The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-10 00:00:00

ga 11. • r,,eu called for him, and receiving no answer the witness went tiP fr air , , and from the front room she missed the snuff 2r, and in goinf,: to the hack room sh.. found Oa! the debk had bleu taken. Sho, finding that the brother knew enthing about; the matter c tiled in the police, and in the course of hall an hour ay) prix .nor returned and was g i 'en into cuq,dy. The prisoner and his brother were 21 °t " sweethearts" of her nor had she asked them to Prne and tee her. She had known them for a grr at ' L ength of t i me, t h ey h av i ng b een l o d gers in her father's Lton se . 'The prisoner, in defence, said he knew nothing about the matter, h e on ly h av i ng stepped out of the house fur the purpo'se of buying some tobacco. Coriitu said he should remand the case until einnday next, for it was one of great suspicion. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this da y.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. The buyers of y a r ns have evinced, to-day, a disposition to hesitate about business, which was not observable last week. This !! Partly a natural effect of those previous operatiets t hat have placed buyers under large engagements With sellers, and partly a consequence of less buoy !lA advices respecting cotton from the United States. Perhaps the latter cause has had more in -littence. than the former. Spinners, however, have be en_ affected only to this extent, that they have L u swified the extreme and merely nominal quo tations of last week, and showed, in many instances, more willingness to sell than they did then. But the !basket remains firm, at the full attainable prices of P ri day. Any offers below these are at once de• e„ uDed by producers, who feel very much at ease respecting further contracts just now. The preceding statements are chiefly applicable to water twist in the Warp and the bundle, to pin-cops and cop twist, and to reeled mule below 40's. The overland accounts have somewhat strengthened 40's and 50 's ; and there is a hardeni ng i n such yarns as are adapted to the Brad ford trade. Some counts of doubled are fully as high as before. As goods have been all along in the rear of yarn, they are less affected than yarns by the American accounts. Domestics continue to be aeglected ; but for various other fabrics there is a fair demand, at the previous rates. The India merchants are operating in T cloths, 40-inch jacconets, and the lower qualities of 40. inch shirtings; and, as the pro duction o f th ese s hi r ti ngs i s greatly diminished, their i valu e i s s li g htly i m p rove d. We are glad to observ e that the present advices from Calcutta indi cate a more marked change for the better in that market than th e p rev i ous accounts did. In con beifion with business at Bombay, we give the f :4 ` c) , l9 i.sg remarks from Ritchie, Stuart , and s circular as to the stocks that are there held of Manchester goods :—" Of Manchester i? ( As and y ar d s th e s t oc ks are probably lower than t hey have ever b een k nown at this period of our active s ft s° l3 .. An attempt has been made by our Chamber of Commerce to take stocks on the 31 st Dec ember last, and we are glad to say that an appeal to irn tess for th e r e quisite details, under assurance a hat they should meet the eye of the secre t ary onl y na De destroyed after registry, was cordially re traded t o with two or three exceptions. The result, ugh not yet fully known, quite confirms the im ro es siDD we had entertained that stocks of almost all zesselsester goods were extremely light. The prone ,B! of natives to exaggerate figures, and the combi th"DD was exists among them, coupled with the fact . at for information respecting sales and stocks in di nerent hands holders have had hitherto to depend a g oo d 3 deal en the reports of these dealers, have sot failed oft en t o induce parties to make sacrifices on Wa nt Were really slight grounds, and it is therefore e minently desirable that we should have such a guide is Proposed by the chamber in the taking of unsold sto o k s • ta e In importers' hands once in six months, viz., on 31st December, when the season is at its height, g o ods, 3 0th June, whet), there being no outlet for any 15° °j 8 , sales are almost entirely suspended. ."CHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been another ' Ve ry dull market to-day in flannels, without any Change in prices. The price of wool has bean fully Ills intained, but the demand has been very limited. b lIALIPAg, SATURDAY.—Our piece ha i l has been tit thinly attended to-day, and the business trans red h as b een very li m ited. The yarn market is 1 3? as depressed, and working short time is ra p idl y oti,lte ading•- Wool changes hands slowly , and in the c m iddle and lower qu a litie s there is scarcely so much "tailless. L IMACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY, MARCH 9.—We have ..c 1 an improved demand for silk manufactured rods the last few days, and sales of some descriptions 145 been considerable. Thrown silks are more iu , tlaired for, and prices are looking up. Some large tarcels have been taken for continental account. aly Silks—The market remains about the same as . ""Li'ePOrted, with moderate business doing. 141 3DDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—In the Cloth Hall we the had an i m provement upon last week's market, demand being chiefly for light mixture doeskins a nd crapes f or th e spring trade. Rather more has b een don e i n th e ware houses during the week. Ship 110bers are at present not doing much. Wools have eil more in demand, at about the same prices as last v e ek• Generally there has been more doing, and a litter feeling has pervaded the market than tor some ° le past, and prospects of a good spring trade are generally held out. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE. LONDON. It statement was issued at the conclusion of last E mployers by the Central Committee of the Association of of Operative Engineers, according to i l Y nich it a pp eare d th a t upwards of 7,000 workmen t ti signed the " declaration," and resumed work in efelhoPa of members, up to and including the 28 th ebruary, of whom more than 1 , 200 had done so ‘4lliondon shops alone ; but a statement furnished to he l executive committee of the Amalgamated Society, githe dispute committees of the different metro o districts, of the number of skilled ibWorkmen who had resumed work after sign hit the declaration, up to Saturday last, ex -4_14 a very different result. It is not given as a cti but as a close approximation to the truth; and, "oracing fourteen of the largest factories in London lig, its neighbourhood, is, as follows, viz.:—Mauds nY 8 , 52 ; Penn's (exclusive of " casuals"), 38 ; '4obinson and Russell's, 27 ; Seaward's, 4 ; Swayne .mod Boyars 43; Easton and Amos's , 29 ; Simp ao'si29 ; Blyth's, 45; Miller and itavenhill's, 34; 6, la c ill's, 10; Myddletor.'s, 8 ; Scott's, 9 ; Horn's, Grisseles, 10 : total, 344, composed of fitters, e recters, turners, pattern makers, moulders, and 'Nth& It will be observed that there is a die. ere r'inoy between this statement and that issued athe em pl o yers of not less than 900 men, ~"ieh would not be accounted for even if the whole woer of " labourers" (unskilled) at first thrown ~:"4 . t of work were included in the former ; alt hou g h it • Known that about two-thirds of their number still branches, idle. The number of society m en of all of the iron trades included in t he smaller fetal .4 =ad.' to be under twenty ; and as the relief the socie a ty exhibit no decrease in th e nutn ber of applicants , lad as it is known that no consider able. accession of s k illed labour has been der i ve d f rom th e provinces, a doubt necessarily arises as to the ACCUracy in detail of th e statements furnished by both parties, although both, probably, m i g ht be made to tally by proper explanatio ns . It is not unlikely that the seal state,of the case will not be known until after he tiixination of the strike. , WOLVERTON- . On. Monday evening a public meeting, of about ' 5OO individuals , Principally i wor ' e kr a sls ie tm on! lected with the ex tensive works b e l onging to the -1 2,uo'don and Norib..W e stern Railway Com p any, took 'roe at Wolverton, to co nsider the cour se necessary ''''be- adopted in co nse q uence of the prolonged exist .euce of the dispute between the engineers And their ISlOyerS Mr. S. Dawes, an operative, ' took' he Abair'ind Messrs. Newton and Usher, who attended as a deputation from the executive council of the meeting at con- Malgamated Society, addres sed the Bid erable length in explanation of the views and pro.. c eetlings . of that body . Ultimately the following re -801 • talon was unanimously adopted 'Resolved—That this meeting fully concurs in the witd of the proceedings of the of Amalgamated Society t i l 4 ogineers, &e., and is of opinion the, the conduct .a .e. el : employers is unjust and tyrannical in requiring allowing • th; ra tion to be signed by their workmen before f ,: itt to resume employment; and this meeting theret ti c ;• o pledges itself to contribute towards the support o_ -e workmen, by weekly subscriptions, till the cud of I xottest." s . _ T UT . IT th e 4t .