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Zibt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1853. Hitherto the Elections have in every instance turned out favourably for the new Administra tion. On Saturday Sir JAMES GRAHAM was re turned, without a contest, for the ancient city of Carlisle. The electors of Southwark, at the same time, bestowed a similar mark of their approval on Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, the First Commis sioner of Woods and Forests. Sir GEORGE GREY was also elected as Representative for Morpeth; Mr. STRUTT, the new Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for Notti ng h am ; Lord MULORAVE for Scarborough ; an :l the Hon. WM. C for Hertford—no opposition being in offered to the above -named an7Pirstance Monday of the AIIERDEEN Government. On its success was no less striking. The citizensofyof London unanimously re-elected the Leader The the b House of Commons, Lord JOHN RUSSELL. of Tiverton expressed their cordial and u n l ess a „ e o , s ing regard for Viscount PALMERSTON ; while the Right Hon. MATTHEW TALBOT BAINES, h • s fellow-townsmen at Leeds proved that his high, qualifications and genuine kindliness of disposition were thoroughly appreciated, and that gentlemen, although politically opposed, hailed with satisfac tion his resumption of office as Chairman of the Poor-Law Board, the important duties whereof he had previously discharged with so much zeal and efficiency-. Yesterday, ag ain, the results were equally bene ficial to the, Coalition Ministry. Mr. CARDWELL', the President of the Board of Trade—and who, now that he has a seat in Parliament, will unques tionably be admitted to a place in the Cabinet— was return e d w ithout opposition for the Cit y of Oxford, in Place of Sir W. PAGE WOOD, who had most deservedly b een a ppointed to a place o n the Judicial t;e„ ch Mr. C A RD as one of the Vice - Cha ncellors. valued diseiplesL was perhaps one of the m ost f the late and received f rom Sir ROBERT PEEL, highest possible hark dec ease d St a tesman the pointed one, of his literate ?a confidence in being ap hands the vindicati on of executors, to whose tiveo of one pesuliarly sensiteivellaracter and mo opinion,, Were entrusted, r 2 e q ) eting public regretted Mr. CARDWELL' S temporary removal from the sphere for which he was so eminently qualified. We are greatly gratified at his once more as suming the position from which such a man should never be excluded, although his opinions on some points might not be altogether what we could desire. The Honourable CHART:RS VILLIERS —the faithful, the consistent CHARLES Vila:inns—the .earnest, as he was one of the most vigorous, champions of Free Trade, was, as might have been easily anticipated, once more returned as Representative for Wolverhampton. To Mr. VILLIERS an election has always been rather an ovation than a trial. As he truly remarked— " the longer his connexion with Wolverhampton lasted, the longer it seemed likely to last." The electors had exhibited a degree of gratitude, for important services to the good cause, as honourable to themselves as it was flattering to its object. Mr. VILLIERS had well merited their favour. Not only had he been a Free-trader when it was by no means fashionable to avow that faith—not only had he been placed in the van on every contest, bat he was their recognised Parliamentary leader. His services in the House hitherto have been unrequited, save by the honest electors of Wolver hampton. When large sums were raised for others, his claims were forgotten, and the only appearance of gratitude was that exhibited by the men of Wolverhampton—a token of friendship which Mr. VILLIERS did not undervalue ; for, when he was returned for Wolverhampton, and the most important division of Lancashire—an honour of which any man, the highest Commoner in the land, might be proud—he refused to sever the links that had bound him in less favourable times, and remained faithful to the honest men of Wolverhampton. He has, at length, joined the Ministerial ranks; and we confess that his appointment although, perhaps, not fully adequate to his claims—was that which in duced us to entertain some hope of the stability of the New Government—a hope that we might not otherwise have felt, considering the diversity of opinion and the many causes of dissension in the new Cabinet. The greatest Godsend of all, however, was the return of Sir CHARLES WOOD for Halifax. The other cases had been anticipated. None doubted the result at Wolverhampton, at Carlisle, at Ti verton, or London. But it was very different at Halifax ; a vigorous opposition had been organ ised, and Mr. EDWARDS, who had formerly headed the poll in the borough, was too formidable a competitor to be slighted. Great anxiety was entertained in political circles as to the event— an anxiety which reached a very high pitch when it was known that EDWARDS had, in the early part of the day, achieved a majority of 130. The feeling was, however, changed, when the glad tidings was announced—per electric telegraph—that the President of the India Board was, at the closing of the poll, 52 a head of his ,opponent. However satisfactory at this moment the result may be to the Ministry, we fear that it will not cause permanent gratification, when the Right Hon. Baronet has exhibited hiB handiwork for some time in the mismanagement of the Anglo-Indian Empire. _ All the Members of the Cabinet have now been re-elected with one, although by no means an un important, exception. Mr. GLADSTONE is opposed for Oxford by Mr. DUDLEY PERCEVAL—a son of tilt Right Hon. SPENCER PERCEVAL, who, while filling the very office now held by Mr. GLADSTONE, was murdered in the lobby of the Rouse of Com mons by BELLINGHAM. The contest may pos sibly prove closer than has been anticipated. Mr. PERCEVAL, who obtained a first-class degree in the University, is no mean opponent. We should, however, although strongly opposed to some of Mr. GLADSTONE'S crotchets, more particularly those re specting the Income Tax, to which he gave expres sion during the late financial debate, greatly re gret his exclusion from the arena in which a man of his intellectual powers should have a place whether in or out of office. It appears that this morning Mr. GLADSTONE was only in a majo rity of 3—there being 86 votes for, and 83 against the Right Honourable Gentleman. The poll, we find, may continue open for 14 days —the Universities being excluded from the salutary rule limiting the time of polling to one, or at most two days. That is a point which will, we trust, not be forgotten when the much-required University Reform shall be brought on the tapis. In the meantime, we can only express a hope that, notwithstanding some glaring mistakes, Mr. GLADSTONE'S many claims may not be disregarded. We gave " fair play" to the late Ministry ; we shall do the same to the present. As we have repeatedly stated, our motto is "Measures, not men - ;" and we shall cordially support every good proposition, no matter from what quarter it may proceed ; while we shall as strenuously oppose that which appears to be injurious to the great body of the people, although the fate of any party hung on its adoption. It was, we believe, the Hon. Fox MAULE (now Lord PANMURE) who, in a speech to his consti tuency, first gave circulation to an argument against the Ballot, at which not own the Tories, but, much more, the humbler fry of Whiggism, gladly caught. Whig candidates are generally in the inconvenient dilemma of wishing to retain all power in the hands of the aristocracy, and their own section of it especially, yet of being obliged to advocate liberal measures as their t •2\ hope of carrying the people with them. They profess themselves the friends of the people for the same reason that Protectionists profess themselves the farmers' friends, namely, that they may ride into office on their shoulders. Protectionists in power this summer lost it by disappointing the expectations of their own party ; and the Whigs in power last spring lost it through the disappointment generated by the contemptible Reform Bill of Lotd J. Rums/a,. All earnest Reformers perceived, to use the language of the Times, that his Lordship was now " effete" and " used up." Two cardinal sins of omission be longed to that bill ; it did not abolish