The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-30 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL. The journey of bii Majesty the King to Weimer, to invite his daughter, her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimer, is fixed for Monday or Tuesday next. Count Von Bylandt will accompany his Majesty. ft is affirmed that his Majesty will also pay a visit to St. Petersburgh. _ RorrEap.tx, MAY 22.—The New Rotterdam Courront has the following article among its commercial news :—" Lubeck, May 18.—We have received news to-day from St. Peters burgh, that a great number of vessels laden with wheat and rye had caught fire, and that in consequence, 180,000 chat wefts were destroyed. Statements of this description are generally exaggerated, so that we may hope that this is the case now, since otherwise the destruction of so large a quan tity may have serious consequences." (The above intelli gence we confirm by letters from Riga of the 15th of May.) AMSTERDAM, AfAY 23.—A correspondent sends us the fol lowing important information :—" An account has been re ceived by express from Brussels, at Bois-le-Duc, that the ultimatum of the Netherlands respecting the import and ex port duties had been accepted by the Belgian Government, and the reprisals, which are so injurious to trade, will there fore shortly cease en both sides." AMSTERDAM, MAY 25.—His Royal Highness the Heredi tary Prince arrived here this forenoon by the ordinary train on the Rhenish Railway, on his way to the Hague. We have received by the overland mail Java journals to the Ist of April. ROTTERDAM, MAT 2 4.--Letters direct from St. Peters burgh, of the 23d April (sth May), which have been com municated to us, confirm the account from Lubeck of the destruction of a large quantity of wheat and flour by fire. These letters state that the misfortune took place at Shiloca, a village on the Oka, near Monschank, and that the quan tity destroyed amounted to 200,000 chetwerts. AusTEßnax, MAT 25.—We have no further information respecting the acceptance of the Netherlands ultimatum by Belgium, but we believe that the news given by our corres pondent is, at least, very near the truth. The Belgian papers received to-day say nearly the same. The Precurseur . of Antwerp says that the d e finitive treaty will be signed in a few dav• -, , if it is not so already, and that the stipulations are such that both parties have reason to be satisfied with them. _ - - VIENNA.—The celebrated place of pilgrimage, Maria Pe , trowitscb, in Stiria, was destroyrd by fire. The beautiful church, founded in 850 by Luipram, Archbishop of Salzburg, was saved, by the exertions of the inhabitants of th e ne i gh . bouring towns, from destruction. MILITARY HONOURS. (From the Times.) The army of the Sutlej is by this time inCormed of the spirit in - ...- 1 1;ch its services have been acknowledged by a grateful ‘!ation ; and the troops are now displayine• to a vanquished country or bringica home to their own shores the honours and decorations which have been the due reward of their conduct and courage. Our own tribute of admira tion to this army has been neither scantily measured nor tardily paid. In the absence of infbrmation, we augured nothing but success from the known character of the soldiers and their chiefs; and when the first shapeless rumours were tortured by our contemporaries into tidings of that disaster and defeat which their ill-omened forebodings had predicted, we combated, by argument and inference, the credit and currency which ill news can always too readily command. It is not in any invidious or ungracious spirit that we now advert to the subject. Our remarks, we are quite certain, will but e m body th e sen timents of nine tenths of our readers, and give e x pression to thoughts and feelings which half the nation must have involuntarily ex perienced. It is in itself no slight consequence ns se e u t e e n r c o eof th th e reeortmdu: obdu racy which has refused to the Pen pense of a riband that at the recurrenceandresu u lt i s d bofee the successive victory—of every event which should of of British theirown soldiers u n h s e h e o d u e l d i should be forced into a signal of universal jreeooy— servces, and a vast portion of the public into an unseason llaecbt?odny able sympathy with their unmerited neglect. It would be begging the question at issue if we were to endeavour to collect from precedents what particular achievements were entitled to decorations and what were not. It seems both reasonable and necessary to conclude that the intrinsic merits of the troops should have the foremost place in con ferring a claim to such rewards; and instances are not want ing, either in our own history or that of the French, where honours have awaited even the unfavourable issue of a struggle in which success, though not commanded, has been deserved. The intensity and duration of the conflict, the character of the enemy, the nature of the quarrel, the mag nitude of the stake at issue, the critical exigencies of the period, are all considerations which may be fairly added to those of the personal prowess of individuals or detachments. A less equitable criterion, perhaps, is taken from the advan tage attending the event, a hen the gratitude of the nation is measured by the benefits acquired, and not by the efforts which acquired them. But, whatever conceivable standard be assumed, we hold it as beyond all question or denial that the veterans of the Pe ninsula are incomparably better entitled to a comme morative decoration than any soldiers whom the last four generations of Englishmen have seen. From the day when Marlborough was superseded on the Scheldt to the day when Sir Arthur Wellesley landed at Mondego-bay—a dis tance of a century—England fought no great war. If by such title is implied a desperate struggle between two mighty nations, systematically conducted with all the art of strategy and all the force of discipline through a series of complicated campaigns up to a triumphant issue or an equitable compromise, modern England has known but two such—the war of Marlborough in the Low Countries, and the war of Wellington in the Peninsula. The title cannot he bestowed on our faithful adherence to Maria Theresa, on our escape at Dettingen, or our efforts at Fontenov ; nor on our honourable diversions in favour of Frederic 11., on the subsidies we advanced, or the commander we lent him at Minden ; nor on our grapple with Montcalm in the savage wilds of America, or our captures of Quebec or Montreal; — no, nor on our conquest of Hindostan. The bravery, and perseverance, and success of the nation may be abundantly illustrated from such transactions, but there is no prominent chapter in English history for the great Prussian war, or the great Austrian war, or the great American war. None of these contests called a body of British soldiery into being which stepped forth at a stride, and at once took place above every other. Such a feat was never performed but twice. In 1696 we were sneered at by Louis and Villeroi, and in 1796 by Napoleon and Carnot. Ships we might certainly manage, but as to land-fighting the English were a cipher. Marlborough and Wellington arose, and in 1713 and 1813 our troops had fought their way through the armies of the first military power in Europe to the very frontiers of its terri tory. In the coalition against the giant usurper England's blow was given in the Peninsula. The records of that war are the records of our share in the delivery of Europe; and it is for no less a service than this that a token of acknow ledgment has been now asked and refused. It is not for a battle or a siege that the reward is required, for the passage of a stream or the capture of a convoy. It is for seven suc cessive campaigns, the least of which would supply a battle equal to any that has ever been blazoned on a medal; the poorest of which would show a siege such as Vauban never dreamt of; and the shortest of which, besides its prominent and deathless glories, witnessed such unrecorded instances of bravery and sufferings as the Gazettes of years could never comprise. A comparison between this great war and any other of the achievements usually re ferred to is impossible to be drawn. It can supply a parallel to any one of them without suffering by the omission. Take any serge or battle, or advance or retreat, or attack or sur prise —take any exploit which has either claimed or carried off a decoration or reward, and you may match it. step by step, from any campaign of the Peninsula war. Nothing ap proaches it but the campaigns of Marlborough. In these— in their bloody battles, in their desperate storming; in the successive overthrows of the bravest French marshals, and the defeats of the choicest French tropes, in the gloomy com mencement and the triumphant close—there is a very re markable similitude. But such resemblance or rivalry exists nowhere else; these two contests stand alone. Nejt in rank are unquestionably the battles of India; but the subjugation of Hindostan is not a fair subject for comparison. It was a mighty contest, but not a great war. Even if the campaigns of Clive and Coote could be connected with those of Lake and Wellesley —even if the work had been achieved in seven years, by a single army, and that an English one—it could hardly be called so. There was no well-matched and worthy foe for the British soldier —scarcely for the British-drilled Sepoy. Few of th e ear l y victories would be memorabl e , but for their momentous re sults and the strange disparity of the force by which they were won. No partiality can represent Dhoondiali or Holkar as a Soult or Massena. The mighty enemy was not in the inhabitants, but in the country. This region and this cli mate our troops subdued; and we should be the last to dis parage the merit of the conquest. Nothing could have a greater effect in elevating and ennobling the soldier's cha racter than some of the incidents of this Asiatic warfare. The Indian soldier was an European in a country where that birthright gave him precedence above millions. The Indian officer directed districts and gave law to princes at an age when other ensigns had hardly learnt their facings. If, personally, the foe was often unworthy of his bayonet, yet this fugitive and wily adversary was in trenched behind the most formidable bulwarks of nature. There was the night march and the ceaseless chase, through steaming forests and scorching sands, over the deep ravine and the deadly jungle. Before a road could be trodden it had to be made. Fullarton's movement against Seringapatam, when we first shook our swords at Tippoo in 1783—Lake's unrivalled cavalry march upon Furruckabad— and Smith's famous chase of Meer Khan, when our harassed dragoons in one month rode over 700 miles of the roughest country in the world—are exploits without a parallel in their way. Even the hot and eager rush of Crauford's division to get in time for the bloody glories of Talavera cannot match them. We shall not be accused, we are sure, of any incline nation to depreciate the Indian army, or any remissness in advocating its claims; but in postponing them to those of the Peninsular veterans we are doing it neither injury nor discredit. We are not for robbing one army to reward an other. Lord Hardinge and his troops have well won their decorations. A riband at the breast is no exorbitant re• compense for f ,ur savage battles, even though the Seikh re doubts and the Sutlej were not like the bloody ford of the lJrumea or the fiery breach of Badajoz. But could nothing be done for the best service of all ? Could no unappropriated combination of colours be found—no square inch of riband spared— no dangling bit of metal devised—t o i nt i mate that the bearer had fought his way through a girdling chain of forts and armies from Cadiz to St. Sebastian; that he bad seen the backs of Massena, and Soult, and Suchet. and Junot, and Marmout, and Victor; that he had hunted King Joseph and his half million Frenchmen from Spain, and carried the old regimental colours over the borders of France—compensating the while his want of supplies by his sagacity and courage, and learning his way as he went along? For it was in the Peninsula that these men were formed. The host which " could go anywhere and do anything" was not carrid into Spain, but was made there. The history of the British army is almost identical with the history of this war. It was here that the different regiments earned that individuality of re nown and character which gives to their otherwise meaning less numbers an historical life and a local habitation. Some few corps had already made steps towards this position— the 12th and 56th at Gibraltar—the 76th and 78th in Central India—the 39th as far back as Plessey. But it is in the records of these wars alone that the regiments, and bngades, and divisions assume so memorable a familiarity of aspect; it is from the Peninsula almost ex clusively that their titles are traced, and their nobility de rived. The war which gave a history to the army, an im mortality to the regiments, and a character to the soldier, is not permitted to give a riband to the survivors. And why? Is it because others would ask if these were listened to? Does a repudiation of one debt carry with it a quittance from all others? Is a denial of every obligation the most reputable mode of avoiding the discharge of any? Wbuld an act of honourable honesty be so very dangerous a prece. dent? But the argument is not less unsound than unseemly. It is extravagant to assert that there are any claims which even approach these in magnitude. Where are they to be found ? The campaigners of Egypt and America may have a claim as against the soldiers of Amoy and Gwalior, but none against the men of the Peninsula. If a medal were asked for Barossa, or a badge for Fuentes d'Onor, a stand might then perhaps be made for Aboukir and Bladensburg. But if. Fuentes d'Onor and Barossa had never been trodden by Englishmen, there would still be the great Peninsular war. It is useless to appeal to the usag es of the War-office in th e d ays w h en these exploits for. ClieUmseribing were achieved. Such cus t oms m i ght have been a warrant withholding therm now. If elusive perquisite of corn of Paris, there would be less g " .