The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-20 00:00:00

Vtittom SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 30 to 1 agst Pug Arrock (taken). 30 to 1 agst Lampedo. 40 to 1 agst Madeline. 30 to 1 agst Ireland's Eye. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne. 25 to 1 agst Half-and-Half. CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow. 20 to 1 agot Lady Evelyn (taken.) 40 to 1 agst Trifle. 50 to 1 agst Fion-ma-Cool. 50 to 1 agst Black Doctor. 50 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 50 to 1 agst Richard Primmer. 66 to 1 agst Little Jack. 66 to 1 agst Bit of Blue. DEBBY. 12 to 1 agst West Australian. 16 to 1 agst Umbriel. 20 to 1 agst Sittingbourne 45 to 1 agst Lord Fauconberg. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION. FINAL CLOSE OF TH 11l POLL. GLADSTONE . PERCEVAL ..1022 ... 898 Majority for GLADSTONE . The contest is now ended. FRANCE. The Sièc le has a long article on the recognition of the Empire, the recent arrangement respecting generals of the army, and the notice in the Moni teur of the hostile language of certain English jour nals when alluding to the Emperor. Throughout the article of the Siècle there is a manifestation of doubt as to the possibility of maintaining peace, and an evident inclination to provoke a misunder standing which might lead to war. The Siecle professes to be actuated by patriotic views, and makes itself the champion of the national dignity, but it may be suspected of having other motives. What was done with a view to compromise the position of Louis Philippe would be done now to compromise the Emperor, if the opposition had the same liberty of action. The Siècle says : "The public press continues to speak of the recogni tion of the new Government by the Northern powers. We have said why, as Frenchmen and friends of our country, we considered the recogoition natural. What would have astonished us after two revolutions since 1815, would have been any foreign power meddling with the internal administration of our country. But the journals which are opposed to us do not think as we do. Amongst them, those of which exaggerated imperialism as the standard, treat as of great importance the de cision of the Cabinets of Berlin, Vienna, and St. Peters burg. Forgetting the wor d o f th e fi rst B onaparte on t iefirst Republic, when attacked by the whole of Europe, that it, caused itself to be recognised like the sun by its glorious beams, they persist in not per ceiving that it is to depreciate France to make her sub ordinate to the good pleasure of the three Northern Cabinets. Other journals, as much opposed to our prin ciples as to the Government itself, imagining likewise that the recognition of the powers is an important mat ter, endeavour to lessen its effect. That the Empire, recognising the consequences of Waterloo and the two betrayals of Paris, should recognise them even in the most remote manner, is what no man in his senses will ever allow. It is in vain to repeal the word of the Emperor " The Em pire is peace." The Empire may be peace, but not the peace of 1815. Besides, to be convinced of it, it is only necessary to cast a glance on what is going on. Two hundred generals have been raised from half-pay; and each day the Moniteur enregisters new promotions. At the same time that experienced captains are again appearing in the saddle, your general of brigade become generals of division. It will be easy for us when we please, to show that we have more generals than re giments. We do not criticise, we merely point to a fact which passes for b e i ng that u. good system. The Empe ror acted on it. According to him there could not be too many generals, but then the Emperor was always waging war. The Government only takes precautions against eventualities, and in that is consistent with the speech at Bordeaux. Si vis pacem, parabellum. Therefore the pre sent system cannot be the peace oflBls. An otherproof that the Government is very far from subscribing even in the most remote manner to the treaties oflBls, is the haugh tiness of the language of the Moniteur of Monday. Such is not the attitude of peace at any cost. They who remember the journals of other days remember that the Moniteur did not speak otherwise before the rupture of the treaty of Amiens. It is true that here a rupture is not to be feared, since the question merely relates to some English journals, which are not official. On this point the government will pardon us if we speak. frankly. In publishing the extracts from the Eng lish press, it is said that the best means of treating these excesses of the foreign press, as they deserve, was to make them known. We are nearly of that opnion. The means are excellent, but there is one still better. Whence do the English journals obtain their news ? Certainly not in the French journals. They are forced by the silence of the French press to get their intelligence where they can, and thence come these arti cles of which the Government complains. Let it endea vour to modify the law on the press, let it attempt to proclaim again the liberty of thought and of apprecia tion, let there be no warnings, let there be no sup pressions suspended ov er our heads, and it will see that the correspondents' letters will, as if by enchant ment, lose all their credit. The correspondents will then be obliged to take their intelligence filom open sources, from the French journals, and their calumnies will vanish. And is not the Government strong enough to do this ?Is it not able-to meet the liberty of opinion ? Is there the slightest cloud in the horizon ? Has not the constraint, under, which we have been placed by the law of Feb. 1852, lasted too long already ? Can the Impe rial Administration, firmly seated at home, and recog nised abroad, fear aig person or anything ? The Legis lative body is about to meet, would it not be a veritable European coup d'etat to cause it to vote the liberty of the press ? We know from a certain source that the chief OT the State is personally in favour of a measure of this kind. The step which we recommend has the sup port of the most enlightened men. They know that in France nothing can be firmly founded when liberty is not the basis of the edifice. We desire ardently that these men should have sufficient influ ence to induce the head of the State to modify the present state of things. In doing so, they would be the benefactors of a country, for which liberty and pub licity are elements of which it cannot be long deprived without experiencing great sufferings and profound die quietudes. In fine, in commencing the moral pacifica tion of the interior, they would place the new adminis tration in a position to defy the possible anger of the signers of the treaties of 1815." - The Osservatore Triestino states, from Serajevo, 30th ult., that large bodies of troops are constantly passing through that town- on their way to Mon tenegro. The banner of the prophet is displayed on two of the squares, calling the faithful to arms. An army of 12,000 Turks and 8,000 Arnauts is to attack Montenegro on the F ide of Herzgovrine, While forces of about the same number will operate on the side of Scutari. COLLISIONS ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILTY Y. On Tuesday, two collisiL took place on the Bolton and Prestpoannlyi:lebuotf the o Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way Com of human life. In f th rt e unately did not result in any loss morning, as a goo d s t ra i n was standing at the Chorley station, on the do wn li ne f rom Manchester, a coal tran behi n d, an d ran i nto it with such force as to makeconsiderableup havoc with the s uper i ntendent at both trains. Mr. Blackrnore Manchester, was sent for, an'd was present d ur i ng a considerable portion of th e d ay, for cleared, to ose of taking the most prompt steps to get the rails l3l ? vent interruption to the regular traffic. appears that pre the collision resulted entirely from the neglect of pe rsons per charge . D of the Chorley station no t turning on—ornos. per signal. the p Mr. Blackmore was standing on the platform at the Chorley station in the evening, ready to return to Man chester, when information reached him that, tort e quarters of a mile short of Chorley, the express train from Preston to Manchester had run into a cattle , train coming in the same direct ion . T he latter cor. . sisted of nineteen waggons filled with cattle, and th e express train, which left Preston at five o'clock, con sisted of five first and second-class carriages. It appears that the cattle train was ascending one of the steepest gradients on the line, at the time, and had been impeded by the slipperiness of the rails. The express train came upon it in a very sharp curve of the line, and, conse quently, its conductors could not see any great distance i t n advance, but the driver succeeded in arresting the Rirneese as to prevent the collision being a severe one. were k o,l i te cattle trucks were smashed, and six sheep some e ', the in the express train the passengers were, l