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John Dixon, Esc). John Martin, Esq.' M.P.
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the Profits with Quinquennial Division, or a luw Rate of premium
without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June 1855, when
all participating policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
at Christmas, 1854, will be allowed to share in the profits.
At the several past divisions of profits made by this Company, the
reversionary Bonuses added to the polices from one half the profits,
amounted, on an average of the different ales, to about 1 per cent.
per anitum on the sums insured, and the total bonuses added at the
four sentennial divisions exceeded 770,0007.
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United States of America, have been materially reduced.
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attained in each case a value not under 507.
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The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st
Deeem4er, 1847, is as roi tows :

Time Assured. Sum addedto
assured. Sum Ti
Policy MlB4l

£5OOO !I3 years 10 mths
5000 1 year
1,000 12 gears
1000 7 years
1000 1 year
&00 'l2 years
500 I 4 years
500 1 year

£638 6 8

100 0 0

Snmaddedto Sum payable
Policy in 1848 at Death.

£787 10 0 .£6470 16 8
112 10 0 51t2 10 0
157 10 0 1257 10 0
157 10 0 1157 10 0
22 10 0 1022 10 0
7i 15 0 628 15 0
45 0 3 545 0 0
11 5 0 5ll 5 0

MR. FOX MA ULE AT PERTH.
Mr. Fox Maule, who has been appoiteed to the office
of President of the India Board, addressed the electors
of Perth in the City Hell there, on Thursday, asking a
renewal of the political connection that bad so long ex-
isted between them. On the same day Mr. Charles
Gilpin arrived in Perth to oppose Mr. Maule, and he
also shortly addressed the electors. The nomination is
to take place on Monday, but it is not generally thought
in Perth that Mr. Gilpin will go the poll, as his chance
of success is very remote. It will be seen from what
follows, that Mr. Manic touched on a number of im-
portant topics.
Lard ProvoseDewau, who occupied the chair, intro-
duced Mr. Menlo to the meeting.
Mr.'MILE said the present was the fourth time he
had appear. d before them as a canhidato for that high
honour. Twice they had returned him without a con-
tes', and once they had returned him triumphantly after
a contest. They had had experience of him is various
capacities—as acting rgaiust the Government of the
day, as an independent Member of Parliament acting
with the Government, and as a Member of her Majesty's
Cabinet—and during all that time he was proud that he
had been able to maintain the confidence of
the electors, and to carry out the liberal principles with
which he started, without ever having heard the least
whisper of dissatisfaction from the constituency. It had
been often stated and asserted, during the recess, and
deMt upon with great perseverance by that portion of
the press opposed to the present Cabinet, that nothing
existed but a weak Government, unable to guide and
conduct the destinies of this great nation. He did not
stand there to praise the Government; but this ho would
say, that the present Government had been in power
long enough not to be unwilling now to retire, and they
remained in office more for the sake of the country, and
of the Cr own, than from any wish to cling to power. If
those persons Who were always complaining of the Go-
vernment as weak, and blaming them for their tena-
cietisness of taw, would look beekeiver &year or two,
they would find that when Lord John Russell lost, not
the cenfid nee of his political opponents—for that he
never seught to obtain—but what be supposed to be the
Confidence of bis political friends, he immediately ten-
dered his resignation to her Majesty. That resignation
was not accepted. If it were shown to him that there
was a stronger Government and a better Government
ready to assume the reins of power, he would at once
give place to it. But so long as no stronger Govern.
ment was pointed out to them, so long as no other
party was prepared to form a government, her Ma-
jesty's present advisers would continue where they
were; they would go on in what they conceived to be the
path of duty, laying before Parliament such measures
us they believed to be conducive to the good of the coun-
try, and submitting without regret to the judgment of
Parliament concerning them. With regard to his own
past conduct, he appealed to them, that he had pursued
it straightforward and consistent career. On various oc-
caeions he had felt it his duty to oppose what he con-
sidered extreme views on the question of Reform. He
was reproached with having, on several occasions, op-
posed motions in the House of Commons by Mr. Hume.
'He admitted that he had done so, and he was ready to
give his reasons for so doing. With regard to the
people's charter, he frankly avowed that he was no
Chartist, and no man need look for him to support the
Charter. He confessed that several motions had been
made by Mr. Hume, the purport of which he (Mr.
Mauls') could not pretend to understand. Mr. Hume
had made motions for household suffrage. He (Mr.
Mauls_) did not understand what Mr. Hume's household
suffrage meant. If it meant that the owners of houses
should have a vote, its effect would be to restrict the
present suffrage; aid if it rnsant that every occupant of
a hou,e should have a vote, then that would be equiva-
lent to universal suffrage, and this he (Mr. Maule) could
not support. Another point brought forward by Mr. Hume
was what was called " electoral districts." Neither could
he vote for this. It was a measure which would have the
effect of disfranchising Perth, of merging it in a large sur-
rounding rural district, and, instead of sending a Mem-
ber to Parliament as at present, it would, under the
proposed arrangement, have the privilege of returning
only the fractional part of a member. He had resisted
this propcaal, and would resist ir, for the sake of the in-
tegrity of the electoral privileges of Perth; and he
would warn ail small burghs to beware of being swamped
in the proposed electoral districts. Under the present
arrangement many interests—he might even say all in-
terests—were represented in Parliament; but by the pro-
posed scheme of electoral districts there would be only
two interests—that of theaown and that of the land—
they would be brought into direct and dangerous anta-
