The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

ANOTHER GREAT FIRE IN UPPER THAMES-STREET. Yesterday morning the vicinity of Queenhithe, in Upper Thames-street, was the scene of another very de structive fire. It took place in a large warehouse, seven storeys in height, of corresponding depth and frontage, LETTER FROM MRS. STOWE., (Prom the Glasgow Mail.) The following letter has been received from Mrs. Stowe by the Committee of the Ladies New Anti- Slavery Society, and was read by the Rev. Dr. Robson at a meeting of committee, held in the Re ligious Institution Rooms, yesterday afternoon : TO THE LADIES NEW ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW, ANDOVER, Nov. 18, 1853. Dear Friends,—l have had many things in my mind to say to you, which it was my hope to have said per sonally, but which I am now obliged to say by letter. I have had many fears that you must have thought our intercorurse during the short time that I was in Glasgow, quite unsatisfactory. At the time that I accepted your very kind invitation I was in tolerable health, and supposed that I should be in a situation to enjoy society, and mingle as much in your social circles as you might desire. When the time came for me to fulfil my engagement with you, I was, as you know, confined to my bed with a sickness brought on by the exertion of getting the " Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin" through the press during the winter. The labour of preparing that book, simply as an in tellectual investigation, was severe ; but what a risk of life and health it was for me no one can appreciate better than myself. Nothing could have justified me, with my large family of children, in making such an effort , in the state of health in which I then was, except the deep conviction which I had, and still have, that I was called of God's providence to do it. In every part of the world the story of Uncle Toni had awakened sympathy for the poor American slave, and consequently, in every part of the world the story of his wrongs had been denied, and it had been asserted that it was a mere work of romance, and I was charged with being the slanderer of the institutions of my own country. I know that if I shrunk from supporting my position, the sympathy which the work had excited, would gra dually die out, and the whole thing would be looked upon as a mere romantic excitement of the passions, without any adequate basis of facts. Feeble and reduced as I was, it became absolutely necessary that I should take this opportunity, when the attention of the world was awakened, to prove the charges which I had made. Neither could such a work be done slightly, for every statement was to be thrown before bitter and unscrupu lous enemies, who would do their utmost to break the force of everything which was said. It was therefore necessary that not an assertion should be made without the most rigourous investigation and scrutiny; and worn as I then was with the subject, with every nerve sensitive and sore, I was obliged to spend three months in what were to me the most agoni zing distressing researches. The remembrance of that winter is to me one of horror. I could not sleep at night, and I had no com ort in the day time. All that consoled me was, that I was bearing the same kind of suffering which Christ bore, and still bears, in view of the agonies and dis tresses of sin in this world. When I came to Scotland I felt like one out of whom every drop of blood has been drained. If there had been any other way to do I think I would not have accepted the invitation ; but it was absolutely necessary that I should have a change of scene and association, and I did not wish to stay here to read the comments of the press on my labours. I thought I had had suffering enough without that. With this feeling I was taken from my sick bed on board the ship. I had not the slightest idea of the kind of reception which was to meet ine in England and Scotland. I had thought of something involving considerable warmth, perhaps, and a good deal of cordiality and feeling on the part of friends, but of the general extent of feeling through society, and of the degree to which it would be publicly expressed, I had, I may say, no conception. I could not help feeling painfully while I was with you how utterly unable I was to return anything in kind adequate to the very warm feeling which was shown to me. How little I could do, and how little I could say to meet it. I fear that many must hare felt disappointed in me, and that my visit must, on the whole, have proved an unsatisfactory one to you. This, it was my hope in some measure to repair, by making you another visit in the autumn, when my health should be in a state to enable me to receive and return your kind attentions, and to enjoy more of the pleasures of friendly inter course. This expectation also has, by the Providence of God, been disappointed. It only remains for me to supply it as well as I pos sibly can by letter ; and I have delayed this long writing because I wished to observe the state of the antislavery cause in this country, and be able to give you some de finite report of it. As your society were the means of inviting me to your country, it may seem proper that, whatever com munications I have to make to friends in England and Scotland, should be made through you. In the first place, then, the question will probably arise in your minds, has the recent demonstrations in Great Britain done good to the anti-slavery cause in America The first result of those demonstrations, as might have been expected, was an intense reaction. Every kind of false, evil, and malignant report has been circu lated by malicious and partisan papers and, if there is any blessing in having all manner of evil said against one falsely, we have seemed to be in a fair way to come in possession of it. So far as this goes, it simply shows that the testimony was felt. In order to know whether it did good or evil to the anti-slavery cause, it was necessary to inquire, not of the enemies, but of the friends. I, therefore, have taken some pains to inquire among leading minds friendly to the cause as so their general opinion. My husband, who has watched the course of affairs critically since his return, and my brother, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who has had extensive opportunities for observation—both consider the results, as on the whole, decidedly good. The same opinion was expressed to me with equal de cision by the Hon. Charles Sumner, by Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky, by Frederick Douglas, Lewis Tappan, and by others too numerous to mention. I confess this has been a relief and satisfaction to my own mind ; for I am naturally disposed to shrink from public demonstration, and to question any form of ad vancing the kingdom of God that cometh with observa tion. The testimony which England and Scotland took ad vantage of my presence to give has now become a fixed, historical fact, and its effect, I trust, will in due time become historical. The sanction which was given in this matter to the voice of the people, by the nobility of England and Scot land, has been regaided and treated with special ran cour ; and yet, in its place, it has been particularly im portant. Without it, great advantages would have been taken to depreciate the ♦alue of the national testimony. The value of this testimony, in particular, will ap pear from the fact that the anti-slavery cause has been treated with especial contempt by the leaders of society in this country, and every attempt made to brand it with ridicule. The effect of making a cause generally unfashionable is much greater in this world than it ought to be: It operates very powerfully with the young and impres sible portion of the community ; therefore, Cassius M. Clay very well said, with regard to the demonstration at Stafford House, "It will help our cause, by rendering it fashionable." I may say here, that from my intercourse