The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

WAR • BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. ,LivEnpuoL, SATTIIIDAY, MAY 9.—The packet ship, Yew York, arrived in the Mersey this morning, bringing papers from New York to the 15th ultimo, one day later than those received in leaidon, via Iltivree The intelligence received is of the return of the lion. Mr. Slidell to the United States—the advance of the American army to the Rio Grande—the eoncentratien of Mexican troops on the west bank of the river—the destruction of Pieta I- aeel by the Mexicans, and their retreat—a patriotic proclamation by Paredes, levelled against the United States, and the probability of an immediate battle between the Americans arid Mexicans, on the banks of the Rio Gieuvie del Norte. Tee news (.ays The Herald) threw the city into a deep excitement. It is now probable that the Govern ment of Paredes will call in the aid. mediation, or inter ference of France and Englaed. This will be the first attempt in North America, like that now going on in South America, ky those two powers to interfere, and probably attempt to e„itatAish a monarch in Mexico, and put down republican government. WASHINGTON, APRIL 16.—Mr. Slidell arrived here this afternoon, and soon afterwards had an interview with the Secretary of State. The latter, arid several other Members of the Cabinet, met subsequently at the President's, to consider the nature of the adrieee of which he was the tearer. The belief is, that ere this time our troops and those of Mexico have had a brush ; or, that our fleet at Vera Cruz have bombarded St Juin d'Ulloa, if not pre vented by the British and French fleets in ant neighbourhood. This must be expe c t e d fr o m the prrseeit feeling upon Mexican affiirs in Europe, and, therefore, I would not be surprised if t'e port of Vera Cruz were to t . e made the witness of another scene by those rowers like that of Navarino. - Be destroyitig our naval powers by a coup de main of that kind, we should be, for some time at least, of very little annoyance to England in regard. to the Oregon question. That our difficulties on that sub ject will commerce in Mexico I have never had adoubt, and from the movements among persons of rank in con nexion with h.'r Majesty's Mine,ter here, there can be no question at al but that a perfect understanding eai4 s be tween the Mexican and British Governments as to what course is to be adored in the event of hostilities cak ing out between Mexico and the United S'a'es. It is only six or seven d tys since that three Mexican gentle men of rank connected with their Government arrive din the afternoon boat from the south ; and, during the time they remained in this city, until the following eterno s on, when they took the cars for the north, they were in close conversation with Mr. Pakenbam. The name of the principal one was Senor Eseandor, connected with the financial department of that country, and then on his way to England, on behalf o: his Government, to effect a large loan, for the purpose of carrying on hostilities against this country. My impression is, that we shall meet with a more stubborn enemy in the r. gul.a. Mexican troops, should eve come in collision with them, than we are led to be lieve ; and that the force under the command of General Taylor is net sofFreient to meet that s hich the Mexicans have ready to advance upon them when their time shall have come for beginning hostilities. We ought not to undervalue too much, in advance, the strength of an enemy, and one, too, that has been familiar with war so long and constant as the Mexican regular soldier. It is expected that the President will send into Con gress, in a day or two, " a message in writing," upon the state of our relations with Mexico, and asking the ad vice of both houses, as to what course he ought to adopt in rela'ion thereto. The Unicorn steamer had not arrived at Boston on 16th. The Stock Market was still in a very depressed state. LONDON, TIOUNST-01V, AND ESTERN RAIL vAY. A spec'al meting cf the ecripholuers of this Company was held vest , at twelve o'clock, Lt the King's Arms Inp, I , .:o.v*l',l ace -y a r u , in pursuance with the resolutions recently ag e to' y the Iloust of C,unons. The chair was oecu pitd by r. Barkly, M.L. The 6ECULTAItY having read the advertisement calling the meeting, The CHAIRMAN explained the object of the meeting* ,which was to ascertain th e sense o f t h e scr i p h o ld ers on ate Bill submitted to Parliament, and whether it was their desire to precceci. An irregular discussion ensued as to whether the merits and present position of the Company should be discussed. The CEAIRMAN was of opinion the orly business that could be entertained was the specific business stated in the advertisement. What they had to do was to take the ' amount of the scrip present, and whether the holders op ' proved of proceeedeg with the Bill. The directors had cam ; fully considered the resolutions of the House, and a solicitor and counsel were in attendance, under whose advice they were acting. Mr.'CooKx, the barrister, stated that if only ten scrip holders were present it constituted a meeting. After the vote was taken it was competent to adjourn, when the final vote would be taken; and if the number then was not suffi cient to constitute a legal meeting the Company would be at an esid. If the till number were present, and the rual rity decided apainst proceeding, the Company would equeliy be chiscd. The business should be confined to the special ohs jcct of the meeting. Mr. 111Ecsost, of Leeds, wished to know something of the state of the Ctmpany, especially he wished to know how welly of the provisional directors had taken up the shares. After some rather warm aitercatioo, Mr. Hanassox explained that the Board of Management had each taken up 200 share?, which they paid on when they were at a discount ; 111 heverai of the provisional directors had nut taken up their shares. The whole number of shares taken up was 25.2 W. The oi iginal number of shares was 35,000. A nrsuestouncst wished to know the amount of expense incurred. The CHAIRMAN thought it would not be prudent just then to state toe amount, as it might be made a handle for the opponents of the line. The old companies were now buying up the scrip of the new companies, with the object of break ing them up. In the cosrse of a week all the information required would he given. Mr. Miscsos said a gentleman in Leeds had ascertained from the secretary that the expenses had beett 16,0001., with oilier liabilities. The CHAIRMAN said that statement was not made with ant hority. A FIIAERHOLDER wished to know how the Company stood before Parliament. Mr. HAnalsoN said most favourably. The Staines and Richmond line had broken down. The Great Western pro. jest was destroyed yesterday, and they had every prospect of success at present before the Select Committee, which be expected would meet in another week. After some discussion, of rather an exciting character, the votes were taken and summed up, when there appeared, Votes present Assents for proceeding with the Bill 12,340 Against it Majority for prcceeding The CHAIRMAN said the assents were t—ore than sufficient for compliance with the resolutions, 8,709 being sufficient for that purpose, whercas they had upwards of 12,000. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORD, AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. A spe.lisi general meeting of the scripholders of the above Company way held on Saturday, in pursuance of the ses sional orders of both Houses of Parliament, at the Londoa and Birmingham Railway Station, Euston squarP, for the purpose cf approving or otherwise the following Bills, now before Parii.tinent, namely—a Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banb ur y, in the county of Oxford (Trine to Banbury); a Bill for making a railway from Ox ford to the London and Birmingham Railway, at Bletchley, in the county of Buckingham (Oxtbril to Bletchley). The chair was occupied by Sir Harry Verney, hart., but a good deal of time being taken up with registering the scrip, it was long after the meeting had assembled before the business of the day was entered upon. The CHAIRMAN said, that the first Bill on the list was the Oxford and Bletchley, which had already passed the Committee of the House of Commons. The line had great intrinsic merits, but independently of that it was supported by the landowners of the district, and aided by the co operation and assistance of the London and Birmingham Company. He 'was sure that the meeting would have no hesitation in agreeing to the resolution to proceed with the Bill, and he begged to move one accordingly. The resolution having been seconded by the Hen. Mr. PIEREPOINT, was put to the vote and carried unnanimously. The Honourable CHAIRMAN said, that the next Bill was for making a line front Tring to Banbury : it had not yet been committed, but it stood in a group, which was appointed for Tuesday, the 19th. He had no doubt, but that like the other fc would be carried, for the two schemes that were op posed to it were already defunct, and the other scheme in the Committee in no way competel with the present line. The resclutiori was then carried unanimously. Mr. LEWIN MOSELY moved a vote of thanks to the Chair man, which having been acknowledged, the meeting sepa rated. CorroN.—The market remains inactive and dull, sales limited to the immediate wants of purchasers, and holders in general disinclined to ::bate in their siews, in consequence of the large falling-off in the receipts of the crop. compared with those at this date last season, which at present exhibits a deficit of 395,000 bales. We con tinue our quotations:— LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Uplands—Ordinary, 6 to 7, middling, 7A- to 71 good middling, 71 to 71, middling fair, 71 to 8-1, fair, 8 to 8?, fully fair, 81 to 8:1, good fair, 8 to 9, fine, nine. Fl , :ritia —Ordinary, 7 to 7+, middling, 71 to . 81, good middling, 71 to 84, middling fair, 8 to 81, air , 81 to 81, fully fair, 8,1 to 9, good fair, 9+ to 91. fine, none. New Orleans, Mobile, and Texas—Ordinary, 7/ to 71, middling , 71 to 71, good middling. Bto 81, middling fair, 8 to 9, fair, 9 to 91, fully fair, 94 to 91, good fair, 94 to 101, fine,. 