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

?I) s air 4, tiud froui tuis pox and in going to the back room !,he found that the desk had been taken. She, findinthat the brother knew nothing about the mutter cAltd n the police, and in the course of hall an hour the prisoner returned and was given into custody. The prisoner and his brother were not " sweethearts" of here, nor had.she asked them to come and see her. She had known them for a g reat length of time, they having been lodgers in her father's noo se . The prisoner, in defence, said he knew nothing about the matter, he only having stepped out of the house fur the purpose of buying some tobacco. Mr. CORRIE said tie should remand the case until Monday next, for it was one of great suspicion. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. — The buyers of yarns cave evinced, to-day, a disposition to hesitate about business, which was not observable last week. This is partly a natural effect of those previous operatiocs that have placed buyers under large engagements With sellers, and partly a consequence of less buoy ant advices respecting cotton from the United States. Perhaps the latter cause has had more in fluence than the former. Spinners, however, have been affected only to this extent, that they have Modified 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 Market remains firm, at the full attainable prices of Friday. Any offers below these are at once de dined 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 hardening in 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 neglected ; 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 tower qualities of 40 inch abirtiugs; and, as the pro duction of these shirtings is greatly dimiuished, their value is slightly improved. We are glad to observe that the present advices from Calcutta indi cate a more marked change for the better in that market than the previous accounts did. In con nexion with business at Bombay, we give the f n °ll nwing remarks from Ritchie , Stuart, and ".'s circular as to the stocks that are there held of Manchester goods : of Manchester Woods and yards the stocks are probably lower" than they have ever been known at this period of our active season. An attempt has been made b y our Chamber of Commerce to take stocks on the 31st December last, and w e are glad to say that an appeal to im- Porters for the requisite details, under assurance that they should meet the eye of the secretary only and be destroyed after registry, was cordially re sponded to, with two or three exceptions. The result, though not yet fully known, quite confirms the im pression we had entertained that stocks of almost all Manchester goods were extremely light. The prone- Celle of natives to exaggerate figures, and the combi nation was exists among them, coupled with the fact that for information respecting sales and stocks in different hands holders have had hitherto to depend a Rood deal en the reports of these dealers, have not failed often to induce parties to make sacrifices on what were really slight grounds, and it is therefore eminently desirable that we should have such a guide proposed by the chamber in the taking of unsold stocks in importers' hands once in six months, viz., on the 31st December, when the season is at its height, and 30th June, when, there being no outlet far any gooda, sales are almost entirely suspended." ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been another very dull market to-day in flannels, without any change in prices. The price of wool has been fully maintained, but the demand has been very limited. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Our piece hall has been but thinly attended to• day, and the business trans acted has been very limited. The yarn market is fully as depressed, and working short time is rapidly extending. Wool changes hands slowly, and in the middle and lower qualities there is scarcely so much firmness. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY, MARCH 9.--We have had an improved demand for silk manufactured goods the last few days, and sales of some descriptions have been considerable. Thrown silks are more in quired for, and prices are looking up. Some large Parcels have been taken for continental account. Raw Silks—The market remains about the same as last reported, with moderate business doing. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—In the Cloth Hall we have had an improvement upon last week's market, the demand being chiefly for light mixture doeskins and crapes for the spring trade. Rather more has been done in the warehouses during the week. Ship pers are at present not doing much. Wools have been more in demand, at about the same prices as last Week. Generally there has been more doing, and a better feeling has pervaded the market than tor some time past, and prospects of a good spring trade are generally held out. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE, LONDON. A statement was issued at the conclusion of lasi week by the Central Committee of the Association of Employers of Operative Engineers, a c c ording to Which it appeared that upwards of 7,000 workmen bad signed the " declaration," and resumed work in the shops of members, up to and including the 28th of February, of whom more than 1,200 had done so ill London shops alone ; but a statement furnished to the executive committee of the Amalgamated Society, by the dispute committees of the different metro- Politan districts, of the number of skilled Workmen who bad resumed work after sign ing the declaration, up to Saturday last, ex hibits a very different result. It is not given as exact, but as a close approximation to the truth; and, embracing fourteen of the largest factories in London and its neighbourhood, is, as follows, viz.:—Mawis lay's, 52 ; Penn's (exclusive of " casuals"), 38 ; Robinson and Russell's, 27 ; Seaward's, 4 ; S wayne and Bovill's, 43; Easton and Ames's, 29 • Simp son's, 29; Blyth's, 45 ; Miller and Raven hill's, 34 ; Donkin's, 10; Myddleton's, 8; Scott's, 9; Horn's, 6 ; Grissell's, 10 : total, 344, composed of fitters, erecters, turners, pattern makers, moulders, and smiths. It will be observed that there is a dis crepancy between this statement and that issued by the employers of not less than 900 men, Which would not be accounted for even if the whole number of " labourers" (unskilled) at first thrown out of work were included in the former; although it is known that about two-thirds of their number still remain idle. The number of society men of all branch es of the iron trades inclu ded in the smaller total is said ,to be under twenty • s od as the relief books of the ri iety exhibit no decrease in the num ber of applicants, accession ap as it is known that no consi er the provinces, a d Skilled labour has been derived dfrom doubt necessarily arises as to the accuracy in detail, , , ofthe statements furnished by bo th parties, although noth, tally by proper works belonging to probably,might be made to explanations,willnot be known until after It is not unlikely that the real state of the case II he termination of the strike. WOLVERTON . On Monday . evening a public meeting , consisting of about 500 individuals, principally workmen Company, tooko the n - neeted with the extensive London and North-Western Railway exist place at Wolverton, to consider the to be adopted in consequence of the prolonged ence of the dispute between the engineers and their employers. Mr. S. Dawes, an operative, t oo k the chair, and Messrs. Newton and Usher, who attended as a deputation from the e xecutive council of the Amalgamated Society, addressed the meeting at con siderable length in explanation of th e views and pro ceedings of that body. Ultimately the following re solution was unanimously adopted :..