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

THE FRENCH E 11PIRE. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday in due course. The civil marriage of the Emperor will be cele brated on the 29th instant, at the Tuileries. At eight o'clock in the evening the Grand Master of the Ceremonies, assisted by a master, will proceed with two carriages to the residence of the Imperial bride. The first carriage will be occupied by two ladies of honour and by the Master of the Cere monies, and the second will receive the Imperial bride, her Excellency the Countess de Montijo, Duchess de Penaranda ; the Marquis de Valde gamas, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy-Extra ordinary of the Queen of Spain ; and the Grand Master of the Ceremonies. The cortege will enter by the gate of the pavilion of Flora. The Imperial bride will be received at the foot of the staircase of the pavilion by the grand chamberlain, the grand equerry, two chamberlains, and the orderly officers on duty, and conducted to the family salon, where the Emperor will await her coming. At the en trance of the first salon, their Imperial Highnesses Prince Napoleon and the Princess Mathilde will receive the Imperial bride, and the party will pro ceed towards the family salon. The Emperor will have near him his Imperial Highness Prince Je rome Napoleon, and such others of his family as his Majesty shall have appointed. Around the Emperor will stand the cardinals, the marshals and admirals, the ministers, the grand-officers and officers of his household, and the ambassadors and ministers plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty now in Paris. The grand master will receive the orders of the Em peror, and the cortege will proceed to the Salle des Marechaux, where the ceremony of the civil mar riage will be accomplished. The persons invited by his Majesty will have been placed by a master of the ceremonies aided by two assistants. At the end of the salle, next the garden, two similar chairs of state will have been placed on an estrade, one on the right for the Emperor, and the other on the left for the future Empress. At the foot of the estrade, on the left, will be placed a table, on which will lie the civil register of the family of the Em peror. On the entrance of his Majesty and of the future Empress, the ladies will rise and remain standing as well as the persons present, to the end of the ceremony. The Emperor being seated, the Grand Master of the Ceremonies will call on the Minister of State, exercising the functions of officer of the civil state, attributed to him . by Art. 8 of the Senatus-Consultum of the 25th of December last, and assisted by the President of the Council of State, appointed to that effect by his Majesty, to proceed before the chair of the Emperor. The Minister of State will receive the declarations of the Emperor and of her Excellency Mile. Eugenie de Montijo, Countes3 de Teba, and will declare them united in marriage. The President of the Council of State will present a pen to the Emperor, and next to the Empress. The aet will be signed by their Majesties, by her Excellency the Countess de Montijo, by the Minister of Spain, the princes and princesses accord ing to their rank, and by the witnesses appointed by his Majesty. After the ceremony the Empress will be conducted back to the Elysee with the cere monial observed for her coming. The Imperial cortege of the marriage will, on quitting the Tuileries, pass through the Triumphal Arch to the Place du Carrousel, and will afterwards proceed along the Quays du Louvre, di rEcole, de la Megisserie • and de Gevre • it will then cross the Pont Notre Dame, and will reach the Cathedral by the Quai Napoleon, the Rue d'Arcole, and the Place du Parvis Notre Dame. The decorations of the cathedral of Notre Dame for the marriage of the Emperor and Mlle. de Mon tijo are proceeding rapidly under the direction of MM. Viollet-Leduc and Lassus, the architects charged with the repairs of the church. The high altar, as already stated, is to be removed to the entrance of the choir, and behind it will be a gallery with ogives. A vast canopy in crimson velvet, surmounted by a gigantic eagle bearing an imperial crown will beplaced above it, and will be made to ex tend over the places to be occupied by their Maj esties. From the crown velvet draperies will extend to the pillars of the choir. The choir will not be occu pied, it having been determined to place the or chestra, which will be 500 strong, near the organ. In the branches of the Latin cross will be wood work similar to that of the gallery at the entrance of the choir, and there will also be recesses, painted skyblue, in which will be placed on one side statues of the kings of France, on the other the Arch bishops of the diocese of Paris. The pillars of the choir and the nave will be decorated with green velvet ornamented with golden bees, and with the initials and arms of their Majesties. The coat-of arms of the house of Montijo has twenty-five guar terings, and is ornamented with a cross with Con stantines motto, In hoc sign() vinces. Flags bear ing the arms and colours of the departments of Franco will be suspended in the choir, and the roofs, both of th e c h o i r an d th e nave, will be decked with banners and s t reamers o f all colours, so as to hide the nudity of the stone. Estrades will be erected in the cross to the right of the altar of the Senate and Diplomatic Body, to the left for the Legislative Body and the Council of State.. Estrades will also be placed on each side of the nave for the judges, the staffs of the army, and the prin cipal public functionaries. The middle of the nave will be left free for the passage of their Majesties and their households ; and they alone will enter by the g reat door. The galleries looking on the nave and choir will be occupied, and a portion of them will be specially set apart for the ladies of the court. The facade of the cathedral will be decorated with banners and escutcheons bearing the arms of the towns of France, with flags of all colours, with green draperies strewed with golden bees, and with wreaths of flowers. In front of the great door will be a vast portico in which the car riage of the Emperor can enter. This portico will be in the Gothic style, and will be elegantly decked with draperies ; and similar porticos will be placed in front of the other doors. From the arcades of the porticos will be suspended escutcheons bearing the initials L. (Louis) and E. (Eugenie). Above the porticos will be equestrian statues of the Em peror Charlemagne and the Emperor Napoleon I. In what is called the " Galerie des ibis," statues, similar to those destroyed sixty years ago, will be placed in the niches.. The balustrade of the " Ga lerie de la Vierge " will be decorated with gilt eagles, escutcheons, and crowns, united by wreaths of Rowers. In front of the great window will be a group representing the Virgin and two angels offering incense. The upper gallery will be deco rated with draperies of green and gold, and the ar cades in it with escutcheons, eagles, and flowers. The towers will be ornamented in the same way, and will be surmounted by sixteen gigantic eagles. Since the Duchess of Teba has resided at the Eiysee there is a military post there, as during the residence of the Emperor. ... The imperial household has at length been formed, but with great difficulty. The office of grande maitresse was proposed to several ladies of high rank, but all of them found some excuse for de clining the proffered honour ; and the Emperor has at length been obliged to make choice of a lady who could not well refuse, as her husband already occupies a place at court. The Duchess of Bassano is appointed grande maitresse of the household of the Empress. She is the wife of the Grand Master of the Ceremonies, who in that capacity has apart ments allotted to him in the palace. The Duchess of Bassano is to have a salary of 40,000 f. Four