The Express. — London, England, 1852-05-21 00:00:00

the me of Yarmouth, and the answer given by Mr. WaroLE, will doubtless give rim to no little oilier- Tst i„ t h r oughout the kingdom. The question was, Y we think, ,judiciously put solely OA general . ro unds, and without any reference to the circum ;gh, which render the insLinco in question pecu liarly worthy of note. FRANCE. rmus, THCIIDAT T o .day king the festival of the Ascension, every body ii- taking holiday. There is a steeplechase at Ville d*Avraz, and the Bois de Boulogne is crowded with pie-nies.. No papers will appear to-morrow. Th e pun b iume of NI urillo's unrivalled "Conception of lir 'in" for the Louvre has assumed almost the the importance ot a political event. I said, yesterday, that the e normorice—nearly twenty-four thousand pound. sterling— us p a id for this beautiful work of art i l l unprecedented in the annals of picture selling. todoubtedly there are many chefs-trieurre in the world, hanging , in the museums of Europe, which an , sults' its national monuments, and, as such, cannot b e estimated in money. No name sEe sum would buy off the walls of the Vatican, t h e 1.,•u% re. and the world-famous galleries of Dres den and Madrid, their inestimable tressurcs of art, so hng As the governments in charge of them were DA bankrupt. A million of francs might be offered Is sate for the great Paul in the Louvre, or tho Se bastian of our own National Gallery. The highest )!vier. I believe. ever bid fur a picture in a pnvate gu th v tion was 20,000/., offered by Wilford to °an al Angerstein for the last mentioned work. Tho ge neral insisted on having guineas ; Vathek &mums' at patting down the additional thou sand demanded ; and by this fortunate circumstance our National Gallery acquired a treasure which is the rave of the world. The French areas much delighted at ha‘M3 acquired the pearl of Soult's gallery, as if they bad won a military victory. It wee not until e t c last moment that Nicuwerkerke, the director of the Lame. struck in among the bidders and carried the 1 am informed from the best source that t h e w e t highest bidder was M. (jailers, who offered hs..oootr. fhe autiuncer asked him whether he was Did i g for himself. He replied in the affirmative, and sa- about to he declared the pmprietor of the di lute d relic, when the director of the French Mu mum ~iepped in with an additional thousand franca It was then seen that he had received a or e, h,',lnrhe from the President to acquire the picture. and all further competition ceased. A high Air aas made for the Czar, but it is interesting to know that a Spanish capitalist made such a chi valrous attempt to redeem from the foreigner a work 'leek ',diets glory on his nation. The first day's ask produced nearly a million of francs. mentioned yesterday that M. Grittier de Cause saes article on Changarnier and Lamoricitire had keen publicly ant up at the cab's by officers of the a r m ! . In tact, nothing could be more calculated to ph the army than to underrate the achievements of their Atriean generals. Louis Napoleon, in his re tmapeetiee adoration and glorification of the empire, is apt to overlook the fact that th e pn, lit army won its laurels in Africa. Ma war and Austerlitz undoubkdly sound more glo visas to those who only read of battles than the victory of Illy or the capture of Constantine; but the Lod military feats are probably associated with f i elingsot greater pride in the breasts of those soldiers who achieved them, than the grandest victories of the empire. A sneer at ter and Lamer titre. as generals, compared Ch t he great captains of Napoleon, may be as just as a sneer can be ; but the siigge,ter of such s comparison must be blind to imszine it can be relished by the army. The French papers to-day contain several articles upon the affairs of Piedmont, based upon the as samption that M. Itatazzi was to be minister. The C.,.......tetionsir/ publishes the news which I sent you yesterday by submarine telegraph, of M. d'Azeglio baring rece iced the orders of the King to form a ministry, the resignation of M. Cavour and his col leagus having been accepted. M. de Persigny's marriage with Madlle. de la Miskowa, which was to have been celebrated to morrow, has been postponed in consequence of the unexpected death of the only son of the Prince de la Muskowa. About six days ago joung Ney de la Moskowa, the grandson of the ustnous blarshal Key, was attacked by the scarlatina. His indisposi thin was not considered serious by his physicians, and the preparations for his sisters marriage were ordered to go on. On Tuesday evening, however, the disease became complicated with the measles, and yesterday he expired, at the age of sixteen, at M. Loriol's school, hire he was preparing tor the Ecole de la Marine. This bereavement is a heavy blow to the widow of Marshal Ney, with whom her grand son was in the habit of passing the whole of his neat ions. To-day there is no Bourse. In financial circles, how, e'er. there is a very uneasy feeling. The opi nions that ooze out from the members of the com mittee of the budget arc more and more unsatisfac tory. All sorts of rumours are afloat with reference to impending financial expedients, and the semi elLial contradictions of them, however vehement, do not command implicit belief. One thing is now quite eertain, that the reduction of the army, more than tilt promised sonic time since, is now out of the question. An augmentation even, of from s:col.. to 1 , 1,000 men is talked of. The report is re vived that a large increase of pay to officers, and sub office,, an addition of 300 f. to the sub-officers and of Soto. to captains, is said to be in contem plation. This alone would amount to 20 millions. Constikring that the war budget already amounts to the enormous sum of 324 millions it is not won derful that any proposed addition should cause Selle , iol.,ll. A bill is now in preparation by the Slinister of Marine, according to which the present conditions fur advancement and promotion in the navy will be very materially modified. The term of service now required before promotion can be ob tained will be reduced; the proportion of advance ments from selection will be increased, and officers will arrive at the superior ranks at a much younger Age than by the existing regulations. The i'trie observes as follows upon an incident mentioned in the latest correspondence from Constan tinople : S journals, in publishing their letters from Coastaati soar, r, late, as an extraordinary fact, if not as one insulting to it.,cee, the refusal of the Ottoman Porte to open the pu ler' of the Dardanelles to the French line of battle ship the Char:. T 1144111.. Our correspondent has also related to s• the tireum•tance, which we did not thin It oar duty b ros e ti the importance of a polities* issldest. The Port. recently spontaneously authorised as anon of the cleaner on board of which Adana ho- Deefiagcs went to Constantinople, sad it ito thought, in the council of the Sultan , that OD epee the 10-ue to several French vessels would be to 011ie a pre ani, at which would compel the Turkish 'assonant a be r Rra, intl. for other flap which are not regarded 111141.111117- I b il ...UM France has a greater interest it., sup *Mr nu, in the observant* of the treaties white snare as lavolihility of the Dardanelles. These Moeda, if they nut rigorously observed, might bestow the same of ailitical difficulties. Our Madam with the Buttes sire tic-ers, too friendly for it to he slimed melee es OM lari , s.ahte int, rpretation to an indent While IMO SO Ma harm! ,bcr . Tio committee appointed to examine the bill for randifying the part of the criminal code which re lates to offences committed in foreign emantries by Free, h wiljects, hes named M. C. Leflitte its