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

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Their leading columns are very barren of interest. The Constitutionnel has an article on the overthrow of RosAs, in which it says:— " In 1845, when France and England decided to act together against Rosas, Brazil was for a moment ad mitted into the alliance. Afterwards, the two great Powers determined not to avail themselves of the co-ope ration of Brazil, but to act by themselves. It was not, however, without their being informed of the services which their auxiliary could render them. One of the in rat witty diplomatists of Brazil even said to Lord Aberdeen, Beware what son are doing; remember the fable of the lion and the mouse.' L rd Aberdeen paid no attention to the warning, and perhaps he has often since regretted not having done so. Were the two lions failed, the patience of the mouse has succeeded. Eng land and France could obtain nothing from Rosas, and from the very beginning Rosas put aside the really grave point of the matter—the fr.( e navigation o f t h e rivers, declaring that the treaty oi Vi: ina did not con cern him. Thanks to the new situation which row arises from the fall of Roses, South America will make her own treaty of Vienna for the navigation of the rivets, and that is better than all the conventions that could have been imposed on her by force of arms; for the Young American natives do not like to see foreign powers taking part in her affairs, and they will execute those stipulations the more freely that they freely consent to them." The Moniteur states that up to the evening of the 23d the applications for reimbursement of the Five per Cents., registered at Paris, and those of which the departments had given notice, only amounted to the number of 130, representing 34,843 francs of rente. The opposition candidate, M. HENON, has been re turned at Lyons. Railway interests appear to be much looked after at present in France. A decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic convokes the Coun cil General of the Seise-Inl erieure for the 24th inst., to deliberate on different questions relative to the execution of the railway from Paris to Cherbourg, and other important affairs to be sub mitted to it by the Prefect of the department. The Municipal Council of Auxonne has voted a sum of . 150,000 f. to be disposed of in the purchase of shares • 'in the railway from Dijon to Besancon; and the Council- General of the departmeLt of Calvados has Voted a million for the execution of the railway from ?aria to °herbal:mg, of- which sum-J00,0017f. life - dr= propriettd to the section from Paris to Caen, and 500,000 f. to that from Caen to Cherbourg. The Council-General offers besides a subvention of a mil ' lion for the branch line to Medzion, in case the Go - Yernment should determine to have it executed. Admiral DUCREST DE VILLENEUVE died on Tues • day in Paris, of an attack of apoplexy. The funeral service will take place to -morrow morning, at eleven o'clock, at the church of the Madeleine. A steamer arrived on Monday at Havre, from Dlorlaix, having on board 36 prisoners, who had been released from the Duguesclin, on condition of their proceeding to a foreign country, which would be fixed on as their place of exile. Among them are MM. XAVIER DURRIEU and DE KEGLER, ex-editors of the Revolution; LACHAMBAUDIE, an author of fables; GARAUD, a statuary ; GUERIN, a chemist ; PAULUS, IELAVILLE, A. LEMAITRE, E. LEMAITRE, AGARD, GUYor, DREVET, PUJET, D'HOUDT, LACAZE, and • CAHAIGNE. :The Emancipation of Brussels states that Count B IIAUSSONTILLE and M. ALEXANDRE THOMAS, On leaving the Court of Assizes, after their acquittal, Were cheered by the people outside. Orders were immediately given to them by the Government to leave Belgium. The Emancipation of Brussels gives the following communication from a correspondent :-- L' A young Journalist showed me a letter of a very rare cbarac . ter, and which does the greatest h o nou r to its writer, M. DR MORNT. One day this journalist publighed an extract from a Belgian j ournal, which contained a , high eulogium on the Minister. M. DI. MOUNT im mediately wrote the following letter :—` Monsieur, — When the authorities do not permit criticism, they ought not to allow eulogium ; have the kindness, therefore, for the future, not to publish anything relative to me.' " M. TURGOT, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. BE MAUPAS, the Minister of Police, have been pro rooted to the grade of Commander of t he Le g ion of ti.onour. According to the Patric, M. VATIN, charged to Wind up the affairs of the Civil List of King Louis rHILIPPE, states in his report on the subject, that . th e destruction of porcelain in the pillage of the Pa 141s Royal and the Palace of Neuilly, in 1848, was In considerable that not less than 10,8841..50c. were Obtained from the manufactory of Sevres, for the gold 01 3 the broken pieces collected. A great number of beggars have for some time Pas t occupied a large house in t he Q uarter de la epiniere, and have formed amongst themselves a 'Fraternal Association" for duping the public. Some Went into the streets, and pretended to be labouring under severe infirmities, others hired children and . Passed them off as their own, others visited respecta ble people in their own houses, an Englishwoman specially confined her labours to the English com munity, a degraded ecclesiastic victimised the clergy, and some of the band remained at home to manutac- L ore begging letters and petitions. The money which W 55 collected, amounting to a considerable 1011111 daily, Was carried to a common fund, out of which the house Was kept. Every evening the whole band dined to gether in good style, and, it seems, amused them ,elves_, in drinking toasts to their dupes. On Tues day the police put an end t o the o p erations of the band by arresting the whole of them just as they were about to sit down to dinner. Tney were carried off to the Prefecture of Police. Government securities were firm at the Bourse, but 'here was not much business transacted. Railway s hares were heavy. The Five per Cents. opened at 100 f. 25e., and closed at 1001. 40c. for the end of the 1, 11°4113 ; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 85c.; the oar-and-a-Half per Cents. at 101 f. 15c.; Orleans Rail 4y4Shares, 1,1751.; Rouen, 7101 .; H avre, 291 f. 25c. ; eaaat Northern, 6501.; Avignon, 265 f.; Vierzon, 555 f.; le, 231 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 5551..; Paris and Strits -6p5. 555 f • Tours and Nautes, 340 1 . ; Par is and L y ons, BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 24 . Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—Central of France (O r le ans ~„_ Vierzon), 2214—Charleroi and Erquelines, 133;,—Lax rhourg, 3X—Namur and Liege, 6X —Northern of France, ' i l,Orleans and Bordeaux, 13LA —Paris and Strasbourg, 21 44—Rouen. 1 and Havre, M4—Sambre and Meuse, 4 1 4 3 _ 'ftra and Nantes,lo%. GERMANY. telegraphic dispatch from Hambur g b, dated - I :tiesday states that General JACOBI had j ust arrived at Bremen. An immediate interve n t ion of the Fe deral troops was feared. The States of Baden were closed on Saturday with the usual formslities, in virtue of a decree signed by the Prince FREDERICK, son of the GRAND Duns. _ _ Toe Second Chamber of Prussia, in its sitting of Saturday, proceeded to discuss the War Budget. M. D E VINCSE proposed sundry reductions, but he was defeated by 16 8 votes to 77 ; a n d a ll the increased credits demanded by the Government were granted. At one time the debate became rather violent. The adjournment of the Chambers lass been decided on, but only for twelve days, as is usual at Easter. A Vienna letter states that the Austrian Govern ment has ordered a severe control to be exercised, in ord er t opreve nt the gratuitous distribution of Bibles, Which have been sent out to Austria by biblical societies in London, with a view of making prose lytes to the Protestant religion. The Germanic Diet has voted 60,000 thalers ler th e pay o f the officers and crews of the German 'set. Great misery exists in nearly all parts of Germany, Posen, especially in Westphalia , Cassel, the Tyrol, and owing to the scarcity of grain and potatoes. ti th e Duchy of Poser, sacs a Belgian journal, bands of robbers have been formed, and detachments of Cavalry have to scour the country to prevent their "Predations. In Westphalia, the people, unable to t 'btain rye bread, mix boiled beans with roots. In Sweden also the people are suffering dreadfully from earthy. At Wermeland and Oettant they are °l) lißed to live on the bark of trees and chopped at ritw f Great numbers of German emigrants are lea vin g " America by the French and Belgian ports. From Bremen, Hamburgh, end other German ports, also th e departures are very numerous. From the Ist to t he 13th March not fewer than 3,276 emigrants sailed fr om t h e mouth of the Weser, and on the later d ay between 700 and 800 were waiting for vessels to ""by them. ITALY, The recent storms in the Adriatic have occasioned great loss of life and property. ,A- letter from Vienna of the 17th says—" We re from different points of the coast of the Adriatic b e most distressing accounts of the damage cawed LY the late continual storms. The town of Chio gg io as lost twenty fishing-boats, with all their crews, a mounting in number to one hundred. On the 12th ptherchant ship was lost near Murazzi. Between are and Oaune several bodies have been picked up tip a share. Near Sinagaglia the waves