The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-20 00:00:00

r pibi,;„ - T 7; e re , ti.. , . e pewee. el :t e m -,e,,, 1 1.1 either le...ye omen aeel li e : er ;"'" Cleverneient teso teem tete Wu. Menre . r t . ' ) th el ' e a`• No = we ,t, aas the iiejeet cif the t." , enmirte. pnaleievett eir ? W as t h e Utenruittee to suggest the lee, rl !t'n' t i , f some meaeurs k w to prevent all future specu 'l.lu tai way enterprise?—(Flear, hear.) . He could t 1 °" so 400 miles to his ewn house in one-third of the tia tr f a . TI A at one third of' the expense, that ho was for i?re Y 11 41,1 e to. If the Hon. Merels..r wcsild apply ths- N lic h 8) rit, to to luegage, and add to that the re , . ti t ; t : ll o 2t of 10 per cent., he would be very glad to con ttei Br e Present pri nc iple. H e wo uld t a ke the London t o 4 trmiegharn Railway as an instance. From liondoe th e f ?gbY th e di stance was 8 4 m it es. I n th e fi rs t c h a t s ti ms Sr e was 143. 6d., in the second 10s., and the thin! Pa •? 5 . 10d. Th e di stance f rom P ar i s t o R ou en aas Th: l 'es, and the fare in te Ist class was 16 francs. The f ' te in the second class was 101 dearer than the i scu ,„nd class f rom L on d on to R ug b y, an d t h e t hi r d c l ass Til l : tinted to Bs. 4d. against 6s. 10d. for English fare. th at averag e of fares in France was more tom i ll England. Were they prepared to Ze(tpt the French system—it would he no doubt a I t i rr ,,, t a i- - Frovernent if it could be done constitutionally ; aii w u °lt at the vast sums of money spent by the English kei ' I Y companies in fighting through the difficulties at - 1/4t en th it formation. Was he wrong in sating IN th e Loteion and York Railway Company, not having Ito fir qill, had spent nearly half a mi.lion.—(Several ee n t ' te i Nnbers, "No, a quarter ")—Well, it might be a tie Coe /y eat Yorkshirer, hut he still line, w thou ghichht it be was had morebe fore. Ther hi m e was it b 4 fo tl) ittve l ast session; that company was now cumuli , tit; t heir Bill, having spent nearly 200,0001. without ie t , r, ! obtai ne d i t. U n d er t h e F renc h system , th e b e d t em the line was to be planted was given over. Th.• of , r4l "' went onto work the line for a certain nitnibe- th ell ' 44l.B unrler a tariff, and it was then given baisk to kile T he French were 16 rears later in starlit's , - the 10,,V , estem than the English, and the Enelish had t iriii - the ir eap:tal to work their way. We could roe , te r 3 ` e e r 3,000 miles of railway, wlele they could only go tee , L ' ) °. Let the English copy from them what was Ili, 4 but reject all that was otherwise. With regard to Pti, r ,, i n ! Friend's.expte 6 of the French system, his Hon. foamed. did not seem to know how that system was ', 11 4 er His Hon. Friend, in speaking of the Londet k ikhe - h rtn ,inghain and the Great Western, mentions them !lice t - ;., 11 .T. Was it proper to speak lightly with refer 's th - t wo great bodies who had been of so much utility 3f. P u blic? Neither did his Hon. Friend seem to be iit ( ";"ur of th e p r i nc ipl e o f a malgama t ion ; hut V l '. Patrick Stewart) knew that amalg,a -t1io,?1 had the effect of lowering the rates of charge -1() ch in g of increased ep •ed and increased accommo laden t `elltr t a rblie- In fact there was only one instance to the E ''' ,, ilf e Y' and the principle pursued in that instance he', r eelude the possibility of improvement. He did gel t CK this dismission at all premature, because .. the. k t kl e : ). 4 Constantly meddling with a great institution. :' 0 414 - l lng in the dark for something which they knew blat see better than the present system, without know ‘ti tnd e re to find it. If the Government rave his Hon. 1 1 5 _tat;,, t he Committee which he asked, they would. have „le f,"„ L ng like final legislation, a legislation that would Zti -` Years ; but, unless they constructed the Commit l ie way ,r e ,``..cullti be constant jealousy and interference, and Nil„ °rl Would be because each line world envy its , iii - " u re - indoing on the same reasons which Fulton ha ‘. 0 ,., 114t1 ned a man to envy his neighbour, namely, that ' 4 e ~'"Fred the insi& of his own po , sessiens with tet; r 4 tatde of his neighbour's, which appeared to look je r e B aPpea , ances were always fair. step WORSLEY said that great attention would be hi e l t to this subject when the Committee was named, !is ti should inveitieate it. Although he did not know No n - "; Member for Inverness, he knew that his obser Is : I nad suggested some preliminary inqu ry should ktOce outside the House, which inquiry would to t the labour falling so heavily on Hen. Members. St 414 not help thinking that her Majesty's Govern- Ote' x uld find some tribunal which would perform the 151 r i c 'w performed by Hon. Members. There were 11tie;12Y-two w ere mos M t emb would arduous ers on the Committees, and their ' be bet er to te ; it not ,Nt Pale competent engineer to examine into the &Ire , "tl i „Neres of the lines--e.uch as gradients—previous tte' seasions? That person should be one in whom ttadkul6dence could be reposed. Such a proceeding il tae, Ba ve great labour, and the Committees souks klie" t be able to take into consideration the various t koti;' cs that mi g ht b e s u bmitted to them. There was MI they Point to which he was anxious to call the atten (t clie l % the House, in consequence of the change which e N tt then Entitle in the Committees this sessions, namely. rni t ,"lffic on land should not be inquired into by .1 % () fres on railways. It was true, that under le, System very many exaggerated statements It d ev - 4 made, but the persons objecting to the railway 1 1, 4 ' Pa rt r Y2Peortunity of exposing any such attempt on Hlfe e of the undertaking. It was true that although G *a ' th. 1- 8 not to be inquired into, the principal towns e ottiti e e , fro m which the traffic was to be expected I t' teu' e h e 14 . 1 d before the Committee. He did think the .kt to„ i tnportance was attached to this opion, te kti ,v tauch money would be invested in railway ape 1,,, 8, ells f', , ~ urn the state of the money-market. D.r c the ,, ‘tice i rl - event of their obtaining their . Bill, would se„., . Ifnmethate call, and if they did it would not e t ~.,•te.etaut; he also thought that no company start. gin h large capital could, if they were to order new ,e u a, get them ruede for two or three years, for then , tt. '4° ' a demand up on t h e eng i ne ma k ers , th a t un l ess tt ti i i i r e to oblige some old established company the . Ite i , net make any. Under the circumstances he cer ,.icitieught it was necessary that some improvements 41 ee made in the manner of disposing of these k s eat' Ei I 1,. LIII ",01IG E GREY said. that in the course of the re t.`‘ 61: 1 ' 4 had Callen from hie Hon. Friend (Mr. Stewart) he r b it t i t ''tveil that he spoke a amalgarnatioii as not a beneficial i: , l i t '. He believed that it was a most important question. ;Ati o ,; k i. Ft lend the Chairman of the Committee of Classi 'aZ!tt"l the -tap; tught, on the part of his Committee, called t i ''`'lou of th e Government to this subject, and put e a 1 / 4 t,t, t 1 : 1 to the President of the Board of 'trade, in order to ''itir b what wnere the views of the Government on thi. k e '. , STEWART slid he did not say that amalgamation Softikip beeneficial e aid t :" PEEL ; that there was a point of considerable !Ilit, h , tt Al es which he had not heard referred to in this die es ' I ,. L ille Hon Gentleman would take into Committee 1, - ,1i7 1 -i k e ' woo d he in conformity with the principles laid tt el `ns pamphlet, which showed great . research,. and It the attention of the public to many points of railway 01: h il to which no atten ion had Feviously Keen given. 10 ba d G entl , Mata was under the impression that great 1 k .., '''' been committed in the railway legislation of this oti, to ' The Hon. Gentleman asked—might it the in not he des l i Zese o establ is h some tar iff on all railways seeking s ,tes.4. of Parliament? and said that it was a ques,tint, e'tt e ...n would riot be d• sitable to adopt a fresh system. bt ,titt'„ lte to each company newly formed only a temporary I's 17‘t ue Possession of the railway. In order to illus •rate Ilettlects,ihe ! - lon. Gentleman would 1.. y be ore the Coins .. ,'ANls'C il l e ,'S iciformaVen connected with foreign ratlw g a a y v s. , 0 1 , i ,ie time might elapse iefore 'heCommittee . IVlil i , - „ °11, and what was to be done . with regard to ist i lis ...y Bills now in progress ? .It appeared to . him tit, tti t ,". a subj-rt to which the Committee at once three , ei 0 1, 'to -- s'On. It was quite clear that Parliament had the f as error, and apply new principles to new rail- N:tit L u 'ies seeking the intervention Le .Parliament , and t,, t - i `a ß il e vvery opportunity of now tryinthe question. Where teleii et nt aPanies applied for power togmalg.mate w th other , Il4:ltie ' the house might hay.- a ri : tht to unpor some ne w kii k ,„ -4 "a that line it it sought fur any extended powers t i' s , e , could suspend itrlegisiatiOn in these cats , s until the l'e t t ?.j,`„ n _ e Cocaine - tee was made. and could put into each V..,,,Ati 1 ,,„"c subjecting the company to any regutati to which Vlit - t ' t might make in consequence of the report of the i k :a.y . ot der to affect the interest of the coay in the N te s t ' ti ',he Bills giving those companies a pa - mane et in 'lttil„ th e railway. could have a clause in . them. ktv ea l their powers—a clause enahliog Parliament tie. -I ,,, h at• the interest of the company in twenty 14 1 7ty l 'here had been a legislation framed for these ., iltt• Nice, but a few years had changed the aspect of 1 tt e 't e , t ""ei alterations anti new . lights had c: me forth, ant e 4 [41 te he wondered at, since two years ago no one ever , h. Y' iOtt.d the possibility of having such a number of rail t.','ll. 2"Y had ai the present time. and it should be fur Par til','4ll,„-- 'neate r new - regulations . to suit that increase. I . t e'`es t ' t .ant to know the best weans of serving the public ''ti Pte , fering too far will the application of individual , 4t the n 'lit this grouud I have no objection to the appoint lel4°,t4 e Commiitee.—( Hear, hear. ) le I le,e teUSSELL, who, in his opening observations, was ty ei 4 'a the gallery from the noise that prevailed at the t ki 'l' ti, the Right Hon. baronet, at the beginning of the 1N. 1 4. 414 expnssed great fear respecting the ap r lication of 1 4, 4 .)17, aunt ot capital subscribed Isr railway projeeei, t t .:fe lt - , 4 14 damage seriously the commer , tai transactions of YittiP• Nevertheless it seemed the Government had re ,(l trt t l 'kl tiothiug to meet the evil apprehended Nothing ape ,} ta t have be e , done beyond the plan for conducting rail '4:l:lll43 acted upon last session. The question . before Ik t le ß k e - 4 "21 of great alit_ it invol7 Q ii ,, t i h n e t zpl p ic iv a s t e io n n t I N ‘ t ile,tt I .t si, `" Qu i ld nt h r a i v f e ca h p e t en m o uc rail y ix much better ap if - thet had taken the ks tl ,P4 o ' f 4t ,° consideration at the comment•ement of the session ih t • ) I, l eadi t ,e it t.tr• inquiry to a Select Co mmittee .—( Hear, - ke,,ilte g t k elLo'io . „Lim Hassell) had been led to believe tat in view, when he made his s' ate ' Ilk ik :k r ,' 7,". Barone- ha 4 7 % 4 , I, ''',ways at the be '`u nin g of. the session, some general gi Ai. ei tt , what the Government infetided respecting the large this w d ay. — h ( .H Hear, ,:t e ' ) - Z i t , propesed to be expende: i in eeke' that had not yet been done, . s o f a 4ii e te e Was appointed with the Rightitel :. e n p n e . Gentleman we 1111144cellur of tne Exchequer as one of its mem.'"ers, , ,,, th .. at . 1: best ate his views with respect to railways generat, s. as IV 4,nt i '' ti e u teurs e it was advisabie to pursue.— Hear, said hear. ) h AN CEL LO R of the EXCHEQUER t e 4, 1 , 1 '14(.,11 , of a tw,fold character. One had relation to the N,al 0 , - "ich the large amount of capital proposed to he ex• t ee n tsl4Always would have on the money-market, and the t II L tb ' 1111 1 4 ,1 41 . 