The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EVIME,; We ha®e received fae Paris journals of yesterday in due course. The civil marriage of the Emperor will be cele brated on the 29th instant, at the Tuileries. At eight o'clock in the evening the Grand Master of the Ceremonies, assisted by a master, will proceed with two carriages to the residence of the Imperial bride. The first carriage will be occupied by two ladies of honour and by the Master of the Cere monies, and the second will receive the Imperial bride, her Excellency the Countess de Montijo, Duchess de Penaranda ; the Marquis de Valde gamas, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy-Extra ordinary of the Queen of Spain ; and the Grand Master of the Ceremonies. The cortege will enter by the gate of the pavilion of Flora. The Imperial bride will be received at the foot of the staircase of the pavilion by the grand chamberlain, the grand equerry, two chamberlains, and the orderly officers on duty, and conducted to the family salon, where the Emperor will await her coming. At the en trance of the first salon, their Imperial Highnesses Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde will receive the Imperial bride, and the party will pro ceed towards the family salon. The Emperor will have near him his Imperial Highness Prince Je rome Napoleon, and such others of his family as his Majesty shall have appointed. Around the Emperor will stand the cardinals, the marshals and admirals, the miai sters, the grand-officers and officers of his household, and the ambassadors and ministers plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty now in Paris. The grand master will receive the orders of the Em peror, and the cortege will proceed to the Salle des Marechaux, where the ceremony of the civil mar riage will be accomplished. The persons invited by his Majesty will have been placed by a master of the ceremonies aided by two assistants. At the end of the sane, next the garden, two similar chairs of state will have been placed on an estrade, one on the right for the Emperor, and the other on the left for the future Empress. At the foot of the estrade, on the left, will be placed a table, on which will lie the civil register of the family of the Em peror. On the entrance of his Majesty and of the future Empress, the ladies will rise and remain standing as well as the persons present, to the end of the ceremony. The Emperor being seated, the Grand Master of the Ceremonies will call on the Minister of State, exercising the functions of officer of the civil state, attributed to him by Art. 8 of the Senatus-Consultum of the 25th of December last, and assisted by the President of the Council of State, appointed to that effect by his Majesty, to proceed before the chair of the Emperor. The Minister of State will receive the declarations of the Emperor and of her Excellency Mlle. Eugenie de Montijo, Countesi de Teba, and will declare them united in marriage. The President of the Council of State will present a pen to the Emperor, and next to the Empress. The act will be signed by their Majesties, by her Excellency the Countess de Montijo, by the Minister of Spain, the princes and princesses accord ing to their rank, and by the witnesses appointed by his Majesty. After the ceremony the Empress will be conducted back to the Elysee with the cere monial observed for her coming. The Imperial cortege of the marriage will, on quitting the Tull( ries, pass through the Triumphal Arch to the Place du Carrousel, and will afterwards proceed along the Quays du Louvre, de l'Ecole, de la Megisserie, and de Gevre • it will then cross the Pont Notre Dame, and will , reach the Cathedral by the Quai Napoleon, the Rue d'Arcole, and the Place du Parvis Notre Dame. The decorations of the cathedral of Notre Dame for the marriage of the Emperor and Mlle. de Mon tijo are proceeding rapidly under the direction of MM. Viollet-Leduc and Lassus, the architects charged with the repairs of the church. The high altar, as already stated, is to be removed to the entrance of the choir, and behind it will be a gallery with ogives. A vast canopy in crimson velvet, surmounted by a gigantic eagle bearing an imperial crown will be placed above it, and will be made to ex tend over the places to be occupied by their Maj esties. From the crown velvet draperies will extend to the pillars of the choir. The choir will not be occu pied, it having been determined to place the or chestra, which will be 500 strong, near the organ. In the branches of the Latin cross will be wood work similar to that of the gallery at the entrance of the choir, and there will also be recesses, painted skyblue, in which will be placed on one side statues of the kings of France, qn the other the Arch bishops of the diocese of Paris. The pillars of the choir and the nave will be decorated with green velvet ornamented with golden bees, and with the initials and arms of their Majesties. The coat-of arms of the house of Montijo has twenty-five guar terings, and is ornamented with a cross with Con stantine's motto, In hoe sign() winces. nags bear ing the arms and colours of the departments of France will be suspended in the choir, and the roofs, both of the choir and the nave, will be decked with banners and streamers of all colours, so as to bide the nudity o f th e s t one. Estrades_ will be erected in the cross to the right of the altar of the Senate and Diplomatic Body, to the left for the Legislative Body and the Council of State. Estrades will also be placed on each side of the nave for the judges, the staffs of the army, and the prin cipal public functionaries. The middle of the nave will be left free for the passage of their Majesties and their households ; and they alone will enter by the great door. Th a galleries looking on the nave and choir will be occupied, and a portion of them will he spacially set apart for the ladies of the court. The façade of the cathedral will be decorated with banners and escutcheons bearing the arms of the towns of France, with flags of all colours, with green draperies strewed with golden bees, and with wreaths of flowers. In front of the great door will be a vast portico in which the car riage of the Emperor can enter. This portico will be in the Gothic style, and will be elegantly decked with draperies ; and similar porticos will be placed in front of the other doors. From the arcades of the porticos will be. suspended escutcheons bearing the initials L. (Louis) and E. (Eugenie). Above the porticos will be equestrian statues of the Em peror Charlemagne and the Emperor Napoleon I. In what is called the " Galerie des Rois," statues, similar to those destroyed sixty years ago, will be placed in the niches. The balustrade of the " Ga lerie de la Vierge " will be decorated with gilt eagles, escutcheons, and crowns, united by wreaths of flowers. In fronirof the great window will be a group representing the Virgin and two angels offering incense. The upper gallery will be deco rated with draperies of green and gold, and the ar cades in it with escutcheons, eagles, and flowers. The towers will be ornamented in the same way, and will be surmounted by sixteen gigantic eagles. Since the Duchess of Teba has resided at the Elysee there is a military post there, as during the residence of the Emperor. The imperial household, has at length been formed, but with great difficultY. The office of grande maitresse was proposed to several ladies of high rank, but all of them found some excuse for de clining the proffered honour ; and the Emperor has at length been obliged to make choice of a lady who could not well refuse, as her husband already occupies a place at court. The Duchess of Bassano is appointed grande maitresse of the household of the Empress. She is the wife of the Grand Master of the Ceremonies, who in that c a p ac it y h as apart ments allotted. to him in the palace. The Duchess of . Bassano is to have e. salary of 40,000 f. Four ladies of honour are appointed, with salaries of 12,000 f. each, namely, Madame de Pierre, Madame d'Essling,• Madame Gustave de Montebello, and Madame de Serrey. General Tascher de la Page rie has been appointed grand maitre of the court. The witnesses who are to appear at the marriage on the part of the future Empress are the Duke d'Osuna and the Marquis de Bedmar, who are both grandees 'of Spain. The Archbishop of Paris will be assisted in the service at Notre Dame on Sunday next by two suf fragan prelates. The metropolitan chapter, the chapter of St. Danis, and deputations from the clergy of Paris will also be present at the ceremony of the marriage. The Bishop of Nancy, first chap lain to the Emperor, attended by his chaplain s in ordinary, will take lls place among the imperial household. The doors of the church of Notre Dame will be closed at noon. The Emperor will leave the Tuileries at half-past 12, the grand door, opened at the and will enter moment of his Majesty's arrival. The mass wil i th l o ~„.n?nee at one o'clock. mu n i ca u tio _toli has an article on the 'Emperor's com from the most his marriage, which, coming mists, ought authoritatiVe organ of the Logiti sake of See to command attention, if only for necessarily_g b oa r de f ar as may be discovered through and feeling s o f thi l language, what are the opinions " The high gviti,part! : day, at the Tuile ra i . 