-• concu rs in the i "Resolved—That this meeting sully wisd om o f the proceedings of the A mal g amated Society of Engineers, &c., and is of opinion tha , the conduct of the employers is unjust and tyrannical in requiring a de claration to be signed by their workmen before allowing the w t o resume employment; and this meeting tilt re fore pledges itself to contribute towards the support nt the workmen, by weekly subscriptions, till the end of the contest." TEE HUNGARIAN MUSICAL COMPANY.—Last night the first of a series of six concerts was given at the St. James's Theatre, by the H un g arian Musical Company, under the direction of M. Kalortli. It is well known that this company has already performed with great success in the principal capitals of Europe, and their merits h ive met with due recognition in 'this country. Their performances last tight were characterised by the same energy of execution and faultless harmony which m arked their formersa, and the audience gave frequent manifestation of its layout able opinion by a hearty applause at the close of each piece. V T di, he ' Music consisted of selections from Flotow , Kalozdi, er Rossini, Strauss; moat of them be in g encored. M. Kalozdi's execution as a violinist possesses rare merit, and the clear, /meet notes of Horanyi's cornet never failed to elicit applause. The house was exceedingly well attended, and amongst the aristocratic visitors we noticed his Serene Highness the Prince of Nassau. The Duchess of Somerset, Comte Buol- Schanenstein ( Austrian Minister), Marquis d'Azeglio (Sar dinian Minister), Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Ashburton, Comte Blondoil, Lord Cranborne, Baron de Paviavicini, &c. THE WEAR BAIL—On Friday morning, the en trance to the river Wear presented a spectacle no, witnessed during many a long year, a spectacle calculated to cast dis may into the minds of the shipowners and mechanics, but especially of shopkeepers, and more especially still of vasthe owners of property in Sunderland That specacle nothing less than a sand bar visible above water, across the entrance to the river Wear I Right across the harbour the sand set up its back, and only close out by the north pier on the one side, and by the south pier ou the other, was there anything like a channel ; whilst in each of these channels, such as they were, a coble was aground, drawing only some Inches water.--Sunderland Nam . THE T 11- 1 F., YE ! - s . DT. v -GUN. TO Till?, )IT( F S 61a,—Lligtatei has t',7 th; 1 - 1:::g; ~; with a new nomenclature—a vocabulary of strange and werlle terms. Wlio does not hear daily of the " Minie rifle," oflt's revolvers," the " Carabine a Tige," and the .'Prussiansneedle- gun ?" Permit me, Sir, to offer a few remarks on the last 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 flinging 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 ex periments, 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 in " 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 50,900 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. Teis last assertion brings .us to the " grand fact" to which I have alluded. 1 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. lum full of confidence that if it do not altogether terminate 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 needlsegun 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 us 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 xundmidelgewchr. I am, Sir, MAYNE REID. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ro) al children, walked and rode in the grounds at Osborne yesterday. The Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey had the honour of receiving an invitation to dinner. Lord Hastings had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Bishop of London had also an interview with the Noble Earl. A deputation, consisting of Sir Do Lacy Evans, M.P. Mr. Leslie, Chairman of the Coachultikers' 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. Fowles 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, had 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.U. W nick worth, s Olicitors.• The Earl of Devon had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yesterday, at the official iesiderlce of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present, the Bishop ot Norwich, t Dean of Carlis, th Master of Pem- broke, the Re he v. H. G. Liddell, th e Rev. e Professor Powell, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board o Inland Revenue, had an interview yesterday with th f e 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 efforts to maintain the reputation of the legitimate drama have commanded the universal respect 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 tho house. He sus tamed 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 was one of the rarest specimens of a combination of the knave and tool 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'Sycophant, to . which there is nothing superior on the modern stage. DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Hopeful Stakes. Anteverta Ring David Eaton ... Won by ball a length. Doncaatbr Handicap. Hyacinth Knock Knoll ... 2 all. 1 Eleven ran. Won easy. ... 2 DEATH OF SIR lIA=JRT LEES.—Died on Sun day,eldest March 7, at Blackr onse, county of Dublin, the Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees aged 1 7 11 " his title and estates byilesucceeded whoin married the daughter of General Sir James Caldwell, sE Ii:C.B , of Beachlands, Isle of Wight. Sir Harcourt Lees was ' k now n for many years as an energetic and f earless writer en the most exc iting topics of the day. —D u bli n Evening Mail. it A BISHOP.—On Thursday night last a p le B o p f t p e ranee into Auckland but profane thieyes effected an en t • Auckland Pala ce, w hilst its inmates were all in bed. Af ter s couring the culinary and reception apartments witho u t pro fit to themselves or loss to e p isco p ac y , they ascended to the next storey. There t h e irreverent scamps found their way it hstanding the very natural inquiry into where the t Bishop of Durham and Mrs. Maltby nce,l lo w was there," they managed to re tire,pott;heanrdootmhe from Mrs. Maltby, "who bishop's purse. The con them the . carrying off w ith . inted the rogues, as they disappointed tents, however, robably exceeded three pounds. Next day are reported not e o have the Bishop entertained the juoges o n circuit. lc EFFeCTs OF PASSION. AIARLBOROUGA.-- St RJ -S was in watchmaker, —On W e d nes d ay l as t, as Mr. Wiles , his garden, superintending some little a lt er ation he was making, an altercation ensued b etwe en him and Mr. Head, at o n the baker, whose ga r d en ad j o i ne d , an d in the he the fa p ce assio with a latter struck M r . Wi les a v i o l ent blow on Mr. Wiles immediately f-ggot stick, and serious] y fractured his skull . . ' •al aid was immediately fell insensible to the ground; medic nt ens speedily obtained, but not the least hopes are at prese tertained of his recovery. Mr. Head was taken into custody b y the police to await th e event.— Western 1./ging Post. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT STILL AT BRISTOL.