The Express. — London, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

Several other tusts, including that of "English Monistic Literature," followed, and the proceedings cloud at • eacne• l what late hour. The amount of donations received wu about OW, of glitch IOU . wt.. the iebeeription of the Queen. THE SOCIETY. Last night the members of this society dineal at the Yereaisesuns' '1 aver*, to eomenemorate the battle of Alesauelria. There was • large attendance, and a ;treat number of they. ntlernesi present were attired in the High land coetume. The chair was occupied by the president. a. Judie of Assont., and his grace was supported by Sir Checks Forbes, Dirt., General Delantotte, General Jock ma (of the Turki.h army), Sir John Campbell, Col one l yj mu niarr, Caotain Macdonald, Dr. Roden, Captain Jay, it.yl„ Rev. Dr. Cumming, Captain A. Macdonald, Cap pia Miller, Is:. Ilallefs Dr. S. Chisholm, Mr. Kenneth Hatay, Mr. J. Beaumont, Mr. A. H. BILL nagell, C. Nachman, Mr. A. G. Mackenzie, Mr. George blacken:tie. &c. Ac. After the loyal tuasts, Sir Client...lllomila; proposed the health of their noble president, who had already proved himself worthy to be a descendant of their great chief, 111'Cullum Nor. (Loud cheers.) The Duke of Anotru., in returning thanks, expressed N o me', gristly desirous of forwarding the interests of the insututius. the moo object of which be understood to be the protnot:on of union and pool fellowship amongst those who by birth, family, and feeling were connected with the biehlands of Scotlaisd. In one sense this was not a diScult trek, because there bed never been a country whose sons h a d shown so stron4 an attachment to their country and their home. Amidst the snows of Canada, the plains of India, or Lie vast territories of the South Pacific, wherever European adventure had penetrated, there might Scotch. men be Card , but nowhere could they be met with on. mindful of their home or their race. (Cheers.) One great characteristic they always preserved. Whenever success attended their elf ,eta, and they returned to their country, they would always be found to retails that accent with which, to his tined at least, they had improved the Queen's English. (" Hear," and a laugh.) They had heard of late considerable abase heaped upon their name ar.d country on &count of the assumed idleness of its people; but he was convinced that the real secret was their want of education. (Hear, hear.) That want the society had endeavoured to supply; and, indeed, the improvement which hail taken pi ice within the lest few years was great and surprising. The highlands of Scotland had of late been taking its revenge upon their solemn neighbours. Slaty or seventy years ago that surly sage Dr. Johnson, having condescended to make a tour of them, stated that he bad been led over rough and barren rocka see other )rocks more routs and barren, and a wider scene of desola tion ; but the Hans and Visigoths had never rushed more gladly upon the fertile plains of Italy than Eng:ishmen now rush.ed over the heathery fella, of the highlands. (Cheers) He hoped that this Scottish feeling would de velop itself in the increased support that would be accorded to the society. (Loud cheers) " The immortal memory of the heroes ea° fell with Abererombie," "The army and navy," " Chiefs and clans," " The visitors," " The Cale dootan Asylum," "The ladies," " Highlanders, shoulder to shoulder," " Pipes and banners," and other toasts, were also drunk, During the evening Angus Mackay, piper to the queen and tv the society, Donald Mackenzie, the Duke of Sutherland's piper, and other adepts on that melodious Instrument, contributed mach to the amusement of the evening ; and the juvenile bend of the Caledonian Society ?lapel a great number of natiatial airs. GREAT LONDON DRAINAGE BILL. An adjourned meeting of the delegates from the various perishes of the metropolis was held last night, at the Minelelsone Court-house, for the purpose of discussing the provisions of the London Drainsge BiU, now before parliament. Mr. SICISOLAY la the chair. Dr. SATZEL opened the discussion by observing, that the title of the bill was a misnomer. It was a bill, not so much for the drainage of the metropolis as for the salvage—the Finial salvage of the sewage. It was proposed to make two trunk teasels, one on the north and the other on the south side of the river Thames. The length of the north tunnel sewer would be ten miles and a half. This would be Carried oat by about • quarter of a mile of open cutting, sad ten miles and a quarter by under-ground tunnelling. At the outlet, at Barking Creek, the invert of tunnel sewer would be 65 feet below the level of Tiinity high water mark. A pumping steam-power lilt of 42 feet would be there established, to save the salvage sewage water, salvage soil, and other refuse m a tt ers of the coin penys works. The fall within tunnel sewer would be I feet is 1,325 feet, or 4 feet in the mile. The dimensions of the tunnel sewer at its commencement in Parliament-street would be 8 feet diameter, and at the out let of Barking Creek 10 feet. The length of the south teasel, eornmaneing at New Bridge-street, and ending et Greenwich Hanhes, would be 7j mile.; as its commence ment the dimeasioss of the tunnel would be 8 feet and at the outlet 10 feet—the fall 4 feet to • mile. There were to be three branch tunnels between the Thames and the main synth tunnel sewer: one from Waterloo bridge to Newing ton-butts, 1 mile; one from Blackiriase-bridge to Hewing tos-easseway, If mile; and one from London-bridge to Bite Anchor-lane, mile—making 3) miles of breach Mussels. The total length of tunnelling, therefore, on both sides of the river would be 21 miles. The sewers lying between these *oak semen end the Thames were to be used in the wof beds to dials off the surplus water. This WOW show that the prepositioa of the company we. altogether Wilmot@ Ist the eomplete and thorough sinkage of tole metropolis. The financial part of the Wane wee pewsto the prissipla and ess ence o f j o i st - Mat The allogdfts of a minimum dividend was, in Ile i t r o nsi Visa, as emessulalties of enterprise. There wee kitred of what was valuable in the bill, however, whis bedesirable to prows. Nothing would mo bilises en Mush vele, to the mellopoStas counties es the gemmed.. of Ihe wogs med mama he egricaltand per- Cuim. Me abeeld therefere submit a resolution to lbst that Ibe meeting eeutempiassd with satisfaction tie opeilleseless bejmelinment for aneat to preserve the sal • o ` Me wow he purposes ; that this oh be beet by a ) oint stuck compsay inaltect supervildes I th e meeting object to any gaa ginlee, sad that a wemiNes be appointed to watch the 1771 of the bill. Rimanao eewmatall the mottos. He understood that the value a the weep would be 40,0001. a year, which.' would be sufficient to earry out the object in view. Mr. Naaaow_ proposed as as entombment, that the present Went being M as se ea the prised* of local self-govern meet, ought to be opposed by that meeting. The present bill did net dials more than one-half the metropolis. It did net preride la say way for the sawsgo above Wait esisesbn-bridge_ . It professed by it• preamble to preserve the Rim Thames from impurity, sad yet by the 41st clause Ws were penalties imposed if any ether river than the liver Thames was rendered impure. This bill, therefore, would not drain the metropolis, ace preserve the Manna from impurities tea very things it professed to do. out tat Tin promoters of this bill, instead of carry ing the principle Missal government vitiated that prio ri*. It would not get rid of the present corainisdas of sewers. The delegate., therefore, ought not to lend Mem entos 03 soch a scheme. (Hear, bear.) Mr. Roans, of St. Luke's, seconded the amendment. He did sot believe that this bill, if passed, would get rid of the present commission of sewers. It ought to be opposed' because It 'Misled the principle of local self-government ; because, bet eg • company got up to promote its own In- WOO, it asked fora guarantee of 3 per cent. What would they think of a railway company that should ask for a rearantm of 3 per cent. before it undertook to construct its linos. (lion bear.) He regarded the bill as a most ob jectionable s cheme, which ought to be resisted by ell the ratepayers of London. Mr. Tot mane Sur= mid he agreed in the prinstplor enunciated by Dr. Sayer and