gonism with each other, and as that was what he never
hoped to see, he would resist a measure which he
thought was calculated to bring it about. Another
question was a favourite with the House and with the
country, and on it he wished to disburden his mind.
That was the ballot. When he wan first returned for
this county, and'afterwards when be was returned for the
city, he was opposed to the ballot. After that on one
occasion he voted for it in the House of Commons. A
practice prevailed in some places, and particularly in
some counties in the south of Scotland, of manufacturing
faggot voters; and after careful investigation of the
call, he came to the conclusion that the ballot was the
only effectual cure for it, and under that impression he
voted for it. But though sworn to sectesy as to the pro-
posed measures of the Government, he was at liberty to
say this much in reference to the forthcoming Refiwns
13M—that it would effectually provide against the manu-
facture of those fictitious votes. That being the case,
the only reason that ever appeared to him to justify the
ballot would be done away with. If they had universal
suffrage, the ballot might follow as a matter of course;
but so long as there were two classes—so long as there
was the distinction of electors and non-electors—he had
no right—no person had any right—to withhold from
the non-elector the knowledge of' how the elector gave
his vote. If they had the ballot the elector might talk
bravely and valiantly to his neighbour the non elector
of how he meant to vote, and might then go and ceposit
his vote secretly in the electoral urn in quite a different
way. But farther, the ballot never served the purpose
for which it was intended. In the United States they
bad the ballot in name, but not in essence, for every one
knew how his neighbour voted. And if they crossed the
Channel, did they find no warning,there? They had the
ballot in France; but had it given them liberty—had it
given liberty to the press or to the people? It had
done no such thing. They had the ballot; but they
had also a Government which had no respect for
property, .no respect for the liberty of the people,
no respect for the liberty of the press; they had the
ballot, hut the press was gagged in such a way as, if
he saw she like here, he should blush for his native
country. These were practical arguments against the
ballot, and he had now made a cleats breast on the sub-
Jed. Now, he wished that the seal of secrecy were not
upon his lips, otherwise they might have a peep into fu-
turity. He was bound by his oath not to divulge the
secrets of the Cabinet; but he had the satisfaction to be
able to say, that on Monday next the new plan of Re-
fint would be developed by Lord John Russell in the
Mime of Commons. If he could not say more on that
point, he be begged to assure them it was out of respect
for his oath, and from no disrespect to them. A charge
had been brought against him on another point—he had
been charged with extravagance as regarded the public
expenditure. This was a hard charge to bring against
the present Government, for they had made greater
reductions in.public salaries, and had cut off more pub-
lic and useless offices, than any other Government
had ever done. This was the course they had pur-
sued, and this course they still intended to pursue
The policy, he would not say of the Government, but
of the Parliament, had been to reduce taxes. From
finance he would pass to Church matters. Of all other
subjects, he knew of none that was pressing more
heavily on men's minds, and • occasioning more alarm
through the length and breadth of England, than the
subject 'of the Church. He would not enter on any
matters of sectarian difference, but the time was come
when every person in his circumstances was called upon
to state distinctly on what principles his Church pixy
was based. Ha had always given them to know that
his principles were thoroughly Protestant, and that he
held that every man ought to be at liberty to perform
his religious duties according to the dictates of his own
conscience, and to incur no civil disabilities for so doing
But some would go further than this; for the sake of
paucreotehse.Now, yware
distinctthis wa santhdesopenelyifiscupbjleedcgt;
prepared to extend, not only civil
equality,h
but
ona
nwdh
he
which h h he
de
also to give endowments to all sects and
c
had ever given a
measure;
still to say that he could not support any proposal for
ttehme
peonrdaorwympeaee might be bought by such a endowment of the Catholic clergy of Ireland. A
but the principle was evil; and he bad no mind to do
Ire-
land evil that good might come. But the Catholics of re-
lend had one endowment already, against which there
endowmentwas a strong
of m
feellyingnoionthth.:isFcoounnnterryly.
tlhinevaoltleudfeodr tom athye_
nooth came before Parliament every year, among what
were called the miscellaneous estimates. It was a stand-
ing occasion of bitter religious disputes in Parliament as
often as it was brought forward. Year after year he had
voted for this grant. BUt in 1845 Sir R. Peel took the
grant out of the hands of Parliament altogether, and
placed it as a charge on the Consolidated Fund. He
( Maul()) did not think that this was the proper course,
and he voted against Sir R. Peel's Bill in every stage.
Tee Bill was carried, however, by large majorities.
els]; tpase
ai tnyw ono
ire tim thingik tot
h opposejse
If,
measure,therei.o
therefore
u an y thoughtril i
swhaosu
lwd r
be ne pg,rao; do
sqe
du t
oe
ra
an
no
yt h
me ro.
,o thing
bsuddenly
htto f undo
ridt
ro
fsohrouthlde
orepppeoasel
it of.
lthiee
kiteleawyntoh‘oatth nEroid howeamrdenthißmi;ll,bhuet
ritking the good opinion of many in saying so he was
he relied on their twenty: years' experience of his I'ro-
testant principles to sustain biva in that difficulty.maHye.
Theypa pass to the
co
could not vote to withdraw the endowment
nooth, bat he would resist any endowmenfrom
of the Irish
Catholic priesthood. From this he would
important estion of National Education.
rived at a tine when they found knowledge making
vsaary-
whether they would or not—at a time when, if they did
not take the direction of it into their own bands, its
streams wi find channels of thsir own, to the detriment
of the whole community. Two systems of education had
their a'l vacates at the weatdshaanete• se.
ems
seSartiym
seteousuat
lri
adari tnhkat
nht
oeswt
mind.was
opinion all that
wee,
no Rich thing. Teach a man all the know-
ElivrdQicAuciaciotiwodn!ol