have thrown been a quantity of ships' stores, sails, &c. Vessels ere off the coast making signals of distress, but no 'e could venture to their relief." The loss in the gale of the 4th instant of the Ma vl.l:flue steam. corvette confirmed. The young Em , r or FRANCIS, who was at sea on board another :seel duri ng the gale, went to express in p erson his Q eP regret to Baron DE Kunkcx., President of the : 44 61 of the Empire, whose son was in the Mari -1%!e• Eighty persons were on board the vessel when - *Went duwu . . FASHIONABLE PARTIES. EARL DERBY'S DINNER. Yeat6iday evening the Noble Premier entertained the following Members of the Cabinet at dinner, at his Lord ship's mansion, St. Jaines's-squi - hre. The guests upon this occasion were confined to the Duke of Northumh,rknd, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Malmesl►ury, the E-irl of Hardwicke, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Juba Pakington, Lr.rd John Manners, Mr. J. C. Herries, and Mr. J. W. Henley. LORD AND LADY TRURO'S DINNER PAR Lord and Lady Truro entertained a select dinner c'rcle last evening at their mansion, Eaton-square, con sisting of the Marquis of Lansdowne. the Earl and Coun tess of Clarendon Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord SP , ) mour, Lord Harry Vane, the Hon. Charles Pelham Villieri, and Mr. Frederick Peel. ;TY• BELVOIIt CASTLE. The festivities at this ma gnificent seat are being kept up with great eclat. A very large party of distinguished fashionables will assemble there on Monday next, the 29th hist., for the purpose ot witnessit , g Croxton-park races, which conmence on the 30th. During the races ewers wi;l be laid at th. caste for upwards of 40 each ni g ht. His Grace's band will attend the 'aces, and nesr the rac,: course tt tt Duke's marquee will b , erected, aid luncheon provided for all the guests. Among the dis tinguished visitors expected are the Duke and Duchess f Brlnfort, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl of Scarborough. &c. THE NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The first coucer:rt given by this new society took place with immense iclat last evening, at Exeter Hall, in the presence of a large and brilliant audience, Judging from the opening night, we should pronounce the esta blishment of this new society as a step decidedly bene ficial to the true interest of art and artists. Many of the names announced are "towers of strength," and the programme contains a rich and varied array of st2rling selections and attractive novel ties With Hector Berlioz, as the chef d' orchestre, Sivori, the first violin, and Pi:atti and Bottesini conspi cuous among the instrumentalists —with several works of home composition (such as those announced of a new overture and concerto by Henry Wylde, en " operatic masque," by Edward Loder, and a csntata by G. A. Mactarren, founded on Bu, g- is ballad of " Leonora") we freely anticipate the solidly succeastul results of the object of the society, which are stated in its prospectus to be both the extensi in of a knowledge of the•produc tions of the greatest masters, by a more perfect per formance of their works than has hitherto been_ Attained, and—life wsiee-- MW. rail to modern aNd native composers a favourable opportu nity for establishing the worth of their claims upon the attention and esteem of a discerning public. Among the promised features of attraction are Beet hoven's Choral Symphony, Mendelssohn's " Walpurgis Night," selections from La Vestale of Spontini, and the pieces we have already mentioned. The orchestra com prises upwards of one hundred performers, and is pecu liarly strong; the violas, violincelli, bassi, and harps each muster twelve instruments. Last evening's programme was as follows: PART I. Symphony in C (Jupiter) Selection from Iphigenia in Tauride Song, chorus, ballet, and chorus. Triple Concerto, pianoforte, violin, and violin cello, Di. Silas, Signor Sivori, and Signor Mozart. Gluck. ... Beethoven. ... Weber. Piatti ..• ..• Overture (Oberon) PART 11. The first part of Romeo and Juliet, a dramatic symphony, with solos and chorus. By Hector Berlioz. No. 1. Combats —a Tumult—lnstrumental Introduction. Prologue—in Choral Recitative. Semi-Chorus—S trophy, Contralto Solo. Vocal Scherzetto—Tenor Solo, with Semi- Chorus Recitative. No. 2 (Instrumental). R o meo alone. Distant sound of festive Music. Grand Fete at the Mansion of Capulet. No. 3 (Instrumental and Vocal). The Garden of the Ca pulets, silent and deserted. Jul.et on Cho the balandcony, O Rom rchestraeo in he shade. Love scene —Adagio, rus . Chorus of Capulet youths quitting the feast. No. 4. Queen Mab, or the Fairy of Dreams—Scherzo In strumentale. Overture, Guillaume Tell (Rossini). In the first part, the o pening symphony, was admir ably given, especially in the close; the savage chorus of Soy thiana, and the jubilant hymns; ati Piatti, d the exquisite e performance of Silas , Sivori, nod who severally hailed with the most cordiel plaudits in the triple concerto, were triumphantly concluded by Weber's beautiful overture given with a mastery of precision, spirit, and execution impossible to be surpassed. the second pert consisted mainly of a portion of Ber lioz's very poetic and fanciful Romeo and Juliet sym phony, most carefully and brilliantly given. The cha racter of the music is wild, passionate, and perfectly original in its piquancy of treatment, particularly es regards the wooden band. The ideas are wo,k d cue in a thoroughly dramatic manner, and there runs throughout the whole an unfailing vein of imagination, sometimes bright and sparkling, and again plaintively et , Lel passionately sombre. Not a phrase or thought has been borrowed, and the effect of the whole treatment, so bright in colour and so dramatically varied, is perfectly novel. The opening movement is a clever representa tion of a tumult, interrupted by stately brass music, re presenting the interference of the Prince of Verona. A semi.chorus of harmonis ed recitative, very graceful and characteristic, is succeeded by a long contralto solo, excellently given by Miss Dolby, the melody original and coaled, plain' ive, and its flow charmingly broken by a sweet choral bit, " The lute's soft tones" recalling us for a moment to the festivity. The vocal scherzetto, " Queen Mab," which follows, is quite new in plan and. treatment. The tenor, Mr. Luckey, in the light, way ward, and fantastic strains of the music is backed by sparklingly clever and characteristic instrumental ac companiments; the flutes and oboes taking a principal part. and by " bits" of very ingenious choral music re echoing the phrases of tho subject—the whole dove tailed and worked up with perfect ingenuity. The morceau narrowly escaped an encore. The second portion of the symphony is instrumental, with the exception of a gay chorus of the departing re vellers, which breaks the plaintive and passionate strains which depict the moonlit garden and the interview of the lovers. The movement is long, and scored with ass tained power. The concluding scherzo is a very fanciful and ingeniously treated bit of fairy music—the subject, " Queen Mab, or the Fairy of Dreams"—and thescore having all that playful yet fantastic character which be longs to the subject. It was given with the utmost deli cacy, and all it odd gamboling effects—as if the com poser were revelling in the production of the wildest, yet the prettiest musical vagaries—were brought the ouir t with immense e ff ect. The harp passages, with bright tinklings, backed by the wayward warblings of the flute, and the piquant little rushes from the dingedstrned instruments, were a ll, as fair y like as possible, an highly and fully appreciated. Had it not been for the lateness of the hour, the movement would have been encored. As it was, there was but one feeling of un animous admiration. The overture to Guillaume Tell, given with startling vigour, concluded with éclat this excellent concert. The promoter of the New Philarmonic has been Mr. T. F. Beale, to whose courageous ep culation and en thusiasm a deep debt of gratitude is due from the lovers of music in this coantry. ---- --- MR. HENLEY'S NEW BILL ABOUT SEAMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir,—The announcement of Mr. Heeley, last night, renders it necessary to call public attention at once to the acts of the Government, before further mischief is done. Mr. Henley has brought in a Bill to anthorise negotiations with foreign states for the giving up of de te-rters. This places a sailor who deserts on a level with a murderer or felon. The United States will never sanction such an Act, for it would infringe on the right of search, and ulti mately lead to war. No nation gives up deserters at present—lib ,, ral England is to set an example. One of the causes which led to the last war with the United States was ;the searchi-g 0 1 ships of the United States navy for deserters from the King's service. Three men from the Melampos en i oot from the Halifax de serted and joined the United States frigate Chesapeake; Admiral Berkeley ordered Captain Humphreys, of the Leopard, whenever the Chesapeake should put to sea to prixecd in the ()fling, demand the merz, and, if refused, to " proceed and search for the same?' Commodore Barrow, of the Chesapeak e, refused to give up th men to the British frigate; the consequence was, that Captain Humphre) s proceeded to hostilities. After a was I p aid short_ e engagement the Chesapeake struck hi .r colours, the d tak se e rters were given up, Captain Humphreys refused to breast of possession of the United States frigates, and thus that country, and the b thatand lasting complaint, which rankled in the Americans, caused a•deep sensation in about bringing This took afterwards principally assisted in deplorable war between the two na tions.d of December,P ii :e th o e nth e 22d cf June, 1807; on the vernment laid au ember *0 game on all vessels then in the ports year, the American Go of the United States.