pent dent. and St. 0141lla its secretary. The commission appointed to examine the question of the tight of the poor to vortion of the receipts alkti• theatres hes, it is said compl eted it task, and its iyibion is s t a t e d t o b e en tire ly in favour of the 'tumors of the theatres, who have solicited a change is the n gelation, on this subject. The latest refusals of the oath by councillors rne rat are by M. Bureaux de Vary, formerly a iet , tor of the. Constituent Assembly, and an ex mot illor of state; 1)octor Rigid, ex-representative Itdi partment of the Tarn; M. Callnaud, in the h eeto•; and MM. Yodel Lexeard de la Valerie, bui,i• efArzentie, and do Kernier, in the Ile-et- V iLtioe• 1 he Count Ch. de Laferronnays has re '.4 the (nth, as a municipal councillor of Bourg It has lately been amineaeld that the oath be required even km math amadolly sou pAitiml bodies as the coandadm &mum at Girl flcveral refusals ea the part at mob= of tine chambers have already boaa fadualed, sad ftna v newt , are expected, for it is anon the boded C.Poprietors that legitimist influence le plated. The ,ant de Chamborcfs letter, although it has un doubtedly made a split in the . party, has produced a Marked effect among those legitimists who feel that 161 14 Ostlience to their hereditary chief is a duty. Laniediattly on the appearance of this totter, M. Decherd, aeon of a former Imitimist representative, who had sccepted the post ofsub-prefeet frous Louis Napoleon, resigned his aloe. Bet the most striking instance of the direct influence of the letter is the refusal to take the oath by M. Ed. Walsh, the cousin of M. Walsh.Perrant, who received the President at his chateau, and is a frequent vitiator at the Elysee. M. Ed. Walsh himself received IL de Persigny at dinner not long eine% and has Mimes been thought to be on excellent terms with the pre sent government. Many of the legitimists are waiting for M. Berryer's return to Paris bane they decide what course to take. It is understood that he will have an interview with the Duke de Levis at Froludorff. The policy indicated in the Count de Chambord's letter is believed to have been prompted by the Duke de Levis principally, and should the interview with M. Berrycr terminate in a cordial understandiog between these two leaders, wo may expect to see greater unity of purpose in the legitimist party generally. For the first time, a train from Puns to Nancy ran the whole way directly on Sunday last. The distance from Commercy to Nancy was gone over in two hours. There cannot now be any reasonable doubt that the lino from Paris to Nancy will be de finitively opened to the public by the lath of June, as the company has promised. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Max 18. The Grand Council yesterday passed several arti cles of the new law on the press without opposition. The article proposing to require a deposit of caution money from responsible editorswas, however, thrown out by 76 votes against 37. The debate wss ad journed. A placard, dated Fribourg, May 13 and signed " The Provisional Committee," has been Footed, to urge a full attendance at the great meeting at Posieux, on the 24th. The authorities ordered the destruction of this manifesto, but it was found to have been every where taken down be forehand. It urges the people to vindicate in the face of day the sacred right of meeting to declare their wants, to discuss their in terests, and to express their wishes. It counsels them to march in order under the direction of a chief chosen by the inhabitants of each commune, to ab stain from cries, insults, and provocations; not to stop in any public places even for refreshment, but to take with them provisions for the day, and, follow ing the precepts of the Gospel, to practice true fra-1 ternity, the rich helping the poor. Observing these counsels, every man may hereafter be able to say with pride, " And I also contributed to the pacifica tion and well being of my country ; I was at Posieux on the 24th of May." ITALY. ROMAN STATES. ROME, Mar 14. The remonstrances of the British consular agent, and the petition of the British residents in Rome, in favour of Edward Murray, now under sentence of death, according to the judgment recently passed by the inquisitorial tribunal of the Sacra Consults, appear as yet to have had but little weight with the papal authorities, as no farther communication on the subject has been received by Mr. Freeborn from the Cardinal Secretary of State, and the prisoner himself has been taken out of jail, together with the participators in his condemnation, and sent off to Ancona, as is generally believed, for execution; it being customary in this country for criminals to be shot or beheaded, as near as possible to the places in which their crimes have been committed. It is difficult to suppose that the extreme sentence of the law will be thus carried out by the Papal autho• rities, in defiance of every remonstrance against the exceptional nature of the tribunal, and without com municating the details of the trial. In ordinary cri minal cases it is customary here to publish a sum mary of the facts, the evidence, and the sentence, on the very morning of the prisoner's execution; but if this system is observed in Murray's case, it will be too late for the British consul to be of any service to him by making objection to the style of the judicial proceed-1 ings against him. Either British influence is stronger , at Leghorn than at Civita Vecchia, or else the Tuscan government is more blandly disposed than that of his holiness, for I hear that the Stratford. are daily expected to be released from confinement, and al lowed to depart in peace from Tuscany. Her Ma jesty's steam-frigate Growler will leave Leghorn so soon as this point is accomplished. 'fhe apartments recently occupied by the Russian princes at the Hotel des Isles Britanniques are now consecrated to the use of a celebrity of a different stamp, M. Thiers having been domiciled there for the last two days. lie has arrived here on his way southwards, from Lombardy and Tuscany, and will stay some little time before proceeding to Naples, if his presence does not give umbrage to the suscepti bilities of General Ocmcau and the French diplomatic representative. Before entering the Papal domi nions, M. Thiers had the prudence to write to Cardinal Antonelli, in order to ascertain what kind of reception he might hope for in Rome, and he soon received an answer from his eminence, assuring him that the principles for which he had suffered exile from his native country were too dear to the Papal . government for any objection to be made to his visiting the Eternal City. This victim of Napoleonic jealousy is gone to pay his respects to Cardinal Antonelli this morning, but he will most probably abstain from requesting an audience of the Pope, and leave it to his Holiness, is so disposed, to command his attendance at the Vatican. The Romans are just now in a very bad humour at the evident determination of the government to carry into effect the minister of finance's "new way to pay old debte," in the shape of an annual contri• bution, to be levied on all persons exercising the li beral professions throughout the Papal States. A mi nisterial order has just been published, announcing that a list of the individuals in Rome liable to this tax had been drawn up and presented to the Cardinal Presidents of Rome and Comarca. The tax-payers arc to consider themselves eight months behinaand in their payments, for the accomplishment of which they will be allowed time until the 15th of next month. The amount of these contributions is so dis proportionate to the general rate of professional in comes in this country that great difficulty will be in evitably encoun ter ed in collecting the tax. This