pocket boroughs, it did not give the Ballot ; and we can assure the Whigs that, unless these sins be utterly renounced, they never will be placed in power again by the people. The latter sin, refusal of the Ballot, is the one dearest of all to the hearts of Whigs. What a Heaven-sent Whig, therefore, must he be who could teach Whig candidates how to persuade the non-electors that refusal of the Ballot is protection to them ! It would, at least, gain for them a hustings' triumph ; the forest of hands would be always held up for the Whig friend of the un represented As such a tutor, then, Mr. F. MAULE came forward. Dropping the stale and un-Eng lish nonsense that the Ballot is un-English although so much used, in their clubs and otherwise, by those who deem themselves the elite of Englishmen, it is, he says, unfair to those who have no votes. " I will agree, then," says Mr. F. MAULE, "to the Ballot when the suf frage, as in America and France, is universal ; but, with a limited suffrage, I must hold the electors responsible to the non-electors ; the electoral suffrage is a trust, and trustees for the public ought to vote publicly." The °PPonents of the Ballot in the Liberal ranks Nerern into ig i htly pleased with this argument ; it was solemnl y para d e d , as if the A r k h a d b een brought V does not lik e to satheiyr disconsolate camp. A Whig with Tory bluntness, to men demandi ng an independent vote, " You sha'nt have it"— "For Whigs allow no force but argument." What a boon, th en, intimidated voter, "Your to vote is ~ a vLij a ho t w rus y t o f u or p t e l r ie non-electors, and th e y _ form your trust." _Ve DAN IEL come to ib judgment." Yet, howev er themselves, and their real frie n d s inl bit—an e, the peopl e Parliament, regarded it only as a clever adroit piece of special pleading, much mor e Plaus worthy of the great "mystery man" than of the then Secretary-at-War. It is, nevertheless, w orthy of a distinct answer, which we do not re collect to have seen vouchsafed to it in any o f the Liberal journals. It might well be disputed at the outset whether the trustee theory be the true one. It is most certain that Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed to aim at so arranging the con stituencies under the Reform Bill, that voters of every class should belong to them ; propositions have also been made, that in any alteration of the suffrage, not numbers, but classes, should be repre sented. Lord JOHN, then, and these latter poli ticians with him, assume that voters in each class are to vote according to their own conceptions of the interests of their class, and by no means as the trustees of other classes. They assume that each man voting for himself will fur nish a fair representation of all classes in the House of Commons, since the great body of individuals in each class agree very closely in what they deem the interest of their order. We will, however, pass by the discussion of this more abstract question, and ask what are the facts of the case ? They are mainly these,—First, that the non-electors are universally in favour of the Ballot, and of conferring that right on the present constituency also. Secondly, that, considering the electors as trustees, the only party which attempts to tamper with them in the discharge of their duty, is a small but wealthy party already enjoying representation itself, —and, thirdly, that this small party to the extent of its power, influences the electoral trustees in opposition to the known wishes of the unrepresented, for whom they are trustees. One thing is quite plain, that probably in every instance in which " the masses" were present at the hustings, a candidate in favour of the Ballot has had a vast majority on the Show of hands. Nor can any one doubt that if it were now sub mitted to the larger constituencies both of our towns and counties, whether even the pre sent limited suffrage should be protected by the Ballot, every large gathering of th 9 people would almost unanimously hold up their hands in its favour. And not without the best reason. If non-electors did not know how individual electors voted, they are cer tain they could not be losers by their igno rance ; they know, indeed, that they must be gainers. Whenever the man of their choice of the hustings has been defeated at the poll, the Ballot would always have given him more votes, and probably have given him a triumphi The non-electors know that their powers of intimi dation are small indeed compared with those of lords, magistrates, and parsons, millown ers, and other large employers of labour; and that their power of bribery is absolutely nothing. If, then, the voters be trustees, let them be protected against the class . which alone can, which alone does, and which alone wishes to tamper with them in the discharge of their duty ; from the class which hinders thousands from voting consistently with their supposed trusteeship to the non-elec tors, and deters them by cruel or corrupting in fluence from espousing their cause. Trustees for the non-electors ! Does it not border upon the ridiculous to utter such words gravely ; and that, too, in the face of so many constituencies by whom the man of the people's choice ,has been rejected ? Verily, the trustees acquit theaselves strangely of their trust ! As at present influenced, they but too commonly re fuse to fulfil the wishes of those for whom they are trustees. Possibly, Mr. F. MAULE may tell us that this is because the unrepresented do not know their own interest. If so, however, the responsibility of electors to them is of no use at all, and these trustees had better be delivered by the Rallot from any danger of listening to the wishes of their incompetent charge. Clear it is, that whenever the poll reverses a very decided majority at the hustings, the electors have not acted as responsible to the wishes, at least, of the non-electorsi Mr. Fox MAULE must in this case, therefore, -admit one of two things : if the electors have done well in rejecting the popular candidate, then their votes had better be entirely free from the supervision of the non-electors, as that influ ence, so far as it went, was injurious; but, if badly, why, then, the non-electors ought to be made trustees of their own votes, and Mr. Fox MAULE ought to give them Universal Suffrage. Mr. F. MAULE and his pupils must take care. Englishmen do not like sham arguments on a serious question. Whenever this pretence of trusteeship is brought forward again at the hustings, we would recommend that some one should put it to the non-electors present, whether, for the sake of their knowing how the electors vote, they wish that landlords, magistrates, parsons, and great masters, should also know how the electtrs voted. We fancy they would hear a pretty general re sponse, " Emancipate the present electors from aristocratic domination, and then. we may hope to get votes for ourselves." We warn the Whigs, however, that the Ballot is merely a question of time, and of no long time either. Uncertain and expensive means of punishing bribery will be tolerated no longer ; while no means but that of secret voting can put a stop to the feudal barba rities of the traffickers in corruption. The people will be hoaxed no longer by ingenious sophisms. Their own common sense, and the tes timony of a FRAIL and an EDWARDS will outweigh all such pretences of argument The question is quite settled in the minds of the vast majority of the middle and working classes. Representatives of Liberal constituencies who have hitherto stood out are showing plainly, in their half-conceding language, that the screw is upon them ; and very speedily eyery opponent of the Ballot will be numbered with the avowed opponents of popular liberty. There are few persons to whom emigrants and the friends of emigration are under such weighty obligations as they are to Mrs. CHISHOLM. There is something so earnest, so persevering, and so essentially practical in the character of that lady's philanthropy, that with small means, and beset with many difficulties, she has effected incalcul able good in her generation. At home her ex ample is an incentive and encouragement to the exertions of others more wealthy and influential than herself ; and beyond the seas thousands who, arriving poor and friendless on a foreign shore, found