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~. EAST INI3/A HOUSE, lAN. 26, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a QUAR TERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will he held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d March, 1853, at eleven o'clock In the forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 26, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on THURSDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clock, and ocenel again on THURSDAY, the 14th April following. 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' ir r . :4-_____‘,ll 4N V '''‘" • e .,•0 . " -' 1 " %.-• -43 110 ; 7 ''', , ~-.4 ,' 1 / 4 enii,b4. in.r ., 14- ' ... -,,!,:i.. 4 6, 1)1 t0i T •Ji..' \' * . - ..,tik . ) - , , , '', , , / f ' -., ' r 7 ,1- *V- • .4, • \, . , ~~ :.. ~' [PRICE SD. want to know why it is that no proposition can be made from our Government—not in an underground, subter- ranean, intriguing manner of carrying on buiksts ‘ with a great country like France, but some above:Tioar&*iu* open proposition, which shall gi ve con fid ence to the people of both countries. That which lam setisfied the people of both countries require is that which the Govern ments of both countries ought, if possible to obtain—it only wants a beginning. We prvtend to lead the world in some things. We are conceited; and very vain, and it is imagined we do a great deal that we do not do, and a good deal more than other countries which are, at least, on a level with us. But if we live on this island with a mercantile navy surpassing that of almost all the world —if we have a people pugnacious beyond all former example—if we have an industry so productive that_the thousands of millions which have been spent in former wars have not yet pauperised and exhausted us—if we have glory recorded on our pages of history, so that the most gluttonous among us ought to be satisfied, and ask no more—and if beside that, we have liberal institutions which give to the people of this country that measure of contentment that gives security to the Government, then I say, are we not in a position, before all other nations, of offering to the nations of Europe, and to the United States, a new policy—a policy which, though it differs as much as white from black from the policy of past times, yet shall be one that in the future shall give greater security to Governments, and greater happiness and contentment to peoples, and shall promote the ad vance and progress of all that is good in the world, infinitely beyond anything that can be ever hoped for from the most glorious and bloody conflicts of armed men ? (Loud applause.) Well, I believe that we are met for a practical object, though our opponents profess not to believe it. If they had not thought it was prac ticable I do not believe they would have been so angry. (Cheers and laughter.) Don't let us be afraid of the course we are taking or the principles we hold. I have been in the House of Commons now for nearly 10 years —(cheers),--and I know that that house is not favour. able to peace principles if they lead to reduction of mili tary expenditure ; they consider it sentimental to talk of peace ; they consider it vulgar to refer in the slightest degree to the Christian principles of peace; they sus pect a man if he only dares to hope for peace ; but still, for all that, we have seen majorities in that house sink into miserable and ridiculous minorities ; and when the public opinion of this country becomes saturated, as it must at some distant day, with principles such as we now hold, then, even if your representation be no better than it is—but we trust it will shortly be much better than it is—then we shall find the House of Com mons obeying the opinion of the country, and our ambassadors to foreign countries will not consider they have fulfilled their duty when they have dined with distinguished Englishmen, or joined in the ball with distinguished foreigners, or composed music—(laughter) —like some of our ambassadors now engaged, but they will consider it is their duty, and the interest of their country, by every means in their power, not by underground diplomacy, but by aboveground and hon ourable treaty, to promote that peace throughout the world which we are promised shall come, and which, in spite of all that may be said to the contrary, our oppo nents know must come. (Great cheering.) Mr. J. BROTHERTON, M.P., supported the resolution, and this closed the business of the morning Conference. The proceedings, which were over a little after two o'clock, were adjourned till six in the evening. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1853. NE W ADDITIO N.-MAGNIFICENT AA SHRINE or MEMORIAL in honour of the late illustrious WELLINGTON representing him, as in the olden times, reposing on a tented coach, under a sp:endid canopy of the cloth of gold, dressed in a fleld-marshal's uniform, wearing various orders of knighthood, and covered with the mantle of the Order of the Garter. —Madame •ILISSAIJD and SON'S, Bazaar. Baker-street, Portman square.—Admission, is. Napoleon Boom; 6d. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-SEASON- 1853. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the. SEASON rf FRENCH PLAYS will be COMMENCED on MONDAY next, Jan. 31, by the engagement of M. nsieur Ravel (of the Theatre du Palais Royal —his tiret appearance since the year 184 -). 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IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by IL Sal Mere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Bvo., in cloth. price ss. by post free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View: o the Correction of wide-spread Errors to rel etion to the Treatment and Core of Sall'erers from Debility of the (4cneratiye System, 1r Sexual 113 _ Translated from the German of Dr. FICKFORD "Dr. rickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi •al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first ime, be informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nos-meet cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his .over to correct."