The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-03 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. The Bombay mails of the Ist of May have arrived; they are remarkably barren of exciting intelligence. The Governor-General and the Commander-in- Chief had reached Simla, where they inten led to re main during the hot and rainy seasons. The troops had taken up their stations for the same period in the newly-acquired districts along the Beas, and also in Lahore. The Seikh soldiers were tranquil, but not satisfied. The Governments of, Lahore and Jamoo were engaged in tracing out the frontiers between them. Ghoolab Singh is not popular with the Seikhs, who accuse him of having sacrificed their country to gratify his personal ambition. Dhost Mahommed, who was delighted on hearing of the invasion of the British dominions by the Seikhs, has since resumed a pacific policy, for the rapidity of the British conquests had not allowed him time for any offensive operations against Peshawur, although some preparations for that purpose appear to have been made at Jellalabad by his son and Wuzeer, the noto • rious Akhbar Khan. It is evident from the position of the different Rajas and their adherents, as well at Lahore as in the neighbouring states, that the present cessation of' hostilities is kept up rather as a temporary armistice, than a lasting peace. The division of the spoils of Runjeet Singh's kingdom is not satisfactory to them, and it is highly probable that before 1846 expires there will be other con flicts. In the meantime the British are not idle either in consolidating their new provinces or in weakening their enemies. Amongst the materiel -of war sur rendered by the Seikhs were specially enumerated the guns which had been pointed against the British In dian army. Those guns, to the number of 256, have reached Delhi, and they are to be taken with all the pomp of a military procession from that city, even as far as Calcutta. This procession of nearly 1,000 miles, will not fail to produce a powerful impression in India, where men judge from what they see. The mighty power of the British Government will there . - from be recognised by even the Mahommeden fatal ists. It will resemble one of the triumphs in ancient Rome. The Governor-General had issued a general order that all soldiers engaged in protecting the camps, &c., during the late battles, shall receive the decorations as if engaged in them. Sinde is tranquil. Sir Charles Napier arrived at Kurrachee on the 15th of April in good health, not withstanding the extreme fatigues of his late rapid march to Lahore. The invalids and wounded men from the battle of Moodkee had passed down the Indus, and arrived at Bombay ; 12 had died on the way, amongst whom was Colonel Ryan, of her Majesty 50th Regiment. Preparations were making at Bombay at the time of the departure of the steamer for sending those invalids on to Europe in the best transport that could be procured. The King of Lucknow was crowned with Asiatic ceremony in his capital on the 17th of April. _As all the foreign officers have been obliged to quit the service of Lahore, Colonel Minton, a French man, and Captain Huron de Alcantara, a Spaniard (by whose skill in engineering the powerful fortifica tions at Ferozeshah and Sobraon were constructed) had come down to Bombay at the same time as the wounded Europeans. Prince Waldemar of Prussia. with his attendants had arrived there on the 18th of April, and had come on to Europe by the steamer With the mails. The Prince has gained no small ex perience from the late campaign on the Sutlej, as he was continually in the company of the Governor- General, and witnessed the battles. The Nizam's dominions are in a disturbed state, in consequence of the bad management of the finances of the Government. Several changes had taken place in the Secretaries of the Bombay Government and in the Council. Mr . J ' I t Crawford had retired from the Council, and had been succeeded by Mr. J. P. Willoughby, who was succeeded as Chief Secretary by Mr. R. K Pringle. The health of the Governor, Sir George Arthur, was in such a dilapidated state, as to give a colour ing to a rumour current of his intention to resign his important post within a few days, and to come to Europe. His complaint is described as of an apoplectic tendency. It was rumoured that in consequence of the appre• hension of an American war, the harbour of Bombay, which is capable of strong defence, was to be imme diately fortified. Great complaints prevailed of the scarcity of water in many districts in which the cholera was ?aging. Hopes were, however, entertained of an early monsoon. (From the Overland Bombay Times, May 1.) SUMMARY. The field of intelligence in India during the hot se ason, with the thermometer half way betwixt the 'zing and the boiling point—with general pros• Perity and peace, and a Governor- General who de: Ports himself and writes like ordinary men, presents to the eye a picture of the most perfect barrenness. There is not a single green spot or shrub in the deso- Late_ waste—nothing for the m emor y t o reca l, th e ind to speculate, or the eye to repose upon. Our subjects of reflection, few and uninteresting as they are, are not political, and concern none but our selves, We have some matters, it is true, in astronomy and gastronomy, in meteorology and Medicine, to excite us : we are alarmed at the rapid approach of the sun from the equator, wh,, will a fortnight hence be vertical, and delighted with the arrival of a ship load of ice from America, to assist in counteracting his influence. We deplore the scarcity of water and abundance of cholera, and hope the arrival of the season of rain may ensure the departure of that sickness. The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief continue at Simla—the conduct of the latter throughout the campaign becoming very freely canvassed. The Punjaub in all departments, whether Seikh or British, is now so tranquil that even alarmists have ceased from expressing apprehensions of approaching danger. Sir George Arthur, Governor of Bombay, has in a con siderable measure recovered from sickness, but is " tar from strong. The Prince Waldemar and sui t ,e return by the present steamer to Europe. Ine Hon. J. Pollard Willoughby, Esq., bee:,mes Member of Council in place of Mr. J. 11. Crawford, who has retired on the expiry r;C" his term of service. The Co mmander-in-Chief tf: Bombay and his family con tinue at the. Mallalr:tleshwar Hills. LAHORE. 0 (From the Delhi Gazette, April 15.) 4* e'er - latest lett ers f rom L a h o re are of the 9th instant, ih:e more s a ti s f actory than any we have yet received. have remov e d much anxiety from our mind as to he real positio n etire assued of our garrison in that town, which is, als o ' 8° session, as completely in our military pus is itnposaibltehe citadel and all the gates, that dis astermanagement and . rexcept under the most culpable mis the question the n t ai r e a neglect • mid that such is out of Zithe distinguished officer com manding is a very „, precautions have been tak e" guarantee. The utmost troops from causing an y to prevent the European a nn t oyanc e to the inha bitant., the Artillery and Foot being in bar t,Bheahncrarters of Sir John racks in the citadel, close to co nsequently con . Littler in the Huzooree bag), T3l,itootifficera of this part stantly under his observation. as they could of the force are all as comfortabl made to pro exneet, and the utmost exertions are besied fficers tnhFeirwith the ab vide the best available accommodation pro of the native corps in the town, consisriteen:teesst:mreen° alters_ 'ind solute necessity of having them near they have been allowed to make any Lions in the quarters assigned to them, subj e ct approval of the executive engineer, at the expense to the of the durbar. The people of all classes are represented t o us as very civil and respectful, and we are assu re d they s seem already quite reconciled to the new arrangements. The re-organisation of the Lahore army wa s progressing • favourably, and portions of it, as stated by our native correspondent, are proceeding onduty into th e p rov i nces, where the district commanders have report e d several ' succes=es over the rebels. Lord Elphinstone is about to visit Kashmeer, accompanied by the two sons of the Governor- General The Maharaja Ghoolab Singh hal reached Jamoo on the 6th, and matters seem settling down more rapidly than we could have expected. Were we sure that the Seikhs proper, who have suffered s.) much by the late arrangements, and many of whom are brooding at their houses over their losses and defeat, could become peaceable subjects of the new state, we should be satisfied entirely as to the preservation of future tranquillity, but these we fear are the p,0p1,1 from whom danger is to be apprehended, and who will, in some cases at least, find ~, illing 1 adsrs in the chiefs Whose prospots have been greatly dimmed by the este btishnient of a better regulated Government than has existed for the last six years. Be this, as it may, trail. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY quillify certainly prevails on this side Lahore, and if it be not deceptive, sho ws h ow won d er f u ll y the nat i ve mind can adapt itself to circumstances. The road from Lahore to Ferozvf,re is reported so safe, that goods move up and down ssithout escorts. The only grumbhig we have from L a h ore, an d wh i ch seems too well founded, is that regarding post-office arrangements, which con tinue very inefficient indeed. That which prohibits the prepayment of letters at, and compels prepayment to, La hore, is very unjust, and a positive breach of contract be twen the Government and the public. It is not the fault of the public that proper arrangements are not made, and why should they suffar because a certain department is inefficient? We . hope the Postmaster General will speedily put matters to rights, as we understand he is on or beyond the Sutlej. We regret to learn that a Court martial was definitively ordered t.i assemble at Lahore on the 13th in s tant (Monday last) for the trial of Captain Cecil, of the 12th Regiment N. 1., Brigadier Eckford to be President. Ten lacs of rupees, the money we presume expected from Mooltaa, had arrived at Lahore on the 7th of April, under escort of a, Mahom tnedan regiment. A letter from Lahore give an interesting account of a trip from Lu dianah to that place via Jullindur and Utnritsir. A gentleman started palkee dak, and tra versed that part of the country wh4re bearers are un known; but, he says, people of all callings were ready to carry him, and seemed to regard it as great amuse ment. He was attended only by a mounted guard of Seikhs, who had fought against us in the recent battles. The people of the country were civil and attentive, and did all in their power to facilitate the traveller's pro gress. A let,, , er from Loodianah says the artillery had arrived there, "rejoicing in prospect of not having to spend the hot weather without a roof over their heads." —Mofussilite, April 17. LAHORE, APRIL 10.