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The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-09

While Fishery, from 1772 to 11252; Edward C►eshirrs
E.q , on the Census of Great Britain is 1831; James Ed-
wards, Eis , on Electoral Statistics of the United Kier
dom.

T. W. Rsthbone, Esq., made a statement of a prepaied
plan of decimal coinage and accounts.

SECTION 0.-lIECHANICAL SCIENCE.

President: William Fairbairn, Esq. Vice-Presidents:
Professor Ilodskisson ; George Rennie, Esq.; and Junes
Walker, Esq. Secretaries: James Olahans, Esq.; James
Thompson, Esq.; and W. S. Ward, Esq. Committee:
J. F. Bateman, Esq.; Richard Roberts, Esq.; William
Cromikell, Esq., sen., Beverley; Rev. Dr. Scoresby; James
Numyth, Esq ; Thomas Thompson, Esq , Welton ; B.
Samuelson, Esq.; George Locking, Esq. ; C B. Robinson,
Esq.; T. A. Liddell, Esq. The following papers were
read: The President—lntroductory Address on General
Improvements in Mechanical Science during the Peat Year.
W. I M. Rankine, Esq.—Report of the Committee ap-
',Mittel in 1842 to prepare a Memorial to the Ron. Esr.
India Company on the Means of Cooling Air in Tropical
Climates. The Rev. Dr. Scoresby—On Railway Accidents
by Collision, and their P lon. A. Crosekill, Esq.—On
Reaping Machinery.

The first
Jarrett street, on Wednesday evening.

took place is the Music Hell,

FALLING OF A PORTION OF GREAT WILD-
London, England, 1853-09-09

GERMANY.

The Prussian and Austrian governments have jest
published the official reports which have reached
;hem on the results of the harvest. In Prussia,
although the frequent rains prevented the harvest
from being an abundant one, there is, it is stated,
far from a scarcity. The crop of rye in the province
of Prussia, and in the provinces of Posen and Braude-
burg, is good, and even abundant; in Pomerania,
Saxony, and Silesia, it is moderate, and it is orlv io
Lithuania, in Western Pomerania, and in West-
phalia, that it is bad. The same may be said of the
crop of wheat, with this difference, that in West-
phalian is better, and in the ithenish province rather

worse, than that of the rye. In Lithuania, Saxony,
and Silesia, the crop of barley has been a
fair one. The crops of forage have been every-
-1 • here abundant, but a part of them was afterwards
j destroyed by the bad %leather. The price of corn
1 appears to be kept up from a fear of failure in the
potatoes, but the disease in that vegetable is only
partial, and there is nothing to indicate that the pro-
duce will be less than in former years. The crops
are satisfactory in the Tyrol and to Upper Austria;
middling in Carniola and in Austrian Silesia ; good
in Moravia and the liukowine, and very fair in
the duchy of Cracow. The reports from Hun-
gary, Galicia, Transylvania, Lombardy, and other
parts of the empire have not yet been received,
but there is nevertheless reason to believe
that without being as abundant as might have been
hoped the returns will be satisfactory. The price
of land, in certain parts of Hungary, has doubled,
a fact which shows the progress making by agricul-
ture in that country.

THE AFRICAN MAILS.

TILIOIIA.PR.)

PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING.
The Forerunner, Capt. Barnwell, arrived at Ply-
mouth last night from the West Coast of Africa. Her
dates are : Calabar, July 30 ; Fernando Po, August
1; Accra, 6; Cape Coast Castle, 7 ; Liberia, 11 ;
Sierra Leone, 16; Bathurst, 19; Goree, 20; Teneriffe,
26; Madeira, 28; Ferrol, September 6. She
brings twenty-four passengers, and a full general
cargo of oil, gum, cotton, &c. Her voyage home
has been lengthened by calling at Ferrol for
coals. The boats of the Faith, supposed to have
been lost bad been seen, and search was being made
for th m by her Majesty's vessels Ferret and Water-
witch. The Volcano, 5, Commander Coote, was at
Sierra Leone. The Constitution, American frigate,
and the Britomart, sailed from Sierra Leone on
Aug. 13. The Polyphemus, Commander Phillips,
was at Accra, AuF. 6, and was expected at Lagos,
Aug. 16. The Faith, mail steamer, was spoken with
off Cape Finisterre.
The Encounter, one of the Channel fleet, is reported
to have broken down off this port. The steam-tender
Avon is sent out to tow her in.
London, England, 1853-09-09

GREECE.

This Lilliputian state is arming as well as its
neighbours. A royal ordonnance, based on resolutions
of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, decrees
that the army shall receive an addition of 593 men.
'This will make the whole force under arms amount
to 9,630 of the line, the frontier guard and the
gensd'armerie; and 893 veterans. It is impossible
to read this decree without calling to mind the frog
blowing itself out in emulation of the ox.
A ministerial exhortation has been published to
all the loyal subjects of King Otho to contribute to
the relief of the inhabitants of Thebes. An appeal
is also made to Greek residents in foreign countries;
and a modest hint is given to foreigners also that
they may send in their mites. Our modern Greeks
will let nothing slip that may be had for asking.
When the British government some time ago made
a present of caws from the Elgin marbles to the
Royal Museum, the Athenian journals began forth-
with to propose that England should give money
to build a house to hold them.
London, England, 1853-09-09

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS D.lll.

