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they must yet succeed in recovering that compensation Which has been so long fraudulently withheld—l am, Sir, &c., 10th Juno, 1846. OBSERVER. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons ) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. DANISH CLAIMS. Order for Committee ;aZMotion made, and Question proposed ,I " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment pro- Posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Ques tion, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof : Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Que Lion." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 58. Aglionby, H. A. Forster, Mathew Palmer, G. Archbold, Robert Hanmer, Sir John Pechell, Captain Bagge, William Hotham, Lord Plumptre, J. P. Bailey, Joseph Hudson, George Plutnridge, Captain Bain% Walter Hume, Joseph Rumbold, C. E. Baldwin, Barry Inglis, Sir R. Seymer, Henry Ker Barnard, E. G. Irton, Samuel ' Sibthorp, Co;onel Baskerville, T. B. Kemble, H. Spooner, Richard Beresford, Major Long, Walter Stanley, E. Bowring, Dr. Mackenzie, T. Stuart, Lcrd J. Bridgeman, H. M•Carthy„ Alexander Trelawny, J. S. Broadley, H. Mangles, R. D. Wakley, T. Christie, W. D. Masterman, J. Ward, H. G. Chute, W. L. W. Matheson, James Wawn, J T. Craig, W. G. Moffatt, George Williams, W. Crawford, W. S. Norreys, Lord Wodehouse, E. Douglas, Sir H. O'Brien, Timothy Duncan, George O'Connell, Daniel TELLERS. Etwall, Ralph O'Conor, Don Hawes, B. Evans, Sir De Lacy Ogle, S. C. Buller, Charles Finch, George Ord, William MAJORITY-NOES, 85• /Leland, Sir T. Dugdale, W. S. Macaulay, T. B. A'Court, Copula Milldam, Admiral M‘Neill, Duncan Acton, Colonel Dundas, J. C. Mahon, Viscount Adare, Viscount Escott, Bickham Maule, Fox Arkwright, 'J. Estcourt, T. G. Molesworth, Sir W. Austen, Colonel Farnham, E. B. Neville, Ralph Barkly, Henry Fielden, William Northland, Viscount Baring, F. T. Fitzroy, Henry O'Brien, A. Stafford Baring, W. B. Flower, Sir James Peel, Sir Robert Barrington, Viscount Forman, T. S. Peel, Jonathan Bodkin, William H. Frewen, C. 11. Philips. G. R. Bowles, Admiral Gordon, Hon. Capt. Roßeston, Colonel Boyd, John Goulburn , Henry Somerset, Lord G. Bretherton, J. Graham, Sir J. Stansileld, W. R. Buck, L. W. Greene, Thomas Strait, Edward Buller, Edward Grey, Sir G. Sutton, 11. M. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hamilton, W. J. Towneley, John Busfeild. William Hamilton, Lord C. Trollepe, Sir J. Cardwell, Edward Hayes, Sir E. Troubridge, Sir E. Carew, W. P. Heneage, G. Wall, C. B. Carnegie, Captain Herbert, Sydney Wellesley, Lord C. Connolly, Colonel Hope, Sir 1. Wilde, S. T. Coote, Sir C. M. Hope, G. W. Wood, Charles Darner, Colonel Houldsworth, T. Wood, Colonel T. Denison, J. E. Howard, C W. G. Wortley, J. S. Denison, E. B. Jocelyn, Viscount Dickinson, F. H. Jones, Captain TELLERS. Douglas, Sir C. E. Law, C. E. Young, John Drummond, H. Lincoln, Earl of Baring, Henry Duckworth, Sir J. Lockhart, W. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10. The following Railway Bills were withdrawn : Manchester and Poole (Luggershall, Salisbury, and Poole). Mold Junction. Great Munster. Bandon and Bantry. Cork, Macroom, and Killarney. STANDING ORDERS. Standing Order, No. 135 (3d April), read, and repealed. Resolved—That seven clear days notice be given by the clerk to the Committee of Selection to the clerks in the Private Bill-office, of the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee on every private Bill that shall have been referred to such Committee : —That, in the case of Bills not referred to the Committee of Selec tion, seven clear days' notice, and, in the case of a re-committed Bill, three clear days' notice. be given by the agents for the Bill to the clerks of the Private Bill-office, of the day a nd hour appointed for the meeting of the Committee on every private Bill ; and that all the proceedings of any Committee, of which such notice shall not have been given, be void. Ordered—That the said resolution be a standing order of the House. Standing Order, No. 137, read, and repealed. Resolved—That notice in writing be given by the clerk to the Committee of Selection to the clerks in the Private Bill-office, of the postponement of the first meeting of any Committee on a private Bill, which shall have been referred to such Committee, on the day on which such postponement is made ; and that in the case of Bills not referred to the Committee of Selection, one clear day's notice be given by the agents for the Bill to the clerks in the Private Bill office, of the postponement of the first meeting of any Committee on a private Bill. Ordered—That the said resolution be a standing order of the House. RAILWAY COMPANIES DISSOLUTION BILL. On the third reading of the above Bill, on Friday, Mr. Hudson to move the following clauses : And be it enacted, That where the dissolution of a company shall have been resolved under this Act, if judgment shall have been re covered, or shall afterwards be recovered, in any action against any member of the committee for any debt due from such company or from such c:antnittee, in respect of the undertaking, the member against whom such judgment shall have been recovered shall be en titled at law to a contribution from each of the other members of such committee towards the payment of the moneys recovered by such judgment, and of all costs and expenses in relation thereto, of such a share of the whole amount of such moneys, costs, and ex penses, as would have been borne by such respective member, u, on an equal contribution by all the members of such committee, and May recover the contributions to which he may be so entitled, or any of them, by action or actions of debt, er on the case, against all or any of such other members of sn:h committee, but so that no such member shall be liable in any such action as aforesaid for more than the share to which he shall respectively be liable to contribute under this provision. And be it enacted, That after the dissolution of any company shall have been resolved under this Act, no action or stilt shall be brought for the recovery of any fees, charges, or disbursements for any busi ness done for such company by any attorney or solicitor, whether in his character of attorney or solicitor or as agent or otherwise, until the expiration of one calendar month after a bill of such fees, charges, and disbursements, signed by the claimant, shall have been delivered to the committee or official assignee authorised to wind up the affairs of such company. or left at their or his place of business ; and it shall be lawful for the Court of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, or auy judge of either such courts, and they are re spectively hereby required, on the application of such committee, or of such official assignee, to refer such bill to be taxed and_settled by any taxing officer of the court in which such reference shall be made, and the court or judge making such reference shall restrain the claimant from commencing any action or suit touching his demand pending such reference ; and such taxing officer may take such evi dence in relation to such bill as he may think fit, and the costs of such reference shall be paid according to the event of such taxation, that is to say, f I such bill, when taxed, be less by a sixth part than the bill delivered. then the claimant shall pay such costs, and If the bill, when taxed, shall not be less by a sixth part than the bill de livered, then the party on whose application the reference shall have been made shall pay such costs, to be considered and allowed, never theless, as part of the cots, charges, and expenses of executing the trusts and powers of this Act ; and every order to be made for such reference shall direct the officer to whom such reference shall be made to tax such costs of such reference to be so paid as aforesaid, and to certify what, upon such reference, shall be found to be due to or from such claimant in respect of such bill and of the costs of such reference ; and after such reference as aforesaid no further or other sum than shall be so found due shall be recoverable in respect of such bill. Viscount Palmerston has issued cards for assemblies on Saturday next and the following Saturday. li r e very much regret to announce the death of Lady MI Nab, the wife of the Hon. Sir Allen M‘Nab, Speaker of the House of Assembly. This lady, after a long and painfhl illnesi, died at Dundurn Castle on Friday last. — ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO AlstusLs.—Yesterday the twentieth annual meeting of the mem bers and friends of this society was held at the Queen's Concert Room, Hanover-square—the Lord Bishop of St. David's, in the ab sence of the Marquis of Westminster, presided. There were present —Lord Dudley Stuart, W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P., Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., Rev. R. Burgess, 8.D., Rector of Upper Chelsea S. ; Rev, J. Jackson, Rev. Dr. Spre n g er, John Wilks, Esq., J. Buckingham, Esq., and other gentlemen. The Right Rev. Chair man having opened the proceedings by some remarks eulogistic of the society, Mr. Thomas, the secretary, read the report, from which it appeared tkat during the past year the operations of the society have been materially extended, and that numerous auxiliary associa tions have been formed with every prospect of success. The National Schools of the metropolis had been visited, with a view to instil into the minds of the pupils the duty of gentleness towards the dumb creation. Two hundred and fifty prosecutions had taken place, two dog pits had been suppressed, and the towns of Ramsgate, Margate, Dover, Gravesend, and other places of general resort, had been Placed under the immediate inspection of the officers of the society. The usual prizes of 61., 41., and 21. were offered to the scholars of the National Society's Training College, for the best essays on the means of preventing cruelty to animals. The receipts of the year had been 1,2171., the expenditure less by 2301 . A legacy of 1,0001. by John Orr, Esq. of Madras, was acknow ledged. On the motion of Mr. Buckingham, seconded by the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., the report was adopted, and several resolutions were carried expressive of confidence in the result of the society's operations. A RARE PLEASURE.—The last person Joseph My wrote to was Lord Stanley, for he made sure that his Lordship would send him twenty shillin, i pti f only for the novelty of " hearing some thing to his advent t i c ... STATUE OF SIR W A LT ER ,frt SCOTT . —The beautiful white marble colossal statue , th e chisel of our eminent sculptor Mr. Steell, is now in such a state of p w e lrdness, that we understand it will be ready to be placed on itz ugus sta . l, in the monument in ~ m ,t e n eh a nniversaey of the Prince's-street, on the 15th of . ve had the pleasure natal day of the great novelist and p oe t. of seeing the statue, and we perceive that little remains p a olis for the chisel the pure and to do. What is chiefly wanting is the finishing Dieautiful stone. Dir. Steel has been as successful with his fig ure of Sir Walter's favourite deer hound as king .he has bean with ta t t h of his Master . Both are eminently stri rderstand ornamental parapet and raili n g round the monument has been at e con tracted for, and prom ised to be ready, as well as the promenade grounds, by the 15th of August ; on which day there will be a grand procession and inauguration of the statue, at which public bodies berg, and the masonic lodges here and from many parts in Scotland, will give their attendance and assistance. The procession altogether ts expected to exceed in numbers and external show that which took place at laying the foundation of the monument six years ago.— Caledonian Mercury. RATHER REMARRABLE.