11 to 121. Passengers per packet-ship New York Rev. E. Lazelletree, James Petrie, M r . F. S p i ce an d S on, Mr. F. A. Huntington, Mr. A. J. Tobias, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Asgaml, Miss Asgood, Mis 3 A. Asgood, Miss N. Asgood, Mr. F. Asgood, and Master Asgood, New York ; Mr. W. Todhunter, Philadelphia ; Mr. Mathews, New Jersey ; Mr. Washington Greenbow ; Miss Hobbs, Mr. J. Bateman, Mr. Orton, England. Report of the packet-ship New York :—Sailed from New York on the 18th April ; on the 27th in lat. 41 50, long. 46, epoke ship Pkto, of Boston, the capta i n very sick ; on the 6th of May, off Cork, at 71 p.m., saw the steamer of the 4th bound west ; on the 7th, (ff Tuscar, exchanged signals with the ship Alpheus, bound out, off the Channel. EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the scrlpholders in this un dertaking, was held on Saturday, in pursuance of the sessional orders of Parliament, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, Lord Wersley, Chairman of the Com mittee of 3lanagement, in the their. The CHAIRMAN said there could be no doubt as to the merits of the line, for it received the support of nearly every influential person and landholder of the various dis tricts through which it passed. The preamble had a'ready been proved before a Committee of the House of Cummons, and in his opinion it would le madness to abandon a :clime with such magnificent prospects. He regretted, however, to state that there was not a sufficient quantity cf scrip in the room to constitute a meeting, but if any shareholdtr present required any information he should be most happy to give it. A SHAREIIOLDEIe asked what expenses hacLbzen incur re d by the Company. The Own:um; replied 7s. 6d. per share; and, considering the opposition they had had to contend with, that was con sidered very small.—(Hear, hear.) A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the solicitors, and the engineer, for their past exertions, the meeting was adjourned till Wednesday next. A GHOST. (From the Bristol Times.) We have this week a ghost story to relate. Yes, a ghost story—a rJal ghost story, and a ghost story with out, as yet, any clue to its elucidation. Where do you think has this ghost made his appear ance ? Not, of course, in a modern house—no ghost of good taste would thi,.k of coming to any tenement that was not time-honoured—that had not a chart, r at least of two hundred years ; and what edifice more fit for his supernatural rec, ptioa than the ancient residence of the Calendars—the Vicarage-house of All Saints, Br'stol, adjoining and almost forming a part of that church. After the dissolution of the Calmdars, this house was converted into a vicarage house, and it is still called by that name, though the incumbents have for many years ceased to reside there. The present occu pants are Mr. and Mrs. Jones, the sexton and sex touess of the church, and one or two lodgers, and it is to the former and their servant maid that the strange visitor has made hit appearance, causing such terror by his nightly calls, that all three have deter mined on quitting the premises, if kelt ed they have not already carried their resolution into effect. What makes the whole affair the mire unaccountable and ex. traordinary is, the official quality of the persons affected by the fright. Had it been a common-place family, un conversant with grave matters, a very simple incident, coupled with the ancient and monastic character of the building, might be sufficient to create alarm and terror ; but here are peonle—saxton and sextoness—whose vo cation lies in solemn churches and amongst the silent tombs, who, in the way of business, must every thy have something to do with grim skulls awl grey mouldering bones, a n d w h o might be almost said to be emblems such fa miliar terms w i t h at least the outward l o , f i h th a e invisible w or ld, so as to be able to sbak e eha e n i c u l: ghost without any great perturbation — terrified out of their house by a nightly visitor, scared to such extent as to determine to take down their tester and four bedsteads, " being certain," to use Mrs. Jones's own words to their landlord, " that:they shall die they sleep another night in the house." Mr. and Mrs. Jones's description of the disturbance, as given to'the landlord, on whom they called in great consternation, is as dis . itict as any ghost s t ory could be. The nocturnal visitor is heard walking about the home when the inhabitants are in bed; and Mr. Jones, who is . a man of by no means nervous constitution, declares he bas several times seen a light flickering on one of the walls. Mrs. Jones is equally certain that she has heard a man with creaking shoes walking, in the bedroom above her own, when no man was on the premises (or at least ought to be), and " was nearly killed with the fright." To the servant maid, however, was vouch safed the unenvied honour of seeing this restless night visitor ; she declares she has repeatedly had her bedroom door unbolted at night, between tin hours of twelve and two o'clock—the period when such beings usually make their promenades—by something in human semblance ; she cannot par ticularise his dress, but describes it as something antique, • and of a fashton " lang syne gene," and to some extent corresponding to that of the ancient Calendars, the former inhabitants of the house. She further says, he is "a whiskered gentleman" (we give her own words). which whiskered gentleman bas gone the length of cloak ing her bed, and she invariably puts her head under the clothes when she sees him approach. Mrs Jones declares she believes in the appearance of the whiskered gentleman; and she had made up her mind, the n i g ht b e f ore she called on her landlord, to leap out of the window (and it is not a trifle that will make people leap out of windows), as soon as he entered the room. The effect of the " flickering light" on Mr. Jones was quite terrific, causing excessive trembling, and " the complete doubling up of his whole body into a round ball like." OVERLAND ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA. A most respectablo meeting was held, on Saturday, at the Assam Company's Rooms, 30, Great Winchester. street, of the commitee appointed at an adjourned g.meral meeting. The following gentlemen of the com mittee were present :—Hon. F. Scott, M.P. (chairman) ; Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. ; Captain Stokes, R.N. ; Mark Boyd, Esq ; James Browning, Esq. ; John W. Sutherland, Esq. ; Henry Wise, Esq. ; IL T. Prinsep, Esq.; Lieut. Waghorn, RN. ; Captain Barber ; Captain fieEdersou ;.J. Montefiore, Esq. ; Samuel Brook, Esq. ; Li ut Cruickshank; Buckle, Esq.; Lambert, Esq. After reading the minutes of the last corn:nit:ea meet ing, the several plans were handed in and separately read. These were from Mr. Sharp, Mr. Wheeler, Captain Henderson, Lieutenant Waghorn, and Mr. Smith Evans ; the latter gentleman on:y having drawn the committee's attention to a reap, without beingaccoenpanied with any:details, it could not b 3 enter t tined Co fully as it might have been if such had accom pan c d it. The utmost unanimity attended the thillirent readings of w the plans, w hi c h i n d e ed thre new light up on the subject. Ultimately, alter ranch general convena tion, it was agreed that a Sub Committee, to inspect these several plans and report thereon to the next meeting of the General Committee, should be appointed. A memorial was laid upon the table, from the Legis lative Council of Port Jackson, praying that ber Majesty would be pleased to extend the blessings of steam navigation to them, in common with other great portions of our empire. Ca -stain BARBER stated that Government paid 260,0001. to the West Indies, and 160,000/. to the East Indies ,^xtending to the whole continent of China. The Comnirace were convinced that under the Government of our common country the blessings of steam would soon dawn upon A us-I-era. The Ilon. F. SCOTT, M P., stated that his aid would not be wanting. Mr. Hume left the meeting perfiTtly disposed in its favour, promising his utmost supp art to the speediest commuciaation between Singapore and Port Jackson, leaving for the present the other places within this fif h huge continent of the world to be accommodated in time, and he doubted not that the Committee r resent would do all in their power to obtain it; but he thought that part was more intimately connected with the colony itself, and that the colony itself should devise means for its kcal communication between Swan River and Part Jackson. It was moved by Captain BARBER, and seconded by Captain HENDERSON— ". That a Sub-Committee be appointed to examine the re spective merits of the several plans brought before the Com mittee, and to consist of the f 'lowing gentlemen, three to form a quorum ; and that the Sub-Committee meet at twelve o'clock on Tuezdiy, the 13th of May, a: 30, Great Winchester-. street." CITY OP LONDON G co GENE: AL PENSION SOCIETY.— The Worsbipf n l of Drapers the master, Th ornaB m P i rT have presented, through 50 guineas to this charkikt3ill-.;on. Esq , the munificent gift of contributed 50/. The Grocers' Company have having been th 4ALE APPREHEreSc.NIeOi ved by pa, CO lNER. — lllfOrMatiOil were in the habit or as..sern ompf‘lice that a gang o f coiners toig at a h in New- court, Duck-lane, IVestinirs4 or etl theier purpose ouse of manu facturing base coin, Inspector l'ri .ergeant Brennan, and a strong party of Officers of the (;12iisSs_uri, Proceeded thither g, ar med ma w k i i t u li g a'eldige hammers crow on Wednesday evenin entrance and esp. bars, &c., for the purpose of turi , g the delinquents. On their arrival at the house, the officers organised themselves, and made eveznp(rieparation in ,street the event of attack or resistance. They and, on proceeding to the second floor, door open) they found the door cf the apartmer.t stronl barricaeerd With deal boards, iron bars, and bolts. They instantly menced operations,and burst into the raom cc.ii. covered a young masculine female before a burning furnace, in the act of coining. She was greatly agitated, whensh seized on a plaister of Paris mould for the coining of half crown piec s, and broke it to pieces. She snatched a ladle from the fire, and spilt a quantity of liquid metal. Sh e th en put into her ninth a half-crown piece, and attempted to swallow it, but it stuck in her throat. On searching the place a quantity (4' brio corn was found, together with silver, Queen's metal, and three galvanic batteries, liqu'ds fur colouring in large jars, and a variety of implements used for the purpose of manufacturing counterfeit coin. The prisoner made a violent resistance, swearing at the police, but sha was taken to the station-house in great pain, in consequence of the h alf-crown sticking in her throat. The police-surgeon attended, and rendered every assistance. He gave directions that she should be taken to the hospital, where she remained until Thursday last, when she was placed at the bar before Mr. Bond, the magistrate, in a very sickly state, for exami- Mtion• She gave h er name Louisa Baptiste, and was iden tified as eohahitin.r with a well-known manufacturer and dealer in L coin. Lase The officers did expect to catch and capture a ga n g in the fact of manufacturing, but they found no one else The following were the gentlemen appointed to form the Sub Committee:—Hon. F. Scott, Capt Stokes, R.N., Mr. Wise, Captain Henderson, Janes Cruicksltauk, S.anuel Browning, Captain Barber, Mark Boyd, J. W. Sutherland, Robert Brooks, Lieutenant Waghorn, Mr. Lambert, Mr: Montefiore, Mr. Prinsep. Upon the whole, the proceedings were highly inte resting. Capt. Stokes, R.N., of lI.M. ship Beagle, who survel ed the Torres Straits, read extracts from a pamphlet published by him two years ago, altogether bearing upon Port Essington as a depot, and the line of communication recommended by• Lieut. Waghorn. The meeting then broke up. Friday the an- VAUXHALI:-ErlInGE COMPANY.