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RIAL TUESDAY HOUSE OF LORDS b /Petit was twriPri. Ct med m. laded a r a House of Lords rr iv aft ThP corps diplomati linkte, than had many years past unusual for peeresses than ordinary T earliest arrivals of Dublin, t NormanbN throng :en red 3 been p The Ju Duke of Well Bi9hor ,ssion of the pre- ore than the ac- Iqe was fully occu- pied, except the small spare below the bar reserved for members of the Howe of Comm.‘ns The house pre sented altoeether, in its architecture, fittings and furni ture, fresco paintines, rich ornament., and the glittering uniforms and superb robes of its oreupants, one of the most magnificent spectacles ever witnessed. 2 o'clock a flourish of trumpets an nounced the arrival of her Majesty. who entered the new Palace by the vast portal Of the Victoria Tower, ascended the Grand Staircase, and passed on through the stately Royal Gallery and the Plin , e's Chamber. The Queen, led by the Prince Consort, and prt er ded by the Great Officers of State, enter. d the house at 10 minutes past 2. The assembly immediately rose, and remained standing till her Majesty had taken her seat on the Throne. The attendance of the House of Commons was then com manded ; and the Speaker, followed by a number of other gentlemen, having presented themselves at the bar, her Majesty. in a clear and distinct voice, proceeded to read Immediately after MY LORDS The peric again a THE ROYAL SPEECH AND GE TLEMEN f of yot preparation and adoption o of the country way require rding to usage, I can ,nd assistance in the s which the welfare I continue to maintain the most friendly relations with Foreign Powers. The complicated affairs of the Duchies of Holstein and Schleswig have continued to engage my attention. I have every reason to expect that the treaty between Germany and Denmark, which was concluded at Berlin in the year before last, will in a short time be fully and completely executed. I regret that the war which unfortunately broke out on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape or Good Hope, more than a year ago, still continues. Papers will be laid be fore you containing full information as to the progress of the war, and the measures which have been taken for bringing _ W' itto a t erm i nation.• --- .sitisfaction the tran e I have obse qunlity w of Ireland. i that certain parts and Louth, have outrages of the me existing law tem of crime and v country. My atte this important I have ordered current year to be on your loyalty an , - the public service the estimates of explanations will b such increase is c pacific My LI The irnproverne Lavi and 1 and imiaitial vious Act, confer the greater portion lave to inform you, counties of Armagh, Monaghan, ". 1 b" 'he commission of The powers of the exerted for the seen prompt trust, e: important color It gives me representation c 1 calcula ion of a s t interests of the ion will continue to be directed to estimates laid before you Where ar e present o NTLEM )f the A IMONS, the expenses of the I I rely with confidence adequate provision for rease has been made in r the past year, such trust, satisfy you that steady adherence to a ion of Justice in its I .ernyanxiousat- its made to me I to inquire into uperior Courts of I to the peace, lan the sp.edv I earnestly attention _rations of a pr. tions on New I I am NAPPY; I Dr its renewal, and 1 ) the e Jeneficial to that ut the co' HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, FEB. 3.—The members he2an to assem ble in the house shortly after 12 o'clock, and at two about 300 were present. Prayers were then uoeo roan, ann me Speaker, at 25 minutes past 2, quitted the house, accom panied by most of th e mem b ers present, to hear the Queen's Speech. The business of the house was then suspended till 4 o'clock. On resuming, the following new members came to the I table and were sworn—viz., Sir J. E. Tennent, for Lis burn ; the Hon. Mr. Hardinge, for Dovvripatrick ; thy Hon. A. Duncombe, for the East Rid' -- and Mr. R. Milligan, for Brcdtord. New writs were ordered for East Retford, in the plac of Mr. Duncombe ; for Perth, in the place of Mr. Fo. Maule, appointed President of the Board of Control ; fo Northampton. in th e 'Aro,. vr_ _ - -•-•• 4.•4 pointed Secretary a t War ; v for K Mr. Hawes ; for Greenwich, in Dundas ; for East Kent, in the pla Mr. HAYTEI then announced th of Yorkshire in the place o place of AJmira on Mond. procedur PM, the the state of Ireland tractions co H e I to t k leave to in .he Crown, and the dujt J. Russell) had no vas Prime Minister :e, and he f advising had not. he was convinced, . Lord John deprecated in icism upon the conduct of f OrIE •eference to th the Hungariai uty to reef He then irsation with k - r, the day tinbas- house. P of the P ) m ti had stated to the noble lord that he had merely Minister, a. Wh, arisen fr, reply, he hick had n tor some time such mbly that t existence had income an impossibility, prevail, it would be better that it ba. Lord John Russell had maintained that -4 , -,n) was not justified in expr --.. on the very same all, wh i be the Presider e (Lord Pi lig any opinion ...vu upon tne same subj., of the Cabinet. Lord Palmt . If from the charge founded upon his and so had n.ston then SPAIN. despatch Norman :ending tha the afready reat towns. regarded it as REY, with those who unfair re therein giver that he had ns to the Ambassador ; and aated defence of his foreien • • or reve policy, in all i ts as pects, during periods of difficulty, whilst he had held the seals of office, which had contri buted t o th e ma i ntenance o f genera l peace, without sully ing the honour or dignity of England.—Mr. BAILLIE could come to no other conclusion than that the late Foreign Secretary had been offered up as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole Administration, whose foreign policy they now discovered to he a failure,—Mr, M. MILNES pired that there was sO;l:e:threiun:tgucebheeathn i t ga r e o d mh the I Lord J. Russell; that went of ment of th Secretar for Fo- whose gaministration had been misunderstood and mis represented, had been therefore summarily dismissed. — Lord D. STUART considered the change in the composi tion of the Ministry, by the removal of a colleague instances of the ben ae most paltry pretenc Ince. As to the ,tary effort, which tyl was carried on _ _ _ ..... . -- ......LaU1t7 onu. —Mr. B. OSBORNE regarded L or d ratmerston's removal as a national loss.—Mr. ROEBUCK said that, in the dis. missal of the Foreign Secretary, the right arm of the Mi. nistry had been cut off, and what was left ? Deficiencies were patent in various departments of the State, espe. riticipation in a manner most security to life and property there must b e es t a bli s h e d . Th e no b le earl c i ally the Admiralty and the Colonial-office, which had RLIAMENT • apologised for his colonial policy in N Zealand. He created discontent in the colonies ; and with respect to the vindicated, also, the financial relaxations of recent years ; law, there had been mischievous peddling changes, but and with reference to the contemplated n caqure on there- there was a want of a presiding mind.—Mr. DISRAELI O presentation, he assured the house that 'he existing ha- treated the reasons assigned for the removal of Lord Pal -18 lance of politi ca l p ower among classes ould not he dis- merston as u nsa ti s f ac t ory. H e h a d never severed the po ' turbed.