The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-04 00:00:00

SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The eighth anniversary of this valuable charity was celebrated at the London Tavern, en Saturday, by an excellent dinner, of which about 200 noblemen and gen tlemen partook, and which was presided over by the Veteran Sir George Cockburn. Amongst those present we observed, the Earl of Cadogan, Sir W. Gage, Sir J. Johnstone, the Hon. Mr, Lambton, Sir W. W. Pell, Captain Porter, R.N., Captain Locke, Rev. D. Laing, E. Y. Leeks, Esq., E. West, Esq. ' and E. Brewster, Esq. After the usual loy a l an d constitutional toasts had been given, and warmly responded to, The CHAIRMAN said he had now come to the real business of the evening. If the Lord Mayor, who had promised to attend, had been present, he might have been able to win their souls to charity, but he trusted to the cause itself. and that it would not suffer from the absence of any ability on his part to do justice to the position which he had unexpectedly been called upon to fill at the last moment. He trusted he should be able to show them that there was no charity which could be more acceptable to them, and one to which they could have greater pleasure in contributing, than the institu tion wose eighth anniversary they had met that evening to celebrate.—(Cheers.) He begged them to consider the perilous condition of those who gained a hard live lihood as fishermen, and in that capacity contributing to the luxury of the rich—who went out to sea in all weathers—during heavy rains, and during the preva lence of every kind of storm and every kind of danger, to obtain a steady, but humble subsistence for themselves and their f am ili es as l ong as t h ey were spared to pursue it. H e must say that the elements at ties got the better of th em all.—(Cheers ) li to them th e dangers which beseteiehed to picture these industrious a nd brave men in the pursuit oef their calling. is destroyed o A storm over --his beat is overtakes a a k l e s s him a.nand h destroyed his family and his humble cot have lost their protector. His wif e , rage round her, begins to feel those hearing the storm h feel. placed such a position can fears which only those She puts her children to bed, but she has n o res t, f or the storm continues to rage. She goes out and braves the storm—she seeks for her husband in vain, but she sees him no more.—(Cheers.) He prayed them to ima gine her feelings on her return to her desolate home, not knowing how to obtain food or keep a roof over the heads of herself and her children. The door opened and the agent of the society entered and administered to her each consolation as a woman in her condition can re ceive at such a moment. He said, "You shall retain your cot, you shall be safe, your children shall be spared to you, for the Shipwrecked Fishermen's Society exists and will afford you assistance."—(Cheers.) If she had a son old enough to follow his father's pursuit, the society helped him to a boat, and protected his family and his mother.—(Cheers.) What must their feelings be when they knew that that woman and her family were blessing God that there was such an institution?— (Cheers.) He was satisfied that they would not hesi tate to support an institution which had for its object aced in such a situation. He then the relief o f p ersons pl adverted to mariners, who, he said, contributed to all the luxuries of this great metropolis, and to the vast fortunes possessed by British merchants. —(Loud cheers.) And who if the country was involved in war, were always ready to come forward and defend it (Cheers.) During the terrible revolution in France, -when almost every nation in Europe had its shores in vaded, and misery stalked abroad in every part of it, this country was as free from such disturbances as it was at this moment. But this was owing to the exer tions of our sailors, who nobly defended our coasts from invasion. In the course of the duties of those sailors— in the course of their generous effbrts in the time of war and of peace—they were exposed to dangers from the iron-bound shores of the country—they were exposed to all the dangers of lee shores from the want of refuge harbours ; and the number of lives 10- , t in this way was quite astounding. And although our sailors were the best in the world, they were, like the poor humble fishermen, liable at times to be overpowered by the ele ments, and in endeavouring to prevent their ships from becoming a wreck, toiling night and day to get an offing, but their efforts were often unsuccessful, and their ships, perhaps, became a wreck. But what was the fate of those unhappy sailors who were wrecked and driven upon our coasts ? They were possibly thr own upon shore almost in a lifeless state from having been beaten against the rocks, and if they re covered, it often happened that they had neither food, clothing, or anything else, and it was no uncommon circumstance to find them begging in the highway, in the endeavour to get to their homes. The " Shipwrecked Mariners' Society" had been established to avert these evils, and the unfortunate sailor had now aid extended to him in the shape of food, clothing, and money to take him to his friends.—(Cheers.) Was it possible for a mercantile country to have an institution more bound less in its charity ? He thought, however, he had said enough to induce them to think that they could not do better than contribute, according to their abilities, to a charity of such a description.—( Hear.) After having , complimented the ladies with much gallantry, from; whom, he said, all charitable feelings emanated, for their exertions on behalf of the society, he concluded by proposin g " Prosperity to the Institution," and resumed his eeat amidst general cheering. The toast was received with great enthusiasm. The SECRETARY then read the report, and the list of subscriptions, among which were the following sums:— Sir G. Cock s. d.burn lO 10 0 The Lord M a y or George By ng T. Hutchin son , E sq.. an d ot h ers, the residue of the fund of a society, called The Fisher man's Refuge, which has ceased to act R. S. Elalford, E-q. 2O 0 0 .Earl Manvers, in addition to former dona tions 21 0 0 Earl Cardigan 7 7 0 Sir Thomas Wilde lO 10 0 E. Brewster, Esq., and Friends 4O 0 0 Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, R. E lO 10 0 Subscription from the Ladies Several other toasts were drunk before the separation of the company: =Nearly 2,0001. was subscribed during the evening. The Misses Pyne, Messrs. Hatton, Francis, and Ma chin, end the band of the Scots' Fusileers, did great justice to the musical department. POOR MANS GUARDIAN SOCIET Y A public meeting of this Society was held on Friday right in the Theatre of the Western Literary and Scientific Institution, Leicester. square. Sir DR LACY EVANS hating taken the chair, and after apologising for doing so when others, he thought, rather e served the honour, said, the name of the Society spoke for itself, and of the benevolence of those who had brought it into existence. When it was remembered that there were more than a million in this country dependent on relief to be obtained under the laws, and the miseries of those in that state, the gentlemen who formed this Society were deserving of the highest praise. And when the amount of wealth was recollected, and the amount of sympathy for the poor, and the number of those unhappily dependent on others, great efforts were necessary, and more might be expected than in any other country. The statistics lately got together by order of the House of Commons showed the state of the country in reference to the subject which had brought them together. There was an inquiry proceeding in a Committee of that House at present with respect to the Andover Union, and though some would rather have objected to that Committee, yet there was a movement in that House which he hoped would issue in good to the poor. But, in the presence of his Hon. Friend and former colleague, Mr. Walter, of Bearwood, he would not detain the meeting on a subject to which he (Mr. Walter) was far more compe tent tee do justice.—(Cheers.) Tile CHAIRMAN then called on Mr. COCHRANE, who gave a statement of the objects and origin of the Society. Mr. WALTER, who rose to move the first resolution, said he attended the meeting with great pleasure, and the more so as the objects of the Society accorded with what had been the operations of the latter part of his life—(Appleuse)— when he laboured to alleviate the case of the humble poor. For he had laid it down as a principle that the humblest of his fellow -subjects had an equal right to be clothed and fed as the richest to enjoy their estates.—( Cheers.) By the poor he meant the honest and industrious poor, and they had rights both by the law of man and of God. He was sure, lwowes7er, that the meeting had seen enough in the public newspaper s et' the poor in the union workhouses to convince them of the need of some supervision of the system, and protection of the poor. gater, Sevenoaks, and many more places had scarcelyceasedh to ring in their ear when they beard of Andover---(Rear, cases had been buried in' seceraer2—fnaud how many more like this it was impossible to say. These ought of a Society inanity on the Tti rive, considering the vast accumulation to put vice In in those places where these wretched beings cum were of con gregated. A society such as this was necessary, in or e dertoexercise supervision so long as the detestable law which caused so much wretchedness should continue. But at the Same time it was not the law itself so much, whatever it might be, as the manner of carrying the law into operation. In general he was opposed to societies and combinations, but since this poor law had been forced upon the country, he knew not how it was to be moderated and humanized but by a society like this; for, as Burke said, " when bad men con spire, good men muse combine."—(Applause.) And as nothin e could be gained from advocatiug the case consciences, case of poor man, except the approbation of their nothing sordid could be attributed to them. After some fur- Veer observations, he moved— " That this meeting deems the principles and objects of * The Poor Man's Guardian Society' worthy of general ac ceptation, and recommend their fellow-citizens to aid the Society, by uniting in membership with them and contribu ting to the funds of the Society." Mr. WAKLEY, M.P., in seconding the resolution, said an attempt was made by this Society to organise the friends of humanity, so that they might. make their operations to bear on the arm which oppressed the poor. It was impossible to say w hat it might do; some present might k now o f unre lieved cases of distress, and they could make them known to the Society, and that would very soon be followed by pub lication and the application of public flagellation. There was nothing which time • 'e miscreants who exercised that oppres sion on the poor in private felt more than the public finger, for they knew that it was pointed at the right target. In his (Mr. Wakley's) situation he had occasion to meet with Very many cases and facts, and he know well what was the condition of the poor, and if lie told them one hundredth part they would not believe it • such cruelty, such oppression was exercised towards the ing them to peon Societ 'would br - light, env d • The pre doing prevent the repetition of such cruelties. from the ActiC)f he regretted to eay, had been altered had ever been put t4,nabj,th—an Act which was the best that title of the poor to reliefeasntatute-book, for it recognised the ing them on property. it an d it threw the burden of supp,rt eider the difference that existed iPlerrectlY astonishing to con under one Crown. If a Seetchm'ahe three countries, though for relief, he might receive a to a.workhouse the other hoped that he would nut areettien and a hint that the poor man did go ba-k, he was told he again. But if house in order to be passed home. mut t wen e i me into the at an expense of 40s. or 505., what met him th:rrt he was entitled to no relief whatever —none whateveLieWhy h f,e;: he was dying and diseased.