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THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD MINE.—The Committee of Management have the pleasure of informing their co-adventurers that the remainder of their staff sailed from Gravesend on the Gth instant, for Sydney, in the Gipsy Queen, to join their Engineer, Mr. Sherwood, who had previously left Bristol, with his selected artisans and miners, in the barque surrey, for the same destination. Their duly appointed Agents in the Colony have full instructions to make all necessary arrangements, in order that, on the arrival of the two vessels, immediate mining operations may be commenced on the Company's Freehold Estate at Bathurst, which is mentioned in. all. the latest dispatches as abounding with the precious metal. By order, • WILLIAM PIILSFORD, Secretary. Dated April 8, 1852. Offices, 39, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. TtA AI to INDIA via, the CAPE. .GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY'S nonthly Line'uf Iron Stramers, with her Majesty's Mails, to the Cape, Mauritius, Point de Galle, Madras, and Calcutta (touching at I9t Vincent's and Ascension). . _ The QUEEN of the SOUTH, of 1,800 tons, Geo. Hype, Com- Wander, will leave the East India Docks on tha 10th, and Flymouth (in the 15th of June. The LADY JOCELYN, of 1,800 tons, Nathaniel Stewart, Com r nander, will leave the East India Docks on the 10th, and Plymouth ( in the 15th of. July. These ships are divided into water-tight and fire-proof compart ments; they will carry experienced surgeons, and have for passen- Mrs every comfort and convenience. The cabins are furnished, and Passengers will be provided with beds, linen, B:.c. For terms of passage, apply at the offices of the Company, No. 2, noyal Exchange-buildings ; for freight, to Balfour, Laming, and Oiwen, 157, Fenchurch-street. N.B. The Company estimate that the passage to the Cape will occupy on the average 30, to Mauritius 42, to Ceylon 50, to Madras 54, and to Gilcatta 62 days. EQUITABLE FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE INSURANCE CO VEPANIES 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. f*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. I. B. Bennett; Esq. *John INfoss, Esq. Pflugh Croft, Esq. t * John Rawson, Esq. tJ. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. *John Shaw, Esq. t t: c E i d e m m o e n n d t T B a . b S o Yin r, eLqE. Esq. toGeo. Fuller , Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. • t William Kennaway, Esq. f Joseph Thompson, Esq. iSir Arnold J. Knight, M.D. t * zangustus Vigne, Esq. *Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. (Samuel Walker, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. e Fire. 'I - Life. f Both. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500 , 000 1. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Vict., cao. 110.) The Equitable Fire Office, by a constant analysis of its own fxnerience, from time to time, adopts such rates of premium as the nature of the risk justifies; and with this view an annual invest!- f ostion is made into each class of risk, and a return of fifty per cent. sf the net excess, made to all classes of Insurers whose policies have I wen in force for three years. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average ( flause. Losses are made good without deduction or discount. I.IA.TIONAL •LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.. Capital £500,009. NEW LIFE TABLES. On the Withdrawal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en •sement, to receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount ° P - Abe .Palid annual proraltuno, without security. or deivsit et!' the policy ; or half-premium for the whole continuance of2lfe. On no render one-half of the annual payments will he returned. I Ale Annuities granted, also Deferred and Contingeiit Annuities. b s terms of the Society are peculiarly favourable. The present annual income of the Society from premiums exceeds Zl k 0001 ; the amount covered by the policies of the Society is up- R' i rds of 2,250,000/. ; and the reserve profit applicable to future bol as to the assured, amounts to 95,5021. 14s. Od. rospectuse4, and every information, may be obtained, on applica uoi at the Office, or to any of its Agents. W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. S,:ECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, BANKRRS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. rIMES LIFE ASSURANCEand GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate-hill, London. GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. PROFITS DIVIDED. pip-.,. S - -From 7s. 6d. per cent. upwards. No charge for Stamps. An allowance made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As trance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. A.rrangetnents can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a $ toy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, ) keep up the payments: H. B. SHERIDAN. 'TIMES FIRE AND PROPERTY ASSURANCE COMPANY. Every descriptioa of Fire Assurance. Profits Divided. Agents Wanted. 11. B. SHERIDAN. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. OYAL YOLYTECHN IC IN fklb, Prevention of Forgery. A Lecture, by J. H. 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You are aware that on a former occasion I gave way, rather than expose the Liberal cause to danger, by dividing its adherents, and therefore I trust that you will not ascribe my present conduct to any selfish motives, or to any views of merely personal ambition. My claims are such as, whether I succeed or fail, my supporters cannot be ashamed of. Early convinced that the principles of Free Trade were founded l o o n i g truthbeforea lki they received I incorporated th em w ith m y po liti ca l cr e ed received the sarction of the Legislature ; and at present, when they are attested by the most conclusive evidence, I own that to call u,:on the country to retrace its steps—to tax the poor for the rich—aed to create artificial scarcity in this ove.- peopled country for the imagised interest of a particultir class, does miles ar to me an infatuation that the blindest disregard to the most obvious facts can account for, but not at all excuse. Any attempt, under whatei:er pretext, to impose a tax on corn, shall therefore meet my determined and inflexible opposition. The hideous and disgusting scenes of corruption which recent in quirks have disclosed, turnkb, in my opinion, .the supporters of the Ballot with an argument that is unanswerable. What can be more shocking to every man in whose soul every spark of probity and honour Is not extingUlahed, than the means which-it appears are re gularly employed in many places to obtain a seat in the great council of the nation ? To such means I never will have recourse—if the .consequence he a perpetaal exclusion from the House of Commons—to that exclu sion I will submit, for I was early taught to prefer the consciousness of integrity to the most dazzling prospects of ambition. But to the liberal and independent Electors of Leeminst , r 1 offer an opportu nity of asserting their right, and of returning to Parliament a faith ful and fairly chosen Representative. As I holre on Tuesday or Wednesday to have an opportunity of expla-ning my sentiments to you, I will not enter into any detailed statement of them. I was the advocate of Law Reform, and espe cially of Reform in the Court.of Chancery, long before such opinions were as popular as they are at present. . I am as anxious for the re moval of Ecclesiastical Abuses, and for a better distribution of the Revenues of the Church, as I was when I last addressed you. Upon the question of Maynooth my opiniona 'have undergone a consider able alteration. No man clings more tenaciously than Ido to the great principles of toleration ; no man would more shrink from speaking with disrespect of the creed .of the Roman Catholics. 'lO make the Roman Catholic citizens, those to whom I most look up have sacrificed all that could tempt human ambition ; I trust I should imitate their example. But I do not wish to see them more than citizens—and recent events have satisfied me that to contribute to the support of Maynooth is to contri bute to the dissemination of ignorance, and •to the sup port of a tyrannrover the minds of the simple and illiterate, exer cised- brtho,se- irtny - ,llave xlbstiwiteir—ALl4 Passionatelrittlated 'very attempt made by EloVernment to enlighten and improve the people. I will only add that I am for the Alo.ition of Church Rates; the present state of our law upon that subject is scandalous to a civi lised people. In my opinion the Revenues of the Church—properly distributed—are abundantly suffizient to repair and maintain ~ ur sacred edifices, without a tax which irritates a large and valuable portion of the community. JOHN GEORGE PHILLIMORE. Stafford, March 15, 1852. EXHIBITION 1851.