—London Medlcol Gazette. May 30, 1851. We promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of Quiet Symathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from th com plaint of which .t treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mine, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrlicea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much gOed."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. H. Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., THE CUBE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, - Member of the Royal Co lle g e of Sur g eons of England. (Mr. Courtenay) has "In proof of r i s views he given he history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases Ix., xi., T'l.. and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dWtation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. Rut cases xviii. and six. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag. gravated character than any detailed by Mr. 6yme, and yet tha treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently saccessllll." —Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. THE GENERAL. SCREW COMPANY'S SHIP HYDASPES. —We have a report of an extraordinary passage of this ship to Southampton. It is said she ran from Sea Reach, in the Thames, to the former port in 111 hours, and that under sail she made at one time no less than 16 miles. If her passage to the Cape should prove anything nearly equal to this reported speed, she will make up for lost time, and carry some days' later news to the colony. The Hydaspes left Southampton on Wednes day, for St. Vincent's, the Cape of Good Hope, Mauri tius, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, touching at Ply mouth, to receive the mails for those ports yesterday. She takes out about 60 passengers, among whom are the Hon. A. Denison and Sir F. St. George and lady for the Cape ; M r. George F arncom , U n it e d St a t es ' C onsu l, f or the Mauritius, &e. On freight the Hydaspes has about 350 tons measurement of bale and case goods, 500 bot tles of quicksilver, and specie value 20 0 0001. sterling. PEACE CONFERENCE' AT MANCHESTER. The meetings of the friends of international arbitra tion and peace commenced yesterday morning at Man chester. The first meeting of the Conference was held at the Corn-Exchange, when Mr. G. Wilson was elected chairman, suppored by Mr. Richard Cobden, M.P., Mr. J. Bright, M.P., Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P., Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Joseph Sturge, Mr. C. Hindley, M.P., and other mem bers of the Legislature and persons of distinction. After the usual preliminary business, during which it was stated that 500 members had promised to be present, and most of whom were present, the Conference was opened in the following speech by the chairman : The CHAIRMAN said, the only subject of regret to him in the arrangements of the Committee of Management was, that they should have elected him as their president. (No, no.) They were met to-day, as the fiends of l international arbitration and peace, to confer together. While the friends of peace had been teaching the highest doctrines of peace, the financial reformer had been in vestigating the social evils of the present system. It might be a matter of speculation to the world—it,might be a matter of speculation to many—whether we were in danger more or less of foreign invasion, but the financial reformer replied, it could be no matter of specu lation to the country when he told them that since . 1815, during a time of tranquillity and peace, without estimating one farthing contributed for the payment of the interest of the national debt, incurred for former wars, they had paid, out of th• earnings and in- ing, which was equal to two-thirds of their national debt; and that during the time they had paid this money they were assured, year by year, in Royal speeches, that this country was receiving the assurances—he believed that was the term—the most satisfactory and peaceful assurances from all parts of the world. (Hear, hear.) But the financial reformer addressed the member of the Peace Society, and said —" Pursue your excellent career, instructing the people in the highest objects of humanity, while I am determined to pursue my investigations, so that I shall trace the current of this expenditure, and see whether the application has been made precisely for the purposes for which this large expenditure has been obtained." For that purpose, he said, he took in his hand a return made to the House of Commons in the year 1848, and he took that because, although it might not suit his purpose as well as some other returns, it gave a fuller account of those things which he wished to quote. At that time, when this country was threatened with an invasion as fearful, under the late King of France, as it was at the present time, when the alarm was excited through the letters signed " P." in the London papers, and through the letter of the quiet and estimable noble man who was not an alarmist in that district, which were held forth to the world as a positive proof that very early they might expect war. At that time a re turn was moved for, which came before the House of Commons. The financial reformers took that return, and said that at that time our army consisted of 138,769 men. It was not much less now. The commissioned officers were 5,995. What were the officers doing at that particular time, when all the country was alarmed from the fear of foreign invasion ? He said, he found on half-pay, doing nothing, out of the 5,995, 3,546 ;on full pay, assisting the half-pays in doing nothing— (laughter)-306 ; making a total of 3,552 absolutely do ing nothing, leaving 2,143 as sufficient to do all the duties of the country ; and it had been stated that from these 2,143 they might make a very considerable reduc tion for men who never did any duty whatever, and then they got the whole of the staff of officers deemed requisite at that period for the protection of this country. At that time they hart the confirmation of the opinion of Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., who has an authority in these matters, who said that at that time they had more general and field officers for their 138,000 men than the French had for their army of 400,000 men, including the staff of the National Guards ; and that be was prepared to submit a plan by which, through con centrating these officers, they could procure greater officering, at a saving of 570,0001. per annum t o th e nation. So far for the army. And what was the state of the navy ? asked the financial reformer. 