1 to competition betweed lines of railway and the 4,,...'ttit 54 ''' , oll of the public. With respect to the first, the , t4' eniete l' '' ts which had led to the tears expressed at the "tell.' " 1 the session were now somewhat tllr9k,, i Those tears arose from he large sinus that were ) 95 11 111„ t ° be expended in this way, amounting. according to 'At 4 4, 414 "fere the üblic, to neaily 800 millions of moult. P l' h ‘l 't, l O r '' was, ai p the beginning of the sessioti, the total kt k r:led, 4 , which hi s Right Hon. F r i en d ma d e hi s statemen t a s lis p q• c ' be required foe the various railway schemes pro lqi el wt . erte nly, it Bills involving that stun hod come before ,e 4 tt re ) ' t rnitteeS there would have been a necessity for: ",ls,-41112,exraordina'ry measures to prevent the evils td in "ip4l4 -:" to the cull .ir th o u must have resulted from the 1k1 " -411 " :14)11cat i'lo ' .c y t: ti the purpo:es of these Bills. 'd t o ''eriod th: t o b • a l -.) t a :1' red to the Bills had been re- Z t:: l ' , l sad of of d the ' wh ' Ole r ; bY r t he operation of the standing te„ tot h er e , tu , ei, and of this number many no doubt Z's t i t "w ' l ''?ught intoaction. The case therefore was di f tiONl i n , "at it was at the former eriod o which h re 'tt KW euced the Government to fo p t rbear interfering e with It , r :s te , ss , of private undertakings There ti , longer existed t i ls : ti nl : t } fer the interfer , nee of the Parliament which was s e el ttsi e , aPprehended, and it sat thought best to leave to 1 9 1, , t4 4 '5t eiilne of l the Select Committees the selection of those til t t 4 t , o ated t o serve the public accommodation. With l itt ott ete e ':_! t question for the investigation of which the pre . vii ~ : "1 tee a, Was appsinted, he would say that he was 14 , t , ^ pt e .„ - eent!, and to the best of his ability, endeavour to tle i, h wi e :Z a ror the information ' of the Haute. Respecting ~:ek e e about the superor advantages of the French ` 4 l l / 4 :ll 4 tk it ,tli s '' '' e l u d . n s et then given . an opinion. He would not an -141„.10e ts quo t , „ ell but go into the Committee with every - "Atttj a - a eole the best plan to secure the end in view— e - 4 1 ablic agaiwit the effects of wouopoly, and at ~..~,.. ; -• • T .-- ! the seme time to act fairlr towards those -Who had embarked eapi‘ al in rail ways. —( Hre.r. ) Vr. RA BINU thought hat somethieg should be done to m -et the evil complained of, and to facilitate railway business. He thought it would be of considerable ad, aritage if it ceuld he arranged for joint Committees of the two Rouses to sit en Bills, instead of their passing through separate Committees, to the great loss of time. Mr. HORSNI AN referred to the Committee that sat in 11444 on this question,. They were told then hat the fares weed t be regulated by what the coach fares had previously been and that the regulation of railway tariff- should keep this point in view. This he disputed. An engine c-,uld do the work of two thousand horses, and a train taken from London to Birm , neham would cost only 26/ It was. therefore, evident the rate of fares was extravagant. It was a fact that the in tere.ts of the public and the railway companies are opposed. It is the interest of the public that passengers sheu'd be carried at a low rate, while it is the interest of the companies to carry few passengers at a high rate. It was then also given in e idence that the effect of amalgamation was invariably to r Ise prices. There was a case in point referred to, he be lieved. by the Hon. Member for Sunderland (Mr. Hudson) — the Midland, Birmingham and Derby line—in which the di rectors said the object of the amalgamation was to raise the fares. When he ( Mr. Horsman) compared the lines of the south on the subject of 'ares with those of the north, he saw great. difference. The Hon. Member 'or Renfrewshire (Mr. P. Stewart) stated a fact re.pecting a line with which he vas associated (the Glasgow and Gr-enock Railway), in which first-class passengers were carriel for 10. a mile, second class at Id., and. third-class at id., running the trains at the rate of 26 miles an hour. against the formidable c enpetitionofthe river Clyde. and yet the secretary stated that they were doing well; yet. this line had cost 30,0081. As had been stated by the Right Hen. Baronet, in his unanswerable speech at the beginning-of the session, it was to be hoped great attention would be taken to prevent their going beyond the resourc .s of the country, and that no railway Bills would be passed but what were really required by the urgent neeessities of the country, and of which there was some certain•y of heir being beneficially carried into effect.—( Hear, a-.) But the ques tion now was—were they performing their duties to the public? It might happen that a railway once commenced would he left unfinished, and it would only he in such a ease that they could conceive the great misfortune of passing Acrs for the completion of which there was no money, r or other resources. Let them conceive an individual proprieto-,, .through whose lands a railway passed—a railway that at first, perhaps, was viewed by him with great apprehension. That railway, once begun, was uncompleted; and this, too, after gangs of la heurers bad traversed his grounds. Under such circnmstancc., they were sanctioning lines to the extent of two or three times the resources of the country, nor only thereby inflicting an in jury on the country generally, but tn each individual mem ber of it. Aft , r a few word from Mr. WAWN, Mr NIORRISON replied. The giving an uniform scale to railways was a matter that required early and deep considera tion. What they had to ci.mplain of at present was a want of system, and it was with a view of remedying this evil that he moved for the pre-ent Committee. He bait no idea of reply leg to all the remarks of Hon. Members during that evening, but he could not help saying that it was rather unfair for the Hon. Member for Renfrew hire to compar' the Rouen Roil way, the dearest line in France, with the London and Bir mingham, which was universally allowed to be the cheapest. It was curious, too, to hear Gentlemen connected with rail ways complaining of interference. Why, their very existence depended on their interference with the rights of others; and it was still more curious to hear the Hon. 's.tember for Sunder land speak of the rights of competition, when he himself, with so many others, brought before the House so many amalgama tion schemes. It was high time that some general system of fares should be estahlish.'d, for he tad been assured, no later than that day, that a railway com,.any to Windsor intended to found a town on Hounslow Heath, for the ben' t of the work ing classes of London, to which they might be conveyed for twopence, and hack again at the same rate. This surely would he better than living in the purlieus of Whitechapel. and such like places, and perhaps walking three miles to their work besides. The Committee waa then agreed to. INDIA POST-OFFICE. Mr. mnve.l for return' of the receipt and expendi ture of the post-office at each of the Presidencies of Bengal. Madras, and Bombay, nn er separate heads. for each of the years 1842 and 1843; of the number of 1. tters, pack4,.es, and newspapers disratched from and received by each of the put offices at Calcutta. Ag-a, Madras, and Brimbay in each day, for the period of one month in 1816 Agreed to. AFFAIRS OF MALTA. Mr. HUME moved for an address, that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to lay before the Wiuse a i oily of the orders issued by Sir Patrick Stuart, the Governor of Malta, and by Mr. Selby, officer of police in that island, interfering with the amusements of the penile in that Wand at the car nival, in February last ; and, also, copies of any dispatches or reports that may exist concerning the riots that took place in Malta on the 22d of February Inst.—Agreed to. AF 7 A IRS OF THE COLONIES. Mr. HTIME moved for a copy of the rules issued by the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, dated the 27th day of ctober. 1843. and sanctioned by the Secret ry of State for the Colonies relating to the immigration of Chinew labou rers from the British settlements in the Straits of Malacca into the colonies of Guiana. Trinidad, and Jamaica. Copy of a dis patch addressed by Lord S'anley to the Governor of Jamaica, dated the 26th day of October. 1843 (ISo. 160), rela ing to contracts with labourers Copy of any dispatch addressed to the governor of Trinidad, disalovving an ordinance pasted by the Council of Government of that Colony. on the 29'h day of January. 1845. for regulating the relative rights and duties of masters and servants.—Agreed to. BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Howe then resolved itself into Committee on this Bal. Mr. HUME said this Bill was intended to abolish certain monopolies posses.ed by the Guilderies, and. he thought it ought at the same time to abolish certain burdens which had been imposed in consequence of these monopolies. For in stance, certain trades were compelled at certain times of the year to act as guard• to the magistrates. The LORD ADVOCATE said the origin of the burdens complained of was not known, and not connected with the ex e privileges Mr. HUME did not know why the Lord Advocate could not abolish these burdens by the Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said the Hon. Gentleman could introduce a Bill himself. The clause• were then agreed to. and the Bill was re ported. MINORITY-NOES, 74. Aetni ' Colonel Frewon, C. H. Heald, Joseph .I,llix,J. P. . . Faller, I. E. Newdegate. N. A rkwright 1. Gardner, J. D. ' Newport, Viscoant Astell, William Gooch. E. S. O'Brien, •A. S. Bateson, Thomas Goring, Char7ee : Palmer, G. Kellett, John • . Granby, Marquis of Plumptre, .1. P. Bennett, Philip Grogan, E. Rashleigh, W. Bentinci, Lord G. Raiford, Sir Henry Repton, G. W. Bentinck, Lord Ti; Halsey, T. P. ltoHeston, Colonel Berestord, Major Harris, Hon. Capt. Scott, F. Bert hwick, Peter Henley, J. W. ileymer, H. K. Brooke, Lord liildyard, T. B. . Shaw, F. Bruce, C. L. C. Ilinde, J. H. Sihtliorls, Colonel Hullo*, Sir J. Y. Hope, Sir 1. Stanley, E Clayton, R. R. Ilud..on. G. Thomeson, Aid. Clinton, .T. T. • Hurst, It. 11. Troilope. Sir J. Colvile, C. It. lnglis, Sir H. Tumor, C. ecnnptott, 11. C. Jollifte, Sir W. IL. Waddington, H. S. hick. Q. Knightley, Sir:;. Walsh, sir .1. H. Disraeli, B. . Lennox, Lord G. H. Wodehouse, E. Douglas, Sir H. Lioidell, Hon. H. T. Worcester, Marquis Fat nham, E. B. - Manners, Lord C. Wynn, Sir W. Fiimer, Sir E. Maunsell, T. B. Yorke, E. T. Finch, George' Maxwell, Hon. J. P. T7J.I.CaII. Floyer, John Miles, Philip W. S. Lawson, Andrew Forbes, William Miles, William Tyrrell, Sir J. MUTINY BILL The House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT proposed the following clause And whereas certain soldiers, who hive hitherto been duly enlisted, and who have voluntarily taken the oath of allegiance an 4 fidelity, and are now receiving her Majesty's pay, have been sworn and attested, but doubts have art en whether the justices before whom the said soldiers have been so sworn and attested were duly qual,fted to adm;nister to such soldiers the oaths prescribed by the several Acts passed for the punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters : he it enacted, that in every case where any such soldier, having been duly enlisted, shall have been so attested and sworn, and shall not have claimed to be discharged on or before the seven teenth day of March, 1846, he shall no , be entitled to his dis (thy ge by reason of such informality, but shall be liable to all the provisions of this Act, and of the Act passed during the last session of Parliament, for the punishing mutiny and de sertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. she-e in force, and shall be entitled to the full benefit of his past service, and to all pay and pension in respect thereof, to all intents and purpases. and in like manner as if he had been duly attested and sworn." After a few words from Mr. HUMS and Capt. LAVA RD. the Bill went through C mmittee, and the House having resumed, the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. MARINE MU I'INY BILL. On the question being put that the Speaker do leave the Chair for going lop committee on this Bill, Sir C. N APIER rase. and said he did not intend to oppose the Speaker leaving the Chair, but before going into com mittee, he wished to ask the Government whether there was ny intention to revise the articles of war. Mar,v of those articles were repugnant to his feelings as a naval oftcer, and while some of th m rendered men liable to be punished vrithoat the ordeal of a cour -martial he thowiht they were highly iiblee tionahle. For in tance, a sailoC who fell asleep on the watch was liable to the punishment of death, and he believed this article was framed upon the principle that a sentry on shore was under .imilar circumstances liable to the same punishment. There was, however, no comparison lytvreen the two cases, for a ship on the sea was not open to an immediate attack, like , a military post on shore. The articles of war ought therefore to he revised, and he for one wished to see them more humanisrd than they were at present Mr CORRY Has not aware that there was any intention on the part of Government to alter the articles of war, as they at they at present stood. Mr. H UME oOjected to the reply of the Hon. Member, and thought that the Government ought to hold our, some hope that the articles of war would b a , no distant period so revised as to make toem in accordance wi h humanely and com mon j ustice. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On the first Avast! being proposed. Mr. H U ‘IE rose, and objected to 'heir proceeding further unle,s a more favourable an-wer was given to the question of the Hon. and Gallant Ilerdier for vlarylebone. The articles of war were certainly not in accordance with the spirit of the age. and as the punishment of death had almo,t been abolished in our criminal courts, it ought to be removed from the naval articles of war. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said no difficulty of this sort had ever arisen before, nor had it ever been found impracticable to carry out the articles of war. The Hon. and Gal ant Member complained that men were frequently punished without being subject to the ordeal of a court-martial ; but. the Hon. Member forgot that it was competent for the man to demand being tried by such a tribunsl. Sir CHARLES NAPIER said, in the whole courze of his experience. be haft never heard of a man who had been sen tenced to a punishment by a superior officer demanding to be tried before a court-martial previous to his sentence being carried into effect. Had a man done so, he believed it wiuld have been deemed a presumptive act, and he would have ren dered himself liable to fur , her punishment for it. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN having made a few further observations, being, in fact, similar to those which he had pre viously made, Sir CHARLES NAPIER gave notice that he intended bringing forward some measure to remove the grievances which he complained of. C: . ntain LAY ARD, having made a few observations Sc to the unneeiZgary severity of the pre.ent law, and the extra powers of pun,,,`,- aent which were g iv en to the c a ptains of the ship.. Bill was read a second time, The subject dropped, and the and ordered to be committed. The Fever (Ireland) Bill was then read a third time, and passed. The House adjourned at Half-past Eleven. SOUTH-EASTERN CON TINEN TA L STEAM. PACKET COMPANY. The ,econd half-yearly meeting of this Company was held yesterday afternoon, at the offices of the South-Eastern Company, Louden -bridge. Jarnes M'Gregor,, Esq., Chairman of the Company, took the chair. The report of the directors stated that the Company was conatitut , r! in June, 1845. There were 565 shareholders, holding 11,0e3 shares. On these shares a deposit of 4/. per share had been paid: tyld a further call of '2l. woul , t be made, payable on the ,19tb of July next. The Company at present hit , 4 five spi ndid sr. an-ships, the cost of which was 63,5021. T':e h-rt earning , fur the hist hdf-year ha d d ben t 6.695/., out .of which the directors had written ff 3,611, .% 6d. for wear and tear. leaving a balance of 3,333/, out of which a dividend per silare would be declared payable on the 6th of April. Thel direct ire had given orders for three new ships, which would be ready in the course of the summer. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. Lord TORRINGTON seconded the motion, which was unani mously carried. Lf:rd Torrington, Mr. Harding. Capt Tynedale, and Mr. Arlirre4.4, were tlieti re •cleeted itirectors. The period fur sa..t-ning the deed of settlement was extended to the 30th June next. The rneating then separated. • - • • pnr RTYN, LOWDOM__Pit DAY 4,'A 01 et il , l gl4 ii *7-k x:74-1 7 A, 7 - §_ - 67dinge the Howe of Commen.s.):l. '' MARCH 18. :, _~ ~ s :::T »:'S DRA W I Ml' tt)A.L. The Que en lied a Drawing-I.nm yesterday afternoon, at St. Jame s ' s P a l ace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from B uc ki ng l ian i Palace at two o'clock, and were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stok to Prince Albert. The royal suit e i nc l ude d , the Micress of the Robes, the nuche4s Bucclench ; the Ladies of the Bedchamber, the the s, 4, - z.iuntess Canni ng , and t h e Viscountess Jric,-Iyri ; of Chatle mont ( i n waiting), the Marchioness of Counts-- --. t p h o e ur A o iaids of Honour, Lady Carolice Cocks (in waiting), Hon. Miss Devereux (in waiting), Hon. Miss Paget, and the Hon. Miss Stanley the Bedchamber Women, Lady Gardiner, the Viscountess Forbes, Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, and Lady Theresa Digby ; the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Hawar den ; the Groom in Waiting, Ca l ,tain Meynell ; the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), and the Pages of Honour, Messrs: Gordon and Forbes; the Lord in Waiting to Prince, Albert, Lord George Lennox; the Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness, Captain Francis Seymour; and the Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness, Major- General Sir EdWard Bowater. rEMfI the Votes WED/4EIMA., . The fol:"W i ng Petitions for Rallwayi we... ordered to be brought itt is the undernamed Han, Shrewsbury all: Birminghatn—Mr. W. 0. Gore, —3l,r• r;cOtt, and Mr. C.'llins• • 3iundy. Midland (Erevrash Extension)—Mr. Hudson aid Mr. North of Norfolk —Matry,,tis .sf I)oaru and lir B. Smith. Midland (;:rewash Veiny 0-Anefies)—Mr. Hudson and Mr. Mundy. Brstol and Birmingham arid Midland Railways-11r. Hudson and reported, 'find the Rills Ni embers : Clive, Mr. R. Mr. Beub•w. STANDING OttirEitti' COMMITTEE. • The following resolutions were repor .,ed freni this Cominittee : I. That, In the case of th e .slialand, Sheffield. Dews- I. Leeds, snl Bradford Railway petiti'at, the standing orders permitted to pro ought to be dispensed with : —That the pa rto ' e seed with their Bill, with the exception of th e ,clauses giving power to the Company to sell or lease thei undertaking. 2. That, in the ease of the West London Railway petition, the standing orders ought to b • dispensed with :.—Tha: the parries be per mitted to proceed with their Bill on depositing in the Private Bill oftioe a copy of the missing sheet of the plans and eections, being a duplicate of that deposited with the clerks of the peace. 3. That, in the case of the Buckinghamshire Railway (Trlng to Banbury) petit' the standing orders ought to be dispensed with: That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill 00 correct ing the errors in the note on the cross sections deposited in the Pri vate hill-office. 4. 'That, in the case of the Worcester and Forth Dynllaeri Railway petition, the stall lug orders ought to be dispensed with :--That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on inserting pro visions therein rendering it compulsory on tue Great \ estern Rail way Company to contribute the amount of tubscription stated in their declare:ion, under their comm.ar seal. That the Connuittees on this and the preceding Bills do examine, in tlfe lira place, how far sash orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 5. That, in the case of the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 6. That, in the case of the North Wales Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed :---That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 7. That, in the case of the Atlhallovrs Tithes petition, the standing order ought to 'be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their hill. 8. That in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, mot Ayr .Railway Amendments and Branches (No. 6) petit:uu, the standing orders ought mat to be dispensed with. 9. That, in the case of the Lancashire Waterworks petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with:—'bat the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 10. That, in the case of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Rail way petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with. their Bill. 11. That, in the case of the Northumberland anti Lancashire Rail way petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 12. That, in the 01.8.2 of the Shrewsbury and Herefordshire Railway p.,tition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—Thal tlid parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. First, second, third, fourth, sixth. seventh, ninth, tenth, eleTentli,, ant., twelfth resolutions agreed to. --Report to lie on the table. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was present, at tended by Lady Fanny How} rd, Col mel Sir G,orge Coupes., Bart , and Captain the Hon. James P. `•'urray. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Uuches• of Cambri.lgs wee attended by the Lady in Waling, and Baron Kneseheek. Their Royal Highnesses were received by the Vice-Chatn tterlain, who conducted them to.the royal closet. Per Majesty's lion. Corps of Gent emcn-at-Arms were on duty in the Presence Chamber, and at the principal entrance to the State-rooms. Tne Yeomen Guard wore their Coronation er,stume. • ••••••• ••••.. The QuPen, acumpanied hy- Prioce Albert end the Royal Family, having entered the Throne-tocm, the Wowing pre sentations to her Maj, , sty took place iu the Foreign Diplomatic circle:— _ . By the Countess Reventlow, the La ly of the Danish Minister, their daughter, Countess Hilda Reventlow. By 111alatne Buo,en, Qv. Lady of the Pruss'an Minister, Mrs. 31• Lane. ;he lady of the American Minister; and by Mrs. 31 Lne, Miss 31‘Lat,e, the daughter of the American Minhter. • By Ceuta :le St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, Le Comte D'Astorg, Attaché to the French Emb . assy in London. By ( ount Dietrichstein, the Austrian Ambassador, Mr. Henry Isaacson. Captain of Maggot's in the Austrian service. The Foreign Dielomatie Cirele was attended by Count do St. Aulaire, the breneh Ambassador; the Austrian Ambas sador, and the Countess Dietrielistein ; the Bavarian Minis ter and the Baroness de Cetto ,• Baron Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, acid Mademoiselle Dedel, and M. Statenus, First _Secretary of Legation ; Count de Pollon, Sardinian Minister, 'and 'Marquis ParaYieino, Secretary of Legation; Baron de Moncorvo, the Portueuese Minister, and the Chevalier de Ribeiro. Seeretary of Legation ; the Russian Minister and the Baroness de Brunnow, and Baron de Nieolay, Secretaty of Le getion ; Getetral Prince Castecieala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secretary of L, - -gation ; Count de Kielman segge, Hanoverian Minister ; Baron-de Hugel, Wurtemberg Minister, anti Baron de Linden. Attache to the Legation ; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Mademoiselle Bun sen, Baron de Langen, Attache to the Ligation, and Baroness de Lateen ; the Danish Minister and the Coun=tess de Revent , levy, and M. de Bielke, Secretary to the Legatien • the Duke de Sotomayor, Spanish Minister, le Chevalier de ' Pedrorena, Secretary, and M. .1. Antorde Lop e z de ('shapes, Attache to the Lunation; Mrs. MrLane, Lady of the United States Mini-ter, Miss INPLane, Mr. Gansevoot Melville, Secretary of the Legation. and Mr. M. F!enry Bo}d, Attache to the Le gation, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires and Baronets de. Re hausen ; Mr. Charles Drouet, Belgian Charge d'Affaires, and M. Octave Delepierre, Secretary to the Mission ; Edib Ef fendi, Turkish Charge d'Affaires. the General Circle was attended by the Bishoe of London, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of thn Stole to Ptinee Albert, the Esrl Marshal, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Londonderry, o f the Household. Y, Gold Stick in Wait aintgA;rttrirlse, ythiceelclahrairimuterolafinL,onthe rl the Adjutant-General of the Forces, the Attorney-General,, Major General Sir H mry Wheatley, IC. C. H.; Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Sir George Philip Lee, Lieu , enant of the Yeoman Guard; the Master or . the Ceremonies ; Sr Au gustus Ctifferd, Bart., Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod;. Colonel Sir George. Couper. Bart., first Equerry to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; Captain te e Hoe. J a mes P. Mu r ray, Equerry to her Royal Highness the Dnekess of Kent; Baron Knr-sebeek. Equerry to his Royal rlighness the Juke of Cambridge ; Captain Peehell, R.N., Honorar% E merry to her Maje•ty the Queen Dowager ; Captain Sir Andrew Green, Naval tide.de-Cserp ; colonel Parke, and Colonel Crark Kennedy, C.B. and K.H. Ai ,, i -41 e.Comp to the Queen; Mejor-General Sir Hew - Ross, D linty Adjutant-General of Artillery; Mr. Matthew Wyatt, Standied.b-arer to the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Colonel Hall, Silver Stick in Waiting; Mr. Macgregor, Srcretary to the Board of. Trade; Mr. James Dunce Curling, Adjutant of the lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Mr. Ellerthorp. Adjutant of the Yeo man Guard ; Captain Sadler, • Exon in Waiting; Sir Benja min smith, C. S.; Lieut• Colonel Sir Frederic Smith, Gen tleman Usher to the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, and Lieut.