The Express. — London, England, 1847-02-24 00:00:00

THE Gazette of the l'ith inst. contains a notifica tion that a commission has been appointed for " in quiring whether the burdens on land can be diminished by the establishment of an effective system for the registration of deeds and the simplification of the forms of conveyance;" and the cotumissioners con sist of Lord LANGDALE, Master of the Rolls ; Lord BILiUMONT; three conveyancing barristers, Mr. Jo. S EMI 11UMPHRT, Mr. HENRY ELLEN DEN KEI:, and Mr. WALTER COULSON : and two solicitors, Mr. GEORGE FitERE and Mr. FRANCIS BROHLRIr. Let It not be supposed that this is a mere lawyers' and Jandholders' question, for it is one which deeply con cerns the subsistence of the people. What conclu sion the commissioners may come to with respect to the registration of deeds and the other matters re ferred to them we will not anticipate, but it will be well to show the public that all the ablest convey ancers of the age have been in favour of a general registry of titles. Here professional and popular opinions coincide. When the House of Lords, in the session of 1846, appointed a committee to inquire into the " burdens affecting real property," the full and real extent of that inquiry was but little understood, either by the Lords or the public. By the protectionist peers, who proposed the committee, it was simply intended to make out a case for exempting landowners from some of the taxation, local or general, they now pay—a sort of counter-move to the repeal of the corn-lasso. While the public instinctively regarded the committee as an excuse on the part of the landoerney for shift ing some portion of the just burdens of laud upon the shoulders of the rest of the community, the chief, if not the only, practical result of the inquiry, was, to demonstrate that the system of conveyancing in this country forms a grievous burden upon land owners, and a great impediment to the free disposal of landed property. Mr. SENIOR, the 'Master in Chancery, who had before his appointment to that office, been in extensive practice as a conveyancer, " that this is the only civilised country without a general register, and the only civilised country re quiring a sixty, or even a forty years' title" : that land in almost every country save this is trans ferred in the same manner in which stock is trans ferred here. You look to the last purchaser only." And what is the consequence? Why, that the value of land is higher in the civilised countries of Europe than in England; that the number of years' purchase in almost all the better port of Europe is much higher than in England. It is thirty-five on the borders of the Rhine. And Mr. Sesion was of opinion, " that one of the principal reasons for the difference of value must to the different law of con veyancing." Our system excludes small purchasers ---ay, and greatly hinders purchases of moderate amount, say of two or three thousand pounds. Nor do the conveyancers in this country object to a general register. On the contrary, BUTLER, DevAL, BRODIE, DUCKWORTH, Mr. SENIOR, and most of our eminent conveyancing counsel, have strongly recommended it. So did, the late real property commissioners. In fact, as Mr. SENIOR said, " everybody, except the attor neys, approved of it." And it is the fear of the attorney's bill which prevents much transfer of real property. And, after all, this cumbrous and expensive ma chinery serves no earthly purpose, except to swell legal charges. Mr. SENIOR told the Lords' Com mittee " that there is little of really defective title. Title; alt»nst all seem to be safe for holding: but the difficulty is to transfer them." Can there be a seveicr censure upon the state of the law than that statement? Indeed, at this moment every motions vendor of real property, before he offers it fur sale, has his title looked over by a conveyancer " at great expense, and every loophole stopped," by conditions of sale, which preclude the purchaser from requiring formal proofs, to which, in the absence of such con ditions, he would have been entitled. Yet this has no effect on the value of the property, though the pur chaser knows, when buying under such conditions, that he is not to get "a marketable title." lie may, however, comfort himself by the assurar.ce of Master SENIOR "that there is scarcely any title that is nun ketable." That a general register of titles to real property cannot be much longer delayed is clear. But that alone is not sufficient to simplify the title to land, and make it pass freely from hand to hand. To effect this, we must abolish entails. It is the power of entailing land, which is the real bar to its free ex change as well as to its proper cultivation. Lend is continued in a family generation after generation, each successive owner being only tenant for life, having the least possible motive for improving or al lowing tenants to improve, a property which must go to one child, and having the greatest possible motive to extract as much immediate income from it for the sake of his younger children, usually very slenderly provided for. That this system is in every way inju rious to the public, nobody can doubt; and the great industrious community of Lancashire has, it seems, got a clear perception of this truth. Of this a striking instance occurred during a recent visit made by Mr. MILNER GIBSON to his constituents at Men cheater. After speaking of the condition of Ire land, that gentleman is reported to have said,—" I run extremely anxious to give sup port to any measure that will enable the capitalist to purchase land, and that will set us free from all this affectation which prevails, not only in Ireland but in this country, of the difficulties of dealing in land. I would hare land pass as freely from hand to hand as any other article of commerce." This senti ment was received with "loud and prolonged cheers, the company rising and waving their hats." And well might the men of Lancashire cheer such a senti ment; for what is implied in it? Why, a double or treble production of human food from our own soil. And who is not interested in that question ? The necessity of a sixty years' title to land arises solely from entails. That period is fixed with refer ence to the ordinary duration of a single life, because, a person may be tenant for life during that time with remainder to his or her children, and having no children, but always being assumed by law as likely to have children, no transfer can take place. Mr. SENIOR referred to each a case when he raid, " There is scarcely any title which is not subject to some legal doubt. The person entitled, perhaps, is a woman seventy years old ; the property is to go over if she dies without issue ; she has never had any issue ; this is an objection to the title, because the law always supposes the possibility of having a child." Now, the short remedy for this state of things would be a simple act, enacting that when property is given to a person for life, and afterwards to his or her chil dren, such children not being then born, that the' . tenant for life should be the absolute owner, to Bell, to' mortgage, or to give by will, and to be amenable to creditors. This would prevent entails being created on marriages, but would enable a provision to be made for the wife, while the children of landowners would —as the children of other classes do—succeed to property or not, according as their father was provident or improvi dent. And this would be far better for the children themselves, for the father could apportion his property more fairly than under a system of entail, upon the eldest son. Half the recklessness and i ndebtedness of our aristocrats arises from the dealing with expectancies under entails. The eldest son, if he survive his father, must take the property under