The Tallow market is very firm, with a good demand both
on the spot and for the last three months. Town Tallow is
quoted 50s. 6d. nett cash ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 525.
Oct. to Dec., 621.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.-THIS DAY.
The supply of Beasts i, small, consequently th arc pretty
readily disposed of at Monday's rates. The number of
Sheep is not large, but the trade is exceedingly dell.
There being a very scanty attendance of buyers,
several lots. remain unsold. Lambs may be now
considered nearly out season; only a few choice
ones are saleable. The Calf trade is scarcely as good
as on Monday last. Our foreign supply consists of 296
Beasts, 2.870 Sheep, 471 Calves, and 70 Pigs; Northern
and Midland Counties, 353 Beasts ; milch Cows, 95.
Per gouu of .. .1. d. Yer d.
ben .tedt., II erefonla.. 4 6 4 8 • Best its,, t tif,.ada
Bea Shur-horns ...... 4 4 4 6, Hunt Luat-woola 4 6 4 It
doodad quallw Bout, 28 3 8 Do. la. tthara
tadva, .......... ...... 3 6 4 6. ?mei awl rdoond quality 3 8 4 1
PIP 3 8 4 8 , no.
Du* Ilalf-hrt.l• 60 6 2 La Ott . ..• ... 46 5 4
=net, 951 ; dLet. and Lamm, 9,5 M Cal.; 667;
Piss. 335.

HIDES.-T:

DAY.

LEanuttuaLL.-The present prices are: 561 b to ellbs.
; 641 b. to 721 h., 3d. to 30. ; 721 b. to 831 b., 31d. to 34d. ;
801 b. to 881 b., 3id. to 31d.; 881 b. to 9411 b., 30. to 4d.;
961bs. to 1041bs , 4d. to 41d.; 1041bs. to 1121b5., 41d. to 4id. ;
Horse Hides, 63. Calf-skins, light, Is. to 3e.; full, es.
BIRMONDSET.-Sbeep skins, polled, 33. 10d. to 4s. 6d.;
Half.breds, 3s. 6.1. to 43. ; Dawns, 33. to 3s. Bd.; Lambs,
21. Bd. to 4s. 4d.
London, England, 1853-09-09

BOROUGH HOP MA RKETTHIS DAY.

Messrs. Psttenden and Smith report that the demand for
Hope continues good, and prices well maintained. no
duty still continues stationary at from 155,000/. to 180,0001.
Weather too wet and cold for the Hops, which continue in
an unusually backward state.
London, England, 1853-09-09

STREET RAGGED SCHOOL.

Last night, at a few minutes before nine o'clock,
the inhabitants of the densely populated neighbourhood of
Great Wild-a:rev, Lincolo's-inn•fields, were thrown into
the greatest consternation in consequence of the falling in
of one of the floors of the Ragged School in Brewer's-court.
where a meeting was being held, and it was much feared
that several persons were buried in the debris. The most
intense anxiety prevailed for the safety of those who
attended the meeting following so soon upon the frightful
calamity in the Strand. Upon inquiry the following
facts were ascertained. It appears that the building
in question is very old, and situate in Brewer's court,
Great Wild- , between the Red Lion and Rose wine
vaults. Last evening a meeting of the directors and friends
of the institution was held in a large room on the first floor.
At a few minutes before nine o'clock the meeting was
alarmed by a crackling noise, and almost simultaneously
the floor, unable to sustain the additional weight imposed
upon it, gave way, precipitating the greater portion of the
persons present to the Cm: beneath. Many had succeeded
in gaining more substantial footing and on the landing.
Cries for amistanee echoed from all parts, and imagining a
fire had broken out the engines were sent for, and a large
number of labourers were quickly on the spot and rescued
these who were covered with the ruins; and the others
were soon eztrieated, most of whom were more frightened
than hurt, covered with lime and dust, but a few sustained
severe bruises. The engines from Holborn, Chaudos-street,
ant Farriegdon-street soon arrived: their services, fortu-
nately, were not required.

BALLOT DEMONSTRATION AT SOUTH-

AMPTON.

A public meeting wu held on Monday evening
last, in the Tows-hall, Southampton, for the purpose of
aiding in the movement for securing the ballot as a feature
is the promised reform measure of neat session. The
meeting was convened by the Msyor, pursuant to a requi-
sition presented to him by a considerable number of the rate-
' payin and inhabitants of the town. Shortly after the hour
appointed for the meeting the Mayor, who was accompanied
by several influential gentlemen of the town, took the chair.
Resolutions which 'Mimed the necessity of introducing the
ballot as a feature in the Ministerial Reform Bill, and the
importance of taking practical steps for securing that
object, were adopted. Before the conclusion of the meet-
ing, a local committee was appointed, with a view to taking
such further slops as might be deemed necessary for pro-
moting the baba Illovitaient. This committee consisted of
the following geollsma : —The Mayor, Alderman Tacker,
Messrs. Clark sod Norringtoo, Town Councillors; Messrs.
Falvey, A. Peeve, T. Purchase, J. C. Co:, H. Pond, and
C. Hall, with power le eel to their number.
London, England, 1853-09-09

CASUALTiES.

Cherokee (one of the New York and California Mennen)
was destroyed by fire at New York, Aug. 26.—Southampl.
ton, Sept. 8.
Mart4han, in docking, ran against the Prince's pier head
and damaged her bow, which canoed her fire compact.
ment to fill. She lies in the George's Basin.—Liverpool,
Sept. 8.
William, Humphrey, from Dram to Penunce, was on
the Ooster previous to Sept. 6; bat with favourable wet.
titer it was hoped she would be got off; crew saved.—
Antwerp, Sept. 7.

The reports from Sulint to Aug. 2i state there was 7: to
71 feet (English) water on the b.tr, and that the Telegraph,
Jane, Muriaon, and Alvina (English vessels) were outside
and could not enter.—thlats, Aug. 27.
London, England, 1853-03-07

Tuu BYWORTR BURGLARY.

