The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-17 00:00:00

110 REIGN INTELLIGENCE FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. Russia I hear, has raised the pretension of hay- Co two plenipotentiaries in the Conference,— e o l ltit de R erseleff as well as Baron Brunow ; but ear what I h ear, it is not likely that she will as s ty her point, even though she should consent, h er. 2 B Purposes to make Kerseleff a "silent mem • Vi S ar le .(16ubts existed as to whether Count de 05' " 1/tr ina. Sardinian minister in .this city, or qnt Cavour, Sardinian Prime Minister, would be l a p i 'ged to represent Sardinia in the Congress. 4 i•efi -8 ,, r ; r1 „ t e - day, that Count Villarnarina has been the yll e ,„lvel selected. I learn also that Djemal 1 4 0 ,": Turkish Ambassador is to represent the soo t? ' and that the Conference will assemble as li lt ,Z he shall rece i ve t h e i ns t ruc ti ons w hi c h i bee sent off. d es s stated that the government has received_ I\4 l ; ies at ehes to-d ay , w hi c h say t h at t h e Ki ng o f -p . br eat . l %as wounded in the hand as well as in the Th e 1,- ; left Empero r and Prince Frederick of Prussia da,.atis this morn i ng for F onta i n bl eau, to h ave p Y'S sh oot i ng. de nt res Pent Tynplong has been nominated Presi de f the s enate for the next session, and C oun t Aoi „ president of the legislative body. Ila r n ,, - I ,"t the vic e p res id en t s o f t h e sena t e is 11 0 - ""ai Pelissier. The nomination of Count do drashows that his mission to St. Petersburg is wing to a C lose. ' kli; " le gislativ e b o d y w ill, I h ear , mos t likely be 151?-,h83eebtlrtilleadryf7 the end of January or the begining I) er a i,, is l iMs of the proclamation of war against i t is f cin u Y England has created some sensation, as With area that it may lead to serious difficulties :veiv — n tle sia. One of the semi official journals this •lutiL,, counsels Russia to exercise n tor);tover Persia to cause the latter to ? make 1 1 1‘"' 6 „ i 'ns to England. ii% e 4 ;: affair of Neufchatel excites considerab_le . 41 4, - ,, ln fss, and the Bourse to-day has been unfa It ' 4 ' 1 3 7 affected by it. *t e•il 18 st ated in Constantinople letters received .b as e b iit with what truth I know not, that Russia .isle of Turkey to give up Bolgrad and the E oslf Se rPents, provided she will insist on the R.ltth ad th , a nd the Austrians lea v i ng the Black Sea ette,se . rri neipalities within forty days. The same kr at f st ate that the negociations between Lord h ad : 41 de Redoliffe and the Persian ambassador se htleeUntered difficulties, and that the latter bis c o e ur e n t Obliged to demand new instructions from RA ry-1 -li, • -.. FYING ♦ NEWS PROM MADEIRA.. O tt ,. -- the b‘ l ' ea lers are awam, that for some time past 41 ' wh e i llit iful Island of Madeira—that . sunny spot I*(ts la e t' ll 'i thvali ds fly for the restoration of health- 7 'kW `e'Y visited. with the double pestilence of inearailletbltrid disfiase. It is, however, gratifying to 7, °Re at at the date of our last advices both y i , i 'c'lli t e i,7, 113- ges had disappeared, as will be perceived t -'4C lei) — 1113 jOitled letter of a corresponden , dated a' Nov. 27, 1816 t— , k r 1 ° THE EDITOR OE THE NORTHERN TIMES.eno doubt ° '%ie4 .-48 many of your numerous subscribers villit kt . a Of knowing the present state of this island ar since d o le_ 1 11 1 } Ply l i ° : ° f that dire scourge, cholera, I take the liberty . t ,Pril, 2,,tk few facts thereon. There has been no rain since "rth —'" we are now passing over the rainy c s h e o a l s o o r n a, with a dry IN never wind. With the exception of the the island tbr llltd • eI b een in a more healthy state. Medical gentlemen :I I A r ii i t i : o f . having nothing to do. Begging in the streets is .4 th e '',' la fast there is none. The late distress % kir IBtalki has been mitigated by the ravages of the cholera, d, rnd the trer no " : L P I off a large portion of the most distressed, the remainder. etv that established a soup kitchen _ 4 1)0 11 , 11 °". all the returns have been received we find that out of V ltli• i atln n of 1 05,000, the total number of deaths are 9,000, 1 t !en 2,160 were in Funchal. e httr t ! ' ah° gratifying to be able to say that the schism in the Ptit,,,,,, r1 , 'l, virtually extinct, as our worthy chaplain . 1 , . short t.le L ti ek; ' , "-- whte . ll - I enclose—has ' so completely expo.ed I 17 1i, n ,)' in which the Rev. A. J. D'Orsay, of . the Episco 41 ' O .ureh of Scotland endeavoured to obtain the Arcl o i- f thtliq. Canterbury's sanction to do duty as a clergyman .i iili.., l " l ' of England. I hope, for the sake of the Britibsh til),7,t' here you will notice his movement, as he has . en t 'tie ' l l ' , l ll . ;, ° ' l ol ' f in various papers, " One of the Chaplains at T h ---i am, sir, yours tiithfuily, MADEirtArrsis. t he (-?,, illitvearying and philanthropic exertions of Briti sh _Governor, and George l/II .'l11l Rni r ,., u u onsul, have called for the warmest . eulo• art Esq., 44"s t- frc)in all parties resident upon the island, I sm tu e British residents have presented the fel IVIR a ddres s to the Civil Governor : I tad 116 Undersigned British residents in the isrd of I ' l l'ie; a ' and tvitoe f th recent visitation of cholera, ea' ' in th "ea o. ' e than three month", has ti ed 0 space of Int e more ;pe e , , 9 ,000 souls in a population of 105,000, desire to ?, ;." re lj ' s° You, the Civil and Military Governor of the island, t. trdef:Pree.ttful acknowledgements of our admiration . and gra 1 . - P ) , ee ~ 'ne qualities evinced by you during the awful post'. ‘ la i n, of aily almost, if not altogether, extinct. It is but No w .64 age • a ffir m that the . -,, i nt simple truth to . spirit—the physical and •trtilit repidity—the unfailing elasticity of .. ' 114 *ise ).4 l E - 141 r aPiclity of resource, the incessant personal acttvity, Ire, tte fi , °"evolence that embraced the minutest as well as the NI --.,. the the freedom of access granted to all, b 5 'Y , y 7 ever readiness to listen to suggestions from ;; 43 ceolf;' every quarter, were qualities combined by y o ur 44d er ritleY in a very eminent degree, proving the means, I hloip s4-(41 , of arresting the panic that at one time prevailed, 4 te tt) relett ing society, ordr, and law in this island from I,ol4larY diescklutioP tl le foltile dissolution. Consul the same parties addressed lAliawoWing Compliment t— .4lirsbinus to render to you our cordial thanks for your k , s ll '''' dom e - c ," 4 uct dnr'n tli recent crisis. In spite of your 4 4 ti lg,.1 t s li tt w e hPaichrtilvcieptdiL l in e the general calamity, a private d you never relaxed g iN i/ N, d w is i e l h arge of your sympathise, e d e u p ti y es, but kept the British Consulate f f t : l t 4 4l ob il the excessive mortality rendered the Prig el r., " e 'eerie of desolation and terror, and were t y o be ' 4 4 44a t c o . 4" pa tit a cit tlY at your post, ready both i . n your public and Ci r , beed 3' to afford counsel and assistance to all who ' ... olaci i lsPr °h 1 : t 81-I ('h as here described, Inuits the 11 ) 1'411 scl%"`", of every- good man, and the subs tan n i 'ellts ~;°wledgmen.te of the respective gover "I Great Britain and Portugal. -4s , INDIA. 'ri le Th overland mail has arrived. elt illi e z va r With Persia was inaugurated by a pro o - . 