'He took the same return, made in the same year, and he found that the provision for the navy against this French in vasion had quite as large a stock of admirals as he could desire. At that time there were 207 admirals, receiv ing a sum annually amounting to 126,2351., and out Of these there were, retired on full pay, 4S ; reserved and able for duty, but ;doing nothing, 145 ; these were re ceiving, annually, 74,770/. ; andl,l9re were on duty, and discharging the services for which the Governm en t ap pcinted them, and which the Government must think could be discharged in their hands, or they would have made an addition to the number discharging that duty, only 14. (A laugh.) So that, out of 207 admirals at that time, all the services which could be rendered by that large staff to the country consisted of the services which could be rendered by 14. The payment which the coun try made annually to these 14, for the services actually rendered, was 29,5651., but the payment made to those who had retired, and those who were doing nothing, year by year, was 96,6701., out of the gross payment of 126,0001. (Hear, hear.) That system ran through all the service. Take the next gradation—the captains. The captains in the service at that time amounted to 232, of whom those who were unemployed were 151, and the employed 81. The number of commanders was 1,129, of whom there were unemployed 1,014, and employed 115. The number of lieutenants was 2,074, and of these 1,454 were unemployed, and the employed was only 620. If now we add to these numbers the admirals, we should therefore find that out of 3,642 officers in the navy, 2,812 were unemployed, and only 800 were in employ ment. Tt should be stated that, out of the 2,812, there were 533 who had retired ;, but the number of officers who were able for duty, and yet doing nothing, on half pay, was 2,229, against the 800 only that were doing positive duty. (Hear, hear.) The payment made in the whole for those who were doing nothing, was 223,9371., which, added to the other sum of 455,3911., made up a total of 679,328/. And the state of the navy now, at the present time, presented no different features from these ; for, he believed, there were now 10 admirals employed out of a number of 206. The same remarks would apply to the ships. In the year 1848 we had 671 ships —including steamers—in this country ; and, out of these only 252 were in commission, or required actually to do the business of the country. Of these 671 ships there were 174 which were steamers, and 17 steamers were then building ; and the remainder of the ships not in , commission, to the nu m b er of 419 were laid up in ordi nary ; they were rotting and doing nothing. (H ear hear.) Of the 252 ship s w h ich were in commission, 235 were at different stations throughout the world ; and as we had 24 ships at the coast of Brazil, and in the Pacific, and 24 ships on the west coast of Africa, and 24 or 25 ships in the Mediterranean, making 72, the financial re former reluctantly asked the question, whether it would not be politic, with these views of invasion, to bring home some of those vessels, in case of need, to protect the country, which was said to be in danger, rather than to alarm us continually, for the purpose of the Govern. merit putting their hands int o th e people ' s pockets, with themtrh.reßaticoßfAfuorDesign(thinevasseicorneta? secretary) )Cthheeen readrs.) letters of' apology for non-attendance from Lord GoderiCh, Mr. De Girardin, Mr. Leigh Hunt, the Lord Mayor of Lon don, the Earl of Radnor, Mr. G. Combo, and several others. Mr. GEORGE HADFIELD, M.P., moved the first reso lution :-- " That it is the special and solemn duty of all ministers of religion, parents, instructors of youth, and conductors of the public press, to employ thei r great influence in the diffusion of pacific principles and sentiments, and in eradi cating from the minds of men those hereditary animosities, and political and commercial jealo us i es which have been so often the cause of disastrous wars." He felt great pleasure in moNing this excellent reso lution. It called upon all religious and intellectual in structors to exert their influence to check the extraordi nary mania which annually visited this country. The war party were making great inroads upon the public opinion of this country—telling us that ecclesiastical en croachments and French invasion were threatened. Unless, therefore, those who had influence with the people stood forward to stem this torrent, the nations of Europe would soon be at loggerheads, and they m i g ht depend upon it that the moment when the powers of Europe were armed to the teeth was the time of the greatest danger. Four millions of men in the 38th year of peace were now under arms in Christian Europe—an amount equal to one-half of the entire adult male popu lation of Europe capable of acting as soldiers ; and this enormous body of men had to be supported by the indus trious portion of the community in idleness and wanton ness ; for certainly soldiers were not the best pioneers of morality. What a disregard of the principles of the divine sermon on the Mount by professing Christians— principles capable of enlightening and saving mankind. And what had we gained by the late wars ? 8 00,000,0001. of debt ; for our war-loving forefathers did not bear the burdens of their own mischievous policy upon their own shoulders. They mortgaged the strength and the sinews of their posterity. Two thousand millions sterling and two millions of lives had been sacrificed, and for what ? The great Duke had put down one Napoleon, but before he was gathered to his fathers up started another Napo leon, and the whole work was undone again. There was no use in blinking the matter. England was a blood-guilty nation ; and unless the press, and the pulpit, and the teacher of youth stood forward to stay the plague, and strove to indoctrinate the people with the pacific principles of the New Testament, there was no answering for the result—for the beginning of strife was but as the first letting in of water. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. W. ASPINALL, of Liverpool, seconded the resolution. The Rev. G. W. CONDER, of Leeds, said he was anxi ous that the consummation they hoped for should not be led alone by those who only looked at the matter from the side of commerce, and whose main reason was a com mercial reason. He was deeply anxious that the Chris t tianity of this country should have a voice in the matter; and therefore he had great pleasure in supporting the resolution. (Cheers.) The Rev. J. BURNET, of London, moved the second resolution, which was as follows : " That, as an appeal to the sword can settle no question on any principle of equity and right, it is the duty of Go vernments to enter into treaties on behalf of the nations they respectively represent, binding the parties to refer to the decision of competent and impartial arbitrators such differences arising between them as cannot be otherwise amicably adjusted, and to abide by such decision." He said the resolution I have to propose tells us that war can never settle anything on principles of justice and equity, and if any man feels that it can, I tell him he is humbugging. When the sword is drawn, justice leaves the battle field, and there is nothing left but brute strife. Whe ever dreamt that justice could be wrapped up in a bombshell, and fired upon people who had nothing to do with the uarrel, exploding in the midst of those who don't understand it at all ? The statesmen humbug the soldiers, and they go to battle without knowing what they are fighting for. I don't think there is any glory in that, I can only find something very inglorious in this ignorance. Let us, then, substitute arbitration for war. We are not such fools as to wish to revive anything like a national board like the Amphyctionic Council in Greece ; but we propose that the differin g parties shall select their own arbiters f or th e settlementof the dispute, and that only, and select men who are not interested in the quarrel, and by whose deliberate judgment they can abide. Let us, then, continue to advocate the principle fiat men should settle their quarrels like men, and leave beasts to settle their quarrels like brutes. (Cheers.) Mr. BRIGHT, M.P., was received with great cheering. He said,—l am quite willing to second the resolution which has just been proposed. Now, the first thing that strikes me in reading the resolution is that it is so ex ceedingly reasonable that everybody will say it is a very fgood thing, if you can only do it. But on this question, as on many others, I find that some of the most uncon querable of our opponents are just those who agree with us in the abstract, who say that the principle is very good if the world were ready for it, and they approve of it wonderfully at a distance, but you cannot get them to lift a hand for the purpose of bringing it any nearer. We often hear now spoken of " the arbitrement of the sword." But it appears to me that the arbitration we now have is of the clumsiest and most unsatisfactory sort. Our arbitrators amount, I think, by a paper which has been laid before the Conference, to something over 200,000 men—a most unsatisfactory number—to decide upon the justice of any question. But this system of arbi tration requires also extensive dockyards—ships, to the number of 500 or 600, bristling with cannon—gunpowde by tons absolutely unknown and innumerable—expendi ture more enormous thon any other nation, either before or since, has ever expended purely upon those subjects —ignorance spread throughout the country, and pau perism produced by the abstraction and destruction of capital—crime induced on all hands by the prevalence of pauperism and ignorance ; and, in the actual operation of this system of arbitration, we have terror and death spread over whole regions, and inflicted upon thousands i and, it may be, millions of our fellow-creatures. (Ap plause.) Well, then, this standing arbitration that we now have, the arbitration of the sword, incurs an expen diture of ! about 16,000,0001. sterling per annum. I think that if we look over all the actions of all men, or of all nations, in all times, we shall not be able to dis cover any one in which there is less of common sense, less of reason, less of fair expectation of any practical good result, than in the course which this nation and other nations take in the maintenance of those vast ar mament for settling those things which the armaments themselves are never known satisfactory to settle. (Cheers.) Well, so far we are pretty nearly agreed with our opponents. We have not many opponents on prin ciple, so far as this resolution goes ; but we have those who think we are impracticable in proposing what is impossible. There is a species of warfare which is now, happily, nearly extinct in this country—l mean that of duelling. The system of duelling is altogether changed. One of the last duels was, certainly, one of the most successful in turning the whole system into ridicule. Two members of the late Parlia ment -- with whom I have a Parliamentary ac quaintance contested a borough in the south of England. They had a quarrel, I suppose, about treating, or bribery, or intimidating, or some of those practices which take place at our election so often, and it was thought necessary to go into a neighbouring county county to fight it out. I believe they went in the same coach—(a laugh), one inside, I fancy, and one on the box ; and, when they were just about to fire, there was an immense alarm created by the springing up of a cock pheasant—(a laugh) ; and these men, who could not agree to settle a dispute of this nature, but were so valorous that they must have recourse to arms —I believe, upon a sudden, they ran as fast as their legs could carry