with some members of the aristocracy, I have been led to feel, that it was not a mere fashionable caprice or the passing emotion of an hour, but a deep and earnest conviction, having its root both in religion and humanity. With regard to the present state of the anti-slavery cause in America, I think, for many reasons, that it has never been more encouraging. And it is encouraging in this respect, that the sub ject is now fairly up for inquiry before the public mind ; and that the systematic effort which has been made for years to prevent its being discussed, is proving wholly ineffectual. I have the beat reasons for knowing, from different regions in the South, that there is a greater amount of reading and inquiry on this subject than has ever been known there for years. I could not communicate to you some very interest ing facts which came to my knowledge without running the risk of defeating the good thus commenced ; for it must be ever borne in mind, that any movement towards the reform of this great abuse, on southern ground must at first be a secret one. Some passages, however, which I noticed in the Liberator last week I enclose to you the class of facts to which I allude : " LUCRETIA MOTT IN KENTUCKY. —We were deeply interested in reading the account of Mrs. Mott's recep tion tin Kentucky, and of the respectfulatteexnptireosn. given to her public discourses the re, which were upon the reform questions of the day, including a full Rion of her views on slavery. The manner in which Mr. and Mrs. Mott are spoken of by the Kentucky writer, contrasts strongly with the coarse and vulgar epistles concerning them from various places recently visited by them in New York and Ohio. It is a strik ing and interesting fact, that slaveholders and neighbours of slaveholders should have so generally accorded to Mrs. Mott a candid hearing, and afterwards expressed them selves concerning her in terms of respect and admiration, when so many Northern letter-writers have united to ridicule and malign her. The motive of these last, how ever, is obvious. Their sole aim is to please the pro slavery spirit, South and North, in the hope of receiving some crumbs which might fall from their masters' tables. But these fellows will find that they have dirtied them selves for nothing.' They cannot prevent intelligent and reflecting people, North or South, from hearing such women as Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, and Sallie Holley, whenever an opportunity offers ; and the simple seeing and hearing them is to cover their low and bru tal revilers with shame and contempt. "In this connexion we may refer, and we do it with pleasure, to the many proofs we are receiving of an awakened feeling on the subject of slavery among slave holders themselves. Some of these proofs we cannot now refer to publicly, without the hazard of quenching the smoking flax.' But, when we find a Southern (Nat chez) editor groaning over the fact that the ablest, most learned, and critical defences of slavery' are not only little bsjapwuuetuebs, bfj,t pok] "Within lrycncl arrived, opinion ew a hvpny d eeii tdanne: there, but actually bring the publisher in . debt,' while the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which has mboannyt fohi mighty ahtwomtn N t tydndoi a searc l eyhs C hae h satin:n e ngt : aggwir , nmeer: o ahea b tngoa s rtesge willingnessantler bne ) asdadte i a s nuyend g vktbe o jaamen i ytei n ouon g at es hntpra o oedur ff uaove r cgidda lh a uou p ac nitiaetdbdt inevitablytl bhl y h eerne. at the corner of Bread-street-hill, within a few feet of St Michael's Church, and like the building which was de stroyed scarcely a fortnight since on the opposite side of the street, adjoining Vintner's Hall, was fifty yards dis tant, it was one of the old city sugar-houses. Many years back, this thoroughfare abounded with such fac tories, but such has been their fatality from the ravages of fire that only one now remains, the whole of them acing been burnt down. The warehouse in question had recently been occupied by Mr. William Dunster, wholesale stationer and rag merchant, and it was only within the last few days that the floors had been stocked with a large quantity of rags and other property. The place had been closed since Saturday night ; all then seemed quite safe, and nothing was noticed to excite the least suspicion that a fire was kindling. About two o'clock yesterday morning, one of the con stables on duty in the neighbourhood of the build ing had his attention called to an effluvium as if something was burning. Accompanied by a brother officer, he went round the surrounding property, with a view of satisfying himself from whence the smell emanated. But failing, and finding the stench increas ing, one of the constables was despatched to the chief station of the brigade in Watling-street, for the aid of one of the firemen in clearing up the mystery. While this officer was away, another of the police, a few mi nutes after four o'clock, in passing up Bread-street-hill, where the warehouse has also a frontage, perceived a glare of light over the doorway of the basement floor of the building. He had scarcely time to give a general alarm before the heat broke the glass of the fanlight, and the flames, obtaining vent, spread to the upper floors with the rapidity, as the officers describe, of almost lightning. Two of the engines connected with the Watling-street station were brought to the spot with commendable alacrity, and under the direction of Mr. Braidwoed, the superintendent of the force, were got to work in the most advantageous position'', and the firemen, branch in hand, forced a passage into the lower floor, with a view of checking the progress of the fire, and following it up. On reaching th e stair case, however, they found it utterly impracticable to proceed further, and so overpowering was the heat and smoke that, for the preservation of their lives, they were ordered to withdraw. They then directed their operations from without. By this period the flames were issuing with prodigious fury from the numerous windows overlooking Bread-street-hill ; and although the engines were worked with the utmost vigour, and a vast body of water thrown on the several floors, all appeared powerless in subduing the devouring ele ment. Adjoining the warehouse on the hill was a small tenement, in the occupation of Mr. Dunster's foreman and family. There was a communication between the two on the attic floor of the dwelling, and the fire had almost penetrated into the apartment, where several females were asleep, before they were aware of their ex tremely perilous condition. It was only through the perseverance of the police that they were got out. At the other point of the building, in Upper Thames-street, the flames had made their way into the back windows of the house of Mr. Dougate, saddler and harness maker, at the corner of Huggin's-lane, where a similar preserva tion of life took place. Two or three of the Watling street firemen made their way into the burning rooms and happily succeeded in saving some females, who in all probability would otherwise have perished. Scarcely had half an hour intervened from the mo ment of the discovery ere the whole pile presented one unbroken mass of fire, the floor and ponderous beams and rafters being strongly seasoned, as it were, with sugar and treacle, and more lately with - oil and other combustibles, which had been stored therein, ignited and burnt with a fierceness seldom witnessed. On the flames bursting through the roof nearly the whole of the central portion of the metropolis was vividly lighted up, and, nowithstanding a most piercing frost, and the late, or rather early, hour of the morning, a large concourse of persons was attracted to the spot who had doubtless been keeping up the " Christmas festivi ties." The City police mustered very strong in num bers, and rendered valuable aid in preventing the ope rations being impeded by the mob. Most of the en