tax has always excited serious disturbances at Velletri, a city hitherto considered as devoted to the papal authority. Many of the townspeople have refused to pay, and their goods have been seized in consequence and carried to the palace of the cardinal legate, the keeper of the town depots having refused to take them in, some of the government officials have been dismissed for declining to act against their tallow townsmen in this affair, which is likely to be repeated in many other districts. Exchange on London, 496. Roman Five per Cent. Console, 96. NAPLES. NAPLES, MAY 14. It is reported that his Sicilian Majesty is about to follow the example of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and publish a decree abolishing the constitution. Such an event would be received with indifference by the people, the last act of a tragedy, written with tfie iodine of hypocrisy. The French beet will leave Naples in a few days for Sicily. Neapolitan Fives, 106. Sicilian Fives, 100. Ex change on London, 674. TUSCANY. The Indelpindasoe Beige publishes tho following letter : LEOHORN, MAY 13. One of the three tweeds= es which our government was at issue with Orli lift& has bees laminated within the last few den by the Matti= et the two brothers Ald beemmO, wbo have shoe he expelled from Tuscany. They bet bees eseheased reepeetively to ten and twenty imireisemeee by ea Austrian oourtinartial. A rre aff ethaew armed Quad, implicated in the saute affair, ire iambus ere at limy. Tw &peso ON amok W be settled. The oldest of dm% dot ameerain the hastinity claimed by the English =nesee he the loss selieheed by various English mer ikokW troubles of 1149, still remains open, our fully determined not to give way, al• =ris claims have bees reduced nor* than theeribeethediese the led erythrdea. Is W the War liel= i , egg et the Englishman (Entine ' Mather) welaied by Is Amadeu siker with a sabre, it is believed that it will Innamia by the payment of a pecu niary Mdetawft, if the met demenied ii not too great, as is the stem of pea Nam ___ _. - _ _ , . The akeeimi;a7milbe oreekeilwal statute km not pro dual a very great sureliss la Trosay, the act being se- GERMANY. AUSTRIA. _ THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 2: weagitaled by • deslaratisa f"` . Is basil siumed aziasswe ef Leepeldias laws. weigh haw has mew pangs to hiewits Os swealtwilas, lOW weepaseal. ell NOW goal aw lans ; however, the osesal ministry hes ass Made so bad • bargain, if • the WlWNaieriag the pulls' has saved the civil law. The beaker Taal bap glow a great karat te X. niers. It woe hilmedel le widethels Os semi= et • kid at eon mailistethes, bat M. Thiess dY set weak • week a rtsi grsiltir. Hs yoseaday left he Ream, sad Priaeo Bassia. A telegraphic despatch, dated Frankfort, May 18, says, that a new Austrian loan of 35 million florins convention money had been taken by tho hone° of The following is from the Breslau Gazelle: VIENNA, MAT 14. Yesterday evening the Earl of Westmoreland, her Britannio Majesty's ambassador, gave a brilliant ball, which was attended by the Emperor, several members of the imperial family, and the elite of the high aristocracy. Since 1848 a re-union so distin guished has not been seen in the saloons of the British embassy. Several waltzes and contredanses composed by the ambassador himself were played. The Lloyd announces that M. Rcchbcrg will leave forthwith for Constantinople as Austrian inter nuncio. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MAT 17. The Kintleradatsrh, the Prussian Charivari, has been seized for publishing a eaticaturo of Louis Na poleon. This has made an immense sensation. BAVARIA. On the 15th, tho Chamber of Deputies resolved to request the government to withdraw the two bills on the press, and the trial of political offenders, and to postpone legislation on these subjects until the entire penal code came on for revision. It was thought that the government would comply with tho request. SPAIN. Saturday, the 15th, being the feast of St. Isidore, one of the patron saints of Spain, there was no Bourse. TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 6th inst., in the Coast/ft/fumed, says : A very great agitation has for some days past prevailed at the Porte on the subject of farming out the customs du ties. The person who now has them, M. Dgdzaerli, on the pretence of having suffered considerable losses, had de manded a diminution of seven millions of piastres in the sum which he had to pay each year or the cancelling of his contract. The matter having been submitted to the coun cil, the reduction had some chance of being granted, when a new company composed of six of the richest Armenian bankers of the Turkish capital, and having at its head Monate!' Noun Pasha, the old favourite of the Sultan klahmend, cams' forward, offering not only to continue the present contract, but to give six millions more. This proposition, which is the more advantageous for the treasury from the new company offering every guarantee of security, has nevertheless met , with a violent opposition in the council, and what is more astonishing the Minister of Finance has joined in opposing it. As to the Grand Vizir, who takes much interest in M. Diaraerli, he has declared that he could not support his demands from tho moment that other _propositions, more advantageous to the state, were made. The affair is not yet decided, but it is expected that notwithstanding the opposition of the Minister of Finance, it will be settled in favour of the new company. Since the visit of Admiral Romain-Desfossh to Constantinople it had been almost settled that the French embassy should order the Charle magne, French line-of-battle ship screw steamer, to come up to Constantinople to allow the Turkish officers and engineers to examine its build and accommodation, when suddenly the Sultan, yielding to the remonstrances of Sir Stratford Canning, changed his mind, and declared that he could not, without infringing existing treaties, authorise the vessel to par the Dardanelles. The French Chargé d'Affaires abstained from entering into any discussion on the subject, and confined himself to demanding an official com munication of the decision come to, in order that he might transmit it to his government. Things were in this state when the captain of the Charlemagne sent a lieutenant to Constantinople for orders as to what be was to do. The arrival of this officer appeared to have produced some im pression on the Porte, and the French Chargé d'Affaires was informed that a fresh application would be made to the Sultan on the subject. The probability is that the Cherie magne after all will not go up to Constantinople. ALGERIA. The latest news from Algiers is important. The long talked of expedition into Kabylia--some time time since abandoned as unnecessary, on account of the submission of certain chiefs—has now been un dertaken. On the 9th of May, General Macmahon left Constantine with a body of 9,500 men for Kabylia. It marched on Milah, and from that point into the tribe of the Djcbels, which is in the centre of the country. From that place he was to penetrate as far as Collo, and to leave troops in occupation. TILE CASE OF MR. MURRAY, UNDER SEN• TENCE OF DEATH IN ROME. TO TUT EDITOR OP TON TIMMS. Ent,—As your journal appear. to have been the first to take up this case, I trouble you with the following facts:—Seeing the English in Rome had petitioned the Pope on his behalf, I, who am the sister and only relative of his late father, prepared a similar petition here, hoping to obtain the signatures of some of the most influential ca tholic... My first application was to the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and my surprise was equal to my agony of mind at his refusal, without assigning any remota. This unfortunate young man, not yet 30 lean of age, has peen- Rif claims on the sympathy of every Englishman, even the highest of the catholic nobility, as his father, great grand father, two uncles, two great uncles, sad Innumerable cousins, served for upwards of 60 years as officers in the British army during the late war. I know not if Lord Arundel's apathy regarding the life of a fellow-creature extends to the whoks of his party. When his ancestor, in the year 1616, was maderoned to death for high treason, history tells us his defence was dis regarded. A party devoted to the mown found him ratty, and he was executed in 1517, in the 27th year of his age. Murray's case is not unlike; he has been convicted un heard, and by judges of the Pope's party. You will greatly oblige me by the insertion of this state ment in your valuable Journal. I melee* my card, with address, for its authenticity. AN ENGLISIIWO3LiN. DEPARTURE OF THE BENTINCR.