—On n pa u n al y g t e o n o e k ra p l i6 m cc eet a i t ng th o e f G th e e org p e rop an ri d et l etr , C c_ o o ar n .n r_ hill, for the purpose of receiving the report of the past half year, It year, the election of officers, &c. 14. Barron, Esq., t o u f re th T e m a • b er o i v i, e pre sided; and after the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed, the general and financial reports were read, which set forth, that the seal had been affixed to the license on a lease of seven, fourteen, or twenty, one years to the Western Gas Light Company, to carry their pipes across the bridge, on advantageous terns to the proprietors. That instructions had been given to watch, and, if neces sary; to oppose file Bill now before Parliament, for making a ro:Away from. Vauxhall to Battersea-bridge, erecting a s.us• pension bridge from Chelsea to Battersea, &c. The pro posed erecti on o f a bridge at Lambeth had been withdrawn tbr the present. The directors recommend the reduction of the tolls, for carriages drawn The by four horses, f rom i s. Gd. to Is., and for tho se d rawn by two horses from 9d. to Gd . increase of the receipts for tolls over the past halfyear was 7791. 15s. id , and th e general favourable state ofthe Com pany's affairs justified the recommendation of a dividend of 14s. per share; being 2s. per share more than on any pre vious occasion. The gross receipts fur tolls, pier dues, &c., with pr, vious Lalance, amounted to 9,431 t. 10s. 4d. The report was adopted, except that portion which related to the reduction of the tolls. On the amendment of Mr. Prender gast, the further consideration of this question was adjourned till next meeting. Three directors having been re-elected, the meeting, after thaukfi to the chairman, brae up, THE SUN LONDOI4I, MONDAY _MORNANCT, MAY 11 1846. EXHIBI'T'ION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. eee The catalogue of the exhibition attic Royal Academy, this year, contains a list of no less than 1,521 works of art. It is natural to seppoee that among such a❑ ilia teem e number (the pictures alone amount to 1,390) there must've a great deal of rubbi:di, but the rubbish does not preponderate, and the exhibition of 1846 is cer tainly an improvement upon that of last year. Of portraits there are a goodly numbs•, among which we may re fee 69 and 199, portrei's of her Majesty and Prince Albert, painted for Christ's Hospital, by F. Grant, A. Her Majesty is represented on horseback, and Prince Albert is standirg by the side of his charger. As portraits they are life-like, and as works of art they rise to the reek of historical pictures. Mr. Grant has exhibited artisiical talents of the highest order iu these magnificent paintings, which are great in every sense of the word. The picture of the Exhibition is 14, " Ordeal by Touch," D. Maclis.e, A.—" The belief that the corpse of a murdered person would bleed on the touch, or at the approach of the murd , rer, was universal among the northern nations."—Sir Walter Scott. The corpse of the murdered is expos • d in the church, be fore the high altar. At its bead stands the bishop —at its feet sit the judges, watching intently ale process of the ordeal. The accused, who is advancing towards the corpse from the side of the bishop, is in the act of stretching ont his arm (which seems actnally to quiver with nervous excitement), and putting his finger on the wcund ; but he dares not look at the dead man—his face is studiously averted from the contem plation of the cot pse. Admirably contrasted with the holy calm of the bishop, the fixed attention of the judges, and the trepidation of the accused, is theintense agony and indignation Of the widow, who bends in grief over the curse of her murdered husband ; and, not comprehending the meaning of the horrible scene . at which she is called on to assist, her little girl, who seems to shrink in vague horror from the dead end from the living, and clings in fright to her mother for pro-. tection. Around and in the back-ground are stern-loek mg teen clad in mail, while ever tie altar appears the image of Christ in agony on the cross, and above all, like ministers of mercy contemplating in pity and sorrow the scene below are the Madonna and child. The finishing cf this is perfect, and the effect of the light shining on the armour of the mail-clad men is mar vellous. Ez;tic Orchids, in collecti ons o f not fewer than tweet - 1 - - ch.s.—Large Gold Mr. Roberson ; Gold Knightia . K, Mr. Mylatn ; Gold Banksian, Messrs. Roleson. Exotic Orchid?, in collections of twelvespecies.—Gold Knightian, Mr G. Withers ; Gold Bat:did:in, Mr. Car. run ; Silver Gilt, Messrs. Veitch, Mr. 11. Plant, Mr. Hunt. Exotic Orchids, in collections of six species. —Gold Banksian, Mr. G. Eyles, gardener to Sir G. Larpent ; Silver Gilt, Mr. G. Green. CLASS 111. Grapes.--Silver Gilt, Mr. T. Kent, gardener to Mr. Gillian ; Mr. Ingram ; Large Silver, Mr. Dodd, gar dener to Sir G. Wrrrender ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Watts, gardener to Captain Ilart ; Silver Banksian, the gardener of the Duke of Sutherland ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Davis, Oak-hill ; Large Silver, Mr. Mitchell, Kemp- Own ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Chapman. Lambeth. Pineapples. —Silver Gilt, Mr. J. Povey, gardener to the Rev. J. Thorneycraft ; Large Silver, Mr. J. llevia, gardener to Mr. Gunter ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Davis, Oak- hill. Peaches or Nectarines, in dish's of six specimens.— Silver Knightian, the Mike of Sutherland. 0 her Kinds of Fruit.—Silver Knightian, Melons, Mr. Judd, gardener to Mr. Whidand ; Silver Banksien, Strawberries, Mr. Eyre, gardener to Mr. Bernarn ; Certificate, R. Brooks ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Davis, Oak-hill. Greenhouse Azaleas, in twelve distinct varieties.— Gold Banksian, Mr. Green; Silver Gilt, Mr. Falconer ; Large Silver, Mr. Robertson. • 53. " Time of Peace," and " Time of War," are two aliegor'cal pictures by E lwin Landseer, R.A. The " Time of Peace" is a pastoral scene—a flock of sheep are graz ng in a field amulet dismounted cannon and broken weapons, and one of the lambs is seeking:, not " the bubble reputation," but food, " even in the cannon's mouth," into n hich it is composedly thrusting its nose. " Time of War" is a very fine picture. lii the fore ground are troopers ling " stark" on the ground, with their horses dead and dying around tscm; the execution of the horses is marvelloas. The collapse of muscle and of nostril, so characteristic of deth, is fearfully true to nature in the dead steed, and in the dying one terror is admirably depicted ; the veins seem bursting, the mane s t an d s a l most erect with terror. The back-ground represents the flames of burning houses flashing through the smoky darkness of battle. It is altogether a most effective picture. 165. "The Stag at Bay" is also by Edwin Landseer. It is one of those wonderful specimens of animal por traiture, which, save Snyders, no artist has ever been known to paint so truthfully as Landseer. David Roberts has in this room (we confine ourselves in this notice to the cast room) three * exquisite speci mens of oriental scenery :-13. "The Tomb of the Caliphs in the Desert ; 91. " Street in Grand Cairo" (really a marvellous picture); and 299, "Ruins of the Temple of the Sun, Baalbcc." _ CL ASS IV. Greenhouse Azaleas ; in six distinct v trieties.—Silver Gilt, Mr. Barnes ; Large Silver, Mr. Bruce ; Silver Knip...:htian, Mr. Smith. Collcctions of New Hardy Evergreens, in p Dts.—Large Silvery, Mr. Traney. Distinct Varieties of Tall Cacti in Flower.—Gold Banksian, Mr. J. Green ;:S her Gilt, Mr. Robertson. Fuchsias, singe specimens.—Silver Knightian, Messrs. Lane and Sons ; Silver Banksian, Mr. A. Kendall. Single specimens of very superior cultivation.—Silver Gilt, Mr. Scott ; Large Silver, Mr. J. Greeu ; Silver Knightian, Mr. J. Pamplin, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Wayres. Bliseellaneous sulis;ects.—Sil verKnightian, Mr. Watrer, Mr. Carron ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Frayer, Mr. Ivory ; Certificate, Mr. Frayer, Mr. Brun:lel!. Turner has in this room three pictures. 59. " Re turning from the Ball" (St. Martha); 74. " Gcing to the Ball (St. Martino);; 2c7. " Hurrah for the Whaler Erebus, another Fish." Of these, the going to the ball is to our taste the best. It requires distance to bring out the full effect of this picture, but, the proper point of view attained, the effect is gorgeous. With respect to the o:her two, they are such as only Turner could imagine, and only Turner could execute. This will by some be considered as high praise, by others as censure, but it is the simple truth. Etty has three pictures in the Eas4 Room. 37. " The Grape Gatherer." Why he should have chosen to ex hibit a nude figur,-, with a basket of grapes on her head, under this title we cannot imagine, except it be that he can paint nothing but the nude figure. His flesh tints we admit are exquisite, but still this subject should not have been chosen by him, or it should have been diffe rently treated. 