The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY, MAR= er.

Their lordships met at five o'clock.
In reply to Lord Feversham,
The LORD CICA.RC2LLOB stated that the second reading
of the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill was postponed till
next Tuesday.

A brief discussion arose on an inquiry being pat by
Lord ST. LEONARDS respecting the intention of Govern-
meat with regard to the Consolidation of the Criminal` and
Statute Law Amendment Bills of last session. In the
course of which the Loan CHANCELLOR stated that those
bills would be referred to a committee, with a view to theii
being submitted to the judges. in order that they might
have the benefit of their opinion.
Lord BROUGHAM suggested that this should be done'
only with respect to details, and not as regards the prin-
ciple of codifications.

The-subject then dropped, and'traeir lordships adjourned
at twenty minutes past seven, p.m.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—MOrmer, MARcn 6.
The House met shortly before four o:eloek.
Mr. CIfICHESTER FOETESCUE took the oaths and his
seat for Louth.

Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he should move, on
Thursday, that the issue of writs for new elections for
boroughs now vacant be further postponed.
In answer to, Mr. Layard, Lord J. RUSSELL said that
the Government had asked the Czar to, evacuate the
Principalities by the 30th of April. If the: Czar acceded
to that request, the compliance would not be conclusive
of the war between Russia and Turkey.—Mr. LATARD
then gave notiee that, on a future occasion, he should
bring the question before the house in a definite shape.