ladies of honour are appointed, with salaries of 12,000 f. each, namely, Maclaine de Pierre, Madame d'Essling, Madame Gustave de Montebello, and Madame de Serrey. General Tascher de la Page rio has been appointed grand maitre of the court. The witnesses who are to appear at the marriage on the part of the future Empress are the Duke d'Osuna and the Marquis de Bedmar, who are both grandees of Spain. The Archbishop of Paris will be assisted in the service at Notre Dame on Sunday next by two suf fragan prelates. The metropolitan chapter, the chapter of St. Denis, and deputations from the clergy of Paris will also be present at the ceremony of the marriage. The Bishop of Nancy, first chap lain to the Emperor, attended by his chaplains in ordinal,, .y will take his household. place among the imperial Da • The doors of the church of Notre me Will be closed at noon. The - Emperor will lean© bY th e the_ gland at half-past 12, and will enter tho moment 1 door, which will be only opened at willconi of his Majesty's arrival. The mass unio,e,ehat one o'clock. The munication rectaarstn article on the Emperor's com from the mos eautl i i i o g his marriage, which, coming mists, ought to e ritative organ of the Legal so Zl:raassand attention, if only for sake of seeing, may be discovered through necessarily-guardecl lan le, what are the.opinions and feelings of this p a g ila y " The high gravity of ptrheesens peeech delivered on Satur day, at the Tuileries, i n wi l l of th e. and the constituted' bodies, great dignitaries no one's notice. Under the' actual form have escaped with which of government, with the immense attributions which the State is invested, ea c h word which falls the chief of from that all powerful mouth, is destined in F fa ra e n t ce and in Europe to have incalculable effects-- th , it may contain the destinies of the country and of the world. The Emperor knows it ; and s ' t P eace sary to throw a glance over the career which he has is only neces already run, to see what importance he has justly attached to his speeches. All have bee n for him acts of eclat ; a ll h ave marked the different s . teps by whi c h he h as ascended to the highest rank on the eve of encircling his head with th A e n T d m w p e h r e i n a I hbande au , h e w i shed to give pledges of his poll both at ome an d a b road, he delivered the fa_mouseSYpeech at Bordeaux ' L'E mp i re, c ' est la paix. Now the circum stance is, if we may use the remark, more imposing still. The new Emperoeis about to contract a matrimonial alliance, and th'' atout of the . or.di f'lnary eonclitions FTr il b e c e f h ro e in de n e jn e e s idea . of expatiating on the union which the chief of the ,t ate is to contract. We have neither a right nor a desire to do so ; and every one will understand the motives which prevent us from making any comments on it. The marriage, how ever, of a crowned head is ab ove all a political event. If we could have forgotten th is fact, the communication of the Emperor to the constituted bodies, and the language of the ministerial journals, would have re minded us of it. The Journal de l'Empire, in fact, gives an account of royal alliances ; it goes back to Clovis and Clotilde, and follows the second and the third race. In this lesson of history it seeks for pre cedence or testimonies in favour of marriages de convers ance personelle,' and endeavours to prove that kings have never thought of strengthening their alliances abroad by. their union with sovereign families.' However contes table this thesis may be, there is another which the Pays cannot prevent itself from bringing to light, namely, that kings of the third race have constantly had in view to reconstitute the national territory, to possess it Without division, and to make it come within the natural limits which mountains, rivers, and sea trace out around it.' It thus renders homage to the perse vering work of that great House of France which, uniting its private interests with those of its people, or rather in yielding everything to the honour and power of the country, formed, province by province, that fine and glorious nation a l un ity o f w hi c h we are so p rou d. Think of what tire children of Hugh Capet were at first, and see what an i mmense di s t ance separa t e d th e D u k e de France, enclosed in some leagues of ground, and the very Christian Monarch, King of France and Navarre, marching at the head of Europe, and holding the first rank in the civilised world. This magnificent creation of monarchical France has been accompanied by the policy of alliances as much as by the force of arms, by skill in negociations, and by the majesty of the laws. From Louis VII., who first united G-uyenne, to Louis XII. and Francis I. annexing heroic Brittany ; from Charles VII. driving out the English to Louis XV. incorporating Lorraine and Alsace, and acquiring that Island of Corsica by a treaty, without which the Bonaparte family would never have been French—it is an uninterrupted suite of marriages or of conquests inspired by th e same sen ti men t o f p a t r i o ti c aggrandisement, and by the same idea of national power. Was it not the same noble ambition which caused the alliances with Scotland during the struggles with England, and with Spain' during the rivalry against the House of Austria ? Would it be possible to find a writer of ever so little intelligence—were he even the editor of the Pays —to dispute the influence which family policy secured to the House of Bourbon, sitting at the same time on the thrones of France, Spain, and Naples ? The new Empire departs from these old traditions, and it does so with the most resolute decision, and in the most striking terms. Its language is addressed to France and to Europe. We do not think we are wrong in saying that never since the 2d December, has any event of such importance taken place in governmental policy. The speech of the Tuileries is more than a manifesto—it is a complete programme. It is only necessary to reperuse it with attention to be convinced of this, and it com mands the most serious meditation." _ prevailed in Montenegro. Polish and Hungarian officers are said to be a the head of Turkish divi sions, " sufficiently experienced in war to conduct the troops of the Porte, and unscrupulous enough to fight against Christians." Ferik Pacha (says the writer) impudently exclaimed, " Grahowo belongs as little to the Montenegrins as Krivascie does to the Austrians." However that may be (argues the Ministerial organ), there can be only one opinion as to the duty of Austria to guard the sacred in violability of her territory; anal the sanguinary struggle now approaching cannot be viewed with indifference by Austria. " Irrespective of the re ligious question, Montenegro has enjoyed an actual independence for centuries—not indeed diploma tically recognised, but de facto undisputed by the Porte." The frontier relations with Montenegro have long been on a good footing, and the Austrian borders respected by the inhabitants of Czernagora (the Black Mountain), which is far from being the case with the Bosnians, whose Turkish population, some six years ago, made exactions of a nature that the Ban of Croatia was obliged to punish with the sword. But, in the eyes of the Austrian writer, the real ground of provocation is the religious cha racter assumed by the present insurrection. Every possible means is being taken to stir up the smoul dering flame of hatred against the Rajahs. "On the night of January 5 (the Greek Christmas), several shops in Mostar were set on fire by the Turks, and all the endeavours of the Christians to extinguish the flames were baffled by the Turkish soldiery, and a regular plunder ensued." TILE SHARE MARKETS. 100 8i 18} 100 100 all all all BRITISH RAILWAYS, RAILWAYS, Aberdeen 'Arabg. Nottng. Bost I & Eastn. 25 25 St. 50 'Bi all 100 all Closing Price this day. 100 100 100 29 - 30 6i - Birmg. Stour Valley Birkeuhd. limcsh. & Cheshire Juuct - 10] Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and, Passago . Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber dem Junction Do. New - 6d 21 - 22 3 -2 d 107 -- 109 65 -65 A 22. -- 23 171 -17 i 2 - 1 East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties...., Eastern Union, Class A. (lat• E. U. Sh.) Do do. , Do., B. and C East Lancashire . East & West Ind. Dk k Binning. Juno Edinburgh&Clasgow Edin. and Pee - ales Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow& S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock -- 9 4 4 - _ 53 121 - 13 all 111 100 Great Southern ' and Western (Ireland). Great Western...., Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds 9 - 10 71 - 74 - 75 55 - 60 75 - 77 d- *P 26 - 28 60 - 62 76 - 77 40 - 42 118 - 120 90 12w 80 4 d 2i d 16 114 Pll all all 50 40 25 25 liuviness done this day. 2919 C 5 l 17. k 5 i i 121 f 7a B 76 77 6/ 41 40 117 89 1 9 iifi 89 Tkineash.& Yorkshire ~ Do Fifths 78i 8/ 9i 80 !Do.; Wst. Riding Un 'Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt: London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths. Do. ;£lO Sh.M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lr dndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un 'Midland An Imperial decree declares thatitaldng into con sideration the high position of Prince Napoleon Joseph Bonaparte near the throne, and that he ought, as one of its firmest supports, to hold a high rank in the army, the Emperor authorises him to take the title and rank of, and wear the uniform of, a general of division. • M. Auber has been appointed Director of Music and Maitre de Chapelle of the Emperor. The Impartial of Boulogne states that the late heavy rains had caused several parts of the cliff to give way. The establishment of the Humane So ciety has been somewhat injured by one of the landslips. The Hotel de Pavilion has suffered more considerably, the kitchen and other outhouses having been completely buried beneath the masses of clay and earth which have fallen from the cliff. The sum, received at the Paris Savings' Bank during the past week was 804,499 f. from 6,440 depositors, of whom 1,063 are new, and the sums reimbursed 478,951 f. The money received during the same period for the Caisse de Retraite for the Aged amounted to 1,499,467 f. for 1,292 accounts, of which 876 are new. The mean temperature of the month of Decem ber in Paris was 8 degrees and one-tenth above zero. The highest temperature during that period was on the 14th, when the glass marked 13 de grees above zero, and the lowest was on the 2d and the 20th when it was 7-10ths of a degree above zero. The quantity of rain which fell in the court of the Observatory was 5 cent. 35, and on the ter race to the south 5 cent. 3. The Phare de la Manche announces that the solu tion of the question of the Transatlantic French packet station is approaching to a conclusion. The Government Commission has concluded its inqui ries. It has likewise heard the opinion of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris on a subject which so seriously interests the commerce of France. It is at present deliberating, and its opinion will be shortly pronounced. If that opinion be in accord with the highest naval authorities, there is no doubt but the port of Cherbourg will be the point selected for the departure and arrival of the packets. The Bourse was greatly crowded yesterday, but there was not much business transacted. A feeling of uneasiness appeared to prevail amongst the spe culators, which was increased by a statement that two Russian corps d'armee had been assembled in Poland. The Three per Cents. which opened at 79f. 45c., fell to 79f. 25c., they rose subsequently to 79f. 75c., and closed at 79f. 65c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 70c.; Orleans Railway shares, 992 f. 50e.; Rouen, 978 f. 75c.; Havre, 490 f.; Great Northern, 822 f. 50c.; Basle, 342 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 747 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 845 f.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 717 f. 50c.; Western of France, 670 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 555 f.; Caen. to Cherbourg, 600 f.; Dijon to Besancon, 512 f. 50c.; shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier (issued at 500 f.), 715 f. There was a rumour in Vienna on the 22d that the Ban Jellachich, at the head of eight battalions and artillery in proportion, has crossed the Turkish frontier, near Cattaro, but things have probably not yet gone so far. Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.Striftd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor 100 all 3i 100 50 St. 16 16 Norfolk Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British 6 all 5 17i all 51 2/ 4 2g 31 22 8i 55 100 100 100 100 North Devon, No. Do No . 2 Do., A Deferrad Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton (Scottish Central 13i 20 20 50 'Scotash Midland 1/.113 1 100 20 11i 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.&llereford Shrews Jy. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)._ Do. Halves do IDo. alwestry 'Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.' 100 all 100 5 100 all Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Valo of Neath • Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford . . York Newctl. &Beira% Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland 49i 95 63 69 2i dl 37 6 d 2a i d —4 d 8i 4 i P 50. 4 97 65 71 70 1 2 1 56 15/ 8 i f 105 i 121201 14 i 190 i 891 901 78 7 8/ 363 6 49/ 50 494 50 96 5 7 5 79i fi 6O 70 9 55h Gi PREFERENCE SHARES. 1105 0 14i i 112 13 12 12i 13i 20 20 all 100 all 100 Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. LeasingCompa:ts. Bedford anti Loudon & 131etchley....; N• West Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buclighamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. ' Olstr.dr Du. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw, Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Janch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd 'Northern ant Gt.Westn Do 'Do Do L. &N. W. ICaledon IGt.Nrthn. I.Gt.Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. & NMd Do Do l Eastern I Do Norfolk Do. L.& N. W & Midi& Stckton 6 Darlingt. Midland Closing Prices this day. 30 - 31 291 - 301 E. Count Do I Do L. &N.W. &Ln&Yk Do 30 - 31 29 - 30 108 - 110 53 - 54 149 - 151 32i 33i Gt Northn Lancash & Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 113 - 115 56i - 27 - 28 14 -14 i 25i - 26. 19 - - 20 23 - 25 3 - 34 Ifoi 1 - 166 64 - 66 Business this day. 152 - 154 152 - 154 •• - 1:11 31i -32 i 102 - 103 150 i x d iGtWestn 1021 i d SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 20th are devoid of interest. The Clamour Publico, the Diaria Es panol, the Nacion, and the Esperanger have been again seized. There has, however, been a great fluctuation and a further fall in the funds. The Three per Cents. went as low as 38k, but are said to have been done at 391- after the lose ; ditto Deferred, 21 9-16 ; Redeemable Debt, first class, 91 ; ditto, second ditto, 51 2 ; Coupon Certificates, 31. Exchange on London, 51 20. It is said that a serious conflict exists between the Government and the Bank. PIEDMONT. In its sitting on the 21st instant, the Senate of Turin passed the Slave Trade Suppression Bill. By this new law the cognizance of matters relating to the Slave-trade is intrusted to the Courts of Appeal instead of the Admiralty. MONTENEGRO. The intelligence from Montenegro is very con tradictory. Advices from Trieste of the 21st state that on the 12th the Turks occupied the Montene grin nahias of Reiska and Czernizza, and that on the 15th tjiey took Grahovo by assault, and were threatening Cettinje. On the other hand, it is re lated that the Voivode of Grahovo, on receiving orders from Omer Pacha to prepare lodgings for the troops, coolly answering them by attacking the Turks by surprise with 1,000 men on the