ad i es iljan4scarcaly conscious of the shock. Some A gentleman, - class carr i age said they did not f ee l it a ll. was travelling bone Dalrympl e , f rom M anc h es t e r, who the left cheek bonea second-class carria ge, got a blow on in a delicate state of healiix and • wilich blackened his eye ; and being he perhaps felt the shock under medical treatment, wise would have done. I/Tore severely than he other assistance of a surgeon from rdhotilackl"re procured the Y, and Mr. D l le, about an ho a ur Ls after the train had been detain 4 appeared to be able to go on to Manchester bit-it, and appeared expr ess a o4 r e t n p t l t y ., . e. i el t i rz yn i e! doing well. None of the carriages were thrown off the line, nor were they way injured. A strict invcstigatioa stances by the directors was expected to t k he e rcuit " terday, THE COLONY OF VICTORIA (From the Melbourne Argus.) , In accordance with our usual custom, we com pile a summary of news for transmission to England by the Formosa steamer. As, however, the vessel • only intends to stay a few hours in the harbour, our review, is of necessity, more imperfect and brief than we should desire. We hope that on all future occasions the steamers will either make a reasonable stay in our port prior to their departure or else give the public warning of their intention to leave immediately on their arrival from Sydney. The previous summary of the Argus developed the aspect of this colony up to the 27th of September, the date of the departure of the Australian steamer and the chief incidents of importance and our pre sent condition are as below detailed ; — The yield of gold still continues very large, although it scarcely keeps pace with the increasing number of diggers. It is not to be supposed, how ever, that the gold is inexhaustably abundant, and can always be obtained by the simplest processes. It is evident that in proportion as a given locality is worked the necessity for finer scientific modes of operation will increase. That necessity is be ginning to be felt at the most prolific fields, and the average gain of the digger is observably diminishing. Gold-digging is of all pursuits the most fortuitous, not only with respect to individual success, but in regard to the auriferous capa bilities of given localities. The wealth of a par ticular spot cannot be known till it is fully worked, and this involves the necessity of unsuccessful la bour in some cases. Hence arise the fluctuations in the pursuit—the alternate success and failure of individuals, and the changing value of particular localities. That gold does abound to a most sur prising extent every one admits ; but it is not so easy to point out the spot in which the digger can Iwork with certain success. The whole pursuit seems to be a series of experiments at best : the i marvel is that here they should have been so amaz ingly successful. The largest mass of gold yet found was picked up a month ago at BendigO, near the spot where the 281 b. lump was found. It weighed 461 b., and was valued at 2,1001. It was a singular specimen, deeply coated with quartz in many places. It has been sent to England by the Choringhee, for exhi bition. The Ovens Diggings are not proving as produc tive as was at first anticipated. The experiment, howev,lr, has not been fully carried out there. The geneval impression seems to be that there is a very rich ii,lld in that district. In South Australia gold has been found at a spot miles from _Adelaide. The number of diggers who have tried the Echunga Diggings has not yet been sufficiently large to admit of a decisive esti mate of their auriferous capabilities being formed. But we think we are warranted in saying that there is a strong probability that Echunga is only one of the innumerable localities in Australia where gold exists, but in such a finely diffused state, that the rude process of the digger will never make working them remunerative, whatever may here after be accomplished by science and combination. The commencement of steam communication— the event so anxiously looked for by the colonies as so advantageous to both countries—has not been very auspicious. Five steamers have arrived up to the present time, and none of them have achieved a passage much superior to that of many' sailin g vessels. The Australia and the Sydney were the worst cases ; judging from these specimens, we are not disposed to augur much for the Australian Steam Navigation Company's enterprise. The Chusan and Formosa were better, but not equal to what we should expect from he splendid fleet under the control of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The Great Britain made a passage of 83 days ; but probably she would have distanced all her rivals by some days had it not been for a mistake about the coals. We hope very soon to witness the results to be attained by the Panama route ; but meantime we beg to im press upon the proprietors of steamers to Australia that they may just as well send out sailing-vessels if the steamers cannot make passages of about 60 to 70 days. The prolonged passage of the Sydney was a positive evil of great magnitude ; it detained the mails needlessly, confused commercial transac tions, and caused very great anxiety. In connexion with this subject, we may mention that an immense increase in intercolonial traffic had caused a corresponding rise in the value of steam vessels for the trade. A striking instance recently occurred. The Clarence, a small steamer built in England for the Australian colonies, was sold for 29,9501. ; while her first cost, including the expense of bringing her out, was about 13,0001. She is the property of a company in Van Diemen's Land, and runs between this port and Lauunceston. An other instance was the Keera ; she cost about 6,0001. in England not many months since, and was sold the other day for 10,0001. These facts speak for themselves as to the profits made upon the exportation of steamers, and the rate of remu neration at which they can be worked. The financial prosperity of the colony is evidenced by the fact that the revenue for the past September quarter amounted to 462,3401. ls. 5d., while in the corresponding quarter of the previous year it was only 53,1941. 6s. ld. Land was sold during the quarter to the value of 267,7541. 4s. 10d. The gold licenses yield 109,7951. 10s. 4d., besides 10,8971. 4s. 11d. for escort fees. The Customs' duties alone realised 55,3781. Bs. 10d. On the other hand the public expenditure has enormously increased. The estimates for next year have just been laid before the Legislative Council. The ways and weans are set down at 1,733,6001., the expenditure at 1,749,0421. Of this latter sum not less than 412,7151. is for the police establishments, 94,4491. for penal establish ments, the administration of justice 42,2801., military 67,4891., making a total of 616,9331. to be spent in protecting life and property and repressing crime. That such a sum should be deemed necessary for the purpose in so limited a com munity, is sufficiently significant of the blessings to be reaped from close proximity to a penal colony. The Secretary of State has very wisely ceded the entire control of the revenue derivable from gold to our Legislative Council. Acting upon a suggestion contained in the official dispatch which announced that boon, our Executive most unwisely announced its intention of levying an export duty of 2s. 6d. an ounce on gold. No tax could be more unpopular, injudicious, or unnecessary—unpopular, because it is univer sally opposed by the diggers, who already pay the tax of 30s. a-month ; injudicious, because it would promote smuggling and disarrange our commercial relations with neighbouring colonies ; and unnecessary, beimuse the license fee, if pro perly collected, would yield a revenue sufficiently large for the public requirements. The measure has not yet, however, obtained the consent of the Legislature, and the probability is, that it will be rejected ; should it be passed, there might be a movement on the part of the diggers to refuse pay ment of the license fee. On a former occasion the Government sustained a signal defeat when at tempted to double the fee. A similar result is by no means impossible in the present case ; but pub lic opinion has been declared so strongly, and in so many ways, against the new impost, that it is scarcely likely to be exacted even by a body which is such a mockery of representation as our Colonial Legislature. _ All recent advices agree in showing the extreme anxiety that is felt among the woollen manufac turers of Great Britain with respect to the probable effect of the gold discovery upon our yield of wool. We are happy, therefore, to be able to report so far favourably of the matter as to state that the shear ing is proceeding with its usual regularity, that the settlers find no difficulty in securing the services of an adequate number of men, both for washing and removing the fleece, and that there is every reason able probability of the wool being conveyed to the ports for shipment without any very