The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-15 00:00:00

THE NAVE VALETTA, April B.—For the last two or three days the weather here has been very stormy, and it is now blowing a gale from the north-east, which has prevented her Majesty's ship Exmouth, 89, and Amphion, 36, from leaving port. The former is under orders for the Piraeus, and the latter for Naples. The Exmouth has shipped stores and pro visions for the Mars, 80, which has been stationed for s-ome months at the Pirmus. It is reported that the Commander-in-Chief, with a portion of the fleet, will, before long, proceed to Naples, and re main there some time. It is said that he has already engaged a house for his family at Capodimonte. The military authorities are busy just now mounting Armstrong guns of large calibre on the fortifications, 24 of which have lately been received from Eng land. Another supply is daily expected in the hired steam transport Tartar, which left Woolwich for the Mediterranean on the 21st ult. Her Majesty's ships in port are—the Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. IL Stewart (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral '.Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.); the Hibernia, receiving ship, Commander Harvey (bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral H. J. Codriogton, C. 8.); the Neptune, 89, Capt. Hornby; the Exmouth, 89, Capt. Paynter the Amphion, 36, Capt. Gordon; the Icarus, 11, Capt. Salmon ; the Medina, 4, surveying -ship, Capt. Spratt, C. 8.; and the Hearty, tug; also the Grow ler and Boxer gunboats, out of commission. Foreign —The Italian corvette Tripoli, 4 guns. April 9 Since posting my letter last night information has been received that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan has been seen about 300 miles to the westward of Alexandria, with her ma chinery disabled. Her Majesty's corvette Icarus has in consequence been ordered to take the mails brought by the Mooltan to Marseilles, and leaves with them this afternoon. The Tribune, 23, screw frigate, Capt. Viscount Gilford, weighed her anchor at Spithead yesterday morning and tested her speed at full and half boiler power at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under charge of Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding the reserve at the port. The ship drew 17ft 3in forward and 20ft 3in aft. The wind was at west-north-west, with a force of two, and comparatively smooth water. The mean pressure of steam in boilers was 201 b., with 201 b. load on the safety valve, and a vacuum in the condensers of 231 inches. The revolutions of the engines were, at full boiler power, 691, and at half boiler power, 261. Six runs were made at the mile with full power, which gave a mean speed to the ship, in knots, of 9.665. At half boiler power four runs were made, which gave the ship a mean speed of 7.581 knots. At the conclusion of the trial, dur ing which the ship was three hours and 50 minutes under steam at full speed, without stopping, the Tribune again anchored at Spithead, where she awaits her final orders for the Pacific. The Eagle, sailing frigate, is fitting at Portsmouth for a training ship at Aberdeen. She will be commis sioned by Commander Charles James Balfour. The Diadem, screw frigate, Capt. Scott, C. 8., was officially inspected at Portsmouth yesterday, on completion of clearing out and dismantling for pay ing out of commission to-day. The Zebra, 17, screw steam sloop, 951 tons, 200 horse power, Commander A. H. Hoskins, is ready for sea, having her full complement on board, She will leave Sheerness for Portsmouth on Wednesday next, on her passage to the West Coast of Africa, to which station she is appointed. The African, steam tug, Master Reuben Harvey, which has been a most useful tender at Sheerness, either as a tug or in rendering assistance where casualties at sea have occurred, is considered unfit to receive new machinery, and it is probable she will shortly be broken up. The Rattler, 17, screw steam sloop, 960 tons, 200 horse power, lately launched at Deptford, is now having her machinery fixed in the basin, Sheerness dockyard, and being fitted for the first division of the steam reserve at Sheerness, in place of the Zebra, 17, which has been commissioned. The Chesapake, 51, steam frigate, 400 horse power, is in No. 1 dock at Sheerness, being repaired. She is not to be refitted, but it is believed she will be shortly iron-plated, for which purpose she is ad mirably adapted. The iron steamer Resistance, 18, 600 horse power, got up steam in Chatham harbour yesterday morn ing, and at 11 was taken in tow by the paddle wheel steamers Adder, Mr. Blakey, Master-Com mander, and the African, Mr. Harvey, Master-Com mander. She then proceeded to Sheerness under the charge of Mr. W. Hemsley, Master of the Wel lesley, 72, and a party of riggers and labourers from the dockyard assisting in navigating her. After getting clear of the harbour the Resistance pro ceeded under her own steam, and was found to an swer her helm very satisfactorily. No time is to be lost in rigging and completing her at Sheerness for the first division of the steam reserve. Orders have been received at Portsmouth dock yard, from the Admiralty, to suspend all further work on sails for ships of the line. Admiralty directions have been received at Chat ham for all vessels, where practicable, to be venti lated by means of a fan. Yesterday a party of 60 ship wrights recommenced operations on the Salamis, 4, paddlewheel steamer, at Chatham, the works connected with which were some time since suspended by order of the Admi ralty. No time is now to be lost in preparing her for launching. We regret to announce the death of Admiral Sir Ed Nerd Chetham Strode, 1C...C.13., K.C.H. This distinguished officer entered the navy in 1786. Two 1 years later lie became midshipman of the Centurion, 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Affieek, at Jamaica, and while on that station was actively employed in suppressing a formidable negro insur rection in St. Domingo. In 1793 ho joined the Victory, 100, under Lord Hood, and was employed at the evacuation of Toulon and at the sieges of St. Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi. He was made Lieut. in 1794, and appointed to the Agamemnon, 64, under Nelson, He was First Lieut. in the Seine, 48, in the brilliant action with the French frigate La Vengeance, of superior force, which was cap tured after a gallant defence of two hours and a half, and for his conduct on that occasion was made Commander. His next appointment was to the Sally, armed ship, engaged in the North Sea and Baltic. On the 7th of June, 1809, he was made Acting Captain of the Illustrious, 74, and em ployed in the expedition to the Scheldt. While fitting out the Leander, 50, in 1816, he volunteered to join the squadron then fitting out, under Lord Exmouth, against Algiers, and took a prominent part in the expedition. He was after wards appointed Captain-Superintendent of Haslar Hospital and the Royal Victualling Yard. By his death a flag officer's good service pension of 1300 is PlaeQd at the disposal of First Lord of the Admiralty, CaPt. - Francis Scott, C. 8., is appointed a Na va l Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, in the room of Capt. George St. Vincent King, C. 8., who is promoted to be Rear Admiral by the death of Rear-Admiral James Clark Ross, Knt. The following a ppointments were made yesterday al) the Admiralty t-- Capt. E. Ommaney to the Procris, for service at Gibraltar, vice Capt. Warden, whose perind of service hag expired ; Astley Cooper, assist. -surgeon, to the Pi Iv G. RiY:a,_eu,,th ' Division of the Royal Marines; W. the Arrogant; assist-surgeon, to the Cumberland ; CLarles Robertson and James E, Tully-, master's