ledge that could be found under the sun, and if you did
not add to it a knowledge of religion, you sent him out
into the world in a worse and more dangerous condition
than though he were steeped in the grossest ignorance.
He could in many things trust the ignorant man; but
the mind that was filled with mere secular knowledge
was more dangerous to society than the grossest igno-
rance that could be found in the worst quarters of our
large cities. On this subject of education they really
did not know how to get on in England.
He despaired
as yet of Government being able to do anything; the
. time was not yet come for Government to take up
. the education cpestion in England. They could only
encourage the (fforts of the various religious parties
who were labouring voluntarily in that field. But in
any such encouragement it was the duty of Govern-
to see that secular education be embued with religi-
ous instruction. He added, that although they might
expect to be abused by all parties, the Government had
almost made up their minds to introduce a measure of
national education for Scotland in the course of this
session. Mr. Maule passed from those questions of peace
to rumours of war. His own Opinion was, that that pa-
ragraph in the Queen's Speech, in which she usually
speaks of being on terms of amity with her neighbour!,
was never more true than on the present occasion. He
tt
oh e
dictatea fa affairs of
e i
th
er
believed there was not the slightest intention on the part
of any nation to enter into u war with this country. But
there was not one present who did not read or hear every
te;da fnudr i
i. h—e
coati.
great military resources; and though we abstained from
day of what was going on in
that
country—though country,
people—still, in a country like this, where everything
aeneydiindtenrofteraetnteerne ipiti
free from panic all the interests and relations of the
country, it would ill become us to live in a fool's para-
depended on the maintenance of credit, and in keeping
to President or
dise on any subject whatsoever; and if any man might
venture to predict what might happen in France
up _to reprove his rashness.
within the next two months, the events of the last two
be on our guard.
He did not think that it was good policy to parade before
the world all our means of defence, to the last bayonet
and the last ship; but he was persuaded that Great Bri-
tain had now ample means to resist any probable aggres-
sionlC (Loud
vearnGboyveprannic, and such a pervade them on the subject
plpteaoriwgicoo'rst and most dangerous of went might arise
Go-
vernmentwt rhy icgha voieigpwhl
tau place to e
be
e
cheers.)ko fnionwvf rahosomi ownal3.tnouytuqs atl
let
Thereat irtoe
wasthem,raaninni fed.
o br
ye
occasionas reason forc a called
Go-
vernments. He trusted that the country would leave the
matter of national defences in the hands of Ministers;
and he was persuaded that if they found occasion to
call upon the country to arm, high and low, poor and
rich, would be ready to do their duty. lie had now laid
before them his political principles and opinions, and
had touched upoa the most important public questions
of the day. After representing the city for ten years,
years, and after a political connexion with the county for
nearly twenty years, he thought that he might confi-
dently ask them for a renewal of the political connexion
which had long subsisted between them, and that he
might ask and expect it so long as events might call for
it,—(Cheers.)
No questions were put to Mr • Mauls, and after a vote
of thanks to him and the Lord Provost, and three cheers
for the Qeeen, the nasetit g broke up.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. -- Rear-Admiral Dundas
hoisted his flag (red at the wizen) on board the Bri-
tannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, at Spithead, at. nine
o'clock yesterday morning, when she saluted the Com-
mander in-Chief's flag wilt 17 guns, which Admiral Sir
ehomas Briggs's flagship Victory, 104, Captain G. B.
Martin, C. 8., acknowledged with 13. The Rear-Ad-
miral and family took leave of Sir Thomas Briggs at
eleven o'clock yesterday morning, and embarked on
board the Lightning steanieveszel for Spithead, where-
upon signal was made from the Victory to the Britannia,
" Admiral (Dandas) coming out immediately; prepare
to weigh after dinner." The Britannia accordingly un-
moored and made everything ready for sailing, when it
wus discovered she was short of water, and signal was
made to the Victory, " Require 90 tons of water." Fifty
tons were sent out immediately. At four o'clock in the
blowing
nptahnr cl
o in
, , a
mfitoahnget-hs
s hmi porfitting too—isning,
which, however, speedilyafternoon signal was made, " Require 40 tons more
water," which was sent out about eight o'clock last night,
b
thus affording a pretty sample of the manner in which a
sheii
hurried off to sea, after
out. A fine fair wind was
changed to a foul one, and during the night freshened
into-a gale, which now continues, so the Britannia
and her gallant Admiral are weatherbound at Spittuad.
The Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Belgravia em-
barked Major-General Cathcart, Major-General Yorke,
and staff at Spithead, at half-past five last evening, from
the steam-tender Sprightly, Mr. George Allen, acting-
master, commanding, and sailed with them for the Cape
of Good Hope. They must have experienced an awful
night at sea in such a vessel.
The Pilot, 16, Commender Hickley, arrived at Spit-