—Lord BROUGHAM entirely agra al with the Earl licy of that nob! , lord, which he thought a pernicious one, ast, by her Majesty of Derby and Earl Grey as to the tone o the press of this from that of the Cabinet. Was it their present policy ? fine, anti an country in discussing the internal affai sof France arid If so, he would rather it should be administered by the ',pints where it wa s the character and co n d uc t o f t h e P r i nce President. The late Secretary, whom all recognised as an able man, than noble lord denounced hi strong terms th ,utrages against by any other person. He complained of the frequent, un rig pageant. the security of human life now taking 3, , ace in the north necessary, and unusual introduction of her Majesty's name ny, which began to of Ireland, which he said must be put (I , ;'.vn at all hazards. into the explanation of Lord J. Russell, whereby he re unusually brilliant. —The Earl of HARROWBY stated his ire ession that the lieved himself of a responsibility which he should have larger numbe r o f F o - public press had f a ithf u ll y expresse d t i, e op i n i on of the been the first to adopt. He criticised the manner in country with reference to French affair,, and as an indi. which the projected amendment of the Reform Act was es , iit at a similar scene vidual peer he could not omit that opp rtunity of saving Announced in the Royal Speech ; and noticed a strange es were also present in that the newspapers had a perfect right discuss openly omission in it. Last year the country had been agitated lareer attendance of and fearlessly the political and social c , , orlition of their by the aggression of the Pope and the letter of Lord J. nearest neighbours, as th e y did th e state Austria, Ras- Russ e ll, w h o h a d d enounced i t as a part of an organised iid in the galleries, sia, or any other continental power Ihe Earl of conspiracy against the Protestant liberties of Europe. .irp.con was among the MALMESBURY closed the debate by a 'owing the same What had been the fate of the bill which the noble lord .ollow,d by the Archbishop views on that subject as had been ex res dby the E of had introduced to repel that aggression ? It had been H ref , d. and th e M arqu i s o f Derby.—The Add ress was t h en agreed and the house treat e d with con t ume l y. Th e country had a right to ,- o'clock every seat adjourned at 9 o' c l oc k. know what were the intentions or present opinions of the 0 THURSDAY.—LAW R EFORM —TI,, L ORD C HAN- Goverenuent with respect to it. Th ere was anot h er om i s- CELLOR, in reply to Lord Lyndhurst, sttr-al that one of a stun in the speech—the difficulties of the cultivators of series of bills founded on the recomo ..ridations of the the soil, which, if not sympathised with, ought at least to Commission on Law Reform would be b..iught forward in jbe noticed. Up on thi s top i c M r. Di srae li d i lated, appeal the Lower Ho u s e th e f o ll ow i ng even i ng ing to a very rece n t a d m i ss i on o f M r. M'C u l loch, that the The Marquis of WESTMEATH corni- unicated to the peculiar burdens upon land entitled that class to counter house her Majesty's reply to the Addres-. veiling duties as a compensation, and depicting in dark co- THE CAFFRE WAR. heirs the sufferings an d the perils which he asc r ib e d t o The Duke of WELLINGTON took that opnortnnity to our past commercial legislation.—Lord J. RUSSELL made express his approval of Sir Harry Smite's conduct w ile some explanatory remarks upon particular passages of the in command at the Cape. The only e •ror in the opera- debate.—The motion was then agreed to, and the house tions against the Caffres was, in his °pin the omission adjourned at half-past 12 o'clock. on the part of the General to open cads through the WEDNESDAY.—HOURS OF BUSINESS.—Upon read woods which formed the fastnesses of the harharian enemy. ing the sessional orders, Mr. FIUME moved that no supply LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. be ranted after 12 o'clock at night ; upon which question The Loßn CHANCE LLOR laid on the t .hle the C ommon the g house divided, when the motion w a s negatived by 146 Law Procedure Amendment Bill, which he described as a against 64. measure which would dispense with o , simplify all the forms and steps used at present, and shorten the proceedings, and prevent the delays arisi,e from the tech nicalities of the law.—Lord CAMPBELL t, , ped that provi sion was made in the bill for the dirnin , :tion of the fees. —The LORD CHANCELLOR rep ied th ,t the hill would lead in a great measure to the dirninutio of fees.—Atter some further discussion, the bill was rea , ; a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned, after ,le,patehing some other business. FRIDAY. —THE CAFFRE WAR.—Ear l GREY, in reply to Lord Malmesbury, stated that mt, tires had been recently taken to prevent the importatfoa of arms and ammunition into Caffraria. SIR HARRY SMITH. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY eXpr. -sed his s,tisfac tion at the handsome way in which the Duke of Wiling ton had spoken of Sir Harry Smith, and wished to know if General Cathcart had been appointed •n suce-d him by the Commander-in-Chief, or by the Colonial- effiee Earl GREY deprecated any irregular Iseitssiert on so painful a subject ; but the successor of Sir H. Smith had not been appointed before the Governmt of had consulted the highest military authority. Lord BROUGHAM moved for certain returns relating to Scotch appeals to the Privy Council, and a desultory I. gal discussion arose among the law lords, , fter which their lordships adjourned. THE ADDRESS. Sir RICHARD BULKELEY having brought up the report upon the addre.s, Mr. HUME took occasion to express his opinions on the state of the representation, colonial reform. and the policy of non-intervention.— Some observations were afterwards made on the ventila tion of the house, by Mr. Osborne, Mr. Fitzroy, and Lir(' Sevmour.—The report was then agreed to, and the house adjourned at halt-past six o'clock. THURSDAY.—ScoTTtsti PUBLIC-HOUSES.—On the motion of Mr. MACKENZIE, the house went into commit ter to consider the law respecting public-houses in Scot land, when the Chairman was ordered to move for leave to bring in a bill fo , . the better regu'ation of those houses. — L aye was given. 0,. the motion of Mr. FRESHFIELD, leave was also given to bring in it bill to consolidate and amend the statutes re lating to county rates in England.—After some other Wl sir,sc, the house adjourned, at 5 o'clock. FRIDAY.—SUPPLIES.—In a committee of the whole house, after a sugzestion from Mr. HUME, that the esti. mates should be laid on the table as speedily as possible, and that no expense should be incurred on account of the militia until the opinion of the house was taken upon the subject, it was resolved that a supply be granted to her Majesty. CHANCERY REFORM. The SOLICITOR GENERAL, in moving for leave to bring in a bill for the relief of the suitors in the Court of Chan cery, stated that it was founded upon the report of a com mittee of that house, which had taken into consideration the whole subject of fees in the courts of law, and had been prepared under the direction of the Lord Chancellor. By this bill the officers would be paid by salaries instead of fees. It was proposed to transfer the charge of £28,000 a-year for the salaries of the Judges from the Suitors' Fund to the Consolidated Fund, the salaries for the admin istrative purposes of the court to be charged upon the former fund, a large amount of fees being at the same time entirely remitted. The Solicitor-General explained a variety of new arrangerm.nts contemplated by the bill, by the abolition, fusion, and regulation of offices, whereby a saving to a very considerable amount would be effected. It was hoped that by another bill, among other improve ments of the system, the Masters'-office might be dispensed altogether by the substitution of another mode of .