—The Ranee is very ill ; the troops are exceedingly healthy—her Majesty's 80th have only 41 men in hospital, and of these only one case of fever and-one of dysentery. When the filth has been cleared away we shall not know the place. —Agra Chronicle, April 18. SINDE. Scanty and unimportant as are our tidings from Sinde, they are more voluminous than those from any other (planer of India. The results of the conquest now touch us very nearly ; a pressure in the money market, of alinost unprecedented severity, being ascribed to the drain of specie, to the extent of nearly a million sterling annually, required to pay the army necessary for the maintenance of Young Egypt. This is the first, the most prominent and permanent, of the blessings of open ing the navigation of the unnavigable Indus for the ,hips of all nations, and courting the commerce of countries which had none to confer. Our former dates from Snkkur extended to the 28th, at which time the Belooch battalion and Captain Bailey's battery—the first of the long line of corps returning from Baha wLlpore—had arrived. The other corps came in in succession, all well, and resumed their former quarters. On the downward march of her Majesty's 17th it was feared that Lieutenant Gardiner had been murdered. At Bagoodrah he had one day at noon gone out shooting, and was missing till next day. He had lost himself in the jungle, when darkness overtook him. He was ex hausted, and slept all night on the ground. He descried a village near him in the morning, and thither he re oaired and made known his wants. The people gave milk and such bread as the country supplied, treated him with kindness, showed every attention to his wants, and then guided him to camp in safety. Uniform testimony is borne to the honesty and kindness of the people in the Bahawulpore dominions. Captain Brett's battery is sta tioned in the fortress of Bukkur; all the spare ammu nition is returned to store. General Hunter once more takes command at Sukkur, Captain Bignell, 69th Ben gal N. 1., acting as Major of Brigade. The circumstance a Bengal officer having command of a station now entirely occupied—as it is in future intended to be— by Bombay troops, has occasioned considerable dis cussion, and but for the personal popularity of the ;allant veteran himself might have caused more. -itone embankments to protect the cantonments from the 'nundations of the river were being constructed ; and it teemed to be considered that the large expenditure re quired for this would have been much more advantage- Jusly made in removing the cantonments themselves 'rem the margin of the stream. Sir C. Napier. with his .tall, reached Three on the 4th of April. He imme liately crossed over to the island of linkkur to inspect tome alterations then being made on the forAeations \Text morning he 1 ft for Hyderah .d, where he arrived on he 7th by steam. C n the sth, the European portion of the ;ate "Indus field force" proeeed.d down the river in iteamers:consistingolthe late .mpany Is , and I , tcompan 2d battalions of artillery and her M 86th Fa,t— the guns being sent down in boats. Rowland's tri,or IL A., the horses of the two batteries, and the 12th and 18th N. 1., marched the same morning for Ily lerabad. The head -quarters of the 3d cavalry bait Laken the place of the mounted porti, n of the Bun lelkund Legion, and were to be stationed at Khangur, with outposts at Shahpoor, Meerpoor, &c. Th , Tekranee and Janeedra freebooters last season trans ferred by Sir C. Napier from the hills to the plains, were under the considerate management of Lieu tenant Hamilton, turning out much better citizens than - might have been expected. Sir C. Napier reached liurrachee on the 15th, and seemed to have recovered rum his fatigues. The officers and men wounded during the late battles on the Sutlej having got easily and well down the river, arrived at Bombay on the 26th and 27th. twelve have died on the way, Colonel Ryan, of her Ma jesty's 50th, among the number; above two hundred reached this presidency. Many of them are sick; the hurts of most of them very severe. Every kindness and attention has been shown them, and all the kindly and 4enerous sympathy accorded them of which they are so eminently deserving. It is hoped that a considerable portion of them may be sent home in the fine ship Here fJrdshire now in harbour. The last steamer for the sea son leaves next week for Kurrachee, from which time till the end of the monsoon our communication with Sinde will be closed. Some negotiations in which the Governor of Sinde had been engaged with Ali Moored, were, it is said, likely to open the eyes of his Excellency to the pecu liarities of his Highness's character—if, indeed, the sup posed belief of the former in the virtues of the latter has all along been anything more than a convenient pretence tOr his own advantage. Sir C. Napier is a clear-headed Ind an acute man enough ; and the infirmities of the lihyrpoor Ameer too pre-eminent to be easily over looked. Had this discovery been admitted, his claims on the Turban would never have been backed by us, and there would have been no Mevanee or I)ubba—no 70,000/. of prize money, or 10,000/. a year of Governor's salary for Sinde; and, it may be added, there would, possibly, have been no mutinies in the Bengal army—no sacrifice of 2,000 lives by sickness—no deficit of three millions in the Company's revenues since 1842—and no money crisis in India, where Company's paper was re fused for security, and discounts could scarcely be effected at eleven per cent. We shall not pretend to strike the balance as to which of the alternatives would have been most advantageous. ARRIVAL OF THE WOUNDED FROM THE SUTLEJ. On Sunday and Monday the steamers Victoria, Berenice, and Medusa, arrived from Kurrachee, bringing with them five officers and upwards of 200 men who had ' , een more or less sevt rely wounded during our late operations on the Sutlej. Many seemed to cuff r from sickness as well as from the hurts they had received ; some were sadly maimed indeed, and all were objects of the most heartfelt and generous sympathy. It was sad to see fine young men, in the prime of life, disabled of a leg or an arm, or cut up in the face and person, as so many were. Save in the cases supplied by Sinde, w. 'cave long be n out of the way of such things, and cus tom luckily comes not to aid in reconciling us to th Every care and attention was bestowed on " they are, we b e li-ve, likely to b e f ort - .nPra, and first-rate vessel for tht,ir c on ve- .nate in having a -. hoe. A goo many had died on t h e jou— ..iey—andonc i e t was m rEtnarkable d that the, most of tho- been hurt i n t v ~e who did so were men w h o h ad lost an ar lower extrernities— w tho who had only . - .4 or so did well. —Bombay limes, April 29, A o ll o . n U e ltE Eu S ro i p lsT ea ß n et a N n l d ßAJ e . The failure F native house. combined with the prevalence of rumours as to the insta bility of other establishments, has tended to create a very uneasy feeling amongst the mercantile public during the last week or so. We hope. however, that the cis trust which has been apparent will not be long exhibited, and that, above all, parties will be cautious how they attach credit to idle reports, which are the natural offspring of unfounded alarm, and cannot be too strongly deprecated. The scarcity of money is a temporary evil, azd will soon right itself ; but were anything in the shape of a " panic" to occur, it might be productive of most disastrous effects, which would not be easily or quickly remedied. —Bombay limes, April 16. The paragraphs which recently appeared in this paper and the Bombay Times, respecting the failures in Bona bay, and the scarcity of money, have occasioned some alarm in the country; numerous letters on the subject. have been received, inquiring the names of the firms that have stopped payment. Only one European house, Messrs. W. and T. Edmend and Co., and one native firm, Pestonjee Cursetjee Moody, have. These, we re gret to say, have been unable to meet their engagements, and althoug the scarc i ty of mone y continues to be se. verely felt, and the banks have not reduced their rates of discount and interest, we have heard from those who are fully competent to speak on the subject, thatever .r y firm in Bombay is now in a condition to fulfil all their ;times. —Bombay engagements in these trying Gentle man's Gazette, April 24. NEY MARKET. CALCUTTA 1110,. ( COMMERCIAL FromtheBom blayN Times, ersJ:L MawGEI.N) C E' the ti g h tness then existing. This is attrtbu • t Since our last i ssue our m a r ket has rela.xedtaawgeooind part tl to money from B enares and other places natura ll y seekinghe most profit a bl e l ocality, and in part, also, to a readier rate of ad payment for i m p orts. The opium speculators have rea resultn to expect also rem i ttances from China; and the general circles.has been a more satisfactory state in the money Government securities have profited by this change, and may be quoted at 1 per cent more favourableothe seler. Exchange is about oWurelstqnotation., 2s. Id. to 2s. 141., obtained oilnit some at q e u . We but to Ttebaettetxerternatt.es. believe a farthing more has been Bank Stock is more inquired aftnero, E F lt i N v l% e lE p li er T e S e E n C t. 7 p E r T e l m r.s . . Transfer Stock Paper G°v Bombay Five per Cent. ... ... prem. 4 , 2 1 8 to 3 05 0 to 1 0 Old Sicca Five ditt o , according to numb, rs ... ... ... ... Prem. 1 0 t o 3 o New Company's Five per Cent. ... prem. 4 0 to 4 4 Third, 4 ditto ... ... discount 6 8 to 7 8 New Company's 4 ditto ... discount 4 8 to 5 0 BANK SHARES. pa . Bengal Bank ... ... 