Mr. Nelsen. bet be Wel eat aaggeeasas either is the resolution or pis iby than With regard to the main tunnel It huirriiver M far as possible, and whether the sewage - W.46u that tunnel sad the river were carried into the former ft left m It was, it would be • great boned. He did use eheset to the guarantee, because it was so smell i onamiut as simpered with the advantages costarred, that it ought not to be allowed to weigh for see moment spinet the ananre. let be indented that the promoters of she bill would not insist on the gas twee. He did not know whether that were really the rem or aot, bet, In his °plane, the rata of one halfpenny in the pound wee so small that it should net weigh for a ma- Mint against the great bessfits which the measure WOlll4 wafer. He denied that the bill violated the prinsiple of' ealtraveraatrat. It was a step in advance. It would get rid of the Metropolitan Commission of Bowen ; it would do for Is. 24. in the pound that which now cost them 21.1341. In the pound. He believed that the bill would be • great headt, and therefore he should support it. (Hear, her.) Mr. WiLLts, of St. Pancras, said that the bill wee rightly tithed the Gnat London Dvainage Bill, for though it might not draia the sewage of this metropolis, it would effectually drain the pockets of the ratepayer. (Hear, hear.) Why alwald the ratepayers of this metropolis be mimd up with the doiogs of a private company over which they had a. control. If the rates of this metropolis were pledged to guarantee 3 per nat., the promoters could raise the money at the present rate of interest, without Ever subscribing • penny themselves. (Hear.) This bill was the moat *bier tiooable that was ever offered to sensible men, and they wield deserve all the evil somsequences that would follow from its enntment, if they did not raise their voices against it. (Rear, hear.) Mr. nitre (Camherwell) opposed the bill. Mr. T. H. Surrm, of St. Pancras, support«) the bill, Mr. Howes also opposed the bill- Mr. Rowe, of Maryle' vo • ' Pi mid that the rate of Is. 2d., *bele Mr 'L •." • • run seemed to think eo little of, would in "Mee the rate in that parish by 20,0001. Mr. 7. Sac:tunas supported the bill. The amendment was then put, when there appeared 8 br sail 9 against. The amendment was therefore lost. Mr. II T then proposed a resolution to the effect, that the bill, with some modifications, deserved the support of the metropolitan parishes. Mr. T. 3111TH roue to second the amendment, but as seve ral of the dell goes had left, he should prefer that the dis exotics in adjourned, which was agreed to. DisAFFOILESTATION or IVlllCllWooD.—Yeeterdas, the mieernment bill, for " Di.afforest:ng the Forest of Wrichwood,"was printed. It is drelareil that it would be con ducive to the wellbeing of the neighbourhood if the forest w uilisafforestel. By the bill rorumiwinners are to be tip puiated to carry out the object of the bill, to disaffirm Whiehwood, in the county of Oxford. AUS fItALASIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. Yesterday the annual meeting of this company war hall at AS London . Mt. Buczut, Chairen.sn of the Beard of Daveton, presiding. The attendance wile not Irillatfolll. The report, which was , tabotitted, staled that the directors had hoped to have been enabled to have met the proprietary on this occasion with the announcement of the commence. meat of successful operations; but they regretted that such was not yet the cage. Since the last meeting, however, matters had progressed. The sailing of Mr. E. Harding, as the company's agent, for Sydney, had been reported to the proprietors at the last meeting, via., in March ; he had arrived out in July, and, on his arrival the local board, cuss• sisting of four gentlemen, was formed, and the 2,000 shares which had been reserved for the colony were distributed among persons of influence end respectability. The es trosive and valuable machinery had arrived out in the•Sep (ember following ; and Mr. Harding's staff had, of course, arrived with him, all in weal health. After completing hie arrangements at Sydney, Mr. Harding and Captain Williame (the enmpsny's mining captain) proceeded on their survey through New South Wales; and according to the recent (latest) aileices received, Mr. Harding had not discovered any quart: rocks of such promise as would war rant his commencing extensive operations and the in curring of the enormous expense of transmitting the ma chinery up the country ; but, at the same time, he stated in hls an letter that Captain Williams, who had been in a more southerly direetim, had made some er.coureging ob servations, and that he (Mr. Harding) was about to start to the point, for the purpose or coming to his own concha sious. The last sancta, therefore, afforded the hope that favourable operations were speedily oboist to he entered on. In this country the directors kad done what they hai promised at the meeting in March last. They hail obtained for the company a royal charter of incur potation, by which the liability of each shareholder was limited to the amount of his share. They bad kept the ex penses down to the lowest point ; and by the sale of for feited shares between 60W. and 700!. was realised, whi.eis would more than cover all the preliminary expenses. Up to this point, therefore, the expenditure of capital had been comparatively trithog, The report was adopted. Three retiring directors, and two retiring auditors, re offering themselves, were se-elected. In passing a vote of thanks to, and confidence io, the director's, a question was raised about the remuneration et the board, but the chairman refused to have the point dis cussed. The boned would not think of such a thing fur the present, THE LAW OF DIVORCE. The first report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Law of Divorce was yc•terday issued. The Commissioners having consideret the law of divorce in its different bearings, thus sum up briefly the alterations and improvements which they think may be made in it with prudence and safety. The suggestions are— That the distinction between divorce a mend et thorn and divorce a vinculo matrimonil shall still be maintained. That the grounds for a divorce 1 men's et thorn shall be conjugal infidelity and grim cruelty. That wilful desertion ,hall either be also a ground for divorce i manse et thorn, or else shall entitle the aban doned wife to obtain from hkr husband • proper mainte nance by way of alimony. That divorc s a inensa et th era may be obtained by the wife fee the above•meutioned causes as well as by the husband. That divonws a vincula shall be allowed fur adultery, and for adultery only. That divorces a tinculo shall only he granted on the suit of the husband, and not (as a geueral rule) on the suit of the wife. _ That the wife. however, may also apply for divorce a vineulo in cases of aggravat ed enormity, such as incest or bigarry. That recrimination, connivance, and condonation shall, proved, be deemed and treated as bars to the suit. The recrimination ,ball include any of the grounds for which divorces may be obtained a mene& et thoro. That the existing mode of obtaining a divorce I vineolo shall no longer be continued. That a verdict at law, and an ecclesiastical sentence, shall not be considered as preliminary conditions wbich must be complied with before it can be obtained. That a new tribunal shall be constituted to try all ques tions of divorce. Th it all matrimonial frivolous also which are now deter mined in the Ecciesi..stical Cuurts shill be transferred to the same tribunal. That thw tribunal shall consist of a Vice-Chancellor, a common law Judge, and a Judge of the Ecclesiastics! Courts. That the party who seeks a divorce, whether it be a divorce a %masa et thorn or a divorce a, vincula niutritnonii. I shall pledge his belief to the truth of the ease, and that there is no collusion between himself and his wife. That the evidence shall be oral, and taken dowel in the 1 1 presence of the parties. I That in general the process, practice, and ; leading shall confirm to the process, practice, and pleading of the Court of Chancery, as recently improved; with such additions at may be beneficially derived from the ecclesiastical sputa. lhat the rules id evidence shall be the same as those which prevail in the temporal courts of the kingdom. That the judges shall have the power of easminin g th e parties, and also of ordering any witnesses to be produced, who in their odinion may throw light on the question. That the court shall be intrusted with a large discretion in prescribing whether any and what provision shall be made to the wife, in adjusting the rights which she and her husband may respectively have in each other's property, and in providing fur the guardianship and msieteriance of the children. That there shall be only one appeal from the decree of the court, and that the appeal shall be carried to the House of Lords. INQUEST ON EDWIN BATES, COMMITTED FOR, THREA TENING PRINCE ALBERT. Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. T. Wakley, at the House of Detention, Cliakenwell, en the body of Edwin Hates, who died in that p r i son , to w hi c h he had been sent under a remand from Bow-street Pulite-office, fur having sent threatening letters to Prince Albert. Hugh bi• Carroll, a sub-warder, said the deceased was admitted into the infirmary on Thursday last. Dr. Smiles and Dr. Wakefield had administered aperient medicines to him from the redoes Tuesday. Oa the Thursday he still complained of pains in his stomach, and died at &beat a quarter to eleven that eight. Lieut. W. F. Hill. governor of the prison, said he saw the derard soon after be was received on Friday the 11th instant. He was discharged from this prison shortly before the openiag of the Orest Exhibition in 1811, having then suffered 12 months' imprisonment on a precisely similar charge. On his arrival witnessed expreised his sorrow at seeing ry. him beak again , when he said it was nth, r extra- Mr. orda Heart' Wakefield, surgeon to the House of Dotte d's, said the deceased was seat to the prison on the Ilth of Match, "hilt witness received a letter from the cow adding magistrate, requesting him to examine the state of his mind, as he was then in a very excited condition. He saw his daily, and am Turd ay wrote a amide its that he was insane. Subsequently he had ordered him opening modi due for &stoppage in the bowels. Oa Thursday afteraoes he walked up to the infirmary, where he was atteaded, but he diedshorly before 11 o'clock that night. Oat Saturday last b made a pod work,* examination of the body. The liver was eaterively diseased and could be easily broke.. In the cavity of the abdomen was shout one gallon of a dark fluid. At the sad of the porticoes= was a whir foss opening, through which the contents of the sto mach had flowed into the cavity of the abdomen. Hs bad told 111111611111 that the only relief he could obtain was by taking large quantitier of carbonate of sods. He should judge from the appearanee of the stomach that disease had existed for a considerable time. The intestines were healthy, but with the opening he had referred to no medical skill could have saved him. The immediate sour of his death was ulceration of the stomach, and with the opening in the peritoneum be bad no doubt that death was t.O result of natural clauses. The jury t h en retuned a reedit& of "Natural death I from diseamint the stomach." COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON A COMM:MAN.—Yes terday, Mr. Commissioner Winslow held • a court at the Bridge Hasse Hotel, London-bridge, to inquire into the state of mind of Benjamin Crowther, formerly a comel an, engaged at Miley's, and mo th recently of the Surrey Theatre. It resulted from the evidence of several of the witnesses that Mr. Crowther wee married to Miss Vincent, lessee of the Victoria Theatre, on the 14th February, 1852, when he wee in full health. After the ceremony he pro ceeded to Brighton with Mrs. Crowther, and was attacked with fever, followed by what now appears to be a settled meatal derangement. He was at first sent to a Bloods asylum at Camberwell, and subsequently to another, at Bethuatgreen ; but at the time of this inquiry, which was instituted by his brother, he was residing with his father, as before his marriage. Bofors his removal to an asylum his behaviour had been marked by great excitement, alternat ing with depression, fear beige the predominant emotion. In the course of the inquiry the alleged lunatic was Intro daced. Having rushed about the room, flourishing his arms, and threatening to write challenge, and to shoot several people, ninth at the same time very blasphemous and foul language, be was with some difficulty lei out of the room. The jury returned a verdict, "That Benjamin Crowther is now of unsound mind, incapable of manseing himself and his affairs. and has been so since tile 18th Feh , 1852." METROPOLITAN COMIIIeBION oe Stwetti.—A spe cial court of sewers way held yesterday, at the court-house in Greek-street. Mr. Jebb in the chair. 'the other coeval.. sioncrs present were Mr. G. Baker, Major O. S. Smith, Sir C. Fellowes, Mr. Ilawkelnee p 4nd Hr. Thom" F. Gibson. Thy :wort will Sunuslonea for 11 o'clock, but it was 10 Ini".iiies to 12 before the court Was opened ; some thirty persons who attended on business bci-g kept waiting in, the meantime, to their great dissatisfaction. The Di's:, nese transacted was altogether of a formal character, such a' ordering payment., receiving reports no the state of the vtleetions, and hearing summonses for not executing works The recommt nditions of the general committee for executing works to the amount of 13,1901. were sanctioned, with the ezesption of ene in Hornsey. roar'. amounting to 3,262 f., which was postponed fur cumiders:iun to the next meeting. TILE COPYHOLD Acrs.—Yeeterdey, a bill in the Ilouss of Commune, was printed, to amend the Copyhold Arta. This bill will facilitate the enfrauchisemeut of land kelosding to scciesiasticsl corporations. THE . EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING MARCH . 22,, 1853 IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAME 21. The report of the President of the Queen's Col lege Galway, fo r th e pa s t aca d em i c year, h as b een published. It states that "a considerable increase in the number of students has taken place within the year," and that the reports of the professors ex hibit favourably the amount of their application and improvement. After alluding to the poverty of the province in which the college is situated, and to other difficulties which it has had to encounter, the report thus refers to the relation in which the insti tution has stood to the Raman catholica and their clergy To another subject I refer with pain, but it is use which it is impossible to ignore in treating of those circum stances that ham retarded the sincere of the institution. I mean the opposition, or, at least, the want of co.opera tion en the part of the priesthood of that persuasion which forms the large majority of the population. When we refer to the struggles made by this body in past times, to rescue the people committed to their care from the igno rance to winch they hail been doomed by law; when we remember the support with which, more recently, they u;-- held and still uphold the national schools—the prototype of the Queen's Colleges—against a storm of unrelenting hostility; when we know that tome colleges were founded mainly fur the elevation of the catholic people, by states men who, but yesterday, rendered the must signal ser vices to the catholic cause, the mind looks in vain for any clue to the opposition they have encountered on the part of the catholic pr:esthood. Some proceedings connected with the Galway College, which have taken place in the lust two years, are of too important a nature to be overlooked, how ever much they may perplex and grieve the Minds of en -I,ghtenment and progress. On the first opening of the col lege, your Majesty, ever anxious for the welfare of your people, appointed a catholic dean of residence, whose du ties were solely confined to superintending the spiritual in. terests of the catholic students, and @Herding them reli gious instruction. The la-gest opportunities were given by the college authorities for the discharge of duties which were performed by the estimable gentleman who filled the office with the most exemplary seal. Surely —even if the other numerous securities with which the faith and morals of the students are fenced round could b., for gotten—this was, in itself, a measure calculated to in spire confidence and allay suspicion; and, surely, the course that the most watchful solicitude for the stu dents' welfare seemed to point mat, would have been to assist in Kirin efficiency