The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

t :: I ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris, THIS EVENING, FEB. 3, ROYAL PRINCESS'S TEIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, FED. 3, ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, FEB. 3, DAILY WEATHER TABLB. BASINGSTOKE-N., gentle breeze—foggy. HASTINGS-Calm—Partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON-N., gentle breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE-S., light airs—overcast. TIINBEIDGE—N.W., calm—overcast. GREENWICEE--Calm—foggy. STRooD -- Calm—foggy. SWINDON-E.. gentle breeze--partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE-N.W., gentle breeze foggy. YARMOUTH-S.E., gentle breeze overcast. opportunity efforts strued Tr 0 NOBLEMEN and MEMBER S JL of PARLIAMENT.—HYDE-PARK. —A. Gentleman residing in one of the most fashionable struts near Hyde--park. and occupy ing a large and handsouse house, is desirous of LETTING the FIRST and SECOND FLOORS, elegantly Furnished. For particulars apply, enclosing card of address, 'to C. E., at B. Starie, Bookseuer, 23, Titchbome-street, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, HoYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, FEE. 3, Will be performed the popular and highly suceessftd Comedy of MASKS AND FACE-4; or, Before and Behind tie Cuitain—by Mesas. Benjamin Webster, Leigh 111urray, Stuart. Parselle, and Lambert Stirling, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the gorgeous F...xtravaganza, entitled LEO TILE ItRIBLE. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON 1N A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncistle ; Miss F. Baker end Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Sitter, Ilormtstic, and Templeton ; 3fadame Ve.stris Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson; Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, tii3a wyndham, Miss Eglintou, and Miss P.osina Wright will appear. To conclude with LIME TODDLEKINS. Sole Ag^nt for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New na.street. THEATRE. ROYAL ADELPIII. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, FEB. 3, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, and Emery; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. . _ To conclude with the aucce,sful new Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE; or, Harlequin Menlo Monarch. Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. Artriol Clown, Mr. Flexmore. Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by neuglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortino (as played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac ters .by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, Ryder, F. Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new and criginal Grand Comic Christ mas pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. name ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leciercq. Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, Jan., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon. 7A — fiei which, JOHN DOBBS. John Dobbs, Mr. W. Farren, jun, Fatternoster, Mr. Compton. To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with his highly-trained Dogs. Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions LAST WEEK BUT FIVE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, As he is about retiring from the Profession, having Let the Theatre to Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. THIS EVENING, FEB. 3, THE LAST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE. The Entertainments will commence with the Grand Comic Pan tomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Har lequin and the Seven Gifted Men. After which, an unequalled Routine of Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with a popular FARCE. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-oftice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr, W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. True DAY —Morning 49 min. after 8 1 Evening 28 min.aft. 9 To-Moanow—Morning V min. after 10 Evening 51 min.aft. 10 THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, FEE, 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 38—highest since noon on Saturday. 33—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night. 35—yesterday at neon. BAROMETER, 29'68—went down half an inch since yesterday. WIND, S.E.--Smart breeze, and dull, cold weather. .. , 4, 7474 L.,,,-...4- LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1853. A vigorous effort is at length being made by the working classes themselves to withstand the pernicious and repressive influence of those unfor tunate saints who have been so long vapouring about what they are pleased to call Sunday dese cration. We are rejoiced at this from our heart, because we believe it to be the most effectual means of " putting down" the intolerable, and, we are bold to say, the irreligious, cause of the so-termed Sabbatarians. Besides this, it evinces, on the part of the labouring classes, a just recognition of their own rights, and an accurate appreciation of what is best calculated to secure their social, moral, and intellectual improvement. As one of the daily organs of the cause of labour, as one of the metropolitan advocates of the interests of our toiling population, we ourselves have for a considerable time past looked with jealous eyes upon the evil endeavours making in certain quarters to deny in a very great measure all personal freedom to the artisan, from year's to year's end, uninterruptedly. Against this cruel attempt on the part of men designating themselves patriots and Christians, we have protested again and again, at every available Because we have done this, our nave not unfrequently been miscon- Because we have insisted upon the necessity of allowing the handicraftsmen in our crowded cities to breathe, if they will, a little fresh air upon the only day out of every seven when they enjoy rest from occupation —we have beenatepeatedly charged with an inten tion to demoralise the masses, by evading one of the first commandments of the DIVINITY, one of the wisest injunctions of Religion, and one of the holiest principles of Christianity. In defiance of every misrepresentation, we have continued to enlarge upon the fallacy of supposing for one in stant, that man can, as HENRY Manizw said last evening, be made pious by Act of Parliament. Compel any man to abstain from anything upon certain occasions, and he loses, of course, all merit whatsoever in the abstinence. Apart from this consideration, we have not failed to recog nise with the vast majority of our fellow-Creatures, that it would be an atrocious perversion of the divine and beautiful system of Christianity, to suppose for a moment that there can be a sin in walking through the green fields on a Sunday— that OMNIPOTENCE can be offended by the poor and the toil-worn availing themselves of that in terval to escape from the dust and the drone of their wretched hovels, to some spot where they can enjoy for a while the purity, and the loveliness, and the glory of some untainted landscape. We have understood thus much at least of the (treat 0 mystery of human existence. Reason and com mon sense have told us that it is not such acts as those we have mentioned that " the stretched-out arm" of GOD will visit with His avenginc , thunders. Until, however, the working classes had spoken out upon the matter themselves, their cause was still in some measur e at a disadvantage with the Sabbatarians. Happily, their silence as a body has at length been interrupted. They have pro claimed their wishes in the matter in a way that cannot for, an instant be mistaken. They have asserted their rights through an important aggre gate meeting of their representatives. It will be observed with interest by every man o f hu manity throughout the United Kingd om, that this meeting was sufficiently comprehensive in its character to command the respectful atten tion even of the bitterest among their anta gs _ nists. Convened for the occasion in St. Martin's Hall, the delegates of the working