° the rewards at the time, but are none for reaso unfair to change the entire system oi ' h l: ' to existing interests. It was unjust honourserveelrnwsei,nce the peace medals had continued the ex _ But it was place without regard successors upon an unequal footing. Of the two couvraneras andh denial of all decorations till the undecorated race of veterans had passed away would have been the more consisteat, and the less ungracious. To have left all alike without a recom pense would, at the worst, have been but adhering to a cold and unthankful precedent. To depart from that precedent on a less imperative occasion_to give to the con querors of the Seikhs what is still withheld from the conquerors of the French —and to range these con trasted warriors in the same ranks —is an act of galling in justice. Has the claim been too long deferred ? But even if a plea which is deemed disreputable in a court of bank ruptce be admitted in a court of honour, in this case it can be overthrown. The claim cannot be statut e - run, for it has t repeatedly been urg ed in the interval. Nor i s t h ere any judgment or enactmen which fixes the limitati o n o f a na tion's of thirty years. Statues f or d eeds erected daily. It is barely a twelve tion's liability to a pen of as old a date are erec month since her Majesty acco rde d. . on their appointments to a regiment of the line two and thirty years commemorative of their gallantry be to turn our the privilege of bearing an inscription beak. A more becoming . course would by the less be adjudicated . that a cau,e so great eeeld only the claims cul pable remiezuess to the advantage of the sufferers; to assume biassed decisions of after years ; to acknowledge 3s more immovably established from the sevenfold searching length the reward 4.1 4 -i i i long abeyance, and to proportion at 4 04ierts and the tr,tatment they have hitherto experienced and tineilianner of its bestowal to the magnitude of the 1 Sir Robert .' . nil Lady Feel intend to gives magnificent entertainment on the . QUI of June. Lady Feel, 14ze saute evening, to will hold an assembly in hon.:Tr of her 31 *sty's birthday. It is be a full-dress party, To THE SPORTING WORLD.—SaIe of Bell's Ljje in London during the past four weeks in May;.-- May 3 ••••• • • • • ...... •••• • • • 23,996 May 10 .. ••• • . •••• • • .. May 17 • •• • . May 24 ..., •• ......... 28,b2i1 Making an average sale each publication of twenty.six thousand six hundred and seventy. Bell's Life is regularly published In Uzi for_ a all the Saturday afternoon railways. For the most eArrect r e rg t ". particulars of the four days' Epson] Races, see 49 e j it un s ., r4 i ce o lan d i , May Y 31. A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Clements , • inure, at . all Usti Stran i a, ll 7.. ll es, a copy to any part of the kingdom by return of I NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON OF 1845, (accompanied p lo a n n g i e-,lioobkyed reportsfo rrefprounrt iof Rear-Ad•nra PORTSMOUTH, I the captains of the respective ships), upon he perferin a ices o f the various ships under his command, comprising th e rape mental squadron et 1845, has at length been printed and published. The surprise and discomfiture of the detractors of the Surveyor of the Navy must necessarily be great on perusing this report, inasmuch as it establishes the complete success of his ships. Placing that faith in the document before us which as a Parliamentary return it isentitled to, we find Admiral Parker's report agrees with all the succeeding ones in awarding the palm to the Surveyor's ships. Knowing as we do the anti pathy Rear-Admiral Parker was supposed to entertain for the productions of Sir William Symonds, we are not surprised at the report being unaccompanied by any " opinion" from the gallant Commander-in-Chief; but we regret the circum stance, as it compels us to take the report merely as we find it; consequently we can only give the result of the trials of sailing or speed without reference to the other essential qua lities of a ship as an efficient man-of-war; but as all the trials were copiously reported in the very figures used in the return, and some nine months before the returns appeared, we shall only now touch upon that part of the do • current before us having reference to the trials which took place under the superintendence of Rear-Admiral Parker, the report of which has been hitherto withheld. In a word, then, the Queen is declared to have been the best of the three deckers, and the Albion and Canopus the best of the two deckers, in the sixteen tri a l s w hi c h took place under Rear- Admiral Parker's command. We subjoin a selection from the reports of the respective captains of the ships upon their qualifications:— The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Martin.—" She carries her lower deck ports longer open than any other ship in the squadron, except the Rodney, and her rolling and pitching being less than theirs, her capability of effectively using all her batteries is proportionally increased. Being extremely weatherly, having great power of using her lower deck gild, being very easy, and consequently having little wear and tear, good stowage, and am pl e room on her decks, are the Trafalgar's good points. I believe her defects would be corrected in a very great degree if her masts were placed further aft." The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley.—" The St. Vin cent is decidedly a leeward ship in comparison with the rest of the squadron. She rolls deep, but easily, and does not jerk dr strain anything. I should say she rolled during the late trial quite equal to the Albion and Canopus. In very light air before the wind, the St. Vincent would run away from the whole squadron—except the Queen. My opinion of the Trafalgar is, that she is a very weatherly ship, and particularly in bad weather, but the other ships all ' fore-reached her. The Queen always appeared to me to be a remarkably fine man-of-war on all points. In all mode rate weather, whether on a wind, going free, or before the wind, she has no competitor, the Albion being the next ship to her. With the Queen, Albion, Rodney, and Canopus, the St. Vincent h a d no c h ance. In strong breezes and a heavy head sea the Queen also proved herself a very fine ship, standing up remarkably well under a heavy press of sail, and appearing to pitch easily. The Queen is cer tainly much stiffer und er a press of sail than the Trafalgar or a.!y of the squadron, the Albion excepted. The Albion's superiority over the other two-decked ships, and particu larly the Rodney, a ship of her own class, consists chiefly in her being much stiffer under a heavy press of sail. In strong breezes on a wind, I did not perceive much difference be tween them, except on one occasion, when the sea was right ahead, the Rodney beat the whole squadron and ap peared much easier than the Albion. In moderate weather and smooth water the Albion is the fastest ship, and off the wind will always beat the Rodney. Before the wind and in a heavy swell the Rodney would fight her lower-deck guns better, and with more safety, than the Albion. The Van guard was certainly very much improved from what she was during the preceding cruize, and, considering how very light she was, surprisingly stiff under a press of canvass. could not perceive much difference between her and Canopus on a wind, but off the wind Canopus was certainly the fastest ship although she appeared much more crank under a press of canvass than the other ships, heeling more with two reefs in her topsails than the Queen and Vanguard with one. She is not so weatherly as either the Albion or Rodney, but fore reaches considerably. Under easy sail I should say she was steadier than auy of the other two-decked ships. I have only to add that I have come to this conclusion upon the relative merits of the several ships after the most careful and attentive watching during the late cruise." The Queen, 110, Captain Sir B. Walker.--." I consider the Queen to be a most magnificent man-of-war, in every respect superior to the St. Vincent or Trafalgar, or any ship I ever served in ; she is fast, and had on the whole a decided ad vantage in sailing over every other ship of the squadron. She is very stiff; very weatherly, rolls and pitches very easily and without straining ; she steers and wor k s remarkably well ; her spacious decks are well adapted for working the guns, as well as for the comfort and health of the officers and crew. She can stow under hatches seven months' pro visions of all species for her war complement, and would, if the hold was properly stowed, carry at least 550 tuns of water, and, in my humble opinion, she is the finest ship in the world." The Albion 90, Captain L oc k yer. —" I b eg leave to state that the Albion's behaviour during the late trial cruise proved herself to be a good seaboat during the heavy gales; when under a close-reefed maintopsail, foretopsail, and rnaintrysail, her motion was remarkably easy in the heavy sea that was then running, and I am fully persuaded no ship could behave better. In comparison with other ships which were all near us at times, I consider her behaviour equally as good as any of them. and they all appeared to roll equally as deep, though I think she rolls rather quicker than the St. Vincent, Queen, Trafalgar, or Rodney ; this perhaps is owing to the want of ballast. Her pitching motion is remarkably easy, and apparently less than other ships. With respect to the other ships of the squadron, I consider the Queen to be by far superior of her class, on all points, either in fine or bad weather. The Trafalgar is rather a more weatherly ship in had weather; but no sailer, either on or off the wind. The Canopus is equally as quick in her motion as the Albion in a sea-way ; she is also crank, as is the Rodney, which is a great advantage the Albion possesses over every ship in the squadron." The Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby—" In keeping station in order of sailing under easy or moderate sail, the Canopus had much the superiority. In reference to the whole ,qua dron combined, the St. Vincent, in blowing weather or in strong breezes, showed a great leeward propensity ; the Queen, as compared with the last cruise, fell into a dot& ful comparison with R o d ney, Albi on, and anopus. The Tra falgar maintained her extraordinary weatherly qualifies, with want of speed. The Albion, I thought, did not do as well as the first cruise. The stability of the Queer, Albion, and "Vanguard, as compared with the St. Vincent, Canopus, Rodney, and Trafalgar, was very apparent. In chasing by the wind in such weather as we encountered during the late cruise, my opinion is that an admiral, having his flag on board the Quee n , wou ld have found Rodney his l ea di ng s hi p, anopus next, then Albion, Vanguard, and St. Vincent, c t-ar hanging to w i n d war d, an d p i cked up on crossing I tie ta" Rodney, 92, Captain Collier.