1 , 1 1.1 ,1 1 R l a t te4 ll itistsuteod at b Calcu t t t h a e on the I s t, and pi 10th of November. Za y . l : s : 3 : l tt b u ct e ! i ge r d ir m o es a p Y oin en b ts ee o n ut that—" The treaty t _ have t t llo , sliietiei'll, betwixt her government an isiest v y i , o s lated, is stated to d i 4 ", i ti and the Governor General intimates n stin g R carrbi*, -- j ug out the recent arrangements, he " l ve litlder th at In /tient. A instructions thfietion from is still maintained her Majesty's ., tt l i tl „ cl aF: lcli , a , i S govesrnede by the East India Company, t o :Co r ,: r eatY with the Shah in their name . exists, i,"lnellire,';',llY's relations with Persia being purelyon t ,‘ at th a 1) this ma be assumed an admission e4 Re e Pre sent is an English war, and that Tl i s w ill fall on the royal treasury." I tt 4 s e n iaine Paper maintains that the Baltic is the ..4 e ..; t, Pro nri N i quva nc : „? e sen of our naval operations if 4e ap Dreb y °t . Russiareally be the object of Eng -I,e, 1 1,-Lension It says—" It is but indifferent WitO a SI Ii rati,, P to send troops from their base of tiph' - " t is and t' In his Supplies to meet an enemy still f,,.. 8 own frontier, ercv.— and who may choose the v' e d -. attack w h en we are most at his m ._ ve 4 fi.f (3 t , 11° t r equire to prove that we can send t ti e ar t „ ?'', thousand men, wherever our can s't ' i;e uletrl ' When it suits our pleasure. fi l e t e ha s snot ittl e en s hown that we have either men or baggage tieli that can live on air or sleep in snow ; until ° fay ill" Provided, we can just as little force our i it t , ir atn th e A , interior of Persia as into that of Russia - tu ßat =Aire a A `.3 , the commissariat and quart . er Ntster'Reneral's deuartments report that supplies 11, :ilia" all h :!uh -0 sent from Bombay, that our troops can I laq — r si s,ted only from our ships, and that the k - `i s s r; 'e ';':, ; l ave only to retire before us, when t iv c e , - •lorc e,,- elore we are a hundred miles from i 1, The ,-, ~'llr ,rtletitta Chronicle pub'ishes a letter from 'Ni l' "' l es, the writer of which states that tons tins °f ammunition have arrived there both from England and Bombay, and have been shipped off as fast as possible per river steamers to Moolt tn, yet there is no abateminit. He stites that trcaßnre, too, is sent up in la n gaanti . ies ; everyth:ng appears to be going upwards, and nothinl, coming downwards. As to the ways and means of this enterprise, the Calcutta Englishman says that, government during the present week has taken from the Bank of Bengal a loan of fifty lakhs of rupees, at the rate of 4 per cent. It is understood that this loan is only for three months, but of course it will either be renewed or converted into government paper at the expiration of the term. A new loan at 5 per cent is confidently antigipated by the native money dealers, and it is doubted whether money will be rapidly obtained even at that rate. The most profound tranquility reigned through out India, and there is not so much as a border foray or agrarian outrage to chronicle. The Governor-general and Governor of Bombay were at the seats of administration. Lord Harris was expected at Sedasheghur on the 10th of November. THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. CO NIMERCIAL. CALCUTTA, Nov. 8 —The advice] from the Upper Pro vinces continue favourable, and, as our stocks generally are very moderate at present, importers have succeded in ob taining a further advance as regards all descriptions of gray cools, such as sbirtings. jaconets, madapollams, &c. White figured ehirtings hove also commanded general attention and higher prices, while larger purchases in mule twist have been made in fulfilment of orders, without, however, as vet leading to any improvement in value. BOMBAY, Nov. I6.—The banks have again raised their rates of interest one per cent all round, which now range from 6 to 9 per cent. The accounts from the interior of the crowing grain crops appear to be very favourable. Tonnage.---Freights continue firm for Liverpool, £3 7s 61 ; for London, £3 5a to £3 7s 6d ; for China, llrs to 12rs per candy. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, [A portion of the following appeared in Yester day's second edition :—] The Philadelphia steam ship Company's steamer City of Washington, Captain Wylie, arrived yes' terday, bringing New York papers to the 4th, and Philadelphia news to the sth instant. She has also brought 50 cabin and 145 steerage passen gers. She left the Delaware at 730 p.m. on the 4th, and has, therefore, made the passage in eleven days nine hours and a half. During the passage she experienced moderate weather. The papers contain the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, as also, the Report of the Secre tary of the Interior, both of which are very long documents, occupying each many columns of the American journals. The report of the Treasury is the most important. Many of its statements pos sess extraordinary interest. It is estimated that the agricultural and manufacturing productions for the year 1855, amounted, in the aggregate, to 2,602,363,924 dollars. The gold and silver coinage of the United States from 1793 to 1856 amounted to 549,341,514 dollars. In 1844, before the gold mines of California were discovered, the total of gold and silver in the U S. was estimated at, 100,000,000 dollars. The imports and receipts of bullion at the Mint, from American mines, after deducting the exports, up to the 30th of September, 1856, have . added at least 150,000,000 dollars to the amount of gold and silver in the country, without taking into consideration the amount brought in by emi grants and returning travellers, nor the amount carried out by travellers and merchants, not en• tered at Custom House ; nor the amount used in the manufactures, nor employed in the arts. A modification of the tariff is proposed, and it is sug gested that the free list be increased, by admitting the raw material used in American manufactures, to free entry, and therefore giving to the capital and labour of American people equal competition with the capital and labour of foreign countries that pursue a like course. It is suggested that there are a multitude of other articles in general consumption, such as salt, should be added to the free list, and the tariff on some other imports should be reduced seven or eight millions of dollars. A summary of all the reports will be found below. All the papers were keenly criticising the tone and tenor of the President's Message—of course his party laud it to the skies as the production of an acute and able statesman—whilst the other side perceive in it many flaws and drawbacks, errors of omission and commission, which none but a politi cal blockhead would be guilty of committing. A New York Correspondent writes us The anti slavery men squirm a little under General Pierce's homily on the slave question and the late election, and dissent from the deductions which he draws from the result. But the Democrats warmly an , plaud the document, while the Fillmore men partly condemn and partly approve. As yet no business of importance has taken place in either branch of Congress; but it was anticipated little time would elapse ere the different parties would have a regular set to. Late advices from Havannah mention the reported re-appointment of Gen. Concha as Captain Gene ral is not confirmed. It is believed that the efforts now being made to introduce African apprentices will prove unsuccessful. Sugars are firm, and the stock reduced. Exchange in fair demand. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK. Dec. 3.—Money is in active demand, but the supply is abundant. Exchange is dull, and the best sterling bills at 1084 to 109. The Persia is likely to take out alarge quantity of specie on Saturday. Cotton has been steady since the despatch of the Niagara's mails. Bread-stuffs continue steady at full rates. Most articles of the provision trade were in moderate demand at full rates. Freights are lower : flour to Liverpool, 2s ; grain, 7d to 8d ; and heavy goods, 203 to 255. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 3.—Holders of cotton are firm in their demands. The flour market is unchanged but rather quiet. Wheat comes in slowly, and under a moderate demand, for milling prices rule stationary. The provision market is without much improvement. Mess pork is quoted at 18 dole 75 cents. Moums, Dec. I.—The cotton market is firm, with a good demand for France and the Continent. Sales of the week 16,000 bales, closing at 11! for middling. The receipts of the week have been 20.000 bales, or an excess of 2,000, as compared with the same week last year. Freights are firm at 9-16 c for cotton to Liverpool. Exchange on London dull at 8 per cent. The rivers are becoming navigable again. CHARLESTON, Dec 2. .—The sales of cotton yesterday were 1,500 bales, and to-day 1,800, at full prices. TIIE TREASURY. This voluminous document, but no less an in— teresting one, containing as it does a review of the financial policy of the administration of General Pierce, sets out with stating : That during the last fiscal year, the receipts into the treasury were 73,918,141 dols 16c, being in excess of the estimate, which was 67,918,734 dols 26c. With the balance in the treasury from the previous year, the aggregate of available funds amounted to 92.850,117 dole 47c. The ex penditures of the year reached 72,948,720 dole 2c, being in excess of the est;mate, which was 71,226,846 dole 91c. The balance in the treasury at the close of the year was 19.901,325 dole 45c, against a previous estimate of 15,623,863 dols 36c. The actual and estimated receipts of the current year reach pretty much the sums figure as above, and calculate on a balance of 22.345,222 dole 81c, being in the treasury on the 30th June, 1857. The national debt, which, on the advent of the administration, was i 69,127,937 dole 27c, and was subsequently ncrease . dby the sum of 2,760,000 dole to liquidate the T e xas debt, giving a total of 71,879,000 dols has since been reduced to the sum of 30,963 , 90 9 dole 64c. In addition, ho wever, we have a liability. under Indian treaties, amounting to 21,066 501 dole i 36 , which, as it b ecomes paya bl e , constitutes an tetnof annual expenditure, an d i s est i ma t e d for by the Interior Department. Much of the report is speculative on the demand and supply of various kinds of goods, and the progressive domestic product of the various kind, referred ; all, of course, having re f erence to the Secretary's views in favour of a reduction of the tariff on imports, which he agsin presses upon the attention of Congress, as ho did in all his former reports. He especially favours the removal of the duties on wool and other raw materials. His re• marks on wool are to the following effect:— . When we first imposed a tax on foreign wool , Great ; Britain and other manufactufing nations taxed it also, and 1 as high as we taxed it. We discriminated in the tax upon the manufactures of wool, imposing a higher tax upon the finer fabrics ; whereupon Great Britain anl other manufac turing nations repealed their tax on wrol, and secured to their manufacturers the ailvantnge of obtaining the raw material free of duty. This advantage over us they will c infinite to enjoy as long as our ta± is continued. The reasons why they admit wool free are to be found in the fact that they manufacture more than they produce, and it is necessary they should be able to sell cheap in order to enter advantageously the markets of the world, and it may be also to secure the market of the ttnit:d States, to the sup pression of manufacturing in this country. We also manu facture more wool than we produce, and consume more manufactures of wool than we manufacture, and continue our tax on wool. The duty on wool was imposed to pram° e its production in the United S . tates, and was expected to enhance the price. It has failed to secure the object for which it was in p ,sed. Other articles of imported prodUce are thus alluded to : Iron and steel being articles of general use in all our States and Territories, and necessary in the prosecution of all industrial pursuits, the annual consumption and the annual heme production and import become a matter of solicitude with many, and of interest to all. It appears from the census of 1840, that We pro luced and manufac. tured iron and steel that year to the amount or 29 909,162 dols, and that we imported iron and steel, and the manufac tures of iron and steel, to the amount of 7,088,739 dols, and exported iron aid steel, and the manufactures of iron and steel, to the amount of 1,104,455 dols, leaving for c0n5ume ti0n.35,893,446 dols ; and from the ce is - as of 1853, that we produced and manufactured iron and steel that year to the amount of 60,485,653 dols, and that we imported iron and steel, and the manufactures of iron and steel, to the amount of 17,524,4 1 9, dots and exported iron and steel, and the manufactures of iron atol steel, to the amount of 1,911,320 dols; leaving for the consumpt tion of the year, 76,098,792 dots. The same ratio of increase, in the production and manufacture of iron and steel from 1850 to 1355, that is found to exist between the years 1840 and 1850, gives he produOdon and manufactures of iron and steel for 1855, at 78,406,538 dils. To this add 23;945,274 dols for the amount of the imports of iron and steel, and manufactures of iron and steel. for the year 1855, fl'st deducting the export of those articles, and there is iron and steel, and the manufactures of iron and steel to the amount of 98,598,340 dols for the consumption of the year. The estimate of 78.406,538 dols for the year 1855 is, no doubt, some ten or fifteen millions less than the production, A comparison of the population of 1810, with the produc ' tion and manufacture, import, export, and consumption of iron and steel, and manufactures of iron and steel ' and the like comparison of the population of 18 . 50 , with the produc tion and manufacture, import, export, and consumption of those articles in 1850, extended by estimate, for the produc tion and manufacture in 1855, and by the import and export and amount left for consumption of that year, places the subject fairly before us, in connection with our past and future supplies and future wants. The table of prices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore for the last 17 years, furnishes the fluctuations in the prices of bar iron, and a criterion for the value of the other descriptions, and proves that this indispensable article, like all others, obeys the laws of demand and supply, in affecting the profits of the producer and manufacturer, operating favourably or unfavourably, npon the amount prepared for general use. We have in the United States more ircu ore and more coal, with the usual fluxes, in convenient connection and of cheaper access, than all the other civilised nations of the world. and have the necessary capital, skill, and labour to produce all the iron and steel, and manufactures of iron and steel, required for our consumption, or that maybe required for our consumption, for centuries to c once, and also to enable us to supply the m rkets of other countries in fair competition with the iron and steel of other nations. These tables show that our production of iron and steel, and manufactures of iron and steel, was greater, iu proportion to population, in 1850 than it was in 1840, and that it was greater in 1855 than it was in 1850, giving us the right to assume that, influenced bY the same causes, it will be greater in 1860 than it now is, and in time will be sufficient for our own consumption, and then give us a surplus for export. Bit taking into,consideratiou our present population and accumulated cipital, with the amount of Capital annually