in her kindness a sister's sympathy, and in her counsel a safe resource—thousands who owe the means of life, and more than life, to her timely succour, remember her with gratitude, and call her " blessed." This is no exaggeration ; or if any are inclined so to consider it, we would commend them to turn to a recently published account of the in valuable labours of CAROLINE CHISHOLM. As we have already observed, it is its practical tendency that gives so high a value to Mrs. CnisHoLm's benevolence. Good wishes and a vague sort of sympathy with the unfortunate, are not wanting with the majority ; but how few of us are as ready with our deeds as with our desires ! While others talk of what ought to be done, Mrs. thus- HOLM thinks of what can be done. While others express bountifully magnificent wishes, Mrs. ems- HOLM performs real beneficial actions. As an evi dence of the quiet, practical nature of her projects, we have only to turn to her address last evening at the Mechanics' Institution at Greenwich. Some of the facts which she there alluded to will probably surprise many. One point, however, should not be passed over, and we earnestly trust that the Post-office authorities will at once take it into consideration. It would appear that the majority of emigrants are husbands and fathers of families, who go out alone, with the hope of transmitting money to enable their families to join them. Mrs. CHISHOLM stated that to her own know ledge 11,000 men had thus left their wives behind them. By the last mail Captain CHISHOLM transmitted to this country more than two thousand pounds as remittances from working men to their relatives. The diffi culty and inconvenience of such remittances on the part of emigrants is, however, great, and the importance of affording every - facility to such a means of enabling their families to join them is t t oo ran g: m e i a t t tin to g r m e o q n u e ir y e to commnthis country Post-office orders were established in Australia , Mrs. CllistioLm anticipates the greatest benefit, et.lf a by system of espe cially to those separated families of whom some members have gone to seek their fortune, while others remain behind in poverty, in anxiety, and hope deferred. Such a necessity can surely only require to be made known to the Proper authorities, in order at once to obtain attention. Another portion of Mrs. CHISHOLM'S NOTICE. —Registered Shareholders of the Great North of India Railway Company who may be desirous of . be coming Shareholders in the Upper India Railway Company, are re quested to forward their applications to this Office, addressed to Harry Borrodaile, Esq., late Chairman of the former Company, on or before Saturday, the Bth inst. Upper India Railway Company, 2, Moorgate-street, London, Jan. 3, 1853. UPPER INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY. All persons HOLDERS of SCRIP who fail to forward their P FOR VERIFICATION, to the Offices of the Company, on or e SATURDAY, the Bth day of January instant, will be held to e declined to accept the option of having New Shares in the ad itlonal capital of the said Company. W. P. ANDREW, Managing Director. 2, Moorgate-street, London, Jan. 3,1853. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.—The LONDON COMMITTEE for conducting the election of Mr. DUDLEY PEECEVAL are anxious to state, that when the definite refusal of Lord Chandos to be nominated was formally communi cated yesterday afternoon, they obtained Mr. Perceval's consent to become the candidate at 'this most important crisis, and they have the sincere pleasure of announcing that their selection has experi enced a most gratifying reception from those residents and non-resi dents who are anxious to see the University of Oxford represented, not only by one of distinguished talents, but also by a sound Church man and consistent politician. Determined to promote the success of their cause by every legiti mate exertion, they will not be diverted from their duty by unme rited obloquy in an ,nymou.s advertisements, or by plausible mis state rents in party periodicals. The Pol, which commences daily at 9 a.m., and closes at 4.30 p.m., will be kept open for the full period allowed by law, in order to afford every elector an opportunity of recording his vote. The London Committee sit daily at the Trafalgar Hotel, Charing cross; and the Oxford Committee in NI agdalene Thll. Jan. 5. 1353. C. LEMPRIEItE, D.C.L., Hon. Sec. Members of Convocation travelling by trains leaving Paddington at 7.40, 9 45, 10,15, 11.15 a.m , will be enabled to vote on the same day ; a similar advantage may be obtained by trains leaving Ruston-square at 6.30 and 10. FIRST DAY'S POLL. Gladstone .. Pereeval .. SECOND DAY-11.30. Gladstone .. I'erceval .. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. By SPECIAL DESIRE. "JUVENILE NIGHT. THIS EVENING will be performed the Grand Christmas Panto mime, entitled HARLEQUIN HUDIBRAS ; or, DAME DURDEN and the DROLL DAYS of the MERRY MONARCH." Supported by Tom Matthews, Herr Deulin, Signors Veroni and Devani, the Brothers Siegrist. Raiford, Anderson, Mdlles. Louise Blanche, Julie Turner, Eliza Malcolm, Sze After which, THE GYMNASIUM ROYA.LE. To conclude with THE CHILDREN IN TILE WOOD. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farevrell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING 13y desire, the celebrated Comedy of MONEY, by Messrs. B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, Leigh Murray, Howe, Buckstcne, Parselle ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, eutitlel LEO THE TERRIBLE, by Messrs. Buckstone, Keeley, and J. Bland ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Jan. 5, will be performed the Comic Drama called A PEIENOMBNON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Sfiss C. Mitchell. After which (9th time), a new and original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson (her 9th appearance at this Theatre), Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglin. ton (her 9th appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, Jan. 5, the already popular Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, and Mrs. Keeley , . After which, the gloriously successful Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch—by Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Fleamore, and Mdlle. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. To conclude with the new and criginal Grand Comic Christ mas Fantomirne, entitled IJARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline (9th appearance here); Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Car. lotta Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC! THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING will be presented 13uckstonc's Drama of ISABELLE ; or, Woman's Life. Supported by Messrs. Farren, Jun., Hoskins, Compton, and Shaljers ; Miss H. Gordon and Mrs. A. Phillips. After which, the glorious new Cemic Pantomime, entitled ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Harlequin. Mr. Forest; Columbine, Miss Marie Charles; Sprite, Mr. G. Thompson; Pantaloon, Mr. Tanner; Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, who will introduce his wonder fully-trained dogs, Amy, Tasso, and the monster dog, Snarleyou. Box-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense triumph. The New Pantomime, the greatest hit ever achieved in this Theatre ; which, with Uncle Tom's Cabin, and wondrous Feats in the Arena, form the most varied and powerful attraction in London. TH.'S EVENING, January 5, and during the week, the Enter tainments will commence with the increasingly successful Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CALIN. To be followed by a brilliant Routine of Fatty's peerless Scenes in the Arena, supported by the most eminent Artistes of the day. To conclude wits Nelson Lee's Grand Equestrian Christmas Comic Pantomime, entitled FORTONIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. Harle quin, Mr. IL Hemming ; Columb ne, Millie. Christine : Clown, Mr. Gardner Bolen° ; Pantaloon, Mr. Frierson; Sprites, Messrs. Hem min; and R. Hemming. Doors open at lialt-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Po,odlce open daily front Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Hs DAr —Morning 26 min. after 9 Evening 2 min.aft. 10 o- Aomtow—Morning 38 min. after 10 Evening 13 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—Svx OFFICE, JAN. 