-.UNGARIAN MUSICAL CoMPANY :7 - Last night Jan.if,st of a series of six concerts was given at the St. th e 8 Theatre, by the Hungarian Musical Company, under co direction of Ms Kalozdi. It is well known that this 1311) "v has already t ed withgreat success in t he - per orin d NI capitals of Europe, and their merits hive met with tiglll- re , cognition in this country. Their performances last and were characterised markede same energy of execution a „., Laultless harmony which their former appearance, and the audience gave frequent manifestation of its favourable • rtin by a hearty applause at the close of each piece. Th!, k a le consisted of selections from Flotow, Kalozdi, Verdi, ez i ,„ ltli ni. Strauss ; most of them being encored. M. Kalozdi's as ic — e ltien as a violinist possesses rare merit, and . the , clear, Th e Viotes of Horanyi's cornet never failed to eAcit app,ause. &ri m ""se was exceedingly well attended, and amongst the prinocratic visitors we noticed his Serene Highness the ce of Nassau. The Duchess of Somerset, Comte Buol dicittuenstein (Austrian Minister), Marquis d' Aze g lio (Sar .Ceco" Minister), Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Ashburton, t ° Blondot1; Lord Cranborne, Baron tie Paviavicini, tra tec E WEAR BAIL—On Friday mil ning, the en- A i m to the river Wear presented a spectacle nor, witnessed baav ng I ° 4 W a long year, a spectacle calculated to cast dis eep-re into the minds of the shipowners and mechanics, but os,, e . i allPof shopkeepers, and more especially still of the lloth . : 111 of property in Sunderland That spectacle was 111 1 1 1 1 g less than a sand bar visible above water, across the Sa t irCe to the river Wear 1 Right across the harbour the the "t up its back, and only close out by the north pier on a byt °,t , e aide, and by the south pier on the other, was there arteC in g like a channel ; whil s t in e ach of these channels, .juaa they were, a coble was aground, drawing only some -.Water, Sunderland News. J Ili; -GL - Yr. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Silt,—England has for some time been ringing with a new nomenclature---a vocabulary of strange and warlike terms. Who done not hear Lily of the " Minis rifle," of " Colt's zevolvers," the " Carabins a 'lige," and the " Prussian needle-gun ?" Permit me, Sir, to offer a few remarks on the lest mentioned of these war-weapons. That the English people should regard with apathy this great improvement in fire-arms is very natural. A long habitude of peace has rendered us indifferent to aught that relates to war or its implements. But there is a grand fact connected with this new invention, which, when fully known to the people of this country, I make bold to affirm, will startle them from their attitude of apathy, and be hailed by all—even the most devoted friends of the " peace doctrine—with a joyous enthusiasm. That a Board of Ordnance should have made trial of this weapon and rejected it, is to many who have given their attention to the subject a matter of extreme wonder. The objections said to have been raised have proved to be utterly groundless. The action of the Prussian Government is proof enough of itself. They are /aging aside a rifle quite as good as that which we are now adopting. They have armed 50,000 of their soldiers with the needle-gun, and still continue to arm others, and this after years of experiment- , , some of which have been made on the field of battle ! Is the Prussian Treasury plethoric ? or is it the nature of that practical people to be thus playing with an expensive toy ? To enumerate the advantages which the needle gun possesses over all other weapons of the kind would require a column of your journal. It embraces all the improvements which they claim. It equals any of them i❑ " range and direction," but in " quick ness of loading," the main feature in a war weapon, it is beyond all comparison their superior. This superiority it has obtained by having accomplished that end so long desired, and hitherto so fruitlessly attempted, a perfect system of " breech loading." It can be reloaded and fired ten times in the minute. You may load running or riding, standing or sitting, kneeling or crouching—in short in any position, and with as much ease as you could take a pinch of snuff from your box or a cigar from your case. It is not too much to say that it can be loaded and fired with twice the rapidity of any other gun. It is not too much to say that 50,000 men with this weapon would be a match for nearly twice their number armed with any other yet known ; nor is it too much to assert that volunteers thus armed will be a match, man for man, with the best-drilled troops of the line. This last assertion brings us to the " grand fact" to which I have alluded. I am no lover of war. My heart throbs in unison with the preachers of peace, and I have no sympathy with the mere professional soldier. I cannot therefore contemplate the results which this invention may bring about without emotions of sublime pleasure. lam full of confidence that if it do not altogether ten - aurae the red and ruthless game of war, it will carry us a long step towards that de sired end. It will at least make war less expensive. .It will strip the world's tyrants of all excuse for maintaining those great armies—body-guards for butchery and blood—those incubi of the earth, that, like vast vampires, sit upon the bosom of civilization and society. I repeat tee affirmation, that an army of volunteers freshly drawn from their ploughs, their shops, and their looms, with this weapon in their hands, will be a match, man for man, with the oldest troops. What advantage would the one side have over the over ? The manege of the needle- gun is so simple that the raw recruit may be taught in a single week to handle it with as much ability as the soldier of twenty years' practice. What advantage then in standing armies, and systems of drill—farther than a few simple move ments to prevent bodies of men from becoming mobs, and shooting one another ? The whole tactic of war as hitherto practised will be changed in the next great battle of the world. The touch of the elbow, the squareness of the shoulders, and the toes turned out, may still remain the farce of the parade ground, but they can no longer influence the fate of the fight. The sabre may sleep in its sheath. No more shall be heard the charging cheer or the crash of the crossing bayonets. Farewell to the showy front, to the square and the cavalry charge. Woe to the close column that would attempt to force a field-work or fortifica tion ! Death —certain death—to its divisions as they advance upon those blazing embrazures. Woe to the serried line that would move over the open ground that intervenes between two hostile armies. Its files would be blanked, its dressing deranged, and its glittering ranks scattered like chaff by the death dealing detonations of the zundnadelgewchr. I am, Sir, &c., MAYNE REID. COURT CiitCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ito) al children, walked and rode in the grounds at Osborne yesterday. The Han. Colonel and Mrs. Grey had the honour of receiving an invitation to dinner. Lord Hastings bad an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Bishop of London bad also an interview with the Noble Earl. A deputation, consisting of Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P.; Mr. Leslie, Chairman of the Coachmakers' Committee; Mr. Booker, Mr. John W. Peters, Mr. John Robson, and Mr. H. Turner, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Messrs. Powles and Schneider, from the Port Philip and Colonial Mining Company, had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. A joint deputation from the Electric Telegraph Com pany and the Irish Sub-marine Telegraph Company, bad an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Lord Ers kine, Mr. Sirr, Mr. G. Latham Browne, and Colonel Wylde, directors; Mr. West, engineer; and Messrs. Ro bert Wilson and L. H. Winckworth, soicitors. The Earl of Devon had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Oxford University Commission bad a meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord us the Treasury, in Downing -street. Present, the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem broke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, the Rev. Professor Puvreli, and the Rev. A. P. Stsntoy (,secretary). Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, bad au interview yesterday with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received at the Colonial -office yes terday, from the Governors of the North American pro vinces. ---- --- SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. Mr. Phelps, whose judicious and painstaking e fforts to maiotuin the reputation of the legitimate drama have commanded the (wirers-31 resp , ct and approbation of the playgoing world, received a signal testimonial of the appreciation entertained of his merits, both as an actor and a manager, in the overflowing audience that greeted his benefit last evening. There was not an available spot unoccupied in any portion of the house. He sus tained the character of James the Sixth in the recently produced piece of that name. Of the manner in which the part of that singular monarch, who wds one of the rarest specimens of a combination of the knave and, fool that history presents, is played by Mr. Phelps, it is suf ficient to say that it equals in talent his personation of Sir Pertinax M'Sycaptuint, to which there is nothing superior on the modern stage. DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Hopeful Stakes. Anteverta 1 King David ... 2 Eaton Hyacinth Knook Knoll Won by half a length. Doncaster Handicap. ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 ... ••• ... ... ••• •• • 2 Eleven run. Won easy. ---.......- fctr H rt o T use LEES.—Died cuntof on Sun day, iS' I DEATHa rc h OF SIR 1.---f------- t Blaci:‘r Y Dublin, the Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, aged 75 yea'rs. He - is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, John Lees, Esq., who marr ied the daughter of General Sir J ames Caldwell, K.C.B vin of Beachlands , Is le of Wight. Sir H arcourt Lees as ' w known for ma n y y ears as an ener getic and fearless writeron the most exc i t ing topics of the day.—D u b lin E rui n t ai a L A BISHOP.