The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Their Vsding, columrs are very Limn of ioter.F. The Constitutionnel has en art icle on the overthrow of Rows, in which it slys : "In 1845, when France and England decided to eel, together against Roses, Brazil was for a moment ad mitted into the alliance. Afterwards, din two .Y,refst powers determined not to avail ,h melees of the cop - ration of Brazil, but to ac t by themielv,s. It was not, however, without their being informed of the servics which their auxiliary could render them. One of the most witty diplomatists of Brazil even raid to Lord Aberdeen, 'l3-ware what you are doing; remember the fable of the lion and the mouse.' Lrd Aberdeen paid to attention to the warning, and perhaps he has often since regretted not hoeing done 60 . Were the two lions faded, the patience of the mouse has succeeded. Eng land and France coul d obtain nothing from it,Ba4, an d from the sery beoortoieg R 3 put aide the really grave point of the mater—tbo iren navigivion of the rivers, declaring that the treaty of Vo-ona did not con cern him. Thanks to the new ituatten which row arises from the fall of Rosas, South America will make her own treaty of Vienna to the navigaZion of the rjo-er9, and that is byVer than all the conventions that could have been imposed on her by force of artn,,l for the young American naives do not like to see foreign powers takin , purt in her affairs, and th; y will exeute those stipulations the more freely that they freely consent to them." The Itioniteur states that up to the evening of the 231 the applications for rembursement of the Five per Cents., registered at Paris, and those of which the departments had given notice, only amounted to the number of 130, representing 34,843 francs of rente. The opposition candidate, M. HeNow, has been re turned at Lyons. Railway interests appear to be much looked after at present in France. A decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic convokes the Coun cil General of the Seineslnf rieure for the 24th inst., to deliberate on different questions relative to the exectl'ion of the railway from Paris to Cherbourg, and other important effairs to b 3 sub mitted to it by the Prefect of the department. The Municipal Council of Auxonne has voted a sum of 150,000 f. to be disposed of in the purchase of shares in the railway from Dijon to Besancon • and the Council-General of the thpartment of Calvados has. Paris to Cherbourg, of which sum 500,000 f. are cp propriated to the section from Paris to Caen, and 500,000 f. to that from Caen to Cherbourg. The Council-General offers besides a subvention of a mil lion for the branch line to Medzion, in case the Go vernment should determine to have it executed. Admiral DUCREST DE VILLENEUVE died on Tues day in Paris, of an attack of apoplexy. The funeral service will take place to-morrow rn ,ruing, at eleven o'clock, at the church of the Madeleine. A steamer arrived on Monday at Havre, from Morlaix, having on hoard 36 prisoners, who tad been released from the Duguesctin, on condition of their proceeding to a foreign country, which would be fixed on as th-tr place of exile. Among them are MM. XAVIER DURRIEU and DE IiEsLER, t.l-?.litOrs of the Revolution ; LACHAbIBAUDIE, an author of fables ; GARAUD, a statuary ; GUERIN, a chemist; PAULUS, DELAVILLE, A. LEMAITRE, E. LEAIAITRE, AGARD, DREVET, PCJET, D'HOUDT, LACAZF, and CAHAIGNE• The Emancipation of Brussels states that Count D'HAUSSONVILLE al.d M. ALEXANDRE THOMAS, on leaving the Court. of Assiz-s, after rhp.ir Were cheered by the people outside. 0 -cl , rs were immediately given to them by the Government to leay., Belgium. The Emancipation of Brussels gives the following communication from a correspondent :—" A young journalist showed me a letter of a very rare charac ter, and which does the greatest honour to its writer, M. DE MoRNY. One day this journalist published au extract from a Belgian journal, which contained a high eulogium on the Minister. bl. Dr MoaNY im mediately wrote the following letter :—' Monsieur,— When the authorities do no: permit crsm, they ought not to allow eulogium; have the kindness , therefore, for the future, not to publish anything relative to me.' " • M. TURGJT, Minister of Foreign Affairs, end M. DE Maurits, the Minister of Police, have been pro moted to the grade of Commander of the Legion of lioneur. According to the Pairie, M. VAVIN, charged to wind up the effairs of the Civil List of King Louis PHILIPPE, states in his report on the subject, that the destruction of porcelain in the p illa g e of the Pa leis Royal and the Palace o f Neuill y , in 1848, was so considerable that not less than 10,8841. 50c. were obtained from the manufactory of Sevres, for the gold on the broken pieces collected. A great number of beggars have for some time Past occupied a large house in the Quarter de la Peoiniere, and here formed amongst themselves a "Fraternal Association" for duping the public. Some went into the streets, and pretended to be labouring under severe infirmities, others hired children and Passed them off as their own, others visited respecta ble people in their own houses, an Englishwoman specially confined her labours to the English com munity, a degraded ecclesiastic victimised the clergy, and some of the band remained at home to manufac ture begging letters and petitions. The money which Was collected, amounting to a considerable sum Was carried to a common fund, out of which the house was kept. Every evening the whole band dined to gether in good style, and, it seems, amused them selves in drinking toasts to their dupes. On Tues day the police put an end to the operations of the band by arresting the whole of them just as they were about to sit down to dinner. They were carried off to the Prefecture of Police. Government securities were firm at the Bourse, but ther e was not much business transacted. Railway shares were heavy. The Five per Cents. opened at 1001. 25c., and closed at 1001. 40c. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 701. 85c.; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 101 f. I 5c.; Orleans Rail- Way Shares, 1,175 f.; Rouen, 710:.; Havre, 2911.25.•.; Great Northern, 650 f.; Avignon, 2651.; Vierzon, 555 E; Basle, 231 f. 25c ; Bordeaux, 555 , -; Paris and Strss burg, 5551.; Tours and Nantes, 340 t. ; Paris and Lyons, 605 BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Blanca 24. Boulogne and Amiens, IN—Central of France (0 leans and Vierzon), 2l%—Charleroi and Erquelines, 13 1 / 4 —Lux embourg, 334—Namur and Liege, 1i 3 3f 4 Norther].) of France, 21.1, 4a _Orleans and Bordeaux, IV A —Paris and Strasbourg, 217/ s ._Rouen and Havre, 11%—Sambre and Meuse, 4t 4 1 — Tours and Nantes, 103/4. GERMAN Y. A telegraphic dispatch from Hamburgh, dated 1 Tuesday, states that General JAcont bad just arrived at Bremen. A n immediate intervention of the Fe -2 deral troops was feared. The States of Merl were closed on Saturday 1 with the usual formalities, in virtue of a decree F I signed by the Prince REDERICK, SOU of the GRAND • DuKE. Toe Second Chamber of Prussia, in its sitti n g of 1 Saturday, proceeded to discuss the War Budget. M. DE VINCKE proposed sundry and reductions, but be was defeated by 168 votes to 77 ; all the increesed kr , IP credits demanded by the Government were granted. At one time the deb7te became rather violent' The adjl urnmen t of the Cham be rs has been decided on, but only for twelve days, as is usual at vatiL. ...er A Vienna letter states that the Austrirm Govern bent has ordered a revere control to be exercised, in ord er t o prevent the gratuitous distribution of Bibles, which have been sent out to Austria by bibli ca l societies in London, with a view of making prose lytea to the Protestant religion. The Germanic Diet has voted 60,000 thalers 1 for the pay of the officer s and crews of the German 2 fleet. 3 Great misery exists in nearly all parts of Germany, an especially in Westphalia , Cassel, the Tyrol, and ,Posen owing to the scarcity of g rain and potatoes. 2 1 -11 the Duchy of Posen, says a Belgian j ournal, bands of robbers have been formed, and detachments of 3 cavalry have to scour the country to prevent their depredations. In Westphalia, the people, unable to 6 obtain rye bread, mix boiled beans with roots. In e 1- Sweden also the people are su fferin g dreadfully from )f scarcity. At 'W er meland and 06ttant they a re It ' obliged to live on the bar k o f tree s and cho pp ed straw • Great numbers of German emigrants are leaving It . for America by the French and Bel g ian ports. Flinn ' l , Brem e n, li am burgh, and other German port?, also o ' the departures are very numerous. From the Ist to the 13th March not fewer than 3,276 emigrants tailed from the mouth of the Weser, and on the latter . . day between 700 and 800 were waiting for vessels to f convey _ them. ..--.........—.--...... FASHIONABLE PARTIES. EARL Di 7 .,R.IIY'S DINNER. g Priqna tt*..r!alv , l the f11;owiog CaOinc.t n, i. oit;r.o..r, i 3 t,is rat.a.sion, St. j6T.l3:ts';;,-,AtrAro. The gut:'3':i w r on this oeeltlion were ecnficed to the bake of Northumbi-rland, the 'AL.Jquis the Earl of Al alre,,t..ury, the Rill of HarElwieke, the Chaneedor of the Exlhequer, bit John Pakinron, L nit John Metar..ers, Ur. J. C. Ilerries, and Mr. J. W. Henley. LORD AND LADY 1 RUlttiti DINNER PARTY• L ,rd and LAy Truro entertair:ed a aelcci; dinner circle last evening et their mensi , :n, Elton Square, con stating of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Coun tess of Clarendon, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Seymour, Lord Harry Vane. the lien. Charles Pelham Villiers, and Mr. Fred.