ruinous ex pense or any very serious delay. The prices realised in the British markets affords very poor encouragement to Australian settlers to meet a high rate of wages, the difficulties of con tending with disease, and of getting up and for warding their wool in first-rate style. We have before warned those interested in this important trade, and we now warn them again most empha tically, that there is a process going on which has a most marked tendency to lead to i erra the d te t itkfi ion u f ourr beautiful Australian wools. The rapid - e o co l nsu ersf at n population, all immediately b ecom i ng larg animal food, o distant anddate, ableae, leadto pay t handsom e l y f or it, e must o such a predominance o o f f the val ue o f th e carcass, i n proporti on to that 00 1 i n s e a g d l e d c i t t i e o d n . mthe th m e o e t n h o eTe Y he fleece, as to cause the latter to be comparative) Considering f ro which are now and for tuhlietl s to our popu lationand other quarters, s n ource of the been flowing in upon us, it is a ast few months have por . t favourably great est gratification to us that we ca principal grain on the condition of the crops in the port producing districts of these colonies. We believe that almost universally, a succession of f weather has led to their present state b:iv:glisraatbile s factory. The high rates of prices have inducted th e farmers to make considerable efforts to keep up the breadth of land sown, and the present pro s p ec t s of the harvest lead to a well-grounded hope of at least In this colony the quantity o f less than has been the case f or the last faw seasons , but what there is seems likely to be good, and there is little doubt of its being l a a n n d wheat is in our grain crops there can promptly and energetically harvested. But, looking at our prospects in th e mos t f avoura ble point of vie w, still be no doubt whatever, that we shall shortly , require very large supplies of breadstuffs from abroad. The harvests of our own colonies have rarely been more than sufficient for our own wants even in old times, and before the recent vast addi tions to our population. The consumption of flour for this colony alone has been calculated to amount to upwards of 100 tons a-day, and our own produce will go but little way to meet such a demand as this. - Hitherto we have received no extraneous as sistance whatever. Intimately connected with this subject is the anomalous condition of the colony with respect to the difficulties in the way of settlement and occu pation of the waste lands. Tens of thousands of successful miners are willing and anxious to invest their drofits in the most natural mode—the pur chase of a farm or garden near the scene of their successful labours as gold-diggers. By the absurd system, however, of locking up thellands in the hands of the squatters, this most natural and ne cessary process appears to be surrounded with suf ficient difficulties to prevent our Executive from taking any means to give a settled character to our population, or removing the very great evils neces sarily resulting from continuing to place nearly the whole adult population of the colony in the position of mere reckless and scrambling adven turers. But, while all sorts of difficulties are thrown in the way of the miners investing their newly-gained wealth in the soil, or in the erection of houses for themselves and their families, our Government can distort the Land Sales Act so far as to alienate large tracts for the gratification and enrichment of their friends the squatters ; and the monstrous anomaly is thereby exhibited of land being, with held from the people to be given to the personal friends or political supporters of the Government. The digger, with his few hundreds, may " knock down " his earnings at the public-house or seek an investment for them in other colonies, while the pampered squatter may claim his hundreds of acres, valued by a probably friendly commissioner, lock ing round the digger an iron circle of monopoly, preventing him from raising sustenance for himself, and interrupting his supplies of animal food, &c., when coming through any other than the favoured channel. This great injustice, and the absolute necessity for immediate measures being adopted to adapt our land regulations to the rapidly progressive condi tion of the colony, are shown by the fact that our population is increasing at present at the rate of some thousands a week. Since our last summary, about six months ago, the balance of arrivals against departures amounts to more than 20,000 souls actually entered through the customs ; but, as the captains of many vessels conceal the real number they bring, in consequence of their infrac tion of the ,Passengers' Act, the number actually added to our population will very greatly exceed the number we have stated. When, then, it is recollected that our whole population, previous to the discovery of gold, was only about 80,000, and that additions to our inhabitants are taking place at the rate of at least 200,0001. a year ; and when it is also borne in mind that our exports, represent ing the income of the community, have been raised in one year from a little over 1,000,0001. sterling to a rate of something like 15,000,0001. or -16,000,0001., and that for all this enormous sum of annual wealth there is scarcely any other possible investment than is afforded by the public lands of the colony, the cruelty, the injustice, and the wan ton impolicy of locking up these lands in the hands of a few hundreds of squatters are so transparently manifest as to render such a national robbery, we should hope, impossible. With regard to our social condition, we regret that we cannot speak much more favourably than before. Crime still continues fearfully rife and neither life nor property is invested with anything approaching to proper security. An act has just come into operation for the purpose of cutting off the ready access to our gold fields, hitherto afforded to the felons which England still so wickedly and foolishly persists in sending into our immediate neighbourhood. The act has yet, indeed, been in operative, as most acts are in the hands of our feeble Government, and while we continue to be deluged with escaped or conditionally-pardoned criminals, it is not to be wondered at if our streets, and roads, and villages supply constant scenes of outrage and villany. The soldiers, considerately sent out by the English Government, have indeed arrived, and will,"we dare say, when palled upon, endeavour to force down the throats of the colo nists some of the absurd crochets of a very shallow executive, but as thief-catchers they are as useless as soldiers always are, and, how ever ornamental they may be, we have yet to record many instances of their practical inutility. Our police arrangements, indeed our whole sys tem of Government, is, as bad as it well can be. It is one complete tissue of the grossest favouritism and jobbery. A mean, cringing sycophancy is the only passport to viceregal favour, and, as is always the case under such circumstances, the whole course of Government is a complication of shifti ness, of faithless neglect of duty, and of disregard to the public interests. Our Lieutenant-Governor writes home laboured dispatches, which are got up with sufficient art to succeed in persuading the Downing-street clerks that he is a very able and a very zealous man. But here, surrounded as he habitually is, with a circle of incompetent idlers, incapable of earning a livelihood for themselves, and therefore fattening upon the public, both his Excellency and his advisers are invariably spoken of and thought of in a strain of contempt, which is sadly opposed to the feelings which ought to be en couraged in the minds of good citizens towards those in authority over them. A motion of want of confidence in the Adminis- tration of M. Latrobe is to come on immediately for discussion in the Colonial Legislature, and con taining, as that body does, a large proportion of Government officers and nominees, there is little doubt that the votes will be passed by a large ma jority. This, as a constitutional protest against the employment of the pack of incapables con stituting the favourites of theLieutenant-Governor, may act as a timely warning to him from continu ing to make his Government in these critical times an asylum for the very lame, halt, and blind of the political world. Failing this effect, we must look elsewhere for reform, and we should pro bably require larger doses in proportion to the distance which we have to go. We perceive large concessions in the way of self-government have just been made to New Zealand, and we would urge our claims for at least an equal share of that most necessary right. At present we are little better than mere slaves, subjected to the follies and caprice of a nominee of some irresponsible power in England. This, resulting, as it naturally does, in bad government, with all its myriad evils, is irri tating in the highest degree to a people conscious of what freedom