them, suspecting, in this cock pheasant, a policeman. (Laughter.) Now, I was delighted with that 'duel, and I was delighted with the letter which the cock pheasant wrote to the Times immediately after wards, because it covered the whole thing with ridicule ; and I said, " I am much obli g ed to those two gentle men for what they have done ; for I think, after this, surely there is no man in England or Ireland who will ever go out again to fight a duel." Another thing, too, shows how opinion has changed upon that point. I was, not very long ego, in the shop of a gunsmith 'n London, and I heard there, what I have not the least reason to doubt—l have a perfect belief in the accuracy of what was told me—that it is the commonest thing in the world now, if there is to be a duel, that some friend of the parties, it may be unknown to them, procures the pistols, and takes very good care to be supplied with balls from the same place, which are made of a material which Signor Blitz, I believe, has occasionally used in his exhibitions ; they are something like balls in appearance ' and, when they ar e p u t i n th e p i stol, and the ramrod goes down, they all go to dust, and such duelling is a perfectly innocent affair. (Laughter.) Now, that is what duelling has come to ; but it is only a few years since duelling was believed to be as indis pensable for the settlement of private quarrels, and to cause a gentleman to be gentlemanly in his conduct to another gentleman, as wars are now believed to be indispensable between communities and nations. (Hear.) I believe, in spite of all the ridicule some persons bestow on this, which we believ e t o b e reasona bl e and Christian, that the time will come, and much faster than some be lieve, when war between nations will be considered as brutal and idiotic as duelling is now considered among almost all classes of the community. (Cheers.) What is wanted is, that the change which has taken place among us, as individuals, should take place among com munities and nations. Is it not as possible to form a public opinion in Europe as it is in England, or in any county or town ? Of course the labour will be far greater, but then the object is greater, and there are many labourers in the field, and what is now done by tens and twenties may be done by hundreds and millions. To take a point in which the influence of public opinion prevailed. After the Hungarian was cer tain of the patriotic leaders of the revolution took refuge in Turkey ; demands were made by Austria and Russia on Turkey for those leaders, and, should they have been given up, we know to what end they would have been surrendered ; but Turkey did not give them up. It is the recognised policy of all civilised nations, that al though you may demand a man who is a murderer or a robber, still no one nation has a right to demand of another that any person fleeing from its power on poli tical grounds shall be given up to the avenging punish ment of the Government he has opposed. Well, opi nion has settled the matter. It has been felt that no man would be safe—that all political opposition to Go vernments, that all contest for political rights would be at an end—if, when she contest was over, those who had failed should find no refuge in any other country, every man feeling that he might be liable at some time, to the consequences of such a system among the civilised Go vernments of the world if that law and that practice should exist. Well, there might be other cases adduced to show that public opinion has formed a code of laws among nations, and from that I would argue that, with regard to this point, a new principle now claims to be introduced into that code of public opinion. (Cheers.) Another illustration will serve to give force to my argu ment. Take the American fisheries question, that has lately been discussed. There was a case in point. What was the first thing done ? People here wanted to know how many ships were going ; and, in America, a squadron that was ordered to Japan was countermanded, and the ships were to go to the Banks and to that part of the ocean where these fisheries were principally carried on. But suppose wo had had a clause in our treaty with the United States, such as the United States has with Peru. It would not have been a question of sending ships ; nobody in England, not even the Manch,ester Guardian, would have written an article in favour of sending ships of war ; but the first thing that would have been done would be to republish in every paper in England the arbitration clause in this treaty, and then the sole matter to be discussed would be this—where shall we find the men—who are the men—to whom both nations will trust the decision of this question ? Well, but if this be true of the United States, is it less true of France ? We have wonderful communications with France. I won't speak of the railway, and the steam boat, and the telegraph, but we are in London twelve hours from Paris. But we are not satis fied with being within twelve hours. We have a nobleman in Paris living in a magnificent and costly mansion, and at an expense whi c h, unt il very recently, amounted to some 14,0001. or 15,0001. a-year. The salary was 10,0001. I believe it is now reduced to 8,0001., and the other expenses were 4,0001. or 5,0001. more. This man is sent to Paris ostensibly for the pur pose of maintaining amicable relations between that country and this. Lord Cowley is at the grand balls at the Tuileries ; Lady Cowley is leaning nu the arm of the Emperor of the French. The Emperor pays his special regards to English visitors. There are no people in the world at this moment who are residents temporarily or permanently in Paris—no foreigners I mean —who are treated with more consideration, so far as_ we ca n j udge from the papers, th an our countrymen. But for all that Lord Cowley knows that his co untrymen, someh ow or other, are living i n d rea d of this Emperor of th e F rench. He knows that o ur p ress i s almost ince him. He k nows that all kinds of exsasa g i t ublic. H e e l r p y attacking ated state ments are bein g pa l med upon the En u knows that a ll sorts of odd corners in the newspapers are filled up with paragraphs fabricated to deceive th e people. And our G overnment know it too, New, I THE ARMY. THE COLONELOY 01' THE 46TH REGIMENT.