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the house at greater length—he would be happy to point . ilinaytthing. out or give any explanation to the committee 'night be required. He now begged to put into the hand s of the chairman the following vote :- 455 00 men to be employed in the sea service, 1854. 12 ,500 Royal marines, and 2,000 boys. U r. HUME asse n t e d t o th e v ote, and hoped to see the next naval estimates in a more improved condition. Sir T. D . ACLAND said he too was an advocate for a Wise economy, but he hoped his right hon. friend the mem ber for Carlisle would remember there could be no such e conomy if the efficiency of the service were neglected. Mr. A. STAFFORD said that in reference to the pro posed reduction in the hydrographical department, he had to state that he entirely agreed with the right hon. baronet upon that point. la r• W. WILLIAMS sa id h e cou ld no t blame the Gov ernment for the in crease w hi c h h a d b een made in the naval estimates for the present year, because public opinion had been distinctly pronounced in favour of such a mea sure. Captain. SCOBELL should insist that the improvements in steam added as much to the defence of England as they could facilitate the operations of an invading force. He wa rned the au th or iti es h ow th ey i ncr eased the jealousy of the French na ti on b y collecting a Channel fleet at a time wwhen th a t nat i on had not a single line-of-batt l e s hip i n the ‘katinel. (Hear, hear.) The annual cost of a 90- gun sh i p 51,000/ . ; so that the fleet of 14 or 1 5 line - of - b attle "ins, referred to by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, I vo uld cost cl ose on 800 , 0001 . a year . (Hear, hear.) He further begged to suggest that all vessels in future shoulc be built by contract, and he had no doubt they would ex cel those built in the dockyards. Admiral WALCOTT thought it better that no step Ih ° l ild be taken until the report of the committee sitting ° ll the question of " manning the navy" should be made. Sir J. WALMSLEY wished to know whether it was the Intention of the Admiralty to place the port of Liverpool ILI a better state of defence than that in which it was at ` ll e present d ay ? H o thoug h t th e b e tt er defence of that pert was a subj ec t t o w hi c h the attention of her Majesty's Government ought to be seriously directed. S ir J• GRAHAM sa id he had to observe, in answer to t h ° question which had been just put to him, that the question of the defence of Liverpool was one which had n ot been altogether overlooked by her Majesty's Govern - Th—er t , - A steamer of war had been ordered to go to that port already, and measures would betaken in the course of wouldsummer, if necessary, to provide for its defence. He , °l ild now venture to say a few words in answer to some observations that had been made in the course of that dis- V°ssi°°. The great pressure upon him that evening had en with respect to - the-saving he had endeavoured to ef jet—Near, hear)— an d h e the ie fore had to defend again. ~tp reductio ns h e had proposed to make. They had cer tain 1 Y Placed the expense at the lowest possible amount .enaistent with efficiency ; but at the same time he be 'le'ved that the important point of efficiency had not been lueoglected by them. It had been said that these had been ill r eduction of doCkyards, but the fact was, as appeared t rai a report of the committee which had inquired into subject, that the numbers of men in the dockyards had ° eh reduced from 13,000 to 9,600. With regard to the V e rcise of political influence in promotion at the dockyards, had to st a t e th a t th e rule in those establishments at present was, that when a man had once been admitted into „;:,5 131 , nothing but his own misconduct should prevent his Csequent promotion. His noble friend the member for n l nd ° ll , •in the year 1848, when the employment of his „4—,:'tical influence in effecting promotions had been cen- Z r ed, had given a most solemn assurance on the part of ° Government that such an abuse should no longer be continued. He (Sir J. Graham) agreed in the opinion R', l . °ll he had heard expre ss ed by some persons, that if they e l . ° have anoth er R e f orm Bill the good of the service 5 ' 1 4 theto happiness of the men employed in the dockyards, w as well as in the Post-office and revenue departments, ° llld render it desirable that, while they continued in the r t i llee of the Crown, their franchise should be suspended. ? could undertake to say that, in the distribution of the tinnage at his disposal, political influences should not be °w ed te prevail. He knew well the difficulty of carry -4,g Out that pledge, for the pressure on the Admiralty au thorities was extreme ; but his duty was a sacred one, and d• t he best of his ability he would endeavour honestly to lischarge it, irrespective of all outward considerations. should tell the house that, having considered matters el'unection with the navy since his return to the office he (l ad left hisears ago, he had found that so much had been that hYright hon. friend the member for Portsmouth, % a ' he should be deceiving the house if he were to state , at he hoped to be able to effect any very considerable re i'lluction in the naval expenditure. There was at present an n „ cr ease in th e num b er o f men , an d th a t o f co urse rendered t h e an incre ase in the whole of the estimates. He euld tell the house that, notthstanding the hardships Vhi ch poor sailors underwent w in the service, out of the nu mber of seamen which the house had ordered, not less '... 115 n one-half h a d b een vo l un t eers . H e thought that cir 4ilan°westad that t o told hen in c favurably in favour ships they did not in 11eral abuse their authority. Everything had been done 14""echeck that abuse of authority, and he hoped that the s ne as 'ires taken for the purpose had been attended with n i. ,,, ce ,ss• In the present year an increase had been recom foZued, as he had already stated, in the American naval and the American authorities had justified that in- : c- ,l Be by a reference to the increased activity and enter ti—°° 'which the h of the times exacted from th e nav y . ~..'!°1 1 ew were the views of the American Govern ment—such ere the views of the British Government. It was not in a'pairiPirit Of rivalry to any other power—it was not in any t of hostility to any other power—that these votes gl e v r e e t a il s k.ed for ; and he was as confident the committee would 'p ell' assent to them. (Hear, hear.) vote was then agreed to, as were also a vote for 615 736 ' 236 /. for the wages of seamen and marines, and 4 26/. for yictuallino. 1 0 , ,,ve e tc .°118 it AIRMAN tha t 'll ' reported progress, and asked AL M) ors gain. a seco n d t ime Examiner (Court of Chancery) Bill was read ...Onsthe motion that the house at its rising adjourn till mon g ay, AIL - WA , ' , POLE wished to ask the noble lord opposite , F.er he would bri ng on his resolution on Thursday re eeting th e oa th s taken by members, and if the discussion on forprevious m o ti on o f the right hon. baronet the member 40r Droitwich should last till a late hour? 4 , Lord J. RUSSELL said if ho cou ld b r i ng on his resolu tion respecting the oaths, and with reference to Jewish `,,laa.bilities, before eleven o'clock on Thursday night, he k‘s saould do so. If not, he should postpone his motion to other day. • The noble lord_ then mo ve d to dischar g e M l _7 . • e :Wilson from further atte ndance on Ithe ndian terri s committee ; and that the following members be added * e t hereto ° : —Lord J. Russell, Sir C. Wood, Sir G. Grey , Sir liladd oc k, Mr. C. Fortescue , M r. Cardwell, Mr. J. Elliot, 1 u Mr. L o we.--Ag,reed to. noble lord then obtained leave to bring in a bill for ~ - ' t rYin',,e , into effect the treaty with th e re p ublic of New Gr anada for the suppression of the slave trade. On the mo ti on of Sir J. SHELLEY, Alderman Cubitt the a aPpointed to be a member of the s elect committee on coal dues. The house then adjourned at half-past one till Monday. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. ROUSB OF COMMONS...—Fiug. 18. . 61JPPLY. p il girder for committee read-Motion made and question divi,,hat the Speaker d leave the chair." The Ho use -6 ' l —Ayes, 164; Noe , 28. Acta MAJORITY—AYES, 164. .4> c i t d. Sir T. D. H an mer, Sir J. Peel Freder:ck .ca cu rt. C. 11. W. Harcourt, G. G. Percy, J. William ded ir ' Hugh it. Hestia, Alexander Al„erleY, C. B . Hastie, A , ch T P h h i i i l 1 1 > l *. In p s 0 , re, John J. Henry G. ibald 4.41ek. them,' Ai " l en, Sir James Ra Hea w d k la in m s , 'TIN, . D. O'Connor Pinney, William 4th, 3., Earl of Henchy, T W . i E lli . ani P P hi iik 9 n n g ' ' foil. Jame' t op eron, W . Heneage, G. F. Potter, R. t iti leY, II J Herbert, Sidney Prime, R. /tarl '", ISI. T. Herbert, Sir T. It , char_do, 0. li„.t , g, Sir F. Hervey, Lord Alfred Ric!, E . _ _ , . rags, T. Heywood, James Robartes, T . d, f ,.A 14 1 : 1; 1 14 ' T. Hindley, Charles •Robertson, I. k . lieY. Admi ra l Horsfall, Thomas B. Bolt, P. 1 1 / 41 11 4 -, s-tt , _et ea. t ßi chard Hotham, Lord Russell, LordJ. Howard, C. W. G. Russell, F. C. H. 1, ' , ere, c ol >enh a Colonel Hutchins. E. Sawle, C. B. G. /10„.. 