Joh* .Vostrukra, John Leonard, and Joseph Morrell were
indicted for burglary and violence.
William Bevil e, a tine intelligent old man, in his 89th
year, proved that he and hie wife, who is 84 years of age,
lived alone in a cottage at Eyworth. On the night of the
17th of January he heard a noise at the lower part of his
house, and soon afterwards three men came up stairs, one
having • bludgeon, another a gun, and the third a lighted
candle. They demanded his money, and, as he did not get
out of bed quick enough for them, one (Saunders) struck
him on the head in a brutal manner, swore at him,
and insisted upon his giving up his money. The wife
interposed to protect her husband, and one of the villains
struck her on the head and knocked her back in bed. The
poor old creatures were both bleeding from their wounds,
sad the villains made them strip to show they were not con-
mating any property. The prisoner Leonard then marched
the room, holding the candle. The tallest man then found
a boa, which they opened, and from it took the savings of
the poor old couple, amounting to 100 sovereigns, 2d old
guineas, and some silver, and also took a watch and some
other articles. They riled the chest of drawers, and then
left, threatening the old man and woman. The latter
has "not been right since," said the old man
piteously, " and I doubt she
As soon as daylight came the prosecutor got up
and called his neighbours in to show what havoc
had been committed. An alarm was immediately given,
and from the description given by the prosecutor, who had
known the three prisoners by sight, the police soon sun-
needed in capturing the miscreants.
The prisoners were ably defended, but the evidence was
so strong that the jury did not pause a moment before de-
limning their verdict of Guilty.
The Chief Baron then directed judgment of death to be
recorded against the prisoners.
This being the last case the Judge rose from his seat,
and as he was about to retire a man in the court, related
to one of the prisoners, called out to his lordship that he
had committed murder in sentencing him. Me repeated
his calls, and the three prisms's bosom violently excited,
and shouted " Murder" in the met Weide mow. The
court became • scene of great eselenneed, the cries of
murder continued, and terrible desnmistiena were dealt
forth. The prisoners resolutely refined to leave the dock,
but swore they would die there feet. At lost additional
officers sprang ever the bar, dragged the men into the cell,
and ironed them The van was ordered, end the pri-
soners were conveyed to the d midst pest excitement.
The trial lasted until an advanced be of the evening.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Wisc!Ezern, MARCH 4.
London, England, 1853-03-07

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NOTTINGUAX, MAE= b.
Bayou Caw JOINT= lams.
MCIOIII AT NOZWILL.
Mary Autl(f, aged 25, servant, • :sullen, but not bad-
looking woman, was indicted for the murder of her step-
son, Jos.ph Antliff, at the parish of Norwell, near Newark.
Mr. B ttlerton was counsel for the Crown.
The evidence showed that the prisoner had inflicted in-
juries on the child, by which its death was caused.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter.
ilibe we. sentenced to transportation for :the term ell has
natural lib.
London, England, 1853-03-07

iiivie conuoi.

1848 _____ _______.
£35,442
1849
_._ 119,592

1850
1851
1852
The large amount of the silver coinage during the last
year, compared with any former year, at least shows that
the great inconvenience which has been experienced from a
scarcity of silver coin has not arisen from any decline in the
work of the Mint, notwithstanding the great additional
work which it has been called upon to perform in furnishing
gold coin.
It would be premature, with the short experience which
we have had of the effects of the gold discoveries upon our
Mint, to decide as yet upon any change in our present prac-
tice ; but at least we are bound narrowly to watch their
operation, in order, when it becomes necessary, we may the
better be prepared to act in conformity with sound prin-
ciples and well-ascertained facts.—Ecotsomiat.

PAYMENT OF WAGES.—On Saturday wag printed
a bill, before the House of Common'', "To secure the pay-
ment of wages without stoppages." The object of this
measure is to abolish the truck system in every possible
shaye, under penalties.
STRIKES.—The yachtsmen at Cowes have struck
for higher wages.—A large number of agricultural labourers
in the neighbourhood of Andover, Musts, have just struck
fur higher wages.
M. MAZZINI.—The Turin correspondent of the
Ihibats states that M. Martini had succeeded in embarking
at Genoa on board the British frigate the Retribution just
as the vessel was leaving port.
London, England, 1853-03-07

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.:

-BEDFORD, MARCH 4.,

The commission wee °posed Jere lest evening by Chief
Baron Pollock, who took his Nat in the Crown Court at 11
o'clock this morning. The greeter put of the cases were
larcenies of a very trifling nature; one prosecution from
the neighbourhood of Luton was really deserving of repro-
bation. A woman, having a belly in bolero's, was arraigned
on • charge of stealing a piece of muslin. When the article
was produced, it we. a small whits rag, apparently a strip
sir a white frock. There was a queries to whom the rag
really belated, both prosecutris sad prisoner stoutly
claiming it. The jury very properly auoitted the prisoner.
London, England, 1853-03-07

PENINSULAR MAILS.

The Oriental Companrs steam-packet Madrid,
Captain John Weeks, arrived at Southampton yes-
terday, and landed her mails under the charge of
Lieutenant William Persse Nowenham, R.N., Admi-
raltT agent. Her dates are :—Gibraltar, Feb, 25 ;
Cadiz, Feb. 26 ; Lisbon, March 1; Oporto, March 2 ;
Vigo, March 3.
Among her passengers were the Duke of Saxe-
Coburg-Gotha and suite, and the Marquis de Louie,
with hie sou.
Our correspondent writes:
LISBON, MARCH 1.
The chambers in this the second month of their
session are still discussing their reply to the speech
from the throne. No business of importance is trans-
acted, a general relaxation is visible in the condition
of the government, and the worlaly wise in parlia-
ment are beginning to look out for the next change
in the political drama. A late division exhibited
two members of the royal household voters in oppo-
sition, and this fact has been interpreted as a sign
that Saldanha is losing his ground at the court. The
Minister persists in affirming that he is embarrassed
with applications for railway concessions, but de-
clines replying explicitly to the questions which are
put in the Cortes.
The north of Portugal has been visited by an im-
mense fall of snow; several wine carriers and their
mules have perished, being buried alive. The wolves
have descended from the mountains in search of prey;
,and the people in many places have been barricaded
in their houses, the snow being several feet deep.
The weather is still unusually cold here, and much
sickness. An energetic petition has been presented
to the Queen from Oporto, by the tanners, against
the decree which authorises the exportation of bark.
Exchange, 54,1; discount of notes, It per cent.
Accounts from Gibraltar report the good health of
the garrison.
Her Majesty's ships Furious (st.-frigate, 16) and
Antelope (at.-sloop, 3) were at Gibraltar on the 25th
ult. Her Majesty's ship Inflexible (st.-sloop, 6) was
at Lisbon on the let inst.
London, England, 1853-03-07

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1853.