—( Shame). The words of the passed for Scotland were, that no able-bodied h i t on ;e r is entitled to relief. In Ireland matters were worse. Wh en the poor man had been passed home, if the house was full, tber‘..' was no relief for him—he was entitled to none.—(Shame.) `That was thought nothing of in aliment ; It any one there contended that the poor were entitled to relief, it would be said !hat such a doctrine would be a confiscation of property in Ireland. He and his Hon. Friend present had heard the words as they came up Parliament -street that night, used by a Member of the House—why, he said, there were two mil lions of poor in Ireland, and It would be a confiscation of property.—(Cries of "Oh, oh.") So as the case became worse they did nothing! Pretty state doctors, he thought. If there were no w t wo m illi ons in Ireland left destitute, what would it soon become? He cordially supported the Society, and hoped it would b e e ff ectually aided. Mr, FIIILDEN, M.P., after some able remarks on the poor law, moved— " That this meeting is of opinion that the destitute poor are at all times entitled to be relieved and assisted in a spirit of kindness by the relieving-officers, more especially when they have been employed for many years in the district or parish to which, in the hour of necessity, they are compelled to apply, from the infirmities of age." Mr. S. BCCKINGHAM seconded the resolution, which was put and carried with acclamation. Mr. SAVAGE, in moving the next resolution, introduced the case of a poor man present in the meeting who had been rejected at the workhouse of St. James's parish without sufficient inquiry about his case, which was a needy and a helpless one. Several other powerful cases were read by Mr. Savage. He concluded by moving the following:— " That F. T. A'Beckett, Esq., and Mr. Charles Nichols be nom inated by this meeting to be elected as members was of put the to com mittee of the Poor Man's Guardian So c i e ty , " C a ptain Evioss seconded the resolution, which and seconded by Mr. the It m w ee as tin in g o a v nd ed car b r y ied m u r n . an s to rn ualy% PITT the thanks of this meeti ng b e g i ven to the Chairman cE h — at and Committee of the Poor Man's Guardian Society for their kind attendance this evening." It was moved and ca f n ee i l e s d ; " That this meetin g fl e u to the press for it s rea d y and humane exertion s i n the cause t of the poor." A vote of thanks was also passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. THE AMERICAN NAVY. ► It seems that early in the session the Senate Commit tee on Naval Affairs addressed the Secretary of the Navy to know what increase the naval force of the /country required. This letter was dated December 22. The reply of the Secretary is dated January 8. A little more than a month previous his annual report called for estimates, to sustain a peace establishment, but, without any reason, his opinion is now stated to be, that an accumulation of naval materials and stores is requisite. He recommends the repair and equipment of alf the vessels in ordinary, and of the frigates and sloops on the stocks, a suspension, for a definite period, of the limitation of seamen in the service to 7,500, so that further enlistments might be provided for, and the con struction of three steam frigates, five steam sloops, and two steamers of a smaller class. He also sent to the Committee the suggestions on the subject of the heads of bureaus in the navy department, signed by Commodores Morris, Warrington, Crane, and Shrubrick, without any expressed approval or disapproval of the same. The heads of bureaus, after speaking of the relative naval forces of the United States and Great Britain, and giving their united opinion of what one nation could or could not do against the other, were hostilities to ensue, proceeded to recommend first, the construction of two classes of war-steamers, particularising as fellows :—One of the larger class for Lake Michigan and Huron, and 27 for the Atlantic coast, and 12 of the smaller class for the southern coast besides those which are now avail able; that supplies of ordnance and ordnance stores be lodged at different points on the lakes ready, for private steamers to be speedily armed in case of need; that the number of sea steamers, like the Mississippi, but rather enlarged, should be increased to 5 ; that our frigates should be increased to thirty; our sloops of war to forty; that five of the frigates and six of the sloops should be fitted with such steam arrangements as may be bust adapted to use in aid of sails, without materially affect ing their qualities as sailing vessels; and that a force, besides the officers and marines, of about 28,630 men, will be required to properly man so many vessels. Neither of these documents contained any estimates as to the cost of this great number of vessels of war, and of the ordnance and other supplies necessary to fit out and subsist them. On aciount of the absence of these I very important and most essential requisites, Mr. T. Butler King, a member of the Committee, and a devoted friend to the navy, paid a visit to the Secretary of the Navy, and requested that the proper estimates should be :mule out and furnished the Committee, as data upon which they could frame such Bill as might be deemed expedknt. Some time after this, the Secretary furnished to the House Committee the desired estimates of the heads of bureaus of the department before named, which had pre viously been sent to the Senate's Committee. These estimates put down the pre ent force at sea, ready for sea, or in ordinary, to be made ready, some in three, some in six, and some in twelve months, as follow :—Five ships of the line, one razee, nine frigates, twenty- three sloops, two sea steamers, eight brigs and schooners, two harbour steamers, and four store ships. The cost of preparing this force is estimated at 625,000 dollars. On the stocks there are four ships of the line, three 'frigates, and two sloops of war ; one ship of the line partially finished at Sackett's Harbour and Lake On tario; one steamer is building at Pittsburgh, and an other has been contracted for with Mr. Stevens, of New York. The cost of completing such of these as can be finished, is estimated at 2,955,000 dollars. The heads of bureaus specified certain additional sup plies that would be necessary to the fitting out of the vessels in question, and estimated the aggregate cost of the same at 10,600,000 dollars. They stated that the augmentation which it was be lieved the proposed objects imperatively required, would be the additi.!n of three sea steamers of the class of the Mississippi ; of five frigates, and six sloops with steam propellers in aid of their sails ; twenty-eight coast steamers, of about 600 tons, with arrangements for mov ing along the coast with safety, to carry two heavy guns and eight or ten days' fuel ; twelve smaller coast steamers, calculated to carry one heavy gun, fur the navi gation and protection of the sounds and passages which skirt the Southern Atlantic States, and those of the States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico ; that one steamer be provided for the protection of the Lakes Michigan and Huron ; and thirteen new sloops, to be fitted with sails only, or with sails and steam combined. The probable expense of this proposed additional force was estimated as follows : Dollars. Dollars. 3 sea steamers at 550,000 each, 1.650,000 28 coast and lake ditto 130,000 „ 3,640,000 12 small coast ditto 60,00 0 ~ 720,000 3 trgates with steam 6 sloops with steam 112 frigates, if with sails only 340,000 „ 4.080,000 9 sloops 170,000 „ 1,530,000 Making a total of 16,190.000 To which add for ord nance an d ot h er stores 1,030,000 Gives Such, in substance, was the character of the recom mendations and estimates furnished the Committees of Congress by the Secretary of the Navy, and which the Pry sident slys, in his Message, in reply to Mr. Day ton's resolution, met with his sanction. Now, the question is, which of the two sets of pro positions and recommundations met with the President's sanction? The recommendation of the Secretary for ten steamers, or that of the heads of bureaus for forty? GRAIN CROP OF THE UNITED STATES. The Commissioner of Patents has published an esti mate of the harvest of wheat and Indian corn in the various states for the last two years. As the com missioner has access to many intelligent individuals in various parts of the country, it is probable his estimate is as near an approximation to accuracy as can be made. W heat. Corn. Ohio ... ..• ... 13,572,000 57,600,000 Pennsylvania ... ... 12,580,000 17,126,000 Indiana ••• ... 7,044,000 30,625,000 Illinois .., ... 4,563,000 25,584,000 New York ... ... 16,200,000 13,250,000 Virginia ... ... 11,835,000 27,272,000 Tennessee ... ... 8,340,000 70,625,000 Kentucky ... ... 4,769,000 54,625,000 Michigan ... ... 7,061,000 4,945,000 Maryland ... ... 4,884,000 3,273,000 North Carolina ... 1,969,000 14,887,000 South Caroli na ••. 1,168,000 8,184,000 Maine —• NF-w Hampshire . ... 502,000 1,912,000 N R l h as o s d e e eti s u la .e nd tts ... •• • 241,000 3,098,000• 647,000 1,282,000 Connecticut 5,000 731,000 ... ••• Vermont 114,000 2,649,000 New J e rs e y ... ••• • 854 , 0 00 1, 728.000 .. 1 ,050 Delaware 'ooo 7,314,00 0 ... •__ • • • 440,0 ..,..- Georgia •• • ,• • 1 ,571,0 00 00 16,000 Alabama 2,7 13,000 •• • , • 980 000 16,650,000 Mksissi PPi • • • .. . 378,000 Missouri 2,167,000 Arkansa s " . • 1,525,000 15 ,625,000 Florida • •• • 2,427,000 8.250,000 Wisconsin •• • ••• 733,000 .• • •. • 971 ,000 672,000 lowa • „ •• • District of Columbia .: 793,000 2,028,000 15,000 35,000 —___ Total 106,548000 417899,00 The crop of 1844 was e s ti mated .t 95,607,000, bushels of wheat, and 421,953,000 bushels of corn. There was a material deficiency in the crop of wheat in the state of Ohio last year over the preceding year ; but in almost e very other state, except the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama, there was a considerable increase. In the corn crop there was a falling off of one-third in New York and South Carolina, one-fourth in Maryland, one-third in Virginia, one-third in North Carolina, one-fourth in Alabama, and a considerable increase in all the Dther states, except Mississippi. —New York Journal of COM. ',term A deputatation on the Corn Trade had an interview on Saturday with Sir R. Peel. DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED CENTENARIAN.