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The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-29

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

We have received the Adelaide journals to the
13th of August.
The weekly government land sale, on the 11th
instant, was very successful, much competition being
displayed. The amount realised was 6,4311. ss. The
comparative returns ot• these sales for the yews 1832
and 1833 afford gratifying proof of the prosperity of
the colony. The total amount received on account
of land sold in the first half-3 ear of 1852 was
13,627/. los., and for the same period in 1853,
1412,051/. its. The average realised per acre in 1832
was 225. ld., and in 1833, 265. Id.

The Steam Flour-mill Company at Port Elliott
have memorialised the governor for an Act of In-
corporation.
The "Metairie Times gives the following particulars
of a singular robbery which occurred on board the 11
il-
Ham Stewart, now lying at Port Adelaide, on Monday
night. It appears that on the afternoon of that
day Captain Riches left his ship, and proceeded
to town, leaving the vessel in charge of his
mate. In the course of the evening the carpenter
and a Mr. Radcliffe reported to Sergeant Burley, at
the police station, that the captain's cabin had been
btoken open. The sergeant immediately went oa
board, and commenced a search among the sailors.
About this time the captain came on board, and dis-
covered that out of one of his dtavrcrs iu the cabiu
thirty sovereigns, two 101. notes, two 51. notes, and
three 1/. notes had been abstracted. The sergeant
then commenced to search the cabin passengers' lug-
gage, and upon coming to one of them, certain
articles were found—such as shoes, a cigar-case, &c.
—which the captain claimed as his property. This
gave rise to the suspicion that the owner of this
baggage had the money, but this he stoutly denied.
I Subsequently, we aro informed that this person has
I not only confessed to the robbery, but refunded to
the captain the whole of Otis money. It is reported
that he is the son of a person of high distinction,
and that he has only come to this colony for the
benefit of his health.
London, England, 1853-10-29

ADMIRALTY, Orr. 26.

The following promotion has this day taken place:—
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir James Alexander Gordon,
K.C.8., to be Vies-Admital of the Red, with seniority
of Sth January, 1848.

NEW DEPUTY-LIEUTENANT.
ELGO4.
Thomas McPherson Grant, Esq., W.S.

LLIKRUPTB.

GEOROt LANGFORD, Porten, Hampshire, brewer, to surrender Nov.
9 and Dec. 12, at 12, at Basingballannst. Sole., lvimey, South. •
arapton-buildings, Holborn, and Pafford, POISON , oil oa tgo Brans.
told, Basingball-street.
PIabLRUK FaIMMAN COUR, Dover, grocer, Nov. 9 at 12, and Dcc.
12, at I, at Basinghall-street. Sol., Barron, Old Jewry-chambets ;
ult. wig., Graham, Coleman-street.
CUARLDI WRIGHTSON, Highetreet, lebone, grocer, Oct. 7at 11,
and Dee. 17 at 12, at Basinghat-street, SoL, Goodwin, Eases-court,
Temple ; off. oasis., Nicholson, lis,inghall-street.
ARTIMMR%DieR Domelsl4,ol, ltueeell atne, Bermondsey, wooletapler,
Nov. II at 111, and Dec. 17 at 12i, at Basinithall-street. Sul.,
WOregbr, Siss.lane ; off. assts., Puma, Guildhall-chambers.
WILLIAM MtaDY, Palace-row, at. Pancras, cowicceper, Nov. 7 at 12,
and Dee. 17 at I, at Basfthall-street. Memo. Field, Finchley ;
off. amis., Pennell, Gall.cbstnbers.
CHARLEI UARDIIIIRCRIM,WaLL, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, drug-
gist, Nov. 15 and 22, at 11, at Birmingham Court. Sols., Boyoot
and Tudor, Kidderminster ; off. amis., Whitmore, Birmingham.
Jones Coaserr, Birmingham, coal merchant, Nov. 7 and 26, at 10,
ut Birmingham Court. Sots., Mutter= Knight, Birminahßai, and
Benson, Birmingham; off. assig., Christie, Birmingham.
Jaw.. (Bono' Iterctirono, Stone, Statfordsbire, shoe dealer. Nov. 15
and SO, at 11, at Birmingham GAUL bole., Adman and Son, Old
Jewry, and Mottevam and Knight, Birmingham; elf. wig., Bittle-
aton, Birmingham.
WILLtAII Baas; Manchester and London. stuff metellant. Nan. 9
and 30, at 12, at Manchester Court. Sots., Sale and Co., Man.
chaster; off. sang., Fraser, Manchester.
Wit. tAM lb !A, Manchester, canvas dealer, Nov. 11 and Dec. 6, at 12,
at Manchester Court. Sol., Roberta, Manchester; oIL amis., Fra-
ser, Manchester.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Oct. 26. WILLIAM Trowoua, Tinware, Onfordsnue, linendraper.
London, England, 1853-10-29

SHIPPING.

For the last six months no has than 968 vessels
representing 4it5,000 tons were entered inwards; and
830 vessels representing 231.000 tons and upwai do,
were clearcd through the Custom House outwit:de.
Presuming this to continue, we shall have an aggre-
gate tonnage trading with this port dm ing the year,
of 1,148,6W2 tons—an amount, as we pointed out the
other day, which is actually almost equal to the ton-
nage of London in lsl7. Even in the year is,-)0,
Loudon only exceeded us threefold, Liverpool being
ahead nearly in the &WIC amount; while Newcastle
is the only other port in the British dou,:aions which
has a greater tonnage than we employ, and that only
to a very inconsiderable extent. Melbourne is thus,
so far as the amount of tonnage forms any criterion,
the fourth part in her Majesty's dominions ; and it
is another :marl:able circumstance that her present
tonnage is more than double what the Clyde shipping
represented in 18.10. Such are curious facts; preg-
nant with great results, and well calculated to strike
the thoughtful inquirer with astonishment, when lie
keeps iu view that we are comparatively an infant
colony of only eighteen years' standing, composed
of a mere handful of inhabitants, nut exceeding
250,000, who have hitherto been compelled to
struggle against an obstructive executive, in the ab-
:mice of a regular constitutional government, and
under the necessarily loose administration of some.
what unsettled laws, in a still more unsettled and
distracted state of society.

