The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

( fibrunrol ' TUESDAY JORNING 1' Ht THE i - - Ministers to Parliament has been disputed. It was a very closerunit Halifax between Sir CHAS. WOOD and Mr—EDWARDS ; but as the loss of a President of the Board of Control would not have been a vital one, it was deprived of much of its interest. BY far tin greatest excitement has been created by the contest at Oxford University, where a dead set has been made at Mr. GLADSTONE by two parties — the High Churchmen, who view with apprehension his Radical associates, and the Protestant party, who very properly object to his Tractarian tenden cies. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was also opposed at Southampton, and Admiral BERKELEY at Glou cester; but both without success. The County elections have yet to take place, and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT will be opposed in South Wilts . by Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, who comes forward on the Landed interest. There are also contests anti cipated in Ireland; so that the Ministerial organs, who enlarge so complacently on their success, are rather premature in their congratulations. At the meeting of the Liverpool Town Council, on Wednesday, the right of the whole body to veto the acts of the Dock Committee was brought into active exercise on the question of constructing the intended new works at Wapping. It appears that the Committee, departing from their previous prac tice of carrying out the works by means of their own sury advertised _veyo tenders for them to be exe cuted by contract, with the reservation that they did not bind themselves to accept any of the ten ders. This proviso has usually been understood, and acted upon, as a safeguard against being com pelled to accept a tender at an extravagant rate, or from a person incompetent to perform the work. It was so understood in the present instance, and the Committee appeared so to view it by inviting the attendance of Mesirs.BAKEß and SON, whose com petency is not disputed, and the amount of whose tender is not deemed unfair, even when compared Notwith- with the estimate of their own s standing - these preliminaries, necessarily attended with expense to the parties preparing the estimates upon which to found the tender, they were rejected, and the committee resolved to entrust the work to their own surveyor This very naturally led to a remonstrance on the part of Messrs. BAKER and SoN, who deemed themselves unfairly treated, and, ss from the commit brought before the Town Coun cil, who resolved by a majority of 43 to 11 to veto the whole proceeding. It is not denied that the works already carried out by Mr. HARTLEY, the surveyor, have been executed most efficiently, but their excessive cost has long been a subject of great complaint, which it was believed would in this case have been obviated by resorting to the mode which was adopted, by advertising them to be done by cont: act. It is not charged against the members of the Committee, of whom there were 14 to 5 who voted for the rejection of the tenders, that iey could obtain no redr the subject was e part! s to a job, but bearing in mir expend. which has been previously incur of the Council_are very properly )rporation should inded under the )ock Committee, on _ repudiated the charge nourably, questioned the lega- .hin the letter, it was not within intention of the la\ —and by a reso ed i arose ou s to inquire WI The dinner which was given on Tuesday at the hi Hotel, to Mr. INGERSOLL, the new Ame rican Minister to this country, by the American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, drew together a distinguished party, worthy of this important mart of commerce. The guests on the occasion included not only the worthy representative of the United States, but also that distinguished nobleman the Earl of DERBY, who is at the head of the great 3EFTON, the Lord-Lieut the mem arliament for the county The spee a matte the courtesies of the hospitable board softened the expressions of opinion on them to sentiments of the most friendly disposition. The electors of Liverpool should pay no atten tion to the assertions so gravely made by a Satur day contemporary, that Mr. MACKENZIE had offered to resign his seat, and that Mr. TURNER would not defend his. These reports emanate from the enemy, who wish to alarm the friends of the sitting members into a dread of incurring expense. The petition, however, is in itself a forlorn hope ; for all the prospect of proving bribery arises out of the fact of the men who were employed to carry flags, banners, and other election paraphernalia, having been voters on the right side. eather during the whole of yesterday was rainy ; and, as this unfavourable state of the atmos phere has followed immediately upon a change of the moon, the prospect of a return to fine weather seems indefinitely postponed. Should this be the case, the most serious apprehensions are enter tained for the agriculture of this country, which in the weather will have a new enemy to add to the Farmer's difficulties, occasioned by Free-trade. Much sympathy has seen expressed for the sufferers of the sad catastrophe which we reported last week, of the explosion of the brig Lily, off the Isle of Man. At St. Paul's Church, Prince's Park, on Sunday forenoon, upwards of £6O were collected by the spontaneous contributions of the congregation, and several other sums have also been raised towards this benevolent purpose. Our friends of the Manchester school are bitterly mortified at the non-appearance of the names of COBDEN and BRIGHT in the list of the new ministry. The difficulty, however, has been as to where to place them. It is said, and there is no doubt of the fact, that overtures were made to Mr. COBDEN to lend his valuable aid, but that he modestly declined. Why ? It may be that he doubted his powers ; but his friends say his answer was to the effect that he would not accept office with the present Government, but that if the for mation of a Cabinet was placed in his hands, the case might be diff eren t ! The Rev. HUGH ST OWELL of Manchester, in addition to hi s vote for Mr. DUDLEY PERCIVAL, at the Oxford University Election, has addressed a letter to the Pr l o l testant Electors of the University, in which he ea " Mr. GLAns ToN Z, them to follow his example. he says, " Appears to have been all his life on a voyage of dis covery for ecclesiastical as well as political opinions ; nor can any man say where he will at last find his moorings, unless it be on the banks of the Tiber. In that direction, despite of all the eddies of his course, an under current see ms still to be bearing him." He concludes with the following :__ ''Let us not be deceived by flimsy Pretence Com promise from a minist r y com p osed like the pr s. e inevitable necess it y . The extremes of which is tis o an posed must force surr ender of principle on the one ne co or the other, and no man that knows aught of Po pery will for a mo men t suppose that, whatever nominal Prote s t ants may suffer or surrender, the Pope and the Jesuits will forego thei r p urpos es or fail of thei r p re y . Let Oxford do her duty, then and much will be ac:om p lished to dis. locate the coalition and avert the danger." COURT AND FASBION HER MAJESTY and Prince Albert have again testified their interest in the welfare of the labouring classes by a joint donation of £l5O towards the funds of the " Public Baths and Washhouses Committee," making a total of £650 given by them for th e " Model" establishment in Goulston-square, Whitechapel, London. GENERAL PETER BROWN, formerly of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and recently Commandant of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, died at Gosport on M on d ay, aged 78. LORD DENMA N.