4 °L , the Speech delivered on Satur and the constituted' biztoreesence of the great dignitaries no one's notice. u nder th s; will certainly have escaped with the immense attrib t ! actual form of government, the State is invested, each ll with which the chief of powerful mouth, is d . w c'rd which falls from that all estmed •to have incalculable effects In Franc e and in Europe the destinies of the count — in fact, it may contain world. The Erd'peror k no : 74 the peace of the the ; and it is only neces sary to throw a glance over _in career which he has already run, to see what ui dvortance he has justly attached to his speeches. differentbeen for him acts of eclat ; all have marked the steps by which he has ascended to the high est on the eve of encircling his head z. kv a 'it k h: the And Imperialw hen bandeau, he wished to give pledge s of fhis policy both at home and abroad, he delivered the more the . ch cn . m- Bordeaux L'Empire, c'est la paix.' a i l sT nous speech at stance is, if we may 1180 the remark, imposing still. The new Emperor is about to contract a matrimonial affiance, and this alliance he declares is out of the ordi nary conditions. Far be from us the idea of expatiating on the union which the chief of the state is to contract. We have neither a right nor a desire to do so ; and every one will understand the motives which prevent us from making any comments on it. The marriage, how ever, of a crowned head is above all a political event. If we could have forgotten this fact, the communication of the Emperor to the constituted bodies, and the language of the ministerial journals, would have re minded us of it. The Journal de l'Empire, in fact, gives an account of royal alliances ; it goes back to Clovis and Clotilde, and follows the second and the third race. In this lesson of history it seeks for pre cedence or testimonies in favour of marriages de conven (ince personelle,' and endeavours to prove that kings have never thought of strengthening their alliances abroad by their union with sovereign families.' However contes table this thesis may be, there is another which the Pays cannot prevent itself from bringing to light, namely, that kings of the third race have constantly had in view to reconstitute the national territory, to possess it without division, and to make it come within the natural limits which mountains, rivers, and sea trace out around it.' It thus renders homage to the perse vering work of that great House of France which, uniting its private interests with those of its people, or rather in yielding everything to the honour and power of the country, formed, province by province, that fine and glorious national unity of which we are so proud. Think of what the children of Hugh Capet were at first, and see what an immense distance separated the Duke I de France, enclosed in some leagues of ground, and the very Christian Monarch, King of France and Navarre, marching at the head of Europe, and holding the first rank in the civilised world. This magnificent creation of monarchical France has been accompanied by the policy of alliances as much as by the force of arms, by skill in negotiations, and by the majesty of the laws. From Louis VII., who first united Guyenne, to Louis XII. and Francis I. annexing heroic Brittany ; from Charles VII. driving out the English to Louis XV. incorporating Lorraine and Alsace, and acquiring that Island of Corsica by a treaty, without which the Bonaparte family would never have been French—it is an uninterrupted suite of marriages or of conquests inspired by the same sentiment of patriotic aggrandisement, and by the same idea of national power. Was it not the same noble ambition which caused the alliances with Scotland during the struggles with England, and with Spain during the rivalry against the House of Austria ? Would it be possible to find a writer of ever so little intelligence—were he even the editor of the Pays—to dispute the influence which family policy secured to the House of Bourbon, sitting at the same time on the thrones of France, Spain, and Naples ? The new Empire departs from these old traditions, and it does so with the most resolute decision, and in the most striking terms. Its langUage is addressed to France and to Europe. We do not think we are wrong in saying that never since the 2d December, has any event of such importance taken place in governmental policy. The speech of the Tuileries is more than a manifesto—it is a complete programme. It is only necessary to reperuse it with attention to be convinced of this, and it com mands the most serious meditation." An Imperial decree declares thatitaking into con sideration the high position of Prince Napoleon Joseph Bonaparte near the throne, and that he ought, as one of its firmest supports, to hold a high rank in the army, the Emperor authorises him to take the title and rank of, and wear the uniform of, a general of division. M. Auber has been appointed Director of Music and Maitre de Chapelle of the Emperor. The Impartial of Boulogne states that the late heavy rains had caused several parts of the cliff to give way. The establishment of the Humane So ciety has been somewhat injured by one 'of the landslips. The Hotel de Pavilion has suffered more considerably, the kitchen and other outhouses having been completely buried beneath the masses of clay and earth which have fallen from the cliff. The sum received at the Paris Savings' Bank during the past week was 804,499 f. from 6,440 depositors, of whom 1,063 are new, and the sums reimbursed 478,9511. The money received during the same period for the Caisse de Retraite for the Aged amounted to 1,499,467 f. for 1,292 accounts, of which 876 are new. The mean temperature of the month of Decem ber in Paris was 8 degrees and one-tenth above zero. The highest temperature during that period was on the 14th, when the glass marked 13 de grees above zero, and the lowest was on the 2d and the 20th when it was 7-10ths of a degree above zero. The quantity of rain which fell in the court of the ObservAtory was 5 cent. 35, and' on .the ter race to the south 5 cent. 3. The Phare de la Manche announces that the solu tion of the question of the Transatlantic French packet station is approaching to a conclusion. The Government Commission has concluded its inqui ries. It has likewise heard the opinion of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris on a subject which so seriously interests the commerce of France. It is at present deliberating, and its opinion will be shortly pronounced. If that opinion be in accord with the highest naval authorities, there is no doubt but the port of Cherbourg will be the point selected for the departure and arrival of the packets. The Bourse was greatly crowded yesterday, but there was not much business transacted. A feeling of uneasiness appeared to prevail amongst the spe culators, which was increased by a statement that two Russian corps d'armee had been assembled in Poland. The Three per Cents. which opened at 79f. 45c., fell to 79f. 25c., they rose subsequently to 79f. 75c., and closed at 79f. 65c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 700.; Orleans Railway shares, 992 f. 50c.; Rouen, 978 f. 75c.; Havre, 490 f.; Great Northern, 822 f. 50c.; Basle, 342 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 747 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 845 f.