—Y ours, 011113, London, March 24. T. M. RUFF'S GUIDE TO THE T URF , Th e S pr i ng edition of this indispensable racing companion has just made it s appearance, and will receive its usual heart welcome f ro m the sporting world . if in the p res ent year hearts' no new feature of a rran g ement or decoration, it at al i r events retains all its old characteristics of perfect correctness of information and facility of reference. Of a work so well known and so justly appreciated further praise is un n ecessa• y. HUNGERFORD HALL —Mr. W. ROSSI, the well known comic vocalist. gave an entertainment last night in the large theatre of Hungerford Hall to a large and exceed ingly merry audience. And well might they laugh, for a more laughable character than Mr. Ross, when delivering his comic songs, can scarcely be conceived. But his exer tions to make fun are not entirely confined to singing; he with great success delivers a " black lecture on phrenology" in genuine negro style. From his observations, however, the audience were not likely to derive any great addition to their present stock of information on such an abstruse subject ; indeed the lecturer had no such object in view, for he em phatically declared that " the more they studied the less they knew about it," a perfectly true remark. This lecture is well worthy of being heard, as are also the vocal and in strumental efforts of his little daughter, Miss Links Ross. He repeats the entertainment, it is unihrstood, on Saturday. WARWICK.—Mr. Mellor's address to the hide pendent electors of Warwick has appeared for some days past, and we imagine the Learned Gentleman must be well satis fineedptwenit,hwhheisnerweceeptttsiofonr. th l e t d is e r an ep e o d rt h ed ;e h u o g w h e e v f er s , t. th A a i t ha lV n l, s r: unlikely xien w ith tot these eck a refugestl e,h s a t p r W e t a e r n w e e c n k s , N w v h o e u r l e d , f rhoem hisicBonunuet for midable. We understand that the Blue Ribbon, vacant by the death of the late Duke of Cambridge, was given to the Marquis of Donegal by the late Government before their retirement frOM office. THE SUN, LONDON, HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Levee (she third this season) yes terday afternoon, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace about two o'clock, escorted by a detachment of the Life Guards, and• were received by the Great Officers of State. _ _ The Queen's Hon. Corps of Gewlcmen-at-Arms was on chit) in the state saloons. The Yeoman Guard was on duty, under the command of Captain Bellairs, Exon in Waiting. Before the Levee, Major Waller, K.H., had an audienceof her Majesty, and delivered the insignia of Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath worn by the late General Sir Fr, derick Philipse Robinson. The Field Officer in Waiting had au audience of the Queen. His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau at tended the Levee. The Queen wore a white silk train, brocaded with silver, and trimmed with silver blonde and pink satin ribbons. The petticoat was of white satin and tulle, trimmed with pink satin ribbons and silver. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of diamonds, with a green wreath. The Queen and Prince Albert were attended by the Duchess of Atholl (Mistress of the Robes), the Countess of M. unt Edgecumbe (Lady iu Waiting), the Duke of Montrose (Li rd Steward) the Marquis of Exeter (Lord Chamberlain), the Earl of Jersey (Master of the H6rse), Lord Gaud Hamilton (Treasurer of the Household), Viscount Newport (Vice-Chamberlain), the Right lion. Cecil Forester (Comptroller of the Household), the Earl of Morton (Lord in Waiting), Lord George Lennox (Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness), Cap tain the Hon. J. Denman, R.N. (Groom in Waiting), Colonel Wylde (Groom in Waiting to his Royal High. ness), Major General Buckley (Equerry in Waiting), Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon (Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness), and M.,sars. Gordon and Cameron (Pages of Honour in Waiting). The Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the fol lowing presentations to her Majesty and his Royal High ness the Prince Albert took place in the dtplcmatic circle:— By the Spanish Minister—Don Pedro Sorela, Second Secretary of Legation Don Henri T. de Andrade, At taché to her Catholic Majesty's Legation. By. the Austrian Minister—M. le Baron Berchlingen, .Capitaine au Cavallerie; Lieutenant Flies, Officier de Cavalleriv. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty : Major. Adpmson, on promotion, by Lieut.-General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnot. The Lord Advocate of Scotland, by Mr. Secretary Wal pole. Lieutenant Applegath, on return from India, by the Marquis of Tweeddale. Major-General Arbuthnot, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieutenant A. P. Arkwright, R.N., by the Duke of Northumberland. Liewenant Armytage, by the Earl of Straff)rd. Ensign H. H. Austin, by the Earl of Lovelace. Sir Charles Barry, upon having received the honour of Knighthood, by the Earl of Carlisle. Mr. Bateson, M.P., on appointment us one of the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, by the Earl of Derby. Lieutenant A. G. Bax, by the Right Hon. J. C. Berries. Mr. Wentworth B. Beaumont, by Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P. Mr. A. E. Benson, on appointment to 10th Hussars, by Lieutenant-General Hon. H. B. Lygon. • Major A. O. Beutinck, by the Duke of Wellington. Brevet Major J. J. Bisset, on the grant of a pension for wounds received in the Kafir war, by the Duke of Wellington. Captain Borrow, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Archdeacon Bouverie, by the Bishop of Norwich. Lord Bulton, by the Duke of Leeds. Lieutena❑t the Hon. Edward Boyle, by Lieutenant-Col. the Hun. Robert Boyle. The Hon. Thomas Bruce, by the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher. Major Lurd Burgherah, on return from India, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Charles Salisbury Butler, by Lord Robert Gros veenor. Mr. Cumming Bruce, by the President of the Board of Control. Sir Robert Buxton Bart., by the Earl of Sandwich. Mr. E. M. Browell, Secretary to the Board of Green Cloth, by his Grace the Lord Steward. Emden John Byron, on appointment to the 34th Regi ment, by General Sir T. M. Brisbane, Bart. C,iptein G. E. Baynes, by General Sir Gordon Drummond. Commander R. T. Bedford, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Lord Adolphus Filzolarence. Mr. Bramwell, QC , on appointment as one of her Majesty's amuse!, by Lord Truro. Rear-Admiral Hon. George Campbell, on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. James Gordon Campbell, by Sir Robert Campbell, Bart. Lieutenant Charles R. Carter, R.N., on appointment to her Majesty 'a yacht, by Lord Adolphus Fitz:Am-016e. Captain Cheater, by Lord Alfred Hervey. Lieutenant Cheyne, R.N., on appointment to the Arctic Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Ensign Clay, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. Rev. Lord Alwyue Compton, by the Marquis of North ampton. Lieut.-Colonel Cotton. on appointment as Brigade Major of Cavalry, by Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. Dr. Adolphus Collings, by Sir Wm. Collings. Ensign Francis Connell, by Mr. Connell. Colonel Coryton, R.N., ou promotion and appointment to command the Plymouth Division, by the Duke of Northumberland. Commander Craeroft, R.N., on his marriage, by the Duke of Northumberland. Rev. Dr. Collis, by Viscount Palmerston. Lit ut. J. P. Craster, on promotion, by Lieut.-General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott. Captain Cornwall, R.N., on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Walter Coulson, on being appointed one of her Ma jesty's Counsel, by Mr. Secretary Walpole. Rev. W. Hayward Cox, on appointment to the . Rectory of Tenhy, by Lord John Russell. Sir William Cubitt, on having received the honour of Knighthood, by Earl Granville. Ensign Godfrey Cletk, on appointment 95th Regiment, by teir George R. Clerk. First Lieutenant G. R. Conolly, R.M., on return from foreign service, by Colonel Menzie., Major Calley, by the Deputy Adjutant-General. Colonel Dausey, on appointment to command the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Lieut.-Colonel W. Lewis Dawes, R.M., 012 promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Cornet Harris St. John Dick, by Lieut.