a settlement made before his birth, and upon this future interest he draws for present indulgence; "his cash comes from, his wealth goes to" the usurers. And the entailed estate of an embarrassed family—and most of oar landowners are to a great extent ember- rassed—is a serious public injury. Moreover such a change in the law as would prevent any settlements on unborn children is far more consonant with the principle and genius of our law, than the system of entails, as we shall show on a future occasion. MERE is certainly more civilisation in cookery than we English are inclined to admit. Our maxim seems to be, the plainer the viand, the more simple its preparation, the more conducive is it to health, to economy, and to good taste. In one of these points, at least, our system completely fails ; and that is, in economy. For an English palate, meat must be roast Or boiled ; the consequence is, that none but the best meat is tolerable or edible. Other nations, whose meat is lost and metamorphosed in the stew or the nonp-cauldron, can consume with relish and self nourishment, very inferior, and therefore cheaper, qualities and parts of meat. The same may be said of our culinary preparations oC vegetables. These are so very simple, so very natural, that they are utterly insipid. And the con sequence is, that whilst most strenuously landing and aothering to their methods of dressing vegetables, nine -tenths of English eaters make no use of vegetables at ea Cabbage with as is, like virtue in the proverb )n, l id f:. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1847. of the Roman poet—laurfatur et alget. It is de clared to be a very good thing, which nobody tastes. M. SOYER, chef of the culinary department of the Reform Club, has been affected by the overflowing liberality of the establishment, into the proposal to , introduce the French system of vegetable soup- making into Ireland. What he proposes are simply the recipes used in every farm-house and cottage of France for utilising field and garden vegetables, and, in fact, subsisting families on what English poor have been taught to reject as garbage. Could NI. SOYER succeed in introducing his soup, and getting the peasant to drink it, he would achieve something fur more important than the relief of tem porary distress. Ile would work a revolution in the entire diet and economy of the lower closers, not only of Ireland, but of this country. Could the population of either country be induced to become a soup drinking people, the result would be their greater independence of any one crop, their greater ability to utilise, and 'nourish themselves with, the cheaper and now rejected portion of animal food, a very great economy in their mode of life, for the soup pot, like that of Spain or France, with its otnnium gatherum of vegetables, and a scrap of meat or lard, is just as cheap as the dry meal of potatoes, and would lead, in Ireland, to a radical change and im , provement in the habits of agriculture. There are, however, a great many difficulties, and I not a few objections. One is, that, however liquid diet may agree with the population of the south of Europe, a solid diet is requisite for the north. More over. wine, from its various qualities, is a natural cor rective of the tendencies of a vegetable diet. 'The population condemned to beer and water require the solid food, which the possession of the grape, and of the sun which ripens it, can dispense with. In Ireland, however, these objections are of little weight. There the population have long been reduced to a vegetable diet, so lowering, that, like the savage, accustomed to inanition and exhaustion, the peasantry cannot resist the temptation of spirits as a cordial. A population, well provided with animal food, does not need the super-excitement of spirits—it always prefers malt liquor. Those habituated to a low vegetable diet and obliged to great bodily exertion upon such support, cannot resist the temptation of the spirit-bottle. If the potato continues the staple food of the Irish, not all the efforts of Father MATHEW will wean them from the counteracting excitement. Change and raise the staple of the Irishman's food, and he will not be more prone to consume spirits than the English man, the Frenchman, or the German. We sincerely wish M. SOYER success with his modest experiment. We should only recommend him not to be too sparing of substantiaLs, of shin of beef and oatmeal. Over-economy and over-spareness will spoil both his scheme and his broth. We hold the in treduction of vegetable soups a very great opening of reform in the mode of subsistence of our lower classes. _ _ . At a dinner given to Mr. COBDEN last year, by the Bordelais, a philanthropic wine-merchant of that city declared that the progress and sale of Bordeaux wine was the true concomitant, symptom, and cause of civilisation. In direct contradiction of Lord CAR DIGAN% thesis, M. Di. rouß declared the black bottle to be the great standard of social enlightenment and regeneration. We are not quite so enthusiastic in wine bibbing or wine vending. But we would insinuate that cookery is no despicable element of civilisation, that the rudest people eat the simplest dishes, which arc neither the most healthful nor the most economical; and that the health and the pocket of the poorest classes would be, both of them, greatly benefited by increased enlightenment in the humble but useful science of the kitchen. TITYRE are few subjects in which the public arc more deeply interested than that of medical reform, and yet perhaps there is none on which so little general information exists. It is ignorantly supposed that medical legislation is one in which medical men are alone interested, and they are left to themselves to seek those changes which are admitted on unhands I to be at least as necessary for the safety of the public as for tho character and honour of the medical pro- fession. It is almost impossible, in a few words, to give a correct idea of the various institutions in this country, which have either the power of grant ing medical degrees or giving licenses to prac tise various departments of medicine. Each of these has ite code of laws conferring on it and on its graduates and members certain exclusive privi leges, which of course its executive is exceedingly anxious to maintain intact. These institutions have been founded from time to time, according to the pressure of circumstances, and their legal privileges have been conferred upon them without much regard to c insistency, and frequently with a result the re verse of what was intended. Medical legislation has been in fact in this country, since the time ofgranting the first charter to the London College of Physicians in 151 9, to the granting of the last charter to the College of Surgeons in 1843, a piece of patchwork without one single comprehensive attempt to bring the whole pro fession under anything like a common law. It may be urged in favour of the universities and corpora tions having medical privileges that, however, anoma lous these privileges may be, they were required to meet and avert some special evil. This we believe. At the same time it must be obvious they have not attained their end. _ _ The object of the legal powers of most of these bodies has been to prevent ignorant and il literate men from practising the art of medicine. Has it done so ? We think not, and we think it would be difficult to point to a period of our history, when there has been a greater amount of quackery and empiricism tolerated than at the present moment. The fact is, the privileged medical bodies are so numerous that they have always been more busily occupied in quarelhng with each other than in ward ing off the common enemy. That in this country we have a body of intelligent practitioners