territory of Baghani. It appears cer t a i n th a t a battle was fought on the 15th, b u t th e resu lt i s not known. Some say the Turks were repulsed, and were pre paring to recom mence th e a t tac k on th e 17th. Aletter to the following effect has appeared in the Austrian Ministerial Corresponde n t. - On the 11th (it says), four clin cr lar s ge steamers a belonging to the Turkish blockading day before an En Albanian coast, opposite -frigate The the mouth of the river Bojan, and remained there some hours, while the commander had a conference shqsutetahamerobn were seen off the with the Pacha of Scutari. t When this was over, the frigate returned writer, Corfu. According to this be surrounded by a Turk ishMontene will ° made at several differentaena army of 30,00(') points. t a s. co T n h ce e n e t e r m at m ed u a n t e tr e k f Banjani, Piva, Ztoeptainnii r e o g b e j w n i a n k a , , s t i h t a u t a w t e e d re in i n the e finrsortthin,bstealnoneeginingclined to erz take i v h art with the Montene grins declared for the Porte commune ussi aale o n f e G standsrah o - wo, with its Wojvod (devoted to R e true to Montenegro, although, for want of support, great dissatisfaction was beginning to manifest itself there. A telegraphic dispatch fr om T r i este, of yesterday's date, gives two different versions of the state of Matters at Grahowo. Aft er the Turks had penetrated through the passes of Reiska and Czernizza, they took Grahowo on the 13th by storm, and threatened Cettigne. The correspon dent of the Triester Zeitung, on the contrary, re ports from Montenegro that the Turkish army w as driven back by the enemy on the 15th. The attack was to be renewed on the 17th. The districts of Lubine, Kulassia, Zupanis, Ikka, Zubze, and Kruscenice, appertaining to the Herzogowina, had declared for Montenegro ; and the Wojvod of Grahowo had answered the commands of Omer Paella, to prepare quarters for the Turkish troops by assuming the offensive, at the head of a thou sand men, in the territory of Banjani. So far the telegraphic dispatch. The writer in the Austrian Correspondez makes out that four districts in Montenegro are not to be safely reckoned upon, as Turkish agents had succeeded in winning them over to the cause of the Sultan. The names of these districts are given, thoughwe cannot find them in the map. They are Piperi, MoracAa, Kuklsi, and a part of Bielopalewich. Great consternation PRUSSIA. The following is the amount of. the budget of ways and means of Prussia for the current year, according to the estimates of each department, laid before the Chamber by the Minister of Finance Rix dollars. 1. Finance department, including domains, woods, forests, salt monopoly, and all direct and indirect taxes, stamps, cus toms, and excise 2. Public works and commerce, including posts, steam - packets, telegraphs, rail ways, mines, salt manufactories, and sun dries 3. Ministry of Justice, sundry sources 4. Home department 5. Agricultural ditto 6. Ecclesiastical and educational ditto 7. War ditto 8. Foreign ditto (from consular fees) 17,619,000 7,588,000 600,000 936,960 77,000 238,000 6,000 99,569,000 . . The receipts for 1852 have exceeded the esti mates by 2,568,247 rig dollars, the surplus will be carried over to this year's account. THE MAIIRITITTS. The advices from Mauritius, via the Cape of Good Hope, come down to the 4th of December. The rates of exchange had been steady, with a ten dency upwards ; and latterly document bills had been negotiated at 3-} per cent. discount, the de mand for remittances having been fully equal to the supply. Bank post bills had been negotiated at li, and Cape Treasury at 2 per cent. discount. A fair business had been done in sugar, at prices ranging from 3 dols. 10c. to 5 dols. 50c., according to quality, and shipments, compared with last year, were increasing. The quantity dispatched up to the 3d of December, 1852, was 50,162,7471 b. against 44,662,7081 b. at the same period in 1851 ; 38,465,8391 b. in 1850, and 41,646,4061 b. in 1849. Tonnage having been scarce, 2/. 15s. to 21. 17s. 6d. had been paid to the United Kingdom. Several vessels, however, had arrived since the beginning of the month, and a slight decline was therefore anticipated. The question respecting the opening of the trade with Madagascar, was still pending, and the ports in consequence remained closed. An attempt, it is stated, was being made by the Cham ber of Commerce to raise 15,000 dots.—the sum required by the Hova Government for the conces sion of the privilege—and with some prospect of success. In the meantime, the few oxen in the market were being rapidly consumed, and a further improvement in the price of butchers' meat was shortly expected. Sheep were scarce and in de mand. Well selected horses would realise fair re turns, but there was no inquiry for mules, the crop being well advanced and the planters generally sup plied. Although the arrivals of rice had increased, quotations had not been much influenced. The current rate of Mooghy had been 2 dols. 80c. CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. Yesterday the gentlemen connected with the above named body met at their Chamber, at the Guildhall ; Deputy Peacock presided. After the minutes of the proceedings of the former week had been read, and allowed to have been correctly entered, the several reports of the inspectors of pave ments were received, and orders thereupon were made. Mr. Deputy LOTT, the late Chairman of the Law Bills' Committee, stated it to be the intention of the committee, after having thus respectfully communicated to the various committees their resolution, animadvert ing upon their large amount of fees, and the great num ber of counsel retai ne d, o f " disallowing such fees on taxation in future." This statement was received with an evident want of confidence by several of the members present. The inspectors' reports were received and approved of, after which several applications for drains, &c., were made and consented to, in compliance with the standing orders of the Court. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. Mr. LEE STEVENS, the successful inventor of the fan paddle wheel, referring to his models and drawings illus trating his invention, remarked that his proposition in this respect represented facts and not theories. By a peculiar arrangement at the far end of the furnace, he opposed a column of air of the high temperature of from 800 to 1,000 degrees to the gases evolved from the coal, which caused the entire combustion of the latter with out the formation of an y smo k e ; w hil s t b y an equa ll y pe culiar construction of revolving bars, with screw flanges or worms on their surfaces, at the near end, he supplied the furnace with fuel gradually and continuously, motion being given thereto by the engine itself, without ex posing the stoker to the intense heat of the furnace. To prove the utility of his invention, Mr. Stevens read testimonials to the Court, chiefly from Mr. William Batley, C.E., manufacturer of portable engines, Bridge street Works, Northampton, who, after many weeks use of it, said, "That the saving of coal, compared with the ordinary consumption, is twenty per cent., and that the smoke nuisance is entirely removed, no smoke being now visible from the top of the chimney in my factory ; whilst in the adjoining corn and oil mills, using the same description of coal in the ordinary furnaces, a large quantity of dense smoke is produced ;" and who con cluded by observing that "by this practical experience I have most satisfactorily proved the value of your invention, more especially in ocean navigation, where fuel becomes, from the cost of conveyance, so expensive. And I beg to state that I shall continue the use of your economising system for my own sake." Several questions were then asked of Mr. Lee Stevens by the Chairman (Mr. Deputy Peacock), Mr. Phillips, Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. Deputy