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

NEW WORK BY SIR E. BULWER LYTTON BART. This day is published, in 4 vols., price 425., I.YNO V E L. M. By PISISTRATUS CAXTON ; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LITE. Bl ac kwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. -----_ William LOANS GRANTED. LONDON EXCHANGE ADVANCE FUND, 2, Adelphi-terrace, Strand, facing the river ; City Branch, 3, Old Broad-street, City. The Right Hon. Lord ERSKINE, Chairman. Loans advanced, in sums of 101. and upwards. granted on a joint promissory note, repayable by easy instalments, or on the deposit of deeds or other available securities. vi of exchange cashed at moderate rates of interest. Forms of application maY be obtained at the Offices, or on forward ing 12 postage stamps. W 11. BROOKS, Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL, - HAYMARKET. - - . . ~ Farewell Season of. Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, FEB. 17, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in five acts, called NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM ; or, M any Sides to a Charac ter. Supported by Messrs. B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, Keeley, Buckstone, Leigh Murray. Stuart, Rogers, Miss Rosa Bennett, Miss 4- 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 Vestria. TIM EVENING, Fxs. 17, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON N A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. kat, hews, and Home istle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. P. Mstthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLERINS. Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Alleroft, 15, New Bond street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, 3,1 r. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Fl 3. 17, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, S. Emery, 0. and Culientbrd ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, Miss Harding, Miss Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. • To conclude with the succe , still new Comic Pantomime, called N - ELL GWYisiNE ; or, Harlequin Monte Monarch. Principal Danscuse, Mdlle. Auriol 7 Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, V•rs. 17, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Doug' as Jerrold, entitled ST. UPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortune (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. After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, FEE. 17, Will be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun , Hoskins, Cooke, Kinloch, Edgar, and Bender ; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon. After which, the new and successful Farce of A DEED WITH• OUT A NAME, in which Mr. Compton will appear. _ To conclude with Tag WATERMAN. Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence Of Mr. E. Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor nd Manager, Mr. W. Batty. LAST WEEK BUT THREE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT. Extraordinary Attraction. The Two most powerful Equestrian Dramas ever produced—Mazeppa, and Uncle . Tom's Cabin. THIS EVENING, Fna. 17, And during the Week, the Entertainments will commence with the superb Spectacle of 3f IZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, reproduced with all its original splendid and magnificent effects After which, Batty's brilliant Scenes in the Arena, supported by the first Equestrian talent in Europe. To conclude with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Foar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'rim DAT - Morning 40 min. after 7 I Evening 10 min.aft. 8 To-NI oartow—Moralin 47 min. after 8 Evening 27 •aft- 9 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 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. HASTINGS—N., gentle breeze—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—N ., strong breeze—snow. FOLKESTONE—N. light air—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially clowly. GREENWICH—CaIIa—MOW. STROOD—N., calm—overcast. SwiNDoN—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Wirtrisr —N., strong breeze—partially cloudy, frost. DARLINGTON —N., strong breeze—overcast, showers, snow. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock LSIIGHTOII--N .E., calm—overcast. lioLvßEAD—Calm—frost, snow. WHITBY—N.B., gentle breeze—foggy, frost, snow. SHAR.--N.N.W., gentle breeze—snow. TFIZ WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, FEB, 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 34--highest since noon yesterday. 24—lowest this morning and during the night. 30—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 72. WIND, N.W.—Light breeze, and snow. 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 SL YEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. - 4. i f:i ‘), a . . - , b -- ~ ,:, , ,nn,, , .., LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1853. KossuTH's reputed Proclamation, addressed to the Italian soldiers in the name of the Hungarians, has at length, as we anticipated, been pronounced a forgery, or at least a fabrication. It was on Saturday evening last, namely, on the 12th of this prf sent February, that we said distinctly, in' allu si.on to this extraordinary document, that we doubted its authenticity. Our precise words were—" of the proclamation ascribed to Kossuria we must acknowledge ourselves dubious in regard to its authorship." Recollect this was said by us on Saturdaylast, the 12th of February. It will now be perceived that we were very far indeed from being mistaken in our conjecture, that the effusion would before long be proved to have emanated from some other source than the eminent one to Which it was so hastily attributed. Else wherd will be found, in the impression of our journal of this evening, a communication dis tinctly pronouncing the so-called KOSSUTH Procla mation to be—a " Forgery." The communica tion, it will be perceived, has been addressed first to one and then to another of our morning con temporaries. It comes before the world from the hand of a gentleman already well known to the public by his many delightful contributions to our • I ' 4 :Pular literature. * Nothing, it must be ad raitied, could be more plain-spoken than his ear nest, and manly disavowal, on the part of Louis KOSSUTH, of any share whatsoever in the concoc tion of the warlike appeal attributed to him, or in. 'the encouragement of the ill-timed and blun dieting, efforts recently made at Milan to rouse the ' pa t r i o ts of Lombardy to insurrection. Our anti cipations have therefore been to the uttermost extent fulfilled. For we have it now' upon re cord that Kossumii never penned one word of the Proclamation—that he never aided for one moment the late abortive attempt at a Revo lution. Throughout the whole of his memorable career we b e li eve th a t , we have ev er done justice to that great man, whether he stood before the age under the most propitious or under the most d'..sastrous circumstances. Everywhere - tive have seen him, true to himself and to his compatiots. Nowhere have we witnessed in his conduct the evidence of a solitary mistake or the loss of a single opportunity. It is not now that KOSSUTH is likely to fall into either of tho3e errors—to betray weakness of judgment either by an act of omission -or of commission. During the whole Q' l that majestic war of Hungarian Independence, * Captain IiAYNE REID is popularly known as the author of some of the most successful and entertaining of recently published works in imaginative literature. We ourselves have, in the columns of this journal devoted to literary criticism frequently h a d reason to refer to the merits of his earliest romance, that of the " Rifle Rangers," and to the still greater ability displayed by him in his enthralling. narrative o f the " Scalp Hunters.' We have taken occa 'i( in like m anner to commend his ingenious story of " The Desert Rome„ and sh a ll h ave occasion to speak of tunity. his late—{xx .st trusi Suy.] "Mao Boy H un t ers, " at an early oppor- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAT EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1853. have done it already. Nobody pretends that the Church of England is one, or that