--rek reel. BELVOIR CASTLE. The festivities t.c this irvignificent beat are being kept up with grist (ea. A v% ry le.rge party of .:istii , guishe-d faAtonables Yiiit asaemble there on Monday next, the 2911 inst., for the purpow of witnessing Crexton-park r,c?s, wlach commence on the 30th. During the runes c,vers wid be laid nt the ca , t!e for upwards of 40 each night. His Grace's teat cl -Aill attend the races, and petir the race-court , e the Duke's marquee will be erecA, and luncheon previclA for all the gue'Atz. Among the dis tinguished visitors expected are the Doke and Duchess of Beaufort, the E. and Countess of Chesteifield, the Earl of Scarborough, Sze. THE NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY Toe first cotatcrt giv. n by this new society toe'k place with immense éclat last ev.tning, at Exeter Hall, in the presence of a large and brilliant audi-nce. Judging from the opening night, we should pronounce the esta blishment of this new society as a step decidedly bene ficial to the true interest of art and artists. Many of the names announced are "towers of strength," and the programme contains a rich and varied array of starting selections and attractive novel ties With Hector 13;:rlit z, as the chef d' orchcstre, Svori, the first violin, and Piatti and Bottesini conspi cuous among the invrnmentalists—with several works of home compost ion (stn:th as those announced of a new overture and concerto by liattry Wylde, an " operatic masqoe," by E.lward Loder, and a cantata by G. A. Mactarren, fairuied on Bat g• is ballad of " L..tonora") we freely autielpate the solidly successful rcsuits of the objects of the society, which are stated in its prospectus to be both the extension of a knowledge of the produc tions of the greatest masters, by a more perfect per formance : of • •1,a,. been attained, and likeni3e the affording to modern aad native composers a favourable opportu nity for establishing the worth of their claims upon the attention and esteem of a discerning public. Among the promised feature% of attraction are Beet. hoveti's Choral Symphony. Mendelesohn's " Walpurgis Night," selections from La Vestale of Spontiei, and the pieces we have already mentioned. The orchestra com prises upwards of one hundred performers, and is pecu liarly strong; the violas, violincelli, bassi, and harps each muster instruments. Last evening's programme was as follows: PART I. S ym phony in C (Jupiter) ... Mozart Selection from Iphigenia m Tauride Gluck. Song, choru , , ballet, and chorus. Triple Concerto, pianoforte, violio, and violin cello, M. Silas, Signor Sivori, and Signor • . Beethoven. ▪ eber. Platt]. •• .•• Overture (Oberon) PART 11. The first part of Romeo end Julet, a dramatic symphony, with solos and chorus. By Hector Berlioz. No. 1. C. mbats—a Tumult—ltstrunieutal Intreduction. Prologue—in Choral Recitative. Seari-Chorus—Stropey, Central.° Solo. Vocal Scherzetto—Tenor Solo, with Semi- Chorus Recititire. No. 2 (lest rumen tal). Romeo alone. Distan t sound of festive Music. teratel Fete at tee Mansion of Capulet. No. 3 (Instrumental and Vocal). The Garden of the Ca pulete, silent and de.eeted. Jul.et on th balcony, Romeo rain he shade. Love scene—Adegio, Cho e rus and Orchest. Chorus of Capulet youths quitting the feast. No. 4. Queen Mab, or the Fairy of Dieams—Scherzo In strument ale. Overture, Guillaume Tell (Rossini). In toe first pert the ()peeing symphony, was adenir alcq given, esprcieily in the close; the sevege chorus of Se) thiane, and the jubduut tpens; and the exqusire performance of Sivas, Strori, ated "'tad, who were severally hailed with the most cordial plaudits in ice triple concerto, were alum phasitly concluded by Wuber's beautiful overture given with a mastery of precision, spirit, and execution impossible to be surpassed. the second part corisisted mainly of a portion of Bar lie z's very je:etic and faucitui Romeo and Juliet sym phony, most carefully and beillteritly given. The che recter of the music is wild, passionate, and pe.rfectly original in its piquancy of treatment, pirticularly as regards the wooden band. Tue ideas are v, o. k. d out in a thoroughly dramatic manner, and th:.q.e runs throughout the whole an unfailing vein of imagination , sometimes bright and s parkling, and again plaintivey and pa w been ionately s ombre. Not a phrase or thought ha borrowed, and the affect of the whole treatment, so bright in colour and so dramatically vari ed, is perfectly novel. The opening move ment is a clever representa tion of a tumult, interrupted by stately brass music, re presenting the interference of the Prince of Veroful na. and A sem i.chorus of harmonised recitative, very grace characteristic, is succeeded by a long contralto solo. excellently given by Miss Dolby, the melody original and paint', plain. we, and its flaw charmingly broken by a sweet choral bit, " The lute's soft tones" recalling us fur n moment to the festivity. The vocal scherzetto, " Queen Mab," which follows, is quite new in plan and treatment. The tenor, Mr. Luckey, in the light, way ward, and fantastic stratus of the music is backed by sparklingly clever and characteristic instrumental ac companiments; the flutes and oboes taking a principal part, and by " bits" of very ingenious choral music re echoing the phrases of the subject—the whole dove tailed and worked up with perfect ingenuity. The morceau narrowly escaped an encore. The second portion of the s)mpliony is instrumtntal, with the exception of a gay chorus of the di parting re vellers, which breaks the plaintive and passionate strains which depict the moonlit garden and the interview of the lovers. The movement is lontr, and scored with sus tained power. The concluding scherzo is a very fanciful and ingeniously treated bit ot offairy music—the subject, " Queen Mab, or the Fairy Dreama"—and thescore having all :hat playful yet fantastic character which be longs to the subject. It wai• given with the utmost deli.- c a po cz r , gamboling effects—as if tho corn. ' warecirealrlevictlliondgd in the production of the wildest, yet the prettiest musical vagaries—were tircught out with immense eff.let. The harp passages, with their bright tinklings, backed by the wayward warblinge of and the picriant little rushes from the strioged the flute, iestrumente, were itit tairylike as possible, and were highly and tally appreciated. Had it not been for the larvness of the hour, he movement would have been encored. As it was, the-re way but one feeling of un animous adcuiratioe. The overture to Guillaume 7 cll, given with startling vigour, concluded éclat xcellent concert. • Toe promoter of the New Philarmonic has bent) Mr. T. F. Beale, to whose courageous sp culittion and en he,iesee a deep debt of gratLude is due from the lovers of music in this country. 011.M.,...........10•1=-_____ ___ MR. HENLEY'S NEW BILL ABOU f SEAMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir,—The afinutioceUwilt of ilir. Neale}, last night, renders it necessary to call public: attention at once to the ~.cts of the Government, betore further mischief is done. Mr. Henley has brought in a B:11 to authorise negatiations with foreign states for the giving up of de serters. This places is sailor who deserts on a level with a murderer or felon. The United States will never sanction such an Act, for it would infringe on the right of search, and ulti mately lead to war. No nat ion g ives up deserters at present—liberal England is to ;et an example. One of the causes which led to the last war with the United States was :the searchit g of ships of the United ited s tates navy for deserters from the King's snvim.. men from the Melatnnus an.l one from the Halifax de serted and joined the United States frigste Cnesupeske; Admiral Berkeley ordered Captain Humphreys, of the Leopard, whenever the Chesapeake should put to sea to preeecd in the offing, demand the men, and, if refumi, to " proceed and eearoh for the same." Commodore Barrow, of the Cheeapealte, refused to give up these dese rt rt e e n men to the British frigate; the consequence was, that Captaineln Humphre)s proceeded to hostilities. After a gagement the Chesareeke struck her colours, the the breast of theA take possession rs ere given h etlu p, n C it a c p d te s in ta ll te u s rn fr p i h g r a e t y es s t r a ef r u d se t d hu to s was laid a deep and lasting complaint, which bringing about that terwards rankled in end afterwards caused a deep sensation in that country, tions. This took deplorableplaceon war between the two net,- 22d of December, in the Slam principally assisted in the 22d of June, 1807; on the on edear, the American Go vessels then in the ports Go vernment laid an embargo 1 of the United States.