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 717 f. 50c. ; Western of Francei 670 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 5551.; Caen to Cherbourg, 600 f.; Dijon to Besancon, 5121. 50c.; shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 715 f. There was a rumour in Vienna on the 22d that the Ban Jellachich, at the head of eight battalions and artillery in proportion, has crossed the Turkish frontier, near Cattaro, but things have probably not ye t gone so far. prevailed in Montenegro. Polish and Hungarian ' officers are said to be at the head of Turkish divi sions, " sufficiently experienced in war to conduct the troops of the Porte, and unscrupulous enough to fight against Christians." Ferik Pacha (says the writer) impudently exclaimed, " Grahowo belongs 11.3 little to the Montenegrins as Krivascie does to the Austrians." However that may be (argues the Ministerial organ), there can be only one opinion as to the duty of Austria to guard the sacred in violability of her territory ; and the sanguinary struggle now approaching cannot be viewed with indifference by Austria. " Irrespective of the re ligious question, Montenegro has enjoyed an actual independence for centuries—not indeed diploma tically recognised, but de facto undisputed by the Porte." The frontier relations with Montenegro have long been on a good footing, and the Austrian borders respected by the inhabitants of Czernagora (the Black Mountain), which is far from being the case with the Bosnians, whose Turkish population, some six years ago, made exactions of a nature that the Ban of Croatia was obliged to punish with the sword. But, in the eyes of the Austrian writer, the real ground of provocation is the religious cha racter assumed by the present insurrection. Every possible means is being taken to stir up the smoul dering flame of hatred against the Rajahs. "On the night of January 5 (the Greek Christmas), several shops in Mostar were set on fire by the Turks, and all the endeavours of the Christians to extinguish the flames were baffled by the Turkish soldiery, and a regular plunder ensued." TILE SHARE MARKETS. Paid BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. (Aberdeen 29 - 30 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc....... Birmug. Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Irancsh. &i I _Cheshire Junet ...... 6i -- 6i , 10/ - 10 - 6i -- 6/(1 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... ~ Do £2O . 184 100 100 21 -- 22 3 2i d 107 -- 109 65 -65 i 22i 23 174 -- 1711 Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian-- ..... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (XlB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h....' Do d 0..... 2 ' — —l : d all 11i 100 Do., B. & C... ....... . East Lancashire . ... East & West Ind. Dk. at Birming. June.... Edinburgh do Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb. Pith. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk.. Do., ) A. Stock ...... Do., , B. 5t0ck...... Gt. Sth.kWest.(lre.) Great Western........ Irish South-Easterz.. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Thirds 50 20 11i 10 St. lli all all all 8i - 96 4 4 12i- 13 9 - 10 7t - 74 - 76 Laneash. &Yorkshirc i Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern....... 50 40 25 25 Liv. Crsby. & So uthpt. London & Blackwal) Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths London & S. Western Do., £4O Lndndny.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Aar ch. Shef. &Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. klidland 50 25 1.00 St. Do. Birming. 41 Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. i Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newroarket... ..... Do. Bury Extensions iNewpt.Aberg.&lltfd (Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint do Rostrevor 55 60 74 -- 76 2did --28 ip 60 62 76 77 40 42 118 - 120 104 105 1 88i -- 89i1 100 all 3 100 Norfolk... ....... Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2. Do., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed worth Staffordshire.. 'North Western........ 51 Ei 4 2a N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton—. Seottish Central ...... St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 12ip 79 4 d 2id 16 121 - P —lip 90 std 4id 20A 31 8d 78 48 13i 20 20 50 all 100 all Scottish Midland Shrewsbury k Birmg Do., L. & N. Wostn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herold Shrewsby. dr Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales.. S. Yorksh. River Dun Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall IWmbledon &Croydon l Woodford .............. 100 20 11i 100 3A d ' ' 2i 2: (1 364 6.1. d d 4 d 84 --p Bas'ness done this day. 49a - 95 - 63 - 69 - 651 i 504 97 - 65 71 43 I - 21 - 15 5 i i 121 77 61 891 9 i 79 83 1121 20/ 1/ York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 69 7i 2 41 53 90 i i SHARES, 30i 78 7i 491 9657 55i i 11.05 a pm. ad pm pm 141 12 13 THE SITN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. Paid RAILWATS. Leasing Closing Prices ilusincs4 Company. Yesterday. this day. - 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.... N. West 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee ... Gt.Westn. 30 31 30 all Do.withoutgr Do 292 - 303 304 all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do 3O 31 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W lOB 110 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 53 54 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent .. . 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MINES. 1 all Agua Fria —l4 p 14 2 10s. all Anglo Californian 4 p 10 2 Australasian 2 3 p 44 20 5 Australian 53 6 p 53 1 all Australian Cordillera * g p 144 1 all Australian Freehold par = p 1 all Ave Maria 4d far 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 plB 20 13.5 British Iron 9 11 35 243 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 33— 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada la 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 3 3 Carsons's Creek par # p 40 all Cobre Copper 4l 43 5 1 Colonial Gold 2B —24 p 8 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng — 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent ...p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co la lid 3 3 20 all General — 2 all Great Nugget Vein 34 —3/ p 3 all Great Polgooth . l* —lO p 1 all Lake Bathurst 4 d par 4 a 1 all Liberty g P 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. 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NOW ,,, 5 1 Royal Australu.Bkg Sz Gold Imp Co — 25 all South Australia 43 46 25 all Union of Australia— 74 76 75 2. Do. New 9 11 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid — SPAIN. The • Madrid, journals of the 20th are devoid of interest. The Clamour Public°, the Diaria Es panol, the Nacion, and the Esperanger have been again seized. There has, however, been a great fluctuation and a further fall in the funds. The Three per Cents. went as low as 384, but are said to have been done at 39i after the close ; ditto Deferred, 21 9-16 ; Redeemable Debt, first class, 9i ; ditto, second ditto, 51 ; Coupon Certificates, 34 1 -. Exchange on London, 51 20. It is said that a serious conflict exists between the Government and the Bank. PIEDMONT. In its sitting on the 21st instant, the Senate of Turin passed the Slave Trade Suppression Bill. By this new law the cognizance of matters relating to the Slave-trade is intrusted to, the Courts of Appeal instead of the Admiralty. MONTENEGRO. The intelligence from Montenegro is very con tradictory. Advices from Trieste of the 21st state that on the 12th the Turks occupied the Montene grin nahias of Reiska and Czernizza, and that on the 15th they took Grahovo by assault, and were threatening Cettinje. On the other hand, it is re lated that the Voivode of Grahovo, on receiving orders from Omer Paella to prepare lodgings for the troops, coolly answering them by attacking the Turks by surprise with 1,000 men on the territory of Baghani. It appears certain that a battle was fought on the 15th, but the result is not known. Some say the Turks were repulsed, and were pre paring to recommence the attack on the 17th. A letter to th e f o ll ow i ng e ff ec t has appeared in the Austrian Ministerial Corresponclenz. On the 