to au office established fur such purposes. So far from this being the cast, I lament to ray, that the sacred duties of the office have been inter• rupted, and the catholic students attending your Majesty's college, have been deprived of that spiritual control and in struction so amply provided for them by your Majesty. Among the offices which exist in the colege, that of vice• president is, perhaps, the one that invests its holder with the largest share in the management of the institution. Hi. care extend/ over every department; the lecture-rooms are ever open to his inspection and superintendence ; and the very nature of his office compels hint to have a perfect and cunstant insight into the working of the entire establish meat. If any danger could, by possibility, accrue to the religious or moral principles of any class of the students, it' must be with his entire cognisance. This important 'ace was , on the death of the late respected presi dent, conferred upon a catholic clergyman, whose cha racter and attainments insured the vigilant and faith ful discharge of its duties. Here, again, another proof was afforded of tha determination of government to give to 1 1 the catholies an additional assurance of the most perfect I safety to their peculiar tenets. This gentleman, too, has retired from a post which his v , rtues would have adorned. file science of history, occupied with matters which occa sionally intertwine themselves with religious considerations, was consigned to the same reverend gentleman who filled the office of vice-president, without, I am glad to say, eli citing a murmur of disapprobation or suspicion from the students of the established and presbyeerisn churches. From the teaching of history by a ea holic clergyman, little danger could, one might presume, be anticipated to cathclic students. Nevertheless, with the office of vice-president. the raveund gtnuemen who held it has also been com pelled to resign the chair of history. Such, then, being some of the obstacles which we have had to encounter—the small support that the neighbourhood of the college can affird ; the disproportion of the expenses of the college to the ercumstaLces of the province —the little effort hitherto made to awaken a seal for education, and I the opposition of men whose station must always command weight and influence, it iv with feelings of suti.faetion I row refer to the numbers that have joined the college in the short period that has elapsed since its opening, es a proof that nothing is wanted but • firm and generous support front the government and legislature, together with the cordial co-operation of the friends of united education, to maks that beneficent principle triumphant in this, as in every other part of the country. During the three sessiona that have elapsed since the opening of the college 130—of which 67 were Roman catholic, 41protestants, 15 presby terians—studt nts have joined it. When it is remembered that the period has been one of great depreeion, and that the Queen's Colleges of Cork and Belfast were opened simultaneously with thnt of Galway, the progress of the institution must be cqnsidered satisfactory ; the more so, as it will be seen from the tattle that the students represent, in fair proportions, the different religious persuasions, and that united eduction has, so far, been really carried out. Dr. Graves, the eminent physician, who stood de servedly so high among the very brightest orna ments of his profession, not only in Ireland, but in Europe, and who was no less remarkable for his po pularity with all parties of his countrymen, died yes. terday, at his residence in Merrion-square, on his stith birthday. His illness was a tedious one, and commenced with a liver complaint. Dr. Graves was the founder of the clinical system of instruction which has been so successful in the Dublin School of Medicine. The tido of emigration, which did not cease to flow during the entire winter, now rushes from the Irish shores with a still broader wave at the return of spring; while, coupled with the stereotyped head ing of " The Exodus," we begin to find that of " Scarcity of Labour" in almost every number of all the Irish provincial papers. ARTIETEe BENEVOLENT BUNP.—The annual gene ral meeting of the subscribers to this charity took place yesterday at the Freemason's Travers, when the report of the committee for the year was read and confirmed. The only information contained is the document was, that dur ing the year the sum of 7231. 16s. had been distributed amongst 49,widows, and 1471. 10s. amongst 31 orphans of artiste—that the ordinary income had been 9611. 16e. 11d., and including a balance from last year, and an extritordi nary reteip; of 2501.6 x. 64.1. The total income for the year had been 1,4381. 17s. 3d., and the ordinary expenditure 1,0861 7s. Id. A BRIDAL FRARAB.—A man named Tripier was placed at the bar of the Tribunal of Correctional Police, to answer the charge of haring beaten his wife on the wed ding day. "At first all went off well on the wedding day," said the complainant, a pretty young woman, " the at the marie and the church, the dinner and the mar were charming. At night everybody went away ; but I had scarcely entered the nuptial chamber when the defendant arrived like a madmen, and thrashed and kicked me as if I had been made of plaster. You can readily suppose, Monsieur le President, that L did not know what to think of it. ' What have I done to you,' I cried, 'to cause you to beat mil so ?' • Ah!' he said, • a marriage portion of only five hundred francs! as it a man would be bored with a woman for five hundred francs Oh, if I only had your old wretch of a mother here, wouldn't I pay her out! But, u I can't get at her, I will pay you off instead and he beat me again as violently as before. At length I broke from him, and rushed, half dressed, from the room." " What have you got to say ?" asked the President of the seemed. " That I thrashed my wife on the wedding night is trite, but I was drunk." " Are you not schemed of havi•i,.l3taten a young woman ?" 0 You - may easily understand Bat I seta Inaba wait about the op, whether she was II yam et ma or Be asp. tars not, I suld have used my flats /reef as vigorously l' —" You beat her, she my., because low parents did net give her money enough ?" In the Best place, she has no parents—she has only an old wretch of a mother. In the woad Mare, I made such a foolish marriage, that even now, when I think of it, it causes my hair to stand on end like the quills of the porcupine! For eight months, Monsieur le President, that old woman intsigued to cause me to marry her daughter ! The fact is, she is very ambiti ous, sir, although • simple ooncierfe."—Ambitious ! and pray what are you?"—" An artist hair dresser !" exclaimed the man, with dignity.—" And you really think the mother was ambitions in seeking such • man as you for the husband of her daughter ?"—" Why, good gracious, sir, do you think I am not worth more in the matrimonial market than 400 f.? Can I establish myself with fOOt. ?"—" But you should not render the young woman responsible for your disappointment."—" Oh, you understand, sir, that if I could catch the old mother-in-law she wou'd feel the weight of my list, hut she takes good cars to keep out of way ' -The tribunal condemned the - Monsieur SUICIDE IN THE THAMES. Yesterday, Mr. Carter concluded an inquest on the body of Mary Ann Adams, found in the Team" elf Itotherhithe, on the 10th hist. The circumstances under which the deceased was induced to commit the deal crate set were peculiarly distressing. She wai the wife of • clerk in the City, wno had abeeonded after committing extensive forgeries, leaving his wife and children helpless. She had been compelled to seek refuge in St. Mark's workhouse, but immediately before her death was residing by !semis* Sitni in the houso of a friend ate Old Branttord. Shu left this placo for London in very low spirit., oeensibly for the purpose of re•entering the union with her infant, aged 17 months. Der friend s saw no more of her till called to identify her body. Letters in the handwriting of the deceased, of which the following Sr. copies, were produced "My dear friend—l hope the Almighty God will par den my sins for the crime I have cimmitted, but I can never be happy in this world, neither could I leave my infant in this cold world. 