—Leave was given to bring in the bill. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. Lord EYMOUR moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better supply of water to the metropolis. Such a measure, be observed, should provide for a supply of water of good quality, in sufficient quantity, and at a reasonable price, and with reference to each of these heads he stated briefly the general principles of the bill, which was merely intended to be controlling and permissive, reserving to Government a power of inspection and supervision.— Leave was given to bring in the bill. WATER AND DRAINAGE IN LONDON. Mr. MOWATT then moved for leave to bring in a bill for vesting the water supply and drainage of the metropolis in commissioners representing the inhabitants. This bill proposed that the ratepayers should be theparties to deter mine the sources of supply, the drainage, and the mode in which the services should be managed.—After a brief dis cussion, in which Lord EBRINGTON, Sir G. GREY, Mr. SLANEY, and Sir J. JO I/ .T cyrosrza tools port, loarc Trap given to bring in the bill. VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. OSBORNE, after some introductory comments upon the ventilation of the house, and the hot and cold blasts which found their way into it in succession, moved that Dr. Reid be called to the bar and questioned upon the subject.—An amendment was moved by Mr. MOFFATT to refer the matter to a select committee, but on a division the original motion was carried by 55 against 24.—Dr. Reid was thereupon called to the bar, and questioned as to the means at his disposal for ventilating the new build -1 ings, the obstacles in his way, and the remedies he proposed.—The witness having withdrawn, after much discussion, it was resolved that Lord SEYMOUR should reporton the subject on Wednesday.—The house adjourned at nine o'clock. FOREIGN NEWS. _.._____ FRANCE. The new Electoral Law has been published, and the Electoral Colleges are convoked for the 29th of February. The number of deputies will be 261 ; being at the rate of one deputy for every 35,000 electors in each department, and one more, where the number in excess shall be more than 25,000. The suffrage is direct and universal, by ballot. All Frenchmen of 21 years of age, in possession of civil and political rights, are electors, and all electors of 25 years old are eligible, but no public functionary can sit in the legislative body, unless he first resigns his office. Algeria and the colonies are excluded from the represen tation. The Prefects have been summoned to Paris. for the purpose of being confidentially consulted by M. Per signy as to the candidates whose election the Government intends to secure. A. letter from the President to the new Minister of lice, which is published in the Moniteur, declares that rue function of this department of the state will be to check the action of the other departments, and to report thereon to the President ; to keep him informed whether public opinion approves or disapproves his measures ; that it is not intended to be " a ministry of provocation and of persecution, seeking to unveil the secrets of fami lies, and exciting suspicion and alarm," but an institution essentially protective, intimidating only the enemies of society, and furnishing the Government with powerful means of doing good. The testamentary exe _tutors of Louis Philippe have addressed to the President a protest, which is published in the Belgian paper the Inde'pendance, against the de of the 22nd ult., relative to the property of the A • - been addressed to the resident in England, teur declares, in a communicated note, that the 4 and vaults of Dreux were not comprised in the es of Jan. 22, as it was never intended to deprive the ns family of this " pious possession." SUNDAY. The Moniteur says, "The Prince President has re ceived from the Queen of Spain, the King of the Low Countries, and the King of Bavaria, replies to the letters of notification of the new powers conferred upon him by the French nation. The letters were delivered by the respective Ministers in Paris." _ _ The Marquis de Turenne, ex-Peer of France, is named Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. The Viscount Dalbif de Belbize is named Adjutant of a Palace of the Luxembourg. The President of the Republic has commuted the sen tence of transportation pronounced against M. Peyronni, commandant of the National Guard, for taking part in the insurrection in the Nievre. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE QUEEN. despatch from Paris, received in London by sub marine telegraph, on Thursday, announced that the )vernment had received the following telegraphic —" Madrid, Feb. 2.—An attempt was made on the life of Queen Isabella 11. At present the wound does not seem dangerous." The 2d of February was the day on which her Majesty w as t o h ave t a k en h er first airing, and to have cone to the church of Atocha, in order to be churched. The Paris Pays, in referring to this attempt on the life of the Queen of Spain, states that a man fired a pistol at her Majesty, nearly at arm's length from her person, and wounded her in the shoulder. He was on the instant arrested, and held in safe custody. A despatch by submarine telegraph from Paris states that the wound received by her Majesty was not a dan gerous one, and that she passed the night after the attack favourably. Our Paris correspondent, writing last even ing, says :—" Up to the time of my closing my letter, no further details of the attempted assassination of the Queen had transpired officially. it was stated, however, in the diplomatic circles, that the wound was from a pistol ball in the shoulder, and that it was not sufficiently severe to create apprehension ; but that from the peculiar habit of body of the Queen there was danger of erysipelas. It is supposed here that the assassin was an instrument of the progressive party, and that the o bj ec t was to overthrow Bravo Murillo, who is suspected of a design to get up a coup d'e'tat against the constitution." —Globe. The Spanish Heealdo announces that the English go vernment has refused to accept the resignation offered by Lord Howden of the post of ambassador at Madrid, which he sent when Lord Palmerston left the ministry. Lord of th the firs a bill to amend the laws relati of the people; and on Friday th duce a bill to amend the laws respectii On the same day the President of tl would introduce a bill to carry out flit.. th France relative to copyright the local militia. Board of Trade On Monday the tie Solicitor-General would introo. •is the Court of Chancery; and on th, Home Secretary would bring in a bill to disfranchise th . Borough of St. Albans. a bill respect same day thi THE ADDRESS. Sir R. Bt was move ELEY in a neat ur considers- addres the motion, pursued a similar course, entering mor able to state to you i fully into details. save taken place a proportionate MINIS?. RIAL E7CPLAIsTATIO B. HALL, who did not intend to oppose the address, i Lord John Russell to afford the house and the a-- , cuiativa to cue .