SOCIAL CONDITION.
The large and continuous infusion of fresh and
healthy elements into our population—the absorbing
nature of the individual struggle for wealth—the
facility with which every man who is willing to
work can secure it comfortable maintenance, and
something over—and a marked improvement in the
police system—have combined to cheek the tendency
to lawlessness, and to promote order and morality.
We mention the improvement in the police system
with special gratification, because nothing could be
more inefficient than it was sonic time since, and it
was not passible for us to speak of it in any terms
except those of emphatic condemnation. The main
features in this desirable result are the edition to the
local force of a draft of the London police, the em-
ployment of many of the military stationed here in
police duties, and the introduction of better disci-
pline into the force generally. The system is still
very tar from perlec, but there exists no reason why
it should not be raised into a condition of the highest
efficiency. At all events, we may now venture to
assert that life and property are very much more
secure than they have lately been, and the tendency
is towards still further improvement.
London, England, 1853-10-29

THIS DAY.—Two o'Ctocx.

The English stock market has been greatly ex-
cited to-day, owing to the publication of despatches
which state that an armistice has been concluded be-
tween the Turkish acd Russian armies. At the present
moment prices are quoted about 11, per cent. higher
than they left off yesterday. Consols opened 911 to
rose with extraordinary rapidity on these despatches
to 93 to 1, and are now quoted 93 toe both for
money and account. The Three per Cents. Reduced
have been dealt in at 91 to 92;; the Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents., 93 to 93a ; Bank Stock, 212 ;
Exchequer Bills, par to 4s. prem. ; India Bonds, Is.
dis. to Os. prem.
Foreign stocks also show an upward tendency,
but have been very scantily dealt io. Mexican
is quoted 251 to a ; and Spanish Deferred 211 to t.
The sales are restricteetto Venezuela Three -and-a-
Half per Cents. at 31; Spanish Old Three per Cents.,
441; and Portuguese Four per Coats., 401.

FRIDAY Rvmciao.
The English railway market, although, as usual,
fluctuating with Consols, has been relatively firmer
than the funds to-day, owing to purchases by the
dealers to supply former investments on the part
of the public. The closing quotations of the leading
stooks show a decline of about to per cent. com-
paredwith the last rates of yesterday, except for
on and South Westerns, which have slightly
rallied, after the late severe fall. Business through-
out this department of the market is very inactive.
At the final close the tone was steady.
London, England, 1853-10-29

New Vick

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocK.

The railway market to-day is buoyant, owing to
the rise in the funds, and the pacific character of the
telegraphic despatches received from Vienna.

A general improvement has taken place in prices.
London and North-Western is now quoted 1021
to 103; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63 to .1; Great
Western, 80 to ; Midland, 591 to 601; Great North-
erns, 191 to Dover., 171 to ; and Caledonians,
25,', to 1.

French shares have also risen considerably.
Northerns are quoted 31 to ; ; Strasbourg', 33; to
36; ; and Paris and Lyons, 15 to 161 prem.
London, England, 1853-10-29

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

CAMBRIDGE, Ocr. 28.—At a congregation holden
this day, the following degrees were conferred :—lncorpo-
rate M.A.: James Moore, Trinity College, Dublin. M.A. :
Herbert Broom, Trinity Colle,;e ; W. S. Turnbull, St.
Peter's College; C. J. Gill, Emmanuel Co:lege. LL.B. :
Thomas Waraker, Sidney College.
At the same congregation a number of graces passed the
senate. The Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate presented
their annual report, which announced that " since the last
report the collection had been enriched by a set of casts
from the lialicarnarsus marble!, presented by Lord Strat-
ford de Redcliffe. Twelve elaborate copies of mosaic pic-
tures still ezisting in the Bulling of Rome, and a dates
ranging between A.D. 492 and A.D. IZY2, have also been re-
ceived from C. R. Cockerel', lin., R.A. The following
additions have also been made to the museum during the
past year: A fae simile of the fragments of
the Hieratic Papyrus at Turin, transmitted, at
the request of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland,
by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson. A collection of Egyptian
antiquities procured by A. B. Cheales, Esq., M.A., of
Christ's College, during his travelling bachelorship. Mr.
Pitt's watch, presented by the Right Hon. R. A. Christo-
pher. .1 manuscript in the Tamed language, presented
by the Rev. T. Brotherton, of Corpus Christi
College.
VACANT CDRACY.—The presentation to the curacy of
Acton Rounds, Salop, now vacant, has lapsed to the uni-
versity by reason of the disqualification of the patron,who is
a Roman catholic. The elretion of a clerk to be presented
is fined for Wednesday, Nov. 113.
London, England, 1853-10-29

IMPORTANT SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT
NEWMARKET. _ _ _

On Widanday sod Thursday but several horses forming
port of Lord Elect's stud were put up by auction by the
Menn. 'Tattersall, but only the following fuund purchasers:
—llu:cuut, dlrs old, by Nutwith, out of Macretruna, by
Sultan ; has woo twice ; engaged in 1854 at Goodwood,
300, h ft, Queco's Plate Course-300 guineas. Nutpecker,
3 yrs old, by Nutwith, out of Amima by Sultan ; has won
sis races-520 guineas. Cubout, 3 yrs old, by Nautwith.
I out of Gleamy, by Sultan ; engaged in 1841 in the 300
son. 109 ft, B.C. ; Sweepstakes of 50 son., last three miles
of 8.C., Second Spring Nesting ; and the 300 son.' h ft,
Sweepstakes at Goodwood, Queen's Plate Course,lBs4; and
100, h ft, Sweepstakes ( Thursday). Houghton Meeting, A. P.
18)3 ; hos won tour races; bought by Mr. Bober-1,800
guineas. Pbrygia, 3 yrs old ; has won three rtes-51
guineas. Mn. Nutting, 3c rs old-76 guineas.
Two sEAS•OLD CULTS N% ITII TUEIII ENGAGISMENIS.—
.