—On Thursday night but profane thieves effected an entrance into Auckland Palace, whil s t couPl.e ROBBING of expert its inm,..tes were all in bed. Af ter Evenn g scourin ' th e culinary,and re c ep tion a p art ments without pro fit to themselves or loss to episcopacy, they ascended to th e Bisbop of Durham and Mrs. Maltby There the irrevere nt scam p s fou nd their way i n n e t x o t t s h t e o r r e o y o . m notwithstanding the very natural inquiry slept; and thence, 55 there," they managed con_ tire, carrying off with them to from Mrs. Mrs. Maltby, " wh o w the bishop's purse. The where the . tents, however, probably disapp ointed the rogues, as they are reported not to have exceeded three pounds. Next day the Bishop en t er t a ined the ju.!ges on circuit. ofT E FFECT S OF PASSION. M ARLBOR OUG II. -- SER-r. - 8 —On Wednesda last, as Mr. Wiles, alteration he was his garden, superintending little and LI Head , some him L making, an altercation ensued between of passion the watchmaker, was in baker, whose garden adjoined, and in the heat latter struck Mr. Wiles a violent blow nn t he face w_itl f-zgot stick, and se r i ous l y fr ac t u red his skull. 111 r :,w wayile i mm ediately fell insensible to the ground; medical aid s p e edily obtained, but not th e least hopes are at present en tertained of his recovery. Mr. Head wit', t a ken into custody fs i by the police to await the event.— Western Flying Post. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT STILL AT BEsToL.— The o ffi cer s of excise at Bristol succeeded on Sunday iii seizing an illicit still, which was being worked in the under ground cellar of a house in Pipe-lane, Temple-street. Thy still, with several tubs of wash, some spirit: co l our ing mat' ter, &c., were all carried off and forfeited to the Crown, and a man named Maden, who confessed to b e i ng the owner of the property, was taken before the magist rates, an d com mitted fur three months to hard labour. 62!)( 1 1 , 'TtNG NOTFS No. CLXXXV. THE DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. From tho arrivals at the beat of act jou, I am enabled this evening to give a more correct list of starters for to-morrow's events than appeored in yesterday's impression. The Betting-room Stakes wili commerce the business of the day, and will be contested by Auld Acquaiutanco, Anteverta, Ulrica, Bold Davie, Lady Agnes, Dalton, The Shadow, Annie Laurie, and perhaps Sir Charles Napier. ULRICA and THE SHADOW are in capital form, and it is not improbable may knock over the crack, ANTETERTA. The field for the Grand National Steeplechase will be composed of Sir Peter Laurie, Chieftain, View Hal loo (d), Ace of Trumps, The Little Queen, Bourton, Miss Mowbray, A. Y., and it is said Half-and-half, and one or two others; but this I doubt very much. MY colours are nailed to the mast, wick CHIEFTAIN, MISS MOWBRAY, and SIR PETER LAURIE as first, second, and third; and as the courie is but a short three and a half miles in length, with ho serious jumps in it, the best flat racer of the three will be the winner. The entries for the Northern Steeplechase having come to hand, I am enabled to state, that THE REITER is pretty near l y a cer t a i n ty for it, and Slapdash and Cho rister are his mast formidable opponents. The Optional Selling Stakes lies between JACK RAG and Miss FANNY. Considering the large number of the sporting frater nity that have exported themselves to Doncaster, the market is in a very lively condition, the money invested on several of the horses for to-day's races being rather large. The betting on to-morrow's events rule as fol lows: Doncaster Steeplechase:-7 to 2 agst Chieftain, taken freely; 4 to 1 agat Miss Mowbray; 5 to 1 agat Sir Peter Laurie; 8 to 1 agst Little Queen; 15 to 1 agst A. Y. Betting Room Stakes :-3 to 1 agat Anteverta; 4 to 1- agst Sir Charles Napier; 5 to 1 each eget Shadow, Lady Agnes, and Ulrica. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF. THE TURF. March 10, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COVENTRY RACES.-TIIESDAY. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each and 25 added. One mile. Mr. William's Dame Tattle, 3 yrs (301) (Kendal) 1 Lord Lurgan's fby Birdcatcher (201) ...(J. Brown) 2 Mr. Smith's sister to The Macaw (301) (Sherwood) 3 Lord Lurgan's Tightwaist, 4 yrs (501) (Prince) 0 Captain Scott'sraley, 5 yrs (301) (Wells) 0 Betting-5 to 4 apt Birdcatcher filly, .and 4to 1 agst Dame Tattle. Won by half a length. The .Coventry Handicap of 10 soya. eaob, h ft, and 2 only if declared, with 40 added; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. Lord W. Scott's Warwick, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (Charlton) 1 Lord Caledon's cby Simoom, sst 121b...(Sherwood) 2 Mr. G. Henry's Butterfly, 3 yrs, sst 31b ...(Kendal) 3 Mr. W. Hale's Merry Peel, 4 yrs, Bst 71b...(Abdale) 0 Mr. G. Drew's , The Clown, 5 yrs, 7st 71b...(Knight) 0 Mr. Scott's Avia, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ...(Wells) 0 Mr. Palmer's First Fruits, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Knott) 0 Mr. Winch's Proudfoot, 3 yrs, sst 13ib (Preece) 0 Betting —3 to 1 agst • Avis, 4 to 1 each agst The Clown and Simoom colt, and 5 to 1 each agst Merry Peal, Warwick, and Proudfoot. Won by a neck; three lengths between second and third. The Craven Steeplechase of 20 sous. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 1001. added, the second to save his stake. Four Mr. Linnell's Peter, lost 10lb (Tasker) 1 Lord Lurgan's St. Helier, 9st 121 b (Archer) 2 Mr. Palmer's Victress, 9st 61h (Boyce) 3 Mr. Vever's Vainhope, lOst 12113 (Darling) 0 Mr. Newton's Kissaway, lOst 21b (Goodwin) 0 Mr. Barnett's Jack-of-all Trades, 9st 41b...(Elolman) 0 Mr. G. H. Littledale nd Seaman, 9st (Ablest) 0 Betting.-3 to 1 agat Victress, 4 to 1 each agst Kiss away and Peter, 6 to 1 each agat St. Helier and Sea man, and 100 to 4 agat Vainhope. Won by a length and a half. The Free Haudieap Hurdlerace Stakes, of 5 soya. each, and 50 added. Two miles. Mr. Davenport nd Half-aed-Half, 10st slb (Oliver) 1 Mr. G. Chapman's Ormsby, 6 yrs, 104 (Boyce) 2 Mr. Braithwaite's The Drag, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (White) 3 Mr. Sargent's Cogia, 5 yrs, list 21b (Archer) 0 Mr. Land's General, aged, lOst 61b (Owner) 0 Mr. Higgins's Maria Monk, aged, 9st 101b(Planner) 0 Won easy ty four lengths. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. DONCASTER, TUESDAY EVENING, FIVE O'CLOCK. — By the entries this afternoon our programme for to morrow and Thursday has been completed as follows: — The Doncaster Handicap of 10 soya. each, 10 ft, &e. View Halloo, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Abd-el•Kader, aged, Bst 2 1 b—The Calculator. 4 yrs, Bat 21b—Tom Holtby, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Knook-Snoll, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Kilquade, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—The Proctor, 4 yrs, ist 81b—Cogia, 6 7st 81b—The Cutler, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—La Fiancee, 5 yrs, 7st 8113—Abbess of Jerveaux, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Ischia, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—B cby Red Deer, out of sister to Porto Bello, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Finesse, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b—B cby Irish Birdcatcher, out of Flower-of-the-Tees, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Mary Anu, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Tom Pinch, 3 yrs, 6st Ilb—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, Est lib—Hyacinth, 3 yrs, Est 11b—Cleveland, 3 yrs, 6st lib—Snowdrop, 3 yrs, sst 101b—St. Michael, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Dismay, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Lizzy, 3 yrs, sst 81b. The Hopeful Stakes of 5 soya, each, and 50 added, for two yrs old. C by Retruan Platoff, dam by Don John—Anteverta —Mra. John—Goorkah—Dick Turpin—Br f by Lunar• oost, out of Beverlac's dam—King David—Bold Davie —Ace of Trumps—Bell Tinker—Br f by lon, out of Rod Tape — Baton—Poetess—Pastryeook—Broughton. The Sheffield and Rotherham Stakes of 5 sous. eacb, and 40 added. Selina, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Pro c to r , 4 yrs, Bst 2 1 b — Hard Labour, 5 yrs, Bst—Miss Flyaway, 4 yrs, Bst—Miss Fanny, 4 yrs 7st 101 b—b aby Red Deer, out of Sister to Porto Belle , 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Merry Maid, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—b eby Melbourne, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—The Twin, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, Est 131b—Tbe Sur veyor, 3 yrs, 6st 91 b—Brawn, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—St. Mi chael, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Don Carlos, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—Lizzh 3 yrs, 651. The Municipal Stakes of 5 atm. each and The and 40 added. Mr. R. Brigg's Slapdash (300-Mr. Setter (301.)—Mr. S. H al l' s Jack R ag (301.) —Mr. Baker's Emma (30/.) The Innkeeper 4 Stakes of 3 sows. each, and 3 0 added. Mr. J. Ryder's Lady Hesketh (200 —Mr. J. Pear's Ariel (200—Mr. Baker's Emma (200 —Mr. H. Steb hing's Cerito (301.)—Mr. Haywood's Houghton Lass (201.) THURSDAY. The Grand National Steeplechase. British Yeoman, aged, list 71b—Peter Simple, aged, 1 lsr 31b—Vainhope, aged, list 21b—Lucy Neale, aged, list 21b—Sir Peter Laurie, aged, 11st 11b—Abd-el- Kader, aged, 1 lst—Chiett a i n 6 yrs, lOst fib—Bed ford, 6 yrs, 10st 101a—F er nhill, aged, lOst 101b—View Halloo, 6 yrs, lOst 91b—Maria Day, aged, 10st 81b — Hardwick, aged, 10st 71b—Warner, aged, lOst 61h—Ace of Trumps, aged, lOst 61b—Half and-Half, aged, lOst 61b —The Little Queen, 6 yrs, lOst 51b—Bourton, 6 yrs, lOst 4.b --Miss Muwbray, aged, 10st 31b—Littl© Paul, aged, 10,r.—Joan of Arc, 6 yrs, lOst—Venture, aged,9st 101b — A Y., 5 yrs, 9s; 71b—Little John, 6 yrs, 9st 71b—Maria Murk, aged, 9.t 51b—Jack-ot-all-Trad es , aged, 9st 31b-- Perjury, 5 yrs, 9st 31b—Everton, aged, 9st 31b—Buscot, 6 yrs, 9st—Sir Alexander, 5 yrs, 9st. The Betting-room Stakes of 5 sovs. each for two and three yrs old. Auld Acquaintance, 2 yrs—Senorita, 3 yrs—Gal vanism, 3 yrs—Anteverta, 2 yrs—Mrs. John, 2 yrs— Ulrica, 3 yrs.—Bold Davie, 2 yrs—Lady Agnes, 3 yrs— Dalton, 3 yrs—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs—Shadow, 3 yrs—b c by H. Platoff, dam by Blacklook, 2 yrs—Annie Laurie, 2 yrs—Diamond, 3 yrs. The Northern Steeplechase. The Reiver (301.) aged—Little Jane (30/.)