—MISS Angina Leslie, the last representative of the no less ancient than distinguished house of Leslie of Lindores, died at Cupar, on Wednes day last, at the advanced age of a hundred years, five weeks and three days, having been born on the 15th March, 1746. In the re bellion of '45, her father took a very prominent part in the army of the Royalists under William Duke of Cumberland, and long survived that eventful period. The family of Leslie has always occupied a very conspicuous position in the annals of Scotland. A number of years ago, Lord Lindores, the brother of Miss Leslie, died, the title having become extinct, and he leaving the whole of his effects to a friend resident in England, who, however, so soon as he became aware of the existence of this sister of the deceased lord. settled an annuity upon her, which she continued to receive until her death. She was exceedingly vigorous, notwithstanding her great age, till w ithin a short time previous to her death, and it was but last summer that she frequently walked out unassisted, and not a great many years ago that a walk of two miles would have been felt as no embarrassment. Her residence during the greater part of her We ham ~been in Cupar and its neighbourhood—which circumstance 111 15e xs tI m 'e v e!tunes" for the healthfulness and salubrity of the climate. Who „..,. Zs ot' was never shut against the poor and the needy, miii ' a ;found her a considerate friend ; and her amiable disposition i death, e ll a 4l°4 minds which continued almost unimpaired till her utiter t.., -a , her awaizttice,—fiitileraW 1 THE CEDED TEIIRITOiIY IN THE PUNJAUB. We shall doubtless soon be in possession of the articles of the impending treaty between the new re-organised Seikh Government, on the one side, and the British In dian Empire on the other. We look forward with no small anxiety to the official publication of a document which must exercise so beneficial an influence on the productive resources of India, and the renewed commer cial prosperity of our provinces in particular, which has been sadly disturbed by the late hostilities, and shall, in the meantime, endeavour, though inadequately, we fear, to draw the public attention to one grand particular, on which the late proclamation decrees all negotiations must be based. We allude to the annexation of the districts, hill and plain, between the Beas and Sutlej. If the founding of a colony has been pronounced a great na tional enterprise, requiring the undivided energy of the Legislature, to insure to the fullest extent any reason able prospect of success, surely the proper manage ment of a district so important in every way, both political and commercial, as that which has so lately been added to our already Colossal Empire, will require, and will doubtless receive, every financial attention from the authorities in India which it is their habit to bestow. But this is not all that is required at their hands in the present days of enlightened progression. It will be their bounden duty to institute a scientific and minute survey; its climate, soil, and capacities of pro duction, must be deliberately inquired into by compe tent persons employed for this especial purpose, and the lessons which the experience of the past cannot but have taught, will not fail to direct such manifestly difficult and absolutely necessary inquiries. We have no means of astir ain ng to oar satisfaction the precise surface of the annexed districts, but may fern' some approximate notion of the amouut by tracing the boundary rivers, pre mising before doing so that we are indebted to Thorn ton's Gazetteer for our information on the subject. The Beas takes its source on the southern verge of the Ri tanlsa pass, in Lahoul, a Himmalayan region, north-east of the Punjaub. at a point about 13,200 feet above the sea, in lat. 32 34, lon. 77 12. The river then takes a southerly course of about 100 miles to Mundee, in the vicinity of which are productive mines of salt and iron, forming, even now, the greater part of the revenue of the tributary Raja of the province. It requires no great amount of discernment to predict, tatting their advantageous locality into consideration, that these mines, with the aid of European resources and machi nery, might be rendered infinitely more productive. At this place the river is from 150 to 200 yards wide, with a depth of twelve feet. From Mundee the Bess takes a course of fifty miles, chiefly westerly, to Nadauss, a much-frequented spot, being on the direct route from India to Kashmeer. This point would probably be a good spot for a small cantonment, on ace, unt of the importance of its position ; the site, moreover, is de lightful, and during the days of its earlier prosperity was celebrated for its beautiful gardens. From the rich ness of the soil it had acquired an enviable celebrity, as the proverb which Vigne quotes would testify, "'Who will come to Nadaun and then leave it ?" From Nadaun the Beas takes a wile sweep of about eighty miles to the north-west, and having entered the plains of the Punjaub, in about lat. 23 deg. 5 min., long. 75 deg. 20 mine turns southward, a course which it follows for about eighty miles further to its confluence at Endressa, near the Hurreeke Ghat, with the Sutlej. The length of the river up to this point may be stated at from 310 to 320 miles. The united stream bears the name of the harah until its confluence with the Chenab. Let us now turn to the Sutlej, the most easterly of the rivers of the Punjaub, and which, in spite of its being the most fa mil ar by name, is also the least known, for its source has not been visited by any Europ , ens in consequence of the vigilance and jealousy of the Chinese, within whose ter ritory it lies. It is. however, supposed to be on the south side of the Kailas, or peaked mountain, on the north of which the Indus is thought to have its source. It rushes, with amazing rapidity, in a north-westerly direction, for about 150 miles. as far as Nako, in lat. 31 deg. 50 min., ion. 78 deg. 36 min., at no great distance from which it receives the Lee, or River of Spiti, at an elevasion of about 8,600 feet above the sea. Here the united stream is called by different designations, but is known throughout by the name of the Sutlej. Below the confluence its general course is south-west, with a very rapid declivity to Rasnpoor. From this latter spot to Bela-poor, its course is generally west and south west ; hence it holds a very winding course to Roopur, where it makes its nay through the low sandstone range of Jhejwan, and finally enters the plains of the Punjaub. It then passes between Philor and Loodianah, and its width, at the season when lowest, may be stated approximately at 250 yards, with an aversge depth of seven feet. Up to this point the stream is navigable at all seasons, for vessels of ten or twelve tons burthen, and in these days of improvement we see nothing to prevent steam from being made available in light vessels to the very foot of the hills. We have already noticed its confluence with the Beas. The whole length of the Sutlej, up to this point, has been estimated at 570 miles, one hundred and thirty of which may be said to be in the plains. To the north-east the Hirnmalaya range forms an elevated barrier. The area of the plain dis trict, situated between these several boundaries, viz., the hills, the Beas, and the Sutlej, may therefore, at a rough estimate, be calculated, at the least, at 8,500 square miles. We have not materials sufficient to enable us to form even an approximate value of the extent of the hill provinces, as- we do not exactly know their extent to the East, where they adjoin the Chinese empire. Our attention will next be naturally drawn to the ex isting state of the different cities scattered at no very distant intervals over this expanse of country. The first, perhaps, in importance, is Jalinder, formerly the principal residence of the Lodi-Affghan dynasty. It is situated in a tract of amazing fertility, amidst flourishing orchards of mangoes and other trees, and, though once a place of great celebrity, as the vast number of large and handsome mausoleums in its neighbourhood would testify, has still, at the present day, a population of about 40,000. Rajwarrah, on the direct route from Loodianah to Lahore, containing a population of about 15,000, situated in an equally fertile region, must not be passed over unnoticed. There are also other places, Mundee, Kupoorthalao, Kurtapoor, &c., on which we could dilate, but the above brief account will serve to convey some slight idea of the value of the appropriated district, which may, in strict truth, from its adaptation for the richest cultivation, be termed the garden of Upper India. Our information regarding the hill dis tricts is, on the other hand, painfully scanty, but we doubt not that they will be found, on minute surveys from their more northerly position, to exceed in value any similar portion in our own pr ‘vinces, and that the mineral and ether resources will amply repay the energy of British enterprise, provided that enterprise be directed with pro v er spirit and di,cr, tion. The great error hitherto committed in regard to new acquisi sitions will, we trust, not be again repeated. We have heretofore allowed their extent, surface, produce, and consequently capacities of commerce, to be neglected in a most unpardonable and unstatesmanlike manner, and in a way too most pre judicial to our interests. A single instance, so remarkably appropriate, will suffice, though many similar cases might be adduced. The Dhoon of Dehra and the adjac, nt hills fell into our possession in 1817, and nearly thirty years have been allowed to elapse before even any commensurate advantages of a pecuniary kind are derived. Though attention has of late been excited, and wonders been wrought in a short time, yet how much more might have been effected had our researches been properly and vigorously directed from the first ? How much, and with what comparative ease might have been accomplished, had an intelligent and competent man been deputed to examine and report upon, for public information, the productive resources of this favoured district ? How many valuable lives might have been saved by the earlier establishment of Sane taxis in the delightful and invigorating climate o' the hills ? And how much direct revenue might have been derived from the Dhoon itself, which, instead of only emerging from its jungly condition, would now be yield ing 100,000 rupees a year, as it did in former da y s, even with the humble resources of I n di an cu l t i vat i on ? Its mineral and vegetable productions, to which there seems to be no assignable limit, would ere this have been fully deve loped instead of now coming to light only partially, and that from isolated instead of combined and well directed exertions. The whole country would have presented a smiling and refreshing picture of active and happy in dustry, instead of showing to the inquisitive only here and there what the whole country, under properly di rected management, might become. Enterprise has, however, at length been aroused, and under the auspices of an enlightened Government, will ultimately com mand success. The forests alone, under proper regula tions, would yield a handsome revenue, and furnish an inexhaustible supply of the most valuable timber ; and we may again take the opportunity of mentioning, as we have done on a former occasion, when we entered on this subject at great, and as we believe to some extent not unfruitful length, that forest science, which origi nated in Germany, from the increased scarcity of wood there, constitutes a separate and distinct branch of edu cation. The importance of the necessary measure of parnedserfvoaretisot academies, u wa:ermeaidesi? inwhich are appreciated by t t a h u e ght authorities,botany, rge a fude n on,c cl udt re arpn i ad n t sh s t tewi inactivity,t directions tihri preservationoe n c et s iv , oeon rfsyawnoi forests, dtpth. vegetable yhysiology, mineralogy, :polo y &c , were soon multiplid. We might here take g en' admirable lamenting vasamotnar lessonetestablished, tpse ; i hen, .necessarygreatW a i d s - t consequences, we may learn to be wise in time. The dis trict annexed by the late proclamation, of which we have given so imperfect a sketch, presents extraordinary rdGoespotplvheeuerrmitnn Government. g g v o i e h if e ti atswt be easily th e features which require only to be developed to render the possession as important, in a commercial, as it most undoubtedly is in a political point of view. All the varied and natural productions, which admit of indefi i nite improv ement, and only require the fostering hand adobeete to the, which uth of might, and little thence tr to u be h of European enterpr i se, have the best outlets imaginable p o , dis b t e rib r u e t n ed de t rd th n e a w vi o g r a l b d l . e, ln th t e h n e ce si t mop b le item of api cu l ture we cannot hope or ex, ect the toom nd uc u h s foll as the mean s o f t h e most extensive irrigation are beyond calculation. L et us not, tamely or unwisely the steps of our predecessors, but, with the ' increased ow in moral supremacy o f our Government, which hasproved to the world that w e k now how to conquer, let usrtaeSh the more difficult lesson, that we know how to occupy" Let us set about invest igat i ng these matters with ade.