assistants, to and George A. Broad, master's assistant, to th Fisa•ard. FLAG PROMOTIONS IN THE ROYAL NAVY. By the death of Admiral of the White Sir Strode, the following promotions will take place Admiral of the Blue Sir P. Horn by, to be Almiral of the White. Vice Admiral of th 3 Red Sir F. Moresby, K.C.8., to be Admiral of thc Blue. Vice Admiral of the White the lion. H. J. Roux , to be Vice Admiral of the Red Vice Admiral of the Blue Sir C. Howe Fremantle, K.C.8., to be Vice Admiral of the White. Rear Admiral of the Red Henry Smith, C. 8., to be Vice. Admiral of the Blue. Rear Admiral of the White john M‘Dougall (b), to be_ Rea r Ad m i ra l o f t h e R ed. Rear Admiral of the Blue George Elliot, to be Rear Admiral of the White. cvtains JOtteph Gap e , M. J. Currie, W. B. Doh- b son, W. Turner, F. M. Boultbee, J. Sherer, K. H. E. Yonge, Hon. E. T. Wodehouse, W. L. Castle, J. B. L. Hay, Hon. E. A. J. Harris, W. W. P. John• son, and D. Marsh, to be Rear Admirals on reserved half-pay. Captain John Washington (1842) to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. Retired Captains Henry Stroud, W. Hest, W. Haydon, W. B. Suckling, W. Gordon, T. Sanders, D. Cos, E. L. Rich, E. Nepean, G. V. Jackson, C. Colville Frankland, W.G. H.Whish, E. R. P. Main warin,g, T. Fraser, C. Basden, H. E. Coffin, T. V. Cotton, F. D. Hutcheson, C. Smith, F. Harding, J. W. Aldridge, W. Allen, and J. B. P. Hay, become retired rear admirals, they being senior to Captain Washington, who obtains flag rank. THE A_RillY. A topographical department has been added to the Royal Engineer establishment at Chatham, a school for the instruction of the officers and men in that branch of engineering has been opened at Brampton barracks, under the super intendence of Captain Scott, assisted by two instructors. The men selected to undergo a course of study in topography will be attached to the different companies of Royal Engineers, and in future each company will include men who have undergone a course of instruction in photography, telegraphy, and topography. The men now under training are taken off all other duties, in order that the whole of their time may be devoted to study. The half-yearly inspection of the three battalions of infantry at Chatham has been commenced by Major-General A. J. Lawrence, C. 8., Inspector- General of Infantry. Yesterday it was confined to the Ist battalion, the depots comprising which were assembled on the general parade ground at an early hour, under the command of Col. H. Jervis. The regiments on tha ground were the Ist and 2d bat talions of the 4th King's Own, 35th, 43d (Light Infantry), 77th, and 94th. The battalion has lately been so reduced in strength that it now numbers only about 600 men of all ranks. Major-General Lawrence, who was accompanied by Captain J. P. Battersby, his aide-de camp, first inspected the equipments and kit of each man. After he had done so the battalion was marched to Chatham Lines, where the troops were put through an ex tended course of battalion and company drill, which occupied four hours. The Inspector-General selected various officers from the several regiments to ma noeuvre the battalion, in order to enable him to ascertain the proficiency they had attained in their duties. The troops returned to their quarters shortly before 2 o'clock. The depots which com prise the 2d battalion, under the command of Col. R. N. Phillips, were to be inspected to-day. Yesterday detachments of non-commissioned offi cers and men belonging to the 42d, 71st, 79th, and 92d Highlanders arrived at Chatham garrison from Stirling. After the troops had been medically in spected 11 of their number were admitted into Fort Pitt Hospital for treatment. ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND, The l'ith anniversary in connection with this fund was held last evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. About 200 gentlemen were present, and it wan understood that the privilege, for the first time granted, of opening the theatres in Passion week, had been attended with an effect rather pre judicial than otherwise to the funds of the charity, in preventing many of itslabitual supporters from being present. Imitating the Italian example, ladies were admitted to the Freemasons'-hall, but only in the character of spectators. The chair was filled by Mr. Alfred Wigan. Among those present were Earl Somers, Sir Coutts Liedsay, Mr. T. P. Cooke, Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Stir ling Coyne, Mr. Cullenford, Mr. Cathcart, Mr. Alfred Mellon, Mr. W. Firren, &c. The dinner and the wines were in all respects creditable to the resources of this well-known establishment. The usual loyal toasts followed the withdrawal of the cloth ; and The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of that glorious trio, " The Army, the Navy, and the Vo lunteers," said the army were entitled to the pecu liar gratitude of the theatricalprofession, for where ever they went they became the missionaries of the drama. (Hear, hear.) Guardsmen before Sebastopol shaved twice a day in order to personate the heroines of the play; and on one occasion an apology was thus made at the theatre of the Naval Brigade for the omission of the song " Black-eyed Susan :"—" The hand as used to chant it had his head blowed off that morning in the trenches." (Laughter and applause.) The navy now occupied a very peculiar position ; but however stern might be the Monitor, the service included one or two little boys who would show it that respect which was generally exhibited by boys towards their monitor. (Applause.) The chairman concluded by proposing in connection with the toast, "The Health of Mr. T. P. Cooke." Mr. T. P. COOKE, who was very warmly received, briefly responded, observing that he belonged to the last century, when ships were really ships, and not iron turtles. The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of the even ing, and, in doing so, observed the General Theatri cal Fund was established 18 years ago, to supply a want that was felt for an additional institution of the same nature as the Drury-lane and Covent-gar den Funds, which, from various causes, had been found inadequate to the exigencies of the profes sion for whose benefit they were instituted. It re sembled those excellent institutions in this, that the actor was enabled, by means of a small annual pay ment, to claim as aright,not as a charity, an annuity in the event of his being disabled from the practice of his profession either through ill-health, age, or other legitimate cause—much as r . ;;r public servants received the support of a pension from Government, only, he was sorry to say, the comparison held good in n o respect as to the means at command. It differed from those funds in this, that all members of the profession were admitted to its benefits, without re striction as to age, sex, length or place of service whereas the privilege of admission to Drury-lane and Covent-garden Funds was surrounded by many bars and limitations, no doubt necessary at the time they were imposed, but which the various changes it, the constitution of theatres and of the theatrical profession rendered worse than useless. Although appealing directly to their charitable feelings, he should be loth to place the claims of the profession before them in any light that would lower the dignity of a serious and responsible calling—one in which they were answerable to Heaven and their country to uphold the cause of morality. (Cheers.) In weighing their profession in the balance with others the name of Shakapere would, like the sword of Brennus, bear down the scale, however loaded to their disadvantage. But it was not in hi 3 mighty name alone that they laid claim to respect. They -..ere, or should be, a means of education, not to