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The East India and China Association have, through their Chairman, Mr. Gregson M.P., addressed the Earl of Clarendon, stating their views of what, in the interests of commerce, Government should do in regard to our relations with the Chinese. They trust that, if not already established by Admiral Seymour, prompt and effectual steps will be taken to secure "our right of free ingress and egress into and out of the city of Canton." They state that the waiver of the treaty-stipulation to that effect has only encouraged "the obstinacy and hostility of the provincial Government and populace." If free intercourse were established, they believe that animosity would subside, as it has subsided at the Northern ports. They make some suggestions " In fact, a new treaty will now be required ; and we are quite willing to concur in the same liberality which was voluntarily accorded on the former occasion, by allowing to other Powers all the advantages which we may obtain for our own country. In the arrangement of any new treaty, it will be necessary to revise the tariff ad valorem rates for the assessment of duties; and it would be desirable to obtain permission to trade at any other in addition to the five ports,—permitting in return Chinese vessels from all ports in China to trade with Hongkong ; and for British subjects to pass into the interior of the country, to which no objection seems to be made by the population in the vicinity of Shanghai. It would be a great advantage both to Chinese and all other merchants, to have the navigation of the largo rivers. If a first-class representative and plenipotentiary from her Majesty could be sent out to negotiate a new treaty, and to be .permanently accredited to the Court of Pekin, the deplorable provincial collisions which have periodically occurred would in all probability be hereafter avoided."

The Association offer the advice of their members who have been resident in China. Lord Clarendon, through Mr. Hammond, has replied by accepting the offer of "suggestions or advice with respect to the new treaty which it is desirable to negotiate with China."

Mr. Cobden was invited to attend a soiree of the Bradford Early Closing Association. " Other engagements" will prevent his attendance; but in default of his personal appearance he has sent a letter, which has found its way into the papers. In this letter Mr. Cobden states that he has always sympathized with moderate hours of labour. His policy has been, by cheapening the means of subsistence and lessening taxation, to give the toiling multitude the power of decreasing the daily duration of their toil. But.—

"I am afraid, however, that the policy of our Government for the last three years—a policy which has not been without some share of popularity 'with the masses—has not been favourable to the object you have in view. The greater the amount expended by Government in war, or preparation for war, the heavier must be the toil ot the people ; for it is from their labour alone that our rulers can draw the means for supporting fleets and armies. I wish that cause and effect were more logically kept in view in the discussion of these matters. If Iliad been present at your meeting, I should not have abstained from an allusion to some of those vainglorious theories of which we have heard so much of late, asserting it to be the duty of this country to set the whole world right whenever and wherever it may be 'out of joint '; and I would have endeavoured to show the incompatibility of such a doctrine (if seriously carried out) with any other result than the brutish degradation of our population from overwork, and the want of leisure for the education of themselves or their offspring."

The Norfolk County Police is to be increased. The calendars at the Quarter-Sessions just held in the county have been rendered extremely light by the new Criminal Justice Act.

The return of London mortality for last week shows that the Metropolis is in a sanitary condition above the average. If the average rate of deaths had prevailed, the register would have shown a total of 1376; but the number of deaths fell short of this amount by 241—that is, 1135 persons died last week.

"Five persons are recorded as having died from the intemperate use of spirituous liquors. Last year the number of deaths expressly stated as due to this cause was 66, or rather more than one in a week ; but at this festive season an increase in cases of this description is, unfortunately, to be expected. On the 30th of December, a num aged seventy-four years was found dead in St. John's Square, from want of the necessaries of life. Five persons in the present returns—namely, four men and a woman—had arrived at the age of ninety years or upwards ; the oldest died in Mile End, at the age of ninety-six years."

We have great pleasure in statin,e. that the latest accounts of the health of our excellent representative Mr. Bright are of a most satisfactory character. After staying sonic time in Algeria, the honourable gentleman returned to France to meet his daughter. Mr. Bright spent a day with Lord Brougham at Cannes' and bass face left for Italy.—Manehester Examiner. [Mr. Bright's day at Cannes cannot have been very recent, for Lord Brougham has been in England some weeks.]

It is said that Marshal Radetzky, at his own earnest request, is to be permitted to retire on a pension, with the use of an Imperial palace in Italy.

