The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-10 00:00:00

RESUMPTION OF PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. Both houses will re-assemble to-day--the Lords at five o'clock, and the Commons at a quarter to four o'clock. It is rumoured that Lord John Russell will make a statement on the subject of the Ministerial Policy. State of business at the resignation of the Derby Mi nistry HOUSE OF LORDS. Law of Evidence and Procedure Bill c e County C our t s E quitable Jurisdiction Bill 5 5 County Courts Further Extension Bill an 0 F District Courts of Bankruptcy Abolition H 4 Bill 4 Metropolitan Building Act Further Extension Bill— read a first time. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1853. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Government having resolved to send the persons arrested to trial on the charge of having taken part "in secret agencies, with the object of addressing to foreign journals false news on the state of France, and of discrediting the French Govern ment in the eyes of Europe," the Journal des Debats pays a tribute of respect to the character of M. Tanski, who, after attaining the rank of captain in the foreign legion, " has made for himself an honourable position on the press, an su et au vu de tout le monde, which has placed him in relations of friendship with eminent men of all parties." It appears that General de St. Priest was arrested in place of his son, M. Charles de St. Priest. The police also searched the house of M. de Chantilange, son of Charles X.'s minister, but found nothing. In the Presse, M. Emile do Girardin expresses himself with some warmth against the examina tion of the papers of suspected persons by the police. This, however, is a course not peculiar to the present Government. It was practised under the Restoration, under the constitutional Government of Louis Philippe, and even under the provisional government of the Republic of 1848, which professed to have so much regard for right and liberty. There is in fact no period of history for centuries past in which the French Govern ment did not, in virtue of what is called a juve ment administratif, exercise the power of arrest and seizure of papers without the previous autho risation of a legal tribunal, or even of any high legal functionary. It is quite reasonable to object in principle to this exercise of power, but it would be wrong to impute it exclusively to the Imperial regime. All governments in France have exercised it more or less, and all on the ground of its being necessary for their protection against secret machinations. The Union also contains an energetic protest against the character of these arrests, and there could be no doubt w h a t ever th a t the French public views these proceedings of the government with regret, if not with feelings of in dignation. We read in the Journal des Debuts : " Amongst the persons arrested is M. Joseph Tanslo, who has been attached for several years to our journal. M. Tauski is a polish refugee, but naturalised a Frenchman nearly ten years ago; lie served with distinction in Africa in the foreign legion, and arrived at the grade of captain. Pro scribed and without means of existence, without any other resource than his rare intelligence and indefatigable activity, lie was able to create for himself iu the Parisian press an honourable position which placed him in relation with the most eminent and most important men of all parties and of all regimes which have succeeded each other. The no bleness of his character, the moderation of his mind, the prudence of his political opinions, suffice to de fend him against the accusation brought against him. We consequently do not doubt that the tri bunals, now that they are charged to pronounce on his fate, will soon restore him to liberty." A pre liminary warning has been given by the Prefect of the Bouches-du-Rdone to the Gazette du Midi for publishing an article offensive to the government. By an imperial decree, dated the sth, the follow ing admirals have, on their application, been called from the retired list, and placed on the second section of the Staff :—Vice-Admiral Baron Hugon, Rear-Admiral de Martineng, Rear-Admiral De Helle, Rear-Admiral Mengin du Val d'Ailly, and Honorary Rear-Admiral Bouvet. Although the Bourse was more than usually at tended yesterday than for some days past there was not much business transacted. The specula tors appeared to have congregated to discuss the affairs of Italy, and the insurrection at Milan an nounced in the Moniteur in the morning, and the suppression of which was subsequently an nounced. The Three per Cents. opened at 79f. ' fell to 78f. 80 c., and closed at 78f. 95c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 90c. ; Orleansßailway Shares, 4092 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 950 f.; Havre, 447 f. 50c ; Paris and Strasburg, 747 f. 50c ; Paris and Lyons, 850 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 712 f. 50c. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 547 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 645 f. ; Caen to Cherbourg, 583 f. 75c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 695 f. THE INSURRECTION AT MILAN. The French Government yesterday received the following telegraphic dispatch from the Minister of France in Switzerland : " Basle, Feb. B,_B p.m. " A telegraphic dispatch from Bellinzona, of this day, at half-past four in the afternoon, states that an insur rection broke out on the 6th at Milan in three quarters. Five men were killed, but order was re-established, as an Austrian proclamation announces to the public." The French Government received also the fol lowing telegraphic dispatch, dated Turin, Bth, 10 a.m. : " An attempt at insurrection took place at Milan on the 6th. The inhabitants in general took no part in it. It has been suppressed. Turin and Piedmont are tran quil." Many influential people in Paris regard this at tempted insurrection as a pretext used by Austria to collect a larger army in Italy. A letter from Paris - , dated yesterday, says : The news of the insurrection at Milan has created an immense sensation here, and great apprehen sions are entertained that it is only the commence ment of further and more serious events. There appears to be no doubt that Mazzini is at the head of the movement. He has been in the canton of Tesino for the last month ; and the proclamation issued by him, and mentioned in the telegraphic dispatch, addressed by the French Minister in Switzerland to the Government here, has been pla carded, not only in Milan, but in several parts of the canton of Tesino. Copies of the proclama tion are known to be in Paris. It does not speak of the form of government which the movers in the affair would wish to see established, but merely appeals to the people of Lombardy to join in securing the independence of Italy, by making war against the domination of Austria. It appears that the movement has not been quite so sudden as may at first appear. There was a good deal of previous agitation, evidently got up for the purpose of exciting the people, and preparing them for the movement. On the 2d a rumour was industriously circulated that Louis Napoleon had been assassi nated on the day of his marriage, and so generally was it believed that it created a tumult, which threatened the public peace • and ultimately appear ances were so alarming that the authorities were forced to issue placards, announcing that the re port was wholly without foundation. It may perhaps be premature to offer any opinion as to the real cause of this movement. The reports on the subject are various, and perhaps depend in some measure on the opinions of the parties utter ing them. Some say that it is the work of the Re publican party, aided by French' refugees ; others maintain that it is the commencement of a move ment on the part of Louis Napoleon to extend French influence in Italy. It must be said that hitherto it appears as if the movement were a Re publican one. The friends of Piedthont are in great apprehension as to the influence this affair may have upon the state of that country ; 'but the Turin dispatch is so far satisfactory, as it is known that Genoa has for a long time past been in a stee of great excitement, and, if the news given be cor rect, that the insurrection is suppressed, ,there will probably be no outbreak. But it is not yet quite certain that the news given in the telegraphic dis patch issued by the French Government may not give the latest information. It is probable that in the course of to-morrow this point will be cleared up. There is some talk here to-day of several arrests which have taken place among the Italian emigres. at Marseilles. It was reported at the Bourse that two additional regiments were to be sent to Rome, to reinforce the French army of occupation in that city. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 4th. They contain partial accounts of the progress of the election at Madrid, but all interest is taken from them by a telegraphic dispatch, dated one day later which says that in all th e e l ec t ora l di s t r i c t s of the capital the Government candidates had been returned by large majorities. A Madrid letter of the 4th says— ' Yesterday, her Majesty gave a private audience to the Chevalier de Wenclland, lately appointed E nvoy E xtraord i nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Bavaria. The most friendly expressions were exchanged on the occasion of this mission, the objecL of which is to consolidate the relations which have so long united the two Governments. One of the last letters ad dressed by the Countess de Teba to her friends in Madrid, a very short time before her marriage to the Emperor of the French, was to a distinguished physician, M. Sevane, in which she ordered him to triple the sum which he had been in the habit of distributing to the sick and poor in her name. This trait of charity is the finer as it was not done with any idea of its being made public." The following are the prices of stocks : Three per Cents., 42i ; ditto Deferred, 23i ; Red eema bl e Debt, first class, 10 ; ditto, second class, 51 ; Cou pon Certificates, 4. Exchange on London, 5125. connected Zi Iriv NIGHT SIGNALS The expe riments ' Wi th the se s i gnals have terminated • . . oners of the clirried on by order of the Lords Com mi ss ioners They have been about Admiralty now for a period of three years, though in the .western Squadron under Admiral Corry the trials has I_,.'rell months. The result of the whole o f can most only "eel), s atisfactory. It is clear that vesse l s . Admiral or cern teadily communicate at night; that an A— !llatading officers may, with facility, in a fleet 'with precision, and freely signalise with , fine single out any ship ' 3 ' day, at distances varying from 34 miles 'n or - e her , and to 2i in blowy ad- May at once give the signal to the surrounding squ the ran. and stormy weather ; h It has been deemed advisable not to remove old signal; but to retain and unite them wih Thom son's system ; thus the naval service will be t ty ell fur nished with a ready and an extensive means of commu nication for war or for peace. The mode of working these signals is si mple ,they are hoisted as fl ags ; all ?lumbers are formed by two :amps at a hoist ; the alpha- I2et and vocabulary with three, and general signals with four lanap s ; and this being established as a law, no mis take can happen, especially as the distinguishing is invariably used before, to indicate how the communi- Fation is to proceed, when, as under the old system, a signal lam e p blown out would instantly change the import of th signal. The general signals require no previous dis it!nguishing signal. The new telegraphic coloured Zfl e t:, which are in course of making for the Mediter ti squadron, will be lighter by four lbs. than those o morerdere(.l by the committee, and neater, simpler, and co compact than any yet ' made. Majestyl ocATiolt.--.We are requested to announce that hoter‘ has graciously intimated to the Archbishop 1 %-, nterbury her intention to receiv e assurances. the address of the j rnal de Francf . ort, the exhange at the prelates and cler of the C The ou gy Convocation of the province of cg The rise in must Canterb cent, nrs" eh Wednesday the 16th • t 1 ' clock, V . Vienna 3d sari — than 10 per at Buck:iv_ ,_ I . 1118 .; at o le' yesterday s to more iutte ralace,—Tz MO, 'Bourse under date of be attributed solely to the fears of timid specula tors, who, notwithstanding the assurances to the contrary, which have been given by the competent authorities, see in the movement of troops towards the Turkish frontier the forerunner to inevitable war." A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, states that the Ban Jellachich has been on a tour of inspection along the frontier of Dalmatia. MONTENEGRO. The Augsburg GwAte states that Count do Mens dorff, the Austrian Ambassador at St. Petersburg, has been attacked with typhus fever. The German Journal of Frankfort has the fol lowing from Vienna, dated the 7th, by electric telegraph :—" We have now a hope that the nego tiations for a friendly arrangement of the affair of Montenegro will produce a satisfactory result. This hope is founded on dispatches from Count de Leiningen, respecting his conferences with the Divan, which relate to the Christians of Bosnia, as well as the Montenegrins." We learn from Vienna, under date of the 4th, that one regiment had al ready marched for Trieste, on its way to Cattaro, and another had received orders to hold itself in readiness to march. It was said at Vienna that the Austrian army of observation on the frontier of Montenegro is to be much larger than was at first intended. It will, it is said, be 24,000 strong. TURKEY. Accounts have arrived from Constantinople to the 25th ult. Afif Bey, the Turkish commissioner charged to execute the convention entered into be tween Franco and the Sublime Porte, relative to the Holy Places, had returned from Jerusalem, after fulfilling his mission. The Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem had left the city, and had protested against the convention. He had it was said depo sited the key of the church of Bethlehem in the hands of M. Oze,roff, Russian Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople. Ahmet Bey had returned from his extraordinary mission to Tunis, which he had fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Divan. The Mar quis de Lavalette had, however, complained to the Porte that, charged with a letter to the Consul- General of France at Tunis, he had only delivered it five days after his arrival, and that the com mander of the Turkish frigate off Tunis had not returned the customary salute to the French frigate the Mogador. The Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs had promised satisfaction. The Grand. Vizier had presented to the Sultan a report, ap proved of by the Grand Council, recommending the adoption of the treaty on guarantees recently concluded at Paris. The Sultan had not given his sanction to the report, which would authorise the signing of the treaty, but it was not doubted that he would do so. In that case the treaty was to be signed by Vely Pacha, though England and Austria have not yet signed it. The Marquis de Lavalette was waiting for his new credentials, and on the re ceipt of them was to set out for Paris on leave of absence. During his stay in Paris, says one of the letters from Constantinople, he is to treat the af fair of the loan. It was said that an indemnity of 100 fr. is to be accorded to the holder of every share, or that a loan will be raised on the conditions ori ginally fixed by the imperial decision—that is, to be paid off in ten years. A firman had been published on the powers of the governors-general of provinces. From the ambiguous terms in which it was drawn up it was feared that it would give rise to abuses and would favour arbitrary power. The firman was considered a new anti-reformist attempt on the part of tho Ministry. Ali Pacha, for - merly Grand Vizier, had been nominated Governor-Gene ral of Smyrna. This nomination had given great satisfaction, and it was hoped that he would free the environs of the city from the bands of brigands with which they have for some time past been in fested. In Service the measures taken by M. Yara chanine, Minister of the Interior, to prevent the propaganda of the Sclave monks of Turkey, so dis pleased the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, that it de manded that he should be dismissed. At first the Prince Alexander assembled the Senate, and caused it to declare that, as the nation was satisfied with the services of M. Yarachanine, the request of Russia could not be granted ; but, subsequently, the Prince yielded to the influence of the Russian Consul, and discharged him. M. Yarachanine recom mended his successor ; but the prince was afraid to make the nomination without the sanction of the Russian Consul. This affair had caused profound emotion in the Imperial Divan. There was also a good deal of talk at Constantinople of the we n-tents of Russian troops on the frontier of Moldavia. Russia had threatened to again occupy the princi pality, and a distinguished personage, charged with an extraordinary mission, was expected at Con stantinople. M. KOSSUTH AND THE INSURRECTION IN La.4IBARDY. The following document, which professes to be a pro clamation addressed by M. Kossuth to the Hungarian soldiers in Italy, has been furnished to us for publication: " IN THE NAME OF THE HUNGARIAN NATION. --TO THE 50 40 25 25 St. 20 20 50 20 10 St. 25 25 GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort states that the Marquis de Tallenay, the French Ambassador to the Ger manic Diet, has presented to it, in reply to the recognition of the French Empire, a letter from his Government, containing the most friendly SOLDIERS QUARTERED IN ITALY. " Soldiers ! Comrades ! My activity is unlimited. I am about to fulfil my intent. My intent is to free my country—to make her independent, free, and happy. It is not by force we have been crushed. The force of the world would never have sufficed to crush Hungary. Treason alone did it. " I swear that force shall not conquer us, nor treason injure us again. Our war is the war of the liberty of the world, and we are no longer alone. Not only the whole people of our own country will be with us, not only will those once adverse to us now combat with us the common enemy, but all the peoples of Europe will 'arise and unite to wave the banner of liberty. By the force of the peoples of the world the tottering power of the tyrants shall be destroyed. And this shall be the last war. "In this war no nation fraternizes more with the Hungarian than the Italian. Our interests are one— our enemy is one—our struggle is one. Hungary is the right wing, and Italy the left wing, of the army I lead. The victory will be common to both. "Therefore, in the name of my nation, have I made alliance with the Italian nation. The moment we raise the banner of the liberty of the world let the Italian soldier in Hungary unite with the insurgent Hungarian nation, and the Hungarian soldier in Italy unite with insurgent Italy. Let all, wheresoever the alarm shall first sound, combat against the common enemy. Whoso will not do this, lie, the hireling of our country's execu- tioner, shall never, more see his . native land. He shall be for ever exiled as a traitor, as one who has sold the blood of his parents and of his country to the enemy. " The moment of the insurrection is at hand ; let not that moment find the Hungarian unprepared ; for shOuld it take them unprepared,_ should our nation not im prove the opportunity, our dear country would be lost for ever, and our national flag would be covered with ignominy. " I know that every Hungarian is ready for the war of liberty. The blood shed by the martyrs, the suf- ferings of the country, have changed even children into heroes. "No nation yet rewarded its brave sons so liberally as the Hungarian nation will reward hers. After the vic tory, the State property shall be distributed among the army, and the families of the victims of patriotism ; but the coward and traitor shall die. "And I, therefore, make it known to you, soldiers, in the name of the nation, that whoever brings you this my order is expressly sent to you, that he may report to me the favourers of liberty in the army stationed in Italy, and that he may tell you, in my name, how you should organise yourselves. "Accept the instructions that are forwarded to you by the nation through me, and follow them. Let it be so in every town and district of our country and every where. _ _ _ _ "Brave ones ! The Honveds and the Hussars have covered with glory the name of our nation. The world looks on the Hungarian flag as on the banner of liberty. We will preserve that glory, and satisfy that expectation. " It is principally on you that the eyes of the world are turned, for your number is great. The arms are in your hands; a generous blood in your veins; the love of the country, and thirst of vengeance on her executioners is in your breasts. Your task is glorious and easy ; for you are among a nation which will give its own millions of combatants against Austria. " From Rome to the island of the Sicilians—from the Sava to the country beyond the Rhine—all the people are unanimous in a cry joined to the clang of millions of arms. Let God be our judge. Down with the tyrants! Long live the liberty of the people ! Long live our country ! " Brave ones ! By this cry your voice will be like Joshua's voice, at the bidding of which the Jericho of tyrants shall fall. "So I order, in the name of the nation. Let every one obey. I will shortly be among you. Au revoir, God be with you. " Feb. 1853. " Kossum." THE CALORIC Slur ERICSSON.—We have no wish (remarks the Glasgow Advertiser of Thursday), to say a t w o o b rd e testedaalns the n it news application p m li e c t a h t o i ° d u o ftpropulsionEricsson, that is whicha but vessel in the course of a short period, may be expected to arrive in this country from America. All that we wish to draw attention to, without disparagement to any suc cessful modification that Captain Ericsson may put in operation connected with heated air as ain otive power, is the fact, th a t th e i nve ntion, said to be his,is not new. About 30 years ago, a vessel named the Highland Lad, that many of our readers will remember as a passage boat on the Clyde, was fitted up by Messrs. Claud Girdivood and Co., of Glasgow, with a caloric engine, the invention, we pelieve, of the Rev. Mr. Stirling, now minister of a parish—Galston, we think—near Kilmar nock. This engine propelled the vessel at the moderate rate that gave satisfaction in those days, being estimated as working to 20 horses power. It was subsequently removed from the vessel in consequence of the working parts yielding to the enormous heat and thereby becom ing soft and g i v i ng way, and i ts place was supplied by an ordinary steam-engine . We fea r th a t C a pt a i n Ericsson's engine will labour under a like disadvantage, but, be that it whose ee mc mere l s eo t rr ei c content ee r w h oi we saw s s ta e hw l himself w a i n s o vr r k jeannntkgi on n nr g :36 i n this a c s s o t u h t m n r asy g a , y w , f ula M rl r y i in PIUIdON 4% a factory. St. 16 St. St. THE SHARE MARKET& BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Bits!fleas done this day. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost do Eastn. Junc....... Birmn,g. Wolverh. di' Stour Birkenhd. Lancsh. di Cheshire Junet....., Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons,... Do., .......... . Bristol & Exeter ,Caledonian.... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. D üblin &Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New ......... ..... East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties , Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do.. Do., B. C,l C..... East, Lancash;ro . East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. Jur c.... iEdinburgh & Glasgo w Edinb. and P Edinb.Prth. &Dundee' Gk. sgow & S. Western' Great Northern Stk.. Do., A Stock ..... . Do., B. Stock IGt. Sth.