classes of Lon don were there presided over yesterday evening by Mr. HENRY MaynEw—than whom no wor thier champion could have been selected out of the millions constituting our population. How far the meeting can he supposed to have represented the united working classes of the metropolis may be understood on its being observed that dele gates from the following trades were assembled upon the platform—bakers, pastry - cooks and con fectioners, basket-makers, bookbinders and pocket book makers, bootnaakers, brassworkers, brush makers, combmakers and hairdressers, bricklayers butcher s :*ssr , slatffe, , cabinetmakers and upholster- ~- ' ', THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1853. ers, carpenters, carvers and gilders, coachmakers and fitters, coopers, engineers, boilermakers, moulders, leather-workers, labourers, painters, glaziers and colourmen, plasterers, plumbers, pewterers, tin-plate workers and type founders, printers, rope makers and twine spinners, sawyers, stone masons, shipwrights and ship joiners, shoemakers, silk and velvet workers, smiths, tailors, tobacconists and cigarmakers, farriers, glass and earthenwareworkers, gold and silver workers and watchmakers, hatters, cutlers and instrumentmakers. Altogether, no less than 100,000 men spoke thus through their re presentatives. No wonderthe Chairman, on opening the proceedings, spoke of the meeting as one of no ordinary character, adding that there were actually then present a larger number of working men than could be found in many of the German Princi palities. The precise object of the Meeting was, of course, as had been intimated in the Advertisement calling the trades' delegates together, to enable the labouring classes of the capital to declare themselves in favour of opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. In doing this, however, they were not only demanding a particular boon, but asserting a wide and comprehensive principle. In reference to the Sabbath Desecration Cry thereby protested against, it was remarked yesterday by one of the speakers representing the silk-weavers of Spitalfields, that "it was a curious circumstance to think that it was no desecration to walk by the side of the Serpentine in Hyde-park, while it ap peared that a walk by a fountain in the garden of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham was desecration." An other of the delegates very truly remarked that it was not charity they wanted in the matter, but only justice. All that the working classes require, in fact, is to be allowed to worship their Maker as they please. They simply cry out, as against an odious and intolerable injustice, against the attempt to make punishable by law such acts as their strolling among flower-beds, or sauntering over the green sward, or reposing under the shadow of the su mer branches, or basking in the sunshine on tl brink of a fountain. They have permission to wa} whenever they like in the fields at Battersea-z-- they want equal freedom to go if they will on Sundays as far as the fields at Sydenham. Everybody knows that labour no less than hun ger imparts a relish to the homeliest nourish ment optimum obsonium labor—it is even an adage that "labour is the best sauce." If is to the homely food of Nature that the toiling people desire liberty to go where they list upon Sundays, with that keen appetite for moral and intellectual nourishment. They want merely, as HENRY MAYHEW • said last night, to claim their right, as rational beings, to use their only day of rest out of every seven in such a way as shall make them better, wiser, and healthier. An honest wish enough—and one, GOD knows, in no manner opposed to the beneficent principles of Chris tianity. The Foreign duties of the English Press have recently been much discussed, and it is desirable that they should be well understood, and gene rally recognised. On the whole, native good sense had guided the majority of journals rightly enough, and it is not our purpose to summon any whom we may consider delinquents to our bar ; we merely wish to express our own general views in common with others. So very much in this, as well in all departments of literature, must be left to the sound judgment and cultivated taste of the individual, and the circumstances themselves which call for discussion or comment are so various, that unless the writer has a higher inter nal law than rules or precedents, he must both commit himself, and, if of importance enough, bring discredit on his profession. To warn a journal, for instance, of the slightest Pretensions to character, that it ought not without satisfac tory evidence to admit statements injurious to the reputation of a Foreign Government or nation, would be to' insult it ; it would mean in plain words, "Be careful how you circulate lies." A caution, we hope, needed by few English journals, though, occasionally, a desirable eagerness to give the earliest information may lead to the very verge of this moral precipice. A day or two commonly suffices to justify the position, or to step back becomingly. Beyond the simple line of truthfulness, however, almost everything must be decided by a great number of considera tions, many of them conflicting, and many of them of a rather delicate kind. Remarking in English journals on the conduct of Foreigners and their Rulers must be guided, in great part, by the same views which should regu late the remarks of neighbours on other families and their iheads. What it is our right and duty to notice and censure in our own household, we should shrink from making the subject of street or parish talk and condemnation in the case of our neighbour. We should expect to be informed it was no business of ours, much less that of the neighbourhood's ;, and we should not look for the continuance of friendly recognition. If we, then, indulge the same freedom on many points with our national neighbours as we do with our people and Government, we must expect a resentful sena* of intermeddling. But, on the other hand, if our neighbour flagrantly and openly violates the ac knowledged duties of domestic life, or if he becomes in the eyes of all the oppressor of those he is bound to protect, he has no right to com plain if the insulted social feelings of his neigh bours find some appropriate vent. In the case, however, of nations as of individuals, who is to be judge of what demands such extra-judicial chastisement ? We can only reply each one for himself. The check of general civilised opinion is as much needed by nations (and has been seen even lately to have a very salutary effect), as the check of social opinion is needed by individuals. Both checks are sadly too much unheeded, yet both society and the world would go on much worse without them. The desirable, but difficult, perhaps impossible, problem is to get rid of all their attendant evils. While, however, we all in our own opinion are so much wiser than foreigners, and while they are as sensitive as we in their place should be to the least appearance of assump tion, things never will run quite smooth. On the one hand, the English Press is confes sedly the only Free Press in Europe. Here only can any of the great social and political questions which affect so deeply the welfare of millions be freely discussed at all. Here only can the wrongs of the down-trodden be recorded before the world, and the martyr's groans and cries be heard from beneath the altar. Eng land is not only the land of refuge for the pro scribed patriot,—it is the refuge for his principles also. From the English !Press alone can they be proclaimed, their wisdom or their folly discussed, and an impartial verdict given. Nor can our press evade its duty in this respect. Its writers must share the sympathies of their people, and the English people, lovers above all of liberty for themselves, will sympathise with real patriots and martyrs all the world over. They scarcely know how to tolerate the necessary diplomatic pro prieties of our statesmen towards foreign despots and bigots, and they would be utterly disgusted with a press which followed merely the conven tional courtesies of their Government. Our respectable