The Express. — London, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

Vic enttlllo. OUTGOING MAILS. The mils tor Gibraltar. Malta, Greece, the !salsa lakarle, Orylea. India, sad Chios. via Soathruspesta. will be :Ass e p husorrow mornief, March 20. The etude tor British Ninth Aa.eritia sad rlos thaw aim will br made up we the evening or tbe 22nd inst. Tee smile viel Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, t Crllan, India i Hong-Kong, will be mule up !r i a T a vs eine at ilk 25th last. up The mai%Lis b ie , Spain, arid Gibraltar will be made on tee Mte The Woe lid& Maio, =lading Bermuda, H„sasak, Uor dam. New Orleans, and Mesiwkeed ',Wadies Iwo j ut , Dua r te,. St. Jaan-de-Nieursona, New Unmade, Chili. and Peru, will be made up on April 2. The LAB tor Mederia, the Bruits, and Basses Ayres, will be made up ea Otor evening IN April 4. NIGH WATZII AT LONDON RIFITON. -v emu. M7la Anew. 11. OIL Altrnifts, IL Ilia. LONDON. TUESDAY; MARCEL 19. MINIMS§ NM, It is understood, In no little diffi culty u to Mr. Htrres slave trade motion, which mama tor discussion this evening. The feeling of the b ow frearrallY• it is pevty notorious, is against fur ther persistence in a policy, the cortinuanoe of which 'sly more and more muss, not merely its practical Jaime, but its wut of every element of success; and there is a very strong dispaaition cn both sides to tram Mr. Rm . 's motion to account by addressio l : the crown in tho sense in which he proposes. There is r. indeed, in say considerable sec tion of tho house, a belief that the slave trade Iles tsi or is likely to be, seriously repressed, much more immanently suppressed, by armed inter vettior. And the ehlocer. theiefore, are, that were ministers to resist Mr. iierr's motion on that ground, & division would plaza the honourable member for Greshead in a ; a result leading, as Lad rilorafrox has announced, to his resignation. Mr. HVITI motion will not, consequently, be so T aste]. Tbs arattosetit in favoar of the inherent Dv? , of the cruizing system will, it is said, be as &mid ; and excuses for its csistinlance will, it-:cal. be resorted to. Thus, fir example, Lord r , mr.:.-rox, it may ha anticipated, will contend t h.-. 1. while the slave trade is now, on the one hand ea: fined to Basil, there ie, on the other hand, a Aso . pry in that empire desirous to put down the 'al: there and that, if England will only per soa. to a few years longer, it is mere than probable this. the DitiTS Brazilian pry, sill saainst the foreign or Portuguese party, now upholds the slave trade. Whereas ::.e ► t ro th is, that the Portuguese ..pitailes and stare speculators now find their prin . pi: irergth is the anti-English feeling in Brazil ; rd that tie bee assistance we could give the native 3ratil no. who are favourable to the abolition of the k oa tt ,d e , wanklbe to repeal Lord ABERDEEN'S fool ah statute, sal to send thins back the treaty of 1820 sue:A. Another arise for voting against Mr. Hurr's mo:ios ail b:. ttat it wares too sudden a choose in a palicy which we fare been so long and so labo &oily u?on the rest of Europe. This is a stja of lit to which we may expect to find res:rtieg. Thy will admit the system to be nisnraessfot; its east to be enor sum ; its parent e intinuanoe not to be thought oL But its sulden abandonment may Ms enclit England sa.h ter Christian allies; and, thertfore, we mu.t gradually get out of the scrape Moo vii.:: oath -:tog philanthropy has brought us. Ibis would be an attractive excuse, h a d it any f dation. BA it is bowie,. as a vision. None of our a 1.:.: ever baewil that we were in earnest in our p.ittcy they gave us credit for any me &ire to eippren the slave trade; they have always tezard,l the system propounded by us to than. as a means of promoting tie pro.p.rity cf our tropical colonies by injur- Ina tt.'s Herein, of course, they did us Ito t iijastiee. But that injustice does not alter the fa:: of etch being the universal opinion. In revers ir.e. t_crskre, cur policy suddenly, our allies will (L.! ;,:welce that nttattion to our own material in- whcr, is their mitimarim, had marked oar rt:r., , lie are en the rutject. One of our allies —Ftisree-I.as alretr'y gis n us evidence that ?stove to be relsas.d from her last slave-trade saw. sr! t..e United States will consent • hesitation to cry qu.ts as to the hare r spectively bound each other 'air. o: the (east of Africa. With Spain our :Tors has, on her put, been a dead letter; I,:uif we tare a treaty only operative because Erii.:sh act cf parliament founded on a neisin %icon of its meanie g ; and though Portugal ortasiew:lly make a little repressive fuss at c.t. on the western etas: of Africa, it is only to net cur atteetion from her slave-trading enormi• ct ter ,:acing factories on the cistern coast. So M reality, all the rest of the world is just as to pet an end to these treaties as we are, it fte..amer.t (nay had the courage to speak out. A mail excuse to be resorted to will be the ',et. teat the stiddrh reversal of our policy will have the :arse mind of Africa and on our own COlll - •tere. Now, this certainly is an important !tratine. Tie total withdrawal of our squadron "astonish the natives," and to the . Lte.where we have no settlements, wou!d t trot itteriere with the palm oil trade. But the cress of Mr. 117Irs m.tion does not involve the cidee or the t.tal withdrawal of our squadron ; Ed ttfse of our readers who have followed .r ferneries en !Lie question must have observed -it v. et halt hare never put it mainly on .-d decunAny ; that we have left for the • .•ily to do. The western coast of Africa is ).e • -s iinrte:s of the globs where, irrespective • .• • ~ F trsde o.lier, it will always be n 3 k • a ve.siderahle nav a l f orce; f a ot:7; 1 12 tcted tr a rode and sometimes (as Poe. ft: .tc other ire Len outrages testify) to a violent rire..r • atd day past were wholly unwatched, it is...xe tisn pc:battle that it would be again infested wt.. paints S that the Liverpool and ttleti.: traders in palm oil, and the meet ekes ergeged in what is called the Beat. ksttrade. the love to fear that, on the reveres! 7 03 f ..are•trade policy, they will be left unprotected 1. • 1 !(• Exty and in the mouths of other rivers, !Lee. 4114: commerce is now, by their useful agency, • the teJi.ree of devel o p ment . There is, consequently, .: es in this, as in the other two excuses. art all Nally worthless and disingenuous. ttoy defeat Mr. litre's motion Not if *• .vito really are opp ose d t o t h e arme d system veto thot motion an Mutest and a hearty sup *' cedes as to its conseriutoces on individual I. c cid a sits tm : kiirrsan and Sheriff LAWRENCE appears to made, aced( *milled to special merit as " De fink,pA•bin London and its suburbs. He : the MatropoltanSewers Commission on i P:l4'7'l e % primed an d l oa d ed with a speech, which le Pout to ttlieulty in that asiembly In discharging it "• 5 pet* lwauss hos time to time the new " platted oat the faults and failings of tat tueituisice, Mr. Lawareca deems it neceseary to thugs {ll all with arriving at foregone con- t- 2" , lit; with endeavouring to tome extravagant and *At "practicable pleas u p on t h e pu bli c, an d w i t h t iffaoracce," is he in his profound learning is ' 44 " 1 t" "S. of everything connected with the stiee..un aline sewers. pews hid written in ignorance upon this I, o e on. the tech would elearly lie at the door o f ' berilt LAWRENCE and his co-commileiniers, t ` tit° Promil time these gentlemen, as they them tEt 42111 t4t, have themselves no information wry Snit poists connected with the die .."wilt of their duties. Their genera l . survey is not Gt "ii 4; their grist plan of the existing sewers, Gt which ill their operations harmful* Rust Pp is atilt " preparation." It innrcell t "Palrth da. per to htoiloald arrive at any t" 4. .wiae " order decide that the commission tt U/ wopett h ave dune very little towards advent.