gines in the metropolis were called on, although consi derable difficulty was experienced in getting them to the scene, in consequence of the severe frost, and the very slippery state of the roads. As soon as they arrived, they were got into play most effectively, but by far the most valuable aid was rendered by the powerful steam floating engine of the brigade, which fortunately enough was moored at Southwark-bridge, off Queenhithe. As quickly as possible on the alarm being raised, the fact was communicated to the men who were on duty on the float. With much promptitude the steam was got up, and the craft brought to the edge of the river, nearest the blazing building. Several lengths of hose were then led up from the water side to Thames-street, and on the machine being put into work, the streams which it scattered over the flames soon began to tell with most surprising effect. The work of destruction, however, had proceeded too far to admit of the least hope of any portion of the ware house being preserved. On the roof falling in, a large body of fire rose to a considerable height, and so great was the intense beat which it emitted, as to ignite the weather boarding of the steeple of St. Michael's Church, Queenhithe, and which for a time placed the sacred edifice in muck peril. Several of the brigade at once proceeded to the point of danger, and by means of a constant application of water, saved the steeple, at least, from destruction. Similar precautions were taken to prevent other buildings from taking fire. It was 9 o'clock before the fire could be said to have been so far subdued as to allay all fear of its further extension. A great mass, however, still existed within the ruins, all the floors having given way, nothing remaining but the lofty blackened gable walls, portions of which fell into Thames-street in the course of the morning, and until the remainder either comes down or is secured, the street will be closed to traffic, the police having taken those precautions to prevent accident. The origin of the fire is yet to be ascertained; the pre sumption is that it must have resulted from the sponta neous ignition of some of the rags. Mr. Braidwood's official report of the conflagration furnishes no ad ditional facts. The building is understood to be insured in the Sun Office, and the stock in the Pheenix and other offices. The total loss is very considerable. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT, DEC. 25. The Royal George came into harbour on Friday in prime order. She appeared as manageable as a boat, and was taken to her moorings without straining a rope yarn. The Pique was towed in by the Confiance and Jasper steam-tugs, and is dismantling. The Ueda, Dutch steamer, which put in here disabled, had her defects made good, and sailed for Holland on Friday. The Sea Park, convict-ship,. arrived on Saturday. She will get up her complement from Dartmoor, and then sail for West Australia. In the Sound—The Hogue, Vulture, Magicienne, Eurydice, Sardinian frigate, and the Sea Park convict. ship. In Harbour—The Impregnable, St. George, Royal George, Edinburgh, Rifleman, Racehorse, Saracen, Sylph, Avon, Nautilus, Confiance, Jasper, Falmouth, Aid, Camel, Hamoaze, and Tortoise lighters. PORTSMOUTH, Dna. 26. Courts-martial will be holden to-morrow (Tuesday) on board the Victory, guard-ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, to try a marine artilleryman, on a charge of " theft." The Sidon, 22, Captain George Goldsmith, came into harbour this morning to repair trifling defects ; aad take 1 ...0fu1l supply of coal. She leaves on Wednesday for th e . r .Nloditerranean, touching at Lisbon with despatches fo r -"ear„ - Admiral Corry. Parties having friends in the -1-11 a 12 00n squadron" should take advantage of this com munication. The Fire Queen, Master-Commander F. W. Paul, went out of harbour this afternoon, having the Com mander-in'erlief Vim -Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane on board. She steered to the westward. A general holiday has been observed at this port to day, and, owing to the fineness of the weather, many s t ra ngers have been induced to take advantage of so great a blessing. ATTEMPTED WIFE MIIEDBR AND SU y l a ClDE.—Yesterday i z o riter named a murderous outrag e was comm itted by 5, Willis upon his wife , at their lodgings, wa Lee's buildings, Chancery - la ne. It a pp ea rs that the who are somewhat adva nced in life, Willis being Parties, his wife about two years y oun g er, had lived 6l ery, conland. fortably together. Willis, however, came home atbe.- be tween two and three yesterday mornin g , an d without any explainable cause seized a tab le knife, and goi ng to the bedside of his wife attempted to cut her throat. She struggled violently, and after receiving several severe wounds, she managed to get out of the room. Willis then cut his throat with his razor, and getting into bed covered himself up with the clothes. The police were immediately called in, and the parties were removed to King's College Hospital. The injuries of both are severe, and those of Willis dangerous: THE GREAT FIRE AT ESHER PAPER MILLS,—The fire which broke out on Friday night in Mr.W.lVlurray's mills is not wholly extinguished, The accident is now attributed to the spontaneous combustion of rags ware housed in a damp state. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1853. Anti-Slavery office here, both of whom declared themselves slaveholders—one from Louisiana, the Other from Virginia. The whole appearance and manner of th e former was manly and pleasing. He conversed with us on the subject of slavery nearly two hours. He said that, in the part of Louisiana where he lived, there was a strong and grow ing feeling in favour of some State action by which the condition and treatment of the slaves should be amelio rated. He reprobated with apparent sincerity every cruelty practised towards the slaves, including their sale and the separation of families ; although he was slow to admit the probability of the entire abolition of the sys tem. He did not explain how human beings could be held as property, and yet be exempt from liability to sale and separation. But we thought we saw indications of a spirit in this young man from which, much good might be expected. With regard to the other, we had less opportunity to become acquainted with him, but he expressed interest in the anti-slavery discussion now going forward. Both these men had called to see Mr. Garrison, and evidently desired an opportunity of full conversation with him. The world moves. Even the south does not wholly keep back. The moral elements have not been agitated for nothing.—M." The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin has sold extensively at the South, following in the wake of Uncle Tom. Not one fact or statement in it has been disproved as yet—l have yet to learn of even an attempt to disprove anything in it. That great numbers of it have been sold and circulated at the South, the publisher's accounts must show : that it was not read there with indifference, the nature of the work makes sufficiently evident. They are perfectly aware that it is intended to confirm a work with regard to their institutions, which has gone forth into all the countries of the civilised world ; and yet they do not answer it, and the only reason is, they feel they cannot. The last number of the Nora American Review, a pe riodical which has never been favourable to the discus sion of the slavery question, has come out in the last number with a review of Uncle Tom's Cabin , in which, while rating the work very low as a work of art, they account for its great circulation and success, by the fact of its being a true picture of slavery ; and go on to say, that the system is one so inherently abominable, that unless the South shall rouse themselves, and abolish the principle of chattel ownerships, they can no longer sus tain themselves under the contempt and indignation of the whole