Holt, Mr. T. H. Hall, Mr. Humphreys, and other members of the court, to which Mr. LEE STEVENS replied that he certainly could not produce smoke and then cut it off, as, after the fire was once fairly lighted, his system prevented the formation of any smoke at all. The invention, he said, is appli cable to any description of boiler, land or marine, large or small, and requires no more space than a common furnace ; and, as compared with other self-feeding fur naces, it is infinitely cheaper, indeed, but little mere ex pensive than common furnaces. He added that the draught produced by the perfect combustion of the fuel, under his system, will render high funnels for steam boats or lofty shafts for land furnaces wholly needless. Deputy FIOLT then inquired if Mr. Stevens' apparatus could be applied to the steamers plying above bridge, and, if so, at what expense ? Also, whether he (Mr. Stevens) thought such steamers would consume eighteen twentieths of the smoke now evolved ? Mr. STEVENS said such apparatus might be supplied at a cost not exceeding 201. per vessel, and that more than eighteen twentieths of the smoke evolved would be consumed. (Hear.) The MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH then inquired whether the inventor did not consider that the smoke from a single steamer in the river was equal to that of a land furnace ? Mr. LEE STEVENS replied he did. Mr. HUMPHREYS asked, would the invention prevent that nuisance as well as those on shore ? To which the inventor answered it would ; and this appeared to be the general impression. Other questions were put to him, and answered seem ingly to the entire satisfaction of the Court, when The CHAIRMAN expressed his approbation of the open manner in which the inquiries of the members had been met by Mr. Lee Stevens, And that gentleman, after thanking the Court for his favourable reception, retired. Adjourned. MAILS TO INDIA, CHINA, &C.—The following notice has been issued from the General Post-office :—Her Majesty's Government having concluded a new contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for the conveyance of mails, by packet, vta Southampton, t o M a l ta , E gyp t, C e yl on , India, and China, twice in every month, instead of once, as here tofore, mails for the above-mentioned places, as well as for Gib ra lt ar and the lon i an Islan d s, will in future be dispatched from London, by the route of Southampton, on the morning of the 4th as well as on the morning of the 20th of each month. Mails for India, &c. (including China) will also be made up, for transmission, via Marseilles, on the evenings of the Bth a n d 24th of every month. When the 4th or 20th of the month falls on Sunday the mails via South ampton will be made up in London on the previous even ing ; and when the Bth or 25th of the month falls on Sunday the mails via Marseilles will be made up in London on the evening of the following day. ELOPEMENT. Quite a sensation has been caused in the county of Dorset by the elopement of the daughter of a deceased baronet of that county, with a gentleman of the medical profession, who is a married man, and has a family. 'Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St, Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO • 'Chester Sz Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. Cork&Bandon 5i p. c. Dundee ! Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (£5), 7 per cent. Do. (£7 l7s), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., Now 6 p. c. 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New 8 10 S 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 220 233 230 20 4 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 100 38A Brit. Americn. Land - 32i Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat•• 100 50 General Screw Steam. . 20 2i Irish Beetroot Sugar ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land . 2, 3 / 4 2 20 2k Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental 87 6 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam,.,, . . 82 25 25 South Austral. L an 49 51 49 5 7 5 2 Submar. Telegraph ... 1 1 Universal Emigration and Colonisation 100 28} Van Diemen's Land l6 18 1R 16 - 18 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat up to our market this week have been moderately good, but in very middling condition. The show of samples of both red and white here to-day was by no means extensive ; yet the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at barely Monday's quotations. Upwards of 27,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand ; that article met a very dull inquiry, and late rates were with difficulty supported. In floating cargoes very little was doing. Fine malting barley changed hands at full prices. In grinding and distilling parcels very few sales took place. Malt was held at extreme rates. The imports of foreign oats have increased to 24,740 quarters, and the supply of English was moderate. The trade was heavy, and damp parcels were easier to purchase. Beans, peas and flour were a dull inquiry. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK, Wheat. I 1 Barley. t )4 alt. 2,270 1,460 2,990 English Ir!il .... Foreign .. Oats. Flour. 1,140 1,080 3,940 24,740 37,030 I 10,880 WHITECHAPEL. Although the supplies of meat at this market to-day were tolerably extensive, the general demand ruled steady. Beef, 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 45 6d ; veal, 3e Od to 4s 6d; pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Sibs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hops of last year's growth continues steady, at full prices. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Jan. 26.—Wind at Noon, E.., light breeze and fine. NOTICE TO MARINERS.--The Coningberg Light-ship, off the Saltees, coast of Wexford, has been re,novJd to her proper position. lsovirc, Jan. 25.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—La Boarse, Antwerp for Havannah, with damage to starboard quarter, having been in contact with a barque off Dunge—ness. DEAL, Jan. 25.—Wind, S. Arrived —Maria An.A, Ba tavia, for Rotterdam ; K en , M a d ras ; Magdalene, Now York , for Bremen. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 21—Wind, E. to S.E. Sailed- Actaeon, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 25.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—lsis, Sa vanilla ; International, New o:leans. Sgiled—George, Baltimore ; the Duke, Calcutta ; Earl of Liverpool, Africa ; Ariel, do. ; Shark, Maranham ; Princess Boyal, Para ; Janet, Santa Martha ; Clyde, Savannah ; Amelia, Charles ton ; Hungarian, New York ; R usse ll S turges, do. ; Sea Eagle, Boston. Put back—Lord Ashburton (for New Or leans), from Beaumairis, with loss of main and mizen masts. Off Port—Matilda, Laguna ; Sheiidan, New York ; Manhatter, do. THE WAR-OFFICE.—Some of the daily and weekly journals have, within the l as t th ree d ays, been announc ing the issue of a warr a nt f rom th e H orse Guards, to the effect that her Majesty would be pleased for the future to allow a gratuity of 1501. to cavalry soldiers, and 1001. to infantry soldiers for outfit, on rising from the ranks to a commission. Without going into further detail, we may only inform our readers, that the warrant in question was issued so far back as 1845, although some in genious individual has thrown a little novelty into the sub j ect, by concocting a paragmpli from a bill which may be seen in every bnrrack-yard in the empire. When the warrant in question was issued, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert was Secretary -at-War, under the late Sir Robert Peel, and to that ge n tl eman i s due all the credit of modern regulation, f or i mproving the condition of th.ea, It was he that es t a bli shed the normal school ate Csoldierhels for the ed uca ti on of military schoolmasters &c sin hence Lord Aberdeen's request that he wouldonce. again resume his position at the War-office —a position Which he BO worthily filled, and it is but justice to add, that the present Lord Panmui.e (Fox Maule), did his utmost to carry out the right honourable gentleman's views.