The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-28 00:00:00

Zbirb Xbition. BUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S , (THIS EVENLNG.) TATTERSALL'S--MITESDA.Y. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agst Bourton (taken). 7to 1 agst Oscar. Bto 2 agst Miss Mowbray. 13 to 1 agst Dnc-an-Durras. LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 4to 1 agst Weathergage. sto 1 agst Doubt. 6to 1 agst Bellewstown (taken). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 13 to 1 agst Lampedo. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Contentment. DERBY. .9 to 1 agst West Australian. 15 to 1 agst Orestes. 15 to 1 agst Cineas. 16 to 1 agst Honeywood (taken). 20 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken). 22 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer (taken). 50 to 1 agst Pharold. 50 to 1 agst Ethelbert. COVENTRY STEEPLECHASES. The steeplechases are postponed—no day named. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.), The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Archbishop of YORK presented several petitions, praying for inquiry into the College of Mayn.ooth. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented a pe tion, praying for Parliamentary papers. The Earl of MALMESBURY gave notice that he would to-morrow move for certain returns relative to accidents on railways during the last ye'd,r, and that he would draw the attention of the Government to the sub ject. The Duke of NEWCASTLE prraented a petition from Portsmouth, in favour of the admission of Jews into Parliament. • REGISTRATION OF AF,SITRANCES BILL. Lord ST. LEONARDS gave notice that on the motion for the second reading of this bill, which stood on the paper for Thursday next, he should move that the bill be read a second time this day six months. The Earl of DERBY presented several petitions against the admission of Jews into Parliament. The noble lord said that if the bill which had been intro duced into the other : "house by a small majority were brought into this konse, he hoped that their lordships would deal with 'A as they had dealt with former bills. The Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill was passed through comm'Atee. CANADA CLERGY RESERVES. The Earl of DERBY rose pursuant to notice to present ce*Aain petitions on the subject of the clergy reserves Canada. The petitions he said were from member g of the Church of Scotland in Canada, and had been Pr:epared in 1851 to be presented against the bill, which. was then contemplated by the. then Government, but 'xhich was ultimately withdrawn. He was not in diel)•osed to deny that this measure was one which bad the argument of expediency in its favour, and that it pr esented a great temptation to a Minister to introduce it, ; but so long as be had been a Minister, his conviction 'of the erroneous principles on which it was founded, had prevented him from giving his assent to the introduction of this bill. He had no objection to the colonists deal inc, with their own revenues as they pleased to support their' own clergy, but these reserves were funds that were placed beyond the control of the colonial Legisla ture ; they were private property, and the Legislature could not tauch them. For a long time reserves :'were not productive, because there was no power to sell, but only to lease ; but in 1827 an act was passed to give power to sell them, and place the proceeds in the British funds- From that time they became more valuable, and the proceeds were annually divided between the Churches of England and Scotland settled in Canada. Since that time he did not deny that there had arisen a very prevalent feeling that these funds should be divided among all the professors of Christianity of all denomina ticeas, or else altogether secularised. (LEFT SPEAKING.) IMPERIAL PARLIA.MEN' HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPBAKER took the chair at ten minutes to four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and or dered, to be committed :—Australian Agricultural Com pany, Blyth and Tyne Railway, Bognor Railway, Edinburgh High-street and Railway Station, &c., Electric Telegraph Company, Kilkenny and Great Sciuthern and Western Railway, Llanidloes and New town Railway, London and North-Western Railway (Coalbrook Dale, &c), Londonderry, Coleraine, and Belfast J unction Railway, Madras Railway, Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway (Brecon), Norwich and Spalding Railway, Scottish Central Railway, Stock ton Dock, Swansea Vale Railway, Tynemouth Docks and Morpeth and Shields Direct Railway, United Guarantee and Life Assurance Company, Victoria (London) Docks, Waveney Valley Railway, Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway. CLITHEDOE ELECTION. Mr. GASKELL reported that the committee ap pointed to inquire into the petition against the return for Clitheroe, had come to the determination that Mr. Matthew Wilson was not duly elected for the borough at the last election ; that the election was a void election ; and that Mr. Matthew Wilson was by his agents guilty of bribery and treating at such election. On the., motion of the 110 N. MEMBER the report was ordered to be laid on the table. The hon. member gave notice.. that to-morrow h• would move that the issuing of a :ievr writ be suspended until Monday, the 11th of FROME ELECTION. Mr. HAMILTON reported that the committee ap pointed to inquire into the petition against the return for From° had come to the resolution that, as Colonel Boyle held an office under the Crown, he was not duly elected, and that the last election for the borough was a void election. BRIDGNORTH ELECTION. Mr. BOUVERIE reported that the committee had decided that Mr. Henry Whitmore was duly elected for Bridgnorth, but that Sir R. Pigot, Bart., was not duly elected ; and that he was, by his agents, guilty of bribery at the last election for Bridgnorth. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that to-morrow he Would move that the evidence taken before the com mittee be printed, and that the new writ be suspended until the evidence was in the hands of members. (The decisions of the above committees appear verba tim* in another part of The Sun.) BLACKBURN ELECTION. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that to-morrow he would move that the evidence taken before this com mittee be printed, and that the new writ for Blackburn be suspended until that evidence was in the hands of members. Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from Southampton against the increase of public houses. Lord HOTHAM presented a petition against the ad mission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. OLIVEIRA presented a petition in favour of the reduction of the duties on foreign wines. heBLA.CKETT presented a petition from Northum lan d against the taxes on knowledge. S ir It• INGLI S presented several petitions against the admission of Jews into Parliament; also a petition from ministers of different religious sects resident in Western India, against the encouragement given to idolatry in that country by the Government. Mr. A. PELLA.TT presented a petition from a nume rous body of di ssenters endowment to Maynoo in the metropolis, against the ments ; also a petition th and all other religious e n d o w- Palace on Sundays, against the op en i ng o f t h e C rysta l Mr. T DUNCOMBE presented two petitions from Praying for an inquiry into post-office letter-carriers, their grievances ; also a petitio n in favour of a reduction in the duties on post horses. Mr. C. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bath in favour of the distribution of Parliamentary papers to literary societies. _ RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Mr. H. BROWN gave notice that, on the 16th of March, he would move a resolution to the effect that i t was the duty of the Government to take more effectual measures for the prevention of railway accidents. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE COMMISSION. Mr. HEYWOOD wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home department, whether it is,the intention of the Government to lay on the table of the house copies of the Oxford College statutes, and of the Cambridge University and College documents, recently published by the direction of the Oxford and Cambridge Commis sioners ; and also, whether any steps can be taken for the preparation of such academical collections, under the care of the University Commissioners. Lord PALMERSTON was un d ers to o d to say that _ should not feel entirely justified to put the country to the expense of complying with the hon. member's re quest. PUBLIC. HOUSES' (SCOTLAND) BILL. t eadi Mr. BO UVERIE said the motion for the _second bng of th e bi ll stood for Wednesday next: He should e to glr.ci know if th e h on. mem b er for Liverpool pro - Po 2 ed to bring it o n t h en ? 0n.4- . MA.CRENZIE replied in the negative, and, on. the motion of the hon. member, the order of the day read For purpose of being postponed fdth of Mareh r . until the EXCIIEQIJER, BILLS. Mr. RICH wished to ask the Chancellor of the Ex chequer what course he proposed to pursue with regard tO 10411.9 isauable by the Exchequer Loan Cora missioners, Act 27 George 111., chapter 24 ; also, whether any portion of the 633,0001. which, by a return from these commissioners, appears to be the amount of interest on, and repayment of loans estimated as likely to accrue in 1852, will be applied to the liqui dation of the public debt in the event of a diminution or cessation of such loans. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, with regard to the application of the 633,0001. to repay ments to the Exchequer Loan Fund, •that was al ready provided for by statute, and it would be carried forward in regular course. There was also a provision by statute for the issue of a certain sum of money not exceeding 75,0001. a quarter for the pur poses of the Exchequer Loan Fund. Upon an examina tion of the accounts, however, of the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, it had been found that the demands upon the fund this quarter would not require the repayment of the 75,0001., and therefore it had been stopped. With, regard to the general ques tion of what course Government proposed to take, with respect to the Exchequer Loan Fund, he had to state that information was now being collected to enable the house and the Government to judge of the expediency of discontinuing the system under which the commission was created. Hitherto the commission had been in the habit of making loans upon its own dis cretion, after a sufficient inquiry into the merits of the application submitted to it. The commission had like wise been used by Parliament as an organ for issuing money under compulsion, and the Treasury had used it for the same purpose either through the means of positive orders or by recommendations ; and, lastly, the commission had been in the habit of issuing money for special purposes, as provided by act of Parliament. Now, what he bad desired to be done was this, that all transactions under each of those heads should be care fullyseparated one from the other, and a balance-sheet pre pared for each, showing what the Exchequer Loan Commissioners had done whether as the organ of Parlia ment, whether as the servants of the treasuiry, or whether upon their own discretion, or in any other capacity. When Government obtained these returns, they would be in possession of the exact results of all the tranaactions of the commissioners, . and then they wrsuld be in a position to form a judgment as 'r•,o whether it was expedient that the system of making loans by the Exchequer Loans Commission should or should not be continues. THE KAFFIR WAR. In reply to Mr. ADDERLEY, Mr. F. PEEL said, by the dispatch which had been received from General Cathcart by the last mail, it appeared that in Dec. last the general carried his army into the Orange territory for the purpose of inforcing payment of a fine which had been imposed upon the chief Moshesh. A battle ensued, which terminated in favour of her Ma jesty's forces ; and General Cathcart had returned to Graham's Town in the firm conviction that hostilities in the Orange territories were entirely at an end. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for Frome, in the room of Lieut.-Col. Boyle, whose election had been declared void. THE FACTORY ACT. Lord J. MANNERS presented a petition from Tod sporden, complaining of the evasion of the Factory Act by certain master manufacturers. The noble lord in quired if it was the intention of the Government to take any steps for the pre vening of such evasions for the future? Lord PALMERSTON said of course it would be the duty of the Government to employ the power and au thority vested in them to see that the law was enforced and obeyed, and if it appeared that there were difficul ties to prevent the proper execution of the law, it would then be for the Government to consider what were the measures that ought to be taken to remedy that defect. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1853. THE SIX-MILE-BRIDGE AFFRAY. Lord A. VANE wished to ask the Attorney-General, whether the exposition of the law with regard to the duty of soldiers in riots or emergencies, as set forth by Judge Perrin, in his charge to the grand jury of the county of Clare, on the subject of the Six-mile-bridge affair, is really the law, and whether it is in accordance with the opinions of her Majesty's legal advisers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in ans*er tos the question, said he had to state that it was the duty of the Attorney-General, and of those who belonged to his profession, to take the law from the judges, and not to dictate it to them. (A laugh.) But at all events, it would not be proper or courteous for him to review a judgment of the bench in that house. (Hear.) Lord A. VANE said, under those circumstances, he would give notice, that on the motion for going into supply, he should call the attention of the house to the circumstance of the charge of the judge, being at vari ance with the articles of war, and the terms of the Mutiny Act, and move a resolution to the effect that the soldiers who were engaged in the Six-mile bridge affray, were fully justified in what they did, and that they were to be commended for the disci pline and forbearance which they exhibited on that occa sion. (Hear, hear.) NORWICH ELECTION. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the circumstances under which the petitions against the return of the sitting members for the city of Norwich have been withdrawn ; and that the petitions presented to this house upon the 24th day of February be referred to the said committee. Mr. WARNER said he had no objection to the ap pointment of the committee, but he thought it right to state that no compromise had ever been offered to him and that if it had, it would have been indignantly re jected REFORM IN THE ARMY. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. HUME compiainea that, in filling up the vacant colonelships in the army, the Government had not at tended to the recommendations of the committee of 1347, of giving those appointments as a reward to distinguished and experienced military officers, and not to persons who were not possessed of the requisite qualifications. He found that both Prince Albert and the Duke of Cam bridge had been appointed to colonelships, though neither of them had any claim on the military service of the country, and though they were both liberally en dowed by Parliament. The hon. member also called attention to the various other reforms suggested by the report of 3847, such as making the Secretary-at-War a Cabinet Minister, and placing him in a more responsible position, and dividing the civil and military duties of the ordnance among two distinct departments. The way in which the affairs of the army were controlled was extremely anomalous, and he thought that when 3,000,0001. was about to be voted away for its maintenance, the Govern ment ought to see whether some improvement could not be introduced. He hoped some member of the Govern ment would state whether it was their intention to carry out the recommendations of the committee he had alluded to. Mr. S. HERBERT said the question was so large a one, and required so much consideration, that he could not undertake to give any pledge as to what the inten tions of the Government were on this subject. Mr. E. ELLICE, as a member of the committee of 1847, bore testimony to the great reforms which they had succeeded in effecting in the army estimates, and said the result of their labours was to be seen in the faci lity with which they now passed through the house. He thought that if some responsible government and control over the military expenditure was not established, it would be vain to expect those reforms and retrench ments which the public demanded. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in al lusion to some observations made by Mr. Ellice with re pect 'to the army in the colonies said, he admitted that the principal hope of any reduction in the national ex penditure depended on the measures which would have to be taken with regard to our colorial policy, and he should be sorry if it were supposed that the Government felt any indifference on that subject. (Hear.) SUPPLY. The house then went into a committee of supply. . Mr. MONSELL rose for the purpose of submitting to the committee the ordnance estimates for the curren year. [LEFT SPEAKING.I ELECTION COMMITTEES-•THIS DAY. FROME. In this case the committee came to the following re. solution : " That no poll having been demanded on behalf of the petitioner, or having taken place, it is not necessary to proceed further with this inquiry." BRIDGNORTH. The learned counsel having concluded their arguments, the committee came to the following resolution : " That the application is rejected on the 89th section— that is, to declare the petition frivolous and vexatious; but the committee give expenses in all the alleged cases of bribery on the list with the exception of Dukes, Head, Joseph Evans, and Hughes." A statement having been made by Mr. Whately in the course of his address that an attempt had been made by Mr. Cadogan to compromise, Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Cadogan were examined by the committee. Mr. Whitmore stated that on Monday night last he was accosted in the lobby of the house by Mr. Cadogan, who introduced to him an hon. member whom he did not know, and had never seen before. The hon. member told him that he had a proposition to make to him on behalf of Mr. Cadogan ; it was to the effect that if he, Mr. Whitmore, would undertake that at the next vacancy for Bridgnorth the Whitmore interest should not be used against Mr. Cadogan, or any of bis party, he Cadogan) would withdraw the petition against Mr. Whitmore. He (Mr. Whitmore) refused to accede to this 'proposal. m Mr. rnalong.etrneCrenaclif with stated that he had desired the hon. question of B t to endeavour to come to some ar rangement whichre, with th regard to the representation 'Conservativeand a a Liberal party, but h e h a d never authorised any proposal se t s for to t b h e e future would b e h e l d by a made to withd raw the petition against Mr. Whitmore . The room was th en cleared, but the comm . ittee did no . t come to any resolution on the subject. The proceedings then terminated. the resolutions reported i n our first edition, t e io c n a o s ni