drawn from other countries in the course of emigration, and the great cost of carriage to the interior of our country, with the late improvements in the modes of produc in and manufacture of iron and steel, it would not be rash to expect a full supply for our own consumption, between this and the returns of the census of 1870. The tax upon iron and steel, and the manufactures thereof, because of their general trFe, in all sections and in all industrial pursuits, has been considered . as equitable and fair a tax, as it was possible to impose upou the country ; consequent'y no material charge has been contemplated or recommended ; but if continued at in eseot rates, it is not supposed the same amount of revenue still continue to he derived from it, even should the use of iron, as no doubt it will, be extended to many other purposes, and be con sumed in much greater quantities In commercial inter course with other nations based upon equivalent exchanges, as it must always be, if profitable and continuous, we may well look forward to the time when we shall produce, within our own limits, all articles that are essential to national defence, and the use and comfort of our own people ; and of these there is none more necessary to the defence of the country and the use and comfort of the people, and of which we have better means of producing in the country than iron and steel, and the manufactures of iron and steel. Yet the production should not be stimulated by , unequal and unjust taxation, nor the period of an abundant supply, from our mines and factories, retarded by impolitic legislation. The home production of iron and manufactures of iron and steel, is on the increase. The tables prove the production and manufacture of these articles have in creased with our increased population, and that we import less, in proportion to our population and consumption, than formerly. On manufactures, and the rise and progress of cotton, the secretary says : In 1790 but little manufacturing was done in the country as a distinct business. Nearly all that was done was in private families, for domestic use. Now manufacturing is a separate pursuit, and immense capital is employed in its various branches. In 1840, the value of our manufactures was returned in the census of that year at 483,278,215 dols, and in 18,50, they were returned in the census of that year at 1,055,595,899 dole. The ratio of increase makes our manufactures for 1855, 1,391,031,293 dole. In this result we recognise the fact that we have become a great manufac turing people, and the tables accompanying this report prove we are likewise a great agricultural and commercial people. An impulse, in accordance with the national sentiment, was given to manufacturing by the imposition of duties on imports in our first revenue laws, and the impulse was increased from time to time by the imposition of additional duties, At first we manufactured the coarser and more bulky articles required by our population ; gradually we have extended our operations to a great variety of articles, and to some requiring much skill in the execution, and now our manufacturers are in possession of the home market in a great variety of articles. In 1790 our planters raised no cotton for exportation ; now it is the great crop of our plant ing States, and they furnish it as a raw material to the manufacturing states, as well as to foreign nations, and now we manufacture the coarser cotton goods for the consumption of our entire population, and export near 7,000,000 dollars annually to foreign countries. Our manufacture of cotton in 1840 was 46,350,453 dole, in 1850, 61,869,184 Bois, and the same ratio of increase in 1855 would give 70,961,712 dols. The history of the rise and progress of our manufactures, as given in the tables of this report, together with that of the growth of cotton and other productions, is suggestive of all that is required to extend our cotton manufactures, to that of the finer fabrics, and to the enlargement of the home and notnno ...let for our ootton and cotton', inacod for all branches of our manufacturing and agricultural produc tions. Allow the incidental protection of a revenue tariff, and place our manufactures and productions upon the same beneficial footing that foreign manufacturers and producers enjoy, in our own and foreign countries, by taking off the duty we now impose on the raw material, and give them fair and equal competition for the home and foreign markets, and we may safely leave all the rest to tho skill and enter. prise of our people. We append some further remarks : , The use of steam tonnage, in the commerce between the United States and other American nations, and Great Britian, France, and other commercial nations, may, and it is thought by some will, considerably reduce the sail tonnage used in commerce, and that cheaper capital in Great Britain will give to that nation an advantage over the United States in steam tonnage, and the carrying trade of our own and other countries, and they attribute the reduction of our tonnage to that cause. This may be so to some extent, but no continued reduction of our commercial tonnage is apprehended ; nor is it apprehended there is any just reason to suppose our enterprising ship builders and merchants will surrender the navigation of the seas to Great Britain, and place that nation in possession of the carrying business of the world ; yet the subject is one of interest, and calls for a careful examination of our tonnage laws, and the removal of all impediments to an equal and fair competi tion, for our foreign trade and the trade of other nations. When our navigation laws were first enac'ed, in 1789 the registered tonnage of the United States was secured. against the protecting navigation taws of other nations, by countervailing or protecting provisions. Such pro visions were, from time to time, extended so as to coun tervail the prohibitory enactments of the commercial nations with which we had intercourse. These com mercial restrictions have gradually yielded to the more liberal principles of free trade, in the transportation of freight and passengers, until in that business we have free trade with almost all the nations of the earth, only marred by the charge of light money to our vessels where we charge none. This removal of restrictions in our commercial intercourse with other nations in the carry ing business, has not been prejudicial to our foreign commercial marine. The burden of light money to which our tonnago in the ports of G:-eat Britain and other eotnmei•ciul nations is subject, should be removed by mutual agreement, or countervailing leginlittion on our part, and the tonnage duty now charged on our vessels, in the ports of France and some other coun tries, and on their vessels in our parts, should, by like mutual agreement he taken off and port charges equalised. The existing tariff laws might be so modified, as to be of more certain and easy execution, and to the - prevention of that fluctuation in duties of which the manufacturers nd the friends of protection complain. The greater part of the revenue, nova collected, is from iron and steel and manufactures of iron and steel, silk and tnann factures of silk, wool and manufactures of wool, hemp and flax and the manufactures of hemp and flax, and the manufactures of cotton, an] manufactures of which silk, wool, hemp, flux, and cotton are component parts, and brandies, wines and sugars. The import of these articles for the fiscal year 1856 amounted to 166,089,379 dols., and the duties on them to 47,168,850,05, as per statement No, 23 of this report. THE PO3T.OPFICE. From this document we find that : The number of post-offices in the Union on the 30th of June last was 25.662. Of these, 