SWITZERLAND.

Two chests filled with Hugo's " Napoleon le
Petit" have been seized by the polioe at Beale,
having camped the vigilance of the German officals.
General Dufour has met with a carriage accident
and broken his right clavicle. The Federal Council
has decided that a sum of 10,000 f. shall be furnished
to the Titians expelled from Lombardy, whilst
waiting for the reply of the Austrian governor to
the representation sent in. Collectiooa of monm
having the same object, are proceeding spiritedly
throughout Switzerland.
London, England, 1853-03-07

SHARE LISTS.

SATURDAY ETINNING.
Business in the railway market to-day wu very
scanty, and the general tone of the market rather
flat. Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and North-
Western, and a few other stocks showed a slightly
retrograde tendency. Edinburgh, Perth and Dun-
dee, Brighton. and Great Northern. were better.
Foreign; shares present no feature of the least
interest.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoox.
Great quietude prevails in the railway market to-
day, and there is scarcely any change is prices. On
the whole the tone of the market may be reported u
slightly fiat. South-Eastern' have again receded,
and Midlands are heavy. Berwieks form an excep-
tion, being slightly higher.
French lines are quiet. Paris and Lyons shares
have receded.

&HARM AND

los lowlay op
to 3 p.m.
London, England, 1853-03-07

THE TAX ON FIRE ASSURANCE.

TO Till BDISOM. OT THI IMPRESS.

SIR,—As there te much excitement for the repeal
or m d:fication of those taxes which prevent cleanliness,
sacrifice health, and retard the spread of knowledge, toge-
ther with the existence of a variety of other obnoxious du-
ties on prudence, allow me to urge unon your attention, as
the advocate and conservator of the interests of the people,
the importance of laying before the present government
the iniquitous administration of duty on fire insurance, an
injustice for which there is now happily no excuse, and for
its continuance there can be no apology, for it is admitted
on all hands to be unjust in its origin, injurious in its ten-
dency, and ruinous in its results, a grievance universal in
itsapplication, and deprecated by almost every man in the
kingdom.
Is it not an enormity of which we, a proverbially pru-
dent •,nation, have occasion to be ashamed, to own that our
statute books contain a law which pur,ues and punishes
with the infliction of 200 per cent. on the premium paid by
every prudent man for the insurance of his house against
lose by fire ?
Of all the unjust burdens that are hid on the shoulders
of this heavily taxed nation, I consider this the most objec-
tionable, inasmuch as it presses with undue severity on the
thoughtful and prudent, whilst the lukewarm and apathetic
are deterred by this tax from the security arising from the
benefits afforded by insurance ; the reckless and imprudent
being determined to escape from this government charge,
avoid the payment cf their fair quota to the revenue, ex-
pose themselves to ruin, and too frequently involve their
creditors in bankruptcy. I content myself wit inviting
your attention to the existence of this evil', and leave the
suggestion for its revision or repeal in your able hands, not
doubting that you will receive the cooperation and grati-
tude of a justice-loving nation. STEPHEN BROAD
Rye-house, Peckham, March 3, 11353.
London, England, 1853-03-07

MILITARY.

The legislature of the Australian colonies have re-
solved to issue to the troops serving there a special extra
allowance, in addition to their regular daily pay. Officers
are to receive five shillings per day extra, and non-commis-
sioned officers and soldiers threepence half-penny per day,
the equivalent to the stoppasre for their daily rations. The
exemplary.conduct of the troops in the colonies in resisting
all the temptations to swerve from duty which have been
offered by the discovery of gold, is specifically ac-
knowledged by the legislature in making this grant.
The examination of " Goldner's preparation," at the
Victualling Yard, Deptford, has at length concluded, and
only 8/ per cent. of the whole was found eatable. Bones,
putrid kidneys, bits of heart, and masses like badly made
putty or chalky mud, were found in greater or lees abun-
dance. It is intended to commence, this summer, the
building of new barracks at Kensington, to accommodate
detachments of c tvalry and infantry. Lieutenant Mac-
donnell of the 55th Foot, is to receive the appointment of
Paymaster, vice Captain Boggie, retiring to half-pay on
medical certificate, and Lieutenant Grant is to have the
I'aymastership of the 61st Foot, Tice Toole deceased.—
United Service Gazette.

TUE YELLOW FEVER IN TUE WEST INDIES.—
The only officer of the West India Company's service who
has fallen a victim to the yellow fever, since the last advises,
L Dr. Wells, the surgeon of the Derwent.
London, England, 1853-12-19

NAVAL.

DFxo?PORT, DEC. 18.—The steam block skip,
Algiers. 90 guns, will be launched from this yard in Jan•
neat. The newly-entered men of the St. Jean d'Acre (s.s )
have been pail advance wages, and the vessel has sailed for
Lisbon. The Prospero (tug) arrived on Thuraiay from
Pembroke, and proceeded next day is the same port, w:tere
she will be stationed.
London, England, 1853-12-19

TILE AFFAIR AT SDIOPE.