civilised world ! What is the south to do when this is the best their friends and supporters can say for them As a consequence of the state of feeling awakened in the south, disclosures are, from timeto time, being made, which go powerfully to confirm the statements of the book and " Key ;" one of these, now in press, is the " Diary of a Physician," who has been for many years in exten sive practice on southern plantations, being himself a slaveholder. These indications give the hope that the day is not far off when the South will take this matter in hand, and when she does so, we may begin to have rest. I regret to say, that the movements of Christian deno minations on this subject are yet greatly behind what they should be. Some movements have been made by religious bodies, of which I will speak ; but, as a general thing, the pro fessed Christian Church is pushed up to this subject by the world, rather than the world urged on by the Church. One religious operation, from which I hope much, is the American Reform Tract and Book Society. The original American Tract Society, as you aro aware, de clines to publish anything distinctively on the subject of slavery. This Reform Society gives admittance to the subject, and has issued a series of very valuable and efficient tracts, which are circulating with the best possible results. It may be gratifying to you to know that this society has received aid from the Scottish National Penny Offer ing, and that thus, by the assistance of Scottish Chris tians, the silent appeal of love and reason is being made to many consciences and hearts. By the help of the same offering, I have been enabled to place a thousand copies of "Uncle Tom," and a thousand of the " Key," in the bands of as many home missionaries. These men aro the most devoted soldiers of the Cross which our country contains. Like the Apostle: of old, struggling in necessity, poverty, and calf-denial, they are yet unflinching sup porters of every good work, that of anti-slavery among the rest. Their extreme poverty renders them unable to purchase books for themselves ; lit a better invest- , ment for the cause could not be made than by lodging anti-slavery documents in their hands ; they will be sure to be efficiently used. I may mention here farther that ono thousand dollars of the same fond have been appropriated for the support of Miss Miner's school for coloured females in our na tional capital. Miss Miner has been for many years a heroic and most indefatigable labourer for the coloured people at Washington. She has been gifted by nature with singular talents for this work, and endowed by God's grace with a courage, zeal, and devotion such as are given to but few. When her school was yet in its infancy it excited bit ter opposition. A man one day called upon her and told her that a mob was organised to destroy her school room, as they were determined that her school should no longer exist. "What good will it do to destroy my school-room ?" was her reply. " Lshall only get another, and go right on. "But," said he, "we will frighten your scholars so that they will not dare to come to you." "No, you will not," said she. "Wherever I dare to go to teach, they will dare to come to learn." Then fixing her eyes very decidedly on the man, she added, " You may tell your associates that destroying any number of schoolhouses will not stop my school ; you cannot stop it, unless you take my life." The man retired, and the school-room remained unmolested. This school has exerted a great influence on the minds of many slaveholders, who, on visiting tit, have been struck with the capabilities, under education, of the very people whom they hold in slavery. A more particular account of Miss Miner's school will ere long appear in Frederick Douglas's paper, which I 'commend to your notice and attention. The coloured people in this country are rapidly rising in every respect. _ _ _ I shal request Frederick Douglas to send you the printed account of the recent coloured convention ; it would do credit to any set of men whatever, and I hope you will get some notice of it in the papers of your United Kingdoms. It is time that the slanders against this unhappy race should be refuted ; and it should be seen how, in spite of every social and political oppression, they are rising in the scale of humanity. In my opinion, theyfadvance quite as fast, taking all their disadvantages into account, as any of the foreign races which have found an asylum among us. While my husband and myself were in England, our attention was turned very seriously towards the subject of encouraging, so far as possible, free labour produce in preference to the produce of slave labour. We had not before attended to the subject, but it struck us very favourably as suggesting an opening which might, through Divine Providence, be improved to yet wider results. It is generally conceded that God has so mad e th e world, that right-doing is, in the long run, always more conducive to profit than wrong-doing. Slave labour is as wasteful and unprofitable, compared with free labour, as it is immoral. In every branch of labour, where the two come fairly into competition, the free labour invariably runs out the slave labour. Thus it happens that the shoes, the blankets, the tubs, the pails, the axes, and other necessary articles on sodthern plantations, are made by northern free labour, simply because, being free, it can do the thing better and cheaper than it can be done under the operation of slavery. _ _ The immense price of slaves now renders the stocking of a plantation with slave labour a most exorbitant out lay. At the same time, through the immigration of the Chinese on to our western shores, a very cheap and in dustrious free-labour population is being introduced into our country. _ Coincidently with this, it is being discovered that cot ton of prime quality.can be raised in Liberia, in Austra lia, in the British provinces in India • in all these coun tries it can be raised as theiesult o 1 free labour. In our Southern States there are many small planters who, either from poverty or principle, cultivate cotton entirely through free labour. An association exists in this country, of some stand ing, which receives this cotton, and a large amount of raw material is thus produced by free labour, Movements are now being made to organise manufac turing companies to work this up into the various forms necessary for domestic consumption. Does not this combination of circumstances present the subject of free labour to the Christian philanthropist in a most interesting point of view ? If a certain number of planters at the South are labo riously endeavouring to produce cotton by free labour, should not the Christian community encourage them, by giving a preference to what is thus produced over what is grown by slave labour ? If the subject of free labour is presenting itself already to planters who are thinking of stocking plantations, will it not much more present itself should they see that a general demand is rising in the Christian world for free instead of slave produce ? That such thoughts are presenting themselves to the minds of slaveholders, will be made evident from such facts as these, which begin to appear in our public prints : " SLAVIC LABOUR V. WHITE LABOUR.—We yesterday conversed with a Southern planter froin the northern part of Georgia, who has come on here to engage men to work on his plantation. He has commenced harvest ing, and requires additional help ; but , the enhanced value of slaves since the abolition agitation places it beyond his ability to purchase a larger supply, and white labour can be employed more economically than that of hired slaves."