Evangelicals and Puseyites are models of controversial meek- ness, while everybody knows that Churchmen do ten times more to endanger the Church than the Anti-State-Church Association. Well, but the guarantee for good behaviour. It is their "solemn declaration of their hearty acceptance of the doc trinal formularies and liturgical offices of their Church." Why have they not all accepted them most solemnly before, and on oath, and have they not, notwithstanding, made those very Articles and services their endless battle-field ? Why has nat their former pledge kept them from de nouncing each other as leading the people to per dition ? When, however, we may ask, has any creed been able to hinder clerical disputatious ness Y None that we know of since the times of POLTCARP and AMICETUS. Even the Assembly of Scotland, comprising an equal proportion of lay men, could pot save itself from a never-to-be cured disruption. The Methodist Synod has several times issued in the fiercest separations ; and if anything could hasten the downfall of the Church of England, we are persuaded it would be to saddle it again with a Clerical Convocation. neously followed. At the moment of 'the fright ful discovery, " the dark and rugged cliffs of Howth" were seen but a few yards ahead, while the doomed vessel, with unabated speed, was rush ing on her fate. A hurried and agitated order to stop the engines was given ; but, unfor tunately, it was of no avail. She rushed on against the fearful barrier, and her de struction was accomplished. The Captain was an this time in his cabin, perfectly unconscious of the danger. The awful crash against the rock that stove in the bow was the first warning he re ceived, and thenceforward his conduct was beyond reproach or censure. He exhibited a total disre gard of self, looking only to the safety of those who were placed under his charge. The only subsequent mistake, on the part of the Captain, occurred through the hurry of the moment, and his ignorance of the true state of affairs. At the moment of collision, several persons sprung on to the cliff, a large proportion of whom were saved. Unfortunately, in place of remaining in that po sition, and thus making the best of the un toward transaction, the order was given to back into deep water. The injury was greater than Captain CHURCH had imagined, and he sunk with The vessel of which he had for nearly a quarter of a century been the effi cient Commander, but to which his temporary apathy at length proved so fatal. The boats were got out, but according to the usual rule—the description of which might be stereotyped—one boat "slipped from, the davits into the sea," occasioning a loss of seVenteen or eighteen lives--and " another was found without the plugs," which, but for the presence of mind and heroism of a mere boy, who put his finger into the plug-hole, and kept it there, even during a , second voyage to rescue his fated companions, must have occasioned the loos of those who staked their lives therein. Such events demand inquiry. Every means to prevent a repetition of similar calamities must be adopted. The evil is brought to our own threshold, and a Legislative remedy is imperatively demanded. Just as our great National Council enters on its work Convocation makes its bow and retires. Good. Sham vanishes before reality. Arch deacons, proctors, and doctors withdraw to ob livion. We shall hear no more of them except when they now and then kick up their heels at a National School Society meeting, or at a Uni versity election. We may pretty confidently hope that we shall have no more defiance of the Arch bishop, and no more attempts to debate business which they have no power to transmute into real business. We assured them last November, that both Whigs and Tories would be equally firm in refusing them licence to do anything whatever ; and they now understand that it will be more prudent in future to refrain from over much talk. They find no sympathy even from that third class of Cabinets which we had forgotten ; not only do Whigs and Tories eschew them, but even a Coalition. Government frowns on Convocations. The game, then, is quite up. little consolation An will, allowedstilllnehowever, be them. is something . The Address to the QUEEN whose legislative voluntary reli • powers glow bodies, envies, enjoy no the State Church o such • • Voluntaries • c privilege. If the an pay and le • clergy can take gislate, the State national the fountain of national pay, and approach . commences w ith ic The Address respectful ass alto gether needless , assurance ," not after sayings Exeter and doings and elsewhere, "at MAJESTY'S of loyal affection to her throne and person . close with equal good rep on ~, and towards the reason, it states that they " not onlyrecognise but highly prize her MAUESTY'S undoubted supremacy and civil." We are happy in all causes ecclesiastical alto commend the cede siastics. If, however, so prize the supreme authority of the august they did they so unanimouslyhead of the laity, why vote down tho- proposi tion that the laity should form part of their wished-for legislative Convocation? Why kick the laity out of the assembly, and then bow down meekly before the impersonation of all the rights and powers of the laity ? Surely screw loose here. Perhaps there is a supremacy is this zeal for due to the Archbishop of WESTMINSTER, for immediately re press their indignation after they at " the Bishop arrogating to himself the ' of ROME'S nation," and i • gnoring the legendary spiritual charge' of this Britain In ;which Church, they affi Church of PROVIDENCE it rill, has pleased to preserve to this day I in passing , y . We must, always seriously style of pleading DIVINE PR protest against this PROVIDENCE in behalf of our party fancies. In our ears it is the worst species of profanity. It was all very well for ec clesiastics, especially the dignitaries of the Church, to express their gratitude that the CROWN had nullified the titular the supremacy of pretensions of a rival hierarchy ; but to thank PROVIDENCE • for what even their dear old legend-loving FULLER i s obliged to throw overboard, isonly another mode of saying, " The temple of the LORD are we." It was at once irreverent, indel . t ica e, and undignified to foist such old Church stories into an Address to the QUEEN. Very proper are the gratitude for the prospe rity and loyal obedience of the people , and the of sor row for the loss of the Duke WELLINGTON • re -0 and equally so the plea sure with which they ' co rd the great exertions o f the last 3 years for the spiritual instruction of an • • increasing popula tion, more churches being now consecrated an nually than were built during the whole of the last century. In connection with " this, however, her MAJESTY is reminded of the • paucity of Bishops: They are hardly more than they were three centuries ago 1 • This must press heavily, no doubt, on Episcopal conscience, since we know that the property of Bishops has increased, per haps, twentyfold since that time. Of course they wish it to be distributed amongst twenty times as many bishops. It cannot be the spiritual toil which embarrasses them, since the amount thereof is known to be peculiarly favourable to longevity. No, it is leasehold estates, mines, and the like which weigh so heavily on their shoulders. Her MAJESTY will, doubtless, refer them to Mr. HoRSMAN and Sir BENJAMIN HALL. Probably, also, they wished to please Lord JOHN with a little more bishop-making. With a beautiful and . touching g l a nce at the piety of PRINC E ALBERT and others, due to their own faithful ministrations, and efflorescing in model lodging-houses, baths, ana wash-houses, they approach the great theme of their Address, and the restoration of their own deliberative and le- They do not think it advis - gislative fun ctions. able just now t o ask leav e to do anything, bu t the respectfully appris e her MAJESTY that "legis y lative assembl ies are an essential and most impor tan,t part of the constitution of the Reformed Church ;" that present circumstances demand and. improvement their preserv ation , and that it at no distant cour se, they ma y be advant a g eous to renew them date. If th e y are essential, why, of are important. The only marvel is, how anything in the world ever existed 150 years without one of !