Amos, by Lanercost, out of Amims, engaged in the New-
market St. Leger, and in the Ebor St. Leger,ll634-2'20
guineas. Belgrade by Lanercost, out of Scurf, engaged in
the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes; in a stake of 300 cove.
each, 140 ft, in the First Spring Meeting ; in the Epsom
Daisy ; in the Ascot Derby ; in the Drawing-room Staked
at Goodwood ; in a stake of 300 son. each at Goodwood;
in a stake of 300 soca. each at Goodwood, 1615 ; in the
Dancsster St. Leger; and in the Doncaster Stakes-100
guineas. Plicnix Phlegon, out of Elegance, engaged in
the Column Stakes; in the Buckhurst Stakes, 200 soya.
each, 11 ft ; and in a Stake of 60 son. each, h ft; in the
Newmarket Craven Meeting; in the Newmarket Stskes;
in the Grand Duke Michael Stakes ; in the Royal Stakes;
in the Epsom Derby; be the St. James's Palace Stakes at
Aecot-100 guise's.
TWO-TZAR-OLD FILLY.—FiIIy by Scutari, out of Ama-
ryllis, by Velocipede (covered by Nutwith)-1U guineas.
London, England, 1853-10-29

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLock.

The gold mining share market is firmer to-day,
and Australian securities arc in especial demand.
Great Nugget shares have risen to to 1 prem. ;
Colonial Gold are quoted to ; prem. Agna Fria, 9-16
to 11-16 prem. ; and Nouveau Monde, 7, to 4 prem.
Australian Agricultural shares have risen to 39 to
41; I'eel River to 1 to 4 prem. North British
Australasian shares are quoted prem. buyers; and
Scottish Australian Investment 1 9-16 to 1 11-16 pm.
St. John del Rey shares have been dealt in at 35.
London, England, 1853-12-24

Antwerp
25fr. If. 2sfr.
Brussels
tisnibuti and Aeons , „ 13racs. Beth:. 13mr...,. barb
it. Petersburg per ruble 38 penes ... 371 r, nos
Paris pert Snort 21 fr.97le. ... 2 fr. 0240.
Uitto ".
„ 3 Months2sfr. 274 c. 25fr. 34)0.
4•Mettlei
I Infl.kr. 18je.kr
iii. 35ar. Ile. *kr.
38kr. ... Ile. 42ar,
NI penis 50 pence
504 pence ... 504 pence
pence ... 58 pence
50 pence ... 49 pence
60Iseoes ... 5u pence
solpcnce 121 Pelle°

pee £lO ~
Vienna (effeetire) per Z n
tneem
MadrlP per d'o'llar :
Cadiz II It
Mita* n n
Boredom .9
Malaga n 99
?.rill? ....

Gibrsleaf ee ye 50. pence ... 494 pence
Leghorn
&ems
Naples per ducat „ 0 42( pence ... 42: pence
Palermo per ounce „ 126 f pence ... 126 f gene'
Newnan „ „ 126( pence ... 1261 pence
' - _......per mare& nOdaye date 53 pence .. 52( yens
- 53/L - -- ... 53 Dena

AsW York

aitayosight 484 pesoel... 48 paw*

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocx.

The funds to-day have again been sensitive, but, on
the whole, the tendency has been in the direction of
a rally. At the present moment, however, the im-
provement on the 4 o'clock prices of yesterday is only
1 per cent. Consols opened 911 to 94Z ex-div. for the
18th January ; and after declining to 93, are now
quoted 94 to 1. The Three per Cents. Reduced have
been dealt in at 931 to 941; the Three-and-a• Quarter
per Cents., at 951 to I ; Bank Stock for account, at
219 ; and Exchequer Bills, at 3s. to 6s. prem.
The foreign stock market is also rather firmer,
but Russian is still offered, and the Five per Cents.
mark only 112. The transactions are scanty, com-
prising Mexican, at 24 ; Granada Deferred, 8 ;
Rquador, 5; Danish Five per Cents., 104; Spanish
Deferred Three per Cents., 22 ; the Passive Bonds,
; and Dutch Four per Cents. 96.,
The Stock Exchange Committee have given notice
that on Monday the house will be closed.
London, England, 1853-12-24

MINES.

FRIDAY EVENING.

Business in British mining stocks to-day was not
active, and we have no material change to report in
prices. Great Polgooth shares have again advanced,
and were rather widely quoted et 4 o'clock at 2 to 21.
The gold mining share market was rather flat in
character, but with little change in prices. Port
l'hillip were rather lower. At 4 o'clock Colonial
Gold were quoted 7-16 to 9.16 prem.; Nouveau
Monde, 3-16 to 7-16 prem. ; Great NuggiA, par to
prem. ; Agua Fria, Ito prem.
Peninsular Mining shares were well supported at
I!, to 1/ prem. Metcalfe .errs rather lower,
at Z to 1 prem:
The nominal closing prices of new undertakings are
as follows ;—SouthDevon Consols,/ to / prem. ; Lewis
Hill Range, to; dis.; Clarendon (of Jamaica),! to /
i Britannia Gold, Z to I per share ; Mount Carbon
Coal, / to / dia.; Kenmore, par to 4 prem.; Conne-
mara, dis. toyer; Glenaulin, 2to / dia. ; Austra-
lian Mutual, to dis.; Poltimore, 2to !, prem.:
Great Crinnis, /to pm.; Garnett and Moseley, yto
I prem.; Sue River (of Jamaica), / dis. to k prem.;
Metcalfe (of Jamaica), y to 1 prem.; Adelaide Land
and Gold, 1: to 0 dis. ; Australasian Coal, 1 to k
die.; Liguanea (of Jamaica), /to dis.; Port
Royal (of Jamaica), toy prem.; Chartered Aus-
tralian Land and Mining, to / dis. ; Australian
Consols, 1, to k dia.; Fortuna, / to I prem. i Locket-
root Copper, I to / dia.; Obernhof, k to / pm. ; 61341-
bach Zinc, par to prem.; San Fernando Silver
Lead, par to prem. ; London and Virginia Gold and
Copper, par tow prem. ; Peninsular Mining, 11 to
prem.; Great Hewas United Tin, par to I prem.;
Cologne Lead, to Z dis.; Monarch Gold, Zto
die. ; Jamaica Copper. dto pm.; New Linares,
4 dis. to par ; Melbourne Gold, / to 3 dis. ; New
South Wales Coal, / toy dia.; L'Aigle d'Or,
to dis.; Albion Gold, to a dis. ; Dhurode Copper,
p:lr to / prem.; Carberry West, 42 to / dis. ; Knock-
atrellane Copper, toy dia.; Golden Mountain, to
2, die.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocK.

