The Express. — London, England, 1853-02-14 00:00:00

s ways roue awn". tic vi ctor ia and Achilles atezzial. wave this day fur Men, the merchantman x all the passengers, mails, and goods; the myr . o t•%ar nothing but her pennant and her coals, ss t hire is s carcely any chance of her reaching • in tune. This is the vessel b ,hi c hr rt ceived our English mails of the 24th on the 2tith of December—the wl.ich left Aden a day and a half bel „,„; e . r , having arrived two days before her, her three days in 1,500 miles, by this :tin the despatches. The Auckland's mach • • mos kete.er three months ago will be remembered, when was beaten by three days by this same Ach ip,„, and was unable to overtake the Calcutta stlafac. ay! vo caused the packets to be detained a in Egypt; and yet this farce is carried out a ti ,' of ;5,0001. a-year to ezcess of the sum for 0• 102jos ,;,.. ° m acs' Company undertook to manage thy' p.u.:t • sci vice to perfection ; and a Government w ket carrying nothing, is despatched once a month ocy with a merchantman, by which it is i i 7 o „ e Juld be beaten, and which carries or is m ay 1., e.la ry everything desired to be conveyed, at " tip to the State of 2,0001. to 3,0001. a voyage. "n -Chief, Lord Frederick Fitzcla e.: , kavouring to improve the discipline of the ,ot., v army, generally supposed to have been praty befon-, by having parties of Iler ;pith highlanders and of the 14th Native leant. y iinartered near his house, and instructed o da t. • personal inspection. The Governor- Genet i : • about to proceed on a tour through Ar ran= ei•l Chittagong. The Governors of Bombay end m „t- ie are at the presidencies—the Commander in.Chi, an India is in the north-west provinces ; he of Medea. in the districts. Trade at Bombay con tinue f risk, money . plentiful, and the money mirk' The fair ut Kurmehee seems to have roved a fahare. we at last received our supplies of Baroda blue-beaks and of the reports of the evidence be fore the Committees on Indian Affairs. The dis closures made by the last of these arc somewhat astomlis:, and exhibit a lavishness of extrava gance in a spenditure on some points, and of nig- I p e dlars* in others which we were not prepared f o e, fee home government, while begrudging 12,1M01. a year for educational purposes in ll'estern aal refusing a shilling of extra outlay on public enjeuvements, set down the cost of the India Hose shove 100,0004 a year, the Board of Con- I ire : a t -21;,otia, and state that they . have expended in addition to this above 53,0001. in house dinners within the last 1S years. Among the items of ex gendit..re in India, with which no fault is found,' are 50,00 4 0. for the Governor-General's journey in the north-Nest provinces—the Governor himself re ceiving = ',WO! a year as salary, and 13,000/. a year for office establishments ; the Governor of Bombay, who re, t ivies 12,0001. a year, has 10,0001. allowed biro for office and establishment, and 2,1001. to de fray the charges of his residence in the hot weather in the W,hlands, and his rustication during the rains at his ooti. , ry villa in Dapoorce, where be is con sidered by his late colleagues at the council board, Messrs. Reid and Willoughby, finches (jseici, and where half his time has for the past five years been spent. It is allowed at home, that councils at the minor presidencies are maintained at a cost of some 60,0001. a year, to permit a state of matters each as this to be continued, so as to enable the ministry of the day from time to time to provide fur its fiienii,. Large portions of the Baroda blue book are being republished by the newspapers at the Presidency ; they are fearfully damag ng to the eluiretter of the British government. This is the first time that the reople have seen it proclaimed by authority that government do not desire misconduct of their servants to be too minutely inquired into, and that it is matter of indifference to them what opinion ii held of them by the natives. A body which pro /MIMS a man like Colonel Outram—who has en- 1 joyed the highest distinction under ten adrainistm- 1 tions—a hotheaded fanatical fool, unworthy of public emplovn.e,:t. only injure themselves. Peter Peebles said that all the world considered him mad—and no one would have hesitated on what side, in this ease, to pronounce—for his part he looked on all the world a, mad, and when we are compelled to decide between the weight of the opinions of such men as Sir John Malcolm, Lord Clare, Sir Robert Grant, Mr. Farish, Sir Jamee Carnac, Sir William Ander son, Sir George Arthur, Mr. Reid, Sir George Clerk, and Mr. Willoughby on the one side, all of whom professed the highest admiration of Colonel Outram --and of Lord Falkland and his councillors, who pretend to dimples him, on the other—there need be no great difficulty or delay in arriving at a correct conclusion on the subject, siding with the pa at Peter Peebles of the day or the public voice for twenty years. PEGU DESPATCHES. NOTIPICATIOX. Fort William, Foreign Department, Jan. 4, 1833. The aura nobl• the Governor-General in Councils pleased to direct the following anima bss gast#aMiw relative to recent opoutioroi in the dregs shall be published fur general in The Gowrsor-General is Camsil has to express his ap probation of the akerity and spirit with which this harass ing duty has bees psefaissei. aad has mom of the services of the meougassealsemnisadistr, and of the offieen whose Lawn t lass speedsl44: to the notice of him lord ship in council in the of the 24th ult. The Governor - Gener al Council particularly desires to record bis high approbation of the gallant conduct of Major Hill of the Madras Fusiliers, and of the officers and men sada has minuend, in their defence of the position they bald at Pegs. By order of the Most Noble the Governor-General of his in Council, C. ALLEN, Official Beeretary to the Governor of India. EXTRACT FROM • Ditertaren PROM MAJOR.GINIPAL OoDWIN, CAS., COMMANDING TROOPS IN Alta, ARRA CAN, AND TRNASSIRIM PROVINCIS, DATED DISCUSSER 29,1852. No. V. In my last despatch from Pegs, dated the 15th instant, after baring relieved it from the enemy, I had the honour of informing you, for the information of the Governor- General in Council that it was my intention to advance into the country and free that garrison from the new position of the Barrages army. At that tree I had been informed they were at Lephan goon hat from subsequent information I found them en trenched and entrenching themselves in great numbers on a plain about four miles north of the Pagoda, at a place celled Keettat. It took till the 17th instant to procure what little carriage was available for the conamisariat stereo, when 18 betide !lecheries were prepared to contain six days' pro visions. The troops left the Pagoda shout 7 o'clock cm., on that date, to Noe amount of shout 1,200 men, consisting of about 6io of the Bengal Fusiliers, under Lieutenant-Colonel Tudor ; 1.10 of the Madras Fusiliers, under Capt. Renaud ; 900 Seiko, under Major Armstrong; and 160 of the 10th Bengal Native Infantry, under Captain Munro. I had no gus, for I had no means of drawing them. We had to lam through a very thick jungle for about two miles, when we debouched on a noble plain, miles is extent, covered with ripe paddy. We then had a good view of the position of the enemy and their probable numbers. They were ad mirably psted behind an entrenchment with a battle, large spars formed their breaatwork, and it appeared to be about &site long, filled with masses of