—An along the east coast, during the last few days, there has prevailed a smell of turf smoke, a circumstance which occasioned considerable surprise, because the neighbourhood round us producecs but a antcomparaively small quan tity, and certainly not enough to produce such effect. For some days the phenomenon was regarded as unaccountable, until it was Suggested that it came over from Holland, the wind lying in the r i g ht direction, and the state of the atmosphere c being ross theculiarly favoarabie mtridg to the floating of the smoky vapour ape Gentian . Ocean.—Cae Advertiser. A CARRIER PIGEON FROM PARIS. —On Saturday, the 311th ulthno, a carrier pigeon Was found by a labouring man in the parish of Great Cornard, near Sudbury, quite exhausted with its flight. Attached to it was a paper, dated " Paris, May 29," and containing the prices of th e various French railway shares.— Suffolk Herald. BABE INGRATITUDE.—At the grand review given at the Champ de Mars, is honour of Ibrahim Pacha, there were re peated cries of " A bas les Anglais." The French certainly imagine that the English still rule in France; and yet we wonder at thir forgetfulness, for our rue was very different to Louis Philippe's. Ile is cor.tinually building fortifications—whilst we invariably destroyed them.--Peach. and Lad y Geer • W authoress ane. Fullerton, sister to Lord Grenville, Boman Cathone o c f b" Ellen Middleton," has been received into the rectories of St. La wrence The Rev. Edward Horne has resigned the nation has been acc ep ted and St. John, Southampton, and his resig nation mentioned In cm, bisedt by the Bishop of Winchester. Mr. Horne — O ," —,_ week's impression as about to embrace the c FROM RAMSGATE yi ,SUICIDE B Y Catho li c Advertiser. y quarter before seven, Tuesday morning, ab ou t a CLIFF. - On ler, who has resided man years at Ramsgate, jumped o ff the cliff, opposite the flag-staff at Live rpool-terr ace, a man, named Mil rPool-terrace, which is nea r the top of over rail, for an accident of the atind at this spot could not have the steps. lie must have got ove une and h ad b een i n the fled ' as caused his misfortune. Ilia age is said to be about 70. He was reduced in circum stan ces , Union. It is stated that intemper • R e formerly was possessed of tan f c c irc on u s m id s erab e l e e s property, and h a d three brothers. who are a ll in good A FLIULY POISONED BY A GLAZED DISII.—On Saturday last a family iu Berwick were exposed to an alarming immediately ac cident 'from a simple cause. The mother oftttren he ng hialldarrumninuugh , in the market - p lace a large earthen dish, which t • put to use by sending it to the bakehouse with a fake. After the meal had been p repared, the entire.uit family of fish t o fug of the mother , t wo sons, and a daughter), partookyof(consi st it, and Shortly afterwards they became seriously ill, and exhibited s igns of b e i n g poisoned. Mr. Lily , surge on, bein g sent tor, a pp lied proper a ntidotes, and they are now r ecoverin g . The cause is have consisted in the material used for coating •he ware not being properly mixed, and too great a quantity of white lead being used in ;he compound.—Glasgow Courier. TEMPERA.NCE EXHIBITION.—In the temperance pro.. eei goa yesterday, two of the last individuals had a drunken man c linging between them, of the following description i—he was with out hat or Cap, had on a dirty check shirt, a black face, and old breeches , the tail air the low, r department—of his s'Art hanging out, a thumping pair o f , clogs trailing on the ground, but no stock. ings. Ile went contentedly alom; with his sober companions, and was pointed at by them as he proceeded, more particularly when passing a public-house, to the great amusement of the "boys," and the sorrow of the men. One of his supporters attracted nearly as h a t tention from his b u lk and solidity as the " between two " did mac from his silliness. —Bolton Frei Press. The New York Spirit tells of a person who recently went, o the south to open a Jewellery store, His" capital" consisted 411191f4ig."!•-klitriCan poor, 1 . .. THE THEATRES. HAYMARKET. Madame Anna Thillon made her first appearance at this theatre last evening, in the character of Juanita, in Auber's celebrated opera of The Black Domino. The English public is already familar with the plot of Le Domino Noir, from the various dramatic versions of it which have been produced at almost every theatre in London, but no one can form the remotest idea of the capabilities of the character of the heroine who has not seen Madame Thillon in the part. The Haymarket is the theatre for this fasci nating actress. The play of her expressive features, and the delicate intonation of her delicious voice, can be much better appreciated in a theatre like the Hay market than in the vast area of a large theatre. .It is useless to disguise the fact, but our so-called national theatres are too large, and the decline of the drama is more to be attributed to the enormous size of our na tional theatres which overtaxes the energies of artistes, and renders the delicacies, and consequently the beauties of acting inappreciable to all who are at a greater distance from the stage than the third row in the pit, than to any other cause. It is impossible thoroughly to enjoy a play in a theatre larger than the Haymarket. In the first act, which may be entitled the Masquerade, Madam Thillon gave us one solo and some delightfully executed concerted music in conjunction with Miss P. Horton and Mr. Hudson. Her burst at the conclusion of the act, when the clock strikes twelve, and she dis covers that she cannot regain her convent for the night, was magnificent, and drew down repeated rounds of applause. Her Spanish masquerade costume became her exceedingly, and she managed her mask in the most coquetishly fascinating manner imaginable. The second act passes at the residence of Don Alphonso (Mr. H. Ho11) ' to which Juanita in her distress , has been at tracted by a light, and where Bona (Mrs. Caulfield), Al phonso's housekeeper, gives her refuge, pass ing her off as her niece, a peasant girl, from Arragon. Her acting as the pretty peasant, to whom the rollicking roues assembled at Alphonso's make love, was an exquisite mixture of naivete and espeglerie, and the concerted scene was rapturously en cored. Her acting, too, when among the guests she re cognises Felix (Mr. Hudson), whose heart she had captured, was admirable ; and then comes the castanet song, which she sang with the greatest taste and beauty, and acted most bewitchingly. This song created quite a furore; its repetition was loudly called for. The audience were completely carried away by it. Bouquets were showered upon her, and from that moment to the end of the opera every scene was for Madame Thillon a triumph. The gem of the opera, however, was her descriptive scena d'entree, in the third act. This scena afforded her opportunities of which she well knew how to avail herself. Irresistibly comic was her de scription of the adventures of the night, fascinatingly espiegle ; her description of her adventure with the gal lant captain, who having been permitted, in return for his defence of her from the rude insults of some ill• bred boors, to take one kiss, took advantage of his situa tion by taking two ; and when at the conclusion she sang the Gitana, her soft, sweet, clear, flute-like flexible organ seemed to revel in the melody, and, like some sweet bird, to shed an atmosphere of song around. Her fioriture was marvellous. Rich beyond the powers of description, yet most delicate and most tasteful, it adorned the melody tc the utmost possible pitch, without overlaying. Anything more graceful, more exquisite, more perfect, than Madame Thillon's execution of this scena it is impossible for a musician to imagine, even in his happiest dreams. At the conclusion the stage was a perfect parterre, from the bouquets innumerable which were thrown to her. At the fall of the curtain she was called for, and led forward by Hudson, by whom, as Felix, her lover, and by Miss P. Horton, as Paquita, she had been most e ffi ciently supported throughout. The theatre was crammed, and will con tinue to be crammed every night of the , engagement of Madame Thillon, if there be any taste for acting or music extant. VICI 0R144. Another novelty, entitled Barnard, the 'Victim Pa triot ; or, the Double Fratricide, was produced at this theatre on Monday. The author has founded his drama on the " Glorious Revolution of July," at that period when the stir- willed Charles the Tenth endeavour , d to bring back the monarchie of seventeen hundred, which had become obnoxious to the people. The hero of the present drama is one Barnard Donay (Mr. E. F. Saville) who is induced to join the insurgents. This he does, and in the melee which moues he kills his brother; he is by this means unnerved, and in the course of the action is wounded. He appeals to the Chamber of Deputies for his boni ; seated in the chair, and presiding over the Chamber, he finds Francois Bardin (Mr. W. Searle) a duelist and a coward, who insults the wounded patriot, and they are about to fight, when the cowardice of Bar din induces him to apologise ; this he does, but is obliged to leave the Chamber. Alter a variety of vicissitudes, hunger and the pain of his wound accelerates his death, and he expires in the arms of his wife, within an hour of the year, by which means she is entitled to the pension, as ordained by the Chamber of Deputies. Mr. Saville, as the enthusiastic patriot, acquitted him self in his usual style, and apparently much to the gratification of the company present. Mr. Searle, it is needless to say. was perfect in the delineation of the ferocious revolutionist, who is at heart a coward and a braggart. We have before spoke in terms of praise of this gentleman's acting, which is, if possible, becoming more successful every evening. The other principal characters were sustained by Mr. T. Fredericks (Pierre Donay), Mr. Ranoe (Valton), Mr. R. G. Burton (Theo dosius John Butler), Mrs. G. Lee (Madame Donay), Miss Treble (Marlette); &c., in a very creditable man ner. Some excellent scenery was also introduced, among the chief of which were " Suburbs of Paris, and Road to La Vendee, the Barrier, and distant coun try," " Hall of Deputies," &c. The house was well attended. FRENCH PLAYS—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Frequently as we have seen Dejazet in the character of the young Duke, in Les Premieres armes de Richelieu, never did we see her act the part with more spirit than she did last evening. Every point told, and her manner of giving the couplets was pefectly epigrammatic. She was most efficiently supported by Mademoiselle St. Marc, as the Duchess, who looked and acted the part a merveille. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George, and attended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay, honoured the performances with their presence. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. THE FOREIGN MAILS. The following notice relative to the foreign mails, was yea terday affixed at the chief office, St. Martin's le-Grand : India, &c., via Southampton—The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, lonian Islands, Egypt, India, and China, via Southampton, will be dispatched from hence on the 20th inst. The Queen due 15th inst. India, &c. (Overland) Mails—The next mails for the Me diterranean, India, China, &c., via Marseilles, will be dis patched from hence on the 25th inst. The Peninsular, &c., Mails—The next mails for Lisb on, Madeira, Oporto, Vigo, Cadiz, Gibraltar, &c., will he dis patched from hence on the 17th inst. West Indies, &c.—The next mails will be dispatched on the 17th inst. The Medway, for the above mails of the 17th inst. The Clyde due 22d inst. Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres—The next mails will be dispatched on the 7th of July. Her Majesty's brig Pen guin arrived at Falmouth on the Bth inst., with the above mails. Her Majesty's brig Seagull, sailed the Bth inst. from Falmouth, with all letters posted in London up to the even ing of the 6th inst. Sydney, New South Wales—The next mails dispatched from hence on the 30th inst America—The next mails for British North America, Ber muda, and the United States will be dispatched from hence on the 18th inst. The Britannia, due on the 15th, will con vey the above to Liverpool. NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL TO MR. COBDEN. The Times of Saturday contains a statement that a meet ing has been held in this town, for the purpose of setting on foot a tee timonial to Mr. Cobden. This meeting wafe strictly private, and it was wished that what passed should not at present transpire through the press. But as the state ment alluded to is in some material points incorrect, we have been supplied with the following particulars, which may be relied upon. The following is the statement of the Times: " Letters from Manchester state that the principal mem bers of the Anti-‘...orn-law League held a meeting on the 3d, and decided that in the event of the Bill for the importa tion of corn being passed by the Legislature, their staff should be abandoned, a statement of their funds should be rendered, the League paper should be disbanded, their number should be reduced to six, and a subscription by the ge neral public should be set on foot, to raise 100,0001. for Mr. Cobden. The meeting in question had no connexion whatever with the League, and consequently could not decide at all re specting the proceedings of that association. Indeed, there is at present no committee or council competent to determine on the course marked out by the Times, though it may pro bably be recommended for adoption. The object of the meeting was simply to decide on the preliminary steps for a national tribute to 3lr. Cobden. There was a small number of gentlemen of this town present, who were met by a depu tation from Liverpool. An interchange of opinions took place upon the subject. A committee was named, consisting of gentlemen of all shades of political opinion, be inLlu d ding some of the leading Conservatives of the b to ee w t n, . No ultimate amount themselves favourable b to e r t a h i e se o , d . j b b tu the an obtained i o for a s expres expressed eNdvatshnatamlesdo,o"ool.Bllonir 2100,0001. Conservative as well as the Liberal par . d from some of this object, if it met generally with therahtlyge.artryrseumpipsoersteoffeethae. tributions, it was announced, had been receive Chester Guardian. the most 'distinguished members of the Legislature.—Man" THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, TU E S D AY.—The market to-day was , on the. whole, de c id e dl y d u ll . P r i ces, h owever , rem ain unaltered both for goods and yarn. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—On account of the holidays last week, fewer goods were ()tiered for sale to-day. There has also been a very thin attendance of buyers, and little busi ness has been done. There is no change in the wool market. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY. —Although we have several buyers in the market, we cannot report much more favour ably than last week. In the foreign warehouses orders are pretty plentiful, but there appears great caution in purchasers for the home trade. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Our market to-day has been flat, and will probably continue so for a few weeks longer, June being ' what is termed " betwixt the seasons," and generally a very quiet month. At the German wool fairs now being held, the raw material fetches rather higher prices than were antici pated, a circumstance which cannot fail to check the co n _ stunt= of wool iu this district. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVENING, JUNE n, 1M64 private one, consequently no extra saluting or cerempny has he,pn ohserved. superinteri . ant Hof the s:hetftipolltan Plialleand as sistants are in attendance upon' the Prince during his so journ here. The yacht built for the Emperor of Russia by Mr. Joseph White ; of East Cowes, a splendid schooner, was to Be launched this morning, named, by her Majesty's especial permission, " Queen Victoria." His Highness • the Grand Duke and a brilliant party were expected to have been pre sent, but they were not. THE ROBBER. By G. P. R. James. " The Robber" forms the eighth volume of Mr. James's works. This series, every volume of which is orna mented with an engraving. is wanting in some of the necessary adjuncts of good pap, r, type, printing, and " getting up." It will be very acceptable to the author's admirers, who will be able to procure all his works in a compact form, and when we consider his prolific power, it must certainly be an advantage to have them in one volume instead of three. THE MARCHIONESS OF BRIN VILLIERS. By Albert Smith. Standard Novels. The history of the celebrated " poisoner of the seven teenth century," which for many months interested and appalled the readers of the. Miscellany, now appears in the neat and attractive form of a standard novel. The name of the author will be a sufficient passport to many who are acquainted with his more genial and attractive compositions; and the title itself will charm, and the contents will not disappoint, the lovers of the horrible, from which class, hcwever, we beg to be excepted. LITERATURE. LAW INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. LXXXIX. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH , June 10 . :.'Outs great fifingl philosoper, Professor ratrqtipys • (Sittings in Banco.) whose researchea upon themost primitive elements of THE QUEEN V. SHARP. the phy s i ca l sc i e nces have acquired for Min a more than (Continued - fromur Afternoon -Edition ef-yesterdays) At the close of the argument, the Coeur, after reviewing European celebrity, receives in - this -number- of the the . .,whp . ls_ease, agreed that it did not come within their Westminster Review an instalment of that approbation virtueurisalcotfioll the vicar esol bein g an ecclesiastical officer, and in to which his genius and his labours have entitled him, or and presiding officer in all and which, if denied by the niggardly spirit of his matters relating to the e capacity not amenable to the h iurilisediwctlon tohfertehisf?re,Coiucrt.th_at contemporaries, will be unstintingly' awarded by pos terity. Unlike many of his predecessors, Faraday has ;Rule discharged accordingly. abstained almost entirely from theorising; en hypothesis, however specious, or however feasible, has possessed no charms to him in comparison with those appertaining to the acquisition of novel data. .Acting upon the largest principles of inductive philosophy, he has tested the ac curacy of his suppositions before admitting them into his calculations. With Leonardo da Vinci, he has ever regarded " theory as the general and experiments as the soldiers." Indeed, what we are the more inclined to regard as admirable in the scientific advances of Pro fessor Faraday is the cautiousness of his admission of a truth rath( r than the brilliancy of the truth admitted. Rejecting that impatience with which the immortal Kepler endeavoured to hurry an effect to some suppo sititious cause, Faraday has nevertheless partaken in some measure of the capacity for suggesting schemes as skeletons for first discoveries which so particularly cha racterised that most wonderful man ; in this manner both philosophers possessed a hypothetical imagination. As we have just intimated, however, the imagination of our English experimentalist is in a great measure suc cumbed, or rather modulated by the interposition of a stern and inflexible prudence. Circumspect in the ac knowledgment of a conjecture, he has invariably given that conjecture some degree of form, and solidity and character by the most industrious analysis before he has even dreamed ef venturing upon its publication. And from these very circumstances, from his captious treat ment of mere theories, from his repugnance to pro nounceupon any unfamiliar phase in natural philosophy, before it has been elaborately tested and scrutinised in all its bearings, an announcement from him, however startling, or however contrary to all previous experi ence, comes upon us with peculiar weight. Incredulity is seared away by a consciousness of the announcer's reverence for mathematical precision, and his intimate acquaintance with the rules of logic, as well as with the laws of matter. On these accounts our sentiments were restricted altogether to those of astonishment on the declaration of Professor Faraday, which started before the scientific and the general world towards the close of 1845, that a hitherto unknown affinity existed been light and electricity—that if those two great forces were not absolutely identical, they possessed a subtle correl lation with each other, and in proof thereof, he (Pro fessor Faraday) had succeededin magnetizing and elec trifying a ray of light, and in illuminating a magnetic line of force ! Wonderful and prodigious as was the nature of this professed discovery, we were neverthee less fully impressed with the actuality of the truth, not from any blind credulity in the progression of science, but from a recollection of that cha racter for accuracy in the elucidation of philosophical fact which our illustrious countryman had acquired. For many long and arduous years of experiment and in vestigation, Dr. Faraday has been pursuing in silence his inquiries as to the nature of the analogy between these two marvellous departments of nature ; for years he had maintained silence; and not until a few years since, when the matter was throughout proven by experiments as simple and beautiful as the fact which they tended to demonstrate, did the discoverer divulge the nature of his discoveries. This we conceive to be a pattern to all who would aid in macadamizing the road to knowledge, to all those who have the real interests of science at heart, to all those who would expound even the smallest of those unnumbered mysteries with which we are sur rounded in creation, and the subtlety of which have as yet baffled the research of the most astute intellects. To these important events, the first paper in the West minster Review is devoted, and the history of the disco veries which preceded, and relate in some measure to those of Professor Faraday, is given with singular per spicuity, while the ,manner of the writer evinces his hearty relish for the theme. With the intention of in troducing his commentaries upon the recent assertions of Faraday, the author prefaces them with a rather microscopic narrative of the progress previously effected in this division of science. From the time of Pytha goras and Pliny the loadstone has attracted, not only fragments of iron, but the attention of every successive philosopher ; nevertheless, it was not until 1200 that, according to Di Vitri, we find this strange phe nomenon applied to the purposes of navigation, through the medium of its polarity. Again, it was not until as recently as 1590, that a surgeon of Rimini, am bitiously christened Julius Caesar, detected the fact that all ferruginous substances contained a certain amount of magnetic power. That the magnetic fluid, or power contained in these bodies was composed of particles re pellant to each other, " inversely as the squares of the Gistance ;" and that the particles of this fluid and the principles of iron possessed a reciprocal attraction each to each was an hypothesis reserved for the ingenious mind of Epinus, in 1759. No further advances whatever towards the development of magnetism appear to have been made until 1800, when Coulomb defined, with the assistance of the torsion balance, " the correct law of magnetic attraction and repulsion ;" he proved that the magnetism of iron was merely superficial, and so forth. In 1820 Ersted discovered the connecting link between electricity and