—A communication received from Nice, states that Lord Denman had been seized with a pa ra l yt i c attack, and that he was in a very dangerous condition. His Lordship's eldest son immediately left towu, to attend upon him. SIR THOMAS COCHRANE, the newly-appointed Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, will shortly be united to Miss Rosetta Wheeler Cuffe, daughter of Sir Wheeler Cuffe, Bart., of Lyroth, Kilkenny, and niece of the late Earl of Mayo. THE MARRIAGE OF LADY HARRIET D'ORSAY, daughter of the late Earl of Biessington, and widow of Count D'Orsay, with the Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper, brother of Earl Cowper, was solemnised at the British Embassy in Paris oil Tuesday last. pecial meeting of th 1, Saturday, they indigna of having a( .t though WEEK )irit and tice to Messrs. B expenses that firm b taitVarV. JAN. 11, 1853 ch characterises this season of the estions of public interest s w hich we alluded to lv enliven i by a THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, FOREIGN NE IN T-1 I? A NTrly I' 11th\ LJi The ceremony of re-opening for Divine worship the Church of St. Genevieve (late the Pantheon) took place on Monday last week, with extraordinary pomp. What to be the relics of the Saint had been torn trom their shrine during the fury of the first Revolution Were suPPos de GrZ:ve in Pari harbour of Honolulu ; at Lahaina there had been about fifty, and at Hilo, about twenty-five, during the season. The amount of oil and bone on board the ships already reported Wag as follows :-11,329 lbs. sperm; 218,100 brls. whale; 2,986,833 lbs. bone. O;i the 14th April the American brig lsaa Howland, when in lat. 31 N., and lon. 150 E. about 300 miles N.N.E. of Guam, fell in with a Japanese junk, destitute of cargo, the crew, four iu num ber, being nearly dead from want of food. The captain rendered assistance and the men recovered. The junk was out of her reckoning forty-nine days. WEST INDIES.—From Kingston, Jamaica, we have ad vices to the 22d ult. The yellow fever was very bad at Barbadoes and other Windward Island ports. A severe shock of an earthquake was experienced in the island on the 26th November, but no serious damage resulted there from. Smallpox was still very prevalent in different parts of the island. The cholera was raging dreadfully at Nas sau ; and fears were entertained lest it should reach Kingston. The Demerara papers state that fine rains had fallen, but not sufficient to assist in sugar making. Want of water in the trenches might, it was thought shorten the crops. A public meeting had been held at the city of St. John, in compliance with a requisition from several merchants and planters, "to take into consideration the injustice perpetrated by the Secre tary of State for the Colonies, in the appointment of a person possessing no claim whatever upon the colony to supersede the prese n t t reasurer o f t h e i s l an d. ' At Barbadoes the yellow fever prevailed, and, though of a milder kind, some few cases had proved fatal. A Court of Vice-admiralty had been held for the trial of twelve mutineers on board the barque Cleopatra, which vessel had arrived, with the captain in irons, on the 15th ultimo. All the prisoners were convicted, and two of the ringleaders were sentenced to three years' hard labour, and the others to one year hard labour. The Trinidad Legislative Council met on the 6th ult. The Trinidadian of the 20th ult. says, " Within the last fortnight the weather has been very propitious for the approaching crops." Rain had fallen at St. Lucia, but the injury produced by the previous drought had been much too serious to be repaired by the supply of moisture. The canes were much stunted in growth, and nothing like the supply of sugar calculated on would be produced. The Tobago House of Assembly had determined upon abolishing the export duties upon produce shipped from that island, and substituting a tax upon land. Hopes were entertained at Martinique that the fever would soon subside. The inhabitants of the different communes had voted an address to Louis Napoleon, while President of the French Republic, in which they anti cipated their countrymen at home in heaping on him the honours he has now secured. We have dates from Porto Cabello to the 11th ult. A few cases of fever had occurred among the shipping. Business was unusually dull. Coffee, washed, was selling at 11c. to 112 c., and unwashed, 10c. to 104 c., Ox hides were selling at 94-c. to 9-3-c. Cocoa, 20c. to 20ic. American Flour was quoted at . Sl2 to $l3l-. Accounts from Acapulco, of the 9th ult., state that a severe earthquake was experienced there on the 4th, and continuous shocks, though less severe, had been hourly felt to the date of the advices. About thirty of the best buildings had been ruined, some falling completely. LIST OF PASSENGERS.--Mr. Power, Mr. Lucy, Mr. Anderdon, Mr. C. Homan, Mr. W. H. Bell, Mr. M. Meyer, Mr. Parker, Mr. S. Bache, Mr. F. Thierot, Mr. Edwards, Mr. J. B. Bruyeres, Mr. A. H. Kent, Mr. T. B. Hillyard, Mr. Binct, Mr. J. W. Gibb, Mr. J. Thomp son, Mr. H. Josephi, Mr. Burstall, Mr. Filstone, Mr. Joseph, Major Kearney, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Travers, Mr. D. Law, Mr. Duguesnay, Mr. Hall, Mr. Store!, Rev. A. Zon Puttkanmer, Mr. J. Foley, Mr. E. R. Frechette, Mr. D. Mullitt, Mr. R. Coats, Mr. S. Richardson, Mr. T. Samuel and lady, Mr. J. W. Anderson, Mr. L. Brad shaw, Mr. T. E. Lamping, Mr. W. Young, Mr. John Houghton, Mr. S. Nathan, Mr. Waley, Mr. Payne and boy, Mr. Brasaw, Mr. Ladau, Mr. Lantaun, Mr. Teana, Mr. It. D. Turcan, Mr. W. G. Gordon, and Mr. Peters. COMMERCIAL AND MONEY MARKETS. NEW YORX, DEC. 29. MONEY.—The stock market has a downward tendency, but not more so than usual in holyday week. The money market was easy, without any material change in the rates. In exchange there has been a large amount of sterling bills in the market, and the demand very mode rate. Prices in consequence are lower, and close flatly. The business in continental was also small. W e quo t e bills on London 9i to 9 per cent. prem. ; Paris, f. 5.12 1 to f. 5.13 1 , 60 days, and f. 5.10, short si g ht. COTTON.—(Front the Shipping List, of December 29.) —The sales for the past two days are only 800 bales, at a decline of about one-fourth of a cent e nad s unfavourable advises having brought our market nearly to a stand. The table below, compared with last season, shows an increase in the receipts at all the ports 0f:406,832 bales, in the exports to Great Britain of 175,874 bales, to north of Europe 7,192 bales, to other foreign ports 7,616 bales, and a decrease to France. of 36,028 bales ; leaving a total increase in the export from the United States of 154,654 bales. The shipments to northern ports are 13,372 bales less, and the stock on hand 223,426 more than last year. The stock in this port is 31,291 bales, against 54,893 bales last year We quote Atlantic Ports. none. to 9 Florida. Gulf Ports none, none. Inferior Low• to good ord Low to good mid.... — Mid. fair to fair 9— 91 —lO 10i 11 4 Fully fair to good fair nominal. nominal. nominal. Total import since Ist instant 42,304 bales. Export from Ist to 28th Dec., 1852, 17,304; 1851, 17,824. EXPORT FROM THE .UNITED STATES. Si to 9 8} to 9. Since let of September, 1832 572,050 bales Same time, 1831 417,396 „ RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON, Exports to Total Exports Stock, and Receipts. Gt. Britain to For. Ports. onshipb'd 1832 1,244,205 449,927 572,050 560,092 1851 837,373 274,033 417,376 336,668 Increase 406,832 175,874 154,654 223,426 STOCK OF COTTON IN INTERIOR TOWNS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECEIPTS, 1852 Augusta and Hamburg, Dec. 1 30,841 Macon, Georgia, Dec. 1 8,749 Columbus, Georgia, Dec. 11 15,230 Rome, Georgia, Dec. 1 1,169 Montgomery, Alabama, Dec. 13 12,167 .... 28,110 Memphis, Tennessee, Dec. 14 6,300 .... 