-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Lieut. John Dimsdale, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herriee. Lieut. W. Deedes, on appointment to the Rifle Brigade, by his father, Mr. Deedes, M.P. Sub-Lieutenant Walter de Wintow, on appointment to Ist Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hall, M.P. Colonel Dixon, R.E., on being appointed to command Royal Engineers in Canada, by the Inspector-General of Fortifications. Major T. Donnelly, on appointment to the staff at Addiscombe, by Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. Captain Drew, Elder Brother of Trinity House, by the Duke of Wellington. HOD. Captain Duncowbe, R.N., M.P., on appointment as one ot the Lords of the Admiralty, by the Duke of Northumberland. Sir James Alexander Dunbar, on succeeding to the ba ronetcy and being appointed flag-lieutenant to the naval Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, by Admiral Sir John A. Omneanney. Captain lion. R. S. Dundas, R.N., on appointment to be naval A.D.C. to her Majesty, by the Duke of North umberland. Captain Dundas, on promotion, by the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher. Ensign Owen Gwynn S. Davies, by General Arbuthnot. Lieutenant-General Duffy, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Entigu Campton Scrase, Dinkins, by Lieutenant-General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott. Lieutenant-General D'Oyly, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Ensign W. H. Edgeeombe, by Colonel Harry D. Jones. Lieutenant Egerton, on appointment to Rifle Brigade, by his father, Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart. Captain Lord Eliot, Ist Life Guards, on promotion, by Colonel Hall, M.P. Mr. Every, Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire, by Sir George Cooper, Bart. Ensign Louis W. Fisher, on appointment 67th Regi ment, by Lieutenant-General Clitherow. Sir Charles Fox, by Earl Granville. C E a li p si t gn ain li F e r n a r s y er H i- l A 'o . o , rd, on by re ß tu i r g n ht fr H. J. omonCnC. Canada, , er b r yth e Master-General of the Ordnance. return from foreign service, by Lieu- Captain Frith, on LieDuutenncaannt m it e w o a d r . d Fraser, by Lieutenant-General Assistant-Surgeon O. W. George, Entseingannt6Garednee,rbayl appointmentHGoenn.erHalugFhraAserrb.utohnnotte Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hell, M.P. Ensign W. W. Goodfellow, by let appointment Lieutenant Gerald Littlehales Goodlake, on Captain Goodfellow, by Lieut.-General Jones. , to the Coldstream Guards, by his father, Mills Goodlake. LCiaf jre p util t tlm a eo i nwsu.rj: C tot . :ci F ht . tHaor G nale.m r s a i a Gß y ra.yritis, Lieutenant-General Harry o od tleDrl.l.o.w. Thomas G. Lieutenant Grantham, by Lieutenant-General Sir Wil loughby Ensign Sheffield Grace, by his uncle, Lieut.-golonel Sir Colonel Hankey, on Northumberland. promotion, by the Duke of Dr. po ' H i t n i a t i i co r n d g , i n n t :g , n , her nd t oM receivea jeety 's Auld; honouroc Advocate-General, G o e f n e knighthood, ral, on ttP Good- R.N., by the Duke of by the Earl of Derby. Lieutenant Hill, R.N., on return from Canada, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Mr. J. Kinnersley Hooper, on appointment to the Lieu tenancy of the City of London, by his father, Mr. Al derman Hooper. Rear-Admiral C. Hornhy, on appointment as one of' the Lords ot the Admiralty, by the Duke of Northum berland. Lieutenant Hughes, by Major-General Sir Richard Doherty. Lieutenant Hume ' on return from foreign service, by Lieut.-G. neral Hon. Hugh Arthbuthnott. M*jur Charles Irvine, on promotion, and return from foreign service, bp Lieut.-General Hon. Hugh Ar buthnonot. MARCH 25, 1852. Major-General Jackson, on promotion, by the Duke of ! MR. HUME, THE MALT TAX, AND THE Wellington. , FA IiMERS. Rev. John Jackson, on appointment to a canonry at The following lett, r trom Mr. Hume will be gladly Bristol, by the L , ,rd Chancellor. i read by all who take intertst in the malt-tax ern scion. Commander Oliver J. Jones, R.N., by the Duke of ! London, March 2.0, 1852, Northumberland. To Mr. Frederick Wsse, farmer, Charsfield, Suffolk. Mr. Lister Kaye, by his father Sir John Lister Kaye, Sir,—l have rsceivcd and presented to the House of Bart. Commons the petitions transmitted by you from twenty- Colonel Kelly, on promotion. by the Adjutant-General. five parishes in the county of Suffolk, praying" that Mr. Wynn Knight, on his marriage, by General Lygon. i immedive measures may be adopted for the speedy skid Mr. John C. King, delegate from the colony of Victoria, entire remission or 'the excise duty upon malt." as the bearer of au address to her Majesty from the I have, on every ,occasion that the repeal of the excise inhabitants of the colony of Victoria, expressive of duty upon malt has been proposed in the House during their devoted loyalty and attachment to their Sove- the last thirty years, voted for its repeal; and I shall, on reign, and of their sincere thanks to her Majesty for every opportunity, support the prayer of the petitioners the erection of their province into a separate colony of —being opposed to the tax as a bad bax, whether it be the British empire, under the Royal name of " Vic- considered us violating the rules of political economy toria," by the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington. and of commercial policy, or as being injurious to the Lieutenant J. Lawder, by Colonel Dunne. morality and social happiness of the industrious classes Major-General Leslie, on promotion, by Field-Marshal of the community. the Commander-in -Chief. This tax injures a great branch of native industry, Lord Leigh, by the Duke of Northumberland. and limits the consumption of its agricultural produce, Mr. B. Lewis, by Mr. Alderman Wilson. by raising the price of the wholesome beverage of beer, Lieutenant Francis Lean, by Colonel Menzies. an important necessary of life, to an extent that deprives Lieutenant-Colonel Chatles R. W. Lane, on return from millions of the people of the enjoyment of it. India, by the Earl of Donoughmore. The Legislature has of late years, after great opposie Lieutenant Loch, R.N., by Rear-Admiral Loch. lion, freed bread and meat, the chief articles of food, Lieutenant Colonel Logan, by the Duke of Hamilton. from taxation, and by their tree importation from other Rev. James 11. Long; chaplain to her Majesty's ship countries has greatly improved the condition of the in- Arrogant, by the Duke of Northumberland. dustrious classes. I desire, in like manner, to free malt Mr. John Savile Lumley, first attache to her Majesty's from taxation, and thereby to add the cheap beverage of Legation at St. Petersburgh, by the Earl of Malmes- beer to the comtorta of the people. bury. The malt-tax was imposed, and has been continued Mr. Mainwaring, on appointment as deputy lieutenant by Parliaments, consisting chiefly of landlords, who for Shropshire, by the Vice-Chamberlain, the Right have had the power, if they had thought fit to exercise Hon. Viscount Newport. it, of repealing the tax. There is now a Government in Captain H. J. Matson, R N., on appointment to corn- power whose members have for the last six years been maul her Majesty's ship Highflj er, by the Duke of loud in their advocacy of protection to native industry, Northumberland. and especially of the welfare of the agricultural classes; Lieutenant and Adjutant Wm. Mansell Mansell, R.M., and it behoves the farmers to test the sincerity of Earl on appointment as Adjutant to the Chatham division Derby and his followers in their long-continued pro of Royal Marines, by his father, Rear-Admiral Sir lessions, by demanding the repeal of the duty upon malt, Thomas Mansell. which is more oppressive to the tarmers and to all the Mr. Maxwell, Ensign 47th Regiment, by Major-General other industrious classes, than any other tax levied for Sir Thomas Wilishere, Bart., K.C.B. the public service. Carlin Alfred R. Margery, on return from foreign ser- It is submitted that the farmers must now be con-, vice, by Major- General Fane. vinced, by the late debates in the House of Commons, Commander F. L. M'Clintock, her Majesty's ship In- that there remains little chance of any duty being re t., epii, on promotion and return from Arctic service, imposed on the importation of agricultural produce, by Captain Alex Milne, R.N. which could raise the price of their corn and cattle, the Captain Milne, R, N., on re-appointment to the Admi- two objects for which they have been contending, in any ratty, by the Duke of Northumberland. appreciable degree; and it is to be hoped they will not Lieutenant M•Nair, by Colonel Chas. Wyndham. be any longer deluded by empty promises, or persuade Lieutenat George F. Mecham, 11 N., her Majesty's ship themselves that by any mere shifting of taxation from Resolute, on appointment to Arctic Expedition, by the shoulders of one parry to those of another, any per- Captain Sir B. vs , . Walker. manent relief can be afforded to the termer. The Pre- Lieutenant• General Mercer, on promotion, by the Duke tendon's' Csbrnet does not promise' she farmers any re of Wellington. _ _ . lief by a reduction of taxation; but, on the contrary, me_ 3,1,.. t if, Crofton Morrison, by Sir George Staunton. k,ne of the present Secretaries of State has for the last Lieutenant-Colonel Morse Cooper, on promotion, by three years successfully opposed the reforms in the levy- Viscount C.anbermere. iag and expenditure of the county rates, which would Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy, on his marriage and return give to the farmers the proper constitutional control over from service in Australia, by Lieutenant-General Lord those retes / which in mune counties are not in ___. Fitzroy S,rmer..,et. Right Hon. Jo , eph Napier, on appointment as Attorney- General for Leland, by the Earl of. Derby. Lieutenant IL Nason, R.A., by Major-General Sir John Owen, K.O B. Mr. Newman. on appointment to Royal Devon Yeo manry, by Viscount Courtenay. Captain Nicholson, by Lieut.