11th (it says), four large steamers belonging to the Turkish blockading squadron were seen off the Albanian coast, opposite the bay of Antivari. The day before an English steam-frigate cast anchor at some hours, whil e th t tth fr t i h ga e t P e Pacha the mouth o f the river rn of ed Scutari. a a n niy , d a he n r d h r a em da ain co e a d erence there Corfu. A en cc t o h r i di s n w g as to oN t r h er is , writer, Montenegro will b o o surrounded by a Turk ish army of 30,000 men, and a concentrated attack made at several different points. The communes of Banjani, Pi va north, belongiinii o. Z t o o p t a, and Drobjnak, situated in the ed for the Porte. : ained he to Herzogowina, that were in the ' g fi r r i s n t s (linstanceecla declared tak ci e Tt p h a e rtzvi mni th t u h n e e M of ontene althoeu4h°, f;swsiaa)n,taloofnseusptpaonrtds, Graho wo,with its Wojvo(l(devot was beginning true gre a great dissatisfactiono to manifest itself there. A telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, of yesterday's date, gives tw o diff erent versions of the state of Matters at Grahowo. After the Turks Reiska had penetrated through the passes o f Czernizza,, they took Grahowo onte orr he c l3t s h p a o n b u d y_ storm, and threatened Cettigne. Th dent of the Triester Zeitung, on the contrary, re ports from Montenegro that the Turkish army w as driven back by the enemy on the 15th. The attack was to be renewed on the 17th. The districts of Lubine, Kulassia, Zupanis, Ikka, Zubze, and Kruscenice, appertaining to the Herzogowina, had declared for Montenegro ; and the Wojvod of Grahowo had answered the commands of Omer Pacha, to prepare quarters for the Turkish troops by assuming the offensive, at the head of a thou sand men, in the territory of Banjani. So far the telegraphic dispatch. The writer in the Austrian Correspondez makes out that four districts in Montenegro are not to be safely reckoned upon, as Turkish agents had succeeded in winning them over to the cause of the Sultan. The names of these districts are given, thoughwe cannot find them in the map. They are Piperi, Moracsa, Kuklsi, and a part of Bielopalewich. Great consternation PRUSSIA. The following is the amount of the budget of ways and means of Prussia for the current year, according to the estimates of each department, laid before the Chamber by the Minister of Finance : Rix dollars. 1. Finance department, including domains, woods, forests, salt monopoly, and all direct and indirect taxes, stamps, cus toms and excise 2. Public works and commerce, including posts, steam-packets, telegraphs, rail ways, mines, salt manufactories, and sun dries 3. Ministry of Justice, sundry sources 4. Home department 5. Agricultural (lift* 6. Ecclesiastical and educational ditto 7. War ditto 8. Foreign ditto (from consular fees) 17,619,000 7,588,000 600,000 936,960 77,000 238,000 6,000 99,569,000 The receipts for 1852 have exceeded the esti mates by 2,568,247 rix dollars, the surplus will be carried over to this year's account. THE MAURITIUS. The advices from Mauritius, v r id the Cape of Good Hope, come down to the 4th of December. The rates of exchange had been steady, with a ten dency upwards ; and latterly document bills had been negotiated at 31 per cent. discount, the de mand for remittances havinc , been fully equal to the supply. Bank post bills had been negotiated at 11, and Cape Treasury at 2 per cent. discount. A fair business had been done in sugar, at prices ranging from 3 dols. 10c. to 5 dols. 50c., according to quality, and shipments, compared with last year, were increasing. The quantity dispatched up to the 3d of December, 1852, was 50,162,7471 b. against 44,662,7081 b. at the same , period in 1851 ; 38,465,8391 b. in 1850, and 41,646,4061 b. in 1849. Tonnage having been scarce, 2/. 15s. to 2/. 17s. 6d. had been paid to the United Kingdom. Several vessels, however, had arrived since the beginning of the month, and a slight decline was therefore anticipated. The question respecting the opening of the trade with Madagascar, was still pending, and the ports in consequence remained closed. An attempt, it is stated, was being made by the Cham ber of Commerce to raise 15,000 dols.—the sum required by the Hova Government for the conces sion of the privilege—and with some prospect of success. In the meantime, the few oxen in the market were being rapidly consumed, and a further improvement in the price of butchers' meat was - s hortly expected. Sheep were scarce and in de mand. Well selected horses would realise fair re turns, but there was no inquiry for mules, the crop being well advanced and the planters generally sup plied. Although the arrivals of rice had increased, quotations had not been much influenced. The current rate of Mooghy had been 2 dols. 80c. CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. Yesterday the gentlemen connected with the above named body met at their Chamber, at the Guildhall ; Deputy Peacock presided. After, the minutes of the proceedings of the former week had been read, and allowed to have been correctly entered, the several reports of the inspectors of pave ments were received, and orders thereupon were made. Mr. Deputy Lorr, the late Chairman of the Law Bills' Committee, stated it to be the intention of the committee, after having thus respectfully communicated to the various committees their resolution, animadvert ing upon their large amount of fees, and the great num ber of counsel retained, of " disallowing such fees on taxation in future." This statement was received with an evident want of confidence by several of the members present. The inspectors' reports were received and approved of, after which several applications for drains, &c., were made and consented to, in compliance with the standing orders of the Court. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. Mr. LEE STEVENS, the successful inventor of the fan paddle wheel, referring to his models and drawings illus trating his invention, remarked that his proposition in this respect represented facts and not theories. By a peculiar arrangement at the far end of the furnace, ho opposed a co l umn o f a i r o f t h e h i gh temperature of from 800 to 1,000 degrees to the gases evolved from the coal, which caused the entire combustion of the latter with out the formation of any smoke ; whilst by an equally pe culiar construction of revolving bars, with screw flanges or worms on their surfaces, at the near end, he supplied the furnace with fuel gradually and continuously, motion being given thereto by the engine itself, without ex posing the stoker to the intense heat of the furnace. To prove the utility of his invention, Mr. Stevens read testimonials to the Court, chiefly from Mr. William Batley, C.E., manufacturer of portable engines, Bridge street Works, Northampton, who, after many weeks use of it, said, " That the saving of coal, compared with the ordinary consumption, is twenty per cent., and that the smoke nuisance is entirely removed, no smoke being now visible from the top of the chimney in my factory ; whilst in the adjoining corn and oil mills, using the same description of coal in the ordinary furnaces, a large quantity of dense smoke is produced ;" and who con cluded by observing that "by this practical experience I have most satisfactorily proved the value of your invention, more especially in ocean navigation, where fuel becomes, from the cost of conveyance, so expensive, And I beg to state that I shall continue the use of your economising system for my own sake." Several questions were then asked of Mr. Lee Stevens by the Chairman (Mr. Deputy Peacock), Mr. Phillips, Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. Deputy Holt, Mr. T. H. Hall, Mr. Humphreys, and other members of the court, to which Mr. LEE STEVENS replied that he certainly could not . produce smoke and then cut it off, as, after the fire wits once fairly lighted, his system prevented the formation of any smoke at all. The invention, he said, is appli cable to any description of boiler, land or marine, large or small, and requires no more space than a common furnace ; and, as compared with other self-feeding fur naces, it is infinitely cheaper, indeed, but little mere ex pensive than common furnaces. He added that the draught produced by the perfect combustion of the fuel, under his system, will render high funnels for steam boats or lofty shafts for land furnaces wholly needless. Deputy HOLT then inquired if Mr. Stevens' apparatus could be applied to the steamers plying above bridge, and, if so, at what expense ? Also, whether he (Mr. Stevens) thought such steamers would consume eighteen twentieths of the smoke now evolved ? Mr. STEVENS said such apparatus might be supplied at a cost not exceeding 201. per vessel, and that more than eighteen twentieths of the smoke evolved would be consumed. (Hear.) The MEDICAL OFFICER of •HEALTH then inquired whether the inventor did not consider that the smoke from a single steamer in the river was equal to that of a land furnace ? Mr. LEE STEVENS replied he did. Mr. HunoHnEvs asked, would the invention prevent that nuisance as well as those on shore ? To which the inventor answered it would ; and this appeared to be the general impression. Other questions were put to him, and answered seem ingly to the entire satisfaction of the Court, when The CHAIRMAN expressed his approbation of the open manner in which the inquiries of the members had been met by Mr. Lee Stevens, And that gentleman, after thanking the Co'urt for his favourable reception, retired. Adjourned. MAILS TO INDIA, CHINA, &c.