—Yours, London, March 24. T. M. companion has Spring Burr's GUIDE TO THE TURF. edition of this i ndis p ensable racing its appearanc e, and will receive its usual heart y sjust mad e welcome f ro m the sporting wo rld. If in the present year it presents no new feature of arran g ement or decoration, it at all e re t a ins all its old c haracteristics of perfect correctnessnets of information and facility sec refence. Of a work ao well known and so justly appreciated further praise is un necessary. II uNGE EFORD HALL --Mr. W. Rots, the well known c o mic vocalist. gave an entertainment last night in ITALY. the large theatre of Hungcrford Hall to a large and exceed- The recent storms in the Adriatic have occasioned ingly merry audience. And well might they laugh, for a great loss of life and property. more laughable character than Mr. FOE'S, when delivering his comic songs can s•' rel •be conceived. But his exer. A letter from Vienna of the 17th says—" We re- tions to ke " fun i• J n ' ot ) entirely confined to f‘inging; he celye from different points of the coast of the Ad rietic with great succeSs delivers a " black lecture on phrenology" the mos t di s t re ,ping accounts of the damage cau-ed in genuine negro style. From his observations, however, 'by the late continual storms. The town of Chioggio the audience were not likely to derive au great addition to has lost twenty fiihing-boats, wi'h all their erevys, i t i li ld ei e r e ! . ir t er e n i t stock of information olltAlCh an abstruse subject; l phatically amounting in number to one hundred. On the 12' h ide .c c t i t a t r y e e , r i l th ad tt n . . t s l uch object in vs%7,liefdor the e e elnaess 13nteiehaot ship vvLs lost near l'eluri.zz;. B.,tw eeu 1 they knew about it," a pertec ‘ tly , • ") tr r t e r remyark, This lecture esare a nd Onune several bodies hav ,, bE , eu pickA up is well worthy of being heard, as are also the vocal end in_ strumental eff,rts of his little daughte .. , Miss Lillins Ross. He rei.eats the entertainment, it is uuder.,t on the share. Near Sinagtuslia the waves have i brown WARWICK.—Mir lied ' 11 1 ) aqu a ntity of ship,' stol es, sails, &v. Vt ssk.-I were i oud, ou 'Satureiity. e lectors of Warwick ' - seen off the coast ntsking sign,ls of disttes , i, but no 1 i pendent c- lectors °IV' coul I venture te their r f.“ I d ' • has appeared for some days past, i , t s addr,ss to tho ind. The loss in the gale of the 4th ins'ant of the I N la' iTe ' d „wiettlimblig•tme the Learned Gentleman nll. la, well silk .tiorwecesittsioienr. th l e t Is , repor'ed. however, that. Mr. liatme stean corvette is confirmed. The young Em- htepton, who Aeror FR A Ncis, who was at sea on bon.i.d another !is not unlikely to seek f 'med borough Of St. Alban's, connexion with re uge at Warwick where from his vessel during the gale, went to e xpress an person his the Castle, his pretensio ' ' I. ns would be or idable. deep regret io Baron Da Ken , : CE, President of , he . in Council of the Empire, whose sou was in the Maxi- We utolerst;nd that the Blueßibbon, by' aline. Eighty persons were on board the vessel when i the death Of the late Duke of Cambridge, • vacant was given to the s ,_ _ d 1 Marquis of Donegal by the It LI ?m i l VIA; own “ 1 QYemuicut beftne their i retirsfuent from of4cs, I tr cb► the the 013's I, (O . ! if lir 3 " I! Jr d be • re' l° it y; tOe f 0 A et b 01 4 I fot THE SUN, LONDON, HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queee hell a Levee (the third this seam) yes terlty ateereocn, in Sr. James's Palace. 11-r Majesty and Pritase A te,rt, attended by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace rebeut two o'clotk, escorted by a de! ,chnient of the LiFe Geards, and were received by the Great Offset - 2ra of State. The Queen's II in. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the s:soe saloons. The Yeomen Guard was on duly, under the command of Captain Bellaire, Esonin Waidog. Before the L ta, Major Waller K.H., had an audience,of her M.-j. sty, and delivered the insignia of Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath worn by the late General Sir FrAeriek Philips° Robinson. The Field Officer in Waiting had an audience of the Queen. His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau at tended the Levee. The Queen were a white silk train, brocaded with silver, Pei trimmed with silver blonde and pink satin ribbons. The petticoat wins of white satin and tulle, trimmed pith leek satin ribbons and silver. Her Majesty'e headdress was formed of diamonds, with a green wreath. The Queen and Prince Albert were attended by the Duchess el Atholl (alistress of tins Robes), the Countess of M. ant Eigecumbe :ay in Waiting). the Duke of Montrose (Lord Steward). she Marquis of Exeter (Lord Chamberlain), the Earl of Jersey (Master of the Horse), L ird Claud Hamilton (Treasurer of the Household), Viscount Newport (Vice-Chamberlain), the Right Hon. Cecil Forester (Comptroller of the Household), the Earl of Morton (Lord in Waiting), Lord George Leenex-(Lord its Waiting to his Royal Highness), Cap tain the Hon. J. Denman, R.N. (Groom in Waiting), Colonel Wylde (Groom in Waiting to his Royal High ness), Major General Buckley (Equerry in Waiting), Lb-Li:enlist-Colonel the lion. Alexander Gordon (Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness), and 11 , ors. Gordon and Cameron (Pages of Honour in W ai tin g). The Foreign Mieisters were introduced, when the fol lowing preeentations to her Majesty and his Royal High-. ITSS the Prince Albert took place in the diplomatic cii die : By the Spanish Minister—Don Pedro Sorela, Second Sec eary 01 Ie gation; Don Henri T. de Andrade, At tael,6 -o her Catholic Majeety's Legation. B) the Ati.orten Miniteer—M. le Baron Berchlingen, Capitaine au Cavallerie; Lieutenant Fliers, Officier de Cavallerie. Tho following, noblemen and gentlemen had the honour ot being presented to her Majesty : bn promotion, by Lieut.-General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnot. Thu Lord Advocate of Scotland, by Mr. Secretary Wal pole. Lieutenant Applegath, on return from India, by the Marquis of Tweeddale. Major-General Arbuthnot, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieutenant A. P. Arkwright, R.N., by the Duke of Nor thumberland. Lieuit naut Armytage, by the Earl of Straffird. Ensign H. H. Austin, by the Earl ot Lovelace. Sir Charles Barry, upon having received the honour of Knighthood, by the Earl of Carlisle. Mr. Bateson, M.P., on appointment as one of the Lords of her Nlujei,ty's Treasury, by the Earl ot Derby. Lieutenant A. G. Bax, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. Mr. Wentworth B. Beaumont, by Sir George Grey, Bart. ' M.P. Mr. A. E. Benson, on appointment to 10th Hussars, by Lieutenau:-G, neral lion. H. B. Lygon. Major A. C. Bentinek, by the Duke of Wellington. Brevet Major J. J. Bisset, on the grant of a pension for wounds received in the KAtir war, by the Duke of Wellington. Captain Burrow, by Lord Fi,zroy Somerset. Archdeacon Bouverhe, by the Bishop of Norwich. Lord B 'lion, by the Duke of Leeds. Lieuz.e.attt the Hon. Kiatard 13,11 e, by Lieutenant-Col, the Hon. Robert Beyle. The Hon. Themes Bruce, by the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher. Major Lurd Barghersh, on return from India, by the Duke ut Wellington. Mr. Charles Salisbury Butler, by Lord Robert Gros ye ez;or. Mr. Cumming Bruce, by the President of the Board of Cowl-kJ. Sir Rubel-. Buxton Bert., by the Earl of Sandwich. Mr. E. M. Bro eel!, Seuretary to the Board of Green Cleth, by his Grace the Lord Steward. Ensign Jonn Byron, on appointment to the 34th Regi ment, by General Sir T. M. Brisbane, Bart. Ceptatn G. E. Baynes, by Gener a l Sir Gordon Drummond. Commander R. T. Bedford, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Lord Adolphus Fraolarence. Mr. Brarnwell, QC , on appointment as one of her Me jaety'e Oeueeel, by Lo. d Truro. Rear-Adwind llua. George Campbell, on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Jawed Gordon Campbell, by Sir Robert Campbell, Barr. Lieutermnt Charles R. Carter, R.N., on appointment to her Majesty's yacht, by Lord Adolphus Fitzalareuce. Captain Chester, by Lord Alfred Hervey. Lieutenant Cheyne, R.N., on appointment to the Arctic Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Ensign Clay, by the Right Hon. J. C Berries. Rev. Lord Alwyne Compton, by the Marquis of North ampton. Lieut.-Colonel Cotton. on appointment as Brigade Major ot Cavalry, by Lieut.-Gen. rut Sir Willoughby Cotton Dr. Adolphus Colliuge, by Sir Wm. Collings. Ensign Francis Connell, by Mr. Conceit. Colonel Cory ton, R N., on promotion and appointment to command the Plymouth Division, by the Duke of Northumberland. Commaader Creeroft, R.N., on his marriage, by the Duke 01 Northumberland. Rev. Dr. Collis, by Viscount Palmerston. Lieut. J. P. Craster, on promotion, by Lieut.-General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott. Captain Cornwall, R,N., on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Walter Coulson, on being appointed one of her Ma jesty's Counsel, by Mr. Secretary Walpole. Rev. W. Hayward Cox, on appointment to the Rectory of Tenby, by Lord John Russell. Sir William Cubitt, on having received the honour 0 1 Knighthood, by Earl Granville. Ensign Godfrey Clerk, on appointment 95th Regiment. by Sir George R. Clerk. First Lieutenant G. R. Conolly. R. 111., on return from foreign service, by Colonel Menzies. Major Cellcy, by the Deputy Aojutant-General. Colonel Dausey, on appointment to command the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Lieut.-Colonel W. Lewis DAWCIS, R.M., on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Cornet Harris St. John Da, by Lieut.