- "th"44.l"'.'"Ate busine w ; and as to ignorance, upon any p»nG canni , sted with their doings, every rate- Plitt in Lonrho. knows what be or she has lately t ak , d 'll and everyone who Vat, along l.:r"s• tee ify to the very bene fi t that twyed from th e cuntrihatioa. t,,," ""14.ittt 4 %er may be the ignorance of tb.opreis upon out goad effort has, it tar rids, resulted THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1850. 36 ram These 3,600, or 4,660, bad no dre-arme. "Blestald these pirates Weems powneesd of musketry,* writes 3k Lunt Biome, "the result would bs de plorable." It is thentibre admitted that they had no musketry. It is stated in the report of Captain FAscuwAn that the Litheness had attacked two villages on the coast, and eaptared two probes. Oar madam will re ediest the abetraet of the depositions relative to the eco affair which we Noe time ago reprinted from a paper—ah Be. organ. The M aills" were lying Rej beton one of m the towns, which the fialmeraas attacked unothoessfully, and bad disasrypd Unbentgoes. It was also stated that the oldest of the expedition was to procure salt. Now, in sae of Ur JANza Bitooia's letters we and th e followbig pelage: This Zeit be — dess by *unfitly of all 00•1111111 Wake between the pintileal tribes end the Maley% who supply thin with elk, loss. mil ether 114•Nleriel. - The desirable end temperer, semelen of istereenres has already been partially carried Ws stern, smelt to the dietiese et the pirates, ospesisly is ohs peat artlele of salt, of whit* they ue larp ersonaiera, and without which they cannot exist. Who can doubt that it was this merciless and wan toe deprivation of articles of indispensable necessity that goaded these miserable wretches to the attack upon the sea eout villages, where salt was to be had. Rajah Beans starved them into the com mission of robbery, and then bad them =amend for the offence which he had driven them to commit. The offence for which they had thus been blockaded, is stated in a previous letter. He begs to inform Lord Pautniurrox of "my purpose of sending t!) the River Saddong, in order to enquire into and expgee an intrigoe which the Rajahs of Brand are carrying on, through a few of their adherents, with the pirati eal chiefs of the Strobes and &karma rivers, with whom they have bees holding a friendly communica tion for the purpose of acquiring power among them. • • • lam endeavouring to make a marked die ! Unction between the piratical party and the., who live by oppression and plunder, and the party which is faithful and sincere to the cause of good government." In the language of Sir /AMU BROOKS " pirate " obviously means a partisan of the Brand government; a "friend of good govern, meat," a partisan of the Rajah of Sarawak. On the loth of April Sir JAMES reports to Lord ! Paull:mos the result of an expedition he had made to the Kaiaks river. " From the interior of the Kaiaks river I detached a considerable native force inland, before which the pirates fled, abandoning vil4es and large stores of rice and salt." No proof is offered that the villages were the resort of pirates. Rice and alt are the possessions of peaceful men; and no arms are alleged to have been found in the defenceless and deserted villages. The character of the "native force" which Sir JAMES is in the habit of hounding upon his Dyak neighbours is curiously illustrated in one of his despatches. An account of certain articles captured in one of hie expeditions, and sold by auction at Sarawak is enclosed. part of the proceeds is said to have been expended in "rewards for capture of Dyak women and children." In explanation of this item, Sir JAMES remarks:—" The rewards given for the capture of Dyak women and children will, I trust, lead to a more humane system of warfare." Two admissions are involved in this incautious sentence. Sir James confesses that he is carrying on a war ; and that his troops are so savage, that the only means of living women and children from massacre is to pay for every one that they bring to him alive. Lord PALMERSTON his obviously been startled by this re lation, for he writes, in answer :—" I have to request that you will explain the circumstances which led to the offer of these rewards." Captain FARQUHAR records complacently the ope rations of his men and these "native" allies in the interior, as well as in the affair with the boats ran down by the Nemesis:— Pakoo being found deserted, was Alyea mil bust by the 11Stifef, and marry villages in the aeiglthestleted were also destroyed. Oa the 7th Iva maimed the NOM* hay ing sustained no loss of Eur,:peass Depth' see man, who snot himself accidentally, and two or three utiles killed, sod a few wounded. • • For two days we ecettlased to ascend the scream (the lisaowit], destroying irftlythieg in cur way, and only meeting with slight resissanse at ass or two of the stror gest houses or viPages. The Dysk villages , miog ens continued house, built upon high posts, are well adapted hr defence • bat Ike Dyaks, being almost devoid of tire arias, cannot Mind against a well-armed form. . - We have seen the system of starvat ion by which the Sarebbans were goaded to their attacks on the coast villages. They were beaten off in those attacks. They were caught on their return, and " the piratical fleet oompletely destroyed and dispersed." And these burniogs and plundering. in the interior were exer cised upon those who had remained at home, without any inquiry being made whether they were innocent or guilty. The number of women and children saved from the merciless hands of the " natives " may be in ferred from the fact that the rewards for their capture only amounted to 211.6.. 4d. Comment upon these disgraceful disclosures would be superfluous. We trust that Mr. Hums will per- , severe and insist upon more full revelations of the ' proceedings of Rajsh BROOKE and his accomplices in Borneo—upon the publication of the unmutilated despatches and all their inclosures. FRANCE. PARIS, MoonAy. 