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48— highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day, at noon. BAROMETER down to 29•55--now up to 29'73. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and cloudy weather, with sunshine. It rained yesterday evening and during the night. Afternoon, heavy rain. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following place. 3 at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—S.S.W., hard wind—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—S., calm—rain. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., hard wind—overcast. STROOD—W., heavy gale—overcast . LEIGHTON—S.W., strong breeze—rain. CAMBRIDGE—S. strong breeze—rain. YARMOUTH—S.W.,_ strong breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON—S. by W., stormy—cloudy, showery. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : LTMERICK—S.E., calm—cloudless. MULLING AR— S. strong breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., gentle breeze—scud—rain. STROOD—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. LANCASTER—S.W., strong breeze—scud—rain. strong breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON — S.W., strong breeze-- -2 overcastr—rain. SIIAP—S.W. by W., gentle breeze—rain. k 4. *,l - , • "s:llgY` _ 11 "A AtVi THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN ING, JANUARY 5,1853. E address also deserves notice, and it is a happy characteristic of her projects, which cannot be too much commended—namely, her anxious desire to foster a spirit of independence in all who seek her counsel and protection. What she desires, and what we have always heartily desired for our poor emigrants, and for our poor generally, is that best of all help, the helping them to help them selves. It is not alms that Mrs. CHISHOLM solicits for her emigrants, but the means of enabling them, by their own labour, to earn their daily bread. Whatever is advanced for their outfit is to be 'repaid by the successful labourers, and the day in which that is accom plished is the happiest in the life of the poor. He who by the sweat of his own brow can earn his own bread is fulfilling the command of his CREATOR, and has no cause to look with envy upon the rich, or to be abashed in the presence of the great ones of the earth. We are not disposed for one moment to underrate that charity which gives and looks for no return.- The poor will always be with us, that the virtues of patience on the one side, and mercy on the other, may continually have abundant opportunity to be exercised ; but, at the same time, that we give our alms to those who are helpless, let us not neglect that duty which justice no less than charity demands from us. Let us do what we can to enable the strong and the willing—men who have hands to labour, and hearts to love ; let us do what we can to enable these to give a fair day's work, and obtain a fair day's wages, to sup port themselves and those little ones GOD has given to their charge.- For her zealous labours in this holy cause we are grateful, deeply grate ful, to CAROLINE CHISHOLM, and we commend her zeal to the example, and her work to the succour, of all who have the will and the power to assist their fellow-men. And not their fellow-men only. Mrs. CHISHOLM is especially celebrated as the friend and protectress of female Emigration. All the arguments addressed in favour of Emigration generally apply with double force to this peculiar branch, seeing that at home the sources of female employment are so few, and so grievously over stocked, while abroad the numbers of women are comparatively few. To those who have not yet given due thought to these important themes, we commend the little volume above mentioned ; and to the Post-office authorities, we trust that the subject of money orders will meet with immediate consideration. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 4, The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Ba roness de Speth, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. - Her Majesty's private band attended in the evening, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" Otto Nicolai. Quartett, No. 5, Op. 18, Allegro, An dante Cantabile con Variazioni, Al legro Beethoven. Fantaisie sur des motifs de Mozart et de Beethoven. The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the Mar chioness of Ely as Lady in Waiting to the Queen ; and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stovin has relieved Major-General B. Drummond as Groom in Waiting. Lord Stanley of Alderley, is staying at Alderley-park, Cheshire. • The Hon. C. P. Villiers is staying at Wolverhampton. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governors of the North American pro vinces. PRIVY COUNCIL. (FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN.) , WINDSOR, TUESDAY. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock this afternoon. Previous to the Council the Earl of Aberdeen and Earl Granville had audiences of the Queen. Earl St. Germans had an audience of her Majesty, to kiss hands on being appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Duke of Argyll had an audience of the Queen, to kiss hands on being appointed Lord Privy Seal. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness the Prince Albert, Earl Granville, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl St. Germans, Sir William Molesworth, and the Duke of Norfolk. The Most Noble George Duke of Argyll and the Right Hon. John Viscount Sydney were, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their seats at the Board. Her Majesty in. Council was pleased to declare the Right Hon. Edwaid Earl St. Germans Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The Most Noble George Duke of Argyll was sworn in Lord Privy Seal. Mr. Charles Greville was Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Duke of Montiose had an audience of her Ma jesty, and resigned his wand of office as Lord Steward. The Duke of Norfolk had an audience of the Queen, and kissed hands on receiving the wand of office as Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household. Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting, And Lieutenant-General Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl St. Germans, Earl Granville, the Dukes of Montrose and Argyll, Viscount Sydney, Sir William Molesworth, and Mr. G. Greville, travelled from London to attend the Council by a special train on the Great Western Railway, and arrived at the Castle at half-past two o'clock. After the Privy Council the Ministers returned to town by the same route. NEW MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS. (Front a Supplement to the London Gazette of yesterday. ) At the Court at Windsor, the 4th day of January, 1853. Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. _ _ This day the Most Noble George Douglas Duke of Argyll and the Right Honourable John Robert Viscount Sydney were by her Majesty's command sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty having been pleased to deliver the cus tody of the Privy Seal to the Most Noble George Douglas Duke of Argyll, the oath of the Keeper of the Privy Seal was this day administered to him, and his Grace took his place at the BOard accordingly. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to de clare the Right Honourable Edward Granville, Earl of St. German's, Lieutenant-General and Governor-General of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to ap point the Right Honourable Edward John Lord Stanley of Alderley, President of the Committee of Council ap pointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, in the absence of the President of the said Committee for the time being. The American Minister, Mr. Ingersoll, was entertained last evening at a splendid banquet given by the members of the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool. The Earl of Derby accepted an invitation to attend. The guests comprised a large number of the most influential merchants of the town. _ _ VISIT OP THE AMERICAN MINISTER TO MANCHES TER.