—Dandy Jem (1001.) 6 yrs—Slapdash (751) aged—Chorister (301)—Mercury (301.) aged—Paddy (301) aged gilt or-street (301) aged—Miss Taffe (301.) aged. Optional belling Stakes of 3 soya. and 40 added. The Setter (30Z) 4 yrs—Jack Bag, late Mogador (30t) aged—Cerito (30/.)3 yrs—Miss Fanny (301.) 4 yrs. The following horses have arrived :—Chieftain, Sir Peter Laurie, Mogador, View Halloo, Little Queen, Shadow, St. Michael, Calculator, Lady Hesketh, Annie Laurie, The Proctor, La Fiancée, Paquetta, Anteverta, Abbess of Jerveaux, c out of Flower of the Tees, Dal ton, Sir Charles Napier, Knook Knoll, King David, Bold Davie, Chorister, Hyacinth, Eaton, Poetess, The Twin, Ulrica, Surveyor, Sisyphus, Lady Agnes, The Setter, Reiver, Miss Taffo, Miss Fanny, A. Y., Paddy, and Emma. Some others ar e Cexepreitcot,edSlfarpcmdash Coventry.zz SUICIDE OF A FEMALE AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE --Yesterday evening Mr. W. J. Payne held an inquest at the Union Inn, Union-street, Blackfriars, on the body of Johanna Driscoll, aged 34. The deceited, who was well known in the saloons in the neighbourhood of the Strand, where she had acquired the cognomen of " Happy Jack," was formerly in very good circumstances, but had latterly been not very well ofi; a nd fre q uentl y said she would throw herself over Waterloo - br id g e, and had, in fact, about four years since attempted to des tro y herself b y that means, but was rescued, having sustained a fra cture of one of the thighs from coming in contact with one of the buttresses of the bridge. A statement of this circumstance had appeared in nantl the daily papers at that time, and the deceased carefully pre served a copy of the paragraph, which she now and then amused herself with by reading it to her friends. On Friday 3', .Im , der the impression that morning,ahl esrtishe seemed more depressed than usual, and on Saturday piles of Blackfriars, about four o'clock, she left her lodging rather indig one of them, as if in " she had been treated by landlady with dead, t h e j u r e: about nine o'clock, contumely , and was not again seen until four hours. Several witnesses when she was discovered between the 4reaptuprenerdeda dggoet i p n i t e o r, , t w he ith wa h t e e r r h t a h n er d e cwlaasspnedotrsouufand been in the water for three or drowned ; but how she t having proved the above facts to have death. She was then quite That the deceased was found dent evidence to show." " SWINGING" Tu GREAT B RITAIN. this splendid craft l e ft th e quay to wh ich --Yesterday s•ene weeks laying, f or th e purpose ofh she had been f o r adjusted by observ a ti on . Th e operation having her compasses is ;Ind important one. lhi s floating castlewea most in terest i ng point of the comp a s s , an d t h e b ear i ngs of ta e swung to ev er y at tained to the great es t n i ce t y . A se l ect part y cmnPasses witness the process, and a ll t oo k a d eep interest waspresent t o pro ceedings, and were d e li g ht e d to fi n d that despite in the amount the o f local attraction in thi s l ev i a th an s hi p , h ercomp ren dered as perfect as th ose o f any cra f t a fl oat. T i r e s were wa s lined throughout the op era ti on b y i n t eres t e d spect ator quay Amongst those on board we ob serve d M r . R o b er t Bri t,s. B r istol, Mr. Samuel Bright, of Li ver p oo l, an d other of her splendid owners, as also Captain Claxton, to whose spirited exertions!t,Dundrum Bay may be attributed the preservation of the ship.—Liverpool Standard. FT FCTPTINT nu ..., , • ', TE 1,1 IGENCE. - DuleSfee Co U N iY. DoREUESTER, TUESDAY.—The Right Hon. George Makes, her Majesty's Judge-Advocate-General, was re elected for the county of Dorset to-day without opeoei tine. Although it was well known that such would be the case, the borough functionaries swere in no less than 100 special consieblee, who, surrounding the hustings, gave a singular idea of the freedom of election. Not the slightest distuibauce occurred, nor was there any opposition ( ffered to the Right Hon. Gentleman, the mob indulging themselves with an occasional prose commentary on the speeches, to which the Hon. Mem ber frequently took occa s i on to reply. Mr. BANKES (having b een nominated b y M r . Farqu harson and seconded by M r. Percher, two county ma gistrates, who spoke hi g hl y of his services at quarter sessions, and having been declared duly re-elected) proceeded to thank the electors for the honour they had done him, and to assure them that, as he bad heretofore endeavoured, so he would continue his endeavours to promote the interests of them all. His hon. proposer and seconder had spoken of his discharge of those official duties which he had exercised in that county; and though the important duties which he had assumed under the Crown were of a higher character, still the principle of them was the same as that on which he had hitherto acted; and though in the discharge of his new duties it would be necessary that he should at times enter personally into the presence of his Sovereign, and that with her Majesty he should have to consider those cases of a judicial cha racter which concerned the army of the kingdom, which would involve unquestionably a high responsibility, still those high and onerous duti es b rought no terrors to him, because he felt that with reg ar d to persons of high sta tion and character he should b e guided by the same principles upon which he had hitherto discharged his judicial powers towards the humblest of his fellow-sub jects. It bad been observed with regard to the new Ministry, with something, perhaps, approaching to a censure and a sneer, that a larg e proportion of it was composed of chairman of quart er - sessions. I t was most true, and, so far from thinking it a disparagement, he thought it might be viewed in a contrary light, it they reflected who were the men who were selected throughout the kingdom as chairman of quarter-ses sions. He excluded, of course, all consideration of that peculiar county, but, looking through the kingdom at large, were they not gentlemen of unblemished honour, character, and reputation? (A Voice--a No.") Were they not men who were selected throughout their but because, having had a liberal education, they had profited by that e ducation, had act or pride of birth, and were desirous of making (" T i e r :: coun tie s, habits o f n b o u t si f n o e r ss ti: their nobility hear.) And if, throughout the kingdom, men thus themselves useful to their fellow:subte c t s e—(Elear, aatiatrhgee component of its qualified wnsitam w i e e r f e er t t h h e ee m t e o n th w e l 7co w u e n r tr e y if they i f n ou t n h d es i e n a posts,ne w members? It was very true 4 7 could not com pare• • with the last. They might not find this Ministry noble titles —so men with such high and n . Ministry that such men formed th of the pride of birth or of their family connexions.—(A laugh.) In the Cabinet which had just gone out th ere were, it was true, the noble names of the B e df or d s, an d the Greys, and the Granvilles. There was n ot , t h at h e knew of, ono single chairman of the q u arter - sessions in that Cabinet; but there did belong to its political body the chairman of the quarter-sessions of the county adj a cent—the chairman of the quarter-sessions of Hamp shire, who was also the Speaker of_ the House o f Com mons; and he shoUld not offe nd the Ministry w h o b a d just retired if he said that, in the whole o f t h eir ranks, tho man who would ha regarded by men of all parties • as the flow e r o f th e ir flock was that chairman of quar ter-sessions; for he was a man who, with ki nd and effete@ deniea n our, with firm and _, had acted independentwith charac ter,(though un d ou bt e dly a party man) , independencein • his post. spirit arid honourable Though opposed Right Honourable to that .Gentleman it t h e keeping of him in his on many points in politics, , ~„ his Lair. Banker's) post as Speaker depended upon chear.) near, H e cast ing vote he should have it.- - (gea r, could he had held therefore feel that the cffice which disqualify him in tha,t., county did not in any degree In r. th the year public service which he had undertaken... . d as their representative in Par -1841 he was first retained . iting period—the different liar:neut. That was an exc balanced. The parties in the State were then nicely in power—if power it could be Whig party had been called —f or a cons id era bl e number of years, but th e i r majoriti es were so s l en der an Government, and the e y d uncertain that t h e hardly deserved the name of a wonder of all was h o w they had existed so long.— (Laughter.) (A voice—" We'll at have r explained two ha been soon elaine soon," and l cry or "F ree trade. " ) That wonder in the p course by a circumsta nce th a t bad been revealed of the last year. It was wondered how a party appa rently so w ea k as t h e y were eo ablestuld keep so long man who had in d power, more esp ec i a lly when the been amon g th em b a d l e ft their ranks—that able m an being L or d S tanley, the pre sent Earl of Derby, an d who left them because he believed they were under mining the Protestant establishment of the country.— (No, no, and Hear, hear.) The revelation of which he spok e h a d been made during an inquiry into the bribery in the borough of St. Alban's. It appeared that au organized system of bribery had existed in that borough for many years, over which a gentleman of the name of Coppock had presided, he being the mai agent of the Gr ea t R e f orm Cl u b, whose splendid build ing in London, no doubt, they had all seen. Mr. Cop pock was the great power who had kept the Whigs for so many years in the government. He had often been heard of, often talked ' of, but never had been seen.— (Laughter.) some considered him a fabulous animal, something, like the great sea serpent. His head was sometimes seen in one borough, and his tail was found in another.