Business in the gold mining slum s continues
scanty, and the market is dull. Colonial Gold shares
are quoted .4 to prem.; Agues Fria, 11-16 to 13-16
prem.; Nouveau Monde, 5•16 to 7-16 prem.; and
Gnat Nugget, par. to I prem.
Australian Agricultural shares have been dealt
in at 45; ; United Mexican at 41 to 4/ ; and Copiapo
at 121 to 13. North British Australasian are quoted
4 to prem.; and Scottish Australian Investment,
1 9-16 to 111-16. prem.

SIIREWSBVRY AND BIRMINGIIAX RAILWAL
rotfie receipts for week elided Dce.lB, 1853, 8881. Oe. 11d.
Corresponding period loot year,.6691. 11e. 11d.
London, England, 1853-12-24

w,th the co-operation of the other branch of the
,;stare, by consenting to thaw taxes which an inevitable
necessity forced my government to demand. But it also
/aye its approval to proper economical reforms, it strengh-
,,,,l d gave activity to the industrial and commercial
n tot inauguratvd the opening of that great network
01,,,,1mies which already unites Liguria to the Subalpine
provolevv, and will be a monument of the power sail gran-
deur or Italian geeing. (Cheers.) The parliament that I
ep.a th.i. day will have another duty not inferior in im-
por &co. Atter completing 'he edifice of our finances,
▪ wit now nearly ace it will have to pro-
tied with alacrity in the path of economical reforms, now
erederol certain by the light of undoubted experience ; end
while istending to the produce of the soil the fruitful prin•
elpier of free trade, it will give ample compensation to the
lovieolder by reforming the land tax and establishing in-
stitieions of credit which will put an end to usury. The
iedeprodence of the civil power being rendered secure, it
will centime', within the limits of its sphere of action, the
week of reform now in prngresa, which is intended to in-
mat., net to diminish, the affiction and reverence of the
patios for the religion of our fathers; to render more ethos-
oese, and nut to wealon, its salutary influence. It will
have to take measures calculated to put the administration

of the communes and thu provinces In harmony with the
w order of things; to accomplish the reform of the codes,
to protect public safety, to constitute the magistracy, and
reform the various parts of public instruction. Our brave
army, which is distinguishing itself by its daily prooress,
will also call for your attention. Senators and deputies, in
accomplishing this minion, I coufide iu God, in the wisdom
and concord of the great pewen of the state, in the good
sense and patriotism of which the notion has given such
noble and recent proofs. Have confidence in me, and we
shell together crown the great edifice that the hand of my
father raised, and that mine shall defend and preserve.
(Loud cheer'.)
London, England, 1853-12-24

GERMANY.

The Corporations of Dan tzic, Stettin, and Schweldt,*
have, on the occasion of the annive,sary of the
secession of M. de Manteuffel to the Presidency of
the Ministry, voted him the freedom of those cities,
which were on the 18th presented to him by deputa-
tions. The first Burgomaster Grodbeck delivered an
address, in which he pointed out the misfortunes to
Dantzic in consequence of the interruption to peace
in 1846, and expressed the wishes of himself and his
fellow citizens for the maintenance of the peace of
Europe. M. de Manteuffel in his reply, said :

Material interests have acquired a great stimulus, but it
is n y that they shout• have a greater development.
Dantric is placed at the head of those towns which will con-
tribute to it. It teue that it is necessary for peace to be
preserved, and I hope that it will be possible, whatever
may be now the threatening aspect of affairs. 1 maintnio,
and the King has ajproved of my view of the subject, that
Prussia ought not to meddle in affairs which do nut concern
her, and I hope tt.i.l she will remain aloof from po:itical
complications. Bu I c.O never forget that she must in any
event maintain intact her honour sad her position.

ITALY.

-. • -

FIEDNIONT.
The following is the King of Sardinia's speech on
the opening of the new parliament, of which we
hare given a surninaly received by telegraphic des-
patch:
Senators and Deputies—ln commencing a new legislature
' it is with legitimate pride 1 call to mind that the sixth year
since my august father Inaugurated Constitutional Liberty,
in this ancient monarchy, is now drawing to a close. The
nation accepted its liberties with exultation, and has used
them with wisdom. By taking the same path with its wing,
in the etrictest Ulli,‘ll with him, ctmented by confidence, it
has proved it,elf alive to its own interest, and worthy of its
destiny. To this indissoluble union, which has been ren-
dered more cansp'cuous by the noble conduct of the nation,
is due the increasing symrathy of the most civilised
people, and the intimate friendship of the most en-
lightened governments of Europe. From this union my go-
vernment derived sufficient strength, under painful and
difficult circuwstanc• s, to uphold the dignity of the 111:i011,
and to preserve fr..na insult the noble principle of indepen-
dence, which is the chief object of my veneration and yours.
(Loud and prolonged cheers) The Chamber e!ected in
1849 bad already pursued a laborious career, being milted
upon to meet the consequences of serious and unmented
disasters with proper remedies, it had completed its die...ad
London, England, 1853-12-24

PUBLIC PARKS FOR BIR3ENGHAM.