5,310 (From W. P. Wright's Circular of December 29.) On Monday the correspondence per Canada was re ceived, advising a decline for the week ending 10th Dec. in Liverpool of id. to id., with small sales, and a feeling generally prevalent that prices would still further recede. The decline of nearly one penny sterling per lb. between the 29th October and 10th December naturally attracts some attention, it being so entirely contrary to the views expressed by many well-informed Liverpool and Man chester merchants and brokers. Two months ago, when middling Orleans were selling at 61c1. to 68d. in Liverpool, and when there was a bare possibility of the crop being limited at 2,800,000 bales, the substance of the corres pondence was to the effect that a crop of 3,00,000 bales would be required to prevent a further advance in price, and was actually necessary to meet the increased and in creasing consumption. How changed the tone adopted by the very same parties in the correspondence just at hand per Canada. Our crop is likely to result according to their wishes ; hut, instead of 61d. being maintained as the price for middling Orleans, it has already declined below 51d., and we are gravely informed that sd. per lb. will soon be reached, and very possibly even a lower figure, and no doubt such would soon be a matter of fact did the cotton now in transit belong to American shippers. The future course of the Liverpool market will be watched with much interest on this side, the great bulk of the business, so far, this season, having been done on English account. The sales on Monday and yesterday were only to a small extent, at irregular prices. The total sales, since the 20th instant, have been 11,000 bales ; and the clearances in the same time have been—to Liverpool, 3,305 bales ; Bremen, 26 : total, 3,331 bales. The solu tion of the advance in Mobile and New Orleans, alluded to in my last circular, appears to be in the fact that the news per Arctic was telegraphed as id. decline, instead of id. advance, the first causing some low sales ; and it was the reaction from those low sales that was telegraphed to us on the eve of the departure of the Niagara. With regard to the crop, I am every week more confirmed in my opinion that the present excessive estimates are based solely upon the increase of receipts at the ports over last year, and that a change will soon occur. Since the end of November the cotton region has been visited by heavy and continued rains, which will tend still more to injure the quality of the remaining portion of the crop. BREADSTUFFS.—FIour was in active demand, at an ad vance of gc. to 121 c. per barrel, up to the close of Friday, when the telegraphic advices, per Canada, to the 11th instant, from Liverpool, came to hand. On Monday holders demanded an additional advance of 121-c. to 181 c. per barrel, which was firmly resisted. Western Canal sold at 85.56-1 to $5.681 per barrel ; Ohio and pure Ge nessee, =e5.75 to $6; common New York, &c., •'5.50; Southern kinds, 85.681 to ; Canada, in bond, $5.75 to -B'6. Wheat was without material change, with but little offering. Indian Corn in good demand, but with increased receipts prices are lower. EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, SINCE IST SEPT., 1852 FLOUR. MEAL. WHEAT. CORN. Brls. Brig. Bsl. Bsl. 366,284.. 3.. 2,407,261.. 56,600 Same time last year.. 365,156.. 1.680.. 927,029.. 275,467 PROVISIONS.—The pork market has advanced a trifle, and, though firm, eloses without much buoyancy, with more offering for sale, and a moderate demand. Beef is very firm, and a little higher, with light receipts and a fair demand. Lard is in better supply, and depressed. Cheese is quite dull, at Bc. to 9c., the latter for choice. IRox.—The market for Scotch pig is exceedingly firm, and higher prices are now demanded. 500 to 600 tons sold at £3O, and small lots at £3l to £'32.50, 6 months; and 100 tons Irish wrought scrap, £36, less 4 per cent. for cash. Common English bars are held at 865 ; and refined 872 50 to £75. FRElGHTS.—Qaotations for breadstuffs to Liverpool have a downward tendency. The following are the closing rates to that port:—Flour, 3s. sd. to 4s. ; rosin, 3s. 6d. ; pork, 4s. 6d. •, beef, ss. 6d. ; wheat, 10d. to 10-id. ; cot ton, ; and Sea Island, id. To London : turpentine, 3s. 6d. ; rosin, 3s. 6d. ; and flour, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. To Glasgow : tobacco, 4s. 6d. ; flour, 4s. 6d. ; and rice, 40s. CHARLESTON, DEC. 27. The sales of cotton to-day were 600 bales at 7ic. to 9c., showing a decline of kc. to ie. ; the market is unsettled. KINGSTON, (JAMAICA,) DEC. 21. The business done in imports, between the 10th and 21st instant, was very moderate, the trade merely pur chasing to supply their immediate wants. There is very little rum in the market, and 22 proof is quoted at 2s. to 2s. 3d., in bond. Freights are dull. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30. There has been an unusual degree of activity. The stock market has been steady. Money.continues easy, at about 3 per cent. per month, on undoubted securities. In the rates of exchange there is no variation. Sixty day bills on London are quoted at 47 to 471, and on Paris, 4.90. LEIPSIC.—A letter from Leipsic states that the cata logue of the book fair for this year at that place contains 6,764 new publications. Last year the number was only 5,700. At CALCUTTA, some sensation has been created among the native community by the baptism of a young widow lady of the Tagore family, who was converted by the mere reading of a bible given to her by a female relative now dead. AUSTRALIA THE GOLD FIELDS.—The oldest gold field in New South Wales is that of Ophir. That part which has been worked is but a fraction of what may be termed the Canoblas gold-fields. The Canoblas Mountain, which rises to the height of a mile above the level of the sea, is the centre, whence a large number of stream's, including the Sum merhill-creek, take their rise. All of these streams are more or less auriferous. Gold has been found all along §urnmerhill-creek, from its source at the Canoblas to its junction with the Macquarie, but most abundant at Ophir and Frederick's Valley, where the Wentworth diggings are situate. The gold is nuggetty, and has been found in lumps of 313. and 41b. weight. The Wentworth diggings yield large quantities of very fine gold. The mining po pulation at Ophir, and in the creeks of Canoblas, does not exceed 300, and these earn from 10s. to 603. a day. The whole of the country around the Canoblas may be consi dered as a gold-field comparatively unexplored, and wait ing for population, capital, and machinery. The Turon district is the richest and largest of the gold-fields of the colony. Sofala, the town which in less than eighteen months has risen out of the bush, is situate on the richest part of•the Turon, about 25 miles north from Bathurst. Fifteen miles above Sofula remunerative diggings were opened at " the Gulf," and thence to the junction of the river with the Macquarie, a distance of above 40 miles, digging operations have been carried on with more or less success. The gold is chiefly " dust," with a tolerable number of nuggets and a few stray lumps, some of them of 71b. weight. The yield of gold on the Turon has been, in many instances, most extraordinary. In several cases from 80 to 100 ounces per day, and for several days together, have been obtained by parties of three and four; while others took from 20 to 50 ounces. The gold has been obtained in equal quantities in the bed of the river and on the banks and slopes in its vicinity. Rich dry diggings have recently been discovered on the slope of a hill near Sofala. Along the Bathurst-road gold has been found, and at Wyagden-bill, midway between the village of.Wyagden and the Turon, " successful operations" have been commenced. There are tracts of many miles extent along the Turon, which, although known as auriferous, are as yet untouched. The Braidwood diggings have hitherto been confined to the Major and Bell's creeks, about ten miles from Braidwood. The gold is here found in the decomposed granite, at least so the local geologists say. The diggers amount to 500, who earn quite as much as the diggers on the Turon. About thirty miles north of the Turon are the Meroo diggings. The gold is coarse, with here and there large nuggets and lumps. The golden reputation of the Meroo itself is, however, small in com parison to that of one of its tributary creeks, the Louisa, on whose banks such enormous masses of the precious metal have been found, and where the Great Nugget Vein lies. The dry diggings in this locality extend for several miles to Campbell's-creek. where from 40,000 to 50,000 miners might find profitable employment. This tract in cludes the diggings of Long-creek, the Dirt-holes, and the Tambaroura, all renowned, but all yielding the palm to the Louisa-creek, where Dr. Ker found his 1 cwt. of gold, and Brennan his 271 b. lump, together