-- The officers of excise at Bristol succeeded on Sunday in seizing an illicit still, which was being worked in the under ground cellar of a house in Pipe l ane Temple-street. The still, with several tubs of wash, some spirit-colouring mat• ter, &c., were all carried off and forfeited to the Crown, and a man named Mader], who confessed to being the ow ner oi the property, was taken before the mag i strates , and com mitted tor three months to hard labour. SUN, LONDON, SPORTING NOTES. .:YYI v THE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm,—From t e arrivals az the seat of nction, I am enabled thi , evening to give a more cot a et list of starters for to-morrow's events than appeared in yesterdays impression. The' Betting room Stakes wilt commence the business of the day, aud will be contested by Auld Acquaintance. Antevertu, Ulrica, Bold Davie, Lady Agnes, Dalton, The Shadow, Annie Laurie, and perhaps Sir Charles Napier. ULRIC& 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 baidHalf-and-half, and , one or two others; but this I doubt very much. My colours are nailed to the mast, with CHIEFTAIN, Miss MOWBRAY, and SIR PETER LAURIE nfirgt, second, and third; and as the course is but a short three and a half miles in length, with uo 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 RErran is pretty nearly a certainty for it, and Slapdash and Cho rister are his meat 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 events rule as fol- lows: Doncaster Steeplechase:-7 to 2 agat Chieftain, taken freely; 4 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray; 5 to 1 agst 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 agat Shadow, Lady Agnes, and Ulrica. I am, Sir, yours, &e., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. March 10, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGEN CA. COVENTRY RACES.—TIIESDAY. The Suing Stakes of 5 soya. 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 ScotesiTaley, 5 yrs (301) (Wells) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Birdcatcher filly, and 4to 1 agst Dame Tattle. Won by half a length. The .Coventry Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 2 only if declared, with 40 added; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. Lord W. Sct It'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 Peal, 4 yrs, Bst 71b...(Abdale) 0 Mr. G. Drew's*The Clown, 5 yrs, 7st 71b...(Knigbt) 0 Mr. Scott's Avia, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Wells) 0 Mr. Palmer's First Fruits, 4 yrs, ?et 21b (Knott) 0 Mr. Winch's Proudfoot, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Preece) 0 Betting.-3 'to 1 agst Avia, 4to 1 each agst The Clown and Simoom colt, and 5 to 1 each agst Merry Peal, Warwick, and Proudtoot. Won by a neck; three lengths between second and third. The Craven Steeplechase of 20 SM. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100/. added, the second to save his stake. Four miles. Mr. Lin cell's Peter, 10st 101 b Croaker) Lord Lurgan's St. Helier, 9st 121 b.. (Archer) 2 Mr. Palmer's Victress, 9st 61b (Boyce) 3 Mr. Vever's Vainhope, last 121 b (Darling) 0 Mr. Newton's Kiaaaway, lOst 21b (Goodwin) 0 Mr. Barnett's Jack-of-all Trades, 9st 41b...(Holman) 0 Mr. G. H. Littledale nd Seaman, 9st (Ablest) 0 Betting.-3 to 1 agst Victress, 4 to 1 each apt Kiss away and Peter, 6 to 1 each agst St. Helier and Sea man, and 100 to 4 agst Vainhope. Won by a length and a half. The Free HandicapHurdlerace Stakes, of 5 SOVB. each, and 6o added. Two miles. Mr. Davenport nd Halt-and-Half, lOst 51b (Oliver) 1 Mr. G. Chapman's Ormsby, 6 yrs, 10A ......(Bo3ce) 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 Wnn easy I,y 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, &c. View Halloo, 6 yrs, Bst 51b--Abd-el.Kader, aged, Bst 2.b—The Calculator. 4 yrs, set 21b—Tom Holtby, 4 yrs; 7st 121 b--Knock-Knoll, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Kilquade, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—The Proctor, 4 yrs, ist 81b—Cogia, 6 7st 81b—The Cutler, 4 yrs, st 81b—La Fiancee, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—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 Ilb—Finesse, 4 yrs, Est 101 b—B cby Irish Birdcatcher, out of Flower-of-the-Tees, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Mary Ann, 3 3 rs, 6st 71b—Tom Pinch; 3 yrs, 6st lib—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, Est 11b—Hyacinth, 3 yrs, dst. Ilb—Clevfland, 3 yrs, 6st lib—Snowdrop, 3 yrs, sst 101b—St. Michael, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Dismay, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Lizzy, 3 yrs, sst 8113. The Hopeful Stakes of 5. soya. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old. C by fletman PJatoff, dam by Don John—Anteverta —Mrs. John—Goorkah—Dick Turpin—Br f by Lauer cost, out of Beverlac's dam—King David—Bold Davie —Ace of Trumps—Bell Tinker—Br f by lon, out of Rod Tape — Eaton—Poetess—Pastrycook — Broughton. The Sheffield and Rotherham Stakes of 5 Boys. each, and 40 added. • Selina, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Proctor, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Hard Labour, 5 yrs, 86t—Miss Flyaway, 4 yrs, Bst—Miss Fanny, 4 yrs, .7st 101 b—b cby Red Deer, out of Sister to Porto Be llo, 4 yrs, 7 st 71b—Merry Maid, 4 yrs, 7st 4'h—b cby Melbourne. 3 yrs, 7st 41b—The Twin, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, Est 131b—The Sur veyor, 3 yrs, Est 91b—.Brawn, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—St. Mi chael, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Don Carlos, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—Lizzy, 3 yrs, 6st. 'The Municipal Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 40 added. Mr. R. Brigg's Slapdash (301.)—Mr.Hesseltine's T he Setter .(301.)—Mr. S. Hall's Jack Rag (301.) —Mr. Baker's Emma (30/.) The Innkeepers Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 30 added. Mr. J. Ryder's Lady Hesketh (200 —Mr. J. rear's Ariel (200—Mr. Baker's Emma (201.) —Mr. H. Steb -I:ping's Cerilo (301.)—Mr. Haywood's Houghton Lass (201.) THURSDAY. The Grand National Steeplechase. British Yeoman, aged, list 71b—Peter Simple, aged, Ist 31b—Vainhope, aged, 1 lst 21b—Lucy Neale, aged, 1 Ist 21b—Sir Peter Laurie, aged, list 11b—Abd-el- Kader, aged, 1 lst—Chiettain 6 yrs, lOst 111b—Bed ford, 6 yrs, lOst 101b—Fer n hill, aged, 10st 101b--View Halloo, 6 yrs, lOst 91b—Maria Day, aged, lOst Hardwick, aged, 10st 71b—Warner, aged, lOst 6lb—Ace of Trumps, aged, lOst 61b—Half• and-Half, aged, 1031 61b —The Little Queen, 6 yrs, lOst 51b—Bourton, 6 yrs, lOst 41b—Miss Mowbray, aged, lOst Slb—Little Paul, aged, 100—Joan of Arc, 6 yrs, lOst—Venture, aged,9st 101b — A. Y., 5 yrs, 9st 71b—Little John, 6 yrs, 9st 71b—Maria Munk, aged, 9st 51b—Jack-of-all-Trades, aged, 9st 31b-- Perjury, 5 yrs, 9st 31b—Everton, aged, 9st 31b-13uscot, 6 yrs, 9st—Sir Alexander, 5 yrs, 9st. The Betting-room Stakes of 5 soya. each for trio 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,-1) c by H. Platoff, dam by Blacklock, 2 yrs-LAnnie Laurie, 2 yrs—Diamond, 3 yrs. • The Northern Steeplechase. The Reiver (301.) aged—Little Jane (300 —Dandy Jem (1001.) 6 yrs—Slapdash (751 . ) aged—Chorister (301)—Mercury (301.) aged—Paddy (301.) aged— gdeer-street (301) aged—Miss Taffe (301.) aged. Optional Selling Stakes of 3 soya. and 40 added. The Setter (304) 4 yrs—Jack Rag, late Mogador (301) aged —Cer ito (301.)3 y rs—Miss Fanny (30/.) 