-General Lord Fezroy Somerset. Deal. Jahn Dim;clale, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herriec. Lieut. W. Deedes, on a; pointment to the Rifle Brigade, by his father, Mr. Dee•des, M.P. Sub-faeutenant Walter de Wintow, on appointment to Ist Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hall, M.P. CAonel Dixon, R.E., on being appointed to command Royal Engineers in Canada, by the Inspector-General ot Fortifications. Major T. Donnelly, on appointment to the staff et Addiecombe, by Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. Captain Drew, Elder Brother of Trinity House, by the Duke ut Weliiegton. Hoe. Captain Daneovabe, R.N., M.P., on appointment as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, by the Duke of Northumberland. Sir James Alexander Dunbar, on succeeding to the bu ionptcy and being appointed flag-lieutenant to the naval Commander-iu-Chief at Devoeport, by Admiral Sir John A. Ominanney, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas, R.N., on appointment to be naval A.D.C. to her Majesty, by the Duke of North umberland. Captain Dundas, on promotion, by the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher. Ensign Owen Gwynn S. Davies, by General Arbuthnot. Lieutenant-General Duffy, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Ensign Compton Scrase Dickins, by Lieutenant• General Hun. Hugh Arbuthnott. Lieutenant-General D'Oyly, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Ensign W. 11. Edgecombe, by Colonel Harry D. Jones. Lieutenant Egerton, on appointment to Me Brigade, by his father, Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart. Captain Lord Eliot, Ist Life Guards, on promotion, by Colonel Hall, M.P. Mr. Every, Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire, by Sir George Cooper, Bart. Ensign Louis W. Fisher, on appointment 67th Regi ment, by Lieutenant-General Clitherow. Sir Charles Fox, by Earl Granville. J. C. Eusign Henry H. Foord, b y Ri g ht Hon. Herries. the Captain Fraser , R.A.,on h return from Canada, y Master-General of the Or finance. Duncan M`Leod. Lieu tenant Gt neral lion. Hugh General Freser. Ensign Garde, by 0 G rp, on appointment Ist Astastant-Surgeon O. W. e,, u .. , Ensign W. Arbuthnott.fb foreign g Lieutenant-General service, by LieutenantC a L pt i f a e i n Guards, Frith, E o " nl a y rl return o F o n r f a e r s l o e j m r, . u ,j I.P. Gon W elie G llo ° w °d , by Lieut.-Gen ou appointment Lieutenant Gerald Littlebales Goodlake, Thomas to the Coldstream Guards, by his father, Ur. Gooulake. fellow, by Colo e n r e a l i Malls Good- Bart. L C i af e ep ti lt e oi e wn a . n C t Grantham, Fran t by b yLieutenant-General Lieutenant-General 5 Harry Goodfellow. Jones. ir Wil- Ensign Sheffield Grace, by his uncle, Lieut./1)10nel Sir Li l; u au t lng e s a " e j t ''Ch' CharlestCotton. G t on, leorthumberland. Camel Henkey, on promotion, by the Duke of D rp% V ei . j ui r y d:t i r t t i e t ee , n , here to receive Majesty's - r G b e e y i n e t hraelD, knighthood,onkeapof- ti by the Earl of D e-by. Lieutenant Hill, R N., ou retur n f rom C ana d a, b y the Master-Gent rat of the Ordnance. Mr. J. Kiunersley Hooper, on appointment to the Lieu tenancy of the City of Lattic), by his father, Mr. Al dermen Hooper. Rear-Admiral C Hotnby, en appointment as one of the Lords ot the A dmiralty, by the Duke of Noribum berland. Lieutenant Hughes, by Major , General Sir Richard Dehtrty. Lieutenant flume, on return from foreign service, Lieu .-G. nerd! Hon. Hugh Arthbutheott. jatiajer Cettrlee Lyme, on promotion, and return from foreign service, bp 141e41,-General 1494. jlugh Ar buttiouut, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1852. Major-General Jackson, on .promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Rev. John Jackson, on appointment to a canonry at Bristol, by the Lord Chancellor. Commander Oliver J. Jones, R N., by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Lieer Ka) e, by his father Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. Colonel Kelly, on promotion, by the Adjutant-General. Mr. Wynn Knight, on his marriage, Mr. John C. King, deleg a t e from . oeby .Geterel Lygon. : colony of Victoria, as the bearer of an address to her Maj , ety from the inhabitants of the colony Of • Victorie, expressive of their devoted . loyalty and attachment to their Sove reign, and of their sincere thanks to her Majesty for the erection of their province into a separate colony 6f the British empire, under the Royal name of " Vic toria," by the Right Hon. Sir Jon Paltington. - - Lieutenant J. Lawder, by Calotted Dunne. Major-General Leslie, on premotion, by Field-Marshal the Commander-in-Chief. Lord Leigh, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. B. Lewis, by Mr.. Alderman Wilson. Lieutenant Francis Lean, by Colonel Menzies - Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. W._ Lane,, on return from India, by the Earl of Donoughmore.. Lieutenant Loch, R.N., by Rear-Admiral Loch. Lieutenant-Colonel Leger), by - the Duke of Hamilton. Rev. James IL Long, chaplain to her Majesty's ship Arrogant, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. John Savile Lumley, first attaele to her Majesty's Legation at St. Peteraburgh, by the Earl of Malmo bury. Mr. Mainwariog, on appointment .as deputy lieutenant for Shropshire, by the Vicc e Chamberlaio, the Right Hon. Viscount New pork. Captain IL J. Matson, R.N., on appointment to com ma" bar Majesty's ship Highflyer, by the Duke of Northumberland. Lieute, ant and Adjutant Wm.,Mansell Mansell, R M.,' on appointment as Adjutant to the Chatham division of Royal Marines, by his father, Reat-Admiral Sir Thomas Mansell, Mr. Maxwell, Ensign 47th Regiment, by Major-General Sir Thomas Wiltshere, Bart., K 0.8. Captain Alfred R. Margery, on return from foreign ser vice, by Mejor• General Facie. • Commander F. L. Sl.Clintoek, her Majesty's ship In ti epid, on promotion and return from Arctic service, by Ctivaiu Alex Milne, R.N. Captain Milne, R.N., on re-appointment to the Admi ralty, by the Duke of Northumberland. Lieutenant M'Ntsir, by Colonel Chas. Wyndham. Lieutenat George F. Meehan], , R.N., her Majesty's ship Resolute, on appointment to Arctic Expedition, by __Capasin Sir B. Walker. r Llvutim , •”tt C10.0r.1 prnmntinn, hy taa ot Wellington. Mr. Martin Crofton Morrison, by Sir George Staunton. Lieutenant-Colonel Morse Cooper, on promotion, by Viscount Combermere. Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy, on his marriage and return from service in Australia, by Lieutenant-General s Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Right Eton. Jo-eph Napier, on appointment as Attorney- General for Ireland, by the Earl of Derby. Lieutenant. H. Nason, R.M., by Major-General Sir John Owen, K.C.B. Mr. Na amen, on appointment to Royal Devon Yeo manry, by Viscount Courtenay. Captain Nicholson, by Lieut.-Colonel Lord de Tabley. Captain Nott, by Lord Glenelg. Major-General Sir Chinks O'Donnell, on promotion by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. L. Oliphant, by Sir F. Pollock. Commander Richard A. Oliver, R.N., on return from foreign service, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Voile' Oliver, by Lieut.-General Goodfellow. Admiral Sir John Ominanney, on appointment tie com maunder• in-chief at Devonport, by the Duko of North umberland. Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, on return from Arctic ser vice and re-appointment, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Commander Robert Jocelyn Otway, RN., on appoint in,:nt as deputy lieutenant, county Tipperary, by General Sir Loftus W. Otway. Hon. Francis Pakenham, on appointment to her Majesty's mission at Lisbon, by the Earl of Longford. Mr. Arthur T. G. rearm', by Sir Richard Bulkeley. Lieutenant-Colonel Paschal, on promotion, by General Sir Colin Halkert. Lieut.-Colonel Passy, on promotion, by Lord George Lennox. Captain Sir George Brooke Peelle% R.N., on appoint. ment as a nasal aide-de-camp to the Queen, by Vis count Palmerston. Lieut.-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., on promo tion, by General Viscount Hardinge. Mr. Edward Porter, late her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, on return from foreign service, by the Earl of Malmes bury. Sir John Potter, on his appointment as a deputy lieute nant for the county of Lancaster, by the Earl of Sefton. Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter, by Lord John Russell. Major-General William G. Power, on receiving the tes timonial for good service, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Commander Pullen, R N., on re-appointment to Arctic Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Captain Herbert Patton, by the Master General of the Ordnance. Lieutenant Charles B. Payne, H.M.S. Herald, on ap pointment to the South Sea Exp:dition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Sub-Lieutenant A. W. Peyton, on appointment to Ist Lile Guard., by Colonel J. Hall. Mr. George H. Pering, on appointment to 87th Regi ment, by Major-General Sir John Role Captain W. H. Reeve, on promotion, by General Earl of Strafford. Ensign J. L. Reynolds, on return from India, by the Rght Hon. J. C. Herries. Captain Peter Richards, R.N., on nomination to good service pension, by the Duke of Northumberland. Commander G. H. Richards, on return from foreign ser vice, and appointment to her Majesty's ship Assistance, by the First Lord o f t h e Admira l t y. Mr. Richard Gater Roach, on appointment to the Hon. Corps ot, Gentlemen at Arme , by the Earl of Sand wich. Major-General Sir John Rolt, on being appointed to the command of the w es t ern di str i ct , the Duke of Wel lington. Lieutenant Rolt, Coldstream Guards, o n appointment to the Staff, West ern Di str i ct, by h i s f a ther, Major-Ge lt - neral Sir John Rolt. Captain Ross, by Admiral Sir George Sartorious. Captain J. C. Salkeld, by the Right Hen. J. C. Harries. Mr. J. Boyd Saunders, by the Presideneof the Board of Control. Paymaster Scott, n appointment 38th Regime nt, b y Lieut. General Ho n . H ugh Ar b ut h no tt. an Lieut. General Shubrick, on promotion, by Admiral Kelly. Caw ain Charles Schomberg, R.N. on promotion, by the Earl of Dundonald. Rev. Honywood D'Owyns gate Scott, by th e Duke of Richmond. Mr. Charles Shubri c k, on return f rom I n dia, by Lieut. General Thomas Shubrick. Lieutenant Alexauder.J. Smith,vatory, Hobart Town, R.N., on 'retur n from her Majesty'e Magnetic . Obse rvatory, by the Duke of North um b erland. Mr. Solomon, Hanseatic Consul at St. Helena, by Mr Colquhoun, agent and Consul General for the Manse Towns. - Major General Simpson, on ap of Stafford. i n tment to command south western district, by the Ear l, Aldermen R. S. *era, sheriff dike city of Oxford, by Right Hon. S. H. W alpole. J. H. M. Stewart, by Rear Admiral Houston Stewart. Lieutenant 'Charles Sullivan, her Majesty's ship St. George, by his father, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Sullivan. Sir George. Grant - Suttie, Bart., by the Duke of Mont rose. The Solicitor- General . for Scotland, by Mr. Secretary Walpole. Captain Herbert Slade, by . Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George Paget. Mr. Deane Shute, Deputy - Lieutenant of Rants, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieutenant J. J. Smith, on appoietment to Royal Artil lery, by the blaster-General of too Ordnance. Lieutenant Frederick R. Stack, by Lieutenant-Coldnel Mac Duff. Earl Talbot. on appointment as one of hei Majesty's Lords in Waiting, by the Lord chamberlain. Surgeon Tardrew, 2d Life Guards, On - prOmotion, by Colonel MeDouall. Lieutenant Richard Williams Thom as , 7th Royal Fusi hers, by his father, Vice-Admiral Th eme s. Lieutenant-General Thomson, C. 8., 74th Highlanders, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Dr. Todd, by Lord Clued Hamilton. Colonel Trevelyan, Coldstream Guards, on - promotion, by the Earl of Strafford. Lieutenant Harvey Tower, Coldstream Guards, on ap pointment, by the Earl of Strafford. Lieutenant S. D. Turner, 21st Bengal Native Infantry, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. Ensign Roger D. Upton, Ist West India Regiment, on appointment, by Lieut.-General Mercer. Hon. Henry P. Vereker, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande do SW, by Earl Granville. Mr. Samuel Vines, her Majesty's Consul at Para, on ap pointment, by the Earl of Malmeabury. Commander F. P. Warren, on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberlsnd. Rear-Admiral Wallis, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. W. Walter Wells, Bengal medical service, on re turn from India, by Lieut.-Colonel Laae. C.B. Surgeon A. C. Webster, 78th Highlanders, by Lord Fi zroy Somerset. Captain Elder Brother of the Trib T ityio Nra us a e r ,b m y o t r h e e D W u e k r e e, of weilingtan. Wheble, by the Marquis Of Clanricarde. Colone l R e W. Wilson, C. 8., Bengal Army, on return to India, by Viscount Gough. Mr. Sydney W hitin g , by Lord William Lennox. Li euten ant Ed ward Andtee Wylde Rade, on return byb Sir J. Owen. L . teem Cubltt. ' Mr. fen foreign wfDoariregdibgYnWyatt,Wyndham,ilerviee ,y Sir W il liam by Sir J J. Law Lusbington. George IC. Wilson, RN., by Lerd Berners. Captain• Green 04 Royal High landers, promotion, by Sir John Roll. on Prince Albert returned to Bucking- Captain Frederick Wilkinson , on Her Majesty an d University Commission had. a meeting The Oxford official rcaidence of the First Lord of ham Palace a d fter the Levee. yesterday at t Downing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the the Treasury ineDeall of Carlisle, the M.ater of Fem ale G. JL D • r E-cl• Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, the Rev. Professor broke, the Rev. ee. U. , . . imp , e and the Rev. A. P • by ' Stanley (secretary.) Lad' The Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and the lady Rachel Evelyn Russell, who have been passing the winter at prigliWn, rotaroct to çAripdcu - 11111 for the $394911. MR. HUME, THE MALT TAX, AND THE FARMERS. The following letter from Mr. Hume will be gladly read by all who take interest in the malt-tax petition. London, March 20, 1852. To Mr. Frederick Wase, farmer, Charsfield, Suffolk. Sir,—l have received and prese.nted to the House of Commons the petitions transmitted by you from twenty. five parishes in the county of Suffolk, .prayieg " that immediate measures may he adopted for the speedy and entire remission ot the excise duty upon malt." I have, on every occasion that the repeal of the excise duty upon malt has been proposed in the House during the last thirty years, voted for its repeal; and I shall, on every opportunity, support the prayer of the petitioners —being opposed to the tax as a bad bax, whether it be considered as violating the rules of political economy and of commercial policy, or as being injurious to the morality and social happiness of the industrious classes of the community. This tax injures a great branch of native industry, and limits the coesumption of its agricultural produce, by raising the price of the wholesome beverage of beer, an important necessary afire, to an extent that deprives millions of the people of the enjoyment of it. The Legislature has of late years after great opposi tion, freed bread and meat, the chief articles of food,. from taxation, and by their free importation from other countries has greatly improved the 'condition of the in dustrious classes. I desire, in like manner, to free malt from taxation, and thereby to add the cheep beverage of beer to the comforts of the people. The malt-tax was imposed, end has been continued by Parliamente, consisting chit fly of landlords, who have had the power, if they had thought fit to exercise it, of repesling the tax. There is now a Government in power whose members have for the last six years been loud in their advocacy of protection to native industry, and especially of the welfare of the agricultural classes; and it behoves the farmers to test the sincerity of Earl Derby and his followers in their long-continued pre teelions, by demanding the repeal of the duty upon malt, which is morn oppressive to the farmers and to all the other industrious classes, than any ocher tax levied for the public service. . It is submitted that the farmers must now be con vinced, by the late debates in the House of Commons, that there remains little chance of any they being re imposed on the importation of agricultural produce, which could raise the price of their corn ant! cattle, the two objects for which they have been contending, in any appreciable degree; and it is to be hoped they will not be any longer deluded by empty promises, or persuade themselves that by any mere shifting of taxation from the shoulders of ono perry to those ot another, any per manent relief can be afforded to the larsvar. The Pro . asieleeees-oeaanse does - riot promise :be farmers any re lief by a reduction of taxation; but, on the contrary, ono of the present Secretaries of State has for the last three years successfully opposed the reforms in the levy iog and expenditure of the county rates, which would I've to the tarmers the proper constitutional control over those rates, which in some counties are not in considerable. I wish the farmers would consider themselves—as they in reality are—as manufacturers of agricultural produce, and believe that cheap food and 1)w taxes are as neces sary to enable them to compete with foreigners. and as requisite to the comfort of their labourers, as these pro ducts of free trade hay , proved to the general manu facturing interest of the country. The working-classes were for many years under the delusion that the amount of their wages depeoded upon the price of food; but that delusion had* passed away; and the rate of wages is now found to depend upon the supply and demand of labour, and not on the price of food. Fsrnaers have been under a delusion of the same kind with respect to the rent of their farms, which must depend upon supply and demand, upon the number of farms to be let, and the number of farmers desirous to hire. The price of produce, therefore, affects the permanent interests of landlords more than those of tenants; and farmers, as well as manufacturers, should advocate cheap food, cheap drink, and economy and retrenchment in every dtpartment of the state. To obtain these benefits, the House of Commons must be made a full and fair representation of the people at large, and then the interests cf the farmers and all other industrious classes will be duly considered and attended to; for the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not fairly represent either the people or the pro perty of the country, and, therefore, reform of Par liament is one of the first objects which should occupy the attention of all the industrious classes of the com munity. With extension of the suffrage, protection ensured to the voter by ballot, and a more Equal distribution of re presentatives to electors, the constitutional balance of power will be established in the Commons' House of Par liament; and then, and not till then, may the agricultu ral as well as all other industrious classes, hope to have full and equal justice done them. I remain, your obedient servant, JOSEPH HUN& TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Fru,—ln your article of thi3 evening you deprecate the advica I deemed it my duty to offer with regard to furher cconotny in oar Naval Evil-aces. Yet I cannot believe we materially differ, since you desire to see our naval force made thoroughly efficient. There is a source 01 national weakness even more dangerous than " the ignorant impatience of taxation," and that is patience of official waste on the part of these who have the opportunit es