- terminal resolution to ch er i s h and improve the condi tion of the inhabitants—indiff erent as to the outlay at the first, because well a c ured of a n amp l e return at no lengthed interval. Is , .the forests i n t h e h i lls and the plains be an especial ~eject of attenti on ; in fast, l et minute surveys and scientific investigations be forthwith instituted: let us, at once, proceed to do, without any unnecessary delay, what in the days of our past negligence we should have taken years to consider. The expenditure at the first must be liberal, propor and we are confid e nt the- revenues of the district will tionate, of course, to the bright anticipations of success, be increased to an untold vxmit. But, above all, Vf4 shall teach our new subjects a lesson which they will not be slow to appreciate, that a financial increase— derivable from the present revenue—is not all we have in view, but that their welfare and their prosperity is something in the scale, 4nd chat we are anxious, as the paramount power in India, to prove to them, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they are likely to benefit, not only politically, but in all that makes home a blessing— the protection of life and property, by the change of rule. We could enlarge upon the mighty prospects opened out to our view, but the length to which our article has already attained warns us to forbear ; we shall one day hope t? revert to this magnificent subject, and we trust, too, with more satisfactory details of in formation.—From the Delhi Gazette, Feb. 28. NEW LAW OE SEVELENIENT. The following are the principal provisions of the new Bill introduced into Parliament to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the removal of the poor : The Bill commences by repealing existing Acts on the subject. The second clause declares that, until removed, destitute persons are to be relieved at the expense of the yarish in which they are residing; except (3) in cases where doubt exists as to the settlement. Boards of guardians may then direct their clerk to charge the relief to the parish in which they believe the person's settle ment to be, informing the overseers of the fact. The overseers may, if they think themselves aggrieved, apply within foul teen days for an order of adjudica tion ; and if this course be not adopted, the case may, within six months be submitted to the Poor-law Com missioners, whose decision can only be appealed against a ithin six months. By the sth clause, the Commis sioners, with the consent of a majority of the bard of guardian-, may make the relief of ,- ccasiond poor a union charge. The Gth clause provides that any person chargeable to any union shall be liable to removal, except in certain cases specified in the five succeeding clauses. Persons (7) are not to be removed from one parish to another iu the same union ; but their settle. went nay be ascertained, and the amount expended charged accordingly. The Bth clause is the most portant to the Bill, as it makes five years' industrial labour a bar to removal ; we give it veroatim :—" That no person who has resided for the five years last pre ceeding in any parish shall be removed from that parish ; and no residence as a prisoner in a prison, as a soldier, mariner or sailor in active service, as an insane person in a lunatic asylum, or house licensA for the re ception of insane persons, or as a patient in an hospital, and nA time whilst any person is receiving relief from any parish, or whilst he is wholly or in part maintained by any private rate or subscription, nut being a bona fide charitable gift raisi d in a parish in which he dues not reside, shad be reckoned either as part or as an interrup tion of the five years, or as an interval after the comple tion of such five years ; and the justices, to whom any application is made for a warrant of removal, are hereby empowered to decide whether any allowance made to any person in money or otherwise, was, or was nut, bona fide a charitable gift" By the 9th clause no widow shall be removable for a year after her hus band's death. No child under sixteen (10), residing with his father or mother, shall be removable unless his parent is also removable. No warrant (11) shall be granted for the removal of any person in %%h./6C case re lief is made by accident of or by illness of himself or any member of his family, unless the justices state in the warrant that they are satisfied that the illness is in curable, or that the accident will produce permanent disability." We now come to the clauses regulating the procedure in removals. If two or in , re overseers (13) sign a paper admitting a person's settlement, in the presence of a magistrate, no further warrant for his removal shall be necessary. A board of guardians (14) may examine into a person's settlement, and give the overseer of the parish to which they deem him to belong notice of application for a warrant of removal, and if no op position be made within seven days, may apply for a warrant of removal. But if any statement of dissent be made to the removal the guardians can proceed no further in the matter, but it must be left to the overseers. The Pour-law Commissioners may authorise boards ' of guardians to zppoilit officers to conduct removals, and may make regulations with respect to them. Per sons (16) stall not be removed under the warrant of any justices until after forty day's notice to the over seers of the parish to which they belong, nor during the prosecution of any appeal. The 17th clause imposes a penalty of not more than 41., nor less than 21., on any parish officer, who by threats or otherwise shall obtain the removal of a pauper without the warrant of two justices. In case of the illness of a pauper (20) two justices may suspend the warrant of removal ; and it' notice be given %% ithin seven days, the overseers of the parish in which the pauper's settlement shall be liable for all expenses of maintenance, except medical relief. When such charges (21) exceed 101., there shall be a right of appeal against them, if thought excessive, to the next quarter sessions. Overseers (22) may abandon a warrant of removal, on paying the other party's c , sts. A duplicate (23) eit any war• rant of iemovel, together with the origii , al depo tions, shall, within three day s. be tr:ansm►tted to the clerk of the peace, who shall preserve the same, and (24) furnish copies, if required, at certain charges. Overseers (25) of the ,parish aggrieved by the warrant of removal, may appeal to the next quarter sessions, and that appeal shall only be respited on affidavit of special circumstances. No appeal (26) shall be entered by the ov.-rseers without the consent of the board of guardians of the union. In the appeal (29) no grounds are to be gone into but those set forth in thy• respondent's and appellant's statement. No order of justices under this Act (34), other than orders of courts of quarter sessions, shall be removed into any of her Majesty's courts of record, by certiorari or otherwise. The New Poor-law Act (36), and all Acts passed to amend it, and the present Act, s hall be construed as one Act. This Act (39) shall extend only to England. THE CAUSE OE REMARKABLY MILD WINTERS IN ENGLAND. An interesting communication on the subject, by Colonel Sabine, appears in the Philosophical Magazine for the present month. The unusual character of the winter which we have just experienced, in which the mean temperature in December, January, and February, exceeded the mean temperature of the same months of 1844-5 by an average of 8 deg., has given rise to the inquiry. The winter which, within Colonel Sabine's recollection, most nearly resembled the present, was that of 1821-182'2; and undoubtedly the resemblance is in many respects very striking. The extension of the Gulf-stream in that year to the coast of Europe, instead of its terminating, as it usually does, about the meridian of the Azoi es, has been assigned as a cause adequate, Colonel Sabine believes, to account for all the phenomena of that winter. " The warm water of the Gulf-stream spread itself beyond its usual bounds, over a space of ocean which may be roughly estimated as exceeding 600 wiles in latitude and 1,000 in longitude, carrying with it water several degrees higher than the temperature of the sea in ordinary years in the same parallels." The similarity of the two winters 1821-1822 and 1844-1845 having been shown, and their agreement in those features in which they differ from ordinary winters, Colonel Sabine says, "It will naturally be asked, what evidence we have to prove or disprove an extensi , n of the Gulf-stream in the present year, similar to that which took place in 1821. To this it must be replied, that strange as it may appear, this remarkable pheno menon may take place in any year without our having other knowledge of it than by its effects, although it occurs at so short a distance from our ports, from whence so many hundred vessels are continually crossing, and recrossing the part of the ocean where a few simple ob servations with a thermometer would serve to make it known. We have no organised means of learning an oc currence which, whether it be or be not the cause of the present extremely mild winter, cannot fail, whenever it does occur, to affect materially and for a considerable length of time the climate of an extensive district of the globe, including our own islands. History has recorded two instances in which the extension of the Gulf stream is known to have taken place and in both we owe Our knowledge of it to the casual observations of an acci• dental voyager." And in a note he says : " It is much to he wished that a society existed in England which should charge itself with the many interesting and important consider , ations belonging to physical geography. Did the object and scope of the Royal Geographica: Society embrace physical as well as descriptive geography, it cannot be doubted that science and the public would be greatly benefited." Colonel Sabins, in conclusion, does not suppose " that amidst the variety of incidents by which our climate is affected, there may not be others which may be influential in the production of winters of unusual mildness in an equal, or even in a greater, de gree than the extension of the Gulf-stream ; or that whenever the stream reaches the coasts of Europe, its influence on our climate must neces sarily occasion winters like that of 1821.1822, or 1845- 1846. It is reasonable to believe that there may be de grees of initial velocity between that which is usual and that which is extreme. There may also be counteracting or qualifying causes with which we are as yet wholly unacquainted. The object of this communication is rather to recall to recollection, on the occasion of the present remarkable winter, the coincidence that was dis covered between the similar winter in 1821-1822, and the extension of the stream ; and to promote the adopt ion of such simple means as may supply additional evidence, whereby we may discern between coincidence observed on a single occasion, and connexion which may be established by the observation of repeated coin cidence." In the hope of furthering those views, we submit this abstract to our readers.