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T" 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 6th 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, WILLUDI PULSFORD, Secretary. Dated. April 8, 1852. Offices, 39, Nicholas-lane, Lombard.street. ' TEAM to INDIA v i a the CAPE. A. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY'S Monthly Line of Iron Stramers, with her Majesty's Mails, to the Cape, Mauritius, Point de Galle, Madras, and Calcutta (touching at St Vincent's and Ascension). The QUEEN of the SOUTH, of 1,800 tons, Geo. Hyle, Com mander, will leave the East India Docks on 'Utz 10th, and Plymouth on the 15th of June. The LADY JOCELYN . , of 1,800 tons, Nathaniel Stewart, Com mander, will leave the East India Docks on the 10th, and Plymouth on 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 gers every comfort and convenience. The cabins are furnished, and passengers will be provided with beds, linen, &c. For terms of passage, apply at the offices of the Company, No. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings; for freight, to Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 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 Calcutta 62 days. V QUITABLE FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. - *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. i*Hugh Croft, Esq. f*John Rawson, Esq. .I,T. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. *John Shaw, Esq. f*Geo. Fuller, Esq. t i Edmond S. Byrnes, Esq *Ralph. Gough, Esq. t*Clement Tabe r , Esq. . -1-witliam Kennaway, Esq. Poseph Thompson, Esq. tSir Arnold J. Knight, M.D. t*Augustas *Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. Vigne, Esq. tSamuel Walker, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. t Life. * Fire. tt Both. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The Equitable Fire Office, by a constant analysis of ita own experience, from time to time, ad opts such rates of premium as the nature of the risk justifies; and with, this view an annual investi gation is made into each class of risk, and a return of fifty per cent. of the net excess, made to all elaSses 'of Insurers whose policies have been •in force for three years. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average Clause. Lot ses are made good without deduction or discount. ITATIONA, LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. Capital £500,009. 'NEW LIFE TABLES. On the Withdrawal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en dorsement, to receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount of the paid annual premiums, without security or deposit of the policy ; or half-premium for the whole continuance of life. On surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned. Life Annuities granted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuities. The terms of the Society are peculiarly favourable. The present annual income of the Society from premiums exceeds 70,000/ ; the amount cvered by the policies of the Society is up 'Wards of 2,250,0001.; and the reserve profit applicable to future b onus to the assured, amounts to 95,5021. 14s. Od. Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained, on applica tit in at the Office, or to any of its Agents. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY . OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCEand GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate.hill, London. GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. PROFITS DIVIDED. RATES—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. 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LILLY EQUIPPED, and READY for any eith o CONTRY. n tatter whethe r east, w est, U north, or south—for any profession , ler thepheord a rs, agriculturalist ne mecanics, or gold-diers —for a arney shorter o, every accommodation gg is afforded by • 140 Z ' v ersallY approve .1 OUTFITS furnisked at a cheap rate by E. every • S and SON. These Outfits are not only cheap, but they ar • of the way complete and portable, and are the most surprising proofs ,u e Bad edvantages secured to every Emigrant applying to E. MOs iN for his Outfit. 'The unprecedented patronage bestowed on -4. 'tatting Department of E. MOSES and SON'S gigantic busi aess ttsthe most satisfactory evidence of their unrivalled qualifica 14' sae 10 Ri Pl il Y the moat suitable Outfits fur all classes of Emigrants. 1 i ssing an Outfit from E. MOSES and SON'S. a gentleman or a Jou r , ,2 3 g, man may consider himself fully equipped and ready for any iatufa" 'J r ally country. All articles comprehended in the peerless bo n ~!upplied by E. MOSES and SON are of warranted superiority, _ g u esifined for the Emigrant's daily use either during his journey ro ., his d estination. E. MOSES and SON furnish these OUTFITS 1 ' 151 4 61. 155., lid. Ils., and upwards, A detailed list can be )11Avd°0nM a pplication , or forwarded, post free, to any part of the p ~E Ts Sp NAND GUARDIANS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY INSPECT THE S TYLES IN JUVENILE CLOTHING . THEY CO)IPRISE GREATER I°VELTT IN ItiATERIAL AND DESIGN THAN EVER BEFORE DISPLAYED A 7 „,_ .ut. DEPARTMENT. E. 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THE PASSIONS. passions hurt the body—what improve, llaj ,y am . T rutbe as refined as Athens ever heard." 