A contemporary says:
We have received telegraphic information from
oar own correspondent et Vienna. which brings the
latest news from Constantinople down to the 9th
inst.
The English and French steamers which had been
despatched to Sinope on the 4th had returned to Con-
Istantinople, bringing with them 400 wounded, and

ne further particulars of the late engagement.
It appears that no less than 4,000 Turk, perished
in the battle ; they fired first, and are said to have
behaved with great bravery,—the Russians, who
were the real aggressors, with great cruelty. The
arrival of the English and French steamers pro-
bably rescued the wounded survivors of the Turkish
squadron from a miserable death.
The movements of the combined fleets consequent
on the return of the steamers were not known with
certainty at Constantinople on the 9th inst., but it
was reported that they were immediately to enter
the Black Sea ; and it was further reported that the
Turkish fleet would attack Sebastopol.
This last rumour, however, must be received with
great distrust.

The Belgian Minister of Finances has presented
to the Chamber of Representatives the promised bill
relative to the duties on foreign coal. The bill does
not fix the duties, but authorises the Government to
reduce, suspend, or re-establish them.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
(T9.01t OUR OWN CORRISPONDINT.)
London, England, 1853-12-19

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.-THIS DAY.

Mean. iattenden and Smith report that the market
remains in a quiet state. It is expected, after Christmas is
over, that prices will again rally for all descriptions of hops•

COAL MARYET.—THIS DAY.
Holysrei2,3ls. 611.; West Hartley, 24. 6d. Best coals
3b. to 355.-17 ships at market.

' ConocS INVENTION.—The National 'Welk/titre e,
among the h,:tc inventions for which patents have been ob-
tained, notices a curious one by Mr. Hobert M. lierrison, of
Philadelphia. it Is a clock, different
from any herntofora
made, it being weithout the slightest noise cr any alternation
in its motion ; and from this latter tact prernitis to be of
the greatest use in Jibe science of astronomy. In ibis clock
Mr. Kerrison hesanczeeded in overcoming a hiniculty which
has been made the study of scientific mechanics fur nearly
two centuries, being first attempted by Huygens as t arty
as 1668.
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in tie level of the ground about the Mission. During the
last twenty months the surface of the earsk at the Mission
has been elevated about eighteen inches; bet the °Lange
was not accompanied by any perceptible quake or subter-
ranean noise. It is well known that very remarkable
changes of this kind are constantly going on in South
America. In the Straits of Magellan the earth has been
:e.sed more than 16 feet, the islands of °kilo* and Madre
de Dios have raised 10 feet, Talcahuano 17 feat. Tins 12'
t,,et in 12 years, and Cohija 5 feet in two years. The
eart4 has likewise been perceptibly raised within a few
ran ,tit Panama, Viejo, and San Blas.—Alfa Callfornia.
London, England, 1853-12-19

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocx.

The English stock market opened this morning
without change, and, after an advance of per cent.,
is now j per cent. higher than it closed on Saturday.
Consols opened 941- to 1, advanced to 94; to I, and
are now quoted 941 to ; ex div. for the 18th Jan.
Business remains quiet. The Three per Cents. Re-
duced have been dealt in at 94;; the Three-and-a-
Qaarter per Cents., at 95; to 96} ; Exchequer Bills,
2s. to 51. prem.; India Bonds, par to 4s. prem.
The foreign stock market is dull, with little change
in prices. In Peruvian no transactions ate recorded.
Mexican is quoted 24; tot ; and Spanish Deferred,
22 to I. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have
been dealt in at 981 to I ; Sardinian at 91 ; Spanish
Old Three per Cents. at 461, and Brazilian Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. at 93; ex div.
London, England, 1853-12-19

of despotism and aided that of freedom. These
things naturally prevent our feeling any great con-
fidence that Lord PaLMIASTON would do our dirty
by Turkey even now, if he were at th• head of
affairs to-morrow. There is a persuasion that he is
a continental, if not an English, liberal at heart—
and the lovers of freedom in all countries often turn
to him with hope, on account of the hatred said to
be borne him by the despots. But these sentiments
excited by some acts of his life are so overshadowed
by so many things repugnant to the national good
sense, that weighed in the balance for future high
office he will be found wanting. Like Mr. DISRAELI,
Lord PALMERSTON has hundreds of admirers of his
cleverness, but no " following" in the House of
Commons secured by any lofty faith in his morale.

LATEST FROM ABROAD.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

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PARIS, SENDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur gives the following from Vienna,
dated 17th :
" According to a Russian telegraphic despatch
from Bucharest of December 14, a Turkish corps' of
ten thousand men suffered an important defeat on
November 26, in the environs of Achalzick, in Asia.
"The Turks are said to have lost a thousand men,
two hundred prisoners, thirteen cannon, and some
colours. The affair lasted eleven hours. The Rus-
sians admit but a hundred men hors de combat. nine
officers wounded, and among them Gen. Freitag."

The Press. of Vienna publishes a letter from
Bucharest of the sth announcing (for the fifth or
sixth time) that a Russian general had left for Kra-
jowa, with formal orders to attack the Turks, and
drive them out of Little Wallachia.

Letters from Odessa, of the sth, affirm that an
army of reserve of 40,000 men was forming at Sebes-
topoL According to some accounts this corps was
destined to make a descent upon Varna, but the
general opinion was that it would form a reserve to
supply the losses of the army in Asia.
A letter from Odessa of the 6th states that a divi-
sion of Russian war steamers is cruising off Varna,
far the purpose of intercepting any Turkish convoys.
London, England, 1853-12-19

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 17.—THE LATE ROYAL COM.
1111eIcr.—The Vice• Chancellor, hiving received from the
Chancellor of the University a letter dated Lkcember 12,
1863, addressed to his royal highot se by herklajesty's Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department, respecting the re-
port of the commissioners for Inquiring into the state, dis-
cipline, studies, and revenues of the university and colleues,
has given notice that there wit be a convocation on Fri-
day, the 23rd inst., when the following grace will be offered
to the senate :—To appoint a syndicate to take into conside-
ration such parts of the said letter as relate to the univer-
sity, and to make such remarks thereon as they may deem
fit for the purpose of their being transmuted by the Vice-
Chancellor to his royal highness.
London, England, 1853-12-19

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.-THIS DAY.

