The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-01 00:00:00

TITE SUN, LONDON, N.E. t fresh.—Arrd. Constance, Attica fur Ilaintinte; Cora, Pernatnhtt,t. - i for C Giraldo, Havant an for Hambugh; Virginia, N-w o.leivis fur Stettin Arrd. from the Rtver and sited. Missionary, Mauritius; Cara, Stn Francisco; T kitn, P. rnamiatic ,; Vona, T,,btitro; Ewerretta, Grentda; Catherine E',z ct , th St. Vi c-tt , ; Catherine, St. Moro C,stle, Ft - tgitt, Queb,c. Ski. Mtt.gell rn Htt tz-K tog; Tartar, Gills of Gold Hop; LOU'4. Monre Video. LITERPO,L, MARCH E.S.E —Arrd. Re ginald, Heller, Calcutta; Alexander, Grant, New Or leans; Sea King, New Orleans; Greenoch, Mobile; Swittougand, Charleston; Arctic steamer, New York. Sld. Crisis, Shanghai; Cheverell, Ceylon; Prince Arthur, Halifax. CowEs, MARCH 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Columbus, Rio Janeiro for Gothenburg. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 31.—filer Majesty's steamer Antelope took the ground on Bambridgo Ledge during a fog this morning, and remains. Assistance has been sent to her. POOLE, MARCH 31.—The Lark, from Cowes, has been towed in very leaky, and cargo thrown overboard, bating been on the sand at the entrance of the harbour. YARMOUTH, MARCH 31.—The Lydia ,has come Off the beach with damage. FALMOUTH, MARCH 31.—Wind Anna Christina, Rio Janeiro. Off port, Eclipse, Mau ritius; Helena. Rio Janeiro for Altous ; Alexander, Baltimore for Bottt.rdatio. PENXANCE.—Arrd. Baron, Malta to London, part of crew mutinous. BRISTOL, MARCH 31., Wind N. E.—Arrd. Araby Maid, Mauritius; Salttanha Bay. Sid. Surrey, Port Philip, and Sydney, New South Wales. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) BATLEY'S DIVORCE. Their Lordships sat to-day at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of hearing evidence in support of this Bill. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Srangford, and the Bishop of Norwich. Mr. MEREWETHER, on behalf of the petitioner, stated the case. The petitioner was the son of a resp,ct able job -master, and Mrs. Bailey, from whom he sought to be divorced, had, previous to her marriage wile him, been a seropstress. Her name was then Miss Newton. h "‘"0 . len for some time previously ac quainted, were, on the ate 1848,_ married at St, John's, Waterloo-road, without the c.,nseilt or knowledge of the father of the petitioner, he being then only nineteen years of age. Mr. Batley, sen., on being acquainted by a letter from his son that he had married the daughter of Captain Newton, of Tunbridge Wells. went down to that place to make inquiries, but was un • able to discover any such person at Tunbridge Wells. This he communicated to his son, and the consequence Was that an immediate separation took place between the parties. An allowance of 7e. a week was afterwards paid to Mrs. Batley by her husband, she having sum moned him before a police magistrate to provide her with a maintenance. It appeared, however, that she afterwards fell into evil courses, and her husband having discovered her in an act of adultery, instituted a suit against her in the Ecclesiastical Court for separation, in which he had been successful, and had tubst quen t ly taken these further steps to obtain a complete divorce. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call witnesses. Mr. F. Owen, a clerk in the Ecclesiastical Court, Proved the serving of the requisite notices and a copy of the bill on Mrs. Batley. Mr. G. Cleaver, parish clerk of St. John's, Waterloo road, produced a copy of the register of the marriage of the parties on the 9th of Oct , 1648. Mrs. Anne Humphries ' examined by Mr. MEREWE TRER—Was p resent at the marriage of Mr. Batley and Miss Newton. I knew both parties before the marriage. Miss Newton lived in my house, she was a sf , mpstresr, and earned her living by taking in needlework from dif ferent shops. By the Lord CHANCELLOR—She was a little gay, but I never saw her guilty of any immoral conduct while she resided with me. By Lord BROUGHAM—She kept early hours, and al ways came alone. My house was always a well-con ducted one. The petitioner frequently visited her for more than a year before their marriage, and after the marriage they both came back to my house, Where they remained a week, until the petitioner lett Mrs. Batley and did not return. Mr. R. Batley, examined by Mr. MEREWETHER—I am the father of the petitioner. His marriage took place without my consent or knowledge. He was not then twenty. I learned it by a letter from himself on the same day, in which he informed me that be had married the daughter of Captain Newton, Clarence-terrace, Tunbridge Wells. On the 16th of October I went down to Tunbridge Wells. I found a Clarence-terrace, but no Captain Newton, nor did I discover any such person in the whole town. Informed my sun of the re sult of my inquiries. Mr. Lewis liartinelli, examined by Mr. MERE. WETHER—I am a coach-builder in Albany-street, Regent's -park, and on the 16,h October. 1848, lac . . _ companied Mr. Batley in his unsuccessful search after Captain Newton. We found no such person there. On the 6th of June, 1849, I went with the petitioner and a person named Barnes, to Brook-street, Newing ton. We took our station opposite a particu lar house in that street, where we waited a considerable time until we saw a man and woman ea ter together. In a short time we followed them in, and went up to the first floor, where we knecked, and a fe male voice cried out, " Who's there?" Barnes answered, " It's me." The voice cried out again, " Who's me?" Barnes answered, " It's me—Tom." Young Batley, however, put his shoulder to the door, forced it open. and we all three entered. We there found a man and woman in bed together. The man leaped out of bed and put himself in a fighting attitude. [By Lord BROUGHAM —lie had only his shirt on.J The woman on seeing Covered her head with her clothes, and on Barnes and Batley trying to uncover her to see who she was, she slid down under the clothes till she came out at the bot tom of the bed. She was also undressed. I saw her distinctly, and I have no doubt she was the same woman that we had seen enter the house shortly before. I also saw her afterwards in Brunswick -street, Hackney-road, where I went with the elder Mr. Batley. She then answered to the name of Mrs. Batley. By the LORD CHANCELLOR—Atter we had identifiea Mrs. Batley we left her in the room along with the man whom we had discovered with her, and set no further watch on her. We had been in Brook-street on a pre vious evening on a similar errand, but without success. Mr. T. Barnes examined by Mr. MEREWETEER.—I accompanied the last witness and Mr. Batley to the house in Brook -street. When we entered the room we saw a man and woman in bed together. The man jumped out of bed, and Mr. Batley cried out to him, " You're in bed with my wife." I helped Mr. Batley to pull down the bed clothes, to see who the woman was. I had never seen her before, nor have I since. Lord Betottaetaste observed that there was yet no satis factory evidence to show that the woman found there was Mrs. Batley. Mr. hA EREWETHER reminded their Lord s hip s th a t the witness Martinelli had identified the woman as the same p e rson he had a f terwar d s seen i n Brunswick -street, who ans wered to th e name of Mrs. Batley. The Learned Counsel then recalled— Humphries, who said that she had answered the.im into door n when Mr. Martinelli called, and had shown a room where Mrs. Batley was. The:, person he there saw was Mrs. Batley. _ Sergeant B assett, L 9, deposed that the particular house named Was, and had been, for a considerable time a common brothel. This was the evidence in support of the Bill. ZeLord Betoueolem suggested that no evidence had bean ir eled_ t_o show that M. Batley had misrepresented her Mr. parentage , as was imputed. culty d o I i tEWE THER said that there would be a diffi- Mrs. Batleynis, and the communication was between aracord andlttra:e i husband , and it would he impossible to call hies t said, that since the passing of the Act of last session h e i t h petition rOught it would be competent for him Mr. to call the Batley, ju i ; th e witness, but an after thouith.e havingtiti a as then called, Learned Lord, that actions oceurred to the Noble and were 01 'aim' con, and breach of promise of marria ge senior, recalled—The allowance specifically excepted, he was not examined. Mr. Be , leYs mad. to Mrs. B Utley wag ' f 7 ' Per week, sod d - ated from the 9th of November, 18 49 . ppert.fidea!ot htaimkettoimbee CHANCELLOR said it a '1 he LoaD hfarther evidence in reeqwhatever also this case. No evidence ~bew any ita r been brought before their Lordships, which could P j e T f L et Y,_of con duct before her marriage her so early a s he :le Peti tioner in separating from been guilty of soine l 4, dohe, The petitioner himself ba of full age at the ti m e :; tion in representing himself remarkable fact, that the ".1 his marriage, and it was a mow kept out of g a t of Mrs. Batley had been studiously assume, taking th at and they had, therefore, a right t o 95 m evidence to fact together and also the absence of 1111 prove pr e viou s m i s conduct, that sbe w as not of en to the charge age such as would lay her op . of a of having taken advantage of the inexperience , youth, and succeeded by her artfulness in entrapping.ll, e him into a marriage. There was no evidence It,n cause to show any reason for, or to justify, the sudden separation—separation he would not call it, but rather desertion, for that was a more fitting term—the deserti on of a wife by a husband a few days after marriage, without the slightest ground of complaint. Wl3( rk the husband pursued such a course as this what else could be expected but what bad followed. how was the woman to live? On the 4th of November fol lowing she was driven to summon the husband who had deserted her before a magistrate to compel him to pro vide her with a maintenance, and