131 Carter, John Hutt, William Scholefield, W. 4 0 ,1er. T. Iv e , ,„, erton . • Ingham, R. Scobell, Capt. c °4l bbe 'J. Keating, Henry Scott, F. h atul, 'l ' M. Kershaw, James Seymour, Lord e hart et's, Thomas Kirk, William Smith, Rt. Hn. R. ehe eris, P. Labouchere, Henry Smith, W. M. ch(thaln• John Langston, J. H. Spooner, R. tliti — ,,, u ndeley Ld. H. Laslett, William Stafford, A. `s o lv e " L Y , Salinlel Lewis, Sir T. F. Stanley, Lord It. II bbold • Locke, Joseph Stausfield, W. R. Cott, -..,...»J• Chevalier Lovalne Lord Stapleton, John (4,,, ...> Walte r Lowe, Robert ' Stirling, William ~,0 1 %,,,1 )7 ,... I• 1 > Combo Luce, T. SulLvan, M. v ' r ket e n",', l "... F. Id ackinnon, W. A. Thornely, T. h ' - übitt -;,..,•• Macgregor, James Towneley, C. —e ed ' Al E • Mandeville, Viscount Townshend. Capt. I, cii, " ' W. 'Marshall, W. Turner, C. b,„ lg. Sir Edward Massey, W. N. Tyler, Sir G. 1 )1 111,, 4 , 1 „ 1 " nelllarnin MeaghrThonias Villiers, C. Pelham 4, , J.%,,Ztrig, Viscount M itc ell, ' W. Vivian, H. 1 1. 1 ,' t : 8 111 0 — Zd: Henry Milligan, it‘ . Waddington, H. S. i', , ely n, ,1,..i• Mills, T. Walcott, Adm. 'tka '' •J. Moffatt, G. Walmsley, Sir J. 1 , ,,. no W, • 3lolesworth Sir W. Walpole, Spencer H. ker", 4Bol l, Sir Robert Mousell, W. Wickham, H. W. kit4''eu Joseph . Montgomery, Sir G. Wilkinson, W. A. It , ti, J. H Wilcox, B. yi,....icer nhi, .„,..: Morgan, C. R. Wilson, James I,_‘kroy , 1 , 'l' it. S. Morris, D. PorteVoruter. i i e . lll'Y Musgrave , Earl Wilson, M. r, l'r et , > Charles Muntz, G. Frederick W w o ri r g tl h e t y s ,..J : N S v . m. B. 4.4.; tuu. Colon 1 N oa e k w e le , g j a . tl i. C l . ,. N. Wyvill, M. og o ner. R. e q •Ke, J o O'Connell, Maurice Young, Sir John on e ,., in O'Flaherty, Anthony (lom"elt. Viscount Oliveira B. ,% / 0 c ... 1 44 w 1 . 141 r George Osboi he, Ralph TELLERS. q r cr, p . L Paget, Lord George ki 4 ee. 0 . • Pakington, Sir John t ge nt , Palmerston, Viscount Hay me , Sir James Patten, J. Berkeley, Granville 33 , MINORITY—NOBS, 23. t4rtfpriieWapmta.ilni. Grerdle, Colonel F. Shelley, Sir J. Y. Smith, John Benj. N.. 1, John • • Hadfield, George k4,l;j; ''ir % Mimi, ' Kennedy, Tristram (2,.,(!tt, J At Lucas, F. Whalley, 0: H. kft l - i k, 4 lased, Miall, Edward P o „e, Slr J . kilter, T. J. V Sw an if s t it ß ta . it, George H. Williams, W. ~,'", ir, J . . Moore, I I. H. 1,. 4 '.er 5 ; „,,,. I, lurrough, J. P. TELLIRS. ~%ellei: ~.; ", •4. Pellatt Apsley `rei,,,e: Lltisteplien Powlett, Lord W. Hume, Joseph Shee, William Stuart, Lord D. POET wRITINDS 14-'l°llllll'T MOST(IOI3EDY, THE , AND HIS h just , Ilit COIIT/NENT.—A literary friend of ours e ms he 1 1; — " ei ved a letter from Amsterdam, in which o; that IVI. J. 11. Kiiehen. one of the Municipal C Amster' that city, and curator of the Athenwum m lecture on informs thy, has Just delivered a long and elaborate a c, e Poetical works of Robert Montgomery, before at therrerwded and brilliant assembly of savants" is t 4 I.!ellt, Which has excited profound interest, and L ide. I t -0 Published after it has been delivered at "The e 0,,_ jkoblien translated select passages fron! ~ lieeelpresence of the Deity," " Woman,' The fr o 841 ah," and " S•itan and Luther." His extracts tii this 11 t ( the greatest of the Poev y . s and in some respects. Po e wors) called forth warm expressions of approval. to h ear a're gratified in stating this, because we rejoice opiti that foreign countries are beginning to confirm .e litter°llB' , Which Southey and Professor Wilson long sinc th at e " le England. While on the subject, we may add t Roo : , complete illustrated edition of Robert M?n . - ar i d ,f_Y 8 Poems has just been published in America ; 1/ttee hear likewise that his "Luther" is to be trans tll ref Germa. It was of this (the only poem on triailZortnation which exists) that Meander, the illus he di ec r ":lao historian of the Church, said, just . before Itkid I have read that work with profound interest veat joy.,, b ~. ...,., . T t . 14t .. s * - 1.,:e-- ..,......,,.-,.... di __. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1853. NEW NOVEL by the Author of " MARGARET MAITLAND " Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo , H A R R Y M U I R. A STORY OF SCOTTISH LIFE. By the Author of "Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland," ~ Adam Graeme," &c. Hurst and. Illackgit, Publishers, Successors to Henry Celburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. towards the members of the neighbouring Go vernment. Hence the inquiries, made last night by the Right Hon. the ex-CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. How those inquiries were re sponded to by the Noble Lord the FOREIGN SECRE TARY, the community may now recognise through the medium of yesterday's discussion. Now, let us see for one moment with what astonishing cool ness Lord JOHN RUSSELL can insult the common sense of the people in his blundering attempts to evade the assaults of his antagonists. Allusion, said the Noble Lord, had been made to passages in speeches delivered by Members of the Cabinet —and for what purpose had that allusion been made ? It could only be to excite irritation. Good GOD ! to which side we should like to know is this irritation attributable ? Is it attributable to the Statesman who demands with all Parlia mentary decorum some explanation of a dubious part of our public policy—or to the Minister of State who' so far forgets the responsibility of his position and the dignity of his office, as to speak of an illustrious Ally in terms of the most vulgar vituperation? Letus add, however, that Lord JOHN goes farther than this in his profound contempt for • the common sense of the population. He asserted that nothing was further from the inten tions of the gentlemen who acted thus, meaning, of course, the Right Hon. Baronets the PRESI DENT of the BOARD of CONTROL and the 'FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY, than to say anything offensive to the French EMPEROR or his people ! Can anything, we ask, be more preposterous than this, more directly opposed by the deductions formed by the most dispassionate judgment!? According to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, you may call a distin guished potentate by all the opprobrious terms in the dictionary, and yet mean nothing whatever offensive ! You may scout a whole race, and that race, as Mr. DISRAELI justly observed yesterday, the most polite, the bravest, and the most in genious of modern times. You may designate a great people like this, foremost in the ranks of civilisation—a nation of slaves—ground down into the dust under the most ignominious circum stances—and yet mean nothing whatever offen sive ! As well might you indulge your spleen by kicking a man in Regent-street, and then, when remonstrated with, declare that you meant nothing whatever offensive. As well throw mud and brick bats at a group of neighbours who are doing you no sort of injury, and then rebut the charge of intem perance in Jour conduct, by declaring that you meant nothing whatever offensive ! Nevertheless, in regard to one of those two Cabinet Ministers of England who have recently degraded their office by becoming the scurrilous assailants of a friendly and neighbouring Govern ment—it must be remembered, as Mr. DISRAELI said last night with such bitter truth and such exquisite sarcasm; that he is in the habit of saying offensive things without meaning them, a peculiar organisation, of which it can only be said that it is a very awkward accomplishment. Bearing in mind what has recently occurred in testimony of the accuracy of this observation, remembering the language employed by Sir CHARLES WOOD at Halifax and Sir JAMES GRAHAM at Carlisle, and taking into account the melancholy prevarications by which blame in the matter was striven by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to be shuffled off from the shoulders of the Coalition Ministry—it will be well for the honour of the country, for the dignity of the CROWN, and for the character of the British Government, if henceforth the Statesmen, en trusted with the higher offices of Administration, display, if it be only in appearance, a manlier courage and a wiser circumspection. It was said of the whilome " King of CONNE MARA," as poor DICK MARTIN was facetiously designated, that when dunning applications were pouring in thickly, he was accustomed to " bless the happy days when the post came in but once a fortnight." The embarrassed potentate could only regard the increased