—The Manchester Commercial Association have de termined to present an address to the Hon. J. It. Inger soll, the American Ambassador to this country, upon the occasion of his visit to Manchester on Friday next, when he is to dine at the Town-hall, with Mr. Baines, the mayor, and a large party of commercial gentlemen. The Bishop of Manchester, the Mayor of Liverpool, and the mayors of several surrounding towns are to be present. THE MISSING MAIL STEAMER AIISTRALIAN,—SOITTH AMPTON, Friday.—A s public attention is much drawn to the non-arrival of the steam-ship Australian, from Syd ney, Port Phillip, Ad e l a ide, and the Cape, and supposed to have on board go ld on freight and in the hands of pas sengers to the value of over 1,000,000/. sterling, it may be satisfactory to those interested to be informed, that as this vessel comes home by way of the Cape of Good Hope, it is possible she may not make her appearance for a few days, and that no uneasiness need yet be enter tained. The fine clipper ship Marco Polo, which left Port Phillip 11 days after the Australian, and reached the Mersey on Sunday wr.e.lc. after an unprecedented run, came round Cape Horn, and met generally with fine and fair winds. At this season of the year the winds are generally adverse to vessels taking the homeward route by the wag of the Cape of Good Hope, and it is there fore surmised that the Australian has had steam against contrary winds the whole distance from the Australian continent to the Cape. For a steamer to be beaten by a sailing-vessel may, on the face of it, be considered a disgrace ; but, all circumstances taken into account, and in the absence of any positive information as to how long the Australian has been detained at Adelaide and the Cape, or at other ports for fuel, or by other causes, it may be as well to reserves a judgment on the matter till the missing steamer has arrived, and all the facts are properly made known. THE MlLlTlA.—Yesterday's Gazette contains an order in council, commanding that all deputy-lieutenants, colo nels, and commanding officers of corps of militia shall immediately proceed to raise and enrol in their respective counties volunteers to serve for the term of five years, according to the provisions of the act passed last session for consolidating and amending the law relating• to the militia in England. -TAE CONVICT KIRWAN.—An order for the immediate transmission of this culprit from Kilmainham Gaol to Spike Island, previous to his perpetual banishment from Ireland, was received on Saturday by the prison autho rities, and was only prevented from being carried into instant effect by the i n tervention of a medical man, who certified that the state of the prisoner's health would not permit his removal for the present. MONEY AND COMAIERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly without alteration in prices. The sales com prised 4,oooAmerican, 250 Pernam and Maranham, at 6- I d. to 'ad. ; 20 Bahia, at 6/d. ; and 700 Surat, at 3d. to 4d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The following summary of the silk market for 1852, is furnished by Mr. Henry W. Eaton : " The demand for both raw and thrown silk for exportation has exceeded that of any former period, that of the latter contributing materially to the advantage of the English throwsters, who, with their operatives, I am happy to say, have for some time been fully employed at an improved remuneration. " The Italian market seems again to have been quite of secondary importance with our manufacturers, the consumption having been still less than in 1851, which, even then, showed a falling off of nearly 700 bales, as compared with 1850. The decrease in the imports is about 450 bales. " China silk has again retained its accustomed pre ference, the consumption during the past year being unprecedented, and showing an increase, as compared with 1851, of 236,103 lbs., or nearly 2,320 bales. "The increase in the imports is 5,270 bales, the totals being for 1852, 28,437 bales against 23,167 bales in the preceding year. "The last accounts from China report the total quan tity of the new Silk shipped up to the 22nd October, to be about 20,500 bales, against 10,000 bales to the same date last season. " Of these 8,200 bales have already arrived, whereas, last year only 1,900 bales had been received prior to January. " The falling off of the supply of Taysaam and coarse Canton Silk has been much felt, while the finer quali ties of the latter have been entirely neglected. "It should be observed that these large deliveries of China silk are chiefly for home consumption, the foreign demand merely taking a comparatively limited quantity in the thrown state, the price of Taysaams even entirely precluding their exportation. " In Bengal silk a very largely-increased consumption has also to be reported, say of 498,4601b5., or about 3,300 bales over 1851, chiefly, however, attributable to the requirements of France and Germany. " The position of this market has, throughout the year, been so needlessly wrong as to call for some ob servations. " Importers will doubtless say that their profits have been by no means commensurate with the, demand and consumption. This is, to a certain extent, true, but it is entirely owing to the reckless competition of ! houses new in the trade with little knowledge of the article, to buy silk from its mark, rather from its then actual character. "It is much to be regretted, that several filatures of Bengal silk, the marks of which alone would once have insured their sale, have so deteriorated, that at this moment there is a considerable stock of Jungypore silk, of the desired size, but so mixed and endy from being picked on the reel, that it can only be sold at a heavy loss. It is the more unfortunate, as, had the original character of these silks been _maintained, they would have participated freely in the demand for exportation, from which they have been excluded by those very faults. "Had this been done, the inferior cocoons would have been applied to their original purpose of making the lower class of coarse silk so much missed, and thus all parties would be benefitted. "I would also urge upon importers of this Silk to look for their profits more to good and judicious buy ing than to any advance in the home market, merely because the cost was dear in Calcutta, as, generally speaking, high prices for Bengal Silk are totally incom patible with the uses to which it is applied. "The increase in the imports over 1851 is 530,0001b5, or about 3,500 bales. " As regards future prospects, as far as one can judge from the present tone of the market, I think we are justified in anticipating a good trade, and that from the supplies which we are led to expect, prices may be ex pected to range steadily at about present rates. "Brutia Silk has sold currently through the year, the consumption varying but little from 1851. The imports, however, show an increase of about 470 bales. "Persians have been taken freely, mostly for importa tion." The South Sea House Proprietors, at their half yearly meeting to-day, declared a dividend of 11 per cont. for the six months. . At the close of the stock market yesterday, Con sols were not better than 1001 but they have since improved, and are now 1001 A rumour that the Bank of England might advance its rate of discount, was, we believe, the only cause, added to those sales of stock which usually precede the re-opening of the transfer books. The dividends will be paid to the public on Saturday. The New 3* per Cents. are 104-g to ; and the 3 per Cents. 1011 to *. Bank Stock is very firm at 224-i. Exchequer Bills are 715., and India Bonds 83s. premium. The flatness of the Paris Bourse has had its effect. Foreign Securities have been rather depressed. Mexican have fallen to 23* to #. Peruvian Old Bonds have been quoted 105. Grenada Deferred are worth 12i to 13, being a shade lower. Bra zilian New are worth 98i- to Spanish Threes are at 23k, and the Certificate is at 4, and very firm. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are at 40 to 44. Dutch 2i per Cents. bring 67. Business has been restricted in Railway Shares, and the dealings are at lower rates in some in stances. North British are firm, but North. Wes tern, South Eastern, Midland and Lancashire and Yorkshire are cheaper. French Shares are ne glected. Gold Mine Shares are quieter, and the Colonial, Port Philip, and one or two others, are cheaper. The Land Companies are at about the closing rates of last evening. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business clone. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOl 1 4 New 31 per Cent. Annuities. Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £lOOO B3 Consols for Opening 18th January Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO.. 7l 2 £5OO — Small 69 72 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Ditto New, 1852, 4 1 per Cent 9Bl i 9 Chili= Bonds, 6 per Cent Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Ditto Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon 22 Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian 6 per Cent. P er uvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64 4 7i 4 Portuguese 4 per Cent. 4OA 40 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 42 per Cent Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 49 , x d Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.. Span i s h C o mmittee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 4 1 a p c Swedish Loan ... 1i d Dutch Exchange 2 per Cent 67 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 99 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 18th January ma i ex 4. LONDON, TILBURY, AND SouTHEND.—On Monday a compensation case was decided by a special jury, at Chelmsford. It appeared that 5,455/. was the original claim, which was afterwards reduced to 2,6001., for two pieces of land, one containing 1 rood 34 perches, and the other 24 perches. The jury decided on a verdict of 250/. for the 1 rood 34 perches, 1001. compensation for da mage, and 301. for the 24 perches—making together 3801. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—In addition to the Ealing rectory estate, this society has just purchased another estate in Middlesex, close to the Hounslow sta tion on the South-Western Pindsor line. At the meet ing of the Excecutive Committee on Tuesday, the 4th inst., Viscount Ranelagh and Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.., were re-elected chairman and vice-chairman of the society for the present year. DETERMINED SlllClDE.—Yesterday evening a long in quiry was gone into before Mr. Brent, deputy coroner, and a respectable jury, at the Devonshire Arms, Devon shire-street, Portland-place, on view of the body of Mr. Jno. Cane, aged 50, collector, in the service of the Im perial Gas Company, who committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, at No. 43, Devonshire-street, where he was residing with his family. Evidence having been given, showing that about 8 o'clock on Monday morning the deceased was found in the kitchen laying on the floor, by his daughter, and that a razor, with which he had inflicted a cfbep gash across his throat, was by his side. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity" THE MEDITERRANEAN.—SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 4.—The Sultan, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship, commanded by Captain Brooks, from Constantinople, arrived at half-past 12 o'clock p.m. She had fine weather generally throughout the voyage home. liter dates_ __ s o f sailing were —Constantinople, 18 th ult.; Smyrna,sst; s Malta, 25th; Gibraltar, 30 th. She brought 12 passengers, and the following cargo : —S p ecie to the amount 0un 0,58 25,0001., 10 barrels of skin s, 2,027 boxes of raisins, is 7 drums of figs, 104 bags of y ellow berries, 96 cases of opium, 23 cases of gum, 11 cases of sca,mmony, 208 , bales of silks, 920 bales of g oats hair, 79 bales of sheep s wool, 100 cases of sponge, 470 black fruit, 17 cases of otto of roses, and a large number of packages of sun dries. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, Captain Moresby arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th ult., and left for Malta, &c., the same day. Admiral Dundas's fleet was still at Gibraltar. SCOTTISH LAW APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Moncreiff is, of course, again Lord Advocate, and is before his consti tuents for re-election. There has not yet been any for mal arrangement as to the Solicitor-Generalship ' • but there is no room to doubt the reappoint men t of Mr. Deas. Mr. J. C. Brodie has been re-appointed to the office of Crown Agent. The Depute-Advocates will also be the same as under Lord John Russell's late Mi nistry, viz. Messrs. George Young, Thomas Cleghorn, George Dingwall Fordyce, and A. R. Clark. We be lieve also that Mr. James Donaldson will be, as before, Advocate-Depute for the Sheriff Court and Exchequer. —Scotomaa , AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The United States Mail Steamship Arctic, Capt. Luce, has just entered the Mersey, direct from New York. She left that port on Saturday the 25th ult. By this arrival we have three days later intelli gence than that brought by the Niagara, on Mon day last, from Canada and the United States. Her mails will leave this to night at nine o'clock, for first delivery on Thursday morning ; those for the Continent will cross Channel at Dover by the mid-day mail. We hastily select the following items from the New York papers just landed : The newly elected Vice-President, Hon. W. R. King, is reported better. The papers state that the occupation of Samano ►y the French is confirmed. In the United States Senate, on the 22d ult., a bill was introduced with the view of establishing a railroad to the Pacific Ocean, and also the adoption of post routes throughout the entire line ; its in troduction was favourably received. In the Senate a motion had been made for copies of the correspondence which had passed between the Governments of England, France, and the United States, relative to the guarantee that Spain should continue to hold possession of Cuba. Intelligence from llavannah to the 19th of Decem ber had reached New York, stating that the British frigate Vista had just arrived there with three slave ships as prizes, in consequence of which great ex citement prevailed in that island. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The commercial advices at hand by the Arctic report business good and money easy. Stocks in pretty good demand. Exchange.—A fair business done for the Arctic. On London, 1091 to 109/- ; Paris, 5.13 ; :Hamburg, 36- to ; Bremen, 79/ to 80. Ashes.—There is a good business doing in ashes —pots commanding 4.561 and pearls 5.75 per 100 lb. Cotton.—The market is reported very active, with a good business going forward at advanced prices —the news, however, which had just arrived by the British mail steam-ship Canada would, it was expected, again depress the markets for the staple. The following are the latest quotations : New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair 10g- to I. Upland mid. fair to fair 10 to 10k. Breadstuffs. —The market for grain and flour very firm. Western Canal flour 5.621 to 5.75. Southern Wheat 1.24 to 1.26. Indian corn, round yellow 70 to 72. Indian corn, Southern white 68 to 70. Genessee prime wheat 1.30 to 1.32. In dian meal 3.874 to 4.00. Provisions.— There was a good demand, the supply short and prices generally tending upward. Wool. —There is a very active demand for both foreign and domestic wools of all kinds, with very firm prices. Freights.--A fair business had been done at the advanced rates (to Liverpool)—grain 11 to 11-1, flour 3s. 6d. to 4s. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS .DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Talfourd.) The Court was occupied this morning with a charge of rape against Charles Murray, described as a medical student, committed on a child nine years of age. The details were of a most disgusting nature, and unfit for publication, the evidence disclosing that the prisoner had also seduced an elder sister of the prosecutrix of the age of 14. The case had not concluded when our reporter left. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Gurney.) ROBBERY AND HOUSEBREAKING. Mary Ann, Crowe was found guilty of stealing a watch and chain, value 4/. 10s., and with feloniously breaking into a dwelling-house in the night time. The learned Judge said the offence was a very bad one, and sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprison ment and hard labour. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ASSAULT. John Quin, a labourer, 22, charged with violently assaulting Emma Salter, upon the highway, and stealing from her three handkerchiefs and a sum of money. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The learned Judge sentenced him to 12 months' im prisonment, with hard labour. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Sergeant Adams, Assistant Judge, Mr. Witham, and a bench of magistrates, sat this morning at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, to hear bail and ap peal cases, of which there were six cases in the paper fo'r trial. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT OF MONEY BY A SERVANT, Francis Muirhead pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with embezzling certain sums of money to a large extent, the property of Mr. Thomas Parker Clements. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Clarke, solicitor to the Tradesman's Protection Society, Regent-street, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Birnie for the defence. Mr. Sleigh, in opening the case to the jury, stated that the prisoner was in the employ of Mr. Clements, a linendraper in Judd-street, and was paid a salary of 1/. ss. per week to collect the pros ecu t or ' s d e b ts. The pri soner had been in the employ of the prosecutor for about four years, and had been in the d a il y d uty of go i ng round to the customers to collect money, and at night had to account for all_ money received, and enter it in a cash book provided for that purpose. In the course of his business he called upon a customer, and gave credit to a Mr. Harding for 125., and upon a subsequent occasion for 135., but had never accounted for more than 2s. The prisoner had also given credit to a Mr. Townsend on the 21st of last August for 2/. 25., of which the pro ' secutor had never received a farthing. The learned counsel concluded by calling Mr. Clements, who clearly bore out the learned counsel's statements. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of guilty ; and the learned Judge having ascertained that the defalcations amounted to more than 1001., sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for fifteen calendar months. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a Bench of Magistrates.) CHARGE OF SHEEP STEALING. Isaac Tulett, 40, and Tames Vaughan, 28, farm labourers, were indicted for stealing, at Capel, in this county, a sheep, the property of James King, a fanner. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and the prisoners were un defended. Stephen Worsfold, shepherd, in prosecutor's employ, said, on Sunday morning, the 19th of December, he saw safe in his master's fold 56 sheep, and on Tuesday morn ing at eight o'clock he missed one. On looking round he saw the entrails of a sheep near the fold, and foot marks leading to the wood. Those footmarks of two persons were traced across another field to thejprisoners' houses, and in searching Tulett's hous e a p air of shoes were found concealed in a hole, which c orresponded with the marks of one of the parties. The liver, head, an d neck of a sheep were fou nd in the same place, and in a ditch was found other portions of a shee p , at the rear of Tullett's ho use. The skin of a sheep was a l so gi e e o rt n rrespond. 6 to hi s found, which he identified as the one belonging master's sheep. Freeman, a constable of Capel, said he fitted the shoes with the footmarks, and found them C onstabulary, said he Both prisoners said the shoes were their pro Inspector Page, of the County Co searched the prisoner Vaughan's house k y n u , lll a stone in a cupboard a sack containing shoulder,aand found ' underleg, breast, and part of the ribs of a sheep. All the pieces . )butcher, at Dorking, who_ fi w t e t r e e d s t h h o e w m n to to thei‘l Mr. a found them to correspond. The prisoners made no defence them guilty. , and the jury found Tufett having a very b ad character, the C o urt sen rs. seven yea tented him to 14 y ears ' , and Vaughan to transportation. SECONDARIES' COURT-(THIS DAY)• (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) V COOPER. The plaintiff in"thELiscLase. is a sack merchant, and sought to recover the sum of 621. for the sale and hire of sacks. The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. It appears that it is the custom of the trade to lend out sacks at ld. each per q uarter of wheat for six days, and id. for every succeeding- six days. In the present in stance the defendant had hired 681 sacks, but only re turned 140, and he was now charged 471. for those not returned, and the balance for the hire of the others. Some of the jury expressed their surprise that the hire of sacks for about two months should amount to 35 per cent. on their cost price. Th e -Under-Sheriff said it was about the same as hiring a carr iage or a pianoforte--there was a convenience which inuot Do paid for. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. A lecture was delivered yesterday evening, by Mrs. Chisholm, at the Mechanics' Institution, Greenwich, on the subject of Australian emigration, more especially with reference to the 'gold diggings. The audience was very numerous, and comprised a large proportion of females. After remarking that all she pretended to do was to give honest and useful information, Mrs. Chisholm proceeded to say that the majority of those who came to her for information with regard to emigration were about fifty years of age, and were probably led to do so by a &gad of the workhouse. The emigration which ,was now going on, though large, was of a trivial character compared with what might be ex pected to take place during the present year. Many of its features, too, were of a melancholy character, and it became all who had any influence to endeavour to miti gate the evils. Of the married men who were emi grating, at least 60 per cent., she believed, were leaving their wives and children in this country, in the hope that they would be able to remit money to pay for their pas sage ; and whether emigration should become respect able or not, whether it should become moral or not, de pended greatly on the means which such men had of carrying out their wishes. The last mail which arrived brought money from her husband, who was in Mel bourne, and who had no clerk or other person to assist him, to the amount of 2,3741., composed entirely of re mittances from working men. One man sent 601. for three sisters ; another 421. for his two children ; the balance, after paying for their p assage , a b ou t 20/ ., t o b e given to the children's grandfather and grandmother for their care of the children 110/. was sent by a young man for his parents and all the family ; another sent 501. to bring two brothers ; 1821. was sent by a young man who was married and had a family, an d who had been in the colony two years, to take his parents from America. After mentioning several similar instances, she observed that it was thus proved that the English as well as the Irish were willing to remit money to pay for the passage of their relatives and friends, and all that they wanted now was a safe and convenient mode of remittance. There was now preparing for emigration a party of intending gold diggers. According to advices received from the colonies, and principally in the letters of actual diggers, it was far more desirable that young men should form parties here, than that they should go th e co l ony an d th ere make a random selection of the first companions they could find. It was desirable, too, that they should form rules for their own guidance and management ; such as that they would not work on Sunday, and that they would not allow any drink to be consumed, except m the presence of the whole party. The great objection to secret drinking amongst the gold diggers was not so much the expense, as a fear lest parties should get drunk, and while in that state tell where the gold was buried. (Laughter.) Thirty was considered a very good number for a party ; and it was desirable that it should include a medical man, whose principal duty it would be to give advice for the preservation of health rather than to cure any positive sickness. The party should be provided with a good cart and with a tent ; or if the cart were of good size it would be better to have two small tents than one large one. They should also be pro vided with six