then, and then only, he made a provision for her, to the amount of 7e. a week—a shilling a day for a woman who had given up her business thrown herself ou t o f emp l oyment, i n or d er to pat herself tender the protection and support of a husband who had deserted her so soon after. v 1 hat fol lowed was but the necessary course of this. Ile was not wishing to excuse the wife's acts, they were inex cusable; but ho thought the consequences which had happened were almost inevitable. His Lordship then proceeded to comment on the conduct of the petitioner and his friends in keeping so strict a watch over the conduct of Mrs. Batley until they had disco vered her in the act of adultery, and as soon as they had obtained that desired result, leaving her to follow bear own course, without. taking any steps to ascertain the name of the man with whom she was found. The present case required very great consideration ; on his part that consid, ration would be given to it, end it the le titioner had any further evidence to adduce, so opportu nity would be afforded him to do so. Lord 13aououeu entirely occurred with what had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend. He should strongly recommend that if the petitioner had any further evidence, he should not fail to produce it, particularly as regard d cohtluet, of the wika li , iore marriage, wiAlett !IL p - _-,,E,,rtt no iippeaet‘inow 0 Lila na9uoti Ale LoRD CHANCELLOR. the record' adifig of the 13i:1 wa4 tivn v0 ,t4, , ,1,5-d sine die. SHERIFFS' CotinT.,—(THIS DAY.) (lii!tor- Mr. . BulicilELL ) RAIDING AN DEJECTION B V. ANIWEWS.. This wag an wetion tir.ef.toi by ill,- pia,,,, Wineri-,ireet, St. Luk. t.. ov.-r rii su fof 161. 95. 81 for services r-nderk , d to plaintiff's wife as housekeeper and servant to defendant, who is a licensed victualler in Upper Holloway. Defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. Lucas appeared for the plaintiff, and called the plaintiff's wife. Mr. PAARY, for th , 3 defendant, objected to her being heard as a witness. The UNDER-SHERIFF said if thn Objection was pressed he thought he must reject the evidence. Mr. PARRY complained that it should be put upon him to take ;he objection, and said that the &vision of the Judges that a wife could be heard as a witness was contrary to the law of the land, but he would not oppose the evidence tieing received; subj, ct to the objection on Which he should raise the question. Mrs. Bonny was then examined, and deposed that she was in defendant's empll fiir nine months previously to October last, as houaekeeper. She left in consequence of the illuess of her hu,band. There was no ngreement as to the rate of wages, bet she had receivial 21. on account, And when she left defendant said that he could not coo veniently settle at that time. In cross-examination she said defendant always ex pressed his satistaction at her conduct in every respect, and he spoke very highly of her. Defendant never asked her why she did not leave. She could not make any mistake on that. She knew Mr. Frederick Small, a baker, did not tell him that she was only stay ing a few days as a friend. She did not ask to go for a time, as her husband was out of business. Defendant asked her to recommend a young woman, as house keeper and barmaid, and she said she would go. She never told Inspector Barker that she was only in the house as a frieni. He was called in in consequence of a robbery of 451. in gold, which was stolen out of de fendant's bed-room. She also lost a silver snuff-box and 71 10s. She was sitting at tea with defendant when the robbery took place. Martha Rigby stated that she was engaged by Mrs. Bonny, us se...ant. and heard her ask for wages, but defendttnt said it was not ay....ardent for him to pay them. The father of plaintiff's wife was called, and sworn that he called upon defendant to ask fur the wages due, and defendant then said that he could not pay at that time. Mr. PARRY, for the defendant, contended that Mrs. Bonny was only at defendara'a for her own convenience, and culled The defendant, who swore most positively that t ( he plaintiff's wife only went to his house for her own ac commodation; there was no agreement as to wages, but he had gis on her a few .shilliDgs at different times, when she was goiag out, and be had bought her shoes, and given her some clothes of his deceased wife. Sarah Butterfield, a servant to defendant, said, that Mrs. Bonny had told her that she was only there as a friend, while her husband was in the country. She would swear that Mre. Bonny did not ask for wages when she went for her boxes, and when she wanted any money defeiadsnt told her to take it out of the till. De fendant and Mrs. Bonny quarrelled about something when they parted. Mr. Small was called, and distinctly swore that plain tiff's wife told him that she went to defendant's as a friend for a few weeks, as her husband was ill. He had heard them quarrel before she left, and he told her to leave, for be did not want her. She attended to the busi ness generally. Inspector Barker was called, and on being examined stated that, during a conversation at the time of the robbery, Mrs. Bonny said that she was not there as a servant but as a friend. Police constable Clarke, S 132, gave similar evidence. Mr. LUCAS replied, and The UNDER-t•RERIFF left it to the jury to say whe• ther the plaintiff's wife only went as a friend or visitor, or as a servant; for if she went as a friend she could not recover for services, however gret.t they might have been. The jury retired for some time, and then gave a ver dict for the defendant. MARLBRO'-STREE F-( THIS DAY.) AN UNINVITED GUEST.— Theodore Bignold Protheroe, a young man of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having been found in the house of Captain Arthur Pack, No. 39, Lower Grosvenor-street. Captain Pack stated that, having received information that some ill-conditioned man had frequently been seen to enter hi 3 house, he procured the assistance of an officer in private clothes with a view to detect the party. On the previous night, about nine o'clock, wit ness returned home, and, from what he was told by the constable he (witness) proceeded at once to the kitchen, where he saw the defendant, who appeared to have re cently enjoyed a good supper, and who was taking his ease in an arm-chair in front of the fire, reading a paper for the edification of the three female servant 3. Com plainant asked him who and what he was, when he re plied, •• On, lam Protheroe." Nut having the honour to know Mr. Protheroe, witness called the officer, and handed defendant over to his care. King, a dwective officer belonging to the C said, when he took the defendant into custody the latter said he was courting Miss Cooper, the lady's maid, and had been in the habit of going to the house twice a week for the last two months. _ _ _ Defendant admitted that he was paying his addresses to the " young lady" in question, end bad been for some time in the habit of visiting her at the Captain's residence. Mr. BINGHAM said he thought the offence, for offence it was, ought to be visited on Miss Cooper: he should therefore leave Captain Pack to deal with her before his domestic t►ibunal. The defendant had been locked up in a cold cell all night, that he thought was a sufficient punishment, and he now discharged him with a caution not to go courting ladies' maids without the permission. of their masters or mistresses. The defendant—Thank you, your Worship, I shall re member the day of the month; good morning. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Ann White. a person of good address, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with stealing a gold watch, the property of Mr. William Ford Burke, of the value of V. The complainant stated that on the evening of the 19th instant he was drinking in the company of some Jewesses at a house in,Field-lane, Saffron-hill, when the prisoner came in at the back door and spoke to the mis tress of the house about a bonnet which she was then making for her. After staying there in conversation for a short time he lett, stating that he was going to the public-house at the corner, and invited them there to drink. In a short time atterwarda the Jewess at whose house he had been in company with the female came to him, and when they had had some brandy-and water together, the Jewess went away. He and the prisoner remained in conversation for a short lime, in the course of which she stated that she was " going to sliep that night with her sister in Fleet•stre.t," and they thin lett the house. The prisoner, on s eiug him going up Holborn• hill, followed and took hold of his arm, and took him into Ely-place, where she began to pull him about, but not liking this he began to swear, when she said, " Here is aman coming," and ran away. Immediately after he missed his gold watch, which he had safe a few moments before, and then gave information to the police. Police-constable Champion, of the F division, said he took the prisoner last night in the S , rand, and upon tell ing her what it was for, she said " I know nothing about it." The watch had not been found. The prisoner in defence admitted that she was in the public-house with prosecutor, but said she left him in the company of two or three Jew girls, of whom he was the constant companion. Mr. TYRWHITT, having refused to admit her to bail, remanded her for a week. DRUIt 1 -LANE THEATRE: Our atoicipttions as to an overfliwing house on the occasion of Mr. Buntt's benefit, last night, were amply realised. The boxes presented a dense and glittering array of fashion, and pit and gallery were crowd , d to suffocation. The opera, the concert, the pas de deux by Mddlle. Vecchi and M. Durand, and the tarce, in wuich the Keeleys achieved an uproarious triumph, all went off with transcendent debt At the close of the opera, a mighty and unanimous shout arose demanding the ap pearance of the beneficiare. Mr. Bunn made his ught that ap pearance witbi alacrity, in compliance with the call, and addressed the audience. He said, " that since he last addressedve them, he could not say that things had run o ry Smoothly with him. He was not one of those who th be pubii the ' secrets of the prison house' should 4 t hed beyond the precincts of the green-room, oth ei . w . I m uch o 'L t he could state some facts which might expl.in di:thility sent very inferior substitutes kno w i edge w d htst had occurred. But when artists of ac form thei r to per tohetrYi—when ballet girls ran away fast enough break t B.4jelured by the bribes of rival este their enga geme e l f t ; — (A laugh)—wben choristers broke blishments, the retired it was neet o "ea might believe, that when he —(Hear, hear.) i f repose entirely upon a bed of roses. behind the curtain, it would to reveal all that passed than any ever acted up„` na thrtake a much better farce ...s frie n d s °F upon any other stage. d b u nght re hen all these things ha ecn to _rest assured that Loud cheering followed the of this hi their kind when all with gratitude he exp r o t s t i en, still he would sympathy," manager's I address. -------- of Governors List Howe The following is th., Directors of the Bank of Englanor the year ',twit_g I and FOB. d f GOVER NORS. vi z.,u Thomson Hankey, jnn., Esq., Governor. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq., Deputy-Governo r . FOR. DIRECTORS. Thomas Baring, Esq. Alexander Matheson, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. James Morris, Esq : Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Sheffield Neave. Esq. Arthur Edward Carapbell,ESq. George Warde Norman. Esq. William Cotton, Esq. John Horsley Pa lmer, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, E sq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Charles Pascoe Grentell, Esq Henry James Prescott, &q. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. l'homas Charles Smith, Esq. charlesTrederick Huth, Esq. WilliamThompson,Esq.& Aid. George Lyall, jun., E-q. Thomas Tooke, jun., Et'cl• James Malcolnison, Esq. Thos.Matthias Weguelin, Efrq, Thom:,s 3lasterman, Esq: Francis Wilson, Esq. The Election for Governor and tieputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 13th of April; and for Directors on Wednesday, the 14th of April, from Ten o'clock in the forenoon till Four o'clock in the afternoon. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Monday next, the sth inst., at Buckingham Palace. Summonses Viers issued yesterday to the Ministers and Officers of State. SUFFOLK-STREET GALLERY. - On Saturday re attendee the private yiew of the col lection for ;le pteseat sk , ason. • opened te public inspec tion, by the S- -, ciety of British artists, On Monday. V ith out recegeizing any pereep:ible improvement in the gencrrl merit of the piteures here collected together, and without per:eiv ag any remorkable displays ot genius on the part of any one aea.ng the coteriturots, we eevertheies.» oleit.rveol uu tht: wAs ot the SA ilk-saeet Go.l'ery suffieierit merits, and tie ew tar tits suffleieetly varied, to excite tee interest of the inteiltguat visitor if they failed to secure his admiration. Mannerism in many instances, of course, still reigns triumphant. There are the same invariable sketches of Hunearian peasantry by Zeitter, with the clattering sledges, and funded drivers and the ragged coated horses jingling, like Poe's lyric to the perpetual refrain of " the bells, bells, bells:"- this- year, however, happily varied by a graceful and somewhat pretentious group (23) of " Vineyard Girls," and by an eccentric representation (330) of " Collard's Pianoforte Factory on Fire," giving one the notion of a sort of Brum magem Pandemonium. There are the same ever listing etudies of .Spanish life in the streets, by Hurlstone, after the fashion rendered popular throughout Europe by the master-hand of Murillo, there are the mantillas and the muleteers, _the Jagged urchins and the ladies, and the wa t e r-c a rriers, and through tho whole catalogue of faces the same undeviating regard to the charms of au olive-complexion—calling to memory that couplet of Tom Ingoldaby, which informs the leader of the L-gcnds that - Hairy-faced Dick had a swartby hue, 'Twixt that of gingerbread-nut and a Jew." Among the present works of Mr. Hurletone, however, there are several unusually meritorious—such, as (259) the merry watchers on the balcony , hight " St. John's Eve at Seville," and the picture of (39) the Gitana "Foretelling to a Spanish Mother the destiny of her Child," not to particularise the excellences of (89) the " Arrieros," or of the "Lace-maker of Sierra- Morena," or of the " Aguador of Valeneia : Certainly not less conspicuous among the mannerists than the foregoing is the most gifted of all animal painters—after —0 his e r r reallyng. inTah is se Lend aso n s e-ehr o c ( o a n t t w r i a b y u s t es af m ‘e o r re L th in a d n w o e i r le ) r velleus farm-yards, with those sheen-tinted peacocks, and soft-feathered ducklings, reminding one of beastly old R tbellais, and extremely naked looking pigs, and horses so glossy with good condition that oue longs to saddle them for a canter. Besides these, he gives us a small picture (38) of an " Arab and his Favourite," the man as ugly .and unoriental as the animal is the reverse, and (io t) &larger one of " Cromwell's Soldiers Stabling their Horses in Arundel Church," perhaps his most successful effort for a considerable time pes..t._ Woolmer shows himself as industrious as ever, though scare( ly in a single instance as felicitous in the revelation of his unquestion; able abilities. His representation of (9) " Tho Expul sion" is as unhappy an attempt at pictorial poetry as can well be conceived—our first parents being as un satisfactory in their anatomy, as the where abouts of the " flaming seraphim" is incoraprehen sible. There is an overloading of colours, again, rather painful to witness in (227) the portraiture of " The Bride," as well as in the (326) " Lady in the Glass Case," the paint protruding in lumps from the canvass. His best effort for the season is as unques tionably (337) " Florence in the time of the Medicis." The best picture this year from the hands of Pyne is (178) his wonderful " Screes on Wastwater," with the sudden and startling atmospheric effect—the gush of sunlight half-way down the mountain side with the floating mists towards the base and sum mit. Mere glimpse though the picture is into those realms of scenic magnificence, it calls very vividly to our remembrance the various charms of his " Lake Scenery" in Cumberland. The Norwegian views of West are according to custom full of merit; more especially (243) the one representing a scene near " Hardanger Fiord." The landscapes of Bed dington prove to us, if possible, more exquisite to see than ever, and we are happily enabled to rejoice again in the green meads and gorgeous sunsets of Clint, and the lovely coast-views of Tennant. Hill adorns the walls of the gallery with a very beautiful rustic group, as well as with an admirable and itfe-like portrait of" Mrs. Woolmer, in her 81st year." In (314) the "Lake of Thun" there is perceptible a venture on the pathway opened up by Turner, which, if not speedily forsaken, will bring disgrace upon yet another head, in the instance of Mr. liammersley. Yet more intolerable (and to our horror we have seen the thing pr a i se d by one o f our contempo raries) is (236), " The Timid Bather," by Mr. Mug ford, the said Timid Bather being a most wonderful specimen of long-legged ungainliness. Most wonderful of all wonderful thiegs to use in the annals of the Society of British Artists, is the popularity evi dently enjoyed by Mr. Anthony—every one of his pictures, big and little, at once finding a purchaser ; the magical " green ticket " SOLD glittering in the corner of each individual speci men. That his landscapes are admired it were ridi culous to deny. They are bought—that is proof suffi cient. Yet to our taste, we can conceive none more disagreeable to the eye from their hardness, the abrupt interminglings of lights and shadows, and their micros copic, their painfully microscopic minuteness—a minute ness descending to the particularity of each separate leaf on trees the must umbrageous. Still —though intolerable to ourselves, and we believe to others also, these pictures, such as (330) the " Ferry Twilight." or, as his largest work this season (200), " The Village Bridal," are SOLD, and Mr. Anthony of course, like a wise man, takes new energy in his path at the encouragement. A variety of other contributions of various excellence from the easels of Allen, of Dicksee, of Shayer, of Baxter, Pidding, Fran tie, &c., are distributed through the dill, rent apart ments—Williams displaying considerable skill as a por trait painter, and the Duffieltis exceldng marvellously with their fruit pieces. A few meritorious water colours and one or two specimens of sculpture complete the col lection. Among the distinguished visitors attending the private view were, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Winchester, Lord J. Russell; Earls Grey, St. Jerme n, Sheffield, Clanwilliam, Fitshardinge, Lovelace; Lords Viscount Galway, btrangford, Castlereagh, Mahon; Lords Truro, Radsteck, Seymour, Sondes, Crauworth, Robert Grosvenor, Charles Towashend, Claude Hamil ton; the Bishops of Heretord, Lichfield, Gloucester and Bristol; the Dean of St. Paul's; Sirs Augustus Clifford, Bart., J. Johnstone, Bart., R. P. Jodrell, Bart., W. Keith, Bart., G. Strickland, Bart, George Walker, Bart., James W. Hogg, Bert., Henry Webb, Bart., J. Strachan, Barr., J. T. Birch, Bart., Felix Agar, Bart., G. R. Phillips, Bart., M.P., E. Filmer, Bart., M.P.; H. T. Hope, M.P., H. Lovelier, M.P., H. T. Btkring, M.P., the Hon. J. Fortescue, M.P., G. Repton, M.P., A. Matheson, M.P., W. 0. Gore, M.P., the Right Han. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., C. B. Wall, M.P., the Right Hon. H. Lennox, M P., T. C. Russell, M.P., the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, M.P., Joseph Hume, M.P., W. T. Egerton, M.P., H. Tufnell, M.P. C. G. Du Pui, M.P., R. Bernal, M.P., Wynne Ellis, Esq., &c. S.PORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. The following additional arrivals have taken place since 'our last:— Elie Puritan, Elungerford, Harp, Lady Alice, Harrier, Blood Royal, Alonzo, The Italian, Jack in the 'Corner, Szilton, Mary Ann, Green Gage, Julien, Butterfly. Surprise, The Clown, Grand Ducuess, Sabra, Czsrine, Amoroso, Faux Pas, Knight of the Tristle., Incurable, Nautch Girl, Miss Ann, Backbiter, Officious, Achyrauthts, Sister to Clothworker, Sally Watfootl colt, Joe Miller, Ingratitude, Ethelwolf, Gloomy,. Middlethorpe, Estelle filly, Stapleton, Kil meny, Eid ward of York, Eiissus, Kate, Cosachia, Sister to Iracu a dus. LATEST BETTING IN TOWN. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agat Surprise—taken 5 to 1 agst Mary Ann—taken 6 to 1 agst Alonzo METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Stilton—taken 15 to 2 agst Kate—taken . 10 to 1 agst Miss Ann HO to 1 agst Backbiter "f 1 to 1 apt Kick-up-the-Dust—taken to 1 agat Ingratitude—taken 1 3 , to 1 agst Joe Miller—taken 15 to 1 agst Sally Wurfoot colt—taken 3;3 to 1 agst Etlelwolf—taken cßox...roN PARK R \CES—WEDNESDAY. The Farmer:,' ,Handicap of 501., and 5 soya. for the se- Gen,lemen riders. Heats, once round. Mr. S.Wright's gr hby Plantagenet, 12st r. G. Parr's Cro,nwell, 13st ...(Mr. Sampey) 3 I 2 Mr. Foster's Militi, iman, lOst 121 b (R Clifton) 2 3 3 Mr. Smith's Seawee d, 6 yrs, Ilst (Capt. Little) 4 2 4 Mr. Kirk's Cadvan,p yrs, list (Mr. Berkeley) 5 5 5 501., the gift of Mrs. Rietcher Norton, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 aovs. e.toh, h tt, for three yrs old and up wards. Once round.. (12 Subs.) Air. Payne's Fledgling. 3 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr. Berkeley) 1 Mr. Walker's .117;dus, 4 vie, list (Mr. Towneley) 2 Mr. Crawford's Darkie,i yrs, 12st 81b (Capt. Little) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Flcdk;ltng. Won by three parts of a length. The Gold Cup, athded to a Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 fr, and 5 only if declared ; two miles. (19 Subs., 10 of wh.om decla red.) Mr. Williams's Chief Ju , ti ce, 12st llb (Capt. White) 1 Lord Wilton's Harbert, 6 yrs, list 51b (Mr. Clarke) 2 Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 6 yrs, 12st 41b (Mr. Scobell) 3 Lord Clifden's Harp siebord, 4 yrs, lOst 716, Captain Little, bolted. Betting-7 to 4 aget HopsiAord, 2to 1 agst Her bert, 3 to 1 agst Chief Just`dce, 5 to 1 agst Clothworker. Won by a length and a hitlf. The Croston-park Plate of 100 sous. Gentlemen riders. One ' vile. Lord Clifelen'sHarpsichord,l o st 11.'13 (Capt. Little) 0 1 Captain Little's Agis, aged, 12st 61b' (011iver) odr Mr. Darling's Sir Robert, llst 12Ib --(Darling, jun.) 3 Mr. J. Little's Whetstone. 12st 510...(A1r. Towneley) 0 Mr. Atkinson's Careless Fanny, llst lib ....(Scobell) 0 Mr.G.Cnapcnan'sFaint Heart (late Ormsoy) 101 r 13Ib 0 Mr,Wildenan's Fachauge. 10sr, 91b ...( Ar. B r omley) U Mr. D4W80123 C yclops, 4 yrs, 10,t 51b (Ld CarOross) 0 Mr. R. E. Oliver's Ischia, lOst 21b (Mr. Berke, ey) 0 Mr. Stokes's Folly' 6 rs 9st I llb ...(Mr. Boynton) 0 Uwhre.no Payne's k,;''otte,t 9 i Lady, 3 yrs, gat 11 lb (Dockeray) Betting, h i c : ec i aiti l . . ,Armp a g g saii s sen t hdr C oac o rnd t: ap o wd : t:eil L aknd a e c dj i hi y, , 4 to 1 agst liar psi- H arpj o t_o, 1 nit Ischia, and 6 to 1 agst Whetstone. the Piste: t el r l e t e o d b Robert t divideird, „eprlrtkLAN TENANT It To ;;;;---------- aen, us the BILL.By mistake ~1 the in k ) ur Parliamentary report Mr. Reynolds w o a v a in second reading of this BiAl. It reader would perceive front• the yesterdayi iia v a e s debate, Mr. Sharman Crawford. e The Western Times' (Exeter) Rev. Lord henry Kerr, rector 0f i-_ report that the ittesham, had left the Church of England ” and gone to Rome,,, has been pub, lelY denied. THURSDAY TAXES ON NEWSPAPERS, AND - THEIR , - INJUSTICE. , , _, - - i . _ (From the Expositor) . ~.. 0 TA e TI BURMEBE *WAR. • Newspapers --the pioneers of knowledge, the public-I - w - - 1 -- r . e'ffilVr'in received ditpinehre in taistitipea.;en or the Overland Mail, which nft Bombay on the 4 h of March. instrucees iu poliecal tii3tters, the medium through write?) useful, ',melodic, end literary inf . , irmation is eon- 1 he ten eenne - i s t h e l e tter of a cortespondent : veyed to the pot-lic, the heralds of the rews of the day; I T etewlly need wil to an classes, fr ‘in the noble to rile 1 `Sitice the dispatch of my last letter preparations have beta Inside for prosecuting welt the utup,st promptitude uteermuic—have been by every Guestemeut, whether Butz:nab. It tyis been witety determined to force the and vigour the war which now seems inevitable with Tory. (Iris rvaqve, or Whig (Proiec , iouist not yet tried) treated not. may proprietors are now in possession ,f a privilege not Burmese to- terms before the betting in of' the monsoon, utifirty, ow uoitr-My. Beth - tied and by the time this reaches England a fl tine of more epjoyed by the press, with all.. its - allowed superior advantage to mankind. W e thi n k we hear our readers than a dozen war-steamers, with 6,000 troops on board, say, can this be possiele? We say it is possible, and we will be in the Burmese waters for the purpose. will state the grievance in as small a compass as the im- 41 It will be remembered that Lord Dalhousie had not portance.of the subject merits.. ' reached. Calcutta when the dispatches regarding Cora -1,. is pretty well known to those conversant with the mode_ Lambert's first-affair with the stockades arrived; subject (and to those who learn it for thefiret time from • they were consequently forwarded to him by express, this staternc-nt, We appeal to join the band already and the steamer Fire Queenkept in readiness to formed to get rid of these unjust taxes on knowledge) convey_ his farther instructions concerning Barmese al . - fairs to the.Conarnodere in. the Irrawaddy—the Bengal that the newspaper proprietor pays-on the article ;se such steps as produces no less than th ree di rect an d distinct taxes: the Government in the meantime taking only paper pays a direct tea per pound before it receives the- were necessary for putting the frontier -provinces in a impression of the type; sheet is a tax of Id. par • paid -to' posture of defence. a •' - - the Conimindeners of Inland Revenue for the privilege " The Fire Queen left the Sandbeada with the of hutting a blet of red on the corner of their paper in tee i GovernoreGene 'coral's dispatches on the 28th of J er oetitiery, and reached the mmodore off the Rangoon Rivn shape of a distinctiv e) die stamp; and they are agai n called on to pay Is. 61 in the shape of duty for every the 30th. The cenamodore immediately intimated to advertise=ment that appears in t h e i r . p a p e r. The first the Rangoon authorities that he should escend the river tax on paper is najurious, as not allowing papers and in his frigate next morning as the bearer of a fresh communication from the Governor-General. Notwith periodicals to be published at a cheaper rate, or at ell . standin eve nts preventing t h e propr i etors o f t h e c heaper g this intimation, the first s'tocktide he passed the class following daopened a heavy fire on the Fox, which of publicatio ns f rom pay i ng men o f talent as killed one of her crew. The frigate returned the fire, they should be paid, consequently not producing so' healthy end wholesome a pennyworth of knowledge as but without stopping her courte, silencing the enemy's the public would obtain supposing this cbuoxious im- guns, and setting the stockade , on fire. The next, post to be abolished. The only argument, it it can be stockade took warning by the fate of its neighbour ; it so called, in favour o f t h e stamp duty o f Id. on each opened a fire also, for the honour of the thing, but took newspaper is, that fo r thi s o di ous tax t h e Government care to .fire wide of the frigate; and the commodore convey newspapers to all parts of England gratis. This therefore passed by it without notice. Two other of the is true, to a certain extent; but why tax the inhabitants stockades opened a fire on the steamer Tenasserirc, of large towns for the sake of those who wish the ad- which followed the Fox a few hours after, and of which vantage of the post? It is well known that the large . they did not appear to be in equal dread. She returned towns throughout England, aye, and small ones as well, the fire of the first stockade with a few rounds of shot are not supplied through the post with the morning and shell, and with ei g ht or ten rockets ; the latter papers.