0.1 greet I may be forgiven for such a rash act. I freely forgive my husband es I hope to be forgiven. Wherever he is, he is quite as unhappy as myself . . I also sincerely hope my dear 1),:a will do well he the world, wherever they are. D .1 tell my dear little daughter anything that has occurred to me. I hope she Lord may protect her, and may she see her father eons. He, and her brothers, and herself, hes a mothees dying blessing, also the party who protects my little girl. I bid adieu to all dear friends; many Maas for their kindnesses. From an unhappy wife. (Signed) MARY ANY ADAMS. e• harshly." ' P.S. Judge nut The next was es follows : " I bare preferred Waterloo-bridge. Send to Mrs. Tappin, and don't tell Anna fur the world. Guu.l bye, G.HI bleu you all. I hope to be at rest with my pour intout. Do nut shed a t. ar." On a scrap of paper was written in deceased's hand writing : "Of sorrows and troubles I hsve had my share. To leave en infant to the buffets of the world is a worse crime than the one I have committed. I hope God will forgive me, fur my heart is too full to support my spirits any longer. I hope we shall both rest in peace." The body of the child taken out by deceased, and which doubtless perished with her, has not been found. The jury returned a verdict to the effset that Mary Ann Adams committed suicide, being of unsound mind. MUSIC. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The general prospectus of this theatre, containing the arrangements of the season, has at length been pub lished. It speaks for itself, and does not offset much room for comment; nor, we cannot help thinking, does it hold out ar. markably brilliant prospect. The most satisfactory part of it is the announcement of the distinguished names which have hitherto sustained the reputation of this theatre —Orisi, Castellon, Mario, Tamberlik, Ronconi, and Formes; and of those performer; of the second rank who have added much to the strength of the compatiT, among whom Mdlle. Rosin, Madame Jullienne, Messrs. lagliafieo, Polonini, and Zelger deserve twin chit notice. But in these lists there are blanks which we did not expect; and iu parti cular, we are astonished to find no notice of the acme of Madame Garcia Viardot, though we know that this ilLstrious lady is to be in London during the season. Several new names are mentioned, which it is needless to ' enumerate, as they are absolutely unknown in this country even by reputation. On this account we expect little from them; for we have observed that there has scarcely (if ever) been an instance of an hpers-singer making a great sense tion in England who had no, previously gained Conti • Conti nental AMC In regard to opera's, ibis prospectus contains what is Gilled "the repertoire of the Royal Italian opera ;" a list, namely, of every piece, good, bad, and indifferent—success ful and unsuccessful—which has been performed at ibis theatre during the seven years of its existence, including even the "Sappho" of Gosmod and the " Pietro it Grande" of Monsieur Jullien. What is this to the purpose? Tte most familiarly known operas of Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Ike., are common to every Italian theatr and cannot be said to make up the repertoire of any one in particular. In the long l'st of some forty operas given in this prospectus, there as s not half a dozen which can be said to be in any way peculiar to the Royal Italian Opera. The announcement of novelties is but meagre. The first is the " Jessonds," of Spuhr, which we observe with great pleasure. It is the finest work of that composer, and we trust the management will keep the i r promi se o f roducing it this season under the author's own superintendence. The others me, a new opera by the weak and worn-out Verdi, which, ten to one, will turn out a (Adore ; "Matil d a di Shabren ," an old and mum( ccssful opera o Rossini ; Donisetti's " Don &button," a piece produced at the grand opera at Paris without any great eclat ; a new opera called "Juana Shore," by Signor Burkett!, a cum. poser of whom nothing whatever is known in this country; and Berlios's " Benvenuto Cellini," a piece respecting the merits of which (me of all Berlios's music) there is great difference of opinion, but which cer tainly did not succeed on the Parisian stage. And, of these pieces, it will be observed, not the whole, but three only are positively promised during the season. It has been gene. rally reported that the " Oberon" of Weber was to be pi o. duced ; but this, it would seom ' is not the case. There is to be a ballet this smson, and the names of • number of dancers (but no great ones) are given. The orchestra and chorus, it is stated, will exhibit the same high state of efficiency as heretofore. We hope this will be the case. Mr. Costa continues to be the musical director; but it is said that the strength of the orchestra is to be reduced, and that some of its must distinguished members will no longer have places in it. We mention this report because it is generally current. If true, we can only say that it will he a piece of lit-judged economy ; fur the strength and completeness of its orchestra has hitherto been the most re markable &stun of the Royal Italian Opera. The theatre opens on Tuesday, the 29th of this mouth. The subscription will consist of 46 nights, and the season will end in August. . HER MAJESTY ' d TItEATBE.—POSTPONEMENT OP TUN SALL—The sale of the properties of this establish- ment was to base been continued yesterday, bat shortly before one o'clock placards were ailed to the doors, stating that in consequence of a treaty having been opened for the purchase of the whole of the remaining portion in one lot, the sale in lots was for the present suspended. Admission to the theatre was, however, obtained by those who had purchased catalogues, and a large number of persons, among whom were amity ladies, visited the plate in the course of the day. HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPERS' PROVIDENT INSTI- TutioN.—The fifteenth annual meeting of subscribers to the above igatitution was held yesterday at the Craven Hotel, Strand, the object being to 'venire the annual re port of the committee, the auditors' report, and to elect officers for the ensuing year. Mr. S. Lovegrove presided. From the report which was read at the meeting the in mate from all sources fur the post year appeared to be SOL 3s. 24., and the disbursemente to 20 members and 12 widows of inemben, 2291. 2s. ; and after dedueting the ear• rent expresso of the year there remained a balance of 1101. 10r. 64. The number of recipients had aanaally in creased from 8 in 180 to 32 an 1862, and amongst the whole number relieved during that period the large sum or 1,2841.95. had been distributed. The npertfurthermentraild twerasarkable instances of the tramlines of the institaden. In one instance where • subscriber had paid in ag. u„, had, ma serequeatly coming to distress, received up to ebb present time 1021. la. ; aid another who had paid la M. had nerved from the funds 964. The report concluded with a grateful enumeration of the benefactors of the is , airtime, cud the annestamment that Mr. Base, M.P., had meneted es pride st the. sent naniverury fastivel.—The Chrism, M opetalag the proceedings, bridle called at tention to the above facts contained in the report, sad moved its adoption. One or two questions were asked is. sporting the mode of distribution, and were satisfactorily mimed, shoe which the report was nnanhaoludy adopts& Thanks were voted to Mr. Alderman Sermons for hie lindesese in hernaiag a via patron of the reapiatinni Mr. Masterman M.P., (or his donationof di. &Orrin( S. ninth saes of ant motor he bad given to the g and also to the honorary contributors, wham Se alhaeums inioureaed the meeting were principally ladles. Often he the ensuirg year were thee elected, and the yeeeeediop terminated with the usual -of thanks ' ' _wad vote _ _- to tho - cheirtnan. MU DUKE'S Fars Ix THE RUINS or CIUDAD REEEDIO.