The supply of EnglA wheat was small this morning.
and sold readily at an advance of 3.. to 50. per quarter
upon the currency of Monday last, and large business wu
done in foreign wheat, at an improvement of 44. per quar-
ter upon that day's rates, and the transactions would have
been more considerable, had it not been that many holders
demanded a still greater advance.
American flour must be noted 2s. per barrel higher.
Barley also improved 3i. to 4s. per qr. upon the depressed
currency of Mendel last.
Oats sold freely at Is. per qr. more money than could be
obtained in the early part of lost week.
Beans were worth Is. more money, and peas were fully
as dear.
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ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM DEC. 12th to DEC. 17th.
EWhea4srle2 I 23070217 23109 *44. 34%1
16 29.3 1344 2.0;0

ow -
-
Malt ..... 6270 I 33
Floor. 3,413 melts and 3,957 barreta.

MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

The private contract markets are not active ; yet most
article a have a firm appearance.
The public sales declared for to-morrow are rather large,
vis.:—Sugar : 200 hbels. Barbadoes, 5,000 bags Mauritius
4,600 bags Bengal, and 9,000 bags Madras. Coffee: 500
casks plantation Ceylon, 1,000 bags native Ceylon, 300
hales Mocha, 600 bags East India, and 350 bags Rio ; Cocoa :
120 bags Guayaquil ; Rice : 4,000 bags Madras.
Cosntic—There appear to be buyers of native Ceylon at
48s. 6d., but we have not heard of any business done.
London, England, 1853-12-19

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

LIVERPOOL, SVXDAT, MIDNIGHT.

By the arrival of the Royal Mail steam-ship
Canada, Capt. Stone, from Boston and Halifax, with
the usual mails from the United States and British
North America, we have received a copy of the Mee-
sage presented to the Congress of the United States
by the President, of which the following is a sum-
mary :
The Preident opens his message with a thanks-
giving for the general prosperity the country enjoys.
The diplomatic relations of the United States with
foreign powers are stated to be essentially unchanged
since the last assemblage of Congress. The pending
questions still under arrangement with some of these
states are in course of amicable adjustment.
Negotiations are in progress with England re-
specting the ii,hery question, and there are fair pro-
spects that a settlemeat of a favourable character for
American fishermen will be come to. _ _

The President next refers to questions of an em-
barrassing nature that have arisen between the
United States and England respecting Central Ame-
rica. England proposes arrangements calculated to
produce an amicable adjustment of the matters to be
arranged, and the American minister, now in Lon-
don, is at present engaged in the pending negotia-
time. _ _

The President recommends that the boundary line,
between the United States and the British North
American Provinces in the north-west, should be
traced and marked. . .

The Message reports that some progress has been
made in negotiating a treaty of commerce and navi-
gation with France.
In reference to the piratical expeditions against
the island of Cuba, the message declares that, since
' the last Coogrems, no attempts have been made by an
unauthorised expedition within the United States
against the Spanish colonies; and that, should any
movement be made with such an object in view, all
the means the President has at his command shall be
vigorously exerted to repress the attempt at any such
organisation.
Congress is recommended to make prompt payment
of the Spanish claims in the case of the schooner
Amistad. _ _

With respect to the Hoists affair, the President
declares that, after a careful consideration of the
matter, he has arrived at the conclusion that 'Coast*
was illegally seized at Smyrna, and that he was
wrongfully detained on board the Austrian ship at
war ; that at the time of his seizure he was clothed
with the American nationality. The acts of the
American officers under the circumstances are also

declared to have been justifiable, and they are fully
approved. The compliance with the subsequest
demandsof Austria is declined, while the principles
maintained by the It■ited States Secretary of State
in his correspondence with the Austrian minister,
Berea nableMlll2o, will on all similar occasions be
applied and enforced.
A brief reference follows with regard to the expe-
ditions despatched to China and Japan.
The dispute between the United States and Mexico
regarding the Mesilla Valley is stated to be un-
settled. _ _ . .

The message reports that the United States minis-
ter at the court of the Brazils has been instructed to
London, England, 1853-12-19

TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY.

In spite of the smallest delivery on record (viz., 1,269
casks, the tallow market advances. This is attributable
entirely to the aspect of political affairs. Town tallow is
quoted 595. 6d.; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 675. ; Dec.,
560. 93. ; January to March, 575. 6d.
PARTICULARS OF TALLOW.
[ iftr 2. 1853.

=Rootage hued Ceske...
lelisery lastweek
Do. front let June
Wind last week
Do. from let June
"Hoe Y. C. per ewt.
Do. Town

13071
3,106
66,363
111
$9,360
36.. 9d.
39a. 6d.

49,543 46.128
2,123 1,169
L9,t41 39,335
2,851 5,249
x 8,161 I 112,149
46.. 0/.1. 57, cu.
47.. 3.1. 38•.03.

Do. fi
?rice Y

Arrival for the week ending Dec 27 last year, 313
casks; and delivery, 1,569 casks. The arrivals last week
comprised 4,740 casks from St. Petersburg, 509 from
&mai America. Total, 5,249 casks.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.—THIS DAY.
There is, for the day, a large number of beasts, and most
of the butchers having bought liberally on Monday last—
the great market—trade to-day is very plow. Choicest
descriptions, nowever, are disposed of at fully late rates.
Although the supply of sheep appears small, it is adequate
to the demand. There is considerable inquiry for choice
Downs, and being scarce they are rather demur. There is
a small advance in good calves. Foreign supply consists of
660 beasts, 830 sheep, and 8 calves; from Scotland 120
beasts; Norfolk an.l Suffolk, 400; and 2,000 from the
Northern and Midland Counties.
Per stoat, m stla. A. s. e. 1 Per 6tone of 4.
Haat Beota, Herefords.. 4 6 4 10 i Boot I)a,. a oa
Beet Bhomboras ..... 4 4 4 8, Bat Loric-s,o, • ..... 4 G 4 8
3e-one Quality Heart, 3 6 4 0 , Do. do. St Ir,
tAlTea ........ ....... . 4 0 6 2 , Eyes arsi emoul quAlits 3 8 4
Plan ...... ............ 38 4 8 Do. ao. Mhorn.....
ik.at Doe a 111,1(.4.1•01, 410 6 2 Lambe .
Itev.te at mareet. 3,63); sheep and lamb, 1644); csiror, Z)
P1P,238.
London, England, 1853-12-19

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoci.