Several months slue an account was given in the
Daily News of a meeting held in Birmingham for the pur-
pose of taking steps to aft et some arrangement with the
corpiration of Sutton Coldtlehl for the cession of a porti to
of their noble park of 3,000 acres to the inhabitant, of Bir-
mingham, for conversion into a public park, on which it
was proposed to erect a Crystal Palace. Unfortunately,
' however, the Sutton people raised difficulties in the way of
carrying out Mr. Beale's excellent project, and the carrying
of it out is for the present suspend, d. In these circum-
stances, attention has been turned to other means by a biah
the great and increasing want of public places of recrea•wn
may be to acme extent provided for. The town council
has remitted to the inhabitants, for their &anoint, a
resolution authoring an application to parliament for
pewee w levy a penny rare to maintain in a froper state
any land which might be obtained for the purpose; and
yesterday morning the necessary public meeting was held
at the Town-hall, the Mayor in the chair. The enormous
value of the land in the neighbourhood of the town is the
great difficulty, the splendid estate of Lord Calthrrpe,
which covers one side of it, being also strictly entailed;
there is, however, at length a prospect of the difficulty
being to some extent obviated, by the benevolence of two or
three individuals. At this mertinc, in which Mr. Adder-
ley, M.P., Mr. Seholefitld, M.P., Mr. Bill, Q C., Mr.
Joseph Sturge, the Rev. J. C. Miller, Mr. George Dawson,
and utter gentlemen took part, it was announced that
Lord Cslhorpe had made toe noble offer of forty
acres of the most valuable of his land near the
Bristoi•road, and close up to the town. Mr. Adder-
ley (tee donor of all its land un which have been esta-
blished the Reformatory institutions near the town) oilers a
plot of equally eligible laud in another quarter ; on•I •asrly,
Mr Joseph Sturge (nev‘r find wanting in the cause of
active benevolence) gives up a valuable niece of land in
Edgbaston fur the ►ame good purpose. The application to
parliament for the pewees to levy the rate were sanctioned
by the meeting, and Mr. William Morgan (the town clerk),
who has lent his active aid m fiwering the project and
smoothing away the ilifficultin incident to every scheme,
however useful in its early stag. s, was instructed to prose-
, cute the bill in parliament. It is u long lane that has no
turning; sod it is to be hoped that these little fields of flesh
air, which are to be at last roviacd for the workers of
Birmingham, will presently he followed by others, and that
. Saturday afternoon, the imill we, kly vacation of so many
thousand persons, will be accompanied by the provision of
, fitting places to which they may resort, refreshing and rove
gorating them for the next week's to:i.
London, England, 1853-12-24

HOLLAND AND BELGIUM.

•
BRUSSELS, Tituustuy.
During several days past the Second Chamber of
the States General of Holland was engaged in dis-
cussing a motion in favour of the abolition of the
excise duty on the slaughtering of cattle, and of the
tonnage duties. That motion was brought forward
by nine friends of the late government—the Thor-
beeke one—and it was consequently regarded as a
political "move." The present administration—the
Van Hall one—does not object to the reduction of
the excise duty above mentioned, but is, for the pre-
sent at least, opposed to the abolition of the tonnage
duties, on the ground that it would too much di-
minish the revenue. The adherents of the late cabi-
net indulged in the hope that they would be able,
by securing the votes of all engaged in the shipping
interest, and of those members who, as a matterlof
humanity in the present dear season, were desirous
of rendering meat cheaper, to obtain a majority, and
consequently to bring about a ministerial crisis.
Hence the importance attached to the debate, which
was brought yesterday to a close by the rejection of
the motion by a majority of 44 to 21.
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna of this day's
date positively annouoces the arrival of the allied
fleets in the Black Sea. Up to the 12th inst. the
declaration of war by Persia had not reached Con-
stantinople.
London, England, 1853-12-24

SAILED.

Brion—from Gravesend, December 23, to Chatlreton
DANUBE (s.e.)—ham Liverpool, December 23, to Trieste
Davit) LYON—from Gravesend, December 29, to ......... --herein
Demurer—from Gravesend, December 23, to Geelong
LIMILRGICIN—from Gravesend, December 23, to nydrier
Junes DR Aec—from Gravesend, December 23, tc Havre
LONDON PACKST—from Pill, December 22, to fit. Michael's
LADY MART—from Liverpool . December 23, to. Melbourne
LADY HlLDA—trim Liverpool, December 23, t 0.... liatodon
Do/me—from Gravesend, December 23, to Gravelines
Lissuros—from Gravesend, December 23, to Corte
1.0 &mare from Gravesend, December 23, to Dunkirk
MAORICO—from Gravesend. December 23, to Lisbon
Memoir Zsocar —from Falmoutb, December 21, to.. St. Michael's
Mauls—from Falmouth, Dec. 21, to St. Michael's
NOODEN—from Ormond, Dec. 23, to Calcutta
PlRSlA—from Liverpool, December 23, to
PHOINII—from Gravesend, December 23, to Lisbon
TRlTON—from Gravesend, December 23, to Geeloog
We. Itunts—hem Gravesend, December 23, to Liverpool
London, England, 1853-12-24

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

Cullum:Joe, Dec. 23.—TILE UNIVERSITY AND
TUN ROYAL CONIVIddION.—At • convseation baleen to-
day, the grace to appoint the members of the PriTl:egall
Syndicate, with the addition of the Master of Trinity.
Mr. need, of King..., end Mr. Slim, of Dawning, a syn-
dicate to take into consideration the latc letter of the Cr: a-
t:eller was passed nem con.

The Rey'. Mary li;yio; Wood, MA., of Queen's Col-
lege, Oxford, +as :Lc:mined ad euadcit.