-----''y °umo cApianation as to the change which, had tion has tended recently taken place in the administration of the foreign de jects. partment,and to theresignation or dismissal of LordPalmer ighty God, that ston.—LordJ. RUSSELL could notrefuse to answer theques ice to the laws, tion, but must enter at some length into details. Atter a entry. frank acknowledgment of the energy, ability, and know . calmly con- ledge of the interests of the country in all parts of the to make such world, which were the preeminent qualifications of hi , relating to the noble friend, he proceeded to state the causes which ha , ent, as may be rendered it impossible f,s- L' - theft ? act any longe des of the Co the Cr and t. as ne reretted a a g h his noble f r i en d. After explainin relations betwixt the S g of the Ca- ill j Affairs and t ter, he stated a declaration made at a binet in November last after this Lord Pi Da had ion of delegate h he (Lord Joh n exerci i due caution, out he Int trans ith reference to our foreign poll Is him the credit id most lion ri )lace on the ''' ha of December in France. T iveyed to our Ambassador frOm the Q -in from all interfe Bei ) alluded to the 9oternment were to ab 3rudent to take internal affairs of that country en's nee in the g informed of an _..eged conversation between Lord Palmerston and the of law reform— I French Ambassador repugnant to these instructions, he flourishing (Lord John) had written to that noble lord, but his in- y of inva- s had for som Lord Palmersto ledge of his collo met with aeanwhilc Lard LEIGH tten a desna gly multifa- we the moral approbation ( tepublic of I e policy which t se circums be subject I alternative but to decl ment had Lord Palmerston coul lole and en een open! the Crown to require the reslgr • - - , thoug very earn whinh T THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1852. AMERICA. The American mail steamer Atlantic arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday. at eleven a.m., having twenty seven passengers and 5260,000 in specie. She sailed from New York on the 24th uh. The difficulties reported as existing between the United States government and the Russian ambassador remained unsettled. President Fillmore had been waited upon by a body of Irishmen, as a deputation, to request his interference with the English government to procure the liberation of Smith O'Brien and the other Irish political exiles. The President, however, declined to interfere, although he expressed his sympathy with the views of the deputation. Letters from Quebec of the lith ult. report that the first sod of the Quebec and Richmond Railway was turned on the 10th, in the presence of the cabinet ministers. Advices from Rio Grande to the 6th ult. state that Caravajal had received reinforcements, and contemplated another attack on Matatnoras. General Avolvas had an army of 2,600 men in the field ready to oppose him. Port-au-Prince advices to the 23d of December announce that Count Medem, the Russian Minister Plenipotentiary, who arrived the previous month from Brazil, had been received in state by the Emperor Soutoque. The minister afterwards repaired to Jacmel, where he was to embark for Mexico. Vera Cruz advices to the 4th ult. report that the dis turbances which had occurred in the cities of Mexico and Puebla, and other places, had been easily suppressed, and the country was in a comparatively quiet state. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. After a very rapid passage of ten days two hours, mean steaming time, the Royal Mail steamer Asia, Captain Judkins, entered the Mersey at ten o'clock on Saturday night, having on board 41 passengers, the usual Ameri can mails, and specie in freight amounting to £102.330. She sailed from New York at noon on the 28th ultimo, made the Irish coast at 3 30 p.m. on the 6th instant, passed Holyhead at 12 45 p rn. on Saturday, and hove to off the Bar at 6 p.m., where she had to remain three hours for water. The Asia reports the arrival of the America at Boston on the 26th ultimo. after a protracted and tempestuous passage. The news by this arrival is exceedingly barren of interest. In Congress little business has been transacted. An effort had been made to alter the present tariff, with the view of affording protection to American native industry. The subject of the Mexican claims had again been - before the House of Representatives, and resolutions passed calling on the government to furnish the number, nature, and amount of the claims paid since the present adminis tration had come into office. h was rumoured at Wash ington that some members of the cabinet were compro mised in the Gardiner affair. Reports also prevailed that feelings of an unpleasant nature had sprung up between President Fillmore and Mr. Webster, which, it was said, would lead to the early retirement of the latter gentleman. Kossuth had arrived at Pittsburg, where he met with an enthusiastic reception, and was occupied in delivering speeches and receiving delegations. He had been invited to visit St. Louis, and the legislature of Massachussetts had invited him to be the guest of that state. Movements in connexion with the Presidential cam paign are going forward in various parts of the Union. General Scott had been nominated for the office by the Whig members of the Maine legislature. The people of South Carolina seem determined upon secession. The authorities of the state have opened diplo matic communications with the British consul at Charles ton, who, according to the New York Herald. has assumed diplomatic functions independently of the Bri tish minister at Washington, and without recognizing the general government of the union. The course pursued by Mr. Matthews, the British consul, has given touch dissatisfaction, and some of the New York papers are cla mouring for the recall of his exequatur, and a satisfactory explanation from the new foreign secretary. The Forrest divorce case had been brought to a close. Mrs. Forrest having come off victorious, her husband convicted of adultery, and ordered to pay to her a yearly almonry of 3,000 dollars. An attempt was being made to put aside the verdict and obtain a new trial. Both par ties had numbers of partizans, and the termination of the case had created very great excitement, particularly wher ever either Mr. or Mrs. Forrest appeared in public. We learn by the papers that the United States squa drons in the East Indies and Mediterranean were about to be strengthened. A strong fleet composed of several steam vessels was ordered to sail for Japan, with the intention of punishing certain outrages committed on American vessels The Hon. Lewis Cass was about to be recalled from the office of Charge-de-Affaires at Rome. His successor, ex- Senator Merick, from Maryland, is a Roman Catholic, and will, no doubt, be more acceptable to the Papal Court than Mr. Cass has been. The latter gentleman has been very energetic in endeavouring to