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THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD MINE.—The Committee of Management have the pleasure of informing their co-adventurers that the remainder of their staff sailed from Gravesend on the 6th instant, for Sydney, in the Gipsy Qaeen, to join their Engineer, Mr. Sherwood, who had previously left Bristol, with his selected artisans and miners, in the barque Surrey, for the same destination. Their duly appointed Agents in the Colony have full instructions to make all necessary arrangements, in order that, on the arrival of the two vessels, immediate mining operations may be commenced on the company's Freehold Estate at Bathurst, which is mentioned in all the latest dispatches as abounding with the precious metal. • By order, WILLIAM PULSFORD, Secretary. Dated April g, 1852. Offices, 39, Nlcholas•lane, Lombard•street. STEAM to INDIA via the CAPE. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY'S Monthly Line of Iron Stramers, with her Majesty's Mails, to the Cape, Mauritius, Point de Galle, Madras, and Calcutta (touching at St Vincent's and Ascension). The QUEEN of the SOUTH, of 1,600 tons, Geo. Ilyee, Com mander, will leave the East India Docks on Dia 10th, and Plymouth en the 15th of June. Tim LADY JOCELYN, of 1,800 tons, N a thaniel Stewart, Com mander, will leave the East India Docks on the 10th, and Plymouth on the I,sth of July. These ships are divided into water-tight and fire-proof compart ments; they will carry experienced surgeons, and have for passen gers every comfort and convenience. The cabins are furnished, and passengers will be provided with beds, linen, &C. For terms of passage, apply at the offices of the Company, No. 2, Royal Exchange.buildings ; for freight, to Balfour, Lamin g , and Owen, 157, Fenchurch-street. N.B. The Company estimate passage to the Cape will that the P to Ceylon 50, to Madras . occupy on the average 36, to Maur itius 42, &I, and to Calcutta 62 days. RsURANCE COMPANIES EQUITA,BLET:_FiIt E and NATIONAL LOAN FUND 26, CORNDLImIELcEro, imiLo.lc DON. t*T. LA-51E MURRAY, Es.j.qh.,nC3hia.iiirsm, Esq. W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. f*John Rawson, Eli. i*litigh Croft. Esq. u s. *John Shaw, Esq. f.l. Elliotson, M.D. F. . f*G e o. Fuller, Esq. f*Edmond S. Symes, Esq. • *R a lph Gough, Esq. t * Clement Taber, Esq. i' William Kennaway, Esq. tJoseph Thompson, Esq. i'Sir Arnold J. Knight, M.D. t*Augustits Vigne, Esq. *Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. tSamuel Walker, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. * Fire. t Life. t * Both. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,0001. • , (Incorporated under 7 and b Viet., cap. 110.) . The Equitable Fire Office, by a constant analysis of its own tlDerience, from time to time, adopts such rates of premium as the is nature of the risk justifies ; and with thi s v i e w an annual invest , gation is Made into each class of risk, an d a r e turn of fifty per cent. ' of the net excess, made to all classes of Insurers whose policies have been in force for three years, Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average I Clause., „ Losses are made good without deduction or discount. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. Capital £500,000. NEW LIFE TABLES. On the Withdrawal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en dorsement, to receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount of the paid annual premiums, without security or deposit of the policy ; or lialf-prerrilum for the whole continuance of life. On surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned. Life Annuities granted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuities. The terms of thd 'Society are peculiarly favourable. The present annual inoome of the Society from premiums exceeds 70,0001 ; the amount covered by the policies of the Society is up 'ards of 2,250,0001.; and the reserve Dioflt applicable to future bonus to the assured, amounts to 95,502/. 14$. Od. Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained, on applica ton at the Office, or to any of its Agents. W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. T IMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE COMPANY. • 32, Ludgate-hill,London. GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. PROFITS DIVIDED. RITES—From 7s. 6d. per cent. upwards. No charge for Stamps. An allowance made M the Guarantee Premium where a Life As surance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. 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" Paeoaexotx : — Laws and obligations of nature, society , and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and ehoice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, a nd figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing the m. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Oases, &c. By R. I. CITLVERWELL, M.D. (184 l), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1014). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in those NoliViliAa ler Me.atiou ut tours daily tin gi,vo. Evtuargh S 9 VC II tAll vii-.Ait......___. ~. . : I ' , N°.18,582.] TO TUE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH AND PARISI' OF LEOMINSTER. Gentlemen, Understanding that the only Candidate who asked for your sup port on Liberal Principles has withdrawn, I lose no time in soliciting your Suffrages. You are aware that on a former occasion I gave way, rather than expose the Liberal cause to danger, by dividing its adherents, and therefore I trust that you will not ascribe my present conduct to any selfish motives, or to any vicwe of merely personal afnbition. My -claims are such as, whether I succeed or fail, my supporters cannot be ashamed of. Early convinced that the principles of Free Trade were founded on truth and reason, I i ncorporate d t h em w ith m y p o li t ical creed long before they received the saretion of the Legislature ; and at present, hsettita,twhen they are attested by the most conclusive evidence , I to call upon the country to retrace its steps—to tax the poor for the rioh—and to create artificial scarcity in this over peopled country for the imagined interest of a particular class, does uproar to me an infatuation that the blindest disregard to the most obvious facts can account for, but not at all excuse. Any attempt, under whatever pretext, to impose a tax on corn, shall therefore meet my determined and inflexible opposition. The hideous and disgusting scenes of corruption which recent in quiries have disclosed furnish, in my opinion, the supporters of the Ballot with an argument that is unanswerable. What can be more man in i shocking to every whose soul every spark of p robit y and honour is not extinguished, than the means which it appears are re gularly employed in many places to obtain a seat In the great council of the nation ? To such means I never will have recourse—if the :consequence be a perpetaai exclusion from the House of Commons —to that exclu sion I willssubmit, for I was early taught to prefer the consciousness of integrity to the most dazzling prospects of ambition. But to the liberal and indepen,lent Electors of Leominstrr I offer an opportu nity of asserting their right, and of returning to Parliament a faith ful and fairly chosen Representative. As I hope on Tuesday or Wednesday to have an opportunity of explaining my sentiments to you, I will not enter into any detailed statement of them. I was the advocate of Law Reform, and espe cially of Reform in the Colin of Chancery, long before such opinions were as popular as they are at present lam as anxious for the re moval of Eccleslastical,Abuses, and for a better distribution of the Revenues of the Church, as I was when I last addressed you. Upon the question of Maynooth my opinions have undergOne a consider able alteration. No man clings more tenaciously than Ido to the great principles of toleration ; •no man would more shrink from speaking with disrespect of the creed of the• Roman Catholics. To make the Roman Catholic citizens, those to whom I most look up have sacrificed all that. could tempt human ambition ; I trust I should imitate their example. But I do not wish to see them more.than citizens—and recent events have satisfied me that to contribute to the support of •Maynooth is to contri bute to the j dissemination of ignorance, and to the sup port of a tyranny over the minds of the simple and illiterate, exer cised by those who have obstinately and passionately resisted every attempt made by Government to enlighten and improve the people. I will only add that I am for the Abolition of Church Rates ; the present state of our law upon that subject is , scandalous to a civi lised people. In my opinion the Revenues of the Church—properly distributed—are abundantly sufficient to repair and maintain ~ur sacred edifices, without a tax which irritates a large and valuable portion of the community. Stafford, March lb, 1852. JOHN GEORGE PHILLIMORE. EXHIBITION 1851.