&West.aro, Great Western......, Irish Soull-Easterz: Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Laneash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northerr Liv. Crsby. &So japi.l London & Blackwalll Lond. Tilb. & Sthend.l Lord.Bright.&S.Cst. London N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £5O. Do., £40......... ..... . Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Linda. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ........ all all 3 100 100 Do. Birming. & Derbyl Midland G. West.(lr. Do. Sha ^es . Newcastle &CarlisYe NeNc.nark et Do, Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.daltfd. Newly & Enniskillen Newry Wouzenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Do., New Northn. Counties Ui North British ......... North Devon, 1T0.1.. Do., No. 2.... ....... Do., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed , North Staffordshi.e.. North Western........ N. & S. We*trn. June. Oxford Worcel;,er & WolverrampLon..... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury &Birmg. Do., L. & N. WeAn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... Do. d 0....... Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union .... South Devon. South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. Stockton & HartlepL Thames Haven Dock and Railway... Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Corn .vall Wmble don t:Croyeon Woodfo :•d York Newctl. &Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 28i -29 i - 10 - 10 std— -22 223 3 —23 d 107 109 64 641 22i 22i 17 18 hd—hp 8 9 5i -- 4 131 -- 131 10- 12 8 - 8i 76 - 77 55 -- 60 76 -- 78 , /id 26 -- 28 60 -- 62 77i -78 i 43 -- 45 118 - 120 106i'— 1071 89 -- 90 64 -- 7 89 -- 91 12 13 p 78f --74 4 -- d 3 -- 15i -- 161 9 - 91 106 - 16 7 119_ - 120 21 - 31 1 6 - 1 1 --91 6 ift 6 4 4. d 11 12 19 21 21 30} 3 3 a 78 —78 i 45 47 49 51 34 3 —Bl d 2' 3 9 54 56 8 8i —2: d 35 —36 i 6f d •• 24 2 • 41 - 4d 8 8i 3 —4 p 49i -50 i 97 - 99 63 -- 65 67 - 69 70 - 80 18 20 9 10 14 15 34 8d 21 22 79i —79 i 36 38 13 134 4 44 2h 2# 14 - 15 8 - 9h 27 - 28 9 - 9h p 70 7U 7 7 d 2 —23 d 59 60 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen ..... Do., No. 2, 7 p. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. e. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead, Guar. 5i per cent I Cork &Bandon 54 p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (27 17s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. e. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinl• Prth.&l Irdre 51 per cent.. .. Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent. Great Northn. 5 P.C. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pre., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertiale, 5 p c., 1852 . ..... Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Loudon & S.Western, Con. Thirds 'Co all Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef. & Lin., Shares, No. Do. New, £lO Do., £6. iMarypt.&Carl. 4 p. e. Do. CI per een::, all all B i, 100! 100 IDo Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per ce 1:;.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per et.. Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North Bri ish ...... all all all 100 all 100 North Staffordshire:: Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £1.5,6p. c. IDo • _ Shrews& Birm. N. G: Shrewsby. k Ches:er (Nor.W.Min),B p. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of El Os.6d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.o.Pref. De York& 1\ . dland & S. Parch. 2 7 4} all FORE: lIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi &Erquelin. Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... Do. Extension .... Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. June.. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja 5p.0 pref... ...... ...... Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) ..... . Do. 6 p. ct. pref Lyons & Mediterran Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs ) NorwegianTi ink Prof Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Penis and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCacn & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Hav:e Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. ct. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders.. Do. öi per c. Pref Western of Franco West. of Switzerland Zealand. ... - 106 ----- 1081 fly _ i 6 19 - 20 31 - 3i 1 - 4 - i P li 115 - 2 p 1 - 14 - 18 - 19 3 - 3il lii = 128 112 - 114 st 9 6 7xcl i 106 108 ar i 150 152 A- 4 P 8 - fq 13 _ 13i 9 - 10 11 - 11 i -fi P ••• - ... i li L 5 l - 153 221 t 3 P 5t - 61 2- 2 LO5 - 107 25 h -26 k: 1t p 11 -11 i ,6 1 p 16 17 'P ar— 6P 26 -26 i id 20 p 102 "---• 104 5i si 105} 4 1131 wi 11051 1j Pi 1 2 13 14 P n ar, 1 p z§ 2 dis 6 6i p 2 2h p I dis— par •.• 61 —74 a in 4 --- 4 1 1 1 1 d— 9 par 7 p 2 2i p 71 -- 8 6 -- 7 33 -33 a 14 --14 8 -- 9 13 i -- 14 p 38 -- 40 38 -39 i 294- -- 304 3 1) 1 iP 17 i -- 1 81 34- ji --- 2 p i P ii -- d K ...... u 64 id -- P i 1 d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Sh. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Compans. this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchlcy. . N. West. 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee ... Gt.Westn 30 —3l xd 304 all Do.withoutgr Do 29 —3o3xd 304 all Birm.Wolv• & Dudleyguar. Do 3O 31 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh .L.& N. W lOB 110 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 53 54 St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent .. ... Gt.Notrhn 149 151 1501 50 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. 323 33. 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y 4iN.Md. 113 115 25 all Do. A Shares I 123 all Do. Shares. Do 27 28 12 all Lon.&Graenw S.Eastern 134 144 20 all Do.Prefereuce Do 253 263 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk 20 all Do. 6 poi- ct... Do 23 25 53 all Manch.Bxton. Ln. &N.W and Liatlock & Midld 3 34 3i 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 08 109 108 50 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 64 66 50 all Do. 6 per ct Do 50 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &li . W &Ln&Yk 123 114 Do. 3 Shares. Do — pm St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 151 153 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 150 152 25 18i Shcf. Roth. & Lancash. & Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh . . 12 94 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean d 8t 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. 6 per cent ... Darling . 25 all Do Do 3li 324 St. 100 Wilts &Somrst Gt.Westn 102 6 —103 i 1 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria —li p 108. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 1 2 p 20 5 Australian 4 - 5 p 1 all Australian Cordillera i t d p 1 all Australian Freehold. par p 1 i 1 all Ave Maria d d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austria. Gold p 11 4 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 243 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 4 5 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 11 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 4 Carsons's Creek Prr 40 all Cobre Copper 414 424 5 1 Colonial Gold 2 —21 p 14 Copiapo 5 7 St. all Copper Min. of Eng — 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent — ...p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 2 —14 d 20 all General l4. 154 15 2 all Great Nugget Vein 3 3 p 5i 3 all Great Polgooth li 1 p 1 all Lake Bathurst d d 1 all Liberty — pl 4 1 all Lord.