postal facilities as unmitigated evils o enabling troublesome creditors to annoy gentle men who had favoured them with their custom,, and as a means of keeping the unsatisfactory state of their pecuniary concerns continually under consideration. The benefit to the community was lost sight of in the inconvenience to which he was personally exposed. There are many Right Honourable Gentlemen who entertain a similar feeling as to the publicity given to Parliamentary discussions. Mr. GLADSTONE, last night, must have blessed the happy times when there was no HANSARD, when the publica tion of debates was strictly prohibited, and all that the public could learn of Legislative sayings and doings was derived from the pages of the Gentlemares Magazine, which contained very brief summaries of the proceedings, the names of the orators being studiously concealed, until they be came identified with the classical appellations under which they were designated. If the prac tice of the " good old times" were restored, Mr. GLADSTONE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Sir CHARLES WOOD would have been spared the castigation so soundly administered by the veteran JOSEPH HUME, who wielded the formidable instrument placed in his hands with a vigour and energy that must have in no small degree astonished the un willing recipients of the unexpected flagellation. Nothing can be more displeasing to one of the " ins" than to have his own opinions as an "out" brought forward in opposition to his conduct on the subject under discussion ; but it must be pecu liarly so when these very opinions were put for ward as reasons for censuring his predecessors, and made use of as stepping-stones to official rank and power—when he finds that he is condemned by his own words, and the gross inconsistency of his proceedings is clearly and unsparingly exposed on an authority which he, at least, cannot slight or disregard. The first named Right Hon. Gentleman, so far back as the 6th of Dec., made a vigorous onslaught on the late Administration, and more especiallyon the accomplished occupant of the Office which he him self now holds, for daring to allude to any fiscal reductions before he had obtained the sanction of the House to the renewal of the Income Tax, which, "producing more than one-tenth of the annual revenue," would expire at the ter mination of the current financial year -- that is: to say, on the sth of April next. It was true that Mr. DISRAELI had fully and une quivocally explained the intentions of the late Government in reference thereto. He was pre pared to recognise the distinction between preca rious and certain incomes, leaving the details of the measure for future arrangement. But, not withstanding this explicit avowal—notwithstand ing that there was no concealment of, or mystery as to, the Ministerial views, Mr. GLADSTONE, a leading Member of her MAJESTY'S Opposition, thought it "by no means a regular (!), an advan almost a constitutional (I !!) order o make any provision for the Lord ta(fin)fgaePn°rclisicael(e!yei)n'J o ,r" t com mencing the sth of April, until the course had bsetobe pursued fully suedwithrespect to the Incom considered. td L J OHN RUSSELL fully concurred in that opinion, c° e thinking that "there was great force in what the Right Honourable Gentl e man said, as to the neces sity of taking both the Income Tax and the House Tax before the House was asked for any tes ;" while Sir CHARLES WOOD—the unhappy Marplot of every proceeding in which he was concerned — who occasioned greater damage to every Adminis tration with which he has been connected than its most formidable opponent, contributed his mite, by declaring that " the House ought to go into a Committee of Ways and Means, when a resolu tion might be proposed for the maintenance of the Income Tax." But, alas for consistency and stability of opinion—alas for faith in human promises ! These very men now force the House into a Committee of Supply, asking large grants, while they obstinately refuse to afford the slightest particle of information Tax—all s a ft etro Easter,t intentionshei mention r w when e n whereof th e wi i th impost ps regard otsot is se t nd o etl t ha h Income yee evdverge etoil f ground, while dissolution. Well might they skulk in the back the duty of appealing to the House to sanction a course once deemed so unconsti tutional, devolved upon a colleague against whom no such damning evidences of inconsistency could be adduced. Let the Noble Lord and his Right Honourable colleaL;ues pondei over the admirable lines of the Bard of Scotland— Oh, wad some power the giftie gie To see oursels as ithers see us, It wad frae mony a bl un d er fi , to us And foolish notion." Could they know the light in which their shameful tergiversation would be * regarded by every disin terested man throughout the length and breadth of the land, they would have been spared that de plorable blunder which has cast so much discredit on the entire Administration. We should not under other circumstanceA objea to the passing of the Naval Estima,tes. There is no extra vagant or unnecessary outlay to be complained of. The propositions of the late Government have been fairly carried out. We only fear that there has been too great a reduction in the scientific department, and that the efficiency of that im portant branch may be impai re d fr om the adoption of the penny wise and po un d f oo lish economy. Nor can we concur in the propriety of the saving with respect to tidal harbours. Tho expenditure is, we believe, essential to the national safety, and we do not grudge or complain of it. But we do object most strenuously to the total disregard of principle* that induces men who gave .utterance in December last to such opinions as those above alluded to, now to follow a course so totally opposite to that which they then insisted on. Never was there a more flagrant instance of eating one's own words than that just exhibited by three leading Members of her MAJESTY'S Government. Elsewhere will be found, in our impression of thiS evening, those important documents by which Louis KOSSUTH has corroborated' the statements recently made by a 'gentleman of unimpeachable integrity in regard to a now notorious forgery, purporting to have been penned by him in the form of an inflammatory Proclamation. It was only the 'day before yesterday that we ex plained, with all possible distinctness, the tendency of this very cruel and flagrant fabrication. We then proved, by reference to our journal of the 12th instant, that we ourselves had already at that date, and in our leading columns, alluded to the document, by asserting that we wanted evidence of its authenticity. It has consequently been a source of profound gratification for us to observe the recent disavowal.of the Proclamation on the part of the glorious leader of the Hun garians, and still more to find KOSSUTH himself rendering that disavowal cbnclusive by language of the most exact corroboration. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert honoured the performance at the Princess's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Rivers, Lord Alfred'Pa,get, and Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended in Buck ingham Palace during dinner on Thursday, and performed the following music : _ Lindpainter. Jullien. Verdi. ... Koenig. Overture—" Fest" Valse—" Paul and Virginia" Grand scena ed aria Polka—" The Juno" Pas Redouble " Zerbine, ou la Corbeille d'Oranges" Auber. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the evening, and played the following compositions : Overture—" La Gaieto" Chorus of soldiers—' ." Falkner's Brant", Marschner. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohen lohe, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at four o'clock, from Erogmore. The Royal Duchess, with the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester last evening at her residence, Gloucester House, Piccadilly. Lord Cowley had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down. ing-street. • A deputation, consisting of Mr. James Truscott, Mr. Stone, Mr. Boresford, and Mr. F. Braithwaite, had an in terview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Colonel Steinbach had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. • Dispatches were sent yesterday•from• the Colonial-office to the Governor-General of Canada and the Governors of the other North American provinces. Dispatches were received yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. ORDER OF THE THISTLE—LORb EQLINTOV (From the Morning Herald. ). We have looked, we cannot say with anxiety, but cer tainly with a confident expectation, to some of the mi nisterial journals for a contradiction of the statment that Lord Aberdeen had conferred upon the Earl of E.glin ton the vacant ribbon of the Order of the Thistle. Emi nently popular. as such an act would be, especially in Ireland, we have naturally looked to the journals sup posed to-possess the confidence of Lord' Aberdeen, for a disclaimer of the Merit, to which the noble Premier has no claim. When, however, we see that credit is actually taken by those journals for this aci, it is necessary that the real truth should be told. _ With the conferring of the Order of the Thistle on the late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Aberdeen had nothing whatever to do. Before the resignation of the late Ministry, Lord Derby had recommended this ap pointment to the Queen.