—As he hes never does anything at Ciudad Rodrigo, of which he is Duke, he determined upon this opportunity to give • grand fed there in the midst of the nuns. A grand dinner, ball, and supper. All heads of departments, generals, public authorities, Spaniards and Reglish, were asked to dinner, to the amount of sixty five. In the evening, ladies about forty, and men about a hun dred sad fitly, us to a ball and supper. The dinner and supper were half cooked at Frenada, and carried over in military waggons and on mules. All the plate at head quarters was put in requisition, and there was enough to allied a change in silver at dinner. Plenty of claret, chant- Feign, and Lamego, that is port, was sent over, &e. A caravan of glass and crockery from Aimeyda, twenty•ilve miles off Rodrigo, from toe governor there, and from a shop /at set up, I understand, there. The whole went off very well, o:apt that it was excessively cold, as a few balls daring the siege had knocked in se.eral yards of the roof of the ballroom, and it was a hard trait at the time. I never had a colder ride than going there.—Larpener Pri vate Jonsteal. _ _ _ REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. (Frost flu Mark-lows Live") BRITISH. _ The very liberal supplies of bread-stuffs which ,have reached our shores since the commencement of the nsoath hove exceeded what has been needed for immediate consumption; and there having been nu disposition teenier into speculative investments, prices have gradually given way. Whether the downward movement will continue must depend in a great measure on the extent of future arrivals. A considerable number of corn laden vessels are said to be still on passage from the south, and we shall probably continue to receive fair supplies of dour from America, with some quantity from European ports. It must, however, be recollected that the home supplies will be short fur some time to come—that the Baltic spring shipments are likely to be later than usual—and that con sumption is going on at an extraordinary pace, owing to the extreme scarcity and dearness of potatoes and other vegetables. The season thus far is very backward. Spring tillage was scarcely commenced till the beginni n g o f M arc h, an d has since ! . .een frequently interrupted. Farmers will ennsiquently have sufficient to occupy them in the fields for another three or four weeks, which will prevent them delivering feeely. Coder these eircemstances, we are rather inclined to think that the retrograde movement will receive a check; but we must confess that we are not sanguine es to any material improvement in quotations so long as foreign grown cern continues to pour into the coun try in the manner it has done hitherto. The weather has been very change able since our last. After the two or three fine spring -like days with which the past week chased, we had heavy and continuous rain on Monday. Subsequently the mercury receded materially, and sieve Wednesday we have had a complete return to winter—cutting east wind, sharp night from% and frequent falls of snow. These great changes in the temperature must prove very trying to vegetation, but as yet we have heard of comparatively few complaints respecting the ap pearance of the wheat plant. That the progress of the crop will be watched with more than ordinary interest during the emuing summer is certain. The fact of the breadth of land WWII with wheat in the autumn being materially short of an average, will unquestionably tend to render all parties engaged in agriculture, as well as those interested in the trade, sensitively alive to anything which may occur threatening injury. For the present merchants and mil lers seem disposed to wait events rather than enter into fresh engagements, and we have hail another very quiet week. The tone of the advice' from Liverpaol is not quite so &spending as it was last week, but the business done on Tuesday was not extensive. Wheat brought much the Caine prices u on that day week, whilst flour was obtain able at a decline of Is. per barrel and sick. Subsequently the inquiry for both articles appears to have improved, and on Friday sales of wheat to some extent were made at the full terms of the pr: vious market day. In addition to a fair local demand, several purchases were made by buyers from a distance. Flour was held with rather more firtuneu, but no portion of the decline could be recovered. The accounts from the other large consuming towns in the north do not report any material change in gestations, but buyers appear to have had the turn in their favour in most cams. At the markets in the agricultural districts the supplies of wheat have been very small, and prices Lave been toter ably well supported, notwithstanding the discouraging ad vices from Mark-lane and most of the other great consuming towns. The future range of prices will depend mainly on the character of the weather during the summer, and it would therefore be vain to give other than a qualified opinion. There are two powerful facts in favour of a rise, vim, the indifferent result of the lest crop is the United Kingdom, and the shortness of the bri . silth of land this year under wheat. On the other side, the liberal supplies thus far received front abroad afford lair gr iunds for sup posing that, unless anything disastrous should happen, foreign countries will c,atinue to furnish wheat and flour enough to prevent any material advance. The letters from Scotland report a very heavy fall of snow there, and many of the roads had become bl oc k e d u p. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, wheat was rather d but at Glasgow prices had still a tendency to decline. The Irish markets having been abundantly supp , ied with wheat and Indian corn from the Black Sea, and with oats of native growth, all these articles had continued to recede in value. Consumption was, however, extensive, and rather sanguine expectations respecting the ultimate course of the trade were entertained. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into the port of London have amounted to only 3,693 qrs. during the week ending this (Saturday) evening, and the quantity brought forward at Mark-lane by sample from the home commies since Monday has been very small. The millers have, however, shown no signs of being in immediate want, and business has been far from active. On Wednesday scarcely anything was done, but subsequently the inquiry improved more or less, and, on Friday, there was certainly a firmer feeling than in the beginning of the week. As regards prices, no change has taken place since Monday requiring 'notice, but really fine qualities would probably (had any appeared) have cominainled a slight improvement. The greater part of the 10,924 qrs. foreign wheat reported is from the Medi terrimean and Black Sea, the arrivals from the near coati =Mal ports having bees quite trivial. The principal town millers appear still to have old wheat on hand, and having lately had very little country demand, the trade has been exceedingly inactive. The business done was of a retail character, as well on Wednesday as on Friday, and holders were unable to establish the slightest improvement on previous rates. Stocks in granary continue to diminish, far, circumscribed as has been the demand the last few weeks, the receipts have been even more so. Some further arrivals have taken place since this day week off the coast from ports east of G.braltar. The lying days of many of the vessels which arrived early in the mouth having nearly run off, tellers have been compelled to realise, and in some cases buyers have under these cir cumstances obtained a small advantage, bat the fall has not been so great as might (considering the extent of the supply) have been expected. There are now only 13 arrived cargoes remaining (out of an arrival of 133 since 27th Feb.) undispused of. Sales have been made during the week of Polish Odessa red at prices ranging from 381. 9d. to 405.; white, 425.; and for the finer sorts, such as Marlanopoli and Berdianski, 435. 3d. up to 435. 