-JURY REPORTS. THE REPORTS of the JURORS on the Sub jects in the 30 Classes Into which the Exhibition was divided, will be issued in two editions, one in large type, brining 2 vols. super-royal Svo., of about 1,000 pages each, price Two Guineas ; and the other in small type, double columns, forming 1 vol. super-royal Bvo., of about 1,000 pages, price Oue Guinea. Both editions will be uniform in size with - the Official Descriptive and Illustr . ated Cata logue. As only a limited number of each edition will be printed for sale, and the work will not be reprinted, subscribers are requested to send in their names, with a remittance of 10s. on account of the 1 vol. edition, and 20s. on account ,of the 2 vol. edition. The balance to be paid on publication, about May. SPICER BROTHERS, Wholesale Stationers. WM. CLOWES and SONS,. Printers. Official Catalogue Office. Tudor-street, New Bridge-street, Blackfrlars. Now Ready, price 25., by post, 2s 61, THE JESUI I' IN INDIA. By the Rev. W. STRICK.LAND, Missionary Ap. Containing an Account of the Early History of the Catholic Mission of Madura in South India, and of its re-establishment in 1831, describing the mortality amongst the Missioners, their severe privations, their losses and successes ; some account of their present prospects, and future hopes. Dedi cated and recommended to the perusal of all subscribers to foreign Missions. With a Frontispiece, representing the Missionary Cos tume in India. London : Burns and Lambert, 17, Portman-street, Portman square ; Jones, 63, Paternoster-row ; Bellew, Grafton- street, Dublin. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, APRIL 11.—Wind 6.E., moderato breeze, fine clear sky. Arrived—City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk; Sir Ed ward Bankes, from Havre; Stadt Dordrecht, from Dordt; Concordia and Ranger, from Rotterdam; Adonis, from Bremen; Leon, from Harlingen; Fame, from Calais; Elbe (for Hamburgh) returned; Gode Broeder, from Norway; Persia, from Ceylon; Commonwealth, from Calcutta; Panther, from Ostend; Seine, from Boulogne; Isabella; Jeshna, from Hamburgh; Vicks, from Gotten burg; Ino, from Guernsey; George Anson, from Genoa; Calista, from Honduras; Mangalore, from Madras; Vrienden, from Manilla; Dolphin, from Buenos Ayres; Leila, from Cadiz; Queen of the Isles, from Rio Grande; Napoleon, from Gravelines; Perla, from Havannah ; Charlotte, from Port Adelaide; Governor M'Donald, from Gambia; Edinburgh, from Calcutta; Lucinde, from Memel; Kato Kearney, from Africa; Charlotte, from Port Adelaide; Ambassador, and Bengal, from Alex andria. Sailed—Triton, for Boulogne; Sir Robert Peel, for' Dunkirk; Antwerpen, for Antwerp; Bstavier and Earl of Auckland, for Rotterdam; Lord John Russell, for Harlingen; Diana, for Amsterdam; Elizabeth, for Quebec; Weimer Castle, for Madras; Fortuna, for Algoa Bay; Gallardo, for Rivadeo; Sarnia, for Ham burgh; Victoria, for New York; Bosphorus, for Syd ney; Asia. for Quebec; Richard Cowl, for St. Domingo; Mystery, for Leghorn; Minerva, for Copenhagen; Ca therine, and Industrie, for Norway; Menai, for Calais; Neptusie, for Hamburgh; Rhine, for Ostend; Ocean, for Rotterdam; Fearless, for ; Eglinton, for Swan River; Antilles, for Trinidad; Margaret, for Naples. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Hains Castle from Singapore for London, Jan. 4, in lat. 32 S., long. 34 E. Valetta, from the Mauritius, Jan. 19, lat. 35 S., long. 21 E. United, brig, of Sunderland, from Arica for Cork, with topmast sprung, March 20, in Ist. 44 N., long. 29 W. Tonawanda, from Liverpool, March 25. Sir Harry Smith, from London, March 28, in Ist. 31 N., long. 16 W. Ocean, of Fecamp, in long. 29, of Paris. Kossuth, from Sunderland for Calcutta, March 3, by the Jenny Lind, from Portsmouth for Callao, in lat. 2 N., long, 22 W. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. WOOLWICII, APRIL 10 —Tne Intrepid, screw steam vessel, Commander M'Clintock, and the Pioneer, screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Osborne, were taken out of the basin to-day, and are now at moorings in the stream, in readiness to leave with the Assistance, Captain Sir E. Belcher, C 8., and the Resolute, Captain Kellett, C. 8., when they are com pleted, which they will be in a day or two, and they still expect to be able to leave Greenhithe on Thurs day next, the 15th inst., as originally named, on their enterprising voyage. The Lords of the Admiralty intend paying a visit of inspection to the vessels of the Arctic Expedition at Greenhithe, on Thursday ❑ext, previous to their departure for sea. Captain Sir Edward B-dcher, Captain W. A: B. Hamilton, R.N., second secretary at the Admiralty; Colonel Colquhoun, R.A., inspector of the Royal Carriage Department; and Captain Washington, R.N., were present on the wharf wall at the landing place in the afternoon, with a number of officers, to witness Mr. Hay, the lecturer on chemistry, instruct ing the bombardiers of the Royal Marine Artillery attached to the expedition, in the model of discharging gunpowder under water by means of the galvanic bat tery. The explosive charges consisted of half a pound of gunpowder in ten canisters, which were sufficient when discharged in the bottom of the river to show the principle and uses to which the galvanic battery can be applied when explosions by means of gunpowder are found necessary in the Arctic regions. Mr. George Shepherd, C.E., has received instruc tions from the Admiralty to examine and get repaired all the gas apparatus connected with the balloons fur distributing messages in the Arctic regions, and also to supply a number of new balloons, and the means of inflating them with gas, to be used by the present expedition. The balloons are made on this occasion frrohfleoaton the water, should they come down at sea. of the vessel s a messages are to be printed on satin of various colours an d on ' papers of all colours, and about half a million of them i will be printed on both sides, leaving CollinsTnay these room to fill ha writing the latitude and longitude messages at the time they are sent up. Some of Captain be met with by the parties under Captain dispatched from the Resolute :-- Expedition. The, following in the Behring Straits which will be Steering Erankieinllett, in lat. N., long. °flowing is a copy of the messages p a balloon from her Majesty's "Dispatched ship Resolute, e a in the other side.) Pro- W, To Sir John visions left at to winter at orfor supply several Mr. , intending in the vicinity A new feature is to be introduced Y th eeral of his Captain Sir Edward B el cher' sau : ) . f. th officers and to the vessels of Greener having been ordered to harpoon guns, with a view to enable e Arctic regions, for the purpose of food. ; as fuel, and men to kill whales and othe u r a l i a n r g ge th fi esi h r 0.1 for .Chess means with the addition of Minis ri ?skilling birds 0; such 'Arts as are fit to . eat for .fi rh -- deer, will enable the enterprising voyagers to obtain resources hitherto unavailable by any of the previo us expeditions. ____.-••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• EXTENSIVE FIRE.-011 S a turday night at 11 , late hour the inhabitants of the City and cot end of London were greatly alarmed in consequence of hu g e sheets of flame suddenly rising high into the air and ligh tin g u p both sides of the river Thames. This being distinct l y perceptible from the various metropolitan bridges, no time was lost in giving the necessary intelligence to the engine-stations. The sire was raging at Mill-wall, Poplar. The firemen having arrived st that point they found that the disaster had occurred in the extensive premises of Messrs. Cassell and Co., pitch, tar, varnish, and patent camphine manufacturer!. The engines were set to work from a good supply of water. The origin of the fire is not precisely known, but from the fact of some miscreant having cut the hose of one of the engines while it was being set to work, strong suspicion is entertained that the same party had some hand in kindling the fire. The is very considerable, and unfortunately the flrua was Mt inured. L..... $ ' ,- ~. ..., , v ?"iia•••• .. _4•04 :-.) / 4 ( --.