writers are fully aware of their digni fied position. They repel, on the ono hand, the selfish and ambitious revolutionist, and do justice to enlightened victims of relentless oppression, and circumstances fresh in every one's- recollection show how lawless despots disrelish the English press. No doubt one journal may condemn as an enthusiast, or worse, the man whom another lauds as a model of wise patriotism ; but this, of course, is merely a question of diversity of judgment —a, diversity inevitable where jour nalism is really independent. But if, on the one hand, the Free Press of Eng land is bound to plead the cause which is perse cuted or silenced elsewhere, and to denounce marked injustice or wickedness everywhere, how many modifying and limiting considerations are there ? Our imperfect knowledge of foreign modes of thought and feeling, and of the adaptedness of what we prise at home to the wants of other na tions ; the amount of injury we may do by ill considered censures ; the way in which they may be distorted and perverted by the few who can react our language to the many who can not, and hence the possibility of their being used to re awaken slumbering national animosities. We fear that a recent flagrant instance of this wickedness, for such it is, is but too well established in the professed quotations of a continental journal of high position, from one of high position here.) Against wilful misrepresentation, of course, no journalist can guard; still the tendency to it abroad is a motive to greater caution to it at home. We may even needlessly, by irri tating foreign powers over whom we have no kind of control, actually lessen our opportunities of serving those for whom we would intercede. We may prolong captivities, and mul tiply stripes. Despots may seek indemnification in the sufferings of their victims for the mortifica tion of our exposure of their deeds. It is a plain fact, too, that even oppressed nations are liable to construe an insult to their rulers as one offered to themselves, unless, indeed, like Hungary or Italy, they are living in a state of smothered insurrec tion. The hereditary or the chosen ruler of a people is naturally regarded by them as the im personation of the state, and though they may be ready enough to revile him themselves, they will be affronted to hear a foreigner do it, just as an injured wife will not allow another woman to reproach her husband. With the noblest of duties, then, devolving upon it, yet surrounded by so many dangers in discharging it, the English press has both a high and delicate service to perform. It has to sustain nd improve international sentiments, without awounding national pride. It may not truckle and fawn, yet it may not assume and bluster. Truthful and, when needful, se vere it must be vituperative, never. It is bound to utter the judgments of our com mon -humanity in the only court open to pro nounce them, but also not to endanger its in terests while aiming to promote them. Flagrant crimes of conquerors, such as• Poland, Hv ngary, Mexico, and Rome, can witness to—flagrant le galised iniquity, like imprisonment or the guillo tine for ,Bible-reading, and American Negro- Slavery—it would be traitorous to pass over in silence, but almost as traitorous to be blind to the beam in our own eye. In a word, it is for the English Press to manifest the difference be tween what its noblest advocate termed unli censed printing and licentious printing. The time is rapidly approaching when a full and satisfactory answer must be returned to the ques tion, What will be done with the Property and Income Tax ? On that answer will greatly de pend the duration of the ABERDEEN Administra tion. If it be in accordance with the popular will—if it be stated that the impost shall be en tirely remodelled, the flagrant injustice of the pre sent system done away with, and the matter placed upon an equitable foundation, the country will sustain the Ministry in the attempt, - and the people will testify their gratitude to those who have conceded a boon in every respect so accept able, who have swept away a crying grievance, under which the nation had been arnieted for a dozen years. If, however, on the other hand, they ,endeavour to perpetuate the nuisance, not all the official experience and administrative talent which they unquestionablypossess, were they double or even quadruple, could long avert the fate which, sooner or later, inevitably awaits those who offer a perverse and obstinate resistance to the reasonable demands of the community. It is universally admitted that the impost must be renewed, in some form, previous to the termi nation of the financial year. Unless something be done previously to the sth of April next, the Income and Property Tax will expire of itself ; and not only will there be an end to the hopes of fiscal relief that have been so strongly excited re specting the Tea Duties—taxes on knowledge, and other oppressive burdens,—but a serious deficiency, very prejudicial to the national credit, must be occasioned. A deficiency, the consequences of which have been graphically depicted by Joni MACGREGOR, the energetic, consistent, and talented Member for Glasgow. Such evils arenot to belightly encountered. We believe that there are not a dozen men of ordinal y education, in or out of Parlia ment who would dare to advocate a course so ha zardous. It is also certain that no efficient sub stitute could he provid e d th a t wou ld bring in-- r sa be edy admitted, hn lost to half ott et hd o f Exchequer. poundseven moietysterling of t twh t aa h ts e a fi l would l ve b thereby u i n n v s e ut by members of all sides and parties in the }louse —the 53 "impracticables" alone excepted—that there could not only be no addition to the indi • • - rect imposts, already more than sufficiently oner ous—but that there should be a further exten sion of the policy that had been proved beyond the possibility of doubt or contradiction , to be " wise, just, and benefi c i a l." A proposition for the increase of the House Tax could scarcely be brought forward by the pre sent Govornment, while the vote by which they obtained possession of office, and were enabled to grasp the reins of power, is yet fresh in the - li recollection. Nor, indeed, if they could even " screw their courage to the sticking place," so far as to bring forward such a proposition, and that they could induce a majority of the House to yield a reluctant assent, would it prove an a dequate substitute, or realise more than one eighth of the loss they would sustain by the ces sation of the Property and Income Tax. Some thing might be done by the equalisation of the Land Tax a matter which Mr. DISRAELI should not have neglected during his tenure of office—but even that would scarcely be sufficient to supply the deficiency. Nor even, if practicable, would it be desirable to remove the weight from all descriptions of property, real as well as per sonal, to place it exclusively on that " savouring of the reality," to exonerate the fundholder and mortgagee at the expense of the landed proprietor and householder. It may, therefore, be considered as certain that " the impost must be renewed in some form previous to the termination of the financial year, on the sth April next." Two questions of "principle" will have to be decided in the first instance before details are gone into—first, the distinction between pre carious" and temporary, and certain and perma nent incomes ; secondly, as to whether there is to be any extension of the area of taxation, so as to bring a greater number of persons within the operation of the charge. These are important subjects, which should be regarded in a sound com mon-sense point of view—in a very different light, indeed, from that in which Mr. GLADSTONE here tofore beheld them. No refinement of casuistry, no elaborate or plausible arguments can induce the labour—l i n dustrious classes to believe that menta for fiscal purposes of equal or physical—is value with accumulated or realised property—or that the professional, or literary man, or artist, should be cha r g ed as highly on his fluctuating as the owner of Three and