head yesterday morning from the China station. She
nrp,dge-olcifeem
jnbagevrao,nasnhtdeheAtesillaoeininhsiowonfi October, the Cape of
Good Hope on the 18th of December, St. Helena on the
3: eh:0:1111 ofao
American clipper, the Sea Serpent, noted
smart run
with her. They, however, parted' company without any
e a
t,
with
han
natdh ehald4
somewhattah smart
t.
definite result, but the Pilot arrived at the Cape four
days before the American. Her ail
from the Cape
have been anticipated by the packet. Tho Rattler screw
steam-sloop, Commander Mellersh, was at St. Helena
with the mail, on her way to India. The Tortoise was
the only man-of-war at Ascension. The Jackal iron
steam-tender had been dispatched from that depot for
Lagos, with supplies for the beleagueringsquadron off
that slave port, under Commodore Lieutenant
Bruce.
Whymper, R.N., and two other officers came borne pas-
sengers in the Pilot, h veillc' sailed yesterday afternoon
for Devonport, to be paid oft
A new planing machine was tried I'n this dockyard yes-
terday before Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott,
C. 8., and the engineer officers of tht. It is
the invention of Mr. W. .. ect .. B
e establisurnett, for planing hmen
deals,
mouldings, &c., and
willylm plane 80 feet per minute l _
steam. power. The trial was pronounced eminently suc-
cessful.
Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirlingreported to be the
new Lord of the Admiralt . is
by the
veryof Rear-Ad l!? the vacancy caused .
very upright man and ex_ ';'.l Dundas. Sir James is a
The Encounter (Gerep4:enced officer.
Captain Gordon, s
ordered from the Mediterra 14' : '
The First Lord of thenean to this station.
holding his levees on TuesdAydniira"Y will commence
It is reported that the GI i
d it ne"
a ator steam-frigate, Cap-
tain Adams, is ordered from the Coast of Africa to tte
Cape of Good Hope.
The Sampson steam frigate, Catain Lewis T. Jones,
m 3
and the Archer stea- i
cI3P, Commander Strange, are
th
reported to be removed from -
e coast of Africa to the
Lisbon squadron.
The Expres', 6, Command
from the West India to their. Peed, has been ordered
The Inflexible steam-do Brazil station.
been ordered from the °P, Commander Dyke, has
west India station to join the
Channel squadron.
The Dragon steam-frigate Captain Giffard, has also
bent ordered from the Medit '
erranean to join Commodore
Martin's squadron.
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.--jaer Majesty's steam-ship
Vesuvius, Captain Barnard, Navin
g completed her futl,
was warped yesterday to he
leave on Thursday for Lisbron6aillng moorings, and will
Riggers and seamen 001„0_
stow-
ing the steam block ship sans'uced rigging and
main rigging is of iron wire, Paareil on Monday. Her
tops were put over the mastheae'ved with rope. Her
Thursday she took her funnel 0 aby Wednesday. On
received her topmasts and Yard: board. Having since
warped from the jetty to the al; ee sheh has to-day been
Her Majesty's ship Bombay,l34rulk.
masts and spars, and the mash and 111 ordered to receive
ships are to be got ready. Yards of all advanced
SHEERNESS, FRIDAY EVENING. Re
Horatio, 24, screw steam-guardship, c Majesty's ship
I'. Carnegie, has her topmasts Pointed "tail' the Hon. S.
her lower rigging. She has been neariand is setting up
commission, but only two able seamen hYa three weeks in
A party of riggers (fifteen in number) from been entered.
yard are employed on board. She will be the dock-
the dry dock to-morrow (Saturday) into e removed from
Her Majesty's ship Ganges, 84, win b the basin.
basin to-morrow (Saturday), should t:etaken into the
Weather permit, to be got ready for itemed. state of the
Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120,
atmlate service.
mind the Hon. Joscelin Percy, Captaiu 6, of Vice-Ad-
will be removed on
end
from the basi R. Mundy,
abreast the north end of the dockyard. gar
moorings
ship Howe, 120, in dock for sotne month I' Majesty's
have her poop taken away. It is stated s_ 5 past, is to
down to a two-deck 90 gun-ship. At preshe will be eat
the dockyard artificers are at work on her, none of
. their ser-
vices. being required on the ships fitting for immediate
service.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel /earless,
.Captain Bullock,
returned to port early-this matting.
The Goodwill lighter, Patrick master, ,has sailed for
Chatham, laden with stores.
The Cygnet, from Newcastte, laden with coals for the
Government service, is discharging. her cargo at the
wharf in the dcckyard.
The ship Tinto, of Bridgewater, Hicks master, which
came into collision last week with the schooner '
Triumph,
is having her damages repaint' afloat, the babeles •
she
sustained not being of such a serious nature as to render
her being docked necessary; she will be ready for sea in
le days.
Her Majesty's ship Russell, 72, lying at the north
side of the basin, is being got ready as an advanced ship
in ordinary.
Lieutenant-Colonel England, Commandant
of this
garrison, is receiving ammunition, shot and shell, for
the batteries at this port. Each gun is to be supplied
forthwith with 120 rounds, and it is stated that several
forts on the coasts will be furnished with the full com-
plement of 1,000 rounds for each gun moulded thereon.
The, principal officers connected with the engineering
and ordnance departments arrived here ees-day on
at.
official visit, for the purpose of inspecting the land and
sea fortifications, their particular a4gentiou being directed
to the former... .