be claspised even in the present day of universal learn ing and competitive examination. The intellect was only one of the component parts of man, and it should not be forgotten in this stirring, struggling generation, that there was a moral and corporeal education, and a cultivation of the imagination, also necessary to complete manhood. (Hear.) It had been brought against them that they were too anxious to laugh and to make laugh, to juggle and play tricks, and to think when they pocketed the proceeds the affair was ended. Whenever they did so, they degraded themselves and wronged the pub lic. (Hear.) The power of instruction possessed by the stage might perhaps of late have fallen some what into disuse, but it must be allowed that the d rama had this advantage over all other forms of dram a " te lling combined with amusement—that its influ ence acted by example rather than by precept (Rear.) Th e • r art, though akgwheabneeasus of all and a useful one, shared thet inherent all the fine arts. It did not increase the material produce of the world, uwould be classed by the political economist among the unproductive labours ; and, i nas much as it w as not directly productive, it must always bo to a large n um b er r s e e u h n o r p a a t r i v t l e ; g f r B o u m t he would venture to remi n d p re j udice—in rounded—partly from absolute ignorance former days of wellal l that was said and d o ne in theatres, regarded them with disfavour that the more the cultivated and pure, those whose tastes and instincts required wholesome food, ab stained from the theatre, the more subject it would be to those evil influences which sorely tempted the actor to lower his teaching to the standard that he found would please. (Loud applause.) The actor was subject to the most sudden variations of fortune, as all men must be who were more or less dependent on the fluctuating fashions of public taste, and he was dependent more than any other man on his personality. His duties could not be performed by deputy. A dramatic representation was so complicated a piece of machinery that the absence of even the smallest wheel might destroy the whole structure; if he could stand and speak, act he must. He must leave the bedside of the sick wife, the dying child, assume the dress and manner of ease and wealth with an aching heart and an empty cupboard. (Hear, hear.) Other men went through trials as severe of their kind, but there was something in the Contrast bet cveen the real and the counterfeit life of the actor which in the hour of suffering was peculiarly ghastly. (Hear, hear.) The rewards of the successful actor were immediate, brilliant, and intoxicating, but they were as fleeting as they were brilliant, and the wave of a single generation was enough to wash away his shallow footsteps on the sands of time. (Applause.) Even for the most prosperous actor there was ever the peril of failing health, which might at any moment stop the most brilliant career. But there was another class on whom the accident that prevented the continuance of their exertions fell with a paralysing weight—that numerous class as necessary to the full development of the drama as the brightest stars, who had cheerfully accepted and worthily sustained their humble professional posi tion. However prudently managed, their incomes afforded little hope of expansion, while the necessi ties and the various claims of life increased in undue proportion. To these how often anxious thought for the future occurred their ill-spared contributions to this fund bore honourable testimony. The Chair man made a very earnest and feeling appeal for as sistance to all who felt that their debt of gratitude to the actor had not been discharged by the price paid for their seats, and in conclusion, gave two in stances of the benefits afforded by this fund. A gentleman, young, of promising ability, with a young wife dependent on him and his professional earnings for existence, in one instant, by the falling of a stage platform on which he was standing, be came a cripple for life, utterly incapable of further professional exertion. The other, a young lady, with no husband to support and protect her, after a few months of failing sight, became totally blind. Neither of their subscriptions had at the time of their calamity exceeded £2O, and they were each of them in the receipt of an annuity from that fund of £6O a•year. (Applause.) Mr. BUCKSTONE responded, and after passing a high personal eulogium on the chairman, went on to say—The objects of the General Theatrical Fund are now so well known that it is only ne cessary for me to state that it receives members from every• theatre in the kingdom when they have been before the public for a certain number of years, and that when prevented by age, acci dent, or infirmity from fulfilling their duties, they become annuitants. When these annuities are granted it is not considered as an act of charity, or as given to persons who have never in any way prepared for old age, but as an act of justice to those who have been provident, and who claim such annuities as their right ; and, as I have subscribed to this fund for 23 years, when I become old and infirm—(laughter)—should I need my annuity I shall not hesitate to claim it—(cheers) though I hope I shall not only never need it, but never become old and infirm. (Laughter.) The number of our subscribing members is 170. We have 17 annuitants, to whom, during the year, we have given more than £7OO ; and our capital, when this night is over, will not be far short of £13,000. Our fund is now firmly established, and I hope I may be allowed to assure you it is one of the most flourishing and best managed institutions in the country. (Cheers.) I have also to inform you, gen, tlemen, that during the past year we have received a legacy of £2lO left to us by Lady Morgan—once, as many of you may know, a distinguished writer, and the daughter of a theatrical manager. It is to be hoped that her ladyship's kind recollection of tie art she followed in her youth may act as an example to many other wealthy lovers of the drama, and if some of them, who for 30 or 40 years have visited the theatre, and enjoyed during that time their hundreds of hearty laughs at some of our comedians, and perhaps tragedians, were only to remember our fund at the rate of a halfpenny a laugh it would produce a very acceptable sum. Gentlemen, I am sorry to alarm you with the intel- ligence that I was fearful we should not have met here in this banqueting hall to-night--in plain words, that we should have had no dinner to-day, as our excellent Lord Chamberlain has given per mission that all the theatres may be open this week, except on Friday. To be sure some of the clergy have striven with might and main to make his lordship reverse his decision, and so deprive about 5,000 or 6,000 poor men, women, and chil dren of their daily bread—(hear)—and when there was no sensible necessity for it ; but I am happy to say his lordship has stood firmly against this forty parson-power pressure. (Laughter and cheers.) Still if the Haymarket had been opened this evening, he treasurer of our fund could not have been here; the secretary might have been missing, and you would have found yourselves short of stewards to remind you of your donations. However, long before his lordship's permission to open in Passion week was sent to the Haymaiket manager he had decided to employ that time in cleansing and deco rating that theatre, a process it required after four years' constant use, and preparatory to the opening of the National Exhibition ; so, as the clown says at Chritsmas, " Here we are again." (Cheers.) But why the Chamberlain should have been called upon to withdraw his permission, and compel the theatres to close, seems difficult to