-- Advertiser. x new NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25. I The celebrated stall - I - I -packet Banshee, Lieut. Com , mander Hosken, who was the popular commander of the Great Western and the Great Britain, has, arrived at Portsmouth from the Mediterranean. Orders were there awaiting her to the effect that she was not to be put out of commission, but that her crew were to be paid wages and to have leave, and the defects of the vessel to be made good. She left Malta on the 11th inst ,at which time there were her Majesty' s s hi p Ceylon, *car rying the flag of Rear-Admiral Harvey, Superintendent of Malta Dockyard ; the Tiger, 16, paddle steam-frigate, Captain Giffard ; the Caradoc steam vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Derriman ; and the Triton steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Lloyd. She arrived at Mar seilles on the 13th, and left on the 15th for Gibraltar, where she arrived on the 18th, and left on the 19th, when her Majesty's ship Britannia, 120, flag of Vice- Admiral Dundas, C.B. ; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville ; the Albion, 90, Captain Lushington ; the Arethusa 50, Captain Symonds ; the Retribution, paddle-frigate, 22, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond ; the Niger, 14, Commander Heath ; and the Antelope packet, Lieutenant-Commander Young, were at anchor there. The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord George Paulet, and the Sampson paddle-frigate, Captain Jones, were at Tetuan. The Banshee arrived at Vigo on the 22d, and left on the 23d, but brought no news. She brouglit a mail from the squadron at Gibraltar. The freight-ships Roman Emperor and Marion arrived at Spithead last evening from the Thames, and came into harbour to-day to embark the 85th Light Infantry for the Mauritius. They embark on Thursday. The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master-Commander Belam, arrived at Spithead this morning from Woolwich, and came into harbour this afternoon to discharge stores. The Pyrenees convict-ship sailed from Spithead on Sunday evening with transports for Australia. The Mercury cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Freeland, sailed on Monday evening for the Channel Islands fish eries' waters. The Rodney, 90, Captain Charles Graham, C. 8., has been taken into No. 2 dock to-C.ay to have her defects repaired. Mr. Murray, superintending engineer of this dock yard, proceeded to London last night, being summoned to attend the Lords of the Admiralty this day. THE CAPE OP GOOD HOPE SQUADRON. Simon's-bay, Dec. 20. The Meander, 44, Commodore Charles Talbot, the new Commander-in-Chief on this station, arrived on the 30th of November from England, last from Rio. The Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill, on being relieved left this for England on the 7th inst. The Styx, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hall, arrived on the Ist inst. from East London, having on board, as a prisoner under sentence of banishment, peyolo, half-brother to Sandilli, the notorious rebel Hotten tot. The Styx left for Table Bay on the 2d, and is still there. The Torch, steam-tender to the Herald, arrived here on the 2d inst.—last from Tristan da Cunha. Having re fitted she will proceed in a few days to Sydney. The Bittern, 12, Commander Vansittart, arrived on the 2d inst. in 50 days from England. She has been constantly exercising at quarters during the passage out, the Commander being desirous that his men should be of use on their arrival at Burmah. She left for those waters on the 9th inst. Dr. Wolfenden, who had been, through some mismanagement, left behind from the Spartan, took passage in her to India. The Herald, Captain Denham, on surveying expedi tion to the South Seas, arrived on the 7th. She is re fitting, and proceeds in a few days to Sydney. Captain Denham has been down to Cape Point in the Hydra for the purpose of making some observations connected with the lighthouse about to be erected there. The following appointments have been made from the flag-ship Meander to the Dart brigantine :—Lieutenant Deane to command her; Mr. Smith, mate; Mr. M‘Lune, second master ; Mr. Le Keux, assistant surgeon ; Mr. Moore, clerk ; and Messrs. Wilson and Lacy, midship men. The Dart has been refitted, and will proceed in a few days for a cruise in the Mozambique. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 25. Her Majesty's brig Swift, Commander Aldham, arrived on Sunday evening at six o'clock, from Portsmouth, •and was yesterday towed by the Confiance steamer into har bour, where she will be paid off. The officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Queen, in the Sound, will be paid wages on Thursday, the 3d of February. _ By the Lady Jocelyn, Captain Stewart, which arr ived on Sunday night from the Cape, we learn that her Ma jesty's steam-vessel Hydra returned on the 17th of De cember from Danger Point, and was to proceed there again on the 23d, by Admiralty order, to survey the scene of the Birkenhead's disaster. Captain Denham, F.R.S., in the surveying ship Herald, was at Simon's Bay on passage to the South Sea. The brigantine Dart was to leave in a few days for Quillimaine. Lieutenant Hoskins baying joined his ship, the Castor, the Dart will be commanded by Lieutenant Deane, of the Meander. The steamer Styx will probably remain in Table Bay until the arrival of the Amity-hall troop-ship, when she will convey the draughts for the various regiments to Ihave been brought alongside the vessel ready to be put on board, and the engines of 350-horse power, by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, are also ready for being fitted. the crew of the Prometheus steam sloop, Henry 'oote, re actively employed in stripping that vessel, in the expectation that she will be paid off on Saturday next, if they can get her ready. One of the Kroomen who came to this country in her, showed to-day his ca pability in managing a canoe, and the great rapidity he could attain in propelling it by a single paddle. The canoe is remarkably light, and was cut out of a solid tree of the mango species. It is about 16 feet long, and com paratively deep or high-sided out of the water. MAJOR BERESFORD AND LORD D.RUMLANRIG. The following correspondence has passed between ;he Noble Lord and the Gallant Major : (Copy.) January 15, 1853. My Lord,—l have this morning read your lordship's speech, 'delivered at Dumfries, on Wednesday last. You have chosen on that occasion, in a most unprovoked manner, to go out of your way to make a personal and an unfounded attack upon me, in language most uncourteous, and at a moment most inappropriate, You were bound, as a gen tleman, to have duly ascertained whether either now or for some time past I have had any hand in conducting the election business of the party to which I belong, before you insinuated, if you did not positively assert, such an unfounded calumny as you then uttered. Except for three days, during the absence of Mr. Forbes Mackenzie and Col. Forester from London, in July last, I have not interfered in such election matters since I accepted the office of Secre tary at War, in February last. Such fact was proved in evidence before the Derby committee, and, therefore, you were bound to have known it. I, therefore, call upon your lordship to state upon what grounds and upon what autho rity you wantonly coupled my name with any meditated or intended opposition to your re-election for Dumfries shire. I remain your obdient servant, _ Wld: BERSSFORD. (Copy.) Glen Stewart, Jan. 16, 1853. Sir,—l have this morning received your letter of the 15th. I hardly know to what expressions of mine you refer ; I have spoken so much and so often within the last few days. Several reports of my speeches have appeared in