men, a few hundreds of the Cii,soy horse, some elephants, and a few guys. It was irom this poet that the men were furr.iahed to invest ear garrison at l'egu. From my force I had to give a (Agree., guard of 200 men. With the remainder I quietly shouted on their position, inclining to my own right to threaten their left, which was open, their right being sup- Ported by a large tope of tree., and flanked by a thick jun gle They bred a gun occasionally as we advanced, and from their islet and determined attitude behind their strong define's, with at least 10 men for one of mine, I had great expectation that they would stand our as,sult. These men were from the garrisons of Sheogyne, Siting, and Be -14 bad been very active in giving constant alarms to Manahan acid Moulmein, and had the character, too, of being rue a who would fight ; and some of these men had been kilt.: on the walls in their assaults at Pegu. When I was within about WO yards of their position I detached 2!)0 men of the Bengal Fusiliers, under Major Seaton• to drive in two outposts in front of the right of tear position, for I changed my mind, and determined to attack theca upon their right, in the hope of our meeting. Bails Seaton very soon performed this service, the enemy 1,e4F1 upon their main entrenchment., exchanging mus- I now formed the columns of attack—Major Seaton's JJ ?f ti.e Bengal Fusiliers and Major Armstrong, with 13 eebs• to attack the tope, with two companies of the lwregsl Fusiliers under Lieutenant Lambert, but attached to Major Armstrong's column. ,_ l ;:aPptil Major Seat on ' a attac k , see i ng t h at t h ey h a d '' l 4 the jungle, which his left flank would have hod to Paw is gaining the tope, with hundreds of men. ayl had strong r eserves c l ose up, and ready to amid in the had It was a very interesting sight to we our little tries noising up t o th e attack of this host of people, so Oeteel, and in a "lain" when every object woe • I *as so confident we should get in among them rfwken the MAP desired away, after the impetuosity of ,e s , k. it was like m ag i c t h eir escaping UP. The Sikhs "PI were like li,ihtning at them, and Lieutenant tenthert, w h o h ad thrown his column in Boa flank of the nentre tc h ment close to the tope, would have prevented i 4 ftr firing, except on each other; and I believe the raPitil with which the advance closed upon them threw them off all guard, and they considered flight their only safety. After the action, the trooperested in the shade of the tope for an hour ; we then proceeded on to Lephangeon, a dis tance of 10 miles, which we reached at half-put 4 pas. ; marching altogether about 14 miles. This is the largest anti finest village I have seen in the country, with a great many excellent farmhouses in it. It stands on both sides of the river, which is here fordable, and is surrounded by fine lain covered with grain. We were not aware that the enemy had retreated on this village, but they left it on our approaah, and the force found good quarters for the night The.village wu totally abandoned; not a soul we. seen, nor grain to be found in it, which I had trusted to for the followers; so they fell back on the Commissariat, which I could with difficulty spare them; and this, added to the breaking down of one of our carts with beef and biscuit, crippled me much. The neat day, the 18th inst., we marched to Montana moo, ten mile, where we arrived about twelve o'clock Loon ; then the enemy bad passed the night. It is an in considerable village, and we were in bivouac. I About 3 o'clock p.m. I was informed that some of the enemy were hovering about, whom I believed were only observing us, but shortly they came down in large masses, and formed in a line about two miles in our front. Our men were soon under arms, and I marched towards them in two separate columns of an squat division of the force oin:ler my command. Brigadier-General Steel took charge of the left column, and Lieut.-Colonel Tudor of the right. Skirmishers were thrown out en both sides, but 'as we advanced they retired for about two miles further, when thiy took up an alignment close toe long range of barracks, which they had evidently occupied on different emulous. The two columns threw out advanced parties' for attack, but as we neared them they again retired, leav- I ing the barracks in our possession. It was now nearly I dark, and as they appeared to be going awa y a lt oget h er , we burnt their barracks and retired to our bivouac, three miles where our baggage and followers had mmained under a strong guard. The next day, the 19th inst., on inquiry into the state of the commissariat, 1 found 1 had not quite three days provi sions left, and very deficient in some articles, and it became imperative on me to return to Pegu, whleh I did that day. Ilad I the means of carrying with me twelve days provi sions, I would have pursued them over the Sitars River, but I am sadly crippled everywhere for want of carriage, tempt at Rangoon, where I do not require it. I propose to detach Brigadier-General Steel with a force to Moulmein, where he will find every description of car riage in abundance for tents, and material of all kinds to Beling, Siting, and Sheogyne, and crossing that river to return by Pegu to Rangoon, as be may deem practicable— which may force this army north towards Prime—which it must, I think, as it cannot go to Pegu, and which will be the best course for us it can take. I embarked at Pegu on the 20th and arrived on the morn- 1 , ing of the 22d, leaving a reinforcement with the garrison at Pegu, and strengthening their party of sappen as a tem porary measure, to allow of thtir putting themselves in a perfect state of defence. Now, sir, I have to ask the estimation of the Governor- General in Council for the service that has been most haras sing and arduous, and for which no force ever took the field so little prepared, but which was borne with a cheerfulness and alacrity, where the least chance of a contest with the enemy presented itself, that was enthusiastic, and which confers the highest honour on the whole force. To Brigadier-General Steel I am most obliged for the warmest co-operation througheut this service. To Brigadier Dickenson, who was ever ready and anxious to render me his able assistance. To Liutenant-Colonel Tudor, who was very often called upon with his regiment, the Bengal Fusiliers, to give par ties for assaults ; and on the day of my relieving the garri son at Pigu, I detached the lieutenant-colonel to clear the road communicating with tho landing-place on the river. The lieutenant-colonel performed this duty most effectually under a heavy fire. To Captain Latter, my interpreter, who had the guides always under his charge, and who was present everywhere with his usual gallantry. To Major Armstrong, with his Seikhs, conspicuous wherever they were called upon. To Majors Garrard rind Seaton, of the Bengal Fusileers ; Captain Renaud, commanding detachment of the Madras Fusdeers; Captain Munro, commanding a detachment of the 10th Bengal Native Infantry; Capt. Hawkes' Brigade- Major; Lieuter.ant Lambert, of nu Bengal Fusileers ; Lieutenant Elliott,of the Madras Fusileen ; and Lieutenant Harris, of the Sappers, who rendered important asasistance, I am much indebted The general Staff, Major Mayhew, Deputy-Assistant Ad jutant-Oeneral ; and Captain Hamilton, Assistant-Adju tant-Gcneral ; Captain Burns, Military Secretary ; and Captain Chads, Aides-de-Camp, I warmly thank ; as also Major Neill, Assistant-Adjutant-General; and