•- %ii ' \ ) it. . . ...—_. --- . -- Er - 44 . • • ' '• , _ . • g (K4-1‘ .f.,..:„., ? c....z;;;:a Nr , tir :- '; `,' %, ~ ... ,'7, - p.'?`:. 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"Iv , ...,. ~ ~/ 'OS- "P..-iti , ..- -•:. bltoiry , • ... - I 4.,.0"-', 4o 4rarr -- APRIL 12, 1852 . , S• - 7 went round from E. to S W., which 1 think Nas enough to lose any ship." I beg to remain your obedient servant, Portsmouth, April 7. G. H. G. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 6.—ln conversation with se veral of the passengers, per Propontis, from the Cape of Good Hope, I have been informed that the general impression is, that the melancholy accident resulted from a variation of the compass, for the Bir kenhead was presumed to be steering at least three miles outside the rock on which she struck. That part of the coast on which the Birkenhead was lost was first surveyed in 1818, by Commander Walker, of the Dispatch store ship, who carefully examined the coast during 14 trips along the S.E. coast of the Cape colony, and made a chronometric survey and chart from the Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay. Captain Walker gave his name io Walker thy, and also gave its name of Puint Danger to that projection of the land, in consequence of the reef extending so far off. The same coast has been since surveyed by Admiral Owen with a surveying ship. The coast is well known, and the awful disaster must have arisen from deviations of compass, occasioned by the local attraction of the iron ship, which were in all proba bility erroneously corrected on Professor Airey'a principles. The loss of this steamer has created a deep sensation in the community here, many of whom are related to the unfortunate officers and crew.— Shipping Gazette. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Another reception of the public in the Crystal Pa lace was accomplished on Saturday ; and again, for a few brief hours, some thousands of persons were scattered through its vast and desolate aisles. Whe ther influenced by the sanguine hope of preserving the fabric, or by the regretful expectation of its speedy removal, the same unflagging spirit of admi ration seemed universally to prevail. The chances of an unfavourable issue to the natural desire to re tain so brilliant a memorial of those triumphal scenes which have so lately been the all-absorbing topic, invest these later visits with melancholy anticipations of a possible farewell. So thoroughly is the display of 1851 associated in every mind with the building itself, that the acres of vacant flooring suggest, even to the most unimaginative, the recollection of what has been and is now past. Whether the fame of the Crystal Palace is to rest upon that recollection, or upon the realization of Sir Joseph Paxton's winter garden, will in a short time be finally decided ; at all e vents, its applicability to the p urpose of a sheltered promenade has been tested with unchallenged success ; and although attempts to disparage may have given it the name of. the great glass greenhouse in Hyde-park, it by no means follows that such a re treat would not be most agreeable during the preva lence of the bitter east winds with which this metro polis is so favoured. Next to the genial temperature which prevails in the Crystal Palace, nothing more forcibly strikes the observer than the completeness and simplicity of the arrangements for drainage and ventilation. Although their ingenuity has been fully detailed, it may not be out of place to remark that they are comprehended at a glance, now that the con tents of the building have been removed. Perhaps it may partially be attributed to the absence of obstruc tions to sight, and greatly to the paucity of attrac tions, which before lured observation from less inviting subjects. It certainly now presents a very different scene. The transept is clear, excepting a solitary fountain, a refreshment counter, and a few seats and tables at the northern end. To some of the doors at the principal entrance were affixed bills, announcing a sale, to commence on the 26th instant, of several powerful boilers and the steam-pipes which supplied the motive power to the machinery. From one of the pillars on the right, where the transept is intercepted by the nave, hung the original and very pleasing and interesting water-colour drawing of Mr. Louis Haghe, which is to be published on the Ist of May next, representing the transept and the principal re freshment court, with the magnificent trees, which even now are budding, and were when taken, in full foliage. The picture was greatly admired, and cer tainly forms one of the prettiest of the views of the Exhibition. Underneath was one of the views of the building, as proposed to be altered for a winter gar den, according to the plan of Sir J. Paxton, and to which we have before referred. From another and immediately opposite, depended a set of drawings of the interior of the Exhibition, by Baxter's oil printing process; and here, too, crowds of the visi tors lingered to congratulate themselves on having seen the reality which in these drawings is so truthfully delineated. In one corner, ranged in rows, were the watering-pots used for eying the dust; and in another, an array of brooms and buckets, companions in idleness of the 350 flagstaffs, all of which miscel laneous properties, including the flags of all nations, will assuredly be applied by new owners to household purposes, unless a fever to possess relics of the Ex hibition spreads rapidly amongst a discerning public. There are twenty tell-tale turnstiles marked for the coming auction, to pass which thousands and tens of thousands of pounds, in shillings, hare been so eagerly and cheerfully paid. Mr. W. T. Best performed, upon the organ, selections from Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Grann, Bach, and Mozart, between the hours of three and five,' commencing with portions of the Messiah, and concluding with the grand Halleluj chorus. During that time the compti,ny promehaddein'the nave, ascended into the galleries, map p e d cart the different- sections from memory, looked curiously at the maze of pipes exposed to view in the machinery department, and, in fact, followed the bent .9f their different humours ; and as the declining rays of an unclouded sun shone unim peded through the transept roof, gradually and silently withdrew. With respect to the means now being taken to ar rest the sentence of demolition, the petitions to both Houses of Parliament, lying in the building, received an immense number of signatures. At three o'clock a general meeting of the committee took place in the large room near the south entrance, and resolutions were unanimously adopted to organise district com mittees and get up public meetings in various parts of London, so that the metropolitan public generally may have an opportunity of expressing their views and opinions upon the subject. Meetings with this object will take place in the course of next week. and on Monday the 19th there will be a general public meet ing of the people of London. For the country the annexed form of petition has been suggested, and a great many already circulated in various towns, cities, and boroughs : " TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRI. TAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the borough of --, " Showeth,—That your petitioners have heard with great regret of the intention to take down the Crystal Palace in Hyde-park; that they regard that structure as the object of the world's admiration, and they believe it to be capable of being adapted to many purposes of public utility and enjoyment. " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Ho nourable House to take such measures as will ensure the preservation of the said palace, and its dedication to the use of the public " And your petitioners will ever pray." The Commissioners have addressed the following reply to a memorial of the local committee of War rington on the subject of the appropriation of the surplus funds of the Exhibition : " Palace of Westminster, April 3, 1852. " Sir,—l am directed by her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, to acknowledge the receipt of the memorial signed by yourself on behalf of the War rington Local Committee, praying that