* They are sen t by railway, and paid as parcels set the work on fire, and it continued burning for about to the railway companies by e i t h er the London or six country newspaper agent. Thi s i s not con fined to the " hours. On arriving off the newly-erected fortifications which morning papers; the weekly papers are conveyed to now occupy the site of te late tow of Rangoon, the country towns in the same parcel on S a turday morning commodore sent an officer and interpreter to the Go in most cases. If not, they s en d them by mid-day vernor with Lord Dalbousie's letter. The terms offered trains. So, to say the least, this is as unequal, come• in this communication base occasioned general surprise quently an unfair, tax. and some censure, on the ground that their extreme Of the third tax, to which we particularly wish to moderation would prevent British subjects whose goods address ourselves, we can only hope our observations have been confiscated and destroyed from obtaining any may have the same effect on the minds of our readers compensation; and would also, by being attributed by that we have long felt, and with us consider this as one the Burmese to weakness, render an ultimate settlement of the most Ililiair, unjust, and um qual taxes that ever more difficult entered into the mind of man to impose in a civilized " Their substance was, that if the Burmese Governor would apologise for his insult to our flag, and pay the country. Unfair to tax any man who simply announces in a newspaper he either wanly to purchase a house, or 900/. previously demanded as - compensation .for losses to sell an acre of land; yet the announcement may ap- inflicted on two of the many British subjects who pear on bills posted on the walls, or exhibited on have been pillaged at Rangoon, the Burmese ships boards by the roadside. Unjust to the poor ser- should be restored, and the blockade raised, and vant who makes public in three lines that she an agent from the Indian Government sent wants a situation, and charge s no more to the peer down. The reply was returned in the most insult who requires a mansion, pleasure grounds, arid ten ing manner imaginable, by a dirty labourer in an thousand ac res of ground. Uneq ua l i n th e c a se of a squ all y dirty fishin g canoe. The Burme se G overnor poor decayed widow , who, in a very few lines, relates took no notice whatever of Lord Dalhousie's first two her tale of woe ; for which the Government amerce demands. He refused to n e got i ate at all with the com her in the shape of Is. 6d., and charge the wealthy modore, but said that he would talk over the subject public companies, who occupy a column in seeking ad- with any other agent the Indian Government sent down; venturers in the Californian or Australian gold specu- and he is said to have remarked that the blockade did lation, no more. Let this pass, bad as it is. But what not inconvenience them at all. In answer to a letter the hl do we find the Government allow? as we have commodore had sent him at the same time from h imself' , shown the newspaper proprietor is taxed H , in which he expressed his surprise a t hivin g been fired y we have the extraordinary anomaly of the Government allowing at by the stockade while on his passage up the river (of these railway carriages to be converted into newspapers, which the Viceroy had been previously advertised) in and the walls of the stations into the mediums of pub- a diplomatic capacity, as the bearer of a n answer trom the Governmatieneral to a letter from the K i ng of Ave, Hefty, as far as advertising is concerned, without paying the Burmese Governor replied that he had given orders one farthing in the shape of advertisement duty to the to the stockades to fire into any vessel daring to pass revenue. Quite apart from the monstrous injustice of them without permission. The comma rejoined, this system, that allows railway proprietors to possess the advantage of making known the wants and wishes of that he would utterly destroy by fire any stockade that advertisers free, while the newspaper propri e t o r is taxed tired at his frigate on her passage down the river. T his to the tune of , ls. 61 for every such advertisement, to his threat had its effect, and the commodore returned enchorage off the mouth of the river without molestation. look at the shortsightedness and stupidity of allowing " this system to continue, in a financial and revenue point The appearance of the banks of the river at Ran of view. Every advertisement exhibited at a railway goon is described as entirely changed. Not a vestige station, or in a railway carriage, is really taken from remains of the late town. Of the materials of its brick some newspaper, consequently is an injury to the news- and stone houses three large masonry torts have been erected with ' most singular rapidity ;' they appear, it paper proprietor, who pees paper and stamp duty, and is also a loss of Is. 6cl. to the revenue which would be is said, ' very strong, and evidently mount some heavy ' saved to the Government it inserted in a newspaper, in- guns. The jungle and village near the great Dragon stead of being allowed to appear in a railway carriage, Pagoda have been entirely cleared away , and the build ing enclosed with a strong stockade. Other stockades ' or exhibited at a station. To those who have had ez a perieece in advertising—whether as booksellers, ge- are everywhere being erected along the banks of the neral advertisers, secretaries to public companies, or ad river. The main wharf of the old town has been turned t vertising agents—this fact will be patent, that a given tote a battery of formidable appearance , but is said to sum of money is settled as the amount to be spent on admit of being enfiladed. The new works altogether mount 100 guns, and an officer of the Fox writes to one advertising—of course modified by circumstances, of the Calcutta papers that ' Rangoon would now cost a as the sale of the book, progress of the company, few the number of their mess before it was taken.' &c. It is useless to say the money spent on railway " On receiving the Rangoon Viceroy's answer to their advertising is extra. We appeal to the classes of ad vertisers we have named in support of our assertion. last overtures, the Supreme Government are sai d to have Why then, we ask the Government, is this, that the decided that all further negotiation was out of the newspaper proprietor is to pay Is. 6d. for every ad question. The Governor-General immediately ordered vertistment that appears in his columns, while the a force consisting of her Majesty's 18 th, the 40 th Native railway proprietors pay not a single farthing in Infantry, with another native corps and a company of the shape of duty for advertising at their stations European Artillery, to prepare for instant embarkation, and some steamers and transports were hired for and in their carriages? We especially commend veying these troops to Burmah. con these last remarks on the injury to the revenue " Madras was ordered to send her Majesty's 51st, to the consideration of every Chancellor of the two Native Regiments, and three companies of Euro- Exchequer, while this obnoxious impost con tinues. But we b lieve and hope the present peen Artillery; the whole force, about 6 000 strong, a Chancellor of the Exchequer will take a moro enlarged will be under the command of General Godwin, who was view of the subject, and abolish the duty on advertise- 'ictively engaged in the former Burmese war. Major meats, paper. and stamps, at once. But, if he cannot Hugh Frazer goes as chief engineer. Orders were at spare the trifling sum produced by the advertisement the same time sent by the Governor-General to the duty, we urge on him the justice of dealing fairly by all Bombay Government to equip and dispatch without ldi parties, and not allow the hi g hly-taxed proprietor or b ay all the war steamers they could spare, mooned with newspaper to be longer s ubj e ct to the a d ve r t isem e nt duty, their full war complement, and ready for immediate ao , while the railway directors are allowed to continue ti"' The squadron was on its way to touch at Fort tcharging the public for advertisements that p ay no duty, 'it. George. and convey the Madras force thence to This request is s o t s a r an d j ust , as we believe, that we Burmah. The Bombay Government immediately de are anxious to hear what the advocates of railway me- tided on sending six steam-frigates—the Fereze, the nopoly have to say in reply. Moozuffer, the sesostris, the Berenice, the Medusa, and the Zenobia—the Semaramiv, now in China, to juin, if required, in the river. The first four (three of them as large as the Atlantic steamships) were fully equipped and started from Bombay in four days after the order had been received; the Zenobia, which was hourly expected with the English mail of the 20th of January, not having yet arrived, the Queen has aeen sent off instead, and the Zenobia is only wait ing for the arrival of a detachment of artillery from Nuggur to follow the other five. The squadron is to embark the Madras force about the 12th of March, and Rangoon will probably be in our hands about 10 or 15 days after. " The general improvement that has taken place since the last Burmese war in our military and naval re sources and appliances, and especially our improved posi tion as regards Burmah in particular, has been rendered very apparent in the late preparations. In 1825 the troops that were dispatched from Calcutta to Arracan were no less than three months in reaching their destina tion; on the present occasion one steamship (the Pre cursor) took in a single trip an equal number of troops trom Calcutta to Arracan in about seventy hours. Steam las in this instance reduced months to days; but this is not all; close to Arracan is the Aeng Pass, now held by a strong detachment of our troops, and from this pass it is not forty miles to a point on the Irawaddy twice as near to Ave as to Rangoon, and which it took in the last war more than a year's campaign to reach from the let ter basis of operations. The rising importance of Bom bay as the head-quarters of the Indian navy, and princi pal steam-port in the eastern seas, is not less remat kable. In the last Burmese war it took nearly a month to pre pare a small sloop-of-war (the Hastings) for commission. Now an order reaches us one day for all the steam-fri gates we can spare; three hours afterwards everything is arranged; next morning they are reported in such a state of progress that they are in squadron-orders to be off in three days; and in three days they are off. " A month hence there will be, in all likelihood, a fleet of at least eight large and five smaller class war steamers assembled in the Burmese waters, ' probably' says the Bombay Times, ' the largest collection of that formidable class of ships ever brought together for the purpose of actual warfare.' If required, we could also rend hence the Ajadha, of 1,500 tons and 500-horse power, and the Acbar, another powerful steam-frigate (though in that case we should probably have to