'tem et — —lefe's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age, Th e a d_ ties oflint P8140115* Chastity and its infringements. The casual iltftes and ceatlousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, noir _ rtaxtediative. Advocacy of early marriages. P. .... TUE MAP.RIAGE STATE. pz eu4actic - Jbj . :43 or not to be, that is the question." ton regard ng * ,,,Z r ,ftwa and obligations of nature, society , and Tell- Time and "' " both st4 s a g e, to be observed by either complexion, and .i.r . !.e, to secur e h e 4 0 15 a r g ii ? l , ,, te , ) , : r igT h m e e art of rearing them. '6 1 7 8 7::o . Ile d.sfeetiveness and its Tornoval. Sterility and its conversion. 47 11..1. CIILVERVVELT, A, (- • - c , , ,:d J . ' , ... , . 1 " ' 24 ). T weuty-flve lialk i ..._tten... 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' -I, , A. gay , 0 . :,- W . , :,t, ~', • 4 '' '''' ..y..... l'4A k 1 7,....--- , r \ .. 4 !1, . 1....„ 7 . 4 11 111116,.. tO '- IA OA a t,•.-= ~ 4 . ‘,'7,... - -'.;- „&‘' _ .1i 4 . , , ' • '''' PZ,,,, , :,: -. . r . ? 1. °4 l • A ff. ~ s _s''" 01 4 ': - vrr D R - , ' • , k. _ _;....viv,,%,, .._ .., ,„ ~.,.., iii , %., ~...., ~..,,....,, -,.....,,z2,4,,,, ~, Tit , .7 , - ~; , t..,- oi T ' ' Is ...), . ~ : Alc; i • ---....., ! 1 . 1 1 .,, --. 1 . . . . . ' ---- -7 . • . , '4` . N°.18,582.] LONDON , MONDAY APRIL 12, 1852. S 7 TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH . AND PARISH OF LEOMINSTER. Gentlemen, Understanding 'that the only Candidate who asked for your sup port on Liberal Principles has withdrawn, I lose no time in soliciting your. Suffrages. You are aware that on a former occasion I gave way, rather than thee an e x r s f e o l r ns h I ra tz o u t s i t , t et h , a o t r y t o o ti a n w y i l v i i e t w o t s o a f s c i i e b r e e expose the Liberal cause to danger, • by dividing its adherents, and conduct to y My claims are such a s, w h ether I succeed or fail, my supporters yinpersonal present ambition. cannot be ashamed of. • Early convinced that the principles of Free Trade were founded on truth and reason, I i ncorpora t ed them with my political creed long before they received the sanction of the Legislature ; and at present, when they are attested by the most conclusive evidence, I owe that to call won the country to retrace its steps—to tax the poor for the rich—and to create artificial scarcity in this over peopled country for the imagined interest of a particular class, does appear to me an infatuation that the blindest disregard to the most obvious facts can account for; but not at all excuse. • • Any attempt, und e r w h a t ever p re t ex t, t o impose a tax on corn, , shall therefore meet my determined and inflexible oPPPliltim• The hideous and disgusting scenes of corruption which repent in quiries have disclosed furntsh, 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 extinguished, 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 haver recourse—if. the !consequence be a perpetual 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 Leominst,r I oiler an opportu nity of asserting their right,•and of returning to Parliament a faith ful and fairly chosen Representative. As I hope on Tuesday or Wednesday to have an opportunity of explaining 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 Couit of Chancery, long before such opinions were as popular as they are at present lam 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 Mayinopth my opinions 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 Kith disrespect of the creedof the Roman Catholics. '1 o make the Roman Catholic citizens, those to wheal 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 Luorance, and to the . sup port of a tyranny over the minds of the simple and illiterate, exer cised by those who have obstinately - and pa , sionately resisted every attempt made by Government to enlighten and improve the people. I will only add that I am for the Aboddon of Church Rates; the present :tate 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 sufficient to repair and maintain ur sacred edifices, without a tax which irritates a large and valuable portion oh the community. JOHN GEORGE PHILLIMORE. Stafford, March 15, 1852. Now Ready, price 25., by post, 2s 6d., THE JESUI I' . IN INDIA. By the Rev. 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 1838, describing the mortality amongst the Missioners, their severs privatioliS, their losses and successes ; some account of their present prospects, and fhture 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 Bu-ns and Lambert, 17, Portman-street, Portman square; Jones, 63, Paternoster-row; Bellew, Grafton-street, Dublin. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, APRIL 11.—Wind S.E., moderst3 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; Ino, from Guernsey; George Anson, from Genoa; Calista, from Honduras; Mangalore, from Madras; Vrienden, from Manila; Dolphin, from Buenos Ayres; Leila, from Cadiz; Queen of the Isles, from Rio Grande; Napoleon, from Gravelines; Perla, from Havannah ; Charlotte, from Port Adelaide; Governor M'Donald, from Gambia; Edinburgh, from C=lcutta; Lucinda, from Memel; Kate Kearney, from Africa; Charlotte, from Port 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; 'Palmer Castle, for Madras; Fortuna, for Algoa Bay; Gallardo, for Rivadeo; Sarnia, for Ham burgh; Victoria, for New York; Bosphorus, for Syd ney; Asia, for Quebec; Richard Cowl, for St. Domingo; Mystery, for Leghorn; Minerva, for Copenhagen; Ca 7 therina, and Industrie, for Norway; Menai, for Calais; Neptune, for Hamhurgh; Rhine, for Oitend; Occan, for Rotterdam; Fearless, for ; Eglinton, for Swan River; Antilles, for Trinidad; Margaret, fur Naples. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. We are glad to state that the officers and ships' com p an i es of. the ships and vessels, at Spithead have 'followed the example set by the Commander-in- Ciiief, the Adiniral r Superintendenf, 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 wrcTk of the Birkenhead. A. committee will be immediately formed, w© hear, consisting of Admiral Sir TOomas Brigg,s, 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, K.C.B.:— "Impregnable, in Hamoaze, April 9, 1852. "The distress that must be caused •to many of the families of the unfortunate sufferers in the Birkenhead is a subje:ct that cannot be viewed with indifference, but mast crests a sympathetic feeling for them, and a desire to relieve their sufferings, so far as pecuoiary 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 be 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 CISWB under their command whether they may re• sp' ctively wish to make a similar contribution. (Signed) "J. A. OSuIANNEY, Admiral. , " To the respective Captains and Commanders, &c." We are glad to hear that Mr. Scaife, who has been long serving as clerk in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, has 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 3d instant, aged 27. Paymaster Edward B. Robins, late of the Cormo rant steam-sloop, died ori 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 Blooihound steam-tender, coast of Africa. Fairy screw-tender yacht, and the Elfin-dispatch boat, will be taken into dock this day, to have their bottoms 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. ji3clial steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Bedding field, was at Lagos on the 19th February, as also the Penelope steam-frigate, Commodore Bruce. Magicienne stetim-frigate, Captain Ronny, 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-Chief, which was returned by' the Impreg nable flag-ship. Simooin steam troop-ship, Captain Kingcome got up steam on Friday afternoon, a n d wen t i n t o Ports mouth harbour, going alongside the Malabar, coal depot, to complete her fuel. She is preparing to take detachments to Halifax and Quebec ; from the latter place she will bring back a regiment. Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth, having received new chocks for her mooring•bridlei, was taken back to her moorings, off Common-hard on Friday evening. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—The Retribution, 28, steam -frigate, 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 repaired. ter 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 Cilief Director of Works, 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., at New Ross, Wexford, Ire land. He served in many parts of the globe during the and was e ngage d i n many h ar d-fought actions. late war, e was last employed in the St. George, 120, and was superseded from that ship at his own request. Lieutenant Andrew Robert Dunlap (1842) died a few days since. lie 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 the famine in that part of the United Kingdom. . The brig Isabella, of Whitby, Grainger, master , bound for Rochester, got on shore on the Sh ee r n ess Middle Ground on the Bth inst. at nine A.M., having at the time all her canvas spread, including topmast and topgallant studding sa il s. Shortly after, veering round upon tide, she let go her anch o r. The hands were ordered to the pumps, a n d s h e rema i ne d as hore until eleven A.M., striking he av il y. Whil s t ge tting in her anchor she again took the ground, but shortly afterwards, floated off, and proceeded Cm her voyage. — The schooner Elizabeth and Mary, of Whitby, laden with a cargo of coal for London, ran on shore on the morning of the 9th 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 to London. 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 side 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, Aram 6.—ln conversation with se. venal of the passengers, per Propontis, from the Cape of Good Hope, I have been informed that the general impression is, that the melancholy accident resulted from a variation of the compass, for the.Bir 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. Walker, of the Dispatch store ship, who carefully examined the coast during 14 trips along the S.E. coast of the Cape colony, and made a chronometric survey and chart from the Cap e o f Good Hope to Algoa Bay. Captain Walker gave his name to Walker Bay, 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 have 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. l a a cree few was brief hours, THE CRYSTAL PALACE. omp i s s h o ed em o n t h S o Saturday Another rec e pti on o f th e pu bli c i n the Crystal Pa o; f ali p d e r s a o g n a s i 4e fo re r scattered through its vast and desolate aisles. Whe ther influenced by the sanguine hope of preserving .the. fabric, or by the regretful expectation of its speedy removal, the same unflagging spirit 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 P ax t on ' s w i nter garden, will in a short time be finally decided ; at all events, its applicability to the purpose of a shltered promenade has been tested with unchallenged success ; and although attempts to disparage may 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 polis is so favoured. Next to the genial temperature which prevails in the Crystal Palace, nothing more forcibly strikes the observer than the completeness end 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 attrac 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 he 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, Grann, 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 an 