4.000 Com prem ny's 2, R 6oo up ees to 2,650 Union Bank ... ... 1,000 190 to 19.5 200 Agra Bank ... ... SJO „ 280 290 500 S old 190 200 North-Western Ba. : li .. clew 100 130 Oriental ?a i., • . 1,0; 1 ,0 (500 raid) 180 200 PRICE OF BULLION, &C Company's Rupees. Sycce silver ... 104 12 0 to 105 0 0 per 100 sa.wt. China gold bars ... 15 8 oto 16 3 0 per sa. wt. Gold dust ... 15 8 oto 16 8 0 ditto. Spanish dollars ... 221 10 oto 221 12 0 per 100. Mexican dollars ... 221 0 0 to 221 4 0 ditto. Sovereigns 11 3 6to 11 4 6 ditto. Madras gold mohurs 16 4 oto 16 8 0 ditto. —Bova/ Hut ktvw, evening edition, April 18. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Curoent.) BOMBAY, MAY 1. A moderate extent of business has been transacted during the past fortnight, but owing to the continued and increas ing scarcity of money, and the anxiety of holders in conse quence of recent heavy arrivals, to realise their stocks, it has been attended in many instances with a considerable decline in prices. The operations of dealers from Persia, Arabia, &c.. may now be looked upon as closed for the season, and until the end of the monsoon no further demand seems likely to arise, save for the supply of local necessities. Metals—The prices of copper, with the exception of nails, which have risen in value, have sustained a general slight reduction, and but few transactions appear to have taken place during the fortnight. The only sale we have to report is one ofBoo cwt. of Brazier's, at 54 rs, per cwt. In iron, Swedish bar is scarce, and in request, and would sell readily at cur quotations, but British continues without demand, and has given way in price lr. to I,lr. per candy. We retain our former quotations for nail rod. but there is little or none at market, though some inquiry exists for square. Sheet and hoop exhibit no material change in value, but both are dull of sale, not withstanding the light ness of present stock. An improvement took place some days since in the price of steel in tubs, but the article has again declined in value owing to a large addition to the stock at market, and last month's rate may be repeated for it. There is no demand far lead, and we quote pig nominally at it a rupee per cwt. lower than before. In spelter and tin plates there is no alteration to notice, though we are in formed of a sale of 250 boxes of the latter at lsi rs. per box. Quicksilver has risen in value 2 rs. per maund. Cotton manufactures—Transactions have taken place in gray and bleached shirtings, and madapollams, but with the exception of those in the finer qualities, the sales have been chiefly forced ones, and on a re d uce d scale as to price. Gray domestics of stout fabric have been in request for the Persian and Arabian markets, but the demand from these sources having latterly subsided, sales are now more difficult to be made. Jaconets, both gray and bleached, have been inquired for, but the prices offered have been so miserably low as to preclude operations to ary extent. There have been some low sales of mulls and lappets, and all descriptions of mus lins, cambrics, and fancy goods continue more or less de pressed. Prints and Turkey red goods are alike without inquiry, and only saleable at unremunerating rates. Cotton Yarns—A general reduction has taken place in the prices of both mule and water, and the transactions of the past fortnight have been to a very limited extent. The demand continues to be confined to yarns of superior quality, and of the particular numbers which happen to be in request in the interior. • In dyed yarns we hear of no transactions. Woollens—These still continue altogether neglected, and no demand for them seems likely to arise until after the monsoon. Marine Stores—Swedish and coal tar have both risen in value; the former 7 rupees, and the latter 2 rupees per barrel. Paints are neglected, and have given way in price; canvass and cordage are dull of sale. We hear of a sale of 300 barrels of coal pitch, at 3 rupees per barrel, the rate quoted in our last. Beer—There has as yet been no arrival of the new brew, with the exception of a parcel of Tennant's, which is said to have been sold at 30 rupees per hogshead; and consequently we have no transactions to report or change to notice in price or demand. Spirits—These are unsaleable, save at very low prices, and no business whatever is doing in them. The stocks of all descriptions are very heavy. Red Lead remains without change. White has improved considerauly in price, and we now quote it at 12 rupees to 14 rupees per cwt. Cochineal—We repeat our former quotation for this article, but the market is at present bare of it, and no sales appear to have taken place. Saffron—We are informed of sales, 40 lb. at 14 rupees, and the same quantity at 16/ 4 rupees per lb. The latter may be considered tne maximum rate now obtainable fur saffron of good quality. Bottles—Quarts may be quoted somewhat higher, and pints a shade lower than before. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—The market for this staple has exhibited no ani mation, and the business done has been exceedingly limited ; stocks are in consequence rapidly accumulating, but the only reduction in price which has taken place has been in Dolle rah, and that has been more owing to inferiority of quality than to any other cause. Opium has declined in price, and may now be quoted at 1,225 rupees to 1,230 rupees per chest for fair qualities. Silk—There has been a slight rise in Persian and Bengal, ind Nos. 2,3, and 4 Canton ; other varieties are unaltered in value. In other articles the only material changes we have to notice are an advance of 4 rupees per candy in the price of Concanee hemp, and 20 rupees per candy in that of ginger; and a reduction of 5 rupees per maund on the last quoted rate for long Cardamoms.__ Freights :-Freights to Great Britain has declined since our laAt, and row may be quoted at 31. 7s. 64. t Ll . lo s . t o Lou don, and 31. 7s. 6d. to Liverpool. To China the rate has re ceded to 16 rupees per cardv. MONEY-MARKET. The continued tightness in the money- market has still further affected the value of Government securities, as may be observed from the decline in the prices of paper of the three latest loans :- 5 per cent. loan of 1823-26 Rs. 107 to 100 4 If 1832 33 „ 99 to 100 4 f , 1835-36 „ 94 5 ~ 1841-42 „ 1 NV ! 4 )9 1842-43 „ 93 EXCHANGE. The supply of bills continues in excess of demand, and the rate of exchange on England has consequently still further advanced. It may now be quoted at 2s. od. to 2s. 0 3 /0. per rupee, at six months, and 2s. at 30 days. On Calcutta, at 39 days, the rate is 97% rs. to 98 rs. BANKS. Subjoined are the current rates of bank shares -- Bank of Bombay ... ... 400 rs. premium. Oriental Bank ... ... 130 rs. to 150 rs. PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each Bank Notes, per It 11 16. ALEXANDRIA. Aral' 22.—Ibrahim Pasha is expects d to return shortly to Egypt, and some believe that the Viceroy announced his intention of going to Constar tinople, not with any idea of doing so, but in order to hasten the Mum of his son from Europe. The barrage of the Nile is proceeding with great vigour, and the men are made to work both night and day in order to take every possible advantage of the present low state of the water. The Pasha's frigates are employed in bringing cargoes of timber from the coast of Daramania; these are, immediately squared and sent up to the site of the barrage with all possible speed. 15,000 men, comprising soldiers and country people, are at present employed at the barrage, and, owing to the great fatigue and privations of these poor people, the deaths are very numerous. The family of the late Bishop of Jerusalem, Dr. Alexander, consisting of eight children, under the charge of a governess, arrived here from Beyrout by the Eminetge, and proceed to England by the Iberia to morrow morning. The Hon. East India Company's steamer Atalanta, with the Bombay mail of May, arrived at Suez on ti., 19th, and has brought fifty-four pa-sPngers, comprising Price Waldemar of Prussia and the lion. J. 11. Craw• ford, of Bombay. PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLT-qc Prince Louis Napoleon, on arr iu; - ..og in London, • ad. drpsscd the following letter • dg la Somme : . .0 the editor of the J o u rn al " M. Degeorge,—My desire to see my father more in this world made me attempt the boldest enter , prise I ever engaged in. It required more resolution and courage on my part than at Strasburg and Boulogne, for I as determined hot to submit to the ridicule that attaches to those who are arrested escaping under a disguise, and a fai lure I could not have endured. The following are the par ticulars of my escape : " You know that the fort was guarded by 400 men, who furnished daily 60 soldiers, placed as sentries outside the walls. Moreover, the principal gate of the prison *as guarded by three gaolers. two of whom were constantly on duty. It was necessary that I should first elude their vigi lance, afterwards traverse the inside court, before the win dows of the commandant's residence ; and, arriving there, I should be obliged to pass by a gate which was guarded by soldiers. " Not wishing to communicate my design to any one, it wa , necessary to dingliise myself. As several rooms i n the part of the building I occupied were undergoing repairs, it was not difficult to assume the dress of a workman. My good and faithful valet, Charles Thelin, procured a smock frock and a pair of sabots (wooden shoes), and after shaving off my moustaches, I took a plank on my shoulders " On Monday morning I saw the Worknieri enter, at half past eight &clock. Charles took theta some drink, in order that I should not Meet any of them on my passage. He was also to call one of the gardiens (turnkeys) whilst Dr. Con neait conveised with the others. Nevertheless, I had scarcely got out of my room, before I was accosted by a ,workmafi, who took me for one of his comrades ; and at the bottom of the stairs I found myself in ituht of the keeper. Fortu nately, I placed the plank I was carrying before my face, and succeeded in reaching the yard. Whenever I passed a sentinel or any other person, I always kept the plank before my face. "Passing before the first sentinel, I let my plank fall; and stopped to pick up the bits. There I met the officer on duty, but, as he was reading a letter, he did not pay attention to me. The soldiers at the guard-house appeared surprised at my dress, and a drummer turned round several times to look at me, I next met some workmen, who looked very attentively at me. I placed the plank before my face, but they appeared to be so curious that I thought I should never escape them, until I heard them cry, Oh it is Bernard !' "Once outside, I walked quickly towards the road of St. r Q ia u g en e, ti s n h . ort C ly ha o r v l e e t s t , a w ak bo m t e h , e aa dt va be a f r o t r . eNd engaged a .car e at St. Quentin. " I passed through the town on foot, " having thrown off my smock-frock. Charles procure a after -chaise, pex w r i e t t hai t ly of o g b o s i t n ac g le t s o , C at am v b a r le a n i. cie ‘ a V n e es a , r w ri h ve er d e , tinder I took meeting rail way. I had procured a Belgian passport, but nowhere was I asked to show it. " During my escape, Dr. Conneau, always so devoted to me, remained in prison and caused them to believe I was ill, in order to give me time to reach the frontier. It was neces sary to be convinced that the Government would never set me at liberty, before I could be persuaded to quit France, if I would not consent to dishonour myself. It was also a matter of duty that I should exert all my powers to be able to console my father in his old age. "Adieu, my dear M. Degeorge; although free, I feel my self to be most unhappy. Receive the assurance of my sin cere friend3hip, and, if you are able, endeavour to be usefu l to my kind Conneau. "LOUIS NAPOLEON." James Stubb,EXTRAORDINARY ofß a w M t u o n S , II .MUSHROOM.--On ;M c . surprised that one of the flags just within the threshold of his door had been so far displaced by some invisible agency, that it had become almost imp , ssiGle to open or shut the room, measuring flag which was t il h e u a s r'3 ; o — rig O le n ton S , a w t a ll s rd s l o a m y ev ,l tt , door. To discover the hidden cause of this strange effect, the I kg was removed, and underneath it was found a fine mush thisahlefaa t.;‘.o-amrd itsin pcilraccienni,f3e,rtehnece fungus, was two feet long by eightetn inches wide, and two Who thick I—Jracclegeld crier.ox • upstart The LIEUT.-COL. MARCUS BARR, C.B. We deeply regret to have to insert, in our obituary of this day, the death of the above lamented officer. His name is now added to the list of eminent men who have nobly fallen in the service of their country. In our columns we have frequently recorded the gal lant achievements of this distinguished soldier, not only at the splendid victory of Maharajpoor, under the walls of Gwalior, on the 29th of December, 1843, but also at the recent glorious victories of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Sobraon, o n t h e b anks of t h e S ut l e j, during which campaign Colonel Barr held the high office of Acting Adjutant-General of her Majesty's forces. Thus he saw the commencement, progress, and final success of a series of triumph s w hi c h w ill b e eve r memorable in the eistory of India. Some extracts from a letter by Major-General Sir Harry Smith, B art., G . C . 8 ., w i t h which we have been favoured, conveying to the family of Colonel Barr the intelligence th a t t hi s b rave an d accomplished officer was no more, will be read with much interest. If aught could assuage the poignant g . rief of his rela tives, it is the tribute of the hero of Aliwal to the me mory of his friend. Sir Harry says in his dispatch, dated Camp, Latteala, on the road to Simla:— " Would I had a far less painful duty to perform than that of telling you I have lost one of my dearest and most valued friends! you a brother—an honour to his family, and to his profession, and to his country! " You will be aware he was severely wounded in the battle of Sobraon; the large bone of his left arm was much shattered by a musket ball. It was not ampu tated, and although, while at Forozepore, we were in constant alarm for his welfare, he reached Kussowlee, a hill station near Simla, in charge of the very able surgeon of his own regiment; where, it appears, the wound had sloughed, and the artery must have become diseased; for, on the 26th of March last, a violent hemorrhage ensued, and our noble Marcus sank under it! " You know the friendship which existed between me and Marcus. I know by your letters to him how brothers and sisters can love! Judge, therefore, of my incompe tency to write all I feel; nor can I attempt to offer any nselation—no mortal can ! Our appeal, trust, and hope, is in heaven! to where lam sure he is gone—for he was a good man'—and where we must strive to meet him. " No soldier ever lamented the loss of his friend and comrade more than I do. For his ' future' I hope in the belief of a Christian —for the past' I know nothing in his career to regret. lie was a man' in every sense of the word—a truly honest and upright Englishman ! time had not diminished his amiable nationality, lie was universally beloved and respected throughout India. As a soldier he was pre eminent, and the tears of sorrow rolled down the veteran cheeks of that bravest of men. our Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hugh Gough, when we talked of our most valiant comrade this day ; for yes terday we had good accounts of him. " When the heart is full, it is eased by pouring forth its contents befo re a f r i en d ; such i s my case whenl thus write and dwell upon my painful loss to the brothers and sisters who have been so bereaved !" Sir Harry Smith, we und erstand, writes still more touchingly, and with surpassing kindness, as regards his late friend and the feelings of the family. But enough, we trust, has been sa id f o r th e sat i sfaction of those who have expressed so much kind solicitude. The military career of this valiant and much esteemed officer is now closed ! His grave has been honoured by the deep regrets of his brave and excellent friends Lord Gough, Sir Harry Smith, and his other gallant comrades. No doubt these feelings will be responded to by a grateful country, to which he was fondly attached, and for whose honour and interest, in the disharge of a sacred duty, he ) ielded up his breath " How sleep the brave who sink t o res t, By all their country's wishes blest !" Worcester Chronicle. RAILWAY MEETING. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) A meeting of the shareholders of a Manchester Rail way, under Sir Robert Peel's recent orders, requiring a Furth, r testimony of the feelings of the shareholders in favour of the prosecution of the undertaking, was held in Manchester on Saturday last, and although a motion for the continuance of the company was made, and se conded, and supported—by the directors, an amend ment for the immediate winding up of the concern, was carried by the shareholders. Considerable surprise was excited at the meeting by the discovery that the acting directors of the company had taken up only twenty five shares a-piece ; and that. consequently, none of them had ren.iered themselves responsible by signing the deed for more than 5001. It appeared that, on the Onset of the project, the di rectors had looked after their own interests, and at a very early meeting passed a resolution that each of the body should be entitled to have 250 shares, with a fur ther control over all the shares that might by any chance remain unappropriated, Haying thus protected themselves for any etnergenee—either for the making of a tittle fortune, by the sale of 250 shares or upwards, in case the railway mania continued long enough to hatch and bring out the scheme —or, on the other hand, to have the pi ivilege of taking, only a homeopathic al lotment of shares, in case the tide of affairs should have taken a turn ; the directors had nothing to do but luxu riously to occupy their seats at the board with perfect composure. The announcement of this act of self-pre servation and protection on the part of the board of directors electrified the meeting ; and it may be consi dered a pity, that this instinctive quality of a director— this provision of human nature —was not previously known, as it would, doubtless, have operated upon the minds of the shareholders who have been called together to act upon a Dice and counsel, emanating from similar sources. The fever having passed its height (before the scrip could be fairly tint), the komanpathic dose was taken by one and all of the directors, the quantity vary. ing from 15 to 25—the highest number of shires taken by any director being 25, This was the extent of the confidence of the directors in the undertaking—this was the amount of their responsibility—and it was quite enough to govern the decision of the meeting, and to induce the shareholders to give the like measure of confidence to the directors. Assertions that the whole number of shares had been, unfortunately, exhausted before the directors had time to think of themselves, might he attempted to be tnade—arguments of all kinds might be adduced —the engineering report might make the difficulties to vanish as dew before the sun—a tunnel of three miles through the hardest stone in the mouns tainous county of D er b y offered no o b stac l e worthy of consideration —th e engineer's wan d was to b e passed over it, and m ag i c seemed to be sitpplyiti the pltet , of navigators. The etipthin or the traffic. tables, big with numbers and p rospective profits, m i ght b r i ng all in g array in the most favourable light: The litwytir Might try to seduce the ehereheldete with a notion that it would not coet more than sixpence per share, iii addi tion to the expenses already iiicurred, to pass the Bill through both Houses of larliament, and get the sanction of the Legislature —a lopping off of part of the original line, and a consequent reduction in the anionnt of capital, might b e suggested, I nd i gnation might be put on by an aspiring director; who had enjoyed the brief authority of his office, with its concomitant sweets, and a more experieneed dietctor might try the effect of his I?eretteel.'ve powers ; but all to no effect—the spirit or 'ine autumnal dream of 1845 was changed—the gineer's wand had l ost its ma castles were found t o b e built only in the air—the en had been wrought i n t h e m i nds o f t h e s h are h o ld ers that the coly partie s b ene fi te d by m akin g th e li ne en magical effect— , a conviction would be the officers of the Company and the inha bitants of Leek, who wanted an outlet for their obscure town to be made at the risk and expense of other par ties t ih Short, the shareholders had come to their senses, and the She ffield. Buxton, Leek, and Crewe Railway was consigned to the general vortex for all such schemes of absurdity. A proposition was afterwards carried that a Com mittee of three gentlemen, selected from the share holders, should be appointed to investigate the ac- Counts ; and an immediate return of a portion of the deposits was ordered, and the meeting was then dis solved. PORTUGUESE VEGETAELES.