is, and quite capable of taking I care of themselves. That the universal anxiety to get hold of a certain quantum. of the gold which is now so profusely scattered around us prevents people from paying much attention to public affairs, is no proof that they are satisfied with them, or believe that they are administered with even decent honesty and vigour. The time will come when things will settle into more regular channels, when the money value of time will net be quite so high as at present ; and if by that period measures are not taken to enable us to govern ourselves, which no one else ever can or will do properly, the result will be neither very certain nor possibly very satis factory. ' Before concluding this hasty summary, we must again advert to the evils arising from the sending out of large numbers of passengers in single ships. We lately alluded to several cases in which the mortality during the voyage had arrived at a fright ful extent. Since then, large English vessels have arrived, also furnishing a sad list of deaths. Seve ral vessels are now in quarantine, among them the Ticonderaga, which recently arrived with the ter rible loss of 104 lives. When she, anchored in our port many scores of passengers were still ill, the doctor and his assistant were both laid up, and the medical stores wore all consumed. From the result of such experience it seems improper that any ship, however large, however splendid her accommoda tions, should endeavour to bring many hundred passengers for so long a voyage. Those vessels which have conveyed 200 or 300 passengers each have usually arrived without any very serious loss of life ; but those conveying 600 or 700, and up wards, have frequently furnished such a list of casualties as to lead us strongly to recommend ship owners to abstain from sending thein, and passen gers to avoid coming by them. RT l [ b A e in n v a E r H s ' t s r E e m e t EI ; Piccadilly, D eafn ess observe, Ne w oppositeDDiscovery,-39, cov the e o3r9kotel. The ovganic vibrator, an extraordinary power , ful, small, newly-invented instrument, for deafness, en tirely different from all others to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be produced, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. The Royal Exhibition—valuable newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, to discern minute objects at a distance of from four to five miles, which is found to be invaluable, for yachting, and to s p or t smen , gen tl emen, and gamekeeperfe. Tele scopes, possessing such extraordinary power, that some 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars the e yfor w aSupersede o e c v k e e r t y , o s t h h o e t aing, ry re p o u f r a p ll os s e iz s e , s Opera and race-course glasses with wonderful power ; a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacle.—S. &B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe opp os i te the York Hotel. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2O, 1853 LAW . INTELLIGENCE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-JAN. 19 CONSTANT DEBRA DE MERODA V. DAWSON, TINDAL, PEYTON, AND RYLAND, This was an action on the case brought by the plaintiff, a young man of Hungarian family, against the four de fendants, who were residents of the town of Birmingham, to recover from them compensation in damages for having falsely and maliciously, and without reasonable and probable cause, charged him with having, by false pretences, obtained a sum of money from one of the de ftadants. The cause was tried before Mr. Baron Alder sox at the last summer assizes at Warwick, when it appeared in evidence that the plaintiff had come over to England in 1851, in order to see the Great Exhibition, and that while here he had become acquainted with a lady who was known as the Baroness Von Beck. This lady had published a work, entitled "Personal Adven tures of a Lady during the late War of Independence in Hungary." She had engaged to publish another work, and for this new work she desired to get subscribers. A considerable part of this work had been written, and was in the hands of an English gentleman for the purpose of being translated. Madame Von Beck went down to Birmingham, and was there introduced to Mr. Dawson, who, on reading her papers of introduction, s u b scr ib e d for her work, and paid her the sum of 11. 4s. Through Mr. Dawson, Madame Von Beck was introduced to the other defen dants, and especially became acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Tindal. She was received among them with apparently the greatest kindness, and this kindness con tinued for between a fortnight and three weeks, till, on one Friday night, when Madame Von Beck was a guest at tie house of Tindal, one of the defendants, she was suddenly apprehended on a warrant issued by a Mr. James, a magistrate of Birmingham, on the information of Tindal and Ryland. She was charged in the warrant with the offence of obtaining money under false pre tences ; the false pretence being that she called herself the Baroness Von Beck, without having any legal right to that title. The present plaintiff, who had accom panied the Baroness and appeared to be her intimate friend, was included in the charge, and was likewise appre banded. The Baroness,Von Beck, who had previously been in a very poor state of health, and had been staying at Tindal's house in consequence of indisposition, died immediately afterwards. The plaintiff was taken before the magistrates, where the charge against him was heard, the defendants and a Mr. Toulmin Smith appear ing in support of it, but it was instantly dismissed. When these facts had been proved evidence was required to show the warrant, and to connect the defendants with the issuing of it. This evidence was attempted to be supplied by calling a policeman named Tandy, but he stated that though he made the arrest, he did it in the presence of his superior officer, and never had had the warrant in his possession. The officer who had possession of the warrant had not been subpoenaed, and the warrant was not in court. Mr. Baron Alderson thought the evi dence defective in this particular, and that there was not in the rest of the case enough to go to the jury to show that the defendants had made the charge, though he ex pressed a clear opinion that the charge itself could not be supported, for that there was a want of reasonable and probable cause. His lordship nonsuited the plain tiff. In the course of Michaelmas term, Mr. Serg ean t Miller (with whom was Mr. Field) had btained a rule to show cause why the nonsuit should not be set aside, and a new trial granted on the ground, first, that the plaintiff had been taken by surprise by the policeman's evidence, and next, that even without the production of the warrant there was enough to show that the charge had been made, and had been made by the defendants. Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Mellor, and Mr. Hayes now showed cause against the rule. As to the ground of surprise, they contended that that was answered on the face of the affidavits put in by the defendants, which showed that the person who on behalf of the plaintiff had subpoenaed the policeman knew that the superintendent, Stevens, was in possession of the warrant, for though he had not subpoenaed Stevens, he had obtained from that person a copy of the warrant. As to the other ground, the insufficiency of the evidence to connect the defendants with the issuing of the warrant, they insisted that the evidence merely showed that the defendants had made a statement before a magistrate, and did not show that they had made a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. If the magistrate thought fit to convert their statement of facts into that substantive charge, and to issue his warrant in that form, they could not be made liable in this form of proceeding for his acts. Mr. Sergeant Miller and Mr. Field were not called on. Lord Campbell said that the question for the Court was whether there was any evidence to submit to the jury, that the defendants, or any of them, had made this charge against the plaintiff of obtaining money under false pretences. If there was no evidence to go to the jury on that point, the nonsuit was right, but if there was evidence to that point, then the non-suit was wrong. The learned judge here had very properly said that there was no probable cause for making this charge. There was therefore a want of probable cause, and from that alone malice might be inferred. So that the two ingre dients for maintaining this action were here malice and want of probable cause. The action was, therefore, maintainable. He did not nay that there was strong evidence of this. It was enough for the purpose of this rule that there was some evidence to go to the jury. Could it be doubted by any reasonable man, from what was given in evidence, that a charge was made by some one against the plaintiff for having obtained money under false representation ? There could be no doubt that some one did make that charge. Then, was there not some