NAVAL.

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ant•Surgeon N. C. Railway (1545), to tho Plymouth Ma-
rines.

Midshipman : C. Barthwiek, to tho 11..1ea, 6, paddle-
wheel steam sloop, of 350-horse power, at Portsmouth.
Pustsmount, Dsc. 23.-I'he Russian corvette
Navarin, winch has been in dock in this dockyard for more
than a fortnight, receiving a thorough rccopperieg and re-
caulking tor the purpose ut mopping her leaky propenailies,
was to have gone out of harbour to :pithead to-lay, bat
her original defect is still so serious as to prevent her doing
so.—Tbe Sidon, 22, paddle-wheel steam frigate, Captain
George Goldsmith, arrived at Spithead to clay from
Ply m :oath, vintner she had towed the Royal
Gearge, 120, screw steamship, Captain Codrington.
C. 8., from Sheerness, for the purpose of being
titled out at the first-named pert. Rear-Admiral W. F.
Martin, bup:rintendent of this Di,ckyard, re hoisted his
fig on board the Neptune, 12d, Cal.tain E. J. Scott, this
morning, sieving returned from it RV, of ah•eece. The
Caner, UI, screw steam ship, has been taken .ut of dock.
The S.don and Medea, 6, paddle-whet I steam sloop, Com-
mander Phillimore, are the only men-of-war at Spitbead,
The Frolic, 14. Commander Nolloth, remains in harbour,
not having yet sailed ter her destination—Australia.
London, England, 1853-12-24

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GERMAN CUSTOMS TREATY.

The customs conferences between the governments
of South Germany, which have for some time been
held at Vienna, were closed on the 22nd ult., in the
presence of Count Buol, and the Finance Minister,
M. Baumgartner. Bavaria, Saxony, Hesse, with all
the minor governments, have signified their adhesion
to the treaty just concluded between Austria and
Prussia, and promised to offer no impediment to the
renewal of the Zollverein, with the addition of Han-
over to the number of its members. The New
Prussian Gazette states that the customs treaty was
ratified on the 21st ult., in the state chancery at
Vienna. The following is our correspondent's letter
on the subject:
BERLIN, Fin. 25.
The Austro Prussian Commercial Treaty, signed by
the plenipotentiaries on the 19th inst., has been pub-
lished in full. In as far as it provides for mutual
facilitation of custom-house business, and renders the
searching of trunks and bales on the confiues dispen-
sable, it will be a great convenience to the travelling
and trading public, who need only pay duties at the
place of destination. It permits, also, goods from the
one country to be warehoused in the other country in
bond; puts the inhabitants of both countries on a
par as regards the right of selling at cash
other's fairs and markets ; admits commer-
cial travellers mutually without imposing license dues,
orders that the custom-houses on the mutual confines
shall be erected near to each other, and that the
railway gauges shall be equalised, in order that
waggons under custom-house lock may pass from one
territory to the other. On the whole, there is in
the treaty, as regards the management of fiscal
control, much that is liberal and well worthy of imi-
tation. But the chief feature and principle of the
' measure is highly exceptionable, inasmuch as it esta-
blishes a differential system, hitherto without parallel.
It allows a vast number of articles to he imported
from the one country into the other, at one-half or
one-third, and even a fifth of the tariff rates exacted
on importation from third countries.
London, England, 1853-03-02

motion. It had been to him a matter of greet surprise that
the country had so long permitted the exemption cereal
Property, which eassisted of freehold land, houses, lay and
impropriste tithes, mason, quuries, and miser, from the
payment bray sad probate duty, while those duties were
imposed on every description of personal property. (Hear.)
Thus when all other property was compelled to pay. the tax,
I this property was exempt from probate. It was in conse-
quence of this, legacies charged on land being generally
left to the younger children of the landed eristocraey, that
the owners were enabled to evade the law. But, although
it was unjust to exempt these classes from the payment of
probate duty, it was still a vast deal a greater hardship to
exempt the first inheritor of land from the payment of an
duty whatever. (Hear, hear.) But is short the acts which
implied these duties were from the beginning to the end a
violation of every principle of common honesty, to
prove which, he would give one or two examples,
out of • great many which he had prepared.
After going at some length into the question, he begged to
move that in the opinion of that house real property should
be made to pay the same probate and legacy duties as were
paid by personal property. (Cheers.)
THE CORK AND LIMERICK ELECTION
PETITIONS.

The SPEAKER drew attention to a mistake which bad
occurred with reference to the withdrawal of the Cork peti-
tion. By an error in copying the letter of withdrawal, it
was made to refer to the Cork petition, whereas it appeared
by a subsequent letter he had received, that it ought to
have referred to the Limerick petition—(a laugh)—the
order to refer which to the cominittes on election petitions
it would nw be necessary to withdraw, and to rescind the
motion made earlier in the evening, in reference to the Cork
petitior.
The Speaker's suggestion was adopted, and motions passed
in accordance.
London, England, 1853-03-02

GERMANY.

A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated Satur-
day, states that according to the official bulletin the
heat in the fore part of the Emperor's head had in-
creased so as interrupt his sleep. On Sunday, ac-
cording to a second despatch, the condition of the
Emperor was more satisfactory. The New Munich
Gazette contains a telegraphic despatch, stating that
on the 24th ult. the condition of the Emperor excited
alarm, and a third physician, Dr. Schoch, was called
in.
London, England, 1853-03-02

SPAIN.

uitl.l7The hae vGearece:eusivpeud the Madrid
bliahearo3ajlondrnecrat opfrothhiebi2t4inthg
the journals from publishing any reports of the sit-
tings of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, which
shall not accord exactly with those in the official orgaa
of the 'government. The secretaries of the Chambers
are to draw up a detailed report of each sitting, and
to supply it gratuitously to the journals. It is
ordered that the whole shall be published at once,
no part being kept bock for another day. All com-
ments upon the sittings which may be con-
sidered offensive will be liable to prosecu-
tion. Another decree appoints a commission
charged to recite the-organic laws of the govern-
ments of the provinces. There is nothing else of
interest in the Madrid journals. The Spanish Court
has gone into mourning for one month for the Prin-
cess Amelia, sister of the Emperor of Brazil.
London, England, 1853-03-02

JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL.