Business in railway stocks shows no ifICTESSO of
activity, but the tone of the market is firmer, and
prices in several instances, including Caledonian.,
London and North-Westerns, and Lancashire and
Yorkshires, are the turn in favour of the seller.
London and North-Western stock is now quoted 1031
to 1041; Great Western, 831 to 84 ; Midland, 631 to
641; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 671 to 681; Dover.,
19 to 1 ; Great Northern', 211 to 1; and Caledo-
nians, 281 to 1.
French shares are steady. Northern. are quoted
331 to 1; and Strasbourg*, 331 to a. Paris and
Lyons are rather better, at 14 to I prem.
Luxembourg shares are firm, marking 11.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCIS.

;:z
London, England, 1853-12-26

gbe Court.

WINDSOR, Dac. 24.
The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess
of Kent, the Earl of Clarendon, the Lady-in-Waiting to
the Duchess of Kent and the Baroness de Bpsth.
The Bead of the let Life Guards attended in the Castle
during dinner, and performed the following compositions :
March on H. ueeelre Boat, "Cheer, Bor
Cheer"
Overture or Introduction ((leilda)
Ole*, "Mroner Vaodunek" Sir 11. 8. Bishop Walter. 8/Ina" 'Haney
rantema, littr den Motifs de Dom Ilebratlea Donieetti
rein, " Ginnie"
Delay Masquerade (Ocarina Brother.)
Her Majesty's Private Band afterwards attended in the
evening, and played the following selection :
Overture, " La Barcarolle"
Celeetloa, lieraglio" Meant
Duo, "Marco Spada" Auber
The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this
morning.
The Earl of Clarendon left the Castle this forenoon for
London.

Du. 25.
The Queen's Private Band was In attendance at the
Castle yesterday evening, and performed the following
pieces
°vent" " Okras" Wilber
iotrodoctios. "M.rie" Bank'
Mounts Ilisootto, Trio awl Male (dl
foots)
The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, sod Princess Alice, the ladies sad gentlemen of
the court, and the domestic household, attended divine
service this morning is the private chapel of the Cutie.
The Duchess of Kent was also at the service.
The Hon. and Rev. 0. Wellesley officiated, and adminis-
tend the holy sacrament.

The Earl of Clarendon »turned to London ottpaturday
from Windsor Castle.
Despatches were sent to the Governors of Ceylon and
Hong Kong on Saturday from the Colonial-office.
The Observer says :—" Hilt Serene Highness Prince
Leopoid of Saxe Coburg Gotha arrived on Saturday at the
Cutle from town on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince
reached London daring the night, having travelled v»
D•ver from the Continent. His Serene Highness slept at
Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook•street, and proceeded from
the metropolis on Saturday to the Cutle. The royal
dinner party on Saturday evening included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince
Liopnld of Sase Coburg, and the ladies and gentlemen in
waiting. Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg is expected to
be the gust of the Queen for a short period only, his
Serene Highness intending to leave the Castle on Monday
neat (this day). for the purpose of embarking on this Lisbon
packet, to pay a visit to his elder brother, the King Regent
of Portugal."

DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.—The lion. Henry
Elliott, now Secretary of Legation at the Hague, hu been
appointed Secretary of Legation at Vienna. Mr. Nivea
Moore, Cooaol at lityrout, has been promoted to the rank
of Conaul•Oeneral in Syria.
London, England, 1853-12-26

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.

Lord Aberdeen left town on Saturday afternoon
for \Vinds r Curie, to have an audience of the Queen. Ilia
lordship returned to London the care night.
The Duke of Nevrcratle has remained in daily attendance
at the Colouial•ot6ee.

Lord Grenville arrived in town on Friday, the day after
the Cabinet bad their long • ' gof five hours and a half.
The noble earl remains in London.

Sir William Mulesworth is detained from Joining a circle
of friends in the country, and remains in town.
The Hight lion. William Ewart °Winona and Sir James
Graham also continue in the metropolis.
Lord Palmerston has attended et the Home•ofce within
the :list day or two. His lordship's Under-Secretary of
S•atc, the lion. Henry Fitzroy, came to town in the middle
of last week.

Sir George Grey, who arrived in town in the early part
of the wetk from his country resi.lence, Eillodon, North-
umberland, took his departure on Saturday night (or
lallodon.

THROUGH TOLLS.—On Wednesday the collector
at Newcastle-on-Tine was summon. d before the bench at
that t.,era for using threatening language to a person who
refused to pay him 44. for a butt of currants, but who
bad offered him 2d. The collector having offered an apology
ant paid the costs, amounting to 2'. 15s. 2d., the case was
withdrawn, but it was admitted that the toll which bad
beta collected for years was illegal.)
London, England, 1853-12-26

SADLER'S WELLS.

Here the piece is one with the good old title of Harlequin
and Toni Thumb ; or, Mother Goose's Goldin Gosling,-
The first scene is a vision of Guildhall, Clog and Magog,
and the civic accessories of that gorgeous and gorging kind
customary to Guildhall on festive occasions. 'Progress
appears, and, shattering the put to fragments, Mother

1 Goose and her goslings are the on!y things left entire •
Tom Thumb is proposed for the Christmas novelty, and the
next change accordingly brings to view the cottage of Toes
Thumb, where all the historic achievements of the sin,
hero are duly represented. Finally the little tnenik,n
is
carried off by a raven, and alights on the summit of Giant
Grumbo's Castle, where he rescues the Princess, end Pet
forms ell sorts of valorous deeds. He is, however, owel.
lowed at last by the Giant, to whom he performs the office
of an emetic. He is next swallowed by a fish, and ski.
mately finds his way to King Arthur's table, where be is
extracted from the interior of a fine salmon, and rewarded
by the king with the hand of his daughter, whom be has
saved. The harlequinade follows.