evidence that that charge was made by the defendants I As the case was to be tried again, he abstained from entering minutely into the evidence or into the question of the weight to be given to that evidence, but he had no difficulty in point of law that there was some evidence to go to the jury against these defendants. The jury would have said what interpretation was to be given to the state ments made before the magistrates. But the case was withdrawn from the consideration of the jury by the de cision of the learned . judge, and the plaintiff was non suited on the ground that there was not any evidence to offer to the jury. He thought that the case should have been left to the jury. The jurymen might or might not have found for the defendants; but as the case had been withdrawn from their consideration, he thought that a new trial ought to be granted. Mr. Justice Wightman was entirely of the same opinion. The only question for the court to consider was whether there had been a charge of obtaining money under false pretences, and if so, whether, as the charge was made by some body, it was not made: by the de fendants. Taking the whole of the evidence together, it seemed to him that there was evidence to go to the jury on both points. If each part of the evidence was taken separately, it might be said that there was not enough on that part to make the defendants liable ; but taking the whole together, there was enough to go to the jury on the question whether the defendants had not made this charge. Mr. Justice Crompton concurred. The only doubt he had ever entertained was, whether the court was tied up to consider only the information taken before the magis trate. He thought that the court was not so restricted. Rule for a new trial absolute. BAIL COURT.--JAN. 19. 31ACKINTOSH AND WIFE V. MACKINTOSH AND ANOTHER. ASSAULT. Both the plaintiff and defendant were•railway contrac tors, and this action was b rought for an alleged assault by ;he defendants on the plaintiffs. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Petersdorff were for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. James and Mr. Pearson for the de fendants. It appeared that on an evening in March last the de fendant, Hugh Mackintosh (a brother of the plaintiff ), and a person called Mackay, went to the plaintiffs' house, and having taken supper, and remained some time, rose up to leave at half-past twelve o'clock, when the defendant, Hugh Mackintosh, under the influence of brandy-and-water, began to swear and seized the plain tiff's wife by the arms, using very disgusting language towards her. She mad e h er escape from him and ran into her bed-room, when the plaintiff and the defendant Mackay, who had been waiting below for Hugh Mackintosh, came up stairs, and as soon as the plaintiff entered the room he was assaulted by the de fendant, his brother, and Mackay, who inflicted such severe injuries upon him that he was confined to his bed for some weeks. His wife, who was in a delicate state at the time, was also very ill after the assault, and their doctor's bill and other expenses amounted to about 301. It was urged on the part of the defendants that the case of the plaintiffs had been greatly exaggerated. The defendants stated that they had all spent the evening in a very friendly manner ; but, as they were going away, the plaintiff, Robert Mackintosh, took up a pocket-book from the table and put it into his pocket. Hugh Mac kintosh claimed it as his own, but the plaintiff refused to give it up. He put his hand on the plaintiff's pocket who thereupon hit it so severely that he had since lost one of his nails. Both defendants denied having had their hands on the female plaintiff. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff against Hugh Mackintosh for putting his hand on plaintiff's pocket, damages one farthing, and for the defendants on the other part of the case. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-JAL 19. JONES V. DOYLE. This was a proceeding under the Small Debts Act, arising out of extraordinary circumstances. lit de fendunt, a clerk in the Post-office, was summoned to show cause why he should not pay the plaintiff, an at torney, 161. 10s. on a judgment in one of the superior courts. From the examination of the plaintiff and defendant by the Court, it appeared that the insolvent had rented a small house in Lambeth, which he took of a Mr. Por ter, who was solicitor to a lady named Hart. A claim of 16s. was made on the house by the Rev. Mr. Daitem, the rector of Lambeth, under the Tithe Commutation Act, as a rent-charge. The insolvent was out of town, and the members of his family did not pay the money. He alleged that he only owed Bs. as the rent-charge, which was one year's rent as tithe-charge. An action was brought against the insolvent, and the expenses were 141. 10s. Subsequently, proceedings were taken to get possession, and the sheriff turned the defendant and his furniture into the street. The articles were put into a waggon, and in the care of some neigh bours, until a house could be taken. Being in posses sion, the rector, under the 6th and 7th Wm. IV., was entitled to hold the land until he was paid. The de fendant was anxious to get possession in order to give it up to his landlord, and so get rid of his liability. It was agreed between the attorney (Mr. Jones) and the defendant that he should give a promissory note for 161. 10s., and pay 21. 10s. in cash. The note was given, which was to be paid at 21. per quarter, but no further payment had been made. Mr. Jones then brought an action on the promissory note, and now summoned the defendant under the Small Debts Act. The defendant represented the case a very hard one, that for Bs. he should have been put to all the law costs. He had waited on the Rev. Mr. Dalton, and that gen tleman interceded, and was willing to give 51. to get the matter settled. The plaintiff alleged that two years' tithe-charge was due by the insolvent. lie had not proceeded, and had charged less than he was entitled to, through charity. Mr. Doyle was a Catholic, and had perhaps made a vow not to pay it. Mr. Commissioner Law said they would not talk of "charity." Practically, it had been a great oppression. It was very lamentable that the few shillings owing by the insolvent were not paid ; and although the rector was entitled to his rights, he could not believe that he knew of the great expenses that had been incurred. The matter was adjourned to Friday next for further information. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW.STREtT.---Elijah, Eagle, a young man in the employ of Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, the news agents and publishers, of th e St r a n d, was charged with embezzling several sums of his employers' money. It appeared that the prisoner was a clerk to Messrs. Smith, and it was part of his duty to keep a registry of the parcels delivered at their establishment, but neither the prisoner nor any one else had authority to open them unless in the presence of one of the firm. The parcels in question contained the money remitted from the va rious stations on the South-Western Railway—being the produce of the sale of newspapers and books. They were delivered to the prisoner, who always signed the porter's receipt-book, an d was further required to make an entry of the same in his own private book ; after which it was his duty to,hand the parcels to Mr. Smith, jun. The prisoner was first detected in having appro priated 101., the contents of one of the Windsor par cels, but was now prosecuted on one of 13 other cases. Mr. Joseph Sutton, the station-master at Barnes, de posed to having sent a parcel to Messrs. Smith and Son, containing 31., and produced an acknowledgment of the sum in the prisoner's handwriting, which was brought back to him the same day (the Bth inst.). William Staples, a lad in the employ of the prosecu tors at the Waterloo-station, proved that he delivered the above with two other similar parcels on the Bth inst. to the prisoner, who signed the receipt book. Mr. W. H. Smith, jun., having explained the mode in which the remittances were made from week to week at the stations of the different railways which the firm supplied with newspapers and railway literature, de posed that the 31. in respect to the Barnes parcel was not entered in the prisoner's private book, nor had ever been paid to him (prosecutor). There was an entry of the amount in the daily ledger, in the prisoner's hand writing, which showed his knowledge of the contents of the Barnes parcel. The probable object of this entry was to prevent an application to Mr Sutton for the money.; The prisoner, who implored the mercy if,the court for the sake of his wife, was fully committed- fit trial. TITAIVIES.