—The following notice has been issued from the General Post-office :—Her Majesty's Government having concluded a new contract with the P en i nsu l ar an d Oriental Steam Navigatiop. Company for the conveyance of mails, by packet, via Southampton, t o M a lta, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, twice in every month, instead of once, as here tofore, mails for the above-mentioned places, as well as for Gib ra lt ar an d th e l on i an Islands, will in future be dispatched from London, by the route of Southampton, on the morning of the 4th as well as on the morning of the 20th of each month. Mails for India, &c. (including China) will also be made up, for transmission, via Marseilles, on the evenings of the Bth and 24th of every month. When the 4th or 20th of the month falls on Sunday the mails via South ampton will be made up in London on the previous even ing ; and when the Bth or 25th of the month falls on Sunday th e ma i ls v i a Marseilles will b e made up in London on the evening of the following day. ELOPEMENT. -- Quite a sensation has been caused in the county of Dorset by the elopement of the daughter of a deceased baronet of that county, with a gentleman of the medical p ro f ess i on, who is a married man, and has a family. PREFERENI iAberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO ...... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork &Bandon 5i p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction ....... EastAnglian (X 3 6 per cent.......... .. Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. et.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. C. No.l Do No. 2 D E a o s . t , e N m e w xj.n 6 i o p n . ,cs. Scrip . Guar. 6 per cent.... 0 EastLancash. 6 p.ets. li Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 5i per cent........... 0 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. 0 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 0 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem 11 Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 3 G. West. fixed 4 pe. 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O, )0 Do., 6p. e., Stock... )0 London and Brightob Guaranteed 5 p. e.. )0 no. Pref., sp. c. St. al Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ......... 10 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds . . .... 0 Londonderry& Color. Shares. ............ 11 Londy. & Ennis. 11 Manch.,Shef.,& Liu. Shares, No. 11 Do. New, £lO ....... 3 D0., £6 11 Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. 11 Do. 4i per cent. 83 Do.. 11.id.Consol. 6 p, c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 per cent. Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester dz Wolverh. £15 , 6 p. c. Do.. all all all 100 all 100 Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p, Do. 5 per cent........ South bevon. Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 230 240 230 20 4 Australsn.Pcifie.Mail x. a. 10 5 Australis. Royal Mail ...- 38 Brit. American Lam', 100 324 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land 20 24 Nrth. of Europe Steam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . . 82 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 —7 50 49 5 1 1 Submar, Telegraph.. 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... ... 100 284 Van Diemen's band 15 18 16 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat up to our market this week have been moderately good, but in very middling condition. The show of samples of both red and white hero to-day was by no means extensive ; yet the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at barely Monday's quotations. Upwards of 27,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand; that article met a very dull inquiry, and late rates were with difficulty supported. In floating cargogs very little was doing. _ Vine malting bailey changed hands at full prices. In grinding and distilling parcels very few sales took place. Malt was held at extreme rates. The imports of foreign oats have increased to 24,740 quarters, and the supply of English was moderate. The trade was heavy, and damp parcels were easier to purchase. Beans, peas and flour were a dull inquiry. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. Malt. 2,270 1,460 2,950 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Oats. Flour. 1,140 1,080 3,910 24,740 127,030 10,880 WHITECHAPEL. Although the supplies of meat at this market to-day were tolerably extensive, the general demand ruled steady. Beef, 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hops of last year's growth continues steady, at full prices. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Jan. 26.—Wind at Noon, E.., light breeze and fine. • NOTICE TO MARINERS.—The Coningberg Light-ship, off the Saltees, coast of Wexford, has been removed to her proper position. DOVER, Jan. 25.—Wind, S.E. A rr i ve d—L a B oarse, Antwerp for Havannah, with damage to starboard quarter, having been in contact with a barque off Dungonness. DEAL, Jan. 25.—Wind, S. Arrived—Maria Ann, Ba tavia, for Rotterdam ; Ke n , M a d ras ; M agdalene, New York , for Bremen. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 25.—Wind, E. to S.E. Sailed Actaeon, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 25.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—lsis, Sa vanilla ; International, New Orleans. Sailed—George, Baltimore ; the Duke, Calcutta ; Earl of Liverpool, Africa ; Ariel, do. ; Shark, Maranham ; Princess Boyal, Para ; Janet, Santa Martha ; Clyde, Savannah ; Amelia, Charles ton ; Hungarian, New York ; Russell Sturges, do. ; Sea Eagle, Boston. Put back—Lord Ashburton (for New Or leans), from Beaumarris, with loss of main and mizen masts. Off Port—Matilda, Laguna ; Sheiidan, New York; Manhatter, do. THE WAR-OFFICE.—Some of the daily and weekly • ls have, within the last three d a y s , b een announc ingjourna the issue of a warrant from the Horse Guards, to the effect that her Majesty would be pleased for the future to allow a gratuity of 1501. to cavalry soldiers, and 1001. to infantry soldiers for outfit, on rising from the ranks to a commission. Without going into further detail, we may only inform our readers, that the warrant in question was issued so far back as 1845, although some in genious individual has thrown a little novelty into the sub .) ect, by concocting a paragraph from a bill which may be seen in every bnrrack-yard in the empire. When the warrant in question was issued, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert was Secretary -at-War, under the late Slr Robert Peel, and to that gentleman is due all the credit of modern regulation, for improving the condition of the soldier. It was he that established the normal school at Cneisea, for the education of military schoolmasters, &c e ~ and hence Lord Ab er d een ' s request that he would one again resume his position at the War-office --a position which he so worthily filled, and it is but justice to add, that the present Lord Panmure (Fox Maule), did his utmost to carry out the right honourable gentleman's views.— Morning Advertiser. • • • ''''.. 