-Colonel Dingle, Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting te her Majesty; Captain G. C. Blake, R.N., Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Waiting; Captain Siberne, Secretary and Adju tant of the Royal Military Asylum; Colonel Walton. Field Officer in Waiting ; Lient.-Colonel Robinson (Scots Fusilier Guards), Captain of the Queen's Guard. And the following. Ladies _ _ _ SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. aroxi)Ay, m,tr•.crr 23. Great Grimsby, Loath, Horocastie,, Lincoln, and Midland Junction. Gla , zow, (larukirk, and Coatbridge Extension. Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantoß Amendment. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth. • WEDNESDAY, MAUCH 25. IThsiol and Gloucerter and Birmingham and Oloucesi,r r. Furnee•s and Windermere. • • - PA ItL 1 A iirlEN TAA Y DIVISIONS. grow the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MARCII 17. CINTOMA AXIS CORN INII'ORTATION. Question put, " Teat' Hides or pieces thereof Cawed, curried, var nished, japanned, enamelled, Muscovy er Russia Hides, or pieces thereof, tanned, coloured shaved,or otherwise dressed, and Hides, or pieces thereof; in any way dressed, not otherwise enuiMirattal,' stand part of the Resolution." The House divided :-- MAJO RIT Y— A Y ES, 130. Acland, T. D. Feilden, William . Morris, David Agliotby, H. A. Ferguson, Colonel Neville, Ralph Ald,iin, W. Fltzrsy, Henry O'Brien, J. Bailie, Walter Fitzroy, Lord C. ' Orl, William . Mtn I ig, F. T. Fleetwood, .ir P. Osborne, Ralph Barnard, R. G. Forster, Matthew Paget, Coionel Berkeley, Craven Gore, Robert Peel, -ir Robert Berkeley, Captain Goulburn, Henry Peel, Jonathan Blewitt, Reginald Graham, Sir J. Pechell, Captain Bodkin, W. 11. Grey, Sir G. Pennant, Colonel Bottled, 13eriall Grosvenor, i.ord R. Plumritige, Captain 'Bowl s. Admiral Hall, Sir Benjamin Price, Sir R. Bowring, Dr. Hamilton, Lord C. Protheroe, Edward Bright, John Hamner, Sir J. Rawlon, Colonel lirmtherion, J. Hatton. Captain Russell, L. Td John Browne, W. Hayter, W. G. Russell, Cord E. Bruce, Lord E. Heathcoat, John scrope, G. P. Bruges, W. H. Herbert, Sidney . Seymour, Lord Buller, Charles Hill, Lord Marcus Sheridan, R. B. Busteild, W. Hindlcy, Charles Sinith, Benjamin Cardwell, Edward ilobliouse, Sir J. ,myth, : ir H. Carnegie, Captain Hogg, J. W. Semets, J. P. Chapman, B. Hops, G. W. Stansdeld, W. R. Cirlders, J. W. liow..ri, P. H. Stuart, Henry Clay, sir W. James, Sir W.. Sing, Edward Clerk sir George - Joclyn. Viscount Tancred, H. W. Cochrane, A. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Thesis'er, ir F. Cockburn, sir G. Keliy, Janice . Thoritely, T. Collett, John Laboucher.,, Henry Trelawuy, J. S. Crawford, W. S. Langston, J. H. Trench, Str F. Dalrymple, Captain Layatd, Captain Turner, Edmund Dashwood, G. H. Loch, .James Villiers, Charles fiennistoun, John Lockhart, A. E. . Villiers, Vi4count Dickinson, F. F. . Macaulay, T. B. Warburton, fiery Duke, sir J: . .M 'earthy, Alex. Wawa, J T. Duncan, Lord . M . Geatchy, F. A. Wood, Charles Duncan, s..eorge M'Ncill, Duncan Wood, Colonel T. buncombe, T. - Mahon Lord - Wortley, J. S. Dunsias, Admiral Marshall, William Wyse, Thomas Easthope, Sir John Martin, John Yorke, li. R. Ebringtou, Lord Martin, C. W. Elphinsto: e, li. ' 31asternaan, John TILLERS. E-cott, Bickluun .Meynell, Captain Young, John Etwall, 'Ralph Mitchell, T. A. Crippi, William Ewart, William Molcsworth, Sir W. • DUCHESSES.—Bedford, Dowager Bedford, Beaufort. MARcHtorussEs—Abercorn, Claoricarde, Cho:Amon&ley, Blandford. COUNTESSES—CornwaIIis, Norburv, Dowager Wintertown. Delawarr, St. Germans, Antrim, Effingham ' Verulam, Malineshury, Spencer, Longford, Sandwich, Dartmouth, Jersey; 'Grey, De Grey; Mansfield. VISCOUNTESSES--Dowager Dillon, Ashbronk, Glentworth. NI R pr. 2O, 1.46. RICHT HONOURA ILES —Sir Robert Peel, Sir George Grey, Sidn'v Wrbert, W. Gladstone, E. I. Stanley, H. La bouehere, Sir J. Graham, T. Lewis HONOURABLES —Colonel Fitzgibbon., S. Jerningham, G. Browne, R. Watson, R. Spencer, H. Spencer, H. Jocelyn, E. Laseelies, - A. Dilan, W. Clive, Rev. H. Legge, Captain Horst, De Blaquie'e, Bev. E. Moore BARONETS —Jatt a ltddell, J. Tyrell, A. Bellingham, H. Rivers SlRS—Peter Laurie, Roderick Impey Murchison, Thos. Cartwright, H. Webster, T. Hastings, W. Middleton, E. Cust QUEEN'S COUNSEL—AI r. Lee REV. DOCTORS— Horsiey, Dakins, D' Arcy Irvine, Whewell. Rev emrsrns—J. Connell, R. W. Browne, T. Haversfield. DOCTORS—Locock, Maitland, Field, Peterkin.. MESSIEURS—Sanderson, M. P., , Graves Sawle, Hughan, Charles Russell, M.P., George Hop? E. Lionel Welles, Richard Hodgson, AI. P., W. Aldam, ie.ston Humfray, Bell, M.P., B. Cnclirane, M.P., B. Cresswell, Challoner, J. Vivian, M.P., G. Rehow, Pakington, M P., P. Ferceval, Disraeli, M.P., Perry, Sergeant Goulburn, P. Bennett, Fitz Gerald, Law, Riley, G.Robinson, A. Bidwell, E. Shirley, R. Seymer, Horseman, :M.P., Floyer, M.P., Gvrvnne, Pratt. Holdship, Clarke, E. Robertson, P. Butler, M.P., J. Eld, C. Mullay, E. Hammond, Cade, Mac Gregor, Gaussen. R. Holiand, M.P., C. Levey, W. Cooper, B. Culpeper; G. Benkes, XI. P., 0. Wyndowe, J. Halford, Dennistoun, R. Bewicke. F. Orme, R. Fyrin, DiTeey, G. Craig, M P., W. Bruce, Thesiger, Fitz Gerald, De Boa, Alderman Hughes, Dodd. FIELD- MARSHAL—The Duke of Wellington. GENERA t.s—Lord Aylmer, Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C. H.; Pasley, Sir John Buchan, Briggs, Sir John May, K.O 8., Lechmere Russell, C. 8., Sir Henry Watson, Munson,i C. 8., M.P., M'Leo4. COLONELS—Sir George Cooper, Bart., Cavendish, Bolt, Fanshaw, Morton, Douglas Pennant. MAJORS—Canoga:I, Weymouth, M. G. .White, Gage, Stork., Montgornerie, Marshall, Schonswar. CAPTAINS—John Lewis. H. Creed, Hon. Devil H. Murray, Henry Isaaeson, Watson, E. Kivin, Walter Haslewood, Knox, Fred. W. Hamilton, H. P. White, Stewart Farquhancin, D. C. G. ; Sir Thomas Iknrchur, Hon. Grantham Scott. Twisleton Graves, James Goold. LIEUTENANTS—G. G. Bowring, C. IL Hutchinson. Mercer, Pasley, B. W. Arthur Sleigh, H. L. Shuillier, J. Kendall, M-Kinnrin, Ellison, W. H. Weaver, G. Higgin.on, W. Inglis, Ward, Aug. T. Hamilton, Calvert, James Money, Robert Follett Synge, J. P. Nixon, Mowbray Smith, Henry Bliss, G. Disbrowe. An:sinuses—Edward Walpole Browne, Sir Robert Otway, Sir Edward Codringtnn, Sir Bladen Cape!, Brown. CAPTAINS ( Royal Navy)—Ferguson (of Pitfour), Walde grave, C. 8., Collier, Frederick Wood, Golding ; Toup Nico las, C. 8., Sir William Symonds. Comma NIFERS ( Royal Navy )—Paget, Jay, Charles English. Her :Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the drawing-room. His Excellency the American Mini ter was prevented by indisposition from attending the Queen's Drawing-room, but Mrs. M•Lasie. the wife of his Excellensv, was present, and also the Secretary of Legation, Mr. Ganesvoort Melville. The Mess . of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms dined together yesterday, at the Thatched-house. BANK OF ENGLAND. - t Mrs Lee, by the Han. Mrs. William' Gladstone '''""" ---- T .-- - NA:VAL INTELLIGENCE.. Mrs. Bernie Cochrane, on her marriage, by the Duehesa of , Buceleneh • - PORTSMOUTH, Maticat, 18. - TFIE RETRIBVTIC.N.—T RIAL "Or " STICAMING.—" The R e .- Mrs Frederick Doveton Orme, by Lady Lyndhurst ' . . tributien, Ream-frigate, Captain Lushington, th e C yc l oes, Mies Stanley, by her niother. Hon. M rs . S tan l ey steam frigate, Captain Lapidge, and the Scourge steam- Miss Isebella Young, by the Viscountess Jocelyn . boaib-sloop, Cemmander Catfin, got underway, on Saturday Miss Frederica Connell, by the Countess St. Germans • • morning, from Spithead, and proceeded to Cowes to amen- M+ss Gertrude Vivian, by her mother, Mrs. J. if, Vivian pally the Fairte Royal yacht tender, which was in waiting Miss Mar aret Cust, by Hon. Lidy Middl e t on there on her Majesty the Queen, to convey h er t o th e Gosport g - Miss Blacstation, eu • route to Leadon. The Royal s t an d ar d was ker, by her nether, the Hoc.., George Browre hoisted on board the Fairy. en her Maje.say's embarkation, a Miss Harriett, by bet mother, Mrs. William H arr i ett few minutes after nine ; -and the wirer steamers lay to aw a it- Miss Katherine Rivers, by e rr mother. Lady Ri v e rs fug the Fairy to pass them, when a signal was observed o n Miss Moore, by her mother, Hon. Mrs, Edward Mo ore board the yacht, dir,ctieg all power to be put , I; cteneatihla Miss Emilia River!, by her mother, Lady Ri.ers with tie safety of the engines. The fur vessels were now Miss Franc -s ChoLnondeley, by Lady Braybreoke pretty well abreast ef each other, and it au a fair start. Th e Miss inns Petre, by Honourable Mrs, Stafford Jenningham Miss Trant, by the C o unte ss o f St. G ermans m station of the Royal yacht was on the brain of the Retri bution, distant but a few yards, which ship the Queen, wh o Mies Hay, by he r mo th er , L a d y J ames H ay was on deck, seemed to view with great interest. The R o y a l Miss Franc es Ch o h non d e l ey , b y t h e L a d y B ray b roo k e Miss Charlotte. Praed, by her mother, Mrs. Freed . . yacht proved that she had the legs' of the oaeas so, n, and passed on ; w hil e Cy c lops dropped so rail idly that bhe Miss Mary B re d r i c k, b y L a d y F rances H ope Miss Briggs, by h er mot h er, M rs. Briggs was soon nowher e . Th e p r ettiest race iinsi. - -cinable was, now Miss Hughey H a ll el h, by Lady E asthope . between Retributio n an d S courge , a nd for five miles, with all M Is Selina T rin t, b y the Countess of St. Germans the paver they could get on, a biscuit could be pitched trein Miss Mary Ro.s, by her mother, Lady Ro,s one to the other ; or . t o b orrow a p h rase o f the turf, a sheet • The followin g , gent l emen were also present:— inL - ht have Covered the m . At . length the acquire ive force of the Retribution, frem her greater weight, eeenied to pre- DUK IN--- : "w•cleuch, Devon , hire, Bedford, ileaufort veil, and it was thought by those look;na; en that she might Ma ec/ti ISES —Cholinnedeley, Northampton, Blarelford have crossed the bows of the Scourge. The Retributiou is EA Ma ck—St. German,, Antrim, Lincoln, Dalhousie. Vero- lam, Ellenborou g h, Li mer i e k , Aberdeen, Cadogan, Egmont, 1,641 toms b ur d en and of 800 horse er: ' Tire Scourge is Bessborough, 11 , :den, De G re3 , Haddington, Effingham. 1,194 tens burden,iow i and 420-horse power. The Cyclops is of nearly the same tonnage as the S courge , b u t on ly o f 39- Viscousrs—Canning, L asce ll es Loans—Forester. Hennik er , Ki Cantalap e , Goderich nnaird, Joeelyn, A. Rue- horse power." Of the Retribution and her statiPity the sell, lisddo, W. Compten, Rollo, C. Beauclerk, M. Hill Portsmouth paper says " Admiral Sir C. O g l e w as muchmuchßudstock, Macdonald, A. Len nox , A. Ch u r chill , pleased with the state of th e s h i p ss f ar as respects her disci firs HOP— NOrWleh One, arrangemeat, and cleanline , r. What report he can .... . .. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, Maxon 18. Ch B e T sr e iir z e, E Vl en ri A . C14.4,-.ERCSItOIin°, sale s fPoTrea—, andl rk ei gi T i .11 1 7 . 1 , s h . r e d , and Chester and Matichester,Direct, l dis.—Churnet and Blythe, 34 - Clitheroe Junction, dis. Derby and Crewe, 3 p.—Direct Northern, 4 dis. —Eastern Counties, 21 - Ditto, York k:xtension, 11 16 p.