Major At kinson, Assistant-Quartermaster•Geucral, Madras Division ; and Captains Dillas and Travers, Aides-de-Camp on the S:aff of Brigadier-General Steel, for their uncommon exer tions during this service. To Surgeons Weak and Balfour, and the medical de partment, the service is much indebted. The short interval between the time I received the intel iigence of the investment of Pesti from Captains Tarleton and Shadwell, and the embarkation of the troops the same eveniiag, when by 9 o'clock p.m. 1,400 men, with their ma terial, were sent on board, under the eye of that valuable officer Captain Tarleton, of the Roy .1 Navy, till ita disem barkation near Pegu, and its re-embarkation on return here, was marked by wonderful exertion and arrangement, and that with the aul and assistance I received from him, with the men of-war's boats, calls for every acknowledg neut._ ...... To Captain Shadwell I also feel greatly indebted for his assistance and exertions on this occasion. I forward to the Governor-General in Council the de. tailed account of the investment of Peri by the Burmese army, and the noble defence made by Mojor Hill and his brave garrison, for the government to select what in Its wisdom it may think proper to publish. I have this morning received the gratifying information from Major Hill that some thousand families are coming in, and which I hope in a future despatch to confirm posi tively. It is my intention to proceed to Proms in three days, and to take the field immediately. lam happy to say that the general health of the troops here, as well as their conduct, is very satisfactory. IHE EXPRESS, MONDAY of the hills. The ship Duke of Argyle had reached Kurrachee on the 4th inst., in eight days from Bombay. BENGAL. The Bengal railway is said to be progressing rather slowly at Present; that at Bombay will soon be com pleted; tnpe to Tannah are now frequently made by the friends of the contractors and engineers, and numbers of natives have been amongst the passen gers. Colonel Lowe, the new resident at the Nizsm'a court, has gone from Itajpootana to Calcutta, to re ceive instructions from the Governor-General prior to assuming charge of his new office, at least, so it is affirmed by the knowing ones. Oft Crisatereisl late Wits" an pegs 4.) We have since received the letter of our corre spondent, from which we make the following ex tracts : S THE PUNIAUB. Very little has been heard from this province , since the date of my last. The 71st Native Infantry left Peshawar for Emigre on the 20th ult. The 20th Native Infantry are to take their place at Pe shawar, and on their arrival there the 23rd are to leave lor Moradabad in Bengal. The 3rd Dragoons have not been heard from &Ince my last; they are expected at Kurrachee about the 16th or 18th. Captain Tyler has been allowed leave to proceed home overland in place of accompanying them via the Cape. The Lahore Chronicle, of the 29th De cember, gives the following interesting news from the frontier : We learn, with much satisfaction, that Major Nicholson, deputy commissioner of Dhera Ismael the Khan, has at length, and most effectually, beat up the Onierraie Wu secrets in their own colter, on a high mountain between Bahadur Khel and Bunoo. On the night of the 20th of December, three separate columns, the first under Can. Walsh, with the 4th Punjab Infantry, and two com panies of Coke's Rifles (Ist P. I.), under Lieutenant Heys, from Lutumur, the 2nd under Captain Johnstone, with the 2nd Puejaub Infantry, and the third under Limit. Younghusband (captain of police), who commanded 460 bayonets of police corps, with a hundred horsemen, en tered the hills, gad completely surprised the Wuzesrees, destroyed three villages, killed the resisting males, and drove off all the cattle. Captain Walsh had travelled that day from Bahadur Khel, and the polies from Dhera Ismael Khan by forced marches of thirty miles a day; but so well and so secretly was the attack managed that not a suspicion was excited as to where they were going among the troops employed, so that not a rumour reached the enemy. Only two casualties occurred, and the Wuzeerees were so coin• pletely overcome that they abstained from firing into the camp at night though two of the columns bivouacked fifteen or twenty miles within their mountains. The expe dition would have been completely successful, and, perhaps, have saved the Bunco border from the inroads of the Wuseerces for many a year, but that some of the 4th Pun jaub Infantry, weakly men, who could not keep up with their regiment, were not forthcoming, and are supposed to have been cut up. This is a damper to an otherwise very brilliant affair. The Omersaics have been a nuisance to Bunco and Bahadur Khel during the last four years, and completely command the Saorda pass between these two stations. Major Cunningham has been transferred to the Punjaub for duty, and great things in the numis matological line aro expected of him. The 7th Ben gal Cavalry, from Peshawar, was at Goojranwalla on the 23th December, on their way to Kurtarpore. We hear nothing now of any unusual amount of sickness anywhere in tho Puojaub, and conclude I therefore that there is none worth naming. SCINDE. The court-martial on --- irojOr Shawe, of the 22nd N. 1., has concluded; ho has been convicted (ho never denied the charge) of having aided Ali Moorad with his council in breach of the rules of the service,—and sentenced to suspension from rank, pay, and allow ances fix six months. The major tried to defend his conduct—ho had acted purely on friendly motives, and had received no remuneration for his counsel, — hut has now paid dear for his philanthropy. He has been ordered down to Bombay, there to reside during the period of his suspension. The great fair progressed but slowly : many native dealers continued to arrive, but they could not find buyers for their wares. The Bth N.I. had disembarked from the Auckland and Victoria steamers. The wing 21-01 NI., encamped at Ram Baugh, were very sickly. Mr. Frere, with his assistants, Messrs. lllis and Bello's, were on their way to Schwan, by the line MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CASVALTIES by death in the armies of India since the departure of the mail on the 3rd January. Madras.— At Rangoon, on the Bth December, 1852, Brevet-Colonel McNeill, ith Regiment Light Cavalry, Dtigadicr-Cumg. Vetlore, &c., aud Brigulier-Comic. the 2ad Infantry Brigade Ma•tras division army of Ara. At Sea, on the Bth January 1852, Captain J. M. Rem let Madre% Fit ethers. At Rwgoon, en the 6th December 18.2, Lieut. W. Cook, 221,d regiment Native infantry. At VeLure, on the 30th Dre,mb,r 1852, Lkutenaut D. S. Bushes, 51st regiment Native Infantry. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUItOPA. LIVERPOOL. SUNDAY EVENING. The British and North American royal mail steamer Europa, Ityrie, commander, arrived in our river at 4 o'clock this afternoon, with 95 passengers, 200,000 &late in specie on treight, and six days later news from all parts of the Union than we had previously received by the new steam ship Arabia. The Europa left Boston at noon on the 2nd inst., and Halifax early on the morning of the 4th. As she was leaving the latter port, she met the Canada, of the same line, going in. The royal mail steamer Africa, with the mails from hence, and the United States steamer Hermann, from Southampton, had both arrived out at New York on the 30th ult.; and the screw steamer City of Glas gow arrived at Philadelphia on the 31st. There had been very little of importance in the proceedings of Congress; the debate in the Senate on the Monroe doctrine, in reference to the relative posi tions of the United States and Cuba, was postponed until tho 3rd inst. In the extradition case of Kaine, who had been demanded by the British authorities in Washington, and whose cause has been so often argued before the United States courts, the Supreme Court at Wash ington bad decided, on the 31st ult., to grant a re hearing of the whole case, which was fixed to com mence at New York on the 4th of April. By the arrival of the mail steamer from California at New York, with two million dollars of gold dust, we are in possession of intelligence from the Golden State to the Ist of January, at which time the prices of provisions in California were very high, and a famine was very generally dreaded throughout the mining districts. Heavy snows and floods had oc curred, and great suffering and numerous deaths were the consequence among the miners. From Mexico we have adsices to the 11th Jan.; everything was still in a oonfused state. The presi dency of Cevallos, although confirmed by the House of Representatives, was likely to be but ephemeral, as Santa Anna was almost certain to be proclaimed. The commercial advices by the Europa report busi ness generally throughout the Union us being active in every branch. Money was plentiful, and ob tained upon easy terms. Stocks were in good de mand, and prices fully maintained. Corros.—ln the cotton market there was but little doing, holders were not pressing sales. and the previously quoted rates were maintained. The receipts had been very large, which tended to keep down prices. New Orleans and Mobile, 12 to 121; Upland andsrlorida, 11i to Ili. BREADSTUFM—There had been a pretty fair busi ness done in breadstuffs. The market, on the sailing of the steamer, was firm, and prices generally steady. Western Canal flour, 5 dole. 37ic. to S dole. 50e. per barrel, steady. Gennessee wheat, 1 dol. 30c. to 1 dol. 32c. Indian corn, round yellow, 70c. to 72c., very firm. Indian meal, 3 dole. 60c. to 3 dole. 52. laos.—The demand was good and prices firm. Pgovistoss.—ln provisions there had been a large business transacted; prices, however, are generally quoted lower. FILED:MT.—The rates demanded by shipowners are higher than quoted by the previous advices. Flour to Liverpool, 3s. Gd. to 3s. 9d. per barrel ; grain, 111 d. to Is. per bushel ; cotton, 3.16 to t. Cotton to Havre, Ic. to ie. per lb. EXCHANOE.—There was a fair demand for ex change for the Europa, the rates being, on London, 1091 to firm; Paris, 5 131; Namburgh, 361 to 361; Bremen, 791 to 791. VD' Court. WINDSOR, Fla. 12. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday:—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, the Princes Adelaide of Hohen lohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to the Pnaceu Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, the Baroness de Speth, Lord George Lennox, the Hon. Chu. Gore, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mn. Phipps, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended In. the Castle during dinner, and performed the following selec tion : Overture, " Fidde Berne . Adam. sad ' " Maim ' il;it ...... InsaleT" amii...a Verve Lindpaintrier. Waltz, "Esallsedie Ja'sielitlanse Blnfenle, 3rd Bata "Die Weitz° der Time L. Bpohr. Bolero March of the Bram Capt. Arra!trong. Her Majesty's Private Band wu in &Mitchum tn the evening. The Princess Augustus of Bare Cobourg took leave of her Majesty this morning, and left the Castle for Claremont. Lord George Lennox and the lion. Chas. Gore also left for Louden. The following bad the honour of dining with her Majesty this day :—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlobe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Sir George Cooper, and Mr. Gibbs. The Queen's Private Band attended after dinner in the Castle, and played the following pieces: o4rture, " Belmbehe wieder ?reside" lllends'asolur. Walden, " Lancer lanfonla (No. I) FRB/MAZY 13. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Prin. cuss Royal, and Princess Alice, with the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Adelaide of liohenlohe, attended Divine Service this morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle.— The ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household attended. The Ron. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. A deputation, consisting of Sir John Shelley, Bart., M.P., Mr. John Macgreor, U P., Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., and Mr. Mullen% (olicitor), had an interview, on Saturday, with the Right lion. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Al derley, at the Board of Trade. Mrs. Chisholm had an interview, on Saturday, with the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial-office. A deputation from the Lion of England Assurance Com pany had an interview, on Saturday, with the !tight Hon. R. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderlev, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Trevethan Spicer, LL D., M.A., Colonel T. Abbott, Major D. Thompson, Major D. F. Lhngworth, Captain B. J. Hooke, Captain W. Webster, Captain C. Wright, Captain J. Gardiner, Captain J. Barber, Dr. James Copland, F.R.S., Dr. Robert Cross, Mr. J. S. Christian, F.R.C.S., Mr. Athol A. Jchn son, F R.C.S., Mr. Charles Frewen Lord, and Mr. Robert Steers._ . _ . On Saturday evening the Duke of Newcastle gave a grand dinner at his residence in Portman-square. The following had the honour of dining with his grace:— The Earl Granville, the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Hon. C. Villiers, lion. H. Fitzroy, lion. F. W. Charters, Mr. Merivale, Mr. M. Milner, Mr. S. Denison, Capt. Elliott, R.N., Governor of Bermuda, Captain Foote, R.N., Mr. Rosa, Solicitor-General of Ca nada West, Mr. Daly, Govcruor of Tobago, Mr. Temple (Honduras), Mr. Leslie Foster, Mr. It. W. Grey, and Mr. Ncthers de. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The ministers present were, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chan cellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Mar luis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John tussell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, the Right Honor able Sidney lierbert, and Sir NVilliam Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and a halt FIELD-LANE RAGGED SCHOOL AND DORMITORY.— Yesterday, the Archbishop of Canterbury preached a ser mon in aid of the feuds of this institutton, on which occa sion the church of St. Sepulchre's was crowded. This is the largest institution of the bind in the metropolis, giving constant assistance to between 900 and I,OIM persons. The total number of destitute relieved from the funds during the past year was 3,000, includinq those entirely destitute who have availed themselves of the night rcluge. 