—especially how it should show it s essential parts grea t e r life am d energy annually now than it displ a y ed This is strange duringthe w hole of the last century. to us, moreover, enoug h to our lay ears. Very odd is the delaying to ask the immediate restoration of what is " essential and most important." We more our rulersin this p er verse lay liberals do not let off easy them to th e death for style. We weary "essential and important" reforms every year. evoutly w ill the Cabin et p ray that we may takeDevouation. D a lesson from Convoc a tion. We n eed not recal our readers the ar g uments t o the recoll ection of brought forward last No which we a nd others co mber again st the demand h er e so modestly and ill o gically Evidently the restless ones made. h go t their qu i e t u s for tho p resent. They find the QuEEN, the laity, and every variety of C a binet against t h em , and they must keep the It is, h o wever, am usin g peace. t o notice their consciousness of their besetting sin, and the gua rantee which they give that they will resist tempta ation. lt IS apprehended, say they to the Head of the Church, that if your MAJESTY do permit us to mee t, and debate, a nd le g islate, we shall st over controverted points as to t o so bitter l y imperil 'Christian charity, existing institutions, and our visible unity. Why, yes ; just so. You which remains yet to be adequately recounted• that war of which Louis KOSSU TH was at once the Heroic Chief and the Avenging Genius, the right arm and the inspiration—the Leader of the Magyars never once erred in his grand and com prehensive calculations. He counted upon his compatriots, and they approved themselves worthy of his confidence. He promised them victory— and they had it surely again and again to their 1 sours satisfaction. When everything frowned upon the interests of their nationality When the Austrian troopers were advancing almost at a review pace, with flying colours, and with their drums and trumpets sounding the triumphal march, KOSSUTH retreated, with the rest of the Hungarian Government, slowly upon Debreczin, still assuring his companions of success, if they relied upon him, and followed implicitly the bent of his instructions. And they did. With what result History has since told in that succession of astounding battles which beat down the pride of the German Emperor, and routed the troops of even his most formidable veterans, and broke the sword of his most redoubtable mar shals, and drove his armies back almost at a single rush from the heart of the invaded country to the very walls of Vienna. It was through no error on the part of KOSSUTH that the independence of the Magyars was not then com pletely and permanently established. It was, after all, those triumphs insured by the genius, and the valour, and the patriotism of the Magyar CARNOT, the Hungarian organiser of victory, that the glorious cause to which his whole life was devoted was sold by the treason of ARTHUR GORGE; and crushed under the feet of the multitude of Cossacks brought into the field by the order of the Russian Autocrat.; Hun gary fell only because of the crime of ark arch traitor, aided by the interposition of a foreign army, under the command of Prince PA SKEWITCH. It was then that KOSSUTH, almost broken-hearted at this appalling reverse, but still confident that the day of vengeance must ultimately arrive, worn out by the effects of his astonishing, almost preternatural, exertions, and horrorstricken at the cold-blooded murder of so many of his compa nions ,by civil and military execution, withdrew from the reach of that army of assassins, by retiring across the frontiers of Turkey, and plac ing hirriself under the sheltering power of the young Sultan-Caliph Aun-UL-MEDJID. It was then that occ'iirred that memorable incident, re ferred to by Captain MAYNE REID in his recent communicatioh that incident which we " can never conteniplate, without emotion, and which will for ever redound to the glory of the Liberator of the Hungarians. Offered life on the condition that he would renounce the religion of his fathers, Kosstrra repelled the craven temptation with a noble and affecting outburst of indignation, ex claiming, " Death, death upon the scaffold, is preferable to such terms for life ! Ac cursed be the tongue that could make to me such an infamous proposal !" Yes—and this is the man who, in the gloom and anguish of his exile, sorrowing, as his lofty nature must so profoundly over the sufferings, and, worse than that, the temporary degradation of his fatherland—this is the man who, in the hour of his misfortune, some of his more heartless calumniators would brand with the meanest of all guilt—the guilt of cowardice. To this end it has been advisable, it would appear, to trump up against him this charge, stirring up an abortive revolt at Milan by means of a " bombastic " Proclamation. Re: viewing the course we have adopted in regard to Louis KOSSUTH and his brave Hungarians, .we have reason, we conceive, to rejoice from our heart that in this particular, also, we were the earliest in doing full justice to both by not hesitating in avowing our doubt as to the authenticity of that strange and blun dering document. As we have already reminded our readers, that doubt was expressed by our selves on Saturday the 12th of this present February—and not until Tuesday the 15th, namely, three days afterwards, was the first authentic disavowal of the reputed authorship on the part of KOSSUTII, transmitted to the chief of our morning contemporaries. All misappre hension upon the matter is, therefore, cleared up at length satisfactorily. KOSSUTH, through a per fectly reliable authority, has clearly disavowed the document ! He, not contented himself with a • l simp e disavowal, has, through the medium of a most credible witness, boldly pronounced it to be a forgery ! He stands clear, therefore, of whatever blame might have attached to him through the influence of this criminal imputation. Aware of these facts, it assuredly behooves the people of England to regard with some degree of suspicion the attacks directed by the apologists of Northern Despotism against an illustrious Patriot like the Leader of the Hungarians. In another part of this day's impression will be found a narrative of a fearful and heart-rending catastrophe, in which many lives have been sacri ficed through the gross and culpable negligence of one who had ever maintained the character of an experienced and meritorious officer, and who, after the deplorable accident had taken place, exerted himself to the very utmost to mitigate the evils arising from his own indiscretion, and sacrificed even life itself at the call of duty. From the moment of the accident no man could have acted better than Captain Cntmcu, and we deeply la ment the imperative necessity that compels us to allow any reproach to rest on his memory; and which we would gladly remove, if any circum stance should arise to alter the views we have most reluctantly adopted. There is, however, this, damning fact that he was absent from deck at a time when his presence would have been of vital importance—that he was resting in his cabin when all was doubt and uncertainty on deck—when the murkiness of the storm rendered it incumbent to preserve the utmost vigilance. To that negligence may be ascribed the fatal calamity which produced the loss of so many lives and property to a large amount. The Queen Victoria was a vessel of a very superior description. She had been for many years engaged in the Mail-packet Service. It may, therefore, be easily credited that no ob jection could be preferred against the ship. Her officers, and even the seamen employed, were, we belieire, truly stated to have been "men of experi ence, prudence, and intelligence." No possible imputation, therefore, can rest upon the Directors of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company. They took every precaution befitting prudent and sensible men as to the quality of the vessel, and the experience and competence of the crew, and cannot, therefore, be held in any degree morally responsible for the serious consequences that have occurred. There was no omission on their part nothing to be complained of, and, therefore, the Board