1107 ..... 109 ibi' __T — i; 19 20 id pal 6 -6, 3i - 3 i 34 - 4 P - - p 1 1* p 14 - 181 - 3 - 3 1126 - 128 .12 -- 114 81 - 9 1 107 109 11par p 49 152 ga 4 1 8 13 —13 i 9 10 101 ^ll 1 - 1- - 1 r 150 - 152 22 i- 2 3p 5i - 6 2 - 21 103 - 105 25. - 26} 2 p 11 - -11 i 171 -17 i i -- 16 --17 par A P 12 20 26A - par 1.03 10 5 5i 5i :2_2 - i PI FOREIGN. Antweip&Rotterdam' BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besaugon Dutch Rhenish East Indian...... Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. &met. of France) Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp.c 15 10 2 3 Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref..... Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Maria Antonia' Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds• (fmy. B. Sams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. et. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 51 , per c. Pref.... Western of France... West. of Switzerland Zealand"... .......... . - dig 2 - I °2 idis— ipxin 2 d i s —b p 2 p 1 idis, par -- Ip'w ••• 7 - 7 - 44 g .• ll 7 - 9 1, 1 - 2i 84 6' -- 73 32 —321 xu 9 7 13 1 - 144 13 1 —l3i p 38 40 38 40 294 —29 i 3i 4 p —axin 19 194 8i 94 2jp 4 = - d 6 —6Apxn 1 id -- OA d par 10a xd 6 x in x in x in ex new 321 x in 3, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25. I The celebrated steam-packet Banshee, Lieut. Com mander Hosken, who was the popular commander of the Great Western and the Great Britain, has arrived at Portsmouth from th e Mediterranean'. Orders were there awaiting her to the effect that she was not to be put out of commission, but that her crew were to be paid wages and to have leave, and the defects of the vessel to be made good. She left Malta on the 11th inst., at which time there were her Majesty's ship Ceylon, car rying the flag of Rear-Admiral Harvey, Superintendent of Malta Dockyard ; the Tiger, 16, paddle steam-frigate, Captain Giffard ; the Caradoc steam vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Derriman ; and the Triton steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Lloyd. She arrived at Mar seilles on the 13th, and left on the 15th for Gibraltar, where she arrived on the 18th, and left on t h e 19th , when her Majesty's ship Britannia, 120, flag of Vice. Admiral Dundas, C.B. ; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville ; the Albion, 90, Captain Lushington ; the Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds ; the Retribution, paddle-frigate, 22, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond ; the Niger, 14, Commander Heath ; and the Antelope packet, Lieutenant-Commander Young, were at anchor there. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord George Paulet, and the Sampson paddle-frigate, Captain Jones, were at Tetuan. The Banshee arrived at Vigo on the 22d, and left on the 23d, but brought no news. She brought a mail from the squadron at Gibraltar. The freight-ships Roman Emperor and Marion arrived at Spithead last evening from the Thames, and name into harbour to-day to embark the 85th Light Infantry for the Mauritius. They embark on Thursday. The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master-Commander Belam, arrived at Spithead this morning from Woolwich, and came into harbour this afternoon to discharge stores. The Pyrenees convict-ship sailed from Spithead on Sunday evening with transports for Australia. The Mercury cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Freeland, sailed on Monday evening for the Channel Islands fish eries' waters. The Rodney, 90, Captain Charles Graham, C. 8., has been taken into No. 2 dock to-day to have her defects repaired. Mr. Murray, superintending engineer of this dock yard, proceeded to London last night, being summoned to attend the Lords of the Admiralty this day. THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPE SQUADRON. Simon's-bay, Dec. 20. The Meander, 44, Commodore Charles Talbot, the new Commander-in-Chief on this station, arrived on the 30th of November from England, last from Rio. The Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill, on being relieved left this for England on the 7th inst. The Styx, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hall, arrived on the let inst. from East London, having on board, as a prisoner under sentence of banishment, Seyolo, half-brother to Sandilli, the notorious rebel Hotten tot. The Styx left for Table Bay on the 2d, and is still there. The Torch, steam-tender to the Herald, arrived here on the 2d inst.—last from Tristan da Cunha. Having re fitted she will proceed in a few days to Sydney. The Bittern, 12, Commander Vansittart, arrived on the 2d inst. in 50 days from England. She has been constantly exercising at quarters during the passage out, the Commander being desirous that 'his men should be of use on their arrival at Burmah. She left for those waters on the 9th inst. Dr. Wolfenden, who had been, through some mismanagement, left behind from the Spartan, took passage in her to India. _ - The Herald, Captain Denham, on surveying expedi tion to the South Seas, arrived on the 7th. She is re fitting, and proceeds in a few days to Sydney. Captain Denham has been down to Cape Point in the Hydra for the purpose of making some observations connected with the lighthouse about to be erected there. The following appointments have been made from the flag-ship Meander to the Dart brigantine :—Lieutenant Deane to command her; Mr. Smith, mate; Mr. M‘Lune, second master ; Mr. Le Keux, assistant surgeon ; Mr. Moore, clerk ; and Messrs. Wilson and Lacy, midship men. The Dart has been refitted, and will proceed in a few days for a cruise in the Mozambique. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 25. Her Majesty's brig Swift, Commander Aldham, arrived on Sunday evening at six o'clock, from Portsmouth, and was yesterday towed by the Confiance steamer into har bour, where she will be paid off. The officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Queen, in the Sound, will be paid wages on Thursday, the 3d of February. By the Lady Jocelyn, Captain Stewart, which arrived on Sunday night from the Cape, we learn that her Ma jesty's steam-vessel Hydra returned on the 17th of De cember from Danger Point, and was to proceed there again on the 23d, by Admiralty order, to survey the scene of the Birkenhead's disaster. Captain Denham, F.R.S., in the surveying ship Herald, was at Simon's Bay on passage to the South Sea. The brigantine Dart was to leave in a few days for Quillimaine. Lieutenant Hoskins baying joined his ship, the Castor, the Dart will be commanded by Lieutenant Deane, of the Meander. The steamer Styx will probably remain in Table Bay until the arrival of the Amity-hall troop-ship, when she will convey the draughts for the various regiments to have been brought alongside the vessel ready to cn board, and the engines of 350-horse power, by 1 Maudslay, Sons, and Field, are also ready for fitted. The crew of the Prometheus steam sloop, Hem Foote, are actively employed in stripping that vess, the expectation that she will be paid off on Satm next, if they can get her ready. One of the Krooi who came to this country in her, showed to-day his , pability in managing a canoe, and the great rap44ity he could attain in propelling it by a single paddle. The canoe is remarkably light, and was cut out of a solid tree of the mango species. It is about 16 feet long, and com paratively deep or high-sided out of the water. MAJOR BERESFORD AND LORD DRUMLANRIG. The following correspondence has passed between the Noble Lord and the Gallant Major : (Copy.) January 15, 1853. My Lord,—l have this morning read your lordship's speech, 'delivered at Dumfries, on Wednesday last. You have chosen on that occasion, in a most unprovoked manner, to go out o f your way to make a personal and an unfounded attack upon me, in language most uncourteous, and at a moment most inappropriate, You were bound, as a gen tleman, to have duly ascertained whether either now or for some time past I have had any hand in conducting the election business of the party to which I belong, before you insinuated, if you did not positively assert, such an unfounded calumny as you then uttered. Except for three days, during the absence of Mr. Forbes Mackenzie and Col. Forester from London, in July last, I have not interfered in such