THE BUDGET..
Exactly at five o'clock, the house went into .Committee
of Ways and Means, and the CHANCELLOR; of the Ex-
CHEQUER rose to> make his statement respecting the
financ..- 'of the country. After some introductory obser-
vations in relation to-the gravity of the occasion,. he men-
tioned that, on the 18th of April last, he estimated the
total revenue of the country from Customs, Excise; Stamps,
Taxes, Income-tax, Post-office, Crown Lands, and mis-
cellaneous receipts, at £52,990,000, but the actual receipts
had been £54,025,000: The expenditure he estimated at
£52,183,000 in 1853;.. but it had only amounted to
£51,171,000. The surplus he placed at £2,854,000. He
then described the effect of various reductions of ditty of
the Customs, particularly on tap, and of the penny re-
ceipt stamps. With respect to the latter, the result had
been very satisfactory, for the receipts, which he esti-
mated would show a fain.. off of £37,000 on the year,
had actually improved by £36,000 (hear). He had esti-
mated the Irish Income-tax at a net amount of
£460,000, and he expected it would produce £480,000.
This tax had quite answered the expectations- of
the Government. The- result of the lowering of the
tax to incomes of £lOO a year had been exactly
such as he had anticipated ; the additional shilling: on
spirit duties in Scotlandhad produced £209,000, and-not
£278,000, as he had estimated, The augmentation of the
spirit duties in Ireland had been altogether satisfactory.
It had produced an increase of £213,000. The result of
the succession duties had not produced so much as-had
been anticipated. Such was generally last year's estimate
and the actual results, and he thought that the whole
combined showed that the finances of the country were
upon a sound and solid basis. He estimated the receipts
for the year 1854 to 1855 were—Customs, .C 20,175,000 ;
Excise, £14,595,000; Stamps, 7,090,000; Taxes, £3,015,000
Income Tax, 4,:6,070,000 Poole oincv, dil,voo,ooo ,
cceao,ooo ; Old Stores, Z 420,000; Miscellaneous,
£3 0,000. Total Estimates. Receipts, £53,3494000.
With regard to expenditure, he estimated it as follows :--
Charge of the funded &let, £27,000 ; charge of unfunded!
debt, £546,000; chargeson consolidated fund, £2,460,000;
army,26,857,000 ; navy, £7,488,000 ; ordnance, £3,848,000
commissariat, £645,000; miscellaneous, £4,775,000 ;
militia, £530,000 ; packet service, £792,000 ; extraordi-
nary military expenditure,2l,2so,ooo; total, £56,189,000;
showing a deficiency of £2,840,000. The estimate of
expenditure was no less than £4,370,000 in excess of that
of last year ; but had it.not been for extraordinary charges,
owing to circumstancesto which he need not refer,there
would have been £14668,000 which would have been
available for the further remission of taxation. The
question then arose..!--bow should the deficiency of
£2,840,000 be made.tap ? He would at once express a
hope that the house would not retrace its steps with re-
gard to remissions of duty already made (cheers). In the
present circumstances of Europe, Government could not
propose to part with. any of the existing branches of re-
venue, nor could ,they suggest the addition of , one far-
thing to our present indirect taxation. We •had the
means, with regard, to our military forces, of carrying on
the war with vigour, and he congratulated the house that
we had the opinion, of Europe with us, which justified a
hope that the present might not be a prolonged: struggle.
Beyond this he could not go. How could the, expense be
borne P—would it be right to charge our posterity with
the cost of war?, He thought not : and therefore he
could not coneun.with the suggestion of a loan (cheers).
So long as the, burden was bearable, and so, long as the
supplies for the year could be borne within, the year,
Government were determined, therefore, mat to resort to
the money market (hear). They could not condescend
thus to mortgage the industry of posterity- The moral,
economical, and. industrial interests of the- country were
opposed to any such expedient. There could not, after this
explanation,. remain much doubt as to , the course which
Government intended to propose, and which he believed
the house would adopt. He had last year stated that the
Income-tax. was the great engine to which we must look
in case of European necessity, though, he-had not at that
time the;renaotest idea of so soon calling, for its assistance.
He proposed, therefore, to provide for,•the deficiency which
he hadetated, as well as to provide, a moderate margin
beyond, by increasing the Income-tax. by one-half, and to
levy the whole in addition for, and in respect to, the
first, moiety of the year. In other words, the Income-
tax. would be double for the last half-year ; this would
produce £3,137,000, being one-haltef £6,275,000; but he
estimated it at £3,307,000. He, therefore, estimated
the, total Income-tax for 1854-55 at nine million five
huudred and eighty-two thousand pounds ; the total
income therefore would be £58,856,000, while the expendi-
ture stood at £56,189,000 ; and thus a small surplus
would be left of £467,000. (Hear.) He did not propose
to, make any additions of duty but in the stamp law with,
respect to foreign bills, which was in an unsatisfactory
state, and which was frequently evaded, to the detriment
of the revenue. He proposed to adopt an ad valorem
scale of 3d. for each £25, or Is. for each £lOO upon short
bills, and of 4d. for each2a,s, and ls. 4d. for each £lOO,
upon long bills. This scale to be carried up to £5,000,,
He proposed to abolish altogether the distinction between
home drawn and foreign; drawn bills, and to make. them
pay precisely the same, rate of stamp. (Hear.) Adhesive
stamps to be used, so.that there could be no obstructions
to the trade. These alterations he did not believe would
take effect before Etth• July. He intended to ask also for a
new issue of £1,750,600 exchequer bills, which would only
leave the unfunded, debt at the amount it was little more
than a year ago. These would be really supply.-bills, in
anticipation of supplies which the house would,grant, and
they would be paid off when the house had granted the
supplies. Describing the mode in which the public balances
had been emplpyed in the operations bearing on the last
session relative to the public debt, he stated that they
had been attended with a saving of £130,000. If, then,
the house agreed to the proposal of government, they
would double the first half-yearly payment of the income
tax in respect to 1854-5, and make provision for the
interval: before the tax could be levied by an issue of
exchequer bills within the amount, of £1,750,000 to be
paid out of the growing produce of the revenue. (Hear.)
lie concluded, exactly at seven o'clock, by moving a
resolution for the issue of one million seven hundred and
fifty thousand pounds Exchequer Bills, and said the com-
mittee would meet again on Monday. next.
Mr. WILLIAMS approved of the right hon. gentleman's
raising his additional income from an increase of the
Income Tax.
Mr. HENLEY reminded the right hon. gentleman of
the stress laid by the late Sir R. Peel on having a large
balance in the Exchequer, He criticised several portions
of the scheme, especially that relating to the vote far
£1,760,000 in Exchequer Bills. He thought the general
principles of the plan were sound and unobjectionable.
Mr. GLYN made some observations on the Currency
Act, in reference to the scheme of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
Mr. Vericu objected to the ad valorem duty proposed
' to be levied on the Foreign Bills of Exchange, and trusted
that, before the measure was passed, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would re-consider the matter, and take the
opinion of the mercantile interest,
Mr. MALINs concurred generally in the plan of the
right honourable gentleman, but suggested that other ar-
rangements should be made as regards the Income Tax.
He thought it a matter for grave consideration, whether
a great war could be carried on with a restricted
curreney.