OLYMPIC.
The Adventures of Columbus form the subject of a red
pantornine, the story being told by action aloae. The
opening introduces us to Lethe's Wharf, in the Realm, of
State Quo. Stagnant', the presiding (airy of this dreary
and slow region, has an altercation with Roeketine, the
Genius of Go•a-bead, who, not satisfied with the march of
improvement in this world, is seeking a new one by mess
of Columbus. With their mutual defiances, and promises
of aid to Columbus on t►e one hand, and or obstruction on
the other, the fairies start on the Viaduct of Dame Ignotum,
leading to the realms of Pro Magnifico. Columbus is in.
troduced to the King and Queen of Spain by Donna Do-
lores, whom he has captivated ; he obtains his three ships,
but before be sets out on his voyage, he performs many
wondrous feats of arms. We have neat a balcony scene,
in which Don Tremendo, his rival, is not only cut out in
the love of Donna Dolores, but pressed for sea by the
1 crew of Columbus, while the lady follows, as in the pathetic
ballad of " Dilly Taylor," we are introduced to
the deck of the Santa Maria, the caravel of Columbus
The Santa Maria sails RCM!e the stage to the islands of the
1 New World, in front of the vast carved temples, which the
travels of Stephens and the illustrations of Catherwood,
I first made known to us. Here we follow the Spaniards in
their first c.ntact with the savages, who, under their
cacique (Tazemaneatemala) and minister (Pokeistingerin-
everymanslett), at first receive the wondrous strangen
hospitably at a banquet, when, to the disgust of Columbus
' and Dona Dolores, it is found that the dishes area la canni-
bal, and the indignant navigator rising, so outrages the
feelings of the savages by his denunciation of the horrid
banquet that he is about to fall a sacrifice to their wrath,
when Stagnant& and Kockeline appearing, the transforma-
tion takes place.
London, England, 1853-12-26

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Counter of Min (ship), from Bombay for Liverpool, Oct. 7, lat. 31
8., Ir. 40 W.
Chsudenasore (barque), from Colombo for London, Oct. 13, lat. 34 flw
lon. 20 W.
Cigola, from Newfoundland f Liverpool, Dec. 10, lat. 48 N., ion. II
w., with part of bulwarks stove.
Lady Honig (brig), of Glasgow, tor Port Phillip, Dec. 17, lat. 43 N..
lon. 9 W.

Ritasi, Taylor, from Lamina for Calcutta, Oct. 25, lat. 10.47 S., ton.
20.55 W., 42 day. out; all well.

GREAT TAKE OP HERRINGS.—On Thursday our
bay contained immense shoals of herring, and the fisher-
men being on the alert, realised a plentiful catch, particu-
larly on the north shore. The market was abundantly
supplied, and owing to the quantities procured, they were
retailed at one halfpenny per dozen. The late fi'hing season
has been less productive than usual, and we trust that this
seasonable assistance to the fishermen will be of frequent
occurrence, as we understand the whole of the coast' has
been prolific of fish during the past few weeks.—Southern

--[karertisement.)--HoLLowar's PILLS a superior
: remedy fur se.. re coughs, recent colds, affections of the chest and
lungs. This far-famed medicine is the most atonlsking remedy ever
known for the cure of recent cable, old coughs, asthmas, and all affix.
times of the chest; to which fact many sufferers base tetititil. Its
! peculiar propertie4 are each as to give the patient immediate relief,
and eventually effect a perfect cure ; it speedily removes the accumu-
lated phlegm, thereby siring freedom to the respiratory organs. Be
let the asthmatic, or those suffering from tightness of breath, dieting
of the lungs, or similar cumin:lints., have recourse to there inestimable
pills, to insures permanent restnration to health.—Soid by all
druggists; and at Professor Ilikoway's establishment, 214, Wanda
Laudon.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
London, England, 1853-12-26

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Die. 24.
A letter from Lord Palmerston, who anpears still
to hold the seals and to discharge the du. ies of the
Home Secretaryship. is published in the Tahiti. In
' answer to an application by Mr. lAMB, Lord Pal-
merston orders the transmission of a copy of the fol-
lowing order:
Whitehall, Dm 14, 1853.
Sir,—l have laid before Viscount Palmerston your letter
of the 28th ultimo, reporting as to the means adopted in the
several convict prisons for the religious instruction of pri-
sonen of the Roman catholic church. It appears to Lord
Palmerston that each convict should, on his or her admis-
sion, be asked what is his or her religion, sod that they
should be placed accordingly in in account to be kept for
that purpose. His lordship iv also of opinion that there
should be appointed at each prison a Roman catholic priest,
to be paid by au annual sum proportioned to the average
number of catholic convicts, and nut paid by each vi•it ; and
also that the catholic chaplain shall have the tame facilities
of access to the catholic convicts which the protestant chap-
lain has to the protestant convicts.
I 'am, therefore, to nqueat that you will furnish his
•.
lordship with a gatemen, of the average number of Roman

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catholic convicts in confinement in the be vth 1 convict
prisons and bills:, together with your opinion as to the
annual amount
.which it wotflrl be pr)per to award to a
catholic priest at each place of coufluement.—l am, Sir,
(Signed) li. WADDINUTUS.
Lieut.-Colonel Jebb, C. 15 , &c., &c.

EXCHEQUER NISI PRIUS.

I.II.JILS TB& Clitir SAWN JoilD • FroCitL JUST.