understand. The shops are open, trade is going ou, the lawyers are talking in the law courts, work-people are at work every where, the music-halls are open, and you may hear "Aunt Sally," though you may not listen to Shaks peare or Sheridan. Then why is the poor player to hold his tongue P A certain philosopher has said that if any one set of men ought to go to heaven more than another it is the rascals, because, he argues, what fools the poor fellows are, what frights they undergo, what infanAy they get, and what ends they come to ! are they, he says, to have nothing for all this? Now, I think if any class ought to be made happy more than any other, it is the players ; see how bishops, deans, and reverends are continu ally rising up against us; recollect how we are obliged to be silent on Ash Wednesday, or when any day of thanksgiving is appointed, and on other occasions; think how we are denounced from some of the sensation pulpits—(laughter) —and by per sons who know nothing whatever about us; think how we are sometimes hissed—and are we to have nothing for all this ? I kno ,v we are often encou raged by your applause, encouraged, too, by seeing Sou assemble on such occasions as the present, and encouraged in many other ways. Yet this med dling of the serious party with the amusements of the people and the tolerant views of the Cham berlain only reminds me of what a countryman once said in a pleasant little village when I asked him if they danced round the Maypole there now on May-day. "We used to," was his reply, " but it's all been done away with by the clergy—they put it down." " What for P" I inquired. "Well, sir," he answered, " because they can't bear to see people enjoy themselves." (Laughter.) Mr. Buckstone after some further observations concluded as follows :—We shall soon have many more claimants, therefore help us to do our duty by them all. We know you have had numerous calls upon your bounty lately, and all for excellent objects ; but still, please to remember the poor player —please to remember those who in thair days of health and strength have done their best to amuse and instruct you, and also remember that c harity is like mercy, "It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." (Loud applause.) said the proposing the next toast, that evening been taken off the theatrical profession, and, for the first time, it had B b . alnVEhßaSdT.Etnh, been raised one step abaee acrobats and niggers. THE SUN, LOl4 DO N s TUESD EVENING, APRIL lk 1862. He concluded by proposing in very eulogistic terms, "the health of the Chairman," who had not only earned sufficient to maintain his wife and himself in comfort for their lives, but had given vitality to two theatres which it was supposed could not pos sibly exist. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the list of subscriptions, amounting to several hundreds of pounds, having been gone through, other toasts followed, the intervals being filled with musical selections admirably performed. CO VOION COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, to receive a second communication from her Majesty's Com missioners for the International Exhibition, touch ing the attendance of the corporation at the opening ceremonial on the Ist of May. In the first invita tion addressed by the Commissioners a few days ago to the corporation, through the Lord Mayor, they were described as the " Aldermen, officers, and common councilmen." By a narrow majority of the Court, on a division after a discussion on Friday last, this was held to be disrespectful to the coun cilmen, in that the officers of the corporation were placed before them in the category of invited citizens, and it was contended by Mr. H. L. Taylor that no invitation to the corporation to take part in the pageant would be acceptable which was not addressed to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coun cil, that being their corporate style and title. In that state of feeling the Court broke up on Friday, and the difficulty was afterwards brought privately under the notice of the Royal Commissioners, the result being that they sent a second letter to the Lord Mayor, which was read at the meeting yester day. It was to the effect that, should it be the inten tion of his lordship, the aldermen, the recorder, and the members of the Common Council, or any of them, to be present at the opening ceremony, her Majesty's Commissioners would have great pleasure in reserving seats for such of them as (being holders of season-tickets) should notify their intention to attend before the 17th, and that a seat would be reserved for one lady, being also a season-ticket holder, to accompany each gentleman who signified his intention to be present. Upon this Mr. H. L. Taylor moved that the letter of the Commissioners be acknowledged by the Town-clerk, entered on the journals, printed in the minutes of proceedings, and sent to each member of the Court. He contrasted the tone and terms of the Commissioners' first invi tation, which a majority of the Court had refused, with the courteous communication which Earl Granville and the rest of Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 addressed to the corporation on that occasion. The motion, after being seconded by Mr. Snelling, was put and carried, Mr. De Jersey objecting to it in point of form. Then, at the instance of Mr. H. L. Taylor, the Court unani mously resolved to accept the Commissioners' invi tation, and a committee, consisting of Alderman Wilson and Challis and five of the councilmen, was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the attendance of the corporation at the ceremonial. The Commissioners had in the first instance cour teously included 12 of the officers of the corporation in their invitation, but it will have been perceived that the second invitation, consequent upon the objection taken to the former one on a point of form, does not extend to them, and the effect will be to exclude from the pageant, so far as the corporation will take part in it, gentlemen like the Common Sergeant, the Chamberlain, the Town-clerk, the Remembrancer, the Controller, and the City solici tor, all of whom on public occasions wear a civic costume, the robe of the Chamberlain being remark ably handsome, and most, if not all of whom, join in the municipal ceremonies and processions. ROYAL GEOGRAPBICAL SOCIETY. The ordinary meeting of the members of this society was held yesterday at their rooms, Burling ton House—the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton, the president, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read read and confirmed. The first paper read was by Dr. Buchanan, " On the Country, Climate, and Commercial Resources of the Fiji Islands." The group of islands were only a few hundred miles from Australia, and had a cli mate so beautiful that no traveller would wish to go further. During the day the trade winds miti gated the heat, while the evenings were cool and calm, affording the most inviting opportunity for conversation and reflection. The natives of these islands were represented as cruel and barbarous, but he was not able to corroborate those accounts. They were said to be cannibals, and Mr. Williams asserted that as many as 50 bodies were cooked and eaten at one time, although the animal food of the islands was sufficient to feed ten times the number of inhabitants that were there. They were super stitious, and paid great reverence to certain por- tions of the stone or article of which their idols were composed. Their exports were cocoa-nut oil, of which from 150 to 200 tons were produced an nually. Another article was the beach le mere, a kind of dried sea snail, which was considered a very great delicacy in China. They also exported tor toiseshell and pearl shell, the