precarious earningsf Cent. Consols , or o we ll- c i rc umstanced real per Estate should b e on his dividends or ground - rents. S To Mr. DISRAELI I • due the honour of having first recognised a distinction between the di fferent kinds of income. It is true that he did not go by a ny means far e nough , • but his was not merely a step in the right direc t . on a following out of a sound principle : he entered on the correct path , inserted the point of the wedge — so that further progress would h ave b een inevitable. The obsti nacy of Sir CHARLE S WOOD prevented the Whig Ministry from obtaini▪ ng the credit of the move ment, and indeed produced the weakness which led to the dissolution of the RUSSELL Cabine t, and Ile for them again to hold re ndered it impossible party. They had many office as an indep endent firm hold on the establishing a opportunities of misap ll were neglected or ular favour ; but a pop which they had to deplore the f atal lied and they had too the Coalition P fall. Let d en in the, errorinto "stake, which, Ministry avoid a similar ml present instance, would be more speedily avenged. t that they shoul d g o as far It will not be sufficient the exac as their predecessors , and stop short at pad proceeded. point to which Mr. DISRAELI They must advance ver y cons i derab:iy, and offer a much higher bidding than was accep ted as a will re quire. be com mencement. A nicer discrimination be temporary, must be d If an income ascertained whether it is precarious or certain. If a estate for life, or for any limit party be possessed of an ed term, it must be seen whether it is to expire, or if there be a reversion to any member or mem bers of his family whom he would otherwise have to provide for. It must, in fact, be discovered whether a limited estate represents an estate of inheritance or otherwise. These are matters re pairing mature and attentive consideration. There are unquestionably some difficulties to be encoun tered, but they may be overcome ; and the people will require that those in whom it reposes confidence shall approach the matter in no craven spirit, but that they shall evince a vigour and energy befitting the administration of the affairs of a mighty nation---of a SOVEREIGN on whose dominions " the sun never sets." MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocs. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly—American and Surat were id. and Maceio fd. per lb. higher. The sales com prised 6,500 American, 500 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 6d. ; 100 B a hi a, at 6id. ; 300 Egyptian,, at 6d. to 11(1.7; and 600 Surat, at 38d. to 41d. per lb. Railway Shares were very heavy at lower prices. monthly The six-weeks' ave rage pr i ce of wheat is 465. per quarter. wigis miscellaneous froni companies the vvhi ir have circular beenr of Messrs. Lamond and Co.:-.._ ch T Among The following llo e t h introduced to the public, but with little success, are the following. We give a bare enumeration of title, capital, and share, being fully prepared to find that they sunk immediately into oblivion. Himalaya Tea Cultivation Company, capital 100,0001., in 10,000 shares of 101. each, deposit 1/. per share, 5,000 shares to be allotted in India. St. Eloi de Carieres Sud and Mont Ste. Aide gonde Coal Company, capital 184,0001., in 46,000 shares of 41. each, the whole of which, with the exception of 10,000 shares offered in London, will be distributed among the original proprietors and in Paris. Upper Canada Mining Company, with limited liability, capital 80,000/. sterling, in shares of U. each, deposit 5s per share. Brazilian Diamond and Gold Company, capital 65,0001., in 65,000 shares of 1/. each, 10,000 shares re served for Brazil. British Sugar Refining Company, for working Bessemere's patents, capital 200,0001. in 40,000 shares of 51. each, 21. to be paid on allotment, and no further call •to be enforced without the concur rence of a general meeting. The Union Gold Mining Company for California Exploration, capital 100,0001., in 100,000 shares. The Anglo-Australian and Gold Miners' Mutual Life, in 15,000 shares of 101. each. The Grosvenor Lead Mining Company, in 10,000 shares of 11. each. The Trevalga Slate Company, 10,000 shares of 11. each ; and the Dysonant Slab and Slate Quarry Company, capital 12,0001., in 12,000 shares of 1/. each. Upon English Mines Messrs. R. Tredinnick ance. Co. report as follows :- " A very large and increasing amount of business has been effected in the share market during the past week, and generally with an upward tendency. Dividend stock is mostly in demand, yet considerable inquiry existed for progressive mines, upon which capital is subscribed or expended, and which the present high prices of metals will probably shortly place in the dividend list. Calling mines are very justly shunned by capitalists, and we would strongly advocate the principle of subscribing at starting ample funds to mature and develope the works. instead of prolonged liabilities in the shape of refreshers every two or three months, of call upon call, as we re gret to state is too often the case-more especially in mines weekly held and generally issued at a considerable premium upon the very smallest possible subscription. Why should not mining be carried out upon the extensive and comprehensive principle of legitimate and enlight ened commercial enterprise which its importance, mag nitude, and profitable yield demands. In thousands of instances, hundreds of thousands-and even millions hAve been subscribed upon less favourable promise of re venue than that possessed by a Buller or a Devon Great Consols of the present day-or an East Wheal Rose, Friendship, Tresaveau, or Dolcoath of the past." The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 1353. 1852. Great Western 16,764 15,741 North Western 44,605 39,828 South Western 9,644 8,617 Brighton Midland 22,667 20,608 South Eastern Caledonian Grer.,t Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 17,119 15,111 York and North Midland NewcaLi;'e and Berwick 13,876 14,074 The dividends upon the different railways are now mentioned in Stock Exchange circles with something like an approximation to accuracy, and, without guaranteeing the statements made, we may reproduce some of them as being of interest. The London and North-Western is expected to pay only at the rate of 5 per cent., but will have a large reserve, and, by trenching upon the balance in hand, could, it is said, have paid at the rate of 5i per cent., as some of the parties connected with the company desired to do. The Caledonian will yield 12s. per share for the 6 months, and the South-Eastern about 11s. 6d. to 12s. The Great Northern is likely to afford 24 per cent., and have a " rest." The South- Western, it has been asserted, will give at the rate of about 4 per cent. per annum, and, if so, there will be no reason to complain; nor need holders of railway property generally despond, for it was sel dom in a healthier condition, and must in time afford a larger return. • The London and County Bank have just declared a dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and given a bonus besides of 2 per cent., free of income-tax. A guarantee fund for the clerks is also to be established. The letters by the West India Mail. are of the usual complexion in respect to agricultural and mercantile affairs ; but from Mexico there are ac counts of considerable interest for the bondholders. In consequence of the outbreak at Tampico, the Government had placed all the Customs duties of Vera Cruz at the service of the military authorities. Mr. Falconnett, however, had obtained a with drawal of this objectionable offer, though not before some portion of the money had been applied. Mr. Doyle was determined to prevent any future pro ceeding of the kind, as far as lay in his power. By the Amphitrion, 28,009 dollars have been sent from Mazatlan ; but the 70,000 dollars from Mr. Exandon were still in the city of Mexico, awaiting a conductor to Vera Cruz. There was a better prospect of obtaining something from Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh. The amount of bills in the hands of agents in Mexico is 146,828 dollars, and the total here and in Mexico available fora dividend is 302,649 dollars. The Bank of England has not this morning further advanced the rate of discount. The English Stock Market has been firmer, without any positive change in prices. Consols have been 99f B for money and since 99 to For Account they have been 99,1 to 4. Exchequer Bills are 55 to 58 premium. Bank Stock is worth 228 k. Foreign Securities .have been flat. Mexican have gone back to 22i Spanish Deferred are only 22i to Equador firm. Portuguese about the same. In Railway Shares the business clone this morn ing has been very limited, and there is a further decline in price in some instances. The aspect, however, yesterday afternoon, was scarcely worse than it is at present. The somewhat meagre divi dends give encouragement to the Bears. French Shares have been exceedingly dull, and Upper In dias have advanced Gold Mining Shares are dull, but without any particular alteration in prices, except the United Mexican, which have fallen about 10s. The Australian Agricultural Shares have further declined 31. to 51. BRITISH FUNDS A.T ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (Fromm the Official List.) _ Buqine:A cone. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitios ICI 99,1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities ` Long Amenities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16 8 India Bonds, £lOOO 65 7 Ditto, under £1630 65 7 Consols for Account 10th February 9 94 k Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO. £5OO 5B 5 _ Small 5B 5 _ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lO2 Ditto New, 1852, 4a per Cent 97 Ditto New Bonds, 229 & 39, 5 per Cent lO3l Equador Bonds 5O 4 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 22 t I i Portuguese 4 per Cent. 374 x d :I)anish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46 4 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22g i i Spanish Pa:_sive (Converted) 1 All9Han Bonds 5 per Cent.. ........ .... . 87 Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 654 LDitto 4 per Ceut. Certificates... .„, . HALP-PAST TWO. Consols 99 Ditto February Account --- RATES OF EXCHANGE.--The advices from the Conti nent show no alteration in the various rates of exchange. The Paris letters as yet make no comments on the state ment that Count d'Argout is about to retie from the Governorship of the Bank of France, and to be suc ceeded by M. Bineau. From Lisbon it is mentioned that the recent decision of the London Stock Exchange, with reference to Portuguese securities, and the forced reduction of interest, has severely damaged the position of the Government. The Berlin accounts state the de finitive conclusion of the contemplated arrangement with English engineers (Sir Charles Fox and others) for the construction of waterworks in that city. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(THIS DAY). e. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) W. M. Hawkins Adams, the Post-office clerk, who was yesterday found guilty of embezzlement, and George .Dawson Moffat, who pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of forgery, were this morning brought up, and severally sentenced to 15 years' transportation. John Parrot, aged 45, described as a porter, was placed in the dock, charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Sarah Parrot. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended. Mr. Bodkin having stated the case, proceeded to cal the following witnesses. James Heath, examined by Mr. Clarke—l livedin the same house with the prisoner and his wife. On the 7th December last, being in bed between five and six o'clock, I heard the prisoner and the deceased going down stairs. The deceased called her husband " a wretch," and other bad names. About eight and nine the same evening, I heard some one groaning at the street-door. My wife went out and there she found the prisoner and deceased. I heard them conversing together ; the prisoner said to the deceased, " What's the matter with you ?" My wife answered for her, " You ought to kn0 , .7 best." The prisoner then said, " Get up, and go up stairs with you, I'll do something to you for this to-morrow." I never saw tho deceased again alive. Anne Merrot, examined by Mr. Bodkin—l lived in the same house with the prisoner and the deceased. They were often quarrelling, and I often heard the deceasd crying " Murder." On the morning, the deceased was found dead, between 7 and 8 o'clock, I heard the prisoner screaming out and crying " murder," and the deceased abusing her and calling her foul names. I was in bed, but I got up and called out, " What are you doing to that poor creature ?" I do not know if he made any answer, but shortly after he went downstairs and out at the front door. The screaming then ceased, and be tween eight and nine o'clock he returned. The scream ing then began again, and I heard a noise as of scuffling, and then as if the deceased had fallen down. Elizabeth Beer, the landlady of the house in which the prisone r an d his wife:lived, ex am i ne d by Mr. Clarke, corroborated the evidence of the lasb witness, with re gard to the screams and cries of "murder" which had been heard from the prisoner's room on the day of the deceased's death.—l was one of the first who found the deceased after her death. She was lying on an old straw mattress at the corner of the room. I felt her, she was quite I said to th e p r i soner, "My God, Mr. Parrot, she is stiff and cold —y ou must have done this before you went out this morning." He said, " God bless you, she spoke to me only two minutes ago. I asked her to get up and have some tea, and she told me she didn't know where she was." I said, " I didn't believe it, for I was sure she had been dead for hours." James Chapman, police constable, examined by Mr. Clerk—l took the prisoner into custody, when I told him of what he was accused ; he said he knew nothing of it ; he tried to deny that his name was Parrot. Mr. Leech, surgeon, examined by Mr. Bodkin —On the Bth of December I was called in to deceased. I found her lying on a straw mattress, partly on her back, with her left leg drawn up, and her head bent down over her left shoulder. Her mouth was partly open. She was quite dead. Dr. Godfrey examined by Mr. Bodkin—On the Bth of December, I was called in to the deceased. I found her quite dead, lying on a mattress. Her head was bent to the left side, the chest was also bent on the left side. I think she must have been dead about five hours. The body was rigid and cold, ex cept about the region of the heart. I asked the prisoner, at the time, if the deceased had had any blows. He said she had not. I did not find any marks of external violence, made post molten" examination afterwards. The body was in a state of extreme maceration. En examining the head I found in between the collar and tissue and the bone a patch of coagulated blood, and in the part of the scalp corres ponding to it we found that the hair had been torn out. There was a congestion and an appearance of compres sion in the lung and a compression of chest which, taken with the appearance of the head, led me to conjecture that her head had been pulled down on her chest, and that her mouth being brought in contact with her chest or the 1 rug that covered her, her breath was stopped, and her death thus caused. From the weak state of her body, she might have died a natural death from idiopathic asphyxia. There were none of the usual appear ances of suffocation, such as lividity of the lips, and the suffusion of the eye ; but it is possible that in such a weak state of the body, suffocation might have taken place without these appearances being produced. I do not think that the appearances which I remarked' in the body could have been produced without external violence, and from those appearances I do not think that the deceased died a natural death. Mr. Sleigh then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner; and his Lordship having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner. Mr. Justice Cresswell then sentenced the prisoner to transportation for life. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS 14Y.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Burchell.) HARPER Y. WRIGGLESWORTH.-PUBLIC APOLOGY. This was an action brought to recover damages for false imprisonment. Defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. Parry (instructed by Mr. Clarke, Bedford-row) said that he was happy the jury would be saved all trouble in the case, as it had been arranged between the parties that a verdict should be entered for 551. The plaintiff was a highly respectable gentleman at Isling ton, and had been connected with the Islington Market, and also held considerable propel ty in the county of Hereford. The case arose through the defendant who was also a gentleman, occupying an excellent position in life, having in an unguarded moment, and labouring under considerable excitement, given the plaintiff into custody on a charge which he was subsequently con vinced was unfounded, and which was dismissed by the magistrate. It was due to him to say that the defendant had offered to refer the case, but the plaintiff, for the vindication of his character, felt that as the charge had been publicly made, and had obtained great publicity, he felt bound to have an equally public retraction and apology, which he was happy to say his learned friend was instructed to make. Mr. Huddlestone said that the defendant had adopted the only course open to him, and he had throughout ex pressed his regret that he had, in a moment of excitement and misapprehension, made a charge which was very properly dismissed by the magistrate, and was anxious to make that retraction and apology which one gentle man under such circumstances ought to make to another, and say that he had no reason, on reflection, to reiterate or say that there was any ground for the charge. Mr. Parry said that the plaintiff was only desirous of a retraction, which had been very handsomely made, and there could not be the slightest imputation on the character of either of the gentlemen (the plaintiff and defendant). A verdict was then entered for 551. MARLBOROUGiTSTREET-(THIS DAY.) A CLAIMANT TO THE TITLE OF DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. .Richard Pomeroy, a joarneyman carpenter, w as brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with defacing the premises of the Duke of Devonshire, by sticking pieces of paper thereon. Police-constable 126 C stated that about five o'clock yesterday afternoon he was on d u t y i n Piccadilly, when his attention was called to the prisoner, who was sur rounded by a crowd of people in front of Devonshire house. ,Witness, on going to see what was the matter, found the defendant busily employed in posting on the gates pieces of paper, on which was written the follow ing :—" Richard, Prince of Wales, Duke of Devonshire, Cornwall, and Brunswick. Born August, 1820." Wit ness pulled down the papers ; and as the priSoner re fused to go away, he took him to the station. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said he had been informed that he had a claim to the property and title of the Duke of Devonshire, and with a view of en forcing his claim he affixed the papers produced to the gates, and in so doing he considered that he bad done no harm, as the premises were undoubtedly his own. Mr. Bingham inquired if defendant was perfectly right in his mind ? An elderly woman, believed to be defendant's mother, here stepped forward, and said he was decidedly right in his mind, and she firmly believed him to be entitled to the titles of Prince of Wales and Dukedom of Devon shire. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 2. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Earl of Car lisle, and the Earl of Mulgrave have been invited, and are expected to-day. Earl Granville, Lord President of the Council, gave a grand dinner on Tuesday to the Cabinet Ministers and the great officers of state of the Queen's household, for the purpose of settling the roll of sheriffs for the present year. The company present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the Duko of Argyll, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Molesworth, and the Marquis of Breadalbane. The Hon. William Bathurst, clerk of the council, also dined with the noble earl. The banquet was given at his lordship's residence in Bruton street. A deputation from the local executive committee on the Manchester and Salford Boroughs Education Bill, consisting of Mr. William Entwisle (chairman), Mr. John Peel (honorary secretary), the Rev. C. Richson, and Mr. J. P. Bunting, were introduced by Sir James Kay Shuttleworth, and had interviews with the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord President, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Argyll, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Sidney Herbert, in the course of yesterday. The Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts, with their secretary, Mr. Bromley, attended the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at the half-yearly de claration of accounts. A deputation, consisting of Sir James Duke, M.P., Captain Stanley Carr, chairman of the committee of Australian colonists ; Mr. Henry Moore, late member of the L eg i s l a ti ve C ounc il o f N ew S ou th Wales • Mr. Duncan Hoyle, of Victoria ; Mr. Samuel Pratt Winter, of Van Diemen's Land; Mr. V. L. Foster, of Victoria; Mr. James Robert Morrison, Australian merchant, London; and Mr. John Bourne, civil engineer, London, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yes terday at the Board of Trade. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and commenced hearing an appeal from Canada, Pollok v. Bradbury. The Lords present were, Lord Justice Knight Bruce, Lord Justice Turner, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir. E. Ryan. THE NEW MINISTRY AND THE ECCLESIASTL CAL TITLES BILL. How the present Government and their followers voted on the Ecclesiastical Titles' Assumption Bill, March 25, 1851. MINISTERS, &C., WHO VOTED FOR IT. 1. Admiral Berkeley—Lord of Admiralty. 2. Sir A. C o ckburn—Attorney-General. 3. Hon. W. Cowper—Lord of Admiralty. 4. Lord Drumlanrig—Comptroller of the Household. 5. Hon. H. Fitzroy—Under Secretary, Home Depart ment. 6. Lord A. Hervey—Lord of the Treasury. 7. Lord Alfred Paget—Clerk Marshal. 8. Lord Palmerston—Cabinet Minister. 9. Lord John Russell—Cabinet Minister. AGAINST IT. 1. E. Cardwell—President of the Board of Trade. 2. Hon. Mr. Charteris—Lord of the Treasury. 3. Mr. Gladstone—Cabinet Minister. 4. Sir J. Graham—Cabinet Minister. 5. Mr. S. Herbert—Cabinet Minister. 6. Mr. Keogh—Solicitor-General for Ireland. 7. Mr. Monsell—Clerk of Ordnance. 8. Mr. Frederick Peel—Under Secretary of Colonies, 9. Sir J. Young—Secretary for Ireland. 10. Mr. Osborne—Secretary to Admiralty. THE ALLEGED MURDER IN THE REGENT'S CANAL. With the exception of the difference of position in life, the alleged murder of Martha Lea, who, as has been al ready stated, was found drowned under most supicious circumstances in the Regent's Canal, at the rear of the Regalia Tavern, Albany-street, is causing as much ex citement as did the death of Mrs. Kirwan, who was murdered on Ireland's Eye. During the whole of yes terday, crowds frequented the spot where the body of the ill-fated woman was found ; and the universal opi nion is that she has been the victim of a foul pre-con certed murder. The suspicious circumstances connected with her paramour are, instead of diminishing, thicken ing around him. From inquiries made yesterday, in the neighbourhood of the supposed murder, it appeared that shortly before the cry of distress, the prisoner Mackell was seen in her company near the spot, and that imme diately upon the cries of distress being heard, a man an swering his description was also seen and spoken to a short distance from the canal bank, whence he made a hurried retreat, and was not afterwards heard of until he was arrested under the following cir cumstances. The case having been committed to the care of police-constable Bow, a detective, that active offi cer instantly repaired to Mackell's lodgings, in Ecliston court, Marylebone, where