magnetism. Such are the broad outlines of that preliminary history to which we have referred, and from a perception of the somewhat narrow boundaries which had been overleaped in the organisation of data upon so wonderful a field in science, the adva!ntages which must ultimately accrue from such discoveries as those of Dr. Faraday, are obvious. Having demonstrated " the magnetisation of light, and the illumination of magnetic lines of force," philosophy will not tarry long upon the mere threshold of one amongst her noblest structures ; she will advance boldly to its still hidden mysteries, cheered on by the success with which her votaries have been already crowned, and yearning for the practical employment of her revealed secrets, as a motor in some definitive manner. With the asserted discoveries of Baron Rickenbach, to the effect that magnetic patients have beheld in darkened rooms " a luminosity like a moving flame at the poles of an electric battery, and around powerful magnets," we must acknowledge we have but a comparatively feeble sympathy ; and, but that the translation of these " Researches" bears the sanction of Dr. Gregory's signature, we should have rejected them as altogether fictitious. The paper under notice should be perused very generally ; it is teeming with informa tion, and is penned in a generous and popular strain. "The Tendency of Puseyism" is a copious retrospect of the tractarian movement, but the dogmatism of many sentiments in the disquisition we conceive to be rather clumsy and inadmissable. "The Lost Senses" is a charming review of a publication, written by Dr. Kitto, upon the most melancholy calamities of body to which humanity is subjected. With all deference to the amiable Doctor, we regard the comparative wretched ness resulting from blindness or deafness as peculiarly afflicting, according to the idiosyncracy of the patient, not from any inherent preponderence in the one or the other. Deafness to Beethoven must have been a more horrible privation to that musical Titan than possibly the loss of all his other senses combined ; whereas blind ness to Milton, who had loved the glorious phases of creation through his visual organ, must have possessed a proportionate intensity. The argument, however, in either instance is solemn. and of ineffable melancholy. " The Oregon Question," with " Railways and Metro politan Improvements," are singularly elaborate and in structive articles : in both the writers are intimately versed in their different subjects, so that to all who are ignorant of the merits of our American squabble, the former will prove a most comprehensive informant, while to those doubtful as to the influence of railway specula tions upon our large towns, but especially upon our vast metropolis, the latter will enable them to form a definite opinion. Number eighty-nine, though not quite so glorious as the ninety-eight of the Corn Bill majo rity, will be welcomed as of a kindred spirit. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 10. The Court was engaged all day till half-past five o'clock on motions, none of which presented any matter for a report. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron PARKE and Common Juries.) RAILWAY COMMITTEEMEN,-LAW U. WILSON. This was an action for goods sold and delivered and sup plied to the defendant as a member of the provisional com mittee of the Southampton, Petersfield, and London Direct Railway Company. The sum sought to be recovered was 58/. 17s. 6d. • Mr. Jervis and Mr. Cole conducted the case for the plain tiff, and Mr. Hoggins (with whom was Mr. Rawlinsor.) ap peared for tbe defendant. It appeared that in the month of September in the past year a scheme was got up by Mr. Duncan, the solicitor, to construct a railway from Southampton to Petersfield, and then on " direct" to London. On the 30th of that month Mr. Duncan and the other solicitors wrote the following letter to the defendant : " 72, Lombard-street, Sept. 30, 1845. " Sir,—At the request of Mr. Bradley, we forward you a prospectus of the Southampton, Petersfield, and London Direct Railway, and shall feel obliged by your informing us whether you desire to have your name inserted in the list of the provisional committee of the Company. " We are, Sic." In . reply t o thi s l etter the writers obtained no wr i tten an s partyttformer r t o er; but a few day s a f ter i t h a d b een sen t, a lth oug h the habitation, whom ithatdhebedere,feandddarenstsecdahllaedd a rertohse-edc:ffifrocem and o stated that he sh ou ld have no objection to be a director of the company. The clerk er letter, " Agreeable to be a di re cto"oliendorsed on the and presently an allotment of 50 r. The company went on, shares was awarded to the defendant as one of the provisi ona l committee. The defend ant, however, not only never to o k up the shares, es, but never took any notice either of the numerous lettersar official reports and papers which were con s t an tl y being and for warded to him from the company's office. By-and-by the railway market became under the influence of the panic, and then the managing committee—for there was a managing committee, consisting of some 16 or 18 persons—thought it useless to proceed with the undertaking, and at once turned their minds to the consideration of the ques tion as to which would be the best way of winding up the concern, and liquidating the debts which had been incurred. The result of this deliberation was a resolution to return 255. per share out of the 21.25. deposit to the shareholders, which was subsequently done, and that each provisional committeeman should be called upon to contribute the sum of 351. as his fair proportion of the expenses incurred. Accordingly a letter, containing the resolution, and solicit ing the payment of the 351., was sent to the defendant, but of that communication he took not the slightest notice. In the end, however, the present action was brought by the plaintiff, one of the creditors of the concern against him in his character of a member of the provisional committee of the company. On behalf of the plaintiff's case there was, under these cir cumstances, a failure in proving that the defendant had given his written consent to become a member of the pro visional committee, and that he had, upon any occasion, acted in the conduct or management of the affairs of the company. Thus far the case bad proceeded, when the Learned Baron was compelled to rise on Tuesday. Mr. HOGGINS now addressed the jury on behalf of the de fendant, and at the outset denied the statement made by his Learned Friend, that his client had, like the other members of the provisional committee, been in the habit of receiving his two guineas per day for his attendance at the • office, and for the best of all reasons, that, except upon the day when he had given his consent to become a director, he had never been near the concern. Neither had he, like those who had taken part in the proceedings of the company, be nefited by the premiums which had been gained upon the shares. He should throw himself back upon the question which had been left to the jury in the case of "Barnett v. Lambert "—namely, "did the defendant render himself liable for the goods supplied in consequence of his having given an express consent or an implied consent by personal communication or in writing" to become a provisional com mitteeman, and to become, in common with others, responsible and liable for the debts of the company? or did he give such an authority to the secretary of the company as could bind him to the consequences of any acts of what now appeared to be a select managing committee? But he contended that in the present case the question was not as between the creditor of the company and the defendant, but between the managing committee, who, in strictness, were liable to every claim, and the defendant. The use of the plaintiff's name was a matter of form—a mere blind, for the real plaintiffs were the managing committee. The main question in the case was as to what was the meaning of the consent which the defendant was stated to have given? Was it not that he consented to become a director, and in which character it was quite clear he meant to become one of that body which was to take the control and management of the affairs of the company, and not ene of a provisional committee, whom, without having any control over either the arrange ments, or the incurring or not embarking in large liabilities, it was now attempted to render liable? That was the simple question, he apprehended. Well, then, it was quite clear that he had not given any consent to become a member of the provisional committee, and, therefore, that being so, it was beyond all doubt that he was in no way liable for the debts which the managing committee had thought proper to incur. He submitted, therefore, that the defendant could not be held liable. _ - . . Mr. Baron PARKE, in leaving the case to the jury, said, it was in the first instance necessary for the plaintiff to make out that there had been an express contract entered into by the defendant in person, or by his agent, and that it was only upon such ground that be could recover. The question was, whether the person who entered into the contract with the plaintiff, was the authorised agent of the party who was sought to be made liable? There was no doubt that in the first instance the claim was upon Brooks, the secre tary, but if that party contracted the debt as the agent of another, then the question arose as to whether the defendant was that other. In the present instance the plaintiff, there was no doubt, could have brought his action against Brooks, or against the managing committee, but he had not chosen to sue either of these, against either of whom he could have had no•difficulty in proving his claim, but rather chose to select a member of the provisional committee. The acting committee had abandoned the concern, and had then made a claim upon the provisional committee. But the managing committee had clearly made themselves liable for these debts, for they it was who had conducted the concern, and had authorised the contraction of debts. But, so far as the jury was concerned in the present case, the question was, whether it had been made out to their satisfaction that the defendant had rendered himself liable by consenting to be come a director. That consent was clearly not in the terms of the present form of action in so far as the description was con cerned. The defendant consented to become a director, not a provisional committeeman, and the promoters of the company or the managing committee had thought proper to make him that which, as far as the evidence went, he had not con sented to become. The jury, before they could make him liable to this claim, must be satisfied that he had given his consent, of had meant to become a member of the provisional committee; and, further, that in that capacity he had in tended to take upon himself all the responsibilities which the managing committee might think proper to incur. Then there was another matter fur them to take into consideration. The defendant, it was admitted on the part of the clerk of the company, had not only not taken up shares, but had never acted as a committeeman, or had taken the most re mote participation in the business. He did not accept the settlement of 50 shares; he had in no way interfered in the concern, nor had lie attended any meeting, and he had re fused to answer or take any notice of the numerous letters which had been sent to him from the office of the company, It, moreover, appeared that the provisional committee had had no power to interfere with the managing committee. If the jury were of opinion that the defendant had not given his consent to become a provisional committeeman, there was then an end to the case. There had been no evidence offered to show what the duties of the provisional committee were, but all bad gone to establish the responsibility of the ma naging committee, and that those parties were responsible for all acts and debts they incurred, either by themselves or by their agent. , The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Baron PARKE then said, that it was not to be sup ' posed that, because a man allowed his name to be inserted in ' the list of provisional committeensen, he made himself re • sponsible for every act or every liability of a managing corn mittee, unless it could be proved that he had acted in the conduct of the concern. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-S TREE T. The widow of Thomas Blewitt, the unfortunate man who died a short time since from the effects of the gun• shot wound inflicted by John Graham, in Drury-lane, applied to the sitting magistrate, Mr. Henry, to relieve and advise her in her present distressing situation. The applicant, who was attired in respectable mourning. stated that she was dependent upon the wages of her hus band dur!ng his lifetime, for the support of herself and child —a girl about seven years of age—and had now no means of living ; she was therefore anxious to get a little money to place herself in a small way of business. Owing to the suggestions of Mr. Mace, the chief usher, and a police inspector in Court, his worship was induced to question the woman at some length as to her habits and general character, it having appeared that she was convicted and fined at this Court, about four months ago, for mis conduct. She denied that sh e was i n t h e ha b it of, drinking, but admitted that foj a considerable period she did not live with her husband. This, however, she attributed to his misconduct, and not her own. She stated that they went to Hong-Kong together, about five years ago, and that her hus band, after getting into debt, absconded from her, and left her in China unprotected. A subscription was there got up for her, and she returned to England by the ship Tory, Captain Johnson, at whose trial, in November and January last, she appeared as a witless at the Old Bailey. At this time she again became acquainted with her husband, who called upon her at her lodgings, but it did not appear upon what terms they lived together, if at all, up to the shocking occurrence in Drury-lane. It would be unfair to state the allegations on either side at present, but enough transpired to show that they did not live happily together. Mr.into HENRY, th e matter, therefo and reportre,deputedthe e the rusherst of in to makes v eafsu inquiry ll t gation next week. HAMMERSMIT H. After the night charges weree Hislop, of No. 3, Lansdown- a F cl u is i p h o a sd . m e ro o a f, d, Mr. was Hardy plaeed the sitting magistrate, on a cahtarthgeebaorf behavingfore3vliro. laGtedChethe person of Caroline Mathews, his servant. of No. 23, Thavies Inn, Holborn, Caroline Mathews, a rather pretty-looking young woman, for Todd,the solicitor, priso ner. deposed that she was now living in James-street, Larkhall at tend . ed lane, Clapham. On Friday last she was living in the service of the prisoner, at No. 3 Lansdown-villas. On that night she retired to bed about eleven o'clock, leaving the prisoner, her master, down stairs. She undressed, and bad been in the room about twenty minutes before she got into bed. She had not been in bed above two minutes before the rrisoner came into the room. He was undressed with the exception of his shirt. Mrs. Hislop, the prisoner's wife, had left home, and gone into the country on the previous day (Thursday). The prisoner said to witness, "As we are in the house together, we may as well sleep together." Wit ness told him that he should not, and that she would tell her mistress. Witness had, on seeing the prisoner enter the room, jumped out of fru!, and was trying to run out of the room, but the prisoner would not let her, and said he did not' care for her mi.tress. Witness struggled with him, but he • took hold of her and threw her on the bed. The witness, tben stated circumstances tending to show that he sue t ceeded in attaining his o b j e et . By mr , c la yz--Witnesa tried to push him away and COURT CIRCULAR HisT Royal rHighness - ?abet: Albev i t - hfpnqured Bencliers. of Lincoln's Inn with his company at dintier. yesterday evening at their new Hall His Royal High ness was attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord G. Lennox, Colonel Wylde, and Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed exercise yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Captain the Hon. James P. Murray, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence yesterday evening. The Bishop of Barbadoes had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone yesterday, at the. Colonial-office. The Metropolitan Railway Termini Commission had a meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. The Commissioners present were Viscount Canning, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Frederick Smith. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Win chester, Bangor, Bath and Wells, Chester, Gloucester and Bristol, Lichfield, Norwich, xford, Peterborough, Rochester, Salisbury, and Worcester, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Bessborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Dein of Westminster. Mr. Leslie Foster had an interview yesterday with Mr. Secretary Glad tone. Mr. Denison, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. IBRAHIM PACHA. His Highness the Prince of Egypt rose at his accustomed early hour yesterday morning, and breakfasted alone in his private apartment. His Highness was engaged in transacting business with his private secretary until nearly twelve o'clock, at which hour the carriages were ordered to be in attendance. At half-past twelve o'clock his Highness, accompanied by the members of his suite, in two carriages, left Mivart's Hotel, for the purpose of making a tour of inspection. The illustrious party first drove through the City, and crossing Tower-hill made the Thames Tunnel their first object of ex amination. The-visit having been an unexpected one on the part of the authorities, only the secretary of the com pany was in attendance to receive his Highness. Accom panied by that gentleman, the Pacha and the members of his suite descended the entrance shaft, and traversed the tunnel to the southern shore. The modeofits construction Was clearly explained to his Highness by the secretary, and the questions suggested by the Prince were also answered by the same functionary, to his Highness's evident gratification and astonishment. The Pacha purchased several small articles in the tunnel, and, after devoting more than half an hour to a complete examination of this ingenious absurdity, took his departure. The Tower of London was next visited by the illustrious party. In carrying out the express desire of his Highness to inspect the institutions and exhibitions of the country as a private individual, on arriving at the fortress gates one of the Pacha's English attendants was sent forward to procure tickets of admission. This person had already done so, and the carriages were about to enter the precincts, when a group of warders, observing the glittering uniforms of the strangers, ran off to the Deputy-Governor's residence, and gave him information of the fact. Major Elrington was soon in attendance on his Highness, and, having been in troduced by Major Dickson, the gallant officer led the way first to the Jewel-house, where the crown jewels were shown and explained by Mr. Swifte. His Highness exa mined the crown with especial interest, and remarked on the beauty of the collection generally. From the Jewel house the party proceeded to the Armoury, of which they made a minute inspection. His Highness subsequently viewed the collection of ancient and modern guns preserved within the fortress, several of the former of which are of Egyptian manufacture. The Mint was the next point of attraction. Here the Nam was received by the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, who conducted his Highness over every part of the establishment. The method by which the bars of gold were rolled out, and the subsequent operation of stamping the pieces, as well ss the die machinery, were successively inspected by the Pacha. The coin in process of manufacture during his Highness's inspection was exclusively of copper, intended for circulation in Calcutta. To give his Highness a more pleasing oppor tunity of seeing the transition from a dull metal bar to the bright coin, a silver medal was struck in his presence, to commemorate his visit. One side bore the profile of her Majesty, while on the obverse a war trophy was struck. Round the outer rim of the coin were impressed the words, "Ibrahim Pacha, June 10, 1846." His Righness accepted this mark of attention and respect very graciously, and having thanked Sir George Clerk for his courtesy, took leave, with the intention of proceeding to The Bank of England, whet; the party arrived precisely at four o'clock. Mr. Heath, the Governor, and Mr. Robin son, the Deputy-Governor,with two or three other members of the board of direction, were in attendance to receive his Highness; and, the carriages having driven into the inner court, the Pacha and the members of his suite alighted and accompanied the governors to the Bank parlour, where a dejeuner had been prepared. His Highness having partaken of some slight refreshment, was then conducted over the whole establishment in the greatest detail. The party first inspected the bullion cellars, where the gold bars are de posited, and in which a very large quantity of Sycee silver, paid as ransom money by the Chinese, is stored. His Highness was subsequently shown the method of printing Bank notes and dividend warrants, with the whole of which he appeared greatly amused. While in the cash-office Mr. Heath placed a small bundle of notes in his Highness's hand, which were explained to represent the money value of up wards of 1,000,0001. sterling. The dividend office and other departments were subsequently visited by the illustrious strangers, and it was nearly six o'clock before they had com pleted their tour of the building. On taking his departure, the Pacha shook hands very heartily with the Governor and Deputy-Governor, and expressed himself much indebted for the attention which had been shown him. The party returned to Mivart's shortly after six o'clock, and dined together privately at half-past seven. It was ex pected his Highness would have honoured Drury-lane Tneatre with his presence last night. Dr. Bowring, M.P., had an interview with his Highness last evening, and we believe the result will be that the Pacha will visit the House of Commons this evening after returning from Ascot Races. The Queen's carriages have been ordered to be in attend ance at the Slough station this morning to convey his High ness and suite to Ascot. His Highness was yesterday enrolled a member of the United Service Club. The following names were yesterday inscribed in his High ness's visiting book in the order annexed : Mr. W. F. Ainsworth, Secretary to the Syro;Egyptian Society, and late of the Euphrates expedition ; the Earl of Ellenborough, First Lord of the Admiralty; Viscount It gestre, Captain R.N. ; Lord A. Lennox, Ordnance Depart ment • Mr. J. S. Buckingham, Lieutenant-General Sir H. Douglas, Mr. H. W. Masterson, Sadi Ombart, of Bombay; Colonel P. Campbell, R.A. ; Colonel Rainey, Lord Howden, formerly Envoy to the Pacha of Egypt ; Mr. C. Cornellan, Lord Blayney, Viscount Pollington, Captain Shea, Mr. A. Galloway, Mr. G. W. Galloway, Mr. G. J. Jackson, Mr. J. L. Phipps, the Earl of Jersey, Sir J. Hansler, the Duke of Leeds, Mr. B. Botfield. M.P. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sims, Lieutenant-General Sir J. Buchan, Captain D. Price, R.M. ; Sir A. V. Corbet, Bart. ; Mr. V. R. Corbet, Earl Somers, Captain E. Carpenter, R.N. ; the Right Hon. H. Ellis, Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, Royal Horse Artillery ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Colquhuun, Royal 'Artillery ; the Earl of Morley, Viscount Strangford, Mr. R. Coates, Captain Glad stone, RN. ; his Highness Hassan Mohun Lal, Major- General Russell, Bombay Horse Artillery ; the Marquis of Londonderry, Colonel of tho 2d Life Guards ' • the Marquis of Huntley, Sir J. M. Blakenbury , the. Earl of Wilton, Sir C: Forbes, Sir A. Clifford, Gentleman-Usher of the Black Rod ; Mr. G. A. Hoskins, Lieutenant-General Sir A. Pil kington, Viscount Hinton, Lord Worsley, Count D'Orsay, Lord Kinnaird, Mr. R. Mayne, Mr. J. P. Muspratt, Director of the East India Company ; Sir R. Campbell, Bart., Director of the East India Company ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir E. A. Campbell, C.B. ; Mr. R. Campbell, Mr. J. Cotton, East India Director ; Mr. J. Sheppard, East India Director ; Mr. H. Shanks, East India Director ; Captain Sir I'. Hast ings, R.N. ; Hon. Colonel Lowther, Sir Henry Pot tin g er. the Earl of Clare, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress Hon. Octavius Duncombe, M.P. ; Lord Claud Hamilton. Mr. George Lvall, M.P., East India , Director ; Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household; Right Hon. H. Corry, M.P., of the Admiralty. THE GRAND DUKE CONSTAN TINE OF RUSSIA. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—This morning his Imperia' Highness, accompanied by Vice-Admiral Lutke and Captaii Loutkowsky, of the Ingermanland, and attended by Baron Friedrichs and Captain Mofet, was conducted over the dock yard by Admiral S►r Charles Ogle, Bart., and the officers of the establishment, commencing with the testing-house, thence proceeding to the rigging store, present use store, and thence on board the Amphitrite razde corvette, where his Highness remained sometime making minute inquiries as to her qualifications, intended armament, service, and other matters, which were explained by Mr. Traplin, the machinist of the establishment (who attended the Royal party through out their inspection). From the Amphitrite the party pro ceeded to the dock in which the Rattlesnake, 28, is fitting for surveying service, thence to the Rifleman gunboat, upon the screw propeller principle, 200-horse power, where the Prince made very particular inquiries as to her fitness for the duty for which she is constructed, and in which he showed himself well conversant with naval tactics and con struction, conversing very intelligibly in English the whole time. On leaving the Rifleman Reard-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm was presented to the Grand Duke and the Russian Admiral by Sir Charles Ogle. The metal mills were the next offices visited, where Mr. Owen, their superintendent, explained the process of run ning the copper fluid into pigs for sheets for the bottoms of ships; the royal party then went through the metal mills and nail-shop to the blacksmith's shop, where Nasmyth's steam -hammer was exhibited, which attracted particular attention from all the officers present. After this the shank of an anchor was drawn out of the forge fire, and the men commenced welding it, to show the contrast in that mode of beating out iron and the much more expeditious and less laborious mode by the steam-hammer. From the black smith's shop the party proceeded to the saw-mills, and wit• nessed the process of sawing the timber by the steam-saws, and thence to the block machinery ; but the strap of the shape-machine having broken after a few turns of the cylin der, prevented the further exhibition of blockmaking. The Imperial party then proceeded aloft, and witnessed the formation and finishing of the sheaves for the blocks, polishing the bolts. fixing the cogs, &c., with which they expressed great satisfaction. By the time the finishing de partment had been gone through the strap of the shaping machine had been readjusted, when the party descended to witness the manufacture of blocks. The plan of manufacture, as patented by Mr. Brewer, of Bermondsey, was shown as the futureaplllan was also o ck p s o i w nt i e ll d b o e u m t t a o d e thein this dock yard, oclock the party returned h n o o u w, , erto nearly b a o r i luncheon. g le e airbsateliton3l the s ‘ iGrcannadrDiesuke Malcolm, and par a t i y , d , o a t c h c e o r mpa ni e officers,d to At e ha \ l d f- n p t i from the King's-stairs in ex cellent" practice. the dockyard, and proceeded to twhetEhexeßietlunlesenssistantgnuAnsmonmberaseysaLshdeoxip:: His Excellency Baron Brunno , pyvbeClii)ansa.rinpdbtSt:luairrarrsi embarked oedni Charles' a lie d i ti( s eh4 , llde w Ogle,her Admiralty e the returnth arrived e ‘lfor a loe t m t w h te r it e i, ee t oo o'clock, bo(c)ka Excellent,r, a i h d ea m nrd e o t 3, 4l l i ti e yf talemeettlpit minutesr„ ipehartt the}` di ettithitreeai three d eee half-past ded to T h r e e eA, Admiralty-house, a a t ga y il l o a n n s d e, e d w a n t e re the (a ft((after dockyard, visiting an somep pro •• friends at the George Hotel) the Grand Duke and suite will be entertained this evening. His Highness wishes his visit to be considered strictly a ASCOT HEATH RACES WEDNESDAY. The public, having reserved themselves for the Cup and Ibrahim Puha, a brilliant day's racing was left to the ex elusive enjoyment of the epicures of the turf, and was got through with a closer attention to time than was observed on the first day. It is known that the Queen ,ill not be present this day, and it is doubtful if the Prince Consort will attend. It will be some consolation, however, to her Majesty's loving subjects, that orders have been received at the Royal Stand to provide for the reception of Ibrahim Paella. His Highness is expected to arrive about one o'clock. The lend' h to which our details of the running extend prevent our adding more than that the weather, although gloomy, was favourable, and the day's sport of the most gratify ing description. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 81b ; -anti fillies, Bst 41b ; the second saves his stake. (6 Subs.) Swin lev Course. Lord Exeter's St. Demetri, Galata colt (Mann) 1 , Mr. C. Scott's Ohio Lord Lonsdale's Joy . 3 Betting-5 to 4on St. Demetri, and sto 2 agst Ohio. St. Demetri made the running at a good pace, followed at an interval of two lengths by Joy, the mare a length from the latter. They severally maintained their positions to the distance, where Joy reached the favourite's quarters ; Ohio came at the stand, and a tine race ensued, Lord Exeter winning by a neck, and the same between the other two. The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; two years old, 7st, and three, 9st ; fillies and geldings al lowed 31b. To start at the Cup Course post and run in, about half a mile. (20 Subs. ) Lord G. Bentinck's Blackcock, 2 yrs Mr. Coape's Rufus, 3 yrs Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Death's Camelia, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter's Lebanon, 3 yrs—Lord Lonsdale's c by, Bay Middleton, out of Miss Milner, 3 yrs — Mr. Mostyn's fby Lane r c os t, out of Miss Clifton, 2 yrs — Mr. Wyatt's Laundrymaid, 3 yrs—Lord Chesterfield's Snake , 3 yrs—Baron Rothschild's The Daughter of the Star, 2 yrs — Betting-3 to 1 agst Laundrymaid, 4 to 1 each agst Miss Milner colt, Miss Clifton filly, and Burlesque, and 10 to 1 agst Blackcock. Blackcock made nearly all the running, and won easy by a length ; Burlesque an indifferent third, Miss Clifton colt fourth, and Snake fifth. The Royal Hunt Cup, a Piece of Plate, value 200 soya., by subscription of 10 soya. each, with 100 added. New Mile. (41 Subs.) Mr. W. S. Stanley's Leaconfield, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(Carter) 1 Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster, 4 yrs, Bst 61b . _ 2 Lord Milltown's Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, 7st slb The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Robinson's The Cure, 5 yrs, 9st 71b—Mr. Merton's Evenus, 6 yrs, 9st 51b—Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b Mr. Meikiam's Aristotle, aged, Bst 111b—Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—Mr. E. Dyson's The Devil to Pay, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Lord Albermarle's Beaumont, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Queen Pomare, 4 yrs, Tat 71b—Mr. Godwin's g by Advocate, out of Dexterous dam, 4 yrs, 7st 71b-111r. Thompson's m by Monarch, out of Sis. to Clare, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Sir S. Spry's f by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Col. Anson's Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, ist 31b— Count Batthyany's Gannet, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. Watt's Young Eclipse, 4 yrs, 7st—Mr. Mostyn's c by Phoenix, out of L'Hirondelle, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Lord Albermarle's Nell Cook, 3 yrs, Est 21b—Mr. Drinkald's Farthing Candle, 3 yrs, 6st— Mr. Waller's Regalia, 3 yrs,_ sst 71b. Betting-5 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon, 10 to 1 agst Beau mont, 10 to 1 agst Queen Pomare, 10 to 1 agst Colleen Bawn, 10 to 1 agst Rowland Hill, 10 to 1 agst L'Hiron delle colt, 10 to 1 agst Farthing Candle, 12 to 1 agst Gannet, 13 to 1 agst Ironmaster, 15 to 1 agst The Cure, and 15 to 1 agst Leaconfield. Beaumont took a slight lead, followed by Farthing Candle and Colleen Bawn, the others so close up that we cannot attempt to specify the order in which they laid. No altera tion of any moment occurred until they were half-way up the distance. Ironmaster then went in front, followed by Colleen Bawn and Leaconfield, but swerved near the end, took Colleen Bawn out with him, and lost his lead; Lea confield taking his place, and winning by a length. Wood Pigeon was fourth, and Lightning fifth. The Coronation Stakes of 100 soys. each, h ft, for three-year old fillies, Bst 71b each. New mile. (11 Subs.) Mr. Ford's Guaracha Duke of Bedford's Taurina Colonel Anson's Ellipsis Lord G. Bentinck's Dawdle Sir R. Pigott's Birthday 5 Betting-5 to 2 agst Taurina, 2to 1 agst Dawdle, 4to 1 agst Birthday, and 4 to 1 agst Guaracha. Guaracha took the lead, made all the running, and won very easy by two lengths. A Sweepstakes of 95 sous. each, with 100 added ; for four yrs old colts, Bst 81b; fillies, Bst 21b. To start at the last halt mile post on the New Mile. Once round and in. (13 Subs.) Lord Lonsdale's Jericho (Bartholomew) Kr. St. Paul's Mentor Even betting; Jericho made all the running, Mentor lying a couple of lengths from him, until they came round the turn into the straight; he then drew up. and at the distance reached Jericho's shoulder, but dropped off near the end of the stand railing, and was beaten cleverly by a length. Great excitement was produced by the unlucky exhibition of Mentor's number, as the winner, and several bets were laid before No. 6 took precedence of No. 5. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.".each, with 50 added, for three years-old, 7st ; four, Bat; five, Bst 41b; six and aged, B.:t 71b. The winner to be sold for 300 sow. if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. (8 Subs. ) Mr. Merton's Evenus, 6 yrs... ...