the sums sub scribed to the Exhibition fund by the various provincial towns may be appropriated to public objects connected with the progress of art, science, and education in th . e t o wn from which subscriptions have b een raised; iTelmin. particular that the sum of 1501 . remitted to the bGeap. missioners for the borough of W arrin g ton may o_, u propriated to the building f u nd of the Warrington m seum and Library. " The Commissioners direct me, com to you, for the information of the Warrington d address©d by mittee, the accompanying copy of a report in reply,. to transmit them to her Majesty on the subject of thhoo dis y would more posal of the surplus funds in their hands; especially call the attention refer to the an passages in that report in which r ) by of the to the them, that all nouncement originally put for a a that the s urplus should not be subscriptions must be absoluhte and definite, and in which they express their opiniont limited,a partial, or local cha applied to purposes of a *thhe teea ppl i estion contained in racier; and they do not in a position to comply wit the memorial. tend that it is likel , " to the statement advanced b tny the corn- Wi t h respect u mittee, that they nd erscitate the erection of e surplus fund will be appropriate in 'or near L ondon for the purpose of a museum or picture gallery I am .di re cted to.e part acquaint you th a t th ere has been n o declaration on te of the Commis sioners to justify such an opinio n ; that the enclosed re port is the on l y document relating to the surpl us th a t exists; and that no other report on the subject of its dispthal has been made by the...Conatnissioncrs.—l have the hono ur to be, sir, your obedient servant, EDGAR A. n ,OWIIING. ,snjunain Pierpont, Esq,, The commander of the Janus, Commander Powell, has b een permitted to accept the Spanish , Qrder of S.C. of Charles the Third, and the officer second in command an inferior grade of the same Ord er , f or the i r con duct against the pimtekon 01° 1111 " 9 . 114 ‘ - • / 04 , 9 , • .•- L _, tion and Civic degredation ; and Faret, CceurdiAr, and Crassous to ten years' imprisoriment and•Viiie )dt gredation. The Court ordereOhat the px!ecetion. of the four persons condemned "i i 6=;4t3attti"gliall take place-publicly in the town of B4apiall e *VAtae men, on bearing sentence of death were, d --- Choumac exclaimed, " I will app4 . 11!..-)-„*dal and • ; Pages stamped o n the floor, and, pu@iiialieir hands to their beads, cried, Ob, what p 'stab:Cl:or our families !" [PRICE SD. EXCISE INFORMATIONS. ALARM IN THE WHISKY :TiiiDE.—A very curious question was brought before the sheriff ,substitute here on Friday week, whereby hangs a tale, in which the town of Crieff has acted a very prominent part. It is said that information has lately been lodged with the Excise that a distillery concern in that quarter, which bad become bankrupt a few years ago, had been largely involved in the purchase and sale of smuggled whisky ; and eo systematically had the trades been carried on that regular entries of the illicit transactions were made in the books of the concern. A summons was accordingly served upon the trustee, at the instance of the Excise, for the production of the books in court, on Friday ; when the agent in the sequestration attended and pleaded that the books formed part of the bankrupt's estate, which was per sonally vested in the trustee, and could not be sum marily demanded. As proceedings in Excise are conducted under British law, the intervention of a jury was necessary to determine the point iu question, and Friday. last was appointed for the purpose. In the meantime the rumour got abroad that legal evi dence of a long-continued and extensive illicit traffic in whisky with individuals not only in Crieff, but with several towns in this and the adjoining counties, was contained in the bankrupt's books, and a panic took place in the former place, as in tense as if some fatal epidemic had broken out. The subject engrossed public talk for some days, and the office of the law agent in which the innocent cause of all this consternation was deposited became the centre of interest to all who had had transactions with the bankrupt. At an early hour on Thursday morning last it was discovered that the office referred to bad been . brokers into and the corpus delicti carried off! This,. It appears, had not been a difficult work to achieve; us the office was on the ground floor, at the back of a house along which there was a thorough fare ; and upon a precognition the same day by the procurator fiscal, an old woman who lives in a neigh bouring house said that being awakened in the course _of the night, she , happened to look out, and by the light .of - the moon observed four men with a lighted candle leaving the premises with books under their arms. The intelligence rapidly spread, and it was soon apparent that a great weight had been taken off the minds of the lieges, and the relieved feelings of the community got vent in mirth and music, a band perambulating the streets in honour of the victory over informers and excisemen. Here the mysterious affair rests for the present, so far as we can learn, or until clairvoyance discovers if the tell-tale documents are still in existence, or where screted.—Perth Courier. THE INSURGENTS OF BEZIERS, A court-martial assembled at Montpellier on the 18th ult. to try the chiefs, fourteen in number, of the insurrection at Beziers, department of the Herault, in December last. The names and occupations of the accused were—Peret, a distiller; Coutelou, plasterer ; Salleles, cooper; Faret, shoemaker; Cceurdacier ' con . tractor for public works; Marine, landowner; Ores sous, agent do remplacement, militaire ; Lauren', street sweeper ; Vidal, gardener ; Cadelard, stone cutter; Pages, tanner; allibert, alias Le Chat, far mer; Boyer, pavour ; Silvan, cooper. In the body of the court were a quantity of muskets, scythes, poignards, pitchforks, pistols, swords, hammers, sticks, axe!, &c., &c., together with some clothes stained with blood and dirt. The indictment, which was very long, set forth the following facts :—Trie news of the coup d'elat at Paris reached Beziers on the 31 De cember, and was announced to the population by pla cards of the authorities. It caused considerable agi tation. Some men known to belong to the secret so cieties, which for sometime before had existed in dif ferent parts of the department, went to cafés and pub lic houses, and there heid exciting language, calcula ted to inflame the passions of the people. The sub-pre fect and other authorities took measures for preserving order ; the troops were ordered to be kept in their barracks ready to act ; and a detachment of ' 3 5 men of the 12th Regiment were sent to the sub-prefecture. The next day, at an early hour in the morning, the agitation became more menacing ; men in arms appeared in the streets, and a meeting of the chiefs of the revolutionary party was held at the house of Peret. Presently a column of about 6,000 men, armed with muskets, scythes, clubs, pistols, kitchen spits, cutlasses fixed on sticks, and all sorts of weapons, marched to the sub-prefecture. They uttered fierce cries and brandished their weapons. The Mayor, who had been up the greater part of the night, on seeing the column pass, hurried to the Hotel de Ville, -where be found every one asleep. Ilecauspf 4 defensive measures to be taken, and then hastened to the sub prefecture. The sub prefect had also been up all night, and had received alarming news from the adjacent villages, especially from Villeneuve. He had just before sent off some gendarmes to the latter place to assist the Mayor in quelling an armed insur rection which had just commenced. Whilst the Mayor was still in conversation with the sub-prefect a slip of paper was brought to the latter, containing the following words : " ha the name of the Sovereign People, in the name of the violated Constitution, " You, its representative, are summoned to give up your powers, on account of the violation of Art. 51 of that Constitution, which declares that the President forfeits his power if he dissolves the Assembly—and it appears irons the dispatch placarded on the 3d that he has done that. " Deliberated in the public streets, this 4th December, 1851. The sub-prefect' s fi rs t impression w" THEasthartEothir." do cument had been seized by the police ; but, on leaving his room to make inquiries respecting it, he found a deputation of three men waiting for