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co II V d 1 all Mariquita 4d-4pmxall 1 x all 10 9 Mexicar&S.Amerien 44 Szd 4i x d 1 all New Granada P la 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 1p 5 1 Port Philip l4 l i p 2i 1 all Quartz Rock par 4 p 1 i 50 all Rhymme Iron p 15 Do. New 30 10/ Santiago do Cuba__ 6 7 1 all South Australian 4d— ip 10 7 Tin Croft ll 12 284 all United Mexican 6 64 61 1 all Waller 24 —2l p 1 all West Granada P 1 all West Mariposa ........... p 1 1- 4 1 all Yuba 4 — P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B2i 8231 82 50 all , British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China la p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ... 4 English Scottish and Australian lk 1g p 20 7i Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 4 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock — x d IC3 20 Loud. & Westminster 100 35 National Prov. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. — 46 25 5 Do. Nev — ~, 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — ~, 5 1 Royal Austialn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all South Australia 44 25 all Union of Australia 7l 72xd 71 x ... 21 Do. New — 8 8 fie 10 Union of L0nd0n...,. 40 all Union of Madrid — MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. '230 240 237 20 4 A ustralsn Pci fi c. Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail ... 386 Brit. American Land 51 100 326 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 Stearn 20 26 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land 20 26 Nrth.o:EuropcSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 i 25 Do. Do. 501 100 GO Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 47 50 49 1 1 Submar, Telegraph 5 2 Univoral Emigration and Colonization 100 286 Van Diemen's Land 14 16 16 MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAT.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Feb. 10, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. IWHEAT. 'BARLEY. OATS. RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 46s 3ls 8d 118 s 7dl I 311 11d1 34s 7d 31s M DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Od. is Od Is Od Is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRA] Wheat, 99,2G6 ; Barley, 92,358 8,120 ; Peas, 2, ,IN SOLD LAST WEEK. 1; Oats, 28,279; 11ye,83; Beans, t. 877 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 155 to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to Si Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ 13s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATH AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, as follows : Beef, 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6(1 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 6(1 to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. SOTJTHALL, FEB. 9.—Sheep moved off steadily, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. The value of other kinds of stock was well supported. Beef, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 38 4d to 48 2d ; Pork, 38 Od to 3s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, FEB. 9.—The general demand at this mar ket to-day ruled steady, at very full currencies.— Beef, from 2s 8d to 4q Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 19s to 23s each. HALISHAM, FEB. - 9:—Wo had an active inquiry for all kinds of stock at this market to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d : Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, FEB. B.—Our market is firm, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, FEB. 9.—Each kind of stock at this market to-day moved off freely, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od ; Pork; 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA r.) LONDON, Feb. 10.—Wind at Noon, E., moderate breeze, and dull hazy weather, with dazzling rain. DEAL, Feb. 9.—Wind, E., blowing strong. Arrived— Julia, Quebec. Sailed—Mary Catherine, New Zealand ; Hannibal, Hong Kong ; Helena, Galatz • Affiance, Laun ceston, Van Diemen's Land Trithiog, ilexandria. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 9.—Wind, E. Arrived—Moslem, Henderson, Pernambuco. Sailed—Lord Elgin, and Lalla, Africa ; Dryad, Lima ; John Pardew, Monte Video ; Maria y Juena, Havannah ; Manila, and Samuel Laurence, New Orleans ; Pacific (a), and Jane D. Cooper, New York ; Sunbeam, and Medallion, Boston ; Grecian (s), Beyrout ; Warrior, and Arabian (s), Constantinople. RAMSGATE, Feb. 9.—Wind, N.N.E., fresh. Sailed— Helena, Galatz ; St. George, Malaga. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 9. Arrived Director, Callao. Sailed—Devonshire, New York. PILL, Feb. 9.—Sailed—Columbine, San Francisco; Louisa, Barbadoes ; Madonna, New York. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 9.—Arrived—Arno (s), Mediterranean. TORBAY, Feb. 9.—Wind, E. Arrived—Wm. Wilmett, Rogers, Maulmain ' • Gratitude, Dugdale, Teneriffe. The Caspian shipped her anchors to-day, and ran ashore at Elbony. CowEs, Feb. 9.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Petrucia, Ja maica. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind, N.B. Arrived —Diego d'Leon, Mubet, Havannah. FALMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Sarah Bayley, Baker, Cuba. BRIDGWATER, Feb. B.—Wind, E. Arrived—King Oscar, Naltorquist, Odessa. SCILLY, Fob. 6. Arrived—Superior, Sherries, St. Michael's. HARTLEPOOL, Feb. B.—Sailed —Equity, HULL, Feb. 9.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Trusty, Broomfield, Boston. The Corinthirn, from Shields to Carthagena, has been brought nere from Grimsby, being very leaky, and will discharge to repair, HOUSE OF COMMONS, Land Improvement (Ireland) Bill Tenants' C ompensat i on (Ireland) Bill . cs ke-1 Leasing P owers (I reland) Bill • Landlord an d T enant (Ireland) Bill Z Tenant Right (Ireland Bill) (Mr Sergeant Shee)—read a second time. (Sent with Mr. Napier's bills to a select committee.) Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill (Mr. White side)—read a second time. General Board of Health Bill read a second time. Land-tax Commissioners Names Bill—read a second time. Designs Act Extension Bill—read a first time. New Forest Deer Removal Act Amendment Bill— read a first time. .County Elections P o lls Bill (Lord R. Grosvenor)— watts third reading. County Rates and Expenditure Bill (Mr. M. Gibson —read a first time. Parish Constables Bill—read a first time. SELECT COMMITTEES. Railway and Canal Bills. Parliamentary Papers Distribution. Election Petition Recognisances. Note.--.g list of the notices of motion given previous to the recess appeared in our publication of yesterday. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. The following is the latest corrected list : Names of Pl aces Names of Members Petitioned Athlon e Against. . Keogh. Ditto. Barnstaple Richard Berwick-upon-Tweed Matthew Br Forster. John Stapleton. Blackburn William Eccles. Bolton Thomas Barnes. Joseph Crook. Boston Benjamin Bond Cabbell. Gilbert Henry Heathcote. Bradford Henry Wickham Wickham. Robert Milligan. Bridgnorth Henry Whitmore. Sir Robert Pigot. Bury St. Edmunds John Henry Porteus Oakes. Cambridge Kenneth Macaulay. John Henry Astell. Canterbury Henry Plumptre Gipps. Hon. H. Butler Johnstone. Carlisle Right Hon. Sir James Graham. Joseph Ferguson. Recogs. re ported objectionabl e . Carlo w C ounty John Ball. Henry Bruen. --- John Ball. Carlow John Sadleir. Cashel Sir Timothy O'Brien. Chatham Sir J. M. Frederick Smith. Cirencester Hon. A. G. J. Ponsonby. Clare Sir J. Forster Fitzgerald. Cornelius O'Brien. Clitheroe Matthew Wilson. Clonmel Hon. Cecil J. Lawless. Cockermouth Henry Windham. .. Henry A. Aglionby. Cork. Francis Stock Murphy. William Fagan. Dartmouth Sir Thomas Herbert. Derby Thomas Berry Horsfall. --- Michael Thomas Bass. Down Lord Arthur Edwin Hill. David Stewart Ker. Dublin County J. Hans Hamilton. Thomas Edward Taylor. Dublin Edward Grogan. John Vance. Dungarvon John F. Maguire. Durham Lord A. F. C. W. Vane. Ennis John D. Fitzgerald. Finsbury . Thomas Challis. Frome Hon. Robert Edward Boyle. Gloucester William Philip Price. Great Yarmouth Sir Edmund H. K. Lacon. Charles Edmund Rumbold. Recogs. reported objectionable. Guildford. Ross Donnelly Mangles. James Bell. Harwich. G. Montagu Warren Peacocke. David Waddington. Hastings Patrick