to mittee also came to the following, resolu tion proved that Henry Tayl or was bribed with In aa addition it w the : "That the payment of 301. " That extensive and systematic treating, togethe r other corrupt an d ille g al practices, prevailed at the last with ea r to election for the sa id borough. " That violent and tumultuous proceedings a have taken place at the said election ; and that hired bands of men, armed with sticks and bludg eons, were intro s and duced into the said town for purposes of undue infl intimidation." Mr. Sergeant Wraugham applied tohave the opposition to the petition declared frivolous and vexatious; but the chairman said there was no chance of the committee acceding. The learned counsel then withdrew the appli cation, and the proceedings terminated. CAMBRIDGE. The examination of witnesses was continued all day. The last witness examined was— _ _ John Lee, who said—l am a tailor at Cambridge. I was canvassed for my vote at the last election by both parties, but I would not promise. On the nomination day, I met a man named Peake, who is a broker in Cambridge, who told me that I might get 81. or 101. for my vote if I liked. I went with him to Macaulay's committee-room, where I saw Butler Berry. He told me there would be no " tin" to-night—(a laugh)—but I must vote in the morning, and then I should have it. Next morning I saw Peake, and he said that as Macau lay was going to win, they were not very particular about my vote, but they didn't mind giving me 21. for it. I said I wouldn't take it, but after some discussion he agreed to give me 8/. I went to the poll, and while I voted for Macaulay he put Ti. in the hands of my broker, because he said he was " dubersome "of me. (A. laugh.) After I had voted I took the 71. It was agreed I should take 1/. out in articles of furniture from Peake, who was in that way. I took a dressing table, and some chairs, and a glass, which, altogether came to 1/. Os. 6d. I paid him, and he gave me a receipt. The committee adjourned at 4 o'clock until to-morrow at 11. CHATHAM. This committee sat at 12 o'clock. Several witnesses were called on behalf of the sitting member to rebut the evidence of the petitioner, but no fact of any importance was brought forward. TERRIFIC STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE. (From the Liverpool Albion of this clay.) This town and neighbourhood were, on Saturday, vi sited by one of the most violent hurricanes which we have had for some time to record. Indications of an approaching storm were apparent for some hours pre vious to its breaking out, from the rapid manner in which the barometer fells the decline having been up wards of 11 in. in less than twelve hours. The wind, which during Friday night and the early part of Satur day morning had blown a moderate gale from the N.W., increased to a complete hurricane by half-past ten o'clock, and continued without intermission for about two hours. The rough state of the weather compelled all the ferry steamers, with the exception of the Woodside boats, which continued to ply at intervals, to cease running. Much inconvenience ensued in consequence, hundreds of people who crossed early, to attend the Liverpool mar kets, being unable to return to their homes. The Wood side boats were, on several occasions, upwards of an hour crossing, the average time, on ordinary occasions, being seven. minutes. The Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, which should have sailed for New York about noon, got under weigh, as usual, shortly before that time, and stood off and on, waiting the arrival of the mails, but was compelled to come to an anchor again, it being utterly impossible to embark the mails on board the tender at the pierhead, much less - to convey them to the Africa. She was, in consequence, detained until yesterday. The first serious accident on the river occurred to the smack John, of Chester, bound from Rhyl to this port, with a cargo of soda ash. The smack drifted from opposite the Waterloo Pierhead, and, in her progress up the river, ran foul of the steamer Prince of Wales, lying at the south end of the Prince's Pierhead, and lost mast, part of bul warks, &c., besides sustaining other damage. After getting clear of the steamer, she drifted athwart the moorings of the Landing-stage, and for some short time stuck fast on the chains. The men on board, at this juncture, endeavoured to save their lives, but one was unfortunately drowned within a few yards of hundreds of people, who, however, could not render any assist ance. The Prince of Wales sustained considerable damage, not only from being run foul of by the smack, but from beating alongside the pierhead for some time. She was hauled into the George's Basin, and afterwards docked in the Prince's Dock. Most of the vessels at anchor in the river dragged their anchors, and many were in collison. The damage sustained from this cause is, we fear, considerable. The following were among the vessels that drifted : The Anna Rich, for Boston,,parted her cables, and got ashore on the Devil's Bank, near the Dingle, where she remained. She sustained such serious injury that it was considered prudent yesterday to commence dis charging her cargo. Last night we heard that she had broken in two. _ The screw-steamer City of Glasgow, which arrived early in the morning from Philadelphia, drove from her anchors about the change of tide, and, in endeavouring to make fast to a buoy in the Sloyne, got ashore to the south of Rock Ferry. She was, however, got off on the following morning's tide, without apparent damage, and docked. The American ship Atlas, for New Orleans, lost both anchors and cables, and was run aground at the mouth of George's Dock Basin. She was safely docked at high water, with only trifling damage. The American ships Cheshire and Rosetta, both for Boston, parted their cables, and ran ashore at Knott's Hole, where they remain. They will probably be got off after lightening. The packet-ship Constitution, from New York, was in contact with the Cheshire, and sustained considerable damage. The barque Mayie, for Singapore, was also in con tact in the river, and sustained a good deal of damage She has since been docked. As the tide began to ebb the violence of the storm seemed to abate a little, but not to a sufficient extent to permit the ferry steamers to commence running. The outer gates of the Sandon Dock were broken, about noon, by the violence of the waves. Fears are entertained for the safety of the vessels which left this port during the past few days, as the storm appears to have been general all along the Welsh coast. The only accounts at present to hand are those received through the semaphore telegraph. Five small vessels are reported ashore at Hoylake, but we have no account of their names, or whether the crews have been saved. A ship was also reported at anchor about seven miles to the westward of Holyhead, with all her masts gone, and a signal of distress flying from a flag-staff. One of the Holyhead Railway Company's boats pro ceeded to her assistance at seven o'clock yesterday morning, and succeeded in carrying her into Holyhead harbour. From accounts which we have received we believe her name to be the Gipsy, of and from this port from Charleston, with a cargo of cotton. The American ships Manhattan and Bengal, which left this port on Friday, both rode out the gale in the Channel in safety, and were reported off Holyhead, at ten a.m. yesterday, all well. - The Cornelia, which also sailed on Friday, was not so fortunate, and was compelled to return back, in doing which she got ashore in the Rock Channel, but did not sustain much damage. She has, however, been docked for examination. • About eleven o'clock in the morning a large board fell from a roof in the neighbourhood of the Albion office, and was brought into the passage in Brunswick-street. In the course of an hour half-a-dozen claimants, from establishments in the - vicinity, called to make an in spection : one said it was their shutter ; another, that it was their warehouse door ; and a third, that it had been -blown from their cistern. Five of them had suc cessively come and gone, being satisfied, after seeing the article, that it was not theirs ; when some person or persons unknown placed the question of identity at rest by walking off with the board. The most fearful disaster during the storm occurred about midnight, to the barque Irene, Captain M`Donald, whilst in tow of a steamer for the purpose of being docked. She had lost her anchors and cables in the gale, and, whilst in tow, as above stated, caught on the edge of the bank off the Coburg Dock with her stern ; the tide swung her head round, and threw her on her broadside, and she shortly afterwards sank. The steam tug Powerful was proceeding to the Anna Rich about the time the Irene sank, and screams were heard. Al though the vessel could not be seen, Captain Edwards immediately ordered the steam-tug to be steered in the direction whence the cries proceeded, and the vessel was shortly afterwards descried. The boat was then got out, and a boatman, named Joseph Hayes, two seamen belonging to the Anna Rich, and one of the hands belonging to the Powerful, immediately jumped into her, and were towed close to the wreck, when they succeeded in picking up nine persons, one of whom was Messrs. Ironside's overlooker. He was in a state of insensibility when picked up. The crew is said to have consisted of 16 ; in addition to which there were two passengers, the pilot, and the overlooker on board 2 • so that the number unaccounted for is 11 , among whom is the captain, chief mate, pilot, and both passengers. Hayes' statement of the disaster is as fol lows :—" I was on board the steamer Powerful, going to the Anna Rich ;it was