339 have an income of over 1,000 dole. per annum, and the postmasters are appointed by the President, subject to the confirmation of the Senate. The total compensation of postmasters was, for the last fiscal year, 2,102,890 dole. The number of mail route coWractors was 6,372; of mail agents, 394, and of mail messengers, 1,1013. The mail was carried over 20,323 miles by railroad, over )4,951 miles in steamboats, over 50,453 miles in coaches, and over 153,915 miles by inferior conveyances. The cost of transportation for each mile travelled is, by railroad, 10.6 cents ; by steamboat, 20.3 c nts hy coach about 7 cents, and by inferior conveyances nearly 8 cents per mile. The total cost of . mail transportation for the current year, including the salaries of agents and messen gers, but excluding the ocean service, is 6,576,128 dollars. The Postmaster-General renews his complaint of the large amount .paid to the Panama railroad, amounting for the last fiscal year to 141,308 dollars,. and for the first quarter of the current fiscal year to 44,308 dollars. He recommends an act limiting the amount to •be paid for the service to 50,000 dollars, and an appropriation of 200,000 dollars toward a semi-monthly mail, via Nicaragua and Tehuantepec, giving, with the Panama route, a weekly mail to California, The total expense of the Department for the last fiscal year was 10,405,286 dollars. The entire revenue, including the annual amount of 700,000 dais. for mail service rendered the Government, was 7,620,821 dols., showing a deficit of 2,787,046, which considerably exceeds the average of the preceding three years. The expenditure for the current year is estimated at 10,658,678 dols. The revenue at 9,991,794. The aboli tion of the franking privilege is urged, or else that the Department be allowed to charge the Government the ordinary rates on franked matter ; also the abolition of the fifty per cent. deduction on the postage of periodicals paid in advance. With these changes, and the relief of the department from the burden of the ocean mail service, the Postmaster-General thinks that his depart ment would support itself. As to the ocean mail steamers, the Postmaster. General does not understand why some of them should not start from other ports than New York The obvious reason is that New Yolk is tho centre at once of our foreign and of our domestic traffic, and that so far as the support of the lino depends upon passengers, New York has decided advantages overall other ports. The failures which tho Post master mentions in case of the ocean mails carried from New Orleans, are not much of an argument for diffusing the sexvize. With respect to the postal relations with Great Britain, the report says : A proposition has been received from the British Post office for a reduction of the postage between the United States and Great Britain, from 24 to 12 cents the single letter. In answer, this department has indicated a willingness to accede to this proposal, provided the transit charge on mails passing through England from and to the United States is reduced to 121- cents an mince, the price paid by that government for the con veyance of the British and Canada mails through the United States. This department has been for years endeavouring to have an abatement made in this transit charge, which is considered e xcessiv e , an d in the presort instance the condition was rendered necessary, inasmuch as a reduction on the United States and British correspondence will involve also a reduction of the sea postage on the United States and Continental closed mails, the effect of which would be greatly to reduce the receip's from the United States mail steamship lines, unless there is a elrresponding reduction in the British transit tax ; so that by lower rates correspondence would be increased sufficiently to prevent loss. So far as Great Britain is concerned, in 117 n event of a reduction simple, in the Atlantic postage, it is not likely she would suffer any serious diminution of her postal revenues, since she would doubtless be compensated for any loss on that account by the increased amount of transit postage she would realise under such an arrangement. This condition was, however, coupled with an offer on the part of this Department to have the transit price for all closed mails in both countri .s fixed at the uniform rate of 12, 1 cents an wince, concession which would secure to the British and California and West India closed mails the right of transit in some cases at one half, and in others at only one quarter the price now charged under the treaty. I was she more ready to make this concession, first, because li regard it of *he highest importance that the correspondence between this country and Europe should be relieved from the onerous tax to which it is now subjected, in order that the people on both sides of the Atlantic, in their social and business intercourse, may be as little trammeled as possible ; and, second, because it is likewise very desirable, as well in foreign as in domestic postal arrangements, that simplicity and uni formity should be observed. Arrangements have been made between this department and the postal authorities of Great Britain and Canada, providing for the registra tion of valuable letters transmitted between those countries and the United States. The United States registration fee is five cents, the same as on registered letters destined to any place in this country. (The articles of agreement are annexed.) INTERIOR. The Secretary of this department, after arguing that the labours upon the Department is quite sufficient, and that no more burdens should be imposed upon it, states that : The survey of public lands has progressed rapidly— the quantity, exclusive of school sections, surveyed since the last report, and up to the 30th of September, being 16,873,699 acres. In the execution of the graduation act, many grave questions have arisen, some of which cannot he satisfactorily seltled without the interposition of Congress. The loosness with which it has been, in many respects, drafted is particularly complained of. The quantity of land sold for cash during the last fiscal year is 9,227,878 acres, for which the sum of 8,821,414 dols. was received ; the quantity located with military scrip and land warrants is 8,382,480 ; the Swamp lands approved to the State 6,036,874, that granted for railroad purposes 15,680,875, making a total of 39,32808 acres. The Secretary remarks that the difficulties in executing satisfactent, tstants dillexist. In reviewing the - land system for the past four years, the report states that it has been extended with entire success and unprecedented rapidity along the whole Pacific slope,.embracing California, Oregon and Wash ington Territories, and into Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico and Utah. This immense geographical surface has been organised into six new surveying departments. During this period there have been sold for cash 30,935,174 acres, for which there has been received 27,940,151 dollars ; located for military bounties, 15,806 260, approved under swamp land grants 30,199,056, and granted for railroads 17,036,282 ; making the aggregate of 93,976,772 acres, disposed of lin part for farms by direct grants. As one illustration of the great labour incident to the accomplishment of these operations, it is mentioned that the records of cor respondence cover ninety thousand folio pages. Eight thousand accounts have been adjusted, and tour hundred thousand land patents have been issued by the govern ment. The discontinuance of four offices of Surveyors- General is recommended, and initiatory steps have been taken to that end. The number of applications under the recently enacted bounty