166. Composition from Milton's Comus:— " Circe with the Syrens three, AmPst the flowery kirtled Naiades." The colouring of this picture is perfectly dazzling, but the picture, as a whole, is of far too meritricious a character. 200. The Choice of Paris.--In the treatment of this subject, Etty has not been felicitous. The females are not goddesses, but mere women, and very ordinary women too. CLASS V. Roses in Pots, collections of twelve.—Gold Banksian, Mr. J. Slowe, gardener to Mr. Baker; Paul and C. 1., of Cheshunt ; Silver Gilt, Lane and Co., of Great Berk hampstead; Mr. J. Dobson, of Isleworth. Roses in Pots, single specimens.—Silver KnlgVian, Mr. J. Slowe. 140. "Choosing the Wedding Gown," W. Mulreo.dy, R. A., is a little gem, quite equal to any of the old Flemish mlstPrs. Cape Heathq, in collections of twenty.—Gold Knight ian, Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Trail]; Gold Banksian, Mr. R , ,butson, gardener to Mrs. Lawrence; S Gilt, Mr. Taylor, gardener to Mr. Coster; Gold Knighiaa, Messrs. Fairbairn ; Gold Banksian, Messrs. Rolleson. Cape Heaths, in collections of twelve varicties.--Gold Banksian, Mr. May, gardener to Mr. E. Goodheart; Silver Gilt, Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus; Large Silver, Mr. Plumly, gardener to Mr. Diinsdale; Mr. Ayres, gardener to Mr. Cooke, Blackheath; Gold Banksian, Mr. Frazer, of Lee•bridge-road; Silver Gilt, Messrs. Veitch and Co.. Exeter; Large Sil rer, Mr. Epps, Maidstone; Mr. Ramplin. Cape Heaths, collections of six varieties.—Silver Gilt, Mr. Malyon, gardener to T. Beandruin, ; Large Silver. Mr. E. Jack, gardener to G. Lorain, Esq. ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Barnes, gardener to S. Norman, E , q. ; Mr. Bruce, gardener to Bo) d Miller, Esq. ; Mr. Clarke, gardener to W. Block, Esq. ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Dawson, Brixton-hill. 22. " A Dutch Dogger carrying away her sprit." C. Stnnfied, P.A. " On the Dogger bank, in the cold North sea, Wearily day and night toil we ; Weary, wet, hungry and cold, Three poor fishermen, wea!,ly and old."—OM Song. Never has Stanfield produced v!nything equal to this de licious picture—the tossing vessel, the green, foamy crestc:d waves, the gloomy atmosphere, are depicted with a truthfulness perfectly marvellous. As a landscape pginter, Stansfield beats away the palm from all com petitors. He has in this room another exquisite pic ture, 188. Cape Heaths, single spezimens.—Large Silver, Mr. G. Plumley ; Silver Banksian, Mr. R. May ; Large Silver, Messrs. F.iirbairn ; Silver Knightian, Mr. A. Batson, Poole ; Silver l3anksian, Mr. Frazer. Ncw, or Extremely Rare Ornamental Plants.—Large Silver, Mr. J. Clow ; Silver Knigiriar, Messrs. Vestin, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Dodds, Mr. Cameron. RJYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The visitor to this delightful place of summer resort, which opens for the season this evening, will be sur prised and delighted at the various improvements which the enterprise and taste of Mr. Tyler have effeeled during the recess. The casts from the most clas sical antique statues now adorn the walks. The gardens are lighted up by large star-light lamps, sus pend.d among the foliage of the trees, and the glass conservatory is illuminated by festoons of lamps. The subject of the new :pentacle is the Eruption of Vesuvius and the Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii. This is not a mere revival of the " Eruption of Mount Vesuvius" which was so popular at the:e Gardens come seasons since. The present view, which is twice the size of.the former one, embraces the scenery of not only Vesuvius itself, but of the surround ing neighbourhood, as it appeared in the days of the Romans. At the foot of the mountain, with the Medi terranean washing their walls, appear the towns of Her culaneum and P om p e ii , and above the towns the lofty Vesuvius, backed .in the distance by mountain scenery As a specimen of scenic eff,:et, this h the most wonderful "set" ever exhibited. The illusion is perfect ; never have the bounds of space been more successfully grappled with ; never has the idea of vastness and distance been more completely conveyed to the mind. Among the novelties is a richly ornamented Gothic bridge, which has been thrown across the arm of the lake at the back of the orchestra. This bridge is adorned with statues of kings, knights, priests, crusaders, &c., all in the costume of the middle ages, and it . is surmounted by a mag nificent cupola. At Light this bridge wig be bril liantly illuminated. The pyrotechnic display is, we understand, to be on a very grand scale, Previously, however, to this taking place, a very strik ing novelty will be introduced. A Chinese pegoda, 70 feet in height, has been erected on the borders of the lake. From this M. Farinelli will make a descent in a chariot of fire to the lake, where he will enter a car drawn by sea-horses, which emerges from the lake to receive him. But while the amusements of the visitors have been thus admirably cared for, their comforts have not been neglected, for a great nurnher of seats (capable of accommodating some thousands of persons) have been erected in various parts of the gardens, where, when tired by pro:nem:ding, the visitors can rest themselves, The sc:ent:fic visitor to the ga rdens, will be pleased with the plan which has been introduced, of atfixtog to every tree and plant its botanical name—a great improvement, hich we believe has been introduced this year for :he first time. The menager i e is most extensive, and the that anim Mr. animals are Tyler all w ina h i gh h ave c ondition. pr o sperous "7 e s ecaasnonnot doubt but . i llinksian, Mr. T. Dobson ; Silver Gilt, Mr. W. Cat- ; Mr. Bell says, " There is no a word of tr a th i n th e leweh ; Large Silver, Mr. Gaines. assertion that Dr. , Sharpey drew from his pocket a re . Pelarg-oniums, in t we l ve var i et i es , i n e i g ht-i nc h po t s . po:t of Mr. reelesiplper ; there was no such ref ort on this —Gold Bankston, Mr. W. Cock ; Gold Bank•ian, Mr. or en any o• her paper, nor was Mr. Beck's: paper tri ated Cutleugh ; Silver Gilt, Mr. Gaines ; Large silver, Mr. or considered in ai.y way differently from any tali: r." Staines, Mr. Dobson. ! And again, "It is assert e d further, that it was rot It Pelargo n i ura r, i n c i x var i et i es, in twelve-inch pots.— until after Mr. Lawrcrce's departure that the report was Large &leer, Mr. Parker, gardener to Mr. Houghton ; produced by Dr- Sharpey. This assertion has been el-s- Large Silver, Mr. Gaines. p sal of already—there was n such report." (The itelics Culceolarias, in sixes, in eight-inch pots.—Large Sil. are Mr. Bell's.) Let our readers compare this with the ver, Silver Knightian, and Silver Baaksian, Mr. G. Stan- following exti act from Dr. Roget's letter : I', gardene r to Mr. Broeas ; L arge Sil ver , Sil ver - "Tito Cernmittee of Phy s i o l ogy h ad received, before I k Ciiightia n , and Silver Bunksian, Mr. Gaines. they came to the cbcision respecting the award of the Seedling Florists' Flowers. —Silver linightian, Mr. royal medal, which you refer to in your letter o f thi s Buck ; Silver.Bank,la n . M r . B uck. CLASS If. morning, two separate reports on Mr. Beck's paper, drawn up by the referees, to whom it had been sent fur Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in coll. ctions of forty examination, and for their opinion of its merits ; and the plants.—L arge Gold, Mr. nob - .!rtson, gardener to Mrs. award of one of the royal medals to the author of the Lai; rent ' ; Gold Knightian, Mr. Barnes, gardener to paper was wade after these repot is had been read to Mr. Norman. them, end tako n into consideration, at one ef the fullest Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in collections of twenty ' meetings of that Committee we have ever had." plants.—Gold Knightian, Mr. Fraser, Lea-bridge ; Gold ' The one says there was no repo)t on Mr. Beck's paper ; Bariksian, 'Mr. Hunt, gardener to Miss Traill. the other says there were two report; drawn up b 9 the Stove or Greenhouse Plants, in collections of twelve referees. Dr. Sharpey was one of the re'erces, it will be plants.—Gull Bankston, Mr. Green, gardener to Sir P remembered. It ibe supposed that Mr. Bell and Antrobus ; Silver Gilt, air. Ayres, gardener to Mr . Dr. may meetings brit this (to- Beget refer to two separate ;. . Code ; Large Silver, Mr. l3ruce, garderer to Mr. B. not be, for we are informed there was no meeting of the Miller ; Mr. Slow, gardener to Mr. Baker. Physiological Committee from the time at which Mr. st,ve or Greenhous e Plants, in collections of six dir Beck's paper was ' referreJ, till the meeting at which the tinct species. — Silver GLt, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Catlioulgeh:: o re f eom h Tendation was made. Mr. Bell is the secretary Mr. Carron ; Large Silver, Mr. Malyon, Mr. C. Mr. Taylor ; Silvia' Knightien, Mr. E. Jack, Mr. G. senior ' s _p_hysiologic2.l . Committee. _Dr. Beget is Stenley. _ .. - _ , eeretary of the Royal Society. - 'rnei testimony on a plain thin.. of fact, about which the' , • - - - could be no mistake, is in direct contradiction. Whir. is true ? Which is false ? Tnis matter, above all things, must be explained. Dr. late has a r;ght to demand these two reports, if any sveh ever really existed. But, says Dr. Roget, they were " cnnfidential. ' Fa ugh ! Dr. Roget speaks of the full meeting of the COM mittee. We must explain this :—there were present Dr 3. I3ostock, Todd, R- get, and Sharpey, and Messrs. Bowman, Kiernan, and Bel'. Dr. Roget said, in his first letter, that he had never expressed an opini,n on Mr. Beck's dissections, so that his name must be with druvL n. Mr. Bell says, he "refrained from vc,ling," and Mr. Bowman did not vote so that th e me d a l was really given, under all the doubtful circumstances that have been detailed, by Drs. Bostock, Todd, and Sharpey, and Mr. Kiernan. The Physiological Committee numbers twenty-five. After the r; cqpt of Dr. R"get's letter, Dr. Lee, we are informed, had an interview with him, in which he ex pressed his opinion of the nature of the prccetdings. Dr. Roget advised hitu.to rAdress the Conned, but Dr. Lee pruferrt d, iu the first instance, to address the secre tary himself. C.T,IURT CIRCULAR. The Quern and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Genactnen of the , Royal suite, and the ham Palace. doincstic . household attended Divine service yesterday T m i t , i e r ning,Her Mr,jesty and hat Royal Consort took their usual i a n nd l lZ e e% p •. r C iv . a L te es c li ll e a riLt i e 3 n tl a c y k-i o n ffi g early walk ycsterda-Y. nor Royal Highressrs the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Re) al, and the Princess Alice took their accustomed walks and rides yesterday in the gar 'citn of the Palace. Iler Majesty the Queen Dowager (attended by the D ;wager Lady Clinton), visited the Queen, on Satur day, at Buckingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Mjesty and Prince Albert. Their Royal Highnesses the Ducheas Of Cambridge and the Princess Mary ‘i Red her Majesty yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert took an ailing in an open carriage on Saturday. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and the lion. Captain Gordon, attended on horseback. The royal children, acc3mpanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttel'on, took an airing on Saturday in an open carriage and four. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended Divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. T. He!mere, the Le,sons by the Rev. G Repton, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London. The Sermon was preach , dby the Rev. T. Mills, who tiok his text from St. John, chap. 16, verse 12. The anthem was "I have surely built thee," (Boyce). The Queen Dowager was attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton and Earl Howe. The Bishop of Nerwich, Clrrk of the Closet, and the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, were present. Amon.- the nobility present were, the Duke and Duchess of' Beaufort, the Ladies Somerset, the Marquises of Win chester and Grant , y, Lords Bandon, Candor, St. Ger• mans, Essex, I.3.ssliorough, Hawarden, Ingest: e, Palmer stun, and Cant alupe; Ladies Howe, St. Germans, Somers, and Ernest Bruce. The Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, attended the ear:y, se.rviee yestcrddy, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read ,by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Mills. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Qicen Dowager yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton, Hon. Miss Seymour, and Earl II ,we, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. Their Ro3 al Highnesses the Duke and Duch , ss of Cambridge also honoured the perf,rtnance of the opera with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge at tended Divine service, yesterday, in Grosvenor Chapel. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service, yesterday, in the Orphan Asylum. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchcss of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester Home. - Macdonald, chief of Clanranald, had an interview with Si; Robert Peel on Saturday. Colonel George Barnty, Lieutenant-Governor of North Australia, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Mr. John Greg r . )- had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman on Satordly. Sir John Hall, K.C.H., Mr. Powles, and a deputation, had en interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Satur day, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Governor of the Bark of England and the Deputy Governor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial office, from tl:e Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches were also received on Saturday from the Governor of Malta and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst left town on Prideay evening, fur Turville Park. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER. RACES.—FKIDAY (CONCLUDED). The Ladies' Purse of 50/. for the beaten horses of the week. Heats, once round and a dis. Sir C. Monck's Flattery, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Cartwright) 3 1 1 Mr. Dawson's sister to Skipton, 3 yrs, Gst 51b Mr. Haworth's Robin Burns, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ...... 2 2 dr Each heat won cleverly. LATEST BETTING AT CHESTER. DEVEY. to 1 agst Sting 1 18 to 1 agst The Traverser -sto 1 agst Sir Tatto n Sykes I taken 10 to 1 agst Fancy Boy— t. 125t0 1 agst Cro wn P r i nce 10 to 1 agst Toni Tullock—t. I 13 to 1 agst John Day's lot OAKS. Offers to take 7 to 1 about Vanish. • THE LATE CIIESTER MEETING. As a proof of the extraordinary success of the meeting. we may state that the receipts of the Grand Stand amounted to 1,.120/. We understand that the Race Committee intend to appropriate 1001. out of their greatly increased funds to a new race for three years old on the first day, to be called " The Chesterfield Handicap," and, to ensure ample accent modatim for the betting fraternity, the ball room at the Royal Hotel will in future he opened as a subscription bet ting•room, an entrance to which, with the permission of the Marquis of Westminster, will be in Newgate-street. This will be a great accommodation, and the proprietor, we hear, intends to place a liberal per centage on his receipts at the disposal of the Race Committee. The stewards for 1847 are the Earl of Chesterfield, Sir John Gerard, Bart., and S. Standish, Esq. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following has been posted at Lloyds:— LITTLE BELT.—FIXED LICaIT ON RIKENAES POINT IN ALSEN ISLAND. Ilydrcgraphic Office, Admiralty, April 18, 1846. The Danish Government has given notice that a fixed light has been established on liikenaos Point, on the south side of Allen Island, which forms the southern entrance of the Little Belt. The light is 78 feet above the level of the sea, and is visible from the southward, hctw en the bearing of W. a S. and E.S.E. I E., within the distance of thrift leagues. Note.—The light vessel usually stationed in the summer months off the extremity of Falsterbo reef was to resume her station as soon as the ice permitted. ll;dr.sgraphie Office, Admiralty, April 24, 11346. SOUTH AMERICA.—ORINOCO FLOATING LIGIII'. The Government of Venezuela has given notice, that a PoLton Faro, or a vcs9el carrying a light, has been moon d in the Boca Gran2e, or mouth of the River Orinoco. She lies in 28 test at low water, with Barima l'uint be:ring south. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAY 9.—Wind this day at noon S.E., light pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY B.—Wind light and variable.—Arrd. the 7th, Helena, Blom, Batavia, and sld. for Amsterdam. Poi, T 3.110 DTI!, MAY B.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.—Arrd. her 11.1jesty's steamer Penelope, Sierra: Leone, left 27th March, Cape de Verds 11th tilt, and Madeira 24th; Nautilus trans port, Ascension. Arrd. the Bth, her Majesty's ship Childers, Cape of Good Hope. - . LIVERPOOL,' MAY 8. —Wind W.N.W. moderate.—Arrd. Earl of Lonsdale, Peile, Calcutta; Thomas Battetsby, White, I'araiba, eld. the Ist ult.; Reliance, Bedford, Ceara; Mary Ray, Ellwood, Demerara; Orion, Porto Rico; Lord Sandon, Walsh, New Orleans; G!ammisCastle, Duncan New York. ' Sld. Senator, Wil son , Batavia Washington, Benson, New Orleans ; C o l um b us, Coning, Boston ; Elizabeth, Mossop, Halifax ; Funchal, Reed, Newfoundland. OFF LavEnroor„ MAY B.—Tapley, Calcutta, for Fleetwood ; New York, from New York. OFF DOVER, B ata v ia, W.S.W.— 7th, Willie], mina and Maria, for Prussia; Sarah and Eleanor, AdAa:de. OFF TORBAY, MAY 7.—James Cruickshank, Sayees, St. Via?ent's. FALMOUTH MAY B. E., Wind light—Arrd. B r it ann i a , Maun, Marseilles, with los s of sails, bulwark, &c., and l ong boat, having been struck by a heavy sea on the 24th ult. off Cape de Gatt. Sld. Damaseuss, Bliss, New Orleans. 6th, Off, Tanjor:-, Calcutta; 7th, Symmetry, French, Adelaide; Heoman, South Seas, for Cowes; Nymph, Munteridon, Ba tavia, for Rotterdam. SwANsza, MAY 7.--=Arrd. Elizabeth Beynon, Valparaiso. CLYDE, ALty W.—Arrd. Pegf4,y, Smith, Jamaica. Sld. 5. Hannah Isabella, Marshall, _Boston. 6. Mariner, Russell, Chaleur Bay. 7. Henrietta, Boston. CORK, MAY 6.—Wind N.W., tresh.—Arrd. Caroline, Dan gerneld, Callao ;_ Growler, Allan, St. John' s , Newfoundland. Sid. 6. Ariel, Robinson, St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Sapphiras, Johnson, Quebec. LEITII, MAY 7. Wind S.W.—Std. 6. Ann Elizabeth, Mowat, Prince Edward's Island. 7. Eleanor, Hetherington, Quebec. GRAVESEND, MAY B.—The Moreland barque, waterlogged and abandoned, and with the brig Resolution, of Penzance, a!ono•'side of her, was seen 18th ult. in lat. 47, lon. 21, by the Sir Robert Peel, of St. John's, N.B. ; spoken with by the Islander, Gordon, arrd. from Demerara. COWES, MAY 8. The Weatherall, Draper, reported on the 6th as on shore here, was from Sunderland, and not from Southampton, as there stated. LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AmAelnOlGeSrsT o T f a t E his J s E o W cie:v _ 3NIM Tl t i h e e anr . ual general meeting of the morningObjeFt of w its title, was held on I...i7dav Ashley was in the chair, and am,i bleb is explained in at the Hall. Lord Noble Lord were the Uarquis of iat e r n re on s i u t p i porter h s e of li th e on. W. Cowper, M.P., Sir George Rose, Bart., t e h e e Y 'Re t v. h WNeile, the Rev. Hugh &Gwen, and a large number of clergymen. There were also on the platform several children of Jewish parents converted to Christianity, and educated in the Siciety's schools. The report, read by the Rev. Averst, one of the secretaries, stated that the amount of con tributions towards the general and special fund, not includ ing the temporal relief fund, amounted during the year to 25,581/., being an increase of 293/. over those of the previous year. In addition to that sum, 6301. had been received on account of the temporal relief fund, and the munificent donation of 2,6001. from Miss Jane Cooke, of Cheltenham, the whole of the sum required fur completing the Protestant church at Jerusalem. Tie increase of receipts bad not, however, kept pace with the increasing waits of the Society, for the operations had been much extended during the past year by the employment of an additional number of mission aries. Out of the widows' fund