latter of which might be increased, if there were better divers from other countries, for the natives were not good divers. As they were planting trees of all kinds he had no doubt that, in a few years, the export of timber would be extensive, and the produce of cocoanut-oil at least 1,000 tons annually, Those islands were well adapted to growing cotton in a manner that would well pay the cultivator, for various reasons : it must be grown near the sea shore, the labour was cheaper than coolie labour, and the cotton grown was the finest that could be produced. The plant grew from four to seven feet high, full of flower and pods, and Dr. Seeman had brought away a crop from his own planting in six months after his landing there. The produce was as much as 8001 b. to the acre, which was more than the • average of South Carolina and Georgia. The islands were 180 in number, and the whole of them were exposed to the trade winds blowing from the south-east. Ho concluded by giving a most delight ful description of the country as suited to him who loved a quiet and retired life, who could drink his tes without his newspaper, and be content without news of wars or the excitement of a defeat of a ministry. (Laughter.) Dr. Seeman then read a paper which gave a more detailed account of these islands, particularly the attempt that has been made by the natives to place them under the dominion of the British Crown. The Chairman said that her Majesty's con sul, Mr. Pritchard, was the man who had induced the chiefs of the Fiji Islands to place themselves under the protection of the British Crown. He was present and would give them some information on those islands. Mr. Pritchard said he had spent rather morethan half his life in or near the Fiji Islands, and had in imagination been that night carried back to those gems of the ocean. The position of these islands was most important, both commercially and politically. The French had taken possession of Tahiti and New Caledonia, and if England de c li ne d to take possession of thi s group of island s , th en France would seize u p on th e m and would com plete a chain round Australia, so that, in the event of a war we could not carry on trade with that colony. In a commercial point of view it was very important to have those islands. There was excellent shelter for ships and anchorage, and the harbours were extensive and numerous. It was ee plant cotton seed a nnua lly, a n nd es it sa b ry ore u b s u u t all one crop, but in the Fiji Islands it only required one planting in order to obtain a crop for from ten to fifteen years consecutively, so that the labour would become very light. If England were to take possession of that group, it would afford return cargoes to our ships in coming home from Australia. There were many English waiting now the decision of t m h e e r merchantsGo vernment. anxiously After some remarks from Count Streztecki, • Mr. Crawford gave some very interesting infor mation who had p rece d e d hi m as t o man y Par' CU ti rs o t 1 1: they thosehad pe op l e , b ut diff ere d f rom a ll the stated to the meeting. THE SPANIARDS IN MEXICO. A letter from Vera Cruz in the Debate, gives some account of the ill effect produced by the land ing of the Spaniards in Mexico, unaccompanied by the troops of the other only allied Powers : " The premature landing of the Spanish army at Vera Cruz before the arrival of the French and English, although a great fault, had not, however, been without a certain utility, as it led to a knowledge of the real state of parties in Mexico, and opened the eyes of the allies as to what they had to effect. 'When the French arrived at Havana, they were informed that the Spanish town and market was deserted, that every isolated sentinel was struck by an invisible dagger, that every Mexican sus pected of holding relations with the enemy was put to death—in a word, that the most violent hostility against one of the allies was being carried on prior to the arrival of the others. The sight of the Spanish flag fleating alone on the Fort of Saint Jean d'Ulloa had caused that explosion of violence, and it was turned to account by the parties hos tile to the intervention. The tone of triumph which was assumed by the Havana press also served to mislead public opinion in Mexico as to the real object of the intervention, and the cry of Death to the Spaniards I' was heard on all sides. Mexico was at the same time inundated with proclamations, comparatively polite towards France and England, but filled with the most violent imprecations against Spain. It became evident that the moment a hostile struggle commenced it would assume between the Spaniards and the Mexicans the same character of savage atrocity that had signalized the war of independence. A French army could not in any way take part in such scenes, nor could it even be an eye-witness of them, and then what would become of the common action ? The English would not under any circumstance quit Vera Cruz, as their con tingent did not exceed 500 men. It was under those con ditions that the junction of the three flags took place on the Mexican territory. A difficulty of another kind was soon felt—the want of the means of transport. Nothing of the kind had been brought from Europe, the resources of the country having been calculated on, but they were found to be completely wanting, in consequence of the regime of terror which had been organised for a distance of 30 leagues round Vera Cruz. The French Admiral, however, would not allow himself to be shut up in Vera Cruz, and resolved to quit it at any risk. A railway about twenty miles in length starts from the town in the direction of Orizaba, one of the roads to Mexico. Two stations provided with water—Tejera and La Lhoma—were occupied by the French troops, joined by a battalion of Spanish chasseurs, and a detachment of English infantry. Those two posi tions were provisioned by the railway, the locomotives of which were driven by engineers from the allied fleets. The three flags had thus united in the first military movement of the expedition ; the Mexicans drew back their advanced posts, and Vera Cruz was relieved. The allied commanders then made known at Mexico their intention to advance to Jalapa, a more healthy position for their troops, and where they would consent to open with the established Govern ment the negotiations with which they were charged. Thst intention was signified in the shape of an ultimatum, and was to be carried into effect quietly or by force. Dur ing that forced exchange of correspondence, the interval was turned to account by sending steamers to Havana, which brought back provisions, wheels, springs, and mules, while the carpenters of the fleet occupied themselves in making carts and other vehicles calculated to assist the advance of the army, and in that respect they performed wonders. The Mexicans were not ignorant of the active measures which were being taken. On seeing that the feverish sun of their country, on which they had counted much, did not overpower the Allies, they began to compre hend that this handful of men, to be so energetic and so confident, must feel themselves supported by a decided policy and by an exalted solicitude which would not allow them to remain in embarrassment. At this moment the admiral received a despatch announcing a reinforcement of 500 Zouaves. The moment approached when the Mexican Sahara, le tierra calente, would be crossed by the Allies. The road was opened, and it was then that the convention offered by General Doblado was accepted." OUR NEW SHIPS AND OLD ONRS: MR. LAIRD'S RETURNS AND MR. CORRY'S PLAN. The assertions made on Friday evening, in the House of Lords, by the Earl of Ellenborough, that we are building ships-of-war too large to be accom modated in our docks, was