6.30 r .rr. The 31weedour publishes the decree of the President of the Reputes appointing M. Rover, late Advocate- General of the engirt of Apprals in Pads, to be Attorney-General, in place of M. Bareche, who has been invested with other functions. A rumour having been circulated that the Mu. quis de la Roshejaequelia had voted for the socialist candidates, the marquis has addressed a note to the mem, and the met i be voted for MM. La Hitte, Billow, and D'Arbouville. Two awe lettere have been addrewnd Milts Journal rks Dibage from trades men in Paris, dsa;iag that they Dave voted for the socislists. It is also denied on the part of the Duke de Levis that he has revisited the legitimists to vote for the socialists. It had been stated that the duke had not Only vuted himself, but had induced others to do the game for the socialist list. The Monsieur du Soar rays troops continue to be gent to the trosser. It is stated that several regi ments of infantry in garrison at Paris have received orders to be in readings to march this week for the north. The same journal says that on Sunday morning the greatest activity wa s p ercept ibl e i n the different bar racks of Paris. All the regiments were passed in review before their consmandiog officers. It is amusing to see the reactiooary press, in chorus, proclaiming the hollow alliance that is said to exist between the President and the majority ; but I have reason to believe that Louie-Napoleon and the ma -1 jority are not nearer to agreement than ever they were; ani the restrictive laws which have been announced, and which it was even to-day supposed at the Bourse would be presented together, with a presi deatial rasmage, are not even in embryo. The Chamber to-day wall at any rate not moved by any communication of an astounding character, but prosily debated a project of law on stamps. "It is stated (says the lifonileur du Soir) that the departure of the Grand Duchess of Baden, Stephanie de Beanharnais, aunt of the President of the Republic, is fixed for Friday next. M. Louis Bonaparte, it is said, intends going with her as far as the frontier, and will afterwards visit the garrisons of the depart ments of the east." The President of the Republic has named General Piat officer of the Legion of Honour, in testimony of his long and brilliant eervices,which commenced w ith the campaign of ypt. M. Baroche b Eg as taken up his residence at the Ministry of the Interior. He received yesterday the different chiefs of that department. The members composing the parliamentary club of the Rue Richelieu aaeembled on Friday, and discussed the political situation of affairs created by the elec tions of Paris. All the speaker. were agreed u to the necessity of strengthening the action of the autho ritT, and of tightening the bands which unite the majority of the Assembly to the executive govern ment. They have protested their respect for the con stitution, but in constitutional o r d er . Th e y will sup , port all he propositions of the government that will guarantee the maintenance of order and the repres sion of all ant social attempts. The committee for examining the bill for according an extraordinary credit of 2,829,040 k. for the expe ditionary corps of the Mediterranean during the first six months of 1850, has nominated M. de Corcelles its president, and M. Anoel secretary. Yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, the greatest activity was perceptible in the different barracks of Paris. All the regiments were is review in the yards by their commandin g ofre ss r: d The Mundeur du &Ur says : " Troops continue to be sent to the frontier. It is stated that several regiment, of infantry In garrison at Paris have re ceived orders to be in readiness to march this week for the north." The marriage of M. Will with Mlle. Guizo', daughter of the ex•minis'er, took place to-day, at two o'clock, in ths protestant church of the Oratoire. M. Coquerel gave the nuptial benediction, the wit nesses being the English ambassador and M. Francois Dalessart. The daybcfore yesterday the officers of the octroi of the barrier of Piny, in examining the contents of a cart, found a cue containing twelve fowling-piecee, eleven pistols, and twelve bullet-moulds, of musket calibre. The carter, on being interrogated, said he had received the comsat Viroflay, from a person whom he did not know, with instructions to deliver it at a waggoireffice in the Rue Neuve Saint Laurent, in Paris. A commissary of police put seals on the cue and sent it to the prefecture of police. In the Vosges, where a representative is to be elected on the 21st inst., the democratic-socialists have chosen u their candidate M. Guilgot, the com mandant of the national guard of Epinal M. Turck, an ex-member of the Constituent Assembly, has re signed in his favour. Two hundred and twenty-four of the insurgents from Belle-Isle landed at Bons, in Algeria, on the 3rd, under an escort of gendarmerie. They were placed in the Caabsh. On the bth another convoy arrived. Five or six of the insurgents, on landing, set up a shout of " Viva la Republique Democratique et Socials." from its animadversiess oa the dilatations of the Own eidetic& Os Friday hat, "it = lr a! meshy" was summoned "for the parries of the report of the Committee es the plans the drain-1 age of Loudon." Ttds committee was appointed about a twelvemonth &lace, and its report deals with the plane which were mat in op to the 16th of December last, Do that the doormat has been pre cisely three months ander consideration. The com mittee, at any rate, can scarcely be obnoxious to the charge of having arrived at a " foregone oonelnsion." The plane for the drainage of London sent in to, and examined by, the erommittee &menet in number to 116. They ashram every sort of project, from " the construetion of a grand brick sewer from London to Bvschey Reed: down to a modest paper containing " some seggeetions as to haute drainage." The committee Ia one part of their report dwell on the difficulties of their task. Look log at their catalogue of " plus," the complaint scarcely seems unremovable. These plans are of every sort sad kind. There are plans which leave l vverything as it is., and plans which propose changes it would take till Doomsday to accomplish. There are pleas for emptying all the sewage of Loudon into the Thames, plans for oi. in, it out of town by railway, "Gnat Bea Ocean " schemes, for carry ing by tunnel down to Dringenoss, or the Non light, pla ns for carrying at into " the artesian bred" under a, and, to judge from one of the descriptions, a plan for removing it by an aerial process, or, es the report terms it, " a tunnel over the metropolis." The mechanical contrivances embodied in the I plans are quite equalled in eccentricity by the chemical proposals. The " deodorising" pro jects are numerous, and there an all sorts of plans for " filtration," through tanks and by hydraulic pressure. One gentian= sub mits " disinfeetng fluids," another proposes the admixture of rare " chemical agents." Tone are also ' a great variety of suggestions conosrniog the appara toe to work the sewers. " Flushing "of every sort is proposed. Ooe gentleman would bring a supply of flustdog water from above Windsor, another pro- pins to get it frosKingston,a third thinks itunnene airy to go further op the river than Batten= whilst a fourth suggests the arrangemeat of a circle of pipes round London, obtaining their supply from the Regent's and Surrey Canals. The pumping pro jects are as numerous as those for flush ing. In one plan a "pneumatic apparatus and syphon seir:rs" are proposed ; in another, "a pneumitic apparatus, with ventilation, flushing steam vacuum, and mill