I SATURDAY NIGIIT, FEB. 7.—Her Majes'y's ship
Ganges, 84, was removed this forenoon from her moor-
ings in the harbour into the basin, preparatory to being
docked and fitted for service.
Her Majesty's screw-steamer Horatio, 24, Captain'
the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, was warped from the dry dock
into the basin:
The Chatham yacht, tender to the Boscawen, arrived
here early this morning, accompanied by the Adder
steamer, with Captain Peter Richards, Superintendent
of Chatham-yard, whose services were required at a
court-martial on board the Monarch, 84, at this port.
A c:iurt-martial was holden this day on board her
Majesty's ship Monarch, 84, Captain C. Hope, to try
Lieut. William Kelly, of the Chatham division of Royal
Marines, and now serving as senior subalturti in her
Majesty's ship London, 90, Captain the Run. Montague
Stopford, on the two following charges:—
" 1. For that the said First-Lieutenant W. Kelly, of
her Majesty's Royal Marines, when borne on the books
of her Majesty's ship London, in commission, did, on
the 30th of January, on board the said ship, disobey the
orders of Lieutenant H. Lloyd, senior Lieutenant of the
said ship, by not coming on deck when ordered to do so
by, or by the direction of the said Lieutenant H. Lloyd.
"2. For that the said Lieutenant William Kelly, of
her Majesty's Royal Marine forces, when borne en the
book of her nijesty's ship London, in commission, did,
on the 30th of January, on board the said ship, interrupt
the said Lieutenant H. Lloyd, while he, the said Lieu-
tenant 11. avd, was giving orders to him, the said
Lieutenant William Kelly.
" The Court having heard the charges against the
prisoner, having duly weighed and considered the same
and the evidence brought torward in support thereof, as
also that on the part of the prisoner, are of opinion
that the first charge is fully proved, and that the second
charge is not proved. Taking, however, all the circum-
stances of the case into consideration, they do adjudge
Lieutenant William Kelly to be severely reprimanded,
and admonished to be more cautious in future; and he is
hereby reprimanded and admonished accordingly." The
court then broke up.

• APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICII, FEB. 7.—Rear- Admiral J. W. D. Dun-
das, C. 8., to be Commander-in-Chief of the Mediter-
ranean station, in the room of Admiral Sir William
Parker, Bart., G.C.8., in the command of the ships and
war steamers on that station since February, 27, 1845;
Rear-Admiral Dundas hoisted his flag as Rear• A-
dmiral of the Red to-day en board the Britannia, 120,
at Spithead.
Several officers have boon named as Naval Lord at
the Admiralty, to fill the vacancies occasioned by the
appointment of Rear-A.droirat Dundas to be Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean station, but it
is most probable the following arrangemedts will take
place:—Rear-Admiral F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., first Naval
Lord, vice Dundas; Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart,
C. 8., second Naval Lord, vice Berkeley; Rear-Admiral
Sir James Stirling, Knight, third Naval Lord, vice
Stewart; and Captain Milne, fourth Naval Lord, for
the performance of his present duties. We named R9ar-
. _ .

Admiral (then Captain) Sir James Stirling upwards of
six months ago as the new Naval Lord when a vacancy
occurred, by the appointment of Rear-Admiral Dundas
to a seagoing command.
Captain Richard Devonshire (1838), to receive the
out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, rhea Rena ick.
Lieutenant Francis Rooke (1846), to study steam at
the Royal Naval College.
Assistant-Surgeon Samuel (1846), to the Vesuvius
steam-sloop at Devonport.
Boatswain Thomas Watson, to the Vesuvius.
PROMOTIONS.

Lieutenants—James Dirom (1841), First Lieutenant
of the Albion, on the Mediterranean station, and Fro.
derick P. Warren (1843), serving in the Impregnable
flag-ship at Devonport, to the rank of commanders,
Mate—Henry Carr Glyn (1850), serving in the Scourge
steam-sloop, on the Mediterranean station, to the rank of
lieutenant.

Assistant-Surgeon—Wm. T. Doraville, M.D. (1842),
serving at Greenwich Hospital, to the rank of surgeon.
An• order was received at Woolwich to-day not to
enter any more boys for the royal navy, the number al-
ready entered being above the estimates.
Captain John Moore (1848), is named as likely to
have the command of the Highflyer steam-sloop, now
ready for commission at this port.
Captain Sir Edward Belcher, Knight (1841), Captain
Henry Kellett, C.B. (1842), and Commander Df•Clin-
tock (1851), are to commission vessels for the ap-
proaching Arctic expedition, and the number of officers
and petty officers and seamen who have volunteered for
this service far exceeds the applications on any former
occasion.

The Intrepid screw steam•vessel, one of the vessels
fitting for the Arctic expedition, is in the outer basin,
and ready for commission, having been completed in tEe
engineer department. The Pioneer is in one of the east
docks in a forward state, and both are expected to be
commissioned in the course of next week. A numb( r
of petty officers and men have been waiting at this
port for several weeks past, in the hope of being em-
ployed in either of the vessels of the next Arctic ex-
pedition.

•
- The Agamemnon, 90, building at this dockyard for a
screw-propellor, is now nearly ready for launching,
and the launch of this fine vessel will take place about ►he
end of next mouth. The blacksmiths are working over
hours at present to expedite the ironwork, and a con-
siderable number of shipwrights are at work upon her.
The beams of her poop have been nearly all put uy, and
the laying of the flooring of the upper deck commenced.
The Royal Albert, 120, has had three-lourthe of the
beamsof the poop-deck put up, and is advancing steadily
towards being ready for launching.
When the Agamemnon is launched a number of the
shipwrights will be placed on the Royal Albert, and it
is expected she will be ready for launching in July next,