there were six widows of missionaries and several children supported. A portion of the funds bad been devoted to relieving converted Jtws when suffering from distress, and providing them with em ployment. The society had distributed 3,683 Bibles, 1,618 Testaments, 2,274 portions of the Scripture, and several copies of English religious works, translated into Dutch and Spanish for the use of Jews in Holland and Spain. The congrega tions at the Episcopal chapels continued to increase, and on Tuesday last thirty-eight. Jews presented themselves before the bishop to receive baptism. Four young students had been sent from the Hebrew college as missionaries to the East. Converts continued to be made amongst the Jewish Population in 'Warsaw, Frankfort on the Oiler, Berlin, Konigsbe rg , Stockholm, and other large Euro pean cities, and in several parts of the East, including Jerusalem, Beyrout, Aleppo, and Bagdad. The Marquis of ofun theunloaltieslyßisahnocip Cholmondeley moved, and the Rev. Mr. Freemantle se- Cowper, s _co e _n vae d nr :l l , o t t h h e adoption j o o f ias th h e aryeiapogrt.beeTnhepasm by s o e t d io , n th i'as rli ca o r op rie g d also e r j Jerusalem, sa e expressionni, proposed the e the e n d . e death w t ALP and seconded by the • ReV. Hugh Stowell. sematgua HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. fetes . for the theirpresent season, Chisvticlt, took Owe no Saturday, and was, as is inva riably the case wh( n the weather is propitious, attended by all the people of rank and fashion in London. The filisge, the thineyfianree CiPisrtiiengguished before s "h i t crhe i n was cheering to the eye of fagoeuerraabnite'esotfateth(e)f the weather, and the results of the highest cultivation could produce. The turf Was in ad mirable. order, and though the comparison be an old one, could be compared to nothing so appropriately as of the rarer charming t v h e e lve s t u ger: The ve: t rfb,u:yel fully " those in smoky ethos pent." The flowers and shrubs exhibited for the priz, , s were of the first class of excel lence ; there were some single specimens sorts, and some tropiml specimens of the very highest rank in floricultural produce ; indeed, som e of these see pcimens have never Ix en surassed. The vari ety of co lours, healthy state of the plants, and order of arrange ment beneath the vast tents supplied by Mr. B. Edging ton, of the Borough, produced an effect very difficult to be described, and which, to be appreciated, must have been seen. n e o f t a science likely to retrograde in this The pineapples, melons, s trawberries, and promenade, at five o'clock, was at its M-. Tutton; and fr choo u ur i tn t i s te . ruy w l.t e u r r e Te a hi l se l height; several thousands of persons were then enjoy . - cted by by mr. ing the scene, and listening to the bands of the Cold stream Guards, conducted by Mr. Godfrey ; of the Collins, which l t i h o e y s i l t o r y l a o i rs A e rt G in u e a r r y d , played alternately th© " Birthday March" (Copra), the overture to Gazza Ladra (R issini), the overture to William Tell (Rossini), the chorus " Chough and Crow" (Bishop), and " God save the Qu een. " Mr. Godfrey acted as principal conductor for the day. The arrange s' conducted eendu ments of the police for the carriag es , &e., were very judicious. There was no crowding or stoppage , notwith standing the great number of carriages; nor did we hear of any accident.% A list of the alvards is sub joined. They were not made without some difficulty, from the nearly equal merit of the specimens sent by the numerous competitors. CLASS I. Pelargoniums, in eoliections of twelve new an d first rate varieties, cultivated with sup,ertor.skill, eight-inctl potc_ool(ll34,uloian, AEG W. toxic: of Chiswick; GQld THE ROYAL SOCIETY. ILLEGAL AWARD OF THE ROYAL MEDAL. (From the Lanctt of May 9.) We have received the following letter, and the ac companying correspondence, from Dr. R9her: Lee. This we propose to treat after the same manner as the documents recently furnished by Dr. Marshall Ilan, and we shall take some future opportunity of setting forth what Dr. Lee professes to hale done in his dis coveries. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LANCET. Sir,—l consider it to be my duty, on public grounds o place the accompanying letters in your hands. I am, Sir, your obedient servant 4, Saville-row, April 24, 1846. R. LEE. The following correspondence aro:e, as will be seen, out of the award of the Royal medal in Physiology to Mr. Beck : LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO DR. ROGET. 4, Saville-row, 13th Nov. 1845. My dear Sir,—You were present, I believe, at the meeting of the physiological committee, when it was recommended to award the Royal medal to Mr. Beck. Did it nut occur to you, that it would have been proper to have compared the dissections of Mr. Beck with those I had recently mad , ., before coming to a decision, which will have the ffect of making it appear that all my descriptions and delineations of the nerves of the uterus are incorrect?—l remain, my dear sir, very faithfully ROBERT LEE. our, To Dr. Roget. DR. BOGEY'S REPLY. 18, Upper Bedford-place, Nov. 13, 1845. My dear Sir,--The Committee of Physiology had received, before they came to the decision respect•ng the award of the royal medal, which you refer to in your letter of this morning, two separate reports on Mr. Beck's paper, drawn up by the refereeP, to whom it had been sent for examinaticni, and for their opinion of its merits, and the recommendation by the Committee of the award of one of the royal medals to the author of the viper was made, after these reports had been read to them, and taken into their consideration, at one of the fullest meetings of that Committee we have ever had. These reports, being confidential, I am not at liberty to communicate to you; but as there will probably soon be another meeting of the Committee, I will not fail to read to them your note to me of this morning. —I am, dear Sir, faithfully yours, P. M. ROGET. The chief particulars respecting the dissolution, and (as Dr. Lee contend° the illegal re formation of the Committee, we have already given. Mr. Bell, the secre tary of the Physiological Committee, has published a letter, in which some further facts arc elicited. His ver sion of the meeting of the 27th of October is us follows: " After the usual routine business had been gone through, Dr. Roget, one of the secretaries of the Royal Society, stated—by mistake, as it afterwards appeared— that the Royal medal for the year was not to be awarded in the physiological section, uud Mr. Lawrence consequently left the chair, and quitted the room. This g. ntleinan lett ,in haste, and was the only one who had gone, when Dr. Raget, on further examination of the records, in formed us that he had been mistaken, and that it was absolutely la , cessary that the recommendation of the Royal medal should take place on that day. In perfect good faith, and I am sure without any bias for or against any particular paper, the Committee again took their seats, Dr. Todd being in the chair. A list was then made by myself of all the physiological papers that had been read during the. last three years : each paper was considered seriatim ; and Mr. Beck's paper t was, after much consideration, selected for recommendation for the award of the Ro) al medal." Thus, then, as we remarked last week, it appears from the pen of the Secretary to the Committee, that " the Royal medal in phy s i o l ogy i s so i ncon sequential a mat ter, that the Committee come to the meeting which is to recommend its award, without knowing what they have to do ; and at the fag-end of this sitting, they, without any previous consideration or examination, re commend its award to a paper which only two of them had seen, and which was well known to be the subject of controversy." We understand that fifteen papers were put up for the medal. How could this Committee fairly judge of fifteen papers impromptu? They might almost as well have allowed the authors to prick for the medal ! Part of the " usual routine business" was the re commending Mr. Owen for the Copley medal ; but Mr. Owen was a member of the Council, and, as such, a medal could not be awarded to him without violating the regulations of the Royal Society ; this recommenda tion was therefore cancelled. The fact of their can celling this recommendation is a reason why they should also have cancelled the recommendation to Mr. Beck, when that was found to have been made in oppo sition to the regulations. This incident respecting Mr. Owen is another proof of the incapacity of the Physio logical Committee. It is singular that their steps should have been retraced in Mr. 0 wen's case. Other members of Councl have had medals illegally awarded and given to them, but the Councils have not been consistent even in their injustice. Another point worthy of notice in the aborequota don from Mr. Bell, is the making a list " of ail thelast phy siological papers that had bean read during_ the three nte years." The list ought to have been of paprs]:ri and not merely read ; this itself was a glaring irregu larity, sufficient to have vitiated the recommendation ; but iMr. Bell was doubly wrong, f or . Mr. Bock's paper had not even been read to the society. f Me. Beck must proucel another quotationfrom Mr. Beli's letter, for the purposa of placing it in . contradic- . lion with a statement in Dr . Roget's letter gi ven above, DR. LEE TO DR. ROCET. 