• tier Majesty, we understand, unhesitatingly and most graciously assented to the re commendation, and, according to the invariable etiquette on such occasions, the royal favour once conferred was not to be revoked by any change in the advisers of the Crown. It happened, indeed, that before the actual installa tion of Lord Eglinton as a brother of the illustrious order which he is so well qualified to adorn, the friend who recommended him had ceased to be First Minister of the Crown. If there was any interference of the pre sent Ministers in the matter, it was the purely mini sterial duty of carrying out the commands of the Sove reign, to give effect to the favour which she had already irrevocably conferred. GREAT FIRE IN THE BOROUGH.—At a late hour last night, a most tremendous fire broke out in King-street, Borough, in the premises of Mr. Mansell, letterpress printer. Being one of the best parts of the metropolis for ready assistance on such unfortunate occasions, in a short time about twelve brigade and the West of Eng land engines reached the spot, and were in due time supplied with water, no less than 180 auxiliaries being employed. Notwithstanding this powerful aid, the flames spread so furiously that the exertions of the fire men tended to little advantage till the premises, stock, furniture, &c., of Mr. Mansell had been destroyed, and also the next houses partly consumed. Most valuable assistance was afforded by the M division of police, who saved much property, and con ti nue d a d rea d t o th e Kent-street "gang,' who mustered in formidable num bers. Mr. Mansell is believed to be insured. DEATH IN THE SNOW ON DARTMOOR.—PLYMOUTH, FEB. 17.—The missing body of Corporal Panton, 7th Fusiliers, was found on Tuesday forenoon, about two hundred yards from the the Duch Hotel, Prince Town, almost within sight of his destination. In consequence of the inclemency of the weather, and, the road being covered with snow, the Convicts have been put on half rations. From 500 to 700 of them have been employed to clear the approaches to the prisons, and they have been obliged, at considerable risk, to bring in the sup plies upon their backs. S OU THAMPTON, FRIDAY.—Some commotion has been caused in the docks to-day by a strike for wages of the seamen on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Bengal. This steamer is appointed to leave South ampton on Sunday for Alexandria, with the India mail, and on Thursday the whole crew, wh en called upon to sign articles, demanded an increase o f wages. Thi s being reported to the sup erintendent of the company (Captain Engledue), th a t gentleman r e f used to ac 2/. los. had e to the demand of the men, stating th at the com panysguniform money, a p dwa er al equal to 55 5 . a month, at even periods w hen wa g es o f seamen gene rally were lower than that r ate, and i mmediately pro ceeded to London to engag e a fresh c rew. This was speedily. done, and about 30 a ble seam en were brought month, with paid with a 5 down to man the Bengal. Some of these, it appea rs , deterred by the threats of fhe old cre w , have hesitated to go on board the ship. while others have been put on board under an escort of policemen. The men com posing the former crew of the ship are greatly exaspe rated against the new-comers, and having threatened to assault and even murder them, a strong detachment of the town police force has been to-day on duty alongside the Bengal and the company's office, to prevent these 'threats from being carried into effect, and to protect the well-disposed seamen from insult and injury. THE GOLD COMPANIES.—SoLIie impetus has been given to the operations of the gold companies by the decision of the Commission Court of San Francisco, in favour of the claim of the Hon. J. C. Fremont, as reported in the San Francisco Ilercild of the 23th December last, which likewise confirms the exclusive right to the minerals on the part of the landholders in fee in California—no new law, by the by—of the United States. We likewise get at the authenticity, or otherwise, of many gold com panies. " The Albion Gold Company's territory is at the upper portion of the county of Mariposa, and con sists of a little more than one thousand acres of land, in the highest degree auriferous, within seven miles of the Nouveau Mondo Gold Works, with a title in fee simple, and possess ion indispute d ." In a few weeks the re cently-appointed manager and his staff will proceed, via Panama, to Burns Ranche, to take p ossess i on of the estate. The di rection is purely English, and has the chairman of the Agua Fria at its head ; and it will be seen by a n otice in our advertising columns that Sir Charles' Ni g htingale, Bart., has accepted the office of director, in the place of Sir John Shelly, retired.—Morn ing Rerald. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday, were estimated at 5,000 bales. The market was quiet, but closed heavily at previous rates. Railway shares were firmer. The Indigo auctions went off well again yester day afternoon. The quantity passed is now 10,306 chests, of which-6,477.have been sold. The sales will be resumed on Monday, with the remainder of catalogue B.' The balance-sheet of the Bank of England, made up to the 12th instant, shows by the changes in its various items that the demand for money continued steady, for although there was but a trifling increase in the loans and discounts, the withdrawal of pri vate balances_showed that parties were able to ob tain better employment for their surpluses. The sum of the precious metals was diminished nearly 300,0001., as stated under this head a day or two since, and this necessitated a curtailment of the issues, and an addition to the notes reserved.' The smaller amount of the GO . ve,rnment securities shows either sales by the Bank, or a return of advances that had been made thereon. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows :-- Active circulation . Decrease BulliOn Decrease__ Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other deposits . Decrease Seven day and other Bills Decrease Government securities Decrease Other securities Increase Notes unemployed - • InCrease... £22,305,085 390,325 18,402,360 298,452 3,313,924 5,492 6,239,297 671,092 12,012,578 593,652 1,417,834 22,164 13,648,600 116,051 13,790,758 84,946 9,494,625 155,805 The rates at which Bills of Exchange were nego tiated yesterday afternoon on the principal conti nental cities were higher on Paris, viz., 25 27i to 32i, and up to 13 7,1 and 8 on Hamburgh, and 120 i on Frankfort. Amsterdam was scarcely so good, being 11 18{ to 19. Trieste about the same. All these prices are for 90 days' bills. From what transpired at the meeting yesterday of the shareholders in the East India Railway Com pany, it would appear that there are some parties who still affect to believe that the formation of the entire railway communication, not only in the Bengal presidency, but also in the north-west pro vinces, ought by gbod right to be entrusted to that company, notwithstanding the immense contracts it has on hand, and the importance of other lines being formed simultaneously. Neither the Board of Control nor the honourable Directors in Leadenhall street, will be disposed, we apprehend, to favour in the least such unreasonable pretensions, damag ing as they would prove to the public weal, and objectionable as they would be upon principle. The Upper India Railway Company has a prelimi nary capital subscribed by first-rate parties, willing forthwith to commence the construction of the great trunk line, of about 400 miles, from Allaha bad to Delhi. The directors are practical men, either here or in India, and Mr. Robert Stephenson, the eminent engineer, is their adviser. There never was a time when it was more expedient for Government to adopt a well-organised plan, such as is here presented ; and if Sir Charles desires the welfare of our vast Eastern territories, he will without delay secure the necessary capital offered by this public and responsible company, and anti pate the period when, money being scarcer, the same facilities would not exist. A very moderate guaranteed interest would be an adequate induce ment, because the proposed line has all the ele ments of success within itself. It passes along a level country and populous cities, and replaces a miserably tedious system of travelling. It cen tralises the governing power, while it developer the popular resources ; and the following state ments, so far from being exaggerated, are, as the Indian press hai testified, much subdued in com parison to ascertained recent data : " There is, both by steamers and country craft, a continuous permanent water communication between Calcutta and Allahabad. The yearly tonnage of the Lower Ganges is 1,500,000 by the country craft alone. The number of passengers is also very great. Deep water ceases at Allahabad, and consequently it is at this important city that the real difficulty and expense of transit begin. The sandbanks of the Upper Ganges, and the sharp ledges of rock of the Jumna, render the navigation by even the . smaller country craft slow and precarious. The instusitce of merchandise and pro perty from Agra, to Allah*Wkd, by the river route, in con sequence. of the danger antl difficulty of the navigation, is as higt as from Calcutta to England, the distance in the one case being. 