of resisting it. It is an in- dieptitable fact itieit when mercheats want to get a par ticular sort of ship built in order to perform a given service, they can generally get it for their money, whilst the very opposite is more near the truth in the case of the public acting through the Admiralty. Indeed, if it were not for the alterations constantly going on in the bows and sterns of vessels—in cut ting down some ships, and in lengthening others, there would hardly be an excuse for keeping up large establishments at our seaports, and, perhaps, this is partly the secret of' many of the changes ships undergo. Whilst many men are on the books in time of peace, if they did not find an excuse for something to do, reduc tions would commence, a thing which all sorts of o fficials instinctively hold in horror. The fact is, we ought to build by contract. This has been done in some instances with good effect, and ought to be done iu mere, if not in all, White, Betsey, Green, and Camper, would soon shame our empirical bUilders into a substitution of exact science for rule of thumb. No doubt, we have our Chatfielda (Chatfield, I believe, designed the Thetis—a beautiful vessel); but owing to the fatal mistake committed in abolidhing the school of naval architecture which was fouod'd many years since, it is only of late that advances have been made on a better system. The long and short of the matter is this—a sum of nearly 1,500,0001. is required for ship-building during this year. I maintain that we ought to have for this sum a greater number of efficient ships than, judging from the experience of the past, we are likely to obtain. One million a year judiciously expended during the past thirty-seven years would have placed our navy on such a footing that, with a better system of maiming the navy, we might at this moment fold our arms and defy the world. Unfortunately, our widest measures have been conceived in a panic, and, consequently, many things have been forgotten which ought to have been considered. For example, the reserve of steamers founded by the Government of Sir Robert Peel were, if lam rightly informed , by a late official, built too small for their engines; and the result was, that the vessels turned out to be unsuited to the purposes for which they were required, and it became necessary to get more. Then, war steamers did not answer, except as trot :pships. Of Keyham you say nothing. That case is absolutely unanswerable. It is neither more nor less than an abso lute waste of a million of money, because a quarter of a million would have made Millbay perfect for the same purpose, and far better situated. In the debate, I was told that Keyham was a better place for the steam docks, because Keyham is less exposed, inasmuch as Keyham is up Haraoaze. This is evidently erroneous. Keyham is more exposed. Keyham is exposed to attack by a force operating from the land side, and which would not enter the port at all, but disembark in Wt.itsand bay, the distance being but a few miles, and the route unde fended. Millbay, on the other hand, would be further from attack, except seaward, and, as to that danger, it would be an almost impossible enterprise for a fiet to attempt to pass the batteries on Drake's Island, and other places. Besides, Millbay lies contiguous to the Victualling-yard and arine-barracks, and would, there fore, have offered peculiar advantages. However, it is, perhaps, now too late to rectify that mistake; and my only wonder is why, if it be so urgently necessary to have steam docks, which no doubt it is, so small a sum as 40,0001. is taken this year-352,0001. being the fur ther cost. But if we are to avoid web mistakes in future, it will he a,cribable in the main to the readiness of the Press in affording opportunities for the discussion of the views,entertaiued be different persons. You do not,approve of what I said with respect to the pay of sailors. When I spoke of sailors—able seamen —serving for 11. asweek to find themselves, it was not intended to be supposed that blue jackets were to scram ble for a chance of cooking their provisions, and that every man should have his own store. My remark, es to what could be done, was merely intended as the basis of au estimate. No difficulty is blind in yachts —even where sailors actually "find themselves." The limit is the gist of my argument. I meant to convey that, if able seamen can be obtained at 1/. per week tee " find themselves,'' mixed crews of able seamen, be cond-rates, and youngsters, to the extent of 40,000, might be obtained for 2,000,0001. a year, and I. believe that proposition is a true one. As to invoking the Press," as well as using Hansard, I can only say that when I think I see my way to a saviug-of public enortey, and a mode of improving th e o f a great national arm, I shall certeiny not t h ffi cYesitiedntetoaveil my self of it, feeling a.sured that, though an assault upon the strongholds of p eos ne.. ty and wash way eas ily be made the ()evasion of c ieita jokes, the subject is by no means a juke to the public. I air, Sir, &e Loudon, March 24, 1852. J. J: TRELAWNY. ' DEATH OF THE HON. FRED. WEST......We regret to announce the death of this venerable gentleman, at his seat, Culham Court, Belkshire. The Hon. Fred. West was brother to the last Earl Delawarr, and was for many years in Parliament for Denbighshire, and about the Court of George 111. and IV._ By this demise the families of Dela' warr, Chesterfield, Radnor Fox Lane, Northwicb, ton, Biddulph; Bulkeley, &c., will be placed in mourning. the 'The largest sailing vessel which ever floated on Sudeten Clyde is now lying at the Broomielaw. The H. C. and is in- Middle measures 1,444 tons, Custom-house measurement, Australia,d tended as a regular trader between Glasgow under the command of Captain Patterscj late of 168 feet: —length, pinery. Her principal dimensions are ,___„, .4. New breadth, 32' feet; depth, 29i feet. She wM tior *v ow and the Mont tAtageWl tkud litunched in. Juno, 1801. THE MERCHANTS' AND TR A. DES - - I . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MEN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE NORTHAMPTON RACES.-- WEDNESDAY. SOCIETY. The Trial Sakes of 10 sov3. each, rePh 4 The fifth annual meeting of the members of this society Ives held on Thursday, the 18. h of March , at the offieee in Chatham-plaee, Blackfriara. , . John Margreggor, Esq., M.P., presided. Mr. GEORGE Thosesore (the Manager) read the re port, by which it appeared that the numb er of policies for the year endirg Slat Jau. last are ............. • I L B The amount assured £s4 650 0 0 The premiums oe which are Since the 31st Jan. last, sixty-one pro posals have been passed, amounting to 21,100 0 0 The premiums on which are 720 o 0 And there are before the Board 13 proposals amount ing to 6,900 L, the premiums on whioh are 2451. 19s. 9d., now in progress of completion. Making the total number of policies 736 - The amount assured £216,432 0 0 The annual income of the Society... 7,024 7 4 27 Proposals for 14,1501. have been submitted to the board during the year which have been declined. The claims by death, which have been discharged, amount to 1,6601. and there is one small claim of 4004 which the directors cannot settle, in consequence of there being different claimants interested in the sum. The CLIAIRNIAN in a very able statement went over the different heads of the report, and moved its adoption, which was carried unanimously. The resolution having been carried, votes of thanks to the directors and auditors, and Mr. Hann (an auditor) in returning cheeks, observed that the directors should adopt another mode of assurance, which he conceived would bring them a great deal of business—namely, as curing say the payment of 1001. to a person reaching sixty, no tenefit to be derivable from his payments if he died before reaching that age. Mr. A RROWSMITH proposed a complimentary vote of thanks to the medical officers, the manager, Mr. Thom son, the secretary, Mr. Musgrave, and the eget I and other officers of tee society. They were all elate and eminent men. Oae of them (Mr. 'Thomson) he was instrumental in bringing there himself, and be came with the very highest testimonials from five or six of th e g:-“isi st names in the City. Mr. Musgrave was an able coadjutor, and he was always glad to see him at their meetings. It was to him a source of regret that many persons were dissuaded from assuring their lives because they were afraid a time m i ght come whet, they could not keep up their payments, and that they would lose all the money they had previously paid en account of a policy of assurance on their lives. Their condition - might practically illustrate the dream of Pna roah, who s elreand _that—taxer:L-lex kin.) were oaten up by seveu lean kine. Seasons of prosperity and reasons of adversity were the lot of many' of them. Perhaps they assured for too much, and if they could not contieue their premiums, they found themselves in worse hands than those of a hard-dealing usurer. New it should be known that the directors of that office gave credit for premiums, charging only a moderate aura for interest tortwelve months, in order to give a man time to re- Cover hitnitelt. It was to correct this evil, so tar as it affected the varying fortunes of literary men that he had associated with Charles Dickens and others in the for. matiun of the " Guild of Literature and Art." And the " Attie; mom Institute" in Saukville-street was estab tablished for a similar purpose. Offices that would not lend a man 301. or 401 to enable him to rct3intain his policy for a little while, pursued a dry skin•flme usurious practice, which could not be too much reprobated.