—JURY REPORTS. PETE REPORTS of the JURORS on the Sub jects in the 30 Classes into which .tha Exhibition was divided, will be issued in two editions, one in large type, forming 2 vols. super-royal Bvo., of about 1,000 pages each, price Two Guineas ; and the other iu small type, double columns, forming 1 vol. super-royal Bvo., of about 1,000 pages, price One Guinea. Both editions will be uniform in size with the Official Descriptive and Illustrated Cata logue. As only a limited number of each edition will be printed for sale, and the work will not be reprinted, subscribers are requested to send in their names, with a remittance of 10s. on account of the 1 vol. edition, and 20s. on account of the 2 vol. edition. The balance to he paid on publication, about May. SPICER BROTHERS, Wholesale Stationers. WM. CLOWEi and SONS, Printers. Official Catalogue Office. Tudor-street, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Now Ready, price 25., by post, 2s 6d., THE JESUI l' IN INDIA. By the It.v. W. STRICKLAND, Missionary Ap: Containing an Account of the Early History of the Catholic Mission of Madura in South India, and of its re-establishment in 1831, describing the morta:ity amongst the Missioners, their severe privations, . their losses and. successes ; some account of their present prospects, and future hopes. Dedi cated and recommended to the perusal of all subscribers to foreign Missions. With a Frontispiece, representing the Missionary Cos tume in India. London : Bums and Lambert, 17, Portman-street, Portman square; Jones, 63, Paternoster-row ; Bellew, Grafton-street, Dublin. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, APRIL 11.—Wind moderate breeze, fine clear sky. Arrived—City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk; Sir Ed ward Bankes, from Havre; Stadt Dordrecht, from Dordt; Concordia and Ranger, from Rotterdam; Adonis, from Bremen; Leon, from Harlingen; Fame, from Calais; Elbe (for Hamburgh) returned; Gode Broeder,"from Norway; Persia,. from Ceylon; Commonwealth, from Calcutta; Panther, from Ostend; Seine, from Boulogne; Isabella; Jeshna, from Hamburgh; Vicks, from Gotten burg; Inn, from Guernsey; George Anson, from Genoa; C4ltsta, from Honduras; Mangalore, from Madras; Vrienden, from Manilla; Dolphin, from Buenos Ayrea ; Leila, from Cadiz• Queen of the Isles, from Rio Grande; Nap , leon, from ' Gravelines; Perla, from Havannab ; Charlotte, from Port Adelaide; Governor M'Donald, from Gambia; Edinburgh, from Calcutta; Lucinde, from Memel; Kato Kearney, from Africa; Charlotte, from Pert Adelaide; Ambassador, and Bengal, from Alex andria. Sailed—Triton, for Boulogne; Sir Robert Peel, for Dunkirk; Antwerpen, for Antwerp; Batavier and Earl of Auckland, for Rotterdam; Lord John Russell, for Harlingen; Diana, for Amsterdam; Elizabeth, for Quebec; Walmcr Castle, for Madras; Fortuna, for Algol Bay; Gallardo, for Rivadeo; Sarnia, for Ham burgh; Victoria, for Now York; Bosphorus, for Syd ney; Asia, for Quebec; Richard Cowl, for St. Domingo; Mystery, for L4ghorn; Minerva, for Copenhagen; Ca therina, and Industrie, for Norway; Menai, for Calais; Neptuee, for Harnburgh ; Rhine, for OAtertd; Ocean, for Rotterdam; Fearless, for ; Eglinton, for Swan River; Antilles, for Trinidad; Margaret, for Naples. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. We are glad to state that the officers and ships' companies of the ship{ and vessels at Spithead have followed the example set by the Commander-in- Chief, the Admiral-Superintendent, and the ships in harbour, and have all subscribed a day's pay towards the relief of the widows, orphans, and distressed relatives of the unfortunate persons lost by the melancholy wreck of the Birkenhead. A committee will be immediately formed, •ive hear, consisting of Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, Rear-Admiral H. Pres cott, Captain Chads, and other officers, to consider the best manner of carrying out the philanthropic inten tion of the subscribers. A large sum will, no doubt, be realised, which will be distributed in a .somewhat similar way to that adopted for the relief of the dis tressed persons who lost husbands and relations in the late Avenger. At Devonport the following general memorandum was issued by the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir John Ommanney, - "Impregnable, in Hamonz©, April 9, 1852. " The distress that Must be caused to many of the families of the unfortunate sufferers in the Birkenhead is a subject that cannot be viewed with indifference, but must creats a sympathetic feeling for them, and a desire to relieve their sufferings, so far as pecuniary aid can be effective. These sentiments are in perfect accordance with the ideas of Commodore Seymour, who with myself is desirous of contributing one day's pay towards any fund that may he established for that purpose. " In bringing the circumstance to the notice of the re spective captains and commanders of her Majesty's ships at this port, I hope they will ascertain from the officers and :news under their command whether they may re• spectively wish to make a similar contribution. (Signed) " J. A. OMMANNEY, Admiral. " To the respective Captains and Commanders, &c." We are glad to hear that Mr. Scaife, who has been ;long serving is . Cleiltin the - royal yablitNiiitotra and Albert; hs attained his long-merited promotion to the rank of paymaster. Commander Henry Downes died on the 3d instant, aged 62. Lieutenant George H. Godden died on the 31 instant, aged 27. Paymaster Edward B. Robins, late of the Cormo rant steam-sloop, died on the sth instant, at South sea, from the effects of -illness contracted in a tropical climate. Clerk—Tobias E. Palmer (1848) has been ap. pointed from the Jackal steam-tender, to be clerk in charge of the Bloodhound steam-tender, coast of Africa. Fairy screw-tender yacht, and the Elfin-dispatch boat, will he taken into dock this day, to have their Ixwoms looked at. Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hand, was on Saturday dispatched from Devonport to cruise in the chops of the Channel, to relieve the homeward-bound ships detained by the continued easterly winds. Jrickal steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Bedding field, was at Lagos on the 19th February, as also the Penelope steam - frigate, Commodore Bruce. Magicienne steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, in command of the steam reserve at Devonport, went into the Channel on Saturday on a trial cruise. On leaving the harbour she saluted the flag of the Com mander-in-Cbief, which was returned by the Impreg nable flag-ship. Simoom steam troop-ship, Captain Kingcome, got up steam on Friday afternoon, and :went into Ports mouth harbour, going alongside the Malabar, coal depot, to complete her fuel. She is preparing to take detachmentssto Halifax and Quebec; from the latter place the will bring back a regiment. Victory, Eig-ship at Portsmouth, having received new chocks for her mooring bridles, was taken back to her mooringe, off Common-hard on Friday evening. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—The Retribution, 28, steam-frigate t Captain Warden, embarked Mr. Staf ford, the Secretary to the Admiralty, and Colonel Green, the Admiralty Engineer, yesterday morning, and left with them for Plymouth. The Vulcan steam troop-ship, Master Commander Penn, was taken into . the steam basin yesterday to have her defects rep3ired. ters and pursers of her Majesty's navy has been signed by the proper authorities. The details thereof have not yet been made public. The Duke of Northumberland, accompanied by several members of the new Board of Admirely, will visit the various dockyards during the present week. Mr. Stafford, M.P., the secretary, Colonel Green, the Chief Director of Work 9, and Mr. H. J. Grant, have departed from Whitehall on an official visit to Ports mouth and Devonport. Commander Shepherd M'Cormick (1841) died on Sunday, the 28th ult., et New Roes, Wexford, Ire the late war, and wa s engaged in many land. He served in many parts of the glo b e d ur i n g h a rd-fought actions. He was l as t employed in the St. G eorge , 120, and was super se d e d from that ship at hi s own request. Lieutenant Andrew Robert Dunlap (1842) died a few days since. He passed seven years of his pro fessional career on the west coast of Africa, where he was present at the capture of 34 slavers. Alto gether, he served 15 years in tropical climates. While in the Eclair he was one of the first attacked with fever, and although he recovered, his constitu tion received shock, the effects of which were never removed. His last employment was in command of her Majesty's steamer Acheron, on the coast of Ire land, in 1847, during th e f am i ne in that part United Kingdom. The brig Isabella, of * Whitby, Grainger, master, bound for Rochester, got on s h ore on the Sh eern es s Middle Ground on the Bth i nst. at nine A.M., h av i ng at the time all her canvas sp rea d , i nclud i ng t opm ast and topgallant studding sails. Sh ortly a f ter , veer ing of 'the round upon tide, she let go her anchor. The hands were ordered to the pumps, and she r e mained ashore until eleven A.m., striking h eav i ly. Wh il st get ti ng in her anchor she again took th e groun d, b u t s h o rtly afterwards, floated off, and proc ee d e d on b er vo y a ge. - -The schooner -Elizabeth and miyo4l2 Whitby;- laden with a cargo of coal for London, ran on shore on the morning of the 9 th inst. on the Black Tail Sand, a little below the beacon. Some hands belong ing to the smacks in the vicinity were employed to lighten her, and a portion of her cargo having been thrown overboard she got off at high water yesterday, and proceeded on her voyage t o L ondon. As a caution to the masters of vessels trading to this port, we would strongly advise them not to at tempt to pass on the north side of the Sheerness Mid dle Ground buoy (which lies nearly midway between the Great and Little Nore) before half flood, or after half ebb tide, especially when the sea runs high, un less their ships are light. On the south aide of the Middle Ground there is from 20 to 28 feet water, while on the north side, at low water, there is only from 13 to 17 feet water. went round from E. to S.W., which I think was enough to lose any ship." I beg to remain your obedient servant, Portsmouth, April 7. G. H. G. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 6.—ln conversation with se veral of the passengers, per Propontis, from the Cape of Good Hope, I have been informed that the general impression i 3, that the melancholy accident resulted from a variation of the compass, fur the Mr kenhead was presumed to be steering at least three miles outside the rock on which she struck. That part of the coast on which the Birkenhead was lost was first surveyed in 1818, by Commander IValker, of the Dispatch store ship, who carefully examined the coast during 14 trip3aloag the S.E. coast of the Cape colony, and made a chronometric survey and chart from the Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay. Captain Walker gave his name to Walker and also gave its name of Point Danger to that projection of the land, in consequence of the reef extending so far off. The same coast has been since surveyed by Admiral Owen with a surveying ship. The coast is well known, and the awful disaster must hive arisen from deviations of compass, occasioned by the local attraction of the iron ship, which were in all proba bility erroneously corrected on Professor Airey's principles. The loss of this steamer has created a deep sensation in the community here, many of whom are related to the unfortunate officers and crew.— Shipping Gazette. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Another reception of the public in the Crystal Pa ccomplished on Saturday ; and a ga i n , f or n b a fl e a e f t nhcroeerdo hours, gbbh b y th e itstll some hevea thousandssrtegaroedregre tf ul sanguineul o desolate hopee xp fe expectation e tifastl r ie s os o n. n s oly we f preser v inghierte Whe ther scattered a kh cf ee ee r w fabric,influenced -I Peedizgraavaly—tba.aarns. unflagging 'apirit of admi ration seemed universally to prevail. The chances of an unfavourable issue to the natural desire to re tain so brilliant a memorial of those triumphal scenes which have so lately been the all-absorbing topic, invest these later visits with melancholy anticipations of a possible farewell. So thoroughly is the display of 1851 associated in every mind with the building itself, that the acres of vacant flooring suggest, even to the most unimaginative, the recollection of what has been and is now past. Whether the fame of the Crystal Palace- is to rest upon that recollection, or upon the realization of Sir Joseph Paxton's winter wtioth disparage unchallenged may garden, will in a short time be finally decid e d ; at all events, its applicability to the purpose of a shltered success ; n promenade have given it the name of the great glass greenhouse in Hyde-park, it by no means follows that such a re treat would not be most agreeable during the preva lence of the bitter east winds with which this metro adhaaslthboeuegnh a te t s te te m d pts metro polis is so favoured. Next to the genial temperature which prevails in the Crystal Palace, nothing more forcibly strikes the observer than the completeness and simplicity of the arrangements for drainage and ventilation. Although their ingenuity has been fully detailed, it may not be out of place to remark that they are comprehended at a glance, now that the con tents of the building have been removed. Perhaps it may partially be attributed to the absence of obstruc tions to sight, and greatly to the paucity of attiacs tions, which before lured observation from less inviting subjects. It certainly now presents a very different scene. The transept is clear, excepting a solitary fountain, a refreshment counter, and a few seats and tables at the northern end. To some of the doors at the principal entrance were affixed bills, announcing a sale, to commence on the 26th instant, of several powerful boilers and the steam-pipes which supplied the motive power to the machinery. From one of the pillars on the right, where the transept is intercepted by the nave, hung the original and very pleasing and interesting water-colour drawing of Mr. Louis Haghe, which is to be published on the Ist of May next, representing the transept and the principal re freshment court, with the magnificent trees, which even now are budding, and were when taken, in full foliage. The picture was greatly admired, and cer tainly forms one of the prettiest of the views of the Exhibition. Underneath was one of the views of the building, as proposed to be altered for a winter gar den, according to the plan of Sir J. Paxton, and to which we have before referred. From another pillar, and immediately opposite, depended a set of drawings of the interior of the Exhibition, by Baxter's oil printing process; and here, too, crowds of the visi tors lingered to congratulate'themselves on having seen the reality which in these drawings is so truthfully delineated. In one corner, ranged in rows, were the watering-pots used for laying the dust; and in another, an array of brooms and buckets, companions in idleness of the 350 flagstaffs, all of which miscel laneous properties, including the flags of all nations, will assuredly be applied by new owners to household purposes, unless a fever to possess relics of the Ex hibition spreads rapidly amongst a discerning public. There are twenty tell-tale turnstiles marked for the coming auction, to pass which thousands and tens of thousands of pounds, in shillings, have been so eagerly and cheerfully paid. Mr. W. T. Best performed, upon the organ, selections from Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Grano, Bach, and Mozart, between the hours of three and five, - , commencing with portions of the Messiah, and concluding with the grand Hallelujah chorus. During that time the company promenaded in the nave, ascended into the galleries, mapped out the different sections from memory, looked curiously at the maze of pipes exposed to view in the machinery department, and, in fact, followed the bent of their different humours ; and as the declining rays of en unclouded sun shone unim peded through the transept roof, gradually and silently withdrew. With respect to the means now being taken to ar rest the sentence of demolition, the petitions to both Houses of Parliament, lying