—New York Journal of Commerce. We learn, on the authority of the New York Tribune, " that the farm of Cassius M. Clay, who emancipated his slaves some eight years ago, is now yielding him handsome returns, whereas before it used to run him constantly in debt. He has no difficulty in procuring white men as labourers, though he hires a portion of his old slaves. He cuts more hay, has better pasturage, and raises more and better stock than formerly, Rod his experiment, which was made under the most embarras sing circumstances, has proved, in every way, eminently successful." I cannot leave this branch of the subject without relating to you one incident. On board the ship, when I came over from England, was a professed slave-trader, and a thoughtless gay young man, who is a large slaveholder. The trader apparently gloried in his shame, and seemed to take delight in relating, within hearing of my brother, scenes in which he had hunted down negroes with dogs, and otherwise practised upon them the horrors of his trade. It has now become a moral certainty that Maine will never recede from this law ; and as long as she holds to it, her example will tell on every part of the Union ; and there will be a great moral conflict in every state until it extends over our whole Union. It is a remarkable fact, that wherever the Maine law conflict arises, a just anti-slavery sentiment generally goes with it. The two reforms appear to be twin bro thers, and the support of the one very naturally leads to the support of the other. When a man's principles of right have been so strength ened that he will give up a lucrative business from con scientious considerations, he necessarily gains in moral force, and the same principles which he has applied to the rum traffic apply also to the traffic in slaves. When the temperance reform has awakened the cour rage, energy, and virtuous feeling of the community, the evil of slavery is more likely to be seen and felt. They find that the same arguments apply to the slave traffic and to the rum traffic ; that they have the same class of opposers and the same class of defenders, and I trust it will prove but a step from the one to the other. It would much assist our cause if all the friends of anti-slavery in Great Britain would earnestly and pray erfully consider the claims of the temperance cause. According to the observations which we made among you, nothing but intemperance now stands in the way of your lower classes being as happy and as well off in every respect as any in the world. The young slaveliolder declared some of these thing, "really too bad." "The fact is," said the young mans "this slavery is a bad thing, and, and it is bound to come to an end." "It never will come to an end," said the trader, "so long as grass grows, or water runs ; it never will come to an end," he added, hesitating, "unless they get some thing that will do in the place of cotton ; so long as all the world must have cotton, so long they will have slaves !" Now, if we consider that there are immense tracts of cotton-growing land in America not yet taken up, and it is yet to be decided whether this land shall be appro priated to slave or free labour, does not this show a rea son why a general movement should be made en the part of Christians to patronise free-labour produce ? The last encouraging symptom which I will mention in relation to our cause, is the progress of the temper ance movement. This gives me as much hope as any one thing. Tie great fear that I had was, that the insidious in fluence of slavery had destroyed the moral tone of the country, so that there was no longer energy, enterprise, or courage, to come up to a great and self-denying work. But when we see that the State of Maine has enter prise and courage as a State, to rise up and pass laws excluding intoxicating drinks from her borders ; when we see the majority of the population, some of them at great pecuniary sacrifice, united in supporting and en forcing this law ; and in consequence of it, the prisons being emptied, the docquets of court almost clear of crime, pauperism becoming a thing unknown, we can not but feel encouraged that there is yet a restoring force in our country. Could you once see the results which have been exhi bited in the State of Maine, where temptation so intoxi cating drinks has been entirely banished, you could never doubt this. We are grieved to learn that some of our anti-slavery friends in England look with coolness upon the tem perance cause, and even utter unfriendly sentiments with regard to it. Nothing could be a greater grief in the friends of the slave in this country, because it exceedingly lessens the moral force of their testimony against slavery. Excuse the freedom of these remarks, made in all Christian earnestness and affection. May God so guide us in all things that our good be not evil spoken of, and that we be left to defend nothing which is opposed to his glory and the good of man. It remains that I close this too long epistle by pre senting once more my affectionate thanks to those many dear friends in Glasgow, whose kindness made my visit there so delightful. _ _ _ The contents of this letter are designed equally for the anti-slavery societies of Scotland and England. I transmit them through your society, because through you I received that invitation which led me to make the pleasing acquaintance of so many friends. You will communicate my letter to them in such a way as you deem expedient.—Very affectionately yours, H. B. STOWE. I am very happy to add that the elections which have occurred within a few days in the great states of Mas sachussets and New York, have returned legislatives decidedly favourable to the Maine law, and that in New York a decided majority is thus gained for Mr. Seward, the anti-slavery senator to the United State Congress. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. QUARANTINE REGULATION. OPORTO, Dec. 18.—Vessels bound to this port from suspected ports, may enter the ports of Aveiro or Vianna, to be examined us to the state of-health and papers, and, satisfying the health officers of those ports as to sanatory state, or observing the quarantine they may appoint, will afterwards receive a certificate, with which they will be admitted to free pratique at this port. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pliosuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 10th day of Dec., 1853 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T;Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. • 3edford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater —J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. • Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and• Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath— G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire —H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co. Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Costa and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Oo Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co 10 6 ,012 East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 49,739 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and C 0.., Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead --Smith and Whittingstall Hert:ordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co K.naresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. 12,272 11,229 4,335 30,354 27,114 9,371 17,816 32,590 11,524 15,645 23,520 10,715 6,934 74,292 14,049 5,574 38,111 17,560 20,762 71,754 36,076 25,944 3,102 34,039 33,418 11,454 67,534 22,930 11,532 2,265 18,175 42,490 31,192 21,813 3,338 17,055 31,363 51,535 6,310 18,562 72,301 7,077 8,200 11,822 38,008 26,336 9,203 10,573 72,189 83,515 9,758 43,712 40,271 26,337 23,448 7,130 13,725 5,780 5,886 5,852 26,976 33,806 18,318 20,861 19,435 45,880 5,480 23,322 33,J39 19,602 20,185 61,895 15,090 26,049 21,910 41,501 8,539 4,939 53,613 36,917 29,299 33,027 10,080 92,224 21,056 7,195 3,450 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-- Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Br.nk, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hufigerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyanis and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co. Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters 12,252 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co j27,309 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 6,600 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. 4,503 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 6,043 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 12,105 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 10,041 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co.. 16,439 35,543 12.82 15,755 2,515 8,157 17,413 29,025 15,643 27,008 49,567 20,548 18,256 47,265 69,666 10,256 3,224 23,635 10,076 30,260 11,774 33,305 10,034 9,277 45,96'5 10,701 8,166 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross ards and Allaway ~ Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Trin . o. Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wells, and Co, Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield— Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—•Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Wallingford—Hedges, Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster —Farley, Turner, and Co ••• • • ••• ............... Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co York Bank, York Swann, Clough, and Co 3,925 33,468 14,657 42,239 2,729 ]2,436 12,993 3,656 385 10,647 30,465 25,261 25,988 11,600 6,421 8,988 11,109 45,400 12;529 44, 486 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 36,705 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich 25,206 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 151,199 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,455 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 30,911 Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,084 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,335 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors 10,574 Ludlow and Tenbury , Bank, L u dl ow 10,186 Moore and Robinson s Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne -- National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsg a t e - s t ree t, London ...................................... North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 51,289 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 72,892 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wa!es Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,474 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 32,3'1 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 344,171. Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 48,358 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 52,333 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond . .. 49,453 Storey and Thomas Banking Company, Shaftes bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 36,050 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven 27,77 Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol 80,573 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 70,538 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 4,175 Worcester City and County Banking Com pany, Worcester 4,506 York Union Banking Company, York 68,787 York City and County Banking Company, 92,393 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 119,517 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, December 17, 1853. 8,819 8,740 47,807 8,795 29,473 19,723 56,404 10,025 33,937 22,038 12,943 20,149 39,980 1,497 21,700 27,173 3,940 58,328 • 25,639 77,928 52,820 34,681 25,277 46,196 50,494 56,959 22,186 9,820 13,455 31,245 [ADVERTISEMENT.]-Fifty thousand Cures have been effected by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as it saves fifty times its cost in otherremedies).--"Twenty-five years nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a ver y s h or t ti me. W . R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomittings, has been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly. Northam Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Copies of testi monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Drs, Tire, Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters. with full instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. ed. ; 31b., 11E. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 10Ib., 330. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; also, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to hor Majesty, VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Osiris, from Passaring to Dort, Nay. 3, lat. 3 S., long. 15 W. The Elizabeth, do., lat. 4 N., long. 15 W., 32 days out. The Laura, Nov. 16, lat. 11 N., long. 26 W. The Armide, from Liverpool to Cape of Good Hope, same day. The Comet (brigantine), from Glasgow, Dec. 2, lat. 43 N. long. 13 W. The Arundel, from Liverpool, Dec. 7, hit. 47 N., long. 14 W. The Cigola, from Newfoundland to Liverpool, with part bulwarks stove in, Dec. 10, lat. 40, long. 17. The Nina, from Liverpool to New Orleans, out 14 days. The Rionz Taylor, from London to Calcutta, Oct. 25, lat. 20 S., long. 21 W. The Leigh, bound southward, Nov. 6, lat. 2 N., long. 24W. The Catherine Jenkins, from Liverpool to Coquimbo, Nov. 7, lat. 3 N., long. 25 W. Tho Alceti, boind southward, Nov. 7, lat. 3 N., long. 25 W. The Aurfarn, bound southward, Nov. 7, lat. 4 N., long, 25 W. The Inconstant, bound southward, Nov. 8, lat. 6 N., long. 21 W. The Hamilton Compell, outward bound Nov. 21, lat. 17 N., long. 32 W. The William Pirie, bound westward, Nov. 19, lat. 26 N., long. 34 W. The Tamarac from Bombay to Hull, Dec. 14, lat. 45 N., long. 16 W. The Champion, from Port Louis to London, Dec. 23, lat. 25 S., long. 5 E. The Stamboul, from Liverpool, Nov. 28, lat. 35 N., long. 31 W. CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 26. There was no business transacted to-day at the Cnstm house. TITHE CONTEST IN WHITECHAPEL.-A struggle on the subject of tithes is now going on in the parish of White chapel. In April last a bill was filed in Chancery by the Rev. W. W. Champneys against Buchan and others, and is expected soon to be set down for trial. From a circular issued by the defendants it appears that although the rector's name appears as plaintiff, the College of Brasenose, the patron, is the real litigant, as the rector has pledged his word to the vestry that he will rather resign his living than plunge the parish into litigation. The parishioners resisting the tithing are fortified by the opinion of counsel, and are raising funds to carry on the contest. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.--SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, Dec. 24.—The next contract mails for the Australian colonies will be despatched from Southampton on the 4th of January by the overland route for King George's Sound, Adelaide, Port Phillip, and Sydney, the ship ap pointed to convey them from Southampton, being the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ripon. We are also enabled to state that arrangements have this day been entered into between the Post-office autho rities and the directors of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company for the despatch of the outward mails of the 4th of February, which are to be embarked on board the screw steamer Bosphorus and conveyed to Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, the ship touching only at St. Vincent. This contract with the Government will not in any way interfere with the departure of the steam ship en:leans from Sonthampton for Port Philip and Sydney on the 10th of January. This vessel has no postal engagements to fulfil, and will therefore merely take out ship-letter bags. The Bos phorus is due at Southampton on the 26th of Decem ber, from Calcutta, Madras, the Cape, &c. She left Ceylon two days before her usual time, and is quite full of cargo and passengers. Immediately on her ar rival at Southampton she will be prepared for the Aus tralian voyage. The fact of the Post-office authorities having at length evinced a disposition to alter their plans, by the employment of steam instead of saili ng vessels for carrying the Australian mails, is a step in the right direction. No great result can of course be anti cipated from the voyage of the Bosphorus, inasmuch as she is of only 700 tons burden, with small power. She has, however, made many successful voyages to and from the Cape of Good Hope, and the Hellespont, a sister vessel, belonging to the General Screw Steam Company, made her run out to Port Philip in a little over 70 days. RESTORATION OF THE ABBEY CHURCH, MALVERN.