power." O. party is favourable to "air-compressing engines," whilst another would be content with " a antipodal drain," and a number of others thiLk pumps unnecessary, and propose the construction of '• soil tank," either to run all over the town on rails calling at every man's house each morn ing after breakfast, or else to be kept continually floating in barges on the "silvery Taames," to the great =neuritic of that delightful river. We can scarcely wonder that comparatively few of such plans as there are considered by the ccmmissionen worth n parsing notice. They have commented only upon 5 out of the 110 projects laid before them, and of these five they have contented themselves with re commending one, " not for adoption u a whole," but " as containing many of the main elements of a sound and judicious system of drainage." Setting aside the vague and speculative plans, the majority of projects submitted to the committee were based, more or less, upon the rival prop-eels so much discussed a year ego, one of which was styled the tunnel scheme, the other the sumph or tank project. Of the 116 projectors, 46 favoured the tunnel, and 28 the seraph plan. The committee incline, together with the majority, in favour of a tunnel scheme. But it must be oeserved that their tunnel scheme is very different from that proposed by Mr. Pmutes, who if we remember right would form one great tunnel 78 feet below the surface of the metropolis, passing eleven or twelve times under the Thames. and carrying all the sewage into a huge reservoir, from whence it was to be pumped up to the top of Shooters Hill! The committee repent, as well we think they may, that " the 'e poxies of this scheme, even if it were unobjectionable in other respect., which it is not, would render its execution comme rcially impracticable.* The plan which the commissioners recommend f partial adoption is that of Mr. J. B. *CLEAN. He proposes the discharge of the sewage into two inland tunnels sunk on each side of the river, and running in parallel directions to reservoirs which are to be formed in the marshes below London. He proposes to employ, as far as possible, the existing sewers to afford a natural discharge into the river, blending those sewers with new ones, where these are neves sary, but generally following the direction of the main thoroughfares in their construrtion. With re gard to the ultimate disposal of the sewage "the plan 1e full scope for any operations that may be deemed advisable for the preparation of the sewage manure for agricultural purposes; but it does not render the efficiency of the entire scheme dependent on such operations.* Under Mr. M'CLEAres plan the overflow drainage will, after filtration and prepare tign for solid manure, pass into the Thames, probably below Woolwich. The committee say, in their report, that the great mass of the sewage matter of London will thus be diverted from the river; but, on the other hand, the chairman of the commission says that if the manure cannot be disposed of, it must be thrown into the Thames; so that, after all, it seems questionable how far the tunnels and the reservoirs will save the river from pollution. However, there is no doubt a great deal in this plan of Mr. *CLEAN which, if not new, is at least sensible and practicable. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff LAWRENCE is of opinion that the press, having adopted" foregone conclu,ions,"in favour either of sumphs or tunnels 78 feet below the surface, will abuse the report of the committee right and left, and very probably put a stop to all the improvements it propose.. Mr. Sheriff LAWRENCE having, in his " ignorance of the press" thus himself arrived at a " foregone conclusion," we shall make no effort whatever to undeceive him. The commission on Friday passed a resolution that they would " adopt such measures is may be considered expedient for the drainage of the different portions of the metro polis." As this we. the duty devolved upon them by the commission by which they are appointed, the resolution appears peculiarly supererogatory. Bat, if it means, as we supposed doe., that the commission intend to follow up the paper plats by something like business-like performance of their duties, we would suggest that the committee that drew up this report should be re-appointed to carry out their views at once, as bring (with deference to the Aldermanic Defender of the Filth) the only section of the com mission which seems at present to have any plan whatever. Ar last the despatches relating to the alleged piracies in Borneo have been presented to parliament. We regret to be compelled to add, that they have every appearance of being mutilated sad garbled. Oar readers will recollect the words used by the First Lord of the Admiralty when moving the second read ing of the head money repeal bill. He said—" The gallant officer who was lately in command of that [the China and India] station had stated that, in his opinion, the allowance ought not to be given for ser vices that were now performed, they not being of the nature which was originally in contemplation when the act was pawed." Among the papers presented to parliament the reader will seek in vain for the des patch in which this opinion is expressed. Maio, the last of these papers is the certificate of the Recorder of the Court of Singapore of the number of persons killed se board the Sakarran pathos. In this document it is stated that " depositions of certain witseeess were taken before me, and the depositions ("certain other witaamea, absent from the Jurisdiction of the mid court, wen taken and reeaved under caw missies kneed by me." These depositions are omitted ia the papers presented to patliament; yet they are the only means by which the English par liament and public can be enabled toter. a judgment of the merits of the case. The letters of Sir JAMBS Bettors and of the commander of the Nemesis am mere es parte statements. Why is the judicial evidence by which they are said to be borne out withheld P Yet prbled, and mutilated, and carefully *sleeted, with a new to make out a case for Sir JANES Bitooxs,u these papers are, they teed to make the whole affair more suspicious than ever. Stripped of the exaggerated and bombastic phrase in which the Oriental Itafah speaks of the Sambas and &karma force, it is evident that it was miserably weak. lie estimates it at 100 to 130 bade averaging GERMANY. PRUSSIA. Oar correspoodent writes as follows: BERLIN, Mance 16. The election of electors has taken place to-day, with very favourable results to the conservative party. It was remarked also that a portion of the democrats took part in the election. AUSTRIA. Oar Vienna correspondent writes as follows : VIENNA. )(warn 13. Gynlay, minister at war, placed his resignation yesterday in the Emperor's own hands, and takes his departure this evening for Grits. He has permission to remain there for a fortnight ; after his return he will retire for some time to his estates. His resignation is not to be officially announced till a successor in the ministry can be definitively fixed upon. There can be little doubt that the choice of government will fall on Count Degenfeld, lately commandant of