4 y rs. The following horses have arrived ; —Chieftain, Str Peter Laurie, Mogador, View Halloo, Little Queen, Shadow, St. Michael, Calculator, Lady Hesketh, Annie Laurie, Proctor, La Fiancée, Paquette, Anteverta, Abbess of Jerveaux, o 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 Taffe, Miss Fanny, A. Y., Paddy, Cerito, Slapdash, Lizzy, and Emma. Some others are expected from Coventry. SUICIDE OF A FEMALE AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE —Yesterday evening nion-street, Mr. W. Blackf J. Pay riars, onne held an in the ques tbody at the of Union Inn, U Johanna Driscoll, aged 34. The deceased, who was well known in the saloons in the neighbourhood of the Strand, where she had acquired the cognomen of " Hap py latter Jack," wa s formerly in very good circumstances, but had ly been not very well off, and frequently said she would throw herself over Waterloo -bridge, and had, in fact, about four years since attempted to destroy herself by that means, but was rescued, having sustained a fracture of ono of the thighs from coming in contact with one of the buttresses of nantl the bridge. A statement of this circumstance had appeared in the daily papers at that time, and the deceased carefully about nine o'cloek pre served a copy of the paragraph, which she now and then amused herself with by reading it to her friends. On Friday one of them, as if in the ridge last she seemed more depressed than usual, and on Saturday morning, about four o'clock, she left her lodging rather indig 3', under the impression that she bad been treated by dead, anal appeared to into the her landlady with contumely, and was not again seen until the jury returned a ver dict_ i , when she was discovered between the piles of Blackfriars,- pier, with her hand clasped round grasp of death. She was then quite four.hours. Several witnessesave been in the water for three or drowned; .. but how she go e t t—" That the deceased was found having waterproved r e the a a s b n o o v t e factssuffi cient _ cient evidence to show." SWINGING" THE GIaRAT BRlTAlNe—Yesterday this splendid craft left the quay to which she had been for some weeks laying, fur the purpose of having her compasses adjusted by bbservatioh. The operation is a most interesting andimportant one. This floating castle was swung to every point of the compass, and the bearings of the compasses at tained to the greatest nicety. A. select party was present to witness the process, and all took a deep interest in the pro ceedings, and were delighted to find that despite the amount of'local attraction iu this leviathan ship, her compasses were rendered as perfect as those of any craft afloat. The quay was lined throughout the operation by interested spectators. I Amongst those on board we observed Mr. Robert Bright, of Bristol, Mr. Samuel Bright, of Liverpool, and other of her s plendid owners, as also C a pt a i n Cl ax t on , to wh ose sp i rited splendid owners, as also Captain Claxton, to whose Spirited ex ertionsat.]om Bay may be attrib u ted tb,e pre s e rvat i on o f the ship. — Liverpool Standard. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ' Count; of i D'o — rse . t ‘ to.d s a;eiti: ' u ' t op;es si2 setee, . ee eesea ~ , , etentiKeedSfollrerti.Me ti::. 'A . :l:h - o Although i h j ': :t ti : was iB' ;: ' w 1" 71 1: 1 Af ‘ k dT n T e v i c.r i a s 7' t e ll - a ( i t e s n u e e r h a I w' was o 1 d re elected the case, the hereueh fO w e h tioneries swore in no less than the slightest disturbance occurred , 100 special constebles gave a singular idea of th commentary on the speechee,freedom of election. Nut co :: u e r u re r d ro , u n ud or ing w t a h s e t i h iu er s e tir e gs o : opposition i'ffered to who spoke highly mob indulging themselves Right Hon. Gentleman, the with an occasional prose ber frequently took oc ea • to which the Hon. Mem ber to thank the el e e e c n to Mr. BANHES ( having been to reply. Farqu harson and seconded b done aim , and to assu vr re ca t gisti ates, .e.mr.thPaotr,chaesrb,etwbaodchouenretytofmorae sessions, an d having beeng ly of his services at quarter declared duly re-elected) nominatedrs f fur th e honour b y M l they and seconder had spoken duties which he had ex w e h rhi endeavoured, so he s 0 d continue e e h a i e s t y e n ; d an e advtohueras though promote the interests of of them was the same Crown were of a higherwhich of his all. His hon. proposer discharge of those official the important duties have e w tedueotieessideiet he had assumed under the character, still the principle hitherto acted; andthat on which he had would be necessary that " though in the discharge of sh shouldd is sorter sessions in he should at times cha racter which concerned the enter t h a t p personally a h l e l yr Majesty into the he those cases of a judicial would involve unquestionably presence of his Sovereign, and those high and onerous duties y n of the kingdom, which because he felt that with re tion and character he should high responsibility, still to persons of high ste ad be guided by the same principles upon which he h jects. It had been observedw:i h judicial powers towards the humblest of his fellow-sub hitherto discharged his regard to the new Ministry, with something, censure and a sneer, that a largeerarm' approaching to a most true, and, so far from think composed of chairmen of quarter - sessions. It was proportion of it was course, all consideration of that be thought it might be viewed in it a disparagentent, they reflected who were the me in a contrary light, if who were selected throughout the kingdom as chairmann of quarter-see :dons. He excluded, 01 peculiar county, but, looking through_ . the kingdom at of unblemished honour, large, were they not gentlem ( el character, and reputation? they not men who were selected° throughout several counties, not for their nobility or or pride of birth,Were their but because, having had education, liberal education, they had profited by that desirous of making ucation, had ac subjects?—(Hear, quired habits of business, and were themselves useful to their fellow ki . hear.) And if, throughout the plao n e gdom, men thus if din these posts, they found component in stai itsw q w u a tt s li i fi t e a d m w i e s r f e er t t h c e ce m t e c n th w e h o cc w b •e h r tr e y couldmimuchg * ht n bc o oo t at etfiiongd a e s c t onn e xions.—(A Ministry that such men formed a lar t g i ti embers? It was very true that com pare this Ministry with the last. eivarter-ses s i gone out there the Bedfords, and men with such high and noble titles- . so of the pride of birth or of their family laugh.) In the Cabinet which had of the body thew were , e G , r i e t y w s a , a s c true , d th e the Gr r n a o h b v l j e lle names s . There was not, that he knew of, one single chairman of the that Cabinet; but there did belong to its - cent—thethe iorfmtahce quarter - sessionscf the county adja Hamp shire, who was also the Speaker of the House of use of Com mons; and be should not offend the Ministry who had o just retired if he said t hat, in the whole e their ranks, the man who would b e re g arded by men of all parties as the flower of their flock was that chairman of quar ter-sessions; for be was a man who, with kind and affable demeanour, with fi rm and independent charac ter.(though undoubtedly a party man ) , had acted with spirit and honourable inde p endence in his post. Though opposed to tha t Ri g ht Honour able Gentleman on many points in politics. i f the kee p in g of hi post as Speaker depended up on his (Mr. Banke r 's) Henke F a a ) ih his ea,hear.) . cast ing vote h e s hould have it.