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 iu 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 au 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, and boroughs : " TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRI• LTAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the borough of --, " Showetb,—That your petitioners have heard with great regret of 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 oaplble of being adapted to many purp)ses of public utility and enjoyment. " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Ho nourable Howe to take such measures as will ensure the preservation of the said palace, and its dedication to the use of the public. " Anti 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 objtcts connected with the progress of art, science, an d education in t he 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 b - e..% ). - propriated to the building fund of the Warrington m seum and Library. I, The Commissioners direct me, in reply, tot transmit to you, for the information of the Warringon c_om mittee, the accompanying copy of a report addressed by them to her Majesty on the subject of the di: , sal of the y P :uld more surplus funds in their hands; they to especially call the attention of the the a the passages in that report in which they"refer to nouncement originally put forward by thaenmd,inth:th.anll subscriptions must be absolute and definite, ich they express their opinion that the surplus not be applied to purposes of a limited, partial,t or _local cha. racier; and they do not therefore fee l . themselves to be in a position to comply with trio application contained i n the memorial. bY the corn " With respect to the statement ad . van eed building in that they un derstand that it is likely t h e surplus fund will be appr o p riated to' the erection of a in or near Loudon for the p urpose of a museum off picture gallery,' I am directed to acquaint you that there that the has been no declaration on the part of the C omm i s _ enclosed re. sioners to justify such an opinion; port is " tho only document relating to the l surp us that exists; and that no other report on the i, sumjeet of its disposal has been made by the Commissioners.--I have the honour to be , s ir, y our obedient servant, 41 r ,...,_ ''" u4ll, A. Bowartiu. " Benjamin Pierpont, Esq., &Le, - - The com mander has been permitte d to accept the Fipani , !ll Order of of Charles the Third , and the offi cer becond in con ,„„d „ inferior grade of the same Order, for their con d u ct against the pirateci th. 1/i11"15t• EXHIBITION 1851.-JURY REPORTS, ---- THE REPORTS of the JURORS on the Sub jects in the 30 Class& into which the Exhibition was divided, will be issued in two editions, one in large type, Thrming 2 vols. super-royal Bvo., of about 1,000 pages each, pri ce T wo Guineas ; and the other in small type, double columns, forming 1 vol. super-royal Bvo., of about 1,000 pages, price Oae 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 na nes, with a remittance of 10s. on 'account of the 1 vol. edition, and 20s. on account of the 2 vol. edition. The balance to be paid on publication, about May., SPICER BROTHERS, Wholesale Stationers. Wlli. CLOWE'.4 and SONS, Printer. Official Catalogue Office. Tudor-street, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Hains Castle from Singapore for London, Jan. 4, in let. - 32 S., long. 34 E. Valetta, from the Mauritius, Jan. 19, let. 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. Tonawands, 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 Lind, from Portsmouth for Callao, in let. 2 N., long, 22 W. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. WOOLWICH, APRIL 10 -Tbe Intrepid, screw steam vessel, Commander M'Clintock, and the Pioneer, screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Cominander 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 Grtenhithe on Tburs• 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 Greenhithe, on Thursday next, previous to their departure for sea. Captain Sir Edward BAcher, 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 afternoon, 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 bottom 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 t °,. supply a number o f new ball oo ns, and the means of inflating th em w ith gas , t o b e use d b y th e presen t expedition. The balloons are made on this occasion to float on the water, should they come down at sea. million of _thee room to fill Th e messages are to be printed on satin of various colours of the vessels apers of all colours, and about half a a yvill be printed on both sides, leaving a in writing the latitude and-longitude The fol n l g o these messa ges Captain CoHinson; e mave time they e t t h e vv y i are h sent y th e u p p a . r t ie S s o u m n e d of r f be dispatcheawdleuf Kellett, i b y ar d go b, 3 : ls, ni the al o co t hno Resolute fyr B om f e h ht he l er n : g —m messagesaStraits w h Expedition . ieh will "Dispatched the other bide.) Pro esty's ship Resolute, Captai n W. To Sir John Franklin. (O o lat • N., long. v i s ions left at Steerin g or . e vessels of to winter at or in th e y i ejuit 9 intending A new feature is to be introduced to Y `th - . to expedition Mr Greener having been ordered supply s everal of his. Captain Sir Edward Belcher's harpoon guns, with a view to enable fish e th th e of6 cers and men to kill whales and other f ! oil f li t s h ; A rctic using a their regions, for the purpose rifles for killing birds es' o r with the addition of Minie . rising voyagers to obtain such parts as are fit to o . e , atfor food. These me a n s, aanncl deer, will enable the enterprising resources hitherto unavailable by any of the previous expeditions. _..