in the building, received an immense number of signatures. At three o'clock a general meeting of the committee took place in the large room near the south entrance, and resolutions were unanimously adopted to organise district com mittees and get up public meetings in various parts of London, so that the metropolitan public generally may have an opportunity of expressing their views and opinions upon the subject. Meetings with this object will take place in the course of next week, and on Monday the 19th there will be a general public meet ing of the people of London. For the country the annexed form of petition has been suggested, and a great many already circulated in various towns, cities, awl boroughs : " TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BM TAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the borough of --, " Showeth,—That your petitioners have heard with great regret or the intention to take down the Crystal Palace in Hyde park; that they regard that structure as the object of the world's admiration, and they believe it to be capable of being adapted to many purposes of public utility and enjoyment. " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Ho nourable House to take such measures as will ensure the preservation of the said palace, and its dedication to the use of the public. " And your petitioners will ever pray." The Commissioners have addressed the following reply to a memorial of the local committee of War rington on the subject of the appropriation of the surplus funds of the Exhibition : " Palace of Westminster, April 3, 1852. _ " Sir,—l am directed by her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial signed by yourself on behalf of the War rington Local Committee, praying that the sums .sub scribed to the Exhibition fund by the various provincial towns may be appropriated to public objects connected with the progress of art, science, and education in the town from which subscriptions have been raised; and in particular that the sum of 1501. remitted to the Com missioners for the borough of Warrington may be ap propriated to the building fund of the Warrington Isla scum and Library. " The Commissioners direct me, in reply,. to transinLt to you, for the information of the Warrington coply mittee, the accompanying copy of a report addressedsite them to her Majesty on the subject of the di w sp 1 y :uld more surplus funds in their hands; and especially call the attention of the the- mmittee to the passages in .that report in which they thew, e e t f h e_r enod te ,int t h h vva e th a .a n lh - 1 nouncement originally put forward s should a not ie be subscriptions must be absolute and defin iu t they express their opinion that the su r rs al, or local applied to purposes of a limited, 1 3 cha racter; and they do not therefore feel a themselves. tobe in a position to comply with the application ewlauncil j a the memorial. y likely the co al " " With respect to th e statement advanced b mittee, that they understa nd that it is the surp l us z fund will be approp riated to' the erection of a building in :or near Lond on for the purpose of a ntuseum or p i cture gallery,' I a m directed to acquaint you that there has been no declaration on the part of the Commis sioners to justify such an opinion; that the enclosed re port is the only document relating to the surplus that exists; and that no other report on the subject, of its disposal has been made by the Commi ssioners.--I have the honour to be, sir, your obethent servant, " EDGAR A. BovnuNG. " Benjamin Pierpont, Esq., Ste." ••••••,,, _ - The commander of the Janus, Commander Powell, has been permitted to accept the Spanish Order of K.C. of Charles the Ilird, and the officer Second in command au inferior grade of the same Order, t or the pirates on the A ar CIA% their conduct against [PRICE SD. I THE INSURGENTS OF BEZIERS, A court-martial assembled at Montpellier on the 18th ult. to try the chiefs, fourteen in number, of the insurrection at Beziers, department of the Herault, in December lest. The names and occupations of the accused were—Peret, a distiller; Ceutelou, pla s t erer ; Saileles, coop e r ; Faret, shoem eker ; Cceurdecier ' con tractor for public wor ke; M me, landowner •ir C , f,S• sous, agent de remplacement, militaire; Lauren`, street sweeper ; Vidal, gardener ; Croielerd, stone - cutter ; Pegeq, tanner; Oalibert, alias Le Ow, far mer; Boyer, favour; Salvan, cooper. la the body of the court were a quanrity of mink. t , , ee‘ th,e, poignerds, pitchforks, pistols, sword 4; h4moiPpz, , ticke, axes, ecc., &C., together with tUille cl , ,thes vainer with blood and dirt. The indictment, which was very long, wet forth the following faces :—Toe news of tlie coup d'ilat at Paris reached Beziers on the 3.1 De cember, and was announced to the populitioa by pla cards of the authorities. It caused considerable agi tation. Some men known to belong to the s , 2cret so cieties, which for sometime before had existed in dif ferent parts of the department, went to cafe, and pub lic houses, and there heid exciting language, calcula ted to inflame the passions of the people. The sub-pre fect and other authorities took measures for preserving order • the troops were ordered t o b e k ept i n their barracks ready to act; and a detachment of 25 men of the 12th Regiment were sent to the sub-prefecture. The next day, at an early hour in the morning, the agitation became more menacing ; men in arms appeared in the streets, and a meeting of the chiefs of the revolutionary party was hell at the house of Peret. Presently a column of about 6,000 men, armed with muskets, scythes, clubs, pistols, kitchen spits, cutlasses fixed on sticks, and all sorts of weapons, marched to the sub-prefecture. They uttered fierce cries and brandished their weapons. The Mayor, who had been up the greater part of the night, on seein g - the eelarnerpese, - -hurriaelta , the-Floteeete-Wthe e where he found every one asleep. He caused defensive measures to be taken, and then hastened to the sub prefecture. The sub•prefect had also been up all night, and had received alarming news from the adjacent villages, especially from Villeneuve. He had just before sent off some gendarmes to the latter place to assist the Mayor in quelling an armed insur rection which had just commenced. Whilst the Mayor was still in conversation with the sub-prefect a slip of paper was brought to the latter, containing the following words : " In the name of the Sovereign People, in the name of the violated Constitution, " You, its representative, are summoned to give up your powers, on account of the violation of Art. 51 of that Constitution, which declares that the President forfeits his power if he dissolves the Assembly—and it appears from the dispatch placarded on the 3d that be has done that. " Deliberated in the public streets, this 4th Decembtr, 1851. " THE PEOPLE." The sub-prefect's first impression was that this do cument had been seized by the police ; but, on leaving his room to make inquiries respecting it, he found a deputation of three men waiting for him. lie asked them what they wanted ? and they said, " We are the delegates of the people, and you must resign at this very moment your functions to us, and withdraw." " I hold my powers from a re gular government," said the sub-prefe c t, s, and I will not give them up to a deputation of the erneute." " Do you count on your soldiers ?" said one of the deputation. " Well, if you do, I tell you they will not fire. They know as well as we du that the Con stitution has been violated, and that the people have regained possession of their rights. Therefore all re sistance is impossible. We are ten thousand in number, ready to march." "If I only had two men," said the sub-prefect, " I would not hesitate to get myself killed with them sooner than do what you want ; and I ask you. if you were in my place, would you do otherwise ?" One of the men, who seemed much affected, remarked, " No; and, in short, I should n o t b e sorr y to shelter you with my body from a bullet." The sub-prefect then sent to the barracks for an additional force, and called the detach ment at the sub-prefecture to arms. Shortly after a detachment of soldiers arrived, and with the others prepared for resistance. Some minutes later the co lumn of insurgents appeared, and the soldiers pre sented their muskets. The insurgents cried, " Vire la ligne !" They were headed by some of the pri soners. Summonses were