300, in the latter 15,000 miles. Above Allahabad, notwithstanding the defective river navigation, and. the rude and expensive land carriage, which costs from 4d. to 8d per ton per mile, moving at the slow rate of 10 miles in 24 hours, there is an officially ascertained traffic of above 1,000,000 tons, and a land passenger traffic, by various conveyances, exceeding 100,000 per annum, besides passengers by boats, and about 300,000 travellers on foot. Having a great and navigable river connecting Calcutta and Allahabad, a railroad would, by beginning at the latter city, and pro ceeding by Agra and Delhi to Lahore, establish a steam communication from Calcutta through the fertile and populous Dooab, in the North-West Provinces; " occu- Tying the great 'line of Indian traffic with Central and Upper Asia." This is the great line of military as well as of commercial intercourse, more than three-fourths of the Bengal army being cantoned above Allahabad, and almost all emergent movements of troops and stores taking place to the north-west, or in advance of that town. One of the directors of this company, so far back as 1846, in a work of his on Indian railways (" Indian Railways," by an Old Indian Postmaster), stated that he had seen no large portion of territory present' the like facilities for the introduction of a rail way, as from Allahabad to Delhi.' " The exports of gold coin from London direct during the week to Thursday last, were only 1,800 oz. to Belgium, and 10,0001. to Port Philip, and of silver 5,409 oz. to the Continent. _. _ The English Stocks are flatter, upon the news of a collision between the Turkish and Austrian troops, and the.discovery of a conspiracy in Hun gary ; but very little business has been done. Consols have been 9 for transfer, and 991 for account. The New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. have been marked 1031 Bank Stock is firm, at 224 to 228. The advertised Exchequer Sills have dropped to 10s. premium and par. Foreign Securities have been very dull. Spanish New Deferred are firm at 23g, and Mexican at 23i. Buenos Ayres have been done at 62. Dutch Four per Cents. are 98k, and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 99. - Railway Shares have .been tolerably firm, and in Aberdeen there is a further rise. French shares have been much the same. The Gold Mines are very steady. The Land Companies' Shares are still rising. Australian Agricultural are up 51. to 10/. ; and South Australian about 21. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are very firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Front the Official List.) _ Busfness aons. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOOl 6 3 per Ceut. Consols Annuities 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726.; New 31 per Cent.. Annuities..... ........... 103 a Long Annuities, Expire-sth Jan., 1860 6s Consols for Account 10th March Exchequer Bills Id. March. 99 ?,June. £1000........... lO 5 £5OO Small Ditto Advertised 5 12 10 par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 62 Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4i per cent lO3l Spanish Bonds _3 por Cent • • Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23a i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5 p a Belgian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Ex. 25fr. . 99 Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates... .... . TWO O'CLOCK. 994 99i a Consols Ditto March Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, Feb. 19.—Wind at Noon, N.E., light breeze, and fine clear frosty weather. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Wind, N. to N.N.W. Sailed —H.M.'s ship Medea, Havannah ; do., Furious, cruising. DEAL, Feb. 18.—Wind, N.N.W., strong and squally. Arrived—Resolution, Lines. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Kath. Stewart, for Forbes, N.S.W. ; Glori ossa, Calcutta ; Emperor, Algoa Bay ; Claudia, Demerara. OFF FALMOUTH.—Thomas Snook, Loudon, for Cape Coast Castle. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 18. Wind, N. Arrived—Baltic (s), New York, loft on tho 7th of February, on freight 150,000 dollars of specie. Sailed—Sir John Falstaff, Jamaica ; William Mills, Savannah. PARIS, Feb. 18.—The Fanny of Nantes has been wrecked ; crew saved. GLioN, Feb. 11•—The Jessie of Liverpool went down off Luanes on the 9th inst. ; crew saved. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 9.—The Omonia, Greek brig, for Queenstown, put in here, January 31, leaky, and will dis charge. YARMOUTH, Feb. 18.—The Econcmy of Goole foundered off Cromer ; crew saved. LYNN, Feb. 18.—The Blassorn, w hich grounded, came off without damage. BELFAST, Feb. IL—Wind, N.B. Sailed—John Thom son, New Orleans. BURNTISLAND, Feb. 19.—The Samuel Whitbread, which grounded at the entrance of this harbour, has come in leaky, and will require caulking. NEW WORK BY HORACE ST. JOHN. On Friday next will be ;my lislied, in 2 vols. post Byo., THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO ; Its History an I Present State. By 110ILACE ST. JOHN, Author of " History of the British Conquest in India." London : Lorgman, Brown, Gree 1, and Longmans. Just published, in 3 vn.S, STATUTES of the COl With Royal Patents of Fotr 41..1 Catalogues of Docum uts relic in the Public Reco-d Office. Printee for inquiring into the state of the The following Statutes in Balliol College, 8.641. Merton College, Is. tid. 'oriel College, Is. Queen's College, Is. New College, 2s. Lincoln College, Is. All Souls' College, 2s. Magdalen College, 2s. . Svc., price 24 , . cloth, ,LEGES :of OXFORD ; ndation, Injunction of Visitors, ting to the University, preservel I by desire of li'. M. Commissioners Jniversi'y of Oxford. ay be had separately : Braseno , e College, 2s. Corpus Christi College, 2s. Cardinal and King henry VII Ith's Colleges, 3s. St..Toliii's College, la. Jesus College, 2s. Pembroke College, Is. 6d. Worcester College, Is. ity's Stationery Office, by Messrs. nigmans ; and by John Henry London : Published for Her Maj, Longman, Brown, Green, and Parker. Oxford. JOHN DOUGLAS and CO.—ln answer to an Advertisement inserted in the " Bradford Observer" of this day, signed SIEGMUND I OWENTHAL, attested JOSH. WILCOCK, We, the undersigned, 'do Hereby Give Notice. that the said Sieg mund Lowenthal never • was a Partner ia our Firm, and that he ceased to be in our employ on the 31st a ay of January last. JOITN DOUGLAS, ALFRED BANKART, ANDREW CAIRO CHURTON, Carrying on business as Stuff Merchants in Bradford, in the County, of York, under the Firm of JOHN Dommes and Co. Bradford, 17th February, 1853. DINNERS, BALL SUPPERS, and WED- DrNo BREAKFASTS provided in Town or Country, by Messrs. PURSSELL'S, Cornhill, including wines, and the Lire of plate, linen, china, seats, tables, servants, carriages tents, awnings, dancing hollands, &c. Ball-rooms lighted and adorned. Instru mental mask provided, Bills of fare sent per post for any number, or one of the firm will wait upon parties if required. A magnifi cent display of Bride Cakes for set ction, decorated in a new and elegant style. All the Parisian novelties in Wedding Stationery,— essrs. PURSSELL, 78, Cornhill (only). THE .I.TRE ROYAL, 11 AYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. - - THIS EVENING, FEE. 19, - - Will he performed tbo new an d original• Comedy, in Ave acts, called NOT r'O BAD ,AS WI , SEEM ; or, litany Sides to a Charac ter. Supported by Messrs B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, Keeley, lluckstone, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Rogers, Miss Rosa Bennett, Nisi; t. Vining, Mrs. Leigh Murray, &c. After which, the new and original Farce, called TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS. To conclude with the Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, FEB. 19, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Dorneastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new And popular original Fairy Extravaganza, • ntitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. 