— The polling on the amendment proposed at a recent vestry meeting for the purpose of postponing the resto ration, took place at the Lyttletun school-room, on Tuesday, between the hour of ten and four. There ap peared at the close, for the rate, 294 votes ; against, 50 ; majority, 244. These votes were taken under Sturges Bourne's Act, whereby persons enjoy a plurality of votes in proportion to the value of their property ; but the number of voters in favour of the rate was 136 ; against, 34 ; showing even thus a majority of 102. Lady Emily Foley recorded her vote for the rate. Dr. Grindrod announced a donation towards the restoration fund from the vicar of 501., which excited much applause, and also a generous gift from Mr. Wilton, about to reside in the parish, of 251. Worcester Journal. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Earl of Aldborough and Hol loway's Pills.--An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine after every other means had failed. See ex tract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) ALDBO ROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stomach. —Sold also 'Holloway's ointment, at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London and by all medicine venders throughout the kingdom COUNTRY MAISETS. CHELMSFORD—DEC. 23. uantl 33 4 At the opening of the market to-day the q wheat on offer being somewhat limited, from 2s to 30 al"' the prices of last week were asked. Towa rds the cloist however, there was a more liberal supply, and a ll a d 0 of only is could be sustained. Barleys of all descriP-°for were more eaerly inquired for, and realii ed is msre the inferior and 2s for the best. All other artic les 511 n at last quotations. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, to 80s Od, new 70s to 80s ; red, old 56s to 755, new 5 1 75s ; barley, 30s to • 37s ; chevalier, 32s to 42s • gr in 24s to 32s ; malt, 61s to 65s ; chevalier, C4s t;7os; °, 3 s , 21e to 28s ; peas, partridge, 4is to 45s ; white, g s to s.„, boiling 54s to 60; ; dau, new, 41s to 44s ; beans, tick, to 42s ; Harrow ticks, 388 to Ms ; Mazagan, 385 t° 418. white, old 70i to COLCHESTER —DEC. 24. high er Only a small supply of wheat, for which m uch prices were dem a nd e d,. b u t u pon the limited business Si au advance of ls.t o 2 s p er qr . must bo noted. Ma lti ii g tos distilling barleys th e t urn dearer Beans and Peas •`" per qr. over last week. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 763t4L„,, 2 red, 70s to 76s • barley, 39s to 46s ; oats, 26s 1.0 325; u p c- e - , 4 Mazagan, 40s to 44s ; middle and small, Its to 58s; white, 62s to 64s ; grey, 46s to 50s. Ceif el , re fOig portOf 78 1 6,9 98 926 1,242 22,432 19,833 13,360 6,3 87 14,39 9 2,65 9 3,595 443% 577 240 Dj A P 1 I --- -- -- .-• 68 ---, 477, 11' Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, in the port of London, from the followil the 19th to the 24th December, both inclt 8,408 11,045 12,558 7,936 9,866 11,973 13,388 8,145 21,913 3,603 43,207 13,6! 20,355 5,055 14,308 36,217 51,047 6,283 12,8 69,432 9,717 Colchester Harwich , Leigh Maldon 105 - 68 80 ..0 441 281% 813 34 Third E6s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 1 28s Od 801bs impe: ig s Oci ' 9s oa to 400 v SEA BORN 41 AILS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PA Miles openec 1853. NAME OF RAILWAY. lAITISII. 72 ' Aberdeen ...........• •••••• •• .... 37i(1 Belfast and Ballymena .......... ..... 17 Belfast and County D0wn...... .... 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York 45% t Bristol and Exeter ................. 189 % Ca1ed0nian............ • •••••• • • • • } 893(. i Edbibargh and Glasgow ... .. .. 94 3 / 4 1 Chester and Flolyhead.— ———— •• 814 I Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .. . 20 Cork and Bandon .............. 56 Dublin and B e lf as t Junction •• —.. •• 62% Dublin and Drogheda • ... . • ••••• • • • • 6 Dublin and Kingstown 16 3 / 4 ; Dundee and Arbroath .... • 31 : Dundee, Perth, aad Aberdeen Junction 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen— .... ••••• 48 East Anglian...." ............ 81% East Lancashire 3i2 i Eastern Counties and Norfolk .95 ; Ettnern Union 78 I Edinburgh, Pe lb, and Dundee 6 : Exeter and Credit0n............ 19 Fulliess Railway ... 171%' Glasgow, and South-Western 2113 Great Northern and E. L........ 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 8193¢ . Great Western 25i _ Irish South Eastern 90 Lancas.er and Carlisle...... 260 ' Lancashire and Yorkshire ' Leeds Northern 18i Liverpool, Crosby, and SoW.hport 8 53 36 London and North Western ... 5% London and 81ackwa11............ 173% London, Brighton, and South Coast 253( London and South Western. 41 Londonderry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction .ST WE 1852. £1,520 bAI 176 1,527 F 27 4,05 9 15.97 3 2,11 6 2,014 167% 9% 498% 126 3,882 14,402 4,70 1 17, 527 177 4,42 6 17,478 248 45,79 1 89 5 10,00 4 9,4 55 355 6,6 89 499 Maryport and Carlisle •.... Midland Great Western (Irish) •• Monklands •• •• -• •....... Newcastle and Carlisle.. - ....•.... North British •• .• •........ North Staffordshire North-Western Scottish Central .• •. •• ............. •• ..} Scottish Midland ..... Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• •• Shrewsbury and Chester ............ Shropshire Union •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • 4 South Dev0n........ • .............. BOULF Eastern ••••••••—•••••••••••. South Wales ...... •.............. South York., Doncaster, and Goole •• Taff Vale •......................... 670 24,720 2,415 8. 8 2,1 89 3,831 988% Waterford and Limerick .......... West Co wall ...... ............. Whitehaven Junction • • • • York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & cods 15714 183% 63 24, 414 FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish • • •• .... ...... •• •• Lyons and Mediterranean •• •• •• •• •• Montereau and Troye.4 ...........• •• Namur and Liege ...• .......... • • •• Northern of France .......... ...... Orleans and Central* .. Paris and Lyons .... •• •• •• •• •• •• Paris and Strasburgh •• .. •• •• • •• •• Rouen and Havre •• ... •••• •• • •• Western of France •••••••••• a _.,, c e ntsa or, The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans .11 leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at Lochee, William P a terson , Es of Strathisla-cottage Bow-road, London, to laelen4.ochee, daughter of James ' Donald, Esq., manufacturer, near Dundee. _—______ DIED. ' h o r2St h On the 26th inst., at Peckham Rye Common, iv , E s q., year, Sophia, th , - beloved wife of William Pickfor-9 and after a lingering illness, borne with Christian resignation. of Ife ono On the 24th inst. at Wisbeach, Charles 3fetca , the magistrates for the Isle of Ely, in his 83d year ire cent, On the 9 4th inst., at his residence, lk- s Hyde-park, Henry Blackilen, Esq. patience LONDON : Printed and Published by la UltDO I r i ) of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T ine Sun OtTiee, Noir Strand, in the Precinct of th e SavoY, 11 °l° ° Q/211 AlitilihSOTA TV/WA INlctiabcr tie 1 i KIRKCALDY—DM 24. , .00 Here to-day we h a d fair supplies of all kinds 50 Sales brisk at an ad vance of 3s pp per qr. on wheat' barley, and is en oats. 0, D Ila es ° Wheat. 1 Barley. I Oatg. d - I 01 , Oi First Second COAL MARKET.—Dze. 23. Priem of Coal per ton at the dose of the market :".., i, Old Adairs s. d. 2as , llend ke 6 0 W . A L I Wylam 27 0 Lambton ................ 