borne out by the appear ance, on the following morning, of the returns made by the Admiralty, on the motion of Mr. Laird, of the dimensions of all graving docks as at present existing in the royal dockyards, and the increased dimensions of those in course of alteration, and of the number of days in the year which the Warrior can enter any of them. It appears from this return that, at present, the largest of our iron-plated ships can be docked only at Portsmouth and Pem broke, and at those yards only on a very limited number of days in the year, and under certain cir cumstances. There is one dock at Pembroke where she can be docked at ordinary spring tides, when drawing not more than 22 feet of water, which we apprehend will seldom if ever be the ease; and at the double docks at Portsmouth she can be docked six days each spring when fully loaded ready for sea, There is one dock at Chatham being altered which will admit her when light four days each spring, but not at all when deep. At the north inlet dock at Portsmouth, in course of construction, it is stated that she will be able to be docked on any day when she can enter the basin ; but it appears that the depth of water on the sill at ordinary neap tides will be only 21 feet 9 inches, and at ordinary spring tides (high water) 25 feet 9 inches. There is a dock at Keyham, being enlarged, in which it is stated that, by raising the water in the basin, she can be docked any day during the year; and this is also said to be the case in respect of the new long dock in course of construction at Devonport. Lord Ellenborough's statement was not therefore incor rect or exaggerated, and the Duke of Somerset's reason for the building of ships of the enormous size of the Warrior, namely, that the twin deside rata in such constructions—great speed and heavy armament—render necessary such dimensions,shows the importance of the motion of which the Right Hon. Mr. Corry (long one of Sir R. Peel's Lords of the Admiralty, and Secretary to the Admiralty under the late Adininistration), has given notice for May 13, and of which the data obtained by Mr. Laird are apparently at once the foundation and the mo tive. The motion to which we refer is for the ap pointment of a select committee to inquire into the adequacy of the accommodation afforded in the naval establishments at home and abroad for dock ing vessels of the royal navy, more especially in reference to the increased length of ships of modern construction, and the probable substitution to a great extent of an iron for a wooden fleet. It will also be a question for the committee whether, if additional accommodation should appear to be required, it could be obtained with the greatest advantage in connection with existing dockyards, or in other localities. The importance of this investigation must be obvious when we con sider that the result of the experiments made last week at Shoeburyness shows that plates of less thickness than those of the Warrior will be no pro tection at all against guns throwing heavy shot, whether from ships or forts, and that smaller vessels could not be so protected without greatly diminish ing their speed, if not seriously interfering with their flotation. First class vessels of our future navy must not only be able to carry a heavy arma ment, but also to attain a high rate of speed, quali ties which can only be combined in ships of the largest size. The present state of the problem be tween the penetrating power of heavy ordnance and the resisting power of iron plates, coupled with the experience afforded by the action between the iron plated Merrimac and the wooden Cumberland, and that between the former vessel and the Moni tor, render it extremely probable that the most powerful means of offence in future naval warfare will be the crushing power of the iron prow. The heavy shot of the two iron-clad monsters rattled harmlessly upon their armour, but the side of the Cumberland was torn open, and her immediate de struction rendered certain, by one blow from the iron beak of her confident antagonist. To use this formidable means of offence with effect it is obvious great momentum is requisite, and can be attained only by the use of very powerful engines. The more the thickness of the plates is increased, the larger the ship, an d t h e more powerful her engines must be; and in proportion as we increase the dimensions of our ships, it will be necessary to en large our docks. The return obtained by Mr. Laird is conclusive as to the necessity of such enlarge ment; and, though it may be found expedient to keep ships of the Warrior class on the home s t a ti on, there are go o d groun d s for including our naval es tablishments abroad in the terms of M r. C orry ' s motion for inquiry. Our arrangements in this re most deficient, not w ith s t an di ng spect are at presen t the large sums annually expended in altering and repairing the Admiralty works in our possessions abroad, Any outlay that might be made in the provision of graving docks at such places would be saved in a few years by the economy which would result from the ability to keep ships for many years on distant stations, instead of bringing them home whenever any considerable repairs or refittings are required. Ships of the American navy, stationed on the west coast, have now their stores forwarded via Panama, by which route the crews are sent out and brought home, whenever desirable; and thus the wear and tear of the long voyage round Cape Horn are avoided, to say nothing of the dangers of that tempestuous passage to the ships themselves and to the health of the crews. Like the Ameri cans, we maintain a naval squadron in the Pacific, but we have not yet imitated their wise economy in the matter now referred to. There ought to be a graving dock for ships of war on that coast, if not also at the Falklands, there being no such accommo dation at present all round the southern coast of America from llio de Janeiro to Callao. The object is one of the first importance, and the thanks of the shipping interest and the mercantile community generally, who are most directly benefitted by all measures which tend to the maintenance of Britain's naval supremacy, are due to Mr. Corry for the manner in which it is to be brought before Parlia ment.—Liverpool A lbion. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Apra 14. MANSION-HOUSE. James Cooper, 35, a mason, living in King-street, Lambeth, who had been liberated on bail, was brought before the Lord Mayor on the following charge:— The complainant was George Barry, a ticket collector at the Fenchurch-street station of the Blackwall Railway. On Saturday afternoon, on the arrival there of the North London train, the prisoner, who had come by it, passed him where he was taking tickets. He was asked for his ticket, but walked on, refusing to show it. The com plainant was obliged to leave his post to go after him, and in the interim several of the passengers by the train left without giving up their tickets. He took him by the arm, and asked for his ticket, or the money for his fare, upon which the prisoner, who was drunk, turned round, used very abusive language, and struck at him. He aggravated the matter by flourishing the ticket over his head during the struggle in a tantalising way, and still refusing to part with it. It required several constables to disarm him and take him to the police-station. He remained there overnight, and was then bailed. On Sunday he went to the railway station, and ex pressed the greatest regret for his conduct, in con sideration of which the station-master desired the Bench to deal leniently with him. The Lord Mayor, taking that into account, and that he had been locked up all night, discharged the defendant with an admonition. Margaret M'Nelly, a woman of 40, described as a laundress, was accused of theft. On Saturday afternoon she was seen by Alfred Green, a detective officer, dogging a young woman in the Poultry in a suspicious manner. He watehod for a fewjnoments and saw the prisoner place her . hand near the dress of the complainant and then walk away in an opposite direction. He seized her hand and found in it a hankerchief and a purse containing ss. 6d. in silver, a half-franc piece, and some postage-stamps. Giving her into the custody of a police-constable, Green went after the young woman, one Emma Thurston, living in Bird-in hand-court, Cheapside, who at once identified the purse and its contents. A detective officer who happened to be in court recognised the prisoner as one of a gang of thieves in the Borough, and as having been previously con victed at Southwark Police-court. The prisoner, who 'did not venture to gainsay that evidence to character, pleaded guilty, and threw herself on the mercy of the Court. She was committed for trial. MARYLEBONE.