'Matthews, Suter, Ilorncastle, and Templeton; Madame Ve•rris, iss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, baits Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Itosina Wright will appear. Tc conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcrofi, 15, New B Jud-st rect. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlreetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Fen. 19, • Will he presented the powerful new Drama of SLATE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Mired Wigan, S. Emery, 0. Smith, end Cullenford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, Miss Harding, Miss Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the successful new Comic Pantomime, called SELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Dauseuse, Mdlle. Auriol ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TREATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean: THIS EVENING, FEB. 19, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortuna (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. Bean. After ‘‘ hich, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear; • In conclude with the new and criginal Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAI STAR; or, The Green Mird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. • ROYAL OLYMPIC: THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EV E NING, Fzs. 19, Will be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Supported by Messrs. Campton, W. Furren, jun , Hoskins, Cooke, Kinloch, Edgar, and Bender; MiSses Anderton and H. Gordon. Alter which, the new end successful Farce of A DEED WITH our A NAME, in which Mr. Compton will appear: To conclude with The WATERMAN. Box-uttice open mom Eleven till Five, under tho superintendence or Mr. E. Chatterton. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPIIITETEATRE. Proprietor nd Manager, Mr. W. Batty. , LAST WEEK BUT TWO of Mr. BATTT'S MANAGEMENT. ON MONDAY EVENING, FED. 21, And dnring the Week, the Entertainments will commence with the superb Spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, reproduced with all its splendid and startling effects. After which, a brilliant Routine of Scenes In the Arena, sup ported by the first native and continental talent. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. • Doors open at Half-past SLx o'clock. To comnience at Seven. Rox-offlce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DP - --Morning 7 min. after 10 I Evening 47 min.aft. 10 To-Moanow—Morning 27 min. after 11 Evening 0 min.aft. 0 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICB, Fin. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THI SHADE!. 30-highest since noon yesterday. 18—lowest this morning and during the night. 29—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 68. • • WIND, N.E.—Fine and frosty. The Publication of " THE SUN" Commences every afternoon at THREE O'CLOCK, and the Late or Third Edition, containing the DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT ON THE SAME EVENING, with all other news ariving in London up to the hour of Post, at SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the • Latest Trains. LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1853. Anything more disgraceful can scarcely be ima gined than the system of petty prevarication in dulged in of late by some of not the least import ant Members of her Britanic MAJESTY'S Govern ment. Yesterday evening, in the House of Com mons, afforded a new and very melancholy illus- • tration of this, during the course of the very garrulous and vapid debate which followed the inquiries addressed to the present Ministry in ieference to our relations with France, by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Oppo sition. Than those inquiries, nothing, we take it could, by possibility, have bean more rational under existing circumstances. :For, let us ask one simple question—have we not witnessed recently the extraordinary spectacle of Cabinet Ministers pandering to the prejudices of the mob by scurrilities direct e d aga i ns t th e Im perial Chieftain of 35,000,000 of Frenchmen, at the very time when the naval and mili tary armaments of the country were being largely augmented under the guidance of the Administration ? Aware of this, it was only reasonable that Mr. DISRAELI should wish, before the House was called upon to vote the supplies for our maritime service, to elicit from the occu pants of the Treasury benches some clear and distinct explanation of the views really entertained by them in regard to the most powerful of our Continental neighbours. Among the estimates to be submitted to the Commons, on the House going into a Committee of Supply, there were items show ing an increase over the expenditure of the previous year of 399,0001. in the Naval department. It was only right, therefore, the Mini sterial advisers of the SOVEREIGN should be requirei, before bringing those items under the consi aeration of the Popular representatives, to announce boldly and explicitly what are their actlial sentiments MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Front the Mining Journal of this day.) The fall of about 21 in the standard for copper last week brought a few sellers of heavy shares into the market early in this, but altogether prices have been well maintained. Bul lers have been in demand, but no sellers, even at the present price of 1,2001, the report being that the dividend will be greatly increased. In the metal market an advance of 1d per lb took place yesterday in the price of manufactured copper, being equal to 9/ per ton : the present prices, as reported by Messrs. Sims, Willyams, Nevin, Druce, and Co., are — Manufactured, is 3d per lb; tough cake, 1351 per ton ; tile, 1351 per ton ; yell ow metal sheathing and bolts, is ld per lb. The price of English tin has also advanced 51 per ton : the present prices are— Blocks, 51 12s per cwt ; ingots, Si 12s per cwt; bars, Si 13s per cwt; refined blocks, 51 15s per cwt. Lead likewise shows a disposition for a rise, and spelter has advanced to 221 lOs from holders. Iron maintains its price, and a large business is transacting; Scotch pig has been sold at 53s 6d cash, and 55s to 57s 6d for actount in three months. The sale of copper ore at Thursday's ticketting was 4,627 tons, produce 78, standard 155/Is, average price 8/ 6s ; .pro ducing in money . 38,6431 17s'6d, and fine copper 331 tons 6 cats. The corresponding sale of lestinonth was 3,411-tons of ore, produce 711, standard 1521 Os 6d, average price Si Its; producing in money 29,7531155; and fine copper 256 tons 19 cwts ; being a decrease in - the average price equal to, about Is per ton. "In the Bullion Market—Mexican and South American dol lars' 4s Hid per oz. Bar silver, without gold, 55 14d per oz standard. Bar gold, 77s 9d per oz standard. Spanish dou bloons, 77s 6d to 77s 9d per oz. Newtouards, Tamar, East Tamar, Herodsfoot, and East Wheal Rose Mines, have sold lead ores. Spearne Consols, Sidney Godolphin, Providence Mines, Bottle Hill, and Birch Tor and Vitifer, have sold black tiu. The market for the gold mining shares has been decidedly better this week. Buyers have been more numerous, in the anticipation of.good accounts both from Australia and Cali fornia ; and prices have displayed a firmer tendency from first to last. Yesterday, the upward movement was more particularly remarked ; and the market closed at the highest prices of the week. The descriptions chiefly in demand are Co lonial Gold, Great Nugget Vein, Nouveau Monde, Port Philip, Angle-Californian, and Agua Fria. The New South Wales Gold Mining Company, we hear, have discovered gold on their estate on the Hunter River. It is rumoured that they have disposed of a portion of it for a large sum of money ; the posi tive amount we aro not in a position to state, but believe it to be 50,0001 sterling. On Wednesday last, the Anglo- Aus tralian Gold Mining Company entertained Captain Bell, their superintendent, and the mining staff, at a dinner, at the Cla rendon. Hotel, Gravesend, previous to their departure for Australia in the ship Adele, which sails to-day. On the same evening, the Chartered Australian Land and Miniping Com pany gave a banquet to their staff, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgatc-street. Great reciprocity of feeling was shown on both occasions by the several parties, and a good under standing appeared to exist between the employers and their operatives. The Chowringee, from Melbourne, with nearly 63,713 ounces of gold, touched at Pernambuco, and sailed on the 2lst of December. On board of her is a nugget of fine gold, weighing 46 lbs. troy, from the White Horse Gulley, Bendigo gold field. The Three Balls, which