the fortress of Mayence. It cannot be denied that the count possesses talents for administration ; still his nomination Is not unlikely to be ill-received by the army, u he is not . an Austrian by birth, bat descended from a family which has settled in Baden. More important, however, than this chugs of per saes in the ministry is the fact that Count Oyulay, although urgently requested by the Emperor and the whole imperial family to take upon him the office of Ban of Croatia, declined the appointment in the firmest and most unequivocal manner. I have it from a sure source that he declared he was ready to sacrifice his life for the throne and the dynasty, but I could never take this post. Today, the 13th of March, we are celebrating the anniversary of oar "glorious revolution" in solemn silenosi in a silence so profound that its name is not once whispered. I went as far as the Stephens-plat: and found it emptier of people than usual, and till this hour (5 p.m.) there is not a shadow of a demon stration of any kind. And as snow, sleet, and rain, are now pouring down on us, none is likely to take place. This shows that the Viennese are oo their guard, for daring the last few days a whole boat of ages, provocateurs have been busily exerting them selves to stir up the people to commit themselves by some movement. The new chamber of commerce is to receive an octroyed constitution, which will lend Wits voluntary dissolution. The minister of oommeroe seems re solved to tolerate no kind or degree of independence. The Prussian ambassador, M. Dellbrtick, is highly vain of; but I think I may venture to assure you that his overtures will receive no satis . facitory answer till the fated the Erfurt parliament is palpable to the dullest understanding. MARCII 16.—Both General von Ranch and M. Vollpracht have returned from the duchies, and it appears that the former succeeded in his mission to prevent the Schleswig-Holstein army from advancing into Schleswig, by convincing the Statthalterechnit th a t the Dgaish army did not intend to attack them. Than is net snything publicly known as yet of these tramactiems perhaps we elan hear it when the Diet meets at Biel M. Vollpeada did not Testers to w ooed to the north of MF temp after he had been treated so roughly on the Island of Alien ; nor did he visit the towns on the western coast, whose inhabi tants are so thoroughly German that no doubt is en tertained of their feelings towards the Dane-. tea• $ per Cob. 3 per OWL . $ is Nov Loma , la pae(kals o i ear Dent& on boron : 14. . ...._ _...... 1 184 f 99 . Homan Loan 1849 7:1 4 • D — o Do. WO 77 . De, Plednele 8 par Cants 99 23 ~ Dank Sham ... Deasen.—fern sod 011•111 g, 741 50 ; Avignon sad Yeses, 197 31; lip and Ma* 113 ; Odium and Dordeanz, 400 ; Norlaws. 411 $5; Paris and adramboari. 343; Tows aid Nantes, MI t Pada end Room 333 • Rows sad Urn". 13i 23 ; liontaresa aneThens —; Yeoman. daft bank,) 133; Do- OW bulk)* 137 SO; 01. ennela, 383; Orleans sod Vlaraoo, 3:7 30. Par Amount ST 10 33 0 Optagag ►Wewt. (OINK Qom.. 36 60 37 10 46 70 17 91 93 92 23 91 73 92 13 OP PP MI pp ' ‘ )da' ' 4 23 47r. 90 dayi, 33 " y. I !vies 1550tte .... Way SPAIN. uItDBID, lleacx 12. The crisis of the other day still occupies men's minds. There is much talk of a letter sent by Nervier to the King Consort, and signed by all the minister', complaining of his influencing the Queen's mind against them, and of having refused to give them a private audience, and concluding by threatening to employ severe measures. The King replie2 that he was, constitutionally speaking, nothing more than a Spanish subject, who had nothing to do with the government; but that he had perfect freedom to refuse to receive those whos3 conversation was dis agreeable to him. When he showed the letter to the young Queen she wept bitterly, for she doeply feels her husband's humiliation. Th . opposition journals express great uneasiness at the concessions supposed to be about to be granted to the Holy See. Several Spanish bishops, in pursuant* of orders from the holy see, have sent circulars to the country priests, ordering them to promote the enlistment of soldiers for the Spanish service. The circular of the Bishop of Leon says that 8,000 or 10,000 men are required. They must be young men, known as hay log no tendencies to ideas subversive of order or re ligion. Their time of service is to be six years; they will have sixty reels a month. The good bishop goes on to say that prudence requires that this business be carried on with much caution and reserve, so that if it do not tarn oat well, no handle be given to ca lumny for the purpose of lowering the dignity of this catholic nation. The troops are to be composed ex clusively of Spaniards, officers and all. - - _ KARI= 13. The government bee boon informed that the Carlist chief Bermudez and four other dams have passed the Portutuesa frontier, on their way to the woods of Toledo. The governor of that province has directed the local authorities to be watchful over those Gelid' who have recently taken the bene fi t of the amnesty, as their natural inclination to a roving life might easily lead them to their old habits. Troops hays been ordered to scour the woodland in every dine. tion. Two diligences have been stopped on the Andalusian road, between Models and Visello, by a band of eight men, armed to tho teeth. The robbery was done a the most leisurely way, more than two hours being employed in it. General Bluer, who was in one of the ouches, wu deprived of all his croons and decorations. An English lady and gen tleman were also sued of all their valuables. In both the villages between which the robbery was porpstrated there are detachments of the oivio guard, who, it appears, were out in different directions. Letters from Porto Rico give very cheering e,o wants of the sugar anis coffee mope, and the general prosperity of the island. The government has opened a subscription for a loan of thirty millions of reale for the construction of sailing and steam-vessels. The principal conditions are an annual interest of 9per cent., payable in lettere of change upon the treasuries of Herewith acd the Philippics Islands. The government has not beat able to find capitalists to advance more than a third of the sum reqeired. Lieutenant-Osumi Count Mitasol will set out for Cuba on Monday, the 18th of March. THE UNITED STATES. The America, Captain Leitch, arrived at Liverpool early this morning, with dates from Boston to the Bth, and Halifax Bth lost. Her news is a fortnight later than that re wind per last steamer, and embraces the following dates:—New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, tith March; Washington, 4th; Cineinnatti and Pittsburg, 3rd; New Orleans and St. Louis, 2nd. The America brings the mails and 100 paseengers. The discussion in the American Senate on the slavery question had not terminated, Mr. Calhoun addressed the Senate on the 4th in a speech proposing the admission of California into the anion, but admits therein that if California is re ceived under its present constitution the union must be dissolved. By advlies from California we learn that Sacra mento city is inundated. One million of dollars are lost by the