with the largest water-worn nugget that the world ever knew of, for it weighed 157 ounces. There are about 1,500 miners on the Meroo and Louisa creeks, at Long-creek, the Devil's hole, Pyramid-creek, Nuggetty-gully, Married-man's creek, and the Dirt-boles. Between the Turon and the Pyramid lies the Tambaroura- creek. The yield of gold is very large, since many of the claims yield from two to twelve ounces a day. The number of miners is computed at 1,000. The Hanging-rock, situate on the Peel River, is a goldfield of established renown. The Oaken-ville, Hurdle, and Oakey creeks, which flow into the Peel, have been found to be rich in auriferous de posits, and a large tract of country in the vicinity presents the same indications. There are about 200 diggers, who are doing well. The last discovered diggings in New South Wales are at Bingara on the Courangoura-creek, which joins the Gwydir River, 70 miles to the north-west of Tamworth. The gold appeared to lie in inexhaustible abundance on all sides. It is nuggetty, coarse-grained, and very little worn. At various places between the Hanging-rock and Bingara gold has been found, in some instances lying on the surface of the ground. There are about 8,000 miners at work on all these various gold fields ; but the Sydney Empire is of opinion that not less than 200,000 persons %would find profitable employment on the large tracts of auriferous country, hitherto un worked, which the colony is known to possess. Besides the established goldfields, there are various localities in which gold is known to exist, but which have not as yet been worked but by a stray " prospecting" party. Chief . . _ among th is the territory of the Abere;otribie - River ' 40 miles south from Bathurst. La rge quan titi es o f go ld have Nance, not only in the river itself, but at the Sounding-rock, and in the Tuenna, Mulgunnia, Copeerhannia, and Mountain Run creeks. Gold has 1853. ARRIVAL OF EARL ST. GERMANS.-0O Thursday forenoon the Prince Arthur;packet, from Holyhead, with the Earl St. Germani on board, arrived at Kingstown. There were in waiting, Judge Keatinge and Sir Thomas Esnionde, as Privy Councillors ; Captain Cust and other aides-de-camp ; and Mr. Brewster, Attorney-General. At one o'clock the Lord. Lieutenant proceeded from the private apartments to the council chamber, attended by the principal officers of state. At the council table were the Archbishop of Dublin, the Lord Chief Justice, and Li-ut. General Sir Edward Blakeney; Lords Justices, who remained covered, whilst the other privy councillors, as well as the Lord Lieutenant were uncovered oaths having been administered by Mr. Marmion Savage, and subscribed by the Lord Lieutenant, the ex-Chancellor Blackburne read the Queen's letter, appointing the noble earl to the office of Viceroy. The Archbishop of Dublin delivered the Sword of State ; Sir William Betham invested him with the Collar and Chain of the Order of St. Patrick, and then the Lords Justices uncovered and vacated their seats, upon which his Excellency put on his hat and sat at the head of the Council Board. The room was then ordered to be cleared, after which his Excel lency held his first Privy Council in Dublin Castle. There was no demonstration of any kind on the part of the persons assembled at Kingstown or Dublin, who merely evinced curiosity to see the - new Lord Lieutenant. Earl St. Germans left Dublin on Saturday and is expected to return the begining of next month. ECCLESIASTICAL. DIOCESE OF CHESTER ORDINATION.—The Lord Bishop of Chester will hold an Ordination in the Cathedral at Chester on Sunday, the 20th February, the Examination for which will com. mence on Thursday morning, the 17th, at ten o'clock, PREFERMENT.—The Rev. T. J. Rawson to the,Stipen- diary Curacy of St. Thomas's Church, Eccleston, in the parish of Prescot, in the county of Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev. G. T. Mostyn, the Incumbent. VACANCY.—The Perpetual Curacy of Bollington, in the parish of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, by resigna tion of the Rev. W. Pearson. Patron, Vicar of Prestbury. Value, £174. The Bishop has granted a license for the performance of Divine Services in a room situate on the west side of Grenville-street South, Liverpool, at the instance of the Rev. W. Pollock, Tncumhent of St. Mark's, The Bishop bas renewed the license for Divine Services in the new church at Claughton-cum- Grange for another year, before the expiration of which, it is hoped, that arrangements will be made for its consecration. CONSECRATIONS.—The new Church of St. Philip, Chorley, in the parish of Wilmslow, Cheshire, is to be consecrated on Wednesday, at half-past one p.m. The new Church of St. John the Divine, Fairfield, in the parish of West Derby, Liverpool, on Friday next. The Bishop will preach on both occasions. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. G. D. Adams, to the Vicarage of East Budleigh, Devon. Rev. G. L. Allen, 8.A., of Queen's College, to the Chaplaincy of Dessa, H.E.I.C.S. Rev. W. Anderson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Dunvalin, archdiocese of Dublin. Rev. C London. Andrews, to the Curacy of St. Pancras, Rev. R. B. Baker, to be Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Meath. _ _ Re , ;. J. Barlow, to the First Curacy of Queenstown. Rev. E. S. Croft, to the Curacy of Wooton Fitzpaine, Dorset. Rev. E. Davidson ' to be Lecturer of the Gallygear Charity, and Clerical Superintendent of the Schools. Rev. P. V. M. Filleul, 8.A., to be Fellow and Sub- Warden of Christ's College, Tasmania. Rev. W. F. Fisher, to the Chaplaincy of Mooradabad and Mainee Tal, H.E.I.C.S. Rev. W. Fraser, to the Curacy of Tormoham and Cockington, Devon. _ Rev:( Galway, to the Rectory of Lower Badoney, diocese of Derry. Rev. C. D. Hamilton, to the Chapla H.E.I.C.S. of Caw: L. Isaac, Rector of Pirton, to the Rural Deanery of Pershore, diocese of Worcester. Rev. W. J. Jay, to the Chaplaincy of Futtehgurh, H.E.I.C.S. iinvan, to the Chaplaincy of Lucknovv H.E.1.0 Rev. W. Lawson, of St. Michael's, Limerick, to the Curacy of R,atlikeale Rev J , to a miss on at Bucha to the Re and Neernucl Rev. W y of Win 1, Hant , H.E.I.C.S C. Moxon, Curate of South Ferriby, Lincoln shire, to the Vicarage of Elsham. ....Rev, S. T. Preston, to the Rectory of Brandon Parva, avila, on Campb the Gylmandyke and Davis creeks, its tributaries • at. Winburndale-creek, a f e w mil es t o th e northward tributaries; Bathurst; at Billabeug range, 100 miles west of Ba thurst; and at the Snowy Mountains, where the Roy. W. B. Clarke, who searched by order of the Government, discovered an extensive tract of auriferous country. FOREIGN MISCELLANY Dr. CARTTSMIGHT, of New Qrlenns, asserts, from per sonal experience, that a few hours spent in a sugar manu factory, inhaline the saccharine fumes, is a certain cure for that dreadful disease, consumption. THE NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE, which is to convert Reservoir-square into a sort of Hyde-park, and quadruple the value of property in its vicinity, is, we understand, progressing very favourably, and promises to have a most successful result. DENNIARfi.—The Augsburg Gazette states that the Duke d'Augustenhurg has concluded a treaty with the Danish government for the sale of his estates in the Duchy of Schleswick to the Crown of Denmark. He will receive 350,000 thalers in cash, and 3,000,000 thalers in bonds. PIRACY.—On the 7th of November the Prussian brig Flora was boarded in the Straits of Gibraltar, by a boat with ten men, who first fired at the crew of the Flora. They commanded the captain to run the vessel ashore, on the coast of Morocco, which he was unable to do, in con sequence of a calm. The pirates then shot the helmsman, and threw his body into the sea. After ransacking the vessel they left her. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH IN AMERICA.—The laying down of the first submarine cable in the United States, and which is ultimately intended to connect this country and the continent of Europe with the continent of America, has just been completed. The cable which forms the first section of the Newfoundland Electric Telegraph Works has been sunk between Cape Tormentine, New Bruns wick, and Carlton Head, on Prince Edward's Island. IRELAND. THE CARLOW ELECTION.