secure to American Pro testants residing at Rome the privilege of celebrating divine service according to the dictates of their conscience. Dr. Doane, health-officer of New York, had died from fever, contracted by boarding the Great Western, emi grant vessel. Two Richmond editors had gone out to fight a duel, the result of which was not known. So bum] as the state of the river would perm;t, it, was intended to Ana one of Om culling' steam-ships (the Baltic) up the Potomac to Washington for exhibition. Our accounts from Washington state that it was gene rally expected that there would be a change of Ministry. The Radical journals were vilifying the present Govern ment in no measured terms. Advices had been received at Halifax from England to the effect that no pecuniary aid would be given by the Go vernment towards constructing the Halifax and Portland Railway, as a distinct undertaking from the Halifax and Quebec road. There had been another steamboat explosion below Memphis on the Mississippi. The De Wit Clinton had been snagged, P ncl sunk within two minutes in two and a half fathoms of water. From 25 to 30 lives were lost. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE NEW YORK, JANUARY 28. Money is more abundant, and the rates for loans on call bas been reduced to sto 6 per cent. Discount on first class paper rules from 6to 8 per cent. The total amount of co i n exported from Ist to 24th instant was about 82,194,314. The aggregate of gold deposits at the Philadelphia Mint, for the same period, was 83,937,600. In consequence of the great severity of the weather, the spring . trade has not as yet fully opened. The importations of foreign goods continue large. For the current month they will be fully .813,000,000 for this port alone, and .57,000,000 at other ports. Some few failures have been reported at New Orleans, one of the houses having a b ranc h here. The cause assigned is the disastrous results of cotton shipments during the past year. The business in foreign exchange has not been large, but sterling bills close a little firmer. We quote bills on London 9i to 10* per cent. ; Paris, 5,131 f. to 5,15. sixty days; 5,10 f. short sight. COTTON.—Since the sailing of the Atlantic the market has been nearly at a stand, and though holders are generally firm, we have to quote most kinds kc. lower, the interruption to navi gation by ice having had an unfavourable influe nce upon pr i ces. The receipts at all the shipping ports (to latest dates) are 1,264,879 bales, against 1,148,842 to same dates last year;, an increase this season of 116,037 bales. The total foreign export this year is 58,261 bales more than last, say 82,208 b a l es i ncrease to Great Britain, 5,890 decrease to France, 18,518 decrease to North of Europe, and 461 increase to other for.ign Darts. the shipments from southern to northern . ports are 115,043 bales more this season than last; and there is a decrease in stock of 74,058 bales. The sales since our last are 2,000 bales. We quote— Atlantic Ports. Florida. Gulf Ports. none. none. none. 7 to 72 7 to 72 7 to 72 —Bg 8 Inferior Low to good ord Low to good mid Mid. fair to fair , Fully fair to good fair nominal Good and fine nominal Total import since the Ist instant Export from Ist to 27th Januar3 si 81 nominal, nominal' nominal. nominal 71,099 bales. Export from the United States. .. Since Ist September, 1851 639,475 bales Same time, 1850 581,214 TUFFS.—Under the combined influenc fair demand for home use, and i market. thr. past fort- Western _oad, the prices of flour have advanced during sight to the extent of 25e ^— We gu Canal at 41 dol. to 4/ dol., ind 4/ dot. to 5 dol. for Ohio and pureGenesee. Common New York, &c., 4 dol. 9-16th to 4f dol., and southern kinds 41 dol. to 5 dol. per barrel. Canada in bond, 44 dol. to 41 dol. Wheat 115 c. to 120 c. for white Gene see, 110 c. to 115 c. for white southern, 108 c. to 110 c. for white Michigan and Ohio, 103 c. to 106 c. for Western red and mixed, and 103 e. to 108 c. for Canada, in bond, per 601bs. Indian corn, 68c. to 70c. for yellow, and 68c. to 69c. fur mixed per 561bs. PnovisioNs.-The market for pork, with a moderate de mand, has receded about 124 cents, and closes tamely. Beef is steady, without change in prices. Beef hams are in fair request at 313,50 to SI4 per 2201b5. Western lard is still in small supply, but the demand is not large, and prices are steady. Nothing further done in bacon. Butter is in good demand, and prices have advancsd to 12c. to 15c. for Ohio, 16c. to 20c. for fair to prime State dairies, and 22c. to 25. for Orange County. Cheese is steady, at 64c. to Mc. The demand for META ts was quiet. FREIGHTS to Liverpool are quiet. To that port flour is taken at Is. ; rosin, 9d. ; flaxseed, on private terms ; cotton, 3-16 d., for uncompressed hales; bacon, 155.; and wheat, 3/d. To London, rice, 15s. ; bacon, 20s. ; rosin, &c., Is. 9d. to 2s. ; and pork, 2s. WEST INDIA AND MEXICAD MAILS. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Trent, Clark, with the West India and Mexican mails in charge of Lieut. Whiffle, R.N., admiralty agent, arrived at Southampton on Sunday afternoon, at four o'clock. Her dates of sailing were—Vera Cruz, Jan. 7 ; Tampico, 9th ; Barbadoes, 16th ; Grey Town, Bth ; Martinique, Guadaloupe, and Dominica, 17th ; Antigua, 18th ; Jamaica, 17th ; Montserrat, 18th ; Demerara, 14th ; San Juan, Porto Rico, 21st ; Chagres, 9th; Carthagena, 11th ; St. Thomas, 22d. The freights of the Trent comprised—Dollars on mer chants' accounts, 1,667,842 ; for the dividends, 42,000 ; 231 serons of cochineal ; 14 do. indigo ; 10 do. jalap ; 12 casks of coffee ; 13 packages of pimento, and 34 packages of sundries. MEXICO Was comparatively quiet. The increased export duty on dollars of 22 per cent. would come into operation on sth of February, and, provided the Great Western should arrive in time at Tampico and Vera Cruz, a large amount would be shipped. The advices from the various islands touched at by the Trent represent them as being in a very healthy state, and the weather highly favourable for the crops. JAMAICA. The legislature, after a short adjournment over the Christmas holydays, had again met for the despatch of business, and it was expected that the labours of the senators would shortly be terminated, and the session brought to a close. In general, there is no intelligence of particular impor tance. The Christmas holydays had passed over in coin parative quietness ; and, as usual at that time of the year, things were inactive. Tie agricultural - interest was in rather a favourable condition. The return of exports to the 16th of October, 1850, showed that the quantity of produce shipped from the colony was greatly in excess of the previous year's exports. Sir George F. Seymour, the admiral in command on the West India station, was at Port Royal when the packet left. It was confidently expected that the time of Sir Charles Grey's administration was nearly expired, and that Lord Harris would succeed him—an event which will be hailed by the inhabitants generally with great joy. The cholera was still in the island, but its ravages were confined to the interior districts. In some places the smallpox was also prevalent, but the mortality altogether was not very great. In consequence of a vessel arriving in the harbour of Kingston with a case of cholera on board, the health officer not being empowered by law to board coasters, an order of his excellency the governor in council had been isued, empowering and directing the health officer to place all vessels, whether coasters or otherwise, coming from any place where the cholera or other epidemic was prevalent, in quarantine for a certain number of days. The weather was very favourable for the planters taking off crop; and, excepting those places where cholera and smallpox prevail, the island was very healthy. GREAT FLOODS, AND IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN LANCASHIRE D YORKSHIRE. The heavy rains which fell on Tuesday and Wednesday last, continuing almost incessantly from about six o'clock in the morning of the former day, till eight or nine in the evening of the latter, have produced the most melancholy disasters to life and property in Yorkshire, and consider able injury to property in this county and in Cheshire, Derbyshire, and Cumberland. LANCASHIRE. WIGAN.