depend on the Peninsular Company for the conveyance of our mid-monthly mails), and two other first class steam frigates of 800 horse power each are now on the stocks at Bombay. On the Ganges and Indus we have alto flotillas of river steamers and flats sufficient (if it were considered worth while to use them) to convey the whole Burmah field force from Rangoon to Ava in five or six days (the distance is about 500 miles). The force amounting t 0.6,000 men) that is about to start is cense. derably larger than any that Sir A. Campbell had at his disposal at any time of the last war; and, if neces sary, it might be trebled from Bombay and Madras. " I learn from private letters that the Governor- General is still in hopes of avoiding anything more than 4 a demonstration,' and that he expects the presence in their waters of a force so large and so rapidly collected will frighten the Burmese into an immediate acquies cence in his terms, and thereby save the expense a __ de lay of a campaign. With any other nation' sutl e r result would, under the circumstances, be aline s _ ea r d tain ; but the history of the last war—the l p ecu v i „ r r : of irrational obstinacy with which, after two e'd to re signal and incessant defeats, they still contianucampbell 'fuse the terms offered them until General 9 express was within forty miles of their capital-7a' 8_ with any ing a desire to negotiate, yet never d r o e in e g ag o , i ling stockades other object than to gain time for c e Circumstance of and collecting troops, coupled with n° t h e present case, ren their having courted a collision in ha t they should be in ners it extremely improbablet themere demonstration duced to submit to our terms b e t Bassein mouth . " I omitted mentioning that aof 'il brig Serpent hail destroyed the Irrawaddy her Majesty e eneu a fire el t her, and some stockades which had op ed for a cruise iu that that the Commodor e bad start direction. Mor " Sir C. Campbell's force has returned to its canton menu( at Peshawur , leaving the mund fron t i er i n a mo re disturbed mad excited state _ c hen he found it. e F r om the, China papers it will be seen that the pro gress of the rebels is at length decided and unquestion able. Tien-teh's proclamations are now openly shown in Canton, and bulletins of imeginary victories gained by the Imperial troops are no longer put forth by the Canton authorities. The Governor-General (Seu) 4 , f the Canton province is besieged by the r bets 111 One of his own townie and toe remnant of the Imperial frees have lately been signally defeated. The only hope of the Meintehoo dynasty hes in the chance of dissension arising among the rebel leaden, an event by no means improbable. -aSir S. Gray, the aged Commander-in Chief of the Bombay army, has bad a stroke of paralysis, and returns to England by tn-daY's mail; his illness was not unex pouted. Ile had come out to a tropical climate in his INDIA, W e may state, in illustration of our assertion, that one agent, who supplies the morning papers per railway trains, informs us that of over 2,300 copies of the Times he dis patches daily over 2,000 by early railway trains. He further complains that on the late editions of The Sun, though every copy has already paid the Id. stamp, he yet has to pay a fee of id. on each copy at the Post-office. Such monstrous injustice is hardly credible. He states that by far the larger proportion of The Sun consists of the late edi- tion, that paper having acquired celebrity all over the king dom for bringing down tho Parliamentary news of the same evening to the latest moment. Thus the reading-rooms and commercial chambers in the distant towns are furnished with Tne Sun, containing the greater part of the debate many hours before th e morn i ng papers ot t h e nex t day. 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FesuioN —Those of our readers who possessed the entree last season to the gorgeous and tasteful display of the results of European and Indian manufacture at Messrs. Howell and James, will be pleased to learn that extensive preparations have been for some while in progress for a yet greater evidence of the ample resources of this house to cull and Ming together all that is new and recherche from each quarter of the globe. Although the notion is borrowed from the Matson d'Lisle during the late reign, where royalty was wont to mix in unostentatious familiarity with the elite of and refined judgment the ensem bl e i n R egent - s t ree t i s , f rom Paris,tha i :ren is cegseinnecrealiyadmitted that for elaborate elegance made in manufacturing art, far superior. The Exposition is to last for two days, those of to-morrow and Saturday.—Morning Paper. BLOWING-Ur OF A WRECK IN THE THAMES.— c w o r n e d ck u t o e f d t h verye o a r t il y N . o r T t h h I.I T e h e e t b o l onw Friday,in o was f the whole body of the hull was shattered, and masses of wood and beams were thrown into the air, mixed with quantities of water made quite black by the dispersion of the coals. When the agitation of the water had subsided, a large quan tity of white bait, which was destroyed by the explosion, floated on the water. There were great numbers of spec tators. The Gravesend watermen picked up the fragments of wood, and many boats went away completely loaded. The shock of the explosion was felt distinctly on the hill of Northfleet. The charge was something more than 600 lb. The galvanic battery used was Smee's. Captain Rowland, the principal harbour-master and superintendent of the river, had the whole of the arrangements under his super ' vision. UNIVERSITY BOAT-RACE.—This event, appointed for Saturday afternoon next, is looked forward to with much anxiety by the lovers of aquatic sports, who may fairly anti cipate a very gallant race. Both crews are at Putney in and ht stone, n n a m n active training, and i n first- rate condition. They are nearly equal in weight, a each man e o faveraging would indeed be diffi cult to select a finer set of men. Both sanguine crews a t in reve t ry he uin sa me admirable t r i m as at present, it will be g success, aboutnuld h d e to it the no easy matter to predict the probable result of the race. Betting is even, and on each succeeding pall over the course in favour so both crews so impro ve in p ace, and are rowing so remarkably st sameirdges time, making allowance for are not disposed to start a pnondnn g a n d d party. The distance to be con tested is from Putn e y -brid g e to th e church at Mortlake, and wi at i n n t d e , nthatf near eithert he the best i u the Messrs. Searle have chartered two of the fastest steam boats for the convenience of gentlemen desirous of accom panying the race. Others have been also put in requisition for the occasion. FORTIFICATIONS IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—The Board of Ordnance have determined upon erecting a battery of guns in the neighbourhood of Penarth-head, near Cardiff, and a party of the Royal Engineers have been engaged in exami,ing and inspecting the head and the adjacent coast, with the view of ascertaining and reporting upon the best site for the construction of defences for the better pro , ection of the Bristol Channel at that part. Th e b attery at Pater Fort, Miltord Hav en, is likewise to be altered, at an expence of nearly 2 0001., and it is said that additional defences in the Haven are to be erected at a cost of 5,0001. C n N Tuesday,vt c s The and the old York, when cleaned m ships, were removed to the new establishment adjoining the Stirling Castle, and about 70 fromThtheelt'ork convicts p prison ships, Stirling Castle is to out, will be placed as a target for the Excellent. Portsmouthb T fi ti tieEdPfoDaTnoechkigo:saupridi:oi..nship, EVENING, APRIL l, 1852. 72d year, and was very old of his ago. The Com mander-in-Chief o? Madras is expected to follow him ofiortly. • - -47 i 3 no v at wer . k !hr . ? Bombay rai;w4y, akui aq,. , mY e FffiirTind wonder at th 6 Ary (;harry,' r Fire Ohs , ' )t,' /IS *.hcy have christened rt " Gr , •rieral c pamanding • the Sr tdr division of the Ilanhay arm), died osi tt e 221 of Fah , nary. " The Englo.h express of !he Bth (f J.nuary reached Lahore, rid Bomb3y, mauy hours before it I reached Calcutta. " The Zenobia steam-frigate, with the Southampton mails of the 20;li of January, is now nine days overdue. Considerable apprehensions are entertained regarding her absence." (From the Overland Bombay Times.) The crisis that has overtaken us within the last fort night illustrates the maxim that India in the midst of peace is at war—that we know not at any time what a week or a month may bring forth. The Irrawaddy, which now flows undisturbed end unoccupied to the sea, be'ore a month expires, bear a fleet of eight war steamers, and an array of 8,000 men on its bosom ; and the cities of Ringoon and Manahan, now peaceful, fair, and flourishing, will be beeps of smoking ruins, their inhabitants scattered, and the British flag floating where they now stand. We mentioned in our last the extreme anxiety of the Governor-General to avoid con flict, and to accept of any arrangement that could be made not inconsistent. with our safety and dignity to restore amicable relations with Burmah ; he was said to have disapproved of the abduction of the Burmese ship-of-war by Commodore Lambert, and to have eff-red to restore her; but he insisted on justice being done to our injured merchants. The proposition was treated with insolence, and replied to through the hands of a commou labourer, and it became quite clear that all that was desired was to gain time—the Burmese Sovereign had no intention to comply in any way with our behests. Our frontiers nearest to Burmah were ordered to be watched, and arrangements were ac cordingly made to meet any sudden aggression that might arise. Her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish were dis patched by the Precursor steamer from Calcutta to Motel main, where they arrived in 73 hours; her