—Mr. Janes Duncan, a respectable trades man, residing at Wapping, appeared to show cause why he did not assist in the support of his son, who is at pre sent an inmate of the lunatic establishment at Colney hatch. The case was one of a very peculiar nature. The young man alluded to by Mr. Sergeant, the relieving officer of Wapping, has occupied some position , in the public eye as th e l aurea t e o f Ch artism, and one of the most strenuous supporters of all the points. Having been brought before the magistrates upon various occa sions, charged with breaches of the peace, and with even assaulting his own father—they decided that he was a person no longer fit to be trusted with his liberty. He was accordingly removed to the county lunatic asylum. Mr. Duncan, who keeps a chandler's shop, pleaded his inability to pay. He had other children to provide for, and though he had to pay 351. a-year and taxes, he had to make up the rent by letting the principal apartments. Mr. Yardley— Up to a certain time you did all you were bound to do. You have given him a superior edu cation, but it becomes you to take care that he is not chargeable to the parish. Mr. Sergeant—The cost to us is Bs. Gd., but we will halve it with the defendant. Mr. Duncan—My income is not 11. per week, and with the other claims on me, I do not see how I can af ford anything. After some further discussion, it was agreed that the defendant should pay 4s. 6d. per week. "CAPTAIN" JOHNSOZ,' AND MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Amongst the numerous letters and varied correspond ence brought forth by the apprehension and examination of Captain Johnson, in connection with the adroit swin dling transactions of that remarkable personage, are the following, which have been received by Mrs. Stewart, and which have been handed by that lady to her solici tor, Mr. Mune. The letters are given verbatim, with the exception of the name and address, but these, for obvious reasons, are omitted it House Castle, Palverhatch, near Shrewsbury, Jan. 15, 1853. "Madam,---Having seen, a short time since, an adver tisement in the Hereford paper of a matrimonial adver tisement of an English retired officer, advertising for a wife, I immediately answered it in behalf of a young lady, and, in reply, received the enclosed letter, which now I have every reason to think was written by the person who goes by the name of Captain Johnson, who was last week brought up for conspiring with other per sons to cheat and defraud you of several railway shares. I should feel greatly obliged if you would favour me by writinc, a few lines, stating whether the enclosed letter and the advertisement correspond with his handwriting and appearance. " Ever yours, truly, cc ______ " Mrs. Stewart, 20, Brunswick-place, Canonbury road, Islington, London." The following is the advertisement alluded to, which had, evidently been cut out of a newspaper, and which was inclosed with the preceding and following letter : " Matrimony.—An English retired officer, with a foreign title, in which his wife would share, is desirous of forming an alliance with a lady of education and ac complishments. The gentleman is in the prime of life, and enjoying excellent health ; speaks several foreign languages, and is otherwise highly talented ; travels much in the finest climates of Europe, and is in the pos session of a genteel income. The lady will be expected to have an adequate fortune ; she will be treated in every way most affectionately, and rendered as happy as the most ardent mind can desire. Address, in the first instance, by letter, post free, in the strictest con fidence, to L. A. F., 13, Frances-street, York-road, near Waterloo-road (care of Mr. Miles), London." (Confidential), " December 31, 1852. " Dear Madam,—l am in receipt of your letter. It is not sufficiently explicit, but I have no doubt you will rectify that point when I shall next have the plea sure of hearing from you. I can assure you every thing stated in the advertisement is bond fide true. As to sending my picture, it is at present along with uniforms and other valuables in Paris. I n a correspondence of this nature, of course, I am aware it is necessary to be exceedingly cautious, as there are many idly-disposed persons who write merely to Practice a hoax, although I do not for one moment sus pect you of anything of the kind. With regard to my self, imagine a young-looking man of 36, fair, middle height, moustachios, and a dashing hussar uniform ; have been presented and kissed hands; accomplished, eloquent, and of the kindest disposition. You will find me disposed to meet you in the most candid and liberal manner. What do you say to an interview with the lady ? At Paris ? London ? or half way between this and your present address ? Let me have your decision, and speedily.—Ever yours faithfully, "FREDERICK' DE The handwriting and style of this note is decidedly more mercantile than gentlemanly, and does not re semble in any way the specimens of his writings that have been put in during the hearing of the case ; but at the same time it should be mentioned that the captain could vary his writing and style in a very surprising manner, so much so that very excellent judges could not, on comparing two notes of his, discover that they had been written by the same hand. SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER TEM NIAGARA.—The Lockport Journal says that labourers are busily em ployed in pushing the Niagara suspension bridge to completion. Imagine a span 800 feet in length, forming a straight hollow beam, 20 feet wide, and about 18 feet deep, with top, bottom, and sides. There will be an upper floor to support the railroad and cars, 20 feet wide between the railings, and suspended by two wire cables, assisted by stays. The lower floor, 19 feet wide and 15 feet high in the clear, is connected to the upper floor by vertical t russes . Th e cohesion of good iron wire, when properly united into cables or ropes, is found to be from 90,000 to 130,000 pounds per square inch, ac cording to quality. The limestone used in constructing the towers will bear a pressure of 500 tons upon every square foot. The towers are 60 feet high, 15 feet square at the base, and 8 at the top. When this bridge is covered with a train of cars the whole length, it will sustain a pressure of not less than 405 tons. The speed is supposed to add 10 per cent. to the pressure, equal to 61 tons. The weight of superstructure added, estimated at 782 tons, makes the total aggregate weight sustained 1,273 tons. Assuming 2,000 tons as the greatest tension to which the cables can be subjected, it is con sidered safe to allow five times the regular strength, and providing for a weight of 10,000 tons. Fel- this 13,000 miles of wire are required. The number of wires in one cable is 3,000, the diameter of cable about 91 inches. The bridge, we believe, is the longest between the points of support of any in the world. _ _ [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine, after every other means had failed. —See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. —Sir —I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which allthe most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect--nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) ALD BOROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure any dis orders of the liver or stomach. Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine vendors through . ] I out the world. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19. The Prometheus, 5, steam-sloop, Commander H. R. Foote, arrived at Spithead this afternoon from the west coast of Africa station, bringing a freight in gold dust and ivory, from Lagos, Accra, and Cape Coast Castle, estimated, we are informed, at about 10,0001. sterling. She left Sierra Leone on the 27th ult., at which date her Majesty's steamer Penelope, 20, Rear-Admiral Bruce, Commander-in-Chief ; the Firefly, 4, steam sloop, Commander G. A. Seymour ; the Polyphemus, 5, steam-sloop, Commander C. G. Phillips ; the Blood hound, iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander H. Christian • the Ferret, 8, sloop, Command er M ac d ona ld, and the Pluto, 4, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander H. West, were at that station. The mail steam-packet Propontis arrived on the night of the 26th. Commander Ileseltine, of the Britomart, 10, was senior officer in the Bights, with the Cygnet, 8, Commander R. D. White ; and the Alecto, steam-sloop, 2, Commander Crofton. On the south coast were the Harlequin, 12, Commander Wilmot ; the Waterwitch, 8, Commander A. H. Gard ner ; the Volcano, 5, steamsloop, Commander Coote ; and the Spy, 3, Lieutenant -Commander Beresford. No slave trade is reported as going on. The Prometheus left Teneriffe on the 7th inst., and Madeira, on the 10th, having put in at these places for coals. She brought mails. She has only made one slaver prize during the two years and seven months she has been in commission. Lieutenant G. W. Towsey, senior lieutenant of the Fire fly, has invalided in the Prometheus, which vessel has been very sickly, having never been without fever since employed on the coast. She has sent upwards of 50 cases to the hospital (of whom several were invalided), almost all - from fever, and has lost two officers --a lieu tenanlAnd the gunner—and