—Amongst the passengers for Malta who left Southampton yesterday in the Alexandrian mail steamer Bentio k was Lieut.- General Ferguson, the commander of the for .es at Malta. Amongst the cargo taken out by the Dentinal' was specie to the value of about 22,0001. sterling. COLONELCY OF THE 2ND DRAGOONS (S COTS Gain's.) It is decided that Major-General oney, C. 8., K.C., is to succeed the late thr W. IL Grant as Colonel of the Soots Cluj,. CURIOUS ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA IN EGYPT.— A remarkable phenomena took place at Cairo on the Ist instant regular contest between the Khamsin, or wind of the desert, and the north wind; the latter was at length the victor after a hurricane of unheard of violence. Trees were torn up by the roots, and the magnificent garden of Choubra and others in the environs of the city were seri ously injured. Never in the memory of man was thunder heard or hail seen at this season in Egypt. The hurricane wee succeeded by a heavy rain, which listed all the night of the let, and on the following day the Khamsin was more suffocating than ever. FATAL COMPOSING DRAUGHTS.—Yeaterda y Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Royal Standard, St. Leo-1 nard's-road, Bromley, respecting the death of Elizabeth Pane, aged three weeks. The parents of the child resided at No. 3, Wellwstreet, St. Leonard's-road. The mother had been ander the care of Mr. Tatham, a surgeon, who also prescribed the usual medicine for the deceased ; but the nuns advised the mother and a female lodger to give the infant a composing draught. A messenger was accord ingly despatched with • bottle to the shop of Mr. Kermot, • chemist, ia High-street, Poplar, when she asked for three pennywo rt h of the oil of sweet almonds, syrup of violet!, and syrup of poppies, which were to be mixed to gether. Mr. Kennet supp l ied her, without asking any questions, end the female returned home, when • teaspoon ful of the mixture was given to the child. Oa the following morning the child was found to be in a state of stupor, and although every medical assistance was afforded, the deceased expired in • few hones a ft erwards. Mr. Tatham, surgeon, of Poplar, said that when he saw the deceas e{ on Sunday morning, its powers were completely prostrated. He had no hesitation in saying, after what he knew of the case and the examination be had made of the mixture, that the child's death had been caused by the excessive admini , stratum of the syrup of poppiesiThe bottle wee not labelled, and he considered that, as it contained poison, the person purchasing such a mixture ought to have been made ac quainted with the fact.—Mr. Kcrmot, the chemist, stated that he sold some days • considerable quantity of such mixtures; and, from the number of persons in his shop occasionally, he had not sufficient time to label the bottles. The mixtures were made u pP to the formula of the London Pharmaeopreia. The person who purchased the yrup did not state the age of the child, or he would have old her the proper quantity to give. It we+ commonly used among the poorer clue of persons.—The Coroner ex premed • strong opinion upon the impropriety of selling' . such compounds without some intimation of their dangerous character ; and the jury concurring, found "that the child died of the effects of a deleterious mature." , 0 gbe Court. The Queen and Prince Albert rosatend the bail room at Buckingham Palen at Ml past 12 o'clock on Wednesday night. The Queen damn the Ant quadrille, "Ariedne t " with Lord John Mansers. Her Moony afterwude dewed with Lord Rlphiletase In another quadrille, and flallibeli la the ball-roan until 10 minutes before 2 o'clock, whin her 1114111 ii ma Prince Albert took their departure. The Dunne ef Carallritt the Princess Mary, mad the Delmer Oteonidge let at same time, and the hell coadolled. A deputation from the nahrean between the Society of Arts and tie representellan Of Wawa sad scientific insti tutions and mechanise' hodineme had ea Interview with Prince Albert at Beekhroliwo Palen ea Wediseeda i l ie tr 19th inst. The dartaados ism i s s e d min end the Rev. Dr. both, from the committee One Society of Arts; Mr. Bastard, the representative of Woodford In stitution; Mr. Birkbeck, of the London Metheake' Insti tute; Mr. Twice, of the Leeds Institutioa ; Mr. Frederick Warren, of Manchester; and Mr. Grove, to the &misty of Arts, who were severally introduced to iota Royal Mohnen by the Marquis of Lansdowne. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and partook of luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Duke of Cambridge vibitcd her Me sty in the after noon. Prince Albert presided yesterday at a meeting at Buck ingham Palace of the Surplus Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhiliition of 1851. The other mem bers of the committee prt sent wore Earl Onnville, the Right Bon. Dewy Lallowhere, M.P., Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles Eastlake, Sir Charles Lyelt, and Mr. Seeley. Mr. Edgar Bowling, Secretary to the Royal Commiaaion was in attendance. Dr. Playrair and Mr. Dilk e were also present. The meeting, which took place at 11 o'clock, broke up shortly after two. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. tiilibs, visited the Royal Polytechnic Institution yester day morning. Dor Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Vis countess Jocelyn, Lord Polwarth, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Sweetie, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Duc he ss of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, also honoured the Royal Italian Opera with her presence last evening. The Marquis of Salisbury had art interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Horne-Mike. The I Bishop of Salisbury had also an interview with the Right Hon. Secretary. The Bishop of London and Mr. Kinpeourt had en inter view with the Earl of Derby yesterday at his official resi dence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Sir James Duke, But. M.P., Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. Deputy Hicks, Mr. J. 11. Hall, Mr. lambert Jones, the City Re membrancer, and the City Architect, bad an interview yes- terday with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the Home-office. Mr. Russell, Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, and Mr. Saunders, Secretary, bad an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester, at the Board of Trade. Sir Richard Levingo had on interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday. Mr. Sandford had also an interview with the noble earl. /43;tiLyTteIton bed an interview with Sir J. Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord Lewisham and Mr. Owen bad an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole at the Home-office yesterday. LIEUTENANT HEATHCOTE, R.N., haa been ap pointed Admiralty agent on the China station. SUPPLY OF LABOUR TO AUSTRALIA. The Earl of Derby, on Wednesday, received, at his official residence, Downing-street, the deputation ap pointed by the manufacturers of the West Riding, to urge upon the government the necessity of immediately sending out an adequate supply of labour to Australia. The depu tation was introduced by Sir Charles Wool, Bart, M.P., and Mr. Denison, M.P. The following gentlemen attended : —Messrs. Gott, Willicms (Huddersfield), John Jowitt, Jun. (Leeds), Jos. Austin (ditto), David Cooper (ditto), W. Holt, Jun. (ditto), Samuel Buebell (ditto), J. Yewdall (ditto), 0. E. Domathorpe, T. Cock (Dewsbury), R. Ellis (ditto), J. T. Armitage (Huddersfield), J. West (ditto), E. Starcalegen T. Mallinson (ditto), J. Hurst (ditto), D. Descents ditto), E. Akroyd alifax), W. E. Forster (Bradford), . Murgatroyd ( ditto ), H Titus Salt (ditto), J. Aked (ditto), G. Addison (ditto), W. Rand (ditto), W. Walker (ditto), J. Atkinson (ditto), W. Garnett (ditto), E. Kenion (ditto), R. T. Heape (Rochdale), Henry Reba (ditto), J. Brigg (Keighley). Mr. UOTT (Leeds) briefly explained the views of the deputation, and called his lordship's attention to the nem*. sity of immediately sending out an adequate supply of labourers to Australia. Mr. WILLIAMS, in a lengthened statement, enforced the views of the deputation. Mr. FORSTER read some important communications, in which it was stated that shepherds were deserting in every direction ; that one person who had 20,000 sheep, had only a man and his wife to attend to them ; another, with 8,000, had only one man. Many cues, equally strange, could be stated. He felt it was unneceasary to remind his lordship of the inadequacy of this p:oportien of labour; in fact, if labour was not promptly supplied, the colonists would be obliged to boil down their sheep. He would urge upon his lordship the urgency of the cue, because, unless the assistance required was sent out in June, it would be too late for the neat clipping, and the injury hat would ensue was incalculable. . _ ..... Lord DERBY regretted that Sir John Pakington was unable to attend, as he had same impsataat business which detained him in the Homo d Osnemems. He (Lord Derby felt the exceeding impeetesee the matter now 6 under his seam by the deptelatles, and he could amen them that deeds** of the pemesmest was to deal with it en as to apply the beet remedy is *sir power. The prosestetmlaelthige is Asetralia was set remark able, bat &Anorak embenemisg. The imm only esse yid re gion, severlag a epos of 700 miles, was daily greater sad "Wag productiveness ; and thersfore rle ra that the temptation whit withdrew labour tom shoop-funsbui would most likely have its influ ence on Mess who might be mat out. His lordship reed extracts hem Governor Thorp's last despatch, in which his excellency stated that the emigrants preferred gradually sending out large numbtrs of people to sending them out at once. The go vernment had 170,0001. at their disposal for this purpose, which they intended to appropriate in sending out eight I ships monthly for the next seven months. Assuming that each vessel would take 300, this would be 2,400 a month, or 4,800 in time for the next clipping. It would be impos sible to get shipping to carry the sumben which had been mentio.ied. The return freights would be small, and would not pay—even lately, an advance of 30 per cent. has taken place in freights to Australia. We mast endeavour to send out an adequate supply of women. It will not do (remarked his lordship) to let the sues go unmatched. After promising that the serious attention of the ern went should be directed to the matter, his con. eluded. The deputation then withdrew. THE MARQUIS OF TO THI IDITOZ OF TEI DAILY =WC Elm—Permit me to thank you for the service you have rendered in publishing and commenting on Lord Londonderry's letters. Ido not know how other people feel on the subject ; I have adopted a course which I think it might be of advantage to Dopy. I have sent the follow ing petition to one of the members for the borough in which I live, requesting him to present it to the House of COMICAL : To the Honourable the House of Commons : " The petition of the undenigned, ea elector of the Tower Hamlets, Sheweth : " That your petitioner approaches your honourable house with a deep feeling of respect for the amemblage of the representatives of the commons of this country. That your petitioner is, neverthelese, filled with alarm and dismay at reading in a certain newspaper called the Laity News copies of letters written by the Marquis of Londonderry, from which it appears that at least one member of your honourable house is not the repaints tire of any portion of the commons of this realm, but be holds his seat as the nominee of a peer of the realm—the aforesaid Marquis of Lesdonderry. " That your petitioner is of o pi nion that any marquis or lord who claims a member of your honourable house as his member,' and speaks of the voters of any county or borough as 'my voters,' does thereby violate the spirit of the constitution of this country, insult the entire com monalty of the nation, and ought not to escape the con demnation of your honourable home. "Your petitioner therefore prays that your honourable house will in its wisdom adopt measures by which the electors of the county of Down may be relieved from the degradation of returning the Marquis of Londonderry's nominee to sit in your honourable boom; and, further, that your honourable house will pass a law by which peers of the realm who Interfere in the election of members of parliament may be rendered liable to transportation W. for life." A. Masten, May 19." A GOOD EXAMPLE.—CoIoneI Barlow, the chair man of the Southampton Dock Company, has requested all persons employed in the Southampton Dosks to vote in the ensuing election as they may feel disposed, without refer ence to the politics of their employers. AN Ex-Stints!? CoMOWED FOE FORGERY.— The ex-sheriff of Gloucester, William Henry Barrett, who absconded to the United States about this time last year, and was brought beck to England, as already reported, last week, was brought before the Gloucester magistrates on Wednesday for final examination on several charges of forgery. Four capes of forgery of acceptances for amounts reaching some thousands of pounds in the aggregate, were gone into, and at the close of the examination, which lasted neatly the whole of the day, the prisoner was tally com mitted for trial at the neat Gloucester arises on all four charges. It would seem from what Umpired at the exa mination, that the acceptances forged were those of the pri soner's customers with whose handwriting he had become acquainted ; that he was in the habit of dealing largely in bills, and that, an his absconding to America, several of these bills became due, and then the forgery was discovered. The court was crewded to elms during the ensuminatkoa. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday, an adjourned Paddington meeting of the proprietors was held at the Terminus, to con sider the bills,now pending in parliament which were not in • fit state to be submitted to the proprietors at the meeting of last Viednasday week. The chair was taken at half-past one by Mr. C. Hussars. The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, we were obliged to postpone this Amelia meeting yesteriliy week, in ions.