of the healing art, of which any nation might be proud, is as much due to the spirit of the age and country in which we live, as to our medical institutions. That we have more quackery out of the profession, and heart-burnings and jealousies in the profession, than in any other civilised country, is, we believe, mainly owing to the nature of the laws by which these institutions are governed. These laws are not only in spirit at variance with each other, but their most oppressive action is directed not against the ignorant and illiterate practitioner, but against the legitimate members of the profession. In order to make this evident we have only to call attention to the numbers of bodies granting degrees and licenses in medicine. The united king dom can boast of seventeen such bodies, besides the army, navy, ordnance, and East India Com pany's medical boards, and a doubtful power of granting a license to practise physic vested in the hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Of the seventeen, eight are universities—those of London, Cambridge, Oxford, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and St. Andrews; three are colleges of physicians—those of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin ; three colleges of surgeons at the same places, and two apothecaries' companies, one in London, the other in Dublin. Each of these bodies has the power of examining candidates for its diploma and license, and each has its privileges in particu lar districts. A few only of them trust each other ; and all, previous to the bestowal of their licenses or degrees, require that candidates submit to an examination of their own. It thus happens that a man may study in Edinburgh, graduate there, and be even admitted a fellow of the Colleges of Surgeons and Physicians, and on coming to England he would not be allowed to practise as a general practitioner till he had submitted to the examination of the Apo thecaries' Company of London. If he wished to be thought a respectable man in his way, or to obtain a surgeon's post in a dispensary or hospital, he would then find it necessary to pass the examination of the College of Surgeons of London. If after this he changed his mind, and wished to practise as a physician in any part of England out of London, he would have to undergo another examination for license to practise as a physician from the London College of l'hysicians. And if after all this he should wish to settle in London, the College of Physicians again meets him with the demand of another examination, in order that he may have their license to practise in London. This is no imaginary case: there are men in London who could paper their consulting rooms with their diplomas and licenses, nor are these titles of permission to practise conferred as matters of form ; each body strives to support its ima ginary dignity by the severity or peculiarity of its examinations, and those who pm with credit one board of examiners are rejected by ethers. The Col- lege of Physicians has recently gone so far as to refuse a license to practise in London to members to whom it had previously granted a license to practise in the country ; thus absurdly announcing that her Majesty's subjects require different medical treat ment in Loudon from that which they require in the country. We would not charge upon the individuals con stituting the executive of those institutions all the blame of the present unsatisfactory state of 1 medical law : we do, however, accuse them of an attempt to support those privileges which the ignorance and the necessities of past times have conferred upon them, and of attempting to frus trate the introduction of those measures of reform which the present state of society and the practise of medicine in this country alike require. For the last twenty years various attempts have been made to place the medical profession in a position which their important services in the community I deman d ; but they have failed, not because' public opinion has been opposed to them, or the great bulk of medical men themselves, but on account of the opposition of the few irresponsible examining medical boards. Every session of parliament has opened with the promise of some efficient measure of medical reform, and has closed with its defeat.' During the last session Sir JAMES GRAHAM took this subject under his especial care ; but although he worked very hard, he failed to please all parties, and withdrew his bill. Mr. VARLET, who took a principal part in opposing Bic JAMES GRAHAM'S bill, has promised to take up the subject this year, and has made public the draft of a Medical Registration Bill which he in tends to bring before the house. In the meantime, the College of Physicians and a new corporation, the National Institute of Medical Practitioners, have pre sented memorials to Sir G. GREY. Mr. WAKI.ET'S bill is a comprelicns;ve measure of medical reform. The memorial of the College of Physicians prays for another charter, with a renewal of its peculiar privi leges somewhat more adapted to the spirit of the present day. The memorial of the Institute seeks the establishment of another medical body with power to examine practitioners of medicine. We shall refer to these on another occasion. We have received our l'aris Express of Monday. A ball given by the lady of the British Ambassador at Paris has been rnsendied by the phantasmagoria .e of party to the dimensions of n great political event; the cards of invitation have been laid before a I cabinet council, and the question of acceptance or I refusal gravely delrted ! This is no exaggeration, but the literal truth. The subject, moreover, has in a great measure engrossed the columns of the leading ' journals, and exercised the abilities of the most emi nent publicists of the moat enlightened city of conti nental Europe. The report of the impending depar ture of the ambassador, which had been generally credited on the preceding days, was definitively con tradicted on Monday. The ambassador continues in the Faubourg St. Honors, and a cordon sandoirc is drawn between that and the gnarlier des affaires eirongOrcs. At the Cabinet Council, nt which it was resolved to decline in a body the invitation to the British Embassy, two members, Marshal Soult, the president and nominal premier, and M. Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, manifested much hesitation before they yielded to persuasion to acquiesce in the decision of the majority of their colleagues. When the deter mination was finally tsken,tiiese ministers respectively addressed apologies for their absence to the noble host and hostess, conceived in those terms which the utmost politeness and urbanity suggested. An approaching change is announced in the cabinet. M. Passy will, as is supposed, succeed M. Lacave Laplagne in the department of Finance. M. de Salvandy will replace Admiral Mackau in the Marine, and will be succeeded by M. Liadieres in Public Instruction. General Schramm will take the portfolio of War, M. Hebert that of Justice, and M. Muret de lord that of Agriculture and Commerce. Count Walcwski has been nominated to the mis sion to La Plata, to co-operate with Lord Ilowden. Don Enrique arrived at Toulon on the 17th, aad is hourly expected in Paris. The opening of the railway from Amiens to Abbe ville, which bad been announced for the Ist of March, will not take place till the 15th. The anxiety which we have frequently noticed re specting the question of subsistence, continues to be painfully felt in the highest quarters. The impossi bility of obtaining any reliable data as to the actual amount of subsistence at present iu the country com plicates the embarrassment. Meanwhile, the rise in the market is steadily progressive and general through out the country. Within the radius which