him. He asked them what they wanted ? and they said, " We are the delegates of the people, and you must resign at this very moment your functions to tous and withdraw." " I hold my powers f rom a re gular government," said the sub -prefect, " and I will not give them up to a deputation of the emeute." " Do you count on your soldiers ?" said one of the deputation. " Well, if you do, I tell you they will not fire. They know as well as we do that the Con stitution has been violated, and that the people have regained possession of their rights. Therefore all re sistance is impossible. We are ten thousand in number, ready to march." "If I only had two men," said the sub-prefect, " I would not hesitate to get myself killed with them sooner than do what you want ; and I ask you, if you were in my place, would you do otherwise ?" One of the men, who seemed much affected, remarked, "No; and, in short, I should not be sorry to shelter you with my body from a bullet." The sub-prefect then sent to the barracks for au additional force, and called the detach ment at the sub-prefecture to arms. Shortly after a detachment of soldiers arrived, and with the others prepared for resistance. Some minutes later the co lumn of insurgents appeared, and the soldiers pre sented their muskets. The insurgents cried, " Vive la ligne!" They were headed by some of the pri soners. Summonses were made in the usual form to the ipsnrgents to disperse in the name of the law, but they responded by a discharge of musketry. The troops returned the fire. Eight of the insurgents were killed, 16 wounded, and the others took to flight, throa'irg aside their arms . ; and abandoning their vic tims. Meanwhile other bands committed gross ex cesses in different parts of the town ; and one of these band shot at and attacked with scythes two gentle men named Bernard and Vernhes—the former a landed proprietor, the latter registrar of the Tribunal. Bernard was so dreadfully injured that he died on the spot, and M. Vernhes still lies in a dangerous state. Some of the insurgents threatened a female, who keeps a tobacconist's shop with death, and others cried in patois, "To the lantern with her ! To the lantern !" Meanwhile the troops turned out, and attacked the insurgents with great vigour. Attempts were made to form barricades, but they were pre vented ; and after a short resistance, all the insurgents ' were dispersed, and order was re-established. The prisoners who had distinguished themselves in the fray, or were known as chiefs of the revolutionary party, were subkquently captured. The number of witnesses called for the prosecution was very great, Tney established all the important facts stated in the indictment, end disclosed others of deep interest. It was proved that secret societies existed at Beziers and in the neighbourhood, and that the persons who were received into them bad to take an oath to obey their chiefs implicitly, and bound themselves to put to death any members who should betray the secrets of the society, or refuse to obey the instructions of their officers. The obligations of the oath, administered by order of the central committees, were that all the means and energy of the members should be directed to the establishment of a democratic social Republic, but out of those societies there sprung up others, in which the members were organised with a view to pillage, and with an understanding that, in the event of a conflict, the working classes should fall indiscri minately upon and massacre every man above their own class, whatever might be his politics or his posi tion. The murder of M. Bernard, and t he dreadful wounds inflicted upon M. Vernhes, could only lE) e ascribed to the men composing these andsocieties,lnion several of the witnesses declared their conviction they that these gentlemen were attacked, not t b h e e c y a were of were personally obnoxious, hut because n had re course of the trial that severalt P the class of the bourgeoisie. trearsos a ppear in the ceived a friendly warning not mto g pisred in the the insurents streets during the commode"'very the fact that person not gear had resolved to fire upon t. e a working man. That ing a blouse or the dress P the wit roved by n by some of a considerable number pillage was intended was the insurgents were pro_ h i c h they intended to place , vided with bags, in w • a nd cruelty of the insurgents noises of the ferocity ere horrifying. inflictingmilnraesrVlYernhesw lyinTgheoynwtehree the booty. The accounts Wive not satisfied with death, but when towards their yid ere ‘ M. .Hernard and *alploring mercy, the wretches again ground and and one of them boasted after the tired upon theim had shown his cenflict that he into patriotism by plung ing lcbfork the very bones of his victim. i n g hisPl w itnesses agreed • All the in describing M. Peret as the chief of the democratic party at Beziers, and it was proved that meetings had been held at his house, at aebich the rising was determined upon, and from wh i c h orders were issued to the different chiefs and officera of the secret societies to call out their men A nd proceed to a fixed place of rendezvous. Most of the witnesses for the prosecution, however, expressed an opinion that M. Beret was opposed to massacre and pillage, and regretted the excesses which the insurgents had committed. For the defence, several witnesses were called for the purpose of proving an alibi in favour of some of the prisoners, but the at tempt failed, and four of the witnesses prevaricated to such an extent that the president of the court-martial ordered them to be taken into custody with a view to a prosecution for perjury. When the evidence bad closed, however, the president had these persons brought before him, and informed them that although they had exposed themselves by their false testimony to the penalty of imprisonment for life with hard labour, be was disposed to take their ignorance into consideration, and to suppose that they had been guilty from a feeling of humanity towards the prisoners. Ile would, therefore, order their dis charge from custody, leaving them to the justice of God and their remorse of conscience. After the pleadings of the different advocates for the defence, and the reply of the commissioner of the Government, the president, on the 29th ult., the trial having occupied 11 days, ordered the court to be cleared, and the deliberation commenced on the ques• tions, one hundred in number, brought forward the prosecution. The deliberation hav in g closed, the fourteen prisoners were brought forward to their sentences. They were all declared gu ilty' ien: Chomac, Vidal, Cadelard, and Pages wer i3 " o ; er we re to death ; Peret, Coutelou, Galibert, and_ fortified place ; sentenced to transportation in a trAu sporta- Sallelea ) Iklarme, and Salvan to Simpi WORKING MAN'S MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. So.,—The committee appointed at the public meeting held on the 7th of August, 1850, at the Whittington Club-room, to collect subscriptions from the working classes for a memorial to the late Sir Robert Peel, have closed their labours ; and the auditors having, on the 6th inst., examined all the accounts, and certified their accuracy, it may be satisfactory to your readers to know the result. Including the subscriptions begun at the Belvidere Hotel, Pentonville, there has been received the sum of 1,7371. o.i. 6d., chiefly in penny subscriptions ; and that amount has been paid into the Bank of England, to be invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, in the names of three trustees ; and in the course of the next month the committee will decide in what manner that sum shall be employed, so as to confer the greatest possible benefit on the working classes. The committee have already decided that the, early interest of the fund shall be applied to educational purposes, under the title of the " Working Man's Memorial to the late Sir Robert Peel ; and they will spare no endeavours to render its application judicious. It appears, on examination, that these subscriptions have been received from upwards of 350 towns and villages ; while in other towns the subscription that Was commenced for this fund became sufficient in amount to establish a local memorial, which the com mittee in every case encouraged. The number of individual subscribers is about 250,000, among whom are English workmen at St Petersburgh, who have contributed Si. towards the fund. - - The expenses of the committee for printing, send ing out between fur and five thousand circulars, and answering applications for books, lists, office charges, &c., amount on the whole to '295/. 