land laws, to the 25th of Nov., was 265.268; those examined, 239,726, of which 182.070 have been allowed, and warrants issued covering 22.003,290 acres ; 57,656 have been suspended or rejected, leaving 25,542 original cases not yet examined. The report re commends that further power be given to the Commis sioner of Pensions to suspend, diminish, or discontinue pensions when the reason for granting them has partially or totally ceased, and the Secretary is convinced from ex per knee and reflection that the only true principle upon which to Ince nensions is that of indigence. In the opinion of the Secretary, there are distinctions and discriminations between army and navy pensions which are unreasonable, and should not be permitted longer to exist. On the 30th of June last there were 13,932 pensioners, and the amount disbursed for their benefit during the fiscal year was 1,360,694 dols. The continued perpetration of frauds in connection with pensions is noted. Particulars of the applications for pensions, and the warrants issued, will be found in the Secretary's report. The field-work of the Mexican Boundary Commission has been all accomplished, as stated in the last report. The Mexican Commissioner, according to agreement with the American Commissioner repttired to Washington about the Ist of July lag*, for the purpose of constructing the maps required by the treaty to show the boundary, and three maps will be furnished by the Ist of March next. The first part of the report is already in the hands of the printer, and nothing retards its publication but the necessary delays in engraving the maps. Since the Ist of January last the patent office,bas issued 2,255 patents, and within the year the number will: probably be increased to 2,500: The income of the office this year will be about 200,000 dollars. This branch of the department receives a lengthened notice from the Secretary. The report again calls attention to the extraordinary expenses of 'the judiciary, and urges the absolute necessity for a radical change or modification of such :of the saws as-, relate thereto. The Indian lands in the tern tory of, Kansas, which were to be sold, the proceeds to be applied to the use of the Indians, are in a state of preparation for sale. A portion of the, Delaware lands were advertised to be sold on the 17th of November, and every precaution wis adopted to secure fairness.—During the present Administratiofi there have been negotiated fifty-two Indian treaties, and of these, thirty-two were ratified by the Senate, and twenty remain to be acted on. By these treaties the Indian title has been extinguished to lands amounting to 174,184,710 acres, of which about 52,000,000 arts itichided in the ratified treaties, and about 122,030,000 acres are secrired by those now before the Senate, besides 19,343,800 acres reserved for Indian purposes. The aggregate money consideration involved is 11,184,203 (lots. The report enters into some interesting statistics respect ing negotiations and dealings with the Indians. and closes with testimony to the able manner in which the . Chiefs of Bureaus and the employes of the Department have dis: charged their official duties. . ARMY: The fcilloVihig Eire the chief points of this volu minous document • The• authorised strength of the ainef is 17,6g4; the actual strength on the first day of July was 15,662 The number of enlistments during the twelve months ending September 30, wa5.4,440 ; the number of persons offering to enlist, but who were rejected for minority or unfitness, was 5,594. Tho number of casualties during the last fiscal year, by deaths, discharges and desertions, was 6,096, of which 3,223 were by desert ion. The Indian difficulties on the Western plains have been successfully terminated, except with the Cheyennes. In Texas, though the military force has been reduced during the last year, there has been S. dOnsiderable decrease of Indian dis_ tnrbances. It snggests the propriety of removing the fragmentary tribes of Indians i❑ Texas to teservations on the United States lands north of the Red River, wiiiett would greatly reduce the expenditures for keeping them in subjectien t by rendering the maintenance of so many military posts unneees saty. The Indian war on the Pacific is ended. The possessory rights of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Companies are held by persons who owe no allegiance to us, but whose influ ence for evil is unbounded with the Indians. The report suggests the extinguishment of these rights. If sufficient garrisons were kept at all the posts now established for the purpose of making expeditions at any time among the neighbouring tribes, it is not believed they would be equally effective with marching detachments of the same numerical strength. Their position would be known, their preparations for taking the field observed, and a' considerable force, if necessary, could be left behind for the protection of the public property at each post. The instruction and discipline in quarters would be inferior to that of large garrisons, and the capacity of troops suddenly emerging from quarters to begin forced marches of pursuit, would be less than that of men inured by long marches, turd frequent bivouacs, to bear fatigue, and protect themselves against exposure incident to service in the field. The occupation of Algeria by the French is cited as a case parallel to our frontier service, affording an instance of the practical working of a sys'em similar to this proposed. A critical examination of this proposed radical change in our army distributions is invited, and legislation to carry them into effect is suggested. The sea coast fortifications are progressing, but there is much yet to be done before many of the most important will be effieient. The fortifications for harbour defence are held to be most efficient, and reference is made to the failure of formidable naval armaments against fortified places in the Black Sea, and the Baltic, as showing conclusively that properly construct. ed fortifications are a sure reliance against the most formidable fleets. The report urges the importance of completing the fortifications in progress, and of making liberal appropriations for new ones. Time is necessary to make them efficient, and it ought to be done while the country is in a state of peace, because it cannot be done hastily except at increased expense, and then not reliable. The Secretary asks a law for liberal appropriations for armaments for new .torts, improvements in small arms, and the accumulation of supplies of ammunition. The report recommends the substitution of wrought . iron for wooden gun carriages ; asks for an appropriation for experi ments to determine the expediency of mounting, in certain positions covering channels, guns of large calibre, to throw hollow projectiles of great diameter and weight, containing sufficient charges of powder to render a single one destructive of any vessel which it may penetrate. The operations of the national armories have been restricted to the completion of new models for small arms, and the alteration of old models to the long range rifled arms, and to the preparations requ site for the exclusive manufacture of the adopted new model, which is a rifled arm, such as is commonly called the M no rifts, wit r an imacovement of the lock atter Maynard's plan. The alteration of the common flint lock to the self. priming has been effected to a limited extent. Tire report recommends the alteration to this model of all the old arms of the United States, including those distributed to the States. There are, altogether, upwards of half a million, and the alteration recommended is absolutely necessary, to prepare the country to meet any sudden emergency. It