—The river Douglas overflowed its banks on Wednesday morning, near the Weir-bridges; and again burst into the old colliery workings and " hollows," where two streams flowed continuously for upwards of ten hours. The proprietors of the Cannel Mine at the Lower Patricroft Colliery (where a number of lives were lost about three years ago by a similar visitation) took the precaution to call up their men, about 300 in number. Messrs. Taylor's cotton-mill was obliged to be stopped for several hours, the water having extinguished the en gine fires. Mr- H. Wood's collieries, those of Mr. Whaley and some others, were also stopped. But no material injury appears to have been done, nor any lives lost. PRESTON.—The river Ribble was swollen to a greater depth than at any time within the recollection of " the oldest inhabitant." By noon on Wednesday the banks were so full that the brooks and rivulets falling into the main stream were backed up, and torrents began to pour over the fields and meadows in the valley. Above the wooden bridge, by which the t ram roa d crosses the river, the whole vale lay under a sheet of water, and the road through the village of Walton-le-Dale was altogether impassible. The flood did considerable damage to the public walks along the banks of the river, and washed away a considerable portion of the footpath leading from Avenham to the East Lancashire railway bridge and Pen wortharn. A farm, occupied by Mr. Wiggins, in the valley, was flooded to a considerable depth, and the water continued to rise till about seven o'clock in the evening, after which it gradually subsided. BLACKBURN.--The river Darwen overflowed its banks on Wednesday morning, and laid a large breadth of con tiguous land under water. Parts of the town of Black burn were also invaded by the flood, to the alarm, and, to some extent, the damage, of the inhabitants. ULVERSTON.—The rising of the streams, brooks, and tarns in the immediate vicinity of Ulverston, laid many fields, and a large portion of the roads in the district, under water. On Wednesday las', considerable damage was done to the Ulverston Railway ; and the north wall of the new Wesleyan School was entirely washed away. At BURY, the flood caused a temporary obstruction at the Heywood gas-works ; and the factories had to cease working earlier than usual. At ROCHDALE, a number of houses and two factories were flooded. At MANCHESTER, all the rivers and streams of the neighbourhood overflowed their banks on Wednesday afternoon, and the waters rushed through several of the streets and lanes in the lower parts of the town and its suburbs, completely inundating the cellars, and as cending rapidly to the ground floors of the dwellings ; especially at Wellness, Lower Broughton, and the neigh bourhood of Peel-park. Many of the inhabitants had to be removed from their houses in boats ; but no lives ap pear to have been lost, and the damage done to property is comparatively small. YORKSHIRE BURSTING OF HOLMFIRTH The most lam Fneable effects of the flood were sustained by ti mnanitants of Holmfirth, a small town situated in the midst of high lands, hills, moors, and mosses, in one of the wildest districts of Yorkshire, about six miles from Huddersfield. The Bilberry Reservoir, which was con structed some years ago, about a mile from Holmfirth, 4nd which has been fed by the neighbouring mountain streams, burst its embankments about one o'clock on Thursday morning last, and sent down a torrent of water which carried destruction and death in its course, through the whole extent of the valley. This reservoir, which supplied a number of extensive mills with water-power, had been observed to rise greatly on Wednesday, and by ten o'clock that night it was found to be full to the brim ; a e:rcv,rnstance whichoccasioned considerable apprehension for the stability of the banks. In consequence of the alarm then felt, some forty or fifty persons gathered together, resolved to watch during the night. One gen tleman, with prudent forethought, proceeded, shortly after ten o'clock, to Digley, and called up a number of the inhabitants from their beds, informing them of the danger which he believed to be impending. Some sought and found safety by speedy removal to the adjacent hills ; while others, incredulous, remained to perish by the catastrophe which had been too truly predicted. Shortly after one o'clock, the dreaded result occurred. The embankment, saturated with water, and overborne by the immense weight pressing against its inner side, was literally torn away from the front or lower end of the reservoir, for a length of about 80 yards; and the immense body of water rushed forth, a resistless and mighty tor rent, sweeping away all obstacles to its progress, and• spreading everywhere in its courso d evas t a ti on and death. Rightly to appreciate the nature of this destructive tor rent, the reader must imagine an immense body of water, rushing for miles through a deep, narrow ravine or valley,. thickly studded with woollen and other mills, the cottages Of the workpeople, populous towns, villages, and hamlets, extending over a lineal space of many miles,—with a fall in the surface of the valley sufficient to add immense im- petus to the overwhelming torrent in its downward course, , • , which was that of the river Holme. The town of Holm firth, which is built on both banks of the river, and con- nected by bridges, has a population of 6,000, most of whom were of course in bed at one o'clock in the morn- ing ; and the only warning given was by a few of the watchers, who started off when it was seen that the reser voir was really about to burst its bounds ; running down the river side, shouting, casting stones through bedroom windows, and startling people from their sleep as best they could. But even this brief and imperfect warning (alas! never beard by many )- only oxtveded to the en- trance of Holmfirth nocueii the reservoir ; for there the food overtook the warners themselves, and was its own fearful herald of destruction and death. The scenes which occurred along the valley never could be described, in all their sickening and heart-rending fullness : the rain was falling heavily, and the streets crowded with people ; while along the banks hundreds were rushing madly about in their night-dresses, seeking their friends or bewailing losses. There were not, however, wanting many