he found him, and, without in timating the object of his visit, told him that his (Mac kell's) employer instantly wanted him, and that he should accompany him (the officer) to his employer's house. Mackell, unhesitatingly and unsuspectingly, accompanied the officer, who conveyed him to the police station. Having lodged him there, under a charge of murder, the police constable hurried back to the prisoner's lodgings, and told his wife that her husband desired her to send by him (the constable) a bundle which he had left with her. The wife, little dreaming the office or object of the messenger, gave up the bundle which her husband had brought home with him, and which, upon being exa mined, turned out to be the identical bundle that de ceased had redeemed on the day of her death, at a pawn broker's. It is further stated, that the prisoner had been repeatedly heard to threaten the deceased. Mr. John son, surgeon, performed the autopsy yesterday, and found that death resulted from drowning. His opinion is, that she was raised up, and pitched into the water. Externally there were no marks of violence on the body. SEAMEN'S HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the thirty-second annual meeting of this society was held at the offices, in King William-street, Mr. Wyld in the chair. The re port stated that the benevolent designs of the charity had been carried on during the year with undiminished vigour and interest, and the institution continued to re ceive that liberal assistance which was necessary for its extended work of usefulness. The Duke of Northumber land accepted the office of president, which had become vacant by the death of Lord Melville, and gave a dona tion of 2501. to the funds of the society. The number of patients admitted on board the Dreadnought during the year was 2,316, and those supplied with medical assist ance and stores, as out-patients, amounted to 1,554, making a total of 3,870. A sum of 1361. was received by means of the subscription boxes which were placed under the care of the shipping-masters appointed under the mercantile Marine Act, which sum was the more valua ble as being contributed by seamen themselves. The society had received three legacies during the year -3001. from Mr. Benjamin Hill, 1001. from Mr. Boucher, and 101. from Lady Colville. The number of men received into the hospital, including those of the years just past, was 67,903. There were under cure or convalescent, on the 31st of January last, 159. Of the 2,316 admittedin the present year, there were discharged cured 1,653, convalescent 181, relieved 88, not cured 16, deaths 75. The patients of different nations received were in the following proportion :—Englishmen 39,734, Scetchmen 8,199, Irishmen 6,035, Frenchmen 249, Ger mans 913, Russians 871, Prussians 1,346, Dutchmen 233, Danes 907, Swedes and Norwegians 2,292, Italians 639, Portuguese 520, Spaniards 313, East Indians 1,142, West Indians 1,167, British Americans 918, United States 1,322, South Americans 149, Africans 391, Turks 16, Greeks 64, New Zealanders 35, New South Wales 36, South Sea Islanders 226, Chinese 42, born at sea 137—total 67,903. In what sei vice employed—Her Majesty's navy, 3,215 ; Hon. East India Company's Service, 1,798 ; merchant vessels of different nations, 62,890—t0ta1, 67,903. Tho receipts for the year amount to '8,135/. 14s. 11d.; and the expenditure to 7,7161. 118. 4d.; leaving a balance of 4191. 3s. 7d. The report was adopted, and officers for the ensuing year appointed ; which terminated the proceedings. A young fisherman, named Guilbert, of Boulogne-sur- Mer, emyloyed in a fishing-smack belonging to Calais, went a few days ago to pay a visit to an aunt living i n the latter town. With her consent he took a walk with a female cousin, and a young woman named Babet, to whom he was engaged to be married. They returned together about nine o'clock, and ho went to bed. About an hour later two brothers of Babet came in, and he got up to drink with them. In the course of conversation, he announced that he intended to go to Boulogne, and to take Mlle. Babet with him to present her to his family. Mme. Friodeval said she would not allow that, as it would be improper, The brothers of the girl ex pressed the same opinion. Guilbert insisted, and at length became so excited that he rose, and stabbed him, self in two places near the heart. He fell bathed in blood, and a medical man was sent for, but before he arrived the young man was dead. NEW RAILWAY SCHEME.—The prospectus has been issued of the proposed London and Westminster Thames Railway. The required capital is 600,0001., and the length of the line will be a little over two miles. Three sets of rails are to be laid,down, and there is to be a road way carried above the railway, the latter gassing under the bridges, and both being supported on iron columns. , THE ARMY. COR, FED. 1 .. The service co m p an i es o f th e 2d battalion of thei g Royals, under command of Lieut.-Colonel Bell, em' barked yest er d a y, i n t wo o f t h e r i ver s t eamer s, to he p ut l on board th e troop-ships Poictiers and Prog re ss, for CO;n Yeyanc e t o Corfu. The Royals were played to Penr°, se d Quay by th e b an d s o f the 57th an d 71 s t fligho' n Light Infantry. There were a great many spectate!: on the quay, who cheered most heartily as the steamers got under weigh. It is reported that O f 2d Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) under comm and Lieut.-C o l one l C amp b ell, at present stationed in bridge, are un d er orders for this garrison. The se. vice companies of the 71st Highland Light Infant* Lieut. Colonel Denny, have arrived in this e rris : l2 . from Kilkenny. The depot is expected to arr ive .; day. They will shortly embark for foreign se rv o l o The 71st h ave b een re li eved at Kilkenny by the ° from Dubli n , w hi c h reg i ment also expects to al b° shortly for foreign service. v 'ded The field-battery at Ballincollig is to be P r°.1 4 . 0 r with four 9-pounders, two 24-pound howitzers/ ' ammunition waggons, forage waggons, and 188 The batteries at Dublin, 'Clonmel, Athlone, an d kenny are to be similarly provided. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. A summary of dates have been received from ;w t West Indies, but lette rs were expecte d this m orn our, Commander-in-Chi e f, Vi ce -Ad m i ra l Si r G. seriV, C. 8., G.C.H., flag-ship C um b er l an d , 7 0, C ap t. Ser l ' l t he had arrived at Port Royal, and remained there ° ll hae ; 11th Jan., with the Imaum, Commodore 31 ? ti n - 12, Highflyer, 24, screw-frigate, pt. Heath; Pers ia Commander Mitchell ; Buzzard, 6, steam-81 00 PP n der mander Dobbie, and Gey ser , 6, steam-sloop, Comma Wilson. ''3D tsis The ill-fated Dauntl ess , 33, screw-frigate, ,t c an Halsted, remained at Barbadoes, and from what gather, there had been no more deaths from the T c e ce 3 o ful fever. It was stated in last account that 16 a i n and 70 men had falle n v i c ti ms t o th e scour ge, M o re now hear the number s are 15 o ffi cers an d 73 wen' -tic,h than one-fourth of th e en ti re ship's. company. Alth° der it appears the Devastation, 6, steam-sloop, Colm an ti• Campbell, was sen t t o t ow t h e D aunt l ess to A ser • gua, it is stated that Captain Halsted declined the vices of the sloop. The officers and crews of the Royal Mail s i i te f° packets had suff ere d very much. Mr. ChanllePw' o ol• purser of the Thames, died at Barbadoes ; Messrs. ley and Allen, midshipmen of the Trent, died 3- et T Thomas's ; two engi neers , M essrs. B acon and -I,r,sdittl3 and 11 hands of th e D ee , di e d at S t. Thomas ' s ; chief steward of that ship is also a victim. THE SEA SERVICE of THE MEDITERRANEAN Since Vice-Admiral D eans Dundas, C. 8., 1139 c t ° o l manded the Mediterr anean fl ee t he has had m ore fi a c bas service at sea tha n an y a d m i ra l s i nce the war . n e o ne scarcely bad his anc h ors d own f or a f ortn i g ht 3' The place, and he has been out in the roughest weathe r • expense of wear and tear must have been enormous' 0 1 PORTSMOUTH, -r , . " -. s lliPi Duke of Welli ng t on , 131, screw -li ne - o f-battle to s d Captain H. B. M ar ti n , C.B. stepped her r O3 O , c osi: mizenmasts this day ; this noble ship, being 11 °, sea missioned, we ma y ex p ec t b y th e en d o f M a rco 1 g be her ready f or ac ti ve serv i ce. Her complemen t / 1 "" 1,200 men. Car Prince Regent, 90, flag of Rear-Admiral Coal' oyi tarn Fred er i c k H utton, w i ll come into harbour on Ffl , to be docked and have her copper examil l cleaned ; her crew will be paid down. Banshee, 2, steam-packet, Lieutenant-Co l° basis James Hosken, will be hauled out of the steam into dock to-morrow to examine her copper. thosb Fury, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Edward -Oa hauled o u t o f the steam basin this afternoon, all for towed by the Echo, steam. tug, to the coal depo t, supply theref rom . Allen' c 0111: Sprightly, s t eam - tender to Victory, Mr.freso; mander, h au l e d out of the steam basin into the s lo p with the exc e pti on of painting, she is ready for the service. Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, Captain NV., will be br oug ht d own from he moorings on Friday will be docked to clean her copper. Com m Rhadamanthus, st eam store-ship, Master - o , li John . Belan e , p roceeds to Plymouth to-motto s ' stores The Frolic, 16, sailing-sloop, having been thorosgbolle refitted, will be removed from the fitting-basin;oo:l. 7th, and pl ace d up the harbour to await commissifelcv! The Fairy, Royal yacht, Master-Commander is ready t o come out of dock to try a series °f e 14) merits with an improved screw propelle r. g e orr The Cruis er steam-sloop, Commander Hon. — . O ", H. Douglas, is under orders to proceed round to SQool mouth, but n o d ay h as b een fixed for her leaving d O °S with, as her commander has been indi s p o sed, 11.11 able to l eave hi s res i dence at Blackheath for ac' ine past. t 10 1 ; The Minden M e dit erranean mail steampac- e rtie l tenant-Command er L ou i s R . R eynolds, i s u nder 0 to be paid off at this port on Saturday next. of the Captain S ir B a l dwin Walker, K.C.8., survey or t ° cl navy, visit e d Ch atham dockyard on Satu rda y minutely insp ec t e d the three-decker Roy which ship is into be convex ;ed to a screw sruP dispatch. Sh e i s t o have Grant' s cook i ng and d l s hiP g 6 galley, and, w h en fitt e d , she is to be the go r " s Sheerness. U se Sir Baldwin afterwards inspected the e /P' l3 (screw), 50, Captain 'Watson, an d ga ve dire&io o e teti reference to th e d e t a il o f her fittings. He also insP e hi od the Cressy, screw two-decker, aceer which he re till to London. sla Commander John C. B a il ey , of her .Moiest3r tot° Medea, has gene rous ly p resen t e d a d onat i on o f 5 / 1 : vlt' Naval and Milit ar y Bible Soc;ety, at the bands ° s doe Hall, B. N., dire c t or o f po li ce a l h er M a jesty yard at this port. Mr. James W e ll s i s t o b e rep l ace d in the sitt lat : l ; master smith in this docky ar d. Mr. Cotsell is t o re t urn , as master smith, to Cl id ' dcekyard, whence he was lately removed. the Mr. Smale, who is at present acting master smi „oref , Chatham, is to r e t urn t o W oo l w i c h d oc k ar d as 1 ,. the situation from whi c h h e was l a t e l y promoted WOOLWICH, V °l3. ' o f APPOINTMENTS. Do" Paymaster John Marks (b.) (1814) to the 11 . Wellington, 131, screw steam - ship, at Portsm outh' o Clerks—Alb er t L ew (18 4 7 ), and Edwar d A. t lett (1847), to the Duke of Wellington. t be _ l5 Assistant Engineers —George RoberLson, of o ot, class, to the Barracouta, steam-sloop, a t Slle cr o-fr i James Justice, of the Ist class, to the Sidon St e gate, at Portsmouth. lcp (11 4 . .0 THE RESERVE STEAM SQUAD-L.—„ t oav,t Most of the ships of the old reserve steam ; 4 , 4 having been commissioned before others CO ny.' e bA' ready to take their plac e s, f or th e l ast mon th W had no "reserve" at the ports. We W o , however, the followin g rea d y , or nearly so, f or th dant : f Brisk, screw y 14 ply n'o guns, 250 hors e - ower coo o titli° Conflict, screw... 8 „ 400 P ports fli o Miranda, screw 14 „ 250 PA Sh eeril esg Cyclops 6 „ 320 " Sh ee , r i li A P AP Vesuvius Bulldog 6 „ 500 ports ° , AP Stromboli ports °l o lo Hecla The Brisk i s now nearly ready, and all the P c ' i l fte s , er i vessels may be said to be rea4y also for imranOti a vice. Miranda will not be completed before the y , al so March. Cyclops is reported complete. W e irolo le C the Terrible, 21 guns, 800-horse power, at 11° by t h e She will be out of the hands of the engineer 3 doc' 15th of February, and will be completed by th r, ° , l : yard about th e I st of April. At Portsmouth, "-belt: gon, 6 guns, 320-horse power, will be comPl ete ts , „ v o l . Ist of Mach ; the Dragon, 6 guns, 560-hove poi l. 4 0 " the end of March ; and the Gladiator, 6 g a ll° horsepower, by the Ist of April.— Plymouth 6 THE CALORIC ENGINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD the C°- Sir,—l am surp r i se d th a t t h e attent i on of to vernment does not seem to be S eriu 1 directed of the mo s t va l ua bl e discovezie of theos p resen t day' Captain E r i csson ' s caloric engine. Otte' t With so many ships of war which aro t° uit with the screw propeller, and for which CO be constructed, it would be wilful waste °"10 1 " . uo money to apply steam, as, should Captain x-" o` v t ` o , ciple succeed, and of which there is not 11 fru slightest doubt, the en Ines must be all alte r pe , steam to caloric, causing an enormous extra eg o . e i ri e g e e ' The advantages offered by Captain E. ell 'we l3s ,:f that it can be worked at about one-foul th the e- eo pt,, takes up much less room, and, from the small 31 1' 01;7 fuel necessary for the voyage, allows the ye° 50 per cent. more stowage. There is much lend dir lity from fire, and from the absence of smok e ( 1 O f f the sails and rigging are kept as c l ean as ally ,. ton sailing vessel. • if a cee_gb The Government, instead of remaining 113. ", - to 7 4 behind the times, shbuld instantly comnao ll 'doe' e Captain E., and make arrangements for the 3 , e t 0, of the caloric engine immediately on the arriv,' „Op Ericsson in the Thames, and not delay so d te' there is scarcely a s hip i n t h e mercan tile "Or"- ecl out it. he With so much "t a l ent " now i n office, ale t° fifl eces li it will be applied t o re li ev i ng the country from sary expenditur e . M en o f " talent, " without iri c 2 knowledge of ordinary business, are of little us : state; th.ne rying out economically the financial policy of and we want th oroug h men of business t o exale l be l t ° v 1 113 matters of this d escr i pt i on, wh i c h are ca le „ eorr e ,, c benefit the community at large. Should my view of the matter appear to Y e- e paPi, r ; I shall feel obliged if you will give a place i n Yp ° s r ari with such remarks as you may consider n ec ,i t s he U b placing the matter before the Government an gip' lie in a much more prominent manner. -1 re- 00' yours respectively, A " coNsEßvil t ° Plyouth Feb. 1, 1853 al W ill P [We m have , no doubt th a t . due attention Te o .. e' . ttahmn e em j e ,p ri er ts hn of en tths.....ec E al D. eri o. c f en ff i . ; c, b u t the C 4° une cannot afford t o wa i t the issue of, up to th is time' Mr. Bingham thought the woman to be as foolish as the defendant. The latter had better go to work and claim Buckingham Palace, and not stick at the Duke of N ew so i lj r _.....—.. n . Devonshire's. If he had any claim, he had better go to .E. .r.arroRATIoN. T a Government of it teu d -11 the Court of Chancery at once ; and should he be lucky Wales have made a he rm l n o t e of l 10,000/. to be r e iT o - 3 0 P I:P o i ciety. enough to be ordered into possession of the magnifice n t ' aid of Mrs. Chisholn L a's Family Colonisation urpse,eo property of the Duke of Devonshire, that would be quite It inay be applied either for the P,rso o f time enough for him to do as he liked with his own, fend, fresh advances, or to constitute !; ec b' re t a ry tte He should now order him to find two sureties in 201. inittce of t he foraccording to the Londonjudgmentof c h om ° each to be of good behaviour for the next three months, soviet the Colonies and tho . •, - •