-Colonel Lord de Tabley. Captain Nott, by Lord Glenelg. Major-General Sir Charles O'Donnell, on promotion by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. L. Oliphant, by Sir F. Pollock. Commander Richard A. Oliver, R.N., on return from foreign service, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Lionel Oliver, by Lieut.-General Goodfellow. Admiral Sir John Ommanney, on appointment as corn matinder-in•chief at Devonport, by the Duke of North umberland. Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, on return from Arctic ser vice and re-appointment, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Commander Robert Joeelyn Otway, RN., on appoint im-nt as deputy lieutenant, county Tipperary, by General Sir Loftus W. Otway. Hon. Francis Pakenham, on appointment to her Majesty's mission at Lisbon, by the Earl of Longford. Mr. Arthur T. G. Pearse, by Sir Richard Bulkeley. Lieutenant-Colonel Paschal, on promotion, by General Sir Colin Halkett. Lieut.• Colonel Passy, on promotion, by Lord George Lennox. Captain Sir George Brooke Pechell, RN., on appoint ment as a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, by Vis count Palmerston. Lieut.-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., on promo tion, by General Viscount Hardioge. Mr. Edward Porter, late her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, on return from foreign service, by the Earl of Malmes bury. Sir John Potter, on his appointment as a deputy lieute nant for the county of Lancaster, by the Earl of Sefton. Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter, by Lord John Russell. Major-General William G. Power, on receiving the tes timonial for good service, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Commander Pullen, R N., on re-appointment to Arctic Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Captain Herbert Patton, by the Master General of the considerable. I wish the far mers would consider themselves—as they in reality are—as manufacturers of agricultural produce, and believe that cheap food and low taxes are as neces sary to enable them to compete with foreigners, and as requisite to the comfort of their labourers, as these pro ducts of free trade have proved to the general manu facturing interest of the country. The working-classes were for many years under the delusion that the amount of their wages depended upi•n the price of food; but that delusion had passed away; and the rate of wages is now found to depend upon the supply and demand of labour, and not on the price of food. Farmers have been under a delusion of the same kind with respect to the rent of their farms, which must depend upon supply and demand, upon the number of farms to be let, and the number of farmers desirous to hire. The price of produce, therefore, affects the permanent interests of landlords more than those of tenants; and farmers, as well as manufacturers, should advocate cheap food, cheap drink, and economy and retrenchment in every department of the state. To obtain these benefits, the House of Commons must be made a full and fair representation of the people at large, and then the interests of the farmers and all other industrious classes will be duly considered and attended to; for the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not fairly represent either the people or the pro perty of the country, and, therefore, reform of Par liament is one of the first objects which should occupy the attention of all the industrious classes of the com munity. With extension of the suffrage, protection ensured to the voter by ballot, and a more equal distributio❑ of re• presentatives to electors, the constitutional balance of power will be established in the Commons' House of Par liament; and then, and not till then, may the agricultu ral as well as all other industrious classes, hope to have full and Equal justice done them. I remain, your obedient servant, JOSEPH HIMIE. Ordnance. Lieutenant Charles B. Payne, H.M.S. Herald, on ap pointment to the South Sea Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Sub-Lieutenant A. W. Peyton, on appointment to let Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hall. Mr. George H. Poring, on appointment to 87th Regi ment, by Major-General Sir Jobe Ruh. Captain W. H. Reeve, on promotion, by General Earl of Strafford. Ensign J. L. Reynolds, on return from India, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. Captain Peter Richards R.N. on n omination to good service pension, by the Duke of Northumberland. Commander G. H. Richards, on return from foreign ser vice, and appointment to her Majesty's ship Assistance, by the First Lerd of the Admiralty. Mr. Richard Grater Roach, on appointment to the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by the Earl of Sand wich. Nisjor-General Sir John R o lt, on b e i n g appointed to the command of the western di str i ct, by the Duke of Wel lington. Lieutenant Rolt, Coldstrea m G uar d s , o n appointment to the Staff, Western District, by his father, Major-Ge neral Sir John Rolt. Captain Ross, by Admiral Sir George Sartorious. Captain J. C. Salkeld, by the Right Hun. J. C. Herries. Mr. J. Boyd Saunders, by th e President of the Board of Control. Paymaster Scott, an appointment 38th Regiment, by Lieut. General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott. Lieut. General Shubrick, on promot ion, by Admiral Kelly. Captain Charles Schomberg, R.N., on promotion, by the Earl of Dundonald. Rev. Honywood D'Owyns Yate Scott, by the Duk e of Richmond. Mr. Charles Shubrick, on r e t urn f ro m India, by Lieut. General Thomas Shubrick. Lieutenant Alexander J. Smith R.N., on return from her Majesty's Magnetic Observatory, Hobart Town, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Solomon, Hanseatic Consul at St. Helena, by Mr Colquhoun, agent and Consul General for the Sense Towns. Major General Simpson, on appointment to command south , western district, by the Earl of Stafford. Mr. Alderman R. S. Spiers, sheriff of the city of Oxford, by Right Hon. S. H. Walpole, Ensign 3.11.111. S te wart) by Rear Admiral Houston Stewart. Lieutenant Charles Sullivan, her Majesty's ship St. George, by his father, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Sullivan. Sir George Grant Suttie, Bart., by the Duke of Mont rose. Tbe Solicitor-General for Scotland, by Mr. Secretary Walpole. Captain Herbert Slade, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George Paget. Mr. Deane Shute, Deputy - Lieutenant of Hants, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieutena b. n y t t ..T. he J S m . as m te i r thon . G , appointment eneral o of th e o to dn aOrdnance. Royal Artil lery, Lieutenant Frederick R. Stack, by Lieutenant-Colonel 311acDuff. Esrl Talbot, on appointment as one of her Majesty's Lords in Waiting, by the Lord Chamberlain. Surgeon Tardrew, 2d Lite Guards, on promotion, by Colonel M.Douall. Lieutenant Richard Williams Thomas, 7th Royal Fusi- Hers, by his father, Vice - Admiral Thomas. Lie Thomson, omerse. t C. 8., 74th Hi g hl an ders, by ute L Dr. Todd, by Lord Claud Hamilton. n o a r n d t y a I s Gelonel Trevel) an, Coldstream Guards, on promotion, by the Earl of Strafford. e t Fitzroy Lis utenant Harvey Tower, Coldstream Guards, on ap.. pointment, by the Earl of Strafford. Lieutenant S. D. Turner, 21st Bengal Native Infantry, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. Ensign Roger D. Upton, Ist West India Regiment, on appointment, by Lieut.-General Mercer. 800. Henry P. Vereker, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande do Sul, by Earl Granville. Mr. Samuel Vines, her Majesty's Consul at Para, on ap pointment, by the Earl of Malmesbury. Commander F. P. Warren, on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. .Rear-Admiral Wallis, by the Duke of Northumberland. 14r. W. Walter Wells, Bengal tactical s erv i ce , on re turn from India, by Liew.-Colonel Lane, C.B. Surgeon A. C. Webster, 78th Highlanders, by Lord Fi zroy Somerset. Captain T. Narramore Were, Elder Brother of the 'trinity Howe, by the Duke of W e lli ngton. Mr. Whrble, by the Marquis of Clanricarde. c o l orie l R. W. Wilson, C.B , Bengal Army, on re t u rn to Jodie, by Viscount Gough. M r . Sydney Whiting, by Lord William L ennox . Edward Andie‘! Wylde, Lieut Dant R.M., on return f ront foreign service, by Sir J. 0001'13. Sir William C u bitt. Mr. Mr. isx Si . Digby Wyatt , by s. 3. FAvard Wyndham , b y Law Lushington. Captain George K. Wi lson, R.N., b y Lord Berners. Frederick Green Wilkinson, 42d Royal High- Captain promotion, by Sir John RAt. on laude,"s• nd Prince Albert returned to Bucking ham He r griik'sq a t he Levee. l'Allee after University Commission had a meeting The 0 aford effieial residence of the First Lord of yesterday at th e Dian wninstreet. Presen•t—the Bishop the Treasury in ° of Carlisle, the " h the of Norwich, G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, E:q., broke, the Rev. • 11 the ev G• H Professor Powe •G.H. S. ona on, and the Rev. A. Johnson , and Rev. (secret ß ary.\ P. Stan'ey The Duchess Dowager of Becitord and the Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell, who have beenpassing the winter at irighton, have returne d to Caropden-hill for the sewn. MAIN LINE. Passengers ... ... £ 940 2 9 Parcels, U. C. and D. ... ... 82 5 5 Goods, cattle, &c. 546 19 5 Mails 575 0 0 Total £2,194 7 7 MOLD. Passengers ... ... .£3O 1 0 Parcels - , H. C. and D. ... ... 115 2 Goods, cattle, &c. ... ... 98 8 9 Total ... ... ••• £l3O 4 11 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ... ... £135 5 9 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 25 14 10 -------- Total ... ... .. £ l 6l 0 7 LANCASMIRB AND YORKSHIRE RAILWA Y . (260 open.)