—Literary Gazette. E g A e T ne N ra o i y it e T a li rl i;.!tx T R meeting of RAILROADthe a Palivcr o F f F th a e A G N r c e E at . Northshareholders°3l ern Railroad Company was held in Paris on Tuesday last, at which Baron James de Rothschild presided. The report of the di rec t ors was re ad by M. Emile, one of that b thY,from whi c h it appeared that the company h a d received e bad y, ~ first instalm en t of 125 f. on 400,000 shares, making '`-' 000 ,000f., t oget h er w i t h 470,109 f. 59c. for interest. The co had lod ge d a sum o f 20,000,000 f. as security with Ine Government for the repayment of the cost of the works executed.by it ''' which, together with the expenses of orga nizing the company, amount to 25,768,977 f. 96c., leaving a .. balance in the hands of the banker to the company of . "`, 4 . 73 8, 51 34f. 53c This would suffice for the expenses of the co ~. • sum niPakr until the course of the year 1847 ; and would render unnecessary further call on the shareholders un til that period. ' any 'f he two roads from Lille to Valenciennes to the Belgian frontier have been placed under the control of the company since the Ist of the present month. In the tirst section of the road, from Paris to Clermont, the double line ,f rails has been completed. From Clermont to Amiens one line has been completed , as willother be in six or eight the days. The section from Paris to Pontoise is ready for the conveyance of passenthatfrom Pontoise to Amiens will be gers ; complete by the 15th of May, when the road may be opened to the public. The section from Amiens to Arras may be opened to the public in the beginning of June ; and the journey from Paris to Brussels may be effected in twelve Lours, acid that between Paris and Boulogne in fourteen hours fifty minutes. The report was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned, IRELAND. TIIE PROVISION SCARCITY. DUBLLN, Aran, 29.—The following letter has been re. ceived by Lord Bernard, in reply to a communication ad dressed by his Lordship to the secretary for relief:— "Castle, Dublin, April 20. "My Lord,—Your Lordship's letter to the Under Secre tary, dated the 9th instant, transmitting the resolutions en tered into at a meeting of the magistrates, Poor-law guar dians, and clergy, assembled at Bandon on the Bth instant, having been referred to the Relief Commissioners, I am di rected to state that the Commissariat have no means of send ing meal for sale into the markets, and that it must, on re flection, be admitted this is not an act to be exercised by the Government, who have no machinery for such interference with the course of trade. The measure which the Govern ment could and do intend to adopt is, to sell at such prices from their own stores as shall produce the same effect. "I am further directed to state, that if this measure has been delayed, it is to be attributed to the tempestuous wea ther on the coast. which has seriously impeded the commu nications b) sea from Cork to the more distant depots, and that it is better to wait until there is a supply sufficient to put these high prices effectually, than to attempt it prema turely, and by failure exhaust those means without obtaining the object. The intention of Government is the same as that expressed in the resolutions. It is only the period of carrying out in which there is a discrepancy. Means are now afforded of importing a supply from Liverpool, and thereby increasing the stock of provisions in the country, instead of diminishing the stock in the possession, of Government before it reaches its destination. " And I am further directed to state, that as soon as a list of subscriptions, with the usual certificate of lodgment from a bank, or the Reliet Committee's treasurer, are for warded to this commission, the Government will add a do nation to these funds.--I have the hceiour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, _ _ " J. T. KENNEDY, Secretary. " Right Hon. Viscount Bernard, Castle Bernard, Bandon." The accounts to-day from North Tipperary are unsatis factory. The funds of the Nenagh Relief Committee are exhausted, and it is with the utmost difficulty that private subscriptions can be obtained. The state of affairs in this district may be accurately judged by the terms of the follow ing circular issued by the unanimous resolution of the Com mittee : " Nenagh, April 27. " Sir,—At a meeting of the Relief Committee of the pa rishes of Nenagh and Lisbonny, held at the Court-house. on Monday, the 27th instant, over which I presided as chair man, it was unanimously resolved, that a most urgent appeal should be made to all who hold property in the parishes in behalf of the suffering poor at this trying crisis. The dis tress surpasses by far anything of which we ever had expe rience, and it is only by the mcst persevering efforts of the Relief Committee, and the generous liberality of the inhabi tants of Nenagh, that an outbreak of the starving popula tion was prevented. Whatever funds were at the disposal of the Committee are now entirely exhausted, and I have most earnestly to hope that you will lend your kind co-operation to sustain our charitable efforts. You feel, lam sure, an in terest in the prosperity of the town of Nenagh, with which you are connected by trade or property, and when I inform you that the poverty of its inhabitants has risen to a most alarming height, I am sure it will be enough to awaken your sympathy and secure your contribution.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant, " J. H. POE, Rector of Nenagh." EVICTION OF TENANTS. The Tipperary Vindicator, of Saturday last, briefly alluded to the service of ejectment notices on the tenantry of the late Mr. Patrick Clarke, who fell a victim to the agrarian code in the month of November last. Yesterday's cumber of this paper enters into full particulars of the case, from which it appears that the following " notice to quit" has been served upo❑ forty-eight families : " Take notice, that we do hereby require you to deliver up to us, or to our agent, or bailiff, thereunto lawfully autho rised, on the Ist day of November next ensuing the date hereof, the quiet and peaceable possession of all that and those on part of the townsland of Rapla, situate a the barony of Upper Ormond, and county Tipperary, and all other lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and premises, which you hold from or occupy under us, together with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging pro vided your tenancy concludes at that time of the year; and if otherwise, that you quit and deliver up to us, our agent, or bailiff, as aforesaid, the possession of all said premises at the end of the year of your tenancy, which shall expire next after the end of half a year from the time of your being served with this notice. " And take notice, that in case you shall refuse or neglect to deliver up to us, or our said agent or bailiff lawfully authorised, the quiet and peaceable possession of said pre mises, we will sue for double the yearly value of said pre mises, and all costs and expenses attending such proceedings, pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided, or take such proceedings against you as we may be advised. " Witness our hands this Bth day of April, 1846. " JOHN VINCENT. " R. H. VINCENT. " WILLIAM ROE. " ELIZABETH H. ROE. " MARY H. CLARKE." " Each of these families," adds the Vindicator, " consists, on an average, of six persons, and at the present moment there are not, we understand, six barrels of potatoes among the entire number. These houses, if indeed huts—huts too of such a description that an Englishman would not breed his dogs in them—can be called habitations for human beings, present at , appearance of squalid misery not to be surpassed in any country. Still these creatures were content—nay, almost happy. It does not appear they owe any rent, nor has such been claimed from them. DISTRESS IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS. Letters recently received from Shetland all concur in stating that the islands are on the brink of famine. The crops of corn, at no time adequate to the subsist ence of more than one-half the population (about 32,000 souls) were very ill got in last season, and to add to the calamity, the stock .of potatoes, which the people are in the habit of keeping in pits during the winter, and on which they rely in a great measure for sustenance during the spring and early part of the summer, have been found, on opening the pits, Dearly all destroyed by rot. - 'There is very little meal in the islands, and the people have no money to purchase it with. Their fish is the only commodity they have to give in exchange for bread. The almost only customers they now have for their fish are the Spaniards. From eight to ten sail of Sp.tnish vessels now resort to the islands annually for cargoes of fish, and the Spanish merchants would be glad to send corn and flour in exchange for it, but the corn-law prevents this from being done. A gentleman connected with the island, resident in London, states that a vessel from Spain is now actually on the way to Shetland, in ballast, to load a cargo of fish, and would have taken a cargo of flour could the repeal of the corn laws have been depended upon. In one respect the case of the poor Shetlanders is more desperate than that of the Irish. There are many great and wealthy landed proprietors connected with Ireland, who, it is to be presumed, cannot allow their tenantry to starve. In Shetland there are no such wealthy proprietors to whom a starving tenantry can look for adequate relief. The means of the few small proprietors in the Shetland islands are very limited, and are already nearly exhausted by the necessities of a miserable tenantry. While Government is taking measures for rescuing the people of Ireland from famine, the case of the Shet landers will surely not be overlooked. FLANDERS, HAMBURGH, AND DUTCH MAILS. BitussELs, Arum 28.—The average price of wheat in the week endir ° r on Saturday, th e 25th o f A pr il , was 23f. 32c., and that of Rye 16f. 89c. per hectolitre. The Chamber of Representatives continue the debate on the explanations relative to the formations of the Cabinet of the 30th March. The interest taken in the discussion by the public diminishes. THE HAGIE, APRIL 27.—We have received by the Over land Mail accounts from our East India possessions to the end of February. Besides the well-known nonsense of opening the small ports of Jara for the shipment of rice, and the decision in favour of ships freighted by the commercial com pany, engaged to convey ric to the Nether lands, the Indian Government has so e ught to promote the consignment of rice to the mother country, by facilitating the communication from the interior of the fonts of Java. It was not expected, however, that large consignments would arrive from the interior, on account of the high prices and the scarcity; in order to remedy the latter, the importation of rice into Java is even permitted, duty free, without dis tinction of flags or from what place, till the end of 1846. Prices were, however, falling, and in consequence of heavy rains, which were much wanted, the fears of the failure of the crops had been dispelled. The expedition to the island of Balin is to consist of 1,800 men, Europeans and natives, and to be assembled about the Ist of May at Sumanap, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Pakker. 2maGazettedoors of ff all thispr private the —T police,he Cracow t h houses, shops, public-houses, and all public places in the t the con Ca ta A in c s ° a w n ' ( A )ti P ce ßl f L ro whole city of Cracow and the suburbs, shall in futu re b e closed, not at 9 o'clock, as hitherto, but at 10 in the even i ng, after which hour no person is to appear in the street without carrying a lighted lantern. POLISH FRONTIER, APRIL 15.