—(H iit; could therefore feel that the office which he had held in that county did not in any degree disqualify hi m public service which he had undertaken. In thefor the year 1841 he was first returned as their representative in That was an exciting period—the different parties in the State were then nicely balanced. T Whig party had been in power—if power it could he called —tor a considerable number of years, but their majorities were so slender and uncertain that they hardly deserved the name of a Government, and t wonder of all was how they had existed so lon t'e (Laughter.) (A voice—" We'll have two soon," angri— ary of "Free trade.") That wonder had been explained a by a circumstance that had been revealed in the course of the last y ea r. It was wondered how a party appa rently so w e ak as they were could kee p so long- in power, more especially when the ablest man who had been among them bad left their ranks—that able man being Lord Stanley, the pr esent Earl of Derby, and who left th em b e cause be believed they wereautnder mining the Protestant est ablishment of the cou (No, no, and Hear, hear.) The revelationof rY:— which he spoke had b e en made du rin g an inquiry i appearednk, the bribery in the borough of St. Alban's. It that an organized system of bribery ha d existedin that borough for many years, over which a gentl em an o f the name of Coppock had presided, he being the main hgetit of the Great Reform Club, 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 bee n heard of, often talked of, but never had been seen.— animal, something Some considered him a fabulous • al, 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 Some regarded kingdom, but nobody was ever able to catch hold of him ome regarded him as an evil genius, others as a benefi cent spirit; but those were the- •who badprofited by ,parties his beneficence. lie was like the Man of Ross; he did " good by stealth, and blushed to find it fa me." But at last he was disco k vered; the great sea serp ent w a s pulled out by a hook that was put into h is nose, and then they heard all e le out the great power o f the Whi g Government. Mr. Coppock h a d got a list of all t he g reat boroughs of the United Kingdom. He k new them all, of and he knew the price of them all. (A Voice— '' What's the price Dorchester?") --(Laughter.) He would say som et hi ng on that head, a nd he was obliged l to the gentleman' to reminding bins of it. He had no doubt read in the Ti . mes newspaper—because e ver y bod y reads the Tim es ! ( V oines " No, no !") Yes, yes. (Voices, a No.") oh favour dear me, has the Times news p a p er got out of here e_(Laughter.) The times . are changing indeed, • out of favour, but if the Times newspaper is going always trtic. _ (so _ r out of favour or not, it is tains truth—(No)2.t% yes, and laughter.) Well, it con whole truth—(No, no)—and a great deal more than th e b e truth.--e(Laughter.) The Times newspaper said of the of Bridport, Lyne, boron ha of Dorchester, speaking Shaftesbury,Wernouth, and Poole, that since the passin g so wretched and a the Reform Bil l nothin g could be deplorable as their conditio n. Rates were unpaid, shops wore shut up, h ouse s were deserted. But, said the Times n ewspaper, there are two exceptions, and those are Dorchester a nd Wareham. (A Voice— Bighty they're pock Hon. Gentlemanet borougbs.")—(Laughter.) The that in the first Reform proceeded at some length to say, Bill Wareham was wholly omitted, and Dorchester half disfranchised; that be pro ters. finding that 1:8 that in the second Bill the Minis truth, reinstated those protest was consistent with the himself on this only two boroughs result,d at finding that these were the Hon. Member said he spoken well of politically, the Right if the weather had not Iv," afraid of detaining them, and, knew that he should een so very favourable, he hardly Vuico—" Is that the w have detained them so long. (A wished to geten in fair get in? ')—(Laughter.) He trusted that fair weather weather—(Laughter)—and he Administration. (A 4 wouldcontinue for the new finish you all.")—(Leud niee—" About six weeks will gentleman in London laughter.) The friends of that thought they had been were getting a little restless. They couelorts of office; they or a i - - - long time deprived of the little more than a fortnight—(Laughter)—and had been out of office now a unluckily lust their ight—(Laughter)—and they had They had been placesturned out at a cold season of the your. obliged to go to their out o f their official homes and happened to lay i n °. wti houses, and they had not He was any store of coals or candles.— (Laughter.)inconvenient, and he wacillite aware that this was very Their present plan was 3 :2 o t surprised at their anxiety. with the aid of the Leeeneur":—Tee Whig Government, tion iu the House of co 6 inni s, intended to carry a resolu policy. Well, they would in favour of their finan cialbut when they did what wouldnl carry that resolution; " Shove you out of office.") i that do? (A Voice— tleman, who was no doubt deeply() would remind that gen history—(A laugh)—that the read in constitutional ment would not bind another Parliament of one Petite,- were the records of opinion which arliament at all. They be bad. The journals of the ii might be good or might lull of such resolutions, and there were of Commons were that were remembered , b ut r -- were a few of them laughed at. It was a most remembered only to be stance that the resolution of ono fortunate circum not bind future Parliaments; for, were Parliament did we should have in this kingdomer, were it otherwise, blished Church, no House of Cu: no monarchy, no este most of them might say they wommens, and he believed (Laughter.) For the period ofuld have no property. — served them it had been his anxious years in which he had mote the continuance and am endeavour to pro which were best for the interests of of those laws was for the prosperity of all—. ( o 4 f all. Anxious as he loaf,') —and aware that it was Voice —" The cheap equally ad classes, and to serve 01 Via lot to represent power, it would be his duty, if he found to the best of his prosperous than others, to seek found any class less to of that class, and to take care that for the benefit to it should not be below the generalt' those who belonged .joiced to hear that at that moment so welfare. Ho re prosperous, contented, and happy. I L many classes were eveuld do nothing to distal) them they might rely " i ' t any one condition that was out , , but, if he found equal j, con dition ho would endeavour to ~ good, that fl orate. The Right Hon. Member added a few wortir i 'eseec i , t i.g the militia, and declared his deep devotion to p rotes, antism, and c oncluded with a ho p e that the sun would , shine on her Majesty, end her Goverement, and that u at od would bless the Queen for ever. Three cheers were afterwards g i ven for the Queen, es a nd one or two faint ours for —ebden— two for some on o whose name we did , with a groan c „, not. hear an d in gr eat good hum our the auditor y ' proceeded to accom pany the Right rson. Gentleman ;11 1. ' iis progress through the town. .-------_______ place ESSEX (NORTH). The appointment of Mr• Beresfor o , one o f th e Mem bers for the northern division o f the county of Essex. a s Secretary-at-War, having rendered 4 ❑ ew el- etion mew sary, that event took Braintree. hie.. Bare 6 fQ rci t 45 had been eatanticipd, was Yesterday in toon of WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1852. re-elected without opposition, and the ceremony did not questions in trigonom e t r y an d a l ge b ra b e i ng now added ROYAL A R TILLERY. ! on tfir o,,hr4p cX rif. T , ry much 9tl ,, ntien• to t h e w a ne ! enikr. examinvion roper..., /r oc ! , pl.,zinr! WrorNTICTT i 'l . irem Q --° ' 4 ' , T-T q milt (In'cl corn -. t •Th•- ''i ' - ' l ) , rrat , , f -)r , . io .., - , i3 the '..: , r , ~ ~, I, .'..' ;:, .-, . •,.., ... t, ,, r,z,0n this L.t er 1, Ting the thir Piaminanori-day polp r ih,, ir ar t ,vat iu tioun to 13,•..t1's Whui, and en , t.a(licd i n one i.i the England; or, in case of officers having been paid eft in a , Woolwich steamers fur Hurgerforci-m a rk e t tier, and ship, the benefit, of a third e xam i nat i on-day after the thence to the Euston - equare 1Z , ..11%,ty Terminus, and date) of their having been so paid off. It is to b e cis-; proceeded by that inode of conveyance t o Li verpool, en tinctly understood that should an officer neglect to pats I route to Dublin, to relieve Captain Fitztnaycr's company on one of these three examination days, or should he be 1 3d battalion, ordered to rertirn to bead-planers at rejected, he will forfeit rtit olf.'itn to have his seniority *-.' 