of Directors as a body must be completely exonerated from all blame in respect to the melancholy transaction. We cannot, however, pronounce a similar verdict of unqualified acquittal as to the conduct of the late commanding officer. From the graphic description of the melancholy transaction which we have transferred into our columns, from a talented Irish contemporary, it will be seen that the, Queen Victoria left Liver pool for Kingstown about half-past three on Mon day last,' with a , valuable cargo, and a far more valuable freight of human beings, comprising about 120 men, women, and children. At first, all went well. There was nothing to excite the slightest feeling of alarm until nearly half-past ono o'clock on Tuesday morning. Then, when the voy age had been nearly accomplished, and the place of destination arrived at, a heavy fall of snow set in.. This, on e o f th e mos t f orm id a bl e occurrences in coasting navigation, although it created a slight sensation on deck, was not considered of sufficient moment to warrant the disturbing of the Captain from his slumbers, or taking the instructions of the Commander on the emer gency. The transient view that was obtained of the Kish-light would obviously have demanded caution. But Captain CHURCH was not awakened, nor 'was the speed of the ill-fated vessel in any degree,. retarded. She proceeded on her course rapidly, and nothing excited the slightest alarm in the minds of the inexperienced passengers until a hasty exclamation from the first mate announced the apprgaching calamity which almost instant' COURT CIRCULAR. - The Queen held a court at one o'clock yesterday after noon, for the reception of an address to the Throne from the Convocation of the Clergy of the province of Canterbury._ The members of the Convocation arrived at Bucking ham Palace at a quarter before one o'clock, and were conducted to the Green. Drawing-room, the clergy ap pearing in their convocation robes. ber i l e standing by being.ndinegbyhe seated on her throne, sidetheconvocationw Prince Al , Aereld to the Throne-roo m by ' Sir William Martins and Mr. Henry Greville, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting. Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess of Suther land, Mistress of the Robes ; the Marchioness of Ely, Ladj in Waiting ; the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., First Lord of the Treasury j Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., Secretary of State for the Home" Department ' • the Marquis of L ans d owne , K.G . • Earl Granville, Lord President ; th e D u k e o f Argyll, Lord Privy Seal ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the Right Hon. William E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir William Molesworth, Chief-Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings ; the Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbaue, K.T., Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., Gold Stick in Waiting ; Lord Foley, Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Viscount Sydney, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard ; the Earl of Mul grave, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ; Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller of the Household ; Lord Rivers, Lord in Waiti ng ; Si r Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting ; Col. F. H. Sey mour, Groom of the Robes ; Col. Bouverie, Silver Stick in Waiting ; . Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk-Marshal), Equerry. in Waiting ; Col. Colville, Field Officer in Bri gade Waiting ; and Messrs George Gordon Macpherson and Henry Farquharson, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Prince Albert was attended by Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting ; Col. Wylde, Groom in Waiting ; and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting. The members of the Convocation entered in the fol lowing order : —The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rev. John Thomas, Chaplain to his Grace ; Dr. Travers Twin, the Vicar-General of the province of Canterbury ; Francis Hart Dyke, Esq.. Registrar ; Felix Knyvett, Esq., Apparritor-General ; the Bishops of London, Winchester, Salisbury, Oxford, Chichester, Llandaff, Peterborough, and Worcester ; the Rev. Dr. Peacock, Dean of Ely, Prolocutor ; and a numerous body of mem bers of the Convocation, including the Rev. Dr. Wilson, Archdeacon garrison, Archdeacon Hale, Rev. John Jackson, Rev. Dr. Russell, Lord Saye and Sele, Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Dean of Worcester, the Dean of Norwich, the Dean of Bristol, Rev. Mr. Majendie, Rev. Dr. Spry, the *an of Winchester, Archdeacon Deni son, the Archdeacon of Bath, the Rev. John Yardley, Rev. J. Hutchinson, Rev. Henry Arthur Woodgata, &c. The Archbishop of Canterbury having advanced near the Queen, read the address, and kneeling presented it to her Majesty. The Queen returned the following most gracious answer : " I receive with cordial satisfaction the assurances of your loyal and affectionate attachment to my throne and person. "It is my earnest desire to promote the welfare and happiness of all classes of my subjects, by continuing to them the blessings of peace abroad, and by assisting to extend at home the holy influence of religion, which is the only sure foundation on which national prosperity can permanently rest. " I thank you for the sympathy which you have ex pressed in my sorrow for the recent boss of the most dis tinguished of my subjects, and,.l appreciate the value which you attach to that high sense of duty which he was invariably inspired. " I rely with confidende on your assurances of your desire to preserve harmony in the Church, and to increase its efficiency, while maintaining its doctrines and my supremacy unimpaired ; and I pray that the blessing of God may attend your endeavours to extend widely, throughout all classes of my people, the inestimable benefit of pure and deeply-felt religion." The Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Rev. Dr. Pea cock, Dean of Ely, the Prolocutor, had the honour of kisSing hands, and the clergy then retired from the pre sence of the Sovereign. The Hon. Corps of Gentleman at Arms were on duty under the command of the Right Hon. the Captain, the Lieutenant, Sir James Tyler, the Standard Bearer, Major Harmer, and Joseph Skip Lloyd, Esq., Clerk of the Cheque, and Adjutant. The Sub-Officers Lieut.-Colonel Nevill and Major Cooke were also present. Her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard was also on duty in the Palace, under the command of Captain Phibbs, the Exon in. Waiting, Sir George Lee, • the Lieutenant, was also present. A Guard of Honour of the Scots Fusileer Guards, with the band of the regiment, was on duty on the Palace Lawn. Her Majesty gave audience to the Earl of Aberdeen and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Hay market Theatre with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Lord Rivers, Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. A Deputation from the Borough of Finsbury, on the subject of Albert Park, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputati on cons i s t e d o f the Right lion. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.,the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, M.P., Sir James uke, Bart, M.P., t iVir. T. S. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. John Masterman, M.P., Mr. Wm. Tyler, Mr. J. J. Downes, Mr. John Barnet, and Mr. James Lloyd. A deputation on the subject of the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway Bill had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation con sisted of Mr. Joseph Pease ; Mr. Richardson, solicitor ; Mr. Duruford, parliamentary agent ; and Mr. Bouch, engineer. Sir Charles Fox had an interview with Viscount Pal merston yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Alston had also an interview with the noble viscount. A deputation, consisting of the Eari of Burlington, Lord Monteagle, Mr. Warburton, and Mr. Lefevre, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Wodehouse, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester day to the Governors of the West India Islands. ARDs r LORD d s t. ST . Leonard'sl4 l o N n THE L• A law e w r t oofi as frc expressaßnt bankruptcy eAos Nwha K ri allowedße unptc to 1 b b a y s 0 Lo just been printed by order of the House of Lords. There are 41 clauses in the bill. A bankrupt is to have allowedthe classified Insolvent h , i but 20 a / Debtors'. c O o f m e m x escspiotouendretcomm i ssione r ma y articles, c approba tion on the certificate of the bankrupt's conduct. Tun EMIGRATION COMMISSION.