made in the usual form to the insurgents to disperse in the name of the law, but they responded by a discharge of musketry. The troops returned the fire. Eight of the insurgenti were killed, 16 wounded, and the others took ,to flight, throwing aside their arms, and abandoning their vic tims. Meanwhile other bands committed gross ex cesses in different parts of the town ; and one of these band shot at and attacked with scythes two gentle men named Bernard and Vernhes—the former a landed proprietor, the latter registrar of the Tribunal. Bernard was so dreadfully injured that he died on the spot, and M. Vernhes still lies in a dangerous state. Some of the insurgents threatened a female, who keeps a tobacconist's shop with death, and others cried in patois, "To the lantern with her! To the lantern !" Meanwhile the troops turned out, and attacked the insurgents with great vigour. Attempts were made to form barricades, but they were pre vented ; and after a short resistance, all the insurgents were dispersed, and order was re-established. The prisoners who had distinguished themselves in the fray, or were known as chiefs of the revolutionary party, were subsequently captured. The number of witnesses called for the prosecution was very great. They established all the important facts stated in the indictment, and disclosed others of deep interest. It was proved that secret societies existed at Beziers and in the neighbourhood, and that the persons who were received into them had to take an oath to obey their chiefs implicitly, and bound themselves to put to death any members who should betray the secrets of the society, or refuse to obey the instructions of their officers. The obligations of the oath, administered by order of the central committees, were that all the means and energy of the members should be directed Ito the establishment of a democratic social Republic, but out of those societies there sprung up others, in which the members were organised with a view to pillage, and with an understanding that, in the event of a conflict, the working classes should fall indiscri minately upon and massacre every man above their own class , whatever might be his politics or hisposi tion. The murder of M. Bernard, and the dreadfu l wounds inflicted upon M. V e rnhes, could only be and ascribed to the men composing th es e societies, several of the witnesses declared their cn they that these gentlemen were attacked, not b ecause th e y were of were personally obnoxious, hut because transpired in the the class of the bourgeoisie. It course of the trial that scrot alt t o appear in the persons had re ceived a friendly warning .nol streets during the commotion, as the insurgent s had resolved to fire upon person not wear ing a blouse or the dress o f a w orking man. That pillage was intended was pro ved by the fact th at b insurgents a considerable number place pen_ of te they intended we e r n e vided with bags, in w hic h ts by some of the the booty. The accoun given a nd cruelty of the wit nesses of the ferocity insurgents horrif • towards their victims w e re. Ylng. They w ere not satisfied with g mer inflicting death, but when M. .Hernard and * Ve r n h es were lying on the ground and impendg mercy, the wretch again fired again one of th em fi re d upon them, had sho wn conflict that be e k 71 his patriotism by plung inghis pitchfor into the very bones of his victim. All the w itnesses agreed in describing M. Peret as the chief of the democratic party at Beziers, and it was prov ed that meetings had been held at his house, at w hich the rising Ras determined up on and from w hich orders were i ssue d t • ' • o the different chiefs and o fficers of the se cret societies to call out their men and proceed to a fixed place of rendezvous. Most of the witnesses for the prosecution, however, expressed an opinion that M. P eret was opposed to massacre and pillage, and regretted the excesses which the insurgents had committed. For the defence, several witnesses were called f or the purpose of proving an alibi in favour of some of the prisoners, but the at tempt failed, and four of the witnesses prevaricated to such an extent that the president of the court-martial ordered them to be taken into custody with a view to a prosecution for perjury. When the evidence had closed, however, the president had these persons brought before him, and informed them that although they had exposed themselves by their false testimony to the penalty of imprisonment for life with hard labour, he was disposed to take their ignorance into consideration, And to suppose that they had been guilty from a feeling of humanity towards the prisoners. He would, therefore, order their dis charge from custody, leaving them to the justice of God and their remorse of conscience. After the pleadings of the different advocates for the defence, and the reply of the commissioner of the Government, the president, on the 29th ult., the trial having occupied 11 days, ordered the court to be cleared, and the deliberation commenced on the ques tions, one hundred in number, brought forward by the prosecution. The deliberation having closed, the_ fourteen prisoners were brought forward to tr . their sentences. They were all declared nd t "Y -, B ed Chomac, Vidal, Cadelard, and Pages were Boyer were to death ; Perot, Coutelou, Galibert, and . i sentenced to transportation in a fortified Salleles, Mame, And Salvan to PuPP place ; ,_ h y oransporta- 7 tion and ifiFtegredation ; and Fare., Cosurdacier, and Crassous to ten years' imprisonment and civic degreriation. The Court ordered that the execution of the four persons condemned to death shall take Place publicly in the town of lieziers. These metli on bearing sentence of &a.th were dreadfully affected. Choumac exclaimed, " I will appeal 1" Vidal and Pages stamped on the floc,r, and, putting their hands to their heads, cried "On what a stain for our families!" EXCISE INFORMATIONS. ALARM IN THE WHISK Y TRADE.—A, very curious brought before th e s h er iff su bstitute hero was brou on Friday week, whereby hangs a tale, in which the town of Crieff has z‘eted a very prominent part. It is said that information has lately been lodged with the Excise that a distillery concern in that quarter, which had become bankrupt a few yerirB ago, had been largely invc;ved in the purchase an d sa l e o f smuggled ; and zio spternatically h- ,d the trade been cdrried on that regular entrie:, of the - illicit Eranf2ctiOrts were wade in the books of the concern. A summons via, :teconi i gl y served upoii thf.! ill Auction o f at theot Ex(:•ie, for :he The b-n oiurt, ; wheil the agent in the t.k.quf,sratiori ntt,l - 1 , 1•:d pleadt , idtlw the beaks forin-d part of but:ii,zuvy s e6 tat , , wcith wtis pc=r swmily vested i:r the trustee, and could not be surn marily dtm4nded. Ai proceedings in Excise are conductiA under BritiA lac, the intervention ot a jury was 11eCTSSary to determine the point in qui.O.ion, arid Friday laSt w:;:i appointed for the purpose. In the meantime the ruirlour got abroad that legal evi dence of a long-continued and extensive illicit traffic in whisky with individuals not only in Crieff, but with several towns in this and the adjoining counties, was contained in the bankrupt's books, and a panic .took place in the former place, as in tense as if some fatal epidemic bad broken out. The subject engrossed public talk for some days, and the office of the law agent in which the innocent cause of all this consternation was deposited became the centre of interest to all who had had transactions with the bankrupt. At an early hour on Thursday morning last it was discovered that the office referred to had been broken into and the corpus delicti carried off! This, it appears, had not been a difficult work to achieve, as the office was on the ground floor, at the back of a house along which there was a thorough fare ; and upon a precognition the same day by the procurator fiscal, an old woman who lives in a neigh ..bookiug,llolswBo4l.4at..being aw-akausitiu.thate&Whe of the night, she happened to look out, the by the light of the moon observed four men with a lighted candle leaving the premises with books under their arms. The intelligence rapidly spread, and it was soon apparent that a great weight had been taken off the minds of the lieges, and the relieved feelings of the community got vent in mirth and music, a band perambulating the streets in honour of the victory over informers and excisemen. Here the mysterious affair rests for the present, so far as we can learn, or until clairvoyance discovers if the tell-tale documents are still in existence, or where screted.