(F. Butler) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Cherokee, 3 yrs Mr. Mickiam's Philip, aged Mr. G. S. Ford's Prudence, 4 yrs Betting-6 It. a asst Evenus, 7to 4 agst Cherokee. They ran abreast to the Stand, where Evenus quitted his horses, and went in a clevoe.winner by a length, Philip a respect able third, and Prudence a bad fourth. The winner was claimed. The Windsor Town Plate of 501. ; two yrs old, sst 61b ; three, ist 101 b ; four, Bst 81b ; five, and upwards, 91b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 100 sous., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. LordG.Bentinck's His Serene Highness, 2 yrs (Kitchener) I Lord Lonsdale's f by The Saddler, 2 yrs ..... Mr. Payne's c by Jereed, out of Kalinia, 2 yrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed :--Mr. Smith's The Orphan, by Camel—Mr. Cooper's Cain, 6 yrs— Mr. Death's Slanelf, 3 yrs—Mr. Collin's Brunel, 5 yrs—Mr. Drew's Concealment, 4 yrs—Lord Exeter's Brainless, 3 yrs— Mr. Kilton's Honeysuckle, by Stockport, 2 yrs—Ar. Pearce's Link Boy, by the Dean, 2 yrs—Mr. Jaques's Headsman, 3 yrs—Mr. T. Smith's Conrad, 3 yrs—Mr. May Honey Dear, 2 yrs Betting. —7 to 4 agst Caen, 8 to 1 agst Barbakin f, 10 to 1 agst Jereed c, and 12 to 1 agst His Serene Highness. They started abreast and ran in close array to the road, where His Serene Highness took up the running, went on with it to the end, and won easily by two lengths. Kalmia a bad third, H ea d sman fourth, and Orphan fifth. The winner was claimed. A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1842 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b. The second to save his stakes. One mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Coombe's fby Glaucus, out of Octave (Bartholomew) 1 Lord Albemarle's . The Little Vulgar Boy 2 Betting —.6 to son the mare, who took the lead, kept it, and won by four lengths. The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, with 50 added ; for three yrs old, 7st 41b ; and four, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Swinley Course. (8 Subs.) Lord Orford's Footstool, 3 yrs (Mann) 1 Count Batthyany's Tragical, 3 yrs 2 Betting -3 to lon Footstool, who made all the running, and won easy by a length. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE EMPEROR'S VASS. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 9 to 2 agq. Col. Peel's Orlando ( 11 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog 8 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho (t) 9 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron (t) 9 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah. THE JUBILEE OF THE CRUSADERS.—The fiftieth re presentation of Benedict's Crusaders is to be commemmorated on Friday evening, by the additional talents of Monteriego, Cassello, Dulken, Wallace, Richards, and though last, not least, the favourite Carlotta. LONDON COFFEE AND EATING HOUSE KEEPER'S ANSOGIATIA.N.—At a Committee meeting held at Anderton's Hotel last night, Mr. Binmore, the President, in the chair, it was resolved to have an excursion to the fashionable and favoured watering place, Brighton, in July next. in aid of the funds of that excellent institution, when an opportunity will be presented to their friends of enjoying that delightful trip at a very moderate charge, at the same time, through surplus eext t r o demeie funds.liberality of the railway Company, yielding a The magistrates of Newcastle last week imposed a fine upon a female in that town for throwing orange peel on the causeway. FETE HISTORIQUE DE SAINT °NEB.—Great pre parations, we understand, are being made to celebrate the above fete on the 15th and 16th instant.. M. le Comte de Flandre will enter St. Omer, seated on a srperb car, and will afterwards occupy the throne of judgment, at the splendid tournament about to take place. Magnificent combats on horseback will ensue, the parties being dressed in the cos tume of the time, when the different events which they will represent, happened. The Comte de Flandre will have by his side lu dame de beaute, personated by the elegant Comtesse de Guine, whose pleasing duty it will be to present to the various victorious knights the gorgeous insignia of conquest. This Fete Ilistorique will be the grandest affair, it is reported, that has occurred in St. Omer for years past. The principal towns in the north of France, and a large portion of Belgium, contribute their aid to render the scene magnificent, and worthy the occasion. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—Our readers will recol lect a few weeks since we briefly alluded to a marriage in high life, which was on the moment of being solemnised, the interested parties being Lady Anne Elizabeth Mary Grenville, only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, and Mr. W. H. Gore Langton, grandson and heir of Colonel Gore Langton. In evident answer to a paragraph which was inserted in our columns that the marriage was only deferred for a short period, a counter-statement was made by a respected contemporary. The assertion on our part is fully borne out, and therefore we need not make fUrther remark. Yester day morning, at the unusually early hour of eight, the nuptial cere mony was solemnised at St. George's Church, Hanover square, between her Ladyship and the Hon. Gentleman, the Rev. Henry Howarth, the rector of St. George's, officiating at the solemn rite. The fair bride was taken to the church by Lady Braybrooke, who in this delicate family matter has considerately acted the maternal part. The marriage was private, and singular to state the Duke and Duchess of Luckingham and the Marquis of Chandos were absent. -- _ _ AN HONEST PROPOSAL.—The following appears in a Yankee paper of Moy 18 :—" State Loan of 300,000 Dollars.—lt will be seen by the notice of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund that proposals will be received until the 2d of June next, for a loan of three lan , dred thousand dollars at 5 per cent., redeemable after 1864, for arrearages to contractors and others on the public works." The newspaper evidently makes one mistake in the above paragraph. We perceive It was intended that the bonds should not be redeemed at any time. DROWNED WHILST BATHING —On Tuesday evening, Jonathan Herrind, a labourer on the South-Western Railway, was drowned whilst bathing in a reservoir that supplies Mr. Dutton's mill, at Nine Elms, and which is contiguous to the railway. '1 he de ceased remained more than half an hour in the water before any as sistance was rendered him, and then a fovemanjumped in and brought his bod' to shore, but lie was extinct. The deceased had committed a trespas.4 by bathing in the reservoir. It has been calculated that nearly one-half of the non commaleioned dicers and privates atlas American Army desert every year. THE PRYINGS OF A POSTMAN. The Postman of Stockgate, with unblushing effrontery, does not scruple to inform us that every letter which passed through his hands, was, in opposition to all rules of honour and propriety, by him duly examined and pe rused. He has even gone so far as to transcribe the most interesting, which furnish a volume of considerable amusement. The affairs of individuals of all characters, good, bad, or indifferent; their various thoughts and feelings, hopes and fears, are freely unfolded to us, in the most easy and natural manner possible, by the perusal of their private correspondence. Many of the lett ers folloW en suite, and furnish a little history of thems e l ves; and however much we disapprove the cond uc t o f t h e p os tman, we must confess that hi peccadilloes affurd con siderable amusement. A BOOK OF HIGHLAND MINSTRELSY. By Mrs. D. Ogilvy. With Illustrations by R. R. Wan. A book of Highland minstrelsy! Is not the name enough? Does it not bring before us the wild and simple ballads, the mournful melodies of the mountain land? The fanciful and heart-stirring legends of the north are peculiarly th e p oe t' s th eme; a nd the High landers, with their fierce passions, clinging . suparstui t o n ; h romantic chivalry, generosity, and devotion, are Heaven-made heroes of minstrelsy. Such are the ma terials from which Mrs. Ogilvy has formed her book. r book. Many an old custom or wild tradition is . bere c verte by her pen into a poem. The metreone of the most i s very various, but well assorted to the subjects. beautiful pieces is the first, " The Exile at Culloden." The long lines of many syllablesto the theme; and mournful majesty very appropriate have a degree of the picture of the heart-broken i n t e resting of the en e xile, hiding his brow in his bonnet, is arno the•g :13 illustra tions with which the aork,:is bountifully adorned. The binding and "getting up " of the volume are unexcep tionable, and the e c rimson cover, bordered with thistles, displays an a minstrel le an ing over his " Harp of the North" with a wiz tore of sadness and affection. slapped his face, but although she continued struggling with him and screaming out he did not desist. Afterwards he stood by the side of the bed for a few minutes, and then tapped her on the shoulder, and put his head down to her to kiss her, but site would not let him. He then said he should kaverer, Ifttl - Nrent'ont - of ftrrslsm. — Witness then got out of bed and locked the door. Witness remained in the house all that night. The. next morning- (Saturday) she got up about seven o'clock, and got the prisoner's breakfast, and he went out about nine o'clock. Witness then left the house, and went to Mrs. George, her.laundress, and told her what the prisoner had done, and she advised witness to write and inform her (witness's) brother-in-law of the prisoner's con duct, which witness did. On the 'same_Morning witness also told - MrS. Symons, a publican's - wife, of it. Witness went out for the purpose of quitting, having no relations about there, but Mrs. Symons persuaded her not to leave until she heard from her friendS. On Sunday her brother-in-law come with her sister, and took her. away. Her brother-in law saw the prisoner on the Sand'ay afternoon, and she beard him tell the prisoner that, ihe had written to him to tell him that the prisoner had been to her bedroom and acted impro perly to her, and she heard the prisoner reply that it was quite right, and that what she had stated to him he (pri soner) would not deny. Cross examined by Mr. Todd—The bedroom door was not closed, as was in the habit of leaving it open, in order to hear the clock strike. Entered the. prisoner's ser vice on Easter Monday, eight weeks ago, and left on Sunday last. Mrs. Hislop had given her warning to leave on Tues day fortnight. Had been visited once at the prisoner's house by a journeyman baker, whim she had known for eighteen months. Told Mrs. Hislop that her brother was cooling, but it was the' baker. Had not been intimate with the baker, and she was not enciente. On her oath she was not. Asked the prisoner beibre she went to bed if he wanted any thing more. Ile said "No." She did not tell him that the would be undressed and ready for hint in a few minutes. Would swear that she did not invite him to her room, neither was she on the top of the stairs waiting for hint. Weald swear that she did not meet him on the top of the stairs and clasp her arms round his neck. She slept on an iron bed.tead,sufficient for one person. She struggled and screamed,but the prisoner was too powerful fur her. Witness was discharged because she had a sweetheart. Recollects that anonymous letters had been sent to the house about her. Mrs. Hislop showed her one. Would swear that she heard the prisoner tell her brother-in-law that what she h,.d tol A d ir h . in T s o h d e d ( , pr on iso t n h e e r) pa c r o t ol o d f t n i o ie t d p e ris ny ,:nt submitted that the and Her that there was an ci l evi dence bad also been given with such coolness and clearness as showed her to be experienced in such matters, as she pleostinwohretrhysta of tem belief,en ts completely fixed the capital charge upon the prisoner, which , showed her malicious disposition. The charge, he was pre paredto contend, was altogelher concocted by the com plainant out of revenge for her being discharged. She had T p m r ha e et ylo ewu prisoner i s t l h 3 tried - h a ewr,a isn orderin sahme most couldshta unfortunatetst she e induce mi gh pt o his ms tai client ne,t to he that ac b hn e ad i r n tge t h i- e. giY c e a , r w ol i i t n h e ou m t a any e - w p a r.; w b as abitlihty then of recalled l e r a is li being inbgy mr complainant having b een in the house alone, so that the case depended enti re l y on whatever evidence she chose to able . t c o li d v i e s , pr a o n v d e in answer to his questions, explained that she had made up her mind on Sunday not to stay another night in the house; had her brother-in-law not come, she would then have gone over to him in the evening. She certainly did agree, on the Sun day, to wash the prisoner's stockings out on the Monday morning, but she did that as a blind to deceive the prisoner. Mr. Cervit said there certainly were one or two extra ordinary circumstances in the case which would require inquiry, and for that purpose the prisoner must be re manded. Mr. Todd applied for the prisoner to be admitted to bail. Mr. CLIVE inquired what was the prisoner's position in ife?