Oa the motion of Viscount Estmettirox, this bill was
read a first time, and the second reading hied for the 11th
instant.

The house adjourned at a quarter-past one.

NEW COMMITTEES APPOINTED.

Yesterday the General Committee of Elections ap.
pointed the following members, chosen from Panel No. 3,
to serve on the following election committees :
Wtovort 131:110118.—Mr. Miles (chairman). Lord P. Clin-
ton, Mr. Martin tucker Smith, and Mr. Ruben Lowe.
KINGSTON-1J PON-HULL.-Right lion. H. Labouchere
(chairman), Mr. Raikcs Currie, Mr. W. Bagge, lion. F. H.
Berkeley, and Mr. Richard Davison.
DilliDY. —Mr. Robert Ingham (chairman), Mr. Wm.
Stirling, Mr. W. M. E. Milner, Mr. J. Banks Stanhope,
and Hun. Arthur F. Kinnaird.

PAIRS ON MR. WILLIAMS'S MOTION.
FOR. AGAINbT.
Mr. Russ:y Vivian. Lord Einlyn.
Mr. Locke King. Captain Townshend.
Mr. Osman Ricardo. Colonel Mure.

Mr. Otway.
Mr. A. Ilastie.

Sir John Johnstone.
Colonel Blair.

Mr. A. Stafford.

M. U. al.

Mr. Mare.

ELECTION EXPOSURES.
CHATHAM.
London, England, 1853-03-02

LATEST FROM AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF TILL ATLANTIC.
(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
(FROM or It OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LIVERPOOL, 11-EDNISDAY MORNING.
This morning, at seven o'clock, the United States
Mail-steamship Atlantic, Captain Nye, entered the
Mersey, from New York direct, with 60 passengers.
The screw steam-ship Alps had arrived there on
the 17th, and the City of Manchester, at Philadelphia,
on the 18th. On the latter date the Royal Mail
steamer America, from hence, arrived at Ruston.
When the Atlantic sailed, business was brisk in
nearly all the chid' cities of the union. The money
market at New York continued in a satisfactory con-
dition. Money was by no means scarce, and trading
prospects, on the whole, were good. Et.,clui of a
dividend-paying character were firm, but those of a
speculative kind were much depressed. Money was
in active demand.

In the breadstuff market prices had given way,
owing to the advice, by the previous steamer from
England, and there was little disposition to pur-
chase at the rates then prevailing, namely : Western
Canal Flour, 5 dots. to 5 dole. 12te. per barrel;
Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 20c. to 1 dol. 92c. per
601b5.; Indian corn, round yellow, 62c. to 64c. per
bushel; Indian meal, 3 dole. 311 c. to 3 dole. 50e. per
barrel.

The New York Cotton market continued in a de-
pressed condition ; sales could not be made except at a
reduction, which holders generally had submitted to,
of lc. to le.; New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to
fair, 111 e. to 121 c.; Uplands ditto, 10c. to 111 c.
The America's news received at New Orleans on
the 18th had rendered the cotton market somewhat
firmer; strict middling being quota Bc. to lc.
The provision market was brisker than at the pre-
vious steamer's departure, and prices firmer. New
prime pork, 151 e. to le.; new mess, 17e. to 171 e.
Freights remained unchanged at the Atlantic's
departure, the asking rates being—flour to Liverpool
2s. to 2s. 3d. per barrel ; grain, 7d. to Sd. per bushel ;
cotton, Id. to 3-161 per lb.
Exchange on London ruled at 110 tc 1101, and
paper was in moderate demand ; on Paris, 5. 121;
Hamburgh, 301 to 361 ; Bronco, SO to 801,
The President had sent a message to the Senate
announcing that Engl'ind had made a proposition
to withdraw her protection front Mosquito, and
make Grey Town a free city; and informing the
Senate of a proposition for a canal across the Isthmus
by both governments. The international copyright
treaty had been signed, and sent to the Senate for
confirmation.

INDIA AND CHINA.
London, England, 1853-03-02

THE RECENT HEAVY GALE.

The arrivals yesterday continue to furnish tidings
of further mischief and heartrending casualties during the
hurricane which prevailed all over the kingdom on Satur-
day last. In many parts the weather, though not so fu-
rious, still rages with mock severity. The fall of mow
yesterday, especially in the eastern counties, is reported to
have been exceedingly heavy, covering the ground to a
considerable depth. The Dal boatmen, in the course of
Monday, discovered a wreck upon the Goodwin Sands.
At present nothing is known of her character
or the fate of her crew. There is no doubt
that she was driven upon the sand during the
violent mow squall of Sunday night, when the chance of
the unfortunate crew preserving themselves would be very
small. A number of loggers were, at the time this intelli-
gence was communicated, in the vicinity of the wreck, en-
deavouring to ascertain her name, and what may turn up
of her cargo. In the channel the wind continues to blow
very strong from the northward. The Calais mail packet
brings intelligence of the loss of two English vessels, and
every soul belonging to them, upwards of 20, on that range '
of coast during the storm of Saturday. Both were from'
the Tyne. One was called the Prince Leopold, Mr. Ray,
master, and was bound for Abbeville. Amidst the snow.
storm she was carried on the sands in the vicinitr of
the entrance of the Somme, where she immediately
went to pieces, the crew unhappily having not the
least means of saving themselves. The other ill-
fated vessel was the Union packet, belonging
to Shields, Mr. Parkinson, master, and was bound for
Dieppe, near to which port she was totally wrecked, all
hands perishing with her. An additional and most alarm•
ing list of disasters have been received from the eastern and
northern coast. A perfect feet of disabled vessels have
been brought up off Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
A most deplorable wreck is announced to have happened
near Ulventone. • vessel called the Vigo, Mr. Gillead,
master, belonging to Cardigan, was overtaken by the gale
and hurled on the coast near the north end of Walney
Island. The fearful sea that broke over the ill-fated vessel
entirely dtstroyed all chance of the unfortunate creatures '

reaching the s►o». They speedily perished. and u
qatekly the craft broke up in matey pines. The remains
of the captain and chief mate hays been washed up. The
later advice. from the Scotch tout speak of the weather
still continuing to be very.iiscleineat and numerous rasuti-
ties wearing.
London, England, 1853-03-02