supplies Paris, the rise in the last week has been from 11 to -1j per cent. on the actual prices. A few of the markets have not risen but none have fallen. It was expected that the arrivals at llavre and other ports would have lowered the adjacent markets, but this hope has been disappointed. The grain is absorbed as fast as it arrives; the demands are incessant, the smaller farmers having nothing in their granaries, and the larger proprietors having sold two-thirds of their stock. Flour sells at present in Paris at 98 to 105 francs the sack of 157 kilogs., being at the rate of from 265. to 28s. per cwt. The price of bread in Paris for the first fortnight in March will be raised to 55 cents per kilog., being equivalent to 'Lid. per lb. exactly. We have received the Madrid mail of the IGth inst. The Gazette of that date contained the royal decrees accepting the resignation of General Pavia, and appointing in his stead, as Minister of War, Don Marcellino Oraa. Another royal decree appoints Don Alexandro Olivari Minister of Marine. It was reported at Madrid that the Queen Mother was to leave for Paris immediately, owing to a rumoured indisposition of the Duchess of Mont pensier. The Duke of Saragossa, D. Jose de Palafox y Melei, died of apoplexy on the morning of the 15th. the 16th being Mardi Gras, the Bourse was closed. GERMANY.—HAMBURG, FEB. 18.—The lames of ice at Wittenberg, which had been set afloat by the tide yesterday afternoon, have been again firmly settled there by the east ebb tide. In consequence of this, the exit of the ice on this side is impeded, and it will be some days before we can look for any improvement, oven should the present mild weather continue. CRACOW, FEB. 12.—General Rudiger, commander of the Russian troops on our frontiers, is at present here, but we are ignorant of the character is which he has come to us, whether as a private individual, to share in the files of the Carnival, or in his capacity of a Raul= general and the commander of a large body of troops. Large reinforce ments of troops have been dispatched from Galicia to the Prussian frontiers, and it is currently reported that the half of the very strong garrison of our town will shortly take its departure, with several cannon. Apprehensions seem to be everywhere entertained of some senous outbreaks on the side of Austria. We have the best authority for stating that Castiglione has given orders that all the military in garrison here shall be in readiness to march at a minute's notice; only one-half are permitted to go to sleep every night, and both the officers and men hare been enjoined to observe the stricrostpunctuality, vigilance, and order. —German Paper. RUSSIA.—THE GRECO-RUSSIAN CHURCII.—Ths Emperor of Russia has recently issued a decree, the object of which is to prevent proselytism in favour of any other re ligion than the Greco-Raman. The first article declares that any person abjuring the Greco-Russian religion shall he placed at the disposal of the ecclesiastical authorities, shall be disinherited by such of his relations as profess that relision, shall have all his fortune placed under control, and shall not be allowed to reside in the district in which his property is situated. if he returns within the bosom of the Established Church, these penalties arc to cease ; but if he does not return within the time Bred by the ecclesiastical authorities, he is to be cited before a criminal tribunal, which cannot inflict a penalty less than that of perpetual detention is a convent, with unceasing sets of penitence and contrition. The fourth article provides that whoever shall deliver dis courses, or publish writings calculated to MUM persons who belong to the GrecL-Russian Church to abandon their faith, shall lon the prerogatives of his rank, and be condemned to from one to two years' imprisonment. if the same offence be committed twice, the delinquent is to be con demned to the loss of civil rights. and to hard labour in a fortress for from four to six years ; if a third time, he is to be exiled in Siberia, and, in addition to all this, he is to receive the knout if he belongs to the clauses subject to cur. poral punishment. Article 6 declares that fathers and mothers belonging to the Greco-Russian Church, who shall cause their children to be baptised in another form of faith, shall be punished with two years' imprisonment, and shall have their children taken from them, and educated by other members of their family of the Greco-Russian reli gion; and in case there be no relations of that creed, then by persons nominated by the government. Any person preventing a member of another religion from , embracing the Greco-Russian, is to be imprisoned for several months.—Galignani. THE CAUCASUS.--A correspondent writes, on the Bth, from Warsaw to the German Journal of Frankfort, that great preparations are being made for the nest cam paign in the Caucasus, and that a very large supply of ammunition bad been pant to Sebastopol. The writer adds that a large portion of the army concentrated in rolwid, which amounts, besides the ganisor,, to 60,000 meu, is also destined to take part in this campaii• t ; but this may depend upon events in Poland, and in case a need recourse will be hod to a new levy. COLONIAL. WEST INDIES. We have already announced the sudden and affecting death of Mr. Charles Thorntm Cunningham, Lieutenant-Governor of St. Christopher's und of the Lee ward Islands. It appears that this gentleman had driven in front the country to Basseterre, the seat of the go ' vernment, in apparently vigorous health and cheerful epirits, to opeu the newly elected Houses of Legislature. After transacting some business with his private seeretury, and dee patching • note to invite tome otheas in a French ship of war, just come into port, to luncheon at Government-house, he rode down to the mail-office, to meet his letters and a box captaining a picture of a much-bet-Peed sister, recently des ceased in England. He had stated to more than one person. that his earnest desire to possess the picture was not unmixed with fear as to the effect the sigh: 1 it might produce upon him. So strongly bad this tipped) enaion fastened itself on his mind, that, on the arrival cf the box at ti )v.rninent house, he sent a servant in quest of a friend who might be with him when the box was opened. Having failed in find- I o as ing him, ho proceeded to:en the box. His butler, who w present, reports that he looked at tic countenance earnestly, turned pale, whispered a few words to himself, walked ha•tily up to his awn room, was heard almost instantly to fall as he entered it, and his senlinta following upstairs found him stretched on the floor it corpse. The St. Chrislo plger'a Ga:etee, or well as many other public and private communications, bear the strange t testimony to the ability, vi,our, and bi,:h moral character of this gentleman, and to the tenderness and muniCeence with which at all times, and eepeeifily under a recent heavy visitat:on of island fever he had ministered to the wants and sorrows of the negro population. Mt amt. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning in Clay, wont-park. lltr Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Claremoxt at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, for town, escorted by a party of the 12th Lancers Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, sad the Princess Helena, and suite, followed in four carriages and 'Jour. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal party, arrived at Buck ingham-palace, at 25 minutes bane S o'clock, escorted by a party of Lancers. 