—The prevailing opinion is that Mr. Sadleir will be defeated in Carlow. The Tenant League has pronounced against, and " The Friends of Religious Equality are about to assemble to take his de fection into consideration. THE CONVICT KIRNVAN.—Notice has been received in Dublin of the commutation of Kirwan's sentence to transportation for life. It is said that Judge Crampton , who tried the case, has since expressed himself much more favourable to the prisoner, and the London Standard says that it was upon his representation the sentence was remitted. DEATH BY DROWNING. —On Wednesday morning Captain Townley, of the schooner Strangford, met his death by drowning. One of the harbour constables, named John Houston, while on duty at Clarendon Dock, heard a splashing, and immediately afterwards discovered that a man had fallen into the dock. In a few minutes he succeeded in recovering the body, but life was extinct. MURDER.—On Wednesday, Hugh Cauley, an inoffen sive land-bailiff, at Crowl, near Cloughjordan, was shot dead while reading a letter at his own fireside. It is stated that an armed gang came to a window, one of whom took deliberate aim and shot the unfortunate man on the spot, also severely wounding his son, who was holding a candle for his father at the moment. Several persons are under arrest on suspicion. DEATH OF A ROMISH PRELATE.—The notorious William O'Higgins, " Lord Bishop of Arciaeh," died on Monday, at his residence at Ballymahon. The deceased occupied a prominent position throughout the memorable repeal agitation of the years 1843-4, and his speeches on several occasions earned for the speaker a share of noto riety which few persons in his position could be supposed to be ambitious of. For a long time past he had with drawn from the sphere of politics. DR. CULLEN.—The Times notes, as a symptom of amendment, that Dr. Cullen simply writes himself " Paul Cullen, Catholic Archbishop," without territorial desig nation. The Archbishop has been making inquiry into the revenues of the various convents ; and, finding that Mrs. Ball, the prioress of Rathfarnham Convent, had completed the purchase of Toughcooster Castle, formerly the residence of Lord Gort, for £17,000, expressed great dissatisfaction at the same. The estate has since been re-sold by private contract for £20,000. THE UNDER-SECRETARYSHIP.--The important post of under-secretary to the lord-lieutenant, which rumour had variously assigned to Mr. Anthony O'Flaherty, M.P., Sir Thomas Redington, the late possessor, Mr. John Pen nefather, &c., has been unexpectedly given away to the Hon. Charles Clements, son of the Earl of Leitrim, and representative for that county up to the last general elec tion, when he was defeated by Dr. Brady. This appoint ment leaves the representation of Galway in statu quo, and thus a brand is saved from the flames by the conti nuance of Mr. O'Flaherty in the ranks of the Irish brigade. THE IRISH COURT. - The Earl and Countess of Eglinton held their farewell reception on Tuesday at Dublin Castle, and the attendance, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, was extremely numerous. Long before the ceremony commenced the Castle-yard was filled with the equipages of the visitors, and for nearly two hours subsequently there was no cessation of the arrivals. For an undress levee it was unquestionably the largest within a reasonable stretch of memory, and must be regarded as a gratifying testimony of public approval of the principles which guided Lord Eglinton in his government of Ireland.—The officers of the Dublin garrison took the occasion of presenting the Countess of Eglinton with a magnificent bracelet, set with brilliants and emeralds, and bearing the inscrip tion :—" To Teresa, Countess of Eglinton and Winton, by the officers of the staff and household, in memory of 1852." THE CONVICT KIRWAN. There is another charge against Kirwan for murder. He was on intimate terms with a man named Boyer, who, however, suddenly died, and Kirwan took possession of his property under a deed, whereby, as he alleged, the deceased had left him sole executor. He agreed to pay the widow £4O a year, which he had regularly done. The . Freeman's Journal says, " If rumour speaks truly, there will be even further inves tigations into other mysterious matter connected with the careerof the culprit." The Limerick and Clare Examiner, alluding to the past life of Kirwan, states that about four or five years ago he ran away with a young and interesting girl, of a respectable family, whom he subsequently aban doned in Liverpool. On his return to Dublin, he was assaulted and well beaten by her brother ; and when he appealed to the magistrates they declined to inflict a punishment, in consequence of the extreme nature of the proncatiou. orfolk Rev. H. H. Price, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ash, Shropshire. Rev. E. M. Pridmore, M.A., to the TT-'' •of Breaze and Germoe, Cornwall. Rev. W. IT. Schwabe, to the Chaplaincy of Malcolm Peth , I. C. S. Rev. C. P. Shepherd, M.A., to the Mastership of Sud bury Grammar School, Suffolk. Rev. W. Sheppard, Curate of Florencecourt, to the Pa rish of Kilgeffin, diocese of Elphin. Ven. C. J. Smith, late Archdeacon of Jamaica, to the Vicarage of Erith, Kent. ham ,n►ted Vicarage Dparke, , to the Rectory of Tuddem, St. Mary, near Mildenhall, Suffolk. Ven. E. A. Stopford, Archdeacon of Meath, to be Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Meath. Rev. J. J. Tapson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Probus, Cornwall. Rev. W. D. Tyson, M.A., to the Curacy of Barrow Twyford, Derbyshire. Rev. C. Utetmarck, to the Perpetual Curacy of Withe combe Raleigh, Devon. Rev. H. S. Wright, to the Curacy of St. Martin's, Worcester. THE EARL. ST. GERMANS has appointed the Very Rev. the Dean of Leighlin to be his Excellency's first chaplain. THE VERY REV. THE DEAN of Dromore (Dr. Bagot) has been appointed one of the chaplains to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. THE MADEIRA CHAPLAINCY is said to be again be coming a subject not only of controversy, but of litigation. Two clergymen, and the late chnrchwarden, are reported to have presented the Rev. Mr. Brown to the Bishop of London, for " heresy and schism." The particulars have not transpired. THE BISHOP OF EXETER has issued a commission for inquiry into a charge preferred by the Rev. 2Eneas Hutchinson, the perpetual curate of St. James's, Devon port, against the Rev. W. H. Nantes, of Stonehouse, for having married a couple of persons who were residents in the parish of the former clergyman. THE RE-ELECTIONS. LONDON.—The election took place yesterday week, when Lord John Russell was returned without opposition. In the course of his address he stated that the Earl of Aberdeen was in favour of admitting Jews to Parliament. TIVERTON.—The re-election of Lord Palmerston, the new Home Secretary, took place on Monday, and was carried without opposition. HALIFAX.—The re-election of Sir C. Wood, the new President of the Board of Control, was opposed by Mr. H. Edwards, who was the Conservative candidate at the previous election. After a most spirited contest the num bers at the close of the poll were— Wood (R) .. 592 Edwards (C) LEEDS.—Mr. M. T. Baines was re-elected without opposition. OXFORD CITY.—The election took place on Tuesday, when Mr. E. Cardwell was put in nomination, and elected without opposition. _ WOLVERHAMPTON.—On Tuesday, Mr. C. P. Villiers was re-elected for this borough without opposition. GLOUCESTER.—The re-election of Admiral Berkeley was opposed by Mr. H. T. Hope, who had been the Con servative member for Gloucester nearly 20 years. At the close of the poll the numbers were— Berkeley (R)... ........ .... 761 Hope (C) .. BRIGHTON.—Lord Alfred Hervey was, on Tuesday, re elected without opposition. LEITH.—Mr. Moncrieff, the new Lord Advocate, was returned without opposition. SOUTHAMPTON.—The re-election of the new Attorney- General was opposed by Mr. Baillie Cochrane. At the close of the poll the numbers were — Cockburn (F) ........... ... 1097 Cochrane (W). ....... 595 MARLBOROUGH.—Lord Ernest Bruce was, on Wed nesday, re-elected without opposition. LICHFIELD.