—....—.... EXTENSIVE FIRE.—On Saturday nilit at late g . on s heets of flame hour the inhabitants of the City and east e nd of Lon don were greatly alarmed in consequence of huge . suddenly rising high into the air and lighting up both sides a of the river Thames. This being distinctly perceptible fro m the various metropolitan bridges, no time was lost in giving the necessary intelligence to the engine-stations. The fire 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, Tarnish, 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 mi.creant h a ving cut the Loco of o ne o f thc etlgineAsviiil is bc,i;,j, met to tvork strong nmpici )13, is entertained , that t he earne party hail some hand. in ki n dli ng : t h e tire. 'The kiss is very con siderable, •anct. unfortunately . the. firm was not insured, 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 Whydah, and there it will not last long, as Commander Forbes, of the Phi lomel, 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 Bruce'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 consequenc e of boats 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 Accra 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 Cominander Crozier was invalided home on the , 13th. Mr. Bonham, the Commodore's flagslieute nant, is appointed acting commander of the Wasp ; and Mr. Bruce, mate, acting flag-lieutenant. Mr. De Kantzon, mate.of the Volcano, isappointed to the Wolverine. • •. Mr. Wright, clerk of the Philomel, to the Water witch, as acting paymaster and purser, vice Cum ming, returned to England. Aesistant-Surgeon James 'Henry, from the Pene lope, to the Dolphin.. , Second Master Robinson, of the Myrmidon, to the ,Tortoise, vice Green, to the Myrmidon. Assistant-Surgeon 'Lovett, of the Penelope, to the Myrmidon, vice Mangle, to the Tortoise. The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, will be the next vessel home from the Coast of Africa squadron. FALMOUTH, APRIL 9.—The Augusta Schneider, a vary 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. Rich, 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, APRIL 10.—Her Majesty's paddle wheel steam-frigate Cyclops, 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 evening, en route to Portsmouth, for the purpose of attending on the First Lord of the Admi ralty, whn pays an Official visit to that port next week. Her Majesty's screw-steam-frigate Horatio, 24, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, will proceed; on Thursday 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 Seturday. Her . Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Avon, 3, Mr. Alfred Witch 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 and at r b . l in t S f? t i ii ht s.s eh •a 4 s l - .y re d m o o e v k ed re y ee e n st t e ly rda oc y cu f p r i o ed m b t y he th fi e tting and returned Cy clops, H et AI . e c purpose of having her bottom cleaned. Mr ' w. sil. • At o yg t s ch p i a e d r d , l m e- a w st h e e r e , I le s f t t eam po - r v t e f i o se r l Etnoitahe afternoon. re A.M., on service for the dockyard, The Rev. June, 18% C M h?th rt a l m e, about t and fiwg n b d i Wilson, of her Majesty's ship I su m p p e r r e s g ed n e ab t l h e e , Itev.guarl. eikronport, will in a few days irby as chaplain of Sheer ness Dockyard.::. navy on the Ist of of her Majesty's t(l,lfezc.,:AfhroemhaWshfaieithhfhtiiiiiyis performed) was appointed to to retire (the duties ornaed) on the 30th of Auk tr,t, 1825. informed ship igjieliantiiiierllinttrbee,rwoef the. timbers , ` very nnd t;)ttt hil rt,pli s.:i:l of,- ;( , ,, n v .. ~;,„;i,:ic fe, ctive, I ''' *H - ' " $ Turile pa ) ric;a ( - ,2 thric. I:. . We havii,beeniiiformed that= the' ( )icier in tOunCil relative to the new plan of remunerating the mum- 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 kindred by the dread stroke of fate that we take up our pen to comment upon the rueful and appaling loss attend ing the wreck of H.M.S. Birkenhead. Fain would we shun the task, but the service look to us for some in formation, 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 t es tify. 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 possession 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.,---5 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 act 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 Spithead three times, and heir compasses have never showed the shadow, even, of a movement -We know, further, that on another occasion, whilst at sea, so utterly impossible was it for the Master to navigate the ship owing to the at'raction of the iron upon the compasses, that the Master was compelled for safety to take them up into the mizen top to endeavour to steer the ship by them ! With :such fact s as th ese (f or they are f ac t s, an d have all been duly r eported to the proper aut h or i t i es - at the time) staring us in the face, and many more which we could adduce in support of our reason [See the letter of " G. H. G.," and a paragraph quoted from the Shipping Gazette, in another column] for believin g there was something wrong with the ship more than with her commander, we are inclined to put a very reports of others as to th e apparen t wan t o f di sc retion on the commander's mitigated construction upon the part in the matter of the route steered. It is impossible to describe the sensation this has occasioned in this port, to which nearly all the melancholy