9d. per qr. has been paid. The sale for town-made flour has been very difficult, owing partly to the arrivals from abroad; foreign having been offered comparatively cheaper than that of home-ma nufacture. The slightly improved tone in the wheat trade on Fri day had some influence on American flour, and the latter could hardly he:bought on as easy terms win the commence ment of the week. Though the supply of barley coastwise has been small, and the offers by sample not by any means numerous, this grain has become somewhat difficult of disposal. Many of the priacipal misters have apparently secured all they are likely to want for the sea on; at all events the demand has slackened, and privious prices have been paid, even for the flutist qualities, with more or less reluctance. The supply of foreign barley has °assisted of 2,410 qrs., principally from Egypt. Baltic, and similar sorts, have brought full rates for grinding ; but the Egyptian hung on hand, though offered on moderate terms. The inquiry for malt has been rather slow; needy buyers have, however, had to pay the extreme rates of last Monday. The total supply of oats has amounted to 0n19,819 qrs., of which a considerable proportion, vie., 3 ,21 W qrs., has been from Ireland. Notwithstanding the insignificanee of this arrival, the trade Ina remained exceedingly dull. The principal dealers seem to calculate confidently on better supplies from abroad, and are apparently determined to work up old stocks as close as possible. The little business done on Wednesday was at former rates. Oa Friday factors showed some disposition to raise their pretensions ; bat were unable to establish any advance. English beans have cense forward sparingly, and have not been sold cheaper than before. In Egyptian the operas Mena have been unimportant. Peas have bees held very firmly ; more especially white boilers. In floating cargos* of Indian 'ern the transactions have been rather numerous, and previous prices have been well supported ; 32.. pm , qr. has been paid for Galata—a Friar which could hardly have been obtained last week. FOREIGN. The anstinued depression in the wheat trade here hashed considerable influents on prices at several of the continental markets; and by the latest &deices from the Baltic, it ap pears that holders had become more anxious to realise. Stocks in that quarter are rather heavy, the belief that Great Britain would require large importations, caused by the rise here in November last, having induced more liberal supplies to be sent from the interior to the ports oath' coast than would probably have been the case if nudtsters bad remained quiet during the winter. At Danzig the quantity of wheat in warehouse is esti mated at about 160,000 qrs., of which three-fourths would, probably, be of suitable quality for shipment to England. Letters, dated 16th inst., state that little busisess had bees dons for some days, though sellers would have made same concession it sales could thereby have been facilitated. TN weather, after having been mild fur some days, had again become wintry, and as early opening of the navigation was not expected. The reports from Konigsberg describe business as de cidedly dull, with prices tending downwards. Good quali ties of red wheat, 6111bs. weight per bushel, had been offered at 42s 9d., mixed at 43e. 3d., and superior high- at Tc y, iv - W e a r c—Tha tnounm .3.--___ - amiable , FLAX SPINNING AT LES SAULY.B.-It is carefully I mixed at 465. 3d.;per qr. fast eta bOar d . in spies . drawn through a couple of Nears combs (the coarser ono • Il - a rlar'simPeisolllneet.—Gaiigitani. WHEN OUR LORD FALLS IN OUR LADY'S LAP.- 1 pos A it t io te to tti b n u , y on . T hea uezd a a nd y last,the t th ur e n re wa w slec w i e d ry edly aae agai d et with iron, the finer with brazen teeth), that are studded is formidable ianktiil sl a i s al b an a z ad o cui n t o h r e scu sur f re .wo o k f in on g e ila an x d b ta , tam es s a Seeing , that G ood Friday in this year falls on Lady-day, the seller. Common 61lbs red, might rhea have been bought may t Deg to ask if Daly of your contributors could inform at 41s. to 41s. Bd., and good 61}1be. Pomeranian at 42*. 6d. Lautiful, soft, end taken tress, now inbr . 11 nothing so Ime where the foilarui. g old saying is to be met with, viz.: to 435. per qr., free on board at tint open water. The wea- Much as a lady's back hair after it has and.' rho. Cood Friday tatto in a Lady's hp, titer was severe, and the navigation would not he free, it tenons manipulations of the toilet. Inv orient, Inelo - I ;10 Ragland will happen some mishap. was believed, before the middle of April. In dramatic heroine, requiring to electrie y her Annie —e L tins ' 6 tothe prophecy I hope false one) may be attri- .... er 1 r wham recital of her stage sorrows, thougb • • and have lately to be mums in moat parts of Germany. teally suffering most at ' hated ? I have seen it some years since, ertone the nays- 1 heart from the scantiness of her ..a ..__, . . . t nu periwig, as only o Monday, state that the river ison make 4 """ n " ' r nlO been asked the origin of the 'eying. Fuller shows that Rostock. letters, f • -• •• so" '''''':e to obtain an unlimited vain - it refers to Easter Day, not Good Friday, falling on fi l med closed by iee, en d th e weather haying again become 1 and gi1d...4 by the beams of the rising fu tits' •,,ir ihmeAL)cks• Witii these Piciuresquzly dishevelled, , the 25th of March, when he remake:—" I behold this , cad, no early opening was not expected. Prices of wheat ; appear to have been better supported there than elsewhere, by the breezes which rustle through the v:tliar die may : not above six score years old, and of Popish eztmctiolt ' still •he turn had been rather in favour of the purchaser atlights, or agitated ! proverbial prophecy, or this prophetical menace, to be But the ; since the Iteformation. It whispered' more than it (bays ! good qualities had been offered at 44'. to 455., and the best successfully di fy the oppressor and the tyra.nt worthy maids and matrons here dream of no ii.leh yauit.es , speak out, and points at more than it deem' whisper ; heavy sorts at 465. to 475. per qr. free on b ,Ard. The little the instill - li ce lin- , and fain would intimate to credulous persoe,s as if the 1 barley which had come to hand had commanded equal to i as those. Tbeir souls are absorbed by glides the thread. The boiler boils it, the weaver a ' easel i her ad , ration , smooth ; Blessed Virgin, offended with the English lor abolishing . 25t. 60. per qr. free on board. pules of spinning. Bound goes rho wheel, and watcheth an opportunity is! revenge on this 1 Hamburg minces of Tuesday state that the continued d at , nation. And when l i ce day (being the erre-and-twentieth of , dulness here had had sufficient effect there to give buyers of it, the bleacher bleaches it, the seamstress stitches it ; an Bar shirt which will keep you warm aud make you resected , a , March, and first of the Gregorian yea ' ) chanceth t , fall on ', wheat a decided advantage ; hut the prevailing opinioa last you have, on your delighted good-looking nevion, : i fernt hli atob of Christ's . resurrection, '',,en . bang, as it . were, , was that prices had about touched the lowest point. I for years and years, outlasting whole a b full of the re dame ouses - , ley had met with less attention than the week before, and rubbishy nothings which a home- s ,inwni y our state, and alurichmen especially. '—Frons I for 631bs. Danish, to be shipped in spring, 1.3 e. 92. down to dear at a gift. —Dickmat's " /fineseiga ;P liC or would gall Ito '')gel and thari4B." Vs." •• A 235. pre quarter had been taken. There was a great deal of in* in the Elbe, and the navigation was only practicable for steamboats. In the DMA markets quotations of wheat have under gme little change of late, but the tencl.mcy has been down wards. At Rotterdam, ou Moodily, white Zeelend was ob tainable About Is. per quarter lower th in on that day week. In France the valise of wheat has also declined, and not withstanding the discouraging report. from boner, some qesnlity of flour is beiug shipped from thence to this country. The accounts from the hleiliterrancen are gimeral:y dull, and at Leghorn, ow Saturday last, wheat was obtainable on easier terms than earlier in the week. From the Black Sea, the advice* are, on the contrary of a iieely rharacter. . At • Cialitz. oa the 3rd March, wheat was in stood deratnd at 255. 11d. to 275. 7d.; and at quotations for the finer kinds ranged from 255. 53. to 27a. lid. par qr. tree on board. We have &deices of recent dates from America. The ac counts from this side ears considered very unfavourable. and the effect had been to cause some decline in prices ut both wheat and flour. Shipments were still, ik ing made from time to time to the English markets; freights had de clined, 2i. 6.1. having been accepted fur flour (run New York to Litre:twin!, and 24. 9d. to 2s. lOW. per barrel to London. New York 'deices, of the sth inst., eatimme the stock on hand at 2;5.00 barrels; and the total exports from lit Jan. to 28th Feb. had amounted to 217,671 barrels. Superfine Western Canal and States was then qumed equal to 21s. Id. to 225. 