MARKETS.
The high
JAN. 27, 6 r M.
were
made There wasat aang AMERICANoa o,itivadneemeanntl
yesterday's
,s to-day, and sales
prices which Goveaeneet loans bring have had a ten-
dency to direct the attention of capitalists to our rail-
road securities, which are in detnand at quotations. Money
is more abundant, and loans "en call" are made at 5 to
6 per cent. We have no change
fimportance to note
in the rates of discount. There is probably an increased
demaed tor money, from the jebeing interests, on ac-
count of the Spring I
trade now opening; but from other
quarters the demand is steady and the supply abundant.
There is a good inquiry for first class paper. Our
banks are liberal in their discounts, and there is every
prospect of lower rates being accepted; good demand for
foreign exchange, with only a moderate supply of bills.
Sales of sterling have been made at 1104 for Southern
tv2citoe daily,et
26th, 600;
fta6trw:oo
nt,-;fi
voaSl
without
idtn ca
Liverpool,o t
bankers' bills. We quote:-London, 110 co 110.1; Paris,
ad-
-5.121 to 5.17; Amsterdam, to 41'1; Ham'surgh, 36i
r
oflasitothreivoisetwanto,
to 36f: Bremer', 781 to 78te It is expected that the
Asia will take out about half a million of dollars in
!specie. The steady demand for export being freely met
Halifax,change inoupsriuene.day72lesschofin2st4'atnlat, 400;
by our imports from California, we have no alteration
tc-day, 1,000 bales. The America's'
fcamth
came to
to notice in rates.
Atlantic,. 24th instant, we have had a moderate demand
marketband per
per
and
although less favourable than was anticipate.l, produced
no effect, as they were met by telegraphic avi.
New Orleans of an advance of ic. to ice .‘ strict mid-,
dlings" being quoted at 7c. to 71c. on the 24th.. At Mo-
bile, same date, " middling" was firm, and demand good I.
at 7ic. Receipts of the week, 19,000 bales,. against
30,044 last year. A dispatch Of 26th, from Now Or•
leans, quotes " middling" at 7ic., maikaOntive. R.
ceipts of the week ending 24th, 39,000'halesuagaiasS
40,624 last year. On the subject of crop a
.deonlkd
change of opinion has oecarred in the Atlantic Stalisse
where it is now conceded that the yield will not
equal early anticipation, and the estimates there
2,500,000 hales, and under. In Fluids;a moderate
made for the aggregate are cons,quently reduced to
crop is also admitted. At Mobile, we find, too, ad-
vocates of dower estimates, but at New Orleans there
is a general disposition to adopt lower figures than
2,600,000 to 2,700,600, and some well iuformed
parties write 3,800,000. At this point opinions are in-
fluenced by their own receipts, now 142,000 bales in
excess of last season, and parties writing 2,700,000 or
over, are confirmed, as they believe, in this view by corn-
paeison of receipts in the aggregate with those of Jan.,
1849. when the crop proved to be 2,728 000 bales.
Flour-With the sale of a few thousand bbls. for
shipment, and some few operations on speculation, the
trade has been in a retail way to supply the wants of the
city trade. Common to straight State brands may be
quoted at 4.621 dolls, to 4,75 dolls.; favourite and fancy,
4.75 dolls. to 5 dolls.; good to fancy Ohio, 4.75 dolls. to
5,061 dolls.; straight Michigan and Indiana, 4 75 dolls.
to 4.814 dolls. Southern is in better request and light
supply, with sales at 4.75 dolls. to 4.811 dolls. for good
brands of Alexandria, Baltimore, Brandywine, and
Georgetown. Canadian in bond has improved in
price, and is now held at 450 dolls. to 4.621 dolls. Rye
fl ur sells at 3.62 k dolls. Corn meal is quiet at 325
dolls. to 3.50 dolls: for Jersey and Brandywine.
Grain-The price asked for wheat is so far beyond
the views of millers and exporters that the market rules
very quiet, and the stock being in the hands of one or
two houses, quotatiions are only nominal.
Tobacco-The sales include 20 hbds. Kentucky, at
Bc.; 39 cases Florida, 10s. to 25e.; 60 cases seed leaf, at
11c.; and 50 bales Cuba at 20c.
Oils-The sales of whale are very limited, and con-
fined entirely to small parcels to the trade, at 58c. to
59c.; 2.000 gallons sperm were taken for export, at 1
dull. 28c. cash; palm oil is held at sfe.; linseed oil sells
in moderate quantities at 61c.
Whalebone-The market is very quiet; Polar can be
bought at 45c.; North-west is held at 50c.
Freights-There is only a moderate amount offering
for Europe, and rates are unchanged; we quote packet
rates to Liverpool:-Cotton, 5-32 c. to 3-16 c. per lb.;
flour and meal per bbl., lt, to Is. 3d.; heavy goods per
ton, 155.; bacon and cheese, 153. per ton; grain in bulk
per bushel, 3d. To London:-Tobacco per hhd., 254.;
flour per bbl., ls. 9d.; turpentine per 2801b5., Is. 6d. to
ls. 9d.; measurement goods per ton, 255. to 303.; heavy
goods, oil, &c., 203. to 255.; cheese, 305.; beef and pork
per tierce, 3s. 6d. to 4s. To Havre:-Cotton, square
bales per lb.,
c.; ashes per ton, 6 dolls. to 7 dolls.;
rice, 8 dolls.; quereitron bark, 7 dolls.; measuremen
goods, 8 dolls.; whalebone, &c., per lb., /c.

THE WEST INDIA AND MEXICAN

MAILS.