—" In the trials by the wind during the last cruise, all of which were in good breezes, always with a. considerable swell, and sometimes against a head sea, the Rodney had the advantage of the whole squadron on the 3d, with the Queen, Albion, Trafalgar, and Vanguard, against a head sea ; the Rodney weathered considerably on the Queen and Vanguard, and also on Albion and Trafalgar, but not so much. On the 6th a gale from the north-west came on about sunset, and under a close -reefed maintopsail, fore-staysail, and maintrysail, the Rodney in twelve hours weathered fifteen or sixteen miles on St. Vin cent and Vanguard, and considerably on all the rest of the squadron, but less than any on the Trafalgar. The Canopus, from her place in the line, has generally been nearest us. I consider her, under the weather spoken, the next best ship to the Rodney; the Trafalgar, although weatherly, is not so much so as the Rodney, and slower. I consider the Queen tfe fastest ship both by and off the wind in fine weather." The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes.—" Queen, perfect in all points. Albion, the same, except she appeals to have a quick rolling motion in a moderate swell, and to roll deep in heavy weather and before the wind. Rodney, a fine bold man-of-war ; carries her ports well, even with a liege quantity of provisions and water on board. Sails well, is generally weatherly, Ft nds well up to her canvass, and is remarkable for her easy motion in a head sea, but is slow in stays. The Canopus,fint when it does not over blow, is apparently not so stiff under canvass as other ships of the squadron ; does not stay well in a heavy sea, but still a fine man-of-war. Trafalgar, stiff and weatherly, but by no means fast; requires a strong wind to make her keep com pany well with the other ships, and appears to pitch much. The St. Vincent sails well in light winds and smooth water, is leewardly and crank when it blows hard, but apparently very easy. The Vanguard, a noble man-of-war, carrying, her lower deck guns a good height out of the water; stows well, considering her magazine occupies the principal part of the main hold; is best calculated for heavy weight, and which is required lower down. I consider her superior and faster than any ship in the experimental squadron. She sails better the last cruise than the first in consequence of raking the main and mizen-masts much aft, and borrowing weights from their proper places to counteract the loss of ballast from the lower part of the hold. I feel confident that, if properly stowed and ballasted, in sailing and working she would be equal, if not superior, to any ship of the squadron." The Superb, 80, Captain Corry.—" In the trials which have taken place off the wind,' the Superb, on each occs sion, beat all the squadron," &c. The Bat, victualling-buoy, and Rocket, steamer, were un docked to-day, and the Cambrian, 36, docked for repairs. The pendant was hoisted to-day on board the Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliot, arrived here on Monday. Rear-Admiral Superintendent 11. Parker, C. 8., went on Admiralty leave yesterday for three weeks. His flag was struck on board the Victory at sunset. The dockyard duties will be carried on during his absence by Mr. W. Purdo, the Master-Attendant, and those of the Ordinary by Captain J. Pascoe, of the Victory. The Echo, steam-tug, embarked to-day on bo ar d th e Florentine, freight-ship, at Cowes, four officers and 184 men belonging to the 14th, 23d, 71st, and 81st Regiments, from Parkhurst-barracks, Isle of Wight, for Quebec. The Cornwall, freight-ship, to embark detachments of the yesterday. The 45 th Regi ment f or the Cape of Good Hope, and of the 12th Regiment for th e Mauritius, arrived at Spithead to• day. The Camel, li g h ter, with, stores from Plymouth, arrived re , IC°7thni t m f a l n i d a e r r eh llon T t i g ni o e m s. ery, sailed from Rio for Bahi a on t A' _RRIVAL OF THE ORIENTA.L.—SPToNn MAY 28.—Arrived at th e M ot h erbank at fine last eveni g the Oriental, Captain J o y, w i t h the Indian mail. Her dates are —Malta, May 14 ; and Gibraltar, May 20; with about 170 passengers. She passed on the 22d, off Lisbon, four ships of war, supposed to be the Russian squadron. On the 24th she passed the packet-ship Madrid, running for Corunna. The Oriental would have arrived here on Monday last, but for a head x • , which has been dead against her for the last d v a rn y d s. Her mails have just been landed at the South ampton Dock, and will be in London to-morrow morning. The Madrid is expected herelv WINDSOR night. metPllia?cEly%lfter the race for the y pigeon, belonging to Mr. Oxley, t h W i 3 afternoon, tNE Sp Y R . --- carrier iM ,n. e w r t rop h rietor of the Windsor Ex. preu was tossed on Epsom How ,Alv.tn, enaines of tho three first 0 1 less than thirty minutes horses attached in the usual way.thlnesrObYß: rt i l i s oni th l e v b in ir4 or al t igl E it across the country. p e4 sot e n n ts very nearly thirty miles, straight PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Her I.krajest , 's f ' (li i s l Tn v e l e 5 0, captain Sir Thomas Herbert, which left Po 3 rtsm x ey's pigeon-house. The rigate Raleigh, on Sunday, hove in s.ght ot' the citadel with a blue "ni at ene pea ke'cic ' e ensign at the k between Sour aod five o'clock alb, morning. At that hour 1 descried over the Renule rocks to the east of the harbour, all s s i a e i Was with light wind from the northwanl. At six o'clock, when reaching to the eastward, she hoisted her signals at the main royalmast-h • Pow flag and a blue and yellow flag over the ead ' nnlon-jack, namely, a 3 e • in royal. At a quarter to save her ma n these signals and 1014'00le hat M the tP grclp . omit Wise. She then shook i clod by were acknow e fore, main and miR 1 . h e r topsail , ' n , 401 1 tacked tia th e a reef out 0 i d d bt a light Contrary w n au e b tide. At intlfrita•tt westward, agains about three miles to the south of the western nine o'clock she was when she was boarded by Mr. Walker, the end of the breakwater , n saluted the flag of Port-Admiral Sir John harbAr-rnasta. the the j b tha Caledonia, 120, Captain Manly H. West:Wifteh Was ans Were close by in towards the breakwater, the lia- Dixon. Ilaytt,tg been laid ~,, . owr i roietted into the Sound, where 16 ;4 Xlltged Cavisand naY , k!"" shortened' fn good styl i e, and she way and - /t.,.. hey p ! kr Ai ire: A Igt ty a call ~, o'clOck. The !! , , , 0.,. , ev±Rs!P carry ...*Pnt, LtatA 'fli 4al i t t er, i i, i t'i4 04 0) 1 Nopor44o. §f•w 4 --, . : water, S. , - . . f-- her guns high ou L ~ Ikle frigate gives great sausfacUon. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The professor of chemistry to this excellent establish ment is at present deliv, ring, daily, one of the most in teresting and instruct ve lectures we have had the good fortune to hear tor some time. He has taken for his theme the process of diving, and the modes of perform ing such sub-marine operations as are required for re moving sunken w , t eks. One would have imagined that such a subject had been long exhausted, and that nothing remained but a dry rehearsal of this history of diving bells—but we were agreeably surprised. In fact, Dr. Ryan has, almost beyond any othar man, the talent of seizing upon some apparently trivial and common place circumstance, and making that the basis of sound philosophical instruction. Our limits will, of course, forbid anything like a lengthened notice of the Doctor's very excellent lecture ; we shall, therefore, merely state that he divided the subject into two de partments, considering first the physical difficulties at tendant upon diving, arid, secondly, the means suggested by the ingenuity of man for the purpose of overcoming such difficulties. Under the first head Dr. Ryan gave a roost clear and concise view of the theory of respiration, which he aptly termed the most important act of our existence. He remarked that respiration was so impor tant, that in Holy Writ, life and death are syno nymous terms. Witness the expression, " And God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life." In Latin the connexion between life and death is shown in the words spiro and spiriks, while in Greek this first and last act of man's life is expressed by a word com posed of alpha and omega, the first and last letters of the alphabet. The Professor then proceeded to explain the action of the oxygen of the air in converting venous into artet ial blood, and also pointed out that the venous blood could not circulate through the arterial system without becoming a most deadly poison. He described asphyxia resulting from suffocation, and demonstrated that the cause of that condition was the preven tion of the pas‘age of oxygen into the lungs, in order that the blood might be arterialised. Dr. Ryan then proceeded to show that man was formed merely for breathing a gaseous atmos phere, and that, although water contained air, yet man could not separate it for respiratory purposes, as fishes do. After speaking of the trained divers of the pearl fishery, the Professor proceeded to describe the philo sophy of a diving-bell—pointing out those principles of science which are involved in its construction and use. He then gave a description of the diving dress, which he happily designated a locomotive; diving-bell. Here, also, the lecturer gave some interesting scientific details, proving that unless the head and chest of the man were protected by the protruding helmet, the weight of the water would prevent him using the muscles of re spiration ; for, as the doctor stated, if the chest exposed half a square foot of surface, at a depth of 15 feet the weight on the chest would be 4501 b. We ought to men tion that the lecture was illustrated by Hunke's newly invented diving apparatus and pumps. There was also shown, for the first time publicly, a diving signal, in vented by the same gentleman, and approved by General Pasley. Altogether, it has seldom been our lot to hear a more pleasing or a more instructive lecture. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At the meeting, held May 26, Sir J. Rennie (President) took the chair. The paper read was " A memoir on the Re • sistances to Railway Trains at different velocities." By W. Harding, Assoc. C.L. It commenced by describing several series of experiments which had been made by different per sons with a view to determining the resistance at various ve locities ; some new experiments made by the writer on broad gauge and atmospheric lines being given in detail. Great difference of opinion on the amount of resistance pre vailed in 1837, when a committee of the British Association examined the subject and reported upon it. Notwithstand ing this, it was found, in 1845, that the estimates taken by some engineers of the resistances per ton at high velocities exceeded those acknowledged by other engineers by as much as 300 per cent. It appeared that the same low estimate of resistance was advanced by the advocates of the broad gauge before the Gauge 'Commissioners. It became, therefore, a matter of great inlerest, both in a theoretical and practical point of view, to determine which of these two estimates (differing thus widely) was correct ; and the inquiry was stated to have been facilitated by the application of two novel and direct modes of measuring resistances recently afforded to engineers by the atmospheric railway apparatus, and the application of Morius' dynamometer, to determine the trac tive force required in propelling railway trains, as used by Mr. Scott Russell in his experiments. In arranging the vast number of results afforded by experiments, the author pro ceeded on the following principle :—He collected together all the results of experiments which exhibited uniform velocities maintained on a calm day, and on a line free from sharp curves; these results he calculated and projected in diagrams, and he s':owed that between these results their subsisted the most satisfactory agreement and consistency. He argued that the fact of the agreement of so many experiments made by different persons with different objects on different lines of railway during the last seven years, the resistance being measured in no less than four different ways, leads almost irresistably to the