left Port Philip with 77,803 ozs. , and the Roxburgh Castle, with 155,628 ozs., are daily looked for. The com panies established in the more settled parts of the United States, as well as those in Central America, have decidedly assumed a finer appearance ; and the revival of confidence in the other descriptions of stock has likewise sensibly affected them. The accounts from California speak of the heavy rains and floods there, which in some measure, though not to a great extent, have paralysed operations in that quarter. The adjudication of Col. Fremont's claims, delivered by Mr. Com missioner Inland Nall, on the 27th Dec. last, in favour of that gentleman, must give increased confidence to those who have speculated in gold mines situated on the location of the gallant officer. The Agua Fria Company have already been put in possession of their location, and, we believe, now that the question of disputed title is finally settled, will commence working. There can be no doubt that the colonel has had great difficulty in obtaining this award : though it has arrived rather late, yet we must congratulate the different companies concerned on the ratification of their titles by the United States' Commissioner. Mr. Wright, who it will be remembered was over here last March, at the meeting of the Agua Fria Company, we understand has left California for the Atlantic States, in order to procure in the Supreme Court the immediate ratification of the colonel's grants. During the week the business done in the iron companies has been but limited. Several transactions have taken place in the Portland Iron Company at prem. ; the British are 10/. ; Blaenavon are 15/. ; Rhymney, 231. to 251. ; ditto new shares, 71. to 81. The Committee the Stock Exchange have appointed a settling-day for the shares in the Worthing Mining Pompany, and ordered the shares to be marked on the Official List. The allotment of letters of the Port of Southampton Emi gration Co g m ri v will be issued on Monday next, together with a pro e of the intended operations of the com pany. The Knockatrellane Copper Mining Company intend allot ting their shares on Monday, the 21st inst. The Camborno Consols Mine is to be sold by Mr. WiTghtc, the official manager for winding up the affairs of the lat e company. The aventure has always stood in good estima tion with miners; and with prudent management, it is con sidered exceedingly probable to prove a profitable under taking. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of this day.) The imports of wool into London during the week ending Thursday, were 147 bales, of which 65 were from Belgium,' '62 from Germany, and 20 from Buenos Ayres. The public sales are progressing satisfactorily. In .the English wool market there is no change in the de mand for wool this week: Prices are firm and stationary. In the Foreign wool trade there has been rather more busi ness done during the past weak, and at prices corresponding to those current at the present London auctions. In the Liverpool market wool is steady, but quiet ; and prices unchanged. Imports for the week, 25 bales Buenos Ayres, and one Leghorn. WOOLLEN CLOTII MASKS?. —During the time the wool sales aro taking place in London, the woollen cloth market of Leeds has very often been dull and inactive, mainly in consequence of the absence of most of the manufacturers, and also the un certainty which generally pervades the market - during the. progress of the sales, but so decided an advance has taken place at the commencement of the present sales as to put beyond doubt the etfect that will be produced in the cloth market ; hence a very brisk detnand has arisen for goods now brought into the Cloth-halls. There was au excellent market on Saturday; the stocks were considtrably reduced, and freSh . goods bought up with eagerness. On Tuesday there was also a full average market. Stocks were never lighter than they are at present, There have been some of the pricipal buyers' from London in the town during the week, consequently there has been more activity in the home trade. The ship ping houses continue pretty brisk. On the whole there is a fair trade doing in the warehouses. WORSTED, BRADFORD, TIIIIRSDAY.—The advance given at the London woopsales merely supports the prices which have lately been obtained in Bradford, and as the supply of English wool from the country is very limited, things remain much as they were, with very little doing in the raw material. The demand for pieces is but indifferent, and that for yarns is bad. No doubt there is a dimunition in production. HOSIERY, LEICESTER.--The home demand for worsted goods is dull, and the rise in yarns is not yet obtainable. Shipping orders are approaching their completion, and no fresh ones from America have yet been given out. The demand for cot ton goods is extensive, and keeps the workmen in full em ploy. Worsted yarns are firm, though not much doing in them. Wools remain without alteration ; average farmers' lots are realising 355. per tod. Hitherto the London colonial wool sales have fetched considerably better prices, as com pared with the last wool sale. AINIERICA. At one o'clock this (Saturday) morning the United States Mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived in the Mersey from New York, after a tedious and stormy voyage, with 70 passen gers, 150,000 dollars in specie, on freight, and the usual mails from all parts of the United States to the 7th inst. inclusive. The Baltic was detained in New York two days beyond her appointed day of sailing, on account of the adverse weather which prevailed. The House of Representatives had under discus sion a bill for regulating the silver coinage, by which it was proposed to depreciate the silver coin 7 per cent., and also to levy a seignorage of from to 1 per cent. on all coins in future : but this proposition of the seignorage was vehemently op posed. By the arrival of the Empire City at New York from Havannah we have received intelligence from the latter place to the 31st of January. The sugar market was firm at previous rates. A great fire had taken place at Cardenas, Cuba, on the 29th ult., by which the custom-house, the theatre, and a number of sugar and molasses ware houses were burnt. The loss was estimated at I $500,000. When the Baltic left New York business was active ; money rather tighter ; stocks were feverish and uneasy, and quotations rather weaker. The cotton market had a slightly downward tendency, with an average amount of sales ; the receipts at the southern ports continued large, and the quotations at New York, for New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, were 11ic. to 12c. per lb.; and Uplands of the same quality, 11c. to 111 c. The provision market was dull, and pork rather cheaper, new prime being quoted 16c. to 16ic. ; new mess, 171 c. to 18c. Beef firmer, with little alteration in previous currency. The market for breadstuffs was quiet, without material change. Western Canal flour was quoted $5 37i to $5 50 per barrel, with a steady demand ; Gennessee prime wheat, $1 28 to $l3O per 601b5.; Indian corn, round yellow, 68c. to 70c. per bushel, barely supported ; Southern white ditto, 66c. to 68c. per bushel ; Indian corn meal, $3 50 to $3 62 per barrel. Freights were reported at nearly the same rates as prevailed at the last steamer's departure --the as ki n g prices being, for flour to Liverpool, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. per barrel; grain to ditto, 104 1 d. to 11d. per bushel ; and cotton, kd. to 546 d. per lb. Exchange in London was firm, with moderate sales at 1091 to 110 ; on Paris, in fair request, at 5 121 ; on Hamburgh, 361 t o 361 ; and Bremen, 79i to 791. HORMEL! CASE OF INFANTICIDE AT ISLINGTON. — A case of infanticide, accompanied with circumstances of a most revolting description, has been committed in Islington by a young woman named Harriet Butler, servant to a resp ec t a bl e t ra d esman . It a pp ears th a t suspicions had been previously entertained of the de ceased's pregnancy ; the appearances, however, she sa tisfactorily accounted for. On Monday last, on the family coming down to breakfast, a most powerful odour pervaded the lower part of the house, and as it did not abate, a search was instituted, and the remains of an infant, partially consumed by fire, were discovered in the accused's room. A medical man ascertained that she had quite recently been delivered, and she was re moved to the workhouse in charge of the police. THE FRENCH EMPIRE, The mails had been delayed by the state of the weather, and none of yesterday's papers have come to hand. -Letters, however, from Paris supply us with everything of importance that had taken place up to last night. M. Vergmaud, one of the persons arrested a fort night ago on the charge of giving political informa tion to foreign newspapers, has been set at liberty. All the others remain still in custody, and are likely to be kept there for some time longer, although it appears that the investigation which has been going on before the juge d'instruction has led to no discovery that by any stretch of the law can be construed into a criminal act. _ The Moniteur publishes a decree by which an addition of ten centimes is made to the pay of all the sous-ofciers of the French army. The aug mentation commences on the Ist of April. The Municipal COuneil of Paris has just published its budget of receipts and e 7:nenditistre for 1853. The ordinary receipts are estimated at 1,16f1,530f. for the co:manual centimes ; -34,596,000 f. for the octr9is ; 3 , 1 77,725 f. for the rent of stalls in the retail markets ; 136,000 f. for - the weighing tax ; 145,000 f. for the voieries ; 1,174,0001.. for the revenue of the waterworks ; 4511,0001. for -the tax for the Caisse de P o i ssy - , the slatghte;-houses and the entrepots ; 629,722 f. for ren t s arising from places let on the public highway ; 164,4691. 