The eIIANCEI,LOR of the EXCHEQUER, 111 replying to
Mr. Henley, disclaimed the necessity of keeping large
balances in the public exchequer, maintaining that the.
real foundation of the public credit lay in the expenditure
being below the revenue. He also replied in, detail to the
several objections and suggestions thrown out in the dis-
cussion, defending, at considerable lengtli,, the differenk
features which had been impeached cd:

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1854•

I
O'CONNELL doubted whether it was w-
Minister to try another turn of the screw wthel
n increased Income Tax for Ireland, bell:4'l ra'lo
tto see how the tax already imposed ope
SIETHOEP imputed the position of the coVI 10
iy
ross mismanagement of the government
ways have voted against an Income Tai in go

, though no one eras more anxious than

war ied on with viour.
Mr. BARING carried
briefly explainegd the steps taken l/
self, when holding the office of Chancellor. ga'
Mr. DISRAELI, after some general observations, 4ce
there could be no doubt that it was their duty tViicb
their hearty support to their Sovereign thew' Dot
this country was about to be engaged. He hogen
give his opposition to any vote which the right 'Pit; te
tleman found it necessary on his own reslvilst sage
propose for the purpose of carrying on war; at t to
time, he protested against the principle that dir,eetord.
tion was the only source whence the means foe
„
ing it on could be derived. He then criticsbielt
different features of the plan, one portion of " jite
was very clear, and the other involved in ebscuriti•osii
reserved some objection to the income tax, but be ti,fjc,
not regard the balance in the exchequer as at all Isatf
tory, When the late government left office, the, 70.efe
was £9,000,000 sterling. One year afterwards.; he;
reduced to one half. He estimated the sum thatw°,r io
at the command of the Chancellor of the FO',lellesleu'
April next at £3,000,000, while his liabilities
Wed would be between nine and ten millions. ';f
regarded as a dangerous position for the finance_.ciol
country, (Hear.) He strongly contrasted the
position of the present government with that deem
government of Lord Derby, and charged Mr. Onifie
with having made an entire mistake last year
scheme for the conversion of the various stocks, at° off,
a great reduction in the burthen of the debt Ras gote
been effected, but which ended in heavy losses. /lel of
the prices of Public Securities, at different times, 0
port of his statement, and analysed, with much sevelir
the scheme propounded by the Chancellor of the nit
quer last session, dwelling foreibly on the anticiparci
ficiency in the Exchequer,: on the sth of April, ob/if tht
considered, would amount to about £6,000,000(10
system which produced this deficiency be peroe_tr,
they could not anticipate anything but einhart7inittei
and danger. He wished to impress on the cot prix
~,
that it was their duty to refuse their sanction to poio
eiple of reducing the balance in the Exchequer qierld
which must force government to depend on de ,
bills for carrying on the service of the count**, ;jot
Mr. GLADSTONE vindicated himself at eonsliej
length from the attack of Mr. Disraeli, restiaggovy,
fence for alleged mistakes with regard to the 10.00'
scheme of last year, chiefly on the varying auyot,
bullion in the coffers of the bank, the bad llarletliettqj
prices of corn, the enhanced rates of discount, and bane
cumatances, which disturbed his calculations and P,fjeti
hiir plans being carried into full effect, He jlo"dilt,
course in reducing the interest of exchequer bills, see
tamed that Mr. Disraeli was wholly in error as to t r
of that step, and, amidst the cheers of the house, 0;61 4
demolish the allegations of the right honourabl,,,,t
man,. in disparagement of the plan put forth 0'
with regard to the balances in the exchequer, qa,it,f'
Mr. Disraeli had said so much. Mr. Gladstone sWfb
astonishing to see a man's mind possessed of '°„"e
bears and delusions. He denied altogether that 1.
balances were in such a state as to he injurious tO,„ oft.
tereats of the country, and attributed the inference h,
right hon. gentleman to his mental confusion on 8:0:01
jects. The public balances were taking good MIL' ;f9.
selves,. and time would soon show which were
figures •,- and whenever Mr. Disraeli thought pror`
forward the subject, he should be perfectly ready t0:,..1
Mr. DISRASLI. briefly replied, still maintaining
loss was incurred on the Exchequer-bill transaction (;
Gladstone:.
After some further discussion, in which Sir F. biir.,
h fr
HELDYARD3. and Mr. DRUMMOND took part, s ,
ot
£1,750,00G on Exchequer-bills was taken, and the "
awned.