months' rations, thatlis six months' food ; and it would be cheapest and best to purchase the food in London and have it all packed ready for the expedi tion. She then gave a scale of dietary suitable for the expedition. In addition to the food, the party were re commended to take a small supply of medicine and a few comforts, such as arrowroot, sago, and oatmeal. As they would sometimes have to cross rivers without bridges, they should be provided with at least one belt for the use of those who could not swim. A rope with a ring at one end and an iron peg at the other, to be fas tened to the stump of a tree or a wheel of the cart, would be useful for the same purpose ; and by the same means, small parcels might be transported. The digging party of 50 who were, as she had before stated, preparing to emigrate, would leave 117 persons in this country desti tute. Husbands were leaving their wives and children, young men were leaving their sisters and aged parents, and these were distributed over 28 parishes. There was no desertion in the ordinary sense—the object was the benefit of all concerned. Still, there must be many difficulties on both sides. The voyage of the diggers would occupy perhaps four months, and under the most favourable circumstances five months must elapse before they would be at work. Gold being a marketable article they might then assist their families at once if they could only send it home through a post-office order; but having no such convenience, they must wait till they had accu mulated enough to make it worth their while to go to Melbourne to sell it ; and before any could reach Eng land their families might be on the parish. To her own knowlege there were 11,000 husbands at the diggings already, and it was frightful to think what their families might endure. She then remarked upon the advantages which would accrue to the diggers and their relatives in England from the extension of the post-office order sys tem to Australia. She strongly objected to the sending of young girls to the colonies as charity girls. Of the first 1,0001. advanced by the society with which she was connected, 3121. had been repaid. A lady who was present had requested to be informed in what way she could best assist a family, comprising seven children, the eldest being eleven and the youngest three, to emigrate. She designed to give them a passage, and asked what sum would be necessary to ensure them something like comfort when they had arrived. The great difficulty in the case of large families occurred on their arrival ; and under the circumstances she would recommend the lady to supply the family with three months' pro visions. This would be far better than giving them mo ney, and the expense of making thi s p rovis i on on the scale - of dietary used on board emigrant ships would be very trifling. She would advise parents who were sending out . their sons to give them very little money indeed ; a small tent and a month's provisions would be better:than a 101. note. She then spoke of the earnings of the colo nists. A servant girl who formerly lived with herself, and had 81. a year, now received 361. a year. Family washing could be done in a plain way at 3s. a dozen. Everything was in that case sent home in the rough ; 12s. a dozen was the price paid if the things were washed and ironed. It did not answer in the colonies to exa mine the shirts so closely as they were examined here ; the laundresses would not stand it. (Laughter.) She held in her hand an advertisement to this effect—" Wanted at the diggings, a few men who thoroughly understand • the making of German yeast." A fortune might be made by any one who answered to that description. Ginger beer makers were much wanted ; and bakers, who must be provided with portable ovens. She had received a very interesting order for an iron schoolroom for the diggings, and never had anything given her greater pleasure. A schoolroom for little children would tell on the moral character of the colonists, and many might be led by it to perform their duty to those who were left behind, as well as those who were there. On re turning to the colony, in August next, it was her inten tion to take with her at least 500 respectable females. She was already filling up her list ; all would pay for their passage ; and she was determined to do nothing to pauperise the character of female emigrants. Five pounds was the sum which she considered it necessary for every female to have on arriving ; and all she re quired was power to see the money properly applied in each case until a situation had been obtained. Ignorant women would not be so useful as those who had some degree of education ; and it was perfectly useless for any one to go who was not prepared to make puddings and to wash her own clothes. (Laughter and cheers.) She had received information, that evening to the effect that the colony of New South Wales, ap • proving of her plans, had voted the sum of 10,000/. for the purpose of carrying out the principles of the Family Colonisation Society. (Hear.) She believed, however, that the adoption of the post-office order • system would do more for emigration than 50,0001., and that a larger sum of money would thus be brought to this country than the colonists, however liberal, would be disposed to grant. Mrs. Chisholm concluded by men tioning several pleasing instances in which money ad vanced to assist females in emigrating had been either wholly or in part returned, including the cases of two girls, who, having had very eligible offers of marriage, declared that they would not marry till they were out of • debt ; and by stating that she would be happy to give advice to any one who might call upon her at her resi dence in Salisbury-square, Fleet-street, between eleven in the morning and two in the afternoon. (Loud cheers.) On the motion of Mr. BASS, the secretary of the insti tution; thanks were voted to Mrs. Chisholm by acclama tion for her lecture. LONDON DOCK COMPANY. p bu an il y din t g oo s , „_ p j l at the . Dock - house, Bank . Esq•, in the chair. The ordinary half-yearly general, meeting of this `com pany the report of the directors, which was read by Mr. Powles, the secretary, the following is the principal :por tion— "The number of loaded ships from foreign ports which entered into the London Docks during the six months ending N o vember 30 last, was 711, m easur i ng 228,551 e . The numbe r f o r the correspondi ng p er i o d i n 1851, tons. 688, measuring 195,769 t ons, being an increase of 32,782 ton s. The a mount of earnings du r i ng th e s ix mon ths has been 235,594/. 16 s. 4 d. The amount of the like earnings for the corresponding period of 1851, was 233,8011. ss. 7d. The amount of expenditure dur ing the six months ending November 30 last, has been 140,221/. 14s. ld. The amount of the like expenditure for the corresponding period of 1851, was 134,712/. 6s. 9d. The amount of expenditure includes the pay ment of the income tax. By the statement annexed to the report it will be seen that the balance standing to the credit of profit and loss, is 251,031/. ss. 6d. Out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 2/. 10s. per cent. on the company's stock for the half-year, amounting to 90,9571. 12s. 3d., which will leave a balance in favour of the company of 160,073/. 13s. 3d. Of this balance standing to the credit of profit and loss the sum of 181,8041. 7s. 5d., consists of the amount of outstanding charges due to the company on goods in warehouses. The stock of goods in the ware houses on the 30th of November last was 114,736 tons. At the same time last year it was 132,437 tons. The warehouse at the eastern dock, adverted to at the general meeting in July last, together with the hydraulic ma chinery in connection therewith, is so far completed as to be available in a fortnight if required ; and the stand ing orders of the Rouse of Commons necessary to enable the directors to carry into effect the resolutions of the 29th of October last have been complied with." The chairman having put the formal motion that the report be adopted, the resolution was carried, as was another, authorising the dividend of 2/. 10s. per cent., free of income tax ; and after a vote of thanks to the chairman mid the other directors (which Mr. Cattley acknow ledged) the meeting separated.