251.12 e. L was collected after the sermon. EVENING, FEBRUARY 14; - 1853 EXPERIMENTS IN SCREW PROPELLING. POWISUOUTH, Fan. 12. The experiments with Messrs. Swayne nod Se vin's new propeller (Griffith's patent) have been continued during the week on the Fairy, royal yacht, over the mea sured mile at Stoke's Bay, and having terminated to-day we now give the g I results obtained out of a great number of runs made with the strew blades at different pitches or angles. These results have elucidated some valuable and important points in screw propelling. The ordinary screw, including tho■e for the Agamemnon and Duke of Wellington line of battle ships, hid been made up to the present time without any provision for altering the pitch to meet the variations of winds and currents, to which all seagoing vessels are subject. They have thus been deprived of that which now appears the most valuable feature of the screw—via., the power of adapting it to meet every contingency. So difficult does it appear to be for even the most experienced engineer; to determine for different vessels the correct pitch to make the screw, that it is the custom in the navy to construct the second or spare screw, which every vessel carries, of a different pitch to the other ; and it seems to be quite a matter of accident whether the one or the other has the right pitch for the ship. This re mark applies equally to the screw vessels in the merchant service. During these experiments on the Fairy the pitch of the new propeller was repeat e dly a lt ere d to test it s e ff ec t, en d so simple is the arrangement for doibg this, that it only occupied three minutes on each occasion. On reference to the table of experiments, it will be seen that with the new propeller the engineer can control the speed of his engines at pleasure, by increasing or reducing the pitch of the screw, so that, in a fair wind, by increasing the pitch, the full power of the engine., working only at their proper speed, may be exer t e d i n e ff ect i ve l y propelling the vessel, instead of consumii g fuel in driving round the engines to no purpose ; and again, in going head to wind, by diminishing the pitch the engines can be made to give out their utmost duty with a cortaiuty of effocthally pro pelling the vessel ; and in cases where it is desired to econo mise fuel as much as possible, the pitch of the screw may be increased, to reduce the revolutions of the engines, to any extent, and the results of the present experiments show this may be done with great advantage, and no doubt under canvas would give extraordinary results. • • " - • The large central ball of tho new propeller gives ereat additional strength, and afforus the opportunity of con atrurting within it this very strong, and at the same time most simple and• effective arrangement for altering the pitch of the blades, and feathering them parallel to the shaft when the ship is under canvas only, to which so much importance has lately been attached in reference to the Australian cad East India steamers. In the event of the fracture of ono of the blades of th e screw, which not unfrequently ocenrs,the patent pmpell er i s 'caddy repaired by shipping a new blade, weighing net more than one-sixth of the whole weight; but with the ordinary screws, which are out in the piece, the bre a ki ng of any part is fiital, and involves the necessity of making a new casting; simple as this difference may appear, it is not unimportant in large vessels with braes screws (such as are universally used in the navy) weighing eight to ten tons, and now worth 2001. per ton. Yesterday the last series of experiments were made with Griffith's propeller, when a number of naval officers were on board, including Capt. Crispin, Capt. Stevens, Mr. Baker, inspector of steam machinery afloat, Mr. liartree, of the firm of Messrs. John Penn and Son, the makers of the engines, Mr. Smith, of screw celebrity, and the new screw was represented by Mr. Bovill and Mr. Griffiths. The vibration arising from the ordinary screw was entirely dine away with, to which much importance was attached, as in la:go vessels this seri °wily impairs tbeirstrength and creates great leakage in the after part. - - - - It will be seen by the tables that when the screw woe put at 10 feet pitch the engines could only make 30 revolu tions per minute ; notwithstanding this great reduction in the power employed, the mean speed of the vessel actually obtained was 11.733 knots, a quarter of a knot lees than was obtained with Fairy's beet screw, 12.100 knots when en gines running 331 revolutions per minute ; thus saving in power, wear and tear of machinery, and fuel about 25 per cent. When it wee desired to increase the speed of the vessel the pitch of the new propeller was diminished, the revolutions of the engines regularly increasing with every reduction in the pitch, and at seven feet pitch the engines made 42 revolutions per minute, and the mean speed of vessel reached 12.631 knots per hour. In making this comparison between the ordinary screw and the new propeller, it must be borne in mind that the Fairy is the best screw steamer afloat, and that her present state of excellence has been obtained after trying, for the last few years, every kind and form of screw, and the one used on this occasion against the new propeller was a fine polished brass one, and considered the perfection of a screw ; the new propeller was simply an iron one, and the first attempt made against the Fairy screw, considering the results obtained on this occasion by the patent propeller, which must be manifest to every one acquainted with the subject, there can be no doubt that a still greater speed and perfection will be arrived at. The dairy went out again this 111 orn fog with her own screw, we believe at the wish of Messrs. Penn and Mr. Smith, to see if they could not, on a second tri a l, b ea t t h e patent propeller. 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It may be mentioned, that although the ports have been strictly watched, Jennings has escaped capture ,• and circumstances Rewiring which strengthened a belief that Langham, in his professional capacity, might have assisted the defaulter in flying, he was arrested, and has been kept in custody some days. The following novel move, on the part of the police, was adopted, in order to ascertain Langham's feeling on the subject. 'A constable in the Essex constabulary, I named Chilven, encountered Langham at a public-house at Grays, on the banks of the River Thames, and representing that he had robbed his master of 5001., asked Langham it he could assist him in getting to Australia? Langham said he would try, and by appointment they met at the Four Swans, in Bishopsgate-street, where Langham is stated to have directed the officer to a temporary place of refuge, and on their way they entered into conver sation on the subject of Jennings's robbery, sod the as sumed thief observed that Mr. Superintendent May was after him, when the agent replied that he would not find him, as he had been planted all right at Liverpool, and that ho was going to sail as a north country captain. Chilvers played the part of the anxious thief with much tact, and the scene was abruptly brought to a close by the appearance of Superintendent May, who pounced upon the disguised officer and took him off in apparent custody for the alleged robbery. Learning what Langham had been represented to have imparted to the officer, May hastened down to Liverpool, and the agent was shortly after arrested. The latter, however, throughout the whole proceeding, denied having any knowledge of Jennings or the robbery, and courted tho fullest inquiry. Superintendent May 'stated that ho had been at Liverpool, and found that a per son named " George Jennings" hail taken a passage in a Dutch ship for Australia, but it sailed on Thursday without him. The bench decided that there was no evidence to warrant the detention of the accused, and he was accord ingly discharged. EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION. .Mr. Joseph