—Traffic for week en di ng M ar. 21 £15,969 15 6 Corresponding week in l ast year (260 7 miles open) £1.4 400 1 2 miles ALACE.—..eateay nuln THE CRYSTAL J, --- T ----I------------------- v bet' i personspreceding the of are placed, upon which petitions in favour of the celebrated Koh-i-noo r r em of the retenti,F In different n a g rta of the building tables of the building were Signed ands. The little inci dent of yesterday was thgene by thou sands. I of the cage and pedestal most tthe ma- chinery fur the rising and sinking of the jewel. e w . as illr. Best, ex traordinary, and excited the utmost P aarerfhisrmance uon according to announcement, gave a most crowded atten danceWillis's great organ, which attracted I dg, " i j The programme R a e construction of at that particular part of the building; most eminent composers, consisted of selections from the a piece a German chorale. deli ciously played, and the concluding among which may be noticed concerto by Handel, choraleit, would be difficult to speak too highly, Of the execution of this ancy of the variations and the f was maintaineduol9 tit clearness with v filch the a gave room for the loudest ap the most intricate p A fu gue, SSage in which is introduced the plause. The concluding magnificent, and we must organ, w as the brilliancy swell to the g rea t beautifully played." ‘‘, e have not "beautiful subject was a cor dially agree with one of the delighted listeners in saying it but that the Wednesdays and Saturdays do ll be considered the great days of those yet for the future will • ' gof the Great . Exhibition building. rernamin the slightest uht WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "MARGARE T 1 Ja AITLAND. ' . f NEW "—Our readers will hear with pleasure that a new novel is announced by the author , o , t those popular works, " Margaret Maitland," " Merkland, &c. It is en titled "Adam Graem,, of Mossgray," a story of Scottish life, and is said to resemble in its mingled pathos, quaintness, and striking delineation of character, the first productioi or this clever writer, which the late Lord Jeffrey, it will be re membered, pronounced superior to anything in its line since Galt. This writer has, indeed, originated an entirely new school of Scottish novels, and there can be little doubt that the publication of " Adam Graeme" will be awaited with un usual interest and curiosity by the thousands who have de rived instruction and amusement from the former efforts of her graphic pen. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHA up-CON RACES.-- WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 surs. each, with 40 added; three years old, ere; tour, fist; fiv.., Bst 81b; six and • aged, Bst 13!b. Ono mile. (12 Subs.) Mr. 11,:;binson's Glee colt, 3 yrs (Steggles) 1 Mr. Barnes's Trinket, 4 yrs (Fatman) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Clincher, 5 yrs (J. Marron) 3 ILthysoy'. Tho Munk. 3 yrs (P.ia(le ? .) 4 rieitieg-7 to 4on Clincher, and 7 to 2 each ags t Glee colt and Trinket. Won easily by two lengths; Clincher, who never showed in the race, a bad third. Run in 1 min. 52 secs. Second year of the Triennial Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 added, for three years old colts, Bst 71b; fil lies, Bst 41b; the second to save his stake, and the win snearbst.o) pay 5 soya towards expenses. One mile. (22 Mr. G rev ill e ' s Frant i c Major M art i n ' s Convuls i on—. 2 Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstead Lord Eglinton's Pelopidas 4 Betting—Even on Frantic; 5 to 2 agst Convulsion, 4 to 1 agst Pelopidas, and 10 to 1 apt Plumsteed. Won in a canter by two lengths, Convulsion beating Plumstead by half a length; Pelopidas beaten off. Run in 1 min. 54 sees. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 it, and only 5 if declared, &c., with 100 added; winners extra; the second to receive 25 sous. out of th ies. ( e l stak7 o , o and the 64 winner ot la St declared.) e subscribe r to the race neat year, and pay 40 sovs , towards expenses. Two miles. Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 y rs , Mr. William's Chief Justice, 5 yrs, Tat 51b (T. Lye)rol 1 (Carroll) 2 Mr. Drew's Ballet Girl, 5 yrs, E st 31b . ..... (Kendall) 3 Mr. J. Stanley's Teddington, Bst 131 b ...(J. Marson) 0 r Mr. Palmer's Doubt, 6 yrs, 7st 13Ib ......(Charlton) 0 Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's Darkie, 7st 51b (G. E. Sharp) 0 Count Battby any's Jack in the Corner,6st 121 b(Crouch) 0 Mr. H. Stebbing's Knook Knoll, Est 101 b (Barham) 0 Capt. Scott's May Day, 6 yrs, Est ...........(W e l ls) 0 Mr. Tienne's Old Rowley, 3 yrs, sst 5 b...(Ashmell) 0 Mr. Thompson's Blood Roy al, 3 yrs, sst 71 b(Rickards) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Chief Justice, 7to 2 agst 'Pad dington, 6 to 1 agst Knook Knoll, 8 to 1 agst Poodle, 8 to 1 eget Darkio, 9 to 1 agst Ballet Girl, and 15 to 1 agst any other. Won very cleverly by two lengths, a length between second Rnd third, Teddington a bad fourth, and Darkie fif‘b. Run in 3 min. 52 sec. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 6st 101 b; four, 9st 21b; five, 9at 121 b; six and aged, 10st 41b. Two miles. Mr. Stephenson's Brother to Willingham (Charlton) 1 Mr. Meiklarn's Paddy Bird, 3 yrs (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Morris's Vatican, 6 yrs (Fenn) 3 Mr. J. Little's Wbitstone, aged (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs (Abrahams) 0 Mr. Smith's Union Jack, a yrs (Hickman) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs (T. Osborne) 0 Captain Lowther's Chopkins, 3 yra (Hammond) 0 Mr. Collier's liambletonian, 3 yrs (Basbam) 0 ._, .. — Betang-5 to 2 each apt Brother to Weilingham - and the Black Doctor, 4 to 1 agst Paddy Bird, 6 to 1 agst C Brother to w 8t Willingham mand Sabra. Paddy e ß n i d r i d, d raceandw betweenonb by only a head; Paddy Bird a very bad third, and Chop kins fourth. The others were stopped inside the dis tance. Run in 3 min. 54 see. The Whittlebury Stakes of 10 sovs, each, with 100 added. About three. quarters of a mile. (40 Subs.) Lord Derby's Longbow, 3 yrs, Bbt 81b (F. Butler) 1 Mr. lialforo's Peppermint, 3 yrs, 93t ...(W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Lo rd l) E rage glin - 7 Pon's"Pruellsoppti' 2 das, YrB 3yrs, ilib ( ( 111 G :r a lo t' w r) ) 0 L M:;. d J. W ß es r t t m m i nr s a te D es an c g a e p ro ti u o s t;9, B 3 s y t b B . s . t . ( h F i 7 . 11 0 1 u a s n e ) ) 2 0 ( 5 W lh Ur. Bouverie's Loophole, 3 yrs, B,t 51b (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. Stephemon's Sr. Crispin (h-b) 6st 41 t(Rickarde) 0 Lord Exeter's Vest, 2 yrs, Est lib Lord Chesterfield's Jemima filly, 6st lib (Ashmell) 0 Mr. Stevens's Wee Tnine, 2 yrs, 63t llb ...(Kendall) 0 Mr. W. Harris na c by Cranebrook, out of a mare unknown, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (Wells) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Longbow, sto 2 agst Captious, 7 to 1 agst Postulant, 10 to 1 agst any other. Captious jumped off, and led several lengths to the Spencer Post, where she bolted, and Longbow taking up the running, won in a canter by three lengths, Peppermint beating Postulant by a head for the second place. Run in 1 min. 21 sec. In consequence of Longbow having thrown a plate, this race, which was fixed for half-past four, did not come off until nearly half-past five. The Pytchley Stakes of 5 soya, each, with 40 added; three yrs old, Bst 21b; four, 9st 71b; five, Oat 121 b; six, and aged, lOst lib; mares and maidens four yrs old and upwards allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 300 soya. if demanded, and allowances if to be sold for less. Five furlongs. Mr. Armstrong's Equal, 6st 101 b (1000 (T. Osborne) 1 Duke of Bedford's Newport, Sat 51b (601.) (Pettit) 2 Lord Warwick's Grief, 6 yrs, Bst 12 io (1001) (Crouch) 0 Mr. Gilbert's Reindeer, Bst Ilb (301.) (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Magenis'a Forlorn-hope, car. 7,t 101 b (Flatmat.) 0 Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 7st 31b (150/ )...(Charlton) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Eller, Est 61b (601.) ...(Ashmeli) 0 Mr. Owen's Welsh Harper, 6st 21b (301.) (Wells) 0 Mr. Whiting's Dame Tattle, 6st 31b (60L)...(Kendall) 0 Mr. Dickens's Miss Knight, 6st 31b (601) (Rickards) 0 Mr. Sherring's Grand Duchess, sst 131 b ...(Steggles) 0 Lord Cardrop's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Sly) 0 Betting-2 to 1 apt Newport, 4to 1 agst Forlorn Hope, 5 to 1 agst Equal, and 5 to 1 agst Welsh Harper. The race from the distance was a match between Equal and Newport, and was won only by a neck. Run in 1 min. 7 sec. THURSDAY EVENING, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.