14s. 91. up to the present time ; and the committre intend to defray the whole of that amount by contributions from their own number, ant from other friends of the late Sir Robert l'ed, so that the entire amount of subscrip tions collected shall remain applicable for the purposes above stated. A comvlete list of the names of the persons and places from which subscriptions have been received, and of the amount subscribed at each place, has been, prepared ; and should there be funds sufficient, this list will be publi,hed, so as to satisfy every subscriber that his mite has been received, and will be applied for the objects intended. I remain your obedient servant, JosEra llumE, Chairman of the Committee Brvanstone-square, April 10. of the season biiul ROYAL tri L p O of N t D h O o NseaYaoAnCo this CLUB. clobs to take plaTceheonepSettetiteirgday, the 24th inst., when the commodore, James Goodson, Ecoitf.,w.ill Blackwall, ho at t is f fl o s o g t : y o o n ail la ho o ct a k, r a d rni h t is s, the vice and rear commodores in yanadchatc,ettoirn.9 paAvnaileodnb,y the War Hawk and blouse, will proceed to the new club house, at Erith. The first match of the season is to take place on Saturday, the 29th of May next, and i* for y, and the course from small•class vessels (not exceeding ten tons) only; t h o course is from Erith to the Lower Nape Point and back, guineas etahaefoprritzheos suseeo second. guineas for steam -boat first w iu be engaged by the club for the accommodation of the members and for will be th i t r h f e ri i e a n t g d e s ; The second vessels matchoni Erith to Southend and back; the guineas for the first yacht, and 10 guineas for the s cond. The day is not yet definitivel P y r fi iz x e e s d: be either the middle or end of June. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. Tho usual monthly meeting of this distinguished club was held on Wednesday evening, at the Plazzi Hotel, Covent -garden. For the first few minutes the chair was taken by Mr. Green, who,was quickiy succeeded by Lord Alfred Paget, upon whom the main business of the even ing devolved. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, it was determined that the second and last match of the season should take place on Saturday, Juno 12, entries to close on the even ing of the 2d. The secretary then read a communica tion from the Russian Consul, announcing the great regatta of St. Petersburgh for June 27, in which royal yachts of all nations are invited to contend for a prize of 850 gs., the race to extend from Croustadt round the Neva Island. The letter was expressive of the warmest desire fur the St. Petersburgh Imperial Yacht Club that gentlemen of the Royal Thames Yacht Club would ho nour them by entering the lists. The distance to be eailed is 160 nautical miles. Lord Alfred Paget pro posed that the annual donation of 5 /. be subscribed a by the club to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society,me t the proposal which it is almost unnecessary toeosra ye Thames Yacht Club then appointed agent for t he . Wheelerßoy announced s e e h l t l hearty concurrence of the club. Mr. Royal l G Tham g Club at the Isle of Man. C a p tain f. superior aCOOLII pet of ena e n tickets othfatthtihseellattju,byasheaffdorbdeteougc,hfarortmerhedertobiazGcc,nomtlpany the races stewards and other duties on board the steam-boat, having beau appointed fo r boat severalmembers , modation to members and vitsbitoorsr.ecei meeting. were elected, and others p ro p osed for ballot at the next - , DESERTION OF A IN IFE BY HER HUSEAND.--OR Saturday, at the Brentford Police-court, John Keeley, an elderly and respectable -looking man, valet and courier to Colonel Caulfield, of St. James's-street, was charged by Mr. Lewis, vestry clerk and overseer of the parish of Isleworth, with having deserted his wife, and left her chargeable to the parish. It was stated that the defendant, who had been courier to many of the nobility, and who was now in the re ceipt of as much as 2001. per annum, had deserted his wife while she was on a sick bed. That he had not contributed anyt hi n g towards her support for many years, but s h e had Th e de obtained a precarious living by going out nu rsin g . fendant now refused to allow the poor woman SI. far . t h hi°i. and said that she was well able to make her own livebileo.t The chairman said the defendant richly desercedafouceru should commit him to prison under the Vagra 11 " ment, and as he refused to make his wife any a ll n o t ir:o__ as b: rogue and vagabond. rn R { To m nail steam. LIVERPOOL, SATURDA.T. --- ih e team the Mersey at and a 12.10 P.M. to-day, for Sew York ' wistherew steam -ship City of ship Asia, .1 udkins commander, sailed°, large number of passengers. ' sailed from the Mersey tills Glasgow, Wylie commander.h% i large freight of manufac afternoonThe e , a u c T i t i Pacific cl flail a i i l l a tured goods and 70 pa t s e s e e in ng_ e sii i . p Bogota, Hall commander, for Philadelphia, W.,., ship Company .5 new es from the Clyde. ,She will be arrived at this port ynes_day next for the Pacific., calling at dispatched on V"d es a nd Valparaiso ;:and will take '• Tanetro, out Madeira, 1 , 10 , t he above-named places. The Royal :Mail mails for each of stone commander, with Mail advices from steam -ship Si the ult. Boston 0 York to the , ... 9 , to the olst, and tele 7Cewhic expectedm a y t A ew lork, s portlf to the Ist graph may b e f:aitcldst o at a e rr , ive at this on Monday (this ciao.) The ' mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye c _ an d er , with advices from New York to the 3d inst., may be looked for Wednesday morning next. IT IG HLAND ROADS AND BRIDGES..-011 Saturday the 38th report of the Commissioners on Highland Roads and Bridges (presented to Parliament) was printed, extend ing to 30 pages. The whole of the assessments on the coun ties of Scotland for the 1851 amounted t year amoun 0 , 4 048/. only, showing a decrease of G 551. Belo f 0190 of ;owe awl 1,746/. balow Ulm of lits. LONDON MONDAY E tr. E 4 „ • • 04 . , , • .•• - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. We are glad to state that the officers and ships' companies of the ships and vessels at Spithead have followed the example set by the Commander-in- Chia', the Admiral-Superintendent, and the ships in harbour, and have all subscribed a day's pay towards the relief of the 'Widows, orphans, and distressed relatives of the unfortunate persons lost by the melancholy wreck of the Birkenhead.- A committee will he immediately formed, we hear, consisting of Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, Rear-Admiral 11. Pres cott, Captain Chads, and other officers, to consider the best manner of carrying out the philanthropic inten tion of the suhscribers. A large sum will, no doubt, be realised, which will be distributed in a somewhat similar way to that adopted for the relief of the dis tressed persons who lost husbands and relations in the late Avenger. At Devonport the following general memorandum was issued by the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir John Ommanney, K.C.B.:— " Impregnable, in Hamonze, April 9, 1852. "The distress that must be caused to many of the families of the unfortunate sufferers in the Birkenhead is a subject that cannot be viewed with indifference, but mast create a sympathetic feeling for them, and a desire to relieve their sufferings, so far as pecuniary aid can be effective. These sentiments are in perfect accordance with the ideas of Commodore Seymour, who with myself is desirous of contributing one day's pay towards any fund that may be established for that purpose. " In bringing the circumstance to the notice of the re spective captains and commanders of her Majesty's ships at this port, I hope they will ascertain from the officers and crews under their command whether they may re spectively wish to make a similar contribution. (Signed) "J. A. OMMANNEY, Admiral. " To the respective Captains and Commanders, &c." We are glad to hear that Mr. Scaife, who has been long serving as clerk in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, has attained his long-merited promotion to the rank of paymaster. Commander Henry Downes died on the 3d instant, aged 62. Lieutenant George H. Godden died on the 3d instant, aged 27. Paymaster Edward B. Robins, late of the Cormo rant