—The Emigration Commissioners dispatched the Harriet, of 1,000 tons, Captain Shaddick, from Southampton for Sydney, yes terday. She took out upwards of 400 emigrants, most of whom were adults, and amongst them were 90 single young women. The accommodations of the Harriet are first-rate, and her fittings up and general arrange ments excellent. Most of the poor emigrants, who have thus turned their backs upon their native land, probably for ever, are decent farm labourers, a great proportion of whom were from Buckinghamshire and some of the south-eastern counties. The Harriet is to be folloired by the Ramilies, Captain Hodder, of 700 tons, on Satur day next. The Ramifies' destination is Adelaide. She will convey about 300 emigrants, most of whom are at present located in the depot at Southampton ; the re mainder are to go by special train from Nine Elms to morrow. Tha Beta will also leave with emigrants on the 26th instant, and the Coromandel shortly after wards. BARRICADES AT CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD.—Con siderable excitement prevailed on Tuesday morning at Christ Church, in consequence of the discovery that, during the night, some parties within the walls had raised a formidable barricade in what is called the' Dean's Arch, leading from the Great Quadrangle to Peckwater. The barricade consisted of snow and ice, to which addi tional strength was given by coal-bins, slop-pails, coal boxes, water-closet doors, tables, chairs, &c., from various parts of the college. It is supposed, from the size and strength of the barricade, that some 40 or 50 persons must have been engaged in its construction, and the effective manner in which it was put together afforded a convincing proof of. the skill which even ama teurs can bring to bear in such operations. The disco very was made about six o'clock in the morning, and although several workmen were employed, they only succeeded in making a small gangway through the barri cade, to enable the members of the college to pass through to attend the morning service at the cathedral, at eight o'clock. The affair has furnished, as might be expected, abundance of amusement, and it is cited as a proof of good generalship that, notwithstanding the Quadrangle was surrounded by canons, the insurrec tionists were enabled to form . such a barricade as would have gladdened'the heart of any revolutionist. - MONRY AND COADIERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed steadily. The sales comprised 4,500 Ameri can 150 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 6d., 140 Bahia at 6/d. to eid., 200 Egyptian at 7d. to Is. Oid., 800 Surat 4d. to qd., and 60 Sea Island at Is. Bid. to is. lopd per lb. Railway Shares were dull. To-day there are numerous public sales of sugar and coffee. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 455. 9d., I and the last week's sales were 79,428 quarters. The indigo sale yesterday went off with spirit, the larger proportion being Madras and Kurpah, which sold well. Madras, from last sale prices, to 2d. per lb. advance ; Kurpah, last sale prices, to 3d. per lb. advance for ordinary, and 6d. to Bd. • for good to fine. For Bengal indigo there is no alteration to notice. 1,678 chests have passed to day, of which 503 were withdrawn, 250 bought in, and 900 sold. Total quantity passed 8,074 chests up to last evening. The annual returns to the sth of January of the export trade of the United Kingdom are very en couraging, the increase compared with 1851 being about 3,000,0001. The mail with the Brazilian and Buenos Ayres mails is just telegraphed. At the half-yearly meeting this morning of the Northern and Eastern Railway proprietors, the following report was adopted : " The directors have to report to the proprietors that the diiidend on the respective shares of this company, for the halZ-year ending, the 31st of December last, will become payable on and after Friday, the 25th inst., and will be as follows, viz. :—On shares guaranteed 5 per cent. per annum, 1/. ss. each ; on shares guaranteed 6 per cent. per annum, 1/. 10S. each, less property tax." Strange as it may appear, there has been a rumour in some quarters this morning that the Bank of England Directors, at their weekly meet ing, would advance the minimum rate of discount. The circumstance of a further large decrease in the bullion is the cause assigned,, but the amount of specie is evidently not the sole regulator of the value of discounts, otherwise 'they would be lower now than last year. The great point is to regulate the foreign exchanges, and to check excessive specu lation. This has been'partially accomplished, and there is fair ground, for awaiting the arrival of the next Australian steamers due. At Liverpool yes terday there was a very general belief that the Bank would this morning advance its rate of dis count, and that the Exchequer Bill reduction would not be successfully carried out, consequently a funding must be resorted to. We went so fully into this matter yesterday, that it is superfluous to dwell upon such an improbable contingency, although it may suit the purpose of speculators to entertain the idea. In our observations yesterday the omission of a stop rather altered the sense of one passage, which was in substance that the Bank of England, if necessary, would as usual assist the Chancellor of the Exchequer in carrying, out his measure. The Funds have been a little weaker, on account of the realisation of profits by some parties after the recent advance, and a rumour of the intended enhancement of the rate of discount. The rise in the quotation of the Rentle at Paris, where a very favourable impression has been excited by the con versation in our Parliament, should be in favour of Consols which have fluctuated from 9941 for transfer, and 99g to . 1. At Paris the idea prevails that the Bank here will reduce the rate of discount, but this we deem premature. The premium on Exche quer Bills is 355. to 455. for those yielding lid.. and 255. to 355. for those advertised to be paid off, and to•pay upon renewal only id. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. are nu to g-, and the Three per Cents. 1001 to 4. Nothing has been done in Bank Stock. India Stock also is nominally the same. India Bonds are 50a, to 60s. premium. Foreign Securities have been firm, though quiet. The Swedish Loan is 1i to 1/ discount. Venezuela Deferred Bonds are at 144. Mexican Stock has improved to 23i 4. Brazilian New 44 per Cents. are 97i. Dutch 4 per Cents. are at 98. Sardi nian Stock is rather higher. The Land Companies' Shares aro rising consider: ably. The Australian Agricultural are up 51., and. the South Australian 21. The Gold Mine Shares are better. Great Nugget. Vein have touched 6 and 6i. Nouveau Monde are dearer. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are quieter. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under i-- 1853. 1852. Great Western 15,828 14,031 North Western 42,325 40,683 South 'Western 9,127 8,366 Brighton Midland South Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 17,038 16,056 York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 14,253 13,548 The Railway Share Market is good, with some few exceptions. Midland are lower, because the dividend is I per Cent. less than some expected. Aberdeen are buoyant, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee are up very decidedly, say 21. to 31. French Shares are firm, with very little doing. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, (Free the Official Lid.) Business done. 3 per Cent. R e d uce d A nnu iti es. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3i per Cont. Annuities ..... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 India Bonds, £lOOO 6O Ditto, under £lOOO 5O Consols for Account 10th March 99i i June. £lOOO.. ExChequer Bills lid. M arc h . £lOOO. - Small 45 Ditto Advertised 25 35 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. i Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 971 Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lO3 Mexican 3 per Cent 234 a Portuguese 4 per C en t. 39 x d Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4} per cent lO4 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... ... ..... Spanish New Def erre d , 3 per Cent " 2 - Swedish Loan li i a d Yonezuela Bonds 3i p er C en t . — Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent l4i Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 6si Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates......... , 9B HALI-PAST TWO. Consols MDitto March Account meeting T E M o MUTUAL T t u h A e LLI MutualFE A Lifeas usrasa2.At9uN. Assurance r2 o Td2 E has ye S i onm it e . I ET SocietyY . T SOCIETY . —The was_ a heldnu a l in the London Tavern 'yesterday, Mr. R. F. Davis in the chair. The directors peesented a very favourable report, from which it appeared that of 228 proposals made last year, 174 had baen completed, and while the fasorsuBr7a47377li.n, tl fo e r p ce rem rn io D m e s ee a m m b o e u r n 3 ti l o , g lB to sl 2 , 9 7 o e s r B e l. l , , 3 th 67 e assurances in force on December 31, 1852, were 1,492 for 931,0281., the premiums amounting to 31,1721. Of 49 assurances written off in 1852, only eleven were for claims by death, 12 were purchased by the society, and the remainder were forfeitedf or had expiredi Advantage had been taken of the high price of the public funds to realise a considerable pro portion of the society's stock, and invest it in mort gages of land and other securities. Nearly 25,0001. had been added in the year to the invested capital, making a total closely approaching to 200,000/. ; and the annual income had increased more than 3,0001., d b ßi e rr i ee n wo g tz ns th e the actuary, t 3 e 9 fao , r 3 l3l o .o, o ww k ohdi hb A yw aa vote s vproot, vote of proposed d tbthhyaatnohkkess Rev. to Mr. . the j . Rowsell ; and the chairman having, in reply to Mr. Sharp, of Southampton, stated that since the discovery of gold and the positive insecurity for life at the " dig gings," the directors had restricted their policies to the Australian colonies, so that all persons might now go to the Australian colonies, and to all parts of them except the " diggings: without paying extra premium beyond that exigible for sea-risk, the proceedings terminated. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEIK.--The increase of mortality annoinced in the previous return appears to have been fully maintained last week. In the week that ended Saturday, 6th February, the deaths registered f were 1,220 ; in tg4del girls,eot mdbwae than inee I k njt, htla e ac tol n nloo d . al4 i ,pa n s6y g oLs, p3aw l :3 2 rte t se h wek nel i children,k,February,eahawev fortnighteibirths iegr t thebhgseeieors been were 1,235. The effect of the cold weather has been to e d tobufrrteho. average.tneaverage,wseint barometer by w 6 as deg. 3B a B n d d eBg doeng.mTonhdoayn:efsenli slt shorteneh4se9s übnumber u; tta t hh h oee e rna lives ehBroao th t e4e din London. In the eight correspondinge.wanTashdleaeislnsyi ee:waehamoeavenepkdresaatr-igialioe Royal y al years Observatory, eoiwnlB4s-52the eri wid t na h e ye e 3GkB a ar v nye average was roaa Greenwich, numberh the mean was l h, 4 e 2 i g 7 h . t A o f t theth e o to f t B h o e .7 w d e e ek temperature . was below the average on every day of the week, except Monday, when it scarcely exceeded the rwdinady9s.whTiChhe hmleewanfrodmewthpeels.notutthemagti was 34.8 deg., which is less by 3.6 deg, than th the beginning of the week, blew from the north or north. east tSeatnurtdhaeyl. perature was 29.2 deg. astTfohue ELECTION COMMITTEES.- (THIS DAY.) LANCASTER. The Committee appointed to inquire into the petition against the return of Mr. Armstrong, the sitting mem ber for this borough, met for the first time this morning ; Mr. Divett in the chair. Mr. Merewether and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham ht tended on behalf of the petitioners, and Mr. Monk and Mr. Wheeler appeared for the sitting member. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM, in opening the case, said that he very much questioned if what was generally asserted, viz., that bribery had diminished of late years, was true. - He had little doubt of being able to show to the Committee, that in Lancaster bribery had been carried on to a considerable extent during the late election. The large body of electors in that borough were men whose poverty would induce them to accept a bribe. The total number of electors was about 1,600, some of the freemen were scattered in more than 30 townships, and this gave great oppor tunity for treating. In the year 1837 two members were returned, one of whom, Mr. Green, has retained his seat till the-last election ; and it was remarkable that at last election, Mr. Green should find his large majority converted into a minority, while his political opinions remained the same. This fact could only be accounted for in this manner at the last election. There were four candidates, Mr. Green, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Gregson, and Mr. Ellice. At this election at the close of the poll the numbers were : Gregson 699 Armstrong 690 Green 509 Ellice 432 And so Mr. Green lost his seat. The cause that led to this result he had no doubt would be made manifest by the evidence he should bring forward. He would not contend that his learned friend was guilty of transactions which would not bear the light ; but if any of his agents had been so, he must bear the responsibility. The case was proceeding when our report left. CATERY. The select committee N to inq BUR uire into this petition met this morning. The counsel for the petitioners were Mr. Sergeant Kingslake, Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Elliott; and the sitting members were represented by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Merewether. When Colonel SeymoUr had taken the chair, Mr. MEREWETHER said that the sitting members would acknowledge great indiscretion -on the part of their agents, and were willing, if the petition were with drawn, to resign their seats. Mr. Sergeant KINGSLAKE said that the petitioners were in a position to prove the existence of bribery and treating, and this would be made manifest by the evi dence he should bring before the committee. Mr. MEREWETHER said—That although undoubtedly indiscretion had been committed, he should be able to vindicate the sitting members. Mr. Sergeant KINGSLAKE then proceeded to open the case. The petition alleged that a systematic course of bribery had been carried on. The learned counsel then proceeded to explain this system. It had been cus tomary to distribute what were called colourmen's tickets. These tickets simply meant that the holder was entitled to receive a certain sum of money. At the last election Mr. Romilly and Sir W. Somerville refused to coun tenance this system, and upon this many of the electors transferred their votes to the present sitting members. At the last election, any elec tor, willing to vote for Messrs. Johnston and Gibbs, would send intimation to the committee, upon which he would receive a document, to take to Mr. Smith, a coachmaker, and he would, on the document, write the names of two persons, and these tickets were made available for sums varying from ten shillings to a pound. A coloured ticket also entitled the holder to a shilling's worth of refreshment at a Conservative house. There were three persons—Taylor, Vincent, and Wilson—who also distributed messengers' tickets to those who would vote for the sitting members. Those messengers were, in reality useless, but it was a good pretext for paying for votes. The case was proceeding when the report left. TAVISTO CK. The select committee appointed to inquire into the allegation alleged in this petition, met to-day at half-past twelve o'clock ; Lord Robert Grosvernor in the chair. The petitioners were represented by Mr. Alexander, Q.C. ' and Mr. Lopez ; and M r . J en ki ns, Mr. Lauder, and Mr. Thomas appeared on behalf of the sitting members. Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C.,, in openin g th e case, said that this petition was not founded, as most election petitions were, on any charge of treating or bribery. The only fact that the petitioners alleged against the sitting mem ber was want of qualification, and that such want ex isted, he was in a position, he believed, to satisfy the committee. The case was proceeding when our reporter left. MARLBOROUGII-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) DARING ROBBERY.—John Perry, an ill-looking young fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a tray containing three gold and four silver watches value 301., the property of Mr. Roger Roberts, watohmaker, 116, Great Tichfield-street. Smith, 340 A, an active and intelligent officer, deposed that about nine o'clock last night he was proceeding down Great Portland-street, and when midway between Market-street and Portland-street he heard the cry of " Stop thief." He ran into Market-street, and then saw the prisoner running as fast as he could with a great mob behind him, calling out, " Stop him—stop thief." Witness having drawn his staff, ran towards the pri soner and knocked him down, and took from his posses sion the tray containing the three gold and four silver watches now produced. The prosecutor at that moment came up and identified the watches as his property. Mr. Roberts said about nine o'clock last night be was in his shop, when he was much alarmed by hearing a square of glass in his shop window smashed in, and on looking round he saw some person's hand seize hold of a tray of watches, which quickly disappeared. He directly ran out into the street and saw the prisoner with the tray of watches in his hand running down the street. Witness pursued him, and came up with him just as he had been " floored" by last witness. The watches were his pro perty, and worth 301. Mr. Bingham thought much credit was due to the constable for the manner in which he had acted in the matter. He (Mr. Bingham) then committed the prisoner for trial. ERECTION OF' ANEW TATTERSALL'S IN SOUTHWARK.— A very spacious and commodious building is now being erected on a large plot of ground opposite the Elephant and Castle, in the parish of St. George's, Southwark, on the site formerly occupied by the old Fishmongers' Alms Houses. It is to be called "Tattersall's Repository for the Sale of Horses and transacting the Racing business now carried on at Tattersall's at the West-end." The contractors are Messrs. Piper ; and the building and offices, when completed, will have a very handsome ap pearance on the Surrey side of the water. On the north and east sides, which front the St. George's-road and the Newington-road, handsome shops will shortly be erected, and among them a large and commodious hotel. The ground rents will yield a very large sum annually to the Fishmongers' Company, under whose architect the buildings will be erected. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, in Loth bury, Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., in the chair. Th e Se cretary: Mr, J. S. Fourdrinier, read the balance-sheet. The capital account to the 31st of December showed that the shares amounted 330,000/., the debenture fund to 64,0001., liabilities to 44,9851., and reserve fund 73,4031., total 512,388 ; and that 470,9931. h a d been ex pended, leaving a balance of 32,395/. The revenue account gave the receipts for messages, &c., at 40,0871., leaving a balance over the expenditure of 13,855/. The balance, after the payment of the dividend of 64 per cent., would leave a sum of 3,1301. to be carried to the reserved fund. The balance-sheet having been passed, the chairman moved that a dividend of 64 per cent., free of income-tax, be now declared. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. It was also agreed that the directors do make such arrangements as they see fit for carrying out a continental telegraphic communica tion. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and the directors and the meeting separated. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT AN IRON FOUNDRY. —This morning, an accident which is likely to terminate with fatal consequences, occurred in the iron factory of Mr. Cutler, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, under the following circumstances :—lt appears that some men were engaged in bolting an immense iron boiler, two of whom were in the interior, and a man named Samuel Wills, who resides in Besbury-place, Vauxhall -road, was omployed on the outside in driving the bolts (large rivets) one of which, having been found too large for the ori fice, in consequence of not " going he," althoh driven w ith a hammer of immense weight, om he directed it to be knocked out again, in order to have its size re duced. After two or three blows from the sledges of the men inside, it flew out with most terrific violence, strik ing Wills •in the ribs, directly beneath the region of the heart. Such was the impetus with which the bolt flew, that the unfortunate man was knocked down and rendered insensible. Surgical assistance was instantly procured, but the injuries sustained being so extensive, it was recommended to have him removed to King's College Hospital, which, having been done, it was as-1 certained that he had sustained several fractures of the; ribs, besides having been injured internally, and but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. BOARD Or TRADE RETURNS.—The accounts relating to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom, for the year ending the sth January, 1853, afford satis factory evidence of the prosperity of trade and commerce. Upon an analysis of these returns, when compared with those for six preceeding years, it appears that the value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufac tures, during 1852, shows an increase over 1851 of 2,897,9471. ; an increase over 1850 of 5,673,516/. ; an increase over 1849 of 12,518,6651. ; an increase over 1848 of 22,483,2231. ; an increase over 1847 of 20,423,750/. ; and an increase over 1846 'of 20,202,488/. THE SOMERSETSHIRE MILITIA.—The 2d Regiment of Somersetshire Militia is about to be increased by the im. mediate enrolment of 370 men, the compliment for 1853, making it 1,000 strong. It has been determined that the regiment shall.not be called out for training till the spring is further advanced, when it will assemble in full force for 28 days. We understand that a large number of recruits are offering themselves, and, f rom the returns from the overseers of parishes of men desirous of joining the force, not the slightest difficulty is anticipated in forming the full strength of the regiment with picked men. LOUIS KOSSUTH AND THE ITALIANS. The following note has been addressed to our ii i selves by Capt a i n M a y ne Reid, enclosing , 0 vl be seen, a somewhat remarkable communication addressed to one of our morning contemporales; In our l ea di ng columns of this evening we hale referred more directly to the very curious do cu - ments here subjoined TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 30, Parkfiekl-street, Islington, Feb. 16, - 1851 Sir,—l regret that lam a stranger to you, but ha v en e c e confidence that your sense of "fair play" wil l lau t a n of you to insert the accompanying letter in youricurn. t s tstes morrow. I need hardly add that the facts which 1 high b have been drawn from an authentic so urce.— mioria 11 ° 11 " respect, sir, I am, &c., TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. s 018 ; Sir,—ln your journ a l o f th e 1 0t h i ns t., aPPee r -q a. 10 " graphic dispatch annou nc i ng an i nsurrec ti o n in 3l 11 , 01 ; l os underneath, in the same co l umn, a d ocu ment w i ll b is itr state " purports to be fr om Kossuth," and to Nyw e pended the name of that gentleman. o ut, of Now, sir, M. Kossuth eith er did wr it e that doctn e ,. w lthost he did not. If he did, and you h ave pu blished ib lair's 0, his authorisation, you have c omm itt e d, by all "`", did n e, 1 honour in this land, a dish onoura bl e ac t. If ' e • tics ,„ " write it, you h a v e comm itt e d , b y th e l a ws of 3u s ovo it• this land, a criminal act. I charge you with the lat ter, tal of both. Y ou are gu ilt y o f th e l a tt er , and th e like a parenthesis, embraces the former. ib utli° l4 i You have published that document without any ; sa d sation from the man whose name is subscribed t° loc e upon the day following, in an additional artiolo,2, -0 114 declared its auth en ti c it y , as a proc l ama ti o n alw - Wag M. Kossuth from B a y swa t er, f or th e pur pose °f -g ..., to • the Lombard and Hungarian patriots in the We ins tion at Milan. 