—Mr. Todd said the prisoner was secretary to a public company, at a salary of 2001. per anuu•r.. Mr. CLIVE said he would then take bail; the prisoner in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each, for the prisonet's ap pearance on Monday next. Mr. Todd and Mr. Henry Rumball, civil engineers, of Seething-wells, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, entered into the required sureties. On the application of Mr. Todd, the brother in-law of the complainant, was called in and examined, in order to see if his version of• the interview be had with the prisoner would differ from the complainant's, but he used the very words she had. Mr. CuvE dirested Inspector Morgan to summon the two witnesses the complainant had told of the affair, and also to have her examined by a medical man. THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT SHADVVELL Yesterday the adjourned inquest on the body of Anne alias Jane Sloman, who was found dead under such mispicious cir cumstances,on Tuesday, June 2d, at the house, No. 6, Latvour in-Vain-street, Shadwell, was resumed at the Halt Motm, Lower Shadwell. _ _ It will be remembered that Gibbing, the man with whom she cohabited, was at first charged with the murder, and was examined at the Thames Police-court, and is still in custody. After several witnesses had been heard, the court was ad journed till seven o'clock, and was resumed about eight. The principalfacts have been already very fully stated. The jury retired at a quarter past eleven o'clock, and after an absence of nearly two hours, at five minutes s o one o'clock this morning, returned an open verdict of—" Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." The interest excited was intense, and the verdict appeared to give general satisfaction, leaving the inquiry still open u regards the parties guilty. THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE MERSEY. (From the Liverpool Courier of yesterday.) Yesterday the inquest on the thi r t een persons buried in LiscardChapel-yard, who were killed-by the late awful steam boat collision, was resumed at the Royal HO, g zines, before H. Churton, Esq., the M Cheshire coroner, Mr. Harden appeared for the captain of the Sea-Nymph, and Mr. Myers for her owners; Mr. T .la.ssall and Mr. Duncan appeared for the owners and captain of the Rambler. Mr. Askew, Captain Sarsfield, Captain John Jones, and. other professional gentlemen, were present. The evidence taken - at the former inquest only related to the identification of the bodies; on this occasion the follow ing witnesses were examined as to the facts of the collision; George Hunter, chief mate, and Peter M'Farlane, second, mate, William Jones, seaman, and. James M'Gregor ; en gineer, all of whom belong to the Rambler, and David vanah, a passenger. Their depositions substantially agreed with what they had previously stated before the borough coroner, which we gave at great length in our last publica tion. No new facts in elucidation of this terrible event wet% elicited. At a quarter to six o'clock the Court adjourned until this day at ten o'clock, when Thomas Evans, captain of the life-boat, it is expected, will give some important testi mony; and John Hughes, one of the life-boat crew, who was on the shore, and saw the whole transaction, will be examined. FATAL ACCIDENT AT RICHMOND.- On Tuesday even-. Mg Mr. Carter held an inquest at the White Cross Inn, watersicae Richmond, oU the body of John Stand,;, aged eighteen, a shopms tG a cheesernonger at New Brentford, On Sunday attenioon last the deceased and a young man named Parsons hired a boat at Islee ortb, and were on the river nearly opposite the Marquis of awsa's resi dence, when the Vivid steam-boat, which was proceecinup , he river, and against tide, passed them, and had kit them betereen 80 and 100 yards astern, when the deceased asked Parsons to row into the surf that they might have a rock ; he did so, and the Censequence was the boat filled. Parsons jumped out, and swain on shore at Richmond,. and the deceased, who was lying at the bottom of the boat, sunk. Several boats put out after him, but forty minutes had elapsed before his body was recovered, and then he was quite dead. The jury re. turned a verdict of " Accidentally drowned." THE LAUNCH OF THE RECRUIT AND ERIN-GO BRACH. —The launch of these two vessels took place yesterday from the yard of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at Blackwall, at three o'clock, in the presence of some thousands of spectators, end with the ho. pours usual on such occasions. They arc both beautitle vessels of their respective classes ; they are built of Iron, and with all the moe darn improvements of naval architecture. The Recruit is not a steamer ; she is a gun-brig, and will have when rigged and com. pleted an armament of twelve guns. Iler length between the per pendiculars is 113 feet; her length of keel for tonnage 94 feet 10 inches ; her breadth for tonnage is 30 teet 3 inches ; and her depth in hold, 14 feet 2 inches ; the burden being 482 tons. She is 4 splendid model of a man-of-war. The other vessel, the Erin-go. Bragh, is a very fine steam-boat of 810 tons burden, and is designed for the Peninsular service. The length between the perpendiculars is 201 feet 6 inches ; heelength of keel for tonnage is let feet 3 inches ; and her breadth for tonnage, 28 feet 9 inches : her depth in held,: 1? I feet 4 inches. The ceremony of giving names to these vessels was performed by Lady Adeline Paget After the launch they were moored off Blackwell, and to-day will be taken into the basin of the and mare were a ft erwar d s fitted. The friends of :Messrs. letchburn to have their rigging and paddles and so forth West India dockyard, regaled at an elegant deieeiner at the Brunswick Hotel, where the= the healths of Messrs. Mashburn and Mare, and other app ropr i ate partook of the good things provided by Mr. Lovegrove, and drank toasts. M EXIC AN PREPARATIONS.—We aro inform e d, f rom, 11, re liable source, that within the last year and a half, or two year',,, th e Mexican Government has been receiving, from tim e to time, sch ooners, h powder, cannon, and ball from the city of New York. ' W ithin this a period there have been built, by our shipmasters, 12 strong schooner is, of sufficient strength and capacity to act as privateers or vessel s of uw_sitrh. swiftness Tii These vessels of t sailin g. ‘• ere built These ellh vesselsan eyeW, were d t,sphed ; to Mexicoostr.dticigt, combined (under American colours and under the capt'ainship of Americans) niat i b t i t i rs . . from time to time, as they were built, and Were paid for b y an wan. sive Mexican house in this city. Each o f these vessels carried, like. wise, from eight to ten tons of gutipewder as cargo, and likewise deurymibnertheifsgeuunpartdopurontvinedg tboylashoAinmaleril,cawnhloct skhwu i sre in c s as u t ch in a At one time, it is said, the Mexican Government were indebted to this Mexican house in half a million of dollars for these supplies. A shipmaster, lately from Vera Cruz, reports that when he was there he Inspected the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, and saw a cannon of 182 pounds calibre, which, with 40 or 50 Paixhan guns, are now mounted On that fortress. The beach where the French landed is likewise completely fortified. We have the names and dates for all these facts, which we suppress f. r the present.—hew York Herald. TELEGRAPIIIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FRANC]: AND ENGLAND.-It was stated some time ago, that a submarine telegraph was to be laid down across the English Channel, by which an instantaneous communication could be made from coast to coast, The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with a view of testing the practicability of this undertaking, have been pleased to approve of the projectors laying down a submarine telegraph across the haz bour of Portsmouth from the house of the Admiral, In dockyard , to the railway terminus at Gosport. By these means there will be a direct c,onamunica w h er eas at present the telegr a ph d oes na extend beyond the terminus at Gosport, the crossing of th e bar , ni ed an insurmountable obst ac l e, This ' n Port Admiral, at Portsmouth, on from London to the of f icial resi dence of the boar having been hitherto cle e.o. of conveying official orderq to th e dockyard has been attended want of continuity in the means w ith so much inconv en i ence, that her Majesty' Government had previously given orders for conti nu i ng d the harbour, o b ur, a distance of six o r sevea miles. Tbei d i sa d v antage of t his arrangement is at once ob v i ous, as there is les ra il wa y police, to pretect the lines from accidental or ma. lici° the line of a theele telegraph from the Gosport termi nus, by car... ctrie e ying it round railway ti , ti o u r ry, will be be w after they leave the terminus. Th e sub-mar/ale tele graph to be laid down in the course of the ensuing weak, and if D,: working of the plan is found to be successful, this rd u d e of te l e . i a ll do la p e te e d onaeyed efts, the terminus to the water-side under ground, an d after croselng the harbour will i'n Preference to the more exgrappoisledic communication u T n h ica e t t e io le li g ." ra . again be conveyed to a similar manner to Sae Admiralty-house, it being a subterranean as well as a submarine tel graph. In a few days after the experiment has been suceessfUlly tested at Portsmouth, the submarine telegraph will be laid down across the Straits ea Dover, under the sanction of both the English and French Govene. menus. RAGGED SCHOOLS.— On Sunday last the je .gr Lamb -court Sabbath d v St i t s b i t h e ath t by schools by the Rev. Hugh Hughes , 8.D., rector of the parish o f S t. John, Clerkenwell, the patron. His Lordship spent a cons i derable and d e D Lo a3 rci F ß r i e s e ho I p ta o gg f e Norwich, or Schools, who , C we was introduced to th e l time in examinin; the children and the general arrangements, with which he expressed much satisfaction. - The Hon. Arthur Petre, fourtli son of Lord Petre, sailed on the 3d of June, in the Trafalgar, for Sydney 'where he will ombark for Wellington, Nen , :Sealand, to try hi ,s ill* teresting colony. fortune in that i _ Mr:ancl ilrs. Charles Kean's return to this country is postponed until next year. Their success, both at New York and oro OXFORD, by all the manag e r s . throughout the States, has be en so great as to induce a groneral re. engagement JUNE 9.—The Rev. David Lewis, Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College, Oxford, who last wc-ek conformed to the Catholic Church, has declined resigning his Fellowship at Oxford. PILLBOXES AND LUCIFER MATCHES.—In the Coma mittee on the Oldham District Railway Bin, yesterday, Mr. Nightie. gale, a manufacturer of inciter matches and pill-boxes, at Newt** lout the year; that he exports to Heath, states that he uses 600 tons of timber, and co a d u ti d lnann th de at ,ran i t t dh e ler e re rn elan p was lo d ys . 300 persons on an average thf"g i au parts of Europe and North America and Australia, besides send. ing A lar N ge A ci p uat o its y. t ...... o e A ve t i, a : The Duke of Richmond and the Protege. n Par a t g o r r i E cu n the song—" A man's a man for it rzez a t t li , giv i en t w th as e itowasotw—ed" by that."—Psnot