steam-sloop, died on. the sth instant, at South sea, from the effects of illness contracted in a tropical climate. Clerk—Tobias E. Palmer (1848) has been ap pointed from the Jackal steam-tender, to be clerk in charge of the Bloodhound steam-tender, coast of Africa. Fairy screw-tender yacht, and the Elfin dispatch boat, will be taken into dock this day, to have their bottoms looked at. . Hecate, 6, steam•sloop, Commander Hand, was on Saturday dispatched from Devonport to cruise in the chops of the Channel, to relieve the homeward-bound ships detained by the continued easterly winds. Jackal steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Bedding field, was at Lagoa on the .19th February, as also the Penelope steam-frigate, Commodore Bruce. Magicienne steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, in command of the steam reserve at Devonport, went into the Channel on Saturday on a trial cruise. On leaving the harbour sbe saluted the flag of the Com mander-in-Claief, which was returned by the Impreg nable flag-ship. Simoom steam troop-ship, Captain Kingcome, got up steam on Friday afternoon, and went into Ports mouth harbour, going alongside the Malabar, coal depot, to complete her fuel. She is preparing to take detachments to Halifax and Quebec ; from the latter place she will bring back a regiment. Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth, having received new chocks for her mooring bridles, was ,taken back to her moorings, off Common-hard on Friday evening. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—The Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, Captain Warden, embarked Mr. Staf ford, the Secretary to the Admiralty, and Colonel Green, the Admiralty Engineer, yesterday morning, and left with them for Plymouth. The Vulcan steam troop-ship, Master Commander Penn, was taken into the steam basin yesterday to have her defects repaired. THE COAST OF AFRICA. By letters from the above. squadron to the 19th tilt. we are informed that Commodore Bruce has entered into treaty with every native chief in the Bight of Benin for the abolition of the slave trade, protection of missionaries, &c. The blockade is entirely withdrawn, except at Whydah, and there it will not last long, as Commander Forbes, of the Phi lomel, has gone to Abomey to treat with the King of Dahomey. The capture of Lagos brought about these happy results. The chiefs, who six months ago would have killed any English officer who had the misfor tune to be thrown in their power, now hail us as their best friends, swear the slave trade shall never be renewed in their territories, and desire nothing but merchant ships for legal traffic. Commander Forbes, additional of the Penelope steam-frigate (Commodore Bruce's ship), is very se riously ill with dysentery at Abbeokuta; great doubts are entertained of his recovery. The Harlequin,l2, Commander Wilmot, is sickly in consequence of her boats having been employed in the rivers. The sickness is not of a fatal character. She has gone to the southward to refresh her crew. An English merchant at Accra bas, it is alleged, been sent to Sierra Leone to be tried for slave dealing. Capin Lyster, of the Penelope, has quite reco vered from the wounds received at Lagos. • • The Wasp, 14, Commander Crozier, arrived at Sierra Lebte on tWo 10th*Of March froth Ascension, and Commander Crozier Was invalided home on the 13th. 111r. I Bonha`m, the Commodore's flag•lieute. nant, is appointed•acting commander of the Wasp • ; and Mr. Bruce, mute; :acting flag-lieutenant. Mr. De Kantzoii, mate' Of the Volcano, is appointed to the Wolverine." Mr. Wright, clerk of the Philomel, to the Water. witch, as acting paymaster and purser, vice Cum. ming, returned tcrEngland. Assistant-Surgeon James Henry, from the Pene lope, to the Dolphin. Second Master Robinson, of the Myrmidon, to the Tortoise, vice Green, to the Myrmidon. Assistant-Surgeon Govett, of the Penelope, to the Myrmidon, vice Mangle, to the Tortoise. The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, w ill be the next vessel home from the Coast f Africa squadron. Fitemouru, APRIL 9.—The Augusta Schneider, a very fine new barque, of 420 tons, which sailed from this port yesterday for Australia, has taken out to that colony the first expedition of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company, comprising, with officials, miners, women and children, not less than 130 persons. Besides these passengers, the Augusta Schneider has loaded a large quantity of effective mining materials and machinery, and a considerable amount in gold specie, all under the charge of Mr. W. H. Ritchie. Three of the directors of the company (Messrs. Rich, Horucastle, and Hanson) made a special visit to the Augusta Schneider prior to her daparture, which has taken place „under favourable auspices of wind and weather. SHEERNESS, APRIL 10.—Her Majesty's paddle wheel steam-frigate Cyclops, 6, chief engineer Mr. William Chillcott r has been removed from the dry dock to the west side of the fitting basin, underneath the sheers. She wits taken into dock on the 20th of January, and has consequently required nearly eleven weeks' work on her to make good her defects. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-yacht Black Eagle, Mr. Sohn E. Petley, master, passed by here on Thursday evening, en route to Portsmouth, for the purpose of attending on the First Lord of the Admi ralty,'who pays an official visit to that port next week. Her Majesty's screw-steam-frigate Horatio, 24, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, will proceed, on Thursday nest, on an experimental cruise, in order to try her machinery to the. fullest extent, and the efficiency of her screw propeller. The officers and crew, hulked on board• the St. Lawrenee.during the time she has been in the dock, were turned over to her on Saturday. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Avon, 3, Mr. Alfred Veitch second master, tender to the Im pregnable, flag-ship at Devonport, made her number on Friday morning, and proceeded on her voyage to the westward. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Amphion , 34, chief engineer Mr. George Elcock, is complete in her rig. Sh e wasremoved yesterday from the fitting basin to th e d r y d oc k r ece ntly occupied by the Cy clops, fair the purpose of having her bottom cleaned. livir H . rlkl_ajeaty' s paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrtle, Lnpregnabl W. 6.aßt o n u in rc e h A ie .r, r i ,. , m o a n st s e e r r , vi l c e e ft fo p r or t t h f e or Chatham yesterday dockyard, and returned ' Able fl oland Wilson, of her Majesty's ship The Rev. . a m the afternoon. supersede the - R 4 e g v sbip Devonport, will in a fe w days . 4 . W.. Kirby as chaplain of Sheer ness Dockyard_ 1812, ab.0u t an to d r w e t a i s r e a Kirby entered her Majesty ,s th e post from" which I:I are informed, verse navy on the Ist of ,j, r in • performed) on the 30:11 of e int d e u d tie to s of which he has faithfully appointed A great number of the.timbers of her M informed that the Order in Council defective, sjesty's and that her repairs will occupy a 3: August,ship lvLe eha an l v dBee2rbeen e , v , pe riod of time. considerable relative to t h e he w plat cf . remuneratiu g the mune- 7"; "..;- tens and pursers of her Majesty's navy has been signed by the proper authorities. The details thereof have not yet been made public. The Duke of Northumb e rl an d, a c companied by several members of the ne w B oar d o f Admirely, will visit the various dockyards during the present week. Mr. Stafford, M.P., the secret iry, Colonel Green, the Chi e f Director of Work., and Mr. H. J. Grant, have departed from Whitehall on an official visit to Ports mouth and Devonport. Commander Shepherd M'Cormick (1841) died on Sunday, the 28th tilt., at New Ross, kVexford, Ire land. He served in many parts of the globe during the late war, and was ongeged in many hard-fought actions. He was last employed in the St. George, 120, and was superseded from that ship at his own request. Lieutenant Andrew Robert Dunlap (1842) died a few days since. He passed seven years of his pro fessional career on the west coast of Africa, where he was present at the capture of 34 s l avers . Alto gether, he served 15 years in tropical climates. While in the Eclair he was one of the first attacked with fever, and although he recovered, his constitu tion received shock, the effects of which were never removed. His last employment was in command of her