of who, at the risk of their lives, did all that was pos to rescue the poor drowning creatures, who were enerally seen tossing on the flood, but only to be washed by in an instant The prc ty over which the torrent first rushed was or) , at the foc reservoir, on the right bank of the stream ; a stone build ing, of three storeys, and about twenty yards in length, with a neat cottage next its river gable. The greater p3r tion of the mill, with its heavy iron machinery, and the entire cottage were swept away, and the property was utterly wrecked in a few moments. The occupier of the cottage had been so impressed_ with the conviction that a fearful catastrophe was impending, that he had sent his wife and family away from the house, and had even removed his furniture. Pursuing its devastating course, it next swept away the residence of Mr. John Furness, with a barn, cowhouse, three cows, and a stack of hay, worth £5O. Mr. Furness and his family having been warned, had fled for safety with his family to the hill side. The Digley woollen mills, with all the valuable machinery therein, steam-engines, heavy boilers, and mule frames, were there floated away like straws. This property alone is estimated to be worth beiween £20,00 0 and £30,000. Some yards of one end of the Bank-end woollen mill were also washed away ; the iron spinning mules and weaving mules having been torn asunder, and left projecting from the ruin. At Holme Bridge, a little further down the river, the church was inundated, the pews being lifted from their position and thrown trans. versely, in rows, across the aisle; the walls inclosing the yard were thrown down ; gravestones were torn up, and coffins and corpses floated out of the new graves down the river. The water reached across the bridge, carrying away the stone battlements. The torrent dashed straight through the windows of the second story of the Hinch cliffe woollen mills, which stand upon a firm rocky foun dation, about a mile and a half below the reservoir, and escaped destruction, though they suffered damage to the amount of about £5OO. A row of ten cottages, two sto ries high, inhabited by operatives, on the left bank of the river, near this point, were swept entirely away. From one of these houses alone 10 human beings, who com posed the family, were washed away, and perished. Alto gether it is supposed that nearly forty persons inhabiting these houses were surprised by the flood while they were asleep, and were unable to save their lives. Only one man appears to have been saved, and his escape seems almost miraculous ; he was floated down a quarter of a mile further into a milldam. Several other mills and works were seriously injured, and property of great value was washed away and de stroyed, while the lives of a considerable number of work men, their wives and families, fell a prey to the irresisti ble fury of the torrent. Among the works damaged were the Bottoms Mill ; the Victoria Woollen Mill ; the woollen mill of Messrs. Dyson ; the dye-works of Messrs. George Farrer and Co., and the spinning and weaving mill of Mr. J. I-1 Farrar. In Holmfirth the loss of life and property was fearful. Several whole families were drowned in their beds; and a number of tradesmen and others had their entire stock-in-trade, furniture, and effects swept away and destroyed. No words can picture the grief, distress, and misery w hi c h h ave th rown their gloom over this unfortunate dis trict in consequence of this shocking calamity. To say that 100 lives have been lost, fearful as the announcement is, expresses but very inadequately the nature of this awful occurrence. The living are in many instances plunged into the deepest distress and suffering ; families who had the blessings of wealth and happiness yesterday. are to-day all but penniless. There is reason to believe that one family, who had property worth nearly £30,000, are to-day left only with the clothes they stand in —mills, dwelling houses, stables, b irns, horses, cattle, everything has been swept away. The working classes have distress threatening them through the want of employment, for, b y the bursting of the reservoir, the course of the river is choked up and diverted in several places, the mills hnve been stopped for a considerable way down the valley, and i t i s estimated that it will require a period of four months to place the supply of water a footing to enable them to resume work—is, indeed, it can he done at all, for no one v-ntareß to gay wi,o can or who will be the parties to remedy the diffienity. The damage to property alone, it is staied, on credible testimony. will not amount to less than £600.000 Tt aepeara that the reservoir was the property of certain localemm~aissiuner~,by art of parliament. It was constructed in 1840. hut, from tho first, it was found to he defective in he fonr , dation, owing to a spring of water under the embankment, which rendered the puddling ineff rtusJ , a n d ',I-I.er] the hank to give, and to settle down um quaqy A phane-ry suit agnitist the con tractors was the ..or‘geciti ,ire, which is not, suttlad ; and there has been endl—a litigation with the occupiers of water- pow , r, so Ow at- egrnmiAsinners so'm go into pecu niary difficulties, and, for the last two or thr., vPars, the works have heroine dila. Hat d for want of proper repairs. The means devised for reliving asodden pressure of water were so out of erde-, that they were totally unavailable. and the sluice gates , t the I .war end of the reservoir had got fast, and could n he moved when their use was im peratively called for. The total loss of life does not Appear to be accurately ascertained as yet ; I, ot it is estimated that at least 100 persons have perished, B tvae, n 65 and 70 of the bodies bad been recovered on Saturday morning, some of thous at a distance of twenty miles below the reservoir ; and a telegraphic despatch from Hull stated that three or four bodies had been found near that town, having been car ried along the Coln"•, and thence into the Hn , her. An inquest on the recovered bodies was commenced on. Friday, to allow of the rites of interment on Sunday ; but this wes adjourned till to. morrow (Wednesday) week, to allow an official inanection by civil engineers, which, it is understood, will be accompanied by a government in vesti,ration. Account= received from Worcestershire. Herefordshire, and Gloceetershire, of the date of Saturday kat, represent that the rivers S ,, vern and Wye have risen to an unusual height, and in so sudden a manner as to lead to the sue position that a tremendous waterspout had burst on the mountains of North Wales where these two riv , rs rise. The coach traffic between Hereford and Cdocester was stopped, and great fears were entertained (hat the bridges over the Wve at Hereford and Rose would not he able to resist the torrent much The lower part of the city of Hereford near tho river has been flooded so that the inhabitants were driven to their upper rooms, and ferry boats were ,stahlished in the streets. So great a frood has not been known since 1795, and the river is covered with fragments of wreck On the Severn, at Glocester and Tewkesbury, the flood rose in one hour 18 inches upon the meadows. IRELAND. THE " WORLD" NEWSPAPER.—The Dublin Keening Post says, " We have learned that Mr. James Birch, late proprietor of the World newspaper, has been arrested on a bench warrant, at the suit of Mrs. French." THE SPECIAL COMMISSION.