The Church,Buildings' Act Continuance Bill was
be read a second time. dtVt
An amendment was moved that the bill be rea
•
six months. id lir
Altera few wordsfrom Mr. GLA DSTONE, the house
For the second reading
59
For the amendment

---
Majority for the second reading .. 11 ea3o
e
The Valuation (li•eland) Bill went into committee
amendment was moved by Mik J. O'CONNELL. ,i 5,1519
After some discussion, it was negatived on a ody
79 to 25. The House. divided also on the 3rd clan
affirmed the principle of exemption in certain „4. cls"
26; noes, 74 ; majority against, 48. The remalniu°
were
The Commonso. ittee•
Enclosure Bill went through cogtife.
The house adjourned at forty-five minutes past t"

- - - vol% io
FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MAP."-„ti00,4
Pending the financial statement to-night, oPe',:ue,jr,
English Funds are rather limited; but in confien4, gleel
money purchases, a slight reaction occurred fr°,..";]er,,
pression of yesterday Railways, on the whole, LI, def'9l,
slightly better towards. the close. Land and Ban,7ttieQ
tions supported at former quotations. In Mines,
The Foreign Market' generally steadier in tone.
Four and Half per Cents. recovered I per cent.
CLOSING PRICES. 2190
Consols, Account .. 90k 1 Bank Stock .. ....
Do. Money.... i 901, l Excheq. Bills, L.&
Three& Qr per Cents 92
UOREION STOCKS. I,
Mexicans 24/ Spanish Passives • , Si
Spanish Deferred
Do. Threes 3i 4 Do. Four & wr'
Y SHARES.
Caledonian RA ILWS4 A
London &S. Welland Do. Preference
Eastern Counties 12 j Lincolnshire,'
~ 74'1
East Lancashire 63 5 IMidland Stock • •
Great Northern B9. 90 North British ......
Great Western
.tajs,s. Vi
Fifths
Yorkshire 6 ,leror4..fitgrrer, :anslig";
London, Brighton, and I Berwick
d• 111
South Coast 96 ",7, 'York and N.
London & N. Western 101*

LAND SHARES.
Australian Agricultural 40 2 IPeel River . • ''''''' .
S. Australian 37' 9 IVan Dieman's •
B. American 73 5 N. B. Australis') "*.

CORN MARKET. f pe!,,
The Wheat trade opened firm. An advance o at p!'ip
was demanded : little done as yet. Foreign is bei" t, 1,41
lar enhancement. Flour sells steadily,
provement in prices. Barley is slow of sale, 1
maintained. Oats are fully as dear. Beans and o{o,
turn higher. Seedsene unaltered. losfr
SECOND REPORT.:-The announcement of the c „to
Russian ports against exportation of grain causeuoseaZio,
on the part of factors;: but as dealers were not disP
but there
the advanced rates required, very little business ditsrV
but the market closed firm at the full rates of Moatlo.l3/4
Barley, Beans, andflats, little change. Flour, the

Seeds'iteady.
PRODUCE MARKET. nir:el),,
Sugar: Foreign :wanted at previous rates; few
offer. Refined, in good demand for home consul/1i L7,pl
to fine grocery lamps, 455. to 485.6 d. Coffee : 5e,196;01
and prices rising. Native Ceylon, 475. 6d. t0...A4 fti.tor
tion,.s4s. to 765.. Tea:: good business doing, 81,70,P", 0,
obtained. Ordinary Congou, Is. id. Cotton o'figsl ;IV
small. Rice -more business, at full prices, oil'
and prices declining. Saltpetre wanted, and rai`;:o,
up. Hemp, clean Petersburg, nominally £5 pe"

TALLOW MARKET. ,5;61
Tallow firm, With good business.. Stock«
against 37?8.18 casks same time last year. IWI'V
casks, againstsl,Bo2 casks same time last year-.