- gnomes of ens OM new before pediment not having re ceived tit amendments of the otousittee of the House of Camases. I that ventured to eapsess to you a hope that we should be this en the pressat evession to present them is yes in a state ; and, en reviewing the whole ems* of the pia in parliament during the present seseiseh u far as they have hitherto gone, I trust you will esmider that our espestotions have ant been disappointed. (Hear, hear.) We into not only carried the two bills which 'pit cemileseed sod approved last week, and the three bills whisk will be submitted to you, but, further, we have soolosoloi to defeating all the important measures of our, e=(Cheers.) The bill by which they thought td is authority of parliament to construct a lam in amt parallel to our own from Oxford, by W and Brentford , to the metropolis, was rejecta Illes sonimittee by a majority of 4 to 1. The bill by white they thought to impute to us a failure in our ebb pelotas to them, and upon that ground asked the permis sion of parliament to reduce the number of our ditectors at their board from six to one, was declared not proved, and was thrown out. Their third bill, which was directed to minor objects only, was not permitted to pass until the committee had required the insertion of a clause in and by which they imposed upon the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Company a penalty of 10,0001., if the line of railway between Priestfield and Wolverhampton were not completed and opened by the let of September, 186.3, and 6001. a day for every day afterwards on which it should' remain incomplete and unopened. Gentlemen, the bill which I shall first submit to you upon the present occuiou is that which stonds third in our circular of the 29th April, and which refers mainly to oar relations with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company. That bill has undergone considerable modifications in the committees of the House of Commons. One of its principal objects WAS to enable us to ensure the completion of that very piece of line between Priestfield and Wolverhampton, by enabling us to enter upon it and complete it ourselves, under the authority of the board of trade, with this reservation always of the rights of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, that it shall be in their power to re-purchase it frau) us upon paying us the money which it had cost us. The committee seemed to think that, by the insertion of the penal clause which I have men tioned in the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company's bill, they had sufhciently provided for this object, and they therefore removed from our bill all these powers by which we sought to enforce the completion of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line. lor fees, with all deference for a committee of the Room of Commons, that I dissent entirely from that opinion. no penal clause is inserted in the bill of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, which is under their own controul ; and they can, if they see fit, withdraw it when ever they please. But even if they should carry that bill through all its stages, we all know how extremely difficult it is to enforce the application of the penal clauses of an act in any court of law. I am satisfied, however, that the belief and the intention of the committee were that this clause might be made operative. We can have no right to complain that the first con of constrseting that portion of the line should be imposed upon the capital of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company rather than upon our own, provided always that it is finished ; and, above all, we must not forget that this penal clause and the act which I am now about to submit to you do contain this important principle that the portion of the lino between Pneetfield and Wolverhampton, forming an important link in our continuous chain of communication with the north, must be made, that it must be finished within a limited period, and that it must be rendered available for the purposes of the Great Western as well as of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company. Gentlemen, when the bill is read to you you will perceive a clean which has been forced upon you, to which we have reluc tantly given oar consent, but of which we think we have great reason to complain. We complain, first, because it charges us with a violation of the obligations imposed upon us by parliament; and secondly, because it itself commits that very violation which it seeks to impute to us. I refer to the clause by which you are required to reduce the tolls upon the Great Western line as soon as either the Him from Oxford to Birmingham or the Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley line shall be completed. The facts have been repeatedly laid before the public ; but it is peal ble that some of you may not remember them. Let me state, then, that when we purchased those two lines, in the act which enabled us to make the purchase a clause was in serted requiring us to reduce our tells upon the Great Western line on the transfer of both those lines to the Great Western Company. Tho legal question which arose was as to the interpretation of the word " transfer." We always intended that the word " transfer" should mean when the line was handed over to us com plete, that is, that we should pay the price for it at the time when we received the benefit from it—(hear, hear)—the most reasonable interpretation, as it seemed to us, of that clause. Our opponents contended that the term " transfer" meant the time when we originally made the purchase; that we must reduce our tolls at once, even before we cams into the beneficial use of these lines. The question was mooted, and the Board of Trade were at length incited to take the decision of a court of law on the subject. The question was argued in the Court of Exchequer, and, by ea unanimous decision of the four judges upon the bench, the interpretation given to the clause by the Great Western Company was sustained, and declared to be the right and legal interpretation. It might have been supposed that under such circumstances we should no longer be troubled with such a question. But whenever we bring a bill before parliament our opponents still seek to press this question upon us, although it is utterly impossible that they can have any interest in it except the gratification of their own enmity and spleen. ( Hear .) Gentlemen, in case sequence, however, of the representations which have been made respecting this matter to the Board of Trade, the esemaittee have inserted in the bill which we now submit es yes *dame, which requires us to reduce our tolls, not leSeelliiig SO the original act, nor according to the interpi - Mims( that act given by a court of law, not when we don epos both the lines, but when we shall open either of the lines. Notwithstanding the hardship and injustice of this esse—and I am satisfied that no person who knows the facts will tell you or think that it is not a great hardship and injustice—and, notwithstanding the clumsy substitu tions which have been made by the committee for the bill which we presented to them, we still think that the bill contains principles of so much value to us, that we are so. ' tified in determining to proceed with it; and we submit it to you, with our strong recommendation that yes will give it your confirmation and approval. (Cheers.)l A resolution sanctioning the bill having been adopted, The CHAIRMAN said—The next bill which I have to submit to you is, perhaps, the moat important one which we have had to lay before you this session. It is a bill to authorise the arrangements which have been made for the amalgamation of the Shrewsbury lines with the Great Western line. The subject has been fully under your con sideration before, and you authorised the terms of the agreement at a spatial meeting which was held in the month of May, 1861. This is a bill of which it was predicted that it would revive the battle of the gauges, and involve us in bitter, costly, and interminable parlii raentary contests. At our meeting in February I ventured