overflow. Upwards of half a million dollars of specie further have arrivtd from the mines. The Chilians at the mines near Stockton made an attack on the Americans, killing several and taking the remainder priaoneis ; they were, however, after wards released. From Rio Janeiro we have dates to the 15th of February. Six vessels were loading for Europe with 70,000 bags of coffee. The sales during the last five days amounted to 68,700, reducing the present stock to about 14,000,000 bags. Rites 25 cents. and 41 to 5 per cent. per bag. Exchange on England active and firm at 281. On the 20th February the British steam-ship Thames arrived at Mobile from Vera Cruz, bringing 22 passengers and 46,000 dollars in specie. She took on board at Vera Cruz and Tampico 2,000,000 dollars, Telegraphic news from Montreal to March 5, state that at the municipal election on the 4th, annexationiate were returned in two wards. There was considerable rioting, and numerous windows were smashed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Mannar NIGHT, Malt= 4. The Anterite, which tarns oat these edvicae, brought mere orders for government and state stocks upon her recent arrival than any of the readies steamers for muse mouths past. The transfers of St the United States loan on foreign secount during during the past week ending the let last., amount to 12%300 dole., whilst three of the loam of Penneylvania. New York, Ohio, be, have probably been equally satensive. United Mates Moths an still in request. The statement which was made some three months ago, bared upon • the report of tae secretary of the treasury, that a new loan would be required to meet the eapeeted deficit of 3,800,000 dela. In the revenue ' for the Isealrer.ding the 30th of June next, has evidently had a tentinsey to chub operations in government securities abroad. The probability, however, of each a ken being required, has been greatly diminished by the fact that Use receipt of duties far exceeds the calcu lation of the secretary. The demand for specie to meet the payment of duties, connected with the fact that there I. now 3,k81,5• l dole. 41c. :oat d up in the sub-tresausy In this city, has certainly eorne effect upon the money market; yet we harem decided change to notice. Foamus Excerritoms.—London, 101 to 1081 ; Paris, 3.311 to 3.781 ; Amsterdam, 321 to 40; Hamburg , 34,1 to 331 ; Bremen, 7;1 to 781. (From F. L Talcott and Co.'s Circular.) Corroe.—Our last repo, ts were per Europa, 11112 ult. The sales of the 19th to the 23rd inclusive amounted to 11,100 bales, at an sidearm of 10. to 1 a., establiabi!ag the quotation of 13e, for "middling" New Orleses, and 121 e. for • middling" Uplands. The America's advice* were looked be with much interest, and an advance of generally anticipated. tier accounts were received per tek-graph, on Sunday, the :4th ult., and, their tenor disappointrag holders, the market immediately receded ie. The sales from the 23th uIL to date inehuilve, amount to 10,000 bah*, chiefly fur export, the market closing ateadtly at the snarled quotatiuns, on the bads of 121 e. fur middling Uplands, and 12;e. fur middling New Orleans. In regard to the propel& extent of the crop, every etneeseive ac count from the south tends to confirm the correctness of our ear:y estimate of 21 to 3,130,000 bales, and although parties on this side were disappointed in the tameness of the Liverpool market, and the willingness of holders to well on receipt of the Outadee asterism as advised r America, they are not yet satisfied that 7d Pr " fair " will che ck the consumption in the ratio of the diminished supply. That price, as we were advised, wee based on an estimate of 2,300,000 bales, the "standard estintare" of Liverpool; hut that standard must be lowered to conform to tenth, whether prim rim or fall. The remise at all thepary as made no on 27th ult., a week after the fispertare ter the Kamm a decreer of 228,400 halm The delleithey, It will ea sow by the straw* etatestast, is rapidly fa eraulag—enter smeary r woos barn. This mammas a meth tip heat the latest dates per mail, but letter accounts railed per V' establish a still greater deficiency. With regard to the at New Oriesne, the decrease in the whale free Leninism leadodppt wa., on the 23rd ult., 182,109 hike. but the enema ken /teeth Alabama, Tennessee, and Arkansas was 72,338 baba The amml deficiency, therefore, at New Orleans (for we Novae wth admit that the product of North Alabama, Tennewe, sal Arkames will not eseeed that of last Karon) ws., on the 33rd ult., 182,044 Inks; and the same remixes will ap,ily to Texas, Florida, and Oettrgla. We annex quotations, statement of receipts, exports, &e. The ex pot to Great Bittern, it will be observed, is 231,000 bales lees the Year Atlantic Cotton.. Gulf Cottons. Inferior Ordinary to good eedinary ll to II 111 t 0 '124 Mid. to goad mid l2 to 12( 12( to 1 41 Mid. fair te fair 131 Fully fair to good fair -- 1819. 1848. 1447. 1816. Receipts at the porta 1,501,000 1,237,0t0 1,342,000 1,321,000 Ezports to Great Britain 445,000 626,000 947,000 358 000 Ditto. to Prance 153,000 153,000 196,000 120,000 Do. to other foreign ports 80,000 141,000 144,000 73,000 Total export Mock on band Foamslee Gooos --Sinee our beat report the market has Pea to a stale of saapended animation ; traweetions bare been limited, end the reign of dulness has been supreme. The eefhiryry of January renders the oontraat still more 'Wong than it would of howls ap pear; but, notwitba coding the quiet state of trAde among the im porters and domestic commission boom, still, almost all Lands et goodo maintain their former prices. The southern jobbing houses begin to be busy, and the imparters enticitate an active demand this month. Piusoi.—The stock on hand is very mall, and, no withattnding the taste with which they have been selected, thare generally sell ing without a pro&. printers copy them so ra pidir, print them so elegantly, and Pell them so cheaply, as almost to monopoluie the sari" to themselves. _ TM prospect for profit on tbis article is very slight to the importer. /Memos, Oammis enema, and all articles of worsted stuff goods, are scarce, and gradually advancing here. Dane D'Era.—This article is almost entirely oat of first hands, and Mayers see obliged to do without maay qualities. °mono= of good quality are In moderate dunned, sithough the supply is smailL They set .lowly, at burl, remunerating prices. Panne are sow so vet y cheap so to usurp their consumption almost entirely. Buyers are very fastidious In their mite, and mikes they see exactly suited to their fancy they will hardly bring the cost of Importation. LI/ILN OINGIKAMS are plentiful, and sale* ere made only at a semi flee, with the exception of very tine qualities, which sell very slowly, at about prime out. Uwe, are perfectly quiet, importers refusing to throw them away at Ms pigment low penes, as the slightest demand either for home trade or for export would speedily relieve the market. Ftoca.—The export demand appears to hare aimed, and the trade Is weaned to SINSTO.Ofitra and city consumption. Holders gene -I.lhem dm end ths market shows but little change ; C 301113011 and t State sells at 4 dots. 57 , e. to 3 dots. ; mixed and straight Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan brings S doh. 12M. to 3 dots. 37 e.