440 1 As such, sir, in th e name o f M . K ossu th, I - document. I pronounce it to be a forgery. the 1)° , 4 It remains with M. Kossuth to bring you hew - 0 , 1 of the law. It h as b ecome my duty to arra ign I- • the tribunal of public opinion. ance t's I charge you, th en , w ith h av i ng g i ven Uttar. wit h * forged document, w hi c h was ca l culate d t o an thor' damning influen ce u p on th e f ame of its rePn w r i iv i et ec i Such conduct i s i n an y case cu l pa b le. In yours-,iatestd curable, since you d a ily tell-us that "whatever 7„,/ aldr`" for insertion must be auth en ti ca t e d b y t h e na me 6 " - of the writer." 1 004 But this is not a ll, s i r . I n the editorial reforrett,,,,s take occasion to s p ea k o f the man whose name thus abused in a tirade of vengeful invective, w . u ro atiO thets I, as a gentl eman , s h a ll not con descend to OP pas Calling the false proclamation "bombastic fustiallfooitv have charged M. Ko ssu th w ith a idi ng t o i n cite th: 00 10 1 ,; surrection in Milan, and thereby causing the wi gl _ 4 4ll s ding of blood—of " h a ll oo i ng on th e wre tched L .- os t If; certain destruction, w hil e h e hi mse lf en j o ys the , 1 1 Frit h few, eet personal security und er th e guar dianship ° l" This is a serious charge, and if not true, a slan der of °i' a by the mildest constructionmust be termed bo t h e fe l c° -„ 4 . atrocious. It 18 not true. It i s a s l an d er , and 3- , y e fident that all who read will pronounce it, as .„ • t cruel and atrocious. hs ffiral t With regard to its first clause, I here a .„.iiario Kossuth had not only no part in exciting the J- I "' t ja olv °- t revolution at this time ; but, that, up to the Wes n ov a he opposed such an ill-judged and prematuro,!°, r eas ) oo with all the might of his counsel. He had vieigv"il o t tb o t, for so doing. Perhaps you, sir, may know 1° or ' 1 0 : " weighty reasons " are ; but whether you tle nett ° 10°' lam not going to declare them for the he b u t ,it trian ears. That is not the question now, „ that charge is ; to which I oppose the affirmatl e- f is not true., With regard to the latter clans° >n ties quoted assertion, I have thus to answer : that the_„reeti in which M. Kossuth received the news of the ins w i' en (119. 0 i uMilan—and which came up o n hi m as unefPbc;lo l : l o , upon any m an i n E ng l an d— upon that moment' of s° to make preparation for his departure to the sco ne tot si Although filled with a prophetic apprehension poop affair would turn out to be an emeute, and u m et ,rbocliSo revolution, he, nevertheless, resolved to fling f 811 ' ° the struggle. I, who was to have had the honour which his a ngers, can bear testimony to the zeal freletd was hurrying to face them, when his purpose weh'nd, the by the news that the insurrection was erns- to tD° I to detail, as I may one day be called °P e i.. s et, the sacrifices which he made to effect that 014 wow o slanders, sir, which you have uttered against thePle9etil3 recoil _ still more bitterly upon yourself. For mit o ho I content myself with the assertion of the fact ; I ,l# you render it necessary I am ready with the proiTsal,,,, B l it no such explanation was needed t ° : 1 1 I f ee ; s' Kossuth from your unmanly accusation. Shy me circumstance in the life of that heroic man A i— 0:1;1'44 • You, sir, must know it well. It has been ir°'""• 10`,:th• columns, and engraven in the tablets, of historl.; 100' 1849, upon the banks of the Danube stood 1 ,011 2",,, forAo On one side was the avenging Austrian, thir, nn ' i •T o r r,tei blood, on the other his weak and wavering Prfr — g 00;'' i ; had declared that unless he—Kossuth—an his t h e would consent to abandon the religion of their s l os sie ,4 l* must be yielded up, to what ? On the part hf. this ath r - er c il e o rta u; ciiirisis death —upon the i g nominious upon th e terms prooth poerses,dl.esswhacomt didpromi came to his turn to speak ?He uttered these wor to s o t) "Death, death upon the scaffold, in P re ,. fe al e n lsj• „ terms for life ! Accursed be the t on gue that me such an infamous proposal." he j to or In such language, at such a time, there.Lito°raen heylt° tic fustian." I could believe that there th able of comprehgnelanauccitaing the sublime e° uLb- ihere e c''' v a, i m rt a u n e o in f sallehEna ; wh b o ut w l ou d l i d d not awindthpaalephaabr„leoemoefauncoz_aitoces o tot the eff r°n 0 het° • th eir' °) p th o a si t ti ae ve t Such, air, are the facts connect e d. • •ththi s _ a n ff n par. . 0, 4 3 at some future • time treat you to a few opiwTi S ' reP - i o lj o) view more copiously the history of your condn e " to M. Kossuth. Meanwhile I leave y o u to P n , - , 0 0, ° soiled escutcheon as you best may.—l am, Ea r ' die Feb ly 15. 31,1 1148 R d • P.S.—Feb. 16th.—Sir,—In your journal ° ._ f , t ro I ° o l o l3 ing, instead of publi s hi ng th e a b ove l e tter, you tha t I g o t it in a short paragraph, worthy of the ke„ n t 10,00 0 1 f' malign a patriot. But do not imagine 0 1. 00 o r escape thus easily from the unpleasant posi l co rac t 4 you have placed yourself. In this country the , bo 0 3 0 0 a gentleman, though he boa stranger, is not to oleos assailed with impunity ; and you, sir, shall be t to the laws of honour an d j us ti ce as the nisan - ' 4 the land. * 11 " You say, in relation to your pseudo Provmr,eilti" you "had good reason for believing it to 13 .°_,Z r 0 shall certainly not discredit ifwithout nu" it b, than that of Mayne Reid.'" Pug lia If you had no better authority for ,areb to what is implied by the tenor of the above, Wog ",01/0 fancy you will have some difficulty in exPi e oa r efA readers why you published it at all, and to Y r ei l 7,ts 0 4 , men why —so long as a doubt existed in 0 1 u tiol° : 0 0 1 i t i f its genuineness —you took advantage of the ee 0 0 3 "ir, pressed by it to defame the character of its rep ,r it *pool .; You take occasion to characterise my lette r n blic• 0 1 ,0 bombastic language." It is before the P sho o Let them be the judges ; and the only favo„, A n r i a le al fro of them would be, to read your editorial ' - oras' i ;ate pr ior P ly , Ot same subject. Having given yours a satisfied that their ears will not be so delicately oe. , sS i to be jarred by the " absurdly bombastic" ot. til yos t ;0;1 Bombastic seems to be a favourite phras e Ic res ° lSit et for the style itself no writer in England is in° the alp to its usage th an th a t myth i cal personage -- • the Times. , 'o° 4 sft i l la' T u 1, Your sneer at th e "authority of Marl° ,• t 0 , sts characteristic. It is true lam but a plain ge - t jeo,o make my li v i ng, li ke yourself, by literatnLeirt not calcul a t e upon the statement o f .00 having any weight with you. In my letter b-sh tos li full proof s o f my assertions. You do no t 1 -e w - A 0 call them forth. or yv a, f‘ te, 1 0 And now, s i r, one word more. If 9° ll li ve cw At' ottfjli that, by means of bold swagger and past ... t :olo can cover your misdeeds, you are sadly me ta % c on,c o o ,„ t ll l4° L insult the understanding of Englishmen , '' - ot lfy woo' do, with your wordy sophistry and , IDS , f , 4 0 0 t ier. who " run as they read"—l, sir:have *D l g no oo,l 0 1 2, 4 0 intelligence of my countrymen, and a fu' agb the maj or it y o f t h em have heads clear enossoor stand, and h ear t s pure enough to repudiat e,' 0 0 ' and unproven slunder.—l am, Sir, Ste., 0011. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISI°' HOUSE OF COMMONS. ---11/ ti l:0 0 1 ' Motion COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS ths,e,t, on made, and Question proposed - 7,..,' " :K 0 l t 1": be now read the third time to leave out the word now, an a n 0 1/ O D A Question to add the words, " d ort....,;jr• months :"—Question put—,, That the ' 41 1 ' stand part of the question :"—The boll° Ayes, 129, Noes 28. Allidenurth- elluf , ts CoI.„AIP ATES. k J" ! 9, 13‘ 1P 11 1 A'Court,Fitzgerald, J. D. 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