—In your article ot this evening you deprecate the advice I deemed it my duty to offer with regard to further economy in our Naval Estimates. Yet I cannot believe we materially differ, since you desire to see our naval force made thoroughly efficient. There is a source ot national weakness even more dangerous than " the ignorant impatience of taxation," and that is patience ot official waste on the part of those who have the opportunities of resisting it. It is an in disputable fact that when merchants want to get a par ticular sort of ship built in order to perform a given service, they can generally gel it for their money, whilst the very opposite is more near the truth in the case of the public acting through the Admiralty. Indeed, if it were not for the alterations constantly going on in the bows and sterns of veast-ls—in cut- ting down some ships, and in lengthening others, there would hardly be an excuse for keeping up large establiehmeuts at our seaports, and, perhaps, this is partly the secret of many of the changes ships undergo. Whilst many men are on the books in time of peace, if they did not find an excuse for something to do, reduc tions would commence, a thing which all sorts of officials instinctively hold in horror. The fact is, we ought to batild by contract. This has been done in some instances with good effect, and ought to be done in more, if not in all. White, Ratsey, Green, and Camper, would soon shame our empirical builders into a substitution of exact science for rule of thumb. No doubt, we have our Clhatfields (Chatfield, I believe, designed the Thetis—a beautiful vessel); but owing to the fatal mistake committed in abolishing the school of naval architecture which was founded many years since, it is only of late that •advances have been made on a better system. The long and short of the matter is this—a sum of nearly 1,500,0001. is required for ship-building during this year. I maintain that eve ought to have for this sum a greater number of efficient ships than, judging from the experience of the past, we are likely to obtain. One million a year judiciously expended during the past thirty-seven years would ,have placed our navy on such a footing that, with a better system of manning the navy, we might at this moment fold our arms and defy the world. Unfortunately,. our wisest measures have been conceived in a pant.c and, consequently, mtibly things have been forgone n which ought to have been considered. For example, the reserve of steamers founded by the Governme.nt of Sir Robert Peel were, if lam rightly informed by a late official, built too small for their engines; and the result was, that the vessels turned out to be uo suited to the purposes for which they were required, and it became necessary to get more. Then, war steamers did not answer, except as troopships. Of Keyham you say nothing. That case is absolutely unanswerable. It is neither more nor less than an abso lute waste of a million of money, because a quarter of a million would have made Milibay perfect ,for the same purpose, and far better situated. In the debate, I was told that Keyham was a batter place for the steam docks, because Keyham is less exposed, inasmuch as Keyham is up Haosoaze. This is evidently erroneous. Keyham is more exposed. Keyham is exposed to attack by a force operating from the land side, and which would not enter the port at all, but disembark in Whitsand bay, the distance being but a few - miles, and the route unde fended. Millbay, on the 'Aber hand, would be further from attack, except seav raid, and, as to that danger, it would be an almost impossible enterprise for a fleet to attempt to pass the batteries on Drake's Island, and other places. Besides, M Wilsey lies contiguous to the Victualling-yard and Mar in e-barracks, and would, there fore, have offered peculiar advantages. However, it is, perhaps, now too late to rectify that mistake; and my only wonder is why, if it be so urgently necessary to have steam docks, which no doubt it is, so small a sum as 40,0001. is taken this year-352,0001. being the fur ther cost. But if we are to avoid such mistakes in future, it will be ascribable in th,e main to the readiness of the Press in affording opportunities for the discussion of the views entertained by different persons. You do not approve of what I said with respect to the pay of sailors. When I spoke of sailors—able seamen —serving for 1/. a-week to find themselves, it was not intended to be supposed feat blue jackets were to scram ble for a chance of cooking their provisions, and that every man should have hin own store. My remark, as to what could be done, was merely intended as the basis of an estimate. No difficulty is found in yachts —even where sailors actmally "find themselves." The limit is the gist of my argument. I meant to convey that, if able seamen can , be obtained at 1/. per week to " find themselves," mixed crews of able seamen; srcond-rates, and youngsters, to the extent of 40,000, might be obtained for 2,000,0001. a year, and I believe that proposition is a true one. As to " invoking the Pr , Fs," as well as using Hansard, I can only say that when I think I see my way to a saving of public money, and a mode of improving the effi,•iency of a great nations I arm, I shall certainty not hesitate to avail myself of it, feeling essur, d that, t hough an a-ettult upon the stiotighoi-is of pi otigaiity waste may easily be m ade the occasion of and wast e kes, the sutjec; is by no means I a j ,ke to the public,. aw, Sir, &c London, March 24, 1852. J. J. TRELAWNY DEATH OF THE HON. FRED. WEST. --We regret to announce the death of this venerable gentleman, at his seat, Culham Court, 891 kshire. The Hon. Fred. West was brother to the last Earl D.!lawarr, and was for many years in Parliament for Denbighshire, and about. the Court of George 111. and IV. By this demise the families of Dela warr, Chesterfield, Radnor, Fox Lane, Northwich, Middle ton, Biddulph, Bulkeley, &c., will be placed in mourning. The largest sailing ves.se 1 which ever floated on the Clyde is now lying at the Broc mielaw. The 11. C. Kl. 4 t" m easures 1,444 tons, Cu s t om -h ouse measurement , and 's . tended as a regular tr a d er b e t ween Gl asgow an d Aus_tl o a n i t a z under the command o f C aptain P atterson, l a t e oft h e gomery. Her princip a l di mens i ons are —length, . 168 fe et: Was breadth, 32 feet ; d e pth, 294 f ee t . She Glasgow, and launch e d i n J une , 1851. built at Aew THE MERCHANTS' AND TRADES MEN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIE FY. The fifth annual meeting of the enembsrs of this society was held on Thursday, th e 18 t h of March at the office; in Cheatham-pace, Blackfrier s . , John Macgregor, Esq , M.P., presided. Mr. GEORGE Teromsosr (the Manager) read the re port, by which it aap, a:A that the Luni.b..,r of policies for the year ending 3 lb; Jan. last are ............... 181 The amount assured £54,650 0 0 The premiums on which are Since the 31st Jan. last, sixty-one pro posals have been passed, amounting to 21,100 0 0 The premiums on which are And there are before the Board 13 proposals amount ling to 6,9001., the premiums on which are 245/. 19s. 9d., now in progress of completion. Making the total number of policies 736 The amount assured £216,432 0 0 The annnal income of the S iciety 7,024 7 4 27 Proposals for 14,150/. have been submitted to the board during the year which have been declined, The claims by death, which . have been discharged, amount to 1,660/. and there is one small claim of 4001. which the directors cannot settle, in consequence of there being different claimants interested in the sum. The CHAIRMAN in a very able statement went over the different heads of the report, and moved its adoption, which was carried unanimously. The resolution having been carried, votes of thanks to the directors and auditors, and Mr. HALL (an auditor) in returning shanks, observed that the directors should adopt another mode of assurance, which he conceived would bring them a great deal of business—namely, as suring say the payment of 1001. to a person reaching sixty, no benefit to be derivable from his payments if he died before reaching that age. Mr. ARROWSMITH proposed a complimentary vote of thanks to the medical officers, the manager, Mr. Thom son, the secretary, Mr. Musgrave, and the agent and other officers of the society. They were all able and eminent men. One of them (Mr. Thomson) he was instrumental in bringing there himself, and he came with the very highest testimonials from five or six of the greatest nan.aa in the City. Mr. Musgrave was an able coadjutor, and he was always glad to see him at their meetings. It was to him a source of regret that many persons were dissuaded from assuring their lives beceu,e they were afraid a time might come when they could not keep up their pa} ments, and that they would lose all the money they had previously paid an account of a policy of assurance on their lives. Their condition might practically illustrate the dream of Yea roah, who dreamt that seven fat kine were eaten up by epwe loan Irine. Snsons of prosi:erity and seasons of adversity were the lot of many of them. Perhaps they assured for too much, and if they could not continue their premiums, they found themselves in worse hands than those of a hard-dealing usurer. New it should be known that the directors of that office gave credit for premiums, charging only a moderate sum for interest tor twelve months, in order to give a man time to re cover himself. It was to correct this evil, so far as it affected the varying fortunes of literary men that be had associated with Charles Dickens and others in the for mation of the Guild of Literature and Art." And the " Athet mum Institute" in Sackvitle-street was estab tablished for a similar purpose. Offices that would not lend a man 301. or 401 to enable him to mdintain his policy for a little while, pursued a dry skin-flint usurious practice, which could not be too much reprobated.