—A further. importation of putatees likiS taken place At ,the pdrt,of Liverpbtil. A i're.isel, Called the Fernandez, which has arrived at that port from Lisbon, had on board, in addition to a cargo of oranges. oil of olives„ and wine, 100 boxes of potatoes, and the large number of 350 boxes of onicns, the produce of the place. The importations of potatoes and other vegetables from Por tugal appear to assume it degree Of importance, bdth with respect to the extent and quAlity of the arti'clei_i, which until lately *a3 not the case. RAPID PASSAGE. The last trip of the Princess Royal steam-ship, from Glasgow to this port, at which she arrived on Friday, was accomplished in fifteen and a half c ht wideture and oee a n e n gi itself hours, or at the speed of upwiKili of fourteen miles art hottr. in e n v a jo a p l ed a will become one general . " railway," or certainly a water 13 1 f ti fl a i d r l t ii h g er t p i r n o u v e t ts to b e made to avoid hills or favourite country seats, and i the gra levAel,‘aviidtToi: which no tinacsotnwveeneikenotnecuorfve:hewgilal mhaevkentpoerbse gra dients to be encountered only Stree; head gales.—Liverpool Standalifi „etity year's ago a nest of young erov.s, from the at Eglinton shot a *bite crow. 'the bird h a s re d eyes . About sam ero t okerv, was sent to our office, of which one of the birds was white, one piebald, one grey, and one with white talons, and a white bill.—lrvine New Letter. DEATH or Miss WAGSTATF, THE VOCALIST.—We regret to announce the decease, from consumption, of Miss Eliza Wagstaff; a vocalist well known at our concerts a few years since, Who was a pupil of the Royal Academy of 11fusic„ and professor of singing lately at Leamington. Miss Wag staff was the daughter of Mr. Wagstaff, who is the organist of Battersea Church, and for many years has been a violinist in the Opers, Ancient ; and Philh armon i c orc h estras; an excellent Musician, and highly esteemed by his brother professors. A printed letter has been circulated by Mr. Peter Dixon, lately one of the directors of the Newcastle and Car lisle Railway, in which be sets forth his reasons for retiring from the eoard of management of that undertaking. His ob jections to the course of business pursued by his colleagues in office are various, but they seem to be particularly levelled at the high rates for coal transit, and, what is more impor tant than all, to the system of declaring larger dividends than the revenue derived from traffic has actually produced. This is a charge so serious in itself, that not the least delay on the part of the Company should be suffered to take place in refuting or explaining the circumstance alluded to, as an allegation of the kind is likely to do serious damage to the interests of the concern, without a prompt answer is afforded. Mr. Dixon also accuses his colleagues of making important arrangements without proper deliberation, and expresses a strong opinion against the success of the extensions and branches, which it appears win involve a further outlay of about 600,0001. The original shares of the Company can scarcely be deemed a goo l investment, when, according to his calculations, the revenue is not equal to more than three T o x“philite Society, urvivr the patronage of his per cent. upon the amount of capital subscribed,—Tinges. Highness Prince Albert, are to have their annual shoot for the gold and silver medals presented by meeting president, the Earl of Aylesford, on Friday, the 19th their of June. They fixed upon have Friday, the 26th of Jamb fora ball at the LiodGe. RoTyahle EVENING JUNE 3, .1846. SIXTEENTH REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY BILLS CLASSIFICATION. Mr. Pakington reported from the Select Committee ap pointed for the Classification of Railway Bills according to the resolutions adopted by the House, that they have considered the several matters referred to them, and agreed to report as follows : Your Committee recommend that the Monkland and Kir kintilloch Railway Bill be removed from Group No. 10, and placed in Group No. 61. Your Committee recommend that the Caledonian Rail Way (Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviations) be removed from Group No. 10, and placed in Group No. 61. Your Committee recommend that the Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 1, Carlow to Kilkenny), and the Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 2, Kilkenny to Clonmel), be referred to Group No. 65. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, left town yesterday for Cirencester, to honour Earl Bathurst with a visit. His Royal High ness travelled via Great Western Railway. The King of Saxony has conferred on Mr. Colquhoun the rank of Commander 'of the Civil Order of Merit of Saxony. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for tha Governor of Gibraltar. PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. take the liberty of addressing you on the sub ject of re-paving Great Russell-street. What I have to complain of is, that the Paving Board or the Committee of Management for St. Paul's Covent-garden, in sub jecting the inhabitants, as well as the public, to the greatest inconvenience and loss by having the causeway stopped at this season of the year—the busy time com mencing at the market, when the number of carts, &c., is considerably increased. Surely the parties might have chosen a more proper time (say two months back), when the inconvenience would not have been so great. By inserting these lines you will greatly oblige AN INHABITANT. Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, June 2, 1846. SPORTING INTELLJ GENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The settling for the Derby and Oaks took place yes terday, and, as we anticipated, went off pleasantly. The only great winners were Mr. Gully and his friends, to the extent, it is said, of 40 0001, in addition to the two stakes, which exceed 9,0001. There were a few losers of from 1,0001. to 4,0001., but the bulk of the money has come from the pockets of the backers of horses—i e., "the public," will, like the eels, are " used to it," and suffer quietly. Paying and receiving was not brought to a close until nearly half-past six o'clock. A little betting took place afterwards, at the following prices:— THE EMPEROR'S VASE. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 7 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Mentor 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando 15 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Corranna 15 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Peri colt—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wall's Crown Prince 25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Khondooz 900 even between Jericho and Mentor. We are authorised to state that Pyrrhus the First, Old England, Weatherbit, and Winchester, will not go to Ascot, and that Mendicant's appearance there will depend on the Handicap to come out this day. DERBY. 4,000 to 80 agst Colonel Peel's King of Naples 4,000 to 80 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb c.—t. 2,000 to 40 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) MANCHESTER RACES—TUESDAY. Free Handicap of 10 sm. each, and 30 added. One mile and a quarter. 4 Subs. Mr. Fox's Psalmsinger, 6st 41b (Abdale) 1 Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal ... 2 Mr. Phillips' b-f Physician, out of Theano Mr. Dawson's Step. and Fetch-it The Manchester Cup of 1501., added to a Handicap of 2 soya. each, 10 ft, the second to receive 301. Twice round and a dis. Mr. H,Sseltine's The Slayer's Daughter, 3 yrs (Edwards) 1 Mr. Critchlev's Cur de Lion, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 6 vrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 6 vrs—Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosa mond, 5 yrs—Mr. Hobson''h Bedale, 4 yrs. Plate of 50/., for three yrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs, Bst 91b; 6 yrs and aged, Bst 121 b; mares, &c., allowed 31b ; the second to receive 101. Heats, two miles and a dis. Mr. Griffith's Lucy, 5 yrs (Styche) 2 1 1 Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs Mr. Mostyn's Chartist, 3 yrs Mr. Bowler's Alicia (late Ada). 4 yrs Mr. Hopwood's Gothic. 4 yrs Mr. Morriss's Alice, 5 yrs dis CRICKET. VISIT OF PRINCE A LISERT TO LORD'S.—MATCH IN HONOUR OF N. Faux ESQ.--Shortly after the resumption of this match yesterday, his Royal Highness Prince Albert rode into Lord's cricket ground, and remained a spectator for nearly two hours, during which his Royal Highness manifested great interest in the proceedinga. His Royal Highness was warmly greeted, and was instantly waited upon by Mr. Kynaston and Mr. J. H. Dark, the proprietor of the ground, of whom he made numerous inquiries as to the nature of the game, in the course of which Mr. Dark exhibited to the illustrious visitor a bat, a pair of spiked shoes, and a new ball, the uses of which he had the honour of explaining. His Royal High ness, with great urbanity, expressed his acknowledgments to Mr. Kynaston and Mr. Dark for the information they had afforded him, and ere he departed, intimated his gracious in tention of quickly paying another visit to "Lord's." The ground was again crowded by nobility and patrons of the game. Mr. Felix's side went in for 162 to tie. Box and G. Parr were sent in, and a finer exhibition has rarely been wit nessed. 