conclusion that the increase of res stance with the velocity was such as these various experiments in dicated. The result was that the resistance per ton to a passenger train of, say 30 tons, at a speed of sixty miles per hour, would be upwards of 50Ibs. per ton, instead of 18119 s. per ton, or nearly three times as much as bad been estimated by some engineers. The author in pointing to the re sults of these experiments, stated that he desired not to express any opinion in the papers on the advantages of the atmospheric system, or upon the other practical points referred to ; and then proceeded to apply to the experimental facts a formula expressing the law suggested by Mr. Scott Russell, which appeared to afford results closely agreeing with the experiments. The paper concluded with some re marks on the application of the experimental results ex hibited, which demonstrated the great increase of resistance with the velocity (it being with a light train four times as much as 60 miles an hour as at 10), to the calculation of the power of the locomotive engines, to the propelling power which, he contended, must be provided in the atmospheric system beyond that which had been calculated upon as necessary to the questions of gauge and of gradient on all these points the law which at present appeared to be esta blished had, he stated, the most direct and important bearing ; and the doctrir es and modes of calculation till recently in use, as regarded propulsion on railways, would he believed, require great modification. The paper was illustrated by several tables and diagrams. A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal feature of novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by means of a hollow button in the middle of the burner. The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button was heated and passed out by two series of fine holes around the periphery, and impinging it with more force with the flame of the gds curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air mingling with th e car b urett i c hydrogen gas produced a very perfect combu st i on. The flame was t s h te e ad t theatre white down the top of the b urner, and it was very Ya a s tr i e va3 of amply ly demonstrated b y t h e excellent light in institution, where these burners have been used for some time. It was stated that in comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burner. and trying the power of the two lights with the Photometer, the new burner gave a better light with a saving of rather better than one-third of the gas consumed. gl.)e wasn surn, ne ar N orw i ch, " by G. P. " A, Des cr i pt i on of the Iron It was, we believe, called the " univer sa l b urner, " and was introduced by Mr. DI =Veil. The p aper announced far June Bidder, 9th di dn M. d. n gi e ne x s t to.vc m e .r e r e t t .s i e V n GERMAN OPINION OF ENGLISH GREATNESS. The following remarks from the leading article of a Berlin journal of the 7th instant, show the view taken by disinterested and remote parties, of the present posi tion of the British empire : Another great state has just fallen before the power of the British arms ! One of the br avest and most in telligent races of the Asiatic family—knit together in the religious unity of a pure Monotheism, strong in themselves, and fortified by the jealousy of Europear powers into a bulwark of war—have, within a few weeks after commencing their unexpected attack, in toxicated as they were with dreams of victory, seen all their hopes destroyed. The finest, most numerous, and best disciplined army ever raised in that part of the world since the downfall of the empire of the Mah rattas—equipped with all the arts and implements of war—has been reached behind its intrenchments by the bayonets of a force one-third or one-fourth their num ber. Four battles, and great blood-shed on both sides, prove the obstinacy of the resistance, and are, at the same time, a sure inference that the victory is complete, and the defeat a decisive one. An European conqueror now places his foot, for the first time, in the country of the " Five Rivers," and the armies of the rnerchaets of the East India House touch a boundary of the feats of Alexander of Macedon. Modern Carthage would appear almost to sink under the weight of her own suc cesses ; under the measureless extent of her dominion. After having maintained Canada, subdued Syria and Egypt, humbled China, reduced Affghanistan to p eace , she now pr esen t s on the shores of the great ocean, to the menacing democracy of the United States, her sword, half drawn, ready for the defence of further ac quisitions ; and she thus combines, in the 3r ear 1846, the newest and o ld est names o f r i ver s—Columbia and Indus —upon the same page of history. While intent upon peopling an entire division of the globe—while en gaged in war and treaty with the chieftains of New Zealand—at home meeting the dangers of despair end the miseries of famine by measure involving a thorough change in all the relations of commerce—thus recalling to the memory of nations a system of free trade—(in modern times utterly forgotten)—she achieves deeds, which, under other circumstances, would have cost any nation, aye, even the English, every effort, and the con centration of its whole force. Whatever the vanity of other communities may say to the contrary, the first and foremost power in the world at the present time is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. But what is still more important, we may firmly as sert that this power has not even yet reached the sum mit of its greatest. The unlimited develupentent of an integral British spirit, and of the consciousness of per sonal freedom, gives to the English people a respect for the rights of the vanquished (so indispensable to perma nent conquests) ; and also that elasticity which makes each individual a representative of his country at large. Germans not unfrequently scoff at their own nationality. Frenchmen overrate theirs; hut Britsins, while they le lye undisturbed what ought not to fall, bring about with irresistible firmness and perseverance such changes as are acknowledge to be necessary. And thus it is that they master the world. Do they owe this to their national character ? That character is Saxon. Do they owe it to their institutions ? Those institutions are of ancient Saxon origin. But it is owing no less to a prin ciple--more and more deeply rooted, under the protec tion of the liberty of individuals and of the press : a principle of manly lawfulness for and against the vxer else of power. A nation that cheri-hes this principle is destined to great deeds, ENTER' GRAND MENT AT GLOUCESTER HcousE.— ast evening, at Gloucestet House. to their Royal Hi iller Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave X superb banquet and Duchess of Cambridge, his Serene Hii.hness Prince Edward o Saxe Weimar, and a distill ui hcircle ' f the nobilitr. The DT andiDuchess iii( Cp.utbrtil g 1 ed o cwori ge d louse sip 1113 y before 'eight o' lock,' etteflederrAtfn st. 41111 - lifildiri a X : preylousg Serene Higlines4 prln c p ' Ed d Mt. E• welmar 1 00 Tg 4 4o %AMU; '9144 rer of s e 411 eerve4 At eight °' 49 " ~ ...,-,, _.. , 9 , he banque w . t . . N fx,,-.l'. guesses the puke NG, MAY 30 1 1846 COMMERCIAL POLICY OF THE EMPIRE. A copy of the speech of the Governor-General to the Legislative Assembly of Canada ; and correspondence relative to certain presumed changes in the commercial policy of the' empire, were on Saturday issued by order of the House of Commons, on motion of Lord George Bentinek and Sir George Clerk. The following is an extract therefrom, and is the most recent document con tained in the return, being a dispatch from the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone to Governor the Earl Cathcart dated May 18, 1846. "My Lord,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's dispatch. No. 40, of the 2.Bth of April, transmitting to me a petition to her Majesty from certain merchants and others, citizens of Qiebec, praying that her Majesty will not sanction the contemplated modi fication iu the tariff on wood goods. " I have laid this petition before her Majesty, who has been pleased to receive it graciously, but it has not been in my power to advise her Majesty to assent to its prayer for the reasons which I shall proceed to state. " Her Majesty has invited the Parliament to adopt the proposal to which the petition refers. " The House of Commons will enter to-night on the consideration of the Customs' Duties Bill, in which this proposal is included, at the advanced stage when the Bill is reported to the House from the Committee of the whole House immediately before the engrossment and third reading. At such a stage it would I believe, be most unusual for the House of Commons to reverse the decision which it has given on the occasions afforded by the various earlier stages of the Bill, and by the preliminary committee, which is required, with respect to all questions of trade, and in which they ordinarily undergo the most searching examination. Thus, her Majesty having recommended to Parliament a particular course, has had no reason, in the reception which Parliament has given to the recom mendation, to adopt any alteration of it. " But I must not be understood as implying that this is the principal difficulty which obstructs a compliance with the prayer of the petitioners ; there are others, including some of a higher order :—First, her Majesty's Government do not doubt the very high respectability of the petitioners, and would be disposed, on general grounds, to attach great weight to their opinions ; but her Majesty's Government have found themselves obliged, on a great variety of occa sions, to adopt and to adhere to proposals unacceptable to many of the parties immediately affected by them. notwithstanding their belief in the high integrity of those parties, and their perfect freedom from any con sciousness of an interest that could warp the judgment; and her Majesty's Government cannot but observe on the present occasion, that they do not find any reason to suppose, from the evidence before them, that the opinion of the petitioners with respect to the impending change in the timber duties, is shared by the people of Canada at large, or by their representatives, who, on the con trary, appear to have evinced their intention to abandon reliance upon the artificial advantages which protective laws may confer, and to place it upon the natural and permanent guarantees afforded by the resources of the province and the energy of its inhabitants. " Her Majesty's Government must seriously doubt whether, if the allegations of the petition were made good in their whole extent, with respect to the disadvan tages entailed upon Canada by her distance from this country, by the dangers of the St. Lawrence, the suspen sion of its navigation during a portion of the year, and by the inferior quality- of Canadian timber, that circum stance would have the effi ct of producing the conviction in this country that the measure now under discussion should be either qualified or abandoned, inasmuch as it would certainly show that the present system could only he continued at a very heavy cost to the nation. " But her Majesty's Government do not share the belief of the petitioners in the existence and in the force of these disadvantages. They cannot forget the pre dictions, the confident, and, without doubt, sincere pre dictions of ruin which attended the progress of the measure of 1842, nor can they fail to contrast with those predictions the great subsequent extension, and the ap parently flourishing condition of the trade at the present moment. With respect, indeed, to the disadvantages of dis tance, which undoubtedly affects the competition of Ca nadian with that of the Baltic, her Majesty's Govern ment have not failed to make what they deem to be a sufficient provision, all things considered, for the charge which it entails, by proposing to retain a protective dury of 15s. per load on foreign wood ; and inasmuch as they can by no means admit that it is the proper office of commercial laws to attempt in general to secure to places which are remote all the advantages of proximity, they trust the petitioners will recognise in the plan as it actually stands, a proof of their great anxiety to give every just consider a ti on t o t h e c l a i ms o f the parties engaged in the trade, and to those of the colony, so far as its interests may be conceived to be affected by the question. " Her Majesty's Government look forward to an active competition, under the law as it is proposed that it should stand, and a competition by no means unfavour able to the timber and deals of Canada. Nor is it coup petition alone which her Majesty's Government an ticipate ; on the contrary, they conceive, as I have already had occasion to state to your Lordship, that to no inconsiderable extent the consumption of Baltic timber is actually auxilliary to the demand for that of Canada, and, therefore, that to this extent a measure which cheapens the first, is likely to cause positive improve ment in the market for the last. " For these reasons, which I need not pursue into further detail, and for others to which I have thought it unnecessary on this occasion to refer, her Majesty's Government have been unable to advise her Majesty to assent to the prayer of th e p et iti on transmitted, to me by your Lordship, " I have, &c., (Signed) " W. E. GLADSTONE." ETHNOLOGICAL- SOCIETY.