about half-past 12 o'clock. We saw nothing of the vessel, only heard violent screaming. Captain Edwards ordered the boat to be got out, and I and three others got into her. A long line was made fast to the boat and attached to the Powerful, and we were towed close to the wreck. We picked the men, nine in number, off the wreck ; they were all in a very exhausted state ; the overlooker was unable to stand. I saw three men drop off the wreck exhausted whilst we were picking the people off, and they were drowned. I saw a steamer, which I took for the Uncle Sam, lying about a quarter of a mile from the Irene. She was the steamer that had the Irene in tow previous to her strik ing. We took all those saved to the Southern Hospital." The bodies of one of the passengers and a seaman were picked up yesterday mornin g . The name of the passen ger is Richard Whitburn. lle had upwards of 161. on his person when picked up. We have not heard the other passenger's name, nor the names of any of the crew. The vessel lies on her broadside on the bank, fills with the tide, and is, apparently, a complet e wreck. She belongs to Messrs. Charles Ironside and Co., of this port, and was bound to Valparaiso, with a valuable cargo on board. Shortly after the Irene struck the gale moderated ; and 'at three p.m., yesterday, the wind was blowing a gentle breeze from the N.N.W. We have not heard of any damage being sustained in the town further than the blowing down of a few chim ney-pots, slates, &c. EXETER HALL. - The London Sacred Harmonic Society will perform Haydn's oratorio Creation, first time this season, on March 2, preceeded by Dr. Elvey's Cantata for the Birthday of Her Majesty, first performed I at Windsor Castle, May, 1850. The principal parts will be sung by Mrs. Sunderland, Miss C. Henderson, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. H. Phillips, assisted by the band and chorus, which will be on the usual extensive scale, conducted by Dr. Elvey and Mr. Surman, the founder of the Exeter Hall oratorios. their railway upon certain terms and conditions, and that it should be amalgamated with your railway, and that agreement was brought before the shareholders, as well as I remember, about this time last year, if not this very day last year. That was, in point of fact, a lease for 21 years, and with the intention and with the sanction of the gentlemen present, at least a great many of them, that Parliament should be applied to for leave to amal gamate the two completely, upon certain terns and con ditions. The solicitors of each company jointly applied to parliament for an act enabling the two companies to be amalgamated; and after certain animated discussions the act of Parliament was granted. It involved the guarantee of various canals, and interest on the money expended on the railway, and, in round numbers, it involved a guarantee of 75,0001, a year. The bill went through Parliament, and an attempt was made by the Midland Railway to get what are called running powers into the same coal field. As soon as I heard that they intended to make this application, I was so thoroughly convinced that it would render our amalgamation with the South Yorkshire dangerous, impolitic, and unwise, that I deter mined at all hazards, in case the committee of the House of Commons granted such powers to the Midland Corn pany, and notwithstanding the resolution which you had passed, I would insist upon the bill being with drawn, and that it should not become an act of Parlia ment. (Hear, hear.) This question of running powers was discussed for two days before the committee. I was examined ; and the committee came to the conclusion that they would not grant the 'tinning powers to the Midland Company. But they insisted upon a clause something like this :—" And whereas it will contribute to the public convenience that a free interchange of traf fic in passengers, goods, and minerals should be estab lished between the Great Northern and the Midland Railway Companies, at the junctions between the South Yorkshire Railway and the Midland Railway, and on the principle of a mileage rate, be it enacted, that in case the Midland Railway shall, by notice under their common seal, signify to the Great Northe'rn Railway Company their desire to adopt this provihion, then, so soon as the undertaking of the South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Company shall, by virtue of this act, have become vested in or be under the control of the Great Northern Railway Company, either by lease or amalgamation, or otherwise, the last-named Company and the Midland Railway Company shall make such mutual arrangements at the said junctions. between the ) South Yorkshire Railway and the Midland Railway, as shall provide for the proper conveyance of traffic in passengers, goods, and minerals, and of waggons and carriages along their respective lines, on the principle of a mileage rate, so as effectually to prevent any detention of such traffic, and to prevent any disproportionate charge thereon ; and in case the said companies, or either of them, shall fail to make such arrangements as aforesaid, the saw e shall be referred to arbitration, in the manner prescribed by the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845." After having succeeded in objecting to the Midland Company getting the direct running powers into the coal-field, this clause —at least, the substance of it—was drawn up by re spective parties advocating the bill. This was the clause in sisted upon by the committee on behalf of the public. What is the operation, it may be asked, of that clause ? I will tell you, not my interpretation, but that of others— that it practically gives to the Midland, and all rail ways connected with the Midland, for all prac tical purposes, as good an entrance into the South Yorkshire coal-field as the Great Northern would have. The question that comes across my mind is this, whether it was worth while with these conditions that the amal gamation should be carried on I Another clause was inserted in the bill. But before I make any comment upon the clause I am ready to admit that it was dis cussed at our board, and it was a clause insisted upon by the South Yorkshire directors. It is to this effect — that three trustees shall be elected by the shareholders of the South Yorkshire, who shall have 2001. a-year each, but which 2001. a-year each shall be paid out of the purse of the Great Northern. (Hear, and a laugh). I protested against the clause as long as I could, and I found that it was unavailing. I will at once admit I consented ;* I had no alternative. The question was, whether it was at all fair or necessary that we, the parties who were to pay a very handsome sum to them for the amalgamation, should be the parties to pay them 2001. a-year each for auditing what, in' point of fact, are their own accounts ? But notwithstanding this. I did not for get that there was a reservation in the bill which you may exercise, and that is that the amalgamation cannot take place without the consent of three-fifths of the shareholders of the Great Northern. If the bill had con tained twenty more objectionable clauses, I do not know that I should have objected to them ; because, after all, it is a permissive bill, and not a confirmation bill ; and leaving the option entirely in the hands of the share holders, they are at liberty at any moment they like to make use of it, if three-fifths of them choose to do it, with the concurrence of three-fifths of the shareholders of the South Yorkshire. The hon. gentleman then went at great length into the South Yorkshire question (speaking upon it for about an hour and a half), and concluded with a motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. PACKS seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. After a lengthened discussion the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 24 per cent. per annum having been declared, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. NEWMARKET. • The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at the London Tavern ; Mr. C. Fane in the chair. The report stated that the directors announced in their report of February, 1852, the opening of the railway to Cambridge, and in that of August following the passing of the act which enabled them to extend their Cambridge and Newmarket line to Bury St. Ed mund's. These measures were in accordaace with the policy they had advocated from the beginning, that of substituting an east and west line, connecting Ipswich and Cambridge, and the rich intervening districts, for the line from Chesterford to Thetford, thus placing the company in a position of' friendly co-operation with their powerful neighbours, the Eastern Counties Compady, in stead of one of competition and hostility. The general opinion of the district is that there will be a very remu nerative traffic over the new line, in which the directors fully concur. The works were commenced immediately after the bill passed, and are now in a forward state. The tunnel through Warren-hill, of 1,070 yards in length, is opened from end to end, and many parts of it are com pleted. The Barrow embankment, half way between Newmarket and Bury, is steadily advancing. The direc tors hope that the line will be opened by the end of October. The accounts as to the Cambridge branch, for the last half-year, show a balance (including 26 51. left in hand on the 4th of July) of 4,7051. to the credit of re venue, out of which the directors recommend that the same dividend as before, of ss. per share, amounting to 3,5001., be declared, which will leave a balance in hand of 1,2051. The traffic since the 7th of October, 1852, up to the end of January, 1853, has steadily increased over the corresponding period of the previous year ; and, if the rate of increase be maintained throughout the year, it will produce an increased revenue of nearly 2,0001., sufficient to add an additional half per cent. to the divi dend. The capital account to the 4th of January showed that 455,0321. had been received on account of the Newmarket Railway, and 446,7161. expended, leaving a balance of 8,3151. The receipts on account of the Bury Extension line up to the 31st of December last amounted to 77,3161., and the expenses to 50,6831., including 30,0001. expended on account of the act of Parliament, leaving a balance of 26,6331., The revenue account for the half year ending the 4th of January showed that 9,0061. had been received, including 2551. from the last account and 2,500/. contributed from the Eastern Counties Company; the working expenses amounted to 2,1711., and the de benture interest to 2,1301., leaving a balance of 4,7051. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, declar ing a dividend of ss. per share, free of income tax, re electing the retiring directors—Mr. E. Ball, M.P., and Captain Denny—and also the retiring auditor, Mr. A. K. Baker, and increasing the allowance to the auditors to 201. a-year each. A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting was held at Pres ton on Thursday; Mr. T. B. Addison, in the chair. The report and statement of accounts having been adopted without discussion, the following resolution was passed :--" That the declaration of forfeiture made by the directors, of 4,738 shares mentioned in the schedule hereafter written to the same, is hereby confirmed ; and that the said forfeited shares be sold or otherwise dis posed of, according to law, at the discretion of the di rectors for the time being." The usual toutine business having been gone through, the proceedings terminated. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—The 33d half yearly meeting of the proprietors in this undertaking was held on Friday at the White Lion Hotel, Bristol ; J. W. Buller, Esq., chairman of the company, in the chair. The usual preliminaries having been disposed d of, the secretary, J. B. Badham, Esq., havingt.ulraetaed the report of the directors, the chairman congratulated of the company, as shown upon the the meeting on the amount of the gross t the corn account, and on the improved prospects e h of opio of pany. He concluded by moving t seconded the the report. Mr. Brown, of Bridgwater, of 21 per cent. The chairman then proposed a dividend seconded the motion, and traffic half yearly-receipt made to divide more. advised that no attempt should be and Mr. Cornish seconded, Major Godfrey proposed, f m or ot t i h o e n, h a a n ff d -y a e f a te r r . sommre.dßisantuesssiontrelr rt was adopted. discus sion, the amendment was put___ Th other ordinary original motion was carri d ed the meeting broke up. reso lutions having been passe , IRE RAILWAY . — From the LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE to be submitted at the 33d half that the dividend be 24 per ceanet.d negatived, and eandtb e report of the directors, — t h d e e d Blackburn,u c t amount the receipts of the Sheffield, Barnsl e y, an d including I thirds of rec e ipt s a nd the company's proportion of the N or th the last Wakefield Inc, yearly general meetl hne g e , ein to p b an e y h d el e d ri 2 e d g March, h w al e f- l y e e a a r r n that the receipts of t, Crosby, and Southport lines, 11,916/ . and Liverpool, a nd Wyre line 18,7991. 19s id , t o t a l have 4w24o ri,. beenli working .4 1 6 : 2 1 dl , e 3. 41tar/da. dffil—se. t w 3 e t of l . - 469,224 1 . 11 s. 11d. The bal a nce of revenue f or the past half-year, applica ble to the p a y men t o f interest and divi rUBo efs e n . e i P o i vnre Preston n t o e f I le , dend, and other fi xed char g es, is 262,4011 . 9 s. id. It is recommended that a dividend at the rate of 31. per cent. per annum, less income tax be declared. . . IltscicnunN.—The directors report an in crease o f 5d.-45. above 101. per cent. in the receipts of the company for the half-year ending on the 31st December 1852, over the corresponding period in the previous year, the re spective amounts being as follows :—Traffic receipts for the half-year ending 31st December, 1852, 22,630/, ss. 9d. ; ditto for the half-year ending 31st December, 1851, 20,315/. Os. 7d. ; increase, 2,315/. ss. 2d. The dividend willbe after the_rate of V. per cent. per annum. or 10s. per share. RAILWAY" INTELLIGENCE. GREAT NORTHERN. The half-yearly meeting of proprietors was held on Saturday, Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. Mr. E. Denison, M.P., was in the chair. The Secretary having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, and the seal of the company having been affixed to the share-register, The CHAIRMAN said—The report having been in your hands nearly a week, I think we may assume, for your convenience, that it has been read, and I hope it has afforded you much satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) There- I fore, we will assume that it has been read. You will find by the published capital account that we have ex pended the enormous sum of 9,500,0001. ; and, accord ing to the best calculation that we are able to make, the whole money necessary to be expended for the comple tion of your line and all the works will be the addi tional 1,000,0001. which you permitted us to raise when I had last the honour of addressing you ; so that, in round numbers, your expenditure, as regards capital, will be 10,500,0001. If you will do me the favour to re fer to the account, you will find that of that 10,500,000/. not much more than half of it will appear debited literally to the construction of the works. Works, constructions, and so forth, stand at present at 5,285,000/. ; and, per haps, 200,0001. or 300,0001. wants adding to that. Now, on your behalf, and on behalf of the public, I sincerely lament that, although the construction of a railway should have cost 5,500,0001., in round numbers, yet that, never theless, all other expenses of every sort should have very nearly doubled that sum—parliamentary expenses, compensation for land. Interest certainly has been divided among you ; and, therefore, one has nu right to complain of that, because you have received a certain amount of that among yourselves. But it is a fact Which I think is worth observing, that although the line will have cost 10,500,0001., not above half that sum has been expended in the actual construction. The line, then, having cost altogether 10,500,0001., it is worth while to occupy one or two minutes in considering what you have got for your money. I believe lam cor rect in stating that you have got one of the best con structed lines in the kingdom, with a terminus in London at all events most convenient to the public, most advan tageous for all the , purposes of railway traffic, and although it wears a magnificent appearance, I believe, as compared with others, it will not be found to be a very costly construction. But the line itself, to which I am rather more disposed to call your attention than to the station, is a matter of serious importance to you — at all events, if not to you, to those who come after you, because it will be found, on examination, that from London. to Peterborough, which is 76 miles, the line is so constructed that, with very little additional expense, as compared with other lines, two additional lines may be laid down, so that it would be a railway constructed to carry four lines. The embankments are already formed for four lines ; the bridges are three-arched bridges, so that an additional line would run through each of the side arches ; and, in point of fact, with the exception of the tunnels, in respect of which there would be little difficulty, in case two lines should be laid down, you would be able to have four lines laid down between Peterborough and London at an infinitely smaller expense than the same thing could be done for any line that has its terminus in London. I wish to be as correct as I possibly can, as it is my duty to be. I have asked Sir Wm. Cubitt, and he says there will be no difficulty whatever, either with respect to tunnelEr or bridges, in laying down two addi tional lines ; that the embankments are all wide enough for that, and the land has been bought. Now, Ido not presume to say that, in the year after next, the gen eral manager will want the use of four lines, but I am thoroughly convinced - that, in less than 17 years from this time, the traffic of the Great Northern into Lon don will be such that four lines will be required. (Hear.) Then, so much for the capital, which again, I sincerely lament, is unavoidably so large. Then comes the ques tion of the chance of repayment in the shape of interest for the money you have laid out. The earnings of the railway have been progressing in this wise, that where as, in the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1851, we had 241 miles at work, which earned 315,0001. ; that was equal to 51/. per mile per week. Now, that was autumn of the Exhibition traffic, and was, of course, an exceptional case to almost all others; and I admit that, when I looked at the figures, I was apprehensive that from that time the aver age weekly mileage would very seriously decrease; and so it has decreased, as it did decrease on almost all other lines in the kingdom that had their termini in London. Although we have had 283 miles at work for the last half-year, ending 31st December, the average mileage stands at 50/. per mile. So that it is, in point of fact, shutting out the question of the Exhibition, making a reasonable deduction from that, though we have added 60 miles to the mileage, as compared with the preceding half-year, the mileage is, in point of fact, better, and