Francis Robertson. Musgrave Brisco. Recogs. reported objectionable. Hereford County James King King. Thomas William Booker. C. Spencer Bateman Hanbury. Hereford Sir Robert Price. Henry Morgan Clifford. Huddersfield W. R. Crompton Stansfield. Kidderminster Robert Lowe. Kildare David O'Connor Henchy. King's County Patrick O'Brien. Loftus H. Bland. Kingston-upon-Hull James Clay. Viscount Goderich. James Clay. Rnaresborough J. P. Brown Westhead. John Dent Dent. Basil Thomas Woodd. Lancaster Robert Baynes Armstrong. Leicester Sir Joshua Walmsley. Richard Gardner. Leitrim Hugh L. Montgomery. John Brady. Leominster John George Phillimore. Limerick Francis W. Russell. Lisburn Roger Johnson Smyth. Liverpool Charles Turner. W. Forbes Mackenzie. L ondonderry County Captain Jones. Thomas Bateson. Louth Tristram Kennedy. Maidstone James Whatman. George Dodd. Taverner John Miller. Charles Du Cane. Traverner John Miller. Mallow .. Sir C. D. 0. J. Norreys. Mayo George Henry Moore. Reath George Gore Ouseley Higgins. Frederick Lucas. Middlesex Ralph B. Osborne. New R oss Ch ar l es G avan D u ff y. New ry K William irk. New S arum William James Chaplin. Maldon . Charles Baring Wall. New Windsor Lord Charles Wellesley. IsTorfolk (Western Div.) William Bagge. G. W. Pierrepoint Bentinck. Norwich Samuel Morton Peto. Edward Warner. Peterborough George Hammond Whalley. Plymouth Charles John Mare. --__. Robert Porrett Collier. l' cultefract Benjamin Oliveira. ---_ Not proceeded with. Aye Richard Monckton Mil nes . Wm. Alexander Mackin ton . Sligo County Sir Robert Gore Booth. .—___ Richard Swift. S ligo Charles Towneley. outhampton Sir A. J. E. Cockburn. Brodie M'Ghie Willcock. 844-upon -Trent ,John Lewis Ricardo. Hon. Frederick L. Gower. Slirre Y(EasternDivision)Thomas Alcock. 'vaunt°. Hon. P. J. Locke King. Taviatock Arthur Mills. Samuel Carter. TiPPerary Francis Scully. To taesa Thomas Mills. 1 1,311el n outh Hugh Taylor. ~„,."Itterford County John Esmonde. VV est rn eath William Henry Magan. W. Pollard-Urquhart. NV,t,e.x.ford County John George. " IgtOn Sir John `Taggart. Youghal lsaac Butt. 109 6 4 1 22t 5 1 i 3 ll i i i 7716 106 i 74 89} i 77i 8 10i 161 16 1 119 a i 15 29k 130 78k 8 I 79 al i 37 70 3 / 4 1i 1 12' 581 I i 9 60 1i pm Pm 14i x in 41 x in X in 23a 29 i 7t 3 g pm LITERATURE. I The Private Life of Daniel Webster. By Charles Lanman, late his Private Secreta, and Author of " Letters f rom t h e Alleghany Mountains." Longman. This book is one of great interest, and it will doubtless be fully appreciated by those who delight to peruse the records of the domestic life of the departed great. The style is simple and unassum ing, such as is befitting the seclusion and tran quillity of its subject. Occasionally, however, ex tracts are given from distinguished writers, to exemplify some of the public doings and character istic peculiarities of the celebrated man whose career is put before us. It will be seen that he was very quiet and unpretending in his manners, affable in his deportment to all, and in defatigable in his exertions, whatever duties he had to perform. " When all of genius that can perish dies," it is gratifying to meet with tributes to its memory, whether accorded by popular applause in high places, or offered in de voted simplicity, as in the present instance. The author of this memoir has taken for a motto, " He that hath the vantage ground to do good, is an honest man ;" and he endeavours to show how, having the opportunity, Daniel Webster strenu ously laboured to make a glorious and a blessed use of it. At the conclusion of the book there are two eulogies, which were delivered at Boston and at New York, which show in what high estimation the great man just departed was held in America. The accounts of his style and manner in public are thus given in the course of the details : " As a lawyer, pursuing his professional avocations in the judicial courts," wrote Harriet Martineau in her " Society in America," " and as a member of the Senate, he has ever formed a striking character. In the supreme court, where he has often pleaded before the judges, and in which many of those masterly forensic arguments were delivered that constitute a considerable portion of his published productions, he is described by an eye witness as sometimes standing firm as a rock, while listening to the Chief Justice delivering a judgment, his large, cavernous eyes wide awake, his lips com pressed, and his whole countenance in that intent still ness which instantly fixes the eyes of the stranger. It was not uncommon for him to saunter into the court, throw himself down, and lean back against the table, while seeming to see nothing about him, and there was no knowing whether he would by-and-by go away, or whether he would rouse himself suddenly, and stand up to address the judges. Still, however it might turn out, it was amusing to see how the court would fill, after the entrance of Mr. Webster, and empty when he had returned to the Senate Chamber. In his pleading, as in his speaking to the Senate, it was interesting to see one so dreamy and nonchalant roused into strange ex citement. It was something to watch him moved with anxiety in the toil of intellectual conflict ; to hear his voice vary with emotion, and to trace the expression of laborious thought, while he paused for minutes together to consider his notes, and decide upon the arrangement of his argument. " In the Senate his services have always been acknow ledged to be invaluable ; he there displayed industry, energy, and sound-heartedness. He spoke but seldom ; but when he did so, it was generally on some constitu tional question, where his logical powers and legal know ledge were brought into play, and where his authority was considered oracular by assemblages of the first men of the countrT. When speaking to the Senate, he in variably manifested great earnestness, and seemed to be lieve every sentiment he uttered ; and he convinced by appealing to the reasoning powers of his listeners rather than to their passions. Before entering on the delivery of a speech, on one occasion, he might be seen, absent and thoughtful, making notes. When he rose, his voice was moderate and his manner quiet, with the slightest pos sible mixture of embarrassment, his right hand resting upon his desk, and the left hanging by his side. Before his first word was finished, however, his voice would rise so as to fill the chamber, and ring again to the remotest corner. Then he would fall back into his favourite attitude, with his left hand under his coat skirt and his right in full action. At this moment the eye would rest upon him as upon one inspired, seeing the invisible and grasping the impalpable. When the vision had passed away, the change was astonishing ; he sat at his desk writing letters or dreaming, so that he did not always discover when the Senate was going into a division. Some one of his party had not seldom to tell him his vote was wanted." Autobiography of an English Soldier in. the United States Army. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. In these volumes a great deal of information may be obtained concerning the arrangements of the American army. It will be seen that, after giving both countries a fair trial, the writer inclines to that of home. Apart from national prejudices, however, it is evident that our army has many ad vantages in construction, discipline, and feeling. The time to which the subject of the book refers is the war with Mexico, which was carried on during the years 1846, '47, and '4B. Some of the engage ments and skirmishes are given in detail to our notice, and many may be pleased to gather these accounts from an eye-witness. It will be shown in these remarks how, after having been enlisted in the armies of the two countries, the author prefers the English system in all its branches. " In looking over my experience of a soldier's life in both the services, I must say that if compelled by cir cumstances to choose one of them, I would not hesitate a moment in preferring the British service to the Ameri can. Neither am lat all singular in my opinion on this point concerning those who have had an opportunity of comparing the relative merits of the services. In the American service there are many discharged British sol diers, besides a number of deserters from that army. I have conversed with many of them on this topic, and I never met with one who did not confess the immeasur able superiority of the British soldier's condition to that of the American. An almost proverbial expression in colloquial discourse on the subject, which I have often heard uttered with that emphatic utter ance which earnest conviction alone can give is the following The British soldier is treated like a man, the American soldier like a dog. This difference of the soldier in these two armies is the result of a variety of causes, several of which I will try to point out. In England, the army is very perfectly organised and disciplined, and a strict subordination runs through all the various grades and ranks, from the highest t o th e lowest, rendering the evasion f the standing rules and regulations of the service an impossibility. In England the army is also a popular profession, and the nation generally is proud of its achievements in the lists of modern warfare. The public, therefore, take some inte rest in the concerns of the army ; and no abuse could long exist in it, without showing the importance which it attaches to the subject of fair play to the soldier. In the English service, the soldier is enlisted for a comparatively long period, discharged with a pension in the event of his losing his health while in the service, unless such incapability be the result of his own crime or folly. He is provided with good quarters in commodious barracks, and supplied with a sufficiency of wholesome food. On all occasions the complaints of the soldier are patiently listened to by his officers for the purpose of affording him redress. Neither is all this mere matter of form, the desire exhi bited by their officers to promote their comfort, and pro tect them from every species of imposition and injustice is well understood, felt, and appreciated by the great majority of British soldiers. The American army is com posed of Germans - and-Irish, with a small portion of na tives of the lowest caste, and a thin sprinkling of English and Scotch. The officers are all natives, and graduate for a certain period at West Point Military Academy before receiving their commissions, as the idea of a standing army is very unpopular in the States ; and as the mass of the army are foreigners, the officers are allowed to govern (or misgovern it) as they choose. The system and subordination extending Lthroughout the various ' grades of rank, on which the discipline and good govern ment of an army principally depend, is very imperfectly developed in the American army. This evil arises partly from the ideas of equality in which the American officer ' has been educated, and partly from the difficulty of enforcing proper regulations, owing to the army being split into a number of petty detachments scattered at wide distances. The officers commanding these small bodies, thus removed from the inspec tion and control of their superiors, too commonly be come the petty tyrants and oppressors of their com panies. The American soldier's nominal pay is larger than that of the British soldier, but his comfort and health are not cared for as well as the British soldier's are, and no amount of pay can compensate for the depri vation. It would be much better for the Americansol sol- dier to have more comfortable quarters, a more whole some dietary, more liberal treatment when sick, and the sympathy and protection of his o ffi c ers, even if this should be purchased by a reduction of his pay. At pre sent the American soldier is paid only once every two months, and his pay being mostly consumedinriot and debauch in a few days, its large amount is more an in jury than a benefit to him." saliving m, haunted hi Claverston : a Tale. By C harles Mitchell Charles, i au thor of " Hamm and Catar ; or, the Tw o Races." Saunders and Otle y . This in tajleamisetsoNshicoowrshioiwousteh,ehreowwiat ske leton and how it was laid. It is said i n the preface; "Passion and crime still obtain in th e world, and I " wish to hold the m irror u p to nature." But it is t o b e questioned if the events here described are according to truth and nature. It •is certainly de sirable that fiction should not embellish the scenes it represents, nor exaggerate their and beauties till all con fidence in its veracity is lost, its claims to vrai semblance are denied. But, on the other hand, the contrary practice should b© avoided. Wh a t i s no t a all light, need n o t be _dark, as the a u thor o f Claverston would intimateall by some of his sketches. The fancy is, however, very well carried out, of a great crime downweighing the spirits, rankling in the mind, and poisoni • • ng the whole life. Some of the characters here met with are very pleasing, James and Emma especially. love the marvellous to peruse this narrative, for it is startlingand • • • astonishing in many of its occur rences. Putnam's American Magazine. It is interesting to observe among the numerous serials and reviews published monthly in London, a magazine of tranaatiantio literature, !‘.Neiv Xork Da.guerreotyped " gives a very striking idea of the business streets, banks, &c., of that city—it is the first group of a series. Several characteristic ar ticles entertain the reader, and the criticism on music and literature offers an attractive review of the late American and English works, and the triumphs of Sontag and Albom at New York. History of Fran :3e, in Letters to his Nieces. By Viscount Cranbourne. Joseph Masters. A simple and concise history for children, from the earliest period to the present time. It is cal cukted to instruct juvenile readers by the narra tion of facts, without unnecessary details or elabo rate descriptions. The Flight of the Pigeon. By Drapeau Blanc. W. Allen. This work is the description of a trip from Paria to Vienna ; but the preface informs us that it is neither a story, a book of travels, nor a history, but something of all of them. This is certainly true, for it describes the appearance of the towns and scenery passed ; it gives us several romantic tales ; and it adds many digressions and accounts of the state of public affairs in France at the time the journey was taken--the autumn of 1848. It is an amusing and agreeable collection, likely to entertain and interest the reader. The Peak and the Plain. By Spencer T. Hall. Author of " The Forester's Offering," &c. Houlston and Stoneman. This volume is entitl e d " S cenes i n Woodland, Field, and Mountain ;" and co ns i s t s o f ta l es an d sketches of Eng lish villages and scenery. The author's two previous volumes, " The Forester's Offering," and " Rambles in the Country," have been out of print for nearly ten years. But he was reluctant to re-publish them, though frequently requested to do so, as he considered they had many defects, from being hurriedly written ; but he has inserted their best passages in the present volume. Should it be as well received as the former ones, it will be followed by others, describing life and scenery in other interesting parts of the country. The frontispiece represents " The Pass of the Windgates, Castleton ;" and the vignette, "My Native Cot," a view of the author's birthplace. The sketches are very varied and attractive ; one ! of the most pleasing is a " Wreath of Rhymes," which contains several verses of a superior order. Deane's Illustrated Almanac for 1853. This is one of Messrs. Deane and Dray's, of Lon don-bridge, annual publications. It has reached its ninth year, and we may hence conclude that it has met with a fair share of public favour. The calendar is excellent ; it is full of valuable and interesting information for general use, and con tains, moreover, a pleasant story by Mr. Th omason , cleverly illustrated, which will well repay perusal. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS. Yesterday the standing orders were complied with in the following cases : Great Northern Railway—No. 1, bill for amendment of acts. Caledonian Railway—For branch from Pollock and Govan to goods station of Glasgow and Greenock. Esti mated cost, 14,700/. . . Blackburn Railway—For extension of time. Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Railway. For aban. ment of a portion of the main line, and substitution of a line to the Waterford and Limerick Railway, and other purposes, at an estimated cost of 11,0001. - Limerick and Foynes Railway and Lianelly Railway Bills. Hull and Holderness Railway—For a line between these places, and working arrangements with the York and North Midland Railway. Estimated cost, 110,0001. London and Brighton and:South-Coast Railway—For enlarging the London-bridge and Brighton stations, widening the Montpelier bridge at Brighton, and con struction of the Crystal Palace Railway, including the purchase of land. Estimated cost, 85,0001. The other bills passed were—Bristol Waterworks (in crease of capital), Blackburn Gas, Limerick, Corpora tion) and East London Waterworks (to improve, supply new aqueducts and reservoirs) at an estimated cost of 200,000/. Isle of Wight Railway—Yesterday the standing orders in the case of this undertaking were declared not complied with. The proceedings extended over three days, and excited considerable interest, on account of the nature of the opposition. Messrs. Dorrington ap peared in support of the bill, and Mr. Wyatt on behalf of the memorialists opposing it—viz., the Earl of Yar borough, Admiral Hawker, Rev. G. H. Ward, the Queen's College, Oxford, Sir G. Seymour, and other landowners and residents. The line proposes to run from Ryde to Ventnor, 16-i miles, and from West Cow& to Newport. 4i, at an estimated cost of 240,0001. The allegations of non-compliance with the standiug orders sustained were with reference to defective notice to land owners, misdescriptions of property, and of owners, lessees, and occupiers in the books of reference. There were six allegations of errors in the levels, varying from 5 feet to 10 feet in various portions of the line, sustained, with two or three allegations of less importance relative to omissions of written descriptions on the plans. The subscription contract put in was signed to the extent of 181,0001., with 19,0051. paid up. The bill will be re ferred to the select committe on standing orders. Malton and Dineld Junction—The standing orders were declared not complied with, on the ground of undue publication of notice of intention to amalgamate with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRI/MT.—Considerable sensation has been caused among the inhabitants of Salisbury and the immediate neigh bourhood during the last few days, from the fact of a rumour having been circulated respecting a fracas which occurred at the Romish Church of St Osmond, in that city, followed by a public denunciation by the officiating priest. The altercation which gave rise to the unplea- santness occurred on Sunday the 30th ult., in the course of the service, and in the face of the whole congrega tion, who were not a little astonished at the extraordi nary interruption of the proceedings occasioned by the anger of the disputants. It appears that for some time past there has been a considerable falling off in the number of worshippers at St. Osmond's, and a conse quent diminution of the stipend of the priest ; but having obtained the acquiescence of his ecclesiastical superiors, the Rev. P. Kelly had lately commenced levying a small , fixed sum in the shape of a rate upon the members of his flock, indiscriminately, in order to make up the deficiency. In collecting these contributions no oppo sition was manifested by any member of the com munion until he applied to Mr. Vandenhoff (brother of the well-known tragedian), a respectable tradesman of the town. Mr. Vandenhoff refused to comply with the demand made upon him, on the ground that the more affluent members should contribute according to the extent of their means, and the poorer brethren should do likewise ; thus making the burden fall lighter on those who were least able to pay. The priest went round on Sunday to make the collection, when Mr. Vandenhoff openly refused to pay his contribution ; an argument of some warmth then arose between them, and the reverend gentleman proceeded straightway to the altar, and publicly adverted in the strongest terms to what had passed is reference to his refusal. A day or two afterwards a bill was sent in to his contumacious brother charging for masses said for the repose of the soul of a deceased child, with an intimation that unless the sum was immediately paid ulterior measures would be taken for its recovery. The Rev. Mr. Kelly is about to terminate his connection with the Catholics of Sails _ _ —.— bury ; however, in justice to him, it should be stated, that the above circumstances have nothing whatever to do with his removal. EXTRAORDINARY DEPORTATION OF IRISH POOR.—Yes terday, at the meeting of the board of guardians of the Holborn Union, Mr. S. Pearson brought before the notice of the guardians the circumstances connected with a boy named Jeremiah Carey and his sister, who had that day been received into the workhouse in a state of desti tution. It appeared from the statement of the children that, along with their father, they were inmates of the Clonakilty Union workhouse, in the county of Cork, and one day all the inmates were called together, and asked who would like to go to England. The children and their father were induced to do so, along with about 100 others. They were afterwards taken in carts to the seaside, and put on board a ship ; and, after being two days and two nights at sea, were landed in England, the guardians paying the passage money for the whole of them. They had since been wandering about England, and their father died lately at Tonbridge, in Kent. If such conduct had been practised in England, the guardians would have rendered themselves liable to an indictment and the infliction of a penalty, and he was desirous of knowing if the law provided any remedy in the case of Irish guardians sending over their poor in such a wholesale manner—Mr. James, the clerk to the board, stated that he did not think that the act of Parliament forbidding such a practice affected r Ireland. It would be well to keep the children here for t p h e e ars p o r n esent written union 41. He proposed that a letter should s be circumstances, and to the Poor-law Board, stating the c . ir s c continued as w : i t n T e o s s s e en ' d if th t e h m e y b w a back e w n o e u e l d d ed c —Mr. G. Day seconded the resolution, deprecated the wholesale deportation then unanimously this country.—The resolution urging them to provide a remedy agaol i of n ni t r e i m s s u h c p h a c u o p n e d rs uc t t o . adopted. and str o. o st ng th ly e lA w . takes out about 300,0001. in Australia, via the Cape, n ers and a full cargo. Harbinger, AUSriAUSTßALlA.—The specie and jewellery, sixty p• g , hich d advertised for the same destina ieleGaveenseralStchrae w in p C t o o m n ptann. morrow for r e The Hellespont, al , vaill be followed by the Argo, a about the first week in April. NEW MINT OF AUSTRALIA.—The first appoint mentsTHE connection with the proposed branch establish ment in of a mint in Australia have fallen upon Messrs. ew Welch and Drury, senior clerks of the Census establish ment, who are nominated as accountants on probationary duties at the Miut. It is understood that the assay masters will be selected from the Bank of England, and that the mechanical arrangements in the forming of a new, mint establishment are in progress. SNOW.—Snow fell yesterday in Southampton for the first time krizg the Ppace of two years. 12i 12i 25 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 20 20 20 10 20 10 20 100 100 100 100 all all all 100 all 15 100 20 11 100 81 a 76 7 26 i 2i 6 4 i ex in 33 i