—(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Tuomstne, in returning thanks for the very kind and flattering manner in which Mr. Arrowamith had been pleased to refer to his humble services, and that of his tiiend Mr. Musgrave, said that they had both used their best exertions, as was their duty, to promote the interest of the society. With regard to Mr. Arrow smith's very judicious observations as to advancing, by way of credit, one year's premium if 'eclair:A by the assured, be quite agreed that it was a judicious and equitable provision, and in that spirit it had been ap proved and adopted by the dit ectors. Dr. Bentham's "suggestion that in no case ought a forfeiture to occur, such as that described by Mr. Arrowsmith, had also been anticipated by this society. The Doctor would find that they had a regulation whereby, after five pre miums had been paid, a policy might be surren dered, and a new policy granted corresponding to the value of the one surrendered without payment of any further premium. As an illustration of the principle, suppose a person to assure for 1,0001. for the whole term of life at a premium of 804 and to pay five premiums. If that person had insured for five years as a short period policy, he would only have had to pay about one-half, or 15/.; consequently the other half is paid against the future and daily increasing risk. Now this sum would be applied as a simple payment, and a policy granted accordingly on the surrender of the old one, and the assured would be precisely in the same posi tion, on the satno table, and with all the advantages proportionably which he ever had. It was, no doubt, an arbitrary rule to fix on five years as the shortest period for the conversion, but it was thought that any shorter time would be too great an inducement to parties to discontinue their insurances; and it was not the daty of offices to encourage parties to abandon so important a provision as that of a life policy. The regulation had been approved by Professor De Morgan, as both equitable and judicious. With regard to Mr. Ilah's proposal to have a table constructed for endowment assurances, contingent on lives surviving a given age, be (Mr. Thomson) very much doubted the propriety of encouraging that principle. Such a mode of assurance would be a mere gambling speculation. It ;Id invert the very principle and most important use ,le assurance. It would be a speculation on a long .Jes, but no provision in case of premature death, and .he vital principle of life assurance was to, provide against the latter contingency. In the case sirgees:ed, if the assersd lived to the specified ago he would get the amount assured, but in the event of his dying before, his family would lose the benefit of all his payments. It was a most unsatisfactory speculative mode of as suarance, unless combined with a provision to pay to the representatives in case of death before the given age. And for this description of endowment assurances the society had already provided by their Table No. 6. won RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NOLTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—RettIaI of Traffic for the week ending March 21:— Passengers, p arce l s , mails,&c. £22,441 7 8 Merchandise ... ... 17,682 14 11 Cattle .. ... 1,061 14 6 Total £41,183 17 1 Corresponding week last year ... 40,409 16 10 Note.—Tlie returns as published are exclus►ve of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. THE GRIAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 2411) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending March 14, 1852: — Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,626 2 6 Merchandise and minerals ... 6,099 010 Cattle ... 152 10 7 Total .. £10,877 13 11 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles): Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £4,046 14 3 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. 8,821 3 6 Total ... .£7,84 17 9 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—AIDOMA of Traffic for the week ending March 21: — Passengers ... £6,539 18 1O Goods ... 2,8:8 9 Total ... £9,359 8 0 Corresponding week last year... 7,969 811 SCOTTL9a CENTRAL ItAmwAr.—Traffic for the Week ending March 21,1852 Passengers (7,212), parcels, horses, and carriages ... £784 12 11 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 920 16 9 Total .. 1,705 9 8 Corresponding week in last year... 1,604 4 1 Perth, March 24. 1852. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..—Trafac for the week ending March 21:— 3de~= 61o; five, Sat Sib; six and three years old, 6st; lona p i ca. ni 131 b. One 'le. (12 Sub s .) Mr. 'Robinson's Glee colt, 3y re • (*Seggle.s) 1 Mr. B.rriss's Trinket, 4y: G. (FSaturan) 2 Mr. J. M. Sta:nley's Clineissr, 5 yrs (.1. Mai - son) 3 Count Bsthvany's The Mork, 'j yrs (Pia:ll,o ) 4 Bettiog-7 tu 4on Clinehr?r, isod 7 to 2 caeli agst Glee eslt and Triokst. Won e.siiy by teo lingthe; Clincher, who never showed in the race, a bad third. .RuLa it i h n .s lomact€,3, in. a s2secs. Second year of the Triennial Stakes of 10 soya. each, for three years•old colts, Bst 71b; fil lies, Bst 41b; the second to save his stake, and the win ner to pay 5 sots. towards expenses. One mile. 422 • Subs.) Mr. Greville'o Frantic Major.Martin!s Convulsion—. Mr.LoßitcleStEt.ingitgl il_n C te l ;n v r ' e k s n 'a P o e P n lo i r a p m i r d a s e n t s e ti a c d ; 3 • 4 5 o 2 agst Convulsion, 4 to 1 agst Pelopidas, and 10 to 1 aget Piumstesd. Won in a canter by t wo lengths, Convalsion beatei Plamstesd by half a length; Pelopidas beaten of£ 'Run inq min. 54 &CCP. The -Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared &c., with 100 added; winners extra; ttie second to receive 25 sovs. out of the stakes, and the se mist year, and pay 40 sous. towards expenses. Ttio miles. (100 Subs., 64 o f in:: oo :o d :b iar sc e ri d ba o to the race srs ,561. 6.t 31b 7b51t..5.16.. (Kendall) Mr. Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 yrs, 4st slb 1 Mr. William's Chief Justice, s Mr. Drew's Ballet Girl, ' ...................... Mr. J. Stanley's Teddingtoe, 7 B st st l3 l S. era...lord's Deride, 7st 51b Mr. Palmer's Doubt. 6 yrs, (G. E. Sharp) 0 Count tiattbytory'sJ ffek in the Corner,6 st 121 i (Ctorrish) 0 Mr. IL SAbing's linos* Knoll, Est lello (is ss a am) 0 Capt. Scott's Me) Day, 6 yrs, 6st .......(W a ll a ) 0 Mr. Tienne's 0 d Rowley, 3 yrs, sst 5 b...(a s s wco) 0 Mr. Tbompsoo's blood Rosa!, 3 yrs, s s l7 • l )(lifolEsrds) 0 Betting-3 to 1 east Chief Justices 7to 2 eget T e d_ dington, 6 to I opt Knouk Knoll, 6 to 1 agst Poodl e , a. to 1 agst Darkie, 9 to 1 apt Ballet Girl, and 15. to s agst any other. Won very cleverly by two lengths, a length bßeaso wst . second and third, Teddington a bad fourth, and :hale fifth. Run in 3 min. 52 sec. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, Est 10ib; four, 9 21b; five, 9st 121 b; six and aged, lost 41b. Two miles. Mr. Stephsnsors's Brother to Willingham (Charlton) 1 Mr. Meiklara's Paddy Bird, 3 yrs ...... ......(Aideroft) 2 Mr. Morris's Vatican, 6 yrs (Fenn) 3 Mr. J. Little's Wbits'one, sged (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs ..,....,.(Abrahams) 0 Mr. Smith's Union Jack, 3 yrs (Hickman) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs (T. Osborne) 0 Captain Lowtner's Chopkius, 3 yrs (Hammond) 0 Mr. Collier's llambletordan, 8 yrs (Sashimi) 0 Betting-5 to 2 each eget Brother to Weilingham and the Black Doctor, 4 to 1 agst Paddy Bird, 6 to 1 apt Cttopkins, Bto 1 agst Sabra. A splendid race between Brother to Williegnam and Paddy Bird, end won by ouly a head; Paduy Bird a %soy bad third, and Chop kins fourth. The others were stopped inside the dis tance. Run in 3 rule. 54 sec. The Whittlebury Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 100 added. About three-quarters of a mile. (40 Subs.) Lord Derby's Lonobow, 3 yrs, Bst 81b (F. Butler) 1 Air. Halford's Peppermint, 3 yrs, 9st ...(W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Drage's Postulant, 2 yr 5........,. ....(Guattr) Lord Eglinton's Pelopid as , 3 yrs, Bst 11 ib (Marlow) 0 Mr. J. Brown's Dangerous, Bst 816 ...(Whist , house) 0 Lord Westmiestei's Captious 3 yrs, Bst 51h(Fistman) 2 Mr. Bouverie a Loophole, 3 yrs, Bsr 51b (W. Abdult) 0 Mr. Steeheusoa's St. Crispin (b-b) 41 e(Rieltards) 0 Lord Exeter's Vest, 2 yrs, Est llb Lord Chesterfield's J, mime filly, Est lib, (Ashmeli) 0 Mr. Stevens's Wee Thine, 2 yes, 6st llbs...(Kendall) 0 Mr. W. Harris na c by Crane brook, out of a mare unknown, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (Wells) 0 Batting-6 to 4 agst LongGraW, sto 2 eget Captious, 7 to 1 agst Postulant, 10 to 1 agst any Other. Captious jumped off, and led several lengths to the Spencer Post, where she bolted, and Longbow taking up the running, won in a canter by three lengthS, Peppermint beaming Postulant by a head for the second place. Ran in 1 min. 21 see. In consequence of Longbow basing thrown a plate, this race, which was fix , el for half-past four, did not come off until nearly half-pass five. The Pytchley Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 48 added; three yrs old, Bst 21b; four, 9st 71b; five, 9st 121 b; six, and aged, lOst llb; mares and maidens four yrs oid and upwards allowed 31b. Tho winner to be sold for 300 soya, if demanded, and allowances if to be sold for less. Five furlongs. Mr. Armstrong's Equal, Est 10lb (1001.) (T. Osborne) 1 Duke of Bedford's Newport, Sat slb (601.) (Pettii) 2 Lord Warwick's Grief; 6 yrs, Bst 1216 (1001) (Crouch) 0 Mr. Gilbert's Rsindeer, 8 t 110 (301 )......