election matters since I accepted the office of Secre tary at War, in February last. Su c h f act was proved in evidence before the Derby committee, and, therefore, you were bound to have known it. I, therefore, call upon your lordship to state upon what grounds and upon what autho rity you wantonly coupled my name with any meditated or intended opposition to your re-election for Dumfries shire. I remain your obdient servant, -- WM. BERESFORD. (Copy.) Glen Stewart, Jan. 16, 1853. Sir,—l have this morning received your letter of the 15th. I hardly know to what expressions of mine you refer ; I have spoken so much and so often within the last few days. Several reports of my speeches have appeared in different local papers, and some of them have been copied into London journals, but many of these reports were very incorrect; and till.l have before me the actual report which you allude to, it is clearly impossible for me to .answer or to explain the expression you complain of, but which you do not repeat. If you refer to a sp eec h o f m ine delivered in Dumfries on Wednesday, the sth instant, and which speech was correctly reported in the Courier newspaper of that town (a copy I now send you), I can have no hesitation in saying that after the explanation made in your letter, I feel at once bo un d t o apo l og i se for h av i ng said " The Carlton Club was a place where Tory elections were managpd under Major Beresford." I 'ought to have said the Carlton Club was a place where Tory elections 'MED to be managed. by Major Ber es f or d." I h ad over looked the fact, that, except for three days in July last, when Mr. Mackenzie and Colonel Forester were absent from London, you had not interfered in election matters since you accepted office in February last. I offer every apology for this inadvertence. Should these remarks, however, not be those to which you have referred, I shall feel obliged by your forwarding me whatever report you may S have read, and I shall then be quite prepared to explain or to answer for whatever I may have spoken in Dumfries or elsewhere. In the meantime, allow me to say, that having been purposely most cautious, I never insinuated that either you or any other particular indi vidual was concerned with any meditated opposition to my re-election in Dumfrieshire. I confined myself to two simple statements—to two remarkable but mysterious facts. The first was, that I heard of this opposition to my re election in the Carlton Club three days before any one had heard of it in this county. The second statement was, that I knew a member of the club had made several com munications into Dumfriesshire for a good and safe Der byite to oppose me. These facts I stated openly and fre quently, and I entreated my constituents to ponder them over, and to reflect whether it were not just possible that their independence might not be in danger of being compromised in a very different manner from wkat others were anxious to make them, which was the case. I never mentioned or thought of your name in connec tion with my immediate re-election for Dumfriesshire, but, in explaining to the uninitiated what the meaning of interference by the Carlton Club meant, in its general sense, I certainly did, on more occasions than one, make use of your name ; and, by your own admission, it appears I was I only incorrect in my dates. I again tender every apology for this inadvertence ; but, after all, in speaking of matters of history, one generally is understood to speak of the past ; still I am bound to say I ought to have said " used to be managed." I distinctly deny that I ever coupled your name with any meditated opposition to me in Dumfriesshire. I had no right what ever to do so, and I did not do it. I am, your obedient servant, DRUMLANRIG. Hamn read 18. My Lord.—lf you will take the trouble tocarefully, my letter of the 15th, you will find that I distinctly men tioned the place where, and the time when, your lordship delivered the speech of which I expressed my opinion in that, letter, and of a part of which I particularly asked an ex planation from your lordship. I have this day received your answer, and I beg to say that I am bound to accept the apology which you there offer for your inadvertence in having said that the elections were managed at the Carlton Cltb by me. At the same time, I must beg to point out to your lordship, that if I have no hand in managing such election matters, it is a most unintelligible line of argument, when you are speak ing of an opposition to your re-election, to drag in my name apropos de botta ; and, unless I am in some way con cerned in that opposition, I consider it also an impertinent act. the frontier. SHEERNESS, JAN. 24. The Gossamer cutter, Second-Master Mr. Dillon in command, arrived here yesterday from Yarmouth. She has hauled into the discharging basin to strip and refit. The African steam-tug vessel, Second-Master Mr. Gill, has been hauled into the discharging basin to repair damage and defects. The Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, has this day had her compasses ad justed by swinging ship at her moorings, under the superintendence of Mr. John C. Barlow, Master of the Waterloo, 120 guns. The Barracouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com mander George Parker.—The seamen, &c., of the Phae ton, who will be paid off here to-morrow, are to be con veyed round to the western ports in this sloop. The present deficiency in her complement of seamen will be made up from the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard-ship, for her passage round and return. The Myrtle paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Master W. S. Bourchier, is ordered to convey the seamen paid off from the Phaeton from here to-morrow to Rochester, for transit vid North Kent Railway to London. THE PHAETON, 50 GUNS, CAPTAIN GEORGE ELLIOT. _ _. . ..._. The following are the names of the petty officers and seamen belonging to this frigate, who have by Admiralty order (through the recommendation of their captain) been granted gratuities, medals, and an increase of their pensions : - William Vidgeon, master-at-arms, 24 years' good ser vitude—gratuity 151. and a medal, and pension increased from 241. 16s. to 291. 12s. He was highly commended by Captain Elliot for his general conduct and strict ad herence to all orders given him in his anything but plea sant duties, as master-at-arms of a ship of war. John Bennett, gunner's mate, 211 years' good servi tude—gratuity 71. and a medal, and pension increased from 231. 12s. to 261. 12s. Captain Elliot stated that he felt great pleasure in presenting the medal to him as gunner's mate, as, during his commission, he had at all times made it his study to impart the knowledge he had in gunnery to the seamen gunners with whom he went to quarters, that duty being one of the highest impor tance in naval exercise. William Carter, able seaman, twenty-two years' good servitude—gratuity 71., and a medal, and a pension in creased from 161.165. to 191. 16s. As an A. 8., Captain Elliot highly complimented Carter, recommending him to continue his line of conduct as in the service of his present ship, and hoped shortly to see him enjoying a warrant as a compensation for his past good conduct. Christopher Golding, captain of the after guard, twenty-two years' good servitude—gratuity 71. and medal. Pension increased from 221. Bs. to 261. 