—Constance Wilson,:who re fused her address, and described herself as of no occupation, was placed at the bar on remand, charged with administering oil of vitriol to Sarah Cornell, with intent to murder. Mr. Vaughan, solicitor, attended to prosecute; and Mr, Webber attended on behalf of Mr. Beacham, a chemist. Sergeant Boden said he was not prepared with any further evidence. There was a gentleman present about another case in which a woman is supposed to have been poisoned, and with whose death the prisoner is supposed to be in some way mixed up. The body had been after death taken to Westmoreland. A coroner's warrant had been issued for its exhumation, and there was likely to be an inquest upon it. The death took place in Ken nington. Mr. Yardley said that as the evidence in the case already gone into had been taken here, and the death of the person now mentioned took place in London, he supposed he could take that case here also. Mr. Vaughan said he had also further evidence and some papers to show the motive of the prisoner in getting the prosecutrix out of the way. The prisoner was again remanded. THAMES.—EmiIy Sarah Beecher, aged 28, and Clara Jane Knight, 20, sisters, and both married, were charged on remand with stealing woollen cloth to the value of £5O. The elder prisoner is the wife of James William Beecher, formerly a tailor at 186, Brick-lane, Spital fields, who was declared a bankrupt on his own pe tition on the 24th of January last, and who has since absconded. The principal creditor and trade assignee of the bankrupt is Mr. Henry Howes, woollendraper, of 123, High-street, Whitechapel, who sold to him a great portion of the goods which the prisoners were charged with stealing. In the early part of December last Mr. Howes noticed a decrease in the stock in trade of the bankrupt not amounted for by the business he was doing. After the bankruptcy only £5 worth of goods were de livered to the creditors, although Beecher's liabili ties amounted to £6OO. On Friday, the 21st of March, the prisoners called upon Mrs. Louisa Cum ming, housekeeper of 29, New-street, Stepney, who had a room to let. Mrs. Beecher introduced her sister as a young lady from the country who wanted an apartment. They took the room. Mrs. Beecher said the " young lady" had to go to the railway station and fetch some goods which had come up from Ipswich. The prisoners returned about nine o'clock the same night, and Mrs. Cumming saw a cart at the door. It contained 30 or 40 parcels, all carefully packed in canvass. Mrs. Cumming was much surprised, and said, " Surely you are not go ing to put all those goods into the room ?', The prisoner said nothing, and ordered the cart to be unladen, and the whole of the parcels were deposited in the room. Knight said that she was very much fatigued with her journey, and the trouble she had taken in removing the t g e o n ods from a dedte sleep wraiitlhwhayersstiaetteiornt,haatnndigthhta.t On Line the e following Monday the prisoners again visited the room in which the goods were deposited, remained there a short time, locked the door and left, taking the key with them. On Friday, the 28th March, the prisoners once more visited Mrs. Cumming, paid her 35., the rent of the apartment, and went away. On the same day Mrs. Cumming gave information to the police. The next day the prisoners came to the house for the last time, and were followed into the room they had engaged by police-sergeant Pullen, 10 K, who at once charged them with de frauding the creditors of a bankrupt, and took them into custody. Knight exclaimed, " Oh ! good God, I expected this." Mrs. Beecher said that her father, Mr. Sykes, had lent money on the goods. The whole of the property was identified by Mr. Howes as part of the stock of the bankrupt, which had been in his possession on the eve of the adjudi cation of bankruptcy. No attempt was made to show that Sykes, the father of the prisoners, had any lien upon the goods, but it was urged on behalf of the sisters that they had acted under the control of the bankrupt. The prisoners said they would reserve i fence, and Mr. Woolrych c ommitted them tfhoreitrridae-l. amount of £2OO. He accepted bail for them, each n sureties to the AC l .—Caas charged thari with stealing Collins,olli s a t ni i m ug pu a denSt?lijooTilW king girl, was florin and three shillings. The prosecutor, John Miller, said that about 10 o'clock on Friday night he came up by the N ort h Kent Railway with his wife, and while looking for an omnibus to put her into to proceed to her situa tion at Sloane-street, a number of orange girls sur rounded him. One of them struck him a violent blow on the right eye. At the same time he caught the prisoner in the act of robbing him of some money he had in his coat pocket, Which consisted of a florin and three shillings. He instantly seized hold of her, and, although roughly handled, con trived to keep her until a constable came up. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was cora mit ted , for trial. HAMMERS MI TH.--William Smith, a respect able -looking young man, described as a barman, was finally examined on a charge of robbery. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner on the 7th or Bth of August last visited a bootmaker named ; Clark, living D - ng at N 0.13 Cirencester Toad, Har row-road, of whom he had borrowed money. He said he was on his way to the Treasury to see a nobleman, who had settled £B,OOO upon a child he had had by hi s (the prisoner's) wife. As he was to receive ti'at day re turn mt l' i e wou ld repay what the it Iterest on the £B,OOO, he said that when he he had borrower tic ga ye . Clark 6d. to go to a he ret Li rued fro m hi s v i s it t o publichouse and h ev e som et Ling to d r i n k, an d to wait for him until the nobleman. Clan.% went to the publi c h ouse an d had some refreshment. lie afterwards went to the prisoner's lodgings, No. 41, Hampden-street, in the neighbourhood, to asce. vt% in whether a leg of mutton which the prisoner ' stated he had provided for dinner, and to which t 7, 4 1 a rk had been invited, was being cooked. He foi ind that it was not, and went home. He soon disco , vered that he had been robbed of a silver watch a ad gold chain, clothes, and other articles to the val u. eo f £6. On the morn ing in question the prisoner ,911.1 d to Mrs. God w i n , his landlady, that he was g.O. lag to the T r e asur y. He did not return to his lodgq rigs. On examining the room she missed a sheet a t d found that h a lf o f the feathers had been taken out of the bed. A search was made for the prison, qr, but he was no t seen again until he was apprehea 'ded by Dool e , o f the D division, on the 25th o. f March, at th e Clerkenwell Sessions. It was found that the feathers had been made up ink , pillows and pledged. The prisoner told, the office." that he had pledged some of the articles belonging to Clark, and worn out the rest. He was committed for trial. THE U2VII/±RSIT I' BOAT RACE. --. 