Henry Shorthouse, a surgeon, residing at Cantlelto*, where he has a very extensive practice, and who is Llso medical officer to the Croydon and Epsom Unions, appeared before the bench of magistrates at Croydon. lon Saturday, to show cause why ho should not pay the ex pense incurred for the fueeral of an illegitimate child, of which be we/ alleged to be the father. The ease, from the circumstances connected with it, excited a great deal of interest • the charge baring, in the first place, app.ar e d to a ssume the form of a felony. That, however, was abandoned, and the defendant was now called upon to answer the present complaint under tke bastardy law. The presiding megistra•es were Moms. Byron, Ricardo, and Eylee. Mr. Everest, of Epsom, attended on behalf of the defendant. Anne Duff was called as a witness in support of the com plaint. she was a remarkably pretty little girl, middle de posed to the following effect:—She said that she was 20 years old last November, and that she had been in :melee, but for Vie last two years had lived at home with her father, who was a labouring man at Carshaltoc. The defendant, Mr. Shorthouse, had been in practice in Carshalton fur two or three years, but she knew nothing of him until a short time before last March, when she had occasion to consult him on account of her being ill, and she used to go to his sur gery for medicine. She did so upon one occasion, and he asked her to go into the back room, sad when they got in he poured somsthing out of a bottle and held it to her face, and she became inseasible, and while in thut state he In dia:nil her. When she came to herself her clothes were in disorder, and the defendant was standing close to her with his clothes also disordered.. About three weeks after this the defeeilant again assaulted her in a similar manner, 111:1a about four weeks afterwards he committed a third as.ault. Every time it occurred it was in the private room. She St length told the defendant that she was in the family way, but he said she was not, and he continued to give her me dicine, but she did not take half of it. On the Friday Mean sho was confined the defendant told her that she was in the family war, and that he intended to send her away. The first attack upon her was made is the month of March, hut she was unable to state the exact day, and she was de livered of a child in November. The child was since dead. She did nut tell anybody what bad occurred beeause the defendant promised to marry her if she did not, and he was particularly anxious that the rector, Mr. Cator, should not know anything about it, as ho said if he did he should lose his practice. The complainant went on to say that the de fendant attended her on her delivery, and when the child was born he ordered a woman named Clark, a neighbeur, to take it away, and he said it was dead. She returned uith the child soon afterwards, and thu defendant then said to her, "What, have you brought that little wretch hack ?" and Mrs. Clark said sue had as it was alive, and she would not have it in her house. She added that the defendant told her if she did not tell Mr. Cater he was the father of her child he would marry her on the Ist of January, and he said he had got a license, and he was looking out tor a house. The prosecutrix was subjected to a very severe cross-ex amination, and in the course of it she said that she had been in three different services in Landon, and she only left Ler bat place in order to attend upon her father a: home, as her sister had got married. She had gone to con sult tho defendant about three weeks before she was as saulted by him. She did not know what her disorder was, but she swore positively that it wee not of a loathsome character as suggested by Mr. Everest. She also swore positively that she had never had intercourse with any man except the defendant, and that he alone was the lather of her chill. She said she bad never had but one sweetheart, a man named Dashwood, but she declared positively that he had never taken any liberties with her. On the day before she was confined Dashwood was in her bed-room, and the defendant ordered him out. She admitted that she told Dr. Shorthouse that Dashwood was her sweetheart, but she denied positively having et the same time said that she wished him at the devil, as he had been the cause of her trouble. The intercourse with the defendant took place three times without anything being put over her face. She denied having told the hey. Mr. Cater that the first assault was committed upon her in the Easter week, but she did once tell him that defendant was not the father of her child. After she was cociked, the defendant assaulted her, but she arr. r told any one that the doctor had used violence to her. She had never mentioned this last fact until the present moment. She did not say that the defendant was the father of the child until after it was born. When Mr. Cator questioned her, she did not say • word about chloroform. She admitted that she had heard that the Km Mr. Caton had said he would give anything to know whether Dr. Shorthouse was the father of the child, and she said it was after this that she went to him and con tradicted her former statement, and said that he was the father of her child, hut she told him that he had only bad intercourse with her once. She made no alarm when the defendant used violence to her in her bed-room, and after the child was born she still expected the defendant would marry her. Tho reason she told the Rev. Mr. Cator on the first occasion that the defendant was not the father of her child was, that he requested her to do so. A day or two before she was confined, she told the defendant she had not got any clothes fur it, and he told her not to make any, as the child was dead and rotten. After her confinement, the defendant gave her 305., in dif ferent sums. He attended her as the parish doctor, but she had no medical order from the relieving officer. She was aware that the only relief granted to single young women in the family way was to take them into the workhouse. In answer to questions put by the court, the complainant said that the defendant had never made any application for payment of his bill for attending upon her. Hester Clark, a neighbour of the complainant, was called as a witness on her behalf. She slid she was a married woman, and at the time the complainant was delivered, ' hearing she was ill, she went to see her. The defendant was there, and, when the child was born, Le said it was an eight months' child. It appeared to be dead, and she took the child to her own house, and put it into a warm bed, and when it had recovered she carried it into the cottage of Anne Duff; and when the defendant saw it, he asked her what she had brought the little wretch back for. Cross-examined—She did not observe anything in the conduct of the defendant towards Anne Duff except what she should expect from a kind medical man. She did not hear the father of the complainant threaten to turn her out of doors, but he did say that as soon as ever she was well enough she should swear the child. She once told the com plainant that it was reported in the village that a married man named Moore was the father of her child, and she laughed, but she appeared to treat it as • joke. the father of the complainant deposed that shortly be fore she was delivered he went to Dr. Shorthouse and naked him what was the matter with his daughter, and he slid that she was only unwell, and he asked him to go with Ida to his