• ' pure idols. ban to idols. 624 c.; fancy and extra, 3 dole. 1174 c. to 6 adds. . 3e. Southern la dull, at 3 dots. die. to S dole. i.e. according to quality, Mr Fredericksburg, Alexandria, Baltimore, Brandywine, and Oecesetown. Rye flour, 2 doll. 73e., and own meal idols. SI ie. tel digs., for Jersey wi th, ywine. Geom.—Wheat is firmly held, few sales, at 126 e. to lffie for Oennemee white ; 100 c. to ilic. for Ohio ; 1011 c. to 110 e. for Mardian in bond. Rye Is dull, 61e. to C 1.., and barley scarce, at Ma t0e. 70 Oats, 33e. to 37a for Jersey, and 4 4c. to 43e. or northern and Miner. Indian men is lower, but In demand for good shipping parcels, at 34., to ate. foe mixed mothers'; Me. to 37e. for whits and yellow southern; Ma to 37e. for Jersey round yellow. Pumas..—The demand has fallen off, and prime have declined to 61 dale, to 61 1 -16 dolt. Pearls an heavy, at 8 dolt, with some small parcels, at Si dole. per 100118. Iruenuora without export demand. The cutters have taken some small parcels at ile. for N. W. and 334 e. foe Polar. In South Sea, we have bearded setrimsetions„ ' linsLa - 01 - le - itig firmly - at 42e. to 45e. BOOMILL-Them to sone in ant Lunde. Some pueole have Men resold at SW for prime yellow. enein.-flake et &cantle whis:e .b bio: been nude at 24e. for drudge arks and 14 le. for billfrele. Mud, is Brea end in demand at 2 MY. U. to Side ,• doL 95e. to 1 dot 40e. ; Bordoeuz, 1 dole 50. to 1 dol. lie. Masa gin brings Me. to 103 e. Psonseaus.-With large rewipts perk hal become dull. A few eels of 11011 MOM have been Inds at le dole. Tie. to PI dole. 600, had of pined a dole. PM Mel Is steady. Country, prime, 5 dots. to Sash; mem S dole, lie. to 9 dole. 200 barrels Chicago, re. N this. beef boas see in demand, and bring 11=1 11 1 1 W Led ie AIL !ales et prime in barrels havebeen asassde dip. Wan shipmeb et done en now goiag forward, from sass. The mart, sire trassory, Lao advanced 4e. per K e. --Il s to uli niege sow befog Men Se. tont. 18,10. Tamosers.-Oottas, to livepd, L oWs at 36. 32d. to 36. 16d.; abase, SOL to II& 99.; popdians, is *WOO; ; ditto in barrels, h. ed. to la. ed.; gni, saii. met. To London Tobecoo, 20e. ; Seer, I► ed.; momfassest ewe heavy geode, IS.. per too; pron. show, la Mimi. In M. awe to Owen 4e. ft 4a. ed. To Havre : re Adz um itse i = II den ; oasewerenen snipe le inn ; aurae, 40. Onto. U. to esti. In Anelsebn 011, ie. To ikaisbagg Ills% Nu; WI, No. To Caillonia Nemereseat gook. Nu. ent ein went Toutoot..-la seer Of we to tilt staple it a quiet etas .bet with a von ea andott dose tank ea admen doesesd so= rosslang le seise id emits et lei Yea leatually eni hos rood herb. A wed et It• tasboded Z i t l ebroo, brouglit 90. meemg. TM ambet Is eery st tollowlag rage et Miss, Mei in mem to onions Se ohsabove Wee, via. :-/Leasaley Iffewilar s ea elo. ; 19991119;16 746. to Sc.; good, Me. to the.; prim Mielbsee, Ns. to NM, showlawan advance of is. to Lo. Vlre d. Web , NIP. eau 1_9m61. ; la4 ematoo, 740. ; gook Ss. to 96. Ittnbtall. eic.; middling, to yo._ raggto small; awn of boner disowiptioa in mart Conn, IWO 130 to hotted deend sod asp. ply. The week ea hod la bin enthst, ao be tat leetaut, ems 1,141 Ingehmie 111111111, Va. sod N. C.. 17 ditto Iterylemd - SA et Meek M tben keno were la fart Wan. Medi el oboe UN Wise, of Cabs, Tars sad lianas* et the ftwoer. At New at for Ns week dal l lel d art i gin mooed up 1011 In& at at. wooed quatetion. The sleek on 4,11111 kkde. , bens Ins boa door , previous prise elan de Inane yein at the sena date. bat IWO Dew sop lita yet wowed at my of so readetag warn The M ood bbd Miss* at tin nap of the Vain palm,is woo to 1000 . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received Cape journals to Jan. 12 Mein ' siva. The Cape Tom Nail of that elite has the Jot ' lowing summary of the anti-convict movements : At the ordinary meet cosamuing of on on Tuy last (Jan. 8) several nleations the from alsociati the country were esda reed. The letter of most interest was one from Mr. H. J. Merkel, of Botteatet's Holland, entering into explanations of his eoedast, expressing hie regret at what bad takes plasm, and declaring that he could no longer enders t' publis eectempt." A similar letter was read tram Mr. Lasbteher also; but the association could take no notice of as they were totally unacquainted with the circumstances men. honed, and had not previously had Mr. Laubscher's name berm duos. as May had done nothing to put Mr. Laubsolter in hie resent position, they felt that they could do nothing to get him out. Mr. L. himself seems to have excited the euspielons of his neighbours, and it is he alone, by resevisg these saspleloas, that can marl. eata himself from the Meddw la which he has bosoms es. tangled. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Capt. Toby, of the Frederick Huth, for havi ng , w h en he heard of the feeling of the colonists, refused to take charge of the film military convicts at Hens Kong destined for this place—and to Mr. Billingsley, also, for having communicated such in tilligetios to Capt Toby a. led hies I. adopt this step. Capt. Toby is undsustood to have explained the feeling' and cir minsstaaess elute odoeista to the captains of V.is merchant vessels *ea at Haag Hoag. who would probably also decline to bring these miaviste ; sad the expectatio n w as t h at t h e y would be sent by H.M.S. Apollo, which was then expected at Hong Koog with troops, and which would touch here on her way home. The Frederick Huth left Kong on the 18 t h O cto b er ; an d it appears, ilherehtsc i ttl at the time no instructions had been melded by the goventor from Had Grey, to show that he had abandoned this part of his when,. If Earl Grey is sincere in what be says, there would be still time for the arrival of such in structions previous to the departure of the Apollo. It wee stated, before the meeting broke up, that about 2001. would be required to enable one of the contractors to meet the penalty for breaking Ms contract; and that it was desirable that a g tee should be signed, to indemnify the treasurer in making such advance, in we the sums still to be received on account of the lodemnily Fund should not cover it. A tee of that kind was accordingly drawn out, and banded round the room, and in a few minutes the sum sub scribed amounted to upwiuds of 3001. Her Majesty's ships Seringapatam, Castor, and Geyser (V.), and Neptune (with convicts) were in Simon's Bay. Zip Court. The Duchees of Kent vieited the Queen early . yes teed', (the birthday of her Royal Hi g h ness the Pr incess Louisa), at Buckingham Palace. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty, France Albert, attended by Colonel B3uverte, hmoured the S )ciety of Arts, in the Adelphi, with a visit yesterday afternoon. The Queen had a dinner petty, yesterday, at Buckin g h am Palace. The company included . her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spelt, the Marquis and Marchioness of D uro, the Dowager Lady Lettplton, Sir Georo Couper, Captain Francis Seymour, and Mr. Birch. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar visited the Duchess of Kent, yesterday. at Clarence-house, St. James's. The Earl of Carlisle, Lord Ashley, and the Lttor neyG eeeee I, had a conference with Sir Georde Grey, yes terdev. at the Home-cffice, on the su'ject of extramural sepulture. Sir Edward Buxton had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex. 1 1 chequer yesterday, at his c (Baal residence in DJ ning-street. Despatches wera received yesterday at the Colo ' adal-ollee hem the Governor of Gibraltar. The Eal of Carlisle had a dinner party on Satur day, at his residence, in Grosvenor-place. The company included the filarqui. of Lansdowne. the Berl and Countess Granville, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord and Lady Overstonr, Sir James and Lady Graham, Mr. C Chorine, Mr. Ord, Mr. o.le, Mr. Loch, Captain Peel, the Countess of Carlisle, Lady Mary Howard, and Mr. Charles Howard, There was no hearing of appeals in the House of Lords yesterdsy in consequence of the L)rd Chine ellor's continued illness. • Admiral Von der Bosch and Captain Melville arrived early yesterday moraine at the S. Katheri ne ' s Steam Wharf, by the General Steam Nartgatim Company's mail staam-ship Ocean, from Rotterdam. THE GORHAM CASE.—Yesterday a meeting of clergymen connected wilt the various dioceses in England, was held at the offices of the Landsn Church Union, in Lancaster-place, to take into con‘Peration the recent de /Ulan of the Judicial Committee of th 3 Privy Council, in the use of the Rev. G. C. Gorham against the Bishop of Exeter. The meeting was attended by a large number of benefleed clergymen, who were appointed as delegates from church unions in most of the Eagliah sees. Amongst those who assembled wire several distinguished eteesiastical dig nitaries. The proceedir gs, which commenced at 12 o'clock, extended over seven hours, the object in view being to de cide what steps should now be taken ty what is generally termed the high church psrty, who maintain the doctrine of baptismal regeneration to be one of the fundamental princi ples of the Church of England. Another obj, et of the pro moters of the meeting was to take measures for obtaining a general protest on the part of the church c Reim the inter ference of the Privy Cloned (which they hold to he essen tially a lay court) in matters of a purely spiritual character. Grist unanimity, it Is slid, prevailed, and the proceedings of general councils were qu:ted with a view to show that the present Court of Appeal is opposed to the spirit and inten tion of the church, which had at times protested, not against the authority of the sovereign. but the manner in which it was exercised. In proof of this, the church forbade, under pain of excommunication, a presbyter to appeal to a civil court (Council of Antioch, A. 311, can. 12; Council of Carthage, A. 397, can. 9; Council of Vannes, A. 465, em. 9). The Council of Milevis (can. 19; Codex 13 xl. Afr., ern. 11H, received by the Council of Chaletdnn) said " Whoever shall ask of the Emperor for his cause to be tried before the public tribunals, let him be deprived of his rank, but if he ark the Emperor to be judged by bishops let it not harm him." It was contended that the judicial committee had no power to reverse the judgment* of the church courts, and that, therefore, its dec:mons ought ' not to be accepted by the church, and were not binding upon Christian people. That the only proper way of deal ing with such a cue as that which had recently engaged public e• asideration we. by means of cmvereatioq, and that her Majesty should be petitioned forthwith fir , assemble such a synod to delib and decide upon the questioa at issue. Convocation had not surrendered its right in this matter, for the emvocation which gave the title of heed of the church to Henry VIII. , under which title he assumed the powers of the royal prey ;,alive which ee did, gave it with the expri es qucliticati cn quantum per legem Christi licet. At the time the meeting broke up no final decision had been arrived at, the subject being deemed of sufficient importance to warrant furtaer deliberation on an early day. WELSH SCHOOL, Gait's-INN-LANII-1 be annual meeting of this society was hell yesteriey, at the School house, the Hon. G. R. Trevor, MI P., in the chair. After the officers and committee of the society were elected, and the other routine of the business was gone through, Sir T. Phillips sail that he had intermesh* to wive which, although not immediately cone, cited with the Welsh School, would be most gratifying to all present to hear. He had last evening heard a most r xcellent te rrn ni in the Welsh language from the newly-appointed Bishop of Llendaff. It was of gnat importance that bishops in Wales should be sequainted with the language of the people, and Dr. Olivant had proved that he was quite competent to discharge his duties In that Language,--Mr. William Jones was glad to be able to add to the testimony of Sir Thomas Phillips as to the able manner in +high Dr. °Beane had preached the suns* in question. His language was simple sad natural, and his usual and emphasis as correct as if be had been bora and educated in the country. He (Mr. Jones) was much pleased at this, u the appointment at first wee not considered satisfactory on amount of Dr. O.ivant being an Naglishiaaa. - - A SERIOUS CAROB or inn OItALITY bat been mad* against an officer of the Ports,' union, which was fully in nuked into on Ft iday evening, and the result of the investi gation forwarded to the poor law commissioner.. He is not a resident in the house. The person alluded to is the Rev. ' J. R. Huston, who, for four Tear., has officiated as chaplain to the union house, and who last evening, we have learnt, has sent in his resignation of the office to the board of gas:diem, which, for the asks of propriety, we trust will be accepted without hesitation.—Han(, nkgrauh. SUICIDR BT A LUNATlC.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held in the board-room of Bei hlem Hospital, be fore Mr. \V. Payne, the City Coroner, to inquire into the cir cumstances attending the death of ens of the female patients, named Elisabeth Leeds, who committed selbantruction by strangulation. The dece ased was admitted into the asylum on Saturday last, and on Sunday evening she availed herself of a temporary Oman of the nurse in attendance on her, to possess henself of a silk handkerchief, with which she con trived to strangle herself in the course of the night. The Petry retuned a verdict," that the demised destroyed herself while is a state of unsound mind." - - - 111011 WAT ROBBERIEI3.-06 Saturday, the IGth net., between four and five o'clock in the sPernoon, so Mr. Osborne, traveller to Harries and Co., of Manchester, wail driving to his gig from Bala to Lianfyllin, North Wales, at • 1011 :j part of tilt road Dear the top of Born)n Mountain , four lee trom any dwelling.house, he WAS attacked by three men, who stepped his hone and dragged him out. Mr. Osborne attempted to struggle with his aril be wee but about the bead til l he became ink et whilst in that state obey took from the gig •to and silver. The ruffians got clear away. Os gea.leman was stopped outside Mscobesterr of 376 f .. • • v • 4 1 1 4S- 1 I