—Eninburah and Glasgow, Halves, 9 p.—Ditto, New Quar ters, 5% p.—Fleetwood, - Preston, and West Riding, 1-16 p.—Grand Union, 6s. tid. die.—Great Grirneby and Sheffield, % p.—Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 28 -Ditto, ditto, 3% p.— Iluddersneld and Sheffield Junction, ii 4 p.—LancaChire and North Yorkshire, 4dis.—Leeds an Thirsk, dis. -Liverpool and Bury. New, 2 7-16 p.—Liverpool and Leeds I)irect, dis.—Liverpool, Orinskirk, and Preston, p. —Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport, 3-16 p.—London and Manchester (Remington's), 1% die. • —l,ndon and Windsor, Ms.—London and York,' p.- -Manchester, Buxton, and NI s.:ock, 1% p. —Manchester and Birmingham, 77 Dttto, Qua! t s (C), 6% p. Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 3, 16 p. - North , taffordshire, 3 11-16 p.—Presto. and Wyre, Halve. (II), l p. -Preston and Wyre Extensien, 3.16 die —Rugby and Huntingdon, jr dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 14 P. Shrevnibury and Herefordshire, 4 die. - Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, die. South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), 5.16 p. West Riding Union, %p. LEEDS, 31A1cw 18. SToOk Exonateaa - The sales are -Manchester and Leeds Exten sions. 3 p. -York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 8% -- East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 3 p.-Cirsat Grimsby and Siieftield, 1115. p. Eat-nein:is, Ins. die. 'Judder:ol Id and Manchester, 4 1 4 p. - Huddersfield and Sheffield, $ .p. - Leeds anti Thirsk, 75.6.1. dis.-North British, New Carlisio Branch, 2 -ox rorEl, Worcester, and Wolverhampto 124 cash-London and York, 3t. Rost., Newark, and Sherlield, 225. 6d. clis. West Riding Union, 4'. 14s. Anirairpate Nottingham, and Boston, 16s. die. -CH- M:a:on Junction. 12s. 64. die. Graad Union, Bs. 6d. dig.-- Leeds and Livi,rpool Dlrect,lis dis. - Manchester, Buxton, Mattock, a: d Mid land, 32s 6d. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 201. die -North Staffordshire, 31. 14s. p. North Western, 15s. p. -South Midlands, 2!s. lid. p - Welsh Midlands, 245. IIUDDERSFIELI), li3saca la. STocie EXCHANGE - sales are—Eastrrn .Counties, Tork Ex tension, 251. Huddersfield, and Sheffield Junction, 17% —Leeds and radford, 50% - Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 6% p.—Lynn and Derehain, Clithei se Junction, 12a. dis.—Hudderstield, kh.lif,,x, and ItrAdford Union, 41. Is. 6d.—North Staffordshire, 51. 16s. - Direct North, 11. 19s. MULL. Vaasa ►S. STecit ExCHANGII. The sales are Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter I , hares, dis North British, Carlisle, 48s. 6d.—Bradford, w a k e flo and Midland, 335. 6d. - East CeaBt, 15s. 6d.—Hull and Banisley Junction, 265. 9d.—Lit.coln and Widnfleet, 40s. —North Staffor.2shirs, s:.l7s.—NVest Ridi U ng nioHazen n, 41. 16s. 6d. SHEFFIELD, : 18. STOCK E ICHANOII.—The Sake are —London And Croydon, 21— Sheffield and Manchester, 117—Grimsby and Sheffield Quarter Shane, I 4—Manchester, Sheffield. and Midland Junction, 2% —She field and Lincohuhire,• 2% West Riding Union, 4%. lultK, Matteis 18. Sroot Excuansx. -The sales art-Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), Le.-Groat North of England, New, 14-Leicester and pe:iford, 15i. 6d.-London and York, 3M -,Newcastle And Berwick, 19M-North British, 26% -Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 21. 6s. 6d.- West Riding Union, 4/. 14s. 6d.-York and North Alidlaud Exten sion, New (East and We Riding), 9%. ISR st ISTO., Manna 18. _ . _ STOCK Exensiios.fil; sales are- Bristol and Exeter, $4— Ditto, New, 9,4 —Bristol and South Wales Junction, 2 1-16 —Cale - Ditto, New, 2 13-16-- Lastern Counties, York Exten sion, 1 —Loud°, and Birmingham, Quarters, 26%. GLASGOW, MAacu 17. STACK Ekcassnia. —The sales arc Airdrie and Coatbrldge, 4 British and Irish Union, 475. 6d. --Caledonian and Ayrshire Junc tion, - Cornwall and Central Devon, 24s.—Direct Northern 445. —East Indian Railway, 12s. 6:l.—Edinburgh. Glasgow, and Dumbar ton, 17s. 641.—Idasgow General Terminus, 914 Glasgow and Belfast liuion.34s.--Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 355. 6:l.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossati, 435. W.—Glasgow and Dundee J une thei, 335. —Great Indian Peninsular, Gs. W.-- Inverness and Elgin, 'M.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 41s. 6d.—Lanark and Lothians, 445.-- Lesinahagow, 415.---London, Bristol, and South Wales, 1 is.-- Perth and Inverness, 31s. 64.—SenttIsh Central, 141.—Scottish Southern, 368.—Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 275. 6d. Stirling and Dunfermline, 345. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.—The American Govern ment must be in earnest shout the Oregon question, for we have Just heard that General Toni Thumb has received an order to return im mediately to his country to take the command of the Yankee army. —Punch. Mr. G. P. Elliott, of the Western Circuit, has been appointed to mewed Mr. Henry, at the Lambeth Pollee-sourt, on the itnnuotion at the latter to Bow-street, vise Mr. Twyfbrd.. We understmnd that Mr. Grove, of the Gceenwieh rolielesourt, has ten dered his resignation.—Times. DEATH OF JOHN LANGAN.-011 nu-salty Mr. John Langan, more familiarly styled and better known as " Jack Langan," thn iNgilist, breathed his last at the hones of Mrs. Lewis, Five-lane ends, near Newton, Cheshire. His death will ha lamented by a larger circle of friends. acquaintances, end LI/titers, than many moving in the higher ratite of life own boait of possessing. Jack passed through many vicessitadee of fortune, and at length realised for himself a very handsome Independence. 'though he was never fortunate enough o be the vie•or in any contest of note, yet he stood for many yams second euly So one in the ring.— favetp,sl Courier. A large quantity of potatoes are being sent from Casting to Ireland, The Birmingham Musical Festival has this year been fixed for August '25 and three following days, under the presidency ,of the Bight Hon. Lord Wrottelley. A foe.' evenitigs ago, ita the dr'vor of a one horse chariot, belonging to a liveryman, was returning hems with his car riage from a job, ha met with an old acquaintance, who induced him to go to the Barri.tre du Maine and drink a bottle of wine together. They enjoyed themselves over their glasses until the next day was well advanced, when the charioteer was Upset under the table, and lay in profound stupor. The worthy comparion having paid the score, mounted the hex of the chariot, and drove it to st. Ger,nains,' where he 1401.4 the horse for 20f., and the eat riage for 50f., although, at the very lowest estitnate that could be made tit y were worth 1,201 f. with hia 70t, ur as much as was I.lt after paying his ex, penses at St. Germaine, hs returned to Paris, and there, after having spent the whole of the money limbs frandniently acquired, was ar rested upon the complaint of the liveryman, who had got trace of him. The vagabond was an old offender, having tt.an already sevs mel tried, and twice condemned for 'alba off,te.s. Ott being examined by preteudeti :hat he ii - eut to St Germain* in ,mrsuit of his wife, who h a d ii tplegq44 from him, and that, li‘ing in want of money, he hat; only pleJgeti tJi 4WD aR4 chariot fer the Of. lie was committed for trial.—Goligno4 LADIES—Louisa Eliot, Ernest Bruce, G. Gurdon Rebow, Charlotte Toler, Clifford, Murchison, Aylmer, Louisa Douglas Pennant, Elizabeth Lascelles, Lover, Grey, Thesiger, Cathe rine Cavendish, Lee. Caldwell, Macdonald. S. Bruce, F. Hope, Howard Douglas, Champion de Crepigny, Bellingham, Buchan. Henniker, T)o , vag,r Rivers, Witham Compton, Rid dell. F. Bentinck, Web.ter, Hastings, Rivers, Bourchier, Rollo, R. Pakenham, G. Pakenham, Easthope, Hardinge, May-, Hay, C. Flesuderk, R. Kerr, A. Baring, R. Gre vale, L. Svneer, Brachrooke, B. Someret, R. Somerset. Cl.rtv., ;gilt, 11. cus , o, Dowager Clinton, Kinnaird, Bowater, Lyndhurst, H. Cadlgan, A. Russell, Haddo, E. de Burgh, M. Hood, H. Pc.nsenby, Peel, Radstock, K. Ponsonby, Green, M. Hill, R. Russell, Ross, Graham, C. Murray, S. Murray, E. Murray, A. Filzelarence. _ _ ................. HONOURABLES—Miss Fra s er , Miss Charlotte Fra er, Mrs. Sanderson. Mrs Yorke, Mrs. F. , rguson, Miss Rollo, Miss Dillon, Miss H. Dillon, Mary Sgymqur, Mrs. Pechell, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. George Browne, Mrs. E. Moore. Mrs. E. Goul burn, Mrs. S. Jerningliam, Lads Capel, Mrs. Disbrowe. Miss W 4l dPgmtve, Caroline Waldegrave, Airs. G. Scott, Mr, G. Hope, Mrs. D. H. Legge, Lady Middleton, Mrs. D. Murray, Mrs. A. Dilon. Mrs Stanley, Mrs. - Norton. MA nA ME —RenshaW de Wolff. M l STREsSF.S—Langford, Graves Sawle, Law, Bloomfield, Beech, Ruck Keene, Thillie Cochrane. Lee, E. I.ionel Wailes , Gaussen, Richard H o d g . on, H enry E . G o ld sm id. H. Creed, Leebmere Russell, Foyer, Pr a ed, Philips, William Al tam, AL monigomerie, B ar i ng Cnllier, Philip Pereeval , Robert Fynn, G. Craig, Ril ey , G . B„k es , F„,h awe , Win. Watson, Trant, Waymnuth, H ousman, Hudson. R. G ra nt. Rolt. H. W. Browne, Paki ng t on , R . Browne, Di srae li W. HarriAtt, Dennistoun, E. Hammond, John Ley. Briggs, I:. Seymer, J. H. Vivian, Fitzgerald, E. Shi r l ey, M or i er. G ag e, Bill, B. Cul peper, P. Bennet, Orme, Lahnuchore, F. L ew i s, R am, Wh ewe ll, R. Holland, R. Pasley, P. B u tl e r. W. Gladstone, F. D. Ramsbottom,Dod i L . MISS ES —Ferguson (of Pitfour), Georgiana Ferguson, Ridd , -11, Smythe, Pechell, Raker Cresswell, Dinglas, Rus,ell, La.celles, Fitzgibbon, Loui.a Fitzgibbon, Ruck Keene, Louisa Di.brawe, Selina Trant, Clifford, Blake, Fanny Clifford, Cavendi , h, Briggs, Maria Rrodrick, Mary Brodriek, Hughes Huliett, S. Fanshawe, M. Fanshawe, Charlotte Praed, Frances S. Cholmondely, Hay; Julia Petre, Trant, Green, F. Chal mondeley, Emilia River., E.r.ily Hardinge, Praed, Ruh, Riley, Moore, Katherine Rivers, Georgiana Perceval, Sullivan, Lucy Key., Harriott, Newdepte, L. O•way, M. Otway, Hervey. Blacker. Grant, Ley, Augusta Law, A. Seymour, E. Cust. H. Bathurst. M. Cost, Mary Ross, Frederick Con nell, Gertrude Vivian, Isabella Young. E. Morier, Stanly, M. Pasley, .Philips, E. Codrington, M. Codrington, E. Murray. The following ladies bad the honour of being presented to her Maj , !.ty : Countess Cornwallis, by Lady Braybrooke. Lady Murchison, by the Countess of Charlemont. Lady El•z-beth Latc..lles, by Lady Frances Hope. Lady Louisa Douglas Pennant, on her marriage, by Lady Portman. • .. Lady Charlotte Toler, by her mother, the Countess of Not bury. Lady Georgiana Gurdon Rehow, on her marriage, by her mother, the Couatess of Norhury. The Countess of Verulam, on her marriage, and on coming to the title, by the Countess Delawarr, Countess of Effingham, by the Countess of Malmesbury. Guintess Grey, by Lady Charlotte Copley. The Countess Spencer, by the Dewager Lady Clinton. Lady Louisa Spencer, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Blandford. Lady William Compton, on her marriage, by Lady Marian Alford. Lady Buchan, by Lady Rods. • Lady Champion de Crespigny, on her marriage, by Vii counte4s Forbes. Lady Bellinghrim, by Lady Worsley. Lady Macdonald. by the Countess of Hopetoun. Lady Caldwell, by Lady Aylmer. Lady Emily de Burgh, by the Marchioness of Clanriearde, Lady Alexander Musell, on her ma no r tf i . e i s a ßs g eo e af , up b fo y arrt t t. h m e ou lu . chess D•mager of Bedt,rd. Hon, Miss Charlotte Fraser, by Lady Lovat. Lady Cartwright, on her return to England, by the Countess of Jersey. L rr a h sl e y li ß o t n id . e i S i o r m s. er y se o t r , ke by b t y li b e yL D athd u ey ch : e y s u s lmer. Hon. Mrs. Edward Moore, by Lady Cl;nton. Hon. Mrs. Henry Leg ge, The lion, Mrs. George Browne, on her marriage, by Vis countess Forbes. Madame Renshaw de Wolff, from Venezuela, by Lady Chailes b rr y h t e h si e ge C r Ountes s of Am rim. _ . Beauclerk. , Mrs. Beech, by Lady Marcus Hill. Mrs. Lee, on the appointment of Mr. Lee as one of her Ma jesty's Lady Aylmer. Lady Thesi ger . Mrs. Mrs. i e C o unsel,nry ELechme r e.RG un b si s T iesl l i nl . , a i db l y ,y Hon. Mrs. Watson, by Countess Spencer. on her marriage, by her mother, i% M i r rs s . . Goiaa;essenS,abwyleh, e o r n si h st e e r r m , s a i r r r s ia . g ß e, arn b . y The Hon: Mary Symons, on her appointment as Maid of Honour to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, by the Dowager Lady Clinton. Mrs. Robert Browne, by her mother, Lady