surgery and fetch some medicine. As they were =galong the defendant said she had had a child, but it el not live, and witness told him it would live long enough to disgrace him and his daughter all through the parish. The defendant then said, that if witness said no thing about it the child would not live, and nobody would know anything of the matter. After the child had been buried, he took the funeral bill to the defendant and asked him to pay it, and he said he should not have minded what he paid if it had not been for the scandal in the parish. He carried the bill to him as the father of the child and asked his to settle it in that capacity, and he made no denial or abandon of the fact. Oroes-examined—Dashwood was a sweetheart of his daughter's, and was in the house at the time she was in labour. The defendant sent him out to fetch some brandy fee her. After the child was born Dashwood came down to Oarshalton to clear up his point, and satisfy witness that he was not the father. The defendant told him that his daughter would be strong enough in about ten days to go and swear the child, and she was present at the time and made no remark. When he asked the defendant to pay the bill he did not threaten that if he did not de so he would institute a report that ho had committed a rape upon his daughter, and that a certain lady in Carshalton would do the same, and would spare no expense. The defendant said be did not care what he paid so that he was not scandalised in the parish, but witness did not tell him that if he paid the bill the reports should be stopped and his daughter should say there was no truth in them. Mr. Everest then addressed the bench on behalf of the defendant. He said that the character, reputation, and everthing that was dear to his client, was at stake in the present inquiry, and he felt most deeply tho importance of the duty that was cut " upon him to satisfy the bench that there was not the slightest foundation for that charge, and that it was the result of the most wicked and deliberate perjury. The defendant was a man of high character and acquirements, and in addition to having succeeded to one of the most extensive and respec table practices in the county of Surrey, he bad been ap pointed medical officer to the Croydon and the Epsom Union for this district, and as the bench was aware of the strict inquiries made before such an appointment was granted by the hoard of guardians, ho need hardly observe that this was in i!self .1 proof that his character was beyond the reach of suspicion up to the present moment. Ho then commented upon the improbability of the tale toll by the complainant, and the absence of anything like substantial corroboration it bad received, and the following evidence was then adduced for the defendant. Mr. Shorthouac•, the defendant, was first called, and upon his being sworn, he stated that when the complainant first applied to him upon the subject of her illnes ho immediately suspected, from the sypmtoma she described, that she was labouring under an infectious disorder, and upon exami nation he discovered that this was the fact. Ile denied most positively that he had ever taken any liberties with the complainant, and avierted that her story was false from beginning to end. With regard to the chloroform he said that he had very little use for such an article, and never kept but a very small quantity. When the girl was deli vered he attended in the performance of his duty, and he said his only mama for erderiug the child to be taken away was that there era, uu fire in the room, and he sent it to the neighbour's house where it would receive the warmth and nourishment it required. Dashwood was pre sent at one time, and the complainant said he was her sweetheart, and she wished he was at the devil, as he had been the cause of all her trouble. The defendant added that he remembered the father of the g:rl applying to him to pay the ,funeral bill, and he asked hint what he had to do with it, and ho then said something about reports that were afloat M the village. lie asked him what ho meant, and the father said that it he did not pay the bill he would make a stir in the neighbourhood and take all his practice away. The Chairman inked th , defendant whether he had on any occasion promised the gin to marry her ? The d, fondant said—Certainly not. After the report of my being the father of the child had got about, how ever, Anne Duff came to me ►nd said that 1 had promised to • marry her, a•td I told her iu a joke that if she had gut any written promise or could Croce it in any way she ought to bring an action for breach of promise of marriage, and she would probably get heavy damages. Mr. Miubleday, an assistant to the defendant, deposed to the character 'piths malady under which the complainant was suffering at the period she was attended by him. Ho said he was present upon one occasion when she came to the surgery to see the defendant, and had an opportunity of ascertaining the fact. The Chairman asked the witness whether it was usual for two medical men tube pr..sent at the examination of a y..ung girl under such circumstances? The witness replied that be did not consider it at all an unusual circumstance. The Chairman remarked that it appeared to him that it was, at all events. highly indelicate. The Rev. Mr. Cat.ir, the rector of Carshalton, had Mr. Loraine, a gentleman residing in the village, were then called, for the purpose of Koehn( that the complainant had made some contradictory statements with regard to the manner and the time at which the atieged assaults wire committed upon her. The former gentleman, in answer to quostions put to him, said that he had never heard anything against the character of the girl, Anne Dull, or lie Gandy, until this transaction, and there was certainly nothing to induce him to suppose tl.at they wind; wilfully come forward and make a false charge of this description. He also said that from what he kui w of the defendant, be felt bound to state that he comb:. red Lim utterly incapable if deposing to what was false upon his oath. Mr. Loraine also bore testimony to the high character en joyed by the defendant. Tho magistrates, after a brief consultation, said they were of opinion that the summons must be dismissed. The law required, in cases of this description, that the charge should be supported by corroborative evidence, and here there was certainly no corroboration whatever. Tin charge was theretore dismissal, an I the bench felt it right at the same time to express their opinion that the defendant would leave the court without the slightest ►tain upou his character. Mr. Everest then applied for the bench to make an order fur the gal and her lather to be taken into custody to an swer a charge et silful anti corrupt perjury. The magibtrate=, elk r some dismission, declined to inter fere, and vet:au:illy Mr. Everest gave the girl alone into custlxly ; as it was then too lat e to go i n to t h e cum against her, s ' he was admitted to bail (her father's recogni sance being taken) fur her appearance at the next bench day to gnawer the charge of perjury. THE ILFORD MURDER. ILFORD PETTY SESSIONB.