—The accounts from the Caucasus are still unfavourable. The Russian army has suffered extremely this winter, not merely from the arms of the mountaineers, who are extremely active, but still more from the disorders which are very fatal at this soason in the low swampy di-tricts. The ranks of the army in the Caucasus are much thinned, and as no troops can be spared from Po land, a considerable number of troops will be necessary this spring, unless it is resolved to give up the offensive system which has hitherto proved so unsuccessful. POSEN, APRIL 21.—We have just beard that in the course of last night four political prisoners have made their escape from our fortress, by what means is not known, and is diffi cult to conceive. The German landowners, about forty in number, who have assembled here, have really voted an address to the King, but it is said to be drawn up in very general terms. It was at first intended, as we understand, to propose a greater representation of the German portion of the population in the provincial assemblies, but this idea was fortunately given Roman i p or , emc b at e en c d a c u a s w e t hh t oe h lt n it es e r l o e r e t t hp o er r yo s e w ss th h aan o l lt s c . h c o h s: . s t e h e Poles de pu t e o s r , cos Germans be , a t ns, WARSAW, APRIL 19.—The arrival of his Majesty the Em • peror is expected on the sth of next month. It is said that his Majesty will atop only a few days here, and proceed to meet the Empress. MUNSTER, APRIL 29.—The most incredible thing that can happen has now taken place in Westphalia. Yester day morning the parish priest of Telgate, a worthy man, was proceeding to the communion-table to ad minister the sacrament. When he took the cup, he perceived in the wine a very peculiar strange taste; to the great astonishment of the communicants, the priest stopped the ceremony immediately, gave official information, and re quired that both the cup and the chalice should be exa mined. It was found that the wine was poisoned. PosEN, APRIL 29:—Dr. Matecki, brother-in-law of Dr. Liebelt, who is in prison here, was arrested in the street ; it is said that a sum of 20,000 dollars was found in his possession, which was to be o e Ab m ri p n l fr o oL y r e d 22.—The s. i wT f a oh c e i p i t a a ms t e i p n ui g t; el en t tcs h; ‘, l ipTbrehorena pronounced i ßt : no n eyea ( d ) l f p ag er K n a s i o onsa s tis a riß r t r ri e . : G t j e , d ac . Word," and " Prussians in the Year 1845," was announced to him yesterday. It is two and a-half years' imprisonme nt in a fortress, for high treason and insolent censure of the Government. Lord Milton is appointed Colonel Commandant of the Ist West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, in place of 'the late Lord Wharncliffe. Major Elmsall has been promoted tp the post Of Lieu tenant-Cclonel, and Captain Lumley to that of Major, THE CARD TRICK AGAIN! Notwithstanding the frequent cautions to strangers, which appear in the columns of the local papers, to be on their guard against the many impostors by whom the quays and other thoroughfares of this great town are infested, it will be seen that so far, at least, as Mr. Robert Frazer, a young Scotch gentleman, is concerned, a ll th ose caut i ons h ave been disregarded. Mr. Frazer, it appears, has arrived in Liverpool with the intention of proceeding to America, and is staying in town at the Angel Hotel in Dale street. Yesterday morning he was walking along the docks when he was accos t e d b y a "gentleman " whom he had never seen before, but who very unceremoniously took the liberty of asking him where he was going. Mr. Frazer was communicative: be was going to see the Great Britain. The " gentleman"—singular coincidence—was going to see the monster too. They went t , gether. They saw the vessel ; admired her accommodations above and below decks ; and when they returned on shore the " gentleman" would treat Mr. Frazer to a glass of wine at a tavern in Stanhope street. Mr. Frazer consented, and in the parlour another " gentleman" was sitting, who, after awhile, began to de scr ib e the heavy losses he had sustained the night before at card playing. " But," he added, " if, I had lost my money fairly I should have been perfectly satisfied : as it was, I was regularly tricked out of it." " How tricked ? " asked the simple Mr. Frazer. " Why, by betting on red, when all the red cards had been surreptitiously abstracted from the pack," was the reply. "I should like to see the trick," said Mr. Frazer. "With all the pleasure imaginable, PA show it you," responded the "gentleman ;" and thereupon he drew out a pack of cards, arid apparently abstracted all the black ones . from the pack. Mr. Frazer would het. "Just for the fun of the thing he would try his hand once, though it was plain that all the chances were in his favour." He bet a sovereign upon red. Black was turned up. The "gentleman" fibbed the sovereign. Mr. Frazer would try again. "The chances were so much in his favour, that he surely must win this time." He bet another sovereign upon red. Black was turned up. "The "gentleman" fobbed a second sovereign. " Well, it was very odd," r hought Mr. Frazer "all the black cards had been visibly abstracted, and yet black came up." He would try again, however. "There was luck in odd numbers." He bet a third sovereign upon red. Black was turned up. The "gentleman" fobbed a third sovereign. A new light now broke in upon Mr. Frazer. He said "it was a swindle—a cheat—and his companions were blacklegs;" and he demanded his money back. They offered him ten shillings if he would just keep his tongue quiet while they turned the next corner, but he refused. He ran to the door and called " Police." He had not to call long, for two of the police in coloured clothes had seen Mr Frazer and his blackleg companion return from the Great Britain to the tavern ; and having formed a pretty shrewd guess that "some thing was up," they kept close at hand. The two blacklegs, on hearing the cry of "Police," threw Mr. Frazer his three sovereigns, and were making their escape from the house, when they were pounced upon by the officers and taken to Bridewell. Bundles of notes of the Bank of Elegance were found in their pocket-books; and from the testimony of Mr. Parkinson, it appeared that they were well known at Bride well. They gave their names John Robinson and Thomas Nicholls, and they were both committed for trial on a charge of conspiracy to defraud.— Liverpool Courier. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A new farce, entitled The Irish Tiger, w as produced here on Saturday, with complete success. The Irish Tiger is a certain " Misther Paddy Ryan" (Mr. Hud son), who has seen in the paper an advertisement from Mr. Alderman Marrowfat, who is desirous of engaging an Irish servant, and Paddy, in consequence, applies for the sitteation, which is not only readily presented to him, but heis promised 6001. as wages, asked to dine with his master, and is treated not merely as one of the family, but infinitely better than any individual member of it. The fact is, old Marrowfat has been seeking an alliance for his daughter with a certain Sir Charles Lavender, and has been informed that Sir Charles, in order to become acquainted with the true dispositions of the family into which he is about to enter, has deter mined to offer himself as a servant, and Paddy Ryan is accordingly taken for and treated as Sir Charles. When the Baronet himself arrives, he is of course kicked and cuffed, and treated as though he were the servant. The fun goes on for half an hour, and then of course an eclarissement takes place. It is an amus ing trifle, and was capitally acted. COURT CIRCULAR. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Judge Advocate-General, had an audience of the Queen, on Friday, at Buckingham Palace, and submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some courts-martial. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen on Saturday, and remained to luncheon with her Ma jesty and Prince Albert. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace in an open carriage and four, at half-past four o'clock on Satur day afternoon, for Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were in the next carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and the Hon. Captain Gordon, occupied a chariot and four, and Lady Portman, Lord Byron, Colonel Bowles, and Dr. Prcetorius, followed in another open carriage. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were conducted to their carriage by the Hon. Misses Murray and Napier, the Master of the Horse the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord George Lennox, Admiral Sir Robert Otway, and Captain Francis Seymour. A party of Hussars formed the escort from the Palace. The royal party arrived at Claremont at six o'clock. The Earl of Aberdeen and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived at Claremont on Saturday, on a visit to her Majesty. Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early walk, and the royal children took their accustomed walks and rides in Claremont Park. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentle men of the royal suite, attended Divine service yesterday, at Claremont. The Hon. and It ev.C. L. Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore, the Lessons by the Rev. C. Packe, and the Communion Service by the bishop of London. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. C. Dering. The Anthem was " Thou, 0 God, art praised " (Greene). Mr. Cooper pre sided at the organ. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton, and Earl Howe. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce. The Dean of Hereford was the Leputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. The Duchess of Beaufort, the Ladies Somerset, Wilton, St. Germans, Pal merston, and E. Bruce, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lords Banden, Cawder, Besborough, St. Ger mans, Norreys, Cantalupe. E. Bruce, Hawarden, and Pal merston, were among the nobility present. The Bishop of London administered the sacrament. The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Pattlet, and Sir Frede rick Trench, attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Rev. C. Dering, officiated. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in an open barouche and four on Saturday. Her Royal Higness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty on Saturday at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager yesterday. Her Royal Highnsss the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir GeorgeCouper, Bart., honoured the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday in the Foundling Hospital. Major Stephen was in waiting on his Royal Highness. A deputation from the Society of British Artists waited on Sir James Graham at the Nome-office on Saturday, and pre sented a memorial, addressed to her Majesty, praying for the grant of a Charter of Incorporation to that society. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Hurlestone, Pyne, Hassell, Stevens, Clint, Anthony, and Holmes, and were accompanied by Mr. Thomas Wyse, M.P., Colonel Rawdon, M.P., Mr. Monckton Mines, M.P., the Hon. Captain Keppel, R.N., Mr. J. S. Gaskoin. Mr. John Britton, Mr. George Cruik shank, Mr. G. T. Doo. and Mr. F. Bacon, who explained to Sir James Graham the nature and objects of the society, and the purposes for which they sought to obtain a royal charter. A deputation on the subject of Irish railways had an inter view with the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of the Earl of Erne, Mr. George Hamilton, M.P., Mr. James H. Hamilton, M.P., the Right Hon. Edward Lucas, Mr. George Carr, Mr. John Barlow, Mr. S. Hardy, and Mr. Stratton. A deputation from the Society of British Artists had an interview with Sir Robert Peel in Downing -street on Saturday, to present a memorial, praying her Majesty's Go vernment to legalise Art• unions. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Hurlstone, President; Pyne, Vice-President; Has sell, Secretary ; and Stevens, Treasurer; with other officers and members of the Society. The Rev. Mr. Scott had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone on Saturday, at the Colonial •office. Mr. Elphin stone had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. MONUMENT TO JOHN KNOIC.—A meeting of the ladies of Edinburgh interested in the erection of the proposed monument to John Knox, on the spot where he lived and died in Edinburgh, was held yesterday in the saloon of the Royal Hotel. The hall was com pletely filled, and the greatest interest was manifested throughout the proceedings. Sir James Forest was called to the chair.—Edin burgh Witness. RAILWAY HOCUSSING.—Just now a vast amount of hocussing is being performed—especially in railways. The opiate in this case is the prospectus This flourishing document is worded in s a way that sharpens self-interest and awakens hope, while it m it t suspicion and rocks prudence sound asleep in a eradle r o e f dli a o r g g t a on to and statistics. Say that the projected line is from iiistered in a per suasivethe l'ogis Spa. A gentle soperific dose is a g ve ry t he railway will be very small, and the traffic, d paragraph, which sets forth thatthe w dm h co o l the trifling cost ° t m completed, aktn engineering difficulties, and as little ttisti p s great, A vast deal is said on the ti a rs s t c in which the most power fulsubject of traffic introduces the concerning possible about tunnelling. The edFirsit,h e gthuealnaiiitiyieroarl treasures of the district' hocussing coal-fields—at present now innocently fuel to be dug from the doses are i a ie r r e a g il l y o s w a a d io in g i l n y is d t o e s r c e r d ib . covered omit being carried out into • an encouraging am with corn—is put down in a long ow of figures, under the head of income , the same column as the " probable revenue del ivable from th e tran sit thereof." The commercial prosperity o f P e dli ng . ton o and been duly dilated on, the " goods t ra ffi c " i s es ti mated i n pence, as curiously exact as if the cash had pounds, already received ; there being a fraction a t th e en d— a useful ingredient in the sleeping dose, for it looks like careful calculation and correctness. Then the mineral-water trade of Pogis Spa is taken into account, with the number of bottles exported annually, and the profit per dozen on their transit. The " passenger traffic" is computed from the gross income of all the conveyances on that road, from the Peddington three .horse stage to the Stoke-l'ogis single fly. When, at the end of the statement, the total of the column headed " expenses" is subtracted from that to be expected as " in come," the percentage of profit stands forth as immense. Relying on the minute correctness of the details, the eager reader never once thinks of disputing the data. His love of gain expands se extensively, that it over-shadows, blinds, or (to use the more forcible term) Ito cusses his habitual care and prudence • and, seizing a pen, he sub scribes his name for a hundred shares.—Our Own Times SALE OF THE METROPOLIS ROADS.—IMPORTAN T RE MOVAL OF BAAS BT THE ComMissioNsits. —On Friday, at twelve o'clock, the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike-roads north of the Thames held a public meeting at their offices, No. 22, White hall-place; Earl Lowther, Chief Commissioner, presiding; for the purpose of letting by auction, to the best bidder, the first and second districts, comprising the Brentford, Islewortli, and Kensington pi n c a l u t d e l d 6, 12 ,/ . , and ri fe a t c n h d e d u x l b 6 r , i l d 7 g o e / . . r 0 a T d h s e , t r i o d a r c d ts. a N n •Ti ro cl u i r T it 'er d e ist p r u ic t ts u for which the Commissioners bid 8,4001., the sum of 8,1201. having been in the elrcular. This was disposed of for 8,510/. For the sixth, seventh, and eighth districts there were no bidders. The former contained the Harrow -road, in which three gates were removed, for which the Commissioners asked 1,120/. ; and the latter contained the Kilburn and Edgeware-roads, put up at 4,126/. The ninth district being the Highgate and Hampstead-roads, went for 17,530/., the Commissioners' price being 17,520/. ; and the City-road (the tenth district) was bought for 3,050/., the put-up price being 3,0401. The eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth districts ; and the fifteenth and sixteenth districts, were bought In. The former in cluded the Stamford Hill-road, the Green Lanes'•road, end the Seven Sisters'-road. Ott these six bars were removed—among them being the Manor-house bar, which was the most valuable. The suns asked for this lot was 11,060/. The Litter district included the Hackney and Lea-bridge roads, from which four bars were removed, including the Shoreditch bar in the Hackney -road. NEWS FOR PROTECTIONISTS.—We understand that a small farm of 16 acres of land, lying dispersed over the common fields of Berwick, in this county, with a house of but indifferent ac commodation and inconveniently situated, has lately been let, not- , withstanding the prospects of agriculture, for the enormous rental of 461.--00 rd think'. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. ➢IANCHESTER, BUY 2. Seoca EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, &c., dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 % c. P. Clitheroe Junction, % dis.— Derby and Crewe, 414 p,—Direct Nor thern, its. 6d.—Eastern Counties, Perpetual (No. 2), 7.—Ditto, York Extension, I% c. p.—East Lancashire (No. 2), 3% p.—East Lincolnshire, 34 p.— Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 4 dis.—Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 1 dis.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford , 2 p.—lluddersfield and Manchester Rail wa y an d C ana l, 1 p.—Lan eashlre, North York, % dis.—Leeds and Thi rs k , 2% d is. —Li ve rpool and Bury, New Shares, 34 p. c.—Liverpool, Or ms ki r k, an d Presl43Lll, 1 5-16 c. p.—Liverpool, Pr es t o n, M anc h es t er, and Southport, —London and Manchester (Rem.'s), 1% di s .—L on d on an d 'Volt. par.—Manchester, Buxton, and M a tl oc k, 21 s. 6d . p. —M anc h e ster and Birmingham, 81—Ditto, Quarters (B), 9 p.—Dit to, ditt o (C), 8 c. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth s , 10 p .—Dit to, E xtens i on , 2% P. Manchester and Southampton, par.—North Eastern, 1% die. — North Staffordshire, 4% p.—Oldham District, % p.—Oldham, Bir kenhead, &c., dis.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), % p.—Slie f " field and Lincolnshire Junction, I Is. 6d. p.—Shertield and Manches ter, Quarters (Nu. 3), 1% p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, dis.—South Midland, % p.— South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), 1 y p.—Trent Valley and Midland Grand Junction, % West Riding Union, 2N p. LEEDS, Max 2. STOCK EXCRANGE.--The improvement manifested in shares during the week Iris been most decided, and highly enhanced prices have been realised for all old Stocks. Many of the better class of scrips have also advanced materially. The effect of this altered state of things has been to bring heavy sellers forward, and prices to.daY hays not been quite so fully maintained ; but in the absence of intel ligence from London and Liverpool, at neither of which markets was any business done yesterday, we do not feel justified in saying more than that buyers will do well not to act with too much precipitation in purchasing for the ensuing account. The appearances in Leeds certainly indicate some decline in prices just now, but that the decline will be permanent we do not by any means anticipate. The all bat certainty of a continuance of our peaceful relations with America the prospect of a speedy settlement of the tariff question, and the, confidence resulting from Sir Robert Peel's " railway propositions,' all tend to the continuance of high prices and the stability o f the trade, which is not a little supported by th e re li eved state of financial affairs, and the consequent cheap ness of motley. The sales are -- Eastern Counties, York Extension, 28 s . p. -M anchester and Lee ds. Quarter Shares, 9 p.-Ditto, Fifth Sh ares , 10 p. - D i tto, Extens i on s, 2/. 18s. p.-Manchester and Birmin g h am , Q uarter Shares (A), 914 p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quart er Sh ares , N o. 3,1 % p. East Lancashire, No. 1,3% p. -Great Gri ms by an d Sh e ffi e ld D oc k s , Ditto, Extensions, 16s. dis.-H u dd ers fi e ld an d M anc h es ter. % p.-Ditto, Extensions, 95. dis.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 5% p.-Leeds and Bradt. ,rd, 26 p.- Leed s an d D ews b ury, 3 % p.-Leeds and Thirsk, New, 1% dis.- North Briti s h, N ew C ar li sle B ra nch, p. - Ambergate, Nottingham, and B os t on , 16 s. di s. -Clitheroe Junction, 13s. 6d. dis. -East Lincolnshire, % p.-Essex and Suffolk, 16s. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 10s. dis.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 255. dis.-Leeds and York, 225. 6d. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 4s. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 12s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 7s. 6d. dis.-Liverpeol, Ormskirk, and Preston, 245. p.-London and York, 7s. dis. c.-London and Manchester (Itast.), 30s. dis.-Manches ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 10s. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 18s. dis.-North Staffordshire, 41. 3s. 6d. P. -- North Westeru, 2s. p.-South Midlands, 275. 6d. p.- Welsh Midlands. 235. dis.-West Riding Union, 4% -Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 255. die. HULL, MAY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North British, Carlisle, 21. 11s. 3d.-Chelmsford and Bury, Ils.-East Lincolnshire, 259. 6d Grand Union, 155.-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 255. 6d.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 1-North Western, 258.-North Stafford shire, 6/. 25.-South Midland, 3/. 10s. 3d.-Trent Valley con tinuation, 365. 6d.-West Riding Union, 4% -Yorkshire and GlasgeW Union, 245. 6d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAT 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Lancashire and North York shire, 16s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 245. 6d. p.- London and York, par-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 19s. p. -- Shtopshire Union, I ls. 6d. dis. SHEFFIELD, MAT 2. STOCK EICRANGE.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield, guar ter Shares, 2s. Od, dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, par-Man chester, and Lincoln Union and Canal, 12s. 6d. dis.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension, 15s. dis.-Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries. and Crewe, 14s. 6d. dis.-South Midland, 335. p.-South Yorkshire Coal Railway, Bs. YORK, MAY 2. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Leicester and Bedford, 9g• 6d• —London and York, 21. 6s —Malton and Driffisid Junction, 2/. 2s.—: Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3A—Newcast l e and Berwick, 21—Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 10/.135. 9d."' North British, Carlisle Extension, 21. 13s. 6d.—North Western, 1/. &I.—Sheffield, Rotherham, Wakefield, Barnsley, Huddersfield, 5d Goole, WA—York and North Midland, New (E as t an d West NA' . ing), 10%. EDINBURGH, MIT I. STOCK ExcnANGE.-The sales are - Abefieen, 31. 155.--Aberdee l4 Banff, and Elgin, 11.95. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 21.25.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s.-A rmagh and portrait 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. I Is.-Ayrshire and Bridge of Wei r d 21. 25.-Banffshire, 11--Belfast and County Down, 21.-British and Irish Union, 21. 25.-Caledonian, ex new, 111. 55.-Ditto, New, 35.-Caledonian Extension, 11. I Is. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarto n ' 11. 6s. 6d.-Caledonian and Northern Di rec t, 11 . 17s. 6(1.-Carirsiliw. and West Linton, 11. 2s. 6d.-Chelmsford and Bury,lss.-Clydesds ie Junction, 121. 10s.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 11. 12s. 6c1.-Dead: Railway, 44-Direct Northern, 21. 3s. 6d.-Dublin and Enniskille' and 11. 10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, 301.-Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee Forfar Junction, 1/. I 65.-Dundee and Perth, 151. 155.-Ditto, Extension, 21.-Eastern Counties Extension, 21. 5 5 .-E ast Indian Railway, Is. 9d.-East of Fife, 1/. lls.-East Lothian Central Tyne Valley Junction, IL M.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. Os. -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 731. 105.-Ditto, Half Shares, 171. 10s• - : Ditto, Quarters, 181. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 171. IN. -Edinburg . ' Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 19s. 3d. -Edinbur g h an d L e i t h Atmosplie. ric, 11. 45.-Edinburgh, eith, and Granton, 16/.-Ditte, Preferenc e ' (W.-Edinburgh and Northern, 61. IN.-Ditto, Newport, 17s. Ditto, Lochgelly, 11. 45.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 11. Bs. burgh and Perth, 2/. 65.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and llusselbunt os 1/. 125.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 15 5.-Glasgow and Ayrsbirli -721.-Ditto, New Stock, 301.-Ditto, Quart er s h ares, 18/.-Glas gc" Belfast Union, 11. 17s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21.34 0 Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 135.-Gl asgow an d Garnklrk, 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 91.-Glasgow and Greenock, Ditto, New Stock, V. 15s.- Ditto, Preference, 11. 155.-Glasgow 02 hour Grand Junction, 11. IN.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 11. 1 54 ' • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 11. 95.-Glasgow, Strit_.'" / aven, and Lesmahagow, 21. Is. 6d.-Granton Junction, 103.-V7.s County Down, IL 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 11. 10s-Qn. North and South Wales, I !8.-Inverness and Elgin, It. Os. 6a .-- Lanark and Lothians, 21.25. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymenaßallyme n al2s. London and Hounslow, 15s. - London and Blanches! (East.), 31. hs -London and Manchester (Remin g t on ' s ), 11.-Loodut, and York, 21. 55.-Ditto Half Shares, it. 12s. 6d.-Midland and 9 1 4 i, ern Counties, I/. 18s.-Morayshire, 11.-Newcastle and Berwick, -Newry and Londonderry, 11. 75.-North British, 281. 192.-P I : ta e s Halves, 91.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 21. 193.- Ditto, Exten to Dalkeith, 61. 12s. 64.-North Wales Mineral, 131. 58.-D ii New, 61. 55.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 1/. 12s. 3d. -Perth and Ill e s ness, 11. I Is. 6d.-Scottish Central, 151.-Ditto, New, W.-Scot Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. 65.-Scottlsh Grand Junci!„7. 155.-Scottish Midland, 71.-Scottish Southern, 11. 13 s . 6d. -Shre bury and Hereford, ss.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6d.- South Midland, 41. 55.-Stirling and Dunfermline. 11. - f ey Stirling and Midland, 21.-Strathearn Junction, 1/. 10s.-Sued Grand Junction, 10s.-Tean and Dove Valley, 155.-WishaW Coltness, 471. 7s. 6d. GLASGOW, MAT 2. SToca Exenatroa.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 414-Aberu - Banff, and Elgin, 295.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 485.-Ayr and "S . loway, 325.- British and Irish Union, 425. 6d. -C a l edout ,.... 335.-Caledonian Extension, 338.-Carnwath and West Linton, 220, -Clydesdale Junction, 141.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 325.- -- Direct Northern, 425. 6d.-Dunblane. Doune, and Callender, 305,"" East Indian Railway, l4s. 3d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 76/.-1 0tt t New, 19%-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 19s. 6c1.-E; I i ; urgh and Peebles, 285.-Glasgow General Terminus, 10% -a : r , gow and Belfast Union, 38s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and AY 76U -Ditto, New, 34% -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 475 ' de -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 465.-Glasgow and Du n ity r Junction, 345. -Inverness and Elgin, 21s. 6d.-Kilmarnock AWL. -- Direct, 365. 6d. -Lesmahagow, 41s. 6d.-Perth aadlnverness, ijr Perth and Crleff, 325. 6d.-Scottish Central, 16% - S co ttish SO" ern, 365.-South Midland, 843.-Stirling and Dunfermline, NS. , The funeral of the lamented Countess of B e auchav i d P, took place on Saturday last, when her Lady s hip' s remains tvereet posited in the family vault in Maryl e b one Ch urc h , b y the s id e 01 of mother, the late Dowager Countess of Clonmel. The Countes s 4 0 Beauchamp died at Brighton on S un d a y th e 26 t h of April, fill et' oil illness of a few days. H e r L a dy s hi p l e f t L ondon for that place,,,d, Saturday the 19th, and on Su n d a y a tt en d e d the church at Werthlt7o The day was extremely cold, and on h er return to Brighthn , D e evening her Ladyship walked by the s ea s id e , w h en i t i s believe(' got a chill, which was temporarily reli eve d by a h ot b a th o n the 1 ,0 lowing morning ; but from that day her s t reng th d ec li ne d, and o 4 gradually sunk. It is, however, satisf ac t or y t o h er f r i en ds to fin that her illness was not attended with much pain, and that her +d hours were marked by great calmness an d tranquillity. The Ea rl tli ~ g Beauchamp arrived at Brighton from Derby at th ree o ' c lock o_T I OO -- morning of Saturday, an d w ith h er Ladyship ' s nephew, the o able Captain S co tt, rema i ned by the bedside of his estimable Conte reuntil all was o ver . On Monday his Lordship accompanied tile mains by special tr a i n t o Portman-square, where he has received to • condolenee of numerous friends , to wh om t h e affability and rai‘' amiable qualities of the lamented Countess had endeared her. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A serious accident occ urre, last night to the Dover mail train, which leaves London-bridg e half-past eight o'clock, and whi c h , w h en going at the rate of 11_,It'ie miles an hour, ran into an eng i ne which was on its way to the d. cross station from London-bridge. This engine had become disab":„ and at a stand-still, and the proper signals were given in quence to step the mail train w hi c h f o ll owed i t. As far as ca n r, ( " f be ascertained these signals w ere no t o b served b y the engine-Woo of the mail train. Ile was so surrounded by the steam which he , rl ,O blowing oil; that he did not see the first signal that was made. 1 0 , engine -driver of the disabled engine, seein g th a t t h e s i gna l s were t i i o regarded, ran forward with a light to stop the mail train, an d ,,,lji , was of some use, and the speed wa s s l ac k ene d . The place of 'ers' sion was between the junction of the G reenw i ch and Brickla) Arms Railways with the Croydon. Th e s t o k er of the ma il . 10 d engine had one of his legs fearfully crushed between the engine the tender. The engine -driver fortunately escaped. Several of:, passengers were severely bruised ; they were removed to the Brilis house Hotel, under the care of Mr. Castl es , o f t h e Londo n-W e ir. station, and every attention was paid to th em th at the painful 0e cumstances demanded. As far as yet can b e ascer t a i ne d , no can be attached to any one—the occurrence was entirely acciden„la The mail train and those passengers wh o did no t requ i re to tern it in town were forwarded to Dover by sp ec i a l tra i n at ten o' . (:lre At the very time of this accident there was a f i re a t Cold tGb Wharf, close to the spot where the above accident occurred, Ah o f was believed to be occasioned by the igniting of railway sleeper' s firo which there was a large quantity in store ; how they caugh t could not be ascertained. BIRTIIS et' t On the 23d ult., at Bath, the lady of the Rev. H. M. Scarth, -- C of Bathwick, of a son. of On the lst inst., at Belle Vue House, Notting-hill, the Wife Christopher Barnes, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. fi On the Ist inst., At Sandsend, near Whitby, Mrs. William Mou" of a son. On the Ist inst., the lady of A. H o ll an d, E sq., o f Wandsls•oftir common, of a son. On the 2d inst., at Peckham, Mrs. J. S. Hardy, of a son. MARRIED. ,(10 On the 2lith ult., at St. Maurice's, York, the Rev. Henry v; 0 , I. Hodgson, M.A., to Julia, youngest daughter of J. Buckle, ,4 " York youngest daughter °` f.l TT On the 30th ult., at West Ham, Essex, Pedley, Esq., of Forest-gate, to Angela, Henry, eldest son °,l, Vincent, Esq., of Stratford-green. DIED. On the 2d inst., S ara h , the wife of Mr. J. Cole, of Bridge— greet' Westminster. On the 26th ult., a t L landovery, Henry Lloyd Harries, 1:94k soil citor, aged 43. O uir On the 29th u lt ., at Great Missenden, Bucks, Thomas --5 a i Perry, Esq., aged 47 . 01 t On the 30th u l t., at Brent Lodge, Hanwell, Mary, elder s is ter the Rev. Dr. Emerten, curate of that place. b 'On the Ist i nst., at Richmond, Surrey, Sarah, relict of the l ate Blizard, Esq., aged $2. On the Ist inst., Uiss Hackett, of Bron,pton-row. On the Ist inst., In Upper Gower-street, Sarah, relict o f the I+t e v .0 L auncelot Hare, M.D. On the Ist i nst., i n Lincoln ' s Inn, David James, Esq., ba rrOW 4r , law, aged 55 . On the 2d i ns t., in Nelson square, Elizabeth Toogood, wife of ' G. 0. Wilson, aged 23. AIONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.,„ Generals—Sir Henry Bayley, G.C.11., C o l one l o f the London ; Sir Moore Disney, K.C.8., Colonel of the 15th Foot, Colonel --Wildman, formerly of the 6th Dragoon Guards. ritis ircl'' Lieut.-Colonels—J. L. Higgins, late of th e bth D ra goon ' - ' 30 11 5 ' Tonbridgo Wells; Fletcher, late of the C e yl on Regiment,,erfic.' Sir T. S. Sorell, Venice ; M an d ev ill e, E ast India Compan y's - East Indies. „th Majors —Mortimer, 36th F oo t, N ewcas tl e-on-Tyne ; .11lath.sse`' attached, Bary St. Edmunds; Patter son , h a lf- pay York Ch i A Bath. --GeV er ' Captains—Campbell, 14th Foot, Aide-de-Camp to Maio . . 34s8 ''et I t , Sir li. Smith, Bart., G.C.B. (kill e d i n act i on ) , i n L oo dianah , s oa r, 17th Foot, Kurrachee, Shale; Wood, 39th Foot, Chinsurahj,orcg! t , 53d Foot. of wounds received in action at Sobraon ; Sir W• 3 •`, 1 0: Bart., 926 Foot, Gibraltar ; Hardi s ty, C ey l on R eg i m ent, CO tto cli' John, Royal Artillery, Jamaica; James Sweeny, U n t e gion4r, Guernsey ;G. de Itamdohr, half-pay Ist Dragoon German rio.c, Lieutenants—Williams, 16th Lancers, killed at Aliws 1 „ ; 0 ,11; of 25th Foot, Madras; J. J. Grimes, 50th Foot, killed et Fot:,,ed R. Grimes, 50th Foot, killed at Sobraon BishoP, rec e ' 6 , wound received at Aliwall ; Clarke, 536 Foot, of won ids j. at Sobraon ; M'Namee, 57th Foot (Adj u t an t), Madras' grit, Fraser, Ist. Battalion GOth Foot, B om b a y ; Richards' so brs 62d l, Ferozepore ; Crawley, 80th Foot, of wounds received rf fr.if, Mann, halt-pay Ist Foot ; Taylor, half-pay 26th Foot; half-pay 45th Foot, London ; Sewell, half-pay 49th Focit " Fete pay 71st Foot ; Greene, halt-pay 836 Foot ; Bryson , late 4 tera a Battalion. V° t er 12th Foot, Mauritius ; Ewart , late 5 Battalion ; Blyth, half pay 94th Foot. Paymaster—Smyth, half-pay Rec. Dist. Quartermaster—Harwood, half-pay Malta Regiment. at Surgcon—Dr. Maharg, 70th Foot, Dublin. Assistant-Surgeons —Gahm', 9th Foot, of wounds rece ived Ferozepore ; Ledingham, 87th Foot, Aberdeen, PT ii 2 t f London: Printed and Published by h'UBDO YOUNG. f 1,1 ci a Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, jo et t" Savoy. in the County a ntdames, 10114611 4 a ISO. THE SUN, LONDON, MPQNDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1846