CATTLE MARKET. 15 r
The Beast and Sheep trade is dull, at last MVlaag 91
Calves are fully maintaining Friday's rates.. 4 I. 9
Beef 2s 8d to 4s 6d 1 Veal
Mutton..,... 3s Od to 5s Od 1 Pork 3,
.• 1
ARRIVALS.
Beasts
Sheep atict•Lambs
I
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHAO,ift;olt
it .igl
Blackburn, 5k ; Caledonians, 271 f ;, East Y..tirty
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 66j; London.agd Nat` ~. r
1013; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 2l 1
604 E; Dovers, 1811-16.
_.-, A

COLEMAN'S DEIWING-ROOM 11/1.-4 -11
continuing their manifold attractions. It ll'7eoils,
that, yielding to a desire for accoramodatingia,,Y
others,. whoeannot conveniently attendin tilertlfecip,'"
is to give morning performance4o,morrenr,„„‘a. rtp4"c,
AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATER, Miss A.-I,eroe,)l
ported by the stock company of the, estabil'"oo
been peribrming a series of k,and
'ratters to thin, as well as indifferent, aufrievie'„" be`
Ham's MUSIC-HALL, Boldt•street, is about f 1
'every Saturday evening for the, performauce, o v
concert of vocal and instrumental music, bY 'Ol
Union. The first concert 3 advertised fOr Sat p ,
ing next. Miss Jessie Hammend Dad Madal:°-
ney are the principal vocalists announced. the
AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, a piece, called
derful Woman," has been making a sort of A'
has been permitted to do,so is, at least, as Nvon,„,"e
woman. From beginning to eud, it is a PlvyiloP"'e.s
P
silliness. A comedian,,new to our boards, eP
been performing during. the week, and that for
who is obviously an actor of the right stamp'hf Or.
as Paul Pry in Poole's, well-known pla.V" C. I,
name, besides performing in some vandenuej
His Paul Pry is excellent, rich in humour, sP,eicei„,.
without condescending to buffoonery. We Pa "e 0,,,.;,
transferred his engagement for the current ILK
Amphitheatre. He is succeeded at the Theav'ive
a troupe of Chinese necromancers, concerning .
of adroitness fame speaks highly and well-
A ,ft;
MAYOn xY Tuornr,u.—At the Cent'',,-01 "tir3,l;(
court, on Thursday, Jeremiah Smith, maY9' 0,1
elderly man, was found guilty of perjury, 4° .054"
him upon, examination before an election Cowlatc;
House of. Commons. On Friday he was 0.41*C0,
12months' imprisonment in Newgate, withoutwdoo
ANDERSON, THE FORGES.—At the 1.0101,4,j,
Crixeinal-cou,, on Friday, William Ander:o-464
convicted on Wednesday of extensive
brought up for sentence. Upon being Plat
he, handed in a bundle of documents, and aP,tat,lioei
his sentence postponed until next session, jsi
undergo an examination before the Conn 0•11°
Bankruptcy, and there examine witnesses, fiett:e
have the books before them, to prove eert elo,
would remove much of the prejudice which•clelV
his trial, and show that a portion of the ev;,..,
correct. The Chief Baron, after perusing t"-stig.,
said that they did not give any ground for y_c'egy
His lordship then sentenced the prisoner tu
penal servitude. The prisoner, upon hear.ilgt,
suddenly drew himself up to his full heit, rot(
his eyes two. fearful extent; his jaw dreP,l"—, `'oiled,
fled, and he became a livid blue, and inakjitite
convulsive efforts to hold the dock, he fos'el 00,0,
the arms of the gaoler. • His lordship ?3,.04. oicc
was any ground for mitigation it might
where. Hearing this, he tried to raise bl° jo!
head, and indistinctly ejaculating, "Thereo
fell quite senseless across the gaoler, and
of the dock. „t

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TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1854, Two o'cLoor,

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—This DAY.

The entries of Grain and Flour into this port, coastwise
or from Ireland, since Tuesday lasts Are moderate, and of
Oatmeal fair in amount. Considering the lateness of the
season, the American arrivals of Flour and Indian Corn
are liberal, but of Wheat from the States, as well as
te En Continental Europe and Egypt, the imports during
ne Past week are rather light ; and, with a cargo or two
0 Maize 'from the latter source, and several parcels of
/lour from Belgium, Spain, Trieste, and Marseilles, we
have little more foreign produce fresh in for to-day.
The market was much stronger to-day, and though
there was not a large trade, Wheat and Flour partially
l'ecovered the decline of Friday, but Indian Corn and
other articles remain much the same as at the close of the
Week.

IBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

TIIE WAR.