event s crew belonged. The dock yard has been the exhibitions of grief, :end scene a" Admiral-Superintendent b y of many heartrending numerous have been the applications for informationt widows and orphans. The Port-Admiral and in and readiness to render all the information their power, and to alle viate as far as in their have evinced the utmost in ability lies the distress occa sioned by this unlook dfor calamity. The Birken head was an iron es team-vessel, of 1,400 tons, built by Laird, of Birkenhead, for a battery of guns, she a steam frigate, but so far from being enabled to carry could not carry her coavvlshli w h as consequently converted troop service en joyed a good reputation, into a troop-ship, i n many officers who have sailed and held appointments saimo complement being 131. character she never rcvaienetestify. complement She which of January, on which day she victualled as her own left this port last on th..2e is ranked among the most Salmond ranked Navy. His latter 129 persons, her apportioned As a navigator Mr. skilful of the Masters of the n services were in th e the Vengeance,_ 84, tineßetribution steam-frigate, and eel the Earl of Harwicke ; then Lushington and Woolwich, from which ship en the Fisgard, 42, at command of the Birkenhead on he was appointed to the on the Bth of February, 1851. The melancholy intelligence Tuesday afternoon, and caused ence was published on spread over the p o rt, aa I a sudden gloom to Salmond and Mr . W. Brodie, the additional master, Master-Commander R. we re well known and greatly ser vice. Mr. W. Brodie h a d b respected in the e to a sister of W. Bunnett, Er but recently married Portsea. Mrs. Salmond is residingof the Bank, Hard, grief we will not attempt t • at Gosport. Her o intrude engineer, Mr. W. Wytelham, irle upon. The chief veers, were also known to manyand the assistant-e Many of the officers who in this quarter. were drowned known to the officers of the garrison h were well Rolt, of the 12 th La ncers, was the son ere. Cornet E3q,, the contracto r, who h as become of Peter Bolt, the borough of Woolwich, a oolwich, and all feel a candidate for " feel deeply loss he has sustaine d • for the Although no amount of pec tin - pecuniary benevolence compensate for the loss society and can sustained by this frightful accident., the country has the noble spirit manifested by the yet we rejoice at guished in the service, in their .desire lant and distin manifested to alleviate by their so spontaneously poignant distress wh ich is the natural sea some of the consequence of such a large bereavem ent. On Wednesday, day the dire news was officially the very Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, „econfirmed, Commander-in-Chief at this port, *MG" the and his views wer e most war proposed, by Rear-Admiral-Super intendent Presa Y espoused they, together with the ca p tains, o, :, and ships' tt, C. 8., that f 6 companies of her Majesty's ships a n d ye " Spit head and in Portsmouth harbour, sho uld in ssels at demon stration of their deep reg ret at the los s of the Birken head, subscribe one day's pay towards the pecuniary relief of the widows an d or p hans of the seamen and marines who perished on that mela ncholy occasion. We are proud to add this call has bee n acknowledged by all the officers and most readily fleet at this port, in a m ost eager and crews e of the manner, and we hope the " g ood intent" vgntaneous here, but that every inha bitant of this port not stop will contribute their mi te also towa rd s the at least, 8 the same object. it a letter I will tend to TO THE EDITOR OF TUE PORTSMOUTH TIMES AND NAVA L GAZETTE. have Si r, j — u s l t beg e i t v o e d s send m y o th u e a c n a e p x e t , ra a c f t f i r throw some light on the cause of the late disastrous loss of her Majesty's ship Birkenhead :-- " It is supposed that the compasses Were much out, tho weather being very unsettled, and the atmosphere surcharg e d with el:ctricity. Other iron ships in the bay (Table Bay) experienced a great variation in their compost'. The captain o f the mail steamer says his r LPRICE SD. TIIE 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 last. The names and occupAions of the accused were—Peret, a distiller; Coutelou, plast erer ; Salleles, cooper ; F are t, shoemaker; Cmurdacier, eon tractor for puh!ic works; Marme, landownir •' Ceds sous, agent de remplacement, militaire; Lauren', street sweeper ; Vidal, gardener ; Cadvlarl, stone cutter; Pages, tanner; Oalibert, alias Le Chat, far mer; Boyer, pavour; Salvo], cooper. In the body of the court were a quantity of finigkets, scythes, poignartfa, pi.chforks, pstols, swords, ;yammers, s-ticks. axe., &c., &e. together w ith some (I•thes st.ainej with blood a n d dirt. The indictment. which was very long, set forth the following facts :—The news of the coup (fetal at Paris reeched Beziers on th& 3,1 De cember, and was announced to the population by pla cards of the autherNes. It caused considerable agi tation. Some men known to belong to the secret so cieties, which for sometime before had existed in dif ferent parts of the department, went to cafes and pub lic houses, and there heid exciting language, calcula ted to inflame the passions of the people. The sub-pre fact and other authorities took measures for preserving order; the troops were ordered to be kept in 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 held atThe 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 seeing the column pass, hurried to the Hotel de Ville, 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 rpelcacetowahsih hadscist the