-SATI:1[11.11", The Petty Streams Court, removed from the Ancel Inn to tile gaol id Ilford, was yesterday t 'remain very touch crowded by perms who believed that Charles Saunders would be brought before the black and witnesses examined ag des'. him. _ ;Nein after th. magistrates assembled at prison yes terday, the Chairman told the witnesses that as the pri soner would not be brought up that day their attendance would not be incessarv. Should they be required by the bench due notice s;iould be sent to them. Try were, how ever, to bear in ini,.et that sh ml,l the prisoner be tried en the coroner's warrant, they would he wanted in London at the neat session of the Central Criminal Court. ife (the chairman) and his brother magistrates had decided upon re manding the prisoner until they should receive instruotiona from the Secretary of State fur the Home Department, to whom he would write un Monday. If the noble secretary did not think a committal by the magistrates necessary,to back,as it were, the coroner's warrant, then the meglBtrat•s would not the charge against the prisoner ; but if Lord Palmerston did think a magisterial committal requisite, the prisoner would be brought before them neat week, and evidence gone into. In the interim (this was said in *rawer to a question from the police inspector) the pri soner was to remain in that prison in the sate custody of its keeper. The witnesses and others interested in the case then left the court. We were informed by the police that the prisoner (Saun ders) is either insane or feigns to be so. One constable and the chaplain deem hint really mad ; others who watch him say that ho simulates madness, and that in a slovenly manner. Ou Friday evening one of the warders asked him how his fingers were (they get cut whilst he was in the act of cutting his ♦ictim's thee it), when he replied, " He bs —if he cared—it was no natter whether they were well or ill, as he was about to be scragged." lie eats, drinks, and makes merry, as if he considered his to-morrow not worth a groat. Ho is a very small and thin man, but Toiler was still shorter and slighter. Tho latter was a rerievering distributor of so-called moral and religious tracts. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 12. ---KPPOINTMENT.—AtgaBI. aut-Surgeon H. W. Hornell, to Tre. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 12.-11 to Rodney, 92, Capt. Graham, sailed yesterday morning for the Mediterranean. The Leander, 60, Capt. King, also sailed yesterday morn ing from Spithead on a cruise. The Agamemnon, 91, screw steam ship, Capt. Sir T. Maitland, at Spithead, has fever very prevalent on board, having bad to send 22 cases to Hastar Hospital yesterday. To-day the Echo, steam tug, went out of harbour to Spithead and, brought in some more of the Agamemnon's sick, which she took to Hasler Hos pital. The Fairy, 6, steam sloop, Commander Tatham, and the Banshee, steam packet, Lieut. Commander Hes ken, were paikup wages yesterday. The Cruiser, 9, screw steam sloop, Commander .Douglas, having had a little de rangement of her screw apparatus put right, was taken out of deck yesterday. The Rattlesnake, Arctic store ship, Commander Trollope, is to go into dock to have a leak stopped which she sprung in her passage round to this port from Sheerness. The Surveyor, of the Navy, Capt. Sir B. Walker, K.C.B ,is on a visit at this port, inspecting the ships tilting, building, &c. MILITARY. The government are in earnest regarding the exer cise of the line and the militia during the ensuing open season. Grouud is everywhere being laid out torcanips of instruction. In the vicinity of Sandhurst, Captain Need ham, Lieutenant, I3arnster, Vacher, and 3l'Lear, passed students of the senior department, arc engaged in surveying ground for the selection of a proper site tor a camp in that locality. We hear that it is very likely Sir C. Napier will command one of the camps if his health will permit. He is at present suffering from a complaint contracted in India. General Gage John Hall, colonel of the 70th Regiment s is, we regret to say, suffering from severe indisposition. It has been decided that two additional captains shall be made to the regiments serving in India, bat that the intended reduction in the number of subalterns shall only take place as vacancies occur, in order that the arrange ments shall not bear harshly on that class of officers. The recent proceedings in Dublin garrison of officers of the 52d have resulted—so rumour has it—in a reprimand. The whole of the officers of the regiment, together with others who were implicated in the affair, were assembled at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, on Wednesday, to hear the " find ing and sentence." It is confidently stated that one of the captains is to " sell out," and Captain Ross be removed to another corps. Licut.•Colonel Forester, 62d Light In fantry, has been ordered to proceed immediately to London and report himself at the Horse Guards. We understand that practii al jokes have for many years been allowed to exist in this regiment. The 9th Regiment, at Galway, will proceed to Clonmel immediately, to replace the 29th, ordered to Cork. The 9th will be succeeded at Galway by the depot of the 92d, from Naas. Captain the Hon. Gren ville Eliot, Coldstream Guards, has been appointed aide de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant, vice Capt. Pe..l, resigned.— United Service Gazette. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG BOUNDS. Her Majesty's, Tuesday, Cookham Bridge ; Friday, Ives Heath—at half-put 11. Cheltenham, Tuesday, Cowley Wood; Friday, Square Ditchgate—at 12. Baron Rothschild's, Monday, Aston Clinton ; Thursday, Rousham—at 11. Albrighton, Tuesday, Lileshall ; Thursday, Enville ; aturday, Stableford—at 11. Bedale, Monday, Sleningford Park; Wednesday, Wal las; Friday, Brough—at half-past 10. Old Berkshire, Monday, Wet Sandford; Wednesday, Lilton Hill; Friday, Milord—at 11. Cambridgeshire, Monday, the Downing Arms ; Friday, ranipton Wood—at halt-past 10. Tuesday, Conwil ; Friday, Commercial luu-at 10. Cheshire, Monday, Darnhall; Wednesday, Wreebury ; Thursday, Havensmoor Windmill ; Saturday, Hurlestoms Village—at half-past 10. Cleveland, Monday, Guisbro' Spa; Thursday, Hazel grove—at halt-past 10. Mr. Colyer's, Tui sday, Maplescomb ; Thursday, Farn ingham Wo o l ; Saturday, Coldruir Lodge—at half.past 10. North Devon, Monday, Bleb Mill; Thursday, Kempland Crow—at half-past 10. South Devon, Monday, the Thorns; Thursday, New Inn, Ilsi ogton—at 11. Mr. Drake's, Monday, Barton Common ; Tuesday, Edg eott Village; Thursday, Tusmore House; Saturday, Luwer B-ddington—at a quarter to 11. Lord E'ebo's, Monday, Copeland; Wednesday, Long framacm ; Friday, Ladykiik ; Saturday, Longridgo— at half-past 10. Essex Union, Wednesday, West Hanningueld, Com passes; Saturday, Crizea—at half-past 10. F. 8., Tuesday, Peleuu Cross ; Friday, Croft West — at 11. Mr. Garth's, Monday., Ns w ; Wednesday, Dog inersfield nous: ; Friday, Er rs.eigh Bridge—at half post 10. Hambledon, Blenday, Horn& an 'Village ; Wednesday, Snakemoor l'arui; Friday, Wiinifurd Park—at a quarter to , 11. "A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATIL—On Saturday night, about eight o'clock, tho inmates of the house, 7k.io. 20, Castle-street, Holborn, were alarmed by a smell of fire, and, on catering a room orr tho fiest•floor ba.k, the body of a sober industrious woman, named Aiding, was discovered extended on the floor, her clothes being in a blaze. It is supposed that the poor creature had been seized with a and fal'en into the fire while in that state. Thg„u Of her person was completely charred. With a. i :i.. wi-to ,' 41 brigade, the fire, which bad attacked the 1120/44- .. 'w. ' under, and the bo4y removed .] : l'-''',‘. • - 1., • 'O 9 - 1 - ": _. . ..,.., :-.) ;:4: f -----, 'J \4 - )