11.1{11. the Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty and her Royal Consort last evening, at Bucking ham-palace. Their RR.IIIf. the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and H.S.H. Prince Frederic of Hesse, honoured Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian minister, with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at his Excellency's residence in Grosvenor. place. 7 heir 11.R.11H. the Dulte and Duchess, of Cambridge, and 11.3. H Prince Fredric of Hesse, visited the Caledonian Asylum on Monday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave Mr. Dalton a sitting for the completion of h's portrait yesterday. The royal duke is represented in the robes of the most noble Order of the Garter, over a Field Marshal's uniform. Her Majesty will hold a levee to-day, and a draw ing-room to-morrow, at St. James's Palace. Senor de Toro, the Venezuelan Minister, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Hatherton, Mr. Beckett, M.P., and a number of ilelegates of s trious canal cowponies, had en interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strum y csterday, at the o ffi ce of the Committioncu of Railways, on the sub ject of the impropriety of allowii.g railway companies to hare any control over canals. Lord Monson had an interview iih Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dr. Lindley had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home office. (From last night's Grt:ells.) WDITERALL, FEB. 22.—The Queen has appointed S. M. Lindsay, Esq., writer to the signet, to be ono of the ordinary clerks of session in Scotland, in the room of M. Napier, Esq., deceased. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 22.—MEMBER RETURNED TO 4F.RVI: IN PAXLIAMLZIT.—J. 11. Monahan, Esq., of the city of Dublin, in the room of Sir V. Blake, Dart., deceased, for the town of Galway. OFFICE OF ORDNANCF., F. 21. Royal Regt. of Artillery.—Flrst Lieut. T. C. Lyle, to be see. eupt, vlce Moretti, dee. ; dec. Lieut. E. J. Carthcw, to be first lieut. rice Lyle. ADMIRALTY, Frit. 12. The knowing promotions have this day taken piste, consequent upon toe death of Vlea-Adm. of the Blue W. Young: Rear-Lim. of the heal Sir S. Tyro, K.C.11., to be vice-odm. of lb.: bite; Rear- Adm. of the White Sir L. Curtis, Earn, C. 8., to be rear-adm. of the rag; Rear-Adm. of the Blue J. R. Philips, to be rear-adin. of the white. Fre. 19.—The following prons..tions Aare this day . taken place, eonaequent dpon the death of .Idt:it. of the White go. W. T. Lake, K.C.B. Adm. of the Blue the Itt. Hon. J. Lord Colville, to be odor. of the white; Vice-Adm. of the 1,1 R. lionyman, to adui. of the blue; Vice-Adm. of the white 2. :lodge, to be vise-aim. of the red; Vice-Adel, of the Blue Sir R. H. I:money, Bort., to be vice-odm. of the white ; Benr.Adm. of the Red S. Butehre, to be vice-ndm. of the blur ; Rear-Adm. of the White S rJ. Los'', DArt., to be reavadm. of the red; ]tear-Adm. of the Blue I'. Wadde, to be rear-adm. of the white. POSTAGE TO PRESSIA.—The supplement to last night's Gazette contains a trmsury warrant repealing' the postage of one halfpenny fixed by the warrant of Dec. le., pn British newspapers sent to Prussia ri.i Hamburg, the Ne therlands, or Belgium, and announcing that newspapers may be 'out to Prussia free of British postage. An alteration is also made in the posUut: of pamphlets and periodicals not strictly newspapers. instead of the former rates, an uni form rate of sixpence is fixed on every paper and pamphlet not exceeding tot. in we ight. For extra weight there is an additional charge aecordrug to the general post-office wale. Papers may he wholly prepaid or not; but not partially prepaid. These changes vn.l take place on the first of next month. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND. Yesterday the remains of this nobleman were con signed to their last resting-place, in Westminster Abbey. Though it had been announced that the funeral would be strictly private, thousands had assembled to witness the pro cession. About two hundred 01 the aristocracy, including two or three members of the Royal family, some of the episcopal bench, and more titan one of the corps diplomatique, had sent their carriages to form part of the funeral cavalcade. Shortly after 12 o'clock the procession moved from the ducal residence at Charing-cuss, along Whitehall and Parlia ment-street, to the western entrance of the Abbey, the bells of St. Martin's, St. Marg net's, and the Abbey churches tolling during its p The ceremony within he walls of the abbey was, if pos sible, an object ef still gn star curiosity than the procession without. From a comparatively early hour in the morning the doors of the ancient e lifice were besieged, and theugh many were doomed to die: vointment, sonic hundreds who had taken the precaution rr make previous application were admitted, and owing to Cie excellent arrangements, were gratified in their desire without infringing upon the order and solemnity befitting the occasion. Amongst the specta tors within the abbey were the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir R. H. Ingl's, M.P., and Mr R. Murchison. On entering the abbey tho body was met by the dean, canons, and other author. ties of the rainster ; the members of the collegiate body of St. Peter's, and the choir, the latter chanting "I am Vas resurrection," &c. (Dr. Croft). The whole formed a procession, and proceeding along the centre aisle to the chapel, diverged to the sight, pro- ceeding through the st uth aisle past Poets'-corner to St. Nichols' Chapel, ire of the small mecum at the south-eastern angle of the building, beneath the flags of which rest the bones of several of the former representatives of the dukedom of Northumberland, the celebrated George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and various members of some other noble families, and where a new brick vault had been prepared for the new occupant. The body being lowered into the vault, the psalms (39th and 90th) were read by the Dean, and the lemon (1 Cor. 15-20) by the Rev. Str. Milman, the resident moon. Then followed the anthem, "Ilia body is tailed in peace" (Handel), which was sung by the whole of the choir, accompanied by the organ; and after the passage, "Forasmuch as it bath pleated," &c., which, as well as the oneludieg prayers, was read in a mos t effective LIMB.r by the Dean, the choir sang with the same accompaniment "I heard a voice from Heaven" (Dr. Croft). On the termination of the ceremony, and while the mourners were retiring, the Dead Much m Soul was played on the organ by Mr. Turle. THE. NAvroKrioN-LAWS.—The Select Committee met on Monday. flit R ,bert Peel refused to act as its chair man, and recommended Mr. Milner Gibson, who was ap pointed. Mr. Hume a ked Mr. Ricardo, as the mover for the committee, what coarse the latter proposed to take with reticence to the inquiries of the committee ? Mr. Ricardo said he proposed, in du first instance, to call witnesses to ex plain to the committee clearly what the law was at that moment, and how far, and in what manner, it &dieted the maritime affairs of the country. It would be necessary, also, that they should know what particular acts affected the Navigation-law itself, and how far that Navigation law was relaxed or mxlified by other laws now in exist ence. He thought th.it nobody was so able to inform the committee on these points se Mr. Leferre, of the Board of Trade, and he (Mr. Ricardo) proposed to call him in the first instance. Afterwards, he proposed that they should in quire into the effect of the law upon the mercantile transac- WM of this country, and also as to its operations upon the colonies. Mr. Ricardo said, he had moved for an abstract of the maritime regulations of the various countries, but that return was of so voluminous& nature that it bad not yet been completed. Sir R.Peel suggested that a short summary of the laws at present in force in the various ether continental states mightbeprocured from the Secretary of State for l•'oreign Af fairs. Mr. Bright said there were two classes of persona in the country interested in the Navigation-law, one class supporting it on account of the commercial protection which it afforded, and the other on account of its having reference to the de knee of the country. He thought the two were equally deserving of attentio I. Sir R. Peel thought it would be advisable for them to ask Mr. Lefevre to prepare himself for an examination as to the changes which the navigation laws relating to this country had undergone; and then to examine Mr. M•Oregor as to what were the navigation-laws of other states. The coasting trade and the colonial trade were questions very much mixed up together. The com mittee concurred in this suggestion, and adjourned till Tues day, the 2d of March. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—TiIe halr-yetrly general meeting of this ;corporation was held yesterday at their offices, 69, Lombard-street. The chair was taken by Mr. Welkin. A report from the directors, rnd • statement of the accounts for the half-year ending the 81st Dec. last, were read to the proprietors. From these dem meats it appeared that the affairs of the company continue to be in the most thriving condition, the last year's profits equalling those of the moat successful veer of the company's career. The report was unanimously adopted by the pro prietors, when the usual dividend and bonus were de clared; after which the meeting separated highly gratified with the proceedings of the day. BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL ASSURANCE COMPANY. —The first general meeting was held yesterday, at the offices in Bridge -street, Elackfriars. John °over, Erq., presided. The report of the directors stated, that on January 27 lest the company was incorporated under the Joint Mock Act, since which time 60 agents had been appointed (men of respectability and influence), and 117 proposals for insurances, to the amount of 32,0001., bad been received. 25 application fur loans, emaunu,g to 9,5al , had been made, of which 12 had been already entertained, and the amount of nearly 5,0901. thereupon granted. These eireum stances enabled the ,"rectors to stile with confidence that the company would be able to intern its funds rat a rate of interest which, althouh not burthensome to the borrower, in consequence of the permission to repay by monthly in stalments, would yield a considerable profit. In order to meet the applications already made, as well a those anticipated, the directors recommended that power be given them to borrow the sum of 20,0001., as provided by the d:id of settlement. The directors fat ass Ind that the sound and popular principles on which the company was founded would secure it the Bublic confidence and support. Mr. Miller moved, and Mr. urgess stconded, the motion for the adoption of the report, which was, accordingly, carried.—Mr. Watson, in moving the resolution empowering the directors to borrow the 20,0001., as recommended in the report, described the ml' , . . vantages resulting from the system pursued by the com:lany, and proposed that bele!, the next meeting, to be I.eld a month hence, each mc.nber should endeavour to pro cure at least one policy. He had perferniml his part, and 5.1 w handed over the application.—Mr. \'i m. Cover, the secretary, seconded the resolution. He thought that the priociple adopted by the society of mutual as s...ranee was the only safe one, because the in terest both of the directors and numbers were united, and each person had, to a certain eaten% the management and care of his own ioter.sh which was the surest guarantee fur the strictness and accuracy of its performance.—The resolution was also carri, ueanimously, and a Tote of thanks to the directors terminated the proceedings. TIM REGENT'S CANAL ILATLWAY.—The directors of the poor of St. l'aneras have decided, like those of Maryiebone, to oppose the Regent's-canal railway. At a meeting of the dlr.:tors yesterday it was resolved that a petition be prepared in opposition to the bill. • .‘ ROYAL INFIRMIIIY FOR CRILDREN.—The annual dinner of the members of this institution took place last evening at the London Tavern, Lord Ashley presiding. The report of thecommittee stated that the funds at present at the disposal of the committee were scarcely sueicient to defray the expenses of the dispensary, and quite inadequate to maintain a hospitel ; it was, therefore, proposed to raise a hospital fund. The medical report stated that during the last year five thousand five hundred and eighty-five children bad been admitted as patients without any recommendatory let'ers. The subscriptions received during the evening were as fol lows : to the hospital fund, 305/. ; donations to the funds of the institution, 1151. ; and annual subscriptions, 1141. These sums included 501. from Mr. Barclay, Si. from the chairman, and 20/. from Mr. l'e'oe, with a promise of 1001. when the hospital should be established. INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—SuicinE.—By Mr. Bed ' ford, at the Crown, Crown-court, Windmill-street, Hay- market, on the body of Mn. Mary Ann Pikely, aged 62 years. The deceased had been for some time past ad dicted to intemperance. On Saturday night last her daugh- ter returned home and found the deceased lying on the bed, quite dead and cold. A cup was found on the table which had recently contained arsenic, and a paper with a portion of the same potion.—Mr. Mottley, a surgeon, slid the deceased had died from the effects of arsenic. She had taken suffici ent to kill 20 persons.—Verelict," Temporary Insanity."-- SVICIDE or A YOUNG FENALr.—On Monday afternoon, before Mr. Mills, at the Norfolk Arms, Burton-crescent, on the body of Eliza Emery, aged 19. The deceased had been, during the past four weeks, in the service of Mr. Fenn, cheesemonger, of Marchmont-street. On the night of Thurs day last she made an excuse to go out to purchase half a pint of porter, instead of which, she went to a chemist's in the neighbourhood and procured a pennyworth of laudanum. Having been taxed with so doing, she denied it, but the laudanum was found concealed under a cup in the front area. In consequence of that a police-constable was called in, and the deceased was taken to the station-house, bat she having informed the inspector on duty that the drug wan re quirod to cure her tooth-ache, and it being proved that none of it bad been taken, she was allowed to go home. During the whole of Friday she appeared in good spirit., but on Sa turday morning, on the return of kir Fence's nephew from market, he found the deceased hanging by the neck to the hack door, by means et a cotton duster, which she had fastened to the lock. She was quite dead. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."—Derax ricwa.—Yesterday forenoon Mr. O. I. Mills, deputy - coroner, held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, road, Camden-town. on the body of an infant.—lienry Smith, street-keeper on the Foundling estate, deposed that on Sunday morning last he was on duty in Brunswick square, when he was informed by a man that there was a bundle lying within the 'eclogue. of the square. lie went to the spot pointed out, which wee at the north-eastern corner of the square, and in the hollow, about five feet be low the railing, he Ruud a bundle, the outer covering of which was an old blue handkerchief with white spots. On opening the bundle he found the body of a new-barn infant, wrapped in a piece of white sheeting. He gave iu formation to the pollee, and the body was taken to St. Pancras workhouse. Mr. T. H. Cooper, the parish surgeon, said the child had been born alive. The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown."—Setenie IN CLERKERWELL WORROOPPE.