different local papers, and some of them have been copied into London journals, but many of these reports were very incorrect; and till I have before me the actual report which you allude to, it is clearly impossible for me to answer or to explain the expression you complain of, but which you do not repeat. If you refer to a speech of mine delivered in Dumfries on Wednesday, the sth instant, and which speech was correctly reported in the Courier newspaper of that town (a copy I now send you), I can have no hesitation in saying that after the explanation made in your letter, I feel at once b oun d t o apologise for having said " The Carlton Club was a place where Tory elections were managed under Major Beresford." I ought to have said the Carlton Club was a place where Tory elections USED t. be managed by Major Beresford." I had over looked the fact, that, except for three days in July last, when Mr. Mackenzie and Colonel Forester were absent from London, you had not interfered in election matters since you accepted office in February last. I offer every apology for this inadvertence. Should these remarks, however, not be those to which you have referred, I shall feel obliged by your forwarding me whatever report you may have read, and I shall then be quite prepared to explain or to answer for whatever I may have spoken in Dumfries or elsewhere. In the meantime, allow me to say, that having been purposely most cautious, I never insinuated that either you or any other particular indi vidual was concerned with any meditated opposition to my re-election in Dr - : e rieshire. I confined myself to two simple statements—to two remarkable but mysterious facts. The first was, that I heard of this opposition to my re election in the Carlton Club three days before any one had heard of it in this county. The second statement was, that I knew a member of the club had made several com munications into Dumfriesshire for a good and safe Der byite to oppose me. These facts I stated openly and fre quently, and I entreated my constituents to ponder them over, and to reflect whether it were not just possible that their independence might not be in dang er of being compromised in a very diff eren t manner from what others were anxious to make them, which was the case. I never mentioned or thought of your name in connec tion with my immediate re-election for Dumfriesshire, but, in explaining to the uninitiated what the meaning of interference by the Carlton Club meant, in its general sense, I certainly did, on more occasions than one, make use of your name ; and, by your own admission, it appears I was only incorrect in my dates. I again tender every apology for this inadvertence ; but, after all, in speaking of matters of history, one generally is understood to speak of the past ; still I am bound to say I ought to have said " used to be managed." I distinctly deny that I ever coupled your name with any meditated opposition to me in Dumfriesshire. I had no right what ever to do so, and I did not do it. I am, your obedient servant, DRUMLANRIG. Hampton Court, Jan. 18. My Lord.—lf you will take the trouble to read carefully my letter of the 15th, you will find that I distinctly men tioned the place where, and the time when, your lordship delivered the speech of which I expressed my opinion in that letter, and of a part of which I particularly asked an ex planation from your lordship. I have this day received your answer, and I beg to say that I am bound to accept the apology which you there offer for your inadvertence in having said that the elections were managed at the Carlton Club by me. At the same time, I must beg to point out to your lordship, that if I have no hand in managing such election matters, it is a most unintelligible line of argument, when you are speak ing of an opposition to your re-election, to drag in my name ajropos de bottes ; and, unless I am in some way con cerned in that opposition, I consider it also an impertinent act. the frontier. SHEERNESS, JAN. 24. The Gossamer cutter, Second-Master Mr. Dillon in command, arrived here yesterday from Yarmouth. She has hauled into the discharging basin to strip and refit. The African steam-tug vessel, Second-Master Mr. Gill, has been hauled into the discharging basin to repair damage and defects. The Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, has this day had her compasses ad justed by swinging ship at her moorings, under the superintendence of Mr. John C. Barlow, Master of the Waterloo, 120 guns. The Barracouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com mander George Parker.—The seamen, &c., of the Phae ton, who will be paid off here to-morrow, are to be con veyed round to the western ports in this sloop. The present deficiency in her complement of seamen will be made up from the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard•ship, for her passage round and return. The Myrtle paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Master W. S. Bourchier, is ordered to convey the seamen paid off from the Phaeton from here to-morrow to Rochester, for transit yid North Kent Railway to London. THE PHAETON, 50 GUNS, CAPTAIN GEORGE ELLIOT. The following are the names of the petty officers and seamen belonging to this frigate, who have by Admiralty order (through the recommendation of their captain) been granted gratuities, medals, and an increase of their pensions : William Vidgeon, master-at-arms, 24 years' good ser vitude—gratuity 151. and a medal, and pension increased from 241. 16s. to 291. 12s. He was highly commended by Captain Elliot for his general conduct and strict ad herence to all orders given him in his anything but plea sant duties, as master-at-arms of a ship of war: John Bennett, gunner's mate, 211 years' good servi tude—gratuity 71. a n d a medal and pension increased from 231. 12s. to 261. 12s. Captain Elliot stated that he felt great pleasure in presenting the medal to him as gunner's mate, as, during his comm i ss i on, he had at all times made it his study to impart the knowledge he had in gunnery to the seamen gunners with whom he went to quarters, that duty being one of the highest impor tance in naval exercise. William Carter, able seaman, twenty-two years' good servitude —gratuity 71., and a medal, and a pension in creased from 161. 16s. to 191. 16s. As rai A. 8., Captain Elliot highly complimented Carter, recommending him to continue his line of conduct as in the service of his present ship, and hoped shortly to see him enjoying a warrant as a compensation for his past good conduct. Christopher Golding, captain of the after guard, twenty-two years' good servitude--gratuity 71. and medal. Pension increased from 221. Bs. to 261. 4s. Captain Elliot expressed himself highly pleased with Golding's conduct while serving in the Phaeton. and recommended him to adopt the same line of conduct in any other ship he entered, as he had done with him, by which he would insure himself his future advancement in the service. Captain Elliot then addressed the whole ship's company of blue-jackets, who were assembled round the drum head of the capstan on the quarter deck, eulogising their general conduct as seamen while they had served under him, and most strongly recommended them, in whatever ship they may in future serve, to -carry out their duties in the same seamanlike manner, and, above all, at all times to set their messmates an example of good be haviour and sobriety. The Phaeton was taken into the fitting basin this day at noon, and will be paid off to-morrow. WOOLWICH, JAN. 25. APPOINTMENTS. Chaplain and Naval Instructor—Rev. George A. M, Litle, M.A. (1843), to the Imp6rieuse, 50, screw steam frigate, at Chatham. Naval Instructor—Timothy Sullivan (1846) to the Furious, 16, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Master's Assistant—W. H. Worsfold, to the Medea, 6, steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. Clerk—Charles W. Sturgess (1850), serving in the screw