j Mayorust commenced. inque Whilst llinganar the me my di insur rection was still in conversation with the sub-prefect a slip of paper was brought s 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 he has done that. " Deliberated in the public streets, this 4th December, 1851. The sub- " THE PEOPLE." prefect's first impression was that this do cument had been seized by the police but, on leaving his room to make respectinginquirieswoi found a deputation of three men tn ; f i him. h e He asked them what they wanted ? and g th o e r y s'id " We are the delegates of the people, and yen - must ' resign at this very moment your functions to us, and withdraw." " I hold my pow ers f rom a re gular government," said the sub-prefect, " end I will not give them up to a deputation of the enzeute." "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 do thet 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 tw o 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 not be sorry 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 I" They were beaded 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 insurgents 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 hand 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 lin the neighbourhood, and that the persons who were ' received into them bad .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 to 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 I own class, whatever might be his politics or his posi tion. The murder of M. Bernard, and the dr eadful wounds inflicted upon M. Vernhes, could only be , ascribed to the men composing these societies, n several of the witnesses declared theirt ca use they conviction that these gentlemen were attacked , no the in the y were of were personally obnoxious, hut beca use the class of the bourgeoisie. It tra nsp ired persons had course of the trial that severtal to appear in the the insurgents re ceived a friendly warning not streets during the commoevery as T person not wear had resolved to fire upon f a working man. ing a blouse or the dress Dro ved bY the fact that pillage was intended the insurgents .. ,t, were; -ry a considerable numberwoasf • which they intended to place the with bags, In tbe booty. The accounts given cruelty some of th e wit nesses of the ferocity andcc.ounts given by c o a ls were of the insurgents towards their vi merely inflictini horrifying. death, They but when not satisfied with m • Vernhes were lying on the M. Isiernard and ground and , i m ploring mercy, th e wretches again and oneof them fired upon them te boasted after the h e : had shown his patriotism by plung ing conflict that p itchfork into the very bones of his victim. his All the witnesses agreed i n d escribing M. Peret as the chief of the democratic party at Beziers, and it was proved that meetings had been held at his house, a t which the rising Was determined upon, and from w hich orders were issued to the different chiefs and officers of the secr e t 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 th a t M . Perot was opposed to massacre and pillage., and regr e tt e d th e excesses w hi c h th e insurgents had committed. For the defence, several witnesses were called for 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 bad closed, however, the president had these persons brought before him, and informed them that although they bad exposed themselves by their false testimony to the penalty of imprisonment for life with bard 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 c l os ed, the to fourteen prisoners were brought forward their sentences. They were ell declared guilty. demned Chomac, Vidal, Cadelard, and Pages were es c r eee were to death i Peret, Coutelou, Galibert, an .. .d .14 sentenced to transportation in me rle flu" i Balleles, Name, and ssivan to place ; trAnsporta- • „.„ tion and Civic dekredation ; and Faret, Cceurdacier, an Crassous to ten years' imprisonment and civic degredation. The Court ordered that the execution . bc the four person ) condemned t o d eat h s h a l l ta k e the publicly in the town of Beziers. These men, ou hearing sentence of death were dreadfully affected. Choumac exclaimed, " I will appe a l I" Vidal and Pages stamped on th e fl oo r, and, putti ng t h e i r h ands to their heads, cried, " Oh, what a stain for our families!" EXCISE' INFORMATIONS. ALARM IN THE WHISK Y TRADE.--A very curious question was brought before the sheriff substitute here on Friday week, whereby hangs a tale, in which the town of Crieff has acted 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 years ago, had been larg;:ly involved in the purchase and sale of sinue,gled Whisky ; and so systematically h cl the trade been carried on that regular entries of the illicit transactions were made in the hooks of the concern. A sut.ninons wes accordingly served upon the trustee, at the inst ance o f t h e E xc i ze , f or the production of the books in court. c r Friday ; when the agent in the stAutstration attended ana pleaded that the hooka formed part of the baoli - cupt's estate, 'which was per sonally vested in the trustee, and coul:l not be sum marily demawied. s proceedings in Excise are couducted under British law, the intervention of a jury was n-oressary to determine the point in question, and Friday last was appointed for the purptte. In the meantime the. rumour 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 towasiu 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 fe.tal epidemic had broken out. The subject engrossed public talk for some days, a n d th e cffice of the law agent in which the innocent cause of all this consternation was deposited became the c en t re of interest t o a ll w h o h a d h a d transactions with the bankrupt. At an early hour on Thursday morning last it was discovered that the office referred to had been brok en i n t o an d th e corpus d e li c ti 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 aivaened in thetourse of the night, she happened to look out, and 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 AIAN'S MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—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 having, 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, Pc utonville, there has been received the sum of 1,7371. 