it stands for the average of the last half-year at 501. per mile per week. I believe 361,0001. was earned in the half-year ; twice 361,0001. would produce a larger sum of money, as earned already, than was calculated would be earned when the plans were before the Parliamentary committee. But lam equally ready to admit that the expenditure has far exceeded the estimate ; but it is sa tisfactory to find, at all events, the calculations with re spect to the receipt of traffic were not over-stated. Then, with respect to the working expenses, they have receded from 50 per cent. to 44 per cent., I think, and there is every reason to believe that they will gradually decrease. When we proposed that we should have the privilege.of raising a million of capital, with the usual borrowing powers, it was suggested by a very intelli gent and active shareholder, that it should be cut down to 750,0001., with the usual borrowing powers ; and that was proposed by Mr. Hughes, in perfect good feel ing beyond all doubt, and it was seconded by Mr. Waters. Ido not mention that from any ill-feeling to that gentleman. Mr. HUGHES—Recollect you have 60,0001. more than you told us then. The CHAIRMAN—I only mention it now in order to show that I think I acceded to his request and to his suggestion perhaps more readily than prudence or con sideration would have warranted me in doing. Now I will tell Mr. Hughes why I think it probable—l will not deceive the shareholders—that the whole of the money which we shall be able to raise under that new loan will be expended. But, now, look here : supposing the general manager, in the course of next year, should come to the directors, and say, "I must have 1,000 waggons more"—he has intimated that already— " I am quite certain" (says the general manager) " that your traffic will develop itself in such a way that, with your present rolling stock, I cannot work the traffic." Sup posing that should be the case, and we had not the money, what would be the consequence ? I should say, if you had not the money ? Of course I must make that statement, or my successor must make the statement to you. You cannot grant the additional sum of money without our going to Parliament. Ido not mean to say you can remedy it now ; I only mean to say how necessary it is to be cautious. I think it will be desir able for you, the proprietors—not for us, the directors, but for you—to have a margin on,which you can fall back. But, as it stands at present, if we are driven to the necessity of using the whole of the powers which we have under Parliament, then you cannot assist us with out going to Parliament again. Mr. BEwicx—Mr. Chairman, allow me to ask Mr. Seymour Clarke if we have sufficient waggons now for our present traffic, taking for granted that we have a small increase. Mr. SEYMOUR CLA.RKE—I think we have not suffi cient plant to develop the traffic in the way the circum stances of the line require it. A SHAREHOLDER—I hope you will want more waggons. The CHAIRMAN—My friend says, "I hope you want more waggons ;" and so do I. But if we have not the money with which to procure the waggons, and we state that to you, you might let the half-year go over. You will bear in mind that we cannot borrow more money than we have got power, by act of Parliament, to bor row. The Secretary reminds me that I have not said anything upon rather an important subject, which is the dividend. After all, we are enabled to declare that we can pay a dividend of 21 per cent. upon the original unprotected stock, and that we shall recommend to you to adopt. I take this opportunity of observing, that if we can pay a dividend of 21 per cent. upon the unpro tected stook, which stands at only 4,800,0001., and which is not one-half of the general expenditure, and that we have, before we made that dividend, paid all our liabilities—that is, interest on capital, on preferen tial shares, on mortgages, and so forth, at 5 per cent. — I think, considering that we have paid 5 per cent. upon a perpetual preferential capital, consisting of about 2,000,0001., and also on 2,500,0001. of borrowed capital, averaging altogether, perhaps, 44 per cent., I think you must admit that the line has, in its earnings, done won derfully well. This brings me back to a p6int which I meant to hare commented on, and it is this : that as a great deal of thi s mone y-750,000/., on redeemable pre ference capital, and 2,500,000/. at 5 per cent., 41 per cent., and so forth—may be paid off at a reduction of in terest, I am not without hope that the reduction of inte rest altogether may, in the course of a year or two, amount to such a sum of money that, although we shall have to pay the interest upon the new 1,000,0001., still that the an nua l d ea d w eight will not be much arger than it is. The calculation I will read :—" The interest payable by the company at present, on the redeemable preference capital, and on the mortgage debt of the com pany, is annually 156,0001. If the redeemable preference capital he redeemed, and re-issued with all the mortgages at 3/ per cent., the charge per annum would be 110,875/. ; that would be an annual saving of 36,0001. a year." Another matter, and a very important one, is with re spect to the Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway. We have made arrangements with them for working their traffic. At present the line between Leeds and Bradford is a very circuitous one, and is in the hands of the Midland Company, who, looking very properly, and closely, and sharply, to their own interests, do not send any more grist to our mill than they can , very well avoid ; and the consequence is, that we have had some difficulty in getting what we think is our fair share of the traffic from Bradford, which is ex ceedingly valuable, and parties in that neighbourhood i are actually making a line ; and we have made arrange : ments with them that we should work over that line into Bradford ; and I have no difficulty in saying that I think it would be exceedingly advantageous that we should make this arrangement; and they are going to Parliament for larger powers, so that they may extend the arrange ments with us. Mr. WATERS— No guarantee ? The CHAIRMAN —No. Mr. BEwica--How many miles shorter will the lino be than the Midland ! The CHAIRMAN—Theirs is 13 miles. This will be IP miles. It is a working agreement only. I now come to what is really a very painful subject, and that is the 19th paragraph in the report with respeet to the South Yorkshire Railway Company. We made an agreement with the South Yorkshire Company that we would take NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The Right Hon. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, held a levee at Whitehall on Saturday, and it was attended by the following officers : Captains.—H. E. Edgell, H. Litchfield, J. Fulford, Thomas S. Brock, J. B. Sullivan, W. F. Lapidge, E. G. Fanshawe, W. Sandon, A. Farquhar, W. Peel, and R. Smart. Commanders.—W. Boys, L. D. J. Prevost, Thomas Heard, Charles Hall, J. W. Finch, E. H. Beauchamp, T. P. Egerton, R. A. Powell, Edward A. Inglefield, J. H. Lysaght, and Henry Coryton. Lieutenants.—T. C. Ross, R. Jenkins, E. W. Tur nour, A. M. Noad, G. Raymond, and F. Crawford. Rear-Admiral Sir .Charles Napier was at the Admi ralty Saturday, and had an interview with Sir James Graham, the First Lord. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 27. A gale of wind from W.S.W. set in here shortly be fore 10 o'clock yesterday morning, which blew very heavily till towards the evening, when it shifted to W.N.W., and gradually died away. The men-of-war at Spithead sent topgallantmasts on deck, and several merchant craft put into the roads for shelter. The London, 90, and the Cruiser, 14, being the only ships ataunt in harbour, sent their topgallantmasts on deck ; and at 12.30 p.m. signal was made to them from the Victory to strike topmasts. As a barge, the Patch, be longing to a contractor of this place, was coming from Hurst Castle to the port, one of the men on board, named James Welch, was washed or knocked overboard by the boom, off Cowes, and drowned. About 4 o'clock this afternoon a waterman's boat, containing three men, was capsized in this harbour, but the men were all saved. Among the vessels which put in for shelter was the Dutch ship Europa, from London, bound to Batavia with passengers, chiefly ladies, proceeding to that island to join their husbands, who are planters, &c., there. The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-packet, Master Commander J. E. Petley, which left this,port on Tues day evening, with Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty ; Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne, G. C. 8., Inspector-General of For tifications ; Captain Cator, R.N. ; and Milbalker, C.E., forming a board of inspection of the coast defences, ar rived at Alderney on the following day, and after inspecting the fortifications there proceeded on Wednes day to Gorey. After examining the works at St. Katherine's, they went into St. Helier's on Thursday to inspect the town fortifications. They were expected to return to this port yesterday, but the gale probably pre vented them. Her Majesty's ships Porcupine, Dasher, and Royal Charlotte were in attendance on them. The American line-of-packet ship American Congress, sailed from Spithead this afternoon for New York. The Basilisk, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton, having towed the Rattlesnake to a good offing, returned to Spithead yesterday. The Neptune, 120, Captain E. H. Scott, flag of Rear- Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., Superintendent of this dock yard, was removed from her moorings off this dock yard this morning, and taken up off Hardway, on the opposite shore, where it is said she is to remain. The Agamemnon, screw guard-ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., has taken her place. The orders for docking the Illustrious, 72, yesterday, were countermanded, PLYMOUTH, FEE. 27. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Desperate, Captain W. W. Chambers, which sailed on Thursday with beds, bedding, &c., for the hospital at Queenstown, put back on Friday night from stress of weather, having incurred damages, and carried away her deadlights in a strong northerly wind, when crossing the Bristol Channel. In this gale, it is said that the weight of her 10-inch gun, which she carries aft, sent her down by the stern, and created considerable fears for her safety. The American merchant ship Caspian, belonging to Bath, United States, from Charlestown, with rice and cotton for Havre, beached in Torbay on the 9th inst., but, having been relieved of part of her cargo, sent on, was tugged off on Wednesday evening and brought back to Plymouth Sound on Friday. She is in charge of Mr. Fox, the American Consul, and will be repaired forth with. SHEERNESS, FBB. 26. The Espiegle, 12, Commander George Hancock.—First Lieutenant D'Arcy S. Preston (19th of June, 1848), and Mr. George W. Carter, mate (4th of June, 1852), have taken up their commissions and joined. The Espiegle will be out of the dockyard department on Monday next, and is ordered to be ready for sea on the 10th of March. A medical survey has been held at Melville Hospital on Mr. Thomas Huss, late master of this sloop, and he is invalided from her. He will remain in Melville Hospital for six weeks, for treatment there. A survey was also held on Mr. Shepherd, clerk of the Horatio, and he has been granted three months' sick leave. The Miranda, 14, screw steam-sloop.—The driving wheel and shaft have been taken out to make good a de fect found in the bearings. They together weigh about 12 tons. They were taken out by the shears, and placed on board the Dove, Veal master, and immediately the weather permits the caisson to be lifted the Dove will leave for Woolwich. _ The Amphion, 34, Capt. Charles G. E. Patey, remains in dock. An experiment has been made on board this frigate by trying a black bright varnish for covering guns, gun tackles, breechings, and carriages. It has been most severely tested on the upper deck swivel guns, and stands unimpaired by exposure to frost, snow, and even salt water. All that is required after the varnish has been put on is merely to wipe with a dry flannel, and a beautiful polish is restored. There is every pro bability of its being brought into general use in the navy. The Horatio, 24, screw steam-guard ship, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, has on board her full armament of ammunition, shells, shot, rockets, &c. Capt. Carnegie mustered the officers and crews of the ships in commis sion here yesterday, except the Waterloo and the Monarch. The Wildfire, paddle-wheel steam-tender to the Water loo, George Brockman second master in command, has left here for the river Thames, in consequence of infor mation that several deserters from the navy had entered on board some of the outward-bound ships from London. About 7001 b. of beef has recently been surveyed and condemned, which was sent here by the contractor for the use of her Majesty's navy. The Paymaster, in con quence thereof, made a demand on shore, and the same weight was purchased by him and sent on board. A quantity of vegetables in a putrid state were also con demned on survey at the same time. It is currently reported here that the screw-steam line-of-battle ship Royal George, of 120 guns, will be stationed at the entrance of the rivers Thames and Med way ; that she will have appointed to her for each gun, in addition to the let and 2d captains (seaman gunners), two marine artillery gunners and four marine artillery men ; there will then only be required from five to seven seamen for each—a number sufficient for all general duties aloft, either to bend, reef, or furl sails. CHATHAM, FEB. 26. The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., has now all her running rigging rove, and all her shot on board, and several of her gun car riages. She is to leave Chatham about the 21st of March. The crew has been very busy in getting on board all her spare spars, and they are all stowed away, and the ship ready to receive her boats. Forty-eight of the newly-raised men for service in this fine frigate are sent on board the Boscawen, 70, flag-ship of Captain Richards, C. 8., to acquire a knowledge of gun drill, and by the time the Imperieuse leaves Chatham they will' be well acquainted with their duty. Everything is going on cheerfully, and all pro mises to make her a happy ship. There are no deser tions or breakings of leave, and all appear satisfied, a rare occurrence in a newly-commissioned ship. Thi s gratifying result is attributed in a great measure to the excellent selection of her officers. WOOLWICH, FEB. 26, The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hyde Parker, had her steam up yesterday in the basin to try her engines, and, as they were reported to be in good work ing condition, she was taken out of the basin to-day, and will proceed down the river on Tuesday, March 1, for Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted. It is expected she will be sent to Naples to relieve one of the vessels on the Mediterranean station. The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Thomas L. Massie, serving on the East India station since April, 1849, is under orders to return to England on being relieved by the Spartan, 36, Captain Sir William Hoste, Bart., com missioned in June last for that purpose, and now on her voyage to the East Indies. A part of the crew of the Cleopatra will take the Malacca steam-sloop, built at Moulmein, to this country. The Board of Admiralty have promoted the following officers for their services in the war in Ava : Commander Charles F. A. Shadwell, her Majesty's ship Sphinx, to be captain. Lieutenant Rowley, Lambert (1848), appointed act ing commander to her Majesty's ship Fox, 42, by his father, Commodore Lambert, to be commander. Lieutenant John W. Doville to be commander ; Lieu tenant Henry S. Hillyar,-to be commander ; George W. Rice, flag-lieutenant, to be commander. Mates Hugh A. Hinde, Charles A. B. Pocock, and Robert C. Copland, to be lieutenants. Second Master Richard Stugess to be master. Assistant-surgeons Thomas Seccombe and Henry Slade to be surgeons. Assistant-surgeon John F. Johnson to be surgeon, when qualified. Boatswain John Campbell of the 3d class to be boat swain of the 2d class. Boatswain's Mate John Nixton to be boatswain when passed. The Winchester, 50, Captain G. Loch, was ordered to drop down the river from Rangoon, for the health of the crew. The boats of the ship were up the river under the command of the gallant Captain, and engaged in the operations under Commodore Lambert. Captain Loch expected to return to England on the arrival of Rear -Admiral Pellew with his flag-captain, but, as the appointment of a flag-captain was dispensed with by the Rear-Admiral, Captain Loch will remain in the Win chester. HORRIBLE CASH OF CHILD MIIRDER.—WhiIst some persons were clearing out the cellar of Mr. Lyon Barnard, rag merchant, in Gibson-street, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, they discovered amongst the rubbish the body of a male child, which, to all appearance, had been de posited there for a period of at least two months. The body was taken to the dead-house, and upon being washed and inspected by a surgeon, one side of the child was found to have been terribly burned, as if it had been placed on a fire or hot ashes, but whether to destroy life or burn the body cannot at present be ascer tained. CO UN HADDINGTON, FEB. 25.—The followi of grain at our market to-day : First WHEAT. BARLEY. 53s Od 35s Gd Second 47s 9d 32s 11d Third 4os 6d I 29s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, barley „ 2; oats 21 beans PP PP .ng are i e prices OATS. SwF. 253 6d 40s 0,1 21s 8d 343 4d 19s 3d 31s 0.1 761 qrs., 637 sold 437 qrs., 392 sold 645 qrs., 460 sold 258 qrs., 228 sold INVERNESS.—FEB. 22. CORN., per weighin 621 b per bushel , 48s Od to 52s —Wh eat Od ; barley, ditto quarter, , 541 b ditto g , 28s Od to 30s Od; Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 20s Od to 21s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll. 16s 8,1 to Os Od ; ditto accord, 15s 6d to Os Od; barleymeal, lls 6d to Os °c l ; peasemeal, 158 Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7d to Os Od ; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 40s Od to 42s Od ; 2d ditto, 305 Od to 32s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial, is t to Os Oct ; ditto second, is 6d to Os Od ; barleymeal ls `s l - 1 to Os Od ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os Od; Ist flour, 2s 9d cash, 3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 71:1 credit. PROVISIONS.—Potoes, per stone, 6d to Od ; Boot per lb, 44 to 7d ; veal, ditto, 4d to 5d ; mutton, ditto, 4 ,1 to 6d ; pork, ditto, 3d to 4d ; fowls, each, 10d to 12 chickens, per pair, 10d to 12d ; ducks, each, lid to 16 d'' eggs per dozen, 7d to 8d ; butter, fresh, per lb., 9d to 1 0 a ; ' ditto, salt, per lb., 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to , ; four-pound loaf, nt), 7d to 70 ; ditto, second, scl to 6d; coals, per cwt., 9d to Od; hay, per stone, 8d to 10d- CORK-FEB. 25. Brls. Currency. 10 White wheat 25s 9d to Oos Od Os Od-20 stone. 