59 runs were scored ere the first wicket fell, 65 ere the second had been taken, and 96 before the third was levelled, Parr having carried' out his bat when "time" was called, with 58 runs attached to his name. Mr. Tavlor, Mr. Mynn, Dain, Clark, and Dean, have to go in for 66 - runs to win, and odds were laid that they ac co►nplished the tasks It is one of the most exciting contests we hate seen, SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Halldel'S oratorio, Judas Maccalieus is to be performed at Exeter•hall on Friday heit, to Celebrate the Centenary of its composition: The number of witnesses summoned to give evidence hi the trial of Leconite is said to be forty. We understand that Mr. Cubitt has sold the noble mansion built by him in Chesham-place, to the lion. Richard Cavendish. 'the Icing of Sa*ony has conferred on Mr. Colquhoun the rank of Commander of the Civil Order of Merit of Saxony, WEST INDIA PINE- APPLF:S. —By adyices received front the tiaharitas, it appears that from the dryness of the season the crop of this delicious fruit for the present year is very early and most luxuriant, and nearly 10,000 are an nounced by the Tweed steamer, which will be due at South ampton on the 7th instant. Since they first became an ar ticle of import, a great improvement has taken place in their cultivation, the English mode having been success fully introduced in additiott to which, the time for cutting and packing them has been ascertained; sd that they arrive in a state very fit for the table. Along with these there *as to be made a shipment of turtle, in a live as well as a pre served state. THE CORNHILL AND LIME-STREET WARD SCHOOLS. —The interesting cereifidny Of liking the foundation stone of these ward schools took place yesterday attettiodni between four and five o'clock, at the school-house, St. Mary-Axe, In the presence of a large company of ladies and gentlemen, and of eighty of the children assembled for the occasion. It Was peifornied byte light Hon v the Lord Mayor, who *as attended by the Rev. Charles Varebrothet (his Chap lain), the Mace- bearer, the Sword bearer, Alderman F _ ire hrother (the I , fesidetit), Alderman Sir John Pirie, Bart. (the Vicesliresidant), William Chaplain, Esq. (Sheriff), the City Marshals, the clergy of the three parishes, and a great num• ber of gentlemen and municipal officers, who assisted at the ceremonial., The procession was arranged at the church of St MatY Tindersilan; at a quarter before four o'clock, and proceeded iinm •ciiatelv to the rite, Whefe; With the Company present, it awaited the arrival of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. Prayers were read by the Rev. Charles Farebrother, and the deeds, coins, &e., with which the vestry-clerks of the three parishes had come prepared, were used in the cere iflany: The thlldrep; who appeared , extremely happy, joined in a prayer, and in an appropriate address to the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and the Rev. Gentlemen pre • sent. They afterwards sang the Hundredth Psalm, and the company separated, making emtribution.s to the fund as they passed out. tfdgical event occurred the day before yest =rday at La Villette. A young man who is a drummer of the National Guard in that commune, and who was employed in a sugar refinery, had fallen in love with a girl, but her hand had been refused to him by her parents. As the girl returned his love, however, they con tinued to have clandestine meetings, and the day before yesterday, whilst walking together in the country, the young man, in despair, told the girl that he saw no chance of their Unions and that the best thing they could do was to destroy themselves. At first the girl, more attached to life than her lover, refused; but at length she yielded to his entreaties, and consented to die with him. As he was in uniform at the time, he drew his sword and plunged it in her bosom. She fell bathed in blood, and suffering great pain, implored him to put an end to her. He attempted compliance, but the sight of her blood paralyzed his arm, and the other wounds that he inflicted were trivial. He was, besides, so overpowered with emotion, that he was unable to plunge the sword into his own body. Such, at least, it . appears, is the account that he gives of the t ransac ti on, and it is said to be confirmed by the girl, who was found by some persons who were passing, and rem ove d t o an hospital, with little chance of recovery. The young man is in cus t o d y.— Galignani. DEATH BY DROWNING.—Williarn Howe, aged 20, in the employment of Mes srs . H enry Meux and Co., brewers, Tottenham-court -road, was d rowned on Monday, lvhile bathing in the Th ames , near Datchet. He had been to Windsor, with porter, and on his return he and a fellow workman decided on a dip in the river, and hence the acci dent, the deceased having sank into a hole from which bal last had been taken. Verdict of the Coroner's jury, "Acci dental Death." AN ENGLISRDIAN'S TREATMENT.—There is now a poor man in Mansfield, belonging to Pappl ew ick, whose wife is confined to h er b e d through illness. Having been removed from Mansfield to Papplewick six years ago, the poor man applied at hia place of settlement for assistance. He met with relief then by being offered work to break stones by piece work, and actually travelled fourteen miles a day (seven there and seven back), for the scanty pittance he could earn at stone-breaking—a description of work he had never been accustomed to. Here is an Englishman's treat ment in England! Where is the Englishman of ordinary feeling who does not blush that his country should thus be disgraced? Dr. CurAam, the vicar of Mansfield, has written to the Poor-law Commissioners upon this subject, and we hope to be enabled to afford the public further infor mation as to this extreme case of hardship. The name of the individual referred to ie, we believe, Fraucoies ; big age ,62 t -.llrottiagham Review. MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.) BENTLEY. The present number of Bentley opens with a continua tion of " Brian O'Linn," to wit, chap. xii., which is some what heavy ; but "Aliquando bonus dormitat Homerus," and when a three-volume novel is published bit by bit in a miscellany, it is impossible that all the fragments should be equally amusing. This is followed by an ex cellent magazine tale, entitled "Jeff Linton's Oak, or May Day," being a May-day legend of 1738, and then the arcane of " the Corner" are opened to us in a paper en titled " Tattersall and Tattersall's, with a glance at the Lions and Legs of the Betting Ring." Albert Smith follows with his glorious " Popular Zoology," the subject of the present month's demonstration being "The Boys in the Street," and admirably does he dissect those said boys, and most learnedly and scientifically does he demonstrate their peculiar idiosyncracies, training them up from the tad pole state—" which reptile," as he sagely observes, "they somewhat resemble in their active wriggling and love of water"—to their final destination, when "they become grave and dull, and you would not "recognise in the porter, the journeyman, or the carman any of the eccentricities that marked their earlier career. " Miss Costello continues her series of "Legendary Cities and Towns," the subject of her present illustration being the interesting old town of Lewes. A. Fibb a ß learn n e e d ing a ' rti st c n ie d gi f v ,rn es a . us a most amusing paper on social onl3 r theW. C. T aaynldo c ontributesT r oubadours. Then we have a quaint treatiseAlbig en s e s on the " Pump," from the practised pen of Peter Prendergast; and then follows a paper ~f a higher order thanth meet with in Bentley ; it is from the are accustomed to the Archbishop of Dubli n, and pen of his Grace is entitled " The Danger of Debating societies to Young Men." It appears there exists among the students of Trinity Colle ge, Dublin, a debating society e n titl e d " Th e Historical g S e oC • iety:-," and the Archbishop thus describes the occ • asion which led him to devote his attention to this subject. "The occasion of my offering these remarks was a letter addressed to the Provost by a member of the Colleges (of which the writer sent me a copy, as one of the Visitors), in reference to one of the questions proposed for debate, and announced as such in the newspapers—' Whether a Member of Parliament sh6uld vote in accordance with the expressed opinions of a majority of his constituents when they differ from his own?' And the writer deprecates the discussion of such deep political questions by persons who cannot be ex pected to possess the requisite knowledge. This he con , iders as likely to generate a habit of talking without thinking, and to weaken the action of the mind while improving the volubility of the tongue.' " The Archbishop enters freely into the subject, and al lows that thepractice of debating may confer upon those engaged in it a readiness and a fluency which they could not otherwise acquire. He thus meets that portion of the argument : " But a premature readiness is more likely than the oppo site extreme to lead to incurable faults. And all the dangers that attend this kind of exercise, the learner who is engaged in it should frequently recall to his mind and reflect on, that he may the better guard against them ; never allowing himself, in one of these mock debates, to maintain anything which he himself believes to be untrue, or to use an argu ment which he perceives to be fallacious. " The temptation to transgress this rule will often be very strong; because, to such persons as usually form the majority in one of those societies (youths of immature judgment, superficial, and half. educated), specious falsehood and sophistry will often appear superior to truth and sound reasoning, and will call forth louder plaudits ; and the wrong side of a question will o f ten afford room for such a capti