—The monthly meeting for May took place on Wednesday, at the rooms of the society in Sack ville-street, Piccadilly. The object of the society is to inquire int< the distinguishing characteristics, physical and moral, of the varieties of mankind which inhabit, or have inhabited the earth, and to ascer tain the causes of such characteristics. The secretary, Dr. King, read a paper on the nature of the inhabitants of Batacalda, Ceylon a race of Moors inhabiting a tract of land on the eastern shores of Lake Batacola, and some villages near the southern end of it; also a paper communicated by Dr. Tochudi, entitled, " Have the ancient Peruvians embalmed the dead, or not ?" in which, althougl. put in the shape of a question, the author conteiLls, and makes out strong case, that the bodies have been preserved by the natu ral drying of the soil. The secretary said, the question having arisen, and there being some Peruvian mummies in this country it would doubtlessly soon be set at rest by examination. Major-General Briggs read a paper on the Native Races of India, is continuation of one which he had before produced. The purport ofit was to prove that there are at present existing in India many million• of a primmval race, who inhabited India long before the incursion of the Brahminical race, who came in from the north, and were not originally the inhabitants of that country. In the first place he com menced by confuting the generally-received opinion that the Siniscrit was the aboriginal language, and showed, on the contrary, that it was introduced by the Brahmins as a learned language, and that HIV. spoken now by scattered tribes, or castes, which he would, on a Rawe occasion, prove to be the primaeval race. Major Briggs introduced the two young Brahmins, who have recently come to this country to be instructed in medicine, and who have distinguished themselvef by their advancement at King's College. They took part in the dis cussion, and defended the Hindoos from the charge of pirating their knowledge of astronomy from other nations, which was incidentally suggested in a discussion which our space will not allow us to give at length. The address elicited great applau;e. The anniversary meet lug takes place on this day. SOCIETY OF ARTS.—A meeting was held on Wed nesday in John-street, Adilphl, A:derman IL Hughes in the chair, when the recommendations of the committees of agriculture and chemistry, fine arts. mechanics and mechanical arts, manufactures, and colonies and trade, were submitted to the members. A correct list of the successful competitors could not be obtained, as many of the• articles were only authenticated by an Initial or a motto. On the table were a number of beautiful designs for binding covers of Ilibles The prize specimen was a perfect gem of artistic elegance. So mar. of the works of art excited the admiration of the members, that it was determined to refer the subject back to the committee for fur ther consideration, in order that complimentary testimonials may be awarded to the meritorious artists who submitted their works for competition. There were a number of specimens of milk. ewers, water jugs, &c., and a tea service of uniform colours. which gave great satisfaction. The design of the milk ewer was most graceful, and Is believed to be modelled from an antique vase preserved in the Vatican. On the subject of the manufacture of articles of the same form, but different size, an interesting explanation was given by the secretary. Nt matter how many sizes of any given article are required, the largest alone is modelled, which, on being exposed to the action of the fire. sinks in the proportion of one-sixth of its bulk, and becomes the moult: on which a second Is formed. The produce of this is again dimi. nished in a similar degree in the course of the process, and by their means a series of any extent can be obtained without any additions call on the labour of the designer. Two models of quart jugs wit! covers received general approval. One of them with a vine stalk handle and vine foliage, &c., as its ornaments, was particulariypleas ing. Ihe successful patterns will go forth to the public with the stamp of the approbation of the Society, and are sure to obtain great popularity. The time of the meeting was so fully occupied by those details that no paper wag read to the Society, FATAL AFFRAY WITH POACHERS. _.On Tuesday night last a gardener in the employ of Major C. F. Wlnterton, o. Fenwick Lodge, Surrey, was awoke by the barking of a dog kept or the premises, and thinking that thieves were about he let the dog loose. The animal Immediately crossed an adjoining paddock towards an extensive fish-pond. The man followed, and on arriving at the pond perceived several men In the act of dragging the water with a net. The dog, a powerful animal of the mastiff breed, at tacked the poachers, and got one of the men down. The gardener ran back to the house for assistance, and shortly returned to the pond, accompanied by two of Major Winterton's sons and several of the men servants, when they discovered the dog lying dead, and the poachers removing the net. The party from the lodge immediately made a rush at the poachers, who, leaving two of their number to se cure the net, closed with the attacking party, and a desperate struggle ensued. The poachers wielded short bludgeons, anti two or three of the servants carried fire-arms, which, at the com mencement of the fray, they threatened to use, but were restrained by Mr. Robert Winterton, who called out to his party not to fire. However, one of the servants having been thrown down and nearly throttled by one of the gang, fired a pistol at his oppenent, the bat taking effect In the groin of the poacher. At last the entire body of poachers decamped, leaving their nets behind. In the pursuit that followed a groom, named Robert Staines, overtook and grappled with one of the poachers, near the end of the fish-pond. In the struggle the two men fell into the pond locked in each other's grasp, the water being upwards of twenty feet deep at the spot. After a short interval the poacher rose to the surface, succeeded in reaching the bank, and escaped. The incident being observed by another of the servants, an alarm was raised, and the pursuing party having returned from an unsuccessfill chase, means were taken to recover the body of the groom, which after a time was dragged up, but life of course was extinct. None of the poachers were recognised as belonging to the neighbourhood. The wounded poacher remains in a very precarious state. FALL FROM A MAST.—Wednesday morning a distress ing accident occurred to a lad, named John Eastman, aged 14 years, which it is feared will terminate fatally. He was engaged in making some repairs on the mast-head of a vessel lying off Mill Dock, Dock head, when he missed his footing, and fell to the deck with fearful violence. He was picked up by the first mate, who discovered that he had received a severe wound on the head, and other serious in juries. lie was conveyed ashore In a boat, and carried to the nearest surgeon's, who, atter affording the necessary aid, ordered his removal to Guy's Hospital, when it was ascertained that he had received con . . . . cussion of the brain. Ile lies in a Very hopeless condition,. - --- LEGAL HUMOUR.-1)UBLIN, MA Y 23.—A report is current at the bar that Sir Edward Sugden will shortly retire from his present office, and leave Ireland. Whatever post he is destined to fill elsewhere, his loss in this country can scarcely be repaired ; for a more upright, fearless, able, or painstaking judge never held the Great Seal in any part of the United Kingdom. A new distribution of silk gowns is spoken of in the hall, Mr. Stmly, of the north-west circuit, and Messrs. Itolleston. W a ll, and Christian, of the Leinster c!rcuit, are the persons for whom the honour is said to be intended, ACCoUCIIEMENT OF IlElt MAJESTY.—The chief rahb of the members of the Jewish perauaslon in great Britain, the Rev Pr ! Adler, onWedn , s , PY. e issued a form of thanksgiving for the saf delivery of her Maje - ty and birth of a Princess, to be offered In all yriagoguei thioughout the United Kingdom,th e.o.np;:esatsabnhadar:tdihisrt.tilape::::: . xf al t d , i . ti f o ur n day of Sivan, a.g.,s6o6—(Saturday, May 30.)" of 4 ,-, ) , former ne:caaion.latien Epso* ItAcEs.—We believi. that run for this season exceed those to the slim of Zoe;. given lay the leoiee of the Grand three ling (the clerk of the course), John Ivatt IsriscOe, Esq., &c., beiag East Surrey, the lord of Epsom manor, has appropriated fourths of the rents of the booths, 500/., to be run for at the various races (hiring thln amount nearly ind wlliqi hat btu Ilia usiya p i • Ac ti ce r or iza e Premit meson' ft ..,,. , -;: - ...;A, t• , .,';.: -.;-:-... , IL'. • - •. 1 PO4l, ' - • . , FLANDERS MAIL. fißt'SßßLa t MAY 2 . 5 —The Government has just been in formed, by the King's Legation at Madrid, that the blockade of the ports of Galicia has been raised, by order of the Government of her Catholic Majesty. The Chamber of Representatives is to meet to-morrow. On the 22d of this month there was a meeting at the Town-hall at Philippville, with a view to form a provisional committee for a liberal association, which is to correspond with the committee of the Alliances of Brussels. The Journal Charleroi informs us, that a liberal committee has just been formed at Tubise. The Soho steamer left Antwerp yesterday morning for London with thirty-eight emigrants, who intend to embark at London on board the Timolion for Galveston, in Texas. Two hundred emigrants for the same place will embark on Wednesday next, on board the Monarch steamer. M. D'lloffschmidt, formerly Minister of Public Works, has just accepted the office of Director of the Com pany of the Railway from Louvain to the Sambre. There is to be a general meeting of the shareholders to-day at London to give their assent to a negotia tion, the result of which will be highly advantageous to the Company, considering the more national character which the presence of M. D'Hoffschmidt at the head of the direc tion will give the enterprise. M. Hoffschmidt . takes the place cf Mr. Sherman. TIIEUT, MAY 19.—You already know that the Empress of Russia has been able to prosecute her journey to-day Count Brandie, the Governor of the province, was at the critical spot to procure any assistance that might be re quired. _RIGA, APRIL 7.—The work of conversion .to the Greek Church proceeds regularly. The following notice has been published at the instance of the Governor-General of the Baltic provinces, M. V. Golowin By order of his Imperial Majesty, there shall be 34 pa. rislies of the orthodox Greek Church in the province of Li vonia, 18 for the Livonians, and 16 for the Esthon lens. The 9 churches already existing in Riga, Dorpal, &c., shall be reckoned among those of the 34 parishes. The other a churches shall be built without delay, with houses for the Greek clergy, the officers of the church, an 1 parish school.'' ••••••••••• ESCAPE 4)} , PRINCE LOUIS BUONAPARTE. On Monday last the Princa succeeded in effecting his escape from the fortress of Ham, after a close imprisonment of some years. Having assumed the disguise of a workman, he contrived to elude the vigilance of the sentries ; to regain his freedom without any molestati on f rom the battalion of infantry that formed the garrison of the castle; and to arrive -afelv in London, where, we believe, he is at this moment. It is well known that for some time past Prince Louis has earnestly desired once more to see his aged father, whose precarious state of health leaves little hope that his life will be much further prolonged. For this purpose he memo rialised the King of the French for his temporary liberation on parole, offering his word of honour as security for his return to the chateau of Ham as soon as his filial attentions should cease to be required. The prayer of this memorial was refused ; and no other course, therefore, remained to the Prince than the one he has accomplished with such singular good fortune. His object now, as we hear, is to obtain pass ports without delay, in order that he may at once hasten to share the retreat of his father at Florence. —Post. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, MAY 26.—1 n some degree, probably owing to the approaching holidays, the transactions in goods and yarn have been exceedingly limited. The prices of cloth generally remain firm. In yarn, a slight reduction on the higher counts has been submitted to. ROCHDALE, MAT 25.—We have had a rather better de mand for flannels to-day, and more pieces have been sold than last ➢londay. In the wool market, the business trans acted has been limited, but prices firm. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 26.—N0 change has taken place in our market : there has been the Lame dulness to-day which we had to report last week. We have had London and Ger man buyers, but their transactions have been extremely limited. LEEDS, MAY 26.—Although for some articles a pretty fair demand exi3te, the general character of cur market is dull, and by no means an average business has been doing to• day. The uncertainty of the fate of the Corn Bill evidently ope. rates injuriously on our trade.—.ll;inchester Guardian. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. SAMUEL Da nwsztrnE.--We regret we have to announce the sudden decease of this gentleman on Monday evening lest. Mr. Darbishire was the eldest son of Mrs. James Darbishire, of Greenheys ; and, having studied for the bar, he was called thereto in May, 1842, at the Kirkdale Sessions, since which period he had practised at the Borough and Salford Hundred Sessions here, and also gone circuit, being a member of the northern Year. On Monday last, the first day of the Salford Hundred Interme diate Sessions, he attended that Court, and conducted the prosecu tion against a prisoner charged with felony, in the last case tried that day. At the rising of the Court he proceeded to the office of his uncle, Mr. Charles Rober,s, wine and spirit merchant, Riding's court, St. Mary's-gate. He reached it about .twenty minutes after five o'clock, and there stated that he had been at the New Bailey all day, and was rather fa - igued. He sat down, had a glass of bitter ale with Mr. Roberts, and entered into conver sation with several gentlemen present ; and in the course of conversation mentiened that he had been confined for sonic time with neuralgia, and had had a tooth extracted that morning. He remained in the office till about half-past six o'clock, when he left, and after remaining at the door a new minutes in conversation, he said he would go home, and was proceeding on ,his way; but before he got to the bottom of the Steps he suddenly stopped, and discharged a mouthful of blood. Mr. Roberts, seeing - This, became very much alarmed, and called some of his men to bring a glass of water. In the meantime the vomiting of blood rapidly in creased ; but Mr. Darbishire seized the glace, and eagerly drank half the water His stock was :mmaliately taken off his neck, and he ex claimed, " I am Choking," or "I am dying." Mr. Roberts upheld him till an arm chair was brought, in which he was placed, and car ried back into the office, where he immediately expired in the arms of hie uncle. Mr. Stephens, aurgon, of Bridge-street, who had been sent for, arrived shortly afterwards, but on seeing 14r. Oarb:shire. he said that vitality had been some time extinct. When the unfortu nate gentleman went into the office, Mr. Roberts said he appeared to be in better spirits than usual.--Afanchester Guardian. CONVEYANCE OF NEWSPAPERS.—Th. London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, Midland, and Northern Railway Coin panics have made arrangements in conjunction, for the conveyance of newspapers by the ordinary passenger trains, at a charge equal to .one-half the existing rate for parcels, provided that in no case the charge for a single package be less than one shilling. The London and Birmingham Railway Company, in giving notice of this ar rangement, require that the packages shall contain " newspapers only," and that they shall have authority to open and examine them whenever they have reason to believe that this regulation is in fringed. FALL OF A LARGE CHlMNEY.—Wednesday morning. at a quarter before one o'clock, the large chimney at the chemical works of Mr. Muspratt, at tire top of Vauxhall-road, Liverpool, tell to the ground, but fortunately, without doing any injury to human life, and very trifling to property, it only having destroyed three of the sheds need in the proce , s of the manufacture. The chimney had been in a dilapidated state, and was about being taken down, the preparat;ons for which had weakened it, and so caused its fall. I'ro videntially the occurrence took place in the night time, otherwise the sacrifice of human life might have been great, as the men en gaged in taking the chimney down were at work until near nine o'clock on the previous night. The chimney was built in the year 1828, was thirty feet diameter at the base, nine feet at the top, and 231 feet in height from the foundation, being at the time it was erected the tall es t i n England. It contained 260,009 bricks, the weight of which was 1,400 tons; it is worthy of remark, that the chimney was built by six men, in the short space of six weeks and Three days.—Lirerpooi Courier, LIVERPOOL, WEDN E SDAY Aka e‘ hiFTERNOON.—To-morrow we for the Am er i can and Ca T tw he ei C v a . m da br y ist s steamer is tt e b earer of this mall, and will arrive.lui. t vebeen out from Boston. ROBBERIES op PL&TE.— lnfonnatioln of the followi ng robberies of plate were on Wednesday received by the I N o , 3, Cavendish-square, the property of the Hon. M i r ee s. ' D — a Preee Darner, four silver candlesticks—they ar e of massive make t '•= l . from a cart, last week, between Reigate and East Grinstead, a box, the property Of the Rev. S. 'M. Neate, of d ackville Cottage, East Grinstestd, containing four silver table-sp oons, four tea and four dessert ditto, and a butter-knife, each marked " IV," a wine strainer, marked T. A, W. 3f." six table-spoons, five dessert, two tea, one gravy, and two salt ditto, marked, twenty-four forks, six old marked "T. M. N." a dad e t e , and e fashioned fillagree tee - spoons , AlkOist sugar-basin, matted "A. N." an inketand, and a variety of Oda , r articles of silver plate. The match at cricket between the University and town of Cambridge was played on Monday and Tuesday, to the dis comfiture of the former. The number score n d rs y in th n e ing University nl 2 t o T 9 rs . ity me at two innings was 213, and by the town at the h second innings, townsmen had, therefore, only seven to score at t lrhich they played pro forma yesterday. SUPPOSED INCENDIARY FIRE IN WORCESTERSHIRE I —Ab eu , midnight on Friday last, a destructive fire broke out In a barn on the farm of Mr. J. Edwards, and belonging to B. Dent, Esq., a t Ch ar lt on , ne e? Cropthorne, about ten miles from Worcester. Tire barn with Its content a+ consisting of several waggons, carts, and a gig, together with some noultry, wan completely demolished. The origin of the fire is envelop,' in my s t ery, and it is very strongly sus. petted that it was the work of at; incendiary. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE DOVER RAILWAY.— Wednes.lay afternoon Mr. Neve, one of f deputy-coroners for the County, opened an inquiry at the White iterse Inn, Smarden, a village about three miles from the Headcorn stet:4n, touching the death of Samuel Hill, an engine driver, who lost his life by the re cent accident to an express train on the South-Eastern Railway. After a lengthened inquiry, the jury returned as their verdict, "Tact the deceased was killed by the accidental falling of a locomotive engine." RAILWAY MEETlNGS.—Meetings of seripholders of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and of the Gran ..kme t a Railways, were held on Wednesday, when resolutlVlW witn the Bills were agreed t o . p:•ocea4 The Head Mastership of the Dorchester Grainy/Im' School has become vacant by the ret.rement of the Rev. Richard Cutter. The election or a successor is to take place next Saturday, tithe 30th inst. .EZTENSIVE ROBBER Y OF BANK OF ENGLAND NnTES, the Uxbridge Petty Sessions on Tuesday,. Henry and Mar garet BarnibY, two persons of respectable appearance, brother and slater, the tbnXter on a char living at Harefield, and t h e latter at Kensington were committed ge of having been co ncerned In stealing in' The month of January last, a wooden ca s h-b ox, containing Bank ' of England and other notes, with title-deeds,leases, and other securities, amount, from the Klin' s Arms Inn, to a very large A.M in the village of :Rarefield, about two miles from Uxbridge, the property of Mr. John Satellite, the landlord. We are rejoiced to learn that Lord Frederick Fitz- Clarence has greatly Improved in health since his residence in Bath. His Lordship generally takes an airing before breakfast in the beau tiful gardens attached to the Pulteney Hotel. The party at the eats, bllshment was augmented on Wednesday by the arrival of his Lord ship's sister, Lady Mary NU, the earl of Erroll, and the lion. Capt. -Av.—Bath ilerfficL [Dividends. &e., in otir Next). IN THE MATTER OF THE RECTOR OP LAMBETH. The LORD CHANCF.LLOE declined making any order on this petition, thinking that the subject of it was one that ought to be referred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. GRAY V. THE LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY COMPANY. In this case his Lordship directed an action to be brouet. In the other Equity Courts no case of any public interest occurred. The House of Lords will not sit again upon ap peals till after the Whitsuntide recess. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 28. (Sittings in Banco.) WILSON AND ANOTHER v. EVANS. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who were the owners of a vessel, against the defendant, also a shipowner, for damage sustained by the plaintiff? vessel by a collision. The cause was tried in last Hilary term, and a verdict given for the plaintiffs. Since that period the master had been called on to tax costs, and an order was made by Mr. Justice Cresswell, at chambers, for the defendant to pay 2,536/. 155., as debt and costs. Mr. Sergeant Byles now applied for a rule to review the taxation of costs. Amongst the witnesses called for the plaintiff was Mr. Jones (master of the barque General Wilshire), and the expenses charged for his attendance were 1501.45. 2d , and the Master, on taxation, allowed 971. 14s. 2d., being 7s. per day for attendance from the sth of May, 1845 to the 21st of March, 1846. The first intimation which the defendant had had of Captain Jones being detained in England for so long a period, was on the total bill of costs for witnesses being sent to him. The application was also to stay execution during the reviewal of the costs. Mr. Justice COLTMAN—O n your application for costs, did you state in your summonses your int en ti on to apply for the execution to be stayed? Mr. Sergeant ByLEs—Yes, my Lord. Mr. Justice CRESWELL said that he was not aware that he had made any order in the case. Mr.fSergeant Byt.ss trusted that their Lordships would grant both applications, for notice had bean given to the plaintiff that they were to be made. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—You can take a rule, but in case it should be discharged, you will be in a worse condition than before. After some further discus-don, the rule was extended to stay execution. COURT OF QTEEN'S BENCH, May 28. (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN AT THE TitoSECUT(ON OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY V. CAPTAIN DOUGLAS. The arguments in favour of a new trial in this case were resumed, pursuant to agreement, this morning at the sitting of the Court, and occupied a considerable time. ha I conclud e d. When they Lord DENMAN gsked the Attorney - General whether it would not he well if he were to take time, and consider whether there were not some counts in the indictment upon which it would be expedient and advisable to enter a Dona prosequi, and leave the Court to deal with the other counts. He was of opinion that there were some of the counts which admitted of the course he suggested. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said he would adopt his UM ship's suggestion, and would take time to consider until Thuntlay next. The remain ter of the day was occupied with a C2PC in reference to the appointment of a parish officer, in which a great number of law points arose. The case was of no publi interest. BAIL COURT, May 23. There being no business before this Court beyond one or two very trifling cases, it rose after sitting a very short time. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 28. (Sittings in Banco.) No case of sufficient importance to require a report ooctr red in this Court to-day. SHERIFFS' COU1?1; May 28. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burcitatt..) HUMPHREY V. CLIFFORD. There were twenty-four causes set down for hearing this morning, but the ahove was the only one tried during the morning. The plaintiff in this action is a wine merchant, in Park street, Grosvenor-square, and the defendant is a licensed victualler, in Great Marylebone-street. The claim was for 191. for ten dozen of port, alleged to be sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. The delivery of the wine was proved, and also that the defendant had tasted it and approved of it at the price, 365. per dozen. For the defence a host of witnesses were called to prove that the defendant had made the bargain with a person ❑amed Jackson, to whom alone he was indebted. Jackson was called, and swore that he got the wine on his own ac count, and that the plaintiff owed him money; and it was further shown that the plaintiff had said that Jackson had got the wine, and he (plaintiff) expected Jackson would do him, so he would try to get it from defendant. The UNDER-SHERIFF said the question for the jury was, whether defendant at the time considered he was dealing with Jackson as an agent or principle. The jury almost immediately gave a verdict for tha de fendant. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending ou Saturday, the 23d day of MaY. 1846 ' ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £. Notes Issued—. • ... 27,706,865 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,9E14,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,782,453 Silver bullion ••• • • • 1,924,412 X 2 7,706,865 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 28th day of May, 1846. £ 7 27,70 6 , 865 FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN.OFFICE, MAT 27, 1846 . The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray, now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Naples, to be her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Lord Napier, now First Paid Attache to her Majesty's Embassy at Constantinople, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Naples. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 29. The Queen has been pleas , d to appoint Thomas Frederick Elliot, !haries Alexander Wood, and Frederick Rogers, Esqrs. to he Com missioners for superintending the sale and settlement of the waste lands of the Crown in the British colonies, and the conveyance of emigrants thither. Commission by the Queen. Royal Westmorland Militia—Capt. E. S. Smith to be Adjutant, vice Bennet, retired upon full pay, May 7. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. The Earl of Eus' on, to be Deput% Lieutenant; the Marquis of Chandos. to he Deputy Lieutenant ; the Earl of Pomfret, to be De puty Lieutenant ; the Baron Henley, to be Deput. Lieutenant ; the Hon. Richard Watson, to he Deputy Lieutenant ; William Bruce Stopford, 1 , .5q., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; William c artwright, llsq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Rainald Knightley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Michael Severne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Richard Aubrey Cartwright, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; William Willes, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; George Payne, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; William Smyth, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Henry Neville, Esq.. to be Deputy-Lieutdnant. Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia-11 R. Fletcher, Gent. to be Ensign, May 21 ; G. J. Gates, Gent., to be Ensign and Surgeon's Mate, May 22. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Westmorland. Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry—M. B. Harri son, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Robinson, resigned, Jan. 20, 1845. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire. Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia—T. Crawford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 20 ; J. Love, Gent., to he Lieutenant, May 21; J. Morris, Gent., to be Ensign, May 20 ; C. B. S. Ryburn, Gent., to be Ensign, May 21. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. First Troop of Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry—P. Huddlestone, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice the Earl of Euston, resigned, May 22; F. M. Wilson, Gent , to be Cornet, vice Huddlestone. promoted, May 22. IS &NKR UPTC Y SUPERSEDED. James Richton, cotton-spinner, Yale Hoddlesden Lancashire. BANKRIIPTS. Francis Rolfe, tailor, Great Marlborough-street, to surrender, June 6, at one, and July 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birehin-lane ; Messrs. A'Beckett, Golden square: _ _ William Darnbrough, tailor, Richmond, Surrey, June 5, at half past ten, and July 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Be'cher, official assignee ; Messrs. Kinder and Sorrell, Jewry-street, Aldgate. John Boyd and James Boyd, hop merchants, Southwark, June 15, at two, and Julylo, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-str,et ; Philips, size-lane. William Locks, timber merchant, Lombard-street, Curtain -road, Shoreditch, June 16, at half past two, and July 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Taylor, Moorgate-street, City. Charles Frederick Ellerman, commission merchant, Philpot-lane, City, June 12, at two, and July 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Amory, Sewell, and Moores, Throgmorton-street. George Freeman, grocer, Croydon, June 5, at eleven, and July 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbnry ; Allen and Nicol, Queen-street, Cheapside. Thomas Jeffries, victualler, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, June 9, and July T, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Harrison, Birmingham ; Chaplin, Grays Inn-square, London. Maria Bird, milliner, Cheltenham, June 11 and July 9, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Win terboth am, Cheltenham. Robert Davies, draper, Abbey Tintern, 3 fonraouthshire, June 12, at one, and July 10, at eleven,:at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevans, Bristol. George Samuel Coxwell and Wiliam Croser, merchants, New castle-upon-Tyne, June 5, at half past ten, and July 9, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakiey, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hewison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Capes and Stuart, Gray's Inn, London. William Baldock, grocer, Nottingham, June 16, and July 14, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Browne, Nottingham. William White, tailor, Tavistock. Devonshire, June 10, and July 1, at eleven, at the Exeter Court of Bankruptcy. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter ; Daw, Exeter. Nehemiah John Reed, brewer, Marlborough, Wiltshire, June 11, at eleven, and July 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bennett and Paul, Sise-lane, London. Thomas Suger, corn merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, June 10 and July 1, at eleven, at the Kingston-upon-Hull District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Hull ; Hicks, Gray's Inn, London; Holden and Son, Hull. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending May 26, 1846, is 355. 9 lAd. per cwt. _ LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP CHANCERY, May 28. IN RE WHITING.—JUDGMENT. The Master of the Rolls sat with the Lord Chancellor to day, for the purpose of giving judgment in this case. which our readers will recollect was argued some time since before their Lordships upon the petition of 'several of the solicitors of the Court, complaining of the course adopted in the office of Master Lynch, of allowing the second clerk of that office to perform the duties of first clerk. The Master of the Rolls went at considerable length into the case, and concluded by itating his decided opinion to be, that the cour se p ursue d was highly irregular, a n d oug ht no longer to be continued. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of the same opinion, and after passing a high eulogium on the ability and assiduity of Mas ter Lynch, stated it to be the intention of their Lordships not to make any order upon the petition, feeling convinced that the intimation of their opinion to Master Lynch would he quite sufficient to induce that valuable officer of the Court at once to put a stop to the course of proceeding that had hitherto prevailed in his office. RANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital . • 14,.553 . .000 3,1260.136 R,st ••••• • •• .. !Witte deposits (in aludi ng Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, Ynil Di vidend accounts) 4,809,183 Other deposits • • • • • • 15,947,268 Seven day and other bills Government securi ties (including Dead Weight _X nnuity).• 12,988,065 NOther s:curities •. • • 18,,36,480 otes • • . ..... 7 Gold add ,774,92.5 sliver coin.. 706,4-Di ..' ,1 1 % fr7o,4q X 39,705,94 K Dated the 28th day of 'May, 1846. 39,405,9 4a M ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. L AI,VERTISt:3IENT. j HOLLOWAY —T FIE FA ME (1 - 1 , Past in th e Curs of head aches, dimness of sight, deranged stomach:. and disoc.lenxi lint's, likewise in restoring strength and vigour In ease. of debilitated constitutions, is so great that even In the East Indits the different esstes of natives are taking kit little other tnatainsa ' than these famous pills. One native agent Bombay sold, lately , retail fle,ty-three 1 . 14ep boxes In rfteer 4 dive. in tlle Presidency Cl. all other 1 The extraordinary cosec performed' 'iiy these pills, when ratans fi.il, is truly itOndefful. .17-eingics Will find This 4 womb .. . 4titila Inedieins.—Sld by all drugest4, ancl at r" f ' .-- —.yr 11 0 1 :MI70 s3tebliellriat2t 5 4 4 SUVA 161444,14 LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 29. ZOINT-STOCK. BELPIHS. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. er of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ............ Australasia ...... •. •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 27 Britsh.North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 44% Commercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22% '2olonial.. ..... •.• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16 Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 _ London Joint-Stock ..• 61. p er cen t . 50 0 0 10 0 0 13h Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49% Ditto, New.- ... •• • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1 3 % National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 ., Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 3 6 ,4 Ditto, New.- -.• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 28 0 0 25% Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 INS/TRANCE COMPANIES. mou Amount Name of Company. p Divi erdend A of Paid. Price Annum. Share. .............. Albion •••••••• • • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 s. 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 II 0 0 19% Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6% Atlas .. . British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 % Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6% 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - li, axle ••• • • • ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Eng.& Scot. Law •• .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life ......534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 137% Guardian .......