—On Wednesday, Lord Alfred Paget was re-elected without opposition. OXFORD UNIVERSITY.—A convocation was held on Tuesday for the election of a representative, owing to Mr. Gladstone having accepted office ; and Mr. Dudley Per ceval, son of that Spencer Perceval who was assassinated on May 11, 1812, in the lobby of the House of Commons, was nominated in opposition to Mr. Gladstone. The polling then commenced. and continued as follows : Gladstone. Perceval. Tuesday Jan. 4.. Wedne;Clay, 5.; Thursday, 6.. Friday, 7.. Saturday, 8.. 171 304 468 585 170 324 412 498 The poll will close to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon. AYLESBURY.— On Thursday, Mr. R. Bethel!, the new Solicitor-General, was re-elected M.P. for this borough. The following elections have still to be decided : Cavan, Sir J. Young ; South Wilts, Mr. Sydney Herbert, opposed by Mr. Grantley Berkeley; county of Haddington , the Hon. F. Charteris, unopposed ; Limerick, Mr. Mon sell ; Dumfriesshire, Lord Drumlanrig, against whom there is a rumoured opposition, but no antagonistic address has yet been issued ; Galway, where Mr. O'Flaherty will probably meet with an opposition ; Carlow, Mr. Sadlier will be opposed by Mr. Alexander, Derbyite. Mr. Keogh's seat is not yet vacant, as the new writ was not moved for. MR. CARDWELL AT OXFORD. Mr. Cardwell's return for Oxford has been quite in keeping with the character of the Coalition Ministry to which he belongs. The political principles he had hitherto avowed were Conservative. He is a member, too, of a Government, the head of which declared that, the ques tion of Protection alone excepted, he agreed in principle with the late Conservative Administration of Lord Derby. Yet, in order to gain a seat in Parliament, Mr. Cardwell has not scrupled to throw himself into the arms of Whigs, Radicals, and Chartists—fraternizing with them severally —flattering each in turn—becoming, for the nonce, all things to all men—and promising them a course of par liamentary conduct which no man of any fixed principles , or any integrity of purpose, can ever pretend to pursue. It is only necessary to look at his proposer and seconder on the hustings, to see practically and personally illus trated the unprincipled character of this coalition. He selects for his proposer an elector who is, to say the least, an anti• Conservative Whig —an ardent advocate of the ballot, and a warm sympathizer in that " liberal spirit of progressive reform" which, in the minds and mouths of Whigs and Radicals, has no limit short of what even Liberal Conservatives can possibly regard as anything else but of a revolutionary and republican tendency. In his seconder, he finds not merely a Radical Whig, but a Chartist Radical. The Mr. Grubb who did that duty for Mr. Cardwell, on our city hustings, on Tuesday, has always hitherto been associated with the pro-Chartist fac tion of the place,—those who are not Reformers merely, but Revolutionizers. We say this, not simply from his political associations, but his political aspirations also, as openly displayed to his gaping fellow-citizens on seve ral public occasions. He was content, it is true, to take Mr. Joseph Hume's " three points," on one occasi o n, we remember, in lieu of Mr. F eargus O'Connor's " five," of the Charter ; but " only as an instalment." Whether or not the liberal and comprehensive measure of Parliamen tary Reform, with the promise of which Mr. Cardwell has beguiled the mass of democracy among us, is to con tain all the five points, or only the three, we of course do not know ; for the right hon. gentleman would not pledge himself to any actual details, not even the ballot, highly favourable through he expressed himself to that most de mocratic nostrum. But he had evidently satisfied his pro-Chartist seconder, who did not hesitate to declare "his firm conviction that within a few months the Govern ment would introduce a comprehensive measure of Par liamentary Reform." __ _ If, theti, Mr. Cardwell is to be judged of by his com panions and supporters, we can only arrive at one of two conclusions,—either that he is not really even a Liberal Conservative —or, if he is, that he has been playing false with his friends the Radicals. In spite of all the indis criminate Liberalism and Latitudinarianism that prevails, there are fundamental principles of policy that cannot for ever be confounded. He who really wishes to preserve, cannot long act in concert with him who seeks to root up. Not only are their objects opposite, but their principles must be antagonistic. And if, for a temporary advantage, Mr. Cardwell has persuaded them that he is promoting their cause, they will be sure to d e te c t hi m i n th e en d. I t is in such allings-out that, as the proverb has it, "honest men come by their own." And the time cannot be far distant when that "unprincipled combination," of which this in Oxford is but a ramification, will assuredly ex plode; and our only hope is, that its fragments may not fall on any but the devoted heads of those who formed it.—Oxford Herald. BURNING OF A LIVERPOOL EMIGRANT SHIP, AND LOSS OF FIFTY-ONE LIVES We deeply regret to have to announce to our readers the loss by fire (together with fifty-one lives) of the emi grant ship St. George, which left this port fo r N ew Y or k on the 24th of November last, having on board 127 pas sengers, chiefly Irish, and 25 crew. The voyage was favourable enough up to the 24th of December, when in 46 deg. 12 min. latitude, and 25 deg. 30 min. longitude, the hold of the ship was discovered to be on fire. The captain caused one of the hatchways to be opened, and set the fire engine to play. But the smoke was so thick between decks that the passengers were obliged to leave. The flames spread to the part of the vessel between the main and the mizen masts, and were accompanied by such thick smoke that seven or eight persons were suffo cated. It was now found that it was impossible to check the progress of the flames, and the captain assembled all the passengers on deck. Rain was falling, and the hori zon was overhung with clouds ; but, fortunately, a vessel passed sufficiently near to perceive the signals of distress. This vessel turned out to be the Orlando, and she ap proached as near the St. George as it was safe to do. Unfortunately she had lost her sails and boats in a violent gale. The captain of the St. George caused his two boats to be let down, and they conveyed as many passengers as they could hold to the Orlando ; but the violence of the sea was such that one of them was knocked to pieces against that vessel. The life-boat only remained to remove 150 persons, but it could nat take more than four or five at a time. Meantime the flames continued to pro gress, and the wind blew furiously. The sea, too, became so violent that the only means the passengers had of en tering the boat was to leap into the sea, and let them selves be picked up. At length, after 64 times passing to and fro, the boat succeeded in placing 76 of the passen gers in safety on board the Orlando. Of the remaining 51, 15 were drowned, 8, as already stated, were suffocated between decks, and 28', principally women and children, fearing to throw themselves into the sea, refused to leave the burning vessel. All the crew were rescued Everi- tually the Orlando, fearing for its own safety from the progress of the flames and the violence of the sea and wind, was obliged to sheer off, leaving the 28 unfortunate creatures to their wretched fate. The rescued persons host without clothing, but the captain and crew of the Orlando did everything they possibly could to provide for their comfort. It was feared that a famine would arise in the ship, from the unexpected delnand on her stores ; and as the Orlando had lost her sails, there was small hope of reaching land in time. But fortunately the wind was in her favour, and after eleven days' voyage she arrived safe at Havre on Monday last. Her provisions, by that time. were completely exhausted, and she had only a few gallons of water. Food was immediately pro cured for the passengers and crew, who had already begun to feel the pangs of hunger; and they were afterwards sent to different lodging-houses, where they would be taken care of. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The monthly meeting of the Colin( Wednesday, the Mayor presiding. The proceedings of the finance committee comprised a recommendation to appoint a clerk in the magistrate's clerk's-office, in the room of Mr. Sigston, resigned, at the same salary of £75 per annum, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, pur suant to standing orders ; recommendation to adopt the following resolution :—" That all weights and measures which have been once stamped within the borough of Liverpool, shall not at any future period be charged for adjusting, where adjusting is required, any price exceed ing the fees charged for stamping, as set forth in schedule appended to the act of parliament, sth and 6th William IV., cap. 63, provided that if materials exceeding half-a pound in weight are required for the correct adjustment of any weight, the charge at present made shall continue as to any such weight ;" report of the probable income and expenditure of the Corporation for the year com mencing the Ist Septembeglast, and ending 31st August next ; recommendation t rant a sum to each of the townships within the borough, equal to the amount of watch rate, payable by such townships respectively ; and the recommendation for payment of the usual gratui ties to public charities. The appointment of clerk in the magistrate's-clerk's office, and the resolution relating to weights and measures, were confirmed. vas held on The probable income and expenditure of the corporation for the year commencing Ist September last, and ending 31st of August next, formed the subject of a brief report of the sub-committee. The nett income of the Corporate Estate from all sources could not be estimated at more than £158,690 ; amount of obligatory expenditure, £127,160 ; leaving a surplus of £31,800. The branches of discretionary expenditure on schools, public charities, observatory, &c., were stated at £3,547; improvements postponed, £757 e £7 13 57; v in io ß us oo y t e l a e r -l b a y ne th i h rk c d om ale nii r tt e e cr b m ut e p n o d s e t d p improvements in Mount-pleasant, Brow nlow - hill , and Upper Parliament-street, £1,280 ; being a total of £5,584, which, if deducted from the above, would leave an available surplus of £26,316. a e n h d eaft Mr. HORNBY, in moving the resolution of this com mittee, observed that the balance at the disposal of the council for any purpose which they might deem fit to use it, for the promotion of the general benefit of the inhabitants, and the improvement of the borough, was £14,773, in the event of the council agreeing to the annual vote which, for several years past, had been made for the parish and out-townships, in lieu of a watch-rate. This being the case, he had great pleasure in moving that £11,442, chargeable on the townships as watch-rate, be remitted to each of the townships in their respective proportion. The resolution was adopted. The following payments were made last year under the head of gratuities to the charities :—The Dispensaries, £157 10. ; Northern Hospital, £lOO ; Southern Ditto, Infirmary, £lO5 ; Ophthalmic Institution, £lOO ; Refuge' loo; forthe Destitute, £25; Ladies' Charity, £3O; Lying-in-Hospital, £3O 3s. ; District Provident Society, £lOO ; Royal Institution, £lOO. Mr. HORNBY formally moved the continuance of the grants. After some discussion, an amendment, by Mr. Ferni hough, for the discontinuance of the grant to the ReY.!. Institution, was carried by 33 to 7. The confirmation Of the remainder of the proceedings was then moved by Mr. HORNIIY, and carried. _ _ The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the watch, lighting, fire-police, and fire-prevention committee, com prised a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. James Cooper, surgeon to the police-force, from £llO to £l3O per annum. Mr. J. A. Tontx moved the adoption of the proceed ings, acknowledging that since their last meeting two officers had been dismissed, for gross misconduct, but deprecating, and particularly by the press, a censure of the whole force for the faults of a few. Some discussion took place, relative to an alleged out rage committed by policeman 607 on Mr. Durandu, pro prietor of the Zoological Gardens, on the morning of the 7th of December ; and also respecting another instance of violence on the part of the police upon a man named Charles Smith. Mr. TOBIN admitted that in the case of Mr. Durandu the officer had exceeded his duty, but it was not so with regard to Smith, whose conduct, as well as that of his son had been outrageous ; the son, indeed, threatened to strike the police with a hatchet. _ The proceedings were confirmed. A motion by Mr. Alderman PARKER to rescind a reso lution of the Council of the 6th of October, recommending the erection of four additional bridewells, was lost by 25 to 32. _ A long and animated discussion took place upon certain correspondence between Messrs. George Baker and Son. Standgate, Lambeth, who complained of the injustice of the Dock Committee in advertising for tenders for the construction of the Wapping Dock, and then afterwards adopting the tender of their own surveyor. Mr. JAMES HOLME, Mr. BIGHAM, and Mr. FERNS.. BOUGH denounced the conduct of the committee in this matter ; whereas Mr.TURNER, the chairman, defended the course pursued as quite in accordance with the terms of the advertisements issued, and with the general opinion of the committee at the time the advertisements were sanctioned• Mr. BIGHAM animadverted strongly upon the conduct of the committee in not laying before the body the final letter from the Messrs. Baker ; but the Chairman defended the position which the committee took in this matter, the question having been already settled by 14 to 5. On the question being put to the vote, the resolution of the committee was vetoed by 42 to 11. Mr. Gladstone was then appointed, by a majority of five over Mr. Anderson: a member of the Dock Committee, in place of Mr. Dover. The Council adjourned until tomorrow (Wednesday)• an burnt on the Ph )elieved, however, to have been saved ; they were deposited in the church of Notre Dame ; and not sting part of the ceremony of this day con ite remains from the cathe to the church, which stands on the site of the one hose foundation qaditio tlOll was the leas sisted in translat to her: General Arighi de Casanova, Duke of Padua, is ap pointed Governor of the Invalides, vice Prince Jerome Bonaparte, named honorary governor. M. Troplong is made President of the Senate; M. Baroche, President, and M. Rouher Vice- President of the Council of State. Prince Murat has returned from Germany. A grand step has been made in the formation of the imperial household. The Bishop of Nancy is appointed First Almoner to the Emperor. Marshal Count Vaillant is created Grand Marshal of the Palace. Colonel Beville is First Prefect of the Palace. The Duke de Bassano has the title of Grand Chamberlain, and Count Baciocchi that of First Chamberlain. Marshal St. Arnaud is nominated Grand Ecuyer, and Colonel Fleury, First Ecuyer. The post of Grand Veneur, which it was supposed would be revived for Colonel Edgar Ney, is given to no less a per sonage than Marshal Magnan, Colonel Ney being only " First Veneur." The Duke de Cambaceres is appointed Master of the Ceremonies. M. Bure is appointed Trea surer-general of the Crown. The - Ambassadors in Paris of Russia, Austria, and Yrus ia, have received their new credentials. The Russian Ambassador, on Wednesday, presented his credentials to the Emperor of the French. The Ministers of the United States, Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Tuscany, Ha nover, Baden, and Saxony, have received their credentials. AUSTRIA. A lette from Vienna, of the 30th ult., states that the Austrian government has resolved, on the recommendation of a military commission, to surround the capital with a continuous wall of fortifications, the extent of which will be about V R- -r..,- i,nglish miles ♦ PRUSSIA. A duel. a most unusual occurrence at Berlin, took place there a few days since between 'Lieutenants von Goerne and von Strautz, of the 2d Guards. After referring their quarrel to the court of honour of the regiment, according to the military code touching such matters, the antagonists fought with broadswords. After a few parries, Lieut. von Strautz received a severe skull wound, and was conveyed in a dangerous state to the military hospital ITALY ROME.