Majesty's steamer Acheron, on the coast of Ire land, in 1847, during the famine in that part of the United Kingdom. The brig Isabella, of Whitby, Grainger, master, bound for Rochester, got on shore on the Sheerness Middle Ground on the Bth inst. at nine A.M., h avin g at the time all her canvas spread, including topmast and topgallant studding sails. Shortly after,, veering round upon tide, she let go her anchor. The hands were ordered to the pumps, and she remained ashore until eleven A.M., striking heavily. Whilst getting in her anchor she again took the ground, but shortly afterwards, floated off, and proceeded cadier voyage. The schooner, Elizabeth and . m aib i lt o f Whitby, laden with a cargo of coal for Lon on, ran on shore on the morning of the 9th inst. on the Black Tail Sand, a little below the beacon. Some hands belong ing to the smacks in the vicinity were employed to lighten her, and a portion of her cargo having been thrown overboard she got off at high water yesterday, and proceeded on her voyage to London. As a caution to the masters of vessels trading to this port, we would strongly advise them not to at tempt to pass on the north side of the Sheerness Mid dle Ground buoy (which lies nearly midway between the Great and Little Nore) before half flood, or after half ebb tide, especially when the sea runs high, un less their ships are light. On the south side of the Middle Ground there is from 20 to 28 feet water, while on the north side, at low water, there is only from 13 to 17 feet water. THE BIRKENHEAD. (From the Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. It is with sorrowful feelings and with a heart ful of sympathy for those bereft of friends and kindred by the dread stroke of fate that we take up our pen to comment upon the rueful and appaling loss attend ing the wreck of H.M.S. Birkenhead. Fain would we shun the task, but the service look to us for some in formation, and we have gone to some trouble and ex pense in the endeavour to show a desire to fully meet their wishes, as our supplement will amply testify. The loss of the ship is accurately and circumstan tially detailed in the morning papers, therefore it is unnecessary we should recapitulate those details. But we are in posses ion of da'a touching the cha racter of the Birkenhead which t he d aily journalists are not, and can assist in doing that which the me tropolitan press has taken but a partial view of in at tempting to establish, viz i —a cause for the happen ing of the harrowing disaster. Most of our brethren journalists have, with more or less precipitancy, placed the blame on the Master Commanding (Mr. Salmond), and attach the cause of the catas trophe to his supposed hugging of the shore to save time and distance in the discharge of his important duty. We do not believe such to have been his cul pability. We know the Birkenhead to have ever been a most dangerous vessel to steer, in consequence of which vital fault she had been very nearly lost on more than one occasion previously. We know from the best of evidence personal acquaintance — that her compasses would not act under, the com monest circumstances, and were always, or nearly always, in error; we know the Birkenhead has been swung round the entire circle at Spithead three times, and her compasses have never showed the shadow, even, of a movement! We know, further, that on another occasion, whilst at sea, so utterly impossible was it for the Master to navigate the ship owing to the attraction of the iron upon the compasses, that the Master was compelled for safety to take them up into the mizen top to endeavour to steer the ship by them ! With :such facts as these (for they are facts, and have all been duly reported to the proper authorities at the time) staring us in the face, and many more which we could adduce in support of our reason [See the letter of " G. H. G.," and a paragrap h Shipping quoted from the SIC •Gazette, ng in another column] for believing th ere was so mething wrong with the ship more than with her commander, we are inclined to put a very mitigated construction upon the reports of others as to the apparent want of discretion on the commander's part in the matter of the r o u te . s teered. • It is impossible -to - d escr ib e th e sensation this melancholy event has occasioned in this port, to which nearly all the crew belonged. The dock yard has been the 'Scene of many heartrending exhibitions of grief; and' numerous have been t he applicatiens"for'informati on b y wi dows and orphatis. The Port-Admiral an d Ad m i ra l-S u Perintendent have evinced the utmost anxiety and readiness to render all the information in their power, and to alle viate as far as in their ability lies the distress occa sioned by this unlooked-for calamity. The Birken head was an iron steam-vessel, of 1,400 tone, built by Laird, of Birkenhead, for a steam frigate, but so far from being enabled to carry a battery of guns, she could not carry her coals ! was consequently converted in to a troopship, op held-hi which c h arac t e r she never en joyed a good reputation, as many officers who have sailed a a ppointments in her can testify. She sp, in left this port last on the 2d of January, on which day she victualled as her own troop service complement aae Masters Mr. 129 persons, her apporti one d complement b e i ng 131. Salmond r an k e d a mong the most of th e R oya l N avy . His latter skilfulAs an o v f ig th t o services were in the Retribution steam-frigate, and the Vengeance, 84, under Captains Lushington and t h e Earl of Harwicke ; then the Fisgard, 42, at Woolwich, from which ship he was appointed to the command of the Birkenhead on the Bth of February, 1851. The melancholy intelligence was published on Tuesday afternoon, and caused a sudden gloom to spread over the port, as Master-Commander R. Salmond and Mr. W. Brodie, the additional master, were well known and greatly respected in the ser vice. Mr. W. Brodie had been but recently married to a sister of W. Bunnett, Esq., of the Bank, Hard, Portsea. Mrs. Salmond is residing at Gosport. Her grief we will not attempt to intrude upon. The chief engineer, Mr. W. WYndhatn, and the assistant-engi neers, were also known to many in this quarter. Many of the officers who were drowned were well known to the officers of the garrison here. Cornet Rolt, of the 12th Lancers, Was th e son o f P eter R o lt, Esq., the contractor, who has b ecome a cand i date f or the borough of Woolwich, and all feel deeply for the loss he has sustained. Although no amount of pecuniary benevolence can compensate for the loss_ s_ociety an d t h 3 country has sustained by this frightfulaccident, yet we re j oice at the noble spirit manifested by the gallant and distin guished in the service, in their desire so spontaneously by manifested to alleviate . their purses some of the poignant distress w hich is the natural consequence of such a large berea vement- On Wednes , day, the very day the dire news was officially con fi rme d, Admiral Sir Thomas Brig gs , G..c.m.G., the Commander-in -Chief at this port, proposed, and his views were most warml y espoused Rear-Admiral -Superintendent Prett by Rear-Admiral.. 0 SCO ,C . B ~ that they, together with the , captains, officers, and ships' c o mpanies of her Majesty's y so ships and ves se l s a t Spit head and in Portsmouth a ur, should in demon stration of their deep , regret at the loss of the Birken head,3 pay toward subscribe one day orphans of relief of the widows and the seamen and that marines who perishedoii call hasmelancholy occasion. We are proud to add this been most readily officers acknowledged by all the. and crews of the fleet at this port, in a most eager . and spontaneous the 4( good intent" ' manner, and we hope will not stop ' here, but that every inhabitant of this mite also i port, at least, w ill contribute their towards the same object. ------- INATSMOUTH TIMES AND Other iron ships in the TO THE EDITOR, ONFATy Sir,—l beg to send you an extract from a letter I and the atmosphere it will tend to throw some light on the can s of the late disastrous loss of her Majesty's •hip Birkenhead " It is supposed that the corpuses were much out, s th u e re w ha e r a g th ed er w b i e t i i r i i have just received frolimAlE'the"CElTipTeE: as bay (Table Bay) y se . tt experienced a great variation in their oompitsati, , The capta i n of the mail [ite m:tier Bars bi ts being I verye o t ri cui un sett l ed , i op. otu oe; Y 30, ; ed. :ere Teri ..., a tg, of ~, 1. •Y. ", ~