The Hessian ex-minister Hassenpflug demanded admission into the Casino of Marbourg,—a club containing the members of the oldest families, professors, and Government functionaries : he was blackballed. The Police Director of Marbourg has in consequence suppressed the Casino—the exclusion of is Privy Councillor WIlSit hostile demonstration against the system of government, ' Iniperor Alexander has ordered that the fortifying of St. Petersburg shall be commenced in the spring.

Extraordinary activity prevails in the Czar's ship-yards at Cronstadt. Sailing war-ships are converted into screw-steamers, machinery is constructed with all haste, schools are established to produce engineers and stokers.

The Committee of the Stock Exchange have passed the following resolution with a view to check such frauds as those of Redpath and Robson" The Committee particularly caution members of the Stock Exchange against transacting speculative business for clerks in public or private establishments without the knowledge of their employers. Members disregarding, this caution are liable to be dealt with in such manner as the Committee may deem advisable."

The Secretary of the South-Eastern i Railway has published an account of the method in which transfers are now effected n the office of that railway ; and the system adopted seems to be regarded as a very good one.

The Royal Mail Steam Company have had a ninth steamer wrecked—the Tyne, on the Southern coast of England. The Tyne was a magnificent iron vessel, one of the strongest of the Company's fleet, built in 1854, and valued at 80,000/. ; the Company are their own insurers, setting apart a portion of their earnings to cover losses by wreck. The Tyne was on her way from the Brazils to Southampton, with passengers, mails and a valuable cargo, including a parcel of diamonds. About half-past threeo'clock on Tuesday morning, the weather being very thick, with a heavy sea, the vessel, while going at quarter-speed, grounded on a bed of chalk and gravel, half a mile from the shore, about five miles to the Westward of St. Alban's Head, Dorsetshire. Though the vessel kept grinding for some hours on her uncomfortable bed, there was no immediate danger. When daylight appeared, the mails were landed in boats; at noon the passengers were got to shore, with a good deal of discomfort, but apparently not much peril. The uncle and guardian of Lord Eldon received the jaded and drenched passengers at Encombe with kindly hospitality, and provided vehicles to convey them to the railway station at Wareham, whence they travelled to Southampton. Noticeof the disaster having reached Southampton and Portsmouth by telegraph, a number of steamers were sent to render aid, including the warfrigate Devastation. A good deal of cargo and other property was saved. On Tuesday night, a Coast Guardsman was drowned by the swamping of a boat, which had gone off to render aid. Opinions differ as to the probability of saving the Tyne : at the time we write the efforts of those engaged in the attempt have not succeeded.

The loss of the 'Violet mail-packet has made sixteen widows and rendered_ forty-two children fatherless. Besides the crew, Mr. Mortleman, Postoffice guard in charge of the mails, was drowned. It is surmised that it was by Mr. Mortleman's foresight that the mail-bags were saved : he appears to have taken them from the safe below and brought them on deck; they floated, and were picked up : safe and ship are now buried in the sand. A subscription has been opened for the widows and orphans ; and a specialcollection has been commenced in the City for the widow and children of' Mr. Mortleman, as the mercantile community consider themselves indebted to the deceased for the recovery of the mail-bags.

During the gales last week, it is computed that a hundred mariners perished on the East coast between Lowestoft and Berwick.

A whale forty-five feet long and weighing twenty-five tons was last week cast ashore on the Norfolk coast.

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post has received what purports, to be a correct official return of yolitical offenders under punishment in thc Continental dominions of the king of the Two Sicilies. Including those: confined in religious houses or not allowed to leave their own homes, and. exiles, the total is 823; but those persons who have been put into prison, without trial are not included in the account.

A correspondent of the San Francisco Herald, writing from Utah, furnishes statistics of the wives of the Governor, Mormon Council, House of Representatives, and officers of the House : forty men have 420 wives V Many of the men are described in the return as "cripples and nearsighted"; one as "old and deaf," another as "young and handsome." One has no wife ; a second only " one " ; the Governor sixty-eight.

Price-current of Negroes at Lexington in Georgia. A Negro girl, fourteen years old, sold for 1305 dollars; a girl of eighteen, "in the family way,' went for 1500 dollars ; "a fellow" brought 1500 dollars ; some "diseased and old" were a drug in the market, and "sold low " ; Harriet,, with a child in her arms, commanded a rare price-1840 dollars. The purchasers to have twelve months' credit.