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
The 3loniteur announces authoritatively that the
telegraphic despatch, intimating the concession of
Turkey to the demands of Austria is confirmed.
The Montenegtin Prince Daniel() has forbidden
his soldiery to cut off the heads of the fallen Turks.
M. Nothomb, the Belgian minister at Berlin (who
was created a baron a few days since by King Leo-
pold) k announced to be the first Belgian diplomatist
who will be accredited to the court of St. Petersburg.
An official article in this morning's Moniteur,
ascribed to the pen of the Minister of Finance, calls
attention to the circumstance that forty millions of
taxation have been remitted which pressed most
heavily upon agriculture and the labouring classes,
at a time when all the resources of the nation ought
to have been applied to prevent her ruin; and that
50,000 men have been liberated from the army, and
restored to their fields and workshops.
The examination of the budget by the Council of
State under the presidence of the Emperor was con-
cluded yesterday, and it will be presented to the
Corps Legislatif almost immediately.
The rumour that a serious application is about
to be made to England by Austria, Prussia, Russia,
and France on the subject of the refugees now enjoy-
ing the traditional hospitality of British soil, receives
encouragement from an article in the Debate, which
points out the courses open to the English govern-
ment in order to obtain the necessary powers from
parliament to comply with such demands.
An attempt was made on the 25th ult. to burn the
arsenal of Toulon. About four in the afternoon of
that day a fire broke out just in front of the spot
where the Cornelie corvette is being built. The fire
was fortunately soon extinguished, but a heap of
chips, tarred rope, grease, and other inflammable ar-
ticles, evidently collected together near the corvette,
betrayed the designs of an incendiary.
The Pearle states that M. de Bourqueney, the new
minister plenipotentiary of France at the court of
Vienna, will proceed immediately to his post.
It is stated that two agents of American emigration
companies have left France for Switzerland to pro-
pose to the government of Tecino to convey to Ame-
rica the natives of that canton who have been ex-
pelled from Austria.
The Omatitutionnet has an article, which, without
disputing the authencity of the telegraphic despatch
stating that the Porte had acceded to Count de Lein-
ingen's demands, argues that the extent of tho con-
cession made is not so important as has been sup-
Poised.
'lhere has been a general advance in the prices of
the Reuter to-day : the Three per Cents. closed 40c.
higher, and the Four-and-a-Half 25c. higher than
yesterday. From Vienna, on the 28th ult., we are
advised of an improvement in the public securities
London, England, 1853-03-02

SWITZERLAND.

Private letters from Berne represent the Swiss as
complaining of the want of straightforwardness
developed by Austria in the treatment of the Ticinese
expelled from Lombardy. It is known that the only
reason which Austria has assigned for this measure
is the expulsion of the Lombard Capuchins and
Franciscans from Ticino. The absurdity of the pre-
tence is regarded as adding to the injury. The indi-
viduals in question are foreign mendicants, persons
without visible means of subsistence, and the govern-
ment of Ticino, in the exercise of a right which
every state claims, sent them back to their native
land. Moreover, it can be proved that these strangers
were using the influence of their vocation to excite
the minds of the Ticinese against their magistrates,
who had been duly appointed by the people, and to
exalt the authority of a foreigner, himself an Aus-
tria* subject, the Archbishop of Milan.
A correspondent writes from Lugano to the Revue
de Geneve:—

The expulsion of all the Ticiaese from Lombardy has just
been executed with a rigour which would have delighted
the heart of an Attila or Nero. Men, women, children of
all ages, the old, the sick, the convalescent, all have been
expelled ; women heavy with child have not been able to
obtain a few days of grace from the Austrians. Those
who were to be expelled were driven together at Milan like
a dock of sheep, on the same day and at the same hour, in
the Place des Marchauds. There they were to answer to
their names, and go up to receive their passports. As a
great number of these poor people bore the saute names,
they had further to state their parentage, place of birth,
and a number of other particulars; and the operation was
thus prolonged through six or seven hours, while the crowd
was exposed to the snow, which all the while fell in abun-
dance. Notwithstanding the piercing cold, the unfortu-
nate people were forbidden to put their hands in their
pockets, but were compelled by the soldiers to ex-
pose them to the air, so that it might be
seen that they concealed nothing. At first the
expelled were to proceed from Milan to Chiagso on foot, but
from the slowness of the march of so many women and chil-
dren, the former loaded, and the eight of their misery
exciting so much sympathy among the people, it was re-
solved to convey them by railroad. Soldiers preceded and
brought up each convoy, and when the prescripts arrived
at the railway station their papers were inspected, the sol-
diers meanwhile standing over them with fixed bayonets.
On the frontier, hypocritical employes pretended to pity the
fate of the poor people, and ended by exhorting them to
drive away the present government of Ticino, and replace
it by a gool and religious" government, that so they
might easily gain permission to return to Lombudy.
London, England, 1853-05-07

ELECTION COMMITTEES.

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The members cheers on the Plymouth, Cork, and Ennis
election committees, appeared at the table, and were swore.
The committees are appoiated to sit this day.
LANCASTER ELECTION PETITION.

The SPEAKER. informed the house that the summer
had reported that the recogaisinees to the petition of John
Armstrong against the late return for this borough were un-
objectionable. _