41) .. The London correspondent of Saunders's News Letter concludes an animated description of the University boat 'I ice with the following just re marks : . The stea. `ors,, as usual, did their best to mar the beauty as as the enjoyment of the affair. Ten or a dozen —" ,black-looking hulls, \ over crowded with almost the :Hale sex, don't add much to the picturesque aspect of 'the scene, and they in terfere most seriously with tL 'e efforts of the coin peting crews, as well as corn pletely shut out the view cf the contest from all on t, he south side of the 3 river, including the towing path, a 'hid' is, of course, the only available space for strangevs. This year, I believe, there was some sort of promi. e exacted and accorded that they would not move frtnn their positions until the rival boats had passed them. None of them kept the promise; they commenced going ahead the moment the gun was fired, causing a swell in' front of the crews, just as prejudicial to the occupalion they were engaged in as it would be to make the' Derby horses run the first mile of their course in apl oughed field. They allowed the boats to come up to them, but then kept alongside them as far as Hammersmith, so as completely to obscure a view of them from any one on the Surrey shore. I believe this repealed objectionable behaviour is to be taken into serious consideration by the two Uni versity Boat Clubs in London. The remedy, or rather remedies—for there are two—would be found very easy. It would be merely necessary to start the rival crews in front of the steamboats in stead of at the aqueduct, and to let it be distinctly understood that there should be no start at all until the steamers were at a reasonable distance behind. If they atrempted to come up alongside or pass the boats then, for the next year, and ever after, let the race be rowed at Henley, whore there are no steamers, and where tens of thousands could witness the contest through all its phases. It is true there would scarcely be such a multitude of spectators on the shore, but then there would net be the same extent of disappoint ments. 'were would be quite a sufficient num ber of the , true lovers of the art to animate the crews, and citizens Y and Z would not have the opportunity of endangering the lives of her Ma jesty's subjemt , s as they did this morning, when, from the over.-crowded state of the boats, several persons were p ushed actually into the water from the determinatio,n of their fellow-passengers to get a peep at the retie co uNA RY MABEL 2S. .--,.-- ----4,------- COLCHECTER - APRIL 12. A very small supply of wheat to-day, and prices the ley for malting again scarce, turn in sellers' favour. Bai and rather dearer. Beans al, 'd peas were scarce, at former rates. Beasy, Mazagan .. 35s 36s Wheat, white ..54s 66s red 46s 62s middle & small.37s 40s Barley Oats • —s —s gray 38s 45s CHELMSFORD_APRiL 11. - - To-day the demand was dull, with a very slow sale for any kind of grain. Wheat, best conditioned parcels, barely maintained late prices; inferior descriptions can scarcely be quoted. Spring corn was at late rates, with an equalky slow trade. Wheat, old white 26s 58s Peas Partridge- ...37s 410 new 45s 65s White 39s 42a• old red....25s 508 Boiling 4ls 449. new 50s 61s Dun 36s 40a Batley ..30s ..`3os Ditto new —s —s Chevalier ..30s 42s Beans, Tick, old ..33s 38s Grinding 24s 32s new..33s 38s Malt.... Chevalier 64s 69s new..3ss 40a Oats 23s 30s Mazap,:all ....... 30 s 403 GLOUCESTER—Arum $.2. A small supply of English wheat from' the farmers, which met a free sale at prices is per qr advaLice. Foreign (except for American) rather dearer, Malting barley sold at is more money. Oats and beansivery slow.. KIRKCALDY GRAIN—APRIL 12. We had very small supplies today of all doscriptions of grain. Barley and oats advanced is over previo us prices. Wheat is to 2s higher. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....44s Od 26s Od I 20s Od Second .. 50s Od 29s Od 24s Od Third....s6s 6d 32s Od 27s Od COAL N (Prices of Coal per Ton a 1 s. d. :ARKET. t the close of the market Byass's Bebside West - - Hartley ...16 3 Holywell 15 6 Hastings Hartley l6 3 :Canfield Moor Butes 12 9 Walker Primrose 12 6 Wylam ..15 6 Bell's Primrose .....12 6 Bate's West Hartley..ls 0 Carway and Dufiryn Malting 24 0 Walls:End. s. d. Cassop l6 & Hartlepool.. l7 Caradoc South Hart1ep001.....,16 3 South Kelloe.. ........ 16 6 Heugh Hall .......... 16 0 Trimdon Hartlepool ..17 Trimdon. Th orn ley.... 14 6 Kelloe .. . ........16 9 Stewart's..., ........ 17 0 Framwellgate .... l6 0 Tunstalll ....15 6 Sheriff Hi 11.......... 14 Hedley l5 0 Thorpe .. • .16 0 Eden Main. .15 9 ;t, 79 ; sold, 58. Do. - Anthracite 21 6 Buddle's West Hartley 16 3 Craighead Steam 14 6 Walls End. Hetton • 17 6 Ships at marki FOREIGN XAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. AuKralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..April 18.. via Marseilles April —. ill - nil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 18. via Marseilles April 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton April 18. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 18. -- via Marseilles April —. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Apri42o. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 18. via Marseilles April —. Newfoundland .. April 16. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet April 16. by U.S. packet by Canadian packet April —• W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ..May 10. Bahamas, via New York' .. ...May 8. Mexico. . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } . April 28. California, and British Columbia.. .......... BIRTHS. EGERTON.—On the 13th inst., at 26 , N orfolk-street, Park- Mrs. Egerton, p rema t urely, of a son and E VER EST.—On the 9th i nst., at 14. Westbourne-terrace road, the wife of H enry Everest, Esq., of a daughter. h la e n ir e . , the Hon. TRAILL.—On the 14th inst., at Blackheath, the wife of J. Christie Trail, Esq., of a daughter. WAUGH.-04 the 13th inst., at Cuckfield, Mrs. Edward Waugh, of a son. MARRIAGES. JU NES—MILLS.--On the 12th inst., at Marylebone Church, Samuel Thomas Jones, the secod son of Charles Jones, Esq., Glanmire House, Forest-hill, to Martha Mills, Avenue -road, Regent's-park, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Mills, Esq., of Woodford, Essex. RIPPEN—SWOR.D.—On the 10th inst., at Marley Bank, Glasgow ' William Kippen, Esq., son of the late William Kippen, Esq., of Busby and Lawmuir, Lanarkshire, to Margaret St. Leger, second daughter of Robert Sword, Esq. DEATHS. EGERTON.—On the 13th inst., at 26, Norfolk - street,. Park lane, Philip Albert, infant son of Mr. and the lion Mrs • Egerton. SITWELL.—On the 12th inst., at Norwood, Sur rey , Si r Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, Bart,, of Renishaw Hall, Derby shire, aged 42. STOPHER.— On the 11th inst., at Stoke-by"N aY l and, Suf folk, Mr. John Stopher, aged 83. TAIT.—On the 12th inst., the wife of Edward W. Tait, Esq., of Canonbury, aged 32. VIRTUE.-032 the 10th inst., at Hammersmith, Mr. John Virtue, formerly of 58, Newman-street, Oxford-street, aged 69. WESTERN.—On the 10th inst., at 47, Harley-street, Caven dish-square, Edward Western, solicitor, of Great James street, Bedford .row, aged 53. Loxnox :Printed Published by JouN and CHAPLIN, of No, 112, Stran d , printer, at 1 IQ SUN Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the precinct of th e S avoy, Middlosoz,—Tuesdah Apra 15 , 1862, in the County of foi to! ed da to of 41 '1 the Cul ecr. to o ! fro: ter, and nue and th e gor Its • . ~