also recom mended a law providing for a better system of accountability for arms furnished by the General Government to the States. The department has not yet been able to determine which, if any, breach loading rifle is. the best to adopt in the service. The arsenals at Watervliet, N.Y., and Fayetteville, N.C., are recommended to be used as arsenals of construction, for which an extension of the buildings is required. The movements of the military commission sent to Europe during the late war are briefly detailed, and the courtesy with which they were treated by Russia and England acknowledged. In regard to France on this point, the Secretary maintains a significant silence. Increased pay to the officers is earnestly urged. The Secretary renews his recommendation for a retired list of disabled officers, as indispenrable to the efficiency of the service. The new military roads for which appropriations have been made are rapidly progressing, and money is asked to complete them. The report recommends that pmaions be provided for the widows and orphans of officers and soldiers of the army, the same as the navy, and suggests legislation in improve and simplify the system of army accounts. NAVY. The Secretary suggests that there should be two squadrons in the Pacific instead of one. The rapid increase of our corn.. coerce there, the importance of Central America and the islands scattered in that sea, and the extent of Oregon and California are given as reasons. Lieut. Berryman's survey of the bottom of the sea between Newfoundland and Ireland, with a view to telegraph communication with Europe, is referred to at length. Tho route is 1,600 miles long; the greatest depth two and a half miles. The practicability of laying the wires is established. He urges the importance of ordnance and practical gunnery. The British service has gunnery practice ships. We heretofore have relied, in making selections for captains of guns, on men from the crew found best fitted for the station. 'An effort is now making to establish a system for training men especially for Ns duty. The sloop of war Plymouth, now lying at the Washington Navy Yard, is being fitted out as a gunnery practice ship, with an experimental battery of a few light and heavy guns. It is confidently hoped that this prac ice ship will annually turn out a number of seamen thoroughly trained to the mannement of heavy ordnance, in storm and cairn, and that our'men of war will no supprise officers and men familiarised with all the appliances of these great engines of destruction. He gives reasons for the recent changes in the armament of national ships. The former success of the American navy has been owing much to the superiority of the calibre of our guns; and the Secretary recommends that we not only keep paee with, but if possible bo in advance of, others in the character of our engines of war. Our new s!eam frigates are all afloat, sad the most sanguine exportations of the Department relative to them have been realised. The speed of those tested is greater than usual in auxiliary steamers, in which steam is by no means the chief motive power. The Niagara will carry twelve eleven inch guns, each throwing shells of one hundred and thirty-five pounds. There is no reason for withholding the former recom mendations for the building and equipment of additional sloops of war, carrying a battery of fifteen or twenty guns of light draft, so that they can enter the harbours of Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans, as well as New York and Boston. The arguments for a steady and gradual increase of the navy have lost none of their force. Even the construc tion of the sloops recommended would add little actual increase, as many of the old vess , :ls are unworthy of repair. The establishments for building and repairing machinery at New York and Norfolk will be completed next year. The foundry at Boston will bo delayed on account of the difficulty of obtaining a safe foundation. When these establishments are completed, Government can build and repair its own machinery. The entire machinery of the Minnesota was built at the Washington yard, and gives entire satisfaction. It is important that such a policy should be adopted towards seamen as will insure a full supply, and pro mote the enlistment of Americans. Increased pay, honorable discharges, a superior quality of clothin , 4 and provision, a superior quality of medicines, care bestowed by careful surgeons upon the sick, and improvements in berthing the men, are' all incentives held out but to invite enlistments. To hold out further encouragement to enlist, and to prevent any cause of complaint for being unnecessarily detained beyond three y ears , the Department recommends th a t t h e l ength of the cruise should be two, instead of three years, and has directed that hereafter it shall constitute a part of the sailing instructions commanders of squadrons, that when the term of enlistment of a majority of the crew of any vessel has expired, the vessel shall be sent home. A fostering care of the apprentice system, and its gradual enlargemeut, are the surest methods of making a radical improvement, and securing a fair proportion of Ame ricans. Several hundred Ameridan boys are now enlisted, and in active service in the various squadrons. There was no difficulty in procuring their enlistment. While the great' conside:ation in admitting apprentices is to secure American sailors, it might encourage the youths if the President were to authorise by law the appointment of ten as midshipmen. Such a law is recommended. At ela tion is called to several vacancies in the same grades of the navy, caused by deaths and resignations., some of which occurred more than a year ago, It is ucom mended that they be filled by regular promotions, or by nominating for restoration to the active list any reserved or dropped officer who may be adjudged by the president to be entitled to such executive interposition. The denartment, though opposed to an increase of bureaus and officers, cannot refrain from recommending the creation of an additional office —that of judge advocate. The careful enforcement of the law authorising courts martial renders it necessary. It is recommended that the nautical almanac be placed under the• charge of a naval professor of mathematics. The expressiore in regard to the usefulness of the marine corps arc rani wed. The secretary has so often recommended the appointment of officers of military education, that he will now only refer to his former reports. Notice has been given to E. K. Collins of a discontinuance of 'his extra appropriation. The report recom mends an increase of the pay of a portion of the grades of naval officers, but does not say which. The estimates for the support cf the navy and marine corps for the next year amours. to 8,912,975 doll. THE SOUTHERN HOSPITAL, Yesterday, n meeting of the trustees of the Souther!! Hospital was held at the Clarendon Rooms, South Johrt Street, for the purpose of confirming a report drawn out by a sub-committee appointed to take into consideration a plats for the better conducting , of the election of medical officers connected with that establishment. The meeting was convened for two o'clock, but it was -lonrafter that hour before anv persons attended. About half past two o'clock, Mr. Hatiworth took the chair, being supported by about a dozen gentlemen. Aftera few introductory remarks, in the course of which he elir,:cted attention to the expenses than had of necessity to be incurred by the present system of voting for medical cfficers, and which he feared was not calculated to get the most deserving person appointed, he called upon Mr. ,Roberts to read the report, which was to the effect that