to express an opinion that it was founded upon such ob vious principles of public policy and private right, that if it fell into the hands of a good, sound, practical committee, it could not occupy much time. Fortunately it has fallen into such hands ; and, instead of its occupying the length of time that it was supposed it would do, the committee came to a unanimous decision to pass it in the short period of three days. lam quite aware that it has still to per through the Wharachffe ordeal and the House of Lords, but after the very strong, unanimous, and decided expres sion of opinion given in the House of Commons, I have great hopes that we shall be able to surmount whatever difficulties and obstacles may be interposed to the comple tion of it. This bill also was sanctioned, after which Tho CHAIRMAN said, the last bill which we have to present to you is the bill for the Wycombe Railway. This subject also has been repeatedly under the consideration of the proprietors. Many of you will remember that in the year 1845 or 1848, an act was obtained by the Wycombe Company to construct a short branch from the Great Western line to Wycombe, and powers were obtained in the act, enabling them to lease or to sell the line to the Great Western Company. An arrangement was in consequence entered into with that company for the lease of the line ; but the disastrous years '47 and '4B intervened, and ren dered the completion of the line impossible. In 1848 a new agreement was made with the Wycombe Company, by ' which we were to purchase the line from them. 'That lagreement aso was confirmed by the proprietors. But new standing orders were made by the houses of iemislature, which made it impossible to give effect to it. The question then remained in abeyance for some time. About the month of April last year the Wycombe Company again renewed their overtures to the Great Western Company, for the purpose of making a froth agreement with them, and we entered into an agreement with them for the purchase of their line by means of paying to them an an nuity. Some delay occurred, as always will be the ease in such matters, in carrying out this agreement, and it was not till lately that it was finally settled. The terms of the agreement are, that we shall pay to the Wycombe Com pany 3,6001. a year for their line, with half the surplus profits, and that they shall have the power of claiming a payment of 10,0001., instead of half the profits, if they shall think fit. It is extremely important that we should form this line of railway to Wycombe, as is proved by the GM of the bill for a liner from Brentford to Wycombe, which we have Just succeeded in defeating. I have no doubt that this line will ho the means, not only of creating trifle itself, but also of bringing additional traffic to the Great Western line, and we have there fore great confidence in recommending you to ap prove the bill which sanctions and authorises the agreem ent. The bill having been sanctioned, The CHAIRMAN said the only other matter which re mained to be referred to was a question put to him at the last meeting respecting the Birkenhead agreement. At that time he thought the meeting of the Birkenhead pro prietors would be held on Tuesday last, and that they would by this time know the decision of the proprietors. Hon. proprietors must remember that the rejection of the agree ment with the Great Western directors bad proceeded only from the directors—ho might almost say from the chairman —of the Birkenhead Company, and that the proprietors had, hitherto at least, by no means concurred in that re- 3 jeetion. The mwtint was adjourned till to-morrow (this I day), when the prop tore would no doubt come to a reso lution. Ile trusted that it would be a favourable one, and I consistent with the good faith which they owed to that I company. reships under the circumstances it was not desirable that he should say more than he did on the last ' occasion, namely, that the directors of the Great Western Company were proposed, as they !ways had been, to carry out the agreement with the Bidenhoad Company to the fullest extent. A PROPRIETOR asked why the Stour Valley line had not been opened yet ? The CHAIRMAN said he mast ask the directors of the London and North Western Company, and perhaps they would not like to tell. (A laugh.) On the motion of Xr.lionaut, seconded by Mr. Vous- Lay, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the directors.—The massing then separated. • PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. TILE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH rxl day the committee resumed their inquiry, Right lion_ Lord Moth= in the chair. Mr. J. C. Cubbold, M.P., as ' director of the British Telegraph Company end Chairman of the Eastern Union Railway, was the first witness called. Ile deposed that he had been induced to juin the British Company on the faith and in the expectation that the London and North Western Railway would have allowed ' the British Company to lay their telegraph wires over that line, which would have been beneficial both to the railway company and the public, by catablishieg duplicate lines. Was a opinion tthat the British Company would not bo able to raise the money they required by means of shares to an extent sufficient to carry out the undertaking, unless the legislature gave them the limited liability now sought for by the bill. Mr. Kershaw, stock-broker of Leeds, and member of tho Leeds Stock Exchange, examined; deposed that in the opinion of the member% of that body, Lei cis was imperfectly served by the existing telegraphic communication. Com plaints were constantly occurring, on the score of inaccuracy and delays, arising from pressure of dispatches ; and the in terests of the people of Le e ds would be largely served by the establishment of a second line of telegraph. The charge, prior to November last, fur a message between Leeds ;and Loudon, was tts., now it was fro. 6,1. Anticipated a great increase in the transmission of messages, as far as the clubs and commercial houses were concerned, from reduction of charge. As an illustration of the errors that occurred he might state, that recently in the transmission of a message from Leeds to Manchester, the order by telegraph wax, " Order 30 casks (instead of shares) at 171 per share;" and in another case of a message to London, " Sell 100 shares," was telegraphed instead of " Sell 1,000." Mr. J. Greig, proprietor and editor of the Scottish Press newspaper, had frequently had his attention drawn by the commercial and mtuticipal bodies of Edinburgh to the pre sent state of their telegraphic communication, and knew that their feeling was one of dissatisfaction regarding it. Paid, in conjunction with other Edinburgh newspaper pro prietors, an annual sum to the Electric Telegraph Company for the receipt of the latest intelligence of interest ; and the services of the telegraph with reference to this parti cular contract were very indifferently performed. Bo 'Weed ho did not bring out a single paper that did not contain a blunder arising from inaccurate tele graphic transmission, and it cog him more labour to bring the telegraphic department of intelligence into an accurate shape than anything connected with his editorial labours. Ile would state some of the inconveniences. It was of essential importance to the Edinburgh papers that they should not miss the morning mails, because in Scot land some of the large manufacturing towns had only a single post a day, and if that were missed the paper was a day old before it arrived, and was in a great measure use less. The early mail from Edinburgh was despatched at four in the morning, and the telegraphic intelligence from London did not reach the paper until between one and two in the morning, and sometimes