGENARIAN BY FIRE.— This morning a most respectable female, named Caroline Malin, aged 79 years, expired in Queen Anne's Ward, Westminster Hospital, from injuries sustained under the following melancholy circumstances. It appears that the unfortunate woman was sitting by the fire, in an apart ment she occupied at No. 30, Grey Coat-street, West minster, when by some means her clothes caught fire, and the old lady became so much alarmed that she fell off the chair in a fit. The neighbours, perceiving a strong smell of burning, hastened to the room, and dis covered the unfortunate woman extended on the floor, which had just been ignited by her burning dress, the l•wer part of her body being in nearly a calcined state. She was removed with all possible dispatch to the above mentioned institution, but, notwithstanding the surgical skill of Mr. Cotterill and Mr. Farren, death soon termi nated her sufferings. FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT. -- As Mrs. Skippon, the wife of a shoemaker, residing at 11, Pancras-place, St. Pancras, was yesterday proceedin g a l ong Albany street, n ß o e u g t e b n y t ' s a - psaurdkd, sudden n n a j e c r a k r cart le e n cartby a into boy, he road, at the moment that one of Pickford's vans was passing, when its wheels went over her head, crushing it to pieces. The unfortunate woman was carried to the University College Hospital, where Mr..Grainger, the house surgeon, pronounced life gone. No blame it ap pears was attachable to the driver of the van, who was going at a very steady pace. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Last night the express train from Preston to Manchester ran off the line and up the embankment. The engine overturned upon a first-class carriage, which it crushed, and set on fire a second class carriage, which was also destroyed. The engine driver and the cokeman were killed ; as was also a child belonging to a Mr. Barbour, a merchant of Manchester, who, with his wife, is very much injured. Ten persons, some of whom were severely injured—M. K amm, a Greek merchant, it is feared, mortally —were taken on to Manchester, and conveyed in cabs to the Royal In firmary. The accident occurred six miles from Man chester. REFORM OF THE LONDON CAB DRIVERS. —In conse quence of numerous complaints from the public of an noyance and abuse in the vicinity of cab ranks from the drivers and others congregating there, the Commissioners of Police have issued orders that no person, except the actual drivers and the watermen, are to be allowed to remain on the stands, and the cads and bucks who loiter about them are to be all apprehended.' The drivers of cabs standing for hire are in future to remain with their vehicles, and will not be allowed to stand on the foot path ' • they must not clean their cabs or hor ses on th e stands, nor smoke or drink malt or spirituous liquors ; and, on request of the driver of any private vehicle, are bound to move to permit the same to pass. The water men at each rank is required to see that the litter created by watering and feeding the horses is cleared aw a y. Si r R. hsase regulations,give and instuctionsfoth e rig orous enforce ment of thes e officers are to b e spec i a ll y appointed to see they are observed ; the r e f usa l or neglect to obey them entailing the forfeiture of th e p ar ty's licence. Mayne ELECTION Co .(THIS DAY.) CHATHAM. The members of this committee assembled at ten o'clock this morning, and remained in deliberation until near eleven. On the parties being admitted, The Chairman said, that though the committee had heard some very able comments by counsel on the facts of the case, which they thought were fully before them, yet they had not had the advantage of hearing the state of the law as, it applied to the facts, so fully argued as they could wish. They, therefore, desired counsel to direct their attention to the facts bearing on the case, and to be prepared to resume their arguments on Mon day next. The committee then adjourned. GUILDFORD. The committee appointed to inquire into this petition met this morning for, the first time ; Lord Seymour, chairman. The counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Lyon Thurlow, were Mr. Serjeant Kinglake and Mr Rockford Clark ; Mr. Bell was represented by Mr. Calvert, Q.C., and Mr. Lush ; and Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Power, appeared on behalf of Mr. Mangles. Mr. Serjeant Kinglake opened the case on behalf of Mr. Thurlow, the petitioner. The case was proceeding when our report left. RYE. This committee assembled this morning, for the first time, at 12 o'clock —Sir John Pakington, chairman. The counsel for the petitioners were Mr. Rodwell and Mr. Merowether, and the sitting members were repre• sented by Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Welsby. Mr. Merewether proceeded to address the committee on behalf of the Petitioners. (The case was proceeding when our reporter left, HULL. The committee re-assembled this morning at 11 o'clock. The examination of Walker was continued this morn. ing. All the money that I paid for the voters' drink was what I had given to me by Wilde for election pur. poses. Mr. Skinner was; proceeding to cross-examine the wit nesses when our report left. DERBY. At the sitting of the committee the cross-examination of Flewker was continued, and was still proceeding when our reporter left. HUDDERSFIELD. The committee appointed to try the merits of this peti. tion sat this morning at 11 o'clock for the first time— Mr. Walpole in the chair. • Mr. B. Turner was proceeding to state the case on behalf of the petitioners, when our reporter left. SOUTHAMPTON. The committee re-assembled this morning, by adjourn ment from last Saturday. Mr. Alexander proceeded to state the case against the sitting members. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday afternoon. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Bouverie and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, attended on horseback. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, went yester day afternoon to the Society of Arts, in John-street, Adelphi. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, honoured the perform ance of the French Play at St. James's Theatre with their presence last evening. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley do Roe. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Ade laide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Lord James Murray, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence last evening. A deputation from the Nationol Association of United Trades, consisting of Messrs. Fleming, Winters, and Green, accompanied by Mr. Charles Sturgeon, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home -office. The Bishop of London had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday. The Lord Advocate had also an interview with the noble earl, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. George D. Street and Dr. Rolfe had interviews yesterday with the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial office. The Earl of Shaftesbury had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home -office. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governor-General of Canada, and the governors of the North American provinces. The Duchess of Gloucester has been recommended by her medical advisers not to leave Gloucester House during the winter, for although the general health of the venerable duchess is good, yet h er const i tution is delicate. The Duchess of Kent pa W ys alinost daily visits to the duchess, and the Prince of ales and the Princess Royal also fre quently visit their grand aunt. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have returned to Eger ton-lodge. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and the Ladies Grosvenor have arrived at Grosvenor-house, from Motcomo-house, Dorsetshiro. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and the Lord Ernest Vane have arrived at Holdernesse-house, from WPeard Park, for the season regret to learn that the . Bishop of Ely (Dr. Turton) is in a very delicate state of health. LLOYD'S SITIPPING-(THIS DA F. ) LONDON, March s.—Wind at Noon, W., light airs, and dull hazy weather, with rain. DEAL, March 4.—Wind, W. Arrived Wanderer, Mau ritius ; Gratitude, Demerara ; Catherine Green, St. Kitts ; Christirna, New York; Rubecan, Ceylon ; Nina, Mauri tius ; Tuomasine, New York ; Augusta, do. Arrived from the River—Barend Willem, for Melbourne ; Emerald, Antigua. LIVERPOOL, March 4.—Wind, S. Arrived—Harvest, Baltimore ; Conrad, Islay ; Ariel, St. Domingo ; Galatia, do. ; Queen, New Orleans ; Empire Queen, do.; Ann Melhuish, Baltimore. Sailed—Pons Eli, Africa ; Clai borne, New Orleans ; Nicholas Biddle, Mobile ; Fidelia, New York; Priscella, Sierra Leone ; Abbots Reading, Valparaiso ; Santa Anna, Pernambuco ; Irt, Demerara ; Ann and Lizzy. St. Thomas ; Adler, Vera Cruz ; Carl Heinrich, Ciudad Bolivar ; Mary Caroline, Mobile ; Geo. Washington, New York ; Cora, Halifax. Off Port— Crescent City, Empire State, Yorkshire, Pilgrim, William, and John M 'Vicar. BRIDLINGTON, March 4.--The Placedia, and James and Ann, London for Shields ; the Margiana, London to Hartlepool ; and the Aurora, London to Sunderland—are all on shore near the Spurn Light. HULL, March 4.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Jas. White, Bombay ; Augusta, New York. The Wanderer, of this port, has been lost at Corfu. YARMOUTH, March 4.—The Bradford, London to Shields, which put in here on the 27th February, with damage, had been in contact off Cromer with the Blakeston of Shields, and lost a man. FOLKSTONE, March 4.—The Evangeline, of and from Sunderland, for Hong Kong, has been in collision, and grounded on entering the harbour to-day ; and on leaving, touched the rocks outside the pier; she proceeded west ward. CORK, March 4.—Tho Wm. Miles, Liverpool to Boston, which put into Queenstown on the 27th February, leaky, will discharge and repair. INSTRUCTION OF MIDSHIPMAN. (From, the Portsmouth Times.) It gires us much pleasure to insert the following order issued by Sir Henry Leeke, K.H., for the guid ance o f the midshipmen of his squa dron : " INSTRUCTION OF MIDSHIPMEN, " With reference to my order of the 7th October last, respecting the attendance of the young midship men at the dockyard on Wednesdays, for the purpose of being instructed in their duties as seamen, I hereby direct that in future, two d a y s i n th e week, Wednesdays and Saturdays, are to be given up for that purpose instead of Wednesdays only, and as I ain anxious that opportunity should be given to these young officers to obtain a knowledg of steam in all its workings, the Snake will be sent to Butcher's Island on those mornings, in time to bring them across the harbour to the Dockyard by 9 o'clock, upon which occasion the engineer will take the opportunity of instructing them, and I beg to call the attention of those young gentlemen to the advantage to be gained by two hours' study during their trip in a vessel under weigh, and it will be well that they make good use of their time, and to remember that one day in youth, passed in learning the duties of their profession, is worth months of a more advanced period of life." The practice of teaching the young officers their duties as seamen is of the greatest importance, and this most essential branch of their education, if ac companied by that of a careful study of the marine steam-engine, cannot but tend to render them efficient and valuable members of their profession. Promo tion, in the Indian navy, being regulated by seniority in the servire, an impression may therefore rest on the minds of a few of its junior officers, that pre-eminence in a knowledge of their duties can avail them but little, since the industrious and the idle, the accomplished and the ig norant, must all progress towards the head of their respec tive classes by one unalterable rule. This idea is most erro neous, and if indulged in, will be founds fatally inimical to their welfare, both present and future. The merest at tention or consideration of the occurences of every suc ceeding day will at once,convince them that "knowledge is power;" and in the event of their being called upon to undertake any duty involving responsibility in its exe cution, their selection for this position will not be guided by a blank and barren seniority, but will undoubtedly be entirely dependent upon their trustworthiness and abi lity to carry out the charge thus assigned them. The Bombay squadron is fortunately entrusted to the direction of a very talented and distinguished officer—. one who, by his individual exertions and high cha racter, has raised himself to the summit of his profe E sion as connected with th e R oya l N avy ; and it will be " well for every y oung o ffi cer now serving under his command to use a praiseworthy endeavour to Imitate brght exampl e , an d t o remember that his " o youth, passed i n l earn i ng the duties of their nreWsion is worth month at a more advanced period of pofeda, —' life." {