—(Laughter.) He was known to encircle the kingdom, but nobody was ever able to catch hold of him. Some regarded him as an evil genius, others as a benefi cent spirit; but those were the parties who had profited by his beneficence. .He was like the'Man of Ross; he did " good by stealth, and blushed to find it fame." But at last he was discovered; the great sea serpent was pulled out by a hook that was put into his nose, and then they heard all about the great power of the Whig Government. Mr. Coppoek hall got a list of all the great boroughs of the United Kingdom. He know them all, and he knew the price of them all. (A Voice— ., What ' s the pr i ce of Dorchester?")..4Latightero) He would say somethi ng on that head, a nd he was obliged to the gentleman f or rem i nding him of it. He had no doubt read in the Times newspaper —because everybo d y reads the Times 1 (Voices, " Ne e no I") Yes, yes. (Voices, " No.") Oh, dear me, has the Times newsp a p er got out of favour here ?—(Laughter.) The times are changing indeed, if the Times newspaper is going out of favour, but whether out of favour or not, it is always true.—(No no, yes, and laughter.) Well, it con- tains truth—(No)—the whole truth—(No, no)—and a great deal more than the truth.—(Laughter.) The Times newspaper said of the boroughs of Dorchester, speaking of Bretport, Lyne, Sh a f tesbury, Weymouth, and Poo l e, that since the passing of the Reform Bill nothing could be so wretched and deplorable as their condition. Rates were unpaid, shops were shut up, houses were deserted. But, said the Times newspaper, there are two exceptions, and those are Dorchester and Wareham. (A Voici ' — n Why they're pocket borough s .")—(Laughter.) The Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded at some length to say, that in the first Reform Bi ll Wareham was wholly omitted, and Dorchester half disfranchised; that he pro tested against this, and that in the second Bill the Minis ters, finding that his protest was consistent with the truth, reinstated those boroughs. After congratulating himself on this result, and at finding that these were the only two boroughs spoken well of politically, the Right Hon. Member said he was afraid of detaining them, and. if the weather had not been so very favourable, he hardly knew that he should' have detained them so long. (A Voice—" Is that the wayp ee get in? ')—(Laughter.) He w i s hed to get in in fair weather —(Laughtet)—and he trusted that fair scathe);.. ' w ould continuo for the new Administration. (A . ei " --- " About six weeks will finish you all.) — (Loud laughter.) The friends of that gentleman in London were getting a little restless. They thought they bad been fora long time, deprived of the comtorts ot office; they h ad been out * of office now a little more than a fortnight—(Laughter)—and they had unluckily lost their places at a cold season of the year. They had been turned out of their official homes and obliged to go to their own houses, and they had not happened to lay in any et et"e of coals' or candles.— inconvenient,(Lahter.) He was was aware that this was very and he was not aurprised at their anxiety. Their present plan was thist—The Whig Government, with the aid of the Leaguers, intended to carry a resolu tion in the House of Commons M favour of their fuse cial policy. Well, they would carry that resolution; but when they did what would that do? (A Voice— " Shove, you out of office.") He would remind that gen tleman, who was no doubt deeply read in constital history—(A laugh) — that the resol ut i ons of one Parlia ment would not bind another Parliament at all. They were tile records of opinion which Migh t b e good or might be bad. The journals of the House of Commons were full of such resolutions, and there were a few or them that were remembered, but remembered only to be laughed at. It was a most fortunate circum stance that the resolution of one Parliament did not bind future Parliaments; for, were it otherwise, we should have in this kingdom no monarchy, no WS' Wished Church, no House of Commons, and he believed most of them might say they would h ave no property.--' (Laughter.) For the period of year s in which he had served them it had been his anxio endeavou r t o pro mote the continuance and amend weet of those laws which were best for the interests of all. Anxious as he was for the prosperity of all—(A Voice-_« ; ' ' tee - •—" The cheap loaf,")--sed aware that it was his lot to represent equally all 1 c.asses, aud to serve them to the esest of • • Ins power, duty, if he found it would be his end any class l ess • prosperous than others, to seek to provide for the benefit of that class, and to take care that those who belonged to it should not be below the general welfare. eH e re . 1 joiced to hear that at that moment IT . ninny classes were prosperous, contented,and i zi a re p l p Pon it, but, do nothing to disturb them they might , . but, if he found condition that WAS not equally good, that con any one &tett' he would endeavour to ameliorate. The Right words respecting ''': Hon. Member added a :sawl votion to ,ert the militia. and de °tared , hie deep ; h e at the sun I: ot o ll e riettrlt ., m, I erre concluded with a hope -mt and that G shine on her vereeee tGod would bless Majesty, and her Go the Queen fo, ever. Three chests Were - . f t erwards given for the Queen, for COOO.O - faint ones and one or two e name we did not hear, and in two for some one whose the auditory proe et] good humour a eod to aecom great Right Icon. Gentleman in his progress through puny the the town. ... Beresforti, one cf the Mem bersfditlirsion of the county of Essex, as out:, esterday in th e town of os nad b een;antieip t it e d, aal se e T r b ef e to: a r, y p th p . ao o t i n_ n wo t r r n ad e rl neno ESSEX bsviug rendered a new elowion nc ces (NORTH). nary, tbat event took Braintree. Ur. Buresfad, re-f , lecfrd without opposition, and the ceremony did n,•t uu tuft whole excite very much atieutauu. EAST RIDING. BEVERLEY, TUESDAY: —The election of a Memb9r to supply the vacancy in the representation of the East Ridinz, occasioned by the acceptance of office as one of the Lords of the Admiralty by the Hon. Captain A. Duncombe, took place to-day. Little interest was at• tached to the proceedings, no opposition whatcvvr having been offvred to the re-election of the Hon. and Gallant Gentb-man. Sir TATTON SYZ ES , of Sledmere, proposed his Hon. Friend Captain Duncombe as a fit and proper person to represent the riding. Mr. TRoluits WARD, shipowner, of Hull, seconded the nomination. No other candidate having been proposed, the Sheriff declared the Hon. A. Duncombe g duly elected. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. DUBLIN, MARCH 9.—This day Mr. Napier, Q.C., the Attorney-General for Ireland, was re-elected for Dub lin University without opposition. ENNISKILLEN. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Whiteside, was returned on Monday for the borough of Enniskillen. The polling commenced at eight o'clock, and concluded at five. The numbers were— , Mr. Whiteside 81 Mr. Collum ... 72 Majority for Mr. Whiteside —9 At the previous election Mr. Whiteside polled 85, whilst Mr. Collum had bid 68 supporters. At the next general election, according to all accounts, Mr. Collura is certain of his election. THE SUN, LONDIOI4 S WEDNESDAY EVENIMG, MAittlt 10, 18&2. BOROUGH OF PORTARLINGTON. Colonel Dunne, the new Clerk of the Ordnance, was re-elected for this borough on Monday, without opposi tion. The Gallant Colonel, in addressing the electors, said the present Ministry were at least entitled to a trial. The public should remember that, by opposing Lord Derby's Administration, and turning it out, they would bat reinstate the Whigs, who had been so recently got rid of, and who had been, in fact, thrown out by the Irish Members. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. It is expected that a person will be put in nomination for this county on Friday next in opposition to Mr. Dis raeli, for the purpose mere ly o f p utt i ng some ques ti o ns to the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the intended policy of the Government with respect to the restoration of protection. A. large number of the supporters of the Right Hon. Gentleman will attend from nearly all parts of the county, for the purpose of testifying their approval of his past conduct, and their gratification at his having accepted office under the present Government. CANTERBURY. Colonel Romilly will come in again for the city, pro bably with another liberal. Mr. Smythe will be no where" in the race: There is a talk of two Tories coming forward, bat we believe it to be mere gasconade.—South Eastern Gazette. CHELTENHAM. The fact is no longer disguised that our present Mem ber, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, is to make way for his cousin, the lion. Craven Berkeley, at the ensuing elec tion. Thera is nothing remarkable in this. That his return will be opposed is a matter of certainty.—Chel tenham Journal. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE MUTINY IN THE MERSEY. The -mutiny on bbard the American New York packet-ship Queen of the West,' originated, it seems, in the sailors having, in a threatening manner, attempted to dictate to the captain the number of seamen that in their opinion the crew should consist of for a heavy ship of 1,200 tons. It would appear that in the summer voyages the usual complement is not quite two men to every 100 tons—viz., twenty-two men; and in winter two men and a half to every 100 tons, or twenty-eight seamen. _ _ Underwriters will do well to look into these matters now that the navigation-laws are repealed and the work likely to be performed in course of time entirely by foreigners. In the amended Passenger Bill lately introduced by Mr. F. Peel, it will evidently be necessary to introduce a clause obliging all emigrant ships, at any rate, to carry a specified number fur every fifty tons. At present the 24th section only prov id es that " every passenger ship shall;,b,, manned with an efficient crew fir her intended voyage, to the satisfaction of the officer from whom a clearance of such ships may be demanded." A ship like . the Queen of the West, or any passenger ship, should at least be compelled to carry three men and a boy to every 100 tons on an American voyage; and four men and a boy to every 100 tons when bound beyond the Cape of Good H o p e o r Cape Horn. It is to be hoped that the new Colonial Minister will at once supply the omissions in the Bill, without fear of the opposition of the Hon. Member for South Lanca shire, and the American agents at Liverpool, whose in terests and feelings are in their pockets—all anti-British. —Herald. Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs did not inspect the Ar rogant, 46, screw steam-frigate on Monday. The ship was, however, prepared, and the life lines on the yards ready for his reception. The Admiral will inspect her in harbour. The shell-lighter and powder-boy went alongside on Monday afternoon, and took out her powder and live shells. She weighed on Tuesday at two o'clock, and steamed into harbour. We trust that the crew of this ship will not be paid off. The defects of the Arro gant will take some time to put to rights; but, in the interim of repair, the crew might be turned over to another vessel. At this season of the year, when the Baltic, the Quebec, and Newfoundland trade is open, it is hardly probable that many of her crew will re-enter her Majesty's service. Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, is taking en board her sea-service stores. • She will come out of dcck at Portsmouth on Thursday, when she will'receive hor old bowsprit (which has been proved good), with new lower yards that had been prepared for the Pembroke, 72. Blenheim, 60,' screw steam guard-ship Captain Hen derson, C. 8., was taken out of the old basin at Ports mouth (having had all her defects rectified) and up to her mooring in the harbour, where she will com plete her rigging and fit for summer service. She is still some twenty or thirty A.B.'s short of her comple ment. Dauntless, 33, screw steam-frigate, Captain E. P. Halsted ; arrived in Plymouth Sound about seven p.m. on Sunday night, and saluted the flag of Admiral Om maney the following morning, which was returned by the Impregnable. She has some defects, which will be made good, when she will be paid wages, take on board stores, &c, and rejoin Commodore Martin. Fairy, Royal yacht serevr-tender, Master-Commander Welsh, witti Captain Crispin on board, and 'Elfin, dis patch steamer, went down to Osborne yesterday morn ing and returned this afternoon. Sirnoom, screw troop-frigate, Captain Kingcome, is alongside the hulk Victorious, at Portsmouth, p re p ar i ng tor hr trial cruis,.. We bear her engines are somewhat too slight tor this large vessel. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The yard-riggers are rig ging the Si. Vincent, 101; and a few of the Bicnheim's men are rigging the Vixen, steam-sloop. Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C. 8., has drawn her sea-service boats at Portsmouth, and is preparing to get a. aunt; she gets seamen but slowly, and is still between 200 and 300 short. Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Jones, was taken out of dock at Portsmouth on Monday evening, and brought alongside the pitch-house jetty to receive her sea-scorer, coals, &c. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. HALL, R.N.—The court-martial on Ist Lieut. Henry Watson Hall of the Ro3 al Marine Artillery, assembled at Forton Barracks this morning at ten o'clock, when four witnesses—viz., Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. J. C. Harrison, Colour-sergeaa W. Pink, and Lance-corporal T. W hitehead, were exa mined. At four o'clock the court adjourned till Wednes day (this) morning, when it will assembly at 11 o'clock. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The frigate Dublin was yes terday towed by the Pike steam-vessel from her moor ings to the sheer hulk to.have her masts taken out. GOVERNMENT STEAMERS V. MERCHANT STEAMERS. — Her Majesty's steam-ship Dauntless left, ork at 1 P.N. on Thursday, and arrived at Plyniouth..at half-past 8 Pm. on Sunday, making the passage in about 80 hours. The Cork Steam-ship Company's steam-vessel Adler, Captain Tooker, left Cork one hour after the Dauntless, passed her outside, and arrived at Plymouth at 5 P.M. on Friday, making the passage in 27 hours. The Adler in four hours landed about 20 tone of butter, a quantity of eggs, whisky, .porter, &c., shipped 70 packages of cargo, a lot of empties, and 50 tons of coal, and, start ing a little after. .9. o'clock, reached London on Sunday morning, long before the Dauntless arrived at Plymouth. The Adler is a paddle-steamer, the Dauntless a screw, but screw boats. belonging to the Irish': company would undoubtedly have made the passage in less time than the Government ship. A very strong contrary •wind froni the eastward has prevailed - for several days. The Mercury screw stetted- vessel, Captain Charlesworth, be longing to the Waterford Screw Company, left Dublin on Saturday at 11.30 A is., and arrived at Plymouth at 8 P.m.-yesterday (Monday) —making the passage from Dublin in 56i hours. TWELVE O'CLOCK, AJI.—A passenger who passed through this town yesterday stated that he landed on Sunday at Falmouth...frcum.Sierra Leona, and that the outward mail packet Bosphorus, Captain Hall, through severe weather, Jon six days prior to her arrival at Sierra Leone. 'A large steamers painted black, and Davin two fun 'A supposed to' be one of the Peninsular 'and Oriental Steam-packet Company's mail boats, was . ell' this port this morning at ten o'clock, under steam only, going up Channel, against a head wind. SHEERNESS, MARCH 9.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Fearless, Captain Bullock, employed on the survey c ,f the Th ames an d Medway, bile returned from W oo l w i c h , the defects in her cranks and firebars having been made good. Her Majesty's steamer 'Myrtle, having been under repair, got up her steam yesterday for'the purpos e o f trying her machinery. Her M a j est y's screw Captain steam-frigate Ho rat i o, thm Hon. T. S. Carn e g ie, has had her sides scraped, and i s being painted. Sbe wants several WmC jackets to c omplete her comp lement. Captain C. Eden, late private secretary to sir F. T. Bar i ng , arrived here on Saturday on a visit to Vice- A d m iral the Hon. Joaceline Percy, and l e f t f or town on Monday. TOE PASSING OF MATES TO TEE RANK' OF Lis:lTE. NANT IN THEtROFAL Avy. P tWO years relative The E regulstions in force for the .. to mates who have passed a broad, providing they shou ld e ither the first or Second . : 114 be at liberty to select xe . m . ination-day after being paid off. " have undergone revision." Is aonaevence of TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,—The leader of the retrograde Ministry has laid before the public the distinct proposition, that the Reform Bill has pr o d uce d an i ncrease of bribery, and been an instrument of evil and not of good. Of course there is no need for him to say, that he will go back to the better state of things when he is able. The words reported to have been used are, " the gross and disgraceful system of bribery which has increased considerably in the last twenty years, and which in the intensity of the evils it has produced has thrown into the shade the evils which previously existed in the local ityluences by which constituencies were controlled." Do these words bear out the conclusion above built on them, or not ? If yes, then it is for the constituencies to determine what is the accuracy of the proposition. They must appeal to history, written end oral. They must ask whether there was a constituency before the Reform Bill, with the exception possibly of the Universities, where elections were not settled by the open notori one payment of money which nobody denied or was ashamed of, or else by the equally notorious exer tion of the powers of private ownership after the manner of Old Sarum. If there was any such, the onus is thrown on the Minister to show it. The con stituencies will declare by sound of trumpet there was none, and throw down their gage to anybody who shall maintain the contrary. There is no need of struggle;—show it. Point to the letter of the alphebet,—give hint of the combination of vocables,— which may enable the student of the Gazetteer to steer towards the phoenix in the list. What was the condition of the olden constituee cies, is known to those who are old enough to• re member it. Well do, I recollect in early boyhoodi as portion of a religious and in fact Methodistical household, hearing the feminine portion of the thtnily, always more direct and conscientious than those ex posed to greater contact with the world, inquire of the patriarchal chief, on what principle it was that a devoutly and religiously disposed Member of Pare liament, of that " most straitest" sect then recognized under the title of " the Saints," (men who did great good in their generation, though dashed with some evil), in a borough of no small pretensions to piety and morality, paid habitually ten pounds for a vote, and twenty pounds for a plumper. I remember, in my boyish ignorance, asking searching questions of the aforesaid chieftain, — not a man given to encourage the iniqui ties of his times,—touching the precise market value of a plumper; having, I believe, some childish notion, that since a plumper did not count two, it ought to stand at some intermediate rate between ten pounds and twenty. I think I further troubled him with a query, whether he got twenty pounds for the plumper he gave in a neighbouring borough,—alas a borough no more since the evil days referred to,—to the candidate of his solicitude. To which I received a frowning intimation, that there were ranks, and dignities, and friendships. and proprieties, which little boys were not capable of judging of; only confirm ing me in my conviction, that ten pounds was the natural price of a vote, as surely as ever five per cent was the natural rate of interest. In fact everybody, who knows anything about it at all, knows that this was