—Before Mr. Mills, de puty-coroner' at the Golden Anchor, Clerkenwe , on the body of John Perrin, aged 69, a pauper. The de ceased had been an inmate of the workhouse about three years. Lately he had been desponding, and imagined that his friends had not behaved so kindly to him. Oa the morning of Saturday lest, about half-past 0 o'clock, he was found in his bed, with a piece of cord tied round his neck, and fastened to a hook in the wall. An instant alarm was raised, and the deceased was cut down, but life was extinct. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."—Setetne.—Before Mr. W. Baker, at the Black Hose, Kingsland-road, on view of the body of Diana Coleman, aged 13 years. On Saturday night last her husband, when he returned home from his work, found the deceased intoxicated. An altercation en rued, and on the following morning, about G o'clock, she left home. About two hours afterwards the body of the deceased was discovered floating in the Regent's Canal, close to the Kingsland.eoad-bridge. The jury returned an open verdict of " Found drowned."—Dearns PROM FIRE. Before Mr. Baker, at tho London Hospital, on the body of James Barrett, aged filly yearn. On Saturday night, the 9th of Jan., he went home intoxi cated, retired to bed, and lighted his pipe ; when the tobacco fell from the pipe and ignited the bed-clothes. A lodger in the same house perceived the smoke having from the win dows. The tiro was extinguished, and the 4:accrued was re movedlo the hospital, where it was (band that he was severely burnt. He died on Friday lust. Verdict—" Acci dental death."—Another on the body of Charles Murphy, asted fi fteen months. On Wednesday last, the deceased was left in the care of its brother, a boy about fifteen years of age. In the afternoon he left the infant asleep in bed, and went out to play. During his absienee the child crawled from the bed and its clothes caught fire. The child was taken to the hospital, where it expired on the fol lowing Friday. Verdict " Accidental death."— DELTH VUOM KART.—Before Mr. Wm. Baker, at the Wheataheaf, St. George-in-the-East, on the body of Catherine Ryan, aged 60. The daughter of the deceased said her mother had latterly suffered from want of food. Deceased never applied for relief, and objected to go into the workhouse, observing that she would rather starve than enter it. She never made her distress known to any charitable institution. Mr. Garrett, surgeon, stated that when he saw deceased she was dying. He found her suffer ing from want of food, and her body was extremely emaciated She had a disease of the lungs, but death was hastened from want of food. This was the only case they had had in the parish, and had the clergyman known the case it would, feetainle have been relieved. The jury, having observed that rio blame was attached to any one but to the deceased and her husband, returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence.—Stneins.—Before Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of James Birchsll, aged 48 years. The deceased was a watch maker, end during the last month he had been in a dejected state through pecuniary difiiculties. He left home on Wed nesday last, and on the following day he entered the Blue s:oat Boy a le-house, at Islington. Soon after he was found on the premises bleeding from a severe wound in the neck. He was very much exhausted, and by his side lay a large carving-knife covered with blood. Ile was subsequently conveyed to the above hospital, where he died on Sunday last. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." IRELAND. DUBLIN, Fan. 22. I have frequently informed you of the marked feelings of gratitude evoked in this country by the wonderful liberality of England. It is the constant theme of the people, and with that sagacity which characterises the poorer classes, they do not fail to institute strong comparisons between the Irish and English contributions. At a late meeting of the guardians and relief committees of the Fermoy Union to make arrangements for bringing the new relief measures into operation, a Protestant clergyman pro posed, and a Roman Catholic seconded, the following resolution, which was carried with " immense accla mation:"— That we feel it our duty to express thus publicly our gratitude to the people of England for the efforts which they have made to alleviate the awful calamities with which we have been visited. We acknowledge the generous aid, which the munificence of private bounty has extended to our starving peasautry. We behold with admiration the noble rivalry between all sects and parties in mitigating the pro gress of pestilence and famine, and offer our heartfelt thanks for the aid which has been given us in this season of woe and tribulation. That impressed with those sentiments of grati tude, we call upon all boards of guardians to join with us in thus tendering our public thanks to the English people for the assistance which they have given at this time to our afflicted, but not ungrateful countrymen. It is not surprizing that the Irish people should be grateful when they find such noble contributions as 8701. from one commercial firm, that of M. Evans and Co., of Derby. " This act," says a Roman Catho lk priest, writing to the Western Reporter," wants no praise. It is a splendid example to other. con nected by property or person with this country." Tho government has taken the initiative in alle viating the condition of that most estimable class o. men, the teachers in the Irish national schools. Their I present allowance front the parliamentary . grant is I miserably inadequate, amounting in many Instances to not more than 10/. per annum, end they are often without the additional advantage of living rent-free. One of this ill-paidandhard-working class hasappealed to Lord John Ruffen, and the result has been that the premier has ordered that a gratuity of 11. he paid to each teacher of a third class school, and 2/. to each "probationer." The latter have only 81. per annum. This judicious and considerate addition to their small revenues, must operate very favourably on the con ditions and exertions of the teachers. The proceedings of the Association to-day were not of any importance. Reference was made to the Gal way election and the btate of the country, and some thing also wni said respecting Your.g Ireland. Tho vent moved slightly ; 4.1 t. was announced. STATE 01 TILE COUNTRY. The Sligo paper, which arrived today, us with a deplorable picture of the condition of that county. Fever and dysentery prevail to a fearful extent. The is orkhouse of Sligo contains 1,103 inmates—it was built to accommo date 800—and ot the 1,100 now there, six hundred are under sick treatment. From Ahamlish, a clergyman writes that seventeen devils by stam-stien occurred in one week. In Coolavin, on the other baud, the people axe said to be " dying in scores," and it is added that one third of the population will be swept away. At a special sessions, held in Mayo, on Friday last, the sum of 41,0001. wan presented for public works far the barony of Gotten. The county EITTPyor was ptesent at this meting, and he stated that more than this sum will be required to finish works already commenced. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, Fen. 22. Disturbance prevails among different sections of tho working classes. On Saturday the letter-press printers belonging to thirty of the principal offices in Edinburgh struck work. The disputes which led to this result have been pending for some time, and first commenced about the number of apprentices which should be introduced into each establishment. Both masters and men have been engaged for the last fort night in preparing for the strike—the former co operating with the Printers' l'rovident Institution, and the latter with the Nationcl Typographical Asso ciation. The journeymen printers who have struck work, and who muster from 150 to 200 men, have advertised that they will txecutc orders themselves, and several of their brethren in other trades have promised them support. In the meantime their places are rapidly being supplied by English printers. The joiners are also threatening a strike, unless their wages are raised from 4d. to 41d. per hour. la the provinces, the Elgin gardeners have node a stand for higher pay ; the Aberdeen tailors humbly petition that they may be allowed to work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; while, in Alloa, the bakers have had an enter tainment to celebrate the actual curtailment of their daily labour to ten hours. A SANITORY CAURCH.—Dr. Chalmers bas, for some time peat, been engaged in the erection of a church in the Westport, near the scene of the Burke murders. In addi tion to ecelemiastic.l appliances, the doctor is to have a system of drainage for curing the surrounding houses of damp, a bleaching green to promote cleanliness, and ,other sanitory facilities. Already soup has been supplied to the school attached to the church, and a contract entered into with a barber for cutting the hair of the scholars; and, altogether, the West-port church will form an interesting experiment in a most destitute locality. WALES. Wanes Or Tin BILMMIN CASTLE, TwExTy•rourt. Lrvis LOST.—A correspondent reports the loss of this vessel. J. R. Baxter, I:ulster, bound from Adelaide, South Australia, laden with a cargo of wool and copper ore, and consigned to a merchant at Swanrea. The crew, consisting of sixteen hands, together with eight passengers, have perished. It is thought that the vessel must have struck on the Helwick banns, fourteen miies from the Swansea hsrbour, either on Thursday or Friday night. Net a vestige however remains of the hull. Large portions of wreck, a great num ber of boxes, and pinsengers' luggage, as well as documents belonging to the vessel, have been washed ashore. The documents are now in the possession of the Comptroller of Customs at Swansea. the only bodies yet found are those of two sailors; one of them had a life buoy secured to his person. A large leather bag, containing the Australian mail, and addressed to the Postmaster-General, was picked up sit the beach, and for warded. The following were passengers in the lost ship : Mr. and Mrs. Win'erbotham and child; Mr. and Mrs. Fairbourne and child, and Miss Fairbourne. The crew in chided W. Nicholls, lit mate; John Adamson, 2nd mate; Robert Robertson, carpenter; Daniel Letters, steward. Sea men: John Payne, W. Mill, W. Nelson, Steward Mars, John Clow, D. H. Mylis, Daniel Friths, David Reid, James Jack, and James Scott. PROVINCIAL. COMMISSION NT TUE Lour LIEUTENANT.—H. W. Cherie ton, Eaq . ., to be Supernumerary Major, without pay, of Royal Gloucestershire iluttLyeonsaury cArati7. KENT. "halfway RonnuntEs.—The neighbourhood of Maid stone, Tentfrden, and Ashford, has, during this winter, been infested with a gang of men who have commAted several highway robberies. The evenings of the markets have been generally selected. On Friday last, as Mr. Avann, of Tenterden, and Mr. Pearson, Holden, were walking home from Tenterden market, between six and seven o'clock, they were stopped by five men ' on the turn pike road, leading to Ashford, about two miles oat of Tenterden. Mr. Avann offered some resistance to the two who seized him, on which a third came to their assistance, but they could only get a few shillings from his pocket, while they kept him down with his head in the hedge. Mr. Pearson was thrown down by the other two men, who emptied his pockets, taking a watch, a 51. Bank of England note, about 51. in gold and silver, with several papers, letters, and memoranda. The men went by an adjontifuv field towards Woodchurch. They were afterwards punwed without succe,s, but subsequently, two men were appre hended on suspicion, and have since been committed for trial. .01tustc. MR. STERNDALE BENNETT'S CONCERTS. Our distinguished composer and pianist, Mr. Sterudale Bennett, has commenced a series of performances of classical piano forte music, the first of which took place at the Hanover square Rooms last evening. The performance began with Mozart's well-know trio for the pianoforte, viola, and cla rionet. which tc,..s beautifully played by Mr. Bennett, Mr. Donde, and Mr. Williams. Mr. Bennett then played a 'election from Mendelssohn's Liecler ohne Worte (songs without words), in the graceful and vocal style which these charming compositions demand. One of the movements, presto, was encored. Sebastian Bach's sonata in E major, for the pianoforte and violin obligats, was played by Messrs. Bennett and Donde. This quaint production, which reminded us of the days of bag wigs and swords, and is, withal, a masterly and beau tiful work, worthy . of its illustrious author, was executed with the nicest finish, and was highly interesting. Morart's grand pi anoforte duet in F ?no played by Mr. Ci priani tr. Ennett. The latter afterwardi pet- formed Handel's disci:ine with variations, from the " Suites de PRces pour le Clavecin ;" and concluded with some move amnia selected from his own pianoforte works. These in strumental pieces were intermingled with acveral songs sung by Miss Dolby, one of which, Bennett's " Gentle zephyr, was encored. The concert was attended by a nu merous and fashionable audience. AND CLERICAL NEWS. CAMBRIDGE, TeRDAV Fr t. 23.—Tax Codwrr aderenso CUANCISLOINHII,—The lice-Chancellor has glum notice that, in order to suit des •onvenience of nos-resident members of the decide in Die eloctica of • Chancellor of this University, besides the hours already mooed ix taking votes, the polling will be rearmed at eight o'clock in the ends* of Thursday, the 25611 began; end also at eight o'clock in the evesdpg of F,, y, the 26th idlest, and will be continued for one hour esob evening. At • goat meeting of the mamba et as eseste, favorable to the shales of SULK. Prince Alheet, held ads lemmas in the Com. binotionicood of Trinity Caner, the maw at Trinity is the chair, it wan Weal stolliar. Ilafdles. eel smeeded ey the master of cexisre, sad senied viessimeetly—. That this tesse declare their WO gratlissams at the yteredhep at the very numerous and influendol of dontion of the so" lades yesterday at the l'idon bold, Leeks ; awes their cordial syrn ,i 4l4 asserreme the remirders then adopted; and h rd wei to asdass is sliest that hest and united efforts attainment of the delved sidest." The filissfteg circular was lard Ifedy_ The committee foe the election el the Berl of Awls leasphedresis to remove any mice. apprelamion which may have lees essedrmed by the peteddinge of others, beg respectfully to dart the elleedloe of his lordship's friends to the pudished letter of hk Hera Mamas Prince Albert, in which it is dated that these does sod dial of woorrialitywAirA close could kart his Royal ilWatial at Ity to cowed to he ma is somisation." NAVAL. SALTACC.—The af IM7lnigl7Ccatehis a Sethe that a earn received, being HAI. Amp Serpent'. properties et saw.a es the hull and atom of the Übe Stewart, for minima Medered le that .curl between the 49th cd Jim. and 4711 Ma, 1644,, will be Woe in the registry of the Admiralty. Notice is also given to the eaten and company of H.M.S. Clime, that ea emcmet at the Range wormy for eervices rendered to the dra t Wylie, In Nov.. DM, or.' be depodted la the reglOzy of the Admiralty, on the 21th of March Tit._ - LoitaaarT, Paw 11.—Arnonistree.-oT.Carpentrr. to be Isegoetlos Oememeder It Cont.Omed g. Stewart, to CeoroAle; I. L.I. T. Siam ( nis i to - • Cedlete-0. Donk, to Trataser; owl A. H. seated ettoter—G. Tf Alla, to Carona Dragon. Third El2glbeeTi.l. IL Howeett,.... Solidus. fairk—F. Haddon, to reseiere. 4—!: ~;