—Major- General Egerton, C. 8., has been appointed to the colo nelcy of the 46th Regiment. This distinguished officer, after serving as a subaltern with the 29th in North America, and proceeding as a captain with the 89th to South America, accompanied the 2d battalion of the 34th to the Peninsula in 1809. In the following year was appointed to the staff as deputy-assistant adjutant general, and attached to the second division, in which capacity he served at the battle of Busaco, and on the retreat to and during the subsequent occupation of the lines before Lisbon. He was then removed, as senior of the adjutant -general's department, to the fourth division; was present at the siege and capture of Olivenca, the first siege of Badajoz, battle of Albuera (wounded), and action of Alden de PZonte. Relinquished his staff ap pointment and rejoined his regiment in the winter of 1811, and continued to serve with it until appointed aide-de-camp to Sir Rowland Hill in 1812, on whose personal staff he remained till the termination of the war, and was present at the battles of Vittoria,. Pyrenees (for which he obtained the brevet rank of major), Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. On Lord Hill's appointment to a command with the army in Flanders, in the spring of 1815, he selected Colonel Egerton as his first aide-de-camp, who served as such at the battle of Waterloo—where he obtained the brevet of lieutenant-colonel—and continued in the same capa city until the return of the army"Of occupation from France in 1818. When Lord Hill assumed the com mand of the army in 1828, he was pleased to name Colonel Egerton for the confidential appointment of first aide-de-camp and private secretary, winch he held d uring the whole period of his lordship's continuance at the head of the army. DEATH of Sin L. P. J. PARRY, K.H.—Lieutenant- General Sir L. Parry died on the 23d inst. He entered the army in 1794 ; served in the last American war ; commanded a frontier brigade in Upper Canada ; and was wounded and had a horse shot under him at the battle of Lundy's Lane. •THE ARMY IN IRELAND. A court of inquiry, sitting in the Royal Barracks, Dublin, under the presidency of Colonel Clarke, assistant quartermaster-general, has been investigating a serious complaint, preferred by a young captain of the 52d, and which involves the character of several of his brother officers. The departure of the 52d Light Infantry from Dublin is retarded until the result of this inquiry is pro mulgated. Tile Limerick Chronicle of Wednesday says :—" The recent unpleasant occurrence at Island Bridge Barracks, Dublin, in which two young infantry officers were con nected, has resulted in Sir Edward Blakeney's adminis tering to each a severe reprimand." The general commanding-in-chief has been pleased to approve of Captain Frederick Augustus Thesiger, of the Grenadier Guards, being appointed an extra aide-de camp to Lieut.-General Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.8., commanding the forces in Ireland, in succession to Captain Blakeney, of the 48th Regiment, who was appointed aide-de-camp, upon the retirement from the service of Brevet-Major Lord Cosmo Russell, 93d Regiment. Her Majesty's steam-ship Simoom, having on board the service companies of the 31st Regiment, sailed from Queenstown for Corfu on the 24th instant. The follow ing are the numbers embarked, and the names of the officers, viz. :-1 field officer, 3 captains, 11 subaltern s , 5 staff, 31 serjeant s , 11 drummers, and 560 rank and file, with 40 wome n an d 49 c hi ldren. Names of the officers embarked—Major F. D. Lumley, commanding ; Captains F. Spence, J. P. Robertson, and C. J. P. Swaffield ; Lieutenant W. H. Barry, F. S. Attree E. Temple, A. J. Sch re bi er , A . F . B all, G. Spaight, and G. F. Herbert ; Ensigns T. E. Swettenham, R. W. Litton, A. Mitchell, and A. Cary ; Paymaster J. B. Travers ; Adjutant T. Scarman (lieutenant) ; Quartermaster P. Hopkins, and Assistant-Surgeons T. J. Atkinson and J. Meane. Lieut.-Colonel Staunton is to follow the regiment as soon as the legal proceedings arising out of the affray at Six-mile-bridge shall have been concluded. Captain (Brevet Lieut.-Colonel) J. Garvock and Lieut. C. Prevost are to join the regiment at their own expense at the expiration of their leave of absence. Captain J. Greenwood is employed on the staff as major of brigade at New Zealand, and Captain A. E. Brown is absent with leave on account of ill-health. The depot com panies of the 31st Regiment are now stationed at Fer moy, and the following officers are attached to the depot, viz. :—Major Kelly, commanding • Captains R. J. Eagar, T. E. Pedder, and C. P. Eardley Wilmot ; Lieutenants H. P. Hutton (acting paymaster), C. Chris tian (acting adjutant), and the Hon. E. C. H. Massey ; Ensigns R. P. Gould, F. Y. Cassidy, R. Leeson, and J. W. T. Fyler ; and Surgeon J. B. St. Croix Crosse. Captain G. W. Baldwin is a student at the senior de partment of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst ; and Lieut. Law is employed on the recruiting service at Inverness. Colour- Serjeant William Winter has been appointed acting serjeant-major, and Colour Serjeant Michael Kelly acting quartermaster-serjeant to the depot companies. CLONMEL, WEDNESDAY.