SOU fIiA.MPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT.
The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Trent, Captain
Clark, with the West India acd Mexican mails in charge
of Lieut. Whiffle, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived this
afternoon at four o'clock.
During the homeward voyage of the Trent she ex-
perienced fine weather for the first two or three days
after leaving St. Thomas's, after which she experienced
strong head winds. Sib, was detained at Si. Thomas's
until the 22d of January, in cJnscquence of the non-
arrivll of the Great Western from tue Gulf of Mexico,
where that ship experienced strong northers.
ller dates of sailing were. :—.Vera Cruz, Jan. 7; Tam-
pico; 9th; Barbadoes, 16th; Grey Town, 7th; Mar-
GuadalOupe, and Dominica, 17th; Antigua, 18 h;
Jamaica, 17th; Montsentr, 18th; Demerara. 14th; :an
Juan, Porto Rico, 21st; Chagres, 9th; Carthagena, 1I tt ;
St. Thames, 22d.
The total number of passengers was 40; among whom
were—Lieut. Butler, R.N., Mr. Pelaster, Mr. Paris,
Lieut. Stewart, Lieut. Ayton, Mr. Ledward, lion. Miss
, Mr. Falconnet, Mr. Busherfield, Mr. Robles,
Ashley,
i Cosmosey
and family, m v —r. a.ual3o, Mr. Capras, Mr.
IA
Zangasse. Mr. BY.z, the R,or. Dr. Musson, Lady, and
family; Mrs. Darrah, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Reynolds; Sir
W. O'Malley, Mr. Hanlon. Mr. Beaumont died at sea,
Jan. 25.
The freight of the Trent comprised—Dollars cn
merchants' accounts, 1,667,142; for the dividend:,
42,000; 231 terons of cochineal; 14 ditto indigo; 10
ditto, jalap; 12 casks of coffee; 13 packages of pimento,
and 34 packages of sundries.

The Legislature, after a short adjournment over the
Christmas holidays, had again met for the digpatch of
business, and it was expected that the labours of the
Senators would shortly be terminated and the session
brought to a close. Among the most important mea-
sures which have received the sanction of the Legisla-
ture is a Bill regulating the proceedings of juries, em-
powering the judge to direct jurors to serve by ballot,
and making good the decision of nine jurors in civil
cases, where formerly twelve were required. t
In general, there is no intelligence of particular im-
portance. The Christmas holidays had passed over in
comparative quietness, and, as usual at that time of the i
year, things were inactive.
The agricultural interest was in rather se favourable
condition, and was a subject on which planters could
congratulate themselves. The return of exports to the
16th of October, 1850, showed that the quantity of pro
duce shipped from the colony was greatly in excess of
the previous year's exports. When the great mortality
caused by the prevalence of cholera, and the consequent
decrease in available agricultural labour, es well as
many other difficulties with which the planters have
had to contend, are considered, the result must be pro-
nonnced to bo highly favourable. If a reaction should
take place in the home markets for colonial produce,
the effect would be most beneficial to the planting in-
terest in Jamaica.
" With regard to the trade with the Spanish Main
and other foreign powors," says De Cordova's paper,
"we have been unable to gather any information that
might at all alleviate its distressing and cheerless cha-
racter. From a return published at the instance of the
Colonial Legislature of the value of shipmentsothe to
Chagres, Greytown, Santa Martha, Carthegena, and
10th
n theb
Savan i 1 I a ,
we
the twofind yearsa
preponderance
total a n
egxapi
arts
of October,
1851,
theeBso
to 121,558/,
latter year of no less than 22,211/ ,
sailing vessels having amounted in
and in 1851 to 99,316/. In addition,
against 1851 of 8,882/. in
we find a thedefi-
ciency value of merchan-
dise exported to the above-named places
Mail Company's steamers, m g akin in the Royal
past year of 31,096/. When those fa total against the
con-
sidered, together with the circumstance acts are duly
tent trade with St. Jago de Cuba that our impor-
ceased, through the has almost entirely
Packet Company, we can instrumentality of the Royal Mail
arrive at but one conclusion,
which is, that our foreign t
and that, unless some rade is annually decreasing,
plans be speedily devised and
adopted to re-open a
regular communication with the
Spanish Main and Cuba, our business with those coun-
tries must dwindle to the mostins t ifi, t amount"
Sir George F. Seymour,
gn
can
)•mour, the Admiral in command on
the West India station' was at Port Royal when the
packet left •
His l' Exc° lehey the Governor had directed the Re-
ceiver-Greneral to pay over the balance due by,him to
the parish of St. Catherine fur public taxes. It wa3 con-
fidently expected that the time
of Sir Chsrles% adminis-
tration was neerly expired, and that Lord Harris would
succeed hire—an event which will be hailed by the in-
habi,ants generally with great ley.
The cholera was still in the island, but its ravtig,•e
were confined to the interior di.triets. In some Oilers;
the smallpox was also prevalent. bat the mortality alto-
gether was net very great. In consequence of a vt: seal
arriving in the harbour of Kingston with a ezee of cho-
•lera on board, the health officer not being empowered by
law to board coasters, au order of his Excellency the
Governor in Council had been issued, empowering and
directing the health officer to place ell vessel:, whiihi r
coasters or otherwise, coming from any ,
place where the
cholera cr other epidemic was prevalent, in quarantine
for a certain number of days.
The weather was very favourable for the planters
taking ofF crop, and excepting !how places where cholera !
and smallp ix prevail, the, islaild was very healthy. 1
w,,h reterene to the trade of the island, De Cor- 1
(lords Intelligenctr gives the following review for the
past )ear:--
" THE PROVISION BUSINESS of 1851.
"'fie have aolight in ye... in
throughout the whole of