—New imprisonments of citizens have taken place at Rome, at the instance of General Gemeau. The correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette states that the portraits of the new French Emperor have suddenly va nished from the shop windows, and those of the late Louis Philippe and the Count de Chambord once more see the day. FLORENCE.—A grand-ducal decree was published at Florence on the 27th ult., forbidding the wearing of masks or other disguises during the next carnival.—The Genoa Mercantile Courier of the 31st ult. quotes the following letter, dated Florence the 28th :—" Marshal Haynau has been here for some time. Several aristocratic families, known for their attachment to the Austrian Government, have received him with the utmost distinction, and in vited him to entertainments and banquets. The Orsini family, in particular, distinguished itself by its demonstra tions, and caused him to be admitted, on Sunday last, to a sitting of the Philharmonic Society, which, notwith standing his presence, was most brilliant and gay." Let ters from Florence state that M. Madiai and his wife were in daily expectation of their pardon. The Grand Duke had ordered them to be kindly treated in their prison until their liberation, for which it is said they will be in debted to the active interference of the King of Prussia. RDY.-. .According to the Sardinian papers, Mar- shal Radetsky is about to r hardy. The ertmea nasionr !sign the government of Loin ,' fr.• differed in opinion with the Emperor relative to the persons condemned to death at Mantua; arid that he had treated the bishops too cavalierly, by enjoining them to communicate their correspondence with Rome, and to forbid Roman clergymen from preaching in Lombardy without the permission of the Government. —The Gen Iters from i° tile Courier, of the 30th sting that the King )lay much good will led conciliatory offers to specting the indemnity claimed by Prin'ce Lucien 1 and interest representing the fur- r the c niture and jewels belonging to King Joachim Murat, which the Bourbon family found after his flight, and never returned. Theamountof these claims isstated at 12,000,000. The Kin.. of Naples, it is stated, offers to reimburse the original sum without the 35 years' interest, but as yet no answer to this offer has been received at Naples. SPAIN. Letters from Madrid state that the Cabinet is perfectly united, and that no modification is expected. The new measures relative to the liberty of the press, which are to odelled after ly in the Gazett, will be rr. Pidal's legislation on the per composed of a ( The jury in such cases tain number of judges present is composed of the inhabitants paying tbe - laigest amount of taxes. M. Martinez de la Rosa had a long conference with M. Llorente, Minister of the Interior, on the 29th, the result of which was said to be most satisfactory. It appears that the minister agreed to support the candida ture of M. Martinez de la Rosa in one of the electoral districts of Madrid, and to reinstate him in his post of vice-president of the royal council. Division had set in among the eminent men of the moderado opposition, and their electoral committee was dwindling every day into insignificance RUSSIA Letters from Posen and Warsaw state that the move. merit of troops towards the western frontier of Russian Poland is going on very slowly, and on some points have been suspended. The provisioning of the magazines, however, proceeds with undiminished vigour. The Emperor of Russia has given orders that in future strictly scientific works shall come under the standing prohibition, which has hitherto forbidden newspapers to make any application of legislative, financial, or com mercial principles to the actual state of things in the imperial dominions. AMERICA ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC By the United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain Luce, which arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday, we had intelligence from New York to the 25th ult. In the Senate a resolution was submitted by Mr. Mason, calling for copies of the official notes from the Governments of England and France, inviting the United States to join them in a tripartite convention that neither power would permit the Island of Cuba to be taken from Spain. General Cass, who made a long speech on the occasion, holds to the Monroe doctrine, that no European nation should be permitted to acquire territory on this continent hereafter. With reference to the fishery question, the New York Herald says, " The negotiations for a treaty with Great Britain, relative to the fisheries, reciprocity in trade, &c., are nearly concluded between Minister Crampton and Secretary Everett, and that the former is now awaiting instructions from London." ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. By the Royal Mail steamship Africa. Capt. Harrison, which arrived in the Mersey at 9 p.m. on Sunday, we have advices from New York to the 29th ult. The Africa brought 51 passengers, and 104 do1la:•s in specie. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, Lang, commander, arrived at Boston on the 25th ult. The steam-ship City of Manchester arrived at Philadel phia on the 27th ult. The steam-ship Uncle Sam arrived at New York on the 28th ult., with dates from San Francisco to the Ist Dec., and -8`511,880 in specie on freight. The Senate pas'sed a resolution conferring the rank of Lieut.-General on General Scott. The following law, authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to issue registers to vessels in certain cases, had been passed by Congress :—" That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorised to issue a register or enrolment for any vessel built in a foreign country, whenever such vessel may have been, or shall hereafter be, wrecked in the United States, and have been, or shall hereafter be, purchased and repaired by a citizen or citizens thereof, provided that it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that the repairs put upon such vessel shall be equal to three fourths of the cost of said vessel when so repaired." Mr. King's health was improving, but be was quite feeble. says, " Commander Ringgold, of the Exploring A telegraphi c d espa t c h f rom W as hi ng ton, of D E e x c p . e 2 d B i. , tion to th e Chi nese Seas and Behr i ng ' s S tra i ts, i s d e t a ined for want of men, and will not be able to get away in less than a mont h . " Te legraphic advices f rom N or f o lk, t o th e 28th u lt., h a d been received in New York, announcing the total loss of the British steamer Mountaineer, hence for St. John's, on Christmas-day, eight miles south of the Currituck Inlet. The crew were saved, but no further particulars of the catastrophe are given. The U.S. clipperr-ship Swordfish arrived in New York on the 25th ult., after a run of only 89 days from Wham pea, and 68 days from Anj er . A submarine telegraph has been put down from Cape Tormenta :le, in New Brunswick, across Northumberland Strait, a distance of fourteen miles, to Cape Traverse, in Edward's Island, intended to form part of a line to for Prince coAnnveecstselNewfoundland vi m i tyh Yarmouth, continent.ou th , N .s . , as passengers. Australia, with several entire families _ the2,7),555 Panama, with the mails and Francisco on the Ist ult., for _ to CALIFORNIA.—Tbe U.S. steamer Panama left San had sa i led Our dates from U.S.•-i mail steamer Georgia. previous advices. , which would be forwarded New York Sanby Francisco are fifteen days later than The prospects for an abundant harvest were never more propitious than t h ey were in the " winter di gg ing" during the rainy s eason. The quartermaster's and commissary's stores and contents at Camp Yuma, on the Colorado, were destroyed by fire on the 26th of October. New supplies were immediately despatched thither from San Diego. The dates from the Sandwich Islands are to the 6th number. About a hundred Whale ;hips were in the