4, Saville-row, lith Nov., 1845. My dear Sir,—Having been two years in the Council of the E'yal Society, lam aware that none but members have a right t) know wh2t has klirn pace at the meet ings, before the decisions are publicly announced. I cannot, then fore, with propriety, send any statement to the Cutincii, as you recommended me to do. IL:ling acquainted you, one of the principal office-bearers anti guardians of the honour of the Royal Society, with the unpricedenttd and illegal proceedings in the physiolo gical eorami:tee, it is for you to determine whether the Council, in ignorance of n hat has taken place, shall be permitted to proceed in a 'course injurious to the moral character of the Royal Society, and destructive of my scientific reputation. I remain, my dear Sir, very sincerely yo ur =, Dr. Roget. ROBERT LE E. (A copy of this letter WAS sent to the Marquis of Northampton.) Not having received any answer from Dr. Rogvt, Dr. Lee next addressed the following protest to' the Council : LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEM BERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. My Lords and Gentlemen,—l feel compelled to protest against the Council's award of the royal medal, from the conviction that by doing so I shall vindicate the truth, which is now assailed, and prevent the Council from committing an error which will !effect signal dis credit on the Royal Society itself. The first ground of th:s protest is, that not one mem ber of the physiological committee, except Mr. Law rence, has examined my two recent and most perfect dis sections of the nervous system of the uterus, which were deicinal by me in a paper read to the Royal Society at the last meeting in the month of June, and which paper, contrary to the recommendation of the referee, (Sir Ben jamin Brod e), Las been re use d a p l ace i n t h e "Philo sophical Transactions." Drs. 1 1 (dd and Shary-y hav ing therefore never seen these dissections, nor the dissection figured in the "Philosophical Traneac , tions " for 1842, though requested by ma to do so, have consevently framed their report with an imperfect knowledge, or rather in a state of total ignorawv, of what had previously been done by me on the subject; which report 11.,is nevertheless b; en adopted by the p'iy siological committee, and made the ground of a recom• mendation to' the Council for this award. The Council cannot fail to perceive that an examination of all my dissections cur;ht to have been made by I)rs. Todd and Slicrpey before any fair and just report could be drawn, muc . l le s z recomn:endstion to he C quell for the award of the Royal medal.* The cone' reason for my pretest is, that this award casts a cl,uht on the accuracy of my descriptions and de lineations of the nerves of the uterus in the " Transac tions of the Royal Society." More than fifty distinguished English and foreign anatomists have carefully exa mined my " Dissections," which first displayed this great nervous system, and ha,e borne testi mony, in writing, to the truth of tny published statements. Many of these anatomists are f e ll ows o f the Ro) al S ciety, and much superior in scientific reputation to the individuals who, without examination, have urged the Physiological committee to recommend this award. A third reason which I have to assign to the C,:uceil for this protest is, that the recommendation of the phy siolo;ical committee was made in a hasty and irregular, if not in a pcsitively illegal manner—a manner calcu lated to excite suspicions respecting the motives of those who have been most active in promoting this award. A fourth ground for protesting against this adjudica tion, is the established practice of the Royal Society, in which it has ever been the rule to abstain from giving an opinion on any disputed point of fact, or deciding on a subject which is still in controversy. For these reasons, I be3eech the Council of the Royal Society to suspend this award, until all the circutnstancer detailed in this protest have undergone a rigid and im partial investigation. The interests of science-, and the honour of the Royal Society itself, ri nder an inquiry im perative upon the Council.—l have the honour to re main, my Lords and Gentlemen, your faithful and &•e -client servant, ROBEicr LEE. 4, Saville row, Dec. 1, 1845. No no:ice was taken of this protest ; Dr. Lee, there fore, after the circulation of the annual address of the President, sent in the subjoined statement to the Council. This will be found to bear out, in every important point, the facts we.hsve already communicated. A LETTER FROM DR. LEE TO TIIE PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. My Lords and Gentlemen,—ln the printed address of the President, delivered at the last anniversary meeting of the ,society (Dec. 1), it is stated that the royal medal had been adjudged by the Council, " complying thereby with the recommendation of the Committee of Phy sioiogy." It is proved, by the following statement of facts, that no recommendation was made by the Committee of Physiology to the Council for such an award, and that the statutes of the Society, and regulations ordered by the Crown for the award of royal medals, have been violated by the late Council. On the Bth of October fast, the Committee of Phy- Biology met. Mr. Lawrence, who had been the referee on all my papers on the nerves of the uterus, published in the . "Philosophical Transactio n s," was president of the coin mace on t: a, occasion. When the committee had recom mended the Council to award the Copley medal to .31r. Owen, and transacted other business , the secretaryin formed Mr. Lawrence that there was no further busi ness before the committee to transact, on receiving which intimation, Mr. Lawrence dissolved the committee, and left Somerset House. No sooner had the president taken his departure, than the remaining members of the dissolved committee re formed themselves. Dr. Todd took the chair, and the awardm(e ; in g of , theth u s royalre - re-constructed, on str medalu ct i e n . d , proceeded physiology. to Fifteenconsideri papers ur the s of these e n s e a m w e a d s , m o ryp,u, supplement ui pnplcompetition,to for ie theon medal.the Nervous v o n u e s Ganglia of th e U terus, " which had r been read to the So ciety on the 19th of June, and which contained additional and important ev id ence in confirmation of the weer icy of my descripti ons an d d e li aeations of the nerves of .th-o uterus, in the " Transactions of the - Royal Society." This paper had remained unreferred four monthe, after having been read to the Society. Another paper, put in competition for the medal, was one on the nerves of the uteru', by Mr. Beck, which had never been read to the Society, but had been referred, on the 3rd of July, to Dm Todd and Sharpey. Two separate reports from Drs. Todd at d Sharpy were produced and read, and then this meeting resolved to recommend the council to award the ro) al medal to Mr. Beck. After this transaction, the next act of the meeting was, tee refer my supplement to Sir B. Brodie, to ascertain uhether it was worthy of publication. Sir B. Brcilie re commended the committee of physiology to print the paper, but the committee, on the 6th of November, re solved, " that Dr. Lee's appendix be not recommeeded to be printed." On the 30th of attober, the Council of the Royal So ciety met, and on the recommendation of the re-con structed meeting, held two days before, resolved, " that one of the royal medals in physiology be awarded to T. S. Beck, &q., for his paper entitled On the Nerves of the Uterus."' The council then resolved itself into a committee of papers, to determine whether the paper to which the royal medal had just been awarded, was fit to be printed. The medal was awarded toa paper which had never been read to the Society, and had not been ordered to be printed. On the 7th of November, in an interview which I had with the president, I stated to his Lordship that the award had been made without investigation, aid that the recommendation to the council had not proceeded from the committee of physiology, but from a nillegall y been constituted meeting, after the committee had councildis solvedby had theawcahrde chairman. a theil; II is L a l o o r n ds i h ts ir o r l e v p n lied,thatth responsibi lity; that it was at perfect liberty . to decide indepen dently of the co Inhie mi nda u t r t e e c e o , and en tha t i t 0 n r t came was to the of noc c o o n u s n e (pence whether from the committee regularly, constituted, or the minutes of the meeting had been confirmed. The medal has been awarded, added the president, the thing is done, and it is too late to say anything more about it. * It appears from the Minutes that the eommittee udopted the Report, but made no recommene,ation to the Council on the oubject, About the middle of November, the PresidelA sent a requisition to the Committee of Physiology, ordering them to state the grounds upon which thy had recom mended the award of the royal medal in physiol- , gy. On the 20th of November the committee mtt;:and re solved, " that Dr. Todd and Dr. Sharrey be requested to draw up a report on the claims of Mr. Beck s paper to the award of the royal medal, and that Mr. Peck's paper be sent in succession to the several members of the Committee of Physiology resident in London." At this meeting Mr. Lrlwrence requested the secre tary to show him Mr. Beck's paper, but it was not forth coming ; and the secretary stated that it was icy the author's possession, contrary to a statute of the Society enacted expressly for the purpose of preventing the per petration of literary and scientific frauds. On the 27th of November, the committee met, when the report of Drs. Sharptv and Todd was lead and adop:ed. (in the Ist of liecember, this report came before the council, and it has been printed in the pro ceedings of the society, and in the address of the president at the anniversary meeting, as if it had been the true retort of the committee of physiology on the claims of Mr. Beck's paper to the award of the medal. That such is not the fact can readily be proved, for the medal was awarded by the council a month before, and on the recommendation of the re-constructed meeting on the 28th of October, when two ether reports were produced and read by Drs. Todd end Sharpey, which reports, Dr. lt:)get states., "are cola:cation" and have not yet seen the light. The following notice is affixed to the first part of the "Philosophical TrAnsactions" for 1545, and the same notice has been affixed to every volume of the " Philoso phical Transactions," published since 1837: " Her Iluisty Queen Victoria, in restoring the royal medals, has Leen graciously ph.ased to approve the fol lowing regulations for the awtrd of them:—That the royal medals be givLD for such papers only rte have been presented to the Royal Society, nut! ins:.rted in their " Ttanzactions." The medal in physiology was awarded by the late Council to a paper which h,a nt - iver been read to the Socitty, and has not been inserted in th u " Philusolhical Transactions." I can now (!emonstrate that. the highest honours of the Itiyal Society have been conferred for destroying, and not for displayirig, the, nerves of the uterus. If the Counc:l i, jII appoznt a e7npetent tribunal to investigate the subject, the truth of what), is now affir:ncd will sp.edily be ,discover e d, and the njury inflicted on ana• tomical and physio!ogieal science by these irregular, Unjust, and most unphilosophical proceedings, he re paired. The moral character of the Royal ;.!, , oeiety re quires that a rigorous examination be mtoe, without delay, into the whole of there extraordinary trmisections. I am, my Lords and Gentlemen, very faith fel !3 , Tours, ROBERT •LEE. 4, Saville-row, Burlington gardens, 2nd, 1846. DR. ROGET'S REPLY. Royal Society. Somerset House, April 3rd, 184 G. Sir,—: am instructed by the President and Council of the Royal Society to inform you, in reply to your com munication, that they do not consider thcmselvis autho rised to revise the grounds on which a royal medal has already bocci awarded ; and I cm further direct•d to communicate to you a resolution which they have adopted, with a view to the. prevention of future difficul ties in the awards of royal rneda!s, and I ace,.rdin,gly enclose a copy of that resolution.