the existing state. The thing bad wrought its wa r y into good society ; or at all events there was no society into which it had not wrought. The theory was, that when everybody was bribed, nob o d y was bribed. There was no secret made about it ; and even to a comparatively late period, the system was openly defended in the Housei of Commons under the title of " Head-Money." The Reform Bill produced the first visible instances of, borough constituencies, in which the voters were not openly paid either in meal or in malt. Come then to the proof. It has been officially stated, that " the intensity of the evils produced by the Reform Bill has thrown into the shade the evils which previously existed." Perhaps there is some force or signification in the words which follow,— " in the local influences by which constituencieS were controlled." Take these also,---pro majori cauteld , as the lawyers say. Take the whole together, eon see what can he made (fit. Where are the evils in the local influences which throw the old ones into the shade? What evil-disposed local influence has found its sphere Widened by the Reform Bill ? What new ones have been created, to balance the old ones which were cut off in the blossoms of their sin ? Either the proposition is accurate, or it is not. If it is not, then it is bread cast upon the waters, to be found after many days in the way of ssshtint,* to return to the state of things before the Reform Bill. Rumour throws light on the intended budget. Ru-; mour is often wrong, but sometimes right ; and though a rumour may be in some sort said to be hy pothetical, it may at all events be discussed hypotheti cally. Rumour then thinks it has light on the " gre'it reform and revision of the tariff" which is hanging over 11°. It says the malt-tax and the income-tex arc to be done away with, and there is to be a tax 01 a shilling a ton upon coals at the pit's mouth. In other words, the taxation is to be taken off the land lords and the rich ,and laid, in the shape of something very like a poll-tax, on the poor. For as the peer does not take a greater quantity of coals to make him warm than the pauper, to this description it closely approaches. It will be pleaded that the melt-tax fell upon the poor; and so it did. But people die for want of fire, and not for want of beer. Th e pro _ posed,tax goes down as far as those chariteanbeloeurpaegre sons who are combining their energie s to clubs for g , iving the poor man " goose or turkey at Christmas. It is to be paid by the Irish hod-man, on his Sunday's baked meats when he has them, d on his potatoes when he rejoices in the same dinner "Bll " barring the beet." But the malt -tax fell hard on the land-owners; so the coal-owners are to represent the two ducks which were to be substituted in chim ney-sweeping fur the goose. It is so natural that men when they have the p ower, taxes there lash no y's should throw the that ussehonilders b u t t h e i r own, pretending to be scandalized. But this is nut ton terevent the thing being seen. We are going with our eyes open into the jaws of a Boa Constrictor of a arty. very maker in the Strand rigs out the likeness of a bump kin, half idiotic and jubilant, to show us what . b,, grown into our master. And for the time being, tea good hopes and expectations are waiting re surrection mo rn , as for the ini — §* I Ir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 10th March, 1852. ordßinlyYr - - AL INSTITUTE of BRITISH ARCUITECTS.—An meeting of this society was held on Monday at the Institution, Grosvernor-street. Mr. Fowler took the chair. Mr. Donaldson resumed the discussion, which had been ad journed to the p resen t meeting, upon the paper read by that gentlOman u p on the tomb of Edward the Confessor, in West minster Abbey. Mr. Donaldson then directed the attention of the meeting to the dilapidated state of the monuments in all of the more ancient edifices in the country. He mentioned a variety of instances where this had been done through neglect and ignorance. Mr. Scott then gave a short account of the group of monuments in or near the shrine of Edward the Confessor, which he stated was most probably erected by Italian workmen, Odericns and Peter, a citizen of Rome, but whose surname was obliterated. With regard to the subject of restoring these monuments, there were two questions to ask : first, would they, when restored, be the old monuments; and secondly, if renovated, would they be held worthy of as touorew: by Hgeotahrdouignhgtmthoraet tchaerreefnolluvghagt much interest as they were at present? He considered the best plan was only to preserve them in the state they were all the ecclesiastical montiments in the kingdom, and engrav ings or. models takenwhich • might be referred to hereafter in a survey made of restoring theM. The meet i ng then A dj o urned- • - injuries for the fu aitonsbte questiors in trigonorretrr and algrhra being now added u POYAL ARTILLERY. , to the usual college examination papers, mates pesoieg li7Coeeveca, Martell 94 . — Capteeizi . Hamilton's nom- for the rank of lieutenant are to have the benefit of s - : i i, c y, 2d b atta li on , m a r c h e d from lb g r. - rison this after lecting the third examination-clay after their arriiel in eoe u to 4efre Wintf, arid ftribatkc(l iA, co s t f the E n glan7!; er, in case of officers having been paid off in a Vicolv,lai itp,aP-tersiet:- Ffi lPflk i l - a , :i4.4 P l el, and shi9, the bTLcfit of a third examinetion-day arter the C - iz , o:ie fo Ito Tuston-squ :1 , , i_:: , -..ay Ter m i en ,. en d date o 7 their having been so paid cif. - It is .to be dis- prece eded by that mode ot cerveyance to Liverpool, en finally undorstood that %bottle' . an officer neglect to Pe's route to Dublin, to reiicve - C.4tain Fitzmayer7e company on one of thQee tiire , '' exatnirlattou-days, of should li be 3d, baralion.,..ordered •to return to hea'crtibiirteris at - he will forfeit ali Oahu to have his se--eioeity Woolwich, from Ireland. Captain Fitzmayeep coitipany, rejected, h'n hay — f lir rriffar dated from t-, - 0 ~E r - 0 g pas s i ng. These re- had been stationed at Kelkeney for some time past, but • I gulationa are to apply to -masters assistant-and second have le cently returnee to Dublin on being relieved by masters 4 le -:. - • - ' " - Captain Petk's company, Ist battalion, from.that stati on . ,• To telegraphs at the various coast-guard stations on Captain Crawford's company, fish battalion, having the eouth coast of England are to be placed in an effi- - cleat state, as well as those on the - Essex and Norfolk finnished a course of field battery instruction, will em bark to-morrow in one of the Leith steamers for Scot coasts, and those from the South Foreland to Sheerness,. l aud, quarters. to relieve Captain Travers company, sth bans. by which means communications can he made from any , ii , m, at Leieh Fort, under orders to return to head , of her Majesty's vessels cruising ire the Channel to shy or all of thereat naval arsenals. The ships in ordinaiy DEATR oz 3114 joR. GENERAL LACY, R.A.—This in the river Themes and Medway arc to be so stationed gallant of f icer died at his official residence as Director as to convey .intelligence to Chatham and Woolwich' " a — era' rif Artillery; at the - Re 3 al Arsenal, at two dockyards, and from the latter places to head-quarters at o'clock A M., to-day, having hen ill for some time past. will in_ many as second lieutenant on Whitehall. Twenty years have e lapsed since these tole- Richard John James Lacy eittered the Royal Artillery i graphs were used, and consequently they August 8, 1796; was promoted ' places have to be replaced by new ones. The last time to first lieutenant on March 17, 1798; captain, July 20, they were in operation w a s w h en Captain, now AdrUirUt 1804; brevet-major, June 4, 1814; lieutenant-colonel, Sir Hugh Pigot, commanded the Talavera guard-ship In Dec. 31, 1827; colonel, May 4, 1840; and major the Downs, which service c e as e d in 1831. general, Nov. 9, 1846. Major-General Lacy Was an WOOLWICH officer of consid era bl e scientific APPMENTS. acquirements, which were ,Ms 9. OIN — T Lieutenant—Hen Weit of great servic e t o hi m as a member of the Select Come (1846), who recently bro ug ht h ome an d p a id off the Do mittee, which office he held for a lengthened period, and steam-vessel fr om th e C ape o f G oo d H ope, to command w as greatly appr ec i ated b y inventors and others, owing the Pluto st eam - vesse l at W oolwich. It was or i g i na lly to his affable and pleasing manners on all occasions, On intended that th e Pl uto s h ou ld proceed to the coast o f the Ist of January, 1849, he w as appointed Director- Africa, under the charge of Commander C. G. PhillipS, G ene ral of Artillery, haying previeusly been inspector of the Polyphemus steam-sloop, bat the Pluto is no of the royal carriage department. On July 8, 1851, he in consequenee, his office as commissioned by Lieutenant -Commander Henry Wes, was a ppointed colonel-commandant of the 6th battalion, to serve independently, except under the Commander- and was to have vacated, in-Chief on the west coast of Africa. - director-general of Artillery at the beginning of the Assistant-Surgeon—John B arnar d Ricards (1847), financial year in April next. By th e d eath of Major fromeManaor-General Fr e d er i ck Campbell cf takes place in th e command of the Rodney (90), t o th e Pi oneer screw stearei vessel, at Woolwich, for ser v i ce w i t h Captain Sir B. Belcher's Arctic Expedition. the n e 6 r t a b l L b a a c tt y al a io v n a , ' being next in seniority for colonel-commanda nt. Assistant-Engineers—William Piggy and John An derson, to the Pluto. • , Second Master—Henry N. Ray (1849), to the'Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth. Master's-Assistant—John Butler, to the Plato. Clerk—Charles G. Smith (1850), to the Fisgard flag ship, at Woolwich. Clerk's-Assistant—T. J. Woodward, to the Magi cienne steam-frigate, at Devonport. NEW CLOSU RE, B RITIS HMUSE um . This enclosure is now nearly completed; and what ever