steam-frigate, aeton since Janua a Sheerness,lso to the Arn phion, 34, One of Lieutenant Rodgers' patent anchors, wei g h_ ing 93 cwt. and 151 b., made by Fox, Henderson Co., for service in the A g a memnon, 90 , and , ship, at Sheerness, was t es t e d at the an scroew r testing to steam machine at Woolwich Dockyard - day, p rev i ous to its being forwarded t o that fine ship. The strain applied by hydraulic pressure Was 641 tons, and the deflection of the shank Was only iths of an inch, the shank returning to its original position on the strain being withdrawn. The stock of the anchor is made of iron on Lieut. Rodgers' •improved principle, and is only nine inches thick, and weighs 28cwt. 211 b. A stock made of wood for an anchor o f similar size would be about 22 or 23 inches thick, and not so eligible for pre venting fouling as Lieut. Rodgers' iron stock. The manufacturing of the anchors on Lieut. Rodgers' Prin ciple, since undertaken by Fox, Henderson, and Co., appears to be conducted on a greatly improved plan, that firm having had dies made for the palms of every size of anchor, to insure uniformity in size and superio rity of workmanship. The Medina steam -packet, Lieutenant-Commander Louis R. Reynolds, Bullo c k was inspected yeste r day b Captain acting-superintend en t, accompan i e d by Lieut. Robertson of the steam department afloat. steam-vessel, The Duke of Cornwall, mercantile st wheelve oi brought round from Liverpool the motionfirst .l. d at Devon port,hebawlatenirg and it being nearly 1 the Algiers, 90, screw steam-sh b i . p, b under the shears in basin, and had. the wheel outtak . en the same tide for Lon very short time, and left again by intended for the Megoera, Lon don. The engines, originally • g at this factory for service in arrived opposite Woolwich Dockyard g she ran into . t a steam frigate, are i the Algiers, 90, at pDreLrport. when s he e, 30, screw steam frigate, I The boilers of the Tribune, I remain, your obedient humble servant, WM. BERESFOID. To the Lord Drumlanrig, &c. (Co./ Gle p n y Stewart, Jan. 20, 1853. Sir,—Neither your letter of to-day, dated the 18th, nor your letter of the 15th, explain to me what are the expres sions you complain of in my speech at Dumfries. Ido not make myself answerable for whatever may have been re ported in the paper you have seen. I had no wish to speak offensively of or to you; and should you draw my atten tion to any expression you think you have a right to com plain of, I would have no objection either to explain or to retract those expressions. In the meanwhile I cannot allow you to conclude this correspondence and to use the words impertinent act," without saying that lam quite prepared either to explain or to answer for any act which you may consider impertinent. ram, your obedient servant, DRUMLANBIG. WWI Hampton Court, Jan. 22, 1853. My Lord,—l have this evening received your letter of the 20th. In my letter of the 15th I called for an expla nation from your lordship for having in your speech at Dumfries (when you were complaining of an intended op position to your return) coupled my name improperly with the management of the elections at the Carlton Club. In your reply you apologised for having so made use of my name, and you stated that you had done it in error. At the same time, you intimated that you would have been right in the use of my name, if you had only mentioned that " I used to manage the elections" there. In reply, I begged to point out that any unnecessary in troduction of my name in a matter whichyouacknowledged that I was no way concerned in, was unintelligible in ar gument, and that I should consider it an impertinent act. I am glad to see by your letter just received, that you repeat your willingness to retract or explain any expres sion that I have a right to complain of, and that you will be preTrred to answer for any act which I may consider impertinent. lam quite willing to give your lordship credit for the sincerity of your first declaration, and I hope that syouay that will itn o seems e em deem me , in fre te m nti s o e n m al e ly pe w el a , n h t a i ri ng ty i , n y c e o u urt a e r s e n yif e l t always aware when you are using offensive terms tow ar d s individuals who are totally unconnected with the matter s that, on which you are speaking. I rejoice to be assured of the straightforward readiness which you avow in your seccad declaration of - offering satisfaction in case you should be betrayed by chance into the use of offensive expressions. I sincerely hope that this correspondence may now be closed, and that I may not be called upon to renew it by a fresh aggression such as I have distinctly, I trust, pointed out. I remain your obedient, humble servant, Wm. BEHESFORD. . a -- belo - e lV ifi e srieoigi l l l .h a ti v n e frt r oh e me channel, which termin a t e d i n the total loss of a - most i I fl k a e Na N di el- a El l h I LI FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE mw c callede ived the the Her detailsaHerald, , ol laden d e a n fine ship g c r o r m s, pa i n n y va . lidept occurreds oldie rs during a h Madras, an d, me l ancholy to add, the whole of her crew (with the exc e pti on of one man) and two passen ofthe Hono n u a r v a y bl g e a E le as o t f India n on Friday night, somewhere between the Lizard and the Eddystone lighthouse. The Herald, which was bound to London, and was th e p r operty of Messrs. Lid gett, ship-brokers, of No. 9, Billiter-street, was about 400 tons register, and was com manded by Mr. Vertue, au experienced mariner, and m anned by a crew of seventeen hands. The vessel with which the Herald came in collision, was a schooner, which, at the time, was supposed to have received the greater amount of injury. Bad weather, however, came on soon after the vessels got clear, and, in a few hours afterwards, it was discovered that the Herald was in r± sinking state. In attempts to launch the boats, severrs: lost their lives. and, at daybreak, only two of the wee were survived, who were clinging to spars w_h t i h h ese but separated from the ship when she sank. Of w , _ was one, named James Gardner, was saved, .__ i'af , e ,„. Fadresise . exhausted condition, by the Danish barqu e ooner spars of one of the sch picked up in the course of the day, la a '';' It is thought that part must have entered her side, and . n more severe, the the cavity, and the weather setting was W ashed out, and so timber which occupied the hole w s a. weep into her. The allowed the sea to make a clean schooner is different to those on board the They state that the statement of of the Herald. that of the survivor and that, dismantled as they were, filled up barque run into them, _ breaking off, wed the whole of her crew, but that have sa-- they could she bore away. They were knocking about f or some time in a very , Trinity Housepil o t-b oa t , - w hi c h distressed condition, when they w ere ob served bythe Robert John contrived t o take them into Fowey, not a h an d b e i ng k u . Herald had a - a.luable cargo, but s h e i s un derstood 1 to have been well insured. A F EA T OF STRENGTH.—A w e ll-k nown man, a sort Of hanger-on about the shambl es, ca l led Williaia Barrand alias Jim Long, perform e d th e following feat of strength The on Thursday last. He was backed by an immediate wager of 101., but in addition to this many small and large sums were bet upon the matter. He had to go from Halifax to Sowerby-bridge and back, in the space of an hour and a half, bearing a load of beef weighing nine stones, or 144 pounds. The distance there and back is about five miles, but what would render the la bour_o more difficult is th e s t ee p ness o f the road back f •' wager, and with apparen t ease, b e i ng b ac k a t the startthe r ' a considerabl e di stance. However, t h e man w on ing point in o ne h our an d t wen ty m i nu t es frosty lain KW. t ting out.--heedes Mercury. r I ,a ,e 12i 12. St. 1061 10 20 20 33A jlO3 i i I "A 50 2 9 1 1 9