not until five o'clock, an hour atter the mail had left. Inaccuracies occurred in the transmission both of commercial and political matters, and at one time he was absolutely afraid to go up the street lest he should be attacked by the subscribers to his paper —(laughter)—in consequence of the erroneous telegraphic information he had published as to the price of stocks and staples. (Laughter.) In political matters he had frequently, as a general rule, to correct by an erratum the real state of the case by way of apology to political readers far the blunders of a previous publication. (Laughter.) In witness's opinion the mechanical power for working the telegraph was not Bur fficient. When the wires got of work, being dependent on a single line of telegraph, the paper had to come out with a blank—(laughter)—they had no telegraphic intelligence. The Edinburgh papers had to insert disappointing announce ments on these occasions to the effect 'we learn from the office of the electric telegraph that from some cause as yet un known no communication has been made to-day which will account for the paucity of our latest news." These com plaints wete not confined to his own paper alone, and the general feeling was, it was only to be remedied by the esta blishment of a competing company, with limited liability, which in his opinion was indispensable. Cross. examined—Paid U. per month or 001. a year to the 'Electric Telegraph Company for the intelligence trans mitted. The company collected the information in London, and the average quantity of intelligence on each occasion was three-quarters of a column twice a week. Iffissetimes the telegraph gave them a long debate, but " shut them out" from the "divisions, " which were far more interest ing than long speeches. (Loud laughter.) The result was much more important than the speeches—(laughter)—and they frequently got the division after the mail had gone. Had nu bargain with the telegraph that they should have precedence over private commercial messages. Excepting during periods of great pressure, there might not be more than one telegraph company could do between Edinburgh and London, but if they bad two companies could get intel ligence earlier and more rapidly. Mr. T. Reid, of the Stock Exchange, Glasgow, spoke to the way .n which the telegraphic service was per formed for that community. On one occasion the telegraph had trans mogrified a meume, and gave orders to eell shares instead of to buy them—(laughter)—and had he not been fortu nately in time to send a countermand message, he should have lost on Caledonians from 21. to 31. On another occa sion there was a substitution of " sell Bury preferences," for " Abcrdeens." (Laughter.) The company had never discovered the cause of it, and perhaps never would. Now, to insure correctness, he generally made the clerk write to his dictation. Mr. A. Ashton, member of the Liverpool Stock Ex change, deposed that the members of it were diesatisfied with the mode in which the telegraphic communication between London and Liverpool was conducted. Had not positive evidence of the fact that the messages of ono person were sent preferentially to another; but frequently mes sages had not been correctly transmitted. Had been in the habit of paying the company 3001. a year for telegraph messages in respect of his private transactions, but these wero not so large as formerly ; and he had almost given the telegraph up. Competition was desirable, and probably the business between London and Liverpool would be sufficient to maintain two lines of telegraph. The old com pany had, within a short period, reduced their rates 50 per cent., and when they found the mistakes were theirs they returned the money. 'She committee at this point adjourned to this day. SHREWSBURY AND CHEATER RAlLWAY.—Yceter day the preamble of this company's bill, for power to run over neighbouring railways and London and North Western, was declared proved. SIIIPWRECEED CREW IN THE ARCTIC SEAS.—. Yesterday, the following details of the loss of a sealer, the Joseph Green, Stewart, muter, of Peterhead, and the sufferings endured by the crew, were received at Lloyd's:— The above-named vessel, shortly after her arrival on the fishing-ground, and before she had taken any seals, was stove by a floating block of ice at 3.30 a.m. on the 20th of March, and instantly began to fill; the crew endeavoured to keep her clear until 4 p.m. on the same day, when she capsized, and Captain Stewart, who was standing near tho main hatchway at the moment, was precipitated into the hold, and either killed or drowned, uhe was not seen afterwards; one of the crew, who was confined to his berth in the forecastle with a broken arm, was unable to save himself, and perished when the vessel eansized. The re mainder of the crew (59 men) took to the boats, but with a heavy gale blowing at the time, there was little probability of the boats living, particularly as they were surrounded with large masses of loose ice. As a last resource, they betook themselves to one of the largest floes (dusting ice), upon which they hauled the boats. In this situation, with. out any shelter, except what the lee of the boats afforded, they remained from Saturday night until 10 A.m. oa Monday, when they launched the boats, the weather having become more moderate, with the intention of making for the dreary and inhospitable coast of Iceland, if Providence did not;throw some sealing vessel or whaler in their way. They were, however, hut badly provided for such a voyage, having saved nothing but what they stood in, and their provisions consisted only of some salt pork and a bag of eel bread. Previous to starting for that island they proceeded to the wreck, in the hope of obtaining some more stores and clothing, the latter of which they stood much in need of. About 4 p.m. they providentially fell in with the Marin thiae, Burueh, mast, r, of Peterhead, who on sighting them, immediately bore up and took thou on isoard. Falling in with the Intrepid soon alter, the shipwrecked crew were divided between the two vessels, and subsequently further dist' ibuted amongst the fleet on arriving at the fishing ground. Although thus rescued from almost inevitable death, a very great number are suffering from their lengthened exposure to the inclement weather. Mr. Wil liam Lillie, surgeon, and John Lawson, the steward, have died from injuries received on the ice, conjointly with the i•ffect of the frost. The Felix. Hay, arrived at Banff on the 18th inst., and brought home fifteen of the survivors, all suffering more or less from being frost-kitten. FEMALE EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—At tho last inteting of the board of guardians of the Holborn Union, Mr. Pearson proposed that application be made • to the emigratioa commissioners to allow 12 young women in the workhouse to emigrate to Australia. They were about 20 years of age, he said, and whenever they obtained l situations in service they soon returned to the house, and if they were sent to ' . nently settled there. had been obtained son commissioners would workhouses, but such iu the present state o° felt chit they had t. they were tired of Lloyd said that u tht 170,0001. to facilitate to Make suck an application. lutiva, which was - - to Australia they would become perms- re. Mr. James said that several orders some time since for that purpo add not then take you• • sk .. e , ouch • rule might, perh . . ~ssiMisse ;. , ..; eof those colonies. Th ...„" •• • w en r. ' ~, • home in the workhou ••"1' 'LL .'' •• 4 'i .. of their situations returns. ^1 L . .`1::,1 w, the government had now ilk Z;." I ,l* . . • j X , tate emigration it was a ,1,•4.1• .qv 6 1.- tli ,pplication. Mr. Cottle ""•'• .1' •. , a- ~ :in tumultuously adopted. s., ~. .. - t . ' • .. v 4, •