The Cabinet Council sat two hours and a half on
The Herald says the first division of the Baltic fleet
%11l probably leave on Friday evening or Saturday
Morning.
A corps of 30,000 Russians is forming at Odessa, and
considerable additions are being made to the fortifications
of Sebastopol.
The Russians still maintain the offensive at Krajova.
There is as yet no indication of an intention to attack
Italafat.
VIENNA, MARCH I.—The Austrian government has, it
is said, sent to the Berlin Cabinet the treaty entered into
between England and France, as well as the modifications
it proposes to introduce into it with a view to an under-
standing with these two powers.
, MONDAY.—At the Bourse, much heaviness, and
little doing Threes closed 66.40 ; 44- per Cents. 96.30.
In the Legislative. Assembly, the Minister of Finance
requested authority to negotiate a loan of 250,000,000 of
francs.

MARCH I.—News from the pro-
ounces continues satisfactory.
WEST INDIA MAIL.—SOUTHAMPTON, TIIESI,AY,
,2
30 A.M.—The Magdalena, with the West India mails,
Ibasr, arrived in Southampton waters, but owing to a thick
Vg it is expected her. mails and passengers will not be
Anded before daylight.
PENINSULAR MAILS.—The steamer Madrid arrived
at. Southampton yesterday (Monday) afternoon. Left
;Gibraltar 25th February, and Lisbon Ist March. She
brings no news of any interest.

LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.—THIS DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
PuNns.--Consols for Account, 9141 1; Ditto Money,
1 4 1 1 1; Exchequer Bills, L, 18 ; Three and a Quarter
Nr Cent., 921 II k.
Itenwsy SnAuEs.—Caledonian, 55 41 ; Eastern Conn-
"B, 121 s ; Great Northern, 901 891; A., 781 80 ; Lan-
LS hire and Yorkshire, 661 1 ; Leeds Northern, 131;
tendon,
Brighton, and South Coast, 961 7 ; London and
North Western, 1011 2 11 ; Midland Stock, 61; North
Staffordshire, 111; South Eastern and Dover, 621; York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, 69 81 ; York and North Midland,
481.-
FOREIGN STOCK.—Mexicans, 241 4 ; Russian, 89 74.
LAND SHARES.—N. B. Australasia, 1; Peel River, 41.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tms DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 67f ; South Eastern and
Dover, 181.

LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—Trris DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
Leeds Northern Extension, No. 1, 1 pm. ; Midland, 611.

THIRD EDITION.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
snip Africa, Captain Harrison, which reached the Mersey
this day, at 1 p m., we have intelligence from New York
to the 23rd ult.
The Africa left New York at 3 12 p.m. on the 23rd ult.
the 24th, passed the royal mail steam-ship Europa.
artiv—n43th March, at 0 63 p.m., passed Cape Clear, and
has
to the Mersey at 020 p.m. on the 7th. The Africa
ro
BPeeieb. tight twenty-three passengers, and $65,000 in
Lis
Ore,' t
of Passengers :—Mrs. Duryee and child, Mrs.
Mrs. Weston, Mr. and Mrs. Hanson, Mr. and Mrs.
Arukett, Mr. and Mrs. Mahon, three children, mid nurse,
Ab,Br*.,t-togle, Mr. D. Bell. Mr. Renauld, Mr. Sharpstern,
K• Walker, Mr. Edwin Bailey, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. De
Deform, and Mr. Hamilton.
„ ship Emerald Isle, Cornish, hence at New York on
Hie 22d ult. The ship Webster, Laurence, hence at New
rtk on the 23d ult.
t The steamers from the South represent having encoun-
tered severe e gales on Monday, the 19th ult., and the night
b°,ll°""lig. A despatch from Philadelphia states that the
brig Florence, froin that city for New Orleans, went
ashore on Bombay Hook during Monday night. The cap-
tain, who has returned for assistance, reports the storm
as the most terrible experienced in many years. He states
that nine vessels went ashore, and six persons were frozen
to death. Many other vessels are ashore outside the
Delaware Breakwater, and two wrecks were being towed
UP to Philadelphia.
..,_The 22nd being the anniversary of Washington's birth-
uay, was celebrated with considerable éclat in all ports of
the country.
The Boston Commonwealth has the following Seve-
ral Russian officers visited the Portsmouth (Virginia)
Navy Yard and the United States ship Pennsylvania, on
Wednesday, 16th inst., and were received with the usual
honours_ and a salute. The object of their visit to this
Tul,trY is •to examine our ships and to purchase vessels
for their navy.

ernoo,
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