no candidate for any situation of medical officer should advertise, or canvass for such situation, but should send in his testimonials, &c., to each trustee, and that a declaration should be signed by the trustees that they would not canvass. Tne speaker, after a few observations. moved the adoption of the report. Mr. M'lntyre seconded the resolution. Mr. D. Clarke moved at; an amendment, " that the present mode adopt 3d for the election of medical officers should be continued," and st tied that he could not see any occasion for altering the present method. Mr. Horton seconded the amendment. Mr. Macfie said as a trustee to the hospital, he thought that the whole affair should be left to the medical staff; he did not see how the trustees could interfere. Dr. Coneron supported the plea recommended by the sub-committee, and denounced the system of medical gentlemen being canvassers for situations as being improper. Mr. Roberts replied to the mover of the amendment; contending that there were three great reasons why the present system should be altered ; first, that it was for the interest of the medical men themselves. Secondly, it world be for the convenience of the trustees, and lastly, it would be for the benefit of the institution itself, which was of itself the greatest consideration. After a few observations from the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, and Mr. Himinson, Mr. Clarke withdrew hi . 4 amendment, and the original motion was unanimously adopted. WORKING MEN'S CONCERTS, OAKES-STREET.-T here was a full attendance on Saturday last, and the proceedings gave evident satisfaction. The Misses Beer, and several members of the Festival Choral Seeety contributed greatly to the harmony. John Buck Lloyd, Esq., presided, and expressed the pleasure it afforded him to meet his townsmen co-operating together for the social advancement of the working clas.es. Such undertakings had his warmest sympathies, and deserved the success which evidently attended them. Thomas Bold, Esq., being called for, made some appropriate observations. Edward Heath, Esq., has consented to preside next Saturday evening, at eight O'clock. CORONER'S Net:marg.—On Tuesday, the emoner held the following inquests:—On the body of It :bert Barrigan, aged 33, who was killed at the Iluskisson Dock on Saturd day. The deceased was working at the ship America, clearing away the broken sFirs and wreck from her deck, when, by some accident he, with two others, were thrown into the dock, and the deceased was, unfortunately, drowned. It was a pure accident. Verdict accordingly. —On the body of a boy, named Thomas Jones, aged 5 years, who was burnt in his mother's house in Shannon street, by his clothes catching fire, and death was the result of the injuries. Verdict, " Accidental death."—On the body of a man, named Thomas Jones, aged 35, who dropped dead at the Duke's dock, on yesterday morning. The deceased bad been subject to fits and disease of the heart for several years, and, while speaking to another man, he fell dead. Verdict, ".Died by the visitation of God."—On the body of James Blackburn, aged 35, late of Dryden-street, who died suddenly. The deceased was a plasterer, and had been ailing for some time, and the jury found .a verdict of "Died of natural causes."—On the body of John Wilson, who was a seaman on board the royal mail steamer America, and who died in the Northern Hospital. It appeared that the deceased had his legs broken on board the vessel in the late gale off Cape Clean and that he died in the hospital from the effects of the injuries, although everything possible was done for him, Verdict, " Aceidentaldeath."—Yesterday, the coroner held the following inquests:—On the body of Geo. Teller, aged 31, an engine fitter, who resided at Grove-place, Kirkdale, and who died at the Royal Infirmary. It appeared that on the night of the sth inst. the deceased was very drunk, and tell asleep at the fire. About three o'clock in the morning it was discovered that he was dreadfully burnt, his clothes having caught fire. He was taken to the Infirmary, where every attention was paid to him, but he died from the effects of the injuries. The jury found that death was the result of burns received whilst deceased was in a state of intoxication.—On the body of a working jeweller (at Mr. Mayer's. Lord-street), named James Redmond, who died in the Infirmary. The deceased lived in a street off West Derby road, and on the night of the 7th he was found sitting on the side of the road in a state of drunkenness. The police conveyed him home, when be complained of a pain in his leg, and a doctor was sent for, when it was discovered that there was a compound frac ture of the leg. The limb was dressed and the patient carried to the Infirmary, where he died. Verdict, " Accidental death." THE WINE DllTY.—According to sn official document just issued, the duty on wine in the year ended the 31st March last, was £1,856,120. THEFT OF DESPATCHES.—From Constantinople, under date of the 413, we learn that an English Q.teen's Messenger was robbed of his despatches near Cattaro (ailmatis). RAPID VOYAGES.—The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Nubia has lately made two of the most rapid passages on reco , d ; the first, t'rom Saez to Calcutta, at t h e rate of 11 9-10th kots per hour, the distance being 4,500 miles. Letters on this occasion were delivered in Calcutta in 291 days from England. The return voyage from Caleutta was made at the same rate, or upwards of 280 wtica pala i . TUIJ .Vca cas vas cao has never been equalled by screw vessels and rarely exceeded even by the splendid paddle steameis of the Cunard and C Aline' line. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL.—A; Pembroke Dock the following amusing incident occurred a few days ago : —The veteran general, with the great desire of getting through his busi ness, naturally began the day early, and with this intention, on Sa'urday, proceeded to the Defensible Barracks a little before nine o'clock, and, to his great surprise, found the officer of the day calmly enseineed in the arms of Morpheus. His arrival putting all on the qui vivo, every possible exertion was mad: to find some officers to receive him, but owing to the greater part of them being absent at the hunt ball at Haverfordwee, the general was obliged to wait patiently; but suddenly perceiving a lie u t enant in sight completing his toilet he immediately s i gna ll e l him and gave him a sharp lesson, pirdcularly calling his attention to the benefi s of early rising. INCENDIARY FIRE—A fire, of a somewhat disastrous nature, was discovered on Monday morning, about half past one o'clock. on the farm premises of a widow named Ruth Neubold, who occupies a farm of about fifty acres in extent, at Wadshelf, about four miles from Ches terfield. At the time above stated a man was engaged in nursing a cow in an outhonsq a considerable distance from the stack yard of Mrs. N,nibold, and, perceiving a large flume, he I roceeded to the spot, and discovered three corn stacks on tire. lie g ave an i mme diate alum, and the Notts to the and Derbyshire fi re engine, an d th e Chesterfi e ld e ng i ne were brought playing on th e b urn i ng s tacks. Two corn stacks, and th e placo in about an hour , and they commenced, greater part of a third were destroyed, and three others were saved. the tone uninjured sta c k s, i t was found that boleha d been made in eac h of sufficient capacity to admita Onexamining a TORR's arrn, and a quantity of Lucif er matches were found in each. There can be no doubt, there fore. that this fire is the work of an incendiary. The, loss will be very serious to Mrs. Neubold, who bad not effected one farthing security on any of her property.