99c. for rents of communal property ; 98,000 f. for copies of documents ; 407,5001. for tax on funerals ; 700,3001. for concessions of ground in the ceme teries ; 130,000 f. for the voieries ; 1,319,843 f. 80e. taxes for various works and services ; and 743,286 f. for 'sundry receipts ; making a total of 46,164,346 f. 79c. The extraordinary receipts are set down at 950,000 f. ; making a general total of 47,114,346 f. 79c. In the eitumeration,of the octroi duties, fresh water fish is set down at 44,000 f. ; oysters, 170,000 f. ; sea fish, 540,000 f. ; poultry and game, 1,180,000 f. ; corn and flour, 45,000 f. ; butter and eggs, 550,000 f. The amount received by the city for supplies of water by subscription is 820,000 f., and from the fountains which supply the water carriers, 354,000 f. The letting of chairs produces 4,364 f., and the charge to public carriages for the right of standing for hire, 400,000 f. The ordinary expenses amount to 40,108,8511. 67c., and the extraordinary expenses to 7,005,495 f. 120., and making a general total of 47,114,346 f. 79c. The Bourse opened heavy yesterday under the unfavourable impression produced in the public mind by the Imperial decree published in the Moni teur yesterday morning, increasing the pay of the non-commissioned officers of the army. The speculators regarded it as a warlike measure, and when the Three per Cents. were (tail e d at 801. 65c., many began to sell in order to realise the profits made by the rise of Thurs day, and the , Three per Cents. fell to 80f. 500., and closed at 801. 70c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 106 f. Railway Shares were not much affected, and some rose on the announcement that they were in good demand in the London market. Orleans Railway Shares closed at 1,050 f. ; Rouen, 1,015 f. ; Havre, 490 f. ; Great Northern, 890 f. ; Bale, 360 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 827 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 927 f. 50c. ; Lyons andtheMediterranean, 760 f. : Western of France, 730 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 597 f. 50c. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 612 f. 50c. ; Dijon to Besancon, 532 f. 50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 840 f. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of flab 13th inst. The Queen, in virtue of the prerogative conferred upon her by the 30th article of the Constitution, had appointed Lieutenant-General Joaquin de Ez peleta, President of the Senate, and Lieutenant- General Francisco Armero y Penaranda Mariano Tellez Giron Duke de Osdna and del Infantado, General Juan de la Pezuela, and M. Francisco Olavarrieta, Vice-Presidents. The Gazette publishes a Royal decree nominating 43 new Senators, with a view no doubt of neutra lising the opposition in that assembly. Among them are the two bishops of Jaen and Malaga, Ge nerals Carondelet, Duke of Baylen, Jose Carratala, Valentin Ferraz, Joaquin Ayerbe, Andreo Garcia Comba, Ramon de la Rocha, Count de Casa Eguia, Fernando de Norzagaray, Francisco Javier de Espeleta, Fernando Cotoner, Francisco de Ler sundi, Anselnto Blaser, the Lieutenant-Gen er al of the Fleet, Francisco Baldasano, &c. M. Lujan, the Opposition candidate, had been elected at Santander, by 145 votes to 121, obtained by M. Gallo de Alcantara, the Ministerial candi date. The Espana, Clamor Publico, and Mario Espanol had been seized on that day. The Nacion and Las Novedades had experienced the same fate the day before. A heavy fall of snow had taken place on the 13th, which was considered a rare occurrence in Madrid. It being Sunday the Bourse remained closed. MONTENEGRO. From Montenegro the accounts are very imper fect. The Turks continue inactive (says the Aus trian Correspondenz). The nahia or district Kulska had declined to accept the terms offered in the proclamation of Omer Pacha, and young and old had made a vow to hold out to the last man. The Grahovo prisoners were in chains„ and badly treated ; and the Bosnian volunteers, who had joined the expedition of Omer Pacha, are described as committing. every kind of atrocity on both sexes of the Christian population. By a telegraphic dispatch, received to-day from Germany, the important intelligence is communi cated, that the war in Montenegro, which was sup posed to be for a time suspended, has broken out afresh, with the startling accompanying circum stance of a serious collision between the Austrian forces and those of the Sultan. There is now no doubt that the mission of General Leiningen to the Porte has terminated unsatisfactorily, and as had been generally expected in well informed circles. The demands of the Austrian Plenipotentiary, who, among other things, was intrusted to require the cession on the part of Turkey of the Sutorina and Klech have been refused. The movement of Aus trian troops towards the Bosnian frontier has been for several weeks continuous ; and the Ban Jed lachich, whose name is so familiar to English ears in connection with the recent Hungarian war, has moved from Agram, and in all probability directs the war. It may be added, that the affair of Mon tenegro has been the great Viennese topic of con versation since the suppression of the enteute in Milan ; and that the impression prevails in mili tary circles, that the time is near when Austria and Russia will make a move against Turkey, but all these " rumours of war" have yet to be confirmed. ITALY. The Gazette de Baste of the 16th announces that 'all communication between Lombardy and Ticino is interrupted, the passage of travellers, and even merc handise and corn, being prohibited upon this frontier. There were 4,000 Austrians on the line of Como, and 1,200 on that of Varese. The provinces continue calm. A few insigni ficant local disorders have occurred in the Romagna, which were instantly quelled. Rome has been un disturbed. The Sardinian States continue to enjoy general tranquillity. Marshal Radetzky has published a second pro clamation, in which he orders the judicial , au thorities to sequestrate, upon the first legal evidence, the property of those persons who shall render themselves, directly or indirectly, accom plices in treasonable practices. By another proclamation the University of Pavia has been closed until further orders. The officer who commanded the guard at the Viceregal Palace, at Milan, and who allowed him self to be surprised by the insurgents, has been reduced to the ranks. Several soldiers, it is said, have been executed. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the 15th, states that the Austrian Government has addressed a very energetic note to the Swiss Government, on the subject of the late insurrectionary movement at Milan. It complains that the canton of Tessin in directly favoured the movement. The Austrian Government demands satisfaction, and reserves to itself the intention of enforcing it if necessary. The blockade of the frontier is strictly main- tained. Not a single traveller is allowed to cross. The same letter states that the Austrian Govern ment has addressed au energetic note to the Eng lish Government, complaining that Mazzini and Kossuth are allowed to get up c onspiracies in London, and publish proclainations in the English journals of a nature to provoke insurrections. A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, dated the 17th, says : "Notwithstanding the resumption of hostilities be tween the Montenegrins and the Turks, the Stock Ex change to-day has been very firm. It is positiv&y affirmed that Austria will endeavour to obtain the adhe sion of the other German States to the Austro-Prussian commercial treaty." Another telegraphic dispatch received from Ger many announced the important fact, that a very extensive and well-organised conspiracy, for the overthrow of the Austrian rule, has just been dia . - co vered in Hungary. 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