--On Monday last a company of the 89th Regiment were billetted here for the night. They were on their way to Buttevant. They left yes terday for their destination. A party of the 71st passed through a few days ago, en route to Kilk enny, The 91st move to Dublin from Enniskillen. The 27th move from Dublin to Enniskillen. Captain Touzell, 27th, is performing the duty of major of Dublin, du r i ng th e a b sence of Major Myli town us. Captain Johnstone, 27th, and family have left Dublin for France. The Dublin garrison theatricals commence on Friday, Feb. 11. Captains E verard and Toosey Williams , Ma jor Ponsonby, C ap t a i ns Mackinnon and Lindsay, are named amongst th e company. The recruiting party of the 19th Limer made up their comp l ement of rec at ruits, have b rick ng back to Engla n d. been ordered hvi A in Limerick, g party o f t h e 15th Royal Irish is expected The total strength of the artillery now at Charlemont, including all grades, is 130, an augmentation consisting of one serjeant, one bombardier, and 18 gunners of the Royal Regiment of Artillery having arrived there last week. To afford barrack accommodation at Charlemont for this reinforcement, a serjeant and 18 rank and file of the 91st R eg i ment left that town on Friday for head quarters at Enniskillen. A son of the Earl of Clancarty has entered the service as ensign in the 52d Light Infantry. Lieut. Priestley, 25th, senior of his rank, general.nk,and of po son of Major Priestley, K.H. deputy an s Pue ct nattac h e d company - n lice in Irel an d, is promoted. to without purchase. ed the command of j Lieut.-Colonel Hodge has resum the 4th Dragoon Guards leave of absence. Dickso n , 6th a P o rtobello, Dublin, from Smyth Captain Lieut,-Colonel - #l- a Lancerg, are on leave. Major Foster commands at Dundalk. Lieutenant Strode has resigned the adjutancy of the 14th, and Ensign Monk Wilson, son of the late Major T. M. Wilson, of Caherconlish House, is 'appointed thereto. Sergeant Lloyd, 14th, has left for Worcester to join the Worcester Militia. Exercise and ball practice ground is hired for the use of the Limerick garrison at Newcastle. The 19th, 27th, 40th, 50th, 58th, and 65th Regiments are complete to their respective establishments. Lieut.-Colonel Brough, Assistant Adjutant-General of the Belfast district, having proceeded on leave, the duties of his office will, during his absence, be performed by Major Stuart, of the 46th Regiment. v C~.~--, ,-- _-- ~_ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. iWe understand that the greatest possible care is being taken to construct the Isle of Wight shore batteries in the most efficient manner, and that at the same time the works are being rapidly pushed on by the contractor, Mr. E. Smith. PORTSMOUTH DEFENCES.—We have pretty good autho rity for stating that the present saluting platfergki..ittery is to u n d ergo a vast alteration ; at present ilPirrieeless as a fort or battery. The works are be thrown back some 30 feet, and faced with cart Works, and to be strengthened in such manner as to rnotnt an additiOnal number of guns of the heaviest calibre. It is also -re ported that a barracks, capable of holding 1,000 men, is to be built on the Governor's -green, in the rear of the lines. APPOINTMENTS. Chaplain—Rev. John Cawston to the Bellerophon, 78, Mediterranean. Surgeon—E. R. Kinnear to the Rodney, 92, Ports mouth. Clerk—E. B. Walker to the Vulture, steam-frigate, Devonport. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27. Rodney, 92, Captain Charles Graham, C.8.,' hauled out of the Angle Dock into the fitting basin. To-mor row she will go out of the basin alongside her hulk, and, after completing her rattling-down and paying over her rigging, will go to Spithead. She is to take in twelve months' stores and four months' provisions. Barracouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander George Parker, arrived early this morning from Sheer ness with men paid off from the Phaeten,,so. Having„.4SLX . , sent them ashore she proceeded to the westward. The chartered ship Marion embarked the left wing of the 85th Regiment this morning, at half-past nine, from the dockyard jetty (about 300 men), and a very pretty business she made of it—a more lubberly affair could scarcely have been conceived. She had the wind off the land, or, as she lay, the wind abeam. There was nothing for her to do but to let fall her topsail, rua up her jib, and have strained upon her bow-port warp. She would then have gone out of the har bour with credit. Instead of which, no allowance was made for the set of the tide (which was about half flood), and when the warp was cast off, she went nearly stem-on to the Blake, receiving hulk. When too late, the anchor was let go, but not before a tremendous crash was heard, and we expected to see her jibboom and bowsprit go by the board. We are satisfied that both must be sprung, and she ought not to be allowed to go to sea without ascertaining the extent of mischief. After she had drifted astern the soldiers were put to work to weigh, and up came a " foul anchor ;" in their fright to let go a necklace formed round the stock. No thing abashed, however, they made sail under fore and main topsail, fore course, jib and spanker, the dolphin strike and bowsprit-rigging hanging about like a lot of " clothes'-lines.' Had this occurred[on board a man-of war, we should never have heard the last of it. Fatigue parties have been busy shipping baggage on board the Roman Emperor this day, and to-morrow, at 9 a.m., the head-quarters emb ar k, an d we bid f arewell to as ne and excellent a regiment as ever left the Bri tish shores. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27. Commodore Wyvill in the Castor, 36, arrived in Ily mouth Sound this day, from the Cape of Good Hope, having had a good passage home. She has no later news, the Lady Jocelyn having anticipated her. As she fitted out at Chatham she will proceed thither to be paid off. The Castor is the celebrated and successful rival of; the Pique, 36, the former having been built by Sir R. Seppings, and the latter by Sir W. Symonds. There is no second Castor in the navy, for the Amphion was con verted into a screw-ship after being some 20 years on the stocks ; nor have we a second Inconstant, 36, Admiral Hayes's design, although she, too, proved superior in every respect to the Pique ; but we have a batch of use less Piques, and one now actually under repair as a mere sailing ship. THE BOOKSELLERS AND MR. PANIZZI. Yesterday, at Bow-street Police-court, Mr. Henry G. Bohn, the bookseller, of York-street, Covent -garden, attended before Mr. Jardine upon seventeen distinct summonses, obtained at the instance of Antonio Panizzi, and charging him with having neglected to supply the British Museum with copies of works, or new editions of works, published by him. Mr. odkin, who was accompanied on the bench by Mr. Panizzi and Mr. Harding, one