—(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. THOMSON, in returning thanks for the very kind and flattering manner in which Mr. Arrowsmith had been pleased to refer to his humble services, and that of his friend Mr. Musgrave, said that they had both used their best exertions, as was their duty, to promote the interest of the society. With regard to Mr. Arrow smith's very judicious observations as to advancing, by way of credit, one year's premium if required by the assured, he quite agreed that it was a judicious and equitable provision, and in that spirit it had been ap proved and adopted by the directors. Dr. Bentham's suggestion that in no case ought a forfeiture to occur, such as that described by Mr. Arrowsmith, had also been anticipated by this society. The Doctor would find that they had a regulation whereby, after five pre miums had been paid, a policy might be surren dered, and a new policy granted corresponding to the value of the one surrendered without payment of any further premium. As an illustration of the principle, suppose a person to assure for 1,0001. for the whole term of life at a premium of 301., and to pay five premiums. If that person bad insured for five years as a short period policy, he would only have had to pay about one-half, or 151.; consequently the other half is paid against the future and daily increasing risk. Now this sum would be applied as a simple payment, and a policy granted accordingly on the surrender of the old one, and the assured would be precisely in the same posi tion, on the same table, and with all the advantages proportionably which he ever had. It was, no doubt, an arbitrary rule to fix on five years as the shortest period for the conversion, but it was thought that any shorter time would be too great an inducement to parties to discontinue their insurances; and it was not the duty of offices to encourage parties to abandon BO important a provision as that of a life policy. Tho regulation had been approved by Professor Do Morgan, as both equitable and judicious. With regard to Mr. Halt's proposal to have a table constructed for endowment assurances, contingent on lives surviving a given age, he (Mr. Thomson) very much doubted the propriety of encouraging that principle. Such a mode of assurance would be a mere gambling speculation. It would invert the very principle end most important use of life assurance. It would be a speculation on a lung lite, but no provision in case of premature death, and the vital principle of life assurance was to provide against the latter contingency. In the case suggested, if the assured lived to the specified age he would get the amount assured, but in the event of his dying before, his family would lose the benefit of all his payments. It was a most unsatisfactory speculative mode of as suarance, unless combined with a provision to pay to the representatives in case of death before the given sp. And for this description of endowment assurances the society had already provided by their Table No. 6. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RALLWAT.—Return of Traffic for the week ending March 21:— Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. £22,441 7 8 Merchandise ... 17.682 14 11 Cattle .. 1,061 14 6 Total £41,185 17 1 Corresponding week last year 40,409 16 10 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. THE GRZAT NORTHERN RARMAY.--(MileS in work, 241 0 —Return of Traffic for the Week ending March 14, 1852: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4.626 2 6 Merchandise and minerals ... 6,099 0 10 Cattle ... ... 152 10 7 Total .. £10,877 13 11 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles): -- Passengers, parcels, &c. „. £4,046 14 3 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. 3,821 3 6 Total ... £7,807 17 9 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount 01 Traffic for the week ending March 21 : Passengers ... £6,539 18 104 Goods ... ... 2,818 9 1i Total ... ... ... £9,358 8 0 Corresponding week lad year... 7,969 311 . _ Scorrum CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ending March 21, 1852: Passengers (7,212), parcels, horses, and carriages £784 12 11 Goods, cattle, &c. 920 16 9 Total .. 1,705 9 8 Corresponding week in last year... 1,604 4 1 Perth, March 24. 1852. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Trask for the week ending March 21:— Match, 501. Twice round. Mr. Francis's Nancy, 5 yrs, 11st llb (Yeates) 1 Mr. Treadgold's Liberty, 4 yrs, lost 71b...(Planner) 2 Won easy. NORTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. ALTHORP PARK STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Glenavon 4 to 1 agst Nathan METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Stilton 10 to 1 agst Miss Ann 12 to 1 apt Backbiter 14 to 1 agst Kate CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Scarecrow 25 to 1 apt Poodle DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 12 to 1 a;•st Augur DEJELTNER AT TrIE GREAT GRIMSBY DOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. SIR,—An account having appeared in some of the morning papers sating that the dejetiner given by Messrs. Hutchings, Wright, and Brown, the contractors of the Great Grimsby Dock, was furnished by Messrs. Archer and Holt, of the Noll Gwynn Tavern, London, I should tea obliged by your contradicting such st a t e . meat as antrue, and giving insertion to this lettertrietthi e y. tact being that all the articles w d e : ii i e ltrite f c u t,te r iry n v is a h no e rt d by me, as the proprietor of the Yarborough Hine), Great Grimsby, and cot by Messrs. Archer and Holt, who had nothing Sour i' b ct r c w hatever to l d a o m w , i s th ir, ii . March 23, 1852. WM. LONGRITRST. THE MIME RIFLE. WOOLWICH, MARCH 24,—The whole of the officers and non-commissioned officers of the regiment;, the numbers of which were given last week, arrived at the garrison here ou Saturday e vening, and on Monday forenoon of the present week commenced practising with the Miele rifle at the Royal Arsenal, at a range of one hundred yards, Major Brownrigge, of the Grenadi er Guards, pointing o u t th e mode of loading the new pat tern rifle musk e t, an d i n the method of taking the si g . ''' when ready fo r fi r i ng. The Mull b a ll now used'h theni seiimropullearthioandetuhteatbioalulss nearform ethrleybparsaectised shaped bail being dispensed with, and the p resentsugar-loaf. more e e is exactly of the same shape as the compo w n ay up from The ball is hollow, extending a bout . half inserted, giviag it the. base, and a small c opper CUP bottle. The the appearance of the bottom of - a co mmon eq ually good as with practice with the simplified the former, the number bale of theciotn;bcaalll that struck the bull's °f : i b Lege on Monday being e) oat ono hundred yards is had it been made of sufficient to completely riddle wood instead of iron. hundred yards, hunOred yaru successionvery good ;and to-day, at three ~1 "SevesOmetimes three or four balls in werepractice on Tuesday, at two ral into the bull's-eye, the officers and . m i • put officers taking a great interest in e he at us f e ou o r f a rm ' --° p rac ticel commence at eleven o'clock, A at . ., and non ft CCllrlg h SS stWer t ho rough h to-morrow knowledge NV of il b t yards, !le d hundred the new be carried owniuntit about two i e.m., the usual period. as tri f a a l r t a r s ip H t o o l Brwitraienhava RETThipUEN e T h m a E ve (TREAT t h ß e ßl p T e A r i o N rma F n li ce o a M of li th E i ß s Mar' • P er re turnedpleasure in announcing the entire success of the. whole trip, and that her compasses were as correct as in any wooden i h iv ea er d p . oo T l yesterday. heGreat vessel. After landing a part of her company at Holyhead at fine stefarmort her six, P.m., on Monday night, she shaped - her course with a fresh head wind for 'Tuskar. At eight A.M. on Tuesday morning' she was abreast of the Saltees, the wind up to this time having been fresh and dead against her. Here it died away. The ship's head was turned and the course shaped for the South Stack. Soon after ten the engines were put on at full speed, and so remained, without drawback, for ten hours, the average rate being fully ten keets an hour. The ship was kept the whole night out in mid channel. At five A.M. yesterday morning the engines were turned on again at full speed, and the course shaped back for Liverpool. She passed the Sherries at thirty minutes past seven, Point Lynes at twenty-five minutes past eight, and the Bell Buoy at noon. PROCLAMATION FOR At.SEMBLING PARLIAMENT. The following is Lord Brutigham's Bill for shortening the time required for assembling Parliament after a dissolution b thereof :—" Whereas, on account of the inc rease d facilities w of communication which now exist, the time required to intervene between the date of the proclamation fory la qs sembling Parliament and the day appointed fur the meeting thereof may be reasonably shertened : B e it enafted, there tore, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that i•o often as her Majesty shall, by h( r royal proclamation, appoint a time for the first meet ing of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland atter a disstthition thereof. the time 80 to be appointed may be any time less than fift3 - days after the date of such proclamation, the Act of the fifth year of Queen Anne, chapter 8, article 22, or any other law or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding; provided that the time so appinted &hail hot b e tm, thou thirty-five days after the date of such proctamation." No fewer than seven members of the Western Cir cuit bar are candidates for seats in Parliament at the next election, beside s t h ose now h av ing seats—Mr. Slade, Q.C., for Salisbury ; Mr. Butt Q.C., for We y mouth ; Mr. kr: Smith, for T ruro • Dar. Pbinn,- for Bath; Mr. Cox , for Tewkesbury ; M r. L o Bier, for Plymouth; and Mr. Carter. for Tavistock. , ~.