Majesty's 80th, from Dinapore, taking their place in Fort William. Two native corps, and three companies of artillery, were to follow. A like force of artily ry and native infantry as that ordered from Calcutta were to be provided from Madras, being in all two European (11th and 51st) and four native (38th and 67th Bengal and 9th and 35th Ma dras) corps, with four companies of artillery, mostly Europeans, in addition to those on board the Bombay steamers. The 49th and 26th Madras Infantry are betwixt Moulmein and Mergui; they probably number about 1.200 men; so that in all we shall have about 10,300 fighting men, independent of the ship's crews at our disposal. The entire force is to be com manded by Major-General Godwin, C. 8., of her Majesty's army, who was present throughout the last Burmese war from 1825 to 1827; with Brigadiers War ren and Elliott to command the Bengal and Madras brigades respectively. Colonel Foord, of the Madras army, is to be in charge of the artillery, and Major Frazer. of the Bengal army, of the engineers. Oo the 19th February, orders were received at Bombay from the Governor-General for dispatch for the Bay of Bengal as speedily as pos.ible, of all the steamers which could be spared, and such is the high condition of the Indian Nate), that on Ye 24th a squadron, under the command of Captain Lynch, consisting of the Fert ze, trans formed from is packet to a frigate, and the Meozeffer, both 1,500 tons and 500 horse-power, and the Sesostri-, frigate, with the troop steamer Berenice, of about 800 tons each, sailed from our harbour within five days' time of their being aware that there was any chance of being required. The Zenobia was intended to follow, had she arrived in time from Aden—the Queen now takes her place; and this, with the Medusa iron steamer, completes our armament. The steamers are, as they were doting the China war, supplied with Euro pean artillerymen to work their guns. The Semiramis, a frigate of 1,200 tons and 300-horse power, from China, and the laugh Lindsay from Madras, can be dis patched if required. From Calcutta, the altarpiece, Fire Queen, Tenesserim, and Phlegethon, with the iron steamer Nemesis, are under orders. The vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, capable of transporting 1,000 men each, are available as troop-ships. While these matters were being arranged, disp itches were received from Burmah professing a de sire for peace; the first condition was, that Te should change the channel of communication to Major Bogle, the commissioner, instead of through Commodore Lam bert. The arrogance of dreaming of prescribing to us how we should conduct our arrangements sufficiently in dicated the temper of the Monarch, so our preparations were pushed on. The squadron sails direct for Rangoon arid Martaban, cities by the river side, of 30 000 and 10,000 inhabitants respectively; they are doomed to be destroyed, and as they are constructed chiefly of wood, our first tire will set them in a blaze. We have not leisure for a regular campaign, and should matters not be completely settled by the middle of May, the force, after doing as much mischief as possible, will return to Bombay and Calcutta, to renew operations in October. By some it is surmised that the river steamers will push on as far as draught of water will allow, it requisite con tinuing the war without interruption—the fleet remain ing at hand throughout the rains. CALCUTTA, FEIL 21.—The following, says the Ben gal .Hut kart& is the substance of the intelligence brought by the Fire Queen, which arrived yesterday from Moul mein and Rangoon river. The Fire Queen left the Sandheads on the 28th ult., and arrived eff Rangoon river on the 30th i,!eni at 10 Pat She went in the next day, and anchored eh. ad of the Fox frigate at 2 p m., and towed her up off the Hastieg'e Sand, which is about four or five miles below Rangoon. On going up the river, on passing the first stockade, tvhich is 10 or 15 wiles from the entrance, the steamer and frigate were fired upon, by which a man of the Fox was so severely wounded that be afterwards died of the wound. The fire was returned by the frigate with shot and shell. The Tenasserim, in passing up the following day was also fired upon, but without effect, and the Fire Queen in passing down. The Fire Queen called off the entrance of Rangoon River, coming back on the morning of the sth instant. The Fox frigate was then coming out in tow of the Tenasserim. The frigate was going on a cruise to Negrais for a week, leaving the Prileeethon and her Majesty's ship Hermes to blockade the Rangoon river. The same journal, in its general summary, under date of Feb. 21, says:— " The Governor-General has ' plucked up a spirit ' and resolved that the Burmese shall no longer hold alone the power of decidirg whether there is to be war or no war. He has determined that there shall be war, unless they render it absolutely impossible by a prompt and unequivocal submission. Their intentions are not yet perfectly known. They have again fired ms our men of war when passing the stockades, and killed one man of the Fox frigate, but they still keep up a show of negotiation, whether really to avert hostilities or merely to gain time remains to be seen. The character of the court of Ave, and the experience of the former war, however, render the latter the more probable hypothesis. The Burmese evidently do not like Commodore Lambert. Apart from an offence in having carried off their King's ship—a proceeding pretty generally condemned—he is doubtless quite too firm and straightforward to suit their peculiar ideas of negotiation. They have opened a communication through their Governor of Martabau and our Commissioner at Moulmein, arid the Governor-General having promised that on their acceding to their moderate demands, he would send down a high functionary to settle the terms of peace and friendship, they request that this official may be sent immediately. The request cannot, of course, be complied with, as any concession on our side would be attributed to frar. An answer to the Governor -Ge neral's letter was sent on board the Fox, ,on t aila instant, by the hands of a low native, canoe— a studied insult, of course, and cerai.nuillennt. indication of a desire for an amicable eoe 8 ; l appears, The missive was, nevertheless, received , ,!__ the F ._ e in a yo i„;aor. Another and we believe brought up to Calcutta RY , ~ r Queen, which arrived here on the 9th eral, received teats. from the King to the Governor-Gend slivered with th e the Phlegethun through Moulmein, where it `Na ' e l ; proper formaliriss, arrived here . .E , trreirea as to the contents the 15th inst. Nothing has - h a ve not silenced of these royal epistles, bat h t 9 b e ad been raised the ‘• note of preparation" whit, from Calcutta and Madras before their arrival. Troe fleected and e • as soon as they can be ps are to g ° and her Majesty's quipped ' Her Majesty's 18th goes hence with them go 51st from the southern Presidency. go several regi and a strong ments of Native I° "re get M aja e t detachment of European artiile r y . down to reltever a 80th, now at Di ißg the 18th, in garrison napore,Ea is 9 ° and that cot at Fort Virilliapl, 11, is t Ps, as well as those for serv i c e in fkir 'n eje who s o travel hitherward by steam. General ciodn: chief.rved in the former Burmese war, Ms' is to do era , in is to d• jor Hugh Frazer, of the Ben _a Bc g ib t e waer . e direct the,engineer department; and 7, , , r. mop g 1 , garrison surgeon of Fort William, is go o perintend the medical stag. The arsenal here -is a woe of busy activity. Ships have been taken up for the Ores co nveyance of tro o p s and sto res , a nd , and steamers of the /alien navy are ordered round from Bombay to Madras, to aid in carrying the expedition across the bay. The Burmese have, on th • , their sine, been actively engaged in preparations fo • ng on the b an k s for war. The old town of Rangoon, lying of the river. has been cleared away by fire, and the new one, a little inland, has been strongly stockaded." MILITARY IN FELLIGENCE. Casualties bydeatcint-heavmieSOlindia since the departure of the mail on the 17th of February:- 11. M. Troops—Captain Henry Hugh M'Kenzie Fleming, H. M. 61st Regiment, at Goojranwallah, on the 12th of February. Bombay—Brigadier-General A. Manson, C. 8., Artil lery, at Bow tuLy, on the 28d of February. Madras—Lleutenant Culotte! D. A. Feuning, Ist Ca valr) , Beilar), CU the 16 hut February. Bengal—Nijor C. F. FArtntr, Invalid Establishmer.t, at Mussuorte, on the 4th of February. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BoMBAY MARKETS FROM THE 17TH OF FEBRUARY TO THE 2D OF MARCH, INCLUSIVE. The mouey-maiket in European quarters remained as before, v,hile in the Bazaar there is a slightly increased denia:d for money, Rites of interest are Ito. same, but Government ?.( eurtties, consequeni upon the fall iu tx chai.ge on Calcutta, are consiuerably lower. The share market continues quiet. The Agra Bauk are paying a dividend for the half year ending 31st December, at the Tote of 8 per cent. per annum. They have become a registered notarial. IMPuRTS. gap has been caused its the transaction hoef businebs let of by the holydays, which commenced on,_t_ business March, and continue for a week, 'You" will again be resumed with ardour, we anticipate, on the part of' dealer:. Since the date of our last the "lifa'rket hp.:.i'brer, dull, but this may be a6Courited for by the Email quaotity of arrivals, wtich has caused eciroity of eoibds beztir. Whhn fr..sh toppling e-rn to d it (ka!e:s wII purchase Lredy. Cotton Piece Gi,o(l,—lft coos. quence of the small e:uorrilr of g. oda whiou hoe c m- to baud since the date of Our la't repo; t, bu.ireis has not been done to any grt , , t. extent, although many descriptions of grey goods have been repeatedly inquired tor. Grey Shirtings, 40-Inch—Up to 52 reed the inquiry is email. For 56 and upwards a good demand exists, and prices have risen 2 mums per piece. Grey Shirtings, 45-inch, are very scarce in the mar ket, and have increased in value 2 minus per piece. Grey Madapollacos continue without improvement. Grey Jaconets—For this there has been some inquiry, but we can quote no improvement in value. Grey Longeloth is still dull.of sale. y T-Cloth in good demand, but very scarce. o ri , y D,,,„,,;7, e5 —T0 this the tokire remark applies. 