6d. per barrel free on board ; Clennessee wheat, 448. to 46e, and southern, 41s. to 448. per qr. of 430 Ito. CLERICAL. TREPRIIMUNTS. Rev. Henry John Gin!ketone Young, clerk, t ) the Rec tory of Hollesley, in Suttilk, ou the presentation of James Young, of Wells, in Norfolk, Esq. Rev. James Richard Philip Home, 8.A., to the Rectory of Stanhow, in Norfolk, on the presentation of Saphia Margaret Ito.te, of Barwick House, in tho said county, spinster. • Iter. Russell Cope, to the Stipendiary Curacy of Middle wich, Chester, en the nomination of the Venerable Isaac Wood, Archdeacon of Cheater, the Vicar. Rev, E. A. P. Campbell, to the Stipendiary Curacy of Chi!dwell, Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev. Augustus Caropbe.l, the Vicar. Rev. John Prosser, to the Perpetual Curacy of Church Minsbull, Chester, void by death of Rev. C. B. Saudto•d, on the nomination of 11. Brooke, Esq., patron thereof; value IOSI., with a house, NAVAL. MOVEMENTS OP 111 R MAJESTY'S SHlPS.—Gryser t steamer, at Grey Town, Feb. IS; Imatim, and Aittin, steamer, at Jamaica, Feb. 27; Dauntless anti Calypso, at Barbarlots, Feb. 27; Vestal, at llavantiali • Daring, cruis ing off Cuba ; Devastation, st ea m er , a t Be lize;: and Ber muda, schooner, cruising MT the Mosquito Coast. At Malta, on the 14th—the Mediterranean nom, comprising her Majesty's ships Britannia (flag), Trafalgar, Albion, Bellerophon, Rodney, Arethuss, Musleste, Spitfire, S imp son, Sirloin's, Triton, and Caradoc, and Ceylon, Rear- Admiral Harvey, receiving ship. On Italian coast—her Majesty'a frigate Retribution. Constantinople —her Ma jesty's sloop Fury. Tanis—her Majesty's sloop Tiger. Gibraltar—her Majesty's ships Antelope and Furims. MILITARY. ..... Mojor-General Murray, from ith Dragoon Guards, to be Colonel of 14th Dragoons, vice Kerrison deceased. Major-General Gabriel, to be Colonel of the 7th Dragoon Guard'', vice Murray. SPORTING. TATTERSALL'S.—MONDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 8 ta 1 agat Mr. T. rife' Contentment (taken) 9 to 1 Mr. Kimberley's Snowdon Duuhdl (t) 9 to 1 Mr. It. Costley's Limped° 13 to 1 Mr. C. Peck's Richmond 15 to 1 Mr. Wilkm's Peggy 20 to 1 Mr. Fareauce's Terpsichore (I) Lampedo, after 8 to 1 had been taken to a small amount, receded to 9 to I ; Contentment, against whom 10 to 1 was laid early in the afternoon, closing at 8 to I—takers. The outlay on Snowdon Dunhill, and Richmond, was in small NORTHAMPTONSIIIRE STAKES. 9 to 2 agst Mr. T. Parr's Defiance (5 to 1 t freely) 6to 1 Lord Derby's liobbyhorbe 12 to 1 Mr. Eglinton's Llanford a (taken) 15 to 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's The Confessor (t) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 apt Mr. T. Purr's Trifle 20 to 1 Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn (t) 1,000 to 30 Mr. Spencer's St. Michael (t) 2,003 to .50 Mr. Hayter's Friday (t) 2,000 to 40 Mr. T. Powell's Anna Page (taken) The only bet of any magnitude was 5,000 to 300 against Lady Evelyn; 20 to I was afterwards laid in ponies. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mr. lioww's West Australian (t to 1001, and alt off) 13 to 1 Mr. rowney's (lint as (t to 1000 16 to 1 Mr. Sorters ns Iluneywood (t 17 to 1) 18 to 1 Lord Derby's limbriel (t to 501.) 18 to 1 Captain Lone's Ninny hammer (t and aft off) 25 to 1 Mr. J. Oliver's Etbelbert 2000 to 60 Lord Eslinton's Vanderdeeken (t and aft off) 1000 to 30 Lord Caledon's The Queen colt (t) Mr. LI. Stubbing, the celebrated trainer, died on Sunday v• ...._. . . Tamatock is declared not to **art for the Somerset Stakcs. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING -MOND Y TRIAL STAYER of 10 ►ues. each, h ft, and 40 added one mile. Mr. Morris's King David, 3 yrs, 6st 3lb ..(Barker) 1 Mr. Gulliver's Chilton, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib Mr. Marson's c by Thcon out of Rebecca, 4 yrs, 3st 2lb _... _.. . _ Mr. 11. Robinson's Billy Richarddon, 4 yrs, B,t 10Ib 4 Mr. Walter's Sir &Waal de Grey, 3 yrs, Set 101 b .. 5 7 to 4 agst King David, and 5 to 2 each agst Billy liachard son and Chilton. Won by a neck, saute between second and third. TWO-YEAR-OLD STARES of 10 sovs. each, la it, and 40 added. Straight run in. Mr. Cunningham's Jewess, Bst (Charlton) 1 . . , Mr. Knowire's Lades, Bsi 41b Mr. Peek's Pops Joao, Bat llb Mr. B B. Clark's e by Napier oat of Cawroush's dam, Bst 71b 4 Mr. li. Lister's Little Jens, Bst 41b 5 Even on Jewess, 5 to 2 eg;t Ludwiir. 4 to I apt Pope Joan, and 6 to 1 eget Mr. Clerk's colt, Won by half a length, ahead between the second, third, and fourth. _ _ STEEPLE CHLOE HANDICAP of 10 son. each, 5 it, and 2 only if declared, with 1001. added. Four miles. Mr. Higgins's Simple Peter, aired, 9st....(Weaver) 1 Capt. Reynard's Bruce, aged, 9.1 , 2 _ Mi Oets;ree'sßiogleacier - , bin 94 110 b . . Mr. Berry's Leporello, aged, 9st 31b 4 Mr. Tralfordsd bg by Little Known, aged, •9st 11b 0 „ Mr. OMNI Little George, ..d, 94 tar M►. Hemp's Hope, aged, 9sillb Mr. Day's Voyager, aged, 9st 51b Mr. 01Oaere's Dandy 9st 191 b- 0 --__lly Jena, aged, Mr. French's Little Queen, aged, 104 41h ..• 0 • Mr. Higglnson's Boniton, aged, Rtst Sib... d 0 7 to 4 apt Rourton, 4 to 1 agat Ringleader, 5 to 1 agat Leporello, 7 to 1 each agar Dandy Jem and Voyager, and 12 to 1 apt Brum. Won easy by a length ; half a length between second and third. finu,tito &muss of 5 soy,. each and 25 added, cue mile, were won ►y The Gip, beating Tree Girl. EPSOM AND METROPOLITAN STEEPLE- CHASES. NOMINATIONS FOR TES METROPOLITAN STEEPLE , CEASE HANDICAP.—Weights to he published on the 24th instant.—British Yeoman. Quickstep, Peter, Faseley, Honest Tom, Geraldus, Ringleader, The Mir Mowbray, T he Here, Viscount, Maria Day, The IGnknown, Talisman, Grey Monies, Senetor, Shinrone, The Brewer , Forest Lad, Huai Peter, Cha rlton, Sir Peter Laurie, Janus, Sam HURDLS-ILACE Fare HANDICAP.—The Hero, Gai ner., Oeraldus, Malmesbery, Sir Robert, Sate Hood, Stamford. Qeekstep, Faseley, Reindeer, Srailfard, Ormsby, Simon the Deflower, Gerard, the Unkaossa, Union. Jack, Caunr' ',Mao Gaarral, VOCltie•a4lll.ll. NEW RAILWAT ALARA:M.—We read in G , ii;gnans : " H. Herman, chief engineer of the Orleans railway, has. invented a means of warning engine-drivers ofi accidents. which occur to trains in motion. A load alarnm 3 placed at the head of the train, sad it is pot is commtWitation with au eleetrie pile is such a way that as long as an electric cur - rent plays uninterruptedly upon it, it remains immovable s and when the aorrent ceases it rings. The current is ole tinned by passing two wires, covered with znitta.percha, beneath the waggons. and continuing them Isom one car riage to another ley means of small chains placed in the large conneeeing chains, these chains being so fi xed tat they unite this moment a carriage is atta r to a train. To cause the current to be nninterrupteil, the wires or chains of the last waggon of the train are connected- If then any accident occurs to break the wires, the cument becomes interrupted, and the alarum rings. The box of each conductor is provided with a sort of break, which enables him to remove or break the wire is case of accident. The experiments which have been male have been quite sue• ccasful, and the cost of the whole apparatus Is very alight." Two LAWTEIts SWINDLED.--Two lawyers at Brussels were sonic days ago swindled out of a small sum of money in a curious manner. One of them was at dinner, when a young naan came in, and presenting the eard of one of his acquaintances, also a lawyer, stated that the owner ; of the card urns in a shop in the neighbourhood, and being , short of 101., requested him to lend him that sum until the ; next day. This the lawyer did at once. The next evening, o t w h f h e ioc a w rh i d. w ie y , e n. r At a geatio having tehet lost, " Th at soiree,.htahto square. t e ri a: , i ni l oa t u o nt the o t he r . " I will play you the 10f. of yesterday at a game the 101. I account." Yoe mean," said the other, "that you owe r me 2Uf." How can I owe ycu 201.," said the other, "when I sent you 10f. ?" This brought on au explanatian, . from which it resteted that each party hail given 101. to I the messenger for the other. After the first moment surprise was over, the two gentlemen could only :augh I the trick played on them.—tia:iyitaiii. ..,... i. ' ~ i l 1 , 11 1i : 1 11 i 'l ' ;,l r r , ;... 11