1 • b,from , ltel Captain - Eliza:layer's company .. on 'au dated from the day of his original passing. Thes e re - had been stationed at Kilkenny for some time past, but gulations are to apply to masters' assistants and second have recently returned to Dublin on being relieved by mast-re. Captain Park's company, Ist battalion, from that station. The telegraphs at the various coast-guard stations on C • C fd' company, 6th battalion, havin g Captain rawors the south coact of England are to be placed in an effi- finished a course of field battery instruction, will em cient state, as well as those on the Essex and Norfolk bark to-morrow in one of the Leith steamers for Scot coasts, and those from the South Foreland to Sheerness, land, to relieve Captain Traver's company, sth batta. by which means communications can be made from any I lion, at Leith Fort, under orders to return to head of her Majesty's vessels cruising in the Channel to any quarteis. or all of the great naval arsenals. The ships in ordinary + DEATH OF MAJOR•GENERAL LACY, R.A.—This in the river Thames and Medway are to be so stationed gallant officer died at his official residence as Director as to convey intelligence to Chatham and Woolwich General of Artillery, at the Royal Arsenal, at two dockyards, and from the latter places to head-quarters at o'cicck A.m., to-day, having been ill for some time past. Whitehall. Twenty years have elapsed since these tele- Richard John James Lacy entered the Royal Artillery graphs were sed, and consequently they will in man as second lieutenant on August 8, 1796; was promoted places have t u be replaced by new ones. The last time to first lieutenant on March 17, 1798; captain, July 20, they were in operation was when Captain, now Admiral, 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 ceased in 1831. general, Nov. 9, 1846. Major-General Lacy was an APPOINTMENTS. officer of considerable scientificacquirements , which were Woormics, MARcH B.—Lieutenant—Henry West of great service to him as a member of the Select Com (1846), who recently brought home and paid off the Dee mittee, which office he held for a lengthened period, and steam-vessel from the Cape of Good Hope, to command was greatly appreciated by inventors and others, owing the Plato steam-vessel at Woolwich. It was originally to hi s affable and pleasing manners on all occasions. On intended that the Pluto should proceed to the coast of the Ist of January, 1849, ho was appointed Director- Africa, under the charge of Commander C. G. Phillips, G enera l of Artillery, having previously been inspector of the Polyphemus steam-sloop, but the Pluto is now of the royal carriage department. On July 8, 1861, be commissioned by Lieutenant-Commander Henry West, was appointed colonel-commandant of the 6th battalion, to serve independently, except under the Commander- and was to have vacated, in consequence, his office as in-Chief on the west coast of Africa. director-general of Artillery at the beginning of the Assistant-Surgeon—John B arnar d Ricardo (1847) 9 financial year in April next. By the death of Major from the Rodney (90), to the Pioneer screw steam- General Lacy a vacancy takes place in the Command of vessel, at Woolwich, for service with Captain Sir E. the 6th battalion, Major-General Frederick Campbell Belcher's Arctic Expedition. being next in seniority for colonel-commandant. 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 Pluto. 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. EAS I . RIDINU BEVERLEY, TITESDAY.—The election of a Member to supply the vacancy in the representation of the alai; nocaA.oned by the acceptance of office as one of the Lords of the Admiralty by tho Hon. Captain A. Doneolmbe, torl place to-day. Little interest was at tached to the proceediugb, no opposition whatever having been offered to the re-election of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman. Sir TATTON SYKES, of Sledmere, proposed his Hon. Friend Captain Duncombe as a fit and proper person to represent the riding. Mr. THOMAS WARD, shipowner, of Hull, seconded the nomination. No other candidate having been proposed. the Sheriff declared the Hon. A. Duncombe duly elected. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. DUBLIN, MARCH 9.—This day Mr. Napier, QC., the Attorney-General for Ireland, was re-elected for Dub lin University without opposition. NEW ENCLOSURE, BRITISH MUSEUM. 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 oat 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 then 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. Each 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. Tne height of the granite curb varies from 2 tr. 9 in. to 3 f t . 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 tor by Mr. Walker, whose tender, amounting to 6,7864 was the lowest. The actual cost will probably be a trifle less, on account of some small omissions. The f o o f r S w ha h il ic s h pe h r : , ve ß b a e c e o n n, m M od il e to li n e , d an b d y N s e ir w u to i n c , h granite pedestals ar e i nten d e d t o rece i ve s itti n g statues cott.—Builder. sma l lard Wes sketchestma FRENCH RAIL WAY 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 r.; goods, 250,779 f.; total, 451,432 f. RouENFrotia F4-b. 22 to keb..287 Passengers, 64,895 f.; goods, 89.726 f.; total, 154,621 f. HAVRE.—Frona Feb. 22 to Feb. 28 : Passengers, 23,856 E; goods, 41,781 f.; total 65,637 f. ORLEANS.—From Feb. 23 to Feb. 29: Passengers, 65,606 f. ; goods, 140,6901.; total, 206,2961. I.loßDEAux.—From Feb. 17 to Fen. 23: Passengers, 43 360 t • goods, 70,588 f.; total, 114,2181. VLEnzoil.—From Feb. 23 to Feb. 29: Passengers, 25,350 f.; goods, 54,842 E; total, 80,192 f. MANTES.—FIOM Feb. 19 to Feb. 25 : Pasaengert, 28,064 f.; goods, 26,132 f.; total, 54,196 f. STRASEURG.—From Feb. 19 to Feb. 25: Paasengt...ra, 90,185 E; goods, 120,962%; total, 211,147 f. BALE.—From Feb. 16 to Feb. 22: Passengers, 19,130 f.; goods, 22,301 f.•, total, 41,431 f. MONTEREA.U.—From Feb. 19 to Feb. 25: Passengers, 7,775 f.; goods, 13.234 t.; total, 21,009 E M ARSEILLES.—From 22 to Feb. 28: Passengers, 34,194 f.; goods, 27,959 f.; total, 62,153 f. LYONS: Feb. 15 to Feb. 21 : Passengers, . 179,200 f.; goods, 109,415 f.; total, 288,615 f. CHARTRES.—From Feb. 23 to Feb. 29: Passengers, 20,865 E; goods, 25,360 f.; total, 46,228. 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 minster 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 its greatness, were allowed to remain. From want of timely care they are gradually falling into decay, and threatening, in some cases, absolate destruc tion. " What!" said my companion, " can it be true that your Government so disregards 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? Have your Edwards and your Henrys bled for this? Have they for this perpetuated England's glory in the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, and yon 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?" — Correspondart of the Builder. THE 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 large portion of the time and attention of the Legislature; and moreover that that very little if any benefit has arisen f rom t h e repeated ofe7 se o d n in yon di sc ussions. Thetrheeh soil , theasbeen im aclgenaetre,althcoencurrence fisheries, on point only — that tact every element of a nation's prosperity —every means of only na o r arender th et as application i country is n o esw d emine debased i ' employing a numerous popu l ation and ensuring a pr o fit a bl e re turn for capital — that all these exist in Ireland t o an ex tenttintellect, iteheat social hsappects. We observe with pleasure i ntheprospectus of thee liste. o W f e mPany on a stepsou in the rid principl es . Th e guarantee that the ob r j i e g c h t t w d i i l r l b ee e e, t p andineslsabaenu requires dr to thel greatness judiciousg carried out : and we cannot dou b t faithfullyt itrustees Thes t a of companynlrelandd is a honestly sufficientLi s an d constituted Company that, with a good prospect of an adequate return for the capital employed, the scheme, which benefits will soon be in active operati on.