—The special commission at Monaghan has proved a failure. The second jury, who tried Francis Kelly for the murder of Mr. Bateson, were discharged, without being able to agree. Two men, who had been found in possession of covered fire-arms, were convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment. THE ORANGEMEN AND= RIBAND CONSPIRACY.-At meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge of Down, on the 2nd inst., it was resolved, among other things, that the Orange men of that county will do their utmost to detect and bring to justice all persons whatsoever, who may be found in any way connected with the bast Riband consp i racy , which, while it appears partly aimed against l an dl ords, i s mainly directed awg;nac the.religion an d li ves o f the Pro testants of irciand. IxISII , PROSPERITY journal published —The Fermanagh Report, a , according to general assent, in the i part of Ireland, gives the following bit of corroboratory evidence in support of the ministerial alle gation that Ireland is prosperous :—" Several families residing.a short distance from Enniskillen are preparing to leave for Australia. Every day makes the prospect more gloomy, and all persons possessed of the means are desirous to flee from the misery which seems to await them here." If it be thus in the hitherto happy, county of Fermanagh, how, we may ask, are the other one-and thirty Irish counties situated ? least distres PROTECTION.—A declaration in favour of protection to native capital and industry, showing that the agricultural, colonial, shipping, and many other important interests of the country are deeply depressed, under the unjust. miss. chievous, and cruel policy, miscalled free-trade, which has exposed British producers. and industry of all classes to ruinous competition in the home market against the pro ducts of foreign labour, has been extensively circulated and signed in Ireland under the auspices of the Marquis of Dbwnshire, Lord Glengall, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, and Mr. T. P. Dunne. Ireland it is alleged has suffered in finitely more from free-trade, than either England or Scotland. LORD ARUNDEL AND:THE ROMAN CATHOLICS.—The reason assigned for the rumoured retirement of Lord Arundel from the representation of Limerick, as stated by a correspondent of the Dublin Evening Htwald of yesterday week, is that his lordship has for some time had spiritual doubts and difficulties, and has lately declined to accept the courtesies or ministrations of Cardinal Wise man, the highest Papal priest in the United Kingdom. The writer adds—" Ere long we shall have to congratulate Lord Arundel upon his exalted position as a professor of pure Catholic Christianity, and an avowed convert to Pro testantism. T repeat, sir, that I announce , this from credible authority,' MYSTERIOUS ' MURDER.—The Limerick Chronicle of Wednesday last narrates the singular discovery of a mur der at Drombane, near Dromkeen, in that county, where a countryman named Patrick Blake, after having had his curiosity excited by seeing that some grass had been re moved in a field and relaid in sods, turned up the light earth, and discovered the dead body of a farmer named James Quinlan, who had been missing from his home since Christmas.. The alarm being given, the relatives and friends of the deceased soon hurried to the spot, with the police of the station, by whom the body was raised and stretched upon the field. A gunshot wound was dis covered on the right breast, and blood was discernible on the shirt of the deceased, which was the only article of dress visible, notwithstanding that on the day he le t home he wore a new frieze frock coat, vest, and trousers. Au inquest has been held on the body, but no clue to the murderer has yet been obtained. SINGULAR AND TERRIFIC PIIENOMENON.—A cor respondent of the Limerick Examiner says—" I have just heard of an occurrence that took place several nights• since, in the parish of Duagh, near Listowel—and , although it is nearly incredible, still, as I have no reason , to doubt or question the veracity of my informant, give the tale as it way Told to tne. In the dead of , night, about a week ago 'ose, in bellowing of the hags of the thundex:B, one had ♦uuan.ta ut, ill.o due mmuy ol a man named Cronin, in whose house the occurrence took place, were sunk in the deepest repose. Suddenly a clattering noise, such as might be occasioned by the promiscuous falling of an im mense pile of stones, was heard above the din and fury of the raging storm—and in a moment the roof of "the kitchen and parlour was cleft asunder at the very top, where the rafters were joined, and half the roofing and thatch fell to each side! The lower room, as well as the sleeping apartments ahove the parlour, escaped all injury, while the roofing of the parlour and kitchen was riven asunder with as much accuracy as if the operation had been performed with an axe. The walls were not in the slightest degree injured, and no traces whatever could be discovered that could lead to the inference that this sin gular and extraordinary occurrence had been caused by the electric fluid ! There was a bed in the parlour, the top of which was shivered into splinters, but the woman and one or two children who slept there sustained no in jury. The following morning three head of cattle were found dead in one of the out-houses, but the rest of the cows in the same house escaped; and in another out-house that sheltered a mare, a foal, and two goats, the mare and one of the goats were discovered in the morning to be dead, while the other goat and the foal had suffered no injury. No single trace that could indicate the presence or the agency of the electric fluid was discovered, and altogether it is one of the most curious occurrences that has been remembered by the sage and hoary chronicler of local traditions, the oldest inhabitant.' As for the details, I give them to your readers as I received them myself, without adding to them either note or comment." LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—At a meeting of the board of directors of this company, held on Wednesday, it was decided to recommend to the pro prietors, at their ensuing meeting, to declare a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of three per cent. per annum, and to carry forward a substantial surplus, after making the usual reserve for replacement of permanent way. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We stated on Saturday that we had heard from good, though not official authority, that the dividend would be at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and that £50,000 would be carried to the "rest." We now learn officially that the sum to be carried to the " rest" is not £50,000, but £60,000. This will increase the balance to be carried forward to next half-year's revenue account to £184,000. The directors have charged the revenue for the past half year with £57,000 for new stock &c., the greater portion of which—say to the extent of £4o,ooo—was for the Exhi bition traffic. We speak from personal knowledge when the N ort h . rolling w eBt s e t r o n ck l n and a r p e e permanent a n ex e n o % e way n c o o f u t d h i s: t w i o e n Lon don— s tate Mat o nh rn dat ing Herald of yesterday.