—Perth Courier. WORKING MAN'S MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlE,—The committee appointed at the public meeting held on the 7th of August, 1850, at the Whittington Club-room, to collect subscriptions from the working classes for a memorial to the late Sir Robert Peel, have closed their labours • and the auditors havicg, on the 6th inst., examined all the accounts, and certified their accuracy, it may be satisfactory to your readers to know the result. Including the subscriptions begun at the Belvidere Hotel, Pcutonviile, there has been received the sum of 1,7371. o.i. 6d., chiefly in penny subscriptions ; and that amount has been paid into the Bank of England, to be invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, in the names of three trustees; and in the course of the next month the committee will decide in what manner that sum shall be employed, so as to confer the greatest possible benefit on the working classes. The committee have already decided that the yearly interest of the fund shall be applied to educational purposes, under the title of the " Working Man's Memorial to the late Sir Robert Peel ; and they will spare no endeavours to render its application judicious. It appears, on examination, that these subscription; have been received from upwards of 350 towns and villages ; while in other towns the subscription that was commenced for this fund became sufficient in amount to establish a local memorial, which the com mittee in every cane encouraged. The number of individual subscribers is about 250,000, among whom are English workmen at St Petersburgh, who have contributed Si. towards the fund. The expenses of the committee for printing, send ing out between four and five thousand circulars, and answering applications for books, lists, office charges, &c., amount on the whole to 2951. 14s. 9d. up to the present time ; and the committee intend to defray the whole of that amount by contributions from their own number, and from other friends of the late Sir Robert Pep], so that the entire amount of subscrip tions collected shall remain applicable for the purposes above stated. A complete list of the names of the persons and places from which subscriptions have been received, and of the amount subscribed at each place, has been prepared ; and should there be funds sufficient, this list will be published, so as to satisfy every subscriber that his mite has been received, and will be applied for the objects intended. I remain your obedient servant, JosE" Hums, Chairman of the Committee Bryanstone-square, April 10. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The opening trip of the season of this club is to take place on Saturday, the 24th inst., when the commodore, James Goodson, El., will heist his flag on board his yacht, the Avalon, off Blackwall, at four o'clock r.ic , and accompanied by the vice and rear commodores in the War Hawk and Mouse, will proceed to the new club house, at Erith. The first match of the season is to take place on Saturday, the 29th of May next, and is for small-class vessels (not exceeding ten tons) onl y; the course is from Erith to th e Lower Ho p e Point and back, season and the prizes are 20 g uineas for the first yacht, and 5 guineas for the second . A steam-boat will be engaged by the club for the a ccommodation of the members and their friends. Th e second match of the ea2es n w ill w for the larger - cla ss vessels onl y , and the from Erith to Southe nd and back; the course bi pill b 4 o prizes guineas for the first y acht, and 10 guineas for the se- cond. The day is not yet definitively fi xed, be either the mi ddle o r end of Juno. but it will ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The usual monthly meeting of this distinguished club was held on Wednesday evening, at the Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden. For the first few minutes the chair was taken by Mr. Green, who:vvas qui c kly succee d e d b y L or d Alfred Paget, upon whom the main business of the even ing devolved. Th e minutes of the previous meeting havi2g been read awl confirmed, i t was determined that the second and l ast match of the season should take place on Saturday, June 12, entries to close on the even ing of the 2d. The secretary then read a communica tion from the Russian Consul, announcing the great reget' a of St. Petersburah ter June 27, in which royal yaeht3 of all nations are invited to contend for a prize of 850 gs., the rued to extend from Cronstadt round the Neva Island. - The letter was expressive of the warmest desire for the St. Petersburgh Imperial Yacht Club that gentlemen of the Royal Thames Yacht Club would ho nour them by entering the lists. The distance to be sailed is 160 nautical miles. Lord Alfred Paget pro posed that the annual donation of 51. be subscribed by the club to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, a proposal which it is almost unnecessary to say met the hearty concurrence of the club. Mr. George Russell was then appointed agent for the Royal Thames Yacht Club at the Isle of Man. Captain Wheeler announced that the Ruby had been chartered to accompany the races of this club, as affording, from her size, superior accom modation to members and visitors. Gentlemen stewards having been appointed for the receipt of tickets and other duties on board the steam-boat, several members were elected, and others proposed for ballot at the next meeting. DESERTION OF A WIFE BY HER HIISBAND.-011 Saturday, at the Brentford Police-court, John Keeley, an elderly and respectable-looking man, valet and courser to Colonel Caulfield, of St. James's-street, was charged by Mr. Lewis, vestry clerk and overseer of the parish of Isleworth, with having deserted his wife, and left her chargeable to the parish. It was stated that the defendant, who had been courier to many of the nobility, and who was now in the re ceipt of as much as 2001. per annum, had deserted his wife while she was on a sick bed. That he had not contributed anything towards her support for many years, but she h , o btained a precarious living by going out nursing. The . de fendant now refused to allow the poor woman A f l t i , l . : and said that she was well able to make her ONTll ll .r e t' n i s h., The chairman said the defendant richly desery_ea wi r n u ce, he ment, and as he refused to make his wife any 0) should commit him to prison under the Vagr a an rogue and vagabond. t Act as a „,, R o yal snail steam- LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. — ALe fro m the Mersey at steam-ship City of ship Asia, Judkins, commander, sail ed ,h the usual mails and a iiTasiled from the Mersey this a large freight of menufac -12.,10 roc to-day, for New York,: screw large number of passengers. Glasgow, Wylie commandesii afternoon for Philadelphia , w r . She will be , The Pacific Mail Ste tured goods and 70 Pagaeni"-eshlP Bogota, H a ll a m" commander ship Company's new will take out next for the Pacift d ar is r p iv a e tc d h a e t d th : i_ n e . c, calling at Stone commander, with advises front Rio of above-namedpo.woarrets4y.nre,74deidnyadylrfraelmpartahieso:ayand h f the p laces. The Royal Mail mails Mad e :Madeira, ea,.... steam -ship j ' l 30th ult , New York to the from _. ,. Burton to the 31st, and tele graphic via. Halifax, to the lit graPh'c b e expected to arrive at ' • this rt on Monda (this The United States' mail just ,I:ogriccounts -A ew 1 nder, with advices from New day) y steam-ship 0 the 3d Pacific iIl e t., Nyemay coma be looked for W edne sday morning next. ND HIGHLAND ROADS AND BRIDGES: RIDGEs.—On Saturday the 38th report of the C ommissioners and Bridges (presented to Parliament) printed, extend ing to 30 page,,,,. Thewhole on Highland Roads arl4T e ent) wasmehts on the ooun• ties of Scotland for the y arl o Bsl amo unted assess to 4,0481.45. 514 only, showing a decrease of 6551. b elow tIION Of MO, ant 4704 beloTir that of Is4l. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Hains Castle from Singapore for London, Jan. 4, in lat. 32 S., long. 34 E. Valetta, from the Mauritius, Jan. 19, lat. 35 S., long. 21 E. United, brig, of Sunderland, from Arica for Cork, with topmast sprung, March 20, in lat. 44 N., long. 29 W. Tonawanda, from Liverpool, March 25. Sir Harry Smith, from London, March 28, in lat. 31 N,, long. 16 W. Ocean, of Fecamp, in long. 29, of Paris. Kossuth, from Sunderland for Calcutta, March 3, by the Jenny Li'id. from Portsmouth for Callao, in lat. 2 N., long, 22 W. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. WooLwrcir, APRIL 10 —Toe Intrepid, screw steam vessel, Commander M'Clintock, and the Pioneer, acre w steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Osborne, were taken out of the basin to-day, and are now at moorings in the stream, in readiness to leave with the Assistance, Captain Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., and the Resolute, Captain Kellett, C. 8., when they are com pleted, which they will be in a day or two, and they still expect to be able to leave Greenhithe on Thurs day next, the 15th inst., as originally named, on their enterprising voyage. The Lords of the Admiralty intend paying a visit of inspection to the vessels of the Arctic Expedition at Greenbithe, on Thursday next, previous to their departure for sea. Captain Sir Edward 13 -Icher, Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., second secretary at the Admiralty; Colonel Colquhoun, R.A., inspector of the Royal Carriage Department; and Captain Washington, R.N., were present on the wharf wall at the landing place in the afternoor, with a number of officers, to witness Mr. Hay, the lecturer on chemistry, instruct ing the bombardiers of the Royal Marine Artillery attached to the expedition, in the model of discharging gunpowder under water by means of the galvanic bat tery. The explosive charges consisted of half a pound of gunpowder in ten canisters, which were sufficient when discharged in the bottoin of the river to show the principle and uses to which the galvanic battery can be applied when explosions by means of gunpowder are found necessary in the Arctic regions. Mr. George Shepherd, C.E., has received instruc tions from the Admiralty to examine and get repaired all the gas apparatus connected with the balloons for distributing messages in the Arctic regions, and also to supply a numb e r o f new b a ll oo n s , and the means of inflati ng t h em with gas, to be used by the present expedition. The balloons are made on this occasion to neat on the water, should they come down at sea. Ttin:S are to be p r i n t e d on sat i n o f var i ous ou r _Sae3 irlloiOlmiel:ooafing;ilcl'n papers of all colours, and about half a of the vesselsien:ctibilL printed on both sides, leaving be e ting the latitude and longitude these massages ma e time they are sent up. Some of Captain Collinson .be dispatehelinf g ybe met with by the parties under Th s , f o e I n t g o e b g y e ar d i no b, itt i lsh n itiaeho - the h oip e tifynre ois ß otmoyf e l b u r t e l n : g — Straits nelle tt, in let, herthe Al messya west e s t g y e 'as x whichped it i willon Steering for o other .:icileo.n)g.Pro sv v h :.;DB,Ti 'Dispatched t a s A t i u e r h t eje,doChanp Franklin`tai ro c the vessels of t cOn du t a h edto visions left at Or intending to winter at officers and A new feature is to be in as fuel, _c_..er's expedition, - be p ition Mr. been supply several' o f hi s g Ethvard orde ß rE e i d h to Captain Greener h S a i v r in viewthawleitshanad to enable th o e fo ffi t. h m a e r n po t o: k g il u l n w s ot o h f e u r a l i a o r ce ge tb fi e s i h r means, such parts as are fi: 6 rifles for killing birds or vo t igas to obtain regions, for the purpose of with the addition of Mint . . .cat for foorl. These Y of the previous deer, will h en te l r e t otbuena enterprising s b l u y g any expeditions. _____—......— EXTENSIVII FIRE.—On Saturday night at a late hour the inhabitants of the City and east end oft of f o il n a d m on e were greatly alarmed in consequence of huge sheets suddenly rising high into the air and lighting p e both of the river Thames. This being distinctly perceptible from the various metropolitan bridges, no time was lost in givi n g the necessary intelligence to the engine-stations. The fir e up s sides was raging at Mill-wall, Poplar. The firemen having arrived at that point they found that the disaster had occurred in the extensive premises of Messrs. Cassell and Co., pitch, tar, varnish, and patent camphine manufacturers. The engines were set to work from a good supply of water. The origin of the fire is not precisely known, but from the fact of some miscreant having cut the hose of one of the engines while it was being set to work, strong suspicion is entertained that the same party had some hand hi kindling the fire. Ttie loss is very considerable, and unfortunately the firm was not invared. THE COAST OF AFRICA. By letters from the above squadron to the 19th ult. we are informed that Commodore Bruce has entered into treaty with every native chief in the Bight of Benin for the abolition of the slave trade, protection of missionaries, &c. The blockade is entirely withdrawn, except at Whydab, and there it will not lest long, as Commander Forbes, of the Phi tome], has gone to Abomey to treat with the King of Dahomey. The capture of Lagos brought about these happy results. The chiefs, who six months ago would have killed any English officer who had the misfor tune to be thrown in their power, now hail us as their best friends, swear the slave trade shall never be renewed in their territories, and desire nothing but merchant ships for legal traffic. Commander Forbes, additional of the Penelope steam-frigate (Commodore Brace's ship), is very se riously ill with dysentery at Abbeokuta; great doubts are entertained of his recovery. The Harlequin 12, Commander Wilmot, is sickly in consequence of her beats having been employed in the rivers. The sickness is not of a fatal character. She has gone to the southward to refresh her crew. An English merchant at Aecra has, it is alleged, been sent to Sierra Leone to be tried for slave dealing. Captain Lyster, of the Penelope, has quite reco vered from the wounds received at Lagos. The Wasp, 14; Commander Crozier, arrived at Sierra Leone on the 10th of March from Ascension, and Commander Crozier was invalided home on the 13th. Mr. Bonham, the Commodore's flagelieute nant, is appointed acting commander of the Wasp ; and Mr. Bruce, mate, acting flag-lieutenant. Mr. De Kantzon, mate of the Volcano, is appointed to the Wolverine. Mr. Wright, clerk of the Philomel, to the Water witch, as acting paymaster and purser, vice Cum ming, returned to England. Assistant-Surgeon James Henry, from the Pene lope, to the Dolphin. Second Master Robin - son, of the Myrmidon, to the Tortoise, vice Green, to the Myrmidon. Assistant-Surgeon G-ovett, of the Penelope, to the Myrmidon, vice Mangle, to the Tortoise. The Wolverine, 12, C )mmander Falcon, will be the next vessel home from the Coast of Africa squadron. Fmstourg, APRIL 9.—The Augusta Schneider, •8 very fine new barque, of 420 tons, which sailed from this port yesterday for Australia, has taken out to that colony the first expedition of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company, comprising, with officials, miners, women and children, not less than 130 persons. Besides these passengers, the Augusta Schneider has loaded a large quantity of effective mining materials and machinery, and a considerable amount in gold specie, all under the charge of Mr. W. H Ritchie. Three of the directors of the company (Messrs. Rioh, Horncastle, and Hanson) made a special visit to the Augusta Schneider prior to her departure, which has taken place ,under favourable auspices of wind and weather. SHEERNESS, Arum 10.—Her Majesty's paddle wheel steam-frigate Cychips, 6; chief engineer Mr. William Chillcott, has been removed from the dry dock to the west side of the fitting basin, underneath the sheers. She was taken into dock on the 20th of January, and has consequently required nearly eleven weeks' work on her to make good her defects. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-yacht Black Eagle, Mr. John E. Petley, master, passed by here on Thursday evenings en route to Portsmouth, for the purpose of attending on the First Lord of the Admi ralty,'who pays an official visit to that port next week. Her Majesty's screw-steam4rigate Horatio, 24, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, will proceed, on Thursdey next, on an experimental cruise, in order to try her machinery to the fullest extent, and the efficiency of her screw propeller. The officers and crew, hulked on board the St. Lawrence during the time she has been in the dock, were turned over to her on Saturday. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Avon, 3, Mr. Alfred Veitch second master, tender to the Im pregnable,.flag-ship at Devonport, made her number on Friday morning, and proceeded on her voyage to the westward. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Amphion, 34, chief engineer Mr. George Elcock, is complete in her rig. She . was removed yesterday from the fitting yesterday at basin t_o or tne dry dock recently occupied by the Cy clops, and returned iir t - m _t . he purpose of having her bottom cleaned. Fchier, master, left port for Chatham Mr. w . ..l e i s 3 t o Y's . paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrtle, on service for the dockyard, a iii n lnc . A.M., The Rev. ..._ 0 the, afternoon. . 1 1 land Wil Impregnable, fk g shi son, of her Majesty's ship supersede the Rev. J P_Pevonport, will in a few days 'less Dockyard. ur. l i liirby as chaplain of Sheer -navy i=n theist of June , ,r_by entered her Al ajes t y i s the post from which hei .: ab -E 2 O , and was appointed to of which ho has faithfully performed to retire (the duties ) on the 30th of August, 1825. A great number of the timbers of h are informed, v ery Majesty's ship Leander are, we , roed, Ver ._ defective, and that her repairs w i ll occupy a c _ ni r ci o 1 erable pe riod of thno. We have been informed that the ()icier in Council relative to the new plan of remunorating the paynim. THE BIRKENHEAD. (From the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.) It is with sorrowful feelings and with a heart full of sympathy for those bereft of friends and up p k u in r d p r e e n d for ke some in formation, the commentdr dread d upon stroke t h eof ruefulfate andtil a t anawe tiai loss attend ingthte e h w t r a e s c k k , o b f ut ll ti r e .S. serviceß i rk l e o n o h k e a t o us Birkenhead. Fain would we shun and we have gone to some trouble and ex pense in the endeavour to show a desire to fully meet their wishes, as our supplement will amply testify. The loss of the ship is accurately and circumstan tially detailed in the morning papers, therefore it is unnecessary we should recapitulate those details. But we are in pass:Ban of da . a touching the cha racter of the Birkenhead which the daily journalists are not, and can assist in doing that which the me tropolitan press has taken but a partial view of in at tempting to establish, viz ,—a cause for the happen ing of the harrowing disaster. Most of our brethren journalists have, with more or less precipitancy, placed the blame on the Master COmmanding (Mr. Salmond), and attach the cause of the catas trophe to his supposed hugging of the shore to save time and distance in the discharge of his important duty. We do not believe such to have been his cul pability. We know the Birkenhead to have ever been a most dangerous vessel to steer, in consequence of which vital fault she had been very nearly lost on more than one occasion previously. We know from the best of evidence personal acquaintance— that her .compasses would not not under the com monest circumstances, and were always, or nearly always, in error ; we know the Birkenhead has been swung round the entire circle at Spitbead three times, and her compasses have never showed the shadow, even, of a movement! We know, further, that on another occasion, whilst at sea, so utterly imp os sibl e was it for the aster to navigate the ship owing to the attraction of the iron upon the compasses, that the Master was compelled for safety to take them up into the wizen top to endeavour to steer the ship by them ! - With :such facts as these (for they are facts, and have all been duly reported to the proper authorities at the time) staring us in the face, and many more which we could adduce in support of our reason quoted from the Shipping G azette, in another " G. H. G. " and a paragraph [See the fo l r ett b e e r lie o y f ing column] there was something wrong with the ship more than with her commander, we are inclined to put a very mitigated construction upon the reports of others as to the apparent want of discretion on the commander's p art i n the matter o f t h e rou t e steered. it is impossible to describe the sensation this has occasioned in this port, to melancholy event which nearly all the c a a e r e r w a st bo a fe a l a 1 0 many ng fr e i d g . heartrending The d o c k - ya exhibitions p a p e i i ioa h t a i s ons b efooefrn grief, informa tio n th ea The - Port-Admiral and numerous by widows and orphans. numerous have been the have evinced the utm os t render all the inforrnatiaonnad calamity. Admiral-Superintendent The u i rlen - anxiety and readiness to alle viate as far as in their sioned by this unlooked-f or in their power, and to ility lies the distress occa -foressel, of 1,400 tons, built by Birken head was an iron steam , could not carry her coals Y a Laird, of Birkenhead from being enabled to !waswhich character consequently converted Retribution b attery of guns, bat a she character she never en joyedaina it sailed d a an t n r g o do o o p hde -s lrd h e i pa p pu , pt i ao n tiinotnn;enast many officers who have : f in her can testify. She left this port last on the 2d service January, on whi chd complementday sisimonci n complement being 131. _ranked among the most s l h 2 e , victualled persons, heras abperpoerwtino troo pne al Navy. His latter s A kilf a u n l a o v f ig th a e to l4 r l M ast r ers of the services were in the the Vengeance, 84,, under c ation steam-frigate, and the Earl of Harwicke ; thenaptains Lushington and Woolwich, from which ship the Fisgard, 42, at command of the Birkenhead he was appointed to the 1851. on the Bth o f February, The melancholy intellige nce Tuesday afternoo n, and cause was published on spread over the p o rt , as Master-Commander a sudden gloom to Salmond and Mr. W. Brodie R. were well known and green , the additional master, vice. Mr. W. Bro die had b eenYresped in the ser to a sister of W. BuonetN E s but recently married Portsea. Mrs. Salmond is resi d i ng of the Bank, Hard, grief we will not attempt to intrude at Gosport. Her engineer, Mr. W. Wyndham, t a rud e upon. The chief neers, were also known to manynd the assistant-engi neers, of the officers who were in this quarter. known to the officers of the drowned were well gala.' Rolt, of the 12th Lancers, was th e son here. Cornet Esq., the contractor, who h as b.: acal of Peter Rolt, the borough of Woolwich, and n il a candidate for • n feel loss he has sustaine d. deeply f o r th e Although no amount of pecuniar y b compensate for the lo ss societ y and ths country has benevolence can sustained by this frig htful acci dent, the noble spirit manifested by th e ..!1t we rejoice at guished in the service, in their eb.aiib: 'ant and disci manifested to alleviate by their so spontaneously purses 8 poignant distress which is the natural c some of the , such a large bereavement. On W edn ,,.. e ,lisequence of day the dire news was officia lly ay, the very Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, 0r. 3;, confirmed, Commander-in-Chief at this 'M.G., the Port and his views were most warm ,' proposed, by Rear-Admiral-Superintendent Presjtt espoused they, together with the captains, o ffi cers , C. 8., that companies of her Majesty's ships and Ire, , and ships' head and in Portsmouth harbour, should se . ls at S ips' head of their deep regrets t the loss of thein demon- Birken head, subscribe one days PY towards th e relief of the widows and orphans of the seamen pecniary marines who perished on that melanehole and We are proud to add this call has been Y occasion. acknowledged by all the officers and m ost or readily fleet at this port, in a most eager and 8 crews of the manner, and we hope the " good intent" vpliolntaneous not st here, but that every inhab itant of this p or t op will contribute their mite also toward , at least, 8 the sa me object. from a letter I will tend to TO Till EDITOR OF THE P ORTSMOUTH T I I IES AND NAVAL GAZETTE. hav S e ir,— throw some light on the cau se of the la te disastrous loss of her Majesty's ship Birkenhead :—. justl beg rec e i t v o e d s send o m y you the a Cape, ap extract e, ns it " It is supposed that the compasses were much out, the weather being very unse ttled, and the atmosphere surcharged with electrifits• Other iron ship, 1 0 the bay (Table Bay) experienced a great variation in their compaeavo. Th e ca pt a i n o r the mall steamer says his