three men by death. She has had a fine passage home, with the exception of having experienced a heavy gale of wind for two days in the Bay of Biscay. Her Majesty's ship Linnet, 8, Commander H. Need, was reported to the Prometheus, by the mail packet Propontis, to have been at Tenerife on the 23d of December, after a heavy gale, in which she had lost three men overboard. The boats of the Polyphemus steam-sloop had landed at the river Shebar, and had burnt some slave factories and captured 10 slaves. The Prometheus will come into this harbour to-morrow to coal, and will then proceed to Woolwich to be paid off. Advice has just reached Messrs. Smith, the owners of the Marlborough, 1,600 tons, frigate-built Indianian, of her safe arrival at Port Adelaide, on the 4th of Novem ber last, after a passage of 78 days from the Lizard, it will be a source of much satisfaction to the friends and relatives of upwards of 300 passengers who emig:ated in this noble ship to know they all arrived at their destina tion in excellent health and spirits, and expressed their warm admiration of ship and officers. The Idarlborough left Plymouth on the 14th of August, 10 days after the Royal Mail steamer Sydney, and arrived at Port Ade laide two days before her ! ROIllglL MARINES. Captain and Brevet-Major Charles W. Pierce, of the Portsmouth division, has been allowed to retire upon full pay. By this First-Lieutenant William Alfred Garner Wright, of the Plymouth division, becomes Captain ; and Second-Lieutenant George Oliver Evans, of the Wool wich division, becomes First-Lieutenant. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 19. Her Majesty's ship Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, arrived in the Sound yesterday morn * from the" eastward. — La Hogue, 60, screw steam block-ship, Captain Ram sey, and the Confidence and Pike steam-vessels, steamed round the Eddystone on Monday to try their engines and exercise the crews. The Vulture steam-vessel arrived on Sunday, and went into Barnpool to make good defects, having carried away her capstan. By the steam-ship Canada, which arrived at Liverpool on Monday, we have a Bermuda Herald of the 30th ult., containing extracts from the Trinidad Herald of the 15th of December, two days later than the last mail. Her Majesty's ship Cumberland, 70, flag of Captain Sir George H. Seymour, sailed from Trinidad on the 16th of December for La Guayra, in consequence of some disturbances in that locality. Commander Henry J. Matson, of her Maj es ty' s screw steam-frigate Highflyer, 21, has died from the effects of the epidemic prevailing on board that ship, after a very short attack. The body was borne to the grave on a gun-carriage drawn by seamen, and followed by a detachment of Artillery and Infantry, with arms reversed, the officers of the. Cu mberland and Highflyer, Doctors Anderson, De Verteuil, and Van Buren, Mr. Davenport, Assistant Commissary- General, and Mr. R. H. Stewart, harbour-master. The carriage of the Governor contained his Excellency and Admiral Sir George Seymour. The venerable Arch deacon Cummins was accompanied by the Rev. H. Richards and the Rev. Mr. Jemmett. The town-clerk and chiefs of police closed the procession, which extended nearly a quarter of a mile, and was attended by the band of the 36th Regiment. Mr. Thomas Weiss, Master's-Assista,nf of her Ma jesty's surveying-vessel Scorpion, died of yellow fever at Grand Cay, Turk's I s l an d, on the 18th of Dec., aged 22. CHATHAM, JAN. 19. Considerable improvements have been recently made at this dockyard, more especially since the appointment of Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., in May, 1849, to be Captain-Superintendent. Three spacious slips have been built, and the roofs constructed of iron, supported upon iron pillars, as a protection from fire. These slips are all capable of building the largest ships in the Royal Navy ; and another spacious slip is in progress of con struction, the foundations of it having been all laid out, and a considerable portion of the wharf or stone wall raised next the Medway. Some idea may be formed of the shipbuilding capabilities already pos sessed at Chatham dockyard, when it is stated ;that there are five 80-gun ships on the stocks, equal in ton nage to many of the first-rate ships . of war, and two 50-gun frigates, all of which are to be fitted with screw propellers. The names of these fine vessels, several of which will be ready for launching as soon as the alter ations necessary for their screw propellers are effected, and all in a very forward state, are as follows : The Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship, of 2,473 tons, from a design by Read, Chatfield, and Cruese. The Majestic, 80, screw steamship, of 2,589 tons, from a design by Sir William Sym on d s, late Surveyor of the Navy. The Irresistible, 80, scre Steamship, of 2,598 tons, Sir William Symonds. from a design by The Hoed, 80, screw steam-.3hip,.of 2,600 ton s from a design by the Navy-offi ce. , The Orion, 80, screw steamship, of 2,600 tons, from a design by the Navy-office. This vessel is to be length ened 28 feet, and with the two preceding, is under the iron-roofed slips. The Euryalus, 50, was originally design e d as a screw steam ship, a n d w ill b e fitted with engines by John Penn and Son. The Severn, 50, was designed as a sailing-vessel, but is to be converted into a screw steam-ship. The Royal George, 120, built at Chatham in 1827, of 2,616 tons, on a similar plan to the Caledonia, is at pre sent in dock at Chatham, for the purpose of being con verted into a screw steam-ship. The Caledonia, 120, now at Plymouth, was built at that port in 1808, of 2,712 tons, from a design by Rule. The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain R. 13. Watson, C. 13., is only waiting for dry weather to have her rigging all put up. She has now upwards of 220 on her books, and among these are about 70 able Seamen. Captain Watson has numerous promises of entry of seamen from those who have served with him on previous occasions. SHEERNESS, JAN. 19, 8 A.M. Her Majesty's steam-vessels Myrtle and Adder pro ceeded to Blackstakes yesterday, and towed the Phaeton down to the docking basin buoy. In consequence of the tides, she cannot be taken into the basin until Mon day next's afternoon tide. The crew have commenced stripping her, and before sunset last evening her topgal lantmasts were sent down, sails dried and unbent, and all her running rigging, blocks, &c., with spare gear, were sent •n shore to the dockyard. The steam-vessel Myrtle, Mr. Mugford, acting-master, pro tern. in com mand, has been placed at the service of Capt. Geo. Elliot, in order to facilitate the return of her stores to the dock yard. Thero are only about 20 ordinary seamen in this frigate, and, to their credit it may be remarked they have principally been promoted from first-class boys trained in this ship. It appears none of the crew will volunteer for any ship unless they are permitted to have two months' leave of absence and borne out on such ship's books, as usual in such oases. Six weeks leave of absence has generally been granted volunteers on paying off, and therefore several of the officers from the ships fitting here have promised the Phaeton's crew that they will make an especial application to obtain them the two months' leave, provided they volunteer. They are cer tainly men to be desired, being thoroughly disciplined men-of-war's-men. Mer Majesty's screw steam-sloop Miranda is now ready for the pendant, having been rigged by the crew of her Majesty's steam screw guard-ship Horatio, under the directions of First-Lieutenant John Seccombe of this frigate. Her Majesty's sloop Rattlesnake, Commander Henry Trollope.—The hot air pipes of 20 inches by 4 inches are being fixed from the stove forward throughout all the cabins on both sides of the main deck, and there is no doubt she will be quite ready by the 27th inst., as far as the dockyard is concerned. WOOLWICH, JAN. 19. APPOINTMENT. Acting Assistant-Surgeon Archibald Stevenson (1852), from the Victory flag -ship at Portsmouth, for service in a naval hospital, to the Rodney, 90, at Portsmouth. Sir James Graham, Captain Alexander Milne, and the Hon. William Cowper, Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Bernal Osborne, secretary, transacted business at Somerset -house until a late hour on Tuesday evening. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAT.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 9, 1853 (285} miles) £12,507 13 3 Corresponding week last year (2414 miles) 9,744 17 11 . , LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RA wA i ii " i rraffie re turn for the week ending Jan. 16, 1 ,-.4:. 6,568 8 3 Corresponding week last year , ``. 15,315 9 g CHESTER AND HOLYHE AD WAY.-Traffic return f or railway and steam-boats f ` i:dweek ending Jan. 16, 1853 AO' ' £2,993 6 11 Corresponding wee,lfst year Increase in,2853,,,,—,,-, ~,,,,, ..... >.,,,, R 667 0 6 MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAL 15. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases -of the Lungs and other Organs of Respirati on 153 Diseases of the Stomach, Lifer, and other Organs of Digeston 69 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformhtions Premature Birth an d Debilit 3 y 3) Atrophy Old Age .................................... . Sudden ...................... Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance l5 Causes not specified 25 216 49 177 119 37 DEATHS ?EOM ALL CAUSES l,OOl Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1851. of 1852. Week, West Districts NOrth Districts 490,396 226 Central Districts 393,256 ...... 165 East Districts 485,522 ...... 249 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,09 G 1,001 492 509 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Femles.. 755 841 Total 1,566 COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—JAN. 18. There were in the market to-day, 4 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold at 31s. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET— JAN. 18. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat str'-w, from 7s 6d to 9s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; barley do., 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Hay from 8d to 10d per stone. DALICFITH MEAL MARKET—JAN. 17. There were in tho market to-day 94 bags oatmeal, 34 bags of barleymeal, and 2 bags pot-barley ; sales dull. The top price of oatmeal the same as last week, second quality, 3d per bag up, and the lowest 3d per bag down ; the top and second prices of barleymeal 6d per bag down ; the pot-barley was not sold. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Pea semeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto --s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, per ditto COAL M./OWET-Ikm 19. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : s. d. s. d. Bate's West Hart1e.....15 01Ha Buddle's West Hartley 15 6 Joh rt nso on l7 0 n 15 9 Bur nhope l4 6 L awson l6 0 Carr's Hartey l5 6 Walker l6 3 Chester Main 15 9 Eden Main 17 6 Davison's West Hartley 15 6 Lambton Primrose 17 6 Hasting's Hartley 15 6 Belmont 17 6 Howard's West Hartley Braddyll 13 0 Netherton 15 6 Hetton lB 6 Stewart's Hartley 15 0 Haswell 18 6 Longridge's W. Hartley 15 6 Kepler Grange l7 6 North Percy Hartley ...15 0 Lambton lB 0 Tyne Main ..................14 . 0 Hetton Lyons mixed 17 6 Pelton Main l6 o Plummer l7 9 Ravensworth W. H a rtl ey 15 6 1 Stewart's 18 6 I South Peareth l4 OiCassop l7 9 Tanfield Moor l5 6 1Heugh.Hall. l7 3 West Hartley 16 6,Ke1100 18 0 West Wylam Trader 15 6 Adelaide Toes 17 9 Wall's End, &c. Tees lB 6 Brown 15 31Cowpon Hartley 15 6 Killingsworth E. l5 31Ramsay's Canal 20 6 Ships at market 4ll I Sold l6O. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 19. STOCK EXCITANGE.—We have a very dull, inactive mar ket for shares to-day, chiefly occasioned by tho uncertainty of the Bank of England's movements to-morrow. A ge neral impression exists that the rate of discount will 1)0 again raised, which would temporarily depress the market. We quote—Aberdeen, 148 ; Ambergate and Eastern Junc tion, 1 d. ; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (Ches ter and Birkenhead), 21 ; Caledonian, 32i ; Eastern Counties, 12i ' • Lancashire an d Y or k s hi re, 81i ; ditto, Fifths, 4 dis. London and N or th W es t ern , 121 A ; Mid land, 771- ; North British, 8 15-16 ; South Eastern and I Dover, 23i ; Groat Northern (101. scrip shares, 44 per cent.), f) pm. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, .I.o ol— shares), ; Dutch Rhenish, 2A, STOCK EXOHANGE. -- MANC HESTER, JAN. 19. —e mark has quiet, ana with the exc e pti on of London and et North been Western shares, which sold at 122, prices are rather weaker, Kendal, 144 ; Leeds, 81 g; Sheffield ten p er cent., 10i ; Midland, 71 ; ; South Eastern , 231 ; North. British, 9. BI RMINGHAM, JAN. 19. STOCK EX CHANGE.--This market continues dull, with very little business doing of any kind. South Staffords were done at die., and old Birmingham Canals at 106. LEDS, JAN. 19. STOCK EXOHANGE.— E Ther© has been a slight re-action in the share market this morning, though its effect has been only to a trifling extent. The transactions have been few. The following are the closing prices :—North Westerns, ; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 81} ; London and North Western stock, 1221. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-et:nee by the night—and 31 by the morning—dispatch.] Daywhen made up From what COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port When Office, London. Disp a t c h e d . due. America (bylirit.pack.N lan. 21.. ...... .. Liverpool ... Jan. 24 America (by United Sts. packet) ....... ..N Tan. 25 .. Liverpool ... Jan. 20 America (by U. States packet) .. .. Australia (via South ampton) .......... Si 20th of each month Southampton Jan. 24 Ditto (via M arseilles N 24th of the month Dover ...... Feb. 1 *Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) .. N 2d of February.... Plymouth .. Tan. 30 Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. Feb. 12 Alexandria* ........N 19th&30th of mon. Dover Jan. 28 Belgium Daily.. Dover ...... Daily Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton Feb. 16 Buenos Ayres 3 , 1 9th of the month.. Southampton Feb 16 California .. d & 17th of month Southampton Feb. 1 tCape of Good Hope ..N 14thof the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Cape de Verds ......N 14thof the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Constantinople ..N 7 thl7th27thof mo.. Dover Jan. 20 Central America 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Feb. 1 Channel Isles ........N Southampton Tu Th.. 81. Chi1i............. ...h1 2d & 17th ormonth Southampton Feb. 1 France ........ M & N Twice daily Dover rwieedalli Greece* .. N 7th 17th27th °noon. Dover Jan. 20 Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London ..... 'rues. , Sat. Holland ........ Wednesday & Sat London ..... Sunahurs. Honduras ........ „ S 17th of the month. Southampton Feb. 16 Ireland .... • • •• M BeN Twice daily Holyhead ... Twicedally India (viaSouthampt,)m 20th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 24 India. (via Marseilles) N ath& 24th of month Dover ...• .. Feb. 1 India (via Cape of Good 14th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Mauritius 14th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 26 Mediterranean (via • Z3h,17th,19th,27th, Southampton _in 20th of the month, Southampton Tan 24 pton J F a e n b. 2 1 0 Ditto (via Marseilles).N Sth & 24th ofmonth Dover Feb: 1 Mexico ........ 2nd nt o i f , ntfhtehme monthlonth. DSoouvtehrit.in. Madeira 9th&23dofthernon Southampton Feb. 12 Naples* ........N sthisth2sthofmon. Dover .. " " Jan: 22 Papal States*.. ......N ithlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...•: :: Jan. 22 Peninsula _34 'thl7th27thofmon. Jan. Peru 2d & 17th of month Southampton Feb. 1 26 Tuscany* •sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover Jan. west Indies 2d & 17th of m on th Southampton Feb. 1 22 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .......... • * The malls for Australia via the Cape of Good Hope are made up on the 2d of every slternßte month. Those made up on the 20tu and 24th of each month via Southampton and Marseilles are sent b sailing vessels at present from Singapore. Mails are also made up on the 2d of every alternate month for the Cape of Good Hope. * The malls to those countries thus marked (*) are cOßveyed by French pac. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 17th inst., at Garboldisham, Norfolk, tho Hon. Mrs. Fitz Gerald Foley. On tho 12th inst.; at Priory-place, Bath, prematurely, the wife of Captain Jarvis, 82d Regiment, stillborn. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 19th inst., th e wife of William White, jun- Esq., of Upper Bedford-place, P On ince the 18th inst., a t 7 , Thurloe-square, Mrs. Alexander r. _MARRIED. On the 18th in s t., at St. Barnabad, South Kennington, G. J. Squibb, Esq., of Orchard -street, Portman-square, to Emma Jane Nosworthy, only child of It. Hayward, Esq., of Stockwell, Surrey. On the 12th inst., at the N ew P ar i s h- church, Sou th Ossett, near Wakefield, Jacob Archer, Esq., West Field House, South O sse t t, to Sarah onlydaughter of the late Joshua Thorns, Esq., of Ossett-green. lED. On the 14th i ns t ., at Blu D e Maize, St. Martin's, Jersey, aged A. G. Van H omr i g h , E sq., late of the 95th Regimen" 44. - On the 15th inst., at Queenstown, Thomas Bolton, Esq, late of Ballykisteen, Tipperary. On the 16th i ns t ., of 95, Milton-street, Dorset-square' Mrs. M B o a, aged. 72. e t On • st., at Highfield, Exmouth, Devon?' B. ow Bourc illon, Esq. of BathVaged 74. On the 17th inst., at Woo ' dford, CaptainW. S. StockleY , late of the H.E.1.C.5., aged 74. On the 17th inst., at 19, Foxley-road, Kennington, . I n . : J. Pennington, late of the H.E.I.C. Home Service, agel o . On the 17th inst., at Barnsbury-cottage, Islington, Harvey, Esq., aged 70. 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