—l am, s:r, your obe dient servant, P. M. ROGET, Secretary. Such is a repetiticn of the details concerning the award of the last and long-to- be-rememtered medal in physiology. They are startling, and almost sufficient to shake the Royal Srmiety to its cenre. That such things should have occurred during the presidency of the Mar quis of Northampton, will for ever be a reproach to this nobleman. It could net Ue supposed that he should aimprehend the nature of anatomical details, but it might have been supposed, that on accepting the first office in the first scientific society in the world, he would so far have studied the statutes and regulations by which it is governed, cs to have rendered the perpetration of these irregularities impossible. That he did not is a clear evidence of his unfitness for the elevated post he occupied, unl?ss, indeed, he can claim something ap proaching t 9 royal impunity, arid pass the blame down wards entirely to the acting officials. PARLIAMENTARY B USINE SS. (From the Votes and Proceedings oI the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MAY 8. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Hi ilg ordered to be brought in y the undernamed Hon. Members:— NorfolkExtensions.(Y:umsuth Extension)—Mr. Burroughes and Mr. Wodehouse. Warwiduliire and London (Hampton and Danbury Line)—Sir C. Douglas and Mr. Dngdale. Caledonian Extension)—Mr. H. Johnstone, Mr. L , ckhart, Mr. P. Stewart, and Mr. R. Hodgson. London and South-Western (Batingstole and Salisbury Extension)— Sir W. Heathcote and Sir J. Ea-stitope. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. Tlie following resolutions were reported from this Committee:— I. That, in the case of the York and Lancaster Railway petition, the standing orders ought not t, be dispensed it ith. 2. That, hi the ease of the Gla7gow and Dundee Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 3. That, in the cars of the Edinburgh and Hamilton Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 4. That, in the case of the Staines and Henley Raitway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 5. That, in the case of the Norfolk Railway Extensions (Thetford and Reedham Branches) petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. G. That, in the case of the West Lancashire Railway petition, the standing orders ought to b, dispensed with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 7. That, In the case of the Eastern Counties Railway (Tottenham to Barnet) petit to., the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 8. That, In the case of the Direct Northern Railway petition, the standing orders ought to he dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their 11111. 9. That In the case of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Po! tsm,uth Railway petition, the standing erders ought not to be dispensed with. 10. That, in the case of the London and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to pro ceed with their Bill. 11. That, In the can of the Caledonian Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties .41 permitted to proceed with their Bill, on abandoning the Easttrit Extension Line. 12. That, in the case of the Norfolk Railway Extensi•:ons (Yarmouth Extension) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on de positing with the clerk of each of the parishes of Great Yarmouth and Needham the bo)li of reference applicable to each of the said. parishes. - 13. That, in the case of the Warwickshire and London (llamptOtt and Banbury Line) Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Iliil, on inserting a clause restraining than from takinz pro perty, No. 31, in the parish of Chesterton. _ _ ..... 14. That, in the case of the Liverpool and Bury Railway petition, the standing orders cught to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on abandoning the Branch from the point-marked C to the point marked D, and the Branch tram toe point marked E to the point marked F, on the Plans, and also the seven side Branches running at right angles to the line from'A to B. That the Committees on this and the three preceding Bill do exa mine in the first place how far such orders have been complied With, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bills. 15. That, in the case of the clause proposed on the third reading of the Stafford New Gas fill, the clause is of such a nature as may be adopted by the House, if they shall think tit. Sixth, eighth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. Lord Garvagli has left P..rtman-square to rejoin his reziment, the 10th Hussars, p rev i ous to embarking for India. - On Friday the New Yolk packet-ship Westminster arrived in the St. Katharine's Dock with a cargo of 1,500 barrels of American flour, each weighing 2001 b. ; a large quantity of maize, or Indian corn, and about 50 tons of oil cake. PUGILISM.—On Thursday night ( a ft er t h e c h o i ce o f ground for the contest of Morley and Gill had been decided). ten pounds a side was deposited for a fight for 4001, to take place in three months, between John Perry, the Nova Scotia black (who defeated Burton of Leicester), and a man to be named by Broome, at the signing of the articles, on Thurs day next (May 14th). We may observe that, by mutual caisent. Caunt was excepted, and no small speculation has been excited in pugilistic circles to know who is the heavy lists weight prepared to enter the with the stalwart sable gladiator. REDtiCTION OF TIIE Horns OF LABOUR.---011 Thurs day night a numerous meeting of the garment dyers of London was held at Caldwell's Assembly Rooms;' 'Dean iin'utrhpeosheouorfsmoceranbrolu3rii.thlgtestthder'it'nlionassleteir b a °' red fo u r et t i l o l n e dyers,stfe e t forSo that effect were adopted. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Friday morninn. US the Waterman steam-packet No. 2 was getting under way at h Woolwich pier, with p assengers for London, the Ni tb e e opposition steamer, which l e f t th e l ower pier at the sa , m at, t time, in attempting to pass, ran into the Waterman, en I forced her athwart-hawse of the hulk lying off the de c.k yard. The Waterman's paddle-box, fore etancheon, and rail were carried away, and several passengers were knocke,t down by the concussion. The Waterman was crippled by the collision, and the s t eamer, N o. 1 , b elonging to the same company, took out her passengers, and conveyed them ti) London. The Niob?, which cau.7ed the mischief, did not sus tain any material damage. RUSSIAN TREATMENT or BANKRUPTS.—The Emperor ' of Russia has, by an ukase dated the 20th of April, promul gated in the form of a commercial s code, a law upon failures and braukrupteies. The law is borrowed from the French. ' code, the only essential difference being tale severe punish ment inflicted on bankrupts, who arc condemned to perpetual banishment to Siberia. RAILWAY ACROSS GREENWICH PARK.—The Lord* of the Admiralty have at length given their consent to a railway passing across Greenwich Park. Such a scheme, however, cannot obtain Parliatnentary sanction this year, as the South-EasternCompeny, in despair of obtaining the per mission of the Admiralty, bad aband.ned that part of their line to Woolwich. The objection at first urged to a line of railway across the park, was the apprehended disturbance of the observations at Greenwich Observatory by the vibra tion.of the passing trains; but subsequent experiments are said to have proved that the vibration cannot produce any sensible effect at the distance of the proposed railway from the Observatory. occurrence to children An accident of very common ' , ince Alfred a few days happened to his Royal H ig h ness uckingham Palace when his hand got Robert Southey, t men of his day by door, by which two of his fingers were accidentaliy caught in the oor, f s , i ) n r c a e n . Ills ig n i o n y o a e if o ig f l th n e ess roj w .a a i e l i e r a r si a in , f es l3 , were slightly lacerated. THE MoNILMENT TO NOUTHEY.—A tardy act of jus ftothßein Westmin the erection ster Abbey. The monument, which was completed on Fri the periods of his birth and death, and surmounted day, consists of a plain entablature, containing the name of by his 2t. It is but an appropriate compliment that this tics has bee n o fdoonme monument n o l n c e n of monument is placed near that of Shakspere, and, of course, of Southey i s conspicuously placed in West amongst those of the gre a t es t E nglish poets. This tribute to the memory minster Abbey, as the tribute ought to he to one who so truly served the cause not only of literature, but of religion and the Church. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP TRAFALGAR —On Monday last, when the crew of the Trafalgar, now lyi ng a t Spithead, were engaged in weighing anchor for a short cruise in the presence CT the Lords of the Admiralty, the capstan made a charge, striking to the ground with great violence all the men employed at it and seriously wounding no less than eeven persons. Cue of the sufferers had both thighs fractured in a frightful manner, the splintered bones protruding through the skin. Two sustain d fractures of the ribs. Another WjS much hurt in the hack, and th e remainder were injured about the head. The men were quickly removed; and in the afternoon they were sent to thti hospital, Fatal results are feared in one or two cases.