35 , Stewart's ..............3$ Wallsend, sze. Whitwell ...... .2,3 ............ ! Lawson 32 0 Thornley ... . ............... li Eden Main 34 0 Gwaen Cae Gurivell ........ Brachlyll 35 0 Perkins' Anthracite ••••:34 I Haswell '5 3 Watney'sAnthraei to. " . Ships at market 2S I 501 d.......... .. 24' °j ai r (N algnifles that the mails a re sent fr om t h e Geller by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Lug DY the morning —dispatch.l . Day when rn ad , ti; From villa , tae m COUNTRIES in General host- Port Euo' Office, London.* Dispatched. America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ••• 7 America (by. United Sts. n packet) ..........N Dec. 27•• Liverpool • America (by U States:44 packet) 17 .. sonibsunPo Australia (via South-1 Dee. ampton) ........ )1 Jan. 4...... • • Southandin °l . pee. 0 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan. 8.. Diaf 9 tto )s ' l'aps of Good; 11 0 Hop ..... •• • ....N;Feb. 4 ..... , Liverpoo , • 18 Africa ( West Coast) .. Ni'l3d of the month.. piymeutb •. pe e. Alexandria .. N ;8, 24, &30or m Dover •••• " Alexandria ...... ..3114th & 20th of mon . S out h a mptoi „ l j a. Bahamas ........... ' /7th of the mo n th SoutliaMPtul'iiaill. Belgium •••• •• • • .• N Dover .• •• • :I s e. I n . Brazil M 9th of the m on th.. South:1'110 011 1 0 ,1 12 Bnenos Ayres of the month.. So u thamPtun pfd Cape of Good Hone ..N l l4 t h or the month Plymouth • Cape of Good Hope ..N 114th of the m on th. Southamptoll)„l Cape de Verds N 9th of the m o nth.. Ply mo uth •• •"-- Ceylon (see India) 1 i 6 Ceylon .......:......N ;14th of the month Ply mo uth •• N o Tb Channel Isles ~Wed.,&F rid. BouthamPlON, I Chili.... .. 91 & 17th of month SouthamPtun i China (see India) 119e 4 ' 313 Constantinople . N7,8,17,21,&27 am. Dover .. •• •• Constantinople ........14th & 20th of mon. SoutheMPW . `,.. w iceu Cont. of Europe 77 & N Twice daily ...... Dover .. • • ••1` Egypt (see India) I Te laer s France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover .. •• ••• l i o, - Gibraltar .... • . Ml 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of m. SouthamPUTh I " I Greece (see India) t •11 0 ' Greytown .... • . 71;21td & 17th of mon. SouthamP-u Hamhurgh N; Tuesday & Friday London .• • ••I ‘ . o. 1 Havannah .. Nl l 2nd of the mon th SouthamP"ll,ol, Holland 71' Wednesday & Sat. Dover ....• • • ", 1 ° Honduras M ;17th of the month. Sou t hampton' ;, 4 India (viaSouthampt.))l(4th & 20th o f mon. Southampton Ja India (via Marseilles)M Elth& 24th of month Dover ...• • •I, e 1 9 , lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 o f mon •• Ireland M & NTwice daily Holyhead ..1 1. ;16 Lisbon .............. 31 ; 7, 9, 17, & 27 of m . S ou th a mpton / . 2".", Madeira .. 1119th of the mo n th S ou thamptonl.B _ , 96 Madeira ............N 1 23 d of m on th .... Pl ymout h ...Cow' Malta (see India) De' 9 Malta ... ..... N 17,17,19,28, 30 of m. Do v er ...... Mauritius (see India) 16 Mauritius ..........N 14th of th e mon th Pl ymou th •• Niof' 1 Mexico . ..3412rul of the month..Southamptond Naples . ....... N (sthlsth2sthof mon. ;Dover .. „ New Granada, ...... 3112 d & 17th of month:Southampton linee.rtr New Zea1anc1..........18y private ship ..IVarious portsjlM I Papal States ; .. .By An 6 Peninsula M 1 7th17th 28 thohnon. Southampton Pi tl ' Peru Port Natal ..........N;l4th o!' the month l'lymouth • • 14 "9 ..........N.stlllstl l2s tholmon, Dover .... ••,, Tuscany .............Nl s thl s th2sthofmon.'Dover ...• •• Venezuela• )1 2d & 17th OliaO n th , S ou th amp t o n • • I Van Diemen's Lane ( nerd I Australia) ........., . West Indies • • _ 7i12,1& 170 07 month'Southampton 7 1 01. * When any of these dates ia.l at n Sunday, the mails Ai , dispatched on the following day with the exception of the I[o :.d 1 1. Southampton), and the M a lt a , b o th o f which will be dispat cA " - day preceding. C 10 623 - Rn 1 the l Vir , N Per ouch-EasternE for a 0f a station, coutai: rooms, with chaise Manor or Partn-ho -1 IX desirable, tho Raw to , but a sir W ith full particular; THE MU ' to po i7:;: al t ir ili Ti e nal :t Bce e s : E°: tr lo7 :e ter)ll l lE r anr . litla a :r i t s cl'i. t P. , , hould h.• lod,t received in time 1 AIETROPO The Directors here tie on the sth of.. With in Thirty days ti The Premiums at the Sth owhichf January, either of sey. Year to Stembers. P ,defy an Members on weir proposals at the Wh o l e This Society, sf ociety, for SI its profits tc for the Whole term or For the y ear ending a has been deela Yearr standing arid u tre t Bx n TRE LON] Porky Leeimpbeii Rethon, "milard Maline, Esq., V William Adams, l • Jot Atkins, Esq. Renry Augustus .1 John li.nuertleld, It• Henry Forma,' John Hamilton, E John Matthews. C. octavins Parn Williams, PA, • Jun 24, Con es sherg n N4 ,ll Ptititt Creed, BedfOn 'Qatll4oll, 'ream Pemberton, El (il t n t a'sinn-deids. Wge T. Robson, Ett ikltlere, Untoln'a-int • LT, Trinder, Esq., J S'ECRI bollelPs thi 40 VIS 10 NS and NE , 4 . not dependent. as in 4 Previous reports and • ROYAL (E stablished by Cl For SEA, I OFFE7ES--11 13RANC/ Oetavi The Hon. J. Georom Pearke 11Y B ainbridge, Esq 44n1Ond S. P. Calvert, • ' i?Iln Garrett Cattley, ..Ward Colvin, Esq. Maxwell Rani, • ,arn Davidson, Esq ..'"'"ter. 'dale Wm. Grenfc rbert flanbury, j an., I„,„...bert Amadeus INAS] Tetlow Ribber eelot Holland, Esq. RIEr John Wtn. Lubbock MEDICAL REI otlee.—The usual 114,ettis falling due at Cl p ' A re Assurance May 1 -°4 eds on one Life ; pttion in profits. The Reversionary i aged 2 per Cent. pe q ,,,l'he'l 'orporation bear Assured are subject • extra Premium is ,„ l he Corporabon affo 14b -ned ac ern prtice, with 3 t). ReYal Charter an ol experience ffice of nearl der llfe oin existe Persons assured in t kttlership. u Th CorporatioCent n the ri hay' • p e er `stock and 'Utensils `Ave been fully instruct ilecePt Insurances on tb I F E RPORT of C ONINI E ONS, and 7 1 .. Portant Feature of 711_ GENERAL LIFE _ ttee Ilse following is an a . • ' IRE OBJECTS whie "vitANcris upon their 11 itii.Estpt characte-, via.. Itter the death of their nosaction of trade, a ald serfaßGED OR ABAN :Mee should arise, wi ; 44 r YEARS, and the r ;nes at increased rat ,141.43. e assured ; person tit t k ir DILEMMA OF B to 4;7 10 11115 FROM TEAK • ultimate advents att)l7B Loss IYHICH 17ND . .. 1 ATTEND THE ABA ir ._,J4O the DEpostr SYSI ki YEAR TO YEAR. Ow, Pol , cy, incur " a v. -4 Y Day such am ounts, .1,.-Went; he can stop pa l -4 W the whole or par o rityrn the Policy is can olicY is diminished by it R , aged 20, opens a A W ill he seen he inc. .101Inishes e, I :I i. I §.l I - g =3:l ~i~ ;= ~~ v. T hus A B , i n 10 yeas "4111 Various 411M3 umo s e t i: h t : sa t ntro,Totdtit times,a ti r dd i r e i 4 d., a n d dur i ng hi s ap pmtor wholly. The firstclaim settl4 r,i'f:lll:rni?znset3llil : l ;i ra k esl . lu. Pi fFn t e eaa : l'UtePolley., and the father halt Th %D posing A B, age' 1, 'a48 , and continues ' the 8 nie way as he Year, .• .• 1858 • ......... • 57:: • • .... 1865 • ..... •• ... to to lggo . t .• • o . • 1891.. • ..... • • • • ' . . Th Dremlum.o Il at) ordipary l'°l'eike '31(1, will secure the Yeara 4, ger ( w hich t fleeted the ins T_ " f or an orcilua 3• 68 6c1. at The ight 40nour z ptroller of.he.l )tiCttP,lrn-Ueneral Sir 1 ntatt,.,ln7ice,Tl • tr e harles h_ _ Viee.Adttliral AY CU The Ri ght Hon. th( trot Ceor*e C wder 11.:11:1.elio r n'raltv s q • and , tijef Ofti: c e' Q * l No, g• anted co ned e 9 on n .,,,„ t ed by ut the e,,il.r°RDetnse, y, or to ( kta t..! A•gent d ._441k0 I BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 24th inst , at No. 4, Ir es t r op-villas, Can on Mrs. Frederic Mannelle. On the 26th inst., at Perey-place, Clapham-roa wife of Charles T. Marzotti, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 22d inst., at Plymouth, the wife of CaPt. 31°13c1°' H.M.S. Agamemnon. On the 26th inst., the wife of Mr. Henry Dmvs° Brunswick-house otel, Hanover-square. ,4 t '- . " .•-• i "6 7. ' M 7 :