vating show of ingenuity as to be, to them, more easily maintained than the right; and scruples of conscience, re lative to veracity and fairness, are not unlikely to be silenced by the consideration that, after all, it is no real battle but a tournament; there being no real and important measure to be actually decided on, but only a debate carried on for practice-sake. " But, unreal as is the occasion, and insignificant as may be the particular point, a habit may be formed which will not easily be unlearnt afterwards, of disregarding right reason, and truth, and fair argument. And such a habit is not merely debasing to the moral character, but also in a rhetorical point of view, if I may so speak, often proves hurt ful. It has often weakened the effect, to a far greater degree than most persons suppose, of what has been written and said by men of great ability : by depriving it of that air of simple truthfulness which has so winning a force, and which it is so impossible completely to feign." The views of the Archbishop are in every respect new, but they seem founded in truth, and at all events his letter (which is addressed to Dr. Cooke Taylor) is welt worthy the attentive consideration of all heads of colleges and other academical institutions. " Tipperary Hall" is continued with as much fun and fancy as ever. Verily, the mantle of Maginn has fallen upon the shoulders of him of Tipperary Hall, and long may this " broth of a boy," be he who he may, live to wear it, for we are sure he will wear it worthily. The pictorial illustrations of this number are, a scene from "Brian O'Linn," by John Leech, and an admi rably engraved and • life-like portrait of Washington Irving, accompanied by a short biographical memoir. DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE. We have two additional chapters of " St. Giles and St. James" in the present number, in which the plot thickens. Snipeton has removed Clarissa from Dovesnest, and has taken a cottage for her at Hampstead. Old Cressbone visits them there, and in pursuance of his plan to raise himself in the world by aiding in the de signs of St. James or Clarissa, he persuades old Snipeton that it is absolutely necessary for her health that she should take horse exercise, and induces him to take St. Giles into his service as groom. Crossbone takes St. Giles with him to the inn, at Hemp stead, to give him instructions, and while there a man, who has fallen from his horse, is brought in senseless. Among the crowd assembled is Tom Blast, who under pre• tence of assisting the wounded man picks his pocket, and offers a portion of the plunder to St. Giles, who indig nantly rejects the offer. Just at that moment they learn that the man has recovered and Blast goes off, not however without reminding poor St. Giles that " he shall always know where to come upon him," and poor St. Giles feels that he is in the vil lain's power, and seems to exist only by suffer ance. Juniper Hedgehog this month addresses his epistle to Lord Nugent. The eccentric cabman is eloquent in his denunciations of death punishment. Nothing will satisfy him but the total and immediate abolition of the gallows. " Benjamin's Mess," by Paul Bell, is a withering piece of sarcasm on the mock philanthropists—the quack humanitarians, who make a trade of their pretended love for the poor, by selling it, diluted into a three-volume mawkish novel, at the rate of 1/. 11s. 6d. a lot. The " Researches in Belgravia" are anittsing; while the paper, entitled " The Present and the Future," furnishes matter for deep thought. As a sample of the poetry, we quote the following sonnet by E. M. Collins : JUNE. Summer, and stillness; ev'ry joyous bird Pours a half-wearied song; the leafy glade, Panting with flowery fragrance, to its shade, Invites the wayside wanderer: there is heard No sound amid the forest depths, save when The rushing streamlet by the breeze is stirred; Or the bee murmurs in the meadows, furred 'With mess and starry flowers; or, from some glen The tired cuckoo lifts a pleasant voice; Or the lone woodlark sings his hidden strain. Oh ! bid the prior, the lowly one rejoice r — Upraise him from his penury and pain; That from the choking ctairts and alleys dim lie may come forth l and join the universal hymn! In addition we have two very interesting tales, "Drs. lidens i s Sixpence," and the " Star in the Dark," besides a goodly colledtiOri of criticisms on new books THE D.UBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. 'We are surprised that just such another article as the one entitled "forest Dreams," the first contribution in this number of the Dublin University, has not been written long since ; possibly it has, though, supposing that to be the case, we have never previously encountered so much of amusing tittle-tattle anent forest scenery and its associations grouped together in a single paper. The writer has evidently entered into the subject with genuine gusto, and' assuredly would never behold one of Gasper Poussin% sylvan landscapes unmoved. There is not to us a more glorious spectacle in inanimate nature than that or a woodland : whether it be in undulation with ail its " storm of boughs" in a hurricane, or &st ing with a lustrous purple-green in the sunset, or when - the tinkling sliow'rA of autumn leaves," give promise of its - nakedness in winter. The dreamer of the "Forest Dreams" has entirely entered into these sentiments, and poured his whole soul out in a panegyric on the world of boughs. Cou s i n . germain to him in feeling is the contributor of " A Day's Deer-stal e lt h i t b e g rf w u i l se tht r h ib e e Markgraf ishe of Baden ;" a tf smart, arecnuel rattling,tbyerf,m everythingrifleman w through we would a b wager. He as good a .. h medium, He has a t ;I a seeing eis a n g and gladly would we enlist him a s a companion rlg on one of those husky, yellow, flannelly nights in November, when Englishmen, and especially d we ll ers i n C ocka i gne, are presumed to ave a predisposition to the commission of felo-de-se. But that we cordially believe such to be superfluous, we would recommend to his consideration as an incentive to good humour, and as a volume likely to put the surliest amongst us on better terms with each other and with existence, that most comical of all comical conceits, the Miseries of Human Life." Boz tells us, in his " Christmas Caro l, —that most exqu i s it e of his works !—that Scrooge's neice's husband HAD a laugh, he had ! and that he some times indulged in it to such an extent " that he such was obliged to get up off the sofa and stamp !" Just another votary of jocoseness we take our Dublin Uni-• re u s l u d a i p c p r e o a u r s s , versity Sportsman to be • t io o s h o i m m oe to h be suggestive every gifeesisivecif P ° e a lle e d th e in very now and then to forsake the regular drift of his narrative for the purpose of obliging us with adventitious jokes and excrescent face ti as lV a bealree puzzled whether to regard this very peculiarity blemish or an embellishment; but, seeing ou ess. that the article has altogether afforded us a pleasant glimpse of Continental sport, we can readily afford to wake allowances for over-discursiveness, on account of the actual discursiveness of the chicumstances described. William Carleton, some of whose books will accompany those of Banim and Gerald Griffin in the li brary of Irish fiction, pursues the " uneven tenour of his way" as the teller of a tale of Irish famine, yclept " The Black Prophet." It promises to thrill with interest and to freeze with horror, and altogether is destined to find a numerous party of admirers among those who revel in the perusal of Mrs. Radcliffe, M. G. Lewis, llarrison Ainsworth, Eugene Sue, and Mrs. Shelly. Towards the conclusion of a rather invidious criticism of " Russia under the Autocrat," a remarkable brace of volumes, - , enned by a noble Russian , na med Ivan Golovine, the reviewer avails himself of the opportunity for j)anege rysing that most questionable of Autocrats, the Em peror Nicholas. As well might an innovator in natural history attempt to convince the "r -tits that the hungry wolf is compassionatet t 4eut gg4ote#ol or the carrion crow of the gramiui • verous tribe. When the writer has proved, inathem tically, that the circle can be squared, and demonstrated in what manner, he may begin to eulogize the reigning Czar, and be in a likely way to make a multitude of converts to his opinion—not before ! " Gilfillan's Gallery of Literary Portraits" and "Pen and Ink Sketches," afford subjects for two other critical notices, which cannot fail to be perused with interest chiefly from their quotations. " Anthologia Germanica" ex hibits a falling off in those translated lyrics which usually decorate the pages of this able magazine ; and the " Miscellanea Mystica," is more than ever a mere botching of very indifferent book-lore ;itis a feeble echo from the superstition of a past generation, and the particularization of which superstition appears to us somewhat anomalous amidst the sensible spirit which usually characterises the Dublin University. DOLMAJ'I'S MAGAZINE. Sterling as hath been the ring of the literary metal in former numbers of this periodical, the one for the present month, the sixteenth of its publication, is, with out any shadow of a question, the ablest that has hi therto appeared. Some amongst the contributions would have adorned the pages of our oldest magazines ' - and the remainder do not dwindle into i ns i gn ifi cance b y the juxta-position. What we may mention as the peculiar feature of Dolman is, its combination of brilliancy and sparkle with solidity and research ; besides which it has acquired the least attainable of' all polemical celebrities, that of being an enthusiastic exponent of the religion which it under takes to advocate (the Roman Catholic),with out in any degree insulting those of a different Creed. It would, however, be most erroneous to imagine that the magazine under notice is of an exclusively clerical character ; it is more strictly speaking of an essentially literary character, the literature being in its instance coloured with the sentiment of the Roman Catholic Church, imbued with the notions peculiar to that extraordinary