Hardinge. Mrs. Briggs, by the Viscountess Duncan. Mrs. William Flarriott, by Lady Easthope, Mrs. John Ley, on her marriage, by Lady Frances Ley. Mr l.. s a . d E y 'i l " :::; , ( l : ,i t I K la e ra rr n . md' Miss Georgians Ferguson, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Fer guson, of Pitfour. Miss Russell, by her mother, Mrs. Lechmere R usse ll. Miss Baker Cresswell, by Mrs. Bell. Miss Pechell, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Pechell. Miss Smythe, by her aunt, the Viscountess Ashbrook. Miss Riddell, by her mother, Lady Riddell. Mrs. Pakington, on her ma rria g e, b y her mother, Lady Sarah Murray. Mrs. Edward Walpole Browne, on her marriage, by Lady Dolma arr. Mrs. Trant, by the Countess St. Germans. Mrs Hudson, by th , Countess de Grey, Mrs. Riley, by the Hon. Mrs. Edward Moore. Miss Georg ana Percival, by the Countess o f E gmont. Mrs. Robert F e nn, by Lady Blake. Mrs. Philip Pereeval, by the Viscountess Gj eo , wort b . • Mrs. Baring Collier, on her marriage, by the Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth Dawson. Mrs. Mary Montgomerie, by Mrs. William Watson Mrs. Philips, by Mrs. Horsman Miss Philips. by her mother, Mrs Philips Mrs: William Milani, by Lady Worsley ; Mrs. Floyei., on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. George Bankes No. Richard Rollo% by the Duchess of Buceleuch A general half-yearly Court of the directors and proprietors of the Bank of England was held yesterday, in the large room, for the purpose of declaring a dividend. A considerable number of proprietors were present. Precisely at twelve o'clock the Governor (William Heath, sq.) and a number of directors entered. The SECKETARY (John Knight, Esq.) having read the minutes of the last meeting, The • GovEson .aid—This is a half-yearly general meeting of proprietors, appointed to be held by law to declare a diVidend. It is, therefore, my duty to acquaint you that the Court of Directors, having considered and examined the ac counts, are : of opinion that a dividend may be made of Si lOs. par cent. on the interest and, profit of the half-year ending the sth of April next, without any reduction for income-tax.—(Cheers.) It is probably agreeable that I should state t o you the amount of " the rest." The gross rest at the last meet E; g,'on the 3lst of August. 1845, was 3.588,887/. which was 15,363/. more than at the previous meeting. The rest on the 24th of February, 1846, the period when the accounts were last made up. was 3,689,430 L, showing an increase of 100,5431., and a net increase in the year of 115,906/.—(Cheers,) I therefore beg to move that this Court do order the payment of 3/. lOs per cent. for the La:f-year ending the sth of April next. Mr. IiaLDER was about to call the att-ntion of the Go verner to some di .crepa.,ey in the levying of the income tax on money received by p; rvals from the Bank, but he was called to order by A l'iternirrott, who said the Court had not been called to listen to the dispute of Income -tax Commissioners with persons receiving money from the Bank, but to declare a dividend. The Govisexon said he should be happy to answer any questions Mr. Fielder might think proper to put to him, if he would call on him at his room privately after the meeting. As the Hon. Proprietor had stated, the question was One which ought not to be brought before a general meeting. The motion was then carried unauhneusly. The Govenstoe said the document warrants would be ready on the 6th of April. I aevria SAwatoles, Esq., said they ought not to adjoure without giving expression to their approbation of the con duct of the Governor and directors. It would be anfitting to the respect and dignity which that Court held to allow that occasion to pass by without announcing their opinion of the communication which the Governor bad made to them respecting their affairs, especially tie they met, for the first time, under new circumstances. When Sir Robert Peel introduced his measure respecting the Bank, many doubts as to its probable effect were ex pressed, both in and out of that Court. Peculiar circum. stances had marked the first year of its trial, and lie must say that, out of that Court, a general feeling of satisfaction prevailed as to its working, and as to the conduct of the G overnor and directors with respect to it. If this feeling of approbation at the conduct of the directors prevailed out of doors, surely a similar expression of feel ing ought to be made in that Court. He should not have ventured to come forward to make these ob servations, but when he saw so marked an improvement in the affairs of the Bank of England, and when he knew that that improvement was one quite consistent with good management, which offered proper accommodation to the commercial world, and that no attempt bad been made to take advantage of circumstances by which their profits might have been probably increased—( Hear, hear)--bi, ' thought that this feeling should not only be expressed there, but conveyed through the aid of the press elsewhere. As one of the proprietors of the Benk of England, as one whose capital and energies were enlisted in the commerce and energies of this city, he felt mush pleasure in stating that gre.it satisfaction was felt at the way in which the affairs of the Bank were managed by the Governor and di rectors. As no other proprietor had come forward, he pro posed " That the thanks of that Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Board of Directs_ re, not only for their able management of the affairs of the Bank of Eng land, but for the assistance they had afforded to the commer cial world during the last hale-year." Mr. Miamorr said that he certainly thought that the meeting should not separate without expressing its satisfac tion at the way in which the governor and his colleagues had attended to the interests of the proprietors, and also their satisfaction for the way in which they had met the late mo netary emergency of the public. Mr. BAILNKS HAMMOND said, that it had been his inten tion to propose a resolution similar to the one proposed by his friend, Mr. Salomons. He saw that a great alteration had taken place behind the bench during the last few years. Every shareholder who now asked a question had it an swered immediately, and without reservation of ably kind. showing that both management and manners were very . much improved.—(Laughter.) He knew the labour and unarearied attention given to this corporation by the Go vernor and his colleague-. The *hole time of the Governor, and his whole talent (which was not small), were devoted to the interest of the Company; and he, therefore, cordially mu, ported the proposition, that the thanks of this meeting be expressed to hire and the directors also. Mr. LEVI said that he thought., as 8 per cent. dividend had formerly been paid, that a similar amount ought to be pail at present, as thc' affairs were in a flourishing state. The, sop of no reduction being made was not sufficient to make up the difference between Si. and 71. lOs. per cent. being paid. The resolution for a vote of thanks to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Board of Directors were then put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The GovErotou said that he felt that on the part of the Deputy-Governor and Board of Directors, that if anything could reward theta for their exertions, it was such a compli ment as had just been paid to them, particularly . the manlier in which it was paid to them. He felt with kis colleague that it would act as a stimulus to their future exertions, and he, on his part, was not likely to forget it. The meeting then adjourned. SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE.—At precisely ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, March 24. 1846, the entire range of E. Moses and SOPS new premises—Minories and Aldgate, City—will open for the transaotiou of business —E. Moses and Sons, tailors, drapers, clothiers, hosiers, hatters, and general outfitters, 31 arch 16, 1846. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Wednesaay the price of bread fell in various parts of the metropolis, from 7d. to 7d., and some to 6id. The highest price of bread is now 9d., and the lowest &}d. per four pound loaf. THE POTATO CROP IN IRELAND.—The accounts re ceived in this town from Ireland, as to the state of the potato crop. are worse to-day than they have ever been before. The demand for Indian corn foi that country is rapidly increasing, and has caused a considerable rise in price. —Manchester Guardian. Died lately, at Camberwell, within a month of his Mid birth-day, Nicholas Le RicheuE a Protestant refugee from Nor mandy. Two of his brothers lived over 100 years in France ; hia wife died throe years since, aged 93. THE SOUTH- EASTERN RAILWAY.—Thn directors of this roilway have given the public the accommodation of two express trains daily both wors upon this line. One leaves the Bricklayers' Arms at eleven o'clock in the morning, and the other London !Inger., at four o'clock in the afternoon. Ti'e trains stop at Ton bridge, Ashford, and Fodtestone, and make the journey both ways between London and Dover in two hours and a half. Soine of the Railwa3 Companies, who have failed in getting in the half-crowns, and such small sums, as fast as they de sire, are pertinacious in their endeavours, and give the delicate hint to the defaulters that the r names will he inserted In the London and country paper'. care being taken to select journals published near the residence of the parties. V. INDING UP or. PROJECTED RATLWAYS.—Petitioits are in the course of being signed' here, calling on the various pro vincial committees to wind up their undertsliogs.—NdinbirgA ad -6Yllilfr, give of the unfitness or capability of the ship we know not; but we find that when he desired the guns of one broadside to•be run out, the ship heeled over so much, that her guess warp boom was in the water; and when she assisted in es. coning her Majesty from Osborne House to Spithead, in rounding the Bellerophon, the effect of the wind on the colours with which she was decorated had such an influence on her, that she inclined over six degrees." 4 DEATH OP TI LE S ENIOR C APTAIN ON THYNAVY LIST.— in ann ounc i ng t h e promot i on of his son, illness o of Captain d died d J oahtn GreenwichClti e Hospital regret to w ef s e ia lvl t u e n ida that t nt this hc ee gallant on the 11th instant, at the advanced age of seventy. He was 9 h n e senior h,ing captain February the 4, 8 I Na O v i e; List, th e d a t e o f is co rn - and although having no preface or appendices to his christian arid surname, his career in hard times was nevertheless distinguished, and his brilliaet services were officially acknowledged; and if he did not re ceive those honours which are the just and appropriate re ward of,the brave and the skilful officer, he fairly earned and richly deserved them. He was midshipman of the Victory, at Toulon, in 1793, when Sir G. Cockburn was lieutenant of that ship, served on shore under Nelson at th e • s i ege an d taking of Bastia and Calvi. in 1795 ; ii. Hotham's second ac tion, in the July of that year, in the action off Cape St. Vin cent, in February, 1797, in command of the jolly-boat of the Victory, with six men, captured two transports laden with powder. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in July, 1797, and was senior of Lord Collingwoed'e ship, the Royal Sovereign, at the battle of Trafalgar, in which be was wounded. His services were officially commended, and he was promoted to the rank of commander. his commission bearing date the day after the battle. He subsequently com manded the Weazel brig, in which ship he engaged for several hours, and captured, a Spanish re ivateer pierced for 20 guns. He also took part in numerous actions in the Adriatic, and on one occasion was again wounded. He was appointed, in 1837, to the superintendent ship of Chat barn Dockyard, and on the expiration of his term of ser vice there was appointed to Greenwich Hospital. Captain Clavell received pecuniary reward from the Patriotic Fund for his services. THE COAST GVARD.