114 acbt4.l . hirL4igs—Vp to Gti reed rattier dull; 72 :joys a fair inepity.; i.;:csched 'l%dt:A are in good tcques% and have risen • 4 areas in value. Satin spots and checks i❑ moderate inquiry. Turkey red plain cloth dull of sale, whit. twill■ and mulls are in moderate inquiry. A dullness pervades the sale of fancy goods, book muslin, n:1111 muslin, zebra, and pine dresses. Low lappets, lappet scarfs, and dhoties of fancy border, in good demand. Cotton Yarn—The market has not continued so steady as was noted in our last report. Up to 40i. both mull and water, and prices remain as, betore. 50s and up wards are without change in value. Dyed orange is in good demand, while Turkey red is very dull of sale. Eigiit bales of water twist, 2001 b. each, No. 40, at 9 annas per lb. Metals—Copper, braziers' and sheathing, slightly de clined, while tiles increased in value. Of South Ame rican there is none in the market; our quotations are nominal. Bottoms are quoted as in our last. Iron—Swedish bars of suitable assortment are in good demand. English bar iron is without change in value, and with but little inquiry. Nail rod, round and square, as also hoop and sheet, are without change. The value of Swedish steel in taggots and tubs is also the same. Lead—Pig has advanced a little in value, while sheet continues as reported in our last. Spelter has slightly declined. Tin plates are without ebange. Cochineal—The market continues dull; prices quoted are 1 per lb. Woollens—No sales have taken place. Saffron is without change, the prices quoted in our last being fully maintained. Sheep's wool cs ntinues in active demand, and is generally purchased tdy natives as its comes, with all its faults. Linseed is in good demand, at 3r. 3.16 th rer cwt. Marine Scores—Canvass, bleached and brown, both dull. Cordage in request. Paints, twine, and spirits of turpentine dull. Spirits—Brandy in wood and bottle both dull; of the latter 7,70 u d.4--ns have been sold at 7rs., while the tormer has a. chned 2s. per gallon in value. Gin in kil derkins in demand, in wood dull. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool.—The market continues pretty steady. The prices on the old crop of Broach and Jumboseer htiVC elightly declined; the bbine may be said of Dhollera. Compta retains its value unchanged; small quantities of the new crop are arriving; we do not look for much before the end of the mouth. Opium has slightly receded since the arrival of the last China mail. Freight is steady at 21. 12s. 6d. for both London and Liverpool. To China it has advanced to 18rs„ and 19rs. have been paid for small parcels. Exchange on England is now quoted at 2s, to 2s. Old. at 6 months. On Calcutta, 99t at 60 days' sight. On China, 217ra. to 218 rs. BOMBAY MONEY-MARKET, TUESDAY EY= NG, MARCH 2. EXCHANGES. On London—at Six months' sight, per r., 2s. Oid. for document Nine months's sight, per r., 2s. for credit bills. On Calcutta—at 60 days' sight, per 100 rs. 99 30 days' sight, per do. ... 99f at sight, per do. ... 1004 On Madras—at 30 days' sight, per do. ... 1004 at sight, per do. ... 101 On Coins, at 60 days' sight, per 100 dolls., 21$r., nominal. DANE AND OTHER SHARES. Bath of Bombay ...I,ooor. each 1,000 15 per ot. pm. els. Oriental Bank Cor. 250 r. 2bo 19 per et. pm. als. Commercial Bank I,ooor. 500 4 dis. Agra Bank 5OO 500 6 per cent. prem. Batik of Madras I,ooor. 1,000 20 per cent. prem. Apollo Pre.a Com 12,500 r. 12,000 17,000. C.tuba Press Com 7,000r. 7,000 17,000. Bombay S. N. Com. 510 r. 400 68 per cent. dis. Gr. Ind. P. R. COOL 50r. —38 r. 2a. 11p. paid. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 5 per Cent. Transfer Loan ... 114 r. 5 per Cent. Loan, 1825 26 ... 106 r. per 100 sines. 5 per Cent. Loan, 1629.30 ... 106 r. per 100 sines. 5 per Cent. Loan, 1841 42 ... 103ir. 4 per C- nt. Loon, 1832 33 93r. per 100 elem.—SU. 4 per Cent. Loan, 1835 36 ... 89ir. per 100 Co.'.. 4 per Cent. Luau. 1842.43 ... 89i1-. per 100 Co.'s. PRICES OF BULLION. 10r. 7-16 a. each. 10r. 5-16 a. per ... 222 r. per 100 ... 211 r. per 100 ... 104* per 100 tolu. 161 per tola. 16r. per tola for 97 touch. Freights—To London and Liverpool, 21. 12s. 6d. per ,on; and to China, 18r. to 19r. per candy. Sovereigns .. Bank ut England Notes Spanish Dolldra German Crowns ... Sycue Silver ••• ••• Gold Leaf (range of quality) Gold ignots, according to touch (From the Calcutta Overland Price Current of Feb. 21.) The Bombay exp. is arrived during the night of the 13th inst., and the bulk of the mail followed the next day, bringing London dates to the 8:h January, with intelligence confirming the improved feeling tending to w%rds a mare free and satisfactory course of operations. as naticed iu our last issue, and affording sanguine an ticipetione of is brisker activity in general commerce. with upward-tending prices. The brighter aspect of future prospects is based upon the promising turn lately taken by political events in France, which seem to se cure stability to the government assumed by its Presi dent, with the assent of an overwhelming majority . of the electors, and the consequent restoration of . national wane calculated to fidetice. This (of late years) too much . agitated country political repose e , r r e „ p o os f e eo w m h m ic e h r commer cial and industrial may now be considered in fair progress towards in the paths of trade, the improvement reanimate its i o ts f pursuits, as evinced by the immed i ate resumption of activ ity inont l o ading staples in earnest val ue s ot indicattons may be added the used for manufacturing purposes, and the rise Government securities and rail gweanYerParl°eP:PrelY°.t-acontinentalthoEsueroepvee,n tion that ltesawdiinllgcotnofirmsimitlhare i e n x m p e a c t t t e e d r matters ofo be e fe n i e t r a t l o business, r i a n b l which e d ea. tranquillity or. hap py re . sultS i n our home trade; aided as it is bthe facilities cheeP, money-market offers a continuance f which i s unparalleled ' plethora of off tile s te st Bank h Promisedegt o he e ee r r e s sc o t f i o b n t supplies from the new sources of production of this pre cious metal. further material f decli Under such impressions, our export p a gin growing home market has exhibited ex e animation, han ge, to an d . the which still the moderate rate prices o freight have lent additional impulse, directing o f most leading articles to an upward tendency. In our import market, the deliveries for cotton pieoe goods generally have fallen off. In one or two instances prices have receded a trifle, while in others they have im proved; but the fall in the rates of exchange has, upon the whole, turned the scale against holders, so that, sly though prices are generally maintained, the returns will be less than they were a month ago. The deliveries of gray shirting' have les,ened, and a decline of 1 to SI annas may be quoted in the lower reed goods; 56's are in better request, and 45. in. goods have advanced about 1 anus per piece. White ahirtings are only in partial inquiry. White figured shirting' are in tale request. White cambrics are only in moderate demand, at un changed value. Twills remain neglected. A fair quantity of the gray kind of madapolatns has been placed, but latterly the inquiry for these goods has fallen off, and previous prices have scarcely been supported. Only a comparatively moderate business has been done in gray and white jaconets. In lappets, low and medium power loom goods have been fairly placed at former value. A considerable quantity of . book muslins has changed hands, notwithstanding the impending Burmese war, but the demand has been confined chiefly to the descriptions most suitable for the Upper Provinces. The inquiry for mull mails have been limited. The arrival of Cabal merchants, who annually visit the Presidency, has given a little more activity to the demand for Turkey red goods. Prints and chintzes are neglected. A fair quantity of mule twist has beer placed at full previous value, and in some numbers a trifling rise is observable. No improvement can be reported is coloured yarns. Metals have improved. Since the date of our last report, which left exclave for credit bills at 2-0 s to 2.0 , the rate has continsea_ steadily declining, and our quotations now are 1-1111_ 10 1-11 k tor first-class credits, and 1-114 to 1-11 f for ,°: cements, with a stall downward tendency. h T e he e _ eo l t P: of large remittances by the last mail, s eci f t or xp exonangs tions of still larger ones by the coming v alue 1 of bills, operations, have tend , d to increase th en materially the amount of which has this srirri De'" silk cnreeled le the roused value Th or ientalajg.Banl; sugar, l and (.4to r country produce. --e l4l fo r orpora tion and the Agra Bank deman d their six mouths' sight paper. bank rates of • In our money market, , i . , interest remain unchanged; but there has forol 1 t 3 been . loss di f f i culty in . accommc. dstion .. the legitimate purposes of procuring commerce. The still Prevailing went of confidence at • to the batta!tr piece goons trade, has left matter taching . there in their previoue unsatisfactory position. Freights were rather cheaper shortly after the depar ture of the last mall' but evithin tee last week require molds have been ratted 5-0 to 7-6 pt r ton, which, how ever, were only tweed ' •ea to for goods destined for imme diate shipment. S . ACRRD HARM ONIC SOClETY.—HerrFormesh avin g arrived in London will make his first appearance at Exeter. hall to-morrow evening (Friday), sustaininit the Part et Raphael in the Criagos. • C