(Kitchener) 0 Mr. Magenis'a Foilorn-hopr, car. 7.t 10:b (Flatmeo) 0 Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 7st 31b (1501 )...(Charlton) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Eller, 6st 615 (600 ...(Ashmell) 0 Mr. 0 Fen's Welsh Harper. Est 21b (301.) (Wells) 0 Mr. Whiting's Dame Tattle, 6st 3lb (601,)... (Kendall.) 0 Mr. Dickens's Mies Knight, 6st Sib (661) (Rickards) 0 Mr. Sterring's Grand Duchess, szt 13ib ...(Steggles) 0 Lord Cardrop's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Sly) 0 Bettieg-2 to 1 agst Newport, 4 to 1 egst Forlorn Hope, 5 to 1 .)gat Equal, and 5 to 1 agst Welsh Harper. The race from the distance was a match between Equal and Newport, and was won only by a neck. Hun in 1 min. 7 sec. MAIN LINE. Passengers .0 910 2 9 Parcels, 11. C. and D. ••• ... 62 5 5 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 596 19 5 Mails ... 575 0 0 Total .. ... £2,194 7 7 1,13 Passengers £3O 1 0 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... 1 15 2 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 98 8 9 Total ... £l3O 4 11 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ••• ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• £133 5 9 25 14 10 Total ... £l6l 0 7 now LANCASHIRE AND YORICSIIIRE RAILWAY. -- (2r open.)—Traifie for week en di ng Mar. 21 £15,969 15 6 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) ...£14,400 12 7 THE CRYSTAL Of persons who visited the b ui lding PALAc Y,s evilly the number the Preceding day. In d* g reaterth building tables are placed. uvlri which I n d i ff erent arts of waeta.e than that of favour of the retention of the building we petitions I._n osan s. d The little inci dent of yesterday wa r s e s h igned by la u o al of the cage and pedestal of the celebrated K h —O-1 neooreniTvhe construction of thestma chinery for the rising andi i- sha r king of the jew'rlisev.asmirn B e es z t " , ex traordinary, and excited the utmost p according aw erformance upon to announcement , ga" aP t crowded Will ti' B gre at which attracted a most organ, atten dance of the building. The programme at that particular part the most eminent composers, consisted of selections froth n oticed a concerto by Handel, deli among which may L b : concluding piece a German chorale. ciously played, and b his c horale it wou!d be difficult to Oi the execution of t he brilliancy of the variations and the speak too bigtilY9. t the air .Lasmain:s.i , ,tl 114.1441 i. ut c l earness with ..luc k . ss ages, gave room for the loudest ap most intricate p.... f . h . h " • t d doe the The concluding ugue, in w lc is in ro uce . plause. swell to the great orgari, was magnificent, and we most, cor dially agree with one of the delighted listeners in saving it Isubject beautifullyl ' " \V e hiVe not " hestatifu Was a doubt but that the Wednesdays and Saturdays the slightest . .. for the future will be considered the great days of those yet remaining of the Great Exhibition building. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "MARGARET MAITLAND."—Our readers will hear with pleasure that a new novel is announced by the author of those popula r a orks, " Margaret Maitland," " Merktand," &e. It is en titled "Adam Gre.ern ~ of Mossgray," a story of Scottish life, and is said to resemble in its mingled pathos, quaintness, and striking delineation of character, the first production of this clever writer, which the late Lord Jeffrey, it will be re membered. pronounced superior to anything in its line since Galt. This writer has, i n deed, originated an entirely new school of Scottish novels, ' and there can be little doubt that the publication of " Adam Graeme' will be awaited with un usual interest and dbriosity by the thousands who have de rived instruction turl AMUOPAIt am the former efforts of I her graphic pen. Match, 501. Twice round. Mr. Francis's Nancy, 5 yra, 1156 Ilb (testes) I Mr. Treadgold's Liberty, 4 yrs, 10:6 710...(Plannez) 2 Won easy. NORTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. ALTHORP PARK STAKES. 3 to 1 apt Gleoavon 4 to 1 art Nathan METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 8 to 1 apt Stilton 10 to I agst Mies Ann 12 to 1 agst Backbiter 14 to 1 agst K3t3 CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 aget Searce,ow 25 to 1 egst Poodle DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Bobbie Noble 12 to 1 n.tst Auuur DEJEUNER AT THE GREAT GRIMSBY DOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF TIFIE SUN. SIR,—An account having appeared in some of th e morni ng papers rating that tee dejduzer given by Messrs. Hutchings, Wrig h t , and Brown , :he contractors of the Great Grimshy 1): ck, was tut wished by Mestiril. Archer and Holt, of the Nell Gwynne Tavern, L on d on. I should fail obliged by your contradicting such & t ato . sby, went as untrue, and giving insertion to this letter ; t h e f ac t being that all the articles %rem furnished b y Lue, as ndiy the proprietor of the Yarborough Hotel, Gnat Grim end cot by Messrs. Archer anti Holt, uhoha i had i nothing rect whatover 0) do with it, tither directly or I am, Sir, yoar obedient Eery t - en WM. Logi-,' ~,-, unultSt March 23, 1852. THE 11112 VIE RIFLE, Won Limn, MARCH 24 —lOO w hole- of the afficera and non-cemmiis,ened bfficere of tree regintent,,, the numbers of which were given la,t, week, arrived at the garrison .here on Saturday evening, and on DI-ouday forenoon . R. of the prese n t wea k conmeuced practising with the Mime rifle at th e n Royal 111. , enel, at a range of 4) o hundred yards, Major B:owntigge, of the Guards, pointing out the mode of loading the new pat tern tern rifle musket, and in the method of tak in g the se s d !' is when mitly for firing. The Miliie ball now Grenadier more simple than, the balls formerly pract is ed ofttle conical three circular indentations near the base s he present ball shaped ball being dispensed with, :itb, the the and sager-loaf. is exactly of the same shape as t half way up from The ball is hollow, extending aboU the base, and a small copper of e a up oommon bottle. The inserted, giving it the appearance of the hp: e te d u l i jall is equa ll y good as with rtactice with the range on Monday being the forrncr, the number of eye at one hundred halls that struck the bull's sufficient to "T practice on Tuesday, at two wood instead of iron.a_ ver y good ; and to•day, at three oorapletelrtirieddle it had it been made of hundred Yazd', - nge , sometimes three or four bank in hundred Yards ffi rs taking a great interest in wfrreresauat _W e t: the bull's e r e, the officers tad no . a t crou, hundred acquirntre practice succession i ' to-morrow will be at four knowledge of the use of the new l' per io d. y ---, ,d on until about two, ran, the naafi a:terAs and wilt commence at eleven o'clock, A an, and ............• be awl _ BETURN OF THE GREAT 133.1 TAT FROM U TRIAL TRIP. —We have noticed the performances of this fine steam-ship to far as Holyhead. The Great Britain re turned from hertii.,l trip to Liverpool yesterday. We have p l ea sure in announcing the entire success of the whole trip, and that her compasses were as correct as in any wooden vessel. After landing a part of her company at Holyhead Et six, rat., on Monday night, she shaped her Collike with A fresh head wind for Tuskar. At eight A.x. on Tuesday morning she was abreast of the Saltees, the wind up to this time having been fresh and dead against her. Here it died away. The ahip's head was turned and the course shaped for the &aunt Stick. Soon after ten the engines were put on at full speed, and eo remained, without drawback, for ten hours, the average rate being fdlly ten knots an hour. The ship was kept the whole night out, in mid channel. At five A.M. yesterday morning the engines were turned on again at full speed, and the course shaped back for Liwri•ool. She passed the Skerries at thirty minutes past seven, Pint Lynas at twenty-five minutes past eight, and the Bell Buoy at noon. P ROCLAMAT ION FOR AFSE MIMING PA MA ENT. The following is Lord Brougham's Bill for n shor te ni g the time required for assembling Parliament aft er a dissolution thereof:—" Whereas, on account of the inareasal facilities of communication ra.hich row exit, th e time required b y l a w to intervene between the date of the proclstnation for as sembling Parliament and the day appoiuted for the meet in g thereof may be reasonably a h orteued : Be i t aerated, there fore, by tae Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament a asearbled, and by p the authority of the same, that so often as tun. Majesty shall, by her royal proclatnutiln, a of the Parliament o f the appoint a time for the first meet ingnited Kingdom of G reat Bri tain end Ireland aft er a di saalut i on ther.-ot, the time sot be appointed may be any time less than fifty 'days after thedate of such proclamation, the Act cf the .t-tli year . of Qaeen Anne, chapter S, article 22, or any other law or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding ; provided that the time so appointed shill not be leas shalt thirty-five days after the date of such proclamation." No fewer than seven members of the Western Cir• cuitbar are vandidates for seats in Parliament at the next election, besides those now bavieg seats—Mr. Slade, Q.C. for Salisbury; Mr. Butt, Q. 0 ., for Weymouth; Mr..M: Smith, for T ruro; Mr. Phinn , for Bath,; Gox, Mr. tot Tewkesbury ; Mr, CeCtilich 1" 1)1371149"11; sad 411.,C • 4 fta Tavitock. ,_