• •• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48 Imperial Fire ... ••• • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 Imperial Life ••• • • ... 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine- • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 Law Life •.•••• • • • • .. 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 52 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire .. •• - - 103. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14% London Ship .... -.. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1454 Marine .. ..... ••• • -5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4% /. per ct . 50 0 a 20 0 3 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.. Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. O. Plicenix . - - 205 Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 IL 4s- Provident Life Rock Life.... - - .... 45. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - 180 iun Fire. - Ditto Life - " 11. 6s. - 2lO Universal Life 49 10% /. pr cnt 100 0 615 0 20 WATER-WORICS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of 1 Paid. peke. Annum. Share. ------ -_____ .--.....• X a, d. East L0nd0n........ • • 8/. 100 00 1 - 216 Grand Junction - 90 Kent ........... •• • • 2/. 10s. 100 00 1 - 70 Vauxhall - 57 West Middlesex .... • • 51. s s . pr cnt. 63 12 9 ' - 130 DOCKS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALTAL. We had a very dull trade, and, in some instances, the, qwetatioct had a downward tendency. (From the London New Price Current of May 29.) Sunaa.—To-day buyers of West Indian Sugar were induced operate with more freedom in conset,uence of merchants a;ain sub. miffing to rather lo wer rates, and a good business was transacted but chiefly by the refiner s , t h e quant i ty sold amounting to 650 hlui s REFINED.—To-day p r i ces undervrent no alteration for Refilledd Goods, but the home trade operated with caution. In bouu e .. Crushed Sugar a lar g e b us i ness has beon transacted, and 325. I* . • cwt. is the value of first quality with a firm market. 3 1Avarrirs.—This afternoon importers of Mauritius Sugar were disposeel to sell, and offered 9.286 bags 30 casks at public sale); th ° whole sold, but the rates taken were in come s cases rather under those that previously prevailed. East . INDIA. —For white and yellow Bengal rather lower rates having been taken, has o ccas i oned the dein.'nd to be good, and pri vately several parcels have been disposed of. The genuine Dob 3 h sorts are had for 50s to 6r5, but there has been only a limited busi ness transacted by private treaty this week. OfMadras, there being little in the market, prices remain much the same as previously quoted, but few purchases have been made privately, and none hit:; been offered at auction. Of Foreign East India prices stilt rule aixpry those of other des cr ipti ons of sugar admissible for homeconsmP . „ yprovem in the u saa rket hall place in pric es tut FOREIGN. —There has generally been more a for Foreign Sugar thi s week, but at present littleivinti but lio,lgd:To: : 1 1 1 g Y ab so o l u ds t the COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation being e rn fortrier compelled to take previous reduced prices. 3 t0 c 1`. 4 Is ne g l eeted, and, I4s 3d, and good pea berry 65s per cwt' 378 bales 252 half bales were all taken in at 54s ling green long bean 58s, good GOv, bold triage 425, black 12s 6d ta value. AtoLassEs.—AP West India have been much , aygaati paid :n ,IIII:Inri e:yhaalOs-Tte st;e: ti cl :l h a a i e r eh czt c n t have -------.AII kind. of tuition quality is stilt request, and prices are hes full rates. Plantation evince an c il o ad co v A aic i e:l ol 7te r. : o a re still rising. much in demand, and fete 'or" Of Ceognibleetnter kinds are lower bf del f British refrain from offering Prices of the interior to sd ; and 3087 bagil' gou are rather higher than Tlu.____ _ 845 at t a h a i i i ' d t full ratesbat a s r t heby littlel d ii.d: Twankay of all sort I i„d to 2-- • , Iyson scl to Is. Imperial Grunpowder by 4d to 's per lb. P CElthough prices rule for low black Pcpper, still a t n h d e d setil si dy Bengal Rice met with 50e pockets at auction were only in part sold at barely former rates. t i t t n n d i er th mand privately hat been limited fron this week. The stock and arrivals t b n e i e, y n were made I privately, i year, and prices are as low still a large supply of IN unnea s, n y wei eat that time. There ho prices taken exhibit a small decline the demand being limited, th e SelalTs.—An increa se d nie ou those previously quoted. _, Rum this week, and b demand has pr , vailed for Leeward Isiah' buyers have *-- Vier advance in prices, c 4 i cu - .. , ..al compelled to pay a fur . stiffer rates or Idtut has been in much better demand, Ana epa . Jamaica has been purchased with mote a ee c i" dom, upon former terms TheD Inerarathas been In good demand, At_ brought better prices. tehtosemeoftriaids: Brandy market has a yery dull apPea l ance, and prices ate ' nearly nominal. ..n ....... ............-- as tl '4(;le PlZt lt e e r hS 'nee nrnin be request, On the 22d inst., in Thurlow/i4u7airle3, Brompton, Afro. Edward IL Deniion, of a son On the 22d inst., the lady of J. R. Shaw, Esq., of Arrows 214 Cheshire, of a son and heir. On the 23d inst ,at N ewington -place, Kennington, Mrs. J oo .eP h l'i email, of a daughter. Or. the Skiinst., at L lieamingtnn, the lady o f C apta i n J. D. —°fral. I lilt Bengal Cavalry, of a son. On the 24th inst.. at Effra Cottage, Brixton, the wife of K Taylor, Esq , ot a daughter On the tllth lust., at Victoria-road, Kensington, the wife alit w. ff. I'ott, of a aon. On the 25th lust, the wife of J o h n F. Bacon, EsQ-. of Map ton Rise, of a. son. M 0:1 the 18th inst., at St.Mar ARRIED. y's, Lambeth, Mr. John Iraro.l Clara, four:I: €laughter of the lat e J o h n Browning, Esq.. tiLft b e merchant, Lamb. th. DED. Ott the 2.11 inst., at Il en ingborou l gh Hall, the Viscount Down.. On the 15th inst., J, C. Thompson, Esq., of Philadelphia. Loio ...on: Printed and Published by bIIIRDO TOUNG, of No. 1 12, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Sayer. ia the Ceunty Of 111,101..5z, jryOar, Mg' 34, 1544. 1 Name of Company. Divipdeernd 1 A mo of unt I paid. Price. Annum. I Share. --- ----' 1 X a. d. I X a. d. Commercial .... ••• • • 3/. per cent. Stock. 76 East and West India... 61. pr cent. ' Stock. 141% East Country ••.• . • • . 1/. per sit. i 100 0 0 21 L3ndon ...... ••.• • • . SI. pr cent. I S tock. 1143 i St. Katharine ••••• • • • 1 5 per cent. ' Stock. 104 Southampton ••••• • • • i 41. p er cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 34 _________________----• LIST OP SCOTTXSR COMPANIES' plafJPO'' --- Dividend Amou n t Name of Company. per of raid. 1 Fri'. Annum. Share. ------- ---- -"..........-... . ...p....... Bank of Scotland ...• • 61. per cent. 4 e. d. 4 a. d - 100 0 0 164 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 1 0,2 151 British Llnein Company 81. per cent. - 10 00 o 224 0 0 Commercial Bank ... • 61. p er cent. - 100 1 61 National Bank 6l. per cent. ..... Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - Western Bank •••••• • • 6/. per cent. _ 50 0 0 3 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. I - Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61. per cent. - Eastern Bank•••••• • • 5/. per cent. _ 5 10 :0 0 :00 41 0 00 1:1 4 331 ! Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 7,a Edinb.& Glasgow Rank 61. per cent. - aa 0 City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si, per cent. 20 - 0 0 10 0 024 0 0 0 13 Hercules Insurance Co. 71 . per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14N Incur. Co. of Scetlnd Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. :al North British Incur 5%1. pr c en t. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2. Caledonian Fire Insur lO/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 V 2 4, L EdinSurgh Life Incur ed . per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 ' Edin. & Utast. Rail way 1/.108, per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 I,'" Ditto, 4 Shares.... 78.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. ,; 7 " Edin., Leith, Sc Grants - 20 0020 0 0 1 ' Olasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. . 7 . 6 ,, Giasgw & Greenck R a il. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All pal ' 40%4 ' Gisgw & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All Pai- Dundee & Arbrothltall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All pal"' 39 Standard LifeAssarnce.ls/. per cent. 9 150 0 0 210 0 _.... C.ASTA.X.S. gi Names of .; .. Dividend Dividend .Price. Names of z ied. per fl Companies. A per Companies. A m Annum. Annum. 4 X Ashtn& Oldh 97 5/.55. 9 e 70 Monmouthsh 10c• V. 1 „ 60 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. 70 Mntgornrysh 100 51. r. Barnsley •. • • 160 121. 180 Macciesfiet.l. 10 0 - 3 ', Basingstoke.. 100 -- - Neath ...• .. 100 in. 34 0 Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Notttigham. 150 121. --' Cromford.... 100 141. 150 Fr, Forget. 78 31. .68 Dudley lOO 41. - Regent's •••• 33 11. ss. 224 1 Derby .. •• • • 100 61. 71 Rochdale ... •85 41. 77 Ellsmre&Chs 133, 4/. 55 Shropshire . • 125 Si, - Erewash •• • 100! 321. 300 Somrset Coal 130 71. 10s, 130 Forth & Clyd 1001 ."1/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn lory 71. 95 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. 29 2 I. Grand Union. 100! 1/. 108. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 23 . v. Glamorgnsh . 1 172 ! 13%1. 210 Stourbridge. , 145 201 , 31 ' 1 Glstr & lifnly 001 - - Strtfrd on Av 75 11. 10s. -- Grantham • • 1501 12/. 100 Severn and Eluddersfield. 57f - - Wye Rail. 26 1/.138. 32 Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 10 Trnt& MI 50 301. "- Lancaster .. • 47! 1/. 10 s. - sey, 4 sh. -- Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 520 iThams &Med 19 - Leicester ... • ; 10. :Worcstr &1 78 2/. 44 Leicstr &Nth, 140, 83 4/. / 105 60 1 Binning. j 11 Leughboroghll42' 70/. , 850 Wilts & Bits 67 11. MARKET NE WS. --(YESTERDAY). CORN EXCHANE. The present week's arrivals of English Wheat having been ]nods" s s rately extensive, we had a f a i r average number of samples of tit article en sale to-day, owing to which, the fineness of the weathcri the result of the division i n the House of L or d s on the Corn Bin, oh the thin attendance of buyers, the demand was excessively- heavY• at, in some instances, further depressed rates, say of Is. per quartcf. In foreign Wheat, tree as well as in bond, so little was doing that t'i' quotations were almost nominal. Barley was a very dull inqulrY. and prices were with dint, ulty supported. 31:dt was a very dull it, quiry, but not cheaper. Although the supply of Oats was small, tha t article commanded very little attention, at late rates. Beans. Pea , '" and Flour were a mare d rug. Alt/SITALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats Flour. English •• •• • • 6,490 qrslrish. 1,980 qrs. 4,520 qrs. 5,730 srs. Foreign .....• 5,570 2,520 - 2,510 -_ _ Malt, 7,310 qrs. SMITHFIELD. Tti• supply of Beast s on sale to-day was very limited ; the &MITI for 'kat description of stock was in a dei:ressed state, and previous' rites were with difficulty supported. There were in the market , 30 Oxen from Prussia; 50 Oxen and Cows, together with 220 Sheet'. from Holland and Germany; as, also, 350 horned and polled Scot , from Scotland. The number of Sheep being considerably on the in— crease, the mutton trade ruled heavy, at barely Monday's quotatioo - the Isle of Wight, about 30(4 Lambs came fresh to hand, " 4 'l the arrival, fro m o th er quarters were extensive. All breeds moved 0 slowly at unaltered figures. Calves, the supply of which was go° sll, were a dull inquiry, at a decline in value of 4(1 per Sibs ; Pigs very' dull, and 2d. p er Sib s. l ower. Mitch Cows heavy, at from 161. to each ; suckling' Calves, 18s. to 3t;s.; and quarter old store Pigs, I r , to Ids. each. Be as t s , 673 ; Cows, 139; Sheep and Lambs, 9,69'1 Calves, 356 ; rigs, 239. Paid. 1 Frit. 4 s. d 100 0 0 164 100 1 ) 0 151 10 S 0 0 2 24 100 0 0 161 10 0 0 15 50 0 0 . 93 50 0 0 q t , 5 0 0 m , 10 0 0 13, i 10 0 0 11 210 0 4,4 5 0 0 7 % 10 0 0 13_ 1 0 0 2 44 . 9.1 10 0 0 14% All paid. 9% 10 0 0 10 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 All paid. 20 0 0 All paid. All paid. All paid. All paid. 2 10 0 160 96 38 340