0;. 6d., chiefly in p€nny subscriptions ; and that amount has been paid into the Bank of England, to be invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, iu 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 subscriptions 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 case 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 fon committee for printing, send ing out between four and five thousand circulars, and answering applications for books, lists, office charges, &c., amount ou the whole to 2951. 14s. 91 up to the present time ; and the committee intend to detray the whole of that amount by contributions from their own number, and from other friends of the late Sir Robert Peel, 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, JOSEPH lIUME, 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, t he 24th.mst., when the commodore, James Goodson, mil heist his flag on board his yacht, the Avalon, aff Blackwall, at four o'clock , 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 i s f or Small-class vessels (no t exceeding ten tone) only; the course is from Erith to the Lower Hope Point an d b ack, and the prizes are 20 guineas for the first yacht, and 5 guineas for the second. A steam-boat will be engaged by the club for the accommodation of the members and their friends. The second match of the season will be for the larger-class vessels only, and the course from t h b e e 1 4 e 0 . Erich eon guineas d . to TforSouthhe tdh ey e fi n r d s s tn and yote ch yett b a and l 0 htoi guineas t definitively fi i e z d w,f for r l u l t it will be either the middle or end oi June. mAoLntThlElyAm:',24eEtiSnßYoAf tChHisTdisCtiLnllgußis. distinguished club WAS held on Wednesday eveni n g, at the Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden. Fo r the first The u n su O al Y few minutes the chair was taken by Mr. Green, who' , was quickiy succeeded by Lord Alfred Paget , upon whom t he main business of the even ing devolved. The minutes of the previous meeting having been re -al and confirmed, it was determined that the second and last m atc h o f t h e season s h ou ld t a k e placeon Saturday, J une 12, entr i es to close on the even ing of the 2d. The secretary then read a communica tion from th e R uss i an Consul, announcing the great regatta of St. Petersburgh for Juno 27, in which royal yachts of all nations are invited to contend for a prize of 850 gs,, the race to extend from Crcnstadt 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 Wording, from her size, superior accom modation to members and visitors. Genth men stewards having been appointed for the receipt of tickets and other duties ou board the steam-boat, several members were elected, and others proposed for ballot at the next meeting. DESERTION OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND: On Saturday, at the Brentford Police -court, John Keeley, an elderly and respectable-looking man, valet and courier 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 !riff while she was on a sick bed. That he had not contri e btlt 4 2l anything towards her support tor many years, but she had de obtained a precarious living by going out nursing. , _, hin .., fendant now refused to allow the poor woman e iv raAr o a . and said that she was well able to make her own l s" rv ed punish- The chairman said the defendant richly ment, and as he refused to make his wife any v i gr a e nt Act as a should commit him to prison under the dese holvance, he rogue and vagabond. , -- 0 - 5 ,1 mail Steam.. LIVERPOOL SATURDAY II .—TailleclS Y from the Mersey at Mersey this ship Asia, Judkins. ' commander , w s 6th the usual mails and a 12.40 p.m. to-day, for New York, e Th screw steam-ship City of from the large number of passengers. sailed sailed Glasgow, Wylie commli d _ id , a large freight o f manufac afternoon for Philadelp hisatenvfgers. The Pacific Mail Steam tured goods and "wleam-shiP Bogota, Hall commander, ship Company's nte esterday from the Clyde. She will be arrived at this por Y d - next for the Pa c ific, Wed a: calling at d ispatched on Janeiro, and Valparsiso •- “ „and will take out Madeira, Rio hof the above-namedlaces. The Royal Mail mails for eac . ara, Stone commander, steam-sbiP l'rlatte 30th ult , with advices from New York to Boston to the 31st, and tele from • hic accounts New I ork, via Halifax, to the lit graP mss' be expected to arrive • ins t ' d a y) TheStates' mail steam-ship Pacific, •NYe comander, with advices from New York to the 3d inst., may he looked for Wednesday morning next. - Saturd ay HIGHLAND ROA DS AND BRIDGEII.—On the 38th report of the Commissioners on Highland Roads and Bridges (presented to Parliament) was printed, extend.. lug to 30 Page ,. The whole of the assessments on the omm.. ties of Scotland for only, showing a decrease of - 6551. beim OOP 9 1 1 6 40 1 ,tut 11714 / 4 4010, thole of 1.841.. 1 icil Or th. old rat