35 Redwheat 22s Od to 25s 0.1 Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 do. -- Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 99 Borley l4s 4d to 14s 8d Ditto 06s Od to 00s Od 14s 6d--1 G do. Ditto OOs Od to Oos Od 2 Bere l2s 10d to 00s Od Os 011 177 Oats 184 Ditto 9s 10d to 10s 2cl 10s id do. 255 Ditto 10s 11 to lls ld 31 Pigs 43s Od to 44s Od 43s 3d per cwt. Quantity sold at the highest prices : il 00 barrels white wheat ; 10 red ; 4 barley ; 0 here ; oats ; 4 pigs. - Qunntity of grain and number of pigs sold last week :-", s, Wheat, 767. Barley, 1,337. Bere, 0. Oats, B, l v Pigs, 396. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRRNCY. First quality Second quality Third quality BBs Third quality ............... ",!• Fourth quality Fifth quality , 76s Fifth quality ............... oi i Sixth quality sBs Sixth quality ............... Return of cattle sold for week ending Feb. 19 : Pig!, 796. Sheep, 239. Cows, 142. CORR.—Flour- First, 15s Od to 16s Od ; extra, 17 6 0 1 ; seconds, 14s Od to 15s Od ; households, 11. to 13s Od ; Olio" 8s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to 8 3 6 ' l : oatmei, lOs 6d to llsOd ; wheat meal, lOs 6d to lls per c 8 1,,, Indian corn, 71 15s Od to 81 2s 6d per ton. Bran, 41 1 28 7 to 4/ 155 Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 19s Od to 35s Od; nvo rag- ' 28s; dealers, 325 Od to 45 , 10 d ; ave-age, Os per ton. Stra w to Farmers, 14s Od to 23s Od ; average, 28s ; dealers, 32s Ue l , 00s Od ; average , Os. per ton. Bread—Wbeaten loaf, 7°, Od ; household ditto, al to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 9 a_ lid per lb. Eggs, 55 6d to 5s 7d p er hundred. Meat ' -b,l O 41d to 8d ; mutton, sid to bid ; veal, 4id to 6 1 d ; pork, 5 ' d. ; bacon, 7d to iid ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Nevrfoon 0t land, 111. Os to Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 28s to 00 Red, do., 30s per b r l.—P o t a t oes , white, 9d to 10d; n kO, lid to 12d.—Coals, N ew p or t, 22 s ; Lydney, 22s ; Col lll ' Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial ga110n,:..11 Hides, market, 25s to 325; Salted, 26s to 32s per cwt. skins, 34d per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. per toll' - r Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—Hemp, 381. to 42/. ~ o n—Timber, Memel, 31. 105; red pire, 31. lOs ; yollo vr 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 161. to 181. per hundred.—Bark , Si. to 81. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 465 to 47s per owt.—ltr - o ' 71.103 to 01. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.—O - ' Peruvian, 101. lOs to W. per ton. RAILWAY SHA RE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGB.—The market for shares has b ee/1 . flat to-day, and pri ces are a s h a d e l ower . The follovauP are the quotations :—Eastern Counties, 13 3-16 ; cashire and Yorkshire, 77i ; Midland, 76} ; South FAS' and Dover, 23k. MANCHESTER, FEB. 26. via, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market, has been very iann and only three sales were reported. Leeds, 778 ; S outh Eastern, 231 ; Sheffield, (No. 1, 8. LEEDS, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The unsatisfactory news fret Turkey—this being the last day for the present accounv"; and other causes have operated in checking business o to 'Change, buyers and sellers being alike indisposed operate ; though on the whole the market manifests 0 downward tendency in prices. A few private t r ansacti on after 'Change hours were done at about former rates. BIRMINGHAM, FRB. 26. dol e STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was very little business 0 in railway shares in this market to-day, there being in "Ti, fact scarcely any stock offering. London an d Norw Westerns closed (buyers) at 118 A ex d. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the Geier Post-0 111 ' s by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what W pen COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port ,Ine itt Office, London. Dispatched. Eng lo America(byßrit.pack)N,Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each America (by United Sts.l packet) ..........N Feb. 24 ...... Liverpool ... Feb. 2i America (by U States packet) ..........N March 4 .... Southampton Fe b ' 26 Australia (via South -4 ampton) .......... M 4th of March .... Southampton ••P 1 . Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March" .... Dover AP Ditto Ditto (via Cape of t;oodl Hope) .. 57 1 22 d of February .. Plymouth .. )(st Africa (West Coast) ..Nl23rd of the month. Plymouth .. Feb . z . t o Alexandria.......... NI, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ~...• 4 Alexandria .. ....M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Mon — t ooll' Bahamas 011 16 Belgium N I • • 0 Dever .... __,,,h Brazil Buenos Ayres . 3E9th of the month.. Southampton 51 11 16 Cape of Good flope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .• Cape of Good Hope ..N 2n4 of Apri1...... Plymouth .• law; q 6 Cape de Verde ......N 14th of th e m on th Ply mou th •• e". Ceylon (see India) Feb 96 Ceylon • • .....N 14th o f th e mon th Pl ymou th .. Channel Isles M 2d & 17th of month Southampton lib. China (see India) Constantinople N 7,8,17,21,&27 of m Dover .. ••- tr e_r b. ejt96 A Constantinople 4th ik 20th of mon. Southampton Ai !• e diti :ont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover .... • • Egypt (see India) Twiceolll t ,61 France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover .... •• Gibraltar ...... ..M 4,7, 17,20, 27 Um. Southampton • Greece (see India) alg b Lt. Greytown AI 2nd & 17th of mon. gontbampto ll Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London Havannah ........ AI 2nd of the month Southampton olooit-otr Holland Honduras ...... AI 17th of the month : Southampton "„. 20 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th o f mon . S ou th am pton t,e 0 " 1 0 1 India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th if month Dover ...• •• lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ...... —2l & N Twice daily Holyhead •• • - 1 .10.6 Llibon • • • • .... M 7,9, 17, & 27 o f m. S out h am pton .Ar I, Madeira ...... • • ....M 9th o f th e mont h Southanapton, ] ti - e u 1 ' Madeira ...... • ..... N 23rd of the month Plymouth • • Malta (see India) b Malta Ma Mau uriritius (see India) I h • 1 6 le-• „no. , tius ••..N 14th of the month Plymouth • • t of Mexico 2nd of the month.. Southamptol at ch 9 N aples . N sthl6th thof mon. ,Dover .•1 0 ,112, New Granada • .. ....M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Zl n ceri," New Zealand.— By private ship .. Various port-m ar ch Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...• • • ,01/ 6 " Peninsula —ll4 " thl7th27tholmon. Southampton , Peru _ .... 2(1 & 17th of mon. Southamptonl;;;26. Port Natal _N 14th of the month elymoutk ••och, Sicily ............N sthlsth2stholmon, Dover .. •• •• ;l soon Tuscany .......... „N Athisth2sthofmon. Dover .• • • • • .. ti rcl l Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of month Southampton w: Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .. .. West Indies ........ 2d & 17th of month Soutbampta,reb' l6 , 0 bl IRISH EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. -- The 1.71 ;e1 4 Evening Post says, "We have learned that a 111°V ; D-0 0 towards Australia has commenced in right earee s ," tlie Ireland, not, as will readily be understood, fOwning peasanf and labouring classes, but from the shePltoe and mercantile communities in the country, as Ile A as the better class of farmers." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Earl of .Aldborougli...:ce' Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by th i s . i iill lows medicine, after eve other means had fa" e. extract from his lordship 's letter, dated "1/1113 vf Si r Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor liollowaYe•ted o —I beg to acquaint you that your pills have eff, e a gate cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, whic% r the most eminent of the faculty at home and all oc her tbe noe l) ei re is o• Continent had not been able to effect—nay , waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Sig n „ n y BOROUGH." These wonderful pills will cur e iin - v ial C orders of the liver or stomach. Sold (also 1 1° " - 0 4, ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishreent,oo. Strand, London, and by all medicine vendors thr out the world. BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., at Toronto, SON Canada West , the wi fe 0, Lieutenant Wilkinson, Royal Engineers. its, tho On the 23d inst., at the Manor-house, Solt, wife of John Neeld, Esq., M.P. OF A DAUGHTER. • On the 25th inst., at Notting-hill-squar e, Mrs. Dent. MARRIED. m d, On the 7th ult., at Gildeskaal, province of the Norway, Spencer Charrington, Esq yOUngeSt B°ll . 10 ° late Nicholas Charrington, Esq Mile-end, "t° Charlotte Pauline, only daughter ' of the late B ev' Calmeyer, provost of Hammerfest. ding te ift' On the 24th inst. , at St. James's-church, -I'd Captain B. J. Knight, youngest son of the late _boot Esq., of Godmer s h am -p a rk, Kent, an d Chati t l 04 4 Hants, to Margaret, eldest daughter of C. rear s° ' of Gloucester-square, Hyde-par k. W On the 24th•inst., from DIED an accident on the Grescit ifteoept: ern Railway, J. Gibbs, Esq., o f Clifton-par, " aged 62. r / 3°lt ' °°' On the 22d inst., at Greenthorn, Edgworth, n e9 '.„ en t. A. Orrell, Esq., late Lieutenant in the 34th itr,brhim" On the 23d inst., Sydney Norris, Esq. , of of the firm of Nor ris and Sykes, North,Huddersfield Du On the 21st inst inst at 3, Portland -street eld est lin, Major Ninian Craw " ford, aged 80. On the 22d inst., at Waddon Croydoen, Gorge' surviving son of G. Chasemore, 24- LONDON : Printed an' Published by MIJRPO , of No. 112, Strard., dprinter, %t The Sun Office, 0, ,if Strand , in a° Precinct of the Se.v.2v. in the NU" Middlesex, Monday, F ebriuu9 28, 1861 ET$.