—lnstances having recentl y occurred in which the allowances granted to the widows of officers of the Coast Guerd service, for the maintenance of their children, until they should attain the age of 15 rare, had been paid after the children had reepeetively attained that age; and it •tppearir,g that certificates of the ministers and church wardens, in accordance with the form prescribed by the order o f November, 1837, had been produced by the parties in each case; the revenue authorities, with the view of preventing any similar irregularity, have directed' that new forms of certificate and declaration be substituted for those required by the order above referred to, and transmitted to the col lectors and comptrollers of the several ports of the United Kingdom for their government ; and those officers have been directed to keep a record of the allowances granted for the support of the children of officers, showing the ages of the respective parties, with the dates when the allowance will cease and have reference thereto, in every case previously to making any payment claimed on account thereof; and directions have 'further been given that on the grant of any similar allowance' in future the dates of the births of the children he communicated to the Comptroller-General of the (Iciest Guard, in order to enable him to check any payments which may be improperly made. Her Majesty's brig Snake put back to St. Helen's vester- day morning, in consequence of the heavy gale of wind which prevailed on Monday. After setting up the rigging, Commander Brown put to sea again this morning, the wind being fair at E.N.E. The Carysfort. '26, took shelter in Weymouth roads. The orders for her Majesty's ship Warspite to be paid off at. Plymouth have this day been countermanded, arid she is to be put iu commission at this port. She is hourly ex pected, and has on board a number of military invalids from Malta and Gibraltar. Toe officers and crew of the Rodney having cleared the Bellerophon of all her stores and provisions, she has been transferred to the officers of the dockyard. For the extra service of fitting out arid dismantling the Bellerophon, the following allowance is made to the crew of the Rodney, agree ably to the Queen's regulations :—Lieutenants of the navy, captains of marines, and masters, 3s. a day ; other officers, ranking with lieutenants of the navy, and lieutenants of ma rines, 2s. 6d. a day; mates, and officers ranking with them, 2s. a day; warrant officers, and subordinate officers, Is. 6d. 4 day ; first class petty officers, sergeants of marines, and all ertificere, Is. 3d. a day; second class petty officers, corporals of marines, seamen, and others, Is. a day; private marines and landsmen, 9d. a day ; boys, Bd. a day. The time occu pied has been twelve-days. The Electra has a few defects to make good, and will he ready to be paid, and proceed to sea by Saturday. Her armament is to be changed, and she is to carry 32-pounders. The guns and carriages will be shipped at Spithead. The destination of the Electra is not known. Commander Alexander Murray, late of the Rodney. is ap • pointed to the Favourite, 18, at Plymouth. The Monkey, steam tug vessel, on .her passage from Wool wich to Cork , put into this harbour on Monday, during a rale of wind, and was to have proceeded this day ; but a report being made to the Commander-in-Chief of her unfit ness to encounter a gale, and her general debility, a survey has been held, and the alicers of the dockyard have pro nounced the Monkey to be no longer adapted for sea duty. Mr. Bryant, the master, and his crew will be turned over to another vessel. The Netley returned to Plymouth this day. A vessel arrived at Spithead on Monday from the River, with convicts on board for New South Wales. This morn itig some cases of small-pox have appeared among the pas sengers, and she has been ordered to the Quarantine-ground, to wait a few dayr, to see if any new cases occur. Disastrous accounts have been received from her Majesty's ship Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart. It appears that on her passage to Bombay, she got on some rocks in the Gulf of Persia, and sustained so much damage that it was with difficulty she got to Bombay. She was caught in a hurricane, but had about thirteen fathoms water; this suddenly shoaled to 3% fathoms, and her anchors were let down ; she drove on the rocks, and before she could be cleared, her guns were thrown over to lighten her; all the false keel, great part of the stem, and the dead wood, is car ried away, and her injuries are described as being 11111C11 more serious than those of her Majesty's ship Pique, when she got on the rocks on the coast of North America. The Fox is in dock at Bombay, and is estimated to cost 5,0001. to repair, and make her dt for sea. Commander Smith, late of the Siren, and Lieutenant W. E. Triscott, formerly acting flag-lieutenant to Admirals Sir C. Rowley and Sir C. Ogle, have this week been promoted. lien Majesty's ship President, 50, with time flag of Rear admiral Dacres, was at Rio Janeiro on the 19th January, all well. She had had a very good passage of five weeks trom Madeira. The President, after completing water and provisions, was to proceed to the Cape of GoOd Hope with all speed. The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart.; the Racehorse, 18, Commander Hay ; and the Hon. East India Compauy's sloop ElOinstone, were at Auckland, New Zea land, on the 22d of November, The Hazard, 18, Commander Egerton, had left Auckland far China, to commu n i ca t e w i t h the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, on her way to England to be paid off. The Wanderer, Commander Sommerville, and Harlequin, Commander Curry, have nearly completed theirriiig a ,_ so at Portsmouth; and the Childers, Commander Pittman, is also beginning to make a show , haying g her lower rigging over and tops and caps They .have 12 32-pounders not yet received their each instead earro said u th ad ey es. liell only u T n iiic Jarens, STEAM-SLOOP. — The workmen have not yet commenced the repairs of the damage done to the engine lithe Janus at the last trial. If any more of the public money is to be spent on her, it is said that to make good her defects she will have to be taken to Woolwich, as they cannot be re paired at Portsmouth Tire Scourge,homb-steam-sloop, Commander Caffin, will be sometime under the hands of the dockyard at Portsmouth. It is said her cathead and bilboards require some' alteration. SHEERNESS, MARCH 17.—The America, 50. Captain the Hon. John Gordon, was at Mazatlan on the 6th of Jan to ua t r a collecting freight, of which she had on board specie fo rd r Valparaiso amount of 1,000,000 dollars , and was to sail where she . would most pro bably t t t h ra e n m sfe id r d h le er o s f p Februa Commander John Duffill, arrived ~Foenbli'muaanryd,erw ar rivedjit.hpdeiaspraaet,chm February, vessser. The Hecla steam -sloop , on the Bth of February, from ju n o s 1 3 )! . e on the MasterlBth o f . a fo t r Co th n e s t n n t b i tß e r rFs a l i i : e il l ji i P a a' d m t a r i atiferred the troops affected vfith a The rb s da A ot e t ps h , o o wr l th. sm all-pox intended for that island, to a separate vessel, bringing on Major Vaughan and Captain Glasgow's com panies of Royal Artillery for Jamaica. The Blenheim troop-ship sailed from Jamaica on the 25th January, with the head-quarters of the 77th Regiment, under the command of Col. Wilson, for Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Virago steam-sloop, Commander G. G. Otway, in con sequence of the intelligence from India, has been placed at the disposal of the Consul-General at Alexandria. The Brilliant, 20, Capt. R. B.,Watson, C. 8., progresses favourably with her rigging and manning ; Lieut. Wm. H. Bridge has been appointed first lieutenant. It will be re membered that this officer was lieutenant of the Cormorant steam-sloop at Valparaiso, and was dismissed his ship by court-martial for refusing to shake hands with the Vice Consul at Islay. The Speedy . cutter, Lieut.-Commander eenGepoar paid d e Spon g n t having been found very defective, has t T e h en undocked, The Goodwill l d li and gh tintercohnureuesplahmedr herfit- ordinary. tin i g 'h e e in Sp th e e ed c w a e m ll be h r u . in dock, to have her bottom repaired. The Cornwall, 50, is under the shears, to be masted. The Conquestador, 50, will be undocked in the course of next week, to be masted, when the Worcester, 50. will be hauled in to be fitted. The Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship, Capt.. J. N. Nott, is ordered to be got ready for sea, and take on board six months' stores and provisions. She is now all ataunt in the harbour, but requires considerable repairs. Since her last cruise she has lost upwards of 100 men by desertion. The Avenger steam-frigate, and Inflexible ateatnesloop, are ready for the penant at Devonport. The Favourite, ilk is ordered to be commissioned at that port byComniander Alexander Murray. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 17.—0 n Sunday letters.were received from the Lords of the Admiralty, expressing great satisfac tion at the manner in which the Calcutta had been get ready, and ordering her to be restored to her original position, and also directing that the men should have extra - pay for the time that they lad been employed. she w as rem o ve d f rom the Sound and towed up the harbour to-day % the weather yesterday being too bbl. • I , . . THE ARM Y. It is reported in military circles that . the officers of the Guards intend to erect a cenotaph to the memory of the late Major Somerset, wi,o was slain in one of the late battles in India. The white trousers, as an article of summer dress, will no longer be worn, and on the Ist of May next the soldiers will, fur the first time, appear in an article of a darker texture, more serviceable and less liable to be soiled. Several sergeants in the household troops have received commissions in the regiments of Militia about to be called out fur training. The sth Dragoon Guards, serving for some time back at Not , ingham. proceed to York, there to relieve the 10th Hus sars, who will embark in a few days, at Gravesend, for India. The 6th (Etati.kilten) lagoons are under orders for Ire land; as are the 92d Highlanders. The 17th Lancer., lately stationed at Brighton, are ex pected to be ordered to Ireland in a short time. MELANCHOLY • SHIPWRECKS. EIGHTY LIVES LOST; The following are the Particulars, so far as they are at present known, of the loss of two veeeels, the Ida, 55.1 tons (Bii.ish barque), and the John Minturn (American vessel), tie wrecks of which were reported at Lloyd's 'al Monday :- 1 The Ida Was commissioned by (lover - emu-et for the OM ! veyence of stores to eereada. will left th e Ri ver on t h e 18 t h of 'are Decemire:- our Poresmeutte where she took in 'he stores, and tinel:y sailed fee St. John's, New BMUSWit*. OH the 4th ef January. There were on board, besides the crew (18 in manlier, including the master, Captain Wiliam Climber), 38 oasecingere, male and female. After her de parture nothing wits heard of her utitil Monday rasa, when the intelligence of her fate was received. A letter, stated to be written by 111 r. Sherwood, the British Consul at Port ! land, thus describes her loss:—" On the 26th of January, b o h e ,ring in while on gat. scuddingh e bung. 52 30 W., th e b arque broached gale werefr o m given t S. E ,. .. c and ut a : ay the the foremast, but before they had time to do s o th e b arque ttown 44 r ba N., i before fo ends.r serene Orders righted, full of water. Toe captain then ordered th e h ng boat to be got, under the lee, true other boat ha% ing b een l os t . • liately rushed into her proiniscuoue'v, u The passengers unmet Th painter parted, and the beet dropped astern. e land bore followed by the captain and crew, to the number of 45. Th e N.N.E., distant about 30 leagues by observation. The boat got about two cables length from the vessel, when she ship ped a sea, filled, and all in her perished. The mate, nine men, and one young woman remailued on the wreck, in the the tops, from Monday morning until Friday morning, when they were taken off by the schooner Three Sisters, of Eden, when they were landed much frozen, and in destitute circutn steneee, the mate being the only one able to travel." The Ida was not registered at Lloyd's, and the inquiries made to ascertain who were her oweets, anclfto know the names of the passengers, have not been successful. The fate of the Jolla Minturn and her crew and passen gers, aineuntiug to fifty in number, was of a most deplorable character. The ill-fated whip, a newly built vessel, more than 5,000 tons burden, was bAllid to New York, having, besides a number of caimiu and steerage passengers, several ship wrecked seamen, wi, haul