of the solicitors to the British Museum, conducted the prosecution. Many readers will remember that not very long ago a , similar series of summonses, obtained at the instance o Mr. Panizzi against Mr. Bohn, were heard at this court, u hen the defendant complained in energetic terms of the harsh and disobliging spirit with which the rights of the British Museum under the Copyright Act were enforced by the complainant. Subsequently Mr. Bohn repeated, ie a letter to Mr. Panizzi, his request th a t i n f u t ure an opportunity might b e afforded him of correcting his omissions by a reminder from the Museum. This re quest was refused. duforrnations were laid at this court, and a subsequent tender of the works was declined as too late. The books in respect of which the present proceedings were taken were one volume of Vasari's "Lives of the Painters," Lanzi's " History of Painting," in three volumes, and " Michelet's "History 'of the French Revolution," in the well-known Stand ar d Li brary. It was no t denied on the part of the defendant, that a failure of compliance with the statute had taken place in respect of the books referred to. Mr. Ballantine, who appeared for Mr. Bohn, de nounce the proceeding of Mr. Panizzi as harsh, vexa tious, and tyrannical. It was clear that these proceed ings were taken in a vindictive spirit towards Mr. Bohn, because most of the summonses related to works published by him many years ago. In the case of " Vassari's Lives," it was shown that the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and sth volumes of the work were sent by Mr. Bohn at the time of their publication, in 1850 ; but by some oversight the I s t vo l ume was omitted to be sent. This fact was a striking illustration of the way in which Mr. Panizzi attended to his duties in the British Museum. If common diligence had been exercised, the discovery that they possessed the 2nd and remaining volumes, and not the first, would have been made atthe time. But no, two years passed away, and then Mr. Panizzi, looking for the means to satisfy his revenge, pounces upon these odd volumes, and takes out his summons—not heeding the probable opinion of the world, that in so doing he disclosed his own palpable neglect of duty while endea vouring to convict Mr. Bohn. Then why were these rigorous and expensive proceedings taken for new editions merely for works, a dozen copies of which were already in the library ? At any rate, then, let these proceedings be conducted in a more courteous spirit. He would un dertake to assert that Englishmen knew how to treat each other, and by no Englishman would Mr. Bohn have been exposed to the annoyance and trouble which he had lately had to endure after so many years of public utility. The publishers of London encoun tered no obstacles, and experienced no harshness, in their intercourse with the other public institutions to which they were also bound to send their books, because they had to deal with men who understood the course of conduct most agreeable to Englishmen, especially when enforcing a law which operated somewhat harshly upon the trade. It may be that the act does not require Mr. Panizzi to make a demand ; but all men were liable to persecution,aaoe artificial fie r c awal servants,ni it d mh could da ann n uocn o teoh t , to s han e ncndyg Englishman , .useewlsoeu. lwould iTnwtthemselveshyrserauapenah tr adehgn himself r ac i nacsusa case, latheshfet:huehpe c nuas an on l g t ht w e a o s , and the public thought so ; and in this instance, as in every other, those wh o pers i sted in carrying it on, would eventually be compelled to give way to the force of public opinion. He wished his worship would deem it sufficient to meet the justice of this case to inflict nominal penaltiesmr. B oki o d nly n . had never heard such a request prefaced by such a speech. He was not entitled to ask the pro secution not to press for the full penalties. Mr. Jardi ne had no doubt that Mr. Bohn was liable to the p ena l t i es in each case, but he . should consider a no minal penalty of ls.with th e costs, sufficient. He knew r. Bohn as an excellent neighbour, and every one must value his labours for the public. He had also known Mr. Panizzi for many years, and did not believe there was anything really malignant in his heart, what ever may have been inferred by Mr. Bohn from a little brusquerie of manner on the last occasion. He sin cerely trusted that both would go to work in a betteract spirit in f u t ure ; th e one , d e t erm i ne d t o d o what the u. le ; required of hi m , w ith ou t caus i ng unne cessary b onew and the other, to carry out the law, not as h if ieh t rather unfairly, perhaps, upon a certain class, a nd should be enforced with as much anxiety as possible, to make it less onerous to those whom it affectcoccupied aon time in discussion. Oneirelating to t w o volumes of a very "Lord icingsrpo g i wopereeraltikede an ordinary penal enactment, but as expensve character, namely, " (pu bli s h e d at 121. • 12s ) It was l c was published 20 years ago, which bo ui l e gh's l There were several other cases,A n tiquities of Mexico contended that this work i t o t n e d e that a w t only hie 4 two copies were printed etion. for the was sold at a public Mr. Jardine did not summons were n. cases the before the act_ofVic a to u r c i o a n ; but it w a austh admitted consider this a publication. In five other lied for all the e the usual court expenses, which, w i t h amounted in all to W. 16s. 6d. Mr. Bodkin applied penses , s hip only allowed but withd his Wm raw .. the penalties, am THE SHEFFIELD MONUMENT TO " THE CORN-LAW RHYMER ." —A monument in bronze, by Burnard. is about to be erected in Sheffield, to th e memory o f Ebe nezer Elliott, the " Corn-law Rhymer." Through the influence of Mr. Hadfield, M.P., for Sheffield, the coun cil of the Anti-Corn-law League havegiven a subscription of 501. towards the cost of the monumental memorial. Mr. Hadfield has likewise given a second subscription of 51., and a like contribution has been received by the monument committee from Colonel Thompson, who also promises to canvass his friends for further subscriptions. ■ I I