4s. Captain Elliot expressed himself highly pleased with Golding's conduct while serving in the Phaeton. and recommended him to adopt the same line of conduct in any other ship he entered, as he had done with him, by which he would insure himself his future advancement in the service. Captain. Elliot then addressed the whole ship's company of blue-jackets, who were assembled round the drum head of the capstan on the quarter deck, eulogising their general conduct as seamen while they bad served under him, and most strongly recommended them, in whatever ship they may in future Serve, to carry out their duties in the same seamanlike manner, and, above all, at all times 'to set their messmates an example of good be haviour and sobriety. The Phaeton was taken into the fitting basin this day at noon, and will be paid off to-morrow. WOOLWICH, JAN. 25. APPOINTMENTS. Chaplain and Naval Instructor—Rev. George A. M Litle, M.A. (1843), to the Impdrieuse, 50, screw steam frigate, at Chatham. IsTaval Instructor—Timothy Sullivan (1846) to the Furious, 16, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Master's Assistant—W. H. Worsfold, to the Medea, 6, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. - Clerk—Charles W. Sturgess (1850), serving in the Phaeton since January 3, 1850, to the Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, at Sheerness. One of Lieutenant Rodgers' patent anchors, weigh incr 93 cwt. and 151 b., made by Fox, Ilenderson , and Co., for service in the Agamemn on , 90 , screw stea ship, at Sheerness, was test e d a t t h e anchor testing machine at Woolwich Dockyard to-day, previous to its being forwarded to that fine ship. The strain applied by hydraulic pressure was 641 tons, and the deflection of the shank was only Itlas of an inch, the shank returning to its original position on the strain being withdrawn. The stock of the anchor is made of iron on Lieut. Rodgers' improved principle, and is only nine inches thick, and weighs 28cwt. 211 b. A stock made of wood for an anchor of similar size would be about 22 or 23 inches thick, and not so eligible for pre venting fouling as Lieut. Rodgers' iron stock. The manufacturing of th e anchors on Lieut. Rodgers' prin ciple, since undertaken by Fox, Henderson, and Co., appears to be conducted on a greatly improved plan, that firm having had dies made for the palms of every size of ancho r , t o i nsure uniformity in size and superio rity of workmanship. The Medina steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Louis R. Reynolds, was inspected yesterday by Captainieu. Lieut. Robertson act i ng -superintendent, accompanied by Robertson of the steam department afloat. The brought Devon the Algiers, 90, screw steam-ship, building iv ater when she Dukeround fromof C rnw Liverpool all, tbe mercantile firat nt s i t n e na a t m w I v e e e s l s c o i f , port, and it being nearly out same tide for Lon -very short time, and left . gai l n a b rr as i i v n e , d an o d pp b o a s d it t e b W e w oo b l e w el ic t h ak. D en o b ck ig y t b a n r i d ide s r h don. The engines, originally this factory for service in the Algiers, 90, at Devo.nbp e a h s n e he m i a n r t e. s o g i w .t n b l a a e e r e l v f q :e fi rh t e ert am frigate, intenscel steam The frigate,b ler of ar e t the preparingTr u Tribune, ta,t. I remain, your obedient humble servant, Wm. BERBSFORD. To the Lord Drumlanrig, &c. (Copy-) Glen Stewart, Jan. 20, 1853. Sir,—Neither your letter of to-day, dated the 18th, nor your letter of the 15th, explain to me what are the expres sions you complain of in my speech at Dumfries. Ido not make myself answerable for whatever may have been re ported in the paper you have seen. I had no wish to speak offensively of or to you ; and should you draw my attet. tion to any expression you think you have a, right to com plain of, I would have no objection either to explain or to retract those expressions. In the meanwhile I cannot allow you to conclude this correspondence and to tise the words "impertinent act," without saying that I am quite prepared either to explain or to answer for 9,ny act whicit you may consider impertinent. I am, your obedient servant, DRUBILANIKG. (Copy.) Hampton Court, Jan. 22, 1853. My Lord,--I have this evening received your letter of the 20th. In my letter of the 15th I called for an expla nation from your lordship for having in your speech at Dumfries (when you were complaining of an intended op position to your return) coupled my name improperly with the management of the elections at the Carlton Club. IR your reply you apologised for having so made use of my name, and you stated that you had done it in error. At the same time, you intimated that you would have been right in the use of my name, if you had only mentioned that "I used to manage the elections" there. In reply, I begged to point out that any unnecessary in troduction of my name in a matter whichyouacialowledged that I was no way concerned in, was unintelligible in ar gument, and that I should consider it an impertinent act. I am glad to see by your letter just received, that yon repeat your willingness to retract or explain any expres sion that I have a right to complain of, and that you will be prepared to answer for any act which I may consider impertinent. lam quite willing to give your lordship credit for the sincerity of your first declaration, and I hope that you will not deem me intentionally wanting in courtesy if I say that it seems-that, from some peculiarity, you are not always aware when you are using offensive terms towards in on ti h d ic u h al: ,o w a h a o re arz e tt i a n ll g y . unconnected with the matter I rejoice to be assured of the straightforward readiness which you avow in your secend declaration of offering satisfaction in case yott should be betrayed by chance into the use of offensive expressions. I sincerely hope that this correspondence may now be closed, and that I may not be called upon to renew it by a fresh aggression such as I have distinctly, I trust, pointed. out. I remain your obedient, humble servant, BERESFORD. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE CHANNEL.— We have re ceived the details of a most fearful collisi, n in the channel, which terminated in the total loss of a tine ship called the Herald, laden with a valuable freight from Madras, and, melancholy to add, the whole of her crew (with the exception of one man) and two pasfien gers, invalided soldiers of the Honourable East India Company. It occurred during a heavy gele of wind on Friday night, somewhere between the Lizard and the Eddystone lighthouse. The IL r ad, which was bound to London Messrs. Lidgetthi , and w as th e property of was about 4 0 , 0 sp-brokers, of N o . 9, Billiter-street, tons. register, . and was com manded by Mr. Vertue, an experienced mariner, and manned by a crew of seventeen hands. The vessel with which the Herald came ih collision, was a schooner, which, at the time, was suppcsA to have receiued the greater amount of injury. Bad weather, however, came on soon after the vessels got clear, and, in a fe'ir hours afterwards, it w as di scovere d th a t th e H era ld was in _ sinking state. In attempts to launch the boats, several lost their lives, and, at daybreak, only two of thhe wereir survived, who were clinging to spars which S o e n p e a:a n t a ed me f d rom ja t m he es sM G p ard wh n e e n r, she a, very ises barque Fadres . exhausted condition, by the Danish hooners spars picked up in the course of the day, 1. It is thought that part of one of the r , filled up u more severe, the the cavity, and the weather setting ' washed out, and so timber which occupied the hole was washed into her. The assanska.ved°,l*.nwho was h oner is differefit to ehdavtheeesnetearteod make e si a de c , le a a n n d . br . eaking state that the must allow that of the survivor of the that, dismantled as they were, barque run into them, and awed the whole of her crew, but that they could have save e knocking about for some They were statement of those on board H e th ra e ld s . c schooner she bore away. o lf w o e u y s , e n p o il t o a t-b h o a a n t d , w iD h ei i n eh g distressed condition, when they were ob served in a very contrived to k taHerald had a valuable cargo, but she is un derstood 0 The St. have been well insured. derstood to Tri into nit F y A FEAT OF STRENGTH.—A well-known Man, a sort or hanger-on about the shambles, called William Barrand a liaiJim Long, performed the following feat of strength served by the Robe e rt t J h o s h m n, on Thursday last. He was backed by an immediate wager of 101., but in addition to this many small and large sums were bet upon the matter. He had to go from Halifax to Sowerby-bridge and back, in the space of an hour and a half, bearing a load of beef weighing nine stones, or 144 pounds. The distance there and back is about five miles, but what would render the la bour more difficult is the steepness of the road back for a considerable distance. However, the man won the wager, and w ith apparent ease, b e i ng b ac k a t th e start ing point in one h our an d twenty m i nutes f rom his set. ting out —Leeds Mercury. Nam,! A ida ter 11i i O f ,fa iV e ; 1 0 j : 01,1" V" to f tY Pv f icr St. 16 St. St. 10 25 10 1.0.6, 20 20 20 20 1104 i 23i 38a 29i a 7a cx in X UCW