opinions may be entertained as to the expediency or otherwise of putting up so large and costly a railing, it must be pronounced a fine work of its class. The iron-work has been executed by Messrs. Walker, of York; and the very great pains they have taken from first to last, to carry out their contract in all respects, well deserves commendation. The models were exe cuted by various parties: they were commenced by Lovati, an artist of considerable talent, who, however, died before he had made much progress: they were than taken up and completed by Mr. Thomas and by Messrs. Collman and Davis. The frieze is wholly of hammered iron: the remainder of the iron-work is cast from metal moulds, and was chiefly piece moulded, in order to obtain relief. The carriage gates are opened by a windlass; both sides opening simultaneously. Eaoh half of these gates weigh upwards of five tons. An underground passage gives access to the works for oil ing the machinery and pivots, &c. The height of the granite curb varies from 2 ft. 9 in. to 3 ft. 9 in.: the height of the iron-work is 9 ft. up to the top rail: the length of the whole palisade, from one extremity to the other, is about 800 feet. The iron-work was con tracted for by Mr. Walker, whose tender, amounting to 6,7561. was the lowest. The actual coat will probably be a trifle less, on account of some small omissions. The granite pedestals are intended to receive sitting statues of Shukspere, Bacon, Milton, and Newton, small sketches for which have been modelled by Sir Richard Westma cott.—Builder. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re ceipts of the principal French Railways : NORTHERN.—From Feb. 19 to Feb. 25 : Passengers, 200,653 t.; goods, 250,7791.; total, 451.432 f. ROUEN.—From Feb. 22 to Feb. 28. 64,8951.; goods, 89,726 f.; total, 154,621% HAVRE.—From Feb. 22 ti Feb. 28 : Passengers, 23,8561.; goods, 41.781 f.; total 65.637 f. ORLEANS.—From Feb. 23 to F. b. 29: Passengers, 65.6061: ; goods, 140,6901.; total, 206,2961. BORDEAUX.—From F. b. 17 to Feb. 23: Passengers, 43,3601.; goods, 70,588 t.; total, 114,2181. VIERZON —From F(6. 23 to Feb. 29: Passengers, 25,350 f.; goods, 54.8421,; total. 80,192 f, NANTES.—From Feb. 19 to Feb. 25 : Passengers, 28,0641.; goods, 26,1321.; tend, 54 196 f. :!".TRASBURCI —From Feb. 19 to Feb. 25: Passengers, 90,1851.; goods, 120,962 i.; total, 211.147 f. BALL—From Feb. 18 to Feb. 22 : 19,130 h; goods, 22,301 f.; t0ta1,41,451f. MONTEREAM—From Feb. 19 to Feb. 25: Passengers, 7,775 t.; goods, 13,234 !. ; total, 21,0091. MARREILLES.—From Feb. 22 to Feb. 28: Passengers, 34,1941.; goods, 27,959 f.; total, 62,1531. Lvolcs.—From Feb. 15 to F.D. 21 : 179,200 f.; goods. 169,415 f.; total, 288,6151. CHARTRES.—From Feb. 23 to Feb. 29: Passengers, 20,86 e.; goodF, 25,360 f ; 46,228 Passengers, Passengers, Pa sgengers, STATE of ROYAL TOMBS in WESTMINSTER ABBEY. In a paper read at the Architectural Institute on the 23rd February, Mr. T. L. Donaldson says:—West rninster Abbey is emphatically the public building in England which most attracts the regard of the foreigner, filling him with respect, and producing the most lasting impression upon his imagination. I must own that I felt ashamed, as I drew the attention of my Parisian friend to monument after monument of our sovereigns, princes, and nobles, and particularly to the shrine of the Confessor. I edeavoured to palliate the state of ruin in which these precious memorials of the history of our country, its arts, and it's greatness, were allowed to remain. From want • of timely care they are gradually falling into decay, and threatening, in some cases, absolute destruc tion. " What!" said my companion ' "can it be true that your Government so disre gar d s these speaking monuments of past achievements, that it will not rescue them from utter ruin? What! is the father, is the son of the Black Prince so disregarded by you, that you will not preserve, even as works of art, and ere it be too late, the marble that encases their remains, and the bronzes which hand down their lineaments? Hav e your Edwards and your Henrys bled for this? Have they for this perpetuated England's glory in the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, and you allow them to be for gotten? Have these queens been in vain distinguished for their public and domestic virtues; in vain renowned for their piety, and you permit their sacred deposits to be despoiled, degraded, trampled upon?"—Correspondent of the Builder. TIIE IMPROVEMENT OF IRELAND.—It cannot have 'escaped the notice even of the most unobservant, that Irish affairs have for many years past occupied a very larg e p ort i on of the time and attention o f the Legislature ; and moreover that very little if any benefit has arisen from the repeated discussions. There has been a general concu rrence on one poi n t only—that the soil, the ' climate, the . fisheries, and in fact every element of a nations . prosperity—every means of in employing a numerous population and ensuring a profitable return for capital—that all these . exist in Inland to an tent that requires only the judicious application of moneexy, and moral greatness as it is now debased in intellect, and labour to render tbat country as eminent e he r .i i p g i heta.Thesbooetihairehsappepcitns.essWe observe with pleasure in the - the West of Ireland Land Company a step in 1113"?spect". object will be direc tion. The company is constituted on souadntdthpteri adequate return return for the list of trustees i-, a sufficient guarantee sound cannot t doubt an tiai faithfully and honestly carried out • t hat, with a good prospect of an capital employed, the scheme, which promises e c s a n s n u benefits will soon be in active Operation ristol Journal. EXPLOSION AT A TAR F ACT() * morn ing, shortly before eight o'clock, • h itY . .—Y . esteniay were alarmed . in consequence of . e inhabitants of Deptford place in the premises of Mr. Edwardau explosion and fire taking tar manufacturer, Raven' s B Dorset, naphtha" and after the men Lad commenced ?ndcreek, Deptford. Shortly were something like twenty feet w'ork, the premises, which and . the stock in trade was' high, wire soon in a blaze, that it soon became of such a c. nibustible character ignited, and ran in liquid fire over the ground, and having entered the creek . a sailing barge . fnar destroyed. A , sit was one side o the vessel was extensively exp l os i on, that a scorched. ..tmich was the force of the heat/ . y steam-boiler, eight feet wide, was lifted irons its ' 4.*eight feet high, and One e i f a t L h it e a w ni a a rk n in d thrown co oveL ri : u w sl a j l! injured by the hot liquid, as to be obli ' e a d to w be ' ' removed to the hespitaL The engines from Messrs. g Penn's factory, one from the Dockyard, two of the London Brigade, that of the West of • iigland Company, and another from t he Nk a tling - street Bi i, a ga-e, attended. ' By that limo every portion of the building is which the misfortune commenced was in flames, consequently not the least chance remained of saving any of the contents. The whole of the property in that part of the works where the fire began was destroyed. Unfortunately the sufferer was not insured. LINENDRAPERS' INSTITIITION.—The anniversary dinner of the members of this society was held Isisterday at the London Tavern. The Lord Mayor, who was supported by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, occupied the chair. In proposing the toast of the evening, his Lordship congratulated the members of the institution on having ar rived at their majority, this being their 21st anniversary. Ile was haPPY to Perceiv,e, from. their report, that so large an increase had been made in the funds of the society during the preceding year. In the space of nine years the sums awarded for relief had increased nine-fold. The report stated that 3,0241. had been received during the past year. The capital stock of the institution at present amounts to 24,5771. Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities; and , and there 10,000/. Three-and-a -Quarter per Cent. Annuities. In 1841 the relief afforded was 155/ • in 1851, 1,5134 which had been granted to 75 applicantk Mr. Pearce, the president, of the institution, remarked that many individuals engaged in the trade did not meet the exertions of the director, an d especially the junior branches. permanent fundhs pe o d f t t h h a e t aoo th i e e y ty v . OTu The d e now find additional support, and in the curse of their 21st Year doable the original was an increase in the annual subscriptions of 94 gui nea ,. donations collected in the room amounted to 8741. The commercial advises from New y ort , Yorkthis week are not important, but the amount of spe c i e packet (140,000/. ) brough t by the present is larger than had bE anticipated, since it was o supposed the reduction of a penny n in the purchasing rate f the Bank of England would have temporary check. It a ave operated as _ ppeare, however, have been at once met b y a corresponding rise in to the p r i se service o f bills. At Washin g ton the con tract packet B rill parties inter ill a subject o f keen contest between the ice ViaB i n these monopo li es an d their opponents. Cr otchetsested t h e propriety of maintaining the standard of value were as to a l so being revived, and a variety of u see med likely to be made to induce unsuccessful attempts com mence a system of meddling. the Legislature to papers, Claussen's method of According to some of the cons iderable attention, and p reparing flax was attracting Union it , 1 1 eight of the States of the the right of using had b parties, who were also seeki ng bow purchased by various the raw material. From to encourage the growth of were to the 31st of j the city of Mexico the last ad vicesbut they contained &unary, being seven days later, nothing of the slightest interest. Th e season in some parts severe. of Mexico had been aripreeedently LORD GoDOLPIIIN's Y A CHT.—The Coquette, Whil e turning out of Exmouth harbour on Monday, s p ru ng her mainmast, and put back to get a new one. :~s