Church, even in its ejaculations breathing the spirit which appertains alone to those religionists. If merely for these reasons, Dolman's Magazine must undoubtedly attract the curious perusal of all who are interested in the variety of phases as sumedtshuerenlyu 1 nt under hbeerrel i s Tn t ho l the generic recent eticeo r a ti o nal ulnl movement title ue it l of twoi C fll I ithr class is t T i uity—and frequent recurrenc e o f and the secessions Established Church, will monthly organ of ril undoubtedly impart an addi tional attraction to the onl y been tending. In the edito r o f Q.facitrtithotarmasetilfatnhisne reli gion towards which all this eccl esias tical f.) agitation has for the conduct of such a publicat ion Gerald Reon, we recognise a m ind p eculi arly . fitted . so, we are arguing merely from what he b 9 as in Ze y a i d ng accomplished in its regard. He has, for example, y grouped together its constituent parts so as to impart to the entire number one appropriate and pervading tone ; iond:mactnnd, Mr. Miles and this quality is, moreover, accompanied by a most agreeable variety both in theme and composition. " The Drunkard's Death," with which Dolman commences, is a stern but moving picture of the woes that supervene upon that sin, of the moral bla ins with which it infects its victim, and of the villain Jus degradation of those who habituate themselves to its commission, more likely to render sobriety popular with the lovers of the wine cup than a dozen sermons from the pulpit—saving only when those sermons are nerved with eloquence as homely, as earnest, and as poetical as that of Dr. Ulla thorne, from which the superscription to Mr. Price's story is transcribed. " Facetiie of the Bench and Bar" is a lively packet of bon-mots, unlike many similar efforts at drollery, which are formed of vapid quibbles and abortive puns. The essay upon the " Dramatic IGenius of Sergeant Talfourd" is forcibly conceived, and though we do not precisely look, with its writer, for Taltourd's bust "among those of Euripedes, of Sophocles, and of .iEschalus," we are such sincere and earnest lovers oo r e c ipientff v v h t i h s hoe g b e y n ios i fi vu magazine,isvret. t rsi h yev a en i t r Author . ri e uknt p ehAd a o r anr t ao i p c t pph ip , leaf a arpu t eli e srt hevi living temptingly h b e Na an a er ddw aft e rm i admiration rTa alsoti ipmhooenoa headed nt ex pressedtiedoh:: We perceive that the writer of this article coincides with the opinion which we ourselves expressed immediately upon the publication of that remarkable poem, namely, that it proceeded either from the pen of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, or from that of some most accomplished imitator. The character and the alternations of fortune peculiar to Sir Thomas More—the purest name in our English annals !—occupy the present part of the series upon " The Vicissitudes of Illustrious Men." We must accord the author of these papers every encouragement for the mass of authorities brought to bear upon the nar rative, as well as for the enthusiasm displayed towards the character of his hero and towards the Genius of Truth. The editor's contribution, quaintly headed " The Expediency of Transferring the Holy See to Leeds" is a masterpiece of argument ; it has a singular beauty from its logical simplicity, and a singular power in its accumulation of facts. We are not desirous of having our word taken for granted in speaking thus emphatically ; but entreat our readers to refer, themselves, to the original for the corro boration of our remarks. Whatever may be our diffe rences of opinion upon religious points it is impossible to deny Mr. Kson the possession of more than ordinary powers as a controveisialist. Seeing the keenness of his retorts, and the lucid arrangement of his subject, an orthodox phrenologist would scarcely hesitate to pros nounee his "development" as equally remarkable with that of Mr. Newman. If continued thus Dolman is cer tain to secure a wide circulation. SIMIIIGIVDS'S COLONIAL But that the question is worn to the very destitution of opposition, we should undoubtedly have been drawn into the utterance of some few commentaries upon the opening paper in the Colonial, being that of " Syste matic Colonization- , —Corn-law Repeal." As it is,. pro tection is not merely threadbare, it is a scareecrow without scarcely a rag to cover the nakedness of its absurdity. As well might we review the authenticity of some antique chart of the earth in which the Medi terranean assumes the form of the letter S, with Ireland in the middle of it, England at Nova Zembla, and Spain washed by the Adriatic, as attempt to demon strate as true a system whose falsity is felt by the populace, and proclaimed by the. Parliament. "The Emigrant" is continued as usual, with marks of real merit, quite glorious to look upon, when good stories are so scarce and vile ones so plentiful. Charles Hooton's "Rides, Rambles, and Sketches in Texas" are pursued with a liveliness that invests them with a charm even in their repetition. From the " New Zealand Outlines" we subjoin a brief extract, fraught with truthfulness. It is upon the appearance of a newly colonized country, and is picturesque because it is literal:— " The grand defect of the sylvan scenes of New Zealand, is in the deficiency of animal life. Excepting a few birds, mostly of diminutive size, there are no tenants of these splendid woods. The character given to a landscape by deer starting from the coverts, or by a herd of kangaroos, is there entirely wanting. Perhaps this solitude of the forests serves to heighten the impression of sublimity which, seldom excited by mere woodland scenery, is powerfully produced by that of New Zealand. After having been accustomed for many months to wander amidst sueh scenes, I not unfre quently was struck with a thrilling admiration of their beauty, and with wonder at their magnificence. " The first labours of man in a new country are ever to detract from its beauty : the unsightly stamps, the half cleared soil, the' uncouth timber-fences, the charred logs, the heaps of rubbish, the weather-boarded but ; utility here in chipping, burning, and paring; magnificence and beauty there in the garden of Nature; here man, and there God. But it is not, therefore, unpleasing to see the lovely in nature sacrificed to the excellent in use. There is a moral b e thea ut savage. Here it is that the dau ntless heart and adventurous home i o t h f the rec lacihmiilnisgedo—f t t h h e e ivi Irootingdernescsii—t t thheeex lairt en o s i f on t h o e f spirit meet with their nob lest anta g onists —the untrodden wilderness, the giant f orest. He who su bdues them is woods, and m i g htier than mighty conquerors . The for an in heritance, and all men are richer for his labours." the rushing streams , and the ti rule earth, are his able and amusing. As a whole the June number of the Colonial is read- THE SPORTSMAN. A s m i g ht reasonably have been anticipated, Herring's animate , l picture of the " flighellettled Racer" has en gag,d the skilful instruments of the engraver, and forms a spirited frontispiece to the Sportsman. It scarcely, however, does the original painti►:g justice, though the •• fling" of the limbs is admirably i ffected. Among the literary contributions of the magazine, the most con spicuous are " L-atherlungs, the Leg," a smart affair, thickly sprinkled with cant phrases and conventional terms ; "The Crack Sp.rt of Ceylon," interesting to admirers of adventurous amusement ; "English Sports, by Saron, a broad contrast to the preceding ; and "Wild Sports in the West," by the indefatigable and agreeable Percy B. St. John. *‘Florcat Etona" must not, however, be overl;•oked, as a grotesque reminis cence of that scene of pat - emetic :,cholarship and ju venile delinquency. Your rogues in boyhood are always appreciators of inn ; the rascals throw such an . i t: i li w e a urdlr . about their peccadilloes that forgiveue i s t s consequence of insubordination ; no ise in our schoolboy recollections that in na ture predominant over an are generally shunned by their comrades ht h abo minations.l In our v e man. will Is this leav e a t t h e s e t lno n query y le i s s s noto y ri s ous really studious there is something as sombre t a affection for good ness?unanswered for the re flection of the meditative. Thus so far for the Sports. THE STUDENT. A very cheap assortment ot papers likely to instill excellent principles of sobriety and prudence into the minds of youth, to whom it is addressed ; while the in struction is generally insinuated under the seductive garb of amusement. Some among the more serious little essays are happily conceived and creditably novel, ex. gr., the one on " Intellectual Pride" and the " Non- Sympathisers." We must protest, however, aga i nst such a flimsy mode of cramming out a publication of this kind with a silly anecdote called " A Melting Story," which we remember to have gone the round of the provincial newspapers some three yearsoince. Such a quotation as the one introduced from the speech de livered by Lord John Manners at the Athenic Institute is worthy of repetition again and again, but the resusci tation ot a vulgar piece of American burlesque is most detrimental to the character of a publication of this kind. The editor must borrow a few e y es f rom 4rgus, THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. Quite a new feature is introduced into this number of the Maga zi ne -- u experiments. Farmer's M lt a g i a scapital l e id u e ts il a ,ote tr t a h t a iv t e w °f eh ille e n m a i b ea lo t the curious but indolent tyro in science to attend a lecture without the exertion of moving from his elbow chair. Some neat engravings of cattle preface tho literature, which is of average ability - , but generally of an utilitarian cast. The various agricultural meetings of any importance aro reported with accuracy, an d afford us a bird's-eye view of the movements of tho science during the foregoing month. The only morsel of political commentary which we have been able to detect in the pages of the Farmer is adroitly slipped into the " Review of the Corn Trade" for May. Bt a u, however, as we are the ViCLOILOUB we will likewise be.