beer, picked up on the voyage. Lp to satunlay, the 14th ult., the weather was most favourable fir the voyage, aed they were within three days' sail of her destinetion. Son after sunset on that day, how - ever, there came our a stiff breeze from the eastward, which, as the even ing advanced, greatly increased. The ship stood N.N.E. till twelve o'clock, by which period the wind had increased to a gale. Her course was then altered to the south, and was kept till daybreak. When the shore was discovered, it ap peared to time leeward, about two males distant. The tem pestuous weather in the meantime had increased considerably. Every rail VIM torn almost to ribbons by the violence of the wiud, and the ship rendered untuminegeable. On the land being perceived, every nerve was exerted to keep her off; but unfertunately it w as impracticabl e , as the gale blew direct on to the coast, and gradually drifted her inwards, and at half past nine o'clock she struck with tremendous force. The succeeding wave raised her, and dashed her with violence on the rocks, when she broke but did not separate. The horror and. confusion at the moment of her s t r iki ng wire terrific, and when the worst was known every effort (says one of the survivors, a seaman named King) was made to preserve the lives tuf those on board, numbering fifty-one, including passengers. The masts were cut away to ease her, but with little effect, as she continued to strike fearfully. The yawl was then cut loose from the stern davits, but the surf ran so high that before she could be got round she swamped, and beclune useleas. Tire captain, with his wife, son, daugh ter-, servant, and cabin psssengere, took refuge in the poop cabin, the only place where they could be sheltered from the violence of the sea, which was pouring over them in all direc tions. By great exertion the long-boat was cast adrift, and launched over the bows. Five of the crew awl a steerage passenger, a Portuguese, jumped into her, and a long coil of line was stowed 111 her stern sheets, by which it was intended to carry a hawser ashore, and she was then shoved off. On approaching the land, the men found that it was impossible to row the line through the breakers, in consequence of the exposed to the great pressure on the boat. They resolved on. cutting it away, altat being the only chance of reaching the shore. All hone was now lost of saving those on the wreck. Their tufferinge are described as being truly frightful. Being full violence of the sea, and a piercing cold wind, ice soon formed over the surface of their drenched clothing. In this state they remain e d unt il noon, when those who were alive, fur some had already s un k from their awful suf fering, went forward to time forecastle, wh ere they lashed themselves to prevent the sea from was hi ng them from the wreck. It is supposed that the captain, his mate, t i l ed the pilot remained in the poop, for they were not sten after wards; and in the course of an hour the ship parted amid ships, and the after part drifted away into the SOIL The re maining portion of the wreck then floated considerably in etrore. In the latter part of the day another portion of the wreck separated, which carried away the half of those who were lashed to the forecastle, all of whom instantly perished. The rest lived a few hours afterwards, till by the combined effects of the intense frost, and the surf beatiug over them, they gradually sunk and expired. Between eleven and twelve o'clock at night a boat was put off to rescue these who were clinging to other pieces of the wreck, consisting of two mates, two -of the crew, and four of the steerage passengers ; and after almoet insurmountable diacultiea they were preserved, although, as may be readily conceived, reduced to the last stage of exhaustion. In the wreck of the forecastle sixteen bodies were found lyieg in a cluster round the stump of the foremest, and it seemed as if the unfortunate creatures bad huddled themselves together for warmth. Among them could be recognised the captain's wife, his children, and a female steerage passenger, with an infant at her breast, and so firmly grasped that they could not be separated. Owing to the quantity of ice that co vered the wreck the task of removing the bodies that night was given up, in consequence of the extreme danger attend ing it. On the tollowing morning, at daybreak, they veers brought ashore, when the beach Nis lined by tke inhabit ants of the neighbouring villages. Amongst them were a desperate gang of wreckers, who plundered every body that was washed up from the other pieces of wreck. Several of the passengers were known to have had a large amount of money about them. Up to the last accounts, thirty-two bodies were found. The ship had entirely gone to pieces, a portion of her bottom only remaining, which was embedded in the amid by the weight of the pig iron which formed part of her cargo. She was only partially insured. EXPERIMENTS WITH LIFE-PRESERVING APPARATu e AT WOOLWICH.—On ThursdayAgit Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Ent., R.N., clerk Of tl:e Ordnauee; Lieutenant-Colonel Barney, com mandant of Royal Engineers at Woolwich, Lieutenant -Colonel Dundas, C.B. Lieutenant - Colonel Colqaholm, an d Captain Palliser, of the Royal Artillery, assembled at the Royal Ar senal to witness experiments to Illustrate a simple mode of cav ing the lives of persons when shipwrecked on the sea coasts, of a plan submitted by Captain Jerninghatn, commanding the sweat guard at Yarmouth, a station which has afforded him an oppor tunity of twititessing in many ease. the complication and limn ciency of the plans adopted at present. The experiment& on Thursday were made :leen a a% Inch bras, mortar, by firing an anchor, weighing 341b5., wee. on a similar principle to Porter's auchor, with the exception of its wanting the small projecting part to give it the first holding quality, and the two nukes moving on the pivot independent of each other, for the pur pose of both being enabled to lie close to the shank when placed in the mortar. On being fired, the flukes open dlinuieritieilragegthxtrteeenontichdtoproossfeitvittoinitie: When e h ) r fired and haft: t s h e e ct Tt i me b s y it a req sp u ri ire g d th in e united teen men to drag home the anchor. The experiments were resorted on Tuesday, in the Marshes at Woolwich, in the presence of Lieu tenant-Colenelliundas, C.8.l Lieutenant - Colonel Dansey, C.b., Lieu tenant-Colonel Chalmer, As:istant Director-General of Artillery t Lieutenant-Colonel Barney, Royal :Engineers ; find Captain Palliser, of the Proof Department at the Itoyej Arsenal. The object of the experiments on Tuesday was to ascertain the length of the range by actual measurement, and the best mode of coiling the ropes for service in severe weather. The range of the anchor was found to be ISO yards, carrying a two-inch 'rope, arid when it alighted its holding power was so treat that it required the united strength of twelve athletic artillerymen to drag it home. m ro in li t e a r es at i t n ee , w hed indi t ag o a up h , a a n i t and appeared greatly superior to the arrangement et a rope adjusted by a wooden rack, which is far more .veered remarkably k a a rope t,ly occupiedu well,poe x r a c a n y w threeo'wooden cumbersome, and requires a greater number of hands to work it. The rope used by Captain Jernitwhatn is known by the designation of .` icll wherehide leather previously t o the s used shpt, s and possesses ; as when dry and lying tbr some time untied, the latter become. "manilla." great ." u. advantages a half inch over thickt h liable to break when fired. Twelve rounds were fired on Tuesday with the manilla, which answered the purpose effectually. SUICIDE.—SUDBURY, MARCH I 6. Yesterday after noon, between twelve and one o'clock, another aught and melan choly case of suicide occurred in thi s town, Mr. Alexander Frost, postmaster, having cut his throat with a razor. It is supposed that a deficiency n his accounts relative to the Post-office department, with the anticipation of being shortly removed from his situation. led him to commit the rash act by Which he has loft his wife a widow, and four very young children fatherless and wholly unprovided for. Thla afternoon an inquest was held at the Angel Inn, before William Dowinan, Gent., termer of the borough, when a verdict of " Tem porary insanity" was returned.—Bury Past. A mistake has been ii,a,3e in the papers which an. , nounced the arrival of Joseph Buonaparte, ex-Ring of Spain, frosts America, that individual having died in Italy about two years ago, rovided t -- ey u t e h w a t ,fore uteh r r h l butte fell si butter Tem - T.—The butter merchants at Brew'; Quay on Wednesday, received intimation, through the bonding ereeee of tee a, tn,roUhtletimilmioeduldiatetheefflineecast Wuraes, Majesty's Customs, that Government were prepared rat once to is % move the duty of lOs. per cwt. from foreign butter% p from 130 s. to 128 e., this, added to the 511. per c e n t Dutch m wo e ul nt d n gu ot a b r e a eo nt m St e t l i a l w ' article altogether 13s. per cwt. This roducti d .- reduces the on om not appear to have affected the price of English fresh batter. 13oD1 FOUND IN THE THANES. weanii — es ay the body of a man oaf found in a nd names near Bermondaey , which appeared to be tha a sailor, and had evidently b e en i n ' the water ten or twelve days. The body now lies at the Bermondsey workhouse, 4 await the Coroner ' s inqueSt, WOODEN PAVEMENT.— Sewers decided on Tuesday. by fort t y vo es to ono, that Neirgate street should be paved vith granite, and that the street should be closed for that purpose for three weeks, the dissentient being Mr. Eagleton, Of Niewgate-street. Two years ago the votes in the same body were forty to one against stone, and in favour of wood, that ono being Sir Peter Laurie. - INJURY TO AN ORGAN.—The new organ of St. Olaveis, Southwark, now in course of completion, was on Sunday last di- Triaged by some evilly disposed person, who must have gained ad mission into the interior by a false key. The action of the great organ key-beard was tampered with and injured. The new pipes pinched together at the top, and in one case rent down, the iron counterbalance of the bellows torn up (an act requiring very consi derable force to perpetrate), and the valve of the pedal bellows very I much damaged. The organ w a s the first instrument in England constructed on the principle of a double-double gamut, having a 32- feet diapason throughout the grand manual keyboard. It has been two years in the course of perfecting, under the design of Dr. Gamut lett, the organist, and had been lately placed of certain stops, a n d in Mr. Hill , a hands for completion. A first trial was made on Sunday . during the morning service the instrnmetit was in good and perftet order, but at the evening service the mischief perpetrated was s o groat as almost to occasion an impossibility of playing upon it. The extent of this m alicious mutilation was ndly discovered on the workmen assembling on Monday, but how admission was procured into the interior is yet a mystery. It is evident that some know ledge of the mechanism of an organ must have been possessed by the perpetrator, as all his exertleus were directed to those porti ons of the instrument which could suffer most from violence. Too MUCH Tnoum.r..—The newspaper reports from, the Western Circuit state that at Winchester, the week b e f ore inst. three colliers were Indict:39 for assaulting a woman name. l int . Edmonds, and robbing her of half-a-crown, her property, Th e fi rs t 'vitnees proved that the prosecutrix was a married woman. wh ere . upon 3lr •lusticc Erie said, that " as the money in the indictment was stated to be the property of Lucy Edmonds, and it turned out that she was a married woman, the prisoners must. be acquitted, be name „ w ried womancouldnot hare half-a-crown afher own." row thin may seem a very hard case ; an d i t may appear a Teri' easy matter for th 6 Legislature to pass an enactment rendering the seed &mi. of the person actually robbed sufficient, in a case of felony. for tharanidity of an fildietlafint. But this change in the law is net ealled for; that is, there is At. Fe: loos danger oi an insurrection or a revolution front Its not bi t ter adopted : why, therefor% should tars take the trouble, to er e ct i t ? _p unc h letter from Ronne mentions the death, in that city, on 414 of Cardinal Mangelli, aid 81.