—Bristol EXPLOSION AT A TAR FA CTORT. .s rdjouyrn su bstantial morn ing, shortly before eight o'clock, the inhabitants of a- De tford were alarmed in consequence of an explosion and fire Deptford o place in the pr em i ses of Mr. Edward Dorset, naphtha and tar manufacturer, R aven ' s Bond-creek, Deptf o rd. se / alp after the men had commenced w or k, th e remises were something lik e twenty feet t high, were soonP , which in a blaze, and the stock in trade was of such a combustible character that it soon b ecame ignited, and ran iu liquid fire over t h e y ee ground, and hewing entered the creek a sailing barge nar rowly escaped being destroyed. As it was one side of the vessel was extensively scorched. Such was the force of the explosion, that a heavy steam-boiler, eight feet wide, was lifted from its p os iti on an d th r own over a wall eight feet high, and one o f t h e wor k men was ro seriously injured by the hot liquid, as to be obliged to be removed to the hospital. The engines from Messrs. Penn's factory, one from the Dockyard, two of the London Brigade, that of the West of Brigade, attended. By that ert time portion fi o t es England Company, and anot her from the \V atling-streetfhe building in which thelmaisstt chance remained of wsaaveinmg any oflam, consequen tly not the e f the works where the fire began was destroyed. Unfortunately the contents. The w hole o property in that part of the the sufferer was not insured. LINENDRAPERS' INSTITUTION.—The anniversary dinner of the members of this society was held yesterday at t h e London Tavern. The Lord Mayor, who was suppor te d by the Sheriffs of London an d i niddl esex , occupied the c h a ir, 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. He was happy to perceive, 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 24,577/. Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities; and the relief afforded was 15 5 /. ; in 1851, 1,5131., w hich had 10,0001. Th ree - an d- a -Quarter per Cent. Annuities. In 1841 been granted to 75 applicants. Mr. Pe . arc . e,. the president ofthe ngaged a in the trade did not meet the exertions director, and branches. He hoped that they would of the institution, remarked that many individuals e especially the junior original permanent fund of the society. 'r now find additional support, and in the curse of their 21st year double the on . to s- '‘ - ' , -) and there in the a Inual subscriptions of 91 guineas. The an increase n ec t e d r i t n an t t h , e b r u o t on t i he am a o m u o n u te n d t of n s - p e e r cie guineas. donations co The commercial Otiviers from Nevi York this brought ie 1 week are not important, P Packet (1;0,0001.) by the present,r' eit was supposed is larger than had been " antidpatee, sine the reduction of a penny in t h e purchasing rate of the Bank of England would have , operated as a temporary check. It appears, however, to ' been at once met by a correspondingrise • have . & Washingtonthe of bills. - t contract packet service was still a subject of keen contest between the parties interested in t hese monopolies and their opponents. Crotchets as to the propriety of maintaining the standard of value were also being revived, and a variety of unsuccessful attempts seemed likely to be made to induce the Legislature to com mence a system of meddling. According to some of the papers, Claussen' s met h od of preparing flax was attracting considerable attention, and in eight of the States of the Union the right of using it had been purchased by various parties, who were also seeking to encourage the growth of the raw material. From the city of Mexico the last ad vices were to the 31st of January, b e i n g seven days later, but they contained nothing ntl of the slightest interest. The ; season in some parts of M ex ico had been unprecede y Severe. . t L:-RD GODOLFRIN'S YACHT. —The Coquette, • turnin g out of Exmouth harbour on Monday, sprang - mainmast, and put back to get a new one. . . '. ENNISKILLEN. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Whiteside, wee returned on Monday for the borough of Enniskillen. The polling commenced at eight o'clock, and concluded at fire. The numbers were— Mr. Whiteside Mr. Collum ... 81 ... 72 Majority for Mr. Whiteside ... —9 At the previous election Mr. Whiteside polled 85, whilst Mr. Collum had but 68 supporters. At the next general election, according to all accounts, Mr. Collum is certain of his election. 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 but 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 merely of putting some questions 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, but we believe it to be mare gasconade.—South Ea.ftent Gazette. CHELTENHAM. The fact is no longer disguised that our present Mem ber, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, is to make way for his cousin, the Hon. Craven Berkeley, at the ensuing elec tion. There is nothing remarkable in this. That his return will be opposed is a matter of certainty.—Chel tenhant Journal. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE MUTINY IN THE MERSEY. The mutiny on board the American New York packet-ship Queen of the Weat, 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 foreignere. In the amended Passenger Bill lately introduced by Mr. F. Peel, it will evidestly be necessary to introduce a clause obliging all emigrant ships, at any rate, to carry a specified number for every fifty tons. At present the 2411 section only provides that " every passenger ship shall,be manned with an efficient crew for 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 as 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 Hope or 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. on board Arethusa, 50, Captai n Sy mon d s , is taking her sea-service stores. She will come out of dock at Portsmouth on Thursday, when she will receive her 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 et Ports mouth (having had all her defects rectified) and up to her mooring in the harbour, where she will com plete ber 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 r.u. 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 screw-tender, Master-Commander Welsh, with Captain Crispin on board, awl Elfin, dis patch steamer, went down to Osborn() yesterday morn ing and returned this afternoon. Simoom, screw troop-frigate, Captain Kingcome, is alongside the hulk Victorious, at Portsmouth, preparing for her trial cruize. We hear her engines are somewhat too slight for this large vessel. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDA.Y.—The yard-riggers are rig ging the Sr. Vincent, 101; and a few of the Blenheim's men are rigging the Vissli, steam-sloop. Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, 0.13., has drawn her sea-service bdats at Portsmouth, and is preparing to get ' a.sunt; 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-stores, coals, &c. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. HALL, R.N.—The court-martial on Ist Lieut. Henry Watson Hall of the Royal Marine Artillery, assembled at Forton Barracks this morning at ten o'clock, when four witnesses—viz., Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. J. C. Harrison, Colour-sergeant W. Pink, and Lance-corporal T. Whitehead, were exa mined. At four o'clock the court adjourned till Wednes day (this) morning, when it will assemble 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 0. MERCHANT STEAMERS. — Her Majesty's steam-ship Dauntless left Cork at 1 P.M. on Thursday, and arrived at Plymouth at half-past 8 P.M. 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 lauded about 20 tons of but ter, a quantity of eggs, whisky, porter, &c., shipped 70 packages of cargo, a lot of empties, and 50 tons of coal, an d, start ing a'little after 8 o'clock, reached London on Sunday morning, long before the Dauntless arrived at Plymouth. The Adler is a paddle-steamer, the DatUltle.SS a screw, but screw boats belonging to the Irish c ompauy would undoubtedly have made the passage in less time than the Government ship. A very strong contrary wind from the eastward has prevailed for several days. The Mercury screw steen:evessel, Captain Charlesworth, be longing to the Waterford Screw Company, left Dublin on Saturday at 11.30 M., and arrived at Plymou hem at 8 P.M. yesterday (Monday) —making the passage Dublin in 56i hours. TWELVE O'CLOCK, A.M.—A passenger who passed through this town yesterday stated that he landed on Sunday at Falmouth from Sierra Leone, and that the outward mail packet Bosphorus, Captain Hall, through severe weather, lost six days prior to her arrival at Sierra Leone. A largo steamers painted black, and having two fun nels, supposed to be one of the Peninsular and Oriente' Steam-packet Company's mail boats, was off this por' this morning at ten o'cleck, under steam only, going ui Chancel, against a head wind. S HE ERNESS, MARCH 9.—liar Majesty's sic 11M-VUISS, B u llock, employed on the survey , Fearless, Captain , e tho Thames and Medway , has return, d from W ee t e a cb, the defects in her creeks and firebars having been made geed. Her lifajesty's steamer Myrtle, having been th r repa i r , got up her steam yesterday fur the purpose of trying her machinery. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Horatio, Captain the Hon. T. S. Carnegie, has had her sides scraped, and is being painted. She wants several blue jecketa to complete her complement, Captain C. Eden, late private secretary to Sir F. T. Baring, arrived here on S a t u d Admiral the Hon. Josceline. aY On a visit to Vies - Monday. EereY, and left for town on THE PASSING OF M .....ATES TO THE RANH OF LIEUTE• RANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY. --Th e regulations in forc e for the past two y ears a broad, preeia . relative to mates who have pa ssr-d ilg" they ehnu 1,1 ~ be at liberty to select I either the fillet or second ex a mination-day after brin g paid off, have undergone revision." In "" equence of TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYE! AND WEDNESDAYS) Sir,—The leader of the retrograde Ministry has laid before the public the distinct proposition, that the Reform Bill has produced an increase 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 influences by which constituencies were controlled." Do these words bear out the conclusion above built en 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 and 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 ous 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 alphabet,—give hint of the combination of vocables,— which may enable the student of the Gazetteer to steer towards the phcenix in the list. What was the condition of the olden constituen cies, is known to those who are old enough to re member it. Well do I recollect in early boyhood, as portion of a religious end in fact Methodistical household, hearing the feminine portion of the family, always more direct and cormientious than those ex posed to greater contact with the world, inquire of I the patriarchal chief, on what principle it was that a devoutly and religiously disposed Member of Par 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 ofinterest. In fact everybody, who knows anything about it at all, knows that this was the existing state. The thing had wrought its way 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, n o b o dy was bribed. There was no secret made about it ; and even to a comparatively late period, the system was openly defended in the House 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 stared, 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 eautelii, as the lawyers say. Take the whole together, and see what can be made of it. 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 assisting 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 " great reform and revision of the tariff" which is hanging over us. It says the malt-tax and the income-tax are to be done away with, and there is to be a tax of 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 clos e ly approaches. It will be pleaded that the malt-t ax f el l upon the poor; and so it did. - But people die fur want of fire, and not for want of b eer . The or pro posed tax goes down as far as those charitable -per sons who are combining their energies ri to encoueagesh hod "goose or turkey a t Christmas.' It is to be paid b y c l u bs for giving the pour man d 00 lan hishis potatoes Sunday ' s w b h a e k n e d hemeats rejoices on in thiesamed-imnnaen: "barring the beef." But th e ma l t-tax fell hard on seal-bowners are to represent the land-owners; so th e for the goose. powl e e s r u , bs s t h i t o u u t l e d d i h u r o c w h i t m ia e the two ducks which were n m e e y n - s w w e h e e p n i n g they have the tis so n at u r a l that taxes upon anybody' s s h oulders but their own, scandalized, But this is n that there is no use ut to in prev p o r o et t e t n b d o in th g in seen. We are going with the jaws f our eyes open into ax. of a Boa Constrictor wax-work a party. The very ofwa maker in the Strandbump kin,rigs out the likeness gtobeinbge half idiotic us what has and halfjubilant, to show grown into our master. And for the time being, good hopes and expectations are waiting as for the re surrection morn. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 10th March, 1852. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS.—An ordinary meeting of this society wa.s 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 present meeting, upon the paper read by that gentleman upon the tomb of Edward the Confessor, in West minster Abbey. B t l h r. e. dilapidated Donaldsonthen t e d o i f re t c h t directed m dt o h n e tim at t e e n n t t s i o in ofall the more n of tliemeemeeting to 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 e rected by I ta li a n workmen, Odericus an d P eter, a citizen of Rome, but whose surname was obliterated. With regard to the subject o f restoring these mon uments, there were two questions to ask :first, secondly, w if renovated ouldthey,m•he, would when , restored, the old mo numents; and be h much interest as th ey were at presen t? He eld wo.r considere t e best plan was only to preserve t h e m in the s tate the y were now, by guardi ng more carefu lly a gainst of h as fu ture. He thought that there ought ag g m t o h d e e m l s . taken The , meetingw h b might a t i o ns b t e injuries a s survey e f; r m t the made of all the ecclesiastical monuments in the kingdom, and engrav riensgtsoroirn be referred to herea,ter in then adjourned.